revealed t L in the thr ffere E ROMANCE ded. »ER BOX eT. 0€S ves 0 It. arth, Head, anteed or loods at Befe Gil nber and Feels as t Passed. , $ U to atomiz l0 mi TORONTO »ld 1 a few ind n HER T "18 nk DROW! mJ stc l It 8 YEARS and ( €0.000 have sprouted. ame The grain o 18 W nurdered V ROA lays ago, alartaing, An examâ€" the presâ€" roat, and a Little ma wh hi 13 n "It cortainly was very atrange," his ccengpanion returned, and tnen continued : "When Sir Julien and Luly Page arrived in Londonâ€"late at nightâ€"having been detained sey= eral nhours on their wayâ€"and did not find the nurss and child awaiting them, they were very anxious. ‘The rext morning tte baronet telegrapaâ€" ed to Brighton to ascertain the reaâ€" son of their nonâ€"appearance. The anâ€" swer te received reassgured him someâ€" what, as it explained that the nurse haud loft the previous day to join him at the Arcadia, according to his diâ€" rections. He, of course, understood at once that his second epse:le had gone astray, and he immediately hastened to the other hotel to inquire for the truants. He was told by the propriâ€" etor that such a woman asd chld haudl presented themselves there the previcus afterroon, the nurse asking to be skown to the apartments of Sr Jullen Page. She was told that he was not there, and that she could not be accommodated, as the house wae full. She had then left, and had probally soug@=t some other place for tho *night. The tbaronct was nearly distracted, and hburried back ‘to his hotel, hoping to find the missing ones there. Of course he was disapâ€" pointed, Tor ste had no means _ of | knowinrg where to find him. Thinking we mght have returned to Brighion, be telegraphed again to the old housekeeper. She had not been seen. Every poss‘ible effort was madse to find herâ€"the city wase secured from end to eud during the next few woeks ; but not the slghtest clew to «<ltrer woman or chld was foundâ€" they had disappeared as absolutely as If they had been suddenly blotted out of exisatence." "And was »~~thing ever learned of their fate?"* questioned â€" Walier Le gaton, with an anxious heart. "xoâ€"zothing tangible; it was asâ€" certained, a month or two â€" afterâ€" ward, that a hotel, on another street n~t vory far from theâ€"house where not very far from theâ€"house where the nurse had been told to go, had hbeen consumed by fire on that very night, and Sir Julien got the idea . into his head that both woman and c‘tld4 had porished in the flames, alâ€" though he could never gain any satâ€" isfactory information regarding tkeo matter. The propreior had been out otf town that night, and the clerk was so overcomse by the d‘saster that ho shortly became. & raving maniac. The books were all burned, s» it was impossible to tell whether the missing ozes had been registered there It was pitiable to see the man taunt the vic‘nity and cussticnâ€" ing people. regarding the catasâ€" trophe; _but in a groat city like this such incidenis ate frequent, and scoon forgotton, and three weeks after the fire a new hotel was goâ€" ing up on the old gite." s â€""THMow long ago did this happ questioned . Leighton. "samo eix or seven yearsâ€"near seven, I should think," said Mo. Welâ€" lirgion. "It nearly broke the hearts of both Sir Julion and Lady Pageâ€" thoy wore never the giame afterâ€" ward; anad when, three years later, thoir little daughter died, it eseemâ€" ed as if the crowning blow to their misery had falion up>on them. Their silent home became intolerable to to them, and, dismissing their serâ€" vants and closing it, they travoled for a couple of years. They looked tworty years clder when they reâ€" turnod to the Towers, and lived there in a very quiet way, shunning all society. It wias not long until Sir Julion‘s health failed, and he was ordered to the Mediterranean, where ho only lived a fewm weeks to ‘be followed, a few moatnsa later, by his wife, and we have been searching for tho nearest 6f kin ever since." "Was thore no will?" inquired the lawyoer‘s listener. "Yoo; Sir Julien made a will after tho death of his daughter, leaving everything to Lady Page, but her ladyship‘s minad failed so rapidly, duzâ€" ing her last iliness, she was incaâ€" pacitated, and so the property must E450 tds dugegtins dfccctonte ccftiacc> Aiicatsin c 90 4i We go to her nearest relative. I conâ€" gratulate you, Mr. Leighton, upon beâ€" ing tho fortunate man," the gentleâ€" man concluded, with great corialâ€" ity. Ho had been very favyorably imâ€" pressed by the young man‘s appearâ€" arco and boaring; and, truly, feeling that ho must stake everything to win, Leightoa had conducted himâ€" self in the most exemplary manner throughout his negotiations with the distinguished attorneys. o4 Thus an archâ€"schemer came into possession of one of the finest esâ€" tates in all England ; and, after seâ€" curing a competent â€" housekeeper and corps of servants, he repaired to Worthing Towers, where he immeâ€" dilately began to bring order out of chaos, and to naka such repairs and improvement@ as his tastes and deâ€" sires suggested. _A couple of months passoed, and cverything was at last in porfect order, for plenty of money ard a small army of workmen can .-lx_rcompush wonders in a very short ime. It was a stately Engiish bomeâ€"â€" an ideal epot, where lavish nature ard tho skill of man had combined E) reproduce, as it were, another den. "And all this is mine," mused Sir Waiter Leighton as he stood on thcs~ flawless granite steps one morning late in Octobeér. _ "The fates havo certainly favored me far beyond my highest expectations. Only ore thing is lacking to complete my triumph, and that is to win Florâ€" ence, and install her here as misâ€" tress." CHAPTER XIIL "Let me see," the newlyâ€"made barâ€" onet mused as he drew forth a set of ivory tablets from a pocket in his Lih. 64 4 EAEDED TR O TEWTT EP EC LLP vest: "the address of the soâ€"called ‘Seaver party, ag I learned in Lonâ€" dox, is Florence for the month of November; Venice for December, and Hotel du Quirinal, Rome," for Januâ€" ay and Fobruary. Hum, I believe, sinco I have got everything so shipâ€" shape bere, I will run ~»ver to Paris for a couple of months; then 1 will 18 @99 put in an appearance at Rome about tho first week in January, astonish the Seavere with the change in my fortures, and try and persuade Florâ€" ence that she belongs to me." _ Ho was here interrupted in his soliloquy by the approach of tho but ler, who, by the way, was an old gervitor of the family, and who, upon learning that Worthing Towers was to be> reopend by the new: heir, had appliod for his old position. He now informed the young baronet that he would liko to have him come and inspoct the wine vaultâ€"which had bsen thoroughly renovated and reâ€" steckedâ€"anrd remarked that he had just put the last bottle in its place. _ Leighton signified his willingness to comply with his request and, accordâ€" ingly, followed him to the cellar. y It was locatsd beneath one of the wirgse and was complete in every rospect. It was partitioned off into various compartments, each conâ€" tairing its special variety of wine or liquor, with tho temperature exâ€" actly adjusted to best preserve the flavor of cach peculiar vintage. "Well, thise looks very fine, Burns; you havo certainly made a decidedly neat job and I am well pleased," Sir â€" Walter â€" observed,, as‘ he wont from room to room _ and glanced around the clean, nicely washed vaults, regarding with 32 alfectionate expression the variou casks and countless bottles no niceâ€" ly arranged.. "Thank‘ce, sir ; I‘ve trigd to do my duty, sir," the butler replied, with an air of conscious pride. § As they wore about to leave the place, Leighton suddenly caught sight of a door, in one corner of the vault, which was fastened with a padlock. "What is this, Burns ?â€"where does it lead to?" ho inquired, regarding it curiously. i "That be the way to the old vaults, sir," returned the butler, & peculiar look flitting across his face, while ho turned soruptly, as it in Rbaste to lcave the place. y "The old _ vaults!" repeated his master, without moviag from the spot. "1 say, Burns," he added, lookâ€" img back over his shculdor at the man, who had reached the door and was fumbling impatiently at the key, "don‘t be in a hurry ; I want to know more about these . old vaclts. What caused them to be disâ€" carded and new ones built ? Come back here aif%i tell me about it," he corcluded, peremptorily. Tho man, thus commanded, retarnâ€" ed to uis master‘s side, although raâ€" ther reivctantly, it seemed ,to him, snd this only served to increase his curiosity. t NE CEE PME CE T "*"Well, sitr, I don‘t know very much atout them," he began, "lor you see tho new vaults were built during the timo of the late baronet‘s graudâ€" fsther. Ho made a great many imâ€" provements, for the house was vyery old ; some of it was takoen down und and he added a good deal more. You seo, my uncle, on my wother‘s side, lived here afore me, and that‘s how I coms to know about itâ€"â€"*" "Â¥osâ€"yes," interposed Leighton, a tri‘le impaticat, for ho cared nothing for a genealogy of the butler‘s famâ€" ly ; "but what part of the building was taken down ?" "The old diningâ€"room and the rooms over it, sir; that part . was not thought to be safe, for some rea sonâ€"some say it had settled, and," rot being a sunny room at all, the rew diningâ€"hall was built on ihe cast side of the house." [ ' "Hum ! and so the winec vaulitsused to be undor the old diningâ€"room," said Leighton, moditatively. "I supe pose the settling oï¬ the buildingamade them unsafe, t0o." o "Yes, sirâ€"perhaps so, sir," the but> ter answered, somewhat faintly. "What is in them now ?" questionâ€" ed his companion. "Nothing, sirâ€"leastways Iâ€"I don‘t know as there is," said tha man, with an uneasy shrug of his shoulders. "It was said, sir, that in the time % of Sir Julien‘s grand{athor, there was a brother of the old man~who went mad, just about the time the rew diningâ€"room was being . built, The {family are very proud, ang wantâ€" ed to keep the matter still, and.not have him soat to a madâ€"house4 s0o, whea the old part of the house was torm down, the vaults underneatlh wero fitted up in comfortable shape, and the crasy man was put into it with a keoper. Everything was manâ€" aged so cleverly, thoere were only F & ow B o. d ud o uind Bireretie s a ontramdites d two or three who new anything about it, and when ho died, rather thar have the story get out and make a great Stir, the old taronet had one of the small vaults double walled and comonted tight, for a tomb, and put the poor creature in it." 1 point. ? "This is rather an unpleasant tale, Burns," he observed, and instinctively moving away _from the padlocked door, "L think I ®vill not meddle with the place, ank I hope you will never repeat what you have told me, es= pocially to any of the servants;};you are probably the only one who knows anything about it, the others all beâ€" ing now." * "That is true, sir, and Td never known it myself, oaly I happened to hear my old uncle and sasnt talking it over between themselves one nignt whea I was a boy and they thought \ ) 4 .. @8 M ob ccalin O rtubfe. rdve © I I was fast asleep," the man explainâ€" ed. "You needn‘t fear, sir, that T ever tell it," he added ; "it isn‘t , to my taste even to think about itâ€" let alone talking it over ; and I‘m mighty glad the key has been lost." He turned to lead the way from the place as he concluded, Leighton closely following him. The master and servant parted at the head of the stairs, the former going out of doors, wliere he took a stroll around, the massive buildâ€" ./ in ascertain where the new wall mm Ol% a stroll around. the massive. ouildâ€" ing to ascertain whore the new wall had been erected. It was a finely constructed ‘ pilece of masonry, and compose 1 of jrmonse blocks of granite; but ‘the wall was solid from base to copingâ€"there was cot even a window in it, it teing in the roar where windows were considered imighton himsel! shiversod at this "Ha !" < he, exclaimed,~ this~ walk is made of heary blocks of glass while they give back a bollow round with every itep. Strange that 1 never obâ€" servred it beforee. The vaults must be ‘just beneath <me, _ and the old baronet Frobably used glass payâ€" ing to give light to that madman and his keeper in their pri:on. "Hum"â€"smilinglyâ€""I wonder how It was ventilated? TCoubtlees by means of one of those chimneys,," 2; conclzded, as he glanced up at em. md doubtless run cuite a distance | The race after knowledge with her, mround." the young baronet | wasn‘t an.easy one, and while I was A as he (pacted‘ the‘ Tine walk | bend every energy toontllflp ber, hat was tbordered on eacih side© by | my ï¬m «wu~cunnll}xlx‘ following elvet. turf. > s k TE . ai close upon the heels of his rich.couâ€" Bunddenly he stoppd short ‘as a |einâ€"watching his every act until he ecultar sound struck his ear, and | finally fathomed ‘his secret and heichis‘ eyen sought the ground. . â€"| sprung the trap that sent him toâ€" "Ha +" he: exclaimed, this walk is|â€"well, to his ruinâ€"and gave his vast made of heavy . blocks of glass whil¢| treagure to us. Ha! ha ! if he could they give back a bhollow round with | know where his petted darling is pvery ttep. Strange that 1 never Obâ€"| now, what woeuld he say ? He little served it beforee. The vaults mustlthought that Iâ€"the downtrodden be ‘just beneath me, _ and the old ) dangnter of his goocâ€"forâ€"nothing couâ€" | ba ronet Probably used _ glass paY~| ginâ€"would oce day flourish upon tne. Ing to give light to that madmaAn | millions which he fordly hoped she and his keeper in their pri:on. would nave, while she would be dragâ€" "Hum"â€"smilinglyâ€""I wonder hOw | ging out a miserable existence behind it was ventilated? Coubtlers bF | loocks and bolts. I always hated hker, means of one of those chimneys,."" poor little fool! with her white skin, he conclzded, as he glanced up at |-ter yellow hair, and those smirks and them. ‘ smiles that always stole everybody‘s "1 declare," he added a moment j peart away from me." : later, "I begin to feel a revival o(‘ At this moment a door at the furâ€" my curiosity regarding the plac». If | ther end * the apartment opened, there were a kzy I believe I would anq n portly, rather distinguishedâ€" be tempted to investicate, in *Pitt jooking woman entered. of that gruesome tale about the â€" gne was Mrs. Clairemont, who ACtâ€" sealed vault." â€"__ _ â€"___~_ __>, ‘jed ag chaperon to Miss King. |_ _ _ But other matters3 now claimed his attention, and the uncauny sccret ot ‘Worthing Towers was forgotten, for the time and a week later found him en route to Paris. gia He spest ncaily three months in this gay and wondorfual city, dip;ing deep into all the amusements and intoxicating pleasures for wihith he ha«d so long yearned. It was during h: sojourn here that ho met Miss Insz King, a beau= ful Californianâ€"a dark,, yo‘uptuous beauty, of perhaps . twentyâ€"five years, who was traveling with an eminently r»=p>ctatl> chcpron and a Sranishâ€"looking young man,, who acted as her private secretary. | Sho was roportcd to b> immenscly wealthyâ€"the daughter of a "gilyer king,"â€"and this comb‘ned with her beauty, won her ho:«ts 0‘ admirers; tbut sho had bsen inci ferent to them all until she was introduced to Sir Walter Lighton, for whom she at one> concciredl groat a@miration, i not deep affection. The attracti>on app>»ar~d to be muâ€" tual, for the young baronet at once bâ€"came very attentive to her, the result bing that cne was raree ly seen without the other. . is But the tims that Sir Walter had allotted himsel{ in the French meâ€" tropoiis was drawing to a close, and one evening, while calling 1Egn his gay comrado, he observed that the fir:t of the following week he should leave for Rome, where he expected to join somes friends,. f 3 His companion itartedl slighily at this informatfon, ,zave him a quick, pesetrating l:ok, and grew cucdenâ€" ly white about the m(_)uth. w ~Thea, quickly rccovering â€" herself, she romara>i with one o‘ her brilâ€" liant emiles: e * "Well, that is rith>r a cingular oc« ire‘dences, Bir Walter. for we also are booked fo:> Rome for the last of January." The> young man was not remarkibly wel. pl ascd by this anâ€" nouncement. P "Ah., that is nows, truly," he a:1d, "I did not suppose that anything conul1 t mat you toâ€" lâ€"ave Parisâ€" you appar to b»: i2 your native clemont here, and I woara you thit yoi will not find Romse neatly 10 congonial." "How atout your el", my cay civ{=& lter?. Ah, Sir Walter, you dearly like a gool t‘m>»> yourecl‘, an‘l how wil! you b> able to cndure (he dullâ€"â€" re:s of Roma®" qustioned the elil, as cho lift;d a laughiag, witchâ€" ing look to his eyes. F "Yos, I have had a_â€" gcodl time here,". said Sir. Walteor, with a sigh and a emilo; "I shal\l not soor forâ€" get it; but I am obligcd to go to meet my. friends." _ â€""Who ar> your Sriecd;?" absuptly demazdei MissKing, ber face sudâ€" dovly clouding. . [® 2o e red l4 "A Mr. and . Mr3. $ wardâ€"â€"* r _ "Thcis ward! Who is sbat". curily inter;osed the California bsauty, & dangerous glcam Jlcaping iato her eyes. oc Pn J tns1 ue * ic 4 "Hor nams is Miss Flur.ase Richâ€" ardson," he romaiked, in what he tried to make a maiter of fact tone,. "What is the dike**" Missâ€" King qve tiontd. with avoerted eyes and rislag eclor. "I3 sh> a boeaunty?" "Well, yes I musrt corfiss that she isâ€">f a cortain typa; but you will sor for yourscli whait she is like whon you eome to Rom®." & "W.ll you introduce me to her ?"â€" and tho girl held her breath as she awa‘ted 143 roply, while she regarded him suspiciously. "Cortainly, it you wis\." "I ®\all wish," said his companion, with an imperious upliiting of | her head. â€" "Is she rich?" she inquired, with her next breath. ? + "Well, she has a saug fortune of perpaps half a million." A sneer curled Mss King‘s scarlet lips. uds P esw use C qo e REECCC "And I have three m.llions, bosides . a fine orange plantation in Santa, Monica," se said, [lushing, but lean? ing forward and looking straight into Sir Walter‘s eyes ; "and," she addod, with suddeoa passion, "I hate blonds beauties." o Throc mllions boside ‘an extensive orange â€" plantation in farâ€"{famed Southern California ! Surely tuat was a foriune to tompt any man, and Sir Walter Leighton now knew that che might have it, and tkhe brilliant beauiy bas.da him, tor tke asgking. ut Sir Wal er shrank with repugnance from such a union, Six months ago the temptation would have been irresistible, but now cirâ€" cumstances had chasged, and he banâ€" ished the whought.. _ x ‘. After chatting sociably for a fow meoments lozsger, he excused himsel!, pleading that he had some business that must be attended to _ without dclay, as be would leave Paris so @coil. The moment he was gone the girl like. sprang exc.taily to her tiet, her face| situ all aliame, ker eyes gleaming with | in a an. angry, jJealous lighut, and began | of n rapidly pacing the elegant rcom. The "Has he simply beoa playing with | suc} me 2" she cricd, hor white teeth set | to : fiercely over her scarlet under lp;| thir "have all these weeks spent with mMQj mor meant nothing to hinm ? I had ‘#set MY ; bef feart upon becoming his wife and | gop Lady Leighton ; T have vowed that T | P will achieve a pra‘t‘~~ ‘\m A English aristocracy, and no one, ®® yan; obstacle, shall stand in myâ€"way, to i"" C thwart me. Ha! ha ‘ Inez my &irk wighd raw amb t‘ous we are! What wousd lerc thosp coarse, illâ€"bred, uncouth miners eoh thinl ‘Tp #6ee »youâ€"now ?~ you : who, f NE bareheaded and barefooted, used to dea make mud ples with the raggedest cul mase muu pxD. Wisl 8t 1P N0 d little urchinse that ran about the in that city. and their vith me ‘ n *set my ; j (e â€" and | € 1 that T | * one, Ro 1 way, to j my â€" @ird ; r inss All4 At this moment a door at the furâ€" ther end <T the apartment opened, and » portly, rather distinguishedâ€" lookisg woman entered. _ _ % _ "Weoll, Inoz, what is it now ?" she questriozred, as she observed the girt‘s lowering brow and flaming eyes. â€" "Sir Walter Leighton goes to Rome on Monday," was the curt response. "And has he said nothing delinite to you yet ?" ; â€" y , “No." o 8 , V â€" "Possibly he may, even yet." |; (To be continued.) Baby‘s Own Tablets have a _ reâ€" markable record. All over the land you will find mothers who will tell you this medicine has saved the lives of their iittle ones,. When you give Baby‘s Own _ Tablets to . yOour children _ you have a guarantee that you are not #stupefying them vrith poisonous soothing stuifs. 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There is nothing â€"impossible about such projects being made a success, but to the farmers and others who may think of investing their hardâ€"earned money, it would be a wise thing to look before th%z)4 leap.â€"London Free Press, Sept. 13, 1904. in the human blood vessels (arterioskâ€" lerose), brought about ‘by the use of alâ€" eohol, tobacco, and other excesses, includâ€" ing overwork, cause 22 per cent: of: all deaths, whereas the muchâ€"dreaded tuberâ€" culosis is responsible for only 7 per eent. An insurance doctor at Leipzic has colâ€" lected facts which show that the changes SHIPPING APPLES. ADVICE TO FARMERS. . ko ~ 3 P oo ce monae ipooe o e 4Cs Sroc s oal se oo C aV un ONTARIO ARCHIVES ' TORONTO n se o en ul o Sn 2 mt w N P or attention; of the other they perish easily if they do not have the best of care. â€" The difference is simply in «conâ€" stitutional vigor or vital force born in the calves of the one and not born in the calves of the other. This difference continues throughout the lives of these animals. It may not be manifest so conâ€" spicuously in after life, yet it affects all their relations to their food, care and froductions. In what does it consist? s it in possessing what is sometimes called the nervous temperament?! Not unfrequently we find the offspring of breeds that lay especial claim to this ‘tempenment especially lacking in the Ceaching a Singer a Task Not Without Its Special Dangers Music publishers do much scheming each year to boom their new songs. This year some of them employ coachers to take charge of the rehearsing of songs, The coachers go to the halls where the shows are rehcarsing and instruct the singer and chorus in the necessary busiâ€" ness, so as to get all the merit out of the song. They teach new steps and invent new dances to help out the song. _ ‘Bometimes the business is copied from last seasoh‘s successful muical comedics, but in many instances¢gthe ideas are orâ€" Enal. Most of the coachers are sent to he cheap burlesque companies. Often the chorus is made up of young girls with little or no stage experience, and _ not often overburdened with inâ€" telligence. In order to get any results a lot of rtienee is needed, and often in the end the work has to be gone over again and again. » L y Mc uen "Af »bhkes chaire i6 eURCLEER CCC OB OC 5The stamping ground of these shows for rehearsal is in the halls on the East! Side. The work is in progress usually | from 10 o‘clock in the morning until 6 o‘clock in the evening. ‘ The publisher‘s representative â€" apâ€" proaches the manager of the company with the announcement that be has a number of new songs which he is confiâ€" dent will be the hit of the show, The manager looks at the songs and then tells the man to go ahead. Sometimes he starts at once. He calls the chorus together and gives a copy of the song to each member. The chorus of the song is rehearsed first, and the vofses next. When this is done other songs are rehearsed, until the enâ€" tire list has been gone through, W Emt ARRCASETC CC OZAME s C at "Now, Missâ€"â€"â€"," says the coacher, glancing at a plump young woman with ro voice in particular, "you are spoilâ€" ing the song. You are singing it beâ€" tween your teeth. Now this is the way the song should be rendered," and then he repeats the chorus or verses, The woman usuall{ imitates him to the best of her ability. Sometimes, though, she objects to his criticiem. One: of these women got back at a coacher the other day with her finger nails. On another occasion the coacher had to fight the husband of the leading soubrette %)e- cause he told her that she was thickâ€" skulled and would never do for the stage. The husband, who happoned to be the chicf comedian of the organization, reâ€" sented the statement, and askel _ the coacher to apologize. When an a logy was not forthcoming they fougm all over the stage, and both were much used | up. 6 L L P & 5 posem 10 . us cmd n neekadiamadt Total approximate cost ... . . . $31 T0 When the rubber was laid down in 1891 it was two inches in thickness. In May, 1902, after twentyâ€"one years‘ wear, the portion on the incoming road into the station was taken up and carefully exâ€" amined, when it was found to have wordn down to about fiveâ€"eighths of an inch in the thinnest wglace, namely, at the inâ€" coming end, where horses first step onto it from the macadamized road. Othor parts of the rubber were worn down to one inch and one and a quarter inch, these places in each case being near the centre of the roadway. Renewal was, therefore, congidered necessary. In recent years the price of india rubâ€" ber has !:u'%ely increased, and its quali ties vary. Tenders were invited in Augâ€" ust, 1902, from four firms, and the prices received varied from £5 11s 4d ($27.09) to £17 10s 34 ($86.22) &1‘ square ard, Messrs. Macintosh & ; .‘s / price zdlg ; .flOb‘d(“.fl).Thbwgu-m accepted, namely, the tender from the acceple, C t 0 s _ ta & Tele India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co.. of £5 11s 44 ($2709) p* Works Co., 4sm t k BOOMiu«w NEW SONGK pa RUBBEK PAVING. out esper ts _ a secret force } fiddon in the tace. bn the breot and in the ® fl'lfle"m* u’h& *wital . | e n in from Soree or more strongly than those~of any <other ‘imâ€"> mfll C breed.. The w‘ in Holâ€" i j hv. †m; inâ€"andâ€"in . In "proof that this | breed has maintained a high standard of vital force nfnhttoih-elld-oct. every climate, including that of Northern Russia nearly up to the Arctic circle. Here in Ameri¢a it is hardy as our native cattle. Its calves are. raised without difficulty. Taken from their dame at three days old and reasonably fed on skim milk and a little oil meal they grow like weeds. Given plenty of food, no matter if much of it is roughage, they develop rapidly. The heifers usually dms their calves at about two years old, an henceforward are profitable to their owners, . Yours tquy. G. W. Clemons, Becretary Holsteinâ€"Friesian Association. St. George, Ont. square yard. The material to be used is not, however, supposed to be pure rubâ€" ber, but appears suitable for the purpose, d is vulcanized. Rubber of a similar Yuliï¬y was laid in the year 1895 in Welâ€" lington Court, 42, Albert Gate, Knightsâ€" bridge, London, and it was ascertained that "it had worn most excellently and given every satisfaction" at that place. E® § ML _ TERCY it When the child is from 1 to 2 years old it is frequently crawling on the floor and on the rug where the cat sleeps, and from that hâ€" | age on till it goes to school the child is playâ€" ing with and nursing the cat. The result is Y*®i that if the cat has any disease germs about T | its thick fur the child is almost certain to al | get them, and in this way discases are spread to from one family to another. The same, be says, is true of pet dogs, but not to such & A!lorge extent. Dr. Martin holds that the enorâ€" mous increase of diphtheria in the last tew at years is due to the cat and dog. As an evidence of the fear of the spread m= | of contagious diseases by domestic animals A#g | the authorities of many cities do all they he can to destroy cats and dogs. The American Society for the Preyvention of Cruelty to ®â€" | Animails, which has its hesd%un.rtzns in New n York, in the last ten years destroyed 766, CK9 dogs and cats. Of this number tnere were F | 250111 dogs and 516,245 cats. While some of he | the animals destroyed were not diseased, a great percentage of them were and they were killed for this reason alone. Last year there were 51,180 cats and $83,012 dogs deâ€" stroyed in New York. The expense of maiaâ€" taining the shelters or pounds last year was 247. t st '?hlm F.Haines, who for fifteen years has been the President of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animais, â€" CCC C TUL3C ahoa mÂ¥ tho hast in« The amount of rubber used in the . Savoy courtyard is 2,195 square feet, 2 . inches thick, and the weight of the rubâ€" ber is 15 1â€"4 pounds a square foot. 1t * is laid on a concrete foundation, finishâ€" ‘ ed with cement floating to make it‘ smooth. The cost of this material laid is 18s 84 ($4.54) per square foot, and i it may be added that the cost for the| same quality of material varies in direct | groportion to the thickness. _ We have ad no actual experience with this subâ€" . ber paying for any length of time, but we investigated it pretty thoroughly at : the time it was decided to lay it hore, and found that the small Piece at the‘enâ€" trance to the station at Euston was laid some twenty years ago. The traffic there has been very heavy. We think there is no doubt that the result of rubber paving will be entirely satisfactory, but the cost will undoubtedly make the adopâ€" tion of it for general use prohibitive. |_ â€"‘The court measures 75 feet by 50, and the cost of paving was £2,000 ($9,733). DISEASE DANGER IN STRAY CATS. Considered one of the Great Sources of Danger in a City. The wandering cat is the greatest source of aanger to any city or town. Whe evil that it Goes as a carrier of agisease has been made & subject of special study by Dr. A. W. Marâ€"; tin, the healtn oificer for wordon, an outly=> ing districtâ€"of Manchester, England. He says‘ that the recent great increase of diphtheria in London was due to the disease being conâ€" veyed by flees from infected animais.. lie clearly shows that pigeons and fowls sufrer tromamu‘.&n-'&mmMA with fleas. He also shows that the cats of the neighborhood congregate wherever there is a vigeon cote or fowl run, and from these facts he deduces that the cats bring the inâ€" fected fleas from the birds into the hougss and thus spread the disease. Oth>r discazes of a" contagious natur,, po &ays, cre spread in ¢imilar ways. _ One of Dr. Martin‘s experi« aments with a cat showe dthat in four nights it deposited 2418 fleas‘ eggs on the spot where! *% lay in the house, and pe demonstrates that chilaria are especially diable to pontract diphtheria in this manner. lie says that a child unger 1 year 0f ;ge is nearly always in , the cradle, to which the cat comes and goes‘ at will L . M ~ _ deetts is a‘s ©08, 216. N John F.Haines, wlio for fifteen years has been the President of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animais, and who is probably one Of the best inâ€" formed men in the country on the habits of domesticated animals, said there is no quesâ€" tion in his mind that dogs and cats do carry diseases of a contaglous nature among buâ€" man beings. **The cat," he says, * is the household pet of the tenement, the very place where diseases are the most likely to sgpread.. This is also true of the dog, but cats are more numerous, and 1 believe the most damgerous D this respert. They infest the alleys and the byways of a city. They prowl at night in the back yards and in the daytime they are fondled by the children and go from one flat to another. The stray cats are a nuisance and the house cats are worse, for they are ramong the most effectâ€" jve propagators of infectious diseases. Thz enter dwellings where diphtheria or smal pox, for example, is prevalent, and while they themselves are exempt from the inâ€" fection, they bear it in their fur to the other houses. Though an infected dwelling may be closely guarded from the entrance or oxL of human b.lngs, nothing can prevent the enâ€" trance of the cat or Ainder the spread of disease to other dwellings by its unperceived agency.‘ Organists are proverbially long lived, though doubtless the oldest organist is Mr. Gervase Cooper, an English musician. He is more than ninety years old, but still does active service as organist of a Wesleyan Church. He hes been associâ€" ated with the musical services of that denomination for soventyâ€"five years, and for fiftyâ€"cight years has officiated as orâ€" ganist continuonsly. Another _ notable eteran is Mr. T. N. Webber, who played the national . anthem at Westminster when Queen: Victoria was ‘crowned, and Aid the same at the coronation of King Edward. He has been organist at the parâ€" ish church for sixtyâ€"four years. C Veteran Organists. ®x