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The Brussels Post, 1904-12-8, Page 2wtG1PII111i- ;atLTT +✓' ss �1iStaTon(_ it nave w n,ui au. n ricc f a crty OR, A MIDNIGHT CALI; Gln 41�(1J.a..0 in_U^1_''L1 u 1.14 v auv 1uu won't utterly destroy the frame," Littimer said, resignedly, "1t is re- pUted 10 110 Quel'tin Noi sy's work, and I lied it out to its present fash- ion. I'll go to tho end of rho gal- lery till rho axocution's over." "On the contrary," 111lse Lee said, Genal a • h[.•1' you aro "you 10111 stay whore Y. Y S 3 told." A. little to his awn. surpriso Litti- C.ar eemained, Ho saw the nails driven amity fn and finished ofd with a punch so that there plight be 1,e danger of hammering the exquisitely wrought frame. Miss Leo stood re- garding her world with a suggestion of pride. "'Tore," she said, "I flatter my- self a carpenter could. havo done no hotter." "You don't know our typical car- penter," L}4 timer said. " here is Tredweil with a aerogram, For Miss Lee? I hope. it isn't an Intimation that, some relative has died and left you a torture. At least, if it is, you mustn't go until we've had ono of those quarrels you promised me." Christabcl glanced at the telegram and slipped it into her pocket. Thero wore just a few words in the tele- gram that would have been unintelli- gible to the ordinary understanding. The girl dict not even comprehend, but Littimer's oyes worn upon her and the cipher had t.o keep for a time. Littimer walked away at on intimas tion that his steward desired to see him. Instantly the girl's manner chang- ed. Sho glamor' at the Rembrandt with a shrewd smile that moans. something beyond a mere act of pru- donco well dono. Then sho went down to the library and began an eager search for a certain book. She found it at length, the "David Cop- perflold" in the "Charles Dickens" edition of the great novelist's work. For the next hour or so she was flit- ting over the pages with the cipher telegram spread out before her. 'A little tater and tho few jumbled, mewlingless words were coded out into a lengthy message. Christabcl read them ovor a 'few times, then with the aid of a vesta sho reduced the whole thing, telegram and all, to tinder which she carefully crushed and flung out of tho window. Sho looked away down rho ter- race, she glanced at the dappled doer knee -drop in the bracken, she caught a glimpse of the smiling -sea, and. her faro saddened for a moment, "How lover'), it all is," she mur- mured. '.'LTow exquisitely beautiful and h0W utterly sad! And to think that if I. possessed the magician's hand for a moment I could make everything smile again. Ile is a good man -a bolter man than any- body takes him to be. Under Ids plar.(d, cynical surface ho conceals a deal of suffering. Well, We shall see," She repla0od the "Copporflold" on the shelf and turned to go again. In the }tall she met Lord Littimer dress- ed for riding. 110 8mi1011 as sho passed. "Au rovoir till dinner -Lime," he said. " 1'vo got to go and see a tenant. Oh, yes, I shall certainly expect tho pleasure of your company to dinner. And now that tho Rem- brandt---" "It is safe for the afternoon," Christabol laughed, "It is generally when tho family are dining that the burglar has his busy time. A pleas- ant rude to you." CHAPTER XXVI. - Lord Littimer returned, as he de- clared, with the spirits mad appetite of a schoolboy, All rho same, ho did not for ono tomcat. abandon his usual critical analysis, liTo rattled o1 gaily, but he Was studying hie guest all tho same. She might have been the typical American lady stu- dent; but ho teas not blind to the f(1ct, that the plain muslin and taco frock she wore was made in Paris o1• that, her manners and style must havo been picked up in the best so - clay, She, sat thor0 antler tho shaded lights and behind the bank of flowers like as to the manner horn, and her accent was only suf- ficiently American to render her con- ver1(ti0n piquant.. "You hove always boon used to this class of Wel" Latimer netted, "Thero you are quite mistaken," Christabol said, -coolly. "For 1110 ., c 1 been mistime.) 1 last few years my rti. u a as anything but a })tui of roses. And your remark, my lord, Savors slight- ly of Impertinent 001108ity. I might as 1veil ask you why your family is not here." "11'0 agreed to d(ITer," Littimer ru- spotulcd. 1 recollect it caused me a great deal of anuoy'aneo at the time. And Illy son chose to take his moth- er's part. You knew I had a son?" "Yes," said Christabol, without looking tap from the peach oho was peeling. "I have met. "lndcod. And whet wpiaion slid you furan of my son, may I ask?" "Well, I rather Iikod him. ITe seemed to me to be sulTering from souse great trouble, and trouble I tun sure that was not of his 0W11 creating," "Which means to say you feel rath- er sorry for Frank, But when you say the trouble 11-tts not of his awn creating you aro entirely mistaken, It is not a nice thing to say, 111 las Lee, but Iny son was an !tLn(lr and utast unmitigated young rcoundrol. If he came hero ha would be orderod out of the house. Bo far as I am concerned, I havo no son at all, tie sides with his Mettler, and his moth- er has a considerable private fortune of her own. Where she is at the present moment I havo no idea. Nor de I earn. Seems odd, does it not, that I should havo boon very fond of that woman at ono time, just as it seems odd to think that 1811001(1 have once been fond of treacle. tart?" Littimer spoke evenly and quietly, with his eyes full upou the girl, Co was deceiving 1,1018elf, but he was not deceiving her for a moment, Ills callousness seemed to bo all the more marked because rho servants were in the room, 13111 Christabcl could see clearly What 1111 effort it was. "Yon love your wife still," she said, so Tow that only Littimer heard. His eyes flashed, his taco domed with a sudden spasm of pas- 5t0 n. "Are we 1,0 quarrel so early as this?" ho whispered. "I never quarrel," Ohristabol said, coolly; "1 leave 11107 antagonist to do that. But I have (net your son, and I like him. 1fe may be weak, but he is a gentleman. You have made a mistake, and 50100 day you will be sorry for it. lie you grow those orchids yourself?" I,ittimer laughed, with no sign of anger remaining, All the same, Christabol could sec that his thin brown }rand wos shaking. She not- iced tho lines that pain had given under those shrewd black oyes. tort must see my orchids," he said. "Most of the specimens I oh - tattled mys01f. They tell me I have at least three unique kinds, And now, if you will permit mc, I am going to smoke. The drawing -room is at your disposal, though 7 rarely enter it myself. T always retire at eleven, but that need not bind you in any way. It has 1100,1 altogether a most. delightful °Tolling." Ilut Chrilitabel kilt} not dally long in rho drawing -room, As she went upsltairs and along the corridor she heard the snapping of the ol001r10 lights all over the house as the ser- vants 11111re preparing to retire. She paused just a moment in tiro *.Loma, where tho previous ltelnhraltdt Was and locotad carefully the position of the switch (.hers, 'Piton she retired to her own morn, where she changed her Oros for a 510111le black gown, A big cloak somewhern Was striking twolvo as she finished. Sho looked out of her door, :Chu whole hoarse was in darkness, 1110 silence nonmed Lo chug like a curtain. Sho pa«sol for a moment as if afraid to I.alse the next stop. 71' it teas fear, sho shook it retitle resolute- Yoaar Medicine with Care and insist 21911 Having UR. CHASE'S SYRUP OF LINSEED AIR TURPENTINE \'ti cannot be tan particular in bnyieg medicine, It may be a t}u,wtial-1 of life or death '1'11,"c are so. many cough and cold reloo peel that thole, is a Condones, to l,e ca, 01es8 in the tloloeLiolt of t0(111(4' meet, and yet what is mare danger - oils than a cold? Yee would not thine of taking nay mediehin thet alight ho 0genet for heart trouble or kidney di50a110, and yet fur more temple die from that re - mats c,f neglected Colds than from the.(. ailments. , ON IIAYING A MI+1DI- (IN14 010 711'1LTAILTI:.ITY AND 1111- 7'lU'rA'1'1bN, 5T101C AS 1>I1. ('TTAfele'S HT'111111 (11a LINSEED d1NL) TURPENTINE. TIN great family medicine has ffitnoal the test of ynar1, and never disappointed tliosa who put their trod in it act -.n euro for croup, loon- (11111(,, Whooping cough, asthma, 107' 74. r01d5, and ihront trol111O8, llo not be raatl8fled with etubstitnt15 ami imitations, for they lack the 0ur:1tivo pOlVCre Witerli tressle set! 7l•, ly and crept into the corridor, She carriod soulotl111Ig shilling in ler hands -something that gleamed in the dlnt, uncertain light from tho big window. She stood just for an instant with a feeling that 5011e - body was climbing up the ivy out - elite the hums), She felt, her way along until mho eamn 1.a the x11'01'0 coetahlirlg the 1tombrandt and then she stopped. ITee hand slid along Lho 1i^all till her lingers - touched the switch of tho oluola•ie light. Sho stood for a lung time there perfectly Ino1lonlrss. It was a Fall! night outside, nn(1 (1,41(0 1008 11u111- iug to account for the ril8Lting of the ivy leavOS, The 1'(1ttling chino in jerks, 5pasmodlcally, stopping every now and - then and reetu11illg aglt1n, It W.411 110 lunger a twitter of imagination, it w115 11 Ctrtilillty. Bomobody wam climbing up Um ivy to the Window, Leaning eagerly forward, ('In•isla- bel could hear tate some! of lehourod S see he breathing. Sho avowed to 0 1 Uc1 ti sho L 1 nant• alt ( .ld t outline F n m lit catch tho qu10k rattle of the sdlsh, she could almost see 14 bent wile erOOkcd through the heu,lod edg,s of Cha casement, Yes. she W111 115111, The witIdow swung nohseles,a,v bflck, and o figure stood indeed on the: (cdgo outside 11'itha uI11 breath and a Outten-; Mg of her heart C'hristltbel full for the switch. "It 1vi11 be alt right," slur nlurnair-, cd; "the other nee w111 holey that I the light Is u(ccsluary, Courage, 1710' clear, courage, and tike gnt00 is yours. Ah!" The intruder leo meat les(tle and pulled the window behind him. Rvi- ' dealt ly 110 was on familiar (;'round, thougil hustxsnpa. to be so(•h(ng an unfamiliar object. (flirt etal.el'e hend stole along to the switch; lore! wits a click, and the alcove was bathed in brilliant light. The in-' titmice shrank flack with a startled: cry, Fre rubbed Ids dazed ryes. 1 "SChy not cone! in through the' trout- door, 1Gir. Littimer?" Christi). - hot drawled, coolly, -Prank Littimer had no words for a mo innt. Ile was wandr'ring 1WI10 this woman !vas and what she was cluing hero'" Aulerican, evidently, by her accent, and also by the re- volver that she handled so n:lwlred- ly, '"1'hat is tlw way yon used to ent0r,'' Chriatobel pro11Ided, "Telco you had been out t•olltrary to paren- tal instructions and 1110 keepers ex- pected to huts a fracas with tIi poacher's. Your bedroom being ex- actly opposite detection was no easy matter, " Your bedroom has ne000 boon touched since you left. The key is still outside the door. Will you kindly enter it'?" ''Ilut—" :Frank stanuuerad, "But. I asluro you that I ealln01—" "'Take the Rembrandt away. You cannot. Tho [mono la of iron, and It is fastened to the wall. It would take an oxporieneed carpenter quite at long time to remove it. Therofol'o yollt' mission has failed. It is very annoying, because it puts the other elan in a very awkward position. The position is going to be still (11000 awkward presently. Please go t0 your' room," "Hy dear lady, if my father knows that I am in the house—" "Ho is not going to know that you are in tho house, at least not for some little time. And when you see hint it will be hotter not to say mare than is 110etts5l1ry, Later on you will recognise what al fr;end I aur to you." "You aro not showing It at pre- sent," Latimer said, despo,'ately. "'The patient rarely saes any virtue in his medicine. Now, please, go to your room. I 0011 hear the other elan muttering and getting ansloas clown below. Now, If you approach that window agate 1 ant pretty Cer- tain that my revolver w111 go off. You see, I nut an American, and Ivo aro so cardless with such weapons, Pieria go to your room at once?" "And if I refuse your ridiculous re- quest?" "You will not find my request in the least ridiculous. If ,you rause I Flail hold you 11p with my weapon aur} alarm Ulu whole huuse. But I don't want to do that, for the sake,. cif the ahoy 1nnn. He is so very re- spectable, you know, and anything uuronvrntional may be so awkward for hint. Yes, it is just as I ex- pected. '3e is coming up the ivy to Investlgato 1111n5011. Got" 'l'ho rovolver 001'0red Littimer quite steadily, ITe could sec: into blue rim, and hewasconscious of strange cold Sonsati0ns down his seine. A revolver 18 not et pretty thing at the hest of tines; it is doubly hazardous in the hernia of a woman, "'What do you want with mo?" ho asked. - "Al'y d0a1' elan, 7 want to do noth- ing with you. Only do as you are told and--therel The other man is Wining up the 117. 110 can't under- stand the light' and you taro not re- turning, IIo imagines that you aro looking iia tho wrong p1a0o, Please go," Littimer backed before the weapon backed until ho was to tho doorway. Suddenly the girl gave 111111 a push, shut the door to, anti turned talo key In the lock, Almost at Lao same in- star( another flguru foamed largo la rho window -frame, C a (A 1" C Gi u - X. X. V.i:I . SoInoLhing bulky was struggling to got through the window, Half hid- den in the shadow, Christabcl wat- ched wiltll aha deepest interest. If silo had boon afraid at first that sensation had entirely departed - by this time. I•'1•um the expression of 110' fu.co 7111,, might havo boon enjoy- ing the ncvol situation. It was certainly not without a suggestion 01' Um farcical. Tho burly 111471',3 contrived to 1151101/0 through Lh41 narrow c(110- lneet at length and stood breathing kindly 111 1110 corridor, It was not a pleasant si(l11, that plot Christabol's gaze --a big man with a 11'hlto, sot face tied rolling eyes and a still ban- dage o 1';vd fl4rgo about his throat. 1 on tly the letrnel,77' was utterly tedium: nod, fee he dropped info a allele told reused h(s }load between his hands, 1 o -W, what has become 01 that fool?" he. muttered. "All" ITe ieekrxl around hila irttea111ly, buf, 11}s o0iilnssina cheesed tie 11(11 carp; Chase's Syrup of 1,insooil and Tur- pentine its svorld-wide repu.t,ltIln. 0,1115. (1140), GOOD, 'llcdtbol'tu', Act- dineton Co., Ont., writes:- 1t la with plO.a1lre that I enmity to the 1rnl:ilrrial su0oess of 111•, (J11a;d'0 Syrup of Linseed and r1'urpent1110 ns n veto for colds. It is tine br15t anti snrns6 trtxutlnont for (1otegtis end colas that we have ovor boon ul,le to find. -:117'(11 Otto. Good, t'ioh,orne, Adlldingi.on Co., Ont." MRS, A. A. VAN 111JSKIR'(, "lob - bison street, 'ai'onc(:Otl, N. 71„ Writes: "icor yearsI Have usncl Or, Chase's Syrup of Li ns00d and Tnrpentino for my children when they 1111'1(1 c01118 in the whiter. T nest used it with my daughter, who suffered from a sovcre form of mtiona, The least exposure to cold would My her up and sho 100(11.11 nearly )u,O'0(tito for want of breath. T ln11gt say :1' found it to be a most 87Ltisfactory 1.1 i atouent, 0111 it has entirety cured her. 11SCOin1 to -go direct to the diseased p1u'ls 01111 bring l.lto freshest relief," C'h7tse's Syrup of Lino,,,, -0 an'i turpnl1Lirlc, 25 cents a bottle, at all dealers, 1,r iTdtnnn$on, 'hates S. Co., Toronto. fell on the Rembrandt. He had the furtive look of a roistering man who picks up a purso whilst rho owner Is still In sight. 1fa staggered to- wards (ho pletuts ald, oudeavore<I to Wm it gently from the summits t, lie tried again and again, and then in a pAroxyem of raga tore at the frame- work, "I guoss that it can't bo dune," C'hri.st:abel said, drawliugly, "Sed stranger?"' Hoglnal11 lira iou fairly gasped. As he turned round the ludicrous ;Mater() of cunning end confusion, anger and voxetioms 010,01 oat his facto caused the girl to smile. "'-1 hog your pardon," ho stem - nu Te(1. "I said it enu't be dote'," the girl (Matelot!, coolly. "Boudoir' couldn't do it. 'l.'h' frame ds undo of iron and it is ll)ed to the wall by foto long stays. 1('F a neat job, though I may it myself; i persuaded laird i,it 1 der t , iia 0 it dono. And when c ut, to v to I heart} you two prowling about down glad.' got the cf ntlv" I11as c l'1e other (11e t.ntt "Oh, y'ouct' got till. other ono sato?" Treason sold, blankly, 110 wont(' have liked to have burst out foto a torrent of passion, wily he rocognisoll his position. Te thing Wali siminofttlly. brolly. 1'1. tens 1l11ythillg hat nice for a man of his distinguished position 10 ho defected in au net. ,u.;piciuusly like vulgar burglury. Still, there 111u8t l' some plausible 11110 out of rho difficulty it he could only think of it. Only this g(t'l 0it11 ((10 quaint, pretty face and spectacles did 1101 look in tlu, least like 0 fool. 17o would have 10 try what blandishments Weida do, •'.\r1, you aware who I am?" lie asked !dewily, "Whitt does it nlal.to'? I've got the other one, unci no doubt he will be identified by thte pollee. If he We Keep 01n Telling You about the vast superiority of CEYLON UNCOLORED GREEN tea to S(apans. What wa claim is trtlo. You can prove it speedily by a tam pot infusion. Will you do so? See that you do, Sold in tho saint: form as the famous "SALADA" Black tea. 26c and 40e per ib. By all grocers. T'Hq. FAR re,1 M .4'1 , OVI TO'UL11 AS 1'0 QCTALI'h'11. ,171nrn aro curtain terms that bare Natio to tie front our fo1ef alae'(•.', w'hic'h. caro 1'l1'1'° ed to 10111011!,', qulto' dennitrly, tine quality of the nuuu11,4 We are judging, and we are disposed to its,+ them qu,ile freely, Furl! as, "tuudl," "lianailing" and "quality." I When 1014 (1711' 0110 of lht•s., terms Iva 111(1111 to row ry the S11 111.0 ineire55iut1 as leliou we tn.a another, hence callthem synonymous terms, !tie, hu,vo !coolly! 111eusloml0(1 to con1i for that external indications, ns 11111111 fes1N111y 1110 skill of the minus, 11:' an niche: to (ho charade( of the 11005!,'1 say too much he may got off ewe!. found ben,11111 it. In y with n tight sentence. 1t is quite to a curtain degree is this cm: - easy t0 see that stun aro the greater 11p01, as 100 ((1111''}der quality 1,l the scoundrel of tho two." pr,:yc'nt limo. `I'lie ta11'0 was, if an •.31y cloak' }-hung 1011y, do you a(- animal Wan co,'or0d 31 (Ili 111, aorta' Nally take ate fur a burglar?" '!hero was a note of diem pain in 1 ll'011son's voice. ife dropped. into a shale again, with a feeling of ut- ter weakness upon him, The girl's resolute 1111011 aud 1.110 fn111i(1110 Way in which elle handled her rOcolvor: fillu<l him with (110 deepest apprOhee- sion. "f am a very' old feted. and rola. lila 0t Lord 1,lllinier's," he said. "oh, 1uduod. :And is the other man a rolativo of Lord Littimer's also?" "(111, why, confound it, yrs. Tho other man, as you call him, is Lord Litt tier's only son." Christabcl glanced at I,(LLlmer, not without odnnration. "Well, you aro certainly 0 cool hand,'' site said, "You are two clover thieves who hat'o conte hero for the express purpo50 of robbing Lord Littbncr of one of his art trea- sures. T happen to catch ono, and he immediately be1oltles the son of the owner of the place. I aur so for- tunate os to hag the other bird, and ho resolves 111nisulf into a relative of my host's. Aird you really ex- pect neo to behove a Ilans Anderson fairy story iitco that!" "I admit that apearances afa against mc," Holism) said, humbly. "But I. ant speaking rho truth." "Ole, indeed. Then 3011y didn't you conte in through the 110111 door? The violent comrcis° yen were taking just 110W must be dangerous to a matt of yam. build!" "I am afraid I shall havo to make a 010(0(1 breast of it," Henson said, mita what he fondly imagbm(1 to he an engaging smile. "Pott may, per- haps, be 1wa1.0 that yonder Rem- brandt has a history. It (vas stolen from its present owner once, and I have always said that it w'Ilt be stolen again. Many a tlmo I urged Lord Li11100' to make it secure," "Vow grateful y'ou shotIld be to me for having done sot" "Ah, you are esideul still, which is a bad thing for ono so young and --car-cllarining, Tomato down koro to see toy very noble relative, and his so( accontpani.cd m0. I came to try and utake p011co between father and sou. But that is a family matter which, forgive me, I cannot discuss with a stranger. - Our train. (vas late or Ivo should havo boon hero long ago. On reaching rho castle it struck mu as a good idea to give Lord Littimer a lessors as to }lis carelessness. My idea was to climb through the window, abstract tho Rembrandt, and slip qutals, into my usual bedroom hero. Then in alto morning after the picture had -bean missed, 'C was goleg,to toll the whole story. That is why 11(x. Littimer ento'acl this way and why I followod when I found that ho had failed to return. it was a foolish thing to do, and the denotletnent has been most humiliating. 1 (15811re you (bat is all," "Not quite," Ohristabol drawled. "Thor) fs something -else," "And what may that 110 my clear young lady?" "To toll your story to Lord Little trierbof0ro you sleep. That kind of romance may do for Groat Britain, but it wouldn't inalce good family reading i14 Lino States." "131st, my dear young lady, I bog of you, I implore you---'` "Como old the grassl I'm to lot you, go gniot11 t0 bed and 1'0t1r0 My- self, so that when morning arl'lvos you will bo missing together with as tm,011 plunder as you can carry away No, sir." 10085on advanced angrily. Ills prudence had gone for tho time. As ho oamo down upon Ohristab01 sho raised hor revolver anti fired tato shots in qutcic succession ovor Hen - son's shoulder, Tho 11oi50•100nt echo- ing and reverberating along the cor- ridor like a crackling of thunder, :A, door cane open with a click, thou n voicd detnando(d 10 know what was wr, "NowongL (017058 tho fat is til the 1(x47," (11u'istnbel said, 1T)neon dropped into a shah' and groamid. Lord Littimer, elegantly attired 0n a suit of silk pyjamas and carrying a revolver in his hand, canto coolly down tho torridot•. A 0011(1us servant or two -would have followed}, but, howavedthorn back ,crisply. "arise Lac," 1171 sahl, with a faint, s)u'aastic cinplmsis, "andi my clear friend anti relaLlvn, Reginald Ilon- soe-lin,q'intrl1l', (-(1e future 0101100 of L(Ulmer -Cast let". coating of fat it w,711 accepted ns Klug of good 4(0111ify, Such a coUdl- lion is not accepted ns or the best quality at the present time, That the skin is on index to the condition of the 11111,081 110 are free to admit. A mere tyro 'knows very Well that if an animal's hide is t(;;'}it. the animal is plot t t'h'ing, - and Lha fleet thing olio will do if they are ontlea101'iilg to start an animal thriving after Lhry have fed a litho better for a short thee, is to feel of tide 11i110 end arc if it is loosening. Clint the Bide itself is nn index to the chareetor of the ordinal to a great extent, is also true; hence w'e hoar alio soma 10 that. a (47x11110 (111i- 111111 .las a "thin ]31}30(,5' hide at111.1 eo11- Poquontly lacks constitution;" or, that another has a ;'Illicit leathery hide" and is robust and oapa1110 of Making a good rustler. The 'Mullein hido comes nearer what, is generally desief el, When we 511eai: of quality of meat in an andan0l as ind'icntect by the touch we moot a dil1erralt problem. tither(' aro several things that are 10 he cnesidored, Natural conditions, 0r What is 0411011, in modern parlance, t0111p0r0.i11ent, in Ute nniIial, Must be taken into eonsidnrn1iol. One that is prodieposed to be excessively bony 0311 not 110011100 meat of the highest finality. Ono (hat is 0xccss!v0151 nerv- ous will be lacking 111 qual(t5, But If alio animal is of 1110 medium tem- perament, Lias bulge v1tal organs. '131m lymphatics are active, thou the oleo- 0inot0 oleluolts talent from 9:11) food by the process of digestion will 11e tastily cli5trib0l0Cd, every part of the system partakes of 111e sante, characteristics, and the animal is continuously developed from birth to maturity, will Wo get the sweet, SOX - Ory meat such as Isaac 1000(1. It should bo borne in an11111 that It 1s not; so 11001/11 the stein ttatit indi- cates rho finality of tho pleat as "So 11e told me, but I wouldn't bo- licvo him," said Olrri5tabol. "It is a cynical age," Lit -Weer re- marked. "Reginald, what does t11i5 mean?'•t '(To be Oontinu©d.) ana e Sick mother—sick child! That's the way it works when a mother is nursing her infant, Scott's Emulsion is an ideal medicine for nursing mothers. It has • a direct effect on the milk. Sometimes the mother is weak; her thin niiik does not make the baby grow, Scott's Em 0 ion that condition ulidineellt 11is shin, if the 1e"+''nla,, or cieeninlory SyS- .. tem, and the 1y111111mlto or storing up eysto11, is malts., theta, will hu overt - h • 11 •' t I 113'5' tri red thl a he « L hr1,1 (' d111I- i _ml whltLil 1 1 11' (7(111 (1(11111,1, 1(415' 1,1 U7ht:lne, find tlit layoes of this lis- 1oe- just 1)V11,1'11. 111' SI' in (i4"' Wet 11astic 1ou1h so 1,10111 oda mail. Tf sho fat is not, 01&'011' (lictl',hu1ed, largo deposits 111 Bunk nail bes(d0 the tall, Such tut animal will not. have the &c stic touch ter Ilio rib and loin and at the loos:tnt time such en one 111171)1(1 be contiden'd of poor quality. 111 the,t'trly Masi of the improved 1.r1•01is snip euudl(twna ware" prnl'rtln111 1,0:1 1110 best 11111. hall 11(4ul produced, D;e00 We aro more festillinus 11(1;9 die' 1 rim Um ling, Titre ore Condit duns of 111. (1`111 ilio! 111(1(041.1 1h0 1:1•0(1''5i of 1110 culiutml, Idiot,' feeding, If Lhe akin i; 1o:1s0 awl floats, so to 51aall, the 11111(1171 is thriving and can be crowd - .1 - tall f,u•ihnr, When- 111,, adipose tissno has so thoroughly filled the sp(lc'os 111111131'110/1 111 the iO;lll that it is plump and hard, !lion it is 5nf1 to say Heil the animal is ripe and can not Lt' prnlltably eel after- wards. Falli51 IN 11(1(15. While symin"tricul proportions in whatever animal. farm are plensinl.; to the eye, they really acoupy a Blore import1nl olneo in Cullthey aro a true indication of utility. Perhaps 110 more apt illustration of this tooth can be polntod to than au inci- dent which accnreed at tite !tit, I,nu18 show-gt'mlhrd11. In tilt' class for championship of fat barrows ovor one year theme was a fairly good showing which'(1101udcd only winners of first honors in (tach of Cie di(ar(•nt broods. Tho competition was <pllcic- 1y narrowed down to a Poland -(Mina, a Borkshire and 0 York:4l1in-, 1110 final decision tieing in favor of rho Poland-Cihina, At the conclusion ,Tudge L'et•0u.,�(m gave !tis reasons for this disposition of alis ribbon, and (0 11(11se remarks !yore 11101u(1011 information as to the.. gen/trot character of hog d01110,ndod by the, packer iliat should b0 'kept in vines by farmer and brooder alike. lie explained tlint Lira winning hog ex- celled in having more even side and back linos au¢1 a 111000 'mnitOrin ('01•- ering of fleeli, less thickening of front, slioulcit'r, less flabbiness in belly and flank, 'batter spring of rib, deeper bhm, and a 11(a1011(3 that made a carC(15 1011(014 Ilrouisel to eat alp to better advantage and with a lesser proportion of waste than did tlio others, 'Ire called attention to 1.11(1 importance of a straight or slightly arched back, and gave his objections to a back that litlmps over th0 loin. UN one criticism was that the ani- mal lacked in 1'11540, and tails crit- icism was mainly In line with the ideas of brooders present. THE comvOSITION 611! MIIJIC. ]1x111: is made tali of valor and 801 - itis, the sollds varying from 11 1.0 10 Por cent, and averaging about 111 per cont. TIM solids tan aga?n di- vided into fat and solids, `.1914 solids not fat dissolved in the water 11411(0 a thin 5'yl'441, or a01'tlltl, .Fat will not (1540110 d1 water. In milk it is found in 1}10 form of mi- serose051ic globules, whach vary in size from 1-2,000 to 1!0,000 of an inch in dinlnetor. Thr globules in alio milk of Jerseys and (111o'nseys aro larger Hien thos0 in Lilo milk of Shorthorns anal Iiol- steins. Ass 1110 mincing period of a cow iner0nses, they become smaller end much atom nu311erolts, It a drop of milk, freshly drawn front Llfo 7)1(1,11(0, is v(owod ander a microscope, 1110 globules will appear evenly ,ldis- trlhutOd oar tine field-, After tho Mille has stood a whiles they will group themselves in littlo bunches, if they are at tam t'ght tom;ilat'tt- turc to bo 51101157, ahoy will Dun to - wither when agitated 11)111 may be - 0077110 visible to the 1,1411.0(1 (WC, aft 1.1Ut- tar grnnu018, This is the exolaim- L(on of what takes place in clrnn'ning. Tlie globules are measured by means of a little sctalo in the alepieco of a nlicro1(0'0. Tho lints ail this scale mat'10 Off 1110 field of alio microscope, and alto lil:U0 glablules fallleg be- tween !lie lines eon be measured. 1( d of d'1, t nut o f avant L 13 adding 1 ( /lawn y d wnt.er to milk, the globules of fat can be counted' by using the nld1t•o- 50opo. It has 'boon Retest that a single drop of mill( 00ntains from 110,- 000,000 to 150,000,000 of globules, 'i'lioso afro lighter than rho 55111111 in which. limy float, and so rise to the top of the fluid, forming creams The largo globulus natna'ally rise Met, and the smallest ones else slow- est. Hooting and agitating causing the glohu,les to dean together tit groats, hastens cream rising, PastetnI:drag Milk b1'eaks up the groups of globulos, 111*1 lienee the crown rises slowOr on pastem'izod than ullpastouri'Od Milk, This also occurs when milk is run through a centrifugal soperatOr, and} for the Sated reason. SOpesatol' Cream appears thinner than mean raised by 110) gravity method of tho Plaine V0400011., ago of tat. changes all that. The rich cod- liver oil in Scott's Emulsion gives a eds the mother and �e a flow of rich, flourishing milk for the baby. The medicine in Scott's Emulsion not only strengthens the mother but goes naturally y through i,!'lc milk and strength. ens the child. Nothing to llitrni" all for good -•Scott's Emulsion. Well Feu(} yea a 111115 to try ff yon Blear SCOTT et SOWN 11,Toronto. Os% FAMED HISTORIC SIEGES DIMING TUE LAST T1REE CENTURIES. li'rom "Derry" in the 17th to That of fort Arthur in the 20th Century. The 111eg47 of fort Aether rilal3 that of another Russian fol•tross, leohasto- put, which withstood far elcvon 115)1(1.119, Just half a COn11t1y ,Y1004,, 1170 romlbinaf (Muck of i.110 1';ngtlllh, 0700114,Turk Is! end 0410111111(10 forces, Phe following i5 n brier epitome of solar of 1.he n1!,,,i fnnr1111 siega5 of thelustthree comm les: d.oudul,dorry, 1.00 clays, 1680, when ih<, tutu, of James Il. was def711t0d, 1n5i1'1(0 41,000 1nen. Lose of defenders not !known. Clihra11t,r, .1701, Defended by 1h'itisli, a1leeke1 1157 Spanish and French, combined. 1. 1 A(taokOrs' 101H 10,000 Defenders' 105; 400 Se 00111, siege, 17117- felpuuiell loss in attack .. 5,000 BriListi 300 Seven Ytuu's' War, between 'Prance nod 1lritnin, :Louisburg, 5'2 clays, 1758, 1 rom:1i loss, estimated ,. „ 1,501) 1411gIbli . ... No date«i}s. Ticonderoga, 2 clava, 1758. lirlt(sh losse11- I(iihe1 .. Missing, Wounded 561. 37 1,857 1,414.5 In this 1105nrrate attack the 4211(1 Regiment, w•ifo entered Upon the ns- 5ault, 1,080 strung, had Iiithid 223 and wounded 278, limply fifty per colt, of their ('mil's slrolgth, Clrinlenn War-!10ssia against Eng- land, 1''ra111.0, TO,rkity and f3a1•tlinla. Sdbaslopo1, 11. months, 13511-511, Losses in final atla0k- Isnglisl 7(illcdl 3851 Missing 176 Wounded 1,886 2,447 Preach- Rifled , „ '1,640 Wound'orI 4,500 Missing 3,400 7,546 loss nsL(matts1 at 1.0,000, I"fence-Clo•nuan war of 1870-71, Metz -Aug. 14, 3570, to Oct. 27, 1870. Fr,ncli lost) (boeieged) . „ 17,000 German loss (hs)iogcrs) 18,0(10 August :1Gtli 115,000 Frenal loss ,,,. 19,000 (Zeman lose 25,000 Russian August 18tH 4.4,000 French loss Ciernuln loss „. 600 2,000 38;000 43,600 81,(4(10 October 7th Total French Total Commit itra •b'urg-12 days, 1870. P'roncil capitulated to Germans, 17,5150. Loss of latter, 906. Froneb: losses not stated, Russo-1'uri(isli War. 1876-77. rlevnn, 11. days, 1877. Besieged by Itussians in 1tues0 7'ur- kist(1 war of that year. Russians' loss 2,000 killed, 4,000 wounded. Turkish loss unknown, Plusso-Japareso War, 1904. Pott Arthur lasted (war five nutnth4, 'Russian losses said Lo ve- ered, to (into, 115,000, and Japanese lose (11•(11 greater. Q9fe cheepost mlmlcipal tenements aro 111080 Own011 by 10111Iin, whore (Wo 0(101110 eat be rented for tivo eliillinge 0, Week,; (111017511) i4MPEA'i', The ground meat used by poultry- men, oultrymots, foul perrhesod in a Cine Condi- Lion, is nest praised by poworful nm= eliinor'y, in order to extract all the oil, and then ground. In order to do'ivo nll the oil, the moat must be t.ho`oughly (00(114 1, and steam is used for that tibr;iosc. Lilo pressure being 0411(3110(1 whilb the (tenlll i5 rimming throated( the meat, which thoroughly looks it. The bones aro allowed to remain with Out meat, as the marrow is also otrnctod, and that which the poultryman procures is really just What ho desires -the nitrogenotts matLor, '('110 meat Is the refuse of hotels, rho oOhl or SluUghLer-17400805, and 0110( 1110 [1(cl((ngs of the 510p- 1al'rols, 1111 of which is thoroughly 411011f0eted during the proms of steaming. Clromtd nkat and "ant - mal meal" tiro the Same. THE ORIGIN 011 1IAN1-SUA.KING, 11ord-shaking, 110 we in Britain par- ticularly affect It now -(t -days derive" RS origin from loss happy days then ours. Glovo poisoning, or colc101- merit of poisoned knives and other Cl ' ((1 • weapons, was t time 111 r ra ,y 1,p a n one e t 0 fashion cyan in Marry England, and: a well-known way Ofrid , getting ri treacherously of an (nanny. The first gloves 01100 worn (says "Ma- dame") were carried by the knights of aid, as preclnns bolongi11.g of their "Pair Lndyes" at the time, too, when their own ,heavy, iron (nailed fists 500101110105 carriod weapons of defence or rerongo. Cloves, (.110.0- foto, in 111050 savage times, We'o for- bidden by etiquette to be worn 'in tho presen(0 of royalty; and ordin- ary mortals, 100 aro toter by tlto old clu'oniclo•s, gradually learnt, through satssition originally, to gra0p, vigor- ously, their neighbor's hand to iia - stn's themselves that nothing chattily was not concealed ,Ln it, if ahoy loan-, pend to Ito "ganrttl7LOd," 1,e it was then called, I7! WOLIT(3 ,61'11-Votl 'to got To 1114)0 0 Pull tot get ahead, 14110-V11., tuv}. 5'01('4'1 eel to have a lioael to get n 111(11.