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Exeter Times, 1907-08-22, Page 21•040+111-12+040+04,2+0+0+0+c+o+o+0.0.04o+o+o.0+0,44) TME SACRIFICE OR FOR HER FAMILY'S SAKE. • oci+tol01 +1Q+o+l)+t>0+10E+0+0+0+0+0♦ +o-> (:IIAPTE It IiL--(CortIinued). "l'hanks, mamma, 1 am not hungry; Ile opened the umbrella again, and . L:1 1 will help yoe.t stow." \\ he larder this irspee -table old family heir- re is the rascal gene. confound him!' t. 'tt t '4very cies� the ki major. "Off It ,. o tt 1 � I 1'54" !h y walked tliroug,h the epistle, dist evening! has no considera- lone•ly ',attire he felt the violent trernb- g He ' ti•en ling of her hued, and pressed her arm "1 don't know, papa." c1' b4 r 14) hill. "'\t'he'n can 1 see you again, Lora?" Kate. who had taken her tea in sil- t:•t c- ir.guired. nc•e, now exclaimed: "But I know. They have gone to the "I clan', know," she replied. "You don't know, Lora? But you slimmer theatre. Adalbert Becher is ought to know. Up to thi time 1 have studying; his part under the old direc- lx ince it to see youonly rarely, and tot—well, Lora, you will be glad of it when you come to play with him." her a moment; but after this 1 will Lear it arty longer. Listen to ate: 1 Olt, 1 have already refused," was the lien nut (olid of secry, I!, i_y wo►-thy chicles answer. of u; loth; the love each othuner, and wliy The major growled out something in slt•auld nut all the world know it? Once lett bcatd, whether approval or disap- again, ,.orae 1 beg you k let me speak to your father to -morrow." "N•), no," she said firmly; "it is int - pis zible." u- pis=ible." "Then how long must 1 wail?" "Till -1 will—let you know." "Lora," he began, "if you only knew —as 1 was coining along I was think - so deeply of you—I never think of air:ylhing but you, now. To -day 1 was 1liiiiking of the lime 1 first sate you rn church, lit your school -mate's wed - (beg; you stood so plainly before my eyes in your white dress. with the vio- let wreath in your golden hair. Lora, *ere is nothing in the w rld to com- pare with you." '1'ttey had stopped again, arid, holding; {'roval no one could tell. Her another locked at Lora in surprise. "1 will change my dress in a minute, rraintma," whispered the young girl. "]'lease) conte up, if you have a n)o- rmc nt's time." She went upstairs to her room, and seated herself, in her damp clothes, :'"! a chair lxside the bed. She was nearly beside herself with her happiness and her trouble; 1f she could only get- rid of this burden which seemed to over- whelm her! If her mother would only conte! She lighted the lamp and took her sis- ter's letter out of her pocket; and as she read the first lines over again, it seem- ed to her as if the clear -ray which had the huge umbrella in one hand, he putjust shone into her life grew fainter his aril round her, and his eyes gazed rind fainter, as if this horror which was ieto hers. blending on the threshold was so mer - "And rlty little love is so true and so cites and so terrible, that it must de - Dente" tie continued, while she listen- etroy her youthful hyapp•inoss. She ed with dropping )lead; "not once did heard her !nether's step on the stair, yell try to deceive nee and play with find it sounded so weary. She tried to n:e, as girls do -1 was so sure of your ge to meet her, but her feet seemed leve, though we had hardly spoken a rooted to the floor. She looked search - word about it. I only needed to look ingly at her face as she entered, and it to your eye's, and then I knew, 'she ehe saw only worn features, and an ex- lovel; you, the proud, beautiful Lora pression of disappointed expectation an von Tolieta loves you.'" her eyes. "Yes," she said aloud, "I love you." "Are you still in your wet clothes, Ile kissed her again, and then went Li:ra?? Hurry now, for 1 want to go to on in silence. bed early; I feel so tired to -night." "Kut when shall 1 eee you again?" he The young girl drew tip a chair and a•ke;t again, after awhile. .put a shawl around her mother's "When yeti have spoken to niy fa- 6In ulders. ther and neither." she replied. "And —from the wind•)ty, as usual." "Ole [,ora:" he said reproachfully. "S):,ner if you will—at the Beckers' Lall. Ah, conic, du conte. It would no re) delightful!" "No," he said shortly, without hesi- talfon. "And I beg of you to slay at belie. tt)e)." "I cannot; mamma has already ac- cepted." "Then write and decline—stay at ht.•Inc, ane!—think of me." "Then i should have to invent aortic excuse, and 1 do not like to do that f t• such a trifle as this ball is. 1)o ce.nie, I:rrlcst, it would be so pleasant Ms me." "No," he sail as decidedly as before; "1 will not go 14) the Beckers' house - rend you ought not to, e:then, for that reneon." "But 1 must do ns nay parents ,wish per the present." see replied shortly; "teal I will think of you there." Jke seemed vexed for a moment. Titin tie said playfully, "(;o, then, my eliiii ling; 1t is true you are 1' '. • the deu f;hter of the house. 1 know that f-• me day ye,ir e ill be all nay own, and then one of us cannot do anything without the other. 1. era, is it not won- derful. when you think 4,f it'" Nem' they were walking fast, beside the rawer; Hey pissed the dark arch- N‘a)- of the cid, gray stone gate, ane) f rn ta;rce.! in'e it street that led be- hind the hieu,e's to her own garden. .1 hglit from her either's sick -roost shone out through the linden trees, a'ross the oh: city wall. "Cuood-night," said the beautiful girl. , tit the !Dale gate in the wall, hiking; 4he key from tier e.eik-bag amid art- I girl's hand. and read it by the light 4.f k►cl.ing it as she sp►olce. end, now she the one peer candle. She groaned uttered him her lips feir ct loess. heavily- once or twice, and then she sat "1 not So nfra:el," .he iriiiiiniired. hack in her chair in silence and folded "For you and me° But what could t.e:• hands in l:er Int). hnppcn to us? Do yt,tt mean That 1 should not be a cern Dee to your par- ents?-' he added proudly. "What is it you want, Lora?" asked tee molder kindly. "1—ah, nothing in particular, mam- ma. 1 wanted ---1 only wanted to see ycu—" the girl was standing before the bi.re•au, with her back to her mother, putting away her hat and veil. "Aad Aunt Melitta? Why did site keep you there all the afternoon?" Then the young girt turned. She saw that she must speak; she, alone, collie' do nothing. Frau von Tollen wafted for an an- swer and straightened out the folds of tee white bed -curtains, which had got twisted a Iittle. But ns Lora did not s;)eak, she looked up at length. "Lora!' she cried then, ",.ora. some- thing has happened—for Heaven's sake, Helen is not ill?" "No. mamilla, no." The young girl knelt down before her mother, and ten- eerly stroked her face. "No one is ill; no), it is not That; it is only a little em- barrassment, a little difliculty that ltu- di has got into.r you see. Helen wrote to ine. she heart of it through her be- trothed. Aly lnantria!" she cried aloud. Her mother's face had changed fright- fully, and her eye seemed fixed and glassy, "Debts," she murmured, "more debts!" 'But mamma. it i3 not so very dread- ful," cried lora, in terror. "Be calm; he is not dead " "Show nre the letter," demanded ner ale ether. "No, mamma. 1 wish 1 had not told you anything about it." "I must know everything, Lora. Give it t► me." she caught the letter oiat of the young "No, oh, nu! Yeti are mar comfort an a!1 my misery. 1.uo,I-l►ye, Ernest. un- tiI—y•eu know 1 will ,write to you when you can conte—but Have patience." She disappeared suddenly through the garden dor. Ile steed still for awhile nz it in a dreann, ns if he wou!,t try t4, look through the wall; then ho tinned esl••wly away. But as he did so the irate crenkett on its (singes. and she! ,,tend before.' him :wain, and caught b 'th his bends in hers. must say it to you, Ernest, 1 tilerst stay it," Abe said tenderly. "that any heart is full of joy. of the sweetest happiness. As 1 3.1,)011 nlone there in the g;arefen-patn. it suddenly came over me with such terve. 'l'o'll me, is it true? —or have 1 dreamed that you love me. Ernest?" ile caught her to his breast and kissed his again and again. "Lora, niy Loral" he w-hispered. :\ few minutes nfter she entered the dining -room. where her parents and her setts were silting it ton, with such at 14.ok of radiant happiness in her face that her father forgot his reproaches f..r her long slay, and gazed at her in uniaz •nuns. "Yeti stayed cad so long. Lore," said 11(r mother eenrtly. "Has Midi gone tid'a'l rs.,.. Net till then (hot site come to herself. "Itudt'' .he saki, as .she took off her hat. "He tb.1 not come with me, he is --+oh. yes, he wont apt ay- somewhere with Herr Becher." As she spoke she t..'ketl at her mother with wiatfie eyes, and bent down over her. "Ilen't to vexed, 1 was gone a g;eod while—hit 1 will tell you stout it by - slid -by." "I need not have taken so much troiah'•' at'out t e supplier for midi.- cud ladle",.L1 From vos. 7ellea, trying to speak 1 !ey'it,liy. "BK1 lou eau !CA . inett,Ing, THE TRAGEDY OF A QUEEN rang below and a ,merry whistle sound- ed on the stairs, and then Katie's voice: At this ITIOMent the house door -bell "Well, Rudi, how did you enjoy the summer theatre?" "Rutz down," said Frau von Tollen, "and tell Huth to come up to me be*- it_re he goes to papa," The young girl obeyed. Her brother was teasing his little sister in the din- ir►g-rox,ni. He had takers both her slen- der hands in his. "Kneel down," he said playfully. "But 1 will not!" screamed Katie. "Let me go, Itudt; you have made friends with Adalbert Becher, and eo can't bear you tiny nwra " "You are a goose," he said; "Adel- „ tec't•1 Becher �• 1 i t 5 notso bad. t. "Rudolph, mamma wants to speak to you before you go to papa," interrupt- ed Lora. in a hoarse voice. She stood !n the door like u statue. "What's tip?" he yawned, wrinkling up he forehead. "Helen's betrothed has written all about it," she said. "lie gave a low whistle. "Ah! Does papa know?" "Oh, no," replied Lora bitterly. "Where is mamma?" "In niy room." "Forward, then, with courage!" he said ironically, going toward the door. "What is the matter?" inquired Katie. "Nothing," replied Lora. 'Dr. Schonberg grew quite enthusi- astic over your favorite poet in the lit- erature class to -day, Lora. You knots Menke. Ile read us something from hint. Ile reads splendidly; you ought to have heard hens delightful it sound- ed frail Itis lips: "Mamma.' stOd (,ora, imploringly, •',tear mamma!" "I knew .et no way, none," said the unhappy wo!>•lan. 'Victor must help u,, mamma," "\tv God!-Wictt)r!" "Have we then nothing more. mam- ma, nothing at all? We must help hire, n:r,ntnia: we must.•. 'Nothing except the trifle that papa Flee saved up for you chaldron- two thousand !tellers; and what is Iltat?" "Take it• nt4 vertheless, marnina; it is not enly itud•elph --" "And e hat will become of you ane, Keller A natant look carne into (.aura's p►810 fees'. "Take tt, mamma.' she whi:pered. She wanted to add, ":.s for me 1 shall '.e taken care of don't 1 e anxious about tile, mamma." The certainty that at strong arra and true heart belonged to her, came mer her again with overp,ewering force; but she did not stake her con- fusion; she ,would not speak of her awn happiness at this moment. "I will take care of Katie," she staitt- rn' rest. Frau von Tollen did not hear what i.e.ra saief; she was unconscious of her stirrmundings. "So much misery, so much misery-" she w•hiseerrd. "(►h toy cieod, what a fife 1 have had! Nothing but care, no- thing but toil and struggle for this weary existence! flow hard it has been; end what thanks have 1 had for it?" "Mamma!" shrieked Dora. She had never heard the patient woman speak Go before, and it hurt ber deeply. "Mamma, don't talk so. 1 will do ev- erything for you—you should not say sigh things, 1 love you so—" "Yes, you, youl But what 1s to be. coma of you? I cannot slap at slot for anxiety at the thought of what will happen when your father d1as. 0 tiodl ycur father will not survive it. LACS; iie must not know 1t." ',! little 1 oat floated down the stream. A bride and bridegroom sat therein.'" "A bride and bridegroom," repeated here, ping from the window to the big p orcelein stove, in the opening of which a tea -kettle was hissing. "How red you are, ,.ora!" "Ain 1? Didn't papa call? 1 wish you would see." "Seo yourself," pouted Katie. "Papa is so very cross, and 1 have had quite enough of it already to -day." Just then Rudolph appeared; he look- et' vexed, and e.emanded his cap, which he could not find. "Are yoe going out?" asked Lora. "1 have made an appointment with Becher." "1 think papa hoped you would stay with him to -day, at least." He made no reply, but left the room, stil' looking for his hat; he seemed to have found it in the hall, for he left lh•' house immediately. "!.ora," said' KStie, "you know they are -going to have a supper -with- the actresses," "Be silent," replied Lora. "1 heard it from old Diecks, who car- ried the invitations and got the cham- pagne ready; that little blonde lives with her." "Be silent," repeated fora, blushing deeply, "that is not a thing to interest The story of Corea daring the twenty us."T year:; between the Queen's rin of Iand i e "Not Inc. perhaps,r abut- you. he: murder is simply the story "For shame, Katie feud to the dealt!, and after, between "But why shouldn't Itudi amuse him- itis prince Parent and the i.ndy 11in, elf?' whose) strong will, much to the dismay. "Katie, how can you talk so?" of the Prince Parent. asserted itself well "It is so horribly ditll here, Lorn. 1 before the remains of the marriage feast de'n't blame hire if --he only wouldn't were cleared away. it has been raid that go with Adaltx'rt Becher—" Korea never had a King. but that lheMin "Fo ' the last time 1 ask you, what family ruled through the (lueen, who car it be to us, Katie?" exclaimed Lora was dewole'd 10 their interests. In the e indignantly. course of the [,)in'n's deign then, as we "Perhaps it may be something to us, may properly call it, the life unci` n nevertheless, Lora." death of politics was the feud bet The girl crossed the room and stoodher and the Prince Parent. That he sur - in front of her beautiful young sister, vend 10 epic in his beta a few years ago "i:ora," she said, with sparkling eyes shotes what an 'adroit old fox the Na - "if he should ever dare, give !,tall a box 1 Urinal Grand Duke really was. In they • skirmishes of assasinalion ,thieh took en the rae"If Aitnlbert Becher should -. place between hien and the reigning want to "WI:o'" \\'hat''" fatly, determined to rule. her father and two brothers ,vete! killed, and tier ne- phew, though cut to pieces by a hun- dred swords, survived. TIIE IADP MIN AND MINCE PAIIENT FEUD IN liOltEA. IIMMIMEMID Prince Won and Caused Assassination (4 the Wotnen Be Bad itched to the Throne. Kingly marriage in Corea is neither more nor less nf a lottery than it is else- where, only the method of challenging fate is different. All the eligible mai- dens in the kingdom we're bidden to the palace, and ,hien Ilappy prince (lame nig made his choice, of course. No! That is the way it is in the fairy tales, but not in teal life, net evert in Corea, which in former clays, at least so closely Ix:rdered on fairy lands. All the mai- dens selected by ttte Provincial Gover- nors of the kingdoms assembled in the lea pavilion outside the palace by the lotus pond. They stood attentive to 1 lease, as the unwed King. followed by the court, walked in and out inspecting the bevies of beauty who appeared, ne- coerding to the ancient Coteau custom, with bared breasts. NO ME'I'IIOD OF CHOICE. Suddenly, at a signal from the Court Chamberlain, all the aspirant brides sat dt;wn, gr, more exactly speaking, squat- ted upon embroidered cushions, tvhieli toad been carefully arranged in circles for this clawed moment. All the mai- dens rgtalted grnrefulty, of course, it goes without saying, because they were all highly bred maidens worthy of a King's hand and couch, but a second later one of then,, for the moment hap- piest among women, sprang in the air as though stung by an adder. No. that cceuld not be, as her face was suffused with seniles, and a joy which even Oriental etiquette could not suppress reddened her cheeks. A moment later this maiden of the Min family held -aloft in her right hand \vitla triumphal gesture a golden goblet, placed by fate, as some said, by the Prince Parent, as all knew, in the cush- Mai on which she sat. Twenty years later the Queen of the Mins was mur- dered and her mangled remains drenched twifh kerosene were burned not 100 yards from the palace pavilion, where, by the orueal of the goblet, directed by the Prince Parent, she had Leen proclaimed Queen. While the hand that struck down the defenceless woman was that of a Japanese hireling, there never has been any doubt ei the minds of those whose knowledge of crime and perfidy has been broadened bysojourn at- the (:oreean Court that in each in- stance, at the marriage and at the mid- night murder, the guiding spirit and the, direicting hand was that of the ruth- less prince Parent. THE REAL RUI.iR. marry you, the he)rrid---" Lora smiled suddenly. "You may be quite easy, Katie." "1 ant anxious about you, para; he is so persistent. and --he Ls in love ,with yc u--elssperately in love." "For pity's sake, Katie, do be quiet. Will you please •go to papa for ate, lit- tle one? 1 must speak to mamma." Katie ran out of the r)•onl, this time really obedient. i.ora slowly followed. Then she heard the major's voice, up- stairs. "Will none of you look after your mother?' Lora new upstairs. "What is the mat- te' tt ith mamma?" she cried anxiously. "\\'h:t is it?" thundered the major. "She Ls ill; .,he has one of her old nerv- ous titlarks. May the devil (ly away with the whole of you!" Bang went the door, while the daugh- ters flew to their mother's little bed- room and busied themselves about the see; wonian, tvho, cold as Ice lay shiv- ering .Iii the led, making slight moans. "Don't be frightened," she whispered, het teeth chattering 85 she spoke. "don't be frightened, children; it will soon pass off." But Lora spent the whole night by her led, rnhl Ing the hands et the suf- ferer; she knew very well the cause of tee illness. 'Toward morning she started out of a ii .lit slumber. She beard steps on the st;airs--uncertain, heavy steps. She get up sent). and .opened the door a lit- tle -:she recognized her brother in the gray !learning light; his cap was put 4.11 awry. and he looked strangely pate, and its he crossed the threshold of his ro •.m he staggered, and had to support himself by the door -post. Lora turned back into the sick -room with an expression of disgust on her face. Shivering. she wrapped herself in a shawl. and silting down on a little stool at the foot of the bed, she laid neer head on her mother's cushions. She diel not awake until a hot hand was laid on her cheek. "You must look after the hmtse, is ,rebel," said the weary voice; "if 1 feel better at noon 1 will get up. Poor child, you must be very tired!' (To be Continued.) WANTED SOME REMINDER. "Mow," saki the tailor, "we'll make this suit of clothes perfectly comfortable for you." "Don't do that," answered Mr. (t,m- ro» ; just let me feel a little dressed up, so's 1 won't forget my company man- ners and annoy another and the girls." We belt with pretty teeth will laugh flit • &miid lace. '1•IIE 11011B IN CORER. Nor is it to be supposed that the Nn- !i(anul (rand Duke escaped quite acath- less. On one riccaslon a tenni) placed en- der Itis sleeping stove blew him high in the lir. The bones ih both his leg; were broken by the explosion or the fall and pal.ysically he was never so spry ns he had been before. !Mentally. however, his murderous temper remained to his dy- ing day. After this failure to convert the; prince l'urent into nn ancestral tab- let and give ,till a Seoul name, the Mins„ and perhaps it is fair to say, the Queen, tired of stere lethal wc'apx)rts which haat premed so inept'aciots, and resorted to strategy and spoils. DiED TO SAYE Ilett BOY. \\'hat hnpt•ened on that fateful ' night of October 8, Pere has been related ninny tiiii"s ane! in nanny ways. The essential facts are that Japnnest troops surrounded the palace grounds and held the populace and the loyal troops in check, that ('orean troops trained and officered by Japanese l'roke down the genes, and that a horde of Japanese sol- diers, together with a number of Soshi, cr unattached adventurers. rushed in, nnd under the guidance of tncn at- tached to the Japanese 1.egntion, made their way to the pavilion where the Queen slept. Iter Majeely, aroused by the tunnel, in the city, hall apparently n fair opportunity to esc!Fe. indeved, it is reported that site hail nbrently found a safe refuge in the vast park, when her maternal instinct, tier idolatry for the imbecile boy whom the Japanese would not proclaim Emperor, brought her bark tee the palace, where she suet her deaths. r...1,444400110000041 .The Farm pre, which is often the source of dis- RIVAL GOLONIES ON LAKE Dig a deep pit andput all tri.' old tin cans, bsuke_en bottle'¢. token asitia and rusty par» and kettles into it. Geyer with cart!,. IiITII'SU :%ND (Eft%IAN , %IUT AT Primo the trees and don't leave the �'h:TOiil.� r11 A!\'1.A. branches lying under thein. Ether take thera way or uec' them fur a hedge for sweet peas. it $I Don't keep empty tin erns lying • around the house. \\'t►en it rains Ihe'v fill with \eateer• and l,rttii1 neesquitoes, and aro a constant danger to the fain - if this gttc';liou were put 1:) the' buyer. ily. of any of the packing comp:anile they 11 there is an unsightly bolding;. "eon! instinctively answer, --When fat plant vines that will form n Silt' t►. o:• ill a condition popularly ,spoken of \\ ild cucumber. wild hc►1►,, morning quick a, finished. '!'heir answer to the yue;- g,lorpe'~ arta flowering beano make niton would bo entirely (runt their stand- g,row11. peed of the cattle feeder. 1l is undtsubt- iko nit), have too ,tinny' tree'- right idly true that one of the commonest Do Ilio house. A farmhouse she,tild faults among market cattle i� lack of be very stealthy. but it is often quite the condition, and this fault, is most coni- opposite, and we find the rooms (14111p_ ,non wilts cattle' (.til by beginners. !low- 111(1 the mc)f andfuurida►ton oft tit (?e) ('t ere even exp erac'nced cattle feeders ere d with 11055. frequently ship cattle) to 11) market mel. that, to fully ripen, would require full feeding for sixty, and in some instances, PERSONAL. POINTERS.as much as, ninety days. Clearly, tliet•efore', experienced cattle feedersNotes of Interest About Some Prominent attest believe tdtat they get larger net People. returns by s4) handling cattle (e1' they IM. Jean de Ileske is said to be the only mould havo long ago discontinued the prufeJean 1l singer who has ever sat at practice'. The writer appreciates the !tie (:jar of Russia'; di,tner-lute!,'. fuel that it take's site highest 11111511 1t) The King of the Belgians is one of the 1•ring top prices, but at the sante.' time large_ t landed proprietors in Ile wort,. it must be borne in mind that a 51401' le addition to his thousands of acres in must be something ,more than fat or Africa and in Belgium, he own: ,two ripeIf to sell as prime. estate's of consideeuble extent in Franco. 1' experienced cattle feeders were 1 �esident Irish landlord, twitlt art ee. asked hi expr'v an opinion a; to when tate of 3inetie) or 40,000 Do't's, many a steer is ready for market they wou141 quaint stories are told of hard :1ntr:sues almost universally agree! that he is devotion to his own affairs. Someone ready for the market, or, at any rale, him should be ship in great trepidation once lullshipped to the market at 11 u,t)tc►toely else had sin the Earl drithdriving,role when Ise will net the fader the three caws along the mad, and ho asked greatest profit. This is an extremely three Lord Antrim's autherily to contra - diet a story so derogntory to itis dig- nity. "The man ,was under misnpprc- herision," reptbit lord \nirirn ; "it wits rot three cows, but two cows and a To -day, however', the machinery !nay bull be transported by steam !roan the ln- Only one lady in England can load dtan Ocean to within fitly suites of rho that she has twice married a duke. That Tshela range. A German itlissienary lady is the present Dtr2ltess of Devon- who has just returned to his mission sre-e, whose first hurthatid was the late station near the 1i:lic has written home Duke of Manchester, and who, on his that eleven years ago he was eighty days death, • was fortunate' enough to be making the journey from the Indian offered another --and even greater— Ocean to Victoria Nyanza, and now 1e Duchy as her portion by the well-known ha' made the pante journey in two days. head of the Cuvendishes, ,who had long Of course, he was a passenger on the admired and recognized her talents and Uganda Railway to fort Florence', near beauty. By her acceptance of the land tie northeast corner of the lake, and . or. the Duke of Devonshire the Duchess from that point steatp,et» and sailing ves- gained, an - honor: ,almost unique in sets ply to all `the ports' on -the long modern history, coasts. Machinery will be carried ehy '1'Ite German Emperor is the subject of Ihie route, for the Germans have not nn anecdote which is certainly sufli- ye! had the enterprise to build their ciently characteristic to appear true. proposed railway from the ocean to the During one of his forest excursions, 1)n lake. !tic, occasion of the visit of the ('ear of Nearly all the coast lands are very Kussin, \\'illiatu 11. was about It) light populous. for tete soil is fruitful. The his cigar, but found he had forgotten (;e rnlans say, however, that near Ihii the knife that he used to cut off the end. ft,ture ruining; region the land is eesspeci- '1'he Czar was no better provided, set one alts productit a and would support .it ..1 the forest keepers stepped forward l( ast five tittles the present population. and proffered his own. The' Emperor This will be important when mining and usced it and then relurneei it,asaying, llte inldiistr.ies related to it are devet- iiinpressivcly : "-fake bac!: yer knife. sped Iltere. It is now an historical relic." 'fhe primitive conditions that still ex -- !fere is a story of 1'rincees Melte'rnich, 1- t on Victoria Nyanza are shown in who was recently invited to dinner at many ways. Every sleanier and sail - kind of cattle at all. With the' i.htt or the! Iloti,urg;. The :lanstriau) l:ntperor r)1- inti vessel. for example, lies up ler lies ways dines at 5.30, and tate 1'rinccss c,t• anchor, when night conies, ii solytre lirel • changed. The )roce.ss of feeding found herself without an appetite at i�;and or near Ilse mainland. hey J n 1 s steer of such an age until ho is prime ,tirh ail early hour. Iter ltnpe'ri;il I►ost, clan' lees navig(a to ut night, !or the dant- i't condition is alt expensive job, and noticing that his Ilii g,>iiesl was eating 6cr.e to n avigti :n have not yet Lein will nut usually pay unless such cattle nGthing, sr,licitously inguired if the I'rin" reamed and the coast tvtit"rs are strewn are well bred. '1'ltis suggests that as a cess were 1l. lic+ceit ing,► n neg;ntive nn- ,villi roc'!:; chat have u•uu!ly ,leant general proposition. cattle! of the coin- stover, tlte' F.tnperor insststrd on knowing; st:rpw•reck fur the vesels that t►:ite' cit thecause of the l'►•iiress's abstinence, ,,tent. and to tllo consternation of all present - TtiTI51l AND 'T111: Gi:it\I:\�1S received the following reply : It is only 11IE B be•cnuse 1 am not accustomed to cat be- central the cent:re const line, which s ,,seen nxuls." divided nearly equally het weep_ -!heli. The Duke of Beaufort maintains the All travellers se'elt1 to agree than there largest hunting cslabli,hntent in the' 13 a marked difference between the ap- !dr-,,;dome He: k a typical 1LF.11. of the p'earance of the British ane, the German test sort. ininaeems•'ly 1•ecn 1u snow spore pertaining pests. tette Bri'61i are s•, busy with the thoroughly -conversant with everything Mer ger aspects of tantirijl the wilderness pertaining to hounds and foxes, and c r nature. buildings wharves and sug)- higt►ly popular with the fanners and plying "wee, Ilia! they give other landowners. Alt ibis i; shown ley little time to less t ilal n:,ulcers, whi-'!t, the' fact that the Duke is ab e' to hunt n however, contr'ihule b c•eitifort and or - country of nearly 800 square' mile; six deer. 'tette result is that their streets are (1 iys a wele'k sI thou, a hitch of any deplorably dirty, their beet buildings 111141. Hounds have been kept at Bad- are likely t.� be nothing more than gal - Delo, from time inttitemorial• and a t naaizeti iron chicks and their towns, Iti.l: , if Ik'aaafora has always Leen in in fuel, r• se�rnble 1n tnutay ways a we4t- lhi' nin;lrr-si'ip• crn mining camp in its early stages. At 11' railway terminus on the lake the sle:Inger Bee s a we'll -built railway sta- lic•n, and a few houses large enough to be comfortable nre' in ler-icess of hued- ing. The rest of the 1•ewn, including trio shops, looks like galvanized iron bar- racks. The sam(' may 1)e said of their st,a- tkens nl4ing the railroad. i,e'luding !' ;irobi. nl>"ut midway on the line, which is c,'rlain to have n fine future, as it is the statural tnarl4st fe)r at large area of rich agrieultural Innd, and white men tinct their families are now s4•ttling; anion,; these healthful highlands. It is said that there is not a rai! wary restau- rant along the line who're the travell,'r auce'eeds in appeasing his hunger. attd ntaeny passengers carry their food sup - p!►. s for Till,. JOURNEY Fin ►\I '1 1 tE x:11.\`; I'. The Germans. on the outer hand. 1:.'p each post under ntiliinry go)veern• ,tient. Streets are regularly laid out, excellent toads Rail into the settle- ment. trees are planed. comforl,•tb!o houses for the white inh:alettarnta4 are etched, a park:ike osp,4•1:1 is given to the public square and the ther)ug;hfares roast be (pally swept 81u1 garnished or ti''re is lrteuble from the ;severs that be. 'There is another contrast between the British .and the Germans in inner Ati•i•:r► M hick is pi-rteaps not ;o fattornble' to tho latter. .% while ago a German military fear( stared print one ief the 1a1.e {!a- Ile ns on a punitive expe'dili4ert against t"e' section of the ,lust, that thea .tl e;ern►nn territory. ON' 'ef 1!,e ofliceri (spressed the opinion that th • only tray to soli a the Massa' prop,,, ei «:e, to wale !hese nntivices out entirely. 'foist many cif 'h,' (Germans se'•tn to. hold the some Opinion where they tanve trouble with the nausea, The British. (Al the' other hand. rnund- eti up their unruly Alossai ibjee'Is on two reserva.Iions with a larg.ntle'unt ,1 gi azitlg anti agricultural tanol. This scheme went in'o effect two years ago end both the pnlelie p,e:t.•e and the Massai seem to Le bei,. filing iw :1, Australia, for lire gx•pili;t.'on, tins more horses 11011 any otlasP 4;r.:Pry. The total of AtiVralia'a bourses '.n 1.313 • WHEN IS A SPEED (READY F'O1t M.\ RKE 1' ? SELF -DEFENDING WIIF.AT. A Belgian agriculturist, Monsieur i.e Breton. has recently ninde some experi- ments with barbed wheat too determine ll►e cffectiv.cness of the defence which its l►.arbs afford against the ravage's e t g.;! aminif4'rous birds. in the sante field, near Antwerp, he sowed some barbed wheat and some Japhet wheat, which Li without barbs. The Japhet variety grew rapidly. but every head was de- spoiled by the birds before the grain cc uld ripen, but the barbed variety was so well guarded by its array of miniature sucars that the attacks of the same birds were completely defeated, and the grain ripened in security. At the same time it was observed that the insectiv- orous birds were as busy capturing ttwir Prey among the barbed heads as among Mose that possessed no natural defen- ce& dlllienit matter to figure out, for the condition of fat cat'ie that will net the, feeder the largest net I:roft may not be. and often is not, the condition that will bring the top price for any given grade or quality of cattle.. Another fader that plays an important part is the general supply and demand of the mar- ket at a given time. A degree of con- dition that might yield the Dirges, pro- fit at one time with a strong and high market- might not be the condition for greatest profit wtien the cattle market is weak and low. This whole question cermet bo intelligently answered with- out an intimate knowledge of at least the following facies: 1. Ago of cattle. 2. Quality of breeding of cattle. 3. Condition of market. 4. The relative cost of putting cattle Id prime coticlitioi as. compared wills the cost of merely warming then! up and also of the so called half fat condition. None of these points art' eny•able of other than the most general treatment. As regards age, it nilly be said that. it ie extremely difficult to get a steer under two years of age 14„) fat to suit the trade, and within certain reasonable limits such a young steer, if well bred, may usually be put in priute condition prelitaahly, providing market price, crisis e:: feats, and feeders are s►s�it that there is profit in handling that four-year-old steer rho situation is en - e Great ('.onlrast Between the Colonizing Methods of the Two N dkit►s. The while men who have stetted along the .hores of \'tctur►a Nyanr-a, the sec- ond largest fresh \eate•t• lake in the ‘e••_'t'Iei, are' telling us meant things about the lake and the dwellers 1aioigg its shores that Speke and Stanley,ei dis- cut•e.red and explored it, never o'aited el. S care'eiy a mail conies to Europa that does not bruig new inforri►atian hem this region, says the New York Sun. Most of the 2,001) utiles of shores leetn with !latices, but the present prospect is that the largest white enterprises will in a few years be sealtered along the southern coast of German East Africa. The reason for this is that gold has been discovered therm. The fact was first reported some two years rigs) by the German prospector, Jaicke, and later investigations have fully con- firmed his report that quartz mining on an important s^ -ata •nay be, develop- ed among the Tshela A(iet:t►tains. This is u range extending far to the west ft•c.m near the southeast corner of the lake. It abounds with gold -bearing gi.tu•Iz outcrops. and all the Germans who have visited it declare that this mining region has a great future. Miners would certainly have leeen there before this lime if it were not the,, so far ais is yet known, it is wholly a quartz - crushing and not a placer proiosition. HEAVY MACHINERY REQUIRED. ,,,(uller grade ',speaking now only of their gtuatlity of breeding) do not require or acquire aus high a finish as the better breed ones. The degree of finish twitie'h should be aimed at in any particular itistance Will depecnd upon the condition of they ,market and the cost of f cede. Obviously when feed is high and fat cattle are low the securing of high and fat cattle and high finish is usually attended with loss ; ‘whereas, if boli ford and cattle ar•' low there Wright be a possibility of pt•otit foilowing the securing of high finish. If cattle are high and feed is 1►,gsh, providing feeds have been put'- ct,trst'tl at a reasonable price and the quality is good. it Usually pay. to 1Nd tulil Choice to prime Coniston is se- c u r•ed . A more intininte and accurate know- ledge of most of thew) factors is in the possession of progressive live stock conttnission cn►npnnies, and the cattle feeder ,who does not keep in close loi►c'h with such is not likely tet fe)t'ni as wise conclusions ,without their help, al- though the cattle) feeler must. tired.; do some karel thinking for himself. in conclusion. wa do Wit wish it in - fel reit that they twrite3r leans 141 the ,)p►in- i(:n that it generally pays best to sic,,) short of p:rinle condition. We have itt- ferieel that at time's it dots and al other times it does not. In case prime con- dition 8etiHns desirable the following; suggestions as to how to judge it may be helpful. Fullness at base of • tongue. fullness or a roll of fat in front of point of shoulder, a full twist. a large) mellow cod, a low, full. thick flank than stands cut and rolls visibly as the animal walks, fullness awl enteoltmess at rump and taithead indicate Hutt degree of fatness which is eseasutinl to the ltig*hest quality in beef. These pointe which nre to to judgeed by sight rather than by toneh r.re the ones most de- pended upon by buyers at the yards. 10 MAKE THE i•'ARM 11O\Ii::1Ti'RAC- Pile wood neatly. Keep the barn clean and neat, Keeps walks end porch swept clean. (:lean up or fill up small, dirty ponds. Burn as much of the garbage as ()os- silxe, $4'e that fences aro Mendel and painted. Keep the grass around the house in good condition. Cover the old rain -barrel with a piece o! cheese cloth, to keep insects out. flake oft all the rubbish, pick up the papers and disperse of all waste mat- ter. KeoKeec the house In good condition. See that rho roof Is mended and the house painted. Put screens in neatly and see that the screen doors have locks that aro in order. Don't keep garbage or wet material in wooden barrels, because the wood be - Comes soaked aan't be cleaned. Don't empty 11811 water right outside ( Wass mor. It ,hakes a weir slimy gatrieen anti tills. the biggest c•henecal firms in the United Stales, rind hitherto the keenest rivr,ls. 11115 been affected by \1ts. \\*ttllcer, 11r. \Weeighltnan.s (laugh- ter, who 1•racti •ally conducted the business. When Mr, \\'efghtman d:ed 1 c left. $t(W),000,(»), and the business to Mrs. \Volker. wile became the richest woman in the United dates. Mrs. \Waller has twe 1.,t,bics, the collecting of laces and Nnpoleonic relics. 'Tho censolidution effects a practical nuen- op,oly in the United ed States of sulpliatle of quinine and morphia. • FAMOUS \WAITERS' FOIBLES. Keats.: liked red peppetr on his toast. Dickens was fond of wearing jewel - Ir ry. Daudet wore his eyeglasses when asleep. Edgar Allan Poe toe& his rat to belt with lune, and was inordinately proud rt his feel. '1•hnckeeray used to lift his hat when- ever he passed the house in which he wrote Vanity Fair.” Alexander Dumas the younger bought a new painting every time he had a T:e'v: bo k published. Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite re- creation was playing the t)ute--as he said, to tune up his ideas. Robert eiretvning could not sit still. \\'ith thie constant shuffling of his feet, hetes ,Were worn in the carport. We like best to call scorn eMULSION • food because k stands as nna- phstically for perfect nutrktoe. And yet in the 'natter of restor- ing appetite, of giving mew strength to the tissues, es'pesilliiy a the nerves, its •dice Is that et • aieditia•. swell Itinwor gpt�- souls..,. t dialed*. '�'-a3c.`�y►.� ..,bid: