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Tktd NOT STEALING ELP MY BABY." May Be 1 Com Appeal to Her water, " eoi- es, the t. and ' steel shor- " and " be- doors Jckled n e Per- Ihappy amau mug pub little mu the n " ah " 1h to stid Ind ‘lle ful ittie " new mu t 'm "" in: Mr Mr. the “as rm m " he or K n r, CHAPTER XXXVII. " Show In“! pox-hap- stated he- fori'." Mr. L lghton continued. "that at noon as ' was able. I wound up "I! father’s affairs In Sidney. as well an I could. and then started Imm‘dsately tor London,to uncertain That gem .ment Ipould matte tf"'. I was kindly masked by the (Inn with whom we had been dealing, had a. long talk with them, stating plain- U the predicament in which I found myself, and asking for their forbear- ance until I had time to recover trom my itl-iuck. I found them most courteous and conper:ste--yorttler they artt-Maggrs. Saunderson & Richards. wool merchants. of Lon- don," the narrator r-xpiaincd. and indicating by a gesture the strang- ers who enterrd with the attorneys. "Thee commaalonod me to go to American and uncertain what terms I could make with the New York branch. giving me letters ot intro- duction and recommendation to them, and encouraged me with the assurance that they twbeved that tho whole business could he umicabg and satisfactorjy SOUL-LL I mcord. ugly can d Immmliatuly and arrived t.ni.New, yoNHato in June or last year. I interviewed the members ot that branch. bat was told that they mutt 2mm time to consider the proposi- tions made by the London nrm. It then occurred to me that, while I was waiting, I would look up the daughter ot my, father‘s old Iriend and former partner. Not, I assure you,” interpoued the young man. darting a quick glance at Florence. "with the in vention of referring. even in the remotest manner to the plans that our parents had once enter- mined tor us; for my position at that time did not warrant any thought or marriage, and my pride would have revoked against the loan of aspiring to the hand of any nun Tor the sake of money}; but I had a desire to meet Miss Richardson: amply because she was the child ot my father's old friend. " toarned that her guardian. Mr. Ydsater, lived some miles out of town, and one evening I took the train and started forth to make my call. The day had been intensely warm, and the air was still hC-zu'y and life- Isa, and, before 1 was awarn of it, I fell asleep in the var and ‘was carried several miles heyzind my .1 guination. ' "on allghtinx. I found them was no train back until after ten o'elock. It was ten nearly eight. and dense l‘lili.d3 in the west, with occasional {ma-hes ot lightning, portended a :fum'cr. I went to a livery stable and hired a horse. telling the owner my errand and asking him to direct :2: _ how to find my way back to “the . min I had passed. My plan was to Wild TEA. “when Mince "actsti. TENDEREST‘ ages. mut- lnlzos every process oethoir manuiaetar. and cum SEALS'thon! in LEAD PACKETS to PRESERVE the FUL.L FLAVOR. Ne wonddr tBr BEST I. awe RIBBON TEA. TRY THE its!) LABEL. ' ., ." . 5,4 di', i EU my "It was all so quickly done." Mr. Leighton proceeded, without notic- ing the interruption, "I had no time to reason clearly. and before I scarcely realized my position, the trembling little bride and her at- tendant were standing beside me and the clergyman had begun the ser- vice. I could not distinguish the features of either of the ladies. tor both worn spotted lace veils, and the place was very dimly lightou--to avoid attracting atten- tion, m1 I supposed. I knew; that tho real groom was liable to appear at any 'rrvetant; but I was boiling with indignation, and determined to denounce and expose him. and qty I resolved to carry out the farce un- til ho did come, and then hate it out with,' him. It did not occur to me that he might not come at all," tho young man observed. with some show of emotion, as he again glanced at Florence. "I looked tor hhtt--.1 listened tor him every in- stant. scarce Lending what the clergyman was saying, and golng tl.rone;h with my part of tho cere- mony mechanically. It war. only when the ring wan called for that I hogan to realize to what ex- tent I was: carrying the farce. I was appalled! I had no wedding ring! What should I do! How nc- count for my remissttrrss'l Should I stop the service then and there and explain everything! Such were were some ot the (unconnected thoughta that illttnl through my brain. Then. guided more by in- "'rnct than reason. as I hastily fumbled in my vest pocket, my fingers suddenly ' came in contact with----" and save the poor. misguided 'tttie brfdb, if I could, I‘stepped forth from my place ot concealment, when to my amazement. they seized upon me as the belated bridegroom. and hurried me inside the gloomy church. and straight to the altar." _ Florence here interpozed. almost wildly, m1 sho Sprung breathlessly to lwr feet, and confronted hha, every pnrtimlv or color recoding from bsur tace, while her agnnized eyes snarchml " with an eager, appealing look. Ire turned to her with exceeding gentleness.- "Blast you! I suspected as much when I found out I" the prisoner here interposed, but abruptly paus- ed 31nd dropped intorhis old attlttyle. “Yes, Miss Richardson, here was a ring," Jro replied; "a queer little affair, composed of three strands braided together and fastened with n. small Pluto upon which some (nook characters were engraven. and which signify “Love and Bape.' It beronged to my mother-she gaVe id to ma huly a short time :before Stax died. It was a peculiar relic that had bent in her fatally tor more than a hundred yearn, and she requested me to keep it and pass it down to my son should I ever have one." r "Tho ring! There was a ring '. Do- scribe it-oh, describe iti" "All! Than” am glad that I can rmtoro ht to you," said Florence. am an» nvrvoualy extended one hand, and, opening It. showedhint tho ring upon her palm. Tho moment he had begun to tell about taking refuge in the church by tho roadside on that tempestu- om June evening, the mystery ot the strange marriage ceremony was solved tor her. and, slyly untusten- ing the chain about her neck. she had slipped the ring from it to re- turn it to him. - “Yes. that is the very ring," he observed, asia) took it from her; "bat Imever expected to sea it. again-I never knew, until this hour, when I heard yonder adven- turer claim you as his wife and so,cruell_v expose that long-kept sec- ret, upon whose hand Iliad placed Lt "But ho told me that it had be- longed tom; mother," said Florence, indicating Andrews by a gesture; "he described " to me only the night before last, and it was thls tact alone that made me tear, tor tho itrst time. that roaslbly after all. my brain had been halt turned with fear and fever, as he claimed, and I had LmngMed a stranger stood beshle m that night. Even now I cannot understand how he knew it was in my posses-lam! or I have kept it concealed mast 580- redly from every one." - _ _ "AL.' in Mas through that any." qlto exclaimed. mitt: sudden comic. tiott."Slwhtss watched no constant- ly ever since I came to the movie". Tell me," ‘zhe commanded, imper- iously. as she turned toward Anna, "have x013 seen this ring before and did you fell Mm about " t" The girl meet-ed again. . "Yes," the retorted, With an 1n- pudent to" of her head; “I was hating! the curtains or 'oar, Md on. morning. and 1mm you looklnl at it. Perhaps it may be Interesting to as. company to}, lint In” Richard-on ttein whim [mu . chain next her heart, an " "man too mud to be tuned gunman em.“ tho girl concluded. with, . Donne, A sneerusg “the laugh from An- nu Folsom at this moment caused Florynce to glance toward her. -- W ' “All! now, it is any to understand habr Andrews was enabled to describe to. rlng so accufately to Tou," Mr. ughton observed, as'the two dis- apgearcd Irma the; room. "The girl. having. soon it in your. possession. 0mm give him some ideas“. it, when bonus; Instantly have recognized it. tor he had seen it a. great many times upon my mother) finger, and knew Its history. It must lmve been quite a. revel ,tion, 44 Well as a shock to him, for it doubtless explained to him at once the mystery that had hitherto surrounded the ceremony that took place In Rosedale chapel. and told him who the stranger was who had acted the put ot the grown upon that occasion.” "To go back to that scene in the chapel," the young man resumed. and still addressing 'Florence; "when my fingers came in contact with this ring, I mechanically anew it forth and passed it to the clergyman. who hurriedly iinirlted the c. remony. and stilt the missing hridrgioom had not come. I was apalled-my brain was inn. Fhtrl--.'otg knew that the whole anal: had been 'but a. sacreligious farce. and in (another moment I shall” have omesaed tho pzrt that I had played ; but you turned sudden- ly to me and began to beg me to take you home. Your entreaties were abruptly terminated with a cry of terror, just as a tearful crash ot thunder shook tho building to its foundations, and you fell fainting Into my armq, which I extended to save you. I carried you quickly from the place and put you into the car- riage, telling the driver to get you home with all possible dispatch. Then I turned back to have it out with the p=rson who had acted as best man. He had just secured the certificate from the clergyman. I demanded it ot him, for I knew that it should not be allowed to exist. and. as I spoke, he realized tor the first time tha.t I was a stranger. He was greatly disturbed tor an in- stant, but he refused to give me the paper-ho ram-am! to enlighten me re.- garding; your identity, although a foiiowoJ him to the door, demanding your name. There he eluded me, sprang noon the carriage and was gom- ieToro I could detain him. “I then returned to the church, to interview the clergyman, hoping to clear the matter up through him, hut tho sexton told me he had qone-. having left try the rear door. I in- quired where he lived, intending to follow him: but the man said he did not know-he was " strange minis- tor from out of town, there being no resident rector there just at that time. Thus I was baffled at every point and Wade never able to learn tho identity of her with whom I went through that farce on that tompestuous summer night. As it was them much too l'tte IOI' me to wo on and make my oall, I rode di- rectly back to the town, where I had procured my horse, spent the night there, and the next morning made a recond attempt to call upon tho daughter of my father's old friend. But a; I drew new Mr. Sea.- mr's residence. I found awry blind on the front of the house closed. and tntt..bark spread upon the street infers tha door. I knew, of course. there; must be amigos linens within, and so went away train withzut (you making any inquiries, and thinking that perhaps later I would make an- other effort. But I had taken a se- Tere cold on the night previous, and On my return to Now York I was at- tacked by my old enemy. which had so nearly cost me my life the year before, and for several weecka I was an inmate of a. hospital‘ the proprie- tor of the hotel “more I was stop- ping declaring he could not have a lever piti'mt in the house. It was nearly five week; before I was able to get out again, and then I devot- ed myself to the business which had brought me to America. After a. few days the New York firm inform.. ed me they had decided to atrccpt the proposition of the London firm. and, thin matter settled, I determined to sail tor England the following Wed- liesday. He glanced at ths man as he spoke. and the guilty color that surged up to his brow plainly betrayed _that his surmises were correct. "Netr,ntirne, I “nought I would look up Andrew and demand of him the papers which I knew he had stolen. I old not get track of him until two days before I was to sail, when I learned that he was located for the summer In th, town where Me. Bea- vcr had his country home. It was evening. when I arrived at the place. and Anarews was out. But I was de- termined to nee him. and insisted upon awaiting his return. He found mo in hls room when he came. and was as startled as if one had aud- denly risen from the dead before him. tor, until that moment, he had believed me to be dead. We had a. stormy interview tor he re- fused to restore the papers I de- manded. end when I taxed him with palmlng himself oft as my father's son. and threatend to expose him. he only sneered at me and said that would be a. difficult matter, since he had everything to prove his poll- tion, and I would only. make myself ridiculous. : “I realized the truth of this, and disgusted and discouraged, I rut.. ally left him, without even rider.. ring to that clandestine marriage and taxing him with trying to de- ceive an innocent girl, as I had (all, intended to do. I found I .wus help- less. at that time, to prove anything: but I resolved that an soon as , won m-nly. reestablished In Maine. t would make another effort. and, backed by the London firm or Ebo- demon a Richard; who tspd " in their power to Identify! no. I be- lieved I should be able to mow my cousin up u a rogue and "tab- tintt_ttusett. an Walter Carrol Leigh- "Then 3m! would hare been tho hott. to t " " am. If the R0" of Mr June- had new: been cinema-u." to-' m Q LE?" _. ".. "t . C." .f ".' l,Y" , 'Cr"-.". ' 'l." '"-2t 4: ”‘1 t., “v "',s l , ’ c,.",-. JsQrs if“ ' . vie'r-vc- I '. -. , ' _ .'.- -o .w_ it Pdi2d L"ik"i 'rabi', A N aNrt_Bisepvttu' Jri'ltagtl - - ti, tb t "eatrite,"dhiriiitttidiitiji - " - .73 Ill E 2 _ 'f¥e3," ttte.ggtel 'rAtamtr-rrtt1iNc."l4't ' la _ It. he in: mother who pay ulnar lo . V a . I!!!” Page's father: there it not a ' V drum of Vincent blood in Andrews‘ The 'el.' . pains. Oa my return to NW York mm' of b, n .s.t on the evening rounds; the inter- i during th [j t my New with Muir-Hrs; L round, ull l pend" 1 ns 1 { glancing over we Wpst'ld, the; names- graders . us! r-.ltrf Mr, and Mrs. Aiaser and Eli-01;“. mike ' "iPIorerice Rxchardsoxi as bobbed ' to l fo'r 1905 / 'or y I mil for Europe up6n the same steam- t & surve'y b, th It 1 arm which I contemplated Hiking .;101‘tbern ' B'tl :t Passage. Now, I thought I would fodder a» int d, have a fine opportunity, to ascertain ties of glin y what the daughter or my JatherU te _ -- f, y' former partner was like. But I re- lmf. r tlg? y arolsed that 1' Mould not force myself Prl"ym" V _ 'er‘ " if; .391: tr.attir. _ Prim' It “may? liothEr itf/',attts") to - {may Page‘s father', there in not a His-p.01 Vincent blood in Andrews“ {tom Ga my return to New York you the evening lone-(u “In later- isiew with Altar-“rs; k found. lt" I glancing over the World. ttutnthqiits. form; and In. Semen and Mina f Florence Richards-an as booked ' to mil tor Europe upon the same steam- er-in which I contemplated taking passage. NOW, I thought I would have a line opportunitx to aseseNairt what the daughter ot my .lather's . former partner was like. But I re- solved that I' (would not force myself upon her at all; I was poor, . she was rich; and'if she should learn who I was she might be embarras- sed hi: my presence. Besides, I rea- soned. she mitrht'posurih1y. have met the mu who claimed my name. and that might occasion unpleasant com- plications. Accordingly, I engaged my manage under an assumed name, _ or rather br simply transpoeing my names and calling myself W. L. Cars rol. Miss Richardson and I did not become acquainted until the voyage was nearly over. but even than I never dreamed that she was the poor little bride who had stood beside me in Rosedaie chapel. That incident was becoming like a dream to me, and I believed that no one would ever discover that I had been con- nected with it in any way. But g was destined to be disappointed in this, tor almost tho first person I met on hoard the steamer was Mr. Merrill, yonder, who had acted as ,best man. and we instantly recog- nized each other.” . Atuso1ute1y Necessary to Health, Strength and Comfort-Good Blood Banish“ Disease. People with rich, red blood do not feel the cold of winter. 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I took the pills for about a month longer and every symptom of my trouble was gone. and I have since enjoyed the best of health." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure after doe. tors and hominon medicines have failed because they netually make new rich blood, and so strengthen all the organs and braee up the nerves. That is the way they cure indigestion, kidney and liver troubles. rheumatism. nervousnesg, neuralgia. palpitation of the heart. St. Titus' Mnee, partial paralysis and the secret ailments that fill the lives of so many women with misery. Do not take any pills without the full name. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," on the wrapper around each box. Sold hy all medicine dealers or sent by mail at 50 rents n box or six boxes for 82.60, hy writing tthe Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brookville, Ont. "Why! now I understand some- thing that has always puzzled me," murmured Florence, as she recalled the shock that had quivered through Addison Merrill that morning when they had encountered Mr. Leighton on the upper deck. (To be continued.) A Craft to Take the Place of a $3,000,000 Bridge Soon to be Built. mu is beyond doubt the largest ferryboat tn the world, says J. B. Moore in The American Inventor, is owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and is used in transferring trains across (Iarquinoz Straits in Centra Costa County, Cal., between Benieia and Port Costa. . Thin colossal craft is christened the Solano. The boat is not only large in dimensions, but also in power. The So- lano has a net tonnage of 3,057 tons; is 430 feet long, 110 feet wide. and has a mean draught of 15 feet. Her two en- gines have a combined strength of 2,000 I. H. P. This ferrybont is larger than most of the great battleships of the United States or other nodes. The maintenance of this transfer boat involves a. vex-x heavy expense to the railroad compeny. A bridge is the only solution of the Problem; n suspension bridge of n mile In length would be too cont y to be feasible for n printe cor- porntion, end . draw bridge would prove n eerions chuck to navigation. Bow. ever, . number of surveys have neatly been made new“ the Strait to ascertain the leaned the batten: Bridge "I." The Solano transfers. on an average 10,000 trains a year-that is, all sorts of trains. Often the boat carries. forty large, heavily loaded freight core at one trip. Not less than fourteen trains are handled each day. The boat has made as high as forty-two trips during the twenty-four hours. Owing to the great length of this bout, it is unnecessary to ever cut a train, as she frequently car- ries a. full train of cars, ineluding two tracks extending the entire length, so that four trains may be aeommodated at one time. A _ The Solano has four smokestacks and steel boilers. The two engines work en- tirly independent-one to each huddle- wheel. This monster craft is constantly on duty--dn,r and night. At the crossing point Corquinoz Strait is about a. mile wide, and it requires from eleven to thir- ten minutes to make a trip each 'mr-- from slip to slip. On an Ivernge, about thirty trips per day are made. So sys- tematically and swiftly are the tripe scheduled that there is very little, if any. delay to the many trains. Thousands of passengers travelling each way ere trons- terred every day. - __ by. just been founded to "the" "wnr Department for culmination. According to the pun! submitted. the bridge wilt be Amo fest long. There will be a draw 20tt (at wide in the eleae on each side RICH WARM BLOOD. MONSTER BOAT. I IAHHU my The ar ty of get . . unleu t cond"i Innate I (0111' ot ble 't%tuttttgat, but. ('dt',ti?,'tf/i;'egat 311% [m}i~= t two yearn and the ex- , Vitality of seed corn, bated in the weave I as horned ‘hy many corn ', Laboratory lest year here, ftrr con to ,growerl, used seed of yer? vital. ceived in the (for, M per cent., end tor , ity mike question at ' dime seed l shelled corn, ar per cent. l tor "N. re 't"ipaT'lliSi'll'l'n'teerT.'ir'. It is much to he recommended then " my the '*eniltttrle supply at that, wherever possible, tnmen obtain northern 1m seed of this important their supplies of seed corn in the nor fodder _ indicates thnt the dittiuul- only. To meet the demand for need ties 'of. ng good need will be even corn in this condition gr0BM" would do - yen than during the two well to adopt the It le of _ we lprevious s. The best varieties tor ttt is and for fill pum $6e fodder or silnge purposes, slang the we: of low- and Illinois. Th3 ante Inadhern hit of the corn belt in Can, is two feet nine. inches long, one toot . ode, Titt',tter, of the "Want" type. wide. and one [not deep, and is made In the hide of Ottown only a few of half inch lumber three “when in width. special stains of the "Dent" varieties Its capacity. io one bushel, or between ! give =S'.?"111t" for‘ensilnge in the n\'- I one hundrer and one hundred nnd twen- ierlge y J, ty ears. If the corn an he nlnntod in Union tely tor progress in corn raising inland: our supplies of seed have been drawn largely from the cm- try toN Iouth and have been of types and va ie. that required a longer sea- son to tire than " afforded in some of our hat dairy districts, where tne corn a? is most needed and most valu- able. , , '0 have a number of very good men who are making a specialty of grow- ing corn for the purpose of seed along Lake Erie, and who have a limited quan- tity of good seed for sale this year. The Canadian Seed Growers' Association has .taken up in a business-like way the matter of creating a supply of reliable seed corn, and it may be said that the future ises for a permanent basis of suppiy of a high-class article and of varieties that are exceptionally well suited for ensilago and fodder purposes in all parts of Canada where corn can be grown, with success. The cost of the small quantity of seed corn that is required to plant an acre, in comparison with the cost for labor in cultivating and handling and the ul- timate value per acre of a good crop, would seem tome ke it clear that the best available seed of the most satisfactory type and variety should be obtained at any reasonable cost. It would be much better for Canadian farmers if they were able to obtain their supplies of seed mm in the ear; they would then have a tair idea of what they were getting. While in the ear, the danger of injury to the vitality of the seed from damp and its after effects is reduced to n minumum. Corn that is shelled by a machine and left in sacks for six weeks or more will seldom germinate more than 75 per cent.. of the pivot pier. The average depth of water along the line of the proposed bridge is about twenty-seven feet. The plans provide for a single track, with the floor of the bridge twenty feet above low tide. It is cstimated that such I structure will cost at least $3,000,000. It would be the most expensive bridge west of the Missouri River. It is generally conccde that an the very heavy traffic is constantly increas- ing, in a few years at farthest a. coutly bridge will span Garquinoz Strait.” _ is spilled or wasted; you know dust how big a dose has reached the lit 9 atom- ach. As a romedyJor all the ills of babyhood and childhood arising from derangements of the stomach and bowels Baby's Own Tablets have no equal. Mrs. E. A. Jewers, Mitchell Buy, N. 8.. says: Pretty Entertainment That Can beGiven With Little Trouble. A clever entertainment for March is to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a. unique house affair, which can be ar- ranged without much fun and feathers or on as elaborate a sale as desired. A church or chlrit entertainment can reap a harvest by charging a. small fee and edditional for meals, or . larger one might include refreshments. my: Eliza- beth W. Morrison, in the Much House- keeper._ - _ - Portia-es and window draperies of em- erald green cheese cloth or crepe paper will pay for the trouble, and the cloth an be utilized afterward in housekeep- ing uses. Irish flags should we“: from every _gnihb!e space. The severe frost during the early part of last autumn rendered the bulk of the corn crop in Ontario absolutely use- less for the purpose of seed. A belt about a mile in width along the North. ern shore of Lake Erie was affected only slightly, and from some sections in this district there is a supply of very good seed. A Pleasant Medicine, Which All Children Witt Take Readily. You do not have to coax and threaten to get the little ono's to take Baby's Own Tablets. The 91130 with which they are given as compared with Ite. medi- cinesy'ill appeal t? every. mot tr. None " thing the tablets a. blessing to both mother and children, n I find them n cumin cure for all the ills to which little ones are subject. I do not know how I could get on without them." Sold by nll medicine dealers or by mail at Me. . box by addressing the Dr. W11. liaml Medicine Cd., Brockville, Ont. Oxalis can be used to simulate sum. rock, and a. pot enveloped in white crepe paper, tied with green, will be I dainty finish to the newel post or table centre. The green and white chains of piper, which one an buy " any novelty store, will come in handy to form n canopy in the dining room for the table. 'l'beteeeptioneommitee.ifforelerge entertainment. can he out-ed h her- mywihtbemgthemm- in: NEW der, - trite and ,rtth-ibltoattox. Titania-I hair had on the heat a kid: harp made of shined ribbon with gold tinsel strings. The mid: who serve " C. bar or in the dining room than” In" - ...-.n.. ”ww- w"! HIM. mteh mun-M Probanly the next largost railroad terryboat in the world is the giant steel transfer North Pacific. This boat is employed in thtuuierring the Northern Pacific Railroad Company's trains corona the great Columbia River on their trom- continental line to Portland, on-tre- tween Kahuna and Globe Point. Very recently n large transfer boat was launched It Detroit, Mich., concern- ing the size of which there was much press comment. However, it any be stated that the great {erryboat Solano is at least one hundred feet longer than the new Detroit boat. " BABY'S OWN TABLETS. FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY. TORONTO li M of Ion and niirUl '" Into is two feet nine. inche- long, on; toot wide. 1nd one toot deep, and In made of half inch lumber three indie. in width. Its capacity. in one bushel, or between one hund'rei'nnd one hundred and tgren. ty ears. It the earn can he hated m bills, this crate veil hold wrist seed for five years. While it is true that there may be some additional cost tor freight, on account of the weight of the cob and of the crate. and ttnt elm work is required in shelling the corn, these become insignificant rhea the dit. ferenee in value between an acre of ttood matured corn and an acre of unsatisfac- tory crop is considered. Seed Testis; on the lam. To find out whether seeds are capable of producing plants requires neither ex- pert knowledge nor special apparatus. Satisfactory material is to be found in every farm home. for making Minn. tion tests of practically any king! seed used on the farm. The simplest and most convenient way to teat need can and other cereal grains and meat of tho root crop and larger vegetable seeds is to place a number of them-- one hundred-between pieces of moistened blotting paper. mutton clannel or cloth; set them in an ordinntry dinner plate and invert another plate to cover them. The seed should be kept moist but not wet. The temperature of the average farm house living room would be quite suitable. but some care should be taken to guard against excessive heat or cold. All good strong seed of corn, cereal grains, olovers or timothy. thus treated, will have germinated at the end of five days. Very small seeds of the finer grasses, of some of the garden vegeta- bles and of beets or nmngols, may be germinated to better advantage by Beat- tering them in a saucer (belonging to a flower pot) that has been soaked in water, and set on a cloth that should be kept damp, or in a pan containing not. more than one-eighth of an inch of wat. er, the object being to keep the cancer moist. but not wet. If such I saucer be not available, a brick will answer the purpose as well. In germinating need- in an enrthen saucer they nay be ex- posed to the light, but not to the dirret rays of the sun. wear green ties and tiny Irish flags in buttonholes or typieal Irish costumes (an be hired at the e'ostttnterU. The than are full of suitable muvenirs. from kink pouto bonbon boxes. clay pipes and Bar- ney hats to Irish jaunting cam and tiny pots of imitation shamrock. To add to the confusion great vines and creeper: and hundreds of varieties of vegetable parasites overgrow the trunks. _ It is said that it is well-nigh impos- sible to cut down any one tree for pur- poses of enminstion, for the reason that the forest is so dense that there is insufficient room for the tree to full, even sfter its trunk Ins been out “tough. It would be necesssry to clear s greet spsce, and that is imprutiule from the standpoint of the naturalist or bots-let. he: the world is still to congestive 'ttmms of the wonders o! the tank forest. 'rheeenmsattoot1deraiatrtmtktq heaa,tnthefoemofiontrwordV Entity will lecture, delivered a. othe. - More the Anthmgolml 1itMttqtq, " 1240-! yr Je. . . The menu should carry out the general scheme. Spinach or green vegetable col- oring will produce any ahndo delired. and almond, pistachio and vanilla added Tropical Fore-to so Dense it in Difficult to Explore Them. According to an expert in the bureau of forestry of the Department of Agri- culture there is, cornparltjvely spenking, little known concerning tropical trem, and this despite the fact that natural- into end botanists ore contend, explor- ing the regions near the equator. u. deed, there must. be my hundred. of varieties that have been little known And than amenities! tr we; In the tropics, on the other hand, the case is exactly the opposite. Fore-ta composed of one variety of tree or even of only three or four hind. ere predi- uly unknown. So my different sort: of trees grow close together that fre- quently more than 100 varieties me be counted within e short rediul. tMI over all these grow together in greet confusion. They tower to extraordinary heights, each tree, it would new, striv- ing its best to reach the sunlight. Con- sequently the trunks ere extremely long and thin, because nah tree is reaching to get higher then its neighbor» in order to were the twilight o the primenl, tropic amt. Lewes end hunch” ere so confused that in may (meet: one one EYE?“ The bucking In - " the an. used: to cream. arid cakes. will prodGGC- iety, while mint ices, bonlrom and cyn- tnlized foliage will add ddntily to the feast. This curious fact is dire to the excep- tioml conditions of the tropicul fore-h. In temperate zones formta ue hirly open, and, generally waking, include trees of only n few varieties. Thus there are oak forests, hickory foresta, ete., but rarely any forests where more um! three or tour kinda of trees exist in any num- ber. Ee'heither sky nor suhlight for miles. the crown: of the trees interlacing Ind {aiming} Quick. impeqetfable roof. . Small cup cakes or cookies iced with white can be decorated with citron shanr rocks. hats and pipes, The darkest citnon is used for this, and after cutting in thin slices, lay in just enough to cover and simmer until a straw will pierce. it; drain and wipe dry; then out into shape with sharp scissors or knife. The hats are out into two pieces, and it is better to out patterns from stiff paper, which by on the citron shape. TREES BUT LITTLE KNOWN. W. A. ('lemom. B' I