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Fright- ened at the thought. she gave the last cow in me line a sharp prod with the ‘stick, who. not accustomed to and) rough treatment, looked back at her reproachfully. then galloped awkward- ), ahead or the others. The cows once u; the barn, it was a matter of a few moments to collect the pails and nod for milking. ' proceeaea "-AA- __L 1“ ‘A AVA w ...... Other evenings Betty sat down to this occupation cheerfully, usually sing- jng lightly to the accompaniment of the soft sound of the milk streaming into the pail. but tonight the task was distasteful to her. She took her seat with a jerk and exclaimed irritably when the cow, in order to brush a fly from its back. whisked its tail across “Keep still, than old beldam COW. scratched out o’ my head?" Although under the skillful manipu- lations of her hands the pails filled rap- idly, Hetty's thoughts were not upon her occupation. but were over the meadows at the Mayland farmhouse, with La Fabienne and Margaret. The poetical and romantic vein that ran ‘ -A--_- l.-.‘ Mann her occupation. but were over the meadows at the Mayland farmhouse, with La Fabienne and Margaret. The poetical and romantic vein that ran deep in this girl’s nature had been touched by the afternoon's entertain- ment. The handsome dress of Sir God- frey and his gallant bearing. combined with the exquisite beauty of Margaret in her soft flowing gown of white linen, caused Hetty‘s little heart to ache with sympathetic yearning. "Was ever seen such :1 bonny pair 0' lovers?" she thought. “Such trust, such evidence or love in every action! Ah. lackaday. woe is me!” She sighed hopelessly. "No lover more gallant than a Puri- tan farmer. and instead of a. lute a will; bucket!" _ 7’ , _ ' At last. her task finished. she carried the heavy pails to the dairy. “Methought Sir Godfrey regarded m. with a pleasant gaze,” she said to her- self as she rested on a churn near the door. Then as a sudden thought seemed to strike her she raised her face quickly, her eyes beaming with brightness. “An I had had the roses in my hair and had Worn my new lace tucker, mayhap he would ha’ admired mé more.“ she said. “As 'tis, perchance. he might speak 0' me to a comrade high in favor at the i-‘rench court who would ini‘; in ‘wve with his description and cmxle bravely here to woo me.” The thought was so pleasant to the imaginative. romantic soul of little lletty that. forgetting to pour the milk into the pans and set them away for the vrvmn to rise. she sat on the edge of tile t-hurn. her head resting against the mill. lost in her rosy hued day dreams. With her hand in her imagina- ry lover’s. who wore a suit of light Mic w-iwt trimmed with silver braid- ing. She was just making a low cour- tl-sy before the king of France when her illusions were roughly dispelled by the haul. hearty voice of Simon Kemp- stt-r. who having seen his adored Het- ty enter the dairy. followed in her wake iv) have a chat with her. From the “Xl'PSQl‘v'e heat and the exercise of rurryEn: a sack of potatoes a long dis- tance Simon's face was red and per- sz‘trizzzt his rough suit of homespun. animate-xvii at the throat. soiled and six-kip}: Lung loosely on his sturdy fig- ure. 3.2.3 his broad farming hat made of “("15 was torn and broken at the (UK-N. lie laid down the sack and en- 5122 r from her brilliant dreams by [\i 2:: nn‘s appearance. Hetty’s Thoughts fled from the court of the k.::g of France and fastened them- i.~;w-s upon matters of the present, the n; ~z zr::;iortant of which were the full 1:4; guiiis. Springing at the churn and turning Simon‘s pleased grin with an :1 Liseiiz smile or greeting, she proceeded to :11; the row of pewter pans with the white 1'. aiming milk. ‘i‘niiziizig himself with his broken hat, Slum watched her from his place at the door with admiring eyes. It oc- curred to him that Hetty had never be- fore Ranked so pretty. The red color in Lei- cheeks had heightened; her eyes were brighter; she held her little head higher. and in his estimation went about her homely task in the same manner as would have a queen. Look- of n-eds edge; } term. in; at her white throat, he thought of the silver heart lying on her fair bosom That he had given tar and that she had received with so much pleaaure-a sweet secret safe between mm and Kerryâ€"and his honest heart gave a treat throb. Stel'ping to her side, he asked her for a mug of milk. Hetty‘s pleasant after- noon and ner consequent nappy any dreams had left her in sort of an upâ€" lifted state. She wished good fortune to all and gave Simon the refreshment he demanded, with a smile of happi- ness. “Poor Simon,” she thought as she carried the first full pan to the hut- tel'y. “What a kind friend he hath ever been to me. There’s many a lone- 13’ hour I would ha’ spent without him. When my lord doth come and I ride away I shall not forget Simon. Hap- When buying mentién The Free Press. pen inon I may haveimflnence to have him made lackey at the court.” Returning rm: another pan, With her heart and mind full of her good Inten. “MS. Hettv bestowed a 132:: Lin"- .- Copyright. 1905. by Anita Clan Munoz ...... . .,,._A...A“..Q_1 The Witch - of Crag’enstone the came, to t By ANITA CLAY ~MUNOZ. Author of “In Love and Truth” lath, dinary sweet glance of esteem‘ and kindly feeling upon her visitor, whose heart. always full of love for her. ached now to bursting with fancied encour- agement. Only when wearing his new churchgoing black suit, he thought, had she ever given him kinder glances; so. regardless of his untidy appearance, he clasped the astonished Betty in hi. “But know this, Simon Kempster. that I’ll ha’ none of thee. Dost think I would bother with thy little scraggly farm when I can be mistress of a grand estate? However,” she conclud- cd_~c_ondescendlngly. be: foolish little mind slightly troubled by the broken hearted expression in her companion‘s eyes, “think not that I will forget thee, Simon. Why, who knoweth but I may make thee overseer of one of my farms in the provinces. Think on thatâ€"thy bright future-with joyful anticipation. good Simon.” A ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘7 7 A _.£AL arms, and thoughts that for months had been filling his mind now took the form of words and sprang from his lips in sentences expressing his passionate love for her. ,_ Unable to understand and much he- wildered, Simon watched Hetty'as she airily lifted her skirts and, holding her head very high, walked up and down the dairy in imitation of a grand lady. “For thou knowest. Simon,” she con- tinued, with a patronizing nod, “me- thinks to marry a French courtier who will come anon on a white steed to woo me and take me back with him to Par- is, there to set me up in a grand palace. with countless serving men and wom- en to do my bidding.” “Hetty, {what nonsense is this?” 8!- mon cried in desperation. “What man is this thou lovest?” “ ’Tis no man that I e’er seen as yet.” Betty continued her pacing up and down. He came and stood before her with white, drawn face, depicting desperate earnestness. ' “Then thou hast meant nothing by any fair words than might have spo- l‘” ken : , “Art gone daft, Simon? Hn' done. I tell thee!” she cried in angry surprise. struggllng to free herself from his strong embrace. “Hetty, say the word,” he entreated. “Promise to be my wife. Plight thy troth with me." “Coward.” she cried, “to hold a mud against her will! Dost think I want a cowboy for a husband?” He hosed ms hold and drew back as it stung, with staring eyes and a face from which all color had gone. “Thou dost not love me, Betty?” he nsked solemnly. “An’ all our sweet friendship is to go for naught?” ILL“ . “Fie, Simon,” she giggled nervously. more affected than she knew by his seriousness, “out upon thy cross looks! Thy solemn countenance would give a body the megrims! Who said we could not be friends?" ermpster turned his back upon her and walked away. At the door he paused. :- 7,4 .1_LI_ man“ “Love thee?” Hetty gave her head a toss. “Whoe'er put thoughts of my loving thee into thine idle brain? Nay, silly. Look not so downcast," she crixd. “an’ take my best assurance that our triendship hath not been in vain, for so dear I hold thee in my heart that but e'en now before thou spokest thy foolish utterances I was making plans for thine advancement.” “By all this talk then thou doth mean that thou canst not love meâ€"that thou’lt never be my wife?” “Thy wife! A common farmer’s wife?" Hetty laughed a low, rippling laugh of amusement. “Nay, good Simon, thou must seek thy mate among thine own farm loving kind. As for me. I will wait the arrival of my for me, I will wan: we urrnm u; my gallant courtier.” “Hetty, hast forgotten the love verses?” His voice was entreatinfi. "The verses! Ha, ha!” She laughed again, this time more merrily. “To speak 0’ your silly rhymes as verses, torsooth! Why, body 0’ me, good Simon, thou shouldst buy a book of good Will Shakespeare’s verses, an‘ then thou’dst know what poetry is, an’ ne’er more speak again, I warrant thee, o’ thy nonsensical rhyming.” Something must have snapped in Simon‘s heart. it went down with such a bound. Blindly he turned nnd groped his way- out of the house, not seeing the sack of potatoes mting on the ground, tripped and almost fell over the house dog lying asleep in the shade and strode on with head down- cast, over the wet roadway, into the dull shadows of the approaching twi- light. CHAPTER XVI. DAM, the goldsmlth, waited late A that afternoon for ‘Chrilto- pher’l return. Impatient at his delay and angry ut the sighé of the unfinished chores, he paced up_ and down the room resgleel- ,___‘__‘ «.0ng to pace“ up Bu“ uvvvâ€" .â€"v 1], pausing at frequent intervals to look out of the doorway with nervous anxiety toward the forest footpath- “ ’Tis passing strange," he mu 7 “The lad’s ne’er done the like before. It he’d a thought or tear I’d say the storm dc' ‘ ed him, but such thing! 3-3 thunder s..owets ’ud ne'er bother Christopher. Nay,” shaking 111' head. “the lad’s willful and math not that -- 1-4-0; 6 are .mdan." Subscribe now for the‘ PM Pres. her “I saw him not. good Adam,” the dame replied. “but I walked rapidly, u [aminhutetoreachthehomot Sister Renaming. thnt my not: brought me word an hour since had been vh- ited by the Lord with on Medan of numbness, so I bethonght me that my prayers and services might be at are at the bedside. .Dld thy lad stray away ?” “ ’Twas after the hour 01 noon that I sent him to the Mayhnd farm with I trinket that I pended tor the young ..-. A.._n. I _-â€"I4I act and, addressinz him harshly with tragic earnestness» said: “Thou dldst send thy lad with that emblem of the black art, Adam Browdie. Forsooth,” with an ominous shake of her head, “ ’twu no wonder then that the storm :ose betimes, turning peaceful elements into devil’s turmoil to bring honest folk to their knees calling on God to save them! Ah, sorrowful day!” she “shed drearily, then, raising her voice in re- buke, said. “ 'Twas thy duty. man. to ha’ burned the wicked trinket instead 0’ sending an innocent lad with it to bring destruction to him !” Adam, pale with apprehension. cov- ered back against the door. The words or his visitor were so positive and her manner carried such conviction with it that the old man was already aghast at the possible consequences of his 1001- ish act. \ “I must be on my way. good neigh- bor.” Mistress Taunston lifted her skirts preparatory to leaving. “But happen thy lad returneth not by night- fall I would counsel thee to rouse the village, call the men out for a search, and if aught of harm hath befailen Christopher as a result of touching that That night a party of men carrying torches searched the forest vainly for the missing lad. calling his name loud- ly, then listening with straining ears for a response- But none came to their strong and eager cries. the accustomed stillness of midnight on the mountain being broken only by sounds of hurry- ing feet, shrieks of birds. roused from their nests by the unusual disturbance and glare of lights, as they flew through the trees with noisy clapping of wings, and the peculiar wailing sound of the wildcat as with gleaming eyes and showing its teeth savagely it ‘slunk among the underbrush. .. . AL ___ cross.;;-she continued sternly. with a threatening emphasis. “I wot measures must be taken at once to force the wearer of it to destroy it.” “Aye, aye!" the trembling old man concurred eagerly. “Such evil gim- cracks worn for the sake o’ wicked vanity should be destroyed. Mayhap, alas, enough harm hath been done a’ready! Ah. woe is me! ’Tis bad time we ha’ fallen on!" wElv‘x'hth hast thou spoken. God keep thee. Adam." “And thee. good dame.” The woman passed on, grim and se- vere, and the shadow receded slowly from the threshold. But it was not until morn that they found him. At the peaceful hour of dawn, when the sun was sending its first warm rays of light across the horizon line. tinting the sky with rosy pink that presaged the coming of an- other glorious day of life and activity, Taunston shouted to the others that he had found him. and his companions, running to the edge of the precipice, saw the bruised and swollen body of poor Christopher. held securely by a protruding root of a gnarled oak tree that had caught under his jacket. toss- ing up and down on the rushing. tum- bling waters of the stream below, his glazed eyes wide open and staring. looking vacantly into the shocked and sorrowing faces above him. CHAPTER XVII. HE next day Sir Godfrey La Fablenne, accompanying the mistress of the Mayland farm, was riding up the mountain to- ward the village. slowly and with slackened rein, talking earnestly in low tones. “Nay. Godfrey, I am not ill. But since the shocking news of Christo- pher's death I cannot lift his trouble from my heart,” she was saying in re- ply, evidently, to some remark he had just made. “I do reproach myself that in mine own security I allowed the lad to follow his inclination and go into danger. One commanding word from me, with assurances that; I would take all blame or the goldsmith’s anger, would have sent him to the kitchen. Ah, lackaday!” “Thou’rt over sensitive, _my love. an’ mugt needs bear the suffering of all about thee," La Fablenne said. “Blame not thyself for what we: not thy fault. I-’ L- “vv .-., . _-,, By the Lord, thou asked the lad to remain and he would not. None other, Max-caret. unless she had thy. tender consclence, would so many reproach herself. Come, cheer thee. Laugh, smile, sweet, or else, I swear, I’ll get the blue megrims myself!” “Jeet not, dear Godfrey. for me- thinlis that others hold my careless- ness against me, for yesternlzht. When riding through the village, I noticed cul- len looks, and instead of file usual formal greetings saw only frowning glances or‘ averted ta as.” “Again .’tla thine imagination that’s at fault," her companion insisted, in 88! good humor. “God’l pita. but I cannot much blame thee, sweet. for of all lean shanked. sour faced folk I e'u have met these mountain folk take .‘secedence. Thou. mould heal:- good The F rec Press Do Job Printing. ,m brood. An elder girl. W “mmmf‘ced, lookedupcnflouly mm m her untied Mr. opened wayamwonder “mountains: tell on mm!" W M “8““ a” thmdwork of to” on_ b“ m tho tott wind caught her long white veil or manner wound thou: her run: bet. toning It lightly In the air, end Ln Fabienne. In his um] splendid are“, rode after her. smiling. his hand In the leather purse of his belt, ready to. throw some me coin to the youn- At that instant a woman in a torn cotton frock .ppetl'ed at the doorway. her face drawn in terror and polntind a long anger toward Margaret. ‘Tirsah! Clarinda! Luke!” she shriek- ed. “Come in behind the doors! 'Til the lady with the evil cross! East for- zot the lad Christopher‘s rate? Ron! I command ye to run!" The panic stricken children. with White races and in great tear. rushed in their mother's side. clinging to her skirts tremblingly as she slammed the door and noisily drew the bolt. “What said the shrewlsh wench?" asked La Fahienne as he took his place beside Margaret. “1 did not exactly get her meaning. but she called the children from me. warning them of poor Christopher's sad death," she replied. "As i told thee. Godfrey, all blame of the iad's mis- fortune is laid to mine indiflerence." La Fabienne noting the cloud on his companion’s face. his own grew dark. and he laid his hand upon his sword. “Nay. talk not of bloodshed. God. trey,” she answered. with n gentle sigh. “but think rather of the time when we will ride away together from these unjust people to e Joyous and happy life in France.” _ .. ,__A â€"‘*r:- "Naught but that hope and the sweet joy of thy presence doth keep me here. I do assure the. Margaret." he replled seriously. “But. mark me, sweet, until we leave no man slight: thee without settling the reckoning with me." of sorrow and trouble at the recent misadventure. also the consequent con. duct of her neighbors, took heart at her lover's fond words. “By heaven, Margaret, an any man makes such inainuaflons In my hearing ['11 run him through!” “See, yonder." she continued. “In Av un’s cottage. the goldsmith. where 1v Christopher’s body lieth nwnitm: 2 la]. Methinks the wreath of row sent yesterday was not enough 1~ Dress my "mum". l wnv‘J "ku- “Thy protection and love giveth me great comfort, Godfrey." she replied. Then, with a little sigh, "But. I wot. this is a most depressing neighbor- “Go on 0111.10“de may!" offer Adam some gold. Godfrey. Hap- pen the aid man is in need min: hour of :ruuhle." La Fahienne laughed lightly at her last observation. At me sound of horses’ boots Adam Browdxe appeared at the door. and when he saw who it was drew back. with blanched face, his tongue cleaving to the root of his mouth. “I give. thee good day, Adam." Mar- garet said, riding closer, “and I have much sympathy with thee in thy sor- :ow. “HIâ€"{alt}: this small handful of gold, good man, as at times uke these folk have many extra needs?" The sun, glittering over the house. tell on the cross lying on her bosom. Illuminating it. In Adam’s fear and terror it was all he MW. and to his ex- cited imagination it appeared to hlaen forth, covering the whole front ot her “Go on thy wicked way!" he cried In quaveriflg tones. “and stop not be- fore the door where thou hast wrought such dire evilb Thy wreath of roses lieth in ashes in the road! We spplied a torch ere thy servant left; and thy gold, take it with thee. I want It not!” He closed the door and fastened it, drawing the bar across with noisy vi- olence. Margaret’s face was white as she picked up her rein. and La Fabi- enne rode at her side with dark looks and flashing eyes. “Gads, in France we have a man whipped for less than that! Mon Dieu,” he exclaimed madly, “were not themansooldanddidnotdeathfle in his household 1 would havehim out! No man could live after then rough xéhifimmetorest. (To be continued.) wseva FREE ram. . nmusw“ ”ANY VISITORS IN THE VILLAGE AND OTHERS HAVE GONE AWAY. ~ (Correspondence Free Press.) Omemee. July nthâ€"Ilia Gypsy. Patten, who has been attendin‘ High whoa] heme, left on Saturday evening for her home in Little Current. She van accompanied by her cousin, Miss llary 1W3. Major and Mrs. Neil are visiting friends in town. Mr. W. Cottingham was a visitor to Toronto on Saturday. Mr. W. Cottinghnm was a visitor to Toronto on Saturday. Miss Tenea Weir is spending her vacation at her home in Lang. Mr. Robinson and family have moved to their new home on King- at. “Mr. Wm. Gallagher. at the Bank of Commerce, Pnrry Sound. is spend- ing his golfing: at home. IAlA ,. W â€"_ _-V Mr. Rober‘t Thompson left on Thursday to spend his holidays un- onz old friends. Misa Emma Francey, who hubeen attending High school. left on Satur- day night. for her home, in Millbrook. Miss McCullough. of New York. has been visiting her parents. Rev. and Mrs. McCullough. Miss Grace Cochrane, of Toronto. is visiting Miss Francis Teney. Rev. Walter Nugent, of Minneapo- lis. is spending a few holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nu- sent. The excursion to Fenelon Falls, un- der the auspices of the Woman's In- stitute, was largely attneded. and a splendid time is reported. Mr. J. T. Beatty attended the 12th July celebration in Toronto on Sat.- urday. Miss Clara and Irene Francey. of Milbrook. were visitors to Omemee on -v-- . Mr. W. W. Jardine left for Toron- to on Saturday morning, where he will be engaged for a few weeks in connection with the Departmental ex- aminations. Miss Clara and Irene l-‘rancey. or Milbrook, were visitors to Omemee on Saturday. Mrs. Rea and daughter, of Lindsay, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Bal- four. - Mr. W. W. Jardine left for Toron- “Ill Wu yyyyyyy The Orangemen attended the Meth- odist church on Sunday evening, where they were addressed by the pastor, Mr. McCullough. The service was largely attended. Miss Smith. who has been manag- ing the millinery department in Mr. Charle Ivory’s store for the spring and summer seasons. left on Monday morning for her home in Chatham. Some of our local option enthusi- asts were overcome by temptation on Saturday and succumbed under the flames of the “fiire water." \Wllwwuuu‘---' V, , Coboconk, July 18.â€"Mrs. World. of Fort William. accompanied by her son. Herb., are visiting Mrs. A. Brena. Miss Mabel Cliflord leaves {or Unionville this morning. She will be greatly missed from our midst. Miss Myrtle Cliflord is at present visiting friends in Unionville. Miss Grace Hall, of Buysville, is spending her vacation under the par. ental root. Miss Helen Hall. of Toronto, is spending a few weeks at her home. Miss Addie Rickmsn commences her duties to-day at Mr. F. C. Fielding's BOATHOUSE TROUBLE drug store. Miss Ream Taylor, Bertha Rickman and Arthur Watson intend spending July 13th in Canningwn. Coboconk Omge lodge goes to that town. "l...- unnuâ€" course this statement is tantamount to making a charge for services. Mr. Glaspell’s actions with Mr. Torrance in rear-d to wood, drinking water, and hisboat.allgotoahowthathisin- tention was to punish Mr. Torrance. and right here we might say that it is the universal opinion that no charge for service in any: shape should he duties After a storm there is the usual calm, and the boating trouble of last week is now resting quietly and most of the buildings are moved all. In last week’s account of this affair there are some inaccuracies which we wish to correct, and regret that they_ occur. W0, mu .vo-vâ€" ._7, W 1 red, but the news was supplied us by reputable citizens, and we believed it to be genuine. It appears that 32 was the amount collected by Mr. Glas- pell from Mr. Torrance. and Glaspell states that it was for boat hire at the time of the drowning accident. In regard to F. Metealfe, we believe as yet he has been paid nothing, but when he was m Mr. Torrance. andalsotoothers,hesaidhehndnot Men paid for his trouble in connection with the drowning accident. and of INTERESTING ITEMS FROM Tl VILLAGE AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION. n‘iadé against Mr. Torrance in < tion with recovering the body. (Correspondgqce :3 Free Press.) “!-- IE INACCURACIES IN LA WEEK’S ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR. (Special to The hoe Press. AT FEELON FALLS '. Torrance in connec. THE average ow dun the (Original article by Mr. F. H. B.S.A., Lindmy. written for are found every'hereâ€"in our houses“ in fields. in woods. in the ground. un- der stones, in treel. in roots and in all other likely and unlikely places at this season. They are abundant in temperate countries, more rare in the north. but become veritable pests by their enormous numbers in the tropics. They have many peculiar- ities of habit. and their development is rapid in certain directions. We find among them architects and builders. agriculturists. masons, tailors, and many of the other trades and professions are represented. We find communities governed in some directions despotically by a queen; yet at the same time forming the most perfect republic. in which every individual has its right firmly es- tablished and absolutely beyond the control of the nominal head of the colony. They have organizations that make war'. keep slaves. lay in stores, and provide for contingencies; they seem able to forecast the future in some directions, and intelligently pro- ivide for it. Let us look at the general life his- tory of ants. In a colony of ants, however large, there is usualy a sin- gle “queen." or female, at the. head of the establishment, and she attends to the business of laying the eggs, which are white cylindrical and a little elongated. They are taken m charge by the workers. cared for, and in a about a month, helpless grubs are produced. These are carefully tended and fed. because absolutely unable to help themselves, are peri- odically cleaned and moved about from place to place in the nest. that they may have the proper degree of warmth and dryness, or moisture. and after about six Weeks of this cud- dling they are full grown. Then they either spin an oval cocoon, in which they change to pupae, or change directly without forming such a covering. The cocoons are cared for as carefully as were the larvae themselves, and these are what is iusually known as “ants' eggs”. They may be found at midsummer or ‘thereafter in almost any colony of ‘ants. and usually in the upper cham- bers of the nest, where they get a full supply of warmth from the sun. The adults hatch from these cocoons late in summer, and at once take part in the work of the nest, so far as they are workers. THEY HAVE IN THEIR OOLONUES ARCHITECTS The food of ants is variableâ€"some- times animal, sometimes vegetable, and quite usually both. The same species may feed upon fragments of insects and other animal matter, and also upon plant tissues of various kinds. They are usually fond of liquid food. especially ii it is sweet, and some species gather and store honey like the bees. Emu, aiifie fire was down much lower,é and it 's be and could be easily reached with tbel insurance bone. The pot“ and mntlings which; machinery. water as fast as it was poured upon the building, and in spite of the ef- forts of the brigade the fire continued to get worse. ROOF FELL IN. Theroofwasthefirstfiofal}in,and this whianfollowed shortly afterwards by the floor and the sides of the mill. This made it much egsier for the: fire- KNOEEER MILL FALLS A PREY TO THE DESTROYING ELEMENTS building. When they arrived the flames were leaping high into the air. and it seemed as if the entire wood- work was covered with flames. HEAT INTENSE. The heat was intense, but the fire laddies soon had all the available hose in working order and several streams of. water playing on the fire. A large crowd soon gathered. attracted by the bright reflection in the sky, and the men gathered did all in their power Q‘LA to help the firemen in men ngnu against the destroying element. It seemed impossible _torquen_c13 the fire. Few innocu we better known to the fire broke out in Mr. G. J. Brurnwell’s planing mill at an early hour Friday morning, and the structure was bum- ed to the ground. ’Only the skeleton frame work and a few charred timbers piled on top of one another now mark the spot where the mill stood. SENT IN ALARM. The fire was noticed by Mr. Robt. Kennedy, who resides across the road. and the alarm was immediame sent in. Thefire brigade responded in good W .A Starting from an unknown cause a >(I 3.20400 ”IF U “.0 wu>F<PZu¢m¢me OZ< but were HOW TO GET RID OF THEM Their Life and Habits. GRAPH WIRES BROKEâ€"WIN DOWS O! HOUSES CRACKED. BRUMWELL'S PLANING MILL LEVELLED Free Press.) .17 WW to save the ,. . In my localities onto one inal- Irectly injurious. although they are ' never beneficial. There is quite n common belie! that ants destroy the plant life. among which they are tre- e quently found ; but this is exactly t contrary to the (act, {or plant lice I. play a very important and curious {- part in the economy of certain spe- nlcies of ants. 5 ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS OTHER PROFESSIONSâ€"HOW V BE DESTROYED. How to Destroy Thom. Some species mtflie their hills in our lawns and gardens. or in grass plots. and they are sometimes decidedly troublesome in such localities, Where this occurs there is nothing better for gettting rid of them than bisul- phide of carbon. Pour a quantity into each of the openings of the disc or bill, closing them up by stepping on each as it is treated. The fumes will penetrate the chambers in every direction, and if a sufficient amount has been used. will kill not only all the adults, but all larvae as well. A singe application is usually all that is necessary; but in a very large colony it may sometimes happen that the farther chambers are not reach- ed by the fumes, and that the nest appears nearby; rarely in the dd spot. When that occurs, a second treatment is tolerably certain to be efiective. It has been recommended that after pouring a considerable quantityâ€"say three or four ouncesâ€" [ into the main opening 1 the nest, the vapor be exploded by means of a match held at the end of a stock. When this is done the nest is com- pletely wrecked, and the poisonous vapor is forced to every portion of the galleries, so that escape is al- most impossible; while larvae and pupae are buried so thoroughly that they can never make their way to the surface, even if not killed by the fumes. Care must be taken by the {user to keep some distance away to prevent being caught by the flash, as carbon bisulphide is very inflam- mable. :lall the time, watering the roof. A . spark from the Brumwell building flew -. over onto the shingles and started a [blaze going, but it was soon put out. ‘The front windows of Mr. Kennedy’s ofice and home were badly cracked Ifrom the intense heat of the flames. I B HAD LUMBER OUT. I ‘4' Mr. Carew was thanking his stars to~ * day that his lumber was out of the [mill when the fire occurred. It will I be remembered that after his own mill “was burned Mr. Carew had 5 me of Ibis lumber cut in Mr. Brumwell's mill. 'He kept a watchman there for three weeks at night and finally moved the lumber about a week ago. At the time of the fire there was no. lumber of any account in the mill. The building was a frame structure, sheeted with tin. The entire roof was. ‘burned OR the engine house. and the lmachinery inside was all destroyed. The saws, etc, which compose the plant of the mill, was the main loss. and it 's believed that there is enough ‘insurance to cover the loss of the 1 1L -__ Ants are never desirable in a cul- tivated field; they have no business there, and are certainly of no bene- fit to the farmer, even if they do not directly feed upon plant tissue. Plughing a Remedy. Fall ploughing should be practised to destroy the nests of ants. If the ploughing be done before the ants have gone into winter quarters, they will either build a new nest sufficient for their quarters, or will move with their belongings to a spot in which they are able to winter, some good will be accomplished. If the plough- ing be deferred until frosty night and 34â€" 4!. A, Anne Irv _v_‘-- cool days to discourage activity, the ants will be unable to repair damag- es, or will not have sufficient time to re-establish themselves before they become- torpid. The ploughing- should be deep and as thoroughly done as posible, so as to not only dis» turb and break up the nests com- pletely, but to scatter the plant lice, eggs or other material that the ants- may have gathered. By this simâ€" ple means injury may be prevented during the year following. .m-neâ€" __v. M. Beal was constantly in danger, but} under the watchful eye of the chief all. the adjoining buildings were well pro-e tected. The office and factory of Mr.. Kennedy were brightly illuminated by' the light of the flames, and they were forced to keep a garden hose in action; supported the framework remained in their positions. OTHER PLACES IN DANGER. The firemen, seeing that they could! not save the building, began to pay' attention to the surrounding houses- and factories. The warehouse and! larrigan factory belonging to Mr. R. u â€"â€"_ L--4 IELLED BY FIREâ€"TELE- OF SURROUNDING localities ants are indi- PAGE SEVEN.