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 •â- *i,*-\ Mu EGYPT IAN R OMANCE. of LOTB and Wild AdTentnre, founded i^on StarUing leTeMins in tlie Career of Arabia Fashai t/ke Avt^ " "Nina, Thb Nihilist," "Thb Rkd Spot," Etc., Etc., Era. Thi BvsaiAir Spy,' CaAPTEK XXXI. « »r, OF DKATH ALMOST BUN BLACK " ' io EABTH. t'^-.j *h»t they had i the troth when *T I^' that they had ii' ohild'i play '^•"tfm! todeed, he might hav*^ ex- fear gS^g bia lovely girl oompanlon need- nl^- .u,, .ned with the fleetnen of the 2iS 'the great brown. waete^whUat iSonin horsemen again raiaed their i^Lbir of Allah Ackbar." and huMoz their long rifles sent a Jffl tiiey knew well enough to be Euro- by thsir dress. ' in motion Is seldom true, and though IZiSL cfiSaer treaibled lest a chance ball '5d\toike the darling of hji heart, or „ne of their horses, he did not Buflfer k«.n swfiety that he felt to show Itself Z countenance, but instead kept an ur-ui ,mile, stereotyped thereon, and Sed to make light of the danger. ' ately, there were neither camela „r dromedaries among their pursuers, and, CrtuMtely, alsi, their horses had gone 'hag much fatigue as their own, ao Ljtheobanoea of the race seemed about runt then what if they reached the rail- « station at Et Tarranch and no train J there! The European cffioiala at Uapiace would certainly not ba more ihslladozen in number at the very Uit while their pursuers numbered at lit' three score, and won-d not aornple J their blood on the very platform or fcthe ticket clfi je or waiting room. Bah, this tbought was more terrible than Jltha't had preceded it, because it brought Cteitremeaof bubarism and civilization Lsaohclo.e juxtaposition but with an loit Frank Donelly banished the horrid ightmare from his mind, for now, if ever, ,i£cient for the hour waa the evil thereof. ' Ah, a lining of silver even to this leaden d, for on the fierce desert warriora, dia- iirging a eecind volley after them the He:' instead of hummi-g and buzzing ittheir ears, pinged into the aand cloae jod, which was a sure proof that they litre gaining ground on their pnranera, at til events for the present, and even that^ Liiomething to be thankful for. On, on sirept the mingled fight and ohase, 1 19 NelUe It seemed as though tha ridgy g of the desert swept under her horse a bgllthaddinE! hoofs like waves of the sea. pkefelt terror no longer, but instead a kind iiunoi stupor, as though the action cf |k brain had been stilled by a narcotic. Their parsnera had by now divided them- jslvei into two bodies, each trying Ita beat Doatflask and to head them, whilat at Roe little distance in their front roae a iomewhat large village, such aa are often Bitt with in Egypt j ast on the confines of ae deiert, a village of one storied mud liiti, thatched with straw, with a tumble jiown moique and a bazar as the only oon- ipicnoos bnildings. Such an everyday affair waa th^ hamlet |iliich they were so rapidly approaching iderthe white moonlight, and which it med to be the object of their pnrauera t drive them right through. But why this attempt Had it any- llhiiig to do with the great black flag that liey DOW for the first time perceived, droop- lb; heavily around a staff which upreared ^li from the onion shaped dome of the lioiQie 7 Frank Doneliy underatood ita grim aiguifi- |aiice in a single instant. The plague was ' 'e. That b ack flag was hnug out as a Inmiiigto all people against entering the Ipce, and their pursuers had divided in Nerto drive them rijfht through the loog Hie street whilat thoy themaelvea awept pig oa ei-.her aide outside the town, and IK comparatively secure from the infection. I ell they must have known that to seek liielte or hiding there not even the braveat l»raldbave dared, for the Egyptian plague IJUiepreient day is almost identical with Pt which almot desolated London in the r*â„¢ century, and is naually gererated l»lie filth and crowding of the tena of *?*"«6f pilgrims who annually resort il»' V""^®*' "»b at Mecca, and the pins of which they carry home to their pavevUlages on their retirn. hlvf^ tlie death trap into which they lav. vv*^"'""" beyond the range of |.prK.ib.hty, for to attempt to make a de- I Ji!"4 ^^ overtaken and destroyed smr^ ' *^** "'«8* lay "ght in their l«mr\^°'°*"'8 »s « did, straight aa an « UttKi ?u*°^ Doneliy gneased to Well. w »ore than a league on the other «»st »;"»]'!? " choice at it they |8«.f."'^*"*^*P»"» waa fain to hope L,j:'f"M hour all the horrors that it IW^ 7"ld be bidden behind oloaed « be ,0 """ ""«" but it was not |Cl!f„^,'"e in the streets, lying in Knnjuon "**'"*° " seething heapa nys'h^!)*^' ^^'^^ seated in open door- kthMrif** *«*"«° their atiff^ned Wftl "" **' '»«*' "" intermenta. l'*ioftL il.^°"'*tl«««.j'»t »ttbe out- l*«ii»4lbfi??*"«°"« "Mob had clumed m»«r?\"°^™« l»d Plaoed them l!^bir!^!.i?d within doora, and aU ^^'itherfl^I'"***" *o '^ob funer*! funds ,S?«isrZf '«»»»y or had fehemaelToa 1*" u ^^ **'ol epidemic, for ^notT M i' tl»« doo" 'W" wide 2!! A* *^8 waa to be aeen. .5«'««n:ffaf V]*o^«^. »* after* 1!^^ ntu, *?« festering body or other V^ with k?. "^iWona howl and trot fi^'^keaSr^^^Pf*'** ^o^Pletoly «««». VivskJ.!! '"° » trifl3to torn a "•«««s stomach. And yet tiia pore fragrwat deant lOr, tliat awept areond tliia village of deatb would pravaat the contagbm fimn being carried farther,, exoept by hwnaa trana- mlaalcm, that la to aay, tlia wiodi them- aelvea wonld not bate It aa they wovild aaanrvdly have done In otiier ooonMei. Frank Djnally both hoped and imaUy be- livod tbaS their own flight thexatiiroiigh would bs^far to rapid too make their conti- guity perilona to othera If Provldenae willed it tltat they ahoold gain the train In aafaty. He did not tell either Nellie or F^t the nature of the grim visitor whloh, through' the medium perhapa of a alngle returned Pilgrim, had brought down deitraotion up- on ihe entire village, bnt ha apoke to the darlinff of hia heart anoh worda of comfort and encouragement aa he could think of amongat auch horrible anrrenndinga, and paroetviag that, notwithttanding theae, ahe wu almoac â- nfficlentiy overoome to fall from her aaddle in a awoon, he urgently be- aonght her to cloae her eyea whilst he guid- ed her horae Th'oae worda reatored her, for she felt that the aaf ety and Uvea of otihera depended on her courage, ao ahe aald " No, no, I am all right," and gazing straight ahead be- tween her horae'a prlued eara, witii relna aa taut aa the rigging of a ahip ahe' kept a aa true to hla oonrae aa ever anch ahip conld be kept. Her face waa aa white aa marble, but it waa equally as rigid and firm, until moaque, bazaar, and even the 1eat hooaea of the atraggling aheet were left beliind, when ahe gasped "Thank God that la over. Bnt how near are our purauers ' "No nearer than they were before, dear," exclaimed Captain Doneliy, cheerfully; after he had just glanced around. " They have unittd again and are following na in a com- pact body bat we have only three milea more running to do now." " la that the amoke of another train over there beyond the palm treea, Frank I" " Tea, darlins, and it ia coming toward St. Tarraneh, I declare. It la yet many x-.ilea away on the Cairo aide, and that we may arrive at the atatlon jnat aa aoon, pray to God that we may, Nellie, dear, and that the oars may either have a goodly proportion of armed male paaaengera in them, or that the train may be able to ateam away, before the Bedonina come up." " Amen, Frank, I will," and not another word waa nttered between them. On, atUl on. Their horaes were almoat ezhanated now, whilat the three acore Bedonina who had commenced the ohaae, barely one score were now in it. Bat thaee hung peraeveringly on their track, and what if a alngle one of tiielr horaea gave in, for the reat conld not aban- don ita rider, who ever he or ahe might be. And now tiiere came another trial. Ttie deaert vankhed beneath their horaea hoofs, and in ita place the exhanatod ateeds had to reel rather tiian gallop over the soft brown heavy ground, where the atnbble 'of laat year'a crops of d'honrra, malse and safra stuck up like ao many bayonets. By the mercy of heaven they atill kept their feet, though their atarting eyeballa were all bloodshot, whilst blood also ming- led with the foam tliat they scattered in showera of seaming anowflakea over their moiat, dark coata. Now they aweep in turn through the tnfta of angar cane, under the low spreading branshea of date trees, and past great tufts of balm shrnhs, whilat half a mile In their front, gleaming like molten allver In the moonlight, they see the Nile, mahbiK by the feathery palm, and the flowering cawb tree, and nearer to them yet atanda the lit- tle wooden railway atatlon with ita long ex- tention platforma, both of which appear to be quite empty. But ah I a ahrill whiatle and a vaat levia- than spitting fire aa he cornea racing with a roar along the iron read. God I the atatlon is still more than a quarter of a mile away. Whiohwill arrive there first T The train slackened speed that Is some- thing, for they tear along, if possible, at a greater rate than ever since they can't ahake the Bedonina off or distance them In any degree materially, and may they not be guiduig them on to the slaughter of all who are in the train T Ah, down goes a horae. ItiaNellie'a. She on her back on the ground to all ap- pearancea atunned. Bat in an Inatant Frank Doneliy ia also on the ground, lif ta her on his own horae, for her'a will never gallop more, and vennting behind her tiie flight ia reanmed. Pat re- aolved that he wlU escape or die with hia maater. Haa that minnte'a lou of timanotlfioed their lives T .-._^ Tha train Is in the station, whilst they ue still a couple ofhnndred yarda therefrom, and the foremoat of the Bedonina about twice aa many in the rear. Bnt whilat Frank had been lifting up Nel- lie, hia man had been faatentaig a oheap, cotton, gaudy Union Jack pocket handker- chief that he happUy had about Mm, onto the head of hia laaoe, and now he fiâ„¢^ it madly on high, at th« aame tim* ahontlBg with the fuU foroeof his Imigfc Th. train had begu J to »•â-¼â€¢ «|»2" W pay bothgiUHrd and engine «*7«,f**" w^sinatantiairaUand ooapnh«ided alL Knowing that there were aome wplTar- armed Euopeana and AmarfcMM mtUntoe long line of oars, thiv â-¼Â«*««!?« " own reaponalMUtF to atop the train. qh:apteb xxxn. STltAM AOAIKST HOBSKFLSSH-ALKUBDBIA. No Booaar war* tiie oara again at • Btand- rtfi ttSthe atatfonmastor sfd tlw two fa^Sinh^mn'tgoingtoriinia^^^ toT)e maaa*ir«d. for hy «»» ««• ft***^ eapnzring tiMfavhonas on tottnplaft. to m, Hid the wfld BsdMiha ««• te^ ykm, eomfag emhing tt»iM |t ^^ ^au oaMwUhoMh sndydl,* nUIngaf ajm^ gnashing el teeth and a wHd Inudlahbc of lanoe and lifle. • "Albh Aokbar! Dour I Doari" tt«y â- briakad, nthw tiwn shoBtad, fnlly bd*T. ing tiiat tkey were yet in time. Bravo aa any of the danntUaa three who in eldan tbnaa held the brite at Rome agalnat I«n PofMna and hii o«Birtla« hoata, WM tiMgaUantSngliahrallimd goaid or oosidnotor, wh stood alone on that enmty platform, with the door of hla van opmoe- hind him, and the whistle in hla hand one blow on which wonld have sent Ids train whirling along Um iron raUa to oertaln aaf ety and almoat aa brave waa tha grimy engine driver, who in anch a terrible moment did not urge his great steam horse forward even without orders. But, instead of yielding to oraven fears, he j ast said quietly to his stoker. •• Shovel in more ooala, BilL I tUnk I'll have time toUghtmy pipe," and light his pipe this remarkable oool chap did, while at that juncture the guard shouted out "Women and diOdrcoi orouoh down in the cars. Men who have firearma stand to the window and nae them if yon aee eooaaion." Then he ran forwar I, laid hold of Nellie Trezzar, lugged her off the aaddle in front of her lover, and whilat running with her towarda hla oar and ahonting • Qoiok " he pitobed or rather launched the atill oneon- adoua girl into his van, (for there waa no time to lay her down tenderly. Then he blew hb whiatle ahrllly aa Cap- tain Doneliy and Pat Monaghan mahed In after her, and drapped it with a ahriek aa a Badonln rifle rang ont and a bullet paased through his. arm at the elbow. Anotiier instant, however, and Pat and his master both had hold of him by the col- lar, and lugging him into the our between them, Frank dosed and fastened the door as the train went puffing and panting on aloniislde the platform. The Bedonina were mad with ohargrin and rage. Tney had miaaed their prey by not more than half a ndnuto at the moat, and the capture of thdr horses aeemed to i^ord them very inoonaidersible tatiafaotion. With yells and howla they tore along the platform, acme thmatlng tbelr long lances in at the wlndowa and othera firing their rifles into the carriages, but the greater number trying their utmost with tiioae aame rifles to shoot the men on the engine, who, however, squatted as much as possible be- neath the stout Iron work, and ao effectual- ly cheated bnlleta of their Intended billets. You wonld have thought that those swarthy warriors of the desert were devils Inatead of human beings, so truly demonic were their fa^es and their rotions, but that they were mortal waa evidenced by the manner In which acme of them were knock- ed over by the few buUeta that were now. discharged at them from the train window, for the general diaarming of Europeana at Cairo in the morning had prevented fire- arma from being very plentiful amongat the Saaengers, whilst O %p«ain Doneliy and Pat onaghan made the dlaeovery at the aame moment that all their ammunition iraa gone, which would have been moat awkward nnder ether droumatancea. The train, however, had now taken np the running, and waa clear away, rapidly Increaaingltaapeed from twelve to fifteen, from fifteen to twenty and from twenty to twenty-miles ai hour, and with no further hurt than a aUght splintering of wood and a wholesale shattering of glass bade ito Be^ douin aasallan's a snorting, rumbling, a^eam- blowing, fire-spilling and all t gather tccfi- fnl good-night. Out into the dim and allent night What a change of scene 1 The deaert had been aa completely left be- hind aa the desert warriors, and the moon shone down on the silvery waters of the Nile, flowing between verdant banks, where an almost coutinnous fringe of sycamores, accaoias and tall feathery palms nodded to- wards the rippling on mumurlng waves. Now and then a village of mud walls and straw roofs wou*d appear on the right or the left of the line, with the dome and minareto of Its moique rising from the centre of a grove of date trees, or the tomb of some saint wonld flash whltely for an in- stant on one side or the other and dtaappear. But neither Captain Douelly nor Pat Monskghan cared ought for the pausaicg ssenery, for the latter was fretting over the death of one horse and the loss of another, slne^ a good soldier loves his horse aa he loves his mistress, while the young officer's whole attention and anxiety was centered in Nellie, who seemed aa though she never intended to come ont of her swoon, and who looked deathly pale by the light of the Uttie smoky parafine lamp that was hung np in the car. As for the brave guard himself. Captain Doneliy and hJs men had seen to his wound between them had skilfully got the bullet out of the anuj and thereafter bandaged up the limb in such a fashion that the effusion of the blood was wholly stopped, and the pain rendered at all evento bearable. Direotly he could stand it they eagerly questiontid him oonoerning the latest doing at Alexandria and at C Jro, for Captain Doneliy doubted not that he had been in the former olty during the preceding day; wh ibeknewtiiat he must have quitted the oapit J several hoinrs later than them- selves, f " Yes, the train had left tha terminna at Cairo at threa in the morning, but noth- ing of much moment had oconrrod dnrins the night, except that more soldiers had come into the cl^, and ordier had been aomewhat reatored. Some cf theae troepa had been dianitohed by the war miniator to protect the European refngera at the rail- way atation tram the mob, and to sea that the rails were not ripped up or the tndns wrecked in any way." Then he added " tfca^. overy traiQ was searched by the soldiery, ere it started, for a yonng lady whe had run awav from her pwents, rioh banking people, calledâ€" well, he had f orgiit exaatiy what they were oall- ad, bnt that was no matter, and anyhow ahe muat have been a brave girl to leave her parenta at times like theso." ., _^ A» may be imagined, Frank Doneliy lost no time in shifting theaoene (or rather hia inquirieo) from Cairo to Alexandria at tills' ' • Quiet No I oan't aay fliat mattera are OTerqniet tbace, if it comas to that," was the Kpply «f *• wounded guard. " tâ€" teekoye^ bat tbhoariyex- pMtod tD bmfc Slid vhen It dssi II idU bs "Ungmon thaaapassfawsqaalllNo* A^^wwthatssuastobii l^gMw alopisim, for all whe oan get awsgr fram the pboe ate getting away as fast as ever tfaaiy SHU Bat» Lerdbless yon, ttwre are n«t A^ MMmgh to oany tham.** " The deooa there am not Think yoU tiian tiiat I ahall be detained timre f "Uyoasaooeedin getting to sea in less ttan a week I shall bo sarpilsed. Why, whdn erewds nshed o8 this momlog in tiie hope that tiie earliest anrivala would be able tooook plaoea aboard tha P. and O maU steamer at Pert Said, and mere than nine- tontiu of 'em had to return dlaappolnted." This was sorrowfai news indeed, for np to that moment Frank Doneliy had looked forward to being married to Nellie with the dawn, and thwr eating their breakfast to- gether aboard some veasel or ottier bound to some port of Europe at the very least if not te England direot. He looked the dijappointment he felt to the very fall, and hla face might have borne the ' expreaaion longer had not Ua lovely charge at last almoat auddanly reoovered her sensee and exclaimed in ikonderlng tones "Why, where are we r " In a train my darUng, and also dose to the end of our journey, thank Gkd I" " Tliat indeed we are in," aidd the guard, " tax there's Lake Mariut on our left and Lake Abukir on our right, and if yon look oat of the window straight ahead you will see the Pharwa lighthouse and the blue aea beyondit." "There do yon hear all that, Nellie?" aald Frank encouragingly." "Yea, dear, and I'm waiting for yoa to add that our troublea aod dangera are near- ly over." "Assuredly, d. rllng, assuredly aa much over aa the n^;ht is over, for don't you aes day*a gray dawn in the East! The sun will be up In a few' minutea." • Oh what a frlsht I ahaU look going throughtheatreeta la broad daylight with my arms bare to my shoulders anl this moat comical head-dressa on." Frank laughed, for he knew that when a woman once begiuB to think of her peraonai appearance ahe ia literally free both from pain and terror. " There are plenty of cloae baba in which you can ahrink from public observation nntil you are engulphed in a private room of a European hotel, from whence yen oan send oat and in a very short while supply any defiolendes of your wardrobe. Why we are in the heart of civilization again." " Barbarism veneered with civilization, yon mran, Frank. Oh, give me in preference the frailest skift In the moat tempeat-toaaed aea. I have been through that thie night whldi all my life through will cause me to shudder and turn pde whenever the word Egypt ia mentioned hi my hearing. But we ahall be on the aea in an hour, sluU we not FrankI ' He waa aaved from uttering a aoothlng falaehood by the train at tliia instant rumb- ling into the atation, ao he aald Instead, " Here we ara at last r (TOBB CXBTIinTBD.) Tue Too Frank. Toe Rev. Mark Pattlson, who died a few months age, and who was a typical English- man and scholar, was once appealed to by a volatile American girl, as to whether he thoughtshe could write a book. " I had to dlsapp Int her, poor thing I " he writes. " I told her she was the most Ignorant woman I had ever met." Another young woman who had written some clever essays was astonished by hla masked critidam to the effact that he "con- alderad her converaatlon extremely feeble." While he was dying he comforted his weep- ing wife with the remark, â€" 'Oh yea, my dear No doubt no doubt Bat you'll aeon marry again. I ve arranged that you shall be comfortable until yon do." The lady aeon, by the way, fulfilled hla prophecy. The terrible frankneaa is the trait wMch most widely separates the Eigliahman from his American couiin. The American la more aenaitive and]|qulok in aympathy. He is, too, taught consideration foi his neigh- bors from his ciadle, and however candid he may be, learns to keep sil nt concerning unpleasant truths aff«ct^ himself or others. But if the English b^frads a hole in his pocrsr schoolmate's uoes, he will harry him Incessantly with chafi about it. A noted English author, while travelling through this country, appeared at a large dinner given in his honor in a flumel shirt and bnsiness suit. Glancing round the table, he muttered, â€" " Ah, evening dreaa I The custom at home. Quito to. I quito ao • Bat I did not know that yen dreased like gentlemen here." Canon KIngaley while tn this country atunned the chatrman of a literary dub, who was weloaming him to a reception in somewhat florid terms, by staring at him aod onrtiy saying, " I oonaider your n- mark in very bad tasto." Taen, turning hu baok on him, he wdked away. Truth n quires tiut weahould keep our ewnhearto punand upright, and oar words heneat but it doea noi aend ua to drag the covering from off our neighbor's wsuneaa or to j«ar at the mole «n hla face. "Sadden Calls." A Washington osrreapandent telle of a death there reoantiy whiob la aenaational in ita detaila. A young doctor, handaome, atraub and of great premiae, waa called to attend a lady m a carriage at his door. Ra- odviug no answer to us greeting .to the patient* ho thoaght she had fainted. He stmed lAto her ooape and found her al- ready a eerpss. He dreve by the ride of the dead wonan to her house and thenoe to the hespltol, where he was expected to par- tidpato ma mooting of the mauagers. Apol- •l^sng for Us lateneaa, he related hia ghaat- ly ezpeilenoe. Then remarking, " I feel fafat," he fell, siraok dead by paralyalA Firat Fatroaâ€" "Do yon know iriiere "Rj- bix Jasiklns goto hla oanTeraational powers I" Seomd Patreaâ€" "From Us wife, I bdloTe." Mrs. Mildooaâ€" "Mrs. Mdoahey. hav e yon heard the nnw rimidy lor hydrophoby 7" Mrs.â€" Mnloaheyâ€" 'No, iaitii. Puatbitl" Mrs. Moldoonâ€" "Plsstsar of Paris, be- gmrral" BraakUgP/iirie BjiI. Tlie great problem with tiis prairie aetUer Is how to sabdnatiie wd prairie sod and geft it In proper oondltion for oolUvatloa, for thenoadqjandshla bread and batter. â-² new oomar will reodve plenty of advioo how- to do it, and In almoat aa many different waya as he has advlssrs. Qt:Aag to Manlto- ba Croai all parts af the wsrid, they nearly all tiilnk tM way they fanned at home to also the proper way than; and If the aeaaon ia proplnona-^-aa the cms joatpaat hM been, moat A tiiem iHll aaooeed, Ina saaaaaro, the resuUs vatying with the eondition of thn aeaeon and tiie oharaotar of the soil t hey have to deal with, Othera gdug from one part of the torritory to another, sopposo that all prairie soil may be traated alike saocess- fuUy, without considering thatthe territory Is large, and embraces a great variety of soils. In the wheat fields of the Red River valley,' when the sod is a deep black muck: with a wet clayey subsoil, they oannot break snocessfuly'over tiiree inoheedeep; expari- mente have proved, that breaking four or five inches deep will de^ay the rot ingof thO' sod two or three years, an.i aa wheat ia th» ataple orop and oannot be well grown, excspt the abd ba well rotted, it makes quite a dlffisrenoe with the farmer. Whero tbeaoii is/of a lighter nature, underlaid with a verjrydry, oaJcareoua aubaoil, the aod may be tuibed over fonr and five Inohea deep a crop of corn taken off the flrat year» and by tiioroughly acarifying the surface the second year, the f«rnier oan securo a- good cr jp (Iff flax or oate, or even wheat. The secret of sucmsb in breaking up sod to have it^ot qnickl]^ and thoroughly is, to doit wfa^ the grsAs and roota are in an active stage of growth. An equally good rule. If any rale can be adopted, ia to wait nntU the cattle can get gtfod feeding on the new grass, and no^ break later than July firat. Too early breakbig is preferable to too late, aa it gl^ au opportunity to get in a aod crop early, though, if the seaaon is at all wet, that early broken will grow up graaa almost as bi^ a«,it was before, espe- oially In. low placea The true breaking aea- aon, all things conatdered, la during the month of June. Some farma have a num- ber of gravel knalla to Ciontend with theae apota ahonld be attended to ao soon as the frost is but of the ground in the spring; then with a good teau^l and plow, they can be entirely tarned over; but If you wait nntil.the ground settles and the soU becomes dry, it ia the next thing io an imposalbility- to make an/ impreaaion i6;b them with any common team. The ^bic harrow, in Ite place and season, ii a grand tool but to use It dn breaking m the spring without back-setting one or tf^D inches deeper than the sod was broken, l| a mistake that makes many a bushel difference in the crop in the fdL It siinply chops the sod Into strips and blocks, leaving It In suoh shape, that the wind and sun will dr/ ont every particle of moisture it contain v;^ which fhould go to- warda feeding the ^op. An experiment, which I made one yer on twenty aorea put into com, which waa a total failure, so far as com waa oonceimeS, waa evidence enough for me. If the harrow Is used in the fall on ground that has been wel' baokeet, the Sound haa a chance to settle and become m before spring planting. Tlie cultivation of prairie soil sets at naught air rules and maxims of the Eastern Provinces to wait in cjm plantlog until the oak leaf ia aa large aa a squirrel's ear (provided we could find either) would not insura success nor is it necessary to wait until the grotnd la warmed up The soil is usually so dry in April, that s eed does not rot when pUntei so early, but is ready to germinate so soon as heat and moi- stnra combine in proper degrees. Fresh Meat in Winter. To securo fresh meat is often very difficult in nsighborhoois remata from a market. It Is not often that farmers oan get fresh meat In summer, as they desire, unless they an fortanate enough to be sheep growers,, and can kill a sheep occasionally, to obtaini a supply. But frost is a great praeervative, and In uur northern cllnoato fresh Iwef, park, or other meat, hun; up where it will freeze solid, oan be kept aloaoit any length of time, during oaoasionil warm spells in win- ter the meat may b packed in ice, imd thus preserved. FtrmoH who have loe- houseji, of ou'se. passeas a great ad- vantage over th ^se who h%ve neglected to make and fill an appendage ao usef iil Winter oartera for Fowls. A poultry fancier says that one of the es- sentials for Inducing hena to lay in winter, is wjrm, comfortable quartora. With lum- ber and building paper need so aa to f urniah air apacaa In the sides aad roof, and with no chance for cold air to com) in at the bottom, a ohlaken-hoaae oan b) made ao warm that when wall atooked with fowla it will acarcely freeze iniide io the coldest weather, as the heat generated anl given pS by the chickana will keep the tomperatan above freezing. Bnt, in anch caae, unleas provision is made fjr ventilation, the air irill become Impnra, and the chickens wUl sicken and die. The loe Orop. P^Thls orop, usually abundant at thia aeaaon, is not the least important one to the farmer'a family. Every farmer, and eapedaily every one who has a dairy, should harvest and aeonnly house a portion of the orop for use during tte hot summer months. An ice house oan be easily and cheaply made, and moat farmera have plenty of time now to oat and haol ice to fill me. No rarallat, mind- ful of tiie oomforta of home tn au-nmer, will Be likdy to n^^laot aeouring hla alure of tha loe orop whfle It can ba done to advan- Disappeaxanoeofthe Eaphrates* The Buphratea riyer, onee a mighty stream, aeema likely to diaappear al to- gether. Fer aome yean the river banks Ddow Babylon have been giving way ao that the atream spraad ont mto a manh, mitli staamen could not pass, and only a narrow oliannel remained for the native boate. 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