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‘s Island r to themâ€" crackling all unged through they brought of the women confined to the Severe Cats Filying Stones in a Montreal man _ was nd three others *ing with dyâ€" in the east end «l drilled four in them, when outed for them It seens that injury. He was arms and varâ€" y, was at least when picked e Smoke BE FATALLY FRS. Uls Sincia PLOSION S FRIFND 1d burned sooner result the men Three of them pre and Prerre iy, and thereâ€" s injuries, alâ€" stained _ minor ying fragments ndered deaf in heir Helmet about â€"forty away from th PREFERENCE. tigt man and Th n 118 it is OWn nt of the heap 9OR ® bher {arewell i of the was disâ€" to be im ies. He tors, tie I1, On > the i wish ur deâ€" for LT were 70 1. ht COoreé&, wWIta then the . the ray and were uUr ner wed r to 1ve proâ€" m "CALADA" But there is not muh danger of that for they are all chattering again, and all carefully avoiding Vane‘s eye as people NT UCE _ â€" 06 Shair nnmhear looks disâ€" do when one of their number 100KS U‘S" composed. ‘ An unobservant spectator would say that it was an extremely lightâ€"hearted dinner party, buteven Hal feels that there is something wrong, and remembers Bell‘s wild words about a cloud hanging over the house. 4 to prove its su periority over all Japan Lead packets only. 40 and 60c per Ib. _ By all g 2 Nh i uPnd S Cle â€" mem w mEWwn it ing, for he se untasted, and At last Jea L OVE AND A TLE | Bell‘s own. â€""What on earth thinks Hal. "Has news news : He is about to go up and ask him, when Lady Lucelle puts out her hand from a cozy nook of satin and lace in which she generaly ensconces herself, and touches him. ‘ usns i B0 :R ww : »PWve _â€"_"Where have you Hal?" she asks, with "Where have 1?â€"on, Dang‘, says Hal.struggling with the co has mounted to his face at thi and direct question. "You do not give us much society," says Lady Lucelle. "I cit down by meâ€"if you can ai two minutes." armagts _ â€" [ ."> 0 "‘Teapot Testâ€"= > mit, but the \Y@ mind sitting still celle," _ She looks at him lids, just as a cat mouse, WhO, _q“i't'e harm of her "Where have you Def pliments?" she says; l pretty one, indeed, an the count. What a pit too unwell to be with : asks, with an innocent "Rhâ€"erâ€"oh, yes," 3 pity. Have {ou been 0 a beautiful flower that T‘ll go and get you & er resard as anx1i0us «ho EPoRs En CC C U U% ids, just as a cat might look at & nouse, who, quite unconscious : of the arm of her claws, gambols in her sight. "Where have you been learning comâ€" pliments * she says; "that was & very pretty one, indeed, and quite worthy the count. What a pity the princess is too unwell to be with us, isn‘t it?" she asks, with an innocent look, "Rhâ€"erâ€"oh, yes," says Hal, "a great pity. Have {ou been out toâ€"day? What a beautiful flower that is in your dress. T‘ll go and get you a CUp of tea." "Don‘t trouble," says Lucelle, smiling behind her fan at his eagerness to 6# cape. _ "Lord Lane has goneâ€"here he eomes." 8 0 ie «1Â¥ aava Hinl WIWkD "Here‘s a ing up wit ence can & his escape. "Sit down," says little laugh. "Poor of me; fancy that!" Clarence looks at th he says. PC CCR CC *"And you are, too, TLady TIamcelle. ‘Ohb, pleas shall think I am plgj\ge sented. My tea?. 4707 . Then as he sfts dow his mustache absently, him suddenty, and in t CEYLON NATURAL GREEN TEA ,” saya: ?:Don’t you think it is almost time for you to make your bow and retire, my triend ®" He looks up quickly, and flushes. "Whatâ€"what do you mean * * Lady Lucelle shrugs her shoulders. "I was merely suggesting that it was about time for yoU to take your leave." ahe repeats "unless you wish to wait and see the storm burst." "The storm burst!" he echoes. . Then he follows her eye, which has * _li1ad an Vane, and half starts to hi%\ § * MEmiits U EV C ceckin F | own work 7 she murmurs. "You are +like the man in the eastern story, who LQ“" weeks of trouble in calling up the spirit, and then, when he had succeeded, i_. afraid of it, a.n‘dâ€"fu; ru‘y.” en o o dW | a \‘ Clarence turns pale, and his N & 'i "Lâ€"I vish'l k: wh e ver * new when you | .b-.adrin earnest, joking znd u;:{:e settled on Van« feet, agitated1y Lady :_anelle "Nothing very not oks at him under her ha t as a cat might look who, quite unconscious her claws, gambols in h ‘s a seat, Lane," says Hal, jumpâ€" with alacrity, and before Clarâ€" m accept or decline, Hal makes 21. t good at sitting still, T‘ll adâ€" the Wandering Jew wouldn‘t aC 6 thes C mal HIGHEST AWARD AT is all that is required for . you been all day, Mr. , with her soft smile. _ 1;â€"oh, banging about," ling with the eolor which / his face at this sudden Vane, re, too, aren‘t you?" says ‘Oh, please sit down, or I am ph’;fie-stricken and deâ€" teal. nks," e salts down, and pulls at . absently, she turns upon _ and in the swoeetest voice says the countess, with a «Pouor boy! He is afraid can be the matter®" Vane heard any bad 4 M * near at her ridiculous in that," ; after Vane with and touching as much of your lle. "Come and can sit still for vyou, Lady I her halfâ€"closed with an uneasy the\ who is noâ€" | . "Do ith \she lo @3 | and v in wh r*?" soâ€"€Kt) â€" bad | pier ? ‘ voice him, | serper and l too 1: e M t eculd 999 c per Ib. _ By all grocers. $T. LOUIS, 1904 l "Forâ€"herâ€" hoarse voice.. nodarse TUICE "For hers." she repeats. "Oh, how blind aiman can be when he is in your condiâ€" tion. _ Think, look back, and ask yourâ€" selfâ€"did she ever love him? Do women speak to the men they love as she speaks to him?" iss s Muslpeul on 1 Bs c P He wiped: theâ€" perspIfIRLIOH LIVMEqA*" forehead. "Weâ€"" he says, with a jealous wince, *we do not see tiem alone." s Lady Lucelle looks at him with a sinâ€" ister smile. "They are nev Then, before he says: "Look!" _ “_YQ' RIOVTO He follows the direction of her eyes, Vane is standing moodily abstracted, lost in gloomy thoughts, so lost that he does not know that Jeanne is near him until she touches him gently, timidly. on the arm. Then he startsâ€"and it is now that Lady Lucelle directs Clarence‘s attentionâ€"starts, and as he sees who it is, frowns darkly at her. o aMy eP n n e ea OV i8 "Are you ill?" asks Jeanne, with someâ€" thing of the old, loving tone in her vdice, sometKing of the old, ineffable tenderâ€" ness in her eyes; "are you ill?" | "II1?" he answers, in a low, stern voice. "No!" and without another word he turns his back upon her, and leaves her; leaves her standing there as if he had struck her, pale and marvelling. "You see!" says Lady Lucelle, "too farâ€"too far," and without a \vordACIar- F1 o is o 4. .204 t cmahicaii dsz x +070 ence arises, but her hand pulls him down. "Stay," she says, "one false step ruins both you and her. Do not go near her toâ€"night; do not go near her until toâ€"morrow." ape omm With compressed lips he sinks DACK, and then suddenly he turns upon her. "Why do you interfere?" he §says, with sullen fierceness. "What is it to you? What is your motive, and what game are you playing ?" With a smile halfâ€"contemptuous, halfâ€" pitying, Lady Lucelle arises without a word, and, crossing the room, go€S up \to Jeanne. S a "Will you sing for us, dear?" she ASNP with her sweetest smile. "Sing?" says Jeanne, confusedly. "No â€"noâ€"please sing to me." And then Lady Lucelle goes to the piano and sings a wild barcarole, which seems, at least to one man who listens, like the songs which the sirens sing as they entice their victims down the flgw- ery path which leads to destruction. That is how Lady Lucelle‘s song sounded to Clarence‘s ears. Slowly, sleepilyâ€"everything goes slowâ€" ly and sleepily at Forbachâ€"the clock in the little church tower strikes three. As it does, before the lingering cadence of its last stroke has departed, George who has been lying asleep, Of APPAT ently so, on a bench in the stable yard, arises. and stretches himself, and, with naud never alone," she murmurs. he can speak again, she CHAPTER XXXVIL T eas. he sinks back, dear?" she asks about George yawns "gain, and SsAUNVETS, hand in pocket, to the stable door, "Up on the hills after a raven Master Hal wants to bag.‘ [ The men laugh and go on with their‘ work, and George, getting out some harâ€" ness, leisurely© proceeds to uncover & pair of greys, the slowest and oldest nags in the stud, and has scarcely got their clothes ‘off than Ned saunters in and, leaning against the stall, eyes him with affected indifference. "Going to take the gra{s, eh?" he save inanirinely. ‘I thought Mr. Berâ€" _"Going to take the gra says, inquiringly. ‘I thoug] tram didn‘t like ‘em?" â€" _ _ "More he don‘t, my lad," says Geor%e, curtly. "He‘s not the sort of a gentle man to waste his affections on such & couple of crocks as these. The bays, now, are more for his taste," \ "The bays, yes," says Ned, looking over the stable. "Halloa! where are the bays?" George yawns again, "I eat ‘em for breakfast this mornâ€" ing,"‘ he says; then he adds, with a laugh: "Thep‘re u‘)( at the blacksmith‘s." ‘ "What for?" asks Ned, vainly trying to hide his suspicion. "To get their shoes altered," says George. "Here, just lend me a hand, will you? _ Talking won‘t harness a horse, though you seem to think it will. It‘s lucky I noticed the bays; that last fellow who shod ‘em ought to be horseâ€" whipped. They both fell lame the day before yesterday, and they won‘t be fit for work for another week." "I didn‘t notice it," says Ned. "That‘s because you don‘t notice anyâ€" thing, you know," says George, sarcasâ€" tically. "Now, then, get out the mail phaeton, will you*" siul & We ce C olutis tm HIMYU! an ue his "MWII. Mn eP CE "The phaeton for going up hill?" says Ned, staring. "Why don‘t you have the dogcart*" uu‘\lfll AJ "Because my orders are the phaeton," replies (GGeorge, carelessly, "and I know better than to run against ‘em; so, if you‘ve no objection, we‘ll have the phaeâ€" ton, Mr. Ned." The man goes to the coach house and gets out the phacton, the grays are put to in a twinkling, and George is adjustâ€" i nedl n dn P i "Might as well ha gray rabbits to," he shall have to get out the hill.» Now, then V AERERem : CCCR s CAE TCt "«Very sorty, sit," says George. "Wouldn‘t do to take the bays; have ‘em lame, sir," and with a touch of the hat he jumps up behind, and Hal, with an impatient flick of the whip, drives the grays out of the stable yard, Ned following them up to the very gates, and leaning over them, to stare after them. * ® & a 098AE *4 in maemett "Don‘t look around, sir without leaning forward, us. Keep straight up | wait a mniute, sir, let ‘en you light your pipe!" "Light my pipe*" asks 1y, put cgoing ~A€_ 000| 0 e s ce o wl Colg ba for ?" "Let *em think there‘s nothing your on of any consequence. Don‘t mind losâ€" ing a minute now, sir, if it puts ‘em off the scent." Hal smiles, leisurely fills and lights his pipe, then takes the reins again, and drives on. A few hundred yards above the castle, the hill road branches to the right and left, turning both ways amid the thick pines; to the right lies the villa, to the left Baden. 1 C ons m Lt21" â€" anve "Down (George. _ Gweor £C. Hal, without a word, but with marked impatience, turns the horses as directâ€" ed, and for five minutes goes away from the spot to which his longing heart points, then George leans forward. "Now, Master Hal," he says, with a chuckle, "turn ‘em around and make for you know where. He‘s a lazy hound, that Ned, and, seeing up gO this way, he‘ll be satisfied, and be off to sleep by this time." _ Around go the bewildered grays, renâ€" dered more bewildered by a eut of the whip, and down spins â€"the phaeton across the high road and toward the villa. L se ce 8k â€" w VALKEb« "Have you got everythingâ€"is it all right?" says Hal, eagerly, turning anxâ€" iously. "Everything, sir," says George, confiâ€" Aantiv * "Dogu‘t be afraid, sir, nothing "Rverything, sit, > S898 YEUL ) " nlue dently. "Don‘t be afraid, sir, nothing could be straighter, ifâ€"if her highness is able to keep her time, sir, Td lay all two years‘ saving that we give ‘em the slip and six hours to spaTe. There‘s the shed, sir; go around it, and keep out o‘ sight of the house." 4 ] Is as critical a time as any in hog raising. x The litter eating of many sows s largely due to bad feeding, a constipated and irritable condition. . The sows digestive organs should be kept free and open to this fevered and litter eating condition by feeding E o L n ic oA _ w A V| ’\I‘UUGIU h hsP cAilonathe Ave ie Besides making a better flow of milk owing to the better blood circulation. des ow O MU®""""2 veaithy apple tree gives more Besides making a better HOW ©**""~/ °"__~ nealthy t This means more and better pigs, 2$ 4 healthy apple tree gives more and better fruit than adiseased tree. * For young pigs it makes more bone and muscle on _wlnch to put fiesh, and nothing better for starting and keeping Runts growing.. . Its ingredients are absolutcly harmless and pure, and if you are not satisfied with results your money cheerfully refunded by the dealer. CARBOLINE ANTISEPTIC MAKES THE PICS AND PENS CLEAN. 2000c Ll.seay FAMM » the Baden road, FARROWING TIME > ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO f nd, sir," says George, ward, "he‘s watching ; up the hill roadâ€" let ‘em go easy, while ed and litter eating cOn@iuio® 23 +=~* °_> od 439 irds above the castle, hes to the right and ways amid the thick lies the villa, to the UVVES PRPV E PARRRE N TCOR CCC TRY HERCULES PoULTRY FOOD. CurpEspar® Srock Foop Coxraxy, LIMITED, T asks Hal, inquiringâ€" is advised. "What it o ol eer o lered grays, renâ€" by a cut of the , ‘ the phaeton and toward the sir!" . Hal steers the grays off the road: 'thmnghcg:topduonu!tothh.ck | of a cowshed.. George dro&rfrom his perch, and nmnln{ to the , discovâ€" ers the bays quietly picking up the last oats of a thorough good feed. Halâ€"short as the time isâ€"cannot help going in to say a word to the two noble creatures, and they, who know the sound of his step and voice, look around and | bite at him playfully.| e iure s "There they are, sir, says George, exâ€". ultingly, "as fresh as larks, and as hard as iron." s \ "Right," says Hal; "do you want any hel&, 1" he asks. "Xoâ€"no, sir," replies George, «;uickly; "you go on, Master Hal, and TI‘ll have ‘em put to, and the crocks grubbing beâ€" lfore you‘re back, if you‘re only five minâ€" utes." UVCS, Hal does not wait for another word, t but sets off at a trot for the cedar, his heart going as fast as his legs, for not having had any very extensive practice in running away with princesses, he is not by any means so cool and nonchalâ€" ant as heroes, in a similar situation are Iusually represented to be. He is, indeed, ‘rather nervous than over confident, for as yet he has not got the princess to run away with. "If she should be unable to come," he keeps thinking, and at the thought the perspiration breaks out on his brow. | "Suppose the count has got scent of this. f ‘ I supposeâ€"bah ! time enough to suppose | this and suppose that when it hapens. My darling will come; she will come." | _ But, neverthecless, his hearts sinks as y he comes up to the great cedar, and finds , | no sweet face and graceful figure waitâ€" .\ ing under its heavy boughs; his heart , | sinks, and his temper begins to arise. ‘| "If she does not come," he mutters beâ€" y tween his teeth, "I‘ll go up to the villa . ; | and settle with the count,‘ and instinetâ€" ively his hand wanders to his side pocket in which reposes his reyolver. | But the count is respited for the presâ€" ~ | ent, for suddenly a slim figure, dressed f'l in plain, dark clothes, comes from amâ€" 1| ong the trees, and, panting, Veron@ _ | stands before him for « momentâ€"andâ€" 3 | the next is within his outstretched arms. * | _ "My darling, my own Verona ! I knew ,, | you would come.‘ j | . "Did you 9 sche breathes, with parted ig | Uips with the color coming and going .. | softly in her lovely face. "Yesâ€"I should comeâ€"unlessâ€"â€"*" d "Unless what ?" he asks. ar "Unless I was deadâ€"or they had kept i _| me by force," she says, in a low voice, 3 Sss ol mc sA mm . his with it all g anxâ€" says Â¥? "Unless what ?" he asks. "Unless I was deadâ€"or they had kept me by force," she says, in a low voice, and with her eyes fixed upon his with rapt trustfulness. He stoops and touches her forehead with his lips. "Come, then," he says, eagerly, "Where is your bundle ? With a faint little smile, she draws aside her cloak, and shows him a dressâ€" ing bag, and at the same time reveals that she wears a plain traveling dress. . "Is itfioo large ?" she says. "No, my darling ! We could carry an immense trunk, if you could have got it down to the cedar without attracting attention. _ No. But it does not matâ€" ‘er. We can buy anythingâ€"â€"fverything. Nothing matters when you are once out of their reach. Come," and putting his arm around her, he hurries her across the park. ie ! Nq on cugt idÂ¥ I don‘t want ter be an angel yit. Td er heap ruther have er good appytite den er pair uy wings. De happy, singin‘ ter be woe. Dar‘s er whole lot uy dudes dat parts dey bair in de middle ter keep fum walkâ€" in‘ lopsided. De man wid de mos money ain‘t alâ€" ways de happies‘. Er centerpede‘s got re hunderd feet, but he cain‘t fly lak er bird wid jes two wings. Sn Py sn s o ce BCE m SPcE VERkE . Pss C ipe io I ain‘t no pessymis‘, but ef yer ‘spect er man ter do somethin‘ he oughtn‘t, yer‘ll not miss it nigh so of‘en ez yer would ef yer wuz bettin‘ dat he‘d _ do somethin‘ good. P 1 y i son it C 6 > Amen SUmevnt B °~ Never could understand why it wuz dat it ain‘t jes‘ ez easy fer er _ man ter be good ez it is fer ‘im ter be bad, but somehow ‘nuther it ain‘t. I ;Jéés erbout de only reason some niggers laks po‘try is ‘caze it soun‘s so much lak poultry. N . 3 Sm Boges s tok A uen ied NCE AOCR PCOW 1 knowed er nigger wunst dat thought er porkypine wuz er haug ‘caze his name bergins wid "pork." 1 rc% 2 0000100 4an smm 111 AF Cl mt stt n ts‘ 4 It‘s er heap sight easier ter run up er bill den it is ter run up er hill. Dere‘s er whole lot uy men dat teases de women ‘bout stan‘in‘ befo‘ er lookin‘ glass an‘ paintin‘ dere faces. But dere‘s some men dat stan‘s befo‘ other glasses an‘ den paints de town. Dis is erbout de time uy year _ "we‘s glad we am erâ€"livin‘â€" Got er turkey fer Chrismus day, _ An‘ er‘possum for Thanksgiving.!‘ Had Shown Poor Judgment. Suitorâ€"Now that I‘ve invested my fortune in your insurance ecompany, I Wws Ein 8 t madhetroak wish to speak to you of your daughter. Mngnate-You can‘t I too careless about 1 Cleveland Leader. UNCLE EPW S MUSINGS. (To be continued.) y, cheerful heart is too busy be all de time tellin‘ er tale uy 5!!5\-‘- Â¥ou can‘t have her. You‘re s about money matters.â€" to, ron! C y 3 nt preve: open to causing the subject run up er < n € + i B‘ . 1 g$2°°¢ * "s k OUR HONEST BELIEF Pulp From Rags or From Woodâ€"Spruce and Poplar the Woods Most Used, . _ But Both Are Becoming Scarce in the Statesâ€"Ingenous Machinery. The raw material for our modern writing paper comes from one of two widely different Bhu:esâ€"thc depths of a dreary forest or the back streets of a crowded city. _ In other words, _ the raw material is either rags or wood. The city rag picker, pays one rate for all the rags he buys, but, after he gets them to his headquarters, they are sortâ€" ed into numerous bins or boxes. The sotâ€" ton ones go to the makers of paper and other kinds to the makers of certain kinds of clothing. AfLLe_r being sorted â€" ppporâ€"easAmlppbnty We oC Tea as near perfection as modern methods and â€" materials will permit. Blue Ribbon Tea has & distinct individuality that lifts it above the line « of comparison with other brands. TRY IT. they are baled by machinery. The wood which goes into pulp _for paper is chiefly spruce and poplar. This is becoming scarce both in the United States and in Europe, and the paper mills in this country bring large quanâ€" tities from Canada where in the disâ€" tricts of Algoma it is plentiful. TL ces o S We > > Hhan ‘‘ Arriving at the papOI +8Â¥ *J . °) 1j wood in the form of logs, is piled up | | over a wide area. it is not unusual to | | find 75 to 100 acres of pulp wood and factory buildings in connection with one | , paper mill. In the United States there | , are nearly 800 paper and pulp mills, and | . the value of the products which they produce is more than $127,000,000. The use of wood pulp dates back only about a half century, but it has now come® to take the place of rags to a y°rY great extent. _ The high price of rags about the time of the civil war assisted greatâ€" ly in the introduction of wood as & subâ€" stitute. â€" It has since been found that wood fibre contains all the essential eleâ€" ments of nearly all kinds of paper. In making paper from rags, the rags are first sorted and the dust is eliminâ€" atod from them. Girls do this work by the aid of wire screens, through which the dust sifts, They also sort the rags into different colors and cut off the butâ€" tons on garments. After the rags are fcut up into pieces two inches long, they go into a washing tub, where they are stirred by means of revolving machinery, | care being taken that no dirt shall be ground into the fibre. The pulp in this | form may then be bleached by a bleachâ€" ing powder which, â€" irrespective of its ; | former color, brings to & creamy white. _ Next the pulp gots into the ‘ | beating machine where it is thoroughly cut up and mixed by mechanical *nives. s | Here the eoloring and sizing are put in _ | before it is ready for the wonderful paâ€" f !per-making machines. PA CIEOZ 5 P . iC made tfrom wool; Uhee follon perâ€"making machines. Whoere the pulp is made from wood, the logs are brought from the acres of log piles about the factory and sawed into short lengths and, by an ingenious device, the bark is stripped from each one. _ Next the lengths of wood are ground into mere chips, after which they go to the digestersâ€"huge tanksâ€" where ‘hey are dissolved by eooking aual i bnmnane menl: One of the diâ€" â€" MATERIAL COMES FROM BACK WOODS OR GUTTER. a MAKING PAPER. his point the early making of ; proper by hand, is easily unâ€" and the modern automatic s even more interesting. â€" Beâ€" introduction of the automotic the fibre, as it came from the machine, was laid out into A on a wire sieve which acted as at the same time allowing the ‘ arain off, â€" The pulp, thus in a it is plentiful. the paper factory, the L d +â€" CBHai um C010 ftcant Laccdih daw Ad a wet sheet, was turned out and pressed out into the deâ€" esses. It is said that the paâ€" Benjamin Franklin used for rnoses was made in this manâ€" is that we have brought are equipfied With peâ€" metal rolls arranged, 7 s of paper, of igh finish, and riven by means which is shown aravh. â€" In the gregt ied tar it PW PP NP D T little wheels, the fine edges, of which ki as pens in marking the lines. _ As the4 sheets, one by one, come in â€"contact. with these wheels, they are ruled O] both sides, another set of circular pens ‘ from beneath workiig in unison with ; those on top. | Where the writing paper is to ui folded into the small double sheets, it : goes to still another machine, _ which , makes the creases and folds with great | accuracy. Then in the shipping room® | the scenes are varied. Part of the paper . is put up in boxes, Part is placed :‘QJ packages and sealed, the packer sta ‘ ing at a table beside a small gas fire in\ which, at intervals, he holds a stick 3.‘.. | BC rea k Te P : R edQCCORER ENC T + aas s ftk »a nc the scenes are varied. Part of tl:;s‘pet : is put up in boxes. Part is pl id packages and sealed, the packer ® ing at a table beside a small gas fire which, at intervals, he holds a stick of | sealing wax before applimg it to thgy cover of the package. The larger pnnkd‘ ages are book paper which requires @ gloss and finish much the same as Writ« ing paper. t The mongram which often appears on . writing paper, or perhaps a coat of arms, | are produced by means of dies or plates. ; The making and care of the dies and the placing of them upon fine stationery re» ; presents an industry in itself. Y The municipal elections in Fsance ate everywhere conducted on precisely the same plan. Paris does not differ from ‘ the smallest provincial commune in this : particular, The system is simplicity it«‘ self. A month before the elections are ‘ to take place the event is publicly an« nounced by means of white posters, and | a list of electors is opened at the local | mairie (mansion house). Every person who fulfils the voting qualifications is | free to go to the Mairie, and, _ having{ produced evidence of his identity, he is} duly inscribed on the voting lists and af« ter the lapse of a few days he either fetches his elector‘s card or it is brought to him at his residence by one of the. Mayor‘s employees. I In the case of Paris the card is coffea : colored, about four inches long and thre@e! broad, and is barred by & blue and red | stripe, the colors of the city of Paris. 16â€" bears on one side, in addition to the num=~} ber of the voter‘s inscription on the vot«} ing sheet, the number of the electoral| section of the municipal constituency which he belongs, the place where the | voting will be held, the signature of the voter, his Christian and surnames, the} | date of his birth, his profession and ad~ | dress, and the signature of the Mayor . | the date and the stamp of the Maitrgés i | On the reverse side are the words: "Reâ€"=! â€" | publique Francaise, Liberte, Egalite, et he o_ MMantanr®" ‘Tha date Fraternite, Carte LJCCVON!, and hour at which the election place are given, and the voter ed that his voting paper must ed at home, must be of white must contain no exterior mar the name written or printed « didate for whom he wishes to addition in writing nullifies Along the left edge of the card is a counterfoil, divided by a red line, the triangul being marked "A" and "B." the lists in each section are en P 2 qb 2l T & raternite, â€" Carte ‘FElecteur." The date nd hour at which the election is to take lace are given, and the voter is informe d that his voting paper must be prepar« d at home, must be of white hue, and nust contain no exterior marks, beyond he name written or printed of the can=; lidate for whom he wishes to vote. Any,| iddition in writing nullifies the vote. Along the left edge of the _ elector‘s, card is a counterfoil, divided diagonally, by a red line, the triangular sections being marked "A" and *B." As soon @8 the lists in each section are closed they, a recommunicated to the Prefecture of the Seine, and a careful comparison is made between them, which prevents any, citizen from casting a double vote, Copa ies are then sent to the various sections. The polling takes place from 8 o‘clock in the morning until six o‘clock in _ the evening. Qutside the polling station®, which are, as a rule, the Jocal mairie, OF the schoolroom, ejectioneering agents are stationed, who distribute voting bulletings, printed with the names of the candidates whom they represent. Inside is a table covered with green baize on which is an oblong box, also covered with green cloth and with a slit in the centre of the lid This is officially called the "urn." Th sole function of the police in a S"v election is to preserve order in th¢ ; S ing station. lgle first electors to ° rive constitute the "bureau." Thus @ 1 official interference | with the proeed; PR Cl( ole ies sctens 7: n rapidity and send it on its way to e eeeeg T T Cg 000. 009 waoth Gocks mt ue §« Ce0) C .A i the morning until six o‘clock in _ the, vening. Outside the polling station®e rhich are, as a rule, the Jocal mairie, OP! he schoolroom, ejectioneering agents arei tationed, who distribute voting bulletins,‘ rinted with the names of the candidates vhom they represent. Inside is a table} overed with green baize on which is an blong box, also coverad with green cloth, . ind with a slit in the centre of the lide [his is officially called the "urn." The sole function of the police in a s‘-v election is to preserve order in the , *-- ing station. The first electors to | afr«,| rive constitute the "burcau." Thus V official interference with the procecdâ€"= ings is avoided. Three volunteers . take possession of the "urn" and of the list of voters in the particular section, and they compare his card with the list and cut off from the edge of it one of the triangular divisions, The division marked "B" is retained in view of a possible see~ ond ballot. The voting papetr, 0T bulletimg: as it is called, is taken by the "assessor" in the right hand, and then transferred‘ to his left hand to be dropped into m urn. It is thus visible to all present only one yote at & time is registered. At 6 o‘clock volunteers are called for form among the electors present to count the votes. This operation takes place im public, and is performed by the public. All posibility of cheating is thus avoid= ed. It is said that in the south of France, in the exubrant "Midi" of Tartarin, urns with false bottoms have sometimes been used for the purpose of falsifying reâ€" sults, but this is hardly credible. Tha French law punishes electoral fraud with great severity, the penalty varying beâ€" iween three months and two years‘ im~ prisonment. As son as the count has been |mde the urn is sealed up and dispatch= ed to the local Prefecture, where a com» 1 rsteih NBAE LN T. mission sits to verify necessary to rectify rarely makes a differ two or three in the 1 always takes place . is only on the followi official results are d the figures cannot be by an appeal to the Conm ARIES 40. 1c nc ce w o s i K a is only on the following Friday that the official results are declared. After this the figures cannot be challenged except by an appeal to the Council of State, & body which is practically equivalent to ; the Supreme Court in the United States, | and this is a very onerous and expensive | y o o o_ m q pnoen.-l come in COntaACL. ey are ruled 01 et of circular pens ! ig in unison with ; : paper is to N‘ | double sheets, it‘ . _ machine. which i o verify the count, and i£ rectify it. The correction a difierence of more than in the total. The election vlace on Sunday and it apcnicd wign f