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THE OLD HYMN.
To-day, with nulo( heart, I henrd
riio prnyor, tho anthem, nnd tlio psalm,
Anil Rontfv on my Kplrlt foil
Tlio sweetness of tho Hunday culm,
Till, nt tlio readmit ot tliu hymn,
With sudden tears my oyon woro dim.
That oli!, olil liymnl Its snored lines
llml fallen nn my childish onrm
My llfo tnmail linok, unhindered ly I
Tlio Birotcli of Intorvonlng yours.
Kcnr m inv little Onughtor smllou,
And yet I was again n child.
Outside tho winds woro florro nnd rough,
Tlio winter's olilll why In 'ho nlri
lint I could henr tho bonny bird
And humming lnscts overywhoro;
And foci. In spito of front anil snow,
A BUtnincr breeze from long ago.
To find tho nines I took tho book.
And hold It In n woman's Imnit,
VHillo nil my son! was mnvod with thrills
No othor unii! oould understand;
And quite nnsoon, with love dlvlno,
Jly motlior's,flnioi' folded mlno.
And not because tho muslornso
l'.xultlngly I hold my breath,
Lot I should toso Us Bwoot delight
Upon hor Mpi tho hush of (tenth
for your litis lain and yot I heard
My mother's voloo In ovary word.
Full well I know tho dead nro dend,
Yot nomotlmes at h look or tono,
"W th short rolontlnir, will tho post
Ono moment givo us buck our own,
O, hnppv pain I Too quickly done
As swiftly ended as begun.
Itrt. Ctome Archibald, to Chur'hman.
A COMMON-PLACE HERO
"Who Furnished His Lady-Lovo
With Bod Violota.
' Fonr young people wcro walking
along oity street on a breezy, bright
llnrch day. Ovor by tho water front
the wind was perhaps too high for cora
fort, but In this less oxposcd locality it
was only brisk onough to lend a becom
ing glow to tho complexions of tho
young ladle and flutter tliolr ribbons
into picturesque confusion.
"Wait a minnto. please," saldThorpo
Evorloigh, stopping short as ho spoke,
and thus bringing to an abrupt halt
not only Violet Warner, who was be
side, him, but the pair directly follow
ing. 'What is the object of interest here,
Evorloigh?" inquired Paul Dunning,
looking about him.
"Oh, nood you ask!" exclaimed his
companion, Annio Ford, with a ripplo
of playful lauglitor. "Doesn't that
child'H expression speak for itself?"
And. indeed, the face behind tho
llowor-stand was oloquont onough with
out -worth in ite mingled mirth, rccog
nit'on and ojcpcotancy, and tho dimplos
that aliased each othor in and out of the
odd littlo creases in tho cheeks.
"Tho top o' tlio mornin' to yo,
Nora," said Evcrloigh, with a hno
otogiio, Ixiginnlng to pullAtlio flowers
about. "What havo you got that is
prolty to-dav? I want something for
each of my friends hero."
Nora put hor hoad on ono sido in a
-considering attitude, as hor bluo Irish
oyos, under tlioir dark lashes, glanced
from hor flowers to tlio group before
her and bank again. "Shure Misther
Ivcrlo'gh, sorr," slio began in tlio coax
ing accents of her nation, "thoy to all
frosh the day. And what wud yo bo
plazcd to want, thin, sorr?"
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you
fcol equal to tho plural. Dunning,"
said Evorloigh with mock improssivc
noss, "what will yon choose in a breast
knot?" "May wo not loavo tho choice to you,
Mr. Evorloigh?" said Miss Ford, smil
ing prottily up in his face. "Do, please,
.select a flower for mo!"
"Certainly, Miss Annio," answered
Evorloigh readily. "How do you liko
tca-rosos?" holding out a beautiful, del:-catoly-tintod
bunch.
Tho young lady reoeived it with au
ditor upward smile, but Evorloigh had
turned to Miss Warnor, and was prof
fering her a cluster of fragrant, deep
blue violota.
"Tour namesakos," ho said. "Won't
you tako thorn now?" There was
iomotKing significant, almost beseech
ing in his tono. But Violet Warner d.d
not scorn to notice it.
"No," sho answered, carolcssly, "I
would rather havo some of those red
carnations. What a splendid color!"
Evorloigh appeared more disappointed
than tlio occasion seemed to warrant.
'Whon will you let mo give you sorao
-violota?" he urged, looking down into
hot face.
"Whou? Oh, when voit can glvo mo
rod violets," sho answorcd, lightly, as
alio lifted tho carnations, yot with a cer
tain moaning in tho eyes that mot his.
"But where is Mr. Dunning's bouton
nioro?" sho added, glancing at tho
othor.
Thus recalled, Evorloigh pickod out a
"bouquet of lilics-of-tho-valley, which
ho handed to Dunning, "to symbolize
your purity of soul," as ho laughingly
explained, and which Annio Ford kindly
pinned on that gentleman's coat.
"And what is your pwn to bo Ever
lolgh?" nakod Dunning.
"Oli, violols, of course," interposed
Miss Ford, uwitotly. "Did you over sco
Mr. Evorloigh w th any tiling olso but
-yio'ets in his button-holo? llolsviolot
iiiad." Perhaps ho was. But, if so, ho did
not attonipt to extend tho crazo, for hu
oilored thom to no ono olso. After se
lecting a olustor for himself ho inovod
awav, leaving a liberal compensation
on flora's stand, and followed by a
look of adoring gratitudo from Noni's
oyes.
"What a sort of licensed beggary that
is!" remarked Dunning, as ho noticed
this. "It would bo a good citing to put
such girls to somo steady, ittufiil occu
pation." "l'ockot-pioklng, for examplo," said
J-Ivcrloigh, with a short laugh. "That
is about tho only othor thing opon to
tills particular girl."
"IndoodP" said Dunning with a sn-
Jiorlor air. "Yot I can not liolp think
ng that with patience undporsovorauco
.sho might"
"Starve creditably in a wook," broke
In Evorloigh. "I bogyour pardon, Dun
ning, but it really Is nonsonso, you
know. Nora and hor littlo lamo broth
er would simply starve If sho nogloctod
hor How or-staud to attempt impossibil
ities." "I nm hardly a bollovor In tlio Impos.
elblo," answorcd Dunning, raising his
hoad loftily,
Vlolot Warnor raised hors, too, and a
light camo Into hor oyos. "You bo
liovo with Tennyson that Man Is man,
And master ot his fa to,' " she suid.
Evorloigh broko Into a frank laugk,
"Woll," ho said, "If Tennyson bollovea
that ot a Now York flower-girl, I think
lio talks nonsonso, too."
Yiotot colored slightly, and Dunning
poreoptlbly frowned, Miss Ford softly
diverted lha'eoavorsatlon,
'Woll," alio romarkod, smilingly, "If
nothing Is Impossible, pcrhnps somo
timo Mr. Evorloigh will show us rod
violets, after nll.,T
"No, for that Is not In nature," said
Violet. "People can't do what Is not
in natitro."
Sho spoko quickly and rathtr hardly.
Thot'o was u certain significance In hor
lone which Evorloigh seemed to under
stand. "And If I do show them lo you somo
day," ho said, giving back her look,
"you will admit then that thoy aro in
nature Violet?"
"I siippo'o I must, then but but
you can not, for thoy aro not I" sho
concluded, with triumphant fumlulno
loirie
'I'l,.,,. ,,, Hnmitiir. llin n.wl nt thrill
walk now, and tho conversation
dropped. At Violet's door tho young
ladles bado ad'ott to their companion;",
who walked away togethor.
But although thoy woro apparently on
terms of easy intimacy, thnro was littlo
real comradeship botwoon tho two young
mon. Tholr ns-ioclatlon was mora n
maltor ot clrcttuiAtanoo than of cholco,
Dunning having brought lottors to Mr.
Thorpe, Evorlclgh's unolo. Tho old
baukor could not slight tho introduc
tions of valued business connootions, so,
at his desire, tho nophow made tho new
comer frco of his "sot" a tolerably
largo ono as well as of that narrower
olrclo of which Violet Warner was the
vorv innermost link. Privatolv Evor
loigh considered Dunning a "humbug,"
and had oven so oxprcssod himself to
Violet on ono occasion. But as Violet
did not sharo his opinion, it hurt him
moro than it did Dunning. Tho latter
had a way of theorizing which was ox
tromoly 'distasteful to Evorloigh, but
which attracted Vlo'ct, who took tho
speaker on tho valuation of utterances
according so thoroughly with her own
sentiments. Violet was romantic, and
inclined to apply tlio touclwtono of tho
heroic to common llfo, a dangerous
practice, unless ono is certain of having
tho true touchstone. Sho listoned with
a kindling oyo to Dunning's
quotations and aspirations, and
contrasted him with Evorloigh,
whom sho sot down as a good
looking, woll-drcsscd, commonplaco
unit of fash on, who was vory nico, of
courso, but of whom nothing great
could ever bo expected. She even told
him so when ho ofTonslvoly culled tho
hcro'c Paul a humbug.
'That is liccauso you can't under
stand hint," sho itad said sovorcly. "Ho
has capabilities that you can not evon
imagine."
"Well, but really, now, Violet, what
aro they?" Evorloigh had asked in
desparation. "I don't see that ho over
does any thing difl'crontfrom other peo
ple?" "Perhaps not yot but ho sees the
splendid possibilities of life'. Tho vision
of tho world, and all tho wonder that
would bo!" quoted Violet witlt a rapt
and mystic air. And then Evorloigh
had said, half in jostand half in earnest,
that all tho wonder would be, in his
opinion, if Paul Dunning could earn his
salt to save his life. At which Violet
grew vexed again, and tho two parted
m somo feel ng.
It is possiblo that Violnt's ideas wore
just a littlo vaguo and visionary, and
that In hor eagerness for results she
sometimes overlooked tho means. It was
natural that her spirit should respond
to tho noble utterancos which Paul Dun
ning who was certainly a largely ap
preciative young man could find upon
every memo, oui n wouiu, pernaps,
havu shown more depth and soundness
of judgment If sho could havo recog
nized tnftt Thorpo Evorloigh, in staying
in Now York and transferring from the
shoulders of tho old ami childless uncle
who had adopted him tho weight of his
largo banking business, was doing as
good work, in his own degree as if lie
had been cloaring tlio path of civiliza
tion in the wilderness, or loading a for
lorn hope in somo war-stricken land.
But romantic youth is not usually ills;
tinguished by deep or sound judgment,
and Violet was scarcoly twenty. So,
when tho routino of" tho workaday
world pressed heavily upon hor at times,
sho know of no othor relief than to turn
to tho "deeds of high ompriso," among
which in imagination, at loast Mr.
Paul Dunning was always dwolling.
Tlioro was however, anothor who did
not beliovo in Mr. Dunning, and this
was Violot's cousin and constant com
panion, Annio Ford. Sho lacked Vio
let's warm til of imagnation, hor gener
ous faith in what was noblo, hor aspira
t'ons toward tho heights of existence, but
sho possessed a hard common
sonso which sometimes stood her
in good stead of all these.
Sho perceived that Dunning's cloquenco
had boon, so far, only a fruitless Lower
ing, and sho saw no reason why tlio
future should differ from tho past. Sho
despised him, although sho intended to
marry him in case her carefully matured
plans should fail. Under that soft and
guiloless oxtcrior was a naluro full of
machinations, and tlio schemo at pres
ent uppermost was to marry Violot to
Dunning, unit tQ secure i.vorioign tor
herself, for she did not liko her cousin
in spito of all tho k'ndnoss sho had
received at nor nanus aim sue am nice
Evorloigh. Sho had liked him evor
sinco sho first saw him, and had meant
to bo his wife, although sho know that
ho loved Vlolot. But moro than ono
man's destiny has been guided un
awares by delicalu feminine hands, and
oven so tho gentlo Annio intended to
guide Evorlclgh's, with tho help of Paul
Dunning as an instrument and a lust
rosort In caso of failure
Violot had no suspicion of all this.
Indeed, sho had littlo idea of her cousin's
real nature. When, somo months bc
foro, sho had porsnadod her father to in
vito Miss Ford to become a.moinbor of
his housohold, thus okingotit tho poorer
girl's sleudor income, sho had hoped to
tlntl in her pretty cousin tho s'stur sho
had never had. That expectation soon
passod away, but Vlolot, who was gon
oroslty itself except toward Thorpo
Evorloigh would not acknowledge,
oven to hor own consciousness, her dis
appointment in Annie. And if tlio
mask somutimos dropped a little, If tho
soft oyos grow hnrd nnd tho sweet voico
sharp Violet was always ready to find
an oxousu for hor cousin in hor sensitive
temperanumt and hor depondont posi
tion. Sho took It for grantod that An
nio carol for hur In her own way
just as shu took it for granted that
Thorpo Evorloigh was commonplaco
anil unhoroio.
Vlolot was undoubtedly tho moro In
ellued to romautlo v cws bocauso of tho
oxtromoly mattor-of-faot domestic at
mosphere In which sho dwolt. Mr.
Warnor was a man utterly absorbed in
his business atl'ulrs. Ho seoniod to con-
sldor both homo and daughtor us ox-
qulsltoly urrangod pleoos of maehlnory,
for which ho was to supply tho pecuni
ary oil necessary to koop thom In work
lug order. Ana, having dona this, It
did not occur to him that there was any
thing moro to do, So Vlolot was proo
ueally hor own mistress, froo to com
mand hor own llfo and mako hor choloo
as sho would,
Vlolot herself would havo prcforred
loss liberty and moro afl'ctloi, butsinoo
sho could not havo tho ono tho othar
was somo coihponsation. Sho availed
herself of It without stmtj took up ono
fancy after utiolhor, refused Thorpo
Evorloigh bocauso ho was not a roman
tic pioneer, and was at present absorbed
In tho splendid possibilities of Paul Dun
ning, who, on his side, found It a pleas
nnl onough ptoparnt on for tho mighty
battlo of Tifo to lounge luxuriously In a
beautiful, flower-fragrant room, with
two lovoly girls watch'ng cagorly for
tho poarls that fell from his lips.
As has been said, Annio Ford was his
faithful, If unavowed, nlly. She look
every opportunity to ndvanoo his cause
and hinder Evorlolgh's. Thanks to her,
it was several days after tho conversa
tion nt Nora Kcllv s llowcr-stuiid before
Evorloigh succeeded In socing Vlolot
again. Miss Ford, Indeed, was vlslblo,
and sho matlo her cousin's excuses vory
prettily. Onco It was a bad headache,
and again a ilrlvo with Mr. Dunning; In
fact, ono pretext and another served
tlioir turn so woll that Evorloigh, hith
orto unsuspicious, grow weary and em
ployed counter-strategy. This proved
successful, nnd ho found himself In Vio
let's prosonco again.
Troubled at tho delay and tho likeli
hood of a favored rival, tlio young man
forgot his prudsnt Intentions and urged
for anothor hearing. But It was only
to rccolvo tho old nnswor. Ho was very
nico, very agreeable, but, nlasl ho was
unhcrolc. Violot would never marry
until sho found her ideal.
"My dear girl," expostulated Evci'
leigh 'between pity and vexation, "you
couldn't endure him whon you found
him. Now, don't bo oll'endcil, Violet,"
lie went on, dcprceataigly, "but I think
you nro running away with somo im
possible idea
"It ought not to bo impossible," put
in Violet, loftily. "Dauntless de
termination nnd horoio eft'ort ought
never to disappear."
"Woll, sett ng aside tho adjectives."
said Evorloigh, witlt a twinklo In Ilia
brown oyos, "aro you sure they have
disappeared?"
"I nm afraid so," answered Violet
with as'gh, "except among "
"Well, among what?"
"Oh. anion!! pioneers and those
people," replied Violot, firmly if rather
vaguely.
Evcrloigh laughed a laugh of genuine
amusement, though somo bitterness
mingled with it.
"I don't know about 'those people' "
,io said, "but what would you do with a
pioneer if you had him, "Violot? that
is, unless you mean to share his hard
ships with him? A pioneer in a largo
city is an anomaly."
"Perhaps so,'" said Violet, doubt
fully, "but his character ought not toi
Do. no near: nas gono out oi moucru
society."
"On tho contrary," unswered Evcr
loigh, who thought ho recognized tlio
source of theso strictures, "I believe
thcro is an immonse amount of it lelt,
in tlio cities as woll as on tho pla'ns.
Surclv. Violot," ho contlnuod with a
smile, "you. ol all pcoplo, should not
fancy that tho hero is made or unmado
by tlio out of his cloth.-s. It does not
follow, docs it, that because a man
wears a well-fitting coat lie ceases to be
a man?"
"N-no," said Violet, doubtfully again.
Sho could not help recognizing for the
hundredth timo Evorlcigh's marked
common sonso; then sho sighed again
and wished that ho could exchange smue
of it for that heroio quality of which he
was speaking.
"Now, to make the question per
sonal" Everlcigh went on, "slnco it
all bogan about mo you know how I
am situated, Violot! I can not bo a
pioneer, even it 1 wished to. What
would become of my uncle's banking
business? What would become of my
undo himsolf? Why, I really believe ft
would kill him! And when I remember
what he has dono for mo! From tho
timo I was a boy ho hns been liko tlio
kindest and most generous of fathers.
No, I'll novor leave him; I'll break my
own heart sooner than his. But there
are plenty of things a man can do to
prove his niettlo ye", oven hero in New
York, and I will 'find something, I
promiso you, Violet! I'll give you tlio
red violets yet, and then then, dear,
you'll wear thom, won't you?"
lio nau taKon nor nanci anu was iook
ing down into tier eyes, and Violet, as
she. looked back at him, and heard his
quick, passionate words, could not holp
thinking, in spito of his fashionable at
tire, his nicely-trimmed mustache and
careful ologanco of person, how very
manly and strong of purpose ho scorned.
She let hor hand lie in his while she an
swered, with another sigh:
"But you know, Thorpo, there isn't
any thing you can do. Earnestness lias
been refined away from our civilization
Mr. Dunning hays."
"Mr. Dunning!" Evorloigh paused
to find a phrase not too vigorous for
Violot's oars, when thoro was a stop at
tho parlor door which made tho two
just within start aside. In anothor mo
ment tho person last mentioned Mr.
Paul Dunning himself entered, to
gether with Miss Annio Ford. Tho sub
ject naturally chauzed, and a goneral
conversation onbtiod, in tlio courso of
which nothiiiir moro serious than a con-
cort party for tho morrow was talked
uf. This was mainly Annio Ford's mo
tion, who, find ng hor strategy fail at
last, thought it bettor to direct what sho
could not provont. So sho organized
an expedition in which Mr. Dunning
should bo Violot's companion, nnd
Evoricigh hor own, In the hopo that hor
cousin and Paul might havo como to an
understanding before their return.
Tlio occasion was a matineo, and the
special attraction a bright particular
star expected soon to set forover to tho
Western horizon. Miss Ford surveyed
tho crowded housa while sho listoned to
tlio liquid modulations, and wondered
how it farod with hor own small privato
venture, as sho glanced from timo to
timo at tho two so absorbed to
gether lit tho romant;o atmos
phere of passionato melody and
soft Italian acconts. As for Evorloigh,
ho sat H.lont and somewhat moody be
side his protty companion. A growing
suspicion of tho treachery that lurked
bonoath hor sweot tones and appeal ng
glances was in his mind, and a foar,
which opt paco with it, that Violet,
too, was being dccolvod and ensnared
boyond rotioat. Ho was glad whon it
was all ovur, whon tho wonderful volco
had breathed its last sigh and tho or
chestra hud thundered its last crush to
tho echoes of the emptying house.
Thoy woro not a vory Iivoly party us
thoy drove home in tho gathering dusk.
Vlolot and Paul Dunning wore discuss
ing the. rolutlvo merits of Italian and
German music, while long sllonocs foil
between Everloltrh and Miss Ford. Tho
latter amused herself by Idly regarding
tlio various stroots through which thoy
passed, bo it was nor oyo tunc uiseov
erod tho familiar faco of Nora Kelly,
tho flower girl,
"Whyi tlioro Is our littlo Nora with a
dreadful man," fho said; "and why,
what Is tho matter? Is sho crying?"
Evorloigh. roused from his abitrao
tlon, liftod his oyos. "Stop!" ho called
sharply to tho coachman, who brought
his horses up near tho group,
Norn's companion corininly justified
Miss Ford's epithet of "droadiul." Ho
was a large, powerfully-built follow,
with n biillot-hoad and thick red neck,
a representative oily "rough." Ho was
hohfffig up a small, doforiued boy, In n
vlco-IIKO grip, which oviuonuy not oiny
frightened but hjtrt tho llltlo weakling
extremely. Bcsldo him, Nora, with
DIPHTHERIA-SCARLET FEVER.
nnsotntintn grids. U'ns vnllllt Illl'llllIllP' to
desist. Just tlion sho caught sight of
Evcrloigh.
"Ohl Mlsthor Iverlolgh," sho cried
with wild appeal, "for tho lovo of Hlvcn
mako him put tno littlo brothor downl
It's klllln' him ho is Intlroly-"
"You brtitol" Evorlolgh's vehomont
tones cut through tlio girl's cliok ng
voice "Put that child tiown, ttoyoti
hoar?"
Tho man turned round an evil, in
flamed face "Is it tho llltlo hunch
back yo'ro jilazcd to want, sorr?" ho
answered with insoiont mockery, as ho
deliberately gavo tho frail littlo crcn
turo a shako that brought forth a scream
of pain. "Uomo an' tuKo mm, mini"
"I will;" Evorloigh jumped out of tho
carriage "Come, Dunning, we'll givo
this boast ft littlo lesson."
Dunning cleared his throat. "Balhcr
a low alTair for gentlemen. I hardly
sco why wo should do polico work," lio
said, looking up and down tho unfre
quented by-street. "Supposo $0 drive
to tlio eomor nnd send one around?"
Evcrloigh turned away contemptu
ously. "And let tho child's hones bo
broken beforo vo could find ono?" ho
said. "Ho, this is somothing that can't
wit" .
"Lot mo go with you, sir," eagerly
put m tho coachman, a slight young
follow, but still always ready to follow
whoro Evcrloigh led the way.
"No, you stay horo with tlio ladles. I
leave thom in your caro," suid Evor
loigh, adding as ho went forward:
"Don't be afraid Violet, these bullies
aro always cowards."
But horo ho was wrong. This par
ticular bully was not a coward, and ho
fought with a savogo good-will. For
tunately, Everlcigh good causo was
supplemented by a wiry and supplo
frame
Violet had turned hor back on Dun
ning, and sat with Iter hands convul
sively clinched. Sho was ashy pale
"That horrible man!" sho gasped, "ho
will kill him!"
"Letgio go, miss," urged tho coach
man again, cagor to help Evorloigh,
whom lio had greatly admired. But
even as ho spoko Everlcigh had the man
down on tho pavemont, where ho hold
him fait while recovering breath, until
a chance pollcoman coming up took
charge of tho fallen hero. Nora and
Jimmy had already disappeared. Then
tho victor roturned to tho carriage
whero tho coachman's broad grin of de
light brought n smile to his own lips.
But it died away as his eyes rested on
Violet s white face.
"I'm afraid I'm rather dilapidated
looking," ho said, apologetically,
glancing down at his torn coat, stained
with tho cvidonces of tho affray. Ho
certainly did not look much liko a
"fashiouablo unit" at that moment.
"I'll sco if I can't mako myself a littlo
less compromising for tlio rest of tho
party," ho added, taking out his hand
kerchief to wipo away the blood from a
long scratch on ono cheek.
"Tuko mine," said Violot quickly.
Sho had loft tho carriage at his ap
proach, and moved a step nearer to
him.
Ho gave hor a look half deprecating,
half grateful, us ho took tho dainty littlo
porfumod square and removed tho
blood-marks from his faco and his torn
coat. Violot's eyes, which followed his
motions, rested on tho bunch of ilowcrs
which, oddly enough, throughout tho
struggle had remained in his button
hole A peculiar expression camo into
her eyes.
"Tho vlolots have blood on them, too,
Thorpe," sho said.
Ho looked down at them, laughed a
littlo regretfully at tlioir stained and
broken bravery, and niado a movement
to throw them into the street. But sho
stopped his hand. "Givo them to me,"
sho murmured.
Ho looked at her In surprise "But
thoy aro all stained, and"
"les," sno sain, "i Know rea vio
lets. It seems thoy were in nature, af
ter all."
A flush of pleasure camo Into his
faco; then ho honestly protested. "Oh.
that was nothing. Any ono would havo
dono tho same"
"No." said Violet demurely, "somo
would havo waited to call tho police"
Ho laughed as his oyo glanced round
to Dunning sitting very stately and dig
nified in tho carriago at a littlo distance
"Well," ho said lightly, "you know I
always told you ho was a humbug! But,
Violot," ho continued moro earnestly,
"I hopo you don't considorsuch a thing
as that the measuro of my capabilities?
Ono of theso days I will givo you real
proof."
"I don7 1 wan t any thing more real than
that," interrupted Violet, with a shud
der. "And, Thorpe," alio added, her
color rising, "I boliovo Ihavoonly been
wait'ng all this while for an excuse to
take you. Tho feelings I had whon that
horrible man was pounding you! Givo
mo tho violets," sho concluded, with'
sudden imperiousness. And, all crushed
and stained as thoy were, sho trans
ferred thom to hor own dress, whero
thoy lay hidden in a fold of soft lace
Moantimo tho two left in tho carriago
during tlio progress of Evorlolgh's re
habilitation woro holding a conversa
tion of somo interest to both. After a
word to tho young man when ho first
camo back, MiBs Ford had not attempt
ed to mako hersolf a third in a toto-a-toto
of so very private a nature Sho
could porcoivo, from various indica
t'ons, that her machinations had sud
denly boon defeated. So sho turned to
hor last resort, tho man who remained
with hor, and whom sho secrotly de
spisod as much as sho admired tho
othor.
"Do como and sit by me, Mr. Dun
ning," sho said in hor sweetest tones.
"Violet will bo so taken up with Mr.
Evorlolgh's littlo piece of bravado that
sho won't havo a tlionght for any thing
olso this ovoning. Do tako pity on poor
deserted mo."
And Dunning, who also read tho signs
of tho times clearly enough, took tho
hint (us sho meant ho should) without
fooling tho sting which it olovorly con
cealed. Ho took tho boat besldo Miss
Ford, who soothod his milled solf-com-plaeoncy
with implied pralsos of his
thouglitfiilncss in staying to protoot
thom instead of rashly Involving thom
'n such a quostlonablo nflulr, as that in
considerate Mr. Evorloigh had done
It was not oxoctly liko a gontlomon.wus
It? But than, of courso, ono had to
mako allowances for commoner nn
ture So sho murmurod on to this man,
whom sho meant to marry, whilo ho,
qiiito rostored to his lofty serenity,
listened nnd looked, and thought what
romaikablo good tasto Miss lord pos
sossod, mid how vory protty sho was as
raised hor soft oyos to his. And so, In
this quarter also, matters woro sot right
f tor fashion, -luttcl'uluum Onqmi,
in Detroit i'ree iVess.
rrct nntlnn nnd Ttcftrtctlon of Thre I)r rvlly
I)lcmrn -Important Circular lamed by
Hi- Ohio Htntn llourd of Uraltti.
Dlptitliorin la otton raoit malignant
nnd fatal dinanao, nnd each year causos
macy ilontlisln our Stato. For this rea
son, and thnt It Is to a largo extent a pro
Tcntabto dlscnso, tlio State Doard of Health
havo Issued this document, hoping to tilt
emlnnto among tho peoplo euuli facts
known about tlio dlsonso, ns mny restrict
IU uprcnd and provont its oecurronco.
Diphtheria Is n contagious and Infoctlous
(lleoiiHO, ami luo strict aimorvnnco oi uio
following rules nnd precautions nre urged
upon all who mny como la contact with It.
t. Whon a rhllil lias soro throat with
foTer, and especially wbon diphtheria is
present in tho neighborhood, it should bo
kept apart from othors until a compotont
physlolnn has dotormluod it is not diph
tlioria. 2. Whon a person Is known to bo sick
with illphtliorin, ho should Immediately bo
sopnrnted from all othors, excepting his
attcnilnnts. nnil remorod to a room which
should bo spoclally proparod for his occu
pancy. it. This room should bo proparod by ro
moving from it all superfluous furniture,
carpets, oxtra clothing, books, wimiowcur
tains, nnd alt other similar articles not
nocded In tho room. It should bo as re
mote as posslblo from tho family rooms
preferably, in tho uppor story and care
should bo tnkou to socuro an nbundnnce of
fresh air, without exposing tho patient to
direct drafts.
4. A enrd with "Diphtheria" on it In largo,
plain lottors should bo plncod in a conspic
uous position on tho houso in which thorn
Is a purxon sick with tho dlscnso. No child
should bo allowod to entor tho houio.
5. No one should bo admitted to tho sick
room, except the necessary nursos and at
tendants. ((. No food or drink which has boon in
tho sick room should bo pni tnken of by tho
noil. Tho dishes carried in should bo
washod sopnrnloly.
7. Undor no circumstances should tho
bod clothos or tho pntiont's body linen lis
mixed with tho other soiled clothing, or bo
ndmlttod to tho general wash, without bo
ing tlrst thoroughly dlsiufoctod.
8. All porsoiiB recovering from diph
theria nro dangerous, and Bbould not bo
permlttod to nttond school, charch, or any
public assembly until, in the judgment of
a caroful physician, thoy aro no longar a
source of contagion.
9. No public funornl should bo held of
any person dying of dlphthoria. In no
caso should any child bo pormlttod to
nttenu.
DISINFECTION.
When case of diphtheria occurs, let the
following disinfectant solutions be pro
pared at on coo:
Solution Xo. 1. Dissolve chloride of limo,
of the best quality, in soft water, in the
proportion of four ounces to the gallon.
Solution Xo. 2. Dissolve sulphato of iron
(known also ub copporas) in not wator. In
the proportion of two pounds to the gallon.
(It has boon demonstrated that copporas
is not properly a disinfectant. It is an ex
collout antiseptic, arresting putrefactive
decomposition, but does not destroy tho
vitality of disears germs or the infecting
power of material containing them. Henco
it must not bo substituted for Solutions No.
1 or No. 8.)
Ruin for Dinlnftctlon. 1. The dischorgos
from the throat, mouth and noso aro ex
ceedingly poisonous and should be received
on soft cloths, which must bo immediately
burned or immersed in Solution No. 1.
2. The discharges from the kidneys and
bowols, and vomitod matters, aio also dan
gerous, and should be received in a vossel
containing Solution No. 1. Retain in tho
vossol fifteen minutes, when tho contonts
may safely bo thrown into tho water
closet or privy vnult
3. The soiled clothing, bod linen, towels,
etc., should at onco, beforo being carried
from the sick room, be placed in boiling
water and boiled (or tntrty minutes, it,
for any reason, this can not be done, thoy
may be soakod in tho following solution :
Solution Xo. 3. Dissolve corrosive subli
mate in hot water, in tho proportion ot two
ounces to tho gallon. Label poison, and
keep in a wooden or earthen vessol.
Take two fluid ounces, or n half-teacup-ful
of this solution to one gallon of wnter,
and lot tho articles to bo disinfected bo
thoroughly soaked in this, remaining im
mersed nt least two hours: thoy may thon
bo wrung out and sent to the wash.
4. Tho body of a person who hns dtod
of diphthorla should bo washod with So
lution No. 1 and wrapped in a sheet wot
with the samo. Tho body should bs buried
nt onco, and in no case should be exposed
to vlow.
5. Af tor death or recovery of tho sick,
the room, furniture, and othor contents
not to bo destroyed, must be thoroughly
disinfected.
a. It is best to burn all nrticles which
havo been in contact with tho person.
Thoso too valuable to destroy may bo
treatca as ioiiows:
"b. All articlos which can be washod mny
bo treated according to Hulo 3, undor Dis
infection. c. Clothing and bodding which can not
bo washed may be disinfected by oxposure
to dry heat for tlrreo or four hours. A
temperature of 2110 o Fab. must bo main
tained during this time, nnd the articlos
freely exposed, i. e not folded or arranged
in piles or bundles.
7. The room and all articlos in it, which
can not be trented by either of the above
methods, must bo thoroughly fumigated.
a. Tho contents of tho room should bo so
arranged as to expose tho greatest amount
of surface to tho action of the disinfectant.
Hoavy woolen clothing, silks, furs, stuffed
bed covers and similar articlos, should lio
bung up in tno room aim pocKots turned
inside out. Pillows, mattresses, upholstered
furniture, etc., must be cut open and tho
contouts spread out for fumigation.
Carpots are best fumigated on the floor.
After fumigation, those articles must all
bo bung in tho opon air and thoroughly
bcaton and shaken.
8. To disinfect a room by fumigation,
procoed as follows:
a. Close tho apnrtment as complotoly as
possible, stopping all openings through
which tho gas might osciipe. Thoroughly
dampen the floor, walls, and furniture.
I. For a room about ten feet square,
tako throo pounds of sulphur, brokou into
small fragments. For larger rooms use a
Btato Hoard ot Health would not be doing
its whole duty If it fallod to point out tho
best porstblo moans known of reitriotiug
and preventing this dread disoaso.
nroportlonntoly largor amount ot sulphur,
rut it into an iron pan, and to nvoido ilnu
gor from flro, support tho pan on bricks,
placed in a tub containing a faw inches of
wator. Moisten tho sulphur with alcohol
and set on ilro.bolng caroful not to brentbo
tho fumes of tho burning sulphur. Whon
certain tho sulphur is burning woll, loavo
the room, close tho door, and allow tho
room to bo tightly closed for several hours.
c. Onau all tho windowx and air the
room thoroughly for sovoral hours. If tho
wall and ceilings are papered, remove tho
pnpor and burn it. Tho floor, walls, coll
ing, wooden furniture, etc., should bo
thoroughly washed with a solution madoby
adding two pints of Solution No. '.i to four
pillions of water. Allow this to remain on
for twouty-iour nours, ana men scruu
thoroughly with soap and hot wator.
11. Tho houso and premlsos' generally
should bo put in the cleanest condition pos
sible, and every moans taken to uccure pure
ulr and pure drinking wntor.
10. Collars, privies, eoss-pools. wator
closots, drains, sewers, ota, should be fro
miently and liberally treated with Solution
No. 2.
The foregoing methods ot disinfection are
applicnmo in an contagious (menses.
If Solution No. 1 is obiectionablo an ac
count of the odor ot the chloride ot lime,
an equally elllciont disinfectant, to bo used
hi tlio samo way, may bo inailo by adding
oun plot of Solution No. 3 to ono gallon ot
wator. It is necessary to leave it a longer
time at least an hour in contact with the
material to bo dlsiufoctod.
Label all solutions of corroalvo sabllmato
notion.
HtKVENTlVn MKASUKES.
1. Avoid the contngium ot tho dlsoase.
Espoclally hhould children bo guarded
Against contact with any thing which has
been near ono sick with tho disease.
2. He caroful ot books, toys, cats and
dogs which may have boou huudled by a
diphtheria patient.
3. It any one visits suoh a case, ho
should batho, dlsiufoot and chango his
clothing beforo going whero thoro are chil
dren. 4. Uowaro ot any ono with a soro throat;
do not kiss such a person, or drink from
tno samo oup, or put any ming into your
mouth ho may have handled.
ft. Whon dlphthoria Is orient In your
neighborhood, boware ot rukltig children
to crowded assemblies in uuveutllated
rooms.
U. See that your bouse, cellar and yard
are kept perfectly olean, and your living
ttnd sleeping rooms are woll ventllatod,
Cleanliuess, pure air and pure wator are
the three great foes ot this disease,
To tho public these rules may seom nu
merous mid, peruana, unimportant, but tho
HOAItr.UT PRVRtl.
Scarlet fevor, also called tcarlatlna, scar
let rash, canker rash, etc., is a dangerous,
contagious disease, ot farmoro Importanco
In our State, owing to Its frequency, than
olthor small-pox or cholera.
Tho contngium or poison of scarlot fevor
nrpassos that of any othor oniptlvo fevor,
xcopt small.pox, in Its tonaclous attach
ment to objects and in portability to dis
tant localities.
Tho poison may retain Its Infecting prop.
ertlos for months unless dvsfroyod by
proper disinfection.
It usually attacks children tinder ton
yoars of ago, banco the groat importanco
of preventing children from being exposed
to tho disoaso. The latest orldence Indi
cates that scarlot fever novor origin
ates from any tollurio or atmospheric
influonco, but Is always duo to a spoolflo
principlo or contagium. In other words,
scarlot fovor can only occur by infoctlon
from a pro-existing easo ot tho samo dis
oaso. Countries havo boon freo from it for
contiirlos till imported by coinmorce. In
viow of this fact, the groat Importanco of
isolation, quaraiitino and dlslnfoctlon in
preventing tho spread of the disoaso, is
boyond quostlon. From want of proper
precautions in this respect, it not infre
quently hnppons that scarlot fovor will
attack succesilvely a largo family of chil
dren. It is beliovod thatj.by tho strict oh
sorvnnco of tho following rulos nnd regula
tions this rllsoase may bo greatly rostnetod
iu our State:
1. Whon a child hns soro throat and
fever, and ospociolly when scarlet fovor is
present in the neighborhood, it should Im
mediately uo separated irom oiaars until a
physician has hoon it, and determined
whether it has scarlet fovor.
2. When a person is known to bo sick
with this disoaso, no mattor how light the
attack may appoar to bo, ho should Imme
diately bo soparntod from all others ex
cepting his attendants, nnd romovod to a
room specially prepared for his occupancy.
3. This room should bo prepared by
removing from it all superfluous fur
niture, carpots, extra clothing, books,
etc.: In short, ever thing not absolutory
nooded for tho comfort ot tho sick, or the
convenience of tho attendants. All closets
connoctod with tho room should have
everything removed from thom.
4.. Tbo room should be large, proferably
in tho upper story, nnd ns far removed
from tho familv rooms as possible.
5. The best means for dlsinfoctlng a sick
room is to socuro nn nbundanco ot frosh
air. The patient, howovor, must not bo
exposed to direct drafts, and this can be
avoidod by fitting beneath tho lower window-sash
a strip ot board a few iuchos in
width.
0. Other children of tho family, not af
focted, may bo sent to somo place whero
there are no children, or others liable to
tako tho disoaso; but their clothing should
havo had no contact with tho patient, or
should bo dlsiufoctod, and they should re
main apart from tho public for a poriod of
two weoks.
7. Friends should not bo allowod to visit
tho pationt, and no ono should bo admitted
to the sick-room oxcopt tho nurso and nec
essary attendants. No child must bo al
lowod to entor tho houso.
8. A card with "Scarlet Fovor" on it
should bo placed in a conspicuous position
on Wo houso or premises In which there is
a person sick with the disoaso.
'J. Tho attendants should woar only such
clothing as can be washed, and should koop
themselves and their pntiont perfoctly
cloan. Rspociaily should they guard
against allowing tho discharges from tho
pationt to remain on their hands, which
should be frequently washod In a disinfect
ant solution.
10. Food or drink which has boon in tho
sick-room should not be thrown in tho
s-vill-harrol ; it should be cared for in the
samo' manner as tho discharges of tho
pationt.
11 All .,n rrlnnana wnrna nt Moa.1
in the sick-room should bo washed separate
from tho other dishes, and should remain
somo time in boiling water.
12. Towels, bed-clothes, tho patient's
body linon, ota, should not bo mixod with
tho othor soilod clothing, or be admltiod to
the goneral wash without boing first thor
oughly disinfected.
1.!. AUporsons recovering from scarlot
fovor aro dangoious, and should not bo
pormitted to attend school, church, or'
other public assembly, nor allowod to play
with othor children. They aro sources of
contagion so long us any peeling or scaling
oi tno sum continues, ana muse uo Kept
secluded until this process is fully com
pleted. 14. A public funornl must not bo hold of
any ono dying from this disoaso, anil in no
case should any child bo permitted to at
tend. Nowspapor notices of such deaths
should distinctly stato that the deceased
diod of scsxlet fovor.
DISINFECTION.
Whon a case of scarlet fever occurs, let
the following disinfectant solutions bo pre
pared nt onco:
Solution Xo. 1. Dissolvo chlrrido of limo,
of the bost quality, in soft water, in the
proportion of four ounces to tho gallon.
(It has boon demonstrated that copporas is
not properly a disinfectant. It is an ex
cellent autlseptio, arresting putrefactive
decomposition, but doos not destroy tho
vitality of dlseaso conusor the infecting
powor ot material containing them.
Henco it must not be substituted for Solu
tions No. 1 or No. 2.)
Solution Xo. 2. Dissolvo corrosivo sabll
mato in hot water, in tho proportion of
two ouncos to tho gallon, and add ono
drachm of permanganate ot potash to each
gallon to give color to tho solution.
1. rue uiscuarges irom tue taroat, mount
and noso aro oxtromoly dangerous, and
should bo received on soft cloths (handker
chiefs should not bo usod) which must bo
Immediately burned or immersed in Solu
tion No, 1.
2. Vomitod mattors, discharges from the
bowels, kidneys, eyes, ears and skin, are
also dangerous, and should be treated as
above, or bo directly received in a vessel
containing a pint or moro of Solution No.
1. Retain in tho vossel thirty minutes,
when tho contents may be thrown in tho
wator-closot or privy-vault.
3. Tho particlos of skin thrown off from
tho patient's body are supposed to bo fre
quent carriors ot tho contagium. and, un
less countermanded by tho physician, the
lmdv should bo frenuentlv anointed with
vaseline, nil, ota, which prevents their
dissomination.
4. Tho soiled clothing, bod linon, towels.
eta, should at onco bo placoil in boiling
water and Polled thirty minutes, it tins
can not bo dono in the sick room, thoy
should be placed immediately in a solution
prepared oy adding a nan toacupiui oi so
lution No, 2 to one gnllou ot wator; or in
tho samo proportion for largor quantities.
Allow them to remain in the solution at
loast two hours: thoy may then bo wrung
out nnd sout to the laundry.
5. Tho body of a person who has died of
scarlet fever should b i washod with Solu
tion No. 1 aud wrapped in a shout wot
with tho samo. The t odvshould bo buriod
at once, nnd in no en J should be exposed
to viow.
7. Aftor death or rocovory ot tho sick,
tho room, furniture, aud othor contents
not to bo destroyed, must bo thoroughly
disinfected.
ii. It is bost to burn all articlos which
havo boon in contact with tho portion.
Thoso too valuable to dostroy, may bo
treated as follows:
6. All articlos which can bo washod may
be treated according to Uulo 4, under Dis
infection. 7. Tho room and all articlos in it, which
can not bo treatod by either ot tho abovo
methods, must bo thoroughly tumlgatod.
a. The contents ot tho room sliould be
so arranged ns to oxposo the greatest
amount of surface to the action ot the dis
infectant. Hoavy woolen clothing silks,
furs, stuffed bod covors aud similar arti
clos, should bo hung up in tbo room and
pookets turned inside out. Pillows, mat
tresses, upholstered furniture, eta, must bo
cut opon and the contents spread out far
fumigation. Carpets nro best tumlgatod
on tho floor. Aftor fumigation, these arti
clos must nil bo hung in tho open air aud
thoroughly beaten and shakou.
8. To disinfect a room by fumigation,
procoed as follows:
ii. Close tho apartment ns completely as
possible, stopping all openings through
which tho gas might oscapo, Thoroughly
dampen the lloor, walls aud furniture.
i. For a room ubout ten foot miuuro.
take throo pounds of sulphur, broken into
small fragments. For larger rooms use a
room thoroughly for several hours. It tho
wall nnd ceilings nropaporel. romovo th
paper and burn It. Tho floor, walls, coil
ing, wood work, etc., should bo thoroughly
washed with a solution made by adding
two pints of Solution No. 2 to four gallon
of wntor. Allow this to remain on for
twenty-four hours, and thon scrub thor
oughly with soap and hot wator.
0. The room should bo thoroughly nlroil
for sovoral days, nnd children kopt out of
it as long as possible. The houso ana
promises generally should bo put la tho
cleanest possible condition.
Tho foregoing methods of disinfection
aro applicable in nil oontngoous dlsoase).
If Solution No. 1 Is objectlonablo on ac
count of the odor of tho chloride ot lime,
nn equally clllclent dlslnfoctnnt, to
bo used in tho samo way, may bo
made by adding ono pint of Solution No. 2
to ono gallon of wator. It Is necessary to
loavo it a longar timo at loast an hour In
pnntnet with the matorlal tobodlslnfectod.
(It should bo remembered that solutions of
corrrtsivo subllmato will Injure lead plpos
if passed through thom in large quantities.)
Label all solutions of corrosive sublimate
jiofsoa.
ritr.vr.NTivn ME9nnns.
1. Avoid tho contngium of the dlsoase.
Especially should children bo prevented
from going noar a caso nt scarlot fovor, or
from coming In contact with any thing
which has boon noar one sick with this dis
oaso. 2. Be careful of books, toys, cats and
doers wlileh 'nav hnvn been handled by
scarlot fovor pationt. Tho disease hasboen
spread by circulating libraries; picture
books having been taken therefrom to
nmtiso tho patient, and retumod without
boing disinfected.
3. Ono rocovorlng from this dlsense
should not bo pormittod to mlnglo with tho
public, until ho and his clothing havo boon
thoroughly clonnod and disinfected.
4. No child coming from a homo contain
ing n caso of scarlot fovor, should b
allowod to attend school or othor public
assembly, and should bo preyentod from
plnylng with othor children.
5. Any ono coming from such a house
should bathe, disinfect nnd chango his
clothing boforo going whoro thoro are chil
dren. 0. Bowaro of any ono with a sore throat;
do not allow your children to bo kissed by
such a person, or to drink from tho same
cup.
7. Wlion scarlot fover Is oreient in your
community do not take chlldreti to
crowded assemblies in unventilated rooms.
8. See that your house and premises nrs
porfectly cloan. Look to your cellars,
sowors, cess-pools, sinks and water-closets,
and allow no decayingammal or vogotable
mattsr to poison the atmosphere of your
dwelling.
To thoso who fail to appreciate the seri
ous nature of this disoaso. thoso ru'os mar
soom numorous, nnd. perhaps, unimport
nnt. Prevention is hotter thnn euro, and
tho Stato Doard of Health his presented
the best possible means known of restrict
ing and preventing the spread ot scarlot
fever.
MARKETABLE HORSES.
Why.'Farmers Can Nat Afford to Raise
Seconil-Orailo Animals.
It may bo said of horses as of whoat
that any and all grades aro marketable,
but tho farmer who has, from yoar to
year, grown wheat, knows very well
that when ho succeeds in getting a crop
thnt grades No. 1, ho baroly gots day
wages for growing and marketing tlio
crop, after counting all contingent ex
penses. Tins boing so, it tils crop
turns out to bo of low grado thcro is
no escaping loss upon it, bocauso in no
particular is it grown for less monoy
Eor bushel than it costs to grow tho
est. Tho samo rule holds good in tlio
dairy, as shown by the fact that tho
butter or chceso from a given herd of
cows will bo first class If made by ono
party, whilo in tho hands of anothor
tho lowost grado only is produced.
Horses, liko wheat and buttor, tako
rank lit market according to tlioir
quality, and tlio good, that sell for high
hguros, feed in tho samo pasture and
cat the samo quality of oats and hay as
tho veriest plug. All horses that can
do duty may bo said to bo marketable,
but in the sonso that rejected wnouc is
markotablo, only at the lowest figures,
though all tho process through which
the low-grade stock is carrieii is as ex
pansive in tho caso of tlio poor in
quality as in tlio case of tho best, savo
and except tho influonco of tlio seed
used, anu this of course cuts an im
portant figure. But, says one, to pro
duce a good quality of grain of any
kind you must have a good quality of
seed as a foundation, and applying
this to horses, the start is moro
exponsivo if a man would havo
stock markotablo at good figures than
though he grow nnimals of lower
grade This, in a measure, is true.
yot mon who own fairly good brood
marcs, for tho purpose of saving tho
paltry sum of ten or fifteen dollars in
tho sorvico of a sire, will continually
roar horses for which thoy got only low
prices. Tho dilloronco that grows out
of tho servico of a good sire, as com
pared to ono of low grade, not infre
quently makes a diflbrenco of ono-third
tn tho selling value of a mature horse,
and It is fair to placo it higher than
this in many cases. National Live
Stock Journal.
THE WEED NUISANCE.
Tho Only Way to Rid a Farm From Ml
Sorts of Weeds.
It is related in a California paper
that Chinamon nro making monoy in
California going over stacks of straw
abandoned by farmers and cloaring ou
tho mustard-sood in thom. Ono China
man will savo 100 pounds or moro a
day and make bettor wages from what
tho whito man throws away than farm
ors have mado from tlioir grain crops.
What a commentary upon agricul
ture Monoy can bo mado in Califor
nia by soparating mustard-sued from
tho straw of tho coral grains. Mustard
seed as an indepondont crop is a valua
ble ono. Among othor crops it Is a
wood, and from Its tonaolty in holding
to tho soil a vile weed. This sued is
also dlssomlnatcd all over tho grain
growing region of tho West. Tho seod
holds to tho soil for yours, rotainin
its vitality until a favorable opportu
nity for germination takes placo. Tho
only way to rid a farm from the mus
tard post is to sow only clean sood from
year to yoar, and to bo suro that none)
is curried back to tho soil in the straw
or othor trash from tlio grain.
This may be accomplished in two
ways either by burning tho straw and
using tho ashes, or by thoroughly do
composing until fully rotted. This
takes time nnd labor, but wherever
manuro is valuable it will pay.
What is horo suid of tho seed of mus
tard will apply to tho soeds of othor
woods. They nro carried to tho fields
In trash and by various othor moans.
It Is nonsonso to say that tho soeds of
woods nro naturally Inherent In tho
soil. Thoy oomu from Bood, as do all
othor annual plants, and in tho caso ot
perennials also from thu continued llfo
of tho plants in tho soil, A oomploto
summer fallow, by which tho loavos of
plants urn not iiormittea to grow, win
kill any perennial, evon tho Canada
thlhtlo. Tho Boods of annuals onoa
eliminated from a soil will not there
after bo found unloss ugaln cuyrlod
tlinro, nnd reasonably clean cultivation
will pruvont tholr spread. Ohicwjo
UYibunt,
A largo tron r; rowing noar Sanm
proportionately mignraiuuuni. in uipuui-.
Put it Into an iron pan, mid to avoid
danger from flro, support tht paitnii hrlulcK,
placed in a tub containing u faw Inches of
water. Moisten tin BUlplnil' with alcohol
and not on flro. being caroful not tu bnmlho
the funios of tho burning sulphur. AVIiou
tfl-ikl,i Hm miliilmr lu hin-ntiin- wall. Innvn
tliorumn i oloso the door, ami allow tha 1A largo ron s rowing near Hanm
room to ba tlihtly ob-,! foruayorol hnun,, Maria du Tulo, Mwtlon, U suid t? motw-,
f, upon nu tue winnow mm uir ibj nro tou nun nt tuu uoiur.