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THE INDUSTRIOUS LIZAEB PEATH TO FLIES AND OTHEE INSECTS. They Act as Scavengers in Philip- pine Houses â€" Become â- Very Tame. Throughout tho rhllipplncs the Walla and coiliiigs of tho upacious old Kpuni.sh houses arc whitcwushed. making anything dark upon the sur- face eon.spicuous against tho white background, writes Bradford IC. Daniels. Onco I lived for several month-q in one of these barn-Iiko structures, and my only company, besides a sul- len native servant, were tho hou.so lizards that, as soon as darkness came and the lamp was lighted, crawled out of the loo.scl.y construct- ed brickwork to feed upon the tium- erous insects that the light attract- ed through tho open windows from the swamj) beyond. At first, ns they inn over tho walls and ceilings, the lizards all looked alike to me; but as the days went by I came to know each one as he ap- peared in his particular locality, from two tiny baby lizards that liv- ed in a crack which an eartl\(iuako had opened in the wall above my table, to a big brown one fully live inches long that occasionally rushed out from behind a window cap up- on some un.suspectlng moth, lashing his tail furiously if lie missed his prey. Each lizard had a portion of the wall or ceiling over which it work- ed, and seldom trespassed upon tho territory of its neighbor. Regularly after dinner a silvery gray lizard camo out of a rathole under the window, and after looking about for a moment, uttered a loud "Chunk! Chunk!" From somewhere in the deep recess of the window came ati' answering "Chunk! Chunk!" and soon a second lizard appeared and the two scampered olT together to the corner behind the kerosene stove, where the blue-bottles had their lodgings. RATTLE BETWEEN LIZARDS. Tho lamp hung in the middle of the room, and one lizard discovered that within tho circle of light which it cast upon the ceiling was always a cloud of moths. For some weeks it feasted iinmole.siod; but one night a strange lizard found its wa.v into tho room and in the course of its adven- ' uies c;une upon the chosen spot. 'J'lie little fellow who had already taken poswssion was so busy eating a big moth that he was not aware of tho stranger's presence till ho heard an ominous "Chunk! Chunk! Chunk!" just behind him. The stranger not only had t.aken a fancy to the locality, but to the halt-oaten moth, and was preparing to fight for what remained of it. 'I'he little liz- aid ran for his life, hut tho intruder followed, and for several seconds there was a liv:cl.V scone enacted up- on the cciUi^, of tJio old Spanish room. rresontly, I heard a deep-toned "CliiniU! Chunk!" from over tho window, fthilj! , looking up, saw the tail of tho big brown lizard lashing furiously. The next moment ho darted up tho wall and across the ceiling, and when peace was onco more restored the strange lizard was beating a hasty retreat, minus a tail. Tho victor helped Iiimself to a moth ns if in recompense for tho services rendered the little lizard, and then went back to his territory over the window. INTEUESTING PETS. One night I was eating ni.y dinner very (|Uiotly, when two bright little cy(?s aiipeared over tho edge of my pUile, and gradually the head of a lizard emerged from tho shadow, till tho silky white throat, pufling out at every breath, and tho red forked tongue. Hushing in the lamplight liUo a tiny sword, wore plainly visible. 'I'lie little fellow looked nio stuuiroly in the c.yes, turned his head from side to side witli a half curious, half doubting air, nnd then scam- pered away. The next night my visitor return- ed and ate a morsel of chicken that J had placed liehinrt a picklo bottle. After that wo always dined togeth- er, my guc;-it pla.ying hide-and-seek among the di.shes until I had finish- ed m.v meal. After dinner, when tho servant was gone and the room was still, my little friend hecamo_ bolder, some- times catching nn unwary fl.v with- in nn inch of my hand. As snon ns 1,0 sp'.ed a fly he would crouch nnd lush his tail, exactly ns a cat does when it sees a mouse. Inch by inch he would creep forward, crouching lew and remaining perfectly still if tho fly showed an.y signs of unoasi- nesH, nnd after a moment rniKing his lu.rtd to see if it was wise to jnnkc (vnotlicr advance. When about with- ;n .six inches of his i)rcy ho would hurl hinifielf upon It with a rapidity U.nt tho eye c(>ula not follow. Few, Inrioed, wore tho flies that cscapotl this deadly little hunter. One night m.v pet hrough a pet with him. Thoy canm down the wall with many misgivings, scurr.ving buck to their retreat at the slight- est disturbance. Evidentl.v my regu- lar visitor wns the male nnd tho niwcmner was his mate. IIo made itMuy trips between the wall and the lablo before he could pcr.suado his l)Ct ter-hnlf to venture over, but in tic end she came and ute hor »haro oi chicken. After cmsirieroble practice the two 'l/aid.i learned to come to mc whon- e/or r chirped lo them. If T iieUl my hand perfectly still, the male would oat his chicken from my fin- gers, but I never could persuade his wife to be so indiBcrect. While ho was nibbling the chicken she would wag her tail slowly, spread her four littlo bird-like foot In readiness for fliKht, and watch closely for any show of treachery on my part. One morning two empty egg shells, each about the size of a hummiug- hird'a egg, dropped upon the table. They wore a bluish white, and would have passed for olrds' eggs, had they not been joined together. That night two baby lizards, so tin,v and pale that thoy were scarce- ly visible, even upon the white wall, came out of the crack with my two friends, and I know that the family had increa.sed to four. Tho parents came regularly to dine with ine us before, but the babies never ventur- ed so far from homo. .f . THROUGH THE TELESCOPE. An Incident of the Siege of Lady- smith. When the Boers besieged Ladysmith they permitted a "camp of refuge" and a field hospital to bo establish- ed at Intonibi, a few miles distant. Here the non-combatants were gathered. And to the ho.spital, writes George Lynch in the London L)ail.y Express, came every morninj. tho train from Ladysmith, bearing its burden of sick and wounded. To the d%vellers at IntombI that train brought the history of the siege tho daily bulletin written in blood and disease. AVonien who had hus- bands nnd brothers and sons in Ladysmith crowded round it always to see what news it brought, and wont awny with a sigh of respiti and relief when it carried nothing for them. And yet, after a fashion, these women at Intombi were more for- tunate than tho men in Ladysmith, since they could learn froni^ tho new arrivals how their loved ones fared. Hut men were not allowed tdgo backward and forward to Intombi ; those who wont had to remain, and somehow or other little or no news s-'oinod to reach the garrison. In the dearth of news one man in Lady.smith had arranged that twice a week, when ho could get off duty, his wife at Intombi should go at twelve o'clock and stand in front o( a big marquee where he could sei her through the ship's telescope at tho 4.7 battery. She went there regularly with he child, nnd straining licr eyes toward that sandbagged point above Con- vent Hill, sometimes fondly imagii od that she could see him. And as tho months pas.sed her child, like the others in tho camp, grew mon sickly, thin and pnle, till it scomc as if the KrI King spirit of t' miasmic fog had wrapped it round and entered it, and made it ;> changeling of his own. Ihit delicate ns the child was, the mother was the (itst to full sick, and tho news of her ijlness reached her husband by his seeing one tiny figure standing alono at tho ap- pointed place, waving a handker- chief. And there camo a day when it, too, was no longer to be seen. He could not go to them, but had to stay nnd fight on with bitterness in his heart. ELECTED TO THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. HAIR FAIRS. In a short time will bo held in various towns of tho Haute Vienno and the Correze, tho two depart- ments in Franco forming tho old Limousin province, tho Hair Fairs, or "I'oircs aux Choveux." Country girls will be invited to sell their ti'oHses, or to barter them in ex- change for cheap finery and trink- ets. Tho fairs are usually hold in such places as Tulle, La Roche, Can- illnc, nnd Lapleau. When tho girls have selected the goods they desire, or received money, the.y kneel down before their executioners nnd become transformed into apparently beard- less boys in petticoats, "rho oper- ators liang up their spoils before their booths as an inducement to other girla to part with their black or brown tresses for a trifle. After the fairs are over the spoils are bought up b.v an agent, who supplies deal- ers in Paris and elsewhere. It is affirmed that a good deal of tho hair from the heads of tho Limous'in girls is .sent to London. WHAT BOYS AND CURLS SEE. An interesting series of experi- ments has lieen tried by tho school authorities in South Cermany t(T test tho faculty of observation ns it is oxerci.sed by boys and girls. A man dressed as an ordinar.y work- man ami with ordinar.y features wns placed in a room by himself. Cla.sscs of girla of dillerent ages wore sent Ihrungh tho room. All that tho teacher told them was that tho.y wero to go into the room through one door nnd out through another. When thoy returned to their class rooms they «ero asked to describe tho man in tho room. Nearly 80 per coiit. of the girls confined their attention to tho man's clothci*; tho others c|esoribcd botli clothes and features. Tho same experiments when tried with boys revealed the fact that nearly 70 per cent, of them contincd their attention to the man's features, the remainder to botli fea- tures and clothes. PRECIOUS BULLETS. Bullets made of precious stones aro rarities in warfare. But dur- ing tho fighting on tho Kashmir frontier, whctn tho llrilish troops de- feated the rebellious Ilunzaa, the na- tives u.sed bullets of garnets enca.sod in lend. Tho British preserved many as curiosities. CoNSTrruBNor. Cons. ELKOTKn, IjIB. ELEcreo. Maj. Depkated Candidate. MAJOKrrr Last • Okx. Ki eltio*. 0>ns. Lib. J Addingrtoo Alguma Brant, N llrant,S Urookvillo Bruce. 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Rlckard W H RKID Eltrin, E Klein, W C. A. nUOWEIl F. a. McDIAKMID Essex, N W J McKKE 95 Es.sox.8 JOHN A. AULD A B Herring 677 Fort wailam and .. Lake of tho Woods. .. } J. S. GALLAGHER W.D.McLeod W J Shibley Olengiirry GrenvlUe R.L.JOYNT Qrey N Orey.C LB. LUCAS (accl) Dr. JAMIESON Grey.S Haldimand .. .. J \V HDLMKS Samuel Beck and.) 103 J. R. BARBER 161 lamilton, W Mayor Hondrio HENRY CAR.SCALLKN .... M.B. MORRISON s. R ossELL. !!!.!.!..!!.!!.... lamillon. K I>p Griffln , TastingH, W E (j Sillrt iastiiigs, K 128 J. W. Pearco A H YSLOP. 1S8 H.EILBEU M. y. MrLean iuron!w •290 Kent, E JOHN LKE John Davidson Kent. W T.L. PARDO E. J U. PENSK J. MorganShaw P. 1>. McCallum F. F PARDEE 290 Lambton, E! H. J. PKTTYPIECE 40 W.J.Hanna 500 W C CALDWELL, .V M. Greig 161 Lt.-Col. M ATHESON W. BEATTY C. K. Britton T G C'arscallon . .... Lennox M S aiiidole 13 Dr.JESSOP London Adam Beck CoLF. B. LEYS 301 Capt. T. iiOBSON Middleaoi N W.H. TAYLOR Hon. O. \y. ROSS 93 Middlesex, W Thos. English 151 Hon. R.HARCOURT 32S Dr. BBIDGLAND Dr. M. .lames Joseph Michaud W. A. CHARLTON A. .\. Mahalty George Smith Frank Oockran« J. L Buck 74 Nipi«slng, E w Niplssine, W w Norfolk S .... 34 Norfolk V T)r V S Snldop E C CARPENTER 250 Northumberland, B. . . Dr Willouffhbv O.Simmons Geo. Spouce W.J. Keater 421 NorthumberUvMd,W'. . . S. CLAUKE 121 W H. HOYLE Ontario, S Hon. J. DRYDEN C Calder 3'22 C, R POVVKLL A LUMSDEN 145 ANURKVV PATi'ULto.'.! ; '. '. '. 0\ford,N Charles A. Muina i.ina Oxford, a n Sutherland Dr McKAY 674 M. Can- 1,101 Peel JOHN SMXTJL '292 Perth, N Perth, S Petcj-borough, K Peterborough, W Port Arthur and J.C.Montelth v".;;;!;!!!.v."'z.'.Z!;!; v; Stock;.'.'.':'.'.".'.:'..'.'.:'.:.'.::'.:'. W. Anderson Hon. J. R. STKATTON J. CON.MEE JOHN BKOWN NELSON MONTEITH Dr.S. P. Ford Major W. J. Miller Joseph G. King 160 ''iia 999 / F. K. A. EV ANTUREL Dr. C\irrio Hon. F. R. LATCHFORD J. ^V. MUNRO C R. ^oulln oocL L P. SVillianis ienfrew. .S Renfrew, N Henry Moss Pelcr White. Jr 314 accl. Russell 0. GUIBORD 776 Sivult Ste. Marie SImooB.K Simcoo, W Simcoe, C A. MISCAMPBELL J. S. DUFF '.'.".â- .'.'.â- .'.'.'.'.-â-  '.'.'.'. James B. Tudbope D. Davidson W. J. McCart (;. N. Smith R.H. Jupp A. B. Spencer llnd. pro.) B. A. 'THOMP.SON JNO. Mclaughlin w .... Storniont .... Toronto, W THOS. CRAWFORD Dr.R.A.PYNE Dr. Beattio Nesbitt J J FO Y . v.. . . - .... Toronto, hi T^ V McBradv Toronto, N. ...!.' ',',.'. .. Toronto, S GEO. F. MAR-TER (Ind.).... \V B Rogora .... Victoria, E J. H. CARNEGIE S.J. FOX L. F. Heyd Victoria. W Waterloo, N L. J. BREITHAUPT ........ 119 Watoiloo.S W.A.KRIBS j: F gross: .:: :::::. Welland Hy. t'ronmiller JOHN MUTRIE Wellington, S 399 Wellington, E Hon. J. M. GIBSON W. E. Tookcy (Ind.l 503 Wollinuton, W J. 'I'UCKER.. AVentworth, N j.'w'.'s"t."john;.':. '.'.'.'.'.â- .â- .â-  â- .â- .â- .'. A.R. W.irdeU Krland Lee J. W. Moyes W. J. HILL T. H. Lennox Wontworth, S York. K York, \V York.N JOHNDICliEN'SON ;.. JOHN RICUAUDSON iibn.'R'j.DAvis.:: :::::::::: 174 423 35 469 The Independent candidates rnnnlug were:â€" West Hnmllton. B. A. Colquhoan; East Kent, Geo. Johns (Lib.); North Oxford, D. U. Ross tLlb. nnd Pro.); East Toi-k, A. Mills (Lib. and Pro.); Manltoulln, McMillan. Following are the rrohlbltlonlat candidates who contested the elections:â€" South Brant, D. M. Lee; SoutH 'Wellington, S. Car- ter; I.*ndon, P. W. Daly; Lincoln, G. B. Wilson; West Simcoe. A. B. Spencer; Sonth Wentworth. J. B. Pettit. The Socialists In the field were:â€" West Toronto. W. WcUwood (labor), J. A. Kelly; East Toronto, C. A. V. Kemp Oabor), J. Simpson; North Toronto, J. 11. TrlpfT (Inbor), Miss M. Halle; South. INjionto. H. Garner (labor). S. A. Corner; London, F. Hazel grove; West Hamilton, R. Uodehonse; East Hamilton, Ivockhart M. Oordon; MaultouHu, J. H. McMillan; West Elgin, H. Gaylorcf Wll.shlre; West Middlesex, U. 11. Wade. The names In capitals are those ot the members of the last Legislature. TWO CORONATIOiJS. That of King William IV. nnd King Edward VII. Soveiit.v-ono years ago, April, 1831 King William IV. went down to dis- solve Parliament during the great tumult occiisioned by tho reform bill. In tho robing-room of the House of Lords he said ; â€" "Lord Hastings, 1 wear tho crown; where is it ?" The crown was brought to him : but when Lord Hastings was going to put it on his lioad he said, "No- bod.v shall put the crown on my head but myself." He put it on, and then said to Lord Groy, "Now, my lord, the coronation is over." As William had never been crowned, he should not have worn the crown. George Villiers, who was one of tho .spectators, said that as the king toolc his seat upon the throne of the House, with the loose crown uvon his head nnd tho tall, gaunt figure of Lord Grey close beside him, thtJ sword of state in his hand, it looked as if the king had his execu- tioner b.y his side, and the whole might bo nn augury of the reign. Ill the following summer, when it was decided that a public corona- tion was essential, the king gave orders that it be "short and cheap." Informality and economy will not characterize the coronation plans of the man next after William to bo crowned King of England. Kdward VII. intends that tho day shall he a fete not only to the {a\ orod specta- tors in Westminster Abbe.v, but to over.v inhabitant of his realm. He will himself give a vast dinner to the poor of London, which e.xninple will be imitated throughout many cities ; beacon-fires will bo lighted on the hills, and illuminations, free concerts and spectacles will make the da.v memorable. .'V further contrast appears between the attitudo of tho wives of William and of his great-nephew, Kdward. Queen Adelaide told diaries Greville that she would have none of their crown» ; she did not like to wear "n hired crown." ."-Sho had jewels en- ough of her own. and would have them made up to suit herself. "You will have to pa.v for it," said William, slyly, to tho .young clerk of the privy council. "No," interrupted Queen Ade- laide, "I shall pay for it myself." In the rvown of Queen Alexandra, on the coiitinry, will .sparkle I'ntj- ' land's chief jewels, tli« magnliiccnt Kohinoor diamond, which Alexandra will not scorn as "hired." Neither will she pay for tho setting of jewels in her coronation crown out of her private pin-money. , V HOW I GROW SWEET PEAS. " Some grow sweet peas one way, some another. Some are successful with them. Some are not. An au- thority says : â€" I grow mine in this wa.v ; ; and 1 always suc^ coed in t.tt'iig a great many blos- soms from them, I consider myself suc- cessful with them, even if my treatment may not agree in all respects with that practised by the sweet-pea specialists. Aim to get the seed into the ground ns early as possible in the spring. The growth of the plants w^ill be slow at first; but a better root start is made while the soil is cool and damp than later, when the warm weather encour- ages a corresponding activity of the top, and the ground is likely to dry out rapidly. Make 'V-Bhapea trenches, about ilvo inches in depth. Scatter the seed in these, about an inch apart, Cov- er tho seed with about an inch of soil, and press it down firmly with the foot. When the young plauta are about two inches tall, draw in another inch of soil about them, pressing it against them with the hoe. Continue to do this as the plants grow, until you have return- ed to the trench all the soil taken from it. The value of the trench system is not fully tmdcrstood. The idcais toget the roots of the plants so deep in the soil that they will not be easily affected by tho drought which usually occurs in midsummer. The sweet-pea likes moist- ure and cootncss at its roots, and these we secure in considerable degree by this system of planting. Nothing in the way of support suits this plant so well as brush. It takes to it readily, and finds in it exactly the kind of trellis its rambling branches need. Ne.vt to it, choose coarse-meshed wire netting. But it will generally be found necessary to weave the vines out and in among the meshes before they will cling to it. Strings arc of little value as sup- port for awect-peas unless a great many are used, nnd they arc woven into this network. Kvery summer the complaint is made that early in the season an aphis begins work among the foliage at the base of the vines and soon they are naked there, and the ravage of ihe insect is likely to extend up the plant. Make an infusion of hard .'»onii, a inmrter of a povind, melted nnd added to a pailful of water. Apply thi:» with an ordin.try garden sprayer. Bigin to use it early in the season. Do not wait for the aphis to appear. It is an easier matter to kee| him away than it is to get rid of hint after he has put in an appearance. Ap' ply this soap infusion twice a week, taking great p^ins to have it reach th« lower side of the foliage. The resull has been extremely satisfactory with mei My plants have kept their foliage everj year since I have used this insecticide: and the aphis lias given me no trouble, while those of my neighbors h:^e been greatly injured or entirely spoiled by iti I consider it very important to begin it! application early In the season, and keep it up all through July. The more you cut the flowers of youi sweet-peas the more you will get. II you want them to keep on blooming after tho first general crop of flowers, you must not allow seed to form. II you allow this, all the energies of th« plants will be devoted to the develop- ment of it; and that will mean th« end of blossoms. MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. Last Words From One of the Con- dor's Officers. A Victoria. R. C. despatch says: The steamer Queen City, which reached Alberni on Wednesday, re- ports that the Indians of lIes<iuoit, on the Vancouver coast, have found a bottle containing the following mes.>iagc; "Mid-ocean, Jan. 5, 1902.â€" H.M. S. Condor, ship sanK. all lost except first ofllccr and two middies. who escaped iu asmallboat. Wcarc nn n n esra-ped in a sanall boat. Wc ai-e at tho si^u's- mercy. (Signed) A. S. Ilogcrs." The signature was blurrtd, but SR'oins to be Rogers. Tho inessinge ia written on a small piece of brown paper, in ink. ond has been forward- ed to the Admiralty. It looks like a fraud. FOR AUSTRIAN WOMEN. An Effort Will Be Made to Secure the Franchise. A despatch from Sydnev. N. S. W.. states that Mr. See, the Pre- mier o( New South Wales, has pram- i-sed the carl.v introduction of a wo- man's franchise bill. Keplying to a deputation, Mr. See announced that tho Government would slKH'tly in- troduce a bill to snibmit to a refer- endum tho questian of red'icing the Ataeml'ly to V-k m«M.«bei'9,.