HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-12-30, Page 76:4444 I had still much to he thankful for— frail old waman : • and lie would bre free
health, Naffed, pace. She----" to seize his limey end escape. A
• )ler eyelids dropped. silent curse rang ttrenigh his bruin es
* • * • * he sat there, Ile couldn't do it;
Suddenly elle watt alert again. This time lam platted a heavy sliver
"I must have dropped off," she told cako-basket ort the table, Jler Maud
herself, with a little shrug. "But was steady as ahe poured out the wino
what roused mo?" till it touched the rims of the glasses.
The silence was as hrtonse as ever, One ase she placed on a silver se 1-
"It's New Years Eve, Mary," , Mese
It was still- fifteen initiates from the ver, and handed to him with an old-
allee Janet Macgregor was speaking hour. She lazily pondered over what world courtesy,
to her Young servant, as the girl could have awakened her, but, was 'Take some enact" she invited.
cleared. away the supper, Mary, being 1hannkfnl for the interruption. "It's not good to drlu)t without entitle,'
English, agreed placidly. To her- it . "What like should I have been," ahe Obediently he snatched at apiece of
was the last night 01 the Old Year, scolded herself, "if I had been asleep take, and again eyed her,
and that was ail. I when the New Year. dawned, A tine Standing beside the table, she
But to her mistress it wtet the great- :,tart it would be." raiser) her glass steadily, never spill_
est night of the year becalm() of its Tlhen, a5 an imago vanishes from a t ing a drop.
a.=sociations. Many had passed since troubled lake, ber saline was swept "Here's to the year that's gone!"
she had lived in her native land, and from her lips. She knew new what she toasted reverently. "Aad good
- all her nearest tied dearest had gone, had disturbed her. fortune to us all in the year that's
But, sumeh,w, un "Jiugnie:my," as From the front door, shadowed by to come!"
she still called it Ili her thoughts, they deep porch, came elirlou* sounds as of * • * * *
canto very close to her, Often and of- metal on metal, stealthy scratching. The sound of Miss Janet's voice had
MI 8110 had dreamed of leaving this What was 1t? Iter withered face roused ?hu•y from her sleep, and in-
quiet 1"Ingli:+h town and returning to whitened and her lips drew tight. qulsittvely she had stolen to the head
her Ilighltuld home, but she shrank. al- She know that Mary and she were of the stairs to see who the tate visa
ways from the risk of finding no fa- alone, with the nearest neighbor some tor could be.
niilitir faces to greet her, none of then distance away. It had always been Ono glance at the man's grim face
old folic left.. the greatest charm of this old )rouse was enough,, and she fled in tern .• to
elf there's nothing else you want, ,•that its gardens secluded it from the her rooin. Presently she heard her
Miss Janet," said Mary, es sho lifted mistress speaking in the parlor, and,
the laden tray, "I'11 go to bed," summoning her pluck, she ]nastily
"And not see the New Year in?" threw on some clothes.
asked her mistress, Then, step by step, she went down -
The girl grinned sheepishly as she stairs, along the dark hall, and out of
MISS JANET'S
"FIRST-FOOT"
road. Now its loneliness suddenly be-
came a thing of terror and dread.
Iler ears, sharpened by a fear she
could not name, sho lay back on her
cushions, tone° and breathless. Tho
said "Good -night," and went away, scratching had ceased. 10 its place
leaving Miss Janet alone with her she could hear the lock turning; she
dreams. knew its little creak too well to be
The old lady drew her chair to the Mistaken.
lire, and let her fancy stray back over Thieves! It could be nothing else. Out in the quiet road she flew along,
the days of the dear dead past. And she was alone, save for the young fear pursuing Ler, and round the first
She amid see herself as a little girl upstairs. corner towards the town. Then a
barefooted lass, running wild in the The shock almost overwhelmed her. wild sob of joy broke from her quiver -
Maitland village where her father had Then she pulled herself together. The Mg lips as she saw a massive figure
kept his shop, with the keen business blood of her fighting ancestors rushed coating towards her.
instinct and inmate eoart,.sy of his again through her veins, and she "Oh, help — help!" she gasped.
race. clenched her hands. The room In "Burglars—at Mayville—Miss Mac -
Tho business glad grown under his which she sat was at the back of the gregor!"
careful management until at length house, and there were thiels curtains Clutching at the policeman's sleeve,
be fulfilled the ambition of every tree at the window which would effectively she drew him with her as she sped
back.- Once again in the house, she
pithead. Fearful of what might have
happened in her absence, she pointed
silently to the parlor door.
Alert and 'watchful, the policeman
threw open the door and wanted in, to
stare in surprise as he saw the
strangely contrasted figures seated by
the fire, with wine and cake on the
table.
"Anything the matter, miss?" he
asked gruffly.
Miss Janet rose unsteadily to her
feet. Now that the strain was ended
ahe felt weak and ill.
"It's—it's—"
She Iooked at the man, His eyes
were wild, and staring with despera-
tion, his hands picked ceaselessly at
the padding of his chair, as he crouch-
ed at bay.
Then her eyes caught the glitter
of glass and silver on the table,
'flt'a my 'first-foot,' constable," she
finished quietly, true to the bead of
hospitality. "This gentleman came to
wish me a Good New Year. That is
all!"
Then she turned to the startled
man, who was watching in dumb
amazement.
"While the lass gives the constable
a glass of wine," she said, "I will see
the open door. She must get help
somewhere; else who could say what
might be the outcome of this uncouth
visitor's late call?
Scot --he had been able to give his
only child a good education, The days
of the Edinburgh boarding -school had
been happy enough; even now she
eou!d find ,ouch food for pleasant mus-
ings in therm. But always she bad
longed for the air or the mountains
and the homely friends 01 the village.
Itonlance had not passed her by,
either. There had been a time when
Love shone his beacon light ahead of
her. But Pato had proved the strong-
er, and in a certain grave lay her only
dream of marriage.
Then her father had gone, leaving
them well provided for; in fact, they
had been able to dispose of the busi-
ness and settle down to home life un-
til her mother's health began to fail.
At the doctor's advice, she had
brought her South in tlue hope that a
milder air would bring new strength
to the worn-out frame.
screen the light from outside.
Well, if there wee anything to face,
let her face it, and not sit Crouching
here like a trembling hate.
Iter knotted hands clutched the
arms of her chair, and she slowly
drew herself erect. Then, with a
great effort, she went into the darken-
ed hall and watched.
The front door was opening. She
could see the patch of starlit sky be-
tween the • door and the framework.
A trembling hand was pressed over
her lips. Then, with a muttered
prayer, she switched on the light.
Tho man who etooc, or, rather,
crouched, in the open door, sprang up
with a snarl of dismay. 1 -le was
copped; he'd put up a fight for it.
Then a wicked grin twisted his thick
lips. It was only the old lady. It was
rotten luck that she should be awake.
He had been so sure she and her girl
Then, when she was at last alone in would be a -bed long ago,
the world, there was nothing to pre- For a space of time, unmeasured by
vent her going liack to the hills and either, they stared at each other, the
dales—except that this had been her
little white•hairact woman and her
mother's last home, and here she her- strange visitor, In bis red eyes she
self had passed slowly from middle- caw. danger for herself and for that
age into the gentle old lady she now young lass upstairs.
was. With the knowledge ot peril came
And she bad gathered round her the strength to face It. 'teen sudden -
some dear friends, who replaced those 1y, with a deep note, the clock struck„
you away,
of the long ago. There were many in twelve, and gave her inspiration. The Eyeing the stalwart policeman keen -
this pleasant seaside town who gave man shrank back agbast as she ad- ly, he sneaked to his feet, and follow -
her a glad welcome when she called, vented towards him with outstretched eel the old lady to the front door—and
or were pleased to share in the simple hand• freedom.
hospitalities she arranged. "A Guid New Year!” she said "Go!" whispered Miss Jauet, urgent -
Against this thought came the fear steadily, "An' mony may ye seen" ly, pointing to the darkness of the
that perhaps, if she wont back, she He drew track, t111 be was pressed 'world outside, "'I will keep him here
might find that all the friends of her -I a-atast the door•frtinne, but still a few minutes'."
childhood had gone. It was so true ; she cane on, never hesitating, til her I Then she thrust her purse into his
that never can we turn back the hands' thin old lingers gripped his rough hand, and her voice broke as she add -
of the Meek. Better be content with hand' fed softly:
the dear, cherished memories than go I And here's me sitting and girning I "And—and good fortune to us all in
back to fled all thio s changed and that there was no one to first foot' 1 the year that's come!"
g g mo!" she went on, with a little laugh,
familiar faces gone, —•—
as she drew him away from the door.
Apart from this, there was no rea- I3is greedy Angers felt the rings on They Are Not Wearing Them So Much
eon wily she shouldn't go "home," as )cors; a heavy gold bracelet slid down! During a visit to our army in
she called it in her inmost soul. Her her withered wrist, till he could have Prance, says an English periodical,
bank account was as cosy as the fire taken it off easily. It was part of the King George told one of his officers
beside which she was sitting, All plunder he had come for; yet he did the following amusing story: •
round ber were evidences of her come not clutch at it, and he himself won- I was making a round of the front
fortable circumstances, the heavy all -tiered why. when I passed a group of American
von on the sideboard, the d t e thick locket
Daunted by her strange greeting and soldiers. One man observed me close -
and chain on her neck, the bracelets the calmness of her old face, he fol- ly and called to a comrade, "Hey, 13111,
on her wrist. Massive and ugly as lowed her into the warm room, their there's the King!"
they were, they were all solid and of
the best.
"And trees iii bear transplanting,"
she murmured sadly. 'But it's on to-
night that I feel far from home. Hog-
manayl And no one to 'fleet -foot' me
—no one to run round ort the stroke
of twelve and wish ere well."
She glanced at the large marble
clock, It still wanted half au hour to
midnight. She sank back in her chair
and stared into the glowing fire..
The room was very still, No sound
carne to her from outside.
"Well," sho thought drowsily, "she
hands still cleaped.
"Sit down by the fire!" she com-
manded gently. "It's a cold night out-
side. And now I must show ootll'mtesy
to my first guest in the New Year."
Turning her back on hint bravely,
sho opened a door in the sideboard, crown?'
and drew out a decanter filled with
wine, whioit shone crimson in the Are- A visitor in a certain town whieh
light. This she placed on the table. had :lour churches and adequately
Again she turned away, and once supported none, asked a pillar of one
again he marvelled at his own numb- poor dying church, "How's your
n''• 'church getting on?" "Not very well,"
Now! A quick spring and a tap— was the reply, "but, thank the Lord,
no need for mach force with such a the others are not doing any better."
"What dye mean, the Kin?" his
comrade shouted back.
"Right there," answered the other;
"that Chap there!"
"Get out!" was the indignant reply.
"Ho ain't no king. Where's his
His NW'S-
Is pe -re! He.
*MO 1 N `MS-
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AR-rr' NrIZ. II? OP
NOTHIN'
Lake Mystery Unsolved.
Why ,lues the nater at the great
lakes that tic between a large portion
of the United State=s and Canada rise
and fall in periods which average
seven years? This natural pheno-
meuell bas been a puzzle sines the
days when France held sway in Can -
tele 2011 yen ; ago,
In an unpublished diary of an 'Mug-
lish traveller wile voyaged up the St,
Lawrence river to Niagara, One, in
the summer of 1781, is the following^
reference: to tlti:; mystery of the
waters:
A. remarkable eircumstanee was
told me by Mr. Pttnsee, our conductor,
who had been constantly engaged in
this navigation for nearly twenty
years, and which he advised nue is a
matter of fact both from his own ob-
servation anti that of the oldest In-
hai'titant. Each year the St, Lawrence
river settles or frills n little until the
seventh year, when it is visible that
it has sunk between there and four
feet, and then for the next seven years
it continues to rise in the same pro-
portion. The river is at this time at
its greatest elevation (July 1, 1785),
I took great pains to gain some in-
formation of this uncommon phen-
omenon: I find that the lakes have the
same appearance,
Careful government records were
begun about the year 1820 and since
then it has been found that the per-
iods between high and low water are
sometimes as low as four years and
sometimes as high as nine years, al-
though they average seven years.
This year the water is again at its
lowest in the lakes and river, and
freight carriers are having trouble in
various harbors.
Conserve Your Health.
It is very easy for the folks living
upon farms to ill-treat their bodies.
A young farmer, ambitious to win
success, exposed himself unduly while
endeavoring to fill the ice house, and
contracted a cold which resulted in
leaving a widow and small boy to fight
their battles alone. Hundreds and
thousands of farm women pay very
little attention to their own health
until they are forced to do so by
broken-down bodies. They do this
often because, as they say, "the chil-
dren and the family require every
moment of their time." Their atti-
tude is certainly one of unselfish de-
votion, yet it cannot be gainsaid that
by so doing they, are contributing
most to the happiness and richness
of the hves of those in their families.
The man and the woman who take
good care of their bodies and encour-
age their children and others to do
the same, are bound to be a more
valuable asset to the community than
if they neglected this vital matter.
In life, as in a football game, the
principle to follow is: "Don't cry, don't
shirk; but hit the line hard."—Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
r_e Miracle of Bird Migration
There aro few subjects in natural
history wltielt levee lntereua.ed man-
1ch,d for ar lung u time as have the ap-
pOl rt Juee and disappettrttnee of the
birds with the eeatious.
Thou::rends of years ars ago ',primitive
peoples rc-tnaa'ked the precision with
white, iectue birds aPpcared in the
BPI lag, and tom great was their belief
le the birds as timepieces, that they
are said to Stave been guided fit tine
pleating of their crops by the conning
of certain birds.
They eatut•ally wondered where the
birds ltrul spent the winter, One old
belief was that none hibernated !11
bellow trees, and another that mai-
lows burrowed into the mud as do the
811a lees ale) l'1•t1gs. glut when travelers
visited dtatant. parts and fouled the
sante birds there in winter that they
had al home in summer, they realized
that the birds must migrate. They
could believe Ilea large birds, suds as
hu.wks and beams, might be elite to
fly great distance, bet hew the entail-
er birds, such as sparrows and warb-
] , were able to fly so far they could
net. understand, Therefore, they rea'
sorted that the big birds trust carry
the little omen on their banks. Indeed,
we can still find illustrations in same
old geographies showing small birds
riding accuse the Mediterranean on
tete backs of storks.
To -day then° pictures seem rirlieu-.
nous, ter we now know that the vast
majority of birds, even the tiniest of
itumn:Mg•blyds, make phenomenal
journeys to and from their breedhtg
grounds every year, and always by
their own powers of flight.
It roust, not be thought, however,
that all birds travel the same dis-
tance. Front the births that do not
migrate at all, to those that: traverse
nearly the whole extent of the globe,
there !e almost a complete series.
Tit elrtt :vices, nuthatches and the
woodpeckers that tome to cur feeding
stntlous in winter speed, their entire
lives its one locality; the ruffed grouse
perh1a115 lives its whole aian of years
in a single wooded ravine. The robins
blaehirds ama blackbirds winner in
Southern United States; the orioles go
to Central Amerl"a; many of the
warblers and thrushes go to Northern
South Anterita; our familiar bobolink
that bet:twee over the daisy rields in
June spend the winter on hire pampas
of 1lrazil, about 6,0011 miles from their
bleeding grounds. The greatest tra-
vellers of all are found among the
elrore-birds and sea -birds, surae of
which journey to Patagonia, the
southernmost part of South America,
or stili farther to the fslands ot the
Antartic Sea. The winter and sum-
mer homes of the Antic tern, for ex-
ample, are about 11,000 miles apart,
making a distance of 22.0130 mile:,
which some members of this spe:'les
travel yearly.
A Coatpocket Tent.
An Englishman has invented a tent
for outing use which may be folded up
and put into a good-sized pocket, the
fabric. being exceedingly tough and
waterproof, The tent pole is hinged
in the middle, and when thus folded
may be used for a walking stick. This
remarkable tent when sot up Ls four
feet high—just big enough for one per-
son to sit in comfortably, though two
may occupy it at a pinch.
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Rescued—in What Condition?
It is related of Mr, Augustine Bir -
yell, the British essayist and politi-
cian, that he once got into a third-
class railway carriage in the north of
England and sat down hurriedly next
to a little girl in shawl and clogs.
Happening to glance at her a moment
or two afterwards, he saw that she
was regarding him with no great fav-
or.
avor. It dawned upon him that he was
sitting ou her newspaper;
"Here, my dear," said Mr, Barrell,
pulling the newspaper out and hand-
ing it to her; "I'm sorry."
The little girl did not look quite
satisfied, but she said nothing until
a few minutes later, when the train
drew up at a station.
"Please, sir," ahe then inquired
weakly, "may I have my fried fish?"
It had been wrapped up in the news-
paper -
What Lies Ben
th the Earth's Crust ?
It is surprising how little we really
Meow about the planet on whtch we
live. We have examined its surface
pretty thoroughly, but of what is be-
neath a thin outer crust we are almost
wholly ignorant.
Volcanoes from time to time throw
up great quantities of stuff nut of the
bowels of the earth. But there is no
telling from what deptl. it comes; and
at the present time there is a good
deal of dispute among geologists as to
whether this molten material is de-
rived from localized pockets or from a
fiery mass occupying the whole an-
terior of the terresrial globe.
There are even scientists so hereti-
cal as to query Whether the core of
the globe is hot. They think that per-
haps it may be cold. Temperature, it
is true, does rise as one descends into
the earth, but conceivably this way in-
dicate merely a hot zone beneath
which it cools off.
An eminent British engineer hoe ad-
vocated the digging of a shaft twelve
miles deep, which, ho says, could be
sunk in atilt, years, at 011 expenee of
a few million dollars, He believes
that the knowledge obtained would
amply repay tite investment.
As an engineering proposition the
task would be attended with undeni-
able difficulties, MO tremendous pres-
sure in the depths might crush in the
hole from the sides. But the main ob-
stacle would be heat.
The deepest hole ever dug is a well,
sunk for oil, near Fairmont, its West
RBGLA —DIET I .FRS—By Gene Byrnes
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Virginia. It is six inches. In diameter
and nearly a ale and a half in depth.
At that paint it stopped, because a
slide of rook choked it.
The temperature at the bottom of
tarts hole is 168 3-6 degrees Fahren-
heit, and the guess is that the boiling
point of water would be reached at
10,000 feet, At a depth of thirty utiles
it is surmised, rocks would be hot
enough to be plastic like putty.
The earth has been weighed by as-
tronomers, who say that it would just
about balance an iron ball of equal
size, if the two could be put on a pair
of scales. There seems to be no other
inference than that the interior of the
planet is mainly composed of heavy
metals.
Bat nobody positively knows, and it
is not in the least likely that anybody
will ever find out, The tact that some
regions are highly volcanic ---such as
the Aleutbian Islands, the Caribbean
and the neighborhood of Sava --while
others, like Canada, are free of such
distu.bfneee, has never been adequate-
ly explained.
We do know ghat under our feet are
untold stores of energy. If only we
could tap it there would bo no more
worry about th'e exhaustlou of the
world's fuel supply.
Southern Italy and its geographic
neighborhood (including Sicily and
other islands) is a typical votcaahic re-
gion. lit many places, where steam
issues from the ground, the people
trap it and put it to work.
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Ploughed Under.
One day late in the winter. when
there was still a sprinkle of snow on
the ground, I was driving along a
country road and saw a friend in the
field sowing clover seed. It seemed to
me a strange proceeding to sow' clover
seed in the snow, and I said to my
friend. "Want and see," said he. So
I waited, and I saw one of the finest
crops of clover hay in the country.
When the blossoms began to ap-
pear and the bumblebees began to
seeking
hum over the red flowers,
honey, I was passing the field again
and saw my friend, the farmer, drive
out front his been into the field. But
what was my amazement to see 11011,
instead of a mower, he rode a plough,
driving four big horses. I asked what
he was going to do with the plough.
His answer was:
"I ant going to plough under ths
clover!"
PIough under that clover! I (null
scarcely believe my ears. It must
surely be a mistake. How could that
be right when the cattle knight eat it
1 and grow fat, and when any of itis
i neighbors would buy it front him at
the highest price?
But the farmer was wiser than I,
for he hum that there were thousands
of men and women and children who
were starving for bread. and that our
government was pleading with the
farmers to raise wheat. The wheat
must come from Ameifea or those
htungry people would starve. So he
ploughed uncle his clover and doubled
his y)eki of wheat on that field. The
cattle ate oats straw that winter, but
on the outer side of the world hungry
mouths were filled with breach -and
heavy Hearts were cheered.
How many times we see a father
or a mother taken away from a home
when they are needed there to much!
How many times we see young men
or women cut off in their youth when
they have just begun a life oe service
for the world and for Christ! Thou-
sands of brave soldiers died in camp
before they reached the battle. We
grieve over it each time as if a ter-
rible mistake had been made,
But God is much wiser than we.
And Ho knows that fat his plan those
lives that would mean much, if left to
serve in the natural way, will yield
a double harvest by being "ploughed
under" just as they are ready for ser-
vice, "Ploughed under," yes; the long
furrow's, rote upon row, hold our sil-
ent dead; but oh, the riches of the
harvest that the Master will gather
through their dying!
"Except a corn of wheat fall into
the ground and die, it abideth atone:
but if it dies, it bringeth forth much
fruit, ' -
"If I treat all Wren as gods," asks
Emerson, "how to me can there be
any such thing as a slave?"
Silence never shows itself to so
great an advantage as when it is made
the reply to calumny and defamation,
provided that we give no just occa-
sion for them.—Addison.
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PRINCE OF WALES
AN AGRICULTURIST
OWNS CATTLE RANCH
IN S. ALBERTA.
Importations of Live Stock
Aid
Great
from Englandto
Western Agriculture,
Of the ccuutless spots, where beauty
of surroundings combines with utility
of situation, which the Prince of
Waley must have encountered on his
recently concluded tour of the British
Dominions, one particular sector
would seem to leave especially (charm-
ed hire, and tate heir of the British
throne lust his heart to a stretch of
brown reetelr prairie in Southern Alber-
ta's cattle country, flanked by creek
and coulee, Iying within shadow of the
foot Bilis, over which in winter time
the Chinook wired wafts its warming
breath. To be enraptured for a p1'ince.
is to acquire, and he left the proviuca
of Alberta the owner of the Bedding-
ten
3edding-ten Reeeb, adiuining the famous Bar
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U I e
rcheron Ranch of George Lane,
committed to enter actively upon the
pursuit of tlanada`s first industry.
There was really nothing unusual
.baht. Chi:, for the fact is well known
, that some cif the happiest days the
Prince slant in Canada were un the
Alberta raatltee, hobnobbing with maw
boys and riding a breathe to the
round -ups. The most characteristic.
ploutgraphs of the Prince taken dor.
mg 1,1s tour are those In wes.tere i -a d•
die aetrl!te- it cow penny.
The Finest Stock of England.
Having acquired the ranch and ad1
ed the title of rant'ber to his limey
distinctions, the Prince entered whole-
he:trtedly into the itroject, and before
be left to continue on Ilia tour through
tito British Empire, shuttle arrange -
moms for the shipment of the la' C
stock of khtgiand to the rant -.!t. Teat
was a step of great importance to lite
agricultural industry of the province
and of the Dominion and signflio:;nt to
ranchers and farmers of the greater
elevation of the finely bled smelt at.
Alberta.
I Though some of the best aninetel
procurable en the American contiucat
could have been secured IocaiIy, the
stock raisers of the province were
benefited by the introductions of yet
more regal animal•;. Thnrcughbt;a;l
horses cause front the Royal stn 1,
Shorthorns from the King's f:'r.u,
Shrepsltire sheep from the Del:e
Westminster's estate,- and t-ue;;;:'.l,
hardy little ponles from the IS, el
moors, a type of animal previously L
]known in Canada. Throng!tottt
travels, alt animals had the care a:,
superintendence of a most c t
stockman in .3 Carlyle, foetleely
Superintendent of the hxperin eee.,1
Paras for the Attenth Gov agent •:t,
naw manager of Air. Lulea Be: 1J
Ranch.
Royal gain Captures Premier A,' sd; ..
The Prince, .the of t lare-ereeveee-
rnena lost no time in entering pro-
minently into tite live•steek ac'.iivit:c,;
of Alberta. and a herd of sheen arriv-
ing from England in the nice of time
for the Calgary fall show went
straight to an exhibition Pen. Del -
pito this handicap, one rant, a v, le car
at Royal stows in England, carried , ff
the all-round championship honors ter
the ram class, and brought the high•att
revenue of the show, with a purelat,0
price of 1(226. Three sauna's from
the Prince's ranch sold for an aggre-
gate of $563.
The interestthat the heir 10 the Bri-
tish throne is taking in stuck raising
is very gratifying to the people of
Canada, tied is a warm tribute to ag-
riculture as the premier industry of
the Dominion. Agriculture in Canada
is a profession drawing its following
from men in every walk of lift, and
from these who have suvressutly Inl-
lowed a diversity of pruh'essicans
fore hearing the call of the laud e';4_...._."—'
visioning the prose - ray t1 be ee anvd
in following ft.
The benefits to accrue from the es-
tablishment of a Royal ranch in Alber-
ta's cattle land can be presaged in the
recent •success at the -western fair --
the appearance of some of England's
best thoroughbreds upon Western race
tracks, the raising of cattle and sheep
standards, and the institution in the
West of a new breed of horses having
many traits 111 een1111011 with the nee
tire cayuse, feat disappearing.
Pecks of Diamonds.
During the year bole South Africa
exported 1124 pound:. of diamonds.
This quantity represeutod just about
125 quarts.
This vast quantity of eructate stones
reduced to terms of bushels would
equal a trifle less than four, or what'
would be two ordinary grain begs full
of trent. Naturally the stnti0e in.
eluded a great number of very large
ones as well as many medhtm sized
anti small ones,
3000 -Pound Belt.
The largest bolt in the world west
receutly made by a Philadelphia
manufacturer. It weighs 8,000 pounde
and the toughest parts of the hides
of 670 ethers were required for rear
terial, When set to work In a factory
it will travel day and nrght at a speed
of a mile a minute.
Pleasurable 'Toil.
Some Men never work harder thaS
when they aro doing useless tnhngo
Without pay,