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fi Fifteen, ten and five © 'Oh, dead; that is what is nice for her,'" says Dodo, '© {'Heartless Dodo!" says: Blan- ford. 'Then. if I marry you Ldn any; human feeling except for her og." ¢ X Dodo laughs. She likes to be walled heartless; she thinks it is chic and grown up; She Hi} veap over a lame puppy, a beaten horse, a dead bird; but she is 'hard as | nails to humans,"" as her brother Boom phrases it. "Somebody will reign some day where the Skye reigns now over Dodo's soul. Happy somebody |" says Blanford. 'I shall hs tod old to be that somebody. Besides Dodo will demand from fate an Adonis Y{and a Croesus in one!" Dodo smiles, showing her pretty white teeth; she likes the banter and the flirtation with some of her 'father's friends. She feels quite ¥|old; in four years' time her mo- ther "will present her, and she means to marry directly after that. 'When does this Russian goddess who drops ponies and torguoises out of the clouds arrive here 1' asks Blanford; as he. picks up his racquet to resume the game. Bl 'She won't be here for three days." says Lady Usk. x "Then T fear I shall' net see her, 4 hers vt JC ; "Oh, nonsense. You must stay all the 'month at least."' «=: "You are too good, but I have so ngagenments." made to be rge will not Tp loyiag tatome boop Po e sf Pac pay of thel ndenta, P ng- sti ta. exhibited by eH will ; roficiency in show-packing _ : Solan he 2 given as first, Sgcond a ind} prizes. The condifions are: a xhibit must consist of five boxes . apples; five or, fewer varieties; rapped box need not be nailed; uit may be' wiped; apers. Score as follows: Grading of nit, 20; packing, 20; bulge, 20; Beight of ends, 20; firmness, 20; tal points, 100, 'Maximum points Lisinable by pupils: = Proficiency king 'school; 3 practical pack 'ng, 100; packed-fruit contess; ; total, 400." Packers scoring points (or 76-per cent.) will be awarded diplomas by the Depart ment. of Agriculture. A «It is believed that; in setting such a -high standard. of proficiency; the effort necessary will be well worth making. The increased demand for geod packers. in British Columbia in'the immediate future will maks' sucha certificate valuable. R. M.| Winslow, Provincial Horticulturist, is looking after the contests, WEANING THE LAMBS. When lambs are four months old, ' they will, as a rule, do better wean- | ed than running with the ewes, if. a fresh clover pasture is provided for them. This is enerally avail- | able very soon 'after the hay crop bas been gathered. Fresh, clean water should also be provided for | the lambs, and salt, either kept in a covered box, where they may take it at will, or a little dropped in bunches on the grass, near the wa- ter or feed troughs, once or twice! a week. Ordinarily, oh good fresh: grass, the lambs will do very well | without additional feeding, but if they are intended for show or sell- ing early for breeding, they will be better for a feed of oats or cats and Eran once or twice a day, fed in tioughs in the field. For show lambs; 'the addition of a little ground oil cake wul help to improve! their condition. 3 When the lambs are weaned, the shears should be used to shorten the wool on the ends of their docked tails, and to clip off any tags of dirt which may be rresent. Later, they will do well on a stubble field if where a new seeding of clover has Jtbrive satisfactorily grown well, or, if a piece of rape has beer sown. the lambs will do remarkably well on this after: be:/' coming used to it.: They should not be put upon this at first when it is; om Yain or dew, bt in jhe days," and' they} at first for the bytes as well, though 'the rape, they w confined on this alcne, and will fatten faster on rape =) king contests will be held| 3 of 'the' agricultarar fairs} MHL of © packs; #ll laybrs, except fave, no layer 1877 arrived at the form a ¢ latter place in ! of powder. ig alteration' fy jed by an' expeft- packer, and ete, which have been found fn the lings (coated with tin: te or tinstone is the sin. which the tin his been in any quantity.--Kuowledge tific News, London. A PLACID MERCHANT. He Had Some Regard For the Social Side of Trade. The summer. visitor in a small sea. port town was amazed and amused at' the assortment of merchandise display. 'ed io the Mttle store at the head of the obi and {'whart. The showense was devoted to &1 assortwienit of candy atone end and & lot of cigars and tobacco at the othe er end and no barrier between, Next 10 the showcase stood a motor engine valued at several hundred dollars. Thinking to please the proprietor, the visitor remarked that even the large department stores in Boston could not boast of such a collection, "Well," he sald, "I aib't aping them stores, 1 can fell yon. 1 aim to keep what my folks want. When a man wants an engine for his bo't he wants it, and if the fish are running he can't wait to send way to Portland or Bos- ton for it, ' He wants It when he does, then and there." After a little pause he continued: "3 don't like the way they {lo business In them: big stores, anyway. Why, when you go into a store up to Bos- ton the 'first thing you know some- body asks you what you want. "Now, I never do anything like that. If a man comes oto my place I pass the time o' day and ask him to set, and 'after he's set and talked a while if be wants anything he'll tell me. "I never pester a man to buy. May- be be ain't come to buy; maybe he's come to talk."-- Youth's Companion. Ariiability Rules. Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say. disagreeable things to your intimates, On the cov trary, the nearer you come into rela- tion with a person the more necessary do fact and courtesy become.~Holmes. Admitted, She--=Oh, | have no doubt you love me, but your love lacks the supreme touch-upselfishness. = | "What makes you say that?" "You'admit it. You want me for yourself alone, you say." "rie Bits Crane a, Canadian A 3 ; trouble of a n et yon of Gentlemen, wish to express . Daimler which you have delivered tome. "Before the car to Canada 1 Dade 4 ih 1,200 miles. . The. i Fir A 3 T i ne § 1 A clergyman in the ueighbortiood Nottingham was complimenting a repairs which} In the course. conversation he, however, incaut observed: "When I want a good coat. 1 go to London. 'They make thew: there." Before leaving the shop inquired, "By the bye, do you attén@' my churéh?" £5 "No." was the reply, "When I Te to hear a good sermon 1 go to | don. They thake them Avera." Io don Tit-Bits, 3 "Tea In the Time of Buddha. | . At the time of 'Buddha China was sme, Joying n.large foreign commerce in ted! It was carried by her junks tor] , Korea, Tonquin, Anam, Cochin, ma, Slam, India," Ceylon, Persia abd Arabia. According 'to one record, : 'was sent to a great black river country west of Arabia, from which If was sep arated by a long and very torrid ses which must have | Egypt. It was candied by caravanoh to. Mane! . Mongolfh, Kuld}s, Tartary, Tibet, sia and northern India. Couldn't Tell. "Has your pocket ever been ploked?™ "Really, 1 don't know, It never was before 1 got married. If it has been since L, of course, would have no 'way of finding out about it."~Chicago Rec- ord-Herald. Knooked Into & Cocked Hat. The expression "knocked into a cocks ed hat" is familiar to every one, but, perhaps its origin' is not so generally - kbown. Cocked bat was a variety of the game of bowls in which only three. pins were used, set up atthe angles of | a triangle, When In bowling tenpins' all were knocked down except the three at the corners the set was sald! to be "knocked Into a cocked hat! whence the popujar expression for de-} * priving soything of its main body, character or purpose. Robertson Bros. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS op MOTOR BOATS ALL SIZES KNOCK DOWN FRAMES HULLS furnished complete or in any stage of completion. LAUNCHES, with Engines in- stalled, ready to run, in stock. Send stamps for catalogue. Foot of Bay Street HAMILTON, CANADA tT ppreciation Langham Hotel, Lot my appreciation of the 38 i eeks' trial of it, cov- w