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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-2-2, Page 2.117 +++++++++++ + i}*+++++++- j++++++4-#++ F�NiUVf FAYORS if F B�NVE; OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST stag -beetle, ea it ran swiftly through the parched grass below, "1 hope I am not gruwiug too proud of myself. I want to remember that I have • done nothing to deserve all the marvellous good fortene that has COme tO me. I want to remem- ber that I am guarded alld cared for by Oue who has never yet de sorted zne. I feel I am riot half grateful enough, T must not grow idle and luxurious, T must never forget that. "Dorothy is different from me. This life IA hers by right. It has +'d'ie+++'• + • +eeeses+M+'e-f+'' + e -a • +»+ *^+ . + • esette •+e44 come to me as agift--maybe as a loan—and as such I must value it. OHAPTEIL V, -(Cont») • made her blood boil to remember Oh, i£ I haci onlyvoice onou h," the that Sir John Hamilton had curtly g Derrick Darnley threw himself and coldly informed Henry Oltap- girl murmured, passionately, yet back with a sigh .E' exhaustion as lin that the family did not intend with true religious fervour, tc they departed. to regio nize the broken-hearted sing out all the gratitude and hap= "You may fan me if ,you like, widow of Bernard $amileses whoa 1?ineas in my heart, I could fill the whole world es, the whole pretty eoz, he observed, languid- she came back from that Indian 1„ 1--y ''ly; and Dorothy, eager to obey him, grave, only herself to weaken and wA ldlow, born of the emotion with - wavedoff her broad -brimmed hat and die. g waved it to and fro. "I£ she had committed some crime in her, flitted across her face and She was not very sorry when she —been even of humble birth—they made it beautiful: Jaw Nancy turn and move away; might be forgiven," the girl would In her graceful attitude, ancon- but Darnley, who lead caught a say, passionately, to herself; "but serous of all but her deep thought, glimpse of those wonderful' blue her only fault was poverty, and be Nancy made' tb pretty pietuxe eyes, with aomething very like eon cause my father married secretly enough to satisfy any eye; and yet tempt for him in their gaze, at once and against his parents' wish, they t ereg e was neoff ,makingo sat her tood a little roused himself. vent their displeasure like this on "Ohl do be sociable, Miss Ham- her and on me; but I do not want ,anything but pleasure or good -will Ilton," he pleaded; "it is too hot written on his pale, unwashed face. to do anything industrious, and the Yes she s alone aura enuf shade is delicious here." "Many thanks, but I must go, porothy, I think I shall walk down to. the village, if you don't mind; I leant to see Mrs. Wortley." "In all this heat," Darnley be - ran, but Nancy had already dis- bppeared, and with a slight con- traction of his brows the young man resigned himself to circumstances, The smiles and flush had died away from Nancy's face as she walk- ed slowly back to the house. It pained her to see the wealth of love and attention pretty, spoiled Doro- thy lavished and ;tasted on Derrick Darnley—yce, wasted was the right word, for her woman's quick wit showed her that he eared for Dorothy only as a child, and with just as much affection as a brother gives to a sister ; while she, who reigned as queen over the hearts and lives of all around her, would have willingly crouched at her cou- sin's feet if by so doing she could have won a look or word of deeper regard. The proud spirit that was so pre-eminently doe of Dorothy- Leicester's orothy Leicester's characteristics, seemed to vanish altogether when she was near Darnley as the snow melts beneath the sun. Nancy had often wished during the last few months—though the feeling had been more or Iess vague -that Dorothy had been more guarded in her admiration for her cousin; but she had never experi- enced the decided sense of pain and annoyance such as came to her now as oho left them alone together. "It will mean grief to her some day," she said, regretfully and ten- derly to herself, "and, oh! I can- not bear to think that she should rush blindly 'forward to meet it. Yet what can I do? She is such a child, she' hardly knows herself the truth of her heart; it would be cruel and worse to speak bluntly to her, and, after all,' she is not so much to blame; he has no right to accept her adoration in that languid, sel fish, conceited manner. I—I did not think he would act like that." She stopped when she passed the tennis court, and half smiled as she saw Lord Merefteld's woe -begone face. "Why cannot that he?" she Thought, half sadly ; "it would pike Sir Humphrey radiant with happiness and Lady Merefield would be overjoyed. He is a nice boy, toe, but—" And here, be it said, Nancy col - Died vividly, as she suddenly rea- lized that in that eloquent pause she had contrasted Lord Merefield with Derrick Darnley, very much to the former's disadvantage; and that, finding the young barrister so fair and manly herself, it was no wonder that Dorothy did so also. "I will not bother my brain about it," she determined; "the future will shape itself whatever, I may do to prevept it." •end with this philosophical rea- soning she went indoors, and, put- ting. on her hat and gloves, start- ed for her long walk to the village. She never neglected to pay a vis- it twice a week to Nurse Wortley, whose kindness to her when she most needed it she was never like- ly to, forget, As she walked slowly along, her thoughts flew to her uncle, and the wretched, sordid place which for so many dreary years she had learned to call home, Sometimes the past returned so vividly that. she would start and Iook round affrighted, fearing that her happiness was only a dream, and would presently roll away ; but these moments were not frequent now, far more keen was a frat'.ttlde to' her Heavenly Father or having guided her' into sick a haven, and given her such treasures es undoubted love, appreciation and trust as her own. She rarely thought of Henry Chaplin without : pain. She could stet forget. that ho was her bead Mother's • most beloved brother, that he bad done all in his feeble power for her good. It was always a bitter,- estortifioetion to, Nanr:y to bink Oka lair father's relations had prn.cvloa3ly dire'wroel her. It them—it is I who do not own them of my own free will—I am too proud." Of course Nancy was not blind to the fact that her uncle's position had materially added to the difficul- ties which her mother had had to contend against when she wrote her story to her husband's family. Scholar, student, philosopher, gen- tleman as he was, Henry Chaplin still ranked as a petty tradesman; he had gradually sunk from his pro- per place, dragged by a rash and unfortunate marriage, into the very gutter of life. It was hardly likely that Sir John Hamilton, proud, haughty, aristocratic to the back- bone, would be more easily appeas- ed when his daughter-in-law wrote imploring aid from such a pirate; it was nothing to him how, by a series of misfortunes, Henry Chaplin had sunk to this level; it was nothing to him that poor Nellie Hamilton had nowhere else to rest her broken heart; it was enough that she was residing at a small grocer's shop, in a fourth -rate London neighbor- hood; and, incensed and deeply grieved at his son's untimely death, he promptly and curtly cut off all further communication with that son's wife, bidding the rest of his children follow in his steps. He was faithfully obeyed, as we have seen. He had been dead for sev- eral years now, and his eldest son reigned in his stead; but he, too, was blind and deaf to the cause of his brother's child; and if he ever thought of poor Nellie Hamilton at all, it was with a sigh of relief that she would trouble them no more in this life. Was it strange, then, that our heroine, warm-hearted, impulsive, generous, as she was, should have grown to hate the name of her fa- ther's people with a hatred foreign to her nature, and to regard her poor, weak Uncle Henry with a still greater affection than she would have bestowed on any rela- tion of her father's? She had stray news of him now and then from Dr. Grantley, and somehow she felt intuitively that things were not going well with the shop or household, though nothing definite was told her. The doctor never mentioned either her aunt or Thomas Moss; and if Nancy ever permitted them to enter her thoughts, she was not long before she chased then away, supplant- ing their hideous memories with some fresher sweeter ones, Deep in her thoughts, Nancy had walked some way before she became fully aware of the intense heat and fatigue of the journey she had un- dertaken. "Not halfway, and tired al- ready!" she observed, ruefully, coming to a standstill, and draw- ing a deep breath. "I wish I had waited now, and come this even- ing, or taken Dorothy's ponies. The exercise world have done them good," with a smile, as she remem- bered the two fat, sleek, handsome creatures, metaphorically and actu- ally eating their heads off in their luxurious stalls. "Just half -past four," she con- tinued, looking at a toy watch hang- ing from a dainty chatelaine, one of Sir Httmphrey's many gifts to her. "I have a very good mind to retrace my steps. It is ignominious, but immeasurably more pleasant. Meanwhile, until I have determin- ed, I will rest me a little. This stile looks comfortable." She gave another sigh, this time of relief, as she sank back against one of the broad upper posts. Her little hands lay ungloved on her lap, and as she glanced down at their soft, smooth white surface, she smiled. "How different!" she mused. "They are a fit emblem of the change in my life. Who would think, to look at them, that they have peeled many hundreds of po- tatoes, scrubbed a few floors, and served out soap and soda behind a t. ' Now, to 'ave it oat with 'er; and quick, too. I'll let 'er know what she's got to deal with in me." Still intent on the beetle, and lost in her musings, Nancy did not hear the soft, hasty footsteps come toward her, and she started with something like fear as a shadow fell across the sunlit path, and, raising her eyes, she saw William the dis- missed servant, before her. In a moment, however, her sense of vague fear and aversion vanish- ed in pity for the man's poor -look- ing condition. "I am sorry to •ee you like this, William," she began, gently, gath- ering together her gloves and sun- shade, and stepping to the ground. Tho man interrupted her angrily. "Here, stow that!" he said, in- solently. "Sorry, indeed, Miss Up- start, when it was you as got me the checkout! Sorry, indeed! I ain't to be won over by soft-sawder like that; not me. You've done me a jolly bad turn, and I'll be even with you!" Nancy drew back, not alarmed, but indignant, at the man's injus- tice and insolence. "You do not know what you are saying," she answered, very quiet- ly, but with a full measure of cold haughtiness in her voice. "Let me pass!" (To be continued.) THE GARDEN OF THE LORD. SENTENCE SERMONS. Before our eyes God's garden lies, He bids us share its fruits so rare. The Day of Rest yields fruit the best, The day of pain may yield large gain. The day of lona leads to His Ca 5. The day al toil is fertile soil. The day of prayer makes sweet the air. The day of need brings power to plead. The frailest flower reveals His power. Of darkest night He is the light. While nature sleeps, His own He keeps. The pruning knife brings larger life. The day of peace makes joys in- crease. The day that frowns may win some crowns. The day of wrong may make us strong. The day of grief may bring relief. The lonely day may show His way. The day well spent brings sweet content. The wasted day drives bliss away. Vexation's hour may bring us power. Temptation's stress our souls may bless. Tho day's calm close brings sweat repose. With power alone sad hearts may moan. A lack of power is evil's hour. The power that feels upholds and heals. Seifseeking strength grows weak at length. Pity and power are fruit and flower. To hoard and hold makes hearts grow cold. To earn and give is just to live. To get and share drives out despair. The words that please may cause disease. Tho words that sting may healing bring. T. WATSON. Uniondale, Ont., 1911. DIADNESS PROM HYOSCINE. -- In. Twelve Hours Effects of the Drug Wore Off. Dr. Philippi, a well-known Ger" than physician, has just.;,utlisbed, in e medical review, some e:etraor- Binary details of the effects upon twenty-five men and women visit counter 1 Well, life is funny?" She ors at Davos pension of some he -n leaned her arms on her knees, and Mane root accidentally introduced put her fresh young face into her into their horseradish at dinner: oprn paime. Henbane is the plant from which �� � ��� y )lliti9 'Ts00.in- filed g by Y Crip- cu c Iy •tops Copilot. aahaa colds, hest*last entries in his notebook; On "I hope," she soberly, hyoscine, drug used fixing her glorious oyes on a that murder of Belle Elmore, the nvoat and Weds. • • Oa cants/ tho 29th he was hardly conscious, is extracted. Bub in ties instance there were no fatalities. Dr, Philippi states that the pais- en eolnmenoed to act two hours af- ter dinner, end the ladies eapeoial- ly were affected, But all the men and women suffered from hallucin- ations, One lady thought herself a living statute and refused to move from her pose. .Another went on her hands and knees searching for an imaginary object, Am English lady wanted to teach her language to everybody preaent in turn. A Rue - siert lady, who always spoke Ger- man, entirely Forgot that language. Another lady ran to the tele- phone and put out her tongue at the receiver as though exhibiting it to a doctor. A chambermaid car- ried away twenty-five . hot water, bottles in succession to her Own bed. When a doctor was hastily sum- moned one of the lady patients, to whom he was an utter stranger, in- sisted that he was an old and dear friend, and would not allow him to leave her. The men were also naught in the brainstorm. One of thein started out for a chemists, but never reach- ed there, forgetting his purpose, and bought quantities of useless things at other shops. Twelve hours later, having been promptly and carefully treated, the patients had all recovered, but they could none of them remember their extraordinary behavior. THE ;'OWER OP COMPOUND INTEREST. Here is a simple rule for finding the number of years in which a sum of money will double itself at compound interest, Divide 69.3 by the rate per cent. and add to this .35. Thus at 3 per cent., we ing 69.3 by 3, which yields 23.1 to find the number of years by divid- whieh we add ,35 years making the time 23.45 years eEaf an nay Step starving yourself -'-stop suffering the pangs of indigestion—atop worrying about what you dare and dare not eat. Bet hearty meals of wholesome food, take and you'll feel like a new person. Sour stomach—heartburn— occasional Indigestion -- chronic dyspepsia -- all -yield quickly to NA -DRU -CO 17ycpepsla Tablets. Tho properly digested food restores your strength, your stomach regains its tone, and soon requires no further aid, 50c,a box, If your druggist has not stocked them yet send, 50c. and we will mail them. 37 NATIONAL DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO. OF CANADA,LIMITED, MONTREAL. FOR PISTEatPF.Pt IrANDAAL lis DXS ASES /,tl,'lP THROAT SSE Chrea the clef and acts as a. res an tattoo for others,. 54t utd gluon on the tongue, Safe for brood mores and alt others. regi kidney routed,'em) 6o come a bottle; 80.50 the dozen, acid by all druggists anddhareem) houses. Plstr,bators—ALL wtiOLESALIS 1:131.1"GOISTS. SPOISN MEDICAL CO., Chemists, Goshen, Ted.. U. S. A. A eatarin,F need the mime nahoop or mollis rtIn Atilt m ie teid •agar is erk.r cad eddlnas Mspleit mdati�ouAgytvy lm m,Co my e eaueo beltpratelk�ea ,p�Ie, a ok,,bit ottlosold b' moans book. scent Fa. C ., Seattle,, noel ALAS, POOR EXPLORERS! MEN WHO HAVE PERISHED IN "DARKEST AFRICA." The Greatest of Alt Was David Livingstone, Who Spent 33 Years in Africa. We still pall Africa the "Dark Continent." We might equally well At 3 per Dent. simple interest it term it the "Fatal Continent," for takes 331-3 years for money :to it has claimed the lives of a greater double itself. And so you will find number ofexplorers than ail the that compound interest has a very rest of the wild regions of the earth est iu doubling power, the ratio of The latest victim of the African great advantage over simple inter- put together. one force to the other being for all savage is an Englishman—Lieuten- ordinary rates of interest about as ant Boyd Alexander, murdered by 10 to 7. natives in the rubber country of the This ower of compound interest I Wadais. Wadai is the last strong= p p 1 hold of "the -slave trade, and is con - Three young man savemay be "illustrated in another way.$5o each' ' trolled by the dangerous .Moham- . a year for 40 years. melon secret society known as the A, being a very cautious youth, kenosnew i. risk Lieutenant Alexander is adnder puts his money in a0strong boxs aeIadds one more to the long list of h has s At the20 end of 40 years he British martyrs to the cause of civ - has saved $x;000. 1 B places his money with a bank— er who says he will allow him simple interest at 3 per cent. At the end of the 40 years he has at his credit $3,230. C deposits his money in the Post tempt. Near Broussa the natives Office Savings Bank at 3 per cent., made a fierce attack upon his ex - compound interest,• and at the end. pedition, and Park was obliged to of 40 years he has $3,883 at his fly down stream, taking the risk of credit, shooting the dangerous rapids. His But D has discovered a still more canoe struck a rock, split in pieces, excellent way. He pays his money and flung him and his companions' to the Dominion Government for. into the raging waste of foam. Park the purchase of a Canadian Gov- made a desperate effort to swim eminent Annuity. He is now aged ashore, but was swept away and 20, and the Government say to him drowned. "T mean," wrote Mungo Park, more than a hundred years ago, "to sail east with the fixed determina- tion to discover the termination of the Niger, or perish in the at - that if he dies during the 40 years of saving his estate will be as well off as C's estate, for it will receive TWENTY YEARS AFTER. Twenty years later, in 1826, Ma back all that he has paid in with 3 jor Alexander Laing, another per cent. compound interest, and hardy Scot, made a successful at - if he survives to age 60 he will re- tempt to visit the mysterious city of Timbuktu. Before he reached it he was set upon by Tuaregs-- those' uaregs-those' masked bandits of the desert —who left him for dead. But though covered with .wounds, he pulled through, and reaching Tim- buktu, stayed there for some months until the 'fanatic inhabi-- other means of support. This is tants drove him forth into the de - worth thinking about, and you may obtain further information on the subject of your Postmaster or by addressing the Superintendent of Annuities, Ottawa. THE ORPHANAGE ALPHABET. "We are orphans and fatherless." —Lamentations 5: 3. A is for pure and wholesome Air; B is for Bread on which to feed; 0 is for kind and tender Care; D is for Dwellings orphans need. E is for Education wise; F is for Faith by which we live; G is for God who hears our cries; H is for Health firs mercies give, lis for Ink with which to write ; J is for Jackets orphans war; K is for Kindness always bright; L is for Love so sweet and fair. 11 is for Medicine and for Meat; N is for News from those who roam; O is for Oatmeal made to eat; P is for Parents safe at home.. Q is for Quarts of flowing milk; R is for Raiment sometimes red; 5 is for Syrup smooth as silk; T is for Tables freely spread. ceive from the Government an in- come of $50o as long as he lives, At 3 per cent. O's 53,883 would, if he. spent a portion of his capital each year, give bion $500 .a year for less than nine years, and if at 70 he would find himself without a penny and in debt if he had no U is for Use that in us lios; ✓ is for Virtue made to shine; W is for Work that wins the prize; X is for eXcellence the sign. Y is for Youth that fears no frown; Z is for Zeal which wins the crown. T. WATSON', Uniondale, Ont., 1911. sert. He reached E1 Armin, a small oasis in the Sahara, and there was literally cut to pieces. Captain Clapperton was another victim, but his death was due, not to savage spears, but to the fever - laden mists'of the Niger. His ser- vant, Richard Lander, tended him to the end, and carried Lis papers safely to the coast. On his jour- ney, Lander had many thrilling adventures. In one ;slave he wa' caught by natives, ani.] sobiectei to the ordeal by poison—thrtt is, he had to eat a portion o: the dead- ly Calabar bean. By a miracle 1,o came thrpugh it unharmed, and af- terwards, in company with his biti- ther, conducted a fresh expo lition, which solved the puzzling problem of the mouth of the great Niger. HOW LIVINGSTONE D1ED. The greatest of all African explor- ers was David. Livingstone, whose experiences of the "Dark Contin- ent" began in Bechuanaland in 1840, and extended over thirty- three years, during which time he walked tens of thousands of miles over the bush paths of Central Africa. Ria last journey was through the upper part of the Congo Basin. He describes the country les "one vast sponge, intersected by countleiis streams." The blazing sun beat down, and raised a constant stream of mist, and being the rainy sea,- son easin everything was saturated day and night. Under these awful con- dittoes oven Livingstone's iron phy- sique broke, down, and lits devoted servants made a litter, and stag- gered on through the deep, sticky clay. On April 27th he made his On that day they carried him into Chitambo's village, built a bed for him, and aired the hut with a good fire. He revived a little, and lay peacefully all the 30th. In the ev- ening he called to his body servant --Susi—to bring his medicine chest, and from it took a dose, and then dismissed the boy. His pupil -Jacob Wainwright, a colored man—slept in the but with him, and woke early in the morning to attend his master. He found him kneeling by his bed- side. Wainwright waited a while, then, growing uneasy at his abso- lutely motionless attitude, touched him on the shoulder. The great missionary was cold and dead. He had passed from life in an attitude of prayer. Wainwright and the others buried their master's heart under a great tree, then, after carefully mitmmi fying the body, carried it to the coast. It was conveyed to Eng- land, and buried in the presence of reverend crowds in Westminster Abbey. LAST OF THE LIEUTENANT. What is perhaps the most dread- ful disaster in all the records of African exploration befell the French expedition of 1881 under Colonel Flatters. After passing safely through the worst parts of the Sahara Desert, the treacherous Tuaregs swept down upon them, and killed nearly all his men, in- cluding his thirty eamel-drivers, and drove off all the camels. The survivors, numbering fifty in all, started back across the sandy des- ert known as the "Thirst Coun- try," pursued and harassed day and night by their Tuareg enemies. They met a tribe who professed to be friendly, and who sold them dates: The fruit was poisoned, and many died in agony. At last -they reached the .wells, but these' were held by the enemy, and in the fight that ensued all the. Europeans but one ---Lieutenant Polguin by name—were killed. He struggled on with a few native por- ters. But now there was no toad. The starving men went mad, fell on one another, and the fate of poor Polguin is too ghastly to be here described. Eventually, four sharp- shooters reached the town of War- gla, the sole survivors • of eighty- eight persons who had, set out full of hope a little more than five months previously.—London An- swers. CRUSHED. They were a happy pair, bent on enjoying themselves, and they didn't much mind if the other pas- sengers suffered in consequence. Presently the girl started to cri- ticize the clothes worn by an elder- ly woman sitting on the opposite seat, and the youth, wishing to please, entered into the thing heart- lyThe old lady's last year's bonnet and cloak were fully critised with more or less giggling on the young lady's part; the cut of her skirt was con- demned, and there is no telling what might have dome next if the woman had not pat a sudden stop to the conversation by a bit of cle- ver feminine startegy. She turned her head, noticed that the girl was older than the youth, and in the smoothest of tones saki; "Madam, will you please stop your son from staring at mei It becomes irritating." Unshaven Person (entering bar'- ber's shop)—"I do not want a hair - singe, shampoo, elctac massage. daft uff lure, or heart-wash.'' Harbor—" e'Cl, what do you want?" Unshaven Person—"I want a shave," Barber (to assistant — "Shave. him, Bill. There's no law to prevent these chaps wasting era time." • ! �s JJ liulckiy si s can¢h6c. otara +a throat rad tends • 4111, q ,d ryr� 1,74,4, 67.1y y„p vII"Ve. On the Fir eteteelballeleebstalitellielleseteal THE SHEEP INDUSTRY. The impression is ariciently gain• ing• ground amongst the breeders of pure bred sheep in Canada that the only prospect of securing for themselves a steady annual market for their surplus stock lies tr, the direction of the eneouragomcnt and clevelcpment of sheep raising, as s business in our own country. A year ago they were confronted with quarantine restriotio,ts imposed by the United States, .which created conditions for which they were not prepared and which; in the end, de- pressed sales in a marked degree. During the greater part of the past season the market has no doubt been a buoyant one, but latterly the feeling of confidence in a con- tinuous demand for Canadian sheep in the United States hal} steadily declined. • It may seem most natural that Canada should be able to obtain a firm and advantageous foothold in the markets of the United States' for her sheep and wool. but it is now quite clear that, until the trade policies of the two countries become more firmly established, the Cana- 'dian sheep industry, when depend- ing solargely on the United States for its export market, rests upon a very unstable foundation. For- tunately, however, other and very encouragingoutlets aro available. It may be noted at this point that the home market is not unworthy of consideration. This year not more than five carloads of lambs were shipped to East Buffalo from On- tario, while in 1407 almost 1,000 carloads went to'that city. 'The To- ronto and Montreal markets ham absorbed practically the whole out- put during the past season and at prices equivalent to that paid dor similar grades in Chicago and Buf- falo, a fact in itself indicating the strong and growing demand for mutton on the Canadian market. Notwithstanding the proximity of the United States, the safest outlet for . the Canadian reelect is F .ill to be found in the British, and pos- sibly at an early date, in the Euro• peen markets. The English wool market is the centre of distribu'aion for the product of the great stool producing countries of the world, including Australia, New Zealand and the Argentine. If the sheep industry in this -country can ever be developed to reasonable propor- tions, it is not to be expected that any more natural or reliable mar-. ket can be found for surplus Cana- dian wools. In addition to this, when the extent of the industry may make possible the necessary grading and sorting of the product, such that it may be placed upon the British market in attractive condition, the prices realized may be found much more remunerative than those at present obtained. It is clear also that the great and natural outlet for our surplus meat products, including those of mutton and lamb, is to be found across the sea, where the producing. power of the land is unable to yield sufficient for the necessities of the crowded populations of long inha- bited countries. Great Britain had hitherto absorbed all the surplus of the world's meat supply, but it seems probable that she is shortly to have competitors in the market for foreign meats. There is a movement in Austria and Germany which will eventually result in the opening up of these countries to n chilled and frozen meat trade. A steady market is without doubt thus assured for all the mutton that Canada can produce. The breeders of pure bred sheep, therefore, if our argument holds, would do well to direct their best energies to the development of the sheep industry in our own coun- try. As a matter al fact, a strong local demand is the safest market in the long run. A material in- crease in the sheep population of the country would create a thor- oughly healthy home market for breeding sheep and one much to be desired. The opportunities in this direction may well be worthy of somewhat careful consideration, It is fortunate that, at this time, the Federal Government is inter- esting itself in the sheep industry of the Dominion and is making a thorough investigation, wth a view Go the adoption later of a policy which may lead to its general en- eouragement and development. There is reason to believe that sheep raising in Canada may be- come at no distant date a decidedly • profitable industry, and' the Miele-- rr ter of Agriculture has undertaken Ft n edst]le whish we may expect td ho productive of mach good ,result. We learn that the members of the investigating commission, having eonspleted their researches in the United Kingdom, are to spend ilio next few Months in studying condi- tions is the Dominion and are now engaged m interviewing a number of the prominent sheep breeders of Ontai'ie. We are hopeful that they • ilEr may meet with the full co -opera• • lien of sheep rescrs and farmer) generally in th o ro t ticp of their ' work. t• ; colds. heals 213 clouts.