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Exeter Times, 1908-04-09, Page 2esuerrerie 4++++v++++++++ >+++++♦++++++♦+++++++++++++♦♦+ A Broken Vow ; —OR BETTER THAN REVENGE. +t++r+++aa+++++++tN44t++++++++++t+t+t+++a♦ CHAPTER VI. Mr. Christopher Rayne had had a bad day. It took much to dampen hie b:;11* - 1I. ear to darken las cheery outlook en life; but this had been a day on w•t►:ch everything had gone wmng with a Cruel porsisteney. ilo had needed d all the optimism that Was in ttint ever to get thr ;ugh the World as well as he had. Iimughe lip te, bcellevo that a fortune was h.s. to et me to hire at a certain time. he ha.1 teen disappointed to And that it never reline at all. The small amount of money left him at his mother's death held never been augmented et all, dee spite vague premises from the mysteri- ous Uncle Phipps. In time that small amount of money had dw!ndkd down, despite all his efforts to cling to i'; and Jt had at last dwindled so far that it required a very keen pair of eyes to sew any of it at all. Then it was that Christopher Dayne had taken himself l,y the throat, as it were, and given himself a shake, and determined to see about earning hLs living. In a ck)lutory fashion Christopher had been making towards that end for 'seine little tine. Turning a natural gift to account, he had written a little, and read a great deal more: having an observant eye and some considerable sense of humor he had been careful to write about the things he saw in nn easy and pleasant way. More than that, setting about the business from the point of view of work. and work only, he had not disdained to listen to sug- g,,eeI:ons made by busy editors and others, and so had gradually learned to know what was wanted and -to make sone effort to supply it. Only a little at first, with. of course, many disap- pointments, and some little heart -break= ing Nils—Mos; but he was of the stuff that Is not easily beaten, and he was determined to win. lie had started early on economical metho,ls. Even while he clung to the belief that Uncle Phipps must some day put in an appearance and' fulfil his lc,ngelelayel obligations, he yet saw that for the present at least ho must look alter himself. Ile had deterrn Red, therefore, to find it chengp lodging in as pleasant a neighborhood as passible. It you had known Christopher Dayne you would have been certain of one thing–that he would choose hes lodg- ing not solely for reasons of economy; there must be at least some faint sug- gestion of a sentimental reason. After ail. with the whole of London to select from, he oould afford to please himself; and he did so accordingly. Fate, being in generous mood, led him to Chelsea; took him by the stmt. ders, ns it were. at the corner of Green- ways' Gardens and gave hien a little push wh'.ch carried him exactly oppo- site No. 3. And having reached thnt spot he w-e•nt no further; for there was a face at the window, looking out allur- ingly beside a cord on which was set the one word--"Apnrtments." 1t Is true that the face was gone the next mo- ment; but Christopher had seen it, and With n little hot feeling in his throat he knocked at tho door. Dsappointment number one; the pro- saic . figure of Odley appeared. Cer- tainly it heel not been her fact) that had looked eut on to Greenways' Gardens; the only oomforting nought was that the owner of the other face must be In the house somewhere. Odley was garrulous. and almost pathetically anx- kilts to let those two top rooms; but Christopher wavered. Suppose, after all. the owner of that fade hal been a mere visitor? Sup prise he took the t'i on . ns it were, under false pro- f.=Hees? 11 veva r. he decided to see there, ,in.1 by an accident made up his mind quite rapidly to take thein. Ile had been left to himself for a mo- ment. the better to inspect them; and while he wavered, and vhilo Odley, with her hend on one side. watched him, and ereculated as to his verdict, there haat sounded on the stairs the quick t ttvlhe et skirts; then a little his- sing whtM er, evidently intended to at- tract Odleys ntlenlse►n. With it mut- tered ap,Iogy she went out; anal Christo- pher Dnyno heard another voice speak - Inv rapidly to her in whispere. "is it all right, alley? i)o you think he'll tike them' There'll be nettling to worry fib eat then–will there'" Oelley was quite rtsteniehiel. when she went lark into the room, at the niac •ity with which Chrislepher decided ;theta the mntterr; he seemed ,Rite eager. So It came about that Christopher i)a;.•ne aellleel down in the two top rooms, wonder:ng n little how he was to ray the rent, but stuttering vngue things to himself crneerning irspiration a:Ad sueh ether mysterious 'netters. There Ls a certain glory surronr.il- ins; the man who writs. no matt'r evenl it be he tt riter. aleeit. The mere deliberate sitting 41 evn fit n tab's', with few poor seheets of paper. to earn a liv'ng is nhsurel In begin with; there Is stitch nn amount e,f e�,urnue' required. Teener -re the mere a hisper of h`s prn. fe'-sien in the house stamped him a wonder; his pens were sacral; his paper silica as no other men mull use. Mys- tery surreeintle'et the two top mains; and fluttering of !Skirts ani whispers ern the stairs alt painted to it. When (leilev haat remarked with note that she had actually "caught hire tit lt," to ii her own expression. little Lucy Ewing mnhl tenlain herece'tf net longer. Gently but Ilrm1v the next morning she took the bre'nkfeeet tray from 041ey:s nerve- less heats. and carried it, with it Ns/d- ing heart. to the Lip manse% And that, Cf e+ arse, herein the Midterm. Think of the situation. Cbriatophsr &that girl 111 supe • V us teens,' et a table, expecting the prosstie Odley La blunder into the moat rand to retake remarks concerning the weather rend ether w:intere.sting topics; instead of wh ch carne a fairy in human Aerie, with a troy held before her, and Wrestling prettily at being found in such a sauatien. It being absolutely neces- sity, a'so, that assistance shouted be rertaerod with regard to the tray, an- other difil.:ult arose. Try it for your- self; gel hold of one side of a Lound tray that won't keop straight, wh le the other side is held by n fairy 1n human form. and endeavor lo get it on to a square tab'e. Christopher Mand him- self. in no time at all, stumbling over a chair ani pulling the trey too much over his sides of the table; which necea s`tated much c'ose examination of the tray itself. and much putting of hend trgether, In a blushing, awkward half - minute. S. diseonecert!ng. too, to be asked 1f here was anything else that would be regtilred; 5a neces_snry to F.e't up anti hell the door while the divinity passed though. No appetite for l+renkfast after that; only an insare longing that there might be another course to bring tip, end that she might bring it. Odley can:o to clear away the brenk- fist, and Odley was nn'iusei, Curious- ly enough, however. she proved to be a person of experience in these mat- ters: in some day set well back in tho past site had been an object of attrac- tion. ae'cording to her own account. There was no single room In the house to which a dramatic love episode had net taken place. and most of the herons of those episaxles appeared to have died violent deaths afterwards from sheer despair at her stony -heartedness. Alto- gethor a remarkable house. The. divinity came again on the fol- lowing morning, and was less shy. in- deeed, she timidly asked a question con- cerning the work he did, and was amaz- ee1 to tlnd Som„ of it actually printed. It being necessary that he should stand Suite closo to her, with his shoulder against hers, while he pointed out how disgracefully the man who had illus- trated 1t had missed his points, there was no rnfere breakfast for hint that t'ny; and Odhey began to be impressed with the fact thnt he would probably prove a cheap lodger. fellow–it woul•i be as easy as possible. If 1 knew what they did--" "\Vhen they refused people, Mr. Dayne?" she broke in demurely. "No --I don't mean that, he stam- mered, looking at her earnestly. fsy.strait the truth is, Miss Ewing, to put down on paper what seem, na- tral to say; it doesn't seem right, somehow. 1 know 1 could say it; 1 could simply take hold of erdear and' hands, ani look into her eyes, say to her " "Perhaps you had better let the story stand as it is, !tMr. Dayne," she inter- rupted hastily. Then. fearing that she had ofanntk I him, el►e said. very pret- tily and kindly, "i'nt so glad to know that you're getting on well–beginning to do big ttwtge. We're all so proud 4f yea." "Thank yeti," he said, with a sudden glow in his face. "1 can't understand It myself; 1 mean the way in which I've simply got to work. I want to take my coat off to it ---if you'll excites) theexpression, Miss Ewing. It's only 11x: question of money; it clines a bit hard at limes to have to grind away and bear disappointments, and ell that sort of thing. And you know, illi.>q Ewing, 1 ought to have been quite rich." "That w.►uld have been very nice. Mr. Dayne," she said, with on inward sigh to think that in that case she might never have sten him at Green- ways' Garden,. "Yes–quite a let of money was com- ing to nip for the mutter of that," he elite!. "A certain wonderful Uncle Phipps was coming from tho land where tho fortunes grow, to give mo what was mine. It wee entre ted W him by my mother, to invest for me– anti I've never heard a word of it since. 1 wonder if 1 shall ever hear anything about it?" "1 hope so, Mr. Dayne, for your sake," replied the girl. That had been some time before, and they had grown to be even better friends in they meantime. Unfortunately, that first early promise of success had not been entirely fulfilled; disappointments had conte. and even the little money duo to him for work had not been forth- coming. Odky had been patient, and ehrie;tropher apologetic; and on this day in particular the ' young man hats climbed the. stairs tread rdad rebid dell cl'rnb'd many stairs, and met with sev- eral rebuffs–and then had lied to come back to Chelsea empty-handed. Per- haps Lucy guessed at his non-success; certainly she did net alma near bim that evening. Which madolt, of course, alp the worse. IA WOMAN THOUGH QUELN Then he began to work at a terrible rate–burning midnight oil and things of that kind. indeed, Odley was quite afraid to go 10 bed sometimes for fear he should fall ns1 p and set fire to N. 3. Because it must be understood that he had found an inspiration lie had never had before; and he was work- ing harder than ever now, just to show Miss Lticy Ewing what the business was like, and just to show her, too, what sort of a amen ho was. if only he could have been of sufficient importance to have nn editor call for hien--or even n printer's boy, drumming his heels against the legs of the one chair in the little hall–it would have been a great thing. 13ut, of cour•eo, all that was to come in time. Youth –and work–and love – and hope! They had all oome suddenly fluttering into the windows of No. 3, Gteemvays' -Gardens, and even Odley, who had lived and gown stout on sec- onhand Imaginative romance, wanted to put it ribbon In her dress somewhere, and had it wild desire (fortunately nev- er carried out) to dance anti sing. When Mc wonderful young man started to work in the morning the house was hushed on his account, ter if Odley had dropped a broom and broken a sentence. heaven only knows what would have happened. And it wee so mysterious, so wonderful to contemplate the amazing resources of the man. as, ter instance, as Oelley pout it, "where be got It all front." "Of course, they discussed the work; sympathy is n very tine thing it it osines from the right person. For he wen young and Inexperienced; and he had such a lot yet to learn, which only i.ury could teach him. For instance, 1t will scarcely be belief ed that he was positively amateurish in Ids love scenes; end she delicately told him so. "1 m sur.' yeti tenni minst any inter- fering. Mr. !ray'"." she said one day, when he hail est,e i her opinion of a sono of most vital importance between a passionate young hero and a shy and retiring heroine, "but she would never have said that." "Don't you really think so, Miss Ew- ing?' he nssked. "1t sounded all right.' "I will read it,' said Lucy. "And eh. 1 do hope you won't think me im- per•tinentl.– She bowed her head and turned away. "11 can never be what your heart de- sires," she e h;spered, "but if you realty noel a friend, turn without hesitation tee me." ALEXANDRA. OF ENGLAND FEMININE 1L HEit CHARM. "Its no use; I can't go on owing these p•cop'.o money," he said 10 himself, as he paced about his room that night. it's all a muddle and a mistake; 1 never should have come here at all. Why– i'.1 like to kiss the shabby carpels her feet walk upon: and yet she trails on me, and 1 can't even pay what I owe. it only that precious uncle of mine would give some sign–would let me know 1f he's alive or dead. For the money's mine. and 1 have a right to It. It belonged to my mother. i sfiall have to take a cheaper lodging some- where–and then pay these peeplo back when 1 can. 1 shall have to leave her –anti never see her again." Likes to Wear %ltgnificetit Jewels -- Princess of Wales of Another Type. The greatest appeal that Queen Alex- andra ineke4 to her immediate house- hold as w•eil as to her subjects is the appeal of per•fc' t wenlnnliness. She Las all the feminine weakn: sse5 whidt are said to be fast disappearing in her sex–a desire to keep young. a love of dress and jewels, a vanity which prompts her to read all thut is writ- ten about her in England tit uny rate, a lender heart and boundteee sympa- thy, write; a London correiptndent. An American who was summoned to a private audience at the palace the ether day East that the thing whlcn most impressed him abeut the Queen was her air of motherliness, a sort of ntle protecting manner wittt also a tacit appeal to chlvnlre in it. There is no mora deve,led mother in ail the country than Queen Alexandra has lx'en, no more tender daughter than she was L1 Queen Victoria, and no more lcyal wife. Besidss those characteris- tics her desire is to bestow an utmost universal charity, which has to be me- ditled eby those whet take charge of the money she wishes to distribute. The love of what Is b'autcful in art makes the Queen choose her gowns and those of her only ummarrie 1 dal:g?h- ter with more than the usual woman's interest in dresses as dresses. 'Te the first lady in the land soft f►rbrics, DAINTY LACES AND 111011 FUi1S all possess an artistic value aei.1e [r -int their charm as adornments. Queen Alexandra sometimes spends half a morning choosing; a combina- tion of colors for a recoi►tion gown and tho jewels which shall help to set it off. Alt of which seems rather strange when one sups to consider the extreme simplicity of her 1►fe and dress in her girlhood days in Denmark. At the courts the Queen Is ablaze with precious stones, and at the first of these functions this season, when mourning was necessary, her black lace gown was relieve 1 by the rope of pearls she always wears on stat' oc- casions. e-casions. This magnificent necklace is part of ,the Ilan ►verian crown heirlooms, and consists of five ropes of pearls varying In size from these as large as A disturbing thought. that; he crossed to his winet',w anti looked out upon silent Greenways' Gardens. lying asleep under a bright moon. The moon. In inch was PI kind to Greenw•nt•s' Gar- dens that it flooded the place with light, lenvintt only en the pavements the d- Iicatn black tracery of the few tree In the lilt'e palet of grornel In the centre. A4 Christopher 1)ayne looked out of his window. another 'hndott• crossed the broad hand of light. and hesitated. and moppet' almost before the louse. Look- ing at it carelessly. Christopher saw that tics shndo w was that of n woman, and that she seeme.l to hesitate whe- ther to come to that house or not. With some faint growing interest he tvatehe.i her. "1 wish el eed en away," he muttered petu'.gt►tiy. "When elle 'notice like flint. the black shadow of her falls right across That w'indew below. where Lucy sits and works halt the der. i don't like it; I don't like her !levering about like that. There --I'm morbid t.1 -night; everyth ng seems wrong. Conft►une1 t.'ncle Phipps --and confound the sha- dow; I'll go to bed." Ile looked out once oga!n, and the shadow was gone; at the sane time ue heard a loud, sharp knock fit the dear of the house. Deciding that it was no- thing to do with him, and that editors (the only people in whom he was in- terested at that moment) did not hunt tie young authors at that hour of the right. he began to put Itis papers to- gether before retiring. And then there carne a quick, excited knocking at the door of hie room. lie strode across to it and pulled it open, and eonfrontrei Lucy Ewing. Her eyes were very bright. If only ho could have stayed tier tongue then! if only he could have sub- dued the eagerness lint love put Into her vo:ce'l If he could have done that, `.t might all have been different; it might never have occurred tee) the wait- ing women below that through him the could strike fit the girl she longed so well to reach. "Mr. Dayne–Mr. lnyne–get up! . . Oh --I beg your pardon, Mr. Dayne,' she 'Rid, as she stood before her in the doorway. "1 diel not mean to startle yeu–but there is seine -eine to see you –someone you vet y !Ruch want to see. N.. \fr. Dayne; 1 don't think she'd have And 1 am so glad– for your sake."sale! that," continued Lucy, with a ,e:c,melww or other, Io •some rn• terfoua smile. fashion, he had got told of her hands, and they were looking etrnight into each other's eyes. Very remarknhie . of course; but it seemed very natural then. "Who is it?' ho whispered. "She has come from abroad," replied the girl. ".She says sho's your Aunt Phipps." "Do you mean that she would pro- bably have done the other thing–jumped et him. in a manner of speaking'" asked Chrsteepher engerly. "I don't exactly mean that; but 1 don't think she would have refused him quite in that fashion. She's G)•) olid -- too judicial about 1t. It dot n't seem nitural, Somehow." "Well, you stic'e, Miss Ewln4." said Christopher, with jILst the gl.rnn er of a smile playing about itis mo►tth, 'that's where 1 leek experience . You see. i can nnly go fey what the hooks say; enil 1 find they generally talk like that 1n Honk.,. Nnw. you knew, if 1 were really In love–If /omens telt for me all that to Leet for that (To be Continued.) 11 \VING Tiii; MONEYS W011111. !laving been in net ter 150 tear,, a fine n:d Axminster carpet L, fit preeeent In the carpet factory at Wilton being reps irtd. t rest to Alexandra. Already her face .1.ews line; of care and ante:ely, lu►e� eh cit rime to marry women with the burdens of child bearing and child rearing, but white her expres::un lacks the gent's, placed sweetness of the Queen's, hers is nevertheless a pleasing, strong. intelligent face. She cares v• ty little for beautiful Jew - (le and generally wears none at all, ex- cept at state affairs. Iter gowns are always simple and her co.ffure severe. She leek very str ngly that women in high pleres should be an example to ttte rest of womankind and that ex- travagance in dress is bad taste and a bad precedent to folleew. It was once snen'ueneet t) the Princess that the extreme severity of the gown ehe wore at some charity gather:ng had been notieed, and her answer was that ,the considered it inappropriate to go very sp'enddly dee&-e.I to a fete given in the cauee of charity. Like the Queen the Princess of Wales gives largely, subscribing in fact to all the charitable organizati'•ns which make demands upon her. She is said tett lake a great interest in the tv.ninn suffrage rnovenlent and is a frequent visi'or and an earnit t listener at the louse's of Parliament. in fact. If the Queen represents all that is (e1:cafe and ieaable in the type e1 woman of years ago, the Princess sands for all that is alert. thoroughly is earnest and deep thinking in the twentieth century woman. Yet English' wiseacres shake their heads and say, "She will newt have the, place In the hearts of her people which her Ma- j.:sty has maintained since site first came to England as a bride." 111E EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE CO. 1907 a Prosperous - Year. The annual statement of The Excel - e'er Life Insurance Company issued re- ticently. indicates a year of increased business. The total income was $427,- 450. That the Excelsion Life Insurance Company is pre-eminently a policyhold- ers Company, may be judged from the fact that for throe successive quinquen- Iniat periods it has paid very satLsfac- 'tory profits to its policyholders, and further its record and present position 1.s unexcelled as regards those features of the bus'ness which policyholders are particularly interested in--security– interest earnings the highest In Canada economy In management–On un- paralleled low death rale. The popularity of the "Excelsior Life" May be Judged from the fact that new insurance applied for during the year amounted to $2,711,000. The total hazelnuts to those as small es pens. amount of insurance now In force The ropes are of different lengths; the reaches almost eleven and one -halt mil - longest, fal:ing below the waist, Ls firs- lion dollars. The assets of this Com- LShMI 9►y two lasisels of matchlessstone, pany amount to $1.411,330. It has a which extend almost to the bottom of Reserve Fund largely to exrass of Gov - the gown. ernment requirements. Although It Uneerneath this necklace the Queen further concealed the sombreness of her eersag a by alternate rows of pearl and J amend ornaments. On her head she pias been only eighteen years in ex- istence The Excelsior Life is ono of the Wong Cnnadian Companies, Its success tis Indicative of shrewd and capable wore the bestutiful all round crown e f management. On its Board of Directors pinholes in the cheese. in seine cases boor's and diamonds which she prefers are to to found the names of gentlemen lelistingtuLIt nd they were so nutmeat's es t, cause the o! all her crowns. Naturally, with her �Jtcd far their fategr y E ' curd to (Mat. These organisms which 4.10111•11411400101111111111/441 The Farm CAUSES OF GASSY M11.K. The qualities which make milk a desirable toed also render it unde sir- abie from another standpoint. it is a splendid medium for the growth of nacteria, anti, as a twilit of the man- ner of production, and the way it is handled it is subject to contamination with bad flavors. 'Milk contains about e) per cent. milk -sugar. When milk is lett without any cooling but the uir, we have alt the con.litems favorable for the growth and development ct lactic acid bacteria. Poseibly the evening's milk has cooled Blown to the tetnleratur.' of the night -air Ley morning, but when the morning's milk Ls put in the sante can, i1 reheats the whoa) mass, conseeltk nt- ty it develops acid very qute;kly and fey the tune it reaches the factory it is over -ripe and unlit for the production .f first-class cheese. If taken in this e. ndition it will catiso it great deaf of worry to the maker. ns well as the' los and waste, not only to the extent of its own self, but al. -so to thut of the w'hote1 lot. 11 is 11x: ditty c•f every patron_ of a cheese factory to 54-0 that hies neighbor takes proper care of his utilk, and de- livers it in a pure and cleanly manner, for ttie protection of an nt•ticle of the highest quality. lie will he doing him- self a double Injury if be neglects to de, 50. Ills neighbor will undo what he is attempting to accomplish, and again it is no encouragement to try to improve conditions. Every patron who has not good cold water to cool hie milk. should put up a supply of ice. To keep milk sweet it is csrentinl that it be kept cool, and should be cooled to 60 degree," fit least, so ns to check the development of acid and all undesirable bacteria. The ntoniwgs milk also should be cooled before mix- ing. or put Into separate cans. beforre taking to tho factory. it this rule wore adopted by factories throughout Mani- toba, the factories would bo able to make a much better quality and a better eternise cheese. Consequently alt who are interested in the business would 1►e money ahead. and therm would be money saved, and their would be great- er encesurnge rnent all round. Ono can of over -ripe or off -flavor milk will spoil a whet* vat. As an Illustration, we will take the spring of last sr s on, 1907. The weather was cool. The milk went to the factories In first-class shape. The quntity of cl:etce matte was of the last. As soon e, the warm weather came. however, the trouble began. and all kinds of had flavors presentee) themselves. One of the worst was gassy milk. causing fair hair and delicately tinted faoe amici business capacity. It is largely owing this collection of jewels, she was a vis- t) thetlr executive ability that the Excel - Ion of beauty. t 1 -dor Life occupies the high p esil.ton These exquistte pearls. as has been ' that it doe; amonest tnsurnnee corn - said, do not reallf belong to Queen epnnites. Any one thinking of insuring Alexandra, nor does the crown she (heir lives would do well to have the wore. They were Inherited frim Queen excelsior figure on the proposition. Victoria, who settled. them upon the Fullest information may be obtained en royal estate. so they are the Queens a lication to the ad ()fTlce In To - only during the lifetime of her husband, 1r►nto. The Companylie' want good active and after that they will go to egents In every place where tt 1s not THE NEXT QUEEN CONSORT. represented. One crown, however, Queer Victoria telt personalty to Alexandra. This Is dtamend tiara wh ch ris s to a point in the front and, ',rejecting at the side, is somewhat tan shaped In design. Diamonds and pearls are that Querns favorite jewels, and her most prized t-rooch Ls one that was given Ler by the late Indy Cadogan. 10 is formed - el a singe pearl of great size and won - derive Metre which WW1 found 4n an oyster token from the oyster beds at (:tifdell in Ireland. Besides all hor dog cohere, ropes, rings and earrings of prccivus stories the Queen posses 5e, m1ny jewelled orders which serve to enhance the beauty of her gowns when weern on state occasions, since she always is careful to wear the order which will harmonise with the color of her dress. There is the deep blue of the ribbon of the Garter fastened with diamond;. The Garter itself is worn high up on the left nrm with its motto in jewelled kttering. Then there iss the Portuguese order of Smite Isabel, which Is it rose and white ribl►on with the diamond buckle. and trete runny otho+'s with varying co'.ors and jewels and representing many countries. No woman in the world has her van- ity more as='idlously neirninlsterevl to than England's Queen. The pipers die with one another in serving her with acentnts of her 'beanie, her taste, her grace, etc., which must pall n little stc'metirnes even on the recipient of thee -e rhnps idies. ilut she never di;appeeinls these who admire her charms. tier al each put►il' fun teen she always appears in a gown which is ,\ MARRVEI. OF SKII.1. AND BEAUTY, and nitt a) s she pre. ervcs it glrli' h fig- ure, blond hair and a youthful f:tt•e though her chillren aro reach rig mid- dle age anti her gran.1-children ar:' niull►pelytng fast. 1'ngtar al's next Queen. the Princes of Wales, Ls it 'tired aril ah:-olute con - d. Cili'RCUILL g RHINOCEROS II1'NT. The English M. P. Tells of Wild Game of Africa. Mr. Winston Churchill Iters writes of his experience in South Africa:– After :1lakindu Station there is a wonderful spectacle–"the plains are crowded with wild nniinats. From the windows of the carriage the whole zo- eekegical gardens can le seen disports ing Itself. herds of antelopes and ga- zelle, troops of zebras – s"rnetintcs four or five hundred together–watch the train pass with placi,l assurance, o^ scamper a hundred yards further away, and turn again. Many are quite close to the line et Nakuru afx yellow 110ns walked in leLsurely stood across the trills in broad daylight." Mr. Churchill tells an interesting story of a -rhinoceros hunt. Two nion- slers were seen, and the hunter crept to a distance of 120 yards. "At such n range it Le easy to bit so great a target, but the bulls eye Ls small. 1 fired. Tiro thud of a bullet which strikes with an Impact of a tun and a quarter, leering through hide and muscle and bane, with the hideous en- ergy of cordite, came back distinctly. The large rhinoceros started, stumb- led. turned directly toward the sound and the blow, and then bore straight clown upon us in a peculiar trot, nearly as fast as a horse's gallop." The death of the huge beast La de- plored thus: "Here fit the end 15 only a t THREE PAST EXISTENCES Y SAW PltE\'IOt el1.II I:ri tN Ili F CF—liC Marvellous Case of French GirlCouldRemember Before She Was Born. Some wonderfel results, sieNiing to throw some Light en the prib'.•iui`s of reincarnation tiato recently been at- tained through Oho n: diem of a youkl French women, Mile. Mai to Masi Cyrtatne. She was the dat:glete'r of a 1•'reflelt engineer, sten, hnvu:g passed a part of his I:fe in eoratrieeeig railways in the East, died the:e. Her mother mar- ried again, the second husband being an engineer a'so, engaged upon the construction of eastern railways. Thu girl was brought up at Beirut, :n Syria, until she was 9 years obi, in the care of native servants and in at- te'rtJareie at a school kept by nuns, who taught her to read and write In Arabic. Be ng brought to France and placed under the care of an aunt -eho lived in I'revence, eho came under the observa- tion of Cokanel de Menai, who. as one cf the foremost investigators of psycho-- lc.gi:ull phenomenaupon a erien1iflo t.as's, hail fur years been engaged in the exposure of chariatuits and in the study of varying phases of personality under the influence of hypnosis. cause this abnormalcondition in the milk aro very nuinemus in manure particles, and in the titer of the nnimals, which become dislodged during the pro- cess cit milking, and fall into the pail. and there find the conditions suitablefor their gr ,wth and multiplicntinn. There are other causes of gassy milk. suchas when it Ls left too close to pig peens, and troughs. cow yards. and by fine dust blowing into it. Cows lie aw dn in the manure and filth and dust and at milking time. it cows aro not cleaned off well, this Is stirred up, and treppe into the milk. The milk Lee:ng vnrm tete bacteria grow very rapidly. and it the milk is cooled, they are check- ed only for the time being, but on being wnrmed rep again at the factory, they will continue to growand multiply, as before. This ditTlculty can be overcame be brushing and dampening the milers and flanks of the rows, before begin- ning to milk, anti then removing the milk to n place where the air is purr. and cooling it down to a temperature of at (east GO degrees.- N. 1. Kline - man, in address to Manit)be dairy- man. FARM NOTES. WENT OVER CHILDHOOD.There were thirty seances in all. It WEE T101 until the Fet•enth seance that c:empletc exlerlarizet►on of the astral body was effected, and only in the fifteenth did Col. G' lto _has feel justi- fied in carrying the regression of her memory back to any previous existence. Thus, Miss Mayo was taken back, in her condition of trance', gradually from 18 years of aged to 16, to11, to 1:. to 10 years of age • She saw her astral body transform itself in appearance corresponding with the altered age, and her memory re- vived countless facts wheel she had forgotten in her waking state. BABY AGAIN. At R years of age ehe was at life- " and could remember a!1 her Turkish, which had slipped away from her dur- ing the years she had lived in France. a t the age of 1 year her fang+:age fatted her, and she coupe simply nod "yes.' and "no" I hen she went into nothingness, feel- ing only that site exlsle t. She wan carried back still hillier, when she slid she was "u11 in the gray," and remembered having stat some earlier existence. 1Ii•)[i PRECEDING TXISTENCE. With the seventeenth seance the full facts of those earlier lives of hers which could be evoked began to ap- pear. Back to the moment of her birth, back to that time before berth; beyond that and– "Where aro you now?' "1 ani a woman, she calls Ulna.' "Are you living or dead?" "i art dead." "How del you die?" Tho veluo of manure depends upon the quality eef lured and the oendition ef the animal. Neither tho st►lids norliquid !rem animals giving milk are as r.ct► as that from fattening sleek. The first, must imperative and most sensibles duly of Hiefarmer is 14.) ab- jurepartisan:Sup 0114 study real poli- tics - that is. measures, net Hien, nor (.lith eceking. If t'eu old to bluely, e►r with hot little tune for it. he !must find an honest anti capable man or men to do it for him. Glucose meal, If feel fresh, makes a PlodwholesomPlodfor COWS or pig e when properly mixed with other food!. In it; ordinary agile it contains Mout 70 per cent. water, and It cannot be: kept lenge without bee Ring very wirein whie'h case it will Iaint milk and cause (,igs to Iiesour. It is erten s1l.1 for nom than hide. a horn, ani it carcase, over w tn'h it Is worth, be Ruse farmer; :1•) not the vultures have already begun to make n praper deduction t /r water. No farmer can nff•erei to pay more than tietourlh the price of cornmeal for it reevh. It eertalnly is a rete! nke to saw that "fnr►n'ng tt:eecn't jeny" when we een- etenlly nee men innke n living fit it whn, were they 10 carry tit'' Film sell of management into any other blisineset. tt (",40, WORTH WORTHI \WIiDLE. Mr,. S-)-Sett•–"liut why do you keep pen- Lew matt if she is sr) awkwriel.' Mrs. Friendly–"Out of gratitude. Last week she upset the sauce over my old 00000000 A Now Orleans woman was thin Because she did not extract sufficient ocurishment from her food. She took Scott'e►r Elmule,rior.� Result: She gained a pound a day in weiik ALL DRUGGISTS, ear. AND SLOG Ler herself \\'AS Bt;E'fON C1iWT.. The tragedy of the girl's preceding existence was dis^posed. The daughter of a fisherman 1n Brillary. sho lees tee toilsome, hard life of the fisher child, yet was allowed to attend the parish schools long enough to learn hew To read met write. As alta grew into'- muidcnlrood sho hoped for utarr-iage, with the situp?e, natural desire and am- bition natural to the young, innocent girl. She was yet in he: teens when the suitor she longed for carne, a fisher- man, like tiler father. Iles name wits Yvon. She wos married when elle twits YU years old; .end then,, indeed. site learned what life and Lave could be, and what sorrow could be. The: reincarnated fisher girl of the hypnotic trance --the girl W11 0, es the guarded and sheltered young lady of this generation. was ignorant of the greatest fact of woman's life --passed through the prangs of childbirth, sheaved the happiness of the mother with tier child, and showed the en- guish of the mother when the chili died, a baby only 2 years old. • COMMITTED SUICIDE. w•ou!et tint k-iete ►l,e'r heaels ab:.vn w•11e'r six months. Why. If )siu, a.sk n deezen farmers, pt. -eel nut at rnneiom herr Feel there. iow much m nay entre in tiering the year and hew milli they peat.! eel. 1f one of the dozen mold give a "erred answer 1t wont.' be it w'eneler! They may le able (4. fell von what (heir r►rinctpal crepe sell fur. but 1t you ask what Lnennne of they proededa. finless sense beg debt tecta' prtsrstng- -"i e'.e►n l know." wottlel le the heady reply while e 1 the manor Itentti. ouch ns rnarkmting nm1 surrelui sleek daipnsrnl et, no n•n1e, whatever anuli bo made. 1t Irl .t .t pi'..►n.et..r In Un!n'td • bad l!.:r►gt on to a "good thing,' There were no other children, for Yvon, her husband, was :frowned in n shlpwrok. p.inn, in wild despair, flung herself int-) the sen from one of the precipices of her native Brittany. Betoro the eyes of (aelonel de Ito- chas, \i. Lacoste anal her physician, 1)r. Bertrand. the subject underwent afresh the agonies of hey eupposed suf- focation unlit. in mercy to the living girl bcforo thein, the intensity of tier re-enactment of the obscure tragedy under the wnves of the Brittany coast had to les mitigated. Again and again, Miss Mayo, hypnn- lized by Colonel de ;Inches, rehearsed tier life and death as i.tna anti tier formlcga. peaceful existence "in that gray' until. impelled to reinenrnntin►t, she assumed the amorphous haze of a fresh astral b'sly and ,Irstieneicl upon her present mother, aline do tI.e. e. home months hefere her new b:t'tt 1. nl; pia^ -e. But the life of 1.ina ire' e.nit• the p,eginning of her memory's. reerressinn. Before that she was n men -trench- emus. dissipated, cruel, t,M� hilsty. For half n century she w r. Charles Manville. clerk in n ministerial oiliceA in Paris. Time and again during 111A career 10* ,streets of Paris ran with bleed. reel bend.; were cut off in the riddle thuretilchfarea. Mtauvllle himself joined in the saw. age'ries, committing murders with his ew•n hanei, because he l/1ved to kill. IIs lived out hie petty. bloody life, hetet by all who knew him ve1l. until he sustained a chill fit the age fit 50 years, and died of pneumonia. AT Cnt1RT f)I' tJ►(1: my. hill Manville was net the ultimele stage of regressie'n in Mlle. Mayo's me- mory. She was to ''d.' dark' Inc a tong time previously. tAit before that had been Medtleine de Stint -Mare. wife o! a gentleman attached to the court of - [Auks XIV.