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Or, Leonora West's Love
CHAPTER XX. brilliant scene there was a rustle; a
"Not too high." repeated Lady Lausier• m tru,ur, the echo of arietocratio lieugli-
the
roman
Lady ter,and a a
party entered
ter, sagely. "The fords of ,Lancastergyp y
have married earls' daughters before to frs. West. leaning over her niece's
d ty ' eboulde.r, whispered, softly:
'Yee, in their palmy days,' -said Clive "There is my lady --in front, an that
Lancaster; but not now, when their tall gentleman's arm, dela."
tittriinony le wasted" their laude encum- Leonora saw a little wizenedfirm° in
ered with taxes, end their ,last descend- a glistening brocade, with rubiee pend-
ant earning a paltry living in her Ma- ent front the thin ears, a lace cap on the
jesty's service," ' thin white hair, a locket of diamonds and
Lady Adele ie as poor ae you are," rubies ou the breast, and glittering
li lid the withered oid woman, significant- bracelets that mocked the yellow, .. bony
1y." wrists they encircled, and the sour,
'No?" " wrinkled ,face, rendered even more ugly
"Yes." and aged by the attempts that had. beeu
'But I thought that the Earl of East- made to render it youthful.
were was very rich." "That hideous old lady in paint and
"He was once: but he and his spend- poLeonora.eto you say that she is Lady Lan -
thrift sons have made ducks and drakes caster?" Leonora. 'raked; and when ills.
of the money at the gaming -table- Lady West answered "Tee," she said, irrever
Adel t will have no portion at all. She entlY.
will be compelled to marry a fortune," She looks like a witch, auntie dear,
So you have planed youre at her die
poral?" .he said, with hardly repressed 1 shall be expecting every minute to see
worn. her gold -headed stick turned into a
Yea," coolly, ' if she takes my nephew broom, and herself flying away on it
with it. But, seriously, Clive, it is the 'into the sky, to sweep the cobwebs from
best Irattch for you beth. You will have on high.' "
Money she has beauty and exalted sta- "Oh, fy, my dear!" criedthe lionise -
tip, Married to each other, you two keeper disappointed that Leonora had
will be a power in, the social world; not been more impreesed with the splen'
a •part, neither of you will count for dor of the ecene and Lady Lancaster's
much. You will have rack, but that will dignity. "But, look at Lord Lancaster --
be a mere ii3oumbrance to you without is he not grand in his black suit?
the ability to sustain ite dignity pro- "Where?" asked. Leonora, carelessly, ae
pally,.' if she were not gazing at that moment
"ix you only knew how little I care for on the tall, superb figure. looking courtly
roelal Dower," he said. "The life of a in its elegant evening -dress. $e was walk -
soldier suits me. I have no great ambi- ing by the side of a lady whose white -
tion for wealth and power. gloved hand rested lightly on his arm.
"You are no true Lancaster if you are Leonora looked admiringly at the dark,
willing to let the old name and the old brilliant face and stately figure of this
place run down!" she broke out, indig- woman who, clothed in .ruby silk and
aiantly. "Ah,'I wish that I might have rich black lace, Joked queenly as she
borne a con to my husband- Then this sunk into her chair behind a beautiful
degenerate scion of a noble race need epergne of fragrant flowers.
never' have been roused from his deice eOh, I see him now!" she said, after a
far niente to sustain its ancient glory." minute. "He is with that lady in ruby
His lip curled in cold disdain of her silk. Aunt West, who is she?
wild ranting. "The Earl of Eastwood's daughter,
"At least the old' name will never be Lady Adele. She is a great .beanty and
dishonored by me," he said. "I have led a very grand lady."
a life that no one can cry shame upon. "She is very handsome, certainly," Leo -
My record is pure." nora said. Her gaze lingered on the dark,
Glancing at his flushed face and proud brilliant face behind the flowers. The
eyes" she saw that she`had gone too far. dark eyes and red lips made a pretty plc -
She did not want to rouse that defiant ture. She wondered if Captain Lanca•s-
mood inherent in all the Lancasters. She ter thought so.
was afraid of it. "Yee, rho is very handsome, and she
"I was hasty,' she said. "Forgive me, -will be the next mistress of Lancaster
Clive. But I am e, anxious to have you Park," Mrs. West said.
fall in, with my plans. I' have no kin of "She is engaged to: Captain -to Lord
my own, and I am anxious to leave my Lancaster, then?' said Leonora. She
money to you, the heir to my late hue- looked at the earl's daughter with a. new
interest.
"No, but every one know what is in
Lady Lancaster's mind,".lea,id Mrs. West,
significantly.
' It is dreadfully close here in thie
closet. Oae can scarcely breathe," said
Leonora. "Oh, Lady Lancaster, you said.
What hae she to do with Lord Lancaster
and the earl's daughter? It seems to me
she is a very meddlesome old lady.:'
"She wants her nephew to marry Lady
Adele,. Every one knows it. She invited
her here just to throw them together and
make the match."
"But perhaps he will not marry her
just to please hie aunt!" spiritedly.
"He will be apt to do just what any
lady tells him:" said Mrs. West. "If he
does not, she will leave her money away
from him. He can not afford that."
"And will he really 8011 himself for
money?" Leonora spoke in a stage whir'
per.
"Hush, my dear; not quite so loud. Ae
to selling himself, I don't know t
hat mon
o,our all`it that exactly. Many peaple
32temarry"frir'aseefl.dii. Yet,
why shouldn't 'these o• young people
fall in love with each other/ Lady Adele,
band's . title. If you fall in with my
views I shall give you from the day of
your marriage ten thousand a year, and
after my death the whole income shall
be yours. If you cross me, if you decline
to marry an I wish you to do, I shall
hunt up other Lanoasters-there are dis-
tant connections in Loudon, I think -and.
I shall leave everything to them Instead
of to you."
Fier black eyes glittered with menace.
and there was an evil, 'triumphant smile
on her thin, Cruel.lips. She knew the
extent of her power, and was bent on
using it to the full.
"llr.ney'it a good thing to have, Atint
Lydia. I should like to have youre when
you ere done with it, I don't deny that,"
he said. "There may be some things bet-
ter than money, it slowly, "one could
have them; but-"
"Better than money? she interrupted,
angry ansarcastic, and frightened all
at once, for fear that he was about, to
refine her. "Pray tell me what those de-
.
i.ee..things may be.".
"Yonas :,it` star.-Pesekut," he an5;v"sr-
ed,' calmly. "I was abourete--ga's. there,•
might he, but.I was not sure.- We will
not discuss that unknown quantity." has everything in the world that is de•
I think not," she answered, dryly. "It sirable except money, and 'so has he.
Their fortune is made if they marry each
other: "
Happy pair!" said Leonora, in a ear
castle voice, in the darkness. "Isn't it
' stifling in this hole, Aunt West? Let us
gp„
They went back quietly .to the little s't-
ting-room again.,
"Well,` how did- you enjoy it,. Leonora?"
asked her aunt.
"Ohl very much," said the girl.
might be more pertinent to discuss Dady
Adele now. What do you say, Clive?
Sball you pay your court to ter?"
a deep red flushed all over hie fair,
hatrd.eome face. •
She might decline the 'honor," he said.
Psirawl she might be a fool, but she
len t.' said my lady, sharply, "She will
ne•r decline. She has an inkling of what
I rn'an to do I have talked with the
earl He thinks it would be a pleasant
and pertinent arrangement for the house "I'm glad. Somehow, I thought you
of Lancaster. Yon know you have to didn't," vaguely. "They are going to
think of your heirs, Clive, and to do the dance thie evening. 1 can manage for
best' you can for their future.
Yes; ' he Gni& sarcastically.
Well. now I have told you all my
hopers and plane. Clive, I want to know
what yon are going to do. There is no
vee beating about the bush," said my
lady. sharply.
I am lining t . make Lady Adela's as•
quaintance before I make up my mind,"
he nnowered, undauntedly.
"You will fell in love with her. She is
a great beauty." my lady eaid, confident-
ly, ae he bowed himself out.
CRATER XXI.
That evening when "sober -suited twi.
light" had begun to fall over all things,
when the stare began to sparkle in the
sky, when the air began to be heavy
with odors of rose and mignonette and
jasmine and the odorous, heavy -scented
lioneyenekia, Mrs. West came into the sit-
ting -room, where Leonora was leaning
was: leaning from the window, drinking
in the peaceful sweetness 'of the summer
eve.
"Are you lonely here in the dark, my
dear? I will bring a lamp," she said.
"Not yet, please, Aunt West," said the
girt- "I love this twilight : dimness. I
Iovc: to sit in the darkneee and think.''
"About your poor papa, dear?" asked
the good 'woman, "Tell me about him,
Leonora. What did he die of?"
"It was a fever, Aunt West. Some day
I will tell you all about him, but not some in California, some in New York
just yet.-r•leaee. I -can not bear it yet. ! State, some in Virginia, and some in
you to see it, if you like to do so. Should
you, Leonora?"
"Oh! very much," said the girl again.
CAAPTER, XXII.
It was a beautiful night, bright with
moonlight and starlight, and sweet with
balmy air and the breath of fragrant
flowers. Leonora sat at the window and
silently drank in the sweet influences of
the balmy night. She would have liked
to go out but she did not euggest :it, for
fear of shocking her aunt.
"Are there any old ruins about here,
Aunt West, and any pretty scenery?" she
inquired, presently.
"011, yes; there are the old Abbey ruins
about two miles from here, They are
very pretty and pictureequo. Artists go
there to sketch, and picnic parties to
frolic. Devonshire is a very pretty place,
anyhow. A great many people come here
to make pictures.'
"So 1 bave heard," said Leonora. "May
I go there some day -to the Abbey,. I
mean -and make a picture, Aunt West?"
"You, child? Can you sketch?"
"A little," demurely. 'Indeed I' have
some •talent for it. I have drawn some
little things good enough to eel']."
"Can you, really?" cried the house-
keeper, in, surprise.
"Yen. indeed," said Leonora, smiling.
"To -morrow I "will unpack my trunks and
show you some pictures I did last year -
7:t liar; been so little a while :since I lost
him -barely two months!" said Leonora,
with the sound of tears in her voice.
"Well, well, dear, I did 'not think. You
shalt toll me when you please. But that
was not what I came in for. You know
I promfeed you a peep at the fine folks
when they dined. Well, it ie time now.
In a minute they will assemble. Come
with me; I have found a snug place- for
you."
Leona rt roee and followed her aunt,
They went along some dark corridors,
hand in hand, silently, and then Mrs,
West put a key softly into a lock and
turned it. A door opened. A cloee,
musty scent of dust and disuse breathed
on their faces. Mrs. Welt drew Leonora
tin and shut the door.
"Do not be afraid of the dark clear,"
she whispered. It is only a disused
china -closet opening an the dining -halt
There is a broken panel. This way,, Leo.
-lora, Now, look,"
There was a broken panel, indeed, that
made an aperture as wide as your hand.
Through it there streamed a bar of light,
retaking visible the ebb -webbed corners of
the narrow ,pantry, with piles of cracked
h'ntt
and oldfashfoned c i arranged u o
p n
the shelves, where the dust g.of yeare lay
thiok and dark and mus Leonora
laughed a little at the neve t.
of . her
(position.
,Aunty, I feel like a naughty little girl
who has hid in the closet to steal pre-
serves," she whispered.
Mrs. Wast laughed softly too.
"You will have something nicer than
preserves," ;site whispered, reassuringly,
as if Leonora had indeed been a little
girl. "Now, dear, look, look!"
Leonora looked cut through the narrow
aperture, half dazzled be the radiant
Sight for a moment, and saw a magni-
eleent dining -1141 I, long and lofty, with
carved oak paneling, and a tiled fire,
pane a tapestried wall, and some glori.
nus raintin:gs by the old masters, all
sighted by .,, magnificent cliandelfei' of
More than half a
Century of Quality
is behind every
package of
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in order to get
what you want
Practically every
grocer in Canada
has BENSON'S.
intoxicating waltzes. Loonore's hoert
thrilled to tho sound,
"How delicious!" she Cried.
"It is the band. The dance hoe begun,"
cried Mrs. West, "Come, Leonora, you
ehal1 have a peep at it."
"Not from the shelter of another hot
china -Closet, I hope," said the girl, laugh.
ing, 'I am afraid of the cobwebs and
the spiders."
"We will find a 'better place this time.
Put something over your head, Leonora;
we shall have to go out -doors, and the
dew is heavy."
Leonora wound a dark veil turban
fashion about her head.
"Now?" she said.
"Yes that will do; come on," Mrs. West
replied.
They went on a little balcony shroud-
ed in vines, from which they would peen
unobserved through an undraped win-
dow into the brightly lighted bail -room.
"Perhaps this will not do any better
than the china -closet, after all." said
Mrs. West, dubiously. "These vines are
so thick, there may be bugs and spiders
in them, too."
Leonora, shuddering, exclaimed, "Ugh!
I can feel them creeping now!" and then
declared that she would etay ten min-
utes, anyhow.
Isn't it a pretty sight? Did you ever
see anything so pretty, my love?" ex-
claimed Mrs. West, proudly.
West V irgini a."
"411 thoee places?" said lire. West.
Why, my dear, you must have traveled
a great deal."
I have," Leonora answered,, carelessly.
"But could poor Dick -could your papa
afford it?" inquired Mrs. West, bewilder-
'Sometinies-whenever he found a large
gold nugget -he could, said Leonora.
"We always had a• little 'trip s mewhere
then. Parpa was veryfond of traveling,"
"It must have rest a great deal of
money, and weren't you afraid, my
dear? I have heard -at leant I have read
-that there are many „Indians in Vir-
ginia."
my dear aunt!" cried Leonora,
amazed at, such . lamentable ignorance;
then, .in a moment, she added, kindly:
"That was a great .many jeers ago, aunt
-wheitr' Christeprer-'L`o'Hnmbus dieeovered
America. There are not any Indians
there now.
"Oh!" said afro, West, relieved, and
with a sudden overwhelming feeling .of
dense ignorance, which Leonora saw so
plainly that she thence the conversation
to itefirst channel.
kindly
back
you haven't, told me yet, aunt, if
I may go and rsketch the Abbey ruins, I
suppose they are out of Lady Lancaster's
jurisdiction," disd.ainfnily.'
"'Thev are not, child for they belong to
Lord Lancaster; but I don't think there
can be any • `objection, She never goes
there berlself,"eaid Mrs, West. .
Thdn I shall go there sono day and
get a picture, Perhaps it may be good
enough to sell. I'm going to try to help
support myself, Aunt West,"
"You /teed not, my dear, for I bare,
savings enough for us both, and you are
Woul, e1eomklntlio toy. your share," said the good
s
I ohail: not tounh a penny. T shall
sell picture's enough to buy my dresses,"
said Leonora, with a oon.fidont air,
They will have to he very gond ones,
Y.
W o,t'liglits, whose soft, luminous blaze deer;' dti4try to
l" b U a 'table "litterin with gold I aball 'try to inakc thein so," :1aVg11,
nd silver late coetl y Creedal, and meg' ink. Moment a buret of music swoli-
IY4 plate, y y At that
miff ent Illi r a.e ho gazed inion tho th air --one of Strauss's most
CHAPTER XXIII.
It was a pretty scene. The long ball-
room was draped in roseate colors and
decorated with flowers. The walla were
exquisitely painted in appropriate fig-
ures, and the waxed oaken floor shone so
bright that it reflected the figures of the
men and women who whirled around it
in the sensuous measures of the gay
waltz.
Did you ever see anything so pretty?"
repeated Mrs. West. with a certain pride
in this grand old family whom she eery
ed; end her niece answered, impertur-
ably:
Yes.
• "You have? Where?" whispered the
good soul, incredulously.
"In New York," replied the girl. "I was
at a ball there last winter. It was very
grand. much grander than this.".
Nevertheless. she continued to gaze
with a great deal of interest at the anim-
ated scene. There were more than a
-dgw= cngalesupon the floor, the beauti-
ful, richly area -ear and black-
coated.
lackcoated men showing to theiF 'g'r Et `et' iii=
vantage in the gay audience. Leonora
saw Lord Lancaster's tall, splendid figure
among them. He had Lady Adele East-
wood for a ..Partner. Hie arm was clasp-
ed lightly about her tall, slender form:
her dark, brilliant face drooped toward
his shoulder .with rather a languishing
air.
'Lady Adele is Lord. Lancaster's part-
ner," whispered the housekeeper. 'Aren't
they a well -matched pair? He ie so fair,
elle is so dark, they go well together."
"Very well," said Leonora. She watch-
ed the two figures admiringly, and
thought how exquisitely the light of the
lamps, shone down on Lady Adela's ruby
silk and her flashing diamonds. Tho,
black hair bound into a braided coronet
on the top of the graceful head contrast-
ed well with the fair locks that crowned
Lord Lancaster's brow.
"Yes. they go well together," she said
to herself. ' Will expediency and inclin-
ation go hand in hand? Will he marry
her?" e
Lady Adele has superb diamonds; '
said the housekeeper, in her shrill whia-
per.
Yes, they are very nice;" said Leonora.
"But I have a friend who has much
finer ones. Her father gave them to her
for a birthday present. They cost fifty
thousand dollars."
"What an odd girl! She is -not one bit
astonished at the splendor of anything
she sees. She has seen a great deal of
the world, really, and America meat be
a much finer place. than I ever thought
it," mused etre. West to herself.
"There, the waltz is over, Aunt West,"
whispered the girl, clinging to iter arm.
'Hadn't we better go now? Some ono
may come out here, '
:'Yes, if .you have .seen enough - have
you?" Mrs. West replied. and Leonora
answered:
Yes, quite enough,' thank you. I do
not like ,to look at such gayety. and my
dear papa so lately dead. Oh, Aunt
West, please let us walk out in the air
awhile. It is so warm here, and .these
vines are full of spiders and cobwebs,
just like that e.hiva-closet."
ego be continued)
Bad Luck.
A third marriage is considered
unlucky in certain pa'rt's of India.
`A fourth, marriage is not. So when
a man wishes to become .a b:enedict
after two pr•eviens .trials and still
evade superstition he evokes a very
clever scheme.
1VIr. Man of India :goe:e through,
a eerermonitafl with a bird or animal
or flower as the bride in: order that
his next wife will be the fourth th .and
not the third venture. Though this
m.ay sound ridieullous to many <if
our American people is it any more
so than the lengths 'to which per-
sons in this country will go to avoid
the numb.e.r 13 or "unlucky days"
and other household -bogies f -
Playing It Safe., '
"George, I will promise to aabey
on one condition..
rlWhat'is that, any clear?"
"That 'before the ceremony takes
placeyou will ,promise ane never to
corri,tnand."
Caught in ,tile Maelstrom.
• "He is a .tfiost convincing
tallkele"
',tea, that is his great enisfor-•
tune,, Ile believers his forma {slowing
srbories; invests his money and goes
biotite.''
A Side -Tragedy of the War in Serbia.
A wounded Serbian eolaier attacked by' typhus fever and unable to
proceed further. on lis journey. This is not an unusual sight under
the existing circumstances in Ser bis,
How to. Prevent Mold in Butter.
The important losses in butter
through the growth of mold upon
the tub lining, wrapper, or in the
!butter itself, which injures the
saleability of the produce, have led
experts to investigate this subject.
Mold in butter is usually found in
three forms : (1) Orange -yellow
areas with some growth of myce-
lium under the . surface. (2)
Smudge or dirty green areas,
either entirely inside the butter or
with some surface growth. . (3)
Green -surface colonies, either upon
the butter, causing decomposition,
or upon 'the container or wrappings
v*blob will injure the appearance of
the 'butter. '
Experimentse intoslr.&•itg'molds
`&rterclalry in"saaiples of 'butter in-
dicate that a growth of mold in or
about butter is favored by exces-
sive curd, by "leaky" butter, or by
wet surfaces, wet wrappings or
highly moist air. If butter molds
readily, it is an indication of in-
sufficient salting, as salt up to 2.5
to 3 per cent. is sufficient to prer
vent rnold'or reduce it to a negli-
gible amount. The growth of molds.
moreover, is largely reduced by
keeping the butter at low tempera-
tures. Improper storage tempera-
tures, accompanied- es they fre-
quently are with moist conditions.,
are favorable to mold in butter.
Unsalted :butter is more subject to
deterioration from microorganisms
than salted butter. Successful
storage of such butter is therefore
dependent upon scrupulously
clean, dry refrigeration. Cellars
and ice refrigeration rarely furnish
conditions which will prevent mold
in unsalted or slightly salted but-
ter, although it 'may be delayed or
reduced. Butter properly: made
and normally salted (up to 2.5 to
3 per cent., equivalent to the use
of a, 12 to 15 per oent. (brine)., will
not show mold under reasonably
careful handling.
Investigators in summarizing re-
sults -emphasize the fact that well -
washed butter is less subject to
mold than that with an. excess of
curd, but the essential factor in
molding seems to be water, not.
protein.
"Leaky"
milky water.
the wrapper
butter from which
exudes and collects in
or container furnishes
the best conditions for the begin-
ning of mold growth. From these
wet areas colonies may spread to
the 'butter itself.
Mold, the investigators find, will
not grow upon the surface of a
piece of butter exposed to airy at
ordinary humidities. The water in
the butter is not sufficiently avail-
able to the mold to support the de-
velopment of a colony unless evap-
o:ration is reduced by a, high -mois-
ture content of the surrounding
air. In closed packages, wet or
damp cellars, or carelessly packed
masses with cracks or fissures in
which moisture collects, mold may
seri isly injure the appearance of
the ,f n:edea es or aeually induce
great ohanges iii• the butter itself.
Green molds may damage nor-
mally salted :butter if cracks and
open spaces are left by bad pack-
ing. Other investigators have
found that paraffining the tubs or
boxes prevents mold on the con-
tainer and the liner by preventing
the escape . of water which would
not leave the air space necessary
for mold growth.
Very moderate salting prevents
the 'appearance of the orange -yel-
low patches and the smudges. The
green molds affect normally salted
butter only when it is held under
conditions of temperature or moist-
ure that are favorable to mold
growth.
Alfalfa -Lay, for bogs.
A trial in feeding hogs on alfalfa
hay was carried. on at the' North
Dakota Experiment Station by W.
'H. Peters, Animal Husbandman.
The alfalfa hay Was .cut into half-
inch lengths and was fed 'both dry
and • steamed. The .hogs were also
fed a grain ration of barley shorts
and tankage. One lot was fed only
the grain feed, while with other
lots the grain ration was reduced
and alfalfa supplied in its place,
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the aim being to make the alfalfa -
fed hogs to gain as much as the all -
grain lot, With young pigs the
saving in cost due to the alfalfa
was 50c per 100 pounds gain on the
dry alfalfa, and 400 wllen the .alfal-
fa was steamed. With the fatten-
ing hogs, the saving was $1.70 pen
100 pounds gain for lot fed the dry
alfalfa, and $2.70 when, the alfalfa
was .steamed.
Brood sows were also .fed alfalfa
hay. When the alfalfa was fed the
grain. ration (barley .and oats)
could be reduced one-third to one-
fourth, and the sows did well on
it. No difference was noticeable
between their litters • and those
from the sows fed all grain.
The growing pigs were fed one-
fifth to one-sixth as much alfalfa
as grain, this being the -amount
that they would readily eat and
keep making as good gains as the
all -grain lot.
Of the dry alfalfa the fattening
hogs eat oneesevenh as much as of
grain ration, and of the steamed al-
falfa •otte-sixbh as much. The hogs
did not eat as large a proportion of
the alfalfa as was, expected. It,
however, reduced the cost of mak-
ing the gains so that it was well
worth while. The price put on the
feeds was one cent per pound for
the grains, two cents for tankage,
and 'the alfalfa $10 per ton.
The observations of :the trial in-
dicate : First, that in order to get
'hogs started to eating alfalfa hay
in winter it is necessary to limit
the grain to such an extent that
i the hogs must eat hay or, go hun-
gry. Second, that, when handled
in this way, they will very readily
take to the hay, and a. limited
amount of hay can be fed._veay sat-
isfactorily, securing just as good
results, just as good gains, and at
less cosh than where grain alone is
fed. Third, that the greatest ad-
vantage to be gained in feeding
hay in the winter is the saving of
grain and lowering of the cost of
feeding.
d4
Bis --Does your wife eves go to
the club for you when you are out
late f Dix—No; but she goes for
me when.I get home.
NEWS QF THE MiDDLE WEST
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI
TIS.lt. co
!tends From. Provinces Where Many
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
Lir'ing.
The 'population, of Selkirk, Man.,
is now 3,602.
Winnipeg wanted five young lady
Iibrarians and 100 applied,
Winnipeg's sohool board bbisyear
bad estimates of $1,200,000. 4
Harry Whitla, K.10.3 of Winnipeg,
bought a residence in Kiia sway,
Winnipeg, for $30,000.
At Beresford; Man., J. Mu dby
was the dirst farr'anmer. to get out with
a seeder. He was out April 1. •
Regina's estimates call for an ex-'
pendit'ure of $1,286,885 'this year,
The tax rate will be 21.1 .mills..
At Dauphin, Man., the school
board has passed an order prohibit-
ing dancing in school 'buildings. •
The I,O.D.E, of Brandon shipped
3,320 pairs of six and 16 scarfs to
England or Canadian soldiers,
At Brandon the body of the late
Senator Kirkhoffe was removed
from the vault and laid in the
cemetery.
At Portage la Prairie, `Man., trio
ice went out of the assiniiboine on
April 1. A year ago it stayed till
April 16.
Neptune
Lodge, S.O.E., • Winni•
peg, unveiled a beautiful tablet in
honor of its 36 members who have
enlisted for the war.
In Winnipeg it is said that de•
pression in trade makes for large'
school attendance. Boys cannot
get positions, so go to school.
Near Rapid City, than., the house
of Stanley Fuller, a farmer, was
burned to, the ground, and two
f
his children were burned to death.
Nurse S. P. Johnson, assistant
lady 'superintendent at the general
hospital, Brandon, has left fo.a>•.Ot-
tawa to report for duty in France.
A. 'Saegert, ,a [farmer from Horse
Hills, died suddenly in an Edmon-
bon restaurant; while eating sup-
per. Heart failure is said to have
been the cause.
At Le Pas, Man., there was an
epidemic of cholera infantum ag-
gravated ,by canned milk. Dr. Rob-
ertson says there are only six milk-
ing cows in town.
Joe Hamel, assistant ferryman
on the Saskatchewan, eight miles
north of Paynbon, was drowned,
when the boat capsized while he
was performing his duties.
The Calgary city assessment will.
be reduced half a million;, dollars
as the -result of judgments, handed .
down in the assessment. appeal
cases byJudge Carpenter.
Grant Hall, g enerag l• manager
the C.P,R.' s Western lines, say
A.
conditions in the west are very
good, and that the farmers are pre-
paring for a big crop.
elaren.ce Orton, living near Cart-
wright. Man., has confessed to a
murder that he committed some
sixteen months ago, when John
Scott, of Hanstboro, • N.D., disap-
peared. mal.ine at,
Trhei:e is a famine .of for
Stwift Current. The local stores
are all.sol•d out .and unless more ar-
rives very soon there twill :be a -good
many farmers in the outlying dis-
tricts further delayed in their seed-
ing.
Work for 400 miners in Crow's
Nest Pass coal camps is assuied for
the aumoner as a decision of the
C.P.R. to use coal from this ,district
on the Manitoba. division instead of
stocking the.eastern product as
formerly.
In .consegueirce of the decrease in
wages amounting to approximately
$1,000 Per month, ,and the return to
the straight five cent fare,,the Sas-
katoon street railway showed a de -
felt .for March of only $2,898.95' as
against $4,828 in February.
William• Wilson, a citizen promin-
ent in the life of Indian Head .clur
in. the past 17 year's, is dead. He
went to Indian Head from Liver-
pool in 1896 and built the Indian
Head flour mills which he con-
tinued to run, successfully -until his
death.
.Herlber.t Turner, a discharged
soldier from one of •the infantry
battalions stationed in Calgary,
was picked 'Up on the main line of
the C.P.R. at P'iap'ot with both legs
colt off. He 'was taken to the hos-
pital at
os-pitapat Swift .Current, but died.
George Clark, a farmer near Est-
T.P.
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ailwa' was
the y
1
in
on C`x, ,
found dead - on a sbrawstack. He
went out to fight a stubble fire, and
failing to return, 'search was made,
with. the discovery of t' . body.
Heart failure is 'believed do have
been the cause,
The body of Yee Jack a 1VLoose
Jaw Chinaman, who dieappeared
on Easter Monday, was found in
the high pressure dam in the east
end of the city, It is believed to be
a deliberate case of suicide, as he
had told another Chinaman he
would jump into the river.
Suggestive'.
"I have a n'ew• breakfast food
and I want some word to a'dvertt'[se
int --something that is pertinent
and will imply q>,lality and new-
ness. Can you suggest �anytl tngl"
Friend' How would "Excelsior"
do/
"Wormy," that's what's the mvabter of 'em. Stomach and
intestinal worms. Nearly as bad ae distemper. Cost you
too much to feed 'em. Look bad -aro (bad. Don't physic em
to, death. Spohn's Cure twill remove the 'worms, improve t,71e
'appetite, and tone 'em up .all round, and don't physio.'
Acts .on glands and blood, 71u11 directions witth each bottle,
,and sold by all druggiets. '
SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists.
Goshen, Ind., U.S.A
1915
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lutel pure, and
as clean
as
y
when it left the refinery, you
can on depend getting it in
p g g
Fackeg
2-1b. and 5-1b° Sealed Cartons.
10, 20, 50 and 100-1b. Cloth Bags.
"Canada's favorite Sugar
for three Generations
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