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x“. q---------"--""'"" But " to Dulcie, she was as aneedle. She came flying in, full of life and er.- Jiternent, to throw her arms about her sister's neck; but when she saw Horace there she stopped short, looking from one to the other with a certain suspi- rious quickness. Then she greeted Angel quietly, and gave her hand very coidly to Lessiter. not looking at him in the least, and making it, plsin thu she was surprised and not over- pleased,“ hisprcsenco. So that, after " bw common-place words respecting bur journey and the weathu, he found himself constrained to take up his h:tt_aydtogro. - _-_, " _ . Thenthere came a cab laden with luggage, and both of them knewthatit was Dul ie. And inllrliule contusion of her arrival, Angel once more regain- ed her usual tselfeontrol, and Horace Lessiter settled his collar and pulled down his cuffs, and met her as com- posed], as if he had imparted no love- lorn confidence: to her sister before her entrance. "What Gs happened?" she saked Angel, quinkly. " noon " he was out "Love tusrt-of course I love herl" he cried, with a sudden enthusiasm. which no doubt, at the time. he really and truly felt from his heart. "There is no one in the whole world like hvrl Tell me, Angel - do you think there is any hope for met" He flung away the doll, so that it ln-ll on to the ground. The wooden head struck with a sharp rap against the parquet floor. Even at thtt moment it went through her mind, with that sort of comic realisation ol little things that is always present with us even at the very crisis of our lives, that Lady Lessiter would be in despair it that doll was broktn; and then she tortrot it again, become in his earnestness he trad caught hold of her hands, and was looking into her faee with a curious mixture of love for the absent Dulcie and of admiration for herself. “l um sure you need not despair. Why should not Duliee love rout There must be every hope for you. I will help you all I can." "What a dear trim you are!" he cried, with a laugh; and then trioaed her hand-and that was very hardto bear, htrder, perhaps. than alltha rest. 'lou and she are so much LogeLher,so rimmed to each 0111-1; surely itcunnot hon: been quite unnoticed by you. at .3; events, how deeply I am attached io In!" I knew she would be here to- L y, and I thought. before I saw tr r, I ssouid try and find you alone, and ask you to help me. Sometimes, indeed, I can’t help funcying that Dom-u has guessed my love, and is not so angry with me; and then again, at other times, she repulses me us. every word, so that I begin to wonder if “in does not actually hate me." - - "Give me a scrap of hope, Angel!" he cried. And then Angel, who, all unknown to herself, was of thut fabric ot which the heroines of this world are made, Angel smiled at "Duhie! You love Dance. then?" T he, words came out somewhat slowly --they were a little bit harsh, too, because her throat was dry and patch- ed; otherwise there was no sign of emotion inthe quiet words, She raised her eyes, and met his. Thry were fixed upon her earnestly and pleadingiy; there was men an Puget longing in them, but there was no passion in their eagerness. In- niirrtively she knew that what she hud expected to meet in them was wmting. Something, she scarcely understood what, struck her with that cold Chill ot vague mistrust which unites us when our life’s hardest mum are about to be dealt to us. Ber “by colour, which his opening words had brought in a tlame to her face, died away and left her pale and cqld. “I think you must have seen ham it is witn me, have you not? I suppose. whvn one isin love, it is not hard for anyone toluene. And though I know 1 an s [h an as: that I can- not hide my own feelings, yet it seems strange tosay that I haven't the faintest idea whether I am loved ug.iin or no; and! literally havent the pluck to risk everything by speak- ing too soon. That is why I am so trlad to see tyou alone for a minute. Angel, dear Angeli can you give me any hopel" _ "I do not understand you," she tul- tered; and the scent of the mignoneue came in once more in a heavy whiff upon the flattering breeze, and Lus- sitcr twisted the Ltirhaired dollruund and round by the arm just as a vent to his nervousness. The two things were somehow jumbled up togethcr th-u amifoover after in her mind. DING, "nu-u -- "in, _.""""'""-""-"- -- balance uponthe handle of Lady Leap niter's work-basket. "I wanted so much to speak to pu alone." . .. "Uh. you must understand, Angel!" he mid, with a sham, untasy laugh. "l um soglad to find you alone," he said to her suddenly in an oddly seri- ous voice, and he did not look at her as he said it, only at the Circasaian sin-u, whom he was endeafoyrintr, to Somehow they had both drawn near the window attain, and the scent of the mignonutte in the balcony outside was waited sweet and strong into the room. All her life long, Angel remembered that pinir-eheeired don, with its fixed ghss eyes and its silly smile, and al- ways the went of misnonette brought had: those moments with a horrible vividness to her memory. _ "Pray don't," remonstruted Angel. smiling; "you will certainly pull her arm oftl She u to have a gold tis- Iue vest, and a scarlet yashmak. We copy all the dresses out at a book They up: quite eyr.ett, I, assure you." tsoktutrle, and begrrn twisting tcr about into every sort of attitude. The Circasaian damsel had the usual pink-und-white cheeks, round blue ey -s, and long two-like hair; a pair of full striped silk trousers adorned her lower lmbs undthere was the beauti- tul simplicity of un'dorned nature about the remainder other toilet. CHAPTER XI.-A?ontinued. "She has shun got some "can or who-r," he said; and then he took up the "Circauian Slave" from Yenetia's l "He-told - you - he-loved mel" repeated Duleie slowly, with a pause Ibr-Lween every word, and there was Homething akin to absolute. horror in :hnr (Ayes. Then, with a. little cry. she flung her arms about Angel's neck, ‘covoriug her face with kisses. - H, came to call upon his girls in Pout Street. before they went on to stay at his armor partner's in Crom- well Houi, and by Lady Lessiter's invi- tution he stayed to luncheon. Mr. Htlliduy was at the very button; of his heart a little bit afraid oi his daugh- ters; since his wife's death they had lived a good deal away from him with their mother's relations in Canada; he had been glad enough to be iid of than when they were children, but by and bye, when they came home to live w,th him, he found himself out ot symptthy with than. lhe, hearts of children are easily caught and entwin- ed to those with whom their daily lives are spent, but when all that early time is over, and grown-up sons and daughters, with fixed opinions and feelings of their own, come back like strangers to their father's house, than it is not easy to awaken that filial de- vorion that has been allowed to lapse and become as nothing in their lives. Angel and Dulcie were devoted to each when and they were very defertsntvat to their father. They never rebelled ugtinst his authority, or questioned t-uy of his decrees, but they belonged IO each other more than they belong- ed to hun. He felt it, and yet he to.;ld n t complain of it, Angel was «only submissye to him, Dulice coldly contemptuous. They were quite pro- perly and dutifully affectionate, but they lived lives that were apart from git. They were out of eyuiputhy with an. Ttrat was how " mun: to pass that Joseph Hulliday's task, the following morning, was made so much easier for my} ttrm he had anticipated. - 7 Ihats, it was with no small amount of inward trepidation that, after lunch y Lady Lewiter’s was over, Mr. Halli- day requested his eldest daughter to give him a few minutes' private con- versatiogt. Venetia and Dulcie went upstairs, and Angel and her father were left alone inthe dining room amongst the remnins of the feast. But her sisicr's words sank deeply down in her heart. "Duh-Re has guessed my miserable secret,"she said to herselt,"though, think God, he never found it out. l hwy shall not suffer from my folly, viilrer of them. When I um married thru it will come right she said; that is what I have to do then. It. will not hurt me much-it will not signify --nothing can matter much, and to [help it will bring huppmess. . Angel was the eldest. Angel was decidedly the handsomest. Angel had always been the most tractable and docile. Supposing all went wrong, An- gel would be less alarming in direct antagonism to his schemes, than would her more impetuous and versatile trite ter, and, moreover, Matthew Dane was certain to like her the best. Therefore it was to Angel that he addressed him- self, The conversation that took plaees between them was as follows. " My dear. I wish to say a few words to you alone." " Yes, papa.' "I would rather you did not men- tion what I am about to say to you to Four sister. Kindly promise me thu, my dear." " I will promise it to you. papa." " You are going this afternoon to stay with my talented and esteemed senior partner, Mr. Matthew Dane." " I trut 'you will do all you can to make yourself thoroughly pleasant to him and to his invalid wife." I see you happily married first your- self, then I shan't mind who I marry!" . Angvl said nothing - only her puthch tic. rye; looked at her sadly, like the g we of a dumb animal that can- not speak its pain. "Come upstairs to your. room," she said presrnlly; "we will say no more; home day things will be all different with us both, uo doubt " "Oh, my Angel!" she cried; "how dare he my it-how dare he tell you this! It is futse-he doesn't: love me; it is only a foolish infatuation, nothing but adelusion, and a mistake and you know that I don't care for him; I think. in fact, that I hate him --r do, indeed] Why did he say thisthing to you? It was ajoke, a blind, he doesn't, love me." Angel only shook her head softly; she. had dreamt a foolish dream, but she was awake now; there could be no more deception for her. "Hush, Duluie.” she, said, pushing her alittle away. “Why need you be to upset? I have told him how much 1 sympathise with him - how on?!) I should like to see you his WI e." Joseph Halliday, had, after due de- liberation, fixed upon Angel an theaab- ject of his discourse from several tm- portant reasons. "And I will never, never be his wife!" cried Dulcie, passionately, "un- £955," she a.ddedlali-lauping, "unless "Men are all tools!" she criedirrit- ably. "I have really no patience with Horace Leeeiterl" "Don't be angry with him, Duleie.". H-r soft fingers were busy unfaaten- ing the buttons of her sister's jacket, her lovely face, with its inscrutable smile, close to hers; there was no sor- row in the dark eyes. no lines of pain about the repoeetul lips, for when we suffer forthose we love very much it is an easier matter to echool the face h n lbs heart. "Horace Lessiter has only been talking to me about you. tll,,", told me how much he loves you, ear." But Dulcie knew instinctively that it was a Spartan smile. She stamped per foot in her usual impatient tash- non. of hearing. "There is something wrong, Angell What has he been say- ing_t_oy_'o_u yo worry ypu!" _ .. . "'Noitsimr," anawisrid Angel. smil- 1:33.7777 ---._. .. You may be sure of that, papa.' l The City olfices of the great house of [June and ’l‘richet were by no means , of an imposing nature. They were sit- "rated at the end of anarrow cul de sac, leading out of Cheapside, which iterminuted in a small, square, stone- ‘pztved court, round which dingy four- i storeyed houses of sunut-begrimed brick ihad frowned dismally at one another Ifor upwards of a century. The square consisted of about a dozen houses, in Cthe centre one of which, facing the street that led to it, the great mer- :cantile house carried on its existence. hit could not he distinguished by any youtward evidences of wealth and pros- perity from its poorer neighbours, nor were its windows one whit brighter, or its stone window mouldings one atom less broken down and dilapidated , than those of its fellows on either side of it, that Were in an altogether lower sphere of existence. so to speak, to it- :self. If you went In through the door- way over the well-worn stone thres- hold-worn by the footsteps of many merchant princes, who had come and gone backwards and forwards across it-you came into a small outer ves- tibule, where sat a respectable elder- ly man in a livery coat and brass but- tons, who acted as porter, and who third sat there for the last fifty years. iPassing this individual, you came at (once into the elerks' offices, two lofty rooms, opening one out of the other, li?i"i handsome stuccood ceilings and I heavy oaken panellings; the outer room l was occupied by six young men, of the usual type of City clerks, unremarkable in face or feature, shabby-genteel as to clothing, and for the moat part me- diocre in ability. They worked, how- ever, like machines, coming early and staying late, eating their luncheons out of paper parcels, furtively pulled out of their pockets. and living from Mon- day to Saturday mornings solely upon the prospect and the retrospect of the blissful Saturday afternoons and Sun- days, when moat of them "cycled" themselves away‘over the green-border- ed high roads of Bertfordahire and Kent, in search of a stock of health and fresh air, upon which to renewi the monotonous labours of the emu-i ing week. No doubt they were exceed-‘ ing useful, to their employers, and fill- ed, each in his humble sphere, in nook in the construction of the Great House, from which the Great House could not easily have spared one of them. The inner, or second mom-with which this tale is more intimately con- oermtd--waa smaller and more select; " Well, you needn't have put it quite so plainly, perhaps, but tstill-well, 'es-- that's about. the upshot of it, I supposo. Will you promise me this, Angel?” "Yea, quite so, love. Ahern, well, all I want you to understand is that I have promised Mr, Dane that no silly sentimental objections to so admirable a plan for the future of two young persons, who in station and age are admirably suited to one another, shall arilse from you. Do you fellow me, An- ge t" ce Yea, I think I do, papa," she said slowly. " You mean that when Mr. Geoffrey Dane shall vouchsafe to ask me to marry him, lam to accept him " Yds, paba. I will promise," he an- swered quigtly. - - _ It wad the" quietness of utter de- spglir. Mr. Halliday gave secret thanks to the Almighty, in that he had been so singularly blessed in the possession ot a daughter so dutiful and so fully alive to the responsibilities of her position. "I think I liked him, decidedly." " I am glad of that, my child, because that makes everything easy and plea- sant. Well, my dear, you must under- stand that it is very possible that Geoffrey Dane may beavery rich man some day." "Perhaps his uncle is braking it to him at this very moment " suggest- ed Angel, coolly. " It's always nice to think that people are well grounded In the parts they are expected to perform.' Again Mr.tianidar experierieed that vague sensation of discomfort and be- wilderment. Diamon Cut Diamond - du_tiily and gratefully. Is that in” It was his coup d'etatl Be expected that it would have a great effect upon her, that she would start sensational- ly, exelaim dramatieailror, at the very least, blush vividly with maidenly surprise. Angel did neither the one nor the other-she smiled. " Is this an offer of marriage, papa?" she enquired tranqmlly. Ct Tut, tut-my dear. How you do run away with things, you girls. Nothing of the sort-nothing of the sort. Only you will understand it is a scheme be- tween Matthew Dune and myself. Why, Geoffrey himself, lucky dog, knows nothing of it, yet." " Very rich, indeed," he repeated im- pressively. "It is his uncle‘s purpose to take him intn the business as part- ner--att junior partner-in which case, at his uncle’s death and my own, he will inherit the twhole ofthe magnifi- cent business of Dane and Trichet." Perhaps she was impressed, perhaps she was only secretly laughing at him. Joseph Halliday did not exactly know. He only felt rather uncomfortable. "Ahern-res-lucky as you say, my love. But all this is upon one condi- tion, mind ;" pointing his fat forefing- er at his daughter's face, "ond that one condition, my love, is that Geof- frey Duane marries one of my daugh- ters." " How' interesting," murmured An- gel," with a faint sarcasm, which he: tathtr was far from pereeiving., _ As Mr. Halliday spoke these last words, he swept out his arms with a wide encircling gesture, as though to express the vast magnitude of the idea he was embodying. " Lucky Mr. Geoffrey Dane,' said An- gel, coolly fixing her quiet eyes tsol- emnly upon her father's face. " I remember." Hitherto Angel's eyes had wandered away over the flow- er boxes into the street. Now, with a sudden tltush, they fixed themselves upon her father's face. They looked wide awake and full of attention. " I dareeay you will meet him very often at his uncle‘l." .. Shall we, papa t" " Very often. Did you like what you saw of him, my love, t" _ _ _ This tinie Angel paused just long enpugb to count ten. 7 7 I Thin she answered somewhat slow- y. -- - - -_ - " Your future life very much de- pends upon yourself t" .. Indeed, papa f" " Yea, Mr. Matthew Dane bu Ine- phew, Geoffrey Dane. lf you remember he came down to us tor a Sunday once in the winter." CHAPTER XII Be, Mai ohtt ARK) AHbl'llv as: There are at present eeverel old con- victs in Fremantb, Mrerrtralia, Jail who, though their time has long ex- pired, live on there. They give as their reason that all the people they knew in the old country nut be long since dead; so they prefer to remain where so much of, their life he; been shit. Tho old renews are allowed G go igto_town, but must be back in time. QUEER NOTION IN? BEAUTY. I It is curious to note the queer ideas "ot beauty which characterize different nations. In Fiji the native women paint their faces with red and white stripes as an ornament. The women of Greenland cover their faces with blue and yellow. while Arabian beau- tie stain their lips blue and their fin- gers and toes red. Faith an' 'I had an awful struggle, said the son of Erin. The rest of the jury wanted to acquit him, but, be- sorta, I wouldn't give way! The verdict was returned, Git the friends of the prisoner came and readi- ir_ptid. the_money. - _ l, A 'Iiid you have inueh trouble in get- tigglhat yggdgct! asked fps. In some parts of the world, the shape of the head is of great importance. Many American Indians admire a head so extremely flattened as to appear to us idiotic. The natives of the north- west coast compress the head into a pointed cone, while the inhabitants of Arakhan, admire a broad, smooth fore- head, and in order to produce it they fasten a plate of lead on the head: of the new born children. The same custom ls prevalent among ', f (ri "'3“ _.-. “w a...“ unw. uuu am the Malays and the natives of Brazil.1 ee Lug it every day to both lugs and In some parts of the world the nose Oink” and .ylraAi nearly the entire win- is pierced, rings, sticks. feathers and t r. 1.am decidedly In favor of raisins other ornaments, being inserted in the: wo hue.” a year from the BOWB, but holes. _to do thug they must have the best of The ancient Egyptians and Assyrians i 'ed.".". Never sell a first-class brood used paint to make their eyebrows seem , if): as long as she wUl produce good wider; the Arabians of the present day It If” and save them and 'suc.i.rits well. go a. step further in the use of paint. 5 fi rtoe.e.t,i..Pe, keep a BOW “QM she is They endeavor to produce the impression) £313 or bu years old, tel Nraut she will that their eyebrows grow down to the' h to produee good lituyra at three middle of the nose and meet there. ' or our years old, and when this hap- Persian women paint a black line a?!“ we fatten her. I prefer to let around their eyes and ornament their . e r'f"de"f litter! have the r.un of s faces with a variety of figures. The $111431 lot, but keep the fall [“85 shut Indians of Paraguay eradicate their 'dd [gm house all winter, but see that eyebrows and eyelashes, saying that In“ if, b.tchoyyy11 regularly, SO " tc they do not wish to look like horses. _ thu", ways dry and free. from dust. In China and neighbouring countries‘ y e I do .not get quite aa great the firmer nails are allowed to grow ytiot,.aotri.ven ageonthetau litter An Irishman was foreman of a Jury who had to try a man for murder. Word was sent to him that he would be paid £200 if he persuaded the jury to_yeturny.ryertiiot of. mtusylautrlsttr. This mutilation of the teeth is ob- served by many of the savage or un- civilized races in various parts of the world. In the Malay Archipelago the natives file their teeth into points like those of ssaw or pierce them with holes into which they insert studs. The MA- cussnr people sometimes pull out two front teeth, in order to supply their place with teeth of pure gold or sil- ver. Some African trims knock out their front teeth, on the ground that they do not wish to look like beasts. Cn the Upper Nile four front teeth are always knocked out, but further louth only the two upper incisors are dispens- ed with, With the Tnhitnns to be called "long nose " is considered an insult and they compress the noses and foreheads of their children for the sake of beauty. The same custom is prevalent among the Malays and the natives of Brazil. In some parts of the world the nose is pierced, rings, sticks. feathers and other ornaments, being inserted in the holes. In China and neighbouring countries! the finger nails are allowed to growl to a monstrous length as a symbol ot nobility, ladies wearing silver cases to' protect them. In some parts of Africa r yellow or purple nails are considered fashionable, while the Turkish women: tinge their nails with a blue color. I The Sunda Islanders sometimes black, an all the teeth but two with burned cocoanut. covering the two excepted teeth with thin plates of gold or sil- ver. The same tribe is in the habit of employing their old women to dress up the teeth of the youths and maid- ens at wooing time. The canine teeth are filed to a tine, smooth edge, and the body of the tooth, made concave. or they will notch the edge of the teeth like a fine saw as an additional means of beautifying. In some countries the feminine head- gear is carried to singular extravag- ance. The Chinese lady carries on her head the figure of a bird. which is composed of copper or gold, according to the quality of the owner. The My- antse women carry on their heads a thin board, about tt foot long and six inches broad. With this they cover their hair and seal it with wax. The pearly teeth of the poet and nov- elist would not be valued by some of the Eastern and Polynesian nations. In Macassar the women paint their teeth red and yellow, in such a way that s It‘d tooth follows ayellow one, and " ternately. The teeth of the Tonquin- ese are as black as art can make them. The dyeing occupies three or four days. and is done to both boys and girls when they are about twelve years of During the whole operation, they never taken any nourishment, for fear of being poisoned by the pigment if they swallowed what required masti- cation. Every person. high and low, rich and poor, is obliged to undergo this somewhat objectionable operation, as it is alleged that it would be a disgrace to human nature to have teeth white Ake those of dogs or elephants. in Japan fashion compels married women to blacken their teeth, not, how- ever, as an ornament. but to make them more ugly and save them from temptation. it contained three men only, nil of them gentlemen by birth. and each of them possessing in dignity his on Ice- ther chair and his own writing table. of these thee, more anon. A short passage led through eglsss door to another room beyond. This was smaller and dingisr than either of the others, but was of infinitely greater importance, being, in fact. the private room of Mr. Dune himself, and being in consequence invested with a cer- tain mysterious solemnity. not unmix- ed with awe in the minds of all the Young men, both common and select. who sat without. TORONTO PREFER CONVICT LIFE. HE WON THE DAY. To Be Continued. ob-I "l he feed for the next three months ahould not have much Corn in it,and the more bran you can get them to eat _ the better, but tomake bran stop pala- _ table so that they will eutenough of it tyou should use about six quarts of {wheat middlings and twoquarts of oil fmwl toeach buatct of bran, and sh uld always salt it about as the cod: salts the tood for the table. 1f you have 'milk, half the quantity of the mid- ldlingsand oil meal will answer. or it l you can boil and mash finely a peek at ipotatoea for each bushel of bran you i will have an ideal food. Feed the atop we thick as it will run readily in the trough and give as much as they will gent clean, but never more. Never let l the slop get sour; a slight fermentation 1 will dono harm, but in warm weather 1 it will be necessary to empty the slop l barrel every day tokeep it sweet. Have _ aeeparate trough in which to give pure water all that they can drink. A mod- erate corn feed-ah ear or two for each pig twice adar-is all that they should have until they have reached a weight of one hundred pounds each, and then gradually LLucretius, the corn._ giving SMTION OE FEEDING CATTLE. This in an important matter to all ooneerned in agricultursl or pastoral cool. wet weather, and furnish a wal- low for the pigs," it cools the fever to lie in the water, and in winter I choose mild weather to rit. It in quiet guving why-god two Intern any. as four sows will raise as many pigs " eight, it but one litter is rained. tad thiaalone “quite saving. Itnlso di- vide. tuworir,and htltotit big win- Ur, when the firmer hm more leisure than inaummer. and it given twosales instead of one. “dam-unable Chance of hatter prices for one lot. some that it is too hard on the sows to roar two litters ayear, but Ido not find itsoif theyare well taken care of, and I can keep them till five or six years old without their even getting poor or run down. We always teed warm slop in winter tothe pigs until they are four months old. and it we have unmerchantable potatoes it play- to boil ukettleful oftheanumthe stove every morning to warm the slop with, as when mashed hot they not only with: but flavor it. l,rTy?ti.tse.t.ri.rmynir the pigs young. and think it is he}? done before weaning. I never consult the almanac to determine when it shall bedone, and do it at all seasons of the Fear, but in sumer p_re_ter to do it in "r---". *vovw use wall. glVlu' them all that they will eat for two monhts before selling; but keep up the bran food to the end, unless you have some other bulky feed, I am more pleased with sorghum stalks as has feed than any other green feed I have ever tried, and later 1 will give my ex- perience with it the past (all and the present winter, for l have several tons of it stored in the barn now, and am as a the siting, fiequ%iifiieFrrii, is better and they bring as much or more money. .It haa.bee.h oqucted by MAKING PIG PORK. There is no doubt that there is better ttrout from pig: pushed from the cart and marketed st six to seven months old then if kept to e greater age. It asked to give res-ens for this. says Waldo Brown, I shon sly: First. that no man can do this without giving his pigs such care as will my them thrifty and growing all the time, and so the very Lust that he attempts it calls for one and skill. which goes far toward securing success. Second. it costs less to make 200 pounds weight in seven months on en animal than to teed it two or three months longer for the same result. Third. the risk of loss from disease is reduced, not only be- cause the time of feeding is shortened. but also because pigs kept thrifty and growing are less liable to disease than those that arenot wisely fed. It is pos- sible to grow pigs to a weight of . Pound for each day of their age, that ia, a pig seven months old will weigh 210 pounds, but it will never be done by a careless feeder. The man who starts to do this will need good stock. and must give it good care from start to finish. The care should begin before thepigsaroborn, for a. saw that is fed on acooling and loosening diet willbe likely to produce healthier pigs and Buckle better than one that has bcen fed on corn. which is too heating, and fattening to keep an animal in good health. It is a. critical time when the pigs are born, and many litters are ruined by overfeeding the sow, causing milk fever and drying up the milk, sometimes causing the loss of the en- tire litter. and if not, stunting the pigs and stopping their growth. Thin trouble can always be avoided by Iblirty- fat feeding of the sow tor the first ten day., after her pigs are born, after which she will eat all you can give her without danger. The next thing to be attended to is to teach the pin to eat as early as possible. and to do this it is necessary to fix a. place for tlu, pigs that the sow can not enter, and here they should be fed three times a. day. Begin with a hula warm milk, and never gin more than they will eat clean, for pLgs will not long keep healthy that have soiled feed by them, and they should be eat- lng so much that at weaning time they pill got miss the motuer's milk at all. vRtllMtl%ttttatttldttl dilh"mlMh'diWdililewe Agricultural The land: of Margate are indirectly responsible for thie: "ther,mothor, end family were about to he ph 10- grephed. by one of the itinerant beach fiends. when one of the olive brunt-hes. in feet perhaps of the nan/ulna. fled eway, with mother in hot pursuit. The chute vexed long. for the urchin was bleued with sturdy legit. end mother's skirite impeded her. At length even tether. who wee indulgent to at fault " holiday time, 2Lrh,ir"it, or per- hepekhe. Irl", rennin . by the photo- gripher {pat thiy delay ivoiiik Cifiri, low In“: Ibo-Id l'repon- For the " prrnne Bank. The Bt. Petersburg "Graattdaatia' recently published on uticle in whicl it asked whether Run-lo would not tn acting wisely in mourning the possuo don of Port Arthur Ind Talien-wan This renunciation would have the cr lowing effects: - Firstly. to give her . free hand; secondly. to rid hm at harbors where. in the event of " with Great Britain, her ships would be caught like rots in n trap; and, third- ly, to spare her the cost of enormous detences. By occupying herself chm-fly with attain in Northern China. owe0- ially_ that part ot China which borders on Ruuia's own wee-slam. and with the railway in Manehuria, Russia will be a "warning signal to the British, even in the south of China. 1iusis could then proceed," any: the jornal, "to develop her territory in the airm- tum of Afghanistan. and prepare, her- self for the supri me combat “hich she must inevitably have, noon” or luter, with Great Britain. profiting at tho same time by the. latter huvmg scut- temd her forces in all directions-an error by which she will have weaken- ed herself in India» It is almolutely essential that Russia should fight thin supreme battle on land, and not no sea. encountering her adveroury simultane- ously in the north of China and at tho gates of India." The "Grtusttdauiu" rejects all notion of an eventual nu» proehsuneat with Greast Britain, the in.. veterate enemy of Run-in. trom whim the Litter can look tor an advantage, and it advocates, on the contrary. an alliance with Germany, in which France might be induced to join. in {expenditure ot ext ra" mpg}; TU”, up with the nipper. Hula! 'Em's the bloke awaiting with the chimern! use of the food it consumes; and one must look to this Hence. there cam not be any doubt of the great need a: stated at the oommt-ncement that great discrimination and care should be exercised in the selection of cattle for the purposg of either rearing in the winter's straw-yard. or for grazing out in the summer putm. KEEPING THE CHIMERA WAITING. radium, wherein Lies eithter the pro- it or lost, is the capabilities of the animn} itsel! t? pate full and proper in the proper selection of cattle for feeding.' They must he wail-bred, of s blocky frsme. with stout build on short, straight legs. wide, level back and loin. well sprung ribs, fullness " the back of the shoulder. and in the tisutks both fore and hind, prominent brisket, full neck Vein. wide chest, this lacing meet important and est: utiill. for if mean and narrow " this point, it my be almost taken as a certainty that the animal will never thrive and do so should be the cute. Then the handle, or touch. for no matter how poor on snimal may be, the touch is there All the osme. must be soft and mellow. and the akin supple and cov- ered with fine silky hair, giving what mar he culled a thick. mossy coat, without harsh or hard touch. A ctrona vigorous, natural sppearsnoe. with head not course. but 'strong, having its features clean cut with prominent and clear ere, and quiet temperament are essential. Avoid coarseness in every respect. but more particularly so in re- gard to the head and horns as well u in bone. A coarse animal, if critically examined, will generally be found to have every indication of producing its flesh upon the more undesirable part: of its (arouse besides having a far larger weight of offal when ready for the shambles. Another point to be rememhwred is that a course or rough appearance, especially in the, oases where such indications are to be noted in reference tohead, horn or bone, will generally be found toresult in the pro- duction of a carcass of beef not ot' so high a quality orso fine in the grain as will be lound to be the case with animats whose appeal-attic: denotes bet. ter and more careful breeding wilt quality and fine character. Avoid by all mean , animals that are narrow and mean. that show in their store ctmdi- tion unevenness in build, or want of proper devtlopment. Remember that the object is to produce meat of the highest quality and value at .‘he smallest possible coat. fVanv pustt'nly may he apparently choper-i.e., cost less per head when bought, but this it only one item in the expenditure, and it is quite certain that th: greater ex- pursuit. If the out]. are merely pur. chuod bytho tumor to winter in the strut-you'd and lobe min cold out in the opting on store. for grain; ant finishing ttdf In the fattening had ot the putaulint. it is just as important to him I. to the latter that proper can and discrimination should belaken in selection. It in common knowledge in successful occupations of all kinds, and consequently. it is of interest tn all to have brought before them the experience which, in some form or other. all engaged in this occupation have from time to time gained. The following may be taken in a general way as being useful aids in assisting that certain deecriplione of bu'JockI will thrive batter than others. Br up peel-moo it in quite possible in man) case: to at once determine the likeli- hood of the nettle being whgrt--to use a general term-ma be described " "good doera" or othesrwUe, as the cam my be. Then again. it is moot essen- tial that the animals eelected should be of I build likely to produee when fit the Ingest weight of beef on the more valuable parts of the carcass. Ex- perience, of course. in In essential need TO BLOT OUT ENGLAND. sold at Que nearly 055.00 Cet. Six Fr Zola in In France. An Euclid: for larger] t tilled "Resist The will ot hunk-ruin. I nt Hamilton, tate is about 3100.000. A " has been my» inn-m played at Bil Mr Alfred I Africa. will a Tom on Jul William I to a niece an ceased, th" h to the trout lhe Mama: the proposit lint: railway land-he and era Railway line. and I I onion-d m I Trade of Tm The bia lavish: the penalty 'without qua. mung Ht “in: "cu In the Mod "I: United Over. BC., “gum for Ea.tLit "I now ttttttttttt The Onta called tor I W. 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