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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-7-24, Page 6*4*t*-tetetesoke-eelettimealkesteselnpegioitesneeme Or CONFUSION 3. Gentility Op CASTE Vs. Nobility of Soul. Fnitlf•Ves2nAnfritWm4Vf ',49110.4140irefirOVas24 06404 OHAPreEle XXII, As Frank walked baok to Wood- lands after parting frora Dorcas he suddenly made up his mind as to the. next step that he Would. take. He resolved that he would tell his xriother what he bad done before the day ended. It was ineviteble that she meet know it soon, so he de- eded, and not unwisely perhaps, that sho :should knew it at once. Ac- cordingly, tvhen they were about to part for the night, he said to her: "I Want to speak to you, mother:" and went up with her to her room, and told his tale. He had been in a state of ovu- le:ming happiness all the evening - his joyous spirits malting the others wonder, Now, as he went upstairs with Mrs. Harcourt, he was still al- most irrepressibly elated. He knew what was before him, and yet -un- til he had fairly begun his story - he cool(' not make himself serious. Ho was talking suoh nonsense to his mother as he walked by her side that wnen he suddenly checked him- self at last, and declared his news to her, her first impression was that he was merely talking some mad nonsense still. "Mother, I have got something that I want to tell you," he said to her, almost as soon as the door of her room was closed, and she had sat down before the firm '1 have got something to tell you, and you won't like to hear it; but yoss are a brave woman, and I never could beat about tho bush, you know -so I had better have it out at once. I was. at the Trelawneys' this afternoon, amd-I have asked Dorcas to marry me." Mrs. Frarcourt gave one look full in her son's face -a sufficiently startled look indeed; but the next instant she caught back her flying courage. "Frank, I think you aro or your head to -night," she said, steadily. There is little doubt but that I am," he coolly replied "But it is not much to be wondered at, is it? I should hardly think that the clay on which a man first asks a woman to be his wife can be much like any other day in his life." "Good heavens, Fraek-are you talking seriously?" Mrs. Harcourt cried. She had started formed in her seat, and a look had come into her face which did more than any thing else to sober the young man. "Do you think that upon such subject I should be likely to jest?" he replied quickly. "You meem me actually to under- stand that you nave proposed to Miss Trelawney?" "The aaughtev of a common ser- vant." A hot quick flush rose to his face. "Ys -'11 you have so little regard for inc as to put it so." "And she has accepted you?" "Thank God, she has!" "Oh, Frank, in all this telly have you never thooglit of me? - hove you never given one thought to your mother, or cared for the sorrow you were about to bring upon her?" o ther, I have given my thoughts to you," he said quickly. He took her hand cold clasped it. "In all my happiness to -day I have never forgotten you for a moment." "And yet you mean -to break my heart?" "No -God forbid. I Mean to do something, but not that. I mean to win you to love Dorcas." "You cannot, Frank. A girl who could consent to be your wife, as she has consented -after seeing you scarcely more than half a dozen times, and knowing, as she must know, what her position is compared with yours -such a girl may .be at- tractive to you:but to me -never!" "But suppoee you are assuming she has done something she has not done, mother'?" "What am I assuming she has not done?" "You are assuming that she is ready to marry me," "And is she not?" - in a tone of eager hope. 'Not till you consent to our ruar- lenge." "My deer boy, why did you not tell me this at once? You have taken a weight off my heart that was near crushing me," "Because I have told you that you have it in your own power to make me unhappy?" "Do not put it in that way, my dear. Say rather, because you have given me the power to save you from suffering for your folly. Oh, Frank, some day -before long -you will be glad of this!" "Glad that you will have parted me from Dorcas? Is that, then, what you mean to try to do?" "Can you expect me to tell you that I will not? You are all I have sem. 11 In tho world, Can 1 see yQuAbout to reale shipwreck of youreelf nice this, and not prevent you -if It is possible to me?" "And could you deliberately telce it upon you to separate me ancl Doreas, and never have a doubt of the wisdom of what you were doing? never have a fear in your heart that you were making shipwreck of me?" "Oh, Frank!" the woman cried, quickly. She put bur hand upon his arm, "My boy," sne said, in a tono of pain, "I have lived, twice as long in the world as you have. Do you think wo all marry our first loves? -or mourn for them all our lives if we have to lose them? I do not make light oi any disap- pointment you may have to suffer. I will believe thee you love this girl truly, if you like -1, will believe that at this moment you would be con - beet to make any sacrifice to gain her; but go away from her, do not see b.er again for e year, and by the end el that time you will have come to your senses, and will thank me for having kept you from marrying her." "Will you try me, mother?" he quickly asked. "Will you agree to our marriage at the end of a year if I promise during that time not to see her?" "No, Frank." "Thee yoa do nob believe your owe assertion." "I do believe it; but if ./ were to make such a compact with you as you propose, you would try - you would not be conscious or it, per- haps, but you would de your utmost -40 defeatmefrom the mere love of victory." "Yet if we do not make this com- pact, we must make scone other. If it is not to be this, what is it to be?" And then he looked steadily in her face, and she knew that sinless she consented to make some compromise, with him, he would throw her bridle' altogether oft his neck. She sat still for a minute with- out answering him. Mrs. Har - court's nature was not an emotional one; she had strong feelings, but she was not fond of showing her feelings; she had a good deal of self- • mastery, and was reticent in her displays both of joy and sorrow. "You know we must come to some understanding together," Frank said, breaking tho silence first. "As matters stand at present, I am en- gaged to Dorcas, but she refuses to marry me 'without your consent. That is -so far -a plain statement. But now the question arises -what is to be done next? Of course I shall be willing to wale a reasona- ble time. You know -you cannot doubt -that it would cut me to the heart to marry against your wish, But if I am to wait, mother, you must make conditions with me, or else my one object will be to per- suade Dorcas to break her peesent resolution, and become my wife at once. Therefore, think what you can propose, for you must propose something." And then, having mane this busi- ness -like speech, the young man dos- ed his lips, mid patiently waited for Ihis mother's reply. It did not come for a good while, but at last - "I will withdraw my opposition," Mrs. Harcourt said. "at the end of three yeans, if you will promise dur- ing that time to hold no communi- cation with Miss Trelaweey." "You co.nuot expect me to agree to such terms." "The terms are reasonable, Frank." "How can you call them reasona- ble when ten minutes ago you told me I should change my mind in six CHASES 0 CATARRH CURE ... &VC. b seet direct to the d-itteesed parts lay tee Improved Blewee Heals ihe elsere duo tee air passa8es,s1VpS btoppetet ea the threat and permastatth. =rex CatarritraelHayi-eree illeeter 'rte. t431 deat= or Dt.,t- W. Cetus ?decibels Cott Terczeo red Panda. months? Three years without hsed- ing any communication with her! The thing is absurd!" "If you refuse my terms you had better propose terms of your own." "1 will wait, if you like, or eighteen months." "I cannot agree to that." An- other pause. "I will do the utmost that I can, Frank -I will take or a year. If. she is all that you say she is, you cannot think a couple of years too long a time to wait for her; if 1 am anything to you at all, o,r my happiness anything, you can- not refuse this one thing to me." And thee there was a long silence agein, while he tried to make up hi Mind whet his (UMW Would be. Two yeere earay trent Dorcas! It seemed at Melt to the yeung Alen 49 if he could *Wee consent, to seen a separation; and yet, if he refused to consent, whet wee the alternative 00 tho other •side? -- a bare thence that sbe would consent to Marry him, and, if she eonsonted, aliena- tion from the mother to whom he titednbbyyr0 eene:1741 'son for five -ands "You malce it hard to mo," 110 said slewlYi Deter a good while. "Com you expect that try to make It easy?" she aestverecl, laterlY. "If You marry this girl, remember you rain MIT hope that I have cherished for your •future life," "You might not to have cherish- ed hopes for me. Thet is one of the rocks upon which inothers are always splitting, it seems to me. You make too many plans. You ex- pect your sons to remain children all their lives." "If we no, see suffer cruelly for our expeciations." And then they both became silent once more, engrossed in their own thoughts, "Dorcas would tell me to agree," he was saying to himself. "I think she would agree if my mother de- manded ten years instead of two, and she would wait for me - God bless herl-I verily believe, till the ten years ended. She would do that much more surely than she would marry me now. Would any con- sideration indeed, make her marry 010 now? I doubt it. 11 I were to break with my mother I believe the next thiug would be that I should have to break with Dorcas too -and El) pretty a fiasco I should make of 1.11 Should I leave ber-well, it would only be the pain of a two years' parting, and then -re ace for LIS all., and a welcome -or a recep- tion, at any rate -a recognition and acceptance of my darling." "What may not happen in two years!" Mrs. Ilarcomt was think- ing. "Feelings that spring up quickly run a good chance of dying quickly too. He must see more of the world. Ile must be made to go more into society. I will have other girls to stay in the house - cultivated girls of a higher class than these two here, and he will come inevitably to compare them with Dorcits - to feel the charm of their good breeding. By degrees, surely he will forget her; have I not seen a little judicious separation Cool a young man's foolish 1000 Ilftv times?" "I shall see Dorcas to -morrow," Frank:said, breaking the silence at last. "If I should find thee she will be content to wait, 1 will wait, mother -for two years. But itt the end of that time you must fulfill your part of the compact -you must not only cease to oppose our mar- riage, but you must receive her col -- "That is too 311UCh to ask, Frank. You may Marry Miss Trelawncy, and I will not oppose your marriage, but ray feeling about her unfitness to be your wife will not be likely to change. Leave that. alone, how- ever. If you come in the end to marry her I may not; lova her, but I shall neither slight her nor quer- rel with her." "Then I vsill give you my answer to-moreow." "1 have no other word to say. I think 1 have' a right to ask that nothing of all this should be spoke 1 en of openly -to any one." ; It seems to Inc that that is 'scarcely a fair demand -though, as 'far as I am concerned, it makes no difference." I "If X do not quarrel with your folly, Frank, you r.eed not. quarrel with my prudence." "Perhaps net; only your prudence puts me on -A geed mom thirms seem re do •that. I think-- reapeteee," she added to hereelf. Det elm did ric0 say that test :word reseed. Her seta meg impetuous and 11emeemie017se'0 Meeetuous reit to be asset martabes and impressimee able. aro!. Memmed me :my from one . ardent Mee -me to =ether. "Be wiel Stemee. ' temieht, hem. seremsr. See ,17,-.7.7 fri•.? dOVEL to her be - ,ore eter me. aaa pue. nor arms aboet em • nee a bad sleep - • 1 rano, ' alte said; 1"0s0tr. see sesem do nos it us emerre,nawe Mem friends too , mem ftr Mee eme wie have," he answer- ed emete.M. ' We have the same in- tereme et beetorm Do YOU think I ever fergett all I owe you?" And Le Memel her warmly as he bade her good -night. "Perhaps I could scarcely heve hoped for more success than this," Ise thought to himself, as he went away. "When I remember all her prejudices, and what different hopes she has had for me, lend how she has no one else to care about - Poor mother!" said the young nian suddenly and tenderly. He was resolved to have his own way, of course; but, as he went along the silent passages, he fell, all ht On Account of Severe Pains in Small of Back -Deranged KidneYis the Cause of Trouble. crsi 7E-X.A.. 2E9'7.-W.31EXEDItiT3E.1"4S..,'-inIC"Tr3Et. 3E6XX.127.443 A great ninny people who auffer from backache, lame back and pains in the limbs thinlc they 111000 rheue xne,tism and that there ie no cure for them, At least nine cases in every ten can be cured by the use of Dr. ,Chase's leidney-1.ever Pills. Mrs. Lessard Was badly crippled before she began the use of this great kid- ney medicine. Hero is her letter :- Mrs. J. Lessard, 150 Aquoduct street, Montreal, Qele.'states ;-"My main trouble WW1 svith tey buck, whieh was vory weak, and whenever etooped I could hardly straighten op again on account of the severe paths which would catch me in the amall of the b,aels. Believing that my ailment was caused from deranged kidriees I began a course oi treatment with Dr, Chase's Eidney-Liver Pine, and to -day 1 ara all right again. This mecheine seemed to act directly on tho kidneys and as a result improved my health generally.. The distreesieg tains hi my back Mime entirely disappeared and I feel real strong and well." Mrs. Ross, 100 Manitoba street, St, Thomas, Ont., states :-"1 had n very 'weak back, and al times suf- fered very moth frorn severe Milne across the smell of my back. Belioying times to he caused by derange - meets of the kidneys, I began the use of Dr. Chase's Eidney-Liver MS, This treatment seemed to he exact- ly tvhat I required, for it wee not long before the 'mins entirely loft me, en.d I was quite strong and well again, Ino have &tie used Dr. Chascee Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine for the children when they hod (mimes and colds, and 1 'lever lreoW it to fail to relieve the trouble at once." Dr. ellimicee Eidney-Liver Pills, one pen 0 doses 1)5 tente a box, at all deelers, or Edmenson, 33ttes&l CO Toroatnt at enee, keenlY and elnlost 0011-ee- PreaehEellY, that What ne had done wee herd ler her to bear, (ToBe Coetineed), SONETRING ABUT EARS VOU HAV NO IZ$S THAN SIX O TPLEN, Ooetain Two Hammers, TWO An- vils, Two Stirrups, Six Canals .Ad Two Snatl-sholle, The bemires apparatus is far more wonderful theil most people have tho slightest idea of. It is a Mai' venous eollection of instruments for receiving, magnifylim, and recording sounds, or vibrations, as the learned term it, says Pearson's Weekly. What you do when yoil. speak to 4 friend 15 to thrtra, the eir into vilma- Mon. Your vocal orgaris strike the air, and the impulses thus caused reach the trampet-shapod bits of flesh and gristle you call ears. You have altogether •six mu's. The flaps which are stuck on to each side of the head aro the outer ears. Be- sides these, there are the middle ears, and the inner ears, all of which lle in mettles in the bones of the head. All that the naps do is to collect and concentrate the vibrating eurrents of air, so that they may strike the oar e drums. These latter are really tho middle ears. The outer ear narrows as it enters the head and ends in a ring. A membrane is stretched over this ring, 111 llell in the same way as EL piece of parchment is stretched over the head of a drum. The ear drum is a true drum, for It can be tightened and slackened by means of levers made for that pur- pose. Tho tightening and slacken- ing are done quite automatically to suit the various sounds. This is how it is tightened. In the middle ear are four tiny bones, the most peculiar -looking bones imagin- able. The biggest is a lietlo odd - shaped bone called the mallet ; it looks like a. Illiputlan version of a. lobster's claw. Minute muscles aro attached to it, so that it may at as a lever to increase or diminish the tension of the druin-eldn. One mus- cle relaxes tho memorane, ANOTHER PITLesti IT TAUT. The four bones form a chain to connect the drum -skin of the outer cox with the drum -skin of the inner, and so to conduct the sound. The next bone to the allot is the anvil, then come thempherical bone and the stirrup, which looks exactly like its namesake ; but it is by far the most important of the four. By means of this alone, ono can hear, in a. fash- ion, even if all the others be gone. A Mom, gristly tube joins the ectr- (Mum with the briek of tee mouth, at the side of the soft palate. Hence the four bones are always in a bath of air, quite Daher], as it were. It is owing to this that people who are somewhat deef are able to hear bete tor wben they listen with their mouths open. Now we come to the inmost ear, which is made up of three rads. The first one is called the vestibule, or hall, and it has a drum head to which the chain of little bones is at- tached. The hall leads to the other parts, both of which consist of tor- tuous tubes along which the sound passes. One part is made of three eemi-circular canals. The other is shaped exactly as a snail's shell. All these make up a peculiar labyrinth, aud all are completely filled with a CIIHOUS fluid. Their walls are lined producing cattle was again well ex - with the soft pulpy nerves of hearing emplified at the areal annual show which communicate. with the brain. ;- Owing- to these complex mid winding of the Royal Jemey Agricultural So- ciety this year where a srecial but- ososvAzzwacmt ac ON THE FARM. 'e,2 6,7,,zkzcs,e0Gzsew TherSe Iii,LiAmG1103OILENagGrLieAulisItpu;a1, au- thorities in tine ootintry who main- itsallsittethelaetoIS'Iliang9mainnyV°:11'esPereer tostP't1011aMt =Method in pits. ,In the first place the initial cost is loss, If the (mon is cut while till succulent, if as numh is stacked each day as can he eonveniently carried, the preseure ap- plied eaoh night and the stacking continued each day, just the right degree of heat is recalled (123 de- grees) which preserves the silage in a. sweet stete. Stacks are reeve elastic cte to quality than silos, as their length or width can be varied according to the amount of the crop. The eteek pressing gear is portable and um be moved, to any field, teem saving the expense and time of hauling tbe crop. The crops which are most desirable for use in Englandfor silage are meaciciw grass, cloveie tares, sainfoin lucerne and grain crops. The latter aro cut when just in ear ancl the stalks still succulent. Tho presses u sed in the construction of silage stacks consist of two or more pairs of drums with eack teeth bolted on a Smile exactly* opposite each other on either side of the stack, of wire ropes attached to both of each pair of drums and passing over the stack, Lind et a li3ver, each strait° of whieh tightens the wire ropes. The framing consists of as many timbers as there aro pairs of drums, and these are lot into the ground; level with the surface, 3 feet apart. and are long enough to project 2 feet beyond each side of tho stack. Pieces of rough wood placed cross- wise on the floor of the stack pre- vent the timbers from pulling up into the stack The spaces between these pieces of Mond are filled solid with earth so as to prevent the pre- sence of any air spaces, which would cause mold in the stack. After each day's stacking, the ropes are drawn -as tight as one man's strength can make them. I1 is important to finish off tho stack at the top with a day's stack- ing of the wettest and most succu- lent portion of this crop, as it is there that overheating is most apt to occur. The utmost pressure must be applied from tbe first day's stack- ing, as if this precaution is neglect- ed the heat. is liable to increase be- yond the &mired. limits. After the crop is stacked, the wire ropes should bo tightened carefully for sev- eral days, so as to' take up slack caused by the stack settling. Mon it is desired to use tho fodder, the wire ropes are thrown off from one pair of drums at a tine, so as to leave the preseure undisturbed on the rest of the stack, and the silage it down tbe full width of the stack. BEST BUTTE,R PRODUCERS. The exceptional richness of the milk of the Jersey cows has earned for that breed a world-wide celebrity. In some of the mincing contests which are held in come:Mien with several of the leading cross-channel shows, animals of this breed have for years been figurnig to great ad- vantage. Their excellence as butter - cavities, a great extent of nerves is exposed for tile reception of sound. Now, let us see what happens ween senaebody says "Hear" to you. The air is thrown into vibrations, which spread out and mit until they touch the side of your head. There the fleshy flap on one side collects and MAGNIFIES THE VLI31'IATIONS. Down the oar funnels they pass, ' until they reach the membrane of the drum of the ear. They strike on the membrane, which adapts Rear to them. Then the vibrations are eommunicated, through the bones in the middle ear, to the membrane ter test was brought off, and where no fewer than 46 animals competed for the several prizes olTered. The milk of ordinary cows that produces 1 pound of butter to every 2e gal- lons of milk is considered very fair quality; by way of contrast with this it is- interesting to know that sev- eral of the cows competing at this butter test produced milk of such extraordinary richness that it only took about balf the quantity of or- dinary milk to produce 1 pound of butter. The cow which carried ofT the gold medal and 113.0 rriza was four years old, and calved on the lst March. rinth. D you keep your mouth wide She was thus 67 days in milk, and Open, the air eibrations pass direct on the day of the test sho produced to the little bones. The impulses or within a small fraction of 4 gallons the air are not interrupted by first of milk. On being churned, this having to strike the membrane of railk gave 3 Ma. oz. of butter, or the drum, that. is all the difference. at the rate of 1 M. of butter to Peoele could easily converse with every 13 Tbs. of milk. Even better their ears sealed up ; if the two in this respect were the performances speakers each held an end of the of some of the other competing some piece of hard wood against cows. One of these, which had been their teeth, even the faintest whisper 147 days gone in milk, gave .2e could be understood. Ions cd milk on tho date of the trial, and this milk produced 1 111. Ifiozs. You will sec from this that hat are commonly called the ears, are . not essentially necessary to hearing, buttor to overy 12.83 1b. (01 nIlilo. As a gallon of milk may he roughly after all. Well, however the vihre.- regarded as 'weighing 3 0 Me., it will tions are received they filially strike against the membrane covering the entrance to the hall of the laby- rinth. Thence they make the fluid which fills the labyrinth vibrate. These vibrations act on the fibres of the auditory nerve, the i.bres whieh coat the inner ear. Aking this nerve the impressions are communicated to tho brain. In this manner the nen- SatiOn Of S011nd isen•oduced, and you know that somebody said "Hear" to you. IN A JAPANESE HOTEL. A Indy who was for a time in a Japanese fever hospital nays, dee scribing her experiences: hem Pa- tienta, according to their condition, were put on oee of four diets. First, for the very sick, rice water and milk; second, "lecteri" - rice wa- ter containing a, small portion of rice and milk; third, "0 Icai," very soft rico tvith two eggs end milk; and, fourth, ordinary diet, which wet; rice (cold or hot), vegetables, and oceitsio,nally Mee They 10040 never fed except let their meal timed -seven, noon, and teeming, but those who wore very ill were ordered weak Wino and Water frequent/et. No Ono seemed anxious when a eelirioue pa- tiont waliced alcmg the veranda, but a mime only said; "Oh! it can't be helpod," a speech the Japenose are 1017 fond of, and aseisted 111414 bitch to bed. be seen that Ole cow game at the rate of 1 111. of nutter to a littie over 1+ gallons of milk. Quito a number of the cows in tide cotn- petition gave milk which yielded at tho rate of 1 lb. of butter to every ib gallons of milk, perforrnences which show what tvonderfue butter - producers these Jerseys aro. _— WEEDS IN PASTURE'S. In permanent pastures weeds sel- dom are troublesome during the or- dinary year if the pasture is well es- tablished. 13511 some sermons the pests, seem to get it start and. thrlee in spite of all that can be done. Frequently ragweeds will come tip in a bluegrass sod and prove u, great annoyance. Where pasem 114 are top - dressed seeds of dock and thistle arc often distributed and get n Itari. no Matter how eereful the fanner may bo. To control these weeds the methods must conform to the charader of the post. If annuals, run the 11101001. ciees' the pasture before seed is ma- tured. This Will probably have to be C10110 iaNVIC0 airing 1.110 80119011, once In July and once in late August or early September. Most farmers get along with ono mowing, the weeds to blossom, then cut- ting before the seed 18 formed. This mayresult in ft killing out of the weede 'but to allow thein lei grow so largo before cutting is objeetion- able to etocle feeding in the paature, If the weeds ere bierinlitle or pereaniele the only plan short of brealcing hp the greee laed is to go over the field with is Seam) boo or spud and out the weecie oa Nat below the sui01c 01 iene ground. Careful work with 00111111011 thietime burdocic end the Ince will result in ciatisfactory control, Per- ennials with uncleeground root stalks ke' liCanada Menthe are' more clim- eult Manage. Not only must Seeding (where seed is formed) be prevented, but If growth most be kept down se that the stogie will be mothered, The leaves are the lungs of the underground steme. If they are destroyed pereistently the plont will perish Where a paseure 1P badly itrested with perennials having underground stems, such as Canada thistle, quack grass, bindweed or morning glory, about the only way to destroy thein is to break .10 1110 pasture and de- vote it to cultivated erops for a few years. If very persistent sow to Small grain and as soon as the crop Is harvested plow the ground over and go over it with a cultivator often enough during the summer and autumn to keep down all leaf growth. If ono year's treatment is not. sufficient repeat the second year. 33y doing the work thoroughly the worst Weeds can filially be conquer- ed. UNLOADING HAY AND GRAIN. In the hurry of harvesting a great saving in both time and hard labor may bo made by the use of horse power in unloading hay and grain from the waggons in the barns. The best appliance for this puepose to- day is undoubtedly the sling coil- trivance, by hexing say four or five slings, which are spread out as .the everything may be gathered 011 and iend is being Pet on in the field ; thrown as near the peak 'of tbe barn as desired in the minimum of time ; sheaves as well as long grain, and hay, can be perfectly handled. Not only can every particle •of the load be taken clean out of the vseggon, but the sling also drops it loosely upon the mow so Mutt it can be -stowed away easily. The ordinary horse hay -fork drops long grain and hay in a big tangled ball that re- quires the strength and determina- tion of several strong men to dis- pose of quickly and the result is that the load is not properly stowed and the labor of getting it out is so great that it would be question- able if it. evould -not have been more profitable to' have had snore Mends and not mod the horse fork at all in bar vesting. By all means try the slings this year, and know millet comfort and speed in unloading the hay and grain are like. PARIS PRO -BOERS. Though Loud in Outcry They rail in Performance. Di Le Figaro, of Paris, there is an interesting interview with a citi- zen of the Transvaal, a, native of Pretoria, who was a teacher at (Jape Town, and afterwards joined a Boer conunando. In September, 1901, he was taken prisoner at Bal- moral, and sent to Middleburg, whence he escaped, [Ind managed to reach Mozambique. There he WAS given is free pa.ssage on on Italian barque and landed at Genoa, going on foot and begging his bread along the Riviera to Marseilles, Lyons and Paris. The rest of his story con- firms the management of the so-call- ed pro -Boer funds started in Paris: "I arrived," he says, "in Paris in Mammy without a halfpenny, 1 had been tolct of the committee needed by Senator Pauliat. I went to Ms house in tbe Rue Saint Georges, and they sent Inc to the restaurant near the Senate which ho frequented. He was just coming out, and. Informed me that he could do nothing for me personally, and that he was too busy then to look into the matter. I3y his advice 1 went to the office of the committee in the Rue Taisbout. The secretary made all kinds of ges- tures, and exclaimed, 'Well, that is too good. M. Paullat sends you here, but nothing comes out of his pocket.' The same fate awaited me at the commietee known as the 'Sou des Boors,' in the rue de Grenelle. There the walls were covered with prints of starving Boer children and women been ill treated in the refu- gee 00.011)9 1 was received by a no- bleman, who gave me nothing, und told me not to lose courage. M. Develle, another pro -Boer Senator, handed ole two francs, with the re- mark that he was sick of belonging to a. eonneitee to which he was nev- er called. The wife of a minister sent out a, servant to tell inc that she could not aid me, By directing envelopes I managed to scrape up the merest, pittance, end 1 should have died of starvation had I note beets 10.10011 111 at the Salvation Army shelter in the rue de Oluthrol. I am the author of an ode to Kruger, and I want to go to 1301ghnn, whore my felicity -countrymen, Fischer and Wol- mctra.ns are. They aro rich, and wilt help me. So far I have only had ono olTer Mom M. Lapin°, Pre- fect of Police, who s -aid thee if felt no objection, he would give me a free pass in a cellular van. I am going to avail myself of the privi- lege.' Needless to say that The Figaro, which 18 always to the front in acts of charity, will defray the journey 01 its Boer visitor. TUB TRIALS OF ROYALTY, A chiropodist in Vienna advertises his business and his skill by a Sign which bears the following inscrip- tion :- Chimp° d is t and Podieure. Twenty, eve yeersexpericome. Have treated corns and eunione en Melly of the crowned had of Europe. MINIM ALS BY POST. The Jitpaneme in 33ritish Columbia aro notv seruerig the fishes of their deceit:mil relatives and friend!: to Ott - pan by POSt to lie buried, The cost is ones 7 lie, iced hi this wey the 1.e1047 Steamer valve 1000 oe'olded. TO CANADIAN BREEDERS 1,1r, zanNsTAoccEx TAADVE 141174 Case 'Under DispOte Kay) Rave Far-Retiehing E5- 90)415. The attention of live stock ex- portere, breeders and the press is galled to the CELSO of It F. Page, of Weldon Oity, 13.0., who was ocen- Pealed to Oey e1,000 dety on ten Porcheron horeee exported to the United Stetes through the port of Sumas, Waelliegtore in October, 1901. These horses were all accom- Ponied by the proper registration papers of the American Percheron Horse Breeders' Association, as re- quired by the laws of the United States, The contention of Collector Huestle was that, inasmuch as the animals were Imported to be 61Tered for sale they were subject to the duty., Mr. Page appalled the 0050, aticl thetestimony wit/3 heard by Judge DeVries, of the. nwa of Ap- praisers, whose headquarters are in New York, This board have tho case under consideration, and will render their decisionsome tinie in August. The action of Collector Hoestis has been rather Severely criticised by "The Ranch.," a, well known agricul- tural paper of Seattle, Wash., to which journal he contributed the fol- lowing DEFENOE 1115 ACTION: -11..1s. Page, the Importer you mention is an alien stock breeder . residing in British Columbia, On October 1800, 2901, he imported at Sumas four stallions and six mares, making entry for sante as pure bred stock, and olahning that they were entitled to free entry under the pro- vision of article No. A75 of the ex- isting their, which provides that any animals pure bred of a recognized breed, duly registered and certified as required by the regulations of the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, shall be admitted free when import- ed specially for breeding purposes. Pedigree certificates were presented with the entry, but ae the animals were evidently imported foe' mcde, tho importer was required to deposit the amount of duty that would accrue in case the animals were found not to be entitled to free entry, and was given an opportunity to produce sat- isfactory evidence that they wore intended specially for breeding pur- poses, which said evidence was lack- ing on entry. Neither the deputy collector at Sumas nor this office questioned the genuineness of the registration papers as intimated in your editorial, and ecfr, Page well knows that was not the mason that he was required to deposit the duty. (Note Mr. Page says, "lee never Wan so informed"), It was purely a question Of evidence on the point of the purpose for which the animals were imported. As you are aware, Percherons are valuable for draft horses, and when imported for thab purpose are subject to duty, and a proper enforcentent of the tariff, as well as regard ler the protection of American stock raisers alike demand a full investigation of the facts." It therefore appears that the whole matter depends on the official inter- pretation of the clause, --"when im- ported for breeding purposes." Ac- cording to Judge DeVries the ques- tion has never before been raised, al- though it is a well known fact that large numbers of pure bred cattle have been sent to the United States by Canadian breeders for sale at public auction and always as far aa I' have known, • P1111111 Ole DUTY. If the contention of Collector Hues - Ms is sustained, the decision will generally be regareecl as a decided injustice, and contrary to the Si irit of 0.1.0 law. lt will cause a complete cessation of the trade in pure bred stock bettveen this country and the TJnitect States ; in fact, it has al- ready had that result, as far as the trade between BrItish Columbia, and Washington Territory is concerned. This is a matter of vital importance, not only to the Canaclicui breeders who have stook fdr sale, but to the Americans who have need of seen stock for the improvement of ',their studs., herds and flocks. Innnecliate action should be taken by our Live Steck Associations, and a strong pretest entered against such unfair ruling. As "The Ranch" very per- tinently says, "It is well 'known that many firms make it business of importing from Canada and from the Old World pure bred Mock of all kinds ; and that :such stock is per- mitted to pass in free, provided it is accompanied by the proper cer- tifientes of registration. The Gov- ernment does not follow such stock after it luxes the custom office, a,nd the Importer is free to dispose of this stock to any one he likes, and at whetever price he Can get. If Collector Huestie 18 upheld In this contention that pure bred stock must be imported for breeding pur- pOSOS only, and cannot be sold or worked, it will paralyze the whole business of importing homes and in- jure the trade in other lines We think that the various 13reederss As- sociations should act on this caece In order to bring properly before the Board of Appraisers the widespread injury an adverse decision in the Page case would have on the whole Meeding iedustry." TIP -TO -BATE pnoVERDS, Every dog has his Ime. Tile best thing otit-fire. Money talks, bet a little score causes it to sloit, up tight, Getting in a pickle is not, aPtt tte make a man look well preserved.. The preaeher who rehearses his sermons practices what he preitches. A 'leterstriettl 13101a19011 Can't 130 judged by the company he iceepie It's all right to take things as they come, but it is better to go after them, Tn the, stock inneket the ntan Who is "oil" hop*: soon to be Well off. It seems proper that the bed of a neke eltotild be eavered with a eheet of water. Tre-MI am told that yenr adnbr- 0(8' mune is leglon." She (befell- inglY)-"Oh, 1104 keee iiteete ie Jones,"