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The Liberal, 7 Apr 1904, p. 3

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She sat in the Redwoods’ pew at Marwell Church, on Christmas Day, with an aching heart, and heard the angels' message of peace on earth with an awful sense of incongruity; reminded that Philip, who had not written for months and was supposâ€" ed to be shut up in Lucknow, if alive was one of a small band beleaguered by innumerable foes reputed deâ€" mons of cruelty; when the familiar sentence which had so early struck her imagination, "for every battle of the warrior is with confused noise and garments rolled in blood," rang through the church, she turned sick N the endless battle scenes it. sugâ€" gested, scenes in which Philip was ever present, dime seen through lireâ€" (‘loven clouds of smoke. “While Shepherds watched their flocks," sle sang, her eyes clouded with tears, and, looking up, she beCame aware of the intent gaze of a lady in the Maxwell Court pewâ€"a gaze which was repeated and interrupted by the raising of Jessie's eyes several times dtu'ing the sermon. “\l‘hatevei made Miss Lonsdale look our way like that?" Cousin Jane asked, at, dinner. “There was nothing wrong with my bonnet, Jesâ€" sie, was there? 1 am sure yourn was as neat as a new pin. And if Plummer did go to sleep with his mouth wide open, as though be ex- pected the sermon to jump down his throat, it's nothing but what she’ve been accustomed to ever since- she was as high as the table. And I'm sure my mourning is deep enough for a :‘isth-." Miss Lone-dale was at the moment asking Lady Gertrude “that Charming girl in mourning with the Plummets was, and how a creature so graceful came among such rustics. “Charming girl '2 Graceful creature? Pathetic ? Refined ‘2” murmured Lady Gertrude, bewildered. \ “I saw no stranger, Clara, and I usually look round the church; one owes it to the people." same. who u "Clara has discovered another prodigy,” said her cousin, Ilugh Mcdway. "Be merciful, Clara. Leave the rose to wither on its stem.” "You probably mean little Jessie Meade, the miller's daughter," Sir Arthur added. “You must. often have seen her before, Clara. She is certainly growing into a. very nice- looking girl. But the refinement soon wears off in that class.” rl‘his speech put Miss Lonsdale on her mettle. “Do not imagine," she replied, "that our class has the monopoly of ev rything, Uncle . Ar- thur. That sweet girl at no age Could be anything but refined. She has a history, too, 1 saw it in her face. She moved among the rustics in coming out of church like a. stray princess. These ridiculous aristo- cratic class prejudices l" , "Clara waves the red flag-"A bas les aristocrates ! Vive 1e. peuple souâ€" verain‘?” commented Hugh teasingâ€" ]y. "My dear girl, I do so admire that little sweep of the hand;' it brushes the whole upper ten in a mass to perdition. It really is a pity that ladies cannot enter parliaâ€" meat.” "It is," she replied, with unabat- ed majesty. "Jessie," she added, niusingly, “a caressing sort. of name, soft but not sufficiently dignified fOr her.” A few days later Sir 'Arthur la- mented in her hearing that. what with one thing and another, he had not a, horse fit to ride that morning, and supposed he must. walk. Rod- woods was not So very far, but he wished also to call at Ferndale and Little Marwell. "Why not let me drive you ‘2" Clara said; "the ponies want exer- cise, and I like an object for a drive." “Thank you, my dear, I shall be too glad to avail myself of the honor, if you do not mind pottcring about with an old fellow,” he re- plied; so the ponies were brought round, and they started, Sir Arthur half buried in furs like a. Russian prince, his niece fully occupied with her ponies, who sniffed up the frosty air as they tosssed their pretty manes and made believe to take every bush and stone fo‘ an enemy. They drove through the park, where the noble oakS' and beeches bore fairyâ€"like foliage of boar-frost summer leaves on of their boughs, instead of green the fine tracery which sparkled with delicate jewel- flaslxes against the pale blue sky; through the village, where the. rimcs crystals glittered on thatched roofs, and woan at Cottage doors dropâ€" red courtcsies: past the inn with its swinging :ign, the schoolâ€"house with its hive~lil~zo hum, thcnt‘e along the high road. They soon came to a comfortable farmâ€"house standing a little way back from the road in a trim flowerâ€"garden, fenced by a low stone wall over which the dainty litâ€" tle “roving Sailor" spread its shin- ning trails, and yellow stoneâ€"Crop and patches of green and gold moss crept. The house was of gray stone. half hidden by creepers, “hub in summer made a very bower of bloom .deference before Ike penetrating gaze i931 “Slen- A r 1 3’ f WEE l a: ii iii l , by yellow lichen, that caught, and! kept the sunshine in reserve so as to i throw a. golden glow over gloomy days; the warm brown tiles roofedl the. barns and other buildings in thej yard, and were similarly embroidered by nature's hand; the pale yellow stacks beneath a group of elms in the rickâ€"yard glowed in the frosty sunbeams and sent out a. rich odor of corn together with a pleaSant raâ€" diance; it was a sunny place, sug- gestive of summer and warm comâ€" fort. So Miss Lonsdalc thought. when she stopped the ponies at. the garden gate, by an oldâ€"fashioned flight of stone steps in the wall. CHAPTER IX. The sound of wheels on the. frostâ€" bound road and the apparition of Miss Lonsdale's bright-plumcd hat above the hedgeâ€"row, occasioned a certain excitement within Redwoods Farm. "Patience I’luminor, exclaimed Mrs. and Miss cap I own Dear! alive 3" “Sir Arthur Lonsdale I. and me in a wouldn't be seen out. of my family with for five pounds. dear! to think that I' must, he brushing the cheese in my oldest, dairy gown this morning of all others.” "Never mind, cousin.” said Jessie. "people can't expect. you to be in full dress at this hour,” "Full dress! “ell, there, Jessie, I never did Come across your equal for want of feeling,” complained Mrs. l’lummer, in a tearful voice, “and not so much as a cl'ean collar or curls brushed out have 1 got to my name, and the sun showing every speck of dust. Well, to he. sure; you must run out, I suppose, and say I‘ll be. down in a minute, and Plunimer's only just gone out round. Only let me get clear off before they come in.” she concluded brushing past. Jessie and bustling upstairs as fast as her round and comfortable figure could go. You cannot brush and turn mity cheeses with clean hands or clean garments, and Mrs. Plummer's ap- pearance was certainly far from magnificent. Her gown had seen hard service, her sleeves were rolled half-way up her plump, firm arms, a very dingy old shawl was pinned ovcr hel‘ shoulders, her cap had reached the lowest rank in the cap scale, of which Jessie believed there were ten grades, each grade. fitted for some special ti and occupa- tion; the bunches of curls which ad- orned either side of her face at more ceremonial hours, were now rolled up in one solid curl on each temple, giving her round, apple-cheeked face a severity more suitable for owing serving-maids than for welcoming distinguished guests; to Crown all she. wore, tied high up over the ends of the crossed shawl, a large, coarse apron, the strings of which refused to do anything but tie themselves in knots while she was shouting complaints and directions to Jessie. "Well, if ever I was in a pickle for visitors !" she might well exclaim, on surveying herself in the glass. Jessie was soon opening the door to receive the guests; visitors very rarely had occasion to ring at. Redâ€" woods. It was deemed inhospitable not to go out to welcome them as soon as they appeared in sight. The sight of her caused Sir Arthur to remove his hat from his head and himself from the low pony chaise, and confirmed Miss Lonsdale in her admiration. The touch of the unâ€" gallant frost, which does not besi- tato to nip the nose cf rarest beauty, only brought a delicate rose to Jessie's checks, the sunshine fell full in her face, causing her to lift. one slender hand to Shade her beauâ€" tiful eyes, while with the other she held a light blue- wrnpper, one end of which was thrown over her head. beneath her chin; her bright hair, the true “chiome d'or all' aura sparse" so dear to Tusso, glitteretl in tiny ruffled rings about. her tem- ples, as if each separate hair were a beam of light. Appearing thus, tall and slim, in her plain black dress, while some white pigeons, startled by the wheels, flew up with; clanging wings and Settled on thci lichenvbordered brown roof above: her, she was a delightful \ision. Shel stepped lightly down the. garden-l walk, unconscious of the admiration‘ she evoked, to ask Sir Arthur if her would walk in while She sent a be)" to fetch Mr. Plummer, who was somewhere about the farm. l Sir Arthur preferred to go in, search of Mr. Plnmmer himself, and; when he was gone Jessie went DUI? to ask Miss Lonsdale to come in. l She assented with a smile, and‘ laying the reins aside, alighted. Tall, well made warmly clad in rich! furs, with the jewel-like .breast of a‘. bird glowing iridescent in her hat,; with that intlefinahle air of one daily used to polished human intercourse' and the cotstant homage due to an! absolute grace of speech and move-‘, ment'Cla‘a Lonsdale seemed to? Jessre, who rarely saw but homely, . l l often uncouth people, a being from; a more gracious sphere, and her! clear glance fell with a becomingi the tiled roof was richly embroidered of the lady‘s golden-brown eyes. 0 M ,ney piece, .smilo of a grateful child. "Not Airs. I‘lliizznler's daughter, I am sure," she said, in a voice natâ€" urally inusivnl, but the more so beâ€" cansg of a softer accent than that to which Jessie was used. "No," she replied, opening the door for Miss Lonsdale to pass in, "‘I am Mrs. l‘lnmmer's cousin, Jessie. Meade." She led her into a large, low room with heavy furniture, and two fairâ€"sized casement windows with deep cushioned seats. Some sport- ing: prints adoran the walls, two guns were on a rack over the, chimâ€" massive Silver tankards, >p'leamed upon a sideâ€"table, a, bright tire blazed in a large grate with hobs to it, here stood a highâ€"backed wooden armâ€"chair which Jessie plac- ed for her guest. The battered form of Sebastopol reposed in a tight. tabby coil near the fire; just in front of a window stood a small easel holding a canvas on which a landscape in oil was beginning to Show; palettes, brushes, and tubes of color scattered near showed that the artist had but just left. work. An old bureau with its sloping deskâ€" top closed, stood against one wall, and a sofa, wide enough to serve for a bed at a pinch, was against another; a few pots of growing flowâ€" ers were. in the window, and a dish of russetâ€"red apples on the top of the bureau. All these details Miss Lonsdalo took in one rapid glance. The interior was cosy, yet there was a lack of somethingâ€"which she soon discovered to be books. These were few but. not. select. One leather broken-backed tome with an illegible title served to raise a flowerâ€"pot, in- to the light, another made a press for Mrs. Plununcr’s cap laces and ribbons. Jessie went. straight to a cupboard by the fireâ€"place and took out a dish of round goldenâ€"brown cakes and some decanters and wineâ€" glasses, which she placed on the table, in accordance with the un- written custom that supposed all guests to be hungry, “Mrs. Flinn-liters irresistible," Miss Lonsdale said, ac- cepting one with a smile that went. straight to Jessie‘s fresh heart; a. rare smile that came slowly and made, her scorn beautiful, though not really so. Jessie smiled doughâ€"nu ts a re brightly back, the. “it, would be no use,’ she said. “for my cousin to make doughnuts, if no one came to appreciate them.” "There is reason in that.” MiSS Lonsdale returner]; "there are in art two essential factors, the artist and .n the amateur or admirer. "Yes," Jessie rejoined, "it would be futile to write even an ’Iliad,’ if there were no readers.” This, Miss Lonsdale reflected, was not what one. might expect from a miller’s daughter of eighteen, and wondered to what extent the young lady was conscious of her superior- ity. But Jessie, who sat on the other side of the hearth sideways to the window, in such a manner that the sunshine lighted her faCe and kindled the gold of her hair, looked perfectly unconscious of self. "You must be very lonely,” Miss Lonsdale said, with an abruptness that brought the color to Jessie’s face, yet with an accent that be- spoke such a sympathy and aceurate reading as she had not expected; "forgive me,” she added, “but your face interested me when I saw you at church. I speak so plainly beâ€" cause I feel distinctly drawa to you... "This is too kind,” Jessie falter- ed, "but you will be disappointed. I am not at all interesting, especially to myself. I Would rather forget that I am alive." “Poor child!” said Clara, in a 1 rich, caressing voice; "poor, dear child !" Jessie rose quickly and knelt be: fore the fire, very lmSy at mending it, with her face averted from the lady. Clara smiled a peculiar little smile that Jessie could not see, and with ready tact went over to the easel. "From nature ?" she asked, with some surprise, when she saw the disâ€" tant park with the village and church in the foreground all firmly and truly sketched. “From nature in winter, too ! You have a. good deal of feeling for landscape, Miss Meade." Jessie had persuaded I‘hilip, who recognized her decided talent to let her exchange Miss lllushford's fine pencil drawings and water-color flowers and fruit for lessons from a broken‘down artist, whose constant potations had not been able to quench a. spark of genius which might have brought. him to the front rank, and under this man she had made some progress and learnt to cherish great hopes. Had she seen many of the great masters? Who was her teacher? Did she know the Claude Lorraine. at Mar- well Court ‘2 Had she seen the De Wints and Constables ‘2 She could scarcely believe that MiSS Meade had seen nothing and yet painted so charmingly. While they were standing thus at the easel, Cousin Jane, her curls beautifully arranged in glossy bunchâ€" es on either check, with a cap five grades higher than that of the cheeseâ€"brushing, and her afternoon gowu and apron on, came in and was complimented upon her dough- nuts. .-\lmost at the same moment Sir Arthur was seen returning to the carriage, so Miss Lousdale took leave and went out to join him, acâ€" companied by Jessie, who stood until the ponyâ€"phaeton with its smart groom, Russian prince Arthur, and brightâ€"plumed lady driver had vanished like some ether- (To be Continued.) Sirl l ~ “ - .33: " ~r,.."~ - via new. rig-Safari 3“-5’\‘-:‘J‘.r1â€" 1,â€" . ~4 I . ifitdhildfi’figfsu ' 5"? a r l‘l-IAS AND OATS TOG li'l‘lllCR. Pens and oats make a grand soilâ€" in: food for milch cows when grown in due. balance and a rich land, says .l’rofessor 'l'hos. Shaw, of Minnesota. l'l‘his Cl‘Op fiany kind of land that is rich, and ,Wcll prepared and moist, and it comes ‘anywhcre in the rotation. The small lvariety of pens are. more suitable than ithc marrow~fat varieties, as they pro- duce line straw. making them more palatable. The weak point abont ‘this food for soiling purposes is the 'short period during;r which it can ;be fed green. This period will not iusually extend beyond three or four jweeks from one sowing, but it may ibc extended by having another plot {sown two or three weeks later than :the first. This crop may usually be best sown on fall plowed land, rich naturally, 1or made so, and sown as early as tillage is practicany in the Spring. The modes of sowing will vary With lthe conditions. In many cases the ‘seed may best be sewn with the grain ,drill after the peas and oats have been mixed. On reasonably stifT clay ithis method of sowing will answer twell. in other situations. as on prairie soils somewhat woody, it has been found best to scatter the peas over the ground while yet, unplowed, and then to plow in four to five inches 00p and in rather narrow furrow slic- lcfl to prevent. the seed from growing in rows to (listcnd from another. The oats should then be sown just before the peas come through the ground broadcast or with drill and the. ground should then be harrowed to destroy young weeds and to preâ€" vent the escape of moisture from the soil. \thn thus sown the oats and peas reach the perfect condition for cuttin: more nearly than when sown at the some time, and the oats are 'less likely to overslnulow 'the peas. It w uld not be possible to name lthe proportions of .eed to be sown that would best suit all soil condiâ€" tions, as they vary greatly. Where peas: grow better a less quantity should be sown. The proportions that are exactly suitable for any loâ€" cality can only be ascertained by acâ€" tual tests. The idea Should be kept prominent that the peas are the more important factor in the experiment. .Thcy are more nitrogenous than the oats, and are also more palatable. The proportion of oats that will susâ€" tain the peas from falling will be enough. Usually not less than two and a half bushels per acre should he sown of the mixture. Ordinary not more than oneâ€"third should be oats. On some prairie soils one peck of oats per acre should suflicc. On other soils it may be neogssary to increase the oats until they furnish by meaâ€" sure nearly half the. seed used. This food is [-‘.lit’.fl_‘y“ for milk pro duction. From 15 to 20 tons per acre may be taken of the mixture, land it may be followed in many sea- sons by a catch crop on the some ground more especially of rape. The cutting may begin as soon as the peas come into bloom and may conâ€" tinue until the crop is nearly ripe. The dwarf Essex rape crop is more frequently grown for pasture than for soiling food, and yet it is an excellent soiling food for milch cows. Some will not except this statement on the ground that it will taint the milk. That depends on how it is fed. If fed to cows just after the milk has been withdrawn it may bl- given twice a day, and in considerâ€" able quantitics. But it Would be impossible to feed so much even in the manner indicated above, that the system would become so saturated as; to produce taint. lut this certainly will not follow from modern feeding. When it can be done, the ideal way would be to feed rape as a soiling food one end of the. day and some ,other kind of soiling the other end of lthe day. ; Dwarf Essex rape may be sown ,on any kind of rich moist soil of ,reasonable open texture. Deep 11in lmus soi's, as for instance, slough ‘soila grow it in greatest perfection. ‘It would scarcely be possible to make :land too rich for the growing of irape. and the yields are usually in lproportion to the richness and Cleariâ€" ness of the soils. Early crops are ibest sowed on Fall plowed land. 3 HOW TO JUDGE BEEF C‘A’l‘TLlI. ; No knowledge. has greater value to the farmer than that which giies ihim the ability to select profitable fer-ding animals. ,i The animal is a machine, and as there are great difference in dii ' Jmachines, so are there great dim-rent:- Tes in the etliciency of dif.‘crcnt onlâ€" ‘mals. . , There are some beef animals that ,will consunn~ corn. hay." and grass. and iproduce tlml‘i‘l'l‘orn an unfinished (my- Icass which will sell it): live cents, {live weight, on the 1.2:xrl-iet. i There are other cattle fed on ex- . lactly the same 1kind of fool 101' {hr- llength of time that will hr; 1‘. m five and Ontâ€"half to six cents per pound live Wriglll. This difference is not allege :ci- ,«. differenCC (‘1‘ condition or fatness, but depends upon the conformation of the animal. , The correct conformation 51‘] 'ch l'must be prose-wed in the. better crass may he smved on almost l ' ldist once l of beef animals can be accurately do scribed and can be learned by any farmer of average intelligence. The profitable feeding cattle that bring the high prit‘es on the market all possess certain characteristics. They have a straight top line, witli broad, tlt‘t‘jl bodies and short legs. If the head and legs were cut the remaining portion mal's body would with round corners. Especially important evidences of ngod feeding ability are clear, bright: eyes and broad forehead, with moder- ate short head and short. thiclc neck, a well-sprung rib, strong loin’ and a long, level rump. The whole animal should be smooth and evenly covered with thick flesh. A moderately large paunch on a healthy, vigorous steer should bd regarded as a desirable indication. Moderately line bones is also an in- dication of a good feeding Quality. On the contrary, a coarse bond with long: body, large head and gen-i eral appearance of coarseness is alq ways to be considered an undesirabll characteristic. Cattle possessing the desirable cliar< acteristics mentioned above will fat: ten more quickly and will distribut' off, of the uni- resemble a box their flesh on those portions of the body where the highestâ€"priced cutl are located. It is impossible here to give all the information one will need in ap plying these principles. WATER FOR. SI l EI‘IP. Sheep will suffer if not suppliesl with water in winter, even thougl they have free access to snow. Don't allow them to eat snow, or to drink ice water. Water them in the middlt of the day when it is Warmest and warm the water abow the freezing point a good deal, to about the non mal temperature of spring: water. They need walcr most in dry sum mer, but when the. grass is fresh and growing well, less Jis required. Ym‘ might. as Well expect your daily cowr to produce milk, some seventy of eighty per cent. of water, as to ex- pect. your breeding owl-s to raist lambs that are drinking: milk on grasl alone. In winter when they are eat; ing dry feed more water is take! than when they are. supplied witl roots and silage. Ordinary a sheel should haxe from 1 to (S guarts 0‘ water daily, accordingly to water and feed. There is no place in which will talct water vith more zest than in a shed. In such a place. the water does not free7e. nearly So readily as outside A shallow trough is best: and in very cold weather, if the water is not wanted after the sheep drink it may be drawn off to prevent the accumu lation of ice. It. is a, mistake to try to water them in the same trough ii which cattle drink. â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-+ SUICIDAL SALMON. Battles of Death Enacted in Alas ka Streams. Imagine yourself on the senshorr in Alaska, in the month of Norton} bur, rambling on for the pleasure o: it, and picking up a curious Shel! now and then. You see abon 2 fresh water stream uhirh is in your path. As you approach you an surprised to find the \\'l‘t.ilu stream filled, crowded, with struggling sal- mon. 11‘ you follow tile stream. back from the shore a mile or so, you will find it literally packed with salmon all the way, although tht water is so shallow that no fish is more than half Ct)\’r'l'0tl. Your surprise is increased when you approach near enough to touch with your foot. and find that they pay not the slightest attention t you. They struggle lit-recly on the stream. the females to dept their eggs, the lllillt'h' to protect females. .\ll are intent upon t mad, suicidal rush up the strca It is suicidal Llf't'zlllSL‘ not .1 sin, salmon out of these llious nds fore you ever Collins back alive. [from the outset tin-y neither cat nor rest, and us you fullow' them up stream you soon see the. oil'ects of their battle. The flesh is knocked off against the sinm-s; hero against his fellows, with nothing left of his once powerful tail but the bones, and many of them are broken; the flesh may be falling from his back or torn from his belly: still he lightn on until death. if it is a female you may see the eggs dragging from uh up}; g‘uSh in her side, one lin is turn on", two -more are useless, (“H-r5: effort, to pro- pol herself l0n\.+‘. o truil of blood, but. she swims on with the rest. You are sickened by :zneh a Sight, rand conclude that the shaliuwness of .the Stream will account fur the con- jrlition of the fish. So you do to a, larger stream, thirt; fer-t in Width :[lntl eight feet in ‘1'}:lil: here 5m) ifind thousands of salmon lashing the pater into foam in their vumrts to ore another. 'l‘ln-y are nihimmg [incl d layer on layer, like ,sal'dines. Lilo-e the conditions of jthe smaller streams are repeated on ‘a larger scale. The fish are not. ‘only torn to pieces by rocks, ,‘rlnfitroy om; another. if )rfll puk up one that uilgiwil's whale lu- ffall to pieces of his own weight, 3 “wtâ€"«- l"irs‘ Russian: .was it'i:l}.' o" _- 'Sinh '.â€"“\'e 2'. is l. l. mu; jvou could Jam-aim. {iblll' lsonouolotowsl " l Customer :â€"-"ll«-r.' ‘w till-.1) You i'nd‘h- charged nze iv, (m the us-m; jgrice for sharing Luz-hm- -_-â€"-'i'y .razor was dull and i'. funk nu- l “as long." ACL‘ "4"

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