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DARE IIE
OR, A SAD LIFE STORY
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emotions are so Strong that they make
his d•'ceiv.l even himself as to their liu-
"ehe was perfectly right," Rays Amo'- lure, It semis to 'hiru as it scales had
iia, •dill speaking quite quietly; "it i, as -suddenly fallen from his eyes, t,howing
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tton. =hang that 1 should not have :Axel
11; and it oras chikd-stealing; you were
barely twenty -ore, and 1--I was not very
young for a woman even than -1 was
twenty-three. I ought to have known
better."
For once In his life Burgoyne is abso-
lutely bereft of speech. It is always a
difficult matter to rebut a charge of lo-
ing dead -sick of a woman without con-
veying an insult in the very denial; and
when utero hes a t►orrtd Euleslrntulu of
truth under the exaggeration of the ac-
cusation, the difficulty becomes an im-
possibility.
"However, it might have been much
worse," continues Miss Wilson; "just
think if 1 had overheard 1t only after I
had married you, when I knew that there
vas nothing but death that could rid
you of me. 1 thank God I have heard it
in time."
Ills throat is still too dry. for him to
';peak; but he stretches out his arm to
encircle her in .a mule proteat at that
thanksgiving over icer own shipwreck;
but, for tho first time in her life, she
eludes his cnr� s -e ,e.
"child -stealing," Pho repents, under
tier breath; "and yet"-- with a touching
Impulse of apohg; and deprecation—
"you seemed old fur your age, you seem-
ed bo much in earnest; I think you really
were" — a wistful pau' e ----"arid after-
wards, though I could not help seeing
that I was not to you what you were to
Ise, yet 1 thought -1 hoped that it I
wailed—if 1 was patient—if no one else,
nu one more worthy of you came be-
tween us"—another and still wistfuller
delay in her halting speech—"you might
grow a little fond of mo out of long
habit; i never expected you to bo more
than a little fond of me!"
Ile has entirely hidden his face in his
hands, so that she is without that index
to guide her as to the effect produced by
her words, and he continues completely
silent. Whether, even after her rude
awakening, she 61111, deep in her heart,
cherishes soine pale hope of a denial, an
explaining away of the reported utter-
ances, who shall say ? iL Ls with a half -
choked sigh that she goes on :
"But you could not; I nun not so un-
just as not to know that you tried your
bt"t. Poor feltt►w: it must have been up-
hill work for you"—with a (fret touch of
l itterness—•"laboring to love me, for
eight years; is it any wonder that you
fielcd? and 1 was 6o thick-skinned 1 did
not see it—the 'tilde of a hippopotamus'
uade'c(I! There could ]tot be a juster corn-
parieon; and now all 1 can do is to beg
yo'Ir pardon for having spoilt right of
your hest years --your best years" --with
blow iteration; "but cone"—more light-
1)-- -"you have some very good ones left
too; you aro Mill quite young; for a elan
you are quite young; the burnt I have
done you is riot irreparable; 1 think"—
with an accent of rcpronch—"you Wright
erase my mind 1 y toiling rue that the
harm 1 have done you is nut irrepar•
stele t•'
'Thus 8pepaly41 to, it is impossible for
hint any longer to Maintain his altitude
(1 disguise and contentment. Ills hands
lutist needs be withdrawn item before
his taco; and as he turns that face 10-
%%ards her. she per,'eives with a.stoniete
meat. Minos] tousle ruation, That there is
(ul Inldoubtcd tear in each of his hard
grey eyes.
"And what about the harm 1 have Clone
1.1 you?" tie asks under his Meath. as if
liming no eonfidenee in hisvoice; "what
r.l.uul the eight best years of your life'!'
A look of nftection so high and tender
tenet r,t'Ift( ns 10 Seem to remove her
Neo out of the cutegory of the mortal
and the transitory, dawne and grows m
her wan face.
"1)o not [tel about them," 5110 nn .%ors
t:onthingly, "'ley were- they always will
lime been- the Fight best }ears of nhy
life. They %'err full of good and plcn-
etnnt !hinge. Ike not forget --1 would not
for worlds have you forget- -1 shall never
fe,rgel myself --that they all canto to me
through }'nth!'
At her maids. most innocent as they are
of any intention of producing .such nn
,ifeet, n hot flush of shame rhes to
forehead. ns his memory preeents to Ii e
Pie successive era' into which (hese eig:let
good years had divided themselves; six
months of headlong boyish passion. six
mouths of cooling feter; and ee'ven years
(.f coulees. intermittent, mutter -of -
(soiree, halt 10ndeinese.
"'Through nie?" he repcale. with an tic -
cent of the deepest seleabasenuenl; "yeti
do not mean to be 'milieu', dear: you
were never such a Thing in your lite; yon
could not tie if you tried; but it you
knew what a sweep you intake tome feel
when you ?ay the sort of Thing you have
just Saidl-- and So it Is all to come to an
end, is it? (Good as these right }mars
have been, you have had enough of
them•' You (1u not want any Marc like
them?"
She says veil:eer yes nor no. Ile Fe-
ttinine 'manse. red, untess the taint
Finite in her wr;i►•y eyes and abut her
drooped need!, ten count for' a reply.
"And ;111 becuu'e you have heard surae
keel aur• Ihnt 1 e 1• tired of yeti?"
The light smile.' sprees a 111110 wider,
and iIi' Ides her polo cliee•ko
•'\\•osee Man tired! sick! sic]: to ricotta:"
She is loehi 1g; 511 ,eight before her. at
the lanee:wale, Sconce ring in the climbing
tarn. the divine1:111.1-, ape new and
young a, it was li, fere throne) and t lI•
tower epinng; 0me1 t reeled hese enwerd .
�\ h� •Ileeeilet her tea.' dwell any )n ‘re
open 111111:' She 1. 1 • renounced lliril,
hoer r'y'es must fain 4: 0tillce 11;111 1ei0.
A. he lreere her weecds, ee he wet bee
per pate tit prefile, the star suffering
ageill in tte4e univere el morning Nay. a
1.a, .►t re•e 111-i•.44 .e1 feeling, a greet (imp
pasissa tweed v.ilh as !rage:' n Lenitive.
i" in; in torrent over his !'earl. 'Mee
him how peofoundly he prizes the now
d.-parling good, telling hien that life con
neither u.sk nor give anything better than
the un•tcrnunding, selfless, boundless
love about to withdraw its shelter from
hint. His arra steals round her waist,
and not once dues it flash across his
mind --as to his shame, be it spoken, it
has often flushed before—what a long
way it has to steal 1
"Ain 1 site. of you, Amelia?"
She iitckes no effort to release herself.
It does hint no llurrn that she should
•
onto More. rest within his clasp. But she
Mill looks straight before her at lucent
Firenze and her olives, and says three
tunes, acoompanying each repetition of
the word with a .5.:►ITOWIu) little head -
shake :
"Yes! yes! yeas!"
Ile will compel her to look at him, his
own Amelia. Have not all her lender
looes been his for eight long years? Ile
puts out his disengaged hand, and with
:t determinately welts her poor quivering
face round so as to sheet his gaze.
"Ant 1 sick of you, Amelia?'
In the emotion of the moment, it ap-
pears to him as if there were something
almost ludicrously improbable and lying
about that accusation, in which,- when
first brought against him, his guilty soul
Lod admitted more than a grain of truth.
Her faded eyes turned to his, like !low-
ers to their sun; tho veracity of his voice
and of his eager grey orbs—still softened
from their habitnnl severity by the tsars
that had so lately wet then'—Making
such a hope, as, five minutes ago, eke
had thought never again to cherish, leap
into splendid life in her sick heart.
"Is it possible?" she murmur.~ alnrOst
inaudibly, "do you mean--lhattlyou are
not !"
They go down the hill, past the
!ages, and the incurious peasants, kind
in hand, her soul running over with a
deep }oy; and his occupied by nn un-
familiar calm, drat is yet backed by an
echo of remorse, and toy --what e1 -:e•?
That "else" he himself neither could nor
woukl defile. Ile spends the whole of
that day with Amelia. botch lunching and
dining with her and her family; n
cour.,e wheel calls fortlh expressions of
unaffected surprise, not al all tinctured
with malice---unles it be in the case of
Sybillu, who has never been partial to
him—from—each of them.
"\\'e have been thinking that Jim mus
going to jilt yi,u, Amelia I" Cecilia line
raid with gracefui badinage; n.er, strange
I. soy, hue she been at all offended w hen
3111* has retorted, milli filial gra( a and
touch superior iil•nalure, that on such a
subject 140 one could epeak with more
al:thorny titan she.
The large white stars aro making the
'lightly shy Lentos' as bor'gcotrs as the
day's departed majesty had donee ere
Jing finds himself lack at his hotel. 1lis
intention of quietly retreating to his Om 0
room is traversed by Byng, who, having
.4
e idently been on Ile watch for hiru,
springs up the stair, three steps at a
lune. after him.
"Where IleYOlIPI been all day?" he in-
quires impatiently.
"Al the Anglo-Amerienin. I wonder
you are not tired of nlways asking the
8111110 question and receiving the mime
answer to it."
"i tarn not so sine tint 1 should alwar
receive tip .snin0 ;hn�w:r" replies 1114
other, with a forced luiigil—"but selop n
bit!„- _(seeing a decided quickening of
speed in his fri.ntl:c upward movements)
--"my mother is umking for you: she I)ns
been osking for you all the afternoon:
she ‘‘81111, to speak to 3 00 before rhe
gyot'S,"
"Goes ?"
"Yes. she is off et seven o'clock 1a-
rnorr<<W morning --buck 10 England; ehc
had a Ielegr;ein In -day to soy that her
old aunt, the one who brought her up.
has had a second sheltie. \o:" - mr(ing:
Jim begin to arrange his features in that
decorous shape of grave ee ttipathy which
we nntllrally n simie on such occasions- -
"it Is no case of great grief; the poor old
Wonham ha, 'wen quite silly ever r+thire
her lest attack; but mother thinks that
she ought (o be there. al—at the cnll; to
look after things. aril sn 14 rt11."
There is all alerliie"-, a something that
expresses tate reverse of regret in Ili.
tone employed by elrs. flyeg's son in
itlis detailed account of the causes of her
imminent departure, which. even if hie
thoughts Led not already sp, ung i1) 11111
dirrclum, would have bet Burgoym
thinking es lo the mode in which the
young; man before lien is likely to em-
ploy the liber'y that los parent's nhsenve
will reeanre to him.
1 offered to go with her," says Ito ng;,
perhaps discerning a portion at tenet of
hie companion's disepprot)at1' n.
".\all she refu'ett ?"
:y ng looks de;Wn, and begins to kick
111(► e:anhtitere—they nre still on the
,Meir- -idly with one 1011.
"'*1 11)01 is 50 imeetti-1 that it is al -
ay: dilli0*IU to tattle out what she real-
ly wi'hPS; but—hut 1 ego not (tune see of
%%het use 1 should lie to her it i dial go."
mere is n moment's. pollee; thou Ilur-
goy11em Spea1,4. in a dry, hortotuiy `tiler
lit (Alter s tOice:
"If you take My etivice you will go
ilf''the di:inttI0Stc4d cn4n5el of Wile elder
brothers is not always taken in the spi-
rit it inerit.-; and yet there is no truce of
decile and unquestioning acquiescence
i•1 By ng'- I00005yllnbic--
Hwtig
"ftecause, it you slsy herje, I think you
w 11 n14)',t likely get into mi'chlef."
•Ilio young man's usually good -humor-
( 1 e i e gee out n elite spark Buil looks
have horn getting into during tate pa-
week?" ha iuyuirw slowly.
The acgltuintance with his moveulc•nte
e‘ idenced by this last sentence, no less
than the light they Uuvw upon his uw'14
motives, stag'g er Jim, to the extent of
making hiru accept tho ',neer in total
silence. Is not it a richly de,erced one:
But the 6wCeet-natured B? ng is ulrcady
repenting it; and there is something con-
ciliatory ar.J almost entrcatilig in the
',peel of hes last remark :
"1 do not knew what lass happened to
my mother," ie buys. lewd- lig his voice;
"there is 101 one loss of a rllauvae:e
lnngue than slat', as you knew; but in
the case of --" he l,r•eeak> oft and la,
gins his Sell1el11Ce afresh; "elle has been
warning me against thein again; 1 can t
find that she hue any reason to goo upon;
tout She has taken u vioknl prejudice
against her. She Nays That it is aha of
her instincts; and you ---you have done
nothing towards bettitlg her tight?"
Perhaps It may bo that lass young
friend's reported metaphor of the "hippo-
potamus hide" has not served to render
him any dearer to Jim; but there is cer-
tainly no great suavity In his reply :
"\Vhy should 1 ?--it is no comet n of
Mine,"
"No concern of yours, to shad by and
600 an angel's white robe besmirched t.y
the foul noire? 411 slander?" cries Ilyng in-
dignantly, and lapsing Into that ihigh-
!lown mood which newer foies to make
his more work -a -day companion "sec
blood."
"When I come across such a disagree-
able sight it will be lisle enough to de-
cide %whether I will interfere. or not. At
preseet I have not ]met with anything of
the kind," returns he, resolutely putting
an Grid to the dialogue by knocking nt
Mrs. Byng's portal, either which he is
at once adtuitted.
'IlIe door of the bedroom communica-
ting with the snl•hnl i5 open, and through
it he sees the lady he has come to visit
standing surrounded ley gaping dress -
baskets, strewn raiment, and scattered
papers; all the unc•.;n►forlutolc litter that
speaks of an imminent departure. She
joins him al once, and, shutting 1he door
behind her. sits down with a fagged air.
"1 hear," he begins- -"Willy, tells 010-1
an' very sorry to hear---"
"Oh, then: is no great cause for sor-
row," rejoin, she quit•l;ly, as if anxious
to disclaim a grief which alight be sup-
posed to check or limit her conversation
—"poor dear old auntie! --the people who
love her best could not wish to keep her
in the stale she has twig) in for the hist
yenr; oh, dear!"—sighing—"how very
dismal the di'eg;s of life nue! do not you
helx', Jim, that we shall die before e e
ccnie to be 'happy relcaSes' ?'
1'1 do indeed," replies he gravely; "I
e •.I:ert to lie sick--dead-sick of life long
t•e•ie're 1 retell that stage of it."
lye looks et her resentfully as she
speaks, but -.he las so entirely forgotten
her own appl:e•aliolh of the accented ad-
jective6 to l,i- feelings for Amelia, that
she replies oily by a rather puzzled but
perfectly innocent glance.
"1 never was NO unwilling to leave any
place in nay life," she goes en presently,
pursuing her oe n !rain of thought; "1
eon not know l)4►w• to describe it --a sort
id presentiment."
110 sm.?' '.
"And yet 1 do not think there are any
owls ire the Piazza 10 hoot under yoln•
windows 1'
"Perhaps not," rejoins she, with sonic
e arnitle "but '. 1►al is still mere unlucky
than That happened lo ale last night;
they passed the wine the wrong way
rowel the !elle at the Matt'.ors. 1 wits
un 11)U1•11S 1"
"And you think that the wine going the
wrong way round the table gave your
aunt a stroke?" inquired Jim, Willi ten
it r►lating air of 8,)ing for itifer11Iatian.
etre. iiyng reddens slightly.
"1 thine nothing of the kind; 1 drnw
n4: infcren•'e; 1 only 61010 n fail; it is e
eery unlucky pang to setiil the wine
round the wrong way: 11 yeti had not
spent your lite- among grizzly bears and
cennibuls \
4,11 %,.,eld have known it
tool"
"'lettere 1111 n,•, cannibals in the stocky
Mountains. • cerrecIs Jim meetly; and
then they both laugh, tan.] re('o1mn►0nce
heir talk on 11 more friendly fooling.
"1 ant not at till hnpge}• nb0ut Willy."
"N0 T.
"It is ilol his herdth se) intuit—his color
;s good, 111141 his appetite not hall."
"Except tie Fat Boy in 'Pickwick;
never keen! c,I e11y one %%lei had a bele
let•."
"Bol lie is not himself; there is some-
thing odd about hinny"
"Indeed :"
"lime not you noticed it yourself ?—do
not you think 11181 there is soinething•
441(1 nl'eml him? Hoes not he strike 30u
.s odd?"
"Odd?" repents ilurgoyne Slowly, re-
lk-cling in how v.00011c13. coulrn(nplace
a light bolt) the virtues end vices of his
fellow -traveller have always presented
IhCI11 0ive.e 10 hilly: ell would ne'o er have
occurred to nae that \\ illy %es olid ; 1
outlie —smiling — "incetunge you in
the idea that you have added one (u the
'umber of the world's eccentrics." •
She sighs rather inpntleltly at his np-
parent intentional tnisunder_tonding of
beer drill.
"'Children are avenrte a 10 misfortune.'
;as somebody said. and 1 think 1ha1, m ho -
ever he was. he was right. 11 Jacob lake
wife of the daughters of Beth. such e•
etre those in the tend, elinl good eheil
my life do to sac?'
"Why Meanie ',tlonie you credit Jacob with
any such peltation ?"
"1 do not half Tike bearing him here
1►y himself."
"I1y tont) 0I1 ? You count the as no one
then?"
"(lh. )es. I do-- 1 const you a5 n great
deal: Bial i5 why 1 nits so anxious to
speak to you lefore 1 went; of cOliree
do not expect you to take upon yourself
lin• whole leseonsibilite of hint, but you
nlig{ht keep tin eye upon hint."
Ile sinews hie shoulders.
"As 1 (nve to keep the other eye upon
myself, 1 ant afraid that the effort would
lint m8ke me squint,"
"it is his own generosity that 1 am
afraid of—his self-sacrificing impulses;
1 nun always in terror of his marrying
sonic, one out of pure good astute, just
1'► oblige her. just because she leaked as
it .slae wished it,"
"Stephenson Ihinke that it tinea not
touch molter w horn We merry. whether
7t Hiltons' or 'acidublue vestals.' "
"1 do not care wtlal Stephenson
thinke; ever since \Villy was in Tanen
'fiche's. I lime Tied n nightmare of his
rather itis itringingg 4)10 home as daughter-in-law
seine erne of miacihict that 305 ,oleo poor little governess with her neae
.hrouggh her veil and bee fi•egcr's througli
her glove 1"
Burgoyne ',miles inveelun'arily as a
*tskal of lahzittee•ttis daintll3-clad hui*d
llns;he.t 10!:,re his Inelttul eve.
"1 think you overrate his maple'''.
amity; I nae`%er ba54f him at ail tender te
any one wlluee gloves were not 1(y end
S taespiciOn."
Mrs. llyng laughs constrainedly.
"Well, It she has not holes in her
gloves, she may huve holes in her re leu-
tation, which is worse,"
Jinn draws in his breath hard. 'I the tui
of wor is cwh►ir,g, as the preceding lead-
ing remark, lugged in by the head and
shoulders, sa(l)e iently evidences. At oil
events ho will do nothing to nuke. its ap-
proach eueit•r 01' quicker. Ile awa►te ht
))1 eilcnc0.
"These Le Mar•chants—as they are
friends of yi,ur•S--1 rupg►o;.e that I ought
not ku say anything against them?"
"I out sure that you are too well-bred
to do anything of the kind." replies he
4))e'•ipitately, with a determined effort to
stop her mouth with a compliment,
wlucli ssee is equally determined not to
desert o.
"1 (lo not think I am; I a111 cnly ;e11 -
bred now and then, when it suits me; 1
5411 not going to be well-bred to -night."
"I am sorry to hear it."
"\\ heltwr ihuy aro friends of yours or
nal, 1 do not like 11)0(41."
"1 (10 not thunk that thnl matter's much,
either to you or to thein."
"I have an instinct that they are ad-
vent ureses,"
"I know for a eertaiut•"--with growing
warmth—"that they are nothing of the
kind."
"Then why do not they go out any-
where?"
ny-
shere9•"
"Because they ego not choose."
"licCOuse no Ore ashs 1110111, more
likely .
Why were they so determined
not to be ir1tnuduee41 to me?"
"tier cal) 1 ten., Perhaps"—with a
wrathh.l laugh—"they did not like your
!U,►ks fL?
She echoes his false mirth with no in-
ferior exasperation.
"\\'ho is ill-bred now."
Iter tone calls hien back to a sense of
Ilse ungentlemaulikeness and puerility of
his conduct.
"I !'—ho replies contritely--"undoubt-
((lly 11 but---"
"1)o not apologize." interrupts she, re-
covering her equanimity with that ease
which s11e hnr 1ransrnittetl to her gull;
1 like you for standing -up for there if
they are your friends; and 1 hope that
you will do the satne good office for me
when some one sticks pine into me be -
lend my back; Lut, come now. lel us he
rational; surely we may talk quietly
Mout them without insulting each other,
niay not Wi??"
"I do not knew; we can try."
"1 supposo"-- a little ironically—"tial
you are riot so sensitive about them but
that you can boor filo to ask a few per-
fectly harmless questions."
ile writhes. "Of course! of course!
what are they to me?—they are nothing
1) rue!"
A look of incredulity. which she w-
imps does not lake any very great pain
to conceal, spreads over her face.
"'Peen you really will be doing me n
great service if you tell nie just exactly
alt you know oboist them, good and
bred,"
"All 1 know nl►nut than," replies Jim
in a rnpkl parrot -voice, as it 11e were
rattling over Some disagreeable lesson --
"that they were extremely kind to Inc ten
years ago; that they had a beautiful place
in Devon hire, rend were universally
loved and respected: 1 hear that they
iinve let their place; so no doubt they are
not 5o nine!' loved and reespecte(1 ns they
were; and now you know as much about
the matter ns I do !"
Cleo le continued).
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\\'Ill' 111: IiAI►\''l' l-EiT' 1.1',
Thomas Timidly *vi nto•it lo lake
u short sea voyage. '1'homae hated the
sea for he always suffered horribly
when on the 1,1 in} t,osonl; but he had
10 go. and there was no help for it. This
time. however. he determined to put
a new sen•sie'kness cure theory into prac-
tee, end no sooner had tie got on board
lean Ile ',towed hinl'eit away 111 his
bui.k. and slept like a lop 101 early
next morning. Ile felt in perfect triln,
and went up un deck eeauling with .1e -
light.
"eve fnutl1 a certain c'1hl'e for can•
sickness. captain," he announced to tial
111(111411181. "Go to your bunk, as stun
a� you gen aboard. and don't show your
n(,lee out rat it till you're near your
deetinntk'n. II worked liken charm with
thee. 1 lhnveret hnd n qualm all night.
Why.. what are you laughing al: '
"Oh. nothing."," Maid the cngdnin.
"Only the m:Ic sinery broke clown just
,1s me were oft. and we haven't morcel
out of dock ell night. The other pa;-
s.(ngere were tr•eneferred to another
lent, but we dilln't know you we:'e
aboard."
NIGIIT 'd•iIA1N.
A Third-class carriage in Itus-in is net
:al till nncomforl8ble if you 11(150 a thieh
Henkel, because every passenger hes n
right to the whole length of a seal.
Three people can :til on the stilt, hal
rally one can lie on 11. The other Iwo lie
terllls nhnvc You or below you, as the
case may to. The seals are made 01
w•ex►d and if you hove a thick hlnnket
and a pillow they are quite 85 comfort-
able AS any other heti. When you first
step into the carriage 11 is like entering
pandemonium. 11 is almost dark. save
to; n feeble candle that gutters pee% i-hly
o'. er the door and all the inmates are
yelling and throwing their loxes and
enskets and bundles about. 'Phis i5 only
the procese of installation; it all quiets
down presently and eviryt)O(ly 13
senteel with lite bed tu1fedde 1, if he has
rine. his luggage Mewed aerie, his pro-
* i'ions spread out, He it ee had Leen
li%ingg there i11r years end meant to re-
main there for twiny years to cone.
iT WORKED.
Ma gist rale- -Mrs. O -Todd, your hu
bend charges you with throwing o Can-
tle
amfu! of tail 00 lien."
Mrs. Oleekf--"1'1s, sot*. Ile wor bis-
ferous an' at..rmin' around, an' I'(1 rirt
bow deet thee threw ile en the lsy
quiet it down."
Magiitredi —"hid it calm him?"
\Irs. f)'T,s'd—"Like n s'sreing ohne.
r er wei ship."
Magistrate --"Discharged well ihvalks."
Invest in Coal Stocks
smossommistemeeme
More money has been made trent inv eating in Coal Socks at low
prices than from any other class of ln*e-trnetlts.
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British Columbia Amalgamated Coal Company Stook
AT 26 CENTS rat smut'.
COAL - COAL - COAL
This has been the cry from the Atlantic to the Pacific and nitheulgh
every coal urine in Canada and they United States is shipping every p4,und
01 Coal They can produce, still .he demand far exceeds the supply. For-
tunes will be made during the next few years by investing in Coat Stocks
at low prices.
The British Cclurni►la Amalgamated Coal Company control over 17,000
acres of valuable coat i.ands situated in the famous Nicola Valley, Britisi -
l;celumlia, about Ite0 utiles from Vancouver, 11. C.
We only have a limited einem t ]hut we will sell in Lloelis of 100 cr
over at the above price.
To any one who intends investing in these shares we ed'ise you Io
wire us at once stating the nurnber of shares you wish us to reserve, tlt•'n
unlit by express order, bank draft of registered matt. Write for booklet
giving full information about Nie'ol:. Coal District.
For further inlornlalien write or wire las immediately.
SMARP & IRVINE, Brokers, :1.11" Spokane, Washington
\\'e give as our reference as Ieeerds our shading Dank of Montreal,
Spokane, Washington.
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DAIRY I1EUD FROM COMMON STOCK.
When developing the dairy herd tram
common stock, it is not necessary to eo
to great expense, but a few years of
time aro necessary inwhich to accom-
l:Iish this, writes Prof. Thomas Shaw.
Tho amount of lime calked for will, 'o
some extent, be dependent on the charac-
ter of the stock, that is, the foundation
stock, at the outset, and to sonic extent
0.1 the closeness of the culling or 60 -
lection that Is practiced. 1n some in-
stances a line dairy herd n►ny be built
up in two or three generations of cor-
rect breeding. In other instance n
tenger lime luny be required; but it
should not require more than four cr
five generations of proper breeding 'n
any event to effect the changes sought.
A great change in the line of improve-
ment desired should result from the
first cross made.
Iwo of these will be mentioned, because
they are in a sense indispensable. The
first is, the es ielenees of Much stamina•
and bodily %Ig►r. The 80000d is, an'
nmphtude (f soft skin on the underling
lie front of the testicle, distinctly true:. --
able milk veins and miniature teats cf
good size and wide spacing.
The performance of the ancestry of
the bull should be examined. The more
good performers in 11►e upward line (•r
his ancestry the beltec. Good perform-
ance on the part of anoestra] dams
means the giving of large quantities : f;
milk, rich in quality and persistence .11
milk giving for a long period.
The successive sire should be chosen
from the sante breed. If chosen (real
another breed disturbing factors are.
chosen. This may not be apparent at!
the first, but it will le later. The nn-,
tngpnism likely to result cannot be ex-;
plainel here. By adhering to the Sarno.
line of breeding the improvement should
be rapid and continuous, at least !or
several generations, but the improve--
nient will be less noticeable with each'
succeeding generation.
CON'T'INUED SELECTION.
No matter what the line of breeding],•
where a high standard in dairy quali-
ties is to be reached and melntnllied,
there roust be culling and discarding
with every generation. Evidences •,t
The plan to be followed is in cordae physical inferiority are solncttnus :0
ns follows: Begin with such females as ai'pa1•ent at birth, that the decision to
can be got con'onienlly without great- discard such specimens may be made
er cost than may be termed Gpnunnn forthwith. As soon as it is known that
prices such as are usua',ly paid for cunt- tee animals fall below the standard, the
mon stock. (% ve the preferenee to those Cie should not pity nor the hand spare.
that have inlicalions of a rensona! " They should be sent to the shambles bet
amount of milk -giving capacity.. Male a Aor't cut at the earliest possible mo-
with these a pure sire of one of ole orient.
dairy breeds with proper for:o and Every man will, of course, set ihis
breeding. (retain all the female pro- own s'nndard. ' he fails to set a stand•
geny for future breeding that have been 'rd Ire is not likely to reach high et-
1:•and to possess the milk -giving qua- lainment in his work. Breeds differ in
lily in a high degree. Discord those their capacity to produce milk, hence,
of the opposite class as soon as their high grades of these will a so differ.
deficiency becomes known. Continue With no breed of dairy cattle or their
the 881110 line of breeding w11i1 the ex- grades, however, should the standard ho
eellence sought has been reached, or ;et
lens' continue it until the standard '►t
milk giving in the cows has come up
to the average of the herd from which
the sires have been chosen.
THE FOIIMATION FEMALES.
In one sense 11 would be correct to
say that a g: od dairy lard nhny he bull
up from any class of females that are
sound and healthy. \\tide that is true,
le is also true that to login such change
on high grades of a beef foundation
will take a longer time to produce good
dairy cattle than if the foundnton were
c ►donna feninles of mixed br•ee.ting, but
encode* possessed of milk -giving quali-
fies in a considerable degree. Mixed
breeding is no detriment in swell a case.
First, loop for a cow with n large.
Icng and capacious barrel. open and
wittier widely ':pared in the ribs which
should spring well LOWIIw:u•d. Second,
look for evidences of relinemcnl as seen
ir, n hend inclining to long, a neck long
and slim, crops somewhat sharp, and
hubs inclining 10 tine. Third, look 'or
the present evidences of geed milk giv-
ing capacity. Fourth. leo); for evi(h'ne-
0: of slnfiina n� indtculed by gond width
through the tower pint of the chest, by
en arrive ventage end a bright,, full
eye. Fifth, prefer the caw Ihnt has 8
nice soft !intuiting hide tine) silky cont.
(:hoose rhes from that dairy bleed
%t'h ell :tiny be preferred. The ',freight
dsliry breeds that Blond in the front 'n
lltts country tare the holstein, Ayrshire.
Guernsey and Jersey, named probably
it. the order est relative size. The
I'utch Belled cattle, not very numerous,
are much like the Holstein. The choice
toiig muds', don't change the breed
from which the sire i4 chosen, end exe•r-
ciee greet cure in choosing the sire.
The individual points of 8 good dairy
sire cannot he given in detail here, blit
eel at less ,Than 6,fift0 pounds of milk
per year, old andyoung;. This is pro-
hnbly ."ere than twice the amount pro-
de.ccd by 111e aver:4ge h' rd in the United
S!alos to -day.
The nnilnnls lids grown must be pro-
perly fed to have them grow into high
t pO dairy cows. They must be fed
.itch food as will keep therm in a sappy
and growthy condition until n►nturily,
1s reached. They must not be made tat;
nor should they even bes
•I'ho system outlined isleanve.ry simple
and inexpensive. 'lite man who wants
to get better dairy stuck dies not to-
g
ulre to expend one dollar extra in tho
purchase of cures. I.et ilial begin with
6uch as he !lass There will be some
eeep,-nse In getting a bull, but it he is
unable to hear 11 alone, let some neigh-
b•irs Help him to purchr.se it, or if not,
le; them palmniro his sire by sending
their cove for service at a reasonehle•
price. 11 will not nnswPr the Fame pur-1
rose to get a grade Lull, even though
r high prude, for trnnemiseion from.
s:ich en animal iso var•lable.
THE \VEA'TIIERiNG OF COAL.
II Is probably not geneally known.
Belt coal eepoed to the atmosphere une
drehangge greatly affect••
Ing, its quality. efoifture t. Iho 1114.51
pe,«ergerfoesulcherniagental in preeelu('ing; sue'))
change. It is a matter of common
knowledge among amen eng eggr(i in the
making of illuminating gas tical coal
which has been stored for n long tine•
exper'enres a Mss of hydroearbons, reel
the effects of the change are shown 1111
:a diminution of the volume of the coni!
end in 1► in -s of illuminating pe.,w•rr n�
the gree produced from it. Sink cti
tni4al changes oee•urringg in great mus-
ses of coal ('ten produce sufficient nc-i
cumulation of heat 10 cult -e spnntane
OLIS combustion.
Don't neglect your cough.
Statistics show that in New York City
alone over 200 people die every week from
consumption.
And most of these consumptives might
be living now if they had not neglected the
warnivg cough.
You know how quickly Sco t t'eeet
Ern u leerto n enables you to throw off a
cough or cold.
All D1IUGGL5TS t Na. AND $11.Mr ‘
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