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The Brussels Post, 1909-12-30, Page 71/..., t,. OR, THE EXPLANATOI Y PR ',. . M. Claude Juatut was a rich banker, Urine do Suresnes, Paris. iidower, and had a aughter, 'Alice, his' onli is employ were two y. u ales Vignory, the tole obert de Caruoel, his se Wr L[PiRED �P ; 0 OP MADAME gime Dorgeres, the top ow, was an intimate both, and spent most of Ida uxcIe's house.• The a moires on every Wedne les most intimate frien vited to attend, Ono ev, inn. and Jules Vignory, big the gate about 10 o two men waiting within, ed past them into the soon as the gate was th They descried, as they a fps, a light in the safe On entering, found that had been tampered with lamp had been left ligl room, and a pool of bl the floor. The safe we with an ingenious piece ism, which would seize any one who tampered IVck without knowingt tion. In this vise was hand, and it had been cis thief herself or her rather than be hold a On the floor was a turq let that had fallen from 'hand, and was forgotte .eitement. The cashie was to call the banker Maximo objected, sayir e bracelet as a clue h eaover the thief, He th into the Seine, and it few days after in a fish •and sent to themorgue morning it was stolen, tery became more in his grandmother, ' Madame se. One evening at the Rink; ime Dorgeres, who was still in t of the bracelet, meat a club d, M. Villages, a .Hungarian or, who did not practice his ession, and who was a partiou- friend of the Coen'ess Yalta, Villages directed hie friend's at - tion to a beautiful lady, evident - w foreigner, who was 'skating h exquisite grace around the na. Maxime watched his op- tunity, and escorted her home, ong • distance through lonesome its. She: gave her name as ame Sergent, and invited her rt to call on ber at the expire- of a fortnight. On taking of her, Maximo was surpris- find little Goorget at his heels form him that he was pursued ree men with the evident .in - teen of robbing him. He palled ie and 'escaped. On the way o Madame Sergent felt the elet on Maxima's wrist,' which sways 'serried, lest it should out of his possession before he found the owner. She inquir- .inutely concerning it,' but re- ed, no: satisfactory information. next morning Maximo called at house of Madame Sargent. The r was opened by e, huge -whisk - man with the manners of a; r and temper of a bear. He said such person lived there, and -nand. mid the- door in Maximc's Though not indifferent to his de- Meantime Mlle. Dorgeres feat, Maxime consoled himself with e}ved surreptitiously a letter no great difficulty. His business her lover,. Robert de Carnoele of police agent wae brought to an Orating ' a meeting with, her in end, but he had not had time to ace 93ois,do Boulogne previous to quire a taste for this, pursuit of leaving France. But as he was criminals, upon which he had enter- ed so passionately. And then his mind was elsewhere. Since he had known this strange countess he had thought only of '.er, had thought of. her all the more because ho had not seen her again: Ile had gone every day to the Avenue de Fried- land mansion to receive 'a bulletin of the health of the countess. The'Hdngarien seemed now to be encouraged. Madame Yalta had entered upon convalescence, and it was no insignificant, fluttery to the young' man's vanity to learn• that', a she s oleo o. him anti ea eresseti house; and that the commissary had searched it from, garret to col - ler. They had nob discovered the least oleeleton nor anything which iudioated that it had been. a scene of violence. It did not appear, that it had been used even, or that any one had slept in its sumptuous beds. The conclusion of the in- quest was that the unknown had gone as he came, no one knew why; but as the furniture he bed beft suf- Aced to pay the rent,.,thoro was no pause for his eccnifying any further attention. Maxime not acknowledging him- self beaten went to see the.owner, who told him that having signed a lease of nine years and paid three in advance, he lead no reason to concerned at the departure of his tenant. The, name of this tenant was composed of so many conson ante and so few vowels, it was ids possible for a French tongue to pronounce it, and M. Maxima Dor- gores now found himself at his wits' end. The best informed.' viveurs, those who had all Paris on their• fingers' end, had been unable to give him any information concern- ing this shooting star, who had blazed one or two evenings and disappeared without leaving a trade. So Maxime, discouraged, ended by believing that Madame Serpent had never made part of the demi- monde; that in ;conjunction with the Oarpathian bear she had played a comedy of which he had been the victim, and that she had supped with her too confident admirer for the sole purpose of getting posses- sion of the bracelet, She end pro- ceeded and he should never hear of her more. The trail was lost—the birds were flown. They had gone to rejoin the thief who could now sleep tranquilly. She had regain- ed possession of her hand stolon from the morgue, .and of the. jewel which had adorned that guilty over, M. Dorgeres eppfmprisoned, it was impossible elver. (laughter . marc Jul'ix•.atim to keep his promise, and y i. e ' could not divine the cause of bsenee. Whiled endeavouring tt nd some means of escape the ight of his imprisonment, frit de Carnoel discerned, h a window, a figure making ci attract his attention. Rev- iled by waving a small lamp,; sire disappeared. It was the eorget. One evening Max- ent to the variety theatre, she saw the beautiful Ha- ngout in a box. She was anidb t`burly a o heboor who Y Gated Maxima so sincere - sly sly when he' called at her .'ie. After a while the man boo and started for home. e improved this opportunity ceed to the boo, whore the emained.: Ile ,was specially s to renew her acquaintance, ad just been told by a friend e saw the mysterious brace - n by this lady at a supper inc before. Madame Ser - Id him the nein whom he hacl is not her husband, and that ested rum. He had a pas - gambling, and he had gone a party, . Maxime invited y to supper. Re soon no - at ib was not her hand that n left in M. Dorgeres' safe. estion of the bracelet was Icussed in much detail, ties seeking, to extract all emotion possible from .one The lady asked to ex - and admitted that it once 9. While tLus engaged, mons boor .who had aceom- er to the theatre buret in- oom where the pair were nd in the excitement that o lovely Madame Sergent eel through „the door, the bracelet with her. itne wont home to reflect ure upon the now situa- iris °ashler, whom he in jug his`partper. The g bort de Caruoel, the se bold her father so. Th was a marquis, of a fan lost their fortune, and did not think he possess menial instinct. Reno tion. • One morning -Col. to., r., Russian, entered and gores that he wished to and a c francs 4 0 000 1 0 ' ivy: deposited In he had de p to next morning. The bar that there would be n there ware throe' milli° the sale that morning. said in the presence On the departure of C M. Dorgeres offered a in Egypt to M. de Cara to separate him hem h but the young man pro ed, and resigned his po night a second attemp on the safe, and when returnees next mornyng was gone. Fifty thou wore also abstracted, rest of the millions we ed, it was plain that tri wanted the casket and sum of money' to take the ):+'rench. frontier. Carnoel . was seen to house on the night of at 11.30 p.m., half an the watchman camo t room. Ile and. the c, eery,- tiled_ M. Davgere only persons' who knew' ation. Tho conclusion was the thief or was with the thieves. He 1 in to Ani 'tAnt,hG was going antiinedott never to ret Borisoff Yn's-rl,, ted an ad in a Paris journal,,,pndc ed name, offering, le ments to roves vote In s Colorado. Ho was v bort do Oarnoel, who an fear had fifty thous d which he received a fee from an anonymous father. Ool. Borisof£ with the thieft, and prisoned in his ho Wong guard. He Id doport him to Sebes could do, as he held from kis government him to send by;enclo sages to Russia ur This van would not l; the frontier, and u over know what becan }rut the young man at ed his innocence. In the employ of M a boy of thirteen nal the protege of the Co a wealthy and peep :princess. f oorget's taken a prisoner by in the Crimealt war; h tho•life of the counts - a hoar hunt while in t Retsina, lienee hor i Ind, whom mho place gores' eshaklishment. CHAPTER I. onth hes passed. The thaw me and the New Year too; xime has nal, scan again the OBS Yalta. Neither has he gain .the inexplicable crow- ho carded off the accusing et. The day after the ab - ended supper, he waited all ening for Bloo, Hoard's see - bub none appeared.: In the pen, forgetting the doctor's counsels, he 'recruited two youths and despatched them Jouffroy. They found the closed against thorn; reitor ppoals to the !bell'. having unavailing, they wore corn - to return seats t . fulfilling fission. day following, Maximo wont on to the house of the ogre, suoCo,,3s was no groater. Being porter• opposite re- d him), and came deafer the purpose -of informing him es bear'llad decamped; that not been soon for thirty-six that the neighbors, who do- im had signified to the cora- of police that somo crime P z a desire to see him. Changes have taken place—many changes in the household of M. Dorgores. Vignory has been ele- vated to the dignity of partner, and better still,':his patron, has given him official authority to -pay his addresses to Mlle Mice, who does not ropes his advances. Slie also is much changed. After a few days of seclusion following her drive to the Bois, she told all to her father. ' Joseph, the too complaisant valet de chambre had nearly been, turned away, but she succeeded in winning his pardon'. Cousin Maxime, on the contrary, has risen considerably in his uncle's esteem, who is under infinite obli- gations for his 'well-advised inter- emotion. To her confession Alice added. a. declaration Which delighted M. Dorgeres. She said, henceforth Robert. da Carnal did not exist for her, and that she was ready to. follow in all: respects the paternal counsels. The banker ;profited by the occasion to urge the claims of the cashier, and she offered no ob- jection to this pretender.' She asked only for time to knout him, but exacted also of her father that no steps should be taken against M de Carnoel, and that his name should not be mentioned in her pre- sence. • 'These conditions ' were readily accepted. Vignory now dines every evening with M. Dor= gores.. Milo, Alice has even begun to appreciate his good 'qualities and to accord him a welcome. No ono can doubt that this state of affairs will speedily end in a 'mar- riage; and this denouement is the more probable, as niontli leas passed and Robert do Carnoel has given no sign of life. Col. Boris-. off had had several conversations with the banker, and it was agreed between them thaethe affair of the theft should be abandoned. The colonel had accepted the loss of his casket, and is interested in the fu- bure happiness of Mlle. Dorgeres. The father is grateful for his good conduct and his friendly send- ments. He would even have invit- ed him to his Wednesday soirees but for Alice's opposition. The colonel recalls sad memories, and she positively refused to see llim, There is yet another change in the household of the banker. Georget's place haft been filled by a little peasant boy whom M. Dor- gores brought from bis native town to Ton errands in his offices. One December day, Goorget did not ap- pear, nor the day following, On the third they the banker re - Sir elerfrid Laurier Kerma: Soria, irngagernento with7asicah TAXICABS BS AS A. IV ,.S TME .d'3 A system, which can boast of being the Only ratans of rapid transit in a quick growing community, is an ideal investment) estment) because it is a bial, money earner. Tor cI stei'rTaxicabs have demonstrate,.: their value as the rapid transit service of th "s city. Toronto's Taadca117s have nioren thea big earnio?g pawers, and can, aerie- present cognitions, pay a' d.viteud o, 10.1. per annual, or 2i_ /. quarterly, beg;nning .Laivary, 1910. We advise the purcbate s f'fn, per share, par value $5.00, and of Taxicab Stock at 4..n° o the time to buy is now. Subscriptions wilt be accepted up to ILO shares in -the order received at this office. E. 1. Ld' f y nr A8.)Iy AVietoria. StY itsd jt Seed forour 111u„trated booklet. RONTO TO n'rt Piriac saying that her grandson was dying. M. Dorgeres, who had a kind heart, repaired immediately to Rue Cardinet,where he learned that the child had been picked up the night before on the Boulevard Courcelles, his arm broken and skull mashed; that he was delirious and his life in clanger. The shock he had received had been so great that he had lost his memory, and was not in a condition to recount what had happened to him.. Such was the condition of affairs when Maxime Dorgores, went out one morning,` according to leis daily habit, to inquire for Madame Yalta. (To be continued.) ICl 14111 BLOODY MILK. Blood may escape with the milk when the udder has been injured by blows, also when it is congested or inflamed, : when the circulation through it has been suddenly in- creased by richer andmore abund- ant food, or when the cow is under the excitement of heat. The froth- ing up and assuming a pink tinge is often the first sign of red -water,, and it may result from the eating of acid or irritating plants, Deposits of tubercle or tumor s in the udder or induration (hardness) of the gland, may be efficient eaiuses, the irritation caused by milking con- tributing todraw the blood. Final- ly there may be a reddish tinge or sediment when madder or dogwood has been eaten. In milk which becomes red after ie isdrawn it may be due to the presence in 'it of the micrococus prodigiousus. This also grows on bread, and is the explanation of the supposed .miracle of the 'bleeding host', The treatment will vary with the cause, In congested glands give one pound of Epsom salts, and daily thereafter one-half ounce salt- petre; with a dram of chlorate of potash; bathe the bag with hot or cold water, and rub with camphor- ated lard. If the food is too rich or abundant it must be reduced, If from acid plants, these must be re- moved Pram pasture or fodder. In- duration of the udder may bo met by rubbing with a combination of incline ohitment one part, soft soap two parts, or mercurial ointment and soap may be used. Careful milking is imperative.' • It is sometimes recommended to milk thecow before the udder be- comes much distended. Milk sever- al time's a day if necessary. It is also recommended to give internal- ly a tablespoonful of a mixture of powdered sulphate of iron, four ounces; of granulated sugar, ono pound; mix these well together and give one tablespoon of the mixture once a day, If the udder seems to be much inflamed bathe ib with Warm water torr few minutes nt a thee evory time you milk. CHARCOAL FOR. POMMY. Pure charcoal, or the charred wood from the stoves, who* fresh is an excellent aid in arresting bowel complaint and ie both elniple 'e boon committed in that coved a letter from the Widow and harmless. Whore the hens 1 • have not had a variety, parched grain partly burnt affords an agree- able change and serves nearly the same purpose as charcoal. Oats, corn, wheat or even bran, will be readily oaten by hens when they have been regularly fed on a same- ness of diet and such "food will greatly aid in arresting diarrhoea or other bowel disorders- In ex- periments made to determine the benefits of charcoal feeding, if any, four turkeys were confined in a pen and fed on meal, boiled potatoes and oats, and four others of the same brood, were at the same time confined in another pen and fed daily on the same articles, but with one pint of finely pulverized char= coal mixed with their food. These had also a plentiful supply of .bro- ken charcoal in their pen. The eight were killed, and there was a difference of one and ono -half pounds each in favor of those sup - Plied with charcoal. They were t1e fat`est and the meat was superior in poinpt of tenderness and flavor. SOIL .FOR POULTRY YARD. Many attempts to raise poultry fail because the poultry -houses and yards aro located in situations that aro unsanitary from every point' of view. It is impoeeible to raise chickens on a site that is wet. In towns and cities it is net always possible for the poltry raiser to get the kiud of a sate he w ants, but Allis is not usually the ease 00 farms, except very small farms that are 00 located that titre have the drainage from higher areas. One small poultry faun e as suc- cessively used . by not less i.11an three poultry raisers, who made a failure of it hocruse there was too niueh ante • on anal in the soil. It was finally abandoned as a poultry farm merely because its drainage. was nut right. CLOVER AS A FERTILIZER. The \Visconein Experiment Sta- tion found that by plowing uulder a green crop of clover on seedy soil a yield of 2.11 bushels of pota- tnee- was obtained, 19; bushels when 10 tuns of manure was ap- plied; 192 bushels when 700 pounds of commercial fertilizerr was used, and 174 bushels when nothing was fed to the land. In the ease of sandy soil it shows that clover is a very valuable crop. It not only furnishes nitrogen, to the soil, but its roots and steins are the means of supplying much humus. 0 AN EXOITING RIDE. Experience of a Traveller on the Andes. In going over one of the moun- tain.roads, on the way to the crest of the Andes, the traveller has need of steady nerves. A passage in "The Andean Land," by Mr: C. S. Osborn, describes the journey. The road is narrow and rocky and rutty and steep, with no walls to speak ofexcept tumble -do -len ones that 'Moreau Y danger b their the false suggestion of safety, and in one place the wagon would fall two thousand feet if it should roll off the edge of the mountain. The road has no graceful sweeps or round, easy curves as it takes . its way up the Titanic heights, but rather it zigzags like the teeth of a . saw, ascending in short stretches and doubling back at sharply acute angles, leaving very little room for a team and wagon to turn in when driven slowly and carefully and two abreast. Now imagine, if you can, the horses driven madly in a gallop, no trot; that would be slow ; but in quick, short, jerky jumps, such as the mustang -like animals would make under the saddle when pressed. The shortl.i;,h coach follows the cavorting houses, jerkin;, careen- ing and springing like a email boat sailing into a wildly chopped sea. You perceive that the wheels arc strong, and the spriugs, ton, and the whole rig evidently intended for chariot -racing. The d n t l groans, yells, whistles shrilly, cracks his thick rawhide whip, lashes Isis horses, and does everything lie knows that will in- spire fear and induce speed. FROM BONNIE SCOILAKD NOTES OF INTEREST PROM gm 11AN.15S AND BRAES. What Is Going on in the iliglitiands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. There are over 20,000 unemaloy' ed men in Glasgow. ' Over 1,o0o'cases of scarlet favor ' were attended in Glasgow en. mete- ber 23, Prince Arthur of Connaught in shortly to be withdrawn from the establishment of the Scots Greys. Leith folk are getting a reduotfoq of 2d. per 1,000 feet on gas used, for lighting, and of ed. an gas used for gas engines, Mr. David Thomson, one of the greatest hortioulturists of his day,. died at Eskbank on the 22nd ult., aged 80 years. - No fewer than 0,300 stags have fallen in the Scottish deer forests this season—an increase of fully 11 percent. on 1908; The new burgh depot for Duneorl, eructed at a cost of about $15,00q, was formally opened by Provost Dobie on the 25th ult. ' Same hundreds of ladies" purses were among the articles found in the Glasgow tramcars during the Past twelve months, Mr. John Lamb, assistant inspeo for of poor at Leith, has been ap- pointed clerk to Leith Parish Ooun- cil and inspector of poor. Mr. Wm. Bain, secretary of the British Linen Bank, has resigned through ill -health, and Mr. J Stark, superintendent of branches, succeeds him. - Aberdeen's latest' enterprise is a Mother's and Babies' Club, the pus. pose of which is to help and inatruc mothers in the care and feeding of their babies. A water diviner has been employ. ed in Islay by Mr. Morrison, and hob been very successful. He fade confident that he has looated a good spring at Portnahaven, The journalists of Glasgow and the west of Scotland are uniting in raising an orphan fund to assist the widows and children of their pen brethren who fall by the way. The east' coast herring fishing has closed with a very much shorter catch than last year, but for the fishermen it has been a very pro- fitable season, in consequence of high prices. Mr. Edward Ling, an aviator from Hull, has arrived to make arrange- ments for an attempt to win the rile f n o � B00 offered b p $ , the Y Edict - burgh Marine Gardens for a suc- cessful flight from the Gardens to the Fife coast. By permission of. the Lord. Chana berlain the members of the Old Edinburgh Club visited Holy rood palace recently, and had the prie vilege of being taken over the pri rate apartments. A meeting in 'Edinburgh consid- ered .scheme for removal of the canal basins in the Fountainbridge district and the improvement of that neighborhood, The Scottish Band of Hope Un- ion, Edinburgh, is endeavoring to raise 510,000 for the purpose of training boys and girls of 'Scotland in hygiene and temperance. Tenement prnerties at Caftan Hill have been transformed into. offices for Edinburgh and Leith Gas Conuniss.ioners ata cost of 570.000. An effort is being .made to amal gatnate the various Edinburgh agencies interested in soup-kiteh- ens and in other forms of relief for tic poor and sick. iVoa lM7i9:ral=_o. M.:;saw.. The Low Union & Crown Insurance Compete? having acquired the Rock Life Office, the name of the Company has been altered to THE LAW UNION & NOCK INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED ASSFIs EX('1:l 1) $45,000,000.00 OVER $5,000,000 INVESTED IN CANADA CLAIMS PAID - OVER R $125,000,000,00, F'IFte AND. ACCID0 Fly ISi.1.stes ACCElsTEb. . Caurutiau Mond Olnno; 112 St. James Street, corner Place d'Arrnes, Montreal. agents wanted Ie unronrrosontod .1... E. E. 0ICBCSON,. Canadian ManagerTowns in Canaan, Alox. S. Matthew, Manager, W. 0, Alkali, Sub.-blanagsr, •Accitlont n.parlisent,. IGHT WAY In all casesiof niSTEMFER,:PINKETEARNCLt1 ENZA, COLg5, ETC. 1f all horses, btnod,naras, colts,scallions, is';te "SPOL N THEM 99 On their tenger§ or 1n'theleed put Ssohu'a Liq,`ht Compound. (giro the remedy, to alt of them. acts r,n 1Ile 1,10,0 hail elands.It routs the disease lirexpbainr the dienue'rental. It wants Off thc' trouble no mgttnr how they are "exposed." . ,',6• solutoly free erola northing lniurlone. A hUd ran Weir take It. ado and 81.5s S5.50 and r} 1.50 thl alma, 8010 by triturate sad karneaa dekier0. nlMrtbntors t Ail '%Vboteante bran%tots SPOHN MEDICMEL. CO.,' Chemists mind IlacterloIogleta O051ieN, iND., II. s; A. ORIGIN OF .TIIE 1101). Used in llrirfng . Oxen, It Came Handy in Measuring Land. . Tho origin of the rod, pole or perch as a lineal 'and superficial measure has been traced to the rod,. polo or goad used to urge and di- rect a team " of canon pulling a plough. So it came about it was used as a convenient and handy land measure in fouclal times by the lords in alloting plats; of land for agricultural purposes to the villeins and others, says the Build ars' Journal. Ouc rod wiclo and fortylong (i. e., one furrow long, deebuilt u a quarter of an acro; .The furlong, or four poles wide and same depth i.e., forty poles, one acre—wan a convenient length for a •furrow bio fore turning the plough. Of course these' lengths somewhat varied in different parts of the country wheal, soils and agriculture variectfr e, gradually the -slight variatenteepted less and finally the preseeeed, slaututorly acre was 00 feet• (tenr Gaunter s oba.+the news) was in - squaw crm ltev. Edmund Con- vented1hjhae26). Ire Was It prnreSs2r' for..A rouain, at Gresham. College,. London, and mgerdoesly adapted: it to facilitate decimal ealculatione in land measurements, The use of the rod in superficial mea•surao. mitts of brick world and lineally; lo hedges, ditches and felines fel, lowed as a corme*tiont existing' measure.