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mo‘magge ye\c_hhge your 00111431“fo msk?" _ "1 don't vkntrsrr-,mot ex answered in a con-fused y tbot she was in tremble. accident h'crivrsp.netl ata-tir down; Mr. Hardy was :w: and a tshot wcei'tVp'd at a 332429, I Titiis aria-aid Tr.c; my bit he wasn't. 14v :a:::r-:u:arad from his c, V v: _,:, tr,"'ihts Granithing 1'~~ 5liisrct I had to ti. . _] tec? am 11:15? t t ', ' than box“ he Wt 1rei%Ng for the cab fare. She and hers Egan not pay it, Since all that they por 'iyersfiftt now was the single. shilling which 1116 hemehf was bringing home. She was afraid that this was what her official es- ’-:qrt was availing: for as he lingered in the c'sotrwnsr, looking in at the scene within the rcom~the scene whose too manifest P6rreerby, “and misery she would have pre- "_t"y,r-tiigt that no outsiders eyes should see. Ahki'siffivy the doctor, who had been eit- Wing» at the bedside watching Alice. went oat and spoke to him and he went away without mentioning the question of mohgy. It did not, occur to the girl, as as1itr1Vjatched this little manoeuvre, that the doctor had quietly paid tho necessary amount. I'Why didne. ye ask her?" the tremb- ling old mother inquired now with 'sul", priee, when she had gathered something) of Lhe amuse oi Ma-gg.e's hurried accounul iyi? "the rsighttr2doings. "What happened! io‘magge ye\ch§nge your mind so that ye- couldr‘n. rush?" I "1 don't, know-mot exactly," the girl! gnaw-red in a. confused way. “I could see! that. shit was in tremble. There was Lil nec‘clent happened on the :oad as I went! rim-m; Mr. Hardy was walking before me,’ anci :‘ who: wctt'ifVp"l at him from behind) a h'.1"3£’ 1 WT: afraid vet first that he! v. in: bi: hc wasn't. But, he hasn'ti 'cn .Lo-turarex'l from he illness. and hel S; wr", "lv- 37+? smashing and fainted in! "- fd ttyd Uhiulrto run on to Miss} Part of the long distance had been cov- ered by walking, and the rest had (been mevsdulV shortened by a drive in a tours wvihoeled cwb. Even in tYe midst of her tha,nll,1plraecs for this help, Maggie had '.trey3f,.fs',t,,d anxiously who would be an- grayeranle for the cab fame. She and ham 1.: y“ A Evy .l.6"blt.r = mvuiuu u awn 1161.. ""v, J,i':kaV:CiiiT-vir1c1i; five and six in tho morn- ine,-,' pad: Maggie Maitland had just reach.. "i-ttlime'," tired white figure who looked has it a 1oplerwtrelr'ss pest could hardly re _;g§ilr siMticient?iy the strain of exhaustion throurrh ,syhitrp Ashe had passed. Behind Flier new, in the doorway of the garret 'z-bg-i'n,gthe Jame burly form of a police- tu1jiiC'riytii1rird {the limited mace. One of Jsy, feildiwwnetavblers had {found Margie 3:15 (the, kindly, white-Ibearded doctor had totrnd-1fer a week or two before, lying in Ta, tieatVta.int in the middle of the pu‘bliCi Cwagr,. uDitrthe former occasion tho Scene had been Trafalgar Square, but this sec-1 gadgtimze it had been a, sordid street of _upv)ntapti,y Sioke Ncwington. There the constable- had found her lying in a heap on tiwoweeovered pavement. She had Ewen taken to the police, station. and when had been given a rest, and a hot meal. The food and the warmth had done much to raters her failing strength; and as she showed an eager anxiety to go {gm-me, the particular policeman who now aloud with her on the threshold of the games to which she had given that sweet name or home, had been deputed to ac- xyc3yv1rrlor apdiook after her.’ CHAPTER XIII. "f didnt like to come home with so lit- tle money, _after telling you that I was going to bring nearly a pound; so I went cs,xttlt to Miss Dare to ask her to help us a C(rrltt1p. It made my pride feel some even "to 1hinlr of doing it. but there didn't seem Rte be any other way; the weather's so hit- ter cold, and I thought of Alice lying do]: here and wanting good food, and getting worse every hour for need of it. Bo " went and I even spent two shillings m getting there. I co11ldn't, walk all the way," she explained, lifting her large eyes with shame and contrition in their (depths-shame and contrition for her fiswh extravagance, which had proved so t'lfguitless. "1 did try to walk, but some- (Vow I felt more tired than ever I'd done them-re. And I knew that Mica Dare would (“help us if once I got to her. Only-only- ”gen Ij/ot/thet/l couhin't ask her.” " "My lite has often enough been shadow- ed hy threatening clouds," he said to himseisf. "But they all Tracsed over, leav- .ir.tgy3r-,ssraJr, the clearer afterwards. Will _tlri,"1itttyelo12irr the darkest of all, pas: lav-91:31.90? "Christine believes that it will never (pass. She believes that we are sepa- rated for ever: Bat ought we got to have ib'gtter faith than that in 'tlie love and mercy omGod? And yel--onhr a few hours ago-live were within three weeks of be. ing husband and wife, whereas, now, I have not the right to go to her home and ask to see her or speak to her." "You're terrihly ill, air. You don't look fit to see to yourself let alone to worry about us. We're am right; don't Y.t?u fear; and we can't very well come inside i'il1t?ity we’ve promised Mica Christine we'd 3. Igttto ma'mh‘on tho outside. So, if you ( we " 11131. M::~Ha.rdy, we'll just stop TWPS , v: are. Even it we watm't all it“ " cts " px,trit cost ambit of uncomfort- " T' T-tCIS ”Wriu’t the ones to grumble, If pg Sl 'ng as all we could do for you if "i6ikba't may you back by so much as a 'SN, qu7iiter" “diam you've done for us. Don't vt. you worry about, our eatin', neither. We all 'ad good meals; before leaving 'ome. And I can wll‘you that, the chap that wan-ta to get at you, whoever he is, 'll 'ave a nice warm greeting if he comes rqgsd 'erppwhiJe we're on the Jock-out." He gazed at this curious letter, written so oddly in order that he might gain a momentary distraction from his grief. “Strange that It can never reach its des- 1itwtion," he said. Then he folded it, and wilt it. into a, hlank envelope. He rose again to his feet and began to pace 'tp.1e tent slowly. Presently he stopped, lite rtened to the wild sweep of the sharp wind outside, and watched the thick snow- f1El,rts ggregring ymadly beiore it. 7 - _ _ 7,- “H - '""'v'""""e, me win xfongive me the sinfulness of thc surrender, if sinful it be. “This letter (will never reach unless during the next few days you should come forth from the mystery which sur- rounds you, and make yourself known as a. man. like other men, possessing a, name and .9, home. If this should actually hair meri,_ and I should get to know you while still I ain in the depth of despair into which a sudden and terrible grief has 'mlnnged me tomistht, why, then I will -:rnFIre a, compact with 5ou, and tho bar, gain shall be this, that if one year from .to-nitrlut, shall find me as unhappy and as hopeless as I am now, I will give up my life to you. whoever you pay be without a.--Eng11rmu1' and without hesitation, trust- 1i11r'fy,2,,1pr [may the G051 Whojq chastpnipg “I knew nothing of you neither your name your age, nor the busisesa you fol- llo'w in life. Beoause I have always tried to avoid hurting, not only my tel ow-men and rwomen, but every other creature that God has made, I cannot even suspect the reason you can have for harboring so grave a, grudge amuinst me that you de- sire to take my life. If I were rich T could understand your persecution bet- ter; but as I am a poor man I cannot see what advantage you or any one else could moosilbly derive from my death. It may be that my father, unknown to me be- cause he died in my early childhood, did you some wrong which may account for your desire to injure me. DE it be so. which I can hardly believe. possible. I can only say that I was no party to that wrong, but that I am willing to make for it any atonement which liea in my power, 'TSP, .to glue. estentof giving up _my lite. Upon this, the shivering fellow depart- ed hastily befoTe Brian had had time to reply, and the young preacher went, back yet once more to the table, and yet once more took up the Den. life ‘To the unknown man who seeks my [ the camuing 'a-‘one a cloek . CEAPTER XIL-(Continucd) The I)arkat flair; adp ti he “Ti :13? that}! with them a “'35. There was a Jim: .3) the read win: 191-162, though 1031c in the mu‘ning. Try theve and Lady my: that 1yed,th,i,rijiii Trpeued, and I felt! as he lingered};- tip}: at the scene wi.tpin whose too manifest Or, The Hope That Still Lived. ‘Brian Hardy.” than Aiid [ he 1d d whi t e _, _ ”fmw '"'. u..- Anny.” anxioken lit-tie family had gn’en him some. thing of u. right to speak, he Treat on with his quietzons. ' Maggie "NCS silent. The old doctor hesi- mtcl again for l few minutes, and then. aircsummg perhaps on the tart, that his 'fyyr-,e?t,i.tyjtda,rsi)y,iners " to. the. poverty. "Oh, it isn’t that, sir," Maggie cried quickly. And then she felt herself blush.. lug. Even by the light of the cheap candle which. quite unassisted by Mrs. Ma-imlmnd‘s smouldering fire, pet-formed alone the business of iHaminating the room, the doctor could see that a wave of deep red had mounted all over the girl's \patllid. haggard face, intencifying for a moment its undeniable beauty, and sug- gesting DcnstsUb'duiers of Which her present. comnamon and true friend had never be- farm thought "rt's, not that," Maggie rew nested cotr?usctllr seeing that he expert Hl “he? to. speak again. “What is, it, then? Its' tated, but went on boldly man you me thinking t' boat ?" Maggie "NCS silent. The “Troubled in your mind?" The kindly old doctor put the question to her in a perplexed and almost anxious tone. Re [was looking" at her closely. “What troubles should you have, at your age? You must fynd it very hard, of court-IQ. to be the only brearwinnev for your little familly; but I damsay, things will go better with you before very long. I mean that you needn't worry and you ought not to worrar-not, enough anyhow, to keep you from sleep/npr', She had sat down at the foot of the bed, on the edge of the mattress, in a, way which showed that she wouldnrt easily [be persuaded to move thence. She did move, however, once, and that was to cross the room and softly and tenderly rearrange one of the rugs which covered Mrs. Ma'itland, who had already sunk into a, heavy sleep. Then she crept back to httceairoy the edge ot the bed. "You’d better go and get some sleep too," Dr. Kendal then said to the white, trembling girl, who was standing now by- Alice's mattress, looking down yearn- imply- at the sharp pinched features of the little sufferer who, only a. few weeks before, had been a ohrrbbsr. mound-faced, tall-checked child in all tho radiance of heailth and grace. "You want rest bad. ly,” he continued to urge very gravely. "You are quite worn out, Go and lie down beside your mother, and try to get rtlwo hours' tyleep. I shall keep watch here until you wake." _ But Maggie shook her pretty head. 'ur you please, I would rather stay here and keep watch with you," she pleaded. "rt's true that rm very tired, but even if I were to lie down I couldn't go to sileep. It isn't easy always to go to sleep w!yyr you’re trembled in your mind." - To-night, however, the resolute medical man had brought a bundle of rugs, and had announced that he would not be de. med the privilege of making up with them a, bed upon whiéh Mrs. Maitland might rest. The old woman's feeble oIHVr" sition availed nothing, and now, at six o'elook, while still the long darkness of a, London winter night made, the damn seem hours distant,, she lay down thank. ‘fully on the improvised couch, and fell almost at once into the deep sleep of ex- haustion. Be had wanted to bring nourishing deli- cacies for: Alice; but, passionately though her heart yearned over her suffering child, the sensitive old mother had let him see plainly that she could not meant any such gifts. It was true, no doubt, that the little girl needed them, and was even in more imminent danger of death from lack of them. But was not Maggie coming home presently with honestly earned money to buy whatever was 11EV cessary? In the same may he tried to make her presenits of wood and coal, so that the room might be kept sufficiently warm for the little patient to whom, at this crisis. warmth meant life itself. But Still in vain! in vain, although in this bitter weather the little heap of burning wicks, which was the independent-minded old mother's occasional pitiful apology for a fire, barely succeeded in banishing the glacial degree of coldness from the, atyustsp1yyreaof the Era-met. l The doctor keeping his night-long vigil for sheer humanity's sake, by the mart- tress of the little sufferer, had endeavor- ed at intervals to speak comfort to her. If Mrs. Maitland had looked searchingly at his face she must have seen that the snxiet-r on it was almost as keen ae, that marked on her own faded and furrowed countenance. But she did not look at him closely. She was gradeful to him for his wonderful and constant care of Alice, but, all the same, his continued presence irked her a little. Her natural pride re- sented charity in any shape or form; and charity was just 'what this kindly old man ‘wag for ever 'Tecysing upon her. l The white-hearded doctor had returned into the room after his dismissal of the policeman, and was taking his place again beside the helpless child, the treas- ure at this family, who lay near to the point of death with pneumonia, With a few quiet words, he ordered Mrs. Maitland l to lie down and rest. The old mother was ,no more than a wreck of her former self l --thiy brave self who a little time ago had so ditsasite'oushr left her quiet mountain hcme to follow her adopted daughter to devouring London. Maggie had learned already that all through this past night of watching and suspense she had sat up, trembling and weeping, waiting for the girl who had promised to come home ear- lar with tho money that was to save the little sister. When the hours had passed without bringing a sign of Maggie's pale. sweet young face and slender: young fig, ure, the old woman had fallen a, prey to fears of the most terrible kind. London had, through its cruel traffic deformed the body and blighted the life promise of her own child, the little Alice who now lay near to dying; what might not. the monster citor.have done to the scarcely less helpless Maggie, the older girl who, unaided and unprotected. was fighting the battle of life, and winning, or striv- ing to win, their bread for them! How might she net have been stricken! Into what danger might she not have been lured? _ W W f-" WW“, ”w“, “w. people and high up in the world, as you seem to think, thev wouldn't want any- thing to do with me now that Fm a, sshog girl. But even if they do come, I sham t leave you to go to them after all you‘ve done for me. I'll treat them as they've treated me, and just, tell them that I mean to stay with you always and al- ways. So, you see, it won't matter much, alftver all, whether we keep the bit of em- ln-qidered shawl or not, will it?" "Mother, haven't I told you a, score of times that I'd rather have nothing to do with parents, that could abandon me as mine abandoned me? You needn’t tremble about their coming to seek me; if they meant to seek me out at all, they'd have done‘ it It,fo,11r pow. If they’re 1:e_ally rich __ . ~_"._.._., WW. V__A'rTVIFVVr_Al tYIbAA (muck pride and indignation i)iiii'res"i'n"tt meat. She threw her thin arms round the neck of the adoptive Dimmer upon whom the hand of trouble was now press- irtRpo_heaarjlv. A - “I should like it better if you didna think of selling that, my lassie. Dis the only thing your own people can know you by when they come one day to seek you (my and make you a, fine lady. It's our plain duty to keep that as long as we can mgnelge to keep, it, dearie" ' In her turn, Maggie shook her head. A faint, Bad smile played about her pale and tightened lips although her eyes glo‘w‘ed spgdcnly .ary.1 quontedjy with But the bent old woman, to whose ap- parent age her brief period of life in Lon. don had allready added five years, shook her? head Aim1tt'l'ullor. so sorrv that Fd more bad news to gave her. And I felt I couldn't tell her our story then and ask her for help. I don't think I could have done it unless we'd ail been downright, starving. I thought I'd just come homo again and see if we couldn'tt sell the embroidery shawl on Monday. After all, we needn't beg while we've got that to bring us in something, evgry it_it'q only}; little," A GO .. He hesi- li, it some ahsor bed! y The presence of weed seeds in soils under different systems of cur ture and cropping should be sug- gestive to farmers. An investiga~ tion being conducted by the Seed Branch, Ottawa, shows a, sod field which had been in hay or pasture for six years, to contain 19,183 weed seeds in a surface square yard one inoh deep, 8,915 in the same volume of soil at a depth from two to three inches, and 4,309 at a, depth five to seven inches. Another field which had been under. a good system of cultivation and rotation contained 4,984 weed seeds in the surface soil and 3,020 in each of the other depths. The concentration of seeds in the surface layer of, the sod field may be explained by weeds being allowed to reproduce themselves from year to year. Information as to the percentage vitality of weed seeds at the different depths is pot !yet complete, but a large number of the surface seeds in the case of the sod field are vital. This inves- tigation indicates the importance of short rotations, good cultivation and prevention of weeds going to seed. Other important methods of weed control are summer ploughing of sod lands followed by frequent autumn cultivation to destroy grow- ing wrtcls, thorough cultivation during the growing season of heed crops and after-harvest, cultivation of cereal crops which have not been seeded down. a "Wars this hewé aCbdiit My: itddrid in the newspapers?” she asked. He was looking at her closely. For the second time Maggie had risen suddenly to her feet under stress of the agitation Which hie words had roused in her. Now her brain seemed to be dazed, and her heap? wag as heavy as bad within her._ "There was a, rumor going about last night that Mr Ronald Dare, Sir Ran. dolph's second son, had met his death by an accident," he told her. “It; happened to be true, and if it is true it means that your Alexander Dare is now the heir to the buronetcy. Why do you look so frightened? You ought. to, bttrlal" _ In her turn Maggie looked at him fix. eddy She was silent, not understanding enough of what he had said to ask him fot_a clearer explanation. "Theh iron Iion’t: irdoFtjie new position that Alexander Due is in?" he asked her qgiquy. - _ _ The doctor was sitting upright on the broken-seated cane chair which he occu: pied. He was facing her, w1th his eyes logging straight into hers. 7 "Will you tell me his name?" he asked in a low tone. She told him frankly enough. "His name is Alexander Dare, sir." The doctor started slightly. "You don't mean Alexander Dare, the nephew of Sir Randolph Dare?" he asked quickly. Maggie Mainland nodded igain. “Yes sir. He's Sir Randolph's nephew, it's true. But he's very poor, tor all that. Hits uncle never would help him the least little bit, and he couldn't get anything to do in England, so he's gone abroad to see If he can't make enough money some how for us to gct married upon. But now he's joined in some fitrMing that's going on out there. and so, even if he doesn't get killed, he's sure to be a, long time get- ting on well enough to come home. I came 117: here to London, thinking that if I could get work here it would be bet. ter paid than in the country, and so I should be able to save a little myself to help him. But that doesn't seem likely now. I've come to SEMI that it may be very l hard for me even to get the bread for the' three of us." 3 V The dwibf’is fails, srgexiféavto have champ ed its eXpreseion a little since her speak. ing_ot that "Tas." - “I hope so, with God‘s waxing." the doctor answered earnestly. " will do any beet still, as I have done all along. Blllb I must tell you that her chance would be greater if she had better food and a good fire in the room to keep the temper- ature high. It would malrty me happy to provide them thiogs, if your mother would let me. But she will not let me. She seems to prefer that her child should run a closer risk of death. But we will talk of that afterwards. I want you ftrl to answer my question. I thought you were alone in tha world, but now I sus- pect that you are waiting for some one who in his turn in waiting for you. Tell mf, is this so?" Maggie hodded again blushing. “Yes. @112 admipteq ip a, whisper. - "Will she live, sar? Oh, will she Jive?" Maggie cried, suruc-k suddenly with new terror by that ‘painful breathing. She had started up. and was. looking at Alice with atlrers full on? Van~a1}gui_s.h of anxiety. There was another interval of silence, broken only by the Licking of We clock that had.been brought all the way from the broken-up home in Scotland, and by the hostart-rendinglsr heavy breathing of the sick child. "Perhaps y0u are engaged to some mey? Is this so t" Perhaps the best known of all English birdmen. He participated in the raid of 34 British aeroplanes on Ostend and other German sub- marine bases last Friday. Falling into the sea, near Nieuport on the return trip, Mr. Grahame-White had a narrow escape from death. He was picked up bv a French boat. WEED SEEDS IN SOILS. To bo continued.) Claude Grahame-White, English Aviator, To make wood fireproof, fake a small quantity of frus/n $1"er and add water until it has the consist- Ninth-Don': water me, when I have been driven a long distance, until I am cool. Tenth-Talk to me kindly. Eleventh-Treat me as Tm: would like to be treated if you were a, horse. Eighth-Remember that I have feelings. Seventh -- Don't overdrive. and underfeed me. Sixth-Don': out my feet too much when I'm shod, First-Don’t pound or beat me, Second-Cover me when I am too warm or too cold. Third--Don't stand me in a draft. Fourth-Don': overload me. Fifth-Don’t compel me to work when I'm sick. The moisture problem is also a valuable one from the standpoint of productiveness of the soil. As stated above, by opening up the soil the fall rains percolate much more rapidly into the soil, while there is a, mulch formed on the surface which tends to prevent the water ifrom the subsoil going directly to the surface and being evaporated. Early fall plowing makes a 1'eser- voir of the subsoil, storing the wa.- ter for the crop in the spring. Often where the ground is a little rolling, the water will run off before it has; time to soak in when the soil is compact and hard. Those who have practised summer fallowing know that it increases chances for a good yield the following season, and this is largely due to the liberation of plant food in the soil and C0nserva- tion of moisture. Fall plowing is very similar, only the soil has not quite so long to bring about these changes as in case of summer fal, lowing. Where possible it is near- ly always advisable to piow"is%ii, ly ;n the fall as possible. Bacteria, which are found in the soil in countless numbers, generally work better where oxygen from the air is readily available, and these in turn break up the organic mat- ter of the soil into similar. com- pounds, liberating nitrates or ni- trogen food for the plant. This is one of the most essential elements for the early growth of the plant. It is often noticed that spring plow- ing will not cause crops to lodge so badly as fall plowing. This is ex- plained by nitrogen being set free to a, large extent in the loose, por- ous, fall-plowed than in the more compaot soil. l l Plowing early in the fall liberates l more plant food for the spring crop land con-serves more moisture. By 1lc)oss.ening the surface soil, thus al, lowing the air to penetrate, the sell particles which contain phosphor- ous, potassium, and lime are caus- ed to oxidize, which sets free these elements for the plant, writes Mr. W. H. Frazer. The soil compounds originally are very complex and are practically of no benefit to the crop until they are acted upon by The air, the solutions in the soil, and plant juices, so as to decompose‘ them and make them much simpler. 1 Fall plowing has a tendency to let the rains pereolate into the soil bet- ter, which tends to dissolve and break up the compounds for the use of the spring crop. {On the Farm WWMWVD A Horse's Eleven Requests. ".e"W-y._ Plowing in the Fall. Fireproof Wood "Charlie says I grow more beau- tiful every time he sees me." “If that's the case you ought to ma're him call twice a day," came the A -N ply. Even the statesmen are making somewhat frequent references to a, more speedy conclusion of hostiii- ties as witness the threat of Brit- ain's First Lord of the Admiralty that the paralyzing force of the pressure now being exerted upon Germany through the navy may itself decide the issue of the war. a good deal of authority have tak, en the view that the United States protest against the German war zone may yet; be used as a pretext to terminate with dignity a war in which. most international finan- ciers admit, it is no longer possible for Germany to gain a lasting ad- vantage. The reports of aeube economic difficulties in Germany and Austria may be exaggerated, but financial commentators, even as close to the scene as Holland, apparently do not think so. --or rather the signs that were evi- dent; to them did not work out. But some day the financiers will be right, and if history repeats itself, when the news does come, the man kets will have it first, For this reason the financial cables sent from London and Paris to New York bankers during the past few days, because of their significant references to a. possible pretext for peace overtures, have been of great interest, Some of those COP- respondents who usualiy write with (signifiaey References From Lon- l don and Paris Bankers. l While diplomatic and official pro- nouncements by belliger-nts are still fairly unanimous on the point that the war will be prolonged, the observant follower of current fin- ancial events may sense a, feeling in the foreign capitals that peace IS nearer than is generally supposed. There may be no authority for this. Once before, since the war began, financiers thought they defeated signs of faltering which, they im- agined, presaged early peace ne- gotiations. They. were wrongthen A fine opportunity is offered to foresight and enterprise. "There is no sacrifice which We are not will- ing to suffer in order to throw off the economical yoke of Germany and to attain our independence.” So says the organ of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry through- out the land. And the members of these bodies mean it . . . now. It British firms Were to employ agents or to send out representatives who speak Russian and who understand the people they would hear about plenty of openings for business. All the cutlery I have noticed here is German, from Solingen or Essen. Is Sheffield so prosperous that it needs no fresh market? During the next half-oentury Russia, will spend‘ millions every year on agricultural; machinery. Are our makers going, to stand aside and let others sup- ply it? i Pine Opportunity Is Offered to Bri- tish Manufacturers. An English correspondent in P.et- rograd writes as follows concerning the Russian hatred of everything German : German used to be spoken here a good deal, and in Moscow among business people la, great deal. Now it is dangerous to speak it ally- where. In almost every shop hangs a large placard asking people not to. Street car conductors will not allow them to. Often in the streets English people are stared at with dislike and suspicion because their English has been mistaken for Gear. man. I hear of several alternations which have arisen in this way. A, lady I know was told by an officer not to speak German. She retort-‘ ed in French "You ought to learn‘ to recognize the language of Eng-) land, your ally.” An Englishman} who, speaks perfect Russian was abused rudely in a street car be- (cause he was talking English with his wife. He turned the laugh by saying in Russian "If you had been better educated you would be able to distinguish between German and English." The man collapsed. In schools the teaching of German has been suspended. A German news- paper which has been published here for a century and a half is to be suppressed at the end of the year. Thousands of firms which had close relations with German indus- try have resolved to send their or- ders elsewhere. Great Britain might step in and get them if our business men cared to do business on Russian lines, But that means studying Russian requirements and giving long credits, which few Bri- tish firms care to do. eucrof cream, stir well and add one pound of alum, (twelve ounces of commercial potash, and about one pound of sslt, Stir again, and ame while hot. Two or three coats will keep wood fireproof for many months. ' STRAY HINTS AT PEACE. RU SSIA HATES GERMANY And ail diseases ot the (horse affecting hits throat. speedily cured; colts and horses in same stable kept from having them by using Spohn's Distamaar Compound, 3 to 6 doses GIT-ten cure; one bomb guavanteed to cute one case. Safe to! breed max-es. bafby cults. stallions. aL' ages "and conditions. Most ts1ril1iul tscjentid> compound. Write for free waklet. on “Distemper. Causes a'nd Cure." Any druggist or delivered by man warfare”. ENFLUENZA BPOHN MEDICAL CO- Bowen. l Miss Anne Topham, at one timel governess to. the Kaiser's (laugh/emf tells in her "Memories of the Kai; ser’s Court" how the Emperor was,' always making panic-stricken exits, frpm one palace to another to avoid; disease. On one occasion the Ern-i peror and his court were comfort- ably installed at the Belle Vue Pal- ace, when Prince Oscar developed chicken-pox. So all the luggage was repacked and a few hours later the Kaiser was scurrying off to another palace. This occurrence happened just prior to the German Emperor's visit to England, so that he spent an apprehensive week in the latter. country, always on the alert for symptoms of the disease which he, feared had infected him. ' l In Berlin the Kaiser used to ex, cruise in a covered tennis court, which was {rightfully overheated, according to WilheLn's orders. In this oppressive atmosphere he play- ed tennis with perspiring officers. Rather than run the rislrof develop- ing a chill, the Kaiser would disport himself in this building with its hot-, house interior. It was the some with his riding school. The Master, of the Horse was always finding his, charges developing coughs owing to the heated atmosphere in which. they were exercised by the Kaiser. Whilst travelling in the rear ofi his troops the Kaiser has in con-, stamt attendance th number of court physicians. Be fears the attack of disease almost as much as he dreads the assassin's knife. If Wilhelm' catches as much as a cold he Up, .mediately retires to bed and can- cels all his engagements. Unhappy court officials who suffer from chills‘ have to carefully hide their symp-] toms from the Kaiser, otherwiseg they will be at once banished. 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