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“Yes, the attention you got. Especially from Bruce! I never knew him so attentive. As a. rule he is quiet, too savageâ€"a. perfect boor! I’ve known him to sit for an hour and not open his lips, and then get up and go away. I do hope he won’t go on that stupid yachting excursion until after the fair! Of course, you will help me at my stall! You will create quite a. sensation, my dear, and that will be so nice.” Floris laughed sortly. » “Why do you laugh, my dearl Are you laughing at me?”_ .As she spoke the maid came in, with the slightest apology for a, knock. ...-' JV“ n... ._.o W- ffi “Certainly not, your ladyship,” said Floris. “Butâ€"but I was won- dering whether it would not be rather out of place for a companion to make a. sensatmn.” “Lord'Noyman’s in the drawing room, m1]ad1.” Lady Pendlton umered a. little cry of delight. “So soon ! My dear, he has come to say that he will stay over for the fair! 1 thought that he woul 1! Oh, dear, and I’m not dressed! Do go down and seen him now, Floris! Tell him I have a, headacheâ€"caused by his obstiqacy last night.” “Wait till I am dressed!” exâ€" claimed her ladyship with a laugh. “Not he 1 He wouldn’t wait for an empress” "I will avail myself of the opporâ€" tunity which chance has given me, Mliss Carlisle, to beg your pardon.” “My pardon ‘1” said Floris. “Your pardon,” be repeated; “and I do beg it most humbly. Last night, in complete ignorance of your name and identify, I made a statement, moved by an impulse which was too strong for my con- he], that must have sounded in {ounears like an impertinence. Miss ought “Perhaps he will wait until you are dressed,” said Floris, in a low voice, “or call again later in the day, Lady Pendlecon I” 'Floris still stood by the Window, Ivlth Josine looking from one to the other respectfulyilgpce. “Will you not write him a note l” suggested Floris. Her ladyship laughed again. “He would scarcely read it! My dear, you don’t; know Bruce. He is one of the most trying of men. No, you go down and see what you can do with him; please do, and secure him for the fair.” them I [It Carlisle Floris went out of the room and 'down the stairs. She paused for a moment at the drawing-room door, and the flush gave place to a cold paleness that lent an air of pride and reserve to her sweet, beautiful face. He sprang to his feet, dropping his whip, and went toward her. “I beg your pardon,” he mur- mured. “I thoughtxâ€"â€"â€"” “Lady Pendleton has a. headâ€" ache,” my lord, and has not; yet left her room,” said Floris, and in her effort to seem perfectva self- possessed, her voice sounded cold and repellent. “I am very sorry,” he said. Then he stood switching his leg with his whip for full 3. minute. “I will tell her ladyship,” said Floris, and she half turned to the door. Lord Norman was sitting across a. chair. his arms folded on the back. He was dressed in a. riding suit of broad check, and held a. .whip in his hand. -, “Well, Betty,” he said, without looking round, “have I roused you from your slumbers sweet and deep ‘1” Getting no answser he turned his head and saw Floris standing in the middle of the room, the sunâ€" light falling upon her fresh young loveliness, and lighting up streaks ofigold in her brown hair. “One moment, Miss Carlisle,” he said. “1â€"” he stopped, and his dark eyes flashed toward her face -â€"â€"“I am favored by chance in thus seeing you so soonâ€"and alone.” Floris stood calm and cold as a. statue, but with a. heart that flut- tered in her bosom like an impri~ soned bird. . 31d ,0“ Fighting: Life’s Battle; CHAPTER V.â€"(Cont’d.) TIS mg raised her eyes for a mo- l_ook at him, then dropped granted, my lord. ly. “It was my f ave stoDDed you : 3 11111] :d by an impulse trong for my con- have sounded in impertinence. Miss 313' beg your par- , LADY BIANCIIE’S BITTER PUNISIIRIENT y fault .1 : I on. she to have told you who was.” “My fgeâ€"the woman I have, all unintentlonally rmned,” he mur- mured. “Her ladyship requested me to ask you, Lord Norman, if you would remain in England and assist her in the fancy fair?” she said, reluctantly. He turned toward her. “Are you interested in this affair? Do you care whether I remain for it, or are you simply the mouthâ€" piece of Betty ‘1” “No, my lord, you have done me no injury. If we have suffered, it is through the law There was a moment's silence, during which he stood looking at her and flicking his whip restlessly, then Loris raised her eyes: “Then please tell Betty that I don’t care a. fig Lu‘ her fair; that I won’t- have anything to do with it. and that if she uses my name I will never forgive her,” he said, morose- 1y. “Very good, my lordfl she said, and turned to leave him. “I. know nothing about it Florls. He waited until she had reached the door, then spoke her name. “Wait,” he said; “I have chang- ed my mind. You can tell her that I' will do what she wants in this fool’s business, and she may stick my my name, if it’s of any use to her, all over the place. Is that any better, Miss Carlislel” “I have no doubt that Lady Pen- dleton will think it much the better answer to her message,” said Floris, with perfect selfâ€"possession. “Good-morning, my lord.” "One moment more, please,” he said, reluctant to let her go. “I think you said last night that you were fond of music?” “Well, for one thing to ask you about the Lynches. They have asked us to Ballyfloe for the first fortnight in the autumn. I would not- give‘an answer until I knew “hether you were goinfl. because “It was very good of you to come so early" she said, in her soft, low voice, which if he had loved her, would have made him turn and take her in his arms, so, inviting and caressing was it. “Oh, 1 have nothing else to do,” he said. “What did you want me he said. “V for, Blanche Floris extended her soft, white hand slowly, and he took it and held it firmly grasped in his, so firme that she could not withdraw it. Lord Norman gun on his horse and clattered down the street. He got the best box he could that was vacant ,then rode to Covent Gar- den aml purchased a couple of very handsome bouquets. “I have bought a box for the opera for Betty and you,” he said. “Will you tell her that I will call for her soon after dinner?” Floris bowed, without a word of thanks. “In token of your forgiveness, will you shake hands, Miss Carlâ€" isle? I have noticed with more pain than I can describe that you have hitherto refused to do so.” A groom took his horse round to the staoles, and a footman, in answer to his inquiry for Lady Blanche, at once admitted him and passed him on to another, who showed him upstairs into a small drawing-room. Lady Blanche, in her riding habit, was seatwd at a, table writing a letter. She did not rise as he came in, and merely smiled as she held out her hand. “It was very good of you to come so early" she said, in her soft. low He strode toward her and held out his hand. Directing these to be sent to his rooms, he turned his horse in the direction of Eaton~ place, and as he neared it, the cloud on his face by no means light-cued. Floris inclined‘ her head. She did not remember saying it; but as it was true she let the assertion pass. and what I said â€"well, the reason is too obvious. Are you not Immense‘ly flattered, sir 7” “Very,” he said, forcing a smile, and feeling uncomfortable and guilty. “My dear Blanche, don’t throw the responsibility on me! You might, not enjoy yourself, and then what remorse would fall to my lot!” smd, “especmlly 1: you come down.” He beat; a. tattoo on the window with his whip. “Then of course I will go down to Ballyfloe.” murmured. He bit his lips. He had just one beautiful woman. who could find not one gracious word for him, and here was another who thanked him for nothing- at all. And yet in his heart he felt as if he would rather have had the one gracious word from Floris than the sweetly- voiced thanks of Lady Blanche, and cursed himself for a fool be- cause it was so. “And what is the other thing?" he asked, more genially. “Oh, it is about this fancy fair of the duchess', Bruce. She has asked me to take a. stall. Would you go if you were me?” “My dear Blanche,” he protest ed, with a. laugh, "how can I posâ€" sibly tell what I should really do if I were you? Go. I suppose?” “Very Well, I w1ll go: And Bruce, you won’t mind helping me will you 2” r A "I should be very glad, Blanche, but I have promised to perform the same vague office for Lady Betty.” She did not relax her smile, but her white eyelids dropped over the brown eyes for an instant. “Really! Well, I must look out for some one else.” “Were you going for a, ride?” he asked, getting away from the very awkward subject. “Yes, and you are riding, too! Do you mean to come with me, Bruce 2” “If you will allow me," he said. She. looked pleased, and, crossâ€" ing the room, rang the bell and 01'â€" dered her horse. As she did so she saw something sticking in the lining of his hat. It was the box ticket. which, after the manner of forgetful men, he had placed in this conspicuous posi- tion. She bent forward and look- ed at it, then came back to him. “Are you going to the Crown- brilliants toâ€"night, Bruce?” “No,” he replied. “I am tired of the menâ€"brilliants. They al- ways have twice as many as the rooms will hold; last tlme I was nearly suffocated. “Come and dine and spend the evening with us, then,” she said. “1 can’t Blanche, to-night; I have an engagement.” “1 am sorry,” she said sweetly. “The horse, my lady,” announced the servant. Lord Norman went for his hat; but Lady Blanche begged him to wait for a moment. “I have forgotten a. note I want; to write,” she said, and in her slow, graceful manner she sat. down and wrote a. line or two, declining the Crown-brilliants, and on half a. sheet; of paper scribbled. “Get a. box at the cpera fqr to-night.” It was Floris’ first experience of theatre going, and he} heart beat fast with curiosity and excitement; but amid it all she could not help noticing the calm, masterful Way with which Lord Norman escorted them through the crowded entrance in the foyer. Two attendants ushered them into in V their box, the overture was just beâ€" \lbll ginning, and dazzled and excited, beix Floris leaned forward and gazed of 1 fixedly at the stage. As she did so, but “You must not stay any longer, Bruce! You want to go to your club for lunch! It: is very goou of you to have come with me; I know how you hate this kind of thing!” He started slightly. “Nonsense!” he said, but all the same he turned his horse at once. As they rode down Eaton place. a, man, who had been lounging at the corner smoking a cigar, looked up and stared at them, then, as they came abreast of him, he put up his hand as if to arrange his hat, more comfortably, and, in do- ing so, completely hid his face. Neither of them saw him, and if Lord Norman had done so, he would not have recognized Oscar Rayâ€" mond. The park was full as they entered the ring, and hate flew off the men lounging over the rails as the two passed. “I am quite ready now,” she said, and as the; passed out she handed the note and the paper to the footmun. The walked and cantered round the ring of tan for an hour, she bowing to the endless string of friends and acquaintances, he notic- ing no one, thenhwith a sigh, she said: (1H Oh, I shall enjoy myself, 1, “especially if you 3w kind of you, Bruce!” she yself, ” she you come Lead arsenate is becoming more and more popular as an insecticide. There are several good reasons why it should, but it is still an unset tled point as to whether it is wise to mix it with the lime-sulphur wash. Results obtained from the mixture have not been uniform; in some cases the foliage has been badly burned, while in others no injuries have been observed. Prof. O. S. Watkins, of the Uniâ€" versity of Illinois, has done conâ€" siderable work on this subject, and, while his investigations are not completed, he is discouraging the mixing of these two materials as much as possible. Dr. W. M. Scott, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, states that lead arsen- ate may be used with self-boiled limeâ€"sulphur washes for spraying apples, but he found, in his ex- periments, that the fruit and foliage were badly burned when applied to the peach. J. K. Haywood, of the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, states: “We have made a- study of the re- actions which occur on mixing these two compounds, and have found that there is always more or less decomposition, some lead sulphide and calcium arsenate being formed. When heated, all of the lead is con- verted into the sulphide. The calâ€" cium arsenate is somewhat soluble. unless an excess of lime is present, in which case it is rendered insol- uble. The lead sulphide formed, being insoluble, would remove some of the sulphur from the solution, a score of opera glasses were level ed at the box. and Lady Betty smil ed significantly at Lord Norman. “I told you so,” she whispered, leaning back to him. “I knew she would create a, sensation! She is the most beautiful girl here, Bruce !” - He frowned, and, as if by acident, drew the outer curtain so that it screened Floris. The opera com- menced, and all Floris’ eyes and soul were concentrated on the stage. The sad, miserable story of hu man frailty and human suffering developed itself, and amid the most intense silence, Neilsson sang her great pong. A As she had finished, a. tremendous uproar of applause arose, and Floris, moved beyond herself, rais- ed her bouquet and threw it, with a. passionate gesture, at Neilsson’s feet. It was done on the impulse of the moment; the next she looked round almost 'with affright, but Lord Norman bent, over her with a smile. Floris bent over the box and met the great prima donna’s smile, and her heart seemed to stand still. Then a huge wave of remorse swept over her, she had thrown away the flowgrs_ he had_ given her. “You could not, hwve applied them to a better use, Miss Carlisle. Beâ€" sides, they were your own to do as you wish with.” The curtain drew up on the last act, and Floris was bending forâ€" ward to catch the first notes of the music when, suddenly, some person entered the box exactly opposite their own. “That was nicely done,“ he said “See! she is ,smil'ng up at ya; I” Afinost as if he had _read the thought he» §aid :_ She would not have noticed the fact, but at the moment she saw Lady Betty lean back and catch at Lord Norman’s arm, and heard her whisper gently in a. startled voice: “Bruce! Blanche!" Then Floris turned her eyes from the stage to the opposite box, and saw a beautiful face with dark brown velvety eyes fixed, with alâ€" most fierce, scornful scrutiny, up on her. H++++++++¢+o+¢¢#oovv++ RM H~+++++++++++++o+++t ARSENIC‘ALS AND LIME-SUL- PHUR WASH. fibeut tha Farm He sulphur, from the solution this amount would be relative (To be co‘l‘r’nued.) Look There ly small, and would probably not materially lessen its efficiency. It. would appear, therefore, that these materials could be used together W'Lu.‘ safety, in the presence of an excess of lime, in all cases Where they can be used individually.” It will be noticed that Dr. Scott states that the lead arsenate may be mixed with the selfâ€"boiled lime- sulphur wash for spraying apple trees. In this case there would be an abundance of lime, and this con- clusion would agree with the findâ€" ings of Haywood, in that the ex~ cess of lime would prevent the ar- senate from coming into solution; It is quite probable that if the lead arsenabe were mixed with home- boiled lime-sulphur washes the-re would also be a sufficient excess of lime to insure the "nsolubility of the calcium arsenate, and thus make safe mixture for spraying purposes, especially for the. apple. Lead arsenate is used presumab- ly in this mixture, because of the qualities which have made it so popular as an insecticide. It is evident that, when mixed with the limeâ€"sulphur wash, it is not lead arsenate which goes on the tree, but calcium arsenate; at least, a very large proportion of the lead arsenat-e would be changed into cal- cium arsenate. This being true, it would appear as though it would be much more economical to mix white arsenic, dissolved in washing soda (sodium arsenitel with the limevsulphur wash. This is com- monly done with the Bordeoux mix- ture, and the lime present in the Bordeaux is suflicrent to insure the insolubility of the arsenic. I do not think that this mixture would be safe on the more tender foliage, but it would probably be suitable for Spraying apples. We. intend to ex- periment with the mixture this sum- mer, and should be glad to hear from anyone who has tried it. In the case of mixing Paris green and the lime»sulphur wash, the Paris green appears to be entirely broken up, some of the arsenic going into solution as arsenic sul- phide. part of the copper, also, goes into solution, the‘ remainder Every boy should learn to write, and as a man he should learn when not to wrlte. Occasionally an astute person will make no attempt to see himself as others see him, because he prefers to, let well enough alone. A man never realizes what a small potato he really is until he For treating larger quantities, crate the potatoes and place them in a tight box or room. Place 24 ounces of potassium permanganate in a. sufficiently large vessel, and on this pour four pints of formalin solution. This is enough f_or a r2011) the girl whom From What has been said, it is evi- dent that the use of the arsenicals with limeâ€"sulphur wash is still in the experimental stages. Probably the arsenate of lead, in the presence of an excess of lime, may be safe for spraying apples. Paris green can- not be recommended, and the use of white arsenic dissolved in wash- ing soda should not be tried, ex- cept experimentallyâ€"R. Harcourt, Ontario Agricultural College, in Farmer’s Advocate. Clean, sound seed is most desir- able for all farm crops. Sometimes it is difficult to procure potatoes that are entirely free‘ from scab. The spores of this pest can be kill- ed eilher with formaldehyde in solution, or with formaldehyde and potassium permanganate. For trcntlng in a. small way, the seed can be placed in burlap sacks and soaked for two hours in a solution made of 1 pound of formalin (40- per cent. solution of formaldehyde) to 30 gallons of water. of 1,000 cubic feet capacity. For, maldehyde gas is liberated, and kills the fungus. The room should be closed, and the potatoes left ex- posed for 36 to 4 h Hits. The sprout- in: newer of the seed is not in. be closed, and posed for 36 to ing power of jured. iiEd”but didn’t thinks of him being rendered insoluble as sulp- hide. The presence of an excess of lime in this case uoes not entirely render the arsenic insoluble. The use of Paris green with lime- sulphur wash, therefore, would seem to be of doubtful expediency. CLEAN POTATUES FOR SEED 111 Iizes what- a 1y is until he )ut way what 111d have marâ€"