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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1901-7-25, Page 7tur y •:• 4.• • ..S+I I I 0 .10 The Unthnoty t ILL=UOTTEN End of I Joseph neva% WEALTH CHAPTER L There was something wrong, very terceig, at Waldo's Bank; or, more exa.ctly, et Messrs. Candelent, Pettey and 'Waldo's, the full title ot the Area gateralee known by the mime of its junior and mast prominent pert - Aar. Tie day's work lied, opened. as usual. Precisely as the clock struck nine Mr. Waldo ba4 crossed the threshold, ea hie habit bad been for the lett lortg years. Ile was al- ways the first to reach, often the last to leave the bank. The rest of the elerke and employes had follow- od close upen Mr. Waldces beets. Only Cm chief cashier. e1r..Surtees. had beelittle behinclhenel the.t morning. bat, this was notaiug un- usual either. The chief cashier was a little re- 1311Ss On. the score of punctuelity. The •offence, though serious, Mr. Weide forgave him ; for they' lied beee clarets togethernd were still good friends. Ainong the subordin- ates the matter was almost a joke : except. indeed, weal Perey Meggitt, the aseistant cashier, who sneered and. wondered why the firm was so easy wieli the old fool, But then it was ell ltnowa at tbe bank that eleg- gitt was an ambitious junior, who already ceunted upon stepping into his emeioes shoes. The days business, as 1 have said began as usual. The elerite on at rival cbauged their eoat,s and wen to their ledgers. the lileggitt and others stood at the counter. Mr. Surtees was itt the little glezed eheatber, his own private sanctum, which was partitioned off one corner of the great central retell. Close by 'this was the passage into the part- ner's parlors, whieh Mr. Waldo ma attested, in state and alone. At. the other end of the baulaper- and Waldo wished to della the aid of the law, Meaawhile Mr., Surtees remained closeted M his eittle chamber. Mr. Waldo came and went from his Par- lor into the bank, and from, the bank back into bis parlor, but spoke to no one. The vague feeling ot un- easiness gained grouuti. There was thunder ii the air, trouble impewl- Mg, aad no one knew upon whom the blow naight Mil. The clerks wond- ered and whispered, but still nothing trauspired. Curiosity was not much assuaged by the first visitor who went into Mr. Waldo's room. This was Mr. Liraming, of that eminent firm of etocktbrokers Litateing and Comas cup, who constantly called. They did a, good deal of business with the bank, and came' for orders oeariy every day, ”f Was on the point of looking said Mr. Isinuning. gaily. "when I got your menage. Thiegs are pretty lively ; AleeiCene on the toot --whether up Or down I minuet y for certain ; but there is money to be made or lost, and plenty of it in that line within tbe next two weeks. Welt whet can we do for you, Mr. Waldo ?" "Not muchh not much," replied the beulter, rather hurriedly. "It is ly A. Small Matter of business. u sold. 1 think, £3000 worth of rteiguese a short Ulm ago Mr a elient of ours ?" edr. Limming referred to his pock- et-boae. "Yes, quite so ; and the seeurities to be banded over to -day." "Exactly." repliea Alt. Waldo, "Well, the fact is--" he stuttered and stammered rather, and had some difficulty in getting, out whet he ted to say-s"the fact is, a very circannetance has occurred - tor was a red-biaze covered door something' quite extraordinary anti leading into the strong-rown of the Inew in my experience ; these Porta - bask, Inside the baize door ,I.voS gum bonds bave been. mislaid." second of iron, heavily bowl" innt I "Mislaid, They made a, bulky clamped with a Pereet look ot mos,' , parcel ; eecuritles are not so easily elaborate workmanship, e. master- piece of the most celebrated safe- "1 did not say they were lost; I ,Inakere in the world. o arrival or °aid ptielnitl. Why I eent for you eirhee Half -tut -hour utter tit was to ask you--" Mr Surtees Mr. Waldo rung for him. The cushier, wbo was really waiting for the summons, °bored it with alacrity, it was account day, and there was securities to be hand- ed over to the various brokers and banes -works which the head of the firia did himSelf, With the assistance of the cashier. It was mit a long job, and was generally finished with- in lutlf-an-bour. eacTo-day, *however, the clerks and porters, whose duty it eves to carry these securities round to their sev- eral destinations, were Itopt waiting quite An hour, No one understood the delay. It was known that the settling was not a beavy one. \ 2y were Mr. Waldo and Mr. Surtees so , less to bave misleid them, and it raight do the bank harm if it got abou "Mum's the word," said Mr. Lim- n -ling, putting les finger to the eide oe his nose. And with that the rather self-sat- isfied, swaggering sort of gentleman, electing -white waistcoats And very bright ties, sauntered out of the of- fice. If Mr. Limming's visit did iittle to satisfy the clerks, the next arrival tended. to Mere:Ise rather than allay the excitement. No one knew him by sight. Ile sent in n.o card, and from the deference with which Hos- kins ushered him into Mr. Waldo's room it was Clear that he was a. per- sonage of some importance. There was something very peculiar in his look, too : a soft, stealthy air, as of a cat about to inake tempting. There was a feline glitter inhis bluish - green oyes; mad his- grey moustache iosebrushed out straight, might have belonged. to a veteran mouser accus- tomed to pounce promptly on its prey. It was no other than Mr. Faske, officially enown as Inspector Faske, of the, Criminal Investigation de- partment, Scotland Yard. On entering the bank -parlor Mr. Faske removad his hat, which,, by the way, he always •-carried very loosely on his head, so that it rock- ed from side to side when he walked, and produced his card. "Oh, yes, to be sure. Mr. "Faske from Scotland Yard," said Mr, Waldo, nervously; "I am gled they sent you, as I believe you have had particular experience in these affairs. "Might I presume to ask what af- fairs ?" said Mr, Faske, showing his white teeth, and looking, with his bushy white eyebrows and straight moustachios, more than ever like a amt. "Of coorse. I forgot. You know nothing •.whatever of the circum- stances of the case. •I had better, perhaps, tell you exactly -What has occurred." •. "Undoubtedly, if you wish for my assistance'," replied -the other. "Well it is .not a long story, only 1 hardly' know 'where to.begin.'' ' Begin in the middle," said Faske, abruptly. ''What has happened?• "We have lost a large number ef securities, Portuguese, front ,the strong room of the banke' • "Stolen ?" • "That is Mr you to say. To me it is quite incomprehensible." • •- "lou have the numbers, ol course "Certainly. Here i5 the security book. • Will you examine it ?" • "Nd ; but I will take down the numbers if you will read them out to me. It is most .important." The detective carefully meted these particalars and then went on,• "And you. are certain they were in the strong room 9" • "I saw them there myself three days ago ; they made a bulky parcel. They. were in twenty -pound hands, 1.1 "To carry over to another account? By all means." 'Of course at our risk' said Mr. Waldo. "Naturally," said Mr. Limming nything else 9** Mr. 'Waldo turned over the papers in Ids desk end selected one which he handed to Mr. Linuning. "Kind- ly nutke those investments is the usual way. I think that will be all -no, by the way," and he laid his hand an Mr. Limming's am just as 12e was Jea.ving the roome-"We should be obliged to you If you will say nothing elmtever about the missing Portuguese bonds. lt SeentS so care - 70 YEARS VS, 30 YEARS, jAT THE PAN-AMERICAN I$ THIS TO. 13=flId7S, faa) NAN'S • Medical and. Sanitary Knowledge Have Increased and. in Are • Lasting aonger. In spite of all thet has been writ- ten concerning the present days be- ing days when the young maxi is ailed upon to fill responsible and important positious, there is unmis- takable evidence to prove that old P155 are fighting hard for Places near the top. At no time in Previ- ous history. for instance, hae there ever been so large a number of inert over sixty earning handsome liviogs as there is to -day. la London, on the Stock Ex- change, and elsewhere, aged men are elingmg to places held by them :duce they were young. And now that sta- tistics amply prove teat there is a ull in the airtia-rate, there is fur- ther ground for supposing that the • • • • •••• PANAD.IIQDE PAIRAT TE RplapITIOtto (Special by Martha Craig.) The Cauadian portion ot the Model Dairy is tattler the euperintendeuee of N. E. W. Eiderkin. et Asaheret. Nova Scotia, President ot the. Mari- time Stock Breeders' Association, which embraces New Brueswich, Prince Edward • Island. and Nova Scotia, assisted by his son. Ie. W. Ch •leaderain, a, student • of Guelpli Ag- ricultural college, Ontario. • Later on live stock will be sent to the Pau -American by private Ana- viduals, Mr. le. W. E.:Merida is ex- pected to love Buflala soon. Tie is goiag to Canada to inspect all the iive stock before they are sent over. The Model Dairy barn is situated near the East Amherst gate. and i a, centre of attraction to those in- terested in. agriculture. and a matter of euriosity to city people. Here it is proposed to care for and feed the • old men mil not budge- In 1878 cows, and prepare their product for the eirth-rote was MO. in MO it the merket in as nearly an ideal seek to 20.3 per thoesancle-the low- way as possible. In the barn are to est recorded birtberate tor Ragland,' be found the herds of live eows each Then, again, men and women are Canada is represented by Rye lierelS, • living longer than they did. Medi- vie, eamasteios, jerseys,. Ayrsbires, 1 and salutary knowledge -have IP'• Short Horns, and French Canadians. d and humanity bits reaped the The remaining herde, vl. -Guerit meat. So that old fellows ofstye- _ selee. Iled Polled, Polled Jereeys ntr are hale and licartY out( a" "Welt Belted, and Brown. Swiss are enabled to cling to the excitement ownU by Americaus. The Canocliart and remuneratiou of daily toil, when formerly they would have given up leave._ eows with their °wears are 40 W- and taken well-earned rest. •AYRSIIIR A great authority, 'When recently writing on the subject •of the lower- 1. KirStY Weelace uf Aue ed. birth -rete, says that there le Robert Reford, Ste. Anita s Ine reeoMPenSe in the feet that we 'Me. 'a ROW in a fair way to rectify the 2. Betsy let of Fairfield Nains- vinous waste which for genera- Robert, Retort!, Ste. Mine de Belle - tions has gone on In theelestruction True. of lives wilich never live to repay 3. Lady Flora of Orchardton-W the outlay upon. them. W. Ogilvie, Lachine Rapids, Que. In plain language this only means 4. Alite 2rel of Leseueesock-W.W. that men are lasting longer in con- Ogilvie, Lachine Repels. Que. sequence of improved constitutioas S. Pearl of Woodside -Robert NeeS. and • Newick. BETTER SURROUNDING'S. • FRENCH CA NAPI A NS. I. Lune, Flora -Long Points Asy- um, Long Points, Que. 2. Rouen -College Viessomption. Long Points, Que, 3. Luna -Joseph Dugeo, St. Jac- ques. Que. 4. Denise Championne-Areeria, Den- is, St. Norbert, Que. Douchette-J. li. Gliay, Chl- couUml, Que. JERSEYS, long over it? Theu the cashier came out with his face as white as a sheet, walked with faltering stop into his glass box, and thett-it was plainly visib/e 'through the transparent partitiou- buried his head in his hands. Something wrong indeed t The ii.ext move was from Mr. Waldo, who called in Percy Aleggitt,ethe assist- ant -cashier, "The day is getting on," said the banker. "Uave these sent round at once, Mr. Meggitt." "Are they complete sir? Perhaps I had better run over the list with Mr. Surtees to make sure," "It is not necessary," replied Mr. Waldo ; "I have just done vo with Mr. Surface myself." • "Very good, sir. If they're all right-" • "Yes, yes; they're all aight. That will do, No, by the way, how stupid of me 1 There is a parcel of Portuguese, £9,000 worth, 'which I . leave retained. They were for Lem- ming and Cornecup. As you pass, Just beg Mr. Limning to step rolled here -and -and -send Hoskins to me. Meggitt bowed and left the parlor, his hands full of papers, and his manner of importance. The work .of distributing the securities was 'usually Mr. Surtees's, but the cash - ter that day was evidently slot equal . to the occasion., Hoskins, who went into the parlor next, was the senior porter, an old o tere as staunch o. earventto tee erne• as he had been to the Queen. 'rev would. have trusted him with untold gold at Waldo's ; abeve all, he could. be trusted to hold his tongue. • "Take this telegram at once to the central office, Hoskins," eald his em- ployer ; "and then this letter to Scotland Yard. Not a word in the office, mind, about oither of these messages." • "Right, sir," said Hoskins, brief- • ly.; and, with the military salute he would have given" a 'field -Marshall; • the old porter withdrew. The • telegram was • addressed to lyfr- °flesh -nits , 'Dandy,. the senior partner, who lived at Wimbledon, . and who eeldom, if ever, came to town, except' when called upon to advise iis•to the 'larger- operetions of the bank, ,in which his great experi- ence :lad keen financial insight made • hiut • an. inv,tuable sulthority. • Mr. Dandy ' left, the whole control • and management to Mr. Waldo. But the settior partner was wanted this morning. , • Your presence urgently required,'' . so ran • thes me.ssage. "Securities missing from strong -room. Very miatertious affair. Have sent for ,the police' • . The letter conveyed 'by Hoskins to the authorities at S co tl and Yal•cl WEIS, ix, effect, a request that one of their' practised and astute detectives might be placed at the 'disposal of the bank. There was a strong sus- picion that a felony had been perpe- trated, wee messrs. Candelene laindcr and there were four hundred and HE XEN0 PRESENTING THE IecitePH AFRICAN WAR MEDAL ON THE ROUSE GUARDS PARADE. Eerie Roberts, Cenanander-le-Chiefheads the of reeipients. Ofty of them. They attracted my attentioe when I last went into the strong -room with Mr. Surtees." "Mr. Surtees "Yes; our chief cashier. He and alone have access to the strong - Clean." "Each of you has your own key 9" "Yes, arid they ore always in our ossession-at least. I can *Answer for mine." awl Mr. Waldo pointed to lus watch -chain; "and I have every reason to believe that Mr. Surtees is equally careful of For some little time Mr. leaske made no •remark, but eat there nurse . ing his leg, and apparently closely examining the knot with which his right shoestring was tied. "Lock been tampered with ?" lie, said suddenly. but with a gentle • voice, as if aSking the question of himself. "Not the slightest, signs of It. so far as 1 can see." "Perhaps 1 had better see •for my- self. Can. we get to the strong- room without attracting attention ?" "It. is there," said Mr. Waldo, pointing to the red -baize door at the end of the room. Mr. Fasee, without another word, got up, went straight to the baize door. opened it, struck n Welfare match o5 his boot, 'and hold it close to the lock of the heavy iron door within. "Ali 1 one of Stubb's patents ; Aothing like them, they are the safest in the world. Never anew any one but 'Velvet Ned" who was a match for patent Stubbs. But this one has uot been tampered with, that is dear. Have you your key, sir?" Mr. Waldo removed his key from his watch -chain, and. handed it to the detective, who immediately unlocked the door, "As I thought, It works all right ; there has been no foul play with the lock." Then he locked the door, returned the key, and went back to his seat in the parlor. A fresh pause and a still closer ex- amination of the shoestring. Then, quite suddenly, as before, Mr. Faske asked : "And this Mr. Surtees ?" "One of the oldest -in fact the old- est and most trusted of our employ- es. He has beea in the service of the bank these thirty years; indeed, 'we were clerks together. 1 cermet bring myself to suspect him." "H'm, Is he here ? May I see him ?" "Of course; but perhaps it would be as well to wait until Mr. Dandy. arrives. He is our senior partner. I telegraphed for him the moment I missed the bonds." "Quite so, quite so. We will wait for Mr. Dandy," and with that Mr. Faske retnened.to. his all -absorbing occupation, with his right leg and shoe. Half -an -hour more elapsed, and then Mr. Dandy arrived. A slim., well -made little man, with rather a stoop in the shoulders, and a shufiling walk indicative of ad- vancing years. 1 -le was extremely neat exid natty in his appearance, more like an old beau from the west end than a magnate of thefanancial world. Directly lie entered the parlor err. Waldo erose 'he had been a clerk when Mr. Deady was a partner, and the old feeling of respect for his su- perior clung to, him to the last. Mr. Faske also got up from his chair, and, after the partners had shaken 'hands, he was formally introduced. "Well, • Waldo, what is all - this ? Thieves in the bank -hey? what - What does it all mean ?" • Mr. Dandy spoke in the feeble, chirpy voice of a yery old man. But there was„tauch keenness'reft, in the dark and piercing eyes, one glance at wlech, , Lind at the somewhat prominent nose, ought to have warn- edintelligent persons' not te expect to get the better of Mr. Dandy in a bargain or in anything else., To be continued, ' •Sandringham cost $1,200,000. The average rate for English towns is 4s 6d. I feat-, said the physician, as he came from the siek room, that your wife's mind is entirely gone., Well, replied the other man with a sigh of seeming relief, I'm not at all sur- prised. She's been giving me a piece of it daily ever since we were Mar- ried, WHAT DIVERS ZAIthI. • • • "Ileeir Pay M High, Bee it is Dangerous Business, raan must possess good nerves The tight which has for so long r- end phyeical strength to be a (liver. ed sharply in seine ludostries be- sald Md been engngt11 in tween tie; young men and tha, old that profession for the last eighteen -11 t ! •............• will SONV 411EZA, WAIV BEcoX, • IN% WBA1,4TITY. 7474 WlYriatrItrjItaeet°lInX.' cepa 0Q-nviCtt Early tete 'preeept century iltrAt?rt jx.:;47y,f4wwLe$4, oarct. itrig memander, Captain 'W. Lake. 'nig. tapped a barrel •ef beer ,rieten 115 ship was on short •eilowence., ...The Pions:ill:gent was illegal. Captale t441rfobrtisevIligtyllogfl°cetertaveeliege? a.*43.1'9°U.4grt• " mertiele and Jeffery threatened te report the matter to the Admiralty on his return to EAglauch 'wberetipori his inhuman commander zet, hine ashore on the uninhebited island of •Scrinletdbreatwei4.yi.n the West Indies, and. Jeffery was, bowever. reeceed br an Americart tratileg veesel, after Ita.ving endergoue feerfel privatione. and • eventually werked his paSSage to London. Here ftial Otteo was teem tip by Sir Frauds Burdett. who se- cured for hien 4600 comperteatioa from Captain Lae. who .weee, inoree tried by court-euertiat and die. (1, the eervict., Jeffery. ineteed (11.3e:tiering hie, mangy, letireitaefed dtwill of two shops in his zin- c tmouwitil.. of Portereouth ad,.41e4a AN INNOCEN'P MAN. The ease of 'William Henry Barber, London solicitor, 'whe. in 18444 • was sentenced to 14, long terea 0fi • einseortetien 'for an alleged forgery which he was intiocent, wae eri eptionally hard ow. In those days discipline in our over -sea. penal settlements was enforced .with ruth- ess severity. and poor Barbel", tortly atter his arrival., was Aogged for some trfallug dereliction of duty. He never held up hie head agaiii; and although after four years of =tee his in:meet:ye was made plain, it as but 'wreck of an English gen- that maimed to his waive Ian receive. with the coPgratite 1 thins of his friends, the Sum of 000 which, perilemeut bed voted es a FligLt compensation unmerited sufferings. Curiously enough, within a e*ery few months of Me. Barberes ease bo- ing vie made public another itzeocent con - an exeshoopheeper Teemed Dump was diecovered in the chain -gang et Norfolk Istand. received a "par- don." arid .tette aina presented with about P.2.000, raised in the Austral- ian Colonies by public sobscription. Unlike Barber, however, he did not C12005 to return to England, but settled in New South Wales as .4 5110012 farmer. At his death. some twenty yeere• ago. it was found that he hatl left the whole di his Mega •fortune to charity. 'WEALTHY RUSSIAN FAMILY. years to the writer. when question" become etill fiercer. If tere are ed. as to the qualilicatiorie necessary (twee young men it must uuturally to make a successful diver. ave hfollow that the odds will gradually known many an instauce where an were in the tile men's fuvor; the op - apparently strong mau his refused posing force as it lessens in numbers to make a second descent into the will eteeieuely grow weaker, and water. The sensotione one feels in many descenaing into the Sea frothe first merry old boys of eeventy will tune are decidedly strange. There sdtetlectet(l oyt1,1,euitehsjo,bios x%wnlille holding the is Inver/414 a buzzing in the ears, jag byan 5a0n1Ucecifi's131: tohfiswiosorrnPan- advantages,yet;•setv;virtled wdVall,leliansieagite8s would undoubtedly be great; 11. A diver's dress is very heavy, from would not be one with that varlet 180 to 200 lb. The helmet alone that sparkle, that bright sunshine, weighs 50 lbs. In the water. how- that lively mirth wbich is associated ever, the whole dress does not weigh with all that is young and inexpert - more than 50 lb. to 00 lb. I once 'enced. That indefinable charm, worked in the dress in the hold of a which is always eo closely linked ship amongst some broken barrels of with all that le uttexpected and un - gametic soda,. It was impossible to tried, would be absent. There would move the cargo without suck pro- be a dull sobriety and a damping si- tection from the fumes. I worked ileum about the earth; it might be away for two days In that hold, but 1 decorous without being wiser, fiat ha,ving no water to take off the and yet no more moral. It would • weight of the suit my limbs meted assuredly he much more timorous Lor months afterwards. Most oia the professional divers lia.ve been trained from boyhood at Whitstable, England, and earn front $20 to $35 a, day tvbeirat work. The ordinary fee for a diver with his assistants-naraely, tWo boys to work the air -pumps, lied an attend- ant -is $25' a. day. When the work is dangerous the fee is greater, For instance, on some wrecks 1 have re- ceived as much as $35 a day and all expenses paid. A good diver is sel- dom in want of a job. He is known to nearly all the big salvege com- panies, who are always wanting men in all parts of the world. 11. is possible now for a num to re- main live or six hours under water without the least inconvenience. By the submarine lamp, which was in- vented a, few years ago for the use, of divers, one can even see fairly dis- tinctly at night. Do you know that some few years ago IMIloram, well-known diver, lit one of these lamps, when they first .came out, at a depth of 36 ft. in iene of the docks, and read an article from aepaper by it. It was perfectly audible to those above through the speaking -tube. Some members of the Admiralty were present at the time. Halloram was a very daring individual, and the only diver, I believe, who ever smoked. a cigar uader water, and this he did in Kingston Harbor. Of course, the cigar was lit and placed in his mouth before the helnaet was put on. p AN OBEDIENT PATIENT. An old doctor, whose memory was beginning to fail him, was called in to sae a young mat who was ill. On arrivIno• a, the house he found his patient in bed with nothing the mat- ter with him but a slight cold. Af- ter prescribing the usual remedies he said: Now, my dear sir, you must stay in'bed till .1 come again. • He went away end forgot all about his patient. The time flew by. Gne day the M. D. came across the young man's mother in the street. The: sight of Mrs. Jones brought his pa- tient t� his mind, and with a start he said: • By -the -bye, how is your son getting on? • To his amaiament Mrs. Jones re- plied that he was still in bed, °bed- ientto his commands. • He had been there three weeks. • SWEDEN'S SCHOOL !GARDENS. • Scientific , gardening is taught in the national schools of Sweden and in • the seminaries • for • the educe, - tion of national school teachers - 'There is a school garden in nearly every • rural 'School district . in the kingdom. The garden is placed near the school honse, and the children receive practical instructio'n in the cultivation of plants, berrie,s, Row- ers, herbs, aad fruits, the_ raaaa.ge- inent of hotbeds, grgehoueest and so forth. The parishes are required to furnish the necessary ground for the gardens, and trees •and shrubare annually given to the children to be planted at their homes. und unprogressive. Economists predict a perfect hy- gienic world. and, at the same time, conclitiees that must cause grave concern to all for whom brightness and advancement and 0120027 moa- ners have any •attraction. As a larger laid larger percent- age of the population lives its full term, and has increased opportunities of doing more work, the young man will fincleit is Larder and still herder to emerge from the lower positions in life. The ve.can- cies will be fewer to an alarming extent, The victory of the old man will result in the idleness, may be the penury of the young man. An ever-increasing host of persons who maintain. a fairly vigorous condition of mind and body is bound to be to the disadvantage of the lad who would work hard to bo encouraged by the prospect of AN nAnLy ADVANCE. Many young men will go in for tredes •mid professions for which they know themselves to be unfitted simply because they will learn of the remote chances , of progress 'in the special line that they would have se- lected had the field been open. In France this state of affairs - is said to be much in evidence. The stationary character of the popula- tion there has given rise to many schemes, and many hoped-for reme- dies ha.ve already been put forward cold found wanting. However gro- tesque and fantastic the plan may be for redressing the evil, the French appear to favor it. Even in Australia, • where of all places conditions are thouglit to be conducive to a high birth-rate and rapid growth in every desirable di- rection things are not so. Satisfac- tory as could be wished, and there is a tendency in the birth-rate to fall. The chief reason seems to be that the proportion of "fertilo” Marriages is not on the rise but on the decrease. Twenty years ago the birth-rate waS- higher than it is to- day, despite all that leis been done in the way of better housing and better living. The birth-rate among the Australian -born women, too, is lewer than it is among European women who bave left their natiVe lands and emigrated to the colony, wbrich decrease has been regular persistent since the year 1881. ' Over there, as in Great Britain, the death -rate has been low, so that as time goes 011 there is little or no ground for doubting that unless a. radical change takes place, this world will largely beCome an old man's world. • We shall see old men behind • the shop -counter, old engine -drivers, old soldiers and sailors, and bakei7s and tailors, and candle -stick makem • ' • Belligerent Tramp -Your money or your life. Belated Citizen -1'm sor- ry, but I just settled, for my wife's new Whale ha this alternoon, and Belligerent Tramp (interrupt- ing) --Say no more, old chap; l've been there myself: Ilere's a quarter to help you get a fresh start in busi ness. • 1, Gypsy of Sprueegrove. Cat - an Government. 2. Printroee Perk's Prutle--W. E. . Massey. Toronto. Ont. 3. Queen Mae, et Greenwood-W.E.• . Massey, Toronto, Ont. 4. Maple Avenue's Rexina-le. N. Neil. LuCart, Ont. 5. Mossy of Ilurieey -Canadian overnment. HOLSTEINS. .1. Meg -0. A. College, Guelph, Out. 2. Linke Mercedes De:KO-Matt. Melee -demo Cededouia, Ont 3. Meat Aggle-Matt. Richardson, Caledonia,, Ont. 4. Beauty of Norval -Wm. McClure Norval, Ont. 5. Tidy Abbeicerk-11. Bollert, Cassel, Ont. SHORT HORNS. 1. Rest: 3r4 -W. 0. Pettit and Son. Freeman, Ont. 2. lath Princess of Thule -A. W. Smith, eletple Lodge, Ont. 3. Delay 1).-0. D. Muer,. Sparta. Ont. 4. Miss Molly -Canadian Govern - 5. Queen Bess -Canadian Govern- nie:,iit. rjecows are melee a six months' test, lasting from the lst of May to the lst of November. There are four prizes to be competed for: lst, for the herd showing the greatest net Profit, butter fat alone -considered, as determined hy the Pabcock test. 2nd, for the herd showing tho great- est net profit, butter alone consider- ed, as determined by the churns. 3rd, for the herd showing the great- est net profit in total solids. 4th, for the herd showing the .greatest net prpfit in total solids and in loss •andrigain in live weight. Each herd isem charge of a competent herds - Man, who makes it his business to study and put into praotice the most profitable methods of handling and feeding each individual cow -under his charge. Feeding 'is done three times a. day. All feed is weighed to, each cow, and charged against her. at a. lixed price, the prices are got by averaging the pries prevailing throughout the United States and Canada, dulled the pa -It *eve years. • The cows are milked three times ai day -at 5 a. nt., 1230 noon, and 8 p. m. All milk is weighed and ac- curate records kept. From each milking is taken samples. for both the hectometer and 33abcock tester. The lactometer readings are made each day, but the Babcock tester is only used. once a. week on .Lhe composite samples of twenty-one mindngs. The amount of batter is estimated on the basis of 85 per cent. fat, For the purpose of ease in hand- ling, and economy, only one day's milk is used each week, to find the actual amount of butter made by each herd; the total amount of but- ter for the week being flgured on the basis of what is produced in one , day. At present the Guernseys are leading, with the AVrshires second, Jerseys third, and leol.steins fourth. The three leading Canadian herds are fast gaining on the Guernseys, and Canadians may look for these three herd8 to be leading at the close of the six months' test, HAD TO GET OUT OP 7riat WAY. Magistrate -What's the charge against this man? • Officer --Scorching. Magistrate (to prisoner) - Have you anything. to say? Prisoner -Nothing: only there was wonme learning to ride a wheel coming behind me. Magistrate -Honorable discharged. Next. - • Since 1840 the population of Eur - ape has increased 33 per cent, but the number of thildren attending school, 115 per cent. There Is no wealthier family in Ruesio, than the Inpukins of 1.Jstil- 12012, and banters. Thcee owe the fouotletion of their vest fortune to a hideous punish.' went inflicted upon their beautiful and accomplished ancestrese' Ma- dame Lalmkin. by the cruel and et- dolent Czarina Elleabetb. The un- happy lady was publicly kuouted, after width ber tongue was torn out and she was banished to the Siber- lan mines for life. From her sub- terraneun' prison she was. however, rescued by Peter III.. who bestowed upoa lter personally a. million of rou- bles, and upon her husband sundry orniouely valuable eetates and Ming rights in the then little de- veloped mountain region lying bee tween Ustillich and Pass Neer. Finally, mention ought to be made of Titus Oates, who received a pen- sion of 300 as some sort of com- pensation for having undergone one of the severest castigations on re- cord. Ile had been sentenced to be flogged falai Aldgate to Newgate, and, after an interval of two days, from Newgate to Tyburn. This tete rible punishment was so rigorously carried out that, according to a con- temporary account, he might as well have been 4a,yed alive. NOVEL CHURCH SERVICE. A church service in the hollow of a tree recently took place in Gipps- land, the Eastern province of Vic- toria, where the Duke of Cornwall has had some shooting. A giant euealyptus, or "gum tree," had been cut through at a distance of 20 feet from the ground. The remaining part of the trunk was then hollowed out and roofed overhead. A room 25 feet in breadth was thus formed. It was found capable of accommodat- ing e. congregation of fifty. But it is not to be permanently used as a church. Its owner iatends convert- ing it into a crethnery.. • T-Frr, SEA'S CIRCULATION. Deep-sea dredgings show that most of the sea -bottom is a region of cold the temperature of the water even at the equator being sometimes be- low the freezing point of fresh water For a, time science could not offer any satisfactory explanation for this strange condition ; but it is • now proved that the water of all the oceans circulates steadily not only in the familiar superficial currents of which the Gulf Stream is the most representative type; but in a slow • and mighty movement froln the it and antarctic poles, creep- ing southward and northward along the sea -bottom to the hot regions of the equator, there risieg to the sur- face very slowly and setting north- ward and southward toward the poles. It• Vans keeps up a constant circulation.. WEDDING PARTY OP 03.70LISTS. A wedaing itt which all the partic- ipators were cyclists took place tL, Si. Mary's Church, Fulham, Norfolk, England, a few days ago, The coin- - pany, about twenty in number, rode ' to the church oit taStefully decorat- ed machines. The beide was attir- ed in spotless white,. nor were the orange blossoms ania the veil left , . . out,. whilst the bri‘0.44M.s. also in