The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-21

doeilitated to sit up. yet she would
csssp around and try to coax and keep
the house in order. while James would
even neglect the ,riHes be ought TO
have attend "a tn.
Patience st last Ceased to b. . virtue,
and Florence having no haie Of any
ultimate improvement in her husband.
picked up her bsl0nsiDes aud ssllied
OF into the cold vald alone, once
more In search OF more genial almns-
phers-and some ons 70 appreciate
hers~lf and her Ell .rts more. She w.s
nueh AyeIse 10 divorces, but felt she
would do hersef . great injustice did
che nat sever the bonds which united
her to man who obtained her IS .
wife BY false representations. and Who
had never provided for her - .
husband should.
Edward Norton ~as dismayei on
returning home one fse night to find
the wife OF his bosom fled. and only
litter to iEfnm him Of her immutAbls
resolution never to dwell with him
.. ain.
Florenc- is now free. and AS she
learns to torgst the suffeiings she has
endured. may again he sparkling. witty
and hxpp, - she used to be b.iorr she
usited herself To a man Of whom she
knew so little. and who proved that it
is dangerous 3" judge frnm APPEARANCES
or place too much crsdence in strangers
THE ESGLIsH HoP PRosPRCr. The
Bren<rs' Guardian. Of London. gives
the following information regarding
hops in England: The prospects Of
ths coming crop have n"s improved.
On the contrary, in many districts.
there has been . decided retrogation.
The actual growth has not been re-
tsrded. though the color OF tue leaves
10 less healthy and there is muddy
lCok about the shoots and laterals.
showing that the temperature has been
., s,ngsniAl Mould 10 making rapid
strides in some parts at Kent. in which
there are some grounds that are already
past praying for and bsyoud the power
Of sulphur and sunshine TO restore.
Mould, In SHIRT sc ms to have re-
gained its aast ~. ~h.cn tor soine
years it has ic.ded TO the potent iutla-
eucs "f sulphur No grounds. no sorts
"t hops are now exempt from 1t. No
method of cultivation seems to have
any preventive tsntlency. Ip many
pa.ts of Kent nouId was unknown,
hut how it Is found th.,e and every
where, I" the bitter Cost OF the plant
sr.. They are all much afraid lest monld
Will work its wicked way u.".' e.si
1.nany the hop p.auiati IL. unie,s
sudden and compi'te chaLg. sh"uli
occur IN the weather Not .bly Is
mould causing great uieas'ness Ia the
planters IN almost eve;y hop growing
county. but lice are doing much mis-
ctief ia many places. There hss been
. suspicion VI lice even in tue favored
parts Of Kent aud Sussex throus
the seas n. aud ths super auity of mois-
ture has tended to increase the vermin
here. In the neighborhood Of Roches-
ter. in some places in North and West
Kent. Horton Kirby. Otford HAlsteafa
in the Wsald. st Stsplshurst. Bidden-
den, Bensndsn. there has been oonsid-
erabis increase during the pact fort
night. Neal Ashford, in the
East Kent country. in the districts be-
tween Ashford aud Fsvorsham. and
Ashford and Canterbury. many of the
plants are sadly infested with lios. aud
this attack has extended to parishes in
tbs WsAd bordering upon East Kent.
In Sussex. IN the west of the county.
many. many Rroands have already
gone black, and others ere being fast
'tarrsd with the same brush.' At Sale.
hurst. Mountfield. Buxted, Waldron
and Battle. there 10 every prospect Of
blight. though the plants look dsci-
dediy better at Wsdhurst. Lamberhurst.
aod near Tunbridgs Wells. Taking
Kent and Sux round. the present posi-.
tion OF the plantations sre hot 90 good
BY at lesst 8 cwts per acre. - it Vas
three weeks since. on account of the
rapid spread Of mould aud the increase
Of lios in many qaasters'