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LIFE.
. A v -adie, a laugh,
ci A J over's cb air,
? 'aid blossoms, and ohlmes, and Iriends;
' A deatbbod scene.
And o mound of green.
Whore a weeping woman bends.
A smile, a fear,
A sprinkle, a tear,
? Tb? blossoms, tbe chimes, the filonds;
-And night makes way, i
For another day,
Of the life that never ends.
HARD TIMES, i
o
- o
BY Y. Z. I
?...ot
"So he's gone at last, has he?" said
my wife,, with a little, piqnant eleva
tion of her pretty brows. "I began to
think he was somehow gifted with im
mortality,"
"Dead at las*," said I. "And what
do yon think, Jenny?. He has left ns
SKJQ."
"A hundred dollars 1" echoed my
.wife, olasping her - hands together.
?.Oh! Charles-a $100!"
. Now all this may sound like a two
pence-half-penny sort of affair to some
of my readers, as I am very well aware.
Bat as I am only a clerk on a salary of
$900 a year-a $200 drifting, as it
were, ont of the sky, seemed a very
nea.fc little sum to me.
Jenny and I were both yonng peo
ple, just beginning the world, with
no particular riches, except one apple
cheeked baby. Jenny did her own
work, made my shirts and cut and
fitted her own dresses. I walked to
and from business every day to save
the 20 cents omnibus fares. We did
our best to make both ends meet
and a tight pull we found it
So that yon will easily see that this
$100 b'.ll represented considerable
more tc us thau its more face value!
Old Uncle Moses Manson was mor
tally offended when his niece, Jenny
Clifford, chose to marry me instead of
a wizened, bespectacled, old contem
porary of his own. He had never
'spoken to her since, and we naturally
entertained no very exalted hopes- of
any testamentary recollections on his
part. And the $100 bill, therefore,
possessed the charm of an agreeable
surpfipe into the bargain.
"Charlie," said Jenny, under her
breath, "what shall we do with it?"
"That is the very question," said L
"Ito you know, Jenny-" ,
. I hesitated a little here.
1 'Tes?" she responded, interroga
tively.
"Every fellow in the bank, except,
rae, has a gold watch. I've been
ashamed of this old silver concern
more than once. And Seymour has a
nice.second-hand one for sale that he
wilt let me have for $20 if-"
"And turn the $100 into a mere
useless ornament!" cried Jenny, with
a strong accent of disapprobation in
her voice. "Charley, that isn't a bit
like you."
"Well, ?hen, what do you sug
gest?"
"I should so like to give a social
party with ii," said Jenny, coaxingly.
"Only think how often we've been in
vited out since we were married, and
sever have had a chance to return any
of the hospitalities of our friends.
The musicians, the supper, and all,
would come within the $100."
"And you are absurd enough to
wish to eat, aud drink, and dance up
a sum like that !" I cried. "No.no,
Jennette, it is entiroly out of the
question."
"A new velvet suit for the baby?"
suggested Jenny, pouting a little at
the emphasis pf my words.
"How would it correspond with the
rest of our surroundings?" I asked,
not Without an accent- of bitterness.
"You had a great deal better suggest
a new winter snit and overcoat foi
me. You never seem to observe how
shabby I am getting."
"Nobody notices a gentleman's
dress," said Jenny. "I can make
your overcoat look very nice with fresh
binding and new buttons-but how I
.should like a sealskin jacket!"
"Jenny," said I, somewhat dis
gusted, "I had no idea you could be
so selfish."
Jenny colored and tossed her head.
"Selfish, indeed I" cried she. "I
would like to know whether you have
yet suggested anything wh:ch was not
for your.own speeial benefit and use!"
We were both Bilent. I don't sup
pose either of us had felt so vindic
tive before,since our marriage. Clear
ly, the $100 bill had worked no great
benefit as yet *
' "I'll tell yon what, Jenny," said I;
"let's compromise. Let's buy a new
sitting-room and stairs carpet. I saw
a beautiful pattern at Moody's yester
day-pearl-gray, with a vine of scar
let moss all over it. "
- . "I don't care very much for new
carpets as long as we live on a second
floor," said Jenny. "And you don't
seem to remember, Charles, that I
haven't had a silk dress since.we were
married.^ Black silk is suitable for
all occasions, from a wedding to a
foneraVand I really think-"
"I believe a woman's thoughts are
always running on dress," muttered
I, somewhat contemptuously. "I'm
sure that black alpaca of yours is
beautiful "
"That's all you know about the
matter," said Jenny, elevating her
nose. "Well, I don't care. ' Spend
the money as you. choose. Only, Uncle
Moses was my relative."
."And the money was left to me,'
Mrs. Evarts," said I.
. Jenny looked at me with her eyes
full of tears.
"Oh, Charles," said ehe, "how can
you speak to me so?"
"Because I'm a brute, Jenny, "said
I, fairly melted. "Forgive me, and
-we'll fling the paltry old $100 bill into
the fire before we'll let it scatter the
seeds of division between us."
"No, Charley, don't do that," said
Jenny laughing through her tears.
"Let's-put it in>the savings bank."
' "Agreed," said I, sealing the bar
gain with one of our old-fashioned
kisses. "And apropos of sayings
banks, did I tell you about Greene?"
"No. What about Greene?"
"Why, he and his wife have jnst
moved into the prettiest little Gothic
cottage you ever saw, just the other
side of the Harlem bridge, with a
lawn and a garden, and space to keep
? little Alderney cow."
"Rented it?"
"No, bought it"
"Why, Charles how can that be?
Greene has only two or three hundred
a year more than you, and i*> takes
money to buy places in the country."
"All savings banks, my dear," said
L "Greene tells me that he and his
wife have been saving up for years,.
with special reference to this country
home for their children! They com
menced with a 50-cent piece."
"We can do better than that!" said
Jenny, with sparkling eyes. "Please
God, dear Charley, our little fellow
shall have a green and sunny place to
play in before he is many years older!
And I'll do without the silk ? ess."
?'AjjdTll make the overcoat
THE N?TlONRL BANK OF ???SUSf fi
L. C. HAYNS, r^XF.-G.iTOfcb, Caanler.
Capital, $850,000.
Undivided JTroflia } $110,000.
Facilities of our ma%nlflc?nt NOT Vault
[coninir.inp 410 >afety-Lock Boxea. Differ
ent Stze'j are offered to our patrons and
the public at $3.00 to S10.C0('i>or annum.
PLANTERS
LOAN AND
'SAVINGS
Pays Intorost
on Deposits.
Acconm-s
Solicited.
L. C. HATXX,
President.
W. C. WA EDI, AW,
Cashier.
TROS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR
EDGEFIELD, & C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1900.
VOL. LXV. NO. 20.
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(FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
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Vnlue or Subsoiling.
One of the advantages of subsoiling
is to do away with the evil effects of
deep plowing, that is the under soil is
loosened without the necessity of
turning the humus of the surface
under, and necessarily placing it at
the bottom of the furrow below where
it will be ablo to do the most good.
Look Into Your Fertilizers.
Thousands upon thousands of tons
of fertilizer are yearly used by sorao
men who do not even take the trouble
to see if it is helping them out in n
financial way, or in other words to see
if it is a paying investment. If there
was such a thing as reckoning np the
loss caused by this oversight the eyes
of a great many farmers would surely
be opened, and the result would be
smaller fertilizer bills and larger
crops.
Another thing should be done by
all usiug fertilizers, and that is the
matter of looking into the composition
of the goods they are buying. Buying
fertilizers without knowing the analy
sis of them is practically buying "a pig
in a bag."
Start the Chicks Right. t
If we expect a healthy, profitable
flock of hens, we must not overlook
the fact that the care given the chicks
during the first few days of life deter
mines to a great extent just what they
will be in mature life. Chicks must
be kept healthy, and in order to do
this a system must be adopted and"
strictly adhered to. They must come
from the nest free from vermin and
must not be allowed to become chilled.
They must be given the best and most
wholesome food, just what is best
Buited for the forming of flesh and
bone. Those that are intended for
market require different treatment
from the pullets that we intend for
next winter's layers. It takes time
and patience,coupled with hard work,
to make poultry raising a success, but
it eau be done.-Home and Farm.
A Few Points on Al alfa.
Wheu sowing alfalfa Beed remem
ber that it weighs about 60 pounds to
the bushel and fhat from 20 to 30
pounds of seed is sufficient for each
acre. And if yon are raising it for
seed it would be advisable to sow a
little thinner than this.
As alfalfa does not attaiu maturity
until it has reached its third or fourth
year, too much should not be ex
pected of it the first year that it makes
a showing.
As it is a deep feeder plow the
land that it is to be grown ou thor
oughly and it would be pretty hard to
plow too deep.
Alfalfa hay is not in itself a com
plete ration so in ovder to secure tho
best results when feeding it, it is nec
essary to use in conjunction with it
corn fodder, wheat or oat straw, or
roots. Alfalfa itself contains a large
amount of what is known as protein to
form blood, bone and muscle, so it is
necessary to use these other foods to
secure for the animal a proper amount
of starch and fat, which is accomplished
by using feed analyzing high in car
bohydrates. If these are not given
the ration is incomplete and conse
quently a good part of the protein is
wasted.
. . Rotation or Crops.
While no doubt it is ' better to
change crops, that is, not plant the
same piece for a long series of years
to the same crop-yet, is it uot often
the case that a good crop can be raised
ou the same land for a long time by
proper fertilization.
For instance, take the English hay
crop, by proper top dressing n good
crop can be secured for years, aud
where the field is clayey and stony, it
is very desirable to treat it so.
We have, for the past few years,
made a specialty of the turnip crop,
and having one field which seems bet
ter adapted than the others for tur
nips, we have planted it to that crop
for a number of year.-. We began
very cautiously, plauting at first but
a small portion the second and third
years, as our neighbors said they
Bhonld not like to try it and thought
we should not get good results, but,
finding that there seemed to be as
good a yield on the part that had tur
nips the year before as on the other,
we thought we would try the whole
field, and for two years have raised
turnips on it, aud the last year we
had an extra crop of good quality, and
the quantity being PJ50 bushels of mar
ket size on the field cf about an acre.
We plow in a fair quautity of stable
manure in tho spring, then plow the
ground two or three times during the
early summer, then about the middle
of July make the drills and sow the
seed, using in tho drills OOO or 700
pounds of commercial fertilizers.
We have also succeeded in getting
rid of the witch grass, of which the
field was very full when we com
menced to raise turnips upon it, and
it is now one of the easiest fields to
cultivate that we have.-H. A. Turner
iu American Cultivator.
The Lesson* of Milking: Trial?.
Mr. Primrose McConnell in his in
teresting report of the milking trials
at the Loudon Dairy Show of last Oc
tober, which appears in Tue Journal
of the British Dairy Farmers' Asso
ciation, includes several statistical
statements of importance to dairy farm
ers. Averaging the milking per
formances of the competing animals of
the different breeds, he hriugs out
very clearly the superiority of the
shorthorn or the crossbred of the
shorthorn type. These classes have
not only given splendid yields as re
gards quantity, but tho quality has
also been of a creditable character.
A close examination of the individual
yields may reveal lessons of more than
passing interest to owners of this type
of cow.
The enormously heavy yields pro
duced by some of the animals aud the
exceeding richness of the milk of
others seem to us to Buggest that the
farmer possesses a power in develop
ing or controlling the inherent pro
pensities of cows which is but too lit
tle appreciated, or at all events that is
not turned to adequate account. It is
obvious that the shorthorn by a sys
tematic process of selection could be
made to equal even the Channel
Island varieties as butter producer?,
or they might be cultivated, if BO de
sired, to excel the Holstein breed as
heavy milkers. We do not think that
the development of one quality at the
expense of the others-as must be the
case if extremes are to be attained
would be a wise proceeding for the
average farmer, but it is only too ap
parent that the vast majority of farm
ers do not pay the strict attention to
the selection and direction of their
cows that consideration for their owu
interests ought to induce them to do.
Without converting the valued cos
mopolitan breed into a one purpose
class, such as the Jersey or the Ayr
?hire is, much might be done to en
hance the value of the ordinary speci
men as an all aro ind dairy cow.
The Covered Hnrnynrd.
The covered barnyard possesses
some advantages, but everyone must
decide for himself whether or not the
advantages are sufficient to warrant
him in erecting one. The yard that
I have seen was sheltered by two
buildings on two sides aud boarded
up seven ieet on tho other two sides,
?with a five-loot opening between the
top of the fence and the edge of tho
roof. If a farmer should build one it
would be advisable, in our opinion, to
protect the nort'i and wost sides com
pletely. This might be done if build
ings were not so located that they
would do it, and they would not be in
the majority of cases, by building the
fence clear to the roof. The cheapest
roof would Le ono' that was as nearly
flat aa possible and still turu the rain.
These yards are no't such pretentious
affairs as some people think them to
bo. It seems to be a common opiuion
that they are large enough for iO or
50 head of cattle and the expense of
constructing a yard of sufficient eize
to accommodate such sized, herds has
caused mauy to ridicule the covered
.barnyard as a nonsensical conception.
Perhaps it is, but not because of its
size.
The one I visited would accommo
date about 10 head. Of course it
could be made to accommodate more
by turning 10 head into it at one time,
10 head at another and so on. It has
been suggested that the roof of the
yard might be carried higher and a
loft made for the storage- of fodder, a
suggestion which in itself shows that
the yard is limited in size. There is
a yard, however, in Pennsylvania, we
think, that ie much larger than the
yard we looked at, but it is entirely
enclosed, the space that would he
open above the fence, as above de
scribed, being fitted with windoVs,
which can be opened when necessary.
There is also a skylight in the roof.
We should call a structure of that
kind a building rather than a yard, r
Thc manner of sustaining tho roof ;
will readily suggest itself. The cen
tre'of the roof will naturally require
some support?nd will necessitate in
side posts, which will have to be set
substantial enough to withstand, any
force which the stock might bring
against them.
The principal advantages that such
a yard would afford in the opinion of
those who believe that the cow should
have exercise, would be in the protec
tion or partial protection of the animal
while she is exercising; in preserving
the manure from damage by the ele
ments; as furnishing shelter for sheep,
and, if plenty of absorbent is used, in
furnishing a dry and pleasant barn
yard. Cheaper shelter will answer
for fattening cattle in many cases
when they need shelter, and the feeder
is likely provided for in this direction,
?without finding himself under the
necessity of building a covered barn
yard. However, now that we have
given the principle of the thiug, it re
remains for everyone who reads this
article to decide whether or not he
wants one.-Agricultural Epitomisfc,
A MAINE COAST LIGHT.
It Wnfi in an Invalid's Window, but
Gnided a Wrecked Crew.
A pretty story comes from the Maine
coast.
Southport at its lower end spindles
off to Cape Newaggen. There is a
scallop in the end of the mainland
and a corresponding scallop in the1,
little island that lies off shore. And as
a result there is a bit of harbor there
that before now has been a blessed
haven to storm tossed mariners. If
one is able to make that harbor there
is safe anchorage. If one misses it
there is no shelter between there and .
the mouth of the Kennebco or the
black rocks of Damanscove.
There is in the little settlement bs
the half moon of beach at Newaggen a
house in which there lives a kindly
featured woman with an invalid hus
baud. One night during a storm she
was obliged to be up through many
hours of tho dark tempest attending
to the wants of the. sufferer. And she
looked out of the window against the
whirling drift of the storm and no
ticed that nowhore was there, a glimpse
of light. So she set in the window
her lamp and there the tiny ray shone
forth.
After awhile there was a knock at
the door. She opened it unhesitat
ingly, for there are no criminaliprowl?
er? down that way. ?_ '. ;?
There, with the storm eddying
about them, were five desolate look*
ing men, standing in single file, all
in oil skins-shipwr?cked mariners.
They humbly asked if they might
come in and.'get warm. . '?.
She threw wide the door in wei? :
come aud in they stamped. ' ? \r . ?
By the side of the fire they tpld that :
their craft, a schooner bound' along .
the coast to Nova Scotia, 'had struck .
on ''The Bantam" sorao .'miles off;
shore-had crashed high on the rocks '.
and had crumbled in pieces almost be- '
fore they bad time to scnttle into their
dory. Off they had set into the '
night, having only a general idea of
tho direction thsy should row to reach
the Kennebec.
At last some uncommon draft oz
eddy iu the storm dragged aside tbe
curtain of snow and showed to them
a glimmer of light. They turned their
dory's prow in that direction. At last,
riding past reefs that roared on tba
right aud on the left, they had surged
safely into a snug and sheltered little
harbor. There were wharves there
aud fishing boats riding at anchor
the harbor of Newaggen. And the
cold and hungry men, their oil skins
snapping as they walked, had fol
lowed up into the fau shaped radiance
of tliat light that shone from the win
dow of the good woman.
They slept that night around her
kitchen tire and the next day they
rowed away in their dory to Booth
bay, reported and were forwarded to
their homes.
Had it not been for that little light
they wonld have swept upon a dark
shore and-well, would it not have
been death?-Lewiston (Me.) Journal,
American Trade in Tasmania.
In Tasmania the trad o in axes and
saws has been almost entirely monop
olized by Americaus. It is now the
intention to carry on international
competition between teams of axmen
and sawyers, using British and Amer
ican tools, with the object of proving
which country mnnufactifres the better
implements.-Chicago Tribune.
Fore-Armed.
"Have you bought your automobile
yet?" 'V\.
"No. I'm taking lessons now from
a professional acrobat, so that I may
dismount with grace when I begin
to operate my auto."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Insane Who l?ecome Sane.
One-third of the people who go toad '
are said to recover their senses.
A Mother's Tears.
"iWouldCry Every Time I Washed
My Baby."
"When he
was 3 months
old, first fos
ters and then
largo boils
broke out on
my b a b y ' s
neck. The
sores spread
down his
book until itv
became n'jfj
mass of raw.?/
flesh. WhenT
I w a s b e di
and pow
dered bim I would cry, realizing what pain
he was In. His pitiful wailing was heart
rending. I had about given up hope of
saving him when I was ur^od to give him
Hood's Sarsaparilla, all other troutment
having failed. I waslied the sores with
Hood's Medioatod Soap, applied Hood's
Olive Ointment and gave him Hood's Sar
saparilla. Tho child seemed to got botter
ovary day, and very soon the change was
quite noticeable. The discharge grew leas
Inflammation went down, the skin took on
a healthy color, and tho raw flesh began to
scale over and a thin skin formed as the
scales dropped off. Less than two bottles
of Hood's Sarsaparilla, aided by Hood's
dedicated Soap and Hood's Olive Oint
ment, accomplished this wonderful cure. I
cannot praise those medicines half
.enough." Jins. GUEOINOT, 87 Myrtle St., '
Rochester, N. Y.
The above testimonial is very much oon
densed from Mrs. Ouerinot's lotter. As
many mothers will bo intorostod In rend
ing tho full letter, we will sond lt to any
one who sends request of us on a postal
card: Mention this paper.
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AGENTS
Going By the Eye
Unless one has some other sort of
knowledge to contradict lt, it is natural
to accept the evidence of the eye.
Therefore the answer which a teacher
. recently received from her class of
small children was not altogether sur
prising.
"Which Js further away?" she asked,
"England or the moon?"
"England," the children answered
quickly.
"England?" she questioned. "What
makes you think that?" _
. " 'Cause we can see the moon an* we
can't see England," answered one of
: tho brightest of thc- class.
A Hint to Advertisers.
[From N. T. Town Topics-]
Business men who put their adver
tisements in tho big dailies on Sundays
must have money to throw away, and,
therefore, need no advertising. Who
is to find or read your advertisement
when it is hidden away in "section
17, column 5," separated from other
announcements in the same line, and
nndiscoverable without the aid of
mathematics and a microscope? No
body sees it, even by accident. You
are obliged to ask the clerk in the
newspaper office to hunt it up for you
so as to be certain that it was publish
ed. The same advertisement in a
good weekly paper -would reaoh thou
sands of first-class families and be
noticed and regarded by everybody.
A Little Light as to History.
Tommy-Pop, what is profano his
tory?
Tommy's Pop - Profane history,
son, is-um, ah-well, you know
when George Washington cut down
his father's cheiry tree?
Tommy-Yep, Pop,
Tommy's Pop- Well, what his
father said to George is profane his
tory.-Philadelphia Record.
Auk Your Poalor for Allen's Foot-Ease,
A powder to shako into your shoes; rests tho
feet. . Cures-Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Easo makes new
or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed PRE E.
Address Allen .S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Hoping For the Best.
Benham-Everybody says that baby looks
like me.
Mrs. Benham-But ho may outgrow n, dear.
The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever ls a bottle of GHOVE'S TASTELESS
CEUX TOKIO, lt ls simply iron and quinine In
a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. i'rl-:e Mo.
Ameliorated Athletics.
"Your basketball club hasn't reported any
broken bonos latoly."
"No; wo voted out all tho girls who wanted
to play for oxorcls3."-Chicago News.
PUTNAM FADELESS DTE produces th*
fastest and brightest colors of any known dye
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
His Experience.
Mr.?. Gond-Ah! there ls nothing which causos
so much mi-?orv as llquorl
Tho Tramp -Beggln' your pardon, ma'am,
I fink first causes moro mts'hy dan anyt'lng
else.-Puck.
Hall's Catarrh Cure ls a liquid and ls taken
Internally, and acts directly upon tho blood
and mncous surfaces of tho systom. Send for
testimonials, freo. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
F. J. CHENEY <fc C o., Props., Toledo, O.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 23c a bottle.
. A woman usually abandons her opinion tho
moment her husband ls converted to lt.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness aftor first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nervo Restorer. 82 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. B. H. KLINE, Ltd., 031 Arch St., Phlla., Pa.
' Piso's Cure for Consumption ls an infalli
ble medicine for coughs and colds.-N, W.
S AU?KL. Ocean Urove, N. J., Feb. 17,1000.
The happy father is apt to relate creepy sto
ries about his firstborn.
Sensible Poultry.
A great many people who have
chickens ate as careless In the matter
of supplying them with green food in
the winter as they are of beeping their
own tables supplied Tvith. succulent
vegetables. But lt is nevertheless just
as Important in OD? case aa in the
other. Referring to this subject, a
farmer's wife in Nebraska says in Tri
state Farmer on the subject:
The poulterer on the farm possesses
every advantage over the man confined
to one or two lots in the city. While
in our experience free range of the
farm is not the best way to raise fine
poultry, yet we do not duly appreciate
the foods we may raise and feed fresh
from the garden to our poultry. In
our exp?rience the fowls at large do
not confine themselves to picking up
the waste but rather choose to take
their rations from horse mangers and
pig troughs. They fatten on the corn
and perhaps the men complain with
Justice that "the hens eat their heads
off."
Wc find It better to have yards of
medium size, and we have about made
up our minds that hens at large are not
much improvement on hogs at large,
and what women can put up with hogs
in the back yard? But if hens are
yarded they must be fed, and there is
room on the farm for a garden for the
chickens. What shall we plant? We
must have li Luce, of course. One can
cut a surprising amount of feed from
a few square feet of lettuce; then there
is the giant Southern mustard. A few
rows of that and you have a green
food greatly relished, and in quantity
for a numerous flock. Winter onions
are egg producers. Perhaps we can
find ? corner for hemp and sunflowers.
Then we must have some vegetables
for winter. Cabbage and artichokes
come first. Watch the biddies eat raw
artichokes if you do not believe they
like them. Then we may raise some
carrots to cook and mix with bran for
biddy's winter breakfast to make her
lay. We can cook them and mix with
corn meal to fatten the poultry for
market quickly. Probably no vegeta
ble we raise gives less trouble or is
more certain to yield well than sugar
beets. Then the beets keep well, which
ls more than we can say for carrots in
this locality. We put the beets through
the bone cutter and feed raw'.
The hens greatly relish the raw
vegetables and the ducks must have
them if you wish eggs In January. The
mustard will stay green long after
frosts, and when it ls gone begin on
the beets. The mustard will not ap
p?ar the second year nor in any way
resemble the old fashioned sort A
great many places where the vege
tables have been taken off may be
sown to the mustard for fall feeding.
Florida Agriculturist.
Brain Force in Bicycle Riding,
Messrs. It. E. and C. Crompton re
cently presented to the Cycle Engi
neers' Institute at Birmingham, Eng
land, the results of a remarkable in-,
vestigation concerning the efficiency of |
the human body considered as a motor.
Heretofore the body has generally been
treated as analogous to a heat engine,
work being obtained from it through
chemical action on the muscles. But
the Messrs. Crompton believe they
have demonstrated that the greater
part of he energy-yielding processes
go on within the brain, or in the ner
vous system directly connected with
the brain. In "bicycle-riders they lind
that the greatest waste ls from the
brain and nerves, and not f.-om the
muscles. The nerve waste, they aver,
Is proportional to the number of times
that the nerve centres energize the
muscles in order to make a stroke, and
hence the craving for high gears,
which diminish the number of strokes
and thus economize the nerve waste.
They adv?cete, instead of high gear
ing, an inciense In the length of the
cranks, for the purpose both of reduc
ing the number of strokes and of In
or?is sing their efficiency.
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