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In Peace and War Or, The End of It All CHAPTER XXV.--(Continued.) There was a strange, hard ring in the young wanderer's tone as he echoed the forboding words and Hurtled gravely away. The sound seemed to strike some sympathetic chord in the good lady's heart, for she, too, looked almost mournful. "I would give a good deal to have you safe back again," muvmuraci Mrs. Wylie in an undertone. The remark was hardly addressed to him, and he allowed it to pa.ss unnoticed. Presently, however, he turned1 and looked into her face with some anxiety depicted on his calm features. Then he took a step or two nearer "This will never do," he said gravely, standing in front of her With his strong hands clenched. She gave rather a lame little laugh, and "looked up with a deprecating glance. "Theo, 1 am afraid I am not so plutky as T used to be. My i gone. I think I left it----at holm He made no reply, but merely stood by her hi his silent manliness, anjd from his presence she somehow ! gathered comfort, as women do-- from your presewce and mine some- "Nevertheless," he said more cheerily, returning to the original question, "you are the pluckiest woman I have over met ! You inuet not give way to this habit of anxiety, for It is nothing but a habit--a sort of moral cowandice. It serves no purpose. An over-anxious man misses his opportunities by moving has no peace in life, because she can do nothing but watch. Mrs Wylie laughed pleasantly. "No !" she exclaimed, with determination. "It Is all right, Theo; I will not give way to it. Mv anxiety is only anticipatory; when the moment comes I am generally up to the mark." With a brave smile she nodded to him anid mo\x*l toward the door, carrying he. gloves and muff. He followed in order to open the door, for be had some strange, old-fashioned notions of politeness Which promise to become fossilized before the end of the century. "Will it be a long war ?" she i nothing i ■ formid- able slight shimmering hoize. The air was light and balmy indeed, in earth and sea there was-a subtle buoyancy which tells of coming spring, and creates in men's hearts a braver contemplation of life. It was, I think, a dangerous hour to send two young people away across the lonesome marshland alone together. Nevertheless, Mrs. Wylie Watched them depart without a pane oi remorse or a sting of conscience linrieed, she calculated the risk with equanimity. "I think," she reflected, "that this walk to tho old light-house will be one of those trifling incidents which seem to remain engraved in our hearts long after the memory of greater events has passed awav They are both self-contained and resolute, but no human being is quite beyond^ the influence of outward For some time the two young people spoke in a scrappy way of indifferent topics. The narrow path only allowed one to pass at a time and the moor was so broken that progression at the side of the path almost impossible. After, how-the Mizzen Heath Coastguard fetation had been loft behind, and the precipitous slope descended the sea-wall afforded better walking,' and the conversation assumed a more personal vein. 'Tell me," said Brenda pleasantly, our plans in case of war ! We >w absolutely nothing of your proposed movements." "I know nothing myself, except in rery general way. Of course we •aha.ll be guraed by circumstances " 'Yes, I ta'ke two i„ The campaign will be o scale for o These tWi tenants. sked, before j of the !-- \ \ i He answered without deliberation, as if he had already pondered over the question at leisure with a deci- "I think so. It will go on all through the summer and autumn. As things get worse, Turkey will probably pull herself together. It is a way she has. It may even continue actively right on into the winder. The Turks will be on the de-"fensive, which suits them exactly. Put a Turit into a trench with a packet of cigarettes, a little food, a rifle, and a sackful of cartridges, and it will take a considerable number of Russians to get him out." "I hope it will not extend into the winter," said Mrs. Wylie, as she left the room. "So do I." He closed the door anid walked slowly back towatid the bow-winden There he stood staring out with ey that saw but understood not, fi many minutes. "I am not quite sure." he muttered at last, "that I have dpne a wise thing in coming to Wyl's Hall !" In the course of a few hours Theodore Trist was quite at home at Wyl's Hall. These three people had lived together before, and knew each other's " little ways. Mrs. Wylie, the personification of comfort--Theo Trist, possessing no real comprehension of the word--Brenda, midway between them, with a youthful faculty for adopting herself to either. Again and again Mrs. Wylie found herself watching the two young people thus thrown together, and on each occasion she remembered how she had watched them before to no Rurpose. One trifling alteration seemed to present itself occasionally to the good lady's eyes, and this was a well-hidden fear of being left alone together. Whether this emanated from Theo or Brenda it was impossible to say, but its presence was unmistakable, and moreover, ever its origin may have be was now mutual. At one tim< had possessed a thousand topi common interest, and found in other's conversation an unfailing pleasure. Now they both talked to her, using her almost as an intermediary. On the Saturday morning, while Uressing, the widow meditated over these things, and in the afternoon she deliberately sent her two guests out for a walk together. About three miles down the coast, in the very centre of the marsh lying to the south of Mizzen Heath Moor, was a ruined lighthouse, long since superseded by a lightship riding on the newly-formed sandbank four miles off the shore. In this ruin lived an old marahman, in whose welfare Mrs. Wylie appeared suddenly to have taken a great interest. For him, accordingly, a parcel was made up, and the two young people "ispatched immediately after oo large a atch unaided. : as my lieu-One is a future baronet with a taste for sport and literature, which is a rare combination. The other is a soldier twenty-five year older than myself. I cannot understand is your power of facing the two possibilities--oi at tho least, the latter--with apparent indifference. Is that the difference that exists between the courage of a man and that of a Woman"" "No," he replied, looking at very gravely, and speaking in a which gave weight to words of apparently small importance; "I think face possibili ntie the anticipation of it." She remembered these v ward, and recognized the sense he had intended th held t that I mean," she mu "Not from a questh bravery at all. I m She hesitated in e and he hastened to re "Yes--go on." "I Was wondering ever looked at it fr He did not reply at some way the pause g "Yes, . thai Ever i thei , for i hard . 1 think it will be re mean to make it on_. i are full of energy and almost ( prohensive a great wo tory of it t ails. Our plai Moltke's. It will be and we intend our Ms-be the only one worth reading. The old soldier is a Freudian, so we shall tell our story in vo languages simultaneously." Brenda was not listening with the Mention she usually accorded to Theodore Trist, whatever the sub-his discourse might happen nd he knew it. She had a strange trick of lapsing into a stony silence at odd moments, and he rarely failed to detect the slight difference. Such fits of absorption were usually followed by the raising of some deep abstract question, or an opinion of personal bearing. It may have been mere chance that caused him to cease somewhat abrupt ly, and continue walking by her si'de in silence: or it is possible that he knew her humors as few people knew them. P'or some time they walked on without speaking. The soft turf of the so-called sea-wall, which was nothing else than an embankment, gave forth no sound beneath their feet. The tide was out. and the day being still, there came to their ears only a soft, murmuring, continuous song from the little waves. At last Brenda turned a little and looked at him in her thoughtful, analtical way, as if to read on his features an answer to some question which had arisen in her id Trist, smiling at her gently. "Go on. You are abou propound one of those ivery deep theories which invariably suggest themselves to you in the middle lit this manner they reached the Lighthouse, passed a few minutes with its solitary inmate, and set off homeward again across the marsh. Mrs. Wylie would, perhaps, have been surprised could she have overheard their conversation, which was upon very different topics to what she had expected. As they passed through one of the swing-gates on tiie sea-wall, Brenda turned her head, and in a moment the characteristic beauty of the sun-tet caught her attention. "Look !" she exclaimed in a little nore than a whisper. He obeyed, closing the gate, and •esting his arms upon it. Thus they stood, side by side, without speaking. She in her pure upright maidenhood, with the sunset glow warming her refined face with a of great beauty, for her eyes were deep and pensive as womas s eyes rarely are, while her sweet lips were parted with a simple faithful THE CARE OF STOCK Every owner of stock is a: iat his animals shall do as v frequently the -ell £ ditions favorable for their improvement. Perhaps he does not know all the things he might do, but it seems that a little reflection, thought, or observation would convince him that stock needs care. Every effort should bo exerted to make animals comfortable, for otherwise they cannot do their best. Animals are like people, most useful when happy and contented. Perhaps the season in which animals suffer most is the winter, yet in the summer they often bear needless sufferings. Possibly the most suffering in summer is from lack of good, fresh water. All nutriment is carried into and through tho system by r lould s the r the animal cient to accomplish the desired results. Animals, especially in summer, should have free access to water, aiid not stagnant water, alive with bacteria and germs. IN HOT WEATHER a great deal of moisture is lost through tho animal body by perspiration and evaporation and this must ipplied or tho animal suffers, me owners of stock think that r twice a day is sufficient to i without i' famish- How often at even-ng jo animals that have water since morning ru tering place and drink ed. This doing without wate long period, and then drinkii enously is hard on the digesti tern, and causes much feed to go to hen by a little more attention to watering the food would produce much better results in the animal. Another cause of much annoyance > animals is dirty, poorly lighted nd ventilated stables. Abundant provision should be made i ght. It is best admitted from the side Straight cm the back and under the body, nearly straight up and down in front and rear, in fact, about as square as a brick, longer than deep and deeper than thick. Tho legs should bo short and stocky, and set, well apart, or apparently directly under the four corners of the body. They should be large enough to appear able to support the weight of the body. The neck should curve upward from tho body, not downward at leaving the shoulders, or what is called a ewe neck, and the head should have a broad face and a short nose. No prominent backbone nor hip bones should show when the .sheep is sheared. The wool is a secondary consideration in a mutton sheep, yet we would not buy one that did not carry a complete fleece of as good weight as is natural to the breed. A scattering, uneven fleece is indicative of either poor health or very poor care, and it may cost more care and feed to put siuch' a one into good condition than it over will be worth as a breeder. When it is sheared it will be likely to look like almost anything else than a mutton sheep. LOUSBIBB ON A GIRAFFE WHERE WILD BEASTS ARE USED AS[ FURNITURE. Superb Tiger as Dumb-waiter-Bear Fills the Useful Office of Light-holder. Many country houses have their walls adorned with the hunting trophies of their occupiers. But it i9 much more interesting, and very much more uncommon, to find these trophies made into articles of furniture, and serving a double purpose of use and ornament, says London Answers. le hunter who has been gored by linoceros, and carries tho marks of his wounds about with him, must a strange fascination in using very horn with which his injuries i inflicted to hang his hat on! of our best-known big-game ers possesses a superb tiger, set is a dumb-waiter. This same A MODERN CRUCIFIXION. How Two Men Were Done to Deat at Kiatung, China. The following, which is part of letter from Dr. Scott, a niissionar at Kiatung, China, is a descriptio of the crucifixion of two crimina which took place recently in tl if Dr. Scott's labois. as asked if I wanted to st en carried by who had bee d. After waiting at the gat tiffly suppliei im sodas! is Majesty the King posse* lewhat similar trophy with i for of c ■ii I e, itally. The poor his head hanging out at ' dead. They we i the t mple many years w stands in Buckiugham one Of the largest, •ver been shot, that lice of light-holder. clasped an electric :an bo switched on i it floods the hall ight This speci- Alaska. oxists which com-■ the last two, and, wonderment which was almost child-; rear of the animals, especially hors- He rested his arms upon the gray, moss-grown oak of the gate, and looked upon the hopeless scene with meekly contemplative eyes. His square chin was thrust forward, and the indescribable incongruity of his face was absurdly prominent. There was a great strength and a wondrous softness, a mighty courage and a meek resignation, an indofaii-gnble energy and a philosophic calm. All these were suggested at once in this strange Napoleonic face. So may the great Bonaparte have leant arms upon yon low wall at t Helena, and wondered over itter incomprehensibility of hu-existence. was Brenda who at last broke silence, without moving limb o.-muscle. i "So you «tro going on Monday ?C Something in his voice ca -eath to come quickly. "But you will come back whispered almost pleadingly He moved, an'd laid his are hand over the small gl< ers resting on the gate. "Yes, Brenda. I will come baik. Then they turned and walked home ■ or- al] know that light shining directly in the face is very disagreeable and bad for the eyes of both man and beast. It is probably best for all animals to spend the nights during hot weather in a pasture, but if they are kept up, sec that the stables have a good circulation of air. Provision should also be made for tem-porarib/ storing the excrements, both to keep the stable clean and to prevent loss of tho valuable constituents of the manures. No excrements should be thrown out of the windows or doors of the stable, INTO OPEN WEATHER where they become a nuisance and are wasted. In the summer these open piles of barnyard refuse become a hotbed for flies and other insects that threaten tho woll-lieing. ly of the animals but the peo- They That was their farewell over spoke together again dence before he left on the Monday ning. There was. indeed, pressure of the hand and a cheery word of parting on the little platform of Wyvenwich Station; but ■ two souls went, out unto each other, and stood face to face in cne g agonized ecstasy of parting by that old oaken gate upon the seawall. (TO be Continued.) my i She obse LUghed rather guiltily t shook her head i "No- iiS." - I t mly- Wondering-?" he repeat rogatively, but she omitte »wer his implied question, ph-at- j "Do you know, Theo," she n, it | after a little pause, "that yoi they I the greatest puzzle I have eve A slight haze lay over the land as the two young people made their way across the moor toward the coastguiard-pabn--a narrow footway forever changing its devious course before the encroaching sea. Already the clouds were freeing themselves from winter heaviness, and in their manifold combinations there was that suggestion of still distance which is characteristic of our English summer days, and has its equal in no othe? land, over no other sea The ye5«w sun was high in the ' ho i: it is or I cannc chalant things. this irely way of taking of certain For instance, nothing seems rther from your thoughts loment than the possibility of your being-killed." He chipped off the head of a withered thistle with his stick before replying in a low, steady voice, very deliberately. k"And yet nothing is nearer to "That in what I cannot understand. I think women look farther ahead. They seem to have the power of realizing at the beginning what the end may be--realizing it more fully than men, I mean." "I doubt it !" he answered. "I have to make two sets of arrangements, two sets of plans. One takes it for granted that I shall come through it all safely, the other goes upon tho theory that I shall be killed. Each is complete in itself, independent of its companion. When I say that I will do something at a certain time, or be in a certain place, there is a 'D. V.' understood, hidden between the lines. Everything is of course 'Deo volente.' but obtrusively." No--naturally not, ZERO AN ANCIENT TERM. Was In Use by the Babylonians 3,600 Years Ago. The term zero, which is used to designate a cipher and in meteorology the entire absence of heat in the atmosphero, was, according to a mathematical historian, Moritz Cantor, used by the Babylonians about the year 1700 B. C. This, however, is merely a supposition. It has tin that zero an 400 A. generally adopted ' 3 lat- ages. riding its great advant-jonsidorable time there rties among tho European educators. One party, known is tho algorists, favored the adop-ion of the Hindoo system of nota-ion (falsely called Arabic), with its position values, while the other, known as the abacists, favored the Roman notation without zero or position value. The general adoption of the Hindoo system was greatly facilitated by the facts that it was explained in most of the calendars for more a century, beginning with 1300, and that the mediaeval universities frequently offered courses devoted to ' f this notation. pie . the farn flies the gr both (ed stable, stamping sater part of resting asted so much energy, and muscular, that they are not able to do as much work the next day as though they ha'd been provided with comfortable quarters, and had a chance to rest. If there is a pile of refuse in the barnyard that cannot be gotten of at once, treat it a dose of kerosene emulsion. Make a strong soapsuds and add one-third as much kerosene as suds. With this sprinkle generously an'd often any refuse about the barnyards and not a third as many flies will infest your premises. The emulsion kills the tiny maggots, whii-h dhange into flies. Keep your animals comfortable and they will repay you by bein better able to work and grow. CAUSE AND CURE OF COLIC. Here the crate would be stood on | mc n a short time tho life j st-^e quenched by means of the j war board which encompassed : thei agape, branflis in its right, pa 3 he •ricd by itingly 1 Master's guests, and offers i a silver tray, a selection gars. This is the propor-r of Mr. Hatclifle Pope, and occu-ies a position of honor in his house ; l-'akenham. Leaving tho subject of bears. we id equally useful and interesting robbers who had been captured, trophies made from other animals, four of whom had been hanged and j Picture a baby-.-lepha.it f<l«a«lnS two, the leaders, crucified. | upon its haun A gruesome sight it was at the j curled inwards t gate--two cages with the dangling a comfortable forms inside. The cross an which front end an'd would be chain an the neck his head was inside the crate, for he had already been hanged and be "They were members of a band of made of a pei-pondici zontal postr But th tiie other was more s piece was slanted strcche'd was j 1U1T r and a hori- ag-0, • ■!•:■ ;s,i-nii nt ol \ a|jsts with its trunk ts chest, and with placed between iti legs! This unusual piece ol tim i mid i Bight of the has buted. j the friendly upright his pain, since th body was unevenly d Men, women and children crowe constantly to the gate to gaze the suffering robber. And the si dest thing of all was thai not e of pity was to bo seen on a face. It was a scene for mirth a The "nails wore driven in, r through the palms and soles, ! above the wrist, between the t is of the forearm and throu muscles of the leg above 1 ankle. No blood flowed, for 1 spikes had been heated red hot they were driven home." modoli'Xl, many a well-knOSfll firm of natur-London from a .young Coy-ir. The cross | iol; elephant, and tor some timo oc--hat the vie-;(.U1,i„d a promineat position in the head on the | haU „f a iargc estr.Mi' hment, where tliotit increasing ) it ^,,-ved as a hall-porter's cl recently, ho\vo\ ha mi It ver tho I Air. bilt. vorld is - the be found i r. Gardiner Muir, the well-known hunter and traveler, at Market Harborough. It is made from a baby giraffe, which, y " mother was shot l • the Kidboko _ 1 Ui, Brit i the inged betw ,iv-log* and the head looks down rom on' high with a glassy stare non whoever happens to occupy WILY BELGIAN MAIDS. s ! Of t iltful ( habit of allowing horses draughts of water immediately after feed of oats. There is ly of generating an at-ic than this, the reason being that when a large quantity of imbibed it has the effect of carrying with it out of the stomach and into the intestines some of the eshly eaten grain. This grain be-and undigested < em* 'The examination you undergo for the position of teacher is very score, is it not?" "Yes, indeed!" What aro the branches?" "Well, to-day we were examined in psychology, integral calculus, mathematical my, polemic divinity, metaphysical analysis, and Greek versification." "Indeed! What position I are you computing for?" "lnstruo- • ;>an But what tor of tho infant class." [bee! J drag lied tho intestines the irritation and inflammation ;h are the immediate causes of c. In dealing with cases of this kind the most obvious course to adopt is to take precautions to pre-the animals from drinking large quantities of water under the cir-itances just referred to. When .nimal falls a victim to an attack of colic, the best thing to do to administer a dose consisting of e ounce of laudanum and two noes of sweet nitre, along with half a pint of whiskey in some *y often simple cases of colic yield to the administration of a couple °t ounces ot cooking soda, diluted with water, and given as soon as the first symptoms of thei attack aie noticed. Should the administering of the cooking soda fail to give the desired effect, no time Should be lost in following it up with tho laudanum and spirits of nitre already suggested. Tho above shows the necessity of watering horses before feeding them, and every good horseman should have some good, reliable colic cure constantly on hand. If no i is at hand send for the veto but prompt actie n must be hi Eaucaussines is a small village in j Belgium which possesses a good sup- j ply of girls, who realized lately that I a great many of them were destined to be old maids unless they took the matter in hand, themselves. After many meetings, from which all married "folk wero rigorously excluded, the girls determined to give a great dinner to which unwedded youths from far and near should be invited, says the London Express. Notices of the coming festival and its reasons were published all over the country and even in Holland. This very original way of securing a husband has just come off, the preparations and decorations of the village having kept ail agog for a A table was placed in the centre, of he village street, and the hostesses, dressed to kill," awaited the arrival of the guests. At 3 o'clock the girls, with then-parents and the bachelor guests, -sembled in front of the to-hence numerous addresses were giv- , and „ r on the subject of matrimony. | Korfa Then the event of the day took j Edwii lace. The loverless girls" took their places at tables hall, , isual arrango- i e centre" of which n, composed of a This was in con-ringham while her ess of Wales, but -ed to Buckingham a unique and beautiful table- ivel hatstan* adorns the hall anglev Park, Slough. It con-entirely of horns from stags y Sir Robert. Harvey, Bart., s father in Invermar Forest, ihire. The desig Landseer. ; by Si ing anxiously should elect ,he youth ENGLISH WAGES. who 1 Figure There rawed up c wh stood huddled •otoction from the them, but together last^a brawny fellow of about . am some distance, whose hearth is comfortless without a wife, made choice and took his seat, and then lother and another, and soon all tl, . places were taken. iner lasted till 7 o'clock in true Flemish fashion, ending with songs d speeches. By this time acquaintance was made, hearts wero warmed, and declarations made, and the girls ho had succeeded in securing sweethearts made their appearance in the village square arm-in-arm with their apturcd swains. Ver lamenting. The was followed by a ball in the ir, and many wedding days >ady fixed. MUTTON SHEEP, utton shwp should be of the »r, or any good beef animal. "Do : asked a young vicar < to one of his parisho sir," replied the w-dp, but I'm sorry t« husband takes a pc The report on wages and hours labor for 1902, just published London by tho Labor Depart.m< shows that one of every ton wc tnen in England experienced sc change in wages during the year. .Nearly 92,000 r ' amounting suffered decre > £5,.'5 in of 2s t week le's Dm ing LC2.070 t. wages than during the previous year. The department estimates that during 1902 about %>l!.00,000 less was paid for wage* Wan in 1901; in 1901, about $1,606,000 less than in 1900. Coal miners and me* of the shipbuilding trade accounted between* them for almost the whole e>f the, 1902 decrease. Builders, iron and steel workers, textile workers and the clothing trade are those who experi I (he iu*