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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-04-19, Page 6The 01r Folks find advancing years bring an increasing tendency to constipation. The corrective they need is C " it xatives Entirely different from common laxatives. Pleasant to take, mild and painless. A tablet (or less) at' bed -time regulates the bowels perfectly. Increasing doses never needed. Compounded, like all the 125 NA -DRU -CO pre- parations, by expert chemists. Money back if not satisfactory, 25c. a box, if your druggist has not yet stocked them, send 25c, and we will mail them. NATIONAL DRUG 1°+. CHEMICAL COMPANY Q� CANADA, LIMITED, MONTREAL. 22 therefore, mercifully >Pared being a iughtl; ' face "to face with. Forrester. For long bouts Irene sat by the iva,ad+ty neither stirring or moving. • At length those who had been obliged to Ue sai' the trial, returned, t A few moments later 'Mrs. Grey .tutti lightly on the door. Come in," saidIrene nertanaslea and th houselceener entered; but she item e"U Imeit with a'low cry when she beheld the white feet the girl turned to her, and the great,• Hollow circles under the eyes. "You are not. se well to -day, Mita. I'rQne: site declared; 'I should not have cla;terh- ed You; young l'oriester''e trial is over; thought you would like to'hear )that ser eu.^.e waq., Yea," whispered Irene, and the ltonsee peeper wall Nuzzled by tbe strange eou-na of her voice. "Ten yens' mewl servit•ade," slid hli Grey. No word fell from Irene's lips ala could not -.have uttered a word to hal saved, her life. He was led away eun>lug aestmevine,' continued lira. Grey; . "he said he 1 nc something 'to. sly. but conree nr) e;at would listen to lam evert one said he sho-ild have bad a life sentence." At that moment Mrs. Oro was ealaa. from the room and Irene was left 4Ion More with her conflicting terror* thou.ghta. Teti years„ penal servitude 1}: word:; seemed to. repeat themselvea R , y and ever again in the etillnese of room like distant thunder It would be ten yearn e e thin world he free to come and caiiti _Ileo, She raised her tear -blinded eyed +o' sunlit sky, crying out from tbe ft}1 cif her heart that if. at the end of that ho should come to her. she wouldkill self rather than go with him. Ten years! That seemed . a lifetim • le• the girl who lay sobbinr- there. Aa! if she nut the distance of the whole rapidly and straightway world between them iev the .end tsf bat "Silently as a shadow I followed into ministered opiates: time, if she could go.where he gourd t "e�' t the House. and into tbe banker's room die which they had preceded. succeeding in The fearful strain told upon him,itheablooa � trace her, if h� bunted her down. tuo zgh� khat. toHow strung it potisecreting myself behind the heavy velvet badgshed frons had mouth in a dark crimson I even st n did not . she ntheu story at portieres unseen. "'Tills a the theaye ng avian me , ones, pool. 311 said, and a' It is all ever with him." saithethe att�n- firte his chuff ed silent simnlvit ato,�sharethat her I hent latert' setas u task,Irene, tor. "Here,' calling hastily to little I name. She concluded ruust be .the moment he set about his r! nam, h Setae, concluded all that ever at d he having mechanically walked from the I dap:, "pour out four drops from that room 1 pUia1 beside my case; it will help him to I had been 'taken away, and yet he lead not. "The midnight c d' d easier" s oken succeeded in opening the door of the safe. i In his extreme trs and the was ad- spa My OR, THE DUEL IN THE GLEN. on a violent congestion. Ile sank CHAPTER VII. --Continued. i brought .he doctors ad - n means everything that is choicest in fie tea. "SALA A" means the world's best tea — " hill - grown Ceylon"— with all the exquisite freshness and flavor retained by the sealed lead packages. BLACK, GREEN or MIXED tt54 deal or knowledge into the dark, curly head as they sat together under the blos- soming almond trees. The duchess, looking at Irene now, could scarcely imagine her the wilful darling of those other days. She took a great in tercet in Irene for slie really loved the girl: *We are to go back to town the first of nest week, Irene?" the duchess said ono day, "shall you like that arangement?" ",As well as any other," answered Irene, indifferently. Irene accompanied them back to Lon- tlon, .but no inducement could draw her any where near the house in Hyde Park —she seemed to have a perfect horror of d ht b 114 tolled ere he had; le nervousness atter- p lies shall never be the flet to He made little attempt at caution. as ministered I blazen so cruel a story to the world " she few ba, humming every now and is life will fiicker•out with the setting 1 me mu re , with pitiful she cupid ..eye and madew bars of popular ands. The noise is I ' II over ren from h lusher could. b for ten in t sure up and laying bankerdown his, or the ru'the window- "tbeosuniis setting r gars she would sufferanyor ten tools trust surely awaken the titid 1 ing from long ye the adjoining room, Ithought,—but it did its_" He took out lastswatch and rather than it shoal.' be known, ae not _ o The world should not knew that she wee The reap-, the patient's rapid respiration. this man's wife, she would keep, the eruel "He waited Rome little time for p minutesanted-•ten—the doctor ,own -.Isom .un to monedre of the young at 'whoiunseemlyl leaked slightly puzzled; he bent down I truth locked ui in herb him for this taskthe very lose moment possible.. hour. r At length, reluctantly. as she was I ingf , an exclamation of was a slight 'break.; And this fatal decision was the rook that k h' leave. I' Ing from his lips: there a sli�ht p k I wrecked her* future no., forthcoming. he ton is ea heard the outer door close after him with glow spreading over Forrester's face—his a firm, metallic click. lips were, moist. work of a moment for I am of the opinion thin man will live,' me was but the rt] . to secure she money, which was iner • he said, she y largehm yagrR t- hills, and transfer by the attendant hadeeavecl hie llifee.stered them to my breast -pocket. "This accomplished, a veritable demon seemed to possess me; for, in examining a the taix me wa the elle tai' extras account of small compartment :o the right I saw the t d Who way wonder that Irene con - old banker's will lying before me. To ' t when she reaa rt, ane re a sudden n d outlish 4 natures t na u • im ett In 1 eager, u some <a t tion comes which,like burning lac). sweeps away allbefore A. CHAPTER IX. Although Frederick Emend had been denied the privilege of seeing Mise Middle- ton when he bad called at the wanner in Hyde Park, he took the ormortunitp of ealliug again as soon as wee praoti• fact • d °he startling cable. Inquiet elicited .,.e fain that the house was closed. The serve fainted Iliad all been discharged, and Miss Middle- swep a that Frederick Esmond, steaming into Lon- ton had gone none knew whither; b for t t sudden ter- i don as quickly as -the railway carriage un had was dnewair. Had whither. found • ref ing temptation came to me, to nut the could brine himclen cured a saneevery r as he to losepher &gain in this banker suddenly out of the way. then and it with avidity, this fair girl but there; the will standing as it did, would cam: to the las: word with a shuddering fashion? The world tvac wide, but he give me all his protterty. I had no idea gernn' iful ire^e!" be cried, vowed to himself he should moetleer again was rev- "011, Irene—beau even hough he travelled the world over of how much or how little he still _lie happiest day of my breath, p sensed, and in sought on with this a ,—I under lig .in more daring thought theeubanker's me- innocent is this h which 1 find robbery. you are to finEsmond her. hand- innocent of than terrible robbery. and have Esmilallput iu forthiheecctuid not obtain but it wrote imitation of 4 t been from first to last.' ! seemedf her. Months taro writina wad perfect. —tlid easily laser use in that well—that Irene was to ate, sid not oernr! Grme b fore." Ithat i by on �goid n wings, sumner•'had ptimad the ala marry mIf she believedud to be hto trCedalltthat had •nuzzled him was row1away and winter with its gar eeaton:of comply wish, she would. never refuseclear a+ coon -d11 ;.o him. A. bdnsb of festivities was setting fn in'uendon, and comply with it shame rest t+ hi'a obe'elts that h',�t ad still Miss iiliddleton. ivy, clufte as eon- , -" rlonbted so `noble . a .girl a-, Miss Mbbd.e- pletely lost • to tithe, Vfot kY it see:netl,;'m 3 ' 8E ,IIx1.Pd Iia = z r ..c..•- . .'' toe+-baw he hated himself. for it F b i zti, th+ itla Cho., , >akhe T,. �a . e. , "1.. r m Belied this)• '^^rWhbts;�tti'eelleeeT'a 1i 3hofRht•!o s ,aiid 'Sivallgwed her: ;,, Need I add. thatm. are o p hensible conduce as he felt her on. My stens. were risked Foo a memorable morning? While Esmond was • ;eitrth so deeper - Irene e s had i ked ,t that' thoclted elle mast have goers the object of hls,.eearch .was u miles distant frw3m London. the place. "I have- invited quite a party of young Milts to visit me—you will not - have much time for loneliness, Irene," said the duehess—"if you care for company." Irene found life at the duchess' town house pleasant enough; she always had a large party of young folks gathered about. her. She liked fair young faces and the gay laughter of hearts, untram- melled by the world's woes, about her. Every one liked visiting the Duchess of Heath, because there ,was each a glad absence of formality and restraint; tech one did pretty much as ...hey liked, amus- ing him or herself according to taste or fanny. No one was ever dull he first Dame here—the poor tallow is dee- The season was to be inaugurated by a _ grand ball, and no one in all London on )telewbatn he 'refused d her—but saw later she was more famous in getting un these grand balls than the amiable duchess, was not even interested in him. Still, In obedience to the late banker's will, there is no telling what time may accom- plish. I often say to Victor Ross, don't lose courage, my boy, remember: iQ1iDrPs Ka i� � vvcs 0 [Wake: Farm FRESH VS. ROTTED MANURE. Most people have an idea that. rotted manure is 'a .much more valu- able fertilizer than Manure fresh. from the barns or yards, This. idea prevails because of the heavy, compact .nature of the rotted ma- nure. The value of manure is de- termined by the amount of various, elements of fertility contained therein, These elements are main- ly nitrogen, phosphoric acid . and potash. 'They are usually figured at fifteen cents, six cents and five cents per. pound respectively. • On. this basis a ton of fresh barnyard manure is worth $1.98. A ton of rotted rnanu e is worth $2.04, or' only six cents more. When the fact. is considered that it takes nearly tW'o tons of fresh barnyard manure, to make one ton of rotted manure, owing to the loss from evaporation and leaching, it can be seen that. much of the fertilizing matter ori- ginally` contained is lost in the rot- ting process. • A report gives some interesting: observations on the experimental. use of fresh and rotted manure. Both were used on the Corn and wheat crops, in comparison with unmanured land. The yield of corn on unmanured land was 38.1 bush- els per acre. On land dressed with rotted manure, a yield of 65.1 bush- els was secured ; and where fresh. manure was applied, the yield was 70.7 bushels per acre. The increas- ed yield of corn from the use of • rutted manure .'-'was 27.6 bushels, and from the use of fresh manure 32.6 bushels, an increase of five bushels per acre in favor of the fresh, manure. On the wheat crop the effect was similar, though not so marked. On the unmanured land, the wheat yielded 16.1 bush- els per acre ; where rotted manure was used, ]9.1 bushels ; and on the manure, land dressed with fresh roan , 19.7 bushels per acre were secured- The increase in favor of the fresh manure was only six -tenths bush- el per acre on the wheat crop. 'While the increased returns are comparatively small in both case' it illustrates clearly the fact .;thati fresh unwire is at least as gtltitl as the rotted manure, and for some crops even better- The preVentio i of loss by leaching and in the rot- ted ted process should be kept in and the saving in labor by app4 '^ ing manure fresh from the barns,; "" worthy of consideration. It should not be understood that the coarse, fresh barnyard manure is adapted to all crops. It would not be suit- able for certain forms of garden'. and vegetable crops; and even for the small grains, on light soil. it probably would not give as good results as the rotted manure. Where. manure is applied as it should be, however, on the grass land or just ahead of the corn crop in rotation, the coarse, fresh manure is better adapted to the succeeding crop than the rotted manure. The heat, and the effect of the acids developed in the process of decomposition, aid greatly in liberating plant food and result in greater crop yields. Some objections may be made on the score that weed seeds or pos- sibly plant diseases are spread with the unrotted manure.. Where ap- plied as suggested above, however, face to mine and I was startled by its awful, pallor." "'Excitement is more to inc that} the air I breathe,' she said, 'it keens me alive. If I were to 110 quiet I should soon die;' and that is • the saddest confession I have ever heard. from a young girl's lips. I can understand people almost without a soul, people weighed down by remorse, leading such a life, but a young girl. like Irene, ought to find life pleasant enough without it. Sae cannot have had any love affairs or 1 should have heard of them. Irene has never had a lover, I am sure; indeed, she cannot tolerate the idea of one." "Most young girls like plenty of lov- ers," ot ers," laughed the duke. "Not so Irene," replied the duchess; "I spoke to her recently of the probability of her marrying before the season was well over, and she threw herself fneo my arms with a cry that startled me." " 'Never mention lovers or—or--marri- age to lee, dear duchess," she sobbed, 'I cannot endure it. I—I-•shall not marry--" The duke laughed. "Do not pin your faith on that remark," he said, looking smilingly down into the duchess' grave thoughtful face;"depend upon ft, Irene will not say that when the right one comes along. Do you know I had the idea that she fanciers my nephew when Irene had lain aside her sombre .lack robes, and the donning of light dresses i a theof dawning e.i t like c g seemed almost new life to Irene. "I will give myself up to gayety and pleasue for ten short year'. "ne vrrs'.i mutter over and over again to herself, "and at'the end of that time I can but die.,, To the duchess' dismay, Irene plunged body and soul, as it were, into the whirl of gayety, going from one extreme to •the other, without cessation. "I do not like this change in Irene," said the duchess to her husband one day; "the girl is literally wearing herself out. She is never for one moment without ex- citement of some kind or other; as for leisure, quiet, tranquillity, they are par - suits she seems to detest; she crowds as much,.•pleasiire as possible into every me. then turned toward Inc coranre but r k r sleeping room now. 1 i. w been to The the t e olid, my mi I crept e hateats Howa few 1 erolled,-nra The h lav- 'rent part she p m 1 hold d my eche sleeper. with learn too, of the pro p_ the winter passed and spring, the tures as "1h ay rested 011d the sleerer• ed in thatstmidnight nd rful on rely again. When Middletoi'-'mansion. 'was d had reserved upon the modus epee- strangest and most wonderful lea fe record. a,ndi as co how I was to consummate my AlA:a a gentlemAnt�{Q sill the U1rtm4Byname- of ' ha Ductless ofiiHeath gone directly to the plan. I turned out the faint spark of a th'zer, he mu.t t then turned the gas on full heed. occurrence upon himself. He would dcgo be - I The he'siad erhad in arliar he Ls, been hurryi, hurrying out i the apartment and eros• fere or Ins^helot r. Policein at o g ing the door tightly attar me. I iakin goallethe the for withholdingtit— frsttHyde metPark thetladyhewhotkafterH Heath be' But, ah! the best laid plans of mice and ]would. But first hent ea hall lupon 'Miss came Wenlsthef duchess Ilexird of the hell ' Middleton and talk the matter over with ker's sudden death, she sent for"Irene at ban - Aft Rang )glee.' her,once. "I am stopping at my country "Before I mead make my exit from the He d•4 call, bet was informal by Mrs. seat,once Rosedale, in the Tillage of Kent, interim' room tievaleta s a sound nhefrom had the ' as tothe o 111 to ere housekeeper, and }t ud�ing by rene she wrote,—"comeanIrene went...nhere at Dries, may old gentleman's to-Ied the odor of caping gas. 1 weeks t indications beforit would be pave The duchess received -tier with open -In an instant he was out of the room weeks yet before site would be un and arms. into the corridor. Perdicicn! Closing the' about. door of the mom 15 which I had darted When girt. CrFhe glanced un at hue !ateoomydear' heasafd,rsmoothing throuback h oi kine the door and putting tbe mond, on the card,the girls dark tumbled otitis. "Yogi will fine perfect rest, and quiet Mae, and.tve shall soon woo back the roses: to these pale cheeks.' As the days and weeks wore tin. ranch to the surprise of the duchess • and' per friends Irene began to droop 13i.ore per- ceptibly than ever. • Time should assuage her grie'Sfi" • Haid the duchess to herself, "of ooe1vse•;she loved her uncle very dearly, . but^ono 'Min- uet live by the dead—wo may .reverence their memory, but it is not right to mourn for tlieln after this fashion, for ttlhe Lord gtveth and the Lord taketb awifecelrllfl0 must be made to realize that. ," '' How little she dreamed that It lv0S the burden of a cruel secret that: ova lgearing Iene's young life out. It became the one dread. of the girl's life lest anyone by chance sliau'd:.; dis- cover that she had wedded, tiro n ar:Ma ie villain, who had played suck lttgh and desperate stakes to win her. Poor Irene -••she would loop areund"her a,. , a„v key in his pocket, muttering something timi Y. about having forgotten to do this earlier 1 "You are. I see. sir, the proprietor of the in the evening. There was no way of es-, safe and lock works my neer young lady a u• for me este through the old bank-' nor,edbtaltatynuhwillllk ndlyarequesas t the young man who opened the safe to say as little about the affair as possible?” "I requieseC most heartily," he respond- ed, "'for dI man that id.ereleal person, my er's room --this was rendered impossible now, owing to the valet's presence there: "In sheer desperation and fearful of de- tection. I darted hack into my place of concealment, back of the heavy velvet por• c,ear ma a tieres again. "Ami eosin 1 muttered --Perdition, The It was just a week to Forrester's trial; valet had thrown himself clown on a divan it would be a nine days' wonder in Len- in hie master's room; the banker corn- don. especially when it came to light that rlaining of a terrible sensation in his the weal-hy young safe manufacturer bead and breast from the effect,' of the himself was the hero of that strange epi. Ras he supposed he had turned off wrong. sode regarding the safe which had been "A few words more and my confession is orened et midnight. ended. I Irene had told no human being that she i Ives forced to remain rn my place of had married Forrester on the day he was crinr'ealment until a late bout the next' apprehended—not even when Mrs. Grey, day. 1 witue=sed the banker's discovery 1 the old housekeeper, said earnestly:— of the Rafe having been robbed, as he en -1 "What a picky thing that you escaped a tered the room with Irene; she. of course, marriage with that notorious man. Irene, being e->tirely innocent of the thrilling! and to think, coo. that I advised, even (vents that had transpired the previous 1 urgmix- ed rnoudaar t but 1 ddid de it thfo t.o be 111 ht. 'Who's he sent them from the rocm he bowed hie head on hie hands, crying aloud that he was ruined—ruined! • '1 seized that moment to escape, but, turning sharniy around, attracted by a etie•I1t Hulce, he swept the portieres )sun• der and I was discovered. "'You are the thief, the robber!' he cried. 'I knew it, I felt 11!' I struck him down, and he drew his pistol upon me and fired. but the ball, luckily for me, struck a marble pedestal close by. which turned its e'ourse and it lodged in his own heart. In the confusion I escaped, "Now we come to the last act that closed my eventful career. Irene*" Whatever it was tbat Heathciiff. or Forrester, as we shall hereafter call him, purposed to say was never uttered; a ter- rible fit of coughing seized him, which SPRING is a Trying Season 1Vlany persons never feel quite well in the Spring. A daily cup of Bovril pro. Motes health and vigor, for it arouses the appe- tite and powerfully aids digestion. lu til' concentrated o�*d{ .�wa4 of beef. "nee, is quite right;" declared the duke; "she can have but one youth -time, and youth is the time for'gayety. my dear." limit," alia , bey. there ought t tonn • ut g B replied the duchess; "gayety is delight- ful, but there is such a possibility of hay - Ina too much. I said to her only a little wbile since, 'I do not think you have one hour's quiet, Irene.' She raised her lovely g your cousin: the true Karl Heatholiff,— with tearful eyes, «---asking herself 1+o;v to+Ig and I thought wedding this wealthy tossed o she had to live, how long she innek,enrry man would be better than being tossedsed this burden of sorrow and 1;h r e Thereabout ore the cruel world. The best of us" ' advise quite, wrone, at imes. my dear." was no help for her; no lrlmaii• power Irene bowed her dark, curly head, vouch- could aid her; she had taken her vows, safine no reply, sobbing as though her before Heaven to cleave •,e the ;n.an idte heart would break. but young hearts do had wedded until death should Omit part. , not break even through the agonized and now only Heaven could i'1te heft-elm leasing ;hat they may. them. 'There were times when the Crider nut to herself that she wit;liod elic•rduld wake .up and findit but a horrible, amain —that she might wake and find here if still Irene Middleton again, Rut ..ala it could not be. She must live her life for ten long years—then he would time'to search for her and the whole world etrottld blazon witb her atony. If .ht, oleo -elf mild bet forget it for these On :-ears that seemed like a resrite from olid ,dark future that lay beyond. T The dam that followed were like the tor- tures of the rack to Irene. She knew that Forrester bad entirely recovered. She read that iii ;he papers. Why was he keeping silent about the Marriage? surely it was not done to snare her. She had driven herself almost frantic with fear wonder- ing what she should do if her husband— how she loathed the sound of the name -- were set free and carne to claim her: She would fall dead at his feet. she was sure of"If the story of my marriane with that "I must forget," she cried o ronaem- robber end would-be assassin is made bee will drive me mad." known, I will kill myself, she sobbed, des- The duchess consulted her 1 tt later time perately. will not face, the expo- and again in reference to Irene• that day sure and the shame." she said, thoughtfully • The trial was sit for the tenth of Sep -"I would give so much t) etc sur is elleumbar. Irene scarcely knew bow sae • tined to be—a bright willful cls m frig et lived uri to that time. Dery after day one and the same time, tee aelialit and passed and yet he had not_ betrayed that the torment of the household -• terribly cruel marriage. The duchess remembered' he'll il,0 ilse:e All the night long preceding the day set to throw her grin) around l rr, witell i Tl a for his trial, Irene paned the floor of her implored. her to studythole ri nothe She room, crying out to Heaven to keep her from going mad. could not study while the sun slth'x1'r xit(i' She slid mot love the time she had Dias- tbe birds sang ori side. rind. She had been forced ante marrying "Do come out into elle it a 1!t(Ttfrtvitl�t' him. as it were, through her great lova pie,' Irene would ;add let. t18' theta Mama for her uncle and her desire to obey any the bookie I know quote a:ncntt;h f re'dy wish of his.Have you ever thought flow "t rilol 1 r't'ntllt! All that night Irene watched the stars l be to shot up a..'sterling .in a 0 ..'&'000 while the others .slept, nntii the crimson'set him at a task? it ik more , i',oel ta. dawn that looked so fair in the eastern shut me up in a sehool-r(r"te a. la thee she broke once again over the earth , harem!th -lame books hateme,"and e ec1'at 1st' Was he watching the rice of the early I stunt the gra111mai historea , at rapik" dawn rltrmtirh the prison bars? What 1 and all the odder bookn wra i t 1lrtlevow would he dn? Would he write 10 .11er•in a blah •where Irene had tor,>,- l'o'ft} Maim her at the last moment, or let her +. and the girl herself would b - y'lu. rest in mama? In is very few hours he through the otien. French rtlntS%1w' would know his fate -sloe would know tt--" ----",t, the lawn, It was nnlv'1y i4i ebet the convict's brain. ldint of coaxing 111at her 5001110 At the very outset of the trial. Irene had • to lea etre ken with n danderout fever, Iget Iren'onk tlioert alit.'Ion, for Por clays lice life had been deeptiMed et; Of rreeented bur hewn ebevina the slim-,bor. i3ut by the greeteet•elf anal molds to ha nr'tc:ntat the trial; she was, did manage very adtoi ly,,amtsral;ia 'Faint heart ne'err won fair 1 t y He left up rather disheartened, but I sup- pose he will return in time to help you arrange for your coming lawn fete and ball. I should bo almost at a loss as to how to get along without him on that occasion." Great preparations had been made for this ball for the past fortnight; the duchess meant that it should outvie any- thing she had ever done in 'hat line be- fore. The elite of London were invited, and she noted with touch eetisfaction that few of the invitations were declined, which argued well for its being a decided social event. 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I1 at the proper place in rotation, nei- ther the weeds nor the plant dis- eases resulting -therefrom will be a serious consideration. The late winter and early sprin offer many opportunities for get- ting manure on the land, Thes should be taken advantage of though one should .avoid drivin over the land when it is very we from melting snows or from hea:v, rains. The good effect of the m. nure may be entirely offset by ,ba handling of the land. 0 COST OF BULLETS. The cost of killing a ;soldier battle is going to be appreciab increased by the rise in the mark price of lead, spays the London M ror. The cartridge manufactur. who fulfil the British War 0 contracts are at pl e,.•ent •supp'1yi large orders placed some mon: ago at old prices, but the new cr tracts•will be revised in connect with the price of lead, wllio?' largely increased during , „ six months. OeNot only the. but the nickel easing to put and the brass for the cartridge 'f have also increased in price. fact nearly all the base metals gone rip,'t said the London 1 ger of a -well-known manufaci 'house. "The ,'i e in lead .has increased the price of spur tl:l,, tr.dges from 5 to 7'.i; per ce1.1 that sliroting partridge and sant" win c'. t• it li! 0 si 1 51 yr 'le .ad fo of sl ].y at ere 15 dn 11h oo; n er rr