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Exeter Times, 1905-02-23, Page 7t'i-1-1-11-11.14"f +1-H-11-1-1-11+144-14-1-1144 is Favorite Niece ; OR A SECRET REVEALED. 441 -1 -1 -1 -16.1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -144444 -144 -1 -1 -14 -F.1444 -14-14.H. CHAPTER XIV. r the next three years Leah was the very queen of hien- 'he wits More po(tular, more after. more adtnirtxl, more , more envied thun any other r of her day. 'Hier beauty grew er ycal's. She was twenty - nil the magnificent promise of rlhood hurl been fulfilled. Her ss had grown richer; the in her dark oyes was brighter; Ginty bloom that had been the hue of a blush rose had 1; the face was radiant in loveliness—mem found it an fair. i)uring those three he had presided! with infinite e ver the largo establishment ntwood and the tnag•I.iticent in town. At Brentwood she •eived party after party of including some of the great- tesnten of the (lay, and she nsidered one of the lutist at- e hostesses in the land. in lerfully short time she acquit - art of entertaining, knew was who," and, in fact, 'ryas to all the requirements of life. She never made any kes. After a few weeks the al found that he could with ety leave everything to her. 'Illus ants worshiilped her; ono word -m their beautiful young mistress s law. She was worshipped, too, the poor aroma) Brentwood, for gave with a liberal hared: she. beloved by all her dependents. she was both just and .generous all who knew her for her ty and talents anal winsome e. At Horbury house during three seasons she was a queen. best dinners, the best balls, the successful private theatricals given there. There were many debutantes, but no one ever teed her; the throne she held direly her own. in after season the beautiful 1fat ton came hack to t he gay with fresh graces and charms. vas singular in many respects. nade nrany acquaintances, but few friends. She had no girl - 1 to whom she could speak of houghts and feelings; her heart sad when she thought of any else in liettie's place. Among ccs of the girls around her she 'no one. so sweet nod fair as ie's; azul, remembering this, a ess dame to STiss Iiatton which to the effect of her proud beauty. She was - considered where as the most eligible, the desirable match of the day. It well known that sho was the rill's niece; no ono cared to ask ther she was the child of sister brother. It was also well known t the whole of the general's vast tome would he hers. She was at very height of her popularity: ople spared thenu;elves no trouble o obtain even a glimpse of her fair ace. When she went to the opera, ore attention was paid) to her than to the stage. "Beautiful Leith ITattdm!" What more in life coukl the desire than she had. --wealth, popularity, affec- tion? Yet she was not happy; her soul hnd found no rest. Brilliant and gay as was her life, it diel not I, her. It was but as a dr•euni 0 one who has infinite longings and finite desires. If Martin flay succeeded In nothing 'se, he had done this for his dnugh- r—he had taken her out of the lnn0lm groove, he hail trade her nk, he had filled her mind with a wooed) ideas of life. 'These were s puazling her. She sad the the manner, the look of one ose thotrobts acid nines were high- ( oft' r t mire of others. rtn 1 1 uc than 1 This added much to the charts of her pnssionate, proud beauty. The men who danced with her admired n cis fun c • ter more Lech e noflush Hole ' her e to her face. 'There was upon it the fur -off, the restless longing that no- thing could gratify. "As for lovers," the duchess of Resedene cried, holding up her hands in horror, "there is not an eligible man in the land who has not sought her! Such offers, and all refused! Refused too, without rhyme or reason( Leah has sotto notion that she must love some one, that love is the great end and aim of each one's lifer-love—not wealth, pleasure, or gayety, but love; and, with such ideas, what can 000 do?" The duchess shrugged her shoulders as the spoke. "Lorre, with such prospects as she has before her!" Some of the offers Miss Hatton re- ceival were dazzling ones. The young Earl of Barberry was hand- some, tali rated and pnseionalely fond of her. No; she would not be Lountess of Barberry. There was the Duke of Lincoln, who hail coun- try seats, a town mansion, and un- told wealth, who would have made her his duchess. She would not be Duchess of Lincoln: and she had no other reason to give than that 8110 did not love him; and the one thing she longed for in this life was love. "Love!" said the duchess. "It will come with marriage." "Not the love T want," she re- plied; "that must canto before. 1 went a romance in my life." "It is the way with those dark - eyed girls," said the duchess. "What a pity It is!" Then a great legal celebrity fell in love with Leah; and of all the cumluests she made that was cer- tainly the most wonderful. He was a man whose name was a tower of strength, whose opinion was held in the highest esteems, and who had never spent one h•llf-hour in wooing in his life. Ho grew desperate about her, and the woirder was that. he did not run away with her. He could not realize his disappointment, 110 could hardly hear his life when she refused him, 'Phe duchess sighed, but said nothing. If the Earl of Iiarberry could not win her. there was little hope for the legal lord. "You will marry sotto time, Leah," sho said, with the resigna- tion of despair. "It is possible," sho replied, smil- ing; "but it is more probable that I shall never marry at all." "Should you mind telling mo why?" asked the duchess, in tones of inock resignation. "I will tell you, duchess; but you will be angry with Inc. I want some one to lova me more than life itself—some one to he devoted to me, to give nut all his thoughts, his whole life; I want his heart to bo one with mitre. his soul to he tho other half of my soul. I wantper- fect love and 1 want a perfect lov- er. I have my ideal love, and no other will do; I have my ideal lover, and I shall wait for him." "My dear Leah, you are all wrong," cried the duchess; "you aro indeed! 'Take care that you do not find such love and such a lover cost- ly. "1 will take the pain, if there should be any, with the happiness," she said. "All my life I have thoui•'ht (hat the one thing to bo des1?%11 is love." "There 18 110 aecopting for taste, Ind Leah; Incertainly, with such pros- pects as vot have, to make love the chief nim of your life is, to say tho least of it, a and pity. This ideal !Hero of yours is sure to be both poor and unknown." I.eah laughed again. JTow sweet that laughter was! The duchess smiled as She heard it. "I cannot tell; he may ire the very tpoor.unknown. re e!•se of c r 1 do not know who he is or where he may b0. It is just possible that 1 nuty never Inert hien; Int he exists some- where. You know the old belief, duchess, that souls were mn(1e in Pale Face, Weak Bloo roe Can Make the Blood Rloh, the System Strong,the Complex:on Healthful by Using DR. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD. Why do some people have health- ful. rosy complexions while ot hers are (rule and wan in countenance? Why are some people strong nod pko.hie to defy die ase while others are nk and subject to all the ills of .111011 kind? • 'ihe eii:Terenee is in the blood. Pal- lor of the eyelids. gums and lips tell of I heel that is lacking in qua- lity anti richness. The person twee hits poor blood is 1jcct to hendnehe. (11 mimeo. pies seas: the action of the heart wenk and there i8 sonrrtinu•s imi- it tation; the breath is 8410rt, and here is lack of energy and strength. This wenk. nnnemic condition is entirely overcome by the persistent use of lir C'hase's Nerve food, which is above n11 else n builder and enricher of the blood!. You can beat prove this by melee 'r increase in weight frons week ere, , while using this great food 1 eh flesh and tissue are add - 'strength nod vigor 'eke the wenkness (Ind Buffet -ng, and of liking cold or contrllet'i1; at every gust d Wind that blows you find yourself getting strong and robust, Mrs. M. A. Clock, lfeaford, Ont., writes:—"'Three years ago I became very much run down in health and! Buttered from weak. tired feelings, indigestion and rheumatism. At times T was so badly used up Mat 1 re(lufred help to 11101e in bed. While sick and downhearted I re- ceived Dr. ('hnse's Almnnn0 and sent for some of lar. Chnse's Nerve Food. "Under this trent mind 1 soon bo- ron to improve, and by the time 1 had used eloVen boxes of 1►r. ('hnso's Nerve Food I was happy to !incl my- self strong rind well again. 1 often think of what a lot oT ,honey i spent for medicines which did me no good, and believe i owe nnv life to Or. Chase's Nerve food. T hope women who suffer as T did will bene- fit by my experience nod use 1)r. Chase's Nerve hood." 1)r. t'hese's Nerve i•'ood, :,(1 cents, nt all deniers, or refinement. bates & Co., 'Toronto. Portrait nod sig- nature of IR. A. W. Chase. the Min- nie( re,'lpt ►,00k nut hor, are on every boi. .1 halves. and the union of those half souls in ortc'l ' "oh, Leah,'' criod the duchess, laughing, "there is no hope for you!" "Not much," she said, "for I be- lieve that 1 con waiting for !ey Ideal; and he. rely upon it, is sect ing Inc somewhere. If we in. inso, 1 shall ask no more in life. lie Indy be poor and unknown; if so, it will slake no difference to ole. IIe may be great. noble, and wealthy; it will be a matter of perfect indifference to me. Shall I shock you jet-. t a little more, duch,'ss?" she added. "Say what you will, my dear; I a111 1'( 3(1g►ae(l." "I have an idem that the moment 1 see hint 1 shall know him. I shall look Into his face, and a revelation will come to mo." "A very dangerous notion. Leah. You may fall in love with the wrong man altogether." "flow can 1, if my thoory bo true?" she replied. "I have no doubt it seems absurd to you; but it is a serious matter to me. I should not be surpri.4ed if some day I look into a face and hear a voice say: 'I have been looking for 4you all these years.' " The duchess raised her hands. "And this," she said musingly -- "this is after five years spent al- most entirely with me, after three seasons of brilliant, uninterrupted success!" "I have enjoyed it," replied Leah; "hut there must be something bet- ter. Balls and operas, fetes and garden parties, dinners and picnics, dresses and diamonds, flattery and homage, are all very well—but, they could not fill a life. There is no heart, no soul in them; and," she cc:ntinuc'dl, half sadly, "one must tire of them after a tinge." "Do you think so?" asked the duchess, looking at. her gravely. "Yes I do, One ball is liko an- other—there are the same people, the same (lenccs, music, jewels; all one's partners say pretty nearly the same things. Dinners are the sante--one differs very little from another. At the opera, although there is infinite beauty in the music, it ds always the same story of love or jealousy. No, I do not think that oven a life spent amid such brilliant scones could fill one's heart and soul." "You are a strange girl, Leah," said the duchess. "Who would im- agine that the belle of the season had such notions as these? You have made mo very uncomfortable, my dear. I shall live now in dread always that some day or other you will meet with one whom you may choose to imagine your ideal, and do something rash. I always said that there was something in your face even that made you different from other girls. liut, Leah as you have trusted Inc so far, trust me even further. Tell age, among all the mien you have rmet--and you know tho wisest, tho itchiest, tho lest -'is there not one of them whom you have liked!" "Not. one," she replied. "I shall know when I meet my ideal; rely heart shall speak and tell age. I have not met him yet." "Buten you do, my dear, I lrophe- sy-- Well, I will not prophes.-; I will only tell you that a grand pas- sion brings more pain than plea- sure, and that if you want to be happy you must avoid the terrible fever that men call love." (To be Continued.) that real marriage is "BAFFLES" IN REAL LIFE. A Detectve by Day and a Burglar by Night. Joseph Machin Hurst live) a life of ease in the highly-respectod dis- trict. of Balbam, a suburb of Lod- don. IIe was a man of ability, a de- tective in private practice, and the neighborhood thought much of him. lie went to local parties, took his sweetheart about, and lived what would have been an extravagant life to any but a man of considerable private moans. And all the while ho was making himself popular and respected he was also snaking himself acquainted with the peculiarities of the dis- trict and its people, learning of those houses which contained valu- ables and of the (methods by which those valuables might be obtained. SENTENCE SI?itMONS, Good cheer is half of good courage. Character is the only true culture. B,rrowoa trouble 11lwaya cones to abide. When a roan has fame he (res not know it. 'I'he cynic gets his opinions before the mirror. A little cant can spoil a whole lot of consecration. No soul was ever saved by a scheme of salvation. The crudest truth is better than the most cultured lie. Trickery in the pulpit (toes not make truth in the pews. Ile who twill not pray for others cannot pray for himself. No roan gains nn}thing until he is willing to lose everything. It it ill lake more than gold -loving hearts to snake the gulden age. What the church needs is not forti- fying so such as filling with life. You cannot cover sin by oflering :3 per cent of the spoils to the church. it is not hard to believe in the total depravity of the rest of tho race. if you are 1'.,okit.g for a chance to love sou ave alias finding love it- self. A man's ascent amongst the living counts f'er more than his descent from the dead. The first step (ottani curing n crookc:l well 1 11 (11 be to straighten your own ulesses. Religion h .s nettling at all to (10 with life when it has not something to do with 111 life. It is no toe praying that nil the world 108y Iwo'. the bread Of life when yonr own life has about ns much nourishment in it ae�► brick- bats. The Farm LEACHING OF SOIj. FEIt'17L1'T�'. Soil fertility may be lost in • hero ways: (1) the growth and remove' ;,f crops; (2) surface washing; (3) leach- ing. That crops remove fertility is well known, and needs no comment. here. This loss is supplied by grow- ing leguminous crops to turn ural :r by the application of the stable nlnmure, and by the use of commIer• dal fertilizers. The loss by snr- fuce washing may be consider,iuio in hilly countries. 'l'o prevent Luis, tho soil should be left bare as too tle as possible, and crops brown which will form a dense. deep masa of roots penetrating the soil and holding it together. But the loss we wish in particular to discuss is leaching. The loss from this source is much greater in loose, sanely soils, with no hardpan be- neath than in those of a closer tex- ture. In all soils, however, this loss is too great to be ignored when the land is left with 110 growing crop to take up the soluble fertilizing ma- terials. Then, too, certain fertilizers have a tendency to set some of the desira- ble soil constituents free and allow them to bo lost in the drainage wa- ter, unless there is a crop to take them un directly. This is especially true of muriate of potash, which con- verts insoluble limo comuunds into a soluble form. It is also believed that gypsum and salt set free potash and other fertilizing constit;'Ients of the soil. 'Phis makes theist more available to plants and also more liable to loss by washing or leach- ing. But under ordinary conditions and in good soil the loss of lime, potash and phosphoric acid by leaching is very small. The greatest toss occurs in the soluble nitrogen. This element also happens to be the most valuable and difficult to ob- tain of all fertilizing elements. It purchased in commercial fertilizers Its cost will be from ten to four- teen cents per pound. It can be procured only, from organic mater- ials of recent or ancient growth. Plant and animal growth and man- ures contain nitrogen, but it may not be in an available form until aetedl upon BY CERTAIN ORGANISMS. There is an erroneous belief that certain plants can take nitrogen directly from the air. Lawes and Gilbert disproved this by taking two seeds of the same size and weight.. One was analyzed and found to con- tain .0349 grains of nitrogen. The other was planted in soil containing no nitrogen placed in an earthen Jar and covered with a bell glass so that no nitrogen iron the ammonia in the air could get to the soil. When tho seed had spent its growth tho amount of nitrogen in the !ant, soil. and jar were very carefully determined and found to be .0840 grams, just .0009 grams less than w'ns (ound in the similar seed, which extremely small amount was proba- bly lost in the experiment. These results show that the plant could not possibly have taken nitrogen from the air in growing. It ceased its growth when the nitrogen con- tained in the seed was spent. Leguminous plants (10 not take nitrogen directly from the air, as it may seem at first thought. The lit- tle bacteria in the nodules of clover roots receive nitrogen primarily from gases in the soil air, and con- vert it into nitrates, which can be used by the plant; but without the intervention of these little organ- isms the plant could get no appre- ciable amount of nitrogen from the free nitrogen surrounding it. Another source from which the ni-1 trogen of the soil is replenished is the ammonia in the air brought down by rain. It has been deter - Mined by collecting and analyzing a year's rainfall on a measured area, that the amount of nitrogen received from this source is about 81 pounds per acre per year in our climate. This amount is not halt enough to grow n crop, hence the importance of replenishing the loss of nitrogen in some other way and of keeping this loss at a mininuttl. Nitrates are manufactured during the growing Benson chiefly in the up- per foot of soil. One experi- ment showed that from August 1 to Ort. 1 the amount. of potas- sium nitrate in the surface foot in- creased from 85 to 735 pounds per acre. Later a heavy rain canto on and WA8I11?D IT DOWNWARD until but 0 po'Inds were lett to the acre. This shows how very soluble nitrates are, For instance, tho (thine river is estimated) to curry away 220 tons of potassium nitrate every twenty-four hours. The Nile carries 1,1(0 tons. We farmers roust head our efforts toward preventing these enormo'Is losses of valuable fertilizing mater- ial. As the nitrates are produced In the summer and tend to wrsh down- ward in the fall and spring, we can hest allow their formation and yet prevent their loss by sowing catch or cover crops on soils. 'These being generally sown about midsummer, are rends, to take up the nitrates In the poll before they are leeched down- ward by the fall rains. These catch crops are plowed under the foilo,1Ing spring and thus the nitrates tctu'y have saved) are gradually delivered to the main crop. Soil which Is in- clined to be leachy should never be left entirely Imre during the winter. Of course much of the nitrates which leach (10nnward beyond the first few feet in the spring or fall are brought toward the surface agntn during the summer in soil water rising by rep- ilnrity. 1'or this reason cutch crops are not as necessary en clay soils nr lonmi• soils underlaid by a ignrd- p0n. flow little the lobs of nitrogen from leaching is in n field contain.. Ing growing crop is shown by an "SALAD Ceylon Tea is not only a stimulating beverage but highly nourishing to those of weak digestion. Sold only in sealed lead packets. By all grocers. Given the gold medal and highest award at St. Louis. analysis of water from tile drains conducted by the writer. The field was a clover pasture and tho sam- ples were token in late fall from drains underlying it. Only 40 parts of nitrate were found in a million of this water. TILE DAIRY COW. At this season of the year, when the weather is cold and disagreeable, we are too prone to disregard the necessity of exercise for the best de- velopment of the internal organs and muscular system of the entire animal kingdom. The instinct to exercise is horn in all animals. The infant in its cradle will kick and move its arms and head and all the muscles of its body, even though it cannot move from its position, and it is only by this muscular activity that it becomes able to sit up and walk and run. The lamb, the calf, and all other young animals. if heathy, ex- hibit this same restlessness. The na- ture and form of this activity may change as the animal becomes older, but exercise in some forst it will have if given the chance. The only possible exception to this rule is in the case of fattening ani- mals. Here the result desired is not a natural, but an artificial, one. It is tho making of stere avoirdupois. and it is too often accomplished at the cost of health and a strong con- stitution. This is too apparent in certain types of well-fed animals. The limbs of tho hog, for instance, may. become too weak to support the body. A little more exercise, a mix- ed diet, and less corn and in -an -in breeding would make healthier stock, yes, and perhaps heavier stock, too. But, our subject is "Exercise for the Dairy Cow," so we will drop its application to the beef animal and confine ourselves to the animal which is raised for its milk and offspring. Iicro the laying on of fat is not de- sirable. o-sirable, in fact It is harmful. What is wanted is a strong, healthy de- velopment o-velopment of the digestive and mus- cular systems. and this is impossi- ble without a certain amount of phy- sical exercise. This exercise need not be excessive—it is not necessary to set the dog or even the children onto the cows for an hour's chase. Access to a covered or open area of some size a part of each day will answer. Neither do we believe in turning the dairy herd out into the cold wind and 81101V during the en - tiro ilny. Exercise docs not imply exposure. A large basement, shed, or covered yard is the best place for exercise in winter, but cows will not suffer during most winter weather if turned into a yard where they are protected from the winds t;y a stack, trees or buildings, for an hour or two once or twice each (lay. We have in mind a barn 100 by 120 feet, neatly the entire area, with the exception of a feed alloy and stanchions around the outside being an open runway for cattle. 'They are confined in the stanchions only while being fedi and ntllked. Tho manure Is left in the enclosure and well bedded with straw. 'There t ample room to turn about with wagon while hauling out the manure. It is also under cover, and there Is ngrhnndling, except to load the wagon when hauling to the field. This space gives ample roost for ex- ercise during inclement weather. On fine days they aro allowed the tree - don of the o'Itsido air and sun- shine for a part of the i1ny. Cattle allowed to run louse in such base- ments should be dohorneil. TION PEOPLE Food is not all that thin people need. Maybe they're sick. You can't make them eat by bringing them food. But Scott's Emulsion can make them eat. That Emul- sion gives a man appetite and feeds him both. It brings back lost flesh. No trouble about diges- tion. The weakest stomach can digest Scott's Emulsion. It tastes good, too. Scott's Emulsion p4ves the way for other. food. When wasted and weakened by long illness it gives strength and appe- tite that ordinary food can• not give. Not only food— medicine too—Scott's Emul' sion of pure cod-liver oil. We'll .end you a little to try 11 roe lifts, i(.CI'17 a BOM NIL, Totwto, O. . NEM Prof. Roberts, of Cornell, has for years followed a plan quite similar except that the cows aro let into a separate stable to bo fed and milked, at other times being allowed the freedom of a covered enclosure. By this plain the stable can he small and kept clean and well aired, as .the animals are in it but a few hours each day. The horse manure is also thrown into the covered yard, straw is thrown 011 and land plaster sprin- kled over it occasionally to absorb the genes formed. Either this plan or the previous one seems a good solution to the winter exercise pro- blem. A SWIM FOR LIFE. Sailor Battled With the Waters a Full Day and a Half. When the British steamship Shim- osa arrived at New York from Sing- apore last summer she brought a story of most extraordinary human endurance. 'l'he 'tale is told by the captain. The ship, at the time of the occurrence, was three hundred miles from I'erimg, and well into the Red Sea. One day, while on the bridge, the chief officer heard a whistle. No vessel was in sight, but still the faint whistle continued. Suddenly he described) a man swimming not far front the ship. A life -buoy was thrown out, and the swimmer brought on hoard. The man was so exhausted when he reached deck that he entirely collapsed, and it was some time before he could tell his story, enthe rescued man hail recov- ered he told his adventures. He was a lascar, and had fallen overboard from a steamer bound for Suez. He insisted he had been three days in the water, but that is improbable. There is no doubt, however. that thirty-six hours hnd passed between the time of his falling overboard and his rescue. When the Shimnosa math - ed Suez. sho found the steamer from which the lascar had fallen, and, according to the calculations of the crew, the poor sailor battled with the waters for a full day and a half. The• most extrnordinnry part of the affair is how the num could have existed in the intense heat of that climate. His lips and ntouth were skinned and bleeding, but he se''medl as well as could be, when he was landed at Suez, four clays after his rescue. The water of the Rad Sen is :mine - what denser than of the ocean. and therefore more buoyant. The hent is terrific. The mean surface tem- perature is front eighty-four to one hundred degrees. ITiow any one could keep afloat. nnrdcr such a broil- ing sun is a mystery. The story helps to discredit the stories of the continual attdmace of sharks upon vessels, ami of their disposition to attack man. They are generally slippage° to be larger end bolder in tropical waters, yet this Hurn had }wen for thirty-six hours in the sea and was not touch- ed. Sonne years ago a well-known shipping -agent offered five thousand dollars for a well -authenticated story rat a man having over been de- voured by a shark, but no 0110 claimed the prize. It is evident at least that. there *ere no "mein -eat- ing sharks" round where the lascas was picked up by the Shimoya. • Ttf'MARKABLT•'. TitEE. In the Tar East has recently limn dis.:over(d a species of the acacia tree which is a wonder of plant lite. It grows to a height of about 8ft., and when hull grown closes its leaves together In coils each day at sunset and curls its twigs to the shape of pig -tails. After the tree has settled itself thus for a nig'ht's slap, if touched it will flutter as if agitated or impatient at }ming disturisel. The oftener the foliage is molested the more violent !weenies the shaking of the brunches, and at length the tree emits n nausentir.g (Alois which, if inhaled for a fete moments, causes n violent headache. KM man cannot afford to have nn enemy -even a humble enemy. The slinli:fy fellow who storms your office today may be n power in the com- munity next year. 'Therefore, speak to his gently; semi him away with n smile. Never niTect 8 contemptu- ous Manner. That is the way of the fool. in the day of small things, plan patiently for the diny of great things. A polite word Costs noth- ing. It tnny turn out to he n good Investment. As n spark of fire may turn a city into G'M's, so nn Im- patent gesture or Irritable word tnay kindle a hatred great enough to MAGNJ"I'iC SA NDS. In the district of Stavnngvr, in the south-western pnrt of Norway, there Is a place called Jncslerem, a flat strip of const less thnn n mile long. which is notorious for shipiwrecks. Now n Norwegian physicist hand's - covered that the sand of Jacdeten Is strongly magnetic, (tuba; to an ad- mixture of magnetic iron ora He found also that at n distance of three miles from the shore n ship's compass showed n deviation of a whole degree from its true position. The cause of the numerous ship- wrecks, therefore, Is obvious. FROM BONNIE SCOTi.AND NOTES OF INTE- PEST 1.-l:oltt HER BANKS .ArD BRAL;i. What Is Going o- n in the Highs lands and Lowlands of Auld Sc Itis, In connection with the expected visit of his \fujesty the King to Edinburgh this year to review the Scuttish Volunteers, there Is a sug- gestion that he should tie invited to inaugurate the new 'Pella water. supply. The death is announced of Mr. itollert Andrew Fayrer, who was de- scendodl through the l)ouglasses of (Ilenl.orvic from King Robert Bruce. Deceased, who was 48 years of age, w'as the eldest sun of Sir Joseph Fuyr•er, Burt. By the kill of Mr. Jilin Hamilton. Motherwell, Lankarkshire, it is spect- fied that on the death of his sisters his .state is to go to purchase oil paintings to be presented to Glas- gow. Mr. Hamilton has left up- wards of £50,001, 'Phe new Regent's Bridge, to af- ford communication with both sidles of Aberdeen docks, the principal part of a large scheme of harbor extesi- cion and improvement- was formally opened on the 2Sth ult. The total cost of the works will be about £120,000. The death has taken place of lir, Alexander Guild, general merchant, Weigle, Perthshire, at the age of 85 years. Deceased took great in- terestin antiquarian subjects. and was zealous in his research for Ro- man remains and places of the Picts who once peopled Strathmore. Ily the will of tho lute Mr. V191 - dam Knox, grain merchant, Aber- deen, a sunt of £9,000 has been left to Aberdeen University for the es- tablishment of bursaries in arts, di- vinity and medicine, To Aberdeen Free Church College a sum of £4,- 000 4;000 has been bequeathed to found scholarships in theology. Throughout the whole of Scot- land there_ will be a feeling of deep disappointment if it turns cut to he true that the Government has abandoned the intention of creating a great naval base in the Firth of Forth at Rosyth. The Government, it is said, have been advised to give up the scheme by Sir Joseph I'islter. 'The fourth Duke of Gordon; whose ' memory has been rekindled by all ac- tion raised in Arbroath Sheriff Court, is said to have been the au- thor of the poem, "Could Keil in Aberdeen and Custocks in Strath - bogie." There are two versidms of this song. The first appears in Herd's collection, and is probably the older set of words extant. 't'lle death of Mr. John Paton, of 30 McLaren road, Edinburgh, re-_. - moves one of the most devotee' Christian workers amongst the chil- dren of the city slums In Scotland. For 20 years Mfr. Paton was asso- ciated with the carrying on of tho Sabbath Freo Breakfast Mission. the children's gcctiun of which claimtdrl his warmest interest. The death 11118 taken place at Skol- low Hall, Doncaster, of a well-known Lankarkshire laird, Mr. James Findlay, of Easterhill, in his 86th, year. This family belonged origin- ally to Ayrshire, a son of Mr. W. Findlay, of Waxford, being tho cele- brated elebrated itev, Dr. Robert Findlay, for many years professor of divinity at Glasgow University. A thaw was so rapid in some di* tricts of Scotland on the 18th ult., that flooding resulted. The Spey at Kingussie was in a state of high flood.. The water invaded a hough below the station, where a number of ponies were enclosed, and five of them were drowned. At Kirkintil- loch the Kelvin ran very high, and many roads were under water and impnseable. The Glasert also over- flowed its honks and caused consid- erable damage. The death 18 announced of lir. i)aniel Yarnton Mills, joint sec- retary of the Scottireh Equitable Life Assurance Society. Edinburgh, at the age of 55 years. ily the dd- reetors and other offlclals of the so- ciety he was hekl in the highest esteem. having proved himself a most valuable official. As a chess layer he was well known,h v pn ing won the championship of Scotland no fewer than seven times out of the eight competitions in which he took pad t • TiII GERAfANS AS FIGHT':RS. '191e Germans are good fighters, brut have not enough to do. So they sail around the world nodi tiro off their guns at stud forts, while the good kaiser pats them on the hunk with one hand, and with the other placates the other grent p ,wer8,— foe more to be feared than monies Is the world's enlighten(dd opinion. 'l%%e German emperor, however, 18 not to be taken too seriously; ho may not be no unwise as he sonic - times seems. even though his people (10 not likrioto have him out alone fns from home. Berlin will be care- ful how Germany goes to war w0h a nation strong enough to give the kaiser the drubbing he is aching for; careful, also, not to ignore that power of powers, greater than any world power, or any eontlination of Germanic 811(1 Romanic forces. the world's sentiment as to what is just and fitting between 111011 and na- tions. 1t was this greatest of pow- ers that stopped the fire of the Ger- man gunboats on the Veneso •tan forts. and sent apologies to Paris ami London and N•nshinr*tnn, whence emanated disapproval of such pro- e(e(linl;s.-1lerbert II(owe Bancroft in Success. A WOMAN'S F'Ai► "If n woman havt't a fad, there', toome hitrg wrong with her," tt-- marko 1 nn observer of wvmn'tnkini "She's in 10te, or out of it, liver is out of 0A11111."