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io+ «4 Rlinkey at once took possession of the bax, mj prstecded to test the workâ€" ing of the various levers, in order that chief, had been detailed for the capâ€" ture of the signalman, the result of which we have seen. After a little talk together, one of the three now startâ€" ed off down the branch to carry the news to Crofton amd the others. wiudeat conjectures as to what the obâ€" Ject of the attack could possibly be. Apparently none of the gang bad reâ€" cognized him as Gerald Brooke, the man for whose capture so large a reward was still unclaimed. Yet why, then, oh:zc tthe.v m:;ie lt;;m & ms%nerhl‘ What > was gai y his ture? Never in his life bad be lel?z.) utterly perplexed. He could hear an eager conversation goinf on a little distance away ; but all sounds now came dull and muffled to bis ears. ing bim by an arm, he was conducted to the background; and having been planted with his back to a tree, he was bound firmly to it with several folds of thin cord. The cloth which still enveloped his head was fastened loosely round bis throat, so as not reatly to impede his breathing; but !io voice would have been smothered in it had be even been in a position to eall for belp. T He bhad no means of ascertaining the sumber of his assailants, but â€" as iar _ as ghe could _ judge _ there must _ have been three or four ol‘t_hem. He was lost in a maze of the 1 e 5 ie o eeees e nieid P ee As if to add emphasis to thea warning, Gerald was lightly rapped _ on â€" the knuckle with what he could feel to be the chilly barrel of a pistol. _ Then wn.hL. man on each side of, him holdâ€" as bhelpless as a babe. Then acorner of the cloth that enveloped his head was raised, and the sham K;rson said in bis most oily tanes: ‘"‘My friend, if you have any regard for life you will neither ery out nor att )t to make the least disturbance. Be ol)edient and good, and no harm shall befall you." lnsed Rimly E. * C Instant bis arms were pinâ€"‘ f'i;nur?i';mly Lfl:)m behind, and a & rd : with a running noose was drawn tig%t- j ly round his legs. The attack was so sudden that he was powerless to make the least resistance, and in less than ballâ€"aâ€"dozen seconds be found himself lnldnrsiaizd," _responded the other eagâ€" ar ']Andhalltlzr tllrl;you will lindh: ‘:oog- yath which wi ing you to t ighâ€" | road. Thenâ€"â€"" i Not & word more spoke Gerald. _ A soft heavy cloth of some kind was sudâ€" denly thrown over his head, while at C W euuge â€"> pe io c c s 6 en io reest o ‘and about twenty yards farther ox; rou will find a gap in the hedge." ‘Yes, yesâ€"a gap in the bedge, 1 The last train from Cummerhays bad mamsed more than an bhour ago, the 1ext one would be the train going the everse way. Gerald sat reading, but vith his ear on the alert for the ting f the telegraph bell which should tell im when the coming train had passed Mellinglield, the nearest station louth,J ive miles away. All at once he was tartlied by the sound of someone coughâ€" ng, evidently just outside his box. It vas a sound so unexpected and surâ€"| wrising in that lonely spot and at that wur of the night that he sprang to us feet, while his nerves began to flutâ€" er strangely. Next moment _ there ame & loud rapping at the door, as t might be with the handle of a walkâ€" ngâ€"stick. Gerald opened the door at mce, and then be samw a portly midâ€" leâ€"aged iman, dressed in black, with i white cravat and spectaclesâ€"to all apâ€" rearance s clergymanâ€"standing _ at he foot of the steps and gazing blandâ€" y up at him. "My good man," said the stranger, n unctuous but wellâ€"bred accents, "I um a stranger in these parts, and am wrry to say that L have lost my way.‘ [ want to get to a friend‘s bouse at‘ Jverbarrow; no doubt you can put| me is the right road for doing sof" ‘ 1 r:i' A DEAD RECKONING. must cross the lineâ€"â€"" began she set her teeth hard in flesh of her arm, to _ stifle cry that rose involuntarily frem After a few seconds the man went back;, and after saying a few words to his confederate, he apparemtly took leave of him, and -u:-m down the branch, wes quickly lost to view; adh 000 DCR OEOLy . Metenly SEX OmE CCE ECC Uokes ce or Two she saw that the man seemed to â€" be f;“w that th carefully examining the trunk _ of 4 ) compaznions | tree some little distance away. Bhe| They helped strained her eyes in the endeavor to‘|evidently sui see what hs could possibly be about, and perfecily con then suddenly her heart {;ve a great of the bull‘s bound.. The trunk of the tree was deâ€" produced fel fined like a faint silhouette against a| who was clo: backâ€"ground of starâ€"lit April sky, but with a cry 0 it was a silhouette which in one porâ€"|ent he had tion of its outline bore a starthn%re- nounce this 1 semblance to a human figure. As by a exclaimed, " flash of divination, Clara knew that | Rosemberg. 1 it was her husband she was â€" gazing|ward of thi upon. Her breath fluttered on â€" her ered." lips like a bird trying to escape, and CT. e Vipiii un acss Svamidcel drily ced ts inics HBMB..) c+nd Not long bad she watched and waited when she heard the tingâ€"tong of the telegraph bell. She knew that it was a signal of some kind, but not what its precise mesning might be. Then one of the men disappeared into the box, while the otherâ€"it was the one, she could now make out, who was dressâ€" ed like a clergymanâ€" turned, _ and seemed as if he were marching directâ€" ly towards her. Terror stricken, she dropped completely out of sight behind the hedge bank, expecting every â€" moâ€" ment to feel a hand laid upon â€" ber shoulder. But nothing coming, she breathed again; then ber bead went up till her eyes were on a level with the t?p of thelbanki then, to ber surprise, While this was happening, one of the men had gone off to join the others down the line. Clara, peering through the interstices of the hedge, could see the two remaining men walking and talking together, but was too _ far away to distinguish what they said. some time beforeâ€" she broke through the hedge, was across the line in three seconds; and then, after pushing through the hedge on the opposite ‘side, she turned back in the direction of the signalâ€"box, she and it being both now on the same side of the line. Creeping fgrward foot by foot and yard by yard, be dafthbantralinint Adiic? Shrint Aifiai: ul Desaatded BP t is ds she presently found hersef( a little way behind the box, and within a _ dozen yards of her husband, had she only been aware of it. her to a point some forty or fifty yards farther down the _ line, far enough, as she judged, to be qut of the rauge of vision of any ohé who might be on the lookout at the _ box. Here, after drawing her shawl over her the thought formulated in ber mind, than she began to put it into practice. Still keeping in the shelter of the hedge that ran parallel with the line, she sped as fast as her feet could carry by that means discover what had beâ€" come of her busband. No sooner was Neither of them had the slightest susâ€" picion that for the last ten minutes or more all their actions had been watchâ€" ed by an unseen witness,; but such was the case. When Clara Brooke, to her intense dismay, discovered that not her husband, but a stranger, was the ocâ€" cupant of the box,she felt for a little while as if ber bheart must die within bher. ‘Then she became aware of two dusky ligures standing a little distance away, whom she rightly concluded to be the other members of the gang; but still her bhusband was nowhere to _ be seen. She had arrived on the spot â€" alâ€" most immediately after Ger?fid had been bound to the tree, but the night was too dark to admit of ber seein him from that distance. She felt a% once that she must get around _ to where the signalâ€"box stood, on the opâ€" posite side o. the line, and, if it were possible, approach near enough to the men to overhear their conversation,and Nothing more was said. _ Lardy Bill started at a quick pace down the branch, while Slinkey reâ€"entered the ‘"‘Then I‘li burry off to the others," said Lardy "I shall be wanted there when the shindy comes off, and you‘ll manage here by yoursel( all right." "Right you are," responded the other, "As soon as ever the train‘s past, 1 shall cut the wires, and then make a bolt of ot, and wait for you. fellows at the cottage." a few moments. "Another five minutes and she ought to be here." Presently Lardy Bill tossed away the SPeeu and was iceling its way forward end of his cigarette, and crossing to &:0w1y and cautiously,. What could be his prisoner, examined his bonds and the maiter? Waat could have happenâ€" satisfied bhimself that they were still ¢4% by whom and with what intent intact. On going back to the box he bad {ogâ€"signals been placed on the line was rejoined by Slinkey, who now proâ€" 090 & nigit so clear and beautiful? ceeded to go down on one knee and rest Such ware &a few oi the queries that his ear on the rail. ‘"She‘s coming; d ‘{flhtteu turough siinkey‘s puzzled brain. can bear her quite plain," hbe said after Ana now now even lhe laintest pulsing Half a minute later they beard the welcome tingâ€"ting announcing that the train bad just passed Mellingfield. "‘She‘ll be twelve minutes or _ more yet afore she‘s here," remarked Slinkey as he again ascended the steps and enâ€" tered the box. ‘"Pooh, manâ€"what is likely to have happened ?" said the other cooly. ‘These beggarly branch trains are nearly alâ€" ways late." As soon as the two men were left alone, with their prisoner in the backâ€" ground, Lardy Bili lighted a cigarette â€"he liked to follow the fashion in evâ€" erythingâ€"and began to stroll up and| down the narrow clearing on which the box was built. Slinkey was too nerâ€" | vous to follow his companion‘s exa.m?le. | "As I calkilate," he said, "we ought to| have had that signal from Mellingfield three minutes afore now. Can anyâ€" thing bhave happened$" _ _ t | when made up as a clergyman, a genâ€" tleman farmer, a staid City magnate, or a poor tradesman who bad tallen upon evil days. He had always les larmes dan le voix at command when the occasion needed them, and he could existence had already been passed in an enforced seclusion where board and lodging had been provided bim free of charge. His appecrance was eminâ€" ently in his favour. He was a wellâ€" built, _ ruddyâ€"cheeked man, with _ a hailâ€"fellowâ€"wellâ€"met air. He bad the suggestion of a man who could tell a good story and appreciate a good glass of wine. He looked equally at home , alter drawing her shawl over her â€"she had discarded ber â€" bonnet ince away. bh6e} They helped him to his feet; he was the endeavor tolevidently suffering great pain, but was ibly be about, and , perfecily cool and coll:cted. As the light art {sve a great of the bull‘s eye which one of the men the tree wam deâ€" produced fell upon his face, Crofton, the men, who had been left behind when Crofton and the others burried to the signalâ€"box, also contrived to eacape. _ Crofton‘s shot had taken effect. The man he fired at staggered forward a Euoe or two and then fell on one knee. ow that the scrimmage was over, his |compaznions had time to attend to him. ‘"Mrs. Mn%or," abserved a friend of the family, ‘"is a very superior womâ€" am. EBhe can converse htou"ently, I believe, on a thousand different topics." who was close at hand, staggered back with a cry of amazement. Next momâ€" ent bhe had recovered himself, "I deâ€" nounce this man as Gerald Brooke," he exclaimed, "ft)ho murderer ;tf Baron von Rosemberg,. for whose capture a reâ€" ward of three hundred pounds is offâ€" ‘"Weare sold!" screamed Crofton with an oath. "Every man for himself;" and with that be {ired his revolver at the nearest of his assailants and then turnâ€" ed to flee. But bhe was too late. He was tripped up, seized and handcuffed all in a breath as it seemed. A like fate befell Slinkey and the other man ; but Lardy Bill, slippery as an eel, after felling two of his assailants, vanished in the darkness. The remaining two Scarcely bad the last words passed his lips, when some halfâ€"dozen darkâ€" coated figures burst suddenly t hrough the hedge and made a dash into the midst of the gang. 7 Slinkey would fain have answered that be for one would very much preâ€" fer to keep in the back ground, only Uhat Lardy Bill waes a man of whom be stood in mortal fear. "Now, mates, come along," added Bill. ‘"We are only fooling away our time standing hbere. One bold stroke and the prize is ours." _ "Do!" exclaimed Lardy, whom danâ€" ger always made reckless. "Why, do what we intended from the first. The train‘s waiting there, ain t it, not five bundred yards away? Instead of its coming to us, we must go to itâ€"that‘s all. Is there any one here," he deâ€" manded, fiercely, "wiho would rather not go ?" t tree to which the captured signalman had been bound; but be was too far away to be able to discern whether the man was still there. With a beart that misgave bim, be burried up to the tree, dalyU piind that the prisoner bad esâ€" caped. lThe cords were there, but the man was gone. Evidently, treachery was at work somewhbere. Would not the wisestt hing be could do be todeâ€" the wisest thing be could do be to deâ€" camp while be had a chance of doing sof He was asking himsel{ this quesâ€" tion but had not answered it, when up came Crofton, Lardy Bill, and one of the other men at doubleâ€"quick time, They, too, had hbheard the ?og-mgnals, and hid been as much at & loss to acâ€" count for them as Slinkey bhad been. But when the latter told them that by some mysterious means their prisoner bad contrived to escape, it was evident boih to Crofton and Lardy that their carefully planned scheme had met with some dire mishap. They had been beâ€" trayed, but by whom? A traitor had been at work, but who was he? Each of them stared suspiciously at his felâ€" 10ws. | "If I only knew who it was that hadl‘ sold us," said Lardy Bill with a fierce nmfilecalion, "I‘d scatter bis brains with a llet.t hough 1 bad to swing for it after J" | ‘"‘That‘s all very well," said Croftâ€" on ; "but the questiop is, what are we to dd now t" 1 Preeq. F _ 1 Buch ware & few oi the queries that tlhiteu turough siinkey‘s puzzled brain. And now now even lie Laintest pulsing of the engine couma we bheard. . Could !lit be possible that treacoery was at work, and that the driver bad been wurned und Lbe train brougul to a sland ? Slinkey ran iighlUly uown the steps and, kpeeling, laid an ear once more to the rails. Not a souna came to hbim ; the train and those in charge of it might bave vanished into space, so unbroken was tme suence. He got on his feet agaimn, his tongue and throat as dry and constricted as those of a mun who bad been athirst for days. Instinctively his eyes turned to the |a& sort ou devii‘s tatloo aiter a fashion 1 Lhiat was iar from comiprtable sudâ€", | deniy, 1e gave & â€" great â€" start,| |and 1or a moment _ or iwo _ the} ‘ lattoo came to a _ dead stop. _ He‘ | mad beard a sound that he _ rememâ€"‘ bered iuil well: it was the noise caused‘ by tihe explosion of a fogâ€"signal. At \the same instant toe engimb negan to whistls its shrillost. Lh‘ came the explosion of a sexond signal, and then the whistle ceasea as suddenly as it began. And now he could taintly bear ‘the soft rhythnucai pulsing of the enâ€" Eine, as it might be that o. some anteâ€" diluvian monslter wihicu bhas been racâ€" [ing till it was scant o. oreath ; and S.inâ€" \ key knew that the train bhad slackened speeu and was iceling its way forward mowly and cautiously. What could be to be well out oi tue adventure into wuich he nad allowed himseil to be seâ€" duced. Te low deep bum of the oncoming train grew paipabiy on Lhe ear. 1in8tincâ€" tively, slinkey s hand closed on lever No. 3, winie nis beart began to beat the train would speed on unsuspectingâ€" ly with unsiackened pace. Sliinkey at tue best 0; times was a nervous timid crealuueâ€"a man who walked ever in trembliing dread oi toe hand which he knew wouu some day be iaid suddenâ€" ly on nis sbhouiderâ€"but now that he was le:l alone, now that he bad no Jongâ€" er Lardy diui‘s audacious bulldog courâ€" age lo neip to animate his own, _ his craven bearlt san« lower and iower, and be would nave given a year oi bhis lifo islinkey, waiting alone in the signal box, nad tried the lever again and again by means oi wihich the points were opened tuat would turn the train on to tne branch, and had satisiied bimself that everything was in working order. Boih the distance and the home signalâ€" 1‘,""“" suowed ihe white lignt, so that head and fape were closely muffled. Her tremobling but skiliul fingers quickâ€" ly untied the knots and removed the covering. Gerald gave a great gasp of reliet, as bhe drew a deep inspiraâ€" tion of the cool night air. Then hbe wuispered: "You wiii lind a knife in my outside pocket." in a minute {rom that time he was a free man. Half a minute later she wms by her busband‘s sige. Laying a band softly on his arm, she said in a low voick "Gerald, it is i1â€"Clara" Some smothâ€" ered sounds came back to her, _ and then ghe diacovered, what the darkness had hitherto hidden, that ber busband‘s then the other at omce went back {gt_o“t_he box. Now was Clara‘s opporâ€" (To be Continued.) ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO : farmer may study nature and nature‘s‘ , laws rather than books, but be will beâ€" ; come not merely as Avell educated but ; better educated than the man who has studied _ books alone. _ The educated | man, if he be a philosopher, will find | when hbe tailks with a {armer who has been taugbt by nature ko think in ‘ the cultivation of his crops, that he is meeting men ur’ho have, perbaps, learned to think qufte as deeply as himâ€" self. The homely wisdom of many a modern farmer easily sets aside the scoffing question of the ancient Jewâ€" ish writer, who, in the Algutryfija‘, is supposed to be Solomon ; "How shali he et wisdom whose talk is of oxenm ?" Au Fea.st the wisdom learmed on the farm, in converse with natuire, may save the man whom the Jewish king despised from the sensual excesses into which ‘ Solomon‘s pride obliged him ‘to fall. He had written that "gida goeth before destrurtion, and a haughty spirit beâ€" fore a fall," and hbis life ilfimtraled these proverbs. . The practivcal question of what specialty each farmer shall adaf)t himself to must be determined by locality and circuimstances. Usually each locality is by soil, climate or nearâ€" ness to market adapted to producing somethimg better than can be producâ€" | ed anywhere else. â€" Thus, when the skill | and stuld{ of one man makes a great | success 0 anythn.ng most, of his neighâ€" | bors will soon be found following him. | It is thus that the possibilitics ofcran- | berry growing have been developed on jmarsh?' lands easily overfliown that were formerly tbou%ht of little value, ,hut are now held at very high prices. ’Othex_' h):al'ut(iies 'tn:(llat;d are found to be | especially â€" ada; o grape growing, and others st?ll to varieties of thgo do. In this way the extensive cuiltiâ€" vation of an article in one locality atâ€" tracts to it buyers from all the world, ?d that in far greater numbers than if only the originator of the specialty were allowed to grow i. There can be what can most probably be grown sucâ€" cessfully. But when tgn crop has beon‘ tried, and has {)roved adapted to the | location, the value of all the land in | the neighborhood is at once raised. What one man has done others may amall fruits or to growing of apples, nesars neaches or ninms. 'l‘hnpfi‘m pears, Eewhes or plums. The low, mucky lands near %alamazoo, Mich., were believed by a shrewd farmer to be especially adapted to growing celery. Experience since has proved this fact. It ru}m’m much knowledge of the best conditions for growing crops to decide what can most probably, be grown sucâ€" study of the professional man which fits him for success in his vocation. The cess. This thorough study of some farm pubject has quite as bepeficial an effect on the mind as does the thorough But it is to the farmer himself that the greatest benefit comes from cultiâ€" vating some specialty. It ‘becomes necessary for him to stmd!w; this subâ€" ject so as to learn thoroughly all that can be known about it. â€" Only doing this can the specialty te made & sucâ€" making a specialty of some crop is not only that the specialist can, in ordinary seasons, goduus more cheaply, but that bhe will whie to make a crop when if hbe grow only by rouktine methods failure would be fnevitable. To thia day in countries like India and Rusâ€" sia, where farm methods, are wholly on the routime plan, famine is frequent. The good farming which the growing of specialties requires always insure a crop of some kind, thus overcoming the unfavorable seasons which are ruinous to the farmer who bas used only rouâ€" time methods. make more than a bare living have | dome so by getting out of the ruts far : enough to take some specialty and make ‘it a sucrcess. This can only be done by such close study of this specialty that the farmer is enabled to produce it of better quality or more cheaply than can anybody else. It is a comâ€" mon saying of the murhâ€"overcrowded professions of laiw and medicine that "there is room at the top." The same is true in farming, with the advantage to the farmer that there are a great Imfl.ny more , Ehances for his success, working as he doer with nature, than there is for the supcess of those who _ must win it by sharp competition with their fellowmen. The demaind for the farmer‘s product is universal. One man‘s success does not, therefore, imâ€" ply the failure of anybody else. _ With each farmer devoted mainly to the proâ€" duction of one specialty they may all succeed, for since the world began the food products that the farm bas proâ€" duced have never been more bountiful thanm the world bhas required. The usual surplus of food carried over from year‘ to year is commonly only enough to supply the world‘s needs for a few weeks, so that should a single bharvest fail all over the world, mankind would be very quirkly confronted, by famine. It is the making of specialties of difâ€" ferent farms products that bas largely in modern times lessened this danger of famime. If farming were altogetber routine work it is conceivable that over wide areas where the staple grains are grown, the common routine methods might fail. But the advantage of | beginners was always to watch the ‘ farm methods of those more experientâ€" ‘ ed amd copy them implicitly without J change. â€" That was, indeed, the way in which farming was almost universally | done. _ There was a regular rotation of crops, each field following in its orâ€" der. _ These crops were always planted ‘and grown in the same way. . Thus | farming became with most a _ mere ‘roumd of routine work, says Ameriâ€" \can Cultivator, varying only as the | differing seasons provided ditterent‘ | tasks. _ He who could rise early, work most effectively and latest, made the greatest success. Thus farming beâ€"[ came what no occupation ever ought: to be, a life of monotonous and severe ; toil, unrelieved by the hope of much | improvement, except as failures of crops ‘in othersections, or foreign wars, inâ€" | creased the prices of farm products, and body caimn grow. So they can, bwut in those universally grown because easily grown crops there is seldom if ever any profit. All the farmers who made them profitable. _ The surcessful farmers of the present day still have some crops grown after the old methâ€" ods, and which it is supposed that anyâ€" Whlt' used to be the universal rule for farming successfully. The advice to AGRICULTURAL SBPECIALTIES IN FARMING. The most common mistake in modern special knowledge how to make the best use of it. â€" There is no kind of | practical knowledge mbout farming | that cannot be made valuable to the thinking and energetic farmer. It saves him from the mistakes which many men make in farming because they rely wholly on the expens‘ ve methâ€" od of experience that is essential. & lent to the care given them. As an adjumct to dairying, the ben, properly treated, cannot be overâ€"estiâ€" mated. _ The reasons for this stateâ€" ment will readily present themselves to the thougbtful man. In the first place, the ben will find a way of utiâ€" lizing many of the byâ€"produrts of dairyâ€" ing. â€" Bkim milk thess fowls will deâ€" vour by the gallon. So with butterâ€" milk. _ Without question, milk fed to hens will yield a readier and more proâ€" fitable return than in any other wav serving traveler is impressed with the low estimate placed upon the ben. Many only having a few, and these are left to shift for themselves, roosting in trees and out of tne way places, and glelding ireturns just about equiva~â€" lent to the care given them do nobody an ood if there were. land can be {nwght by anybody who has the knowledge of fi'ow to make it more profitable tfim can anybody else. Thus the thorough mastery of some specialty in farming or fruit growing becomes more valuable capital to whoâ€" ever has it than would large amounts of land with buildings and all the means for cultivating it without the special knowledge how to make the no monopolies in farming. It would dio Lumber, Shingles and Lath always A In Stock. THE HEN AS AN ADJUNCT. Passing through the country the ob Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepare{(d to FILL ALL ORDERS PROGKPTLY. We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" Sash and Door Factory. ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. Our Stook of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all orders can be filled. XN.. G. &J. McXKECHNIE, "They say Reople in this country spend more money on bicycles than on bread." "That‘s queer; bicycles can‘t be eatem." "I know; but then people can‘t sboew oÂ¥ wi} e Lkueft of teead" shock, one on oneend, and one on the other, butts together. _ These form a cap which w‘i)fi, after fairly settied, great.ly protect the shock trom in :ury â€" AdR storm. Some hold the bunsle lfill:st their bodies while prepsring t for caps, and others bind p>rt of their bundles with the band nearest to the butt and use these for caps,. _ No doubt they do make better caps. Ihe Dutch cap is made tb setting t{w bunâ€" dles in a round sho:i. and opening one lt‘h;‘umndk so ;lmt 4t will (a;nu with 1t upward, covering eptine top of the shock. â€" This is a good way to put up grain. After the grain has stoog for a week ortwo, depending up~ on th. weather, it will do to go in. if the sh.cks seem damp, it may be necâ€" essary :o set them apart for a to@ hours in the sunshine. &oourlr, it one has a lu‘ge crop, and uses a reaper and binder, it may be necessary io let the graimn stand a little longer before curâ€" ling, but even then it may be done beâ€" fore the orop is dead ripe. It will not shell them, the grain will be much finer, and the straw a greut deal nicer. Oat straw is coming to be valued much more highly than formerly. It used to e common to see great stacks of straw rotiing <or burning down in the fiecld or near the barn. We have learned that straw has a good market value, and that we nmiay add many dollars to our recufi‘ for the year by cutting oats garly and properly caring for 46 Jn ILC sSwain lora day or iwo, unâ€" til well dried out. Then they are raked, bouind and set up in shocks oJ ten buindles. _ There is room for a grest deal of care in this part f the work. Grain carelessly put up will in stormy weather become wet easily. . My way is to set up eight bundles "two and two." _ ‘Then 1 take two bundics and standing them on the butt end, sp)t I like to cut oats before they are fairly ripe. If harvested when the kerâ€" nels are just beginning to harden, the straw will be almost as good to fewa them by pulling the heads down + ward the grouipd until balf the bundie has been treated in that way. Then I turn the bundles over the top of the as hay, and the grain will be bright and rich, says E. L. Vincent, the wellâ€" knowp writer. I usually let my oats lie in the swath foraday ortwo, unâ€" place. _ The hen is worthy of the farm» er‘s serious consideration. _ She may be one of his best friends instead of being thought a dire enemy. THE OAT HARVERT be â€" removed fro Councilliors. A(‘l‘ol'nhug t4 the London seas img its end, ha bringing mwz perate habits of img just as ba« It is stated it Lord Salisbury with the tome o letter on the se d.u,mod t take ously, and his ; be polite and « language. ..!'. l‘bm‘(-,hen members of ‘lb 1XD nted i reusmvent raig g will make a n 4 that tie to the lowest The Din‘fl;'y 1 At New York men! Lord F;a Bherman An anonyu Darly Mail i LI0¢ Uhe powe t\ ton Chanret lfll‘ll Rgn. for Parlian im Lon tend +] ventiot Hrince Cha his walking sixty poupn uk Liz Barne+ Barney mid liom maslel zene; Peter MceN formed the 1 lish Chapne! three miles i dead. 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