b Between Two Fires
Cy ANTHONY HOPE
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he finds." Francis H.icon.
CHAPTER XXIII. ( Con l inue.1. I
I coiil.l not pretend to regret the dead
mm. Indeed, 1 had Iwn near Join the
miiio d.v.l myself. Hut 1 shrank before
this calm ruihlessiiess. Another Ions
laue followed. Then the President said:
"I'm sorry for nil this. Martin sorry
you and 1 came to Mows."
"Von played me false about tbo money,"
1 sa.d bitterly.
"Yes. yes," he answered gently; "I
1n"t biame you. You were hound to mo
lv no ti.-s. Of course you saw my plan?"
"I supposed your excellency meant to
keep the money and throw aie over."
VV.it altogether" he said. "Of course
1 K..,,n,l t. l.i vp the money. Hut
it
una tli ,:Wr thiior. VOU know. As
far
a the money went, I would have taken
care you came to no harm.
"What wa it, then?"
"I thought you understood all along
h said with some surprise. I saw j
r.,.. ru-,il u ith Christina, and i
ou
my
j: ime was t drive you out of the country
tij making the place too hot for you."
"She told me you didn't suspect about
tne and her till guile the end."
"Iid she?" he answered w.th a smile:
-I must he petting clever to deivive two
uch wide-awake young ieopIe. Of course
I ,. it nil alons. Hut you had more
-rir than I though:. I've never been
so
.,oot-iv H.i.i- hv nnv man as by you.
I'm
Hut
m..;,, I liked vou. you know
:i.;ni m.wn't interfere with duty."
he
ent on. smiling. "What claim have you
at my hands?" ,
"lKicent burial. I suppose. I answered.
He sot up and paced the room for a
moment or two. I waited wi:h some anx
iety, for life U worth something to a
young man, even when things look black
est, and 1 never was a hero.
"I make you this offer." he said at last.
-Your boat lies there ready. Get into her
and go; otherwise "
"I see." aaid 1. "And you will marry
her?"
"Yes," he said.
"Against her will?"
He looked at me with something like
pity- . ... .,
"Who can tell what a woman s will wi.i
be in a week? In lesa than that she w.ll
marry me cheerfully. I hope you may
grieve as short a time as she will."
In my inmost heart I knew it was true.
I had staked everything, not for a wom
an's love, but for the whim of a girl . tor
a moment it was too hard for me. and I
Lowed idt bead on the table by me and
hid my face. Then he came and put his
hand on mise. and said :
"Yes. Martin ; young and old, we are all
alike. They're not worth quarr-ling for.
But nature's too strong."
"May I see her before I go?" I asked.
'lea," he said.
-Alone?"
Yes," he said once more. Go now
If she can see you."
I went up and cautiously opened the
door. The Signorina was lying on the
ted with a shawl over her. She seemed
to be asleep. I bent over her and kissed
her. She opened her eyes, and said in a
weary voice :
"Is it you, Jack?"
"'Yes, my darling." said I. "I am go ng
I must go or die ; and whether I go or
die. I must be alone."
She was strangely quiet, even apathet
ic. As I knelt down by her she raised
herself, and took my face between her
hands and kissed me, not passionately.
Lut tenderly.
"My poor Jack i" she said ; "it was no
use, dear. It is no use to fight against
Li in."
"You love me?" I cried in my pain.
-Yen," she said, "but I am very tired;
and he will be good to me."
Without another word I went from her,
with the bitter knowledge that my great
jrrief found but a pale reflection in her
heart.
"I am ready to go," I said to the Presi
dent. "Come then," he replied. "Here, take
these, you may want them," and he thrust
a bundle of notes into my hand (some of
my own from the bank I afterward dis
covered ) .
Arrived at the boat, I got in mechan
ically, and made all preparations for the
tart. Then the President took my hand.
"Good-by, Jack Martin, and good luck.
Some day we may meet again. Just now
there's no room for us both here. You
Lear no malice?"
"No, sir," said I. "A fair fight, and
you've won."
As I was pushing off he added:
"When you arrive, send me word."
I turned the boat's head out to sea.
and went forth on my lonely way Into the
eight.
CHAPTER XXIV.
As far as I am concerned, this story
has dow reached an end. With my depart
ure from Aureataland I re-entered the
v.'orld of humdrum life, and since that
memorable night nothing has befallen me
worthy of a polite reader's attention. I
have endured the drudgery incident to
earning a living; I have enjoyed the re
laxations every wise man makes for him
self. But I should be guilty of unpar
donable egotism If I supposed that I, my
self, was the only, or the most, interest
ing subject presented in the foregoing
!uges, and I feel I shall merely be doing
my duty In briefly recording the facts In
my possession concerning the other per
sons who have figured in this record and
the country where its scene was laid.
I did not, of course, return to Eng
land, on leaving Aureataland. I bad no
desire to explain in person to the direc
tors all the facts with, which they will
una ha In a nositlon to acuuaint them
selves. I was conscious that, at the last
at all events, I had rather subudiuated
their Interests to my own necessities, and
I knew well that my conduct wouiu not
ii uith the Indulgent Judgment that It
Ierbaps requires. After all, men who
have lost three hundred thousand dollars
can hardly be expected to be Impartial,
and 1 saw no reason lor suumuiiug my
self to a biased tribunal. I preferred
to seek my fortune In a fresh country, and
I am happy to say that wy prosperity
in the land of my adoption has gone far
to justify the President's favorable esti
mate of my financial abilities.
My sudden disappearance exe.ted some
remark, and people were own found to
insinuate that the dollars went the same
way as I did. I have never troubled my
self to contradict these scandalous ru
mors, being consent to rv!y on the hand
some vindication from this charge which
the President published. In addressing
the House of Assembly shortly after his
resumption of power he referred at length
to the circumstau.vs attendant on the
late revolution, and remarked that al
though he was unable to acqu.t Mr. Mar
tin of most unjustifiable intrigues with
the rebels, yet he was iu a position to as
sure them, as he had already assured those
to whom Mr. Martin was primarily re
sponsible, that that gentleman's hasty
flight was dictated solely by a conscious
ness of political guilt, and that, in money
matters, Mr. Martin's hand were as clean
as his own. The reproach that had fallen
)n the fair fame of Aureataland in this
:uatter was due not to that able but tnis
gui.K'd young man, but to those unprinci
pled persons who, in the pursuit of their
designs, had uol hesitated to plunder and
despoil friendly traders, established in the
country under the sanction of public
faith.
The reproach to which his excellency
eloquently referred consisted in the fact
that not a cent of those three hundred
thousand dollars which lay iu the bank
that night was ever s.s-u again ! The
theory was that the Colonel had made
away with them, and the President took
great pains to prove that uuder the law
of nations the restored government could
not be held responsible for this occur
rence. I know as l.ttle about the law of
nations as the President himself, but I
felt quite sure that whatever that ex
alted code might say, none of that money
would ever find its way back to the di
rectors' pockets. In this matter I must
say his excvllency behaved to me with
scrupulous consideration ; not a word
passed !.is lips about the second loan,
about .at unlucky cable, or any other
dealings with the money. For all he
said, my account of the matter, posted
to the directors immediately after my de
part urv, stood unimpeached.
The directors, however, took a view
opposed to his excellency's, and relations
became so strained that they were con
templating the withdrawal of their busi
ness from Whittingham altogether, when
events occurred which modified their ac
tion. Hefore I lay down my pen I must
give some account of these matters, and
I cannot do so better than by inserting a
letter which 1 had the honor to receive
from his excellency, some two years after
I last saw him. I had obeyed his wish
in communicating my address to him, but
up to this time had received only a short
but friendly note, acquainting me with the
fact of his marr.age to the Signorina, and
expressing good wishes for my welfare in
my new sphere of action. The matters
to which the President refers became to
some extent public property soon after
ward, but certain other terms of the ar
rangement are now given to the world for
ibe tirst time.
The letter ran as follows :
"My Dear Martin As an old Inhabit
ant of Aureataland, you will be inter
ested in the news 1 have to tell you.
I also take pleasure in hoping that, iu
spite of bygone differences, your friendly
feelings toward myself will make you
glad to hear news of my fortunes.
"You are no doubt acquainted generally
with the course of event here since you
left us. As regards private friends. 1
have not indeed much to tell you. You
will not be surprised to learn that Johnny
Carr has done the most sensible thing he
ever did in his life in making Donna
Antonia his wife. She Is a thoroughly
good girl, although she seems to have a
very foolish prejudice against Christina.
I was able to assist the young people's
plans by the gift of the late Colonel Mc
Gregor's estates, which under our law
passed to the Head of the State on that
gentleman's execution for high treason.
You will be amused to bear of another
marriage in our circle. The doctor and
Madame Iievarges have made a match o'
it, and society rejoices to think it has
now beard the last of the late monsieur
and his patriotic sufferings. Jones, 1
suppose you know, left us about a year
ago. The poor old fellow never recovered
from his fright on that night, to say
nothing of the cold he caught In your
draughty coal-cellar, where he took ref
uge. The bank relieved him in response
to his urgent petitions, and they've sent
us a young Puritan, to whom It would be
quite in vain to apply for a timely little
loan.
"I wish I could give you as satisfactory
an account of public affairs. You were
more or less behind the scenes over here,
so you know that to keep the machine go
ing is by no means an easy task. I have
kept It going, single-handed, for fifteen
years, and though it's the custom to call
me a mere adventurer, upon my word I
think I've given them a pretty decent gov
ernment. Hut I've had enoueh of it by
now. The fact is, my dear Martin, I'm
not so young as I was. In years I'm noi
much past middle age, but I shouldn't be
surprised if old Marcus Whittingham's
lease was pretty nearly up. At any rate,
my only chance, so Anderson tells me, is
to get a rest, and I'm going to give my
self that chance. I bad thought at first
of trying to find a successor, and I
thought of you. Hut. while I was con
sidering this, I received a confidential pro
posal from the old government. They
were very anxious to get back their prov
ince ; at the same time, they were not at
all anxious to try conclusions with me
again. In short, they offered, if Aureata
land would come back, a guarantee of lo
cal autonomy and full freedom ; they
would take on themselves the burden of
the debt, and last, but not least, they
would offer the present President of the
Itepub'lc a compensation of $r00,(X)0.
"I have not yet finally accepted the
offer, but I am going to do so obtain
ing, as a matter of form, the sanction of
the Assembly. 1 have made them double
their offer to me, but in the public docu
ments the money Is to stand t the orig
inal figure. This recognition of my s.r
vice, together with my little savings, will
make me pretty comfortable in my old
ng and leave a competence for my
widow. Aiireiitnlaii.l has had K run
alone; if there had been any grit In the
people they would have made a nation of
themselves. There isn't any, and I'm not
g.iitig to slave ims.'tt for them any longer.
No doubt they'll be very well treated, and
to tell the truth. I don't much care if
thev aren't. After all, they're a mongrel
lot.
1 "I know you'll l pleased to he.r of
l IMa rri4iiL'iMiiitil m it ffive vo.ir .llil
masters a better chance of genii. iheir
money, for, N-twcen ourselves, they'd nev-
er have got it out of me. At the rik
of shocking your feelings, I must confers
that your revolution only postponed the
day of repudiation.
"I hoped to have nsked you some day
to rvjo.n us here. As matters stand. 1
am more likelv to come and lind you: for.
when released. Christina and I are going
to bend our steps to the States. And we
hope to .Mine soon. There's a little dilli
culty outstanding about the terms on
which the Golden House and my other
property are to pass to the new govern
ment ; this I Mope to compromise ny anat
ing half my claim in private, and giving
it all up in public. Also I have had to
bargain for the recognition of Johnny
Csrr's rights to the Colonel's goods. When
all this is settled there will t nothing to
keep me. and 1 shall leave here without
much reluctance. The tirst man 1 shall
come to see will N you. The truth Is,
my Nv. I'm not the man I was. I've put
too much steam on all my life, and I must
pull up now, or the boiler will burst.
"Christina sends her love. She is as
anious to wee you as I am. Hut you
must wait till I am dead to make love to
her. Ever vour sincere friend.
"MAIUH S W. WHIT1NGIIAM."
As I write. 1 hear that the arramtc:
ment is to lie carried out. So ends All-
reataland's brief history as a nation
so
ends the story of her national debt, more
happily than I ever thought It would. I
confess to a tender recollection or the
sunny, cheerful, laiy. dishonest little
place, where I spent four such eventful
years. Perhaps I love it N-cause my ro
mance was played there, as 1 should love
any place where I had ween the Signorina.
(THE EXP.)
PRECIOUS STONES AS CURE.
Prescribed aa Medlcln Arr Hack
la Ik Sfo.inil Ontarr.
Truly, nmong the nncletit volumes
there nre none which yield U-tter enter
tainment to the student of human na
ture and its folblett and full let thau
tlwse dealing with ways and means to
preserve mankind from ailments nn.l
disease, says the Westminster Gar.ette.
And though the present day Is said to
furnish better opsrtunltles to the
quack doctor and the valetudinarian
than any former period In the world's
history, a glum through some of the
medical works of four or five centuries
ago allows that it would be difficult to
bent Rome of the suggested cures and
prescriptions.
We have come across some Informa
tion gathered In nn ancient volume tell
Ing of the mnrveloiiH properties of pre
clous otolies In curing disease. Tin
compiler of the volume tells his read
ers that In the wootid century. A. P.
a famous medical man cur.
Neeho of Egypt of digestive troubh
by causing him to wear, tied around hl
neck, "a dragon c ut out of green Jus
ler." And whosoever wished for valot
and daring had only to wear a dlaiiunu'
about his person. "Hut If taken Inter
nally In any shajK? or form It Is js.ls
onous."
Ten centuries later an Italian med
leal celebrity caused his patients t.j
wear rubles "for to make them cautious
and to drive away Idle and foolish ( m(;npnt m,ppy under pressure so
thoughts." Taken Internally, the ruby ; ( n Ul(k wp or aprlng is not ex
kept the plague at hay and r(rtltlil .,... niu the windmill kept In or
the system ngalnst all manner of dls
ease. The emerald, crushed to powder
and administered in doses from nix to
thirty grains, was an Infallible remedy
against oollo, snake bites, plague and
epileptic fits. Likewise It stopped bleed
ing, strengthened tlie memory ana t,ml w)th j,cklng material so that
banished the fear of ghosts and evil tje wnt4.r ,tf not freeze. If one wfll
spirits," and seems. In fact, to havt ' a bI,),. atep further ami place the
tx-en a panacea against all ills, so that ' Ia)n drlnkliiR tank also Inside this
one can almost reud with approval U,udlng, It makes nn ex-eedlngly oon
thls otherw ise cruel system of crushing venlent plan for watering stock In
Into powder one of the most wonderful , w inter, Is-cnuse of putting dow n the
hits of color which nature can produce, jjj Hj night. It Is iwsslble to prnctlcal-
The sapphire ran the emerald close for'
remellal virtues, and In isjwdered form
"strengthened the heart and cured run
nlng eyes." while the "strengthening of
the heart" was also a prois-rty of the
crushed turquoise and the ruby.
Apart from the curative qualities
which each separate kind of precloui faot rayg of the ,,un , midsummer,
stone is.ss.sK.d there were various mix Wth tnany cnilH the land Is left hare
tures. mainly manufactured in France, dry t t,Je yery trne of vpHr wtH),
for which fabulous prices were paid, of aU others ,t R(An ,)rote,,tlon. This
and there was one remedy Iu partleu ( rue Qf tfae wlnter grain crops,
lar, c.inis,sed of n mixture of powdere.1 wh(ch are ri)t n ear)y urmiier. Th
.orals, is-arl, sapphire, emerald, topaz, nA , unprotected during the hot
gold leaf, sliver leaf, grease of serpent, tpHt jod and dr(. f)Ut t0 (.ollBder
toad and iinl.-orii. which was considered able ,n guf.h rlrt.UIIU,tui,ces tree
as Indispensable In a household as food .0IJ,etIineg .toj, growng altogether. It
and drink. . . . tl flrHt var 0 i!iV()
An old Freud, medical man writes
that this powder, notwithstanding Its
enormous price, Is found In almost ev
ery home In France, esjs'clally In Provence-
and EanguediK-. "Hut,' he adds,
"the great iHpularlty of the remedy Is
the reason why there are thousands of
Imitations, and it Is a very rare thing
to find a tiny pot of the real thing." Car- f h- 0r,nd,t01l.
Among the properties of the topai' u very OI, goIne farni. to
was the Invaluable one of Improving Uje nne out of ooors, snc!-
had temper, ond one Is apt to think ' , by tfae foIla(je of Kne trwa
that In this resect U may, even In this .ummer but In winter It Is exposvl
day of exploded "superstitions." retain klnd of BtormMt TheBe stoues
Its power, especially If, Instead of being a, . more or ,esg porou,. Ir tny
held "under the nose" of the sufferer wt they wou(, not mnke goo(1
(presumably for Inhalation), It Is pro- t a, to .harpen metal-cutting triols.
sented In a dainty and artistic setting. ft grlndatone geUi wet, and the
Ireland's high-water mark In popu- ".olstur. In It freeze, plm-e. of th,
latlon was reached In 1874. She had "ton. chip off and the stone wears
in,,, S17.V124 neoole. She La. uovv.aw.y unevenly, thus mn becoming of
lewer thaa 4,WH),0(X
farm Water SuH:'
In establishing n water supply
for n Mrm. ll nrsi tiling to .'
determined Is the Wind of power to le
used t) making the supply of water
available for tin1 uses of limn anil
M11Nt Wln.l power In the inimt com
t , B,m.llnt.. ns well wt hoiw
... . ,,,.,,
,! trend ,H.wcr are uu.ro and .... .
"" '" " "l,llh
"I1 ' ""' " ' "'' ""ll ,h"t
loon I olrcumstati.vs nn.l conditions will
always .lctcrtnlno this.
T!n llliistrntli.it Is M design of n
xvntcr sjst.Mii where- thi supply ooino"
fr)m n ',nu)r w,. nn( the- water la
(mil pel by wind power. The dwelling
WATFH TANK I ft TIIK 1IAH.
nn.l barn are pructlcnlly on level
ground. Iiotnv the iusvslty for no
vating the supply wholly or In part no
that water iiuty W easily distribute I.
Tbo yards for the stock In thl Instance
ocvupy n slightly lower elevntl.ni thin
j occupied by the house iin.l burn.
The supply tank In this cast Is made
of good lumtsT, and Is placed on a
g.Hxl. frost proof brick wall which ex
tends aNmt two feet above the sur
face of the ground, nn.l also descends
to n .lnt nhout four feet IkIow the
A It It A Nil EM ENT EO
surface. The space below the tank l
used as a sort of creamery room.
In this system the water Is forced
from the well through the p!e (A) by
I
to
fi
j prod
a 4 r- n
i" k-i,. windmill power, directly to a forty
a rum, . .... i,u.... i.i
oarrei giiivnin.i-u ,
the garret of the reslden.-e. From here
it may he pls-d to any part of the
house. An overflow pipe (E) taps the
tank near the top and conducts the
water to the large cypress supply tank.
Hy this metlKMl the freshest water re
mains In the galvanlsl tank In the
garret. The pipe G) leads from this
supply tank to wherever the water is
required for use. to hog lots, stock
....,. .tc P.v this ulnn there Is a
der.
Where nil buildings nre nearly on
n level It l sometimes practicable to
tdace the supply tank In the barn as
1 . . . a .(-Li
,n(1rat(Ki )n the smaller figure. This
pjj t convenient to surround the
jy exclude frost
Orchard C'ropa.
Potato'H are the best rrop to grow In
an orchard. The tops cover tlw
ground at the time y year when the
. tnoRt protection from the
oyer tMp rooU dpvo(1 of
a crop. The roots nave no., ooim.i.-.
much of a grasp of the earth In any
way and the ground dries out to the
roots themselves. The trees do well If
they keep from dying under such con
ditions. ' an -
very little yelue.
na.rla In nllar Wwh W"er,
III n bulletin Issued by I he Kama
Stale Agriculture College, '. W. Mell-'U.
assistant dairy liUMban.liiian. nri'lves ..I
the following oonolusl.ui teg.ndlng th,
elT.vl of bnctellil In wash aler for
butter: It Is both practical and eo
noiiilcal to stcrlll.e wash water fo '
butter If It can be coo.lc.l anil used lm
mediately. Otherwise, the practice I"
a useless expense. A lllter for-f.-nn.
cry water Is only a source of contain
nation mi. I tilth unless fieqiiei.tly l
ed and refilled with fresh fill, ring n.n
terliil. Water melted from lor. even
though kept at M degree rabieiibe t.
may beco tilled with bacterial growth
If allo.wcd to stand for a fe-v hour" n
a wooden tank from day to day with
out thorough cleaning. Great euro
should therefore be taken In the Ut'l"
r.ntloii of such water f.'.r .-.M.llng "
H.M-s. There Is a direct relntlo: I"'
twivn the bacterial c itenl ..f Hie
wash water used and the !''! 'l"nl
It v of the butter. Water kept at ' ,w
, , r.i ,i,.L.ri. I'nhr
temperature from to oil degreis nn.
enbelt for a few l.m.rs Inhibits the lo
, i.,.tri,i nr dcxtrovs from
i..... . . . nr.i,. ..t Hume tires-
tine llllll lO HUH" i'
el it.
Alf.lf. mmd Host lrwln.
. m
Alfalfa pasture for hogs has provou
to bo very profitable. A bog grower
says In the Indiana Farmer: "Kro.ii
m.'..i. i ... v i...r I I keen '."'
,'inn ii s i" - -
bead of hogs. Including some twenty-
five brood sows. In a six acre patch of
n I f it I f ii mill t th.. alfalfa twice, av
eraging at these two cuttings mre ll.st.
it". Inches In height. These hogs w
In this alfalfa patch all the time every
day except w hen the ground was to i
wet to Hrmlt them to run on It. I
fed each of them three or four ears of
itirn a day, ho I do not claim that '-"U
head of h'gs could be run on six acres
iVf alfalfa alone that length of time.
I always f.od corn to my growing hots
along with alfalfa. Of these hogs, l.'sl
head averaged above .' siimls on No
veinlsT 1. In wet weather 1 turn the
hogs tnt a corral where alfalfa hay is
stacked, and they seem to relish It. ns
.5
It WAT Ell St PPI.Y.
n change,
falfa."
as much as the green al-
Mlmiira l.oaa In '.rain l.anila.
The loss of nitrogen from four gr.i'u
farms m ten years iiiuouuteil hi from
three to five times more than was re
moved by the crops, says Harry Snyder
in a rcort to the experiment station
of the I'ulverslty o.f Minnesota. This
loss was due to the rapid decay of tbo
humus and the liberation of the nlt-o-gen,
which forms an essential part of
the humus. The losses of nitrogen from
thSe grain farms were practically the
same as from the experimental plots ut
the I'nlversity Farm. The results of
the tests ou the small plots are In nc
oord with the field tests hi dlftVre- t
parts of the State. Where clover was
grown, ervps rotated, live stock kept,
and farm matiiire used, an equilibrium
as to the nitrogen content of the soil
was maintained, the mineral hint food
was kept In the most available condi
tion and maximum yields were secured.
narrow for (iarden t'ae.
An Illustration In American Agricul
turist suggests the attachment to a
wheelbarrow here shown. An ordi
nary wheelbarrow's capacity Is too llin-
Ited for convenience. The attachment
can b mIIi, .,.,! Into tUn imrroia- i,..
great Increase of Its capacity. The side
. . i i i. i i.i .i-i
'. i n iniiijniHHi milj,n. I lie?
attachment may 1st supHrted by h.siks
fnim the strips to the top of the wheel-
GOOD OARI.'CN HARROW.
harrow's back If preferred. Such a
borrow will come very handy when
carting loose and bulky garden stuff.
I'reaervallon of Fruits.
As a result 0 experiment In the
A
1
homo preservation of fruits, ns resrted Physicians. He said be had reached the
hy Herletta W. Calvin, Industrialist, It conclusion, after much experimentation.
Is calculated that a bushel of peaches Lacterlologlcal Inoculation Is tho
will can HI to 20 (juarts; bluckberrlcv '"'Ht ""'",m 10 nKl,t ny disease that owes
and raspberries 13 to 17 nur.rts per ''"''' l'"" nns, not excepting even
crate; tomatoes 13 quarts to the hush, i ,lllM'r,1ul1"- Tl, K"",'r"1 l"n of treat
. . ' . , ,f 1m. , " 'ment Is the same with that as with other
el; grapes 1 lit of juice ta each 2 diseases. After the opsonic t.t on tha
pounds of fruit; medium-sized pl.ieap- J Imtenf. blood the vaccine Is Introduce,!
pies, 1 to a pint Jar. With grapes 1 , Into the body until the blood Is sulll-
(juurt of juice unu 1.0 pounds of sugar
produced 0 glnases of grape Ji lly.
HeeplaaT .red Corn,
One of the simplest and most effect
ive methods Is to use boxes, which are
three feet long, six Inches wide and
eight Inches deep. The ears are set
Into this box In two rows, with butt
end down, and the box set away In
a dry place of moderate temperature
It Is useful In sorting the corn, sluco
every ear stands out so that It may
be readily moved and examlned.-My-
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ron McCallum, lu Agricultural Eplt-
omlst
THE WEEKLY
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LI-- Surrender of Mai.helin to I ihy.
IHH Long Parliament hr...
I'ltO - I'on ti.la t loll stone laid for Itla.-k
I friars bridge acro the Itlxr
friars bridge
Tlininrs.
I7i! l.a Salle arrived at inoiilh of tha
i i
.uiiimi.
1 ?tl ''rn, -It 1 1 1 !- I Mr v fiiitftiMl.
11 I're.i.-I. o.vupled He-se.
. Itattlo
f Mr-iiu.
I!-' I'ren.h defeated Russians
Wlniu.a.
1H
Americans nbnndoue.l
and .1"
l roved 1'i.rt Erie.
IW7 Constltut of Hanover nbrog,.-
ed by nijnl oplumm-i-.
IS", . Unfile of I like nn -mi.
IS.'; Visit of Victor Emmanuel of Itvly
to (Jueen Victoria.
IStll The ( 'imfrderate schooner Merino-
da, ran the bloeknite at Havniiiiah . . .
Gen. M. ( 'l.-llnn succeeded i.-n. Srmt
ss coimiin inter of ariuiea i f the I'nlt-
n Stat.'.
lW.' Gen. Hlirnslde sin i-eeded Gell. M "
Clelliin lii coiiiinnii.l of army of th
Pntoiime.
1SIU I'linfrderRle rsm lleitiarlo de-alr,i-.
by I. lent. ( 'ushlns . . . . Net nl i
arlin tl 1 lii the t'nlon.
JSH7 Gen. Sherman announced the In
dian wnr at an end.
1ST I Eleven women and children killed
In panic in le-gro church In lmis
Ville. 1S72 Monument to Sir Walter Scot un
veiled In Central Park, N'w York.
1SK, - Presidential proclamation deelar
) tic North ami South Hukota State
of the I'nion.
1V.MV (iranrt hotel, riati Frsnclseo, de
stroyed by lire.... The tirst Japan.
parliament opened.
1S01 -Maverick National Hank. Ho, ton,
foiled. ... President Foneec ,ro
rlniuied himself illctator f Hrmll.
IS'.C -Celebrations In honor of I.uther
st Wittenla-r.
ISlel Nichols II. pro.-Ulmed Emier.ir
if Kussla . . . .Tim new "serum cure"
for diphtheria annoum-vd by Ir.
Itoux of Paris.
1S!K" -Two enrtti.jiiRke shrx-ks felt In
many of the Western Stales.
l.miS American wnce rominlaslotiers
demanded whole of Philippine front
Spain. ... American naval reserva
tion established St Honolulu....
Ituasia liiobillied a strong iixvhI
fleet at Port Arthur.
-Cuban constitutional ootiven' -on
opened at Havana.
11KI" Itrltish cable roiniileted around 'ha
world .... I-'ifteen killed and seventy
injured by eiploslon of election lire,
works Iu Madiaou Sipinre, New York.
l'.S'.'l New Irish land act went Into op
eration Panama proclaimed it
Independence.
10OI - I. literals victorious In Canadian
eltw-linua Itusaian warship left
Vigo, Spain, for the East.... Eva
Hoolh appointed commander nf the
Salvation Army In the I'ultcd State.
1D0.V- Five thousand Jew reported killed
In Odessa during the riots.
Stains of ( hurrhra la (irrmanr.
The official order Nfik of church mem
bership In Germany, Issued by Pastor
Schneider of EllM-rfel.l, a translated and
reviewed by the Literary I lig.-st, show
that the number of conversion from lht
Hoinan Cutholic church to the Protestant
Is considerably greater than those who
"ftVP K""" ,rom 1,10 ''""lestiint ranks into
'he Hoinan fiiith. According to this ail
,nrl,.jr' J'''1'. 'f '' '""'1
churrh In (Jerinany became Protestiml
lie,
stunt
between 1 K! M and N!l, while only l.ll.VI
went from Protestantism to Catholicism.
'Hie order book draw attention to tint
fact that not only in the empire a a
whole, hut in each and every State tint
Protestant have been milking the greater
rains. Relatively these are much greater
In France than elsewhere.
Vaerlnatlon for lerm lllsraava.
Kir Almeroth E. Wriirht. the noted Iin-
don physician, who I credited with the
, discovery of the opsonic imici, which
indicates the power of the blood to (lo
st roy diseased germs, is now visiting In
this country, and recently delivered nn
address at the Philadelphia College of
. clently strengthened to throw off Its In
purities.
Mvrsran'a D'Jft.OOO lllbla.
The famous Illuminated parchment
Itlble, produced by tin. Cluny monks In
France over 2(H) years ago. ha. Inst
received by Its purchaser, J. p. Morgan
t New York, who was required to iy a
duty of fl.tMX), Its value being appraised
at $-"."M'- Morgan's brokers protested
'ul"Ht ,M0 ''uty, saying that the book
houl' 0 linlil.-d free, because It Is
",r "ll ""7 "?" !:',;n, ',,ar"
1 old. 1 lie Ililile Is about 110x24 Inches and
8 Inches thick, tus cover being of fcu "3
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