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CHAPTER XLVIII, They recollected when 1 could ' es-
• Lurd Littimer was greatly Interest -i Cribethe man; they also recollected
ed in all that Chris had to say. 'i'he� the largeness of Itis Ups, Then 1
• whole .tory lens confided to him af- traced - toy than to the Lion at
ter dinner. over his collee one the! Aluretan Wells. where he had ob-
terrace he offered many shrewd sug-!viensly gone to see Reginald Henson,
gestiuns, I From the Lion our friend went. to
"There fs ono thing wherein yuu.; the Royal at Gearsdale Sands, where
• ! fs staying at Present."
tared. "A little of this, (race. It
is ono of her old fainting Itis, Ah,
that Is better."
The roan Rawlins spoke with the
tenderest solicitude The look of
positive relief on his lace as Itis
daughter smiled at him told of a.
deep devotion and altection for the
girl. Chris, looking on, was wonder-
ing vaguely whether or not she bad
made a mistake.
"Lord Ltatimner obtained our ice,"
she said, "Pray keep this. Oh, yes,
that. is Lura LP:tintet• over there. I
am his secretary.','
ON THE FAH.
MY \VAY TO MAKE HENS PAY
In the ilea. place, we try Lo have
our hooses warm, dry and clean,
writes Alas. Wm, li'allcor. Wo have
theta whitewashed and the old gravel
taken out and new pat In during
The Reason Why
is sold only in sealed Bead pac cats is to preserve its
9t rn-
I flavor aromafrom co¢ a�
l,ittitnpr strolled alreoss himself "it ti natural delicious laver and
murmured his condolences, A little Clean
nnt, when It is warns and dry. ination. The name "SALAD! ' on each and every
(."lean ons the nests encu 5 1n,,,ro
Limo later and the lout of them were anti gfye. them fresh ones, (Henn ole genuine packet is "'Phe Quality Guara.ntee." Black
outside In Lhe veranda laking ices the platforms under the roosts every Mixed or Green. Highest award St. Louis 1904 Sold
together. Rawlins alight have been, morning, summer and winter, except only in lead packets. By all Grocers
and no doubt Was, 0 thnietwa scowl- sundae's, then sprinkle coal ashes 011
clrel, but there was no question as them,
to his fascinating manner and his stir.„ the fowls area wawa every
brilliant qualities as a convernatiuna- num•ning is clean rushes. During
list. A man of nerve, too, and full warm weather give it to therm twice
of resources, All the same, Litti- a day, and in the winter warm the
mer was asking himself and •wonder- water. It is easy to keep the dishes
rakers. The conditions of the cont- however strung they may have shown
Petitions are that a eompeLit0r shall themselves in character as compared
dispateh a package of bitter to a with other Halloos, they do not
certain central point immediately up- seem to aspire after parllementady
honors. Mr. A, ,1, Balfour, in whose
hands lie the des111118s Of Britain at
present, is English only by Lilo dis-
taff side, his mother being a sister
of the lata Marquis of Salisbury.
But by his father's side he comes of
en old Scottish faintly, the Hallows
of WhitLinghame, Anti Sir litany
Campbell -Bannerman and Lord Rose-
bery, the heads of the other two
political parties of Britain, aro
Scots both by birth and breeding,
have made mistake, he amid.' to ,,, on the receipt of a telegram, He
'Aged that is your idea that lien-�� lluder the name of John Smith• nig who flue man really was. 13y clean if at night, after the fowls must always be prepared, and must
'I suppose, so, seeing that all the birth he must 11ays been a gentle' have 'ane•, t. roost,you take rompinot wait to mance the butter after
son chaaged those cigar -cases after,, a h o
Mist Gates laid your voii%c offering inquiries under that name were sue- milli Littimer did not doubt for a hot water, empty the dishes,
wash{ receiving' notice. No competitor he
•1's doo•ste ' , cessful, If ,'o1) would like me to moment. 1118111 mit, and they are randy to be' nhlo Lo ascer1& n w'h�en ho
on lac P 1 come up and int „view the Juan for B t there r ft spot t t rho t eefv0 a 6degran, or cyan
ou man, and that was his love for has gather leaves in the fall after they 1'•ompotiliou is to take place, enc,
said. "I should like you to do nothing dao titer. nor her nuke he had been the•efoa if be intends to keep his
tl I' •uitr 1)b .d "Y r g were well dried and store then in 001110 on the competitors' list,. he
bags really tp put in the houses for
the hens scratch In and we would 1011st always be prepared for any
L to a ttm emergency; that is, for a calf on
scatter the grain amongst them so
the liens would have to work for it, any day in the calendar.
We give them a warm mash in the 'faking a casual view of the butter-
tno•ntug, then seat ter a little grain slaking business in Canada, it would
through, the leaves to keep then appear that some day such system
Sou—
11111,11L10;
"Flow else could it tie ctuucr?" Chris, '
L' u ere was one so 'm filled in the morning'. \\'e used o
.
Aly deal, to mine as il of the kind, Chris sat . o1) a e
viols. You have already told me more 'ireful hl Brighton, and I am travelling all over the world for
that ITensoa was quite aware what going to interview Mr. John Smith years;
l�r live to womanr years he had hood.d of
Butyou were going to do—at least that hairline for myself, (tool -bye, .1 net
he knew you were going to consult one moment. 11'ot' the next fete daces she was gradually growing better:
Steel.knew thatyou were Hot 1 indeed, if site had not walked so car
Also he n my' adclres5 Will be Cho Royal c to -day nothing would have Happened,
going to „lake Steel a present, and Scarsdale Sands,
by a little judicious eavesdroppingCllris countermanded the dog -cart All the unto that Rawlins was talk -
he contrived to glean all about theshe had 1)8(1810(1 and repaired to the ing his eyes were resting tenderly of
cigar -case. The fellow has already library, where Littimer was tying
admitted to your sister that h . some trout -flies behind a cloud of
toned. How long was that before cigarette smoke.
you bought the cigar -ease?" "Thought you had gone to Moreton
"I should say it might have been waits, he said. "Bryn at the tele
-
a week'. We had inquiries to make phone again'? A pretty nice bill 1
you know. In the first instancewe shall have to pay for all those long
never dreamt of offering Mm'. Steel messages of yours."
money. 1 blush to think of that "Mr. Reel pays this time," Chris
folly." said, gaily. ' He has jest given me
"Well, blush a little later on when some information that obviates the
you have more time. Then li nson necessity of going mato the town. My
had a Creek to work out his little dear uncle, you treat a change. You
scheme. a He knows all about the look tired and languid—"
eigarrase be knows where 11 18 go-' . "Depression of spirits and a Wan-
ing to be bought. Then he goes to„libation to exercise after food. Also
Lockhart's and purchases some trifle a morbid craving for seven to eight
in the shape of a cigar -case: he has
hours' sleep overt'• night. What's the
It packed up, yellow string and au, . . Ile +e""
This Is his dummy. BS' keeping his '� 6
eyes Open he gets the chance he ts'' „ is air," Chris laughed. i of them was for her father. He was with 83 hens: 89(1 dozen eggs, $21$r
$7, -
waiting for, Huth Gates hadn't the Lortl Littimer and his secr'ctary, the most wonderful man in the world 02; 211 dozen sold for setting, $7,-
g Miss Lee. are going to spend a few the most kind and considerate. Ho 42; hens and chickens sold, $118.70;
Faintest idea that he knew anything days at Scarsdale Sands, Royal was very rich; indeed, It was a good total receipts, $364.1 4; paid for feed,
when she left that case the day sheHotel, to recuperate after their liter- thing, or she would never have been $119.16, leaving a profit from 88
bought it within reach of Henson, ar Labors." lions of $214.98 or $2.139 per hen.
He gets her out of the way for a', ''The air here being so poor and 1
minute or two, he unties the parcel, enervating," Littimer said, cynically. VALUE OF A COW,
and places the Vanoe Snack case in it. "In other words, I suppose you have Although the final proof of the val-
[vu, by Jove, he needn't have bought itraced Rawlins to Scarsdale Sands?"
omthihing from Lockhart's at all. XI She had not expected anythin ue of any cote and her right to be
How clever you are," said Chris, way • g kept in the herd should depend upon
only thought of that to account for i
the yellow• string and the stamped admiringly. "\\'alen's American and Eike this; and when did Rawlins find Iter ability as shown by the scale
. Lockhart's American, with the mod -i time for those brilliant predatory and fat test, it ver often happens
paper that Locirhart's People use. est pseudonym Of John Smith, arel schemes that she had heard of? y
He fast takes one case nut of the what .Airs. Malaprop would call three+ "Well, what do you think of that a dairy'mau in Lhe selection of
•
parcel and replaces it with another,' single gentlemen rolled into one. We them?" Littimer asked, when at
tied there you are. You may depend, are going to make the acquaintance110ugth he and Chris were alone. "1
upon it that was the way fn which1 of John Smith Rawlins.' suppose it isn't possible that you
it was done." "Oh, tucked, and when de ws1 and I have made a mistake?"
The more i. 1
busy for awhile. Clive them a little as tdt'1% might be productive of great
his daughter. The hard, steely look more at noon and at night all the
seemed to have gone out of them grain they will eat up clean. Dur -
altogether.
Altogether a charming and maty -
sided rascal, Littimer thought. He
was fond, as he called it, of collect-
ing types of humanity, and here was
a new and fascinating specimen. Tho
two men talked together till long
after dark, and Rawlins never' be- room for the pullets.
trend himself. He might have been We try to have the pullets in their
an Ambassador or Cabinet Minister houses for Winter before they cm_
unbending after a long period of 1110088 to lay, for we 11 nil if we move
heavy labor. them afterward it will stop their
Meanwhile Chris had drawn Grace laying for awhile at least. We give lower jaw, The two In the centre
Rawlins apart from the others. The then green cabbage and raw beets are called the "central incisors" one
girl was quiet and self-contained, but to pick at during the winter, and in on each side of these the "internal
evidently a lady'. She seemed to the :summer weeds from the garden, lateral," and those on the other side
have but few enthusiasms, but one This is the result of one y'ear's work the "corner." Under ordinary cir-
cumstances, •1ent111on Is as follows:
At from twelve to Mem months,
the central permanent incisors are
up and in wear at from eighteen to
twenty-fo:n• months, Lhe internal lat-
eral permanent incisors are up anti le
wear at Brom twenty-seven to thirty-
three months, the external lateral
Permanent incisors are up add in
wear; at from three to four year's the
corners aro up and hi wear. Of
course, the first teeth are temporary,
and these are shed and replaced by
permanent 01108 at the ages mention-
ed. It requires considerable practice
to enable a man to tell the ago of
any animal by the teeth, and espec-
ially in sheep or cattle where denti-
tion fa so irregular.
lug the winter warns the grata so
they will not go shivering to bed,
We try to hatch our chickens early,
so by the lust of August or First of
September we have the cockerels
ready for market. That stops the
expense of feed and leaves 01080
go0t1 It would servo as a constant
incentive to those who entered to
keep up a high average standard of
product. The idea is eotnmendecl to
dairymen and to all who are seeking
to advance the manufacture of first
class butter,
TO TELL THE ACE Ole SHEEP,
Dentition In sheep is irregular, de-
pending greatly upon the care 111111
food they receive; hence it is unreli-
able in some cases in determining
age. A sheep has eight incisors h1
able to see so much of the world,
lie had given up nearly the whole
of hie life to her, and note she was
nearly as strong as other girls. Chris
listened in a dazed, confused kind of
TI Chris thought over the
m t er the more
certain tshe
felt
1start, Way 1 ask?" "I'm afraid not," Chris said, half
Chits responded coollythat the sadly, "But what a strange case al -
that such was the tees. Like most
eppneenlly wonderful things, the ex -I hoped to get away ina Clic course 81of , 'ether."
planation was absurdly simple• k" the day. With a great show of vi- Passing strange. I'll go bail that
most s1) marvellous tricks. tuovs resignation Lord Littimer con- that man is born and bred a gentle-
conjurer'ssentoe man; and, what is mora he is no
are generally the easiest, . "I have always been the jest oil more of an Amorienn than I an, I
"Ifow foolish of us not to have j fortune," he said, plaintively; "hut 1
though of this before," Chris said,; P y, kept on forgettingivfrom time Co time
thought Pully. "At any rate, we I never expected to be dragged all. what he was and taking him
know all about it now. And we:; over the place at my time of life by for one of our own class. And, final -
know e s a gill who is anxious to tuake me lye, I capped my folly by asking him
to bring his daughter for a drive to-
morrow and a lunch on the Gap -
stele. What do you think of that?"
"Splendid," Chris said, coolly.
"Nothing could be better. You will
"I'm going into Moreton Wellsj Chris bustled away to make the be good enough to exercise all your
make in viries " necessary arrangements. Soto¢ few potters of fascination on Miss Raw-
egeht to -morrow to ata q hours later Lord Littimer 181(5 10ok- lies to -morrow, and leave her father
stti,l. Chris. Ing out from his luxurious private to amt. I thought of a little plan to -
But she was saved the trouble. sittin room with the assumption of
0100 more the ever -blessed telephone g night which I believe will 51000ed
strand her in good stead, She was i 0111 a martyr. He and Chris were admirably. At nest I expected to
i t f eta. • ,• for d're'ssed for dinner; they were waiting have to carry matters with a high
know who bought the cigar -case o arc uainted with the dholeest black -
promptly returned to Lockhart's 131 glerdism in thr kin dont, I leave
Hinson, I should like to see this , my happy home niv g oak slid my
Haohlts," i cellar for at least a week of hotel
"You have got to and him nest,
' living. Well, one can only die once."
met on the Pon o 5 I for the hell to summon them to the
Moreton Wells when Steel called her I Bitting -ronin. When they got down
up. ('kris ercogused hint with a at length they f0nnnll quite a large
thrill of eager pleasure, at
1 u ober f guests bread seated
In n o already "1"o1) Hood not be afraid," she` g
said. "von cnn speak quite cosy.) canny shall tables.
How is Van Snook?" "Your man here?" Littimer asked,
"Very queer," David responder, , languidly.
ellell hoped to have operated upon i (hrls indicated two people seated
Irian before this, bat such a course' in a uldow opposite.
has not boon deemed quite prudent.' "There!" she whispered, There he
The day after to -morrow it will be,is. And what a pretty girl with
I r:xpecte ilenson has found out I him!"
where Van Sneck is." ,'T`
"Indeed. Mao he been to 800 you?" I CI3,tPTER XLIX.
"Ile has been here more than once 1
on all kinds of ingenious pretences. I Littimer put up his glass and gaz-
But I didn't call you un to tell you ed with apPavent vacancy in the dfr-
this. We have been making inquiries; eetion of the window, Ile Saw a!
at \eaten s, Marley and myself. The . tall man with a grey beard and hair,
lime has come now to let Marley: a man most immaculately 'dressed 1
behind the scones a bit." and of distinctly distingutshed ap-{
-Bid Walen's people know anything pearauce. Littimer was fain to ad -
about the tall American?" I unit that he would have taken 111m
"Oh, yes. A. tall American with .a for a gentleman under any circum -
Ude heard and a faint suggestion of stances. In manner, style and speech
small -pox called about a week before he left nothing to be desired,
the great adventure, and as'.:od to "That chap has a fortune in his
see some gun-metal diamond -mounted face anal accent,'' Littimer said.
cigar-eases—litre the one in Lock -
hart's window."
"Diel he really volunt"el' that re-
mark?"
"Ile did, saying also that Lock -
hart's were too dear. Waden's hadn't
got what he wanted, but they pro-
mised to get some entice out of stock,
which meant that they would go to
the same wholesale house as Lock-
hart and get some shmila cases, I but it scenic: to have done so in yon -
As a matter of fact, one of IYalen's der case. And how fond they seem
assistants was sent round to study to be of one another! Depend upon
"'Pon my W0r11, he Is te 01ianee ac-
quaintance that one would ask to
dinner without the slhghost hesita-
tion. And the girl----"
"10 his daughter," Chris said.
The likness is very strong."
"11 Is," Littltner admitted, "A
singularly pretty, refined girl with
quite the grand ah•. It is an alt'
that mere education, seldon) gives;
the case in Lockhart's window, Ih0
eases were prneured on the chance of
a sale, but the. American never turn-
ed up again, No notice was taken
of this, because such things often
happen to shopkeepers."
"And this was about a week be-
fore the night of the great adven-
ture?"
"Yes, Wait a bit, I have not
quite llnlshod yet, Now, once I had
ascert.abied this, an important fact
becomes obvious. The American
tlidn't event a. cigar case at all."
"But he subsequently purchased the
one returned to Lockhart.'s shop,"
"That remark does not suggest
your usual sculled, The 'Amer'ican
11118 Propliring the grated for Van
Smock 10 purchn.ee with a view to a
sltl15e(lilent v0('1n150.. You have not
fully grasped the vileness of this plot
Yet, 1 went to L.odcherve and sue,
(Toiled in discovering That the per -
chaser of the returned case was 8 tall
American, quite of the Mattern 7 ex- Iced."
Porto;, Then 7 managed to ;'rt on "And they tont me they had tie ice
to the trail at the Nletro, 1. lure, 111 1 t:, Menne," the 1110.0 Rawlins and -
U. Chris, whatever that ma) may
be his daughter knows nothing of it.
And yet ,you tell me that the pollee
"Well, never mind the ponce, now.
Wo ran got Mr. 511171 to tell Marley
all about "John Smith' if We can't
contrive to force his heart without.
But with that pretty girl before any
eyes I shouldn't like to do anything
harsh. Up till now L have always
pictured the typical edut'atoci. SCOU11-
dt•el as a man who was 111(17rly de-
void of fbolings of any kind."
Dinner proceeded quietly enough,
Chris having eyes for hardly any-
thiug else heyond the temple in the.
window. She r1,5 t, }n.usen1ly, with a
little ga8p, and hutstily lifted a tan-
kard of seed water ft'om the table,
Thu girl opposite her had turned
Pale and her dark head had drooped
forward,
"1 hope it is not serials," said
Chris. Drink a-IT(tle of this; it is
hand, but HOW 1 ant going to get
Mr.11atwlins through his daughter. I
shall know alt I want to by to -mor-
row night."
Littimer smiled at this sanguine
expectation.
"1 sincerely hope you will," bo
said, drily. But I doubt it very
much, indeed. You have one of the
cleverest men in Europe to deaf with.
G ood-night."
(To be Continued.)
is a food -medicine for the
baby that is thin and not
well nourished and for the
mother whose milk does not
nourish the baby.
.
It is equally good for the
boy or girl who is thin and
pale and not well nourished
by their food; also for the
d
anxmic or consumptive adult
who is losing good flesh and
strength.
In fact, for all conditions
of wasting it is the food-
medicine that will nourish
and build up the body and
give new life and energy when
all other means fail.
sec end Siete, all chuggitate
SCOTT1N 13OWNIL Chemists, Termite, Ont.
cows for his herd, says Pm'of. Beach,
The cow. whose good records are
known is not usually for sale. Evert
if the buyer had time to make a
short test that would not bo suffi-
cient to prove the worth of the cow.
Usually he has to depend upon ex-
perience and possibly in some cases
careful study.
Thousands of dairymen have owned
and handled cows nearly all their
lives and yet are poor lunges of cat-
tle. 't'hc reason for this is that the
lniowlidge which they have gained.
front their experience is superficial,
They have )lade little or no study of
the cow, except in the aggregate,
They have never proved a• corrected
their judgment by records or tests
The type of a good dairy cow is a
vague conception in their minds,
based upon personal opinion than
upon evidence or feet.
Intelligent and pt'ogrensive farmers
and dairymen, however, are becoming
more familiar with the fact that
milk and butter producing qualities
of con's are accompanied he• a gen-
eral vigor, conformation, tempera-
ment, timeless, bearieg and outer
features, that aro quite characteris-
tic. Dah•ymen who prone most in
the keeping of cows familiarize them-
selves with these characteristics and
-understand their relationship to
capacity for production.
The general constitutional vigor of
the 0018 is of prhnav importance,
and that of neei'ly as great impor-
tance are efficient digestive organs,
stmong lungs and a highly developed
nerve system.
SCOTGHMEN TO THE FORE
THE HEN WIlO MAKE LAWS
FOR CANADA,
How the Races Are Represented
In the Dominion House of
Commons.
Was it not a humorist who sug-
gested that the first efforts toward
the invention of a polyglot language
arose from the conditions that pre-
vailed in the old Austrian Dtet? The
Germans, Czechs, Hungarians, Poles,
etc., of whom that body was made
up, all persisted in addressing the
Diet in their OW11 language, Since
the representatives of the various
races understood no language save
their own, the progress of business
VMS inlPoSSinie, and the only W13'
310014D IN THE SOIL,
'I'!te following brief facts are boiled
down trent an article by Prof. C. C,
:flopkuts, on `Fertility of the Soil":
"Different types of soil produce dif-
ferent trot) yields under the same
conditions.
"Soils side by y side, but cultivated
differently for a term of years, pro -
dike very different yields.
"The sante soil dlf5et'11 at different
times, according to its cultivation
cid other treatment and lack of
treatment.
"one soil will produce twenty bush-
els of corn, another forty bushels,
another eighty bushels,
"One soil is worth $20 an acre,
another $100 pe acre, another j.1200
per are—largely 9mcauso of their
difference in fertility ot• productive
capacity,
"Soil can bo 'run down,'
"Soil elm be improved,
"Tho fe•titlty- of soil Can be utain-
tained.
"ft, is worth money to know solls
and be able to improve them.
'"1'118 study of soils is vitally can-
meltedr.ied with proof. and propriety lit
laming, the greatest Industry in
Illinois,
"Neither live stock nor (doves, nor
both together, will nlaintale the
fertility of the soil,
"The only way: 'Prenorvo good
physical conditions am] then pili
battle upon the land all of the for-
lillty which is taken off.
"While there are ten essentials of
plant food, 81ven of then are 1180a.1-
ly supplied in nliu11danee: but nitro-
gen, phostihbrus and potassium are
rather limited in )mist soils, So the
study of fertility is in'netiealiy t'c-
dueed to the stmly of these throe.,"
1111'P1`i"it ('tThhI'34'P!'l'1.0N fIl,
'i'he dairymen of Ireland and Den-
mark have what a•e celled surprise
butter competitions far their 'bittter-
And the Irish as well play no In-
considerable part in the political
arena of Britain, not merely because
of their apt111010 for public affairs.
Many an English constituency 1s re-
presented by a son of Erin. And
across the line from Canada, is it
not a matter of notoriety, the prom-
inent place taken by Irishmen in pol-
itical matters there?
Nevertheless, in Canada, England
herself Amide before Ireland in point
of Parliamentary representation.
In truth 4relancl is tar (town 111 the
1181. She only ranks fourth, hoe re-
presentatives nitnibering forty-two.
while those of England reach to five
more, Or forty-seven.
It is Ole Scots who are in the as-
cendant, Since the clnys of Sir
John A, Macdonald they have been
losing their hold on the Cabinet.
Formerly as many as half the Cab-
inet was composed of John Tantson's
bairns; but to -day, out of fourteen
Cabinet Ministers only three bear
Scots names, Hons. 11. W. Scott,
James Sutherland and 1Vm, Temple-
t/tun.
SIXTY -POUR SCOTS,
In the membership of the House,
however, they amid first. Of the.
214 iemees011tatit'es that Canada has,
64 are Scots, or a little less than
one-third of the whole.
The Lerman population of the
Dominion, which numbers one hun-
dred thousand, is slightly over re-
presented. Roughly speaking, the
basis of representation is one mem-
for every twenty-six thousand of
the population of the country.
On this standard the Teuton should
have no more that tour members i1)
the ilouso, lvherns there are Ilvo,
though, strangely enough, two of
there, Jacob P. Schell and Malcolm
S. Schell sit, not for German, but
tor Scottish cols8ituet0i0s, the' for-
mer being member for Glengarry and
the latter for South Oxford,
It may bo that the canny element
in the German character appeals to
the Scot, and Inas thus led the resi-
dents of those ridings to entrust
their political interests to Teutons,
The American population of the
country can hardly yet be estimated.
Uncle San's progeny are principally
to be found in the North-west, and
so recently have they settled there,
they have not yet had time to m•gan-
izoethemseives into a political patty.
HON. C. S. HYMAN.
There am two of American blood
in the douse of Commons, but both
are eastern anon and were elected by
FORTUNATE LANDLADIES
LODGERS WO LEAVE TH1h1H
FORH,xlrz�lJs,
For Kindness Shown Thomas
Harnod Mrs, llarvey .Tames
Was Left 111,000,00'8.
Landladies, 11ke mothers -111 -law,
'Pave 118Cn grossly maligned, and it
is, therefore, satisfaciery t.o 110 51310
to record several instances in which
the 'edger, so fat' from fearing' his
11-
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tions
rewarded Ila
landlady, has 1e
tion by leaving her his fortune, Tho
most recent case is that of Mrs.
11(Levey James, of Georgian Place,
N.Y., who has just learned the pleas-
ing news that l'humas Yarned, Who
hoarded with her many years ago.
has receistly (jitxl etnd left 110„ the
substantial 81111) of 111,000,1100,
It appears that as long ago as
1864 Earned went to NOW York in
search of work, It 11(1 looking round
for a habilatlon h11p,1¢ned to call at
tit„. 1101180 of !Mrs. .1 aures, IT¢ was
aclui[llert, and, though he had no
luggage and owned but $10, Mrs.
James agreed to give him s•ootn and
hoard until be Wats fortunate enough
to find work. Several weeks passed
before he could get employment, Ul-
timately he obtained a gnoi
situation, and by weekly inr:fal-
neenls managed to liquidate his
debt
He remained for Lbree
years he the house.. of A?rs. James,
when he left New York to seek his
fortune elsewhere, He matte his way
out West, where in ten years he suc-
ceeded in amassing a large capital.
A few weeks ago he returned and
became en 1nnn1v of one of the New
York hospitals, but the disease from.
which he was suffering proved incur-
able, and lost November he died.
When his will came to bo proved it
was found that he had left
11114 ENTIRT' FORTUNE
o'it of the difficulty seemed a tongue eastern constituencies, One, kion,
C. S. Hyman, London, is a member
of the Cabinet, and the other Daniel
Bishop Meigs, etit8 for Filosisquoi, a
Quebec ridttlg.
It is safe to say that however
composite the character of the pre -
sett representative assembly of the
country, a time is coming, and it is
not far off, when the different na-
tionalities it contains will be twice,
if not evert thrice those within it
now. Give but a generation and the
numerous nationalities In the west,
will have in a large nteas'iro become
part and parcel of the body politic
They will then want to be represent-
ed in Parliament.
'flow %vitt this affect the country?
Will it stake for Canada's advance -
:went? Will ft further British. con-
neeeloit? These questions are worth
pondering, for it must he remember-
ed that the members of the various
foreign nationalities in the west are
bound eo have brought with them
to Canada their own national preju-
dices and .predilections, which aro
not always 111 sympathy with Brit-
ish l:nstttutions or British rule.
that would comprehend all, and that 1
all would, therefore, understand.
11015 NOT onTAIN,
The same condition does not cer-
tainly obtain in the Callatlian fare
tianont. English and French are the
only languages permitted at its de-
liberations.
o-liberations. But as far as the nue
tionality of its members are con-
cerned, it bids fair to rival in diver-
sity even the composite Austrian
Diet,
Tho present Dominion ITouse of
Commons cannot he described as be-
ing in any sense homogeneous.
Racial homogeneity could handl
be expected, considering the million
and a half Trench-spealting people
that are to be found in the country,
besides the hundred or so thousand
from almost every part of Europe
that have been pouring 1ut0 the
country during the last few years.
The fact of the 1nel.ter is that one
wonders why the Parliament is not
more heterogeneous that it is; for
out of the numerous faces that have
made their hone withdn the Domin-
ion only six are represented in the
chief legislative body of the country.
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These aro the Englisin, the French.
Canadians, the Irish, tiro Scots, the
Germane.
lalre.
Nor are the proportions of the re-
presentation of the scvoral peoples
mentioned such no would naturally
be expected, in VIM of the number
of each of those respectively in the
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french-Canadin (15 11111111Je' 11101%
that the members of ally other na-
tionality, and itwould, therefore, ie
looked for that their reprc8eltatiVes
would prepo1111rale over those of
cinch of the others.
Such, however, is not the case. Ily
the act of Confederation, Quebec,
which is almost wholly French -oar
0111011, has 65 manila's, and these,
Pt might he thought, would at lea,
be all of the old Gallia Ince. But,
ten leretch-Canadia»s fall short et
that »uml.ler by 11, their total re-
prosentatfon in Parliament hying
to his late landlady, to the total ex-
clusion of all his relatives, who had
become increasingly numerous since
it was known that he had made his
pile. Airs. Janes has decided to ac-
cept only $250,000, leaving the
residue to be divided among his re-
latives.
Airs, llarvey Janos, hoveve', 18
not the only kind-hearted landlady
whose good deeds nave brought sub-
stantial reward. The case of a Mrs.
Lane, of North Hackney, England.
which was freely commented on by'
the newspapers some few years ago,
may be worth repeating. Mrs. Lane
was not a "lodging -house keeper" in
the strict sense of the word -only
taking an occasional boarder,
A few days before Christmas of
3871 or 1372_ a young than, eery
much down at heel called and asked
for lodgings. A room was shown to
hint, for which the net extenitagant
sum of $1 was demanded and agreed
to, The meals were to bo paid for
according to what he had. lie could
give no references. and as to trunks
or other luggage he frankly admitted
that be hall none. Mrs. Lana how-
ever, was not of a suspicious name:.
and his open counlentutce so took
her fancy that she allowed him to
become a member of her household
on the strength of
IIiS LOOKS ALONE.
ALLTCATOR li'AltMS,
Several French dealers have recent -
1y visited America to Pnr0ha80 stock
for an alligator farm which they
propose starting in 1110 South of
France, Alligator ,skin has become
so highly prized throughout France
that the an111(01 dealers believe it
will pay well to raise elle alligators
on this, the nest farm of its hind
in t•he woad, Not long ago P1'0141 -
dent. Leland. received a pre5Jut of a
limiting skit of aliigaro• skin. This
11 Said 10 lie gl ow ittg Scarcer each
year, and there 15 always a greet de-
mand Pot' It for boots, shoo,, last
hags, Writing -WON, portfoiios, slut
toilet arLieles,
TRA EFT 1N I'1'fI31AN' SKIN.
There is at the present tittle quite
a regular irellie in the 'telling and
fleeing of lunette skin. 'leveret of
only 54. the lennl„n hospitals have on their
TiN(11,11411 111111181), books the names and nddt'1Nsee of
Is it tiro b'i8h, *then, who are the Ir rn soli 1 Wo urn 1111 Whom 11i0y ran
dominant rare es regards its ,,idle o, ly f 1've $10, s , 1, , 1 1,43i t f
bers in the 11ouse of ('onmous? the 1. 1,• t' o lh1 ,t, u:+'1, WISPS!
1.11151141) urn hardly ('001' ,o1s111.10ll ;.,,. ' o1 .:t:; (' nn' may call
in this c'tirnc('(1, n: for, ho.., 1 F.+.'., , , ..:,1114 :11..1(10. 1hr
881111)1 11(03' 11153 lie as tale a•i
Several weeks passed and neither
rent nor board had been paid, but
the landlady deferred pressing her
claim until one morning the young
man entered hes parlor and, tilrotV-
ing himself dejectedly on the sofa,
informed her that he had again fail-
ed in obtaining work, and, as there
was no prospect of his 1¢ing a1)1e to
pay for food and lodging, he thought
he had bt o, hintthen
times improvedetter Iia wopotddg bohat able to
send her "something on 1140011)111,1'
T -Te appeared i1) such desperate
straits that the landlady pooh -pool„
ed the expense, told him. to be a
man and he'd soon gut work, and so
cheered hint up that he left with a
lighter heat, determined to have
one more try for employment. The
5etne evening he returned jubilant,
for lie hal secured a post. at $11 a
week, T.fe t•omniued an inmate of
Airs Lane's house for another six
months, when he set sail for Austra-
lia, determined to make leis.- fortune.
A few Christmases ego he tient his
oltl landlady what he called a small
acknowletlgenment of her Matures —
a cheque for $ ,0,000, the income
from which W now enabling Airs.
Lane to live in ease and comfort,
14131'11 ANOTHER INS'i'ANCI'i
is 011 record w'he'e a landlady lois
benefited financially by giving a
fellow -creature a little of that char-
ity which Is all 100 rare, The grate-
ful tenant in this Instance was a
lady who, though apparently poor,
,Was not without means, She was,
However, an invalid, atrl her grati-
tude was celled forth not by reason
of mon^tary assistance given, but
for 951009athy and kindly attention,
The lady, whom we will call Miss
Smith because it WOO 1101 her nano,
httcl lived in the same .Mouse ler
fourteen y ea'4 during which time
she had heel et -morality Waited upon
by her good-hearted landlady.
Mies Smith was frequently 1111'
table, as invalids atilt are: but the
landlady bore with her and did all
In her power to aloha hint angering
less,' 141'iss Snaith never expressed
much gratitude, though elle re-
marked on one occasion that 11 stn
prised tier to tial rayon 1180 fo hwtvn-
ing With smell a grumbling
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'Throe yeas ago 'Miss Smith died,
and When Mir si'nu's cane to he 80t.-
tled a will was discovered. When
this had been proved it WO'( 1111111(1
that She had bequeathed eveethhig
m(reservedby to 1181. lantll(Ldy tui a
f.I'ihnle of gratitude and nlTttction• 711
eer.m'iti05 alone the aunt left amount-
ed
mount-1, 1 to $87,500, whi'lo rotative $10,1100
wne food locked nWay 111 a 111'0w0r,
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