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RE 1 They were walking up to the house -Angtsl's perfect Prorile was torn- ed ttaide-a flush of happiness-the happiness "tfeh the presence of the man whom she loves gives to I wo- man. was upon her faee-ahe had no courage to lift her eyes to his-poor. short-sighted Angel. Dulcie walked on her other tside-she was not nur- ly so lovely as her sister-sb, had th pert. retrousso now. and . wido laughing moqtth-but Dulice was a wo- Ian. with ttll o woman's keen, quick instincts. Sh. wu " the earth, By this time they had reached the side of the ice nearest to the hou.- the girls skimming along slowly, with swaying backwards and forwards move- ments; the tall young man walking, with long strides, between them. They took off their skates, nimbly and swift- ly, Attlinin. masculine assistanpe. "Will you give mo 3 cup of tea t" said Horace Lesaiter very humbly, Handing. like a plaintiff at the bar, before them both. H e looked at Angel-but there was a {urtivo mover- ment of his whole. broad-altouldered person towards Dulcie. "By Jove] how splendidly -you girls do skate! 1 never saw anything like it-it quite frightened me, at least. I began to think you were not txiitre-. only automatically wound up. I never new Englishwomen skate like that-" "Ah, that accounts for it ua. So your mother '88 tsaatadian--hat Mr. Halliday, surely he is an English- man t" "We are not English-we are Can- adians." cried Duleie, with her little noes in the air. "It would be a diss.. grace to us. if we couldn't skate pro- perly. after spending five winters in Canada with our mother; maple." - "Papat Oh, he'a John Bull to his finger-tips." answered Dulcie. with a little acornful, careless shrug of her ahoulderib--"but we, Angel and I we like better to belong to.our moth- er's ptopu.'l _ "You refuse me hospitatitr, than!" be said bitterly, turning upon her-.. "tha Jpospjtalitr 9! @9199! tea---" Malice laughed. "Oh. if you can to come." she began. "I do eare,"--he answrred eagerly--. "Misa Hallidny turning to Angel, "yap know that I end" _ - "Stand And deliver!" cried Duleie. "Are you a burglar. or a Uampt--or, . plemlt compound of both t" .. Which did you take me for t" "Neither. Captain Leeslter; I know F?? nt_onco," said Angel. softly. _ A "Of eourt5e-eomqy up to the house to tea." murmured Angel, with down- txitgt rereew-tsut Dulcie lifted hers bold- Lx-and somewhat. desfiantU-up to u. "Teal You Englishmen take five-i o'clock tea like women. What a mis.. eraglo. 'toft-nurtures) "t you all pre I" A tall young man now came walk- ing across the ice towards them, from the shelter of the willows. He was dressed in a rough shooting coat and leather!) guitars. It was difficult at frrrt, in the fading light. to diatim. gu’mh hi. tture; but as he came near- er. may recognised him. _ - _ "Great Hanna! are you never go- ing to stop!" The voice sped through tho keen frosty air with proternatural distinctneas. lite skaters alackenod their spec-d, drawing nearer to each uthrr as they did Mr-eaeh reached out a hand to her sister. and the rough grating of their arrested skates croak- ed out harshly and inharmonious1y to. cotber. "Did anybody speak, Angel t" "r-." thunk so, Dumb-what did it sound like t" It was icmurkablo that neither of them was in tho very least degree out of breath. "t think it must be Captain Lusi- ter." tsaid Angel. with a flush upon be! fair, ”gob-like face. 7 So shsolutely speechless are they. and so perfectly still are their bodies, save for the swift flying feet and the slight undulating movement of their dark n-d skirts, that there is at last. seen In the swift darkening twilight. some- thing almost akin to the uncanny in the sight of them-a something that causes it stealthy watcher. who has been standing motionless for some time under one of the willows along the ditch to the south, to exclaim aloud, more however to himself than for the benefit of the actors in the scene he is watching: "It sounded like a-mam" ropliod Dulcie solemnly. with the noun quite In capital letters. "Pay Heaven itu not a tramp I" A Never can . "new graceful form have n more becoming background than that ot snow end 'user-over, curve. sw-, ery undulating movement of these charming figure. is thrown oat into sharp relief “initial: the surface of ice; upon which they move. They are; both ot them perfect mistresses of the art of skating. As they advance Gil retreat by turns. as they skim fleetly’ “tether over the frozen surface, 0!" describe wonderful patterns at Almost inconceivable angles, no ungraceful or awkward movement disturbs the ab- milth security of their well-poised at- tit ades--eaeh girl keeps her hands well tucked into her muff, end seems as much at home. upon the slippery sur- face as though she were walking across her drawinr-room in the grey house beyond on the slope of the hill. A melancholy scene indeed. save for two moving specks of vivid life, which tun-figured the whole picture into brightneu end vitality-two girls dimming over the bee of the frozen voter. the swish swish of their chute. keeping time to the rhythmical movements of their figures. Never . word do the speak, only no they bu.. ence themseiyvee easily on their flying feet, they epproach and part, and whirl in wide circles round each other with l certain method in their evolutions. A wink “pause of tiooaod meadow hi frozen completely over, a boun- tta of stunted willows in a long Inel- Ilc oly line to the ruling ground to Pt nortt.t..ttutided over with clumps of -- _v. -.... .r.ww.W_%. www- nu... vauwyu V5 hue and blackened trees, surmounted! by u long, eheeriessiooking grey house? -to tho out tog, and flatness, and tlr; 'omr--trnd our all tho grey gloomy', ".rtaut.of an afternoon winter sky: I sack new» tOiidw and int up; "My dear Angel. do take your jacket off, you will get so hot," suggested Dulcie the practical-she was for ever cutting in upon these moods of Angers oh, why would ehe not see, why would she not understand! she said to her- self with a. sort of anger at the blind- ness of the sister she adored. For Angel was Dulcie’a idol-her beauty and her talent. her sweet temper and her poetic temperament, all helped to 'make her a sort of divinity to her lyounger sister, a divinity over which l it seemed to her it was her province to [watch and. to guard, lest trouble or vexation should in any fashion come near her. And now, despite her ten- der care, this dreadful thing had hair. pened that Angel had fallen in love with Horance Lesslter. Horace. yho.m. every child might have seen to "Lady Lessiter? Ohl after a fashion ---she wrote m town for some skates 'tlt_trdar,, I khan." “Wouldn't Sir George and Lady Lsssiter joint" "Yes, I dares” they might." admit- ted Horace, to whom the idea of amid- nieht skating ttste-a-tste, hand in hand with eithae “star. presented, by no be infatuated with hgrselt. It is pos- sible that, but for Angel, Duleie might have responded to the adoration ex- pended upon her, for Lessiter was an idle. good-looking young fellow. for ever at the house, and the gtris' lives were strangely solitary and lonely; moreover Lessiter, although not en- dowed with any very noble qualities. had agreeable manners and was like- able and compunLonable, and love, as everyone has been told, begets love. asalactor of possible misery to Angel, she almost hated him; every misdirect-' ed and misunderstood sentence that he uttered, every misappropriated look and word which Angel in her blind- ness took to herself, pierced the heart of her sister with impotent wretched- neqs. She did not dare to tell her the truth-she might indied have said to her, "Horace Lessiter does not love you," but should Angel question."Why then is he always Iteret" it was not in her nature to wound the gentle heart by the reply, "He comes here for me." This was the serio-cornedy that was just now playing itself out at Harliford Grange. Soon, new actors are to be in- troduced and new scenes placed upon the stage, but at this moment there are but these three. The tall, fair-haired younz min. indolent, impeeunious without any settled home or occupa- tion. having raid out of his profession from sheer idleness. existing vaguely upon his position of heirpresump: ive lo a childless brother but a few yenrsold- er than him.self, and living for the present upon what allowance that bro- ther Chore, to give him. andthe two Billiday girls, with their bright com- plexions and graceful figures- Anttrt 190 itively baauziful. and Dulioe damn-h "People don't understand the joys of skating in this benighted country," Dulcie was saying, with her mouth full ot buttered toast. "When wagon a good frost nobody seams to make the moat of it. Doesn't Four tsister-in-law skate!" "My dear child, when is the proces- sion to come from? You and I, with Captain Leash" to carry the earrings lamps behind us? That wouldn't make V "There; it is! Why hadra't she got hqugkatef Ill yeadyi" "Oh, Dulicel" exclaimed Angel. "don't you wish we eould have snight procession with lamps, as we used to have in Canadat It was so lovely. Captain Lessiter; we all used to go out after dinner in couples in a. long pro- cession. hand in hand. each couple car- ried a lantern. You can't think how lovely it looked - all the moving lights. and the dark figures. and the strange, mysterious echoes. Oh. Dul- (hie! gon't you think we might get it up ere " a very striking exhibition tuiGirGiGi in the light of a midnight illumina- tion-now would it!" on ty piqutnte and attractivd-UGiii, tho trio gathered about the little tea- table. "Ah, yes," she murmured softly. So he remembered, then! She gazed with, drgamy cyst; into the fire. - _ "Do you know that t" she asked of Lessiter. "You sang it to me the last tin. I was here," he answered. passage at arms in the hail, her voice, a pure high soprano. was ringing through the room in the opening notes of one of Tostf's souttts-Duleie, on her knees upon the hearthrug poking the fire, joined in with tb second; music was a part of their life. thu piano 3 friend that filled up all the unoccupied intervals of existence. The song nev- er got further than the first " rse. for Angel got up and joined the gwo " the fireside. Angel had but run; the bell for ten in passing, flung her hat and skates down upon a sofa, and sat down at once to the open piano. When Duieie and Leasiter came in after their short I' “You had much better wish I" good-bye and go home. said Dulcle aside to Leaeiter as they ratchet! the f front door-Angel had gone on. "You Ictn’t like tea-not really." she added with s comical persistence. _ , "I don't in the rally he answered. (l like you and your sister." The drawingroom at Harlifond Grange was ruddy with the firelight, it look- thoroughly homeiike and cosy in con- trast to the greyness and coldness without. It was untidy and lit- tered over with feminine trumperies. for there was no careful mother to put things straight when the girls had gone out, their fancy work and paintmg materials lay scattered about the room, the open piano was strewn with music, the table covered with novels and magazines; there was a general sense of irresponsibility about it, an aspect of womanhood in her first youth, unrestricted by maternal or mtuden-tulnt-lrke supervision, ret it was homelike for all that-there was a charm in the very disorder, for it told of the daily lives, full of interests and occupations. which the two sisters led. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO In Zululand the graves of the dead are dpcorated with the bodies ot the attending doctor; _ ---_-__.$_ ..-_._.,,.,.. ...... Wu..." the most. She exercised a - tay- cination upon him, reminding him in rome undefined manmer of another wormn whats image floated constantly before his imagination. During the morning hour he played the accompa- paniments to Angel's songs, for he was e bit of a musician in an unpre- tending way, and then they fell to talkinq of books and poetry in they eat over tha fire, whilst Dulcie ran in 1nd out of the room, Joining in now and then with her lauzhing criticism: or her practical common tense. Meanwhile, Geoffrey Dane was spending a quiet and pleasant day at mrliford Grange. Mr. Hllaiday had gone up to business as usual for the Saturday half-day. but Geoffrey had his uncle's diroctions to take a whole holiday. and he had remained with the girls. He was interested and pleased with them both; Dulcie's livelinosa and cmart talk diverted and amused him, but Angel's superior beauty and ac- ?gmplishpegts attracted him perhaps _ CHAPTER IV. Venetia Lessiter took to the idea not only with delight, but it may al- most be said, with passion. She wean woman of maiden freaks and fancies, she pursued things and people hot- headed for a short sesan. then she turned aside and rushed Wildly and breathless-1y u er something else. Anything that was to be done in n hurry commended itself to her volatile fancy. A few days ago she had taken it into her head to send for a friend whom she had not seen since the days of her girlhood. and who for some years had been living in great retirement; nothing had satisfied her till, by dint of telegrams and letters, she had induced this friend to consent to come and spend a few days with her. When she had gained her point, she had tele- graphed to town for some friends of her hmband's, "to make the house lively," although she had expressly promised to her friend that her visit should be. strictly quiet, and a strong detachment from London was expected down for Sunday. When her brother- in-law propounded the plan of the lumplight procession to her, as sug- gested by Angel and Dulice Halliday, she was enchanted, and flung hertwif into the scheme with rapture. Grooms with notes were sent flying on horse- back in all directions that very even- ing, to beat up recruits throughout the neighbourhood. The cook was hidden to prepare for an unlimited number of dinner gue.:ts, and strange orders were i.sued to the housekeeper and the butler concerning mulled wines and hot punch that were to be in re- c:uisiiion towards the small of the fol- lowing night. Horncs, too, was des- patched up to town by the first train on the Saturday morning with direc- tion, to bring back as many bull's-eye lanterns as he could lay hands upon. Letters, too, were sent flying between the Hill and the Grange, so that by five o'clopk arrangement was com- pleted. l The girls shook hands mechanically with tho new comer, they were smit- ten with " sudden dumbnese. Angel poured him out a cup of tea and hand- ed it him in silence, and then she runs the bell in obedience to her father's directions concerning the room. Mr. Halliday spoka in tho, background to Horace Lei-miter. Geoffrey stood with his back to the, fire sipping his tea, and looking with critically apprecia- tive eyes at the fair bannty of his young ho<te~isee. Then Dulcie sud- denly found her voice again and spoke to him. "Huve you got skates with you, Mr. Danet" "Yea, Miss Halliday, I have." "Oh, then you'll do for the proces- sion." said Dulcie, with decision. But whether the procession was of arolitti- ous or secular cbnrncter. where it was to be formed, whither it was to wend its war, and of what nature were to be its communal trrrtn. were all my:- teries to which Geo‘frny was unable, as yet, to form any couriueion. "My dear children." raid Joseph mllidar :omowhxt to anallr, turn- ing to the young man in the doorway, "allow me to present to you the mp- how of my excellent partner - Mr. Geoffrey Dano-my eldest daughter. _Apgtsl-my second daughter, Dulcie. Mr. Dana has come down to stay our Sunday with us; give orders, my dour. toLyx r0911. to be got ready tor pig." And then they looked behind him to- wards the door, and “W. standing upon [ha threshold of the room, a slight young man with brown eyes, who seemed to be taking everything in with}; good deal of amusement. -i'sroitTrr softly, my doars. What is it all about? Don't you see that I am not alone'" - 7 - 7 A __ All this time the two girls were dutifully attending to their father, pulling off hi-; can and muffler, and taking his gloves and parcel: out of his hands. - There was s slight confusion of nuis- 65 in the ball outside, then the drug- ,ing-room door opened, and Mr. Hell‘- day, still muffled up, stood in the doorway, and his eyes rested. not al- togelher delightedly, upon the fam- iliarity of the little trio It the tea- table. A "horus of voices greeted him: [ "Oh pupa. how nice and early you "trel" "We have got such a delightful plan to tell you about!" “Captain Lossiter ls going to ask Lady 1asusiter---" "It will be such funl Just what we used to do in Canada." "If only we can manage it for to- morrow! Sit down,und we will tell you _ull about in". I ' Hugo wuwxa vuI-wluvo . “Here comes pupa. Bow early he I. back to-night! He must have oaught the four-thirty train." STRANGE GRAVE MARKS. To be Continued. -__ - - ... w --"-. “an”. as a captain in the Mounted Infantry, and getting wounded at Mogfar. just before Lord Wolseley fought the battle at Tel-el-Kebir. Those Turkish tro- As you might expect to find in the home of a soldier, there are many re. minders of the profession of arms " Minto Castle. Besides several battle pieces illustrating the conquest ot In- dia-one of which portrays the battle of Mahld pore, in 1817, where Lord Minto's grandfather, General Sir Thomas Hislop. was in eommand-therr, are many memorials to remind your host of engagements and campaigns in which he has taken part. These Egyp- tian spearheads and rifles, for in. stance, are souvenirs of the time when he gave his services as a volunteer in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, serving as a captain in the Mounted Imam" OF THE FOURTH BARONET, who, on the British evacuation of Cor.. sica. was created Baron Minto, and who, on his return from filling the appointment ot Governor-Genet/at of Bengal, was created Earl of Minto. He was a great friend of Nelson, and on leaving Corsica was a passenger on Nelson's ship, the Minerve, when she fell in with the Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent. After the battle Sir Gil- bert accompanied the despatches home on board the Lively, bringing with him one of the swords surrendered by the brave commander of the San Josef to Nelson. This sword is one of the most prized of the historical treasures at Minto Castle, while a pastel of Nel- son from life, executed by Schmidt in 1800, finds a fitting resting-place over a bureau. By Royal license the first Earl of Minto assumed the surnames of his mother, Murray-Kynynmound, the hriress of Melgund and Lovhgeilr, pro- perties in Forfarshire and Fifeshire, and it is interesting to hear from your host that a branch of these Kynyn- mounds settled in France about the thirteenth century, where they are now known as the Comtes do Quin.. mont. To reach Lord Minto's study, you have to puss through a long corridor, which is hung with all kinds of weap- ons, shields, snowshoes and deer-heads; and similar trophies decorate his pleasant oak-panelled sanctum, which looks over the lawn and the surround- ing woods. His study strikes you as particularly interesting from the num- ber of engravings. miniatures, and medallions to be seen of the distin- guished members of the Elliott tamilv. For instance, there are portraits of the first and second baronets, both Sir Gilbert Elliots. who were each succes- Sively Lord Minto as Lords of Session in Scotland. Near these there hangs an engravtng DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO ROME. while a marble dog, an antique, which was a gift from Caroline, Queen of Naples, sister ot Marie-Antoinette, with some bureaux. are suitably placed. On leaving the 'ttner hall you enter the south ante-room opening to the draw- lng-room on the right, and to the left to the splendid library, unsurpassed in all Scotland for its wealth of choice and rare editions, while it is the favor- ite resort of every one at Minto. ' ' MINTO CASTLE STANDS. The house which is of stone. is of some- what unusual architectural construe» tion. Originally it consisted of two wings placed at right angles, With a porch at the Junction giving admit- tance to a circular hall. Afterwards, when it was altered, and added to in the beginning of the present century, the new work eotrtsted chiefly of a duplication of the old, not only giving far greater depth to the house but pro- viding two halts, one leading into the other, while a new handsome semi-cir- cular Corinthian porch was a further addition. ifrophioe of arms and the old colours of the Border Militia. rais- ed to resist the threatened invasion of Napolean decorate the first hall, which is panelled with oak, as is Lord Minto's study, removed from the old law courts at Westminster. "l‘he second hall is domed and floored with oak. From above, the light shines down on th) bust ot Pius IX., presented to your host's grandfather when on e spe‘ cial dale, and history has invented it with romantic charm associated with deeds of arms in Border were. Additional interest is evoked by the fact that the home of Lord Minlo is not only in clos- est touch with the land of Scott. bat the great novelist himself visited Min. to Castle. in “The Lay ot the Last Minstrel" he alludes to the well-known Cums. which, washed by the Teviot at their base, are prominent objects throughout tho countrywide. You enn- not fail to notice this natural pinnacle, capped by a tower recently restored and new guarded by e. um taken by "Elliott the Brave" from the French admiral Thurot in the action off the Isle of Min in 1760, as you proceed along the road trout the little station of Hussenden on the Hawick and Edin- burgh line. On arriving, after u. drive of a mile and a half at the ornamental Wturt Lodge, you at once enter the deep woods of fine old timber bordering the drive; while in the open park you may notice some shaggy Highland cattle. Presently you moss a deep glen, through which flows the stream that supplies the lake lying at the base of the steep slope on which In Iona of the ---rNte" loam“! Along with a Mm Number or (Eu-Ion like an “lama" qugteenon--M" Excellency u I Ion. Minto Castle. the home of Lord mute six miles distant from the quaint old town of Hawick. is situated in the more mountainous portions of Box- burgshiro. Nature has endowed the district with much beauty in hill and SOIETHING ABOUT " EE LENCY'S PATERNAL ABODE. THE HOME M LORD MINTU A girl doesn't trouble seriete about the superiority of the pen sword: it'l the uniform tint ' "Not so very, madame." replied Lord Whitworth. "although " father was e grand atritrnarur"2-a remark which readers of French will recognize as u very good pun, tor the word " need by Lord Whitworth means 'Yood-utter." while by its sound it eleo meant a great lord. He had, indeed, almost measured swords with Napoleon. at the Tuileries, when that despot railed at Englend for not having evacuated Egypt and Mal- ta, accused her of having violated trea- ties, and ended by flourishing a cane dangerously near the face of the Eng- lish ambassador. Lord Whitworth put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "What would you have done, if the emperor had struck you t" he was at- terward naked. "I would have felled him to the Signed." was the quiet answer. Pox-hope the beat story told of him Is one showing how his quick wit dil- pooed of a rival. When he was at the Russian court. Fox sent there, no a sort of ambassador of hia own, a non named Adair, the non of a surgeon. One day the empress. speaking in French. said to Lord WhitworttF. "Is he a, very important mu, this Mandela Add: t" Two Incident. Whit-II Show What I!“ of: "all lard “’hltwonh won. Lord Whitworth, who held various posts of honor in English diplomatic circles, was a kindly, gracious ttentles- men, as well as a wit and a man of the world. In his viceroyalty of Ireland. he proved to be so destitute of bigotry and bitterness that he was sometimes accused of lacking energy; but the is- land government probably seemed a small thing to him who had been the voice of England at St. Petersburg and Paris. l Presently your host suggests a walk 1 round the grounds and a look in st the stables. giving you, however, before leaving the house, a peep into the in- dian room, another repository. of Af- ghan and Eastern curios well displayed against a vermilion background. There is nothing surprising in the conversa- tion turning to the subjects of hunting and racing. for Lord Minto has been devoted to the "pig-skin" from very early days, when he, then Lord Mel- gund. was an undergraduate at Cem- bridge, and rode in a silk jacket over hurdles as "Mr. Belly." a pseudonym borrowed from Eton ,where he was a very respectable oar, and. after being second in the mulling. distinguished himself as a member of the Kingston Rowing Club. In athletics. also. he was well to the front, winning the Third Trinity mile at Cambridgep Lord Minto rode in many races on that flat and across country, and in wr; brought Captain Mechell's Defence int fourth for the Grand National at Liv.. erpool and won the Grand National Steeplechase of France " Auteuil on Miss Hungerford: and in many other events over hurdles he rode winners trained by Mr. Richardson. It is re- lated of Lord Minto that at the Lincoln Spring meeting of 1875 he passed thel post first on five different mounts. He was also well known as a bold rider with the Duke of Grafton's, Lord Yer- borough's. and the Bicenter Hounds. TO A mummy: PORTRAIT; l -whieh occupies one side of the room: -ot Lady Minto, who is wearing e soft white muslin gown. on the shoulders of which there rests a rose-colored men-_ tie edged with fur. Though you can-n not perhaps examine every one of the numerous miniatures and curios lg!" which you seem quite surrounded In this dainlily furni bed room. ro. should not omit to notice u miniaturel of Marie Antoinette, given to the firstI Earl of Mime by Mirabeau, and enoth-‘ er of Napoleon, p'ulnted by Isabcy. The! tunong the medallions you will find one1 of Queen Caro'lne of Naples, presented) by her to Mr. Hugh Elliot when Minis-i ter at Naples; white the portrait of General Mr Charles Grey, private eeo-‘ rotary to the Queen and the Prince. Consort, is doubly interesting as being tht likeness of Lady Minto's father. .. , After luncheon in the dining-room-- where you may oottoo many bun- ily portraits, among them a full length pastel of Lord Minto in the Khakeo tunic and buffalo-hide patrol jacket b0 wore in the North-West campaign. - Lady Minto, who is the most charming hnwtess, takes you to the drawing-room. which is I harmony in green and gold. Kennrally suggestive of the Louis-Sous period. At once you are attracted I-ICIIIIIUIIL W mo i---..-. -_-" . the Russo-Turkish war. an "ttttie.'" ment which he obtained from Bir Henry Laysrd. at the instance of Col- onel Home. of the Intelligence Depart- ment of the War Ottice. He was RP" sent at the bombardment of M00901". and was with the Turks " the pas-ego of the Danube by the Ruseisns under Skobeloft. and then crossing of the Bal- kans a day after Gourko's tome. be fined Reouf Pacha at Slivno. Then 0 was with Lord Roberts throughout the Knrrnm Valley campaign. and stayed at the front till the signing of the Treaty of Gundamuk. when he went to Simla; and Lord Minto may add that he was very nearly Joining the mission of Sir Louis Csvsgnsri. who, with his retinas. was MASSACRED AT OABUL. A very handsome "poshteen." or At- ghrtn sheepskin jacket. beautiiufiy em- broidered. which formerly belonged to Lord Roberts, may remind you that he was his secretary on his proceeding to the Cape after the disaster of Majubs Hill. But, " Lord Minto could teil, you. his experience in South Africa watr very limited, being confined to twenty-‘ four hours on shore, in consequence of ; an armistice being arranged with the‘ Boers. Although Lord Minto has not seen active service since he was Chief of the Staff. under General Middleton, in the expedition for the suppression of the Riel insurrection, yet since its“ he has had the command of the "Scottish Border" Voiunteer Infantry Brigade, brigadier-general, and still retains the some interest in military subjects as when he was a lieutenant in the Scots‘ Guards; while he occasionally contri- butes articles on them to the Edin-‘ burgh Review, the Nineteenth Century and the United Service Magazine. ! phi”, too, will probably recall his yt: taclnnent tlt ttyt Turkish lie". (lulu, eye. EQUAL TO OCCASIONS. trouble herself much :rity of the pen or the uniform tint catches we tau-n why he” mmetimea ttit to lay when they hue plenty of - in that they regain a change. and mat contain- tho Inherial for sup- plying the albumen ot the out. Ind is therefore I nib-tunes that the hen. Inn-t have or they cannot perform lar- vino. If the be” are fat give out ounce of lean meat uaoh or “lowing no other food, for a nook or two. meat or liver, any cheap mm! will answer. and it will he found bupvrml' to anything that can he umul. (new bone that contain a large proportion of let. neat ll even better. provid- od the ht portion are removed f mm tho has: It will to found cheaper than mm Iteye it will make eggs, THE BEST FOOD FOR limb The beat food for making hem, 1 .y m loan meat. When the aumlly of egg- hill stop all other foods and feed hott tion, then aim is not a profitable my mail. It she cannot use the excess of feed given her over the maintenunw- ration, to produce a profitable amoun' of butter fit, ehe is not worth lawn "ur and would be disposed of as sun" " possible. No dairymen can afford. under Pt"" eent conditions, or even under unynorr ditions. to keep animals that eat food that they cannot return a greater value for in the milk pail. If he does keep aueh animals. his progress down the financinl hill in neither slow our comfortable. Hie life in one long Num- ttles $181th conditiionu that he might chance if he only would. There or» many made that lead to loss of Pro" fit on the tarm,.hut tho lu'utdc's'. emoothest road with the steepest chutn- ward Pitch it the one traveled by Hm unprofitable cow. tood given above that wright. um dairyman may expect greater or less returns in the form of mi k. Here come: the tirat point. Now, how much foddrt doe. it take to keep that cow? Fix feel! pounds or twenty pounds? Tttei" I. a wide margin here-alt lite differ- ence between profit and loss. Ask the 00W and see what tshe says. If trite m using twice an much fodder as trhe 9psht p, to. keep her marhine in mu Experiment. have shown mat it re- ',PiPtPixta.sen. pounds of dry organ» a Tttttor-G-trear-Th-a, Tim-(It'lflngry in Dough, that in to keep the animal alive tnd. m‘health. From the rest of list. The man who owns the cow la the one who make. the milk. He can make little or much of it, he can make it clean or dirty. cheep or expeneive, in (not. he can vary the milk to suit him- cclt. The cow in only a complicated apparatus. in which he burns " un- loua toddlers. and out of which he Oll- teina his finished product in the sham ot milk. Like all other machines, the cow in subject to the lawn of thermo- dynamioe. She must use a certain mu- ount of her fodder to keep the vital machinery in motion. This includes the keeping of the animal heat at the right point, the circulation of the blood the digestion of food, the elaboration of milk and all the other vital actions which so to make up the life of the animel. It may seem equally absurd to some of our readers to assert that operating on the tee'th will prevent pulling and other vices, but that it is not so is proved by the following incident: A pony that we treated had changed owners for no other cause than that none of them had been able to drive him with “no. although various bite and oontrivanoee had been tried. The primary cause must first be discovered. which in this instance was a decayed tooth, the removal of which affeeted an instantaneous cure. The pony is now driven in a plain straight bit without a curb chain by the present owner, an elderly gentleman who appreciates the animal‘s quietness and docility nomuch that no amount of money could part them. Now supposing there were irregulari- ties of the teeth. as is usual with all young heroes. the first treatment ehould he to put them in perfect or- der, no u to promote mastication and good (ligation. to enable ploper unin- iiation of the nutritive qualitioe of the food, and there ensure inoreaned strength and condition. thus remov- ing the original cause of the weaknaqs. In ouch cam the ordinary practi- tioner would treat locally. possibly ad- viu different shoal, order tonic ball: or condition powders, and a few days' not. the latter would benefit may all}! give temporary relief. Young homes fully developed show cigns of fatigue and weakness utter a jammy. and interfere. Some grab the quarter of the fore foot with the to? of the hind foot, or oval-mach. " c preventive tor lemenou, to commence opentione on the teeth would - to none very ludicrous, yet common acne. and practice would convince them that this would he the proper means of preventing intarmr- ence, one ot the chief can.“ of hue- negs in young nor-en. _ 7 (not [noted during the hot months of July Attttuat and September when tlatt11asnt colic wee very apparent in the stable. yet not. one single one had occurred emonz these tweniy-tive home! Since this trial end whenever e cerload of newly porch-ed yum home arrives, it in considered em to feed them until their teeth ere examined and put in proper shape. Son. yum up a tut "I and. by In - company. who had coo horne- in mutant use. twentrdFr of which wore indisoriminatesir slated for proper dental treatment, and sep- arately weighed. Their onto and maize were reduced two quarts per day each. After the tint month I great improve- ment in their trsnornt condition was ap- Paront. continuing during the second and third month; when they were attain weighed, and A was found that In "on” incl-cu. of forty-eight pounds per hand was the result. The au, mam PREVENT “mass. MAKING THE MILK. 2|:th perform nar- are fat gin and each day, allowing L week or two. whet-nil ”coding .. Btu-p anally I . i such C M nth - -r m. 83% - up hurl if . “a um um _ k many “”31 Euteomb m-nu "tW‘dinK mum's "" atep (urwul xmally ossentt t,' " ouch cLarituj - and their - of the sick ”mill put I use htmplml I ”not For I without many ring in cum-d .The all. for " unto-t any l bur hours, u “ "ve 11mm .3 “art. Just; 'lee and police dpnlnty. l be h which tut. ol hi, tad tin-re i in, and night boapitatl offio distance of trn u - her! tre I . “hulk! " There no I III unbalance has the man urgency cl Into tho offia wanted M on “at, ttw " questions. (1 dtution of 1 olden} [an at! nature ot m the idolmy 1 one “in: ( tune "harm! kind of mud thout. The idqnCst the all in t all; It a mat and: I punts that t just for fun. Mina up I but given. I dent. nor In all. After that mm perhaps four oouraging; i This in why caught ‘50! tor-m this or or not. ttr can. the tie wt. Cal 1 there 9:. b nut be a pushes the u! for the the gums I who OIWHI hunt. in nu When (In but. than that can“ Dorm are i tbe neon-d 1 Is throw. 1 od for the the from ol a. nrruwm the. house hand. Thi his meat am lit-autumn l warned by whatever I gum. pic ONE OF T) mGs trf which is the buildi the all": which he accident but rusbr he have borne in driveway cum mot', reaction t the curb As the d card with written the umbu siriun atwi rear and MINI rear and art-M. tar. gen!- man. new“! aettuasllr mood of hour. the vehirloc. allowed , butane? ll Burning”: must r maimed wait tor his six m in prmi mum-rout uh of th) plum! man in h if dr, ch In dent 1 guns, In: Ghana st if NILE It in o It m. t.twr he ritr tur ANTI " m