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r Threw a Package of wder Into the Stove. t, N. H., Oct. & KK the explosion of gunpowdep iJover, the young wife of r, lies at her home in a ndition. She is a bfl..d ree months. At the time ent she was p.e.i.‘ up d effects preparatory to other bouse. Nhe thraw, ent she was p.elt.‘? d effects preparatory to nother bouse. She throw waste paper into the most i_stantly there was plosion, the stove b.].‘ es and the entire room e to such an extent that # and cclling present no. Nlackened surface. s halr was more than ‘rom her head, her eyeâ€" destrovyed and her bodv ions on onto _ a ‘er, 20th district, beâ€" ) and _ Goderich, and office, Atratford, Ont. vin is appointed trainâ€" t find, 23rd anq:}“l ce, Stratford, Oat." months ago the numâ€" isters on this division yÂ¥ one, but the exper. t deemed a success, der of things is now NAL FUNERAL, t Negatives Proposal Dead Novelist. Tuvax i1 y LF as moassador Tower‘s Germany. the folâ€" unced R. 8. Meceâ€" 1@ ; Bollamy Storer ary ; A. S. Hardy Bryan to Switzerâ€" mpson, to Brazil & boarder at 148 mtreal. . discharged to his face, practiâ€" NK APPOINTMENTsS p€ 1y Resuits are Exceoed e Estimate. M 18 LOST HER HAIR, t ry section, and the it now looks as if nany apples will be ‘ as were barrelied& rice, however, is not : Ifreow 50 cents to | 1o the farmer, acâ€" ty and kind. The ght by the orchard4 to complain, as the early estimate. On those who are buyâ€" 1 have no cullse to HAS IUNPROVED, 1€ 1 18t h burned. Her â€" attending risk to run from the iking m th districts, and weer Ilarri-buf. nction. ers say that the ie Province is tter than it proâ€" season. Not only * ~juality of the the fungus noâ€" iy autumn hase lisappeared, and 1 out well, withâ€" e late M. Zols od. Her eyesight ending surgeong nt as 10 its reg. pposed that the «1 a package of ibinet ‘met, toâ€" question of & tive this date Assistant Sg.â€" ‘ave charge of to transporta~ i 16th district, ind _ Hamilton, in order for me lourâ€" yea râ€" Brouckma3, by an autâ€" m Cassard, ule broker. ical circles reasurer of vill shortly inmaster, will 15th district, en _ Hamilton bouy in th@ itions were M. Chaumie, uction, will ‘nt at the i speech in demes cere Japanese. ie steamer va«s untrue. s $15 and the funeral on Sunday nally planâ€" Lradt es â€" from 1. He proâ€" rica rines i0 O00ba es OT man and killed in il ind Tnat Legislaâ€" ced Mr. st ribut ed. to be had : boriog idad, it 1 that Bnd «uaall« 0 their the N The Sad Condition of Many Young Girls. a very few minutes, Uuring which I heard her sobs die away like a child‘s Into silence, L ventured to turn rownd, and found her with _ red swollen eyelids and _ a very sad little face, but perfectly calm. She rose from her chair in quite a dignified way, and said : Mothers Should be very Carcful When Their Daughters Complain of Headache, Fickle Appetite Dizziness or Heart Palpitation. Many mothers neglect the health of their growing daughters. Not wil{fully, of course, but because they think the occasional â€" headaches from which they suffer, fickleness of appetite, and pale cheeks, are the natural result of the merging of girlbood into womanhood. _ This is a serious mistake. There is no perâ€" lod in a girl‘s life when she needs more attention, and unless the litâ€" tle troubles are success{ully treatâ€" ed, more serious onesâ€"perhaps deâ€" oline and consumptionâ€"are sur»e to follow. . What every young giri reeds at this period is a tonic medicine that will give her a ricn, red blood, strong nerves, and bring bher safely through a critical perâ€" lio«l in her life. For this purpose there is no other medicine in the world can equal Dr. Wiliiams‘ Piak Pills. Thousands of girls throughâ€" out Canada owe their present kealth and happiness to this mediâ€" cive, and thousands of others who are suffering would soon be strong i they would give Dr. Williams‘ Pink Plls a fair trial. Among the many young ladies who have provâ€" ed the great worth of this mediâ€" g@ine to Miss Jennie Beamer, of Boyle, Ont. Miss Beamer â€" says : "Some years ago I became very ill, and my friends feared I was going iuto a deciine. I was pale; suffered from terrible headaches ; my appetite as poor, ami i grew very thin. I became so weak that I could hardly walk. 1 remained in this condition for several months, during which time I tried several medicines, but none helped me in the least. . Then my mother got me some of Dr. Wiiâ€" llams‘ Pink Pills, and almost _ from the outset they helped me. As I continued the use of the pills, the severe headaches le{ft me, my appetite returned and I gained in weight. In fact, I was soon enjoying perfect bealth, and have slzce continued to 4o so. * attribute this entirely to the use of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, and will be glad if some other weak amd alling girl will profit by my exâ€" w‘ewa"- L4 aâ€" «. as i I waited at tho window on purâ€" pose to give Rabiole time to recover enough serenity to bridgo over the awkwardness of the situation. The startling necessity of the case reâ€" stored her to full selfâ€"command much sooner than I had expected. Aflter dE es Puie and sallow cheeks, dizziness, headaches, paipitation of the heart, and the fee ing of weariness that alâ€" flicts so many young girls will soon disappear if Dr. Willlams‘ Pink Pills are used. These plils also cure rheuâ€" gau.m. dyspepsisa, kidney allments, . Vitus‘ dance, and the other trouâ€" bles that come from poor blood and weak nerves. Sold by all dealers in medicine or sent post paid, at 50 cents a box, or six boves for $2.50, bL:ddrom the Dr. Wililamg‘ Mediâ€" a Co.. Rrockvilie, Ont. "Ah, well, some day, perhaps," ho said, hastily, and disengaged himself from her twinirg arms. I thought he was going out withâ€" out any further greeting to me, but close to the door he stopped, and giving me a stolld frown, jerked his head slowly back in the direction of his daughter; then, with a menacâ€" ing nod to remind mo of his warning, he left the room and tho house. _A minute later I saw him blabbering,â€" there is no other word for itâ€"like a great overgrown child as he went down the drive. ‘"Goodâ€"bye, Bab," said he; "be a good girl, and don‘t grow too like your mother. Don‘t be too sweet to the man you fancy till he‘s your husâ€" band, and you ll have more sweetness to spare for him then. Don‘t believe your mother when she says your father‘s nothing but a blackguard, for be‘ll do more for you at a pinch "Goodâ€"bye, papa," she said, and added in a whisper, "Won‘t you some day live with mamma and me again ? We would try to make you happy, and I am learning to understand all about Art." He spoke with savage earnestness| "We have kept you from your work, which impressed me, and struck terâ€" I am afraid, Mr. Maude," with the ror into his daugnter, whom he odd primness which I could rememâ€" kissed with gemuinely pass.onate temâ€"; ber as one of her earliest characterâ€" der’l‘zeu. on both cheeks. > | istlcs. than any of your beaux. Goodâ€"bye, child. God bless you." She kissed him, trembling, with timid aifection answering to his tenderness. WASTING AWAY Thon I trled a new tack ; the lesâ€" soms were resumed. But we were both more reserved tiwin in the old days, and I, at least, was constrained also. It was not the old childâ€"pupil sitting by my side; it was the woman 1 wanted to cherish in my bosom. The old free correction, discussion, were exchanged for poor â€" endeavors by little implieca compliments, by mild attempts at eloquence, by apâ€" peals to her sentiment when the subâ€" ject in hand allowed it, to gain her good will,to prepare her for the time, which must come, when L should have to entreat her to forget my hideous face and try to love me as a husbana. I knew I was making hopeless, ridiculous mistakes in my â€" conduct towards her ; that the change in my manner she took merely as an acknowledgment that she was now in some sort "grownâ€"up," and anâ€" swered by a little added primness to show that she was equal to the requirements of the new dignity. I felt that eight years‘ neglect of the wex threw a man a century behind the times with regard to his knowâ€" ledge of women, aml I was growâ€" ing desperate when a ray of light came to me in the darkuess of my clumsy courtship. I would consult Normanton, who was in the swim of the times, and who might be able to advise me as to the prudence of certain bold measures which, in my desperation, from time to time, occurred to me. _ Neither â€" Babiole nor I ever spoke about her father‘s visit, buit the attempt togo on AS if nothing had happened never grew any easier, and I welcomed the visit of my four friends, which took place rather earlier in the year than usual. It was in the beginning of July that they all dropped in upon me in their usual casual fashion, and we had our first dinner together in & great tempest, excited by Edgar‘s announcement that this was his last bachelor holiday, as he was going to be married. I listened to the torâ€" rents of comment that, hy longâ€" standing agreement among us, were bound to be free, with new and painâ€" ful interest; at any rate, I remct- ed that the private advice I was CHAPTER XIV. That vis.t of Mr. E.Amer‘sâ€"hard as I tried, and, as 1 beliocve, Babiole tried, to cheat myself into believing tie. contraryâ€"spoiled the old frank intercourse between ua for ever. It was my fault, I know. Dreams that slirred my soul and shook my body had sprung up suddealy on that faint basie of a spurious tio between me and the girl I had before hallâ€" unconsciously loved. . Now imy longâ€" torpid pasms.ons stirred with life again ana _ held _ Walpurgis Night revels within me. Our lessoas had to be laid by for a time, while I went salâ€" monâ€"{ishing, and tried to persuade myself that it had been long neâ€" glect of my rod that had caused forâ€" gotten passions and ycearnings to run riot ln my blood in this undiscipâ€" lined manner. But it would not do. Tired out, I would drag my way home, eat a huge dinner, and sink hallâ€"asleep into my old chair. Instead of my falling into stupid, happy, dreamless slumber, the leaden numbnes# of fatigue would settle upâ€" on my limbs, while the one figure whose growing ascendancy over my whole nature ( made these energeâ€" tic efforts to throw off, would pase and repass through my mind‘s dull vision, the one thing distinct, the one thing ever recurring, enticing me to follow it, eluding me, coming within my grasp, escaping me and so on lor ever. going to ask Edward later would now have the added weight of exâ€" perience, and would, therefore, be "(Goodâ€"afternoon, Mr. Maude," she said. "Good afternoon," I repeated. But, as she took another step and reached the screen, her shy glance met mine; impulsively she stretched out her hand. I seized it, and for one brief minute we looked straight into each other‘s eyes with the frank confidence of our old friendship; the next she had broken away, and I was left alone with silent Toâ€"to and symâ€" pathetic Taâ€"ta. For the moment I dared not speak to her, except under this ridiculous mask of Irlfldity; such a lot of indisâ€" creet emotions were bubbling up in me, ready to burst into rash speech at the first opening. She seemed a little dismayed at my coldness and hung her head in what I knew to be shame at her father‘s clumsy show of mistrust. The old footing was, for a time at least, completely destroyed. _ _ "Not at all. Iâ€"I was not busy," I answered, with frozen stiffness. . _ "And toâ€"day‘s lessons?" I asked rather abruptly. ‘ "Coertainly," said I, with an involâ€" untary bow, which caused her to look up and redden at this unusual cereâ€" moniousness. "Well, you shall have a little peace now at least," she said, without lookâ€" ing at me, as she crossed to the door. "I think I will ask yon to excuse me toâ€"day," she said, in a trembling voice. % "For my part, when I speak bitâ€" terly of marriage, of course I am prejudiced by my own experience," said Mr. Fussell, with a s‘gh that was jolly, in spite of h mself. He was separated from his wifeâ€" everybody â€" knew that; but he ignored â€" perhaps even â€" scarcely took in the significance ofâ€"the fact that he had previously deâ€" serted her agaoain and again. Maurice Brown averred that his only objection to marriage was that it was an irrational bond ; men and women being animals with the disadvantage of speech to confuse each other‘s reason, should, like the other animals, b> free to take a fresh partner every year. This was received in silence, none of us being strong enough in natural " It seems to me, gentlemen, that a taste for Browning and biue flanâ€" nel, which is all our honorabile friend seems to be able to put forward in favor of this Indy, is a poor equipâ€" ment for a person who (unless our honorable friend has gone back very far from his oftenâ€"declared views on the subject of matrimony) is to be his guiding genius to political glory, the spur to his languid ambition, the beacon to his best aspirationsâ€"in fact, gentlemen, the tugâ€"boat to his manâ€"ofâ€"war." ‘" And as no girl reads Browning except under strong masculine presâ€" sure," added Browne, gravely, ‘"our friend the manâ€"ofâ€"war must make up his mind that other and perhaps handsomer vessels have been towed before him with the same rope." . "Is the lady handsome?" asked Mr. Fussell. A pause. Fabian drank a glass of champagne off hastily, and rose with frow ns. FEdgar hesitated. "She has an inâ€" telligent face," he said. f ** Well, I ‘believe there is always a difficulty about giving a satisfactory account ¢f these thingsâ€"an account that is to say, which will satisfty the strict requirements of logic." * We expect an account consistent with your own principles, often and emphatically laid down. If you have not sinned against those, you will be listened to with indulgence," said Fablan, dogmatically. "You shall be judged under your own laws‘" ‘"Come, that‘s rather hard upon him," pleaded Mr. Fussell. Baby‘s Own Tab‘ets replace With groat advantage castor oll and other Lius. ous, griping ««rugs. They swoetâ€" on the stomacih, qwet the nerves and promote health{ilt sleep. They are gvirantsed tocontiin noopiate and to by abcoutely harmless. If your druggist do~s not keep them you can obtain a fullâ€"siza box by mail, post piid, by e:nding 25cents tothe Dr. Williams‘ M.dicine Co., Brcckville, Ont., or Schonectady, N. Y. EKdgar blushed and looked conâ€" §cl_egcg-_'trlgkgl_:. I {easted my eyes "I met ‘her at a tennis party." Maurice Browne, who hated musâ€" cular exercise, groaned. " She was dressed in light blue flannel." Fabâ€" lan, who ‘had been at Oxford, hissâ€" ed. Edgar stopped to ‘ask if . this conduct was judicial. Upoun this there aross much diverâ€" sity of opin‘un; Fabian, holding that this was consistent, and even praizeworthy, while Maurl:ce Browne and Mr. Fussell agreed that to deliberately marry a woâ€" man without positive and inconâ€" testable beauty, ought to qualify a man for the franchise as a person unfit for any exercise of jJudgment. When, however, Edgar, after alâ€" lowing the controversy to rage, quietly produced and passod round the portrait of a « girl beaut{ful cnough to convert the sternest bachelor, there was a great calm, and the conversation, with a markâ€" ed _ change of _ current flowed emoothly into the abstract quesâ€" tion of marriage. Edgar was not only acquitted; he changed places with his judges. Every objection to matrimony was put forward in apolâ€" ogetic tones. thought that his friends‘ unacccountâ€" able conduct had spoilt its flavor. Edgar dashed into his explanation in an offâ€"hand manner. A Family Event That Does Not Alâ€" ways Bring Unimixed Joy. Baby‘s first tooth do~s not come unannounc~ed. Inilamed guams and imâ€" prirad digestion projuce a feverish and irtful condition about which the mother often feels concern. Th2 baby boy oi Mrs, George McGregor, of Ham lioa, Ont.. was trowblxd with diarrhoâ€"oa whiloe teething and was cross anli rostless. He did not sleep woll and matters became seriocs. The mother writes as follows: * My ristor had used Baby‘s Own Tablets for hor baby and advised me to try @hom. I got a box andi after giving the Tablets to the baby a few t‘ mes h~ bogan to improve anl was soon woli. Ha is now a big, healthy baby anl wh. never hagets fretIul or dose no‘‘l.) wellI give him a Tablet ani ha is soon a@ll right again." guessed all wrong, than never to have guessed at all." Edgar continâ€" ued: "After that we met again"â€" deep attentionâ€""and again." Murâ€" murs of disappointment. "At last we became engaged." more valuable than it could have been in the old duays of his unregenerate contempt for â€" women. To hear my mentor browbeatenâ€" on . this subject was not altogether disagrecable to me, for I had a keen memory of his somewhat lofty tone of indulgenco to me in the old times. .. * ‘"‘Andâ€"erâ€"what induced you to take this step?" asked Fablan, in an inquistorial tone, which implied the addition, * without consulting us." He was lwld-lng a glass of sherry in his hand, and lwo looked at it as if he "As a setâ€"of[ against your advanâ€" tage of being judged by your own laws, we claim the right to exâ€" press our feelings each in his own manner," ‘explained â€" Fabian. °" Go on." "We entered into â€" conversation." Dead but excited silence. "I found she had read Browning‘"â€"Murmurs of disgust from Fabian, of incredâ€" ulity‘ from Browne; placid and vague murinur, implying illâ€"concealâ€" ed <nonâ€"apprehension, from Mr. Fusâ€" sellâ€""but did not understand him." Explosion of mirth, in which everyâ€" body joined. "I offered my services as some sort of interpreter." Sarâ€" donle laugh from Browne. "Merely on the assumption that a bad guess is better than none." Interpelliation from Fabian, ‘‘Tis better to have BABYV‘S FIRST TOOTH. Esls i C 0 mt g . a & The sudden changes of temperature at this season, when people are not clothed to protect themselves, are almoset sure to bring trouble, and one can never tell where a cold is going to end. It may wear away, but it is more likely to hold on and be added to by cold after cold, until some seriâ€" U it o o Cealag ND t 1 i. m‘xs elment is developedâ€"perhaps consumption or pneumoniaâ€"perhaps klidney dissase or liver complaint. The wise plan is to nip the trouble "The first cold I have had this fall,‘ you hear people say, &s they cough violently. And to hear the roughing you would think that comâ€" paratively few people have escaped it. To Es @7 uy BC nir c ies o io l sls dvtie s The Recent Cold Snap Responsible for Much Sicknessâ€"Relief and Cure is Obtainable by the Use of Dr. Chase‘s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. At this point I perceived that Maurice Browne was playing at chess with Mr. Fussell, while Fabian had disappeared. When the game was over, they iInsisted on our joining them at whist. Before we had played one game I began to grow nervous at Fabian‘s long absence, and Mr. Fussell, who was my partner, took history to contradict him, though we had doubts. He added that a book of his which was shortly to be brought â€"out would, he thought, do much â€"toâ€" bring â€"about a more â€"logical view of this matter, and to do away with the present viciqus, because "TF.â€"Furecih, Abe: . gerson t Mr. Fu t presen whose private conduct> would the least bear .close inspection, was sinâ€" cerely shocked, and wished to speak in the interests of morality, when Fablan broke in, too full of his own views to bear discussion of other people‘s. A little figure in pale pink stuff sprang up from a seat in the corner as we came in, letting a big volume of old fashioned engravings fall from her arms. It was Babiole, who had been too deep in her discovery of a new book to expect us so soon. She gave a quick glance at the window by which she had prepared a way of escape, but seeing that it was too late, she came forward a few steps w*thout confusion and held out her hand to Fabian, who seemed â€" much . struck with the impnrovement two years had brought about in her appearance. Then, after receiving the greetings of the rest, she excused herself on the plea that her mother was waiting for her at tea, and made a bow, in which most of ue saw a good deal of grace, to Maurica Brown, who held open the door for her. ‘‘Marriage," he assorted, in his exâ€" citable manner, ‘‘for princes, for dukes, Tor grocers, and, in fact the general rabble of humanity, is not a choice, but a necessity, according to the present state of things, which I see no pressing neeg to alter. But for the chosen ones of the earthâ€"the arâ€" tists"â€"involuntarily I thought of Mr. Elimerâ€"*"by which I, of course, mean all thosse who, animated by some spark of the divine fire, have obeyed the call of Art, and given their enerâ€" gies to her in one or another of her highest formsâ€"for us artists, I say, marriage is so much an impediment, so much an impossibility, that I unâ€" hesitatingly brand as mockâ€"artists those ficdlers, mummers and paintâ€" smudgers who prefer the vuigar Joys of domestic union to the savage indeâ€" pendence and isolation which Artâ€" truo Artâ€"imperatively demands. The wife of an artistâ€"for as long as the pure soul of ag. artist remaing weighted by a gross and exacting body, as long as he has dinners to be cooked, shirtâ€"buttons to be sewn on, and desires to be satisfied, he may have what. the world calls a wife ; thut wife must be content with the position of a kindlyâ€"treated slave." . At this point there arose a tumult, and somebody threw a cork at him. He wanted to say more, but even Browne, who had given him a little qualified applause, desired to hear no more; and, amid kindly assurâ€" ances, that hanging was too good for him, and that it was to be hoped Art would make it hot for him, and so forth he sat down, and I, perceivâ€" ing that we were all growing rather warm over this subject, suggested a move to the drawing room, into which I had had the piano taken. | I explained that she was beautiful, romantic, inexperienced ; that her head was still full. of _ silkyâ€"locked princes and moated castles, or with creatures of her fancy little less imâ€" possible ; all sorts of dreamâ€"passions were seething in her girl‘s brain, I knew, for I understood the little creature with a desperate clearâ€" ness of vision, which * only seemed to make her more inaccessible to me. If 1 could only conquer that terrible diffidence, that overwhelmâ€" ing‘awe that her fairyâ€"like ignorance and innocence of the realities of life imposed upon me, I felt that I could plead my cause with a fire and force that would surmount even that ghastly obstacle of my hideous face ; but then, again, fire and force were no weupons to use against the indifâ€" ference of childlike innocence ; and to ask her in cold blood to marry me without making her heart speak first in my favor would be monstrous. She had looked upon me till lately as she would have looked upon her grandâ€" father, and this unsatisfactory affecâ€" tion had given place lately to a reâ€" serve which was even more unpromâ€" ising. FEdgar listened to me, did not deny the enormous fascination of a young mind one has one‘s sell helped to form, but thought that I should resist it, and was rather indignant that I had not taken the opportunity of her father‘s visit to rid myself of _ mether and daughter toâ€" gether. He inclined to the idea that the two unlucky women were imâ€" posing on my â€" generosity _ and were determined to make "a good thing" out of me, and it was not unâ€" til I had spent some time in exâ€" plaining minutely the footing upon which we stood to one another that his prejudices began to glive way. _ As Browne then made a rush to the piano, I lost no time in taking Edgar on one #ide under the pretence of showing him an article in a review, and in unburdening mysel{ to him with very little preface. I was in love, honelessly in love. He guessed with whom at once, but did not un« derstand my difficulty. MANY COUGHS AND BAD COLDS. ‘"‘She seems a modest, intelligent little girl ; she has every reason to be grateful to you, even fond of you. Why should you be so diffident ?" * found to glve good results is where ‘ the meadow or pasture is ploughed 'ln August, the sod being turned to ‘ma depih of 34 or 4 inches only. Imâ€" | mediately after ploughing, if in a _iry time, the land is rolled, then _ harrowed with a light harrow. It | is _ then left untouched until grass and weeds start to grow i when it is again harrowed, care being exercised to prevent the sod being ‘ disiupoed. The harrowing or cultivatâ€" ing proccsés is continued at intervals as the weed seeds germinate, until October, when by means of a (3â€"plough gang) doulle mould board plough the |lurtuce soil, to a depth of about 4 inches, is put into drills about 22 Inches apairt and 8 to 10 inches high. This is found to be a most satisfacâ€" tory proparation ol the soli for corn, roots or grain, Where grain is sown, the soil is ready for seeding at a conâ€" siderably earlier date than where late fall ploughing is practised. If along with this system of shallow cultivation a proper rotation is adopted, most excellent results are sure to follow. As Clover is the Only Crop which, while giving a profitalle harâ€" vest, st‘ll scorves to enrich rather than to impoverish the soil, it is eviâ€" dent that clover should take a promâ€" inent placse in August rotations in this country. With this fact in mind, a few rotations suitable for tho imâ€" proving of our lainds may be offered, as Tollows : Not that there is any scarcity of cough â€" mixtures, but because this preparation is more than a mereo cough cure, has stood the test of time, and never had such an enorâ€" mous sale as it has toâ€"day. ‘This we consider the strongest evidence of Its worth as a treatment {for coughs and colds. * Composed as it is of linseed, turâ€" pertine and half a dozen other inâ€" grediants of known virtue in the cure of colds, this rem~dy is farâ€"reaching in the bud"by promptly curing the cough and cold before it fastens itâ€" sgelf on the vital organs, and in this connection we suggest Dr. Chase‘s Byrup of IAinsecd and Turpentine. For many years farmers in Eastern Canada were grain growers merely. Necessity forced the inception of such a eystem ol agriculture. Habit. and ignorance prolonged the practice of such â€" farming. The _ wonderful strength, and seemingly inethaustiâ€" ble fertility of the soil made its long contir:uance possible. The dircovery of the possibilities of the Northwest and the gradual exhaustion of our fields called a halt. Live Stock Far:aing, the system making the smallest deâ€" mands o2 soil fertility, is rapdly eupplanting grain growing. Partsof nearly every {arm are now much betâ€" ter in condition than they were a few years ago; and, further, such i@ nature‘s wonderful recuperative power, since the partial cessation of the tremendous drain of grain exâ€" portation the average crop return for Eastern Canada have gone up very considerably. But, as every {farmer knows, even live wtock farmâ€" ing long continued means a gradual loss of fertility unless considerable food other than that produced _ on the farm is fed to stock and the manâ€" uwre properly cared for and utilized. This fact bhas led to a study of the methods for cheaply restoring lost fertility: and pro.itably culitivating to.ls so that ‘"improved, rather than impoverished," may be the annual verdict. It is impossible to discuss the subâ€" ject exhaustively in such an article as this, but While I had been arguing with Edâ€" gar the necessity of delicacy in makâ€" ing love to a young girl, Fabian had dashed into the breach, and now bore the trophy of a first success on his breost. Their Plight Worse. * (Philadelphia Press.) "He‘s been ta‘king gold so much lately he seems to be actually goâ€" ing crazy." 0| e e "Gracious! ‘Then what must be the condition of the people he‘s been talking to?" I had trumped his trick, revoked, and done everything clse that I ought not to have done, before the missitg Fablan came back in a torâ€" nado of high spirits, and with a tiny white Beotch rose at his buttonhole. Now there was only one Scotch roseâ€"bush in the garden, and it grew by the porch of the cottage and was Babiole‘s priâ€" vate property. When the hand was played out I got Fabian to take my place, for my fingers shook so that I could not sort my cards. "Did you see what was played, Mr. Maude ? to leaning over the table as soon as I put down a card, and with one finger fixed viciously in the green cloth, and his starting eyes peering up into my face over his double eyeglass, saying in sepulchral voiceâ€" A4â€"year rotationâ€"1, corn and roots or peas, 2, grainy 3, clover hay, 4; hay or pasture. f bamigs : B 5â€"year rotationâ€"1, grain with 10 Ibe. clover seed to plough down for fertilizors, 2, corn and roots, 3, grain, 4, clover hay, 5, hay or pasture. 6â€"year rotationâ€"Same as Gâ€"year, but Jeft one year longer in pasture. The reason for surface cultivation 8â€"year rotationâ€"1, grain, 2, clover hay, 3, pasture. ;\ J § 3â€"year rotationâ€"1, corn and roots, 2, grain, 3, clover hay. C ue ilan of Culitivation (To be Continued.) ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Chlldren delight to take Dr. Cha Byrup of Tinseed and ‘Turpent and it is a positive cure for cre bronchitls, whooping cough, cou; and colds; 25 cents a bottle, at dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & There are many imitations of Dr. Chase‘s Byrup oi Iinseed and Turâ€" pentine, so be careiul when buying and look for the portrait and signaâ€" ture of Dr. A. W. Chas» on ‘*he wrapper. This is the strongest guarâ€" antee any medicine can have. in action, and positively cures fl sold as well as giving prompt re to coughing, hoarsencses, sore throat, etc. 4 and the use of such short rotations as given above is to increase the quantity of and place properly the chief factor making for soil fertility, Dead vegetable matter exposed to moisture and warmth soon breake down to a form called humus or black earth, the factors above mentloned. Our prairie and newly cleared soils bontain immense quantities of this material. Exposure to heat and the intermixture of earthy matter serve to waste. Thus, repeated grain m:( with deep . ploughing the conditions best calculâ€" ated to dissipate this matter most rapidly and most effectively. P Its Functions. The {functions of this common, yet easily lost, substance are varied and important. Being, as anyone can find out for, himself, of the nature of a sponge, it retains the moisture in a dry time; but will allow all supâ€" erfluous water to rapidly and harmâ€" lessly percolate to the lower soil layers. It hoids loose, porous solls together, and so otherwise ioose sands become staple and provide a good root hold for plants. It rendâ€" ers dense, impermeable soils open and porous, permitting the free cir= culation of air and water and allow»â€" ing the weak rootlets to penetrate the erstwhile impenetrable space in search of food, In brief, it is the chief requirement of good physical conmdition in our soils. It contains much plant food, since it is really vegetable matter, and a large perâ€" centage of this food is in available forms. It aids also in the conversion of the nonâ€"available forms of the cleâ€" ments of fertility into available forms. Further it retains near the surface the dissolved plant food which must oOtherwise have sunk inâ€" to the subâ€"soil. Meliow and Rich in Mumus. The great crops produced by newly cleared fMlelds and prairie lands exâ€" emplify this, as Joes also the rank growth of plants in our forests, where the subsoil is never stirred, or where the annuals and smaller perennials must Gepend for their nourishment upon the surface soil alâ€" most exclusively. It would, thereâ€" fore, seem to be clear that availâ€" able plant food should be near the surface of our fThelds, and that our surface soil should be in particuâ€" larly good physisal condit‘on of (New York Evening Journal.) Mrs. Meektonâ€"What do you chinok, James ? Mother says she wants to tbe cremated. Jamesâ€"All right. Tell her to get her things on, and I‘ll take her down now. C ‘The most important sources of humus on the average farm . are farmyard manure and crop residues. Upon the proper aplication or use of these materials depenmds the fuâ€" ture of Canadian agriculture. _ Where the supply of humus is lim« Ited its location becomes a very imâ€" portant consideration. How, most of our crops draw the greatest part o their food from the surface soil, for, while some roots of most plants penetrate to a considerable depth, most roots ol all plants are near the surface. Plants of nearly &Il descriptions thrive best where e surface soil is y Lady Jane Grey was pleading her youth for the indiscretion of havyâ€" ing claimed the crown. ‘"Your Majesty must know," she said, "that you can‘t put an old head on young s#houlders." ‘"‘That may be," retorted Bloody Mary, ‘"but I can take any kind of head off any kind of shoulders"â€" How to secure these two requireâ€" ments of rapid, rank and desirable plant growth must, therefore, be the first consideration of every woulkdâ€"be successful farmer. Expertâ€" ment and long practisne seem to prove that shallow cultivation and some rotation, more especially the three year or the four year in dry districts, and the five year in raing districts, are most serviceable in increasing, the humus in the surâ€" face soil, and so "improving the phy#cal condition" ; which means "Increasing the productivity" of our fields. J. H. Grisdale, Agriculturist, Central Exp»rtimental Farm, Ottawa. ‘"She has certainiy married an Ad soak," remarked a bystander. At this the Campanile so shook its sldes with laughter that in a brief thousand years it fell down. "But isn‘t that rather expensive?" asked the Lilly of the Nileâ€" "Yes, I know," repliecd the doughty Roman, ‘"but it was the only way I could get enough policemen for her."* The Doge had just cast a riog inâ€" to the Adriatic, thus wedding Venice to the sea. Antony had given to the ccok who arranged his banquet to Cleoâ€" patra the present o{ a city. MHe Was Very Kager. History Rewritten. %9 i $ 4* $4