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TERROR. ADRIFT. DON FALL YÂ¥IC TOUT‘s WILEs. â€"Obta + into fields 8 at » bablbdi «vom Aho ate «ape his e trying 4* temn out-! i in the + in realâ€" But the enabled 2S inter» Ameriâ€" iess he : taken f m a forâ€" special at the veoner= i the have s and the V i€ k â€" of 1 re See e °1 OÂ¥ speedy retreat. You have already recow.|. AM4 the young duchess, pale, breathâ€" y retreat. You have already recogâ€" Eoue s F ks o m'::dd in your deliverer from that house :;" trembling, almost dying, awaited of danger â€"myself!" entrance of the duke. "Go on! Why did you not claim me CHAPTER XXVIII. !bm and there, before I rushed, dragging The Duke of Beresleigh entered the "Very true, my love;, but you are unâ€" wise to disturb yourself about them. To resume: You were taken to the countryâ€" house miscalled Howlet‘s Close. _ You were shown to your chamber, but forâ€" tunately did not retire to bed. A man in a mask came out from his concealâ€" ment in a dark closet; his gurpose was honest, and though he unwillingly gave you a desperate fright, he bore _ you away from a house of danger and he would have borne you to one of safety, had not your own outcries and the unâ€" timely arrival of the Duke of Beresleigh prevented his laudable purpose, and made it necessary for him to beat a speedy retreat. You have already recogâ€" mized in your deliverer from that house of danger â€"myself!" | "Because it did not suit my cireumâ€" stances to do so. My return to Englanpd was an experiment. It remained yet to be tried whether I should be remembered and pursued. Besides, as soon as I reâ€" eognized in our intended victim my own Rose, I wished to deliver you from the power of my colleegue, McCarthy, a purpose that Fcould only effect by the utmost secrecy and caution." "Explain yourself." "You must have already surmised that the whole affair of the attack on your carriage, your rescue by Colonel Mcâ€" Carthy and myself, and your refuge at Howlet‘s Close, was all a preconcerted arrangement, planned by McCarthy, alias MceSomebodyelse, to throw you into the power of a certain illustrious personage whose name was not to be mentioned in the affair; and who, I suppose, really never authorized it." "Oh, Heaven, what a pandemonium is this town. What demons are in it!" mutâ€" tered Rose, in terror. "I was the companion of the man calling himeelf Colonel McCarthy in your pretended rescue." "Then, if you recognized me there, why did you not make. yourself known to me? It would have prevented all this utter ruin." "Go on," were the only words that esâ€" eaped her blodless lips. "I found her at midnight on Hounsâ€" low Heath, in the hands of footpads." "You were â€"â€"." Rose gasped and stopped. "Sweet partner of all my joys and sorrows I do not know that I have any right to keep the secret from you. I will tell you then. I fled as you krow, from a criminal charge of a monstrous nature, and of which it would have been very difficult to prove my innocence. I ingeniously spread the report of my own death to stop pursuit and obtainâ€" oblivion. After _ four years‘ _ absence, when I supposed myself to be forgotten, I returned to Englandâ€"can you _ not guess whyâ€"to see my beloved _ Rose. And where do you suppose I first saw her? ‘asked the stranger, pausing and looking fixedly in the pallid face of the young duchess. "In the name of heaven, I adjure you to tell meâ€"why did you give out a reâ€" port of your own death? Why have you absented yourself so many years? and why have you returned now ?" He sank back in his chair, regarding her with wonder and curiosity. _ "Stop! No nearer on your life and soul!" said Rose, speaking in a deep, sterm voice, that sounded strangely and fearfully from those bloodless lips, and '-unding her hand in a forbidding gesâ€" ure. "No, mine own; I have returned only from the Continent. I am no ghost, but solid flesh and blood, as I can soon conâ€" vince you," said the visitor, gayly, rising and holding out his arms, as if to emâ€" brace her. There are shocks so great that they kill the weak, and stun the strong into a state resembling calmness. This was such a one to the young duchess. It did not crushâ€"it calmed her. Though pale as death, she quietly motioned her strange visitor to a seat, and when he had taken it, said: "In the name of heaven, have you re turned from the grave to ruin me?" _ "My sudden appearance has startled you, madam, the duchess! _ Your grace scarcely expected to see me hereâ€"" .Lpod-hnmot. the young duchess looked up at this face smiling sweetly down upon hbers, her own countenance went through many rapid changes; first a vague surprise, then a fearful suspicion, lastly a horriâ€" fied recognition, as, with that ery of arâ€" guish we all utter in our extremity : "Oh, my God!" She threw her hands up t oher face, reeled back and sank upon the sofa. The visitor deliberately crossed the room, folded his arms across his broad chest, and standing before her, said: D I e e t o ie e 9 & Ml{ head, well covered with glossy, light yellow hair, that waved around a forehead broad, white and open as thit ef boyhood ; delicatelyâ€"arched eyebrows, clear, gentle, blue eyes, straight nose, full, finelyâ€"curved lips, all blended into a charming expression of kindliness and gay goodâ€"humor. Rose then saw before her a , with a tall and ,,rrnc-eful;lg:r:, Â¥ | fineâ€"lookâ€" The reâ€"entrance of the footman who had attended the stranger to the street door, startled her. "Well, Miller?" she asked, looking up. "Please, your grace. the man has gone away quite peaceably," said the footman. The footman bowed and withdrew to do his errand. "Very well. Then go to the duke and say, with my respects, that I request the favor of his presence here in the libâ€" rary," said the duchess. "Oh, merciful Saviour of the world, that I could die this moment! But one short hour ago, so exalted, so confident, and so happy! and now, so wretched, so fallen, and so jlost! And oh, Heaven! how shall I tell the duke? What shall I say to my husband ?" "Your grace shall hear from me before twelve toâ€"morrow!" exclaimed the stranâ€" ger, crimson with rage, as he followed the footman from the room. "Miller, show this person to the street Jloor, and if he does not go promptly and quietly, summon a policeman," said the young duchess. The footman in waiting on the outside of the door immediately entered. _ "I forget nothing; least of all a fater fact that I should ever remember, nameâ€" ly, that I am the most unworthy wife of one as high above you as heaven is «above hadesâ€"so high above you that he should not even be named in your presâ€" ence. To him, my noble husband, wi‘ 1 goâ€"to him will I confess all, as I shouid have done before our marriage would he have consented to hear meâ€"he only, my husband, shall be my judge. I will comâ€" mit my cause to him, ard receive my fate from his own just hands. And, whatever that fate may be, i shall knowv it to be rightcous, coming from him; and, whatever it may be, though the Duke of Beresleigh may banish this poor Rose forever from his sightâ€"look you, sir: you, at least, I will never see aaigin. The monstrous and unnatural crime that has made you hateful to all mankind bas made you loathsome to me." "You take high ground, madam; but this one warning I would give your grace: Unless I hear from you to a difâ€" fcrent purpose toâ€"morrow before noon, you, Rosamond Wardour and Etheridge, Duchess of Boresleigh and aBroness Pthâ€" eridge of Swinburneâ€"shall stand before the world a committed felon!t" For all answer the young duchess rang the bell. "What! Do you forget the little transâ€" action at the village church at Swinâ€" burne four years ago* By that I claim you as my own." "No, by the blue heavens wbove us! Not so fallen as that; I am not yours thamk (Giod!‘ "Come, Rose, this is carrying matters with rather too high a hand. You know that you are in my powerâ€"soul and body you are mine." "Come, Rose," he continued, with his usual composure, "if you did not owe me fidelity and affection, you do owe me at least some gratitude for my deliverâ€" ance of you from a house that you could scarcely have left without my aid. Even his grace the duke could not have disâ€" covered your retreat, or rescued you from that wellâ€"chosen hiding place. Come, Rose, you have given me a very cold reâ€" ception; but when I aseure you that 1 am willing to forgive this escapade of yours with the duke, and provide for your flight with me to the continentâ€" if you will consent to be mineâ€"â€"" “\\'r{tch! Cease your insults! I will hear fo more‘" cried Rose, shivering with disoust. _ The young duchess, shuddering, hid her face in both her hands without repiyâ€" ing. "Oh, man! man! why did you _ not then, at least come forward nd prevent the consummation of such a horrible misfortune." "Because, my love, as I repeat, my cireumstances did not permit me to do so. I dared not alienate my friend . at court by letting him know that I had freed the bird I had engaged to help him to entrap. And I dared not let the authorities know of my return to Engâ€" land. I was forced to use caution and secrecy in all that I did. You were deâ€" livered from my thonest custody by the hands of the Duke of Bersleigh. _ And the next news I heard of you was the of your betrothal to his grace." down all I love, to this horrible pit of perdition," exclaimed Rose, in despair. bl haired, with 'eye;;s blue, clear and ;;;_n- tle as those of child>a0d, and a smile full of frankness and bencvolence. He , "After her preparations wors complete she took me in hand Aressed m caseâ€" fully, but very plainly, and cautioncd me to be very discreet,. But this sort of setting me up for sale w i« so repugnant to my feelings that, inlecd, I could have found it in my heart to have Lidden myâ€" self in the wilderness." "I can well believe it, my poor Rose," said the duke, with a tone and look as though he were mourning over her, dead. She continued : "Captain Rutherford came the same afternoon. I suppose he would have been considered by any landlady as a model lodger. He was a handsome and preposâ€" "Her one absorbing desire to finl a wealthy husband for her pour Rose blinded her to every danger and all cenâ€" sequences and decided her, I firmiy beâ€" lieve to receive this gentleman a; a lodâ€" ger. The bargain was soon stru:«. The stranger returned to the village for m3 portmanteau, and Mrs. Elmer ca ne inâ€" to the house to prepare th: upper rooms for his reception. * "Now, there were several suspicious cireumstances connected with the _ apâ€" pearance and story of this person which did not I‘trike me at the time, but which I had bitter cause to remember afterâ€" ward. In the first place, Swinburne, with the exception of the chase was not a sporting neighborhood. No one but the visitors at the castle ever came down to shoot or fish. In the second place, this was not the sporting season. But my poor foster mother. no more than imyâ€" self, noticed this discrepancy. _ "His name, he said, was Captain Ruâ€" therford; he was an officer of the Tenth Hussars; he was\ on leave, and had come down to the neighborhood for & few weeks‘ shooting; he did not like the village, and was in search of country lodgings. Passing by, he had seen and had been pleased with the house, and would pay liberally for the accommoâ€" dation if she could lodge him for a few weeks. "My foster mother, then went forward to meet the stranger. From the open parlor widow I heard all that passed. "Your foster mother, Rose," said the duke, with a fastidious shudder. "I was scarcely seventeen years old, and was living in an obscure old house in an unfrequented wood a mile out of the village, when one morning & traveler, in the dress and accourtrements of _ & sportsman, passed by our place. He lookâ€" ed at it, retraced his steps and entered the gate. Mother and myself were both in the yard. I returned into the house, but my motherâ€"â€"" "It was the only service that my poor fosterâ€"mother requested of me; and, inâ€" deed, I always remembered her caution and deported myself in such a manner as to repel impertinence." "Oh, Rose! poor, poor girl! how eruel ly you were exposed!" said the duke. ’ "My poor fosterâ€"mother, doubtless to assuage the pangs of remorse, always made my life as easy to me as possible. She worked hard to keep me from work, and to pay for my education. She was as careful of my poor beauty as though 1 had been some little princess entrusted to her charge. That I should be brought up like a lady, and marry a gentleman of fortune, seemed her one great punpose in life. Doubtless she wished to compenâ€" sate me in this way for the birthright of which her treachery had deprived me. She threw me as much as possible in the way of gentlomen, but always priâ€" vately cautioned me never to permit the slightest freedom from one of them. She used to tell me that if I was discrect my beauty would make my fortune; but if I were otherwise, it would prove my deâ€" struction. And thus forewarned, if not forearmed, she would send me, as it were, to seek my fortune amid scenes of social danger. 1 imean that she was in the habit of getting up all the fine linen for the transient visitors at the Etheridge Arms, and of sending me to take it home." "It was when I was but seventeen years old, and while I still believed myâ€" self to be the daughter of (Magdalene Elmer, the village laundress, that the event I am about to relate to you ocâ€" curred. There was a waiter with decanters of port and sherry and glasses sitting on the table. The duke poured out and brought a glass of wine, which he forced her to drink. The stimulant had the desired effect. She breathed freely, and commenced ‘her narrative: But so great was her anguish that she was incapable of speaking or breathing freely. "That manâ€"oh, Heaven! how dare I tell yuo! Oh, George! Oh, Beresleigh! Beresleigh! did I not say to you three months ago that you knew not upon whose brow you were to place the ducal coronet of your ancient houseâ€"did T not? Did I not?" "In the name of heaven, Rose, what do you mean*?" he exclaimed, appalled at her manmner. "Yes, Rose, yes; but what mean you, in the name of Heaven" Miss . e was a handsome and preposâ€" g man, tall, fair skinned, fairâ€" Id lte.pz hnn;fiq & as if they were out 0: _"‘Waal, I dunno,‘ said the old man, soberly, ‘but I think six hours‘ rain would ‘a‘ done us a lot more good.‘" _‘"Thus, in my native Bridetown, a canâ€" flidate for Congress spoke at a massâ€" mecting, and afterward a politician askâ€" ed an old farmer what he thought of the speech. "But my criticism," Dr. Evans ended, "has been feeble, and what good is feeble criticism? The critic, to score, must be epigrammatic, unexpected, humorous. ARural Critic. Dr. B. D. Evans ,the medical expert of the Thaw trial, was criticising at a phyâ€" gician‘s dinner the browbeating method of crossâ€"cxamination that the courts perâ€" mit. cine Co.. Brockville, Ont. strengthens the jangled, aching nerves. That is why they oure such nerve trouble as neuralgia, St. _ Vitus dance and partial paralysis. _ That is why they cure all ailments due to poor, watery blood. That is why they make weary, despondent, brokâ€" enâ€"down men nx:ly women bright, acâ€" tive and strong. But only the genuâ€" ine pills can do this, and they have the full name, Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills for Pale People on the wrapper around every box. _ Sold by madicine dealers everywhere or by mail at 50 cents a box or «ix boxes~ for $2.50 by addressing The Dr. Williams‘ Mediâ€" Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills cure sciatâ€" feca simply because they make the rich, red blood that soothes and those who have been tortured _ with scintica can know. I was treated by several doctors, but they did not help me a bit. In fact, I almost beâ€" gan to feel that my condition was helpless, when Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills were brought to my attention. I got a half dozen boxes. I had used about the same quantity before I found any benefit. But I was enâ€" couraged and got a second â€" half dozen boxes and before these were all gone every vestige of the trouble had disappeared. _ Not only this, but I was _ improved in health in every way, as it will be readily understool that the long siege of pain I had sufâ€" fered had left me badly run down. I can‘t speak too highly of Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills I can‘t recommend them too strongly to other sufferâ€" The great trouble of prasticing what u gre‘cbn that it is o casy to get aM drawn cp and I could only limp along with the aid of a stick. The pain I suffered was terrible. I was in misery both day and night. _ Every moment caused me such pain as â€" only I was aiflicted I was living at Baker Settlement. The attack was so seâ€" vere that I had been off work for some time. . The cords of my lag were Made Well and Strong by Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills After Doctors Had Failed. Mr. H. W. Awalt is one of the leadâ€" ing merchants of Hemford, N. S. _ A fow years ago he was a great sufferâ€" er from the most exertpiating trouâ€" ble, sciatica. He says: _ "At the time CRIPPLED BY SCIATICA. "Everything was conducted as had been previously arranged. _ At dawn the captain had a post chaise before our door, _ We entered and drove to the village .and entered the church before any of the vilagers were astir. We found the curate and the clerk awaiting us, "The ceremony proceeded. (To be continued.) oc c t e Ao un aeiees "I consented to become the wife of ‘aptain Rutherford. But after our éenâ€" gagement, my poor nurse insisted upon the same reserve as before. We were never left alohe together for a moment. "This course effected that which Mrs. Elmer had intended it shouldâ€"the fixâ€" ing of an early day for the wedding. The eaptain made liberal settlements, or be brought us documents which he declarâ€" ed to be such. But he desired, upon acâ€" count of his family, who, he said, wished him to marry an heiress, that the wedâ€" ding should be a strictly private one, witnessed only by my mother. _ To this Mrs. Elmer consented, and the captain undertook all the necessary preparaâ€" tions. The curate and the parish clerk of Swinburne were heavily fed, and bound to secrecy. "It was arranged that the captain, my mother and myself should repair to Swinburne church a+ dawn, where the curate and the clerk would be in readiâ€" ness to perform the ceremony, after which we were to take a post chaise to Bristol, where we were to embark fm" tha continent. "And you, Rose, you?" exclaimed the duke, with the most painful interest. "I hated the man. I say it now, and I said it then! But then I blamed myâ€" self for the instinctive hatred that seemed so unjust. I was a child in the hands _ of ‘my fosterâ€"mother. _ She did _ not absolutely _ force _ me to accept Rutherford, but _ she urged me _ with _ tears, _ entreaties and reproaches, and won her cause and Ruthâ€" erford‘s through my love for her," The young duke could not repress the dcep groan that burst from his bosom. 3 P __ TV AAASV OAHL "Oh how I have to speak of what soon followed! Rutherford loved me, sought every opportunity to tell me so, but my foster mother, discreet, as she was amâ€" bitious, took care that he was never for & moment alone with me. This course of conduct brought the man to the point toward which she had been drawing him all the time. He sought an interview with her; told her that he loved me, and wished to make me his wife. My poor moth*r! with illâ€"concealed triumph, she spproved his suit, and sanctioned his adâ€" ress." "He often invited me to go for a walk but I never would accept ti: invitation, nor, indeed, would my mother ever have permitted it. We never had any visitors and so our lodger remainde with us for several weeks in total seclusion." Rose paused, a sudden flush suffused her pale cheeks, she drew a deep breath, recovered herself, and proceeded in a lower tone: fascinated my poor foster mother; she believed in {im, honored him, indeed, loved him. His life with us was very quiet and regular. He went out in the morning with his dog and gun, and reâ€" turned in the afternoon with nothing to show for his day‘s sport. He often conâ€" descended to pass his evenings in chatâ€" til!g'with my mother and myself. e furely _ force _ me to ord, _ but _ she urged rs, _ entreaties _ and on her cause and Ruthâ€" my love for her." Some form of entertainment is univerâ€" sally provided to follow the dinner. not, you are expected to remain at least an hour in the drawingâ€"room. After you are seated a maid or butler will tuck in your skirts so that they will not be stepped on or be stained by careâ€" less serving. After the dessertâ€" The hostess will give the signal to reâ€" tire to the drawing room, where coffee is now served to both men and women. In the diningâ€"roomâ€" At an informal dinner the hostess seats her guests with simple words or gestures. At a formal dinner plate cards are used and your partner will find your respective places. At the tableâ€" Remain standing behind the chair unâ€" til the hostess seats herself. Step aside while your partner draws out your chair. Ring the bell and on being admitted pass at once on to the dressing room, where you remove wraps, Remove your gloves for an informal dinner, retaining them for a formal dinner, Your hostessâ€" Will either leave in the dressing room & small card bearing the name of the man who will take you out to dinner or she will meet you in the drawingâ€"room and there introduce the man to you. For dinners at restaurants and other public places dark or black gown similar to that worn to t heatres with a transâ€" parent yoke, gloves and the new leather hat, which is merely a coiffure finished in feathers, osprey aigrettes, spangled flowers or velvet ribbon. Scarfs over the shoulders are introduced this year for diner wear in exquisite laces and gauzes. Arriveâ€" Never earlier than fifteen minutes beâ€" fore the hour named in the invitation. For informal dinner light summery frock, with neck cut slightly low, elbow sleeves and no gloves. Telephone invitations are permissible and you can give your answer by teleâ€" phone instead of by mail or messenger. Never say, "1 hope to come," _ Always "Yes," or "No.‘ Wearâ€" For a formal dinner decollete bodice, elbow steeves, long glooves, plain skirt, hair dressed claborately. Some Rules for Social Affairs. (Buffalo Exchange.) When you have an invitation for a dinâ€" the third person use the third person in reply. If written in the first person write a personal informal answer. 4. As these special grants will be limâ€" ited to ten agricultural societies it is important that the board of directors to whom this circular is sent shall conâ€" sider the matter at once. The grants Where societies have competitions in two kinds of crops the prizes in each case shall not be less than the following: First, $20; second, $15; third, $10; fourth, $5. In the event of there not being less than ten entries in each comâ€" petition the department will grant the sum of $100 to pay above prizes. 3. Prizes.â€"Where societies limit their competition to one kind of crop the prizes shall not be less than the followâ€" ing: First, $25; second, $20; third, $165; fourth, $10. In the event of there being not less than ten entries in any society in this competition the department will grant the sum of $70 to cover the above prizes. 2. Competitors.â€"Competition shall be limited to members of the society, and the fields entered for competition must be not more than fiftcen miles from the headquarters of the society. Competiâ€" tors shall be allowed to enter into the competition of only one society. Comâ€" petitors shall be allowed to make only one entry in cach class of crop competiâ€" tion. ‘The annual membership fee in any society shall be sufficient for entry in this competition. The following crops are suggested for competition: Spring wheat, white oats, barley, Dent corn. Flint corn, alsike cloâ€" ver, red clover and potatoes. ho( e ie en d ol t ue ie s l NeCns PS be decided upon by the society. It is desired that the society shall decide um one or two crops for competition t are of most importance to the farmers of the district. Every field entered for competition must consist of not less than five acres. Do not offer to take your partner‘s and to decide whether or not they will make application to compete. ‘The first ten societies making satisfactory appliâ€" cations as below will be accepted and given notice of the same immediately, F: Airede dbacett APoRme : In addition to the above contest a sweepstakes competition may also be held among the winners of the first prizes in each of the agricultural socieâ€" ties throughout the Province, and for each class of crops. 1, Nature of 'Competition.â€"Competi- tions shall be limited to two crops, to D Sace on snn i CC . P 1 It has been thought best, for this year at least, to limit the number of socieâ€" tiese who may compete to ten. It will be necessary, therefore, for the secreâ€" taries to bring the matter before their societies at the earliest possible moment TORONTO Keir Hardy, M.P., on invitation went to Cambridge University to address the stuâ€" dents. While speaking be was disgracefully hazed, but retained his good nature and ja the end made the young men ashamed of themselves. ‘The affair has brought down upon the students fierce criticism, the Lonâ€" Gon Chronicle remarking: "A university is supposed to be a school of manners, but the effect of Cambridge education seems to he that the undergraduates are too dull to give courteous hearing to ons of the mort conâ€" spicuous leaders of our tims." _ At one time, says the paper, Germany was able to rely on a rising in the Britâ€" ish Mohammedan Empire should England get into trouble, but since the Algeciras fiasco the Oriental nations would seem to have lost confidence in Germany and would probably remain quiet should war at any time break out between Great Britain and Germany. _ If, therefore, danger of a serious character is to be avoided, an understanding between Briâ€" tain and Russia must be prevented at all eosts. There is no other way. It is asolutely necessary, says the Bismarckian organ, that German diploâ€" macy does all in its power to hinder an understanding _ between _ Britain and Russia, and it expresses the hope that Prince Buelow is now convinced of the error of his former belief that an underâ€" standing between these powers is in the interests of the German Empire. Two powers, it says, must be considâ€" ered as having been in a special degree influenced by England against Germany, namely, Italy and Russia. With Italy, Britain has been thoroughly successful, and reliance can no longer ie placel on her by Germany in any conflict where Britil{ interests are involved Jbut with Russia it is different, and there is still time to prevent efforts being made in Iondon to come to an understanding with the Czar‘s Government. Hamburg Paper Complains Bitterly e# British Diplomacy. The Hamburger Nachrichten, forme“r}i the organ of Prince Bismarck, and eti representing the views of a large seoâ€" tion of Junkers and the military party, has a bitter article complaining of the persistent efforts of British diplomaey, assisted or inspired by King Edward, to isolate Germany from the rest of Eurâ€" ope and to draw a ring of hostile powers around her. ‘ 6 Jik k They break up colds, des"u'oy worms, make teething painless and give the child healthy natural sleep. _ And the mother has the guarantee of a govâ€" ernment analyst that the Tablets are absolutely safe. Mrs. Robert Watâ€" son, Combermere, Ont., says: wa 3 find Baby‘s Own Tablets just the medicine _ needed _ to keep children healthy." _ Sold by all medicine dealâ€" ers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockâ€" ville, Ont. Leavingâ€" Bid your hostess goodâ€"by before leayâ€" ing the drawingâ€"room and after donning your wraps pass out directly,. If you are a single woman have a carriage or a servant call to escort you home, The mother who keeps Baby‘s Own Tablets in the home has a feeli <€ security that her child‘s health â€" is safe. Thase Tablets cure such ailâ€" ments as colic, indigestion, conetipaâ€" tion, «diarrhoea and simple _ feovers. (A strong, erect, leafy plant proâ€" ducing in the Dent vanietiee one well devcloied. well matured ear most desirable; in the Flint varie ties two good eans per plant may be looked for.) 4. Frecedom from disase .. .. 05 points 5. Type of ear: (a) Trueness to type...05 (a) shape of ear (cylinâ€" drical preferred) . .. .. .05 (c) Lengtfi and circumferâ€" ference of ear (merium prefonred) .. .. ......06 ‘(d) Purity (freedom from admixture with other varielies}) .. .. .......05 (e) Uniformity and shape of kernels .. ...... .05 25 points 6. Estimated yield of foddear .. 10 points 7. Estimated yield of grain ... .20 points Total ... ... ... ... ...100 points The scale of points to be used in {ufi ing the standing crop of corn shall be as follows: 1, Per cent stand .. .. .... 15 points (3 good plants per hill consigered a perfect stand). 2. State of Culture .... .. 10 points (Well cultivated and free from weeds). 3. Charter of plant: Vigor and uniformity of growth Freedom from weeds, other kinds _ of grain ... ... ... ... ... 10 points Freedom from weeds, attack of emut, rust and insecte ., , 10 points Character of plant .. ...... 20 points Lerley : $ F:reedom from weeds .. .. .. 25 points Freedom from weeds other varie Uniformity of type of plant, size of huz a.ndyr;pnr- ent yield of grain .. .. .. 25 points ent of agricultural societies. Arrangeâ€" ments have been made whereby expert judges will be furnished by the seed division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, ht es J S ced All field crops will be judged from the standpoint of utility for seed purâ€" . The following scale of points will _m_undinthecueofvh‘t,oahud son, superintendent of tural soâ€" cieties, Parliament buim Toronto, before the 15th day of June, 1907. _ 6. Judging.â€"All judging must be done 6. Judging.â€"All jildginfi must be done by judges approved by the superintendâ€" _ 5. All entries must be forwarded by secretartes of societies to J. Lockie Wilâ€" (A strong stemmed, healthy growth objectionable). plant desirable. Excessive CHILDKHOOD AILMENTS, GERMANY‘S ISOLATION, Hardy Shamed Them. lestroy worms, ;’:‘ nd give _ the | *‘ ep. fA‘nd the |t10 ee of a govâ€" | ces _ Tablets are !pa W?' | vo says: I , ets just the | on .. .. 10 points 100 points _ The Philomathcan Society of the Peterboro Collegiate Institute did a good thing when it took up the question of reading and held a competitive test. There are few good readers, that is to say, there are few people who can read aloud so as to be distinctly understood, or in a way to convey the meaning of what they are reading. Few are able to pronounce the words correctly or to give the proper emphasis and inflection to the matter they read. Now, this should not be. A person should be able to do all that, and were proper attenâ€" tion paid to reading aloud in our schools and other seats of learning reading wou‘ld not be the lost art it is toâ€"day. How many of our preachers can read a :::dp:eerf S:fip:.:re as it should be s a rule the ing is performance,. â€" But o:;‘d:' a :h‘lllemz meet with one who transforms the cold printed words into words of living fire, and those who listen hang upon his every word while they drink in the full meaning of the writer. the laity it is 0“0:": '.‘dc fiym esting readers, Â¥"°4 . In Wisconsin the other day, we are ltold, the legislature resorted to the "Marry Ann" system of voting to break ': deadlock on an appointment. A good many may be puzzled to know what is meant by the "Mary Aun" system 0f voting. It provides that each member 'o( the legislature shall vote his first and his eecond cholce at the same time. The secondâ€"choice votes are to be added to the firstâ€"choice votes in case the first choice does not result in a nomination, It is intended to take into consideraâ€" tion the average of popularity, The sucâ€" cessful candidate under the syetem may possibly not have the greatest number of Evotes us dirst shoice, but be must be he eschews heary dishes and confines himsel{ to vegetables when the former are brought on, and that he speaks exâ€" temporaneously. He says: "I do not begin to prepare my speech until I am on my legs. Some mon ruin their digesâ€" tion and deny themscives all the legitiâ€" mate pleasure which should be derived from a good dinner hbecause they are thinking over jokes and elnboml.ngoe.i- grams." The Lord Mayor seems be a bit of a philosopher, and afterâ€"dinner speakers might do worse than follow his example at public functions. The strike of the plumbers in Toronto is said to be likely to lead to a general sympathy strike of the unions in the building trades. The determination of the unions not to allow _ men without union cards to obtain employment if they can prevent it was made evident 'by the secretary of the building trades‘ federated council last night. If the unions adhere to that idea, and the emâ€" ployers insist on dealing with men indiâ€" vidually without regard to the union membership, but solely on their merits, the chances for a wasteful and foolish labor war are bright. Siz William Trelvar, Lord Mayor of London, made a remarkable confession when he said that since he became Lord Mayor and ceased attending to his busiâ€" nes: it had become more prosperous. Another remarkable utterance of his is that he has eaten a hundred and fifty public dinners in six months and has found them "enjoyable healthy funeâ€" tions." He explains this by saying that on the average higher in favor than any of his opponents. It is a useful method of breaking caucus deadlocks. _ The danger of recognition of the "unâ€" written law," of which we have heard so much since Thaw‘s cowardly crime, has received anexcellent illustration in the ease of the deliberate murder by a NVirâ€" ginia judge of a young man whom he suspected of wronging his daughter. The father sought him out at his work and shot him down without giving him a chance to deny or explain. Now it tranâ€" spires that the viciim of summary venâ€" geance was innocent of the offence imâ€" puted to him, What must be the reâ€" morse 0f the murderer? This "unwritten law" is merely another way of expressâ€" ing resort to barbarism and unrestrained private vengeance. The rope is the remâ€" edy for the "unwritten law" obsession. The Bureau of Labor at Washington has issued some statistics relating to the increased cost of living. At wholeâ€" sale prices the increase in cost of 258 commodities in 1906 over 1905 was more than 514 per cent., and compared with 1887 the rise amounts to 3014 per cent. â€"considerably more than oneâ€"third. The commoditics include food, clothing, imâ€" plements and utensils and building maâ€" terial. No doubt a similar comparison of prices in this country would show & similar result. Those people who contend that great armaments tend to peace, will probably argue that we should be a more peaceful people if everybody "toted" revolvers and bowieâ€"knives. Dr. Alex. Granham Bell thinks we may soon be able to dine in America and breakfast next morning in England, trayâ€" elling 150 to 200 miles an hour by airâ€" ship. A collision at that speed would be â€"well, interesting. A 24â€"knot Canadian line is expected to be an institution of the near future. CURRENT / COMMENT