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once more by lui, side, the ligist mat
Centre ofs all tbinge.
Ile put it away huriealy, ea one miglIt
push lute the latekground a taeueonable
thought, and the 'etfort left hiut a lit-
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air. Ilarewood," brie pursued. "1 ata glad
latrewooa Chapel wite a large anal and, removing ber gloves, tnOir. Ont. aier of title opportunity to epeo,k to you
flourishing oagameation, end no branch work. It eves then observed that she about Iser. Don't aon see for yourself
of its o ierations was conduetea more wore no wedding wing. Nellie Harewooa how she is developing, and Pa What
efficiently than the Ladies* Working lookal at her with a swift inquirrng anti
Party. The soil of a large. and prosper. wholly sympathetic glance. No one
I
ous midlatut town WaS not etoney Boil spoke to ber ona her cheerful little nod .
so far as church Werk Wila cOuCerned. WAts met by 'but slight boars. Then the
Brea the einallest tied seemea to rear silence could be felt, Presently Mrs..
ate head with a consciousness of aro 1 Auburn the President of the Gull& king -
predation. The people were honest, in- :aested 'that a chapter ishould be read
dustrioue and iu the main Gmafearing, • front the book they were studying for
though there were the usual forces .the winter, width 'happened, to be Itus-
working against righteousness to be • kin's Sesame and Lillies. •
combated, and. these were combatted, I Nellis, machine closely, thought she
Manfully. liarewood Chapel leitaing the , saw a little rid; of a smile creels the
van. lineewood itself was for removea i fttee eat Mrs. /3ellanila but sae se
from the slums, where the forces of un- 3 oeinarela On and Inada no eetuark. ic
rialiteousues are supposed. to operate :Ohapter was duly read, a, few comments
most sttecessfully. It stood—a massive Made, then the work foaled up and tee
and imaeeing edifice .0t red mime,— ia terved. It was then that Nellie rose
a leafy avenue bearing its tounder's ard crossed the room to *here Mrs.
name, ifarewood was a name to conjure BellamY sat, a quiet, solitary figure,
with in Midchester, representing its ewhom none noticed.
greetest awl wealthiest manufacturing "Good afternoon, afrs, Bellamy. lefo,y
Interests. It was a good name justly :I fatraalaaa myself 1 I am eNllis Hare -
beloved and revered in the country, and womb and I -know you quite well by
and in the capital town, because it, Iraa sight in olumel, though we have never
ever been asociated with all that mals.es spoken. Cart I get yon +some teas and
for righteousness, The chapel, one of will you let one sit down beside youl"
the noblest mouuments of Non-confor. ' A light, a wonderful, Almost radiant
mity, had been built by Robert Hare- . light, Beached for a moment in the eyes
wood, of Hurst, whose wife had, elect el. :of the solitary woman as they mee those
ter one year of weddea happiness and :of the girl before her,
whose plitee lie luta never sought tii fill. I "Thank you," she said, simply; "thank
That great sorrow bad left its mark up- , you very numb,"
on lain, turning him f rain a sociable man • Nellie brought the" tea and. took the
into aaolitary one rendering life a duty War beside aer, and they began to teak.
rather than a joy, 'Many pitied the little Several glanced towards them, no one
daughter who had been left to his care. ventured to interrupt, but some of the
Nollis early came to the conclusion elder ladies looked' a little put out.
When they began to disperse, Nellis
that the world was a dreary and cruel
place au which uone really loved their "ge•
"Will yea drive with me, Mrs. Rea
neighbor. And. when she grew up and 'litany? I Jbink I can take tau where
mane into intimate contact with people,
she found no reasion to thange lier some- yon wish- to go," she said, in a. very
clear voice, which Ives distinetly heard.
what cynical view. Naturally Miss Hate- 'No, thenk you, Mrs. Auburn, I will not
wood was warmly irelcomed to the inner remain to the sociat committee to -day.
circle of Harewood Ohepel, and the nut- 1 Gaa.d afternoon!,
trona sleek, well-dressed, comfortably
complacent, were anxious to make much t She Mowed elightly ell round, and ;the
of het But she was always a little aloof, twain departed in company. Through
the clear glass of lite window htey saw
even when they called, as they constant- halls . ceetr the brougliam and drive
ly did, at Hurst Park, when it became ea,,,,
known thet Miss Harewood would re- 1-Vgd ao ike the working -party?"
way. But lb was a great thing to have aslte 1 N Ilin 1 1
oslel. look
A _ _e .s, anc in ber eyes there was
coive. They did not make much head
her mune associated with all the organi- 1 ell"It ri sses, an hour, iny dear; but
eations of the church and to have a teem -ma simeebine in tbe. samosa], re
full purse at their disposal for aloes of .whielt etrik.es fain; somehow. I doen't
need. Robert Harewood made his (laugh- !know what it is. I am afraid I am not
ter a handsome allowance, which she
• epent mainly en others.
Their chief desire, outside of the many
schemes of the chapel was that their
young minister should marry Miss Hare -
wood. But Lawrence Wynne, a young
man of great gifts and unosual modesty
therewith, seemed entirely occupied with
his work, which *as both onerous and
exacting. He moreover remained faith-
ful to the allegiance tie a little school-
teacher in a far-off Glamorganshire -vil-
lage, who was working anclawaiting too
until the time would come for their dual
life to begin.
The existence of the little school-
teacher, was still undreamed of by the
matrons ot Harewood, who were one
and all agreed that the match they had.
in view would be an excellent one from
• every point of view.
On a, certain afternon in November
the Ladies' Working Party assembled as
usual in the ladies' room at Harewood
Chapel. Nellie arrived early, ariving
down in the neat brougham her father
life and home might be if a WOMan Vilt*
0
caaritable, It is all in the name of reli-
gion, but where does the religion come
in?"
"Oh, I don't think religion has any-
thing to do with church working par-
ties,"obeerved Nellie, in a tone of sur-
prised conviction. "Religion is a thing
quite outside and apaet, that rules peo-
ple's lives, and makes them do lovely
things. I have only seen it once or
twice in Harewoodt
Mrs. Bellamy turned to her in surprise.
"My dear, you are very young to
speak like that. I inn old, and pethaps
have proved what you say by bitter ex-
perience. But surely it is religion that
makes all these women give up their
time and their means to working for
others."
"Oh, no," said Nellis. "It is their
kindness of heart and their social in-
stincts. But religion is not that. It is
deeper down. I am afraid the kind of
religion I think about is very rare."
"I am afraid so. Meanwhile we have
to be grateful: for what we have. With -
bad given her as a birthday gift, and out it the world would be a very barren
order that she might acentiplish mina place. Of course I knew they were
fortably her large and increasing round speaking of me when I came in this
of calls She was neatly attired in a afternoon, and that the atmosphere wits
siplendul lutes?"
"I do, aud she owes. it to you," he an -
steered simply.
.Again the flush of a glad pride rased
over the face of the Woman who bad
suffered in silence.
"She has filled my life and heart. I
have given her nothing in, return," tam
anewered, "Mule you very much. for
your invitation. I will come, and gladly.
lia.ve you 'thought where she 'woul4 go fa
"a don't care. You can settle it be.
tween you, only don't let it be too far
away, for I shall not be able to leave
Midthester except for a few dams at a
thee, awl I should like to come often"
He rose to go since there Wits no, ex.
curse for proinging the interview, end
ehe iieemed to have very little to say.
He glanced round the saabby little room
with a sudden iinpationt look.
"This is not your natural environ-
ment," lie said, almost roughly; "and.
that wretched brass plate must came
off the door,"
Site moiled upon him a little ruefully.
"It can't; it spells my daily bread.
Times have been harder than maul late-
ly, but I must not complain. For an
unskilled laborer I have done not so
liadly at all,"
She offered him her hand and. follow.
ed aim to the outer door. She thought
ais manner very abrupt and strange,
but it did not offend 'her in the level.
Slie had of late had too many proofs
of his personal kindness to believe him
otherwise than truly kind. ife had left
her, however, ftal of yegue unrest.
Harewood did not turn in the direc-
tion of his own home when he left hers,
but walked by devious ways to • the
street in which stood the Manse pertain-
ing to Harewood Chapel—a comfortable
roomy house, waiting for the sunshine
of th
of wife, and means tosconvert it into a
home,
And. there he was fortunate to dies
cover his minister at ids evening meal.
They were very intimate with an intim-
acy rare between two mep of such dia.
ferent age, Time and agam Wynne had
thanked God for Robert Harewoodes
ripe experience, as well as for his loyal-
ty and conspicuous generosity towards
himself; ana he had repaid° him with
an honest affection which beamed in his
eyes as he sprang' to bid him welcome.
TEA INTOXICATION
la what medic zI men call the Ir jurlous effects produced
by OrInkinfic the adulterated teas of Jaosn4
Ceylon Natural Crean Tea Is. rich, delicious and absoo,
lutOly !Tore." Is as far ahead of Japan tea as
"0 AlliADA" Mack le ahead of all other black tea3, .8014
only In sealed lead packets' 2i5o and 400 perlb' By all
grocers.
WORK AIUMAT., TRAINERS.
"Good luck. To what do owe It?
Will yoo sit down and share my meal?
When did you drop in on me before?"
"I don't know. Harewood looked.
round vaguely, and finally dropped into
a chair, 'I've come to unburden my soul.
Let me speak, and say nothing until you
bave taken it in."
"Well?"
"Pm fifty-six Wynne, and until the
last three months I have believed that I
should walk solitary to the gran. Yes-
terday I was twenty-five years a widow-
er and Pm.going to marry again.
'Wynne stared in unmitigated eaten -
ligament, in which a furtive anxiety min-
gled,
"Who is the lady?"
`Mrs. Bellamy.'
Wynne took a stride across the room,
and filaally stopped before his friend's
chair.
"You were made for one another, and
I wonder I have net suspected it before.
I know her story, do yeu wish me to
toll it to you now?"
"No, if she excepts me- she will tell
me herself. Whether or not I care noth-
ing. I don't even know whether she
blue coat and skirt, well made and aim- 'teethe. It was your sweet sympathy
will take me, and if she does, I'm afraid
it will be for Nellie's sake."
ply trimmed, some sable furs Web. the
• matrons described as priceless, and a
little velvet toque. From beneath its
larimaand the ripples of the brown hair,
which was Nellis's chief claim to beauty,
looked out a pam of very large, rather
wistful gray eyes. She was feeling epee- whom suffering has taught silence. So
ially lonely that day, and life seemed they will never know' any more about
all of a sudden mate purpoieless. Her me than they do now, Mr. Wynne knows
look scarcely brightened as she °entered my whole history, but he promised to
the workroom .and received the cordial respect it. Some day, perhaps, if we ever
greetings of those rtlreada there. She get to know one another better, I will
,was -always early herself, because time tell you—at least. a part of it.
twits long, and her father, by example That was the beginning of what was
quid precept, had bred in 'her the Palle- called in Harewood Chapel circles "a
tuid habit. She sat clown gaietly mid regrettable intimacy" between Nellie
opened the bag which contained her Harwood naid the mysterious Mrs. Bel -
work. Slie bad a strange, unreal feel- lamy. It was a very close intimacy,
ing; it was one of her . days of /needs; such as might have been possible, bo-
sh° aeeed as ie a dream what was pass- tween sisters where there was consider-
ing around her, and when they spoke to able disparity ni years. But Nellis had
her, answered only in monosyllables. But
preSeritly she heard something whieh ar- never been quite young. When she sat Edith Mary, widow of the late James
in her short white frocks in the pew Clayton, of the Indian Civil Service,
rested her attention.
"It is indeed inost difficult ;and t do opposite what she called her mother's only deughter of the late Sir Frndk.
no see what we are to do, really, If only 'window she baa pondered. on the ,prob- Reliantly, Bart., of Charlwood Hall,
letns aire.aBelleany spent a great Laties."—David Lyall in British Weekly.
she would tell us something about her-
self, then we sbould knew how to act," deal of time at Hurst Park. Graduolly
Bata ono voice, with a little note of re-
gret in it whieb was quite sincere.
"It is indeed difficult," assented an-
other and less pleasant voice, beloriging
to a large overalressed person embroid-
ering an elaborate quilt for the forth-
coming sale of .work; "but, dear Mrs.
Auburn, until she trusts us a little we
must do nothing. If only Mr. Wynne
'were married, it wouia be easier. It is
difficult for him to iask her the neces-
eery questions. In aura life One' den -
not be too careful. I am rcally sur-
prised that he line allowed her to begin
teething in the. Sunday School, wllitoet
• making o single inquiry. Why, she might
.be quite unsuitable; and she does not
, even wear widow's; Oress
"Probably she is separated from her
husband," observed Mrs, Auburn, "In-
deed, I have beard so. It is very diffi-
!cult. Myra Lorimer told me yesterday
,elut intended to join. the working -party,
the is it benutiful beedle-woman. The
*point la, how are we to receive her. It
)se impossible to be on callingternts with
;a lady whom ono knows absolutely both.
. ling about. mut who won't tell us any-
ithing, She might even be an Raven -
!tutees 1"
"Dear arra Auburn, adventeresse
;don't care Mr church work or our kind
of society. They confine their operatione
sto other fields." observed it littin clerk
haired woman who luta not yet spoken.
"I shouldn't mind sealing on her; ha
deed, I think
The little womati wits doctoral wife,
hod woe instantly. thongli not audibly,
acrediteel with motives ulterior.
"Mr. aVynne is -dining -with us to -
bight,' observed the little lady, "mid T
Mean to have it out with him. Both
kir. Thomas and are agreed that he
ought not to have Asked atm. Bellamy
te tenth 111 tha Sunday Sehool, knowing
to little about her• That she offered
ker services seP1118 to show that ehe has
confidenee in herself; anyliew, think
'AM should 1)0 eool to her until we find
out wl3at elm really
"I think she has pride." said .1fre.
Auburn. 40nly oncts I tried to put a
few leading queidions to her, and she
eimply froze me."
The 'door Nandi quietly Allit it slight
Ifignixi glided an. The silenee which en -
stied was fraught with full meaning, of
which the new -comer was perfectly C611.
etions; but it did nob disturb her pliteld
VW. Tt woe a very sweet faee, if
ead, a face esibleh had been ntarlma ina and realize that, (swept of tour
with the lints of en experience specially good•will, eould not have enjoyed it."
bitter. She wore a black frock, and & Ifttrewood looked at her steadily and
ilk oloa, whloh sha laid aside said nothing, Satiate note thought%
which made you come and speak to me."
"I was ashamed," Said Nellie quickly
—"angry and ashamed."
"Oh, when you are as old as I am you
will be neither over such trifles. I am a
woman who has suffered much and
They 'Fairly Live With Their Pupilsee
Feeding the Lions.
You base a beautiful lion between two mid
three years ohl—fresa trent his native wildn-
that you wish et make perform, Mew neat
"TO goActibl9411Aoin" and to one only Ow
animal that M tO 130 taught to perforra must
look tor ail the comforts of its life; for the
trainer fairly 'wee woe me animals. *le
feeds them, be gives them water, and—when
fie can—he puts them through their puce%
An Ruglieh =goatee is said to Sawa °cored
a substantial prise in money to toe mama
w„be would contribute the. belt article on
'atm to Manage a klueband.' The woman
who won the prize wrote these three words;
"reed the brutes." Well, you get at what
is good in a lion lw that earee ferrailia:
"Ireetl the brutes."
Once a day the trainer gives bM Rohs about
Mx pounds of fresh, beef or mutton, and
bone. Three times 0.,(14Y he gives them fresb
water, tine not another person goes near the
lion or looks tit nim. The raeat is pushe4
into the cage with a long pole, but the lion
is forced to come a little way toward the
front M order to get it. The distal:me be-
tween the entreat and its trainer hi thus
gradually shortened until the lion at last
CMOS close to the man to receive h1s food;
and no doubt looks forwent to those visits,
which -he has learned invariably meane
treat. After man and beast have thus be-
come, An a degree, aequainted with each
other, the lion is changed to another cage,
where he is kept a fortnight with a continu-
ance of the same care and attention from.
his owner, At the cattl of Mx weeks, perhapo,
'When Leo lies tole%) near the front ot tbe
cage, there is slipped around his neck
loose collar to which is attached a chain mt.
that Wil lallow the beast room to walk about ...um 15 not the caes everywhere. In
a uttie, but will not perreit him to go to the Australia, for example, the "bush horse"
end of his cage.
Then a chair le ellpped into the cage, 'the
lion will roar, crouch, and spring toward
the chair; finding himself restrained by the
limitations of his chain, he will silk and
growt, but finally settle himself to watch
new furniture. Then the trainer, after has- then seen. that they were bringing up
Wynne smiled with a speaking tender-
ness in his eyes.
"It will be a perfeet arrangement.
God bless you, and give you your. heart's
desire."
The following week the few who Wen
still left interested in the inner circle
of Harewood Chapel affairs beard that
Mrs. Bellamy and Miss Harwood had
gone to Cliarlwood, on the lancitsaire
coast.
Before the summer wad over this am-
nouncement which was sent broadcast
through the English newspapers, electri-
fied the party and partly horrified them
bll •
"At the axial Murata Charlwood -on -
Sea, on the 8t'h September, Robert Hare -
wood, of Hurst ark, Midchester,
the afternoon visits were lengthened, to
evenings spent in the beautiful .home,
and so Robert, Harewood became ac-
quainted with his daughtera new friend.
Through her he banal to know Nellie,
and there crept intot'the great house at
'Hurst Park a new eletnent, the element
of home.
Mrs. Bellamy lived in a quiet back
street in an unfasbionable part of Mid-
chester, and upon the modest doorway
was a small brass plate, on which, were
the printed words: "le. Bellamy, Teacber
of Music."
These worde erane with a little shock
to Robert Ilarewood when he saw them
for the first time; milling ono evening
with it message front Nellie. He did not
remember to have herad that Mrs. Bel-
lamy taught music, and. an odd feeling
of adoinpassion. faled his soul at the
thougloa of it, for of late he thought she
had looked very white and tired.
It. was now the beginning of July, and
Midchester was a very hot and stifling
place at midsummer. About this time,
too, the pews of Harewood Chapel began
to look sadly empty.
airs. aellemy opened the door tos him
herself. She looked much surprised, and
told him so as she bade Ion enter,
"1 mune from Nellis. She is not very
well tale eveniug, and will not be able to
go °title the comma I said I would 'call
and ask you to come up for the evening
instead."
"Thank you very Perhaps
litter on Won't you sit down,
Mr, Harewood? Ana what is the matter
with Milts?"
"She Seems tired. It is time site was
away to the Bea. can't get away my-
self just yet, 'Multi you take her, airs.
Bellamy, And T. will join you both later?'
aft's. Bellamy flushed a little, and
hesitated for a moment.
"I can't effora *holiday this 411111
mer, Mr. thirewood, It is better te own
up et once."
It was ilimewooda awn to redden now.
`lamely you would understand that if
yon -were gooil entmgh to accompany
Nellie, it would be as our guest," he sai
ft trifle formally. 'It 0111a. maze all
diffetence to lima T shotild knew
that sne AV, in safe 118 Welt 118 pleasant
company,"
"You have bestowed upou me a inam
-trust afr. liarewood. Since have bad
the bleesing of your daughter's fraud -
fillip life aas mamas very differeet
e *
BLOTCHY SKINS.
ed thia leseon. Men I &mounted she
usually tratted. along uy my side like
it dog; now elte hung bath, I remounted,
and feeling certain that she thouglit I
WAS wrong, and. not feeling certain sure
myself, I let her bave her OWil way. She
wheeled rouud, broke into a tharp trot
and darted. dawn the side lane she tried
Detain. We reached home, though 1
never felt certain about the road till I
saw the gates of the yard,"
It seems probable that the bor'ite not
only knew the way, but slackened, its
speed. when its 'master went astray, be.
cause it did not know liow mutat further
it might baye to travel in its tired con-
dition, stelae if it were going liome by
the nearest toad it had plenty of re-
serve strength to trot. That o home
could be taught to understand and act
in a very great variety of practical mats
ters is almost doubtful. There is very
little doubt that if properly treatea
is wonderfully capable of understanding
what is going on and of being made to
comprehend what at is wanted to do.
Add to this the fact that the properly
domesticated horse is almost as natur-
ally obedient as the eat is disobedient,
and it is aifficult -to aet a limit to its
capacity for training, The only stum-
bling blocks are, first, its natural ner-
vousness; and, second, the preference
whieh its humsai employers have that it
should be a machine, ond not to. think.
is a very clever animal. During the
drought, wheriegrass was not to be bad,
some horses were noticed standing cleep
in a water hole and occasionally duck -
their heads under water. It was
the chair. After a few days he accepts the 5.1V
Mg opened the door of the cage two or three in their mouths eveeda whielt were grow -
times, goes in and sits down on that chew. •
of course, the lion resents tee presence of the mg at the bottom of the water.
Captain Hayes, -whose recent death
intruder. nut the chain is stout.
Thus by and by Leo accepts the man, as has left an irreparable loss in the ranks
he had before tolerated the chair. And now of those Whose acquaintance with horses
comes the "ticklish" time for the trainer.
Ile must actually beard the lion in hie den, is as practical as it is itympitthetic, but
and that, too, with no chain to restrain the whose books still remain for consulta-
furious animal from springing at his throat. i.
area. believed most emphatically an tale
A lion's nose is a portion of his anatomy .
about which the beast is extraordinarily sea- quahty of equine memory. But it did
slave. A sharp rap over tlie 1101110, with a not confuse memory with reasoning
stout soot, is marvellously effective. When
ains of t a power when quoting the French writer,
Captain Bonavita first takes the oh
lion he is training be carries two sticics. Le Bon, who held that "if horses were
one in either hand; but raps the lion with only able to read and. write they would
the stick in the right hand only. This ap- . ,
pareutly gives the animal a certain reverent Wan in etery competitive examination,
44+4+i
Market for Territorial Horses
+44444÷
Last year an attempt wag MOAB to or-
g.anize ao annual Territorial Allet4011 gale
of lows along the Mee of the pure-
bred cattle sale held annually at Cal-
gary, whialt ha* roven eo successful.
After consulting he majority (if the
large breeders tlicoghout the Terri-
tories, it IVaS found that some objec-
tion exieted to putting their horiese up
to piddle sale. The opinion Pawned, tO
prima that selling pure-bred cat.
tie by pulilic aide might be entirely
feasible, owing to the fact that 471 in-
speetion Oa the animal, coupled with the
reading the pedigree au the published
catalogue, would generally convey all
the biformatien. the average buyer
would require, tbe cai3a is entirely dif-
ferent wash horses. The amount of la-
bor tliat aas been devoted to bandling
and educating a horse is an important
item o.nd can best be explainea by the
owner himself. Certainly en auctioneer
could not witbin teasonally limited
time do justice to the eubjent as con-
vincingly as the owner himself could.
Other objections exist against the aue-
tion sale system for horses on a large
scale at the present time which it is
net meceesary to go fully into.
It is, however, ameba on all sides
that the breeding of horses ougat te be
one of the leading industries of tbe Ter-
ritories, and, also that the eiffmalty in
obtaining a satisfactory cash market,
at least for the lighter climes of horses,
awe for the stick In the left band, which so retentave was their memory of what
be seems to consider in danger of inull'ing they had once seen." That equine re -
out to smite him. As soon as the ldng of
collection of places and inciaents is
beasts will permit e a y,
Ili Onsit of tbe most itertous obetaelee
1 under which the boluatry is at preemie
laboring. Under the cirmaestamesa the
direetors of the Territorial Horee
Breeders' Association, at IL ineeteog re-
cently bead, awl another plan, ander
consideration, which it is believed will
fully meet the mule. Arrangemente ban*
been completed. for the holding at Cal-
gary in the third week of March, 1906,
a three days' "gorse Pair" under th*
auspice* of the association and the Do-
minion and Territorial Departmente of
A.griculture. The event will be thor-
°uglily adVertieed in Earitero Oemarla,
Manitoba, and. the Territories, and not
the elightest iliffkulty is anticipated in
gathering buyers enough to absorb till
the horses entered for the fair. Over
one hundred, horses are already in sight,
and every effort will Ise maae to Bave
at least three hundred on the grounds.
The object of the fair is to being
buyer and seller together, and all deals
will be made privately in the same man-
ner as at alI the large live stock eentres
in. the United States, Ontside buyers
aro generally deterred from purehas-
lug in the west owing to the lack of
knowledge of the eountry, and the time,
;trouble and expense involved in Visit-
ing lindivadual ranchers •to make up car.
loads, The annual horse Asir tvill solve
this difaculty effectively and 28, there-
fore, rsvith tlte support of the breeders,
bowed. to be a success.
mont Experiment Station proved that
over half the croa of marketable pota-
toes was produced after August 22nd.
coasting vomit concerping the imeccurs
acts of the soundings shown on the Gov,
eminent charts. He asserted that these
In Ontario the potato vines are usually eharts when made were perfectly ac -
deed shortly after that date. The great curate, but they became 'worthless un.
gain in keeping potatoes growing until less frequently revised.
late in September IS here very apparent.
Very marked results in spraying with
Bordeaux mixture for blight have been
obtained by the Vermont Station, the
Irish Department of Agriculture, and
tbe Dominion and Provincial Experi-
mental farms. In 1901 experiments by
Mr. Macouu with eight varieties show-
ed an average difference in favor of
spraying of 100 bushels of marketable
potatoes, and in 1902 with eleven varie-
ties. the avetage difference Was 120
busbels per acre. With the Empire State
variety there was a difference of 105
busbels per acre. In 1902 the vases were
sprayed four times, on July 10th, July
22nd, July 30th and August 130, Ufa
formula used being lbs. bluestone, 4
lbs. lime, 40 gallons water. While the
Colorado beetles were active eight
ounces of Paris green were adaca to
each forty gallons of the mixture. For
large areas the expense for bluestone
weold be in the neighborhood of $0 per
acre, and the toad expense probably
not more than $8 or ae. Even at $10
per acre the result of the abeive experI.
ment for 1902 would show a profit cif
$38 per acre, potatoes selling at 40
cents a buthel.
These results should convince meta -
scratches him with the stick; and therefrom %clicker and more precise than that of to growers of the importance of spray -
in some crude way, DO doubt, grows up the civilized man seems probable from their ing their potatoes for the prevention of
tdea In the lion's mind that stieks when not
feats of 'homing." The feats which blight and rot. The work must be thor-
snarled at, do not rap the nose, producing
return for oughly done. Spraying should be begun
Pain, but, on the contray, caress his chin and horse will accomplish in.
middle of July and the vines kept
sides, thereby giving pleasure.—Pligrira tor sugar have never been properly investa by the
November. gated. We have seen them jump gates, coverea with the mixture /until 'the
forward and backward, tvalk up planks, close of the season.
enter shops and call regularly at certain It is generally recognised that some
houses in a terrace where this dainty varieties of potatoes bave greater pow -
was in prospect. Their frequent under- er than others to resist this elisettse,
and it is safer to cultivate only varie-
standing of the objects of polo and of
ties whith are superior in this respect.
the "dodges" used in. the game is knoWA.
The horse seems meant by nature to bo All diseased refuse from an affected
a fellow -laborer with man, and shines vfilesladittoouladvobied buusirnn
gedior Isteeide petite:pot
most where it is aiding him in the throe,
otatoes from a &Peed' crop, even
or in herding cattle, dragging trucks on
though th etubers appear healthy.
a, eallway excavation, tipping earth over
a bank, or moving timber. The intellie W. A, CT.,EaTONS.
Publication Clerk.
gence of the timberonovers' borses in
the use of the rollingehain shifting logs
or deagging them on to the "timber One Short Puff Clears the
jim" almost equals that of the elephant, la
s-sead. —Does your head ache? Have you
in teak tard. Part of their work is mons over your eyes? Is the breath often -
dile to discipline ond obedience. But it
is impossible to Svatch them at work sive? These are certain syraptores of Catarrh.
without seeing that they miderstand all Dr. Agnewt Catarlthal Powder will cure
the .details of- the business, most stubborn cases in a marvellously short
time. If you've had Catarrh a week it's a
• 10
POTATO BLIGHT AND ROT it's just as effective. GO cents. -67
sure cure*. If it's of fifty years' standing,
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EATEN AWAY BY THE OCEAN.
The Cause of Serious Loss—
Some Preventive Measures. Coast Lines Changed Yearly—Territory
Built up by Rivers.
2 epa,rtment of atgriculture,
HEALTH FOR BABY.
Babies thot 'a,re well, sleep well, eat
well, and play well. A child that is not
playful needs immedizte attention, or
the Tee -tate may be serious. Give an un-
well child Baby's Own Tablets and you
will be itatonishe•cl how soon be will be
bnight ana.plamful. For diarrhoea, con-
stipation, .simple fever, indigestion, colic,
and teething irritation these tablets
thieve absolutely no equel They do not
stupefy the child OA poisonous "eooth-
ing" znedicenes do—they go to the seat
of the hireable and care -late. Mrs. E.
Bancroft, Deerwood, Man., &aye: "I have
used Baby's Own Tablets for stomach
and bowel troubles, for simple fevers
and teething, and. I taink them the beet
medicine in the world." You con get
these Tablets at any drug store, or by
mail Jae 25 cents o box,by writiog the
Dr. Williams' Medicine Oe., Brockville,
Ont. Wise mothers ohms keep the
Tablets io the house to peril against a
sudden illness of little ones.
4 • •
THE HORSE'S MEMORY.
Some Remarkable Instances of the Ana
maas Mental Power.
A Trouble Due to 'Improper Blood
Easily Remedied. •
Bad blood. is the one great cause of
bad camplexions and blotchy skins. This
is why you must attack the teouble
through ;the blood with Dr. Williams'
Pink 'Pills. All blotthes, boils, ulcers,
pimples and ixiloness are the direct, un-
mistakable result of weak blood loa.dea
with impurities. Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills- consider the poison; they drive .out
all, the Impurities; they actually snake
new, rieh, red blood; they. {strike right
at the root of all complenon troubles;
they aria a poeitive and perma,neitit Mira
for all virulent skin diseases like ec-
zema, scrofule, pimples and eryelpelaa.
They give you a elea,r, clean, soft skin)
free item all 'blemish aod full of rosy
health. arr. Matthew Cook, tarrienton,
N. W. T., tells how Dr. Williams! Pink
tails cured him of erysipelas after other
utedieihos hod failesa. Ile says: aely
skin was hiflamed, my flesh tender rtnd
errre• my head ached; my tongue wile
eoat'ed; I had. eitills and thought I was
taking fevers I tried seveisal medicines,
aut nothing helped me until I began
using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills mid drove-
tilie tremble teem illy eystront, and I am
now in the best of Malta. I think these
pills the best medicine in the world for
bleoa eeeubleae
It is ail •overy:titty roord of cotes like
this thit has men Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills their world-wide prominence They
cave when other me,dieines foil, but you
must get the genuine with ale fan nx,ne
Dr. Williams' Pink Pilts for rale People
on the wrapper around every IJOX* You
can get these pille at all drugaists, or
by mail itt 450 cent* a box or see boxes
for $2.50, by writing. the 'Dr. aVilliains'
Niedieine Co., Brockville, Ont.
***
Lire,
(A* T. SehUmann hi the titterers. 'World.)
A little louger and the toll is done,
A little further nthe road to gO,
A little stresa of shining, drifting snow,
A ptua journeying through shade and sthi,
A little that where quiet watera run,
A littlo parleying with friend end foe ,
A little oasis where Mo.:some grow,
A little ilarkuoo where the light Is won
A little sin that leaves it little stain,
A Iitth sorrow aral a little joy,
A little mending of a broken toy,
A. little piratalre o little pain,
A little thought of when was a bey,
A WU* rasa' that X httve Reed Vala.
Before "Hans" made his debut a con-
temporary largely concerned with the
breeding and 'training of horses opened
its columns for some months to the dis-
Oommisioner's Branca, (New York Sun)
Reports from many districts indicate M. Cluorral, secretary of the Tours
that potato blight ana rot are again this Geographical Society, said the other day
season causing serious loss to the farm
in an address to the society that the
era of Canada.. This disease has been latest surveys of the French coasts had
vita prevalent in many parts of Onta- shown that tvithiaata:=aaeaeefew yeam
no area Quebec, and although a good the Republic had lost -about five square
preventative is known in Bordeaux mix- miles of territory, which bad beenetern
to pieces and washed into the sea by
the °atm storms.
The loss of land would have been con.-
siderably greater if it had not been that
the destructive waves had carried part
of the debris into bays like that of Mont
Saineatichel and. into estuaries like that
of the Somme and piled it up along the
shores, exteading the land a little- fur-
ther out into the sea.
So the geographers still have work to
do. If they have no new lands to ex-
ploit in Europe they must at least keep
track of the Aeneas that the ()bean in
its fury inakee inbthe land.
These changes are going on every-
where. A few years ago, the Germans
thought they were going to lose their
island. of Heligoland, wboee masts, ris-
ing precipitously from the sea, look as
though they could withstand any on-
slaught of the waves. But these waves
slowle undermine the base of the wall,
and the cliffs have kept falling into the
8Pil until Ifeligolaml bag been reduced to
a mere rock of variegated sandstone
Aimed. by the weather into fantastie
ture, few growers seem to have spray-
cussions of their mental powers, ottd
ed their potatoes. . Ma L. H. Newman,
though various estimates were given by
of the Seed Divisien, who visited nearly
different correspondents, they ail agree
every comity in Ontario during the sum -
that a horse • is wonderfully oliservant
mer, confirms this statement and re -
and that it has an extraordinary mena
ports that m many cases he found that
ory, sitys the London Spectator. "With
growers were sadly wanting in knowlege
a memory like a horse's" is a common '
Scotch saying. Instinctive power of ob-
servation and natural memory are the
most valuable raw material tthich a
affect the potato in America, the eaaly
trainer could desire if he wished to teach
baght, Alternaria Solana and the late
an animal "performances." But it is
blight which causes the rot, Phytoplalice
scarcely credible that these would enable
ra Tnfestans. The early blight muses
4 horse to understaod au idea such as
mamas- the spotting of the Teams* in July. al
`.....ieee
"Tuesday," "Wednesday" or
spots inerease m size, unite and form
day," or a fraction, or a "remainder" in
latge maws of diseased tissue. ahie
a subtraction, On the other hand, we
light does not attack the tubers and
think itatoula very possibly be taught .1.,3
.14 iii not nearly as injurious as the oth-
to comprehend the idea of the addition
es are puneturea by the
of a few units. We can quite under- ea If tile leaa
bhetles or from mule other cane° the
stand, too, that a horse coula learn to
disease. gets a foothold easier,
associate and, recognize words like
"oats," "male." "Whip," and the name The late loll& is the one which
ruses. by far the greater IOW!, both by
of 'a friendly uog or of its groom. But
us horses are not in the habit of exiiress. lefisenit2g the. crop Mut by causing am,
Accoraing to Mr. W. '1'. Metenn. llorti-
ing mealy ideas by sounds, as monkeys
culturist of the Central Execrimental
bl tl t
a the disease and methods of preventing
it.
There are two known blights .which
undoubtedly do. it is net conceive e
they eoula understand the meaning of
maay sounds, much less one conneeting
an alostfact idea like that of a pavtieular
day in the week.
The way in which a horsmevill find its
way home if it has ever travelled the
journey before, even once, is• the best
evidence of its wonderful power of ob-
servatien. Horses which have led a
fairly free life sometimes equal the elm
plata in this respeet, though many pee.
ple forget that the loug life of the eke
phaut endows it With a range of expert.
mice which ite other twined an equal.
The gift is by- no means absent even oi
hotses kept artificial surroundings.
"T. P. D.," writing in The LiVe Stock
journal, says:
"In 1804 I took a house in a country
quite new to toe. The boosts eves in
rather a difficult labyrinth of lanes, r
the llamas lately imported. After •
'fled been hat a short tiine tainting t fell
bite good run eta left off at some Bs -
twice teem home, The horse I rode was
one of my Visit mares, and in Ana out ot
the stable the Most intelligent. _She W•114
goieg along quite metaily till intim Ilark
ahe tried to tunt tlown lane. checked
her, helloing the road we were on to be
the right one. 8110 obeyed the rein, but
instantly her elteery trot Immune a
weary jog, t doubted, but held on, !got
being Very $1111. of the way myself, T ems
made more floubtful bY the wav the jog
became walk. Still AM:maim thought
the mitre Wee teelly tired, and
tit and leallteat SIM began in drag on the
rein, may say that t often 'walk up
hills after n leng day hunting, end el -
war* teeth the tome to come alome with
g, slack rein, Nor, this Mare had learn -
Fenn, this disease passes the winter m.
the tubers, ilea in the spring when the
vines begin to grow it starts.to develop,
growing up through the tissues of the
potato stem. During the tatter part of
,Tuly it produces on the undersides of the
leaves myriads of tiny spores, which in
the mass have a frost -like apearance.
These spores make the mot stage, waich
is caused by the. leaf themes drying, up
where the spores have been fe.eiling on
them and clouting ilark brown spots, It,
is from this stage. that future aufectien
takes place, as tee spores are earned ra,-,
pidly by the wind, and alight on the
foliage. They are also washea below
the surface of the ground atia reach the
young tubers, and in One cause the
att. The potato rot itself ie it dry tot ;
the wet rot dimes through decay of the
tubers. It 18 when the tubers begin to
form Ord the blight begins% to optima
This Is just after the potato has pass-
ed the most vigorous Edema the stage
when in a wild state it would be blos-
soming etta produeing seat. At this
stage the constitution of the piant
WeakA110{1, Which probably Makes it
more, Ward to diseitse at this time. In
the Prommes of Ontario potato
usually dry up during the latter part of
August. "ally Should they die so soon
when they do tot prodnee geed If
the eeasou is fairly hateable e‘eli the
earliest vatietwe may In, kept growing
right on into September lty, thorough
.cultivation mitt spraying. the import-
ant pointAs to get them past the per-
iod when they fats 111 •11, ueakmed eGn•
ditto% without injury from fungoue
The changes along our eastern shorna
are largely the result of the rivers pours
ing their detritus into the sea, for there
is no coast in the world so well defended
from the violence of oeean storms as
the eastern shores of this country are
by the long banks of sand that stretch
like a line of earthworks in front of the
mainland. Still, many men in the Gov -
moment service barn to be kept can-
stantly engag'ed revising the water sur.
veys along our shores.
13 ed. ridden 15 Years. — "11
anybody wants a 'written guarantee from me
personally as to my wonderful cure from
rheumatient 133r South ,American Rheumatic
Cure, I v•Ill be the gladdest woman in tile
world to give it," sari Mrs. John Beau-
mont, of Elora. "I had despaired of rooter -
cry up to the time of taking this wonderful
remedr. It cured corapletely."—GS
OLD GIBRALTAR.
There wits such an outcry over the
iinmendina fate. of the islana that the
present Emperor took it upon itianself
personally to simerviee the plans for
safemiarding wbat ts left 'of the rock.
So -many homes and 'hamlets were en-
gulfea tied about 1,000 persons, one-
taird of the population, left the island
within twelve years.
Tae British (estimate that the orogen
constantly in progress along their emote
is just about made good by the debris
swept up along the lower ports of tile
shores, forming lieW land. England is
so denstly peopled that it cannot afford
to Tose territory. It manages to keep
,iust taint the mac mount of elm -
big room.
Some countries too gaining territory
at. the expanse of the neigabors, Rua
ulthout any excuse for kiekieg ine
ternational vow. Tbis is the ease with
Teukin, whose great rivers rise nmong
the. hithlands of weetern thine aml de-
scend iuto the low Tonkin igain with so
swift a cement th.at they 'bring it pert
of China with them and spread it over
. the bit; Vreradt colony,
1 Tonkin is pushing ant into Om sea at
the rate of nearly arty feet a year. Its
, capital, Meld, stood en the edge of the
wit 'Mehl, centuries ego, but 18 110W
far Walla:
I When Ailmiral Chester was hydrogro-
,phie twipeetor of f,lii *as au Noy •
aeaill there Woe hardly any part of the
Atlantic. eatiesard not stuveyal same
i the cavil war that Wag tint itt 11(Ttl 34
' mitire resurvey. Six 'y00.1,4 major tem.
'Minder Bartlett, ebief ef the Hydro-
. , ' '
Taken by Hooke in the Year emm, as
an Afterthought.
On August 4, 1704 (new style), the
Rock of Gibraltar -was captured by
Great Britain and it has remainell in
aer possession from that day to this.
Among the many possessions scattered
all over the globe that are comprised
in the British Empire to -day _there ie
none that the nation holds with greater
tenacity, for reasons both of sentiment
and of material interest, and none that
it would lose with more poignant shame
and sorrow than the redoubtable strong-
hold WO took from Spain at the begin-
ning of the reign of Queen Anne.
The fact that throughout the eight-
eenth century when so many conquests
in both hemispheres changed hands back-
ward and forward in. successive wars,
and under successive treaties Gibraltar
remained permanently in the 'keeping of
England might seem to prove that Bri-
tish sentiment with regard to is was
from the first the same as it is to -day.
But this is far from having been the
case. For, although at the end of 200
years of our possessions of the fortress
at a time when the imperial instinct
of Englishmen has become more con-
sciously developed and more deeply in-
grained than ever before, and at the
same time more intelligently apprecia-
tive of the true meaning of sea powets
and alive to the strategical requirements
of its maintenance the retention of the
key of the Mediterranean has become
an essential article of our political
creeca it WaS a considerable time before
the immense value of the acquisition
was fully realized by British, statesmen.
It seems strange encnigh to us to re-
member that Rang George I. and his
111iftaitaakaittearareaaayasto give up. Gibral-
tar merely to secure Spain's acquies-
cence in the arangement by which the
quadruple alliance was anxious to
make some pettifogging modifications
ill the shuffle of territories effected by
the treaty of Utrecht, but it is stillmore
extraordinary that so elear-sigated, pat-
riotic and high-spirited an empire build-
er as Lord Chatham himself should have
made a similar offer. as an inducement
to Spain to help up to recover Minorca—
and this moreover, at a time when the
fortress had. been in our hands fo. more
than half a century andits vital im-
portance to our growing maritime sup -
ma'am/ had already been abundantly
proved in the naval wars of the period.
Happily the Spaniards were as blind as
ourselves to the supreme importance of
the position commanding the road from
tiTe .eitlantic to the Mediterranean.
The truth is, as readers of Mahan
do not need to be reminded, that the
importance of sea power and the nature
of the foundations on which it is based,
were very imperfectly grasped even by
England, in the seventeenth and the
first half of the eighteenht century,
and eotreely At all by any other Etna
open power. Occasionally at fad -vats
some statesman like Colbert in France
or Alberoni in Spain, had more than au
inkling of the truth, but no nation ex-
cept England ,made deliberate and sus -
tallied efforts with a view to maritime
development. Even England did so rath-
er by instinct than insight.
Of this blindness to the true Orineiples
of maritime poliey the taking of Gibral-
tar and its history during the following
three-quarters of it century afford it
Striking illustration. Joist as the VaSt
importance of its acquisition was at
the time tiliderrate.d both by England
and apain so its actual capture by the
former Wits an afterthought and (itmay
almost be said) an Accident. It became
a British possession in the first in-
stance because at a time when we hap-
pened to be at war with one of the rival
claimants to the Spanieh throne our
admiral in the Mediterranean nappettal
to have no particular objeetiVe ill view,
and having failed 113 his only enterprise
of that year, Was unwilling to tel1rit
hem with it fine fleet that had done
nothing for the honor of the flag. So
he thought he might as Well maim an
attack on tlibraltar as do anything r4M.
NeVertheless LIS to he Tot;0..
onell among the 'notable deeds that won
the empire, and one that on o bil•ete -
tenary deserves to be 110.1 3•3 moue-
brance.—Ninetemith Century :nil Aaer.
•
In Segovia, northern Spain, saunas ono
14 the most earione strusturee 113 the
world, a painee that ie Loewe "the
does or insects. erapittes Talks. sti t , home of the palatS." hecrlit4e its front
Experiments eombieted at the Vey- nienw complaints from inereliantmea e•nd is vaned into iutiumerable fatale.