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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-5-8, Page 200410e AO.Dre' 000060041)000600o0(4, wit,09 660000000066)(00 —OR THE DESTRUCTION OF A PROUD SPIRIT, ifitt t*eseae)telSoffje oaegoetiet190100' 10(90(90(96 SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING APTUR-liargaret 13:0Ward, On the eve of departure to join her Se- Cretly married laisband, leaves her child with Susan Rivers and is drowned at sea. Susan rears the child, Daisy, as her own, and dies, )ler daughter, Margaret, alone knows Daisy's secret. Lord Lisle seeks his child, aud Margaret, taking Daisy's birthright, announces herself his daeghter. She falls in love with his nephew, Philip. Daisy, Lord Lisle's true daughter, Joins her foster -sis- ter, and captivates Philip, who Lord Lisle, on his death -bed, makes pro- taiista to marry Rita. Philip becomes Loitd Lisle ; asks her •to marry him. Ralph Ashton, to whoui she is en- gaged, writes asking her to be true to her promise. ••••••••••••••••• CHAPTER XIX. Next morning brought auother let- ter from Ralph. Mrs. Wyverne ed it to Rita. A. dark, angry flush covered her face as she received it ; the common blue envelope, the rude style of address, the clumsy seal, all formed so great a contrast with the elegant letters that came with. it. "That looks like a tradesinan's bill, Rita," said Mrs. Wyverne, 55 she passed the envelope to her.. She made some slight remark, then put the letter away. Had she dared she would have torn it into shreds, and stamped upon the pieces ; but fear comptilled her to read what he had written. Her heart sickened at the pasSimi- ate, loving words, "His olyn Rita," he called her -"his wife that was to be. Yes, he would wait patiently, but only for a short time. Be must ave her soon, and hear from her own lips when she would become his wife." .It was Well for Ralph Ashton that he did not see the bitter contempt on the face of the wonian he loved. She trerabled with angry indigna- tion ; she hated herself for her folly haviug ever given such a man pewer over her. "I must have been mad !" she cried. "Did I sell myself for a pair of diamond ear -rings and the plea- sure of hearing a /eta flattering words ?" All that day she spent with Mrs. Wyverne, orderiag and selecting cost- ly dresses of every description ; try- ing, in the whirl of business and. gayety, to forget all fear. Never was bride or fiancee so mag- nificently portioned. Mrs. Wyverne seemed to wish to lay all the tree. - sures of earth at the feet of her beautiful grandchild. Rita's eyes ached with the glitter and sheen of all that was brilliant and rare. Could anyone be so mad as to think that she would -give up all this to become the wife of a man she detested -give up the title she had set her heart upon-gire up the po- sition she had longed for -and. more than that, the man she loved ? Yet she awaited Ralph's next step in fear. What would he do. ?'TVould he force his way into the house and demand to see her ? Would he call and ask for her ? Would he write and insist upon a meeting ? She knew not ; she walked blindly, like one -non the edge of a precipice, who neither sees nor cares to see the brink. The exhibition of the Royal Aca- demy of thatyear was considered an unusually euccessful one. The whole fashionable world went to see Mr. Ferne's wouderful picture, "Con- demned." People raaed of its simple pathos, its grand execution, its tragical story. It was the picture of a young and beautiful girl alone in a prison cell; a sunbeani coming in through the narrow grating touched her bowed had with its golden glory. There was a tragical history in the beau- tiful, despairing face. Love that ed, anxiously. "What has alarmed knew no bounds or measure had you ?" played in the beautiful eyes now so "A resemblance," she said ; "per - haggard and wticl ; lore that had haps only a fancied one." yielded to jealousy and led to crime. She did not look repentant or sor- rowful, although the life -blood of the (9 0 0 000006060 Mission to join the party. He at- tached himself to Rita's side, and Lord Lisle walked a little in advance, with Daisy. "This is an unexpeeted happiness," said Captain. Darcy to Rita.. "I am leaving England, and may not have another opportunity of saying fare- well to you." "Leaving England 9" said Rita, indifferently. "When, and why 9" "In three days from now," he re- plied. "I have exchanged into a regiment going to India.. That is when ; I wish I dare tell you why." `Iron can if you will," she said, interested by the handsome, melan- choly face, and the sad, patient voice. "May I ?" ho asked. "And. you proraise not to be angry ? Oh, let me tell you, Miss Lisle ; give me one kind word and let me take it into exile with me 1 You cannot help being the most beautiful and noble of women," he continued ; "and I cannot help loving you. Do not be angry, Miss Lisle ; I loved you the first moment I saw you, and I said to myself then that I would freely give my life to win one kind word from you. I cannot h,elp loving you; but I am a. raan of honor and a. gentleman. They tell me you are going to marry Lord Lisle, and I bow to my fate. I shall go far from you, where I may learn to forget the love that is at once the bane and the pride of my life," "I am sorry," began Rita, ; but he interrupted her. "Do not say that, Miss Lisle. ; do not let me think I have ever brought one sad thought to you. Believe me, looking upon you now for the last time, I say that 1 would rather love you, and love you in vain, than be happy with any other woman in the wide world." He stopped abruptly, and Rita knew not what to say. Once before she had heard words like these - words that seemed to chime with the falling waves and the murmuring. winds. "I ought not to have told you this," he said ; "it would have been nobler and braver to have gone away and have let my secret be buried with me. But you will give inc one word to cheer my exile. I have light, warmth, and happiness with you ; I go out into darkness and cold. Say something to me that I may remember in the years to come." "I say you are a noble man, Cap- tain Darcy," said Rita, gently. "I predict that there is happiness yet in store for you." "No," he replied. "I may find peace, but not happiness, Miss Lisle. There conies a thunder -cloud occa- sionally in the brightest summer sky. Life lies all singing before you; but trouble rnay come. If ever it should -if ever you should need a friend with a strong arm and a true heart, will you promise to remember me ? I would come /roma the utmost ends of the world to serve you." "I will remember," she said. And the time came when she would have given much for such aid as be could have offered her. shall go away happier," he said. "I am glad I spoke to you, Miss Lisle." He looked into the beautiful face upraised to his with a sweet smile. Suddenly he saw it change ; the brilliant color all faded; the white lips parted and uttered a low ay. She laid one hand upon his arm. "Hasten !" she said, in a voice he scarcely recognized -"hasten on I" She walked with rapid footsteps ; it was with difficulty he kept pace with her. When they left the park and turned down the broad path she re- laxed her speed and turned to him. Her face was still white, and her lips quivering. "What is it, Miss Lisle ?" he ask - "If anyone annoyed you," he said, '1 wonld---'' "What would you do ?" she inter- namu she had loved stained her rented with a smile. hand. There was power and passion "Shoot him," replied Captain capability of endeavor, all expressed Darcy,. "without any remorse." • in the delicate features. The white. She looked almost wistfully at hands, heavily elminea, were clasped him. Ah 1 if some brave man like together,but not in prayer. this would but espouse her cause, It was a grand picture ; people and free her from the wretched per - looked at it and left it in silence. secution that blighted her life ! If Strong emotion does not always call she could but tell him all, and ask forth words. There was nothing to himto free her from Ralph Ashton ? he said about it ; the story told its But, no, she Could not share her self. Lord Lisle called one morning aliseraise secret. It must be kept at and asked Daisy and Rita to go with any price. him to .see the far-famed picture. Margaret Lisle committed many -Pray let us walk through the grave crimes .during that morning. park," said Daisy. "I am quite She had made, perhaps, the greatest tired of going everywhere in a car- riage. See, . Rita, how the sun shines ; the birds will be all singing and the chestnut trees in flower, Let us walk." "1 ant quite willing," said Rita„ indifferently. Provided she were with Philip she eared for little else. ."You had better make a ravishing toilet," continued Daisy; with . smile. ; and Rita agreed with her. It was the first time since the an- nouncement of their engagement that she had gone out with Lord Lisle, and she resolved to do honor to the occasion. Philip thought h'e had never seen intense loathing and disgust. her looking so beautiful all details Suddenly she perceived that he re - 61 millinery- were lost upon him. He etaseized her. ' She saw the start of saw a radiant vision clad in rich, surprise ; the uncontrollable joy -sweeping Silk, with a cloud of /ace that brightened his face ; the quick, falling artistically in all directions. eager manner in which he hastened The queeely head was covered with to meet her ; the outstretched hand. a little gem of a bomieta-white lace extended in greeting; For once. self - again. One crimson !fewer, glowing control failed her; disgust overcame like thc heart of a pomegranate, Alta/ upon the massive coils of clark Just as they entered the • park, Captain Dare,y inOt. thern. On. hear - leg ;keit' fitesfixeKtion hO 1,,kgged ettr- mistake of her life. She had convert- ed Ralph Ashton's passionate love into fierce hate -she had changed a devoted lover into an implacable foe. --Walking with Captain Darcy -lis- tening to the warn, eager words, she had, for the moment, forgotten all else save him, when, suddenly; crossing the park at somelittle dis- tance, she saw Ralph Ashton. Her quiek eyes noted the dark, handsome face, grown coarse and sunburned ; the vulgar, ill-fitting clothes, the large, ungloted hands, and show,y ring. ITer heart sickened at sight of him. She felt nothing but the Most fear ; she laid h.er hand upon Cap- tain Darcy's arm, and turaed in- dignantly away. Ralph Saw it all -the disgust; ecu - tempt, and fear that. blanched her Ce t the hasty gesture ot void- unae ; the hurried manner in which she evaded and avoided hint, At first he was stunned as with a heavy blow. The girl who had listened te 114n on the seashore, Who had re- peated the: binding oath in the garden at queen's Lynne, who had pronnsed to be his wife whezi. he should. return 'and claim b°17 -the girl for whom he had worked and toiled day and night, after nearly four years of absence, had eoolly looked in his face and passed him by With dislike aud. avoidance. For some minutes he could not re- alize it. The shook seemed to have paralyzed him. When he recovered, Rita, had passed out of sight, and 'Ralph's anger was something- fearful to witness. "So," he said slowly to himself, "that is it 1 She sent' me a few sugared weeds, thinking to put me off -meaning to deceive me. She passed me by ; . she was afraicl to speak to me before that fine officer 1 She looked as though she hated me, and 1 -oh, heavens 1 I have loved her so I" Was he ashamed of the Sharp, stinging pain that rankled in his heart -of the hot tears that blinded his eyee like falling rain ? They ehanged him ; love grew into fterde hate. Margaret Lisle committed that morning one of the most fatal errors in her erring life. There and then, before leaving the park, Ralph meditated long, and formed the plans so fatal to the girl he loved. "You will not tell ine what alarm- ed yoe, Miss Lisle ?" said Captain Darcy .again. • "it was nothing," she said, "but a fancied resemblance to one I knew and dreaded years ago. I,have quite recovered from my alarm. Let us speak of pleasanter things. Have you seen this famous picture ?" "No," replied the captain. "And if you will pardon me, Miss Lisle, will leave you here. I will make my apologies to Lord Lisle. I am not in the mood for looking at pic- tures." "As you will," said Rita, gently. "Say those words to me again, Miss Lisle ; bid me God speed on my journey !" For one half mothent she hesitated. Surely the lips so steeped in lies should not utter that name. "Good-bye, C,aptain Darcy !" she said. "God speed you. I shall al- ways reniember you." He turned away lest she Should see the emotion on his face. "Going ?" said Lord Lisle. "Ala, you soldiers are very fickle ! I thought you wanted to see the 'Con- demned Good morning ; I shall see you at the club this evening." "Captain Darcy looks very melan- choly, Rita," said Daisy. "Have you been cross, or proud, or inflexi- ble ?" r "No," said Rita, with a startled look ; have been passive, Daisy. That is the most I can say for my- self." (To Be Continued.) WHAT CAME OF INTERRUPTION, "Yon ought to have seen Mr. Marshall when he called on Dolly the other night !" remarked Johnnie enthusiastically to his sister's young man, who was taking tea with the family. "I tell you he looked fine a setting there alongside of her, with his arm—" "Johnnie," gasped his sister; 'her face assuming the color of .a; boiled lobster. "Well, so he did," persisted John- nie. "He had his arm—" "John !" screamed his frantically. "Wily," whined the now frightened -boy, "1 wasa---" "You- bey," roared . his "get out 1" And Johnnie "got," crying as he went H. "I was only going to say that he had his army clothes on, and Dolly knows he had, too !" mother badly father, HUGE VISITING CARDS In Korea visiting cards measuring a foot square are in vogue. The savages of Dahomey announce their visits to each other by sending in advance a wooden board or the branch of a tree artistically carved. When the visit is paid the "card" returns to the possession of its own- er, who probably uses it for many years. The natives of Sumatra use for a visiting card it piece of wood about a foot long, decorated with a bunch of straw and a knife. Pil To prove to eon that; Dr. sChase's Ointraent is a certain and absolute cure for each and every form of itching, - bleeding and protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed IL &fetes. timonials in the daily press and ask your neigh- bors what they think o fit, You can use it and get your money back it not cured. Cec a box, al all dealers or BeameenaDares Se Co.,Toronto, Dr, Chaeels intra ant WOULD NOT ACIREE. A gentleman whose garden, to his no small loss of money•and peace of mind, adjoins the. grounds of a, pub- lic school, made repeated complaints to the masters as to his tree being literally stripped of their fruit, even before it was moderately ripe. Rut notwithstanding all his expostula- tions, the mischief continued. At last, utterly weary of asking the masters for their protectiou, he decided to appeal to the boys, and, sending for one, said : "Now, My good lad. I'm not going to say that you took m3r fruit, but I have no doubt that you know about it, and I want to make an agreement with you and your com- panions. If the fruit is only allote- ed to remain on the trees till it becomes ripe you shall have half." "Well, sir," the boy .replied, crtifet- ly, "I am unable to say anything to that proposal on my own responsi- bility, but I Will do ray best to make it widely known .in the sehool, and you shall hear the decision to -mors rove," The eventful morrow carte, and With it this staggering reply : "The gentlemen of — cannot risme to re- ceive so unequai e share of 'the fruit, since Mr. — is only One and they are many." FOR FARMERS BeaSedable athl Profitilble , fllOts ler the Busy Tillers ?: of the Soil. *0.41i.**64:(00'?1';*9•?Kl*°+:4**PitE•0.**iff . DEVON CATTLE. - The Devon has been in the past, and is to -day, the poor man's cow, writes Mr. 3. E. GifTeird. We have practically three, types of Devons. "The Little Devon" can be found in many places, showing excellent milk- ing qualities. Then we have- • the larger beef type, which is usual:1y •tho winner at most fairs, showing pate- tically no .milking qualities, 'And then • we have scattered all about sometimes, itwholeherd-more often it few head only -that are of good size and • show excellent milking qualitiesI believe that moSt . of those who breedheet animals claim that among. these they often have splendid milkers. Now I wish to give you my ides of a dual purpose animal, and I believe 1 alai supported by Prof, Shaw and those other achnirers and studentsof this type of animal. In the first place, r. believe that the cow should be a .goocl milkipg animal, of good size. These two qualitiee Must go together. If fresh in milk, or Only a few months along she may be rather thin and approaching the wedge Shape. As she approaches the time of calving, she rounds out over the shoulders, and takes on more of the beef ferns. When fresh, she should have a well developed -udder, With good mine veins, and milk well, the 'teats well placed and of equal - length. In outline she should be• such as goes to make up a well-bred animal, clean cut and well balanced. throughout. If she is not a good milker, butlarge, she must fall into either the beef or no purpose type, and if too small, sbe must be elass- ed either as distinCtly•dairy, ' OR ELSE A SCRUB. The bell should be masculine in character, perhaps mei.° of the beef type, :on account of the different conformation, but with good ruali- mentasies and veins. What is the condition in which we find perhaps the majority of our breeders at the present time. They.. are .scattered all over the country, apparently satisfied with their con- dition, their calves selling for veal at ..considerably better than is paid for ordinary calves; believing that there is little .call for Devon% and making little Or no effort to find customers ; or else are selling sur- plus .animals without much effort, as breeders, and making, no attempt to enlarge on trade or prices. There is no concerted, co-operative action among breeders, but more often an intense jealousy, which shows itself periodically at the county fairs and elsewhere. If a, person goes about witha view to purchasing and seeks to enlighten himself as to what the aniraal will do in the dairy, lie is in- formed that no attempt has ever been made to weigh or measure the milk, but she will give three-quarters of a pail or a pailful. You are obliged to guess whether the pail. holds eight or 11 quarts, In regard to butter no tests have ever been made ; possibly the inilk from one cow may have been saved at some distant time in her life, but more often it is all sent to the creamery, or all churned together. We often hear such remarks as -these : "My milk tests the highest of any sent to the creamery," Or "I get the best returns in proportion to number of animals" of any sending to the creamery. Thocreamery has decided the question of excellence for the breeder who neglected it. We have then, a breed Of cattle which give milk of excellent quality, and a breed which Ave can develop into large Milkers of .good Size.. '1HE MILK 01P THE DEVON, We can supply their needs, we shall find the breed moving forward with tremendous strides, USE POR CLOVER- CROPS. L P. Roberts., of Cornell University., says :-Oloyer crops may in a measure, take the place ef rer- tilizerS and manures. They are not, however, a MlixerSal panacea for -all solid deficiencies, neither are they a full substitute -in all GaSCS 1:01‘ fertil- izers. There is always it wide held. for the prolitable use of one or all of the coucentrated terms of fer- tilizers named, and in many cases there is also a special plaee for • the use of .fertilizers,.therefore the more need of honest goods. Coltauercial fertilizers furnish available plant tood, but no' humus. The elover crops turniSh both,- .but it is only fair to say that the plant foods the foriner aee more available than in the latter. ()lover crops improve the physical conclitibit of the soil, lesseurag the cost of tillage. Phy- fertilizerS -benefit the sell lit- tle or none. The humus furnished by tho cover crop increases the avail- ability of the plant food already in the • soil ; FERTILIZERS DO NOT. Cover crops shade the land and conserve moisture. It 18 impossible to aceurately compare the cost of fertilizers with the cost of seeds for the cover crops and the preparation of the soil for them. The cost of in- creasing productiveness by extra til- lage, the use of fertilizers, by cover crops or by all three means, can only be determined in each case by the farmer interested. I give below a; single illustration of what a cover crop contairs, knowing that another cover crop under other conditions, might either be more or less valu- able. Second growth of clover, fur- nished in roots and tops per acre the following :-Nitrogen, 188,86 lbs ; phosphoric acid, 67.85 Ibs ; potash, 109.96 tbs. There is removed by 25 bushels wheat and accompanying straw, nitrogen, 18 lbs., phosphoric acid, 20 lbs., and potash 27 lbs. It is believed that most of the nitrogen taken up by legumes is secured from the uncorabined nitrogen in the at- mosphere. The clover did not add to either the store of phosphoric acid or potash. The plant took them from the soil and made them avail- able. as well as the beef, has few superiors in the line of quality.. Those who • havehad an opportunity to study the effect of DeVen.milk upon chil- dren (physicians and others), claim that it is superior to all others. We have an excellent breed of cows that are capable of being .developed along dual purpose lines, but in or - dor for this developMent, we must start, at the very foundation . Our calves should be sired by animals: of good size, which are known to have been bred along lines of dairy ,excel- lence. They :Mould be kept in thrifty growing condition, but not over fattened if Was expected that they will develop for • the dairy. When. they have come into milk they can be fed more 'concentrated foods, es- pecially if they show a tendency to turn the raw material into milk and to lay aside theli• flesh. The demand for cattle of this type is steadily increasing ; it is our le - &innate' field, and why should We not enter upon its cultivation with enthesiastie deterinination. knowing that success will crown our efforts. Alen will have and will breed for the dual purpose type of cattle ; • if pring DEVELOPING KIAO-CHAU. Progress Germans Are Making th Their Chinese Territory Mr. Andre Brisse, a •French visitor to the Gerinan colony on the east coast of China gives some interest- ing facts with:regard. to iIs progress. Be says that the Germans have made remarkable changes sine° they. occupied Kiao-Chau Bay in Novem- ber, 1897. They have, for example, transformed the Chinese village of Tsingtau at the mouth ofthe bay, into a fine modern town, which is lighted by electricity, has a street railroad, a telephone service and other .urhan conveniences. .The territory conceded to the Ger- mans includes only the lanas around the shores of the bay, but extending inland .W1111an average width of about- eleven miles all around the bay is the neutral zone which is virtually under Germnan protection In the concession itself and the neu- tral zone live 80,000 Chinese, 1,600 -German soldiers and some 200 civ- ilians. The Germans have found tho. cliinate quite helpful ; their hygienic measures have improved the 'sanitary conditions so that now dysentery and fevers are less prevalent among the European residents-. The 'Germans were quite disap- pointed not to find any good har- bors in the bay; they have accord- ingly Set to work to make two ar- tificialharbors by dredging anti other improvements. The harbor in- tended for the larger steamers, with a depth of about thirty-five feet, will be .completed in 1000. The smaller harbor will have a depth of about twenty . feet. • The Germans at home are great treeplanters and they have carried the habit to .China. They founci that the- natives had almost denuded the land of trees and.that 'torrential storms bad therefore been enabled to wash away a great deal of fertile soil. Ti•ea planting is now in pro- gress on a large scale. In parts of the coucession the soil is very fertile ancl. is bemg carefully tilled. • - No evidencc has been found of the existence of minerals or coal, but a large coal territory has been dis- eovered alting the line of the railroad which the' .0 ermans .Ctie bull ding from Teingtau across. the Province of Shantung to 'Tsinan-fu. As the Ger- mans expect not only to make the bay a coaling port, bet also to tap the rich resources of the Shantung province Which has abundant iron as well as coal and other natural wealth:they will make this railroad a great factor in their work of de- telopmenta As yet the commerce of the colony IS not importeet. OURIOITS PTIENOMER.4* I-Tave Moths the Wireleas Tele,* gapli Without Ystoternr.'ob Signor Marconi of any of his laurels, it might , be well in, the lace of facts discovered at Laehine, Quebee„ to dis- tinguish carefully between the terins discoverer, and inventor with 33ela- toifalmiciteneat. ocerography, the last wonder A promising looking chrysalis transported a good many miles front th.e position where it was found and carefully preserved through the long winter, developed into it ftno speei- Men of tiger math; Aretia COI, The insect, a female, was kept for pins poses of observation in a glass -cov- ered box in it study, of Which the windows were often open in the eve- ning. On the first night of the exis- tence of the moth, three males of the same family sailed into the room. Instead of playing about the light, they made pretty straight for the box containing the prisoner, about which they fluttered, By way of experiment the box Was removed to a dark 1..00nt across a passage. 'The visitors then began to fly about the lampstand. Suddenly, however, they wet.° noticed to float off. one after' the other, to the other room and there to light upon the glass door against which the lady was beating ber pretty Wings. While their ,action was being noted, another tiger nioth flew in by the window. • 'Without hesitation he wont straight to the inner room, and join- ed the others in their condolences with the imprisoned lady. She, poor thing, died the next day. Though her body was left in the study there were no visitors the neXt or on a SUCCEEDING DAY. Neither before nor since, so far at least, have any specimens of the caja visited that room. Also, though th6 ail' was fairly well filled with other varieties of the lepideptorous race that night, not. one of them intruded upon the family gathering within doors. Now, is it too great a stride to argue that an tterogramic trans- mitter and receiver is carried by each family of the race of moths and at- tuned to it certain note, so that communications betweea them can- not be intercepted by members of other fain:dies? That most beautiful of North Am- erican moths, the large green bril- liant Luna moth, is not uncommon about the village- of Knowlton, Que- bec. Not very many people, though, are farailiar with it, as it seldOnt moves Very far from trees, and ne- ver enters houses in that vicinity so far as could be ascertained. Some lads captured a remarkably good specimen one evening, which was taken to the rectory as a prize. It was a male, well developed, its wings measuring fully five inches. across. Chancing to find the front door accidentally lett open that night the man of the house .was shutting it about midnight, when he perceived a Luna moth clinging to the door of the room wherein the boys' trophy had been left. Upon opening this door thnnewcomer flew over to where the other was resting on a. bit of green bough. This was a smaller insect, and a female, who may have heard the message of dis- tress sent by aerogrctph by the cap- tive, and had come to offer sympa- thy, or if possible to devise means of escape. observer who noted these phe- nomena is still collecting informa- tion upon this interesting point, be- fore setthig forth his deductions in more durable form. A IlliiVISED VERSION. Most of us know the famous poem on the 'burial of Sir John Moore. This is how the same incident was told by a Dutchman. Whowas learn- ing to speak English ; "Not a di•tim could be heard : on ackound der :feller vasn't feeling pooty gOot, end some fooncrel notes vas dherefore de seine, vhenve vas dook his dead body dhom ramparts ofee. Dheycouldn't gif n, goOd'bste. shoot his grafeyard ofer, vhich . • vas c‘ler i ,lr.im. der awful -pad CM ackound of der looks of et)Iiiq hole in: vhen dher moon was got -up, and done the best yob we cood for Mister Moore. .. "We did hale no time to said Some few brayerful observations, but ex- pressed plainly of sorrow on ac- kound he vas go died. "`Shlowfully and sadly we vas lay him 'down,- und &Alined all his glory - and fames in der box mit. him. "We vas put a good abetita on his . toomb stone, und left him dhere, all. alone, togedder by himself," 911.21ORIMIERMORMWIRMIMILMEOS.M.01.1.1127VOL•k. - A SEVEN-YEAR TASN. An old lady named Standen has just died at Slough, England, who some years ago decided to write out the whole ot the Bible, setting aside Sun- day only on which to perform her task. It took the old lady seven years to complete her self-imposed labor. The nutimseript was then bound by the writer, who at the time was seventy- one years of age. e ici hat is Lyra if' rue Or. Chase's Nerve Food Builds Blood, Creates Nerve Fore°, Increases Flesh and Weight, and Makes Weak, Sickly People Strong and Well. The day of saraaparillas, sulphur and erectus of tartar, and salts as spring medieine has gone by. Peo- ple are beginning to listen to the advice of their physicians and to build up their systems by the Use of such preparatiOns as Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, The strong point in 1aV0V Of this great food mire is the fact that it aetually creates new, rich life-sus- taining blood, and builds up the system gradually and naturally. Ivor this reason It is the most satisfa.e. tory spring medicine that you can possibly obtain, and its results are permanently beneficial. The tired languid feelings that tell of low vitality and an exhatiated condition of the system semi dis- appear before the vitalizing, upbuilding itiflueace of this great restorative. 11 conquers disease by hiling the system With health energy and vigeur. aire, S. ',Phompson, 240 Munro StrOot, Toronto, Ont., states: -I was very niech run down in health, and whenever 1 exerted myself more than usual I had seVeee attacks of splitting headache, and was 'very ner- vous, sr much 80 that I could not rest well at nights, After using Dr, (ihase's Nerve food 1 found that may nerves were steadier, I could rest and sleep better than I have for it long time, ancl was entirely free from head- aches 1. ('0 11 speak very highly of this prepa.ralion for riervous trouble, :Dr, rhene's Nerve Food has the endorsement of the hest people in the lattd-physielans and laYmea it is bound to benefit anyone who uses it, because it is composed of the most,,,potent re5terativ00 Cif nature. 50 eente a box, 6 boxes for 82,50,, At all dealers, or Edmanson, Dates se co., Toi‘ontoi STORY L. VATOPPO BILLS PEED TalOAES "AT R.T.,.4Q OF REAC:t,-.4. Mines Show =vets of Smoke. From, Rhpenieian Gold-Seelc- ers Torehes. 0.ne can easily appreciate the (An. etunstances which induced the dead Colossus to seleet for hie. resting place the soleuin, peacefulgrandeut of the Matoppo Elille, For it waa there that the mosttragle episodea of his life were enacted, and it was there 4180 that in the dark. days, 'of the Matabele rebellion he saw : men, willingly sacrifice: themSelves in the cause of Empire. But of the many brave deeds pe.. formed by the Men who took -.part in what has been described as "the race for the V.0." near the pla,ce where he was buried, none surpassed the act of heroism by which Mrt Rhodes brought the war to an end,: Unarmed, he rode into the heket of. the enemy's encampitent, called a great indaba, or conference of the chiefs., spoke to them as a father; might to his rebellions childreii, and. did not leave until he had induced thein to proclaim peace. The rock upon which Mr, Rhodes tat' at this historic assembly is nows a. tranquil spet, which he always loved, :and is the place of his sepulehre-a tomb more enduring that the Pyramids. The Matoppo Hills stretch in 0, northeasterly direction from Bulu.* wayo for a, distance of Le"hundred miles, their greatest breadth • being forty-five miles. The place of burial Is situated about thirty miles from the town, "THE WORLD'S VIEW." Near by is a part of the hills which bears the important title of '`The World's Vaw." The prospect from any chosen summit makes it deep impression on the spectator It is impressive without being pitt turesque. As far as the eye can See there is spread out before him a panoraina of treeless mountains pt varied shapes, mostly of abrupt out- line, suggestive of a turbulent sea stilled by an omnipotent hand, The base of the hills is fringed with trees, and here and there is a clumP of thick bush. In places great gor- ges draw black lines between the mountains', which, moreover, are punctured with giant, caves, where the Matabele took refuge during the rebellion, and could have held out for an indefinite period had not the genius and daring of Mr. Moises put an end to the outbreak. The predominant note is massive- ness and stability, for the hihls are of granite ; but the hardness is ton -a, ed down by the green of the loweri foliage and the soft, velvety azure ot the sky above. It was the poet in thisehilllohicoedes which impelled him to h In places the traveller comes upon groups of ruins which in this out -of - the -world region strangely stir the imagination. It is difficult to realize that these habitations were occupied by gold- • seekers so long ago as 1000 13.0. When one thinks of Rhodesia it, is invariably of the great possibilities which the future holds fox. the coun- try. Bat what of Rhodesia's past ? Three thousand years ago men a,s gold -hungry as the "greenest" pros-, pector of to -day scoured the Mato'p- pos and the surrounding country for the precious metal. These crumbling ruins once contained the furnaces for the retorting and smelting of the gold. In many quarters huge exca.- srations are found where the ancients dug far down into the bowels of the earth in search of the metal. Sev- eral of these sullies are still the largest on the. earth's surface. 'The galleries are caked with layers' oS. soot from the torches of the work- ers. One historian estimates that the ancient miners discovered mil- lions of pounds' worth of gold in Rhodesia. PHOENICIAN SETTLERS. These early emigrants are believed to have been Plseeicians, who, as the Old Testament shows, were a , great colonizing people. Several writers have lately arisen to pro-, claim Rhodesia as the veritable land of Ophir, "a land teeming with gold and precious stones." Hitherto, In- dia has been regarded as the Ophir of the ancients, but savants now claim that in the light of recent dis- coveries 1nclia, must renounce that distinction in favor of Rhodesia. One writer goes so far as to assert that Job was a Rhodesian, basing his oequiries on the words in the Book of Job a --"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for the gold where they find it." The historian attempts to identify the "place" as Zimbabye, where ancient F1.11$ abound. The lancl now known as Rhodesia was, he asserts, in Job's days one of the few civilized coentries in the world. For cen- turies afterward it was overrun by .1is1:111.0s1;:aFt..1,i.at,laiiictilo.d.tnitlytlixte malt who is to did rest to civilization, o tbhocarrstolliisTc3:11attlitinn it )11.1111Waye, Witeve the coffin Will rest for some time, was' until •the year 1893 the royal kraal of King Lobenpaila. It is now a thriving town, re3niniseent at each step of the man to -whom it owes existence - Rhodes Street is the principal thot oughfare. Government House, witl a tree -lined avenue JAvo miles long, was the property cif the Colesausa A few miles aWs,y, itt the heart c the mountains, "the greet white nuln," as the natives called hint. will rest in pence, And round and aboet his tomb lies a monument the like of which has been raised to ao other man, 0 montimaet measuring 750,000 a ware MI I es -11 ho dude.. • NOT IN TI -IAT WAY. "A touchy fellow," 'I shoul4 think not 1 Yon can't . get a dollar from him to save yesr "W(311, goo d -bye, dear 'Mrs, Jones I'm afraid I've put you out lky collo( Ing at this 10001t1ify 'hour.", "Coo& toss,: I hope 1 dide't sto*,