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Peroy lnnox was sufficiently piqued
by tbe calmness with wbicb pretty Hiss
Graham bad accepted his attentions to
wisb to rouse her, even to hurt ber.
This unworthy desire be did not ac
knowledge to himself. Be merely acted
in lurtherance of its Indulgence. After
ward be told himself that be bad erred
simply because be bad been carried
away by tbe girl's own high sounding
ineorles. . The woman tempted me,
bo apelosetically whispered. '
; The Macdonald Castle was Hearing
England. Four and twenty hours more
and sbe would be rid of ber passengers.
What tnnr of residence remained
them upon ber was occupied in tbe set
tling op of affairs. Bits of needlework
were receiving finishing touches, books
were being hastily-perused to a close,
gambling debts satisfied and flirtations
carried to various climaxes
Lennox end Miss Graham came to tbe
end of an important conversation, wbicb
bad been confessional so far as the man
was concerned, somewhat lamely.
"xousaia tne otner day that yon
would always have tbe trutb at what
ever price," be remarked. "I have
given it to yon. Are yon glad?'
"I am glad," ebejnsweretl firmly,
though sbo did not, as was ber custom,
look up into bis eyes as she spoke.
"is there anything more to be said?'
bo asked. -
bbo was still calm far too calm to
please bim. He was vexed that in pro
portion to ber imperturbability bis own
emotions became roused. ,
"Nothing so far as you1 are con
cerued. But for myself" ' -
'For yourself ?" be repeated eagerly.
altering bis position involuntarily in
response to a movement on ber part . '
."For myself; but that need not mat
ter," was ber reply as sbe rose. She
gathered ber needlework together and
moved off.' -"I have a lot of packing to
do, " sbe explained : as she left bim.
"Mother insists."
During tbe journey from Sontbamp.
ton to Waterloo tbe next day be oocn
pied bis imagination and thinking now-
era, snob as they were, with visions of
and ruminations concerning tbe girl be
bad returned from the Cope to marry.
Daisy Thornton filled tbe vacuum left
by Mary Graham, and filled it with
sunshine and gayety. . Lennox tossed bis
bead backward and laughed with eon
tent when one of bis visions was real'
ized, and on tbe arrival platform be
saw bis fiancee, proud In tbe conscious
ness of smartness of form, feature and
toilet, waiting bis appearance. .
There yon are, darling!" be cried as
be sprang from tbe train almost before
It was stopped and grasped ber arm.
"A sight for sore eyes!"
" Percy I" sbe remonstrated, though
ber own upturned face bad begged tbe
resounding kiss be presently gave ber.
It was tbe first of many sbe received be
tween then and their arrival at ber fa
ther's boose at Gypsy Mill, whither she
cond noted bim, for in tbe train be ca
ressed ber fervently, asking ber to tell
bim instantly upon what day be might
call ber in very troth bis own precious
little wife.
"Let's have our holiday first," sbe
pleaded with some lack of compliment
"Tbe wedding's to be a week before
yon and I go back together to Cape
Town. I shall be seasick all tbe way.
know I shall."
Ds kissed ber again and told ber not
to talk about tbe voyage. His shrug of
the shoulders sought to dispel tbe vision
of Mary Graham rather than that of
Daisy's fear. He passed to renewed and
lervenl admiration of his chosen one
with such devotion that ber cob science
pricked ber, and sbe registered a half
vow thai, tbongb sbe bad determined
not to make mountains oat of molehills,
bat to bide from bim a certain lapse
that bad occurred during bis absence lu
ber loyalty to bim, ab would tell bim
all at a convenient season and set forth
on ber new life nnbnrdened by any aa
cret Tbis sbe would find s difficulty in
doing, span from tbe natural oupleaa
autnese of confessing sack thing, ow
Inrj to bar relative position and Percy's,
which fee many mouths before tbeir en
gagement bad been Ibal of eat and
mourn, or, as Daisy herself expressed it
sbe would and aba wouldn't. Daisy,
bar father's ooly daughter, bad at first
eiasideaably looked dowa poo yoong
Lennox, 'bis overseer at tbe boot fac
tory in Hounded itch. His persistence
and ber parent's high opinion of bis
boainessi abilities bad. bewerer, pre
vailed, bnt not to cause tbe girl to aban
don a conviction of ber own immeasur
able superioritr la every particular.
It Is almost always a mistake foe a
person oa a pinnacle to descend volun
tarily from that point of vantage. Daisy
Tborntoa, weary in mind and physical
ly ill, retired to ber own room, after
making eoafesanaa to ber lover, to real
ise this troth. A forttiitbt of the three
weeks that were to els pee before their
marriage ba4 sped by, and Lennox was
oa tbe naxt day going ap to Manchester
to see a ananied stats who lived tbara,
wbea Daisy pewrred forth Wr talsv It
was a very simple osta, a very Inaoossit
Lennox, bad his crem aaiad
beta absolutely free of reproach, woald '
bar laogbed tbe tale to merry scot
and biased away the tears that glistened
tbe eye! s shea of bis whilom owee.
Nevertheless; tbe very innocence of the
recital annoyed bim bow, for growiag
ap ia bis mind was a realizatioa of the
inlessjal workings of matters
fulfilment of every aim. He was haunt
. od by Mary Graham's foolish notions,
particularly by the ens tbat claimed
troth to be worth the world and its
wealth and was unreasonably chagrined
that Daisy, who knew nothing of such
ideas, should be carrying one out Daisy
Thornton therefore went to bed in
passion of tears, and Lennox left ber
more roully cross, "put out" bis fiancee
would have expressed it, than bo bad
ever been not with ber, bnt even with
any one. What was deserting bim was
tbe saving characteristic of bis class
tbe knack of letting things slide. He
was becoming critical. All tbe opposite
sides were revealing themselves to bim
and with this annoying clamor for trutb,
which be did not understand, ringing
in bis ears the -eyes of bis mind were
oonfused and knew not what they saw.
In such a luood be went to Manches
ter and there accidentally met Mary
Graham, i Ho met ber with a miud in
wbiob tbe humility tbat had last donii
natcd it on board the Macdonald Castle
was revived. He found tbat she was
teaching in a high school. Her position
was that of a lady, of course, so far as
her own circle was concerned, tbongb
the salary sbe earned was small and tbe
rooms she and ber mother occupied
were pcor; bnt, iu the estimation cf
Percy Lennox, it was beneath tbe one
bo occupied
This pleased bim. In the old days
when be bad first of all aspired to Daisy
Thornton be bad recognized her supe
riority to himself without a pang, for
then be bad judged every standard by
its monetary worth. Now it galled bim
very much to know that his future father-in-law
and Daisy herself held
him less high than themselves. He bad
even tormented himself with occasional
convictions that Miss Graham had been
looking down upon bim on the Macdon
ald Castle, though at the time Of their
acquaintance this thought bad never
afflicted bim. Travel had dimmed Ibe
old conventional faiths, but tbey bad
revived with unwelcome insistence
upon bis arrival In England again.
He met Mary Graham therefore with
a bumble mind,and one most comforta
bly bumble because it was cheerfully
conscious of superiority iu sotinl value
at least Sbe was looking a chndo pnler
than when tbey bad parted, but other
wise prettier than ever, for her com
plexion was still more dazzlingly fuir
and clear than it bad been then, and
into ber eyes, until she bade tbcm be
come expressionless, a look of glad sur
prise beamed wbicb lit tbem np into
surpassing- beauty. .
It was on a tram car tbat tbe rencontre
took place. Tbe ono vacant teat there
was that into which Lennox subsided
by Mary 's side. Mary sought to mitigate
tbe forbidding repulsion of tbe glance
she bad endeavored to flash at biro
after tbe first soft one of welcome by
politely bowing and boping be was
well. Lennox caw bis opportunity and
with characteristic eagerness tock it
Tbe girls rare beauty and exquisite re
finement intoxicated bim, and with sud
den clarity of conviction be understood
tbat truth was indeed worth the world
and tbe world's wealth and - put bis
conviction to praotical ntility. .
No," said be in response to a far
ther question from Mary, "I am not
married. " He led ber to suppose be was
not going to bo by a movement of bis
mouth and Ibe sudden turning aside of
bis bead, not a premeditated deceit, but
one of which be took advantage wben
the passing of tbe conductor made con
versation once more possible, and a visi
ble relaxation iu bis companion's man
ner assured bim tbat sho believed him
free man.
"I have been thinking a much of
what we used to talk about on board
tbe Macdonald Castle," be proceeded
gently. It was on bis lips to ray "a
lot," but tbe expression was refused.
Unconsciously be cleaned bis miud of
slang iu ber presence. He was his better
self outwardly wben sbe was by.
"Have yon?" she asked lamely.
"Yes. And wbat yon said about truth
my belief now. People would save
themselves a great amount of trouble if
trutb were tbeir watchword, Miss Gra
ham." . '
Mary Graham began to feci uneasy.
Tbongb sbo was tbe woman of tho Mao-
donald Castle tbis bourgeois st ber side
was not tbe man. Something bad low
ered bim. Sbe felt it was so, Evea ber
innate goodness and generosity forbade
tbe denial of tbis fact Sbe began to
look forward eagerly, aa if to make sure
that ber destination was not passed.
Lennox noticed tbe movement and rec
ognized wbat it meant and upon bis
part registered a vow to treat ber mer
cilessly, to follow ber if need be wher
ever sbe went to pester ber with adora
Mod, to wring from ber a consent to
marry bim. Tbe indifference of tbe
early days on board tbe Macdonald Cas
tle wben be was wont to flirt patron
lsingly and for bim quite pedantically
with tbe little girl,' as be called ber to
himself, bad tnnud on bim and was
lending bim witb tbe fiercest pangs of
love. Witb a bitter bate be thought of
Daisy 1 bora too. Sba bad enjoyed
brief interlude of amoannent witb
man' one summer at Margate. Tbe
wretch bad esee even triad to bold bar
band in bis. Wbat was sbe lo keep bim
to a promise? Sbe would find njany a
fellow willing to take ber band
her money, while he Percy Lennox
woe Id Le champion at tbevcacie of
truth. It was Mary Graham beloved.
las) Daisy Tborntoa.
Thoughts sack as tbeee were foreign
to bis nature. . Tbey tripped one another
p to bis salnd, leaving bim like a man
bewildered and a little frightened, full
of fratfulnear and impatieoo. Mar
Graham bald oat ber band before siM
alighted fmca the oar.
I may walk with yon fast little
way. may I not?" be pleaded.
Sbe snook he bead ia egatioa. "I
a close u borne, " sb said. " .
"I will ecsae," be mottored and fol-
towed be. - .
There was a public pari jnst oppo
site. Mary Graham led tbe way Into it
"Now," sbe said, torn leg to lawtvox,
tell sne wbat yo want"
"Will yew marry sner" be asked.
"Will yosj asstwer saw one oaestloa
with sbaolote truth?" she naked, "be
fore I aswwetT"
Be eooaented, litUa thinking wbat 11
woeld be.
Ia root etsgagemeat really broken
caTT" sbe eVmasirw-il and tkoagh tbe
words were sea n h lug ber eyes ono
ore began to shine with tbe wonder
fal love light she eon Id not smite amy
He redVietied and was spearhlaas.
Then Mary Graham faced bias. "Toe
tiefor appeared to bim supd!yimpl, I sr not free, "sbe said la rutting ao-
foDeas a access) seemed ne kofr tbe eeets, "and yet for the second time yej
offer yourself to me. ; I have thought
sometimes tbat plead as I might for you
With myself you were worthless and
cruel at heart and now I am convinced,
I am going to leave yon immediately,
and 1 shall never willingly sco yon
again. If J should see you, I shall not
acknowledge you. Do not attempt to
come farther. U you do, I will appeal
to a friend cf mine whom I see sitting
on that seat to protect roe from you.
"Say gootlby to me," he arged, bis
lips trembling and his face white wilb
bidden sorrow.
She turned impetuously and stretched
forth both ber bands. "Qoodby," sbe
said, "good by. God bless you and mube
yon a good husband, Mr. . Lennox. n
Then sbe again left him, every limb vi
brating to tbe painful beating of ber
heart .. 1 ; , .
The next day at noon Lennox was
back at Gypsy Hill. He bad found a tol
egram awaiting bim that evening at bis
sister's announcing the serious illness
of Daisy Thornton, who bad been at
tacked wkh severe cold -tbe" day after
his departure, and when be arrived at
bis prospective father-in-law's house it
was to learn that she was suffering
from pneumonia.
Strangely enough, tbis nnexpeoted
turn of events did not distress Daisy
nor nil Lennox witb remorse. Daisy
was too ill to know bow ill sbo was and
lay in a kind of martyrlike stupor, balf
glad to suffer for that little Margata
sin's sake, with tbe comforting convic
tion tbat Lennox would accept tho pen
ance and forgive fully and freely, while
Lennox was .existing, after tbe passion
of wbat bad passed, witb a mind para
lyzed into- acquiescence for what was
in store for bim. Tbe interlude indeed
was welcome to the pair. Neither for a
moment doubted its brevity nor ex.
pocted any ending to it but that of their
'wedding. ' , -
But it came to pass that the serious
aide of tbe affair bad at last to be broken
to Lennox. Witb almost n tenderness
tho old Houndsditch boot and' shoo
maker told bim one evening that thoro
would be not the remotest ohance of tbe
wedding taking place beforo Lennox
had to leave England. He added that
though it seemed a cruel shame to say
so his advice to Percy was to proceed to
South Africa, whither be, bor father,
would bring Daisy wben sbe was recov
ered from ber illness and was able to
travel so far.
Again Lennox accepted tbo inevitable
witb the sullen, unfeeling duggeduess
that bad marked his bearing cf Daisy's
Illness. So he departed, witb no bitter
ness in his farewell lo Daisy, iu accord
anco with tbe doctor's orders, but witb
tbe air and manner of a broken hearted
man. At the cud Daisy's father best
toted much as to whether be should give
or withhold a letter ho had written to
bim concerning tbe real opinion of wed
ical men upon Daisy's case. Utterly
orusiicoi ana desolated himself, old Mr.
Thornton was yet mau enough to feel
tbe deathlike blow tbat such a commu
nication would deal to one so shortly to
have become a bridegroom. Yet he gave
tbe letter to Lennox wben be said good-
by and told him to read it some time on
board ship. "It was of no great conse
quence," be declared, soothing his own
uncertainty as to whether bo onght or
ought not to bave delivered it ; "only a
imie matter."
Lennox ebanged the clothes be bad
worn on embarking to othors when he
got on board sbip and left the letter in
a pocket of the ones be discarded. It
happened, therefore tbat be never
thought of Mr. Thornton's parting
charge until be bad been five days out
at sea, and then it was only witb a very
lukewarm desire to read tbe epictle that
be fetched it and took it up witb bim
on deck.
It was a warm, weird evening. Tbe
sun bad set behind bars of light cloud.
which now were angrily red, while tbe
say itseir was luridly, cnrioui1y color
ed. Lennox was oblivions to atmospberio
influences. Had bo been habitually
prone to obrervatloui of nature be might
bave noticed an analogy between wbat
be saw and bis altitude of uiiud. for
Jnst as the sullen, brooding sky was to
was- he sullen, brooding and as tbo
snlleuuess of tbat brooding was bound
to end In rapture so was Lis.
Tbe letter ley read beside bim prcs-
ently, and toon a .puff of wind took it
and carried it overboard. Lennox made
no effort to recover It bat sat absolute
ly motionless, apparently nuconsoions
of thought but with a miud which
quickly seethed .witb tumult, tealizn
tion, regrets, maledictions, tumbling
over one another ia a veritable mael
strom of disorder. He bad learned from
tbe letter that there was not a shadow
of bope tbat Daisy would recover. As
bis thoughts cryttullized into recogniza
ble conclusions be becamo aware tbat
all bis soul revolted with sickening dis
gust against the edict It was not Daisy
he regretted. Sbe lay there, pushed aside
into a earner of bis mind, poor corpse
covered witb ber winding sheet eat off
from farther consideration. Fronted
Dim Kary Graham, ter eyes serene
With lodgment, be face calmly con
clnaive. No spoken words proeeeded
from those firm, red Una. vet Lennox
knew' his sentence. "Even if I went
back," bis miserable conviction ran.
"sbe would not bave me. " Tbat was
tbe truth; and be was aware of It and
was aware tbat no shuffling, no jug
gling, no miracle, would ootnpasa alter-
"Curs tbe trstb," be mattered
constantly, "ears it ears It corse it
And chance earse tbat too. If I'd never
met be In Manchester and lied to ber
and misled ber and played tbe fool
with ber, I might bave worked It To
think I should bave been as near ber
then a I was only to lose ber I"
He began to move about the dock.
walking with carious twitched step, as
tf some Impish gnome tripped bim ip
a be went His lips moved constantly,
Bod new sod then he spat words oat
He blamed fate, be blamed himself. He
looked back and eooid have died with
the vefaemenos of his loathing for bins
self as be was SOW OOOpsUVstt with
himself aa be bad been, businesslike,
salnstilr careless, scheming, debonair.
ea board the Macdonald Castle, wben
be first met Mary Grahaaa. Bono and
be had mads acquaintance when Mary
into bis life, and though he
his hands to his bead, afraid. Then an
impulse took him to where a heap of
rope lay coiled upon tbe - deck. - He
mounted it and stood gazing over at tbe
water, bis head nodding as if In motion
witb his body, bnl really in rhythm
with tbe execrations that were tumbling
and turning - in - bis - poor miserable
brain. - ,
- It was getting dark end oold. Down
below and even on tbe deck the dinner
bell clanged, now loud, now low, Leo
nox did not heed it, but still stood in
foolish, unmeuuiug contemplation.
"A nasty looking night sir,'! re
marked a sailor whoso acquaintance be
bad mada -
Lennox moved off a bit, but present
ly resumed bis place.
''The bell's gonosome time, sir," tbo
man observed, passing bim again.
-"Ob, let it go," responded Lennox.
The mero speaking of tbe words recalled
bim. He laughed a listle and quickly
tamed. "I'm not going to jump over if
that's wbat yon mean," said be, shaf
ting off with some of bis accustomed
swagger.- He turned bis bead over bis I
shoulder and flung a parting jest at the
num. "You make your boats too jolly
ditlicultfor suicides," be said.
1 Down in tbe saloon bis mood chuuged.
He became expansive, A man witb
. whom he bail struck up a traveling
comradeship received from bim a half
whimpering, quite pathetic history of
his sou case tbe case, that is to say,
as affecting Daisy. He never mentioned
Mary. A Rreat deal of sympathy was
expressed lor him in tbe rough, odd
way of men of bisolass. Tbe two drunk
a lot togother, and tho companion en
couraged Leuuor iui bin disposition to
gulp down much mora than he usually
did. He thought bo bad done a good
night's work 'for Lennox wben bo as
sisted bim to bis berth, amass of maud
lin grief end tears.
"We'll make a day of it, bim and
me, when we laud tomorrow at Fuu
obal, " tbo kind creature determined.
Tbey did make a day of it for other
reasons than sorrow, for on 'tbe Mac
donald Castle coming up to Madeira n
telegram was bandt;d cp directed to
Lennox. Tbis his friend took to bim,
where bo luy, vory wretched, in his
berth.
"Bead it," be commanded.
Tbo man tore It open, and tho mes
sage spoko:
"Daisy much better. We come by
next boat
"It's as well," Lennox was under
stood to remark. But bis friend did not
see his face till bo emerged on deck for
tbo day's outing. Lennox hud hidden
it, and many mora vehement curses, in
bis pillow. Black and White.
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GROWING LARGE POTATOES.
Flaatlas Stasia Eves la Drills Blllln and
Deep C-tltlmttea Prodoee Small Tutors.
Many beginuers in potato growing
find tbat tbeir crop, even if large In
bulk, is mainly composed of small, un
salable potatoes of generally Inferior
quality. There may bo several causes
for this, tbe moat oommon being tbe
planting of too much seed. American
Cultivator in this connection sayst
One good, strong eye, with enough of
the potato attached to give the shoot a
vigorous start from tbe first will make
two, tbree or four stalks. That is
enough In any bill to seoure tho best
tubers. Some potato planters out tbe
single eyes so small tbat tbs young
shoot does not start oat vigorously, and
the crop, tbongb composed of large po
tatoes, will be s small one. Tbe secret
of having a crop of all large potatoes is
not to crowd the vines too niui-h in tbe
bill. Tbe potato bears crowding about
as poorly as any crop we know. Yet
there ore objections to cutting potatoes
to single eye uuless the seed lias been
carefully chosen from tbe . strongest
plants and those which retained tbeir
foliage longest Then not more than two
or tbree pieces should be made from tbe I
potatoes thus saved, and the strongest I
COBRA STORIES OF INDIA.
Area sliiinlfl ha rpfiprvrwl fitr mwh ninne.
In beginning tbe planting of single T
A British Soldlsr'a Mistake How a Hood
ed Snake Saved a Ufa. , .
"It was three years after tbe close of
the Indian mutiny that I came near los'
ing tbe members of my mess, in a fright,
fol way," said John Bain, who served
In tbe British cavalry in India until
thirty odd years ago. "My company
bod been ordered into the Deshwur dis
trict, 160 miles north of Cawnpur, to
break up tbe dacoits, who bad become
very troublesome there. I was one of a
detail sent, under command of a lieu
tenant, against a band of these robbers
who bad made a stand in a little Jungle
village. We arrived there in the night
stormed tbeir intrenehment by moon
light killed or captured a round dozen
of tbe daoolta and chased tbe rest into
tbe junglo. Some of us followed tbem
on foot among the reeds and bushes,
but soon got tired of tbis useless busi
ness and were qnlte willing to stop and
turn back at tbe sound of the recall.
Our hospital stoward, a native, and
good one, was by my side. My canteen
bad been emptied on the march, and I
was parched with tbe thirst tbat fol
lows fighting. Something among tbe
bnsbes, glistening on tbe ground like
water, caught my eye.
"'It's a staguaut pool left by tbe
rains, tiutf it'll serve to wet my throat,'
I suid,aad was for throwing myself
down art my very belly to drink from,
it Bat! tbe steward pulled me book.
"'Nay, sahib, stay! Lend me your
sword for a moment, ' be said.
He took tbe sword and lightly stlr-
From the
eyes It is always best to plunt in drills Wdle of the pool a cobra's hooded
rather than iu bills More and larger j boa(- aroHe- "D(1 there came tbe sound of
potatoes can bo grown tbis way, and if lu hateful hiss. With a sweep of the
- One Lllit That Never falls.
Every ono must recognize the beauty
and many advantages possessed by the
electric light, bnt perhaps few bave
thought of tbo discomforts to wbicb
large part of tbe population would be
put If this.must modern and perfect il
Inmiuaut were to supersede all tbe old
er forms iu one.
An excellent example of this is to be
found in tbe large workroom of tbe re
porters in The Sun office. In this room
are scores of inoaudesoent electric lamps,
and no one lacks for ligbt, bnt at an odd
corner tbere is always burning oue lit
tle gas jet, whose light is insignificant
bat dourer to tbe men wbo work about
it than all tbe eleotrlo lights in tbe
room.
IJoy and night year iu and year
out, this gas jet burns with a flame not
more than balf an inch blgb and a quar
ter of an inch broad, and day and night
it is tbe Mecca of every man wbo re
sorts to tobaocd smoking to soothe bis
nerves or kill idle momenta Everybody
knows where to Hud a ligbt for olgar.
pipe or cigarette. But this was not true
years ago wfaeu the electric lights took
the place of the old gas jets wbicb lit
tbe room. Witb tbese open lights in
profusion no ono hud ever found it neo-
essary to keep a stock of matches at
band for starting a smoke. For many a
day and night aftur tho electric lights
were established tbere were great bouts
tbrongb tbe oillce for mstcbes, and then
finally it became tbe fixed custom to
keep gaslight going sts'corner near
the sporting desk to accommodate tbs
smokers. -.-New York Sun.
K Yield of Mills.
A Pennsylvania subscriber to The
National Stockman asked :
How much sued will miUot make
per acre? I bave some very nice millet
and want to know whether to cot it for
hay or seed." J. 8. Woodward, New
Yk, answored tbe query a follows:
II tbe millet is Hungarian, it will be
worth more as hay tlian to cure it for
seed, one year with another, although
oo-aaionally. the seed will sell for
good price. It ranges from 83 cents tc
$1.95, according to supply and demand.
German millet Is a splendid food
for milk production and will color the
rmxiact of but ter better tbanoranirecar
rota, but is Dot good bog food because it is
sure to .co lor the pork yellow. "
-Mareestlaq retatass.
The general role Is to harvest pntatoes
aa anno aa tbe vine are dead, la locali
ties where rot prevails the practice Is
to dig aa soon aa practicable afuw the
diioovery U made. Some authorities re
move and born the vinea previous to
digging the potatoes so that the spores
on the vines will not oome in son tact
with tbe tobera. As soon ea list harvest
ed potatoes are tboroogl-It Jry, store ia
a cool, dry place when there is a good
circulation of air. It is believed that
air sUked lima dusted over tbe freshly
harvested' potatoes has a tmatacf to
stop tbe rot
tbe ground is reasonably free from
weeds tbe planting in hills sbonld be
made the regular practiaa At IS inches
spart in the rows sud tbe rows three
feet apart a crop of potatoes out to sin
gle eyes ought to completely cover tbe
ground when the stems and leaves are
largest. As tbe tops die down weeds
will start up, and tbe cultivator, set so
as to out tbe surface soli not more than
an inch deep, should bo kept running
through between the rows. Deep oulti
vation, except just after tho potatoes
bave come up, should never be attempt'
ed, and no bill should be made around
tbe potatoes.
Hilling and too deep cultivation are
more often the causes of small potatoes
tban auytbiug-cjae, Wben tbe potatoes
are set the cultivator should never be
allowed to disturb their roots, as it will
surely stop the growth of the tubers al
ready formed and begin the formation
of a new set, wbicb will not bave time
to ripen beforo tbe potato vines die
down. Such potatoes cannot make reli
able seed. Tbey are far Inferior to pota
toes taken unripo from bills where the
tops are still green. Tbe dying down of
the tops before tbe potato matures is al
ways tbe sign that disease has affected
them, sod this is sore to extend to tbe
tubers. Spraying potato tops with bor
deaux mixture, so as to keep the foliage
healthy, is therefore a necessity for po
tatoes that are intended to be used for
Corrosive Sublimate Treetsnens.
Tbe following directions for tbe use
of Bolley's corrosive sublimate treat
ment emanates from tbe Bliode Island
station: -
Corrosive sublimate ean be bought st
drug stores in tbe form of crystals. Two
and one-fourth ounces of these crystals
should be dissolved in a few gallons of
hot water, and enough oold water added
to make' It gallons of solution. The
whole should then be well stirred. In
preparing the solution and treating the
sword the steward cut the reptile's head
off, and at ouoe what had seemed to me
a wator pool became tbe writhing ooils
ol a serpent that bad been fully six feet
in length.
"'That was your pool, sahib,' tbe
steward gravely said. 'It is well tbat
yon paused before attempting to drink
from it'
"Tbe white belly and greenish back
of the cobra, lying coiled in the moon
beams, bad looked exactly like a water
pool. But for the steward's warning I
should bave thrust my faoe down into
that hideous ooiL
"Tbere was a ease I knew in which a
oobra saved a British army officer's life
not intending in the least to do so, of
course. The officer bad gone witb a de
tachment to a district in northern India
to bring to order one of the hill tribes
tbat bad been making bobbery and bad
killed a civil officer or two. His quarters
wero at tbe bungalow of tbo magistrate
of tbe district. He bad got things quiet
ed down among the tribesmen, and ev
erything safe, to all appearance, and
was preparing to take things easy wben
one nlgbt, sleeping at tbe bungalow, be
beard a oobra moving about in bis
chamber. A oobra looking about for
proy or wben ready to fight rears its
head and about one-third of its body
straight upward from the ground, and
as the bed on which be lay was a low
ono tbe-officer know tbat if tbe oobra
came to it.be was very likely to get bit
ten. At any movement be made tbe co
bra would bias, showing that It was in
sn unpleasant temper, and, to make
things worse, tbe officer's night lamn
bad gone oat so that be could only
judge of the snake's position by sound.
"He stood tbe strain- as long as he
oould and made up bis mind tbat be
would at any rate get to a place where
tbe snake oould not reach bim. A tall
dressing case stood against tbe wall,
about six feet from tbe bead of the bod.
Tbe offloer reached oat to a chair, set it
balf way between tbe bed and tbe dress
ing oase, and then stepped from the bed
. BALKY MACHINERY.
reesdiarltlse of Mechanism WUeh Cannot
' ' Be Explained. '
A carious circumstance is connected
Witb the building of tbe famous ma
chine used at Johns Hopkins university
for ruling lines on glass for tbe ase of
spectroscopes and similar apparatus.
Tbe machine is considered the best in
its line of business in the world, since
It has been able to rule 130,000 lines on
a piece of glass oue Inch long. .The es
sential part of it is" a marvelously fine
screw which moves the engraving tool a
minute distance every time tbe screw is
turned, Before tbe machine was really
finished It was decided to put the parts
together and make a trial experiment to
see approximately bow it would work,
and if tbe trial proved a fairly satisfac
tory one the machine was to be taken
apart, finished nicely and put together
again, Wben the test was made, it was
found tbat the machine worked: exactly
right It seemed impossible to improve
on it Thereupon the professors in
charge of (he work decided that it
would be a risky matter to attempt to ..:
improve on perfection, and it was
agreed to let the machine stay in Its ap
parently rough state, since it worked
exactly as it should do. If it were taken
apart.it might not act so well wben
put together again, and so tbis miraon- :
lonsly fine instrument appears today to
be In a balf finished state. ' .
Tbis may seem mere flnicalness, bnt
let tbe average man wbo shaves himself
remember the struggles be has witb
that , moderately fine instrument his
razor, and be will begin to respect the -
professor's caution. The average shaver
knows tbat sometimes he can get the ,
exact combination that produces a good
shave and at others, when apparently
all the conditions are the same, be
seems to be merely pulling bis fur out
of shape without much effort on tbe .
hair he desires to remove. He consults
numerous barbers, and they all give
him pet recipes for making a razor cut
smoothly which usually sound like '
nonsense bnt tbe stubborn fact remains
tbat sometimes a homemade shave is a
comparative pleasure, while sat others 1
for some inscrutable reason it approach
es tbe horrors of the inquisition. . .
Machinists recognize tbis freakiness
of material substances. An engineer
who need to be pump inspector tor a
section of tbe Chicago snd Northwest
ern railroad assures me tbat many a
stormy night when be has gone down -the
track on his little oar to Inspect a "
pump tbat wouldn't work be bas been
in despair because be could find no new -son
why tbe pumping machinery refused :
to act properly. Everything seemed to
be in its right place. Knowing nothing
else to do, be bas pat all tbs parts back
aa be found tbem, turned on steam and
to bis surprise, relief snd chagrin the
pump worked as well aa be could wish.
Chicago Post
BALLOON SIGNALING.
seed use wooden vessels only. Two bar.
rels with wooden faucets are oonven-1 to tbe chair, and from tbe ebair to th
lent the solution being drawn from one J top of tbe dressing case. Tbere be was
Editor Abbott of Tbs Busy Bee gives
tbis advice: Keep your comb hooey fat
a dry, warm place. Do mat not it la
the tee cheat or la the cellar. . Tbs
ta sot a cellar io the United StsM that
Is so dry that it will aot infer tbs
flavor of comb bnnry it kept la it Bet
ter by far pat it ia the garret, a it is
sore to be dry and warm there for sot
time
ed a deaf ear to its trechiaa;, bad smoth
ered its rare fair faoe and trampled ea
its Cleanly beads it lived to bis an do
ing. "Bne woaido't have me now," be
groaned.
Be knew sbe woelda't Mary was
dead sad berried for him as Daisy
was. Tbs lurid sky, th steely sea,'
baawd to meet and demolish one an
other, Tbs heavens sensed to Lranax
Jo be pressing around bias. Hs put ae
Sou (hern anl Western stock
men know a gnwl thing when they
it therefore 1)r scratch c,
sweeny, ring-bora, strains, sprains.
braises, ssddlo and harness (alls and
ailments of horses, they nee Rice's
Goose ' reass Liniment, it is good
(or menu beast. Bold and -guaranteed
by all druggists and general
stores. "
Subscribe for Tub Gi kakkk.
to tbe otber whenever it is desired tore
move tbe potatoes. ' Tbe potatoes may
also be put iu a sack and dipped into
tbs solution. Tbe same soldtion may be
used repeatedly. Tbe whole tubers, after
first being washed, should be placed in
tbe solution for 1 hours, then spread
out to dry and cut and planted as nsaaL
Tbis solution is extremely poisonous and
sbonld not be allowed to get into tbe
month nor into wells, springs, eta, nor
be leftwbwe animals can gain
to It r
Caltaral Motes ea Astssraeaa,
If ons would bars thrifty plants bs
most provide for tbem a mellow bed
snd an abundance of food. Tbe sets
sbonld hs planted separately (about two
by four feet) and deep enough so tbst
tbs tops are from four to sis inches be
low tbo sarfaos of tbe soil. As regards
fertilizing, if the soil is mellow and
sufficiently rich to raise a good crop of
corn, sarfaos manuring from rear to
year will be all (generally speaking)
tbat is required. A dressing of oomplete
fertiliser every spring (not in autumn.
as Is frequently reeommended), bow
is of much benefit to soy aspara
gus bed, and tbe beat time in which to
set tbe plsnts is also In tbe spring.
Tbey ean be set In autumn, of oourse.
bat In oase tbey are tbey should be
molobed directly succeeding tbe first
bard frees with two or more inches of
old and well rotted manor. Country
Gentleman.
Ia Use A aiarr.
"Could not sections be filled with
foundation in winter time in order to
gala time witb next sammer's work?
In Tbe National Stockman tbis qnery I
answered as follows: "By all means.
know there are some who ssy tbey went
their fooadatioa ao entirely fresh tbat
it will become too old if tb sect ions are
filled la winter. In sotaal practice
bave found nothing of tb kind. I have
bad good tweeess with sections la which
foaadaUoa bad been filled two, three
snd soot even four year, t bave felt
the annoyance of being obliged to fill
foandatioa in sections while bees wi
swarming, aad I have felt the comfort
of having several t hop sand sections all
filled weeks before tbst time, and it
would take soma money to get m to
wait till summer before having my seo-
ttoas Oiled with bntmlatlon."
Ilebea
an stock, seared la SS Bleats by Woo ford
Hulnrv LoUnsk This am fails. Note br
T. A. AlbrKbt, Srmsssjs, Orakaas. Jf. C
The ChronckJe ssys it is under
stood that the railroad and bond
holders will not carry the
Wilkes county bond case to tbe
Supreme Court but will get some
Don resident bondholder to bring
so it against the county before Judge
Simon ton.
safe from tbe oobra.
"As hs perched on tbe dressing ease
lns4be dark, thinking bow ridiculous
snd 2 omfortable bis position was, two
blllmen stole in at tbe door, rushed to
tbe bedside and struck fiercely witb
tbeir tulwars tbe heap of bedclothing
where tbe offloer bad lain before tbey
discovered tbat be was not tbere. The
snake set np a load biasing, wbicb
seemed to convince the assassins that
tb offloer oould not be In tbe room, and
tbey went away without seeing bim
passing tbs dressing case not a step
away, Tb cobra presently crawled out
of tbe room through the door tbey bad
left open, and tbe officer was able to gut
down from the dressing raaa and raise
an alafm. The two biiliuen be never
oangbt but be slept with a sentinel at
bis door dnrlng the rest of bis stay in
tne district'- new York Sun.
HarwMi aad Uvrrlo Pra.
For many centuries tbe oity of Nor
wicb, in respect of tbe manor of Carle
ton, was liable to provide annually 84
herring pies fur tbe- royal kitchen.
Blomrfield, in bis "History of Nor
folk," referring to tbis quaint service,
prints a letter from tb household
offloers of Charles I, making "divers
Just exceptions" to tbe quality of tbe
pies wbicb bad been forwarded by tbe
city snertRa
Tbe main exceptions read as follows
"First, you do not send tbem accord-
ing to your tenor of tbs first new ber:
rings tbst ar taken.
'Secondly, you do not oaua tbem to
bs well baked in good and stronc pasty a.
as tney oagot to be, that tbey may en
dare tbe oarriage tbe better.
'Thirdly, whereas you sbonld by
your tenor next in these pastyesatx
sour Herrings at tb least, being tbe
great hundredth, which doth require
nv to b pat into every pye at tb least,
ws find but fowe herrings to bs in div
ers of then.
"Fourthly, tb number of pye wbicb
yoa sent st tbis tyme we find to be few-
tr than have been sent heretofore, and
iivers of tbem much broken.
'And, lastly,-- ws aaderstand tb
bringe of tbem was ooostrained to
soake tbree several Jooroeys to yon bs
for be eooid bar them, whereas it
leemeth he is bound to com bat onos."
Chambers' Journal.
Wide Tares As aseaer
Tbe Important) of wide tires for v
hide is not sufficiently realized. Tbey
save expensive stone roada from being
-a into rats, eat sp and rained by
traffic, and they improve dirt roada by
wearing tbem dowa to a smooth sur-
k. Erperlmenta show that a loaded
wagon with two inch tires will sooa
form bad and deep rats in a dirt road,
while tbe same load on a wagon with
four or five inch tires will roll a eom
pact surface. The pcrwet required to
baal tbe load la tbe latter case is re
Saoed by one-half.
IU Application to SesentlSe ataploeattlaa
la tbs Polar Beloas.
Eleotrlo balloon signaling is showing
muoh progress in the facility and cer
tainty of its methods. Signaling from
tbe car of an ordinary captive balloon
requires tbe use of a balloon of consid
erable size and also presuppose calm
weather, bat when the signals are
made by electric .flashes tb operator
can remain on the ground with tbe
apparatus, and tbe balloon is portable
and ran be quickly inflated. Erio 8.
liruco has invented a system which
is Independent of tbe configuration of
tbs country. Instead of tbe Morse key
contacts, wbicb would not withstand
tbs heavy currents necessary for light
ing, be usee a specially Improved key
worked by carbon oontaots. For mili
tary purposes be advise tbe operation
of ballooua of varnished cam brio, snob,
in fact, as now are used by Great Brit
ain, Italy and Belgium. . Gold beaters' .
skin also is a material muoh in vogue.
It Is so light that sn 18 inch balloon
constructed of it and filled with coal
gas will lift itself. On tbe otber band.
II would require a cam brio balloon sev
en feet in diameter to lift itself. Mr.
Brace believes that eleotrlo balloon sig
naling soon will be extensively applied
to scientific exploration in arctio and
antarctic expedition a. ""Cjr tbat purpose
be recommends s bslloqn seven feet in
diameter wbicb would lift 500 feet of -
cable, with a cubic capacity of 150 feet'
Tbe filling of this would necessitate tbe
taking oat of a steel tube of eom pressed
hydrogen about eight feel long. He
finds it good practice to pat tbe lamps
inside tbe balloon, j Tbis cause a lose
of illuminating power, but makes the
signs ling clearer. When incandescent
lamps srs flashed, tbe filament remains
hot for a moment In tbe open tbis is
visible snd connects tbe flashes, where
as witb tbe lamps inside tbe balloon tbe
afterglow Is hot seen. In foggy weather
tbe lata pa, of course, bave to be outside,
bat tben tbe fog acts ss would the gold
beaters' skin envelope snd obviates tbs
confusion caused by tb afterglow.
Chicago Beoord. ...
Soap Applied ta tbe Quae,
The North German Lloyd steamship .
Gera, wbicb recently arrived in New
York from Bremen, ran into a tempest ,
ia midocean on Jan. T and shipped tbe
create of many eom bera. Heroommander
decided to try tbe efficiency of soft soap
and oil on tbe water. It is, of course,
usual for storm tossed vessels to us oil
in tb quieting of troubled waters, but
tbe combination of soft soap and oil is . .
rare. It was ran from tne closet pipe
on tbe weather side, about 60 feet abaft
of tb beam. About eight gallons of soft
soap and four gallons of thick lubricat
ing oil war used. Tb uft aoap was
dropped through one pipe and the oil
through another near by. A heavy lather
appeared on the sea, aad tbe crests
ceased breaking aboard. Tbe storm mod
erated next day, and tbe Gera was ablo
to make ber usual winter speed tbe rest
of tbe trip. Scientific American.
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Ia Japan tb dead ar always buried
Witb tb head toward tbe north.
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