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Exeter Times, 1912-10-10, Page 6r.e learn of flope; Or, The Changed Plans. 011APTEla L "Is it yeey bad? Do yeti Clinic it will mark he How unfortunate 1am!" "Oh. It won't signify—raueln" Keys the nie4or, making' a feeble atteuipt at cu- elation. The groom is 011 his knees, washing down the mare's lege As he washes. the red raw pateh shows out vvith ortainone distinetnees from the glossy dark -brown *kin that surrounds It; and Oissy, staud- trig in her riding -habit, witip leand, regarding the operation, begins to look the very pieture of ill -concealed misery. "How dreadiallY bad it looks now!" she says fearfallY. "Nat at all," replies the mador. "I cannot imagine hosv it hammed; she ueuella such a clean jumper," goes on Cosa', diligeatly Rearellin for exeusee never in ray We injured a mount before, and 1 would not have harmed this one for all the world. Captain iealkett will be so dreadfulla anarY." "Nensensel You doe% suppose he will bite you, do gouS Think of his angelie temper and your privileges as a Neuman. He deren't blow srou. Sri know." "Tt is not so much thata —witli 'hesita- tion. "Of vourse I know he will say no- thing, but he will think the mere; and—" "Like the parrot," interrupts the major. "And he will look so annoyed," goes on (hese'', torturing herself with immense eve- oess. "I would not for anything it had occurred. I do think I am the unluckiest girl on earth." "Are you in love with eim?" euddenly asks the major sharply. In love with hira? What an absurd question! Of course I am not," eays Cloy, angrily, while blusbing in the moat fun- ous and uncalled-for manner. "What eau retart each a ridiculous idea into your "Well,—sulkily—"you are so afraid of vexing him, for ane thing." "Net a bit more afraid of him than would be of you or any other man, under 'the eireumstances," declares Cissy, wzth exemplary candor. "But it ie not a plea - ant thing at any time to injure a favor- ite hunter; and the mare, for some ren - OCR or other, is a special darling with Captain ICalkett. 'Indeed, it was only yes- terday I heard him saying he veinal her more than any animal he had ever hada, "Given Wm by one of the fair sex, 'most likely," says the major; with vicious in- tent, "Very probably," returns °isms, quietly, who carries a very game little heart be- neath her pretty Irish skin, and would have died rather thad betray any undue emotion. Nevertheless, it. xnuet be con- fessed, her coler faintly wavers and fades away a little, only to return with ten- fold brilliance aa she sees Captain Hal- ., kett pass the stable window. "Here he is!" she cries, hurriedly. "Now what shall I do?" "Nothing, if my advice is worth any- thing," says the =same sententiously. Captain Hallett, coming slowly -ap the yard, cigar in month as usual, and hands thrust deep in the pockets of his shoot- ing -coat, sees Cissy, Major Blake, and the groom on his knees beside the mare. He • takes in the whole seituation at a glance. Throwing away his cigar, he turns to Cissy and says pleasantly, "Good morn- ing, Mies Mordaunt. Had a geed day, I lame?" "Yes; thanks—very, that Is no, not at all," says Cissy, nervously. "I am afraid you will be horribly angry. But the fact is, Major Blake and were coming quietly home—cantering thro-ugh the Park fields; at the last gap soine sharp stone caught the Baby's leg, and has hurt her; as you see. I—I am very sorry about it." con- cludes Miss Mordaunt, genuinely vexed for the mishap. "Don't say that," entreats Halkett, gent- ly; "and don't vex yourself. I would ra- ther the mare was dead than that you tormented yourself about her. Besides"— stooping to examine the injury—"from what I can see it is only Baia -deep, and won't matter in a day or two; eh, Con- nor?" "Yes, sir; only a scratch, sir. Right as ever ir a week, sir" These words earro balm to Miss Mor- daunt's breast, and presently, the band- ages being, anally adjusted and the Baby consoled by an additional feed, the» leave the stables, and Blake diverging to the right, Miss Mordaunt and Halkett go lei- surely toward. the house. As they reach the stone steps leading Lo the hall deer, Cissy pauses. "You are sure you forgive me?" she ask, sweetly. "How can you speak to me like that?" says Halkett, almost angry. "Did you think 1 should cut up rough with you? What an ill-tempered brute you raust con - eider me! You ought to know me better by this time." "I have not known you for so very long," says Cissy, smiling then impul- sively, while her color once more deep- ens. "Why is that horse such a favorite with you?—beyond all others, Imeaa. Was It a present?" "Yes." says lialkett in a law voice. "From a very dear friend?" "Very dear; mere than a friend." "From a gentleman?" "No. Fawn a lady," says Halkett short- ly, and turns away his head. On the instant, the words the major had uttered in the stables come back to Miss Mordaunt's mind, and without fur- ther oomment she sweeps past Halkett in- to the house, and he sees her no more until dinnertime. • When half past seven chimes out, and the solemn retainer of the house of Mor - daunt announces dinner as being served, both Major Blake and Captain Halkett make a hard fight of it to take Miss Cissy down, but Fate, in the ieerson of Sir Thomas Lobin, interferes, and balks them IA their prey. Halkett, however, may be aid to have the best of it, as he succeeds seating himself directly opposite his rfeb thrinity, and so cnn watch the changes of her beloved face, and perhaps edge in a word or two addressed parti- cularly to her, during the repaet. All this can be the more readily accomplished, as he has been told off to a young lady who, if not actually insane, is at all events three parts silly, and so does not feel it incumbent upon him to supply her with the orthodox amount of email talk., Major Blalte, falling into line, finds himself presently situated somewhat low down, with Urge Fairfax on one side of him, and Grace Elton, a cousin of Cissy's, on the other. If It were not that his thoughts are altogether centered on Miss Mordaunt, he might have considered him- self in luck, as be is undoubtedly in very rood quarters. Grace Elton is as unaf- fected as she is eharming, and extremely Pretty into the bargain. But the major will neither acknowledge nor eee anything beyend the tip f Cissv's nose, as it Ehowa iteelf ;provokingly every now and then Iron) behind the epergne. On a line with Sir Thomas, and the third from him, sits Mrs. Leyten, the Indian widow, in a xaviehing rostume 'of pearl and blue that speaks of Worth. She is looking wonderfully 'handsome to -night, and has a bright, adorable spot on earl +cheek that is eot born of rouge. She Is keening her hand In by trying a little mild' flirtation with the viear, who own - pies her right, and is making vere pretty WO; while his daughter—Who is almost tem young for society—watching them from the opposite side, finds her mind ameh exercised, and wonders in her heart if Mrs. Layton is really very eond of papa. Surely she must ; else tvlisr does the raise her large, soft, dark eyes so ten- derla to his onto in every three minutes • preeieely by the marble clock on the thimney-pieee? - Aunt Isabel, at thehead, 'oe the table, et radiant as usual, end dispenses meat turkey 6,nd smiles with equal alacrity. She is• carving with even mote tha,n her ewe tolnary vigor ,artd well known profieience. While at th'e name thee At is listening to and adding a word here atal there to every tepee under diseussien, She is, how- ever, particularly attentive to Miss To- bin, who sits beside' iter, and who is ati def ee a poet. thotigh, no troulele to any' one mtecryt herself, poor lady. as she seeks not for eoneereatiora and, as long as she IMO a bit of everything mentioned In the intent, is perfectly content. There are, two or times "Stray xin fm the neighboring harraelte scattered ne and dowu; and these, with the three NUMB Brighton—who, being evidently not cut out by Mother Natterfor the eivil ser- vice, bate been considered sittable to aek to meet them—melte up the party. "Well, Cis, you had a pleasant day, I hope!'" says Thiele Charlie. presently ad- dressing his favorite niece. "A delicious day, dear unole; only we wound up with a misfortune. 1 was stu- tad enough to hurt Captain latikett's horse oxt my way home through, the Park; though indeed. I scarcely think it wee my fault. However, ste it was az, happen, we were lucky in having it occur at thee end instead of the beginning oS our day, as we had our ride in spite of it." As she makes this little speecb, ehe net er glances at Halkett (indeed, She la taken no notice of him since the coin mencernent of dinner), and purposel7 treate the whole thing as worthy of re gret. Halkett. contrasting: her pretty con trition of the morning with this off -hand dismissal of the matter, is, man like, thor ougly mystified, "I am sorry to hear of an accident,' says Valeta Charlie, who holds all good animals to his heart. "Nothing serious hope, Frank?" "A mere scratch," returns Halkett, eare -That is right. It could not have hap pened through any great desire on the rider's part to reach her home, as ehe delayed her return so long we all im twined an elopement had taken place. Bu there was no moll excitement in store for us. I do think, 'as your ,guardian and uncle, Ci, I have every right to know what you and the major were taxing of all that time." "Politics," says the major, lightly; "we never talk anything but poltioa do we, Mies Mordaunt?" Here Blake dodges to one side of the epergne, that he may the more surely get a full view of Miss Mordaunt's faee. "Never," replies Cissy, emehatteallY, dodging the epergne in her turn; and then they both laugh. Here Halkett mutters sometbine under his breath that is so far audible as to rouse the silly young lady by his eide into some kind of life. She sighs and up- lifts her head. "Vere you speaking to me?" she aslss, in a somewhat startled tone. ..,,tNa—yes—was I?" stammers Halkett, rather shocked. "I ought to have beeu, of course; but I have fallen so low as to anew dinner to engress all my attention. Pray forgive me. It comes entirele or go- ing dowu to dinner with a middle-aged gourmet." "Dear mel I fancied you quite youne " 'responds his companion, with a simper and lapses again into, silence after the effort. "Polities!" says Uncle Charlie, going back to the subject, after he had desired the butler to take several different dishes to Miss Lobin. "How you muies have en- joyed yourself!—especially Ciesy. I never met any Nyman with such keen and com- prehensive views on all matters connect- ed with the State. It was only yesterday I asked her opinion of Asquith, and she told me she always thought he was—" "Now, Lamle Charlie!" interrupts Miss Mordaunt, with such indignation that the old gentleman, though chuckling to him- self audibly, refuses all further informa- tion. "May we not hear your opinion of As- quith?" domande Sir Thomas, who is an old beau, and much addicted to Miss Mor - daunt, "'Certainly not. And, remember, I dis- tinctly forbid you to ask 'Uncle Charlie any questions when my back is turned, as he is capable of saying anything once my eye is off him." "row will is my law," says the old beau, with a how that woeld have reflect- ed credit on a, Chesterfield; and shortly afterward, at a signal from Aunt Isabel, the ladies, rising, leave the gentlemen te their own devices. On eneering the drawing -room, Mrs. Leyton, walking with the undulating, ara,ceful motion that belongs to her, and that cannot be acquired,goes etraieht to the fireplace, where she sinks into a loung- ing chair, leaving the opposite one for Aunt Isabel, who almost instantly falls into a gentle doze. Little Miss Millar, the vicar's daughter, losing sight of her shy- ness in her desire to obtain her object, seeks a resting -place that will enable her still to keep a fascinated watch over Leyton, the widow having east a elamour over the timid cenintry maiden. The Misses Brighton and Grace Elton koee up a oontinual chatter, and are evident- ly enjoying themselves immensely' while Miss Lobin, taking the cozy corner of the sofa, emulates her hostess, and, letting her face lengthen until it reaches a state of utter imbecility, sweetly snoozes. Cissy is standing in one of the windows, somewhat apart; she gazes out upon the stilly night, and witty cogitates. She cannot quite make up her mind whether she has been most sinned against or sin- ning; she cannot wholly approve her cenduct at dinner, and finds it impossible to divest herself entirely of the idea that Halkett was looking miserable the entire time. But all men make a point of ap- pearing injured when placed in the wrong position, and of aouree he had not liked her eross-examination of the meriting. Yet, again, why should he not receive pre- sents from women? -What right had she to question act or word of his? No mat- ter what thoughts and hopes she may have encouraged in the secret receeses of her heart, he feels now she has no cer- tain data to go 'awn to 'rove that Hal- kett cares for her beyond all others. , ahem-eta—who was it?—had said he was a flirt. Well, one thing was positive; he smead not tart with her. Here Aunt Isabel, slowly rousing, sneez- es and a -hems audibly, to let her friends know she has not been sleeping. "Cissy. child," she says "you will be perished over there. Come to the fire and warm yourself." "1 ani warm, thank you, and quite com- fortable." "My love, I don't believe it"—with ex- treme mildness; "et is freezing as hard as it can, and there is always a draft near a window. Come here, when I de- sire you." "Oh, I shall die near that blazing log," "And I shall die if you remain over there," says Aunt Isabel; and carries her point. "Better 1 than you, auntie," says CiSBYs and, corning over good-humoredly, kneels down beside her kinswoman. "Gold hands—warm heart," murmurs the old lade. careseing the soft white fingers that He upon her lep. '"A troublesome poseession," remarks Mrs. Lectern, with a lazy tmule, "He one Is really happy in this world exeept he or she carries an empty boom." "Are you happy?" asks Miss Clem in- nocently. "Alinott. The little worn-out artiole that beats Itere"—laying her hand over the region of the heart—"Iia s pulsations hardly strong enough to cause me any uneasiness. Now and then I feel a faint wig; not often." "I would rather keep tny heart, even at the expense of Inv suffering," says OPP* warnalea "She wbo (menet feel aneuish cam know no perfect joy. Without love, life is a mistake, an unutterable stupid gift. That is how I think; but then am Irish, and theretore of 00111110 unrea, seeable." • "Olt, net" says Mrs. Lenten gracious - le. "The Irish are the most' charming People itt the world -en light-hearted, so quiek to sympathize. Though I have been here only two dam and hav a eked no questions, 1 knew you to be Trish before von told me. Most of my friends wine from your land; even Captain Ilelkett le half Irish, lite mother being from Gal- way." "Yes?" saae C1sy, She realm- thrinke from mention of lIalkett's name, and re- mernbere with a slight pang how friendly have seemed hie telatione with hire. Ley- ton since her arrival. "Have you known Creptein Helltett Idea?" she cannot help asking. "All my life Hie father and mine Wene feet friencl<ai e; r ehildhood was epent together. Thee we separated, -with a sigh that sounds 'ominous to Gipsy, but ip roalltY le only born of past sorrow, utterly lialoonneeted with Ube in any way aelto meetnem after %mow Years in India, and now -here. One way or an, other, all through, Vfank's life has been mixed up with mine.' Oissy bites her lip, and ernes the More queetione; bat Airs. Leyteni notieee the aetieti of the white teeth, and ponders. "There le a greet charm fa Frank'e manner, I think S" she sive, tuterrega- tierely. "Is there? Most men nowadays are obermint agromintaneee," replied CiE• , sY. eale essly. 14 li And Captain alkett is too universal a fevorite to be altOgeeher charming to "Poor Frank!" laughs the widow, light. lee "Ile is unfortunate, or at least lute foued 1301110 one who cannot anPleadate him. Then you mean to saY Yon Would And It irapossible to care for any Mau vrho liked some other woman besides your.• "Well, as you ask me the emestion, I confess 1 would," says Clews who is feel - lag, irrilmted, she scarcely knows why. "I would divide honors witb 00 one, and I would be winner—or nothing.' "Then the man you love must be civil to no one else?"—with arched eyebrows indicative of surprise. "Oh, ',civil!' Let him be as civil as he pleases, If you are talking merely of ci- vility. I altogether misunderstood vou. I only meant if I had a lover—whieh at the present moment I certainly have not —I would wish to be first in his eyee. Let him be civil to all the world, but let him love me." "Quite so: that is only fair, I think," says the widow, but she looks immensely amused; and Mew, seeing here expression, feels her wrath rising, "I quite thought— Judging from appearances—that you and Captain Halkett were very good friends," goes an Mrs. Luton, unwisely, and regrets her need) a moment later. "I beg you will mat judge MO from ap- nearances," says Miss Mordaunt, haught. ily. "A. woman of the world as you are, Mrs. Layton, ought surely to kuow that people for the most part do not feel ev- erything they. may look. And beaides, you must forgive me, but if there is <Me thing I have a particular objection to, it is being watched and commenied up- on." "You are right," returns Mrs. Layton, 'with suspicious sweetness. "I fear I have been very indiscreet. For the future I will not watch you and Captain Hal- kett." (To be continued.) -11elteeNeelloSeeleedelfeeleseeteleegelesetteetellee On Mc Farm we'eseeeviesteleeaseeaseees, HAY RACK. A practical and deep hay rack may be made very simply, The bed frame is fifteen feet long, the rear end is three feet six holies wide, and the front one foot eight inches wide. Being narrow in front permits of the wagon being turned in a smaller place. There is a- bolster made .on the frame. When tb.e rack is to be used on the wagon, remove the bolster from the wagon and let the one xnade on the frame take its place. The side rails are made of 2.14 by six-inch stuff The cross -pieces are two by six inches and six feet sin - inches Jong. The two boards that form the bows that protect the wheels are made of one by eight- inch,ehan or some wood that is tough and will not break in bend- ing. The frame is put together with three eight -inch bolts, assorted lengths to suit the different thick- nesses of material. The knees that support the front cross -piece are one foot tall, with- out the tenons; these are six inches on the lower end and three on the upper. If well put together out of goad materials, and painted, and well taken care of, this frame will last for 30 years. AIRSHIP IN .BRITISH ARMY MANOEUVRES AB01.71' TO.ALIGHT AT,KINTESWORIEI EA.TING POOR MAN'S DINNER. English Newspaper Men Try It and Find It Very Good. A party of London (England ite.wspa,per men recently met at the rooms of the Society of Medical Offi cers of Health to eat a poor man's dinner. It was, of courae, such a dinner as no poor man ever eats, but that is because he does not know how to lay his money out so as to get the best and most feeding stuffs neither does his wife know how le 000k them properly when bought. These things they eould learn from the ,eeeretaxy of the so- ciety, a barrister and an enthusiast on dieteties. It was interesting to learn what ca,n be done by judicious buying at the open air markets of London, where the food is probably cheaper and of better quality tha,n in any other capital. They started with some tasty soup m.a.de from parts of fish usually thrown away as useless by thriftless cooks, each helping costing about a fourth of a °ant to make. The foreigners in Soho are well aware •of these economies. Then there were admirable ,eent apiece herrings, haddock and throe meat eourses, any one of which would have xnaele a good meal. There was roast mutton from Aus- tralia -9 eents a pound in the open air market; flank of Australian beef—a, part commonly ignored by English housewives, but good to eat all the same; steak and kidney pie, eesting about 6 eents a portion; and jugged hare made from colonial hare'bought at 60 cents for nine pounds and tasting as good as -the Norfolk variety. The lemon pudding was so allur- ing that most of the newspaper men came again for more. The dessert was West Indian limes (five fox a cent), pears (4 cents a. pound), and eo on. The meal Gest inueli less than the tinned meat and fruit so much pat- ronized by the poor, and was far more nourishing. On Pat's arrival irt New York his Yankee friend began to boast of' the heat and said it was so hot that it burnt the wings off the files. Pat replied "Oh, that's nothing to the fleet in Ireland. Why, they have to feed the hens on ice, cream to keep them from • layieg boiled eggs." WATCH THE HORSE'S TEETH. If your horse shows difficulty in eating or loses flesh without appar- ent cause'it is time to examine the ) teeth. Very often elongated teeth prevent a horse from properly raas- - -Heating its food, thereby rendering It impossible to obtain much bene- fit from it. • Ulcerated teeth also are a source of great trouble and prevent a horse from eating well. Sometimes broken teeth cut the sides of the horse's mouth and form painful sores which, of course, interfere with mastication. It is a good plan to examine the teeth of all horses ' two or three times a year, and in case of broken or elongated teeth, treat them with a Ile. If the teeth of a valuable animal are badly affeeted it should be treated by a veterinarer surgeon. ORCHARD SUGGESTION'S. Midsummer pruning heals quickly and is being practised extensively by good orchardists. • Better ship fruit a little green than overripe because it deterior- ates quickly after being packed and placed in hot cars and warehouses. If you have a poor seedling pear or apple tree it may be entirely made over by top grafting. • Peach trees make keod stock for plum grafting, as they usually have large vigorous roots. It costs but a trifle for stock for marketing fruit packages and if they are stenciled with your name, or the name of your farm, they will prove of a great benefit, provided the fruit is bf the best quality. THE DAIRY. The separator should never be allowed in -the barn or near it. A half dozen window sash glazed will make a rust -proof box in which the dairy vessels ean be sunned and kept absolutely clean, As enterprising farmer living near a town of 5,000 or more can sell every pound of his butter at full retail prices, or little aboire, the year round. ' For several years elte have bought farm butter from the same farmer at two cents above retail market pric,e every month in the year and glad to get ° Never attempt to keep summer' You cannot afford brain -befogging heatdaohes. Nit -DRU -CO Headache VI/raters stop them in quick time and lear your head. They do not contain either "Phenacetin, acetanilid, morphine, opium or uny other dangerous drug. 25c, a box at your Druggist's, 121 NATIONAL DOUG AND CHEMICAL CO. Or CANADA essorro, butter for -early fall prices, because it will not keep.—W. D. FARM NOTES. Turn the acrub bull into bologna and fill his place with a sire that will add dollars to the value of the herd through his progeny. Eggs that cost 25 ceets per dozen will brink '$'7 or $8 whenhatched and sold as broilers. Cattle on farms do not need horns. Dehorn your young calves. Can you tell just how• much it costs to- feed a cow a year Ever see the man who werks like a bee every place but at home? A storage plaosefor eggs should be free from any bad odors. Sour slops have no place on the well regulated farm. Dipping hogs is cheaper than feeding lice, Cheap meat can be made only from young pigs, MONEY IN BRITISH BANKS. Unclaimed Deposits Are Used for Various Purposes.. Two hundred miUiond of dollars of unclaimed money in the c,offerr of British banks—dereliet gold which nobody owns, and which the, banks are naturally pleased to take care. of ! Gold more tha,n sufficient to pa,ve every square foot of Ohea,p.side with sovereigne, says London Tit -Bite. The sum total may be exaggerat- ed. But make a. liberal deduction. and you still have many millions towhich no rightful owners make. a claim. There is no bank in the whole 1:ength of Great Britain (or ,elsewhere).which has not its lists of these bank balance.* that may be said to go a -begging. Some are fOT trivial sums, scarcely worth the trouble of pocketing; some are for .amounts running into thousands. Some years ago it was found that the Bank of Eng -land alone had nearly -11,000 of these dormant ac- counts. Forty of them had mere than $60,000 apiece to th.eir credit one balan.ce was written in six fig- ures, $907,990. The total at the bottom of the long list was $39,284,- 875. This amount was very largely made. up of unclaimed dividends on government stock Scottish banks have, ib is said, $45,000,00 el this. overlooked gold. English banks at least double this Sam. It seems inconceiva,ble that so. much money, for all of whieh there DULA have been owners at some ime or other, should be thus lost to sight. A score or more of simple eases account for the seeming. im- possibility. A man may, for pri- vate or business reasons, have ac- ounts with more banks than one. He dies, his executors know noth- ng of any but his usual hanks; the .alances at the others remain un- laimed. He. may die abroad or ,disa.ppear, ea,ving no clew to his banking &f- airs; he may even forget that such nd. such an account is not closed. n these, and many similar ways— mostly the result of carelessness -- money is. left in the hands of hank- ie to, swell the dormant funds. For seven years the bankers keep he accounts open, prepared to pay ver the balance to any one who an prove a title to it. This term expired, they regard the forgotten gold as their own. Five million dollars of swill ownerlees money went to bui/d London's eplendicl law courts. The city, it is said, has more than one magnificent hank building reared front • the game handy material. The Bank of Eng- land, one learns, provides pensions for clerks' widows out of such a fund. aEnuSALE14I WILL BE MODERN Electricity, Tramways, and. Water Works. Soon Complete. A Syrian journal gives some in- teresting details of fie indpetrial development of Jerusalem, which, mecca:ding to the paper, will before long be. one of the most upeto-date and eomfo.rta,ble towns itt She near east. A large number of companies., fina,n,ced by European capital, hav.e, it is ,stated, recently been applying for concessions with a view to or- ganizing the. public services on a modern basis. An English company which erecting a large power station will soon supply .electric current all over She city. Even the sacred hill will before long be lighted with electri- city. A ,complete, new 'system of tram- ways is under eonstru.ction by a French company, while a German concern is laying mains for a, house to house water supply. TO eomplete the international character of 'the modernization of Jerusalem, a .series of fire stations With more fire engines and ladders is being instituted under Austrian m.anagement. ARMY SERVICE FOR GIRLS. Prof. Witiel o Dussadorf advo- cates compulsory military service for German airls. An army of nurses should', in his Opinion, fellow each army of male combatants not only to care for the wounded,. but to attend 'te everything connected with food and clothing. Every healthy German girl, says the pro- fessor, should look on training for this object as a patriotic duty, and the knowledge acquired will be use- ful in the home if it is not utilized on the battlefield. * • No matter how much other peo- ple may run down the theatre. the hillpost-er always sticks up for it. MO GO • 220' edeie.r0d e ffgeeez..10eateeei 4esedialeaiqueei -e/x...V.se.e.teeeteg erheAkeetegefeae It's the CLEANEST, SIMPLEST, and BEST HOME DYE, one can buy --Why you don't oven have to know whet KIND of Cloth your Goods are made of....,So Mistakes are impossible. Send for Free Color Card, Story Booklet, and Booklet giving results of Dyeing over other colors, 'The JOHNSON-RICHARDSON CO., Limited, Mont,,,. Canadn. VaIWIR11.110MSYS6081111111M1SOINa.1.6.1••....16.. FARMERS:.;MILK! WE are now contracting for fall and winter milk. If you are producing tsvo or more cans of milk per day and have good stables, milkhouse, etc., and a train service to Toronto before 1 o'clock, write us. WE take all you produce—furnish sufficient cans, and pay on the 10th of each month. CITY DAIRY COMPANY, LIMITED, TORONTO, ONT. et, -g '32WilleN{ eeee efiereffeeere e Take A Handful Of "St. Lawrence" Sugar Out To The Store Door --out where the light ean fall on it—and see the diattiond:like sparkle the Ptire white color, of every grain, • Thai's the wey to test any sugar -- that's the way we hope you will test suAer Compare it with any other sugar—coMpare its pure, white sparkle—its even grain --its matchlesasweetness. Better still, get a o pound or zoo pound bag at your grocer's mad test "St:Lawrenee Sugar" ha your home. • 5iy. LAWRENCE SVGA* litErtIVIERVES 2.1MI7EDA • 4 er "fe .44 MINFIMINIMPOWIR1 MeerretEAL• . 67A .r FRANCE'S FOREST REVENUE THE GOVERN?IENT GETS .AN • 'WALLY $20,000,000. Sportsman and Woodcutter Aro Eager ii/ Xease the • Rights. The forest of Compiegne, though a. realm of beauty and enehante moot to its lovers, is yet made by: the state, to yield an annual ineoree Qf 100,000,000 frames ($20,000,000), • writes Lillie Hamilton Freneli itt the Century. For this purpoee itt appoints seven brigadiers. and 27 - gareles.-forestiers besides several gaeclesscantonnieres, • The cantons, nieres look after the roads, guards protect the rights rented t She sportsman and wood cutter— the two great clients from whent •these revenues are derived -200,000 franca a year being paid by • the sportsman. and 800,000 frstnes by the wood merchant. The guards must also see that these two groups of . clients never eneroeoli each other's rights, for though the sportsman may hunt on the wood merehant's; land, he cannot carry from it a splinter of green .te..;ood; while the wood, naercha,nt would have a snit brought against him if he were to pocket SG much as a rab- bit found burrowing under one of • his dearly pureha,sed •trees. And some of theee trunks are dea,r," One of oak frequently costing him 1,000 franca. SPORTSMAN'S RIGHTS. So far as the question of revenue 'eencerned, la, cheese is made to designate every right, whether of fishing or hunting, which is rented to the eportsniam. As a diversion, however, it means to its • votaries two distinct kinds of hunting, the most important and picturisque be- ee ing the eha,s.se a co.urre, or hunt by pursuit, and in whatever direction She stag may lead. This takes place twice a week after the cold has set in, and always on horseback, with a following of hounds. This cheese a couFfe is never rented except to a single person and usually for six years, art an annual rate of 17,300 francs ($3,400). When the lessee is frugal, as he oe,casionally is, he sublets it. , On the other hand, the ,thasse tir, or hunt with fowling pieces, is divided into 25 lots and rented for various prices from twenty francs or more, and ineltedes the right, ' shoot, within certain limits, hare, rabbits, doe, pheasants and wild birds. The, opening and closing of the cheese are decided every year by the prefect, as our Thanksgiving Day is by Government, though it is generally on the last Sunday of Au- gust tha,t one hears the report of the first authorized gun. The event is one of almost national irapor- tanee, chroeieled by every newspa- per in the ...land and discussed by every Frenchman, high or low, rich OT peoe. THE GUARDS IN THE FOREST are ever on the watch for both wood stealers and poachere. Indeed, a series of minor engagements IS al- ways taking place • between pea- sants and guards, and those dere- dations which the officials are pow- erless to pre,vent they are forced to tolerate.. Sometimes, however, a, guard is boastful. 1 heard,one say: "The rich hunt the deer and the pheasants, and pay the government for the right; but I hunt the wo- men and -bhe government pays Me. For ig twice as hard ,to catch a woman as it is to cartc.h a, deer." I have wondered since if -he were, not rather stupid, for I am alwayS,' catching women chopping down small trees, their faces hiddenin their mufflers arid their outposts children ranged at intervals ite,ar by. When one of* them catches sight of me, _a signal is given, the woman stops chopping and holds on to her head as though she were suf- fering, while the • children squat silently, like a group of rabbit, their eyes, on. my figure till pass. I have never 'caught poachers at work, though I have seen them walking between gendarmes, on their way to prison. Some of them are an famous as great hunters, and there was one, not long dead, whose ehronicles have appeared in French journals,. For his constant poaehings he had 140 suits brought against him a,nd spent full 30 of his 65 years in a, cell. Both his widow and his son live toearry on his work, but the glory of the house departed. Only the other day I saw hie wife, poor thing, trying to earn an, honest sou by helping to unload a wagon of wood and store it in • A NEIGHBOR'S CELLAR. Of the three ways of poaching, with the gun, the ferret and -the snare, that with the snare is simple enough for a ehild. All one has to do is to, carry to a given place a piece of wire readily eoneettIed in. a leg of one's trousers or in a petti- eoat. As all wild animals feIlOw Set paths in the woode, all that is no- cessary is .to make te saip, letleh hi rbthheepil• Wip1111,1".wevtehreiltoowpithIll !rave eci)s±, ;fastening the free, end of the wire occurely to the ground, When game of any kind ()nee sets foot, in -011ie loop, evoty effort to free itself only &awe the wiro ti,gliteas