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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-6-7, Page 2Bush, my darling I Ile i$ dead," she l':17"UNVer'S gravely, 4nd her face grows vales- as elle speaks. "Pelt, mother, let me see his plc- lat se. Slowly, as if muoh against her will, and yet obligee to comply with his re-, 'Vent, Lady Leigh leaves the ramie, and eItsr ten minutes' absence, returns with a ease in her hand. The boy ahnost snatehea it away from her,, so eager is he to gaze upon his fa- ther's portrait, but when be has open- ed the ease and looked for a moment be returns it with a gesture of dis- appointment, offering no remark, "Well, Rollo, seaaat do you think. of 'him?" asks his mother, timidly, " t think he looks cross. I think would rather have Sir, Dare." • Hush!" says Lady Leigh. So, stern is the rebuke conveyed. ha !Sleet single monosyllable that the boy ateps abashed, and his eyes fill with tears. Before they have time to all, his mother catches him in her arms end kisses him. passionately, half sob- bing the while. "Rollo, Rollo, my darling, I did not mean to be unkind." se stranger might have smiled at her leaff-abassernent, and at the gracious pardon accorded by the young auto- erat, who is already beginning to know his power, but she herself sees nothing e idieulous in it. Is he not her eit— her king in sylaom all her hopes are e entered, the only interest and love of bizir lamely Itfe? "Never mind mother," says the boy, anagnetaimously—"never mind1 did - ..a% cry, you know, and now let's have n gams together." Ana so mother and son are soon' en- gaged in a romp which has the effect eff tatany baniehing the serious 0011- "WC.47S,SISialat they have had from the boy's ?made and from his m.other's, too, for is -time. Colonel Dare is on his way to the lib - :sang when the sound of soft laughter ansd Reello's shrill cry of delight arrests lin steps. As he .lingers, longing, yet =et daring to join them, the door of tiss rdom where they are is burst open, and Rollo comes out, his face crimson with, excitement and pleasure. "We are having such games, Mr. • Dare," he calls out, gayly, flinging his 1./ittiTe arnas round him, and looking up tete! his face with a gleesome smile. Tee tutor stoops and strokes his ruf- ..2ed hair caressingly. What are you playing, my boy ?" "Shy widow.' et strange smile passes the tutor's face eat the answer he receives, but he makes • sea comment and Rollo goes on." • Mother is 'shy widow,' of course, aamrit'i 1 keep going oehind her chair, look- • ing different every time, but she won't 'nave any of us," he concludes, triumph- antly, proud that his mother should 5.e se difficult to please. •""Then, then, how are you going in cers "T. think I'll put an anti-macassar nessam-y- head, and then she won't know tsciso, it is." It she can't seemour face she cer- deinly won't have you." rent but," says the boy, with a self- with her, Wer8 She luelined to merry. When next they meet, he averts his eaes, half exmecting eeproof, or at least, some token o displeasure, but ,sho only says a few commonplace \vords anti passes oi. leavinghim etill eonfus- ed. awl sileat. Women are always SO muck more self-possessea in stleh eases than men. Soon, by nminal and tacit consent, the subject is forgotten or at least ignored, and they became 'You good friends—better than Lady Leigh could have believed she would ever be with any Man again. or some weeks past workmen have been busy constructing a small Swiss summer -house in the grounds, the young lord's latest freak, and now at last it is cempleted, and ail three have gone out to see the finishing touches put to it., Rollo is in ecstacies, " ft is all my very own, you know and n9 one can come in unless r ask them" he observes with quiet setis- faetion, the first taste of proprietorship Proring very sweet. "You will have to give a house warming," laughs Lady Leigh. " What's that?" Lady Leigh explains and her son takes up the idea in huge delight. He will have a tea party that very after- noon; his mother ancl tutor are to be the guests, and Tabitha shall help him to plaa the feast. They—the guests— are to know nothing about it until they 'come and find the dainties prepared. "Come at five o'clock exactly," says Rollo peremptorily, having no idea of being kept too long on the tip -toe of expectation, besides not liking to run the risk or the tea getting colci and the raise spoiling by a too close adherence to the rules of society. I3oylike, he has no sympathy with fashionable un - punctuality. All day long he keeps running back- ward and, forward between the kitchen and the summer -house, " on hospitable thoughts intent." Lessons are suspend- ed, and the tutor spends an idle morn- ing in the library, reading the papers and speculating upon the changes that will have taken place before he goes out again into the world. Does he intend to remain here so long as his services are required in the false character he has assumed, or shall he avow himself and. trust to her gener- osity to forgive? Nay, shall he avow more—shall he tell her of the love that has grown up in his heart extinguish- ing all else, a,ncl would he have a chance of success? • He starts from his seat and walks up and down the room in uncontrollable. agitation, when suddenly, at the low French window, he sees sonaething that arrests his steps and makes hina invol- untarily look around to see if any one else is near. It is the Heathen Chinee, his face pressed against the Flass the better to peer in ancl with such a grin of amusement on his face that Colonel Dare shudders and wonders to what all this will lead. Far better that he should. have confessed all himself than be discovered like a common imposter. " Come in; what do you want ?" he says, gruffly, throwing the window op- en and almost dragging the young dan- dy in out of sight. But the Heathen Chirtee only grins the more, and lifting his glass, adjusts it to his eye. "I only wantecl to see how Colonel , Dare acted schoolmaster. By Jove( it seems to suit you well, and. apparently tecesttdent smule, "the next time I shall you are not much troubled. with your fate ill as my very own self, and then pupil!" la 'know she'll have me!" " The boy has a holiday to -day," ex - has dragged the tutor with him plains Colonel Dare,. stiffly. timacs, another room, and. is looking ev- . . anywhere for means of disguise when " And all other days as well, I sup- pose. What lessons do you give when entaidenly an idea strikes him, you do teach him, Dare—extracts from "nh-Zr. Dare, you go in this tittle, and. the Army and Navy or the Army, List sTi93 go in aftersvard," itself undiluted?" goes on Mr. Meade, The- tutor starts. He would most cer- banteringly, having the general and aaaittely hare refused had a moment been not altogether unfounded. idea, that son -tar-So-area him for thought, but Rollo, in cliers can only talk an the one subject. tis eagerness, has hurried him away "What is the good. of all this fooling, egain, and before he hardly knows Graver? It can't be much amusement exaseee- he is—in such a whirl is his to you, and it only imperils my situ- mileen—the boy has pushed him into , ation here. Why did you come?" inky Leigh's presence. "Because it's such a capital joke. Ha, Tits, room is turned upside down. Rol- I ha, ha How does the man hater take to So hes 'lately received. a book froni Lon- 1 the 'elderly gentleman with quiet :Son full of all sorts of games and, as habits?" 'lie bias no other playfellow, his mother "Hush, Graver 1 I tell you.I am as- &beim :loins in the games with him, and , hamed Of the part I have played. Let ae-ceight has almost been carried into the subject drop." eneinuesiasm herself by her boy's evi- 1 "Ashamed! Why it's the best joke .aeret nalig,ht. I ever heard in my life I" 'algae:, she is getting tired; she bas "Then you n est have been singular- neers playine a very one-sided puss-ia- ly unfortunate. In your experience," elen-corner, hunt the slipper and blind.' curtly. ressaa'n huff, slid has had some, difficulty "What. do you mean ?" :ea beeping up with the agility of her "I mean that i e was neither a very mast As, a rest, she had proposed a brilliant nor a very creditable thing ezatee game.. • to make a lady the subject of a bet, ISbn seated. in the centre of the nor to enter her house under such false TM, her hack to the cloor, and her pretenses." Stead 'tali: turned, evith an arch sr/lila; "Nonserise, reta.n; you are looking at -se enteror is in her hand, and she does it too glooraily by far. She'll he the first net seitov the tutor is there until she to forgive you tvhen it comes out—svo- Acme Isis features reflected in it. He has men always forgive faults committed teem prepeiled along so rapidly by his for their sake," he anstvers, shrewdly. 07:•.'ine•17,Citzd pupil that his spectacles "She will hardly forgive me for mak- have forward, and for the first ing her a jest—a by -word in the county; !time Lady Leigh gazes straig,ht into and that is what it will be; when this bui erne- without a mask of glass before story becomes known." As Rollo had said earlier in the "Why should it be known ?" Eventing, they were undoubtedly beau- "It is already known, I suppose; or niassi eyes, but it is not that she no- ,you would not be here." ra..w ; it is their expression, so full Graver Meade. lays his hand on the af: seassSonate a.dmiration—or is it love? colonel's shoulder, and looks' etead- aaase starts to her feet and confronts fastly in his eyes. Asaun- ont even as he met her glance he "I swear solemnly," he says, "that • fan..e-o now careless he had beers and in I nave never told a, single soul." resseesent had pushed the saeetasles "Iinty do you know. yourself 1" :back te their place. eryny, bless you„ guessed at eees iLittl'a Lord Leigh claps his hands saw you were in earnest and. so 'with Lis. child/sib delight. drew directly." • "She has chosen you, Mr. Dare I—she colonel Dere smiles a little at the 'iltete chosen you I" he exclaims. -so, is ied air with which sit is ir13'- '13aTt Colonel Dare only bows low be- plied that had Graver not withdrawn "l.b1:0; tkie woman who is looking as in- his chance would have been nil. illismasst as an outraged queen. "Go now, there's a good fellow!" he / "I beg your pardon," he says humb- says, imploringly. "If youf are seen it had no right to intrude. I-1 will awaken .tergot myself." t saw you—" IsusPicion. If Lady Leigh And Ira good truth he has forgotten "There she is I" exclaims the Heathen reimseIa—forgotten the part he has to Chinas excitedly, and rushing to the iplayi, and the respect due to the lady window. ideete whom be receives his income of By chance, she raises her eyes and •2124.1,' a -year. It is with almost abject sees aim :ND'S '..ence that he terns and makes his glom:nit up," declares Colonel, Dare, tame !tames her presence. Lady I.,eig s more vexed w tit h „ than svith him because she can- ; IsTv, iylay should it be?" question - ems test really angry at +.,ailat oe would Meade drawlingly, wi easy-, lin term his " impertinent pre- , frora st'sisecloes OS she Pas8118 ouit 811e, of course hos not or sight. "It'll do you all the good. in , dec.elv.ed, by tha indignation ho woeld to Id her know yOti. havo ai,3surnE d. to hide senSe .of fPand who goes to s, deeellt, t'91.161' CHAPTER VI. , sides it iss not a case, sirppose; et 'no followers allowed'?" . The other does not answer, and Mr. Meade goes on leigh has wisely decided. ig-1 "By ,Toivel she's a fine woman. the tutor's offense—in fact, she don't wonder at your not wishing to .tescireely knowies how to allude to it leave." , viihout less of dignity, seeing that be "l svi.sh you'd go I" ejacula,tes Cel- este .:13,senes gain'ry in expression, than onel Dame crossly. 7iCi.,"St.0 deed. She. cannot (bring her Seeing that lie is really in earnest ,pricie to confess what it wad she caw and lie patience thoroughly eAlintusterl, 2lor a moment glowing in his eyes—he the Honorehle Graver Meade departs e. sehootmaster, she the widow of with a good-natured grin and tl,e un- . neer, herself of noble blood, ,and so sealsen telief tied hed he ehosen to bree to all his sex—even those mem- enter the lists he'would certainly have; es of it who would be fit to mate been 6u,ccesofuL "Dare's a goed fellow, but no eort or a lady's men," he says to Islusselfe complacently, es svalks to tiao Pass'. gates, , where a hired. fly is waiting. "Still, he may Win the clay—for svant of wortbier rival." , ea ee:eLlfle::1: five aosy, theicicalf,$) vteiee'llelluiliovotelils: Ye goesthnotto, io.gn:at ttng lileS forth, a. fresh breeze has sprung up, and it is so delightful that he paus- es before et -Aching the summer -house and bares Lis forehead to it. Little Rollo, ;nits out his head and waves him away—the preparations are net yet uompleted. At that moment too, Lady neign (mines the house, and Colonel. Dare goes bacic. to meet her. n te r t aim me n t not r eady are to wait,:he beetles, smiling, and feeling a etrange pleasure in thus linking her nanie with his. "1 thenght I was very penctual; my watch lastest be ,wrong," she answers, drewieg it from her belt. "See—it is five o'clock exactly." Colonel Bare consults his and shows it to her. "1 think !yours must be wrong; lad- ies' watches generally are, age they not? By.mine we are still ten minutes before the hour." • "Mallat a lovely watch!" She has sat down on the o rustic seat where once before they set to- gether in the Moonlight, ,and now stretches Out her hand for the bend - some old heirloom' which Colonel Dare tnstantly regrets bringing to light. That it was his mother's last gift is his only reason for wearing anything so remarkable and so cumbersome. Ile loosens the clia,in and gives, the watch to her svithout a word. "I never saw, anything so quaint be- fore, Mr. Dare. Did you buy it abroad? It looks like foreign workmanship." "I dare say it carn.e from abroad in the first instance, but cannot say for certain. It belonged to an ancestor of mine. I believe." • ! "An anceestoeSt sne ecnoes, in some- pownlh-iseadot.f dtrheect,nernuaseu,nrepsns tsehastcamirczelhyt 13coensinici: "Yes. Even a tutor, you know, lies parents and grandparents, though he cannot alwaytegive them a name, much less boast about them," is the bitter reply.•s He ca,nnot but be nettled at the fact that she takes it for .granted he is beneath. her in every way, although he would not. for a moment risk discovery by laving it otherwise. "And the crest is that of your fans- ily ?" she goes on; uncomfortably, feel- ing her mistake, but not liking to make it worse by apologizing. . Deeply Bet in the thick embossed gold, in delicate colored ena,mele are his quarterengs and crest, beneath them a scroll with. the haughty motto,' "Dare all." Her former suspicions grow strnnger as she reads it, - "The name is the same,* certainly," he answers evasively, slipping the watch bat() his pocket. "The motto ie more fitted for a sold- ier than a, schola,r," she rero.arks, look- ing ,searchingly into" bis eyes. "1 trust courage is not confined to 'one class alone. Can you not ima,gine that ethers as well as soldiers might be willin,o; to dare anything to. gain their cauSe ?" • She changes the subjent cmiekly, half divining his meaning, made clearer by the emphasis with which he speaks. "Lou had a visitor this morning ?" "A friend?" "Er—a patron," he answers confus- edly, and. with. a humility that is ra- ther -overacted. The clear grave eyes are still look- ing straight into' his, and he feels- as- hamed of the duplicity he is practic- ing on her; but one step leads to an- other, one falsehood. to more deceit, and he cannot well go back now. He 'is relieved when Rollo comes out to tell them tea, is rea,dy, and hur- ries them away. Lord Leigh well mak-e a good host when he becomes a man, It is eery pretty to see him. 'now doing the"hon- ors of his impronaptu feast, his eyes dancing and his che,eks glowing as he runs from. one to the other trying to tempt them with the dainties he has prepared. Tabitha forgets to make therself useftil, so busy is she watching sh,e-r young master and listening to his prattling talk. It is a pretty; home-liker, scene, the mother so proud and happy in her son's delight and the faithful old servant looking as Pleased. as they. It is a thou- sand pities that the grim old profes- sor is not more in accordance -with the scene, a thousand pities that one so lovely as Lady Leigh should. only have so unlovable a lover, if lover he can be c,allecl whose feelings are still closely, lacked as a secret within his breast. She herself peenas to regret nothing, She is leaning back in a low lounging claim the soft folds of her muslin gown Synag lightly on the ground, and a delicate china tea -cup in her hand. Colonel Dare often thinks of her as • he saw her then her haughtiness all submerged, in the love she bear, her child, her eyes half dim with tender tears, marl on her lips so sweet a smile that she might he a girl commeneing life, instead tof a woma,n whom sorrow has made 'unutterably bitter and 'so sore at heart that at times she has only one wish—to end it. Soon the pretty tea table is partly dismantled and. in disorder. Great raids have been' na.ade on the glosving heaps of strawberries, raspberries, and red and white currants. while somaof the huge hunches of cake Which Rollo had cut, judging other people's appe- tites by his own, have also disappeared. Tabithe, has been dismissed. with her apron full of the sweetmeats see has helped to make, and Colonen Dare, tie -1 ing from his seat, goes and stands be- side Lady Leigh. "How still it is I" "Too still. An evening like tnis always gives me a presentinaent of ill " tale slight tremor in her voice. I -le, looks dosvn some surprise at "What could happen to you here? You, a,re aeisay tram the world, andniat- er entereets /mist necessarily he so few," • "Yes, .1 know,"' she answers, hastily; "b t u. one cannot aliways be respon- sible for One's foolish thoughts," The single sellable is said with such tragic; ernalmais Unit slie is obliged' to laugh, and Rollo, juMaing on to her ' Isnee 'to ask her what the joke is, turns I the conversation. I They linger chatting until it grows dash:, and than go, leaving Itollo be- ' hind. Together they stroll away to the i house in eaten— silence, through which eartairt sweetness is stealine. 4.1, the , door they part, Lads Leigh holding out ; her band and !smiling a graeions fare- well. To be Continued.t SPRAYING NOTES. •priet and Timely Instructions From the Cornell Station, The San Jose Scale can be controlled in a plagtation by 20 per cent kero. sane and, water mixture when the plant is thoroughly sprayed. Early spring or late fall spraying is prefera- ble, but the material may be „applied when the plant is in full leaf if the day Is sunshiny., Only on sunshiny days should sprays of kerosene and water be used. Compared with fumigation on grow. Ing trees, spraying is cheaper, simpler and perhaps equally effective in the long run. Nurserymen will find fumi- gation better adapted to their needs than spraying. On growing plants, however, ;it is attended With difficulty because Of the necessity Of providing tents. Arsenite of lime Is equal if not su- perior to peels green in insecticidal value. The reduced price will 'coin - mend it. Arsenite of lime can be made at home. Bordeaux mixture is liable to injure the, foliage of the Japanese plums, but no better ftmgicicle for spraying this class of fruit is now known. To avoid Injury use a very dilute mixture. Varieties Of fruit differ in their Sus- ceptibility to injury from sprays. Unless lime is added, a simple solu- tion of copper sulphate as strong as four ounces per barrel cannot be used without injury to the foliage of many fruit trees. Currant Culture Condensed.' Currants are easily grown; a clay soli that is rich and moist, not wet. is to' be preferred—they give best results in shady situations; hence are excellent to set in orchards. Five by four feet is the distance most generally used. Clean and thorough cultivation is very necessary to produce the largest sized feult. They are gross feeders and appre- ciate liberal dressing. A majority of growers use yard manure. Remove all old canes and weak shoots in order to give A succession of strong, new shoots. Mulching with either coarse mate- rial or Cm duet mulch is quite neces- sary, during the hot season particular - Insects and diseases, while compara- tively easy to check, absolutely require attention. • Hardy Roses. The following roses are recommend- ed in American Gardening as all good and hardY for Colorado, 'although any rose is the better for some protection during winter. Red and crimson: Prince Camille de Rohan, Ulrich Brun- ner, John Hopper, General Jacque- minot, Marshall P. Wilder, Eugene Furst, Glory of the Brussels Exposi- stion. The last Is a comparatively new rose, but is an excellent one. Pink: Mrs. John Laing, Summer Queen, Anne de Diesbach, La Heine, Magna Charta, White: alme. Plantier, Mabel Morrison. Yellow: Persian Yellow. Hardy with protection: La France, American 13eality, Captain Christy, Baroness Rothschild. This does not by any means exhaust the list of good roses. e Bullied Pansy and Other Novelties. The pansy illustrated bas been in- troduced under the name of Ruffled Giant and also of Masterpiece. 'Its novelty consists chiefly of a variation of form. According to one descrip- tion, the flo-wers are large and borne on strong stems well above the foliage. The predominating colors are •indigo, violet, crimson, heliotrope, century, ter- ra, cotta, white, etc. The plants aro . , , vtgotous and thrive even during dry summer weather. A second novelty is the climbing nas- turtium Caprice. The gorgeous flowere are large, borne on long steme aud TUE BITEFLED PANSY. have such a delicate, crinkled, silky texture that they are specially suitable for cutting. • - A novelty of recent year, Margue- • rite centaurea, has been compared with the white carnation, ut le mote beautiful graceful lerges than the average carnation and "more lasthig. It stieceeds in any good garden soil, and seed cm] be sown from March to June. In C0113111ellth on seed •novelties 10 Farm mad Ranch, from which these, notes are made, the author farther mentions ihe interesting fact that the dwarf and the bash ssveet peas both bloomed wen and flourished during ex- ceptionally dey weather in 1809. I -Ie thinics that 'svith thoh'other amid qual- ities, and, having proved to be drought reSiSterS, they should become popular • In the west and southweet. A HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER, Kausas ilealet1 SiMple And Salagfae" tory Arrivngentelt. Tne day for euttin,g corn by hand is almost past. There are a number of macSines on the market, but we nave not fouud one more satisfactory than a homemade cutter we have beea nSines The sled is made with runners 0 feet long and 21/s feet wide. The platform Is Glade of inch boards and extends in inches on the right or knife side, The sled is an easy load for one horee. The whifiletreee are attached to the hon rod 0, rig. 1. The sled is also fitted with shafts. These can be made of any light timber. Straight poles are what we use. l3ere a hole througn one end to pass the rod 0 through. `I'llese are to prevent the horse from backing into the knife. The knife A is about two feet hr length and is securely bolted to the sled at each end. It can be made of an old plowshare or a heavY scythe, or a blacksmith can make one. The ease in cattlng lies in getting this knife 011 the sled at the right slant, The front end ehould be bolted to the 2 by 4 brace, B, shown by dotted lines; the other, 13 limbos out from the names to the other brace,, D. The outer end should lee a trifle the higher and the edge of the knife turned up a little-, so that the weight,of the sled Neill hell) cut the corn. box, E, fastened on, serves as a seat for the one cetting the corn. The horse should be gentle aucl will need little attention, as it walks In the cora row. As the stalks are Cat off ex.4 re* A SLED FOR CUTTING CORN. they fall back into the arms of the operator, who holds them until he has an arhaful, then stops Ills horse and carries the' stalks to the nearest shock or lay them in piles to set up later. This Machine, like all fodder cutters, is a dangerous thing for men and beast, and too much care cannot be used in workingnround it. The device at Fig. 2 is used as a safeguard when the machine. is not in use. It is made of it 2 by 6 plank three feet long. Holes are bored in the sled platform at P and H. Insert pins in the 2 by 4 plank and in the holes in the platform, and the knife will be covered so that nothing can come in contact with the edge, says a Kansas farmer, who, describes this cutter in the Ohio Farmer. Save the Cornstalks. . It iS said that scene people get wealthon what other people waste. The Farni, Field 'and Fireside finds this saying particularly applicable to Canners in the matter of fodder sav- ing, and -it remarks: Every one knows that cornstalks are rich in nutrition. They are particularly good for dairy stock and are profitable for cattle Of all kinds and ages and for sheep. But how common a fault it is to let this nutritive fodder be wasted!, Sometimes it is left too long in the field. The fall rains come on and the lowee ends become saturated,' heavy, tasteless, valueless. It is worse yet if they be left till .too late in the season and the leaves become stripped oE by ahe winds and scattered and many of the stocks trodden into the soil. Of course, the best practice is to pat the cornstalks unsler good shelter in sheds or barns. The next be.f.t thing is to stack them. Every farmer knows how to do this with butts outward and the stack so built as to shed 'the rain. A. stake in the middle is a good plan. Care should be bad to have the corn- stalks dry and to clo tbe stacking on a dry sunshiny dant and the sooner the stocks are cared for after harvest- ing the corn the better. All these cau- tions • will seem useless to a careful farmer, but 'natty „Inindreds of our farmers never find time to care for the cornstalks till too late in the fall 'or even till the snow flies. News and Notes. The sentiment against the ;kale or P000 seed is growing.as The depastment of agrieniture is said to be engaged in the attempt to impart to Connecticut tobacco the flavor and aroma of Cuban or Florida leaf through improved methods of fermen- tation. The phrase "tillftge is manure" may be classed as one of the "half truths." From reeent ex,perlineuts it, appears !that the reason tillage seeins to be manure is that it enables the plant to utilize completely the fertility that is in the soil, particularly potash and phospheric acid, but if this procces 10 carried on indefinitely without applies, - OM of any kind of ITIGUIlre it Will ren- der the laud hopelessly barren. BoSton market or white seeded ten - nes al le a popular lettuce for fore - Inc • As* soon , as onion bulbs attain full size aud the tops tern brcee ithey Should be pulleca, thrown into windrows and allowed to Cure' Col' ten or More days, or if there is danger frOm rain I he curing should be done in open shId s or on the bilA door, ,Pxcess of either sunshine or fein 18 likely to im jure the bulbs. 'TIuo most common isrocesses of wintering the 0111008 are fat -testing the bulbs and keeping, tinim1 In this state all theIviniter and stoierig them in dry nisarI inersis Where. the tem - Pere true) can lenetinuilned jest above the .frenzing went, ward- at had no dostruetive effects MATRON AND MA1D. Moe. Minnie Mteldern Fiske has joined the autivielsection society itt New York. The widow of Benjamin Wood and her sister and damslt tor have assumed entire control of the New York Danz News aud will hereafter edit and pub- lish 11. Mrs. Frances 1\1. Wolcott has secured an absolute divorce from Senator Ed- ward 0: Wolcott on the ground of deser- tion. No evidence was introduced for the defense. mite A. L. Vrooman Wood of Minne- apolis has been appoieted juege of the decorated china to be exhibited at the Paris exposition by the National League of Mineral Painters. The selection oe Mrs. Wood was made by Commissioner General Peek, Miss Eva Hooper of London is now on her way to Australia, where she is to or- ganize the kindergarten work in the pub- lic sehools of Victoria and to give kinder- garten training, Miss Hooper recently spent about a year in this country, study- ing the schools. Mrs, Humphry Ward suggests the es- tablishment in every town of Great Brit- ain of an organization to studg Christian dogma and Christian history with the aid of such books as Harnack's "History of Dogma" and Schurer's "The Jewish Peo- ple In the Time of Christ." Mrs. Alexander Capperton, who died in. Kirkhill, Scotland, the other day, was one of the few links connecting the pres- ent with the time. of Sir Walter Scott. he mitered his Service wheu id and was with hini when he died and 'received a lock of his hair from 'Mrs. Lockhart. A woman has been appointed assignee of the savings bank at Fliusdnle, N H by the supreme court. She is Miss Cora 4, Wellman, who has occupied the posi- tion of treriSurer of the institution, hew - Ing suceeedel her father Sho was rec. Ornmended for appointment by the incor- , Roraima of the bank. • The Duchesse d'Orleans, who is now making a cruise in the Mediterranean on her fine yacht Maroussia, is a very clever draftswoman, and a daily amusement of hers is the designing and execution of dainty liftle menu cards feamthe! day's use. She never fails to produce these cards, whether at home or on the sea. A new aspirant for legal honors is Mrs. Catherine V. Waite, a wesMrn woman, 71 years olcl, who will soon go to Denver and establish a law office there, with her husband ftS a partner. Mrs. Waite is the owner of large tracts of land, ninny horses and a block of real estate in Chi- cano. I-Ier husband was,,at one time a judge in Idaho. Lady' Dundonald, whose husband, the earl, has been distinguishing himself with Buller in Natal, got into a quarrel with the town authorities or Aborgele, Wales, recently over land needed to, widen a roa.c1 passing through the chief attraction of the place, an avenue of old sycamores on her lend. On the town council's threatening to acquire the land needed by condemnation the countess had 'all the old trees 'cut down. THE DOMIN1E. It is announced in Boston that Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts is to give 11 new dormitory to Harvard. Bishop Charles Edward Cheney of Christ Reformed Episcopal church of Chicago recently celebrated the Sortieth anniversary of his pastorate. The Rev. Dr. Edward P. Goodwin, for 33 years pastor of the First Congrega- tional church of Chicago, has resigned on account of advancing age and ill health: Dr. Goodwin is the dean of the clergy of Chicago for continuous service with one church. The Rev. Henry J. Callis, the pastor of the African Zion church of Syracuse, was born a slave. He is a Hampton graduate, has studied law, once declined a nomination for member of the Vir- gine legislature and siuce his entrance to the ministry has stumped the Pacific coast as a McKinley campaign orator. A black bishop of the Anglican church was recently consecrated at Lambeth. The Right Rev. James Johnson, assistant bishop of western equatorial Africa,- is a Sierra Leone negro whose parents were rescued slaves from the Yoruba country. His station will be Benin. Durham uni- versity has made him an honorary A. M. THE MAN WITH TI -1E GAVEL— HOW would Hon. Richard P. Leary of Guam do for a vice presidential .candi- date?—Washington Post. The office of vice president of the .Unit- ed States is one of great dignity and im- portance, To preside over the American senate is itself a work of great responsi- bility and honor. ---Cincinnati Enquirer. The man selected for -the second place on a national ticket should be ,the equal of the man at the head, if, enact. the -- prevailing circumntances, it is possible to find two men of equal availability.— Exchange. General Fred Grant tells one interview - en in the Philippines that hens not a can- didate'for a vice presidential nomination and is doing uothing td secure it, but that) , camuld tam such a nomination, "just ass-Sis, any other man naturally would."—Pnil- adelphia Ledger. TZ5WINi P 1 C Omaha's auditorium is all ready save for inclosing it and putting on the roof.— Omaha World-IIerald. Chicago is having more trouble with her river than Buller had with the Tuge- la.—St. Louis GlobaDenaocritt. The National Editorial association has decided to meet et Buffalo next year. It Is only fair to add that Buffalo decided some time in advance that they sheuld meet there.—Albany Argus. The loyal Kansas City newspapers in- digeantly deny the stories about deter. tioeate hotel charges, but the enterpris- ing ICansas City merchants are not ad- vertising convention accommodations as bargain features.--Xillwaukee Sentinel. Brr6,oF sciLNcE. De Mach -of Berlin has made a new alloy of magnesium and aluminium, pr0. clueing a compound like brass, white 08 silver and can be turned ancl bored. The weight of all the air on the glolpe tnauld be eleven, and two-thirds trillion pounds if no deductions bad to be made for space filled by mountains and land above sea level. Blasting with liquid air at Vienna has led m i he conclusion that to be effective the liquid ahoud lie used within ra' min- utes. Inter leaver:Ilion. As tried after a., beers, when 11;11f of 1 had been esain