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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-1-28, Page 2VALLEY FARIV4 Or, Felicity's Inheritana CHAPTER III. , longer that the girl seemed to have for. It was an In:tensely liot atom:ion eo gotten her naieny admirers, that she never of the gaieties elle was uneong, er hot that the two girls thought it little eliolte hort at hero;c Itobert Stone to keea . grumbled Mt the dullnees of the Valley soi ep toiling in the hayfield. Ile had dee on two Fern. Felicity'e coefidencee about her entre eien-atrong, taciturn' fellow's, wee loyers had often lerred on her, but ehe evC1 ts strangers to the place, and who foenel hereelf lietening without any Me looked like tramps. and with their help, ' Patience to a list of Robert Stone's per. ednition to old Ike% and Joes'e the feotione. Streng yet gentle and cementer - Ileitis were cleared and the stooilord a-te. handeworking OAS anY laborer. but a . gentleman in every settee of the word. Re- if not neon it woe pleasant, quiet, a,nd loa,renely conteut to 1111 a menial and de. shaelY in the little dell that Joyee had Pendent position whileof showing himeelf to be te wen -read man the world - diecovered behind the houe week ago. Pc - and where she had spent. severed "ter- ehits was a revelation to the two girls. Fe - tomes The interlaeint boughs o Hefty oevounted foe it by his admiseion the talll trace shut out all but strsay t !sherne e aft* that he had <Spent the greeter pant of his of eunight; lush graeteeS Bad gianlifabroad, ar.d by hie oleos friendship carpeted the gentle slopes, and the bunko with her ut•ele. of the stream that lisped and gurgled at her feet were blue with forget -me -note an pink with ragged -robin and euekoo. !Immo There was a strong vein of romance 111 Joyce thou:eh she would not have owned to it for tho world, and, soothed by the peace of her sylvan retreat. the thought She had found a. comfortable seat ceme to her that perhape a had been on menet the messy roots of an old elm, claimed that Felteity ehould find her true and with her back ageinet its ivied trunk mate, ehould came into her woman's heisit- wae buoy with the delicate erotehet, at age, in this quiet out-of-theeworld place. which she wae. en adept. A magazine lay Robert Stone might be poor and eche lee otie•n on her knee, and tt box of elaocolates the world, and they hael only knowie hine -a gilt from Felicity beoause they were a fortnight, but ehe felt inetinotteelyethi't not the kind she liked. -'wee within eatsY he wae a mon to be trusted, to be iooter reacb, but in spite of her unwonted leis- up to; and Felteite would be haeges ure and ideal eurroundinge there was a please if she did not consider Ulm. Am'. shadow on the girl% faee, and the wise- ideal lover in Woke and bearing. ful look had come back to her eyes. Well, the would not be selfish axle mbrel A fortnight had paesed since the Vivo What Matter if she felt lone amt. :out ele girls had arrived at the Valley Farm. but it?" She would not begrudge the at thin? to Joyce it had. nee prayed the time happinees! Having made thus .".pro nbeeeethet n geit, for Joyce oley awake uthelouded hoppinees she had expected. In. worthy resolve, Joyce had a refreshino,f oete. tee eiee. .? vain ,4he took herself ;severely to task, eall; little cry, then reeolutely put Pelecity,tiod,'"o, big hereelf an ungrateful diecontented her affairs out of her mind, and rev...4.-411e (To be-ceritinued.) • girl; in vain ebe told herself this was a the short etoriee in the magazine, - • ee e thouisand times better than teachieg, that the birds beginning to fly about in tho queer. dull ache that elle mild not Ander- I, (nand. She forgot ene bad Ilea no tea; , she shrank from going been to the latmee; and he 'would hese given all elm possess- ed. to be .able to run away. Bat kW the shadows lengthened and, the garden turn- ed eold and gray she pulted bereelf to. gother. and walled bravely Mund .to the baok door. Eliza wee in the kitchen, getting ai, dainty euppentrity ready. She told Joyce. ; somewhat neurly, that Felicity had a ' beadaehe, and had gone to bed; that she did not want to be disturbed. Joyee meekly got none supperand ate it in lenee, then etole softey upsteirs. he oould well believe in that headeohe Felicity wee too sweetoempered and easy-going,. ae u rule. not to pay for ter outburat temper. Her bedroom wee opposite Felicity's; they had. given her nncle Georfone roeln, and elle had raised no objeetion, though she shrank from the thought of sleepieg evbere the old man ban, died. FelieitY hen iteelared nothing wouldindium her to do it, so there had been no Moe& to be eaid. As ehe wae entering it Felicity% soft voice oalled to her, end after 'It ruoment'e hesi- tation she obeyed the oummorts. • e NO 1, ientre Of ft $tiff King,. dejected inaid- en .inet her eve. Felieity had never nook. ed more radiant. 13.er sunny hair gleam. ed like spun silk on the pillow, Framing a fate ae rosy eand einiling ea ehild's..De- lieate -home. threaded with pink' ribbon, frothed 'round her neek and fell beck, train her sof, white arms. All the 'old love; the sohooleirl worehip, ruehni. be* to Joyce's heart like a flood, and shO bent and kissed her, with almoet motherly ten, dernese. Felicity put her arms round her neck. and clung to her. • "I'ye found my' master, Joyce -at last." Aim whispered. e . • • e "Yee, .And yen. are, "happy?" ?ORS happy!" Then the added,.with o lit. 40 Wane laugh-"What•eorteol" a Term- ini.% inlet, than I make?" • no.Onepeeetty one. Good night, deue. I hope 1I efecp pqa, Aighte,Joe'deer. elmen't wen'. . • • hadeerovedtrue%there would have .leene- 1,170 ver eleeplese •oieople III the she wae ueen t.. being lonely, and ought wood warned her that the afternoon wee- Ituatins..e Erom. Seed . Branch not to mini it; she could neither scold at an end; nor roo.x hereelf intc being ha.ppy.A. ghe did not expe.et to find any ono. . I ; • Ott Wit. vague feeling of trouble. of unrest, of die- the house but Eliza, and wari- s earpieen' illueion, had her in its grip. and hough ats ableen tered the porch to hear Felicity ... , • ,. , o she hated herehelf for it she had to ad- yoice coming from, the sitting -room 4-111 en.;` t.':-,Uevator SereeningS• mit that Robert Stone was at the bottom raised and exeited tonee. She wae alebelt se e ‘:' ,..1 of it. Hie coming had spoilt ber holiday. to retreat, and go round to the ;Intek •ZiSee.e.s.nefrge from the terminal Felioity, on the contrary. wae having when Felicity called her in. _ She explore' the tinie of her life. She sok:lest; frankly, ed to find her and Eliza having a heat* .. leelltirs' at Fort Williamand Port and no one could doubt it who e,a.w the argument -a by no means rare oecureenPe .4.ttlieteeeb^oCOMpOSeel of shrunken einilmi on the bewitching little faee, or -but to her surprise Robert StonettO0 heaed her gay laugh and merry, ringing in the doorway leading into the kitenen:liktikt;E.beken kernels. of *heat, +Data, TORT She ran about the farm- like a apparently listening in silence to. .Fe t.: Jennie? and flax with a varying'pro- child and where Robert Stone was VaS never tei7 fax away. Joyce-wondshe heityvigorots remarke. ered She had out the length of t•he rocna01/4bee . •' -..""' . Portion of different kinds of. weed 's seeds. An eighth ounce of screen - many a. ame Whet he thought of the girl tween them, and etood near the windneive who wheedled him one moment like a a. lovely picture of indignation, with her ispollotexby and the next commanded him c.heeke crimson her blue eyes tog. Stone glanced at Joyce as sheenter, ow_d stood by her friend -a look half vennot, half amused; but there was a grimteees about hie 'inouth that warued her that, whatever the _argument,. Felicity was not likely to get the beet of it. "Oh, Joyce, do come and back me up! Mr. Robert le horrid -he won't give in. Do tell him he must. I can't bean it -indeed I can't!" "What is it all about?" Toyce question- ed, feeling rather bewildered. "Why whea I went into the elied.s just now I found. they had taken that celf I'm eo fond of -Curly you know -away from it mother. It's all by itself in another place. The cow is going to the sale to- morrow, so they won't let the calf have a.11 tte milk it wants, if you please! Mr. Robert BaYtil It will spoil the look of the cow -it will retell less. As if I cared about thatV' "And wha, is to become of Curly?" "She's going too. She's ready for the butcher, he says." with withering empha- sie. 'I won't have her killed! She's done nothing to deserve it. Why shouldn't she grow up into a cow and enjoy herself in the fields?' "For the very good reason that 'she' ea./e'er Robert Stone said quietly. "The calf is a he,' and it's time he was turned into veal. Felicity looked taken aback, but renew- ed the attack from another point Of 710W. "The poor mother will, frete-you admit- ted he would, and I 'wont Rave it. You said she will cry after it all night." "I don't thinlf I said 'cry,' but you will certainly near her. I'm afraid. However. as she% going in the morning she will only make you miserable for one night." Felicity clasped. her hands entreatingly. "Oh, do let her stop here, Mr. Robert! Why do you want to sell her?" "Because she' a good milker, and will fetch twenty-two eounds.' "Don't we want the milk?" Joyce ven- tured to ask "No. Mere le a lot wasted as it is. There is no one to make butter or cheese here now; and if we fatten the calves -with it what's the good if Miss Felicity won't let them be sold?" "Was he laughing at them? Joyce won- dered. Felicity seemed toothink so, for she turned on hire like a little fury. " ena exieer at UB because we can't do o d work! A fereas a. gruesome, y place. You feed the animals up, and. then go looking about to see which one is ready to die -the poor, poor things I" "Why should you pity them? We have to die ourselves, for that matter." "We don't have to be killed and eaten. How you *an go amongst the lambs a.nd niok. out which are ready for the butcher, like you did on Monday, paeses any com- Preheneion. You must be a cruel, hard- hearted wretch!" "Seme one has to do it. The -world must be fed. You like roaet lamb and raint sauce yourself Mise Felicity." "How dare you. renaind me of that? I will never touch it again as long als liver "Beeidece if WO didn't eat the animals they might eat as. They would certainly over -run the face of the globe, and prove too numerous for us to cope with." Felicity clapped her halide over her ears. "Oh, go away! Don't try to excuse your- eelf-to argue it out. I'm too miserable to listen. And I was so happy! Joyce, tell him he 'must let the things live -you feel wretched about it. teo, don't you?" Jove looked at the tall Ague° in the doorwoY. at the film, unyielding face, and though her cheeks had lost some of their color and her 701.00 trembled, she knew there was 0011' one answer possible, with those truth -compelling eyes ma her. "Yee. FelieitY. but I don't think we ought to interfere in these matters. Mr. Stone knows what is best -he will do what is right. Perhape—" But Felicity interrupted her passion- ately. "I might have known you would agree with him, and go against me. But I won't be made miserable! t will have my own way! Do you hear?" -turning again tO the silent figure in the doorway. "Curly shall not be killed -her mother shall not be sent away. I'm mistress here, and I OW you to carry out my orders, not to do as you like. 1---I— She faltered and broke down. Robert Stone no longer leaned and lis- tened patiently. Ile etood upright, and looked every inch of his six foot. His eyee blazed'with indignation, and fetch a look of hauteur had come into his face that evtn joyce quailed, and oast a frighten- ed glance afr Felicity. She stood as if transfixed, ber eyes wide, her mouth a lit- tle open, anesmerised for the moment, as it were, by the man's intent look -a look of unspeakable scorn. Then she gave, a little wail, and pot both hands to her head. '011, oboe em X eaeing? But it's all your fault for making me so unhappy. I will leave this hateful place where everything has got to She burst into tears, sat ,down 'suddenly on the e,ctueh under the 'window, and hid her face in her hands. joyce sanv Robert Stone's fries change as If by mile°, saw him m'oes the room In three etridee and kneel beside tho couch, then she fled. Out by the 'way he had opine, through the porch arid down the long garden site eta& with laming theeke adel but one desire -to got way. For what seemed. like Tomes She worked feverishly among the flowerlbedis or sat listlessly on the rough ibench. That . old feeling of depression and. loneliness that she hadkoonquered in the Wood had Verne lake ale imperious mistress, but she could gaehar withing from his 'impassive' face, ...Atte erne eorde. tor- he was eon the Whole a sileet man. He zeereen 'to regard her v ith •goodhuthered tedirenee, and •getterally. let her have her wayeeunleee, it interfered with lee work. go Felleity hunt. sed for vote and fed the poultry, and even fearled home the Milking cowls. and when she went a etep tarther end insisted on driving the hooss in the mowing. ma - chile' leoher try, arid lifted her in and wet ..g...tet. empty heyeearts at her bidding. ..eloyee came to the et:delusion. that either 1, -he Wetc; a men who treated ell.wooten with otIeferenee or tIse he considered it part of tiuta to do as he -wee told. She had to owe cleat hie manner was perfect, and ., hod ecateed to • remonstrate with Fe- lieee wee.only wo.ete De -breath. -eleon't 'worry about ince you' dear old r1' ni Meet'. the had said, laughing, when Joyee had" taken her to task for riding ..one of the eartehorees home, Robert 'neomes .coot Octane; as a sad.dle -while he led her uneenvenii Mai mount. "It does no, Matter what I 'dm here -this is the Garden of Eden, and Mrs. Grundy is miles ttivaY: If I like to nen wild for a bit there no on0. to misjudge me or say spitenO. thin:eve Joyeee las had burned as she ma,de one men,- a...et-met. —Whit! about. Mr. Stone? You would like him te think well of you; you weezein '-Oh. Mr. Robert% a dear!" Felioity had interiuptol. She had chosen to call him time .te being lees formal. and had insist- ed en 'ease Felieity" from him. "Ile will think just what I chocee him te think - they all do Done. be a stupid spoil -sport, a:tree-and don't iteterfere with what deren't eeneern you. It lind been said with a laugh, but it had hurt doyee, and she gave up taring to -chaperon her friend., or to lead her in the way she ehould go A,. coneequence tithe was left more and moo. alene. Eliza had taken her offer of bele very literany. and Joyce's mornings were Dilly ("tempted. It struck her some- tinee that the woman purposely- kept her wean from Welleity, joyee knew that she wes iealoue of her, that she had. never appreved 'if har joining them -Felicity tool told he: so; but it went deeper than that. Eliza seemed like a foolish old mo- ther oh() wae determined her child ehoul hove a eeted time whatever ar- has; Joyee'e leeeearred."-Ras-raed-rier e caul. e la no wish to share Robert Stones seelety or make a third in their pee as. Th'e wes an admirable sentiment, and very eoneoliegeo her pri-de, but it did not prevent her feeling- rather forlorn at time. She was thinking of it now as she eat In the weed, her work unheeded on her '.ap. her hands claeped behind her neck. 0...•3 eb • listened dreamily to the cone, ,t.f whiteebreat perched. on a hazel spray. ehe hed not seeri Felicity elece moreing, fee as they had had a cold din - nine Nene hail inetrueted Eliza to send here te. feed, and had presumably eaten it when Robert etene ha.d his. He always breught Ira midday meal with him, for tee eett ug.' where be lodged was morn than a nia away. Felielty had lagged him Nem t he first to share their dinner, but Le. had remained firm in his refusal, ' thenell et• eften joined them at tea in lie. garden Joyce had enjoyed the in- fortre! :init. meal under the horee-chest- nut, tiemeh hers heel been the role of Hs- teeer sued looker-on: but for the lace few deo; had ordered tee. in the hay! field, .1 nti tieing h eke had invited Joyce ea re co v -Come to tbe picnic," she heel preferred *et stay wit& Eliza, Peeling strangely shy and creivinced that she wee net wonted. would go kome to mother if I could afford the fere.' she murmured half -aloud fillg I fillittg her eyes. -I'm not really avowed here. Eliza could do without, nay hetv. unit Felteety his forgotten 1;he ask- ed me fot eempany. Ate for Mr. litone-" net rntylitgs elided abruptly, anti a whinasenel little smile brightened her face as Abe teolt up her work again. Hie glen -eh Its on the s ubje et -were certainly woe finding out. He was always kind and teeirteoue am! th.eign he seldom addretste ea her slLe lead relined more than one that hie' gray eyes had a trick of follow- ing her. of evaing on her with it coolnees, • speeulation in their depthe tba.t gave her a queer little shock- It struck her sornethnes that It was not his fault that elle wee persistently "thelved." Per. haps they might have been good friends had tho not been S.) foolishly tonguatied- or bad relieity permitted it. Not all Folic.ity's new-born love of fresh air and eountry pursuits could make her rise early: sho had. her breakfast taken up te her as at home, a.n.d never appear- ed before ten. jc,yee, on the contrary, al- ways got up when Eliza did, and revelled In the eat morning air, the dewy frog - ranee of the garden. No noise must be nen,de white the young mistress slept, so ,she had, for the lad few mornings, boon working- in the ilowerebeds, trying to re- etore poor uncle George% treaeared bleeeoma to aomething like order. There Robert Stone had found her, total bad. lin- goied awhile to give her a little advice and help. joyce, who harnever done any gardening in her life, was grateful for both, end found herself looking forward to that friendly shot among the roses. She would not have been a girl if a mils. &Jevons thought, as to whet PeIleity would say tf she knew had not added to her enjoyment Those feet Ittiyates spent in. Robert Stone's oonipauy had nutde Ione very t lerant of What she ha,d oonsidered caters `foolishness. She wondered no , huh itimin, and with it a ings which had been grounclas chop- ped feed was found to contain 233 noxious •and 484 other weed Seeds. Blit when the smaller weed seeds have been removed it is not difficult to destroy by grinding the vitality of nearly all those remaining. The smaller weed seeds, comprising from 20 id 49 per cent of the whole, are not comtrletely ground by ordin- ary mills and some of them are be- lieved -to be decidedly unwholesome. When graded to remove these small- er harmful seeds and the balance finely ground, screenings make a cheap and nutritious stock feed. Weed Seeds in Feed. Bran, shorts and chop feeds are sometimes 'contaminated by ground screenings which are mixed with them in some of the flour mills. Of 396 samples collected throughout Canada in 1913 by the Inland Rev- enue Department 140 contained an average of 57 noxious weed seeds per pound, and only 144 of the samples were entirely free from vit- al weed seeds. One :sample of chop- ped feed contained 1104 noxious weed seeds per pound. Bulletin No. 254 of the Inland Revenue Depart- ment gives the names and addresses of the manufacturers and the quali- ty of their mill feeds. . - .- - Turnip Seed S,ituffion. Turnips and other roots occupied 175,000- acres in Canada in 1914 and yielded 69,003,000 bushels valued at $18,934,000. Turnip seed imported into Canada. for the year ended March 31, 1914 follows: From Qty., lbs. Value United Kingdom 1,123,958 $95,471 United States 62,818 5,023 France 126,687 10,459 Holland • 224,162 16,855 Other Countries 39,698 3,071 KEEP SMILING, Pr. James L. Hughes Toronto In living over life's best days The day conies back again When first we met, and in my heart You smile, as you did then, And still I smile a sweeter smile, Because you smiled, and so Your smile is pasted to other hearts To give them brighter glow. Keep smiling, for your happy smiles In other lives shine on To bring them in their darkest hours The glory of Rope's dawn. ?Tannery, 1915. SJEMIBERT s,Itour. . . .• The Most -.11ripi—Ttel4in'as Big Aril- , lionnire in' Canada. Sir Herbert -S. Holt, pfliontreal, , recently' honored with a knight- hood, is said.to the most modest an -d retiringolf –Canada's. million- aires. He is' one of the. biggest Isomer and transportation men in the . Dominion; but he dOesn't go in‘for so:ial. Or club: life of any veryf„:\c,p :..d'eois.ppilreonally known to HeTb-ert -.Holt came to Can- ada, in 1873 •Its a nineteen -year-old immigrant -from Ireland. • He had been given a training in reathemat- ies:an.d engineering at Trinity Col- lege. Dublin and.he was given a. job by James as, of Montreal, on the Victoria Railway, a crude little lumbering line, extending north from Lindsay into the forests of Haliburton. Young Holt made him- self very useful, and when Ross moved to Toronto as superintendent of the Credit Valley Railway, later a.bsorbed by the C.P.R., he brought Holt with him. The young ,engineer had a good deal to do with the con- .struction of its various extensions. In 1883 James Ross moved again - going to the West as superintendent of construction on the prairie divi- sion of the C.P.R.-and again he took young Holt with him. Power His Monument. . About the eaine time 'William Mackenzie and b. D. Mann went West. Holt soon saw that there -was Total 1,577,323 $130,874 There is good reason to believe that a part of the turnip seed COM- ing to Canada from the United Kingdom had been grown under contract on the continent. The prospective scarcity of labor and the need for food production leaves open to speculation the proportion of seed supplies available from Europe for use in Canada in 1916. Soli the Best Variety. The 1913 investigation into the condition of seed grain and flax ac- tually being used on Canadian farms showed that the variety nam:e of 34 per cent. of the 2065 samples taken was not known by the farmers. Verities of cereal crops differ in time of maturity, strength of straw, freedon from diease, yield, per cent. of hull in oats and hardness in wheats, The three highest yields of oats obtained at each Dominion Experiment Station in 1912 averaged 33% bushels more per acre than the three lowest. Ex- periments have shown that four or five varieties of oats cover all the conditions of Canada yet forty farm- ers In one district were found grow- ing seventeen different varieties. Each distract should grow only tbe variety of crop best suited to soil, climate and markets. The variety might be ohosenon the advice of the nearest ExperiMent Station. System of Study., "I have another idea about hand- ling these cannibals," said the mis- sionary, thoughtfully. "A new course of education 1" "Yes. I'an not going to be n right off on the higher lines of n- straction.I'ng0iing to Start in by teaching vegetarianism." Sir II. S. Holt. 9 4 .2 "C wn Corn 'you. • POUR IT ON PORRIDGE vou can't irnagine how delicious a dish of Oat - A meal Porri▪ dge becomes when it is sweetened with "Crown Brand" Corn, Syrup, Have, it for breakfast to -morrow -7- watch the kiddies' eyes sparkle with the first spoonful—see how they come for 'more'. Much cheaper than cream and sugar -better for the children, too. Spread the Bread with "Crown Brand"- serve it on Pancakes and. Hot Biscuits, on Blanc Mange and Baked Apples -use it for Candy:14Iaking. "LIZYITITITE" is a pure white Com Smile:nom delicate In flavor than "Crown Brand". You may prefer it. ASK YOUR GROCER -IN 2, 600 & 20 us. TINS. THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED Makers of the Famous Edwardsburg Brands. Works -Cardinal -Brantford -Fort Wiliam. Head Oftlee e - - Montreal 1 eSe rAttrmir., FRENCH SAVED BRITISH. They Were Stragglers Who Had In- dulged in Too Much Wine. One of the few war subjects which has not been exaggerated is the really amazing friendship which has sprung up between the soldiers of the allied armies. If you consider that they cannot understand a word of each other's language, you might imagine that real intimacy were no more than a dream. Snol,i is not the case. Mr. Atkins and M. Pion -Pion have become actual and real friends, and to see them strolling along in liberty hours, arm in arm and talking volubly, is a liberal education in the possibilities of human nature, writes 0. M. Hueffer. One incident which the writer per- sonally witnessed "somewhere near the front," as the war correspondents say, and which .spestks volumes for the friendship of the allied private sol- diers must be prefaced by the state- ment that some 40 per cent. of the British troops at present at the front are total abstainers. I happened to be walking across the market place of the little town with a staff officer of the British. Just in our way were, I sup- pose, a couple of hundred French pri- vates. As we came up to them they fell away before us in a manner alto- gether incomprehensible, backing to- ward the nearest wall, keepink their faces always towards us, and, saluting continually with a surprising enthusi- asm. I asked the colonel what he sup- posed it meant. He replied, with raised eyebrows, that it was altogether incomprehensible. Three minutes later, having left the colonel at the door of his head9uart- ers, I discovered the key of the -mys- tery. Three British stragglers, who had lost their battalions and were look- ing for them had wandered into the town. They had come far, and on the -way the ,peasantry, who by this time positively adore "les Anglishes," had offered them the wine which Was red. Their French comrades, recognizing their condition, had flocked together to protect them from any possible punish- issraandeelltzs%.m--- - more money in the .contracting busi- ness than in working on salary as an engineer, and he spent seven years in that business, being all the time more or less in todch with Mackenzie, Mann and Ross. Re- turning to Montreal, he directed his energies to getting control of that city's power and light facilities. He first bought out the old Montreal gas company. Then he acquired the Royal Electric Company, and by degrees buying out competing com panies or crushing them, he evolved the present Montreal Light, Heat, and Power Company. with its seven- teen -million dollar capital and almost absolute monopoly in the city and district of Montreal. Montreal Power is the monument H. S. Holt has reared to his prow- ess as a financier. He knows all about that company and its equip- ment. He is the company's own re- sident engineer,and has traveled all over the viorld improving his knowledge of electrical engineering problems. He is also a bank president, be- ing head of the Royal Bank. Bythe way he has the unique distinetion of having been president of two banks, for he was the first presi- dent of the ill-fated Sovereign 'Bank, and held that office for three years. Sir Herbert is a director of the C.P.R. and is 4 liberal invest- or in stocks of any kind that have a basis of industrialism. He is one of the biggest of Montreal's finan- cial magnates -one of the inner cir- cle. Personally he is also a big man. He is rather better than six feet in height, and his frame is powerful and well knit --that of a man who lived his early life out- doors and was very much et home there. There is nothing of the mixer about, this new Montreal knight, He spends most of his time between his house on tStanley Street and his Cf. face in the Power Building on Craig Street. Usually he =Ikea a trip across the Atlantic once a year, but the •rest of the time he lives quietly at home. He doesn't care for clubs And has few intimates. Coal may be high but miter it is onoe in the Ibin it soon gets lower. merit at the hands of the British offi- cers -whence the manoeuvring in the market -place. The pains which those French sol- diers took subsequently to insure the safety of their charges was a lesson in hunutnity. After long consultation they decided that the village church was the best place of sanctuary, and accordingly they led them there, pro- cured large trusses of straw, and left them to sleep off their "fatigue," as one of the Frenchmen put it. Two of the culprits proved perfectly amenable and went quietly to sleep. The third, of more heroic mold, no sooner found himself abandoned, than he arose swiftly to his feet, left the church, and wandered again through the market- place, hinting by signs to the passers- by that he was still athirst. His watchful French protectors rose to the occasion, led him again to the sanctuary, and again put him to bed. Two minutes later he was out again, recommencing his tour of the market- place. I do not think• I am exaggerat- ing if I say that this performance was gone through ten times, with unvary- ing patience on the part of the French- men, before the infantryman -errant was at last permitted to go to sleep. Even then guardian angels in red breeches waited outside another quar- ter of an hour to make sure that he should not change his mind. The writer could instance a hundred cases within his own personal knew - ledge where the instincts of our com- mon humanity have triumphed over the red bestiality of war, from an ac- tual set-to at dsticuffs between a Ba- varian and one of the West Surreys,in the space between the trenches, with both armies as enthusiastic spectators, to a case of which 1 was told by an eye -witness, when an Englishman and a German both sacrificed their lives unavailingly, as it proved, to save that of a French peasant boy .who had somehow wandered into the very mid- dle of the fight. *-41 The surgeon knows how to get in- side intformation. $1301191 FOR EPIZOOTIC DISTEMPER, INFLUENZA, PINK EYE, COLDS, COUGHS. Cures .tlee sick and prevents others in same stable having these diseasee. Liquid, given on tbe tongue. or in feed. Safe for brood mane and all others. Beet kidney remedy. An druggists end harnees dealers. Booklet -'"Distemper, Oause and Cure,' tree. Distributors: Parke & Parke, Hamilton; Lyman Bros, Drug, Co., Torotuto; Wingate Obem. Co., Montreal; Martin, Bale Wynne Co., Winntpeg; Bale Drug Co. Winnipeg and Oat. gary. MEDICAL CO., Chemists and Goshen,. Ind. Bacteriologists, U.S.A. In" ".71? 114/5PV,i $200.00 DI COLD MEN AWAY FREE 58, LPAOS • NREOGA ea-VesWIEFZeoe_ UPM ATSWRFREGIR °PANE -,F................,..= RCYREH I VBRAPRSRE 1 ERPA ,sanerneneeesnewsnammtgenontssoon Can you arrange the above sets of Jumbled letters Into the names of eight well nown fruits. If $o, YOU CAN SIIARE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ABOVE PRIZE. It is no easy task. But by patience and per. 1,i, soverenCe you can probably mho out 5 or 6 of them. To the person who can mal. out thc largest numbw er e will &ye** stun of Ohe Hundred Dollars.. Tothe person making om the second mat number tho sum of Fifty Dollars, To the person making the third largest number the sum of Thirty Do lars. To the person making the fourth largest number the sum of Twenty Dollars, Should two persons send ansWers equally correct, the first two prizes will be divided between them, leech receiving 576.00 .Should three send in equally correct answers, the first three prizes will have tabu divided, (each receiving Stio.do). Should four persons send equally correct answers. the whole sum of $200.03 will be equally divided (ench receiving $50.00), and,ao on in like proportions, provided they comply with a simple condition about which we will write C.5 soon as answers are rece.lved. WE DO NOT WANT A CENT OF YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU ANSWER TIM ADVERTISEMENT. Tryon elm make out anything like a complete list. write us et once enclosing o-ccar stamp for our reply. DO NOT DEL,kY, WRITE AT ONCE, Addre.ss, CANADIAN MEDEPINE CO., Dept: 51 MONTREAL, 05.11.4....) n tlic Fanm Poet and Mouth. Disease. The disease affects ,cattle prineip- ally, all cloven-dooten animals are -susceptible, ISO that swine, sheep a,nd . goats are sometimes stricken, with the disease, Human beings sometimes contract the in- fection by drinking milk from in- fected animals, or front , handling anim,als having the disease. Foot andmouth disease is • re- markable for the swiftness with which it spreads. The diseas is spreati, by contact, and any o that has been ,contaminated the discharges from the sick tnt- mals may convey the infection to healthy animals. The germs of the diseases may be carried on the shoes or clothing, by vehicles, on the hoofs of animals, by dogs, eats or birds. The disease Is not necessarily fa,- tal, although it small percentage of affected .animals may' the. One at- tack of the disease does not confer permanent immunity. An animal may have the disease two or three times. Affected animals usually re- cover without any treatment. The most ,proMinent symptoms are a high fever, loss of appetite, and the formation of vesicles (blis- ters) in the mouth, on the tongue and lips, and sometimes on the ud- der. Similar eruptions take plaoe between the toes, ,at the coronary band, and cause extreme lameness. Animals with marked foot lesions often lie down, and refilse to get up, on account of the pain of stand- ing. Affected animals frequently stand with the heed 'down, a.nd with streams of saliva flowing from the corners of the mouth. Marked •dis- turbances of the digestive orgeas are often observed. The United States has demon- strated its ability to eradioate the disease. In general the plan is to slaughter all infected and exposed animals bury them in deep trenches and cover the carcasses with quicklime. Infected premises are thoroughly disinfected and quarantined. No live stock can be brought to the premises for four months. Public higlmays in infect- ed territory are closed to traffic. Persons are not allowed to visit or leave infected farms. Feed and bed- ' ding exposed tothe infection are burned. Owners of slaughtered animals are reimbursed on the ba- sis of utility value, appraisement being made by a practical stock- man and an official of the Federal Bureau of animal industry. One half is paid by the Federal govern- ment end one half by the siege in- terested. $50.O FOR FOR A NAkV. Thi e is the beautiful new perfume, made in Canada, endorsed and used exolusively by We. Pauline Donalda, tho famous Canadian Prima Donna. We want a euttable name for it, and so will give, $500 IN CASH PRIZES an follows: - $402.00 for the beet name. 50.00 for the beat description of the perfume. 25.00 for the second best name. e 10.00 for the seoond beet description. 5.00 for the third beet description. and ten $1.00 prizes for the next beat descrip. tions. The winner of the 'contest will be decided bY a committee of Montreal% leading advertieing men and their dechsion will be final. Should, two br more contestants send in the, winning name the Prize will Om °weeny divided, and an additional prize to the value ot $5.00 will be given each 0110. ceeefue contestant. No employee or member et this firm shall enter the centetit, The don - teat closes at Midnight, Mitrch 31s1, 1916. HOW TO ENTEIte-To enable every oonteetent to try the new 'perfume before submitting their. euggeeblen for a name we make the following Special Offort-Por one dime, ten een , we Will et send one of our speoutT Souvenir Bete eg of the Perfume-reguter 26 tents Silk-teitet eonn wit41 Free Contest age, and One oramlitm. eo All for 10 cones. It is necessary to Iowa tho Free Conteet Slip Ito enter. Write to -dap. You will he delighted with the perfume, and hay° a chance to win the big prize. RODGERS, GRAY & STEWART, PERFUMERS Dept. WI. 332 IlLEUIV 51'.f MONTREAL, ( Parm Notes. Set out fruit trees where they will add to the beauty of the grounds. It costs very little to maintain order and system aibout our homes and yet nothing pays better. Are we learning- that there is a good deal more profit with less work to be rhade raising 75 bushels of corn onlen acres than 35 bushels ou 100 acres? We need to give the dairy bull plenty of exercise and the best of treatment that we may keep him un- til lie has .had an opportunity show his wprth. lin intercronoing the young or- chard, some low growing,crep which oomes Off the land early and whith demands good tillage is 'best. No pig has ever fattened with less feed because its sty was placed in the most conspicuous place on tI.n3 home 'grounds. Few town people realize the im- portance ,of the dairy cow from the viewpaint of human life and busi- ness economy. - Decayed apples on the ground in an. orchard are. a means of carrying over the 'winter the fungous di. - eases which cause rots. Electricity and Health. Substituting electric power for steam in factories directly affects the health of the community, for it does away with smoke, For example, since electric motors began to be used in the industries of the borough of Bury, in England, not only have the twenty - f our chimneys formerly needed .f04,-4 steam power gone out of use, but, ow- ing to the convenient supply of electric power, twenty-seven other cbimneys that otherwise would have been erect- ed have not been put up. The large chimney at the power station replaces altogether flftyone smaller chimneys in other parts of the town. Further- more, the fuel for thp power station goes directly from the freight cars into the coal bunkers. Wore the lifty-one chimneys still in use, more than two hundred.tons of feul would haveto be carried each week for considevable distances through tbe streets; Mirka- tric power supply, that is, fret; the 'roads of much heavy traffic. Finally, tie fnel Consumed at ' the power sta- tion IS burned iii a scientific way, so as . to produce the minimum amount or smoke. Probably that cculd not be said of the superseded furnaces, ‘Turtcy Passing Away, The Ottopan Empire Is let) • Ot TIenkey in glerope---ate strip 'of territory 'stretching aero.E.s from tho piock, Sea td ate Adriatic --Turkey 3I1 Asia, which includes Arabia, Sy - rig', and Palestine, and Provinces in the Isles of Samos and ,CYprns are also under ithe, Sultan's ruFe.