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RS VE ISINES N or e d ul nt NDILF, M ortreal par { "A singular pevehological phemomenon ! What else? ‘That cannot be l upon which you found your opinion of my guilt ?>" "It is enough, yet it is not all." "What more» "The dagger!* "The dagger * J *Yes, Robert Thugsen, the dagger that was found in Mr. Cassinove‘s hand, but with which wow ha® Bsc y C 0 k of night concealed it from tones were light and har Could you have seen h finished her narrative, | 4 trusted her own life in his ether hour; but the wath isw i smnge slan OA ROW AAORGe I hered CrÂ¥ of muy. [ & Of ‘the .Door, obscure woman, who not heard that .-mqthero«! ory of murâ€" | owne the pasition into which you would det: mor through the thick walls And | force Ret. .mnor could yor suppose that closed @hutters can tkey hear the BUTYâ€" | any aceident svould reveal the wrongs of ing footsteps of the aroused household the Duchess of Bc,-e,]ejgy to me." as it pours on towasl the chamber of Thugsen started, and walked once or murder‘! twiee up and down the floor; then pansâ€" "* ou escape : you think your deed of ing befoze her.and speaking with as mueh darkness hid frrever Krom the world: | caimmese 28 he.vould assum», ne said: ! but, Robert Thugsen, I refeat, each night ' "To whom have you gosa‘ped of these wher sleep has .closed your eyes and | matters?® seals your senses, conscience awakes and } "To no ene on«earth." Feâ€"enacts every minute scene of tht' "So help you Â¥eaven t tragedy, speaking out, <chen then yYOU ; "So help me Meaven, in y dying only thought and felt, as well as what | hour," you saw and did!" eoncluded Ruth, shudâ€" , "I€ io wells; ! I Rheliere gan* 2sA tpr.. dering. s escape. Satan favors you. for ulyou emerge again from the kitchen window, the watch has just passed ; they have not heard that smothered ory of murâ€" det: mor through the thick walls and closed shutters can they hear the hurryâ€" ing footsteps of the aroused household as it pours on towarl the chamber of "But the blow that k The wounded man bow on you with his dyir eyesâ€"shricks forth th her.‘ that a2rouses the fly! _ With the swiftn of the serpent you.slip glide down the stairs a as done j om°t 8 point; af the fiend had prepared his vietim for the sacrifice, he could not khave been readier for your hand. "One blow and all will be over! But eme or all wili be lost! You,.clutch your dagger with â€"a ‘ firmer grasu, and bend until you can hear the monotonous beatâ€" ing of that heart you mean to stop forâ€" ever! You direct your dagger‘s pointâ€" one firm plunge, and the dead of death : tm Scews sXE © CAE w ~â€"ny thnt cnnir e Aatas R S + c i ound in Mr. Cassinove‘s hand, but will brea which you had done the murder!" "What ‘L ;::uo-: and . emotionsâ€"your l;ltreds, rs, hopes and purposesâ€"s king out what then you only thouglnp::d felt!® "Come, QE‘ is the prologue! let us have the play," said Thugsén, ironically. "Listem then, Robert Thugsen," conâ€" tinued Ruth, in the tone and manner of one speaking under a powerful inward Impulse. "Each night, in dreams, azain flm lurk arowund Lester House, hiding the deepest shadows, and from your lair, like some wild ‘beast crouching to gpring upon its prey, you watch until # has passed: then swiftly and sitertly you dart down the ‘basement stairs; you examime all the doors and windows. and find one window carelessly left unfactâ€" ened; you raise it and creep into < the kitchen, closing it after you:; you pause, watching and listening‘for the slightest |â€" pound or movement in that dark. stiil house; but thearing nothing. and bolievâ€" : ing all the houschold to be buried in reâ€" | : pose, you draw ‘from your pocket a buneh of wellâ€"filed skeleton keys, and creep [ | up the stairs and a@long the passages; 1 a single bo!t or bar shot into its place i would have arrested your progress, nnd, i saved you from crime and him from death, and you ~wonder as you steal 6i along on your fital errand that ncither ; bolt nor bar 6bstrnets your way : you do + not know that the butler, whose last [ duty it is to secure the house, has not | 5 yet retired to bed, but is shut up in his | * office, easting up his accounts; oh. fatal p; carelessness! _ And so silently and so |°© breathlessly you glide like a serport ,}x]'c from landing to landing, until you reach , ]‘"! the fatal chamber door. l "You pause again, and, standing m' breathless, there you watch and licter; all is dark and still without and with. | )* in. _ You insert the key, silently turn | ** the lock and enter. ya "How still the roomâ€"the only sound 4 the ticking 6f the ormolu clock upon the | 4 © mantlepiece. _ By ine dim light of the } . taper burning on the hearth, you see the | "‘ eloselyâ€"drawn eurtains of your viectim‘g 4* bed. _ You creep toward it, and standâ€" . 44* Ing beside it. bend your head and listen ; | th* by the regular breathing of the sleeper ; 40# you know ‘that he is sound asleep; you | 801 K!:'fl aside ‘the eurtain and look upon | the face: Cit is a fage full of £9* care _ and â€"sorrow _ even in â€" its ; 4M repose; he is lying on his right side, 8 !* fronting you; his left arm is thrown }"“," up over his head; his motion has slightâ€" had ly disordered the bedclothes, os that his | 4 left side is entirely exposed; there is â€" *2°* nothing to shield his heart from your ; 0248 dagger‘s point: if the fiend had prepared | **5 / his vietim for the sacrifice, he could noti aD have been readier for vour hand gide, lips the dream in which e reâ€"enact the tragedy at | revealing not only your a passions and emotionsâ€"y ffln. hones wiuk rartnnuss‘ _fut? Come, draw up the curtain‘! let us see what this very â€" dramatic dream is," he said, disdainfully, "Oh! do not thus play with your crimes and their consequences, You preâ€" temi not to credit me .and you treat my words lightly; but you shall soon know better. You shail hear from my This tiue Huckc ...b k ue "What, the dream? "To hear you trifle so with such tre mendous 'li{:l" "It was but a dream, you kanow!" "Ah!" she exclarmed, shuddering. ‘"You don‘t believe me? "No!" "Tut?l Come, draw up the curtain! 1” ts ues whuk © thist seamee)~ Mrccs is 6e in that kills first awakens! man bounds up! glares upâ€" his dying and affrighted forth that alarm of ‘murâ€" 3 PEidiAtatranic o lb c 4h 1 1+ _ You |; °‘ ~N&lamd‘s proudest rs, you, knowâ€" es the household! _ You } ing .thgat you 5119 ve not pt;re m{uflut ahaâ€" _swiftness and silentness | dowr o0f & <claim upon her notice, dare to on«.«lip through the halls, I'dvorr.:nd her as your wife, and threatep stairs and so effect your,:h‘._,r with a . criminal prosecution if she favors you. for 88 304 | repuleos yov. Of course you are aware om the kitchen window, that that highâ€"born lady can know nothâ€" Just passed; they have Te m o Te iess c es insl APEAIM Sbvedct endueiii sn‘ â€" n in which each night you tragedy at Lester House, only your acts, but your of murâ€"} . Ifrywall.s and ( ;: r Whe hurryâ€" aH d household the chamber of : our deed of } :,:; the world: P _5 I MY I "And if 1 do not chonse to fly from a false charge?" "It will not be a false wharge." "But if I do not choos» to fly?" "Then your blood be upon your ows head; for whether you fly or not, Robâ€" that er; Thugeer, I must do my duty. Jt , but will break my heart, but 1 must do it." fer!" â€" "What duty? How wili you do it?" empempmmmmemremmmm 222222200 mon . ; "Nothing, Robert Upon | the country." ootiint nettne smunt d tis dtsilss.c. AiB s . nat i hour." #d~ } "It is wells! Iibelieve you," said | sen, taking &is seat near her, . and she / tinuing: "You seem to have taken nOt | demon into your counsel, else Y do ln“.see how you ever contrived to an w8 , such an amount of evidence agaimst his | innocent man, and that man your « be | husband. And now, what do yoy m _ ) to do with it®* IEST thi tadbh cacdid Ts .t ’Med. and she is the las | of England‘s proudest pe | ing that you have not t ’do'.v of.acclaim upon her demand ker as your wif Ivex Wtith acerimingl ves Wnn eremafituit} a..4.4 430 C090 . had brought :from the draper‘s. Yau ; Pame attracted me to a paragraph, an, â€" theve (Irread:a short account of th« . enargenbrought against the young BDuch | <ss .of Bcresk(-'{gh,” | Sheâ€"paused. and held her hand to her }e_i\le. as though in pain. "Go on,"â€".sard Thugsen, { ‘"I »Mscovered by that account tbat t you whad cruclly deceived her twice. i First, swhen. she was 2 young girl, and | you were hiding in her fosterâ€"mother‘s { house, .you possed pourself off as a sinâ€" |gle mar,and «ttcmpted to consummate a [ marriage with her, a crime the compleâ€" ‘u'un.o!wwhich was {:revented only by the: tamely.arriral of the constable in searoh . !nf 208. _ ‘Aud BoW whan cacss L. _1 ¢.¢0 not understand you." *"Thugsen,;you have buw in the obscurest part of L As completely isolated in qusrter of the town as tho the miet ae x3 o j_ UV weol â€" "Husht" exclaimed Thugsen, with difâ€" ’ficnlty controlling his emotions. "From the accident of an empty dagger‘s sheath and a disturbed dream, you think Tat you have made out a very satrong case against me;: it is nonsense, but let that paes for the present, You have also charged me witk the deception of the young Duchess of Beresteigh ; now, what have I. to do with the Duchess of Beresâ€" leigh, or the DPuchess of Rerachatnk wisen the guilty." ered the use of my you sealed my lips," "Fear for me ?" ‘"Yes, fear for you. told you, was my gue suspicions were alread you; she migcht â€" ha words That passed bet away the telltale sh never ‘haveâ€"spoken of floung Cassinove been obert, ‘the guiltless â€" Te > Lo d ‘"Why the of it at th Thugsen. 5 _"Poa4n angel of light; and wet i _have twice cruelly deceived her." Explain yourself, Ruth; by my seul, O ROt nmdlarshawI 200 s "As I raised from the pocke it was, and pic o fyour antique crusted thickly ‘You should have nothing to do with , more than a spirit of darkness has do withâ€"an anoe! a¢ j 3 _ "* 8 BHAs ompletely isolated in ‘ter of the town as thou midst of the deserts of its of America, I spea â€"I see . no paperâ€"and J am, therefore, ignor on. in the areat ursel agg . _ _ ___ 4Be &t Cheisea, you threw off your coat upom ‘the bedroom floor, I took it up to hang itâ€"*" "As you would like to hang its owner," interposed Thugsen, â€" with a sardonic laugh, y t me" Pm HEET lak now? What about the aauer! -Cgmo, what about it ?" "It was produced toâ€"day in court; I recognized it; it was yours," "pon my word, you are trying to get up quite a case against me. Anything more ?" "Alas, yes!" "Out with it, then! Let us have the ‘whole at once. ‘Never make two bites. at a cherry.‘ You, I thirk, have made ten at this, and have not finished it yet. _ Come, what more?" "The sheath." "Oh, ha, ha, ha! this woman will cerâ€" tainly be the death of me! ha, ba, ha! Well, what about the sheath ?" "The night upor which you came to me at the cottage at Chelsea, you threw off your coat upom ‘the badrines Alaas ap "Horror ‘tr; " fPraite great world, and : & greut extent. But this mor of an old newspaper fell into It came around a parcel the ought.:from the draner‘s % L raised it up, something fell the pocket; I stooped to see what , and picked up the empty sheath r antique Toledo poignardy; it was 1 thickly with dried blood â€"â€"" y the demon did you not speak at the ‘time, then?" interruntal "_ ""s a young girl, and ig in her fosterâ€"mother‘s «ed pourself off as a sinâ€" tempted to consummate a her, a crime the compleâ€" "as prevented only by the TÂ¥ * nprdena ols 4 :. , usiil you have fled t for you. Laura Elmer, as I ‘as my guest that night. Her vere already aroused against night â€" have overhcard any passed between us. So I hia ___ CC T®SIO‘C in searab ow, when years have the lawiul wife of one ol ca. I speak to mo perâ€" paperâ€"and you _ think lore, ignor_gnt of wthat insfixed me. W of imy faculti't;:fi;,-. f;ar have buried me hare, art of Lopdon. 1 am you," gaid Thug ir her,.and conâ€" the deception of the Bnresleigh; now, what the Duchess of Beresâ€" ess of Beresleich with 1 CC d a parcel that J _draper‘s. Yoaur a paragraph, and account of the etween us. So I hid sheath, and should of it again, had not en conviected. _ Oh, in this erowd.-(;a though I were in _ convicted. must not die en the do not Asia, or .cné nd so J moraing hen I recovâ€" not speak intermpted He drank it eag difficulty. _ It see; an instant; he sat stared at Ruth w mind that extreme produces, and exel: "Ill, ill, ill ti death!* ferer, while a cold awea lid forehead. _ Ruth poured out a f and held it to his lips. "No! water! water! w is burning np!" _ whis hoarsely. Ruth hastily poured ou ter, and held it to him. He drank it eagerly, s difficulty. It seemed to an instant; he sat up, v itared at Ruth with tha "Robert! Robers ter ?" "Alas! yes. Robert! but no: escape." "I think you wil not," sai/ laughing, defiantly : but in th that laugh his faeo turned pa shiver paseed over his frame,. "What is the matter ?" said "A saudden qualr ; you upse _your diabolicai nonsense: it {s â€"â€"bring in the pudding," Ruth cleared the table. and into the kitchen to fetch the When she returned «he found white and convuilsed in his ch; sat down the dish and ran to claiming: my "Al! you #2m still ro the police of what you row * €3" "Ill, ill, ill ti de rer, while a cold forehead. Ruth poured ou d held it to his 1i ‘No! water! wat burning nnt" pns now visiting a "Are you not going to rhake any?" in ;«@astern cities in quired ‘Thugsen, ; Pil :production an "No; the soup was qi‘te enough for ( furnish the raw me; I felt Saint and hulrgty.when I sat / commercial use o down, but my appetite kas gone off with | sheck the work of the soup," ; which destroy the "Yonu are mot well," saig Thugsen, !' _ ‘"I am as <well as C.ean ‘he, with / ‘Scores 0 the anxiety sthat Oppresses my mind, «wcores On, Robert.® m 1 I There was none @d _ carving, and s before him. "No; there is nore in mine," replie Thugse», with a hiddgn significance, a Ae fell.to and rapidly,finished his soup _ Ruth .removed the empty basins, ane ibegan «to .earve the raasted fowl thai formed.the next courke. ‘Thugsen watch «er her:for some sign uf.approaching ill ness, Ruthb. for (Treature: . noj _ ;i3 _ /CO uCr cating. ‘Poor fpcreature ; . notwithstnnding her troubles, «she ate rather eagerly, for she was faint ‘and hungry from long fasting, "She enjoys her last meal without W ‘thought ‘that she partakes of it in ‘her ! ’last ‘hour. _ Well, After all, how much | seasier her death will be than if she } shoul?d live to die what is called a natur f al deathâ€"a long. painfu] illness, slowly i wearing out her lHfe, Tt will soon be : over; I hope, even‘in that little time,! she will not «Nffer immeh,‘ thought Thug. t sen. as he watched‘ her, { ‘"You ‘do not eatâ€"your soup; there i8, & no soot ‘"fallen into "YOurs?" _ inawirast‘! Dasal mows o oo PC "She enjoys her las thought ‘that she par last ‘hour, Well, af easier her death will ie c raaia? t Cl m is ie MO ; He ~was reassured. Soot wa; ‘the powder he had poured into . ‘was white, and, besides, he haq dissolve, ‘He watched ber eatin 'crpature:-notwithstnnding her she ate rather eagerly, for she w and hungry from long fasting, "She enjoys her last mnnl wil for "Only «a ‘little soot soup," she> replied: bheg ilv. Ruth was délicately @) scum into a Meanwhite he heard her , ithe ‘dining:room, and arran; ‘esupon the table. He paus to compose h:mself, and t to the tdble, "Your dimner is quite rea said Ruth, sitting down at He took nis seat and con ing his soup. Presently h at ‘Ruth., y j L "Toroom to destroy the vial, Ho loked around, and seeing a hole in the plastering, ‘dropped it through, where it fell into some inaccessible depth «<f the wall, nb oC U basin of soup, â€" saw and ‘then ‘immedia adjoinin# bedroom _ Sulhiviaiisdsrillh c i6 4) C123 i 9 _ Ruth came in, »erring basin of soup. She sat o her ‘own plate at the hea. and the other beside his Then she returned to th something ‘élse, As soon as she had le: Thugsen wenrt to the tab the contcrits 6f tha li+e1. be at peaceâ€" muttering, and little vial as h footsteps of his What ‘is ’ _ "I have had this the last ten days courage to adminis on earth that love very one, besides 1 stacle to my wor| also . the most da: safety. Her Tife or eelfâ€"preservation is ture. _ It will soon suffer much, and i1 Here he drew small vial filled powder, and mu _ q. _ " Muttering to himself: "She knows too much; she knows too much; her own lips have spoken her own doom; it can be delayed mo longer, Yet, poor Ruth! but she is so very wretched, that it would be a mercy to put her out of her misery, by some quick and easy process, especially as it must be done if I would have spared ber as long as posâ€" sible ;spared her {orever, if I could have smuggled her off somewhere, Allons, a willful woman must have her way; it is her fault, and not mina " ‘This is Thursdsy ... ""CC | _*"Woman! what is the meaning of ‘_J_ "Linten. This is Thursday. Cassinove | this? You are not ill!" ) Nis ordered for execution on Monday. Un «No, Robert, only anxious." ; Monday, also,,the trial of the Duchess or | "gut I am. How is that?" n.md‘., comes on. I will give you ! "I do not know, Robert. You talk, and | until toâ€"morrow evening to make your act, and look so strangely. Come into |fscape. You will have plenty of time your room, and lie down, and perhaps to reach Dover, and take the boat tor : you will be better," said Ruth, gently [ Calais. Toâ€"morrow evening I will place taking his arm to assist him. all the facts with which I am acquaint | _ But a third, and more violent fit of ed in the hands of the police." . pain and shivering seized the man; his. "Ha! ha! ha! Why, even if the eviâ€" features were blackened and distorted ; dence were worth anything, it could not his limbs drawn up and convulsed. be taken from you. You are my wife." + _ Ruth was dreadfully frightened; she "I know, Ayd my evidence against Y°4 supported his head, and wiped away the could not be received in court, but I icy sweat from his brow. As soon as the | coula T‘VO what information I P3sess to ~fil passed, and he regained the power of | the police, and let them follow it up as utterance, he glared at Ruth, and shriekâ€" they please. I must do this; it will kill ed : or craze me, but I must," s | _"You have poisoned me, you have poiâ€" ‘And this is your final N eolution" _._! soned me Murderess, you shall swing "It is; oh, Robert, fly and save YOurâ€" _ for it};" self! I have still a little money left ; . "Iâ€"Iâ€"Robert? 1 poison you? But you can take it all." 7 ‘ you don‘t know what you are sayingâ€" . jGome, I have had no diner 10â€"d47; : You are so ill. Come, let me help you to light the lamps and see to the C io. â€" ‘bed;, and I will run to the apothecary With a deep sigh at his apparent inâ€" over the way!" exclaimed the terrified | sensibility, Ruth lighted a lamp and sat wife. & ‘ it upon the table, and then went out to "Traitress! murderess! you have poiâ€" | attend to the dinner. soned me, and you know it!" l _ Thugsen made & turn or two around "Oh, Robert!» ; the room, muttering to himself: _ "Answer me, woman! what. did you "She knows too much; she knows too do to the soup while I was in the bedâ€" | ; much; her own lips have spoken her own room ?" . doom; it can be delayed mo longer, Yet, "Nothing, on my soul and honor!" f poor Ruth! but she is so very wretched, F‘Nothinté,.’ Thinkâ€"answer, on your | & that it would be a merey to put her out life, as you would answer on the last | , of her misery, by some quick and Y A.2, "p5 ) . Fou‘d answer process, esbecinlly an W muek 1.09% 0 C . ‘Come, I have had r light the lamps and see W.ith. a deep sigh at ] eageriy, swallowing wit] seemed to revive him for : sat up, wiped his brow, h with that eonfiteijan of eme pain and exhaustiong exclaimed : C SS il lrom you. You are my wife." "I know, Ayd my evidence against you eould not be received in court, but I could give what information I possess to the po%ce, and let them follow it up as they please. I must do this; it will kill or craze me, but I must," "And this is your final resolution" "It is; oh, Robert, fly and save yourâ€" gelf! I have still a little money left; you can take it all." U @will not," said ~ int!ly: but in the ) face turned pale over his frame, e matter?" said ® s looking down upon skimming it, and dro a waste plate, s that?" he Inautas 1 Aawd ran to him, e;: t c Lo Bs ! Aazievs xopsf a *4A No in 2> 8! what is the mat-" t-:-D('f’DS /'}; ' ath!" gasped the suf. | ; yAitios i 4 ;*», sweat bathed his pal. ‘ is ; 'D‘NEY ; t a glass of brandy, /y 8 P' LLS ’:;S ips. sf,>~. : Py ons‘ er! water! my thrott, '{;{iv’ PKsr a :S/i( whispered Thugsen,‘ W Q ba% } 4 C ,‘Efl 4 J"~"4;Lf' 3 \\.\\r\'\a N4A » red out a glase of wu-? ‘_‘Ub\'&\ i¢ lDNEY /fl(a/f Cflf{ : him. _ peske t Bs n <~y Cl EV ie ly, swallowing with y":'.';; hi ,99; f‘&J.MAT'EPC[‘," JA 3\ CH = D.S A /, ed to revive him Inr‘ \ »,‘* CJ9 D‘\‘,Es BI4 Cy up. \\'ip@.] his I:IW'. \"u "n Fi 'fi.| ie US J S g ho fhat eonfiusiop of ~\tnt of K .n: $ jn R "I fi pain and exbaustioey . pgqXt 3 4 o med.: _ § y *0 oup, saw the powd immediately went bedroom to destra still resolgieq raq u. 32. _ t_ SF IUVNHE A8 pogâ€" ared her forever, if I could have 1 her off somewhere. Allons, a voman must have her way; it ult, and not mine." 1e drew from his pocket a very rl filled with a grayishâ€"white and muttering : e had this quietus about me for hat loves me. _ But nowl' besides being the greatest my worldly advancement, most dangerous enemy to se LAMPYO Ob tln ces wl ) de 2 d m _days, without having the administer it to the Oonly one at loves me. _ But now that Lt io Sy ihe P as vct. Ruth finish.‘ sote oil t his .'favorite piecu & ‘A:rep heard her moving about and arranging the dishâ€" . _He paused a moment elf, and then return=d found ’l’i;.;;:,; his chair. She ran to him, egâ€" 0i9ed to inform auspect toâ€"mor. said Ruth upset me he inquired, uneasâ€" ns uy o cout x o s C TMEDCT . for she was ‘faint’ being g fasting, Thos t meal without w » terestc takes of it in ‘her 1 ods of ter all, how much | road c be than if she ‘ the con t is called a natur. | des. ife! illness, slowly > Al . It will soon be ; lions o _that little time,; timber h.‘ thought Thug forapid ¢ i A 4 the mor ur soup; there is \ cosrary vours?" _ inquired : to the ‘~nmomical in mine," replied:are ver n significance, ag‘« aut of t inished his soup, {Fity of 1 mpty basins, and "mont. hy udes o e ie nLC He paused a momernt Mr. Jones took his , and then returnsd ~Ately attended Ruth. They found Thugse uite ready, Roberty floor, bathed in a cok lown at the table. ly speechless through and commenced ediâ€" To ba ann C# asved fowl that,! {It has been shown in Thugsen watchâ€";; which have been made «approaching ill;â€"some kinds of timber }tuOr itrebled by imnrean n#t until you the midstvof el me with) is over now | and dropping ‘the went out* powder dissolve, â€" en y CNVm pudding. {oleasant Thugeen, he looked 7;}, I j now visiting a any?" in.,«@astern cities in t i :'mil iproduction and and a low, stifled voice. about me for s black; the â€"sour into _ The sloOwly + Al; of these industries expend milâ€" on be @ lions of dollars every year in renewing r time.{ timber which is mate uscless through Thugâ€" f rapid decay. _ The Frowing scarcity . of | the more durable woods has made it meâ€" lere is \ cessary for the lumber industry to turn quire ‘ to the less durable timbers. "The ecoâ€" ‘smomical utilization of many woods which eplied:â€"are very susceptible ‘to decay would be ce, aslwaut of the question but for the possibilâ€" . soup. j"ity of preserving them through treatâ€" | , and, "amont. | _ Miss Anu Teek old one. You kno : Mayflower. Miss , anid â€"â€" A ul fight in El Paso matadeor being fatally | in the pieailors being hurt. to hare .conceived the id ‘could take the role that w | to be reserved to the bull iimpania.' people cannot b} does not seem to be an sympathy with anyone, an with the epectators, who money io «ee sport made o Pittsburg Dispatch. _â€"__ J Uncle Sam is making the | orate investigations ‘of | serving wood which ar ck, | sult in the savings afin ‘st obâ€" nt; i!, to my it i SHi~ in the savings «cfomillions of dollars i annually by the prevention of decay. It ; has been determined ‘that coal tar creoâ€" | sote is a most effective preservative of | timber and a number of experiments are ‘ being made along this line. 1 Those most diree?ly and materially inâ€" * terested in the experimaents.in +1..." roat, 4 ;) )3 _ "TXCâ€"Uy and materially inâ€" terested in the experiments in the methâ€" ods of creosote treatment are the railâ€" road companies, tke mining interests of the country and the telephone companâ€" ies. Efforts of Uncle Sam to Prev of Valuable Lomber "No, no; be f cannot be that, ; it is! Oh, do,â€" is just over the tractedly. representative of Oh, Mr. Jones, for come immediately! 1 band is dying in a fit!t" "Your husband > Who been drinking?" inauired Â¥ Po & claiming Ruth dared . rushed from the the way, into th His words, ar fO“OWP(' l))' con he fell from the the floor, ‘ert, was tllp;o-f;"l.lt.!?ll On, Robert, what is t! this ¢" n‘ ings 3 _ _ _1 â€" " C * ib s00t had fallâ€" en into yours. and knowing you to be very dainty with your eating, I changed the baainsâ€"â€"‘giving you mine, ard taking yours. You saw me afterward, at dinâ€" ner, taking the soot off." While she spoke, he sat listening, with a face blanched by bodily pain, horror, and despair, Ruth gazed at him in consternation, exclaiming : ‘ T hereAvas no i in what TÂ¥ 18 k a voya yage "Nothing, as f hope â€" changed the basins, bu thing to the soup," ""You changed the ba sen, in horror. "Yes; wher 1 came the first time, that a t FOR "You "Answer me, wor do to the soup whil room ?" «Nothing, on my s FNothing? Think Cw 0 0 CAmRtApcd T wife. "Traitress! murderess! yoy soned me, and you know it:" "Oh, Robert!" i‘:imt.i;;:,f:;lmmfs. The sceptible any wo teoâ€" 1 _ 2 :kl question but for th ade which | by o4 ie deSths it nroney . erving hoi for the P‘;:‘sdi be by any of t‘;ms it proper oru!e socality; | 0 en sh through tnglt'- :‘lé owners are!do::e"'o ll,e m:f r"quegt:ui ver fifty, most] own i tag. ; MBA n nd thei y e will be in y been Mm'tbc cXber; | tion b:-' adn"nintpr".' witnesses xamime | q; be in "Pf‘rr" of timbar that “?e"mtctg , (R. 8 any witne an oath of i ekent, irect char o by i mber .c e life 0 . S. 0. 1897 1ess exami affirmaâ€" Stor ge of y impr an ‘be d of tkirty d 97, c. 285 mined by hi age Cc egnation wi oubled ginee1 ays after hi [ %. 16, 1,} T _.hu_l_ cight +3 )mmissi biative" of t ith creoâ€" flppo:t-wm malte h‘i' "‘&'ndg,;,, t‘::-thi" ,d(:_ housand in ting the f. i ioning s awa ; ‘be enâ€" r regular he 15 a numbe orest s & ing of th the work rd in writi every r test,. t ‘s in r erviee | fec e m â€" work an iting, ry tor , on an(:h: ‘t"dyof, ft,he large i’;‘fv’tcd and t;?"" .'m"ngdut.be f“rm'.sf_ ples t(.,_.:: day, a raw m he coal ta creosote Linte to his °"tim‘;wn"s th e lands afâ€" , sent n~w every use of ateridl for r,'; which ’for( 'f"“ in the d".e of their of, accoraâ€" | ths to‘;"“h"y ‘Tra );kuof thfr;:e"““"o; Tfle °Wne:1,e per f“man:?bb' fixing r:,:fe"fi'e }l""“f*r ?q]x"“}?mm y the ti sects anc will hi , and a e by th time | »**, JSat of ea N lhe 0 _ * ing of the ditch; ao that ho Snnlatine | Ans tifhel t w e each ow at intai At a ) s orti ow as f nâ€" Ak th "oiap rom .one for the * g ition on his o ner shall m ar as pracâ€" “"Odsge Spring Or B 28 a oc t in El Pase ull, ’P°rt'5! s. 16 1)Wnlla,nd. (R ISnmm the April 1 _‘é, Ont., f« on of; ne 10 * » & i. i 4; % A '! ,;i"“"’fl“,\' inli.:;mted in the in then:(:lto T oo O\Jln:“f" the wc?x:kmg" ?:: pounds :p¥“‘.' ei '# hurt. 'i‘l ‘?‘l and al let the otted tim r is not co: apâ€" " A The low mllk * ved the id ie ‘buils see 1 | the lor contract f e, the engi mpleted | milk and th est yie 'th"l" that w.""' that tbem able t(:)\‘»‘est. bidd“ror“mg perfg.l::" may 15%3‘0. e highe: 0 & a the 4 ‘rfor 3 C e ic ('at::( bull fi:h';‘:ersmog CR. S. (:b;stl_r|d of th:“de!xpenge T;‘:;‘; to | had U;\J!le. OQuc., m i to be )t blame t] N and _Thus we 1, C. 285, 8 s aulting ow g¢â€" | poun x av“"am: l h anvo Alt " acen rem. It give out] tsee that a . 28). ner. vi(”m of milk tf" yone, ; 810 f e m & wick of a ost ctators , and le: n for ’ water fr for th an is bo; test} any o § . who ist of al on! Om his nei e natur ‘().]nd to mp 3.2, * ne eo }:{)rt made of contribut 4 5t y #o, ‘he is eighbor‘s f, al drainage At North _‘l.._;l"‘“:»'ht.-r ed t)n:;:.m" and mhnbh. for arm. and. not an average Oxford ‘ek "~4 . benefi ainte cort of C 8.2. t yield ; k;k“{,ur fam; the °"gin nefit he mnfllce in pro’ gonâ€" 1.725 he most !mmof ow we ily is Parti eer to deri ay be ad portion | tw pounds testi al iss Pe came oy a very | d rties wishi erive fre djudged b woâ€"yearâ€"o .d esting re® rtâ€"â€"Did Vo” in the one should hing â€" drair m the drain y , pounds in '; gave o you have a partment . apply*to nage sur n !hâ€"" the S welve m mm mm There is no charg io "hrvering | thet Stcreiary o1 Cw hV outter 4 0h 0 A L. Day, Deâ€" | oi y of S of ;,neuth-v being tgle for the w Guelph, | for t} Prosper, Q ligh man fr he travelli work, th' Clan ; i6 first neri ue., ’ NCY ToF ght, as t om Gue] elling ex g | a" averag period en 'l) s l / cent a the railw, ph, and penses | 3.5.. Th ge of 254 ¢ As Thus mile egc ay fare these a ine ho mumbe pow J c A ch way is onl re ecreased ; ber of c Gue] person livi ay fc nly o qy I next t ' & / ph wou!l livin ¢ r this ® no A he first t month Y fags $ railway '_d get hisi’: 100 miles work. the thirty d test at ; penses, suc} are and 56'c!~'\'eyjnga from | "?P it\'fr;.‘..l"( ays endin strumen ch as meal to $1 one for of milk te: from 56 4 ts. als and cz other | 2090 pou testing 3.0 Th d cartare exâ€" / 3 pounds, “l:d # Th ie of in I **. the hig ho ina ns ¢ forrent wWoop PRESFRVATION ‘ cannot blame tl;;*m. It to be an »pceasion for anyone, and least of all LE L 1% have poisoned me! L o 0C Cm CCRmIUs (To be continued.) Wthbariiiindsonigt MB sc in d into the apothecary‘s ‘ones, for heaven‘s sake;, liately! I do fear my husâ€" g in a fit!" sband? Who is ‘he? Has he * inquired thhe druggist. be feéars it is poison‘ Tnt is 1 I amiap 3 . 2. f 7 TUF proposed slich at | . 'u;‘;‘l';’:“i:::s;';:d&‘i“' which he will attend (R. S. 0. 1897, c. | / ble ‘timbers. _ The ;;n %."),‘s. 14), and examine t.lfe jocality ; | 0 n of many woods which | 24 if he deems it proper, or if requested | v ible ‘to decay would pe | by any of the owners, he may examine d on but for the possipi]. | th* owners and their witnesses present, | â€" them through treatâ€" | and may ndmm_mter an oath of affirmaâ€" e ,tlon to any witness examined ty him. ’ d wA iin: T (R. S. 0. 1897, c. 285, s. 16, 1.) Within | d« MJ: :}:te:fir;?f‘r :; tkirty days after his attendance the enâ€" | en mber +can ‘be doubled | Einter will make his award in writing, pl preguction with creo. | apportioning the work and the furnishâ€" 5e ing of the material among the lands afâ€" , th * of the forest serviee |fected and the owners thereof, accordâ€" Di number of the large j ing to his estimate of their respective | ) ) the woudy of creosate lintcrests in the ditch, fixing the time se | the coal tars which | for the performance by the respective ‘ materisl for it. The owners, and apportioning the maintainâ€" w preservatives . will â€"ing of the ditch, so that as far as pracâ€" | Ar t!w imsects and fungi |ticable each owner shall maintain the 695 timber, poition on his own land. (R. S. 0. 1897, | fa¢ Ftie smy c. 285, s. 16, 1). In case the work apâ€" | m; for the ‘Bull. portioned to any owner is not completed | ing | Paso resulted in the in the allotted t.xme.. the engineer may I illy infured ang alf let the contract for its performance to had fufe ihe Eulle PB the lowest bidder, the expense chargeâ€" pou the Sdea thai tfiel; ‘(‘l}):h ;oabfsl‘;x_nd oésgh;d(éfil)ult:ng owner. | yicl . 4 . 8. 00. 1, C. 280, 8. 28), test E}:‘tb!:;"fi:h"ti:ft::g _ Thus we see that a man is bound to A not blame them, pq {ZY¢ Outlet .for the natural drainage | an : e an nceasion for , water Lro{n hl_fl neighbor‘s farm, and, not 3.2, | me, and least of all only #o, he is l‘llblv for cort of conâ€" | 1.72; y. Who â€" &ontri../., | struction and wmar 5 .__"_ COEL Of s " ‘j, ,: _ ‘Fn0 is he? ‘Has he "" inquired thhe druggist. fears it is poison! but it . and T do not know what . pray sit be quick! â€" It he way," cried Ruth, disâ€" ook his ‘ha@t, and immediâ€" Ruth. ‘ Thugsen extended on the 1 a cold sweat, and nearâ€" hrough «exhaustion. making careful and _\ , Came in I noticed, for i¢, that a little soot had fallâ€" rs. and knowing you to be with your eating, I changed giving you mine, and taking arrested by 7 7 vned me, you have poiâ€" Murderess, you shall swing obert? I poison you? But know what you are sayingâ€" ill. Come, let me help you to Feoi y o. onl h ns an + ving you mine, and t;â€"l:;l;g | aw me afterward, at dinâ€" e soot off," poke, he sat listening, with ed by bodily pain, horror, at him in consternation, | no ill in what I did, Rub-! T C didâ€" 4t Anw acuues" Loyo . The bulls seem : idea that they t was understood bull fighters, and "~I€C Dy a spasm, ‘were vulsions so viotent that chair, and writhed upon lelay no Jonger, She house, and ran across ‘ apothecary‘s shop, exâ€" «of »methods of preâ€" are expected to reâ€" to Prevent Decay do to the lOllpi” e e for salvation! I but I never did anyâ€" "U"y Trightened; she , and wiped away the brow. As soon as the regained the power of d at Ruth, and shriekâ€" basins!* * > »~@toparmccnt *J MUSt the ;neirghbor bea _ * foltowing is an outline e in I noticed, for be ione in such cases, little soot had fallâ€" Before any recourse nowing you to be precedure the parties cating, I changed | drsi; affecting two o * me, and taking whould get together inf ‘“f,"'"dv at dinâ€" deavor to agree on som off. f f ith of the labor and exper sat listening, wit tion and maintenance, I ‘dily pain, horror, inc and agreement are n s s legal proceedings become in consternation, i fifi': II:Agal S“,p“ in the @ what I did R"b_'«lispute about drainage it for. Your snice. | formal calling of a meet A mr-au'zing of all (U°s interested. This that is itâ€" cried Thug ynge c 00 10 > TEume . CAAA .n Cynieueâ€"*"Nonsense! You occagior fi:{d a man who renlizes that he is old to get married. Mis, Dn.sluway; es "Women _ have more inmate common sense than men." . [ 0 PP Omapararaiâ€" + want they‘re du;-a'u heven‘t ways enough troit Free Press clab Not Easily Satisfied., It‘s hard to satisfy some ; soon as they get all the m Ir case an agreement is not arrived | at, either at the meeting or within five days thereafter, then the owner requirâ€" ing the ditch may file with the clerk of the municipality a declaration of .ownâ€" ership of his land and also a requisition naming all the parcels of lamd to be affected by the ditch and the respective owners thereof, and requesting that the engineer appointed by the municipality be asked to appoint a time and place in‘ the Iocality nf Tha sb minat c ek .o l fried with the clerk of the muniei;;.lity. wher it becomes as binding as the award of an engineer, and may be enforced in like manner (R. S. 0. 1897, c. 285, #. 13, 1). But such amicable agreement at this stage will seldom need enforeement, as the parties thereto will, of their own accord, fulfill their parts, and nmo furâ€" thes proceedings will be necessary. Blank forms for the notices are given in the act, a copy of which may be had from the clerk of the municipality, Notices ‘may be served personally or by leaving them at the place of the owner or occupant, with a grownâ€"up perâ€" son residing thereat, and in case of nonâ€" residents, then upon the agent of the owner, or by registered letter to the ‘owner at the postoffice nearest to his last known place of residence. (R. 8. O. 1897, c. 285, S. 15.) In case an agreement is arrived at, it shall be reduced to writing, eigned by all the owners and within six days be filed with the clerk of the municipality, wher it becomas n6C WinAlnc am 4y . t .. 2 _ _ 1° MMe drain. He must serve noâ€" tices in writing upon all concerned, apâ€" pointing a day, hour and place convenâ€" ient to the site of the ditch, and agree if possible upon the apportionment of the work, and supply of material for construction among the several owners according to their reepective interests therein, and settle the proportions in which the ditch shall be maintained ; the notices shall be served not lees than twelve clear days before the time named therein for meeting. (R. 8. O, 1897, c. 285, S. 8.) calleg by him who re tion of the drain, | tices in writing upon pointing a day, hour ient to the site of t} if possible vpon the the work, and suppl construction among ; according to their r therein, and settle 1 which the ditch sha the notices Shx=n L. .. nesca a vast extension of the work. In our experience of the past two yesrs, we have found a phase of the subject interesting. Every man for whor: we have done work ‘has asked at some stage, "What is to be done if one man refuses an outlet for the drainâ€" age water from his neighbor‘s farm? Can he prevent his neighbor from conâ€" structing such an outlet?. If not, must ho boar aAny portion of the expense, @r MIEE the safite ooo . i he is liaj;. ,.__ """* *1d, not | 3.2, the most from any be is liable for cort of gonâ€" } 1,725 pounds testing 3.3, and maintenance in proportion | twoâ€"yearâ€"old gave over aefit he may be adjudged by , pounds in twelve month: er to derive from the drain. “’l:’ the Secretary of wishi drainuge â€" survevi ere. ld.Am':l‘mo Win. a1, Day, De. ' y tokber, Oue., ha of Physics, 0. A, C. (;'urlph. { for the first period endin e charge for the work, the | a" average of 254 pounds uks 60 mR ts o t _ _ "i"tenance. When such meetâ€" Agreement are not poseible, then ceedings become necessary. ‘The al step in the adjustment of a about drainage matters is the alling of a meeting of tae parâ€" rested. â€" This mocting is to be him who requires the construcâ€" the drain. Un WiHe® . dheasl 2o2 vITe, the engineer may for its performance to er, the expense chargeâ€" of the defaulting owner. L ooo 400 neighbor bear it 8 an outline of 1 > Fast and Weet Oxford sent fln 1. from 104 cows; average 769 ] atisfied. ing 3.3. The best individus ° some men. Just E:w«» 1,560 pounds testing 3.7 1 the money they erd record shows an avera ied because they | COW® of 1,124 pounds of milk to spend it.â€"Dc. | 0r 35.7 pounds of fat each _copy of which may be clerk of the municipality, be served personally or em at the place of the i# _ for this .Work. 100 miles from rveying done for to $1 other exâ€" parties concerned in cccasiionally | is had to legal t all?" â€" The what should ow At the Spring Cree ainâ€" Woodstock, Ont., for "aC [ Aprii 1, T6 cows wer the | gag pounds of milk t B87, | fat. The lowest yield :'l: | milk and the highest "I presume my isnfied vom on th: ried you! The first the thirty d an average f of milk testi; 200 pounds, a 3.4. With Her Eyes Open. C knew you were a foo} before I marâ€" ul iain4 8t. Prosper, Que., had for the first period endimmg an average ol 854 pounds . At North Oxford, On an average yield of 72 3.2, the most from any 1,725 pounds testing 3.2 Dixville, Que., month end had an average from 116 pounds of milk testing 3.7, yicld of any one cow being testing 3.2. ; _ _%, °C COuP sarmer the total estimated yield of 1 butter fat of each cow whose has weighed and sampled, wh sends records from five or fif+. Dominion Department â€" of Branch of the Dairy ap age Commissioner. £) Cents a Medicine C ib â€"saftrus Jnmadith d 12A box of Baby‘s Own Tablets and from the first they did him a great deal 0f good. . His food digested better ; his bowels worked regularly; his sleep was natural; he stopped crying and began to grow fat. 1 got another box, and am happy to eay before they were all used he was in perfect health, and in now a plump, rugged child, I always keep a box of the Tablets in the house and would advise other mothers to do the same." The above is a fair sample of hundreds of letters that come from all parts of Canada praising Baby‘s Own Tablets. The Tablets cure all the minor ills of babies and young children, and are absolutely safe, as thev An L/ "C* tain one COW TESTING Associations. The work of testing 3.0 The lowni"; nds, and the highest 112 members of , , ;\ _ ~S _ an average from 11 1,124 pounds of milk testing 3.1, ounds of fat each. teil you what Baby‘s Own Tablets have done for my baby. When J began givâ€" ing him the Tablets he was so thin and wasted that he looked like a akeleton. His digestion ‘was poor; he was constiâ€" pated and cried day and night T mat a Mrs. V. Cheoret, of writes as follows: "I of the deepest gratitu« tell you what Babv‘s 1 ter of the CC _ ) "o . SGurreis and such animals. The depth of the covering of eoil is &nother point of importance. It will us vally be found sufficient to cover the seeds to the depth of the longest diameâ€" "FVury oo vemoket ‘ 4 [ aalnh hy _ _For nut trees, such as che hickory and beech seeding way of reproduction. These a vigorous root growth ar ewkward to handle. even . first year. & the best way wow the nut= right on the a; you want the trees, provid keep away squirrels and su "° my proposing to you on that point? . Hou BL we puy 7 O " T mpe of seeding is that we can never count on getting a good mixed crop of treee by seeding. To avoid the expense of cultivating the whole area, various plans have been tried. Often small spots (seedmpots) are taken and carefully worked, and the seed sown in these, These epots may vary in area from one #q. ft. to 30 aq. ft., the best land being selected, of course, in every case. Again, furrows may be plowed at some distance apart and the seed sown in them; or strips, soâ€" veral feet in width, mavy ha neandas: The beet individual cow fiftr, mostly n tweive months. She is Secretary of the Aseo FidigP vuleentrtzders s K. case of some epe&ien, ite scarcity a price. The present price of white seed, forcunpleioflto‘!fi pound. In Germany it is customa; sow six pounds of white pine se the acre. Thus the «xpenditure for alone would be $12 to $15, Still, it v be possible to do with smaller qguan of seed, though in this country s tle sowing has been done that we | ly have a etandard to go by. Another diudvulage of seedin that we can never count on‘ aur,. e Commiuioner, thousand indivia 1AGA bers of the veet Oxford price must A MOTHER‘S GRATITVDF "°0 and sampled, whether he ords from five or fifty cows. Spring Oreek Association, near k, Ont., for the 30 days ending 5 cows were testai avn._ us C the deepest gratit ude that "I TORONTO #t be given to the operation this tost, the milk being weighed day, and the composite samâ€" every month, Reports are _ 00 CGoon, nosr ’ loin t., for the 30 days ending | into vs were tecsted, averaging , milk testing 3.7; per cent, n t yield was 235 pounds of ! thin ighest 1,480 pounds) teatâ€" n I::_onn_th _ending April 20, ,’ not isioner, Ottawa. individua} cows caref F CTTHCS m1oF ©000s on ms it is $ grain on. Hence whole area t is proposed to sow tree seed arefully cultivated, instead of all portion as in plariting. objection to seeding, at preâ€" : high price of seed and, in the ne species, its scarcity at any present price of white pine example in # to #£50 oc Plch_ farmer d mets he was so thin and : looked like a skeleton. ‘as poor; he was constiâ€" _day and night. I got a Own Tablets and from did him a preat deal of d digested better; his regularly; his sleep was ns nR & uP " ims year under the the Dairy and Oold wrion. lhese treese make t growth and are very andle, even during their he best way to do is to zht on the area on which trees, provided you «an y 116 cows of with smaller quantities f St. Benoit, Que., It is with feclings may be propared. . h as chestnut, oak, seeding is the best and Cold Storâ€" is customary to sountry so lit that we bard pine seed to write to , it would tavorite food for black I.mu, wild , dueks, minks, skunks, and the Lindsay people view the effects npon the fish and animals which would follow minntion Of the fros. l seems that the ; much for its own guu‘ltiâ€"millionsires, thought a man 4 retire on that sum, but making n was like playing golf â€"they kept because they liked it. Not being a lionaire, we may competer decide such a qu{wt.;g:, 'l’::n we wou quite willing to make the experime we had the million dollars, t A Society tor the ems to be need« ‘ogs‘ levs ara a A unst th M Ontario ciation. demand had! _ _New York papers express some surâ€" prise that there were no desertions from the Japanese warship crews while on shore leave. Stranger still, the Japanese instead of rushing off to spend their spare time in the Bowery went to visit the university! Those little brown chaps are evidently not abreast of the age. What a glorious drunk they might have Ne cases. . Convalescents will be advised, and where necessary work will be Ob tained for those able to endure it. It is a good move. r The State of Pennsyivania has £1,000,â€" 000 to relieve the indigent consumptives, It is proposed to establish 67 dispensarâ€" ies, one in each county, to furnish medjâ€" cation where necessary, and to advise sufferers. Small cottage sanitaria will also be established for shortâ€"term treatâ€" ment of patients, who have a chance for recovery, and an infirmary for hopeless Chamberlain over York CURRENT _ COMMENT churches as work! armed the 1j rio Fish and « on. It sent a to protest to â€" E8 are he Uineago million tion whoether a n Cliik erton and 1 Â¥4 \ @w 0 O uint saughtor of his frogshi the frog is valued., n« own sake, as that it | for black bass, maskin. minks, skunks, otters. h rt for wlain‘s trouble is said to be ow growth, He suffers from ind partial paralysis, caased ‘, uratic deposit on the brain. 1orm‘s cvic tbndget is ; 9,000 a year and its bonded d ilf a billion. No wonder : a dear place to live in, needed in _A delicac r them i« ild that Thomas F. I dl‘(.‘lded to qu“ ade $100,000.000 Iter ma the one to suppose respiratory apâ€" ted, or at least York. Yet for hing apparatus s indusuries by the rotection of is so great indsay Bran acy to some the worth in was shot by 1« n vers that he 1 well says h ame T rote deputation 1815 vhich the In mines damp, in noxious ures disc an should king a n nfortably st of his this beang with furâ€"f> mth by the th â€"overnment Ad vanm â€" am sink sulted ers of vers LC s ind n arrmm ring vin e@tr n and that 1v€ SQ It to nmor 8i W msâ€"IM ed the it