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Paris in t eIghteenth Century.
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t A Remarkable History of 111;rstorlons Poisonings Which
Agitated tho
Perla-These words of 'el. ele Saltine, days, after Ms arrival, however, bei was
o fatuous lieutonaatageneral of policaare indisposea from a slight cold. A liquid
pessimie ea summary of /none condi- decoctiou was prescribed. Sugar waa.
tents in it Mu during a portion of the needed to sweeten a. Some was sent
eigliteezaa century: for; it was mixed with the potion wbiele
'When a murder is emulated, whe- . the Bishop swallowed, The same oventhr by Imam or 'otherwise, it la aeoil big symptoms of poisoning were noticed.
police busineee to arrest at once all the Toe potency ae teo taloa was net 80
relatives a the victim.xne Peradies, cal- , great as, in the previous eases. The
ea
mnies mai querrels of families are eo Bishop lingered long enough before tly-
310t0r10119 ant it is 41;111011g their mem- ing to make a will leaving ail of his pro-
bere we must look for tam authors of norly to the proper sou of Mme. Var.
tragedies 'el tho Imam" Ye/mules with es lone, providing the orphan son of the
have a reputation for integrity that
magistrates tremble to :suspect. This is
eroneous. The family is a repository of ! a.""
..eil.d_efiabreeetlitre whom she had adopted,
moils his cousin.
T ie state of mind of the family of the
(Rime, SR arsenal of infamies. The bypo-
, Judge, may be imagined fie the presence
erisi at afteetimate'earesses is a° 1°//g- of these fre melt and violent deatlus-
domed, In a family of twenty persons
the police should have forty spies." the despair of thefather; the terror of
the sonson-in and their wives; the in -
M. do afa--, a judge of the High
Court of the Parliament of Para, came dignatiori of the public, the mortification
ono day ia great Agi ti on to consult of the authorities, and the anger of the
with the then lieutenanageneral of po- police, impotent to discover the wily pot -
lice; lierault. The conversation was a Boner. Mme. d'Orgerel, sister of the
long and ftelimetecloone. Me official algae Judge, fearing that she might be the
careful notes...and placed them in a ape- next victim, decided to (lapse of her
cal folio for future reference. large wealth. She divided it equally be-
Wby luta de M— visited the head- tween Eupere, the orphau, and the son
quarters of the pollee? His aousehola of the late De Vertelle, as the sole BIlt,
witS gamely 4isturbed by two es.saya st viving heirs capable of perpetuating the
poisoning, one following a e other after name. Me grandfather, .De M—
a brief interval without trace of the cul- eided to follow Ms sister's example and
de-
prit, although bis bold attempts should after providing for his daughters settled
a -C have furnished a positive clue. To the remainder of bis estate upon the
• bebter understeaulneg of the situation, it orphan grandson, with succession to the
will be necessary to -describe the perama son of the widow, provided he survived
nel of the Judge's establishment. his cousin.
He VMS a man aboue 05 years old, A few days later St. jean, a favorite
• noted for learning and integrity; inIciorip-
doinestic of the deceased soona son-
• ruptible in the performance of the I g hither of the •orphan at num in the
duties of his office, he had great antliir-
country-came to the judge, and, throw-
ity over his fellow judges, who generaDy ing himself upon Ids knees begged tbat
exquieseecl promptly in his decisions. e the might withdraw the infant from the
1%1— had three married sons an ono care of those with atom he was at nurse
unmarried, a allele:up; throe daughters, all in the country, place him en a secure ref-
, married; a sister, A rioh widow; a bro.
bher who was rotirea from tile army
with the grade of lieutenant -colonel and
decorated with the uross of St. Louis.
All of these peosons lived wider the roof
of de M—, whose house was situated
in the Rue Franc-Boargeois au Marais.
Of the wives of the three sons, one was
the mother of a boy; the second, of none
but girls.
' Alehough all lived ander the same roof,
the various oouples did not oat, at the
same table. Moll eon -in-law bad hie own
service, although on Sunday all met -at
!dinner in the aputmene of the judge,
who, it will not be amiss to say, was
A widower.
One meaning De M—, being in his
office, found a sealed letter awaiting
him. Its contents wore as follows:
-
Tremble, unhappy man. You have
ruined me by influencing your fellow
judgie to my detriment. From this mo-
ment I am your implacable enemy. You
and yours shall perish stweassively, for
eny hate 18 so intense that your death
alone shall not be sufficient atonement.
I do not sign this. It will be difficult
to identify me among so many whom
you have ruined.
The note startled De M—, and he
endeavored to learn from the domestics
who had delivered it; 'each professed lg-
. novenae. The jedge, however, was con-
vinced that the unknown had an o.ccom-
plice in the house; but who?
. ahortly after the reception of this
.rnenecing letter a powerful poison was
put in the pot in which the meat for -
soup was boiling. An under -cook, in
order to test it, swallowed a mOuthful
uge, where be would answer for his
safety with lila life. The man refused to
explain why he {asked to do this, but
the judge, in the 'presence of the calam-
ities with wallah his family was being
stricken gmated the with.
Do M--- provided the servant with
letters to the Archbishop of 13ourges, to
the Intendent .1)f the Province, the Chief
of Police, and other offictals, that they
mght p/ace upon the infant marks of
identification, in the presence of wit-
nesses, previoue to his removal by St.
Joao, ostensibly to his former home in
BasseBretagne.
The disappeara,nce of St. Jean surpris-
ed the members of the household, the
virtuous widow snore than the others.
. Two days later the maid of the judge's
sister, Mine. d'Orgevel, disappeared, and
no trace of her could be obtained. At 2
o'olock tbe next morning there was a
frightful explosion in the room adjoining
those occupied by the judge and his sla
ter. An infernal machine had inflicted
great donmge. This double attempt re-
sultea in the death 'of Mme. d'Orgevel,
while the brother •escaped with a few
contusions. In She apartment of Mme.
de Vaatelle, !the widow, there was found
a package containing powder, bullets,
and pieces of iron and glass, 'which evi-
dently the assassin had not had time to
explode.
All Paris was filled with alarm, and
the police were bewildered. The disap-
pearance of the maid and her non -re -
tin% fastened upon her suspicion that
she was the author of this •aboininible
vengeance. 'The court and the principal
u1 late
lohabitants of Paris WAN./ to comm.:du-
a the liquid; shortly after lie'
!late de M— and his widowed daughter -
taken violently ill, and only a vigorous
in-law upon their escape.
sconstitution saved him from death.
While the judge Wag awaiting with
The Judge, alarmed by this incident,
impatience. news of St. Jean, the claaga-
assembled his domestics and spoke o I
t 1.ter-in-law came to him in great distress
them with mildness in regard to the 1 to say that her man of affairs had in -
attempted crime. Ile . said. that some eI formed her that hes orphan grandson had
unknown person had threatened
lives of himself and family, and warned I been lachia,pped emu no erace -of lam
could be found. De M -e--- !hesitated at
them not to permit themselves to be- I
• fleet whether the should •explain the mys-
come his accomplices -an imprudence i tory
to the widow; oue, ashamed of euch
which might consign them to the g
-al- I lack' of confidence, he told her what had
biles. Astonished at this revelation, they .
, happenedeana of his roponsileility in the
all vowed. loyalty- to their employer,
affair. Mme. de Vaetelle approved of this
svhose knowelge of men convinced liim preentu, t' , but 1 . pointed ou-b t -o her
ethat none among them was involved in
1 father-in-law the. anprudence of being
stile sinister. enterprise. I the sole custodian of the seezet, as la -
e . From that moment the most active
,might at any moment fall a victim to
surveillance was instituted. The kiteh- ' the implacable enemy who was pursuing
ens were transformea into miniature him; then the destiny of an heir to great
fortresses to which approach was diffi- :
wealth would be at the matey of a mere
otat. All' of this watchfulness did not,
domestic. This would deprive his daugh-
prevent one of his sons, las wife and
, 1 ters told sons-in-law of tee power to
two of their children from dying in gra" , identify the infant .except upon the mere
suffering after drinking a decanter of I hearsay of S. oe Jea,n. Mme. de Vartelle
gooseberry water. The young wife in her '
withdrew plainly dissatisfied with the
'agony gave birth to a son. The distress measures which the judge had taken in
of the Judge did not prevent him from regard to his grandson.
anxious solicitude in regard to the rear- One evening the porter of the loose
ing of the newly horn child. The wife came to notify De M— that St. Jean
of the tbil•d: son, in the emergency, show- had returned and wished to speak wail ,
ed herself possessed of a land heart, Min. This servitor said that • he :rad
assuming charge of the orphan and as- found a more secure refuge for bis
serting that he should be considered not grandson in Paris itself. He had placed. :
as the cougin but as the brother of her the infant under the care of one ef lee :
only son. She summoned from her coon- sisters, who lived on wthe hill of Sainte -
try place a nurse who eves to take the Genivieve, where,. in healthful surroand-
infant to the Berry, thirty leagues from ings, she would give her Belleau es care;
Paris, to be retained until 'he had been but he begged the Judge in nemory of
weaned, his dead son not to repeat what he lad ,
It was following this last poisoning revealed in regard to the disposal cif ais
that M. de M— consulted with the grandson to any member of the Tamily.'
lieutenant -general of police, who ques- Several weeks had passed when St.
tioned him closely in regard to intim- Jean again presented himself before the '
ades with women.; his affairs; c'i liti" Judge, pale, and his fact distorted with:
gents who migat have suffered through agony. He asked him to summon with- ,
Ms judicial decisions; of the families of ' out delay the_Attorney-General and the
criminals whom he had sentenced, etc. Lieutenant -General of Police, as he
.1( as would - ono . who was above reproach.
M. de M— allSWered these questions wished to make a declaration before .
them of the first importance; that lie!
M. Ilemult gave him little encourage.* had been poisoned, that he was at the I
snout; the case WAS one in which he edge of death only halted by the tem- I
could not tee a way to discover the porary action of an antidote.
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guilty. The Judge hastened to -comply with,
Eight days later, De Vartelle, the thii•d St. Jean's request, leaving his brother,'
'
eon of De let—, heard a peddler haivla • the Lieutenant-Colonel, to care for hint
ing figs in the street; he opened the win- during his absence. St. Jean asked
dowund called the num, bought some of
the fruit, and lifted the basket 'contain-
ing it, attached to a string, to his apart-
ment. The 8011 went in search of his
father, to offer bun some of the fruit, Judge meanwbile had brought to the
but before reaching the litter's apart- house not only the °facials designated by ,
mot he learned that his father WAS en- at. Jean, but also the First President I
gaged with an important visitor. The of the Parliament, Alla two assistants of i
son then reaumed to his own room. IT,e the Attorney -General. It was. in the!
had hardly eaten six of the figs wben lie presenee of this severe tribunal that it.
was seized with convulsions. At, the Jean made a statement. . I
Ib appears that Mine. de Vartelle, 'Mei ,
first alarm search was made for the wife
despised ber hustand, wielied tit the saniel
of the stricken num; but ehe bad gone
to mass. Physicians who were summon. time to largely augment her fel:tune end i
marry a Duke whom she loved in secret, I
Cu, upon investigation, decided •that in
but Who would not aceept her except she I
each fig there had been inserted a few
grains of arsenic. The victim lived un- became enormoutly rah. To otomplish 1
this dual purpose it was necessary for ,
til the oexe day, when he died. Natur-
ally voile wawa toe remaining me,„ lies so to manage as to secure to her son
am all the property of las relatives and to '
bers of the family. Two of the sons- I
get rid of her husband. To this end she
in-law and their wives diseave! ed that studied the effects of poisons; but Pe -
they had an imperative tall out of town. vionsly, in order to avert suspicion -from '
Tt The sister of the Judge also annotmeed
her departure, but was persuaded to any member of the household, she bribea
an official of the innocents for five louis '
remain by Mine. de Vartelle. the rs- to write the letter whieli had. so mysti-
cently bereaved widow, who, efter shed- flea Do at ----, Then, having secured St.
ding abundant tears, declared that the jean as an necomplice, it was easy for•
death of her limeletial mead her los the two to get rid of their victims ono ,
aistrese than the thought of deserting by one. It NM Fli1(1 who waked the oecia i
her father -in -Titer. All Paris applauded Sion of the pureliase of the figs to poi- I
the abnegation of this woman, who wits son them wbile her Inieband was gone to:
encouraged in her good purpose by the invite her *aim to eat of them. After ?
exemplo of her brother-in-law, - the accomplisbinge this net she had left the,
Bishop, who had hastened from Ms din- house by a side door Ana gone JO a
test. to commie las afflicted parent. 'church to await the result of her at- '
Tim prolate oepectial to remain at Ouija.
Jean a entaith With the faltilly. A fen' The more, however, COMO elleceedea •
where was 'Mine. de Vartelk, He was told
that sae had gone to communion. Not- I
withstanding the pain he was suffering, he
laughed heartily at the information The
Jean aecustom himeelf to it. Although •
he knew that it would mean death to 0
hint if he betreyea aline, de Vartelle, lie ,
determined if pollee to save the infant I
ran of hie former maiiter. lie 'WAS the ,I4USJ: DE TREATBD THROUGH 1:1iD
enoro determined to do thjs he was
aware that tlas abominate womeaeliold- /3LOOD AND NERVUS
ing the fate of this child, the principal
heir, in her hauda woula not kill aim
until he hail come alao Possession of the One 0 the Word Casee on Record Cured
wealth of hie grandfather and relatives, ,„
for it was not until filter the death of ahreugh the Uee Of Dr. Williams'
tide heir that her own eon could inherit
and him she proposed afterwierd to de- Pilule Fill%
spoil to her exclusive benefit. Until she St. Vitus dance is a nervous disease
ehiefly afflicting children. There are a
could. luive made way with the legal
Millibar of signs by which it Can be do.
heir wbom accident bed. caused to be
toted, such as twitching of the MM.
.born so inopportunely for the Bilecese
cies of the face, shakieg bands, or a
o of her criminal conibinations the death
jerky motion of the arms, a trembling
Pc M----- and his sister Would not
Or a dragging of the legs, irritability
1
liave availed lane and. restlessness. at. Vitus , dance is
Mune. Vartelle in order to divert sus -
caused by disordered nerves and blood
pains from herself -gm author of the e•a -thi
at s why it is always cured by Dr.
plosion destined to murder De M -
hie sister, foul in order to fasten it upon /Killiems.e'el'inh Yiii.se The foie the
veins wan pure rien red dead, \Oka
the meld ad the latter, liaa killed this i t
n urn soothes and braces the nerves,
girl with opium, and when she was dead making the sufferer well, Mate Luff -
carried the body to the cellar Ana threw man,Amber's Mills, Ont., tolls how
it into an open well, where it was aftele
Dr. 1Vi1liams' Pink Pills curea her
war4s discoveral. The widow also daughter Louise. fq do not think it
placed the infernal =aline in her own oesible," says Mrs. Luffman, "that
room. subsequently found there, in or- anyone could be afflicted with a more
der to have it believed that an attempt severe form of St. Vitus dance than
had, been made on her life. It was her that whica attacked my daughter.
hand that applied the Inatcheto. the one Her arms and legs would twitch and
which exploded and caused the death of jerk, her face was drawn and finally
Mme d,Orgevel, St. Jean knew noth- her left side became numb as though
ing of this before bis departure to bring paralyzed. Her speech became thick and
away the Judge's grandebild; but on his indistinct, and. she could neither stand,
return aline. de Vartelle confessed to still nor sit down. Two doctors attended,
him whet she had. done, her, but gave her no benefit. The hist
Enraged at not being ebbe to learn doctor who attended her told me ste
either from her father-in-law or St Jean would never get better. It was at this
where the infant was hidden, she deter- discouraging time we decided to give her
!mined to make way with her accomplice, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Aftee taking
two boxes we could see an in the hope that with all trace lost of
improve -
the nephew, a contest at least could be merit; she could sleep better and the
made for the possession of his inherit -
mice. St. Jean, Wbo suspected her de-
signs, ceased to eat a single meal in the
house; he could not imagine, therefore,
liow she had managed to poison him,
When ae discovered she bad done so,
be had swallowed an antidote, not strong
. enough, as it appeared to save his life,
but enough to retard the effect of tlie
'toxic long enough for to enable him to
reveal the secret of so many deaths in
the family, and to expose the author of
them. Before dying he tol4 where the
remainder of the poison which Mme. de
Vartelle had eMployed was hidden. He
also named the druggists and Jews from
whom the drugs were purchased; also
where certain incriminating papers could
be found.
A few minutes later St.. Jean expired.
When Mme. do Vartelle returned to the
house whence slue had gone to take the
eonununion at the Minimes de la Place
Royale, she wag arrested and iinprisoned
under an assumed name. In prison she
hung herself with a silk handkerchief,
and thee escaped trial.
Thasseries of crimes in the one fam-
ily aroused in the pollee feverish anxi-
vity. It led to revelations in regard
to poisoning by men and women which
seemea to indicate a revival of the toxic
exploits of Brinvilliers and La Voisin.
The perquisitions which followed dia.
closed a plot against the royal family
in the interest of the House of Orleans.
SEED GROWERS ORGANIZE.
The Benefits of Seed Selection-Im.
provement In Farm Crops.
spasms were less severe. From aleat on
she steadily grew better, and after using
eight or ten boxes she was as strong
and healthy a girl as you will find
anywhere, and she has not bad the
least symptom of the trouble since.'
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the surest
cure for St. Vitus dance, hysteria, neu-
ralgia, nervous exhaustion, paralysis,
and all the nervous troubles of men, wo-
men and children. But you must get
the genuine with the full name, "Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People,'
on the wrapper around every box. Sold
by all medicine dealers, or sent post
paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 by writing tho Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brookville, Ont.
INDIAN BABIES' CRADLEa.
Modes of Wrapping Up the Little Red-
' skins So That They Thrive.
Fancy a any copper colored pappoose
backled up snugly an a queer buckskin
bag that resembles nothing in nature so
much as the cosy cocoon cradle of a
baby bubterflly and then draw upon your
imagination still further picturing this
ocM le ep ec e swinging from the leafy
canopy of an Indian evickiup or brusli
arbor, and you have before you. au In-
dian -baby and his wonderful cradle.
Gorgeous yellow butterflies and brown
Koiwue babies are seldom linked together
in song or story, yet in real life- their
wrappings, while in the chrysalis state,
bear a remarkable resemblance to each
other.
The coceoon cradle proper and its var-
ious modifications as fotuul among the
different tribesof north American In -
diens, are eonstructed from the skins of
Department of Agriculture, omnufS1 animals. And right here we nmer pause
missioner's Branch, and trace the origin of another famous
A. 'meeting that promises to bave a nursery rhyme to the Indian cocoon
cradle. did thenofather of Baby
far-roof:tang effect on the produe- BunForting go colinnting to get a little rela-
tion ot farm crops in Canada was bit's skin to wrap that mythical baby in,
All full-blooded KiOlVD, babies are born
into the Pboal-yo-ke, or Rabbit Circle,
and are taught to dance in the myster-
ious Circle of Rabbits as soon as they
learn to toddle, belonging to the Rabbit
Order of the Kiowa soldiery.
Hence a rabbit stein would be a very
appropriate wrapping for a Kiowa Baby
Bunting, though neither 'area enough
nor atrone °notice' for his cradle. The
by careful growing, and systematic, red (leer of the forest, quarry of the red-
by
t eelection, continued from skinned hunter, gives of his beautiful
covering to make the cradle that is to
year to year.
Pod' d S d. W'ti tl abov swing from the treetop, literally tree -
tact la view the newly -formed ass- tops, .out from the cottonwoods and elms
(nation, which will huma4ately apply that fringe the clear little streams rip -
for Dominion incorr.o.•alion, drafted piing through ,•the Kiowa reservatom,
coneptution to regulate the grow- and piled high on. a framework of poles,
ir;g, selecting and improving of farm to serve as n "summer parlor' in front of
seeds by' Its members, and providing his fakeer's tepee."
for keeping- reeords of the history of _ The and° deer hide is carefully dressed
seeds, fixi.,g standards, and issuing by a tedious and secret process known
certificatee of regstratioa for hand only to -these Lallans, and when finished
selected seed For the present th op- is as soft and pliant as the most expo -
orations of the association will be sive chamois skin. Then loving fingers
confined to wheat, oats, barley, skillfully embroider with quills beautiful
maize, peas, beans, flax, millet and beadwork designs upon the delicately
evotatoce. rad' operating member tinted deerskin. Kiowa cradles are mere
w:11 ba required to coaduct annually, ornamental than those of other tribes.
a hand -selected seed plot of not less and K-iowa equawe excell in that marvel -
than one-quarter acre, and must
loos Indian beadwork now the popular
keep a record in writing of each • • • -
year's operations. District superine
toaclents will supervise and aid the
work of the members.
Canadian Results and Possibilities.
-As it is generally known the Mac-
donald -Robertson Send Grewore' As-
sociation, which- Is superseded by
the new organization, was an out-
growth of It competition for prizes
aggregating '$10,900, that were
81ealVilliam Macdonald to
school boys and g i Is operating seed
plots, and selecting the best heads
of wheat and oats during the years
1900,1901 and 1902. This competition
was conducted under the saperv:sion
of Prof. Robertson, hence the name
of the or:ginal asset:lotion. In the
cane of the crops grown by the boys
and girls the inerebne was 18 per
cent. In the number of grains in the
100 eeleeted heads of spring wheat,
and 123 per centin the weight of a deo
gratne In the 100 heads. Similar ,
b Is found In conned-tic:In with the Alf.'0;
• .4,1 1:el
"A" ;
increases were obtainea with oats. z.
Ninety-two per cent. of the reports e9
said that the cluarter-acre plots ear- -A ,prominent Southern lady,
and heavy than crops from the
ried crops decidedly more vigorous Mrs. Blanchard, of Nashville,
eamo Vatleties of grain sewn odthe Tenn., tells how she was cured
sawn faxni in the eame season from
unseleeted seed, of backache, dizziness, painful
At' facroase of oven 'JO per cent. and irregular periods by the use
in the total yield of Canadian farne
Crops would mean the addition of a
of Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable
nallione'of dollars to the wealth of Compound.
tho country. Another groat leasele "Dean Maa. PnektrAft :- Gratitude
eompela inc to acknowledge the great
improvementwhin may made in merit of your Vegetable Compound.I
qttality. Tako wheat for inetanee, have suffered for four years with ir-
From Sept. 1, 1903, to Mara 31, regular and painful menstruation, also
1901, the goveenineet inspection to dizziness,pins in the book and lower
wheat in eVestern Canada eltowed limbs, nod' fitful' sleep, dreaded tho
40'MM bushels of No. 1 hard ; 5,-
108,0bughels No. Northern, time to come which would only mean
00 or 1 i
and 7,630,00J lao2 Nng to me.
rth. ,suffer"Better health Is all I wanted, and
oro. A vnshols of Nery large prop . o
ortion of cove if possible. - 1.4dia E. Pink- 1
the two latter gr es would grade No. v b
kalll eg a le Conepottnd
1 bard, were it not for the admix- brought vie health arid happiness
turn of other grains and other var.
f bort months. I feel like another
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lotied of eaboat. Acre, be an unlimited,' ewe
field 101' the application of the
rerson now. My aches and pains bave
principle of seed selection.
eft inc. Life Seems new and svveet to
me and everything teems pleasant
The exenutie °Ana of the neva nee •
411'(' eat I le health,
Six ott es brought Meand
soc:atiou is composed of the Prod -
dont, Prof. anmee W. Robertson ; the
worpuity, Clark, Chief of was teorth more than months water 1
tho Meet Dlvielon, Ottawa., nal five • the doctor's mire, which teeny did not
d'rretore, Wore. C. A. Utiles, G, A, benefit me at all. I am satisfied there
tarrault, V, A. 'Levitt, a. /I, Oriedn le IS 00 medicine so good for siek women
and W. V. Davidson. Fifteml addition. • as your Vegetable Compound, and I
al triembm.e, repreeenting radii Pro. advocate it to my lady friends in need
since and the terrltoriee complete of medlesil help." -Mns. 11. .A. Boaa- ;
the Board of Manor% Yours very eneerio. 422 Broad St„ altisheille, Tenn.
truly, W. A. Clemons, rnbliektion -WOO forfeit if original el About lottor prolog
ettalnoton cannot be moot
Clerkt , .
held In Ottawa on the 15±11 and
10th of June. Thie was the organ-
ization meeting of the Canadian
Seed Growers' Association. Exaeri-
ence has shown that in all kinds of
farm crops the yield per acre may
bo matereally luerea,sed, and the qual-
ity substantially improved by the use
of seed, whieb liae been graded up
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the beadwork embroidery ie not osay
.
very beautiful, but very elaborate,. The
amid squaw, who elone lival their Ka
owe meters, Ornement the eradlea of
their little ones with banae clecrekill,
upon which are wrought, in colored
beads, gorgeoue patterna ofauen, home,
birds, fieli and llowers. inetead of a
evooden fremework, they „substitute a
basketwork frame of reeds and nonie
times they wed mad and grasses insteat
of beads.
The Oheyeone, Apache and Comauelie
Indiams all nee cocoon cradles, patterned
after Vie Kama, cradles, but 'theirs are
vet .orneeuented 419 elaborately a8 thou!
of 'the alowas. In truth, thegron and
I warlike Comenche of the plain wastes
I very littee •thne in decorating the recep-
tacle of his offspring. A &tom piece of
deerekinafastened to on equally stout
; wooden frame and laced no securely with
rawhide thong% enlaces las aim* need.
: The origin of the cocoon cradle itself,
like that of tlie redakins, seems wrapped
411 mystery, though we might with rea-
son trace this primtive cradle back to
, the Lamm of northern lamp, whose
' babiessleep in little hollowed -out affairs
swung foam the lower limbs of !trees.
They ere lined mita moss and laced up,
and in shape are exactly like the prim-
itive Indian ocoon cradle from which
!the modern cocoon candle, beautified and.
j improved, has been evolved.
I The most popular pattern of beadwork
1 embroidery among the Ialowa, squaws,
like the famous shamrock pattern of
Lieh lace weavers, seems to be a succes-
sion •of geometrical figures whose design
is cariea -out with varicolored beads upon
a background of solid beadwork in pure
i wlltfe.
After
Ai
• the beadwork embroidery is com-
pleted, me 'deerskiiu pouch, or hag, is
fastenea securely upon a strong board
whose two upright handles, projeeting
above the headpiece, or hood, are
strengtheued by a el oespiece at the back.
These handlee are very convenient when
the mother is busy, about her Imlay
tasks; if it he worm weather, baby is
swung from the top of tee brush arbor,
i bia round, brown face peering smilingly
• from .out lee :trappings of gaily beaded
deerskinalis bright lit -tie eyes blinking
• at the sunbeams shining through the
leafy roof, or the flames of the "lightly
'campfire leaping up to mingle with the
, momaight. When "trading" at the
agency stores, the squaw props the ere.
die, "baby and all, against ene counter,
and goes calmly about the important
business ef laying in a supply of flour,
dried fruit, canned goods and tobacco
for her family in their tepee far out on
the reservation.
Mother love fills the heart of a poor
squaw as completely as it does that of
her more fortunate paleface sister. Her
clumsy fingers fashion playthings of
1 shells, odd shaped bones, carved wooden
Needs, bright pieces of tin, calm or gloss,
which she hangs about the hood of the
cocoon cradle in Teach of the chubby
brown fists. Baby soon learns to rattle
these primitive playthings gleefully. 1
• once saw a common Aria buttonhook
banging from •the hood of one of these
cradles.
1 Strange as it may appear, the red
1 Baby Buntings anin to thrive in their
l cramped, quarters, but they enjoy as a
! lemons treat a change to the blaailcets
upon their =tilers'- backs, when the
toiling squaws are forced to go down
to the seant timber stretelies along the
creek to bring up firewood end water fcr
the camp.
Many of these cocoon cradles are erea-
mired heirlooms, valued as high as $75
to $100. Relic hunters can beg in vain
for them, offering a whole hatful of the
white snares dollars, but tee squaw will
solemnly shake her head, and with a
steady glance from her pacient eyes
grunt in low gutturals:
"Maybe so wlate man heap much big
fool." -Los Angeles 'Times,
LIR OF MODERN LOCOMOTIVE*
Shorter Then When Cars and
Tratile Were Lighter.
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"Waiet becomes of all the ping ?"and
iVhat happens after death to the splen-
did pieces of mechanism: -caAed l000mo.
; tiveal" are by no mons eimiler quo -
Ieitosie taaY Well be applied te all railroad
tions. Indeed, the theory of enetampay-
relling stock. Nearly every piece is
sexed and put to some use; teaas4ar-
411140 of a. future ;existence even ai
"eerap," for the furnace from wake* it
comes forth as new parts, says A. W.
Afeefay in the Obautauquou. "Reinferra-
tioni" the process may be termed, to coin
a waled for sucbi mimed pheaomena, -
The moderxt locomotive cote $10,000
or $18,000, aeor5ling to size and equip-
ment. 'Ilhe passenger locomotives en for -
mar deys were enibellished with extra.
brass work and trimmings, tlie bright
parts werekept by the fireman in a
state of glittering effulgence, and the
paesenger engine oast. more thou the
freiglet engine. Nowadays the trimmings
are not Put on, end the passenger en-
gine, beim; lighter, costlos than the
mammoth freighter.
When the engine,goes into commission
it is It Rae piece Of machinery, with
Ipower to pull long trains ever miles of
track, day after day; but with thestren-
nous work comes the covtainty of eter.•
. loration and the necessity of onstant
eepaies. 'Yellen work was lighter, trains
not SD heavy, and 'mileage in lower fig-
ures, on engine could be 'expected to live
thirty years; but in locomotives the
tendency is toward it decrease of longev-
ity, for the management strives to get
all the service possible out of them. Tlie
age of expectauey is only approximate,
Bad water -that is, water bad for the
internel economy of boilers, and which
causes scale -is perhaps the greatest foe
to an engine's hope for an honorable old
age. A bad water division uses up its
motive power far more rapidly than
hard work elsewhere. Tool conditions
on tbo line largely affect the motive
power. A hilly country causes more
st•iain. Then, too, housing facilities have
lama to do with the life of the engine.
If it is possible to keep up with needs in
repairs, the power stands a better chance
of, giving long service. The demand for
engines, however, ena.y be so pressing
that the least possiblerepairing that
will answer is given, with the result that
the locomotives constantly deteriorate
and lose in efficiency, until complete
overhauling becomes a positive necessity.
"A stitch in time saves nine," in railroad
as well as in garment repairs.
At one time it was popularly suppos-
ed that the .passenger engine was sub-
ject to the severer strain, but that was
beforethe days of long trains and 100,-
000 pound cars The freighter gets the
worst of it under existing condition.%
IThe passenger engine, felir17 tinatied,
stands a chance of a one-third to one-
half longer life, and then prolongs its
days on a branch line or in some special
service. -
Repairs begin almost with the engine's
first trip. If these could be eliminated
railroading would be simpler for the man-
agement. Ordinarily ..epairs are divid-
ed into five classes, as follows :
Class 1, means ovrhauling costing $3,-
500 or more, including a fire box and a
boiler renewed.
Class 2, repairs costing $2,500, but no
ne:5v11rebox. or large parts.
Class 3, repairs costing from $500 to
$
l00.
Class 4, repairs costing less than $100.
The first time an engine goes into the
shop it may have run two or three
years without much repair charge be-
yond incidentals, or it may be a 'hoodoo'
I and get into trouble every trip. Under
normal conditions the first real repair-
ing would cost about $1,000 and the sec-
ond and third overhauling about $1,500
each. In the 20 years' estimated life
of an engine the expenditure for rpairs
will melt in all probability $30,000, or
about twice the original cost.
The repairs include every imaginable
patch or „replacement, from renewing a
broken glass to providing a new boiler
or fire box. Scale forms inside and
. gradually wears the War plates thin-
ner, reducing them to a mere shell; oe,
the stele ash is used to prevent scale, all
the brass taps that can be readied by
the soda, ash deteriorate rapidly and
have to be renewed. Thus it w111 be
seen that maintenance of power involves
;many _qiiestions. - Everything possible.
is done to keep the 'engine in commis-
sion, until at last a stage of decrepti-
tude is reached. that seems to preclude
further repairs. At this point it is a
question of scrapping the locomotive or
selling it for about $2,500 to dealers in
seconelhand equipment, who will repair
it for about as much more and sell it
to a logging. or similar road where it
may do service for several more years.
An old locomotive is worth as scrap
from $500 to $2,500,, as the case may be,
the difference being due to the availabil-
ity of the various parts for further use
as such parts. When the engine is
turned over to the scrappers it prenents
o diareputable appearance, far removed
from that of the days when its first en-
gineer looked it over. Once dignified
as "she," "old kettle" or "mess of junk"
are the most respectful epithets applied
by those who ative to do with its opera-
tion. Even in the days of scrapping,
careful manageinent guards against
wsteefulness. Steel, brass and iron are
taken off separately; everything usable
is saved out, and frames, axles and good
parts are set aside for furtleer use. What
is left goes to the scrap bins and event-
ually to the foundry or junk dealer.
Changing railroad conditions make it
difficult to estimate the life of a locomo-
tive, and the stme is true of passenger
WILL CANCEL CHARTER.
Recreation Club Must be Closed Up at
Toronto Junction.
Now that the courts have'aecided•that
the Government has power to cancel
the charter of the Junction Recreation
Club, an order in Council will be pre-
pared and issued authorizing this can-
cellatem. Reasonable time will be given
the club to wind op its affairs, on condi-
tion that in the meantime no business is
done. 8nould the club attempt to do
business after the order has been issued,
prompt steps will be taken to effectively
close it. The order in. COuncil will be
issued. at the next meeting of the Onta-
rio Cabinet.
Mr. Justice Anglin, in giving his judg-
ment, said :
"Being clearly of opinion that this
court has no jurisdiction, I Must dis-
miss the motion made on behalf of the
Toronto Junction Recreation Club. I
think the .A.torney-General is entitled
to his costs if he claims them.
"That the court has not jurisdiction
to command or restrain the Crown or
its officers is established by many auth-
orities.
"For the exercise of the powers in
the discharge of the obligation with
which the court is here ordered to in-
terfere, the Attorney -General is an-
aseivoen.
ioable and responsible to the Crown
, "He owes no duty to the Toronto
Junction Recreation
"No precedent bas been cited for the
granting of such an injanction on the
application of a subject-defendanathough
many suits affecting rights of the
Crown have been maintained by the At-
torney -General in England and her col-
onies. Such actions are in fact the
suits of His Majesty, inetituted by his
law officer, the Atorncy-General.
It is not therefore surprising that
the research of the trained counsel for
the defendants has unearthed no in-
stance of any such anomalous order as
that which Ills Majesty, through the
instrumentality of his court, would re
strain himself in the exercise of func -
tions of lia executive Government.
Chief Justiee Cockburn said : "This
court cannot claim even in appearance .
to have any power to command the
crown; the thing is out of the ques-
time'
"Upon the argument before me, eoun-
sel for the defendant suggested that-
though the order asked be refused an
expression of opinion that the Attorney -
General should, pending this action, re-
frain from pursuing the eourse to which'
the aefentlants have takeh exception,
would be respected by him. While I
have no doubt that the Atorney-Gen-
mil would.pay clue regard to any pro-
per expression of judicial opinion or tin -
propriety of aey course which be sees
fit to take in iota netttere."
The Important Thing.
It shows the growing tendeney to
make the newspaper do the work of
drawing crowds when "among six ono
natters nelectea in a soeiety erg:mink
to promote the interests of it eertain
Aiwa the Advertising Committee was
lamed first, awl ineludea' the most ina
hangout end enterprising members of .
the clulN*
*
and freight cars. ',Mere are May pee-
' :Ringer coechee he use to -day which wore
built thirty 9r forty years ago and 4tra
dill hi good condetion if not meagre in
appear -mate. The old coacliee with :maid
white oak mills were geed one Of ON-
geseity there have been changes in the
tyles in peesenger coaches. Th cera
Atte:, whaei;ee liflohtlbyueltielotstwinea it4yeaWmfoodyeserwo:
heaver trains, and if pined there some
get knocked out. On short branch roads
they Nerve their purpose. elle °Wore
now is to builmi with steel underfraMing
like the Pullmans, se that it is glemea
impossible to muesh. them in a wrook.
The box car's life is eliortot of all
railing etock, oata this is owing largely, to
the ehanges in construction. The Gaper
city of cars bas increased from 40.000 to
80,000 or 100,000 pounds ocla and 'asap
. is rougher. ale we of the air brake hal
helped to preserve them, but it is bard
isoenr.v4cheeaavtyt,thellibuses.t in the present day
eller° are many box ears running, how-
ever, which have seen more than twenty-
five years of service, and their life alight
be averaged at twenty years, There is
oo reason why the steel gondolas should
not lest thirty years or more, .as there
is less likelihood of their wearing out.
When a box, freight or passenger ear
has served its time, there is little to be
scrapped. The trucks and rods are taken
out and the wooden portion is burned
or used for some purpose, euele as tool
aouses along the line station, sometimes
improyised dwellings -in fact, for almost
anything .from an office tea cliapel. The
trucks under a box freight ear pro
worth $75 to $100, and these. with the
side rods, WO taken out. e -he box, which
is considered to have no scrap value, is
burned, and whatever small pieces of
iron xernain are gathered up afterward.
Car equipment is not always discarded
boamse worm out, but it may be out of
stele or of too email capacity. One of
the results constantly sought by railroad
management is the reduction of hauling
expense per ton per mile, and AO road
thinks nowadays of a box car of leo.
capacity than .00,000 pounds, and 80,000
or 100,000 is preferred. Monster locomo-
tives and long trains of anammoth cars
nowadays carry an immensely larger
quantity of freight over the road in less
time than formerly. Generally speaking,
railroads ?Mar to sell their old- engines
and. ars, if possible, and save the ex-
pense of scrapping, :which naturally is
eensidenable,. That is why a number of
concerns do a profitable business in old
:rolling stock, and there is a demand
from small railroads or self-contained
lines for engmes and ears whica the
trunk lines do not think it profitable to
keep in stock.
In all railroad centres a constant
watehful warfare is waged ,against
thieves who, many times in organlied
gangs, pion the removal of all detach-
able pieces of loeomoties or cars. These
thieves carry wrenches with them, and
if egreat care is not exercised they will
steal brass and obher fittings from loco-
motives in broad daylight where they
stand. The boldness of Some of these
attempts is remarkable, and the arrests
and convictions which occur from time
to time do not suffice to deter these
criminals, •some of whom are said to be
actually in the employ of reilroad com-
panies 4.9.s/tent partners of those who
carry away blie spoils.
The life of a passenger locomotive- may
he approximated at twenty-two yeass; a
freight locomotive at fifteen years; la
box freight car at twenty years, and a
passengeeleamieh at twenty-flve years.
These are the estimates furnished by
several railroad departments and super-
intendents, although in every case they
wished. the figures considered as only ap-
proximately carrot.
BABY'S OWN TABLETS.
For Weak, Sickly Children During the
Hot Months.
Thousands of infants and children die
through the bot weather months, be-
•eause suinmer complaints mid stomach
troubles come suadenly, and enothers do
not hove the means at hand to promptly
°beck and cure them. In homes where
Baby's Own Tablets are used, these little
lives can be saved, and no home in the
lend where there are children should
be without the Tablets. They promptly
euro all stomach and bowebtroubles and
give relief to teething children, and the
mother has a guarantee that they ce-
tain no opiate or harmful drug. You
can crush the Tablets to a powder end
give them with perfect safety to a new-
born baby. Mrs. S. M. Black, St. Peters,
N. S., says: "I have used Baby's Own
Tablets for most of the teoubles from
which little ones suffer, and I find them
the best medicine I have ever tried." All
medicine dealers sell these Tablets or
von On geeethem by mail at 25 dents a
box., by writing the Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont.
NOW GLOVEMAKERS MEET NEW
CONDITIONS.
A size 0 glove to -day is larger than
a size 0 glove five years ago, and this
applies to all the sizes made. The ex-
planation is that ladies' hands have
grown larger than they used to be,
through their practice of cycling, golfing,
hockey, etc., but they do not like to
admit it, so the glovemakers meet the
new conditions and yet avoid hurting
the vanity of their customers. -West-
minster Gazette.
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:f. Potatoes Should be Sprayed Now
to Prevent Blight and Rot.
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Earmers coatinno to lose hundreds
of basliels of potatoes every year
from blight and rot which may be
saved by spraying the vines with
Bordeaux mixture. The results ob.
traded at the Central Eaperimental
e'arni and elsewhere have proved
over and over again how well it
rtityg to /armee but comparatively few
farmers spray their potatoes fOr the
prevention of rot even yet. At Ot-
tawa ono %.,ariety that was spray-
ed yielded at the rate of 1201
Is more mor acro 041 ili ime
lety onsprnyed, and taking the aver-
age or 11. varietiee there Wes an in-
erenen oe 120 bieshels per acre. The
formula need in lbs. bluerrtone,
lime and 40 gialens water. If
the 110140 beetle le still naive g °zit.
Male re-feat:I 'MAY be added tO
tf froth Ibto ofiainot be obtained, 't%
lbe, wasliteg soda will, take its place.
There 9110111ti be About tour spray -
loge, the first about the middle of
July, the seeoad from ten day° to
two woks later. the third and fourth
n.t about the game illterVaie, the oh,
pet beteg to keep the vines cover..
ed ;With the mixture unt:i September.
has been proven by experiment
that over half the crop of potatoes
he produeed' alter August Z If
the vines are kept green, and tide be
what Aprejtiag Will do, as at the.
Experimental Parm. the Vines have
been kept green from 18 to
days longer than -where lett un-
eprayed. The cost of 4 spraying
ie ;about 87.
Vuller parVell tr:t w 11 be furniehed
on applieation to the Centre Expel..
Imental, Vann. Ottawa. W. T. Ma..
00110, Ilortlenintigt, Central 1.1.xperte
biotite' rartn, Ottawa, Canada. i