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Mr. H- v.4 mm the (My. 80, be: . t x 0 went, it was agreed that the ladies should cross the rivet '60 New Brigh- . E'sholt; turned to Agnes with :v. smile. " \\ : A, say you? ” he asked. “ 0‘11, as for me, no 01le 7:» ‘ ~15 knows how I long to get out of 1}»; x; n- Um: stifling rooms," she replied, Iookirg ouL wearily excl-n»; the hot street. “I want to sit on the sands and watch the waves and to feel the cool sea-breeze. \Verc I to any other- wisv, I shoulti not be speaking the truth.â€" Don’t be angry, Aunt. Maria, but I feel as if I should never get well while I remain shut up 1: Mr. H- ,.\1 mm the drw. Miss Granby was silent, if not, convinced. Her mental pexturbation was great. At length she said : “ I will leave my niece to (lee! the question for herself. " “ Vliss Gmnby?” said Mr. i'lsholt more gravely than he had yet spike”, “ it is ab~ soluiely necessary, so I am given to under- stand, that your niece should have the beneâ€" fit of the seam-air. The means of obtaining what she requires are placed within your reach. Do you feel yourself justified, allow metoask. in refusing those means, and there- by i‘otm‘ding your nieee’s recover , and all for a slight quefition of obligation, as you choose to term it? Had your brother and mine been new alive, do you think that either of them would have hesitated to accept suoh a lingrutelle at Lhe hands of the other 1‘ \‘. hile the [neuma'y of their friendship is with us, do not, i beg, stand on such triil- ing obso ‘Vanecs. " nhliginw‘ mu very much into the bargain.” l‘llb‘b Maria’s fingers began to twitch and tremble, and f0 ‘ a moment or two she was unable to utter a. word“ Then she said : “ Bully, Mr. Esholb, while tlmnklng you sinrrsx'v‘y for your most genernus offer, .1 am com; ml to say that we shall be under the nvvcw My 01 declining it. Neither my niece nor :xly-Sf‘lf could think of putting Ou‘X'SBlVES under such an obligation to any une.” nu]. unym \u iu- nu i/uub l)ul‘ l “(I ll leCDuTe you on this subject some other day, and succeed in converting you, I trust, to a belief in a more charitable creed. For the present it is enough that I have found you, and you may rely upon it that I shall not readily lose sight of you again. 1 have been informed, how or by whom matte» s not, that Miss Agnes has been ordered to spend a month 01‘ two at New Brighton for the re-estahlish- ment of her health; and judging from her looks, I can well believe such to be the case. â€"â€"Now, listen, please. I have a cottage at New Brighton ready furnished, With a‘ housekeeper in charge of it. It was bought and fitted up for the use of my sister, who generally passes some weeks there ever summer. At present, however, she is in North Devon, and the coilage ‘5} empty. Now, if you and Miss Agnes will go and take up your abode there for so long a period as you choose to stay, you are truly and sincerely welcome to do so, and you will he nhlieii me very much into the bargain.” Miss . laria’s fingers began to twitch and tremble, and f0 ‘ a moment or two she was unable to utter a word. Then, she said : “ it illy, Mr. Esholt, while thanking you sii .rxreiy for your most generous offer, .1 am com lied to say that we shall be under the no es iiy oi declining it. Neither my niece nor .iiyself could think of putting ourselves under such an obligation to any one.” “ Miss Gummy,” said Mr. J'lsholt more gravely than he had yet synkcn, “ it is ab soluiely necessary, so I am given to under- stand, that your niece should have the beneâ€" fit of the seaâ€"air. rl‘he means of obtaining what she requires are placed within your reach. Do you feel yourself justified, allow metoasl in refusing those means, and there- luy Pnnt 1 n i week. The fascination grew upon him, and he could not resist itwit may he that he i‘ made no ell'ort to do so. It was something new to him, and he smiled when he thought of it, to find himself in the middle of the day longing for five o’clock to arrive; to find ' his thoughts, even when on ’(Jhange. veering ‘in the direction of the Cottage, while his i eye would glance up unconsciously at the 1 large clock visihlc thence and note the , slow lapse of time. The ladies were quite ‘ as eager to see him as he was to hasten to them. He occupied their thoughts and Iinonopohsed their conversation in a way which could not but have flattered him had he been aware of it, while his more power- ful mind dominated theirs and colored their lives far more than the" :â€" ixpected. The antrmn (1' Vs grew shorter, and Christmas was within measurable distance, but still Mr. Eshoit would not hear of the 1 ladies le viii}; New Brighton, \Vhonever Miss Ma .. ventured to breach the subject, 1 he put her down in a quick peremptory way which fluttered her lierves for an hour afterwards, and made her afraid to hint at such a thirg for at leusta week to come. His visits were still as frequent as at first 2 neither ‘ wind nor weather ke )t him away. He was regarded by both i. dies with a, feeiing of i lively friendshipâ€"a feelii which his every . word and action led them o believe was re- ‘ciprocated. Nothing in his speech or man- iicr betrayed anything be}, end that ; but all 1 his life he had been trained to conceal what- ‘ ever feelings it did not suit him to Show on ‘ the surface. He wore a in k habitually in 1 business, and it had become so far a sesond nature with him to do so that he often for get, or did not care, to lay it aside in pri- I Vate. l “ Fie IMiss Granby. I cannot agree with your philosophy at all. \Vlmt is a. friendship worth that will not, help to ward off the strokes of ill-fortune? But I will lecture you “ Mr. Esholb, sir,” replied the spinster, flushing painfully, “ you must; be aware that my niece and myself are no longer in the same. position that we were in two years ago nthat our worldly circumstances are now greatly narrowed. \Ve thought it only due to ourselves not to press our indigence on the notice of those who had known us under happier Circumstances.” “ Pray, Mr. Esholt," said Miss Maria, “ if I may venture to put such a question, by what means did you discover mu- humble mtreut ‘5” “ u ih, that’s an secret,"answered Mr. ltlsholt, 27ith a laugh, which I am bound under heavy pains and penalties not to divulgeâ€" And allow me, with all respect, to remark that I think it was due to the friendship which has existed for .30 many years be- tween the two families to have informed me long ugothab you were in Liverpool, instead of allowing me to make thediscovery through another channel. ” He had kept 011 talking with a. View of giving the ladies time to recover from the nervous perturbation into which his unex- pected \‘lsitr had evidently thrown them. He now drew up a chair, and sat down with the air of one who was determined to make him- self at home. Then was Mr. Esholt ushered into the dingy sitting-room, and coming forward, shook hands with Miss Maria. “ My dear Miss Granby,” he exclaimed, “ how happy it makes me to see you again after so long a time. Just the same as of old, 1 see. ‘u might, have been only yesterday that i saw you last, instead offourtevn long years ago.” Then turning to the white-faced invalid: “ You do not remember me, Miss Agnes, 1 daresay ; but. I have by no means forgotten you. The last time I saw you was when you were not much h iglier than ihis table. It, was when Iaeeompanied my brother lilvh w : o-i one of his visits in the Vicarage. You are of 00111:»,0 aware, Miss (iranb), , Hm 1, i lost my brother some years agoâ€"HO war one your father’s ohlesb friends, Miss Agnes ; they were at college together, for Richard was originally intended for the liar. Mr. Granby wrote me a. mosttouchinglettoi‘, after his (loath, which 1 have to this day, and shall always keepâ€"4311b, as l was sayingx my brother and l \'is:ted at the Vicarage fourteen years ago, I was but a young fellow then, while Richard’s hair was turning gray-MDO youknow, my (low younglady, Lhet you were rather fond of me at that; time, and many a romp we had together '.’- I knew you again In a women L, for all you have grown up, and have not nearly so much colour inyourcheeks as you had in those days.” On the afternoon of the day following that of Peggy Myer’s visit to Tydd Street, a. cab stopped at the door of Mrs. b‘trakc’s house, and presently the landlady in person appear- ed before Miss Gmnhy, holding a visiting~ card gingerly with a. thumb and finger and a. corner of her apron, for she had been iw terrupted in the middle of her bremlmztking. Miss Maria. took the card \vonderingly, and read the name, “ Mr. Robert lehulL,” aloud. “ Gracious me V.” she exclaimed, dropping the curd though it were rezl hot : “ lmw has he found us out, i wonder, and what can he have come for? Dear, dour. and l with this shabby gown on !‘~â€"Agues, my love, not a syllable about the shirt making. ” She was all in a flutter, arranging lwr curls and her lace collar before the dingy glass over the chimney-piece.»~~-“ New, Mrs. Strake, I think you may Show the geiihemun in, please,” she said with a little gasp, MR. ESHOLT’S YOUNG WEE. CHAP'I‘E R I V. BY T. W. SPEIGHT One wet Sunday evening after his usual quiet farewell, M r. Esholt held deeper com- mune than usual with himself on his way home. Standing near the. funnel of the steamer, buttoned up in his waterproof and smoking his cigar, he pondered deeply a. momentous question. “ I am decidedly in love with this girl,” he said to himself, “ and hire been from that first Saturday when I saw her on the sands.” He was too sagacious and clear-headed to deceive himself in a matter about which so many men are self-deceived. “ The question is, Shall I propose to her or shall I break the atfair off?” He never for a moment doubted his ability to do the latter. “Ihave no reason to believe her heart is touched in the least, so that at present it is a. question which concerns myself alone. I must go abroad shortly on business. Why not make that my wedding trip also? or else take the opportunity to break through this enchanted web as harmlessly as may be? But why not marry her‘, provided always that she would have me, which seems somewhat problematical? For one thing, there is a. great disparity in our ages; but let me only succeed in touching her‘ 1 Miss Esholt being still from home, the l loneliness of his bachelor establishment l seemed to strike Mr. Eslnh, in a way it had i never done before duringhis sister’s absences, so he asked premissien to visit the ladies. oceasionally, a permission which they were ' only too happy to accord. So on Saturday afternoon he left his oliiee earlier than . usual and found himself at Syringa Cottage soon after two o’clock. The ladies were out 5 somewhere on the sand-s, he was told. so he ' went in search of them. He saw vhem in the distance. Agnes seated in a donkey- chaise, and Miss Maria walking by her side. He stood for a moment or two to mntem- plate the picture, and then went forward to meet them. The crisp salt air and the sun- shine, combined, it may be, with Mr. Esholi’s sudden appeaiance, had called an evanescent wild~rose tint into Agne s pal- lid cheeks Mr. Esholt was struck with her lovelinessâ€"â€"for loveliness rather than beauty was the term to apply to herâ€"as he had not been struck before. The ladies received him with unaffected pleasure. and they all wandered about together till Miss Maria declared that Agnes had been out quite long enough. Then they went in- doors and had a cosy cup of tea, after which Agnes played for a. short time, and then Mr. Esholt rose to go. They pressed him to come again as soon as possible and he was glad to promise that he would do so. A month passed away, and found Mr. Eshplt uyfithq cottage two or three times a to \l‘hich they hml liCOll strangers since Mr. (lx'anby’s death, with all these little doli- cacies so templiiig to an inn lid’s fastidious appetite. especially when coming unexpecte;l- ly. Them, too. they fouml a, wellâ€"filled bookcase, Mid, what to Agizus was more precious than all else, a, piano. Her own in- strument hml gone, one among so many other cherished. o‘njeols‘, at the 5110, and ever since her arrival in Liverpool she had felt like a stranger in u thirsty land for want of it. CFO-day, as she touched the keys carasisingly with her fingers, she could scarcely restrain her tears. But for all that, he felt happier than she haul felt for several months past. iohert leholt at this time was thirty- eight years old. He was tall and inclined to be thin, and had a very slighL sloop of the shoulders He had a. long)r thin iv ' a. prominent clear-cut nose. All the lines of his mouth and chin spoke of firmness and determination of will ; but his eyes, of tll’: darkest brown, rarely lost the kindly look which was natural to them, and lent a. soft- ness in his expression it would otherwise have lacked. His whole hearing was that of a keen cl anheaded man of business, who knew his own mind and luul the courage of his opinions. Few faces were better known on ‘x’,‘h:~.nge than that of Roltert lC-holt. ,"vlr. lllsholt’s Visit passed like a freshening hrveve rver the parched lives of our two ladies. Next tiny, Agnes feltdecidedly het- tei' than she had «lone since the beginning of her illness .\ was: in a pleasant llut-ter of spirits, and cocilil tall; of little else than Mr. Eshoit's kindness and liberality and how she should enjoy herself at the seaside. Mr. lilshoit was there to the minute, and bitVV them safely across the water and duly installed in Syringa. Cottage. It was small, but tastefully furnished, and had a pleasant out-look across the month of the Mersey. The housekeeper and a girl were there to wait upon them; and by some magic of which they were not cognisant, they found their table furnished in a style ton the next day but one. Meanwhile, he would arrange be have everything in rendiâ€" ness for their reception, auul would come himself a: the time appointed and see them safely to the end of their Hli'Jl'l/ journey. The English census returns are showing the tendency of the time to leave the agri- cultural districts and flock into the cities and towns. In Northmnptonshire there has been an average reduction of 20 per cent. in the population of thcagricultural districts, and an increaSe in the manufacturing dis- tricts of from 30 to 50 per cent. Several of the larger Villages have more than douhle. All the villages and small towns in South Lincolnshire Show reduced populations as compared with 1881. Boston, however, keeps up, having been 18,330 in 1881, and 18,329 now. The agricultural districts in Norfolk also show decreases. The main. difiicully which faces the United States Government with regard to the pro- ’ pnsal to prohibit shipment, in bond through 1 Canada is thus referred to by the Philadel- l phien Record : -râ€"“ An order of this kind would i be equivalent to docreeing a commercial 2 separation between the north-eastern and " north-western States. It would make them from 150 to 500 miles further apart by rail i by depriving them of the advantage of the Canadian short out. There might follow upon such action some serious political con: 1 sequences. Probably there’s the rub. ” ' l i All the followinguweeli Mr. Eslmlt waé - more assiduous at business than usual, and more silent. and self-absorbed in manner; only when his letters were brought in each morning he turned Lhem slowly over one by one, as half hoping, half dreading to find that- which seemed so long in coming. It i came at last, a tiny billet in Miss Gmndby’s (crooked. angular hand, containing but three linesâ€"~an invitation to tel!~ for the follow- ing afternooy Thevre seem: to he no doubt; that what our lactors‘. {Llui Health Departmean have to do in these modern days is to destroy prejudicial bacteria. Dr. E. L. Shirley, of Debroit, has been reading EL paper before the American Medicwl Aswuintion at \l'ushing- ton in which he enmicia‘tes the. chemml timent that “man is an artificial animal assailed by poisons on everyside.” He also says that 116 Species of bacteria. have al~ ready been enumerated. The Russian Bacon Company, with a. capital of £150,000, has been formed in London to work for 2! years on aconccssion grant hy Russia to an English syndicutwof the government curing factory at ({riam. It is stated that freight to England will he 9d. per cwt. cheaper than the rate from Chicago. Supposing she were to refuse Mr. Esholt, she and her aunt emdd no longer continue to be the recipients of those kindnesses at his hands which had hitherto been put down to the score of the friendship which had ex- isted between her father and the elder Mr. Esholt. Indeed, their long sojourn at the Cottage had of late, as she knew, been a. source of silent worry to Miss Mai-m, and it was only for the sake of her, Agnes’s, health that they had not brought their holi- day to a close some time ago. Now they must perforce fall back into Hm! hm'dwvork- ing. poverty-stricken life from which, by Mr. Esholt's kindsless, they had been tem- porarily rescued. 3h. Esholt’s proposal to Agnes had opened the old wound afresh, which time was beginning to heal over. She was startled to find how dear to her heart the image of WilmotR‘uu-ell still remained. It seemed like sacriiege to think of marrying another. The image was overthrown, never to be upreared again; but in her eyes it was beautiful still. Mr. Esholt she respected, liked, looked up to with girlish reverence; but VVilmoe, alas E slur loved. Burning tears of love and shame vsaizzrod her pillow again and again after Mr. Esholt’s declaration. \Vhether she married him or not, the future lay bare and bleak before her, uncheered by hope, without one my of sunlight to bright;- en the path which led onward into the dim and unknown future. 1 l I and stood sumcwhat in awn of him as well, so that her contienf was readily given, though she could not help shedding a few tears as she gave ii, while thinking of all that; she and Agnes had gone through (luring thelast two yczu‘s‘ and of the bright prospect that had now revcaled itself so unexpectedly be- fore. them. Agnes sat like one spellbound when Mr. Eshoh, mm her in a. few brief im~ passmncd words how deeply he. loved her. Frost-bound, rigid as a statue, she sat. even after those words had ceased; True tohisselfâ€"nuulepromise, M r. Esholt let matters go on as usual for anotherfortnight, showing neither by word nor Sign that such things 2 “ love or marriage had any place in his thoughts. 011 the (lay fixed by himselth sought 21.!) interview with Miss (érmxby, and Loldher that. he was desirous of hurrying her niece, and wished to have her consent to mentien the matter to Agnes. Miss Maria could hardly have been more surprised had the proposwl been about to he made to herself. She held Mr. Esholb in the greatest respect, lie was Still turning the point. over in 111s minzl, considering it from (lill'erem; points of View, when the steamer l'eucl'xczl Liverpool, “Coma what may,” he said as he. walked slowly across the lamlingfimnc, “ (his (lay fortnight I will eithm' pner to Aglzcs, or take the express train and break the neck of my passion by flying southward {or a week 01' two after the swallows. ” heart, be it ever so slightly, and that dif- ficulty, if it be one, will quickly vanish.â€" But, 'what would Janet think and say?” That was the most awkwart‘t questh of allâ€"one which brought, him, a; it were, to a dead-lock. (TU 1m CONTINI m1 With the help of the other farmers, who by this time had reached the spot, the bull was secured and led away where he could do no more harm. Thus, in less time than it has taken to tell it 8.11, occurred perfect examples of three distinct human qualities, whix-h in the minds of many people are often cuniomuled â€"bmvado, recklessness and courage. A stalwart young farmer won appeared a. short distance behind them. He took in the situation at a glance, Dy running, he overtook the bull when I) HEW feet from the children, quickly L r ml with both hands the horn nezm-si, H, set his feet; firmly, and with one qni< . strong, down- ward and backward jerk, Lhrew the animal heavily to the ground. i. The next instant the buil saw him, and with lowered. horns, ran to head him ()5: But the young man was a. fast runner. He passed just in front of the bull’s head, which, the next inst-ant, brought up with u. thud againsb the side of the station. It was a erv close shave. Dazed by the shock, the hull sslyoovl still for a moment, then turned just as two Chil- then, who haul arrived on the brain and had passed through the station‘ started to cross the street. \Vhen they turned the corner of the building, they canng the animal’s eye,_a11d quick as at flash he elm Wed them, A cry M horror went up of farmers, as the two little of their danger, started hand. They shouted to the young man as he passed. “ Hi, there 3 Stop! The bull ! The bull I” but he kept on, with a. wave of the hand and 2m “ All right 1 I’ll look out, for him." Meanwhile, theAnow maddcned bull had succeeded in ‘L caking through the fence, and with tossing head and lstning tail was trotting mm s the sweet. bellowingas he went. Just. then a young man, satchel in hand, came runnin lawn the. street; (0 catch the train, passing on his way some farmers who were standing some distance from the bull. “Their attention was soon diverted, how- ever, by the arrival of a passenger train which was just drawing up to the station across the street, and the cowboys, with characteristic shouts and laughter, ran across toward the platform. Suddenly, one of their number, lightly vaulting the fence, landed squarely asbride of the bull’s neck, and grasped him by the horns. The infuriated animal plunged and snorted, but his rider, with wonderful agility. quicnly leaped to the ground, and before the hull could burn and gore him, sprang over the fence again to be greeted by the applause of his comrades. In a town in the far \Vest, acrowd of cowboys stoodarouud a fenced enclosure, beside the railroad track. In this enclosure was confind a large bull. The cowboys were amusing themselves by annoying in many ways the poor brute, who was fast becom~ ingz furious. The result of the decision which has begn referred to is likely to be, that des’grtion by a wife in England will be added, in the laws of that country, to the other causes for which a husband can sue for a divorce. By a law passed within ten years, more- over, the married Englishwoman’s rights in regard to property have been grealy en- larged. She can now acquire, hold and be- queath property in her own name, without any control or interference of her husband ; while she is liable for the debts separately contracted by her. She has thus been pluc- ed virtually in the same position, as to propâ€" erty, as a. man or as an unmarried woman. W'hile a. wife who is deserted by her hus- band cannot, in England, as she can in most of our States, obtain a. divorce from him on that ground, she can compel him to support her, by paying her such a weekly sum “as is in accordance with his means.” 011 the other hand, it Seems by the recent decision that; a husband has no rights whatever over a wife who deserts him. It appears Lhab a gem iitixilll named Jack- Srm, SUI!“ after nim‘i'yii 'r 9121:: (iiili ' 1 to go to New Zealzmtl 01) pi‘essing hiisiiiks. He left his newly nmrrieal wife in England. Upon his return, 1: = 'er that she had taken up herresiaieiice wiiii ili‘l‘ reiatives, an], in his surprise, sliorihut-inate‘iy refused to go back to him and live with him, It is true that the law, which has existed for more than sixty years, forbidding any man to marry the sister of his deceased wife, still remains on the statue book. It has been repeatedly repealed by the House of Commons ; but the House of Lords, largely influenced by the bishops, has always refus- ed to do away with #he restriction. In recent years, however, many laws have been passed in England,regarding the rights of married woman, which have been in ham- mony with modern thought throughtout the civilized world. ' In this country there would probably be but one opinion as to the justice of this deci- sion. But in England, from ancient times, the idea that the husband has a. right to compel his Wife to live with him has been rooted in the public mind. But an appeal was made to the highest court, that of Appeal, consisting of the Lord Chancelor, the Master of the Rolls, and Lord Justice Fry ; and this highest court reversed the decision of the lower court, and unanimously decided that, the husband had no such right ; that he had been wrong from first; to last, and that the obdurate wife must be released and restored to liber- 1y; The Divisional Court, before which the case was first tried, affirmed the husband’s right to hold and keep poesession of hiswife’s person, The husband resolved thsreupau 17' ex- ercise the right “high he supposed 10 ha his by [he time-honored law of the land, and to (t'tpture his wife :md campel her to live with him Whether she would or not. \Vi‘oh some friends he xmumged bu get ac- "‘3' to her, and forcibly .5 mod her and car- 1' “1 her all to his own house. There he kept, strict guard over her for several days, using, indeed, 110 bodily violence, further than to take her bonnet away and throw it into the fire. and forbiddmg her relatives access to her. The roiatives moved for a writ of habcas corpus, which compelled the husband to produce his wife in court in order that it might be decided whether he was lawfully remaining her. A case was recently tried and decided in the English Court of Appeal which attract- eda, great deal of attention, "inco. it htx-l an import:an brewing on Lhc r ‘ of {m Erg- Iish luwlxuul over his \ ' Inglix '1 .‘iiurrirzc Laws. “'lwre They Differ. from the group now aware 1 hand in It; is stated that Mr. Carling, Minister of Agriculture, is adverse to the scheme of allowing American cattle to be slaughtered in bond at Three Rivers. In hatching ducks’ eggs tinder hens, the incubation .Iiif'crs: from hens’ eggs only in the fact that dncks’ eggs pip at, twenty-fix e to twenty-six days, instead of nineteen, as with chickem, and also that they generally pip from thirty-six to forty-eight hours be‘ fore emerging from the she“. As a rule hens learn to eat eggs from having them broken in the nest. 1n aw- ranging the nests have them convenient for the liens, so that in getting in and out [hare will be little if any risk of the (eggs being broken. Hens like seclusion. They do better when contented. It is best to darken the place selected for a nest. Even though secluded a, dark nest gives her but little Chance to See about her, hence she will re.- main more quiet. A 11651; made of soil out hay or clmfl'is as good as any. ‘One can depend with close, careful pluck- ing upon an average of one pound of feathers per bird from a flock at common geese per annum. ‘ In shipping young poultry at this time see that they are well watered and fed before coopiug, and do not crowd too many into the (mops. The yearly importation of eggs in England axqgllllts t9 ph_e sum_ of $7,500,000. Young chickens than, 3.150 jtlét beginning to run about should be fed regulayly everyflay. 1w.- ' If the eggs shells are fezi to tfie care Should always be taken to crush them thoroughly before feeding. A hevn pimys in proportion to the number of eggs she produces ; therefore it is an item to feed so as to secure plenty of eggs. “1 u ' ' "' ' L"“"-l " U "" When desired to fatten rapidl; there is nothing that will equal good corn meal. Fowls should be given all that they will eat up clean. Take lime, slakc, and prepare as for ordin- ary whitewash, in an old barrel or box, enough at a time to make a bucket two-thirds fullâ€"proper consistency for the ordinary whitewash. N ow add one pint of .gas tar, one pound of whale oil soap, dissolved in hot water, or one pint of common soft soap, or one pound of potash, or one pint of strongr lye from wood ashes, or box of concentrated lye, then add clay or loam enough to make the bueketiul of wash of proper consistency to be applied with a brush. If the trees have had the earth banked up around them, take the earth away from around the collar, and apply the wash to the body of ‘the trees‘from the limbs to the iground or down to the roots. Its advant: "s are : It will destroy the bark louse, or ail scale in« sects; will give the trees a bright. clean, healthy appearance. This wash will drive out all borers that are in the trees, and the moth will not deposit eggs on (-i-abont the trees the same season the was}: i< applied. All who grow apples, peaches, u .' n'f pears, or quinces should not fail to me us wash ; don’t fail to use because not pa‘ outed and sold atahigh price. 1 have known cases where peach trees became healthy and vig- orous with one application of this wash. Again mice and rabbits will not girdle trees where this wash is used. Apply in. May for borers and general benefit to trees, and the late autumn as a preventive against mice and rabbits. Gas tar when applied mire will kill trees. An Ontario correspondent of the Maine Farmer writes as follows : That fair Baggy, too, the boy, to the strong knows himself. To almost: everyone it 11 as occurred to come suddenly to a realizing sense that he is grown lipâ€"without; having the slightest idea how it has imppened.~â€"-[New York Ledger. At what hour does the baby begin to grow ‘2 The mother who holds it in her arms for weeks is only conscious that it has changed. The wrinkles vanish, the red turns to pink and white, its eyes become intelligent, its ears curl up, its lips grow plump, its nose acquires a, shape. With her arms about: it, her eyes upon it, she would say every half hour: v ' ‘ ' ‘A D .V creature m a cradle that, muld not be. recog- nized as the hour-old uhiM-»-â€"pronoun<:8d a. very fine boy by the nurse and the dootol', but to unaccustomed eyes, hideous enough to he horrifying. 7n. ,. “ Why, of course, the baby looks exactly as it did when I began to put it Lo sleep.” DHL- H . .. . _» - ; Who hism'er seen anything grow? It I must 11:: that. 0116 who could keep Vigil long {enough mighv do so, for last night when l i ) iooknd into this flower-pot there was nothing there but czu'th, and to-night there is a. R blender stem or blade of something half an i;...-.L1,u . nu _». .-- “WW JAWVVJUM; I believe that no mortal ever watched a. mushroom take its shape. The thing is usually done in darkness and secrecy ; yet, with a, lantern, it, would be possible to see what could be seen. And yet I am sure that; if we should try the experiment, all that would happen would be that we should be aware at some moment that. amushroom had sprouted upâ€"~no more. _As to thte large rpilgt‘nbsâ€"the shrubs, the trees, the vineswboumists can tell you how every stage of growth is arrived at ; but; no one evgr saw nature at work. .v .y vrvnnvui Has anyone actually seen a rosebud open? There is no record that. I know of any such fact. The motion that is required is evident. VVehave seen flowers in every stage, and the process is brief. We almost; fancy we have seen it performed, each one of us ; but. as I think, I know I never haveâ€"have you? TRAN" ,.u__1 , . . . _ sunset went down upon the mould, the next upon a green thing growing. Shortly I shall see a thicker stalk, a broader blade. If no accident happens, there will be a, plant of some sort before me in a. few weeks. But: though Ivow to watch it, I shall not see it grow. I shall say at in- tervals, “How it has grown ! ” but never know when it took this new start or unfold- ed that new leaf, at what instant the bud appeared or wt what moment it opened. LIZ“. unfil", A n . . Hungs requiring more patiehce than that. But though I have been near this flowerâ€"pot most of the time, I only know that one sunset went down upon the mould, the next upon a green thing growing. Q‘.A~.LI,, inch long. There must have been a. moment when the green point protruded through the soil, 0!‘ perhaps it was a white point. and it won (1 Lane been very possible for me to have remained in a position to “'bhtch it steadifiy for 24 hours. People have done things requiring more patience than that. But in .eight \fiéiggg-llfievré “nun” _ V1,. 15; a smfl‘mg little ۤRIGULEURAL The Mystery of Growth- Wash For Trees‘ foultry Notes. how does it change to man 2’ The baby never