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OR„ A SAD LIFE STORY
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sent 0110 of this lit.: of steamers to the
".\iter all," says !iIr3. 1.0 Merchant bottom ; but yet they are cranky little
rallying a little. her naturally crftt, with ti gni too big tear them—
presently, ,era.
buoyant temperament -that kali 1►uill rather fur :Teed than safety. The
meitt which she has transmitted with cle•ck trace struck, with a repetition that
such curious fidelity to her child -cont. 8011113 strangely frequent through then
trig to her teseue ; "after all, there is steeping t14)w to : 11, 11.34), 12, 12.30.
no reason why you should se.e et wilt give hits tta11 an !tour more,"
Elizabeth. There is no r+•115011 why sho says the watcher to himself, Band that 1
sttoulhi seo hill, is there, Mr. Burgoyne? will turn in..,
It could serve no possible end--c41uld it? Of This allotted half-hour only_ five
-and only bo exc;.xxiingly painful to minutes are yet left to run, when, in u
them both. You will explain 10 111111, hill in the hurricane, the sound which
will nut you? You will take any' Ines- Jun .s hearing has been so ting stretched
sago from her? You will tell huu that t,. eatcl►-lila sound or wheels on the
shs really is not up to it, will not You • gravel -is at length audible. During the
It if, quite true, [ nm sure. You arc ri . hist two hours he has heard many
aro you. darling' :the is not, is she,phantom wheels -many of those ghostly
The mother turns as she speaks eager- coaches; that the wind drives shrieking;
ty from one to tate other, addreseing; each tlm►ouah the winter nights. Rut these
ire turn ; but from neither dote, she 0b- m e tial ones. 1lrfore the drowsy porter.
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lain any answer. nodding; in his lalile den. can tench the
"(Ir 1 would speak to hien myself, if hall -door, Jim has opened it --opened it
you thought that better," ce►ntinttes she, jug iii time to admit n man who, his
slit. iltt..roigating them with leer han41- paco still further accelerated by the
some careworn eyes. "1 w•en.ld sa}' any- mighty hands of rho pushing blast. is
thing you wis{u'd said 14) 111111, and L hounding up the steeps. 11 any doubt as
would be careful to s8Y it as kindly as !o this person's identity lingered in Jinn's
possible. 1 :em slue he w•oul1 tu►de'r- remind, his first words would dispel it.
stand; he w eaa:el see the se'.n.,ee, the jus- "Sh0 is herr; l There is no mistake?
rico of it, would not 111.? There is no She Ls lien• 1"
need for her to expose herself to such "Now late you aro !" cries the other,
t seleer+s suffering, is there, Mr. Rur- apparently regarding the new arrival's
goyn.' Y•'-a!►p e uhng desreraluly to him taterance more as an ejaculation than
by name, since ho Will not respond to as a question expecting or needing un
any lei direct address --"when either answer. "Why are you so late? Did
you or i are more than ready too shield the eng(n.s break down'"
her frvin it. arra not we?" "She is here?" repeats Byng insistenl-
Thus ape str►phiz d, Jim 18 compell.'d ly taking no notice of the queries tet-
te breaak th., silence, which ee'ems to dressed to him. "You tlavo not deceivcvl
hiinsclt to wall him round like a Petri- rite? For mercy's sake say that you have
faction. It is to Elizabeth that he offers lel deceived liter'
his hardly -won speech. "Why should I deceive you I" rejoins
"1 think I need not tell you," ho says. lint intratiently. "Y.; certainly 8110 is
gravely, and with passable steadiness. hero."
"that I would help you in any way I They aro in the hall by now-tho hall
could."which, the Grand Ilotel being gasless, is
tiho stands n moment or two ir•rrso- lit by only one weak paraffin lamp,
lute, her features all quivering a.s it which the gust from the door, necessar-
tcitt► pain ; and yet, underlying and ily still open to admit of the carrying in
undershlningg 1110 pain something that is of the travellers's bags and rugs, is mak-
we pair', pair[. '1Iteti elle puts out a hand int- Ina oven more faint and tiicker•ing than
puisiveely to each. if the ono that gives its wont.
itself to Burgoyne had struck hint on "You must have had a fine tossing r
the mouth, htsteod of offering itself with "I believe you; they all thought we
affectionate cenitklence to his clasp, it were going to make a dinner for Iho
cculd not have hurt him more than do fishes --ha; ha 1 All but 1. I knew bet -
these small fingers that lie in his, trent- ter. 1 knew that I could not conte to
Ming with passion that is not for hila. grief when she had called raw to her."
"You are both very good to me," elle Ryng's hat le rammed down over his
6a}•s. brokenly. "As to you, mammy, brows, and his fur coat turned up so
that Is an old story. But 1 really le- high round his ears that it is impossible
here that there is nothing disagreeable in the oliecnrity to sec lis face; but
that you, too" -with a slight grateful
pressure of the lifeless hand that so
slackly keeps possession of her, ---"would
net del for ate. Blit du not think nee
ob.stinat.* if 1 say that 1 think --I am
sur.' -that it would b0 better -that it
scotrl.I hurt hint less -if I spoke to 111111
myself."
"It is not n quesliron of what will hurt
111111 least," cries Mrs. Le Merchant, with
an agony (.1 impatience in herr Ione'.
"'Ther liking 1., be conei4l're4t Ls what twill
hurt you heist. Mr. Burgoyne. ata f not
right ? (le tel her that I ant 1 Ought
net )ho to think of what will hurt her
Mast Y'
But Jim is incapable of coining n
second) time to her resents. ills eyes Gree
painfully f8Sd4eile*1 4.14,11 Iaizebetat 01141
he is watching the pain fall off, as 11
were. from her face, and the light spree.'
ri•tily over it. Solite inslincl nluk.ts Iter
withdraw shalt hand of hers wine!' ho
has shown S41 11111.' enger11.:35 to retain,
ere elm says, in a low but perfectly firm
voice;
then. 1 think it will hurt 1110
lest. ton."
Five minutes later Jim tins left the
mala--,ist.•nsibly 1., mike erietigenieinls
for his friend's arrival, in reality 1.' -
cause 11•' cannel count mein his town
M',elf,'ontr,) if -he 1011115111 in it. The sur -
elvers of Etizn10t11 1a' MlarhanCs ite-
ge.nintnnc4e remain undeetontatt.vl. The
wedge•-headed1 life G11nr.1••man 1111,1 Ih.1
lata •trulied cornet lie t.nregnrdevl nn Ili•'
tt.l•le wltil.l 1:htat •111 het•«'l( 18 stretched
along the fie,..r, with her taco pressed
ng;nin.st her nreitl►er's knees. Jim has
decided to sit 1)l' for his friend. 110 is
perfeelly aware that neither w ill 1114.
two women go to lied. Nil he has no
(k'stre that their vigil s1l4,u141 1e steered
in common. It t8 .•.[unity impossible 141
him 141 take part in the noisy mirth of
Be reel of the hotel, which ',living liken
the 1)laee of 1114etr nle4,ur4•Ie58 daylight
erutul,
11.10W boils over In ebullient laugh-
ter. 111 deneillg, squeaking and neigh)
scampering out of 111e public drawing -
room int, 111e hall aid up the stairs. It
Ls not till the clamed- has 4144'1i11.A. un-
ltl in.l."d. its total ceesal4,11 tells him
that the pronli.tc uetis revellers have re-
iired to their nparI1,11818, that he lSSI14 8
front lite. fMet lake. p0sses:io111 .►f Ilio
11•,w empty snx,king-room. whence he
c::cn [Near more distinctly than front Iris
own bedroom any noise of wheels op-
pr.uleIling the hotel. The wind line risen
ripen. and it needs nn car very finely
perieke.l Io diose er hem its mad sing-
ing, and trent the eloruting '4 the Iran•
tic rata, any Ie'scr 11141 alien 5'011141.
\\'hat a terrine night in w-isirh 10 be Hug
on the raging s''a ' Worse even than
that one Inst week, when 1114' mono
broke her shaft or crank. and 14►....v1 for
tee enty•f.ur hours at the mercy of the
w n, ees. l'oesibly ih.e weather ntny have
nlren.ty y.'atenlay been so rough at
1118r•sci114' ars lo present Isis starting off.
itut the i.tc:l--al Ileo first !duel! (eagerly
us -O. -onkel try him -is 4lienatss,8l front his
)4l11't atnlMl :<8 !Winn as cnte4lain.'d. If
the boat has Merle., -anti it is only tin-
der such heavy pi'nelliei then the moil.
heels do not Alert. that 11118 n/11111 1'mcv
hat.11y ever fICCII1•4 - try ng 1 ill have
(traded )Un, \ terrific hang id the enc►• -
meld eeerne to Mane as n 4'teltilatent upon
t t • sent• etS4n. Ile will leo,. ,. alerted :
bet will ire .,en• •trier? 11 a, ':0141 rihit
t:1 eight ).'ar4 during; Mich tie,•y tame
fact. level luno. mean")
have a calming
ease die la •cd b the Cernlan dogs at
.. - ., 4vita r, 1
t DOGS AS MAN HUNTERS ;-ier►ale, while't4t Hr-I•y ,rle�,ag;es olle
effect U1 un his audit r, "thatg,
suppose, to my name being spelt wrung. of the uldc,t and eaade5t tricks to Lo
Iy-Bourgouin instead of Burgoyne,-
wrung -
taught a dog. Vit. Bernard dogs are
your telegram was given 1•o eomeono srpec►ttily iruetwti,rttly 118 tttesengers.
elec., and did nut reach 111e till titre The type of German sheepdog used .s
o'clock this evening."almost a stranger in this country, but
llyng put; up hi, hand to his throat, hero have been specimens benched it
and, unfa.;tening the cellar of his fur k•cat shows and they are listed as a re -
coat as if it were strangling hire, ihrr►ws c( gnized her ig?it breed by the American
back tiro oral 114elf. Now that he sive. Kennel Club.
hint freed hent enveoping wrap and 'Pilose at Vienna were very wolfish 'n
n,ncealing halt -brim, Jim can realize the shape, body, head, feat and tail, but lige
full amount of change and deteriol•atioli ears were very large and bat shaped and
that are visible in his appearance; can held erect. The color was generally
see how bloodshot his eyes OM; 11uw we:1f-like. also 1114' action in questing and
lined his mouth; and how generally 4.atloping. while several of them yelp -
ravaged and dinitniel 1118 good kooks. eat rather than barked when In full cry.
"1 int to understand. then. that -that
The t 1 l f} 1l (oat t decide
They were s(► much alike that it was
she would 1111.10 stopped my coming if (141)1 alt to distinguish them apart. to
she could." Ihc- French army (;real Danes and the
Jim is silent. Ilo cannot answer that Ik gue de Bordeaux, which resemble the
k' ot.t-fashioned routed -headed English
sell.en with any certainty even to ilial- d n►aslift, have been experimented with
sett.
"She would have escaped me again for field service. The use of dogs in
if she hail had tho (quince! What 1)111 I the Held) is said not to I1aave, been lural
the candle,• as far as experiments go,
saying ?"-with a sudden ogee.;,, of ter- p in France and Connelly, but as an aid
rue in his tune "she may have escaped I( lila police, especially in small towns
me ah•e'ad} ! She may be gone! 'l\l where lite forte is ially1, or i1) ll towns me the but t -do tell date.' to tell Incmwhtre I of a city 1111 deis often cg
yoanything sbut the bare truth. 1 sal that diet able assistance.
you hesitated when I asked you whether
sin: was really here. Is site► goner'
"Goner repeals Jim, with an exas_ AN ma: OF iQUNG !!{l1:�1.
ix'I'ak'd jerk of the head low;iid3 tlw tt„ ti al.11aio the only sort
window, against which the rain and p Caiiade is Asking Theta to Put Their
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NOVEL TESTS AT VIENN 1 TO U11S-
PLAV '1'11E111 tSEt:LLNE.'.S.
Canines Thought to (lase a Molt Strain
Shorted k noo ledje of
Business.
As the result of an eehibition trial
held in 1'ienna ltI.•1y it is belk'v4'd that
u cuuude force w ill be added to the
Austrian arm, • and lice departments,
let object o to t'lat 1 ars V
a hether Austria should follow the ex-
as1'p;le of trance and Ikeru,any, wh.'re
:legs are already in use. All the en-
tries were et Ilte (ieriian sheep - dog
type, and if ls4et running wild alight be
taken for a band of wolves. '1')10 dog
Siegfried, from Jena, tools the highest
size, and medal, were won by Ilarras.
1.11x. I'an and Isegriurnnt, fruit Bruns-
wick. trat:l:tort, Dortmund and \W-
inch. \lost of the competitors came
fr;1ni Gerinany with their owners and
trimmers.
Notting like this sort o[ coulpenlien
Seas been seen in (:rat Britain. where
g istrained
10 defend life and property and he
bloodhound to be an aid in the pursuit
of criminals. At the time of the White-
chapel crime,: in London there was en
inisuccessful attempt to ferret outto
crt ri1 with bloodhounds. Yet given
the faintest of true scents the -
h(und will run down its human quarry
to a cert:Wily, but n guesswork clue in
a city slums was not a lair lest o
THE It DEED'S SAGACTY,
That the breed has lost none of its cun-
ningIs demonstrated in the frequent
bloodhound tests in England, which are
one of the most interesting and instruc-
tive sporting fixtures in that land of
sport. The method is to send a man
from the kennel on a ten to twenty mile
jaunt, which wilt perhaps include the
streets of a town or several villages,
with a stopor two at public houses for
a "wet." At the end of the rouethe
Haan takes refuge on a stile or else he
discards his shoes, which sometimes
have leen anointed with a special scent,
and ptosis heinew•ard barefooted, Seine
time after the man has left he kennel
the dog or dos are put on the trail.
Thereafter It is a canine hare and hound
garde or imitation of a real roan hunt,
the owners andjudges following on
fool or horseback to )nark the points
made by each entry.
Followingn scent was only a minor
facture of the competition atVienna,
although Harms, the entry from Buns-
wick, is credited with discovering two
mtuederers after the police were at fault.
when he was brought to the chase some
days niter the commission of the crime
and also with landing thebody o a
drowned woman len days after she had
beett missed. The tests. which were
held duringthree days in the Schw•ar-
zenber ► Gardens, and in rainy weather,
also included surmounting; obstacles -
rctrieving lost articles, seeking; lost in-
dividuals and baying; them, "dead" or
Wive, saving the drowning; and carry-
ing me -sages.
In the roan hunting, a district mes-
sr•nger bay volunteered as the criminal
and was dressed for the part. All the
(togs found hien in a fern minutes vh r -
ever he hid. which was not a very won -
wind are hurling themselv4.3 with three- Shoulders to the Wheel.
fold rage, as if to recapture the victim 11118 is an age of young meet; an age
just escaped 111011). '"1'o -night -in this r 11 w•tien alt the vitality, ambition. genius
ste.rin ? How likely ! gannet be rational;
reel infill the of youth are ;•aught by
tri to keel: your head, (1841 let 111 have tt p the greatest commercial enterprise'', by
11'1100 i1) this ranting. [ give you my bl d the largest institutions, by the biggest
word of honor that she is here, under )x.,lli0%1 in professional life. It i tan
this tvx►f ; asleep, 1 should hope, if your age when men 851(1 women are doing!
bellow•ings have not awoke her." f things, and doing 11►c111 quickly. 'frier*)
The )alter clause may perhaps Claire are ollices looking for youatg! inert to do
under the head of a pardonable fiction , things. Are young 111011 looking; for the
at all events, (1 hats, despite its Meisel- (►111(44?
ity. the desired e'lfect of soothing. to This is a question which rug_rg;esls 11 -
whoextent, the agitation of tune to self to ('very observer of human nature
whom 11 is addressed. sand of daily events. In this growing
"Asleep t"' lie repeats, while an ocsla- 6 Ik.n►inion there are Ilultdlt'e1S of young
tic smite breaks over his handsome, die- men, with latent Powers, which. 11 ihc)
sipnled face. "(;oust angels guard her 1 were brought into use, would acconl-
sluntbe1 $ 1 Bin" -with a i'8111er 01111- 1 Wish much in all voc:at:ons and cnllil►g;s.
nrnts return of excitement -"are you Pass along the street when you will
sine that she is asleep -that she 1118 and you see handsome �uulhs, with at-
gono to 104 50), why should net 1 500 t tractive features and bright counten-
hcr; why hhoukl not 1 tall 1)t her feel 6` graces, idling their time and opp0rluni-
now-to-night ?" tie: away. They do not think that the
"My dear boy," rejoins Jim, with a heirs 1110 golden. They do not reflect
praiseworthy attempt to answer LIlis that soon old ,age will Colne and lura
modest and sensible proposal with p1)- l f l their hair to white, impair their taeul-
tient goal -humor, "hove you tiny idea h p ties and render therr. undesirable per -
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time it is? 1 should Fay.' th4,ught SOBS for influential and active places in
i! might have occurred even to yott that the world's vast workshop.
1.:p(g a.nt. is scarcely a suitable hour for It molter; little what part of Canada
paying a morning call ! 1)0 not be a t the eye runs to, rapid development and
fool ! full yourself together. I swear to expansion impress us 1-ith their regt1ir -
you that she has every intention of Sec- nlents for hustling men. To Canadians,
ing; you tcramarrow. Como" -trying to then, may not this suggestion, which
laugh -"you will not have long to has been made to you time and again,
wait ! -it is to -morrow already ; and, $ i'c' repeated: Make the best of your
meantime, sit down and cat something; chances?
you must be as empty as a drum." ug Young man, do not waste your time
Blit lo this prudent if homely counsel in- vain strivings after.-fhe empty play.
-Byng opposer an obstinate meg;atie,n, h 1 things of frivolity. !'1)t your shoulder
adorned with excited asseverntions that to the wheel. 'Take 8 step to -morrow
food shall Clever cross his lips until they higher than you are toeiay. Get a hold
have pastured upon his lady's pardon- of another rung of the ladder for the
ung; Itand. (lay after. After a while your friends
b wilt appreciate at least one quality in
Cho same prohibition dock not. bow-
ever, apparently apply to drink, as he • you --that of aspiration -turd give you
piquet more than half thebottle of a lift.
But white this counsel Is offered to
young Wren u, the rush and hurry (,f
l•1- sy fives, the (11(Ier men must not tie
fcrggotten. They are the steadying in-
fluence against loo much materialism;
they ixosse-% that rarest wisdom which
is distilled from experience.. They 0nt-
Isedy the pUwcr of operating and Con-
trolling great eclicermes after They have
teen organized, perhaps by yeunggsr
ones. They were young yesterday, and
ale young yet in fellowship. ('Hurt
their sympathy and advice, and. arras in
firm with them, form a bulwark of na-
t(,nnf stability and enterprise.
Canticle to -day is looking for talent
which is budding out. '1 here are scores
of probleme yet to be solved. nlig,�hty
transport:Ilion questions to be worked
out, seats to le tilted in parliament. c11-
i.'e and towns to be built. maintained
and govt•rn0el, prominent positions to
he graced by men who should grace
them %heti they gel there. This Is
your clay, young 1111111. What are you
(toeing! toward making the best of it? -
Toronto \\'orld.
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P1111, IKt)`T AND PATHOS.
The appearance of an action depends
largely 011 whether yeti are hooking for-
ward to it or back upon 11,
The average woman will change her
n1inag about everything except ee►me-
th,ng she ought to change it 1144,111.
Pride is often only the result of being
5)410 1e :We your own weak point:.
A pessimist is n elan who cannel gel
Meng erenfertab1y even with himself.
11 lakes g real genius to live as his
e efcs mH►Ihe•r thinks that he ought to
live.
11 is a whole lot harder to lose a tail
reputation even than it is to keep n
good one.
When a men spends his limo trying
leo avoid one trouble, another generally
catchhint .
More men wouldrappingsucceed if they did)
not carte squib sw touch for a little
lorlgteer sle 0
1'ou canI►. generally tell how wipe a
inan is by the charneler 4.1 the people
wl►Ontal:etun(►f bona.
liappiness s 114{om hes as much bale
l.► spend calling 011 y•iu 1).S Glne•r things
(rave.
a man woudl be much more
pleasant c(tnlp8ny .11 he could only for-
Manyg;.•t himself 8 little better.
'Grocott. would leave 1)3 quicker if we
akin" keep 11(1111)1 11181 1115 it w allied us
p , obeli it was calling on us.
Ileal nhility never gets worried even
when the totally unexpe'_ted bobs up on
Ill. scene (1 ac1
i4
711.
It is hinny how• n111ch more important
other people seem after inerriu)gc than
they did during the 4'ngagernefit.
A ready good elan i• happy when he
sees other people I'np1-y, n•gardlea►s of
now he feels himself.
(hero Ls something in the kine) of his happily not very [),,tent wine, pie pared
voice -a laud, wild rollicking --that for his refn'shnaent, into a tumbler, and
ninkos the idea cross Jim's mind that he
has been drinking. What a silo k it will
give to Elizabeth, if, in her c►wert Vigil
-ire has to more doubt Mat she has
been watching than he itis been doing so
himself -'.he eierhear5 that Ih.ek, raised
voice! 1'mntpl.(l by this thought, Ince
.nays. hastily :
"C•ante into the dining -room. 1 told
them to put something to eat for you
tt►ero."
llyng complies; and whoa they have
reached the empty salt; a manger,
whose whitewash looks weird and un-
natural in the chill of the night, he sonde
trig hat skimming d4,1wit 41110 of the king
tables, and, grasping both Jim's hands
i:, his. cries ot.t, in the mime koud tone
of in1.►xieat.1sl triumph :
"Oh. toy dear old ehnp. how good it
is to 8444? your ugly old mug again! If
you had known -oh, if you had only
known 1---whitt L went thmugh during
1114' lweetltyfour hours after 1 sent 'you
that telegram, when through ever,)' hour,
through every tnint,l.t and seeond of
every heir, 1 ea141 l i nlyeelf, 'It may
e'en(' now --my death-iv/trent may (01110
110W 1 In Ileo minutes it may i1►evee
conte " But it did not, it .lid not! 1
otight 141 have known" -with an accent
o! ecstasy --"that of h.'r pitiftlnese she
w-e,uld relent at last. She 1.4 infinitely
pitiful, is not she? int I shall upbraid
11.•: a little --oh. do not be :timid; it will
be gently, most kenlly- -far having kept
me :(o long, se inhumanly tong„ upon
my gridiron 1 1 had always"- breaking
into n ruttier nukl laugh--"s.Ontething of
.1 tend.'rtt0s for St. Lawrence, but dt.r-
ing (1111 lest seven months 1 have loved
Lint 1ik.' a trot her !"
110 g• nit again, with scar'ely a
pan.,'• oe npg►vrenrly any C4►niel41)1.114'ss
of tilt, tinre,g►4niiwe •II:'n.'e of hi., ankh.
lot
"i►ul what does tt molter, now ?" lee
ginning le stride 1)1 14it with 113 esee
casl up 141 the beetled reiliugd end his
lifted 1)11)1•1. 1.,eked loge Reit-"what does
it mailer f ".\iter l,ng grief and pain.
to feel the arms of Iny true love niund
are 'ewe agent! You may think that I
word it extravagantly." n•itintingg 1''
1181. n, )toe IP11119 dowsie i.t and s1,4u•kid
upon one of the chair% 44 the n1i►n411e1n-
ou8 table d'h.)le new; "led in the hope
itself. the more than hope there is no-
thing extravagant; yeti 1111.1 own That
yourself. If `!1e) line! 11.►t 111041111 10 pal
an end In my king ngony. she ,e.culd
trot have sent for Me; 1111 k► slap me
was 10 send for rue• ,.
"hots neer laboring melee a nti.lnke,,,
says Jim. coldly. and yet with an Ward quacking ns to the effect that his
merits may pr4athce ; "trite hail not Ili''
nt.tio ] 41f stopping you. 11ya.•ci-
g dent 1 di.) not r'.•eive your tol,'gi am un.
111 four flours ng.. She cyan., not have
Mopped you if she hail wielied,"
The idea. as 1 have already 5814), has
occurred 141 Iturg.►y ne that his compan-
ion 13 under the influence of into4eicaietin;
but either this is tett the c11s0, or Ilio'
?it.K k (.f the hist wants has 111•' "fled
►' instantly s.,her.ng him.
"1- L- 4141 not understand." he 3ny.s In
r► sew out of models nil i1. 711.' .'shrtara.
lion has Wen c,►nit.r el ars f hs magic:
"1 (lo not folk►w you. \\ h»1 do you
basses it off at a draught. 11.' offers an
even stouter refusal to Ilurgoynos sug-
gestion that he should go to bed; and
as ho utters it a flash of cunning suspi-
cion c.ames into itis eyes, shocking Itis
friend will' a glom as of passible and
scarcely latent madness. Across the
latter's train dads the query, which
had proposed itself mere than once to
tuns last spring at Florence:
"Is Were Insanity in ilyngs blood 7"
Not certainly on the distad( side. the
side u[ his eminently satin and wIl.,le-
eetne+ mother ; but can ho be throwing
back 14) 4olllc distempered ance:st sr?
"What security have f if 1 go to teed
tttnt she wilt net steal away from nto in
the night" It was in the night -almost
in the night -that she stele away from
1111 lxefore."
From this logic it is impossible to
rnovo him ; and alt..ough 1Ai11i song: re-
turn to his old soeet-nallassl kimdlincss
sir manner tw beggs his blend not to
think it neresstiry to keep hint company,
yet the letter iti far 141.0 ill at (•n.:r as to
hie eondilion, both of inked and body,
to comply.
(ro bo continued)).
QUEEN 11E.111TS.
Some 1i.ong, Some Short and Some in
the Small of the Ilark.
There is (1110 curious fact which not
everybody 11011003 about the ceini)1ora,
fi►.ger long. green caterpillars of our
larger moths. Their hearts, inslenei 1)1
le ing in front. aro at the back of the
1;'.dy and extent along lase entire length
of the nn:mal. 4 )ye Can see the heart
d.stincliy through the thin skin and can
notch Ile slow ie:11, which starts at the
tail and moves forward to the heart.
!karts of This =ort reaching from head
to tail are 1101 at all uncommon in the
simpler creatures. The earthworm has
elle, and so have 1144 -St warn;i, caler-
p,iifars and other 0118)ing thing.
Heart: in the middle of the back are
also (guile a4: frequent as these in wharf
8. -ems to use to b(' the natural pine'.
Many animals. the lobsster, for et..rople.
and the crawfish and the crab, which
hive short hearts like these of flu!
1►east4 and birds. nevertheless 1131,0
them pieced just under the in
v,1131 in ourselves would be the small
of 1110 back.
:Ne41.N11 :\S SHE P1 "P4)KE.
'Slyer : "I'm ging 0f er L o they barber
Shot► le get a hiiar•-(•ut."
Gyve: "Why delft you get 11ten1 all
cut while you aro at it r'
F(►it(,i•:l- L' N
(.►alts, : "1 ialug;le• el .rt My wife when
51,• Orel lock til• 1/11yrir,11 .11110x0' for a
fait,"
( -, aleman : "\•11y don t ) ..1) no.;
Coates : "i daesen'1.
PLENTY T() «tl'.
Iltttnn . "My wife is a metier -of -fact
women. she only sp eake her mind."
(:hilton : "S,► dense 171)110, but she
4110,111''' rhinos; her mind sell ,.ft.•n that it keeps these pr•'eetk'nts in tient• there is no -
"1 mean," roplpaw Jim. in a inallerot• ber Ialikitag all the tines." 1 thing wonderful in the degree of ►r1ya111-
da rftil feat, as
THE SCENT \\':\S A 1)01' ONE.
There was no attempt to have the dogs
iii7.1.1e oil a cold sec'nl. The dogs were
content to hold up the fugitive wI,en
they found hint, except Siegfried. This
entry 110(n Jetta was in grim earnest,
and on finding the boy behind rt fence
de. vne,l him and held hint by the nrrn.
Siegfried released Isis bold with relic-
Iimnce and it uiinterfered with would no
de•ubl have punished the boy badly.
Only four of the dugs were tried al life
baying, the part of the dream Hing; num
being 1alicn by a "super" from one of
Ate. )theatres. • • Siegfried was the only
one to slick to the Innis and 1,vint with
1.1111 to shore. One of the dogs would
have drowned but for the ratan, yet 1111
result; w•.'re its goes) as might le .ex-
pected from small dogs with the fort
of c0111Gs.
In fence scaling Herres led in climb-
ing and clemlering over a 10 foot per-
pvtidieular and smooth wooden paling.
let ninny of the dogs were slopped by
a 7 foot pealing. The most practical tests
were 111 acc4nlpnnyi)g their miasl.'r-
vu rounds and detecting persons lying;
ir. ambush fur them uid to carrying
messages. '1110 woe. of detection was
well performed and the dogs tackled
loose they f<►untt int ambush with much
we/se and fury. In carrying lnes,nggcs
a Trainer leek a flog through puzzling
and devious paths to a 41i:4a110e of 5(M$
yards, leaving another trainer behind.
The first then twit at handkerchief or a
parcel to the dogs collar and let thin
go. Thr, cog returned 4)n a run and
eller anolh4'r aarticie had been substi-
tuted raced baek, returning finarlly a
third time to the s8Pc4lnd man, who rep-
resl "110 adqunrtcrs."
"Anlws tit•' clog! ke.'w tliy ground he Calle
over it at a racing )race all the way,"
to quote an onkr►ker w•h4l reported the
a:lllpetition in Field. "The trainers
claimed that their dogs would carry
anes.sagee (aver four or five kiletnetre'
easily in the same way 11841 01 71 corre-
sponding pace. 11 can 'sally be seen
haw 11.401111 such kgs alight be between
outposts. 1lpon the 1 hole Ike trials
commit 14•' :•711(1 to have proved lunch
beyond the fact that the dogs employed
were hi2ltly trained and intelligent and
most of then)
POSSESSED F.XcEl.1.1.ST NOsE$.
Nevertheless. the impression created
was favorat')" feet it is believed that a
canine depertmcnt will stiurtly be ad-
ded to the army and pollee."
(:nn1.'keopers' deg( in England 1111,'
k1)' many years iss.n relied on to el.•to'••t
px►achers in ambush find also their
snares and traps, I"rri.rs Of sorts being
most relied on fee the service. while the
Spanish customs guards on Into French
frc,ntte' have duas 1141.'8 tear
oration+. Th0)tad 441):3 wgs1114 Lhe bents whip
1114 ollic•inli and do patrol duly occr 8
K!Cat expanse of country, giving the
alarm to their masters when they 4114-
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SrurrING AN Olt(:N.\l11),
The sessi rad for an orchard should he
wee and (10:•(1)1 cultivated. and 1r.•c
,rat ,yodel:. w'cll drained, if the soil r'e-
aeurr.'4 it, and moist wits are !leder for
draining, except sandy or light gravel-
ly soils with a light subsoil. Sieh
lend may 11•,t r-'clttire draining, but 'u
e1 (IT case) it should be 1-.'11 worked)
and pulverized and enriched. 'I'here•foretse
1'0paraLi0ra twist be done' 41 wine the
summer st, 0, 14) 1►e ready ler fall c r
spring: planting, Planting in the spring
i • preferred. wtiielt will enable the trees
to take firth held of the earth and to
resist the frost of meet ,winter; but plant-
ing may beets rc suce'es fol 11l 11ta' au-
tumn by prutectiug Hie trees so us to
prevent Iiie fret frulm heaving or mis-
placing )tient.
Select young, healthy and vigorous
trees, and from a reliable nurseryman,
attldl, if px►ssible, from a Sall similar to
that in which you intent to (dant your
outlined. The different kinds of apple%
wall depend 111)011 your 0W11 choice and
the suitability of soil and chntfl.e. I'
auvise that the selection be nulde trim
the old, tried and reliable kited.
The distance apart should not be less
then thirty feet, so as to allow 'he
lives room to surend their branches
and to forth a low and spreading head.
tesiee planting bus a tendency to force.
)tees to run up. and prevent the fruit
beim obtaining its {roper color from
Iln, sten, and nuking it more difficult
to gather the fruit. At the distance' el
thirty feel apart it will require twenty-
nine trees to the acro. liefelre planting
the Tree remove all bruises and broken
roots by cutting clean with a sharp
knife. Lay out your ground in etre:gilt
lutes.:. that your trees will be in line
each way said at equal distances, thirty
feet apart.
ORCI1:\I1D COVER CROPS.
The value of a cover crop of some
1:nnd. in the orchard, is 110w pretty gen-
erally reo0gttized by all up-to-dc+le fruit
gnawers. The most successful fruit
growers give their orchards clean eulti-
velioI1 from the early spring till about
the middle or end of July, when tree
growth should cease. A cover crop oil,
seine kind is then shown ilumediately
after the last cultivation. Such a crop,
Ix twine the orchard by affording pro-
1ecli')n to the rises if Ile' ground is bare:
of snow in winter. in holding snow reg
•a•1es additional curer When it wines, in,
clacking a late growth of trees in the
fall, in taking up plant food front the
soil which might otherwise be toSt Ii
knelling, and above all, by addling to
the fertility and friability of tale soil
when tlx: cru u turned under 1l Ilio
spring. '
QUESTION
Tho mighty questions of the day
At pr*MOIIt move us not ;
The only ane That now holds sway
Is, it hot ?''
1'.111\ NOTES.
\\'hen a man yams to use hi: hnree,
and las to chase hen alt over iii:, (son
an order to catch hint, it is e;vide•mt that
either the 1111111 or Uie Furse was nut
brought up rigid.
1n the rush of summer work. we often
r e-glect the poultry on 111e farm. The
Ite•its help tlscstteelves to the grain that
:.s handy, cal mere than they nectd, and
the result is that a number suddenly
.sic of apoplexy.
Sprinkling lime in n water lank w•►11
prevent scull from forming on the
later. When the lane loses its strength,
and scum begins to gather. wash out
lee tan): and renew the lithe. 't'we'e in
n ;.'a ,n Will suHsce to keep lire water
pure and wholesome.
The women folks of the family e'eould
sle'er clear of the many trice pu,wders
and washes that are trade 111. be .ley+
44) undo one look young. They are ell
frauds, and runny of then w•. os&' than
that. The pure nit' end w•ak'r of the
turn). tali Irv, right kind (►f diet., tr It
keep the complexion fair noire be•auti-
f•r' than will any of the mixture, sold
for this purpose.
1! is isarp„s.ihle In urge t4)0 strongly
upon the breeder w'110 we)u1.1 meet ‘‘Ill)
thee greatest teel$sure of success. the
practice 4)1 a rigid and judicious selec-
tion of belh sire ane) dans. but more par-
ticularly 4►f the sire, as it hae often
been said, and rightly. That he formas
half of the herd. First, (keeide upon the
type of animal y.111 tt•i.h 10 priduce;
seColtit. int year ideal 1ei1 !hied 111
Mind. keeping it constantly bcf•,sr' you,
,and finally, lewd so as 10 gain that
ideal animal by selecting breeding nn►-
matl: that cone ns near 10 it as it •s
in,c'iible to gel. Any abnormal pectiti-
(trities of the animal .►rganizati4►t1 0011-
slitultng disease, whether of structure
(:r• funet14)11. are Valle to be transmitted
from parent to offspring.
T. , Till: (.1cn'n).
lie' : ".‘rat 1 g,o..41 enough for )O1).
mg?'
she : "No, but you Ire too
ge,ud for any uiher girl."
F(l)t .\11\1(111.\f, ftl: \It1N4;s.
There ere sufficient peopt4' in Engle
hand and Scotland paying an minim
tat unposed by the inland revenue HP.
(11 the use of armorial bearings to pro-
duce a 51111) Of $3,I).l4u) 01101 y.8r. 'l'he
great bulk 11 this sum Ls peid by the
people who care not nn aria either
ideal( their family or their arms. but,
pay. the lax .regularly simply f,re'r-1,',e
they have carriages or plate iw'rn1.1i4•al-,
1. decorated. The renlly ('141 families oir'
tin. lr'a111i, h4ewev•'r. 1).r 41rlrt481A1 cn,b-
1cmtR kir de:..(•81iv0 purpnsc!a to 811 05 -
lee) almost incredible in the cps 41
Ili. -'e familiar with them only on note
pa.por, table ;diver and Carriage panels.
Disease takes no summer
vacation.
If you need flesh and
strength use
Scott's Emulsion
sutamer as in winter.
rend for fret sample.
SCOTT h r(,wl'. s:. Chemist,,,
Tort 1)o. 014141)
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