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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-6-3, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POST. trUNJ 8 Met i A NIGHT IN AUSTIN FRIARS BY T. S. E. HAKE, ed in. Al] doubt was quickly set at CHAPTERI. rest; no exit by the front -door was The gray fog that had sailed up the possible. Ile reasceoded the stairs with Thames at .eunrise. favoured by wind the, thought to explore the upper and tide, had come to anchor over Lon- nieces, 'lbe rooms consisted of attars, don, and evidently meant to stay. It es he soon ascertained; and all of the had gradually transformed itself into doors of these attics were locked. Rut a dionse mass,, During that wintry in one of the doors he found a key. deet -in the Cita at beet—time had got He hastened to turn this key. though out of joint. The great thoroughfare:: not without a certain sense of trepida- had become hopelessly congested with tion/ after so many disappoint rents. heavy traffic. The mails from the The door opened noiselessly, and he country and abroad were considerably went into the room. delayed. Travellers elm had journey- Striking another match—he ha11 al - ed a thcueand miles by land and sea— ready nearly exhausted his amply— who calculated to reach their destine- Ringtam made out tbi, room to be a tion ati a fixed date—began to peer out moderate-sized garret. It was furnish - of carriage windows in consternation ed as a sort of private office or study. and, blank despair. To many it was A thick, though somewhat threadbare, a serious matter; to some it was even 'Turkey rug covered the centre of the a matter of life and death. floor, A heavy old-fashioned bureau The royal mail from Dover to Lon- stood against the wall. opposite the don was hours overdue. Among the garret, window, On either side of a first-class passengers by this train diminutive fireplace there w as a cup was a young traveller in a fur coat, board. and Ringham expended a match who sat in a corner of his carriage im- on each of these hi order to examine patiently consulting his watch. There them minutely, The locks were turn - was a small black valise on the seat ed in both of them, the keys gone, and at his side, and It seemed obvious that the key -holes blo0keit with dust and this valise—or, more strictly speaking, cobwebs.; A enpeaeious arm -their was its hidden contents—occupied his al- drawn up near the empty hearth. That most' undivided thoughts. His look chain should be bis resting -place for seldom rested a moment elsewhere. If the night. He bolted the door, Then, the{ valise had been possessed of the baving contrived to unlock his valise Power or will to escape him, he could in the darkness, he spread it open up - not have kept upon it a keener guard; on the rug. And now he lighted the and when the train at last reached last match. The dim flame lit up for London Bridge,. and the traveller step- a moment the contents of his valise. ped into a cab, he grasped the handle The space on one side was filled up with of his valise with nervous tension, a bundle of foreign bonds, while the while in answer to the cabman's stereo- other side held a few necessary articles typed inquiry. "Where to, sir?" he cal- of clothing. a sandwich -box, and a led out a flask of brandy. "Austin Friars." The match -light struggled feebly and At the arched entrance to Austin wane out. Ttiinlgha.m groped his way Friary he dismissed his cab. A few to the arm -chair, having secured the paoes and he found himseffin an open sandwich -box and brandy. and sat square. T n eist net about themsupper. were ma.nsions on all down resignedly to consume his frugal sides of bygone days. At first he fumed considerably over "Ala I that should be the house," be the situation ; but presently, beeom- muttered while approaching a big car- Ong, restful and refreshed, he began Her mansion. "Bad luck! it's past of- to take a more philosophical view of flee hours. But. mightn't I find Mr. things. When entrusted with this par- Grinold still at his desk?" cel of foreign bonds—vatted at thirty The house had stone steps. with iron thousand pounds—he had been ordered railings that led up on either side to to let out no hint that he held them, a pair of massive oak doors. These except to Mr. Grinold in person. Had doors shared in common. the shelter of he not acted with intuitive wisdom a• heavy shell -shaped canopy that and foresight after all? By shouting frowned overhead. tinder this canopy down! to the girl under the lamp to there was a gas -lamp; it brightened e. corse back and release him, he would limited circle of space. giving a look of hive incurred a needless risk. Had intensity to the fog beyond. The she taken alarm and roused the neigh - traveller mounted these steps and stop- bourhood, the truth about his confiden- ped under the lamp. He took a card I fish business with !Anthony Grinold from his pocketbook. Upon the card might have leaked out. With this con - was written. "Mr. Gilbert Ringham, soling reflection Gilbert Ringham but - British and Cairo Bank." He now I toned bis fur coat tightly about him, glanced with some perplexity at the and presently dropped off into a. sound two entrances, for there was a broad. sleep, panel between them. upon which was the red dawn that looked in at the inscribed 130. It was the address to garret; window neat morning forced which he had been directed, without a Ringham byslow degrees to open his doubt -130 Austin Friars. But which .ares. For one . hazmoment. while of the two houses claimed this number? blinking at. the li ht, he had no oon- mine•N Methane Lent down to ex -g amine more clo=ehy the twin doors. oeptton of his whereabouts; and then a Upon the left-hand one he discovered it all came back to him; the closing of sation she could have provided for him, nothing. but upon the right-hand door the door—the lovely vision under the "If 1 had danced the first dance wvith ha made out Anthony Grinold" in lamp in the old square—the responsihle 4 you, Lord Downe, it would, in the cir- faded letters. He was about to raise errand upon which he had come to the cumstances, have been construed into the knocker, when he noticed that the house or Grinold of Austin Friars. He an acceptance of your addressee. It door stood slightly ajar. "Good Inakl" rose in haste. glancing round the gar- would have been unfair to let you for said he. The office was not yet closed, , ret. curious to inspect it more closely a moment suppose that such a thing by daylight. Of a :redden his eyes rest- might come to pays," and pushing open the door, whisk in - ed upon the valise lying agape upon ! Her face Is a pained crimson as she stantly yielded to his touch he stepped into the hall. It was broad and lofty, the floor. as he had left it when his speaks, and his tones are as low and and tbe carved -oak panelling was black last match went out. A ray of sunlight as earnest as her own when, after a r.•;t:a,i ge !1'pae\ro were a nttntber of was pointing directly down upon it. short pause, he answers her again. HOW ' SHE WON. CUAPTER XI.—Contluned, \Vhen dressed that nlght for the Bali, the looks very unlike a village maid- en who would be overwhelmed by the •ondeeuensiun of any Lord of Burleigh Waverer, lofty his station, or who 0.01111 eine away, 'heath the burden of un honor, Unto tvbich she was nut born." She nears the famous 'Leigh sap- phires, mad her riot satin robe !e of tliteamo deep hue, chastened by drap- eof fine whits lace 0aught up l+y natural flowers. Her hair is braided high up behind her eorunet, and her neck and arms are gleaming \vitt j8W els. She looks like a quoin in her Own right, Any mai might be proud to win her love, or even her hand. The duchess comes forward to meet her with outstretched hands,ancystocp ing, kisses her solemnly on the brow. 1'0 the tentmakers It is as though aseal has been set upon her, that from this time she is received into the bosom of that august family which for cen- turies past has ruled the country with a rod of iron. To Lady Leigh the demonstration is eminently distasteful, and she shrinks away from the caress with an impa- tient movement of disdain, ".Canting has not commenced," says the duchess, graciously; "we have only 0.aite1 for you." "Too are very good." Guessing nothing from the coldness of the reply or, thinking perhaps that It arises from the dignity and non- chalance which she has so often admir- ed as signs of her favorite's high breeding, and good taste, her grace goes on unsuspieiously "I believe my son is wishing to en- gage you for this dance. I hope he will not be disappointed." Lady Leigh's next words admit of no mistake. "1 shall be very happy to dance with Lord Dowse later on in the evening; at present I dare say he has older', and more important friends to engage his time, and I shall sit out the first few dances: ' The Duchess of Downshire is dum- founded, and follows Ludy Leigh's re- treating figure with angry amazed eyes. Her eon, with his vision some- what cleared to the truth, makes the best of his way after her, determin- ing to put his fate to the test at once. Did you mean more than you said just no\v?" he asks, anxiously, as he reaches her side, lowering his voice so that others may not hear, "I meant all I said," she answers, impressively. I scarcely understand." "Will you force me to explain ?" "I should not like to lose what I um soi wishful to win for the want of a few plain wlyds" He might guess from her manner that there is no hope; but until now ev- erything has combined to prove to him that he is invincible, and he cannot learn a contrary lesson all at once. His plain face becomes excited into positive good looks at this prospect of being thwarted. It is the newest sen - doors, as he could just perceive in the The space on one side was empty. The dim light. but they were nil locked. foreign bonds bad disappeared. Ringhim mounted to the first floor: he . Ilinghant's consternation Increase(' to met with the same experience, Mr, a sense of horror when he came to ex- Grinold'.s counting -house was closed for ' amine tbe garret door. The holt was the day. He bad arrived too late. ; undrawn, it reefed in the socket, pre- "Do not trouble about it; it will all Gilbert Ringham stood at tbe stair- ; ci ely as he had adjusted it before un- come right, and no one knows what case window. that looked out upon the locking his valise. How could the rob - square, to consider what would be the . bery have been achieved? No possible ! bas passed between us, Do not blame hest course to pursue in order to find . clue to the mystery presented itself I me Inc the publicity. 1 only, heard the Mr, Grinold with the least possible de- to bis distracted mind. as made m I rumor to -night for the first time. hot lay. He had come in all haste from thorough inspection of the room, with- it test, now, and people will forget, Cairo upon an errand that demanded out any reassm'inc result. The walls "I shall nut forget, I shall remem- sbrewdne,ss and tach He took the were whitewashed and bare, and the Ler 3'001 goodness always. Do you letter of recmnmendntpon from his flooring was too. smooth and securely think 1 do not see how generously, you pocket. It was addressed to "Mr. An- nailed dawn to awaken suspicion of have acted in sparing me the pain of thony Grinold. 13a Austin Friars ;" and trap -doors. The window wee festooned : making it proposal only to be rejeut- Ringbam had been instructed to deliv- with melte ebs, and the dust and cobwebs . ed ? Most women would have enjoyed er ii to that gentleman. Ile was to shout the locks of the cupboard doors : the triumph—most women w'oulcl hat'e hold\ no communication whatever on showed no sign of baving been disturb- accepted me, whether loving me or the subject of his errand with any ed. not." other peace or persons. Tlhat had Ringbam gave up the search in pure I "Do you think so ill of us, indeed, we been impressed upon him with due bewilderment. He went cut upon the du not ueserve it t" emphasis. Would it be feasible to sea stn rs, There, was some one moving j "Then the bitterness is per'mlesable when will you come to me to be thug Mr. Grinold to -night? He put his val- about on one of the floors below, for on your part only'1" with a meaning the lesson that only love can teach?" v' w till and sat he could hear the thump in. and skirm- .smile. ! She does not speak even then, hut she Tse upon the deep 0 nary thumpin.g down. Where did Mr. Grinold live? fishing ot, a broom. It was an opportune A Leautiful blush surf uses her face, 1 turne and hides her face on his should - Se had not the remotest conception. moment in w•biclr: to make an exit. "1 have foresworn my uuphilan-Iger, and he is more, far more than con- He would go forth and take every While at the head of the staircase, lis-' thropic tenets, I du believe in the tent. Lady Leigh's sore and wayward means in his power t0 ascertain. He tening, the bells of the neighbouring goodness of men at last," heart leas foundits master al: last, must find him to -night. church °looks caught bis ear; and in "Happy man who hue taught you and she is not tea old to begin life rising nastily, eared midst of those minor sounds that faith!" he says, gallantly, and, with again under these newand happier cir- Seizing the valise anham was steel d 1. descend the echoed clearly over the still noiseless ' a low bow, rnuvee away, cumstances. Bingham City there boomed fort.] the greet bell Tire bail goes on, and it is at its "What will they say?" sloe asks, aft - stairs, when be heard a quick, light of St. Paul's. height when Colonel Dare enters the er awhile, clasping be0 hands in prat - "Ants your decision is final?" "Quito." '.then seeing that it is hie pride, not his heart, that is hurt, she adds, kind- ly: "Why is that? How do yam mean?" sharply, 'She is engaged to marry Lord Downe, and this Is the evening of be- trothal, 1 believe, The Downabires ere of German extructiou, and Lhiele an engagement le lauding as the mar- riage vows,' Colonel Dere winces, but makes a bold effort to hide how hard Lhe blow has struck, "It aright be awkward if that idea became general. hovers' vows are Us - 00117 made to be broken,' But the cynicism does not impose up- on the acuteness of the heathen C'hinee. "1: believe you \fere taken yourself with tbe beautiful 'shy 01110w,' Why did you leave Leigh Park?" he in- quires, banteringly, "Shy widow?" "Yes, that is the name .I gave her, 'J'ell me, Dare—did elle aver find you out.?" "1 would rather not speak about it, Graver, and—he:M I here she eomes," "Let me present you in your proper person," says Mr. Meade, impulsively, anti scarcely knowing what he does, Colonel Dare nods compliance. "Lady Leigh, may I introduce a friend to you?—Colonel Dare." She turns pale, but is too proud to show a sign of the confusion she feels. at Tier composure is perfect and her man- ner Una of a lady who sees a strang- er for the first time, "May I have the honor of this next dahce.1" Colonel Dare speaks so humbly that 8110 is disarmed and murmurs an as- sent, In another moment they are passing on together, her hand rest- ing lightly on his arm, leaving the Heathen Chines chuckling. "Lady Leigh, I believe I have to con- gratulate you. Is it not so?" "On what, Colonel Dare?" "On your engagement to Lord Dowse, You have my sincere hopes for 7000 happiness" Thanks for the good wishes; they are always acceptable,. But the conjecture is a false one—I am not, nor never shall be, engaged to marry 'Lord Dowse" Ah 1" There is a deep -drawn breath, and then a long silence, which she is the first to breads, with a laughing light in her eyes, and mimicking his rather stiff and pompous tones. "Colonel Dare, I believe I have to condole witb you." "On what, Lady ;Leigh?" he ans- wers, light hearted enough, now that he knows the falseness of that report, to enter into her humor, "On the shortness of your memory, It is not so very long since we last met, and yet the other aday—" He inclines his head to her level as she pauses, and his tones are very low when he re/alias:"I could only have one reason for that, Lady Leigh. I did not wish to compromise you by admitting, that there had been a previous acquaint- ance. Was I very wrong?" "No, very right. You are always right," she exclaims, quickly, and then adds, "I want you to forgive me for so much, Colonel Dare." "Won't you cry quits?" he assts, gent- ly. "I, too, was SO m11.011 to blame." "You saved my boy's life, You must have thought me a monster of have,titude to forget that." "You know well what I thought, and think still—that Ludy Leigh is the most perfect woman to which the world Dan hay claim," be answers, simply. He bas led her into an empty con- servatory, where the flowers are full of fragrance, and a cool night air is blowing in, Some minutes they stand there, musing, ''hen be speaks again. "When may I come back—and teach Rollo?" The question, in its full significance, falls on Lady Leigh's ears like astrain of sweetest music, and she turns away wherords. Lace lest he should see the sudden light that has brightened it at his "Yon. will have to teach me, too," she whispers, shyly. "i will teeth you both, dear Jenny." "How did you know my name?" she asks, trying, with a woman's perver- sity, born eerhaps of cowardice, to de- fer a little longer the end that is coming fast. IIedraws a book from bis breast coat pocket and opens it at the written se- perseeiption. ".1.have-had it all the tune," he ex- claims, and then again he says veryearnestly, "Jenny, darling, Jenny, 00 On the Farm. 0 MANURE AND WEEDS,It is not strange that fermate gen- erally have the idea that enable man- ure ie full of weed seeds, Yet it is very rare that tide supposition is the 00rrect one, 1t is true weeds are ex- ceedingly apt to grow withgreat pro- fusion and vigor where stable man- ure bus been applied. But it is very rare on farms well cultivated that weed seeds are carried in either hay, cornstalks or straw drawn to the barn and used as feed, The meadow ought to he, and generally ia, cut before any. weeds that may be in it have ripen- ed their spode. As for cornstalks, the notion that tliere can be weed seeds among them is element Any weed that is large enuugb to aced that grows among corn, would be left on the field in cutting, As for straw, says Ameri- can Cutlivetor, all of the weeds except Canada thistle that grow in grain fields do not grow high.' enough to be cut either by the reaper or cradle, The most common weed in winter grass is red root. That has matured and sheet its seeds several weeks before the grain has ripened enough to cut. There may be some red root lead come out among wheat or rye when it is thresh- ed. In fact, we have seen it while threshing wheat. But. the .red root shells so easily that practically all of it is run through with the grain, and has to be winnowed out with the screenings. 'Mere red root appears in the manure, as it sometimes does, it most likely is due to careless feed- ing of screenings to domestic animals, with the belief that if the seed passes through the stomach its germinating powers are destroyed. Whence, then, does come the great prevalence of weeds on stable-manured land? Al- ways, we believe, from weed seeds that are dormant in the soil, and which need just such stimulation as the ferment- ing manure gives to enable them to germinate. Some kinds of seeds, and red root, already mentioned, 10 one of them, are so hard that they grow more quickly after they have passed through the stomach and are voided in the excrement. Not even the crop 01 a fowl will digest red root seed so that it will not grow. In fact, when fowls are fee. nua eah or other grain they avi11 eat very little of the red root seeds, and they possess so little nutrition that they are ea injury to the fowls if they are eaten. We once believed' that grinding red root or other weed seeds might pay, and that mixed with grain before grinding their meal might be used as feed. But there are so many weed seeds that are aurid and injurious and so many other's that are worthless Lor feeding, that the safer and better way is to burn them all. Than at least they can do 00 further damage. 'i'he great bulk of email annual weeds that footfall upon the stone steps outside. immediately l:eneath the window at which he was standing. Next moment the front door was pulled to with a loud bong, and the key grated in the lock, A full sense of the mishap was instantly realized. Be sprang to the window and tried to force it open ; but the framework was old, the bolt rusty and immovable. He peered eagerly out into the Log and listened for the foot - Sall !all on the steps. But no one came in sight, no sound reached his ear. The canopy that hong over the twin doors was some feet helowv this stair- case w1nt ow. ('bu1d the person who bad locked him in he still standing un- der it Ringham bad raised his hand to tap on the window-pane—to break it if need be—when a girl in a dark cloak andfur-trimmed hat stepped from under the great shell. For an instant she raised her face eo that the light fell fully upon it as from a shaded lamp. and then she turned nimbly on her: heels and was gone. Daring that moment of chance Ring - ham lost his head. Instead of tapping at the window to attract the girl's et- ' tention--xiuch less breaking the pane -be bed catered out inpure wonder and 11.13016. What. a vision I Did the oyes of nun aver before rest upon anything mere beautiful, anywhere—least of all n a foggy old City sgn'are? It must have :been mre fancy—an ha l mist tion—or possibly a spirit of that. had haunted this spot in those (Moly,marshland days of centuries gone by, berate even the Augustine h'iars came 10 dwelt there. 1Vlerrnwhile the staircase haat become quite dark, Not only had the fog elos• ea,n about Ittistip Friars; it wee night. ,Gitbere Rhigham struck a mal.eh, and went down into the ball to maks surd thathe Was act :env lecke Fovea! ('Co Be Continued.) LOW -HEADED FRUIT-TREES,It used to be the practice of orchard- ists to prune and train young trees to branch nut six or more feel above the ground, and Induce them to grow in an upright rather than a spreading form, so that the breathes would not prevent ploughing under and close up to the tree, The uppusite praatice is Irian to them to branch out close to the ground and make. lona spreading taps, Some prefer the latter method, Although it prevents ploughing close up to the tree trunks, they say the trees do nut need it,'fhe shade of tow- headed trees helps to suppress the growth of Grass and weeds, and the soil may be kept moist( enough by the application of a little mulch, The low -headed trees are less exposed to winds, and a smaller proportion of the fruit will be windfalls, ft is believed that such frees atone into hearing ear- lier, and that their naturally spread- ing hetet of course promotes fruitful- ness. Of course. it is water to gather fruit from a low tree than a high one, Most of the fruit from the, tree trained with this objeet In view may be reach- ed from the ground or from a1 short ateln-15411er, It is said that the blood of doge fa- tigued by long racing, if injected into rho veins of other doge, make them Show all the signs of talent). room with Mr. Meade, ty dismay. "What twill they any "They are nice rooms for dancing; it this sudden -ending of a romance of is a pity tboy are so seldom used," saga which they have not seen the begin - Colonel Dare, looking round him. mint; ?" 'They would not he open now were "Let tiaent say what they will, I it not. for Lady Leigh: ease not, so that; you are mine," "But there is Rollo, He may refuse WONDERFUL MIS. HILLTOPS tris consent, and then "And then f must merry you with- out it," he answers, laughing., seeing ,ten Der. 11101,V% et,. Is IIepa11012I Sonne- no fear of that, "Be conLent, sweet, trams, bat torrent err. nllltol)s is ohm. ' there IS no escaping from, the bondage of love, it will hold you too tightly, too close," She lifts her faro to hts and smiles , fearlessly into his passionfui eyes. "Lot it be as I wish) this once, until I take up my vows of obaclienne, Court, me over again, dear, because the world Is so rensorions, anti I should not like our happiness spoiled by its spite. Be- sides"-- looking down demurely, -"I shall not bo sorry for the reprieve" Ole folds her tenderly in his arms, "Let 1t be as youwish'—lo the last, Shy Widow 1r "Mae. Hilltops rarely permits her carom to wring from her any outward evidence of. disturbance," said Mr. 13illtops, "but: elle sloes occasionally, and I'm glad of it. I'd hate to have her absolutely perfect, for then she would seem too far removed, from me, But now and then she shows that she is but human after all. As, for example, this morning when, atter listening to a million requests from the children and doing fourteen thousand admire for them, the whole situation compli- cated with some request from me that might better have been put• off till another time, she exclaims: "'This family will drive me to die - traction yet.' It is too bad that she should be so bothered, but It ds a, sort of relief to me to hear her Hal that, it 3s a time- honored phrase, and to hear her speak it proves thgt she is notbove the need of our s mpathy and thoughtful care, and she shall have them both. "Oh, hit they ate 8, bothersome lot, those children?" Parchment on the meat 'banjos is reale of wolf skin. The Pnd, Patrick Dunning, aged 0 years, re- siding' with his parents at Mudrside; and another boy had been playing abaci, when a loud explosion occurred,' btowingt the] tint hand off tlhe hey, blowing the left hand ,off the boy Dunning into a tpulp. It is supposed the 0blldkdn' were plaiydng faith a dynas Mite cap, John Swanson, a track football play- er, Was ' fareWolled" by his ohams of the John o' Groat Club at Wtak, prey violist to his departure for Glasow re+ tenthly, !Ar riortixqo of moWey and elo- quent tributes g to his worth bore tea. LitrGroats tss enter ain f r ikd1, SSwanson, the Cr appear so irrepressibly in gardens and other places which have been made rieb great quantities. They must beta wat- er manure, aro produced from weed er close at hand when feeding, as it seeds scattered on the ground in pre- is absolutely neeeseary for their di - much In tbe intermediate years to rid the soil of them. The mammon rag weed always starts to grow by the nei1- lions in winter grain in sprung. But If a peck of clover send per acre ie sown (arty, the clover planta will smo- ther out the rag weed SO that none of these tnilllooe of Plants will tome to maturity, .But if there is rag weed among the clover let le be cut as soon after harvest as the weed begins to show above the stubble, Cut it IoW. This will lop off some clover leaves, After this rut ting, the clover will grow so rank that the rag weed will be wholly suppressed, and nota spear of. it will be seen in the clover thednllow- ing season. DUCK -RAISING FOR. PROp'P1', Brooding duke artificially is much easier than brooding chickens. The heat in the brooder should be started at about ninety degrees, but the sec- ond day must be reduced to eighty de- grees, Ducklings, unlike chickens, de not crowd in the hover, preferring to liewell separated, Where it is neves- eery to have fringe in front of the hover for thickens the ducklings do without it. During May, when the weather is usually milder and the brooder -house is warm throughout, they will soon prefei' to rest at night outside of the hover, says 0 writer, The system of feed for ducklings is very simple. After having tried num- erous complicated mixtures at the start, I have finally settled on every common formula. The first meal, aft- er being placed in the brooder, is nom meal and bran equal parts, with a literal handful of coarse sand intro- duced, all thoroughly mixed with cold water, and fed in a moist oonsistency. After they are two days old 1 add a small quantity of soaked beef scraps. This mixture should be fed five times daily, but only just as much' as they will oat up clean. They should always 00(210 u11 to the feed -board lively and hungry. Here is where great care should be exercised.. 11 is much bet- ter to underfeed than overfeed, If they are overfed they will receive a set -back in their growth which may stunt them for a week. It by accident, tberetore, they are overfed, it is best to skip a feed or two until they become hungry again. When the ducklings are four weeks old, four feeds a day are quite sufficient, When six weeps old three feeds will be enough, but the corn meal should be increased a little and tbe bran diminished. When eight weeks old, and intended for market solely, they should be fad three parts corns meal and one part bran. Alter the sixth week the beef -serape may be increased, and this increase continued sligibtly until they have attained full weight. Water is more important, for duck- lings than feed. In fact, it is a good plan to give them water first before feeding. Teach them to find the wat- er fountain as soon as they are plac- ed in the brooder; If they appear stupid, take a few, one at a time, and dip their bills in the water; they will Kaon learn the road, and the first taught will teach the rest. Water to drink must be kept before them day and night. They will. drink and waste FEOI THE LAND 01 CHO. vious years.'these often he dormant for years. It is only where the soil is warmed up and made mellow and twist by the Tormenting of manure that these seeds can grow, How JL is that these weed seeds are to be found in most cultivated rich soils may be noted in most gardens tate every fall. Cultivation of the garden generally ceases when the vegetables which man cares for are removed. Often these are, when taken off, crowded by small weeds which the cultivator hardly no- tices, because they are small. Late in Lhe season these small weeds grow apace, and there is a seeming plantin- stinet in most of them that sets them to blossoming and forming seeds. We have seen weed. seeds on plants that are not over Lour or five inches high, though earlier in the 5e3380n the same kinds of plants will grow much high- er than this, Just as soon as coo] nights and frost come, all the energies of l he plant seem to he conuentr'Led to the production of seed, which may enable the plant to be reproduced another sea- son. Most of the very small seeds only grow when brought by cultivation within an inch or less of the surface. Some of them will not grow at it great er depth than a halt or a quarter of an inch, Now each time the field is ploweda new strata of. earth filled with weed seeds is brought up where light and air a:nd the vivifying influ- ences of nature will set them to grow- ing. 1f every year, every weed, was de- stroyed before it had seeded, it must Lake many years before the weed growth will be so lessened ea to di- minish the labor of cultivation. For wherever there are any weeds the, cul- tivator and hoe must be used nearly es'of1en ns if the soil were full of them In fact, most good farmers do not wail for weeds to become u. mance to crops before they cultivate the sur- face. it is a common practice naw for growers of the corn and potato props to cultivate each of these, even before the crops are up, and, while no weeds can he seen. In this tray doubtless millions of needs are destroy- ed at the very beet time, and t.hIll is before it bas grown enough to begin robbing the soil. So soon as the weed has put out its root and has begun to draw relent food from the soil, it become a nuisance. IL can only take nutriment that has been prepared. 1'n the weed all this nutriment must: again be decomposed and put in 80luhl0 form. Therefore, the common idea that. it Is a good plan to let weed* attain some size so that they will Lur'nish more green manure, is a fallacy, All of wahie that the weed takes bas first come from the soil, and in better shape than it can be returned. This early destruction of weeds by harrowing while young, is the bee 'heed awe oluno* to, et rid of them, In thee Way for a rima the weeds will increase as the soil is made finer and 8uccoeelve strafes of it are brought to the surface, Bat as it is ifnpassib):e to cultivate land cyery year, Itee0ing it heavily seeded With red 31over will do INTERESTING NOTES FROM BONNIE. SCOTTISH BRAES.. SON' nrrrgis 00 Brae lreel'nneed. by 111e Ilenlear napSemi higs et'a 1Tee1t'0,111110. n Few 01018111. 5 Station Sergeant Colin Cruickshank, of the Edinburgh city police, has been appointed superintendent of police in Orkney. Henry Andereou, son of the Rev. Mr. Anderson, 1fdinkillie, occupies the Bret place in logic and motaphyeios at Aber- deen University. A fire occurred in the Dundee Royal Infirmary. The nurses got all nye patieentti removed to a safe part of the buildings, The Raotty of James 1{, btoLokLuan,c South 'Wet, and olork in the Commer- cial Bank, Dundee, was found on the railway near ivlonlfieth. .13y, an explosion of fire damp in a coal pit. at hotness, Linlithgow, Chas, Snledrinnt 'vas iuslantly killed and three other men injured. Mr, Hughes, collector of customs, Wick, has been promoted to the South Wales district, of which the town of Llt(nelly is the headgaarters. George Burns, a groom, employed by Mr. Johnson, draper, High street, Ayr, committed suicide by drinking the con- tents of a small vial of kimono acid. The fountain stone of the new pub - lie hall for Craigie was laid with Ma - aerate honours by Lieut, Col. Campbell, governor of her Majesty's general prison. In St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, the congregation of the Barony parish church celebrated the semi -jubilee of the Rev, Dr. J, Marshall Lang as their pester. John) hilyndman. 8 years of age, 1a Sing street, Paisley, was accidentally/ burned in the house there recently and received such injuries that he died soon after. The farm steacling of Balnahard, Finzeen, was burned Lo the ground and thirteen cattle perished. Mr, Har- per, whose loss is considerable, bad his effects insured, Patrick McEuan, aged 11 months, song of Josepb MaLunn, of Dalrymple street, Greenock, fell into a tub con- taining! about an inch of water, and died from suffocation. John Prentice, station master at Steppes Road, died in the Royal In- firmary in consequence of injuries he received. He was run over by a shunt- ing engine near Glasgow. At Govan, a chimney sweep named Dockery was cone ieted of having per- mitted the dead body of his mother to be "waked" previous to burial, A pen- alty of a1 Is, or fourteen days Wile imposed. The memorial stone of a new Masonic temple in connection with the Thistle anti, Rose Lodge, No. 1011, Stevenston, 0ve.s laid by Bro. ilugb R. Wallace, of Busbie, R.W, Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire. The grave closed the other day over the remains of a worthy follower of Caxton's art, James Simpson, elder brother of Alexander Simpson, Scot- tish tCmployers' Liability Company, died atl Elgin. John Fox, furnace filler, Eglinton Iron! Works, Rilwiuning, died in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, from burn- ing. He was on the top of one of alas dtrrnaces when' a great volume of flame burst out. geation. For young- growing market ducklings, water to swim in is more of an injury than a, benefit. The food which is given them to convert Into flesh retest not be hardened into muscle by exercise in the water. Green food is the natural food of Lhe duck. If you have not sown rye in the Callao that your ducks can obtain the fresh young growth early in the spring you must substitute something in place of it, and I know of nothing bet- ter than young, tender cabbage. Aft- er they are three weeks old, they will soon strip a whole head if thrown in to them in their yards. THE USE OF TOBACCO. 40811l11y Conseit'iI PPV head 1n the 1)1 rrer• r 111. 1 ellnirles or ter. World. A French soiantific journal publish- es some particulars as to the con- sumption of tobacco, which, according to the figures obtained from the Minister of Finance, is decreasing in that country, tieing at the present time aho'mt 2 pounds per head of the population annually, whereas in Hol- land it is 7 pounds, in the l!nited Stet - e8 5 pounds, in Belgium and Germany 3 pounds, anis in Can'tda about 21-2 potwds. The consumption in Sweden and Preesie is about the stone as in France ('3 pounds), while in Great ;Brit- ain it is net quite 11-'2 pounds, The same statistician is also responsible for the calculation drat the consump- tion of matches in Europe; is 2,000,000,- 0011 in the course of twenty-four hours, being on the avenge twelve per head 01 t:he population in German,.„ nine in Belgium, eight in England, and only six in France, where they are of such bad quality that one would have sup- posed tbe consumption must he pre- lrori:ionetely greater than in any oth- er country. A New Yorker was arrested on e street -oar, charged with picking a lady's pocket. At the station house he was aaarohad, but as the lady's purse was not found upon him, be was die - charged. The next morning the policeman Who bad arrested him dis- covered the purse in his own coat poc- ket, where the culprit had evidently placed it when on bis way to the police station. A large eagle swooped down upon a goose in Bedford, Pa., and was boating it away, when Mrs. Wm, Robinson, the owner of the eagle's intended victim, rushed to Lite rescue, club in hand. For Ave minutes there was a fight be- tween the eagle and 1VIrs. Robinson, whose taco, hands, and dress were torn by the bird's talons, At last the eagle au/ numbed to a knook-out blow of rho club. : The body of a man in an advanced stage. of decomposition was found in. the river Cart, near Barnsford Bridge, Greenock road, Paisley. It was identi- fied as that oe William' Robin, ,sculp- tor, George street. After two years' deliberation, 28 Pres- byteries and 111 sessions of the U. P. church of Scotland, against only 6 Presbyteries and 20 sessions, have vot- ed, in, favour of marriage with a de- ceased wife's sister. The Lord Provost's Committee of Edinburgh Town Council has agreed to recomm8ndt that the t'1�eedom of the city should be conferred on Lord Wol- seley, the oommaoder•-ba-chief, and Lord Lister, the eminent. surgeon. The, body of Thomas Barrie, a car- rier, Past Burnside street, 11ilsyth, wa.s fotrnd dead in the Garrett Burn within a few yards of his own house by his wife and daughter. It is •be- lieved his death was entirely madden - tai. In Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, on the estate of Allathan, 111 the parish of New Deer, containing 1,080 acres, of which 1,088 aro arable, about fifteen; acres planting, and the remainder pas- ture, roads, ata., upset £103,000, ivas Hold for LI8,120. The report of Lieut. -Col, Yorke, of the collision that marred at Border Union Junction, on the Caledonian Railway, finds that the collision was quite accidental, and that no blame whatever attaches to anyone in eon- neotion with it. The water supply scheme, of Strom- ness has advanced so far that the land for the reeervoix has been acquir- ed. The land Was acquired from three different proprietors, and the value which was fixed by valuation amounts to close upon £800. Samuel B, Armour, sheriff substitute of Caithness, Orkney and Shetland, has been appointed to the officio of sheriff substitute, at Cupar, Fife. vacant by. the appointment. of Alexander E. Tien• dn'rsouli to be sheriff subutibute for Renfrew and Bette. The recent influx of foreign trawlers into the Moray Firth is causing great resentment among Lbe line of fisher- men of Buckie/ ,Scarcely a boat ar- rived in port during the week but had some complaint to make res tq lose of gear from 35 to AUL