- PS 'ward, "are held in their appointed .whatever lies concealed beneath, OR, A SERVICE TO THE STATE CHAPTER III.--(Cout'd) Wajib: Baksh did not reply for a lew moments. His instinct told lim what his master wanted, and he was not disposed to answer has- jily, for he also saw that his repu- tation as the most cunning crafts- 'man in India was at stake. "Tf the Heaven-born will permit me the night for thought,' he said at last, "I will come to him when he rises from his bed and tell him what I can do, and he can then give his orders.' ee "Very gocd,"' said Carne. '"Then to-morrow morning I shall expect thy report. Let the work be good, and there will be many rupees for thee to touch in return. As to the lock and the way it shall act, let that be the concern of Hiram Singh." Wajib Baksh ealaamed and with- drew, and Simon Carne for the time being dismissed the matter from his mind. Next morning, while he was dressing, Belton reported that the two artificers desired an interview' with him. He ordered them to be admitted, and forthwith they en- tered the room. It was noticeable that Wajib Baksh carried in his hand a heavy box, which he placed 'upon the table. "Have ye thought over the mat- ter?" he asked, seeing that the men waited for him to speak. "We have thought of it," replied Hiram Singh, who always acted as spokesman for the pair. "If the Presence will deign to look, he will see that we have made a box of the size and shape as he drew upon the paper."' "Yes, it is certainly a good copy," said Carne condescendingly, after he had examined it. © Wajib Baksh showed his teeth in appreciation of the compliment, and Hiram Singh drew loser to the table.- "'And now, if the Sahib will open it, he will in his wisdom be able to tell if it resembles the other that he has in mind." Carne opened the box as re- quested, and discovered that the interior was an exact counterfeit of the Duchess of Wiltshire's jewel case, even to the extent of the quilted leather lining which had been the other's principal feature. He admitted that the likeness was all that could be desired. 'As he 's satisfied,' said Hiram Singh. 'it may be that the Protec- tor of the Poor will deign to try an experiment with it. See, here is a comb. Let it be placed in tne box, so--now he will see what he will ree."' The bread, silver-backed comb, | lying upon his dressing-table, was) placed on the bottom of the box, | the lid was closed, and the key! turned in the lock. The case being securely fastened, Hiram Singh laid it before his master. "JT am to open it, I suppose?" said Carne, taking the key and re- placing it in_the lock. "Tf my master pleases,"' the other. Carne accordingly turned it in the leck, and, having done so, replied raised the lid and looked inside.) He had purchased) it that morning business. His astonishment was complete. Tol all intents and purpeses ane box was empty. The comb was not to} be seen, and yet the quilted sides) and bottom were, to all appearance: | es, just the same as when he had | tom he closed the lid and turned the! reaching ore | Square, I found first locked inside. "This is most wonderful," he t necklace was gone, and even though) vants were said. And indeod it was as clever) a conjuring trick as any he had ever seen. "Nay, it is very simple,' Wajib Baksh replied. "The Heaven-born told me that there must be nu risk of detection." He toek the box in his own hands and, running his nails down -the centre of the quilting, divided the false bottom into two pieces; these he lifted out, revealing the comb lying upon the real bottom beneath. "The sides. as my lord will see,"' said Hiram Singh, taking a step for- places by these two springs. Thus, when the key is turned the springs relax, and the sides are driven by others into their places on the bottom, where the seams in the quilting mask the join. There is ut one disadavantage. It is as follows: When the pieces which form the bottom are lifted out in order, that my lord may get at the springs must of necessity stand revealed. - However, to any ohe who knows sufficient of the work- ing of the box to lift out the false bottom. it will be an easy matter te withdraw the springs and con- them about his, person."' that 21 easy mat- shall not be likely to forget. Now one other question. Presuming I am in @ position to put the real box into your hands for say eight hours, do you think that in that time you can fit it up so that detection will impossible ?"' ee '"'Assuredly, my lord,", replied fiiram Singh with conviction. "There is but the lock and the fit- ting of the springs.to be done. Three hours at most. would suffice for that."' ; _*T am pleased with you," said Carne. "As a proof of my satis: faction, when the work is finished you will each receive five hundred rupees. Now you can go." According to his~ promise, ten o'clock on the Friday following found him in his hansom driving towards Belgrave Square. He was a little anxious, though the casual observer would scarcely have been able t tell it. The magnitude of the stake for which he was playing was enough to try the nerve of even such a past master in his profession as Simon Carne. Arriving at the house he discov- ered some workmen erecting an awning across the footway in pre- paration for the ball that was to take place at night. It was not long, however, before he found him- self in tne boudoir, reminding Her Grace of her promise to permit aim an opportunity of making a drawing of the famous jewel case. The Duchess was naturaliy busy, and within a quarter of an hour he was on his way home with the box placed on the seat of the carriage beside him. "Now," he said, as he patted it good-humoredly, '"'if only the no- tion worked out by Hiram Singh and Wajib Baksh holds good, the famous Wiltshire diamonds will be- come my property before very many | hours are passed. By this time to-| morrow, I suppose, London will be' all agog concerning the burglary.' On reaching his house he left his carriage, and himself. carried the box intu his study. Once there he} rang his bell and ordered Hiram, Singh and Wajib Baksh to be sent] to him. When they arrived he! showed them the box upon which | they were to exercise their ingenu- ity. "Bring your tools in here," he said, "and do the work under my) own eyes. You-have « but nine hours before von, so you must' make the most of them." | The men went for their imple- | ments, and as soon as they were ready set to werk. All through | the dav they were kept hard at it, | with the result that by five o'clock | the alterations had been effected} and the case stood rendy. By the! time Carve returned from his af-! ternuon drive in the Park it was quite prepared for the part it was. to play in) his scheme. Having praised the men, he tursed isem out and locked the door, then went, across the room and unlocked a, drawer in his writing-table. From) it he touk a flat leather jewel case, | which he opened. It contained a| necklace of counierfeit diamonds, | if anything a little larger than the one he intended to try to obtain. | | I | | in the Burlington Areade for the purpose of te-ting the Spper aks his servants had made, and this he now preceeded to de. Laying it carefully upon the bot-| key. When he opened it again the he knew the secret he could not, for the life uf itn see where the) false beottum began and ended. Af-| ter that he reset the trap and tossed the necklace carelessly - in. To his delight it acted as well as on the previous oceasion. He cou scarcely contain his satisfaction. His conscience was suffic'ently elas- tic to give him no trouble. To him it was searcely a robbery he was planning, but an artistic trial of skill, in which he pitted his wits and cunning against the forces of society in general. At half-past seven he dined, and afterwards smoked a meditative cigar over the evening payer in tho billiard-room. The invitations to the ball were for ten o'clock, and at nine-thirty he went to his dress- ing-room. "Make me-tidy as quickly as you can," he said.to Belton when the latter appeared, "and while you are doing so listen to my final in- structions." "To-night, as you know, I am endeavoring to secure the Duchess of Wiltshire's necklace. To-1n0rrow morning all London will resound i oe good. Now give me th Ty he} jewel case, and let me be off. ' rT Square, and, as he hoped, found himself the first guest. His hostess and her husband re- ceived him in the ante-room of the drawing-room. "T come laden with a thousand apologies," he said as he took Her Grace's hand, and bent over it with that ceremonious politeness which was one of the man's chief characteristics. "I am most uncon- sciously. early, I know, but I hast- ened here in order that I might personally return the jewel case you so kindly lent me. I must trust to your generosity to forgive me. The drawi gs took longer than I ex- ected."' 'Please do not apologize,'"' an- swered Her Grace. "It is'very kind of you to have brought the case yourself. I hope the illustrations have proved successful. I shall look forward to seeing them as soon as they are ready. But I am keep- ing you holding the box. One of my servants will take it to my room."' She called a footman to her, and bade him take the box and place it upon her dressing-table. "Before it goes I myst let you see that I have not damaged it ei ther externally or internally," said Carne with a laugh. "It is such a valuable case that I shculd never forgive myself if it had even received a scratch during the time it has been in my possession." So saying he lifted the lid and allowed her to look inside. To all appearance it was exactly the same as when she had lent it to him ear- lier in the day. "You have been most careful," she said. And then, with an air of banter, she continued: "If you de- sire it, I shall be pleased to give you a certificate to that effect." They jested in this fashion for a few moments after the servant's departure, during which time Carne promised to call upon her the fol- lowing morning at eleven o'clock, and to bring with him the illustra- tions he had made and a queer lit- tle piece of china he had had the good fortune to pick up in a deal- er's shop the previous afternoon. 3y this time fashionable London was making its way up the grand staircase, and with its appearance further conversation became im- possible. . Shortly after midnight Carne bade his hostess good-night and gards the fruit industry, and the| |] | manifest need of a Protective tariff/ ||' ' ~bety in Can-| + solani ada and the United States as re- for Canadian fruit growers have| been clearly shown in a series of . articles by Dr. George Charles| | Buchanan of Beamsville, Ont., Pre-|} | sident of the Ontario and Western| Co-operative Society. Dealing with the Niagara peninsula Dr. Buchanan says :-- There are in the Niagara Penin- sula about 350 square miles of land on which fruit can be well grown, not counting such districts as An- caster and Dundas. Between To- ronto and Hamilton there is an- other 100 square miles; in all at least 288,000 acres. has stood the searching test of Established in 1854 EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR possible because of its consistent high quality. FROM YOUR GROCER. Tho Canada Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal J & preserving time. This is only by John Redpath. ~~ Not all of this is peach land, not even probably 20 per cent. ©f it. ut very little of it is of n» use for ~ any fruit. Much.gan be made fine) z peach land by drainage, or good apple, plum or grape land; some is only good for berries, but all of it is in a good fruit climate. The unplanted land is waiting to double or quadruple in value, whenever, the market demands more fruit. It may be assumed that the value of this land for general; farming is not over $100 per acre, | and that for fruit purposes it is; \_ THE FARM | worth $500 per acre; although much of the peach land is worth $1,000 per acre; and that where it ] has to be drained, draining wil J setae cases probably out ) average about $20 per acre. a hundred where cows in a herd It can further be stated that|#Te mot producing satisfactory peach land at. $1,000 per acre jg | profits the results are due to a lack known to pay a good return on the/of system in the management. In investment in the hands of practi-| the first place the breeding of the cal growers. If we take the very|herd may be at fault, but this is low estimate of 10,000 acres plant-/ not always a criterion, and the ed at $500 per acre we have a value farmer is not justified in jumping of $50 0vv,000 for the orchard and to hasty conclusions. The cow is berry lands. | really a machine for the purpose Now as our home market grows, of turning roughage, meal, grass, and in our home market we have Treets, etc., into milk. One does no competition, every acre of this not know whether or not a machine 288,000 has potentially the same has profitable capacity until it is value, and fully half is unplanted. put to the test. Ifa farmer weighed There are in Canada about 8,000,- the milk of his herd of, say, ten 000 people, the United States, Cows and fed the cows alike, he claim 93,000,000. However that might come to the conclusion tnat may he, our present soft fruit acre-|all the cows were doing well, or he age is fully equal to supplying Might come to the very opposite Canada. It is safe to say there is conclusion, that they were all un- not over 12,000 acres of peaches in/ Profitable. In both cases he might Eastern Canada. If this supplies) be wrong. The only correct basis 8,000,000 people it would take.on which to estimate the yield of 150,000 acres to supply 93,000,000, # herd of cows is individual per- people, but there are 180,000 acres formance. Then he knows that of peaches in Georgia alone. certain cows are making good use of the food they consume; others are making poorer use, and per- haps still better use. As soon as the question of individual spreduc- ion is soived he is at once in "pos- we. ANGRY SAMOAN WOMEN. with the hubbub, and I have heen making 'my plans in such a way as hi to arrange that Klimo shall be the' first- Ited. Whe slipped away. He was perfectly satisfied with his evening's enter- tainment, and if the key of the jewel case were not turned before the jewels were placed in it, he was convinced they would become his property. It speaks well for his strength of nerve when I re- cord the fact that on going to bed his slumbers were as peaceful and untroubled as 'those of a little ehild. Breakfast was scarcely over next morning before a hansom drew up at his front door and Lord Amber- ley alighted. He was ushered into Carne's presence forthwith, and on seeing that the latter was surprised at his early visit, hastened to ex- plain. "My dear fellow,"? he said, as he took posses$ion of the chair the other offered him, "'I have come ! round tu see you on most important As I told vou Jast night at the dance, when you sv kindly asked me to come and see the steam yacht yow have purchased, I had an appointment with Wiltshire at Armed With Whips and Sticks They Attacked a Male Critic. The latest néws from the South Seas brings a story which iHus- ; trates, in a fashion at once comic | and serious, the chief difficulty of 'the German empire-builder in Sa- 'moa, to wit, the readiness of the German settler to intermarry with the native women. The white pop- ulation of the German colony is ,about 500, and there are already }about 1,100 half-castes. Of the jtwenty married German officials, | no fewer than twelve have Samoan |}wives. As tne native girls nearly | always speak English and refuse to jlearn German, the frequency of | these mesalliances causes particu- 'lar disquiet in colonial circles in lthe fatherland. In April last a German settler named Michaels |took it into his head to express onial newspaper, adding that quite apart from race considerations the Samoan women made inefficient and unworthy wives. Seldom has an author had more gratifying proof of his power to arouse interest and inspire actior® The very next morn- half-past nine this morning. Ons. f p nts ing a deputation of several hun- hole hose is fusi pn 'dved Samoan women of various , » : 7 sir Y= . : ne whole hokse In coatuston. Ser" shades waited upon him armed ruoning hither and thither with scared faces, the but- ler was on the borders of lunacy,' the Duchess was well-nigh hysteri-. cal in her boudoir, while her hus- band was in his study vowing ven- geance against all the world." "You alarm me," said Carne,. lighting a cigarette with a hand w..a whips, sticks, and gardening tools. The police were just in time to rescue Michaels by taking him into custody. But the dusky amaz- ons scored in spite of the police, for the authorities had to bundle their 'calumniator out of the island as the only means of preventing ser- ious trouble. that was as steady as a rock. % "What on earth has happened?' . re _ "T think I might safely allow yon; THE AMEER"S V ENGEANCE, fifty guesses and then wager a hundred pounds you'd not hit the. mark; and yet in a certain mea- sure it concerns you."' "Concerns me? Goud gracious! What have I dune to bring all this about ?"' (To be continued.) ve who died not long ago in England, was in the market place of an <Af- ghanistan town he was fired at by a native. He lodged complaint with the Ameer, who appeared to take no notice of the incident, merely remarking, "That's all right." Sir Charlies complained again and met with the same reply. He still thought that the Ameer was treat- ing a serious matter with less con- sideration that it deserved, but thought it advisable to say no more on the subject. About a week af- terward he was invited by the Am- eer to ride with him. They rode for some distance outside the town and assed gibbet after gibbet. At ength Sir Charles said: Highness has been busy of late." "Oh, no," replied the Ameer, "they are your little lot."' He had taken all th | be. assassi HOW FIREFLY LIGHTS. To find out just how and why the tiny firefly is ableat will to trans- form itself into a. living lamp a ser- ies of very interesting experiments have just been conducted by Alexander Dermott and-.Charles G. Crane of the Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health and Hospital Service -in Washing- ton. The investigation necessarily called for consderable delicate mi- croscopical study of the light pro- ducing organs ofthe firefly. It was found that the insect produces its i ion, that is, by prac- and hanged ev- y i these truths in a letter fo the col- | When Sir Charles Euan-Smith, | ¢ members of the would- i : ' another matter to be decided and{- w t ression of the data necessary to determine whether or not he is feeding the cows, so they will have a chance to show what they can do. Many farmers feed cornstalks, hay and some roots, and expect their cows to yield large quantities of milk. Often the quantity of hay is limited, and the whole ration is wheat bran, corrmeal and _ oil- meal mixed equal parts by weight. This should be fed twice daily. Each cow should receive as many pounds of this grain ration a day as she produces pounds of butter fat in a week. For example, if a cow produces nine pounds of but- ter fat in seven days she should be fed nine pounds of grain a day, or peur and a half pounds night end morning. If one does not know 'how much butter fat his cows are {producing or how much milk each 'individual yields he is m the dark as to how each should be fed. When 'the meal' ration is setled, then the roughage, whatever form it takes /may be fed with a liberal hand. If the ration be well balanced good cows will do justice to themselves and yield profit to their owner, even on dry feed. -_----- HOW MANY TO AN ACRE. The number of cattle to be graz- ed per acre must be determined by 'the experience of the farmer himself. Under no circumstances is overstockiag to ,be practised, if the supply of grass proves defec- tive. sell offffthe supernumerary animals; if the feed be abundant, buy more stock or convert the ex- »ss of grass into hay. It is an undecided question whether it 1s right or not that cattle, sheep and horses should be allowed to feed together in the same field. There are many farmers who will have no such trinity, and others who posi- tively object to sheep. Twelve of the latter to the acre is the rule. By horsés are understoed, not working horses that are too worn out to roam about in search of food, and that prefer the seiling plan, but colts which-are all for play and disturb the other occupants. Cat- tle do not bite the grass clean; sheep eat the 'heart out of clover, out their food daintily ; the horses nip, as it were, between. both. Sheep fold the -soil, which is no 'small gain, but are not liked by ei- ther cattle or horses. There is still hich influences the number of cat- 2 wg thereby killing it: they also pick} s | 3 f Useful Hints for the Tiller of the Soil FEEDING COWS FOR MILK. {tle to be maintained. Are they te be soiled or lett to graze? The latter is the least troublesome, but fewer head can be kept. In soiling the green. stuff must be cut twice a day and left some hours to heat down. That implies a great deal of carting away manure. But thea there will be more stock support- If the cattle be left out during the summer nights in a paddock that outdoor relief will be prized. The milking can take place in the stable as well as in the field. In the rich grass land of Normandy the cattle are there fed by the icket plan. Every animal has a tether of six or nine yards that works on a;swivel, sothat this sur- face of fodder must be fed bare; the herder changes the sweep of the tether twice a day. At night the animals are housed. The water--4@_ specially supplied from pumps to the troughs. Te A FINE MEMORY. Blinks, after inviting to dinner his friend Jinks, who had just re- turned from abroad, was telling him what a fine memory his little son Bobby had. 'And do you suppose he will re- member me?' said Jinks '"'Remember you? Why, he re- members every face that he ever saw.'" } ' An 4 later they entered the jhouse, and, after Jinks had shaken 'hands with brs. Blinks, he called Bobby over to him. ""And da you remember me, my little man ?"' "Course Ido. Yeu're the same fellow that dad brought last sum- mer, and ma was so cross about it that she didn't speak to him for a whole week." ah LUCKY MISTAKE. oF Grfocer Sent Pkg. of Postum and Opened tne Eyes of the Family. writes. from Blookline, Mass. : - "A package of Postum was sent me one day by mistake. **T notified the grocer, but find- ing that there was no coffee fo breakfast next morning, I preparee sume of the Postum, following the directions very carefully. "Tt was an immediate success in my family. and from that day we have used it constantly,. parents and children, tuo--for my three rosy youngsters are allowed to drink it freely at.breakfast and luncheon. They think it delicious, and I would have a mutiny on my hands should I omit thé beloved - beverage. ' "My husband 4 very delicate ste using coffee, bysto our surprise hig stomach has wn strong and en- tirely well silfce we quit coffee and have been on Postum. eee "Noting the good effects in my family I wrote to my sister, whe was a coffec toper, and after muck persuasion got her to try Postum "She was prejudiced against i: at first, but when she presently found that all the ailments that colfee gave her left and she got well quickly she becaine and re- mains a thorough and enthusiastic Postum convert. "Her nerves, which had become shattered by the use of coffee have grown gealthy asap. and to-day she is a new wontan, thanks te P stum.'" Name given by Postum Co.. Batth Creck, Mich., and the "e@ause why'? will be found in the gyent little book, "The Road ta Wellville." which comes in pkgs. rspanes Irom ties to time. They are gene tam tras, ane 1a of interests