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The Brussels Post, 1897-3-5, Page 2UNDER AN AFRIC SUN, lin GEOitOE eleareII,LE Ma. ' CHAPTER I. Well, 'pori my word, Fraser t" What's the 'matter now ?" I'm staggered; I am, really." • 'Wbat about, boy ?" 'To think I could be euoh an absolute Odle as to let you morally bind me the t b Untie ktl verdantby the iu eking down from above. Mind wbab you ares doing l affsaid eraser, after stooping fragment of perfectly, black lava from a bare spot. "Yes; It would be an awkward tumble," said Digby, as he leaned. for- ward and peered over the ledge. Five MI and foot and bear pall off tato a hundred Peet, I daresay n setae island in the Atlantic, to car- "More likely a tbousen " said Frets - your confounded epeeimens; be drag- er, The distances aro greater than d out of bed at unholy hours to walk yo!1 thi,nk differ- Ahwell, don't make mush mdreds of miles in the broiling+ sun; eooe to a man who falls whether• he aleep in beds full of: 'the nanve and tumbles five hundred or a thousand imeless insect abhorred by the Brit- feet. -Going talon leads ? a steep de - p housewife; and generally beoomo scent. 3 the Then we can get up the, other ,ur r white nigger, cad,oarthorse, and'- side, and round over the mountain, "]lave you nearly done?" said Hor- so back to the whcalores after Fraser, with a grim smile upon his go Reil - from Lon n." I'm ready. - "No; that was only the preface." All right, old chap. "Then let's have the rest when we Row many rmiles tround?" ou will not pt llama in the shape of a neatly mind the climb down?" :lilted book, a copy of whlcb you, can %yell, if it's lilts this -yes. Hills, resent to me with a paper -knife of what's he doingg?" site ivory; and I promise you I will where Digby coup edea hundred yards ae da9 aver cut a leaf or read a line." upon the opposite rocks -face, , a man "Thanks, Magnets." seemed to be slowly descending "Diognes indeed!" cried Fraser with giddy waer birds or rabbits perhaps," said snort, as his crisp !lair seemed to Fraser, :and on end. "Now look, Tom Digby; user. care of yourself, old chap 1" on are about tba most ill -conditioned, shouted Digby; and then, as his' voice ngrateful, dissatistied English cub that was Yelost in hireovastnes5 seaward pd for cot breathed." a few hundred yards till the track led "Ga it 1" said the good-looking young them to a zig-zag descent cut in the allow addressed, es he flung himself wall of rock, down which theywent own among the ferns and began to cautiously lltious they yren and n the without stehesitation t ntie his shoes, after wiping his steam- the bottom, crossed ]t, and ascended the lig brow, and taking off his straw hat, other side, a similar dangerous Path D let the hot dry breeze blow terougb taking them to ttheatop.is a place!" said EIS crisp wavybrown hair. • 'By George, Digby as they paused for a few mom - 'T mean to 'go it,' as 3'31 so coarse- muss term it, sir," continued Fraser, cross- •'Listen 1' whispered Fraser, stopping g his arms on a roughly made aspen- short; and there beneath them eddirectly ook. "T came to you in your black after by the appearance of a dark face • d grimy chambers, where you wl r* with a band across the brow, a man ering from a soot -engendered cold. with a basket supported on his back said: "I am off to the Canaries for climbingthee bandtomleavedd his pat da tree, three months' trio. Leave this anis- the arns, and pausing before them to ableameng London March weather, and I'll er down hts load nor, we ,con rave. 1 did send on the letter straight y quaint countenance. *n on s e you :where you can see the sun "Wbat have you there?" asked Fras- er in Spanish. "See it shine? Yes; irut you didn't 'neles said the old roan, people, "hnon at is ay a word about feeling it,' cried the one of the caves below therehle pointe e lunger man. "Da you !:now the skin they used to bury them _ peeling off my, nose, and that the 031 to growth whegl uta side st le. the =lot k of my neck is burnt 1", "Don't be a donkey, Tom! I ask, did ranco sloped. ou ever see anything so lovely before "Buried? Tbhexe aer re pinty Eraser. such your life?" laces "Yesas this in the sides of the moon - rumbled 1 'Tis rather pretty," places rumbled the younger man. thin.' "Pretty!" echoed Fraser contemptu- "Curious," said Fraser, eagerly peer- usly, as he task off his hat, as if out ing into the basket of brown dust, stir - f respeot to Nature, and gazedaround ring it with the end of his alpnst on,, im at sea, sky, mountain, and hill, and uncovering something gleaming hose hues were dazzling in their and white. ioh colours. He then threw down his "Why, it's a tooth!" said Digby, stoop- penstook, drew a large .geological ing to pick it out of the basket„ but ammer from his belt, and seated him- dropping it suddenly. bits elf he a ac elf upon the grass, while his companion elated; "why,, said on."Fraser. rought out a cold chicken, some dark 'Yes; very interesting,' read, and a number of hard-boiled "Dust of the Guanche mummies• _gs, finishing off with a bottle and kewstgh re wustingere remains to nted be found." nre- ilver cup. "Look at that wonderful film ot cloud coiling. looting toward the volcano,'Toml Look 'Why do you get this dust?" asked t the sun gleaming upon it! Just Frazer of the man. ike a silver veil which the =eon of "For my garden, senor. The pota- .. ountains is about to throw over' her toes and onions like it, and it is superb." d., "What dotes he say?" "Poetry, by jingo 1" cried Digby. "They use it for manure for their 'Brayvo old stones and bones, I say! gardens," ok at the golden yellow of the hard (To be Continued.) alk lying within the ivory walls of his hard-boiled egg; and at the- e,...--n----- re; „•..----•-^�- --'-'•-' t , re; I'll be hanged if I didn't for- SERVED HIM RIGtiT. et to bring some suite' ' Tom Digby made a sound with his • gue as he tasted some oft the wine ,e had geared into the cup; then he oio,i' a Cerullo* colonel. ','ted le mum a de a grimace. "I say Horace, old chap, i0 was all An amusing story is told at the ex- ery wet for the old people to make p -ase of a military martinet in Germ- foss about their sack and canary but 1” t tankard of honest Eng- any, who undertook to snub a neaten - TRB BRUSSELS. 0 $T. ............ ...... . M4BCJI 5t, 1807 a'isonad fingers There wast S XPTlf TTilTli fiT' the Iwown peasant ecnditiooes in a 1110 - and a luta- AL 111. 11t,1Y U,U • Gime methods abo h.'s Vineyard' fro s 1 us0 pn ht aheak>�, Crus glerlan t'n hex eyes like unshed ' 1tears, 4s Frank looked down into them, a sudden flood of tenderness derness The Colonel had already caught Vi- i rushed i tochi heart, overpowering ve po eeingsall viae up In his arms, delighted that the guietly, you were very oresl to me child had remembered his soldier, Ethel. then ', Pez^haps; ,but it was not without Pa."`/.11;01: ain to rue. I did not know" -- Th t T l d I did the first looking at the boy in a sudden ecretasy of child -worship; wbile Gladys Cbarlea- wortix stood face to face with frank a ono 700. ' I shall tease 1 saw yell. Ido now; as one who has found a pleasant dream es long as lies Is spared to me, to be the sweetness of reality. all 1 dxave to say, This is no passing "You have not forgotten mel" ha ask- year, si1100 110 parted et is nd more of ed• growing eveakor, my love becomes "011 00, ieeeed., Only, It seems so stronger every day. It I can do any - strange to see you here. `1'he last thing stomYayou barmy, will yu barmy time we met was all siokuess and suf- wifedie darling, feting; here, it is so peacefully quiet.' Ten there came a long silence more "It is a beautiful place!" Frank re- eloquent than wo pr eds, as lieart went out plied, drawing a deep breath of ad- tot seemed havin 3d erboot petting understanding. a yeast nineteen, and feeling almost dazed evltll Ind lease washed he petti tg its months the wildness of his own plapPlness, of doubt and unoestainty, as she lay "There is no wonder that you love it. upon her lover's breast with his arms But tell me how it was that you left teroundt breaktbekce stilGladyswtas me so abruptly out yonder? Not even a broksn laugh and a strangely hapPY time to say good-bye, not even a mo- fans timgod with a shame at her own anent to thank you for your angelic be titu wonder what they will 507?" said kindneRs" she Mr• Heath ttold us yesterday „Not now," said Gladys +hurriedly, that you and Miss Morton were expect - with a quick frightened glance at the ed tee_ others* retreating figures, -"See ; they ly ' sola fall in love withian obsolete gaily are going into the gardens, my mo- , My dela, child, what chance could I tsar's favorite walk. Won't you comp possibly have with,a full-blown belie- with them?" not? Strange as it Pane seem, But Frank stood perfectly still, oo - C well to me.' kin taste! 1 k prefers rens And to con - What shocking down into the pleading face "Wee ole yourself, you came to me. I am AF ing aC- did you leave me like flint?" he repeat- afraid yours is only a secondary ed. "Do you know that I have boon t Sbmwhtch audacious speech Sandhurst searching all Landon Ito find yourreplied by a rapturous embrace, 1n whereabouts?" which Gladys' bat fell to the ground "Captain Sandhurst, I will tall you and her fair hair spread out In wild everything presently, only let us join disorder. And, to add to the rates - the others now. Mother will be so dil- Colonel in hemis panymwith appeared ared tbe appointed if you do not see tbe garden of Fernloigh, eyeing the blushing aul- with hex." pries with an ill atteunpt at deep se - Captain Frank suddenly melted; he verity would h been someth]n more than I should lint to know 'ills meaning g of this" asked the Colonel, m bis stern- world d d under the avenue to introduces you to my future wife. have e a man could ho have withstood the est parade voice. "I sbuld very much wistfulness of those imploring violet like an esplanation.f said Frank It is simple enugh," eyes, So they avert into the old- coolly-"Oolonol Sandhurst, permit me gar eu ; an of ancient fruit -trees, Frank detailed to otkaskon harle �irthvhile the Colonel ave a be y his hostess the story of his lingering od with an ant, exaggerated politeness, lxos- illness away from home and friends- sibly to hide the pleased expression how an angel nursed hien, and the man- which somehow would manifest itself nor in which that sweet divinity had on his features. "What shall we do with them?" be been fund• asked, turning to his companion. "Your girl and my boy," the colonel It is so sudden„ so unexpected," fal- remarked musingly, as be watched the tared the bewildered lady witha glance at the now collected lover, -"Gladys, figures dieapppearing down the shady what have you to say?" avenue. "How strange it seems! It It is quite true,' said she, laughing seems almost like the renewal of one's and arylnlg in a breath.He asked zee own youth." to -to marry him, and I" - "Well. And you?" "It saves et in strange that they "Wee obliged to say yes. He would t' h ARMEE, E MR. MCPHERSON PROVES THAT FARMINtx WILL PAY, 1t'vrage lteIUG$ quadrupled ey %'Vier lie trolls - BaKCea4lens 6311 1'0 • ale.lntivr !roue!-!lett^ ll. 'would .cll'ccl a"•heie /'ounIl'.453rveloua ucsulls Iudl,vc4cll, How can, the ordiruu'y farm bo made to pay? This is the pertinent question to whioh Mr, D. M. Meleheason, 151. P.P. for Glengarry, essays a %reply 10 a letter published in the Farmers' Ad- vocate. "I shall strive," says Mr. 1kloPhor- eon, "to give you a few details of the results of work done on my farm sev- en years ago, and lust year, and how it is done. The nature and kind of soil is light and sandy 00 the south end tending to loam, sand and clay towards the north; had been cropped with grain, bay and pasture from 50 to 00 years: It would, seven years ago, pasture twenty head of milk =VS, grow 800 to 1,000 bushels of grain and about 40 to 50 tons of hay; the crop value produced would be about $1,000, and the cash sales clemently would be about $500 to $600. This. would be from 125 acres of cleared arable land. The crop products and value in 1896 were as follows: - Milk cows pastured, 75; milk produced, from May 1st to October 31st, 236,921 pounds; pork produced (200 Pigs fed and pastured on six mores) 24,000 pounds; veal calves sold 60; cured bay from 39 acres, 115 tons; corn ensilage, 26 acres, 750 tons; grain, oats and barley, 1.3 acres, 650 bushels, straw, 18 ton." The values produced in this way are tabulated in a business -like statement. Milk, net at factory 61,506 25 Pork Veal calves .. .. ... 150 00 Total from May 1 to Oct. 12,640 25 Loss paid for heavy feed... 600 00 Germ - or me par a a iib beer is worth an ocean of this ant ata ball to Berlin. Tho colonel iserable juice. nine take no other answer ; and Gladys kiss - should have me in such a way, Charlesworth replied. "They would ed her dheut auoth a'aword, leav' aplFrank eared maks a handsome couple, George." to bear the brunt of the paternal wrath, TM old name came so naturally that en impending, punishment w'h1011 be neither of them noticed it. The Col- bore with enviable stoicism. Fortunate- onel laughed lightly, wondering a lit eyntthe ly dveiot of vian at tbis at attentionfom- rom Ile to ifind himself viewing such a tbe culprit, who forthwith took the lad contingency so complacently, Under the by the hand and set off in seareb ,of bending arch of tits trees they sat, till an im giinaari y W1en'sorthtook nes a seat, the the talk gradually veered round to old MrS.Colonel stood by heir side. times long since forgotten, though none You aro not displeased?" ,he asked the less delightful of recall, with a shadeof anxiety isp ttysed;hindveed ' 1 Meanwhile, Gladys and her compan y., lad, It seems so applied ited arca with whet the weal d ,be wean 0Se enriching', to that area with similar eucees3. The County of Rolton,la ane whose land ie of average fertility, and ane Which is a good deal below the average of size. Its prinei1r,ad craps in 1805 Were fall wheat, oats, l.ay, Peas, corn, Lees and barley, The total area of tan - asset land ie 224,333 acres, ai whioh 108,432, are cleared• Of these 111,802 were under crops of various kinds and produced ill that. year an aggregate yield worth at mor- icot prlces $1,250,298, or an average 01 811:22 an acre. Of the dairying in- dustry we the county thorn are no ade- quate results attalnablo, but the foot ibtot only $3,000 worth 01 ahoese wee reported as having boon made there,. and as no returns were made by the four ci'eamol'ies that were ill the cotlnty, the probability is that the re- venue dram the 33,921 acres of pasture lands did not exceed on the average the returns from thane= under crop. As thecost of seeding, working, harvest- ing, feeding unproductive stook. and traatsportatiou of product would be much greater proportionately than where the average yield was $40 an. ace, the got return for a farm of 1 1 acres i.n this county was more Pro- bably below elute above the $600 mark. The total assessments of the townships for real and personal property is $7,540,- 000, say, 850 an acre of land now under crop or pasture, It would, therefore, mean something to the 13,000 inhabit- ants of these townsbips, and probably to the 7,000 in the towns, if the an- nual net cash return could be brought' up to 630 an acre, or 60 per cent.' per annum on the present farm values. Assuming, then, that either by the intervention of Government or by vol- untary co-operation in carrying out the suggested plan of scientific super- vision and enrichment of lands, this county had been brought to a par with Mr. eloPherson's term for pro- ductiveness, and assuming that Hon, Mr. Fisher's cold storage system had established a market far Canadian pro- duce in the English market, thele would be the results. Keeping well within the mark there would be 1,�- farm of 125 acres each. These would pu'oduco in the summer season 129,230 hundredweight, and in the win- ter 86,155 hundredweight, of butter,. reckoning 22 pounds of milk to oue of butter. Selling this at 104 shillings the cwt., a low estimate would return $5,- 384,025. Pork and veal' ted and sold in summer would bring a further return of $1,360,800, after paying for purchased feed, more, it will be observed, than the total present crop value. Winter feeding of beef and pork would yield 61,800,000 80000 Ovouulld more, oil 1to uown the prudnu- tive power of filo land• ADVAN'1'AGF•S 01? CO-OPERATION. In addition to the enormous addition to the fertility of the soil the gross output reaches eight and a halt millions of dollars a year, or a little better than $7,000, a year, for each 1'25 -acre farm, whose present total value is from $5,000 to $6,000. It will be observed that the return for butter exceeds very considerably Mr. MoPherson's fie; ores. His are based upon cheese factory re- turns, which yields him two-thirds of a cent a pound of milk. Ilut it must be plain that if such a °aunty as Halton. were organized into dairy farm there would be a further co-operative system involving cream separators at short dis- tances and butter factories near the railway lines. The cost oC production would be reduced to tbe lowest point, and the farmers themselves would share the profits of the enterprise. Such, in a measure, would also be the case with: the sale of the products. It would be absurd under such conditions to beat the mercy of competing middlemen, Selling agents would be kept in the English markets to dispose of products, In Denmark and in Ireland this plan bas been tried, with the best results. So, too, has the plan of co-operative masuafact.ure and sale of bacon, and the probability is that under favorable eiroumstanees enough could be added to Mr. McPherson's sale prices of pork and beef to allow of the vast totals given in the foregoing estimate being net results without deducting from the sum indicated as the return for butter. 1f, either bytbe guidance of the Gov- ernment', or by the voluntary etforta and co-operation of farmers within such an area, results, like this could be ob- tained by the thousand men as well as by the thousandth man, there would 50011 he an end of the agitation against educating boys to leave the farm for the city. Property such as tills would bring the •advantages of city lite to the front door of the farm homestead, Total,: 32,040 25 The total value of the bay, corn, grain and straw was $3,386, making the net value of the' summer's work 85,- 426,25. 5; 426.25. In the winter a good deal of the crop saved was used in supplying food for unproductive cattle and horses. Nob all, however, as a net profit was derived from feeding cattle for beef, from hogs and from the sale of milk, of 62,300, making a cash profit for the year of $4,340. In addition to this Mr. Mc- Pherson o- Pherson demonstrates that whereas in the old days bo would deprive the farm annually of about $130 by reducing its fertility tluit much, alo>v by feeding all his crops on the farm, and selling only milk, beef, and pork, he is able to add, because of heavy foods purchased and led, a value in fertility of 31,380 an- nually. The farm did not pay a cash dividend the first five years, as all pro- fits and some additional capital went into fertility account to enrich the land, but a gradually increased divid- end cap now be withdrawn, besides ad- ding to the fertility. The maximum crop value sought Lo be obtained is $40 an acre, and the cash sales realized from beef, pork, and milk $30 an acro. EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS. The significance of this last state- ment of Mr. ltRWherson naturally arises from the fact that he has at- tained the object towards whioh be has labored. Hut its full. Tinning can only be understood when a comparison is made between the results obtained per acre according to this showing and the averages in his own and oth- er counties. It will be seen tbat 39 aores produced 115 tons of hay, or 2.95 tons to the acre; the average crop In Glengarry is 1,55 tons to the acre, and for the Province 1.38 tons. Of corn for ensilage 26 acres pa•oduoed 750 bons, or 28.86. toms to the acre, whereas, the average for Glengarry is 14.15, and for the Province, 11.85. The Glengarry av- erage for oats is 31.4 bushela, and for biriey 23 bushels. There were 14 acres under these orops. Assuming ten to have been of oats, the average yield for both would have aggregated 406 bush- els. Mr. Mailers' obtained 650. The net encouragement for having, kept the farm in a good state of fertility was therefore a surplus over average orop of 54 tom of hay, 388 tons of corn, and 244 bushels of grain, representing $1,692 on 79 cores, to say nothing of the other 40 aores, whioh produced anet revenue of $2,000 in the summer months, ion had wandered on beneath the fin think I very g bert boughs to a seaiudod spot, below poetical that between our children there shoultbinkdoff thbis the more because feeling. hre win= the sunny meadows sloped away into a tar -stretching valley, beyond ought have been._ which rose range after range of wood- "As blissful a consummation forus. ed hills, crowned in the taint blue dis- -Margaret, do you remember the time tante by the Malvarns. In the quiet evhen you and I looked forward to such contemplation of this silvan beauty hc,ppinoss, when at the and of three they were silent for a time, with that months you were to write to mer innate sympathy that exists between And 1 did, George; do not target spirits of a kindred nature. There was lumen a soft flush on the girl's delicate cheeks, Yes I know it new; bin: I did not a subdued content gleaming in her eyes. receive the letter at the time. 1wa•it- You look like Slippiness materialis- ed fo¢ a month, but it rover came. ed," said Bank at length And then I th ht you had forgotten She turned her glowing face to leis, ms, so i troubled you no more.' trembling with a sweet emotion. "Al- "And 1 thoaght you had forgottenmost too happy, she replied. "Yester- me. How absurdly proud we must have day was all dark and troubled; to -day both been not to— How, did you find is all joy and sunshine. Then It seem- out afterwards?" ed as if eve were going to lose home The Colonel took the letter from his pocket, and banded it to her, When and everything that makes life worth living. I do net think I em varY sen- she hadread it, he told the story of timontal, but I have a passionate love its finding. Bet Ithe history of the for this place. Perhaps you cannot un- treachery practised by a vanit,hed hand derstand the feeling: he did not tell her, nor did she even Yes, I think so. When I was at, know. • dying almost, out yonder I learnt to It was blissfully quiet there, save Lon appreciate the meaning of home. I used the song of birds and the light sound to dream. of it, more perhaps when yon oe voices on the lawn below. For a were by. When you left, 2 knew it long lima neither spoke, for the mind was a dream• And that brings me to of either was back in the fax past. the old question: Why did you go "Margaret," said the Colonel at away so suddenly?' length, "there is still a little frag- "\ hat more had 1 to detain mer T ranch over aur dead romance. Can't had ion ;ns brother ; you bad grown we treasure up the remaining years Lo- well and strong enough to do without getherst" mp." year's leaves are dead," Mrs. You think so?" in Frank asked, with Charlesworth replied, blushing like a a dangerous thrill his voice. 'Per- glnl , "their fragrance has gone for haps 7 am too best judge of that. I ever." was not strong enough to do without But the beauty springs afresY be I you, am glad you thoughtnot'me. It more so in then a near eumture. T Tholsea- is pleasant to know that," shine bas gone, but its warmth still Thought of yeti 1 have never for- roma •ns. It you can bear with me for gotten da of for looliniment. me 1n thSweet facebaed a "Vary well. 111 ll shall the bop as You wish, say it Y " George." say it isnot ser She diel not look up, thongs a rosy The sound of voices came nearer, till smile trembled me bar cheeks, and rude presently all the ,happy group had dy lips for a moment. In apito of the gathered round the colonel ane d. lit tumultuous beating of bar heart, there companion. When they Y was in all the painful micert.atnty an Lee graver and he ccnvers tion told had exqui.tlne sense of pleasure which ran- taken a more deed .t dullly pleasing, them. They listened in respeet101 sil- "Gladys, if I may use the name ewe, wink Vivian climbed on to the again, trill me why you left without Colonel's knee, looking up into his face good oyer" the 1011110 intently, For the first time she glanced up at "What clo you think of it all?" ask - him with her ti'ilthful eves. "I will el the neer?4tor tri conclusion. tell you, then. Ile the first place, I 'T think it will bo very nice," said thought you welled despise moi and your the boy confidentially, regard was very dear to me. "You are pleased, Vivian?" asked his '01 course, f should have despised mother'. you, Sandhurst replied ironically-"tbe Ho looked from one to the ase same as ono would despise a heaven- if he saw them, then fad retold after denoted angel sant; to succour a des- garden, peaceful in the a pairing wretch, But, because, you 1 quite noon, pleasanrddi 1i.sLdoftrho aet lato lorgof to do that been y Gladys stretched out a trembling lit- bad blessed the garden and its enti- tle hand imploringly. Immediately the eons, A delieets light, Upon his bold soldier seized it and kept aA t itn- face, filtered ere t tbsr L io11 best branches, that. prisoned in his own warm grasp. l • 1p he said to his cement tui touch of this stlronsesnea o could sl ione'i'wey; 'and 1 think," be "Don't drink it, then," said Fraser, noticed a large badge richly sat with eating meohanieally, as be gazed about diamonds on the breast of the young rim at the glorious pines around; and officer's uniform. Going to the lien - le down at the tropical foliage of tenant, be inquired with a patronlz- banana, palm, *range, and lime, ,two is air: "Rung man, what is that thousand y valleys where it glorified es which thing you have there?" i.t• is an or - an • fromlthe black v loan and oosandy shoe der, colonel. "'An order!" xclaimed the veteran, with a sneer, "It is not right up into the mountains. Then ed till 1theoal fresco Le an+English order," irrepllied the lieu - past▪ c"Who could have ppest was at 11 end, and nom Digbym ke. tenant, quietly, deliberately W13 .lit upth and begano to smoke. motheven r, colonel." such n o "Y u "Myd. oth- "What 0, enthusiastic young gush- eningl are, or amt" offer y-oue, bent - "Pray tell me, the mine. hllerl Maj- dringlY, "For a roan of fo ty youeste, Victoria, Queen of England." do rather go it." o The burly martinet did not continue enteeAnd for one of twenty-five, you sis- gnbn the airs of a b oy," said Fraser pully to the eutenesan bowed, waskPrince grimly. "Well, y,feel fns glorious 1,old0 br out breathe anbawkwardlane !retired from the his• ' it' g scene. He bud recognized the prince, thisaclouds delicious mountain air, to gaze ha- om the clouds above and below at that and in attempting to e1s+11f him *ver wonderful blue son, and at the yellow the display made of a diamond -stud - pines which look like gold. Yes,' he hated 107111 atkjnettohad endncon madlybine- about i3i -' added, as he sprang up g, about him, "it is a perfect Eden! self ndiculons What a jolly shame that it should be- did n humor ter tllo 1001 incident, tthyounghowever, long to the Spaniards instead. of us." d 1. daresay they appreciate it:•" , soldierwas int catedilltls yl•mularank rlt liber "Must have done, or else they wouldn't which have token it from the -the -the --what than any personal courage or merit. did you call the aboriinies?" _--•�-_ "Guanchee. " "eVbat a chap you aro, Horace! You TAPIOCA. seem to know a bit ot everything." I only try to go about, with my eyes • open, and take interest in something04 3' a Dena iv Posen In YI+ Original better than colouring a meerschaum ,lou•• pipe." "Severe 1" Tonloes is procured from a curious "Well, you do 00007 Inc, Tom, You south Am,'rican plant., whioh eitliei•poi- do indeed. A. ;man with such catpabil 30358 us or nourishes us, according to itxes, and you will net use thein. by, you 'haven't even tried to learn Span- the wary WO nee it. ish yet."The tapiocas plant is a libretti which " b'Dhatei the good? Yon know plenty grew to the height of sir or eight feet.. other To rains about Al �• Tom 1 if you only had plant contains an aeric!, milky joke, death in 0015 otingoa•" "Eating 0912?" poisonous acid nt+1y be desirot•ed by "No, foe drinking, Thirsty land, Her- ]teat, the juice,nhe:Ite e:1c lty l cerise, ace and I never knew what an orange forms au c really was before. And why should 1 reap. worry myseqlf about languages? I've a .fti endod into 1 pulp, Pleend grated lively recollection of your namesake at or you iltaThe poisonous under school, and 'Virgil and. Horner rind all a heavy pressure, ice the other dead -language buffers. -.1 is thus sgeeeod a t. Itetal isptb n, when eay, though, that's fine. ed and stirred They had come suddenly upon one of it Ramsthe alt.our shows melt served top the ashes be the island known to the is soli! 'Spanish as , thorough crack in our 'hotels, ret t and on our or cr '1 its r family tables as for boll.. I'm well enoughoftnet to The root, us well as the rest of the U b i L Spanish." „ 1,. Ton. .0 me the in life." which is so poxs0neus, that it will cause "nether have some of those deliai• t a 1010 minutes; but as thin 0 A SUGGESTION 0b'EERED. Having these results in mind, and mindful, too, that only a few years ago his farm was one of the average class, Mr. McPherson suggests, , that, either separately or in combination, the On- tario and Dom•inlon Governments in- stitute experiments along the lines that he has adopted for the improvement of his own property. Soma may be inclined to ask the question, Can these results be made general, and how can it be accoituplish- e.d? My answer to such a question is that it Can be generally practised. but it takes a long time, large capital and high skill. The practical method I strongly advise is for the two Gov- enments-Provincial and h'oderal-to e totte and opgera of a few men re m s to throughout lta small section of the country, supply the capital and skill, and control the work- ings of these farms (not. own them, on- ly direct the work of the owner), if these prove sdeeessful, then undertake to control a number more, and so on, until the whole section, (say one noun- ty) is built 011, and sutneient time and experience would be obtained, not only as to direct results, but as to the ulti- main value of the undertaking,_ in re- gard to the nation's welfare. 1.1 such 111111d prove satistaotory in a small sec- tion, and sufficient to warrant its ex- tension, then ce new and larger scheme could be devised more perfect in ev- ery way, as experience would cause the correcting of error and the =building of sound principles of finance and bus - nine execution, The experiment the Canadian farmer wants to -day to be solved is how can he be put in a poei- tion to make his' term pay, and increase ill value from year to year." all the reserve Biel coldness leads: the girl yielding and helpless. concluded, with e glance heavenward. "But i thought you avouid, who "that God bas boon very g cried. "I was only, an bospstltl nurse; to -clay.?' You arca soldier wins e good name and • t(Tho end.) fortune. I was always proud. of being Miss Ohari.asworth, of 13ornloigh ; but oven then T did not know how 10310 I tapioca /Melding. IN DARKNESS: could call meselt so. And 31 you ad mot me some day, en obscure gown- I s'poseoUUe© ilnarolll righii la 6tstha nese, or perhaps a sluep assistant"--. lis be pr f should beefs lavisboa large sums office tof. 1110 gas your water? inquired on that blessed establishment in my ex- Can y s anran s, cess of gratitude,• --No; I will not rethe clerk politely. barrancos-a L oraug c.. lease your band, Miss Charlesworth albio, vtce is the rooky ins y with pe state is ll'hrnloigh, You preen goueg parson- .it's easy to learn. The 'trouble 3s s growths mosses, Thus he me In its mitered ides nlatlzed the isn't that the expression I should have. Oh, I know how, l doesn't give ondicular s found andone i various gtOgr bs ~hive one of Use most deadly poisons in light enough to =able me to see the of Wh a Home In rheas nom osetl. More vegetable taiid pressIncomes, d c a harmless it I shop4 ve used if I ]lad Sound you in that the gas burner over it o g of Which use place w p tilt various patches of green were of tbat every one has tasted, Gladys laugher], and said no mars,fignres. �.L CLOTH FROM CAT -TAIL. A Nei, ree 1'm' the 111113111 le bill 9'18+6,' 313,36r Pi ant. Very few, probably, are &Ware that the fur, or vegetable down, of the cat -tail is a marketable article, super- ior to feathers or cotton for many purposes. It is not quite so valua- ble or useful as cider down, but it approaches it very closely, and is cheap- er tban any of the three. As a mat- ter of fact, a great many people are to -day using articles covered with en- tail products, who have no idea where the material comas from. One of the most elaborate uses to which this material is put is that oC covering sofas, Very many of the sup- posed p1us11 eavered divans axe really APPLIED 10 A. COUNTY.. Looked upon ionly asan illustration of the possibility of ndividWtl suc- cess in Sermtng Mr, M I'llcrson's let- ter would possess elements of interest; to many whose struggles have been unremunoraLiv0, but when to this is added the suggestion tbat the aggro - tone wealth of the Province might be developed and increased by similar means one le prompted to compare covered with a fabric of eat -tail. It wears better than the plush, and ill infinitely eheapor. The same argument that applies to the sofa is applicable to the pillow. Very often, however, such pillows go by another name. Sofa pillows also, are made rot cat- tail, because a pillow avowedly covered with cat -tail would probably be re- garded with contempt Gall it Alas- kan plush, however, or Shetland wool that has been treated by a new pro- cess, and it will sell readily euottgb, and give good satisfaction, too. Tho family album which graces the center table in the parlor of so many Mouses is also in many instances adorn- ed with eat -tail 0000rs, althoul1ggh the house -wife neat not be convinced they tiro not pled!. She bas doubtless !peed almost as ethos as if they were whati she supposes, and naturally she 8,10118 et any person mem hints that she has been victimized. It is becoming a prevalent custom to use eat -tail fur on the bank oe hand mirrors and brushes, which have here- tofer0 been backed with. plush. Some say that tbe substitute is really prov- ing better than the original. The head rest, too, seen on the easy chair, is often of cat -tail -and it is none the less comfortable for that. Another article for whioh the cat- tail is ueod is the bed quilt. Tho eider down quilt is an old -tone article of luxury. The cat -tai] quilt is every whit as coin,crtahile, and costs about Gnen ueeter as much. I .