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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-02-14, Page 34-0+OJ-o♦c-fes-1-0+(e+0+(+e,+O+0+-0+°4 0+O+O+O+O+O+(+01 I O DARE IIE OR, A SAD LIFE STORY eel ee+0+0+O+O+v+O 0+-0+0 +04-0+04-0+0+0+0+0+ 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 CIIAPTI:H XXI. 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). •+ \\'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. 3911:711r ALT Oaf CP 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. ++++++++++++ ++++++++++ • • • + •About tbo arm + ♦ • + •+ k++++++++++++++++++++4 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 ‘ #0.0414041•••