> < I *
rTN , ,
" [ he toetor' ) $ fjilemma s ?
J as
[ esba Stretton
_ JByH
I'll.\PTER V.
" " both In
"Martin Dobrew ! ejaculated
one breath.
"Ye * , nmdomntsellps , " I snld. imeolllnc
the tus of hair s It It hnil been a ser
pent , anil going forward to jjreet them ;
"are } < m suqirNod in ee mu ? "
"Surprised ! " vcln-el the elder. "No ;
wo lire tuiitixed petrified ! However did
you gel here ? \VIun iliil .von eomeV"
"Quito eusil.v. " 1 replied. "I came oil
Biimlit.v , and Turd If fetched mo I" his
own boat. If the weather had permitted
I should ha\i < paid .MID a cull ; lint you
know what It Inix been. "
"To IKsure. . " answered Emma ; "and
bow Is dcnr.lnlia ? Shi- will lie very ans-
IOIIR about , MIII. "
"Shiwns mi the ver o of n nervous at
tack whin 1 left her , " 1 snld ; "Hint will
tt'inl to increase her anxiety. "
"Poor , di-nr ifirll" she. replied .IHIJI -
tactically. "Bui , Martin , l t this yonnP
woman here MI very HIV \Vo LJW heard
from the Iti-muif * shp had hnd H < l ns < ron -
on * fall. To think of you beinp m Sar !
u-r since Siiiidnx , and we wvcr heard
word of it ! "
"Is that the young M < im n' hair'/ "
"Yes , " 1 implied ; "it wis wce v r.t to
cut it off. She is dnnpeiwuly 111 with
fovor. "
Both of them shrank n little towards
the dour. A Midden temptation assailed
me , and UHIH me no much by MirprKe
that 1 Jind jielited before 1 knew 1 wns
attacked. It IMS their shrinking move
ment that .11.1 it. My answer was almost
us iiutonimlc and involuntary as their
retreat.
"Yon see it Mould not lie wise for an >
of us to go nlmiit. " I ! < nid. "A fc\er
brooking out in the island , especially now
you Jmvo no resilient doctor , would bu
very seihms. "
Thus I M-i-nrcd isolation for m.VHelf and
my patient , lint why had I been eager
to do soV 1 could not answer that quen
tlon to iu.\sef | , and I dfll not ponder over
It many minutes , I was impatient , jet
strangely reluct ant. to look al the McK
Rirl again , after the loss of her beautiful
Jiair , The change In her apiiearaii ( ( >
struck me a * singular. Her face before
had a look of suffering anil trouble , mak
ing it almost old , charming as it wan ,
now she hnil the aspect of quite a yotini ;
girl , scarcely touching upon womanhood
We sat up n pi in together that night ,
Tardif and I. lie would not .smoke , le.st
the Keont of the tobacco should get in
through the crevices of the door , and les
BCII the girl's chance of sleep : but he held
his pipe between his teeth , taking nn Im
aginary pull'u'o1 ami then , that he might
keep himself \\\fa \ > awake. We talked to
one another in whispers.
"Tell mo all jou know about main'-
Eclle , " I said , lie had been chary of liiri
knowledge In-fore , but his heart seemed
open nt this moment. Most hearts arc.
morn open nt midnight than nt any other
hour.
> "Then's not much to tell , doctor , " he
answered. "Her mime is Olllvler , as I
nnld to you ; but she does * not think she
Is any Kin to the Olllviors of ( iuerusey.
She IH poor , though she does not look an
If she had been born poor , does she ? "
"Not in the least dogioe , " 1 said. "If
fihu is not a lady by birth , she is one of
the lirst specimens of Nature's getitlci-
folks I have ever come across. | ] IIH Nliu
written to any one since sio oiuuo heieV"
I "Not lo a soul , " he answered eagerly.
"She told me she had no friends nearer
than Australia. That
is a great way
I "And she has had no letters'/ I asked.
"Not one. " lie replied. "Sim Juib nolth-
. -r written nor received a tdnglu letter. "
"Hut how did jou come across herV" I
Inquired. "She did not fall from the
skies , I suppose. How was it she crime
1o live in this out-of-the-world place with
jou ? "
' "I'll toll you all about it , Doctor Mar-
"tyR. " he said , and he related how Im had
met the joung lady in London.
' "Tar1 ! , " I
.said , when ho had eon-
eluded ( lie recital , ' 'I did not know what
a good fellow you were , though I ought
to have leained it by this time. "
"No , " he answered , "it is not in me ;
it's Konielliing inher. , You feel some
thing ol it yom-M-lf , dot-tor , or how could
you stay In a poor little house like this ,
thinking nf nothing but her , and not ear-
Ing about the weather keeping you away
from home : Them was a curious thing
sin ; ha 1 nut any luggage with her , not
a box nor u bag of any kind. She ne\rr
fancied that I knew , for that would have
troubled her. It is my belief that she
has rim awitj. "
"But ho can she have run away from ,
U'nnlirr I asked.
"Heaven knows , " he answered , "but
the girl has suffered ; you ran see that
by her faie. Whoever or whatever she
lias ran aw.iy from , nor cheeks im- white
from it , and her heart sorrowful. I
know nothing of her sreiet ; bit | this I
do Know ; she Is as goijd. and true , imd
Bweet a little MIU ! as m\ poor little \\ife
was. If she should die , it ill bo a great
griff of heart to me. If I could offer my
life to ( ! ol In [ dace of hers , I'd do it
willingly. ' '
f "No , she will not die. Look there , Tar-
-dif ! " T said , pointing to the door hill of
tin- inner room , A while card had been
slipped under the door noiselessly a slg
nal agreed upon between mother Henouf
and me , to inform me that my patient
/had at last fallen into a profound slum
"ber , whlih seemed likely to continue
vome Jiours.
The nioining was more than half gem
thcfoic mother Keiiouf opened the dour
talll'J came out , to us , her old face looking
more I. , , : af 'l than e\er , hut her little
eye * twinkling with satisfaction.
"All goet , we.ll , " she said. "Your lit
tie mam' > : e.llc does not think nt dyin
yet. "
I did not n.i > to watch how Tardif received
ceived this news , fur 1 was impatien
m. self t i see how she uu > going on
Than ! . liww iwJuv fou-r was gonu , th
delirium .it an did. ; The dark gmy cyeo
open'ng hingiidb a mj lingers louche
her wrUt. uerw wtlm and InU'lligi'iit
She wa * as weaK us n Klttt-u.-bnt tha
did npt ti'K.iblme much. I was pure hi1
natural Jir Uh was K"od , and she woul
noon recover her lent HtreiiKth. I had to
stoop down to hear what she was sitjing.
"Have I kept quite ( till , doctor ? " HIU
asked faintly.
I must own lh.it my eyea smarted , nnd
my voluu wnn not 10 he tniHted. I had
never felt MO u\crjo\ed In my life as at
Hint moment , lln ; uli.it a Hingnlur wish
to lie obedient pmm-sHed this girl ! Whut
a wonderful power of subiuisiive self-con-
troll
"I should like to see Tardif , " mur
mured the girl to me that night , after she
Imd awakened from a Hccoud long nnd
peaceful -deep.
I called him and he came In barefoot ,
his hrond , burly frame Kccndng lo fill up
nil the little room. She could not raise
her head , but hei face wits turned to
ward * us , and she held out her small
w tcd hnnd to him , smiling faintly. lie
u-U on hl < kneis before ho took it into his
pretit , liornj palm , and looked down up
on it us he held It \ery carefully with
te.trs standing in his eyes ,
"Wh > . it is like an egg shell , " he sold.
"God bles you , main'rcllc , Ciod bless jon
for get ting well iigtiin ! "
She laughed at his words a feeble
though merry laugh , like a child's and
die seemed delighted with the sight of
his hearty face , glowing It was with
lnippim" M. It was a strange chance that
hid thinwii th. HI- t\\o together. I could
ii'it ill , > u Tnrdif lo remain long ; hut
ifler Hint slut kepi devising little mes-
> IIHM to lend to him throiigh me when
ever 1 \\.is nlio.it to le.ive hur. Her in-
i-reoin e with molhei Renouf WIIN ex
temeh limited , ns the old woman's
' n.iwl dsre of English \\as slight. It
happened , in consequence , that I wns the
only person who could talk or listen to
bcr through the long and dreary houi'M.
CHAPTER VI.
My mother was lying on the sofa in the
bieakfast room , with the Ycncllnn blinds
down to darken the morning sunshine ,
ler cjes were closed , though she held
n her hands the prayer book , from which
he had been rending as usual the Psalms
'or ' the day. Whilst I was looking at
ier , though I mnde no sort of souud or
novenient , she seemed to leel that 1 wan
here ; anil after looking up sliu started
I'dui her sofa , nnd Hung her arms about
10 , pressing closer and closer.
"Uh , Martin , my bo.my ; darling ! " she
oblied , "thank heiuen jou are come
inVk s.ife ! Oh , I bine been very rebel-
ions , very unheliex ing. 1 ought to have
.nown that you would be sinte. Oh , 1
m thankful ! "
"So nm 1 , mother , " I unid , kissing her.
"You have come back like n barba-
Ian , " shu btild , "iHigher than Tardif
ilmself. How have yon managed , my
toy ? You miiHt tell me nil about it. "
"As soon as I have had my bteiikfast ,
lother , I must put up a few things in a
lumper to go luck by the SarK cutter , "
nnsweicd.
"What sort of things ? " she asked. "Tell
ne , nnd 1 will be getting I hem ready for
ou. "
"Well , there will be .some medicines , of
oiii'mi , " 1 said ; "jou cannot help me in
hut. But you can find things snitiililo
or a delicate appetite ; jell.v , jou know ,
ind jams , nnd nmrmiilndc ; nii.vthing nice
hat couii'H to hnnd , And a few amusing
uioks. "
"Books ! " echoed my mother.
I recollected at once that the books she
night select , as huiiiK suited to a Sark
icnsnnt , would hardly prove interesting
o my imticnt. 1 could not do better
linn go down to Barbel's circulating 11-
irary nad look out some good works
there.
"Well , no , " I said ; "never mind the
looks. If yon will look out the other
things , those can wait. "
"Who are they forV" usked my mother
"liVii- minntli'iit. . " I rimlii-cl.
"ITo hns been llvlns on Tnrdif' * coarse
fare for a week , " answered i luofhorj
"HO now he has romniisdon enough for
his Snrk patient to puck up some dainties
for her. If yon could only give him one
or two of your bnd hmtdnches he would
have more .sympathy for you. "
"Have 3011 had olio of your headaches ,
Julhi ? " I Inquired.
"The worst I ever Imd. " she answered.
"It wns partly your going off In tint nish
way , nnd the storm that cnme on alte'1 ,
nnd the fright we were In. You must
not think of going ngiln , Martin. I
shall take euro you don l go nftei we are
married. " ,
Jnllii Ind been used to speak out as
calmly about our imiriinse s if it was
no more than going to a punic. It grat
ed upon me. just then ; though It Imd been
mueli the same with m > self. Theie WIH
no diliKlitful agitation about the future
that lay before us. We were going to
set up housekeeping by mnselves , nnd
that was all. There was no mystery In
It : no problem to be solved ; no discovery
to he mnde on cither side. There would
be no Blue Benid's chiimber in our dwell
ing. We had grown up together ; now we
had ngieed to grow old together. That
was the sum total of iiiurringe to .lulia
nnd me.
I finished pacKing the hamper , and
sunt Pellet with it to the Sark olllce , hav
ing addiessed it to Tnrdif , who had en
gaged to be down nt the Cieu\ Harbor
to receive it when the cutter returned.
I WIIH In liiisto to scenic n parcel of
hooks before the cutter should start home
again , with ils courageous little knot of
market people. I rnn down to Barbel's.
I looked through the library shelves until
1 hit upon two novels. Besides these , I
chose n hook for Sundn > rending.
Bnrbet brought hnlf nsheet of nn old
Times to form the first ( over of my par-
col. The shop wns crowded with market
people , nnd ns ho wns busy I undertook
to pack them myself. I was about to fold
the newspaper round them , when my eye
was enught by an advertisement at the
top of one of the columns. "Strayed
from her home in London , on the "Oth
inst. , n joung lady with bright blown
hair , grey e.vcs. nnd do icaUj features ;
ngo twenty-one. She is believed to hnvo
jccn alone. Was dressed in a blue silk
dress , niid sealskin jacket mid hat. Fifty
"LOOK TUKKK. TAUDIP. "
"What sort of u patient , MartinV" she
: n < iuircd again.
"Her name is Olllvler , " I said. "A
common name. Our' postman's name is
Olllvier. "
"Oh , jes , " she answered ; "I Know sev
eral families of Olliviers , I d.uv nay 1
should Know this person if jou could tell
me her Christian name. Is it June , 01
Martha , or UuehulV"
"I don't Know , " 1 said ; "I did not asK. '
The packing of that hamper interestiM
me wonderfully ; and my mother , ratUei
amaxed at mj taking tlui siiperintendenci
of It In person , stood by me in her ston
closet , letting niu help m.\self llberall.v
There was a good space left after 1 hai
taken snllk-lcni to supply Miss Oilvie !
wltli good things for some weeks to come
If my mother had not been by I hhonh
have filled It up with books.
"Give me u loaf or two of white bread , '
1 uald ; "tho bread at Tardif' U cours
and hard , UH I know after eating it for a
week. "
"Whatever arc you doing here , .Mai
tlnV" exclaimed Julia's unwelcome "vole
behind inc.
lotinds leward is offered to any person
jiving such information as will lend to
ler restoration to her friends. Apply to
Messrs. Scott and Brown , lino's Inn
toad , 10. C. "
1 stood perfectly still for some seconds ,
taring bhuiklj at the very simple ndver-
isenwit under my eyes. There was not
he slightest doubt in my mind tluit it
lad a diiect reference to my prutty pa-
ii'iit in Sark. But I had no time tor
leliberatlon tlu-n , and I tore off a large
orner of the Times containing that and
> ther advertisements , mid thrust It un-
eeu into my pocket.
In the afternoon I went down witii
ulia and no mother to the new house ,
o see after the uiipucKing of furniture.
can imagine eircum.stances in which
lothing could bu moru delightful than
lie care with which a man picpai'cs a
mine for his future wife. The very lint
> f the walls , and the wiy the light falls
u through the windows , would Income
natters of grave importance , but theie
VIIH not the slightest lluvor of this senti-
ueul in our furnishing of the new house ,
t was really moie .Inlia' * business than
niiir. 1 went about the place as If in
some drenm. The house commandc.il a
plertdld viuw of the whoTtf group of the
Channel Islands , and the rwk.\ islets in-
mmenible strewn about the BCII. The
iftenvxm sun was shining full upon
Sark , and whenever I looked through
he wiiidnu I could see the cliffs of the
Invre tioxsolln , purple In the distance ,
vilh a silver thread of foam at their
foot. No wonder that my thoughts wan-
lered , und the words in\ mother and , Iu-
ia wenj speaking went in at one ear and
nit at the other. Certainly I was dream-
ug ; but which part was the dreamV
" 1 ilon't believe he cares u straw about
he carpets ! " exclaimed Juiiu , in n ills-
ilipointtil tone.
"I diK indeed , dear , I Ha , " 1 paid.
She had set her mind upon having Mow
ers In her drawing room carpet , and
there they were , large garlunds of bright-
colored blossoms , \ery gay and , as I ven
tured to remark to myself , very gaudy.
"You like it better than jon did in tha
pattern ? " she asked anxiously.
1 did not like It one whit better , but I
she/aid have been a brute if I had said
so. She was gazing at it and me with so
troubled nn expression , thiit I felt it nec
essary to set her mind at ease.
"It Is certainly handsomer than the
pattern , " I said , regarding it attentive
ly ; "very much handsomer. "
" .lulia , my love , " said my mother , "re
member that we wish to show Martin
those patterns whilst it is daylight. To
morrow i % Sunday , you know. " '
A little tinge of color crept oryr .lulla'.s
tlntle s I me. We then drew near to the
window , from which we could see Sark
so cleurly , and .lulia drew out of her
pocket a very large envelope , which was
bin sting with its contents.
They were small scraps of white silk
and white satin. I took them mechanic
ally into my hand , ami could not help ad
miring their pine , lustrous , glossy beau
ty , I pas ed my fingers over them softly.
There was .something In the sight of them
that moved me , ns If th y wcro frag
ments of the shining garments of some
vision , which In times goiie by , when I
was much younger , had now nnd then
tloated before my fancy. I did not know
any o'ie lovely enmnrh to wear rnlment
o1 ! * ; Netting wi.le llto these , unless
unit .1 A puiMlug glimpse of the pure
white face , nnd glossy hair , and deep
gre.oos of my y.irk patient Hashed
across me ,
" rli-i > are patterns for .lulia's wed
ding dress , " said my mother , in a low ,
uti'U'l tone.
( To bo continued. )
ABOUT CIGAR BOXES.
Cellar Js the Ucst Wood , hut
Comes front ( .iibii.
"Tlii'rc lire HomotltliiK like 1-J,000,000
cigar boxi's nsud In the United States
nnmtally , and about nlno-lenUis of that
nuniliur are made In this elty , where
Hit' irndo rlvnls the clothing Industry In
point of cnpltnl Invo.stcd , and the num
ber of people employed , " hnld u lend
ing flgnr-lio.v nniniifaettirer In New
York to the writer. "The material out
ofihlrh the host boxes are mnde
comes principally from Culm , nnd IH
known its Spanish cednr. The recent
war with Spui'n shortened the supply
and increased the price of the article
to siti-li nn extent tlml ntnny box mak
ers hnvo been compelled to use n cheap
i r and less desirable grade of wood fet
the purpose.
"One New York firm has been experi
menting with timber from the unex
plored I'liragnaynn forests , which are
said to contain the llncst cednr wood
In the world. They have , however , ex
perienced considerable dllllcttlty In soil
ing their boxes , as cigar manufacturers
and connoisseurs Insist that It spoils a
line cigar to put It In any box not made
of genuine Spanish cedar. The latter
wood always retains the tlavor of n
good cigar. Indeed , .some people claim
that It Improves the llnvor. The reason
given Is that It grows In the same lo-
'nhtles ' as the best Havana tobacco.
"Attempts made to use eed'ir grown
in the t'nlted States for cigar boxes
b.ive not been very .successful. The
Florida and South American cedar con
tains a peculiar gum that melts when
the wood is exposed to the heat of a
store or I ( ( > tise , and thus the labels and
oinetimes , the cigars in a box are
spoilt. Of course , the smokers of cheap
er brands of cigars are less partleulai
about the quality of the wood used for
their boxes , and a veneered cedar ,
made from a peculiar sort of cedar that
grows In Mexico , Is often subsUtutcd
for the Spanish article. But it cannot
lie done without the cigar dealers limi
ng it out. and the consequence is that
even n good cigar when packed In such
n bo\ soils at a disadvantage. Wash.
Ington Star.
A DOUBTFUL STORY.
Too Good to He True , Tlioujjli u Sober
.Mini 'i e Is 11. .
"Never had such a shock In my lite.
1 questioned for a few minutes whether
1 was in my right mind. I was silek ,
and good and sick at that. 1 called up
( central , and was informed In one of
the most pleasant voices I ever heard
that they \\cre busy on the line of my
regular physician , .hist as I was- go
ing to cut loose on a string of profanity
she said : 'You're sick , sir. 1 can toll
from your voice. I'll call physicians till
I get one. Meantime you'd better lie
down , '
"Say , nothing but a dead faint would
have removed me from that telephone.
I listened as 1 heard her ring for one
doctor after another , always quick and
pointed In her Inquiries , but patient
and not a lost note In that tlute-liko
voice. 1 forgot that 1 was U-k , and I
was sorry wheen she tinally found n
physician whom she told to hurry to
me
"A little later she called up to know
If I needed a nurse. Of course I did ,
just because I wanted the pleasure of
hanging on to that receiver while she
routed up one number after another
until the desired article wan procured.
It was great.Vhnn it came to goMIng
drugs she was only one removed trmn
a1 magician. 1 ordered dainties that 1
never cat , Just to hear her call for them ,
for I pretended a degreeof weakness
that would not permit of my standing
too long at the "phone. The whole
thing was a startling revelation to me.
When I'm well the company Is going
to lose that girl or she-'ll refuse what a
good many mammas regard1 as a
catch. "
Then one of the most desirable cll-
gjldes In the town went to the telephone *
and asked the time , though he had
three clocks and n chronometer , all on
duty. Detroit Krue I'rvss.
A Queer Inscription.
A queer sentence closes the Inscrip
tion on a tombstone In a churchyard In
I.elgh , England. After announcing the
name and other particulars of the lady
there burled , the > e words follow : "A
virtuous woman Is fis to her husband. "
The explanation Is that space prevent
ed "a crown" being cut In full , and the
stonecutter argued that n crown equals
A
Perambulating Pete Hobs. 1 ain't an
ordinary tramp. But every spring ,
'bout April , my wife Insists upon clean-
In' hou
Mr. Boerum Place ( Interrupting him
sympathetically ) My poor man ! Don't
say another word. Here's a dollars-
Brooklyn Eagle.
A Cousorvatlvo Claim.
"I suppose you think you have tint
greatest climate In the country , " Mild
the tourist.
"No , " said the man who was suffering
from n cold.Ve don't claim the
greatest In that line. But wo do claim
the largest variety. " Washington Star.
Cheap Knoiigh.
"Isn't It ridiculous to say Talk Is
cheap'/ / ' "
"Oh , I don't know. I could take you
to a place where you'd get dead loads of
It and a shave thrown In for 10 cents. "
Philadelphia Press.
ws
Sft ; |
'T. - J. sjuJ/tmT-p / ;
Tob'iccn-Cilrlnir A Mitel'in-nt.
An appliance much In use by farmers
who grow tobacco for the purpose of
easily getting the hunches In the desired -
sired position will be found u cftd for
curing anything that It Is desired to
swing from the rafters of the barn.
Figure 'J In the Illustration repicscnts a
board live feet long and three or more
Inches wide , which rests on the rail"
that arc fastened to the rafters. This
hoard should not he fastened , for It is
to be nuned along on the rails fiom
place to place , as desired , figure 1
shows the bar with hooks at cither end ,
on which the bunch of tobacco or other
green l placed. Two ropes connect this
to the framework , Dgure 55 , which hangs
over the live-foot board , figure U ; to
either end of the injij'-ir of figure I ! ,
"mall pulleys arc attached , as shown in
the illustration. PIvriiio 4 represents
the rope by which flic appliance Is
worked. Indianapolis News.
Convenient ' ni-ncrib.
The Country ( icntlcniin piesents n
sketch of a eorncrlb \ \ h eh Is very pop
ular throughout the Middlf West. It iso i-
so constructed that the wagon mnj be
drifted between the t\\o parts in which
corn K to be stored , and this central
part come * handy as a place in which
to store small tools or wagons during
the winter. A lloor may be laid on a
level with thp plate.s. and the attic will
provide a large amount of ralunble
storage room. In boarding up the sides
leave a space of about IVa Inche * be
tween the boards. This will facilitate
the drying of the corn. Kroquc-ntly
more slant Is given to the outside walls
than is shown In the Illustration. This
l.s somewhat a matter of taste. A com-
crib built with the dliiieiisiniifi given
and 12 feet long will bold about 700
bushels of ears on each side.
Cure of Aspiirniftio ItriN.
The future of the asparagus bed de
pends largely on the care given it the
llrst year after planting. Cultivation
is largely \\hat the bed needs during
this lirst season , not only for the pur
pose of keeping down the weeds , but to
keep a mulch of loose earth on the sur
face so that the moisture in the soil
may be retained. Of course , during the
llrst season quantities of small sprouts
will grow , and the soil should be raked
or cultivated close up to these sprouts ,
but cure must be taken not lo cover the
crown of the plant with the soil. In
some- sections the practice is to culti
vate away from the plants Instead of
toward them , but , as a rule , this Is not
desirable except In the case of a mod
erately wet summer. In a dry summer
or during the season when drought Is
prevalent , the cultivation between the
rows nnd the throwing of the soil to
ward the young plants , assists In Keep
Ing the growth moist , which is abso
lutely essential during this llrst Hciibon.
lu the aspargus section of the Kast It
Is the practice of growers to raise
small vegetables between the rows of
asparagus plants the first year , pro
vided the rows are not less tbnn four
feet apart. Of course , when this veg
etable growing Is done , the work of cul
tivating must be largely done with
hand hoes or with a small \\heel hou
operated by hand. While care must be
t'aKcn to destroy any Injects that may
appear , cultivation Is the main essen
tial during the llrst year , nnd , for that
matter. Is quite as necessary during the
second year , the llrst cutting being
done the third Reason after the plant
ing , and that only moderately.--Ex.
change.
I'rrninneut I'linturr.
Prof. Roberts , of the Cornell Hiporl-
ment Station , jrlvcn directions for form-
lag a permanent pasture , which we con-
deruio. Plow now , and sow with buckwheat -
wheat to be plowed under whoa In
I bloom. If part of the land Is moist sow
; It with four quarts of rape seed per
acre , hlch may be fed down by sheep , {
but If fed or not turn rape stubble /
under at same time as buckwheat. If
cost If not too great f.o\v from ten to
twenty bushels fresh slaked lime per
acre , and then harrow H In. After this ,
or when heed Is sown , use from 100 to
iitKl pounds per acre of a mixture mnda
from 1,000 pounds add phosphate. 00
pounds drlrd blood , UOO pounds nJtiato
of soda. , ' ! . ( K ) ( ) pounds mur ate of pot
ash. ( We should think the above 1,800
pounds not too much for ten acres of
pastuie land , nnd If well distributed as
n topdrcsslng on some old pastures H
might save necessity of plowing nnd
rcsccdlng If there was a good turf.
Kd. ) For rcsceding he advises the fol
lowing mlxtuies per acre , sown about
Sept. 1 : Red clover seed , six poundsj
nlslke clover , live pounds : Kentucky
blue grass , ore-hard gra. < s. meadow
fe ciu' and red top , 3VL- pounds each ;
timothy , four pounds. This is n very
good mixture , hut for New Euglaud wo
should put four pounds of white clover
In phice of the alsike or add 'It to the
mixture , and If the pastme was fet
dairy purposes , would add four pounds
sweet vernal grass and two pounds tall
oat grass per acre to Insure good early
pastur.ige. The little extra cost would
be quickly repaid. American Culti
vator.
Lntc Hutche-l I'onltrr.
Wldlr , of course , the dependence for
winter layers must be placed on the
chicks that arc hatched In February ,
March and early April , there Is no
question but what June and .luly hatch
ed chicks may be made profitable , pro
vided they arc kept growing tit the
greatest possible into all through the
summer. The present season , owing to i
the rainy weather , the early hatches y <
were very poor , and where the hatch
ing was done by the old bens It seemed
almost impossible to get enough hens
in ti broody condition to do anything
along this line , so that this year more
than for several years * previous , there
will be very many late hatched chicks ,
.rune and July hatched chicks should
have till of the green food they can ob
tain on a good run , fed carefully with ,
small grains , nnd. while not being over
fed , should have food every time they
show any Inclination of being at all
hungry , the plan being to make every
day count in giving them weight and
strength. This treatment should be en
forced regardless of the destiny of the
chick. If It is to go Into winter quar
ters to lay at the proper age. It will be
all the better for the treatment indi
cated , while If it Is to be put on the
market In the early fall. It certainly
would benore profitable to have it of
good weight.
Tlic licit Sitrnwberrii" ) .
Mr. .1. II. Ilnle , of Connecticut , who
Is good authority upon peaches and
strawberries , classes the Marshall ,
Sample and Glen Mary as the great
market berries of the new kinds , and
Hie Nick Ohmer , Maxlmus and Mam
moth as fancy amateur varieties for
home use or for u near-by market
M here firmness during transportation in
not considered more important than \
flavor or quality. All are very produc
tive and most of them produce largo
berries. These have , we believe , all
been Introduced within about tun yearn
past , and may be Mild to mark the Im
provement made In that time , but many
still make their main crops of the older
varieties , cither because of the cost of
plants , or because of a not entirely un
founded idea that most of these require
unusually good soil and cultivation to
produce the best results in size of berry
and amount of yield. It Is those who
get the fancy berries and fancy prices
whose fruit soils first when the market
Is well supplied , and as costs of pick
ing , boxes , crates and transportation
arc no more , and of high cultivation but
little more on the twelve-cent box than
on those that sell for five cents or less ,
they are the ones that pay the best
profit. Massachusetts Ploughman.
Tamil toe i.
Yicjv's Magazine , which Ks very good
authority upon gardening as well as
florists' business , &ays that Professor
Musscy formerly entertained the opin
ion that heavy applications of nltro-
gonous manures for tomatoes made the
\ines too rank and the fruit crooktd ,
but now be thinks that If the strain of
seed l.s good no amouht of manuring
will make it more Irregular In form ,
and that a rank growth of vine means
that they will need more room nnd pro
duce a larger crop of large tomatoes.
lie believes that .seed from small fruits
will produce small fruit , and the re
verse ; that training to a single stem ro- \ Y
suits In less number of blossoms , less
pollen and a smaller crop , whllo the
largest crops are on the plants that tire
allowed to develop naturally , and irult
on healthy plants lying on the ground
Is no more liable to rot than that off It.
Like Indian corn the tomato produces
best when the seed Is grown In the
same climate and latitude where the
crop Is to be grown , and to take it fat-
north or south is to prevent It from doIng -
Ing its best. If this Is so the gardener
\\I1I do well to save his own seed from
bis largest tomatoes , which is a very
simple matter.
Knlry Poultry Tute * .
The dally papers report a certain
Boston millionaire as buying sonic line
poultry at prices which make previous
big figures look small $1,000 for a
do/en birds , ifK.OOO for two pair , $700
for another pair. We IICUT did bank
very heavily on the accuracy of the
dally papers \\heii they treated matters
relating to poultry ( not much on other
matters either ) and know of no reason
for changing our method now. Indeed ,
Hiieh statements serve to confirm us in
our old opinion of the Inaccuracy of the
dally pqpers.-rarm Poultry. A
Immigration for the eleven months
cudlui ; with May Increased 40,073.