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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-8-7, Page 2A �I Park Shadow Or, A Coming Vengeance 1for 1114 b,1,1'9d to that lealtl1y 21.f*: es ttulato, rind extremely limitind their gheeads who the pillow, very are el enetkened by a prolonged boulbuodmont the door by a tongg•suflering servant, If he bad been inclined to forget closing incident of last night, he was minded of it while shaving by the 81i but perceptible scar on his check; naturally enough be thought pityingly the more 1301114th 'blow which had rat flu the young glnl, Ho wondered whet elle hue been badly beet; and it sae to him that in. common humanity he ou „ to go and ascertain, notwithstanding ) rebuff which he had received from - .- - °"•looking creature whom the liunohb MAPPER XL--(Cont'd1. hum is eery much interested in Tha Boa- lead addressed as "T1bby"; but be Ica eon." how keenly the poor resented auytlti "XeeP it doesn't. follow that he would like intrusion, and he put the desire tr he interested in me; said Quilton. , I am htn„ av° bee.- back from your beat an hour only tt reporter, hack, and 'general ut11- He 'was due an ,t Committee at elo fisc! trod 1vat'e 'append to Lcona? She's ity' for that youthful but promisln Jour - sill and after he had made it all of a shake -and bleedin', tool Whitt g breakfast, he lit his cigar and walked is i a you'd ager or 14110 ehteam1 "Lord Another wad then he 1 Wellin• gton BarracksAanliopen was oarriat thou ht thought; all the better for his rest. 00 trouble, when I let yer out to -night. relight doubt.'• overtook hint; retro was some luggage as wall trust/ a couple of babies out of This repeated reference to Lord Ohester- 7'14;' sight!. And why on earth don't yew ]sigh reminded Clive of the wild -looking eel” in; ,vet. do Yee stand gawking there woman who had seemed to threaten the fat? ex -Foreign Minister; and, wondering She clutched at the still trembling Mina, whether Quilton, whose knowledge of the and drew her in; but rho hunchback heal- history of publle ohmmeters all over the rated, and, looking from the truculent world. and of Loudon life generally, seem. figure to Oliva deprecntiugly, began nen ed to be encyclopaedic, ryclopaedic, could offer asola- 'Phis gentleman, Tjbley—' tion of the mystery, Olive, after a m° - d Phme weird little creature gave a meld- melt sth hesitation,e way, witnessed, is fact assist - elle arum, and stared t at Clive ere if ed at, a rather curious incident to -night. alta saw him Y01 the first ti m0, and• with There was a block outside the her arm round "diens, eyed 11im up and Batas as down with an aggressive air as if she re- the Ohesterl14 1h carriage was driving seuted his presence, and was quite de• termined to accept 10 eaeuee for it. "So it is a gentleman!" she said, SG if he might easily have been mistaken for a tamp -goat. "An' w•ot might Mr. Gentleman want?" ' He's been very kind to -to Mina," ex- plained the dwarf apologetically, "You see. tbere was a. row, Tibbyy—" "Oh. was .there?" retorted the girl with a deceptive suavity. "Well. there'll be another, •end 0 precious big one, if this gentleman don't take hisself off. and mind is own bueinese. somethin Banish, I thought. She was As set uttered this latched old throat g p• she shot outer hand, clutched hold of the pO01', I sbut (0 think, for she was shabbily dwarf•. jerked him stumblingly over the dressed, but with a touch of finery, a dash threshold, and slammed the door in Clive' of color somewhere about her dress; per- „ fete, s haps that is wily I thought she was foreigner." Clive stood staring at the door for a mo- ment or two with pardonable confusion; "Did Lord Chesterleigh see her?" asked then ho turned away, and set off home- Quilton indifferently. ward with the cry of the street singer, as I think -not," replied Clive. "Ie was she went down under the blow of the looking the othe• way, towards victoria belt, mingling strangely with the •hegira Street" and shouts whioh had acclaimed his And Lady Edith?" triumph in the House; and with the faces "'No, I'm sure -yea, quite sure -elle did of the two girls, that of Lady Edith, Lord not;. elle wee looking at the block. You Chesterleigh's daughter, and Mina• the know her -you called her Lady Edith?" poor little uigbtingale of the London Quilton shrugged his shoulders very streets, chasing each other like dissolving slightly. ' No," he said. How should a • views before his mind's eye. pool• devil of a literary hack know the daughter of Lord C'hesterleigll? But I suppose most persons know her Christian CHAPTER XII. name; it's in the papena often enough. 'Clive let himself into the modest little' What do you make of the incident? By house in B)10011gll street, and went up to the way, it would serve for an interest• hie rooms -small, but by no means un- ing paragraph for The Beacon -oh, don't comtortable diggings -on the emend floor. be alarmed, Strange to say, I have that His reading lamp wad lit. and he eat down" singular pose°slaw for a journalist, a started a pipe, and drew some papers to- delicate conscience; it is a great eacum- wards him; for be it known that a mens- branee, and handicaps 1110 rather sec - her of Parliament's work does not cease el'ely as In this instance:" when he leaves the House -that is, a mem- "I am not alarmed." said Clive. "I am her plagued by a conscience and ambi- quite sure you wouldn't Ilea- the incident. tion. Quilton. What do I make of it? I don't But he found it rather difficult to con know. At first I thought ehs might be centunte his mind on the Blue Book he intoxicated; but she wasn't. I rather ,Wished to master, and he leant back and fancy that she mistook Lord Chesterleigh blew smoke rings in the air, trying not to for some one else. Why should a queer - think of the poor little street singer. He looping woman rush up to his carriage had almost sueeeeded when there came te and threaten him in that fashion? What knock at the door, and in response to do you make of it?" Olive's Come int" a man entered. "I don't make anything," replied Quit. Ie was Clive's fellow- lodger, and lived tot, "I am rather inclined to think with in still more modest rooms on the floor you that it was a case of mistaken 1den- above. He was a rather singular -looking tits. I should say that Lord Chester. man. with one of those clean-shaven fame leigh 114(18 the last man to be connected which rouse the curiosity of the observer, with a mystery. in •whioh a women was while riveting his attention. The fact was. concerned. els is reputed to be a temple not only. an impassive one, but it ap• of all the virtues, the domestic ones e..pe- neared to be absolutely incapable of ex- dally. But it would have been ember- pr�eesion; the lips. were thin, and scarcely raeeing, to eay the least of it, if the we - moved when he spoke; and the eyelids man's eccentric behavior had been obeer- were thiole and drooping, so that Clive v04 by the crowd, and attracted the at - could .not have told, if his life depended -centime of the police. The story would upon it, whether his fellow -lodger's eyes have been in all the morning papers, and were dark or light. Ifs movements were Lord Chesterleigh and his innumerable as devoid of expression as his eounten- .friends -to say nothing. of his party -would anon; as ho stood in the doorway -he was hs.ve been grievously distressed." in .his shirt sleeves. and they and the "That occurred to me just in time to rent of hie clothes seemed to bang upon prevent my giving °hale to leer," said him as if they were displayed on a too Clive; "so I let her go." meagre tail,or's dummy -he looked more "You acted wisely, in MY humble opin. like en automaton than a sentient human ion.' said Quilton. "Always avoid a scan- I11�. h:.'a.g• dal. It is Just possible," he added, "that One may live in a house in London for the woman wee mad. Did that expran- ten years without learning the name and ation occur to you?" the occupation of one's fellow -lodger; bur '0f course," said Olive; "but I don't by a few chance words Clive had come tc think she was mad, excepting with pas - know that the man was a journalist; slow. I never saw a woman in a greater which no doubt accounted for the flet rage. She reminded me of a wild oat." that he did not rise until midday, and There was a pause. Quilton smoked did not retire to rest until early morning, without opening his lips, and blowing 'iinl]o, Quilton!" said Clive. Come in.' dense clouds through his nose, Presently "Sorry to intrude;" said Quilton, "but he rose. I've 01111 out of bacca. Can you spare me "Good tobacco of yours this, Harvey," a pipe?' he said. Clive signed to his open pouch. "Car. "Take some more," said Clive; "take tainly. Sit down,' enough to carry you through the night. Quflton sank noiselessly into a. chair, I guess you smoke right through your and filled a blackened clay slowly and work, as Ido." With precision. "Yes," admitted. Quilton. "Your heart "Do you happen to ]mow tho rest of will be as weak as mine, when you are as 'See, 0130 Conquering Zero Comas'?" 118 old as I am." said, without lifting his head. Clive regardedhim with faint ourioeity. Clive laughed, and shook his head: Be had often wondered whether the man "No, I suppose not,"remaoked Quilton. was. young or old; the smooth face, the "Nowadays people never know more than impassivo mariner, baffled any conj,1ecture, the first lino of anything. I asked a betide. 'You epeak as if you were a Methue- man hl the Park the other day if he elate," he *aid. awuld repeat the whole of 'God Save the "I nm older, ae a matter of fact," said King,' and offered him a shilling for the Quilton. "Good night!" feat. Of course, he couldn't. If I know He paused" with his hand on the dcor the whole of. 'See, the Conquering Hero knob; and with hie thick eyelids corn - Comes,' I would repeat it to you as my pletely covering his eyes, and hie' tone humble tribute to your triumph to -night." and manner one of absolute indslfoleuae, "Thanks," said Clive, with a laugh. said: 'You were in the House?'' "The woman stood right under the lamp- Quilton nodded. I was, It was a, line light, and yet you say you should not speech, a remarkably fine speech. It know her again?" warmed even ue up in the Press Gallery. Clive looked up with slight surprise. I am writing a loader on it for The Bea- "How do you know she stood right under eon." the lamplight?" "Thanks," said Clive again• "I am glad Quilton turned his pipe from one corner you liked what I said." of his mouth to the other before reply- Quilton raised his lids for a second. lug. "Yes, They were Baying in the Gallery "She could scarcely have been out of that you were the coming man, and I'm the light where elle stood," 11e said. lnolIned to agree with them. Whether •0h, well, of course, she was in the you•11 be happier when you have arrived light," said. Clive; "but I didn't say I la another question. From my knowledge shouldn't recognize her again. I'm not of human nature, which is—" - cure -yea, 1111111k I might, Why do you "Which is not limited," remarked Clive, ask?" for, from words that Quilton had let 81ip "Upon my word, I don't know," an - from time to time, Clive knew that this severed Quilton. ' I imagine my question ' .singular being had been a great traveller, apron/ .from my desire to display a res and was an extraordinary linguist. peetfe and polite interest In your little "I should say the difference between story. I will go and finish that leader failure and amerce is inappreciable. But on you; it's getting late. I've likened you don't let me discourage you; in fact, I to Cicero, Catb, and Peabody. Is there should like to 1bhl the great Mr. Graham any other orator or philanthropist, an - and equally - great Lord Chesterleigh m tient or enedern. you would like me to their admiration and appreciation of your mention?" phenomenal success." Olive laughed, and picked up his Blue more than twice a5 ranch, but you 'thanks," said Clive once more. "Yes, Book. they were both very kind." "Good night," be said. "Don't lay it may become a knight of Iltontene- I saw them,' said Quilton, lighting on too thick, there's a good fellow. hes pipe, and regarding the expiring match Quilton went upatairs with his noiseless gra for as little as $75. as if it were something of absorbing in- tread, and entered his own room, tura The Kin' of Greece does rather a threat. "I heard. sour° of Grahame men ing the key mechanically and as if the g Baying that you were the hope of . the action were an habitual one. The room pl'OSperous business with the Older party," There was a pause; th0n, in an was sparsely furnished and much littered- of the Redeemer, which can be had absolutely ronelese voice, he added, "A servant was Hover allewed W ar- very beautiful Sir], Lord Chesterleigh's range or duet nothing --and the deal for $250, while "Servia bestows the daughter," table, the chairs, and (1 rickety lodging. Order of Takova for a like sum, The You saw her? Yee, she 10 very beaut" bonze sofa were crowded with books and. Prince of Monaco hasfor disposal fol"" assented Clive, papers, A cheap paraffin lamp. and a. isposa Yes, I woo standing neer the carriage bottle of gin and its accompanying glass" the Order of the Star for which he ton, wens she (metal talking to ,yon, said Quil• theeleader tha ttrQiileon pad, nwritinll lay those else, and tor $50 lest one Can "I wish I had soon you," said Clive, "I He poured himself out some ging' and Secure the Cycler of the Sun.of should lite to have int•rodnrod yartn to Air, Eat down to bis work, eini heti it and Nair••en-clic! from the Shah of Por- no= and 'Lord Chesterleigh, Mr, Gra- patemg MI his 04at•, got hie soft Pelt hal Sh nnom its hook; Hien lie paused, and, with ala, m the shabby'cai• ea, his by his o ntin Although titles cannot bo bar- na pacing to and fro during the act of tared in England, it is, of coulee, composition, Ho half turned towards the an open secret that a generous con- finer, then went to an eel cupboard at the end of the room, took from it a small tr'ibution to political funds often battered box, and, unlesiting it, turned paves the way to a lace in the over some Impose and trinkets until he p round a smallp miniatnro. peerage, Apropos of this it is lu- ne carried this to the tight, and re- _Wresting to note that' Franz Kos- garded it for tome momenta with en im• ' lia(sive t:fritnteaaneo, suth, the son of the famous patriot, es, a 114 s btutneed a good deal," lie charged the Hi ngarian government sni reaeetively, I doubt weedier its would home iteowl} her. So 010 has broken with 1'Ceclvlllg no 1es1 than $1,400, - out again; 'that's bad." 000 by selling baronies. ' Ie tweed tate miniature into the box, 1ocked 1t carefully, and; letting hlmealt Another phaco of this traffic in out of the room, want (301,81 the Oaten in titles is revealod'by earefu,lly ward- ]iia htsual noiseless fashion, ed aeivertisemen'bs which have ?bp - peered in London papers from tiro© of impoverished noble fatuities of ®w ar000•weweeell. • atesn 1' l+ranee, Lt is not ser long ago since. y three titles, two of which were ,, I to al O1 Frenoh--•one a count and the other On the Farm the w Marquess respectively, and ono of re- ght an Austrian prince—Wore put up and it sale in London, the prices rang- st9ssesis eeelaseem•. nese se e la;. ing from $200',000 to $500,000, her S Proper Storage. 'jp C01,.\ GEORGE T. DEIN'ISON. Too. much emphasis cannot he the -- placed upon the proper storage of nee Stile Coining Change Lt Cavalry potatoes, Not alone should this 1 Taefies Back in 1877. emphasis be placed beea•use proper em Colonel George T. Denison, every (tl-rot and kothor td aeaFsuesa1Utm bee ven Canadian knows les Toronto's Polecause the vitalityof the seed is such go ice Magistrate. But not many pea- tie pie know Colonel Denison to be. a an important factor in potato Pro- 'brit prophet and., an author of nota. duction that it should never be overlooked, There is, in the'opin- Such is the case, however, Thirty- ion of the writer, no other single six years ago he wrote a Book,A factor so important to the potato•ln- History of Cavalry, and entered It dustry, Proper storage prevents in a competition inaugurated by the the progress of the disease as a dry - Russian War Department, hy, au- rot. Spraying will not control the thority of Emperor Alexander II, disease, for the best history of cavalry. Storage litter and sick seed There were three prizes, and Col- should not be allowed to reach the onel Denison,in competition with manure pile, as this will be a sure the work!, tion the first prize— method of distributing the disease 6,000 roubles. There never had and infecting the fields. been before and there never has A seed plot on non-infected soil been :since any such complete work planted with careftlly selected, on the subject; And, furthermore, healthy seed will offer a means of a principle which he advocated—a getting a sound seed supply. principle revolutionizing the caval Whenever potatoes are placed in ry service—and which he claimed "a warm, damp storage they go t0 would be, the basis of future miff-, pieces; the fungus often' showing on the surface as patches of a white, moldy growth, in damp storage, bacteria' early .becomes assdciated -With the Fusarium disease,''oausing wet, soft rots. Storage cellars should be kept cool, dry and well drained, Buoying (pitting) in the field is more satisfactory than moat cellar storage for seed purposes. "Why, where on Barth have you been, father?" she demanded. "You ought tc tbo box, and inside the carriage was seat- ed a thin and peevielelookiug young man. l 001111 tl. in a big Overcoat, and with an eyeglass. He wan Clive's eldest: brother, Adolphus, Lord Sharing, Clive stopped, and the coachman, touching his hat, pulled.up, Adolphus looked as if .Ile were reclined rather to out hie brother; but Clive wout 11p to the carriage and nodded. "Morning, Doll," .he said; going some- where??" Sharing'e wizened face Gushed an un- healthy pink, and he surveyed the tall, away, and, while it was stopping, a woman .erect figure and handsome, healthy face darted out of the crowd, and -well, a - of his eounger brother with an unPa•land- neared to be P ]y stare. going to aught somethfng at 'Yes, I am going."I to vary naive'', he Lord Chesterleigh, I caught her arm, and said querulously. I am very umvolh The tried to hang on to her, but she got away doctor says I must get away from Lon• by a simple trick that ought not to have don, get away for perfect quiet and rest." taken in a schoolboy, and I loot her." 'Sorry," said Clive, "How is the guy" "0h," said Quilton, "that sounds inter- nor?" esting." But be did not look at all in- "He has a bad attack of the gout," said. tweeted; indeed, hie face was more like Sharing, .eyeing Clive accusingly. "He's a waxen mask than usual, if that were very much upset; and no wonder, He possible. "What sort of woman was she?" read that 'abominable speech of yours- in "What sort of woman? Oh, a tall, dark the paper this morning, and it drove him woman, with a foreign look about her- -• Pon my soul, I Cant . thin bow youcould bave-eaidthe things y did.' Deuced had form, I call it. Seem to me you've gone off your head. and not only forgotten what's due to yourself as a a gentleman, but what's due to the fam- ily.' "Berry you didn't like the speech. Doli;' said Clive good-temperedly, More sorry that the guv'nor's bad, I suppose the wouldn't like me to call, wouldn't see me if I did?" "Be certainly would not," replied Shar- ing, with a sniff. And I don't see bow you could expect him to; in fact, I don't see how, you could expect any of us to stand the infernal noneease--the way You're carrying on. I shall lose the train if I don't look out. -Driver on, Wilton." Olive wallted on thoughtfully and some- what sadly. As he reached the Square he came within eight of the newjpapee man's stand, and there, in large letters on the contents bills, was "Mr. Harvey's seeeo11 on the Honing of the Pool•"; "The Friend of the People' on the Dans of London," Olive was not a vain man, and 11e avert- ed his eyes quickly, with the embarrass- ment which a modest man feels when he sees his name conspicuously displayed in public; but it must bo confessed that his pulse gnio1eeed and that he was con- scious of a sense of gratification. Atany rate, he had done something tart night to deserve in some alight measure the title bestowed upon him. (To be continued.) .___S. BARGAINS 1N TITLES. European Nations Do a Thriving Business in Decorations. These lots for sale : Duke, $5,000; earl, $3,750;' marquess, $2,500; count, $0,250; baron, $1,250; ];night, $1,000, and a splendid as- s'irtment of orders and decorations at prices ranging from $100 to $9,500. Although foreign countries do not thus openly advertise their readi- ness to do business with those who aspire to affix a handle to their names, the fact is generally recog- nized that a considerable traffic in titles is carried on, The tiny republic of San Marino. which does a•roaring trade in titles of nobility at fixed rates, devotes a greater part of the profits to the maintenance of its foundling and orphan asylum. It will make you and all your heirs, or only your beirs male, if such is your desire, a duke for $5,000, or an earl for 83,750, An idea of the traffic done in titles may be gathered from the fact that a German firm trading in Swe- den sends out a circular, marked Private and Confidential, offering to secure any orders and decora- tions required. The list includes papal honors—for the Pope does a little business, too, and will make you a count for $2,250, or a baron for $1,250—honors of Persia, Tur- key, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Rou- mania and Austria, the cost of which vary considerably, The Portuguese Order of Christ, for instance, according to the list, may be had for• between $1,000 and $1,500, while the Order Of Isabella of Spain, with a ribbon identical with that of the Prussian Red Ea- gle, costs from $1,000 upward. The Austrian Iron Crown runs `to $5,000. The Orders of Saint George vary in price in different countries. In Sicily it costs $375, and in Bavaria Outing Shoes For teerybody{ THE PERFECT SIDE, FOR SUMMER SPORTS f. ASK YOUR DEALER. , 11,444.44.44.414 CHAPxt It 71. harvest wee not troubled with d,'oame; 1;0 iime, offering for sale the titles ' tary mounted operations—has pro- ,ven sound andhas been universally adopted._ With the .perfection of. firearms Col.. Denison' marked a coming change in cavalry tactics. He pro- phesied that cavalry would be arm - Col. G. T. Denison. ed with firearms, that the sword and the lance would fall into disuse, that cavalry would not be used to beat down an enemy by shook, but would be in effect mounted infan- try. This eontention—regarded as mistaken or absurd by most mili- tary authorities when Colonel Den- i son's book first tappeared—ha,s been proven sound by modern war. In the Boer War and the Russo- Japanese 'War, the, mounted rifles won the day. The British went into the Boer War with 3,000 steel - armed cavalry of the old type, and at the end of the war had 100,000 mounted men in the field. That was the only way they could fight the 87,365 Boers who took the field— practically all mounted riflemen. In the Russo-Japanese War there was not a, single charge against riflemen on foot. The sword and lance teeth nowhere. The rifle was supreme, inspiring the only effee- tive action for cavalry as well as infantry. Few as the achievements of th.e Russian cavalry were, what- ever they did achieve was through fire action. el:_- Itis Name Ij1its Peacock. In a small village lived a gentle- man whose name was Peacock and his great hobby was the breeding of turkeys, a which he always kept a large quantity in a. paddock in front of his house iidjoining the roadway, which was a great attrac- tion to the public. .,One day a trav- eller passing that way; mingled with a little crowd that ;was watching their antics, and asked: "Whose turkeys are these?" A youth re- plied: "They're Peacock's," Trav- eller : "I asked you whose turkeys are those?" Youth (answering again) : "They're Peacock's," Traveller (excited, and boxing the youth's ears); "You young fool, do you think I can't tell peacocks from turkeys?" Starting at the Bottom. air th the r bin] << atrt " bett weel a lit W lack --an111141 cans light <r�•o up. you I'm going to have my boy begin -e bottom and work up," said millionaire. I1"esume p you intend to start in as an office boy, then," Exactly." Shall I put him on the pay -roil he regular office boy's salary?" No, I wouldn't do that. You'd er start him in at about $100 a c. The boy's simply got to have tie pocket money," ife (pleadingly) --"I'm afraid, , you do not love' me any more yway, as -well a8 yen used to," band—"Why?". Wife ---"Be- e you always let me get up to the fire now." Ilusband— neeese, my love! _your getting t0 light the fire makes MO lave all the more." Dairy Hints. The cow that is always bawling is seldom best at filling the pail. There is no danger of having all over -supply of good country butter. In the metropolitan centers it has become almost an unknown quan- tity. If you have'only a small quantity of cream shake it in a fruit jar ,,or beat in a bowl with a fork or spoon. Be stere it is pure cream with no milk, otherwise, it may prove a long and tedious process. Those who scoff at the value of pedigree have but to look at the human family to see a repetition of the same traits from generation to generation. Is it nob just as plaus- ible to believe that the well-bred animal will in all likelihood inherit some of these traits? Certainly, it is hopeless to expect anything but scrub stock from scrubs. Individ- uality counts for much, but the power of pedigree should not be overlooked. Study the peculiar traits of the various members of your herd and strive to adapt yourself to them. One cow prefers corn to oats or bran. Humor her in her, tastes and she will reward you: The good hum- or of even a cow is worth striving for, The Road Drag. The earth road will doubtless be commonly used in rural commun- ities for many years because of its low first cost. The ever -recurring problem of upkeep on such a road can. be solved very largely by the use of the so-called split -log drag. Anyone who can use tool's reason- ably well can build one o,f these drags at a cost of $4 or $5 for labor and material. Very few tools are required in 'making the drag, and its use is as simple. and cheap es its construction. If desired, metal drags can be bought at a somewhat great cost from manufacturers of road machinery. Careful use of the drag on a road that is already in reasonably good condition will almost entirely -pre- vent trouble from ruts, mud holes or dust, and give good service at a low cost, • - Notes of the Hog Lot. Tankage 'makes healthy hogs and gives them bone and 'muscle, - Do not keep too many pigs to- gether and compel diem to sleep in one nest. The most economical gains in pig feeding are obtained by•a judicious blending of nitrogeneous and car- bonaceous foody. Crossing may improve the bogs for the feed lot alone, but -not for the purpose of perpetuating their kind,. Notes of the Sheepfold. Sheep must play an important part in the restoration of fertility to the'worn-outgrain-raising areas. of the country, A eonnhon error of the inexper- ienced breeder is failure to provide good shelter., Lambs cannot make good gains with wet feet or soggy fleece. One man can feed`400 lambs to a finish between fall fi sh beta a 1 and spring 11 more easilythan he ran feed, milt and , clean up after ten dairy cows, .Avoid crowding the iambs in the feeding quarters. They need a lot of room on account of their natural habit of crowding. The ram should be in perfect con- dition, but not fat, at mating. The true header is aiways want- ing to improve" his flock and aside from, the love of sheep the profits have ttimulrtted his efforts to have better ones, - 4gi Mal MOM 1- Iia-DreCo Laxatives• 1 are especially good for children because they ere pleasant to take, gentle in action, do not irritate the bowels nor develop a need for continual or. increased doses. as, n boa, at your Druggist's, Notional Drug and Chemical Co, of Canada, Limited. • 177 FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY I1LtIL ABOUT JOHN , BULL AND 1115 PEOPLE. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Cola• • Menial World, '.Che la:rst dock in the world is at Cardiffgc, "'ales. )0r every thousand people in England and Wales, fifteen die an- nualiy. set S. ham is the neat 'e' 1 er g. B l wet y mknufaoturing centre of the United Kingdom. A ,medical officer reports that there•'are'10,000 people residing in th'e• northwest wards of Deptford without a bath in their homes. The King received in audience at Windsor, Field -Marshal Sir John French, and handed him ]lis field marshal's baton. The cemeteries around London cover 2,000 acres, and the land they occupy represent a capital of $100,- 000,000. Three men were sentenced to six months and one to three months' imprisonment at Carlisle for pink- ing pockets at a West Coast corri- dor express, The Merchant Service- Guild have announced that increased pay for captains and officers have been granted by various lines, including the Union Castle. Unmarried men who will under- take to remain single for four years have been selected as recruits by the Swansea Watch Committee for the Borough police. Prince Christian's pigs, including some noted prize -winners, have been sold at Slough. A sow named. Saucy Vexen was bought for. the King for over $130. A serious attempt by suffragettes to destroy crops over a large area, and also to cause a heavy loss of life has been discovered at Yardley Wood, near Birmingham. JohnWilliamGriffith, said to be the oldest living authority on Ched- dar cheese, has just celebrated the ninetieth anniversary of his birth at Shepton Mallet. Two acres of earthworks con- structed by the Royalists when Newark was besieged during the civil war in 1644 have been desig- nated as public recreation grounds. Eighteen thousand cotton opera- tives of Nelson, Lancashire, are making preparations for their an- nual "feast," in which they will spend between $100,000 and $150,- 000. The death has occurred of Alder- man James Marriott at the age of ninety-four. He was the pioneer of the cycle trade in England, and was Mayor of Coventry in 1865-7. Mr, henry S. Royton, -of Delray, has completed his fiftieth year as -a ohoirman of St. Mary's, Dover, and was previously for thirteen years in the choir of another church in the town, So many"bats had made their home in the belfry of Holbeach Par- ish Church, Lincolnshire, that it was decided to talte some steps to destroy thecal. Sulphur was burnt and -a3 bats were killed in one even- ing. FINE Grain Sugar To have every grain auto, 43100 of dote nt left, encu ase eboice extra Granutatod Wbite gree cane sugar, get the at. Lawrence its , bags, n s,.with red teg-too lbs., Hg lbs., 10 ills, MEDIUM Grain In the bags of .St„ Lawrence "Medium Grele" - blue tags -- every stale lauitoicest granulated Hegar, about sive of a seed pearl, every one pureduo sugar, COARSE Grai ' Many people prefer 111e coarser _Many The St, I nwleuce Green Tag assures everygrat,i ftdistinct crystal, each about the !Ilse of a ann11 d,iamondaynd nincn<lgt nfaon pee 8iv0ela003, "vour grocer's wholesaler hag the tenet style you want-g,•nfli, quality and dunntlly- all guar- antee<7 by St, Lawrence Sneer Refineries Limited, elonireot, 2 FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE. NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE. LAND'S SHORES, Dapponittgs In the Emerald 'Lea) op Interest to Irish• moo. Mrs. Burke, of Clonnel, died re - coati, at the age of 109. This year the Shannon salmon fishing has been the best remember- ed for the last thirty years. The stores and stables of W. J. Irvine on Logarlview Stt'cet, Bel- fast, have been de:brdged by fire. News has reached Belfast elf the death of Mr, Samuel Lowther, a leading shipowner, at his County Carlow residence. Two 014tes of rifles consigned from . Newcastle to County .Dawn have been seized at Coleraine Harbor, Londonderry. A well-known farmer, 'Mr. Pat- rick Nanghton, residing at Fien- shinmore, Kinvara, has been gored to death by his own bull. Much curiosity has been aroused at Omagh by the discovery of ' a: bird's nest in a beehive at the mei,. deuce of Dr: Fleming, Omagh. Five cases, of arms have been seized at Greenore. They" were; brought to Newly by the authori- ties and .plated in the 'customs house, Itain in the lower Shannon dis- trict has fallen lately to such an ex- tent that the roads and rivers are flooded and much damage has been done. As a result of a peat slide in„Ki1 golagh Bog, in the Fines district, a young roan who was engaged in cleaning the face of a deep bank lost his life. Heavy ' showers of hail fell in Newry, accompanied by thunder and lightning and great damage has been done to the fruit crops, more especially apples. Mistaking a box of rat poison for a powder he was in the habit of taking, a farmer named J. O'Con- nell of Ballyquin has died from the effects of the poison. The dockers employed by the Land and Burns lines have come to an agreement with the companies about, their wages and therefore will not go on strike. An English company is 'contem- plating the construction of an elec- tric train scheme round the County Down coast, connecting Warren Point with Newca.stlo. When the fire brigade Wel'e called to a fire on the Newbridge Road, Naas, they started looking for the hydrants, and it took them about half an hour to find them. Christopher Steadman, a farmer of Tigroney, has died from the re- sults of injuries received through jumping from a carriage when the horses ran away near. the Vale of Avoca. Sir Edward Carson has endorsed the suggestion that an Ulster em- blem be worn by loyalists through- out the country, and he has prom- ised that he will see that some such emblem is prepared. An alarming dynamite explosion took ,place recently in the townland of Drumcoulester, near ICelleshan dra, when one man was fatally in- jured and three others sustained severe injuries trying to .save lives. The Tipperary Guardians have decided to ask the guardians of the seven other unions in the county to hold a conference with a view to utilizing one institution for the edu- cation of all children in the eight workhouses in the county.' BAD TEETH CAUSE BAD EYES. Oecnlists Dental Treatment Often Cures Eye Trouble. There have been instances of blindness resulting from extracting teeth, but these are rare. On the other hand, specialists, in eye troub- les have frequently found the trouble with their patients' eyes to come from decaying teethe One specialist suspected his pa- tient's eye trouble was due to bad teeth and made a careful examin- ation of the mouth. So far as could befinned there were no bad 'teeth; still, the eye specialist •was not sat- isfied and had his patient's mouth photographed by the X-ray. The result of this proved the correctness of tho specialist's diagnosis, for be- neath what appearsd to be solid gold fillings and Crowne he discov elect seine abscesses. - They were not of, a nature to matte the patient suspect he had theist, but they were acting on the optic nerves .and were really all that was tnalriug the trouble with his oye- sight, Eyo specialists are getting morn end 11h01'e l;o understand the evil effects had teeth have' on 'elle eyes, and many obstinate cases of impaired, eyesight which in the past eatlld not be remedied ase now act- ually cured] by ct11'iltg the bad teeth, and thus removing the cause. ('101,1 sllnuld be taken to watch the Children, Someti.mee their eyesight bothers them while their teeth seen- in good Condit:ten,- The chances are ' - there are decaying spots tit the roots of, the teeth which•' nl'or not' visible but allied may bo having an 10131?' ions erred; upon "0110 eye -sight,