The Signal, 1898-11-10, Page 7LOLA CRAII7SHAY
Ir W. A. MARCHMONT.
sbe bad reached this point in her
thoughts when the luncheon gong
exuded and her maid kutxked at the
door. Lola let ber in and then changed
Mr dram and hurried down stairs.
At luncheon Mrs 1)e Witt's curiosity
bed to be wet and panied.
Atter her passage at arms with Pierre
ferries she had been for a loos drive
[lune, and this bad Dot improved her
!cooper. She bad come back prepared to
ne very Iupleament to everybody mutt es-
pecially to the Frenchman, and she was
Inuoyed consequently when be was not
It the table.
"Where is yeas fiddlers" she asked of
Lois.
"He has had to go away, dear."
"()one away?" exclaimed Mn. De
Witt in a tone of great surprise. "Why,
said nothing of it when I saw him
his morning. Is most have beeu very
widen."
"Yes, II wag very sodden and very
trgent," mid Lola.
"Is be Doming back?"
"No," teterposed the baronet "The
art is, I had a row with tom when I
ame home and told bite pretty bluntly
hat his visit bad better cease. 1'd rather
its name were not mentioned."
"Oh, toy dear Magog, that's simply
mpossible!" cried Mrm. De Witt. "You
:cite my curiosity to the fever pitch
,ad than gay calmly you don't want me
o mention his name. What's fiat but
n tocitemenl to go on mantlouing it
Anil my curiosity is satisfied? What
a be done? He hasn't stolen anything,
um be? 1t isn't anything to do with
beryl, is it? 1 sew them closeted co-
mber once, but that's a11, though he
t certainly a most original individual
nd I should think • very daring one."
iud sbe flushed slightly in algcomfort
t the recollection of the aceue et the
norm `"But you mud tell me why he's
one."
"I have told you enough. He went
*cause I wished it There is uo more
o be said." And the baronet spoke
barply and decidedly.
"That mean. I am to ask Lola when
awh* ileac: a'ere'sall.-„ rmlaattdl Mee.
Lie Witt- "You'd tar better tern dab
Leta threw herself is a leap, low easy
chair.
truth at once, because 1 shall only think
there's some horrible acacial. and so
will everybody else..-ae h anything to
to with you, Lolar'
Sir Jaffrey looked at ber and smiled.
"It's no use, little woman," he said.
' 001 a bit of see. You can't worm
anytbiog out in that sort of way. Be-
tides there's 'wales to worm out that
ran possibly concern you."
"Thank you. I see you retain all the
rudeness of old friendship while with-
holding the nid accedence& " And Mrs
De Witt sniffed angrily.
"Just a you like," said Sir Jaffray,
laughing, as be rove from the table.
Stem afterward be went away, lam -
hot the Other two alone.
"I warned you, Iola," said Mrs. De
Witt as soca as they were alone. "1
told you there was mischief brewing,
and that be wee not baniliog round you
for nothing with that ab of pome'.r•roa
ce hi& + How did Magog and it out?"
"There iv really nothing to tell you,"
wa. the reply. "You are so ridiculous-
ly tar away from the truth and are
leaking so mach of so little that you
are almoet willfully misleading your-
self. Jaffray and M. Torrian had my
high words, and then, to my great
pleasure, the letter w.nlaw.yr I deem-,
likt d having hint thereat all."
"No, poetmibly Dot," paid Mrs. De
Witt is a tone from which much might
Mee hem inferred, but Lola let it pass
witbont a retort
"And Dow I em going to ask you a
favor " she said. "There are, am you
bow, • lot of people coming here in •
topple of day., and I have no end of
things to me to. Yet I am anxioom to
bran what is doing at I.eyeest.r Court
with Mr. Leyeester. I wish you'd drive
ever there this afternoon and mak for me
how he is and bow Beryl is mad when
she can get heck here."
„Yea haunt's the knack a yet, Lola,
of making your house very attractive to
your guests," said Mrs De Witt an-
grarinnsly. She was crony m • gossip
monger °finally is at.ibeing• ifobbd orf
what she droned a toothsome morsel of
scandal. "Bat I'll tomer to the Chart,
and I'll drive through Waleote to me if
lean ostnb a glimpse of your Plexoh-
wen. I dare my bell tell me the trews. "
With to more than s .mile at thts
diet Lola rang the bell and ordered the
Carriage for her companion.
As soon as the latter had gone Lola
went to her own sitting room to think
set the ret of the problem. This bad
hen her Teaeon for wishing to get rid
of MTM. De Witt Sim felt that she mat
he alone.
long in her room
before • at She
m knock oat tae 1 door disturbed
hes. She had looked it to pretest lobar.
Rptioo.
It was her maid, wbo brought a lst-
4 on • salver.
'This has jest ems .b bend, my
7, with • message for 1t to be dell,.
Wed immediately to you. I thought It
debt to bring it"
Lnla took 51, and, going into her room,
q@sed it
II was flees Pierre Terries, abort,
T t Let be kr. Ow .merge u Ade Tree
meth odd the PIM et f1 o'oet
P. T.
Lola mood fora imitelet Marine hely
at 11e opsu Iltl.t Whin the MU
SWIM her.
"1,,I i.ro arty When, ,
"1", ,,,ass," retareed Lela bm'rlseb.
7<'ke girl withdrew, rad Lois leeksi
V lege *Isis baba beg rlegb 1111rrw.
he herself late a iM& lost "sly ahalr.
snw. to agbt her way Mtoogb $ sold
of b to a .!sig MOW st agf)1ot`
CHAPTBB'ZYIL
noun.
It was useless to tight soy longer.
That was the burden of Lola's
thought/1 as she sat with Pierre's odor!,
peremptory tote lying ou her lap.
She bad'done hes utmost in the light
for happiuess. She bad striven bard to
retain it in her grasp, but the fates were
fgl,tiug against her, and there wan
W tbiug left but to own herself beaten
and accept the defeat as beat she could.
1t was bard to give it all up—hardest
of all to loge Jaffray'• lore and to feel
that be would kuuw ber for a cheat and
a liar and worse.
Elbe ran back in thought over the
events of tbe time since her arrival in
England and smiled in melt contempt as
the saw one after smother the line of
fable steps sbe had taken. How paltry
and unworthy seemed now the little
ambitions whicb sbe bad cherished then,
how utterly weed end poor the objects
fojr which she bad %triven!
To be the wife of a rich man the bad
.chewed and plotted and intrigued.
And what had it proved to be? The
one sacrifice that now caned ber the
least regret was that of her money and
position. The one thing she dreaded to
lose uow was the one thing whicb she
despised then—Jaffray's love. Sbe bad
traded ..on his love to wits wealth and
honor for herself. The end WAS nothing
but diab000r for him and a desolate,
broken life for herself.
Yet he bad loved ber—loved her like
the true, gallant man be was The
thought cheered ber, though It brought
scalding tears to her eyes, which she 1N
gather and blur all ber sight and then
fall unchecked. In all the yearn to
oome and whatever might befall her or
him be would never blot out from his
memory the love he bed once bad for
bet, and the loved the thought of that
If only the truth mould be kept from
Dim for always! She would give ber
life, she thought, if that could be.
What would be think of ber if she
were to die? How would be feel If be
were to come into the room and find
ber dead?
Now the mailed Dome words that
Pierre had spoken about drugs that told
no tale and left no sign. What were
they? How could they be obtained?
How would it be to go to Pierre as be
said in his letter, to seem to fall to
with his plan._ poison Jaffrey, to get
trona bias the drugg 10r that purpose
aid "tbeinteiielf tike i{1 'Thai world
be easier than to find some poison by
berselL Yet stay—there wat no diffi-
culty. It did not need any such elabo-
rate preparation a that.
She bad but to feign a bad headache
with eleepleseneas and take ■ sleeping
draft strung enobgb—for ber to wake
D O more.
No one would think of poison. Her
Me lay ■11 before ber, bright with a
dulling promise of bappinega, thought
the world. How little the world knew)
Two people would understand, however,
and know the truth—tbe man who held
ber in his merciless power and Beryl,
wbo bad guessed the secret
What would they think? Nay, what
would they do?
Would Beryl tell? She thongbt of the
girl's gold, firm, deliberate nature and
for a moment wavered bow to answer
the question .. o; Beryl' would nos
carry any testing, however keen, be-
yond the grave. She felt that. If she
bad paid the penalty with her life,
Beryl would be as intent a the grave la
which she herself was to bury ebe secret
But what of Pierre? As the thought
of him she was ()old and sick. She knew
too well what be would do. He world
geek at once to trade on the shameful
knowledge. He would tell the whole
story to Jaffrey, threaten him with ex-
posure if be were not paid hush money,
and thus hold him in bondage by the
knowledge of her shame till Jaffray
should come to hate ber very name and
curse the day when he had grown to
love her.
The gates of death were thus shot
against her, and Phe felt that .be moat
work out snore other means of escape.
Not once in ■11 her misery did she
think orf telling Jaffray. She knew him
ea thomnghly end knew how he would
tarn from her act and her shame that
the mere thought of faring him et much
a moment was more than she could en-
dure.
For this there was another reason,
known only to herself, end the knowl-
edge of it had set op in her miod hun-
dreds of confusing thoughts, fears, im-
pales and emotions. There wee the
h ope of • little -life that was sola day
to be born, acid, Ilk. a sword piercing
the flesh and turning in the wound to
prolong the agony, was the knowledge
that the child—here and Jaftrey's—
would be the child of theme.
She knew tow well what Jaffray
would feel and think and say if one.
this knowledge were forced upon him,
and the fear, and the shame, end the
love, end tbe misery all blended todrive
the wretched girl to distraction.
Gradually out of the blinding mixt
and sorrow an idea began to take shape.
H she were to see Pierre and lure him
ea to delay any evil plana be might have
formed by promising to work with him,
something might happen to prevent his
doing any berm.
Or, better still, if sbe were to fly
from the manor hoose and let him know
that she bed done so, he might be driven
from his purple altogether.
She Could see him that night at the
time sad place he had named, and then
she fell to pondering all the points that
occurred to her in this connection.
In the midst of this she was mooed by
• k000k et the door. She made no re-
sponse, but folded up the letter from
Pierre and put it in her pocket.
The knock Dame again, firmer and
more impatient, and then • voice --Sir
Jatray's—called her.
She rose, and, wiping the tears bap-
lily
a♦lily iron ler eyes. opened the door. •
Ben it a letter for you, Lola, from
Ilmryf." be said, giving to bar a letter
which Lola saw was fattened with a
seal. Then, seeing by her fees that sbe
was troubled, be aid very gently,
"What le the matter, dearest?" And be
billowed her tato the room. "Yom hens
been sitting hue ohne," be added in a
**eerier vales.
"I am—eel---not very welt," the
mid. Iyer lips trembling and half refua-
ingto tram. nay worth at all.
"-
Well, read your letter. Perhaps
Beryl ben some good mere for you
about her father. Reed it •and ten Id
Sall to whether I .ae't Moor yea up a
bit. Teen are so Olrosg smally that you
Massie sea whin you sbe lits this."
BM Map the areal en the letter and
owned it did rheas ia.tently shrank
Ingather, while a leek M intense pain
swear* met bar Mrah.d tam, tibMb
Weed se *bits m Wt,
•
"What to the manor? Is be d.edr"
Wed Sir Jeffrey. elerleed and think-
ing of Mr. IpwgMu. 'heighten
send news like that .0 .,.du. uly. The
sbock'e enough to make ray one ill."
By an effort Lola fought dowu auwe
of ber distress.
"No, be is—not dead," sbe answered
very slowly, as though the words
pained her. "It was not—not that 1
amu not well, dear. " She smiled _faintly
end weakly, as if to reassure him. "I
bad a--• pain in my heart; that's all.
It's, not dear Beryl's letter or—news,
There's nothing-rnothing about death
in it, oar to say—sbe can't get baro
again for a day or two and—would
like we—to go to—ber; that's a11."
kips folded the letter and put it away in
ber pocket, where it ley agaiust that
whicb to had bad from Pierre.
It might well cause her pain, short
though it was. It ran thus:
DBARSIST Lmt.A—Goma to me. I know the
dreadful toad you are bearing, and u,y hart
M wrung ter you. I know you are strong and
brave, but the trial ahead of you would Cwt
the marveling and bravest. 1t break, me down
to think that it Is to me that tido has Dom" to
be known. Wine to me and help use to shape
the course ahead. when 1 thlek.of you fa that 1
desperate man's power, 1 shrink with rear.
Come to tam Your friend always, naayt. /
The end was closer than ever.
These was no mistaking either Beryl's/
meaning or the kindness with which
she wished to temper the blow whicb
she knew ber letter moat strike.
But the blow had to be struck.
the course ahead." Lola knew well?
enough the only meaning whicb those;
words could have. The truth had to be
made known and that at owe.
She turned oold and shivered at the
tboogbt and, seeing ber shiver Sir Jaf-
tray, who bad no clew 10 the mental
suffering whicb Abe was enduring, get'
it down to illness
"You are ill, Lola," be said very
gently and soothingly. "I ,ball sena'
for Dr. Braitbweite." And he turned cc/
leave the room.
"Don't go," she pleaded. "Don't
leave me for • minute. Take me D 1
your arms onoe more, Jaffrey." '
"'Once more?' What do you menu, '
n►eetbeart?" be eked in utoniehmrnt.
"(hod forbid that my arms should ever
be closed to you!"
"Aye, God forbid it!" she cried.
"Now pet me and soothe me as yon
used to wish to do in the days when 1 I
wouldn't let you."
He took her in his arms, and thea
sitting down in the long, low easy
cbai whthe e had been be drew beth
Die lap and hele'lier !brie tie . I
tired child. bolding her heed to hi.
heart and smoothing her face and bei
hair, kissing her and murwuring soft, I
caressing words to her.
"You're not often like this to MP,"
she murmured, opening ber lovely eye!,
and glancing op into bis and smiling
faintly. "Your touch is like what ibr
wave of $ mesmerist'■ band must W
wheal he wafts away pain."
For answer be kissed ber again. �
"Have I made you happy, Jaffrey?"
she asked after a long pause.
By way of answer this time be bum-
med the watch of s song, "If this be
vanity, vanity let it be," an old, tw•e-
iug,nick of his when she had crewed tt '
look for a compliment from him.
"Yes, I am vanity today, but an-
swer," she urged.
(Come to me and help me to shaper
"My darliug wife, I have neTeri
known Mum I was • child and tet the
presence of my mother's love such hap-!
piano a you have brought into my life.
That from my soul," he said earuestly, •
'timing her.
She kissed him in response and lay ,
for a moment quite still in his arms •
Then soddenly she asked:
"If I were to die, Jaffray. would it/
break your heart?"
"Don't, Lola --don't even think-eucb,
a thing."
"But I meso it. Would it?" •
"1t would close it agaln.t ever hold.,
ing inch a love to my life again," b4'
anevrered, and his voice wa like that
of one in pain. '
"I am aelfleh, but I am glad of that.
1 want no one ever to take my place,
even to blot out the memory of this,
time, whatever happens"
"Yon are talking very strangely,
child. 'Whatever happen.'—what can
that meen?"
"I ame feeling very strange, Jaffrey,"
she answered, taking his haul and rub-
bing her soft cheek against it and kiln-
ing it "Yon laugh at my presenti-
ments, but you do not Laugh me ont of
them. I believe that if we could lift the'
veil (Dat hidee from us the next few•
days we should gee a trouble that might
makeoe both wish we were dead rather
than_ have td- fete it No; hear me,"
she mid, putting ber band on his lips
when be was going to break in and in-
terrupt her. "It is this which is fright-
ening me, and it maker me anxious to
get a pledge from you of your love.
Don't blame chs and don't laugh at me;
but, whatever happen., remember today
and remember our love."
"Are you fearing anything that can
happen, child?" be asked earnestly.
Her words seemed more than a mere
present i mint.
For a moment the segue to tell or roe
to tell hong in the balane., and ebe al-
most nerved herself Iodate all and open
out her confession while ire was In this
mood.
AP ere be continued.)
A Sig Plotted Dinner.
Conks In large hotels and bnerdlne
houses ma think they get up meal. on a
lege-ale, but when It comes** wholesale
foolery the little village of Liss, on the
London and Southwestern railway, ling -
land, surpasses then all.
At a Witham* held theme not long ago
an or wag boiled, not roasted, whole, and
this Is bow it was done:
A large bole was dug in the ground and
lined with betck. Inside this • tank large
e nough b bold the ox was built. The
e•rena wee then lowered Into the tank,
having first been placed in a ones formed
by heavy crossbars, en which chains were
attached. Pulleys from • scaffolding
above wore used to missend lower the ex.
Many vegetiblee. seek as carrot., onion.,
mhbeges end potatoew, were hotted with
the meat The belling woolliest asvea
boars—Portland Teen.oripe.
mem. 1 .r. ,.f dhaceeal.
Foul water le purified by it
No better known disinfectant ea. be
med.
Tainted meat can S. sweetened and
pnrieed by its ase.
it absorbs the gasses end relieves the
diet.nded stMnaeh pressing amino' the
nerves which tztend frees the pomeM
to the head.
Mamma/ is so gonna that it *bombs
and ceademe.s peen rapidly. A tett-
.pe)afel added to half a item of water
le e remedy fee selditp► of am stomach
and tame re0eves rick bw4pebe.
Charcoal tad ole • beta carises the
pall to abet. I&an.JlaWIg. mud by re
,awing Ate epollemtna wig heal aid
trans --41 k la est rise --la • grip dais.
•
Ft!17.
ftM
with sulphuric acid, a large pert of Iw
pbospbates being thereby converted tutu
the available form.
-0. A'RpEN (floats), contenting 89.88 pet Mel to3. de, finely ground Florinrock
�-� Cal pbospburio acid, none of
BLANCHING CELERY.
PWM l.Ie.Md Few gaff Cee—The Late
Sail and tie Winter Market crepe.
Au article by W. 1i1. Munson upon
.be culture of colony forms part of the
hut anuual report of the Maine station.
In it occur the following items: The
Ad custom of repeatedly "handling,"
or pecking, the earth about the growing
I lau;.a has given way to more experdi-
ituus methods, and it is generally oon'
•eded that one "billing" before the
3ual banking with t•urtb is sufficient
This billiug should not, be tune till the
plants have thickened considerably,
about a month or WI weeks before
using, as after the earth is drawn about
them the leaves grow tall very rapidly
without increasing in diameter.
When ready to hill the plants, colti-
eate deeply between the rows, then
draw the soil loosely about the plants
with a hoe ora scraper made for that
purpose. Tits operation makes • alight
bank not more than one-third the height
of the plant, which straightens the stalks
and holds them in an upright position.
If the soil is in good condition, it will
be uuuecessary to pack tie earth around
individual planta by baud.
Blanching is the first step toward de-
cay, and the exclusion of air and light
and the consequent abnormal condition
of the tissues render theptants during
.this operation specially liable to disease.
FM this reason the operation is delayed
as long As possible. Planta intended for
the first use are generally banked about
eight or ton week. after transplanting.
For bleachiug the early crop the ase
of boards is preferred to that of earth.
The work is done more expeditiously
and there is less trouble from rotting.
The method consimts simply in placing
boards about ■ foot wide along each
side of the row with one edge close to
the planta The men then go along and
ram the boards to • vertical position,
placing clamps or bouks at intervals to
bold them in place. A very good clamp
ts made by mewing two notches about
as Iwcb-rtdp,.g� three intpa aja t p.,,
B abort piece rd. These camp•
will then hold the board. perfectly
rigid. In ten days or two weeks the cel-
ery will be ready for nee, and the boards
are tben available for nee elsewhere,
tbns keeping up a succession.
It banking with earth is to be prac-
ticed, one of the machines made for that
particular purpose will be found -of ad-
vantage.
Celery intended for winter market is
not usually blanched before putting into
storage, though it is well to hill it up,
to straighten up jbe leaves and make
iDe plant. compact That intended for
late fall use will of course need some
attention, as from four to six weeks are
required to blanch the later trop. For
nae before hard freezing occurs the
blanching may be done with boards, but
.tar later tea earth is to be preferred.
Prerestlag •mat In Oat.
In the report of Director William
Saunders of the central experimental
farms of Canada occurs the following
concerning smut in oats: Further exper-
iments have been made daring the past
B eason in the t eatment of seed grain to
prevent this troublesome disease. In the
Mannal report of tbe experimental farms
for IN96 details are given of tests made
with three varieties of oats which were
soaked in a solution of potassium sul-
phide for 14 hours,,and 5Aevery instance
where the grain was so treated, although
the geed used was very smutty, the crop
was practically free from smut. Dur-
ing the past season one variety only
was used, the Doncaster Prize oats, and
this was the worst affected with smut
of any variety we had. The seed used
in this teat was from the untreated
crop of last year of which about one-
fourth of the beads were dimmed.
Different portions of the seed wete soak-
ed for varying periods in a solution of
poteatinm sulphide made by dissolving
1% pounds in 25 gallon. of oold water,
while others were treated with tbe bor-
dennx mixture made by dissolving four
pounds of copper sulphate with four
pounds of lime in 40 galloon imperial
naessure of water.
From the experiment it would appear
that smutty oafs soaked in bordeaux
mixture for four hours are rendered as
tree from amnt as if soaked for 8, 19 or
14 home, but where potassium sulphide
is used It appears to be necessary to
steep the grain in the solation for 24
boors in order to entirely free it from
smut While the solution of potassium
sulphide seems to be a reliable remedy
for smut in oats, provided the grain is
steeped in 1t for 24 hour., the bordeaox
mixture h a cheaper remedy. more
manly obteinahle and appears to be
qutte em effective with only four hour.'
soaking.
The Plow Isle.
Plow seam are described as brown
hemispheric) bodies abont an eighth
of ao loch in length and with a dark
brown shiny artefact. The longest di-
ameter of the scale Is wally placed
lengtbwiee of the twig. The number of
eggs under each scaled. estimated at
between 1,000 and 1,000, During July
the tiny lice which emerge from the
eggs make their way to the underside
of the leaves, where they at sem Dorn
maim to suck the sap. Here they re-
main until late in August, when they
migrate to the twigs, where they pass
the winter. In Ibis stage they are soft
bodied Ind has protected than et almost
any other stage in their existence. Only
ate brood 1. hatched inning the year.
Professor Slingerland advisee to "spray
intended trees once after the Island fall
in the minima and at lea.[ Melee in the
spring before the Anda open. Use kero-
sene emulsion diluted fnnr titres (Hub-
bard formula). The application cannot
be Inc thorough; each little scale visas
be bit
PHOSPHORIC ACID.
t{'h roe P'srw...1 M oartkat.a ad Moir
*sties on Various Crops.
A swim of experiments ba been car-
ried on at the Maine station to deem -
mine the Matte* vahne.ot three forms
of phosphatic materiae to I 4 00Y! -
mon orrpa, and alto et the t1.IMi, f11M0'to
determine the varying •holt/ r -test 11161,
mit crops to epprnpriate solid
Fiore he same source. . e piesphalist
used were:
1. AeMalated FDwid& rack—hat Is,
a rooks phosphate that had bees trued
WWI
soluble, with only 9.48 per oefllable
in amwoniuw citrate.
S. A phoaphute of iron and lilleimIna
(redouda), eoutaining 49.118 Dent
phosphoric acid, a large part Which
was soluble in ammonium cit
The plants grown were peas,- dikter,
turuips, rata began. barley. cora, pota
toes and tomatoes.
In these experiwants the affect of the
acid rock war very marked with all the
plants grown, Chore receiving it in
nearly all meets at uuve takiug the load
and earplug it to the end. The plants
were dark green in color, and the tu-
bercles, which were developed oq the
roots of nearly all the leguminous
plants, were larger and notch more uu-
mercos It wa notioeable, bowever,
that in some cases, especially with the
clover, turnips and ruts bagas, the good
effects of the acid rook were more
marked during the first few weeks of
growth than at $ later stage, when the
roots bad become more Cully developed
and bad begun to forage for themselves.
It would appear that the young plants
feed but little upon the insoluble phos-
phates, but that the organic acids pres-
ent in the sap of the roots exert a sol-
vent action upon tbe inselnble phos
Oates in the soil, gradually converting
them into available forma
In this work only the immediate ef-
fect of the phosphates hu been taken
into cousideratioo, no mention being
main mt.bllis: wettttsual phosporia acid re-
maining in'hewn at the close of theex-
periment 14 actual field work the good
effete of the ground rock would of
course be tar more lasting than that of
the acid rock.
Box experiments were made at the
New Hampshire station in 1899 with
winter rye, the phosphoric acid tieing
largely gnpplied M roasted redoids,
ground bone and basic slag. The result
showed that the rylegave nearly es good
resale with the roaited redonola as with
the other phosphates This result con-
firms the Heine report that theoorn and
barley, planta closely related to rye,
gave better results with the redonda
phoepbate than with the finely ground
Mkeridiaattl�a .. =..� _
A Troobimemo WAN.
Among weeds increasingly oom-
plained of is the field bindweed or small
flowered morning glory. This is men-
tioned'in tbe Ohio experiment station's
weed manual es • somewhat recently
imported pen of the most serious Port
from Europe. Its small flowers, an inch
or lees in diameter at the top, are oer•
taro characters of recognition. It grows -
with stems several feet in length, twin
Ing about themselves or about any other
planta whicb may happen to be near.
Underground it bar extensive stems,
any piece of which may start, a new
FIELD nlNDwESD.
plaaksod by this means it mpeed.year
by year or is scattered by cultivating
through the infested patches
The eradication of the field bindweed
is a very difficult task, yet a with Can-
ada thistle nothing short of eradication
when found in emelt area will serve
the purposed the landowner. A liberal
use of hoe and mit would seem the beet
means of destroying it. True, other
vegetation will chiefly be destroyed, but
this may be endured for a time if the
bindweed is el.o exterminated. The
work should begin on the outer fringes
of the patches and let nothing escape
there. The infested spots should not be
cultivated with the surrounding land
because of dragging the roots on the
plow and tools
11Swi aa7 Titin: `--- The ITnitied States has been invitedi
by the Hendee government to take part
in an international horticultural expo-
sition at 8t. Petersburg in May, 1899,
by sending exhibits and speoialoommis-
donerm to prepare the American section.
All inquiries relative to the exposition
should be addressed to Privy Counselor
Fischer von Waldheim, director of the
imperial botanical garden at Bt Peters-
burg.
From the resulte of hundreds of testa
at experiment stations in all parts of the
country it appears that heavier yields
of oorn can be ameered from white tha0
from colored varieties
Nitrogen exist@ in fertilisers in three
distinct forma—via, as organic matter,
as amnion* and as nitrates. It is the
most expensive fertilizing ingredient.
Professor Jones of the Vermont sta-
tion, having experimented largely with
salt for the orange hawkweed, Claims
that it will destroy the weed and to
beneficial to the gram, nearly doubling
the yield.
The agricultural export@ of last year
Ire reported asgreeter than ever before
New Sea shaped Castles.
The brand new pincushion which
seems to give universal favor it, accord -
tag to The Decorator and Fernleher, one
made box shape in design, either oblong
m' mond, [fie bottom of .tiff pasteboard.
It tavxrvered with silk or satin of what-
ever °ober preferred. A. a decoration
there Is a conventional design which is
outline! In gilt or in shades of delioate
filo flora. To make the pattern very
elaborate the open .yams are filled with
ptmt, whose colored heads Ries to this
scheme • pretty devine. The allies can
he filled with safety pins. making the
whale gnite a charming eImemoryand e
useful ems et the same time.
IteeaabelC Y,ravlfleee.
To prepare nmatnrtlnm seeds for pie -
kite' or rapers remove the stems and let
them stand in salted water over night
Peck in small bottles and cover with
Mailing vinegar Spiess and a iittle
iseltrar inlay be added.
Minch made with soapy water is said
p, •.wr.. the advantage orf never semek-
',q N) Out Irmo.
A» easy way to clue marble gm pm.
"elate basins is with male salt
A 1wRATI VE AItT.
AN INTERESTING IDEA FOR AMATEUR
PHOTOGRAPHERS,
What to D. Willi ro.t.. goat the
•.rater Vaeatloa—Tb.Ir Ialr.da.-
(ion Into the Pamela of yarailere.
Hoed In Malt/ag Chrietntaa Cards.
Many people uuwadnye look upon tin
photographic cater. as a oompanlou In
dispensable to the enjoyment of • hull
day, and 1.)awe Nature has to suffer at
gmpta, more or lean euooeaeful, from eu
tthuaiaatio operators to catch the fleeting
expretraiona of her various tnox)da.
NOue but there who have "gone
through the mill" can conceive the
STILL LOA PHUTOOHA PH.
breathlees excitement of the moment
When the negative ander development
first reveals its pictunee'the joy of die
covering that it is a "good one" audtbt
trial of temper consequent upon making
the discovery that a dozen or mon
views have been taken upon the same
plate.
But when the prints are toned, lnieh
std and complete the interest almoet in.
variably flags, and they are put away
to be forgotten to succeeding expedi-
tions Su search of fresh fields to conquer.
This is from some points of view to b
regretted, as there are several methoie
by whicb the labors of the amateur
photographer may be turned to mon
lastimlt aLvunut. . - ,
Tbere are, for inetance, many dainty
pieces of furniture which might be em-
belli.hel with photographs taken ape
cially with that object iu view, and
their framing in would afford delight.
int opportunities for amateur worker*
In wood, leather, metal and even em-
broidery to give evidence of their tante
and skill. The introduction of such a
subjectag that rdpresentLd by the cen-
ter of the first cut to the panels of, say,
some of the small wall cupboards on
brackets, to be toned,) almost every
home, with `iuitable'4 oorative frame[
of carved or poker orkipd wood a
leather or rcpousse oopper, amen worst
while.
But the number that could be thea
disposed of ie comparatively small. We
mast look for other objects to whicb
eltsgs.ainiug ones may be applied, and
they are Dot difficult to find. What
prettier idea than that birthday and
Christmas cards should be treated in
this manner, enriched with scenes fa
tallier to the sender and recipient alike)
For this purpose facility in the artistic
manipulation of leather, metal and oth-
er like materials could be dispensed
with, and .kill in the use of pen, pencil
or brach would amply mace to secure
• happy result. The pretty study in the
second cut gives some idea of what may
be done in this direction and suggest&
many possibilities It will be seen that
the oorners consist of a simple conven-
tionalization of the growth forming the
center, s plan which may be oommend-
ed as one which would do much to de-
velop the designing powers of tbosewbt
undertake it, familiarizing them with
natural forme and leading to an appre
elation of their proper value as motif)
for decoration.
Some photographs are naturally mon
suitable for decorative application than
others,and when specially taken the sub
j.ot should be selected and arranged in
view of the poeftiou it S. de.tined to eco•
iCiR CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY CARD.
ompy. It may be aooepted a e general
rule that breadth) of effect in desirable.
Sprays of ivy or bramble, branches of
fruit blossom, sea holly, "honesty" (the
seed pods), teazle and ench hike, arrang-
ed with judgment, come out extremely
well, while flower', of almost every kind,
so placed an to bring out the silvery ball
tones of their delicate petals; .hell',,
seeds, dried grasses, fruit and seaweed
thoroughly repay any trouble expended
upon therm. As regards the printing pa-
pers to ore timed for this class of work,
for large studies rough surfaced bromide
paper may be recommended, and fdr
smaller norm matt enrtaoe printing out
paper will be found atimfaotory. The
tones of the latter accord well with
blaok and white, and tbeir adoption le
therefore deeirahle in the (see of photo
graphs intended for albums sw car.
where they are to be surrounded by
grnamentel borders executed in that
median.
The habit of leaving tea leaves in a
poi for any length of time after ming it
is a very bad one. The pnt onght to he
thoroughly washed out, well dried and
left with the lid open or off to air.
No Wawa'. Afraid.
Little Tommy and his yonnget deter
were going to bed without • light.
They bad knit leached the bottom of
the stairs, when Tommy, after vainly
ennealvoring to pierce the darkness,
turned mond and asked :
"Ma, 1s it polite for a gentleman to
eve de a lad l when they have to walk
in mingle !lel"
"Na my see," replied the ~time,
"Ms lady should always taka the lead."
"I thought so," said Tammy delight-
N1y 1 "go ahead, Ars "_P+ai son's
Wisb1 .
WILD •
• . -
e e .,
,e • e.
•
• Mew amt reliable and ensotive
feetedi known✓ for the rel'ef and
eat. of DIARRINZA. I)YasteTanT,
• COLIC. casters. CHUL'JA and SUM -
MIR CoMPLAPcf. it settles the
, stomach, stjmu'ates the heart,
soothes ASA nasals toe irritated
bowel.
NEVES FAILS.
"Por several .earns we have re•
lied on Dr. Fowler'. Extract of Wild
Strawberry for all summer com-
plaints A few dome always sire
relief end It never falls to cure We
think it • ve,y valuable medicine—
as precious es wok' " MRs. P. C.
Wnosa, Foot Hill, Ont.
remit es cera.
avow emonetem Talr•u DAA
XXONA.PfIOe'.II' PTFTVTZ. •
UODP.RI('H MECHANICS' INSTITUTER
LIBRARY AND READING ROOM, est
of East street and Square (utatatre).
Open from l to a res., and from T to lO PA.
Alit )UT 2000 VOI: S IN LIBRARY.
Leading Dally. Weekly and Ilhatrated Paper.,
Magazluts, tr., on File
bEDI BF:RM1imI TAGYBTOIKLTs1.oe
Granting free uscH1 Library and/Leading
xiin
Application foe nwmterebip received b
Librarian, to room.
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Secretary , Libreria&
Moderlch. March 1r ]aa0
AN Awr-ut_ ARRAY.
11 Past Perform Coasted, Thin
Team Was a Winne•.
The Hertel* university football cloves
is now complete. A recent convenatioa
with Mr. Pete MoMussel, IDe gentletnaa-
ly trainer of the team, elicited the fullow-
ing interesting facts:
Yee," said Mr. MoMssssl, in reply to
• query from your corrapoddent, "our
team 1. NH and In tiptop shape. You see.
threw ended ..inet-in -Mins .10.-16LIM.G.M.
All our boys are back again and practise--
nig
ractia.tog team work, and they are all dela,
splendidly."
"Tell me momething about thane," snipe
seated your eorreeiondent
"Well," replied the affable trainer,
"there's Jigehy at center. He's the bed
ell round center we have had In a Isatinl
of years. Say, le killed Ilve Spaniards
single handed at Hualmacitol Hell do.
won't -bet At right guard is Bagstock.
Perhaps you remember that Bagstock held
back 17 Insurgents who were trying to
steal General Wheeler's valise at Jaraqulto .
Hum as stromas as an off ox. At telt Guard
le (Almoner. Clirnnierwas in the Wonty-.
woutb, and when the 300 pound bass drum-
mer rolled down the bill at Pajama tt wow
Clinimer who caught hint on the seventh
bound and held him fast Our tackles
are the Pilger twins. They selected and
broke in all the horses for Suoozefelt's
Tough Trotters. They used to catch and
throw the untamed bronchus barehanded.
They are a very bad pair. Our ends aro
Noxon and Mingo. Noxon, kept himself
in practice by stopping solid shot from the
old fashioned 1 panleh guns, and Mingo
'hardened himself by letting the bo��
throw fruit c#haat him. Our gtarterbaeh-�
(. little Tomplin, the boy hero of Hoof
lahhoolah. He Is the lad who ran int.q the
Spenieh trenches with 000 yard. of barbed
wire clinging to him. The half backs ars
Pugsley and Cuttlefish. Pugsley was cap-
tured by seven Spaniards and trotted
back into the American oemp with the
w hole seven clinging to him. Cuttlefish
kihInel two dons by cracking their heads
together' 'i lff- then, entirely unaided.
turned Toral's wing and parslyzed has. -,
center. At full back 1s Hornsby. Hay.
hp's a wonder' At Serago.aamer be mads
a field kick with a Spanish cannon balk
driving it squarely back into the gun -
was flred from. while the regiment wall
In camp at Sizzle Point be pulled a 1Sfoeb
alligator from the lagoon with one hent
his own hand—and at Camp Whykoff hie
became to expert at jumping that he °out*
clear ten horses and tbe canteen shed Ss
one spring—and no fall. When Hornsby
gets started, brick walla can't stop hire
and, as for kicking—will, one of the east-
ern war museums Is preserving among its
moat ericelemf treasures • holo that Horne -
by kicked to a San Juan blockhouse. Oh,
you clan bet your last 80 cents it's • gr.M
M..I"—Cleveland Plsis Dealer,
(t 1Rit?f "rt rrNot T A` HAT.
Me la the Object of 1sv.rtb.dy'r
Am..ement and Bore' Diversion.
A man without • bet Is one to be ooY-
. nlet. If be 1s a peoeful, law abiding
man, whd has lost his headgear in *dis-
graceful
dltgraceful manner and while as yet flea
from the effoote of the liquor, he L proba-
bly Haying unkind things about Winged
and the wondering people who are watob-
Ing him and the street gamins who are
following him. He sees 111 olad 'shores'
with some kind of $ oover for the head
and the ragged urchin. with tattered caput,
and he thinks to himself what a relief 11
would be only to have something in the
shape of a recognized headgear to coven
his wind tossed hair If he has any.
He Is the object of everybody'. amnar
ment and the small boy's derlafon. Woow
en and girls walk pest him with ont owned
heed, but nobody notion' them, wtele they
Mill have the impertinence to srnife at the
oondttion whlnh he 1e in. And when ha
meets. a female aextnaintanoe—well, fg
there ever was a man who would like le
be off the earth for • few short minutes
It Is he. Ah, what a relief to have enrn.-
thtng on the heal after such • trial! Any•
thing, the most outlandish cap, will an -
miser the need at the moment of buying th
and the men with the uncovered head is
no re when at last he steps ont of the
g enre with a covering proudly upon his
head. II. an nnw look his fellow cera•
tures In the tone.—Pittehorg Dispatch.
A ward Shot.
Amnng the curter tont cf Dr. RMmotid
• well known olergyn,an of a former doe
and generation, there are many Whim
show his keen wit.
In the town whetie he wan peeler Ulan
Hood a phystetan who wen • pantheist and
took pain. G, let every one know 1l )!V
had made frequent bout thee be oosla
easily conquer 1), Fremont, to argument
and one day cone his chance. He and ika
doctor merest the hnuee of a sick man.
"How old are yet, atrt" embed tam pip•
d eism hnugnely.
"Sixty two," molted Dr. I`asaes-attic►
ly, although his eyes showed his mor ora.
play 1 oak your age In tarn?"
' I've beim mitre mem ID. a eadlee r
one fast or another." said the pyddem
snrtly.
Ab, then I suppose roe wow with
Adam sod live in the garden nR Maar
Inquired ti. dostm ��
Csetataly," DOW .win.
"IIre r • late bt pge.gNg
meditates we Cas oehlinikts. "
thought Motu was a Mid gems
but mem have dtakiad first
Tooth'. Oenpan(.sk