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CHAPTER, XLIV,-(Continued,)
"Then 11e went to see 1)alne Llttd
mer, curl from his own haild he drew
what Is known fn our fancily as
Prince Rupert's ring, He placed it in
Daiue Ltttimer's hand they
to remain for a sear and
a day and when the year
Was tip it was to be put aside for
the bride of the heir of the house
for °ver, to be worn by her till a
Year and a day had elapsed after her
first child was born. And that ht
been dune fur all time, my aunt
Lady Littimer•, being the last to
wear it, After Frank was born it
was put carefully away for his bride.
But the great tragedy came, and un-
til lately we fanciers that the ring
was lost to us for ever. There is, 111
a few words, the story of Prince ltu-
pert's ring. So far iS is quite com-
mon property."
Enid ceased to speak for a time.
But it was evident that she had more
to say.
"An interesting story," David said.
"And a pretty one to put into a
book, especially as it is quite true.
But you have lost the ring. you
says?"
"I fancied so till to -night," Enid
repliers. "Indeed, I hardly knew
what to think. Sometimes I imag-
ined that Reginald Benson had it,
at ether times I imagined that it
'wag utterly gone. But the mere fact
that Menson possesses a copy prac-
tically convinces me that he has the
ori;3inal. :1s I said before, a true
copy c'nnid not have been made from
mere instructions. And 1f 1 could
only get the original our troubles
are all over'."
"But I don't see how the ring has
anything to do with—"
'•\Pith the family dishonor. No, I
am coming to that. We arrive at
the time seven years ago, when nay
aunt and Lord Littimer and Prank
Were all living happily at Littimer
Castle. I told you just now that the
Carfax estates adjoin the Littimer
property. The family is stilt extant
and powerful, but the feud between
the two houses has never ceased. Of
course, people 'don't carry on a ven-
detta these peaceful daye, but the
families have not visited for ean-
111;'ies.
`There was a daughter Claire,
whom Frank Littimer got to know
by some means or other. But for
the silly family feud nobody would
have noticed or cared, and there
would have been an end to the hat-
ter, because Frank has always loved
my sister Chi Is and we all knew
that he would marry her 30010 of
these days.
"Lord Gitthuer was furiously An-
gry when ho heard that Frank and
Claire had got qn speaking terms.
He imperiously forbade any farther
intercourse and General Carfax did
the same. The consequence was that
these two foolish young people elect-
ed to fancy themselves greatly ag-
grieved, and so a kind of Romeo and
Juliet, Montague and Capulet, busi-
ness sprang up, There were secret
meetings, meetings entirely innocent,
I 'believe, and a correspondence
which became rontautie and passion-
ate on CIaire Carfax's side. The girl
had fallen passionately in love with
Frank, whilst lie regarded the thing
as a merit pastime. Do did not know
then, indeed nobody seemed to know
1111 afterwards, that there was in-
sanity In the poor girl's fnmdly,
though lfather•ly Bell's friend, Dr. f
Heritage, who then had a practice
near Littimer, warred us as we11 as
be could. Nobody dreamt how far
the thing had gone.
"Then those letters of Claire's fell
into Lord Littirner's hands. He
found them and locked them up in
his safe, frank, furious at being
treated like a boy, swore to break
open the safe and get his letters t
back. 110 did so. And in the same o
safe, anti do thu same drawer, was h
Prince Rupeet's ring. When Lord Lit -
timer missed the letters he missed ,
the ling also and a large sum of a,
money in notes that he had just re-
ceived from his tenants. Frank had a
stolen the ring and the money, or su
_ it seemed. 1 shall nut soon forget
that day,
" After taking the letters ;•'rank
had gone straight to Moreton Werk,
0 and it looked for 0. IRO( One as if
he had tied. Within 011 hour of the
discovery of his loss Lord Littimer
met Claire C'erfax 011 the cl11fs, She
was wearing Prince Ilupert's ring•,
Frank had sent it to her, she said.
Anybody but n m811 in a Melees
as passion would have seen That the girl
10as not responsible for her aetione
' Latimer told her the true circum-
stances of the case. She laughed at
hint in a queer, vacant way and fled
through the woods. She went down
to the beach, where she took a boat
rowed herself out into the bay. A
utile or more from the shote she
Jumped into the water, and from
that day to this nothing further has
been seen of poor Claire Carfax,"
"Or the ring, either?" David asked.
"Or the ring either. The same
night Lady Lit -timer started after
her boy. Litliml01' 40118 going to have
Frank prosecuted. Lady Littimer
floc to Longtime Orauge, where
Frank joined her. Then my' uncle
turned up and there was a suceno.
It is said that Lord Littimer struck
his wife, but Frank sett s that site
fell against his gesticulating fist.
Anyway', it was the same as as blow,
and Lady Littimer dropped on the
floor dragging' a table down with
her, flowers and china and all.. You
have seen that table in Longdean
Grange. Since then it has never'
been swept; or dusted or garnished,
You have seen my aunt and you
know what the shock has done for
her -the shuck and the steady per-
seculiens of Reginald Henson,"
"Who seems to be at the bottom
of the whole trouble," said David,
"But do you think that was the real
ring on the poor girl's Hager?"
"I don't. 1 fancy Menson had a
copy made for emergencies. It was
he who sent the copy to Claire, and
it was the copy that LIttinler saw
on her hand. You see, directly Frank
broke open that safe Henson, who
was at the castle at the time, saw
his opportunity -he could easily
scheme some way of making use of
it. If that plot against Frank had
failed he would have invented an-
other. And the unexpected suicide of
Claire Carfax played 11110 his hands.
Menson has that ring somewhere,
and it will bo our task to find it."
"And when we have done so?"
"Clive it to Lord Littinter and tell
hint where we found it. And then wo
shall be rid of one of the most pes-
tilential rascals the world has ever
Seen. When you get hack to Brigh-
ton I want you to tell this story to
Iiatherly Bell,"
"I will," David replied, "What a
weircd, fascinating (tory- it is! And
the sooner I am back the better I
shah 110 pleated: I wonder if our
lean is awake yet. If you will ex-
cuse me, I wilt go up and see. Ahl"
There was the sound of somebody
moving overhead__.
CHAPTR XLV.
At the sante moment Williams came
softly in. There was a grin of sat-
isfaction 011 his faco,
"The brute is fast asleep," he said.
"I've just been in his roan. He left
the lamp burning, and there is a
lump on the side of his head as big
as an ostrich egg.. But ho didn't
11080 to go to sleep; be hasn't taken
any of his clothes orf. On the whole,
sir, wouldu't ft be better for you to
wake our man up a1111 get him
a0i'ay?"
David was of the scone opinion.
Van - Sneek was . lying on the bed
looking vacantly about ]rim. He
seemed older and more worn, per-
haps, because his bear(] and mons-
at:'he were growing ragged end dirty
f face.
n Il5II pressed De c sec his hand an(
T to
is Ahead in a confused kind of way.
"I tell you T can't Lind It," he said
'the thing slipped out of my head-
sman thing like that easily might.
\That's the good of rua(in• fuss
bout a ring not worth £20?Search
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Dr, Chase's Nerve rood, 50 cetb10 a
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Bates & Company, 'J'oreetto, Dor-
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Chase, the fatuous reeelpt lyoolc au-
thor, are on every bore,
my pockets if you like. What a mur-
derous -looking dog you are when
you're out of temper!"
All this In a vague, rambling way,
in a slightly foreign 8000111. David
touched hila on the shoulder.
Won't you come bbck with me to
Brighton?" Ito said.
''('l1ta1u1y,'' was the ready re -
8110115e; "13011 look a good sort of
chap. I'll go anywhere you please,
Not. ,thnt 1've got a penny of money
left, What a spree it has been. Who
are you?"
"31y name is Steel. I ant David
Steel, the novelist."
A peculiarly caroling look came
over Van Sueek's face.
"I got your hater," 11e said. "Anel
I came, It was after 11>ad had
that row with 11008011, Menson is
biggerscoundrel than I tun, thou 1
l you may not 111(14k dl."
"1
accept your statement inipl1('l
ly " David said, (bliss
"Well, 11e is. And ;1 got you' le
tel
And I
called. al ed. \
t t you r
And 1108
a
Killed me. :And I r •
hopped it dew
111 the corner of the conservatory...,
'Dropped what? ' David asked,
sharply,
"Nothing," said Van Sneck, "\Cha
do you mean by talking about deo
ping thing:.. 1 never deo,• nus
thing In my life. I snake others cl
that, 011, ehl But I can't renlenrb
anything. It just, comes back t0 n
and then there is a 111001 goes noun
In my head. Who are you?"
Daviel gave up the matter 115 hope-
less. This was emphatically a case
for Bell. Once let hire get Van
Sneck back to Brighton and Bell
could do the rest,
"We'd better go," he said to Enid.
"We are merely wasting time here."
1 must confess to feeling sick of the
llonsous and 1,itllmors, and all their
wot•ks,"
Including their friend, Miss Ruth
Gates?" Be11 aaicl, slily. "Still,
they have made pretty good use of
you, and 10xpec1 you will be glad
10 get back to suite work again, 'At
the steno time, you need not trouble
Four head for plots for many a day,"
David a11011t',ted that the situation
had its compensations and went. oft'
to bed, 13e11 met him the next day
as fresh as if ho hnd had a full
night's rest, and vouclieu!'ed 010 in-
formation that the patient was as.
well as possible, He was cold and
no longer feverish.
"In fact, he Is ready for Lite oper-
ation at any time," he said. "I
shall get Heritage hero to dinner,
(11 electric is ive shall light.. lIttr\rill0beaads with
steadier for heritage's nerve!:, goodand
1 the electric light is the best light of
I all for this business. If you have got
a few yards of spare flex front your
1•
y untinbg-1
amP
iig' the
thing u
)
a withoit troubling your electrician. T.
can attach it to your study lamp."
"I've gut what you want," Daviel
said. 'Now 00)110 in to breakfast,"
P-,
1 Thereryas a p(10 of letters on the
P
table, and on the top a telegram. It
was a long' 100888ge, and 11e11 watch-
° ed Steel's face c•urlously,
01' "From Litt imer Castle," he mug -
d tested. "Am 3 right?"
"As usual," David chert. "ltry
little 80110100 over that tlinutonrl star
hes worked magnificently, iWss Chris
tells ole that she has -•by ,Jove, Bell,
just, listens she has solvers the pro-
blem of -1110 cigar -case; site has found
out the whole thing. She wants me
to meta her in .London to -morrow,
when sl.e will tell me everything."
('ro bo Continued.)
"I suppose so," Enid salt
thoughtfully. "A11 the same,
should greatly like to know what i
is that our friend Van Sneek dreg
P
ed
11 was a long and tedious ours
J
hack to Bri,•htan again, for the P
tient seemed to Ire easily, and 11
evinced a marked predilection So
sitting by the roadside and singing
It was very late before .David reach
ed his house. Bell beamed his sats
Melon. Van Sneck, with a half
gleam of recognition of his stir
roundings mid with a statement Ilia
he had boon tler0 before, lapsed, in
to silence. dell produced a sural
phial in a chemist's w•rapp131 an
poured the contents into- n glass
With a curt command to drink it
passed the glass over to Van Snails
The latter drank the small dose
and Bell carried him more or less t
a ground -floor bedroom behind til
dining -room. There he speedily un
dres.,ed his patient and got 11110 into
bed. Van 4nrek was praclic11ll,
fast asleep before his head had touch
ed the pillow.
"I went out and got that dos
with a view to eventualities," Bel
explained, "I know pretty well wha
is the matter with Van Sneck, ant
I propose to operate upon Ilial witl
the help of Heritage, I've put him
in my heti and locked the door. I
shall sleep in the big arm -chair."
David dung himself 11110 a (lig decl
lounge and lighted a eie,neae.
"Aly word, that has been a bit o
a business," he said. "Pour me out
a little whiskey in one of the long
glaslies 0nc1 1111 11 up with soda. Oh,
that's hotter. I. never felt so thirsty
in my life. I got Van Sneck away
without Henson having tho slightest
suspicion that he was there, told I
had the satisfaction of giving Henson
a sunashing blow without his seeing
me.,,
"Sounds like robjuring," Bell said,
behind his cigar. "Explain your-
self."
David went carefully into details.
Ile told the story of Prince Rupert's
ring to a listener who followed him
with the most flattering attention,
"Of course, all this is now to me,"
Bell said, presently, "though I knew
the 15111113' well tip to that time, De-
pend upon it, 1';nid is right. Menson
bolt got the ring. Put how fortun-
ately every thing seems to have turn-
ed out for the scoundrel."
"lf a man likes to be an unscrup-
ulous blackguard bo can make use
of all events, " David said. "Litt even
Henson is not q'tito so clever as we
tale hint to be. He 11ns found out
the trick 1013 played tome him over
Chris Menson, but be hasn't 'the
faintest idea that all this Gine he
has 110011 1iv1ll1; under the same roof
at t.Itli111(•l'."
"Tho 'del 1. wonderful
s a. near+ actress,"
st5.
Bell replied. "1 only guessed who
slur. 10118. if T. hadn't 1131510 a5 1013011
LIS I do she would have deceived me,
Ilia Denson has shot: his bolt. After
we have operated upon van Sneck
we shall he pretty near the truth.
It is a great pull to have 111n in the
house,"
"And a (111813' thing for Henson—'
"Who will flncl out before to-nnor-
row is 00er. T Peel pretty sure that
this house is watched carefully. Any
lint of private "detectives would do
that, and they need be told nothing
either. 1 141)1,1 that 1 was followed
4111011 I went to the chemist's to fetch
that dose for our friend yonder,
Still, it is n sdgu that .1lets04) is
gel ting frightened."
"Why do you bring Heritage into
this tea 11er?" Das id asked,
"Well, for n vo'113y of reasons,
b'irsl of all, Heritage is an old friend
of urine, and I take a great interest
in his case. I and going' to give hint
a chance to recover his lost 001411-
dernte, and be is a splendid operator,
Besides, I want to know why Hen-
son has gone out of MS 11'013 to be
so )rind to Heritage. And, finally,
Heritage was the family (100101' of
1110 ('arfes. people, y011 j1181. 11101111011,
ed before 1e want to peaetise in. L ort-
dan, Let• mo 044430 get Iferi.tago
roun'cl aga.ln, aucl I shall be greatly
disnppoinl:od if he does not give us
a, good deal of valuable loformation
regarding I.tegivalcl Benson."
And Cross. What about him?"
"Oh, Cross will do as T ask him,
Without egotism, lie knows that the
ease is perfectly saf0 in Any hands,
And if Wo caro to look after Van
Snook, why, there will bo ono the
less burden in the hospital, What a
funny business it fat Van Snook
gets nearly thine to death under this
roof, and he Comes bank hone to be
cured again."
David yatvnod sleepily as he rose,
"Wall, 'I've Had enough of it for te-
night," he said. "I'm dog-tired, aril
t
cy
a-
e
r 'Phere is not, apparently, anything
emotional about Mr. John Root, ratio
t- "follows the sea" for a livelihood,
5- but describes himself as a sawyer.
After being absent from his home
for tweets. years, he casually "look -
t eel in," 118 it wore, had dinner 11'i111
- 1.110 mem11ers of his family, who were
1 inclined to regard him as a curiosity,
LI and almost before they could recover
• their breath hr)) wished them "Good
o afternoon," and politely' took his
• leave, since when ho has 1101 been
• seen by thein,
o It was in May, 1(186, that Root
Li left his wife and 8evet1 children, the
h- youngest of whom was two months
old, at Kayne, lssex, England. His
)' return is best- described by Mrs.
r- Root., who says she was standing
outside her cottage dope' when a
e thholrset Wan, wearing a pilot coat
1 and a sailor's hal, 001310 111) and ask -
t od if Mrs. Root still lived there,
1 "I said, 'I ant Mrs. Root. What
h
do ,you want?' 11e replied, ' Why,
Polly, 01011'1 youknow one? I am
John -your husband.'
"7. could hardly believe it," Said
t Mrs. hoot to a L01111on Mail repre-
sentative, "but l asiced him inside,
f
served him some dinner, and then
reached down his photograph from
tie wall. by which 1 could recognize
him as toy husbend. He had grown
a heard, but a scar on the side of
his face and the earrings he was
wearing convinced me that my hus-
band had indeed cone home.
"During the dinner hoe' he told
me 110 11001 been ro Ind the coast
again and visted several ports, but
he did 1101 blink 110 Sind been /May
SO 1011g. The children -all grown up
did not known their father, but my
sister and mother recognized hint
at once. He could not remember any
of the children's names :
"Ile visited some of his 1';'latives
who lire close by, returned to our
cottage, and then, quietly wishing us
all "Good afternoon,' walked down
the garden path into the road and
disappeared."
Old .Lady -"The minister doesn't
bring his little girl to church now,"
Verger --"No; the one Sunday her
mother brought her she said right
out loud, 'Why mamma, you never.
let. papa do all the talking at
101411,' '
AN ERRANT HUSBAND..
Returns Unexpectedly After Twen-
ty Years' Absence.
Monier awl Babe
Sick mother—sick child!
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q
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RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARD ST, LOUIS 1904,
fess,. _. - - ,e. eesses. osearesssoessess. e._. ,,..s,®,mmea.
,��pp��t . d.)P 0acSI.� soils is greater with the early -plow
��i�tL[zfl►�da"1 Nal d 1
QQtc 811[1 111 one two c>r three 11300 1
t depth than that of the late, 'Ai
gn`0ata81 ditloronce in l,is favor 1011,
foun[! do th
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a t.1ow,
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I a divided t.ulo .t
w plots, each one of lwhieh WW1 plOWO
�� Z tp• ,P ,e1qy g ev alternately hate and rally, the ear
• '`nel@.s•'odts7Liak.rtissixda� plowing, April 7 to 19, and the tat
TREATMENT OF A DAIRY COW.
plowing June 11, all the lots Nein
cultivated at the samo flue, an
� $302,409 I income, t
q < m and out of
6
revenue,
436,034 for staff, and
x 5361,327 fel 101114 11,
(1 Adding the further suns of 5Ari,-
earl
PROGRESS OF RAILWAYS
VALUABLE STATIS'xICS ISSUED
IN A BLUE BOOM,
Growth is Steady, But Net Earn-
ings Show a Decrease
Last Year,
The report of the Department of
Railways and Salmis( places the (1ov-
ornntenl railway expenditure during
the, year at $12,;451.,250, of which
$2,619,059 was chargeable to cap;
Sal account, $_2,1;12,3131 to income,
and 27,599,058 to revenue. There
MIS pald out fruit, the consolidated
fund as subsidies to railways other
than 1118 CiOvc1'nnp'nf: deeds a total
of $2,046,878, which 18 Included in
sura charged 10 femme,
'The expenditure on canals aggro -
1t gated 59,080,5,;8, of whic1) $1,880,-
O 787 was clnlrgeable 10 capital,
262.32 for nitscall410111nus expendituees
o the total clopai'ttnenlat expenditure
g for rallivays and canals for the fiscal
d year211100,8-4 amounted 10 $15,368,-
071,
- The total revenue derive/1 from 1110
Government work for the fiscal
year was, front railways $6,627,255,
and from canals, 70,586, of which
the stat of $72,701 was derived front
hydraulic rents, in 1003, tolls for
PtSsago through any of the C'uvern-
1(1-nt canals were abulis'hecl, the ex-
emption, which was by way of ex-
periment, to continue in force for
the two seasons of navigation of
19011 and 1904 oniv,
MILLIONS OFA\'CC I11417N PAID,
The following is taken from an act- 10ill1 the sank tools.
dress by Prof. T. L. llaccicer; Tho crap yield from the early plow
A cow should always be brought to od land is. Inure than from the Otto
her freshening period in prime phy51_
at41hm4a rahtee mOfoi6t(ueb0scohenl1;epr oaf cre11
[scsahle csohnqdiltdtotib, eItfas but mtehaantt that
soil
falls below 12 par
should be in good physical Lone Tisk
cant, the leaves of Many pinuLs curl
can generally be brought about by early do the day, and the plant turns
gii big' her two or three pounchl of a yellowish color and is more o•
bran, or loan and shorts equal parts, less ehaclkad in grolvLh,.
or oats during the 11010 when she Ls
Nitrification takes place with a
dry. This will cause Iter to start in grarluadsing n»shL3', at
her lactation period with maxi -
918)
twolly andecrthpuree feetiilrl(dapth.
mum flow of milk. She will, during The seasonal average amount of
the Glue that she is dry, store tip available nitrogen found for the
100 to 1,40 pounds of surplus weight 0(01'1,,5 1)low0(1 1And fn rho surface foot
of body, which will milk down (1111•- 15 twice that found for Lha luta at
Mg the first few weeks of her lasts- the same depth,
tion. The available nitrogen in the stir -
By 1110 limo she has returned to her face foot of the early plowed 1101,1 18
normal weight she should (1e on full four thn05 that found In 031 her the,
feed, which, with us, (luring• the past 80coud or third foot, early or late
few ds years,of hasn, ' beeacnco. six 10 land.
poungrairding totwelve the '01511 mean soil temperature for the
•(lait;y work that she is doing, and as rly 111mwd 1etm! 14.115 ill all clu5Cs
ouch roughage as she will eat up duearing theeentire season lutwer than
clean. 11 the farm grains are clop p_ that found for the 1311e plowed. -
er, pound for pound, than eomuur- 5'11e low mean 8411! teintperatwa
01a1 feed studs, such as oil meal, Pound for the early 141045 (1 land is
gluten feeds, 0ot.t00s000 10e01 or bran 0000rn1tv'oughl Lhc S5ell
and shorts, then the ration 51101,111 1)13 a greatepa4i111r amiount; Otnnmoistureeaand
be chiefly composed of grates, a1- av'ailahle nitrogen than Is the. case
ways using two a three kdnds, with the late plowed, which has the
The nearer We eau ]keep the feed higher teulperatme.
within the farm crop, the 11110;•0 mol_ in many cases a high temperature
we will nude, the basal ration is followed by a high rate of nitrifi-
es'should be farm grains, of 15/11011 oats eatnon, while
in others It is not,
is the best milk feed, (hd.en feed thus suggesfing that trio process of
mud meal and linseed and cottonseed Nitrification is more or loss depett-
meale should 11(` fed very spttriugly dent upon what may be called the
on account of price. Protein,hots- rale relation between tho water con -
ever, i5 generally the cheapest in the tent and the temperature of the soil,
keds containing a high per cent of provided other factors are favor -
this important nutrient. 0(110.
But all does not depend upon the
particular combination of feet( stuffs.
You should have good. COWS 011d be
good dairymen. if either. of these The traditions associated with the
factors are wanting, the desired re- toad are well nigh as numerous as
sults will 1101 be attained. the ancient myths co,lcerniug the
In the first place cows should come stars and planets, The 011(1! is told
fresh in the fall. If the call' is drop- that touching toads will produce
ped in the spring, great shrinkage in warts on the hands. that its breath
the flow of milts will follow during will cause convulsions in children,
the stainer, when unfavorable condi- and that killing toads will produce
tions prevail, over which w° have lit- bloody milk in cows. Perhaps an t0-
tle control. ]''lies, short pasture and stance is citral to substantiate the
press of farm work invariably raise 'theory, and the child believes it so
havoc. with the flow of milk, and by ilnp1101113' that it is hard for him to
fall you will have a let of unpr0l11- disbelieve it when he becomes older.
able strippers to board, Of course, there is no truth in these
31 good winter quarters gra pro- traditions, but ft shay be well to
videil, and a liberal supply, of rough- let boys who love to 1011 and torture
age and some farm grains are grown,
with cows fresh in the fall, a bettor
and more profitable yield can be se-
cured. With cotes in full flow during
stall feelings, titers is profit elurh,g
the winter, even if feed is expensive.
Then we get better prices, and Lids
is an additional reason that the
largest yield should be at this sens-
or.
Much attention should be given to
each cow, especially as she approach-
es the time of calving. At this par-
ticular time grooming and caressing`
has a wonderful effect, have Lho getting• too far from his shelter. His
COWS fond of you and be with them) favorite haunts are gardens, fields
much at this Lime, See that they. and roadsides, and his favorite food
are provided with a comfortable box( 111S00'15. .In fact, it. has been found
stall. See that the cult is removed by a careful exnauination of the con -
10111s of the stomachs of number of
loads that 98 per cent of their food
was animal matter. Such examina-
tions have els shown u1r
n that only t 7 1.
per cent, of (11e bisects eaten are ben-
eficial to man, while 80 per cent,
were directly injurious to num or
crops, it is estimated that the in-
sects which a single toad destroys in
THE TJSEFUT., '!'OAD.
the ibal•lnless animals believe the, lat-
ter saying. Piero may have had some
excuse for torturing tiles, but there
1s no reason for destroying tho load,
for he is perfectly harf11esth and a
valuable friend of the Menet..
The toad, like the owl, 118061 the
night and cloudy days to get its
food. Heat rod sunshine do not
agree with 11143, especially when
young, NO ho slays under shelter on
hot summer days. About sundown
he comes out and hops about, usual-
ly, pursuing a. regular beat and nut
the first 'day and don't let her see
you take it away. Co into the stall
soon 11ftel• the calf is removed, groom
and caress her, and if she gets
0 the
6
t ' r calf, idea that you are Lhc. , lt, so much
better. Her affections are aroused
and if they aro be:do el upon 3013,
so much the better; ahi will have
the desire to give you much milk,
Do not limey her bates into 1110 a year es sot, lava damaged stoma
stall, but leave her in a romfortablc1 to the au)ount of twenty; dollars! Cf
box stall a few clays, Ste it do a this 'be true, a c010ny of toads linty
leve+risln con•diliols, hu' udder is in- ]le at. vu•,y prollt.ahle invcstnent,
flawed and the extra comfort she Clardeness especially should take
gets in the box stall will lye a great wary precaution to induce toads to
lelie? to her. Sec that si 11laktlie '[hrnng
bran 111aSh 0r 011(5 011 113(11)00!111145 9011a01 (11111,1e1 to t,agargnt'111311s 1814(1111011'neve!•(e0(Idal-
1101 water has been poured, anis al -1 lowing their des!ruction. The dol -
limed to stand fol a time. I lection oftoads at a few cells
(five such feed as bran or oats un- apic<A r„, Lhu fanr er negnrdonlr
ti1, she l'elalrns to 11ormal 45014(8104 i would be a fur more humane and
which generally requires about al profitable„ plan for both the small
week. Observe the s1(-lctcsl, resider` 110y and the farmer than the wanton 1
il:y in all things, and see that ,destruction of these hartulees coc0- I
nothing occurs which will chock the taros d
daily inmost) in the flow of milk. „^_o [
At first she needs little .feed, but
It Is noted that the total Govern-
ment •expen d 1 tiro an rn ilwray 0011-
etrtut ion prier to and since confect -
1 oration, up to July 1, 1901, amounts
on capital account. 10 ;;1.42.618,039,
which includes the sung of $25,000,-
(100 granter) (frown capital) to the
Canadian 1a0110 Railway Ctu31011 •
foe its 11111111 line. fn addition. there
has been expended front the (ousold-
(1111rd fend a total of $7.:19,.330,71:1,
including $31,341,93 ;, pairs 145• sub -
sidles to railways ,ether than the
Canadian Pacific Railway, and $107,-
110,755 foe wurkinr; c::pensrs of the
Covern mon 1 rat IWII331, inalcdn3 a
1011,1 expenditure of 1282,20-1,763,
Of this amount the sunt of 8411,881,-
460 was expended on coustruclio1
woos prim to Coniederntion, on
por•i.10115 of whet is now the Inter -
colonial Railway eyelet,. The total
rrmenuo receivedfront the Govern-
ment rafln'oys front July 1. 18(17, to
.1 illy 1, :1904, ,anlulrn1s to $97,0119,-
008.
The - Government expenditure Orr
canals from July 1, 1867, to July
1, 1110.1, am0un18, on capital ac-
count, to $87,228,169:, and from the
consolidated fund to $21,000,889,
making a total of 8L04 218,1564, The
total revenue derived from canals
during the sane period is $1.3,390;
222. The total expend' lure on rail-
ways anis canals up to ,Judy 1, 1904
as above, $890,518,:31.7, to whie1t
must: he added for miscellaneous ex-
penditures, embracing both $629,-
294, making a grand total of $301,-
18-7,612; The total revenue derived
889,
(1.0111 l'o Iways and r011a15 from ,July
1, '1867. to July 1, 1901, 1s $110,
831,
LAST YEAR'S STATISTICS.
The mileage of steam railway's on
Juice 80 last was 19,611, an increase
of 1134 111(1105, besides 11,327 miles of
sidings. 'Phe number of ,miles in
operation was .19,181, the principal
lines being: Canadian Pacific, 8,062;
Girand Trunk, 11,.168: In10 001orial,
1,342; Canaria Atlantic, 468; Can-
adian Northern, 1,34,9, The paid-up
capital funouited t0 $1,186,546,918;
an increase of 580,906,149. The
geese earnings of the ,year amounted
to $100,219,436, an increase of 51,-
154,909, and rho working, expenses
aggregated $r 4,563, 132, an: increase
of $7,081,638, compared with those
of the pre01011s year; leaving; the net
earnings $25,650,27,4,: a decrease of
32,036,729, The n:umbe1' of passen-
gers carried was 28,0.0,7135, Aa1 in-
crease of 92,0S3, turd the freight
Malik amounted to 48,007,51.9 tons,
,. 2 .
as Increase of r -.9l I ll .. tots, The
total number of• miles run by 1'l'alns
was 61,812,002, an incrcas0 of
929,082, The rolling sloelt com-
prised: For passenger 1400,'100, 2,1.4:9
cars; for freight service, '81,429, M-
ewling 141,877 box a)1d cattle cars;
and for operation and maIelonanee
service 4,157, making a total of 90;-
728 cites, Tile lorou.otives mnnber-
o'd 2,768.
The nrcfcienl returns show a total
of 311.1 persons killed, 26 being pas-
sengers, 192 elnploy08 and 178
others, end, in addition, 1,406 in-
iured, of whom 314 were passengers,
912 employes and 269 others.
The mitcagc of electric' 111110ay5
not midsummer was 7(17, 188 miles
wing double- (rnrlced, The paid-up
atoll al was 850.399, 1,88, the gross
•001(11 8 $8,453,1100. nn nutrease of
;1,219,9221 the 1wee1 lug expen805'
,1(26,:117, ah increase $858,609,
I.lt.vktg the net earn inbo 531,121,092,
an inc110,84' of $366,273, Fifty-three
•per50115 were ;tilled (1111 1111; l.hc year,
ten ,lsasscngel:v, three employes and.
forty, olhi:rsr„ To, addition, 844 Wore
injured,
GOVERNMENT npltf s D]3F1'()TT,
Tho gross earnings of all the tlov-
crnm0nt roads 100 the past fiscal
year, :1903-04, amounted to 56,627,-
255, and compared with those of the
preceding year, show an increase of
512,656. The gross working expens-
es aineautted to 55,6991058, a1 in-
crease of 51,125,824. '3140 net loss
on the operations of the year was
5972,708. The Ilttcrcolondal pro-
duced a loss of 5000,750; the Wind-
sor branch (ono -third of total earn-
ings), a profit of $29,3112, itnd Oto
Prince Edward island a loss of
$;01,:300, 31 151(1 (101 084101,(1 11th-
lice that in a year hit Which (11.0
earnings indreasod only :421000 the
working exi111taes wok( 1t `rensiod by.
31,125,000.
touch atteutiol. As she decreases in 130.1;1: SU(itoltV "fi+A(ft;5 p
weight of body, Merano the feed
gradually, belt be careful not to in-
crease it so rapidly that 1.t; has t"0
be reduced; better that she should be
short a pound than .have half a
pound too much.
See that the cows aro comfortable
and contented; and never give them
an outing at tho expense of comfort,
Feed' mornings and evenings. They
should all be in their stalls by 11
o'c1'ocl(, and from that time until 8
they should not be disturbed, They
are in better condition for digesting
food and secreting milk when goiotly
at rest in stall and chewing the cud,
than when wandering about the yard
waiting to be let into the stable.
Too much stress has been placed
upon feolling a so-called balanced ra-
tion, and kinds and contbihation of
feeds, and too little upon the com-
fort of the cow', gent10 treatment and
strict regularity,
IrlAII'L'Y' ANT) LA'l'17 PLI(WXNG,
The moisture -bolding power ot. the
The total production of sugar
throughout the world is - about 2,-
000,000 tons per annum. Of this
quantitynilto'•1enths tare afforded by,
the sugar -cane, 25,000,000 tuns' of
sebich'are. required' to: 14101111,4the
above quantity of cane 5ugar. The
average of saccharine trialter in ,tire
ripe est Indian sugar -Oahe is from
18 to 21 per cent., of which only
8 per cont, is available to conemereo.
The total value of the sugar in the
cane, if 11 could bo extracted, would,
be about 5200,000,000, but one-
half. is teat in the process of manu-
facture.
A• 0ommon nail is an excellent il-
lustration of the difference between
old and now methods. Pormerly
metal was cut into strips and forged
into Shape with hammers, an expert
taking one and a half minute for
each nal/, lortoct nails' are now
Made at an a%'erago rate of 70 per