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COUNTRY.
Arms Peens. from 1
t• tie Pecille.
o schools are ones
.t $1,096.03 on the V.
1817.
now petal delivery.
•w peetmea.
men are •gitatlag ter
Sunday funerals.
r, le are agitating for
at the new city hall.
lumber Damps to the
:riot are encouraging.
It. a well-known mall
.R. died In Fort Erie
ea been elected prase
oaten branch of the
elgiegt mise Mentiliwt
gleiplasein settaRaittet
"Hulas. Joseph Miller.
seagidord, was found
onsiderf111r the allele-
ting
dvikting a permanent ss-
iioner.
will open a branch at
r.. with P. C. Rhodes,
manager.
o Ottawa motorman,
Ikea throngh his car
o a3 of woo&
whip voted by • ma-
olieb the toll gate o0
d BrantforI read.
outlook. of the inger-
estltuts. is the new
atter at Lenton Col-
1Moarrierglitl Of lie
nn ber home. has been
rmatory for girls for
• farmer's new bar-
bel at Midland. This
see leas mama thaw
a March Township
o arratet, ct.arge4
nina'ly assaulted his
dogmatic.
of Milton, have per-
• of timber in Foley
ill move the Clarksea
to Foley.
enable•g1t tiom
o
o
in
roar of a trolley Use
by way of Coretewn.
rear. Paris ea 1 Wood -
way to footl•all,•foot-
to - hockey. and Mill
the rural 'opalatine
r without the aid of
ed Rich of Horaieg's
ig bind • los r of lay
g !'ole got Inoee seri
n. Even farming has
Rran'tord, hal a 6.1-
'100 1' tor tickleng his
of match OS a etrisg.
it the ease toe trifling
en who left Great*
r Pese'sag, to go to
got lost in a ~w-
ally atruek redid We
re mueh exhausted.
son of Roet.
ship. got bold of seeps
in I p
rooms 'el to est
d of a eoetor sad to
1%f )Pill !shover.
a has given the Moat -
stet Corps :00 as a
The money v. ill be
n g uniforms for two
It is proposed to raise.
cher. of D.loratlne.
time gave Hon. Alat,
is mason on the King;
visiting in the Weis
i over IO year% of ago,
of Elmvale, had les
a chattel mortgage,
night, harnessed the
w orldlss effects In a
ippesalst- Whoa be
gonad hs was arrest -
GAMS VARIED.
complaint against
asked the Klondike
replied • man with
M {*less expression
sold ma this gold
wrong about that?
Honor, he cheated
id you find out that
pore goldt
s teenble, Your Hon-
ed.
t you kicking ahontt
oven., Your Honor.
Iretent•d it to me as
n bread.
IMUST iNee.
--f do not know what
oaks of little Rodney.
.y that when h• grows
be a robin" and ce-
le tff their hard -earn-
- Wm! i'u take the litt-
town in the morning,
in to Skinner the reed
Vs. PROSE.
• of the beautifies
bits fair idol's bead.
s man • prosy DIA
its splendors lar
r It makes a fad.
verse he will pinup
mortals he's mrd
mf it got. tin the neap.
0
11011RI4L AOT&S.
ow that so m b is gulag forward.
imagiasd, in tea proieetioa of new
of humaalty, tbs question nstur-
y arises if &tithing can be dome
tb boys. They are such unquestioned
linea of feature. la .lbs original
kegs that the mature mind would
opt to dismiss flue subject with the
sas'abls remark that boys will be
s, But if the boy, in a general
nes, remains the same from age to
he undoubtedly *bows some varie-
ties). &ocording to hie training and sur-
reuadingn. Tba American boy, for se-
e. wae never more ardently devot-
to athletics than now. and be by
the pace very hot. While the
outb of England mead two afternoons
a game at arioket, our young gladia-
tors ooreirsss the fun into two hours
of bans ball; and re for foot ball, it is
no longer in order to speak of the
piping times of peace. Its victories,
to academic circles. are more renowned
than war. and its casualties, frees their
sllovelish damage. rather ta�ee Mem
thee those of a warm brush bp.
warn tate arms, skirmish lines..
But there are reformers devoted to
be Ides Vet boyo can be improved
n other thea what &re called masou-
,ine soconolueunentn. These canguine
l,erson+ are usually connected with
schools sad experiment with theories
b•cked'up by authority. In Harlem. N.
Y., i taw weeks ago. the Scbool Board
teoreet time the boy pupil. as well
as the girls. should be instructed in
aeediework. The situation was accept-
ed tey the boys. who seem to have been
willing to find out what there wY for
team in • sewing circle with maidens
of their own age. To be sure. the gar -
Mesita Lbnr piodugal locked like. a, grass
ducking suit. whteh le out out with •
rooter, and lapped together with cot-
ton twine. but they stuck to their les-
sons. and some even inaiated on study-
ing at night. This made mischief.
Thus .paseasts-loo!lad tdeth onneenly
as if they were not real boys. The par-
ents finally rose in rmirOtl, egg needle-
work is no linger WSW the boys of
Harlem.
in one of the. high 'sellouts of Cincin-
nati ten bogs have Leen enrolled to
study cooking finder • young moms')
e pp is a professional teacher of the
noble form of chemistry. utilised three
times • day. The clams meets regularly
in the basement el the high scbool.
attired in the regulation cas and apron.
Their tint lesson Was poached eggs.
showing $ high degree of confidence in
their talent, for the eateet start for
a bas in culinary practice is eggs bard
boiled. Next they were taught to roast
uotstoes. toast bread an provide a jar
if the ever-taetul bread crumbs. At
..he sed of the lesson the boys were per-
mitted, not compelled. to eat the "ar-
tioles they bad i reeered. Perhaps this
new branch will succeed if restricted
to a soldier's. hunter's, fisherman's or
Klondike mom. A boy would glory in
cooking arae flapjacks. and in learning
how to give them. when brow° on one
aide. that grsoetul twirl le the sir
which. when folly mastered. makes •
soldier the ornament of his mem in
rough times sod rough work men are
nac&gsartly cooks, sod therefore a boy
tillrenlittellKeliliesefffasienie
for a' that.
40.
PRETTY MRS Sl. CIH.
•
We made the aoquslntaaoe of that
pretty, golden -haired little widow dur-
ing our sojourn at a German health
resort. My wife and I are not as a
rale, given to picking up chance so-
qustntanoes during oar travels, but
Fanny bad been very much fagslnated
by the sweet -looking little woman; and
when, in courier of a casual converse-
tlost-begun during a day of pitiless
rain, which oo tfined us., all three, to
the hotel -I discovered that Dlrs. 8t.
Clair had been very Intimate with my
dear old friends, the Bt. Ledgers, of
Blwkahire, our soquaiotanos with the
pretty widow rapidly ripened.
Teeny and I have been married
many years now. and get on well en-
ough togethel; but it west Helen St.
Ledger had lived, instead of joining
the angels some fifteen years ago -
well, a different Lady Settee might
Dave rtigoedilii gime" ler
.korgl tslltl5t have been; '
asi, though Mrs. Bt. Cialr's acquaint-
aeos with tb. St. Ledgers dated Iosg
after poor Helen's death, It wY still
interes&lag to me to chat area
Wiest my old friends -of wbom I
seen very Little since they had practi-
cally taken up their residence in Italy.
It wag at' Florence that Mos. St. Clair
ttad known them; "stayed with thea
for mantes at s time," she said; and;
Indeed, she most here Leen on very
intimate terms with the family, to have
n oted so many of "dear old Sir
George's" quaint crotchets and fancies
little peculiarities to which We plsy-
t&Uy alluded, and at which I smiled,
with the sly amusement which one
feels for the foibles of one's best
friend&
To make abort a long story, before'
we left Fanny had Invited Mrs. 8t.
Clair to peel us • visit at tbeGrangs;
and the little widow joined us there a
few weeks after our return home. A
most accomplished and delightful guest
she proved. Sb. h►d "bees alone neer-
flat
two years now," sae else-_ jQ�hraaed
and had laid &aids all the betvy trap-
pings of woe, only retaining these deli-
cate mixtures of Meek and white, and
gr, which were particularly becom-
ing to her rose -last complexion and
golden hair.
We had learned that her late hus-
band -a banker -had been considerably
her senior, and, to judge from appear-
ances, had lett liar very comfortably
off as regards worldly goods; her be-
reavement was confessedly no crush-
ing sorrow, "and I like her all the
Letter for not being a hypocrite in
the matter, and pretending to Le heart-
oru'en, for tee loss of an elderly men,
m
when, frowhat sue has told me -the
poor cleld was an orphan and left to
the grudging care of relatives- she
was really forced Into marrying
him while but a girl just out
naiad l room," remarked my
wife.
In addttboa to ber undeniably good
looks, Mrs. St. Clair was possessed of $
ao
n umber of small compitsnmenta,
which made her a valuable addition to
bowie-party.▪ country. boe-party. She was musi-
cal, as admlraWe tennis and billiard
player, could make a creditable fig-
ure at the whist table, and was always
charmingly dressed, in excellent spir-
its, and full of a pleasant ripple
rigate
-eesieloye-emniestatir 7- -f...
Lively, with that little ■uspicloa
it malioe which gives zest to such gos-
sip..
It was, indeed, most unfortunate that
we could not invite our fascinating
SWIM.t to remain eith us for the great
aeons! excitement of our neigh) orhood
-our oounty ball; but every room in
our Douse had been bespoken for this
e vent long before we met lira 8t.
Clair. Fanny kissed the little widow
aLtectionatel when they parted; and
as we ourselves were shortly coming
to London for tbe winter, and Mrs. 8t.
Clair had taken a flat In town, wee:-
tented to see much of Nob other while
i(►' the metropolis.
'Ind remember that-1--1Htaf1 count
upon you to assist me la, arranging
my tableaux," dear Mrs. St. Clair," said
my wife, who was intending to organ-
ize a series of "liven, pictures," short-
ly after our arrival in London, in aid
of some charity of wltoh she was one
of the patronesses.
"I will Mullen some efteeUve group
in which youi shall figure as a queen
wearing your ma nifioent. tiara of dia-
monds" fattened Mrs. tat. Clair, as she
waved bee last adieu from the carriage
window.
"Mngnifioentr' was certainly hardly
an exaggerated epithet to appy to the
beautiful ornament, in which were set.
B orne jewels wienh bad eeseendednt to
me from a aaccator who had hbfln in
India in the days when "shaking the
pagoda -tree," was in vogue. The dia-
monds which now flashed amid my
wife's dark braille had onee been the
property of an Indian Begum, and Feat-
ern
potentates' have a pretty taste for
Sew
"i should like to nyou wearlsgQ
those lovely diamonds, dear Lady Sef-
ton;" our guest had cried, when on a
wet afternoon Fanny had held ore of
those private exhibitions of personal
s•
poeesione to which women appear to
be so fond of inviting their fseileles
friend& Men, fry the wry. sever
do the tike. i should never dream
of asking my cleanest male aesoriete
to turn over my stock of studs • data. sts, bat women will spend
hours in tb. seclusion of one another's
bedrooms eereUsirlag (rocks " aM
l.
le'��' should feel getite anxious If i kept
room,"sorb valuables in my room," added )tin
St Clair, as Fanny, after the ahem was
over, had bkta
rl ami 11.* wek
in one of the drawers of Ur eaoI
rdr
".11very int ,• plata ter smell lrea-
stere." as Air guest warnlsgty st.
r:lalwv..l. at was reeve the bonen,' of
all our arvaate--dhli featly retainers
moat of thane.: and ads, though taw
7
ABOUT WEDDING RINGS.
There have been various a;planation
given of the origin of wedding -rings.
Wheatley says the ring was anciently
a seal by whish all orders were signed
and things el value secured ; and there-
fore the delivery of ib wan a sign that
the persue to whom it was given was
admitted into. the highest friendship
and trust. Hooker regsreied the iflie.
from Ma ahapa abd portability, it
.'ledge of 'Ulcers affection. Other
authorities say that it was originally
a pledge of the women's dowry, or
regard it aimed, sss a token of the fio-
r nal bondage to eaob otter into which
marriage brings husband end wits. IL
would appear that weetuiog-rings wers
worn by the Jews prior • o the Chris -
Use era The ring ..as leen much used
at betrothals es welt 'al 'it weddings,
and iia many tarda of Eurure the has -
tend as well as the wife wear. • wed-
ding -ring. The left leab•t was chosen
to show the wW's subm'seun, sad the
third finger. sit:uec because a small
'iris wass,Wppleed to ran from it direst
to ties heart. or because the thumb and
first two tiaprs represent the Tria-
.ty.
'fiIE PERVERSITY OF MOODS.
Don't you feel more like working se
cow times than at otherd inquired
• hw young woman.
Yes, tw replied; i do. When I am
ding in a release car, where i an't
.vaihly find a pen, peril or paper or
nyleidy to talk business to, I get to
"ohne sr ind•strioue that it makes
ue neer nus.
A GENERAL CHANGE.
)lar A 'ties -What weld you be it
t didn't have property f
[aeertbe•-.Well, what noel/ you be
Y. root You weeldtp't he lira.
Smythe I '
EFFECT, VS ANTiDOTR
Yee keep. whet a bold Amally's wife
iM t Weil, he hon firefly tenni • plea -
sent relief from her mein
Hewes nisei
J omwd a erase ease.
Blankahire folks always admired the
lustre of thejenvole which I had fetch-
ed from their &anal resting place at
our Leaden banker's In order that
'fanny might, as usual, wear the tiara
at our local ball, probably not one of
our rustle neighbors or domestics,
gueaswf at the real value of those dia-
monds. Mrs. St. Clair, however, "w I.o
adored jewels," an she frankly ad-
mitted, was a better critic, cad ap-
praised the true value of the stones at
slanes
Ow guest bed left us and we went
to the hall without her, Fanny resplen-
dent In her diamond& .Bat a must an-
noying accident Mippesed; just se we
were leaving the ball -room, pausing
down one of the corridors, Fanny -who
is of somewhat 1mj,osing Leight -
caught ber liars LA one of the gar-
lands hanging above, the ornament fell
(rem her hair to the ground, and her
escort -as rather clumsy country squire
-in hastily stooping to pick it up, trod
rayon it, crushing one of the corners,
and forcing out one of the atoned. hap-
pily -for we never found the missing
sought for Mors the ds of the ball.
Indeed, but for the weident&L injury
to f.46 tiara, the suestituttu.n Of tt.6
mock for the real atones might have
remalned undetected until Fanny or
1 had died. sad the "valuation for pro-
bate duty" revealed the fat to our
disgusted heirs and exes•utors. We
should "sever have euspeot.ed the trick
that had been played.
Masers. Carbuncles' name and address
were upon the case albeit held the
tiara; Mrs. St. Clair had beard me wen -
tion the firm as old tradespeople of
mane; and the whole story of the "sur-
prise" of the sboebuckles was a vex"
rigeniaus device for putting the jewel-
lers off their guard. To have simply re-
quested that false stones should be sub-
stituted
stituted for the real might have excit-
ed some suspicion. Well, 1 bad been
"surprised" with a vengeance, and the
quest.on now wan how to recover my
property.
Hy the time I bed reached my club
I had settled my plans. 1 knew Mrs.
8t. Clair'e London address, a flat in
gem -merely a tiny brilliant of cum- Victoria Street, and bade my cabman
parat[vely trifliag value. Several oe .drive me there. Yee, the lady was at
theme little stones had been added to fie, and game forward with outatrat-
tbe original gems w ban I Dad bad the cited hands and a pretty cry of mia-
diamonds resat lel t1»lr present fora fled surprise and pleasure to greet me atood that it should bb done sometime
r I entered.That surprise became
jury was eo utterly dismayed and dim I will not recall one of the most needed by tbe soil-hwnus. nitrogen,
AGRICULTURAL
FATHER HAS SOLD MS WHEAT.
There 1. nothing too goof for us now.
1 shall bare a new sealskin sassque,
And Johnny is going to get hila a
bane
Tbat can pass anytb'ng on the trash
And mother will dress up in silks.
And. oh, but life's they and ssweta-
Everybody's polite mod clever and kind
Sloe father has sold his wheat,
We'll build a new bons in the spring.
And we'll More the old organ away,
ownAnd as own as the dicker is made.
I shall have a piano to play.
The fellows are owning in droves
And life is deliriously sweet -
Oh. every one *COMA just too lovely
to uta
Since father has sold his wbeatl
FALL OR WINTER MANURING.
After all that has been said and
written on the subject of manuring.
it does not seem to be well under -
The {ankle= perpstiitoe
as a bridal gift to my wits. n- Well ' helot. the crapes are too grow. 'l here
the fly' s+lueonsure--
atter miosis or w'A tare five thtngs that are especially
61sry.t theacntfa
com•olate at the &widget that I wee Intel of life. At first the
potash and prb aphoric acid with water
to permeate and dteaolve them.
Humus is Um d,+tyegoi and decaying
vegetable matter to the acts. It gees
it that dark reit color, as we call it.
Itmakes it light and porouss° that if
will hold large quantities of water,
just as the sponge dawn, And in it
live the little "invisible friends" the
myriads of is tare& which fix or hold
glad Chet I could, with a clear con- 1 y scenes
my t n
science, assure him that the damage ads attempted to brsssn the matter
out with a high hand; but when 1B{ooite
lel, beeellyeleal at, nQ _84i7.-�iIarm- a the jeweller's •dsas Bernet 'L&4
!t#g ezpenas; and, having occasion to Sefton," as "small ,goltten-halred- and
Jinn UP tiro town next day upon *Date blue -eyed" -Fanny ntaods five foot
business, I took with me the injured: eight. and 1. as dark as a gipsy-well,
tiara with the intention of having it then my bootees fairly gave in, and
Impaired by my London jeweler I there was a huddled. tumbled heap of
"I •m anxious that you should care- silk skirts and dishevelled golden locks
billy match the color and style of the -ber hair really wY all her own -at
larger stones in replacing this small i nay feet; sod such $ piteous sobbing and
miming 'militant," I remarked to the' wailing. Well, I had ovine to the flat
civil showman, who was examining the furiously indignant, but a man cannot the nitrogen that certain pinata gath-
orw"eaot. I behave like or actual brute to a wom- er from the air, and make it tomes:iee
"Oh, there'll be no difficulty about 1, an, and to such a pretty one, even if she tor the cumin crops.Stable manure
that, Sir John," replied the man read- baa robbed him of some thousands of I will make theghumua. So will crops
ily, "for it so happens tbat we have atilt pounds' worth of jewelry.
gsveral Of those same stones left over You shall have back your diamonds ! that are plowed under, such as the
from those we procured for her lady- again -now, at once," wailed the 1 clovers. oow peas and soja beans. And
ships& week or so ago, when we took culprit; "and, oh, if you know all, it.
out the diamonds from the tiara, and fwas ray husband. I only acted under time bring to the soil is much cbeaiter
set them its the baacklss. yon bis dirret on Oh be atertitul and pity
in oar`s' •��.n"'• that bought se s big pries 4a
- ~ Is
far the moist costly of the manures
the nitrogen whi.h they at this same
"Too&det the dlassondsr I em•lafs`- "d thought y* were a widow." I I fertilizer tags Indeed nitrogen
ed stied in amassment
"Yes -these present stones are mere- He -James -me le me nay that I was; ; when it is ht The mer haat
ly French imitations, you see, air. I he said it would make it easier-" '
I am not betraying her lady- to get yourself into people's houses bases his pries for mixed ferti iters
ah pea little secret too moon. She In- mins false pretences." I said rather more on the altropn�th y contain than
termed me that it teas to he a birth cruelly - -
on an lent . ;,Ioreover,
day surprise for yourself, but a weak On, yon don't know," sobbed the y other ingredient
age we received a few lines from Lai !lady -and bow pretty she looked even wbeni&i in, the-atrteinrea of th'M-
g us to have sea y brow t -"you would pity me a little- p ants l le in s much less dange
Sefton reijueatin ba d I t roue
some patterns of old-faaLioned shoe- kind, good man sa you are -if you only condition and is more cosily appeo-
buckles for her. to see, and stating knew alt. I was a friendless
that she woatd call upon ns to in- governess in a family" -j'
the St. Ledg- e,•. ....s crops _.-_
1° the form of minersl nitrates or su-
spect them and, to give directions re- era', of course," 1 mcotally ejaculated-
garding some jewels she wished re- "and I fell into the power of a Lad imal refuse. Teeee latter really do
sat." man, and when, afterwards he married co.siderable harm If 'meted directlyto.
old customer of Messrs Carbuncles' • I "Assist him in his thefts apparent -tender needs or rootlets, and should
-nese -,__.: sen. ' 'e'iYliti,.�e'�;••:
that is so well adapted for the colt -
for all btoreekind-se nate.
Speaking of r Ms as the food for
torsi and of their woe ire value Y
ford for the colt, • anter sopa "The
,it Is a natural food for horses at any
age. It hat just the trod of nutriti ,n
to ["lake the MUSH* and bone, and, eon-
joieed w it h emirs Lis, t hese are the 1 osis
d strength.
"It is tally important tbat the
colt slrntid bogie to develop muscle
51 an early II be u allowed free
room in wet* to ran. the colt fed a
few oats daily will do all ese tbat is
needed. He will even groom him. elf
ga'
by rolling ertbs'sad or in the snow
wben 515110WaIs on the ground.
-Hosier& a' pint of tate tet a day
makeer only • quart a day,will keep
tbe volt growing, when with only hay
be will have a rough staring eat and th
grow very little e first winter.
''What in wore the Dolt thus under-
fed is likely to have its dig.•atiin in-
jured. The hull of the oat prevents
t from injuring the colt when fed in
r ich email quantities. Towards spring
the tr
amount o[ oats may be increased
to a quart at each feeding. At •
quart. a day it hs lee& tban & bushel
per month and at the largest it Lilies
than two eu hela per month.
"What is ten bushes of . etc in com-
parison with the increased value of
• thrifty horse Instead of having an
untlurdty oriel
GRAPE GROWING.
a
• UCT .$rimne
�•
imentha-mesa' • Mess t•e
o.atterma arae,,;..,,P.
Maiaas is•enesse.
The crown used at the coronation
of Queen Victoria in 1838, with b is
acid to be the heaviest and most un-
fortable diadem in Europe, contains
1,273 rune demond& 1.343 brilliants, 273
round pearls, 4 large panda tehaped
pearls. 1 immense ruby, 4 small rubies
1 large sapphire, _8 ®all sapl.hitee and
11 emeralds. The large ruby u set in the
center of a diamond Malta's cross a0
the front of the crown. This stow s
wa
given to Edleard 1. by Dom Pedro the
Cruel, and wee worn by Henry V. atc
the battle of Aginourt, %ben it was
set in his steel ccoequal.It u peculiarly out and its center is
hollowed out to form & setting fora.
smaller ruby. Many of the stows
were taken from old crowns. now un-
used, and others were furnished by the
queen herself. They ars p.& ed in eat-
tings of both gold and silver, and in-
case • crimson velvet cap with an er-
mine border. Four imperial archer,
spring from the four sides and support
the mount, sob , b is composed of 4111.
diamondeand the whole 1s surmount
ed by a di&ttio�nd cries wkeso center
is le.Isgie TOW eat. sapphire.
Plane da Y gentle easter ft rameoe-
or southeastern Cepa. Any good gar-
den soil will produce grapes. If the
land u a clay soil tale It. Set two-year-
old vines. .Get them bf a =003 nur-
seryman -not of agents. Pleat in,the
fall lest() feet &vert. Lay down on the
erased during the winter and cover
with any kind of litter. teaks while
one and two years old and the th rd
year put on trellises. Them trellises
can he made of pests and wire. Prune
carefully. It the vine is weak cut
bask to one bud, but if strong to tufo,
and if very strong leave three buds.
Do not pra tee summer pruning ex-
cept to pinch tack and keep off seek-
. tua.-,_laka.. oil .ground 14.Jlitst l ..let
April.
PROTECTING TREES.
While there are Innumerable rem-
edies reoornmended and used for the
- Ftotectioo of Ynii. trees sgi iaht the
depredations of rabbits. Intim pad oth-
•
is otbi bet�irat�
• A PPJNCE98'I MARRIAGE.
The late Duchess al Teck; affection
steLy known in Engtan 1 act Princes,'
Mary, was famous in her youth tot
her beauty and grace. 11 she was not
married until ale wed thirty-two. it
was not from lack of suitors. Her love-
linees and winning manners alone
would have commanded admiration,
even if she bad not been a grand-
daughter of Sing George 1I1. and a
favorite cousin of Queen Victoria.
She had many suitors, ands one d
them was Napoleon 111, the crowned
.ietrigueat. wives' .exited, - again lib-
erty were followed by campaigns in
Europe, military adventures in Mex-
ico, and overwhelming disasters for
Francsbecame- She did not favor his propos-
als, and Eugenie .came <imi,ress.
Prt been' lie- .,
Ing ahpns hwo Asan toLondonIretdk1
k mast here mention that I am an me, he made me-"
they know my country address, and ! ly." I mid trying to harden my heart. be well mixed with the aril at stoat
I have often bought jewelry at I -Now, see here, Mrs et. Clair, if I con- I the time the planta will aced the al -
their establishment for my wife, but i sent to keep this matter quiet, it is trogen to stimulate their growth for
Fanny herself had never 'tilted the onluy upon two conditions: First, thatyit is very volatile when turned into
that
gnu s back my awveeE gland; with lit
a b union with water.
that you swear to leave England with ' y
your husband before another week u I Phosphoric acid and potash must also
over." 1 be applied properly. Many pewee
The lady readily agreed to the first t fadto get the good effects from them
condition, &enuring me that she had the
"Her ladyahlp looked in, according
to appointment, ma !Monday- yea, it
was last Monday week," went on the
assistant, who knew me well. „ and
brought this tion --which we had the
bonor of arranging for you someears jewels in the bowie, but hesitated a lit -
ago. I well remember -and she stated t1e about the last. The latter condi-
that she wished to surprise you with time however, I was extremely resolute
a pslr of bander:we shoe -buckles to in insisting upon. The woman had been
wear with your fancy dregs at her seen at our house, and it would never
forthcoming tableaux" -Fanny's char- do to allow her to trade upon this cir-
it&bie schema had already been adver- circumstance, and, perhaps gain admit -
timed in the papers -"and wished to taros to otber respectable abodes in
know if we could take the stones out otoosequence; I did not want to expose mineral manures
mighty of the tiara and arrange them tethers hly dirs,lvs those mine
my friends to the same experience 1 and ty them with the Be. Then when
buckles, replacing the diamonds in the had andergons.
tiara with first-class to imitations, I the crape are sown or p'a°ted th i next
Das. However, under prr�sutre, Kra. 8t.
'for I warmly ever wear th�e tiara, and Clair gave the required promise -which !spring. the potash and phosphoric acid
I should like, on this sperlal occasion, will 1* [n condition to do only good
to see my husband using his own fam-
its jewels,' her ladyship remarked. Of
course we could easily make this alter-
ation. I did venture to point out to
ber ladyship tbab the paste imitations
wooed do better for the buckles, but
she only Bald, 'No, no, Sir John has
gifts from your shop an. now I am
resolved to fey. him a surprise in
turn,' and ol course it wasn't for us
to argue further with a customer,"
added the man, a little apprehensive-
ly glancing a0 me.
if mycouatenanee only gretl/a _
half waa
t I felt!
I controlled myself, however. for if
what I suspected was the caw, it would
in no wise mend matters to take
the jeweler's assistant into my confi-
dence.
'Did Lady Sefton call herself to
fetch away the buckled' I asked.
"Oh, yes, dr; she came again, hy
appointment, on the Saturday atter.
and took loth the buckles and the tiara
sway paying the bill at tbe acme time,
for (Ewa/Ball to be kept from you_ And
which they might reasonably expect.
This Is one point that should be thor-
oughly understood by farmers truit-
growers and gardeners. The preventive
measure is to Apply potash and phos-
phoric acid in the fall or winter and
let the rains and melted snows thor-
I assured her I should take measures
to diaoover was kept -and I left the
flat, bearing with me the buckles into
which my diamonds were now set.
I may remark, that, from certain cau-
tious inquiries which 1 est on foot lat-
er on, after 1 had ascertained that Mrs.
8t. Clair and her huebeed had sailed
the respectable elderly banker -husband
decamped was a pure myth, that the
lady bad bees for acme years the wife
of a very expert "jewel thief." about
her own age; and that the pair had
successfully "worked" more than nae
famous "jewel robbery." How far
the woman bad -been the victim of the
man I Dever ascertained, but I fancy
-when we were honored by Mrs. St.
Claire acquaintance -that the husband
and wife were pretty monk upon a par
se regards honesty and respectability.
I curried my rescued diamonds to
Messrs. Carbuncles' and deformed tbem
hat "Lady Sefton" hod changed bee
fiend regarding the arrangement of
the stones; the tiara was duly return-
ed -with the real atones in it this time
to its rightful owner. and, when my
you wool let it out to her ladyship wife's famous tablesuz came oft, I sp-
that I've told yon her little secret, will peered resplendent in a pair of gorge -
you, sir -only, when/ you asked about oars shoe -buckles, "but only made of
the atones, yon see--" paste " as i explained, when Fanny ex -
Of memos itWwca Lady Sefton who claimed at my "extravagance."
calledt" I said with affected dreier.- I kept the 'adventure to myself. It
e� was half -implied eondittorf of the
Oh, a little lady with blas compromise that I should do so; and sl -
eyes and 'olden hair," replied the shop so, if Fanny bed beard what a fool i
Matt confidently, "and the letter we had been, though site was as much gull -
had was written- 11oar own nota
a- ed herself I-1 am rather a believer in
per, dr, it's all right, isn't i1f" the maxim, "8ilanoe to gr►Irian."
with a sudden, tone of anxiety in bis "Now, mlefortanes never come alone,"
voles. " exclaimed my wife se she opened her
"Oh, Toe" T replied, aa coolly es I letters the day atter my journey to
could, nits -it that c/rcemYtanees,r Ii.
think I will Just nodielt mywife be- yon know. John, how I heve
tors i have the tiers meddled with." absolutely wearing myself out
And, somehow, i got out of the shop about flaw. tableaux Hare u a let -
and into a hansom, sad. after telling ter from Adios Gook" it who w*a'ty
the man to drive to smy' elute hegan bsve hewn' the Sleeping Beauty, to say
to deliberate what I bid better do. that her brother-in-law is dead, and
I aaderstood it all new; and, oh, that she and her mother are oft at
what an egrsgiems fool I hid been! one to hie stater, lin Perla; sad then.
That little mini of a Met. 8t. (flair 1 To Mn. 8t. Clair -just read Dar letter."
think (.bat Fanny and t sensible Poled it Doty oontained a few brief lines
es we had always erxGatld.rmd ngrsstvus, expressing the endlter's deep regret
eboeld have been so readily fooled by that "tome odfnna bot Important bust-
Mimed
adventnrewt And yet she llaed n e."-"constected with her late his.
seemed each s tally -sect than her as -Lady
affairs nt °nurse." interjected
Indy tlefG
donbted tntimany with the 8t. 1.wdgerib >,&--oMtjed Mrs. 81. Clair to
Rut there was en doubt that this lady, 'dart immediately for New York, leav-
our Into moot, had stoles m wife"s fog so suddenly that aha ecoid not
die moods. 1 saw it all now. 11 re. even run down to take leave of ber
Inemhersd that oft both the r15 men'- dear tied friends et tis Orange. There
Horsed by the jeweller Mrs St. Clair was a P. A ie
hot Vas 7.nedon on lbw pretest of "Finsen snake my adieux to Sir John.
Moto her dentist; end lied been duly As s man of Mrstnees ter will under -
i It Is tunderto-
ne fief rataira lady
v
peeada &Ad eotarndarated by ninny app-- stead Dow ion pow hl.
To a of Mrs. t>te. put at 1117 journey even to joinar Me in
Cedes varied aoomspliehnenste. 1t had, reinr tableaux. ableutl x Y i h))d D
need
theareeteee iMeeen wa•y •aouph to mut to 410. But, Sir Joke Das quite under -
the Aiaimiewda frons toy wife's' wardrobe stead the matter."
hy masts of a tales key -no doubt tee Tea Mir John thought he oosldl
.titan (.ravelled with as arnrtmsst of I often wonder if the little woman
inn thieves' .ipsao.ts---sad to after. hees often
over a new loaf" in a new
wards repies the onemee e.t., Whisk sM wintry; sayway. I have ester Glee or
beard of her agate.
was swam heis* alit be rlgalfed or
work. It a crop of clover of any
kind is on the ground they will gra-
dually reach the roots as they per-
meate the moil, and stimulste them to
greater a -tion than would he poesibie
without them. They will gather more
nitrogen. and this with the other ma -
to taken up by the following crop. it
takes time to digest and prepare it for
nes. If you cannot have all the win-
ter lad early spring to prepare them
have all that ion possible. We do not
feed a horse and have the strength
trona that Pelf tame food ready for
we the sante hour.. And so with the
food in the soil except nitrogen. which
in almost immediately available. Ni-
trogen in the moil ion like a whip to
the horns -it acts atmnat at once or
is gone by evaporation as ammonia.
Furthermore, do not wrote money
on freight, necking and handling of a
lot of esteem materials. Huy concen-
trated manures-euoj ag4it�W ed brag
or acid phehphate and muriate of -pot-
ash. Mix them to suit your needs. nn -
lees you an g -t r,mw reliable -Manta nt
who has ma henery to do It for you et
reasonable rates. And do not he
afraid to apply them liberally. Odom
not pry to half -feed the Boil anymore
than it doom to half -feed fattening
stock. This half -feeding often leads
to disunnragement and diel.lief in
miners; fertilizers. A little will do
acme trod, but it takes about 301
pounds of diesnlved hone, and the
same ainonet nl potash or twine (.bat
amount of ptvo .b*te rock to give $
crop of almost any kind a good annual
noes). Fall feeding mean. net pro-
file while halt -feeding only keeps
thimges running at nett or a little be -
lo* it.
OATS FOR COLTS.
Few farmers seem to realise that the
brat winter of a Colt's life to a large
ezteat determines its future uastnl-
nese and value. With the majority
of our seenaintanrew the nne thing
they aim at the first winter is toughen'
tbs colt, and in many moot be becomes
so 'tough" that he never makes a
serviceable or prv.fitahle horse
The preemie of toughening in very
&(mple. The colt in left to shift for
himself. Ids may wander over a field
of bars cern stalks through the day and
gather himself at night is title shadow
of a wire fangs unless so fortunate as
to find a straw pile that In unnoenpied
by cattle sed bogs. He has neither
victuals nor drink offered him -he
simply roughs it.
The nit would mak. • much tough-
er berm in the good sense If given pro-
psr lad ked taken all in ►11 there
is as food that 11 w risers/1y raised
er animals, there n ng
more re is. the° small meshed
netting wound around the tree and
tied together with a wire. It is in-
evpe°aive durable, does not keep cut
light and air, and is in every way pre-
&arable to tarred paper, tin and any
of tbs. close coverings recommended.
VIE WINTER STRAWBERRY BED.
Where heavy winds prevail. and the
Apreand is not covered with snow the
mu1ehing material on the strawberry
' bed is very apt to be blown oft, or
Lemma* d splaced. It is therefore quite
important to examine the beds (rola
time to time and replace the oovering
on the bare plants. It ousts Huth ng
and is time well spent. Broken and in-
terrupted rows in the strawberry lied
aro a discouraging eight at picking
Gine.
THB BOER'S DAUGHTER.
The Beer's daughter must not be-
come a domestic Beryant, except on
condition of having her meals with the
family, says a Johannesburg corres-
pondent of the London Telegraph. "If
my obild is cot good enough for your
I table, she shall not iive in your house,"
'maid s father. A poor woman with-
!drew
ith-'drew her son from an office because
be was Iearuing some duty which she
deemed menial. and, "thank God," said
she, "my amt 7 never yo e y s av
ery of that kind." A gentleman whom
I know secured employment on the
railway for a you fellow ss. porter.
Oa the very first request of a passen-
ger to lend le hand with luggage he re-
plied, indignantly: "What do you Ieke
me fort Do you think I am a Kaf-
fir?' These poor folks cannot for; -et
that they once had [arms and were in-
dependent. For two centurion they
compelled the services of • lower race,
and now they would rather starve than
wyrt "like a Kaffir." For various
I rwoa they have loam the r lands,
tote is e. bitter cry that in being
raised throughout Snuth Africa that
-these Iambi are passing into the hands
at strangers, and erstwhil• landed gen-
try of the country aro face to face
with the dread alternative, "work or
starve."
be returned to France In 1848. Ifo
member of the Eng.ish aristocracy wan
a more [atelier figure I° fashionable
society, yet in spite oh his amiability,
be etas generally distrusted sal an In-
sincere, dreamy mau. The beautiful
end virtuous princess seems to have
shared to ti preeudice
She finaily married an officer of the
Austrian army, the Duke of 'deck, who
was four years younger, than herself.
It sous a ltap,py marria4e, and ar the
Luellen, of Teck, and the mother of
a future queen of England, she re-
mained until her death one of the moat
popular princesses of this royal house.
61.e toes e,eloved for hen goodness and
sweetness of character, and for her
homely, domestic virtues. Her life was
filled wit's good deeds and zeal for pub -
lin e'taritiea
Royal marriages have played sol im-
portant a part In the drama of Euro-
pean history that imagination toys
n ill the thought that the course of
the world's great events would
have been different it the moat fam-
ous of toe Princes Diary's rejected
suitors had been successful in his ad-
dresses to her.
The alliance with the English royal
house might have imparted staldlity to
the fortunes of Napoleon III. It cer-
tainly would have been more influenti-
al in European cdoncils than his mar-
riage with Eugenie from an olwcure
SpanLsh famil
triquer, who worked id the dark, was
mysterious] in his methods, ands
admitted his ateliers to hell full con-
fidence.
on-fi dence. He was, however, powerful(
Influenced by the empress, who, with
all I.cr brilliant qualities, lacked sound
judgment in h ul.lic. affairs. It may or
may not le trite that she dragged him
into the Mexican invasion and into the
war with Germany Certainly ' the
English princess, with her strong, well-
1,alaneedudgment, and clear,good
sense would have dissuaded him) rom
thew rash unelertakings.
The priocess'a influence would have
leen very great in French affairs. it
_Might involved a different end-
Tn ��everat ribsi+ters- of European,
history;Int her 'serene character. and
nsehrt example have not been v{rllitted
in quieter English scenes.
FOUND AT LAST.
liemmekeeper, to pleasant faced girl
at employment agen•ey-(lave you say
objection to the country',
Girl, politely -None et all. madam.
dlcoptbehsepeer-1 have quite a largo
family.
t le -►-"titin more the merrier.
Ilweebeeper--Neve° children, two of
tbi n Ratite 'Ming.
j elirl-i love littler, ohildoan. '
dlou•ekeeper-It will be neo weary
!for you to lake brand, wash, and get
the meals. I attend to the pantry and
chamber work nereelf.
Gir1-1 will also make the pastry sod
1 do the 70* .wow rne
H krenteeper-iti cannotillallgive yo*.mnre
thee tires afternoons off.
Girl -Two will he sufficient, pertain
n
more than I will want, se my piaci
Is to give strict attention to ray'
bousebo d duties and 1bos get the work
done asp p>ompuy, every day. so an
to have plenty of npportuniLim to resat
between tines.
HHonsekeeper-i am dwligMted-
Stranger, suddenly entering- Horry
to interrupt you. rn•dam, Mut you are
convene with one of my patients
who hos use escaped from the Hope -
limey Inou.rsble Lunatic Asylum.
WELL AND GOOD.
Tommy --Paw, what ie the difference
between " we11 " and "mrwtd t"
Dir. Figg-Wal. i hems noticed that
about the ogly time rias can be ere
(wended cm to he good le when you are
cot tooling well
MISS ETITEI, 11. BENJAMIN.
Mists Ethel R. Ren jemin is the first
lady bgrister to pass the necessary ex.
atnitistioas and le permitted to prac-
tice
rao-tice lu jN.sv Zea:enrl Born and edu-
ceted at Irunwein she matriculated
from the gills' 1411h ech of in 1ie93.
, C ottuequcntly ebe hats a hi.•ced ber b ,n-
or in the peentiur.i :, ssi!.lo time -four
years. Sbo graduated the year from
(Itsfo Urriier.t;y, tibetp .he was plso-
'eh first int the tir:r1 'lass division in
jurisprudence and in constitutional
history end la%v respectively. She Al-
so headed the New Zealand list in Ro-
man law. evidence and equity respec-
tively.
espeo-tively. and was bra'keted first In crim-
inal law and real and personal prop.
arty respectively. Admitted as a bar.
-deter and solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Mseriland last April, Mies
Ethel R. Itanjamin. L.L.B.. is now
s practicing in her native eity of Du .
d:..
MON OF A TRW ABROAD.
Mrt. Gaeewell, your daughter's vWt
to Enrsfve rooms to have made her
mess a ponev.d young woman.
i should say so. My Isnel youeoght
to hear her say. i shell be very pleas.
I ed.
HOTS' TOOL CHEATS.
1antnta-Whore Is Sint pretty toot
inset your and gave yon on t'Drlot•
taaaf
(tall Ekon-in the closet; het tbs
fonds ie all brown.
Mamma -it .reyr met Tee assgnee•
boy! You mesa leve beam tryfaig to
ore thea,