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Exeter Times, 1905-04-13, Page 211 -11 -1 -1 -14444 -1 -1 -11 -111 -4 -4 -1+4..H -14-1-144-141444-14-11444 _l ,I I"1 -i -1.11"1-1-11.111-l- -14 t' His Favorite Niccc; OR A. SECRET REVEALED. +41-14-14+1444-144-144444-144144-1-1-14444-144-1-14-14444 "I have loved you from the first moment I saw your face. I pray Heaven that I may see it last in this world." The words fell softly over the rip- pling waters, softly as the sigh of a summer breeze: and when they ended Sir Basil kissed her, speechless with emotion. 'Three days afterwards Sir Basil and Leah stood looking again at the marble Undine. Tho i:parkling waters were rising now in the sun- light, and as they fell into the great marble basin, thoy glistened live drops of gold. "I shall always love the Undine." said Leah. "The duchess has prom- ised to let 1110 have it photographed and I shall keep the little picture where I can always sen it. Undiuo's lover gave to her a soul; you gave mo--" "What.?" he asked, gently, seeing that she paused. • "You have given me life," she said. There was no misgiving in her mind, not the faintest doubt. She believed implicitly that he loved her as she loved him. She puzzled him greatly on one oc- casion. They had wandered through the woofs clown to the sea. They sot under the shelter of the cliffs; and Leah turned from the rippling waves to look at. her lover's face. "Basil," she said, "I have often wished to ask you—did you recog- nize me on the morning that you tact me first?" "On the morning when you stood like a beautiful statue, draped in white and gold, among the passion- flowers?" he said. "What a pic- ture you presented, Leapt" "Did you recognize me?" peaten. "In what way, asked. "As I (lid you. I knew in one moment. that the lover for whom I had waited had comp at last. How strange that 1 always had that feel- ing! Sometimes, when the duchess talked to enc, and seemed angry be- cause I had dismissed one whom she considered an eligible sultor—some- times lay courage failed Inc. She thought. my ideas rain and senti- mental. Yet, you see, I was right. Tell me, Basil, did you recognize me? Did you say to yourself, 'That CHAPTER XXiII. 'lite Duchess of Itosedene had de- cided to give a grand funcy-bal:. "Let 11/0 design a costume for you, Miss Hatton," said Sir Basil. "1 once went to a fan''y-ball at Naples, where each lady was dressed to rep- resent a flower. It was the pretti- est picture imaginable. Instead of Mario Stuarts, La Vallieres, -loans of Arc. and Poxapadours, we had a route full of lmpersouutlons of beau- tiful flowers. I remember the 'lleartsease'—a tell girl, dark, pale, and handsome, dressed in velvet of the color of a purple pansy, with heartseeesse in her hair anti all over her dress. The 'White Lily' was an- other great success. There was a wend.eltil variety of rosea. I wish you could have seen the 'Geranium' —it was a most charming costume. Now I have two ideas for you, Miss Hatton—that you represent either the passion -flower or primrose." "I will not represent the passion- flower," she said. "I was very fond of it—T am now—but it has strange memories for tne.•' She could not forget that it was amld the passion -flower sprays that she heti first seen hint. She would not wear thein to dance in. "Very well," he said, "that is settled. I must sketch a primrose coquina for you. That will shit you best -the coloring is so delicate. You must have a pale primrose -col- ored silk that will fall In soft folds, wills fine .web-like lace; you trust have primroses in your hair and round your neck and arms, and a garland of the flowers round your waist; and the folds of silk and ince must be fastened with bunches of priinrn•e and green leaves." 1 eah laughed lightly. She was de- lighted that he ahould take an inter- est in her dress. lie seemed to watch her looks and listen to her words with keener interest. itis tint nner was change.'. "You speak with the authority of a Worth," she Icplied. "1 assure you that.such a cos- tume would be most pfctulosque," he mid. "Wear it to please me." Over her face rushed a wave of hot color. She .would do anything to please -film. Ile must have read the thouf ht in the eyes that dropped before his. "I will have the dregs made just is the girl who has been made for as you wish," she said quietly. ate. the one woman out. of the whole "I am sure that you will he wide world who is to be my wife?' Did you, Basil?" He was puzzled. If he had said "No," she would be unhappy. and he could not bear to cloud her beau- tiful face; yet tie could not say "Yes" without swerving [rota the truth. "Men have not those quick intui- tions," ho said. "That which a wo- man knows, discerns by instinct, is some time in piercing the denser brain and more stolid heart of a nian " She looked a little disappointed. "When die; you find it out then?" she asked, anxiously. "Find what out, Leah?" "Nhv, that vett loved me, Basil." In spite of himself a flush rose to his fare, but she took that as n sign of loving emotion. "Am I to tell you the exact hour and minute?" he said, laughingly. "If you can," she replied. "I cannot, Leah. I suppose, as the novelists say, 'it stole upon me unawares,' " "Basil," elle whispered, "do tell Inc one thing. When you are away from me, you 'know, I like to sit and think over every word that you t' ( tome, h e saidI likew atod cel on all the pleasant and happy thoughts 1 have about you. Tell tae, Basil, did you admire mo when you first saw me?" "Intl.. 4, I old," he replied, heart- ily. "I thought you then, as I think you now, the fairest woman In the world." "Did you? r nm so glad. I am well content that you should think The general and Leah went back, 141411+114144401144+11144+4 to lire .treed, Sir Basil returned to Glen, ani the months thut followed were full of quiet happiness. Those happy weeks bound the heart of Leah so completely to her lo'er, made her life so entirely one with his, that nothing but death could havo taken hrr from hila. When Christmas came, the enuw wgra lying on the ground. As Leah was one day watching the whirl of the soft snowflake~, her mind went buck to the little house in Manchtster, %there she and llet- tie had been so long together. Sud- denly she went in search of her uncle, whom she found in the lib- rary. He wondered at the emotion on her five. "l!n:le," sho said, "give me per- mise,ion to speak to you. 1 would tut ask it but that I am with suspense" "F.ay whirl you will, my dear," responded :eh. Arthur. drawing the beautiful face to him and kissing it. "You have forbidden me to speak animal and prcrtlttct, from Manger to on the sunject," she said. "i hardly finish.' article, 'Too atter by the like to presnnle upon the permission time the creamery than gets the milk you now give tae, but 1 had a ter- or cream it is well on the way to riblo drean>, last night, and it has putrefaction, and only by great skill troubled me so much." and strenuous methods to control "Surely you do not believe in conditions, can ho turn out the uni- drtams, Lernh?" lau.;hed the general. termly line product put on the mar - "I do not," she replied; "but this ket from the creameries. has haunted mo all day. I dreamed The first essential in main; good that. although 1 was going to liar_ butter is cleanliness, in the cow and ry Basil, something always parted her surroundings, the milker and the us. that I never could sec him, utensils, from the milk pail to the though 1 could hear his voice; and packages in which the butter is sent then, when I followed it, 1 could f away. Plenty of boiling water, or not Cod him. if I was •fh 'his pros- steam, is all-irnportant, tor, excCpt ence, there was alwe:ys n thick veil utensils be subjected to a boiling of crape between us, which I coapt temperature for at least two min - not tear away. I cannot tell you utes, the bacterial gerure that pro - how nervous it has 'nude acre. It duce decay will not be killed. seems like a foreboding that we are OBTAINING GOOD FLAVORS. to part." The flavor. counting 45 points in "Nonsense, Leah!" laughed the the score, is not in the least (leper - general. "'There trust be many dent on the breed of the cow. As partings in this world, but rest. as- line flavored butter from a herd of as 1 ever bred tasted sure(, that while you both live therepure-bred will never be one between Sir Basil steins. The feed, environment and and you."handling, have all to do with flavor. She lnokai a little rites..', but Yet I would advise all who are to make battertnaking their business to tho cloud still rested on the fair face. • . select Jerney or Guernsey cattle • or "1 thought you would perhaps their grades. First. because they ]such, uncle, but you must listen to havo been bred for this special pur- somcthing else that I have to Ftty. pose for over two centuries, and will make a pound of butter fat for I have been trying to think if there the food consumed, eheaper th::u any Is anything on earth which could beeause part us. and I have come to the con- clusion that the only thing I have to fear is the announcement of the fact that i am Martin hay's (laugh- ter. Ile must know that." my she re - darling'?" he charmed with it," he told her. "Yours Is just the kind of coloring that pale primrose will suit." The shy. happy eyes looked into his, and Sir Basil knew that every word the general had said was true. The duch(ircs was delighted with the your^ hnrouct's suggestion. "What a pretty Idea!" she said. "I am sure I shall like it much better than all those stiff costumes and imitation's of queens and heroines. I have to thank you for a very pleas- ing inspiration, Sir Basil." Everything conspired to make the ball a success. The one -hest; was charmed. I.enh was the belle; she never looked so beautiful. The gen- eral had noticed her with admiring eyes. "if SIr Basil does not fall in love with her to -night, he has neither taste nor reason. neither sense. nor heart," lie said to himself. "What more coultl ruin desires Who is more worthy of love than she?" Ile felt happier presently, for he saw that. Sir Rnail was more attentive to her. The baronet hail hogged her to give hint the first wnitr, and then asked for another. "You are tired," he said, when the dance ended and she leaned on his nein: "come out into the moor - light and rest." Ah. the beautiful world Into which they went! There lay the broad expanse of sea in the tar distance, the moon shining on 1t; around them were the brightly illuminated ground.. One of the principal foun- tains was a marble Undine, an ex- me fair. 1 have never cared or quisitely-carved flgure, whose hand, thought about whet people call my touching a marble basin, seemed to good looks: but now I am glad. scatter the rippling sprays of water. since they plt ase you." 'nibs is my favorite spot," said lir was very near loving her, she Leah. "I think this i'rdine is the was to loving to hire. fairest work of art in ih'ne. Have The news of their engagement had you noticed the elegant pow of t head. the grace of the upraise.' hand, ne though she ware bidding the waters flow?" The Farm MAKING BUTI'I':R ON '1'H1: FARM. I do not wish to be understood as saying that all the butter should be made on the farm writes Mr. E. H. Van Alstyne. Doubtless for many the creamery is better. Unless one has the room and appliances to con- trol conditions, and can give the matter .undivided attention from the cow to the finished product, it is of little use to try to make butter on the form. Thero is nu autocrat like the cream vat. Given the above, however, and the butler maker on the farm has the advantage. Ile eau control the cow, her feed, and cleanliness, both in The tenet le Urdtno was beautiful, with its statla's ow grave. 11• serene calm: but the girl, with her pas- sionate, living beauty, the moon- light falling on her fnlr ince and on the rfe•h folds of pale primrose, was more beantifut atilt, '' Ii'l• reminds me of the lovers' nicht in the 'Merrhent of Venice,' " he snid. "It is J'lst as perfect: one can think of nothing but flower!) and love." "A happy nicht," she returned. gentle, 'lentil,' her face over the glistening morph... ")low {dainty 1 can ice you there!" he sold, looking et the reflection. "':very primrose can be seen dis- tinctly in the water. Now tell me, are %•ou not plea9at n lth yew cos- tume?" "If you aro." she sighed. Ifor heart was heather fort with a peg - Pion of levo and pntn. 'Ile nett' minute he had clasped her hands in hie. Anel breading ever her. whimpered to her the word. that Weide the Innate of her lite "Do colt rove me. Leah?" he Asked �a{sa_of sweetest Music whi rpeer- "Certainly. 1 shall tell him my- self," said the general. "I havo always intended to do tier, but not yet—not yet, Leah. Believe ane that it will snake no difference. I have talked a great deal with him on po- litical matters, and his opinions are not of -half so strong 95 mine are. You rind nit ha''e the least fear cn that score, Leah, I assure you. I shall tell him of your parentage, and he will be surprised; but you are the child of my sister as well as of Mar- tin Ray. Do not forget that. There has been no deceit. The simple fact is that in adopting you I have elv- en you my name, becalm! 1 did not care to have your prospects in life epoiled by aseochating yours with Martin Maly. Any one would under- stand that. I know Sir Basil thor- oughly. Ile will not mind. ']_hero are some teen who might object, but he is not one of them." "I shall he glad when you have told him," she said. quietly. "I do not like even the shadow of a secret between us. But you have taken all fear from me. I never remember to have been nervous before. I won- der of what it is the sign?" Sir Arthur smiled as he raised the b:'autifil fa'e and kissed it. "I can tell you, Leah," he replied, "It is a sign that you love Sir Bas- il sar fl with all your heart, and that the faint fear of ever being parted from hien is to you like the over shadow- ing of a great calamity." "Yrs." she assented, with a happy senile. "But Is it not better to love too much than not. to love at all?" "1 cannot sap." replied the gener- al: "of the love yqu speak about, that fills your heart, t know no- th°ng." "Perhaps you would he quite were such different man, uncle if . the case," stle said, laughing in charming fashion. ('Ib bit Continued.) TIL'iSSVAAL CENSUS. n not her The recent census of the natives in the '1'rarsnaal was taken with brads. Each headman was furnished with a number of beads of different. color.:, and twine on which to string them. :\ big Meek head represented nn adult married native, a big yel- low bend it grim n-ip single man, a big blue bead a married women, and a white bend n single woman over fifteen %ears old. A small yellow been made ,public et once. Sir oar be" stood far a ho% and a small 11 had gone dlris•t to the general and I white head for a gl,i• told him. The durhecs was not surprise(f, she had foreseen the resell from the first. she said. She eongrntulated Sir 111iIEN iN POLAND. Polish women are renowned for tht it Lea city and the p•'I fart ion of until in turn n fashion that he was th. it handl and the smallness of prouder than ever of what he had i won. � their feet. They pl..co fineness of the "I shall always think of you," she l hands above all other charms. "I regard my hands, not my face," said one, and It is reported in Warsaw that the 1 Jenne shoe dealers keep a swats'e clot, of 'hoes far the deli - said, "as of a most remarkable man. You have won for yourself what no other could win." Later on she said to Leah. after este beet of their I'olieh customers. kissing her• ( polish ladies Maintain that when "1 nm 1•tght well pleas -lee me hear, thee shop in Vi mini and show their 1 suppose, Lenh, it is 'this or none'? ' " "Heaven has been very good to me, and has given me my heart's de- sire.- replied the girl. ns her eyes fide.' with tears. 'There was to be no hurry al:out the wedding. (:len must be altered and improved. mist. bo decorated and refurnished It was agreed nn all sides that the marrinee should not take place Just yet The gener- al and hls niece remained a few weeks lamer nt Ilene Abbey, end then rotnrned to Brent wood. Leah took Leith her the photograph of the nxarbl.' 1'ndine, hut no one Rave fir Basil understood why she l'a'zed 1t. bawl! feet with the high lnst ep to be tit led, the tradesmen ext la inn ".\h, those are h'ulish feet!" "The Highest In the world say ; " It represents the Medical Authorities'' Ideal standard °>� purity. Received highest award St. Louis, 1904 Sold only in lead packets. By all grocers. Black. Mixed or Green. cooled, then ripened and churned within 2•s- hours after separation. For the farm dairy 1 suggest the following as a simple, inexpensive and satisfactory method of ripening. The day before the cream is to be set to ripen, take tho milk from a fresh cow and run it through the separator first. 'Then put a q'tart of such skim milk in a glass fruit jar. Heat it in a hot water bath to 00 deg' ccs, cover tight and set away where the temperature is about 7s-) degrees The Jar can be wrapped in a blanket. which will help to keep n imifnrut heat. At the end of '22 or 24 hours, this should be a nice "lobbur." Remove an inch from the top and after beating up the balance. so there are no lumps left, stir about a teacupful into each gallon of cream, when heating it up to ripen, say. 65 to 70 degrees, according to the season. Now use buttermilk for a starter. If there is anything not just right with the churning, it is carried to the next, and so tho trou- ble will grow. Put the cream utter heating in the ripening vat or can with the cover on. 1f held nt a temperature not below 55 or 60 degrees at the end of 24 hours it should be just right to 'Stunt, but necessarily very sour. Cream may be too acid as well as not acid enough to get a satisfactory churning. It should look like satin. When it is stirred and dropped from the paddle it should make a slight indent as it falls on the mass." If the cream is too worn' to churn, it should be cooled and held at the breed on earth. Second, liner churnin:t temperature for at least an they make a butter of much lliner hour before churning. Unless this is texture that will handle under ordin- done if the weather be warm, the ary conditions much. better than that butter will soften in the works, for from other breeds with a smaller fat globule. Unquestionably, good butter has been and can be made from the old shallow pans, as by any other me- thod, but it is much more difficult, both to get all the fat and control conditions. I believe it is poor econ- omy to attempt to make butter to- day except with a good c,•nt rif.lgal separator, but a au -called "dilution" affair is no more a separator than is the shallow pan. The inedible should be well and simply constructed, durable, he able to skim clean, and deliver a croon not lass than 40 p.c. fat, and be as easy of operation as is consistent with the above. Such will not only get all the fat but shorten the time between milking and churning at least 24 hours. I find with a heavy create (say 40 p.c.) there will be less volume to handle, It can bo churned at a lower temperature and still give and exhaustive churning in a reas- onable time. It is important that the cream from the separator should be cooled thoroughly before it is put to ripen. But I found that unless one wishes to churn within 24 hours after separ- ation. it is not essential that it should Immediately he cooled to 40 degrees, a process often requiring n1'tch hoe, and one often inconvenient and expensive. If it is cooled to 55 degrees or 60 degrees and the cool- ing takes say Mx to ten hours, just 03 good res'Jite, will he obtained, provided the cream is held at that temperature for at least 12 HOURS MORE, In fact, I have uniformly gotten a higher flavor front cream held cold for such a period and then warmed for ripening, than from that quickly • POSITION IN SI,1?T':I'. According to Ir. Fischer, of Berlin, the most effective po•ition of sleep for obtaining intellectual rest is to keep the head low and the fleet slightly elevated. Fulling this the body shoi4.1, nt any rate. be heri- zontnl, so as to ir•rignte the brain n011. The habit of sleeping with heed into and lett high is, according to the doctor, a rernedy for brain f roubles and some internal d'a'ndies. It can be adopted gradually. AIPO1II COkIS Don't think you are justi- fied in being laid up with a cold half the winter merely because it's the season whcn everybody is supposed to have colds. At first a cold may not amount to much but it is likely to hang on long enough to give you t1ouble! if it is not stopped with Scolt's Emulsion, '1'h':se colds that hang On weaken the throat and lungs and make the way easy for pneumonia and perhaps con- sumption. it is just as well to reduce the chance as much as possible. Scott's Emulsion soothes, heals and cures a cold and does it quickly— that's a good point to re- member. will seed s h Ill. ail.? Y yee lifts, ICOIT a PO W N Y. Toroste, OM. butter globules do not harden quick- ly at a temperature above 40 de- grees. TFMP1:ICATURE FOR CHURNING. 'I'Ite temperature at which cream should be churned will depend on the breed of the cows, the length of bine they have been milked, their feed, the any the cream has been separated, and the season of the year. Each t determine this for himself. A good general rule is, churn at the lowest possible tetnperuture, so as to got all the butter, in a reasonable time. say 30 to 45 minutes. When than granules are like wheat grains, stop the churn, and if the buttermilk is not wanted for human consump- tion. a dipper or two of cold brine will help clear off the buttermilk from the butter. Another general rule: Wash with water at as high a temperature as possible and have the butter retrain hard. Too cold water tends to chill the granules. and so the salt will not dissolve, causing mottled butter. . In tho winter '1t is Wise to warm the salt before putting it in the butter. Usually two washings is sufficient. Always use cnotgh`water to float the butter. Too much washing will injure the flavor. in any event the buttermilk must be washed out. I prefer to salt in the churn, as tho temperature there is more uniform than it is on the open worker. When one knees the amount of cream 1111(1 the amount of butter which will Meld to the gallon, it is very easy to determine the amount of salt re- quired. If the granules are large, more will wnsh away in the work- ing. In thnt case salt a little heav- ier than if the granules aro shall. An ounce to the pound will suit most, but it is always wise to salt to suit the customer. Sever use a cheap salt. Work the salt, in with a fore, as one would the ,e revolve Then (e e.pn1e n garden. churn to bring the butter into a mass. it can then be easily put 11 the worker. Let the better remain in the churn if possible an hour after salting. 'Then work until the butter, when broken, is the groin of fine steel. I'ut in the most attractive package and get to the customer as soon as possible. Remember the but- ter maker stnrnps An indelible like - nese of himself on his product, either fur good or 111. PECULIAR CUS'T'OMS. 8wi-s funeral customs are most pe- culler. :1t the death of a person the family inserts a black -edge announ(es- ment. in the papers asking for sytu- pathy, and stating that "the mourn- ing urn" tt i11 be exhlhited within certain hours on a special day. In trent of the house allure the person diol there is 'deceit a little black table, covered with a Week cloth, on which stands a black jar. Into this the friends and acquaintaucca of the family diesp squall block -margined visiting -cards, sometimes with a few words of sympathy o11 then'. The urn is put on the table on the day of the funeral, Only men go over to the churchyard, and they generally follow the hearse on foot. IN NI W GUINEA. In Vet island of New G;dnca, or Papua, the chief adornment of the ladies is a necktie made of black ants. 'I'lle native girls find the ants in the gardens, they bite off and swallow the lower end, throw away the head, and thread the thorax. One woman, the bride of a chief, wore a necklace lift. long, on which were the bodies of 1,800 ants. AM1:NL'rll{S OF WAR. The amenities of wnr were being ottser%ed recently in the Far Fast. The outposts of the neo nettles %%ere so cline together that they exchanged cigarettes, lark knives, and food with (1re, utmoet civility, and by tacit ngr.'enlent the troops en either side d1 -armed and drank water from the same stream. Nothing disturbed tho general harmony except en oceneiOn- al dispute ns to precedence at. the river Lank. This is q'ritr in nreor,l- ance with precedent. In several bat- tles of the Franco-Prussian Char the soldiers ran clown 10 the snm4 wnt- erin,-r'in•e, and then !AS in t o their I•ositiuns to roc •eco slaugh- tering one another. • iNTERES'I'ED. "SometImes i think," said Mr. 'l'immid, "if i only had sonic money I might get married." "('ooldn't you borrow some, Mr. 'final''?" suggested Mi•s Pntsay, promptly, TIII': ql:\1.'S HUMAN CItY. The • ries of no animals approach more closely that of the human voice than those of seals alien lamenting the lose or capture of their yo'mg. They ernit a wailing and affecting cry similar to that of a woman In deep gritlit Comfortable Living WITH A Chatham Incubator Poultry raising with a Chatham Incubator is a very profitable and easily managed occupation. Unless you want to go into it extensively it need take but very little of your time. Government reports show that the demand for chickens in Canada is greatly in excess of tiro supply and Great Britain is always clamoring for more. That means a steady market and good prices for chickens. You cannot raise chickens success- fully with a setting hen. She is wast- ing time setting when she should be laying. While she is hatching and brooding a few chickens she could be laying five or six dozen eggs. The percentage of' chickens she hatches is much less than that produced by the Chatham incubator. It will pay you to own a Chatham Incubator. Chatham Incubators contain every improvement of importance in Incu- bator construction that has been pro- duced. They are made of thoroughly seasoned wood, with two walls, case within case. Between these walls mineral wool is packed forming the very best insulation. Each piece of the Case is mortise and.}g,ronved and screwed, making the whole as solid as a rock. Chatham Incubators are equipped with scientifically perfect regulators which are an infallible means of regulating the temperature. No cash to pay until October, 1905. THE CZAR'S MURDERLAND PLACE WHERE CUT-THROATS RULE THE POLICE. Two Thousand Murders Cons.-nitted In the Caucasus Every Year. Murder and outrage, luckily, are seldom associated with humor. But the Caucasus, the giant range which towers hetecen the ''lack and Cap - Oat' Seas, has a unique record for combining ruthless ferocity antlt� un- exampled rapine with a wit and lev- ity unexperienced in England since the good old days when highwaymen were noted for their gallant manners and graceful speech, says Pearson's 11'ee'kly, The Caucasus Provinces belmtg to Russia. But the Czar, though ho conquered them finally nearly half a century ago, has never been able to pacify the mttinrs. The braver spir- its took to the hill taS11106S0.9, trans- formed themselves into brigands, and today hold in abject terror a coun- try ns lar;_o as Fnglaad. h'or murder the Caucasus hold a record. Two thousand odd are com- mitted every year. llandlts raid the valleys, carry off rich merchants, and hold then' to ransom, or engage in ]:itched battles with the Czar's Coss act 6. As no less than 800 dialects are spoken by the 8,000,000 natives, It may be iutagiled that the police have a difficult tine. THE OUTLAWS ARE wI'rS, anti sometimes highly cultivated encu. Ono of the rest notorious, Murad Kigilun, was educated at Mos- cow University, and was known at the age of twenty-one as author of a dissertation on the sub)ect: "Tho Moral Attributes in their Relation to Religion." lie once entered the big town of VladikavkaZ for the pur- pose of plotting a murder. A de -a toctive, skilled in eavesaroppla), lie- tened. and noted down every Aar(' he said. But Kiyilun es -aped the trap, and a 'seek later caught the tective. Winn he had hanged hit n3 was his practice, he cut oft his ears, and sent then' with a polite note to the chief of police, saying, "1 hope these ears will continue to be useful to you." One of the worst bandits, a Geor- gian woman, known as "Lisa," has never been caught. Sho can boast over thirty rolrberies, most accom- panied by violence or murder. Lisa's pretty face is uow known everywhere but formerly she used to enter the towns, and under the pretext of sell- ing fruit, pick up useful information about intending travellers. Such was her strength of charac- ter that her own father was a sub- ordinatte member of her gang. Lisa's lust exploit was to meet the police iN PI'TCHED BATTLE. She killed two, and captured two more. releasing them a few days lat- er with the word "spy" brandied on their cheeks. An outlaw, named Akhmetoff, at - ter capturing and torturing about a score of men and women, coolly wrote to the authorities declaring that he would "restune a lawful and peaceful life 1f he were given a free pardon for past offences." Making a policeman dance until he fainted, by threatening him with a • dagger, was one of Akhuletort's re- cent "Jokes," When the victim came to, he extracted, under threat of torture. a complete revelation of eh the police plans against hintae•lf and his fellow outlaw!). A Cossack raid, it appeared, was proposed next (lay. Having obtained full diOails, Akh- metoff posted his mer7.10 ambush along a defile which the Cossacks must traverse, and shot thusn dow1T like ratzbits, Five Cossacks were killed and wounded. The lust Governor of the Caucasus, Prince Jolitsin, declared to the ('ear that "it would need two soldiers for every native, one to watch him by night. and the other by day. to nu,inhtin any eenfilance of order and civilizalion in the Caucas,w" That this 19 no exaggeration is shown by the fact that a recent trial proved that ninny native ta,licenlen, fowl about ten per cent, of the town popnlntiun, were in league with the bandits. Some policemen received a percent- age of the plunder, others. ItY TIIREA'I` OF MURDER, were terioriied into giving infonoa- tionwhile many rich citizens paid regulnr blackmail to insure their own s:uf. t.y. A robber chief nnnaed Mur•abnd/c, it appeared, used 10 send his black- mailed victims dainty receipts, lora ally stamped, for every rouble 1 hes paid him. One receipt, which was produced in court, here in Mura- barhe's handwriting, the words, ' 1i- terest w111 be charged it the next hpayment is delayed as long ns this During the last year five ('auensinn c•hi,. fs of police have been murdered. One, Colonel irokoll, 'nett hie fate 1te- cnuce he refused to allow an impris- oned r'oberer to com,nonic•nte with hip lady -love. Another victim, M. Vntilleif, rere:v- erl from n Lnndit named Mena n chnll •nee to sin •14 cutnlrnf. 114. us - course, Ignored It,, 1t'nq''• but received n duplicate a week Wei Twn rimae nfterw-nr(Is he was comet n';t.ele the town. shot (1 nil. 'a Mr the followln:r, in the Georgian din lett, pinned to his tunics "As %on are too grent n eownrd to be killed In fair fight. con Fit be killed from behind a stone." We will start you raising poultry for profit with a Chatham h.cubator without one cent of money from you until next Fall. That means that you can take off seven or eight (hatches and make considerable money out of the incubator before the fires payment becomes doe. We couldn't make this offer if we were net certain that if you ucecpt it yeti will get complete satisfaction, if we were not positive that the Chatham Incubator will pay you a handsorne yearly income. This is a srraigktferward offer. We make it to show our supreme confi- dence in Chatham Incubator. WC want you to Pccept this offer ne we are sure of the ssti•`action our incu- bxttor w:il give. Every machine we have put out so Gtr hat made other saki in the stare neigh!torhoo.l. Our oiler is to s:nd y>u n C'haf h.rne Incubator at once, freight prepaid by us without one c.:nf of trash front you. You nta4t time frit payment in October, 1905. The balancs to be mild in October, 1900, et if a Caah Cuyer you get it cheaper. Could any offer be fairer or more generous? tarn EOM (tet , 1(rr•mMr 1:ee., 1914 T,e inentater end Prnc-ler Mit 1 bon.ht from your Wilda! ems. 1 5118 no 10 ryJ rb. erhl..men..t Ir 7..n whet tits m.. d)s' net, 1 sm t, wnrA plNenl with h.,•tt tn.nr..n..n4 rr:r4.r. sal t o.,1e nM he wIrl nt th.m. tee -sees 1 t1..re4 t• ,5 , 55.5, men t*ts the ref ..& pl r.r ler ..et rw. 1189 W. fYSLOP. Write u• to-d.ty for full particulars of our offer and tnention this paper. Don't put it aside for another time as this special proposition may be with- drawn at any time. TM! MANSON CAMPBELL CO., Limited Dept. 34 Chatham, Ont. N*' F.,e rr C1.10am r nn'nt /e ill v:1 . h.them Term M.1.5 rrttlT13011"t WA$r.tue1►e 5T Ws011e•L Qns , Prer1on. Mss , rales' Air.... Weetmu.eter. P e . IUIfLi. ?ft 1 rA,vue4 at Chatham. om. sal Dwell, Wirth. A • NO BROKEN -WINDED iIOiRSES. It Is 501(1 that In Norway a bucket of water Is many5 placed eit hitt reach of a horse nhcn he Is taking his allowance of hay. "it is inter- esting,"" s tys the setter of this b - t'idr'nt, "tee tee with what re s`.' (!-t take a sip not ef one nod a nu,nth- ful of the ether alter:w�et;, emote - times only moistening 1 heft'' tnn'rahv. OS rine roti, nal being would do n 1)11e• entire; a db nor of meth dr-, 19 » food. A bru..en edn,ted horse 41 J scarcely ever seers to Nur wtr.'t