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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1898-4-21, Page 3aniTOR1,4L NOTE'S. SAVED AND 'LOST. Prom Luigi of Savoy. Duke of the ", ,,r_,,• htateraRllPR young man with with the dost and sweat of With plenty of moan, at hie stbpo.al, kis work at the foundry, Peter Our- loolusod a social position which flea leads to a III* of idleness It not f dissipation, J1t °huosse to strike out or blasted in a field where neither wall nor rank will avail ilei ad %hem be will stake his life on his own physical and mantel powers. He has made up his mead to mate a try for the Norte Pole aid to %In for Italy. it possible. a new geographical glory. The expedition he Le preparing will he fitted out tor e sures years' stay in the Arctic regions) la r hoz on the front window, and aid will have a money backing such rad neat window curtains hid the rooms within. "It do look woader(ul smart, but not hell amort enough for ben." be mut- tered as he pushed open the gate end ("tined the door. Carefully wiping hie .,boots on the tiny mat. he went straight to the kitchen. " W here's Dick t" said a voice f mat- t* one-tis scullery beyond. "Salt' got sous errands -he'll he heckle a bit," he answered, as he eat rat aam°heir before the fire and gamed approvlagly round Bright raphe were neatly ra,tteeed to t6$ paper; the wooden chair* and table were spotlessly clean aad the grate waa as bright re labur could make it. "Well. Peter. how do you like my pictures t' said a pl.amet voice; and soy wearily plodded his way home. A great longing for the rest and com- fort of his lodgings oaens over him, and braced his tired muscles Into ac- tivity o-tivity again, as be turned down the dingy street in which be lived. There was ooly one redeeming feature in Wor- ship lane, and that was No. 27; and be - tore its gate Gurney stood with ad- miring eyes. Bright green paint shone on door and railings--• row of sickly flowers struggled to show their bloom private exploring party to the pole has yet possessed. '1'be ezpenees will be defrayed entirely by the Italian roys family, the Priam himself contribut- ing Ifs whole income toe three years, while Lis uncle, King Humbert. and his alder brother. the Duke of Aosta. are said to have prola[asd esctl 1100.000. The present Intention of Prince Luigi is to make the attempt from the Euro- pean el& taking Frans Jose* Land as • base of operations. He is .now dfor••T,Mkieg information • jam,• eon from Dr. Nensen and his oompae- ions on the Frani, sat# will look over the ground In a trip to Spitsbergen sad Frans Joan( Land this summer. Be- yond the feet that he will be acetone. ponied by Lieut. Cagai. his nidi -de - mow, wko serended Meant 8t, Elisa Kra Dart, drying her hands, oame tato with the Prince fast summer. and by the ikitaham. Sar trim. neat figura Pref. Guido Cora. of the University her refined sooent. and her sweet, pats of Turin, nothing definite is known of face. all proclaimed her foreign de- tlw Prince's plana, though European suet, and, together with ber tidy newspaperalaake the genes that be will hoe and smart dress. brought down try to nick bis goal by dreggiag,osSpas her the morn and hatred of her sledges and.. bMts over Me 12i - g»0R!bRhbora metes that he will take tweety [tat -j Mos Mg mon Wand et bar with s Wistful took, wbich eke seemed to find Gina and a number of Esquimau: with .him. They do not explain. however. -how' be Ciro -lab to Or rectal. Vent wird d jlt of tb. Luck lee that Mbseksd ' Parry sad pewee. The thoroeRb,prse- tical and quiet nese[ in which Prince elabarrassing. tor she begun getting 1PR•dy t ks sevW+'• "Lass." be said. turning his back to lir and leaning over the fire. "PH not be saying se how 1 haven't been well Luigi pleased aad carried out euceee eared for hem or that mJ lodge ain't telly his ascent of Mou.nb St. Elias is' eomfortsble, but -I'm going to tied a dtisflentea-tbattbs difficulties in-hissaocbsr. lass. if I can." saw .aderfaktagwiU .11 be tboSigLt4 The girt'" pale face grew paler yet. oat, and that the Italian expedition and her eyes dilated and Cootracted will be guided by orienting knowledge in ber agitation and by the experience of previous ez- "Going to leave us, Peter t When pkaeaaad not hy haphazard theories, •we've been such good friends. Why. • what have Dick or 1 done that yon finlike two other European ezpeditl- tins that have been talked of, the Ital- ians respect the etiggette of explora- tion and will in no way eacrosok on the American domain, where Lieut. Peary is surklog out Ithr ldees, They will make their sleet from the pole front the opposite side. sad two years alter him If persistence, patience, and endurance. qualities still cbareeteristie of their rave. es. overcome tbe nb-t� stades In their way, the Italians have as good chances of moos, as any of their predecessors. It is fitting. too. that the count ryMan of Co!um Me should attack the great geographical proton; or the century br'the aide ot M vnd,Qavian 'Uteri and British sea dogs A MODERN IARTYIL ?Ye Dears •f Sim l.-i.e.. "er tl/teeree.' Masons a Mauna dee. Who was 'that "Mrs. Jackson. oI Clitheros," whose death occurred is Eag:aad the other day 1 It is probable that the reader hes utterly forgotten her, or at most has a Lary reeolleotion of the lady's name. Yet the case is which abs won tbs crown of asrtyrdum was perhaps the moat celebrated of the country, and ben experience wee Instrumental in secur- ing & wider meseere of freedom for her sex halt the world over. Briefly. Mrs. Jackson was a lady of independent wealth who married is IA87 one B. H. Jackson. 1t was a rue - Le ay match, and Jackson seems to have been an adventurer for whom his wife retained no lasting regard. Mr. Jackson lett the country for a time his wife refusing to follow or Ito - company him. On his return to Eng- land Jackson got a verdict for the restitution of his ronjugal rights. Still Mrs. Jaclnson refused to live with lint. ft has been said that the {tidy was wealthy. The parish church of Clftbe- roe wase Is her patronage and she re- gn'arly attended its services. Dee deg ll 1801 Just as ebe was leav- ing the church, Itfrs. Jsoksott wag seiz- ' 1 by her buytmad, earthed away to a how,. at lheskhnra, and there detain- ed practically ea* prisoner. The bowie weft dwelled. at the time an beigg un- der "stege." sad Jtnep;.{es ware obtain- ed hy the garrison by means of rota'' let down from as upper window. Jeekees hrl a *epmber of stout and unprincipled retainers to gnard the lady in his stronghold, and the (Aileen' of the law hssttated des !.trade, as 'an Pogliahm&n's loose 1s his castle," Stitt, it wee felt to be intolerable that a strewn woman meld lis Imprisoned, even try bar Mabafd, sad the courts )v%rd • habeas wpm oasis. Jaekaoa had, gat Molested his wife in any way. testltlsoly showed, except that he had rudely taken{ oft her bon- net and throws It late the tire. The court refused to gest the writ of ha- beas tarpon bolding tie detentioe not 8legal. 1VMt • bowl of indignation followed! The Court of Appeela reversed the !s• dein* sine', by the taw of lak, the newts while staining the power to de- cree the restitution of eosJnllal rit►t• leers deprived of the power to eotapel the restltvtioe, The lad was released sad that was the end obit. Tits Reese of T,orls wee lea be bat there wee so taw sorsa. Lia. oily, , `herefore, at tide day in Rng- hmsbaed ewe sasses a deems to compel hie wife to live wit% hire gasified Iter wU1, but be r,n't enforce the Milers., ahonld go away i - A little catch in Ur voice. and the trembling of her alga warned him that tears were neer et band. sad ie sprang up and turned toward her. 'Ah lass. you don't understand. Can't' you see I mustn't atop here no lomgert" ilia deep coke shook with kis agitation. "I've offended you. Peter." she said, Wilfully, not seeing his meaning. "No, bun, you ain't offended mo. nor eouldn't if you tried; but it's -well -I mast tell it. The first day I home here J loved yon. Los, and as it was, so it is, and I can't stay here, don't jou see I can't 1 His voice rose and trembled with poeston. "Alt lass. you een"t tel) how I've logged for you.. how I've hungered for you. night and day. Yoer face comes in front a my work -your face is with me always - tor I love yon," Maddened by his grief. be threw his nornplesto the winds, and strained her to his breast with a foroe that fright- ened her; she tore *reel/ away. and stood panting in front of him A heavy footstep sounded on the flag- stones outside. and a loud cheery voice called out, "Is Peter [q. minis r The pair stood looking at each other, and. with s broilen-bearted sigh. Gur- n ey turned away and went silently to his room. Lt. half -past 5 the two men lett the house for their day's work in gloomy silence. A fierce hatred for his chum, nursed by the evil thoughts of a sleep- less night, filled Peter's mind. leaving Io time for idle talk. (.'ome what might hs had resolved io some way to thrust his chum out of the way. "Sup- pose he tripped when carrying short- est. of molten Iron 1" whispered the tempter; "It wouldn't beour fault. Soppoming you pushed him into the pit of molten steel. who wonted suspect you his chum t With theme thoughts racing through his mind. Peter began this afternoon's wort of shell casting. Groups of men, sub pair carrying • long iron pole sheathed at the end with wood. ap- proached a large furnace; a bole was knocked in the end, and a small stream of molten, biasing steel flowed out, sending shower* of sparks in the air. With s long hook the forms** pushed Iron buckets under the flowing rivu- let of metal; each one, when filled, wee slang by its carriers on the pole, and was borne shoulder high to the sisil molds and there implied. Pater -Diet .farted st length with their Load, with the latter in front, and onus more murderous thoughts filled the former's mind. A trip on hie part would send the molten metal stream- ing over bis churn's baek. sad another accident meld be added to the 1ir fist. and --Cls girl be worshipped would be tree. Little did Diok Dart Intel pest hew lama times that &llersoon Alrnsti with his naming sword stood set against him, or how many times the wretoked mag bellied kiss drew back train his ghastly talk. At length the shell* were all ea:, and Peter, with what .tnusth d ad he bad, tklaSked ()od, that lel.; trial win wear. bat aa the roes were having the foremen mid to the two trisects: "I wish yea two would stop for • bet heal& the casting pit le the other shop. We were late reaming the motel in, and' It snot be raked for at )east an hoer before 1t settles." "All right, girl" sold I>lek, cheerily. Peter and I Will May, never tear." The wrorkman atrsamed eat, )esvieg the trier: and the welt t g the Getty i/lttlt beige if the ' 1A troths. Psterlibl as be followed his mat* ' to the greet pit w bbl ra,tiated a here ing loot of a>A,.111 kilo With left ire% rakes they cleared the molten sea of the scum that dimmed its lag aur - f and watched ``` ti the blue m" `°'` Agricultural fttokseed from tlalf'tp flies on it. AM though the sweat wan running down Cm. Peter telt seyey-'eotdness- getup over blas as he d.rew nearer to Dart, Who stood looking keenly et the liquid Wens before him. Ole raised his rake to thrust him beadloag to an awful death. but a wee unable to move, for there stood plainly, between hlu and his victim, the shadowy form of Dick's wife, with band uplifted. He flung down the rake wtth a curse end Deme and stood Clore to his friend, who was stretohing out over the pit. gathering the fresh rising scum. Whether the fumes overcame him, Dick Dart will never know, for he felt himself falling forward and uttered a sharp ory. In- stantly Peter flung out his left arm and by • mighty effort hurled the fall- ing pan beck. but lost his own balanoet is he did so and tell witb an awful cry into the yawning death below him. His t of mortal agony rang through Wass "tag _till dissolve the copper Lhahe building as be lay for an Inatint on the liquid fire; then flames burst sulphate more readily than cold water. out around him and In s few seconds 11 the dine is at all dirty strain the not a trace of Peter Gurney remained. lime coattail. II the lime is good the Gone to an awful death, It la true, shove amount is likely to lx, sufficient. but with the fresh glory of a hero's came upon bim-and who shall judge it la an easy matter to know how much hist lime is required by using what is 1NStRUOTION,3 IN SPRAYLNG. The Ontario Department of Agri- culture reoo.nnead lite following .o- 1attune : 1. Bodeen= Mixture. -Copper sul- phate, 4 pounds; Ilene, fresh, 4 pounds; water, 40 gallons. thilkiend the Dopper sulphate in Live gallons of water. Thal may fes done by putting it in a bag of coarse ma- terLsL and hanging it so as to be cov- ered by the water. 81ake the lime in about tb. Same quantity of water. Then mix the two and add the re- malgiise aLtha gg gallons of water. A STORY BY HARK TWAIN. sw•+ 111P ancien. -Iris\ ■sailer mad Ice Little Saar. termed the ferrocyanide of potaaalnm test. This substanoe can los gut at any druggist's, and very little is re- quired. Take s small bottle. 2 and get It titled with a saturated solution The following anecdote, related by, 4I .1,b compoand if there hi not Mark Train, has never appeared in totenty of line. to your mixture. a df__ print. At en entertainment given for of the teat added to it, turns brown.. the benefit of the seamen on board the Add more lime and stir. As soon steamer Kaiser Wilhelm tl. on her as the test tails _to color in coming in contact with your mixture, it iaddll voyage from New York to Genoa -Mr. pates theta Is sufficient lime primmest Clemens was posted for an address. On to neutralise the effects ot the corpse being introduced he ruse and in hie pe- suli'hate, Uss wooden veasels 1c-prF paring the Bordeaux mixture. >~ Ammoniacal Copper Carbonate Solution. "Cuprwm."-Copper carbon- s.te, 1 canoe; strong ammonia suffici- ent to dissolve the copper carbonate; water, 10 gallons. This solution is not much used. and is recommended only in cases where the fruit is so tar advanced that it would be disfigured by using the nor - dual: mixture. 11, Paris Green bIliture -Paris green. 1 pound ; Water, 200 to 300 gallons; eallk-rat limo 4 gallons. Use 200 gallons water la a misters for apple trees. 250 for plum t. gift of oratory, and he never missed.en 1100 for peach trees. When Paris shwa opportunity to display it. An oppor- is added to Bordeaux mixture, so an to lusty was afforded on the occasion et form a codibined_ insecticide and IoM a christening. There- was a consider- gidots add four ounce. to every 7t able audience, made up of the relativeat friends and neighbors of tbe parents. The preacher began by saying: "'We have met together. my friendd on a very interesting occasion - the 8 pound. Kerosene lft son on -Hard soap, boil- christeningof this little child -but i 1-2 or toll soap, ;coal quart; (1.2 iqg water, soil, 1 gallon; coal dl, Y see already a look of disappointment on gallon& your face. 1.. it because thin infant Atter dissolving the soap in lbs water, add the coal oil and stir well L so small t We must bear in mind for 5 to 10 minutes. When property' that this globe upon wbich wie live is mixed, it will adhere to glass witbotat made up of small things, infinitesimal °alines. A syringe or pump Will aid objects we might say. Little drops of much in this work. in uaing, diluter with (rota 9 to 15 parts of water. Keno- water make the mighty ocean.; the seas emuLaioo may be prepared with mountains which rear their hddty`v`tbur heads toward heaven and are often lost in the cloaca etre mate op of little grains of sand. Resides. my friends, we must take into consideration the possibilities in life of this little speck collar tone of -voide sail manner said: "My friends, 1 one that my name h on the programme for an address. Ae this wag done without consulting me. 1 shall give you an anecdote In its place. Now, you know, there are anecdotes; and anecdotes, short meter and long meter. I shall give you s, long t10tnr; one with a snapper at the end. It la about a Scutoh-lriab minister who thought ,be was called to proal:% tbe Colossi. while he knew that be bad the gallons of toe Bordeaux mixture. 4. Hellebore. -White hellebore. fresh. 1 ounce; water. 3 gallons. 5. Pyrethrum.- Pyrethrum powder, fresh. 1 ounce; water, 4 gallons. clawed by poisoning; in severe oases headaches. nausea, eruptions, toll.and utters are said to result. The danger f{•om arsenites, which are soluble in water. such as Landon arple. are egreater t ro aria green, wbich contains ser -sots- ble ;rami,. There is more danger of poisoning b7 absorption when perspir- ing freely. However. by taking proper precaution, tbste need be little fear. A leather washer about four inches ill diameter should be fitted just below the nozzle which will prevent the drip from reaching the kande. As tar as possible keep to windward of the nos- xle. When much work is to be done, rgbber gloves should be worn. The edravetmrne and thst.ty aexposed pittafter.prshoulday ►w wash - 10. The out of spraying Bor- deaux mixture is not very great. Cop- per sulphate of the beat quality. wbich la the only kind which should be used. can Be had at from 4 1-20. to 50. pet Ib. by the barrel. and Paria green at from 15o. to SOU. per Ib. The oust for material to properly spray an average apple tree for the entire season should not exceed from 4o. to 5o. TREATMENT. 1. Apple. -Treatment for destroying codling moth, bud moth, tent cater- pillar, canker worm. apple slot. leaf blight, pistol case bearer and towdery mldlew. First spraying: Bardeen: mixture and Paris green (4 os. to the barrel of the mixture) when the buds are swelling, Second spraying; Bordeaux mixture and Paris green before the blossoms open. Third spraying: Dor- IPA mixture. and FRa'e'ca•gseim WALL the blossoms have fallen t+ourtb sod fifth sprayings: Bordeaux mixture ,end Paris green et intervals of ten to tit- tesn days. if necessary. No definite date can be named after which it would be este to cease apray- bag for apple scab.. The orchard should ird and fourth application. and the treatment again , applied if scab appears en the trnit or leaves. Many apple growers who sprayed in 18117 until the end of June. and no- (fleeted to watch their orchards after- wards, lost heavily. The scab appear- ed very late in the season last year. and all the experimental orchards were given en extra applicatiore in the ear- ly part of Jaly, which largely account* for the splendid results obtained. Y, Pear -Leaf blight, scab and ood- deng:saatb, the same trestmeat as for &R tes• - . nn=- C eculiu. brow's - rot and - First spraying: Bordesax in before the flower buds open. Second -.praying; _Bordeaux mixture and Par- is green es soon sa thu petals have fallen. Third spraying: Bordeaux mix- ture sad Paris green in &even to ten days atter. Fourth spraying : Bor- deaux mixture in ten to fifteen days after. 4. Peach. -Brown fruit rot, leaf bright, plum curculio and peach curl (Ezoascee sip.) First and second spraying's: Same as for the treatment of the plum. Third spraying: Bordeaux mixture in two or three weeks. Fourth spraying: Am- moniacal Dopper carbonate,!( any dang- er of disfiguring the fruit with Bor- deaux mixture. 5. Cherry. -Aphis, slug, brown' rot and leaf blight. First spraying: Norde.ue mixture aa the bads are breaking* if the aphis appears ass kerosene emulsion alone. Second spraying: Bordeau" mixture snd Paris green as soon as the blossoms fell. Third spraying: Bordeaux mix- ture and Paris grecs tea to fifteen days after. - 6. Grapey.-.*lldesw, black rut, flea beetle and leaf eating inseota. First spraying: Bordeaux mixture and Paris green when leaves are one inch in diameter. Second spraying: Bordeaux mixture and Paris green when flowers have Callen. Third and fourth sprayings: Bordeaux mixture at iat.ervala o. ten to fine** days. Paris green alone velum the beetle lie attacking the bunds is the spring. 7. Raspberry.-Antihraenose, Teat Italie-it and saw -fly larvae. First spraying: Bordeaux mixture and Paris green just before growth be- gins. Second spraying: Bordeaux mix- , Lure and Paris green about when first , blossoms open. Third spraying: Bar- , deauz mixture tees the fruit is gsth- ered- B. Currant and Gooseberry. -Worms and mildew. First spraying: Potassium sulphide, Bordeaux mixture and Paris green as soon as the leaves expand. Second spraying: The same ten to fifteen days later. For worms alone, hellebore or Parts green will be effective. 9. Tomato. -Rot and bligtht. Spray witch Bordeaux mixtura as soon as rot or blight appears. for three times. it necessary, at intervals M ten to fifteen days. 10. Potato. -Blight sad beetles. First .praying: Paris green as moon es the Beetles appear, one pound to 100 gallons of water. Second sprsy- lag: Bordeaux mixture and Paris green when plants are six makes high. 'third and tou'rth sprayings: Bordeaux mix- ture et intervals of ten to fifteen day., it woresery. 11. Cabbage.-Pyrehhnsm applied is .solutions one ounce to four gallons of water, or dusted on, one part pyre- thrum to neve* parts flour, for the cab- bage warm. 12. Strawberry. -The rust or leaf - Bordeaux mixture, when it me he applied without diat(guring tbe fruit, will rontrnl this disease. Apply at in- tervals of two or three weeks nes new beds after they begin to make runner.. Lath, f oe fen, r :d Meal oft, 2 gal- Iooa, no soap being required. This will not keep long. NOTES. 1. 'When there is danger of dis- figuring fruit with the Bordeaux mixture nee the a,,nmonia;al copper of humanity. He may become .• great carbonate solution. preacher, multitudes may be swayed by 2. Experience in spraying during the his eloquence and brought to we and past three years indicates that It is believe in the truths of tbe Gospel. He beat touts the combined insecticide and may become a distinguished physician fungicide, commencing as soon as the g ad his farn0 es a healer of men may buds begin to swell, again when the reach the uttermost parts of the earth.* leaves appear. and cantinas it at *n- and his name go down to posterity as terval. of 10 to 15 days, until lbs trees one of the great benefactors of ho- lave been sprayed i to 5 times, wbich manity. Be may become a great as- will depend neon the weather. In tronomer and read the heavens as as the. ease of a rain? •Baso,. It may be open book. Ile may discover new stare' necessary to spray at least five times. which may be coupled with that of+ while 1f dry. and the mixtures have Newton and other great discoverers.; been ►Vowed to remain on the foliage. He may become a distinguished states- ti -',1 three or (ouf times may he aut- umn and orator. and by the strength ficeat• of his intellect and eloquence be may 1 in no case spray while the trees are control the destinies of nations and his In bloom, but immediately after. It name be engraved upon monument* er- is contrary to law. and punishable by acted to perpetuate hie memory by hal a tine of from 01.00 to 05.00. admiring and grateful countrymen. He ll. The combined insecticide and fun - may beaorn.. an author and a poet and his nacre may yet appear among those now entombed et Westminster. He may become s great warrior, and lead armies to battle and victory; his prow- teapots that sack the juice* of plants ass and valor gray change the map of gicide, containing Paris green and Bordeaux mixture. L to be need for bisects that chew, and injurious fungi but keroseee emulsion alone for those Europe. Methinks 1 hear the plaudits of the people at the mention of his deeds sad rune. He may become -'er 'er-be *night-'er-' "Teraina to the mother: "'What is teas painef "The mother -'What is the dahy's name r "'Yes, what is his name r "Theo mother -'ht's name ie Mary Ann.' ' THINGS PEOPLE WORRY OVER. a,M, Perna/4. 1e the Mao* MM5►Mra shag of All, Thiele Wr. taebbtrlow. "Some people wrbrry over ole thing. some over another," said Mr. Nobble - ton, but 1 think lariat* that more of us are disturbed by debt than hy any one thing. Troubles of one sort and another we 'mettle with pretty wail. especially the troubles of other people. And we get over s eickneaa and roma around again chipper as birds and lwghing before we know it. We can stub our toe, or receive even more serious bodily injuries, and yet recov- er our nateral buoyancy, gut d.ht is the heaviest load of all. A mite in debt woes up all his strehgtb carry- ing that load, and haa nose left where- with to get ahead. "it I had say young friends Mat dont starting out in life I should say to them: 'My eon. whatever else you do don't get into debt. DI DN T LOOK LIKE IT. The minister,• with his little arra Charles. we* railing ons an old parish k,0er who poured her troubles' into hie minpatlfzing ear, ending with the remark; I've had 1117 nonan held to Lha grtndatef• ter thirty years. Cherliw who .had beta looking to - tautly at ties Old lady. Instantly re- rraisb el: Well, itbaan't. wore the -cele rim titin and of it off yet. HE WAS A CURIOUS DUB. HIS ORACS re PORTLAND AND HIS 1413 PZCULIARITIES. r.f"y,g 0151* tra4ewaaean lessen eel NgrNMe at avast s Over !we ouu.0 hoods - Rere as Aran or Workouts - • Ness S orts or 4k.ullly who Setae Redeem` tae sea/arse, perleaee. that they are washed be tide respect only by the doors of the private drawing -room it Windsor Oastle. as)! ifY-A &CUTCH dNIrk' F -190i: One buudrett and sixty -51& beet 4. the b of the longest roo�m..I�wblsd 1 • L's ''!1•y-+'! 101141 !,441:.�.�t�., aid by night by eleven heed rsd"3Mi'm` late o gas or electricity. The ory.taI root of the picture gallery took tem years of constant labor to glans.' Its I walls are bung with almost prioelees 'the late leak. of Portland, who ons : pictures* --for the old Duke aver sooa- born in 18011, and died in 1879. was, with- Aoiassur of nn mean degree. A [stir out doubt, one of the most eccentric ysaral)w(ore his death deb: o,irluuled his pia tures, and throwing out [boss personages of modern times. During which els [antidiuua Carte rejected. he. his life, ur. at all ,vents, during the with the aasintanue .,f a boy made a later ►tannin of it be eatmop h him- tontine ut them, thus destroying thou- se[f in an impenetrable atmosphere of rand'" of pounds worth of canvases I t 11Fienth most p, le would hive been obscurity and mystery which has now glad to poitso►i, i followed him into his grave. it was, The carriage is wbich he almost ro- of course, to be expected that conduct variable rods etc: was a dismal. so strange. and esheer.e-like vehaicle, with shuttered nein ng especially in a noble-' down" see enlivened with hangings of man of such exalted rank. would give gaudy bia,:k, It was smelt is sine. war rise to a wonderful crop of legends. drawn by six ponies, and driven by The villagers near Welbeck -hie prince- lads. Every day his cosoh met the Lol- ly' seat is Robin Hood's Sherwood For- est -have long been won't W tell was travelling or not. or whether there strange stories with bated breath. The was anything to send or fetch, matter- domeatica at his other houses marveled ed not a jot. The tact that it went unceasingly at his vagaries; but the empty so often led to at least one amlaing •incident. ' Wben •10 that old strange part of it•w that few* of them! idiot of yours going to London againf ever saw their master, and would pro- I blandly inquired a porter of the coach - met not have known him if they had man. The "old idiot" heard the te- mwrk, and, putting out his head, took met biro either indoors or out. His' smote revenge by asking when the wealth wan almost fabulous. His Loa- 1 train would start. Ulnen one ooaaslon ,.a4M. -1. specie of one Dal 1 tokiai advants a of the solitude of the y' eT,T $g cork -tnfistt'wepisoe of stretched Prom Oxford street on tM4=oiifi Tuitding"ivtorlr. n uses, sloises f south, W Parliament hill on the earth, Ike wayside and it stranger coming up, the east and west boundaries being ap- ant only rated him for his ungodly con - proximately Tottenham Court road and duet. but forced hire to desist from it Baker street. His annual income was The duke, unwilling to argue. and still considerably beyond a quarter of a mil- testi willing to reveal his identity, had perforce to_gp dlsgomtited away. lion sterling, yet hie solwitore to whom was entrusted the legal management perforce ot these vast estates were never allow- ed to have an interview with him. It is said. indeed, that the only person with whom he could be said to hold direct intercourse was his valet, but exactly what' was the value of this *enact to his master it would be MARI) 1r) DE1'ERMLNIti, 1 welcome as the flowers in May F,at•b unless the valet acted as the go -be - heart knoweth its own bitterness, esob sourhati its own tronblee nod trade and so ea turn to the tla e -van tighten our sadneee w4tb For many yssra he employed a stand- the radiance of a rheertul spirit, tag army oT piira de f f fteen hundred 1 Buneh ins of tbe soot is largely s navvies. masons, smith", carpenters, ' matter of cultivation. for there are but and artisans of various kinds. For few so untortunate-as not to have had twenty years or so • thousand work - 'some grief. The selfish sit down and men were constantly euguged upon the brood over their sorrows. They give fairy-like constructions at hu wood- themselves up to fids of despoadeneyy cad moodineas and are • kind of mor - ow, on the pleasures of all with whom they come in cootnet. They tell you their sorrows and bedew you There lea story that his Grace, who with their tears until is assns there entertained a violent dislike to the ire • mast be a khat of luxury of woe in wbich they rejoloe. grant weed. onus cane Into unezpeotsd I Atter all the cheerful spirit is but contact with a gardener. who was an example of "that brave attitude to - smoking. Taken unawares, the °tread- ward lit," of wbich 4evensols wrote. sat pipe was iwtsatly oietectedf•The It is a courageous hearing of inevitable gardener, however, adroitly saved him- I ianrdsor, a dvtermima a ao sot Coolest self by peremptorily, ordering his mss- 1, and not to add to the a's r+ of the world. the griefs of one's own heart. ter Ott the grass, saying, "You know.1 woman who had had many sorrows the Duke doesn't allow it." Ramona-' and heavy burdens to bear, but who trance falling upon deaf ears the Duke was noted for her cheerful spirits, once had to get off his own lawn, but be was did in explanation: •"You know I so gratified at the maws adherence to have bad no mousy. 1 had nothing 1 instructions in this respect. that he could give but myaelL and gab I wadek forgave the breach of them in the otb- the resolution that 1 would never er, and anonymously rewarded him by sadden any one else with my troublea the gift of a sovereign. As a result of I have laughed and told jokes when I his predeceseor'a passion for building' rruld have wept. i have alwayesrniled and invisibility, the present Duke, me ' in the tare of every miatortane. 1 have on his •coeeiou to the title ninteen ' tried never to let any ore go from years ago, *bund himself poeseseed am- my presence witbont • happy word or °nget ntber good things of one of the a bright thought to carry with them. most extraordinary buildings ever non- , And happiness makes happiness. I. structed. fart of it stands above myself. aro happier than I would ground, but much of it is below. As tee' have teen had I silt down and bemoan - visitor approaches the venerable build- so my fate." ing-Welbeck Abbey was originally ` This gospel of happiness is ons that founded in the twelfth century -he t every woman should lay to heart. cannot fail to oheerve the' huge glass 1 What it mean. to a man to come home " hull's eyes" which protrude here I at night to a cheerful wire no one and there in the most unlikely pieces. I but he who had to fight the hard in the heart of ploughed fields, on the f petite or life knows If he is prosper - belt of turf bordering the highway;' oars it is an added Joy, but it is in even scoring thenrsbelves stove the lav- misfortune that it chines like a star el of the farmyard pond like the rail- ' in the darkness. A complaining wife way ventilators in the lake at Regent's , can kill the fast bit of hope and cotrr- Park. they stretch for miles, singly. in age in a sorely troubled heart while columns. or in groups, .on every hand• a cheerful one gives new- courage to These are the lanterns of the subter- begin the fight over again. rennin rooms and r:rridors, which cost' The m.,ther who lets her rhildre, their founder. ' grow u4, to he moody and discontent - OVER TW() MILLION POUNDS iing in her firet duty. Rhe Is handi- led, sut,ject to blues and Cults, is fail - and years of labor to achieve. Tbers'top4ping them In the race of life Cheer - are some fifteen miler of lbmes remark - buildings. All the'rt° success and happiness. The sun - 1 fulness is one of the prime requielties able underground approaches to Welbeck burrow nndet t diiny man or woman has every one the earth like huge rabbit warrens. An 1 for a friend. for this sad old earth undoubted right of way, offending by must borrow its mirth it bete sorrow its proximity to the mansion, was at I enougtl of its own. enormous cost either sunk wader- ground ader ground or partly built over. It is now a tuanmI, 5 mile and. a half lung, and is lighted from the beide above by day, and at night by gas. It is gloomy and THE' CHEERFUL SPIRIT. When we come to count over the qualities *bat endear our friends to alma„ t all of us think fist of cheer- tallneeie. Sunshiny men or women. who bring a bright thought or word or ev- en a glad smile with themare always tween who ooatmunicatede daeiT re or dispfessetre 4. -the uu world. The GY-noiyras a great builder. Uaob as aphis, thrip, red spider, clover mite. oyster anvil bark louse, San Jose -Dale, etc. 4. A shock solution for the prepar- ation of Bordeaux mixture may lx pre - Pored se follows: Diasolve 25 pounds of copper sulphate in 25 gallons of wa- ter. Due gallon of this contains Use pound el the copper sulphate. in an-, other barrel slake 25 pounds of good lime and add 18 1-2 gallons of water.: One gallo* of tide contain". two pounds i of lime. To make the mixture. take I four gallon* of tie Dopper sulphate so- lution and two of the lime. [t there la okay doubt about tbere not being suf- i fidget lime try tie test already referr- ! ad to under linrdeae mixture. Now till I up the amount to 4* gallons with ws- tar. li. Prepare the mixture well, apply 1i11tu at the proper time. and be at thorough as piesible in the work. Three fourths of the so-called spraying dome a not spraying at all. The trees ant cony drenched. When spraying Is Pro- perly done. the mixture is broken ap like a mist and settles os every part of the plant. A great deal mare of the mixture will remain on the plant when applied in this way, and there i* also a saving of material. as every drop which falls to the ground is lost. 1. lie mixture should fes leftin the pump or barrel, and, after main cleats to water .hoeld be pumped so as dear tie outfit. This Is important, as sous, oI tmiztntw set chemically tbs etwlhe of tine pump ma 7. Use a Y and two cosies, or a trip - 1., head gad three fozzi.a. The work nae he done just as well and ninth more expsditioualy. 8. To keep Bordeaux mixture off borsht and hareems ase mares limn ss other cover. 9. As moat of 111e spraying mixtures are pnisoeoum, ears sbonld 1* taken 1a Workleg with thele. They should sot be eased when there in say wetted or abrasion of lbs dds exposed.aad °are utensil be tab'm sot to allow the 'prey to settle N the heals or tans. or to he labeled. Ar Mites taken into the sys- tem by ab.orptios or fahalatioa pen• tare avmpt.ems at poisosiag. is mild suer they ressuble the symptoms pro - '1 DiAFNiCRA NTICD. Where have you lees to -night f rite asked bitterly, as he sauntered i, about eleven o'clock. Was it business again thin evening* 'Fine mash nn reply, but eat down to ibis cold supper that was es the table. Ah, the differenne in a short time! rhe went on. i have been trying to so- lute myself to -might by reading some of your love letters. Here le one. hold- ing it up, that you wrote one month before we were married; in this you say that you foal as H ynu could eat me. O%, the affection, the passionefe love expreated Ity those words! It is ono month after marriage. she con- tinued. beginning to weep pearly tura, and rob Tike the throb of a steamboat engine. ooty os. month after marrlege, and sow -- t wish to goodness i lied! mumbled the tlm/relitcg brute with his mouth full of hem �, -... - ...... .....nen„ land neat, and Lb. expenditure on these works amounted to about 100,0001. par, annum. MANUFACTURED FUEL IN !TALI?. Clareast is the great Italian fuel. dark to pass through, this road of fret- Naples alone consuming 40,1100 tone0of petual night. which Mr. Gladstone has wood chart -oar at s cost of [roma Ig described. as one of the wonders ot the r to t» per ton the national rnngump world; overhead rbododaadrons gilt tion being 700.000 tons. By the tar in Lbe sun, and azaleas distil their Blundell y,rcwesw of nunuf►cturinF. sweetness in the pacing Breeze. charcoal from peat, the peat coal can The underground palace comprises be produced for S., apt Aoki ata pre - many majestic rooms, with offices' of pit from a4 d OP omiwcheatnvr than the wood various kinds. corridors and passagesial e( t, and a company we,h n caps. with little trams. Their construction tai o[ Oriwift, haw purchased the hr u as pioertect as the best and most lab ant sad oils estat+list* wa,kt. aL-v Sri. _. - orfons workmanahlp could provide. The O°s points. The machine takes the. Duke was his awn architect, end a very exacting tine. Re first drew op hie plans and then heel • complete model mads therefrom. 1f the model did not please it was destroyed. *ad &eeb plane and models followed. until bis approval was secured. It the building revealed to his critical gaze a fault that could not otherwise he ah.otutely corrected. the building, however far advanced, NSI iocostisently demolished. and a tr• h stet* made. The Braine". of these ap- ,; o alas ,wallowed 3011001. The walla Ars onmeneely think and Impervious fn damp. The rooms wore nobly plan- ned and ripely proportioned, while for chasteness and elegance of decoration the were almost gnsurpsaa*hlm. The Duke adopted two oolong only for the walls and millets; white for the sor- nioss anti other raised work, and litho Beate sheds of ealmson Dolor for flat surfaces. The doors massive in rise Mid weight are bung tot perfectly that they freely reipodd to the teueh of n child, i1 Ise bees nhacrved, we doubt not by nose critic of Mtablisbed ex. teas peat from the bog. retitle.* It to taste, • elieninatea all impurities and for,igs matters. and forams .next this toile its the shape of a tube from three to five inches in diameter, which i* cat in lengths. dried and owed at once for Leel, like wood, or Inrrnwd in iron re - tarts for six boars to make chareosI, Three tons of pest make one of char- coal, which emits more beats than ord- inary charcoal. given oeti no smoke or unpleasant odor, and to free from rah. honk acid gun. THE 11E.1T WOOD TO ,CIVP, HEAT. Contrary to a nide-spread belief that hard woods give more nest in burning than soft varieties, it law hewn abnwn that the greatest besting power 1* POsses..d by Ida wood M tea linden tree, wbich is very soft. PIr stelae hart to linden and almost equal to it. 'hot •,t cornea pine, tawny inferior se Cr and linden; while bard oak posses• ie. eight per rent fetes Mating capa0it teen 'laden, sad red Meek ten per newt. rt.