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'm m-- • A h <. * * arm i r Ou , ^crics ^K^^^ki'iwSsaiK,. Conducted by Professor Henry G. BelL ,7*"" /''â- '*** °^ '^i'* department I* to place at the »y^^' **"'â-  **'â- '" 'â- eadere the advice of an acknowl- •oaea authority on all lubjectt perulnina to eo!!* and cropt. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publlahlna Company, Limited, To- fonto, and answers will appear in this column in the I,,"' '" which they are received. As space is limited n IS advisable where immediate reply is necessary that • stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the suestlon, when the answer will be mailed direct Henry G. Bell. ammonia and 8 to i2':'c available phosphoric acid, and possibly 2 to i'^i potash. This is best applied when ! preparing the bed for the planting of d Qiiestion-F. P.:_(a) What fertil- ,.4^ good results are obtain.d by us- uer would you suggest for corn in j^g f,^^ 40O to COO pounds per acre med'.um soil, and how much? Have : „; fertilizer analyzing from 2 to 3'V no manure. (b) What is the best' kind of soil for buckwheat, and when is the best time to sow, and how thick- ly? Answer: â€" (a) soil I wouki ad pounds per ac,4 ot lert.lizer carrying .^le plantfood should be drilled in 1 to Zr ammonm and 8 to 12^/c avail- ! through the fertilizer dropping at- able phosphonc acid. If it is pos- ;t^,j,^^„^ „f ^^^ ^^eat drill, or it Bible to obtain Kt potash, the addi- ; should be broailcasted over the pro- tion will be of adv-antege to the crop. j strawberry bed and thoroughly A saLsfacory method of applying this disked and harrowed in. When the fertilizer to the corn is to drdl it m ; ..jn^, ^,^ .^^ ^^ey will profit through the fertihzei dropping at- greatly by the added vigor obtained a). For corn on medium the young vines. When the ground d^ise from 300 to 500 â-  j,^^ ^een thoroughlv disked this avail- rt of fertilizer carrying. ui„ ,>i„„ff„„j ai,„"„i,i i,,. ^viiio,i i„ tachment of the wheat drill. Such a method of application puts the plant- food into the soil where the material can dissolve. The available plantfood acts on the young crop somewhat the same as whole milk fed to the young calf. It gives it a strong, healthy, vigoious start. In u.'iing fertilizers do not neglect tc grov, clover or rye on this ground inside- the ne.xt two yeara and then from this available plantfood. As a rule, top-dressing growing straw- berries has not been the most profit- able way to apply. Question â€" M. C: â€" What is the best way to get rid of wild mustard? Answer: â€" A praclicaljle way to get rid of mustard is to spray the young plants before they come into flower. For this purpose a spray machine such as is used for spraying potatoes might LOWER PRICED ONION SEED HIGH GRADE TESTED ONION SEED AT ONE DOLLAR A POJND LESS THAN LAST YEAR. SOW 5 LBS SEED PER ACRE. AVERAGE CROP 500 BUSHELS PER ACRE Yellow Globe Danvers Onion, black seed..oz. 25c, lb. $2.10, 5 lbs. $9.25 Giant Yellow Prizetaker Onion, black seed. oz. 25c. lb. $2.10, 6 lbs. $9.25 Large Red Wethersfield Onion, black seed. oz. 25c, lb. $2.00, 5 lbs. $9.29 Market Maker Golden Globe Onion oz. 25c, lb. $Z10, 6 lbs. $9.25 Early Yellow Danvers Onion, black seed..oz. 20c, lb. $1.90, 5 lbs. $8.25 Southport White Globe Onion, black seed oz. 40c. lb. $4.00 Red Globe Prizewinner Onion, black seed..oz. 25c, lb. $2.10, 5 lbs. $9.23 Select Yellow Dutch Onion Setts lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.70 XXX Guernsey Parsnip, fine smooth roots ..Pkg. 10c, oz. 20c, 4 oz. 60c. Detroit Dark Red Table Beet (round) Pkg. 5c, oz. 20c, 4 oz. 50c. Chantenay Red Table Carrot Pkg. 5c, oz. 25c, 4 oz. 65c. Rust Proof Dwarf Black Wax Butter Beans lb. 50c, 5 lbs. $2.25 Early White Cory Sweet Table Ccrn lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.50 London Long Green Cucumber (great cropper) Pkg. 5c. oz. 13c, 4 oz. 40c. XXX Solid Head Lettuce Pkg. 10c, oz. 25c, 4 ozs. 75c. Improved Beefsteak Tomato j . . .Pkg. 10c, ',2 °^- 3oc. oz. 90c XXX Scarlet Oval Radish (mild, crisp) ...Pkg. 10c, oz. 20c, 4 ozs. 50o. Little Marvel Garden Bush Peas, very early 4 oz. 15c, lb. 40c. Early-Branching Asters, Crimson Pink, White or Mixed Pkg. 10c Mammoth Fringed Cosmos, mixed colors Pkg. 10c. XXX Mammoth Verbenas, superb mixture of colors Pkg. 10c. XXX Spencer Giant Sweet Peas, all shades mixed . Pkg. 15c, oz. 35c. "Pakro" Seedtape. "You plant it b> the yard." 2 pkts. for 25c. .Ask for descriptive list. turn under 3 second crop ofjbe used. Empty a 100-pound sack clover or a fair growth of rye or some of sulphate of iron into a kerosene or other green manure. In using] vinegar barrel. Fill it up to the chine 1 fertilizers you are adding plantfood ; with water and .-itir until the sulphate | but yoi are not addir.g organic r.at-]of iron is dissolved. Strain the solu-, ter or l.umus. Humus is essential I tion through several thicknesses ofj to the producing capacity of the soil, cheese-cloth when pouring it into the' hence mu.st not bo neglected. 1 tank of the spray machine. To be! (b) Buckwheat will do well on most most eflfective, it is well to apply 52 j ai.y type of .soil with the exception of gallons of this materia! to the acre. Rennie's Seed Annual Free to All. Delivery Free in Canada Order through your LOC.\L DE.VLER or direct from fm. RENNIE Co., Limited kins and MarKst Sts., Toronto Also at MONTREAL WLNNIPEG VANCOUVER RENNIE'S SEEDS !!: yo}/^ Cirnt:Lu:texi 6y /fi^j) Jtcdtrt Jjaui. - Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department Initials only will be published with each question and its • nswer as a means of identiflcation, but full name and address must be 8'ven In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will •>• maMed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to M'-s. Helen Law. 75 Castle Fr;nk Read Toronto. TRAINING THE PRECOCIOUS CHILD muck. It is successful sown later than the average farm crops, â€" even lown as late a.-j early June. Prob- ibly late in May is he bes- time to 5ee<l it, using from 3 to Ty pecks of ijooil seed per acre. Question â€" T. L.:â€" What is the aest fertilize' for strawberries, and The more powerful the spraying ma- chine the better, since the mist is most eflfective when tlivided into finest! particles. .\ pressure of 80 to 100 lounds at the nozzle should be main-! tained. .-V two-horse spraying ma-| chine will spray from 20 to 100 acres of grain in a 10-hour day. In actual; Great Wisdom is .Needed That the Brilliant (. hild May Be Weil- Balanced and Win Success in Later Life. when should it be used, on the vines i tests which have been carried out, this that are bearing this year or the vines ' method of treatment has proven very to be set out t'.ii.-. year? I efficient in killing out this troublesome .\nsver: â€" In fertilizing strawber- [ weed. It does not hurt the grain crop. S/or/£s .Mother Uobiii's .\pril Foot. .Mother Robin played an .\pril-fool joke on little Sammy Patterson; she played a joke and said "'.Vpril fool!" at the right time, only of course she said it robin fashion. When atiy robin laURhs after sunset and su>s "Cheer up!" it sounds like ".\pril fool!" and Sammy's robin probably knew what sl.e was talking about. She and Father Robin came back early that year, and built their nc'st the last week in .March. Ever since Sammy was big enough to have a room of his own near his mother's room upstairs, the robins had built in an apple tree just outside his window. This was the first time, though, that they had come in March. Sammy di<l his be<t to help them so long as March lasted. He put string on the fence for Mother Robin to use, and bits of wool and cotton. He did everything a country boy could do to help u pair of robins get settled for the season. \wu they must have been birds of exceptional intelligence for they used the string. .^nd then, the niiiiute .\pril came, Sammy forgot them. The only reason S;'.nimy forgot the robins for a few hours was because the first day of .•Vpril was his day to play jokes on the family and then shout, ".April fooll" He hail much fvin with everyone that day, and was so tired at bedtime that he was glad to believe what the clock said without asking a (luestion . Sammy's mother went downstairs after he had .-â- aid his prayers and ^he had tucked him into bed; she suppos- ed the little fellow would fall asleep in less than three minutes. He did not! The reason Sammy did not go to sleep when he elu-'sed his eyes was that he heard a curious tapping at the window after his mjther had loft the room; a gentle tap-tap-tap! tap-tap- tapping! When Sammy opened his eyes wide and loi.kevl through the window, he saw only the man in the moon, look- ing pleasant. Again came that gentle tap-tap-tap! tap-tap-tappingl Sammy sat up and wondered. It seemed to him I hen as if the man in the r lOon wore laughing, for the man in the ni(>on never seemed far away and Sammy ahyays thouijht of him as a good friend. Sammy said afterwards that he knew some one was trying to play a joke on him; ho guesised that the very lii>t second ho hear the tap-tap- tapping. Of course he did not think of Mother Robin. If he had thought of her he would have believed that she was too bu.sy to play .April-fool jokes on a little boy. T'»p-tiip-tap'. cime that sound over an<l over, until at last the little boy callc<i to his father and mother. "Come quickly, please," he urged, "and come softly, because some one is playing ticktack on my window, and maylie you can catch him!" j Father and mother came quickly and softly and bolli of then were laughing. They thought that the neighbors' boys were hiding outsiile the house with a ticktack . .Mr. Patterson laughed, be- cause he used to do tricks like that when he was a boy. Mrs. Patterson laughed, because she thought how sur- prised -iome one would be when she opened the window wide and said, "Who's there?" Sammy's pretty mother did open the window and did say. "Who's there?" But jhe was the one who was straightway surprised, liecause no one answeieii but Mother Robin. Mother Robin had laid one blue egg that morn- ing, and she was on the nest keeping the treasure warm. When Mrs. Pat- terson said, "Who's there?" Mother Robin untucked her head from under her wing and answered, ".\pril fool!" cheerfully. "Sure enough!" exclaimed Sammy's father. "It was Mother Robin who has been playing ticktack on your win- dow. 1. 00k at this, Sammy!" Sammy looked. What he saw was a long string dangling from the top of Mother Robin's nest. .A nail was tied to the end of the string, and it was that nail that made the tap-tap-tap- ping noise, helped by the .April breeze. How Sammy and his father and his mother laughed when they saw that string that Mother Robin had woven into her nest, nail and all! The robin laughed, loo, robin fashion. For specific information regarding, breeding, feeding, and general care and maiuigeniei.t of livestock, apply to your nearest experimental farm. Feed is high, but it is not so high that one can afford to ruin a good pasture by turning stock on it too early. Labor on the dairy farms this year is going to be hard to get, and un- doubtedly will cost all it is worth. It is a condition that will start many dairy farmers thinking about me- chanical milkers. The earlier calves are taught to eat the better. If the calf is given a small handful of ground oats, with the hulls sifted otit, in the bottom of the pail after he is through taking up the milk he will be eating chop before he knows it . .A few years ago it was considered a norm-.. I thing for cows to give 2,500 to ,3,000 pounds of milk in a year. To- day yieldsv of twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds pass almost un- noticed. Animal husbandry has be- come one of the most important and progics.sive vocations. Whenever we meet an unu.sual- . ly bright or precocious child. > there is sure to be some fond j and admiring* friend or re- ] lative hovering near, anxious to "show it off." As a matter of fact, the child of average ability is in much less i danger than the backward or pre- j cocious one. ! The backward child may not be un- , dcrstood or it may not have the most intelligent methods used in its management. For this reason, such a child may fail to achieve as much as he might under favorable circum- stances. However, no one expects, very much of a deficient youngster, 1 and if he is given healthful surround- iigs, good care and sympathetic un- \ derstanding, his handicap may in time ^ be partly overcome. ( Very often the child who is exceed- ! ingly bright in certain respects, is decidedly aveiage otherwise. If you press a ball in at one point, it will bulge out on the opposite side. The bulging or noticeable charaeteristis is pretty .sure to be balanced by a dent somewhere. This may be the rea- : son that many people who are really brilliant in some directions are not well-balanced or evenly developed a!l around. There is also grave ilanger that pre- cocious children may have too much expected of them and be urgeil be- yond their normal capacity. .A lit- tle boy who was fond of music and who really did exceptionally well with his violin le.ssons was urged to long periods of practice i:nd encouraged to take part in many public entertain- ments . These things were accom- plished at the cost of play and sleep. The chilli developed a neivous trou- , ble and was obliged eventually to g;ve up both school and music. It is frequently remarked that the pupil who is unusually brilliant in school, winning much favor and many honors, is not always a success in later life. There are reasons why this is often so. If book knowledge comes too early through an e.xtra good mem- ory or the ability to see through a problem q'lickly, little mental train- ing is given, and v.hen that individual goes out into the world, superficial methods and the expectation of get- ting much and givir.g little, do not make for success. The precocious child is in danger of becoming over-conlident, egotistical, lacking in thoroughness, and patroniz- ing in manner. Too often such chil- dren do not develop the mental and moral fibre which effort and dis- couragement, more determined effort and final victory bring out. One star pupil was recently heard to boast that he could stay o.it of school three days, at^nd one day, and still keep up with ms class. It may be the old story of the hara and the tortoise. He is gaining a contempt for educa- tional advantages and is likely to be handicapped for life with the idea that persistence and con.scientious effort are not necessary for him. Teachers often remark that they are the best instructors in the sub- jects which were hard for then Ic learn as pupils. They kr.ow where the difficulties lie and how discourag- ing they are. Creat wisdom is needed in handling the precocious child so that it may be well-balanced and kindly, and realize the necessity of achieving its own best. M. E. S. : â€" A child four or five years old should drink at least a glassful of water between five o'clock supper and seven o'clock bedtime. Children ^^hould get the habit of drinking water both morning and evening. This will prevent a good deal of sluggish action of the liver, kidneys and bowels, and will obviate the need of laxatives, which are used altogether too freely. F. H.: â€" 1. It is misconception to be- lieve a kitchen should be large. It should be small, compact, cheerfully and sanitarily finished, with cross ventilation, anii an abundance of il- lumination. It should not, of course, be so small as to be cramped or con- gested. .A long, narrow pantry should be studiously avoided. Built-in cup- boards in the kitchen might take the place of a pantry and save steps. 2. -Any worker desiring to eliminate waste motion and increase her effici- ency .50 per c'jnt., can ask herself these questions: 1. Is my table, stool, board, or working surface at the right height? 2. .Are my utensils and ma- terials needed for this task ail before me when 1 begin? Z. Do I have to ^toop unnecessaiily ? Do I take use- less steps? 4. .Are my utensils ar- ran'fe'ed with proper regard to each other, and to other tasks? .5. Is my position comfortable? 15. .Am I us- ing the best and right tool for the pur- pose? 7. Is the tool properly ad- justed and in good condition before I begin work? 8. .\m I making any awkward motions, or ones I could omit ? L. N. T.:â€" Here is an extract from a hook entitled "The Efficient Life," which may suit your case. It is a plan that is decidedly worth trying. .A tired ami nervous mother will often find fault unnecessarily, and cause friction in the home. Give mind and body a real rest every ilay. as this message advises: â€" "Many mothers slave for thei;- chd- dren so many hours a day that they have but little energy left with v.hich to enjoy them and love them. .As a result, the dullness and drudgery of existence are ail they come to ex- perience. "One mother of Gve children fot years took at least one hour a day for rest and quiet rta<ling alone by her- self. Nothing hut absolute neces- sity could induce her to break into this hour. "The result of this is not only that she had kept her own superb health, but she is a constant joy and inspira- tion to her children, her husband, and her friends . "It is true that she might have done more dusting or mending stock- ings than she has actually accom- plished, but it would have been at the sacrifice of that whole part of her life which meant the most to herself and others." W. E. K.: â€" Probably you will find all the good recitations you need in "Jessie .Alexander's Platform Sketches." The price of the book is Sl.'iO. .As for drills, there are three little volumes you would find useful: "Ideal Drills." "Wilson's Drills and Marches," anc "Twenty-flve Drills and Several Motion Songs." They are 25 cents eac'n. R. W.: â€" How .April Fool Day came to be no one really knows. Pro'uably the best gu.-ss .s that which credits the day to France, the first nation of all Ciiristendom to l)egin the year on January 1 instead of March 25. Be- fore the change was made the octave of the festival. .April 1, was the day un which the celebration culminated, when \i.-;it.* were made and gifts ex- changed. With the adoption of th» reformed ^a!end..r in 15i)4, New Year's Day was celebrated on January Land only pietended gifts and mix-k ceremoi.ial visit.'- were made on .April 1. with the luea of making fools <jf those who had forgotten the change of date. The cu.-tom once started was kept up after i-s n-i^'-n was no lni:ger remenibereil . I.NTER.N VTIO.N AL LESSO.N .XI'RIL I.-.. >r The symptoms of spasmodic colic are: Uneasiness, stamping, pawing, throwing himself down, rolling, get- ling up, etc. The attacks are spas- modic, and during the intervals patient IS normal, may appear to want to uri- nate. Drench with 1 '2 oz. each of lauda- num, sweet spirits of nitre and tinc- ture of belladonna in a pint of water. Repeat in 2 hours if necessary. The geiieril indifference to horse- nreeding at present in some farm sections offers all the more encourage- ment to tho.se who follow the less popular course and raise horses before they are actually at a premium on the markets. Brood mares must be properly ex- erciseil, preferaoly with light work but not where there is danger of straining or falling or being crowded between shafts. Watch the mare carefully at foaling. .A clean, thoi-- oughly disinfected bright cheerful box stall is the best place to for.l a rtiare, unless the weather is warm and a clean comfortable grass paddock is available. Yearlings and foals well fed and free from vermin will make the greatest and most profitable gains on summer pasture, but if the pasture is short, a grain supplement is a most profitable investment. The secret of successful horse rearing is to keep the animals clean, healthy and constantly gaining in size and weight until ma- turity. I Sheep will turn to profitable account more waste products than will any other class of farm animals. .A sheep has a low nervous organ- ization, and once neglected gives up with little effort. But kept in thrift with good care it will be as hardy as any other animal. This is the season of the year when , sheep need most care and labor. Rea- sonable attention in the lambing sea- ; son will .save a heavy mortality. .A , good shepherd will raise a 12.5' '< lamb crop . Don't forget the spring dipping. .Although other work may ilemand at- tention, yet this is the one phase of sheep husbandry that should never be neglected. Shear fairly early, at least before I the vei y warm spring days arrive, and thus save the ewe discomfort and loss , in weight. With wool a."! valuable ' per pound as butter, the greatest care should be taken to produce the . cleanest, best fleece and properly to â-  care for the same after shearing. Co- operative marketing will add from two to eight cents per pound revenue from your wool . Give the lambs an extra good start on grass. .A lamb creep in the corner of the pasture and light grain feeding will usually be found most profitable. -^- Every farmer should develop the muscular system of his children, with good food, exercise and right training. Which shall it be? Lessun III. Jesus I'he (omhI Shep- herdâ€"John 10. I 18. (ioldeii Textâ€" John 10. II. Ve se 7. In studying the other par- ables of the fourth Gospel, it must be noticed that the Evangelist :eports parables in a way of his own. fusing parable and interpretation. Here, however, he has given a parable (verses l-o) in the original fi^rm. and lhe.<e verses are tho interpretation. But the paral'le sugge<lg two wholly independent applications, wh'ch are given successively without any atten- tion to their incongruity, a thing that matters les.s to Oriental than to West- ern moiles of speech. In verses 7-9 Jesus is the door: true shepherds and false are ilistinguished according as they '.'nter through the Door, or "climb up some other way." Recnii Milton's use of it, describing Satan'.-* entry into Paradise: "So clomh his rt;-sl grand theif into God's fold; So since into his church lewi hirelings climb." 8. .All that came are thie\es ( iiuir- gin -The addition before me may well have been an attempt to explain a hard phrase. Ho that cometh was a special name of the Christ: see John II. 27; Matt. 11. .'L etc. So this means false Christs. who tried to coa.x the sheep away. But they did not hear them (verse 5). Robbers -Or high- waymen, sheep stealers who will use violence. 9. This will refer to shepherds, no; sheep. The true undershepherd ( I I Peter 5. 2-11 makes it his Inisiness to find pasture for the sheep. He can go in and go out freely, for he goes through the Door (verse 3 I. To such is promised salvation, for we caji be saved onlv by trving to save others. Compare Phil. 1. 19; 1 Tim. 4. 1«. There is a vast multitude of true "pastors" â€" the word is only the Latin for "shepherd" â€" who were never ordained by human hands. 10. Cometh -The special sense still I lingers about it from verse 8. Have abundance (marginl- Christ never gives just enough: there are .ilwnys basketfuls left over. 11. Here begins what is really a new parable, starting out of the other. A good shepherd, owning the sheep, will risk his life for those sheep ^hen the wolf comes. The hireling has no motive for doing so: his life is worth more to him than his pay! Bofore, as well as after, this brief parable, Jesus tells us that such a shepherd , illustrates what he is to his own. ULayeth down -The tense shows that ^•eadiiiess to face death to rescue the .sheep is intended: olfcrs or risks comes nearer to the Greek. It is, of course, in the a|>plicat!on of the par- able that Layeth down become; true. 12. Whose owiv-.All turns on th's. Hence it is that Peter bids tho L->r!'! undershepherds to "she|.hoid tlv "^ • k of God . . not for h:\.\- io j .' â-  1, but of free will" 1 1 Peter .5. 2l. 14. This takes up verse 3. Com- pare the "seal" upon God's "firm fiiun.lat.on" (2 Tim. 2. 191. Mine own know nie â€" Verse 5 is the converse. One recalls the "true Israelite" of .lohii 1. 47 who instinctively recognizes '"he King of Israel. " I.''. This is the note so often struck ill Jchn 17; the Lord applies to us a si:i'ioard actua^iy drawn from his own iiiations with the Kather. It is es- sentially like .Malt. .5. 48 and Eph. 5. 1 For the -hiep -111 this context thi' suggestion is that he rescues his -ieep at the risiv of his own life. •â- Ri«k " we may still say for in Gethse- maiie he showeii that he could concei\e of God's firding at the last moment some other way of accomplishing his purpose. Biit here that possibility is barely in sight : He is sure the offer- ed life wil: lie t.iken. as he is sure that having lost h:s life be w'-W ti".| ii again . lo. This fold The (,h .s.n People, who thought thi'iiiseis es monopolists of God's mercy They shall hear, and so prove that they are truly his «h"ep. They shall be onie one fiock 1 ... niarg'ii there shall i>e is not impos- sible as a tra:-si,i!i.;n of the reailing implied ir. llu- -exl : the .iilferei'ce made is slight. One fiockâ€" Jirume's extraordinary liiirnlcr, one 'old, is per- haps the mi.'st lisastrous translation mistake ever made in history. It was largely 'â- espcmhle ''or the un-Christ- ian idea thji .n;;y consists in exter- nal organization in.slfcad of the bond of love. In (iieek the word fiock is derived from the word shepherd: the vital iir.ily of Chiistendom is in the universal lieperuieiue on the f.lne Shepherd. 17. Perfect sacrifice is the condi- tion of perfect love. It was by carry- ing his cbedienec "as far as lieath" (Phil. 2. M that the Son won his cx- ataltion. That 1 may .An ad.lition like that in Rom. S. .'U". Fhere is an unwillingness even to mention the Death alone, lest men should think â€" â-  «s All has so often persersely taught them -of a Dead ( hrist as the object of ot!.- worship. 18. Took it awa\ (margin! â€" If this reading is right, it is another li.ik wiih Jonh 17, in which the Lord looks bai k on his enrthiy career as closed a'ui tying in tlie past. Power- Kath- er authority, .lerived from God. For withou* a e!p!ir call from God no man ha.* the right to give or eve-, risk the life God gave for his ov/n purpose. Lay it down A dilTerenl tense now is used, which justifies this rendering, ''"his commandment To sacrifice and to resume life alike. Ciueful study of the .SyiiODtic record of the Passion will show that the Lc-d was no pas- sive victim. He chose tiie time or his death 'see Matt. 2«. 5) ami the charge on sxh'.ch he wouldp lead (Murk 14. (ilL when his enemies tried their best to escape both -tho--former be- cause' of tho people, the latter boca.ise sjch a iha-ge would not appeal to Pilato, thn Roman procurator. <, The fibre of the .Argentine guato plant h.Tving been found suitable for • lace manufacture, a lace factory will lie esta'o.ished in that country. One of the most costly buildings in Benares is a temple for monkeys. The f 'iif'.N cr.« of Brahma hold this arihntij ,-; .'•Oil r.!.d worship '♦ m a dcit/.