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The Brussels Post, 1901-11-7, Page 7@Dir{oil£otil sty., R'Fri"' rl4000*.xwmow* ?t: ed Witch �tiPE�'rl;®;i;�:t<�;k@#,0'.i�4iE�afE+Af4vttiiA CHAPTER XIV,. ,The sound that has startled Var- i ley and Mrs. Dundas out of their 1 leve-trencc, had come from, a source little decanted of by them, As they slurried towards the house, the yell of evergreens bolting where they had stood was lightly thrust; aside, and the moonbeams revealed the pato, startled fact/ of Consterttia Mee Cl illi cuddy, She ,looked so White, so horrified, teat Stronge, wito was with her, thought she was going to faint. Sho had witbessed that last scone -the wild embrnee, the swift and guilty separation. It had boon a sudden awakening, a fest gllutpso.into the hateful side of life, its lawlessness,. rte vile treachery. It bad all happened in a mometmt, and when Sarongs lied realized the meaning of the picture before Mtn,I it was too late to prevent Con- , stautia's relizing also. She looked ' straight at him now with a very . anguish of distress in her eyes, ,and tried to bay something, but could not. There was a touch of snanio about her, that made him wretched, If he could only have lookod back at het' with a glance sufficiently uncon- scious as to convince her that he had seen nothing, arra that site was along in her knowledge of the odious dis- I covery she hart just made, 110 felt matters would bo easier for her. But he could not do it. Hor clear eyes, read him through and through. A sense of savage anger rose with-, in him, that she should have been subjected to such an ordeal that her pure, strong, childish nature ' should have been thus roughly rous- ed to a knowledge better -lett un- learned, It was a thoroughly un- fttrtunato affair altogether, but there' was at least a little grain of com- fort to him in the thought, that if site was to witness sunit a disgrace-. thing, be should havo boon her companion. ' "Yes, I saw all," he said, invol- untarily making answer to the un- spoken question in her frightened ens, "Oh, it is horrible 1" said Con- "Lntia with a violent shudder. "Oh I how can it bo true ? And Lady Varlet'•—" "Come and sit down here," said Stronge, drawing her towards a gar- den chair. He could see that she was trembling, "And do not think so much of it. I aam sorry from my soul that you should have been bore, but—" "What does it matter about mo ?" °tried sho impatiently. "ito hot think of me at all. Think of Lady Varley. Oh, poor thing 1 And her little baby so ill. His baby, too, And rte--" "Ls the child ill ?" Or The W sold; Of Constantia, ��ti:llf4i4;li}6itf4•f*!$3€O,"�kAi4t•�'t#:!� ".Choy entered it by the armory door ; the hall inside Was brilliant- y lit by lamps with blood -red shades, and it subdued crim50n glo v was the Consequence. It lit up tite faces round with a warty, t'adienee. A1mose the first person Constantia, saw on entering was Donna Dundas, the second was Featherston, Not that they were together ; Donna was smiling with quite an ineffable sweetneee at the Italian,goronts, and li'oatberston was leaning against the opposite wall. His eyes Were on her. There were, however, so many other people in the small stone r,all that Constantia, bewildered at Den by the bright glow, did not - the where Featherson's gazo dwelt. A moment later ho had roused him- self, and was corning towards her. "Our dance, I think," he said, coldly, She started. Had so mush time flown'? Had she Indeed missed oleo of the dances she most desirdd ? "You had forgotten, went on Fetttllerston, quite stiffly now. It is abomiretblo to a ratan to fine, him- self forgotten even for an instant by the woman who, he believes, loves him. "it hardly matters now," he said, "It is almost at an end," Constantia grew pale. That first glance at the gay, smiling Donna had unnerved her ; and now his coldness gave a finishing touch to the suppressed agitation that was troubling her, "It was not that I' forgot," she said, "only—" She hesitated.. How could she go on ? •Slow ex- plain ? 'Only,' Quite so," respondeda ho, with a half -veiled sneer, and a glance at Stronge, who was not heeding him, but was, rather regard- ing Mrs, Bundles with an remand scrutiny. Had tho woman no 0071- sclonce-no . heart ? Hero she was laughing, glowing, in all the iusol once of her beauty, unmindful of that late scone in the garden that had crushed Constantia. She was making eersolf adorable to half a dozen admirers ; notably, to CoroniS. She had even condescended to go farther afield, and had drawn young McGillicuddy into ]ter net.. The. boy was loaning over her in an at- titude of exaggerated devotion. Barry, however, hold aloof from the siren of the hour, His manner did not exactly convey Llto idea that he was against her, but he certainly was not on her side. Constantia noted this, and was in a manner glad of it, though an instant later even this comfort forsook her ; Barry, seeing bar, turned upon her a --scowling brow, and a glance full of concentrated wrath and reproach. i It was a momentary gleam ; it dis- appeared again as he went back to his conversation with Mrs. Eonayno- Power, a little woman with sharp, refined features, and a reputation of saying such nasty things of her neighbors, that sho was immensely petted by them in consequence. Not a bit of it," silo was saying now, in her clear, staccato voice that always made itself heard, a propos of the Latest married scandal in the country. "There was no hurry about it, Sho was never in a hurry, if you remember. IL appears that as far back as last January, she had all her arrangements made for. the elopement with the major, even to the givingaway ofher old things• Sho bad had an entirely 110w trous- seau ordered for him, though tho first was only three years old. Hots ever, at the last moment, her 11us- band, as you know. got the smell - pox.'' 'Anything so considerate 1" mur- mured Donna. "Inconsiderate, sho thought it, as she had a trumpery sort of a con- science somewhere She was good- natured, oodnatured, always, and she made up her mind to give him a final spell of nursing before asserting him for- evcr ; she therefore told Major Black- wood she could not possibly start on her honeymoon with him, until she had seen the old man safely through Ids iLlnoss,'' "And tho major, of course, very wisely declined to go a-lmoneymoon- ing with a young woman fresh from a tainted'atmospliero," put in Donna flippantly. "Oh, as for a taint more' qr less," said Mrs. Itonayno-Power, with a shiug ofher shoulders, "that could hardly harm ler. Sho was well enough oLL in that line. As for Ma- jor Blackwood, .you. wrong .lupi, Ile was so infatuated by that little wretch, that lid declared publicly he envied' her husbancl his smallpox, considering she was going to nurse him, And nurse him sho did, night and day, got eighty oomplimented by the pltysician5 for her wifely de- votion, wee held up to the entire parish by the rector as a sample of what a woman should bo ; and the very morning she got ]t0r•.husband downstairs for the first time as a Convalescent she made a -Clean bolt of it with tiro nlnjom ' '!Bless my stars 1" exclaimocl. Barry. ''Ib is the oddest thing I ever hoard of, if it happonocl-so. She is a regular heroine." "Of a ratltot' 'irregular story," put in Strongo, who tens annoyed. "A Christian martyr in my estima- tion,"' said Donee, with a yawn. Quito a little conee't of praise and blantU arose, that r'eathorstono, in his utual cynical Way, brought to an "There isn't a sound idea in the whole of that tale." ho snit langeid- ly, "Not one, I assure you. I should know," "Why should yon-ltnow ?" dernnlnl- od Barry, with studied politeness but: a 'truculent eye. Ho was in the mood . just their that made hint in- tolerant to any 1115.11 upon whom Constantia ttligllt" ]larva chanced to caLst a favor ing eye. 'For vex lems raisons," returned the other coolly, "At all evnnis, 1 Icltaw this much : that see lett her husband, not because of hie years, "It is always ailing, ante now It is worse. It is dying, I think, but she will riot believe it. But you will see [tow unhappy she must bo, and now this. 11 it sbould come to nor ears, if— Oh l" cried she, clasping 11er hands, "If I were a man I should like to idil dint." Her face was deadly pato in the moonlight ' her lips quivering. Stronge felt the blood grow warm about his heart. He asked himself at this moment whether it were not his duty, to obey even her vaguest wish. Why not tlu•ow Lord Var- loy's falseness in his teeth, and— As for her," said Constantia in a tow tone, between the tooth-sho was looking straight bolero her, she had apparently forgotten Strongo- "X shall let her know," sue said ; "1. shall certainly speak to iter." "To Lady Varley ?" asked he in dismay. "Lady Varley t No ! But to her, Nies, Dundas • 1 My -my cousin:" Sho seemed to shrink from the word, "She shall know at least what T think of her. I shall compel her to listen, She shall give up all thoughts of Lord Varley, Oh, Ili'. Stronge !" cried she turning to him with flushed cheeks, you .do not know, perhaps, that she was once engaged to him. They wore lovers ; they quarreled they both' married ; and yet now T Ob, it is terrible ! And silo 1s my cousin. I feel as if 1, through her, were injuriug Lady Varley. Was there .ever' anything so disgraceful, sO wicked ?" Sho paused nervously, and then suddenly burst into tears. "Oh 1" sho sobbed miserably, "I wish -I wish 1 had not seen it," "So do I from my heart, my poor child," said Stratge earnestly. Ho drew hertowards him impulsively, and sho leant her forehead against his arm., and cried there until her agitation grew milder: It did not seem strange to bee that she should thus lean upon him ; her mind was entirely absorbed with her grievous discovery. But Andrew Stronge comprehended the meaning of her in- difference to his presence, and the granp of despair tightened on his heart, "'S'ou will bo sensible," he said presently • "you will not speak to Mrs. Lunde] to -knight • you will welt for a good opportunity, and then do what you can. Promise me tills" "Woll, yes, it shall bo as you Wish," She sighed heavily, but leer sobs ceased, and the dried her eyes, and drew herself up to her full height, mad began to wish sho hadn't boon so absurd. She remembered that Strongo had had his arra round tor, and that she hn,d cried upon his shoulder ; she blushed crim- son, and a pang of fear shot through her, What would -she checked this thought, and blushed oven deeper in doing so --what would auy0n0 think of her, could they know of It ? She bit et/reasonably angry with Strange, but the anger died as the raised hoe eyes, most rolu.ctantly, to Iris. Who could bo angry with three grave, kindly, anxious ince ? She. turned away, anti let hr gaas dos - 0011(1 111101 the grovel at Iter feet, and slowly, thoughtfully, drew her Scut through Iter Angers, "1 am time," she said wearily. "Let es go baejt'te tho 11005e," +' Yf PF THOSE UNRELIABLE l'ROVlaRDS, What Y o 'Maid of,13111? Don't ye know 'do berkin' dog never bites? Yes, Mike, you tnoiv dat and T know it, but does d.0 dog know it? AT THE PAN-INEBIOAN, WINNERS P1•! PRIZES AT ?1Ib %BEAT HORSE SHOW. Oatteda Swept the Field in the Clydesdale and French-Can- adian Glasses, Morgue,, -•Stallion, 'three years_or ever -let prize, E. C.' Ryder, ey- bridge, Vie; end prize, Joseph Bat- ten, Middlebury Vt.; 3rd prize, le P. Ely, Itoeltestot, N.Ye e.tlt ln•lzo, L. D. lily, Rochester N.Y.; St(t prize, le, 1). Binds, Pittsford, Vt.; Stallion, 2 yearn and under 3:-151 tench 2nd prizes, L. D Ely, Roches- ter, N.Y.; 3rd prize, A. M. Smith, I Bread Loaf, Vt, Stallion 1 year and under 2, -let price, Is. 1), ISy, l.Bo- clrestel', N.Y.; 2nd prize, le. D. Hinds, Plttseerd, yt, Mare, 3 years old or over. -1st and 2nd prize, Jos, Batteli, Middlebury, Vt.; 3rd ,end, 4th prizes, L. Ely, Rochester,' N.Y. Filly 2 years and under 3.- :1st prize, le D, lily, Rochester, N.Y. Filly; I. year arid. tinder2 -1st prize, Joseph Batten., Middlebury, Vi„ 2nd and 4th prizes 13. 1), Binds, Pittsford, Vt. Blood mare to be shown with foal at foot by a re- gistered .5-gistered sire. --151 prize, Jusoph J3atteil, Middlebury, Vt.; 2nrl prize, L. D. Illy, Rochester,'N.Y.; Jrd prize, Joseph Battells Middlebury, Vt. French 'Trotters, --Stallion 8 years or over. -1st . prize, McLaughlin tiros., Columbus, O.; 31ul prize, 'n, Af, Barton, Hinsdale, Ill.; 3rd prize, McLaughlin. Bros., Columbus, 0. Stallion yearn and under 8. -1st Prize, E. L. Barton, Ilinsclale, Ill, n'izc 17, Blare, .gents or o}•er-1st I or the major, but besauso she had been delicately roared and she couldn't stance snuff. Ile tools it by the spoonful, I'm told ; she is now Irving -by herself, recollect -some- where on the Riviera," "I am glad she chose a nice quiet spot, whcro English tourists don't intrude," said Donna, making n faint grimace, "Do you mean to say she hasn't gono off at all ?" tusked to pretty wc.mo.n, Miming forward out of the background she seemed interested, and in a degree disappointed. Sho was thinking of going:. 011' herself, and was grieved in that she could not; count on soma one who had given her a lead. "Bo comforted. Sho has," said Mi s• Ronayne-Potter, with a sneer. "If not in a coach and four with the major, at least In her good looks. T saw her just before she started for that solitary trip to the Riviera that goon Mr. Featherston would persuade uat about, ane her r.eck was a perfect picture -of bones. It was at Lady Vaughan's, and all the amen fought sby of her. One couldn't wonder. Sho was so thin that I should think it would hurt ono to dance with her. Even leas- se•entnc-you know the sort of man he is, and tho sort of woman ho likes -even ho hover went near her all the night." "What luck for her. I" said Strong° in a peculiar tone. "1 saw her, too," cried Barry, laughing ; "when you spoke of bones I remembered, She was the woman. mit nodings on' who danced all night with Petersham., and who-" "Sit I No 1 Pat your head in a .beg," whispered the pretty woman, nudging hen cautiously ; "that was Mrs. Buries, cousiu of Featherstou'e. You'll let yourself in for something if youdon't look out " "In spite of the bones, the major wss faithful," went on Mrs. Ro- nayite-Power•, with n view to crusht- iog Featberston's view of the scan- dal "There is nothing like constancy," said George blcGillieuddy, with a fond glance at Donna, "Nothing, indeed, It is the rarest virtue wo have," agreed Featherston directing a. withering one at Con- stantia, wilo met it and replied to. it silently but eloquently. Her largo eyes filled with tears, "Well, I guess I must bo going," said the pretty woman, rising to ho• feet. She had a lovely figure, so slto rose slowly. "My old Dragon is dis- gracefully lively to -night, so I must be on the move, I nad hoped ileo lobster mayonnaise and the dry Monopole would have been too much for him, but he has survived all, and is now considerably on the champ. Good -night, good folks. Better leek next time -for me, at all events." "I say I Don't go yet," said Airs. Ronayne-Power persuasively. She know there would be a row if the pretty woman stayed, so sho did her best to keep her. " 'Tisn't good' enough I" said the pretty woman, with a faint laugh,. "Last time 1 tried that on, the con- sequeuccs were gruesome. I dare say," carelessly, 'you all remember. I flatly refused to move upon the homeward track. whereupon that dear old thing whose name I bear, hauled me off may seat before an appreciative audience 1 To risk it again would mean murder." "Oh, ho wouldn't go so far es that 1" said Mrs. Ronayno-Power, reassuringly. "No, but I should, As it is," with a languid smile, "I expect he ims huutloci tno'oft my seat for good and all. I shan't resume it," She nodded briskly all round, and, es- corted by a uman on her left, strolled out of sight. Donna looped after her •with an inscrutable smile upon her lips, "What a feel that woman tune Could she not .manage her little 'af- fairs with more decency than that 1 Cajolery 1 Ilad sho no lalowtecgo of Leo unlimited power of that groat agent ?" Sho, too, rose. "Tbis dense is now almost at an end," she said, "so I presume I may in safety return to the ball -room. I was ongngecl for It to some half- dozen or so, so thought it wise to go into rotiroment until it blow over. Mr. Berry, you will give mo your arta ?" She smiled whnlingiy upon hint. She proferred Ilaity at this 'moment to any otimor, mare because she could sec ho (lid not prefer her in any way. I''enthorsLon, es if nettled, turned aside. ITc had approaohed her by it boot or so, 115°11 to speak, but, now Ito drew back. I -Io went' .up to Con- M. Barton, Hinsdale, I11. Filly, 1. stantia instead, le seemed to hint year and under 2 -1st prize, le. M. on the instant that the innocent, Barton, Hinsdale, 111. Blood mare unsophisticated girl was infinitely to bo shown with foal at loot by a the more desirable of the two. registered sire -1st prize, E. M. Bar - "As wo missed that last dance" too, aHinsdale, Ill. he said, with a friendly smile, 'I Clydesdales.Stallion, ;; years or hope you will give me this instead. over -1st prize, Graham Bros, Clare - It is only a square chance, indeed ; mcut, Out,; 2nd prize, H. G. Boag, but still half a loaf, ,you know, is Churchill, Ont.; 3rd prize and 4th hotter -sometimes, -than no bread, prize, Robert Ness. Howled:, Que.; Constantia crimsoned and then nth prize, lI. G. Boag. Churchill, grow pale. She clasped her hands 5th Stallion. 2 years and under 3 nervously,! -1st prize, Graham Bros., Clare '%I am so sorry," she stammered , :mont, Ont.; 2nd prize, Thos. Skin - "but -but ,I kin"but-but,T halm prcunrsed it to-" iter, Mitchell, Ont.; 3rd prize, Robt. "I see," interrupted he coldly. Ness. ;liiowick, Que, Stallion, 1 "You are determined, then, to dotty your and under 2 -1st prize, Graham lite 1 No, do not trouble yourself to Bros., Claremont, Qat.; 2nd prize, explain who it is, 1 can unclerstaucl. Whelthan & Flack, St. Marys, Ont.; But to be cast aside, for Main a sec- ond timo to -night seeps—" Ont,;4th prize Wclthan & Flack, St, "You are wrong,"she cried eager_ Mary's Ont. Marc, 3 years or over ly ; "quite wrong, This Glance be _lst ',prize, Grabain Bros., Clare - longs to Mr. Dundas. lTo does not inont, Ont.; 2nd prize, Hodgkinson dance anything oiccopt the squares, 4 Tlndalo, Beaverton, Ont,; 3rd and and his asking mo. was such a special 1011 prizes, A. G. Gormley, Union - sort of thing that—" ville, .Ont, Filly, 2 years and under Stronge, who was standing at a 3 -1st prize, Hodgkinson & Tindale, distance, could see but not hear, and Beaverton, Ont.;`nd prize, Robert he hoped honestly that those ap- Ness, Howick, Que. Filly 1 year purently angry words would and in and under 2 -1st prize, Hodgkinson a settled coldness. But, even as he & Tindale, Beaverton, Ont.; 2nd hoped, ho knew it was in vain. pcizo, Robert Ness, Howick, Quo. Featherston had met. rho girl's ani Blood mare to bo shown with foal ious oyes, had seen tho tears in them at foot by a registered sire -1st (raised by him for the second time), prize, Hodgkinson & Tindale, Bea find had been subdued thereby. Thorn Vertott, Out. was always, something about Con- stantia that held him captive an French Coach.-Stallioe 3 years food, however his thoughts might or over.-lsL, 2nd and 3rd prizes, wander occasionally and most un- NlcLaugltl3n Bros.. Columbus, O. worthily here and there amongst the Stallion, 2 years and under 3 -1st more experienced beauties of his prize, E. A1. Barton, 7linsdale, 111.; world, Stallion, 1 year incl undor 2-lst Ito bent over her now, and his and 2nd prizes, E. AI. Barton, erins- voico sank to a whisper -a rather dale, 111, Afars 3 years or over 1st Hies - loving one. and and prizes, E. M Barton, Hies - •`You have been unkind," he said •dale, Ill. Filly, 2 years and under "you must acknowledge that. And 3 -1st, E. M. Barton, .Hinsdale, 111. yet -I betrays you 1" Filly, 1 year and under 2 -1st prize, Constantia smiled at him through E. M. Barton, .huinsdalo, IU„ Blood her tears ; to speak was beyond her, stare to be shown with foal at foot Site knew that she was unutterably by a registered sire-lst prize, E. M. happy ; sho felt that he had for- Barton, Hinsdale, Ill. 'given hor,And ho looked so hand- Shetland Ponios.Stallion, 8 years some, so aristocratic ; his eyes were or over -1st and 2nc1 prizes, Charles so full of feelitig, his nose so ducal, E. Bunn, Peoria, Ill„ drd and 4th that she knew sho was right in prizes, Mrs. E. le. Hawley, Pitts - being happy. And yet why did he ford,. N.Y.; 5th prize, Charles le. haunt the footsteps of Airs. Dun- Bunn, Peoria, Ill. Stallion, 2 years das ? Why did he so often look at and undor, 3 -1st prize. Mrs, le. F. her ? Garrett Barry, Mr. Stronge- Hawley, Pittsford, N.Y.; 2nd and they did not show the reigning 3rd prizes, Charles E. Iitmn, Peoria, beauty such open devotion. .and yet 111. Stallion 1 year and under 2 - how superior he was to either of lst and 2nd prizes, Charles E. Bunn, thorn t Ho had scented eager to Peoria, Ile; 3rd and 4th prizes, Mrs. make up the small gitarrrol with her 11, F. 7tewloy, Pittsford, N.Y. Marc, (Constantia), and yet, did ho love 8 years or over-lst prize, Charles her ? Did -did sho love him ? L. Bunn, Peoria, Ill.; 2nd prize, Mrs. She roll Otto a sound sleep that le.' F. Hawley, Pittsford, N.Y.; 3rd night -without answering either and 4th prizes, Charles E. Bunn, question. 'Peoria, TU,; 5th prize, Mrs 11. 1. (To Be Contiuuod), Hawley, Pittsford, N.Y. Filly, 2- z s. o ars and undor :3- 1st prize, Cha B DNESS N UNMARRIED AIEN, E. Bunn, Peoria, Ill., 2nd prize, Mrs. AL, I 5, le. Hawley, Pittsford, N.Y. It has been found on re study of Filly, t year and tutdei' -1st prize, 800 cases of loss of hair that bald- Chas. E. Bung, Peoria, I11.; Mrs, E. ness prevails most with unmarried ee Hawley, Pittsford, N.Y., took mon-which is contrary to the gen- 2nd prize ; 8rd prize, Chas. E. Bunn e•al belief. The worries of a bache- pewee, ill„ 4th pence, errs, E. F. for may bo few, but they aro more Hawley, Pittsford, N.Y. Blood mare trying to the scalp than are the to bo shotvu with foal at foot by a multitudinous cares of the man of registered sire -1st, 2nd and 3rd family. Most bald people are. found prizes, Chas, te. Bunn, Peoria, In.; to lead indoor lives, and almost all 4th and 5t11 prizes, Airs. E. F. Haw- ol them belong to the intellectual ley Pittsford, N.Y. class. Usually the loss of tho hair Belgian, -Stallion, 3 years or over 1 n begins before the thirtieth year. In ,--15t and 2nd prizes, J. Grouch & women it usually constitutes a gen- , Son, Lafayette, .Ind. Stallion, 2 erne thinning ; ill men it effects the years and undor 8 -1st prize, J. top of the head, Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Ind, French Draft -Stallion, 3 years or Bees visit three million blossoms to gather' a pound of honey. Ord prize, Clraham'Biros, Claremont, lien, 2 yeere and 7tn(ler 8 -lee and. 2nd prizes, Melee/chile os ahlin Br., the, lumbus, t) Vetehorcn-Stallign, 3 years or over* -1st prize, Ittolnugltiln Bros.,., Columbus, 04 gad prize, heli Brea., Wooster, 0.; Std prize, lbfcLaughlin Dros., 0014111bus, 0,; d:th Pelee, J, Orouelt 62 Sou, Lafayette, Ind.; lith prize, Bell Bros„ Wooster, 0. Stal- lion, 2 years and undor 8 -1st prize, MoLaug'hlin Bros„ Ooltunbus, O.; 2nd prize, Bell Bros,, Wooster, 0, ; 3rd prize, 3, Grouch & Son, La- fayeLte, Ind:; 4.t11 and 5th prizes, McLaughlin line., Columbus, 0, Stallion, 1 year and under 2 -1st prizo, J, Crouch & kion, Lafayette, Ind. 19itglislt Siiire-Stallion 3 yours or over•,--lst, 2nd and 8rd prizes, Bow- den 4 McDonald, ,lixeter, Cat,; 4tlt W prize, Bell Bros., ooster, 0, Blood mare tp bo shpwn With foal at foot by registered sireBowe'lst prize, Bowe' den & McDonald, Exeter, Ont. Cleveland liay Stallion, 3 years or over -1st prize, Albert elew•son, Grah aniville, Ont, 1 Illtcknoys.-Stallion, 3,ycati•s or over -let prize, Fred Steven[', Attica N.Y.; 2nd prize, Robert BeiLh, Bow- uzanville, Ont.; 3rd prize, 1?, C, Stevens, Attlee, N.Y.; We prize, Robert Boith, Boarnaitvlile, Ont,; 5th prize, Glassey & Go., Truro,r* N.S. Stallion, 2 years or ove-lest 2nd and Ord prizes, Fred C. Stevens, Attica, N.tallion 1 year and f 11, S under 2-lst and 2nd prizes, Fred 0, .Stevens, Attica, N.Y. Mare, 3 years or over -1st and 2nd prizes, Fred 0. .Stevens, Attica, N.Y., 33rd prize, Robert Betth, Bowmanville, Ont.; 4tlr prize, Fred C. Stevens, Attica, N,T. Filly, two years and under three -1st prize, Fred 0. Stevens, Attica, N.Y.; 2nd prize, Robert Berth ISowinenville, Ont.; 8rdprize, Freer C. Stevens, Attlee, N.Y. Filly, 1 year and undor 2.-lse and 2nd prizes Fred C. Stevens, Attica, N.Y. Blood mare to bo shown with foal at foot and one other of her produce three yeas or under by a registered sire- ist and 2nd prizes, Pied C. Stevens, Attica, N.Y. French Oanadians-Stallion threeyears or over-lst prize, Samuel 0. Mooney, Vankleek I•lill, Ont. ; 2nd prize, Eus Bucher, Ste. Maeleine, Que.; 3rd prize, Zenon Robilltird, St. Jaques, Quo,; 4th prize, Camille Aichambault, Charlemagne. Que.; 3th prize, Elle Gorronard, Ste, Vic- toro, Que. Stallion, 2 years and under 8-3.st prize, L. le. Sylvester, St: Theodore d'Acton, Que,; 2nd prize, Amedes Chevron, St, Denis, Que.; 3rd prize, Mearsel Beliste, St, Jacques, Qne, Mare, 3 years or over-lst prize, Henri Deland, L'Ar- ca.die, Que,; 2nd prize, Mearscl 33e - lista, St. Jacques, Que, Filly, 2 yetis and under 3 -1st prize, HenriDeland, L'Arcadie, P.Q.; 2nd prize, L Thouln, Ropentigny, Que. Blood mare to be shown with foal at foot by a registered sire-lst prize, Henri Deland, L'Arcadie, P.Q.; 2nd prize,. Mearsel Belfst°, St. Jaques, Que, j Thoroughbred. -Stallion, 3 years or over-lst prize, the Telfer Olimie Co„ Montreal, Que.; 2nd prize, W. W. Fleming, Exeter, Ont.; 3rd prize, A. frank & Son, The Orange, Ont.; 4th prize, The Telfer & Climie Co., Montreal, Que, 1 Oldenburg, Hanoveranfawt, Ti•akeh- uen and Holstein Ooaoh.--Stallion, 8 years or over-lsu, 2nd, 3rd and 4th prizes, J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Ind. Stallion, 2 years and undor 3 -1st and 2nd prizes, J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Ind. Stallion, 1 yearand under 2 -1st prize, J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Ind.; 2nd prize, Dell Bros., Wooster, 0. Mare 3 years or over -1st and 2nd prizes, J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette, Ind, DraftHorses.-Sweepstakes, stal- lion any age-lst prize, McLaughlin Bros., Columbus, 0. Sweepstakes, mare any age-lst prize, Hodgkinson & Tindale, Beaverton. Ont, Couch Horses. -Sweepstakes, stal- lion, any age -1st prize, J. Crouch Son, Lafayette, Ind. Sweepstakes mare, any age -1st prize, J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette. Ind. over -1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes-lifc- Laughlin Bros. Columbus 0 Stat - WILY A VICE-PRESIDENT. Tho danger that may attend a state without a heed, oven for a very brief period, was foreseen by tho framers of the constitution of the United States, It is provided that in the event of the death of the Pres- ident, either by natural causes, on unforseen accident, the Vico-Ptesident succeeds at once to the oflico of chiet' magistrate of the country, and his office in turn, thus vacated by hien, is filled by the speaker . of the Senate this body providing for the latter of- fice in the usual way. Titus the de- mise of William McKinley placed Theodore Roosevelt, the vicepresi deet at the head of that nation, and the country is srarod the convulsion of a general election. That this is a wise provision has been demonstrat- ed no fewer than One times in a lit - tie more than ono gonorntfon. Throe Presidents have succumbed to the as- saults of the assassin. If in each of these instances the upheaval of n general election had followed, there can bo no doubt that the progress and nostiny of the country would have boon materially altered. id tti Ko sial Deep-seated Kidney Disease Oftet'o the Result of a Neglected Cold --Then Dome Great Sufferings From Lumhago and Backache, ;Few people realize what a vast proportion of serious illnesses arises from cold settling on some delicate Organ of the body. The kidneys and liver, as well as the lungs ars very easily affected by sudden changes of temperature, and the results are often suddenly fatal. It is a common experience with farmers, teamsters, railroad men and laborers to have a cold settle on the kidneys and throw these organs, as well as the whole digestive system, out of order. Thereis usually backache, pains in the sides and limbs, deposits in the urine, pain and scalding with urination and irregularity of the bowels. Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills So many thousands of cases of serious kidney disease have been cured byDr, Chase's Kidney -Liver Y Y Y Pills that they have come to biconsidered an absolute cure tor all kidney derangements. They are purely vegetable in composition, pr•omptand pleasant in. action, and thorough and far-reaching in their effects, They are endorsed by doctors, Lawyers, ministers and others, and are beyond doubt the most efficacious treatment obtainable for diseases of the kicliteys and liver: One pill a .dose 25 cents a box ; at all dealers or Bdnianson, Bates & Co., Toronto. BIGGEST PENSION T 1,000,000 191✓NS1ola•171t$ I1 % la UNITED wr,eass5 *188,000,000 1s Distributed Au - *many ,Atnantr Soldiers and Sailors, Perhaps tilo eareloss, sltiftless way Uncle Nam shlnetillles has .of COM- ducting itis pabile beefiness 1$ trot more clearly shown in any direotioit than the Manner in which he ferMer' ly, turd liven yet to shine extent,. carries on itis Pension Department,. Time latest 1)gur'es show that, in 1115, generosity, in this department ho disburses, no fewer than 1,000,000 pensions annually, amounting to over 5188,000,000 tunoug soldiers and sailors, who have become dis- abled in Itis Were, or their Widows and all rho while he is doing so he folly recognizes tint not a few of these utilliotts And: their way into the coders of frauds. But if you twit TJnelo Sant's oflleials ole this, they lneroly reply, "Oh, well, it isn't nearly so bad as it used to bo, The very lowest pension Uncle Sam allows' to any of his former soirliet's or their widows is 56 a m00011, and this for rhountatism, or any kindred, not disabling, disease., contracted after war, and shown to have been come by through hardship and ex- posure in the field. The average pension for a private, however, is 58 a month ; and from this sum" -they rise to as much as a trifle over 535 a month for total disability. The average ponsion for a sergeant is $12 a month, and those for com missioned oflicors rise in proportion to their rank, In addition tothis. a special pension of 32, a month is allowed for all pensioners' children under the ago of sixteen. DEAD PIOFI..P P1110 DRAW PENSIONS. It may interest many people to know that, roughly speaking, there aro about one hundred old American soldiers or their widows living in or about London who quarterly draw pensions, and they may always be seen on the appointed days at the American Consulate in St. Helen's Plato, London, where a young 111111 specially looks after their eases. Perhaps the best illustration of how easily Uncle Sam is cheated is. to bo drawn from the fact that there aro stilt on the pension lists a few. widows of soldiers who are supposed to have fought in the Revolutionary War. Tide was ended in 1781, with the surrender of Goneral Cornwallis at Yorktown. Those aro obviously frauds, but as time officials cannot positively prove them such they have to obey the law, and so the claims are paid. Tho supposition for their validity is this :-It is instanced that the soldier, who was slightly over twenty wben this war closed, lived long after, and itt his eightieth year married a girl of eighteen. The wife would now be somewhere about eighty years old, and though there are several such claimants, where in reality there might rightful:ly pos- sibly be one, the Americans think it would be a pity to deprive these old ladies of the Government's support during the few remaining years they have to live, notwithstanding that the fraud has been carried on for years and years. So they let them go. Curiously enough, if a person is detected in obtaining a pension from the country by fraud they aro not prosecuted, nor oven sued for the amount obtained. Tho claim is simply dropped, and nothing further is done in the matter. The officials argue that it would hardly do to be continually prosecuting the lamp, the halt, and the blind. A FEW OF THE TRICKS. Up till about eight years ago the pension list used to average as high as 5180,000,000 a year, but when Mr. Cleveland became President a wholesale scrutiny of the strictest .. Character was brought to hear upon then[, with the result that a reduc- tion of no less than 540,000,000 a. year was able to be brought about by striking off the lists the most glaring of the frauds. How much more therefore it might still be re- duced will appeal readily to tho 151 - agintttian, These are some of the frauds dis- covered ; Ono man was drawing a regular pension because of deafness he was supposed to have contracted through a shell bursting .lose to his ear ; but when the deputy pension inspec- tors came to look up what employ- ment ho was 11.1, it was found he worked in a telephone oince, answer- ing calls 1 This was ono of tho amusing cases. Men with had followed the army for their own profit as sutlers, and who had formerly provided the sol- diers with tobacco and delicacies, at exorbitant rates, were found to bo on the lists without numbers. Widows who had married again, and therefore forfeited their pensions, '; were also found to bo among the most numerous of the defrauders. Now, each quarter, widows have to bring with thorn a voucher signed by two reliable witnesses who know thein, showing that, they have not marrierl during the interval since they collected their last claim. .In many instances, also, relatives used to keep on deo: wing pensions after the persons who were entitled to thein heel dies[. But tho strongest fight the Govern- ment had way against se -celled "Pension Agenic," many of whom still flourish. These "agents" used to buy tip pension statins, and then go on collecting them at an. enor- mous profit so long ns they tvolild ho paid, somatises even after the en- titled pensioner was dend. Bttt the Govern/mut dropped a hen.vy hand on them. Now they 'flourish, hston-' sibly as tho attorney, of the claim - anis, contending that' tiny only de- duct oduct a small coinnlission for their services. 71; is hard to'get 'ahead of them at itis game, but a very close watch is kept upon then. 110d 00.5110- eos.sfully that gradually nttd gene dually they aro droppilg out of existence. + Trees eat; 20 pounds of honey `5n making 1 pound of wait..