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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-8-10, Page 3+4- f+++++ -++++++,+++7++*,+.+•++++++++++ -++4, OR, A LOOK INTO THE 'CHAPTER XXVI, A year hed rolled away—twelve long calendar months. It was Christmas time—a good, sensible, seasonable Christmas, with frost and ice in abunclaoce, and a clear, bright, wintry sky above, London was 'very full, people were rushing here and there, bent en emptying their porses on the Jet provocation. The was an air of good nature prevailing; and if orrxe por wretch atood shiver- ing, with blue, wan face, in the gutter, the embodiment of honger, sorrow and despair, be was, after all, im the mieority, to judge by the hundreds of eoiefertably elad forms that hurried past bine breathing an atmosphere of peace and presperity. In two slays' time the eluireli bells would ring out the tidings that another Chrietmae was bore, bid- diug all rejoice. At one of the largest hone in Grosvenor Squerea carriage drew up on this bright December morn- ing, and a girl, eerefully wrapped tp in furs, sprang lightly out. "Is Mrs, Crawshaw at home, Batts1" she asked of the feettnan who opened the door, and receiving an answer in the atlirmative, she ran up the handsome etairease with all the aseeranee, of one whO was PAST asked, "You know, dear, I told yoo "Oh, yes; you told me plainly enough! But that makes no dif- ference. You are coming down with us to -morrow, Miss Nancy, whether you like it Qr no. So there is an end of the matter!" "Dolly, dear, it is unposeuale: "Is don't think so t," Then jumping up and Ilingtre,,,, her arms round the dainty form, "Darling, you must come—you een't refuee me—and papa—poor, lame papa -- -he will be broken-hearted if you .don't spend year Christmas evi6 us. We shall all be alone—oely Merefteld is coming, and you don t mind bime New, you are hesitating, ;Nancy, Wily don't you. say 'yes'l Mr, Hamilton, do persuade her I" "I will if I -can, I should like her to be with you above all things, Miss Leicester e I ern sure it would to her 'good," the ,yonng man an- swered, Promptly. Nancy' e face wore a, eoeetraieed pression ; she could not bear to refuse these dear ones, aed yet to go back to the Hall—was she strong enough to bear the ,Reensories that znust value 7 Ae be eousie spoke she woke from her inusiegs, "I am afraid I must say no, Dol., Ilipstone village meant to Nancy, ly, darling; I have asked Davey to for she knew PotlIkng of rhe brief spend his chrietenas with me, pow romance that had been born here to this good Samaritates getteros- . - ity"—with touch on Nancy's sh4Ider-4.,"be will find, let as hope„ not only a comfortable, but a plea. - sant home." Dorothy's face beamed, "Ohl if 'Mr, Chaplin wants o see her befo-re she. retarns, there is plenty of room at the Hall," "Are you going to put. up all Ply belongings, Dolly?" Nancy asked„ with a faint smile. was the -prompt reply, "if that will ensure you being there,' And then, after having tried hard to press Dr. Grantley to join them, and having accompanied Nancy while she went to send her wide a loving telegram, with -Christmas greetings, Miss Leicester drove, off in triumph to the station, where Sir Humphrey, looking hale and hearty, despite his lame leg and crutch, and Darcy Hamilton were awaiting them. other 100 square miles; to all at "I expect we shall have a pitched .leaSt 263,000 acres. NIAGARA DISTRICT NEEDS PROTEC'ITON. Enouet reaches in Georgia Alone to Supply imerioa. The relationship between Can- ada and the United States as re- gards the fruit industry, and the • manifest need of a Protective tariff for Canadian fruit growers bare been clearly shown in a series of articles by Dr. George Charles Buchanan of Beantsville, Ont„, Pre- sident of the Ontario and Western OQ..0Derative Society. Dealing with the Niagara peninsula Dr, Buchanan says.t--- There are in the Niagara Penin- sula about 3$0 square miles of land on which fruit can be well grown, not counting such districts as A'-, eater and 1)undas. Between To - roto and Hamilton there is an - battle between Janet and Baines," Dorethy declared, laughingly, as they were ell driving through stone village to the Hall, a few hours later, amid the courtesies and respectfel greetings of the ten- ants, "You bare no ceeeeption ef what jealeney there ie. harbored in my maid's holiest breeet for your abigail, Mrs. Crewshaw." Nancy made no reply, She had grown very pale and her deep -blue eyes wandered over the well -re -teems bered spots with a look of pain in Not all of this is peach land, not oven probably 20 per cent of it, )1,4 very little of, it iA It'A use for any fruit. Much can be made fine peach land by drainage, or good apple plum pr grap•'. land- SCrlae oilly good for berries, but all of it is In a geed fruit climate- The Implanted land is waiting to double or quadruple in value, whenever the market, demands more fruit, It may be assumed that the value of this land , for general farming is not over 8100 per acre, them so great that it distreeeed and •t•lat fru't PurPeses It 1 Derothy. 4Slie said nothing, how- worth (10 aere althouftl ever, judging it kinder. to leave the emelt of the peach land is worlh girl alone. SLOOP per acre; and that where it "It will bring back all the old bas to be drained, dramine, will horror and trouble at neete she average about 820 Per aera' thc?ught to herself, “but that wiet It van further be stated that' are not producing satisfactory soon pass," peaeh land at •81,000 per acr. prohts the result* are dnete a lack Bat she had 1),() Icnowiedge IttIONItt to pay 4 goed return on the of sYteal in the management, In .....Tlig. ..;::;..P.R...,e.ar..n....vit.N.g......T.gaT.,. FOR 'I 60 YEA S • EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR possible because of ics comistent high ell'alltY- has stood the searching test of preserving time- This is only 1 FROM YO'Clt GROCEIt. Th Canatla Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal Established in 1854 by John gedpath, 0. THE FARM Useful Hints for the Tiller FEMINCI COWS FOR MILK. In ninety,nine eases probably out ef a lumdred where eows in a herd much suffering tliie jeurnes tarou 1 1 .veetiotett in the hands Practi- the 41175t Place the breeding of the familiar with every nook and 4,'or- that Sir 1ohn and Lady Hamiltoug in the summer that was long dead, ner, are away, awl*" buried and for,gottee, and -0 she eixot, in her houeoir,ii she lulu- "Oh, don't think of um, Nancy:. was ignorant and ueeoeseious oe how great a . sacrifice of feell s and 411 our „haree 'market we' have, '',.' es' e e", 2,1 nu '',,, ne (i?en mama, putting her head in at the began Darcy. deor of a" charming little apart- "Is that your only excuser/ Nance' had made when she had eon- Bo vomPetttion/ everY anrc of this "1": 4;r7f:tlareeltrufe.int;41111dinOines Irma. "Oh! Janet, there' you lied Dorothy. "IVIee, that is nted to johl their Chrhitmas Paite" .2,,,,:r h'10,,,,0? alla7 dIrlyteraiinflits' illlibp"ehusIgne. "jltatZ to the test If a farmer weighed are! Where is Mrs. Crawsitawr easily settled. Of eouree, Mr, at RiPstone Ball, "YOu'll find her in the dieing- In ten will COM, too. Oh! n tr‘Vninnnla Innae) NaacY 'hear There are in Canada about i 0O0 the milk of his herd of, say, ten' room, miss, She's been there all no i 1 won't lieten to anything wonione homer, ,said sir miaow, 000 people, the United States cows and feel the cows alike, be the morning!' marc; I just command you to pack rcY, as be stood, hat in band, at t'ie elaim :931000/000. Howeyer that might eOnle to thy conclusion teat Dorothy flew •downstairs again, up at once, both of you, and be oPen door of his well-leved henee maga: ilisesfaryPr:egennati sotrot isrtuliptpalyeirzelg, anililgtilhte (leoomwes at'oeretitoinvgeryweollp,poorsihtee and into the room namd; ethere she eame to a full stop. Canada. It is safe to say there is conclusion, that they were all uns V4I arev4"e"s If we take the verv herd may be at Utah, but this i$ ^` low eetunate 10,0De acme plant, not always a materem, and the ed at eeee per ecre we have a vaiee farmer is not juetified in juraPing, of $e iesea00 fee' the oreltard asid nat4S eenelusions• The et)W 's berry lands. really a machine for the purpose "Now as our home market grows, of Writing roue-hage, meal, grass, prepared to travel down with daddy "There's a good Plea°. 'of nrntlei.Oe and me. to -morrow. Oh how lovely someWheiro ahOut, urn 'sure, ao L all ' and Dorothy executed a Y°11 Must Lot he aalM if I stcai dance descriptive of joy, which' kiss! "Twenty if you like," Nancy an - came to a premature stop as Nancy- , swered, lifting: her sweet red In e inquired, hurriedly : 'And you will ecally be alone, to his; then she was kissed by Dorothy, and then she :found her - Dolly, dear?" --------- refielel. There self a. crowd of liervunts, greeted her with warm though re is no one else to come; Aunt Pris- and Speetrul words of weleo.me. <Alla is away, so is Derry, mist of tears rose before her Anne can't come, for the you good reason that shc has not been asked. eyes, and her lips qui"ercd, but Daddy agreed with me that we pony was quick to create a diver - would dispense with the usual s-mre erowd of cousins this year. I don't "Your old room, Nancy," she mean anything rude, Mr. Hami:- said.; then, as she sliPPed her hand ton; you must put it all down to l'h,l'ough Narcfs arm, she whisPer- my delight at having eaptured this ea: "Here is Bainas. ow for a persee. good free light. I saw Janet rear- most aggravating young Now, Nancy, beware; play me false. ulniegnthe.argoby,td like a Trojnn M- aud—well, I won't even breathe what my vengeance Will be like, ex' The quiver 'turned into a smile, and the tears were bravely kept about 1,100 half-castes. Of the I shall frighten you into fits!" And with the pony flung her arms back. as Baines -was greeted, and twenty married German officials, then the bwo girls were alone- in no fewer than twelve have Samoan about Nancy, and again kissed and "Well what is happening'?" she eat over 1,2,000 peeves of. peaches in profitable. In both eases he might b TI I - querie,d, as she beheld a perfeet Eastere Canada. If this supplies . e wrong. le on e eoneet basis itrewn on the table and the floor. 8,00,000 People ,it 'would takelen which to estimate the yield of avalanche of baskets and parcels 1e0,000 acres to supply %Immo' a herd ot cows is individual per - people, but there are 160,000 acres formatMe. Then he knows that. "Is this an amateur: grocer's shop, certain cows are making good use. may I ask, Mrs. Crawahawl" A peaches in Georgia alone. of the food they consume; others Nancy laughed as she tame, for- ward and kissed her friend. ANeaty SA.:11.0AN WOMEN, haps still tetter use. .:1.s soon as "You ;tie just in time to help . an( $ us, Dolly,'" she observed. "You They Atlatked a 5iale Critie. on is solved he is at once in pos- have met my cousin Darcy Handl- ession. of the data, necessary to ton, have you not!'" indicating a The latest news from the South determine whether or not he is rather handsome young man, who Seas brings a story -which illus- feeding the cows, so they will have was apparently ,very busy. trates, in a fashion at once comic a chance to show what they ean do. Miss Leicester's manner was only and serioue, the chief difficulty of Many farmers feed cornstalks, bay moderately warm as she acknow- the German empire-builder in Sue mote to wit, the readieess of the: ledged Mr. Hamilton's greeting. "So like Nancy! She has for- Geeman settler to intermarry with the native women, The white pop - given these people their neglect -illation of the German colany is. and unkindness to her when she about 500, and there are already . was a poor little baby. Of course, .are makine poorer use and per - 17, the question of individual produe- .Arined 1 't' they are very glad to acknowledge their relation, now she. is one of the richest widows in England. Ugh! I hate them all!" So de- clared Dorothy, mentally, giving a vicious tug to her sable boa, as, in obedience to Nancy's commands, she removed her furs. "Now perhaps you will tell me what all this means?" she inquir- ed again, as she recovered her tem- per. Nancy smiled. She had grown into a beautiful woman during the ye.ar that was gone. She was still • as youthful and fresh as ever, but the girlish simplicity had left her face, and the traces of deep thought and sorrow lived in her wonderful eyes. Now in her gray gown, made of some soft, clinging material, with her hair piled picturesquely on the top of her small head, it would have been. difficult to find a more delight- ful objettofdr the gaze to rest "I am superintending the ar- rangement . of iny poor people's • Christmas gifts," she. expleined. "They are all to be distributed to- night1 don'teknow what I should have done if Darcy had not offered - to --come and help me." "You ke6'w I am, only toe de- ligh,ed, cousin Nancy!" was the warm reply, spoken honestly; for, despite Dorothy's heed verdict, Darcy Hamilton was a thoroughly good-hearted young fellow, who would have fallen in love just as easily with his cousin when she had "beelt poor and unhappy' as he did now when she was a millionaire. • "it seems to the you don't want me to do very much," Dolly ob- served, after a feu", moments' chat- ting, as she watched Nancy giving her orders to V- two servants, who were working away like bees. "Sit still, and let ma look at , you,' Nancy replied, with a proud tener glance at the girl. "Tnat, • is 'all T ask." 'You will have plent• y portunity of doing so all next Iv • my' darling,." Nancy' looked -roniad hurriedly. V h at do you, `mean,' she hugged leer wildly, . "And now I must go. No, don't trouble to .come to the door to see me off, Mr. Hamilton; stay and help to get all this work done, or we shall be having some horrible excuse about having, to remain, -etc. Good-bye, darling.;`you have made me so happy! What !you'will come, Mr. Hamilton? 'Well,. if you catch cold, it is your own fault, and if you are ill at Ripstone you won't enjoy yourself a bit. Take, care of Nancy, and---" ' And so, laughing *gaily, Dolly flitted Ont of the room, and Nancy was alone. . .nnist - have happened some .day, 1 anppose,", she said to her- self,,with s heavy Sigh; as she stood gazing, into the fire ; "but I wish couldhaye refused Dolly. S -,he thinks to Make me 'Very happy". How little she knows!" • D&rothy, determined that there should be no 'slipping' through her fingers at the last moment, went herself to fetch Nancy and escort her to the station. She found' DP. Grantley with iiIrs. Crawshaw, and a spot of ex- citement on Nancy's cream cheeks. "Uncle Heere has come heipe, Dolly !" she explained, hurrie,... 'dear old Uncle Henry 1 shaihbe 1 the Aincer, who appeared to take . She could never forgive herself' remarking, "That's all 'right." Sir for having been made to dolibt Charles coinplaineci again, and met Henry Chaplin's integrity for (Me with the same rePly. .He still instant, and her )..vam, genemu-s thought, that the„ •Anmer was treat- ' the dear, old, well -remembered bedroom. : "Oh' darling: 1 am so glad 1:"Gi these mesalhances causes parbeu- have you here—so glad!" i I eir-ec-lar disquiet in colonial circles in D'orothy, with real joy ringing in- i the fatherland. In April last a her tones. "It is like old tunes, ' German settler named Michaels Nancy. It makes me so haPPY 1" I took it into his head to express And then, when she had gene these truths in a letter to the col - round and seen all was as it ehouldionial newspaper, adding that quite be, Dorothy, anxious that Janet's apart frem race considerations the feelings should not be hurt, her- 1 Samoan women made inefficient and unworthy .wives. Seldom has an author had more gratifying proof . of his power to arouse interest and What a flood. of memory, hitter i inspire action. The very next morn - and sweet,: came .to her as she, ing -a deputation of several burie stood in this little room—the und dred Samoan wniteil a various' conscious haipincss that preceded., shades waited upon him armed the .birth or love—the' few brief ' w''''''' whips, sticks, and garde. °in. g shock that tools. The police were just in time ki.urs of ecstasy—the caiclotyatth.aetcsti:011Nsvielocil:tr---Etho'eprniebutaaill , into custody; di‘31,..i:chpa"sult!tl'IleY dusky. amaz_. 1 h taking hun" wives. As tne native girls nearly always speak English and refuse to learn. German, the frequency of self went to see to the good crea- ture's wants, and Nancy shut the door and was alone. Ti ons scored in spite of the ponce, -r for calumniator out, of, the Island as the only mean's '6f preventing, ser- ious trouble. cam • e back ac" ° ler • ie gardens the authoritieshad to burldle-their and grounds that had lain bathed - • in . the summer • sunshine now ttretcbed -cold and -barren in ,the -winterls riine before her -7a fit ena:- blem of her desolate heart. (To be continued) THE AMEER'S VENGEANCE. When Sir Charles Euan-Smith who died not long ago in England ies of very interesting experiments was in the market place of an Af, have jtist, been 'conducted by F. ghanistan town he was fired at by Alexander Dermott and, Charles G. a native: -He lodged complaint with Crane of the Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health and Hospital Serviee in Washing- such trinity., and others who pesi- ton, The investigation ne,ccssan -Live ,y objet0 s TV(.,.1C 11 called for consde,rahle delicate nil- of the latter the acre bne rule. croscopical study of the light, pro-, By horses,. understood, oat 'HOW FIREFLY LIGHTS. To find out just how and whyllie, tiny firefly is.,ableat will to trans- form- itself int& a living lanip ser - so glad to see him again 1.'' no noti(3e. of the incident, merely heart turned -,vith a .d.aiible, wealth Inga serious matl'er with less ;con - of sideration that -it . deserved-, but love, to the weak , Icincl, courte,=. ov.s,stu{.1,e,ot, who 11,,,,4-1:be-en her best thougnt.it advisable to say no more , , and oldest friend. When . She on trle subJect• About,11 week .81- ovei..e, ;how she,,had wron,,,e,d hi -m. ,.. e la he 1,,,as in\ ited by the Am-, '-`: , . , eer. to ride with him. ney:.rode tor. , distance outside,:the town an,d . „ , "Aild-T-and :,,a'o'w you vr,On'-t.'.:c'roe..passed .gibbet .after ,'. gibbet., .. At -ith ,'.: its 1.• , Oh; . Nancy I" , -she'%-)Saild, length. sir 'obtole5,, sai,,,4 -. ,-,,,your. ;Dolly's face' fell: -tears cf l& ij p13 ilrns nHighness lias 'of, lai:e." 'Olt, yes, sl)c wi.„ • , Grantlee, "they' a'reyoui, litt12,1 Ho had plied th tten dant. , , , • ber--oftliewPtild• -h.a.c1 one " very odd!' she • . to be em Are they to lied er lei& o graze'? The latter is the least troublesome, but fewer head can be kept. In soiling the greeu stuff must be eat twt a day and /ea, some houre to heat down. That implies a great deal of carting away manure. But then there will be more stock support ed, ti.W eattle be left out duriese the eummer nights in a paddock that outdoor rebel will be prized. The milking ean take place in the stable as well as in the field. in the rich erass land of Normandy the .eattl*C are there fed by the picket plan. Every animal has tether of eix or nine „vard, that works on a swivel, so that tins sur- face of fodder must be fed bare; the herder changes the sweep of the tether twiee a day. At night the animals are heinsed. The water is specially supplied from pumps tc the troughs. A FINE MEMORY. Blinks, after inviting to (lintel his friend Jinks, who bad just re, turned from abroad, was telling him what a fine memory his little son Bobby had. "And do you suppose he will ro. member me?" said Jinks. "Remember you? Why, he re. members every face that be el:el saw." An hour later they entered the and some roots, and expect their cows to yield large quantities of house, and, after Jinks bahtlesthaaikiej milk. Often the quantity of hay 'nhal,lc,Is with r-L'ers, Blinks, is limited, and the whole ration is 1,000y over to him. "And dr, you remember me, roy wheat bran, eorrimeal and oil- meal mixed equal parts by weight. man 1" twice daily." "Course I do. Yoreee the same This should be fed that dad brought last sum - Each COW Should receive as many nielleir°,wand ma was so cross about pounds of this grain ration a day. as she produces pounds of butter it that she didn't speak to him fel fat in a week. For example, if a a whole week." cow produces nine pounds of but- ter fat in seven days she should be fed nine pounds of grain a day, or font and a half pounds night and morning. If one does not know how much better fat his cows are producing or how much milk each individual yields is in the dark as to how each should be fed. When the meal ration is setled, then the roughage, whatever form it takes may be fed with a liberal hand. If the ration be well balanced good Cows will do justice to themselves and yield profit to their owner, even en diee feed-- ." HOW MANY.- TO AN ACRE. The number of eattle to be graz- ed per acre must be determined by the experience of the fanner' himself. Under no circumstances is overstocking to be practised, if the supply of grass proves defec- tive, sell of -Hi the supernumerary animals; if the feed be abundant, buy more stock, or convert the ex- cess 'of grass into hay. It is an undecided question whether it is right or not that cattle, sheep and horses should' be allowed to feed together in •Lhe "same field. There arc.many farmers:who will have no clueing organs of the firellY• It was working liors,as, that aro, too AVOrn found that the insect, produces its' (rut to roilin aboutin, seareh of ona light by oxidation, that is. by prac- :and that prefer the soiling plan, tical combustion. but colts whilrare all for play and disturb the et,lier occupants. Cat - A woman who visited tic Brit- tle do not bite, the • grass clean ; isn musenni recentlylied of an Sas-el eat the heart out of eloNei , ati6udant "Have you no skull, of thereby 'tilling- it; they also pick Cromwell? I have been looking out their food' daintily; the horses all round for a skull of Oliver nip, as • it :were '-between -both. '1 " --d "Oli '''-' replied the Anieer, Cd'ornwell.?; '`No, .tilacllani," - "Mr. Cliaplin has gone to.,siaencl YHow 'f \I'ltr,1 11,3, , chil- eelti 'ery orie of theta., taken al t e.mern - e a,ssitssn,s elve the:V ,be ,fine one an6ti,er rnatter'.to be-,oep ' the ,11-,311.in 'at Oxfei'det" e-hich riu-ml5e`cr' of caajt- . ,;31-teep told the -soil, whic o , small- hut ,are.. not liked.by ei- , they cattle or horses. There is still "- , b.; IX C Y 31181'A:it:E. rfoeer Sent Pkg. of Postum ant Opened lite Eyes of the Penally. A lady writes from Blookline 'package of Postern was sent nie one day by mistake. "I notified the grocer, but find- ing that theme was no coffee for breakfast next morning, I prepared some of the Postum, following the directions very carefully. "It was an immediate success in my family, and from that day we have used it constantly, parents and .ehildreni.,too—for my three rosy youngsters are allowed tc. drink it freely at breakfast and luncheon. • They think it delicious, and I would have a mutiny on My' hands should I omit the ,beloved, be''''bell'sa,gehusband used to have a very delicate stomacii while we were using coffee, but to oily surprise his Stomach has grown strong and en tirely webi since we quit coffee anc have been on Postuin. "Noting the good effects in m3 family I wrote to • m3- sister„, vh was a coffee toper, and after much persuasion got her to try Posturri. "She was prejudiced against it at first, but when she presently found that all the ailinents iihal coffee gave • her left and she got well quickly she became and re mains a thorough and entunsiastn Posttlin Convert. Her nerves, which had become, sliattercd hv the use of coffee have grown healthy again, and to -day she is a new woman, thanks to P stem." Name, given by Postum Co Battle Creek. Mich and tile "cause, why" 1A-,-1,11 he found in this great little book, "The Road te Mrellville," which conies in pkgs. Ever read the above totter? A new on ?appears from time to time. They are aorto $ne, true, aaafuttDf human Intertsmok.,' 4 e‘e FOR 'I 60 YEA S • EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR possible because of ics comistent high ell'alltY- has stood the searching test of preserving time- This is only 1 FROM YO'Clt GROCEIt. Th Canatla Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal Established in 1854 by John gedpath, 0. THE FARM Useful Hints for the Tiller FEMINCI COWS FOR MILK. In ninety,nine eases probably out ef a lumdred where eows in a herd much suffering tliie jeurnes tarou 1 1 .veetiotett in the hands Practi- the 41175t Place the breeding of the familiar with every nook and 4,'or- that Sir 1ohn and Lady Hamiltoug in the summer that was long dead, ner, are away, awl*" buried and for,gottee, and -0 she eixot, in her houeoir,ii she lulu- "Oh, don't think of um, Nancy:. was ignorant and ueeoeseious oe how great a . sacrifice of feell s and 411 our „haree 'market we' have, '',.' es' e e", 2,1 nu '',,, ne (i?en mama, putting her head in at the began Darcy. deor of a" charming little apart- "Is that your only excuser/ Nance' had made when she had eon- Bo vomPetttion/ everY anrc of this "1": 4;r7f:tlareeltrufe.int;41111dinOines Irma. "Oh! Janet, there' you lied Dorothy. "IVIee, that is nted to johl their Chrhitmas Paite" .2,,,,:r h'10,,,,0? alla7 dIrlyteraiinflits' illlibp"ehusIgne. "jltatZ to the test If a farmer weighed are! Where is Mrs. Crawsitawr easily settled. Of eouree, Mr, at RiPstone Ball, "YOu'll find her in the dieing- In ten will COM, too. Oh! n tr‘Vninnnla Innae) NaacY 'hear There are in Canada about i 0O0 the milk of his herd of, say, ten' room, miss, She's been there all no i 1 won't lieten to anything wonione homer, ,said sir miaow, 000 people, the United States cows and feel the cows alike, be the morning!' marc; I just command you to pack rcY, as be stood, hat in band, at t'ie elaim :931000/000. Howeyer that might eOnle to thy conclusion teat Dorothy flew •downstairs again, up at once, both of you, and be oPen door of his well-leved henee maga: ilisesfaryPr:egennati sotrot isrtuliptpalyeirzelg, anililgtilhte (leoomwes at'oeretitoinvgeryweollp,poorsihtee and into the room namd; ethere she eame to a full stop. Canada. It is safe to say there is conclusion, that they were all uns V4I arev4"e"s If we take the verv herd may be at Utah, but this i$ ^` low eetunate 10,0De acme plant, not always a materem, and the ed at eeee per ecre we have a vaiee farmer is not juetified in juraPing, of $e iesea00 fee' the oreltard asid nat4S eenelusions• The et)W 's berry lands. really a machine for the purpose "Now as our home market grows, of Writing roue-hage, meal, grass, prepared to travel down with daddy "There's a good Plea°. 'of nrntlei.Oe and me. to -morrow. Oh how lovely someWheiro ahOut, urn 'sure, ao L all ' and Dorothy executed a Y°11 Must Lot he aalM if I stcai dance descriptive of joy, which' kiss! "Twenty if you like," Nancy an - came to a premature stop as Nancy- , swered, lifting: her sweet red In e inquired, hurriedly : 'And you will ecally be alone, to his; then she was kissed by Dorothy, and then she :found her - Dolly, dear?" --------- refielel. There self a. crowd of liervunts, greeted her with warm though re is no one else to come; Aunt Pris- and Speetrul words of weleo.me. <Alla is away, so is Derry, mist of tears rose before her Anne can't come, for the you good reason that shc has not been asked. eyes, and her lips qui"ercd, but Daddy agreed with me that we pony was quick to create a diver - would dispense with the usual s-mre erowd of cousins this year. I don't "Your old room, Nancy," she mean anything rude, Mr. Hami:- said.; then, as she sliPPed her hand ton; you must put it all down to l'h,l'ough Narcfs arm, she whisPer- my delight at having eaptured this ea: "Here is Bainas. ow for a persee. good free light. I saw Janet rear- most aggravating young Now, Nancy, beware; play me false. ulniegnthe.argoby,td like a Trojnn M- aud—well, I won't even breathe what my vengeance Will be like, ex' The quiver 'turned into a smile, and the tears were bravely kept about 1,100 half-castes. Of the I shall frighten you into fits!" And with the pony flung her arms back. as Baines -was greeted, and twenty married German officials, then the bwo girls were alone- in no fewer than twelve have Samoan about Nancy, and again kissed and "Well what is happening'?" she eat over 1,2,000 peeves of. peaches in profitable. In both eases he might b TI I - querie,d, as she beheld a perfeet Eastere Canada. If this supplies . e wrong. le on e eoneet basis itrewn on the table and the floor. 8,00,000 People ,it 'would takelen which to estimate the yield of avalanche of baskets and parcels 1e0,000 acres to supply %Immo' a herd ot cows is individual per - people, but there are 160,000 acres formatMe. Then he knows that. "Is this an amateur: grocer's shop, certain cows are making good use. may I ask, Mrs. Crawahawl" A peaches in Georgia alone. of the food they consume; others Nancy laughed as she tame, for- ward and kissed her friend. ANeaty SA.:11.0AN WOMEN, haps still tetter use. .:1.s soon as "You ;tie just in time to help . an( $ us, Dolly,'" she observed. "You They Atlatked a 5iale Critie. on is solved he is at once in pos- have met my cousin Darcy Handl- ession. of the data, necessary to ton, have you not!'" indicating a The latest news from the South determine whether or not he is rather handsome young man, who Seas brings a story -which illus- feeding the cows, so they will have was apparently ,very busy. trates, in a fashion at once comic a chance to show what they ean do. Miss Leicester's manner was only and serioue, the chief difficulty of Many farmers feed cornstalks, bay moderately warm as she acknow- the German empire-builder in Sue mote to wit, the readieess of the: ledged Mr. Hamilton's greeting. "So like Nancy! She has for- Geeman settler to intermarry with the native women, The white pop - given these people their neglect -illation of the German colany is. and unkindness to her when she about 500, and there are already . was a poor little baby. Of course, .are makine poorer use and per - 17, the question of individual produe- .Arined 1 't' they are very glad to acknowledge their relation, now she. is one of the richest widows in England. Ugh! I hate them all!" So de- clared Dorothy, mentally, giving a vicious tug to her sable boa, as, in obedience to Nancy's commands, she removed her furs. "Now perhaps you will tell me what all this means?" she inquir- ed again, as she recovered her tem- per. Nancy smiled. She had grown into a beautiful woman during the ye.ar that was gone. She was still • as youthful and fresh as ever, but the girlish simplicity had left her face, and the traces of deep thought and sorrow lived in her wonderful eyes. Now in her gray gown, made of some soft, clinging material, with her hair piled picturesquely on the top of her small head, it would have been. difficult to find a more delight- ful objettofdr the gaze to rest "I am superintending the ar- rangement . of iny poor people's • Christmas gifts," she. expleined. "They are all to be distributed to- night1 don'teknow what I should have done if Darcy had not offered - to --come and help me." "You ke6'w I am, only toe de- ligh,ed, cousin Nancy!" was the warm reply, spoken honestly; for, despite Dorothy's heed verdict, Darcy Hamilton was a thoroughly good-hearted young fellow, who would have fallen in love just as easily with his cousin when she had "beelt poor and unhappy' as he did now when she was a millionaire. • "it seems to the you don't want me to do very much," Dolly ob- served, after a feu", moments' chat- ting, as she watched Nancy giving her orders to V- two servants, who were working away like bees. "Sit still, and let ma look at , you,' Nancy replied, with a proud tener glance at the girl. "Tnat, • is 'all T ask." 'You will have plent• y portunity of doing so all next Iv • my' darling,." Nancy' looked -roniad hurriedly. V h at do you, `mean,' she hugged leer wildly, . "And now I must go. No, don't trouble to .come to the door to see me off, Mr. Hamilton; stay and help to get all this work done, or we shall be having some horrible excuse about having, to remain, -etc. Good-bye, darling.;`you have made me so happy! What !you'will come, Mr. Hamilton? 'Well,. if you catch cold, it is your own fault, and if you are ill at Ripstone you won't enjoy yourself a bit. Take, care of Nancy, and---" ' And so, laughing *gaily, Dolly flitted Ont of the room, and Nancy was alone. . .nnist - have happened some .day, 1 anppose,", she said to her- self,,with s heavy Sigh; as she stood gazing, into the fire ; "but I wish couldhaye refused Dolly. S -,he thinks to Make me 'Very happy". How little she knows!" • D&rothy, determined that there should be no 'slipping' through her fingers at the last moment, went herself to fetch Nancy and escort her to the station. She found' DP. Grantley with iiIrs. Crawshaw, and a spot of ex- citement on Nancy's cream cheeks. "Uncle Heere has come heipe, Dolly !" she explained, hurrie,... 'dear old Uncle Henry 1 shaihbe 1 the Aincer, who appeared to take . She could never forgive herself' remarking, "That's all 'right." Sir for having been made to dolibt Charles coinplaineci again, and met Henry Chaplin's integrity for (Me with the same rePly. .He still instant, and her )..vam, genemu-s thought, that the„ •Anmer was treat- ' the dear, old, well -remembered bedroom. : "Oh' darling: 1 am so glad 1:"Gi these mesalhances causes parbeu- have you here—so glad!" i I eir-ec-lar disquiet in colonial circles in D'orothy, with real joy ringing in- i the fatherland. In April last a her tones. "It is like old tunes, ' German settler named Michaels Nancy. It makes me so haPPY 1" I took it into his head to express And then, when she had gene these truths in a letter to the col - round and seen all was as it ehouldionial newspaper, adding that quite be, Dorothy, anxious that Janet's apart frem race considerations the feelings should not be hurt, her- 1 Samoan women made inefficient and unworthy .wives. Seldom has an author had more gratifying proof . of his power to arouse interest and What a flood. of memory, hitter i inspire action. The very next morn - and sweet,: came .to her as she, ing -a deputation of several burie stood in this little room—the und dred Samoan wniteil a various' conscious haipincss that preceded., shades waited upon him armed the .birth or love—the' few brief ' w''''''' whips, sticks, and garde. °in. g shock that tools. The police were just in time ki.urs of ecstasy—the caiclotyatth.aetcsti:011Nsvielocil:tr---Etho'eprniebutaaill , into custody; di‘31,..i:chpa"sult!tl'IleY dusky. amaz_. 1 h taking hun" wives. As tne native girls nearly always speak English and refuse to learn. German, the frequency of self went to see to the good crea- ture's wants, and Nancy shut the door and was alone. Ti ons scored in spite of the ponce, -r for calumniator out, of, the Island as the only mean's '6f preventing, ser- ious trouble. cam • e back ac" ° ler • ie gardens the authoritieshad to burldle-their and grounds that had lain bathed - • in . the summer • sunshine now ttretcbed -cold and -barren in ,the -winterls riine before her -7a fit ena:- blem of her desolate heart. (To be continued) THE AMEER'S VENGEANCE. When Sir Charles Euan-Smith who died not long ago in England ies of very interesting experiments was in the market place of an Af, have jtist, been 'conducted by F. ghanistan town he was fired at by Alexander Dermott and, Charles G. a native: -He lodged complaint with Crane of the Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health and Hospital Serviee in Washing- such trinity., and others who pesi- ton, The investigation ne,ccssan -Live ,y objet0 s TV(.,.1C 11 called for consde,rahle delicate nil- of the latter the acre bne rule. croscopical study of the light, pro-, By horses,. understood, oat 'HOW FIREFLY LIGHTS. To find out just how and whyllie, tiny firefly is.,ableat will to trans- form- itself int& a living lanip ser - so glad to see him again 1.'' no noti(3e. of the incident, merely heart turned -,vith a .d.aiible, wealth Inga serious matl'er with less ;con - of sideration that -it . deserved-, but love, to the weak , Icincl, courte,=. ov.s,stu{.1,e,ot, who 11,,,,4-1:be-en her best thougnt.it advisable to say no more , , and oldest friend. When . She on trle subJect• About,11 week .81- ovei..e, ;how she,,had wron,,,e,d hi -m. ,.. e la he 1,,,as in\ ited by the Am-, '-`: , . , eer. to ride with him. ney:.rode tor. , distance outside,:the town an,d . „ , "Aild-T-and :,,a'o'w you vr,On'-t.'.:c'roe..passed .gibbet .after ,'. gibbet., .. At -ith ,'.: its 1.• , Oh; . Nancy I" , -she'%-)Saild, length. sir 'obtole5,, sai,,,4 -. ,-,,,your. ;Dolly's face' fell: -tears cf l& ij p13 ilrns nHighness lias 'of, lai:e." 'Olt, yes, sl)c wi.„ • , Grantlee, "they' a'reyoui, litt12,1 Ho had plied th tten dant. , , , • ber--oftliewPtild• -h.a.c1 one " very odd!' she • . to be em Are they to lied er lei& o graze'? The latter is the least troublesome, but fewer head can be kept. In soiling the greeu stuff must be eat twt a day and /ea, some houre to heat down. That implies a great deal of carting away manure. But then there will be more stock support ed, ti.W eattle be left out duriese the eummer nights in a paddock that outdoor rebel will be prized. The milking ean take place in the stable as well as in the field. in the rich erass land of Normandy the .eattl*C are there fed by the picket plan. Every animal has tether of eix or nine „vard, that works on a swivel, so that tins sur- face of fodder must be fed bare; the herder changes the sweep of the tether twiee a day. At night the animals are heinsed. The water is specially supplied from pumps tc the troughs. A FINE MEMORY. Blinks, after inviting to (lintel his friend Jinks, who bad just re, turned from abroad, was telling him what a fine memory his little son Bobby had. "And do you suppose he will ro. member me?" said Jinks. "Remember you? Why, he re. members every face that be el:el saw." An hour later they entered the and some roots, and expect their cows to yield large quantities of house, and, after Jinks bahtlesthaaikiej milk. Often the quantity of hay 'nhal,lc,Is with r-L'ers, Blinks, is limited, and the whole ration is 1,000y over to him. "And dr, you remember me, roy wheat bran, eorrimeal and oil- meal mixed equal parts by weight. man 1" twice daily." "Course I do. Yoreee the same This should be fed that dad brought last sum - Each COW Should receive as many nielleir°,wand ma was so cross about pounds of this grain ration a day. as she produces pounds of butter it that she didn't speak to him fel fat in a week. For example, if a a whole week." cow produces nine pounds of but- ter fat in seven days she should be fed nine pounds of grain a day, or font and a half pounds night and morning. If one does not know how much better fat his cows are producing or how much milk each individual yields is in the dark as to how each should be fed. When the meal ration is setled, then the roughage, whatever form it takes may be fed with a liberal hand. If the ration be well balanced good Cows will do justice to themselves and yield profit to their owner, even en diee feed-- ." HOW MANY.- TO AN ACRE. The number of eattle to be graz- ed per acre must be determined by the experience of the fanner' himself. Under no circumstances is overstocking to be practised, if the supply of grass proves defec- tive, sell of -Hi the supernumerary animals; if the feed be abundant, buy more stock, or convert the ex- cess 'of grass into hay. It is an undecided question whether it is right or not that cattle, sheep and horses should' be allowed to feed together in •Lhe "same field. There arc.many farmers:who will have no clueing organs of the firellY• It was working liors,as, that aro, too AVOrn found that the insect, produces its' (rut to roilin aboutin, seareh of ona light by oxidation, that is. by prac- :and that prefer the soiling plan, tical combustion. but colts whilrare all for play and disturb the et,lier occupants. Cat - A woman who visited tic Brit- tle do not bite, the • grass clean ; isn musenni recentlylied of an Sas-el eat the heart out of eloNei , ati6udant "Have you no skull, of thereby 'tilling- it; they also pick Cromwell? I have been looking out their food' daintily; the horses all round for a skull of Oliver nip, as • it :were '-between -both. '1 " --d "Oli '''-' replied the Anieer, Cd'ornwell.?; '`No, .tilacllani," - "Mr. Cliaplin has gone to.,siaencl YHow 'f \I'ltr,1 11,3, , chil- eelti 'ery orie of theta., taken al t e.mern - e a,ssitssn,s elve the:V ,be ,fine one an6ti,er rnatter'.to be-,oep ' the ,11-,311.in 'at Oxfei'det" e-hich riu-ml5e`cr' of caajt- . ,;31-teep told the -soil, whic o , small- hut ,are.. not liked.by ei- , they cattle or horses. There is still "- , b.; IX C Y 31181'A:it:E. rfoeer Sent Pkg. of Postum ant Opened lite Eyes of the Penally. A lady writes from Blookline 'package of Postern was sent nie one day by mistake. "I notified the grocer, but find- ing that theme was no coffee for breakfast next morning, I prepared some of the Postum, following the directions very carefully. "It was an immediate success in my family, and from that day we have used it constantly, parents and .ehildreni.,too—for my three rosy youngsters are allowed tc. drink it freely at breakfast and luncheon. • They think it delicious, and I would have a mutiny on My' hands should I omit the ,beloved, be''''bell'sa,gehusband used to have a very delicate stomacii while we were using coffee, but to oily surprise his Stomach has grown strong and en tirely webi since we quit coffee anc have been on Postuin. "Noting the good effects in m3 family I wrote to • m3- sister„, vh was a coffee toper, and after much persuasion got her to try Posturri. "She was prejudiced against it at first, but when she presently found that all the ailinents iihal coffee gave • her left and she got well quickly she became and re mains a thorough and entunsiastn Posttlin Convert. Her nerves, which had become, sliattercd hv the use of coffee have grown healthy again, and to -day she is a new woman, thanks to P stem." Name, given by Postum Co Battle Creek. Mich and tile "cause, why" 1A-,-1,11 he found in this great little book, "The Road te Mrellville," which conies in pkgs. Ever read the above totter? A new on ?appears from time to time. They are aorto $ne, true, aaafuttDf human Intertsmok.,' 4 e‘e