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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*,