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Exeter Advocate, 1908-07-16, Page 6 (2)O, eihee ousc of Mystcry 01011000,40100;00.04.4.00....4.4* 81 ' .o. 'Myileer'NYI terd 'hexeraintfed th'ey Vichte•arigolar hi-nntait, ' ratailY thinh 'you lama leave tahen teave ef yew' 1.11y deer inadarn." I cred .ex•ottemze. 1,7 haven't ,tts,e aTtlitest Redfern, etli your name, To the' len,A of rriy linowledge, 1 tie vete? had the pieesure of Meeting -ou Wore tlirs 'remnant, Yet eon. have ittirrrsit,ittettniftir$Vtittri'ithrr tirtirefirirtairtertirettirtfte kTouar I laugteed cynically. minit be mod to iirlt tato tilts!' shornan answeeed with. sulat, aS°. Verif.Y. tell you thetrm r.et mad. madzen, ' I protested, "and further,. I dechire that I have never marieetirh "Whet! ruhhish yo41 hilt!" eh • *Mee aecideitt to your head has CVile.,1.11.- 4M o,,o4ioarGnia "' • rrstieers.Dactor .hae mare accirtrt eatThe doddealng od, idae alio yteirself, that Pm net quite re:spans:1A 1;~ my eet,ons," 1 Laughei. "Well, we ehall see.'" "if you were in yeur rtght, eensts you - -Would never deny that I ainieur wife,.' einewared the over -dressed woman. "The thing's too absurd." "My dear madam," I cried, grew:ng angry, °year allegations run utte.rly ri, • d ouloue, to say the leest. A1 Lhi& is. _nithe.r some eonfistindisl conspiracy, or esecceiree-----OrsteltiatectiaktrraerfertatirenarrisTirtiMihr I tell you that - 1-- enit Wiliterat Heafen. ot --Iti4seir----ehlreetcett trench euebach4lorhihrib slum - 'neither -.thought -nor inclination ot marrying." : "And I teL you that ism ere Wilford neyslieshand. arid house," etie answeeed, her face graw.ng aedder with excite.inent. The rsituaton was certainly tranger -than. any ether in which a man colltal possibly bo placedi That, it was ne .dream, but 'a stern reality, was" entire- ly plain.. a glanced around the, corn- fOeualD'a library., arid iraw "Isere eyederite es or eal( h find • J"41flIfl(flf, white through the wiediev beyond my • gaze felt upon the wide park eloping away to a torte lake glistoning in the sun - Shiite, andthrough the trees beyond veil& be seen' a distant glimpse of the blue waters. 1 the English Charnel. • 1 rereoe uet.-rly nonplussed by the - startling declaration it thae artificial- ioaking pistrt ee, who aped youth, soori- dicuk•usly, and yet eperse 'with emelt, an me of ceinfidenee and eeteernieirturni - 'And you actually expect mobes leve this tits -mid stoey 41 you, that i Ain your husband, wtini only lase nigtrt I tileel at, The la itons, and was then - a bacheler? &Strife, madam,' I added . with a touch of sarcasm, for I ooreas that my "anger was now thoroughly areineed, 'I think iho--well, the d4ffer-- es:0e in our ages is sufficient. to convince nn y one lleati---" 'No, no, slie hastened he inteentjet Me, as though thnt point were very dts- fasten]: licr. "Age l6 entirely out of thr qu,e, on. Am I to understand 'that you .dietinelly deny having. mode me. your wife?'" 1 do, meet deededly." I leughod, for the very id a n as really t o rideutous to, entertain. . She 'exchanged a pitying Reek with rgei who stood -at a Late d:stance, watching In silence. "Poer Wilford! roar- Wilford!' she / ejartilatod In a terve of synniathy, 'and, addrosstng the man cite c.alled himeeif Int teeretarY, saki, "It so ms quite true %% bat the eoctor fiat§ deetared; the blew has tesct the balanee of his mind.", "Aftlitabt.7 1 cried...very eloteeininedly, - hasei wilt oblige, meby not adding fur- ther liesult"to-3-ieur-atterniptcd- impeature- -for ste.1 sympathy is 'insulting tei mor' She clasped .her -hands., . turned, hca. CyCS uptea.rd, and sighed in the -manner -of the elderly. You beltetie that I'm mad. Therefo.re yeti a,ne trying to inn -wise upon mei" I went in furiously. 'But I tele you. tate dear medim. that 1 am juet ea sane nes yeurseif, and am fully prepared to ireve that I am not your hushend." • -"Arh Mr. (edge. whetter I. speak the truth or nee" size said, turning 4o the went:fury. "Certainly," antwered the man ad- dres1,ricerting straight into .my fare "I have no tesetetien wifatic-ver in bear - 'Mg- out M. Ikaterits stateriener 'll's all -humbug? ihredi tininrsig eta* 1110n, Wm. °I den t knew this %%entail frerri Mem." "Weil." tee lareefaed ey&eally, °you meld le Weeny her Fraty wall,sat any en te." • Jt was. appaettrat frn hs kilt, thatLa had no sery high mieWrea of her. "I'm ttitiaeol »eny that until th.'s pre-, Feet � )nM eve he L•f,en. stenneere." I eerie. fee I tame Lot in -ex benzer utirav weeds. • ey.el bre ex tremery, complimenla!y. Wile,p1.' ate obsieved reeenif113:i-Y. 'It a'plil-naN, N) rise that et tillpittielts Zwrt'Utri eh. isnaleceSney inth s I ea. -ea "Year are emleaveringree theta , 1 ;Arun MP GS thy s.V le. n-eviNt!er. I eupotc,e, 'to QI.LICIre OCAIIZO ol tyt.ott ILIVO e few. Itut I WI) yttid (1171' Th, Imitate teat any sueh Mamiet nit7 he funte.„ cpeak pieinly. I cheat iiiiewryese skitter have I any she nth: ota le nay 1aermaftitaltiecte" °Weir° she creil; "SI art the steartee s, vte iorbtihs ts thi• most extra - ant nese lt , 1hickreare1ern.1 isle may the rent e iteinaLLOi „,!at Pee "le tit' el, ly t:N) V,M7. otttl 'meet inanetiiiiri that the 4114,4' ta, nil. Last LigZ41. Cs a leyetere I. Mered fr:etrele tiria.tareten. wet fe at a 'tete latiet. ria at a aseere' irThiel.eaa wny h ta? 'Rosen -;.•;eitel. toy I ancare to 'lei ikra '113, ree elearek leetient. Bee ‘.4e eieaae eae leeeee teeeeleialeieet I &ace?, ieret, atd P • 0' e ere deteetetaiti,rc Pirtle ' 4 0 ersiir 'thin Ana c4pahle ansih' . lpacti •ral ,papelele.tirithritactiaitelltrate,:r irieuriret. 'tesirtathat'yieereSider "he, ahhotutely tee' nonet 'erinedneart give 404.4,1•Clbtr 1.0 earh• a t aid of hictiert • 'Decks* Unit 4.1; 'conskicTs ;that your "iarain is nnhalanotel. because ever do not hinow rhe trutier ,he send calmly. quite eierrere Oath thine" o , ee the moment, and tonne an uneveiti able werd. •Itierititen ot flea potteeln.gcu fossira name we to fumes a red flag ao a hull "I eurely know w‘ho and whai 1 aril!" 1 creel "No, my dear Wilford, that's just it. Yo triert Jn,w whi you are," the WO- Js14.111 anewiceil with a smILe.. rh!' I ixt la aural. 'Then perhaps vire All teilateSeiikalthr.S. aim* Ilia' to alle it's the veryiereveilawi. "I can ,only tell you whoc you are as I know yeiu o.o be," anewered 1113 pow- & redefaced, oid Lady, whose at- tempts tJuvei41cc q Jerry sickened me. "Go en,t I 'said, poem rig znyee:f for ratareenthennteettesheireot. mei "I risk you first Wheth r you are not Witfurd Heaton, of Heats) „Manor, new Tewlitsburyr , "Certainly." "And you were once etr chen by blind- ne.h.r you Or0 new earrytegben busi- the CITY -eitiLbh.- don?' "Lkeow ;lathing linanee," 1 .aner r- ed. "This Mr. Gedge- or wile teas r is Ls e some a sue fa, , nee a out T'lyr pTh mosLitton in 'Lend it. hie knewing myself, as I do, le le ail hi.* rant dater at figures, ran mete u aye Urea ,the ry is all bunkum." --- "Then how do you account a i. these memorandum forms," inquired di dge, takaig 601110 tfrom the table, "and for these letters? Are dicey 'norm your hand -writing?' I glanced at the letters he held. They refined to some huge ft -foment transac- non, and were certainly in a hand that appeared wonderfully like my own. "Some eine has teen imposing upon yon. I tell you. This is a cece of irus- Laken identity -1L must be, my dear sir " • "But I teL you it len te" protested &edge. "All that your wife has said. is the absolute truth." "My wifel" I hried angrily. "1 have ince wife -thank ileavent" 'No, ma' whined the raalted evo- man, dabbing lier eyes with her hand- kerchief, very lightly, however, so as not to disturb the:r "No, (143/1!ts say that, any dear Wilford, don't say that! You know that you are rny huebandi—you know you are!" "I knew, my dear madam. quite well that I do not occupy that distinguished pcsitrion,' I responded very firmly. "But I can prove it—I can prove. it!' she cried tv1411 a futile effort at, tiors. "Theo I shall to !nest interested to see this extraordinary fictron proved," I said. "Perhaps we shall) then gct down to fa ea." - "The facts are as already stated, Gedge remarked. • "Then lot me see proof. There must Ix a ceetificare or offIciat entry same - where if what this lady says is really correct. Where is it?" ".My cortillosete vies stolen, whenmy jeweiscase was rifled in the train bo. tween Waterloo and., Exeter," she en- s:levered. "But, of &firm, a crepy can _easrly tte- obtained. Your soire`ktiaitil Loindon can get a copy ost once from Sornenscst Hauser' "Certificate stolen,' I cried.' "A most ingenious excuse. I quite anticipated it, allhough it, unforberiately. exhtlbtts, no originellity. Thieves' don't usually steal marriage certificates. They can't pawn them, yeat knew.' The woman before me glanced around the romn with an air of bewilderment, and I 4hen knew. that I had oornered her. • "And where did thie extraerdlnary niatriage between us lake place, pray?' ilmaingyu.neri, no -t - witheut some bitter "At St. Andre.w'e. i,Velts Strict.' "),Vells S're t, in London?' "Yes. You surely rernernber it. don't You? The elitrich 1,9 close by Oxford know the church' gulf, I an - 1. "taut 1 takt.St firmly and die - taint), deny ever having been inside it in my life." • "If you examine th'i maneage regts- tetethireyoutt ilnd your signature, to- gether with that ef .vieur wife," Gedge, Ohterved, with cenfidence that rather eirrinishel rite. ' ' shrill \certainly take no troubto sueha azattkr," 1 (Icc!aml. \ "ft IS (11. tele& that I ern the tinsitand <1 this lade, therefore, tt es far ter el bring proof — not for sine kto ek, "Yore' Mohr," hireti. the .weniali who called liere if Aire. Hi 'Von. "With- in, three (14-.1 a eirpy of the oertflooto shell. be pleas; tri yew riandq..' nt) nt vie y rarEaD e413 (tepees (%,1 de. flitito tiler I cheerved wry dubbusly. "I ele aye reefer otiginahar argna l, aaeortanni ly, 40.° . "Stotrn.„ mrayert away 44 1,9 wn el,rd—c411" 1 altdvd watb a &MANI la ugh. 1 r "Ain you content te wait unt I Oto et. .-an te 4L1 Mined hoar Serrieset it i»r eke "ineeravel. 'V," I rieperaded.1.1 yeti mat ec"ti- 'y inn witeee yoa aUc,trodaiii, pen here yeu w titehally exiehen the tires - b al,» al Gin-kriS3e MI?, mita on hour ego hatitnevor ceeen in ail nay 11 tea' suereter,y egela exel.eDged 41enteee. I Cr* el.ay Cens,d. • Au) an klltfele tre-aereortelt;e ag-z.t. They belteved me t ber demented, 'N017.0 4:10 CAgazn T;Cd7 Qedge aneeaaieeed, "rleeeee ige eVreW the7MOI:it.htit: what ,n z•e cant yet fotheme "lgyeteref'.1 .0400. "I sheuld think them Lva* EsV,IMQ ruyetchryeetn1 deuil'ehis complreated It erant ho. loth when I find enyereltw thcee =atm: 1ere2tai2, Wlee, man ti ebttret,li Itodi igtuetata. 1,110,0 ulejsr'elf;'cteor :14 i•on4n one hae iiever"aet C3;0 Wertze oldeeneugh te hiee • b • . 14' eeereterei, .who 4vdeJtUy,knew, ihatt th*: eirietlegelaa **, 015TWeIWY WAWA' eiedeVa teeleee zeta, eepkeeir*tarit'llog her:etit " 6u.li1Y; -1,040;44T4'1100.alil Acadeleoto I Ly. 4411' r e void tVI, «3 irnWel‘er:14e\natil4.'"0 04 Whaler ltke, AM•4 :piaster, here, or neer • . , 'Certainly °you °are, str," Ito respend, ed, instantly hUmbled. "Then liateta" I saWi. Abe. er- rival of the Certificate° litin London) 'I heve• no wish to meet tk.s lady who at- eattitaiiciahaekiihtrieateattilarethrearreiceehe zen.;..lurialiegeslerietea•reaelaeakfeteeeee -meek how, edding Lionleally-e "I think, madam, that it will avotel any farther wards of a dieagreeable na- ture if we kanain smart for the present ' "Certainly, Wilknalir she eriod, pea- ling her hands out. to me with an im- plortng gesture,. "Go and rest, them's a dear, and carry out Di aim Itrirtens eyeless. , You wiiI oon Lei riglit again 41--youeele. 31-entveebeen-puztlfng-yonr tr head ttoo anueh over your figures, and thii''ilattirihrifitisirthlfeetatiVryriZtrarGeraud reet. But before you go I Weaid ash you one favor." "*Vell?" I inquired in a hard voice. , She drew nearer to me, mad with that detestable artificial coquetry *Wed her la,.oe tO mine that I might lass her. "NorI creed roughly, for I was be side anyeelf with anger. "Let me re- main in peace. I don't want to meet you amen, my dear madam, until— until Irheew the _worst." litnetel donee, Watered. that.y.u.. "- ereely, bureteng into- a torrent iof imrs. 41011, What -have . k °I don't khow .whatryou've- done. and I'm sure lin n t interested in it," 1 rei- seeinded. "MI I know is that whin you declare aie my wife yau tell a rtel.bsrato and 4 n.ight Pea For a moment she stood !in hesitation, them with -team flowing fast, she °w- ere.] her facie %lath her hands and stag- gered porn the room. • Was she only acting the broken -heart. ol wife,' or wee that emotion real. Which, I ooulat not decide. If all th's Wo,re part of some ooninair- au; it was orrtilnly one of ne ord.nary character. But wlutt a oierifoundedi old hag the woman was! . I shuddered. Sorely she coukt not be my wife! The suggestion was too utterly preprsterous k be enteetained for a shift) miernent, end within Myself I laughed her allega- tion to sourn. . (to be Continued.) WHAT HE WISHED. "What is. the secret a making money?" virlier,e isn't any secret about making money. But I wish somebody would tell nee how to save it." THE. NECF.SSARY. "Oh, doctor," exclaimed the nerveus young wie, as the eminent surmem. cn- t., red the sic -km an. "if an operat on is tnectseary we want you to merate im- mediately! Expense is no objectat all." "We will operate at once,' replkd the eminent surgeon," Witheut looking at the patient."' aemosamora••11. TRANSFER. Young Honefut—"Pa, may I have Jim- my Briggs ovoe to play with Ina?" Pa ---"No, you make too muLh noise. Go to his house instead." ON APPROVAL. Mrs. Renton flolme—"Ohl I've got a pew cook." Mrs. Wrse--"Indeedi flow do you seem to suet her?" ••••••,....mok TRUE. Wheel failure comes, Men—foolish elves— WILL curse their heck. • Butnot themselves. , - • SAME VIE -WORLD OVER. "A tear.' remarked the phikeeopizer, "Is a womara's favorite weapon." "Yes," remarhed the traveller.; "even the Eskimo women are addicted to tho Llebber habit." • •••••Yreamlio lettlier Willie—"What is a seb--me, did?" Dad—"A %schem, my soh, is semithing that usually falls through shortly after you invest money in it." •••••••k•saaaillim "Nfaria," &skid Mr. ()Mgt y, criter'ng hl Lorne in some excrtement, "I want I . Skim as seen as the nrilteng is dcne. COl:631. the cream 'four times a week. Skim a '26 per cent, to 35 per Cfni erearn.. • . Cool your crearri as coon ,a1 pessilire infler Sitiditiaftig- ile save La Wash separatArs aq.r every skimming. . Cover the elven) cane with a clean cloth meta reedy to ship. Turn your seperater the sa e speed ea the lime while separaeng. . , ' Do not keep (Teen) in foul plecee or 11 cellars which 'contein vegetables.. Do not mix morningl and night's ere= .befoim the latter fa theroughty cad. Tto factory and its sureoundEngs should b eelcan and- tidy in .every re - spoil. .. Reg'zilate the infleiv of mirk so a wat not very daring' the whole prdteests Of s- -rare Vane --- De ne4 thin .clicese fiE it it rOady. It elzeuld .he kept at least two weeks mike:0d curing CendiCons bette be; -4g slapped. A macer ev/Itete faetery ft. kept En a tl ey Ck,r(,LtiGn W'.211 PrA have, irahli !n- C.,1-t.n.3(,%, uv -,n le5 ritrol$: in ire/telt tem f0 alpely e!tritt MAR... , Ikt every teaLeee do tie beet Cad el Caueale*0 ralmai to 40 likewItee. Co. + About the Farm 4i++ae4r4-iett-a-++ MAK TO 600-Vt YOUR OWN Fail. 1,4141 u)itrity", mnoizcle,,m,(14111147,n4 414' eretthlt, tit/A.10 1114V.i.ig Pi tatterihe e4nriOt melee ilairaeleg ue Wait** leitt-: eieres tire he144410 .1rieev, toe feed A leAtik4 LW.ft 11 ey'Ait. Of the, ariee atjtinValidIticir, *ft- WitLati *eine ...era*ret4ft ,ot,t! `ititteh0lamitereteho, ilifio'dn411(tYlel,kif Lo tuys kt'd 61 ° hap.so,5119 lin t •11' 6;014 tot,. prpilUA* Serttetjang much more cheaply ernhis ersin land, which NVuld*Voittairt pnactIcally the same ate - moats. All dairymen who have studied the science of feedin „ know that a given .00..0.4Mittlitiktfi ettitirriiireatireesoerierternr-or ether supply it to their cows, and even P.0 unscientific farmer has ebserved that bran isa very. good foochstuff to increese the flow of milk If he is feed. Ire, cern fed4er, millet or 4tinaothy bay, /but it does net have nay appreehtble ef- fect if his cow tvi getting clover. In the latter 0aSe a freed of corn nubbins or ground corn is what has the dered et - He has, or maybe has not: deduced Irernalltienetrithehrerthientietcht smiler as ti the elements they contain, and one might be substituted for the other. By actual analysis bran has been teun.d to contain 12.3 pounds of erotein in a hundred weight and 37.1 pounds eitecarbehydrates. Compare this with the table below giving the per cent of these etements in the hay made from the principal legumes: Protein. Carbohydrates. Red 'clover 6.8 ArIallu 11 396 Comp...gas , • . Having made the comparison which these figures males possible, it Is easy Li decide whether it pays to buy bran to supplement tho corn silage and fird- her raised on the farm. Take the exist et a ton of bran; two tons of clover are more than its equal Ea feeding valua Hew many tons can you raise to the acre? If youhanswer "three," then an acre of clover is worth lo you the price of one and one-half terns of„bran, minus the work of cutting and putting up the hay. Alsike clover compares nacre fever.' ably with bran thanrdoes the red Wolper, hut, as its yie4d is never eich great an aore,would 100W an amount of hay of ss value than that, produced on an acre of MITM10-11 clover. Alfalfa ranks near- est the bran in feeding value, pound for pound, and as its yiebil is greater than the other legumes mentioned, it is easily seen that it Is the most profitable to grew. Some experiment statimis report yields of from five tons up pr acre, and eome growers have claimed as high as ten tone, which steins fabulous. Cowpeas make a very fair comparicion nith bran and there is no question that Iwo -or three tons can easily be ratsed to the acre of the latter varieties at least, though we have no doubt that the more quickly growing sorts tho Ne,w. Era and Whippoorwill would yield, that amjunt of hay if the land is fairly fer- tile. The question for the farmer dairyman to decide, then, is whether it pays to buy bran, when by grow.ng legeurenous plants the some elements may be fur- nished, and a high price be gotten out of the use of this 'land, while the soil will te left in better condition than be- fore the erJp was grown. e wholesome and ,4411#yStOe4c1e4 'Wheat warer,:' • „ , tonchermo,,r *11,1144 ttVit or OWetetienitle.alid el!flo oht:b * Operative cheeseerialtingrcannot made aes,uccess in any other way. hilddle men, engaged 'in buying, eula feet to. factory inspection, havo ,such V P ,0c • they avail. t iselves of these chant kr personal benefit. ESCAPES-- Fil031-11USIAN PRISONS. 11.141111•11011 Revolutionists Rave Perpetrated Auda. eious Hoaxes on the Pollee. ---Neeethersecosintry abase witneesed many daring escapes from prison as has Raeehaaaela,YttenittakhfficeW4'hhlaatt -411--Atti article in the. Wider Wald Magazine. Peobahly the simplest escape ever effect - o! by a political prisoner was that 'of the famous Mlle. Sophie Peravskaya. 'Belonging to the highist ihnsian arislo. cracy, ishe joined the revolutionary movement, and at the age of seventeen was arrestid, but was liberatod. in 1878 she was again „seized, and was sent le the arctic regions. On the tourney Sophie had several were jullitso ktrt to thal4t isult"4"-'1fute wielid reltd*iat ithh We .141-trthhatreete they wo.1114 _.111Nf., Finally two guards were put, over her Who were sio Nina] that she was freed from conecientious scruples. . . One night the party had le stay at a railtvay stat.on; the two gendarmes slept I in the same teem as the prisoner, one at the window, the other on the floor before the door. Sophie appearing to be fast Asleep, the guards soon fell asleep, tho. The prisoner then roso, tried the door, which ete found to open outward, stepped across the slumbering guard and was free. Sho manag d to slip into a train for St. Petersburg, while the gendarmes steered on. . Saphie took part in the, plot for tho ; a.ssaSsinetion of Alexander II., and was 1 haindeogedDein Deutsch, the revolutionist, has a record for repeated arrests and escapes whkh . is probably without parallel. I,Oracirtre -escaped through the medium of a ball). The Russian bathis a nationsl institution. The authority which thinkt nothing of freezing. knouting arid stem, - mg lis prisoners, never refuses a die nand for a bath. All Russian prisons have . their bathing., establishments, whe.re the prisonere are sent under the escort of guards. Deutsth demanded to be taken to a public bath, saying he did not wleb. to mingle with the criminals, and 'was al- lowed to go, with three soldiers- as es - cert. On arriving, two of the etediers kok stand before the two wincews and the third at the door. Deteseh undress- ed, and handed le!s clothing and puts.° te one of the soldiers. The schiLer felt quite safe, thus holding the prtsener's clothing. for tiro cold was se severe there was no question of env one leav- ing the bath naked. How aver. when Deutsch entered the hot, room he faund a eomraele, who by previous plat' brought hint a btmdle of ordintry, ch. villan clothing, which Deutsch put on a! once, end with an assured air march- ed out of the premises witheut any scrhJadllenge. baths; and 'Deutsch easily eieeped. ?ha to the pr;vate gentleman leaving the • N pe of the guards pad any attrnticn 'er3 wared long for Ali tether, and t that- nd L. not expla n haw he got away. Only kng afterward did it dawn en. the ca- dets that the -prisoner mint have pass- ed the guards in disguise. . In 1906 an awiaclous fume was rerre- trated In Russian Poland wtech use. - el' in the liberation' ef ten political pris- oners who were condemned to death. The friends who essisted them !mere that failure In the slightest detail of their plan m ant, death to themselves os well a.. to the "politicals.' The prison admin'stratlot revelled a telephone message purporting to dente from the elite/ of the city police- riniing that the Governer of Warsew er 'sired the transfer of the ten palsolo's from the „Paviak to the citadel. Theat Vire to lie conveyed by an officer who v.-huld tieing his ewn guard. The irterage wes taken in wed' Math.. One evening a man in the 'uniform of a gendarme officer appeared ciat the pri- Seri and presents1 an official clecUrnent oraiertrig tiro transfer. rit 11* Wit'3!e proceeding thero was' nothing to rouse strepicion. The officer had brought Six Pelieernen.with him;.azid no» ethrnescort was sent. The gendarene nertified that the prisoners had been delitrered to his cliarge. . ' The prisoners tvere 'placed in the car- p.riaraettc;. wTaisie Ionlyheooparierfinnagen.rvaAnst ottuto:thptrhici. tan van was being driven down a de. serted street the coachman was citron). formed, and the next Merning wee found ifiside ' the van, while around woo, !Prig prison clothe, uniform and stvords, all that was left of' the teil parker:re and their escort. Alt efforts 10 ditteover the culprits werte,unsticeee sa. tul. ........... .000.4ri, i ONE EXCEPTION. "I think," staid The mcrehani, "Ili have to fire yetir triad NM. 1 mover saw any one quite E4 .tazy." .7tIglorostvnotin everti.ersyttp,itigg,. is irg,s, End oak itn9lith.4, , \ A reile is the oity thing that Iva v0mik silence. , SELL MILK ON ITS MERITS. Whenever the subject of a "state standard"' for sale of milk is seriousiy and intell gently considered, the &cis - 1071 is that there should be no state standard of birder fat or non-fat sends, and that rti,lk Waned be sold on test. No other decisions -erns ponsihre. -No state standard hos ever prevented adultera- tion or skiniming-efernfik. Indeed., state standard, no niatter what it may t.4. simply eels a tegal limit for the rote b ng of milk. If the standard calls for 4 per oerit. of butler fat, the midatereen will instst that the producers put on high fat and lew-yield tiews, and the middlemen will. take the 5 or 6 per cent. mi:k from -the farrnern and slum it docirn to the legal 4 prr cent. standard. In no case is eonsurner benefitted by the staniard. If the standard be abarshei, the.mille, may be sold on test, arid tho consumer will be able to get what he deaires. Then nobody is deceived or defrauded. In the ease of a product so variable as milk, ranging from 1.0 .10 12per cent in butter fat. a state standard of 2.5 or 3.5 is an absurdity. cut out the standards and a "Nuora deal" will be roSsIbte.—New York Fanner. alwidoomon•••••• DAIRY NOTES. pert to .promiae me not to took at the .pepere for.. the -next three inewher "What for?" wanderingly asked Mr. Quietly. "I •have just "been nominated fo • a publee office," he faltered, "and don't went you to find out what kind a a matt 3 really am.' „ . „ ,A certain profeener.‘ whel ' wee merliabiy fine. well-built mare was flay- ing at a village some time ego. lie hallow& to page two reel) cereals Peer,. ahd cairelieerl tIrs atinverhation: "Sayili:I, wh that?'"Thats the prefseror what's elaiing • here," eget: Nile reply: "they Fit* 5 11,44/ hos very itarrei." 'What a cliot3 rO)in- ea the other. ."I•never In my :uife seed sue') a lain for a.eack of flour.' rear s r fv. slim* "Rebei°a, yen ittt riot sleeenk Ira eat AloSe-1 404 one more," "Oh, lad - dee, yher preek inn Leardt. Ve vie; at. itOst engaged. Vy ha1l 1 not citapati tral • "flee -ha! Ltlel me a peste reeled tar a s''reenecne. s'i.toneel "Oh, ladder, det ehoutlt rAce4,7ntrent hint. 11 tie Can fol 'a 17i50 enpn tk you, vat a teatime he' het ha die' chm4-IN'y ree.e.9% "VoE.. Ithritern isect yes. 0,17...av. .7e1 fleetight. G t ta.arteed .v, yeee and t sh.taN go arec ft.!I screen.law. Fete° up, rte. aiee • .• • 4.• 0 10 • GENERAL, INFORMATION. Mt of Knewledae Collected Froin the World's *toile Grinners. leintritfittieh Isttititte*cheitittatt 41,itt*Itqwato,,,,V. In Portugal married women retain their maiden names and are always known by them. On crier of four type -setting machines which have just been installed in the printing 'department of the Vatican, the Pepe has set up len lines. A legacy of $50,000 was devised by a Ild011,--Merehattt-ki --Mr. (merge -Birinyi a.laactrsvik vi;ralitz„heatitribreiv,enfeminer%itsetztople,iwy if)to; geod and faithful servant died suddeielr cf heart diaease. l'he largest and heaviest buildieg Atone , ever quarried in Britain as taken stoma time ago from the, Plankington bed, near Norwich. It was in one piece, without crack or flaw, arid weighed ?aver thirty- five tons. On the Belgian State Railways 'all newspapers left in the trains belong to the Government. They are 6ent to tho rtieetahritiltuernicafirinthrintilreettinitvaia- afterwards as railway tickets. Over 100 tenseolenewspapererar•e -collected every _ year, Birds can eat and digest from ten to thirty times as midi toed in proportion, to their size as men can. IL a man could eel as much in proportion tie his size as a sparrow is able to consume he would need a whole sheep for dinner, a couple of dozen chickens for breakfast, and six e turkeys for his evening meal. One of the most curious mines in the world is In Tongking. China, where, in a sand fOrmation, at a depth of from ieft, to 201t., there is a deposit of the stems of trees. The Chinese work this mine for the timber, which is found in gesm oon- alert, and is used in making oollins and troughs, and for carving arid other par - poses. , Fish to the value of S40,815,000 was landed in England and Wales in the past' year, as compared with 838,825.000 irk 1t06, The total weight of wet fieh was° 14,001,000 cwt., against 12.194.000 cvat. in 1906, whilst there were in addition 35,- 874,000 oysters, 4.676,000 crabs, 495,000 icbstera, and 553,000 cwt. of other shell. fish. After five years' work Australia's great transcontinental rabbit -proof fence has been completed."' Its length tel6 miles; cr. and the cost of its -erection h fen rihar- ly 81,250.000. lt furnisterd hiCintervale of five miles with systems of traps, in which hundreds of rabbits are captured - and destroyed daily. beside the barrier there appears as yet no trace of their presence. The largest single collection of arthropelogical specimens, aommulated during more than half a century, is in Washington. It includes between it,000 and 5,000 identified 6kulls and skeletons et human beings, sixty motutted skele- tons, and nearly 200 brains. The lasts named are arranged in special jars, placed upon tiers of shelves, and include some specimens of rare value. -Among them are the only two Amerieen Indian brains anywhere in preservation; also those of five wild gibbons, and a per- fect brain of a male full-grown American bis:O.LDIEIIS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. • Terrible Maltreatment ot Privates in1 the Getman Army. Eight norecommis.sioned officers of thee First Regiment of the Fair] Art Ilery Of the Gilard were summoned the tither dayi at Berlin. Germany, before a divistonak court-martial, charged with crudly -mat.- treating their recruits. Not for five years has» the German public been shocked by -such 'disgrace - fel details. One ofthe ruffians arra gn- ed, a serfrant named Therm.' is 'aes cmed of misConduct and »maltreatment In over 600 cess, The worst ca -se was that of • a gunner named Knobbe, who recently committed su'ade to' escape from Tbarniti and- Ws Idieee This unrere •tunate "defender of the Fatherland' Was eo maltreated that' he was ebleged te go to a' hospital. When he returned cured te the barracks the torture was rent wade and Le escape it he Eiung hinaself from a windew three storeys t4h. , KZeks, euflinge, pulling of eats till the bleed came-, 'lashings wall dritiriag MOS were among the ordinary means em- ployed by theca brutes to eneeeee,tee. eplitie arid "welien up".beckwardi Inch. j When the witnea eses\. were ekod y tie court why they did not earriplarn thee.p. super.ore, they replied they w -afrafd that their lot weuld Ice in ciessequenee Wersee instead el better. Generel erne pese ie expreeased in Berlin Theet Bits systemetic eriaelty, which has, been pro. ceeding -far years, was apVarently un- known to the ofileare erf the mg :mt. In hts &Awe, Thantra said tleet lie ticat Knabe lavaeze el hie eturdity, blut ()there testified that Knohhe showed wealmees, of mind only. after long 111: trammel -1r Mew of heavy Irene Ironiir gunners' harness were used, ihcy said,' ' inebeetIng the men, The oeurt eentenced Thanelie fiflM1 ineritha° fillpriseninent etel degradatiln."„ The cihtr delendont9 tvme saitcz5r4 to',I terms of arrest in ta ado vavaitt4 . from ihrce,,stentlis to thr» weds. "It 8nriiii4i's iun MOP"' to WI it rt5,*satc.d a. Allow at a *mat otneetv will have hia tondo full." mocrirto kid 414 th. mtnm .sis 1114 AtttlitA*,,