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AS FORTUNE ^SMILES. A TALE OP TUB OLD AND NEW WORLD. (CHAPTER IV. COMTIIICBD) Lady Kv.lyne Wynter, had for nearly a month already, been engaged to be married to Mr. David Maclane, a young American genlleinaij.of reputed immense wealth. Tbe young man wat one of lhe lion* of tbe sea- son, and Lady Kvslyn* Wynwr, whose twenty-six summer* had warned hsr that it was time to look about for a husband, had taken a rather morbid pi id* io wearing, as h.r prize, the sensational hsro of the yesr. Ths daily papers, and ths weeklies, too.for that, had desoribed the young Westerner with a fervent eulocy and a gnphio pio- turesq unee* whioh would not have been out of place in telling th* story of a god of my thelogy. He was the hsro of a hundred tights, and as many hair-breadth escapee, and like all heroes, he wa* a* gentle as b* wa* Krave and strong. ...- that fashiona " had described young . writers on " Albert Oats " were not IB _ position to know everything of everybody, who was ? On the night previous to the commence- meat of this second part of oar history, Lady Kvelyne had been to s ball, given by toe of the leaders of fashion. Uongratula- .ions had been showered upon her, and shs dimpling h.r cheeks, codded ker head twie or t'irice. " I thought .0," the old lady exclaimed, with a suppressed sigh. " Really, my dear Evelyn*, yon must befome a little more settled in your intentions and decis- ions. You are now engaged to Mr. Mac- lane, and it oan make very little difference to you whether young Olev* has relumed or not." Lady Kvelyne parsed her Up*. " But, ma, " whimpered, " it dee* make a difference. Herbert and I were engaged to one another ones, and the young lady raised herself and threw both arm* around her mother's neck " You know he is now ths Karl of Cleve " Herbert is certsinly in a better position 1 . - nuw than when he left Knglaud, ' Lady ne, h* was as gentle as b* was y w . ndk j. admitted, gently disengaging her- itronkr. In these vsry word*, I , from hef ( j UK h ter ' i embrace, " and I lable journal. Albert Gate, h|kT< no doubt lmU m . ny ltAitt ^h mar _ d young Maclane, and if the -i---.!,!- dauahtara will consider him a riageable daughters will consider htm a desirable possible son-in-law. A* to my*elf, I mint decline forming an opinion on the ubjeot till I have seen the young man. " But ><>u will form an opinion, wont yon, ma, when yon he** seen him V the young lady suggested, again drooping her eye* and stroking her mother's hand with her " .iun nB't uwu .,, u -... -,~- ...,_... _ i own, "and if that opinion is favorable" (new that she wai the object of such envy i .j. |)e | ltt |, f and mild hatred as, even in ths highest so- | ]dy' _ .. i. k_ MiinlahiMAnt. f\t BlirrMir She is had' bees brinhtest wandered nervously over palm, and tbs gray-bins hatred as. even in ths higheet o- , m ud . n ^^ ^j ^ gray-blue the punishment of .uccess. Shs I a*nced with a pretty glitter. " If that i at her happiest, and at her opinjon u r , a n y f TO rable." Evelyns brightest wheniuddtnly tbe nsws was re DMkU d t w u n a captivating *mphaais, and whispered about th* iom that the young the &tf aly fingers travelled toward Kwl of Cleve had not only been discovered 1 b^,,,.,,.,^ wn il, th . ,u R ht in her rain in America, but that he was actually la ' ell)re .,j oll which did not readily pr* Kngland, perhaps even in London. I will not go *o far as to say that Lady Evelyne was a flirt, but there wa* no doubt that she had allowed a good many suitors to hope, and that she was extremely fond of playing with her numerous admirers. She had flitted from one foamy, airy infatuation to another with the grace and seriousness of a butterfly, and she had accepted the offer of Mr. David Maclane'. hand and fortune, to spite all tbe other girl, in town, to start with, and, secondly , became Lady Gw*ndale, with homely, motherly aaiiduity, was a very Cassandra in h." admonitions, that it was tim* for her daughter to gel married. ] an inclined to douht that auoh a thing M a real serious atlacbment was at all in the nature of Lady Kvelyne Wynter. Hut ah* had been very fond; in fact, fonder than she herself imagined *h* could have been, of Herbert Chaunoey. He wa* barely two year* her senior, and they had known each olner ainoe childhood. Lady Kvelyns had returned bom* from th* ball with the broad summer day, and had net been able to bani.b H.rbert'e rev i v.d memory from her mind. She babbled about him while her maid undreased her ; the found the aunjecl more interesting while th* girl brushed her hair ; and when tbe young woman wa* dismissed, Udy Kvelyne was Isft by hsrssl' to dream of fancies. Herbert Chaunoey's picture would persistently intrude itself upon her not unwilling mental eyes. Duriaf tb* first quarter of an hoar or so *h* thought the tn-shly called up reminiVMooes very nice. Herbert had been a sweetheart one of the many moths that had fluttered round her brilliant light. Now h. was back, and she would see him again, and as he was sn earl, and, doubtless unmarried, they would be able to speak freely together. It was then that Lady Bvelyn* remeaibrred thai the was engaged to Mr. David Maclane, and, for the first time, she considered that her engagement was ratbsr a bore. The** **lf-oommunlngs protracted them, selves through ths early murniog hours into ths late morning hours, and gave ril* to th* unusual fact that 11 o'clock had truck without Lady Kv.lyne having rung for a cup of ta. Lady Kvelyn* wa* lying drowsily, moving one hand about the streak of golden tunhght that brok* into th* room, and playing with the scintillating atoms that danced in it, when the door of the chamber opened and Lady Uwendale appeared upon the thresh- hold, followed by Evelyne'* maid. Hh wa* a stately personage, whose iron-gray hair sat well against a kindly faoe. My child ! my chili I" shs siolaimed. " Do you know that it i* past 11 o'clock T "Well, ma," replied Lady Kvelyne, languidly, "what of it?" "What of it, my dear?" was Lady Gweudalu'* remonstrance. ' What of it? How oan you be so forgetful ? The Duch- ess's garden party commences at 2, and you havs arranged to sit to Drlauria at 12. That portrait of yours will never be finished." repeated, with a captivating smphaai*, and th* dainty finger* travelled toward and , backward, whils she (ought in her mind an | expression wbioh did not readily present itself to her tongue, " don't you think Countaes of Cleve a prettier name than Lady Evelyn Wynter T" Lady Owendale'i reply was solemn and : ceremonious i My child r sbs exolaimsd, " you can 7 ' bear no better name itxtn your own. ' ( " I did not mean i hai, ma," pleaded Lady Evelyne. " I meant that if I married Mr. Maulane 1 should still be Lady Kvelyne Wynter, but if I an married to Herbert I should be the Countess of Cleve." " Yon really must not think ol such a thing, my dear," Lady (i wendaie remon- strated. "You are engaged to Mr. Maclane, and your father and I both consider it a desirable engagement. You are well aware we had *uffiot*nt reasons for closing our doors upon young Chaunoey, and 1 1 havs learned nothing whioh would induce m* to alter my opinion or intention* on th* auhjecu Ccrae, now ! brush the matter from your mind. Think no moreabout il. It proved easier to Lady Uwendale to give that advios to hsr daughter than to ' Lady Kvelyne to follow it. All through that morning and afterward Herbert Chaunoey remained the absorbing oh, eel of her! thoughts. Th* bright, handsom*. boyish I face, the tenderly flashing dark eye*, the! youthful form full of stalwart promise, the frank and open hearty laughter all the** j toroed tremaelviis upon Lady Kvelyne's J. _ neon saw the pe ; r among tk* crowd of prcminadar* by the side of the Row. tord Uwendala kad never been a very prominent personage, either in polities or the world of fashion. His mulina'ions were purely scientific, and hi* habits modeet and if irinii ; therefore, b* was Dot as wsll known as has rank n.ight hav* warranted. Yet, many a hat wa* lifted in respectful ceremony, and many a courteous acknowl- edgement greeted my lord and hi* daughter as tb*y pa**eil along. The shady gravel walk wa* not as full of Its habitual aristocratic throng a* it would hav* been had not tbe big garden party, and an equally attractive fancy fair, claimed the attention of many votaries of fashion. Unliks her father. Lady Kvelyn* boasted of a large circle of acquaintance*, and, though .He had hoped to find time during th. walk to indulge in th* mu*mg* which had proved so pleaaant to her earlier in the day, her attention wa* now fully occupied in saluting and returning salutes. She stopped to exchang* a few word* with my Lady This, or to ask a question or two of my Lady That, or again to talk banali- ties with th* young Lord So-and-So, while a oontmuou* smile played round her pretty lip*. Under the influence of this airy occu- pation her previous purpose vanished into thin haze, and wa* momentarily forgotten, when, OB a sudden, at the sight of a young gentleman who wa* leaning against the railings, Lady Kvelyn*'* face turned pale, and her heart went pit-a-pat in an alarum, which whether it wai painful or pleasant the young lady knew not. It wa* a handsome face, bronzed by tb* ion, and two or three scar* gave it a pe- culiar charm without disfiguring it. The bright, dark eyes flashed in animated con- versation with a gentleman whom Lady Evslyns did not kuow, while the brown nervous band twirled a small, dark mus- tache with nnoon*cious dandyism. Lady Kvelyne looked the gentleman straight in the feoe, but bs gavs no sign* ,,. . nt itUd of recognition, and jontmueil an apparent- ly agreeaole converse. Lady Evelyne'i tiu- gera tightened, and ker breath became tardy. She nervously gripped her father's arm. " Look there, ' sb* whiipered. ' Surely that is llsrbsrt Chaunooy ?'' My lord put up hi*doubl*ey*-gla*e*and tared at th* young man, who avoided th* old nobleman's glance with well-bred THE LATELY FOUWD GOSPELS IN SYRIA.C Tk* Blslleal ... u.r s-ipi. Hire Ii ,,r (,nii.ri.lw.'lil..oiT-l. The disovery recently mad. by Dr. .1. Kendi-l Warn., ths disbinguiehod Biblical chrlarof Cambridge University, Kngland, ^ a new vtniM of the flotpels m Synac mils oo a visit two yean ago to Mount Sinai, is considered to bs th* most valu- able nades* m Biblica.1 ieMMiroh for evsral yean pa* St. Ths co>dei ol old Syruc Gospel* was first found by Dr. Harris at the Conveni of St. Kat. barine,on thetopof Mount Sinai the finding place being noltvoithy of its*! on account t of tue historic connection o t, with sarly Biblical hisitory -ui of St. Kat harms was in the fortrasM by ths mount Th* Coov sulh cent, miry turned in Co Justiuiu, and at tbe smskller neighboring convent! f ll into decay their docn ments were doubt-lets trinif*>rre<i to tbs for tifiec conventlar- sa(ekDiOK, which may acooun for the infiujl ol the Syria maniucripts there. With a wealth ol Biblioatl Irtaaurea leasly arrar* ^*i alonu ehelvwm the vent or itosed awy tor entnrie* io ol privilei( of unearthing those Importance of seed The) familiar adage "\^ /t beget* Ilk." is h* expression of a la-v of^ wbioh j ul| as true) of th* plant as of ' ^, . An . ther law which is practically , a,, refc . n ng is expreswd by the phrase " f environment." In order to he production of animals of Bperior t is necessary both to have good that is, good anonetors) and a proper ra. vironment, thai is, good condition*. It is equally important in th* production of ths wheat crop te have good seed, and supply favorable condition* for its developmenU While thii statement is true in general, ii especially true in new of th. low price or wheat. If we are to continu* growing whsat, ws must do itat pro&l. Is order to realise a profit, we most ecruiimzs every detail of business, rigidly apply tk* most succeaifal method*, and take ad van tage of every favoring condition. Atten- tion is therefor* called to th* importance of having good teed of an approved variety Irs* from th* germ* of disease. The seed ihonld be sound, plnmp.bsat y, chest*, the r . whi< h have proved of Qob valu. f.ll to Dr Harris. U* found by fcsii inveuigsvtio thai documeasjnU olistimsa,ble value to th* world wer* willuithe suicisnt walls, and hi* report led tomtit, to the convent in February, 1 894, by two *Knj|lith women famou* for tneir worst in Bihl* study, Agnes Smix.h Lsvu stud Mn Janes) Y. Gibson, wh_>, Vt. Uarri* modestly aavys, to all the credit ol th* diacov- ery. The (jospexlt ducoxred wvere, it is liev*d, writUn nut later thsM (bs fllth own- ury and, M rwiost ol the trsvaiiUtioni of tbs Gospels into Engluk are of Greek origin, this Syria vesrsion iieipectod t clear up many cloudy points, Th* two -women itudeot* gained tvh* contidencs of the monks and vtr* permit- ted i" maks j>hotuflrph of all the paa{ei of manuscript-, which, from their appear- ance and condition, bad not been psrusaed by human ty*a for nnturiesu A seconder partition wa* made in letttS, when Dr. Hasarris, tbe late Dr. Bensiepjr, , . rsmiao in trie l'ir*rity ol Cambridge, n--" 1 Mr. F.C. Buikitt accom- thspswrty.fortbe purpoeeof trao p,,,, spsw. (%UB t h. doc eumenUwhioh U>r. Harris h*kd memory whether she desired it or nay, and IJVIVIVWHW/ . M .w . .- -,.. -- compelled her to draw comparison* between unwilling mental eye*. h.r . * . her former boyish lover and her preeeut Lord (i wendaie did not know what to make of it. for surely that wai the young Karl of Cleve, It was true my lord had forbidden the young man hi* house, but why this absolute want of recognition T 11 Really, my dear, Hammered the mar- quis. " I 1 f do not know what to maks of it. This is Herbert Cbaunoey . 1 am ears it is Hsrbert Chsuncey. He ***ms purposely to svoid us: let u* walk nn." originally brosuagbl tolUtat. Lady Kv.lyns, however, was not to lie j Syriac, mor properly cat led Chrisli thus easily frustrated. Sb* walked right A ram iac, was he flrit laa^ up to the yuung gentleman, and, with her j to> >j tw TetUa^jujui; wW frasTtlnod. Tbe faos beaming with ths *w*ieet smils, soe i all( . u4( j, is (noui ht to be the vernacular of ><! I Mesopotamia, the cradles of Abraham's family. " Ther. eau bs no doubt," sayi Dr. Ha- - ri*, " that it was ilw the languan of Palestine in th^- tlmsolChriat Uelanguagw in which Haidreaee.itti mialtiiude. Tb Aramiac Chris *ians adopted the na-o* of Syrians b*cauas>e lh*y did not with to oej oou founded wit ab 'Arinaia,' the hwlhen.an.l You are 11*11 I W| uid Iffl y IS) SB. *u w vi saliva isva a/a vwi affianced husband, which were not altogether to th. latter', favor. Ihire ws* something ahoui Mr. Maclaae which Lady Kvelyne nad never really liked. He was good- looking enough, as far as a son of savage uomelmea* went, and the young lady of fathion thought hi* quaint Western dialect fresh snd amusing ; but now and then there came an ex preasion into Mr. Maclane's face which harmonized but ludiilerrnily J with hi. usual gentlemanly and kindly deneanor, and, whioh onoe very nearly frightened ni* affianced bride. Tne rwnlt of th* young lady'* elf-oom- muaiogs wa* that she dawdled about her toilet, thai she took an anoonscionabls long time in dressing, that she hovered over her lunch, and pereisled afterward in continu- ing an animated discussion with Ltrd (J wendaie, who was pleased to find his daughter interested In a subject whioh inieraied him, and for whion she had not ihown any previous sympathy. Luly Kvelyne resorted, in fact, to a dozen little *obem*, and a* many of th* reoogoixed privileges of her *ex, for the piirjMne of avoiding th* duchess's garden party, wh*re *)ie knew she would meet Mr. M.clane. Not lhai she had taken a sudden ditlik* to ih* young mac, or had resolved upon a breach of their engagement, but h. r volatile uiind had discovereu a novel aud pleasant mdsoision which i* th* cream of excitement in the life uf a youog lady of fanhion. It was nearly a* enticing a* the tasting of HIIIIIK forbidden fruit. Lady j Kvelyne knew that her duly bound her to said . " Sursly 1 cannot bs mistaken Lord Cleve?" " That is my nam*," th* gentleman replied, affably, but hi* manner showed that h* behaved he we* speaking to a total stranger. " But don't you know me?" Lady Kve- lyne continued, in ainszsment. " 1 hav* not that pleasure, ' Lord t'lev* replied, ei pleasantly a* be (ore. Kvelyne fell a ball ri.inK to her throat. You don't know me !" she exclaimed, in half-.nrTooaled wonder. " You don't know Bvelyne Wynter ?" I g-naanniie*. Sy " 1 am very sorry," th. young man | no w r [ , wj answered, in an even-Umpered, common- ' place manner, " but I do not." l.ady Kvelyne stepped back and oowed tiftly. 8h. looked Ih* young man up and down, with a withering glance, which aeemsrd to produce no impression but a faint and curious astonish nsut. " Thank you, my lord," soe exclaimed, and rejoined hei father. Yet, shs could not help turning her head. Lord Cleve'* faoe had aaiumed an expres- sion o! puuled anxiaty, aud h*r quick*n*d the country or ^sVram wulh*>nceforth known as Syria. "Probably th, first iptcimen olliteralnr which they pcstsseeesd vat a trauUiion of the Old Ttaninl which wa* read in their i at- literature cau now ihow __T>al piuiu." audit prized ouly for the ligrs. t it cult upon Ike history uf the New Tttfc-amont." F9edln,ltllc. There i* harosxlf ay doubt that with good manai<emearit a better profit oan b* realized in fenlitag the milk to thrifty grow, ing pigs thsn to make uto bulter. lake to the country tiaras and tell a>t tb* price at Ism >ln noaj the great- uaually received. .taught;;. VoVd's^UMly 'whT-'per-^a. er part of tk, ~~ o., and at a oo.tid.rabl. they were, to the youog man's companion: { M *ing of lime a^snd labor. But. u feeding Kvelyne Wynter ! Kvtlyne W ynter ' mi|k (<) p||| l(| n , lk , lk , mo t ol ii, in Ought I to kuow her ? Do 1 know her?" Let u* go home, pa, dear," *h* whis- ving of lime a pig* to nearly all cawiit- muslbtfed in oonnectiou L.t u. go home. pa. u.ar. H- ^^'^^j^. ^ from trt. lim. th. nn.1. when *h. wa. ag.,,, leaning on L,rd ^ (( [( ^^ ^ ^ Let us go home. 1 do I iw.ndain's arm. want to cry." (TO (K IMNT1NI No Cause for Alarm iisnixi. r.vrij IIB u, i..j & 1 will not go to Delanna's to-day," Lady Mr. Maclane, and that no image but his Kvelyns answered, poutingly, "and I'm ail .* Bi 1*1110, scans - ,,- should obtrude itself on her waking thoughia. not M sure that I shall go to the garden There wa* something spicily charming piuiy." about feeling a kind of stolen affection tor 'I'm- maid had in the meantime drawn one man, while.in promise, bound to another, th* heavy curUius, and th* bright sunlight, which pleased Lady Evelyne, and made softened by the lace hanging* within, n rr fingers tingle with nearly voluptuous t reamed all over the room. Lady Kvelyn* lensstion. cloaed her eyes again, while her mother The marchioness was already waiting in held up her hand* in amazement. the drawiug-room, dreaaed for th* gsrden Not go to th* garden party I" shs x- party, when her daughter was still in ths clai-ned. with a nonpluMed air. "Not go dmmg-room. converging wul - to the aarden party Why, what ha* hap- about matters for which at any other time. " ' ".. ./.'_-... she would hsve evinced not the slightest intvre*t, and the detail* and particular* of whioh she now uemed mo*t anxious to acquire. Lady (Jwendal* was a patisnt lady, and wsll aooustomeu to hsr daughter's foibles. When she fonnd that I.ady Kvelyne had made no preparations whatever for the pen*d ? You are not ill, I hope ?" Kvelyne held out a pair ol pleading arm*, .u the old lady approached her daughter, who drew her mother's face to her own and ii'smi it affectionately. " No, ma, dear," *h* whUpered. "I'm t ill, but I do not want to go out. I *ant to slay at home and think. ' Lady (Iwenda)e'* temporary anxiety function of the afternoon, *he ordered hei carriage and drove away alone. Kvelyne wa* happy when she found that /hanged to amazement. That her volatile laughter should desire to think, no matter E,IVU. - KI-J ---- '-.;-. ,h.t th. .ubjsot, w.sin Itself an *n>maly. her strat H y was sucoe**fuL - ; , , but ihe ions m which ths wish was *x- i upstair. M her own room, and thsw her* preaaed lhe tender pleading of the voic* into an arjachalr, whence she could 1 k for appar.ntly . :r.V.*I a cause, told my out upon th. lawn and the green tree, ladyi-a shrewd, e.p.nenoed woman of beyond, and lo.e h.r.. f ,n a .leli.htful th/ world -that .om.thing we* not alto- reverie, while her maid brushed andk.pt ^t.- _._ - ' brushing her luxuriant hair. It seemed pettier a* it ihould hav* been with her :hild. A moment'* r*ttction guided her entrancing to her to abandon heraelf to thii in the right track for th* solution of th* irobl.m. " I kuow what trouble* you, my dear, ihe said. " At least I think I do. Her- ,,.w- B -.. M ,t ha* r.turned U, KngUnd. and you W t. s of the viyd.> ,.v. Uen think mg of him. B \ place. My lord, being for ihs ono. par , _. i . > . .u- > u.i u nl.^uul with his daunhter. u dy -dream, and a full hour or more passed beior* the young lady wa* aware of th tlluxion of lime. Kven then it wa* only a meaiagefron Lord GweajUle which hraught *--'-* -- -ominon parlicu . The young lady ? . *ye. brightened ; she farly * 'ith hi* daughter, ut u| ; se ary pe , took her moth.. pAswf hnd between to know if she would **>VJ b own soft finger, and .tiok.d It care.,- walk Ihtougii the park. It ha,l b.. - ingly. liar eyal.d.nrooped dreamily for en loog since Ihs maruuil land ^ - ho ; D "tanl. ths, .he look.d Udy Owsnd.l. h.r that s',e accepted t an..,, . strsigbt in -He lao. and with a .mile alacrity, and the balmy sum , ak*. . pig i* farrowed e-sntil it read y to finish for market, milk, can be made, iu entire fuod. and latr otm us principal food. The milk must at fire * be iiipplied by leading the sow with KOVMX) milk producing food, and a* soon ai th*s pig learns) to eat it can be fe.l milk and ml th. low i* ledtloppy food* mad* up i t h milk the pig will learn to eat much earlier thai if oorsa or grain if any kind ie lep-nied upon . Hut in nearly al M oaaet the) beset way uf feeding milk ie in connection with othar foe-is, as it requires** too luge an samaunt of nu-k alfin.to makes* a pound of m in a piu. I'.ui mad< 'u tiatiijwih wnuUliugi and brau. ..1-meal and ki, *t MM< and bran, it not o: ly makte a riesVniy an eoonomical looxS . But e v am the* th* lowest cost of growvih will not be nalised nnleas, in addition . i(o<( paitursg* upro. vided. Qiv. gro*win\( pip tbe run of a good pa*lur *lov-r is iliaye t>est-and then feed a good m ilktlop night and Born- I ing, and in a majo s~ity l c*>ee the he*t growth at the lowest cost can be realized. An I if this is dor* milk can be sx>ld at * better price, fed la this wy to vi|orous, thrifty pigs, than will btmli>ed bynak- mg into butter *at tight or tsn osnts a pound at tit country tore, and all of th* labor ol butter -ma king b* avoided iu addition. It 11 true trial in a majority ot caws Si-he tarn milk and and of strong vitality. To this end, the wheat from which the seed Is to be obtain td ihould be allowed to become fully ripe, and should not b* subject to prolonged dauipnesa which will cause mold in th* thock, and heating in the stack or bin. Th* wheat kernel i* a young plantlet with a tur* or plant food packed closely about it to give it a start in the world. Therefor*, th* larger and mor* compact th* seed, the greater the food supply, whioh will re*ult in a more vigorous germination and growth. Th* common practice of passing wheat for seed through lhe fanning mill is a good ons, but it should bs repeated if necessary with a strong blast to screen and blow out all small, light, and shrunken kernels, leaving only plump seed for (owing. 1 ntoraaary te lr**t the sssd wheat for bunt" ae described below, the lighter kernsls may be skimmed off, further improve tha.oual i';n?f t.., If the crop froav; wn icn tbs seed wheat is obtained oontaku ny " bunt" or stinking smut, it ahoulij bs treated after screening with " blue rfons" or hot water to destroy i he g.rm*. JK prefer th* hot water treat- mint whichjkude to reinforce the germinat iui< powjuTflf th. (seds, whereas lhe blu* treatment tende to retard th* germ- raalion and reduce thr yield of the crop. In order to treat the seed most easily with hot water, fill two open ketile* with water, and heat to 130 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Plac* tbe seed in an open basket, lined with coarse anet*rial like gunny sack. S*t tb* basket containing the wheat in one of the kstties, allowing it to remain one rninuu to become warm through. Then lift out tbe basket letting the water drsio hack into th* kettle for a few mom- ent*, thon place in the other k.ttl* allowing it to remain five miuuu*. Th* wheat should bn constantly stirred during th* immersion to sscure the thorough healing of every kernel, which is ths means of destroying th* smut ^Brme. All light kernels should bs skimmed olf, to bs used for toed. At the end of D<S minutes remove the wheat from the wetsr and aprmd il thinly upon a floor or oasvas in tb. open air, io as l) dry it befora is swells, h is then r*dy for sowiug, bul not to be sown immediately, It should be placed in a oloat, clean eeck to prevent contact with other germs of bunt. There is no but variety for all soils. Rut there is best variety, all thing* oon- *ui*red, for almost (very soil and climatic condition. I mean by this that sum* on* variety will do better than any other in a particular locality. This should b* de- termined by trial, and whan a variety adapted to the toil and climate is secured giv* it generous treatment, sowing in a wall prepared soil of tunable fertility, on which some other crop than wheat wa* last grown. Avoid oontamiuatioo will, smut germs, sow only prime seed of the same variety from year to year, and my word for it th* wheat will not only not run out, bul will maintain its yield and good qualities as long at favorable conditions ar* maintained. Warmth for Lambs. Owisg to the asvcrity of tbs weather lamb*, unless tk*ii great oar* of. will .uc- cumb to th* cold, or, at any ri, they will not make that growth and progTM* so intialto the w*ll-b*ing ot th* young. Th* following practice cau be thor"*' l ' T led both from the *-a^ n ~ "' myself and ol Give each t aspo..nlul. (according! oil. musd witli a littkH_ i>r , whirs the flock is a small on*, or th leniibs viry young, Ik* lan.bs could oe> drenched. As a ml., lamb* in a very abort lim* eat it greadily. Th* oil helps to ke*p up the heat of th* body, *nd in the 0<trt of vboae destined to be sold as fat I e, MI lit it u an excellent food at all time*. A cheap ni easy method of giving warmth and shelter in the fiold is to place oldtrea- ole> or su|(*r barrel witk one end out, oo Landlady-Oh, killed, sur> . dear ' oh, dear I H majority M CIMH s^-ne *an Bssstsi > w ol or su|(ar -' - - -- -" nine amount ol labor spent in mak ing poor I tbelr *ida in the hld where the laml are, urter will, with Jiff.tel manavgemcBt, heaving previously lined t hmrwn n:-n tart make butt*r thai w all bna< tvo o>r the*. limes that much. Savin. iteMnuhip Nsw boar. Ur--Hic ...- r nun' ra,k. Alluak cemu dowu.iuirsh lhatli way. Medals for Ttotonle's Ufa The crew of ths Whit* Star Teutouio wa* mullet x4 on Mi* eaU-ooJeck the other morning by CapV, Cameron, and BIS of them received fromtbeir ooni inmder m.dale for their naUawantry in retsoa ing tbe tkipper and orsw f the little flibing schooner .Icsi. KMVSSVS, otftka L.oni< Itlaad coast, in a hurricane, on Feb. S. Cipt, Camwron mad* a lltsfcl* spseth oompltmen- Hag th* man, who are : Fourth Offioer Drum, who had oh> -sargcjil tK*> hfbott ; William K. FiUpalrio k, JoJuSeexl. IVilih* M Luhlm, David Jons, and Alfred Hawley. Mr. Orion roeived a gold medal .in 1 the <>thr* tllve> r mo Uli, prestetlsd bv lhe Life Saving Kt^nevolenl Association ul New York. some short straw or oharf. Lambs will rne.k.gisatuse of the*e shelter*, and an intelligent shepherd walking round daily dun easily turn the barrels so as to fao* the wsarm quarter. In * largo .ambing fold where lamb* are coming thickly, and artificial warmth is requi'ed for weakly lamb*, it is a good plan to have two or tliree imall barrels with hinged lull at baud. S me soft hay at tbe bottom ol the*e givei gral warmth, and wil I be thi Beans or saving many a lamb'* |,fe. 8heep are ao **wutially ih* iheet, anchor of the farmer that every elh.rt poe>eible ihould be mad. to ssour* a good lambing teason. Got Plenty Now. Miss Logan. Ajuar* Mis* Old ha* gone abroad for tme year*. Mi** Pairt oodna graovas ! you ~ I thought *he h*J wan dpia't <*.| so? "..ugh already !