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Nam or and Brooder c is no bumbug al is thotfl:‘&,m coongter sollable, 200 EN, {f been successful »â€" many women inquestionable, thout trying it, 1 helv me." If iein me. _ AF to get a botâ€" i‘s Vegretable ssfully 20 Egga trashy P v2 [ Love anD a TmL, Hal‘s face grows as white as her own, and he holds her so tightly that his nard, strong arm hurts her, but she 1either cries out nor moves. "Take you away! When? How do you tnow?" he ejaculates, brokenly. ...:‘I.. overheard the count and Senora 1 P TE MIVS CUIIEYâ€" PBU (GCHUIE Vitellaâ€"" "Confound her!t" "â€"<alking. It was on the terrace; the, +id not know that I was near. And tirey are going to take meâ€"and papaâ€" to Russiaâ€"" ss "Russia!" almost shouts Hal. o "andâ€"" ghe breathes, shuddering again, "h-’ tlay after toâ€"morrow." _ _ numbed. _ is mm t 1e Russia! the day after toâ€"morrow! This, then, is the meaning of the count‘s imiling amiably. This is the Russian '!tyla of revenge! He sees it all now, anderstands :'iey the count â€"cunningly efrained from making any disturbance vhen he found his affianced wife in a ‘oung man‘s arms; understands the igns of preparation which George saw md could not comprehend! _ & It is a terrible blow, and for the moâ€" nent stuns him; he sinks on the gnarlâ€" 14 roots of the tree, and Verona, clingâ€" ag to him, all unconscious, save of her msery and helplessness, lays her head pon his knee, not crying, but in silent rror. Presently Hal speaks, and at the ound of iis voice, she starts; it is so wim and stern, so thoroughly like an Englishman‘s when he‘s hard pressed, wut will not give in. .. > aid. 3 She looks up tearfully, pleadingly. "Wha tcould I do?t One against them 1l1â€"they would have carried me away." Jal sets his teeth and breathes hard. "And when they had got you there, hey would have married you to the wount!*" She shudders and hides her face "My darling!" he murmutrs, brokenly, "this is no time for hesitation, no time to dally with the danger. We must play the game with the count, and fight rim with his own weapons. Verona, will you marry me* & & "Veroma," he says, suddenly springâ€" mg upright and holding her in his arms, t arm‘s length, while he scans her face passionately, but with a world of pasâ€" jionate love: "I love you, you know t, and youâ€"you love me. Will you rust me?" . "Trust 'you #" she says, and her lips rurve into a smile of absolute faith and levotion. P s mghé’ Vs‘;a.;{;,. the crimson floods her face ind neck, and she shrinks away, maidâ€" onâ€"like. . abso e TE P e C ca se "How could I ask?" he says. "A bear would be better than the count! And you will mtm'{l me, and at once?" Again she shrinks. "There is no time! Think," he says, eagerly, impatiently, "the day after toâ€" morrow, and we shall be torn apart, never to see each other again. Think, Verona, think!" T & n 61 Hlept T c & e c verond, CuiR® She does think, and, white and trembâ€" ling, clings to ‘him. "Never to see him again!" prmon CUV CX L Ks. CÂ¥ anulk unt -G“Xoâ€"no!" she sobs; "I could _ not live." "Nor I! says Hal. "But we will live, and be happy, too. _ Think, darling! My wife! my wife! Think of that! It‘s .nongh to send one out of one‘s senses +n think of it. And I want a!l my wits. My wife! my wife! enough to send one to think of it. And Let me seeâ€"let me old familiar gesture through his ‘hair. Cearge!" _ . COn, AMTC* He thrills as ghe breathes his name. "Well, there is 'nr,thiv_:: dreadful in hat," hbe #2y8. trying to speak lightly; ‘and I shan‘t take you to Russia, darâ€" t No we‘ll go toâ€"toâ€"â€"*" 1. stops, for the simple reason that te doesn‘t know whyre on earth to go. But he runs 08 rapidly : «we‘ll go to some place T‘ll hunt out goâ€"night, and there we‘ll be married, wad the we‘ll see if his excelleney can fl’o‘ off to Russia." |, 1 dAare not!" she murmurs, pantâ€" d i.h' “»e’ll ©e€ 11 I" marry you off to Russi: «(h, I dare not!" she "Enyt I date," says P #You are in my -ml t 'B- You have said ron know, zgnd in Eng! w6 is speechless, overwhelmed, beâ€" Halt" you would have gone?" he ke me away*" she murmurs. erimson blush flies to her ite," says Hal, with a grim u are in my hands now, my u_ have said you loved me, znd in England that moans 40, 50 and 60c per Ib. At all grocers. S MIGHMEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 1904. see!" and, with the , he runs his hand "*h, I‘ve got it. a great deal; it means that the man is to protect his sweetheart and help her out of all danger; and if you‘re not in danger now, nobody ever was. Yes, that must be itâ€"must! there‘s nothing else for it. They‘ve brought it on themâ€" selves, we‘re not to blame, not a jot; at least, you are not, darling. Andâ€"don‘t ery, or I shall think you are afraid of "Afraid!" she says, raising her swimâ€" ming eyes with a glance of sweet reâ€" proach; "I afraid! See!"â€"and she opens his brown hand and puts her litâ€" tle white one into itâ€""see, I am yours; do with me what you will." . "Afraid!" exclaims Hal, clasping her to himâ€""you afraid! You are the%:rav- est girl in the world, and you will come. Yes, I know you will. Now, let me think. The day after toâ€"morrow, darâ€" ling <;we must go toâ€"morrow!" "Toâ€"morrow!" "Yes"â€"and he strokes the silken head â€""toâ€"morrow. Now, you must be brave, and do as I tell you. Toâ€"nightâ€"no, toâ€" morrow morningâ€"you must pack up a few things, what you want, only really what you want, just a little bundle; and then you must come out to this tree with it atâ€"atâ€"yes, at three o‘clock. Let me see; what does the count do in the afternoon ?" Verona smiles. "He goes to sleep." Hal grins. "Poor old man, quite right of him. I wish I could give hin a sleepingâ€" draught for toâ€"morrow. Well, when he is asleep, not before, you must come here; but, sleep or not, you must not be later than four, not a minute, for we may have a long way io go,. Anyhow, you‘ll find me waiting for you; the rest you can leave to me, darling," . _ Breathless, panting, she looks up at him. "Papa!t" is all she says. "Well," he says, "will he be miserable because you are made happy?" _ She hangs her head and smiles. Love is always clever at argument. Then she looks up suddenly. "And supposeâ€"suppose we are overâ€" takenâ€"ah!" Hal‘s face darkens ominously, but brightens almost instantly. _ _ _ _ "I don‘t think that‘s likely, darling," he says, and then he laughs, actually laughs. "You forget," he says, in ansâ€" wer to her look of surprise, "that I‘ve seen your horses; and I was thinking that I‘d give any pair of them twenty miles start of the bay; and, if we manâ€" age properly, we ought to get twenty miles start of them." All aflame with the prospect of acâ€" tionâ€"it is suspense and inaction that overwhelms your Englishmanâ€"the boy‘s #ace is all aglow with hope, and love, and courage. * "Cheer up, darling," he says, just as a sailor might speak to his sweetheart; "trust to me, and I‘ll have you out of the ‘count‘s clutches long before th@ day after toâ€"morrow. You are not afraid now?" "No," she says, and she puts her hands on his shoulders, and looks at him with a little quivering smile; "no, I‘m not afraid now." "G _ There is a moment‘s silence, in which the eyes, the hearts speak to each; then she starts: "Listen! There is the clock striking. Can we have been here an hour? Ah, how the time fliesâ€"flies! I must go, yes," ‘with a long, wistful sigh; "I must go; they will miss me, andâ€"ah! what is that?" and she springs to him, trembâ€" the dry grass ling _ With aa\;f)iéper of caution, Hal draws her close to the ground, just as a man‘s figure is seen amid the trees. Hal‘s breath comes quickly, for he has recognized the man. It is the fellow who passed and repassed the stable door whilé he was talking with George. Y Almost breathless, they crouch and watch. The man stands looking about him for some minutesâ€"an eternity, it seemsâ€"then he goes off quietly, sneakâ€" ishly They wait for five minutes, until the man passes almost out of sight. "Now," says Verona, "I will go." "Go, then, darling," he says, "we part for the last time toâ€"night. Verona," and he blusnhes as deeply as women do, "will you give me a kiss?" And she kisses him. Whether he treads on earth or sky, Hal searcely knows. To see him one moment, one would think he had come into an immense fortune; the next, he thrusts his hand through his hair, as if he had suddenly been made chancelâ€" lor of the exchequer; one or twice he stops and looks around cautiously, but no one is in sight, and soon he is near the castle and less cautious. > Before him lies an adventure, an unâ€" dertaking, the like of which he has read about in novels, but has never met in real life. Quietly he pulls dut his pipe and «smokes away ardently. o d EPCV P Esieip ue e ds n mee cORs, "It oughtn‘t to be so difficult," he says to himself; "it‘s always easy enoughâ€"in books; but so I notice most things Are. The rumning away Iâ€"and the baysâ€"can surely _ manage easily enough; there‘s no â€" difficulty . about that ; but when we‘ve got to where we‘re running toâ€"that‘s what bothers me ! ~Oh, my darlingâ€"â€"m{ darle ing ! _ How beautiful she is ! don‘t believe thore‘s another such lovely creaâ€" ture in the world ! and how she clung to meâ€"bless her ! _ Yes, I speak the simâ€" ple truth when J said I‘d rathcr see the eount and her dead than he should bave It is a man‘s footstep, coming across ihcr !" and, with a flush of stern deterâ€" | mination, ue waiks into the stable yard. As he does so the man whom he had seen in the villa park comes out with a can in his hand; as he touches his cap, Hal‘rdla up and looks at him sarelessâ€" ly, although he feels as though he would like to pitch him over the stable wall. _ "Wel, Ned," he says, "going to have your supper ?" i "Thank did you spring from ? huakud® iduelke 4500 0444 ty "Behind the door, Master Hal; I was waitln:; until that fellow had sheered off before I put in an appearance. I‘m not much of a prophet, Master Hal, but if that fellow, Ned, and I don‘t come to blows pretty soon, I‘m a Dutchman. I can‘t move hand or foot without he‘s following me, and that don‘t suit me. It occurs to me, sir, that we‘ll have a broâ€" ken head to take back to Old England, if he don‘t take Earticular care." "Never mind him," says Hal, leisureâ€" ly, "but come into the stable and shut the door; I‘ve got something to say to you. _ Now, George, don‘t worry about that fellow; I‘ve packed him off to the villageâ€"now, George, there‘s some work cut out for us." _ Â¥ 44, George starts master, keenly, of the eyes. -“S;;ig;ls work, George, that won‘t bear blundering." ____ _ he L "What is it, sir?" says George, bringâ€" ing his hand with gentle force on the horse‘s back. â€" "There ain‘t no work too clever for me; I like it." "George, I shall want the bays toâ€"morâ€" row." "The bays ?° Yes, sit," and George‘s eyes _ sparkle. "What time, Master 0 t didihimedidae® se rod Ahe . > m ind ie ‘â€" T It is an outâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"way village, away from the large towns, and there is a direct line to the sea coast. Hal was for choosâ€" ing a large town, but George declared in favor of the village. | _ "Too many people in large towns, Masâ€" i ter Hal. â€" Say when you want to go, and T‘ll have you there safe and sound, and with nobody in the same field at the ond. I know a thing or two; no time to exâ€" ‘ plain, now, sir; that fellow will be back directlyâ€"and, Master Hal, who has set him to spy on us ?¢ For spying he is‘ l "I don‘t know,/ says Hal, thoughtfulâ€" ty. _ "The Count, perhaps 9 i ‘ "No, sir; I don‘t think so, sir. Someâ€" Hal "Three or four o‘clock," says Hal, musâ€" ing, but with his face all aglow. "I‘m not quite sure. _ And, Georgeâ€"well, P‘ll tell you. I‘m not going alone‘â€"â€"’ §* WUTE JU“O 26 ie N OB s "Bless you, Master Hal, I knew," inâ€" terrupts George, with a mad delight breaking on his face. "Don‘t mention names, Master Hal; walls have ears, you know. This is just what I said, sir. _ I knew itâ€"I knew it!" and if he were going to run away with a princess himself, George couldn‘t have looked more overjoyed. Hal smiles and begins to walk up and down. "You‘re a good fellow, George," he says, "but keep your head cool. We shall want it toâ€"morrow. This is no child‘s play !_ Let‘s look at th)e bays." % " Wods. ooo Pm wlb bele mpln o fiiiks sls s secvinfonct Plu * Th d fio tR ca 2 d s t s s t is d \glith pardonable pride, George whips the cloths off the two noble animals and passes his hand over their sleek coats. borim wont ow o imeclckac NIab c and it P““There they are, Master Hal, and it will trouble anybody to beat them in England, leave alone here. They‘ll do all you want, sir, and more, if theKe properly handled, and you cad do that, Master Hal !" body at the Castle, sir.‘ Hal shakes his head. "Who could it be there ?" "All right, sir; I‘m a match for ‘em, whoever it is _ And, Master Hal, you go along now, sir, and if I might say a wordâ€"â€"*‘ "Go on,"‘ says Hal. "The Count‘s there, sir; we _ don‘t want him to guess what we‘re at." "Well?" "Well, sir, don‘t you be too pleasant and agreeable with him all at once, _ or look quite so cheerful as you doâ€"law, how fou’ve altered in an afternoon!â€" or he‘ll smell a rat." Hal laughs. "George, you are a firstâ€"rate conspirâ€" ator. I‘ll be careful, though it will be hard work to look glum toâ€"night. . One more look at the baysâ€"if they only knew how much depended upon them toâ€" morrow." i‘I\nd with a sigh, not of grief, he walks. off. The dressing bell rings out as | he bounds up the stairs and he hurries into his dress clothes, his brain hard at work as he brushes his hair and ties his white tie. "If I had but a woman at my back," he thinks, "If Jeanne," but he shakes his head. "It will not do to risk it. If she says no,â€"and Jeanne is a married woman, and a marchionessâ€"if she says I‘ 9" ;'ir,' says the man, touching his starts and looks at his young enly, then smiles with a flash ONTARIO ARCcHIVEs TORoNTO 9# h no, she may think it her‘duty. to stop "No, I can‘t tell even Jeanne," he says, decisively. "No matter, George _ is worth a couple of women, and my darlâ€" ing does not fear, bl@b:. het.‘”_‘ + & _â€".Then he drags out his portmantesu and crams a few thing into a beg, inâ€" cluding a flask of brandy and a revolâ€" ver,‘ replaces the portmanteau, and afâ€" ter hiding the bag away under the bed, goes down the stairs trying to look supâ€" remely sullen, miserable and diudgl:,oint-‘ ed, but to the very diningâ€"room door itâ€" self, the light keeps flashing in his eyes, and he can scarcely keep from breaking out into "Bonnie Dundee." The first voice that strikes upon his ear as he opens the door is the count‘s, and there is no need for Hal to try and look glum. The count is seated between Maude and Georgia, and all three â€" are talking away to their heart‘s content. The count looks up as Hal enters, and smiles as if the youth‘s presence . was the only thing wanted to complete his excellency‘s happiness. s Near the count is Lady Lucelle, exâ€" quisitely dressed, and with . her most gracious and softest smile; next her sits Clarence, listening to her silvery voice, but as usual â€" looking _ covertly . a% Jeanne, who is chatting with Mrs. Lambâ€" ton. Bell looks up, as Hal enters, and makes room for him, and then Hal noâ€" tices that the marquis has not taken his seat yet. i "Where‘s Vane," he asks in surprise, for Vane is the most punctual of men; but before the question has left his lips, the footman stands back and Vane enâ€" An uncom{ortable, but â€" momentary silence falls on the entire party as he does so. He is very pale, there are hark marks under his eyes and there is a look upon his face which can only be likened to that which sits upon the face of the portrait of one of the dead and gone marquises, who, for the frequenc‘y( of his "black fits" was called _ Blac Ferndale. t * ters. With a few words of apology he takes his seat, Bell says grace and the dinner proceeds. Hal leans toward Bell inquiringly: "What‘s the matter, Bellâ€"is Vane ill? Bell shakes his head, he is very pale, and stares at his plate. , Then Hal stares at Jeanne in his outâ€" right fashion, to see if he can glean anyâ€" thing from her face, but though Jeanne looks toward the end of the table where her lord and master sits with a vague look of anxiety, there is nothing to be got from her countenance. "Vane sticks in that study too much," says Hal, inu a low voice to Bell; "I can‘t think what is coming to him. Why does he want to work his head _ off? What‘s the mcaning of it all Bell?" _ _"Iâ€"â€"I don‘t know, Hal. Hush, they will hear you." : _ Men on Passenger Trains to Know How to Relieve Suffering and Injured. The proposal of the Erie. railroad to teach its passengers train crews the principles of first aid to the injured and to establish small hospital stations along its lines is a move that is to be heartily endorsed and earnestly recomâ€" mended for adoption by every railroad system in the country, says the Chiâ€" cago Tribune. The railroad . accident is inevitable. Time has proved _ under all circumstances, the infallability of the old saw, that "accidents will hapâ€" pen." As much as all serious accidents are to be deplored and striven against, the fact remains that an accident is a probability where the possibility for it exists. In passenger traffic as it is conducted in this country at the presâ€" ent time the serious accident is a matâ€" ter of almost daily occurrence. They are a part of modern railroad travel and thercfore it is all the more necesâ€" sary that provision should be made for the care of the injured. At present, under existing circumâ€" stances, a serious passenger _ wreck generally presents an inferno of human suffring. The average American train crews, despite the fact that _ they are familiar â€" with acidents and injury, have no more skill in applying even the simplest first aid to the injured than the average citizen in whose life the possibility of needing such knowâ€" ledge is at the minimum. _ When pasâ€" sengers are injured in a wreck they are S is q ind hn t on Te t l ie o t MBE iess S it T forced to lie uncared for until doctors can be summoned, or they are hurried to the nearest towns, where medical attenâ€" dance can be given trem. Often hours elapse between the time of the accident and the time when the injured are placed under a doctor‘s care. The suffering that is undergone and the deaths that take place unnecessarily in this space of time reach an appalling annual total. Mediâ€" cal men who have been called to attend wreck victims testify to the many inâ€" stances where lives could have _ been saved bhad someone with a rudimentary knowledge of first aid surgery been present to apply & bandage. . With th@ crews in charge of the trains intelligently trained in first aid work al this would be different. _ The awful roll of deaths in railroad acciâ€" dents would be perceptibly _ diminished and the spectacle of injured suffering helplessly four hours . would be done away with,. Jt is to be hoped that the Frie railway‘s project will be carried through as quickly and efficiently as possible, Because of the figrce comâ€" petation that obtains in pasgenger railâ€" roading the other big roads will hurry to get into line and then the . detailed stories of passenger wrecks will read sSUOTIC3 UL P ceadgnias +\ enb c Patke siain uind i d ty l Fape i a little less horrible than they do at present. | "I will never forget my first experiâ€" ence in hospital work," said Chief Surâ€" geon Millar, of the Central Emergencey Hospital. "There was a green nurse in the detention ward and we had a very violent case in thereâ€"a man in the worst state of delirium tremens. I was awakened in the middle of the night by the head nurse, who requested me to come at once to the patient. When I got there I found him raving and very voilent, with the new nurse scared out of her wits. I said: _ “‘“‘%l:y":l'id ‘y;;'_lét him go so far? 1 left you some medicine to give him as soon as he got delirious.‘ . "*Yes, doctor,‘ ‘she replied, ‘but you told me to give that to him if he saw any more snakes, and this time he was sexing blue dogs with pink tails.‘"â€"Ban Francisco Chronicle. TRAIN CREWS AS SURGEONS. (To be continued.) A Natural Mistake. are t The Refreshing Fragrance By instruction of the Hon, Minister of Agriculture another distribution will be made this season of samples of the most productive sorts of grain to Canâ€" adian farmers for the improvement of seed. The stock for distribution is of the very best and has been secured mainâ€" ly from the excellent crops recently had at the branch Experimental Farms at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, and at Branâ€" don, Man. The distribution this spring will consist of samples of oats, spring wheat, barley, Indian corn (for ensilage only) and potatoes. The quality of cats to be sent this year will be 4 lbs., and of wheat or barley, 5 lbs., sufficient in each case to sow oneâ€"twentieth of an acre,. â€" The samples of Indiar corn and potatoes will wen{n 3 Ibs. as heretofor*. A quantity of each of the following variâ€" eties has been secured for this distribuâ€" tion: WMW *% By instruction of the Hon, Minister Pohtoeoâ€"Cari-&n Nl?nfilzi Eg.rly \A‘Vl:i'.t of Agriculture another distribution will | Prize, Rochester Rose, L inb‘e elme t: be made this season of samples of the | J°20, Iv,‘:::'i’td:“r’ Bovee, Early Andes «nd most productive sorts of grain to Canâ€" Every farmer may apply, but only one adian farmers for the improvement of | sample can be sent to each applicant, seed. _ The stock for distribution is of | hence if an individual receives a sample the very best and has been secured mainâ€" | of oats he cannot also receive one of ly from the excellent crops recently had | wheat, barley or potatoes, . Lists of at the branch Experimental Farms at |names from one individual, or applicaâ€" Indian Head, Saskatchewan, and at Branâ€" | tions for more than one sample for one don, Man. The distribution this spring | household cannot be entertained. These will consist of samples of oats, spring | samples will be sent free of charge by whesat. barlev. Indian corn (for ensilage | the mail. C Oatsâ€"Banner, Wideâ€"Awake, Abund â€" ance, ‘Thousand Doliar, improved Ligoâ€" wo, Goldfinder and Waverley. Wheatâ€"Preston, Red Fife,Percy, Stanâ€" ley, Huron, Laurel and White Fife. ‘Barleyâ€"Sixâ€"rowedâ€"Mensury, Odessa, Mansfield, Claude and Royal. Twoâ€"rowâ€" edâ€"Standwell, _ Anvincible, _ Canadian Thorpe and Sidney. Indian Corn (for ensilage)â€"Early sorts Angel of Midnight, Compton‘s Early and Longfellow; â€" later varieties, Selected Leaming, Early Mastodon and White Cap Yellow Dent. Skill Shown by Farmers at English Fairs and Markets, Among farmers and agriculturists genâ€" erally in the north of England what is known as "dead weignt guessing" is a very popular form of competition, and at the various fairs and markets marâ€" vellous examples of accuracy are forthâ€" coming. | _ ELA 2408 2. . S u Psn d Tea is the comfort of all women who have tried it. Tired nerves are soothed and tired muscles invigorated. The flavor is most delicious. Perhaps in the county of Cumberland they enjoy a greater amount of popuâ€" larity than anywhere else, and beyond question nowhere is more striking judgâ€" ment displayed. Only the other day a really remarkable instance of this was reported from Silloth. In common with other visitors T. Atherton was invited at the show there to guess the dead weight of a fat beast on exhibition. After scrutinizing the anima! Mr. Atherton expressed his opinâ€" ion that the weight would be found to be 43 stone 11 pounds. When recourse was had to the arbitraâ€" ment of the scales the foregoing figures proved to be absolutely correct, _ On anâ€" other occasion, at Skelton, in the same county, there was still a more noteâ€" worthy demonstration of skill, a couple of expert competitors succeeding in guessing the exact weight of a beast. But the place of honor ought perhaps to be awarded to a lauy, who at a still more recent show successfully judged the weight of a heifer, even to the last half pound. The lady who has this perâ€" formance to her credit is Miss Jeannie Armstrong, who at a show a few days ago at Haltwhistle esuumated the weight of a ponderous heifer at 45 stone 1014 pounds. The beast turned the scale at exactly those figures. ' In point‘ of accuracy not far behind was a competitor in the block test guessing competitions held at Wigton, Cumberland, Agricultural Show, In this case, however, the anmmal whose weight had to be guessed was a sheep, a much easier subject for such an estimate~ One forecast of its weight was 8216 pounds, which turned out to be absoâ€" lutely correct, The guess was made by Perey Strong, of Drumleaning, but how close the estimates were may be gathâ€" ered from the fact that three other comâ€" petitors were only a half pound out. _ _At the same show there was some exâ€" cellent guessing at the dead weight of a huge bullock which won the admiraâ€" GUESSING AT DEAD WEIGHTS. Ub it Lon will stimulate the organs of circulation and di&c:iol. because it makes the food " tasty," increasing the digestive juices dissolve the food, and this means more milk and at a profit. For cows at " Calving," there is nothing better ge it tones and regulates the system, helping her to "clean" better, and, lessening the usual danger. Can stop feeding it without harmful effects as there is nothing injurious in it. Human beings can take it with benefit, We take it every day. Your money cheerfully refunded by the deater if not satisfied. Try Hercules Pouliry Food Try Carboline Antiseptic for clean stables CLyDEsDALE $r00« Foop Co. Iimited, Toronto VÂ¥ _ V If the blood circulation, the digestion and assimilaâ€" 4 tion of food are good she will show a higher milk seâ€" cretion than otherwise ; as in a boiler, the better the condition it is in the more steam can be generated. Clydesdale Stock Food spos of a cup of steaming nc k 9 CF Applications should be addressed to the Director of Experimental Farms, Otâ€" tawa, and may be sent in any time beâ€" fore the Ist of March, after which the lists will be closed, so that all the samâ€" ples asked for may be sent out in good time for sowing. Parties writing should mention the sort or variety they wouid prefer, with a second sort of an alterâ€" native, and should the available stock of both these varieties be exbhausted, some other good sort will be sent instead. Those applying for Indian corn or potaâ€" toes will please bear in mind that the corn is not available for distribution unâ€" til March or April, and that rota.tovn canot be mailed from here until danger from frost in transit is over. No postâ€" age is required on mail matter addrossâ€" ed to the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. tion of the visitors. The actual weight of this bovine monster proved to be no less than 50 stone 13 pounds. _ * Quite a number of persons had a shot at this competition, the winner being J. Threlkeld, of Wampool, and J. Wills, of Greenspot, both of whose guesses were 50 stone 12 pounds. The forecasts of three other competitors, namely, W. Graâ€" ham ,of Wigton, J. spedding, of Dockâ€" ray, and John Turnbull, of Cleator, were only & trifle of three pounds out of the actual weight. C M 3 Eneeueint s 20 Ser ied But for a really sensational display of expert weight guessing we must turn back to the records of last year‘s agriâ€" cultural show at Aspatria. ReZ EP Emecet By an extraordinary coincidence there were among the competitors no fewer than four whose guesses were found to be exactly these figures. As a setoff to their accurate foreâ€" casts, however, there were a large numâ€" ber which proved to be very wide of the mark. One of the competitors was, inâ€" deed, upward of 16 stone out, his guess running up to the high figure of 59 stone 7 pounds. i L 12 & gooclos Vonnadf ons cuntine The subject was a shorthorn cow, whose weight when killed a few days afterward was certified to be 43 stone 2 pounds. 5 T § 0 00 09000 M nc E0 gPCEente® (On the other hand, yet another comâ€" petitor made quite a ridiculous underâ€" estimate, he placing the dead weight of the shorthorn at nearly nine stone less than it actually proved to be.â€"T it Bite. "Marine torches" are the direct desâ€" cendants of the Greek fire of the anâ€" cients, though the modern torch is used for defence rather than offence, and prevents the surprise of a fleet through the silent approach of an enemy. It consists of an aluminum cylinder used as a projectile. On being fired from a gun it produces no result until it falls into the sea. In its interior it contains stores of calcium phosphide and calcium carbide. The former proâ€" duces phosphuretted hydrogen on contact with water, which ignites spontaneously and also ignites the acetylene gas libâ€" erated from the carbide through the acâ€" tiomt of the water. Enough of the chemâ€" icals is contained to last for ten hours, and a few of these torches thrown to the points of the compass from which atâ€" tack might be expected would leave the defenders in obscurity, while not permitâ€" ting the enemy to approach. WM. SAUNDERS, Director Experimental Farms. ‘The interior of a cow‘s udder contains a marvellous collection of blood veins, milk tubes, etc. $ As far as known the milk secretionis largely dependent on the amount oi blood passâ€" ing through the udder, _ Modern Greek MILEK % w A 24 {%