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yr uu. IIO\V A`$5,000 SHEEP LOOKS. I wish I could show you some of the sheep exhibite(l.n.t the Sydney sheep show. There Were in all 700, representing every part of Australia. Four hundred of these were Merinos, being in the fine wool class, and 300 were fat sheep entered in the compe- tition in thecluss for frozen mutton. Every sheep at the show was worth several hundred dollars, and some several thousand dollars. _Among the latter was Mr. l\IeCaughey's $5.- 000 rain, which took first prize. It was a great oblong bundle of wool with a pair of big` horns at one end of it. The wool lay on it in folds and rolls,vthe skin apparently wrink- ling itself .in order that'it might hold more. ' Its ears were entirely hidden by the wool. The Wool came out three inches over its eyes and there were small holes in it through which the eyes looked out. I stuck v my ngerjnto the eece and could just touch the skin witlioutf putting my whole fist into it. The wool hung "down in great bunches on the belly and the legs were covered clear to the hoofs. On the outside the wool was of 1:. dirty color, but` when BIG PRICES FOR S-HICEP. rgol. I pulled it; aside und looked in. it] was of a, rich creamy white. The istrands of wool were spiral and I sgringy and very ne. l`hn ghmvn nwnnI'4: nr gnunftnrc ns: lgllllsy i.l.lL\l Vlfy HIIU. I`he sheep owners. or squatters, as they are called, were all well dres- lsed and well educated men. There `were hundreds of them at the show. `They looked more like a..crowd of l sharp business men than 0 anything else, and at the dinner Ewhich was given they nmde speeches` sin response to toasts which were as ;good as you will hear anywhere. They were all landholders and inzmy `had farms which would be consider- ed principalities in America, but which are looked upon as quite small here. For instance. I asked as to whether the vice-p1-esident had u. largepstalion. ' The reply waxs that he had not, and that his po.=:ses:sions all told comprised only about 65,- 000 acres; of land. Another man was pointed out who owned 200,000 acres, and another who had half 0. million acres, all under fence. .. _. _---.. --....-4..\_,u~..._. Sytlliey is the chief Wool markctof Australia. It, ships,hund1'eds of mil- lions of pounds of wool to Europe" every year and it has some ~ of the largest wool warehouses in the world. Let; us take (1. walk through one of them. We are in 1|. great room covering many z1'cr(-5:. ]t is roofed with glass and upon its floors are thousands of bales of wool. Each bale is as high as your should- er`. It is wrapped in yellow bztggixig , but the top is open and the wool seems to have burst l"cu't|1 and to be _ pouring out upon the Hour. It, is marked from the station fromxvhere it comes. In other pzzrts of the warehouse are nmuntains of Wool which have been` taken out of the bales, and in other pln.CC. ~`. the men are rep-ucking the wool for x'eship- ment. "us tln'ee-qu:n'ters of :1 million One of the curious features of Syd- ney is its W001 sales. liverytlling is sold at. auction. The sales take place in November, December `and January, when buyers from Englnntl and the continent, and from the United States and Japan come here to bid. The buyers wear long over- alls and linen coats while exmninin,-; the wool. They go from bale to bale, taking notes: of each 1na.n's stock , in order that they may know how much to offer for it. in the auc- tion rooms. As numy as 10,000 bales` are szumelixnes sold in :1 (l_:=._v. and single sales will foot, up as much dol- lurs. The prices of wool vary according to qualiL_v. The course wool will often bring only 13'or 14 rents, while the line brinpcs as much as 30 and 35 cents. There are certain bI`1LlldS of wool, lznown by the names of.Lheir o`.':nr_-rs, which ulxvays bring high prices. 1 lmve before me a list, of some of the greasy wool sales of last _\'e:1r, showing that cert;1in own- ers got as much as live cents`o. pound more than the ox`(li:x::ry' mar- ket rates. There is also 21. dierence in the price according to Wllilt part. of the sheep the wool comes from. Fvery sheep is divided up into sec- tions, and after the fleece is taken on` the wool from the legs goes into one place, and that from the lwellzcs into another, and so on. a dozen classilicutions being made from the sauna sheep. c-...1_..... 1--.. :4" Qt`r\r\` n\'l`hnv1n'n _ are exhibited .u...uu. uuw\.|.a. Sydney has its wool exchange. where all the wool auctions are `held. The exchange is situat-:.1 near tire wharves in the heart of the city. It is a long. narrow room. much like a. chapel. with an auctioneer s desk like a pulpit in one end of it. The various wholesale dealers or com- . mission merchants nreallotted dif- ferent days on which they may auc- tion oil` their stock, and on those days the buyers come to bid. Cable reports are received as to the prices in the great wool marliets over the world, and the excitement rises and- falls with the quotations. The com- mission merchants are oniv interest- ed in getting as mucl: as they can for their "customers, and the wool often brings more than it is worth., After it is sold the commission man delivers it to the steamer packed ready for shipment. COLLEGES FOR WOOL l\II71N. Ilere in Australia the government hascolleges for wool students. A branch of the technical schools is de- voted to night classes for sheep breeders and Wool dealers. In these schools the students are taught all about sheep. The l|llTu_!l'Cllt breeds and their qualities pointed out. ']`he students have to grade and classify wool and hun~ dreds of bales from the station are supplied to the school by wool deal- ers for this purpose. Each student wears an apron and overalls to`l;eep the greasy stuff from soiling his clothes while hergoes through the bales picking out the good and the bad- wool and sorting~it according to quality.` He is taught how to shear sheep and how to scour `Wool. lie is taken by the teachers into the wool stores and is given the best of practical instruction as to feeding. shipping and xnarlceting. nu. .._._ :.. _. _._..._.I... .._...t,.'....:.\... (I IN_ THE WOOL WAIEEHOUSES. IIILIIU Ill LUU 1'cu.u1ug LLHU ll.ll5VVUl'lll[,'. V "I wonder. _Lord Fielden," said Gertrude, when the last cnvplo_po was directed. If ever there will` be an end to this quest of mine?" ""l`hm-n in nu mm! In nxmrvthintr. .u..1.`....a ....._ ..........,....C,. There is El. regular protession of wool sorting in Australia. and the man who knows all about wool and sheep can get. :1 high salary as xx. manager or expert. Suppose (I. squatter has 100,000 sheep and cam] add one pound per sheep to his crop of wool, the difference is 100,000 pounds per_:1nnum. which means a. fortune, It is so with the men own- ing` . smaller ocks. and _hence the wool and sheep experts are sure of good wages. lfnn frnnn fh}x.tvnn1nn nail]: nf Tafnrr- S UULI \\ (LHCD - V Men from the-woolen mills of Eng`,- lzmd are brought out here for this purpose, and every effort, is made to produce the highest priced wool. ' l . Her Merchant meet is` Steadily Increasing. The enormous growth of the Russian merchant, marine is a. safe indication of her rapid development. A in! vnars: nrrn hm- merchant eet OI ner raplu U(JVL'l0p11lUll.l.. A few years ago her merchant eet was made up of a. very f_ew steamer! and about 200 Finnish sailing ships. employed almost exclusively in tho Baltic wood trade. Today more than 3,050 stcmnslmips, including river steamers, are flying the Rusv sian flag on their after-deck staff. Thn (lnvnrnnwnnf in fnllu nlivsl, tn 25121.11 llilg UH. LHl.'ll' Ll.ll.Ul"UL`CK SL511- The Government is fully alive to the.)/n.lue of u merclmnt marine, and only recently enacted a. law limiting dits coast trade to its own bottoms. This ukztse covers the trade between E'uropen.n Russia and Asiatic Rus- sia, but, owing tothe heavy war de- mand in Asiatic Russia, that part of the territory is temporarily exempt from this decree. Just as soon as this demand ceases, it is certain that the exunption will be withdrawn and the coast trade law strictly en- forced. Shortly before this decree went into effect. the Union Steam- ship Compuny, of Copenhagen. put seven steamers, aggregating 18,000 tons. under the Russian flag, LllCSO_ being employed in the Baltic and Black sen. trade. 1)lu.lJK DULL Ll'U.llL'. Government aid is not confined to such laws. For sevcrjal years | .us~ sia paid all the Suez Canal dues on hnv hnffnmo hnnrl 4'.-nyn 12`...-nnnnn I.wu~I.uu'u.~1 Ul LHU Cullul (11105. For a period of ten years. com- mencing July 1, 1898, anchors, chains, wire cable, and sailing-ship tackle are admitted duty. free into `Russia. I'.'`..,...... `l...-.._.... 1 -unnn :,,,,:_, aux. [Jil`,lIl llll LHU BUUZ lzilllill UUL`-`5 On her bottoms bound from European {ussia to ports in Asiatic Russia, and on steamers bound to an A3- iatic foreign port, the Government pays `t.wo-Lhirds of the canal dues. Wnvc n run-{AA n6 4.... "I ILUDBXCL. From January 1. 1899, foreign- built. iron vessels, imported in the whole and intended for exu.-rna.l na- vigation, are duty free; likewise all vessels in service on the Danube un- der the Russian flag. `Iv`nrpio*n-hnilf china ir-unnrl nrl in LIUI .blIU Jlllhbli/1.11 Hil- Foreign-built. ships, imported in the Whole put, under the Russian (lag, and intendecl for service on the lakes, rivers, Caspian Sea, and ports on the Russian I".1cif`ic coast, pay the following duty per ton. based on the ship's carrying capacity: On the first 100 tons .......... ..S29.3:'3 From 100 to 1,500 tons ....... .. 15.45 `Above 1,500 tons ................... .. 7.23 ` his own great; love for her. '1`he1'o' U0 8.11 0110 L0 B1118 141.1051 ; 01 1111111.`! "There is an end {.0 everything, Gertrude," ho replied, thinking to, himself that the one exception was. could novcr'be any end to. tlmt--it. was impossible. T wnndnr " nhn nnntlnuml. "What UUlIUl"]lliHilIIg BUYVICU IS i).55C55UUs The value of_ such go'.'ernxnent. aid is very*:rppn.rent. Many new steam- ship c_)mpu.nics are springing into existence: for in.<;L-ance. the Russian ()1'ienL-Asiatic Company. and the Russian Steaniship Company, which is the most impox-mnt, having at eet of 65 steamers. The Vollmtccr Fleet. is also an important. company, having six large express passenger steamers" and ten frc-ighters. u_g;.;rt> gating 96,000 tons, and having ud- ded tllereto within the last your 0 14,000-ton freight, steamer. A --..v-V -,uv..- ..~........ .......... --...u In zulditibn to the abo_ve f_ces, a. duty of $242 per square foot. on the boiIer-making service is assessed. l`lH-, vnlnn nf cnnh n-n~.~nrnvnnnt oh-I A Dangerous Medical Expedition to the Tropics. ,4 I Perhaps the most renirtrkuble ex- periment ever undertztken in the in- ltercsts of medical research is nliout to be entered upon by Dr. Louis Smnbon and Dr. G. C. I.-ow. These two enthusiastic and courageous in< vestigzitors, _who have both made special studies of tropical dist-uses. have gone to the Tlomxm C-.1mp-.ign;t, known as the deadliest spot on earth, where no mam can stay on a. summer night without coiitracting` n1:tluria., and here they are to instnl themselves in 11. specially constructed mosquito-proof house and spend the summer. The object. of the expedi- tion, which has been sent out by the British Colonial Office, is to prove th_a.t, malarial fever is directly attrib- utable to mosquito bite, and that :1 person who never had the disease can live with sat-fety in 0. mnlatrial `region. provided he be not biten by these pests of the tropics. No worse form of malaria is to be found any- where than that which exists in the [fever-stricken area selected for the e.xpcr,ment. The Campztgna. is but lsevcn miles from Rome--v:hich. by `the way, is 9. healthy enough city- nnd is a. stretch of low country con- sisting of It rolling waste of barren soil dotted with occasiomtl patches of stubble, and with pools of stag- nant water from the mountains and volcanic hills round about. The swampy district abounds"('vith mos- quitos. The house in which the plucky pair will reside, is :1 portable wooden -building. with double ense- ments, all carefully covered with special zinc mosquito proof netting- This mztteriul li-as also been plucud in the caves of the roof, and ull other openings are siniilarly 1`rot:'L- ed, \V'i`lilC>Ul0l`C is it special systt-iii of double" doors and curtains in the on- trance porch. 'l`he house has two bedrooms, zt sitting-room, it kitch-.-n. and (1 lavatory. It will be kept in order by two Itnlinn servants re- cruited from the _neighborhood. Part of the doctor's duties will he 1|"? dcspntch, for experimental ]Hxr]m.~e.~', of live mosquitos that lmve suclu-ll the blood from cases of bcni_xrn tI'1_'t' inn (ever (the mild form of the (lis- ense). The men will take t-\'t~r_v pos- sible precztution against gt-ttiizg lvit-- ten. and it is'to_ be_ hoped that tlmir during enterprise may he the ll1\`=lH3 of vztluatble knowledge hcin:.: 0M:\l11- ed, that will enable our medic-.il irzen to combat the dread (liseu:at- \`.`llit'fi works such havoc in some of our cui- .sn~:I\(V ' - -:n-3_._..... OBLIGATORY R1`}SI l".(`.'l`;\T`.Zi.l'I`\'. ` Do they allow swearing `sf! `Work? u..........:.....n r1".\,... u-nu ! n-3 IIl\I Swearing? Ti: man look. as if ` NO DOUBT. Mistress-I)id you 1011 the} was out? _ Serx-`ant GirX--\ _os. 1_m1'um. MisLrcss-Did she seem to hm doubts about it? ,,........+ r::.-1_.'\'n n\n'nl1): ah` |uouou;v uuuux, n.: Servant. Gir1-No. mu am; [she knew you; my ~1 t.._ RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT. VVS IIXIPUSEIUIU. I wonder," she continued, "what I shall have to fill my life and to in- _ terost me when this is over. I shall be quite lost. Now every day brings its own work. and tlmt work occu- pies mywlwlc time. I do not think I could ever live without. some real - employment again. " Vnn m-Ml nnl. do an." mild Lord MOSQUITOS AND IVIALARIA :'.h_e said WESIEHI1 '.l'.'I1 \\ alli S Cf`.z :l | I omcw Mm 1392 mm .-0 c.:m'.;m: 1-! :1! Year: frxr vvzv mama B':.-'..b `1<.r.\"n'-1| . I I}: l`. I -t cmpnoyment. agzun; ' suit, you." You need not do so," said Lord Fielden, with a_ quick throb at his heart. "I' know work that will just.` ulmmo eg no" aha nc`.-n I-um hlnn 'f\SSL?F.l bp(C1I:l u{'(lP',-, : : Scigm A 1r.uvul:r.m. Ev _iu:\vs| LENNOX. sun, you. . "What. is it?" she nsked,.hcr blue! 7 eyes Ilxcd on the spreading beeches. ` Women's rights?" "Women's rights in one sense of the word, Gertrude." he replied-de- cidedly not in the'ot.her. You ought. to have a husband who loves you, not with a. commonplace u.'cct.ion,. but with an unmthoxnable love." "Ila hna 1-n ha fnnnll "'inf.nrrun1.r-(I DUE \VlU1 unmnnomaswue IOVU. "He has to be .found."'intcrx-upted (`-ertrudo, with cushy, sweet, smile. .No, indec-d,>l1e has not; he is found." But Gertrude would not listen. I can think of` nothing yet but nding my father," she said `gently. Gert.rudo," he cried, "suppose tlmt, some mu.n-wc. will presume that hewvould be in cveiy \vu.y eligible- :-ahould. through his own exertions and skill, bring to you certain proofs of your father's innocence, the sure solving of the mystery that sur- rounds his name and t.l;ut. of Lola. dc Ferrus, would you. as u. rewui-d,, nunrv-u hin)" I L` urruu, Wu marry him?" `His hnnrf. ' _him?" _ His heart, heat so violently as he asked the question tlmt. he was` afraid she would hear it; his sus- pense wus so grout. that he could hurdly draw his breath. ' But, she did` not look at him. She ' seemed to forget all about him in the thought.; of answering his question. 1 Vnc" ahn 1-nnlied: "I think U1 lLIl5\VL'4 I dyes. I I Would." ' , , He turned away with a. deep sigh, and without seeing; the turtivo glance tram Gert;rude's blue eyes. "I uvnnrinv " smid I`ItI.I`l`V. n` Gertrude's blue eyes. I I wondor,". said Ha.r1`y, with rm] impatient. stride across the room, if it would have been better` for me] if I had never been born?" -r .=u.m.m I:nv that it is. many. if 1 had Deon uurur ` "I should say that it many- yoawz-x too late to answer the qucs-' tion," observed Gertrude.` Ami an Hmir r-.nnvm-nation` ended: tion," observed uernruuc. And so their conversation" ended; but he did not forget. it. Lord Fiel-5 den felt convinced tlmt. the onl_v.\va.y. to win the prize of Gertrudo's lovo' was by clearing up the mystery 013 her father's disappearance; a.nd-that` was the task he set, himsclf~ to per-' .-..., | L-1.1111. u:u. :n4;4;;... Near the pretty town of St,.'Remy in u. remote corner of France. stands a. chm.on.u quite shut in from the; world by the forest that surrounds; as l`n nn imm2`ina.t.iVO person it_ \\'|lB [4 form. world by the wrest. mar, 5lu'1'uuuus. it. 1`o`nn imaginative person it seemed as though an evil inuence! had passed over the place. a. .b1'cuth: of tainted air. a. something vague; and terrible that made this forest unlike any other. 'l`hm~n was a. nnth cut straight; unlike other. ; 1`l1ere was a. path straight; through it that ledefrom the town" or St. Remy to llilulre-sur-Rl1one;, and it chanced at times that some; mun or woman hastening home was caught by the fest-falling` night and belated in the forest. All such per- sons had terrible tales to tell. They spoke ol strange unearthly sounds that r.~echoed through the glades, and of sights that froze the blood in their veins. and their statements were most devoutly believed. A I-u-nnl: which nhnnlrl hnvn hr-nn n. were most. uuvuuuy uuuuvuu. A brook which should have been a. laughing` sunlit I.-ivulet, ran through one part, but; the waters were dark and brackish; they gave forth a sul- len murmur rather` tha.u a. `musical -ripple. It the surroundings were .uncongenio.l. the interior of the cha- teau was much worse, and strange stories connected with it were circul- ated in the neighborhood--stories of blood-stains on the floor of one` of the upper rooms which nothing could wash out, of mysterious noises in corridors and ptxssnges, of cries by night and queer rustlings by day. 1-T.4nv lnnrr thn nlrl hnusn had stood mgnr. and queer rusulugs uy uuy. How long the old house had stood empty no one know; people hardly knew -indeed when It had been inhab- ited. The blue smoke had curled up- ward from the chimneys of the cha- teau many long months before it was noticed, and then there was little or no intercourse .botwccn the occupants and the villagers. ` nnnn nvnv-u '.vr-nl: n nnr wng rh-I1-an unu Luc Vuutguru. _ ` Once every `week a cart was driven from the chateau to St. Remy by 3 amczntacamil-;aca1s=:c:a:==:::: u :=I:=:m`u=II=a_=:mm::: THE WHITE ROSE. _.___- CHAPTER xxxil. _LA-. .__._ ...s a ring his quesuon. . she replied; I , I =.=a=:===: -I : surly-looking mun-a. Belgian evi- dently, Irom his accent. He` made his purchtises without. more com- ments than they-.casi0n demanded; and i! any one.prcs_umed to question him asto the number of the house- hold--if it were madame or monsieur whom they had the honor of serving -his reply was a. gloomy suggestion that -the'inquirer should mind his V own naix-s. I [\IIKVr\I\(1 .I....... 4I...:.. ......_ ..____.u_._--,, uwu lllH.!ll'S. Persons drew their own conclusions Articles -of every kind were purchas- ed-books. papers. cigars, wines, old" cognac. There Jnust. certainly be u gentleman living` at. t.he clmteau, and a. lady too; there-was no` mistake about tlmt. Gro.duaHy, however, all curiosity ceased. for the simple reu- son that it. was never gratiiietl, and the Clmteuu Fleuris remained as great. a. mystery as ever. `But, after it time, one of the inhabitants of the old house issued from her seclusion. Qhn Inn: :1 Oull A.{uI_- 1-C'nCn`1I 11111.. uxu HUUSO ISSUED ITOIX} He!` SCCIUSIUII. She was a. tall, dark. stately wo- man, with a. strange beauty `of her own. A story or passion was writ._- ten on her - face. The dark eyes burned with almost`lurid light, 'a. / grand but distorted. darkened soul I lookud out of them with proud, pain- |_ed defiance. V Qlin nun! `nnrIII(\r\`-`uv On Q` `l")nnuv- Uu UUIIILHCU. - '_ She went frequently to St. Remy; 1 no one know whether she was wife. or widow. She Lever spoke of hus- band or children; but she \\7ore 0. \\'e(ldin_t;'-'ring. and _eu.lle(l herself Mo.- 1 vdame St. Ange. She always wore ` black, loose, g'race1'ully-lnmging gur- ments that fell in statuesque tolds about her; she walked with a. proud stately grace that was peculiar to herself- Once, us. she was passing down the Rue d'Espa.g`ne. It pretty little gix-l'fe1l down ,1). few yards -in . ly. The child's cries were piteous. heard the child. yet Illudeme St. Agno did not go up to her. as any kind-hearted women would have done, and raise her from the ground; she had no words of sweet womanly compassion for her, but stepped aside so that even her dress should not touch the litt1e.o nc. Witlra. cry on her lips, the mother cunierusliing out of her house, ~ and sew madame passing by with raised `advance of her, and hurt herself had- heud, as though she neither saw nor ' .... . u,,1 u;I_-L uvsuu vuu ugunu. "Who are you?;' She. cricd,M"tl1at you treat my pretty child as though; {she were the dust. under -your fcet?"' cm. In! nl.xm.rI hm-cnli. en nnn'1nInfn- (101110 DOE LRK8 RHULIXUF SLUIJ lUl'\Vi.1l. u. "Your child is nothing to me; let. mo pa.ss," madame said lmuglmtily; and the mother almost forgot the injured little one in her anp;c-r. '\\.'hn nrn \.`nu9 nhn rnnnntod. in n. u HUILI l/I ' The dark face. lowered now. ashed defumcu at. her. "A n-zu-.nnv."a `-:nnII"' chn | ....u 0.... ..-, .......-... ,_........ ., . The erce words and erce look .so completely startled the woman that she stepped aside and picked up her `injured child without, saying another _Word; but all day long she could not. `forget, what 1n-aduxno had said- A. woman's heart. should always be .xua.Lle of stone! Mine is, thunk Heaven!" ' ` 1!`: .n. . . .-- . -.. S110 WCFC L110 uust. uuucr -yutu` xucw She luul placed herself- so complete- ly before the -haughty lady` that she ` could not take another step forward. "\7nIn- nhI'llI 39 nn1hinn'1'n 'lI`\.` I01 . lmurou nnue one 111 nor ungu.-r. Who are you? she repeutqd, in n. shrill angry voice. "who have a. woman's shape and "not. a. woman's I he0.x'L?" ' 'l`lsn An.-Yr fn nn Innnuwn uHn*l\I In IlU\V, u.-`$1100 UUIXLLHCU LU HUI`. "A womun"s heart!" she replied. with bitturost. scorn. A .wnnmn s `heart. should always be m:ulc_ of stone! _ Mine is, tl1m11:,I-Iexwen!" I nu, n, A _. ,,,I n,,,_, 1 ,1, ,, I .l ain!" hu`1ghe(1 Madame St. Ange `to herself. "She calls that pain- a broken limb. a. wounded arm, a few jbruises! Ah, Heaven, what, do they {know ot'.p:1in? I would endure the most. terrible` physical "suffering if it would but raise me fromymy living death." " Aflnu 6|-gal J-Ian I\n1\v\`t\ Isntn.-I I... .4 UURI L11. After that thopeople lmtod her: they had heard the story of how she lhud passed the injured child-without even dc-igning to look `at it`. I C'n(l.n uvnnua nlhul nu and 41... vs. ux.-an-nu nu Avvnn Ivu av- ] Sothc yours rolled on, and thell g evil reput.u.tion~of'the Chateau 1-`louv- ~is remained. During all that time` '1\1u.dame St. Ange had never made` one call, had never udxnittetl ono vis- itor, had never. so the postnmn said, received one letter. had never been iscen inside a." church-. had done up- _pan'cntl_v no single thing that any lbenevolenf. Christ.i&1n hvhr should do. No man or woman ever asked her for ichurity, and in the whole of `St. ` Remy there was not a. living soul to l whom she had shown the leastlkind-* nun: UUES. ' A large fair was held yearly at. St. Remy, at which .for all the country-people to assem- lble. Madame St. Ange detested this `fair. and denounced it in very !vigoi-ous language, forbidding any `of her household to attend it. When, lfrom the pealing of all the bells of_ St. Remy and the distant music of the bands, she found that the coun- ;try people were enjoying themselves. -she would walk over to I-Ii1nire-sur- :Rl1one, _where no vulgar sounds of ,- pleasure came; for I-Iilairo was essen- `ltially an aristocratic place, with pretty scenery. ' A "great `source of attraction was a. mineral spring that l l1n.d_been`wdiscovere(l some years be- ` fore. and a. fine building had been erected in connection with it. There werebuths, a. large assembly-room- where dancing took place and grand balls were given-and, last but not , least, there was a. well-managcd lib- _ rary, which was a. boon to all the _ inhabitants. It consisted of two _ large rooms, one lled with .well- _ selected books. the other furnished , with reading-t'ables and easy-chairs. Here newspapers of all kinds. `espec- ially English, could be found. . The Times," the Graphic, the Illustrated London News, and several of the so- ciety journals were axnong the..nun1- ber, probably because many of the _ villas`were'occupi'ed by English `peo- - pie. ` n- ..'......4...... .-.. 11':I.-!.... b....n l.In;I Lin it was the customv l 1 r-W . No creature in I-Tilaim troubled his or her head about the Chateau Fleur- is. Tliatsucli a place existed on the other `side of the forest they all. knew, but no one ever nsked who` lived there. The librarian could have given any one the address of Madame St. Ange, for he very oftezi supplied her with boxes of books; but beyond that he knew nothing Qf her. Herdid not know her by-sight; the surly Belgian tramsuctea all-.tl1encc~ sliglluy essury business. Madame St. Ange went occasionally to` I~Iilaire-sur-I Rhone, paid the entrance fee to the librmgv, and-rea.c_l_ the papers; the society journals especially she read with eager avidity. but generally laid them down wlth it deep-,drn.\vn bitter sigh. So many visitors came and went. that she attracted no atten- tion; certainly she seldom entered the rending-rooms- when any one was tln:-re: she chose purposely the early, hours of the day and rainy days, when the English invalids seldom `I ventured out. Vn4'oIn Onnlv un 0'11: FIn-u-`pa if Iwnu ' V011 Luruu Ullb. Yet she took up the Times; it was lying t.hc1'c'-in piles, every number for some weeks past. The Ilrst, thing she saw wusvthe a.d\'ertison1ent al-- ` luding`. 'to herself. One hundred` pounds rcwm-d -was offered to uny' one who could give contain informa- tion as to Lola do Forms death; or, if it could be proved that she Was` still living, the innount. would be doubled. The color of her face changed as she read. _ "T.ivinn' nr dnnrL-\\`hn`.`. nnn Hanv unu.ugl:u [L3 5110 ruuu. "Living or. dead--what can they. Want with me in either case?" she said to herself. "It, is. it must be Dolores!" she cried. I`Innn nu`-un Inn`.-nrl nnn-In~11r nf {kn or`- .\Vl|Jl IHU. llllll \Vl|U 135 Jul`. Dl liL\V{ She looked through the file of. the: Times and saw that every copy` con-E laiued the same advertisement; then" ishc examined the other English news- papers, and found to her surpn-ise that therewvns a similar announce- ment, in each. She put; her hand to her head with a. bewildered air. l4-'.- .. mm.-. A: 1\I:\|In-'17 clan LIU|Ul'U! llU UFIULI. Then she looked eagerly at the ad- drcss--"Lord Fielden, or Mr. Shaw, Waterloo Road, London." 1.I|:I nu. twuvc .v.. ..\.n,\.., .......u\-... "What can it.menu? Wlm.t can have ha.ppcned?"- she asked herself. Wlmt can Lord Fielden have to do with me? And who is Mr. Shaw?" uh.` `Anlrn 4-Inn-unvla flan Rh. nf fhn` UB1` HUIIU \\'lLll {L UU W1 uucruu uu . It's a. ruse of D0lo1'c."," she, t.hou ght. And yet. she knew ,thutj Lady Allzunnore had left England 1011;; `years before. "l`|m first idnn. thni. nnmnrrnd in her: lUll}," .yULU'S ,UUlUl'L'. I The first idea. that occurred to her} was `that some one who had known. her in the olden days hxulhdicd and left her some money. _ "T (In nnf wnnf if " `clan nun-n\ur- IUIL HUI` SUHIU 1HUHU_y. "I do not Want i't,," she ' ed; "all the money ih the would _not. be the least; l uu:. ` Yet. she reflected, it could hardlyg be 1.11-.\t. Livin_'.:.or dead." Whati could it mean? If Dolores had had,` anything to say to her she would! have sougl1t_hor long since. Per- haps she was dead. .'.Do1ores dead ! ` Her face ushed hotlyund her eyes gleamed ercely. ' Mn. L- 11...! " `.1... man! on In-u~_I naval, nu... V .v..:,.... . ' 5 She looked carefully 1.h'I`0ilg`h the 1ist._of "De-aths, but she did not find 1)olor name there. A "T Iuulur` `r\-\1!n Inn:-nnzl if in cnvnn - 5u;.uu\'-u up; us a; . But the dead," she said to 1101'- sclf, suffer no longjcl. r1I._ u,._\__.1 _._.`,:..n_. .1.-.....-.....I. 41... (Ly llLll.|_5HU IUUU, Sill! uu)u_'5u(.. 1]; I Why was Search being made for j t`, her m'ter n1ore than sixteen years 1 had c1u.psed? Night came, but she 5 could not sleep; the succeeding duyij; brought no rest. Through theVlong;t, wakeful hours the question hzLun1.ed1- her, "Why do they Want me? .' The t days grew iiito weeks. niul her very ' 1- Ilife seemed to be in danger from the I 1 [one strong desire to know what. had V ` happened. _-She would not write, she _ 1 would never volunt.uril_v_ let. any ofg her old friends know where she was 1 living. -'1`he only course |.hereforc_c which remained for her was to go t over to England and ascerta._in for) Izerself wlmt' was the meaning .of 5 these mysterious udvertisetxieiits. I _, vl' llllll .lIUlUl'(_.'H .ll'cL1_llU lll.'l'U. _ . I must have learned it in somc_ wuyv had_shc "died," she: thought. 6 \\;l`\\t wng cnnrr-h hnincr wnnrln for-' . V it Mine. St. Ange `decided rapidly, '1 and she ~lost no time carrying out; her plans. ]t was many years since I ' she haul left England. and one would 5 have imagined there would be butil little dungcref her peing recognized. i I Yet, when she stood beforea, glass ! that more than sixteen years bel'ore .5 had reectedher superb beauty, it : seemed to her that she was but little -changed. It Was true that theif ` bloom of her youth was dimmed, and I that sorrow had left its traces on if her face and somewhat marred its "5 loveliness. The light, too, of the 5 _dark eyes had grown, fierce. and the!` [lines round the lips were cold and cruel; indeed the whole expression was one of bitterness, deance, pride, and sullen gloom. But nothing ' could rob her of her distinguished ` bearing, of the proud gmceiul car- ` riuge of the head, the beautiful curves of the neck, shoulders, and ' vligurepand her magnicent hair had lost none of its dusky beauty. Those ` who had known her in her youth would know her now. 'I`|ls....n Ivwasn un4~lru`nn< (An :4 H114 Hie- woulu l\'U\V HUI IlU\V. There was nothing for it but dis- guise. She could see that. although . her proud heart revoltecl against it; she lmted the very thought of going back to her old home, the place over {vhich she haul reigned as queen, in an assumed clmmcter. T clsnll I\n17 in cup`-{Hon nut hnnn- an IISSUIHCU ClHLl'llCLUI'. I slmll have to su.crice my beau- ty," she thought: but. that need not alarm me. It lads, not done much for me." ` ~r_r....:.... ........-. 4... n.:.. A..,.:.-:.... `M ..- I0!` mu. - _ Having come to this decision, Mn- damo Ange made the necessary purchases to ell'ect. :1. disguise; and when, after two hours seclusion, she enlergecl from her room the transfor- mation wus complete. In her plzice stood (I. whit.e-lm11'ed old wom-.m.' whose face was lined and pule.. It had been no small sacrice to ma- dame to cut `oil some of her luxur- iant .=:h_ining' locks, but in no _dther way could she conceal her dark tres- A(:0MPAR.\TI\'!-1 AREA or-* CANADA, (snmsnv LINES) AUSTRALIA, (nLAcx<) AND EUROPE (WHITE) MINUS RUSSIA AND SCANDXNAVIA. CHAPTER XXXIII. r \VlUlL .ll.:, __ EMU lLlul`111lll"'6 : in the world usq to THE TBARVRIE EXAMINER, THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1 By the earliest. train in the morn- `3 lug Mme. St. Ange went on to Deep- t ing. There was no closing of the .Icyes now. She sat quite upright, 0: watching the familial` scenes. V She ilmew every field. every V clump of] 1' frees; she saw in the distance the 3 Ficlden woods. the gray towers of 9] Scarsclule, and the forest near Deep- V ling Ilurst. She stopped at the sta- _2`; tion. on the platform of which, with flgher kindly loving mother.- she had 0 been hundreds of times, alxvays hape V py, triumphant, blitlzo and gay.` G`1\'ow she came to it alone. unloved, f1 with the seeds of xleatlx and a life- 041011;; hate in her licart. ` >fi There was an omnibus waiting to 8 take passengers to Deeping. The e_conductor looked at her as she/en-. 0 tered.. .-l uun......\ 4.-. -u\\n'nrY\`)" lm -mid wifh ses beneath the white` wig that she nnxv \vnrn \VllH SKIIHUI HHCS UPON. Hz. . 5 "Shall I ever look like that. real- ly, I wonder?" she said . "Shall I grow ugly, white and withered as. I appcarto be now`? What will it. mat.tcr? 1.lmvc Zivcd but for one object, and that object. I have gain- MI, I H()\V \VUl'C. V She had been somewhat scared and bexvildercd at, her own reflection in the glass. Of wlmt use was beauty after all? There was no trace of it. left with her white hair and eye- brows. Thc shape of the forehead was hidden by the low white front, the expression of her face totally al- tered hy the pallid gray coloring Iwitlx skillful lines upon it. I "Shnll "I niinr lnnk lilen H1511 . rna.l- I . it was a. bright, beautiful morning `when Mme. St. Ange left the cha- teau. She would not look -at the beautiful country :.hrough which she was pa. vineyards, the hills crowned with n1_','rtles, the lzulghing streams, the quaint old towns with gray church-towers. No beauty of land or sky should touch her heart. She hardened horse-If against it. .Wlmt if the birds sung, the flowers_ bloomed, and the golden sunlight flushed upon green me-aclows and sil- ver streams? It was all less than nothing to her - 2|. xvom-an whose lxeurt was hardened. 1)--nun!-luv I\ nnnnrl h0.\IIiIvAl` Ixnu and lUJU.I'L \VllS llD.l'UBHG(l. ' Presently it sound rou:-med her and sent, the color in a hot. ush to her face. It. W-us'1.he noise of the Waivesl lon-the shore. She opened her eyes sthen, and in 1.hcir_depths there was `a look of keen pain. ' 3 A fnur nxinnfnu lninv chn Int: nn CHAPTER - XXXI.--( Continued) Lord Fie1den's own idea. was that Lola. had taken refuge in France; it .was most. probable for mu.ny.ren- SOIXS. and he `spent some weeks in Paris. _The Paris olclals began to - grow interested in the search; even 1 the Russian detective ..service had _ been drawn into the business; no news that the telegraphic ~ wires could have eshed from one end of the world to the other would have given greater satisfaction than the intelligence that. living or dead, and . scmething was known of Lola. de Fer- 1'ns_ ' U IUU1\ U1 l\l.'UH pulu. A few minutes later she was on board the Queen of the Seas. An elderly lady, plainly dressed, she passed tmuoticed. How vividry she rc-munbered the time when, from the moment she had stopped on board !until she haul left the stealner. she `had been the one g'rea.t attraction. All that was ended now; She had, as it Were. been dead and buried all {these long years. 1 l`lm whitn nlik: rn hm` n.t :LllU.`wC IUXI}; `VL'ill`5. - The white (zlils ruse before her at! last. She alone knew why it was Umt she "trembled and faltered when `her feet touclxud English ground. I On lnndinnr ghn rnnl: :1 ticket. to IHCI` ICUL lUlu.'1ll:u 11411511311 51 uuuu. On landing she took a ticket to London, intending, after resting one !night there, to go to Dceping on ithe morrow. Arrived in the metro- [ polls, she went. to an hotel that long {years before Mme. de 1"c1'rns` haul, ;1nzule her home. It had changed Psinco. those days, and the proprietor had little time to spare for the plain- > ly-dressed elderly woman who asked for 0. bedroom and wanted nothing Immigrmits with tuberculosis of the lungs hereaftervwill be debar-V _ red from allports of the United . States regardless of-boards of spec'- ` ~ial inquiry, `which heretofore `have used their discretion in the matter. . The order, issued, by Superintendent -ofv Im1nig1'a.t,ion Powderlyi is manda- _ tory. The Board of Special In- `_ quiry, at Ellis Island. after receiv- V ing the report on a case of tubercu- losis from Dr. G. W. Stoner. chief of . the medical division of the immigra- -, Lion serviceat. New York, will mere- L ly have to debut` the immigrant. The Supervising Surgeon-Genoral of the . `Marine Hospital Service, at Wash- ington has dec1a.1'ed that tubercu- _ losis of the lungs is now considered , a dangerous contagious disease." ereu. . - I Where to, In-.1'am?" he said, with a. touch of his hat. I cl... unnvv1nv'u\"|n)|n!` Han nnrnn nf nnhr toucn 01 ms nan. She remembered the name of only vonc place. . l "'l`hn nhvgwnr-.h Arms Hotel." she vone place. "The Rhysworth Arms Hotel," answered; and her blood grew cold as she uttered the words. Al llmn I.)ln1iawvnrfh Avnnu {horn worn she ul,u:I'cu ule wurus. ' At the Rhysworth Arms there were new faces - 'no one recognized her. She wanted a sitting -room and a. ` bedromn--she could not tell for how ilong. She was on her way to the VNort.h of England, but wanted a) rest. ! She might. roxnuin tivo or three days, '01` :1 \\'eck-it,~w-as uncertain. . n`|\nn nvhn uiinnnrl unnn 'l\`hnn '01` \Yecl{--lL*\v'as uIu:un.u.u1. Those who attended upon Mme. St. Ange ndticecl her curious man- 'nr-r. her bewildered, looks, her strange ;face and wild burning eyes. Still ,' she seemed to have plenty of money, `and t,ha.t was the chief considera- 1 tion. . _ I l"I"'n `kn nnn4innntl\` ..............__... A young gentleman the `otlxer day- `askcd a. young lady wlmt, she thought of the 1m1rried state in gen- eral. V Not knowing, I can't tell, was the reply; but. if you and I wc-re to put. our heads together I could give you denite answer, nun- Then Lord Fielden had another idea, he believed that it was very probable she would be found in some religious house, in one of those in- stitutions where 'wcu.ried hearts nd rest. So" in England and France the strong arm of the law was brought into force; but the search in this direction was eqmiliy futile. The. : dark beautiful, 1-awe which brought ruin and desolation` Scarsdule remained undiscovered. 71- I`-unn nlnnnuf nit-ilnl in nan had to knit! VCONSUMPTIVES ARE BARRED. (TO be continued)`. I had a. chat the other day with the sheep king of Australia. the big- gest sheep owner of this great sheep` continent, says Frank G. Carpentexn! from Sydney, Australia. Australia is the wool centre of the world. It. has more than 100,000,000 sheep! and it. cuts enough wool from their. backs to bring in $100,000,000 a. _x-`eu.r. It has some of the largest` ocks of sheep_ ever gathered togeth- sir .I'nh'.~: nnffhn nnnn n ihnugnnd: UUUKS OI SIICUP. CVUY gLllCTU(l LUBL'l.H- | `er. hills Job's cattle upon a. thousand cannot, compare in, New `alone who each own there There are a hundred .men South Wales 50.000 head; `more who have 20,000, four hundred who eachhave 10,000 and many who own ward. ocks of a thousand and up`- 'l`here are twenty-one men in who each own 100,000 this state sheep, and McCaughey, the kingof them all, has more than All these sheep are owned by Sam- ONE MILLION SHEEP. uel_ McCax ghey, came _ to Australia in 1856 with practically nothing. He failed at first and started again with a small ock, and from year to year has ad- ded to his holdings until he has`-now more sheep than any other man in the world. He has more acres of land than sheep, and his possessions ` are in the best parts `of Australia. I > am told that one of his farms on the Darling `Downs is thirty-six miles long and forty miles wide. He has other stations in New South Wales, and altogether he owns more than a million acres and leases about a mil- lion or so more. His estates are fenced off with wire into great pad- an Irishman, who He has sunk artesian wells to sup- ply_them with .water, and he im- ports the finest of Vermont rams to improve his stock. At one shearing he sold- a million and a. quarter pounds of wool. and at another the product amounted to 12,000 bales. Some ofhis ordinary sheep have cut as much as twenty-two pounds of ty-five averaged over sixteen pounds each. One of his rams, which took I]. premium at a recent sheep. show, had a eece upon it which, he told me, would cut forty-ve pounds, and although he was oered $5,000 for the sheep he refused it, V docks, in which the sheep are kept." wool. and at a recent shearing twen-~ with them. i I` 21 are hundreds ~ It will surprise our iariners to know that it. is not an uncommon thing in Australia for a blooded ram Ito. sell for $2,000 and upwards. There are sheep sales here every year at which t1l0'bl.`St stock is sold at auction, and a number of instances have occurred in which rams have sold for a thousand guinbas, or more than $5,000 each. 1 have before.me the highest prices of the sheep sales ` during the past. ten years. In 1900 eight; sheep were sold from 81,500! to $5,000 each. In 1901 the highest price paid was $3,500, but in 1896 the ram President. owned by James Gibson. sold for $8,000, while one of Mr. 1\IcCaughe_v's sheep brought. $2,500. In 1897 W. H., (l'il)son'sold the ram Roya1ist" for` $5,000. and in 1889 I`homas Gibson sold "Admiral" for 1.500 gui11e:1s,()1` $7,500. At these sales hundreds of sheep sold from $100 to $1,000, and many "sold for between $1,000 and $5,000. In 1896 Mr. Gibson got on" the average $830 for the sheep he brought to the sale. and in 1890 his average Was_$1,630, while in 188!) he received 011 the average $1,200 This will show you that it pays to breed line sheep in .Australia, and will give you some idea of_ the enor- mous value of Mr. McCaughe_v s holdings, nmny of the sheep` being very fme. Tn rnv a-hnf with `Afr 1\l'n(`.nurrhm: /\ vv A A l\AI\_ A A qpgn` ;\_/xi/\ /=4/\ 13,1;/\ /\ :\_ /\_I\ A I\ _I\ I\ vv'vevvv%v v'1v vK7*v;vVv`z`v -JV vivtv V ; 3` ` u/i` vvv' vx vvvvv vt:1_y nuu. In my chat with Mr. McCaughey he told me that he had been import-. ing Vermont, rams for almost, twenty years. Said he: T tvonf fn Vnrrnnnf. first in 1886 years. oauu nu. - I went to_Vcrmont. first in 1886 and picked out 120 ewes and .40 rams. I sent, them to Australia. and used them for` breeding. The follow- ing spring I went. baci: and bought 102 more sheep. and since then 1 have bouglit quite 0. lot of Verxnont stock. My pure Vermont. sheep now number about two thousand, and I have sold many during the last ten years." "Rnf in if nnf nvrmnr:i\.'n fn rrnf. Hm SIIUUIJ IIUIU IFUHJ. VUI hl\Ill|..' .I. uanuu. Yes. My rst. importation, not. including the cost of the sheep. foot- ed up to $45,()00, but I think that the results have fully .justie(l the cxpend_itures. - I value my Vermont ock at 50 guineasa head. I have sold some of them at 500 guineas or . 2.500. I sold a nun tuday for $2.- 000. and I.ha.ve sold ewes as high as ' S750." -n-run . `n- nnn :<'v7v1'.\1'\ 1'r\n1.'c< y|:zL1'b. "But is it. not expensive to get. the sheep here from \/'crxm>ut. ?" 1 asked. Vnc `ATV I`n~ imnrn-fntinn, nnt. r.u.:u.x`auu.Lu reuuuneu. IHIUISCOVGIWJU. It was almost pitiful to see how, Gertrude and Lord Fielden Watclxedl, the post-tl1e_sickness of hope deferr- ed indeed made the young `girl's heart sink. One morning 0. `whole bundle of letters came; none of them contained any news of puru'cul:u- in- terest. but they occupied considcmblo time in the reading` and Imswering. "1' -wnndnr `Lorri Finldnn," nnitlz