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The Brussels Post, 1891-3-6, Page 3e t• a r, 11 le er le 30 a at a ab or at ho on 7.e lie si•, by 't - l0, Ica tat 1011 la• dal 1XAltcli (i, 1801 I WEEDS AND THE BEST METHODS OP A1w°l l,cet 1111 fields in 0511It'll late ripening the operation, follow if necessary with rt evued3 Ilanrinll, and the reverse of this is hoed evp. (2) Plough 111 rho fall, oris DEST1tOYING THEM: also twc. !nn h aril barren iib the ening when tho It will not avail though field after field is 6rassgbeglns to grow, and attlGlva o ooctaainn• 110 rnor SHAW, .luittntr.TOrt.tLcorl,140R, thoroughly cleaned, if the molest eilbrt rs ally till 1,1110 baro of rattling 1n a )10011 1f I were asked to point out she weak- "°L uut'10 to l:eop oaeh field Bo °loaned ',Title of course must be properly cared for. est points in Canadian Agtioulturo at the the mune condition, This can only ip0 done' 3) Plough in the fall, cross plough and present time, I would ennui, first, the myriads of weeds that me nihilist] to grow on so many of our farms, and second, the very largo proportion of weeds that aro allowed to live in our barnyards and in our stables every wiper. Remove those two weak points and w0 are beyond all gout perison, the most advanced Agricultural people in the We Hemisphere, The extenttowhich weeds are allowed to grow in this I rovinoo hs 8n1fi0ient to bring the blush to their cheek when we think of it, Ragweed is busy slinkin gitsmyriads of seeds in nearly all the alluvial soils bordering along lal>n Erie. B1uowood is rapidly taking. possession of the pastures and more especial- ly of the highways of the Eastern Counties and is DOW firmly entrenched in all the country surrounding the Guelph exper- imental farm. Pigeon weed 10 stealthily creeping up in their orops in largo areas in almost every country, lite Ox Eye Daisy with ire bonueiful blossom and worse than ns01es8 stem and leaves, points ont the homes 0f twice ten thousand sluggards, as regularly as June returns, Burdocks disgrace the fence sides and bye places of very many farms worthy of a far different or- namentation. Couoh is rapidly taking pos- session of whole fickle wherever the land 1a light and easy of cultivation. \1'ild flax ie polluting the autumn wheat fields and tite meadows of tau thousand farmers, 11 major• ity of whom aro not aware of the harmful nature of this most miserable ppoet. Tho wild oat is shaking its clete tnblo head in the fields of it very largo number of farms in t110 north western conntiel. Whole farms both of the oast, the centre and the west, but ese:edlttly the east, aro so cony pletely overrun with wild mustard that the lope of reel liming them is lalnnest a forlorn one. It would well nigh regnir0 the calling into being of anew generation pos- sessed of tit:clews energies and It11 indomit- able will almost entirely unknown tuna their [Melon. Anil 1a0t, though not levet, We nn1110 that great 00ourge 0f Cana'lian farming, the C'.t:htiian thistle, 0011'3h bc• 0.1030 of its ability to fly o 1 the wings of the wind and to penetrete deep and wide in to the earth, to wilhetau(1 the cold of winter and the heat of MOaler, le meltin•.g, a bold attempt to take po)seee1on of the entire conetrv. While, in the present order of thongs absolute eke Mines or the absence of every form of weed life is unattainable, I hold it possible to so completely obtiLern:o ell the most mischiovons forms of weed life that 110 pieta will be found fur them on one farms. This almost peerless attainment has been realized by but few, but the number is iacrolwing. It 10 reached partly through the increasing application of0ertau g1.1110ies p's3008ed by the firmer, partly by the observance of certain general principles in the 1'.1Itivation 0f crops, and partly by the a deflation 0[ the hast o'teeti'e miles of decreel v, calcination to the particular 113.110011103 of the came in healing with each particular form ofwee('life. The ludispolstblequalities in the farmer who le to oternome iu the cuntc1t with woods are, watchfulness, un- tiring energy, and the most indomitable perseverance. He must watch the thrashing machine cutting from some neighbor's farm, or it will sometimes bring him a legacy of sorrow: he must watch the seed he hive, no matter w•11enee it comes, or it will do the evil work done by the sower of the tante while men slept ; awl he m'lit 0v llah the shape of his f+nn1ug mill and whet conies ottt be. fore it m,rl bnhiudl it with an eager eye. All I own be to the improvers of the fanning mill, but shame 011 the mon who will nrL 1100 0110111 aright.It{::meet able apply ,t1I this energy told persovoranee fn the application of the most destructive and rational modes of naive,- . then. Amorist the general prinoiplas to be adopted in freeing farms from weeds, and in keeping them in this condition, linty be vaned the following:— (1) When destruc- tion is attempted make it thorough in the shortest possible time, (2) abandon a rotation of rope for a time if this is necessary, and (3) mahntain the ground won at all lute -Inds. The One required for the destruction of weeds depends upon a variety of conditions. Among 1110m may b0 named the habits of growth in the plant, the place whore it takes refuge, the vitality of the seed, and the efficacy of the mode of oralioation nelopted, Annuals complete growth 111 a single year. Any node of cultivation therefore that prevents their going to seed will prevent any further harm from any one generation of them. Tho seed of some of them turn over as mnst0r1, owing to the oily nature of the outer 0001030ml, retain their vitality for many years. The complete eradication of those mast of n00essity extend over a long period. Biennials complete their growth in two years, and most of them have a taproot. If they are prevented from going to seed during that period they mustperrah. (Jetting thane above ground does no good unless it is done sufficiently often to prevent them from going to seed the second year. The seeds of some of these also p08e01s mach vitality, as in ;the instances of burdock and bluoweod. Simple perennials as the os•eye daisy will continuo to grow from year to year until the roob is completely destroyed. Cutting these above ground therefore is not of nma)1 service. Tho remedy is to adopt that mode of cultivation which will prevent them from seeing tholight for one season, Creeping perennials propagate by means of seed and also by means of the roots which are more or less jointed, and retch joint ds capable of growing though separated Bron the other portions of the root. The remedy hero is to adopt some plan, as to the else of simple perennials, which will peavent then from seeing the light for a single season, and so destroy them in ono year, Some periods in the growth of the plant and some conditions of weather aro 1110re • favorable to thole cl:esfraotion than others when they are etta0kod, Ann,.tals aro much h more easily destroyed when quite, t young, a fast to bo borne in mind by those growing (m loran of hood Drop. Biounials will 8010eltmb also most readily when young. POrennial0 Dan be beet attached when 10)10 wether ii dry. Indeed, cultivation with view to destroying them is of but litho use in a time of web, It rather tends to multiply 3110111, The nloasuee of effectiveness fu weed dos• Unction is its throngltnoss,for ifsomoareal- lowed to 080apo they soon b000mo thorns hi tho aides of the husbandman who seeks to destroy then. It may seem to' bo expen. sive at the time to put labor upon then to oomplotel,y destroy them, but it is certainly ehoap in the encd. It may be necessary to ebandan a rotation of rope far a timo so long a8 a fern is foal with weeds. There 110 no advantage to trying to grow some one form of orop in a field whore, it is 0orte% the weeds will not give it the ghost of a chance. Some other tom of Drop may be bettor able to fight for its existence and if ea, ehouleetation. be gCrops twllfoh in aural hough not intea(111/3 Cla ant TH}B BRUSSELS POST. S SPRIING SMILES. ;Hit [sr a king—an apoplectic fit, When rats see a oat they always scatter The buyer who trice to beat you down is ( a price•figlltot'. by incessant 0vatahhduase, 1 and by golug,lmrrov in the spying. Sow with peas and The prosperity of the tailor opens o tang 1r'follow with a root crop managed as do,orib• 60101 fel' Ghoorizl) on the s urvh•al of th over these fields nue by one with spud hand probably twice a year. One num w'" 011 above, Ordinary smmnor•fallowing mistlttlst4 many go over et, Toast ten acres a day 'followed by ry hoed crop will prove otfeoth'o Some mon must think that the lamp of lif whore thorough cleaning has been moat, brit 31 is Lastly, anal Darn sown Ston least lvifl is a spirit -lamp, judging from the Ivey they pour in the alcohol, When there is no hawk flying around, 3h biggest thing in the barnyard ie the strut o the smallest rooster. Now, Johnny," said papa, " who wee Adam 1" " He was the man who (Recoveredthe world," said Johnny. Father—" 1f you expect to succeed inpub. lie life, my son, you must have push." Son —"I've got a pull, dad, and t11at'e better than push," Sharpson (reading flattering inscription on tombat0n0)—" That sounds as if emsbody wee°trying to give hien taffy," Phlut r —" Epitaphy, you mean." Et1181—" Do you think there will be marriages in heaven 3" Maud--" For your sake I trust so, dear. Eternity may furnish you the opportunity which time refuses." "M boy, "said the good deacon reproving- ly' do you know where little boys go who go fishing on Sunday?" " Well, most on '0111 goes to d0 lake. Data de best place." When holm oi', elle weeds aro growmg'smother thle ePo) Whore a strop u is 1latmereu0ly some other form of destroying 'grown. During certain arts ofgthmop pro- them must bo adopted. So long as mom of cultivation the removal of Mile winds blowand Mede fly and haters ran, Ireota whiolt have been drawn together by those who are to have oleal farms will find the sprint; tooth harrow will prove of much it to their advantagge to adopt this course. service. When the ground is in a wet state Destroying weed0 by means of a bare cultivation only serves to encourage the fallow has been a [avorat0 method ,of, 087' growing of the oonehgras8, endoouturion, and with 00010iorms of weed 7. " The Wild Oat (Avsna Fates) boars but considerable resemblance to the conmon oat, life it may be an actual necessity , now, it has always been a very expentnee 01ode. In the wild -out the chaff Boehm adhere to the Counting the numerous ploughings and grain and aro thiels and hair It has a long hartowingewhich a bare fallow usually gots, tiff awn usually twisted roar the bas and then cultivation in other ways, and add- When the awn Is dry it is twisted closely ing say, $3.00 as t)te rental of the land rho upon itself, but when moistened it slowly cost of cleaning one acro oaunat he less uncoils eaneing the sood to move about on than $10,00 to $12.00 per acro providing the thogroauul. I an mmnl,vhat d,ripena labor hue to bo hired. A sum not more its soon as full 18 waiteat andery lnarley.yand than this would suffice to clean land wall will grow well on almost any kind of soil, the large hoe, but perhaps in the latter case it bat prefers looms. The seed possesses great alight not bo so thoroughly done,In treat- vitality. It is not easy to distinguish the ing, of modes adapted to the special eases it wild oat from. other gram until it buds out, will be necessary to tante up one by one hence 000 diflicnity in destroying it. the most annoying of our weeds, the 111111105 The following methods have proved sue - of which have already been given, and to emend in eradicating the wild oat: (1) Sow mention the methods of destroying then hankyand harvest the same on the green that have been fourd the most specific and side, nd cut and strain for foo$Iingpueoses. practicable. This prevents the seeds of the wild oat from 1. " Ragweed" (ambrosia aeenuIsioefolia) is falling before being cut. Follow with a hoed an annual with a slender and 111110)1 branch• crop preceded by careful autumn and spring ed stout, the leaves of which are mucic cultivation, (2) Sow to rye in the autumn. serrated, hence the name, and the soo'ls of Follow this with rape ceitivated much tho which are found in immense numbers on the Sane as turnips and sow with barley seeded lower parts of the branches. 1t flourishes with elver the next 80neoa. 1,3) Break up best In dark looms especially those that sod land about the 2nd of ,Tune 8711 1011 may contain a ltu'6ge amount of bonus. Tiro seeds have been either meadow or pasture, and aro carried in clover seed, the work well on tho snrfaco until the time of excrement of animate, and in water•• sowing winter wheat. Sow to wheat and courses along the batiks of whish it may be seed this with grass. Cut one year or two and almost imeoasible to exterminate this weed, pasture one. Follow with It soiling orop, if careless farmers are living Further op the rat early if necessary, or with a root crop, element. It is late in its habits of growth, were the soil will admit of it. This method bring most troublesome in stubble field both 1s specially adapted to soils that will grow of grain and hay, winter wheat well, whore bat few stray The renodie8 are, (1) Plough the stubble heads are found, they may be palled out ground carefully after harvest. and before the - seeds ripen. (2) In the case of meadow land mow close to the surface before the scads ripen which, however will only be partially effective as some on the lower stents will es• cape being cut. (1) Cultivate hoed crops to as largo an extent as possible. (t) In bolds whore the plants aro not too numerous they may be pulled by hand. Ragweed cannot withstand abundant and thorough cnitiva- Lion. 2 "Blneweed"or vipers buglos, (eclinme enigma), is a weed dant grows from one to three feet high. It boars several stems from which manatee snot:00210n of beautiful blue flowers from June to August. 130011 the leaves and stems of this plant aro ron gh to the touch. Itis a biennial and is fond of a limestone soil. Its powers of seed production are enormous and i s seeds blow long distances over frozen anrfaces, The remedies are—(1) Sumnlor£allow, tn. trodhoe a hoed crop, oe indeed any foram of cultivation that is thorough. 2 In fence comers or in pastures, in stony 1lleees or along the road sides it In u' be ant with the 811111 some distance below I position, and is easily known when in bloom atter coning Ito too eat, 8. " Wild Flax," (Catnerlin Settee) is a !creme between myself and a donkey. arena of the aruiaifevw family, as „Nell?" "Well? Why, by Jove, she is the wild oat, and like the latter said she didn't knots." it is very difficult to eradicate. It le an annual that grows about the height of a Mr. Flatbed (who has been singing for an hay crop with leaves long itnrl arrow shaped (lour and a quarter)—" My friends all tell at the base. The flowers are sneak, of a pale me, Miss Tiredout, that I ought to go on yellowcolor, end appear in Jnee or early in the stage. Now where do you think I ought July. The seed pods arranged along the to go 3 On the concert stage or the opera - stem are rounded and flat and sllecl the seed tic?" Miss Tireclout—" Oh I don't care with an ease that is unusual. It will grow which, so you only go," readily in all soils, but is most troublesome " I am going to be your hub," said the in early crops, as hay, winter wheat end young carriage -builder as they stood before rye, The best meihods of destroying Marr, the altar. " Yes," said his Uniting bride, (1) Drop out of the rotation so far as pos- who intended always to have the last word, siblo the crops named, especially fora tame. " And I will supply the spokea." '`And (2) Raise your own timothyseeds° fares pos. I," wound up the clergyman, as ho joined Bible that you may ho surd it is perfectly their hands, ram the tie -r." clean. (3) Grow hoed arops so far as prantic• able, and spring grain and soiling crops. (4) Pull out all tn0 plants found in the win- ter arops or hay. 0. " Wild Mustard," (Simple Amuse)) is ono of the shoat difficult of weeds to eradi- cate. It is an annual with a branching d18 - Miss Dogood—" My dear little boy, if you want to succeed in life, always take pains hvith everything you do." Boy—" 0)1, I do, pram, I took seven this morning with this bean shooter," Husband—"Seo hero, Nettie, what's the use of paying a girl $12 a month when you do all the work 3" Wife—" Well, the neighbors would say I had to do my own work if I didn't keep a girl." Daughter (weeping bitterly)—" Oh, ,lo have pity, papa, and lot me and Edward be happy." Papa (a naturalist, replies furious- ly)— " What 1 Yon thinking of matrimony when you don't even know how many ver• tebra there are in the spinal column of a lizard 1" Jones—" Very stupid girl, that Miss Wil. pin." Smith—" How so?" " Why, you due we were guessing conundrums the other evening, and I tusked her what was the dif- the snrfac0 of the ground, cad before bear• ing seed, which will be sometime during the second year. Mowing it only seems to ag- gravate the t'ouble,as it then multiplies the number of its branches and goes on produc- ing seed, When it once gets a footing on the highway with the prosout careless modes of 0»Itivation, it will retnaln there forever. 3. "Pigeon wend or lied Root," (Littos- pernnm a'vense) 10 en annual with a reel root, more or loss branched end growing from 8 to 10 Welles high. Tho leaves an( narrow and about an inch 1o110, the fingers small and nearly white in color, and t e seeds are found edheriug to the stems of the branches. It 1n'ty bo known before it bins• soms by a distinct lightness of tinge in the appearance of the leaves. It seems to flour- ish in any soil. Pigeon weed ripens in June and therefore only troubles winter wheat, rye or pasture land. It may be destroyed : (I,) By dropping winter wheat and rye out of the rotation for a time. (2.) By pulling it by hand in those crops and in pastures, (3.) By harrowing or oultivating stubble fields after harvest, and (4.) By summer fallowing or growing hoed crops. 4. "The On -eye Daisy," (Loucanthonu vulgaro) is a perennial plant with stens ono to two feet high, but when out or broken it will bear seeds very nem the surface of the ground. The seeds are numerous and very 18110030118 of life. This plant, whichwill flourish 3n alnost any kind of soil is most troublesome in meadows and pastures. The following aro the principal 180thods of eradicating : (1,) Grow a corn crop on inverted sod, and sped thickly with clover the following spring, removing any plants that may bo found with the spud, the same or the following season. (2.) Introduce a hoed crop at any period of the rotation, succeed by a glover crop whiolt tends to smother the young plants. (3.) Summer• fallowing followed by hoed Drop is very ef- fective, but is also very expensive. One or two mops of buckwheat may bo ploughed in on the fallow, especially if the land is poor. 33. " The Burdock " (Lappa major) with its great rhubarb like leaves and large burs filled full of seeds 18 known to almost every one. IL is a biennial and is propagated by the seeds falling to the ground directly, or from the burs which adlhe'0 to animals and aro carried by them to and fro, Its favorite places of growth are fence corners and neg- looted portions of the farm, It may be destroyed (1.) 13y thorough out. tinction of the arable portions of the farm, (2.) By anttin' them below the crown with clown the 1,l(&1,109 alae in the roses, After sped° or of Lho oe Somo time prior to the mall of these processes try and grow henry levelling of the seed. (3.) r3y cutting them cropsof clover that may tend to smathor in the same way in planes reaped or moved, ansurvivors. as they will sprang tap a s0otnd time and It is moat disooureging for any enc farmer; bear seed•to try and itoop his farm clean when 1118' (0) "Couch grass," (iritioum repens), is neighbors do notoa-operate, yet in thelnlostt known bya great variety of nam08, as quack, adverse oirenmstauces their aehlovoment rs twitch, qu soh, ninth, dog and conch possible and may by beaccom accomplishedall who grass, It is a varetab10 perennial with long eriously put forth the effort creeping rootstocks which fill the soil, mile t by its yellow flower. It is uonally fn Moe- som in the month of June. It will flourish. in almost any soil, but is partial to looms, The vitality of the seeds is most extraordin- ary. In combating this word these things re- quire careful attention : (1)Altow none of the seeds to nature. (0) Cultivate so as to start the young plants as often as possible, and 13) Me.ko all possible effort to destroy the young plants earl • in the spying when they are most Inclined to grew. The following methods of destroying it are useful : (1) Summerfallow alone or in conjunction with bnekwheat or rape grown as a green manure, and follow with a hoed crop succeeded by clover. (2) Sow rya in August, pasture until lot June of the fol- lowing year, or cut for fodder when corm ing out in head, and follow with rape cul. Heated in drills, The next crop should be seeded with clover. (3) Drop early crops as meals as possible out of the rotation. 1J. The "Canadian Thistle," (Ciroimn Arvouae,) though one of the most dreaded of our weed posts is not the most difficult to destroy, It grows freely in almost any kind of soil, but is most difficult to destroy in thoeopossessed of a deep subsoil into which ire mein roots penetrate to a great depth. In addition to its mein roots it throws o0t creep- ing roots not far below the surface of the earth which run horizontally, and which possess many joints, every one of which is capable of sending ont roots, and in every joint there is e, latent bud, which is more sure to brow 8.11011 disturbed and brought nearer the surface of the earth. The habit of growth mast be borne in mind in attempt- ing to destroy it, for if the ploughing can be so shallow that it will not dieter] those hori- zontal roots and so thorongll that it will cut off all the stens, a great point is gained. I£ the stem is out off quite frequently by any process particularly later in the year, they must die. The following modes of destroying thein leave been found effective —(1) anmmerfal•' low, ploughing shallow In the autumn and again shallow to the spring, 0011(330 oult1)'t' tor with broad shares the remaindor of the seaso», no.er allowing them to got far above ground at one time, and making the most thorough work every time the field is ploughed or cultivated, (2) Snmmorfallow the land until July 1st as 111 the peeving instance, then drill and sow to rape which should be cultivated as in the case of turnips, (3) Grow a hoed crop and in addition to keeping the land cleat between t10 rows with the cultivator, keep Deadheads by the Thousands. Some people are saying that crowding the ears is apt to generate bacilli and mi- crobes." ' What 1" shouted the president of the company, jumping from his chain. " How long has this terrible state of affairs exist- ed ?" " Four years, t understand." " Great heavens 1 And all that time those bacilli gaud things have been tiding without paying any faro 3" The Girl Was rm 110. " Well, good night, Miss A., said a young plan the other evening to a Dw)ghtville girt whom he was visiting. " I think it's better for me to go. I feel certain that if I stay two minutes loner I shall be indiscreet enough to kiss you. ' Well, good night. Mr. P.," renlied the girl " Oh, by the way," she tutted. " I want to show you my new sachet beg before you go. It will take only a couple of minut- es,., Itis only necessary to state that the young man in question is the possessor of a bright intellect and he quickly embraced the situa- tion, and we can further assert that the girl was in it. --- A Woman's Remarkable Career. 9. GAMBLING -TABLE TRAGEDY, e LATE BRITISH NEWS. tiullelil0 03 it !'oast and C11111101 s, T The week's regent of suicide) at Monte Carlo (writes a correspondent) ineludeo that Shot at by Burglars. of a young and beautiful Russian wife, who was as good as she was beautiful, by 1101110 -'--'— Nadjoska Clarilcoe: The Cherikofle are an A. R1REWEIiY IdVRNl lldir'a ancleut and noble family, whose estates lie — not far from St, Petersburg, but the pro• ductiveness of which has not been inereas- Illness o: Mrs. 0 hOoS a. ed by the freeing of Berle and the recent failure of the grain harvest. In fact, Count ASiodelmlStlstrat ea clerk.Ivan has been lately bard pressed to raise (sufficient fande to defray the expenses of his '—'— usual winter visits to 1110 Riviera, At Groenwhich Police Court, Willie for Ivan, like many Russla118 was an Ford, aged 30, a Inodioal student, of Cor inveeerato gambler. But play was not his don, was committed to prison for 14 dayefs only anuseneat. On his way to and from assaulting Ellen Knot bykiseing )100101'Park St. Petersburg he had frequently made de- Read, New Cross, tours that enabled him to visit Bucharest, The Herts police, hating been fired,at by the gay capital of Roumania, Where ho armedburghlrsGhreotimoau•ltlIinsixmonlJrs, found, in the late spring, all the rigours of it has been decided, under stringent restrio, a Russian Winter, and quite as much gam- tests, t0 allow them to carry revolvers on bling as he had left behind him on the Mod. nignctht duty, stthject to the Homo Secretary's iterranean. It was not long before he die• saion• covered that Bucharest contained an addi- tional attraation in the person of Nad1'eska Y ! Litolf, the youngest daughter of a large be found In theatrical papers. Here is one, landed proprietor, whose beauty and many for instance o--" :gr. X. disengaged for accomplishments had already brought all small parte, as dead bodiee, mobs, proces- the eligible youths of Iloumanha to her feet, 0100,0, outside shouts, Se." but she waa still heart whole when Three ohildren who had ventured on some THE rrANns0310 RUSSIAN large pieces of floating ice in the river abet - appeared on the ecene, In an cell boor she well on Monday afternoon were immersed, allowed herself to fall deeply in love with and Alfred Lovegrove, of L irons Street, Cow the newcomer, and it was not many days ley Road, Oxford, esus drowned. before she surrendered. The marriage 00- Ida Lewis, the life staving heroine,has de carred about the middle of November, and ()lined to go an the stage in a play made to the wedding festivities were celebrated to fit her specially, saying she prefers to stay the music of sleigh bells as well as of cathe- at her Newport lighthouse. She night have dral chimes. What more natural, therefore, several lighthouses if she will accept the than that the bride, who had never before theatrical otter. left home at this season, should visit a region A shoukiug gun accident occurred at Bur - of almost perpetual sunshine tuna enjoy the ton,8,1i1011,. on Tuesday. Sur, Hearn, a Bur - sight 0f roses Mooning and lemons and tnerehant, took a gun into the kitchen for oranges ripening in the open air in Decem• cite pnrpnse of going rabldtiug, and not bar. It 10 true thatate exceptional cold was knowing it was loaded asked his wife to a keen disappointment to Natdjeska, but banal him a cartridge, whiuh she. was doing the fast -hastening events of the tragedy soon when the weapon exp.odetl, and she was drove all other thoughts from her mind. It killed on the spot. was not to be expected that Count Ivan 10- tentle/l to eschew play even during his Loney- On Tuesday night a fire broke out, in m moon, and Oho event et, the that to could On m Fell Croft, Dalton -in - Furness, occupied by a fancily named Rob - the Casino any snore successfully than he erts. There was only two children in the had done as a bachelor. The 001111t000 RIM house at the time, they being in bed. The aware that her husband was fond of play, names spread with alarming rapidity, and as she had seen him gambling at Bucharest, the two children were rescued with t iflncol- but she was notprepared for the entire cum- 1,y. The fire was afterwards got under. mend over his whole being that the fatal In consequence of the unusually storm, passion had secured, in comparison with weather prevailing in the Irish Channel, 0h which her awn charms of nlhut and person Trinity steamer Stella has been uoabin n as counter attractions were as nothing. The effect the relief either of the Morecwpb denouement that might have been predicted Bay or Bahama Bank Lightship net from such a state of affairs was nut long in Site proceeded with provisions, coal, ,b0. coming. Before a fortnight had elapsed several clays back, but has not yet been re Nadjeska realized that ported aL Holyhead, where sali me anxiety sur than BEEN' vntrcALtiv ABANDONED. is feit for rho Stella, as she is quite a fort - Between noon an1t11e time the tables closed night over due. at midnight she only saw her husband at the An outrage 011 ns committed on Sunday of his hoar, and even then she was not auto evening at Oldham Caasereative Registra- of his bso bed i as be was frequently too tion Offices. A blue bottle containing much absorbed in the gamelto remember that powder was thrown through a hack window,, he was hungry. They Had token roots at the and it burst with a loud report. The win- inxnrions Hotel de Paris, adjoining the Cas- dew Wits shattered, and the book room was -salt- ine, so that the Count miene bepromptlyplay 0n strewn with broken glass and tilled with band when the doors opened and play bo• the smoke of the powder. No person was gen. The hotel is resorted to by many of njured. No clue hes been obtained to the the wealthy but otlierw iso least reputable a perpetrators of the outrage. those who make Monte Carlo their winter In the London Bankruptcy Court recent. home. To these idle gentry the sight of a ly ,.rn,eo Coghlau, the actor, now playing a lonely bride systematically neglected by Antony to SIrs. Lnugtry's Cleopatra, met her husband was a cheering spectacle. And Lis ,creditors. He atatm he was now re - now came the hoar afN'adjeska s temptation. ceiving a salary of £;110 weekly, bot was C skilled ly reared in a 1•irtunus home, and un- calltblg to set asid0 any portion of it for the' skilled 111 the -wiles of fashionable coquetry, benefit of Iris e•editots. The meeting de - she ti nilly rebelled all advances c ads 9 tided to erind up the °state in d,alkrnptoy, conealthe em crowd, bat lytta tunondble ct the accounts showing—liabilities, £31113; conceal the grief that the Count's conduct meets, nil. caused her. It 30.08 d10r undisguised mnitappi• Hess that gave there hope. Proninentamuug The Pall Nall G'0:este sites :—We learn those 0730 thus pestered llee lt•as Pekoe that Mrs. O'Shea has been seriously 111.. The Altobroreia, an Italian. Ho was recent report that she had gone overt1rP'aris FAIL I110111011 AND RANI/SORERwag untrue. In consequence of her illness than any of hie rivals, and seemed dotermin' and of medical certificate that she eyespot ed togam his point. His method of procedure in a fit state to bear any stride, an order of was a novel one, Discovering that Count the Court, tatting away the custody of the Ivan was losing heavily, he sought aninter• children from her, has been allowed to re- view with him, and coclyinformhnglaflnthat main in abeyance. The probate snit is he (tihe Count) scented to care more for expected to Done on itnmediatoly after the money than he dill far his bride, proposed Easter vacation. that she should be transferred to the Italian An Exchange Queenstown telegram says for tho payment of 200,000 francs in French that John Brown, aged 00, who arrived at gold. The Count was not as tall as the Boston, filthy and rugged, by the Iowa, Prince, but indignation at the audacity of from Liverpool, said ne had 310 ppaaeaag0 the proposition nerved his arm, and he ticket, and declared it was lost. He wee promptly knocked his rival Clown in the 8e- tartan ashore as a pauper, but upon being; eluded corner of the Casino gardens, whore *marched close on a thousand pounds in the interview took place. But hie spasm gold cuin0 was discovered sewed np in the of right feeling and action was not to save (pack of his vest. He says he was is Ire- the Count. He kept on plunging and losing land for a short wihile and got sick of the until ruin stared hint in the face. It was country. for this that the wily Italian had waited. Albert Carolan, master printer, of Cromer He again threw himself in the way of the in- Street, Gray's Int Road, London,was are bleated [R1881au, who finally humbled him. rested at Windsor on Monday charged with self sofas as to ask for the ..00,000 kenos a8 attempting the murder of an apprentice a loan. Nothing was said ou the second 0a- named Moore. The latter was loured by casion of the Countess. Prince Altobreccia, the neighbours in the prisoner's house with feeling certain h0 had gained Nadjeska's fifteen eventide on his head, and is now in love hastened to seek an interview with her the hospital in a precarious condition. Cross and summons between the master and the PROPOSED At 00LOr11>ENT, apprentice were pending. a proposal that it is needless to say was 11n- A shocking lamp accident is reported from. dlgnantly rejected. Meanwhile Count Ilan Newoastlo, Enclyn, where SIrs, Sarah Jones was engaged in rapidly losing his windfall, set fire to her bedroom whilst lightinga boa- aud the second day found him nearly reducedzoline lamp. The lamp suddenly exploded, to beggary. He had enough money left to and the room was completely enveloped in pay lois own expenses northward, and unable flames• lira. Jones was burned beyond all Mame the situation he had created he took recognition, and the entire contents of the the first teak for Vienna and St. Peters• room were destroyed. burg. New Year's Eve the Countess dia. ivIr, Thos. Cousins, for twenty years mag: covered that she had been abandoned. So far istrates' clerk at Portsmouth, has resigned as ready stoney was concerned she was al- his eppohltment on the ground that he needs most penniless, but she might have raised a rest, Tho salary is 51050, out of which considerable stun by selling Ler jewels, £300 las to be paid for clerks. Durnig the 1 iv she disliked to c; as she still hoped time Sir. Couems has hekl filo appointment no decision of the magistrates has been re- versed or interfered with in appeal. The selection of a successor rests with the mag- istretes, subject to the approval of the Town, Council, The London Lrlho has found a young woman whose school career, it thinks, out- shines that of themore famous hiss Fawcett. Miss Ada Naomi Thompson began winning prizes in 1881, when at the ago of twelve she won a sulnolarship in the Islington High School. In 1882 she passed the Oxford,jundor examination with honors. In 1885 she took honors in the Cambridge senior examination and in the following year Miss Thompson gained a prize at Bedford College, the Lady Stanley botany prize ancltle Somerville prize for scmonco at the London University. In 1887 she passed the intermediate science examination in the sante i»gttntion. In - 1880 she drowned her career by passing with distinction the teacher's examination et Cambridge. Miss Thompson, like many other intellectual young womon has become a school teacher. The Triok of the " Terrapin," There is a species of terrapin o t tho Lou. don Zoological Gardens wvhit% is in the !or- ientate position of not having to work for a T 1 opp living, Like the children in the fair y tole, that her husba clwodd after ashort absence ` return. 1t was Tuesday last when, having finally given up all hope and too proud to call on her friends at home for help, she elosedher unhappy career by taking poison. Hardly was her body cold when the proprie- tor of the hotel received a telegram from St. Petersburg stating that Count lean had been run over by a railway train, and that, able though fatal error of mistaking the pro- on his pockets being searched, a note was cogs for a wriggling W01011, In trying to found giving has name and slating that ho take bolt it is caught in the trap and 0wa1• had committed suicide, but pleading that loved, This proceeding cannot be witno sed a charitable silence might bo preserved ye- as the water in the taunt 110 too clear, Muddy girding itis life. water is no doubt necessary for the terra- pin to perform tildetrick with Rey suaceaU , it has simply to open its mouth ant fwd will drop in. In the mouth of this reptile is a little tag of flesh which is in continual vibration and nearly always visible, for the creature remains open•monthed for hours together. It is believed that the sight of this is partionlaly enuring to the pisaino mind The fish commits the very pardon - resembling those of ,luno grass, only larger. The leaves, especially those nese the ground The Distroosing Part of it, bear a considerable resemblance of Timothy. The w noon who laces tightly The stems are about the same height as The need may have rcaltzed101(1 then of timothy, and each is terminated byte slender spike from ht two inches to a foot in Aud she slnoddn't be 01 clued. length. It therefore propagates from both the seed and alto root ami unless fought Her form may r0gltira anmo bracing against will soon tante complot° possession of To sot arra sa0gne or cape the soil, Its feeding value is cotsidrablo Anda little extra lacing bnt owing to the diff eelty of dislodging it, ofreati improve her aha )e. it is usually looked upon as a groat post, it May greatly p rove 1 is not Milled by drought or frost or by close Put 'tis really quite distressing pasturing, and although it grows well in To think ore she's tightly laced an hind of soil is most et home in beefs. How nnnoh of her time, *lion droesieg, The following modes of eradication have Each morning goes to waist, proved effective 0 (1.) Plough deeply about the first of June and sow to buckwheat, et the rate of not less them two bushels to rho Women aro tveddocl to fashion and they acro, and when this is in bloom repeat 1010, honor and obey it cheerfully, What Ailod Hirsh " Is ho back hunted, yet: Boner?" sobbed tho wife as the doctor emerged from the 1Oom. "Madan, I an afraid his injuries aro fatal, His internal organs aro crushed to. gather, his ribs fractured and his whole body compressed into half its natural space, What terrible weight fell upon him --or was he caught between the cats?" " A t'oinbow 1n the morning Is the shophords warning; A rainbow 00)1114111 Js the Shephard s delight." But not everyone who repeats it is aware that the statement which it contains, is capa- ble of scientific verification. So, too, with snoh centime mda;,es as ' If rod the gun begins hie race, Bo sure the rain will fnit apace, And " Evening rood end morning gray Sot the traveler on itis way t Evening gray and =mime red lerhng down rain upon rile twee)" " Sure, doctor, there wasn't nothinfall Aro something more than old wives' fables, on lin. Ito )ushe put on Ivan of them ul• for troy embody at least a rough approxi - shrinkable ilannol shirts and then got motion toesteblis110d truth. Both of these weight the the raid." letter proverbs, indeed, xoom to be fashion - cd dirootly upon words found in the t3oepel A commercial treaty has boot signed of St, Mathew, where we road (chapter (under the TerilfAct, between Bo',ozil end xed,) 1 1 1 in the nto•nieg, yo say it will he the United States, whiolt will go into effect foul weather today, for the pity 10 rod and next January. It fo understood similar lowering ,' and, When it is evening, ye treaties with Cuba and Vonezula aro being say 11 will be fair weather, far the sun is promoted, red, A Coroner's Jury at Rowley on Monday severely censured the deputy -manager of one of Lord Dudley's collieries who had served out gunpowder in a paper parcel in- stead of a can, as required by the Mines Regulation Act. The minor hold a lighted candle in his hand at the time, a spark flow, and at explosion occurred, the man dying from the effects, The Coroner told the de- puty -manager he llad n arrowly 0aeaped pros- ecution for manslaughter. Robert Turner, late manager and secretor, of the Chelsea Sav iogoBauk, was charged on rearmed at Row Street on Wednesday with embezzlement and falsification of accounts. It was mated that prisoner had been employs ed for several years in the 110111:, his salary having been gradually raised until it reach ed 1.3225 yearly. Groat confidence load boot reposed in him, and he had oonsegnentl3 been enabled to yob his employers of °hoi01 55000. He WOO tonlau10d, In Dublin nu Saturday throe womon nand \T'Ca t iiy, Rutledge, and Dono;lcuo and a man named Conroy, were °barged with eaneing the 1,80111 of William Rutledge, aged 28. According to the evidence, do - teamed gnarrolled with this wife and mother. in -lata and others o1 the 2,3rd fist The women .kicked him and mutilated hurt to barbarously that he died on Friday night from itis injuries, The prisoners were) nommitted for trial. It is alleged that t330o' quarrel arose through jealousy*,