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vx Mildred
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BY THE DUCHESS.
CHAPTER XVI.
In but few minutes' time after the
accident Mildred was beside Denzil ,
and down upon her knees , her horse
idly wandering away. She stooped
and placed her hand upon his heart ,
but failed to detect the faintest beat
She drew her fingers across his fore
head cold and damp with the chilling
wintry wind but to her it seemed
touched by the cold hand of Death.
A terrible feeling took possession of
her. Was he dead ? Was he speech
less , deaf , blind , beyond love , life ,
iope , for evermore ?
Lifting his head onto her lap and
pushing back the hair from his beau
tiful , forehead , she murmured to him
tenderly , almost reproachfully , half
"believing the cruel voice he had loved
recall him even
so well on earth would
Irom the grave. But there was no an
swer.
. She looked up wildly. Would nobody
ever come ? How long they were
how long ! And , when they did come ,
would It , perchance , be only to tell
Jier that help was needless that he
-was indeed dead , as he appeared
lifeless within her very arms.
Oh , to speak with him once more
Jf only for a moment just for so long
as it would take to let him know how
i -well she loved him , and to beg on her
Icnees for his forgiveness !
Why did ho lie so silent at her feet ?
Surely that calm , half smile had no
sympathy with death. Was she never
f. to hear his voice again never to ste
the loving tenderness that grew in his
eyes for her alone ?
Was all the world dead or insensi-
"ble that none would come to her call.
Awhile peryaps each precious moment
"Was stealing another chance from his
life ? This thought was maddening ;
she glanced all round her , but as yet
no one was in sight. And then she
tegan to cry and wring her hands.
"Denzil , speak to me ! " she sobbed.
"Denzil darling darling ! "
* * * * * *
Lord Lyndon , shortly after the acci
dent had occurred , turning round in his
saddle to discover whether Miss Tre-
vanion was coming up with them , and
oiot seeing her , raised himself in , his
stirrups to survey the ground behind ,
\
and beheld two horses riderless , and
something he could not discern clearly
upon the grass.
"Sir George , look ! " he called to his
companion. "What is it what has
.happened ? Can you see Mildred ?
He waited for nothing more , but
\
putting spurs to the astonished animal
under him , rode furiously back , leav
ing Sir George to follow him almost
as swiftly.
And this was what they saw.
Lying apparently lifeless , with one
arm twisted under him , in that horri-
"ble , formless way a broken limb will
sometimes take , lay Denzil Younge ,
Tv th Miss Trevanion holding his head
upon her lap and smoothing back his
liair , while she moaned over him words
and entreaties that made Lyndon's
heart grow cold.
"Mildred ! " he cried sharply , putting
liis hand on her arm with the inten
tion of raising her from the ground ;
"but she shook him off roughly.
"Let me alone , " she said ; "what have
you to do with us ? I loved him. Oh ,
Denzil , my darling speak to me speak
to me. "
"What Is the meaning of this ? "
Lyndon asked hoarsely. "Trevanion ,
you should know. "
Sir George , who was bending over
the prostrate man , raised his eyes for
a moment.
"I suppose , as she says it , it is true , "
lie answered simply. "But I give you
my word of honor as a gentleman , I
was unaware of it. All I know'is that
she refused him long before you pro
posed for her for what reason I am
as ignorant as yourself. It has been
ler own secret from first to last. "
As Sir George spoke , Mildred looked
up for the first time.
"Is he dead ? " she asked with terri
ble calmness.
"No , no-r-I hope not ; a broken arm
f
seldom kills , " answered her father ,
hurriedly , _ drawing the broken limb
-from beneath the wounded man with
great gentleness. "Lyndon , the bran
dy. "
Lyndon , who was almost as white as
Denzil at the moment , resolutely put
ting his own grievances behind him
for the time being , knelt down beside
Sir Geo'rge , and , giving him his flask ,
began , to help in the task of resusci
tation.
"How will it be ? ' he asked in a
whisper.
"I cannot tell , " answered Sir George ;
"we can only hope for the best. But
I don't like the look on the poor lad's
face. I have seen such a look before.
Do you remember little Polly Stuart of
the Guards ? I was on the ground when
he was killed very much in the same
manner and saw him lying there with
just that sort of strange , calm , half
smile upon his face as though defying
"death" . But he was stone dead at the
time , poor boy. "
"How shall we get him home ? "
asked Lyndon. "I wish some doctor
-could be found to see him. Was not-
Stubber on the field this morning ? "
"Yes , but was called off early in the
"
day , I think. "
"His heart ! " cried Miss Trevanion ,
suddenly. "His heart ! It's beating ! "
She raised her eyes to her father's
as she gave utterance to the sweet
words , and Lyndon saw all the glorious
light of the hope that had kindled in
them. Her white fingers were pressed
closely against Denzil's chest ; her
breath was coming and going raptur
ously at quick , short Intervals ; her
whole face was full of passionate , -glad
expectation.
"So it is , " said Sir George , excitedly.
"Lyndon , more brandy. "
So life , struggling slowly back into
Denzil's frame , began its swift course
once more for him ; while for Lyndon ,
turning away sick at heart and misera
ble , its. joys and promises were but as
rotten fruit , ending in bitterness and
mockery.
CHAPTER XVII.
It was late the same evening , and
Mildred sitting in her mother's room ,
with one hand clasped in Lady Care
line's , was gazing idly into the fire ,
seeming pale and dejected in the red
.light of the flame , that ever and anon
blazed up and sunk , and almost died ,
and brightened up again. Yet in her
heart there was a great well of thank
fulness , of joy unutterable for had
not the doctor , fully an hour before ,
declared Denzil out of any immediate
danger ?
Up to that moment Miss Trevanion
had remained in her own apartment ,
not caring to encounter the gaze of
curious observers nowwalking fever
ishly backward and forward with un
spoken prayers within her breast , now
sitting stunned and wretched , waiting
for the tidings she yet dreaded to hear.
But , when Lady Caroline came-to
tell her all was well for the present ,
she could say nothing ; she only fol
lowed her mother back to her own
room where she fell upon her knees
and cried as if her heart would break.
Suddenly the door opened and a ser
vant stood revealed.
"Lord Lyndon's compliments to
Miss Trevanion , and he would be glad
to see her for a few minutes in the
north drawing room , " he said , and lin
gered for a reply.
"I will be down directly , " Mildred
answered tremulously , and when he
had withdrawn turned nervously to
ward Lady Caroline. "Oh , mother , "
she said , "what can I say to him ?
What must he think of me" ? "
"Have courage , my darling , " whis
pered Lady Caroline , "and own the
truth plain speaking is ever the best
and wisest. Afterward he will forgive
you. Remember how impatiently I
shall be waiting here for your return. "
"Of course he will understand that
it is now all over between us ? " Mil
dred asked , half anxiously , as she
reached the door.
"Of course he will , " said Lady Caroline
line , with a suppressed sigh. How
could she help regretting this good
thing that was passing away from her
daughter. "Now go , and do not keep
him in suspense any longer. "
So Mildred went ; but , as she passed
the threshold of the room that con
tained Lord Lyndon , a sudden rush of
memory almost overpowered her , car
rying her back , as it did , to that other
night , a few short weeks ago , when
she had similarly stood , but in how
different a position in the sight of the
man now standing opposite to her.
Then she had come to offer -him all
that was dearest to him on earth , now
she was come to deprive him of that
boon was standing before him , judg
ed and condemned as having given
away that which in nowise belonged
to her.
She scarcely dared to raise her head ,
but waited , shame-stricken , for him
to accuse her , with eyes bent sorrow
fully downward.
"I have very little to say to you , "
said Lyndon , hoarsely , in a voice that
was strange and cold , all the youth
being gone out of it , "but I thought it
better to get it over at once to end
this farce that has been playing so
long. "
No answer from Miss Trevanion
no movement no sound even , beyond
a slight catching of the breath.
"Why you should have treated me
as you have is altogether beyond my
fathoming * " he .went on. "Surely I
could never have deserved it at your
hands. When I gave you that paltry
money a few weeks ago , I little
thought it was accepted as the price of
your affection. Affection ! Nay , rather
toleration. Had I known it I would
have flung it into the sea before it
should have so degraded both yourself
and me. Had you no compassion
no thought of the dreary future you
were so coldly planning out for us
both I ever striving to gain a love
that was not to be gained you per
petually remembering past days that
contained all the sweetness of your
life ? There It is of small use my reproaching
preaching you now ; the thing is done ,
and cannot be undone. You have only
acted as hundreds of women have act
ed before you ruined one man's hap
piness completely , and very 'nearly
wrecked another's , all for the want of
a little honesty. "
He made a few steps forward , as
though to pass her , but she arrested
him by laying both her hands on his
arm.
"Oh , Henry , forgive me ! " she ex
claimed , with deep emotion. "You can
not leave mejike this. I know I have
been bad , wfcked , deceitful , In every
way , but , oh , forgive me ! No do not
mistake mo. I know well you would
never marry me now ; and" lowering
her voice "neither could I ever marry
you , having once shown you my heart ;
so there can be no misconception
about that But if you knew every
thing how wretched I was , how hope
less , how essential It was that the
money should bo procured , how ter
rible it was to me to have to borrow
it , and how just and right a thing It
seemed to give you myself in ex
change , having no other means of re
payment you might perhaps pity me.
Could you only have seen into my j
j
heart , you would 'have ' read there how }
real was my determination to be true
to you , to make you a good wife , and
love you eventually as well as I loved
that other. "
She broke down Mre and covered
her face with her hands. And Lyndon
who had never learned the art of be
ing consistently unkind to anything ,
felt his wrath and wrongs melt away
altogether , while a choking sensation
arose in his throat.
He forgot all his own deep Injuries ,
and , taking the pretty golden head
between his hands , he drew it down
upon his breast , where she began to
cry right heartily.
"Mildred , how could you do it ? " he
whispered , presently , in a broken
voice. "Had you .hated me you could
have done nothing more cruel. Child ,
did you never think of the consequences
quences ? "
"I know I have behaved basely to
you , " sobbed Mildred. "But I never
thought that this would be the end.
All might have turned out so different
ly-had had this day never been. "
"I shall never cease to be thankful
that this day did come , " he answered ,
earnestly. "Better to wake from a
happy dream fn time than rest uncon
scious until the waking is too late.
Bitter as it is to lose you now , and
no one but myself can guess how bit
ter that is , would it not be far worse
to discover that my wife had no sym
pathy with me , no thought akin to
mine ? " He paused for a moment and
then he said , sadly , "It seems a hard
thing for me to say , but yet oh , MI1-
.dred , I wish we had never met ! "
"Is there nothing I can do to make
it up to you ? " she asked , despairing
ly.
"No , there is nothing , " he answered ,
regretfully ; "all that could be said or
done would not obliterate the past.
You are crying still , Mildred , " raising
her face , and regarding it mournfully ;
"are you so very sorry then , for your
work ? And yet a few' plain words
would have prevented all this. Toll
me when returning the money , which
you Insisted on doing after .your
grand-aunt's death , why did you not
then honestly speak the truth ? Was
not that a good opportunity ? "
"Oh , how could I do it then ? " she
asked , turning away her head , with a
little shiver , of distaste ; "that would
have appeared so detestable in your
eyes. What ! "she exclaimed , "accept
your kindness gratefully when I was
in sore need of it , and then when I
had no further want of it , throw you
off without the slightest compunction ?
Surely you would have thought that
a very unworthy action ? "
"Still it would have been better than
this , " he answered , gloomily , begin
ning to walk slowly up and down the
room , while she stood weaving her
fingers restlessly in and out , watching
him.
him.Poor
Poor Mildred , the bitterness of her
remorse just then made half atone
ment for her sin. With a heart at
once affectionate and deeply feeling ,
it was to her the intensest agony to
see Lyndon so crushed and heart
broken , and know it was her own
handiwork.
For a few minutes there was silence
except for the faint sound of Lyndon's
footsteps as he paced heavily to and
fro on the thick carpet. At length
she'could bear it no longer.
( To be continued. )
Preaches for Her Husband.
Wearied and almost ready to col
lapse , from overwork , Rev. Mr. Clegg
of Tannersville , Pa. , on a recent Sun
day evening permitted his wife to oc
cupy his pulpit , and the congrega
tion that listened to the discourse was
greatly pleased. "Sin came into the
world by my sex , and it is my duty
to get all the sin out of the world I
can , " said Mrs. Clegg in her sermon.
She conducted her entire service for
her husband and her sermon was in
teresting from beginning to end. The
announcement that the minister's wife
was to preach brought out a very
large congregation and late comers
stood two deep in the corridor. Rev.
D. W. Lecrone , the Lutheran pastor of
the village , dismissed his evening
service in order to hear Mrs. Clegg.
He was invited to a seat on the plat
form and accepted. Pastor Clegg , who
is an Englishman , introduced his wife
to the congregation.
i < lmlts of the Audibility of Sound.
. An interesting matter , from a scien
tific point of view , in connection with
the death of Queen Victoria , is the dis
tance at which the sound of firing was
heard when the fleet saluted as the
body was conveyed from Cowes to
Portsmouth. Letters In the English
Journals of science show that the
sounds of the guns were heard in sev
eral places at a distance of eighty-four
miles , and that at a distance of sixty
miles the concussions were sufficiently
intense to shake windows and to set
cock pheasants to crowing as they do
during a thunderstorm. There ap
pears to have been but little wind to
nterfere with the propagation of the
sound. New York Post.
Of 555 Japanese university students
who were .questioned as to their reli
gious beliefs no fewer than 472 called
themselves atheists ,
IS NOT RECIPROCAL.
DEFECTS OF THE SPECIAL
TRADE TREATY PLAN.
Conrlnclng Reasons 'Why the Froposed
Scheme of Unrestricted Reciprocity
Would Not Operate ? to the Advantage
of the United States.
In the concluding portion of the second
end lecture on "Economic Aspects of
Reciprocity , " delivered by Mr. John
P. Young of the San Francisco Chron
icle , before the College of Commerce
of the University of California , various
phases of the practical workings of the
reciprocity plan in the United States
are presented with marked clearness
and force. The lack of certainty in
the matter of revenue production
which attends the operation of special
trade treaties is urged as an important
objection to that process of enlarging
our trade with foreign countries. The
question of revenue , is held constantly
in view by congress when engaged in
the enactment of a tariff law , and the
schedules are so adjusted as to insure
with reasonable accuracy an amount
of revenue which , added to that de
rived from internal sources , will meet
the requirements of the government.
Not so in the case of schedules altered
in miscellaneous fashion through
special commercial conventions. If ,
under these treaty arrangements ; the
duties on certain articles are materi
ally diminished , so must be the reven
ues. Moreover , the consequences of
this kind of tariff tinkering may
prove to be mischievous , for as Mr.
Young points out , if we reduce the
duties on Russian beet sugar to please
the exporters of American machinery ,
how shall we deny similar reduction of
duties to other sugar producing coun
tries without exciting jealousies and
retaliation ? If , in order to escape this
kind of friction , we make the reduc
tion of sugar duties uniform with all
countries , as we must in the long run ,
what then becomes of the revenue
from sugar duties ?
Another point of the utmost import
ance is emphasized by Mr. Young in
this connection namely , that while
tariff laws may easily be rep'ealed or
amended at any session of any con
gress , commercial conventions consti
tute gontracts and obligations very
difficult to retreat from and which of
ten continue in force long after their
workings are recognized to be in
jurious. At best the process of abro
gating commercial treaties is a slow
and tedious one , and the effect is to
create rigidity in a direction where
flexibility is highly desirable.
A reciprocity treaty is not necessar
ily reciprocal. It may prove to be
quite the reverse. Mr. Young cites the
supposititious case of wine producers
and prune growers who were promised
protection for their Industry and are
as much entitled , to it as are the mak
ers of machinery. We enter into an
arrangement with a foreign country
which contemplates an increased pur
chase on our part of foreign wines
and prunes and an Increased sale on
our part of machinery. This may or
may not prove to be the outcome un
der the arrangement. It is quite pos
sible that the foreigner will send us
an additional quantity of wines and
prunes without in turn taking from
us an additional quantity of machines.
The practical workings of reciprocal
trade , arrangements may thus prove to
be far from reciprocal. Mr. Young
raises the question whether it is not
an economic blunder to assist our over
grown iron concerns by means of spe
cial trade treaties to market their
surplus sroduct In foreign countries ,
and thus prevent the creation in unde
veloped lands of facilities which would
enable the peoples of those lands to
supply themselves with articles of
iron , and at the same time compel the
domestic consumer in our own country
to assist in this work of spoliation by
charging him more for what he uses
of the product thus forced out than
the foreigner is compelled to pay.
Herein is suggested an aspect of the
reciprocity idea which the trust
smashers have certainly overlooked.
Of course , so thorough and deep
searching a student of cause and effect
in economics as Mr. Young has shown
himself to be would not pass by the
pertinent point concerning the true
definition Of reciprocity as expounded
in the national Republican platform.
He directs attention to the fact that
in their platforms the Republicans
have always insisted that true reci
procity consists in the exchange of
non-competing products. This fact
is Ignored by the advocates of tariff
tinkering by trade treaties with a per
sistency that carries it out of the do
main of accident and places it in the
category of intentional suppression.
The favorite theory of British Cob-
denites and Free Traders that If we
wish to trade with foreigners we can
only hope to do so by buying from
them as well as selling to them is dis
posed of by Mr. Young as scarcely
worthy of serious consideration in
view of the facts of commerce as dis
closed in the statistics of our foreign
trade in the last four years of ade
quate protection. "Such a conten
tion , " says Mr. Young , "scarcely de
serves a serious answer. Individuals
and aggregations of individuals known
as nations do not buy things to please
the persons purchased from ; they buy
because they need the things bought.
To buy for any other purpose would
be absurd ; to buy merely to make
trade brisk would be , uneconomic and
therefore silly. " Emphasizing this
point , Mr. Young brings his lecture tea
a close by an illustration borrowed
frqm an article which appeared some
months ago in the American Econo
mist , and which he quotes , as he sayi ,
"in the full confidence that the ap-
poslteness and humor of it will do
more to suggest the fallacies of the
advocates of reciprocity treaties than
any arguments I have been able to
produce. " The story quoted is that o
a merchant in a small Now England
town who kept a little store whoso
chief patrons wore children. The
shopkeeper , wishing to stimulate busi
ness and to establish reciprocal rela
tions with his little customers , pro
ceeded to distribute gratuitously
among them ono hundred pennies
The result was a marked Increase in
business activity. Ho distributed an
other dollar in the same way. Result
moro briskness. When , however , he
came to take stock and count the
money in his till , ho found that the
money had not increased perceptibly
while his stock of candy and" trinkets
had materially diminished. As he
glanced at his depleted shelves and
thoughtfully rubbed his head , ho re
marked : "Gee whiz ! There wasn't
much profit in it ; but there ain't no
denying that it made trade mighty
brisk while it lasted. " That little an
ecdote might furnish food for thought
on the part of those who so strenuous
ly advocate the employment of artifi
cial means for the extension of for
eign trade.
THE PUZZLE OF ECONOMISTS.
Free Traders Would Reduce Trade Bal
ances bjr Importation * .
The newest puzzle for those who are
called economists is. the outcome oi
the Republican policy which , in three
years , has enabled us to sell the rest
of the world $1.819,825,819 more than
we purchased during the three years
which ended June 30 , 1900 , to which
must be added $750,000,000 for the fis
cal year which will end with' next
June. After they have accounted for
all of this cash debt which the rest
of the world owes or has owed us ,
they find that a large portion of it has
not been paid , but has been loaned
abroad. Economists , as they are
called , often arrive at peculiar con
clusions , but thus far no one of them
has expressed the opinion that Amer
icans are giving foreigners the world
over hundreds of millions of dollars
annually. The puzzle is , how is Eu
rope to liquidate the indeterminate
amount of money standing to our
credit ? One of them , who is a Free-
Trader , suggests that the only way
the volume of our exports can be
maintained is to so adjust our Tariff
that Europe can liquidate a much
larger portion of the favorable trade
balance by selling us merchandise
which we are now manufacturing at
home in sufficient quantities to abund
antly supply the home market. This
means that we must close our fac
tories of certain lines of merchandise
and turn their employes to idleness
and their families to want in order to
enable foreign nations to pay the
trade balance in merchandise. That
would be economics with a vengeance.
There is reason to believe that there
is no present cause for fear about the
inability of Europe to pay us what it
owes. During nearly a hundred years
the trade balance of the world was
against the United States. It was not
a large amount each year , but it was
from ? 15,000,000 to $50,000,000 an
nually enough to drain all the bul
lion the country produced and much
of the cotton. For years this drain
upon , the contribution of this country
to the world's stock of precious metals
made money scarce and the rates of
interest much higher than those of
Europe. For years we purchased most
of our iron , woolens , glass , crockery ,
etc. , in Europe , and paid them out of
the money , stock and materials that
should have been kept at home. Now
the situation has changed. Under the
Republican policy the country came
to produce in abundance the articles
we used to make an adverse balance
of trade by buying. For years wo
paid high rates of interest on this
amount of our indebtedness for goods
purchased abroad over the value of
those we sold. Then we were a debt
or nation and paid the penalty of such
disadvantage , and would be paying it
now if the self-styled economists
could have their way. Now we have
become the world's creditor nation.
If our debtors cannot pay at once let
them pay interest , as did the United
States. Indianapolis Journal.
L'ENFANT TERRIBLE.
Miss Free-Trade It is perfectly dis
gusting to see how that child persists
In getting fat on the wrong kind of
nourishment.
Sun Didn't Shine.
In 1897 Grover Cleveland officially
Informed congress that there could be
no speedy return of prosperity. Poor
old Grover , he had been afflicted with
a congress of incompetents and there
was no silver lining to his cloud. The
sky lacked the sun of Protection.
Clinton ( Mo. ) Republican.
The South Does Not "Weep.
No regrets are being expressed in
the South over the defeat of Bryan.
The prudent men of the South are sat
isfied to get double the money for
their cotton that they would have re
ceived under a Populist administra
tion. Camden ( N. J. ) Post-Telegram.
What Affect * Clover Seeding ?
From the Farmers' Hovlow : In the
mind of thoughtful , Intelligent farm
ers very Interesting problems are con
tinually presenting thcmsblvca for so
lution. The amount of general knowl
edge possessed hy them Is not usually
sufficient for their guidance In seek
ing answers to the questions arising.
For this reason they are apt to as
cribe incorrect causes for effects which
they observe. An Illustration of this-
Is found In the popular theory that tho-
season , moro than the tlmo of cutting
the first crop of clover , affects the
yield of seed on the second crop. To
understand this problem wo must draw
upon a knowledge of agricultural
chemistry and plant feeding and the
elaboration of elementary food In the
plant. Seeding Is the effort of the
plant to reproduce Itself when It haa
reached a certain period of growth.
As the elaboration of seed depends up
on the presence and action of phos
phoric acid In the plant , the movement
of phosphorus In it furnishes the key
to the solution of the problem.
Take the plant In four stages of
growth. As a young plant In full
health about 0 to 8 Inches tall , from
22 per cent to 25 per cent of the total
phosphoric acid necessary for full de
velopment of the matured crop has
been taken up from the root , and about
50 per cent of this amount Is found In
the upper leaves. After it has ob
tained about one-third more growth ,
over 40 per cent of the phosphoric
acid has been brought up , of which
from 60 per cent to 65 per cent Is
found in the heads and stems and
leaves close up to the heads. When
the plant has grown still larger and
reached full bloom , 70 per cent to 75
per cent of the required phosphoric
acid has been received from beneath
too ground , and 80 per cent of this has
found its way into the head and blos
soms. Finally , when the seed has
been perfected , fully 90 per cent of the
total phosphoric acid taken by the
plant has passed from the structure to
the seed. If the crop Is cut when 40
per cent and upwards of the phospho
rus needed for full development and re-
.production has been taken up and
from 60 per cent to 80 per cent of this
reached the upper parts of the plants
It will require a very rich feeding ol
phosphate to enable It torepalr , _ dam
age , and , besides building a new plant
provide nourishment for seed. Few
soils are equal to such a strain , but
as farmers like to get as much maturi
ty as possible In the hay crop so as to
provide a good article of fodder , they
must bo careful to look well to the
phosphatic feeding of clover fields.
This will be more fully appreciated if
wo bear In mind that two tons of clo
ver hay on a meadow calls for 40 per
cent moro phosphorus than thirty
bushels of wheat , sixty-five bushels of
corn or fifty bushels of oats.
Any effect of the seaaoa on the seed
development of the second crop musl
generally bo ascribed to the1 rapid
growth of the first crop deceiving the
farmer into the belief that the large
growth had attained corresponding-
maturity. In such cases a chemical ex
amination of the hay of the first crop
would show It to bo lacking in feed
ing value in full proportion to its
bulk and weight.
While on this question It Is inter
esting to observe that the researches
of Dr. Wagner emphaslzn most de
cidedly the necessity of the phosphate
and potash manures for clovers grown
for manurial purposes. Ordinarily
eighty pounds of nitrogen supplied to
the soil from an acre of two tons of.
clover is good work , but it is found ;
that over 250 pounds of nitrogen can
be obtained on an acre from the at
mosphere by supplying abundant phos
phoric acid in addition to potash. On
heavy soils the potash has not gen
erally to be supplied as manure , but
on said soil deficient In potash we are
called upon to supply it as well as the
phosphate. Thomas Wallace.
Some Oranjjc-GrowJnK Localities.
It Is stated on good , authority that
the orange orchard area at Riverside ,
California , covers thirty square miles ,
or 19,200 acres , on which are growing ;
1,536,000 orange trees. The money
value of the crop approximates ? 6-
000,000 annually , or about ? 670 for
each man , woman , and child In the
district.
It has been calculated that there are
in Italy 5,400,000 orange trees which
yield on an average 1,600,000,000 or
anges per year , or 300 oranges per
tree. In the province of Seville , in
Spain , where the largest quantity of
oranges Is grown in Europe , the aver
age annual yield per tree Is estimated
at 600oranges. . The island of St.
Michael , in the Azores , produces on
an area of 265 acres 350,000,000 or
anges , which are almost entirely ship
ped to England. In 1899 the total ex
port of oranges from Spain exceeded
1,000,000,000. Greece exported in 1899
some 50,000,000 oranges.
Some years ago the mantis , an In
sect-eating insect , was brought to New
York state from abroad , presumably
in a shipment of nursery stock. It
das become a popular ally of farmers
and horticulturists , as it kills all kinds
of Insects except ants. It is found
commonly in France and Germany ,
where It is prized as the foe of de
structive pests.
The common practice of plowing up ,
or digging up at random , the young
plants from a strawberry bed Is not
conducive to improvement of the va
rieties. The most successful growers
are learning that It pays to select from
the best individuals each generation.
: n fact it is advisable to keep a patch
Dn purpose for breeding.
River Jordan water Is now exported
regularly for baptismal purposes.
London Is said to be richer In trees
ban any other European city.