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A House of Mystery
OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE
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(11APHat XVII.
1 approach this and .the following
Chupt rs of my sea rsonal history
with feelings of el rent and of
It•an'.fulne's Itral 1 st: it'd s.lia be al ve
and able to write ck vn.ltte truth freely
enol without fear, for 'they events were
-� ertainly most remarkable and utterly
rtr)sUfying. -
In no man's history has there ever
been such a strange, tewildering page
as the one 1 am about to reveal to v au.
Fender, as I have taken you Into my
et 'Valence, so also 1 tell you conllJtnil-
ally that 1 myself, an (-Watery man,
w<uhl never have telfev,d th,-rt in This
ere of ours such things were poable,
had 1 not myself experienced then, and
personally endured the frightful agony
tut mind which they. entailed. But i am
writing down in -black -ane white, u: on
tree pages the solid unvarnished fee's,
kearkss of contradiction, so that the
whole of the strange truth shall be
known, and that she who Is dearest to
n e on earth may be adjudged by the
world with fairness and with justice. For
that sole reason I have tesolyeet to re -
lee this romance of real life, otherwise
it would ever remain in that crabbed
writing in that small portfolio, or secret
denser, as it is called, numbered: dock -
eh d, and releasing in the archives of the
Ministry of the Interior of a certain Eu -
recce!) Power.
Well. 1 have written the truth here, so
that all who read may judge.
immediately- alter the slight abrasion
of my tongue,: caused by the scratch of
the rieed!oeeo ew,ntngle concealed in the
cigar, 1 must havealost all censciousnes.
01 that 1 have no doubt. The rocolt•:c-
tens I have are only the faintest one,,
blurred and indistinct, like shadows in
a dream. I remember shout ng In alarm
and fighting fiercely again -t the dn,ws
nes. and general debili'y which seemed
k. overcome+ me, but all was with litter
or no effect. The last 1 rcmemter was
the ugly face of Hickman glaring ev.l:y
•'t into mine. Ills h:deenrs grin so mud to
render his dog's face the more rtjtulsive,
and his Inugh of triumph sounded in my
cars harsh and discordant, ,hewing
plainly that the spirit of mW'.•& Was in
hie heart.
At the snme instant that 1 had mode
a n.oveme nt towards hon, I seemed to
ave• received a stuttiiing L1ow upon the
t< l' of the skull, which so dulled my
census that 1 w•as °i•owerless to combat
the curious coin:ness that seized me,
and nn)( senseless mean the lkor of that
- ` !si, iii � wAu d:1 4,:iga.
ltj LRcn was the refie�•t.. n that 1 e :s
*-est
in the hands of an enemy. -sly
4 first estrnate 0 the man ttickmnti had
• been correct, 1 1 regretted that I del
mil allow mf!n -endive caution to over.
rule my desire to become on frarnitty,
kerns with -him. Ile had entic9eff neeelo
lent plata with an evil enact a^-pos-
• silily that I might sherc :lite game fate
ai did that young marl on the fatale
nicht at The 13o1foirs.
;life prek of an- i,rdipeay needle ripen
. the tragus, would never have created
air, h an electrleal effect uron me, thcre-
k re it was certain that tiro point had
leen smeared w.th some powerful drug
cr poison. The ingenuity welsh which
the cigar had loin prepared way strewn
by the tact that a needle placed within
would, as the t,b+c •o became moistened
by the saliva, gradually work down-
ward towards the know, while the heat
a' the further end of the needle would,
of c, arse, render liquid any coating
piac.d ul.on it. Without ck,ubt 1 had
been the victim of a deeply laid plot,
prepared with a cunning haat seemed
almost beye.nd coni,%relknsIon.
The blank in my mind, caused by my
sedde-n untie nsake:aness, d d not appear
t e me to be of very tang durati n. All
1 know is that t was utterly ignorant of
ete:y event that transpired about me,
and knew nothing whatever of any o'
the in...cdenls which afterwards took
place in That dark, obscure house, or
else.%he•re. And yet they must have
Nee 4..1 a charuc'er absolutely unheard
of
1 have snid that the ,seri• d of my be-
nighted senses did not appear te be pro-
k,ngcd. inelced, now on roll ction fn
the calmness of the present, 1 am in -
tined to put (ken the lapse of time
during which, In my estimation, 1 was
lest to all knowledge of things about
cite at Iwo, or perhaps three hours. Of
ec• urse, it is dimcult to fix lime when
w • awaken after sleeping, except by the
de gay' of light in the heavens. 1f it 1s
Elia dark. it is always difficult to gauge
he hour. So it was with ire when.
with a heavy, bruised feeling about Ib.
top of my skull, I slowey stt•uggl.d Laity
to n knowledge ,d the world.
My (list thought as I entered my .yes
was et 1I ekman. My second was a
feeling oft.• prise that i had leen un -
e n•c nus hong. for whi• a it wag
Mete Iwo AhI ck In the morning when
my 1. ngue had Men pri,k 1 by the
cone akd needle. and my adversary had
dealt me a cru+h:nit blow upon my
skill ns 1 had rushed upon hien, yet
straight Were my eyes the sun was
shining full uron the carpet. and the
pnrtic'es of dust were dant lig in its
en:den rays.
surely, 1 thought, 1 could net have
remained unconscious for nearly twelve
hems.
The pain in my Akre! wee excruetnt-
ing. 1 put my hand to the w. and, and
as Yon 1 with free it found ble od upon in
1 fell a huge t unlpe tui the abrasion cif
th skin vies. I de ova r d. a my r.! ght.
at first my brain was a ntttese d and
ruzzkd, as Zhou►'t► my (Metal tenses
were wrap. e1 In , cion weal. Al a 'o•s
to e.e:•e:nt ter the time tare led ala •'e 1.
1 lay tip( n Ib a tar; et just as 1 airs. in
seem . ign. rent wentcrmcnt My ,t es.
dr.zz: d t•) tat• tingle sure `+1, pa►nn1
k
ire, and 1 dosed them. Perhaps I dozed.
Of that 1 am not quite sure. All 1 know
is that when 1 opened my eyes again
the teen in my head seem; d b tee, and
ray senses seemed gradually to wog -
raze, apo rcciate, and perceive.
was lying en ►ny se5e mon tie' car-
pel, and slowly, w.th a careful effort in-
volunlarily made by the march of in-
klIecl, 1 gazed around rte.
The place was unfamiliar—utterly un -
falterer. I felt my bead, and again
glanced at my hand. No. There was
sufficient proof that my skull bad been
injured, and that i was ly;ng alone in
that room with the bar of sunlight stent-
it:l; straight b+ fore my eyes.
Gradually. and not without consider-
able difficulty—for 1 was still half -dazed
—I made out the objects atout me, and
le: ante awaro of my surroundings.
My eyes were amazed at every turn.
Whereas li ckman's apartment was a
dirty, shabby lodging-hrouso silting -room
of that stereotyped kind so well-known
to Londoners, the place where•:n 1 found
myself was a rather large, handsomely
furnished drawing -room, the two king
windows of which opened out upon a
wide lawn, with a park and a belt of
high Trees far beyond. Front whore 1
was 1 could s<e a wealth of roses, and
across the lawn 1 saw the figure of a
woman in a white summer blouse.
The carpet weher•eon I waz; -stretched
was eon and rich, the furniture -Was of
ebany, with gilt ornamcntalione--1 think
F1 neh, of the Empire "perod—white
close to me was a • grand piano, and._
Waina chair teside it a woman's gerejcn
hat.
I looked at that bat criticallj`.1"1t be-
icnged to a young wgman, menet►bl, for
it was big and fk ey of aft yfltow
straw, with cherries, triateetair strings to
Le b neath the chn. 1 pepternd •Itxbwn-
er 41S pretty and attracIm . • : .
About that morn the:e,were ecieen-
from Cairo, little ir<# i , oefte@;tab!es
from Algiers, quaint' wend-cartiings of
the Madonna bcneagt gla.s shacks', Ios'r-
ioned by the leaaants of Central Nussia,
Italian
.statuarea and moderns+French
paintings. Tile room semed seimcst a
museum of souvenirs of cosiaopol.tan
travel. Whoever was its owntte• truer
dently ne\cthe value 91 brieeeliesc,and
had -picked up by ps fectien in:erti4 far
a iked.
Tie dcor .wHi. closed, and over it
hung a rich portiere of dark -blue plush
edged with gold. The sculptured over -
mantel, in white marb 1, was, 1 quickly
detected, a replica of eine 1 hail seen and
admire4•in the Bargello, in Florence.
t'Itte,•.srlrjeetres tie r, aroused my won -
ear. 11 was lying on the floor seraight
before me, an object in white marble,
the sculptured arra of a woman wile
the indox finger outstretched. Tho
I�rb� wee , of life -she proportions, and
-hrd apparently been broken off at the
ellatnie
1- staggered unevenly to my fret, in
outer to further pursue my investiga-
t ons, and then 1 saw, upon n pedestal
close to roe, the marble figure of a
i'hryne with its arm broken.
In the centre of that handsome apart-
ment 1 stood and gazed wondrngly
an•und. My transition from that b zarre
silting -mom in Chelsea to this house,
evidently in the country, had been ef-
t- clod In a manner t.eyorud cornprehen-
s on. My eurier s ng surroundings caused
say weakened brain to reel again. 1
was without hat or overcoat, and as 1
glanced at my Trousers they somehow
din no1 form to be the sorra that 1 had
lc •n wearn(t on the previous night.
{n-tinetivi ly I felt that only by some
ex'rnordinary mid mysterious means
a.uld I have been conveyers from that
cease -smelling lodging in Chelsea to this
ccuntry mansion. The problem upper-
most in my mind was the identity of the
glace where I had thus found myself
en recovering my senses, and how 1•got
there.
\lye cyts fell up: n the push of do elec-
tee b.11. My rosition, lying (herr in-
jured uron the carpet, demanded ex-
planation, and without 'tither 'unite -
eon I walked across and pressed the
ivory button.
I heard no sound. The bell must have
rung far away, and this gave me the
idea that the louse was a large one.
Intently i listened, and a few minutes
later heard a fouLlk 1. The door upente 1.
and an elderly man -servant, with grey
whl.kers, appeared In the entry ask-
ing—
"Did you ring. sit?'
"Yes," i answered. "Will you kindly
ir,fornt me where 1 nen?"
He regarde I me with n strange, pet-
ted expression, and then, in warm, he
ru-had leeward to me, crying—
"Why. s rl You've hurt your head!
Leek! Y•eere covered with [l oil!"
11 s grey face was pale. and for an
instant he stood regarding me open.
mr.ulhel.
'Can t ye u nnswe r niy questkrn?' 1 de.
mantle,' hastily. "I know That Ivo in -
price my head. 1 didn't call you in or-
der to le nun that. 1 want to knew
where 1 atm"
Thee man's countenance slowly ns:um-
e'l a tertified expression as. he rcgnrde.1
me. and then. without fur h r word, he
new frees] the room as hest as his legs
c uld cnrry him. 1 heard him shouting
tike a lunatic in sem<' other pert of the
Iw.use, and se od ret r'y durnhf.-unde.l
at his extraordinary b.thavtour. He hnd
e,eenpe 1 from my pre enee as though he
had se; n an appar.t on.
A few minutes later, however, he re-
turne.l, acOnmpnniel by a dark-haired.
welt-ehes.sid man of abb ill thirty. tall.
rattier geed -looking. and apparently a
gentleman. Tie instant the latter saw
are tv. rushed fie ward. crying. in a voice
e ! din re.Ss—
"Oh, ray •'ear air, whatever has hap
prnee "
'My b.1.'," 1 captained. "It wos ilial
uelyfaoed scoundrel It il:tr•an. Wherer., t,.?'
"It.ckmanY' echoed the n- w' c mer.
"Hickman? Whoa Le?"
it'll all very well for you to pre-
tend to know nothing clout i1," 1 cried
angrl'y. '13ut 1 tell you that as soon
113 lint able 1'11 apply tor a warrant (or
Itis arrest on a charge of uttemptee
murder. Last night he tried to kill me.'
"1 d. n't urea r:-tand you,," the Aran -
ley re.sp•end. d.
"I tient, t f cowse, expect you !n at.n,tt
any complicity in the alfa,►•,' 1 ..napped.
"You'd be a foal if you did. All I tell
you is that rut attempt has leen made
ur, in my life by a man to whom I wes
:ntro,luc.d as Hickman."
"Not in this merle'
I I.cs.ta'OJ.
'No, not in this room," 1 admitted. "It
was in a house at Chelsea."
The young man exchanged meowing
glances Stith tae manservant.
"At Chelsea!" repeated tb stranger.
"In London?'
"In London."
"Well, that's very curious," he re-
marked. 'Then, turning to the servant,
sad—
"Gill. go and fetch Doctor Breen at
once. Say nothing of this to any one in
the house."
"Yes. sir," answered the servant, who
inaantly withdrew.
"I suppc•se you've sent for the doctor
to bandage my head?" 1 remarked cyni-
cally. "lin I er fcctly coir} uteri to do
that if you'll kindly oblige nu with a lit-
tle warn water, a sponge, and some
clean linen.'
"No, nu," he urged. "\Vait in pati-
ence until Britten comes. he'll bo hero
in a mo+rent. 1 saw h`.m returning
hetero only ten m'.nu'cs ag)."
"But how earn. I here?" t demanded.
Ho hesitated, regarding me with eve
rent distrust, mingled with considerable
alarm.
"1-1 really don't know," he responded
lante!y.
"That's all nonsense" 1 cried, with
more force than politeness. " find my-
self here, in this room, wounded and
weak through leas of blood, after hav-
ing been half mur evod, and then you
have ttie cool impudence to deny all
knowledge of how i came here. 1'ou re
u, 11ae -flint's plain.
i had grown angry at this lame at-
tcmpt of his to feign. igroran^.e.
"Yt-,u are extremely cennplimentary,
• he answered, coloring slightly.
"Wein' porllaps you won't mind telling
in therterarie 1 find that that cunning
scntetetHeitaaliekenen, nal content with
iryine t; poisyn me with a prepared el -
bar and str.k ng me on the held in that
ccwardly, evay, has also robbed me of
my watch and chain."
glan••ed at. Ids watch.
"It's half fntst two," he answeir d
at nee lyeee
' fiaif►past hvol Then it happened
more 'ban twelve hours ago,' 1 observ-
ed.
"1 wish Britten woukt hurry,' the
young man remarked. "1 don't l.ke the
eltok of that wound. its such a very
Trask place."
"Only a scnlp wound," I sad lightly.
"Properly bandaged, it will be all right
to
it few days. There's fortunately no
frac'ure." •
"Weil, you're a pretty mass, at any
ra' c."
"And so would you be" I said, "it you
had Wen entrapped as i ve been."
les fn e seemed blot d e--, as though
the di c easy of my peke toe thine had
caused hire the utmost alarm. Ho
felgetel and glanced eagerly now and
then towards the door.
At last 1 dislingu'shed advancing
footstep,. and there entered an ederly,
dapper, w'm'e-l:eardcd little man, whose
general demeanor and buttoned frock -
coat gave him the air of a medical prac-
titioner. He held his silk teat in his hand
and as he placed it down i noticed that
h s st•th •scope reposed cross -wap in tho
lining.
Food,
Products
Libby's
Veal Loaf
is made of the best
selected meat, scientific-
ally prepared and even-
ly baked by damp heat
in Libby's Great While
Kitchen. The natural
flavor is all retained.
When removed from the
tin it's ready to serve.
It can be quickly pre-
pared in a variety of
styles and nothing makes
a better summer meal.
In the home, at the
camp, and for the picnic
Libby's Veal Loaf is a
satisfying dish, full of
food value that brings
contentment.
Libby, McNeill L Libby,
Chicago.
Cobalt's Latest Big Flotation
The Chambers -Farland Mining Co.
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Capitalization of $2,500,000.00—
Par Value of Sharps $1.00-
300,000 Shares in Treasury.
Of all the Cobalt Illations, past and
present, none has excited greater pub-
t.c interest than that of the Chambers
le rlund Mining Co.
Surrounded as it is by or adjacent to
such famous producers as the La Bose,
N:pissing and OBrien, and having an
!erotical format:on with these proper -
hes the future of the Chambers-Ferland
is assured.
The Lit Bose, as a glance at the se-
c nrpnny'fng reap will dtselcse, dces not
su r un 1 the Chambers -Fenland, but
i, surrounded by the Chambers-Fer-
lend. IL is known ttfttt the lea Bose
Las an enormous ore -body blocked out.
The La Rose veins are in the heart of
the Chambers-Ferland and have been
cached up in this company s workings.
The Nipissing is one of tho camps
greatest producers and the O'Brien
.shipped last' year over one million dol-
lars' worthier ore. The Province of On-
tario receieed a quarter of a Brillion
dollars ot'thls by rcaton of its royalty.
In expectation of receiving similar re-
turns and by reason of the kn-.wn rich-
r:ss of the 121 acres of the Chambers-
Ferland Co., the government of Ontario
retains a 23 rer cent. interest in the
property.
In oonsldering the property under re-
v.cw in this article, it must Le remem-
bered that this is the balance of the
acreage that was stalked in the early
days, when the entire Cobalt district was
oyer to tho syndicate atter whom this
c' nipany is named. The syndicate sokl
ttk ttipissing property. The O'Brien
Mine, as is well known. Is owned Ly
1l• r srs. M. J. O'Brien and J. B. O'Brien
rind the 124 acres now owned by the
Chainbers•Ferhand Mining Co. remained.
In the selection of this acreage the
syndicate certainly made no mistake.
To the east, south and west lie the
rich O'Brien and NipL.sng veins and
the most valuable part of the right of
wiry Iles adjacent.
The O'Brien, Nipiss'.ng and La Bose
ate the camp's heaviest shippers and
arc probably the highest • r•duccyj of
silver In the world.
The lea nose has undoubtedly the
largest ore reserve in the camp. The
0 Brien is extensively developed, so
much so, that the owners of this mine
have decided on the immediate ere: -
ton of a large eoncenterting mill on its
'property at a cast of $120,000.
A rich vein was located on one end
el the property, near the main traveled
road, leading down Into Kerr I.ake
sect( .n, and rich ore was -taken out and
sucked several months ago. The open
cut can be seen from the road. 'Then
differenees with the govern-
ment, all of el►:e.h have since been eel-
followedt:eil.
Lost year W. I1. Linney. formerly
superinten.Ient at the N:.%1 --:ng, was se -
cur, -d. as his familiarity with the Nipis-
sing veins would have been very valu-
ak!e. He stnrled to work, but the min -
ere' strike of last smuttier caused a ces-
m-at:on of work.
Super:ntendenl V. 11. Jeffrey, form-
erly of the La nose, has since teen put
in charge t f the mining operralora anti
tee shafts are be.ng sunk.
Typical tughrade ore, and by this !a
meant high-grade ore typical of (.. tall
camp, has been encountered in the-
shaf's and these shafts w.11 be cent.nu-1
ed to depth. and by cross -cuts and
drifts a vast amount of underground
exploration work will be done, an.t '.ie
this way the rich veins aiready enc.url-
tered on the surface and bind veirA
which abound in this section of the camp
will be ureneed up and develeteeth
As a result the many rich veins now
being we rked at depth on the adjoin-,
inti minis named, and which are kn{awn
tee run into this property, will be en -1
c(entered and developed. Immediate;
attenhen will bo paid to the veins de-
fiuitely devil ipel by the O'Brien, Neese.
e ng, La Rose and Right of \\'ay.
Then this company also has an acre-
age extending on the other side of the
'r. & N. 0. nye., where the Nipiss ng and
Te►niskauting & Hudson Bay Co. are
working rich veins.
The emphatic statement of a well;
known engineer who has examined the
property is that there is "no partially
developed ground in the Cobalt district
Letter situated or has greater promise.'
McCunig Bros & Co., memb-rs of the
Manteca! stork Exchange of Montreal
Of e blind the propetsilion ant it cs welt-
l.rcwn that their clientele is always of -
Vied somcih`ng good and the firm's
connection with the flotaton is a guar.
saki of its success.
A comparison of the capltalizat on of
Chambers-Ftrland with other Cobalt
propositbns, Including the biggest dal
vieend-payers, tak;ng into considera-ll
lien the company's superior location
and large acreage, cannot fail to innn,
pre -ss the careful investigakr.
On the directorate of this new come
harry are Messrs. William C. Chambers,
Arthur Portend, William B. Russell. R.
K. Russell and ft. A. Galbraith, the ori -I
gnat owners of the prorerty and of the'
\rpiss:ng. Mr. Jeffreys is the superin••
tcndent.
Sketch of Part of thg Rit_Cobalt District, Showing the Chambers.-7Ferland Property and Adjoining Mines,_
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"My deer ski My e'ear sirl What's t
Ih s " he legan fussily. "Come, sit IN
dcwn." and he thew me towards a chair,
rind seated himself upon the edge el an-
other ck.se to tits
"\ly head has been injured. Exarnhx
foe yourself."
"AhI" ter exclaimed, first r.gard•ng me
fixedly, and then rising and examining
in head. "A nasty scalp -wound, 1 see.'
Ile felt it carefully with his fingers, caus-
ing me a sharp twinge of pain. "No
fracture, no fracture. That's fortunate—
eery fortunate. Its not serious at alt.
1'rn glad to tell you—nothing se-ious.
How did it cc lire?"
"1 was struck. that's a:: I remember,..
i answered. turning to him and looking
into his face.
"With something uharp-i ointed, evi-
dently;" and he looked extn•rncly puz-
zled.
"1 don't know what It was."
"From what 1 can fox, I think you
must have had a previous blow iipon
the carne scot at same lime or another.
Do you remember it?'
"Not at all," 1 answered. 'al erre° re-
ceived a blow on the head by the kick
of n horse, but it was at the side."
"Ah. perhaps This was a blow In in-
it./1-y, and you don l recollect It."
Then. ns he exchanged a strange look
with the young man who stood eager
ant anxious at his side, his quick eyes
suddenly fell upon the broken arm of
the statue
"Why, whnt'a this?" he cried, a smul-
den light apparently clowning upon hire.
"Leek herr., there's bkod rind hair upon
Ill's marble finger. 1'• a ve evidently
struck y. ur head :wren.', it in passing.
and so violently as to break the marble.
Seer'
looked, and there, sure enough, uron
the outstretched inelox-finger of tete
nimble hand was n Iroise of blood, to
wheel Iwo 'r Ihrec hnirs still clung.
"we've rots. d the tnysl'ryt" he cried.
"i must dress your wound, and then,
my dear sir. you must rest—rest. It
will do your head good, you know."
"But 1 was situ:•k down last night by
a mart named Il cknan in his to ims in
Cheater. He attempted t, murder me.'
"Yes, yes,'' Ino said, as though Inten-
t' nahly hun.oring rne. "We've heard
al about that. But eome with me up.
Malta and let mei dress your wound tit
once.. Gill.' he added. turning to the
servant, "get n:e some hike -wenn water
at once.'
Then he took my nrm and ted no up -
entire to a well -lilted dressing-roe,m,
where he fussily wn-hof and bandaged
my brad. while 1 sal silent, des -d. and
wondering.
(i'o be Cent Hued.)
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Its the turning point in a woman's
lite
whm her hair begins to got gray.
MERRY OLD ENGLAND
NEWS IlY NI %IL ABOUT 1011N BULL
AND 1118 PI:OPI.E.
Occurrences in the Land That Reigns
Supreme In the Commercial
World.
Advertising for a lad, a London firm
ry ceived vvilhin a very few items 600
applications.
The early potato crop in West Nor -
(elk hes been attacked by slugs, which
have done much damage.
-,'aro extensive flour nulls at New-
cestic-under-Lyme were moiety burned,
the damage being estimate] at $15.000.
An iron steamer built on the Wear,
in 18e3, of 3,260 tons, at n cost of over
5250:000, has now been sold for about
$ 12.500.
A series of smell machines Ihnt silcnt-
lygenerale sea n!r in the and tertian,
have been Instalkd at the Lend et Hip-
podrome.
A- robin made Its neat In human
skull wlltch had been left hanging on
the outside of a stable by a medical
student in linden.
A town's meeting. called by the
Mayor of 1-owesteet, has decided by a
large majority in now of permitting
S;.nelay music on the pier.
Miss Emily Easton. of Gateshead, has
'placed 5100,000 in trust for providing
annuities for spinsters in Northumber-
land and Durham.
The C-:n-kermouth Union Board of
Guardians has decided to provide work+
for the 5110 unemployed ironwerkcrs all
Wer k'ngt-n at stonebreaking.
To Brerlcy 11i11 (Staffs), belongs the
i enor of being the first town in tho
kingdom to complete a new battery of
artillery under the Territerriol Army'
scheme.
The Sunderland millers have advance
ec. the price of flour by ls. a 20 -stone'
tack. An increase in the price to thel
ce.nsumer, of probably a aenuy a alone,,
will follow.
Despite his plea of guilty, it roan tit
Stratford charged with theft was dia.
charged because the (tench raid there
wa, not suineknt iv:deuce for any jury+
k, convict him.
Proof of th? perfect discipline in the
ranks of the Salvation Army was nf•i
fonfed last week when 1,200 o(8icers1
changed slat ons and spheres of duty,
without a single hitch.
Bright sunsli ne has been recorded in
Landon to the extent of nearly 2.i4l hours
sine: the Drat dry of the present year.
The average of 25 years ended 1003 Is
21', hours.
Mr. Franklin -Adams. the i skoromer,
is making a chart of the entire heavens,
and is counting the star:, amounting to
s'nmo 23,000.000 recorded on his photo-
graphic fhnrs.
'rhe Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
have an -gain lent staffore House an•1
ganders for an exhibition of crofters'
hemespurs and cottage industries,
which will take place on idly 6.
Whilst engaged at a house In Dover
Reed. Folkstone, wnrkme n found be-
neath the Weir near the faint deer two
cher letters. They bore postmarks dn'ed
11+84, and in one was a postal order for
5+.
SHREDDED
You Won't Plind Warm Weather
if you eat Shredded Wheat. It does not clog the
system or tax the digestive machinery. Every par-
ticle of Shrec'dzd Wheat is easily and quickly
digested by the most delicate stomach.
Try It with fresh frulta for a week and note
results,
Sold by all gracers
WHEAT