The Clinton News-Record, 1901-01-17, Page 101�1 .
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least practice and habits of the past
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99 � I 'little we can sixeafs what the
.., has in. al�ors to . v ital It, bad
*%Pioil to Oooll floslina .that he only
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'Wanted two Litt I ugs. to =Ake hive Per.
f"tly IIAPPY-4 co4paitisica in Such
It -MRIPD,ont as the Haadredtb Hag -
Save' 4ird a know ledgo that his at t6Q.
11 tion to
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a in due coiu.,4o, he was
&"W, tender passages W, ma 'e!,
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m that 4111 WAS well
in that q uarter, and lie furi,hermure
I bad reason to believe that her father
General Ouslqw, would for his Part
show no opposition. Could. he have
been asistirud a few, inoutlig, . W -fore
that this Would have been his post -
Lions be would havc, laughed to acorn
tha idea that anything'in the world
coula by buy possibility bAve annoyed
him; nevertheless, ion .this Deceniber
morning �e is, about the most iniser-
able man in London.
That he could bettroubled.by Money
Matters -had never Struck him as pos-
Bible. lie had actually inherited a
very small amounts only someZ10,000
lytit an uunt allowedhim X600 a year,
besides paying certain idt'his, expen-
� . see, and he had .reason to hope that,
, 'if 11 went well, , her large ,fortune,
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". 'at at any rate the gteater Part of
;i I t it, Would revert to him. Biit he had
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,.:' ;� where be had been lucky, Cdoll was
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�., ,ii dreds instead of in ponies and tenuers,
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'�' I � I � and as this meeting was a shocking
� -,.. bad one fo� hackers, his winnings. and
a good deal more bad dl4appiiared. He
. had been on such good things, toot
I I Tlie number of seconds he, had. run
. ma sometiting too frightful and ex-�.
Asperating for contemplation; � '.If
Thunderbolt had only got -home in-
stead of being beaten ahead' by an
outsider no onebad,ever heard of be-
fore, a brute that nobody backed, for
a shilling. it would have utade. a dif-
ferance of ovorX3,000,. to him; and, as
everybody s4id, Thpi-nderbolt ought
.to have won in a center; but-tho'boy
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wanted to be iclever� and win by. a .
. head " in cousequense, of Which,.
having stopped his hocc8%. lie could
I ase t set him going .again, and *as..
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just beaten. W"hat agioniol . ng mb-
menta were .those until the number
went ,UPI Tfiat 'week pailly reduced
the, account, and since then things
- had gone pitly Wrong, avisit
to the Isamu Club.and an evening's
baccarat having cost the best -part
of X500. oOf courselRie. had no business
I to bet and gainble like this-he.felt
It all the tlmc,,� he w I as an earthen-
ware vessel �wimiujn4 down dw
Stream with brazen pots,'and was
Sure to. be broken; but some felldws
.seem -to hive such, luck, and %vbv'
I Should not lie have histuxu? Surely ft -
must oomel So Wa, all think; brat'
though if mi bd on its way, we are
too often done for and oatof the .
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What Cc -all Was having for br�,ak-
fast, or rather what had been s6rved,
I it is impossible to Say, foir.the covers
ivere not, removed from ' ' ' tbe entree
' dishes. He had� nil:�bled a bit of-to-isl
and tried to at rangthen - his nerves . .
wibb. a liqumear Of bralady--4bad k"10-
tice, to which, let it be adm4fed, h
was not addicted; bufliis letters -sycjre
the reverse of consoling. ' , . * ,
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'My dearHolme,-L-would walt with
pleasuxe. if I could-lia1c. .bother! ' nga
pal, but I'm rather in a hole myself.
and Shall only got through ,with'. a
squeeze. Awfully sciryi-Yoars,- ' .1.
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- "P.S.-Ought , not Port Admiral to
win the Hunter' Flat, Race bo-niorrow?
It's a good thing If - . Carnation doe's
not mu,, and I Should be inclined to
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Cecil owed Thoratton X120, and, had
asked for a little time. .The''next
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letter -was of the same Sort, Fiiul.
Jones being a bookmaker, I
V.Sir -I. Should be, obllj�� - if you
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wotird let me have cheque for amount
due to me, 4835, at your earliest con.
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gentle=n, bitt I have 'had � game I
heavy . losses and bad debts, and am.1
in want of the money,.-Yours'r�spect.
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The next correspondent -.was' bib
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'Dear Cocil,-I am not ruaiingany-
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thing 4t Sandown, My jumpers are
. all short of work. I regret to,note
the anxious tone of your letter. .1
ather ofiener
than I like, and -hope you ate. not
making a fool of yourself. Backing
horses is a very bad game. I sban't
bib-at--ft4down, and it would be just
as well, p6rbaps, if you Old not go.,
I 'Your affectionate, Crudle,
'HERBERT 0NSLi
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Cecil had written to .big uncle to
ask about the chance of a horse en-
gaged in the principal chase at the
Sandown Meeting, said this was the
reply. ThaGencral had a fev�, horses
in training, lyat did not bet himself$'
and was the very last man. to whom
Cecj�l would have been inclined to up -
ply fox help, involving, as such ap-
plication must do, a confession of
his losses; for the fact that he had
ran through 410,00Q, in eight months
and that he owed the best part of
;91,OOD,, more, would. he . well know,
have soirritated Florence's father its
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ceedingly strained. to say the least.
of it; for the GoPerol hated gambling
-not in a fanatical. 'way, for he
played his game of whist,'ruid lost
or won a pound or two, as the ease
Might be; but this was a very dif-
- ferey.rt thing from losing. one's whole
— fortune' and itimirring liabilities
. which one had not the, means to dis-
charge. And, this was Ocell's case,
for as another letter on his table
told him, in ah3wer to an inquiry he
had made, the balance at bid bank
then amounted to:9218, is. 5d.
. Notwithstanding - the bitterness of
his past impatience, however, he had
decided to tq ofice inore, When
the last certainty he had backed was
1. tapsest, he had fully determined to be-
lieve no more lift, 1, good thingS'; but
hope springs eternal in the human
breast,, the emitness.of defo:lt passes
away, and one lappomea,sanguine agah
or at any -rate, Sufficiently sanguiric
once more to LeMph fortune. Ccuil';4
good thbn.g, too, Was for the very race
referred to In Thornton's leLtor, and
it was neither Port Admiral nor
OartiatiOn, but a =ro tallad Chiinlley
Corner, by Itoottree-Puse. it(! had
seen the mire run, taken' rather a
fancy to her make and shApi and
he had b6en told that her conneetiong
weta, 'in the highest dqgree confident
of lauding btliandsoma stake,
A. man who goes ,racing frequently
makes very oad acquaintances-rh a
very Informal way, and Cooll prob-
ably co"Lld not ba," Said how he f Irst
plokidd up -.or was.plake4, up by -Cap-
tain Stielabing. The Captain, how.
ever, had tertatuLly acquired an In-
attence over the anthlikastle Young
race,goer. Noil had oorbL6 to town
knowing nobody in the racing world
oteopt big ftnele, who, ,though he kept
horg4?s, wAs not a regular attendant
at Pleetilig,44 and could not be describ.
ad Us a regular follovtcAf of the great
gamic. Bat Stebbing, who bad it
platitr or two in, training, know, it
u'at everyone, at least Agreat. manY,
PwPle, 116 was apparently on Inti-
m4t4 terms with half the men in the
paddo,6k, for It'N611 did .not actually
"a, him speaking to them, Stcbbbig
w4s abld to toll him what they
ft-liglit. Ana Nam and did. Steb�
UK& I.Mil tAkon him to -0*6, a trial on
lighted a youth 'eager to got behind
the scenes, anct bad on several woa-
alone LOW him of ,good things., It Is
true tlr�t tbose geQ,J things had not
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by Q,uy Means ,always com6 0", and
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twice or thrice when be bad stood
with the Cs$als on his b,>rWW--oNQQ
lie Wit X�OJ, kin -they bad been beaten
by a most unfortunate accident, the
nature of Which tho, disappointQ4
owner explained-t1tere never was
Such it.orual piece of bad luck. Stab"
'bing ivaB not A gentleman, Ceon felt,
though he dressed Well, drove a good-
looking Pair of borses, and talked
Alooently, and one day, just after lie
had been telling Cecil a great deal
about the feelings and opinions of - a
jproralneat owner, the very map who
�Was being discussed passed close to
thow, and certainly did not return
Stelibing's hilf famillar half-besitat.
Ing nod of the hea�; but then, people
I are of text preocoupba,d on race.cours � es,
I and cannat kcep, nodding like a 011in-
eso mandarin all day long.
Whether Stobbing did ,or did not
own -balf Chimney Corner Cecil could
not quite make out-, but On the provi-
oil's of tornoon, the Captain, making
him promise not to say a word about
it to any Unman -being, had told him
that this was Obluxney Cort.er's jour,
pey, that ishe bad loean kept for ii race
� in which the public were sure to make
a hot favourite of something else,
that it was Ek starting,price job,
and be had better have on all'be could
at ford, its it was an absolut,w certain-
ty --could not prksslbly bia beaten.
Stobbing had added that he would
wnio round In thei morning to 0ecills
I rooms, and they would go down to-
gether.. . I .
. Cecil Was * not yet a Member of
SandOwn, no.r w4a.the Captain; the
reason lie gavo-for be. apparon "y
illought some Sort - of explanation
neceissiary-being , td3at in the Mem,
bi Enclosure a man knew qvery�
body, and It waa impossible to keep -
his business to bim�elf; whereas out-
side one could keep a stff f upper lip
an -it got out � of the Nvay when advis-
ablet-rea4ioning which istruck0ecilas
a Httle thin, perhaps; but. then Stab.-
bing undoubtedly know infinitely
more about raciag than he did and
t -here, could be no soxt of doubt in
. Some Nvay -or obber -made a very, hand.!
I some Income -out of 'the turf"at least$
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he..was u, vary wel - 1 -to-do man; and
lmd' no other ostensible means, of
livelilibod. I . � - I .
The Oaptaia-CicLt .i�as ignorant
of the bi of his companion's rank
:-duly- arrl,�ed.� He� Was 4 heavy�
browed, 'dArk-complexio-ned man of
five-and-foirty, With big moustache,
whiskers, an (� a blae--black obin, dhow�
Ing ,wbore a coarsii. beard.4, had been
reaped. . Ile called in his Jphaeton� and
drove 0eett to- Wdierloo., Where they
.took their places in the.'Sandown
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train; Naturally the talk was.of
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racing -of what else Should theLaM
be an the way, down? A man, may
ask his frlend2if he has seen Harry
lately, where� he dined last,night, or
di6c'uss the best play to go and See
,that evehing;-but the-6hief subjeot
of'illacoarse is, of course, the.daY%
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,. AWha t Wiil wih the flat ra�.T"the'
occupant of the dGrner�,pea%t asked.
. 'One of t-vvo,'.hl,s.,.,oppos1t.e neigh,..
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, 'Yes, .' I know thati-that's very
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eil)ains. 'I can't separate Port Ad-
miral and Carnation.' � '- . . .
* "They've, run before, I sees' an in�
llocevt young man,- Who has been
vill-11tently studying A -turf. guide,
uiiiiles In' 'Th, -y. ran at Kempton-
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:ndecdl* I I remamber.'iseeing the rade-'.
tnd Porb Adini-ral .Won by a longth.
Wh .
. .y- shoull.''he not Win again?, , t
. The two me" who, bid begun. the
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aouversation ..glance, contemptuously
,it, the 1:ist Apeaker, Who can't L611%
%vby lip should'qo'obviouily be -scorn-.
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ad, for the facts are aj he. �iai6s them .
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but- bimir companion, more charitable,
furilshes an explanation , . .. .. I
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��iys. 'Tbero iiras nothing in ,that
race. They've Pi6t since, No.' he . CO-1-
linue is friends, 'I can't
�d, turning to'bu
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Ise - Partite � �. them. . Thai iougbt th be
running dea(I-heats- ,all the at - ter. -
noon. I never knew.two so close to"
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. What' .about. Chimney ' Corner?
Moil thoughts And bz glance'd at
-Stebbing, Whp,� however, sat, Still
absorbed in hIS,paperland inade no
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. ,It's good -tar one ,ot these two;
bi nothing else.within 21 lb, of
them' the first spedker said. "'Red
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tg,1goo,dd, lie continued, reading down
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ca "Malnsail"--m6wari!t run Jae
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-"Chlianey Corner" -dreadfully mod6r-'
a -tie; "Vintager" -no -good; mid the
rest worse, if possible. I wonder it
. they'll both go?' . ,� I
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'I rather fancy'Port Admital,* and
Bedford's horses Are in grea * t form
just n6r,l.was the rejoinder; but the
quiet man, who -had enlightened the
ignorance of -the student of public
forms thoughtfully lit acigar .and
pondered over the problem - I � .
I don't know; I shoulit althost bis
inclined,to pick the other,' he present-
ly said.. 'She has como- on a lots I
.kn�w t remember that
.She �aaduud gyrooltm1usm of Spe
two-year-ol&' � .
I 'Be-aford!s horse stays.' the other
.suggests. . . 1.
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'80 does, she,' IS the reply. ,
ondescend
to discuss the ,outside clairrig of 0him-
noy Corner? Cecil wonders. He, tit
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zt, cannot contain himself any
longer, an', though he dare not be
gently, observes-
"He,::P1n1.c1tt1;ii-ng. else any kind of
chanceP
Steabbing glances Rig -from his pa -
par with expressionless countenance
but says nothing; two of. the other
trio shako their heaft. . . .
I d1t1s no good looking beyond those
two', 100 to 1 on them against the
0= One replicst ,and the train
8 a speed. -
'Who were they?' 'Cecil asks his
companion, as tbey get out of the
train and sot off across the ground
towards the stand. I �
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but they are evidently mugs, though
they don't suspect it, Port Admiral
and Chrnatlohl Who 21 lb. tJr6y
talk about is. till the other way, my
boyl This is a good thing4 and I'm
glad that nobody ocenis to be on tbd
track of It, However, you're going, I
to have 42103 on, aren't youl You'd
better mike . it a monkoy-it's a i
ohance that does not often happen,
and welto keeping 'It all to our -
.selves in th� stablo-you're the ouly
M-1 a Outside that I have tofd, or Shall
tell; you'd better make it a monkety?"
'No, thanks,l Q,,cll repliedf 'I'm
vL,ry much obliged to you, and it's
awfully goo.1 of you to let me know
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i Jilt it; but PV3 lost So Much late-
ly I daren't venture; and bealaoi,
don't you ,have a difficulty in gW.
ting go much on a, hunters, race at
starting pi
Ste'libing glanced at 'his companion
out ,of the corner of hia eye, 'but the
result of his scrutiny apparently
satisfit'd him
I 'Difficultyll he rejoined, I Not if
y0a, go the right to Work, ,and
know the ropes. 0-Y shan't touch
London, very likely, or only, for a
trifle, atatyxatc. Thser6%Uhnphes-
ter, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow
-we're doing this all over. the country
aacl I wish you'd ha've your monkey
on; I should like you to &Lvo a good
w1a, for I've ,slipped up with you
olme, or tivieel, thrice, Cecil repeniber-
ed, but be said, nothing, 'And I Want
Voit to got It all back with &profit.'
Cecil, however, was for oboe, firm.
A very, few manths before he would
any
off,
- Ventured 42,000 fon such a good
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ly In t1i1g, he had, at the,oame
learned that eortabitles on 06
are very utiatertalo, aAd if by
mil chance this should not come
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hot Zklal Qvleug=d ,A fivor on the
uralt hardlo rao, lauding a 5 to I
chance, "d be pat. 20, of Ilia pc�ay
ou tbp w4unex io� the steeple-obase at
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a to 10 A'o that Ike L was. a bit In, and
44ked Stabbing If there was *till time
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wbioh%�bi &Aid tbe,re w
to make the;940 Into,421501
next -hurdle race Cecil did
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hearing Such contradictor
that he dared not, Veotug wLben be
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=raoing be woolu-14 have had
and fifties on. throo or four
cut of the Seven a ,
� .taxters; And than-
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came the flat, race,, on Which he was
to retrieve his &Ilea fortune.
Stebbinghad, gone off an business of
)it% own, IeAviag Cecil wandering dis,
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consolately about the paddoo) . r, re-
flectiaX on the position of affairs
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which would arlso if this good thing
wroxe beaten, Where was he to got
MXG ey from to pay Thornton and
JrOnZ�A,nil, Indeed, to keep things go�
Ing? How could he join hia regiment,
-begin his career, When be was ,a Ae�
faulter? Jonea now all about him
and migJA go so far as to threaten,
indeed, actually to makes, applioatloa
to Ula uncle; and What would.Flov-
once's father say to a young man
W40 bad practically passed th , a tool
stage and merged into the roguol-
for awkward names are applied to
Youths Who beit when they know they
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cannot Pay. Stxoll�g thus about
the paddock, head down, Cecil found
himself fAce to face with a cou a of
friends, one in,cap, and jacket ready
to ride, the other in every day garb;
aad 'be gre.oted them.a cheerily as he
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'Halloa, Olieeterl. .What's the mean,
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Ingot thilst' he asked, referring to the
cap and. jacket.
I 'Tojn is tx4ftiming on to become the,
ATt,hw Coventry of the futures' rG7
Plied the othevi Douglas by name. 'He
14 "Mr, Eawardeis," if you- please, and
he'a. going to ride that high-class race
boxac, Vintager. If. T Want to lo
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yournmonoy, you lin d botteir back
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. . 'Don't be too jocularl' C4"tev te-
Plied. 'I've got a decided chance on
the Leicester runninK, and'iny horse
Was never iso well in Us life. In fact I
I've � half 11 mind to have a plunge. I
'Don't be an idiot," Cecil - rejoins,
'tlierela.a good thing in the race.'
'Then I wish you'd'tell we Which
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. Durl:ng. the past twel 4 .
plea - elf lib ose varieties of. grain, Scc.,
whimah have oui best 'aP the
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sev�ral -ExperWi:iental I Farms have
'been dlatr . ibuted . on"application in4.lb
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bago, free thiqugh the mail, to farm-
ows 4a.411 parts of ithe D6nakalon.. The
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J?Q.rt1t11t . AR7tG'tZJ,';Ur4j VrPa,n6ta
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witiltin-revaich of every . farmer, pure
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seed ,of � thq� mosit vigorous and pro-
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Practicable .be, S�Qd . m6re than .. one
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barley , or po . tittoes, and, ap I plications
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sent only to � thosa. who Apply Per-
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sonally; lliits of j�aim6s from so ' C' ,
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or Individuals can.hot be considered.
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w4oat, barley, tield, Pease, Indian corn I
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9,nd:p6tatoea. , . .. . . . . . .
Applicatima should be addressed ib
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this Weator:-of 33.xperkmlental Farms,
Otta.waf and may be sent a . ny time be-_
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fore the 1&4 of ,Uarch, 1901, after
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w-bleA date We ILstq will be 'Closed, go
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that tha, samples, asked for -may all
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be sent out in good time for sowing.
Parties 'Writing will please mention
the sort *of, sample� they would prefer,
naming two or three different varie--
ties i5t their choi(ce. Should the
available st�ocik of all the' varieties
named bo exhausted, some other good
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'sort Will be soot instead. I . I
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The sa,mples of grain will be Bout
ct be distri.
buted until danger of injury in iran-
sit by frost is ,over. No provision
has bon made for anjy general. dis-
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trIbution: of a')ay otcher seedg than
those ,named. . .
Letters may be seat to the .Expert -
mental Farm , free of -Postage.
I WM, SAUNDERS,
Direct . or Experimental Farms.
Ottawa, December, 1900. . I .
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WITH THE ARMY CONVOY,
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THE HARD WORK Or WAR WITH
I. OUT THE HONOR AND OLORY,
WtH`r Si FARMERS 04114-
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There is probably uo class of Men 130
Vivisimeliflog lit it Storin-TrrvIdo EIVOO
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persistent In their udberoace to 0010-
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' of 'tri'le la. 1'1g1%"t1'1g-bJk1"A.11111a JIVIO
FOV40 fill 114"N Ikk 3111,11 aiktil W4%tQ1`-
least practice and habits of the past
.
The Sail is setting with the glorious
genaratiouns the average fartner, and
radlau.oe obaraeteristle of the SoUthr
more tl.xan one generation to often
necessary , for his a . dJustment to the
African sunset in the rainy season.
change of , condition and requirements
014 Sol is rapidly nearing the horizon,
incident to modern progress. Tbe
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end it .seems as though he is trying
to suipass in beauty all his previous
v m ag just eu oug.b. ere-
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dOlLty to be easily defrauded by the,
efforts during the day, The clouds
,
fruit tree peddler, enough prejudlooto
forin a handsome prose,enlam, the ool-
ours
. graodfather,
foll6w the toilablugs of
and too r000b ouperetition to 01101110
varying fro
.in the brillianoo of
blazing gold to deep crinason, finally
film to, pay more, attentloa. to preparn.
merging into a. plum color bordered
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'tion and planting than -to the, signsof
with the inky bla9kness of a stormy
the zodiac. Nor is he averse to believ-
night. It Is a magnificent transforma-
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Ing that the tariff Or, the snoncy ques-
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00h scene, ,deslabed by 'the mistress
tion, or Pacific islandi exercise great-
Of Scenic stagecraft, Dame Nature,
yields and prives
er control over the ,
The distant rumbleof Lhunda; is heard
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of his crops than good cultivation, or
every now and then. I
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the law of the survival of the flttest�
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It Is Q, Searle surpassing Fill others
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The greatest mistake made by the
for 001OUr, grandeur, and Impressive -
farmer 14. that haL does not Study 111S
na,%$� IXA' to the troops it means a
protession its do lawyers, doctors,
bi nights discomfort and danger. But
preachers and merchants. Ile falls to
the insatiable appetite of Tommy At�
recognize or appreciate the ditfioul-
kins must be attended to,'aud go the,
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ties he has to overcome or to realize
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convoy i4i go o.A.aud on, Irrespeo-
how Much tact, education, experience
Live of. weather, carrying , I as their
And good judgment are essential to big
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convoy does, the food fox,40,000 men I -
success. �Thore is no voicatlon. subject
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The work bag. to be done,, principally
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tol a. greater variety of modifying
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at nig,lit, as bullocks cannot.work in
influences, and noo profession demand-
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,the stit a, JIG 7. �.
.14ng,,.h,e t of't da,
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ing a greater variety of knowledge
THE, ORDRR'TO'INSPAX. I
t ha it farming, Among the Jarming
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Th. . a waggons axe. in laager, -the bul-
claeft that are most in, ased of instruc�
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looks �
have been driven In, and aivery�
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tion there is gre ' at prejudic.e.ag'ainst
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body is resting, when. the command-
soie4oa Applied to agri. This pre�
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judice is largely due toignorance of
Ing officer gives the order to hispau,
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the meaning at science. The ' average.
ensues 9, scene of aetivtty.for
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farmer construes science � be me I an
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20 ,or 30 minutes, troopers Saddling
ups examining rifles, and packing" UP
theory, tlixtiks.1t., something undeter.
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their kitchen utensils, consisting of a
imned soinething'guesaed'at, and does
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not know that Science means. truth
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mass -tin and poxhap,%. a -,'billy,, made
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and knowledge � ,
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out lot 6. buldy�bsef tin. -1 Dicksleg,"
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The true farmer is he who can dis.
camp kettles, are being stowed away
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o(?ver or recognize theAruth of pria.
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in yaggons., Xaffi�s m,akin`
� g as much
biples and practices of eveiryday life'
.row as ppsalbi Axe.yoking up their
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and- possesses the knowledge, which on.
tGaals of oxen, Everything seems to
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ables hun to apply �hem. - Two of, the
bb. 4 most fearful mi.iddle, and,. one
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most potent prLneiples'of agriculture.
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Wouders, lxow'oA carth.-the whole co . n . -
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are diversity ,and rotationi They' are
ceTAI can ever gat .o t
e- - , A the move; bu
the. broad foundation upon which sue.
in An incredibly .short space of time
'easeful farming rests, a'dil go. band in
trOOPOre are , formed up 111 s0i
hand, "each faoilita.ting.the . other. .Both
bullocks stand quietly ,In tajmB;�ofl
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are'too frequently, negleoted.-ancl often,
sixteen,.And, everyb�ody is 'in I �
. . . pace, .
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totally. disregarded. Their . ,neglect I . S
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the natural accouipa,ainiont to a one-
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Of mounted. infantry, brousied war-
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Lthasean
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crop System, of' farhiwgi.. '. Rota . tion
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r,brS Who, by.this go through,
necessitatba more or lqss. di�ordlty a; . 2d
anything, but who do not relish. the
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diversity faoilita . tes the,practice of to-
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important om, be-,
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tation and .
I enhances its.profft. lft.de�
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cauie . the.,peo le at. � home thin'* ' '
P . . k only
vialng a syS�ani or plan of .rotation
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.of the.mati act-ually. in'�.tba 'fight
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iliere Shod I Id ,be. added such crops as.
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line, and ignore, the. ine& who carry .
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wIll1ind'readysale,, a- that way: easily
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out' the more ax , duou s and oqtza I I I ly dan�
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a:P4 , piontibly: be 'converted into live
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g.e.rous.-ta,sk,ot Psrort-ing the, oonivo .5f
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o6k,"and - preferably both, and . , tit
��t . . .
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' The o is given for'.1b 6- .Y
. convoy
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the. ;same tiih6 sa�,iafj thei:bom�; � dd'-
,L- The Kaffirs soream!'at
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mand for the product. grown and grows'
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th� .., peoulia Ways whiah no,
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the, products deiaarided. . � ..
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liiiag�- being - but. a ballock can unde,vo.,
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DID farniar is'inore lax in 4pplying
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stdbil.-Kagnifloant ol , in as of man-
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thoughts. judgment and ,woll!-directed
hoid axe- the�ge lCaffirs. , - 1: .. .
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labor to his business than the man of
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Wrapped in po thin . but -a ,161
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any other profession, aild too.frdquent-
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or pQrhap . ra with
. S it pair; of trouse
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ly leaves future.plans entirely. put -6f.
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both Iiags amptitated aboie-the.k '
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.1ijaza1pulations. .: He' IS t6o frequently
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they look lik,6 bronxe statuiir - .
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00"11tGut to follow Practices at the " ast,
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w.alk ,
with maghi.ficent carriage, e4qb
without Tegard to - reasons . for
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carrying. a hugg.bamboo. -whip with a
kollowilig them ' 'or to past
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I lash about tea ya,rdslong;. �tn,d this
results; -. Be. does5i not enter- into .h
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,'they ply freely,. - . . � �
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work With that -vim, determination
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and pe rs li'tence. that iare necessary: 0
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the . observance -;Of. the innumerable
And So .the convoy moves slowly
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details so essential .to- success. .Ile
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on, therate .Seldom exceeding .three
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is�, not only inclined to, 01at"Off -till ib-�
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milo's ail :bau, , 1�ulb covering ,a lot tit
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morrow the things, thdVshcould be-doac
ground- In the , tw , enty-four .hour'$. ,
W. -day, but either does ndt do them at
Presantly, a waggon gives a great
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all 'or only half does them� He is con-
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Itirch, .There is� a, prolonged creak fol�
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tent'to .adhere to practic . es and -toola
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lowed by a. aiiarp Snap. One of the
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that, he can make .do, and thinks it pays
bick Wheels has .gone into a. - hole,
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tol keep a cow, that average$ 6. qLp of
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and the thick.. pole, which runs Wn ciath
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milk for half th,q:year and I . a - A . ry the ,
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t I be whole.-Iongtb Of the waggon. .has
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other half, He rarely o.ouipares'the
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.anapped like a twig.bonetttb the great
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cnisL of production with prevailing P ar.
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-strain. Efforts are made to. tempor.�
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k6tL1Jr11�aS and plants his crops wit hout
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I airily me . nd. the waggon,. Is ii ' t -in va.inj
due regard to su � pply-iind demand..
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,and, in face of. the apprbdehiuostorm�
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nd delay can be, allowed,'. The. I oad
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is d . istributed. the noarest�
.between
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. Succulent 'feod of some kind- should
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waggonsi the.teata is u.nyoked, and
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be provided in sufficient quantities to
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the, � waggon is deserted. By these
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give th ho t,onre, a
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abandoned waggons,* the careaso of
week, Probably ilothIng is betterthan
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dead hbrsas and bullocks, and empty
daVr ate, buthorsea 'will soon learn
lilsoult tins, the way of a convoy n2ay
to eat ratabagas) sugar - beets and
be tracked, .1 I . I I
Potatoes. Cabbages are also eaten
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-The . I ap-
distant thundia,r is rapidly
readily, It the -roots Or- vegetables
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preaching. Suddenly a few huge spots
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cannot be obtained, horses soon become
of rain art felt ' immediately followb . d
accustomed to and -thrive on ,,.an-
by a torrential downpour. Everybody
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Allage, If made frouiplover, soy be#hs
is drenched to the skin in 9. few me -
and, the like it furnishes an exodellent
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ments', The storm breaks in all its
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means of bat& . acing the winter ration,
fury, gaining in power every miniite,
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The blinding flashes become so fre�
SPREADING MANURE IN WINTUR.
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qUent as to make the scene appear
I 1, LA.0 early and hi�avy Snowfall, While
like ii; cinematograph picture, the
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Lending to.diminiBli nataral losses of
landscape being lighted continuously
plant I . o3ds is apt to favor.artifiolallos�
for a, minute or.two A,t a time..
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.sea by deterv�lng farmers from hauling
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The -downpour continues,. and the
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Out I . nMnUre. Too many farmers hold
dry, sandy, Valdt, rapidly becomes sod -
to, the mistaken notion that spreading
den, and soon the convoy is labouring
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I . ": manure it is it wasteful In a perfect. mire. The mounted es6ort
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I .. . . 1, practice,. and that much of its value ,is are getting into difficulties, The men
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PRICES OF DIAMONDS. : � . lost by leaching and running over the are uno6nifortable, disagreeable, and
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AtOidex of the great increase of.tbe surface in the spring� They point to snappish, with the exception of one
cost of diamonds impartod by the lab- darkened an.ows, high-oolored waters ar two. biright Sparks, who must be
our of polishing and mounting, as well and greener meadows at the base of lineal descBndants of Mark Tapley,
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ao by the profits Olt traders, may be the hill -sides as pr6of of this, Some since their good bumour is not damp-
- less occurs in. this way, bat it 1% less ed, even by convoy ivork In wet wait -
obtained by comparing their price tit . �
the mines SO,i Af?A —*,4-1� 4-1, than is commonly supposed. that. . .
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pric . as in the jewellary shops, Adia, The loss from manure -as ordinarily
niond weighing one carat, niounted in kept in barn collars or in licaps out-
. side the barn is much more than when
a ring may cost the buyer 420 or moves '
but at M- otley the average value spra�d in the. field, Fermentation Is
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of diathOnd-4 is only about 25s per much less outdoors than indoors, It
oarat. . 11 . is better -for the manure to leach on
� I the Soil that it is meant to fertilize
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AMENITIES, - family Wall, Experiment and experl-
Mrs. Braggs,Of 0
course, you knew once alike Show that housing manure
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we h4il Thavpil vot of your swtioi� of in winter forspring hauling is seldom
the city. I . � . better and generally worse than
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Mva. Suaggs-0, yes. spreading it as fast is: made. Aomo
Ura. Bragg -The neighborhood we'ro, w1l) be lost If spread, but more will he
in now w much better. I lost, it I kept In the barn,. and the
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Mrs, Snaggs-Stran.gal That's #h4t 'springs work will be just so much
everybody is saying nb%y about the hinderod. While it may not be ad-
neighbothood you left, vLqabIe to spread manure on a steep
I 6 - L I hillside in winter, yet on modorato
I .. SIOPOS and level piece#, it not too lea6hy
ODD RULE.
The number of twins in tv house, of
Windows, or doors in a, room, ev.ea of
rangs on. & ladder, in Siam must al-
waya be odd. . .
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Stli VAOM MANY SGURC198,
Sugav is made not only from sugar
� cane and beat, but from sorghums a
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Sort of mal*% from the sugar ample
�Wrt ,of malte, from the sugar inaplo.
and from tht date Palm,, .
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. VOINTZI),
Ur, Mo6ka-Did th4t. letter from
your mother li*ve tbo Usual NvomanYa
13-mtstritit I �
� nie6ls Street
,6 In at, 16, Itra. Mdeke-OnlY S little Abort ones
thought caused him a 'hot It was to the points Shai wanted,
Wt -Alg 7S. gd. "t of at moth6v Is
&� - hIck #AVA-14. a tol kuo-,w it y! - ., . � , , �#9 ��U,0*-
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land, It may be Safely Spread any day
in the Year. .
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THE HUbtAX SO XS8 OF SMELL,
The sense of swell -so notably de*61-
oped in so.vagas and soras of the lower
animals, Is not ordinarily verl acute,
among bivill2ea people. An extraor.
dinary exception has, been brought to
notice, by Dr, 334att, o, Gorman oi
or. In, I bue of his mate friongs the
'sense Is so, keen that adqualfitanees
axe at once recoga[W by their per -
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sonal odor at a distance 'of several
e s na MIS-
�ftkw, even when seourely blindfolded.
The faculty is not keondr In the blood-
hound, This individual assorts thatev�
try family has ILA O'hoLvaclevistle odor,
,and that memborA of the f4milyr &to
I " - b 'i6 degree of
- "-t-LJ4tlngU14hGd'4 $� .1 - ... I
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CAUGHT BY THE STORM.
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. Splash I A puffing) spluttering sound
follows, accompanied by ferventeriti-
eisms on South Africa generftlly. it
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Is a. trooper who has strayed a bit.
His horse has fallen into a donga,with
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about five feet of.muddy water, or,
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rather, watery mud, in it. go soram-
bles out, digging his horse after blin,
H.0 expresses his disgust in, eloquent
and forcible, but not parliamentary
language. Our Alark Tapley friend
bare shines. He addresses remarks to
the spotion generally about 11 some
blokes as thinks they can -got to
Bloemfontein quicker by swiviraing."
The victim of the accident -91yea the
delloatt humorist one or two vitriolle,
words in reply.
The rain comes down with increased
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force, the inky ,blackness seems to got
even more Inky, The bullooka .cannot
do. any more wark. The noble beasts
have been gallantly striving to pull
their loads through the clinging slush,
but there is a limit Given to the pati-
6noe of n.bullock. In Wan the, XaffirS
cruelly lash thiair teams. A halt has
I to be ordarea, and a. laager Is formed
for the rent o . f the night.
If there [a one thing,la campaigning
that (lamps a maft's military ardent
mato* than another, It Li blvottaeking
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in the pouiltig raln oil an empty stom-
aah. Ito feels absolutely miserable,
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Those men not oil ,duty try to get as
.comfortable a berth as possibl.6, Some,
GrPOP unAor the *690A tarpaulins
weqggoriA 106A64 *Ith toad -or Wing
apeat'lly sought after. 06r4 00=4
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IsAite a. fire under a waggoa, there,
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are Woollen artiolea subsequently
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missing, Round the fire ate orquolied,
twenty or thirty ablvorlur mortals.
wrapped In their Olankets, their
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wan, drawn, bearded faces showing the
effects of this terrible game of war.
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. A =1SPrr]4 or SLEEP.
This rain continues faUln,ir with %
swi4bing'nolse, the col4 night wind
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Outs through the wet "ald and chills
Out to the bone, but niar"Inclornency of
,
tbe Weather can ward off the sleep so
merely needed by LUG troops on the con.
voy. viader . eve' a,
Ing f0vm4, snatchiu; an, hourortwo's
blissful forgetfulness midst the misery
Of Seven laoutbs. Lying in mud 04
washed by tiny rivulets It is all the
same, They are, dead tired, and they
sleep regardless of thunders lightning,
,
cold and rain. . .
W4at are . t h e'y
, , dreaming of, as they
lie. there Of bonie, perbaps;-of the
Paxting' from all that made .home
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hOme. 33ut the reptlaVe aleep.gives
them can endure, but little,. whila with
40,000 men. to, feed at tile furthor,ond
Of the, endless voldt, .
Towards dawn the storm ab I ates, and
the advance Is drdoxe& The troops,
chilled andstiff, mechan"Lop1ly repeat
the Process of the night before, and,
once P10re the convoy proceeds on its
Way across the pathless veldt. With
the exception of it ,short halt .for
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breakfast, consisting. of a bisoult,and
a P!Pt,l or lesst, of. coffee, the march
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is continued until about 10 I ii,m.,when
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the convoy halts for t4p ,day, and the
bullocks axe turtiod'out to.graze.,
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The .above ,sketch is a true . repre-
eentation of dn. ordinary. day's work
'in tough . wea,tber'lu the transport ser-�
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vice. There is also a great danger of
attack, Apart from this consideration
. however, there ispo move�trying Work
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on. active Service. Morale andphysique
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are tested to the wtmoet, and there is
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no greater t . est of thelpoldierly quali-
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ties oi a Man., I . I I .
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All honouiv, then, to,.the axiny.service
corps, a corps. whose I �
iolutely Indispensible. and 7above all,
one of t4p f ew whose escutcheons have
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not been stained in the South African
campaign by incompetence. and � fed-
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- PROPERTY IN OLD LONDON,
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NA41vitlIMAIN Who -own '10016 01404044 of
$140 w9dill" metropoxW
An aore ofg.round Wan 4to4ted In
London Is mors valua-ble than anacro
Of the richest gold-rainjug laud -in the
world. 81iyg the liquilcia Daily . Mail.
It Is said that for certain building
aftea the woo at Wastlainster ro-
0111ve4 49 104 par Square toot, It A
W11010 Acre could be, lot on such terru�
.
.
it WQU14 bring in no less than ;0283,00Q
a year. To dej . Iva such (in income from
lxivestmoutA In gold fieldo,oue should
Wastes a capital sum, taking the In.
torest at 4 Per cent. of 47,075,000.
Of all the owners of land in the me-
trOPOIIS the Duke of Westminster is
,the luckiest, N
. , . ighty years ago suipe
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were shot on big land, which now
brings in an onorraous revenue. The
. Duke's estate Ilas In tbwee populous
districts, tw,o of which ave inhabited
by the. WeAlthi.eat people in London,
Belgravla, is che of these, that pro�
Verity being bi by & line run.
ning dqwn arl4toaxatic Qrof.iveiaor�
Place, fvom St.. Georgela Hospital, to
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Buckingham Palace road; then, down
the lengthy VaRixhall bridge. roacl to
the river, up the Embankin.ent to. the
Peighbourhood of Chelsea bridge, and
then back by way of 6loano Street to
Knightabiridge, and so round to St. �
, Gecirge'a Hospital on(* taore,
Another big piece ot the metropolis
owned ,by the Groi family, the
Duke of Westminster's family name,
ilea . I �. '. � I .
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... NORTH OF PICCADILLY "
extending from Berkeley square -to-
0 . xford street. and bounded westwards
bY Park lane; . while a third large
strip is at Milibank. I . I .
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. North of Oxford, Street, stretching
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cast, of Edoware road, Ls..the. great
estate 6f the.'Dtika of Portland, am-
ounting, to .some 3W acres.. It is cov-
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bred With fine shops and. palatial
dwellings. WhLEL pa I !6perty' includes
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and. Baker street, -irad,reaehes as far
as MarYloboue road. . I I . :
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The 1�kortland estate is another heri . t-
ags whose revenue I exceeds the in -
dome of many kings.' It comprises a: I
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large number of titrepts just 'north of
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A.U91.0-Itur.Aftla A111alki!c. Ific Only Guaraw
Acres of land.. One -hundred of.thes.e
.. iee or it �Vorld or Peoce. � . , � I �.
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avell in the .nel.ghboarhood . of Eu - ston
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Itussta's destiny Seems to I be to sail'
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and St. Paner" Station, I and near 6�
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' .on withl.rolei#16as indifference to -all -
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British Museum'.. But it is. from the
.the rest of the world', like , thit vast,.
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.18 acres InCovent Garden that, he c , i . 3-
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dkrk star, Which,, astronotners't.ell uas.
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travels through space. eternally la a
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table aud - fruit which, has passed
a straight line,,gays the lortniglitly
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thro . .
nigh Covent Garden contributes in- I
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Revie4. Look 'where you like, While,
directly tOthG ��ke at Bed f9rd's. in- I
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man aloep� the miolity Russian Web
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' come.: A halfpenny toll is charged on
IS. being spun�-Piiaj�t before the gale- �
each. lonsbe'll of fruits t',�opancb. on a
but. still ltoldlug� � . oil
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box; of; oranges, a penny on � a. dozen
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OIARU.ssla, is the &Qat.XiOtabla historic
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fact of thp last three centuiles,an(I
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Tavistock'squaxe, Gordon � .'squarg,
POW', under our v& eyes* She is add�-
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:dveat Russell treat, Russell Square,.
Ing region after region to- her,domiq:-�
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Woburn squaxo, , and .part of' Gower
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ion? With the.Em)yLra.qtChiva-practt-
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.Street,. are iaduded in the!. Dake oi �
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ealiy� at her f oeLl: , Also, what we In
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0e4foid's fine pro , party. , �'. � . . I
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E ngland' 1* fail I to grasp is not.onlY '
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The ;�ohuroh is London laud 1
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thel rrdiry maieria.1 progress
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owner. . it has . a vast'property on the
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Surrey side, extending West and ,South ]
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but the incalculable bonefitef she will
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from Lainidetb Pdl�ce,-Ia.tlie ineigh�-i
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derive. from thoge' inexbAus tible
bour he � ad of Kensington' Gardens and
.fields; not . alone as.an Outlet for'
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.]Bay water the coal . esia'stical aiXthori- i
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the population of her loas'favorably
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.ties have hundireds of � valuable acres
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endowed, lands of forest. and steppe,
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In the names of the Bishops of:London.
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but, as A'ooantry . ia Which armies ran
and'tba Dean of Westmihst�r, .
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be ralso:k* by the million, while leay.;
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But the church is fax � less� Wsalth�:
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Lag. her own people in. their psaace7
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in this respect than 'it was a couple
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All occupations.. .. . I . I
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of hundred year$ ago, 1, I �
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Lion, to ninety-�uipe. Baglishman out
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of a hundred Who hav6:nQ conception
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.of .,the I %�st, eolo . ny.',of Siborlit into
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- Is the bass ln7 askeA the stranger,
Which th eliberated serfs have- been'.
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entering the driig Store. *,to,. repli-
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ppured, covering .its face with -the,
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ad' the absent-minded. oJerk,'but we
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golden glory of gr�iu ''and,. exploit-
have Som' ti �
a just as good... . -
Ing 'Its MnKuohed mines o&' giald, s1h
,Ing
., Passen . gGr, to, *Station porter,-NoWs;
ver* bop d, . On -alf 'f
,per, coal an - oil
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it'84 o1olook.and. the time., table says
these vtown: 1a4ds the settler has
the.ti-ain arrives at $.14.1 Station'Fort-
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nothing to pay for twenty. years. He
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er-Oli, welli you Piust I n't t
.can praptictilly grow coi for' the
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time te,ble too seriously. . .
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mere price of labor -his own and that
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51 . agistrate, severely -Row c.0ald I you
of hia sovo� He is exempt from
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be so mean as to'swilidle people, who
%MILITAMY 84DAVICE, . I
put �canfldenee in jou ? Prisozie��Well
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for ten, Years, which leave a him am-
yer bo�nOr, ,I'll n�ike it worth Some-
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'Ple tbno to fou.nd. his homo'and es-
thing ,to Ye it you'll tell ine� how to
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tablish himself on the Boll. Ile pays
work them as'don't. ' I �
no taxes, loaalor Imperial. His, ebil-
Oriteek--iChat WostornNapoloon of
dren are educate . d by the state 'for
Finance whoin you 'have written up
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the state; and his affairs are arranged
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in. to -day's paper, must be a man of'
by intelligent government Officials,
enormous longevity,, L,Iditor-'Why?
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and are not . the Sport of.tirban, or
Criteek-You say, He is reputed to
rural distriot councile, : When he
hive made six 111111ifin dollars in as
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,i . in his coloi he can procure
arriv"
many years, - . . - i
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� everything necessary , to make,a start
I will fill Your life 1,60-Btinsfilne,
�yjth from, government Stori
said be. This wlila they sat tinder the
plementa, house -building material,
languOtOds lamps Of' the conservatory
seeds, -and, in addition, U6. can secure
The Wornan sbuildared,-Jaonooaledly,�
a loan on easy terms, also from the
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iq be sure; for w.ell she know what a.
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government, . Alan, striving their
fright her complexion was in the gar -
utmost to develop the country, watch
ish light of no.oft. . I . I
his interests, and the spectacle Is
WIWO-PI, ma says You're the hcad
that of a great people resting in se�.
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of the house, Is that so I X34 -it. Is if
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CUTUY, and U he
she sa,ys so. Willio--4nd pa, 'Uncle
of political or parliamentary ox-
Harry says I'm a, chip off the old
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tgency. In Russim the colonization
blaci. What's "the old biockl" Pa -
of these lands IS considered a vital
I Suppose that's me. Willie -Wall,
netessity; more Ao than any dre * ante
then, pa, you're ,an old blockhead, ain't
of coniiaeot, whother in India or else-
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where. The trite s.wing of the p-pn-
.You
Yes, said the author, when I got
dultim. of tha Russian Empire is cast,
started writing a novel Tdo lose con -
following tha line of least resistance,
qtdera�le steep over it. 0 1 well, dx-
The desUuy of nationg follow natural
clatniod the critics, who had a Peat way -
laws, and the east, the tar east, is
of disguising a. bitter dose of sar-
th�e direction in which, Rumian effort
oasin under the sugar-coating of ap-
can be )most successful. .
parent flattery,. what's Your ,loss 18
1. Let vA Stanklygo to this great Rua-
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your readers' gain.
slan B ,inpire, who.3o shadow covers the
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World, .whose autocrat is utartled to
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!the grand-daughtor of our own
great empross and. queens and may to
those. wise men who guide its coun.
oils, "The World Is Wide enough for
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us both, and our commercial inter-
ests uced not 61asly.11 I I
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question of an Auglo-Russian friend.
Ship Ix shvilieds the iaor6 clearly does
. it Atafid. out as the only, possible guar.
I antee, 401 the IMA0.0 of the Wort . d,
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AM '=WAX CLOT.H.
I American elotb in white, pink,
blue or green, makes excellent cov.
ers for toilet tablips, cheats of draw.
ers, and for washstand mAts. The
edges can be pinked out, or bouu&
with allk eor4 t& match', W11
�soiled, Mesa cov4rs own belcleand
easily witli a datup oloth, and wilt
� help considerably to tdduoa the laun-
� dr;r bill.
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! nurtm, HW stinvanD,
1, Allitoom-mrs"wowlsit,ga,otiss,tbakAs
tht, beat ot husbosuds.
cyllioax-.4-ft �VAY Aha: Will
i5ftti..A I.. , t of 6t l"At
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ApAtop-Sn' LVS,S SOLDIERS, -
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The Russian authorities have al-
w4ya been a -wave of the usefulness, of
th�lr Cossack laoldlery, in quelling
outbreaks even in European .Russia. ,
Forty years ago thsaso wild Soldiers
of the steppes were Sent to quell the
Ingwrection in Poland. Tho horri- I
ble, bulk,hlery w1doh had ensued in
Warsaw and. other Polish towns
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forms one of the blackest p%geo ,in
the history of Uwald. Only CIO-
[ teen mouth% Ago the C�Dssaoks were I
let loog In the Street$ of St. Peters- I
� burg to restore ordar among, the Als- ,
�affeotod students of the i1alversity.
� Riding straight Into the bduds of
latutlent$ t,h,o Cios"61:4 lashed right
land left With, their long cruel relus
�loaded with lead, and the students
� were liteir4lly drtVon IAW submission,
IT C'M04 titatt.
Doobor-Yonlre got & f6vor, rdr.
patlent�-fi It what yida woold. call
a high few, 400tor.
Dootor—waii, it ta, tua it tabit. ptot
I b thow"46*0
V.. dw.��.Ix sih� ,- is
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�Al HOUR WITff UNCLE SAN , �1
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INTERESTINQ ITEMS FROX 008 'k I
FRIENOS ACROSS TH9 80HOR, -J
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g�'klfhbouwy Intere"t lit Ill* 1001agii-X0, I
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kirs of '144i"welt autt "IrOt Vaguered ,
Prolix #Oil Wcorith'. �
Ceretal reportA of the fralt orOP ot . I t
CsWoruia from orob4rdlsts in. AW
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. parts Ot the State show that moot
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varieties will �Flold well. I �
Among the coi manufacturing
-*ateo North Carolina to sixth in the
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4aulbor of spindles and fifth in the W
number at looms, � . . ,..,-
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The auirtwl .report of th6 United
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&4tog treasurer glio.WS the revenue of
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.the wMatry to have been @567,A40,802 .
for the Past flao,al year. .
'The woiaeu of the Tabernacle Bap-
tiat church to Utica 11 I
. ' ,av,e passed a
resollatioii to remove their b4ts 4mr- .
. !Ing regular churelp services. . �
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Boot and Shea Makeirs throughout' .
NeW J�uglaud are crowded with or- I
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dare, and shipments trova Boston have . �
tuervais . act to 86$000 cases weeklyo � .,
A newspaper has estimated that I
during the las,t'year No* York hiis ', �
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drained obloigo itiona of, man. anO oor- 4 1
Porat!oua representing- 0800,000,000, � . I
Xothodk,4ts have i4;;), A,merican mis- . I
sionAries in China, 11resbyterians /091 � .
and,the Aindrican .Board �f Coianila:, . .
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sIonera for Voraign Wission-4 110.. . . I
,a Chicago tilero. Aro,50,090 more I
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men than Woman, whRo in, California,.,
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it I% stated that the InAle Population, L
outuai6b.OrA the feitiale. by over 100r I , . I .
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. Ooloved ' miaorg 14 Noll%h Car,911na. - ,
factories, It is reported, a ' re wbl��W
for Violation Of the Mill regulations, ..1. ..;No
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miach as. chilart . n were whipped.' 'in ',, �
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'school- In other . days for miadeniean-. t., ..-.I
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ours. ; I � I I . . J
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Dr. Charles, V. H. Wilgolis, of Ak- � . . I
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Nut O., -hua juait -celebrated his. nlne�yr L - I . .- ' I -
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Seventh birthday. fie still attends to ' . .
his Practice -as d physician, and even' . .
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I Oklahoma noiv haa a population of . . I
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about 400iqDO. . .' . . . I . . . .
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.. More than 100 kin'da. of rubbershoes, . . I . -.
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The United St4tea spends atiore, than I . L L
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$10,00,000 a yor W maintaining the , . I � . I
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-In the United ita tea there'are about I I I
tea � th�usa, na Can venante'ra, known al- . , . I .
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go as fWforme Prelabyterlans. . ...
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1.4 187�, there were , ,000 ' Shakers In � . . I
the UPsiied States, At'pi they . : '' ,
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do, not number . m6xo than. 1,00. . 1, . I � I
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. Chicago rUleg -that noisy cows and :: ,
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chiokena. are no longer, to lbe to'lerAted I .
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lu�L;tbe, reside L nee, parts; of t4e. city. . : . i * �
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. ,ilwo ba,ukoxg At Rutland, Vt., Were - I
I scatenced. .the oltheid�y.ito, iix years �' ' i: I 1 I "
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'for.'. robbing . t . heir . respective banis. - �L. '�. I L' 1. �
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I I Oil An. average * 12,0t)0i00J Poe, age, , �.", ,. ,
a Lp op a
lt&uiv are used by th . a I , Of the � . ,. , "
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UaLted:Stafea'evary day of the year.'� L ' .
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jgiaoa,..�%N�aaa, pi o4 the'A.L- I . �. . . . I
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lanta Na0anal 130:11k, has given $20jr - ,* . - .
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o0o to. tb,d Georgia I School. of T�ohno�. 1. I .
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logy, .. . �. ..., . I . I . �� C L �
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. The. mining la� I va . of� L tl I to'' . stel'ie �. oi..., - , . I . ,
-Pennsylvania forlAd the. GuiPl * OYment .. 1. I L
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Of I boys under L twel VOL Year . a of age it . . I
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1 th�- mines. . . . L � 1: .1 1. ' . . . I
l. .S.ver.i L church edificesL. lately have 1. .
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Jieen buined in Chicago. � - 'The pi .1 . I . I I
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think they -were started. by a fanatic, : - "' I . . ... ... I
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8%114tor, Roai, bf.wrass I . . ..
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waya: . .1 es his Sppecheal niost care- � I .� .
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'fully, and,''although he o - ften .seems " , . . . :
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to . )SPc&kiv`itb6a`t notes, yet what hff�. . . I
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says , has been determined Upo . u . at .. '.
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least. ii!dixy in advance. . I . ..e L.� "I'll ... I
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. . At the . an I nual m6eting.lof the Cramp ' I
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&. $one Shipbuilding 00, ia Philadel- , !
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.earnings, for tha year .were 07,791,560, � � �
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- against 45,300,000 for the, year pre- ,.
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Were 4913,00% of Which §536,262 is. aP- . � . . ,
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pilca . .1 .. 11 ... ..
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. Frederick Stearns, of, Detroit, who
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gave the ikaarns cofteetloA of musi- 1 .
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ca:l instruments to tho,UnIve'raity of
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Michigan, has sent word from Europe
that he has Purchased 200 mor� In- . I
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strunt6rits, Which will be added to the
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collection. Among them ,Is a, three-. ' .
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keyboard harpAlehord build in 1703by ' I . � I
, Ciro, the Inventor of the piano-
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Years which President MaKinley serv- - . I I
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Smoked 37,000 olgars, While the num- . . . . . .
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ber seems.large i6 is but an average I'll .
of WVoil a * clay, He always bi his
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cigarg by the box and left the box
I at',thoa cigar stand -where the purchase
Iwas made, -calling for his smokes ail I .
I he n6eded them I . I .
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A School teacher In Shaffieldi Vng�s
received the following from a Cc=-
PlainingL parent"a few days, ago; I
Sir -Will you, please for the future
give my Sun easier somes to do at .
. nights. This is what he broiight
boam. to or thrice ftite.% back, "If fore
. gallina Of bero wilt fill thlrty�* pint
bottlesj� how many pint and halt bot�
t1e;j will nine ,galling fil,911 well, we
tried, and,could make nothing of it
at all-, and my boy cried and Sea he I
. didn't dare, go back in the morning '
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. without dow It. .
So I bad to go an' buy a fain -e -gal -
tin cask of bare, which 1 could ill af-
ford to do, and thon"wo went and
borrowed a lot of wine and brandy
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bottles, besides a few we b4d by, us.
Well, we etatied the cask Into the bot -
ilea,, and then equated them, and
there were 10, and my boy put the
number doNva* for an answer.
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I don't know wether it 4 rite or
acts ag we spilb aum, while dosbal It.
P. &-Illeago let the next some be
In water, aa I am not able to buy
ally more bere, . . ,
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AIAXING ITIS X10K. I .
Vweddy had sGrved a little lunch In
hisi own apartments to a friend or tiwii,
the prindpal diSh being, a prattle
chicken. ' ' ' L
I awaked Mom, he told tho batchot
the 'next day, what kind of meat they
wanted, and they � said - whitt meat.
Whou 16ahved It, bawl Jove, it w#A till
dahk moat, and I felt liker thatty'
�oeuts I I wAnt you to vanke it good,
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! , A SNENEL.
I have gw6ti'the b6at years of 0y,
ltfd to the service of my 6ouguy, sAid
the statoaman, loaning back In, hit
laxturious ohait. I
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pi'vent tobwd the vAltor ttdm tb*
'01VOVAS, W,y, sill, All th'i tovio
, * &LOW MhajobbildmL 'I n-