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-^â- jm^ lames Bshed Over )|Toi ""*«'â- â€¢. .' of lhos« loae places of busU '»ere burnt )ul lived ov«- their re Tjot only ksi ev- nJercd lironwkts ber . and tfcfiy iigt but aie awng are 1 « linns wh THE Bl SED OUT. buildings <k«tr:yeJ havo siiffiTod os*:- lnl.s' Knplisl hurch, Biirk<? House, Cl:ft(jai Hou , botol; Burk's Fiil'a 'er Livery, ^unbe ajul .-'inilti/ fs and giw, "5; George Ciikbca Sore; c. W. ( irltc, hawlwaR^ ' nd niigh, b :hers; G. W. > ncral stoi-e; :irk und \lcS/^'UP' if. T, Vi stone. jewel/ii:/F. 11 •ilaurant I. J. .Mi:ch>f . '-^'^'S Rult/j-, boo ling ho**-; S Da- cb. t,*^iirral s sro; St<w<"-t.^very; SlrlJer. >.'eii€j*l i^to^e; J. N/Oo<W, i; J. B<-al, s/w^W^tor; J./- Har. â- bor; G. C. Church end i., f-'en- "â- e; Cunodjan £x|)rc»:s »* G- -V. E. E Ubei-s, phofcraphiT; â- Â» I'irr.s, tailor; ten o g dwellings, were '»^v^«- general ildUig.'S, destroy- werei Dr. Pur\r iting onice, Jhanl; IV^U WBSSIl). 3 at the TiJlson- uiiy. t^r?ti^ ' 5"'''"""?- Naturally ?h n ?.T' '"°*' * prisoner, i history of crime. Crossitl i briif erinv<'rsalion will* h. He suid: "I said to Buck- I's a pretty sad thing,' and !ono it. 1 told him (ihis w.ttk d got ev«n with him." [•Ily, Sinicoo, who. with W. rillsonburtf, appeared for the jbniilieJ Cixjssill to a sever*- nuton. "Why," asked Mr^ you osk us to believe that Ihis and lokl nobody?"' e aiict of iy)lioe," replied the' was (he question rapped as quick cnmc the reply: jrnrng, when the liotil was for the Crown was in the- ir. R. A. Ball, Crown Alter- odslock. At the outset .Mr. 1 that It was not the inlen- rviJonce at that sla^'e of the laiined, tliercforc, that it was y lor h's cl:ent to pkaJ. HOT HIS SISTER. im Boy Pointed Rifle al Uei and It Went Olt. :h from Fort William. Onl., children of James Harrison, mian, aged 5 and 9. werr ind th« roundhouse on Tues the boy got twld ol a rifles play pointed the weapon ai and it was discharged acci- tjiUy wounding the little one^. shortly afterwards. CiOllins, Supreme Tl'ensupo^ peniient Ord<^r of For.ste.s, urday afternoon, ol Toroiilo, r Lincoln paper mill al St. was destroyetl by fire, on sing a loas of over si.xty thou- â- s. at-Governor of Coachman. snd the Lieutenant-Governor â-  disturbed. Th« man in tb« from Scotland about a yeer lad been employed by Gov- die up to ten daya ago. H* md another coachman wax diss Tweedie had been \Uiir In St. Stephen. McKeown id toUowed her to th*t place, idiMaday they wgi« married,. y leaving lor Montreal to- bought, ior the old country. wtMor !â-  Btneteen years oU an a lew yean older, noth- doM k7 we parent*. A House 01 t^fs^ « 'â-  ' » tfef e ♦ "G«mJt»ir ate anorted. "A daigraee- fu! eipinuiiin of a town's law^eaHiess. A infaefabie pAgeent got up merely to altra^ th* lawupeeUog foreigner into the web apraad lor tunlby «xtc<1conal« bo^Uctepers. All the t^xalied fun is perfonned by paid moun'ebanks; the oans are not only inartiatic, but there '» •hyaya something extreOKly offensive ui tbdr character, white the orgies Whidh take place at the mssk«d balU a; tha Casino are absolutely disgrace- ful. The whole thing ss artificial, and tleaerveajio Jtupport at all front winter Inat-M." Mns. Aason, for onoe, did not agree with thia sw«aping ooadminatiaa, while Mabel declared that she always enjoy- Ui the fun of the baUlea ol IVnwers ana paper contotti, although she sdniitt^ Ihat. she never had the oourage to g<> out m ttMse days when tba i^'Aeis o{ lime, tt "hard confetti," are pennilled. Both Hi;kin«n and myself supportdd .MabW in delonoe of the annual f«(es at Nice a^ being unique in all the worW. But !he Irritating Womaa wa» not to fcc oonvlncfd that her c-p.nuuas w. re ei- ther Jil-lonw^d or in the Uast <t»:orted. She had never been present at a Car- nival hall, she a<kn.tU'd, but it had been 4e6crti«d to ber by two os'Jmable ladies Wm li*l. and Itet was, lor her, sufR- Ci'iK They were a par of pioiB souls, â- iM, of course, never exaggerate ength of 41 lie. over, the ladies netred, and my.vilf w<Te left kt cntoke Ho was certainly « very OR. THE GIRL IN BLUE and ii til Btoki and ^Ir39^J^ lemj^«rU d an ovw- W'f^ «>*' indeed. ... wl»n 1 had enlai.. ...^ .^-n intiv)duc»d, he had shown himself to be very pleasant and atttblo towards me. "Poor Miai W«:iir' he laughed, after the di)or had ck)60<l. "She's s» infer- nally positive about everything. It wvud be as go<xl as an onlerlaiiinient lo induce her to exjxHind her views up- on roligious matlerj." "Any argument stems utlorly useless, I reiiMrt-kcd OS 1 lit a ci,gar. "Do you know fske wull?" he inquir- ed, arier PeilectinK a nument. "1 ve spent three winters tliere," 1 an- swered. "And at Monte Carlo, I suppa-«>?"' "Yes, of course," I responded, laugh- ing. "I suppo.se scarcely any iiian goes Vi Nice without going over to Monty and risking a few louis." "We.'c you lucky?' 'Si. *o. One season 1 won Ave thou- sand f:ancs. In fact. I've never lo-st on the wlKile season. I've alwa.vs left the Riv era with some of the banks money. Th.>n you can heartily Cv>n}TratUlate y<-<urself." he said. "I'm tic reverse. I B nr.illy I s\ Do you believe in any sv.sUiii III loulcttef "Sj; they are all frauds," I answered promptly. "Except one," he inlerpo-sed. "There's one -based on the law of averng s, which must tui-n up in your favor if you're only patient enough. The reason why it is so difllcult is because it's siv:h a long and tedi<ius affair." "Explain it," I urg<xl, for a new sys- tem that was rnfalliblo was, to hk'. of ? [neatest inlerest. I had, in the day.s ba- oro my bk;ndnesi, made a sludy of the Chanivs at rculelte, and had playc^l carefuly upon principles wliicd had, to n>o, Hi> oawd most natural. The r»^ult had been that with caiv I had wonâ€" ool much, it was ti-ueâ€" but it was bet- te' than leaving ones money to swell the oiunpany's dlvidond.s. "The sj-stein," he said, loj^ing off his glaas of curacoa at one gwlp, "is not al all a conjplicat.xl ore. If vou sludy the permanences ol any lablc^y.)u can gel lh«n from U« G«zelU> Bosiv-youll llnd that each day the largest number of linn's eilhor color conx^ up in suc- oeasion is nine. Now, all you h.ive lo <*o Is to go to a tubl«! at the ojx'mng • f tb»> play, aiHl taking one color, red or black, tt makes no dlff.-nciKo, stake' up- on it, and iillow your money t) accumu- late until it is s\\er)i away. It the cokjr you slake upon ooinca up eight times In siKXv-sston, and yi u liavo originiUly BtakiMl twenty francs, your guins lying on Iho (able will omoual lo Iwo Ihou- saml Qvo hundml and sixty francs. Evcai then, don't Untdi il. The oi>!or must, in the law of averages, come up nine I ine.s in sm-oession eac'i day, tak- ing Uu- work lh.\nj„'h. If oiihcs up, you'W win five thousjwul »nd twenty Irancs for (he k>ul* you slakPvl, and then at once le.ive (ho liib'e, fi>r it will not come up nin« times again Ihal dav. Or course, this m«,\ occur almost al the ojieiimjj of play, <vr not till the table is near claslng, U«ref«iv t ivquitvs great patience ami constant htJoiidance. To- day it m:;y not cojne up nine tijuts. but U \wU pmbably oo»ne up nine Un»es on two ocoosoiLS to-n>orrow, and tx> Uw average always righ's i » if â-  H* '.b>jry was ceila.nly a novel one, and .inprt«sed im\ Tlsero n» ght, I tbrughl, be .srniiothlng in «t He had led, but he had goae through a whole year's "permaniences," and found ttoat only on three or lour ooca&iona had u failed. For half an bow or so 5ve sal lucidly exp'.aimng the result of his studi<^ of the game with the air of a practised gainbior. In tfccffs I became at oooe in- Wreslad â€" as evai-y man is who btteves h-J ha^ f<iund the secret of how lo get the right side of tl» bonk; but vk were a', length compelled to put diwn our cigaci. and be led th« wa^' linto the drawin^t-room, wh»« tba ladies awaited us The ronn wa» a large, handsome one, elegantly furnished, and lit by '.wo great liinips, which sh^ a suit, subdued light frtom beneath tbeu- huge shades of silk and laoe. Mabel was » tting at ih ? open grand piano, the shaded candlelight causio.!} the beautiful diamond star in the colb of her dark brown hair (o flash with a dazzling irridesconoe, and as I entered she <umed and gave me a sweet smile of yre'xcay^. A »:<rond lime I glanced around that s|:ac'ous apartment, then ne.xt instant siod broathlcieâ€"iransil.xed. I could not believe my own eyes. Il 8<«iiixl ah-wlutejy incrrtlible. Yet the ti-w'h was leyiind all doubt. In the diapos tion of the furniture, arnl in the general appo ntnhenls of that hand-wiroe salcn. (he Ii-hiio of the w-wian f so dearly loved. I r»cognizcd ih.' very room whicti I had onctt exipkjred wii*' m> k-oen sens^ of tjuchâ€" the ro*^ -»n in which had been committed that ' - ghastly, niyslerous, nxdnight cmr^' .o: r"<LrtAPTER XV. •- How you men gossip!" Mobiel ex- clainvod. turning upon the piano-^tool. and Jau^hng merr.ly. "1 wuan't awHre that we had b- en veiy long.' I answered, sinking inlia a low arm<-hair n^-ar her. "If so, I'm sure I aroiogtze. TI(o fact is. that Mr. llt-k- man was ezplainvng a new sys'em ol h <w U> break Ih • bank at Monte Carlo." "Oh, Mr. Hickman!' she cred. turn- ing al oiice to him. "Do e.xplain it, and I II try it when we go to the Rivic.a.-' ".Mij>el, my dear." exclaimed Iver mo- ther, scandul:zed. "y<iuU do nothing of Ihe kind. You koow I d. n't approve of ganibrng.' "Oh. I think it's awfully good fun," her daughter d<.xlarid. "If you win.'' I add<xl. *0f "coiu^e, ' she addtd; thou, turning again to Hickman, she induoeil him to explaai his new and infallible system just as he had explained it lo nv^. The tr»-nd of the conveisatioii was. hClwe^•er. ktst lo mo. My lars c.'osed to a'l sound, and now that I reflect I am siirpriiiei.1 that I succeeded in retaining my scl.'-possession. I kn^w I sat tiiere rgil, OS one bekl raoUonl-ss in terror, I only replied in mcrtosyllables to any roniurk addressed lo hk", and I knew in-sttncUvely that the c»J..r had I. ft my coun'.eniince. The discovery was as be- wildering as it was unexpect-ed. Every detail of that handaomo room wai o.xaMly as 1 plo'urcd it. The bl nd, with Ih.-ir ken sense of touch, are quH-k lo form mental impressii.ns of places and things, and the general character of thle apartment I had riveted upon my mind with the fidelity of a photo- graph. The furnUure w.Ts of gill, jusl a<a I had (ktected from its smoothness, and cov- ered w.th u rkh brocade in \vidc s'r.pes of art gieen and dull red-brown â€" an extiemejy tiand-ome pattern; the carpet wa3 dark, with a. pile .so thick ihat one's feet fell nols«'le&sly; I lie liu'<o long win- di,ws, covered by heavy curtains of bro- cade lo maU.'h the furniture, r<'ached from the b gh-painUxl ceding to the ground, exactly as 1 had found them n niy blind gropi-ngs. About tic lo m were iwo or thive tables with gloss kps, in Irays bcnealh which weixs coJ-.clions of eboice bric-a-brac, includuig some wonderful Ch..fieso carvings In ivory, while bcfoix? the fireplace was spread the great licer-skin, wdh paws and h<ad pr>»^r\e.l, which 1 so well lemeni- bercJ. I sat tiiere speechkss, bi««th!ess. Nol a s n>;le ddtail was there wanting. .N>vor lefore, in all my life, had amazwnent lekl rati so absolutely dumfoundcd. (;i,se to where I sal was a spacious couch, over Ihe centre ol which was thrown an aii!tmacu.ssar of silken cro- cbeUwork. II was covered wilh the .<iaine brocade as the rest of the furni- lur«\ and I stretched fort."! my hjiiid with fcignetl carcle&sness nnd touched it. lis contact was the .same, i's shaj^e exact; lis position in the room identical. Upiin that verv couch 1 hod reclined wliiki the foul tivigedy had been »nact- t. i. couc nvtey tlidlie s. about Bit., became nSL that I sat th to stooeT Th-j square, had been placea <>' the coiKh, and , U> lu.'ep it in its pu sitting fortunately in when .Mabei commence â€"unsteadily I think â€" at self ujon the couciu as be.i.„ u^,. , iortable. Thm, while the woman held n.'e entranced played a seieciA, frwn th«; "Tpova(ore,'- I, unnoticed b) the Olivers, succeeded in breaking the stitche» which taciwed the antima-assar to th) brocade. The leat waa a d:(Ilcuik a^ one, lor one does aot care to be detect- mn ed taring the furniture ol one's bos- te-«. N.-vtrtheks«. ap.er trn minutes or a ' 1 8u;x>'eded in koeening it, and then. Its if by the natural n»vetjiHil of of b<dy, c-Bnnenced to work it tp'-^-^ The music ceased, and eren â-  Jiough a'l my altention was not ceatn d upon my InveBtigaticns, I e' .ongratulated Mabel upon her acci- -rate execution. H-ckman. wtts standin g beside her, and ti:t:ether they began t^> S'iarch for some pece be had requasW d her U> play, while .Mas Well.s, with ^ -ler hearts ami ele- phfijits jingi njk'. It .ined t» me and c m- nven:ed to talk .. Oy this I was, of course interrup ^«ed; n-:verlh-'less. some ten m.niltP« ': ^aVr, I rose, enJ naturally (urnc* •- uack to straighten the rumpled a~' .ii macaasar. In doing so I managed t<> lift it and glance beaealb. In an inslant the truth was pla:n. Cxia- Cfakxl beneath (hat square ol green cacbet-wxirk was a large dark-brown stain upon lh<e brocade. II was the mark ol the life-blood of that thin, well- dnps«d. unknL'wn victim, who had. in an uistant. been struck lo the hearl! The i-ho:k of its discov.»ry caused me Ic start, but next instant I smoothed out the an'oin.icaaear into its former place wiibiut attracting any al'ention. and p;<ss.-d aeroips the room w th the motive or ;nspec;in« an object wliich I well re- n-mlered d'soovfting when I hal maile my blind soarrh. Upon a pode^tal of black nifu-bel stood an exquisite Utile statuette of a Neapolitan dancmg-wo- n.an. undoubtedly the work of some Hal an mos'er. Witbout pausng to ex- amine it, I k)jk in its every detail as I pas9d. r. wiLS exactly as I had felt .1. on I in Uie selfsame spot as on that fatal ni^'ht. liei>:de the couch, as I turned again (o look. 1 saw that a large skin rug had bren thr^^wn down. Without doubt it had been placed (here to conceal the ugly stain of bleed u| on the carjiet. Ai;d yet there, on the scei:« ol one ol IIk' f ulost and mostcwaidy assa-sin- al'ons. we were actually spending the evejiing quietly, as became a r.^jx'clalilo buusehoMI Tte thing i<iejned ah* lu^e- ly iHCrcdible. A dozen tnios I en leav r- ed U p rsuade niy.'^?Lf that the w hole di*- ocvory wii« l-ut a chim.T.i, arisng from my dsrdeied imagination. Nt-verllie- k'^. It was impjss.ble lo disgus- from ni.vself the fact that in every dca I the truth wai^ borne out. In that very room the unknown man had ben struck dead. The marks of his bUxl still ix;- mained as evidence of the IruUi. I sow that b<side Ihe h:gh lainixs at thai moment in use, lher*> was a m gn.li- c^nt caiid<-labra .-iuspeiuleJ fi-ym ilie ceiling, and in !h< we:e eecYc lam; s. Thon. al the door, I njliced the swit-h. and know that it was (he same which I had heard turn, d off by llje assassin ue- fcic kaving the house. At the end of the i>^om. too, were the fclding-dooi's, now (^>ncealed by cur- (ains. U was throu-h thi.ise. very doors Ihat Edaa, my niys!erk>us prolcclivss, had passed and i>epa.ssed to (hat iiuier room whonce had coiik? the st.und of Champagne beaig uncorkotl and the wo- man's piercing screaui. Mate! leaned over and sj.vike lo^iie, whereupon I sank again into (ho chair I had previously occupieil. She began to chat, Lut altliouiih lux K'aulifui eyes iheld me fixed, and her face seemed iiiore handsome Ihan any I had ever sen, the diainonrls in her haij- oazzled m^ eyes, and I (ear that my responjics were tcurxely intelligible. "Y'ou are not quite yourself (o-night. 1 think." shci remarked al last, rising frun the piano, and Inking the low chair that 1 drew up tor her. "Are you un- wellT" "\V*y?' I asked, laughing. "Because you k;ok rather pale. What's tl;e niattciT' "vXothing,'' I answereil, as catielessly as I couW. "A Slight headache. But it ha-i pas^'Ct.! now " My eyes wandered U> th^^e curtains of green plu-^h. How I K>nged to enter that i>0i«n lieyond! At that moment she look out her handkerchief. Rven that action added with lis penduliun rvpres-^nlmg (he flgiiro e( a girl Mviiiging beneath Ihe tre*«, stamlino on the mantel&heH, ti-lveil oul k>w and musically, ju^t aa it had done on (hat fateful night. In an inslant as I sat wilh be^ turned from my com- panions and my eye.s shut, tlie whele of Ihal tragic serene was re-«>nacted. I heard the crash, tlw woman'* sen-am, Iht »w<.v<:lricken exclamation that fol- kwxd In lh«- iiuhT room. 1 h<>ard, too, V^«r bad patience >o Iry II, he adroit- the low sw:«hol a wximan's skirts, the e<i in that room. My head .swam; 1 ckseJ jny eyes. The great giJt ctock, U- the completion of the mental picture I h;ul formed. Her tiny squai-e of lawn ami lace exhaled a sw.-el od<jr. It waa (hit evf peau d'Rspagne, the saiih; subtle perfume used by tiie mysterious Edna! U filled my no.stnls until I sec«ned in- U.'xioled by its fragraaoe oombioexl wilh her beauty. Her dp> s8 was discreetly decolHe, and .â- )« she »at chatting to me with that bright vivaciousness which was so Charming, her white neck alowly heaved and felL She had, it aeained, bean strlv- fcO ug V> . I shall oe We'va tl*en * and have sucti Then Lshon I . rowT I said in dr "No. I lear not a matter of fact, u. next few days are v "But youli write «« you are freer I urged "If you wish. ' she resj. ..ro^ sweetly. Apparently she war* ^n i. ave.'^se to my coinjMinionship, a . which had become lo me more a:ppa:enl now that she bad Induced her mother to invite me t>i> their tabk. I end.^avoied (o exti-act from bar some appointment, but she only wh.sper-xjâ€" "IVjiiemhor thai our metngs are clandestine. D<jn t let thorn overhear UK. Let's change the subjo-ot." .And then she began to discuss seseral of Uic latest novels. .She had apparently a wide knowledge of French ficUun. for she explained how c trend of hers, an old sch xMfeliow. who had marred a French baron and lived in Paris, sent her regularly all the notabk; n neU. Of Englsh floton, too. she was evidently a constant reader, for iiie tokl me much about recent d'ivcIs tlvit I waa unaware of, and critcized (b<^ style in a manner which t)<.'tTayed a deep knowledge of her sutj'tt. "One would alim>st thbik yv>u wei'c a .'ady niwclisl. <>r a be>ok-rev ew r," I le- n.aik<xl. in response to a sweep ng cim- denmalion which she made ivgatdJng the style of a much-belauded writer. "Well, personally. I Like t»3ks with senna grit in ibem," she de>c;ared. "l can't stcuid eil^e^ the Si>,:all>d prbleni ncvel, or a story tnlerlardM w.th d;a- 'kxI. If any <.n.? wants nxsty pi»bieins. let Ihom spend a few shillings in the works of (XT iiin French wri'.ers, who turn out becks on the meet unwhole- sjme themes (hey can imagine, and fciidly b-'lieve (iKtnselvcs realists. We dtn't want Ih-'-^e qucueMle-siecle works in England. Let us stick to (he otd- faj-honcil story of love, adventure, or rcinance. English writers are now bo- g nn'ng lo te.- the mistake they once niadi> in tryiiig to foLktw (he French style, and aie reluming to the real le- pilmiaU: novel of actionâ€" Ihe or.e thai iiileivsts and grips from the first page t' Iho last." .Slo sioke sensibly, and t expressed my enlr« accrd w.th her opinwn. But ihs d'sciissiion was only in ordi>r to hide our exchange of confidences! utter- ed in an undertone wh le Hickman and th'- two ladies were chatUng al the fur- th r eml of the room. .Ml the titne 1 was longing to get a s'ght of the interior of the adj.>iiiinj: rparttnenl, the room whence had biu'st feMth that woman's agonize-d cry :n the slillnes.s of tb«! night. I rackeil my brain Vi find S'ime nieaiw of entering there, but coukl devise none. A guest can hardly wander over his hosk^sss hcu«e on the first eiccasion lie receives an invitatien. Besides. Ui Iktray any in- ttre^ in the house might. I rclkvted, ariMise some suspicion. To be success- ful in tlvse inquiries wouUl neceisitate the mv*^ e.xtreme caul on. The flagrant odor of peau d Espagnc exhalexl by lier chiffons seemed tj hold nie jxiwerless. The gilt cl<wk with its swinging girl had already struck eleven on its silv<T»- tell, and been re-eciioed by another cioe'k in the h.ill playing the W'estinin- s'er chimes, wh>~n suddenly Mrs. .Vn'^in, with a took in her hand, kxjkel acioss Vj her daughter, sayingâ€" "Mabel, dear, I've left my glasses on the table in the library. Will you kind- ly fe'Ch Ihe-ni for n>c?'' In an instant I saw my chance, an.1, jumping to my feet, offered to oblJiin them. At lii-st she obje^ctel, but finding me delen-m'ned, saielâ€" "The 1 bmry is the m'-xl rccm, t.^^ere. Vcu'll find thom on the wTiting-lable. Mother always leav.ie Hie»n there. It's really t(.>o t>ad to thus malce a servan* of yju. I'll ring lor Arnold." ".Nk>. no," I protected, and a* went eagerly in search ot tt- ' (To l« Continue*" Ttie u__^ ^ 111 made war on rusty cans Ir tury standpoint. It e un kr-ep them ek?aa and the a graph gives another strong i ILey should be d:jj<.ari!>l. In taking up last year ;he pasteurttiug the whey the tl>al IhB w.yuKi be one ot Hi. the end ol isrevcnLng to *"ra l-ast of cans bexy'inrng rust whey is heated properly aiie kept clean it shouki '^j b< cans Comparatively swy«et, a case will not take lie tin ot qukrkly as when the whey uiih>3at«d and sour. I st U rai all the whey which a ivtuni cans shnild bo fi-oiii tanks k^pl. perfectly clean and the tturzed in order to keep it t-cst-.-urizng the whey, hjv iicl ineau tiiat the tanks do any further craning. Th y ci« an ng just the sajne, hut w very much easier to clear ckan. It B3 hoped that the large factories that have adopt- th« s\-s!era of pasUrurizing ( do lie work properly so tiia may be given ih*^ system lemperatures below 160 to and heating two or tiiroc d only will not give pitiper healing must be done al th [>eratuiv. 160 to 165 d.>gre. every day al tlie proper 'uii •â- ^ before the wb<:'y has sla « n ajiy nioc^ actd than wh dpping and^tbe tanks in ckan.â€" Frank H rns, Chie sliu.tjr. Western Ontari<> A\ EFFECTIVE REMEDY F< Each year as Ihe sejis" cem giww<>rs aw put lo the to skip live depredations c cT.fWs, upun th-^ir com. T' rays el cojnlxiUing t!-.c v yeng com. Some keep In- mean*, c^f scanccrove kinds, ranging from a:- und the lied, to Irl, shining lin ajid dummy r. or man-, lliore are all ni< fictive. depending upon I. ity of Ihe cre>ws and (heir Uons. .An effectual n-nn-dy, h< will nieel all cases aiike is ing: Piocure' ^\>m your dru( grains . f strychnine. W th a sitiaU knife. ti>eak open t.') o' a few fret-*! hens eggs, pla tf the strychnine in and mix tents of the eggs with the si iv.ean.-? ot a l<.«>ttapicl< or ot inslrumeni. Carefully seal uigs. w;th some wax, cr pa; paper over tlie h les. Befoi at night, place Ukso eggs field, slaking lh<im in ord may be able to liiid th«un 11 B<'i.«v yon have arisen the ing. the cixiws will bo e^n corn fields and w.u ixvidiU the dainty, (hat y^m hav .Makean early triple Ihe fie wil' flrd y^'UJ'enimes. the an.1 stiff u: on Ihe comfivld fr»vui it. CJatlxT up !h • eggs in oi-dT tlial .stoek n;ay n e.1 T>v< wi-;t,p;^iia;^ tried "J-:ihn, I met a wom^ seen for years. "Did j •"Yea; she i-ecogn'zed hat." Then the sUefl a*\«.