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Exeter Times, 1905-10-26, Page 2• 11+011e .0+C + 0 + 0-*** + f*.$0,iOtiA+0iiC4♦3Cf4*+*+i0 +0+ 0E4 V . REGINA PAIRFIELD; T o1 A TERRIBLE EXPIATION. t ICE+ til0E+3).+0+ +*..+I:ii- i+0+- a 4*-* 4-*+ 44,>.+ +*.l. Ci+ttf ft1+ 0 0 4 0 2 4 a O 0 fJ CHAPTER 1V. Well, I listened eagerly, too eag- erly. ile paused, dropped his head u1on his hands, and wanted to bo e diving into tho past. Deep silence reigned between us, broken only by tho supernaturally loud ticking of the chamber clock, hurrying on toward midnight. '!'hero ho sat upon tho footof the bed, his elbows rusting on his knees. his taw buried in the palms of his hands, his stringy. jet-black locks falling for- ward, shudder atter shudder shak- ing his frame! ".Poor fellow! he does not 1:now how to begin," thought. I, and wait- ed anxiously somo time, a feeling of delicacy withholding me from inter- rupting hint, until I found, by the cessation of his shudders and the perfect immobility of his form, that he had fallen into a fit of deep ab- straction, and that his thoughts were far, far from ate. Then, after some hesitation, I recalled him, by a word spoken in a low, gentle tone: " Wal1iavon!" Ile started slightly. raised his aggy black head, and gazed upon o front his Light gray eyes, with o bewildering look of ono awaken- ed from a deep sheep, with a dream stili overshadowing his spirits. "Wnllraven!" said 1 again, in n still kinder tone, "you were about to give face—•• :lIa' ha!, ha! Oh, thou son of Eve Neter tell me of woman's curiosity! Wo have not a bit, have we?" laughed lie, in the most sar- castic and exasperating manner. You will wonder, perhaps, at the [range patience I had with that bit - ✓ and sardonic youth; but, in truth wits more pained than angry at !lis rcastic and insulting tone, for tin- er all was betrayed the profound - et sorrow, the acutest. suffering. I felt the sante conlpaseionate tolera- tion for his ill -temper that we feel for the irritability of any dearly - loved sufferer. 1 replied, gently: "i chid not solicit your confidence, Wolfgang. It was voluntarily prof- fered on your part; and T tell you now that, unless by so doing I can very materially servo you, I have no wish to pry into' your secrets further than fidelity to my sister's interests tinder existing circumstances seems to require." "To what existing circumstances do you refer?" he asked, quickly. "To your relations, n'' implied re- lations, with Miss Fairfield." "And what do you suppose them to be?" "Front what I witnessed this ev- ening. I plesnmo that you aro en- amel," I replied, gazing at him Ith anxious scrutiny. 'You are wrong—we aro not en - 101/ t! Ts it possible that Regina eel ed you'?" for I have not offered her d." t! not! Then you intend to at the first opportunity." o! I have no intention of ever ring myself to Mils Fairfield!" 'Filen, by heaven! much as I have orgiven you upon my own account, you shall first give me satisfaction for your unpardonable conduct of this evening, and then swear never to offend Ali -s Fairfield by cousin; tato her presence again." ••oh! Ferdinand, my fine fellow, don't faro up. You do not know /that you are talking about!" "1 Fay I will have satisfaction!" 'Anti So you shall; any and every 0! is(nct 10?) you !Aimee, and 85 nplCh f it as yon please! Colne, I %vitt ght. or apologize, as you will " •.Sir, you nee my guest. 1 beseech ls, with all convenient speed that u put yoursalf in some more prac- aldr relation to the brother of tho man you have offended, that ho ray- — n a Cow gave Butter mankind would have to invent milk. Milk is Na- ture's tuiS emulsion—butter put in shape for diges- tion. Cod liver oil is ex- tremely nourishing, but it has to be emulsified before we can digest it. Scott's Emulsion combines the best oil with the valuable hypo - phosphites so that it is easy to digest and does far more good than the oil alone could. That mikes Scott's Emulsion the most strengthening, nourishing food - medi- cine in theeworld. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists Toronto, Ont. Oe and $1.00. Alt drugglsts "Blow my brains out with better grace!" "Call you to a strict account for your proceedings this evening." "1 have betrayed el friendsal P. trust, hospitality; I merit death! Shoot Hie whero I sit, Ferdinlund; I wish you would!" • "You aro mad." "I kissed her twenty times, Fer- dinand, and 1 never intend to marry her. Coote, why don't you shoot me.)" "You are a lunatic—you aro not responsible for any word or act," said T, and I was beginning to feel so. 1f I had been ever to angry with hint, my resentment would have vanished when, with one of hie sud- den changes of mood he dropped his head upon my shoulder, and sobbed and wept like the Melting of an ava- lanche, gasping between whiles, in low, earnest, fervent, interrupted tones. "I tore and worship your beauti- ful and haughty sister! Lovo her because she is fair, worship her be- cause she is proud! Yes! yrs! I worship tho ground sho walks 0n— for it is holy ground; the pebble her foot sperus—for it is a precious stone! Words! words! breath! air! Look you! People have talked about dying for their beloved! I air doing it! I nal doing it!" Language cannot convey the heart- rending tono in which these words were spoken. Ile went on: "Yes! yes! I will account for my 'conduct' of this evening! 1 had firmly repressed my feelings for six weeks. I thought tho danger over, or well-nigh over! I went up to her to -night to bid her adieu, with the stern determination of never, never rasing her again. She held out her hand—looking up to the with her beautiful, bewildering, glad (!ening eyes—eloquent with love, sor- row, reproach, inquiry—and, tho great tide of long -suppressed emo- tion rushed in, tilling my heart, fl000ding my brain, bearing down and sweeping away reason, Memory, understanding! and I did and said— some maniacal things! Come, shoot tau,• if you please! Yes, I will meet you when and where you please, and baro my bosons to your knife or boll, but never raise my hand ogainst you, my brother, niy heart's dear brother! In the name of heav- en. then, why don't you speak to me?" "Because I have nothing to say. I am mystified and miserable!" "Yet, oh! do not shut up your heart to ate! do not! You love ale! do not., therefore, lay up remorse for all your long future life, by harsh- ness to mo now—for look you! my life will be short—my death violent! I know it! Speak to me!" "Alas! Wallraven, tvhnt shall I say? You entreat ale not to shut up my heart to you. T elo not do it. On the contrary, it is you who closes yours to roe. Yet do not. misunderstand 1110, 1 (lo not com- plain of this, though the passion you have declared for my sister—a passion I see but too clearly exists, and Is reciprocated—stakes ale ex- tremely anxious upon account,of Regina, when I reflect upon the drt: mystery which you confess has blighted your own life, and dread may blight hers!" 1i.' dropted his head upon My shoulder again. and, with a huge heart -sob, gasped: "I cannot! T cannot! I cannot, by the broken heart, of my dead mo- ther! by the smitten brow of my gray-haired father! 1 cannot reveal to you this blasting mystery! 1 have tried hard this evening to tell you, and the words 'stick in toy throat!' But this 1 will promise you—never to scut Miss Fairfield again! Ah! you cannot guess the suffering I bring myself, the suffering 1 with- hold from you, on making this promise!" "1 do not demand such a promise; .•t—but. Wolfgang. such a demand gill depend upon your reception of a question l 11111 about to ask you, which you may answer or not, just 0.1 ,you ser. fit. This dark secret—is it connected with guilt or with dis- ease?" "No! no! no! God knows, that whatever may be their other nits - fortunes, the Wallenven4 are phyel- cally. mentally. and morally sound!" "Why, so I have always heard of then[. They aro even proverbial for these quelities. Now, in the panto of heaven, give me your hand, Wolf- ' gang! Win Reginal if you can! Ifcel sure thnt your distress, what- ever it uany be, le morbid. Nonseneet Love arid friendship will cure you. Whnt! Young, henithy, handsome, amoral, intelligent, accomplished, wealthy, and of high rank, loving and beloved, with no Ono to cross your wishes—What should trouble you? I begin to think yeei are n mere hypochondriac ' -00(1 so I did. You will pronounce this hasty confidence very wrong—so it doubt- less was; but I loved Wolfgang Walk/teen with more than a bro- ther's love; i was by nature trust- ing to n fault; I WAS inesprrienced; nod I have expiated the error by sulerirg in every vein of my heart And brain! '1'1 next morning We set nut on our return 10 the North, Wolfgang insisting upon our going. 115 pervi- ously arranged. I had stopped at Ieginn's door, to are if possibly she was up, but all was dark and silent Fine Finish The farmer manufactures beef, pork, milk, etc., and he 1nuo f>< ,ro rly handle, his live stock properly machinery to fret the grcateet and best fi en,hcd production. Just as he i careful to put oil on his harvester bearings, so should he be as careful to keep his live stock machinery in good working condi- tic n. An cnimal whose digestive ma- chinery is heavily loaded needs more oil than cap that isn't. Clydesdale Stock Food is the oil to ease the Load en your animal's digestive machinery, be- caue it increases the digestive fluids owing to the food being made "tasty." It also rakes the feeder bristle with activity and vitality, making the blood circulate better, thereby distributing the flesh more evenly over the body instead of into the paunch for tallow at 4c. per pound. It makes the bide and coat soft and glossy, giving that "fine finish" that fetches from 25c. to 50c. per hundred more than front ordinary feeding. Contains nothing injurious, and can stop feeding it without harmful effects. Your money cheerfully refunded by the dealer if you are not satis- fied after feeding it. Same for all Clydesdale Preparations. Clydesdale Carbotine Art.sestic will kee; your stable clean Try HERCULES POULTRY FOOD C[.t'DESUdLL• t'uon Co. I,i,nited, ;1orn:to, Ont. in her roost. We left without ScTiI1) her again. 'Wo reached the university some time alter the commencement of tho terns, an(i had to apply ourselves with double vigor and perseverance to our studies, in order to make IT for lost time. Prom tho day of our re-entrance into college, Wallravcn was every- thing that the most exacting and fastidious friend could desire hint to be—calm, self-possessed, d'G•nifitel, gracious—though seldom, pe.haps never, cheerful. lie never voluntar- ily mentioned Regina to me; and if ever I would name her to hiiil. 1:e would govern a strongly rising emo- tion, and say: "As Milton toiled for fame, as Napoleon toiled for do- minion, so I toil for Regina! One day. when wealth, ami fame. and power, and dominion—such doutindon as God gives genius—are mine, I may win her! When I have power to place her in the highest rank of society, in the most civilized city in a yet uncivilized world, then I will ask her to share iter fate with mine —not till then!" or something like it. He did toil. ile gained the highest approbation, the honor of the professors. '!'lie most brilliant auguries were drawn for his future. I. shnretl theta. I felt his power. I felt that if he could once conquer a pence in his own hoeon1, ho plight become just what. he pleased. As for Regina, she never men- tioned hint in any of her letters t0 me; but i knew too well thnt he was not forgotten, by the tone of sadness that, pervaded all her ex- pressed thoughts and feelings. ('To be Continued.) LONDON. London is n shop and a bank, a gauping hell and a cathedral. Its streets are paved frith gold and set with thorns. It is the pince for a rich man and the place for n poor - man. It is all -wealth and happi- ness, itis all poverty and distress. It is n huge paradox. Many things aro possible in London that, nen also Impossible. If 1t so pleuro you, and you possess the ability to d0 so, you may live not merely a double life, but hnlf a dozen ditcrent, lives, which will never clash with one an- other. You may be In Lonelolt at the 501110 time n priest and n pirate. It is big enough for both of you. MOSQUITOI'.S IN MINES. There are ninny curiosit les rat the mosquito. It is reported from Colo- rado thnt mosquitos ure found its minds 1.200 and every 1.500 feet be- low the surface of the earth. "Ex- perienced miners tell tae," a cor- respondent tel' tea, "that themos- quitoes sometimes become so Ind that the men are unable to work. This phenomenon occurs only in sluing and t $1110014, where there is stagnant water, but the surrounding country is entirely grid—ns dry 115 n bone—without any etfattles or ponds or ether pinccs whero mosquitoes might breed. Mosquitoes aro scarce in high altitudes simply for that reason, end hence it is n mystery where timee conte from that, aro found in the' mines." LONG-LIVi:D I'i:Ait 'TltEI•:si. The pear tree will continuo hear- ing fruitin abundance when at least 300 years old being not uncommon. 'They are much longer 1tteil than the apple, which rarely lasts morn than 100 or 150 years. The pear tree al- so grows much larger than the ap- ple, and when 200 years old has of- tho dimensions of a forest tree. '4 -fig 1■64-14+11444� r Frm !The 1-1444-14444444444 THE FEED AND TILE MILK, All acknowledge that there is 801110 reLetiutl betWec•n t110 feud olid the milk [writes W. W. Cook. 1f onions aro fad to i► tow it is expected that the nlhlk trill havo the odor and flavor of (ho onions. '1'tle sumo is truo of turnips, but in a less degree. li, however, the turnips or cabbage are fed in moderato quantities diroot- ly after ulil!(ing no bad result is noticed, because in this case the spa - tem has had time enough to elimin- atet1 I o malodorous )torous 1 material. There a is another feed, silage, that is fatly as strong In order as onions, and to some persons even more unploas- itilt and yet a cow Can consume a largo quantity of even tho rankest silage and produce Milk without a trace of the silage odor. This is denied by Many dairymen, but, novertheless. it is a fact, when a man says ho is having trouble with his milk on account of the f.,eding of silage, ho is charging hiulsekf with carelessness, for it is certain the bad favors entered the milk after it was drawn from the cow. 'The silage odor hi very penetrating. It hangs to the hair of (l:o cow and the garments of the Milker; it ells the air c.f the stable. When silage is fed just ilc- fore milking and then rho milking done without trashing the hands, the milk is alms( sure to I. tainted. Milk left in the stable easily absor: the silage odor. These odors that enter milk after it is drawn from tho cow, can be largely removed by aeration. Merely lifting the milk in a dipper and al- lowing it to fall in a current of pure air will remove the bad odors, but on a largo mato it is better to use tonic of tho modern machines that aerate and cool at tho same time. '1'o test this platter with regard to silage, I once divided a lot tit fresh milk, putting part in the silo on top u( tho silage in an open pail, while the rest was put rat ogee in ice water. The milk remained in the silo several hours until it was thorough- ly saturated with the silage odor. Tho pail was then removed to tho (Iniry room and fresh air blown through the milk until the air as it bubbled ap smelled no longer of si- lage. This milk also was then put in the ico water. :rho next day sam- ples of each lot were submitted to a largo dairy class without their knowing which was which. Tho ma- jority of the class decide:l that the silage milk was tho butter flavor and had the less odor. Why should good milk result from bad smelling silage and poor milk from onions? If a very thin slice of onion, turnip or cabbage is examin- ed under a high potter magnifying glass, the tivsue will be seen gilled with IttifUlte" chops of a sulphur oil that imparts ,the peculiar odor and flavor. The system of the cow tries to burn up and get rid of all that would injure the milk, but these sul- phur oils aro uniting the most diffi- cult to eliminate from the system and unless fed in quite shall quanti- ties, produce a had effect upon the milk. On the other Laud the odor and taste of silage aro connected with the acids of fermentation and aro easily destroyed .by the cow. 1%'hen silake first (luno Into use, sonic persons claimed that the largo mime tity of acid it contained must be in- jurious to the health of the cow. A person who says this display : his ignorance of the cow's process ,•( digestion. 'Il:o first great stomach or paunch, occupying nearly half the cow's body, is in effect a silo. The food is hero carried through the first stage of digestion, entirely by the produclien of add. No matte,- whether natterwhether the food 18 green or dry, grant or coarse fodder, it is all fer- mented and produces a largo quanti- ty of acid. Dry torn fodder in the cow's paunzh evolves touch more acid than the enino stalks would have produced put green into the poorest silo. Tho cow's system burns up null utilizes this erhd with Babe, for that is what stature intended. 1 10 NOTES. Po not breed from immature par- ent stock. (Trow the pigs from the day of birth to the day of slaughter. Always breed from a thorough- bred boar of good constitutional vigor. Give the breeding boar such food as will build muscle and bone. Adopt regular hours for feeding and the hugs will 80011 learn to ex- pect it every day. Tho barrel or vats in which food is mixed should be emptied at each feeding A lot of pigs of which ecnreely any two resemble each other does not re- flect credit in the skill of the breeder. A hog never gets too thin to bo lousy, but it would appear that the thinner the blood the better the lice thrive. If n sow proves herself n good breeder and )pother in all respects keep her until sho will breed no more and save her another breeder. Growing pigs need pleat) of oppor- tunity for esercime, thy need to run about to strengthen their mum - the and keep thein from being too Int. As a rule, t110 ahnrtest time in which tvo can obtain a weight of tot) to 250 lbs. will give tho cheap- est and best moats. 71he pig that is marketed profit- ably at from (3 to 8 months intuit not be nllnwcd from nny cause to stop growing. Good feeding is giving the nnhmal all Thee 10od that it can digest and assimilate 'Mena. waste me: ',Mt - out violence to the organs that have the work to do. 'i'ho lot (.f hogs thnt will lie quietly uhilo a stranger passes among them has the ndvantnge for profitable feeding over the restless nervous fellows that aro always on DELICIOUS IN THE CUP t@ CEYLON TEA is equalled by no o.ilcr tea on sale For quality and-Eads:r. Lead packets only. qoc, 5oc, and hoc. per Ib. tligh:st award, Black, Mixed or (ircen. At all tiru:er,. St. Louis, Igoe. their feet as soon ns a stranger ap- rears on tho grounds. When the sows 11011 their litters aro all fed to- gether with the aim to give all what they want there 15 a chance that the sows will carry more flesh than is teeny necessary- and tho pigs will not do as well as they would if fed alone. Hogs aro nearer so!f maintaining and will do more foraging than any other unirn'tl, and they can bo uti- lized for consuming a greater num- ber of products of tho farm than tory other stock, increasing in thrift upon the variety thus afforded pro- vided it is wholesome. LIVE STOCK NOTES. A great Horny horses are ruined by watering '11e'I1 too hot, and it is the practice of many just to lot them run to the watering trough as soon as they aro unhitched. No matter how wat•nl, they aro allowed to help themselves. 1f the horse is warm, give a little, and allow him to rest until cool. A little water when warm is all right, but be careful not to give too much. TI:o horse not only requires less food when idle than schen at work. but is actually injured if the ration is not reduced on clays of idleness. Some feeders of high standing re- duce the feet[ of their work horses on Sundays and holidays. It is now the belief of all who have thorough- ly studied the.subject that idle horses are fed too heavily as a rule. But no fixed ration can be named, since the food requirements of individual horses differ so widely. What aro called broiler ducks aro fed a mash composed of equal parts of ground corn, outs and bran, from two to four ounces of meat meal or beef scrap to evere two quarts of the steal. When the ducks are forced for quick growth, they are given even more than this. ldlix its with this sound lino -cut grass, clover or green stuff of somo kind cut not over half nn inch long, also a little coarse sand. This can bo mixed with scald- ing -hot water or. better, with scald- ing -holt milk, allowing the mixture to cool, and feeding tho young clucks about what they will eat up in four or five minutes. Feed thein at first about every two hours; after this, from three to four times a day. Al- ways have plenty of feeI1 drinking water close at hand, where they feed. WONDERFUL RECOVERY. Welsh Physician As- tounded at Re- covery of His Patient. A remarkable ease of faith -healing has occurred at Penydarren, Mer- thyr, Wales, Miss Annie Griffiths, 24 years old, having glade a wonderful recovery from an illnese which threatened to make her a permanent invalid. Dr. Morrison of Merthyr, said that he diagnosed the case as ','ne of tub- ercular hip joint disease. !lis diag- nosis was confirmed by his chief, Dr. Creswell, and his last visit. to Miss Griffiths was 011 W'e(lncs(lay Inst. Next day he was astonished to see her walk into his surgery without the truce of a limp. "I not cured now," sold Miss Grif- fiths, in reply to the doctor's ques- tion. "Yon have been very kind to foe, and did all you could for Ire, but, of course. you are only an earthly physician. I took my case before tho iieavenly Physician, and here I stn well." "'There Is n0 humbug about 11.." Dr. Morrison declared. "She walked into the surgery apparently well." It was possible, ho said, for per- sons laboring under strong mentions to appear to overcome bodily illness temporarily. On Thursday two clergymen, !lir. Owen, of Merthyr, and Mr. Francis, of Cardigan, visited Titles Grifllths e(forv and prayed her recovery. Shortly v rt 1y a(terwnrds. to the nstouishment of everyone. 110 dressed without assist- ance and went downstairs. KAFFIR CIHIEF'S WEDDING. Interesting Ceremony Viewed by British Savants. A correspondent telegraphing frotn Pietermaritzburg, gives an interest- ing account of a native wedding which Sus ul(nessed by the members of tho British Association roc fitly. 'I'llo delegates were conveyed to Hen- ley in special trains, and on their arrival a Keine dance was performed by 1,000 natives, in presence of Sir Henry McCallum, the Governor, as supremo chief. This was 1(1110w0(1 by n native wed- ding. 'Three chiefs, with th.: it fol- lowings, partfeipate(1. 'Their names were respectively Mhlola, 100aniteg "Prodigy," hereditary chief, of the Idadj tribe; Ludulna, meaning" 1t thunders," chief of tho Ainampumuza l tribe; and Uutvell, meaning the "Ap-t peered," acting chief of, the Atnapund el tribe. Each chief with his people: advanced and saluted rho Governor: and visitors utter tho fashion of their tribe, and then tho last two pera rnl- etl dunces and songs. 'Then they withdrew and remained as spectators. The most interesting ceremony fol- lowod—namely, the marriage of the, hereditary chief Mhlola to a young! W01111111, daughter of a coumnoner, who is to become chief wife .and mother of tho principal heir. '1 he I actors in this barbaric scene wero variously clad in skins, feathers, beads, and cloths of gaudy colors. Tho majority, including women, were wearing the scantiest apology for n costume, some of the girls wearing nothing but narrow bead belts. The ceremony included much dancing. stamping, and capering to shrill cries and whistling. Tho bridegroom, practically nude, sat on a mat, his party and bride's party facing each other. Tho bride did not appear till after tho women and gills of her party had given a dance, Tho bride then entered the nrenn, accompanied on each side by o Kaffir, equivalent to a groomsman and bridesmaid All three were concealed under open url-- beeline till they\ reached tho bride- groom, when the bride raised him from the ground and sat hint in a chair. She then joined in the dance, Mhlola remaining seated. Tho important pert of the cere- mony was the question whether the bride would accept the husband. Sho answered, "I love him. Ten head of cattle hnvo been given for mo." A parade of wedding presents fol- lowed, The gifts, which were carded aloft, included a modern travelling trunk and Many mysterious bundles. An important feature was Also tho robing of the bridegroom by the bride with head bolts and head-dress !undo by herself. Finally there was a general dance and the wedding I'anquet, for which oxen were slaughtered on the spot. Each chief and the other prominent actors in tho ceremony, including the blushing bride, was brought up in front of tho Governor's seat. to he snnpshott(•d 1)y monikers of the Brit- ish Association, ulniest all of whom were armed with cameras. The whole name was extremely In- teresting and picturesque. Mr. Freshman—"I ant told that wind blows quite strongly hero at times." Prominent Cit izci:—"W'el1, yea; that is so. I've Lnowed it to blow for twelve days and nights on a stretch, nn' hold a sheep up egninst the side of a barn 14 feet from. the ground all that time, 1511' never once let hint fall. And . an- other time it biew so hard that the crows in Farmer '1'atercrop's corn- flel1 couldn't fly back to the rook- ery, but they had to walk home. And nnother time it blew so hard that when young Spoonaunore was eros -ed in love and tried to kill Min- itel( by jumping over a precipice. rho wind blew hien back ngain every time. I n'stre you, stranger. the wind can blow in ties.. parte." SECQh PEACE cpNFT f ENCF Tiff: HAGUE �a..r ,rte 1/04 `• XJri�`*1`�`�r ate✓ Aus�Cll,L ...Nip . r \JJ1 � �.t) ti'vv>•�� is 0 ere ell • "Y- a- e l(�// /eFy,l4 Jai STAIN 11 \111.1'1 'flit: 1'[111 1 X111' 111 \1:. It will likely tie the vui 0 of experh.•l;ce. FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE NEWS BY MAIL FROM V IRELAND'S SISORES. Ilapl•enings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- Car.alians. Tho Irish language is now being taught in :1,500 schools in Ireland. A new cable is about to bo idaid front Canso, Nova Scotia, to Water- ville, Irelaml. A doublo U'agedy is poed rn Ilnllynahhnch, County Dreownrt, vncL141:0°111. rofu a farmer stnbt•ed his silo to sheath frith a bayonet and (11cn took hie 0511 life. lluring the hearing of a case at tho Belfast Police Court in which a mart was charged with leaving threatened his wife, it was statea that thoro were ten people in ono house, uud only two beds for them all. The Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland has subscribed 1;25 to fund which is being raised in Dublin for (Ito pur- pose of erecting a memorial to Con- stable Shea and 31r. Fleming, who lost their lives 10 a sewer at the Burgh Quay, into which they went to rescue a party of workmen. A fanner unfired 'Phomas Bryson, living near Limavady, who for 401110 time past has suspected the presence of rich minerals on part of his land, has discovered ore which, on being examined by experts, was found to to rich in gold. The ore s'as discovered in a rocky waterway. '1710 death occurred at his seaside resltlence, 1'oughal, of ?lir. Standish O'Grady, Clerk of the ('rotvn and Pence for the City and East Hiding of Cork. Mr. O'Grady was ono of the best known and Most highly es- teemed Crown officials in Ireland. and t,83 a native of Itathkealo, County Limerick. The death is announced of lir. R, II. A. 1'�illis, head master of the Metropolitai, School of Art. Dublin. Mr. Willis, who su. ce:Med Mr. Ilren- nan, on tho retirement of the latter•, something over a year ago, died slide denly at Ballinskilligs, County Kerry whero 110 ryas spending his annual holiday. Ilis remains were interred at Itathcormac, County Cork. Tho Marquis of Sligo intimated to the Westport Sports' Committee that its their sports were to bo held under tho rules of the Gaelic Association, which exclude rho Constabulary and Army and Navy from its competi- tions, ho must withdraw his permis- sion to their being held in his de- mesne. Tho committee procured an- other field for the purpose. Whilst workmen were engaged in making a sewer through Abbey Yard, Newry, they turned up a largo num- ber of human bones, *amongst which were n few skulls. Along the sides of the trench can also bo seen quan- tities of bones of a similar !rind. '1 he place was once the burying ground of the Cistercians 400 years ago. 'Ilio bones have been re -interred:. A report bus been received by th Constabulary that three "winds" hay, the property of Mr. holt. It'erii Tullerboy, were burned on the night of the 10th inst. On the, following night ono "wind" of hay, the prop,z- ty of Mr. Maurice Jones, watt burn- ed, also at Tullerboy, and on the night of tho lath Inst, at Tullerboy, likewise sixteen tors of hay were burned on the farm of ,11r. Daniel Russell. The police station et Doh - creed, two miles front Bohorcard, was discontinued .eomo time eince. TOBACCO IN ENGLAND. British Farirers I+iestered the Art of Raising It. Tobacco raising in England i -f a varied and cle ckc'red hietory. First introduced there in 1565, rho Eliza- bethan courtiers soon cultivated a liking for it. Ere long tho conniver' people followed their example, and smoking became a universal habit among tho English. They begun to import largo quantities of the Vir- ginia weed, and soon after learned to grow it for themselves. Wien tho British agriculturists had mastered Ow art of raising tobacco at hotno and conquered the climatic (In ield- tics at first encountered in producing[ it, the practice of stnokiug was de• pounced in court. James I. issued a counterblast to the weed. Charles I. was no less opposed to it. IL' al. so adopted strong measures to elle• courage its 11)40 and prevent its cul. tivnt ion. The church. likewise took up unite against smoking. In spite of the royal edicts ngainst tobacco it continued to be grown surrepliti. Dusty ton large extent. ('hart 4 iT. impsuch n heaty duty on rho nl0ive article AS. it was 1 thought, would have thio effect of excluding it from British crops. The increased tax, however, died not pre- vent largo numbers frons, being hnde• pendent of foreign countries for their supply of this commodity. In those days it ryas not ns en"v for the of- ficials to snake a long tour of in- spection ns it is now. Eventually, in 1782, a law was passed 'raking it illegal to grow tobacco in any quan- tity in 1•:ng;llu:d. The same law, of course, applied to Scotland and ire land. in the latter country tobacco has traditions characteristically its 1 ( 1 1 i ♦ t� t. TIM A(IE, OF BIRDS. The birds that attain the greatest age are the eagle, the swan, and the raven, which sometimes live for more than 100 years. At the other ex- treme Is the wren, whose average life is only three years. Between th-'ad come the heron, the parrot, rho goose, and the pcllenn, with n pe- eible age of sixty years; the i„meock and the linnet, twenty-five years; the canary, twenty-four )'cats; (11.' 000 and the creno, twenty years; rho goldfinch and the pheaennt, fifteen years; the lark, thirteen years; the blackbird not the robin redbreast" twelve )'ears; the thrush, ten )ears. Mrs. lioyle—Doee ymIr hu.+ban( mnke good money? !Mrs. 11o5I--1 eat 11'4 goo(' enough, but there's too Me tl. !,t it. Ve