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The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
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place in front, gathered up the reins
and drove off as swiftly as l could in
duce the ancient steed to move.
Mademoiselle drew her mantle close
ly over her head and shoulders, and but
once during the long drive did she
speak. Then it was to direct me to the
TregOnne road
With ample time for reflection, my
adventure now began to seem rather
queer and uncanny, and by the time we
discovered the lights of Tregonne
twinkling before us | had come to
doubt the perfect wisdom Of my pres
ent course.
But 1t was too late to draw back now
and the girl was very beautiful.
''This is the notary's," said my COM
panion, in her low, sweet voice, indi-
eating by a gesture a rambling struc-
ture from whose windows cleaned a
single light.
l leaped out, found the door at the
end of long pathway, and knocked
upon it loudly.
A tall, thin man, beyond the middle
age, holding tallow candle high above
his head, answered my call.
you are the notary?" I asked, brief
ly. He nodded assent.
Il wish to be married"
Married" he echoed in surprise.
'but when, mOnsieurT
"Now; at once"
"But the bride, monsieur?"
II will fetch the bride. She is wait
ing without"
thought he intended to protest. so
left him abruptly and returned for
the lady. She was already coming to-
ward the house, and as l met her she
motioned me to go before, while she
followed silently up the pathway.
The notary admitted us without any
ceremony, and we entered small,
dimly-lighted room that appeared 10
be study.
My compa MON at once seated herself
in an arm chair, but without removing
the muff1ings from her face.
The notary snuffed the candle, ar
ranged his books, and, turning to me
with penetrating look, said:
II must know your name, monsieur ~
"Richard Harrington"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
The Best Kind of Corn for EnsiIaee-
How to Plant Apple Orchards -
Grease Will Destroy Lice on Cattle
Farmers Who Are Land Poor,
Corn for Ensi1age.

Quality of feed put into the silo counts
for as much there as it does if fed dry
This has an important bearing on the
kind of corn to plant for the silo. 1t is
not now the practice, as it used to be,
to look exclusively or even mainly to a
great bulk of forage without regard
to its quality. But where the large
Southern corn that will not ear so far
north is sown thickly, the immense
growth of stalks without any grain and
with very small nutritive value, makes
a feed so poor that it needs great deal
of grain or meal to perfect the ration.
Some good farmers of our acQuaint-
ance have SoWn this Southern corn for
the last time. The early Flint or Dent
varieties, drilled thinly enough to make
at least a nubbin on every stalk, can
be made to grow twelve to fifteen tons
of green fodder per acre on rich land.
If this corn is cut and put in silo when
the grain is in the milk, there will be
more valuable nutriment in it than in
twenty to twenty-five tons OF pale
white stalks that have hardly enough
carbon in them to heat and form the
carbonic acid gas that preserves the
ensilage from spelling The richer the
stalks, so that they be green and sue
culent, the sweeter the ensilage will be-
Sour ensilage always indicates that the
quality of the fodder was too poor to
get up rapid fermentation, which
would exclude air and prevent the fer
ment going to the point of making
vinegar, thus destroying much nutri-
tion.-Exchange.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

| behavior Of trees during their life ca
reer. In acorns especial y one may note
remarkable difference in their beha-
vior. Some species of acorn will pre-
serve their vital power without much
difficulty for couple of years, while
others can rarely be found with life
after a few mont S. Some when put
into the earth will remain months be-
fore sprouting, while others will sprout
before they are fairly on of their cups
on the trees.
The acorns of the live Cak Of the
South often sprout before they fall.
The process of terminating is among
the most remarkable Of all American
trees. The root pusl as out from the
acorn tc a distance of many inches be-
fore it enters the ground the root then
goes into the earth while the bud or
plumule ascends to form the incipient
tree trunk. The young tree Of the live
oak will frequently be; :. distance of six
inches from the acorn. In this respect
the behavior of this species of oak cor
responds nearly with what is almost
III SCCoo.
Another early sprouter is the COM
mon white oak. These have rot been
known to sprout on the tree, hut they
| scarcely reach the ground before the
little radicile prepares to enter the
earth. 1t does not wait to get to the
surface Of the earth before doing this.
On shelves or boxes where there Is
some number of them together the
whole will be mass Of roots before
few weeks after gathering. On the
other hand the nut Of the burr oak will
remain long time before showing any
disposition to sprout. 1t is these vary
ing characteristics which make rules
for the transportation of seeds difficult,
each kind has to h.-e a method of its
own. SO far as the two oaks are con-
cerned, it has beer found better to
send young plants long distances than
the acorns them alves. Meehan'S
Monthly.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Lieutenant Peary has been detached
from the Brooklyn navy yard and Or
dered TO report for duty on the Pacific
coast, but announces that his plans for
reaching the north pole will go on all
the same. He is at present hoping that
some person or persons will give him
Sl50.O00. and he will then start on his
trip. The greatest part of the money.
he explains. will be needed to maintain
a colony of EskimOs at point further
north than any previous colony has
ever located. There might be some
thing that would thrill the world in the
accomplishment of this plan, and vet
there are practical-minded people who
will think that the money asked for
could be better used in founding a col.
Ony of poor white people in some lower
latitude
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
road Company, which employs 5000
coal miners, and whose wage scale gov
erns that of 10000 miners in Alabama.
has asked its miners to accept a re-
duction of 1215 per cent. beginning
June /. The President says that this
will enable the company to take several
large contracts for export shipment. In
other words. if the men will work for
one-eighth less than their present
wages the company will e able to
pocket lot of money.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Finding Water i'm the Desert.

The Western man who got water in
the desert by the aid of a reed and Il
sponge evidently got the idea from the
bushmen of the Kalahari desert in Af-
rica. These people often live scores of
miles from places where water comes
to the surface During certain times
of the year sharp storms pass over the
Kalahari, covering the apparently arid
region with the brightest Of verdure
and filling for n few short days the
water courses with roaring torrents.
The bushmen find water by digging in
the bottoms of these dried up river
beds. They dig hole three or four
feet deep and then tie a sponge 70 a
hollow reed. The sponge absorbs the
moisture at the bottom of the hole, and
the natives draw it up into their
mouths through the reed.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Feeding Sitting Hens,

Sitting hens never get fat. In fact,
with some of the persistent sitters Of
the Asiatic breeds, the semi-staryation
to which they expose themselves Is,
perhaps, better for their future as egg
producers than high feeding would be.
Still it is not best to let this starvation
go too far. The hen will not eat nor
drink much, but if food and drink are
offered early in the morning, some Of
both will be taken. We never feed
sitting hen anything but wheat, and do
not give very much of that. 1t Is more
important that the hen drink freely
than that she eat much She will some
times drink If milk is offered to her at
night. With wheat in the morning and
milk at night, the hen will lose fat.
but will be healthier and ready to go
to laying again by the time her clutch
of chickens is grown large enough to
care for themselves
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
"Wherc is my wife?' I asked

"Where is my wife?' asked.
"She followed you down the path"
said the man.
But she is not therew
Without word the notary accom-.
panied me back to the carriage. Nc
trace of the girl was to be seen.
Right and left among the shrubbery
| searched; I called aloud her name
entreating her to come to ME. but no
sight of the beautiful face rewarded
my efforts.
returned to the notary's study filled
with vague misgivings.
Where can she be?" | asked, dis
mally.
I'm her grave" was the hoarse an
sWer.
"Monsieurv'
Il told you before that she was dead.
1t is true. You have welded a ghost!'
The next morning, in company with
the notary, l drove down the road till
we came to the brick wall where L
first saw Amelie de Boursons.
We entered the gates and walked to
the chateau that stood in the neglected
grounds. An old woman admitted us,
the care taker, and at the nOtary's re-
quest allowed us to visit the gallery.
The notary threw back the shutters
and the sun came in and flooded the
portrait of beautiful girl whose violet
eyes regarded me with the same sweet
expression had noted in my bride Of
the previous evening.
sit is Amelie de Boursons," said the
notary, in a gentle voice. ''I have seen
this picture often, and heard the girls
pitiful story, and that is why I knew
her last night to be a mere phantom.
Her father was stern, hard man, who
insisted upon her marrying a person ut
terly distasteful to the young girl. She
tried to escape, but was captured and
brought home to confront her fate. On
the wedding morning they found her
dead. She had taken her own life.
That was forty years ago, monsieur!'
AS we left the room l glanced curl
ously at the ruby that sparkled on my
finger.
1t is the only evidence l have ever
possessed of my phantom bride.-St
Louis GlobeDemOcrat.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
The Common Field Pea.

The common field pea is very largely
grown in Canada, partly because that
country is in some parts 100 far north
to grow corn proftably. Another rea-
son is that the pea in Canada is exempt
from the attacks of the pea weeyil. 1t
is found that by securing Canada peas
for seed crops of peas may be grown
If in place where no peas have lately
been grown. The pea is really better
food for growing hogs than any other
grain, and as while growing the pea
roots increase nitrogenous fertility in
the soil, the crop may be profitably
grown. 1t is the best fallow crop to
precede either winter wheat or rye.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

his way in seyen-league botos. 1t will
take the form of muscular servant
girl. goaded into active hostility by
fruitless tramps down four flights of
stairs in response to fraudulent post
mans ring and armed with a broom or
a kettle of hot water as an expression
of resentment. The mail box adver-
tiser will do well TO leave off his ne
farioIs practices He is defea ting his
own object and is counting reprisals.
The mail box is provocative of enough
wOrriment without being made the
target for obtuse persons who don't
know enough to advertise in the proper
way--that is to say, in the newspapers.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Chicago Chronicle: \ word with the
advertiser who stuffs the mail boxes
full of printed matter. 1t doesn't pay.
1t repels trade instead of attracting it.
The householder who sees through the
glass darkly what appears to he mail
letter and opens his box only to find a
eulogium of Smiths soap or Jones bak-
ing powder or RObinsOn's S3 pants is
absolutely certain to pass Smith, Jones
and Robinson by when he is in need of
soap or baking powder or pants. He
has been fooled. and it is only human
nature that he should get even" If he
can. AS for the brigand who not only
stuffs his circular into the mail box oil
hallway, but rings the bell to attract
attention TO it-retribution Is coming
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Heavy Soil Best for Fruit.

Owing to it's earliness and the ease
with which it is cultivated, it was nat
ural that for a long time sandy s)il
should be preferred by the fruit grow
er. But it is becoming understood that
we'll underdrained, heavy soils can be
worked nearly or quite as early as
sandy soils, and these are much richer
in the mineral elements of plant food
that are essential in perfecting fruit
of any kind. In many of the winter
fruits the easiness Of ripening on light
soil becomes a disadvantage, as 1t
makes late fall and early winter fruits
of varieties that, when grown on ieav-
ier soil, should be kept in good cOndi.
ton until spring.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Planting Apple Orchards.

How far apart should apple trees be
planted? The small, thin, whiplike
trees with a few roots attached look
very lonesome when set at the proper
distance apart. 1t requires strong
Imagination and some faith to see
these in the future, spreading fifteen to
eighteen feet on either side, and with
branches that interlock each other. Yet
they will surely do it if not planted for
ty feet apart. And on good ground
that, for the spreading varieties, like
Greening and Baldwin, is none too
near The Northern Spy apple grows
more upright, and that may be planted
thirty feet apart, partly to crowd the
roots and induce earlier bearing But
even with the Northern Spy we should
prefer TO have the trees planted forty
feet apart, and then plant in between
the rows peach trees or dwarf pear
trees to produce crop until the apple
trees come into bearing. No kind Of
apple so much needs sunlight as does
the Northern Spy. But this can be
best secured by pruning out the inside
branches of the tree and letting sun
light to the center. The Northern Spy
apples that grow on these inside
branches are small, colorless and poor
in flavor. The fruit at best needs a
long season to ripen, and should have
all the sunlight that can be given it
American Cultivator.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
A 8 to sheep.

Sheep are the most profitable stock
on the farm Those who go into sheep
raising extensively find it a profitable
business, but small flock on every
farm is nearly all profit There is no
animal that will convert the weeds and
wastes that grow on every farm into
ready cash like sheep. They will eat
almost every kind of weed that grows,
even to thistles. They soon Danish
weeds from pastures where they are
fed from year to year, and if they do
not clean the fence corners, lands, bush
borders, fallow fields and byways it is
because they do not get a chance. There
Is no way of checking wild mustard so
effectively as by growing sheep fed on
the land from year to year and allow
ing the sheep to feed upon it.
Sheep are also noted for increasing
the fertility of the soil. No one who
stocks his land well with sheep has his
land shorn of its fertility. This is
very important matter, and one of the
great advantages in keeping sheep.
In establishing a small flock of sheep
pure bred sheep can now be got so rea-
sonable in price that the difference in
the cost between pure bred registered
sheep and grade or common sheep is
but trifing as compared with the many
advantages pure-bred flock has over
the others. pure-bred sheep is al
ways as good as a grade for the drover
or butcher, and an extra good, well
bred sheep will always command an
extra price In any event, the sires
used in every flock should be of some
of the pure breeds of sheep, of which
there are so many to select from. 1t Is
the little extra care and attention to
breeding and feeding that makes the
profit.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

horse manure in barrel. and trained
up the south side of Il building, with
good results Experiments conducted
for two and three years past with po
tassium sulphid and Bordeaux mixture
for the prevention of rot in tomatoes
have given unsatisfactory results, and
the best method of avoiding rot is be-
lieyed to be the selection of resistant
varieties aud the use Of uninfected
land.
Much variation was found among
different varieties in susceptibility TO
rot. Early tomatoes were, as rule,
found to be inferior in quality to later
varieties. The varieties Acme, Dwarf
Champion and Beauty are generally
recommended for commercial planting,
with the use of Early Ruby, Maule
Earliest and Earliest of All in sections
where the seasons are short.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

All virtue is cumulative. Exception
al deeds of moral excellence or heroism
are but the richest of the fruits which
n noble character is continually yield
ing. Our admiration and respect thus
called forth should not be confined to
them, but should extend far back into
the past life which has made such
things possible
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The Buffalo News calls attention to
the case OF Noah Raby, Jerseyman,
125 years old, who started to smoke
his mothers clay pipe 120 years ago
and has smoked ever since, and asks:
"HOw would it have been if he had
smoked cigarettes?" If he had smoked
cigarettes he probably wouldn't have
been over 10 years old now.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The aimless in life are to be pitied.
They drift with the current. They are
of little account to themselves or to So
ciety. A worthy object is essential to
bring out the best that is in us. The
man of high and useful ideals, intent
upon their realization, is full Of push
and energy. He gets the most out of
existence. and gladdens, enriches, in
spires and helps as he has opportunity.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
NOthin0 tJnuRuaI-

Parson Prolix-I think we may say
that all reforms are intermittent; even
in the church fold the awakenings are
periodical.
Layman-Yes; | noticed that was the
case this morning when you pro-
nounced the Observation-Disclosures Cou-
rier.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

A Boston paper says: Spring is here
at last. 4 butterfly was caught at the
South End yesterday" This may be
the proper way to catch butterfly,
but when you grab wasp it is better
10 catch it about the middle, shifting
nOrthwesterly toward the head.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Cottouseed Meal.

w. f. Massey tells the Practical
Farmer that while cotton seed meal
may be excellent feed for beef cattle,
he does not want any fed to his milch
cows, if he is to eat the butter. He
would prefer pea meal. If cotton seed
meal be fed at all, it should be in small
quantities and with ensilage or cut
hay.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

A dispatch from Lancaster, Pa, says:
that Mrs. Jake Elliot shot her hus-
band three times yesterday and grave
fears are entertained for his recovery"
If his recovery is feared perhaps Mrs.
Elliot would better shoot hirl again.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
VARIATIONS IN ACORNS.

No Two Seeds Nor Even Two Leaves
Exactly Alike.
1t Is said that in individual trees
scarcely two leaves can be found ex-
actly alike. What is true of leaves is
true of seeds, and, indeed, oe every
part of a tree. 1t is also true of the
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The Coroner's jury viewed a body
which had been taken from tie Chica~o
River and returned a verdict that the
decedent "came to his death by drown
ing from = cause Unknown" This is
fully rs clear as the Chicago River it
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

A New York paper offered a prize for
the best definition of ''news" and a
clergyman walked off with it for say
Ing I news is anything that the
gen public ought to know The
ten commandments, for instance?
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Grease to Destroy Lice.

If cattle in spring are thin in flesh,
with rough, staring coat, 1t is a pretty
sure sign that lice are troubling them.
1t is only on thin cattle that lice can
long continue to live. Grease of any
kind kills them. as it closes the pores
through which they breathe. 1t is much
better to rub lard or fat of any kind
on the necks of cattle and around the
head than to apply large amounts of
kerosene, which has usually the effect
of taking off the hair. If kerosene oil
is used, make it into an emulsion. with
ten times its bulk Of water, and using
enough soap to make the oil and water
thoroughly mix. This closes the pores
and is just as effective as stronger
doses
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

According to the Globe, an Atchison
woman has figured it out that "be-
tween the ages of 16 and II her heart
was broken eleven times" Court plas-
ter does wonders in such cases.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

A girl in UniOntOwn, Pa, shot burg
lar the other night. But the CORE
spendent doesn't explain what she was
shooting at when the accident oc-
ll11rrpd
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Philadelphia proposes to unveil a
monument TO Washington next month
which was begun in 1911, only eighty
six years ago. Why they should be in
such hurry about it no one seems to
l.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The New York papers which issued
their Easter number several weeks be-
fore Easter hope to be able to bring out
their Christmas editions this year
about the Fourth of July.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Farmers Who Are Land Poor.


Farmers who have as much land as
they can properly attend to frequently
rent other farms and extend their op-
eratiOns. They cannot do this profit
ably unless they depend upon fer+il-
izers. But few farms receive a suffi-
cheney Of manure, and when the far4.l-
er undertakes to cultivate more land
he must either impoverish the land or
add something to it. 1t is better to
use les sland and increase the yield. If
the land can be made to produce more
without enlarging the area the cost Of
the crop will be reduced. Hundreds
of farmers are land poor and pay taxes
on land that cannot be made to pay be-
cause the efforts are not concentrated
on less space.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
A Rond of symnathy.

Sir" said the mendicant, Il have
spent many days on the road"
poor fellow" murmured the man ap~
nroached. Here's 81. I've travelled on
those Southern railroads myself."-PhiI
adeIphia North American.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The best description of that mysteri-
Gus nocturnal air ship comes from a
Kansas City man, who says it looked
TO him about as big as a beer glass"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Colorado has passed law admitting
women to membership in the State
militia 1t Is about time to dramatiZe
the new woman as Durlesque.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

The local headline. Big Circus in Our
Midst" is slightly misleading. The ar
rival of cucumbers in the market has
nothing TO do with it.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Lieutenant Peary says he can find the
north pole for Sl50.000. 1t would be
about as easy to find one as to find the
other nowadays.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

II Captain Sug Chigger. of Wyoming,
ever enters politics il is safe bet that
he will come right up 10 the scratch.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

I The inn at
! II o u d T e was
! very disagree
| able. The OdOr
] Of garlic and
cabbage a n d
the dampness
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Grants greatest monument Is not IN
Riverside Park
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Tomatoes,

Tomatoes at the Minnesota station
were forced in rich soil over weli-rotted
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-15

oners with breakfasts this morning.
|Twenty-nine suppers were supplied last
night.
The mounted police have had very
few calls Of late to attend to.
The great fan palm (corypha UNI
braculifera), the centre piece in Main
plaza park, is in bloom and is very
beautiful.
-Chas. Mueller has begun the erec-
ton of a saloon at No. 1,402 Cara
street, Ward 3, to cost 5000.
Rev. r. M. Hall, of No. 500 South
Presa street, is rejoicing over the safe
arrival of baby daughter in his fam
lily, yesterday.
The marriage of Miss Anna Dali
ton Magruder to Mr.. John Randolph
Martin will take place at 10 a. m. to-
morrow in Travis Park NJ. E. church.
1t is reported that John w. Mack
ey, the California millionaire, has pur-
chased the Thornton rance, west Of San
Antonio, through his attorney.