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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-1-12, Page 7if kiFf 12Y! if -!fit LOLA CRA\VSIIAY. say W. A. MARCHMOUNT. "1 'bergs this women, Ohrletslls Duval. with the theft of this dress," said Mr. (afford, rapidly unfastening the paroel which he had been carrying and holding up a black dome trimmed with silk and Moe le L ous of your dregs's, Lady Walcot'," be said, "and bas beeb found among this wulpan's "You ars •fool,"sided the woman angrily and with vigorous gesture, speaking with a French accent, "■ stupid fool! Have 1 not tell you 10 trine' 1t is • drew madame gave mei You know it, madame—you know what I say. You give it me 'ewe a moutb fa London. 1s it not so? It is only flu old Ibiug you have done with. You say, 'Oltri.telia you tau have chi',' but this teas, this foul, fix on it and say I steal it He 1,—baht" She finished with • wave of the band Of influite contempt:as if the deteetfve were too much of a fool .veu for words. "Now you are lying, you Frenchwo- m•s," be said coarsely. "You bare tak- so that dress out of Lady Waloote's wardrobe within the last two days and duos Lady Walcott. left the manor. You have •titles it Do you bear?" "Ab," she exclaimed, with • toss cd the head and • sneer, "I have f1 a mouth, and it sever leave my possession ate minute) Miladi know& What do you *ay? Tell this --this 000bon that be 1• • tool and then let me go." The witnesses of this 'Detre bad lis- tened irteoed in blank bewilderment while this had passed, ted now Sir Jaffrey inter- posed angrily. "This is in.uflerablel" he cried "I think i our settle this in a sero - •aunt," said Lola, wbo kept noel "What Cbrbtell. says 1. quite time, Mr. Gifford I gave her the dress at least a mouth ago. It is ben, and certainly she carrot be said to have stolen it" "There!" said the girl, tossing her head again and curling ber hp. "What did I say?" "Is that sort Tires I have made • mistake." said Mr. Gifford. with a very crestfallen air. "Do you mean that -you gave Mr this foe beim. owe, ID wear when she pleased?' "Of course. What else. 'tapir}" sit Maimed the woman, laughing .aefly. • igen the-dsase hanewaeelaserwse • d my possession, and I bate worn it vireo 1 pleased." 8310 repeated his word' in a •hooking tore and laughed. "I think tui' has pee far 'cough, Mr. Gifford," said the polioe inspector. "II is clear you ,have made a mistake. Yes bed better leave $s .room." be added to the girl. "Om moment, ple•w," mid Mr. Gifford trimly. "I em sot gait* the fool you seem to think. Now I have something serious to way. You have all beard this woman," pointing at ber with Me ftxdager, "own that that deer, is hers, tbat she has had it a month and mon, that It bet never left b'r gses'aston, and that she bas worm it Toa marked that, all of your' He pissed and looked around bim, 'Wear' asked Inspector Borderbam is • toss and with .n expression that mimed to my the whole bu'wess was • tedious interruption. "Well. 1 withdraw the charge against bar of having stolen the dress, and is- eM•d"-be stopped and glanced around •e If to enjoy the fell effect of bis .ext words—"I charge ber with ti warder of Pierre Turrian I" If be had aimed at producing a dra- matic effect, be oonld not have been more 1mooes,ful. Tb' words fell like • bomb in fire Midst of them alL Lola turned as pale as death and leaned for • moment against Beryl, by whom she waa agate situue, and into Beryl's eyes tbere came • Moir of in- finite pleasure, making ber tic' glow with warmth. Sit Jaffray waited in breathless suspense and fixed Dia eyes on the woman against wborwtLechazgs was burled. She turned on the detective like a wild animal at bay, bending her bead aside as if half crouching between fear and desperation. her large dark ',yea looking larger by contrast with dm blanched face In wbicb not • vestige d Dolor was left. "This Is • serious matter, Mr. Gif- ford," said luipector Borderbam. "What grounds have you?" "Ask her to tell you whew is the bit d 1•oe that is torr from that plate. You'll me the pattern of the lace is a very marked one and the tear very sin- gular in form." "Well, what do you ay?" asked Mr. Borderham, turning to the woman, "You reed not answer unless you like, and if you do answer what you say m4 be used against you. Mind that," There was • pause, daring which the woman breathed twioe through her wideepre.d nostril& Theo, with an ea- ✓ emptiom of indifference, but in • voice that showed her nervousness, she said, with • shrug of the abonlders: "How can I tell bow I tear every lit - Ib bit of loos that I wear?" "Well, when did you wear that drew list?" asked Mr. Gifford. "How can I remember? Do you think I have but Dale?" "What dress did you weer the night !Pierre Tertian wag killed?" "I don't remember. How MID Ir" "Yoe 11.1" cried Mr. Gifford sternly. "You were that dress, and you went to meat Pierre Tarriam in 1t Yom had it on when yes stabbed him to the beard, and it was when yon delivered that blow that he oleeches' at your dregs sod tore from it the piens et lase that 1•s seeetly into that tear. i bays it 'hen, sad I myself took it from the dead mss'. asset& " Tb. *eras reeled back before this isdlelmmati, •ed, groping with best hands bellied ber f e time wall, leaned against k for mppnet, all the bravado and dar- ing f*tc ,.st d ber manna. 'It is all • Leta Let" •be gasped Ibresgb ber lividiporit which would -badly frame los "les, lslspreter," maid Yr. Gifford. IISZbow e.paetty 1b' taeuts.lsee laM 1b* trrl lace d "I 4404 area M aad•ntaid," said :Zit=lige ase in e•mpl•t• be. "Wham did yea lad all Mb Batt WV. Ms ingrains. I � yea had i rwi up Ib elm. ' "The Heat wee pe/tfeg *NOW Ipso ewer tin, •M I wound • lie* !!sip, pat was •�" smrld Me. e. GI/.� tplrh a IIm1S 'K W ua+letaies ream. day of Seam Maim 'Jos Was MAW rep re bawl sad alar tll•M bas dist.:' .... • ad I WIad to know bad:y who 11 was that was sending thou aDeuynsesta letter& Ab, yea may well start, Drenub- wormer He Inured to her, "You set up the rneplc/uu yourself when you did that " The woman tried to shrug her ghoul - dere to reply, but she felled. "I saw, as any one might have seen," and be glauogg hurriedly at the tweet - or, "that whoever mut those lettere bad a strong Interest in getting Lady Wal- uote tote this trouble, and the tact that the writer knew .o much about where the dagger and the br•oelet were, or, rather, where they were not, on the night of the murder made me quite ready so think that she knew • little more. Again, another loot struck me as peculiar. Why should Lady Waloote Garry away one bracelet only out of all bee jewelry? 1f she bad wanted It for its value, she'd have taken the lot, and the odds were dead lightest bee wearing any such oousptcuou■ piece of jewelry Y au ornament when she was flying from home aud didn't want to be trsosd- Tbat set up the notion that these things bad been dropped just for effect; and that whoever bad droppe thein bad done It with the object of pplanting this business cm La3' Waloote. "There was another little thing: That bracelet was broken in two, sug- seettng that It the thing were go -maim there bed 'been a regular rough and tumble struggle between the murdered man and the woman who had done the deed, but there was no evidence what- ever ou the spot of any struggle, bar- ring the bit of toru lace, while the two parts of the bracelet were found at such • distance from each other that only a most unusual sort of a struggle could have oaosed that This belped me to think, therefore, that whoever bad put Oat bracelet there had float broken It in "Bat It was one thing to see that the trail was too broad mud another to find the right track. 1 made up my mind that if Lady Waloote hail gone out in- tending to kill that Frenchman she wouldn't have been so determined to prove Oast she had been there as to us, • dagger which every oat, knew by sight and to leave on tbe ground a br.oelet which all the countryside could identify, a piece of lace with enough character in it to bang half a shopfulat women and, as if that wasn't enough, a handkerchief with ber name carefully written iu flaunting letters in the co1- alt." "A handkerchiefs" interrupted the Mance tor, "Tout a b•ndketebtief. Ton hadn't heard of that, bot we knew of ft. Sir Jaffray found it Well, 1 saw that the whole thing had been planned and 0ver- done. The proofs were too many. young women, and too plain. Well, then, the questioD was, Who bad done iI? Obvi- ously it was a wowed -80 things proved that -sad equally obvious it was wine Itteterrd of speaktwg she e f lered o piercing serrata and felt to a Muddled masa. Doe wbo not only knew the ins and outs of,tjte manor hoose. but had the ren of ber ladyship's jewel drawer. Well, there weren't many in the place wbo answered to that de•criptiou, and I soon saw tbat it must be this Frenchwoman. You helped me to that, Sir Jaffray." "I? How?" exclaimed the baronet, wbo had listened like, the rest with rapt attention. "You told me that you had seen your wife that night near the cottage, but had not seen bet fate. This told me that 1 was to look for • woman soms- tbieg like iter ladyship In beight and figure. Look?" be cried;. pointing M the woman, wbo, with ber back premed against the wilt, .cowled at them all as they turned their heads in her direction. "Still. I wanted the proof," be ease turned, "and to that Lady W.}o li helped me by coming back. I remained that the woman wbo had done this would be getting eager t0 get away, and that the beet thing I could do would be to give ber • plausible excuse. That I did this morning. After the conversa- tion here 1 went to the servants' rooms wed repeated what I had said here—that the whole thing was found out., that Ludy Walcote bad virtually confessed, mud that age was to be arrested tonight, and that I had thrown op the nine, ems. Ing where the troth was. It worked. "This woman saw at once that it gave bet • plausible+ excuse to go. She Was 1101 gnigg to remain in the service of a lady charged with murder, sod ao- entoingty she declared she should have at once. I was sure of my ground then, and, managing W get her out of the way for an hour, I stepped up end searched ell her ibinp over. I found the dress I wanted, and you know them i med. of it. Butt found something more. 810 probably knows wbst it is, for ■be knows the dead man's Writing well e.oegh. I found • letter twisted rep nod forgotten and orteall7 in the picket of the dress, and the letter was from the murdered man, telling ber to meet him et the identical spot where the murder was onamitted two hours after the time named in the letter to Indy WJ- leM.'' Tide lad arise weeded tow woman toy ire wall, who drew herself togethet and maim M though 'he were goring to speak. She clisobed het hands mad glared wilt impatent anger at the man who had thee unveiled the story of her mints but loused of speaking mom aL Sued • iiereing serum amd fell is s huddled mss on the floor. They Idabel ber op end serried her, dill unecsenlen., frau the room, Mr. Gifford and i•epvekw Bnrderb.m follow- ing her, the latter looking •aythlag bet pleased at the turn matters bad takes. (INAPT= EMU. flattens esitalti m t _ . —. - "The* clad toe bb maw MOW enelalosd lir hinny le • asap IOM ell blames tm1Nlerr r MIM data dosed be- 11sM11 at. •ilmakillsi Beryl first threw ber eras round Lola in the excitement of obs removal of the stents, and then, sitting still, pee tell vent to bee tears of plumate. Lula was the least moved o1 *hotline. The Nutmeg went to her and took WA her hands in his and tried W draw bet to bim to sabres. her. But she held aloof. "1 did right to Dome back, Jaffrey." she said calmly, "right to break my vow, for 1 had vowed never willingly to look upon your taco again, but 1 could not bear that the world should think of you as married to • murderer. So 1 broke the vow." "I should have found you, Lola I would have searched the world through and ended my life before I had given up the search," he said vehemently. "Well, we shall see," she replied evasively. "That wretched lemmata' What a villain baa that mast been through all!" "1 don't underetaud it all now," said Beryl, "bat 1 do not want yet to uuderstrnd more than that you are olearrd. Curiosity will come when 1 ase not too ■gitaten to tbiuk." "1 think 1 can give another clew," aaid3ala algSjy, t3be previsswey • from Sir Jaffrey and'sviei sitting again by Beryl, band in tweet. "I remember, when Pierre was talking to me is tbs library the morning you cams and found him there, be rnabed to the door 000e suddenly, protestiug be had heard some one eavesdropping. I hate no doubt this woman had been liateuing and bad beard him say that he would charm me as bin wife. He bad probably deceived bee, as be had every one throagb- eat'his life, and she has tried to work a double reveuge on bim by.taking Ms life and on me by making it seem that I had done it. But for Mr. Gifford she might probably have sooceetied. The mane life was oue long ooeree of crime, infecting all who came in con- tact with him." "Mr. Clifford has done splendidly," mid Beryl enthusiastically. "Be has laved us all," said Lola, sed the shuddered at the thuoght of bow Darrow ly she bad missed the 'Mame And trouble of • public trial. "I can hardly realise now that but for bim 1 'should have stood tomorrow in the dock." "]don't, Lola!" "'claimed Sir Jaffray. "Don't let us think of it" "I have been through wane Womble -1 than that," 'Messed quietly; "Itult ab- solutely confident that the truth wodld be known, and the knowledge that the result would be to lift that load of dame trete yen tlllFtisllel•d a-'iei-Wr taw anything. I would to heaven ti at I could as easily lift the resit" !She stopped and embed, and then, after a pause, added, "But even that may come with time." • She kissed Beryl. rose from the sofa, and, going toner Jaffrey, held out her Mod. He looked at ber in astonishment "What do you mean?" "I will not go away twice without saying goodby. I am going now. Good - by. 1 have done what 1 came back to do." While they stood for • moment look- ing at one another in ensues and bat- tling with the feelinp which affected both in common sou. sae knocked at the door, and when it was opened Mr. Gifford came ie. "May I owns in, Sir Jaffrey?" he laked rather needlessly. "Well, what Is it, Mr. Gifford?" said IDs baronet a little sharply, in conse- guenc. d the interruption Doming at mach • moment, but the detective's glance of reproachful surprise at such a reoeptiou recalled Sir Jaffr. to bim- self, and he made haste tdYB"4'l dtb1 tall Of course you can. You have done es the greatest service that any out Goold have rendered, and we all want to thank you. I didn't like and didn't un- derrtand your methods, miod you," be said, bolding out his band, "but you've made me your friend for life." "And me," said Lola, shaking hands with him as well, "and without any reservation as to your methods. I dou't koow bow you did it and don't care. The result ie enough for me." [To se oovTl.tw.j OUR JAWS NEED EXERCISE. Leek et Raatleatlo. causes Dyspep- ■1. and Teeth Trouble,. Mastication is rapidly becoming a vow art, and, althongh we have become hardened to the fact that three-fourths d the dyspepsia is dne to this cense, it might surprise some of as to know that the early decay of the teeth and diseases of the Rums are occasioned by thiamine* lank of maxillary exercise. A disease of the gums, called Rigg's disease, which is every day becoming more common, Is caused almost entirely by the want of proper mastication Twenty five years ago this trouble was sot considered of any importance by the dentist on account of its rare moor - recce. Today it is given more care than the dewy of the teeth. as be la fregnently eooeolted by patients who leave a full sat of netnral teeth which are quite loose in the jaw. Aside from this they are .nand and healthy, and after • certain tevelopment in the disease notbiug can be done to help them. By lack of exercise the blood whish should nourish both the bones and the game Is not carried to the part, nor does the blood terry sufficient material to,the teeth, hence the enamel formed is de- fective, and early decay results. Fre- quently, loo, the mechanical develop. stent of the jaw 1a arrested by this same want of motion. Most of the food among the better clam of people today 1s cooked .o am to require very little mastication, and the sonesquenes is that the mambo have become flabby, the jaws slender and the prtoeaess fou lift etteehmeet d the mnsiea almost obliterated.—BosRj Globe. soldons ta•..d... ,.ax_... The Imvslfd—Tbat prophet obi" 11 did ray as 'ow I ehoald 'ate • awful bed illness 'boat now, and I be mighty fared it's a -wale on. The OemIs—Oh, I abouldn'I pot m,rnh faith in what homey". Jest think d the number of time" thou fellows have foretold the end a the world and how seldom they've been right I—Judy. Tb. Omeele.I.. Re Drew. "Md you ever reed the story Of the bite and the tortoise' east the isd•e- • INm. • "Y•r►"maewaPIS11M Moi "DN lobe to• Mise. M td"' "1 Md. 1 Mn alwayseostesdad that 1114 Seam% mit ay dI ...sa beer dlietly • ass des sa Icy as he Imp illkes."-ieWsoblariss Sm. Ana NOG KILLING, • P lata D/NetIe.. /or the Various Prete f Nc.dlla• a Porker. We like to heat wettr with limestone rook, heated to. redueem apou the old tashitwed hyo heap. 1f such rock it not to be had aud the water la heated iu kettles, put • ■butalful +df Iia or ✓ obes in the scalding barrel, as this wakes the hair cone off moeb easier mid maker the skiu wbtter. Shoot the hog, (16.11 wt,b a small bore rtfitiblee fete sticking thew, • 11 ie more humane, and the bogs bleed better. In slicking use a narrow bladed, sharp pointed knife not more than six inches long, put the point in just in (rout of the breastbone and direct it toward the root of the tail. One thrust and upward cut, and the work is doom. Le *LW iylsx; N.jilllt. 4441gggt,j sides• b&F nn 1esa - 7otr • have bed--16ng praotioe you bud better toll the animal on its back. The temperature of the water should n ot vary much Trent 188 degrees; 6 degrees less will scold the bair louse, mid b de,:r:ea more will sot ".et" the hair, but I68 degrees is jest right. I kunw that a few.yeare ago I advocated 17U to 175 degrees of heat, but ezperi- euce has taught me that I was wruug iu su doiug. I always scald the front end first, as this allows run :he nee of the bled legs and tail of the auimal to handle it by, and when the binder parts of the bog are lowered auto the barrel the hog book most be inserted in the roof of the mouth or the eye. If the reveres metbod of scalding is practiced, the hind legs are slippery, end it leaflet's fall may re- melt to the workman. When ebe hog L hung ou tbeg•Ilows pole, waih it down with hot wear and scrape well, then dash oold wales over the carcass, scrape down again or wipe dry with a rough cloth. As soon as this is done, with the knife in your right band, edge upward. rip the animal open from the sticking bole, keeping io the middle of the belly, through the ribs. This is to allow any blood left in the cavity of the body to drain cat. You may then split down the belly and re• move the inteetluea st once, or may do tbie'iittei TrYlie -Doge tie Iletin ttleif houg op. I rather prefer the latter meth- od, •s it gives the blood a chance to drain out sod keeps the bog cleaner. Never pot water inside the carcase, but wipe it clean if any blood.t•ine are left with a cloth. Wet meat will sot keep so well as dry meat. To the foregoing directions. oriental- ly given in The National Stockman, the writer adds that he considers it best to let the heads remain on the carom aa• til they are cooled out, Cevoring Manure Piles. While tbere is doubtless moeb waste of manure by wasbing when it is spread thinly in the barnyard. The Amerioau Cultivator ezpressee the opinion that manure in pileq is not in much danger from this cause, except where 1t is ex- posed to the leakage from eaves troughs or roofs. Bo much water will then Dome on the pile that it. valuable properties will be largely leacbed out, but when manure is only exposed toordieley rain and snow tett the danger of large piles m the other extreme, getting so little moisture that the fermentation of the menore burns it dry, or, ea it is commonly expressed, "Ere fangs" it. The manure piled out of doors dose, however, need • slight covering of soil, gypsum or Borne other good absorbent of the ammonia liberated by its fermenta- tion. Few people realize how much wa- ter a three foot depth of manure will absorb before any of it leacheatnto the soil. Much of the strength of the ma o urs will be carried down to the bottom of the heap, and the soil beneath will be enriched, though not by tbe manure leaohiuge paaeiug into it. The toil itself is able to absorb fertility from the ma- nure, even if not a drop of water passes into it Soil is enriched even if oovered by a dry board for a twelvemonth. Un- der the manure pile, as under the board, chemical changes are going on, decomposing air and doubtless that sup- plying some ammonia to the soil be Death. cblekadee• and Cankerworm.. A remarkable example of the benefit that may be derived from the presence of • flock of chickadees has been record- ed by Mr. E. H. Forbunb in a bulletin of the Massachusetts state board of agri• culture. In a oertain orchard in Massa- chusetts cankerworms had been ebou dant the previous season, and the moths of the fall cankerworm had deposited great numbers of eggs upon the trees Pieces of meat, bone or suet were fasten- ed to the trees early in the winter to attract the chickadees. The birds came and remained about the orchard nearly all winter. They were carefully watch- ed, it being found that tbey were feed- ing on the eggs of the cankerworm moth A few birds were trilled, to ds- termtoe the number of eggs eaten. Be• tween 100 •nd 300 cankerworm eggs were found iu the do.mach of eaob of them birds. au the spring, the female moths of the spring cankerworm were also devoured by these birds. The result was that the chickadees, assisted in gyring and early summer by various ether birds, saved the orchard from any serious Injury by the cankerworm& revering the Ceders. However the osier7 may be stored, be ' are to have enough oovering on band to protect It from a sadden free.' up If the tope ere sipped badly with the bat, it will certainly rot. 1f the Dover bleb as light that the rain has wel the Wet it will frees. •l1 the quietus. lD mild weather It most have Gtr. Too Much covering le warm weather is as bad as too little la cold weather.—Perm Jonrs•1. FEWER BIG RANCijES. ckaaue. 1. tha Cattle Iada./ry of 1Ae Wer WNW. AbOat • decade ago a good many hig cattle companies in the west went oat of the bn•mese They were forted nut by a oombine:.,.a ce unfavorable cir oamatanoea--Itatd winter•, ovnr.tooked ranges with me provision for *later feeling lend • great decline In the prim. d 10.1 cattle. Some of the .nmpa•iee weathered the storm, learned a leers bout Ibsir dead cattle and Inangerated • tow pottery of nation Ie .twines $P and' preparation for %guilt feeding. Haymaking became a part olr the busi- ness of the ranges, mach W tbe bruefit of the cattle ludurtry. Agaiu we hear of several big tattle cempeaiIu that are winding up their affairs, but this time ender quite different conditions from those first went.oued. They the prime for yearling to 3 year-old ranged from 48 to 418 per bead, au tows a Ith calves at 410 to 415. Now yearlings to 5 -year uldr bring from eat te 41., per bead and tows with oalves ffete af:i3 to 446. The big ranches are trot being forced out by dirkrters, but they are passing awry beeeauee of a new order of things iu which they are ata dieudvun- tege. The rauge it beiug mooapied by small ranchmei, sheep have been crowdiug open the cattle territory, and the element of farming is cueing into the business to • greater extcut iu the growiug of alfalfa 'and the makiug of bay for winter. All tbeee ere behind the cheugee now apparent in the cattle Indust? u1 the weal. And the meaning of it all is that more cattle will be raised aid better ones than under the old order. 1t is a step forward in tbe stat ei,o.,lte_isidurtrJt-an$ Nie emitifer-ef wbieli ebbe-- industry.—National Stockman. Polal■ About 'tory, Feeding. There are a few important facto in horse feeding that every horse owner ought to know and that are hequently neglected, much to the injury of the animal. A horse should never be fed grain after heavy work until he has rested half au hoar. Hay will do uo harm at any time. Never water a horse just titter easing. To drink freely at this time will wash a large portion of the food from the stomach to the intes- tines, dilute the gastric acid and irritate the bowels. Always water before feed- ing groin. Never permit • fatigued horse to drink freely of cold water. A warm mash will do uo harm at any time, or wet buy and fodder may be fed, and afterward a full drink may he giv- en. Never let a horse suffer from thirst when it can be avoided, nor food ei• ther, but the first is more.injnrion. A bora. employed in regular work should haves full feed at night, witb bay to nibble at will, a light feed in the morn- ing .tad a bran trtash with bay at noon- time. A borne should never be rehired to do heavy work with bte feed of grain or entirely empty. Study your horse and feed according to his indi- viduality. A greedy horse should be re. $44044- �IiIIRFs.lnatT:bn�iynit a:l l�fti wtEach horse should be ted sep- arately. Men, women and children should make their meals social ooca- d one, but they are not horses—Tex.. Farm and Ranch. The mouth .t the Hone. IO is to be regretted that the cavalry (mounted) could not have been used at the front in the war now closed, says* oorrespondent of The Breeder's Gazette It would have demonstrated to the ris- ing generation that boreemanship is on art not lost, but urgently needed In every young man's education. The First Ohio cavalry, in Damp at Cbidkamauga and later Lakeland, Fla., gave to many a the young citizens of three of the largest cities in their state an experience they never thought necessary previous to enlistment To be placed where one can and doom study the disposition of • horse always broadens a growing mind. Undoubtedly the best place to do this is in the saddle. The mouth of a horse oar be called the the of learning, and the moat instructive drill indulgent in by the cavalry 1. the act of ewiuttnffig horses, for here a rider is brought at once to a full realization of the bore's mouth am it should appswr to him un• der all circumstances. With a viselike grip of the kuees, that is bard to retain against the force of the water, any move ,gainat the mouth more than tbealigbt. est pre.eure in directing his oonrse im- perils the safety of tbe rider. The Ad t the Helfer. The poeitiou of the heifer in our tat stock markets baa undergone quite it change of late years, Formerly tat belt. ere wild at a heavy discount, as com- pered with steered correepo ding qual- ity, but tbe difference bas enstautly narrowed as their merits ae beef yield- ers became better appreciated. There is n o probability that they will /ell on a parity with steers, became) of a diff r- enoe in valve of their hider and a- a rale in tbeir shrink, but they are a .5 tar away. With the advancement vet the heifer in the market she has gaine.l fawn In the eyes of the feeder. For the man wbo wanta to make a quick taro heifers are peculiarly adapted, and tbey are selling at comparatively good prima in the market for stooken and feeder& —National Stockman. Disposing or Old Stook. At this time of year all the dock abould be inventoried and what will Rot probably gain enough or produce enough daring the winter to pay tot its keep should be sold or killed. No farmer can afford to keep stock that does not at all times not merely pay it. way, but give him a profit besides. At thin time of. year inch stook as is timed for food will probably be in as good condi tion to kill as it can Ire made, and the sooner this dleporl of it is made the Netter it will be. Young, growing stook will always pay a profit. So, too, will the beet blooded stook, even if it is past the time for growing.—Baton Cult' vator. ' Mlw OAly Alternative. Little Dot was very fond of Bible stories, and one day after her mother had read the story of Lot's wife the asked, "Mamma, what did Mr. Lnt do when bit wife was turned Into a pillar of salt?' "What do you think he did?" *eked mamma. "Why," replied the practical little 1IM, "I e'pol$ he went net and bunted ap • freeb one. "—Chicago Nowa Th. 01.1 10.t Relieves la ties Of all the pretty matd.fla There's none r sweet ae .8e— That simple. traahnrtt lassle— The girl who betlovt. In m& There ales some with rceatefll beauty And some that wittier be, Rut there's only one no* erne That ever believed In me. lbwss never own to cell,,,, Knows not her A R C. Tot she has sterni of wedeln— Oe ewe net behove th Inc. lh.'s not en aneNnt IarM.- Her years they are but three, Whish maybe U lb. rearm, That she bellow In me. —New reek 'Creek ENVIRONMENT. Row Ula.reat firedAro la•ataeod by a dlisa But when all ie raid that can be said about the influence sit locality in deter mining the form and other characteria ices of live stuck, say. the Loudon Live Stuck Journal. those legionaries wblcL me distiugutubed by the term "environ metaled" are often well withtu the turfs trot of the breeder who will. to eeercise his power a control. So very much de pends upon the early part of the smart. Ing of young animals and 80 mach 4180 upon the treatment followiug that to the earlier stages of life, and so 000 huuourly up to the period of maturity. The waking of the sutural, largely de peudiug iu the tint plaeanpon breed, is also very muob in the handset the rear er. The power of breed unuet be sus. rained by means of food and the com ' forte of proper huuriug when ueceraary, or it will fail, and then the animal lies largely et the mercy of circumstances. Breed grunted, the qualities belonging to breed will be developed, well or 111. ly; ecosding 10-:tists oonditioni oflire Itiinpei togethttq k2 "environment." So in the human race. Much moat depend upon the mental and physical constitution of the parents of the child and of the ancestors of those pereuta Sven the inetiucte of culture and the tendencies of habit in civilized society appear to be strongly hereditary and under favoring conditions will .bow tbemeelves in children at an early age. On the other band, as the result* of degrading influences and conditions, brutal habits, low moral types. and oo•reeuee of nature generally are strongly innate, ■a a rule, and ready to crop out unless met In early life by powerful counter Influences. That which Is thus true as regards the mental and moral as well as the physical training d the children is equally true as tpuch ing heredity and the influences of local Ity and management considered as fac- tors in the deet -ion of character and qualitie.. It applies to live stock of all kinds—horses, crttla •beep fiesta, pigs, dogs, poultry, etc. The foregoing Instances d local abangee of type in Jereey and Short bore Cattle will illustrate similar changes,• n ot only in other breeds of cattle, but �•o Beall the other -species • of ehintiH apon the farm. In some cases local in- fluences will be so strange audio strong as to cause alteration of type, notwitb• .•tandl,u$ taps -meet ..tarefnl.za•riug At the young with the fined object of per" petuating the parental type. Then re- ourreuce to 'unaltered linea bred from the parent .tock, for use as restoring blood, may be necessary. But where it is not so, where the breeder by his vigi- lant attention daring the growth of the young stock and the supply of artificial oorrectivee (in food and other things) to meet any tendency to variation has succeeded in securing oonetanoy, there the need of going back to other brancbes Of the parent stock which remain om- itting to the old type would not be felt Fresh blood might be required, but not for the parpeue of restoring characters lost through local intimacies. ASSESSMENT SYSTEM. The home is sad, the flags are at half -utast. A good man has gone . to his long home. Was he wise as well as good ? That question is answered by the amount of his instuauce. If he had a policy is the Canadian Order of goreetero —for a�oo,$IOQC; iii w— hin widow and children or relational are sure of that amount, debt -free and absolute. And the price of protection is so cheap in this best pf Canadian Societies that one never misses the little money that makes the loved ones safe. For further particulars, enquire of•any of the Officers or Members of the Order, or address R. ELLIOTT, THOS. WHITE, • H. C. a , Ingersoll. high sec'y, Brantford ERNST 6ARTUN6, $.0., ar<•/h,rt A STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE. More Truth Than fiction About •.haa- I.gIr P.hut„n. •tory. Prom tome of the newer oountrlr, ecce milled on account of the leek of definite knowledge regarding them, reports ed /range freak* and curiosities constantly ~,appear, and. ae'a rQ Ie. they are laughed at, but once In • wiiile they taro out le be the truth. It I. this war with a e strange freak of nature called the Bul- rush eaperptttar -w,rtetr 11 tndt*wtroos to New Zealand. This report, which stated that at certain seasons a large blank oaterplllar would bury itself in 114 ground, and be converted Into the root lC"le tt'u1111hh, Wr/'rkeftflbl N, Tree OA rest, but now an English soleness, who recently save an exhaustive investigation of the strange phenomenon, stated that l• many respects the .tatenents are strictly true. From his report It has hewn learned that the caterptller grows to about three and one-half lochs' long, and when about to assume the chrysalis state buries itelt 1a the ground, and In doing so 1t 1s fre- quently infected by the spores of some fungus, which become Involved in the sealed In its neck. Ther the 1 is unable to expel, and the vegetation thus set up rapidly extends throughout the entire body, replacing each 'aimed all thus destroyed by vegetable matter, and fleetly eonvertiig it Into comp.Ntlnly dense vegetable structure, wbkh »tams e very d.tall of the body, even to the legs. mandibles and minutest slaw. From the hook, the portion Erse infected, there thee shoots op • single stem, which grows le the height of eight or ten inches, rosembl- iog veru closely the club beaded bnllrueh in miniature. It has no leaves, and it the first stem be broken off another rises la its place, though two stems never grow simultaneously from the same "eater- pillar." oatenpillar." Cott.. seed Roe goo /..alas. In a work recently published by W. A. Henry, entitled "Feeds and Feed- ing," be has this to may of feeding cot- ton seed to hogs: "All efforts to deter• mine the poisonous principle in the sot ton seed, if there really be one, bave thou tar proved futile, and the matter is still a mystery. The i11 effects have been ascribed to the lint of the seed, to the leathery seed costs causing injury to the delicate lining of the digestiv. tract, to molds, to changes in the com position of the meal when exposed to the air and to some definite poisonous principle in the seed itself, as in the nose of tha,castor oil beans." Good an• thorities assert that the cotton reed is also fatal t0 hogs. Sometime, they will thrive on it for • time, but finally 1t will kill them quickly. Some months ago an experience was given of a gen• Osman wbo had farmed many years in Tennessee.,His bog, had access to cot ton reed tht had been in shallow wa Mr for some time, eotirQly below the surface. but within reach of the hog, All of them seemed to thrive on the feed, but it was not shown how long they fed on it. Altogether it would be defer not to "monkey with it" 01d Oats Beet Fee el The amount of moisture in new oats makes them much dearer than old when aced to feed horses. The difference in price is almost always offset by the Mss in weight when the oat. are kept till freezing weather dries them ont, bat still more serious loss from the feeding of new oats is their laxative effect on horses hard at work. They also often armee colic in horses not used to them. It is best always to buy some old oat* to mix with them and thus gradually accustom the animal to their use. If D. old oats can be had, mix some wheat bran with them, feeding dry, of oonrm. Ind give st first very few oats, grade ally inereseing the quantity Le it 1. found that the horse is not injured. It this ration is too laxative, give some wheat fine middlings with the Date. These ranee a costive condition of bow els and should not be kept up after the diarrhea ono' oheoked.—Boston Oulti Tutor. Csw Nara With Steel Fraesew.rk. A sow barn built far the state of Con nectictt on the grounds of the hospital for the Insane at Middletown has been eonetructed, using a steel frame. The feed troughs are V shaped, formed of wooden planks bedded in the cement floor. In the rear of the stalls is • trough made of Ntmeot and forming put of the concrete floor of the oow stable, this trough being used to creel the refuse. The ventilation of this eta b1e is mound I.t a monitor extending through the length of the building, pro 'ided with wisdnwson snob skin, these windows being arranged to swing open and abut by cords operated from the floor. Pot's Pusai.. in a jovial nrnnplesy each ona wawa • gneetinn. if it wee •n.werwl, he paid • forfeit, or If he °sold not 'newer it hlmaelf he paid a forfeit. An Irish man's gneetion wee, "How does the 111 tl. ground .gnirr.l dig his hole without showing any earth about the entrance?' When they bad ell given 1t up Pat said, "Store, do you set. he bagina 11 the other .ed of the bole." One of the erimpaay .zolaimed, "flet how does h. go ,hare?' "Ah," Wel PM, "that's your w Ulm I Ons you answer le rvalry seltr'— Advice. "If you do not merry me, I shall bang myself!" exclaimed a lovelorn Denver young roan. "Well, if you do, please go down* block," was the cheerful respoute, "for I heard papa say he did not want you to bang around bare."—Deuver Times. astatine. "Drat the bell? And jut when I got to where the merquds poisons the duch- ies' beef tea."—Nuggets. High Liable. Vela 1s not an index of character se much as an index of climate. lie who hesitates is het. He who never hesitates hasn't been found either. We could sequire all foreign languages In the time given to gossiping In o,trown, At thin tine no great man eels deet bb fame Is complete until .omel„dy has named a ehryeantMenem after him. The wumnn with • cheotic imp hernia drawer always has • delusion that abm M tiyiygIce •Idtlghten It nn ti_nottovvw DR WOODS NORWAY PINE SYRUP LUNGS Ares jg• COUGHS COLos, OMNI.NW NOM 180A ALL MMOOtrestoOv.vmmerv: