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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1901-6-13, Page 6<OSIOISOPAt*n., dress of ron LAURA JEAN LIEBEY • Middleton's Lover," (4A Foriabiden Marti - :e.," "Daisy Brooks,'' Etc., Etc- $!;B:RergfilloriSCE44:9:412:432:43:26:Wi3C(eNt8:43:8:4):8;t• later he returned 1 CILePTER XXX. e ores: "Neither gea- back of the 7 bot 4 era t to neat to -in n Mark Forrester box alone. y his pale, excited nusual had happen - he said, turnirg cer- ium "Mr.-Ceszleton can leen; of me to see YQur eerriage at onem ejoy reumining ow - ARCO Which I im explain to you un - ,dieleout a word both Vivien end .Fe Rex:kw-god folded their opera - meet about tizeneond followed Mark t Into the street. 'e•arely you are coming with lle. es Ieireevocul• as tie'. in their eerriage. m be so ungal- " " he Bait% ear- elint return Trea- ted.% To -morrow you tend "erbe.t I can not find , opreess now." enswer- lite 4 out of tee cerriage bite %coo. and lo,14 mi, tretnbling ham/ I The cab stopped before a long. low, i irregular red-briek bUilditig on one ,of the Ity-streme. "Wait for me here," said Vivian., turning toward the house. She gleamed up hesitatingly at the it , earcuy curtititieu whitlows. then ee. the neat silver plate on the door bearing the name: Dn. eseeneet Beece. . oivian gave the bell a Sharp, im- perative pull. Five, ten minutes } reseed. eet Tao one answered the sumonselthough Vivieres quick ear had detected the sound of shuf- fling footsteps ana muffled voices in a. whispered debate. At length the 400r was opened ever so slightly, anti a. short, wiry, swartheefaced man brusquele he - gutted what was wanted. "I should hie to see Dr. Black," reithed Vivian, tartly: "and 1 dOn't fancy ',e:ng kept nut here la the fog foreme. either." • He three open the cloor. profuse In his apologies. -leo1 li,now it's early," said Vivit,cut tieg his remarks short, but lay bustnees with the doctor is ingtetektive. tied aaelits el as little, deltde es possible: - Ile opened the door of an etlieeent mon -niece and lierary combined bewinggr ill. and piecing a chair far her. "1 ain Pr. ho said. cen 1 eerve e:u. 313Od6tne?" For a single instant their eyes met, "I wonder if I" can trust him?" thought Vivian. "He looks llhC ra,..n who can he approached -one who can be influenced by golties res.gic power." leeteavrhile the keen -eyed doctor had token M ell the indicatione of his &rly-mornf Uor from the 4iemonds thee :swung from her shell- like ears and glistened on her white hends, to the texture of the heavy silik glee wore. Di stated tlet /aigre- tte*, hesitating manner, and the AIWA that stole into her blonde face under his pentrating gaze, end men- tally concluded thee, she had come to kim upon some very delicate odssion. For an instant Vivian was at a. lose how to proceed. "I have come upon quite a strange errand, doctor." she seed; "but z think, of all London, you can help me the best. end I am willing to pay handsomely for it." Dr. Black rubbed his hands to- gether softly, his little black beads of eye e sparkling os he bowed lo before her. era highly complimented tha madame thiuks SO highly of h mid. in a smooth voice, "and res assured X shall do all izt ray Pow* to assist you In any Way. Ideas onsider me entirely at your sex' vice." "Thanks," replied Vivian, flushin onstrainedly again. eI may as Noel ome to the point at once.," she said mboldened by his reatie complianc and emphasis of the i. (ode, ein an ee questiou, Mr. For - rick honor es a, gen:le- ered. in a voitio tivet htut streugely. witete her ' 'es sc.-erect! to pierce • les beam, "answer o enfeer Fret 41'. ny one M Lon - o Whanl yoU bee) resettle the answer it, e she ga lee' elne dngan his arzxi. reeledretor sight ly bilek• ( dying bireseif against the wheelie. his face as white as n only answer for myself.'" ha vele', and in so holiow ed3. voice that both el at tar in wonder. "I one °horn I knew be- , hist words, so evasive. been like a deatheenell. lie. had no one. but he would not sat ick hacl not. ire of ethviaies jealousy were With redoubled force. He -OW to answer more. Site. derstood. s with that girl at this very : my beat tells me eo." she d, weldly, throwing herself into or Iiirk.wood's arms as the car- , bewled rapidly along. the corridor of the hotel they th am not In the parlor to-mor- *Senlitg when the breakfast I till go down with Miss Forrester t nue" said Vivian, lowering ate lids guiltily over her rest- ue eyes. Vivian had shut herself up in . tilde -rend seclusion of her own • er, she gave full vent to the e anguish, rage and despair '.-ted such a deadly war in her ve him! X love him!" she ceeee "and she shalt not 're from me. She might as ke the heart from my bosom." in London, and Frederick OS Was there ever such unaccountable attractions in •efore? She had been secure in let that the blue ocean rolled a them, and that she had hint herself ihere, that her great, t 'eve would win recognition e. Such a love as here raust e in return. And . novr hero bo he -ie. -eke, liable to meet any -an moment! he -The old love d s fty the hearts of both; and trews broken at the very altar d be renewed, and It would end helena's and Frederickes marri- le no, no, no!" she cried out k pressing her hands tightly i - throbbing heart, and rock- erself to and fro, 'I would kill fest!" t thought brought still another arker to her bride. se dazed the conflicting torturee of ha- elouey. Ln -hour or more she gazed out open window at the starlight- -gazed without seeing aught eautiful girlish. face framed :ft, glossy, nut -brown eerie that e before her mental vision. e night deepened, and it heavy idled the stars frora her sight read over the great eity. q,/: ii Cameron was facing the t temptation of her life - g a deseeerate beetle in her r good or evil. re him the best," she mutter- rrtlening her heart. "Let me what life woidcl be worth to without him, and It that ht decIde me." 'as scarcely daylight when Viv- mg the bell, and reque.sted. the rho az:ewer-eel the summons to ler up the city directory. emir Later, wrapped in a long, :Ocular ana beavily veiled, Vive le quietly eta unobserved out ehemeteogee. ,Mekille her h the detata-,tog_ to the tand; but one vement. s' ailing it, and with 3ously whispered words iver, she hurriedly entered' vas soon rapidly whirlirk Creets of London on her 1 tes.y." "Certainly," responded the doctor; "few young ladies have t hat rare good sense. Come to the point at once, by all raeans-I ain all atten- tion," Vivian toyed for a moment with her dainty lace handkerchief: then began, slowly: "I have a young and beautiful re- lative, a young girl, whom we fear has made arrangements to elope with one who is in every way her infer- ior. We have discovered that the young man has bought tickets to America for two. and intends to sail some time in the course of the -com- ing month. To prevent a marriage in the interim, the young girl mirst be removed, and detained in some secure place, by, force, if necessary; for if this marriage should take place, it would break more hearts than one. It must be prevented!" "Ah, yes, I see," mused the doe- • tor, thoughtfully. "I understand the exact situation, and sympathize with you 'deeply. These elopments ere by far too frequent nowadays." "And young girls are sure to rue them so bitterly in after years," sighed Vivian behind her lace hand- kerchief. "Exactly,” responded the doctor. "Now that you know all, do you think you can assist me in this deli- cate matter, doctor? Remember I will pa.y handsomely for it, cash down." "My terms exactly," murmured Dr. Black, bowing and smiling blandly. "I shall be only too pleased to serve you. Bring the young lady here some time during the course of the day, and her she shall rest secure until you desire her release." Vivian's eyes sparkled wickedly. She was succeeding beyond her wild- est hopes. It would be easy to ob- tain Helena's address at the Gaiety Theater; she would Orive there at once. "Remember," seid the doctor, with marked emphasis, "it must clearly be understood between. us thee I am acting only in accorclan.ce with. my professional clutier. I understand that the young lady in question is suffering, from szervoue excitement, and undue teetu- pace is exciting her to such an ex- tent that you believe it bast to rem move her from the same until slice time cif; you believe the came,: to be (+Inter,* reinemidi You Nvish !me to rehietiti in nay- home, *here . rimy been the benefit ree pezfect 1 . fectly-its needs .ariel requirements. Neill go now; you rime' expect to see me again some time this lfter000 I'll bring her with me." The doctor bowed his strenge gue out of the Oleo, and the cab roll rapidly away through the dense fo An odd smile played about his mou as he entered the house, muttering to himself: "A beautiful little mystery! I wonder who .slie is, and why she is interested in having the young girl she speaks of spirited away and held a prisoner, as it were, for an indefi- nite period." . eleenwhile Vivian drove raoidly to the Gaiety Theater. and found there that Helena was stopping with Rose- ime No. -, — Square• and thither Vivian drove at once. • Again fortune favored the teetutiful daring plotter. On the portice. • equipped in her street costume, stood Helena, and with one little white hand ehe eagerly hailed the ode in which Vivian sat. Tee driver was just about to re- fuse. Saying tlmt his cab was ready engaged by' the passenger I side, Vivian, quicely interposed wit a shrill whisper, anti itewedietely h drew rein close to the curbstone, eprung front his box, aad .assisted Hene leto enter. gathered up his reins ad and us wedding rapidly down, the ;H I:mete:eve ere elena raised her eye to the him of the lady passenger eit- Mug opposite her. A low ere, broke front her lips as the blue eyes and velvety dark tnes met. "Vivian!" she gasped, and in that instant she remembered how they bad parted -on that terrible night. Vivian knew well the girl's open- hearted. honest. forgiving nature, (Ind had rapidly concocted in her eert hie mju ean st what phut to pursue. "nit. Hamar' she cried. plain- tiveiy, heeding tett her ieweled hamis. "how could you •tale Inc at iny word and thine, that 1 Ineant, to drive you from Cameron Hall? T. eptiee only In the white heat of an- ger. I was never conscious of all I said. I was so excited, to know that the guests were all there, and the inarrittge was broken OM" Heleuit, opened her great, lovely. dark eyes in honeet wonder: ehe never dreamed that. 'Vivian was act - hug old:: a clever part. and she quite believed her. X • ."Yes, X took you at your word, Vivian." she said, with girlish can- dor. "Row was I to know that you did not really mean all the crud words you said? X never intended to cross your path again -weer!" "I eave searehed the whole world •.• eluded. stifflv. closing his hand firnay I dislike of grim people, — placed on the table. i Ian, with a sliglit yawn. "and I • Oh, yes: certainly," replied iv-' 1 should be glad to accept a glass ef . tan, with. a wicked, saucy laugh. wine." 1 "I see you understand the ease per- "Certainly." responded the doc- i _oozes over tee roll of bills Vivian had -I am more than tired," said Viv- SHEEPDOS, COL. STEELE'S PLANS. SPRING LAMBS, e tor. -1 shall order two' lasses brought while I go in search of my n. wife. Miss Helena, too, must be quite tired." st "You need not have AnY wine ed • brought for me. sir," said •Helene, • raisiug her large. dark, luiniuous • e te eyes to his guilte face. I never • take any: but I should thank y very much for a glass of "water." Air. Brown smiled and left t room, presumably in quest of h wife, as he had said. Helena turned wonderingly to VI ian when they found themsely alone. "XIow strange that you care visit in tide lonely 11011SO," she sal with a shudder. "I thought y cared only for bright homes and bri tient people." "Ro I do," returned Vivian, wit a light, careless laugh. "I kne these people long ago, and when came to London, of course I fe rather in duty bound to call upo them. They pressed the hospitalit of their home so stronglY upon me oyer for you, Helena, to win your forgiveness and take you back with me to Cameroa IMII," replied Viv- ian, artfully, "and when you entered the cab X was delighted and surpris- ed! Obi Helena!" she cried. "let us forget the past, make up, and be the true friends we were before. Come home with Me, X have so much to pay to you." "Sorely you did not come to Lon- don for the sole purpose of finding rne?" iuquired the iunocent, artless Helena,. "For that purpose and no other," declared Vivian Cameron, never blushing beneath the ge,ze of those beautiful, pure, dark eyes -at the falselictod that was staining her leis, "Didn't you recognize me -at the -Oakley Theater -last night?" aek- ed Helena, blushing furiously. "I re- cognized you, Vivia.n." "Dear Inc. no!" cried Vivian, open- ing her pale blue eyes wide in affect- ed surprise. in what part of the house were you. Helena? Who was with your Helena. dromted her dark eyes in the greatest of girlish confuston. "What would Vivian say if she once dreamed that the Princess Gay on the stage was herself?" she theeight, flushing hotly up to the soft rings of brown hair on her fore- head, and mentally concluding :Vie - lam should never know it, answered, eva sively: "I was quite alone." "I intend to lay claim to you at onee, Helena," said Vivian. "You must come home with me, or et least where I am stopping. Some one is with me who wishes to see you very much, my dear girl." ' "Oh, Vivian!" she gasped, clutch- ing frantically at the arm of her beautiful, treacherous friend; 'tell me, is -it -Frederick? Is he with you?" At that moment the carriage stop- ped before the red -brick house. "Come with nte and you shall soon see!" cried Vivian, throiving her arm about Helena's slender, violently trembling fcrra, and drawing her up the steps and into the wide, dark hall, and to the most piteous fate a Young girl ever met. CHAPTER XXXI. "Oh, Vivian, is Frederick here'?" cried Helena, pressing her little white hands to her throbbing heart and shrinking still closer to Vivian's side. "We parted in such bitter anger. I can not see hint" A strange light glowed in Vivian's eyes as she answered in a hardhcon- strained voice, as the door of the doctor's library closed behind them with an audible click." "Don't be alarmed; Frederick isn't here." At that moment the door opened and Dr. Black entered. "I have not been gone long," said VI -elan, tossing off her plumed hate - and invitine Helena to follow her ex- ample. "I found my little relative quite enexpectedly; Helena, my dear," she said, exchanging a pecul- iar look with the doctor, "allow me to introdode you to my friend, Mr. Brown." Helena bowed, wondering vaguely why the brilliairt Vivian should choose to " remain in Mr. Brown's lonely hon:e, when Cameron Hall with its magniecent appointments and spa.cious grounds had proved too dull for her. She had notice tall, aark, angular eronaan through the hell tie they meekly toot was not Vivlata ege-Verian vire bad envie)13 h oriel, shooing, the erenelt ileithee of /ming Things and Iteperting; Them -Could, Learn Prom Scotch. The following translation erten L'Illustration, wbicle is copied en- tire, shows the French way both ef •doing things and of reporting them. ,A. good. Scotch shepherd could teach the Frellehinee. a good deal thee they do not linow about training sheep- • ogs. ou The question of the improvement of the French shepherd's dog was raise he A . h me two Years ago, and, thanks to the Le initiative of M. Emmanuel 13oulete founder and president of the French. 05 to to d, feu I- 11 It eueeet eemse- without actually be - ng rutio, „so hero I am" 'Mils room is so dark and grim • actually feel uncomfortable in it, • eturned Helena. thoughtfully. "Yo oust not laugh at ine. Vivien, but i seems -to recall all the stories I hies ever read of haunted houses; thee • paneled walls, cleric -painted ceilin and huge, frowning book -cases. cut the master's grins, foreboding lac ectuallY frightens me," "Ishawt" retort ed flush in hotly. "what nonsense you talk • It's only the London fog outside tha inakes the house appear Woolen au 35 to Mr. Brown looking grim i imply ridiculous. You're not us o England and the English." "Ile looks more like a Spaniard o eueen." persisted Helena. "He' Mainly darn enough to be one." The conversation was interrupted last then be the+ entrance of a serv out with a. silver tray contaMin two daintily filled crystal glasses one containing water, the other Nviue Vivian banded Helena -the girtes Iced -water with a hana that neve trout:het, although she guessed bu too well just weal tt tontained Helena never once noticed that ViV Ian replaced the wine upon the tray untested; while she, being thirsty &auk the tiny glass of ieedewate without perceiving that it bore slightly bitter taste. l'oor Ifeleual Mas! she was s nn iocent, so unsuspecting! Five, ten minutes passed, still their host -as Helena bdieved him. to be -had not returned to the librar.M. an Vivichatted away gayly, but Helene 'was straugely silent, while her large, dark eyes grew brighter each moment, and now and then her little white hands flew up in an un- ertain. way to her throbbing temples. "1 ant afraid I am, going to have a. sick headache -perhaps. fever, Viv- ian," sho murmured, raising her etreagely brilliant eyes to the beau- tiful, false face bending over her, "I have had so much excitement lately -that must ha,ve caused it," site went on, plaintively, 'My bead burns, yet I feel strangely chilly," "You have been sitting in a draught. You had better close that door back of you," replied Vivian, carelessly'. She knew quite well it Was Nay a closet door; yet she had a curiosity to see if the girl's footeteps were steady in crossing the room. Helena rose to her feet, catching dizzily at the back of a chair, making her way slowly toward the door indicated, placedjt ebout to close it, whale she drew her hand on the knob, and was us back with a piercing scream. "Look, Vivian!" she cried, in mor- tal terror, her eyes bent, as if mag- netized; toward the dark depths of the closet. "There is 0. - a - skele- ton in it!" Instead of the wild, piercing shriek of terror which she expected to hear from Vivian's lips, a low, discordant laugh fell upon her startled ear. "Don't make such a dramatic scene out of it, Helena," she said, irrita- bly. "Shut the door upon it, --every house has a skeleton in its closet," she said, jocosely, adding, quickly: "Mr. Brown is a ditetor, and this is his office and library; that accounts for its presence here. Shut the door on it." Helena had been so terribly shock- ed at the unexpected eight that she could neither speak no/items:Ye, but stood still, staring, speechless; yet Vivian could see that it was not al- together the fright that blanched the girl's cheeks to such dead whiteness. Slowly Helena turned about; but ehe could not have regained her seat again if her life had depended upon it. Her limbs seemed benumbed- actually refusing to carry her slender form, a.nd the room, and the beauti- ful, smiling, luring face of Vivian seemed to whirl around her. Vivian Cameron saw that she was at her mercy. The potion contained Winortkh.e glass of water had done Its Then she rose slowly to lier feet, throwing oft her mask of smiles and tturned and faced Helena with the cruelest rippling laugh that ever was he'aIrdM• ay as well tell you the truth, girl," she hiesed, gathering up her silken skirt with her jeweled hand, and gliding like a, serpent towards the threshold. "I used a clever ruse to bring you here. These people are no friends of mine; nor am I stop- ping in. this dingy, isolated place. It is a private asylum for the incurably insane, whose friends are able to pay for their maintenance until deathvre- lieves them of their task. Here you hall remain until I zee fit to have You liberated, which may not be for long years-perhaes, never!" viviani • The word fell from Helena's lips in a low, wailing cry of mortal terror; but Vivian. never heeded it, but went on, pitilessly: You thought that I did not re- cognize you on the stage laet night, but you were misdaken; the eyes of a et:aloes woman arlh always sharp. kt) VW you at on,ceobut Frederick 0a,s- 00r MUM 1 OF g. a ci a . Sheer Fold. 3. Starting Platform,, 4. Platform at the Finish. 0. lteeelvIng Fold. X, Public Tribunal ;A. 13 C lines of eihrube Shepherds' Dog Club. was Made the order of the day. AL Boulet saw himself at once seconded by the aylit- petite" of the Minister of AgrienIture, and supported by the entire agricul- tural press. The club now has nuM- erous adherents, and it is with pride that the shepherds and drovers say to you: 'We are members of the club." Tee dogs that are so useful for guarding and driving flocks were soon subinitted to einupetition, The first races, if we may so ex- press ourselves. took place with suc- cess in the vicinity of Chartres, last year. The result obtained led the club to organize the Angerville ces, which were run on Sunday, ay 80. In -this lend of Beauce, with its immense Plaine, shepherd's dogs are numerous, and the drovers also have their eontingetit ot very stylish animal% The train took us ut ten minutes to nine to the Angerville station, where lite Orphic Society of the piece omne with great pomp to ineet idenault, Inspector -General of .Agri - and Mayor of Angerville, sure rounded by tee •' 164. I" On". e04'0" .m11410:1044:Vr., est. Messrs. notilet, Tisserand, Sev- rette. Bothuer, Masson and others. In front of the Mayor's office there was a drawing of numbers by lot, and the number of each dog was carried by the shepherd upon an arm- let. The animals presented were judged from the view -point of beauty of breed, and then every one weut to breakfast. At half -past twelve a stert was made from the Mayor's office for the field of tests, two gen- darmes, on horseback, beading the procession, followed by music with a banner at the head. Behind came the spectators and the contestants and the clogs, held by a leash by their masters. The plan of the track will give the aspect of the competi- tion better than words. The path to be thicen by the sheep was indicated upon the platn only by two furrows made by a plow and staked out by small poles here ad there, provided with a tricolored pexidant. A strong, cool breeze was blowing that made all the flags wave ite • It. V ;ow f;*".„-`. witztso WAY TO TI.:ItN A SIM -Y. and the cane -as of the tribunes liap. The weather was splendid tired the sun kot. The competition. began. In the stock fold there was a large flock of sheep to be used for the occasion. Each shepherd was to drive a, flock of fifteen sheep from point 1 to point 6, without the dogs allowing the animals to stray from the road be- tween the two furrows. The flock had to surmount obstacles, ascend embankments, redescend into ditches and pass between hedges that formed a narrow passage; and all this in close groups, without any of them separating. Xncidents were not wanting. Out of the 32 dogs registered, very few led their sheep front one fold to the other without a hitch. Gallops in disorder across the field arid between the legs of spectators made the pub- lic merry. More than one shepherd,, tired of obstinate resistance of the sheep to obstacles, seized the leader of the flock from, the lot,and, hold- ing him firmly by the nape, dropped him over the embankment and true .0 • • ...;•1 'et*, ide • :111C ••- It1W T wAy '1,171t.i A 6111i KP: ran.de himself followed by the band of irabeoiles. We more than once sa.ev the history of Panurge renewed dur- ing the course of these tests. The good dogs were the ones whieb„ not becoming enervated, led their animals j u did ou sly. They took II little more tame for the operation, hut prevented disorder in the ranks. The good shepherd's dog should not Were the sheer) by the rump, where sud 'by his fangs mi,ght spoil a %lee 41 mutton: the essential part in hnkchiiSiy, but rathen by the nape, tee 4•• ' Constant Attention Needed, to int GALLANT SOLDIER WILL, NOTPER- As 800111.3hiletInheria°11%‘17saartj'eedt.ropped re- move REMAtiT4N AFRICA. move them, with their mothers, from, the lleek to another pasture, writes W. IC. Stiles or Ieentucify in American Ag- riculturist. A geed ryefiela soWed early for that purpose is almost Indio- • pensable, For lambs dropped at thief Season, when. it is apt to turn, cold and damp, suitable shelter must be providt ceiderittirrla9r7e tboaarUccol"msnitreadwittesiltrie redid; should be Melt. It con be made very eheaply. This she should be 10 to IS feet wiee and long enough to accom- modate the flock, Fasten the north side and both euds, but leave the south side open witli aeeees to a lot, TWO Small separating pens sheuld be made in, CQU- nection With this sbed. SoMetimes the ewes do not have aey milt for several days or fail to own their lambs. In Stich cases it Is important to have a Place to put -them where they can be conveulently attended to by one man, Damp, cold, d*Izzly days are death and destruction to lambs, especially, weak ones, and, it Is Important to be among them on suell occasions. 1 have had Iambs Uropped M just such weath- er that concentrated a. eold from which they never recovered. Dry, cold weathe er Is not so destructive to lambs a, tlitinp, but alleitys go among there with bottle and something to Wrep the little relieves la when they need attention. In entiedingly COM weather when - aro liable to treeze to death De - fore they get on. their feet, it is advise, hie to have a. room heated by a 6tCore as close to the srfitep bara as possible here the lambs on he cared f.or until the (taupe is over. Sometimes lambs are left without mothers and ewes without lambs. In Such eases it Is not much trouble to make them tate up with one another if It is done Immediately. It neglected a day or two, it will be almost impossi- ble, although I have done so bY cotlii- Ing them about -a week and weipping , thew into allbraiseiete I do net Weed, this pays when Other things demand attention. When there is no grass or tither green stuff for the sheep, early cut Clover hay 0001 be Substituted, with a liberal supply 01 ship stuff and corn' an cob, which will prevent the more greedy ones from getting 3110re than their share. The ears should be eut into halves or just long enougit to keep, them from falling on the ends. Ship stUff or wheat bran should be fed ha low troughs. When the iambs learn to • eat, they should be fed by themselves. Glee jest what cornmeal they clean up and no more. Sheep should have salt regularly twice a week. While sheep can do without water a long time It is best to provide an. abundance at ali times. H. Xe Too reUd of Canada and Bag OW; Qae Beason for Accepting a" Vosition la• the Baden-Powell COoPtahlt1et7-- Only Coloolal ;ignored With a Con- raand In Tbat Sena -Civil Corps, There hes been a general impres- sion that Col. Steele intended re- maining permanently in Soutle Af- rica, but such is not tee ease. His intention is to remain there for a, year, or perhaps 18 months, and then return to Canada. one is remaining on that con - Utica," said he, "because of any Preference for country or clime -to. It can't compare with Canada tor a minute." • Asked why. If such were his feel- ing, he was going baelt even for a year, the colonel said he wished to put in twelve months or so, as his biesiness nitairs would not be settled unell that period had elapsed. Ile wishes to retire. where he does 60. With comfort and convenience, and does not like the idea. of putting he a yeer of idleness and waiting. Be- sides, he explained that there were many young officers in the Canadian, contingent of constabulary who were comparatively inexperienced, and bad not been in South Arrica with other eontingents. These would, be all the better of having an officer °Vet, el= who had been through the early scenes of lighting, and understood, oh the other hend, the men with whore he was dealing. Col. Steele was the only colonial honored in this way by the Imperial Government, thouge there were in all .5,000 applications for such commis- sions. Ile felt consequently, that be would not be doing right to With- draw,, especially as he had not uglat command, but it, lead come to a Steele Neill not accompany hint outh Africa. oresemea at runt:Tele Wile Bruce Herald complains that many Walkerton people drive ball way to this cemetery with a funeral and then turn bade and the (deter remarks that wet% his funeral hap - Pens he hopes people will either go the whole way or keep out of the pro- CeaSi011. Tile point is well taken. It a poor mark of respect to pay a depart:ed citizen to start, out with funeral and back out after driving half a mile. There is a. lot of hum- bug in towns and villages In connec- tion with funerals -visitors who come to offer sympathy and count the eandIes on the coffin, to cheer the widow and see if she cries real hard or only half-liarci, end men Who hiteh up and drive soltmnly with the sad procession through the streets, where their attendaucc: may be pub- licly noted, and then make a. circuit hotee by Else back streets when the outskirte of the town are reached. It Is a heartless business, and it would be better if people quit shamming tend went right ahead with their business until their own turn collies, There Is perhaps not a. place in On- tario that does not need to be lifted back to honest ground in its relation to funerals. Cr.-,' I mir ete. meets. Upon a eaudy loam land which had been for ten years heavily =tenured and cropped with table beets and cel- ery it was found by the New Jersey station. that the use of nitrate of soda in amounts varying from 400 to 700 pounds per acre, in three equal applications, hastened the ma- turing of the crop. At the first pull- ing and making of two pound bunches there was 63 per cent. more on nitrated plotthan on those with- out the nitrate. At a. second pull- ing, four days la,ter, the nitrated plots gave 135 per cent. more bunches, and at a third pulling, three days later, there war 17e per cent. more, after which they produced about equal amounts. The greatest gain per acre by use of nitrate was where they used 700 pounds per acre, $27.10 more than where ni- trate was not used. This was due to the higher price obtained for the earlier palings and amounted to about $3 foe. every dollar the ,ni- trate cost. Absent-ATInded Englishmen. Some stories about absenteninded men • are rather difficult to swallow, but a correspondent, of whose integ- rity we are convinced, vouches for the following: I have (he says)a, friend, stiff at large, who went home the other day to 'dress for a party, but unhappily wound up his watch before taking oft his clothes. This set up a • sequence of automatic actions which elided in his going -to bed instead of going to his party! Can anyone beat that? Another example is sent to us: A friend of mine (a correspondent says) was recently married. Before his marriage he haid always lived with his mother. One evening, a fort- night after returning from his honey- moon, he went straight home from business to his mother's house. What happened afterward is his own se- cret. -London News. Done Without Waste. elehy in the world did you keep that errand boy so long', Jane?" re- cently asked a lady of her servant, who had just taken in a siphon of soda water. i'Please,ma'ani, he waited for the bottle!" glibly answered the damsel. Waited for the bottle?" queried her inistrese. 'Itemise, ma'am, he wanted to Xmow if he could have a returned wapiti, so I dra,wed off all the ooda water ioto a jug and id t him 'ave ti 1,dratved ,It 0e, ma'am!" was the reaesuringe reply -London Sparc Foreign nova 1;1 London. Twenty-one per 1.000 of London's Ipnpulation of foreign birth, 90 per cent. of *hat ef MARKINGS IN HORSES. white Legal, Vett end Blaze ladleato Weak Lasting Powers. The increase of Nrbite markings In our horses has become much more pro. nounced as compared vdth former years, but their presence does not seera to enter into the calculations of our breeders in the very slightest degree, writes C. IA S. In London Live Stock Whlte legs mean white feet, and white feet mean brittle feet, and this feet has long been recognized by the breeders of all countries Save dear old hapbazard, "muddling through" Eng land.- I bappen to have spent from timeeto time a good portion of my life among stock breeders in France, Spain, Italy, the Alediterranean and the United States, and I have trona time to time endeavored to induce tie continental breeders, especially of heavy draft horses, to come over to our shows here and buy some of our breeding stock with a view to help along horse breed- ing generally in this country. In, I think, 1897 and 1898 the government professor of agriculture foe the west_ district of France attended officially and on my recommendation the Shire horse shows in London with a view of buying some stallions, but when he saw the amazing amount of white in nearly all of them he absolutely and entirely declined to have anything to do well teem and on his second visit hinted to we that I had brought him over on false pretenses! When I suggest to Italian and Span- ish breeders to come to this Country for their horse breeding stock, and I have to own, to the presence of white legs, feet and blaze, they shake their heads and at once decline. In this way the chance of a foreign market for some of our surplus stock -is reduced, and this is a fact that should be regarded serious- ly by our breedei•s. These Markings are known to be det- rimental to the lapting. powers of a. borse, and yet no attempt Is madeto limit them or breed them out They are Nvenderfully on the increase in many strains of the Sbire horse, and as far aslegs are concerned they now sometimes reach the stifle -and beyond. Let tie, before it is too lata walee up from our wonderfully self satisfied po- sition arid take a lesson from the fee- eigner. We can learn much from him and More till from the United States of America. • Cora In Pork. One of the great problems in. profita- bly 'carrying on the hog industry is to secure the large gains from a bushel of corn tbat at one time it was thought impossible, but is mow being proved an motet daily. While ordinary good feed- ing;is eigbt to ten pounds gein, sepere or feeding brings 15 pounds. We find the report receetly made by C. G. Neff ef Ohio that by careful , feeding he made an .average on 4 bunch .:)g 500 -hogs of 15 poundi 8 ounces gele for a busberof cern, and after the secondpe- riod a gain of 15.7„1 penrcls per bus'llel !was made.- A rool,io_an '31 iu '41 .011