Bellefonte, Pa., April 24, 1908.
A LOST LOVE.
Did you ever get a letter in an old, familiar
kand,
Opened it and found a message you could
hardly under<iand;
For it said that she'd been married tos chap
you didn't know— i
She was a girl you wouldn't marry, but you |
hate to see her go.
She was the best that ever happened—a thor
oughbred by birth,
Worth a billion dollars, and salt of ali the
earth,
Still I never thought she'd do it, for she
seemed Lo love me so,
She was a girl you woulda't marry, but you'd
hate to see her go.
Now maybe you have met it in the regulation
WAY,
You feel so worn, and heartsick, and your
hair is turning gray.
For the world is just so lonesome, as the
shadows deeper grow,
When the girls you wouldn't marry make up
their minds to go.
GABRIELLE'S EASTER.
By Olive Hill.
HERE could have been nothing
fresher and more springlike
than Mme. Louise's imported
bonnets and hats, which had
Just arrived from Paris and were being
unpacked amid the admiring exclama-
tions of the employees of her establish-
ment.
Mme. Louise was a fashionable milli-
ner. Her models came direct from
Paris, and her loyai patrons believed
that the skillful fingers of her work-
women often improved upon the origi-
nals, but if you wanted bargains or If
your purse was a limited one Mme.
Louise's establishment was the last
place to visit.
“You say I ask too moche,” madame
sald one day to a customer, “but made-
moiselle should remember it Is not ze
velvet nor ze ribbons nor ze plumes
what make ze cost. It is ze cachet, ze |
style, you can find nowhere else in ze
city. If mademoiselle can get dat
cheap, eh bien, so much ze bettaire for
her.”
Among the importations which were
not to be made visible to the public eye
until the week before Easter was one |
superiatively charming hat. It was of
cream point lace, with a kind of veiled
suggestion of the tender green of |
spring verdure, and was trimmed with |
a drooplug spray of exquisite lilacs. It
was a hat for a beautiful young blond.
“Ah, but la petite Rose Lambert '
must buy dat bat!” madame exclaim
ed, elasping her hands and gazing with
adoring eyes at the hat. “Vid her skin
80 white and rose, her eyes like ze blue
sky and her smiling mouth she vill be
sharming!”
“Ah, yes, and her father Is rich,
rich,” said Miss Stoll, the forewoman,
“and he denies her nothing! You will
not ask less than thirty for this hat. |
madame?”
“Forty dollars!” madame said deci-
sively. “It cost me ten in Paris, and
it was a bargain. Look! Real laceand
ze flowers! If we make not a leetle
profit on our confections, how vill ze
business keep up? La petite Lambert
vill give ze price, and she vill be ze
grand advertisement for ze style. Or-
ders vill come in from ze light and ze
dark, from ze ugly and ze pretty. She
vill look so lovely dat dey vill all tink
it is ze hat dat makes beautiful.”
Among the workwomen who were
admiring the new hat was one to whom
it would have been quite as becoming
as to the young lady for whom it was
intended. Gabrille de Kernion had the
same rose leaf skin and wavy golden
hair, though her eves were dark gray
instead of blue, and her eyebrows and
laslhies were nearly black. She was a
beautiful girl and a De Kernion with
all the stately grace of her decayed
aristocratic line.
But what use had a poor working
girl for aristocratic ancestry? Such
questions as that many of the creoles
of Louisiana have put aside in their
praiseworthy efforts to make a bare
living. The affairs of the De Kernlons
had gone from bad to worse until the
last descendant of the line had gone to
work for meager wages to keep herself
and her widowed mother from starv-
Certainly they were quite near star-
vation for a long time before Mme, de
Kernion could make up her mind to
consent to Gabrielle seeking outside
employment. The work at home would
be well enough, for the girl would not
be exposed to the contamination of
eoarse associates, but such work could
not be found, and poverty is a peremp-
tory master who does not always leave
it to one to decide where he shall make
his bread, but pushes him Into strange
byways to seek It.
The girl herself, knowing nothing of
the loss of wealth and grandeur that
her mother lamented, was fairly con-
tent with her humble lot. Her ances-
tore had transmitted to her a certain
stateliness of figure and manner, but
she was at heart a simple minded girl,
doing her work conscientiously and
with no higher ambition than to excel
in it.
‘'here were changes even in her mo-
notonous life. From Monday morning
until Saturday evening she was QGa-
brielle, a hard worked girl, whom ma-
dame scolded and Miss Stoll worried
and the customers ordered to do
and that, to pull to pieces and to
struct, with a complete disregard of the
greetings with the ereole aristocracy
a! the “old quarier.” Most of her
{rici’ls were as poor as she, but no
povert © or humble toll could impair the
of sement of manner and courtly ad-
( hih ther had inherited, with
their nape, from their French ances-
trina
Gatelelle eared nothing for past
grandeurs and aristocratic ancestry,
but she would have liked money
enongh to dress prettily. She had ex-
cellent taste, and that taste was af-
“HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE MY DAUGHTER
OF THEFT?”
fronted by her threadbare dresses and
well worn gloves and shoes,
“Ah!” she said to herself as she
gazed at the famous spring hat. “This
lace is just like mamma's old point lace
scarf which she gave me. No old lace
is handsomer than that. Mine Is finer
and some ragged, but it looks the same.
Then my friend Christine Beaupre
makes lilac sprays like these. How
funny! And Mme. Louise believes the
hat strictly Parisian.”
She smiled at herself in the mirror
opposite. Gabrielle was pretty and was
fully aware of the fact. And the hat
was such a beauty. Several times she
caught herself looking at it, and when
Miss Lambert, summoned by madame,
arrived, Gabrielle, to her delight, was
selected to try it on and make altera-
tions If any were needed. Of course
Miss Lambert bought the hat. When
did the astute Mme, Louise fail in dis-
posing of her “confections” according
| to her plans? There was a slight alter-
| ation to be made in some of the loop-
ings. which was intrusted to Gabri-
elles deft finzers,
“Be sure, madame, to send it to me
Saturday,” Miss Lambert said as she
was leaving. “Don’t allow your press
of work to crowd my hat out of your
mind.”
“Rut certainly not!” madame scream-
ed, gesticulating a vehement denial.
“Te forget! Ah, dat would be impos-
sible! Mees Rose, you vill sharm all
eves on Easter day, and if ze young
demoiselles vould give one t'ousand
dollar dey could not get a hat like
yours in ze city. It is unique, sharm-
ing, as it is ze most sharming young
lady in ze city who vill lend grace to
it
Miss Lambert smiled and bowed at
the compliment, It was really pleas-
ant to know that she was the owner
of something not attainable by her
thousand and one dear friends.
On Sautrday there was such a rush
of custom at Mme. Louise's that Ga-
brielle did not have time even to get
ber dinner. About noon Miss Stoll had
| been taken ill and was obliged to go
| home. It was very unfortunate, for it
threw a heavier burden of duty upon
the rest, who were already greatly
overworked. During the rest of the
day the shop was in great confusion.
“Tiens!” cried madame in good
French. just as the shop was about to
be closed, and she clapped her hands
to her forehead as If to restrain from
wandering the few ideas her head still
contained. “I believe I have lost my
mind in all this uproar. Here is Mme.
Ernest Lauve's bonnet, and she lives
in the French quarter, miles from
here! Gabrielle, it is near the Rue
D., where you live. Take the bonnet
to her, and then you can go home, since
by that time it will be dark, and you
have had no dinner.”
Poor Gabrielle, exhausted and hun-
gry, was only too glad of an errand
that would release her from the shop
even a few minutes earlier than the
others. When she reached home after
dark she was too tired even to think
cf Easter.
Mme. Louise bustled hither and
thither, for there were many hats and
bonnets to be delivered to her cus-
tomers that evening.
“And Mlle. Lambert's hat!” she
cried. “You must take it to her, Vie-
toire, and tell her we were too busy
to send it before.”
Victoire went to get the hat. She
returned after several minutes’ ab-
sence with a troubled face.
“Madame, the hat is not there. Ga-
brielle made the alterations this after-
noon. Did you not send it by her?”
“No!” madame cried angrily. “She
took Mme. Lauve's hat. You are all
crazy. You can find nothing unless it
is under your nose. Get that hat im-
Do you hear? Immedi-
The frightened workwoman ran here
and there, pulling down boxes and fer
Bunt she awakened on Easter morning
with her senses restored and with a
well formed resolution In her mind.
Since Gabrielle was the last person
seen with the hat, no doubt the care-
less girl had stowed it away some-
where and forgotten to mention it. She
world go to the French quarter and
find out from Gabrielle where the hat
was. There would still be time to get
it and send it to Miss Lambert before
she was ready for church,
Little did Gabrielle, who was making
her simple toilet and adjusting her
beautiful hat on her sunny hair, dream
of the fate which was descending upon
her. She paused a minute when she
heard a well known voice in the front
room addressing her mother impera-
tively in French.
“1 am Mme. Louise. I wish to see
vour daughter Gabrielle immediately.”
Gabrielle hastened to the room. Ma-
dame sprang from her seat as she en-
tered with a loud cry.
“She has the hat! Ah, you wretched
thief, how did you dare do this? Did
vou expect to wear it and get off and
not be detected? Give me my hat!”
She snatched the hat from the head
of the astounded girl.
“I have a great mind to call the po-
lice and send you to jail. If it were
not for the disgrace to my establish-
ment I would do it this minute. Oh,
what a bold and impudent thief!”
“She calls me a thief!” eried Gabri-
elle, pale, trembling and throwing her
arms around ber mother as if for pro-
tection. “She says I stole this hat.
Mamma, you know I made it of your
old lace scarf.”
“Are you mad, madame?’ Mme. de
Kernion said indignantly. “How dare
you accuse my daughter of theft? I
gave her the lace, and she made the
hat.”
Madame uttered a scornful laugh and
cast a contemptuous glance around the
poorly furnished room.
“Ah, then, yor are the princess in
disguise! You are lodged thus,” with a
sweep of the hand, “and you own cost-
ly point lace, and your daughter does
me the honor to work for me and to
appropriate my property. Bah! No
more of this! My handsomest hat,
which the girl altered, is missing. 1
come here. I find it on her head. 1
can swear to my property. If you both
had your deserts you would be lodged
in jail. Thank me that you are not.
And, Gabrielle, never show your face
in my establishment again!”
She swept away, leaving mother and
daughter as much astonished as en-
raged.
When madame reached home she dis-
patched a special messenger with the
hat to Miss Lambert and heard noth-
ing more of it that day. But early next
morning she was surprised by the en-
trance of the young lady.
“What did you mean, madame, by
sending me two hats?’ Miss Lambert
asked. “And you deceived me by say-
ing that mine was the only one in the
“GET THAT HAT IMMEDIATELY! DO YOU
HEAR?"
city. They are as much alike as two
peas. Miss Stoll brought me one on
Saturday noon. She said she was {ll
and was going home, and, as she lives
only a short distance from us, she was
kind enough to leave my hat on her
way. But, madame, it was a shame in
you to deceive me!”
Mme. Louise gasped for breath, Her
explanation was not clear, but it satis-
fled Miss Lambert that a cruel injus-
tice had been (lone to an innocent girl.
“So you were the actual thief, ma-
dame!” she laughed. “Why, they could
arrest you for robbing them. Better
send the girl's hat back to her and eat
a little humble pie.”
The humble pie was a bitter morsel
to Mme. Louise, but as Gabrielle posi-
tively refused to return to her estab-
lishment they never met again. Cir-
cumstances since then have changed
for the better with Gabrielle, but to
this day she remembers the humilia-
tion of that Easter morning.
“Raster hats!” I heard her say the
other day. “Ah, I hate the very name
of them!”
Solicitous.
Host—Have you seen the wedding
gifts, old man?
Guest—No, not yet.
“Well, wait a moment. I'll get one of
the detectives to escort you through.”—
New York Life.
Peculiar to Itself.
“J suppose there is a certain fascina-
struck another line where
ply struggle to hand you their coin.”—
Kansas City Journal,
His Good Eye.
It 18 a curious fact that the loss of
toy one of the five senses is atoned for
to a considerable extent by a pro-
pounced increxse in the efficiency oi
the other senses. The result is some-
times astonishing.
A man who had lost the sight of
both eyes trained his hearing until he
could tell by the scund of his footsteps
on the sidewalks as he made his way
about town whether he was in the
middle of the walk or at one side,
whether he was walking past a brick
or a frame house or a fence or open
ground.
ile knew in what part of the town
he was not only by his memory or
sense of general direction, bunt by the
diference in the “tones” of his foot-
steps, and he walked about freely, sel-
dom running into anything or any-
body.
Some ore in his presence once called
in question his total blindness,
“Which eye do you think I can see
with?" he asked the skeptie,
“The left one, of course,” was the
reply. *1 can see that the right one is
blind.”
In reply the blind man merely
opened his penknife and tapped the
left eye with the little blade.
It was a giass eye.
How His Place Was Filled.
A well known divine whose theolog-
feal discourses draw crowded houses
in all the principal cities accepted an
invitation to lecture in a small provin-
cial town, but discovered afterward
that he had a prior engagement on the
same date. [le accordingly apologized
and offered to make good any loss the
society might incur through his delin-
quency,
A few days later he received a letter
from the secretary assuring him that
no harm was done and inclosing a
handbill which the divine is never
tired of reading to his amused friends.
“As the Rev. Mr. — is unable to
give his advertised lecture on ‘Con-
science.” announced the bill, “four
members of the B—— minstrel troupe
have kindly volunteered to perform in-
stead a screamingly laughable farce
entitled —. Any person who has
bought a ticket for the other enter-
taininent may have it transferred to
this on payment of sixpence extra.”—
London Tatler.
When Explosives Explode.
A popular notion that explosives will
“go off” by any simple method is
wrong, Many of the most powerful
explosives imaginable may be kicked
about, may be set on fire or may be
shot out of a gun, and unless the prop-
er agency for exploding them is em-
ployed they will not “go off” and will
do no damage. The reason for this
may be explained by an illustration.
Consider a grateful of coal. There is
there enough of what we may call ex-
plosive energy to throw a 1,000 pound
weight through a foot of solid steel—
if only it could be liberated. But there
can be no explosion without oxygen,
and the coal in the grate will not burn
faster than the supply of oxygen in the
air which reaches it will permit. If
the coal could be furnished all at once
with enough air to cause its complete
burning, it would explode with as great
violence as if it were so much dyna-
mite.—St. Nicholas.
The Sun of the Blind.
1 have not touched the outline of a
star nor the glory of the moon, but I
believe that God has set two lights in
my mind, the greater to rule by day
and the lesser by night, and by them
I know that I am able to navigate my
life bark, as certain of reaching the
haven as he who steers by the North
star. Perhaps my sun shines not as
yours. The colors that glorify my
world, the blue of the sky, the green
of the fields, may not correspond exact-
ly with those you delight in, but they
are none the less color to me. The
sun does not shine for my physical
eyes, nor does the lightning flash, nor
do the trees turn green in the spring.
But they have not therefore ceased to
exist any more than the landscape Is
annihilated when you turn your back
on it.—Helen Keller in Century.
Harmless Joke.
Place a spool of cotton in the in-
side pocket of your coat and, having
threaded a needle with the beginning
of the cotton, pass the needle through
the front of the coat, unthread the
needle and leave about two inches of
the cotton hanging as if it were only
a stray piece. The first person you
meet will be sure to pick it off you,
and his astonishment when he finds
there is no end to it will give plenty
of innocent fun.
His Hint.
“Don't you want some needles,
dear?’ queried Brown as he picked up
his shirt and glanced at the places
where the buttons should have been.
“Why, no,” replied Mrs. Brown.
“Why do you ask?”
“Oh, 1 thought,” said Brown a trifle
nervously, “that probably your old
ones had become worn by much use.”
: His Charm Gone.
Phoebe—You would hardly know
Freddy since he got back from Monte
Carlo. He lost all his money there,
and— Evelyn—Hardly know him!
Why, I shan’t know him at all!—Illus-
trated Bits,
His Night Work.
Wifey—What makes you stay at the
office so late at nights? Do you gain
anything by it? Hubby—No, but I have
several times come—er—within an ace
of gaining something. — Philadelphia
One Sided.
“Does he enjoy funny stories?’
“Yes; when he tells them.”—Hous-
ton Post.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
“Oh, the heart that has traly loved never for-
gets,
But as truly loves on to its close, —
As the Sunflower turns to her God when he sets |
The same look that she turned when he rove”
Thomas Moore,
The most frivolous waistcoat that it has
ever been the lot of the ready-to-wear de-
partments toexploit are the most striking
features of such places now. Separate
waisteoats ahoand —waisteoats made of
bright flowered cretonnes, of quaintly pat
terned chintz,of shepherd’s plaid fine wool,
or of linens and piques in no end of jaunty
models. As it looks mow, 18 will be a
sedate suit indeed shat will not have this
accessory us part of it and many an other.
wise plain costume will have wore than one |
to give it variety. White and colored linen
and pique waistcoats are ahout cqually iu
evidence just now. March with its open.
ings had many captivating sarprises await-
ing the shopping multitude and in maay
of them the “‘weskit,”” as the youngest
salesgir! has learned to call it, were con-
spicnons factors. Only sommer weather,
which ostracizes all nonecessary garments
annoally, will put it out of the field,
Silk woven or printed in ornamental
stripe< of various widths may he ent up
into separate stripes for border trimmings.
It will be possible in many cases to matoh |
lest vear’s frock and bring it up-to-date
with such trimmings, which are hy no
means expensive when compared with the
garnishments at the trimming counter.
Border trimmings are very conspicuons
among the newest materials. Braids, too,
promise another season of strenuosity.
While the most exclusive costumes, per-
haps, are girdleless, the girdle is not by any
means set aside. There are girdles of soft
silk lingerie, preferably of the waist fabrio,
which are seven or mine inches high and
which, in their turn, give the high- waisted
effeot,
It is said that the stiff linen collar is
waning inv popularity abroad, and that in
its place is coming the soft stock with a
ruche finish,
A great deal of colored embroidery on
white ground and of colored hems on white
are striking features of new pattern robes.
Of all the collars offered at the neckwear
counter just now no other is so generally
popular as the striped one embroidered
with colored dots or colored patterns.
Some of the most effective little blouses
are wade of striped cotton voile and have
accompanying them blond lace jabots edged
narrowly wish batiste in the color of the
stripe.
Pretty spotted nets of fine gnality prom-
ine to supercede the over-nsed laces so long
and strenuously employed. Filet con-
tinces to come in fascinating meshes and
patterns, but it has become the choice of
the mulititade, and there is sure to bea
change.
Ventilating the hair is a cure for cases of
weakness of growth which is often recom-
mended.
To carry it out, an attendant should lift
up one tiess after she other with one band,
while with the other a fan is nsed to induce
a current of air round the roots. This
should be persisted in for five minotes
night and moruing, and after a few weeks
a considerable difference should be notice-
able in the condition of the bair, both as
regards its growth as well as the texture
and color.
In most cases of hair weakness an ab-
normally “‘tight’”’ scalp is the first symp-
tom. it the sensation is experienced of
the skin being stretched over the skull, it
is a sure sign thas massage should be begun
without delay.
When applying a tonic to the bair it
should first be divided down the centre and
the flaid worked along the parting, this
being repeated over the whole of the head.
The woman with a very thin chest
should get into the babit of chewing each
mouthful thirty-two times.
Deep breathing in front of an open win-
dow is also good. Stand in front of the
window, throw both arms out at the sides,
throw back your head, take a gulp of fresh
air, right your head, drop your arms and
breathe naturally. Repeat this once a
minute for five minutes.
Throw your arms over your head, toss
your head back, lean backward, breathe
long and deeply three times. Stand patur-
ally a minute, then repeat. Deep breath-
ing if taken too suddenly or practiced too
ardently will bring on palpitation. Better
to breathe deeply gently and with moder-
ation. It makes a great deal of difference
in your appearance, this babit of breathing
deeply. Your face looks more tranquil
and your nerves are steadier.
The thin-chested woman mast get out of
the habit of fidgeting. She must learn to
stand right. The full-busted woman al-
ways stands with her chin up and her
shoulders thrown well back. your chest
is very flat and your heart weak, your
lungs tired and your heaith poor, try the
habit of eating oftener, says the New York
Sun. In a certain beauty sanitarium they
give the patients six meals a day.
They are all beauty meals, too—pienty
of good fish, lots of chicken and game, all
the green food they can eat, plenty of
maple syrup and good sweets and
drinks of cocoa and chocolate. The diet
agrees with the complexion and is easy to
digest.
Queen Amelia bas the most wonderful
taste in dress, and Paris costumers are
never tired of sounding her praises. At
the same time her majesty believes it quite
an easy natter for a woman to have a per-
feot fisting gown without the aid of ocor-
sets,
women. herself is
out Portugal as a nurse, and is well known
in the hospitals of Lisbon.
Ain't the little loose sleeveless coats
stylish aud preity 3 I mean So
fining the and olosing with one bus-
ton at the wide aries or Jap
sleeves being according to fanoy or
the amount of material at disposal.
FARM NOTES,
—Acoording to the United States census
the average expense for each farm in the
| United States for commercial fertilizers is
| $10 per tacm,
| —Tue cutworm is the larvae of a moth ;
the worm 1s of a hrown color, fat and siag-
| gish, wbout an inch loug, aud feeds only
| daring the night.
—A recommended remedy for mange on
calves and cows is to apply a part flour
sulphur aud four parts vaseline to bald
| patches once a day.
| —For humble foot in poultry paint the
| corn literally with tincture of dine daily
|foru week. If this is dove in the early
| stages tbe corn can be spread.
-If given before the hogs get past the
| eating and drinking stage, the following is
| claimed to be an infallible oure for hog
j oholera : To a barrel of good slop add one
pine of Venetia red and oue pint of kero-
sene oil. Mix weil.
—Spraying while in bloom works bard-
ship on the beekeepers by destroying
thousand« of bees in spring, when the loss
means most Bees are great pollenizers
and many kinds of apples are greatly im-
proved by cross fertilizing.
~The hools of sheep should be pared at
least twice a year. Nature provided this
animal with a rapid-growing hoof to stand
| the wear and tear of stony ground, but
“oft pastures will not wear down the hoofs
fast enough and sie broken horn often re-
sults in disense,
—A horse will never run into any other
burning bailding besides his own, or even
pass a boufire if he can help it, but when
onee he scents danger he tries to get to his
atall—his home--and when onoe he reaches
there can only he driven away by fright or
shook =aperior to his dread of fire.
— When the cow is suffering from con-
gested udder, it is a good idea to dry her
off at once and feed ove-ball ounce of
nitrate of potash night and morning in the
suft feed. Give plenty of clean water, feed
pare and wholesome food, and massage the
udder once a day with a little iodine oint-
ment.
—Grape rows should generally run north
and sonth, High, stony, we!l drained land
is particularly desirable. The vineyard
should have clean cultivation each year.
While grape vines are being set out the
holes should be dug deep enough and arg e
enough to permit of the root- heing placed
and covered without bending.
—A strong odor will sometimes prevent
attacks from insects. A gill of torpentine
intimately mixed with a bushel of dry
plaster dusted over vines and hushes will
cost but little and keep for months, Ifa
tablespoonfol of kerosene, and the same of
carbolic acid is added it will be all the
better, as the odor is only needed.
—If the cow gives bloody milk, as a re-
sult of an injury to the udder, the best
treatment is to let nature effect a cure.
Dry the cow off, and let the udder rest
until the cow is fresh again It is useless
to try to treat serions injury of the interior
of the udder when the organ has to be
manipulated twice each day in milking.
~—~Dry bydrate of lime formed by slaking
fresh lime with just water enongh to eram-
ble it into a fine powder is used as anv in-
secticide. It is still very canctic and fatal
to the larvae of asparagus beetles, slugs of
currant, pear, plum, eto, avd other larvae
having a moist surface. Applications are
best made in the morning, while the plants
! and insects are vet a little damp.
~ Lime is considered the best corrector
of sour soils. The presence of sorrel is an
indication of sournes= in the soil, and until
corrected no orops will have a profitable
growth. Iv average cases from one to three
tons of lime per acre will he sufficient. Be-
sides correcting acidity, the lime will
liberate much of the nnsoluble plant food,
thie increasing the productiveness of the
soil.
— Ashes made from hard wood are more
valuable than those fiom soft wood. Itis
claimed tbat some ashes from soft wood
have not enough value to make it worth
while to bother with them. Is has also
heen discovered that the value is largel
governed by the part of the tree from whie
the ashes are made. It is declared by
chemists that the ashes of young twigs are
of more value than the ash of the trunk of
the tree, while the ash of the leaves is still
more valuable.
—It is the belief of many authorities
that shade increases the fertility of soil.
One theory is that the beneficial effect of
clover on land is due to the shade it affords.
No crop grown shades soil more perfectly
than clover under proper management.
Clover not only shades, but its roots have
a good effect on the mechanical condition
of the soil. Their decay also adds plans
food. Clover often has roots which are
heavier and weigh more than the tops, as
can be ascertained by mashing them and
weighing them.
—Manure spread on top of the iand, rots
without doing 1ts full service. The only
good that really comes from such applica-
tions is the amount that is washed into the
soil. Manure on top of the ground does
uot add vegetable matter to the soil, nor
does it give the soil the benefit of the acid
created in the process decay, which acts on
the soil particles. Again, manure on top
of the soil does not supply to the soil the
same amount of nitrogen that manure un-
der the soil does, for the reason that some
of is goes off into the air in the form of gas.
—In discussing the value of manure the
comparative value of the solids and liquids
are to he noted. The nitrogen value of
the manure is largely in she liguid portion
which must be saved to secure a
thas
in the foods is returned in the liquid
manure. Now if the liquids are lost, there
isa loss of half of the nitrogen to begin
portion
ith, together with loss of
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