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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-05-14, Page 4muarimpt Th L dy of L nc Or, Leonora We. is Lova .110 CHAPTER XX. "Not too high," repeated Lady Lancas- ter, sagely. 'Tho lords of Lancaster have married eerie' datnghters before to- day,' "Yes, in their palmy days," said Clive ;Lancaster; 'but not now, whoa their Patrimony with taxes, nd their lastsdce+ send• neat earning nn a "raltrY vng in her ma• JCat ,s service. Lady Adola ie as poor as youare said the evithered old woman, sigziiflcaut ly „ Noe„ Yes." "B'ut I thought that the Earl of l:ast- •vood was very rich," "Ile- was *nee but .he and his spen<1 thrift sons have *bade ducks and drakes of the money at; the gaming -table Lade A.de1a will have no portion at all. She Will be compelled to marry zt, fortune." "So you have placed yours at her die- posal?' he said, with hardly repressed :scorn. Yes," coolly, " if she takes my nephew with it. But,, seriously, Clive, it is the best match for you 'both. You will have money. she has beauty and, exalted sta- tion, Marries to each other, you two will be a power in the social world; apart, neither of you will count for much. Yon will have rank, but that will be a mere incumbrance to 'you without the ability to sustain its dignity pro- perly. 'It you only knew how little I oare'for 'social power," he said. "The life 'of ' a soldier suits me. I have no great ambi- tion for wealth and. power." "You are no true Lancaster if you are willing to let the old name and the old place rue down!" she broke out, -indig- nantly. 'Ale I wish tbat I Might have borne a San to sty husband! Then this degenerate scion of a noble race need never have been roused from his dolce far niente to sustain its ancient glory';' His lip curled in cold disdain of her wild ranting. At least the old name will never be dishonored by me," be said. "I have led a life that no one can cry shame union. My record is pure." Glancing at hie flushed face and proud eyes, she saw that she had gone too far. She did not want to rouse that defiant +,00d inherent in all the Lancesters, She as. afraid of it. "I was hasty, she said. ',Forgive me, 'live. But I am so anxious to have You all in with ray plana. I have no kin of ++y own, and I am anxious to leave my oney to you, the heir to my late,hus- +and'is title. If you fall in with my news I shall give you from the day of our marriage ton thousand a year, and fter my. death the whole iuoome shall e yours, If you cross me, if you decline o marry as I :wish you to do, I ahall not up other Lancasters—there are die ant connections in London, I think—and shall leave everything to thein instead •f to you.". Her black eyes glittered with menace, nd there was an evil, triumphant smile n her thin,cruel lips. , She knew the xtent of her power, and was bent on d ing it to the full. Money is a good thing to have. Aunt ydia. I should like to have yours when ou are done, with it, I don't deny that," e said, "There may be. some things bet- e then money, it slowly, "one ' could ve,them, but—" 'Better than money?" she interrupted, ngry, and sarcastic; and frightened all t once, for fear that he was about to fuse—here "Pray -tail me what those de- rable things may be." "You dict not hear me out," he answer. calmly. "I was about to say there ight be, but I was not sure. We will of discuss that unknown quantity.' "I think not," she answered, dryly. ''It light be more pertinent to discuss Lady dela now. What do you say, Clive? hall you pay your court to her?" A deep red flushedall over hie fair, andsame face, "She might decline the honor," he said. "Pslia v! she might be a fool, but she :net," shad my lady, sharply. "She will tot decline. She has an inkling of what mean to do I have talked with the art. He thinks it would bea pleasant nd pertinent arrangement for the house f Lancaster. You know you have to hinge of your heirs,''Olive, and to do the est you can for their future," "Yes," he said, sarcastically. "Well, now I have told you all my open and plans, Clive, I want to know fiat you are going to do. There is no se beating about the bush, said any ady, sharply. 'I sari erotng t• make Lady Adela's no: ua.intance before I make up my mind," e answered, undauntedly. "You will fall in love with her. She is y great beauty,' my lady said, confident - y,' as he bowed himself out. "Not yet, pleura, Aunt West," said the girl. "I love Iles twilight dimaees. I love to sit in the darknesii and think." 'Aboutyour poo' papa, dear?" asked the,wni good ton. u. "Tellmo about him, Leonora, What did e'die at?" "It was •a fever, Aunt' West, Somo day T will tell you all 111)0111 him, but not just yet, (lease, 1—can not bear It yet. 11 has been sq little a while r znto1 lost him-barelytwo months!" eaid Leonora. • with the sound of tears in her voice. Well, well, dear, 1 did net think, You shall tell me when -you pleaeao, But that was not what 1 came in for. You know I zomisecl 3' youe 1 •t peep at the flue .folks when they dined. Well, it le time now. In a minute they will assemble, Come. with me; I have found a enug place for yotu.Leo" nora rose and followed lzee aunt. They went along seine dark corridurs, ha.zzd in Band, silently, and then Mrs. West put a key softly into a leek and turned "it•, A door opened, A clean, musty scent of dust and disuse breathed on their facee. Mi,. West drew Leonora in and shut the dour. "Do not be afraid of the dark, dear," she whispered. "IC is only a disused china-caosetopening 011 dining -Inn dining -ha There is a broken panel, This way, Leo. nova Now, look." There was a broken pane], indeed, that made an aperture as wide. as your hand. Through it there :,treanied a bar of light, making visible the cobwebbed corners of the narrow pantry, with piles of erackel and old-fashioned china arranged upon the shelves, where the dust of years lay thick and dark and musty. Leonora laughed a little at the novelty of her position. Aunty, I feel like a naughty little girl who has hid in the closet to oteal pre- serves," she whispered. Mrs. West laughed softly too. "You will have something nicer than preserves," she whispered, reassuringly, as if Leonora had indeed bean a little girl. "Now, dear, look, look!" Leonora looked out through the narrow aperture, half dazzled by the radiant light for a moment. and saw a magnt- flcent dining -ball, long and lofty, with carved oak paneling, and a tiled tire. Place, a tapestried wall, and some glori. ops .I aintings by the old mestere, all lighted by a magnificent chandelier of wax -lights, whose . croft, luminous blaze lighted up a table glittering with gold. and silver elate, costly crystal, and mag- nificent flowers. As elm gazed upon the brilliant scene there was a rustle, a murmur, the echo of aristocratic laugh- ter, and a gay party entered the room. hire. West, leaning over her niece's shoulder, whispered, softly: "There ie my lady—in front, on that tall gentleman's term, dear." Leonora saw a little, wizened figere in a glistening brocade, with rubies pend- ent from the thin ears, a lace cap an the thin white hair, a locket of diamonds and rabic() on the breast, and glittering bracelets that mocked the yellow, bony wrists they encircled, and the .sour, wrinkled face, rendered even more ugly and aged by the attempts that had been madegeqto render it youthful. "That hideous old lady in paint and powder—do you say that she ie Lady Lan- caster?" Leonora asked; and .when Mrs. West anrzwered "Yes:" she said, irrever- ently: "She looks like a witch, auntie, dear. ,i shall be expecting every minute to see her gold -headed stick turned into a broom, and herself flying away on it 'into the sky, to sweep the'cobwebs from on high,' „ "Oh, fy, my dear!" Dried the house- keeper disappointed that Leonora had not been more impressed with the splen- dor of the scene and - Lady. Lancaster's dignity. "But, look at Lord Lancaster— is be not grand in his black suit?" "Where?" asked Leonora, carelessly, ea if she were not gazing at that moment on the tall, superb figure, looking 'courtly in its elegant evening -dress. Ile was weak- ing by the side of a lady whose white - gloved hand rested lightly an kis arm. Leonora looked admiringly at the dark, brilliant face and stately figure of thie woman who, clothed in ruby silk and rich black lace, laked queenly as she sunk into her chair behind a beautiful epergne of fragrant flowers, "Oh, I see him now!" she said, after a reroute. 'He is with that lady in ruby eilk, Aunt West, who is she?" "The Earl of Eastwo rid' s daughter., Lady Adel't. She is a great beauty and a very grand lady." "She is very handsome, certainly," Leo- nora. said, Her gaze lingered on the dark, brilliant face behind the flowers. The dark eyes and red lips made a pretty pic- ture. She wondered if Captain Lanca+ ter thought so. "Yes, she is very handsome, and .she Will be the next nzietress• .of Lancaster Park," Mrs. West said. "She !ti engaged to Captain -to Lord Lancaster, then?" said' Leonora. She looked at the earl's daughter with, a new interest. "No, bat every one. knows what is in Lady Lancaster's mind," said Mrs. West,' significantly. "It is dreadfullyclose hero in this closet. One can scarcely breathe," said Leonora. "Ola,' Lady Lancaster, you said: What has she to do with Lord Lancaster and the earl's daughter? It seems to me she la a very meddlesome old lady." •"She wants'her nephew to marry Lady Adele. Every one knows it. She invited her here just to throw them together and, make the match." "But perhaps he will not marry her juet to pplease hie aunt!" spiritedly. "He will -be apt to do just what MY lady tells him," said Mrs, West. "If he deet not, elle will leave her money away from him. Hocan not afford. that," "And will he really sell himself for money?" Leonora spoke in a stage whir, CRATER XXI. That evening' when "bober-suited twj• fight" had begun, to fall over all things, alien the stars began to sparkle in the ky, when the air began, to be heavy vith odors of rose and mignonette and c.smino and the odorous, heavy -scented Loney:suckle, Mrs. West game into the sit- ing -room, where Leonora was leaning vas leaning from. the window, drinking n the peaceful .sweetness cf the summer ve, "Aro you lonely here in the dark, my ,ear? I will bring a' lamp," she said, stili e0 Lidlitnirra Rust and Storm Fi o lar era ,fie and 011' Bd amen.tal Let OS knew the size of any roof 1 you are thinking of covering and we Will make you ars Interesting offer. �yrd�.�'Sn. Roofing� r:9taFi turnitodi BIA1ti'UTl+JAL.CTU E+pt3S 1?'nx2Cs:NTo znul WINNIPEG '4 4130;Mitd 'Mesh, my dear; not quite so loud, Ae to selling himself, I don't know that you could call it that exactly. Many people here marry for wealth and'pcsition. Yet, why shouldn't these two young , people fall in love with eacb other 2 Lady Adele, hoe everything in the world that ]se de. siva,ble except' money, and so hap be. Their fortune le made' if they marry each other." „Happy pair!" Laid Leonora,, in a ear- Castlo voices,in the darkness. "Isn't it stilling In thie We. Aunt West? Let us They went back quietly to the little, s't- ting-rod again. "'Well, how did you enjoy it, Leonora?" asked her aunt, "Ohl very much," said the girl. "Fan glad. Somehow, I thought .yon didn't,," vaguely, "They are going to dance thie evening. I can manage for you to ,seg it, if you like to do s0. Should you, Leonora?f° "Ohl very much," said the girl again, CiIAPTEE XSI3, It was a beautiful night, bright with moonlight aitd etarhggbt, and sweet with balmy air and the breath of fragrant ficlwers. Ledneera eat at the window and A Sithe -Tragedy . of the War in Serbia. A wounded Serbian soldier attacked by typhus fever and unable to proceed further on his journey. This is not an unusual sight under the existing circumstances iri° Serbia, silently drank in the sweet influences a the balmy night. elm, would have liked to go out, but she did not suggest: it, for fear of shocking her aunt,. ' "Are there any old ruins about here, ,Aunt West, and any pretty scenery?" she inquired, presently. "Oh, Yes; there are the old Abbey ruins about two miles from here. They are very pretty and picturesque. Artiste go there to eketcb, and prong parties to frolic. Devonshire is a very `pretty place. anyhow. A great many'peop-o come here to make pictures," "So I have heard," eaid Leonora. "May I go there some day—to the Abbey,,1 :Wean—and make a picture,: Aunt West?" "You, child? Can you sketch?" "A little," demurely. `Indeed I? have some talent for it. I have drawn some + little things good enough to sell." Can you, really? cried the house- keeper, in surprise. "Yes indeed," said Leonora, stetting. "To-utorrpw I will unpack my -trunks and show you some nictures I did last year— some in California, some in New York State, some in Virginia, and some ,.-in West Virginia." "AU those places?"said Mrs. • West. "W.hy, my 'dear, you must have traveled a great deal," "I have," Leonora answered, carelessly, "But could poor Dick -could your papa afford it?" inquired Mrs. West, bewilder- ed: Le "Sometimes—whenever he found a large' gold nugget—he could,"said_ Leonora. ' We always had ' -a, little trip somewhere. then. Papa . was very fond of traveling." ' It must have coat a great deal of money ands weren't' you afraid, my dear? I have heard -at leel:t I have read —that there are many Indians in Vir. gime," "Oh, my dear aunt!" cried Leonora, amazed at such lamentable ignorance; then, in a moment, she added, kindly: "That was a great many years ago, aunt —when Christopher Columbus discovered America. There are not any Indians' there now." "Oh!" said Mrs. West, relieved, and with .a sudden overwhelming feeling of dense ignorance, which Leonora saw so plainly that she turned the oonversation kindly back to its first channel. But you haven't. told me yet, aunt, if I may go and •skotch the Abbey ruins. I suppose they, are out of Lady Lancaster's jurisdiction," disdainfully. "They aro not, child, for they belong to Lord Lancaster; but I don't think there can be any objection. She never goes there herself," said. Mrs. West. "Then I shall go there some day and get a picture. Perhaps it may be good enough to sell. I'm going to try to help support myself, Aunt West." 'You need not, my dear, for 1 have savings enough for us :both. and you are welcome to your (share," said the good soul, kindly. "1 ahal] not touch a penny. I shall sell pictures enough to buy my dresses," said Leonora, with .a confident air. "They will have to be very good onee, dear," dubiously. "I shall try to make them so," laugh. ing. At that'ntament a buret of music swell. ed upon the air—one of Strauss's mos+ intoxicating waltzes. Leonora's heart thrilled to the sound. ",How delicious 1" she cried, "It le the band. The dance has begun," cried Mrs: ; West. "Came, Leonora, you sha11 have f "You have? Where?" whispered the good soul, incredulously "In Nev ork, replied the girl. "I was at a ball there haat winter. I1 was very grand—much grander than this," Nevertheless, she continued to 'gaze with a great deal of interest at the anim- ated scene. There were more than a dozen couples upon the floor, the beauti- ful,richly dressed women and black - coated mon showing to their greatest ad- vantage in the gay audience. Leonora saw Lord Lancaster's tall, 'splendid figure among them. He had Lady Adele. East- wood for a partner. Hie arm was clasp- ed lightly 'about her tall, slender form; her dark, brilliant face drooped toward his shoulder with rather a languishing Sia "Lady Adele is Lord Lancaster's part- ner,' whispered the housekeeper. "Aren't they a well -matched pair? He is SO fair, she is so dark, they go well together." "Very well," said Leonora. She watch- ed the two figures admiringly, and thought how exquisitely the light, of the lamps shone down on Lady Adela's ruby silk and her flashing diamonds, The black hair bound into a braided coronet on the top of the graceful head contrast- ed well with the fair locks that crowned Lord Lancaster's brow: "Yes, they go well together," she said to herself. "Will expediency and inclin- ation go hand in• hand 2 Will he marry here" "Lady Adele has superb diamonds," saidthe housekeeper. in her shrill whis- per. "Yee, they are very nice," said Leonora. "But T' have a friend who has much finer ones. Her father gave them to her for a birthday present. They cost fifty thousand dollars." "What an odd girl! She is not one bit astonished at the splendor of anything she sees. She has seen a great deal of the world, really, and Americo. must be a much finer place than I ever thought it," mused Mrs. West to herself. 'a'"There, the waltz is over, Aunt West, whispered the girl, clinging to her arm. ' Hadn't we .better go now? Some one may come out here.' . "Yes, if you have seen enough — have you?" Mrs. West replied. and Leonora answered: "Yee, quite enough., thank you. I •do not like to look at such gayety, and my dear papa so lately dead. Oh, Aunt West, please let us walk out in the air awhile. IL is so warm here, and these vinee are full of spiders and cobwebs, just like that china -closet." !To be continued.) "Not from they shelter of another' hot china -closet, I hope," said the girl, laugh. ing. "I am afraid of the cobwebs and I the spiders," 11 We will find a better place this time. Put semothing over your head, Leonora.; we then have to ge, out -doors, and the dew le heavy." Leonora wound a dark veil turban fashion about her head. 'New?" she eaid. • "Yes that will do; come one, Mrs. West replied, They went on a little balcony shroud- ed in vines, from which they would peep unobserved through . at .,undraped win- dow into the brightly lighted ballroom "Perhaps this will not do any better than the china-c1e0et, after all;" said Mrs. West, dubiouely, "These vines are so thick, there may be bugs and spiders in them too," Leonora, shuddering, exclaimed; "Ugh! I can feel their creeping now!" and then declared that she would stay ten min• utee, anyhow. T n't it a pretty' eight? Did you ever ado anything so pretty, my love?" ex- c]ahned Mrs, ,W'eet, proudly. • CHAPTER XXIII, 11 was a pretty scene,; The long bane xoom was draped in roseate oolors and decorated with fiowere. The walla were exquisitely painted in appropriate fig ores an d the waxed oaken floor shone es bright that it reflected the figures of the men and women Who whirled around it in the sensuous measures of the gay waltz. Did you even seg anything - so pretty?" repeated Mrs. West, with a certain pride in this grand old family whom she eery - ed; and her niece answered, : impertur. ably r Fulfilling a Wish. Do you wish the world were better ? Let nae tell you what to do. Set a watch upon ,your actions,. keep them always straight and true; Bid your mind of selfish notions, let your thoughts be clean and high You can make a little Eden of the sphere you occupy. Do you wish the world were wiser? Well, suppose you make .a start B'3''. accumulating wisdom in the scrap -!book of your heart. Do not waste one !page on folly ; live to learn and learn to live, If you want to• ,give men knowledge you must get it ere you give. Do you wish the world were happy 7 Then remember day by day Just to scatter seed's. of kindness as ; you pass along the way; For the pleasure of the many may be oft -times traced to one. As the hand that :plants the acorn • shelters armies from the •sun, Eliza Wheeler Wilcox .ye Bis -Does ;your wife ever go to the club for you when you are out late? Dix—No ; but she goes for me when I get home. s 'y tt P i F ,t444 Aga More than half a Century of Quality as behind every package aa>; ".'r order Always e ' by the name BENSON'S in order to get what you want Practically every grocer in Canada has BENSON'S. Alfalfa Hay for 'Hogs. A trial in feeding !hogs on alfalfa hay was carried on at the North Dakota, Experiment Station by W. H. Peters, Animal Husbandman. The alfalfa hay was cut into half- inch lengths and was fed both dry and steamed. The hogs were also fed a-gl'ain ration of ;barley shorts and tankage. One lot was fed only the grain feed, while with other lots the 'grain ration was reduced and alfalfa supplied in its place, the aim being to make the alfalfa fed hogs to gain as much as the all - grain lot. With young' pigs the saving in cost due to the alfalfa was 50c pee 100 pounds gain on the dry alfalfa, find 40c when the alfal- fa was ,steamed. With the fatten- ing hogs, the saving was $1.70 per 100 pounds gain for lot fed the dry alfalfa, and $2.70 when the alfalfa was steamed. Brood sows were also fed alfalfa hay. When the alfalfa was fed the grain ration (:barley and oats) could be reduced one-third to one- fourth, 'and the sows did well on it. No difference was noticeable' between 'their litters and those groan the sows fed all grain. The growing pigs were fed one- fifth to one-sixth as much alfalfa as grain, this being the amount that they would readily eat and keep making as good gains as the all -grain lot. Of the dry alfalfa the flattening hops eat oneesevenh as sntuch as of. grain ration, and of the -steamed_ al- falfa one-sixilh as much. The hogs did not eat as large e, proportion of the alfalfa as was expected. It, however, reduced the cost of mak- ing the gains so that it was well worth while. The price put on the feeds was one cent per pound for the grains, two cents for tankage, and the alfalfa $10 per ton. The observations of the trial in- dicate : First, that in •order to ' get hogs started to eating alfalfa hay in winter it is necessary to limit the grain to such an extent that the flogs must eat hay or go hun- gry. Second, that, -when handled in this way, theywill very readily take to the hay, and e, limited amount of hay can be fed very sat- isfactorily, securing just as good results, just as good gains, and at less cosh than where grain alone is fed. Third, that the greatest ad- vantage to be gained in feeding hay in the winter is the saving of grainand lowering of the cost of feeding. ' '14 Ball Luck. A third marriage is considered unlucky in. certain parts of India. A fourth marriage is not. So when a man wishes to become a benedict after two previous trials and still evade superstition heevokes a very clever scheme.' Mr. Man of India goers through a ceremonial with a bird o.r animal or flower as the bride in order that his next wife will be the fourth and not the third venture, Though this may sound ridiculous to marry of our American people is it any more so than the lengths to whio'h per- sons in this country will go to. avoid the number 13 or '"uniu,oky days?' and other household bogies? The middle .verse of the Bible is She eighth verse of Psalm cxviii. Another name' for tomato is 'rove apple." "Wormy," tizat'e 'what's •tho mutter of 'oin, Stemaoh and totestin tl warons. Nearly as lead ae distemper. Ooot you too much to feed 'eau. Look bad --,ire bid. Dani, physic 'stn to death. S soltn's Curd will remove the worme, impec ve tibe appetite, and tone 'ern up . nal round, and don't 'physis' A<ds on glands and blood, Full direction's ey$,ttlr caoh bo,tt,Te, ani t,o:ci by all dru;rf e,te, SPOI1N 1.1°0ICJ'#L CO,, Chemists.. Wishes, Ind,. U.S.A t Faun HLow to Prevent Hold in Butter. The important losses in butter through the growth of mold upon the tub lining, wrapper, or in the ]butter• itself, which injures th saleability of the produoe, have led experts to investigate this subject, Mold in butter is usually found iI three forms : (1) Orange -yellow areas with. some •growth of nye lium under the . surface. (2) Smudge or dirty $l een areas, r either entirely inside the butter or, with some surface growth. . (3) Green -surface colonies, either upon the butter, causing decomposition, or upon the oontaine-r or wrapping's which will injure the ,appearance of the butter. Experiments in producing molds artificially in .samples of butter in- dicate that a growth of hold in or. about butter" is .favored by exces- sive curd, by "leaky" butter, or by wet surfaces, wet wrappings' oi' highly moist air, If butter 'molds .readily, it is an indication of in- sufficient salting, as salt up to 2.5 to 3 per cent. is sufficient to pre- vent mold or reduce it to a negli- gible .amount, The growth of molds; moreover, is largely reduced by keeping the butter at low tempera- tures. Improper storage tempera- tures, accompanied as they fre- quently are with moist conditions, are favorable to mold in butter, Unsalted 'butter is more subject to deterioration from microorganisms than salted buttes. Successful storage of such butter is therefore dependent upon scrupulously clean, dry refrigeration. Cellars and ice refrigeration rarely furnish oanditions which will prevent mold in, unsalted or slightly salted but- ter, although -it may be 'delayed or reduced. Butter properly made and -normally salted (up to 2.5 to 3 per cent., equivalent to the use of a 12 to 15 per cent. ?brine)., will not show mold under reasonably careful handling. Investigators in summarizing re- sults emphasize the fact that well - washed butter is less subject to mold than that with an. excess •of curd, but the essential factor in molding seems to be water, not protein. "Leaky" butter from ' which milky water exudes and collects il' the wrapper or container furnishes the best conditions for the begin- ning of mold growth. 'From these wet areas colonies may spread to the abutter itself. Mold, the investigators find, will not grow upon the surface of a piece of butter exposed to air at ordinary humidities. The water in the butter is not suffioiently avail- able to the mold to support the de- velopment of a colony unless evap- oration is reduced by A, high -mois- ture content of the surrounding air. In closed packages, wet or damp cellars, or carelessly packed masses with cracks or fissures in which moisture collects, mold May seriously injure the appearance of the packages or acually induce great changes in the butter itself. Green molds may damage nor- mally gaited butter if cracks and open spaces are left by bad pack- ing. Other investigators have found that paraffining the tubs or boxes prevents mold on the' con- tainer and the liner by preventing the escape -of water which would not leave the air space necessary for mold growth, Very moderate salting prevents the appearance of the orange -yel- low patches and the srnudge,s, The green molds affect norunally salted butter only when it is held under conditions of temperature or moist - urs that are favorable to ahold growth. e qo ' You May Not "(now. The largest cyanide factory in the world is located in Glasgow. A wine made from the juice of bananas is being made by two Frenchman living in Corbin China. The use of an electri c soldering. iron as a surgical cautery has been demonstrated by a St. Louis physi- cian, The production of gold in Aus- tralia has declined steadily since ]S93, the output last year being 1b1,16n ounces less than -the year before, No more eavesdropping on tele- phone lines if a new invention works out as planned. A nnt'el re- ebeieeer shutes out the would-be lis- Thetenr: best -lighted cities' in Europe, proportion to population, or Petrograd, Vienna, Paris and Lon- don, in the order named, An Austrian scientist has invent- ed it method of storilizing; against ingeoi, gent,. arid fungus }ifs flee ground into Which posts are to be set. • •