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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-6-15, Page 2+ + i+nx+ + +t++) + +t(+A+A+Kk+- +)+v.+ + TNS NEIN OF SANTLEIGH THE STEWARD'S SON $9E+A-1-f+;C(+31+ (4? -0 f+A-4- %ref+ 404- E+3 +04-3:1 -3Cff+A-l- f fl: XE + buttonhole, the other hanging' grace- fully at his side, and only the Meek eyes of (Guildford Berton were acute onough to detect something malicious and self torturing beneath the smile and the veneered ease. "I beg your pardon. 1 ought to have said 'my daughter, lady Norah,: ", Lord Ferndale started and the roc( or and Mr, 1'11.Meet exchanges] glances. They remembered the ear's marriage and the quickly following separation, bet they had known nothing of the daughter. The earl seemed, in a courteous feeblest, to enjoy their surprise, "You aro astonished, Guildford'?" he said, addressing the young 1(1(10 whose eyes were fixed upon him, "You were not aware that I was even married. Our good friends could have told you the story" -and he waved his Hand slightly toward the three other silent men. "Not at all a new or original one, but not with- out its touch or romance. A foolish and high-flown youth and an unsoph- isticated girl," He spoke as calmly and blandly as if he were talking of some ono else's inarringo rather than his own, "Romantic, but disastrous. It may servo 0s a warning to you, my dear 0uildford, Wo will not go into details; suffice it that the fool- ish youth and the unsophisticated girl speedily discovered that the god Love is more mortal and less lasting than poor humanity, ane! -they part- ed. Really, I think it was the wisest thing they could do. You agree with me, rector?" The rector bowed and colored, and the earl, after delicately wiping his lips with his exquisitely lino hand- kerchief, Went on on the same bland smooth voice: "They parted.- It was very saes and very-disappotuLing, But - what would you ]cave? Life is too short to permit of two persons spending it in quarreling. Ile shuddered palpably, "But -but your daughter?". said Lora Ferndale. 'Ali, yes, pardon me, I had for- gotten! Yes, I have a daughter, born after the separation; consequently I have not seen her. But her mother and her nurse and, I believe, most e- attached and devoted servant being Y dead, her care devolves upon me." There was a pause. Everybody h tried to 111101 something to say and - failed, though Lord Ferndale did murmur inaudibly, "Poor girl," 1, "I may say," said the earl, quito ,0 pleasantly, "that I have not seen her e- Bret and that I a111 sharing your cur' m iosity. Site arrived this afternoon," The men exchanged glances, all but 0- Guildford Berton, who kept his dark 0 eyes fixed on the floor. d "I cannot even tell you what she 0 fs like, but I trust you will find her 0 charming," and ho spoke the words as if he had added "and I am quite 0 sure you won't." Y There was a painful silence, broken by the entrance of Mr. Petherick. tees . 'We will not wait," he said d suavely. "1 expoet Lady Norah is too 0 tired. g The earl smiled upon him and neo- f Y tf0ned Lord Ferndale to lead tiro c Way, e They entered the dining room and the earl ;calked straight to the bot - d tons of the table, waved his guests er to their seats and the rector said Y race. Tie had scarcely resumed his seat g when the two footmen ranged them o solves on either side of the door and ei Norah entered, a She wore the .soft white dress with • the black sash and shoulder ribbon in le lie lir. Petherick had first seen her; her face was pale, but that ands the faintest quiver of the beautiful n lies were the only signs that she 1 felt the ordeal which her exquistte f father had compelled her to undergo, The leen started and rose, looking at her fn breathless silence. Tho earl was the first to gain his feet, and he, too, stared for a moment, as t silent as the rest. Ile had expected to see a shy, tinted, underbred gill, half dairy mnid, half -Ito scarcely knew what. At any rate, something that would try all his sell -possession and im- movable serenity, Instead—! f For a moment a faint color rose to r his face and all his boasted impes t siveness broke down before this p graceful young creature with the r lovely taco and wealth of red -gold w hair, who stood waiting like tho princess for homage, Then he loft b the table and taking her hand with f a bow turned to Itis dumfounded q guests: "Gentlemen, penult me to intro- ` duce you to my daughter." And still holding' 111• hand he co1- ducted her with stately but ire -111e P courtesy to 111e head of the table. (To be Continued.) • CTIAP'PLI-t II. The cart turned aside and entered The :Earl of Arrowdalo was beauti- ful the oak -paneled library and hold out to look at, beautiful to listen his white mai delicately shaped hand. to and as highly polished as the `Alt, Petherick, a sale journey, I Koh -i -noon. Ile had boon known for trust. You will be in time for din - years as the modern Chesteefield and nee, We do not cline until a quarter society was proud of him, as an in- past, and I have a few friends. The stance of what noble rank and high heat has subsided a little, has it not.? I fear you must have suffered much inconvenience from it." in which every feature was as clearly "Thank you, my lord; yes, it has and cleanly cut as if it had been been hot. 1 have returned, my lord, done by a Grecian sculptor, and on and -and Lady N00011 has acconeoau- w'hich a beard or moustache had lad me." never been allowed even to suggest fts0lf, At this period his hair was nearly whit's, but otherwise the lace was al- most without a wrinkle, and the breecheg can produce. He was tall and thin, with a face North. Ino you spell it with tho 'h' or without?" he asked blandly. "Er -with the 'h,' I believe my lord," "Ah, yes. It's a musical name; figure was so well preserved that it Irish -or Celtic, at any rate." was at once the admiration and as - name do not think we have had the touishment of all who were privilog•- name in the family before. Norah! cd'to gaze upon it. Yes, it is not unmusical. T am in - In speech, Howard, Lord throw- finitely obliged to you for all the dale, was, so it was said, re model of trouble you have Laken, Petherick, (100(0 and eloquence for these degen_ and, believe mc, T quite realize hot) erato times; his voice soft, and yet excessive it must have been." distinct and capable of any modulo- Petherick. at all, my lord," said Mr, tion. In' manners -hut the Pen fat- Petherick. ' 1 may say that it has Les in its endeavors to convey an afforded me much pleasure. Lady idea of Lord Arrowdale's manners. fra- u., h-" Lord Palmerston, who had employed- "Pardon toe," he said. interrupt - 111m in foreign service, had been ing hien. "Would you kindly ring the heard to declare that Arrow•dalo's bell." voice would melt a Red Indian and his manners move a Tartar. No one had ever seen him in that vulgar frame of mince knnoWn as a dins with men quarter est eight." ,temper." When angry -and even q p g ho had been angry at some periods ( "I h-ah0n1-T beg a thousand par- dons, my lord, but -I -I -am afraid Lady Norah will be tired and scare ly-teat is -I think you said, m lord, that you had a dinner party? "Take illy message to Lady Nora please," then ho turned to his cone p0ni0n. Thank you for your con5idcratio Potherick. I see you desire to spat me a -shall I say a shoelc?-but, b lieve me, I am quite prepared. I a not exacting, and I do not expee grapes from thistles, I am also r solved that as Lady Norah is her under my roof, my acknowledge daughter, I will not permit myself t be -it is an ugly word, but I find n other -ashamed of her." "I hope you will have no cause t be ashamed of Lady Norah, m lord," be said slowly, "Thank you very much. I tee not. Mut, as I said, I am prepare for the worst. A. girl brought up as she has been—" He stopped, "But my dear Petherick, I am cletainin you and will cause you to burr your toilet." Mr. Petherick bowel and left tri room without another word, bu when ho reached the hall leo loolce round and suffered himself to mutt his favorite ejaculation, "Bless ne soul!'= Tho earl went into the dratvin room, a magnificent salon, richl decorated with gold upon ivory whit by Inigo Jones, and stood in graooful attitude awaiting his guests If be felt any curiosity respecting this daughter upon whom his eyes were to rest for the first time car tainly no trace of it was to be see; in his face as ho took up an orchit. from a vase and examined it with a pleased and devoted attention as i his mind were entirely free from any more pressing matter, Presently some of the guests atrriv- ed. The footman announced Lord Fern- dale, whose ostato joined Santleigh, an old and genial man with a loud voice, which rade Lord Arrowdalo's sound the sweeter and softer by con- trast; Mr. Pardee', a neighboring squire, and the rector. Lord Arrow - dale always attended church every Sunday morning, subscribed to all the local charities and, as he would have put it, "supported the clergy," He shook hands with them, mur- mured a few graceful • word5 -of wel- come, then glanced at his watch, "We are waiting for two others. I expect Guildford Berton." Ah, well, ho is always punctual," said the rector with the chuckle which accompanied nearly every re- mark; and, indeed, as he spoke, the door opened and the footman an- nounced the gentleman alluded to. He was .a tall, thin young man, with a sallow face and hair and eyes of a darkness seldom found in an Englishman, They were fine eyes, seemed to light up his face and ren- der its sallowness almost unnotice- able, and they flashed for a moment round the room and from face• to face before 110 uttered a word, Then Mr, Petherick .11c1 so and a footman entered, "My compliments to Lady Norah and 1 shall bo gratified if she will of his polished existence -his voice usually grew softer and his smile sweeter. Once, when a young titan, a woman had struck him across the face -with or without cause, proba- bly with -and in the presence of others. They had waited to see what he would do, and were moved to admiration when he caught the hand that had struck him and, rais- ing it to his lips, murmured with a smile: "l;athor a blow from you than a kiss from another," and in their admiration the onlookers probably forgot that he had wronged the wo- man or as probably considered that his exquisite manners had more than atoned. As a young man the nobleearlhad been wild and reckless, with a society polished wildness; but of late years he had subsided into the middle- aged but ever youthful man of re- tired habits and studious tastes. .And he was still the model to which parents pointed when they wished to impress upon their sons a typo of what a man should be who was made by manners. It is true that there were ribald individuals who had been known to jeer at him and even to go as far as to call him the Superfine Earl; but if he was aware of these -and it Was very little that he w•as not aware of -Lord Arrowdalo went on his Way sere0e, smiling and unmov- ed. On the evening of the day after that on which Mr. Petherick had paid his visit to Cliff Cottage, Norton, the 00E1 had a small dinner party. Ho had asked the guests before ho had received the letter from Cathe- rine 'Hayes, and, notwithstanding it was the day upon which he was to receive the slaughter he had not yet seen, he had not postponed his little party. "Never put off a dinner, however unimportant, unless there be a death in the family or smallpox in the house," was one of his maxims. 'And exactly at a quarter to eight lb'clock he left the hands 0f his valet, exquisitely dressed, upright as a dart 'with every white hair in place, with- out a crease in his shirt front or scarcely a wrinkle in his face, and with the clean-cut lips just curved with the smile which, if he had lab- eled his smiles, would probably have been numbered "No, 2, Smilo for the reception of one's guests. Santleigh Court was as old and as unimpeachable 111 the way of ances- try as its owns'. Originally the re- sidence of a Norman baron -of course an Arrowdale-it had been transform- ed by `successive owners into one of ltho most magnificent of Eng1isle palace mansions. It would have been a show place like Chatsworth or Eaton Hall if the noble earl could have brought him- self to endure the thought of the presence of plebeian tourists in tho lofty corridors and stately hall; but -,,- ,tile'hieee idea caused him to shudder, and the U a t [, Ade booksalways )u a W0. L to gY T their descriptions of the place a font - note, "Stranger's are not permitted he came forward and gloated the to pass the park gates." earl, and his voice was almost mei '1'11c earl made his way down tho soft and sweetly pitched as his broad stairs -up which ono !night • host's, The earls r_ haw , driven ran c .r a each i e rested and four with g ted upon tho (dark face ease, so far as breadth goys -with. ac;, nnrl carefully attired figure, with a moment nr.Y approval, n11c1 there was a touch of cordiality an11 familiarity in his voice as he spoke to 1tin which haat been absent when he addressed his other guests. "Ah, Guildford, We were lauding your punctuality. The air' is some- what cooler this evening, I trust?" "Yes," said Guildford Berton. "Mut I walked somewhat slowly. 1 'hope I have not kept you waiting." No," said the -earl, "we, aro waiting now for Lady Norah," Lord Ferndale, who was standing near, regarding the young roan with a not altogether aplrraving no ntt.en- (Mee, turned to the earl with sur- prise, Lady-lfor4ht" he said, It was a bachelor's party and the announcement of a guest of the other 8110 startled hien, The 1 odor anti lir, Parfleet stopped suddenly in the middle of thole gossip and also tamed toward the earl. ire steed bland and smiling, look- ing 'them, one White hang. touch- hrg caressingly 1110 liott'er in his ;11% 63196Zt960e9, THE FARM. CAI/110T 0IJLTvi111, The ideal soil for car•ruts Is se d snn'Jy loam, or an alluvial soil, '1'11 grow well (1n deep peaty soils a give good crops on light soils there is a good. riefeli, or 1111 Cl 1011 11111 if well drained. Parsnips w Wirt, on heavy teams and even clay soils it well pitIverized. The c tura of these crops oilers few (111 cultlee, bt1L like all other root ere it is essential that the work be do at the 'Anne it is needed, not late for these crops cannot be noglocte or they will suffer a check, we0 will get ahead, the yield be reduc and the expense in cleaning rend the crop unprofitable. It is holt for the indifferent farmer to stick the crops which he ]Mows lie CO grow, and for the Rood farmer w'i )las a weedy pleat of land to grow crop of corn inetend of roots, 11 is preferable Butt the lance b well manured for the preceding aro the previous autumn with rot's manure, not less than 12 cons p acre, and evenly distributed. Nt•e. manure is liable to cause forking the roots. Trio land should 1 plowed ns deep as possible and sub sailing ;could be useful on soda wit a hard subsoil, although it is genet ally inadvieahlc to subsoil in spring In practice. we apply 1.00 to 20 pounces per acre inuriato or sulphat of potash, sown on the land in fal and harrowed i11, although the sans may he applied in storing, or woo ashes may be used. The latter ar preferred by gardeners in Europe t ward off ELI 411,01,0i of the carrot louse which appears to give little troubl here. 'drip. FIERTTLIZPIRS may be omitted if the land is in very good heart, otherwise 1hei'r use seem to be advbsable• About 250 to 400 pounds acid phosphate, 85 per cent. available, or its equivalent that is, 90 to 140 pounds o1 001011 phosphoric acid, anal 100 to 150 pounds nitrate of soda may be ap- 1111ec1 as a top -dressing. Usually half of it is sown before thinning and half after thinning, the lanes be- ing cultivated after each top -dressing, Another way is to sow the acid phosphate at the same time as the sed, but if this is done it should be distributed over a width of sever- al inches of the soil and mixed with it, the nitrate of soda being applied alone as a top -dressing. Do not apply this top -dressing when the leaves are wet or it will burn the foliage, and do not mix it longer than a few Hours before ap- plication; otherwise chemical changes ccur and cause a loss of valuable ngrrdients. Fertilizers are useless f left on trio surface. Full benefit annot be obtained unless they are well mixed with the soil. 11 the land has been fall plowed, it may be tree pared in spring by disking deeply and reducing the soil to a very' fine 111111, the acme harrow being very usrl'Id for this purpose. If the soil is badly fitted or is not deep enough, t will lead to the formation of eras - mem short, forked and 0311011 roots. 'Pillage is manure With these crops as with others, and perhaps is the m051 important factor in Securing a profitable crop. Intensive tillage cads to the liberation of plant food, and consequently large, good shaped roots of fine flavor and texture nee obtained. This 15 especiolly notice- able with the parsnip, as when grown after a crop which has had in- ensive tillage and heavy manuring, as onions, its favor and texture aro quite clil'ferent from that of a root grown on poor, hungry land with negligent cultivation, TIM BFTAP 'I OF TIIl1i ROOT s decided early in the plant's career, or while still small it sends its tap- oot deeply into the soil 11 is bet- er to spend a week more in tho reparation of the sacci bed than to 11811 the seeds into an ill -luted soil ]rich 1s not ready for it. Formerly carrot seed was partially emanated or mixed with sand be- en" sowing, and ;lien sown by hand, n account of Ilio hairs or spines on he coat surrounding the seed pl'e- enting lt.s beteg sown by the drill, •o-dny cleaned seed, front Which the pines have been removed, can be u1•ehased and (Millet in, Tito varieties of carrots commonly 'own for stock feeding Are the White Islam Long Orange and Long Ccl. The White Belgian is a heavy elder and has from one-third to e -quarter of its root out Of the coni, and on this account is easier harvest, but Is also more apt to injured by frost, It may with- anrt 4 to 5 degrees below freezing int. The Altrincham Long Red Lail frow's 20 inches o1' more long. requires t rich, deep soil, is high quality and a good yielder, but ng• small in diameter is liable to broken in lifting, James's Inter - Mate lea vigorous grouting and odu011120 variety 1ve11 adapted for. elan consti01pti0(1 oe for stock. rl,y varieties for table use include 'ly ITalf-long Scarlet, Early �Shori:- •n, Cureless Long Pod. In 1.11.3 au - nn all carrots dug during the clay Wild be stored or covered for the 111,, as they are liable to injun'y by st•, ar•roto when dung should he stored cellars where the l.cmpere fere 18 I. just al)ove freezing point, If ft desired to hold 80m0 over until 0 next year for sale, they maY bo fel in tiers niter the ]caves are re - teal, with sand or day soil placed Ween the, Buyers, the melte being toned to view, so that a decaying riot Inner be pulled ort, if they gin to grow, loll !h'cn down end mild. !Pliers; is no reason why the s nor may not have, carrotsi all the Yea round for family use ar'for sale. the early yariefie5 rutty be started 1 rep ey 114 if ay 111 oil ul- Il- ps ne r, rl, cis eft or er to (1 to 0 p are er Teres of )0 11. 0 4 d c 0 0 the slow and stately grace peculiar to hien, and las passing into the drawing room when the footman ap- pronched and in subdued tones said; "lir, Petherick ]las arrived, joy lord." "'thank you, In the library?", "In the library, my lord,". SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a bridge to carry the weakened and starved system along until 11 cin find firm support Ino dinary food. Sodic freeonmpla, SCOTT 81 DOWNS, Chemists, amnia Onetrfe, see, mut eyes, 111 druggists, 1 tic lI SPARE TIME I� OILITN1']S, Yi nn What do you do in ,your spare ge minutes? When wailing fora friend to aro you idle away the nlommds? If be st p0 of It in beef be ole pr iiu Ea eat hal to she nig fro C in loop is pit re bet easy to be entreated 111 this, imam, exj ab1e, tote, while kept evening, 1ie, ca wee lical•d to exclaim: "I' have lost bo telt minutes, for over!„ rah Lord Bacon's fameis realities due far to Works written 111 h3 lolstlrc hoes. yc as so, you ane, Perhaps, missing grand opportunities of achieving something great Chancellor 11'Agltesscau, ob- acrcing tint his wife always delayed leu or twelve minutes before she came down to dinner, and, reiuctant to lose so much time de fey, began the 0omllositiOn of a. w•oik which he prosecuted only while (11112 kept wait- ing. At the end of fifteen years a Look in throe (luart° volumes was comflet011, which ran through throe ed1110115, and was held in high re- ptile, / Ih', .Pleastoes 1Ser51n composed nearly all his poops and other w0rhla an his way 10 and tram his po,tiurfie, jotting;; clown his tho(ghts on little scraps of Paper Which he 10reled about With hint for the plll•- pose. ('/melee Wes ey Was incredibly dill. gent 111 the rise of time, economizing its smallest hits and fragments. In all other things he Was gentle and w11i10 1'lllgtand's Chnnceiloc' DeHghtfLAOy. int'efreshl g y PU3 re hoaxed or Green Tea. Sold only In load packets, 13y all Gr©cors. Highest Award St. Louis 1904. in a sheltered spot or in a, -frame, and pulled while young, and tine twain crop stored. WITTI THE DAIRY CALF. Let us start w•itli the fall calf, as that is the ideal time for both the general output of mink and for the most successful work With a dairy calf, writes Mr, W. L. Parrott. You practically have a fresh cow in the fall ane! 0110 ill the spring on, the aei- velt of pasture. Should the cow drop lier calf 111 the fall, say about October 1, 1 allow It to stay with its mother 24 hours. Then it is sep- arated from her and put in a good wade stall. I'or ten clays it is feel whole milia up to two quarts, and then gradually less whole mills until it is put on skim milk entirely. No slum milk is fed except the mo- ther's, or milk from a cow fresh about the same Flay. When I say skims milk I mean separated milk at a temperature of about 85 degrees. The feed is gradually increased until about one gallon is reached, or about all the calf will clean up, At four weeks old it is given shell- ed corn cold bran with an occasional teaspoon of pure oil meal. Plenty of good clover hay and fresh: water should always be within reach after six weeks When seven to eight weeks old the calf is ready for mar- ket, or if its breeding is such as to warrant turtlior fending, keep this treatment up for six months and then turn on pasture. You will need to observe very closely to tell your milk -fed calf from one that has had the run with his mother•. This is the way I handle milking strains of Shorthorns, and. I have just finished fe0cifng 960 gallons milk to three as good calves as anyone need wish to sen, Withf a separator one can easily secure milk for feeding purposes. My treatment for scours is to stop the oil meal and add a tablespoonful of scorched wheat flour to each portion of milk, METHOD OP COOLING MILK. We 0.130 an aerator with nlonty of ice, set in an airy place; and com- mence operations as 50011 11.5 one cow's rni110 is ;ready, says Mrs. 17, Harrison. The strainers, aerator, milk can and clothespins aro thor- 'augitly wet with pure, cold water just before commencing. As soon as 0110 Cow's milk is ready, it is put through a wire strainer and then through two thicknesses of cheese- cloth into the receiver. Wo do 1u11 put metre than three or four quarts in at one time. The receiving can has two thicknesses of cheesecloth over it. As soon as ilio milk starts, the agitator of the water tank it started, and the water kept in mo- tion all the time while the milk fs running. In this tvay we inn get n1.i110 down below .51) degrees and have it ready for shipment very soon after the last cow is milled. Com- mon clothespins are used to fasten strainers on neratoo rued milk can, A11 utensils aro kept perfectly clean. 11A1D ON 511111. JONES. "Sty wife solemnly affirms that site will never speak to me again if I soy anything about it," said .zones, with a 5m11e, "Mut 1.1 is too good to keep, so here goes, Mrs. Jones had been ailing for some time, and, fall- ing into the hands of one of t.10 neighbors who is a fettle curist, she became imbued with that peculiar be- lief. I laughed at her; but she re- mained firm, and said she was con- vinced that she could be cured only through faith. As her iil.ness Was 11011 serious, 1. said nothing more. "Things 1ven1 on for some time, while 111,y Wile con11111ed to get bet- ter, and at last she announced that she was full,) cured. "'Now 111en, John Henry,' said she, '1 never again wish to hear you say anything about mind cure being all ilnagillation. 1: ant sure- that T. should have been a dead woman if I hadn't taken the treatment I did. And to think that he never set oyes on 11101' 'He never what?' I gasped, 'Set eyes an fuel I. took the absent treatment. I sent Professor Palm 95 to treat me byhis famous met hoat.' ' 'Do you mean to say,' said T, 'that you sent a quack 95 to treat you?' - 'Tl10 .'s just What I did! And to think 11111 1110111. 11011dorful thing about it eras that I was aware the 1110- Is mei 1 1 that he received any letter and. opened it, although ho was hundreds of nines from me! Whir, I commenced getting tight from that m0melt1 It; is Si/1111y w e ondorfille Yo.i can't dotty 111111 T: nm now quite well, and all through the wonderful treatment that :I. received.' "f 511011111 have said something then and there, had 11101 .heard the poat.- (10n's knock and gone 1.0 the door to get my 1'U,n's.. There wee one for use wife from ilio Relearned Lotter Office. and when she opened Il; out dropped her letter to Professor Poke, 5110 had luiaclireet(rl it:, anti the mulek had imam' received it, She s;. sacs -b111 on 8a10nt1 thoughts I a. hadn't better tell yon What 511,1 1tc ays," 11, -{G Flt 11 makes most (layman feel honest Fit. lot to be in politics, 11 FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE NEWS BY MAIL 331n01(1 IRELAND'S sHOB7:S. Happenings in the Emerald I'sle of Interest to Irish - Canadians. Though the 5th T3att, Royal 111un- stor Fusiliers (militia) could former- ly obtain between 200 0nc1 300 re- cruits nununll,y, this year only 11 have been oblainad, 11r. Martin McDermott, who died at Bristol at the ripe age of 82; was one of the leaders of the Young :Ire- land p01;ty, who planned the Libor_ -Live rn.,ui•rcction of "1818. Mr, Henry P. Newton of Mount Leincster, ex-I1'1g11 Sherif' of Count Carlow, who went out rabbit. shoot- ing was found dead later with the guts tying by his side. Part of Mr. Newton's head had been blown away. According to the last report of the Royal 'Zoological Society of balani, the demand for Dublin -born lions is Moire 1,11.1531 they can cope with. Quite recently they have soli! four lion cuh5, The west of Ireland County 00101 - ails aro 0t a standstill for want of funds. Collectors aro unable to gather in the rates clue, owing to the distress among farmers. Only £•4•,000 can be collected, in County Sligo out of 914,000, Guiness' whiskey distillery in Dub- lin, with 2,000 employes, pays in wages about 6E1 00,000 per year, but the profits for 1899-1900 were L1,- 546,486; 1; 546,480; thus the amount devoted to capital was fifteen tines greater than that devoted to labor. TIM dividend was 16 I.er cent. A Gartman of Dunfanagliy County, Donegal, has been fined ono shilling and sentenced to jail for 0110 week for having his -name and ache ass printed on his cart - in the Irish language. The case has been before the Court of King's Bench on appeal, and the issue to bo passed upon it is whether Irish Is a legal language or not. While digging in his garden at Cronwcll's Mount, Drogheda, which occupies the site where Cromwell Planted his bntt(ries for the destruc- tion of this enter fortifications of Drogheda, Constable Lawlor found two silver coins of the Elizabethan era, in a complete state of preserva- tion. One coin was the size of a shilling, 13ot.1t coins bear trio image of Queen Elizabeth and the date 1565. The result of (be sehenn0 formu- lated by the County Armagh agrfcd- t.ural committee, offering prizes for well -kept farms and cottages, is ex- tremely disappointing. For the forty- two prizes offered 01117 twelve entries wore ('010(ved, and from. such import- ant agricultural districts as Lough - golly, Rieacly and Whitecross there is not a single competitor. The (100111 took place at his resi- dence, the Manor House, Ilonaghado0, of Mr, Daniel Delacherois, 11.L„ at a ripe old age, Tho deceased, who was lord of file manor, and of pra'L•- tically the whole of the town and tow'nn10ni of Ponagbadoe, lute been ailing' for some time past, and the end was not unexpected, owing to natural decay, the deceased gentle- man being - ahuost eighty years of age. There died in the p0ri51f of llyross, Undonhall, an old woman named! Mrs. ,Johanna Donovan, who hod reached the rmllarlgtblo ago of :1 04 years, She Was possessed of all her mental faculties up to the last, and often spoke of the terrible yea1:9 of the routine in Ireland, and other events that arc 11020 htistotieal. Paper utanufactul'er•s all over Ire- land are discussing with great inlet' - est the project undertaken by Nal, M, 00llemle', of New York,, to manu- facture pnper from. It'ish bop -pont. Tho general ooini0n prevailing in Dublin is, according to Alta Publish- ers' Cuellar, that the project will he a success, lir. Callender has been. intimately identified with the paper trade for nose than twenty facies, Tito peoen55 (Uncovered by ]tint of making bog mould, or peat, into paper wee file result of .long' study noel exlte tinent, and it is b015510 suit: to the lest nam' the (anions bog of Allan, in the heart 01 troland, 92(1,000 PRIZE. Among the t:rizes offered by the Paris Academy of science to invert.- e tuns1 1s 01;55 01 9211,1)00; 10n0d55'(1 i y f Pierre flnzma1111, tvhfr11 1s 10 g0 to a tie 801'5011 W110 1113(11 a tvay of (One- inenteating with the inhabitants of t. another 11enet, Another prize-bhc t Bneanni.--awaits anyone who disepvot:s 11 nn infa11(1le remedy 'against Astatic 011111100, t �.--1P-"'-'-'-�:' 10 Al1lI (111 TA'lTb l)1'al W1'11T-DATES, !rho arm of a well-known 0.onllon entlemell might well be dleseefbed as genvelogleel lam, for ii, is rapidly m tint; rn oriel with dui os, 111 atldj- (' 111 In h own tel his v.if.''(3 birth itr tea 0111 the recti d o' their marl,- 71 , 11' h1 Ih' '• 0•,:1 delft of the 1'111 1(1 e.rcbf of 11 1Ydhlece, .'. FAIL, TO BREAK THE BANK TI105131 WHO AA.TTAIIB THE HTONTE CAHLO GAHE. Limit of Size fe Bets Prevents the Success of Systems Devised, The following is from en evening paper; "S. Wail of 1,01(1on, who In- tends to break the hank at Monte Carlo with the aid of his calculating nmehiite, col)t.inuos to Meet 1)1(11 5110 - eyes." And 1.'eareun's Weekly cone 111(1110 Trllly, "Hope spring's 0lern11l In the hum0n breast!" How many inven- tors have gone to Monte Carlo with infallible systems 11 is hard to 5(13, but, probably they are to leo number- ed by millions and not one of diem Alas returned the victor, 119x, Wall with his calculating ma- chine may "break the bank," as the expression is collvmonly'understood, but no one will ever "break the bank" at Monte Carlo u1 the true sense of tete phrase. At the fatuous gaming -rooms there are not one,but many, tables at which players may stake, Tach, table starts play for the day with a capital of 100,000 francs (920,000) and when that suns is ex- hausted x hausted the bunk at that particular tattle is broken and play is suspended until a fresh hank of 100,000 francs is brought by the attendants -e, mat- ter of a minute. or two. But to Ureal the bank in the true 821150 would be to exhaust the entire capital of the casino, and that will newel' happen, for three S1118)le rea- sons, The first is that the bank lays un- fair odds to the player. This I will Illustrate as simply as possible. PERCENTAGE IN ROULETTE, At roulette, the most popular form of gambling, there arc 87 min3b ers- frolt one to H(i inclusive and naught or zero. It fs 111010 tliat too f010 Odds against a player correctly 1,1010- ing. ono of these 37 numbers are 86 to 1. But the bank lays only 85 to Hence ilio bank Inas always, rough- ly speaking a three par cont, advant- age over the player. To put it an- other way, if •a player backs the same number 37 times he ought, according to the fair odds, to conte out exact- ly square, but at Monte Carlo he cannot do so -he must lose a point. This advantage of the bank applies to all the other chances, besides the numbers on which the player may stake, Take, for example, the so-called even chance of red or black. Of the 87 numbers, eighteen aro red, eigh- teen black, the 87th, zero, having nominally no color. It is obvious that if a player Backs red there are nineteen chances (eigh- teen blacks and zero) against his be- ing correct. The fair odds are nine- teen to eighteen against him, but the hank lnys 0111y even money. The advantage to the bank does not eel ]fere, for when zero turns up the bank taloes all stakes, except: triose on zero and the even -money alienees. The latter are put aside - cm prise is the technical term. If on the next turn of the wheel the player on these even chances wins, 1115 stake is released, and he ntny 1 0k it up, but ha wits nothing. To win he nnlst stake again, and thus when zero turns up it is at least tWo to ono ageins1 a player on an even -money Chalice. The second reason why the bank must always win in the long run is the existence of the maximum, • HAS A 91,000 LIMIT, The maximum 5,000 francs, or 91.,- 00(1, is the highest amount a player can win on any one chance, 1'f a player with m111111110c1 resources could go onplaying eollble or gulls with the casino indefinitely, he Would eventually break tho bank in the full sense of the term, Mut you cannot play double or quits with M. Drano fur long, Sinr1ing with the minimum stake allowed-t1z., five francs -and doub- ling ,your stakes each time, youi• eleventh stake, supposing you to win or lose consecutively, would be over 5,000 francs and you double no longer. In other words, you would Have come to a point at which you cold not on ono turn of the wheel either double yo111' winnings or recoup alt yom' losses. Ail systems are designed to minify the effects of 'zero anti the maximum, 3f one could be certain that zero would turn up, as it eight to turn up, once in every 137 turns, it could he provided against and the casino, even. with the help of the maxim -am Would be in a had way. But no .slush certnint'y is 1)oesi110 and, therefore, every system splits. on this rock. And so with the max- imum, Pe'h'aps 'ENO .most fatal systems of all era theta based upon the theory that if red has come up 0 certain. 1111nt11er of.times )running black will follow. To ilinslrate the folly of this theory, take the ,following ex- ample: Tf yo11 Loss a-pennay 111 the ail. 1,000 tinges enrt it cones heals 900 times, it is, of (mime, only even 11111110,,1 on its being' t:niis the next tinea, '1'h:e fhb d - e :W it1, if, inticWd, an- other be needed, why the 1101110 ,meet ]w'nys win is that the Yuman and alliblr. player is niwav1, playing gains; an infallible machine. The slightest m10101:0 in cn.i,ula-, inn, the boost inattention and the yetem breaks down. And to err ie '(1)111111. 50 Monte Curio flourishes, 01111 a1- vays Will 80111 101 50 long' net the AV nllnees I1 to exist 03111(7 1r OL 17 Tl S,D Many curious fnstaneee of old laws 0y still be found in England. In Meese the marl who ,fails to 011.150 e her, when a f(10101 Is Passing be Hoes liable. i1y all old law to be cVeen before' a i1Jagistr atee and 101. 115ohu(1.