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The Signal, 1898-12-22, Page 7Ind CIIA\VSIIAY see w. •- )IA1tt:BBUNT, [q)IITlll U.A j fou'll be at the luquest, Sir Jat- ' And I suppose there's no poiuibil. et any mistake loving been made, ey hoax bavmg been played Ppm mud Hess Leyoester in the matter Sat dagger and bracelet 11 it 1s able in ruy way, I really think you et to make some inquiries. It would well W be able to give the lie to that .gum's writer.,' 1 shall be et the inquest,"answered Jeffrey. pen the police inspector went away, the baronet turned to Beryl. feel - wry at the unexpected tare ten had taken In regard to the ro- les of (h. dagger Sud the braolet CHAPTER XXIIL "'ma LLDTW?, SIR JAITRATr" *SOWN time after the polios in- itor's departure neither bit Jaffray Beryl spoke • word, both being room* with astonisbmeut ■1 the is which Inspector Borderham bad seryl was the first to speak and aaeteeiatleally took the blame open w it 'It ie my fault," abs said. "Oh, hay, I am ea sorry!" 'No, no, Beryl; I can't let you blame molt 1 ought to have seen what o ld certainly happen, though, now A it has happened, I am bound te • 1 am taken absolutely by surprise, a tan possibly have noticed that the op were absent for s tiros and thea 1 back? At most there can only have in a few boon during which they Ild be mimed. I wonder!" be Dried then stopped and exclaimed, "Thst loo dreadful a thoughts" 'What ir that?' asked Beryl anl- tdy. 'Can it be possible that any ooe can re seen Lola take that dagger out of cabinet?' "I bad not thought of that It osn't possible. Solo if the did take it •be field be cautions pot to be seen.,' nitre .1M sespe•lelti '°ITL 1[ with let* I my heart I could reel that if. What Isar is that in the frenzy in which she est have acted she would be utterly e ases of anything and anybody and it glue • thought to the question bather she was seen or not But that D ot the point now. I am mad with yeelf for ever baving brought your Imo into this wort miserable affair. be thing has been bruited all over the mgdom now, and to draw back seems diMoolt as to go ou." "Wby not go through with It?" asked aye firmly. "Because we cannot. It is a rhea 'possibility. So long esthete was no mortice asked and the weapons re- mained to speak for themselves there ram so serious rempoosibility. H sows I bad no intention of doing any- elpg wrong. I know your object, leryl, well enougb, and 1 cannot. 1011 ou bow inexpressibly grateful 1 am to cm for it, but we have been wrong. fe have tried to set the honor of our unity before the truth, and Dow we see be result 1 have tried to 'Meld my ,Kir, misguided wife, and I've 'menaced oo instead. I've been miserably selfish net when 1 ought to have been most ireful to guard you." "I think you blame yoareelf without muse, Jaffray. len] not one bit ashamed f what 1 have done. I would stand ap oinorrow in the face of all England and ell what I did, and, what is more, I rould do it again tomorrow, and I Gel believe the balk of people would Clem. me. If they did, 1 should not are," the added, anthem in her eutho- Mem, "it I bad helped you." "Spoken like my dear, dear old friend tad playmate, Beryl," be said, taking ler band and pressing it. "You brace w'. faith In bunion nature, cod I be- iee' with you that the world would tot blame you for what has happened, *t that world only make my remould - City the greater. But now there is D0 We in regretting. I moat find out what re eon do." "Do you )bink really )bet Mr. Bor- larbam hu had that letter?" "Vnqustiooably I do, and. what V floe,, be means me to ■nderetand that le will act upon it if I make it necess- ary for him. I will go to the inquest sed bear what tranrpirge, and then t will have • talk with Gifford. I mast Weak plainly to him." "He knows," said Beryl. "How do you meant" asked the two s.st quickly. Beryl told him what Mr. Gifford had said to her about the .basso* of dust no the dagger and the significant way be had spokes 81r Jaffrey listened with • gathering prows of regret sod annoyance "Borderham may have suspected it eves ibis," he mid. "Tboes men doe's carry about tees like open books. I'll Meek In Gifford mod see wbat happens at the inquest Meantime try to think I am rally and holdally troubled be have brought this on you-' He stood for a moment near ber, se 1f going to my more, and Beryl, think- ing thin, did not reply, but be std teething, and ■t the close of • somewhat 'mbarraeed pause he west oat of tbe room. just turning by the door to smile to her. She was a little pealed by hie con- dect, and with a frown of perplexity on bee forehead the at for s minute or • MA thinking elf it all.''I'ben the smiled le bet.elf very snottily and mermar«t: "I'm glad I did it �taver beeping efr7 Can't do 'anything very dreadtel to IEh.ed Jifr** ss.t see I did it for els lake." Them "bewail updates to Ley walro10's moms. At the logsest everything went se Inspector Borderbsm ball anticipated. Be offered just snob evidebes as be lbfroght beeemary, and tbe wormer lammed op the ease no the evidence R('e'ntM. O.e jarym.n was disposed A question the desirability of not going into more of the facts, but the other 11, who hid been drawn carefully from Ibe Raleote estates, took their one from the foreman and declared theolpelvs' per- het1y satisfied and gays their verdict the else tares the inspector hall Prophesied that they would. "And now," said tbe inapentor pt• L. Gifford asd ger Jaffrey when k was all over sod the eoertrto® wag oiptyfng Met --"naw hegiol the serfalne leslfieise of the invent tgation. " "You've bed Nome anonymous teeter. I hear, about the weapon," said Mr. 'teal/AIM to.w.hew the barv/net bed .h r. IIrT IM "bs you Deists key am • "Nut in the least Here it t&" And be produced 11. "You see the sugges- tion." he said powteutly. "Aud a most muurtruus one It W." eschewed Mr. Gifford, "a moat slop elrous nae? 1 suppose you haven't • purl of an idea situ wrote thio?" "111 bad, 1 am afraid 1 oould hardly tall you, Mr. Gifford," was the rspy, given with a smile, "but 1 bays not 1 am thiukil,*wbere b lodk,11 a-- -- "Bo ani 1," returned tee other ebose- ly. "Wbo is the re owes you r grudge, Sir Jaffrey -Mies Ltyeteter or, for that matter, Lady 1Yaloote either? Heil of ewle kind weldred that letter." "1 am at • lore even to guess," re- plied bir Jaffray. "Nay 1 take a traciug of • bit of the letter, Mr. Borderham?" Aud without waiting ter permissiuu Mr. Gifford did so, rapidly and cleverly, and handed the letter Look to the inspector, and then Sir Jaffrey and the privet, detect- ive walked back together to tbe manor house, the baronet explaining more fully all that bad passed. "W'bat do you think of Id, Mr. Gif- ford?" be Baked at the close. "1 can't see it all yet, but I have • suapiclou. 1 think the better plan will be to bold out against the iuspector's bins, at any rate for a time. It's clear slough what be means. What be wants is to be spared the trouble of haviug to solve the mystery of the weapon, and somebody seems to want to help him. Who's that somebody?" "1 can't imagine." "Exactly. Neither oan I al present. but we mast find that out In the first place, kw it a somebody at all, or is i1 just a dodge of our friend Borderham? if be bad a ghost of an idea Unit any- tbiog of the kind had been done, it's all on the cards he'd get such a letter writ- ten to himself just to bottom as into throwing that trump card down on lb* table. It stands to common sense that he'd give • lot to get the difficulty of that dagger business cleared op, and if he could show that it really was Lady Walouie'a dagger and not Miss Leices- ter's it would be a good enongb thing for him to conclode that Indy Walcot, was the person wanted. And, don't make any mistake, that inspector would give half his nose to .put the trutb in the thing. I never saw a man keener. He scents promotion in it, removes to a bow assess wed r•$ataUOO as a clew •pot -I mean, detective. I know him." "Hie manner was in the highest de- gree courteous to ms," said Sir Jaffrey is reply. "'Cause be's no fool," was the blunt answer. "He wants to Maud well with you, and, If anything is to be found out that will pain you, to have it seem to bs forced out. But be'squibclever enough lo try to ase you all the same, Sir Jaffray. You see. be argue in this way: If there's been any exchange of these daggers, be neo frighten you to g o rounwg off to your moliritor in the fear that you may be isvolvd mecum stet of seminary "- "Do you mean"- began the baronet borriedly, taking alarm for Beryl's sake at the other's words and burning in with hie interruption. "Walt • moment, sir, please, and try to bear what I have to say. Me waste to frighten you to go rushing of to tell some Taro respectable, steady goiug solicitor all tbe tact.. knowing full well that tomb • man's tint advice will be to you to take Borderham'a hist odd make tee thumps again while the chance seems open" - "If tbere is any po•Sibihty," inter- rupted Sir Jaffray again, when his com- panion cut him abort once more: "Please, please, please allow me and do try to hear me patiently. If you do that, Borderham will not hesitate one minute. He'll bs off to the nearest J. P. and get a warrent for Indy Welcote'e anent At present be has absolutely nothing to go oo, bar the fact of her lady.bip's absence and the circumstance that then was • quarrel 013 the morn - fog of the day .boat her as the result o! which you turned the Frenchman oat of the house. That's all the evidence bees got because we've got all the reef, and at beet tem only niere Many .u.- picton. But add -the fact of the dagger found in the 'man's heart being Lbs property of hes lady.hip, and you have just )Dat substantial evidence on which • man can work and act You see that?" "Yea, yea Of coarse," assented the baronet hurriedly. "Exactly. Well, time, if ire bounce, it's clear that you had better not•give the thing away yet But I'm not dis- posed to think it's bounce. I believe he did receive a let ter. " "Well, but who could send such a thing?" "Precisely. We'll see about that presently. First let o• nee what w. ought to do in this matter, supposing the letter's genuine. What can he do? He won't threaten you. Hn knows bet- ter than to do that for personal mamma If you were a poor end obscure indi- vidual, and if Miss Leyoe.ter were • wretched, friendless girl, nothing would be easier than to take you both by the throat, se to speak, and just shake the knowledge eat of you. There's no difference between riot and poor In the eye of the law, you know, bet there's • deal of difference between 'Sm in tbe hands of the polioe, I ass tell you." mid Mr. Gifford dryly. "Ar it i•," be continued after e PIMP*. "oh. inspector come to you all "oft to•geed and pleaant, hints that if you've been hoaxed you may wiab to aes that the thing is pot right, and se oo. I know all that sort eft talk, aod,' potting it bluntly, it means that so lose as yes don't speak he daren't try to make you rales -unless, mind you, be e.n get' Oohs delaite, positive evi- dent*. You needn't bother yeernelf one little bit about the thing yet, theefers, but when he come, as he will, of coarse, yea can jest ay )bet yoe wouldn't think of doing anything, be- cause cause some skulking coward has written as an sn00ymooa letter what a newspe- per penny • liner might hint for the purpose of getting ap s sensation, and it-5x00.e my giving yoe a hint -if you'll pot nn • little grandee manner and M11 hiss you are surprised hesitated let himself be fooled by as aa0nvmo.e eornapordent you may do a good deal Io akeok hits." "This Is all very diets/Aerie M me, Mr. Glffrre," cold Mr Jaffray after its bed thought over the other's suggestion. "I've no dopa It t•, Fir Jaffray,"re- turnee his eompaeine shortly, "bet the alternative is an immediate wariest for Lady WleoIe's serest es the charge of iaerrier " 'But 1 objset very strongly to soy otters that soleus this deceit and false- hood. I have N11ght to put this indig pity epos M1rideet.ter. If dem wtt,e "ghe'tl IA" 4,111-11 y tiorderbaw at hey," Iulrpoaed Mr. (Ittoud LlUutly. "'rhe world Isn't e pulse, of truth, sir, and it we Lave to bion a beddtug acqueiutauce Low u:ul then with the father of lies It 'settee bunt us. But of course you cru do at you lire, only it you're going to du this 1 may as well go back to town." "But what do you expect to giuu by keeping op )Lis thing sow )but it Is rurtected?" "Time, Sir Jaffrey, which is every- thing. LW ns put the tiling plainly to lam Lsycmter. I know whet she'll • • heir Jaffray assented to this, aud Mr. Gifford west over the whole ground with Beryl, telhug. bee precisely what be bud told the baronet and leaving her to decide. Without a moment's Leaitatiou shedecided iu favoruf sWud- ing by whet they had done. "1 don't hke the eeoeptioo, Beryl," said Sit Jaffray at the close. "When Mr. Burderbam Domes to queatiou you, you will be placed in a moat awkwarti fix. eliuu41 will do this: I will consent to /eying nothing for three days -no longer. Tbeu, whatever haptens, Hut 'facts shall be told." It was left 50, but there war nu need for even so long a delay, for the next day brought a starteug development. The luspector came 1n the •woruing and by hie desire saw Beryl and Sir Jaffrey together. Mr. Gifford was pres- ent "I want you to understand my poli• Son exactly, Sir Jaffrey," be said quiet- ly and deferentially. "1 told you ye- terday of an anouymoos letter which had been sent to me saying that fire dagger and bracelet bad been put in the places where we four fouud them after the death of the Frenchman. I have n ow bad mother letter which says that when Miss Lepoester milled hen on the day of the discovery she drove hurried • ly home and back again, and that be fore she went the bad bad an interview with Mr. Gifford here, who had told you of toe discovery of the dead body and bad given to you pert of the brace- let, the rest of which I myself brought Dere. I am not able to answer the goes - tions Involved either one way or an other, but I am sure you, Sir Jaffrey, and 7o0, Kiss Leyce ter, and you, two, Mr. Gifford, indeed, will see the grav- ity of the matter red of my position and will with to give an explanation." "Heti*,e alit"'l1ga'viraao.tstr" eaves _ w• Mop we should know the person who makes it," said Mr. Gifford. "1 know uo more than 1 tell yea," replied the Inspector, "and I am most " Wal t r' shit eaiM, rMwlslag and YrwtoJn.' painfully place -I do not see how 1 can act otherwise than as I am doing." "8uppcsiug it should turn out teat there bail been some mistake of the kind, whet would you have to do, Lr Borderbam?" asked Sir Jaffray. "In the •b+euce of Lady Weleote 1 sboold have but oue painful duty," he replied. "Aud that?" "To take means to and bee and te ask an explauatiihn of this most nom promising Rene of coincidences." A long and palatally embarress'ng silence followed, in wbicb all four at thinking closely: At the end Sir Jatrap NM and pnehed back his cbiir and In voice brakes with emotion be mid: "You bed better do so, inspector, let the consequences be what they may. The truth mast oome nut God help here" Then soother silence am painful as the former followed. In the midst of It a commotion wee beard in the large hall outride, and the door of tee room w•. hurriedly opened. "Her ledy.hip. bir Jaffrey!" said the ✓ rrvaut aud Lela, looking very pale and worn, but very determined, came .n. Sir Jaffray sprang toward her with a cry of pleasure and gladness "Wait?" .be .aid, stopping and draw- ing back from him outstretched arms. "F,ret let the whole truth be told I bast comeback m w to tell It" [TV St IX)NTINt'aD.I LUCHENI'S PUNISHMLNT. Why I. *1. Isiprisnnm.nl 1. Infinitely Worse n,.,, lay (5.eetl.... I.oehrnl, the •s.•ie.ln of the Empress of Austria lientery, has been oond.mned to lire Imprlaoo.neie. the law of Swltser- land when the Trims was committed, col permitting capital punishment. To many the. seems an Inadequate pen• alt.. her .o hideout ■ Grim., but those sires kiiw whet 1t really is describe Is as Jho moat terrible punishment that can be inflicted on men in ,:omparleen with It even • cruel depth would have been •1 sborand time. preferable. 'Ins United Stalls Coneol at (1 10u. describes It 1n the New York World: Ha will not be nada • "marsyr." H• .111 simply he shut up, est to work and forbidden to talk. Vor the first five years he will 1. con fined to M. esti and wit? perform the labor awdgned to him there After fir8 plate he will be set to work In a prison shop and may not speak M any of the lesser knaves around Mal upon pain of being returned to *ciliary eonflsement. 11• is not to be pampered; he may nit stroke or read of talk: he does cot know what t8. world 1...ylug ahout hfm 11• w111 not even have the privIlege of stand- ing In puhlle on the guillotine and Moo lag o - lag his head ens off -a h1.e..d *melte - Hoe to Valliant •nd Henry and Sento Coterie. They rooked forward to 1t and gloried In It..nit were proud of • ,hence to go nater the knife spitting Gurnee upon society. But then Is no snob bops for lambent. Iia le not allowed 10 rend►s lotlse se v/plea, 110? In Any way enmmnnlnef6 with the world. He Is Immured to • Being tomb The est..).., talker will he re- dneed to •eolnt..11.,,. On Sunday he ewe her • prs.ohre N he events en and s• have • hook to red from tbe prl.ot 11Mvey, hat every weekday ha molt work indention.Iy from a In the morning w.ttt 1 fee the evesing. Ills trade will be mamma Meg v CARE OF CALVE*. fgeer ere WOW. Thom and Tomei These to IIr1,L. A great deal of the profit of weaning calves. whether grown by baud or nursed by their dame, will depeud very much on the kind of care they receive. We do not care how good their breed - lug may be or bow well'tbey may be fed as yearliuge or huisbed for the market, they will not realize tbeir full promise and possibilities unless they Ira properly cared for the first winter. There are various devices to wean calves )'ALT rkZDtlt and make them drink, among which is an artificial feeder in imitation of -w cow's odder. A correspondent of Hdard'r Dairyman gives the following sensible advice: "Instinotteabbes the calf where to seek nourishment and to get it, and I would not interfere with nature till the oalf is three days old and acquires a little esperien0e, it not sense. For the good of the cow, however, I would n ot allow him to sock mon than twice a day. Then atter three day., by adopt. lag Mr. Cheevero plan, once to get the calf in 'socking mood,' any person who will be gentle and patient need have Do trouble in teaching emit to drink ?with- out help within the next two days. I . peak from an experience of forty years on the farm, and have broken • great many colter to feed. I used only. gsotle m.anaan4- IWt egg time in twenty aid I need more than Hite, titinfd'`bfdil'1 • calf. I fed night and morning, and almost invariably at the fourth feeding and often at the third the calf would pot bis head in the pail and drink with - oat any assistants from me except to bold op the pail before him. I make no eseeption of 'obstinate' calves. for I do n ot believe in them. The obstinacy in really is another quarter." -. Liquid Food .ad the Milk Yield. Aeoording to The British Dairy Farm - e:, II. Danoel, principal of one of the dairy ecboole In France, report&bie ex- - periments to determine the effect of the quantity of water cow* drink upon quantity and quality of milk. He rays that by inducing oowr to drink more water the quantity of milk yielded oan be increased without injuring its qual- ity. He assert* that the amount of milk 111 proportional to the quantity of the 1 water drunk. Iu experimenting upon )tows fed -in the stall with dry fodder. that gave only 92o 12 quarts of milk • y7, when this dry food was moistened With from 11 to 28 'quarts of water daily their yield of milk was increased u p to 11 to 14 quarts a day. Besides this water taken with the food, the sows were allowed to drink the same as before, and their thirst was -excited by adding a little alt to the fodder. The Milk was of good quality end tbe amount of butter satisfactory. He found by a series of observattobe that the quantity of water habitually drunk by each cow was a criterion to judge of the quantity of milk that she would yield. A oow that does not drink as mach as 17 quarte of water a day is a poor milk- s, giving only 53. to 7 quarts a dey, Mil .11 cows wbicb drink as much ea 60 quarts of water daily gave from 18 to 18 quarts of milk daily. He believes the amount of water drank by a oow is a Mot of her value as a milker. MIzI.g Cream. ---- We (Ova hear a great deal •boot the hoportanoeof testing the oows with a Mabcock tester in order to And which are the profitable dairy animals, mays a writer 1D The National Stockman, bot there la little said about the importance of tenting the buttermilk. A friend of mine in town paid that he engaged to take some buttermilk from a farmer wbo came to market, and while the first lot was nice and rich the mooed lot was poor as could be. He thought the farm- er was cheating him, but in all proba- bility the farmer did not know until his batter was churned whether tbe butter- milk was to be poor or rich, as the rich D es of the bottermilk depends entirely u pon the condition of the oream when Wig pat into the churn. Cream that has n ot been thoroughly mixed 11 or more hours previous to churning is almost sore to los some of the butter in the ►attermilk. The reason is obvious Dream of different degrees of sourness requires different time for the butter to I mom, and the poorest cream oomee first. I and the buttermilk from this Dream �sixes with the Dream that is not quite Do sour and bas not as yet 00131e, and it is all drawn off aa iuttermilk. Wet tbe soil Sud keep it from waahing aud hold fertility from leacbiag out The pear are legumes, and ro a uttregea gatherer. iced thus have the Neil bete* for the next crop than they toting 1L The tuts add tbeir share of homer to the roil when plowed ouder, settle gets from them carbou and warmth to trout the two we get 5011 protection. traps to hold fertility -if out to catob more- aud the wcclauic*l effect they buys upon our clay lends to wake then) lamer and more rosily worked. "No, we do not feed the mopoff. We sow it fur a mulch crop. Ou one fletel the pea vines today ere n mess upon the ground rod wbite with blossoms, and it now looks as if they would have to be plowed under yet this fa:. 1 1340 the Cauadian put -not your southern cow - pea. It is like any table pea, only • smaller steed gralu. It is pretty overly frostproof, and last winter it retest lived through, many pleat, doing w They &ell here this fall at about 75 cents per 80 pounds. 1 now have fru acre in COW rtubbIo just coming op. "Io nut imitgiuetk+r it a general pair tice ap here. It is an experiment 1 am trying upon my farm, and w far t am pleased, especially so as 1 am becoming oo13viuced that vegetable matter is wbat we want moet to our clay lands and we need it tartar than it can be had in regular rotatlo•, unless we put in catce Crops betweeu the 'regulan' and plow there in. In the south you have all the advautage of the ouwpea, and it 1 could grow such • catch crop op here as I have seen it in the south, when the oowpee grows to mob perfection, 1 oold tbtuk I was In 'tall legumes.' "There is a rumor in the air that the Dwarf Erse: rape plant Ilia better catch Crop than oats or peas, about wbicb 1 shall know Inter, and as It is • plant pretty rich in nitrogen, and a nowt rank grower, it may be the very thing that 111 being looked for tonlotbe the usually desolate barren stubble fields of wiuter. " Saving Manure. It 1* too often the case that farmers do not begin the work of cotnpoating properly, but instead let their manures collect outside of bare in coulees agape, Diet half dries out, ferments and wastes the nitrogen, as we have endeavored to show iu Fig. 1, says • writer in the ECHRIWBIASTHEE MILLIONS OF VCUNG FIRS MOW IM MO CUT FOR MARKIT. - - How a.d From Wkeaee Spring. th., 11.11(0) ,'urea Which sense clouts Well Ile A.Led to Load )*115 Wou- derlul Frollrt'hrblwa. U , TheChrbtmas tree Industry lea big one.. In bowl many million homer of this coun- try do you suppose Clirlrttuas morning will find UVIL, of More wonderful tree• laden n Itlt wonderful fruit? And where do you suppose all the truer Dome frost Northern New Englund undoubtedly) suppllw more Christmas trees than say other e'etlon of the Ui:tn, for It muse; furnish this oblef supply of Buetou and other New England cities as well as that of ,New York, l'blladeli hie and many of the larger urian centers around these. The olty dweller is far more apt to hate a Christmas true than the farmer or villager. He appreciates more keenly the joys of having his parlor carpet strewn with pine needles. he eluii 2 of green In the cor- teUF6f rouru-stsbais the team j 8fi the holiday for hlum. From northern Maine alone something like 1.000,000 Christmas trees aro annual- ly sent to the market. The choppers are now at work and have been for • week or more. They will be busy until within • week of Christmas. Many carloads of trews will mood be aniving In the large elided* the result of their work. This does not mean that the forests of Malneare being nipped 1n the bud. Inst year the Hon. J. S4erling Morton, ex-seo- retary of agriculture and forestry expert, raised •n Indignabt ,protest at what be designated "s wanton waste of valuable young timber." But the owners of Maine woodland laughed Tbey do not look upon thole -else fir as valuable timber. They regard It as more of a torso weed than anything elm. They say It chokes out the more valuable timber. Before floe demand for, yourrg-'ttees was so great the land- owners were glad to have their land cleared. Now they ask only about $9 an acre stumpage. Mr. Morton did not know the utter ua5- iesrnew of the Maine fir tree, or he would never have come to Be defense. It 1. • coarse grained, scraggy tree at best. When young, It grows rapidly and when set 1n rows or mamas slakes • serviceable shelter for buildings er tender frust trees, but Do sooner dos the trunk begin to grow than it becomes powder posted and la converted by trig ante Into rotten sawdust. The ever- green spills turn brown and fall off. gray red fres& caribou moms gathers on the COu& i That Stick. - You don't seem to be able to throlir,tbem off. All the ordinary Iremediea you've tt ied don't touch theta. The cour,h remedy for you ie Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. It loosens the rhlegm, allay the Irritation, heals and soothes the in- flamed lung tissue. MI. Was. Frnav, Blenheim, Ont.. mays* "I can recommend Dr. WuoJ'e Norway Pine Syrup as the very beet medicine for coughs and colds, sore throat and weak loess. -QP. wood's Rorwdy P1.1a Syrup. Nater fails to C ria. 1' • MECHANICS' INNTItUTL eIODCRICH MECHANICS' INRTITUT■ lf LIBRARY AND READING BOOM, east of east street and Square (uI5Mirsi. Open from r to r..., sed'tMm 1 to 10 PAL ABOUT 2000 VOL'S Illi -LIBRARY. Leadlag Dailyr Weekly and illustrated Parses. magazines. So., 00 Tile. M F.II B PHtlit3P TICKET ON LT 01.0111 Grandes tree see of Library and Readlag 1. Application for -membership received bp Librarian, in room. 11 cOLB,,R-1tE, 11 HAMILTON. :ieeretary. Ooderlch. March U flet PIGA TWO WATS OP OOMT(mTia•. Ohio Parma. 3`o avoid -titre, every Iim6 manures ere thrown oat we take time to spread evenly over a larger apace and keep the composting heap in strata or layers reeemolhig the illustration In Fig. 2. We occasionally saudwicb with a epee of straw. We appreciate this great fact that the crops we raise upon the farm are in feeding tilt. slightly robbed of their manurial elementi and when properly preserved after being fed are worth ten- fold all the labor it coots to preserve and dietribnte them to the soil that ono* pee them birth. It is the source from which the *oil must secure it• future ability to compensate the farmer. 1, The Ola.t But India Bee, According to tbe Chicago Tribune there is oue nee inhabiting the Pbelip- pines which will be a welcome addition to American oitizenehip, and will be afforded every facility and inducement to immigrate to the United State. and engage in the ',killed labor in whish it has oo peer. This is the giant East In- dia honeybee. To scientists this bee is known as apes donate, •species common through out the tropioal regions of the east, and In the Philippine islands the largest va- riety of this species is found. It i. -nearly one batt larger than our native -"honeybee and builds • comb, heavy with wax and honey, five or six times gm large as the ones that are found in American orchards and forest& The giant of the mat has a tongue nearly twice as long as our native bee.. All these little workers get at the honey in the flowers with their tongues. But many bloa.ome bave such deep wells that oar native bees cannot reach It, and, knowing this through Inherited tradition, never try. The principal bouey bearing flower which our native bees And too bard • problem for their limited honey pump, is red clover. The long tongue of the big Philippine bee would find these clover blosenme a mine of •weetnese, and thousanda of tone of h ooey would be yielded up that la now practically a los to the world Salleylle Asia la milts. Dr. Henry Leffman of Philadelphia, 11 prominent chemist of tbsit city, recent- . ty stated that uwiny diseases of fiefoots which 000tir daring the summer months msy be induced by the nee of milk and artifinisl food' which contain salicrylic acdd. Ile stated that the drug bed an enormous and increasing sale, and that emeral forme are being pot upon the markeL Speaking of the ertificial form used by brewers in tbe preparation of i bottled beer, be thought it poisonous sod ! that its sale should he prohibited. In 'Trenton reeently **Boyne mold in mile mused the death of amend children.- . Medical Times. I WINTER CATCH CROPS. nate end P.a. M.h. a Fla,- M.Ieh For Ih. • oe. In cxplelteng to a cnrre.pondent why 'he pots in pees *ed nate in the fell Mr John Goold of Ohio says in C.mntry Gentlemen • "Why de 1 sow nets end pens? Feet, they mnko a fine growth in the fall he fosu,.pow •ntresa,adrre sheet the only awip hate that will amonut to moth frilled in after the corn crop ix est Al. they fill thn .all with growing rtoM 1414 Via tops mabiL4 fie• ,ttelleh is pr Pa/wales amid Ial.Ify. Parsnips and salsify may be left is the ground It desired, as they are per- fectly hardy. Batas • writer in Ameri- can Gardening suggests, • few inches of leaves thrown over the surface of the g round before the frost has penetrated to any greet deptb will greatly facili- tate m•ttan when lifting is necessary. it 1' advantageous to lift a few more than are required for immediate use and have them stored away in atm of tmergeuo7. Ltbearlass EPIGRAMS. •.m. Drtgie Sayings That Have • (Goal Deal of Wean' mg. Trouble gets into many • home by menus of a night latchkey. .Any man poeessing • stout heart and a good liver can be a hero. The mean who trier to make the beet of it seldom gets the worst of it. Time goes to "bat the band." and the leader of the bond bests time. When • man is getting on well, we neually man be 1s getting well off. - x enure enter jesr+ap.M..d LAh• ague. leotual rather than his moral standard. It makes • difference whether you ,all a man a ' brick" ora "gold brick." One soon forget' the charm of • d'-nph" In • cheek alongside of a sharp tongue. The donkey la sun that all volas ex- cept his own are more or las out of tuna There is hut one truth and 10,000 beer boods, hen a loth Is easier to tell. There 1s no doubt as to the De Bergsma nose being the most striking feature of the play. Be careful not only of the oompany you keep, but also of the company your ems - pony keepa. Poverty is sent bus as • lamp woes with to And our true friends when the world grows dark. More men are aesiesfn•ted with mort- gages and grocers' bills than with knt..l and ptstole-L. A. W. Bulletin. Toe Meeh haste. 1 4 A pe•eant Is being examined by the reglmontal enteron for enrollment as a eoneeeript. Ila hope. to evade foreleg,. "i am ne.rdghted, doctor," be re - matte "How do you knevrr'.Aaks the inro. - gen Do von we thee MU over In the Well there?" CQTTtlee efiltfsTYA* TRtka FOR pARI RT. limbs, after which ap autumn gale blows the tree down, where 1t 11.5 and rota, to form vegetable mold. More than 1,000,000 Christmas firs will be sent out from Maine between now and Deo. 20. Owing to sharp coni etitir n among the contractors and the drop in the rates of stumpage, the tree. will be In better condition then for some years, and while the retail price may hold up to the average the profits of those engaged in the business will be much larger. In addition to Christmas trees large quantities of lycopodium or ground pine and of various ■brut* laden with red ber- rlcs will be shipped In bales and boxes. Owing to the splrli of patriotism awak- ened by the late war, lime of the oontraot- ors are making up set pieces, banners and miniature embankments to red, white and blue, employing the scarlet leave of the red maple or the crhuson leaves of the *mac to produoe the red tint, the snowy dowers of the •rerlasting locally known as poverty weed to make the white and the purple bloom of the tall aster for the blue. When properly mussed, this ar- rangement of tints has • very pleasing effect. New Hampshire, Vermont, Penntyl- venls and New Jersey also supply large quantities of Chrlattnas tree and Christ- mas green Down to very recent years spruce and fir were the only trees used for Christmas, while holly and mistletoe held undisputed the field of decoration. But with the great. increase In the demand far Cbri.tmas greens many other material• bay been pressed into Denies The cheap - sr trees are now pine and hemlock, which are lee desirable than the spruce because their spines are not Do long and silky and •m more apt to drop off atter the tree has ben kept for • few days. For deooratlone a great variety of new tehtnp hen Dome to be used. The Jersey. men disowned th.t their caps dowers with their bright berries produoed • w effect, and that everlasting, bittersweet and a great number of similar growths could he utilised In the made pieces. The beautiful juniper, which has always been Merely esteemed In the south. has of late found considerable favor, and large quan- tities of It are now shipped north from the Virginias and Carolinas. Moser are rad to • considerable extent too. Holly and mistletoe still hold the place et table( favor, though they have had w admit many humbler planta to their nom- pany. Holly and laurel are both gathered eh187 in Delamere. Maryland. Virginia and the Carolinas it may be of Interest to know that of db-"i.rtum" mistletoe sotonesteuou•y Itsplayed about Christmas time not one tenth really mimes from England. The reerin 1s that the greet orchards of W014>1111- Mre and • Iduminshl,e from whish • English mistletoe le obtained, have *early exhsoated their supply. Moat of She mistletoe now brought to this *entry *mem from Normandy, when it 1. se Mick that the tanners look upon It e • nurettme Boom American ml.tletie trona Belem,,, and V wends 1. wild every year, but it Is generally r'gar rel as Inferior te the Imported article A Lenin R Rower Nate Crltl.lem. The C*Mlnel de Hots aek'A Menage, the nelebrcte'l French emelt And *choler, to give hive .nn,. idea of poetry that he might he alai& to form • swift of lodgment IK the poems that WOWS brought to him. "Fir," said Menage, "tris 1. a matter that wont/ occupy more time then you ennld spare. but I'll tell you what yea may ren. Wh n.v*r they rend *ey of their peemre to yon, 1011 sy al *attire, 'Thet'a very had.' You'll seldom be wrong." -- Detroit levee Pres - wrr,•h Torr.. 'Q.rt•IDIy." f kept enntlnnously ruoolas • MOM .TILIIMe$4.4.63 .•Ii >i.7T•:1fe. Fief► . tom took 100. l Mee. Noel to • yeee - Tag RIVA141 AND - Tatra L$IIS'rs To TIMN TOM wr_i - �•pN.t1k PEBBLgb THAT GIVE LIGHT., Stones 1. c.ur v.ta DINiw WbI. twit Quite a itrllIIa.1 •lave. I An Italian working In inlg•tlon dacha' on a ranch near Stockton, Cal.,l bas made what promises td be • wonder.' promises fel dlaeova. A000rdtngryto the .tory h. tells to t San Franel.00 Bz•min.r, he retired earlly one Monday evening, forgetting to opea a esrtsln gate le one of the Irrigating d110be About mi )night be awoke, and' Immediately getting out of bed h. donned hIs working clothe and proceeded to tete field Hs found that the owe, being closed, had tacked the water tip In suet a volom. that 1t had foroed oat the re- straining dam and overflowed the field.' Upon going to the place where the water ham broken t]roogh the embank- ment h. says h. notloed • peenllar-gleam cussing from the epot. On closer Meyer tica he observed that the water had bored • hole In the ground •bone three f.ee deep and twloe as broad, and that In the bottom of the hole, where the water still remained to the depth of a foot or mon. *here were noneweeme •e1Jse10 sublet. emt - ted fight This was so brilliant that the water appeared to be • pool of liquid ora The man decided to ereartatn the eau* e nd plunged hie arm into the water. He brought ant a small pebble about the Mae of a hickory not. It was white and smooth, and as It repotted 1. bis palm II e mitted • light eel font for him to tell the time by his watch. Tb. .cons are declared to be perfectly smooth and as hard .m flint. Some of them are to he sent to the .01,ner, department of the State University with • view of Warrens their true character. How 11 Happ•aed, "What time le It/" "Haven't you got • wat.•h?" "Tar, but I don't wear It any more." "Why not?" ''People kept Anther -Ina measkingwbal time It war." -Chicago Heourd- . �V Elle' '115 --'" 0r roe THY ereyse �.y & w. „OA* lee. t