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' THE DEAN AND â€" “*M CHAPTER XIII. Next morning about eleven o'clock, Mrs. Fortescue and I were sitting together chat. ting unconcernedly, and really without any thought of the matters that so gravely menaced my peace of mind. I after all had come to accept the position, and to see that at the very worst I should be a gainer in certain respects. ~ I had changed a state of slavery in what was little better than a hovel, under my father, for a slavery in many ways more irksome, although the bars of my cage were any at present is a,“ you ago“ gilded. Probably Sir Henry would fail in your mind at ease. I “Go:d Heavens, man i " burst out Mrs. Fortescue, “ you're not going to serve me with a citation. are you? My poor huso band has been dead for years.” “ No, Madam. But I wished to be able to recognize you a ‘n. Good-day, my lady; goodday, in am ; fisdday, sir." And with a how that Sir enry himself might have studied with advantage, the stranger withdrew. There were a few seconds of silence. Then Mr. Sabine shook himself, and said very quietly and steadily : “ Do not allow yourself to be troubled by all this, Lady Craven. I will watch over you from first to last, and the one thing absolutely neces- .d keep -Whatever you may do the august tribunal presided over by Sir you mu“ 110“ 311°" 303m“ mbte‘k d0“!- James Hansen. Justice is not always infallible; but my cause must assuredly prevail. In any case I should be rid of my father, rid of my husband, and comfortably provided for for the remainder of my days. Recollect what astrauge life mine had It would be fatal to the last degree. Mrs. Fortescue must look after you most .care- fully.” , o “ Trust me for that," cried the little wo- man. " Mr. Sabine is quite right my dear. And now for to-day at any rate we will let this unpleasant matter pass altogether out of our minds. Mr. Sabine, you mustn’t been, and then think how I must have wel- I dine here ; you must finish your cham- comed the prospect of liberty, even though 1’38“ “"1 “In” and 8° “733'- it came with unwelcome conditions. I should be at last, assuming the very worst, an entirely free woman, as free as the air, still young. and without the loss of asiugle soul whom I loved or cared for. There was shrewd wisdom in what Mrs. Fortesicue had said ; and I began to feel the same reckless spirit again coming over me as that in which I had flung " away Sir Henry’s money in Paris. While I was looking over these things, seated in the window and looking down the street towards the sea, I saw Mr. Sabine coming towards the house with a cigar in his mouth. ’- I mention this little detail, because it is one of many circumo stances that will enable my readers to form their own judgment of the man. A fly was passiug‘him and he stopped it. A few words passed between him and the driver. Then the man took the cigar from Mr. Sabine, put it into his own mouth, touched his hat gratefully, and drove on. .. 4 "There’s a man for you my dear ” said Mrs. Fortescue. “I dare say that ‘cigar cost him two shillings or a half-a-lcrown; and so, although he has only just begun it, he gives it to that cabman, who has never smoked anything like it before in his life and never will again. Now ‘I call that' simple, unaii'ected, kindness from the heart. It has the secret of kindness, which is thoughtfulness. ” Mr. Sabine (I have before described his keculiar gait) slouched along to our door nocked, and was shown in. ' The first thing to be done was tell him all that had happened. He listened without interruption, and with an expression of amusement on his features. , " Did you ever hear anything more mon- strous, more shameful, more outrageous, more downright and sbominably mean and contemptible, and cruel and vindictive in your life?” asked Mrs. Fortescue, stamping her foot by way of emphasis at each im- portant adjective. " I don’t know," he answered lightly. “ I really feel disposed to say for my own part that after one or two things which I have seen, and one or two others that I know of, nothing astonishes me. Sir Henry is, to put the matter as mildly as possible, a miserable, unhappy old fellow, eaten up w1th_doubts and fears and vanities, as much of his own creation as Falstafi’s men in .buckram, and entirely devoid of these re- deeming points which his age and experience ought to have given him. His morbid vanity would be ludicrous were it not, as it happens, so troublesome. _ “ Well, he must go his owu way. There 18.110 help for it. The faithful Jackson Will of course do her dutyâ€"that is to siy, she will lie through thick and thin. There Will be any number of other witnesses at a few pounds a head to swear to all kinds of things that never happened, and whose evidence wzll tally as neatly as the pieces Call to- morrow morning about ten, and if you are very good and penitent, and the weather is very fine, I will go out for a walk with you myself. We must have no more worry today. Now get away at once to the tennis court, or to your yacht, or anywhere you like, and do not trouble us any more.’ Sufficient for to-day has been the trouble thereof.” Mr. Sabine laughed and took his depar- ture. "Now look here, my dear,’{ again insisted Mrs. Fortescue, “no more talk about this worry. No more shop; we’ve had quite enough for to-day. 1 for myself am going to be happy. " , ‘ And, by way of giving efl'ect Ito this virtuous resolution, she poked the fire vigorously, composed herself in an armchair, and began to toast her feet. There was another ring at the door that afternoon, and there were more steps on the staircase. Even Mrs. Fortescue looked puzzled. g . “Come in,” she snapped out viciously, as a knock made itself heard on the door. “Come in, whoever you are.” The door was opened again, and the Very Reverend the Dean of Southwick appeared on the threshold and stepped into the room. His gaiters, his buckled shoes, his decan- al coat, his shovel hat with its rosette, were faultless. “Dressed for his part, my dear,” as Mrs. Fortescue afterwards most unicel- iugly observed. My lather seated himself with solemn dignity, and in his own way teak uphis parable. . ' . “ Miriam]? he said, looking at Mrs. Fortescue, “I Wish tospeak to you alone.” “And I do not intend to speak to you alone, papa. I had much sooner that Mrs. F ortescue remained." He was not at all staggered by the re- buff. Mrs. Fortescue, describing the in- terview afterwards, claimed the result as being “first blood” for myself, whatever that may mean. “Then, Miriam, I must say that I have come down with the very deepest pain and grief, and I must also add the very deepest sense of shame and humiliation. I know everything ; and no one feels more deeply than myself that the present is not timt for upbraidiug. I have come because it is my and duty as a father toâ€"toâ€"toâ€"-â€"” ” To do what, Mr. St. Aubyn 2” burst in Mrs. Fertescue. “ Do you think your daughter wants you down here pottering and bothering about like a bumble bee under a glass! What good on earth can you‘do, and who wants either you or your interference i” " I am not addressing my remarks to you, madam,” interposed the Dean. “I have my own opinion, as every right-thinking person must have, of your conductâ€"of the guilty part you have played in this terrible tragedy. " “Have you 2” asked Mrs. Fortescue. “And what may be your own opinion of your own part of it“! Take my advice, Mr. Dean, go back to your hotel. Have you not the tact to see that you are not want- ed ?’ ' . Utterly regardless of this interruption, my father continued: “This terrible, this crushing news, M ir- iam,has reached me from Sir Henry himself. HIS DAUGHTER head with Eau de Cologne, and that the room was swimming roiinll me. “No talking." said the little woman “no talking. and let me and then just to sleep again. don’t I shall send out for the doctor. if you are good, and do as you are told, I will sit here by you and won’t moveuntil ‘ N you are all right again. . Ismiied ratefully atelier, and she sat down close y me. Then myeyes closed and I suppose I must have fallen asleep, again; for, when Inext remember anything it was to find the room dark. and it was not until I stirred that Mrs. Fortescue,who was still sitting by me,lit-the candles, bust. led about,attendiug to the fire,and‘ her labor concluded, exclaimed triumphantly : "And now. my dear, we’ll have a nice quiet even. ing together,with no more talking or worry. constituting I have sent out for some sal volatile, and here you'are. Down with it put this cloak over your feet, If you narrow to the grave. His voice trembled But with emotion as he told his story, and the against Mr. Sabine, that he had specially come up to London to do so, and had been raciically refused admission by me to the cues, and told to mind his own business: andâ€"this of courseâ€" that the whole thing would bring his gray hairs with shame and jury werevisibly affected. The important witness, the one whose evidence decided the case,,was_ Miss Jack- son. She had evidently kept‘s most cars- ful diary, and her memory was never once at fault, although, as Mr. Wylie whispered to me, she was far too clever to over load herself with details. She declared that the frequency of Mr. Sabine's visit had around her suspicions; that she had spoken to me on the subject, and had been sharply reprimanded, and told to hold her tongue ; that, without her herself in any way a spy. And 1 shall sleep tonight in your room, in circumstances had been so recklessly forced case you should want me.” CHAPTER-H XIV. upon her notice that she could not Mpgobo ,serving them. These circumstances she" gave in detail, with a most malignant Mr. Sabine, who had not taken advantage ingenuiW- of Mrs. Fortescue’s invitation, made his ap- pearance next morning about eleven_o’clock, and, of course, we began almost immedi- ately to discuss the crisis. “Sir Henry,” he said, “has his own solicitors. They are, I perceive from the interesting document with which they have favored me, Messrs. Nisi, Slowcgsch & Absolute, a very respectable firm in Lin- coln’s Inn Fieldsâ€"just a sort of firm an Ambassador ought to employ. I shall have my own solicitor, of course, and a separate defence. That is absolutely necessary.” “I know nothing about thesematters," I said. ’ "You, Lady Craven, had better go to Messrs. Wylie 8r. Wylie, the sharpest firm in London. I will give you a letter of introduction to George Wylie myself. He is about the cleverest man 1 know in his profession, or out of it, and if he takes up a case, can amore, will win it if it is to be won. ' If he had gone to the Bar he would have been an Attorney-General long ago. The great advantage of gain to him is, when once you are in his han s, you have really no further trouble. He never needs to be stirred up or even . jogged. He takes a pride in his work, and he can only pursue it for its own sake, for one way or another; to he" metth it Produced a very unfavor. he must be by this time a very rich man." I went up town accordingly, and saer. . - Wylieâ€"a sharp~featured little man, dressed in perfectly good taste, and with the-most extreme possession of manner. He listened to what I‘ had to say, took notes of it, said he would arrange every do. tail, and give the matter his own personal attention, and so bowed me out with the assurance that I should hear from him at once, if it were necessary for him to see me again. There was something in his manner that seemed to reassure me, and I made my way back to Brighton in infinitely better spirits than when I left it. There was evidently nothing more to be done, except as Mrs. Fortcscue observed, to trust in Providence and keep our powder dry. Ultimately, she said she had felt it her duty to communicate with Sir Henry himself, and having done so, had of course left my service. Cross-examination failedto shake her in any way, and I saw that Mr. Wylie by no means liked the turn which her evidence had given to the case. The other witnesses on Sir Henry's side werecomparatively unimportant; but the jury exchanged glances with one auot or when it was proved by the lawyer's cler , who served the citation, that he found Mr. Sabine, Mrs. Fortescue, and myself alto- together in my sitting-room at eleven in the morning, drinking ’champague out of tumblers. Another witness, whom none of us had expected, was a coastguardsmau, who proved that, after dark, I had accompanied Mr.“ Sabine on heard his yacht, which was lying in the offing, and had stayed on board at least a couple of hours. Asked where the yacht and the crew now were, he replied that, to the best of his be- lief, they were now in the Mediterranean, but that the yacht had sailed shortly after myvisit to her. ‘ » _ - . ‘This piece of evidence was,'of course, strictly true, and 1 did not need Mr. Wylie able impression. . a After this, even I had sufficient sense to seclthat the case was .vir'tually over. I was called, and I, on my oath, denied the shameful charge brought against me. And I do‘hot think that I was more nervous or hesitatiug than might have been expected under cross-examination. But I could not tell, instinctively, that the jury did not believe me. Mr Sabine made, as Mr. Wylie remarked to me, an admirable witness. Mrs. ~Fortescue puzzled Sir Henry’s counsel oxtemely. It was admitted that she, ‘had been staying with me, with Sir Henry’s consent, and that she consequently enjoyed his confidence. ’ She declared that, with the exception of I really believe that, Mn” Forbescue the one visit to the yacht, she did not he- would, like Sir Thomas More, have joked New I had been out of her sight the whole upon the scaffold. Meantime, by Mr. VVylie’s advice. Mrs. Fortescue and I re- msiued in Brighton, while Mr. Sabine time that we Were at Brighton; and, as she afterwards said .herself, the more they pressed her With questions, the less change went away to London, although we heard they g0” 0‘“ 0f he!" from him two or three times a week. And I now b'egau to see how much I had misjudged Mrs. Fortescue. This practically ended the case, although I can even now recollect the vigorous and In the mo. magnificently brilliant speech which my menu of trial, when I had imagined she counsel made in my behalf, and in which, would forsake me, she proved my most I am pleased to say, he did not at all go staunch and kindest friend. She was with out Of big way t° confide? the feelings 0f me literally day and night. I knew that it was her regular time to return to Paris, and I pressed her to go. the Dean of Southwick, or even to spare him unnecessary pain. , Terrible as the crisis was, I enjoyed hear. But she answered that she had alread let mg things “id Of my father Wthh 1 had her list, and should consequently stop with often felt, but never been able to express. me. hardly like to think ; very possibly some- thing foolish or desperate. But she kept me bright and cheerfiil in spite of myself ; insisted on taking me ‘ out for walks and drives; assured me that dry champagne And when he spoke, of my unhappy girl- ‘Vhat I should have done Without hm. I hand without a mother’s cure, and without companions, and invited the jury to believe that I was, in reality, more ignorant of the world and of its ceiiveulions'tlian any vil- lage school girl could be, I did not need Mr. Wylie to whisper to me that the case was was better than all the ssl volatile in the magnificently Pu”- world, and made me act on the advice, Th esumming up was a very'lucid recapit- aud kept me up chatting at night until she ulation of the evidence, coupled with what could mgke sure in he,- own mind that I certainly seemed to me a somewhat feeble was sufficiently tired to go soundly *to‘sleep running comment' '- the moment I went to bed. “Sleep, my dear,” she insisted, “ sleep, champagne, finest things in the world for the health, matter, cud it was for them to say I behave they believed her. the temper and the complexion. If, his lordship told the jury, they, be- lieved the evidence of Miss Jackson, then, “(1 exercise fire,“ three of course, there was an end of the whole whether If she was telling the I should look ninety if Idid not dosa my- "Why “he W55 only discharging “- PM“ful self with them regularly. They save all duty. If she was telling falsehoods, they He himself suggestedâ€"so at leastIgathered I your doctor’s bills, and keep you young and mu“ ‘30“de I'll“ 31‘“ was domg 8° 0'15 0‘ from his letterâ€"that I should come down happ yever. They are the salad-dressing the most pure and wanton malignity, inas- of a Chinese puzzle, when it has been fitted here; I should have done so in any event. of life, which without them, would be a film?“ 35 it had hot even been “885515”! for together by the ingenuity of counsel. “There Will be a stupid jury utterly iu- capable of appreciating evidence, and the councel for the petitioner will tell them that he leaves the case with confidence in their hands. never having yet seen or ad- ressed twelve more intelligent men. Dear me! It almost reminds me of ‘ Pickwick.’ When a Jill‘) man is in doubt, or when he wantsio get away, he always finds for the plaintiff. The plantill' would not have gone to law, he argues with himself unless he knew he was right, and he must kuowa great deal more about it than we do. ” We both burst outlaughing. Then Mrs. Fortescus said: “Pray, light another cigar, Mr. Sabine. Neither of us minds. ” “ I never smoke in the morning, ” he answered, gravely. “.That,” I replied, shaking my finger at him. :‘ifl Wickedly untrue. \Ve saw you smoking as ‘you came along, and “saw you give your Cigar away." He laughed and lit a cigar. Common. placeas t e remark may seem, Icaunot help noticmg here that it is only your bourgeois who needs a genuine request to be pressed upon him. As the blue smoke began - to curl about the room, Mrs. Fortescue pro- duced champagne. ~ “ f‘Quiie harmless, in dear."sl:e observed, if properly qualifie ." And she filled upl the tumblers with seltzer from a gazogene. \\ e were laughin and talking together. , when I heard a ray in the passage, and then the steps 0 a man on the stairs. The door was opened without the formality of knocking, ands painfully respectable look- ing man. about fifty years of ass. With go d-rimmed spectacles. and a silk um- l brella, made his appearance. me to Mrs. PM i inclined my It isa fatal and indelible stain that youlvery sorry dish indeed have inflicted on the f mily name. Were your, poor mother aliv she would never have survived the shock. For myself I am heart-broken; I shall never again lift up my head. A life that might have" been of service uiiderDlvine guidance to the Church, and possibly to the State, is hopelessly wrecked. But why should I speak of my- self? My first duty, my daughter, is to- wards you.” I was by this time quivering with indig- nation, “How dare you assume my guilt?" I cried out passionately. “ How dare you do it 2" “Alas, my child," he said, “the matter is beyond proof ; it is idle to talk of guilt, and innocence, and of proof, where every- thing is known." “It is not idle l” I answered, now thor- oughly roused ; “and you, who sold me,are the last person in the world who ought to constitute yourself my judge. Youscld me for your own price,and you have received it. N ow,leave me and go i As surely as I shall have to answer in this world and in the next, the guilt of all this misery rests with you, and you alone i" “I repeat. Miriamâ€"â€"" him. I felt as if i were possessed. I could feel the pulses in my head throbbing. I could hear the beating of my heart as dis- tinctly as I heard the stamp of my foot up- on the fioor. I My father looked round helplessly for a minute, and then, with a line ellort to re tain his dignity. turned man and left the room. ‘ [never before saw him so thoroughly tn" " ‘ cowed, even in the presence of the most my Caren 3 ” he asked, looking from insistent and obdurate creditor. herbs.” I I had forgotten to mention mouev matters ;these gave me no trouble. ceived a letter from Messrs. Nisi, Slow~ WWW" “P their minds- of very bitter a moment that I had in any wardens any- thing to arouse in her a feeling of revenge. Mrs. Fortescne’s evidence was too nega- 1 mg. tive to be of much service in enabling them As far as it went coach & Absolute, intimating that, in order it W“ in my IMO": but it Went “- Very “W10 to avoid any unpleasant application for WW: alimony, they had received. instructions from their client to place a thousand pounds to my credit at any My owndenialwss no doubt entitled to their most careful consideration, as-also bank I might, was that of Mr. Sabine, the co-respondcnt. direct; and that, should the hearing of the They 00““ “0t 11“? 3h“ their 93'“ t0 the suit be at all delayed, a further sum w0u1d fact that on one side or the other there be at my disposal oulany application‘for it. Thus, then. there was nothing to do but must be something very like wilful perjury. It was only their duty to, remember the to wait; and I agreed with Mrs. Fortcs- ,gmvity 0’ their "9qu Willa“ “‘5? were one that we might as well remain com. called upontodetermine, and to allow no fortably at Brighton, with a move or anything like traveling. In this manner nearly six months passed pleasantly and 'almost rapidly aviay. Then, after, Easter, came what Mr. Wylie called Pfetel‘d ‘0 307- the summer sittingsfimd the case of Craven 30°“: 5" hm” 5nd 3 half: 9,3 trouble ourselves consideration of the result of their verdict to influence them in the slightest degree. How far all this aided the twelve Middle- sex tradesmen who filled the‘ box I cannot They were absent for and at the end 3: Crgven 53d Sabine found its way in“, the I of that time they returned into Court with list. and, as Mr. \Vyiie gave me to under- tho” mmda made up- stand, might come on any day. _. Application was made to the Court to fix day for it, with an intimation that it might possibly last two or three dayi, if not more. and ultimately a day was ap- "Go !" I repealed, and advanced towards , pointed towards the end of May. The eveningbefore. I came up to town with Mrs. Fortescue, and at the suggestion (To us commune.) W Pamphlet on Consumption. A pamphlet has just been issued by the Quebec Provincial Board of Health upon “. Consumption," giving an account of what of Mr. Wylie, we wok gagging, together is known about the discuss and the means in Sack ville Street. “ Lodgings," said of preventing its contagion. One~sixth of Ml" “liner "100k belt" "W" “3 b°wl ? the deaths it says throughout the world are and Saokville Street is sufficiently near the Law Courts, and is a most unexceptioual locality: It ;-jn it"my intention to into the de- i-l‘ihe‘irial.‘ I an pose it was very up. . vskc any trials oft a same sort. A He posi- vas; mmemt of the evidence purely tirely seemed toshrink within his canonica'ls in: imi ' A- . and his limbs trembled under him as he ., S r lisnry, of course, could prove nothv n'rhig is for you. my lady." And he aided himself by the balustrades down into iu-x itali bearing.“ the real issue. The politely hand-«i mc apiece ofpsper. “ This gentlemmJ tiresome, is Mr. Sabine! ll The tension had beentoo great,de the street. thought so. ind this is for you, sir. That i only remember that, some time afterwards, lady, i pressure. is Hrs. Furnace 2 " 11 found Airs. Fortescue sponging my fore» -. Very Reverend the Dean looked the very picture of paternal anguish, and with sub- adopted icriis prevention. The pampliictis lime ingenuity contrived to give the jury - very joins, en-l is being largely circulstci. the impression that he had warned me caused by this disease. Consumption or pli- thisis, is the last or softening period of tuberculosis.,_‘_This is agerm disease, and is con uently confusions. 3 Its germ or micro may be transmitted iii-31., by llcfe~ dity; second, by inhalation (of air conlain- in: these germs: third, by contaminated food; and fourth, l-y insorpiicn of a wound. The pamphlet goes pn to given full account of the causes as Well as the means to bc favorably spoken of in medical rzr- one WAY TO cousr Tessa. i ‘ A Blacksmith of tears axe lllt upon 3 Hum! Plan. We are apt to think that people of fifty or sixty years ago. were not up to the tricks of trade as they are at the present day. But the following anecdote will ihow that they were quite as sharp and shrewd as the men who are now trying to outdo and overreach each other in business oir~ cles. . Mr. 13â€", who was living in the little town of A-â€"â€", and carrying on the black- smith business there, found trade iii that , section rather dull, and as the place was. small could not see very promising pros- pects for the future. Being an ambitious man, be determined to move his business to the thriving town of Wâ€". Not being well-known there, of course, work did not come in very fast. and matters began to look serious ;. for uis capital was very small {and would not admit of a heavy drain upon it. Clearly something must be done. so he set his with to work, and soon hit u n a plan, which he proceeded without do ay to carry out. He was not, as a general thing, one of the church- oing kind of people, but the following Sa bath, dressing himself in his best he appeared at .ths congregational church of that town, The minister noticed the new comer, and, after he had attended there a short time called upon him, and at last brou ht his horse there to be shed. He offers him the usual price for his servi- ces, but was somewhat surprised upon being told by Mr. B. that he always shod minis- -ter’s horses free, and as a minister’s salary in those days was not as liberal as it is at the resent time, he was very much pleased. In t 0 course of a few weeks. every minister for miles around came to Mr. B. to have their horses shod,having heard of his liberal terms, undas he did his work well, of course, the members of the diderent con- gregatious'mauy of them followed suit, and itis needless to say Mr. Bâ€"succeeded in building up a large and lucrative business. A MONTREAL BANK 'SWINDLER. Asuncccpled Cheque Raised From $3 to " 33983â€"1 Clever Piece of Forgery. A clever piece of forgery was perpetrated upon one of the Montreal banks the other day. During the course of the day a cheque for S3 signed by C. V. Lindsay, was pres- ented at the Molsons Bank for acceptance. Mr. Lindsay having an account there the cheque was at once marked good and re- turned to the party presenting it. At the general day’s clearance after the closing of the bank the cheque was sent into the Molsons Bank from the Bank de Peuple but in the meantime it had been increased to call for $983, which amount the Bunque de l’euple had paid on some. The cheque was payable to lletu & Cashmuu and was duly endorsed by them. There is no clue as to who the forger was and the Banque do Peuple stand to lose the difference of $980. The- writing of the cheque was cleanly changed from three to nine hundred and eighty-three, and the figures 983 were per- forsted with a machine. Unloading Bananas. ‘ Au Eastern exchange describes the un- loading of bananas as follows :â€" It is an interesting sight to watch the unloading of a banana steamer. The wharves are always crowded with teams, either awaiting their turn for a load or re- ceiving their quota of the luscious fruit, which is stOWed away by the thousands of bunches down in the hold of the vessel. Everything moves with celerity and dis~ patch, and it is wonderful how soon the steamer can be relieved of her cargo. Gang of men, generally of the colored persuasion, are at work in different parts of the steam- er passiug out the bunches, so that the wagons, which are backed right up to the edge of the wharf at several points, can be readily supplied with a load, So soon as one receives the required number another takes its place, and thus the work continues until the cargo is discharged. Men with a quick eye and good judgment are station- ed where they can watch the work closely, and decide upon the merit of each and every bunch, so that the fruit is sssor too as rapidly as it comes out of the vessel, th- various grades being assigned to their re- spective places. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-.â€" Cereal Crops in Japan. Although the cultivated lands ofelapcu are scarcely equal to one-eighth of the total area of the country, yet the home-grown produce is sufficient in ordinary. seasons to meet the requirements of a population which exee‘ds 40,000,000 of people. Expressed in English measure there are [1,390,000 acres of arable land, of which 0,813,000 acres are occupied by iice, 4,235,000 acres by other , cereals, and the remaining. area by divers kinds of crops. Rice is grown in every province of the empire from south to north, and the mean yield is equal to about 30 bushels per acre, though the yield varies widely according to soil and situation. While wheat, barley and rye are capable of successful cultivation in iill parts of the coun- try, barley tends to predominate in thcpro- vinces of the northeast, and rye in those of the southwest. W A DESPERATE AFFRAY. flea Fight Willi scribes am! Pitchfork- Aroiinil aflorpso. A Dublin despatcli says :â€"An old wom- an who owned halfsu acre of ground at Nonagh, county of Tipperary, died Friday without leaving a relative or specifying an heir. Her neighbors quarrclcd on Saturday . over the possession: of her land. each other with the candles, which had stood round the body. When the light was ended two men lay dead at the ricer-itcp and five others were too sevncly vain dad to walk from the scene of tho conflict. A farmer name-i llwycr. living Mar Iii-nub, washilicd in another egiaiita qua! ‘e’ on round her but. I'lvcntuslly they broke down the duct, upset the body and beat Friday. 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