The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

+ ©, Modern Mary's Garden. . "Contrary" Mary of the old nursery, rhynie. may have raised "silver bells ed and gackle-shells" in her garden, but modern Mary plans her garden for use as well as for beauty. , Early in the spring she raises ler vegetables in a hotbed, and later, her mornings are spent in a thrivihg vegetable and flower garden for gheiknows that the liberal use green vegetables in the summer diet means health' and strength apd that the family: grocery bill is mmch small- er'if dozens of quarts of garden pro- ducts. are canned ready for winter use. Mary's flower garden delights not only the eye of the 'passerby: but = also brightens ler own home and makes possibile the carrying of cheery flower- megsages into less fortunate homes. |: There are many factors to be con- sidered in making a garden, the first of 'which is the choosing of a suitable location, for good soil unshaded' by trees ig an essential for a successful]; garden. © Many gardens are planted in sandy loam since seeds can be planted early in sandy soil. Warmth is essen- tiol 4b the growth of a seed and sun- phine is an absolute essential for the, growth of plants, because the plant; can only manufacture its food when the sun is shining. Choosing seeds for a flower garden is a'Tascinating task because the list of easily-grown annuals includes a wide choice of kinds and colors of flowers 'such as: alyssum, asters, bal- sam, pot marigolds, poppies, calliop- sis, candytuft, chrysanthemums, for- get-me-nots, larkspur, marigolds, nas- turtiuvms, pansies, petunias,. phlox, pinks, scarlet sage, snapdragons, sun- flowers, vorbenas and zinnias, Thé flower garden and the hota gatden should both receive the same earéful carve and cultivation. The soi) should be spaded, or 'plowed in- the autpmn or very early spring, then the secd bed harrowed and raked well. If barnyard or stable manure is added to the soil after plowing, the soil will be 'made pote fertile as soon -as the manure decay Be After 'the seed bed is pulverized well,' the "seeds should' be sown' in straight rows, The general rule for covering, is to cover small seeds with a very shallow layer of earth but large seeds may be planted as deep as two or three inches. The seeds should be sown far enough apart that the W mature plants will not be crowded. Garden crops should be cultivated very frequently in order to kill the weeds which take from the foil the food which should nourish the growing! vegetables; to stir the soil, thus form- ing a dust mulch which prevents the Joss of moisture; to make' it possible for the growing plant to get air through the soil; and to keep the soil Joose, ;thus 'giving the roots a larger feeding ground. ~Jf the garden is cultivated by hand, a hoe; rake, spading fork and spade will be found useful, also' such small todls As a handserape weedeér, a dibble, an: "onion weeder, a trowel and a claw er. A small hand cultivator or wheel .hices saves much labor. {me for the job. enough physically to acco! 1 thi i --Bam If watering a garden" is 'necessary; the plants should be thoroughly water-, 'occasionally and mot merely sprinkled every day. © Insects often cause heavy' losses to garden crops but these losses can be; greatly lessened if care js taken to| keep them under control from the very beginning of 'the season.' The following methods have been found to be' successful in combating these garden enemies: Cut worms: Feed poisoned mash, which is made from the talowing formula: 2 ounces white arsenic or Paris green, 8 pounds of bran, 1 ounce of salt, 2 ounces. cheap syrup. = * Chewing insects: Spray plants with 8 solution of lead arsenate: "2 ounces lead arsenate powder, 1% gallons of water. Successful gardening demands pa- tience and: care but the pleasure and the satisfaction gained from a thriv- ng garden far exceed the work of planning and caring for it. Bovee has fom frying pan, in drippings, in v chopped has ed, Potatoes peeled and cut 'the steak. "Chis 1s ther brow y small onion been pi: cutting the potato crosswise .added a pint of tomatoes, and canned peas. If there is a stray of celery uk it is cut fine and ad The whole is then poured into the serole, and the dish covered in the oven, where a moderate fire is! | kept for one hour. This is the eal, with the exception of bre butter and a light dessert. Dye Old 'Skirts, D Dresses, - Coats, Stockings, Sr Everything. SEL Each pacgage of "Diamond ve contains easy directions for any article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, | Poor dye Epots, fades end ruins ma- terial by giving it a 'dyed-look."_ Buy | "Diamond Dyes" only. Pruggist has or mixed goods. Beware! streaks, Color Card, Vi arr flere Whole villages in Jugo- Stasis are composed of women. well said, "To cultivate a garden is to The : White Hat Minard's Liniment for Burns, Sax Rohmer PART IIL "Right," replied Bampton; *I will He half cloged his eyes reflectively. "Y was having tea in the Lyons Cafe, to which I always go, last Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock, when a man sat down facing me and 'got into con- versation." "Describe him," "He was a man rather above me- dium height. I should say about my own. build; dark, going gray. He had a neat mustache and a-short beard, and the look of a man who had travel ed a lot. His skin was very tansed almost as deeply as yours, Mr. Harley. Not at all the sort of chap that goes in there as a.rule. After a while he made an extraordinary proposal. At first 1 thought he was joking, then when I grasped the idea that he was serious I concluded he was mad. He asked me how much a year I earned and I told him Peters & Peters, paid me £150 a year. He said, 'T'll give you a year's salary to knock a man's hat off!' " As Bampton spoke the words he glanced at us with twinkling eyes, but although for my own part I was mere- ly :amused, Harley's expression had grown very stern. "Of course I laugh- ed," continued Bampton, "but when the man drew out a .fat wallet and counted: ten five-pound notes "an the table I began to think seriously about his proposal. Even suppositig he 'was cracked, it was absolutely money for nothing. = "Of course,' he said, "you'll 'lose your job, and you may be arrested, but you'll say that you had been out with a few friends and were a little excited, also that aL Jom never could stand white. hats. that "story and the balance ~ ps will reach "you on the folly wing morning? Bi ribet particu as! m u! articulars Fand I asked him' he Had ked on that he had been looking for some lime for the right man--a man who was | noticed it When he a ed in.my trunk there, with the ten which T veceived in the ty. Harley checked him. the envelope in which this money ar Yi rived?" he asked. "Sorry," replied Bampton, "but I I shought it was Playing t wouldn't have burned it. the game to do so helped you much, though," he added; "it was an ordinary comnion envelope, posted in tl and not a lind incloged." "Registered ? 2 "No." Bampton stood looking at us with a curious expression on his "There's one point," he said, which my conscience isn't easy. know about that out of a window? have happened face. oceurred." "Did you actually see him fall?" asked Harley. "No. ates "May see city, address typewyitten oor devil who fell ell, it would never' if T hadn't kicked up 4 row in the street. There's no doubt he was leaning out to see what the dis- turbance was about when the accident He fell from a window sev~ eral yards behind me in the side}. "In his office upstairs, sir, down in a moment." | ley stood glancing up the stair as if} in doubt what ne dor "41 ean't imagine how such a 'place can pay," he muttered. "The rent must be enormous in this district." But even before he ceased speaking I became awure of an excited conver- sation which was taking place in some apartment above. : 4 "It's scandalous!" 1 heard, in a Wi man's shrill voice, = "You have no right to keep it! It's not your PrOp- | an 'Hi erty, and I'm Jere to Semand that, you give it up. A 'man's voice. plied in in voluble broken English, but 1 could: only din~. tinguish a word here and there. - that Harley was inf ted, for, raised] vy questione "He 4 iis angers to his re enjoting me to. tinued the female voice, you know it's blackmail 7" A' flow of unintelligible words ans- wered this speech. "I shall come back with some one," i eried the woman, "who will make you "Knox," whispered Harley in 'my ear, "when that woman comes down, follow her! I'm afraid you will bungle the business, and I would not ask you to atten tit it big things were not at me back here: I shall wait." stake: a matter of fact, his sudden re- "Of course xe I had time for any vepl eS Lom a uddenly banged open Yh have been some kind of upper servant, came quickly down the stairs. *I'she brushed past us and went. out into OR you Knox!" said H rl : you 5 nox!" said Har : yself committed ti io street, but I heard him ery out, and pleasant business, 1 slipped ou as 1 was-lugged off by the lice 1 heard the bell of the ambulance which] sale to fetch him." He paused asain and stood rubbin his head rueful "H'm," said Borieys "was-there any thing particularly remarkable about this.man in the Lyons Cafe?" Bampton reflected 8 moments, man, wore a blue at, tweed suit. and To y pei tic, but tanned colors, "He was very , a8 Lha said, sven to the backs of his hand: --and, oh y yes, he had a gold cove: "Which tooth?" "1 can't neuter eeit that i fas an was on the left side, and "Di for some "Nothing much," he con-| fessed. "He was evidently 'a Fonte Heys eal Jooked 1 didn't Tk ha 'there was one points tooth." i og 0 in five = ya s wa ureying in the eets "41y unstuspicious +i when presently ° ti ward Sound bus I did likewise, Though fo Sed a jeat inside, I went on top, f lace on the near si a Fauld tr dn up Hamilton i he her. At the 4 door 0 an imposing mansion s 8 stopp ti enki 0 the be "He will]. The waiter hurried away, and Har-| 1 Ni¥es" : ia avs the game, is it?" con 'quest had positively astounded ne, bul but | su respectable looking woman, who might|" "With: d out seeming to notice our presence, | following her, Tor she was Wha evigent; > a mounted 4% rie ; bserve: #yone leaving| "I think a gentleman is stairs with Mu Heyer! po! said the Tan ce a sir I mounted the, stairs and before a half-open ey's vi TE an 2 en ing by an American oh ide him in 2 Revolving fea the A hich ith he 'thet con In 3 "| ture 98 a tiny prin d suspiciously = Teutonic tof counternanc Pusly. wage en at' {Voluable but hardly intellig % ? Fay oa sald Harley gan 2 ? oin r his shoulder, "did Vou mn ri ™ Harley ded shortly "and 'turned again o the man in the chair. 41 am sorry to give, you '80 mush trouble, Mr. Meyer," he said; "but T ehould like my friend 'here to see the room above.) | At 'this' moment mv attention Was attracted by e singular abject which lay upon'the desk 'ina litter of bills and accounts, rusty iron bar, somewhat less than three. feet in length, that ence had been painted 'green. +. {Concluded in next issue, This was-a piece of |] - So : gon Send for Book of "Recipes,