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y â€"On* With DTry EKS intinuous Hochelaga TED. PAY ILL ruisers Reâ€" be nutes and who Usi $0 m bey at to preâ€" ation nel tive ntly w ell Me A B Alle 1r} »ok ho "L never wished to harm you, sweet and noble ladyâ€"but himt Oh! he did me a horrible injury!" "You have suffered a terrible wrong by a cruel wrong. My husband was its fated executor,. I do not defend him He does not defend himself. But he has suffered only less than you. There is a world that rectifiee all that has gone wrong in this You are very near its bourne. Had you passed the happiest, instead of the most unhappy life, it would be all the same to you now. Think of that. But what is esentialâ€" what will make all the differenceâ€"»s the spirit in which you will pass away. Do not be obdurate. Do not be unforâ€" giving." "And do not you talk nonsense to me, gentle lady? 1 cannot ehange my heart." Him." is t "I cannot pray. It weer hypocrisy." "Let me pray tor you." "Do not mock me, gentle lady." "Heaven forbid. Let me pray with you. Let me kneel by you, and hold m' hands in mine, and pray with you. e! _ you are not so hard as you seem. You are softening now. God waits to pardon and bless you. Angets hover around your bed to see what you will do." t "One angel does, lady. But concern fimlf with your child, lady. _ Why ‘t you ask about her*" "Because I am satisfied _ about my child; I know all that is necessary to be known." "Ah! you do! Who told you*" "Your words and actions, and cireumâ€" stances already known to me." "Butâ€"but you do not know allâ€"all?" "I know that in the frenzy of your gricf and anger, when you forgot God, «~" could not hear what your better sepirit said, you took away my little cund, and gave her a new nameâ€"called her Sylvia Groveâ€"and gave her to your daughterâ€"inâ€"law, Ellen," said the lady, gently. Mol "Yes, yes, yes," muttered Nora to herself, with a perplexed look; "and yet yon do nuot know all!" f "No!" suddenly exclaimed Mrs. Hunâ€" ter, as a spasm of pain convulsed her beautiful countenance; "there is _ one thing 1 must ask you: Was Ellen a party to theâ€"I mean, did Elien know whose child it was, that you committed to her care*" "No, noâ€"oh, no! she never even susâ€" pected it, I am sure." "Thank God!" exclaimed Augusta, ferâ€" "Oh, it would have hurt you more if Ellen had been so wicked? _ Poor Ellen! she has not been to see me in a long time, it seems to me." Mrs. Hunter did not think proper to inform the sufferer of her daughterâ€"inâ€" law‘s death. She said: vently "And now I am satisfied about my child. She has grown up a good and beautiful maiden; she has received no harm from the act that I feel gure you have repented. Now think of yourself!" "Oh, yet! I do repent of taking her from you! Toward him I have no reâ€" rntanceâ€"â€"nine! But toward youâ€"on! dy, I have always repentedâ€"always repented !" "Oh, Norah, repent toward the Lord." "But youâ€"do you forgive me? _ Oh, Mrs. Hunter! that night, when hurryâ€" ing through the crowd upon the shore, I bore your infant away; I heard your distant shrieks of anguishâ€"they pierced ’ my earâ€"they were echoed from _ my heart! I have heard them ever since. i I have heard them in my solitude. 1 have heard them in the night; they have startled me from my sleep! Had I murdered you, lady, my sufferings could not have been greater! But 1 would not give up my vengeance. And I eould not bear remorse. And between them I maddened!" $ She paused and covered her haggard face with her dark and skeleton fingers. And after a few minutes she removed her hands, and her sunken eyes blazed an altered voice: "I am dving, yet I cannot ask the Lord‘t pardon until I have obtained ours, and yours I know I shall neevr Lve. It is useless to speak of it. Genâ€" tle and noble as you are, you could not {nnt it, even if you would. I know y my own heart that it is impossible. For, as I cannot cease to loathe him who refused to spare my son, I feel that you cannot choose but hate me, who bereaved you of your little child!" And with a shuddering sigh _ that shook her whole frame, the wretched The Lord can change it. Pray woman once more covered her face with her talonâ€"like fingers. at C Mrs. Hunter sank wown softly on her knees by her side, and bending closely, tenderly over her, said: . e t o "Norah. look at me. You are deluded. When you sent your glance so deeply inâ€" to my eyes just now, you read no anger, no resentment there. Look upâ€"meet my eyes egainâ€"read my heart, if you can; you will read nothing there _ but deep compassion for your ifferings, and earnest desite for your welf%::. Norah, lok up. We are children of the same Father. It is your sister that speaks to you." o The sufferer uncovered hber eyes, and gazed long and wonderingly upon the lady‘s heaveniy countenance, and then she spoke calmly : "I tore your young, _ nursing baby from your bosom, and left you to years on years of anguish, and yet you do not hate me! and yet you do not repreach me! You forgive me, you pity me, you pray for meâ€"your countenance beams heaven‘s own love upon me! Your merey breaks down my heart! Oh, Mrs, Hunter, 1 can in part conceive God‘s merey by yours!" "The Lord‘s merey speaks to you through meâ€"the Lord‘s love inspires me freely have I received for your sake, and freely, freely give! May it redeem youâ€"may it bless you." "I believe itâ€"I believe it! Oh, Mrs. Hunter! while you hold my hand and talk to me so, and look at me, with Heaven calling on me through your eyes, I feel my heart changing, changing in my bosom! _ Oh, Mrs. éunter! if you could stay by meâ€"if it were possible you could stay by meâ€"I might not then be a lost spirit." "I will not leave you. I will remain with you till the last." "What! Mrs. Hunter, will you stay with me!" "Yesâ€"be catm." "You! in this miserable place with "Yes; for I trust in Heaven to do you good." _ "But your daughter! I thought you would make instant preparations to hasten to her." "I can wait for that. God, who has watched over her all these years, and made her such a good and lovely maiden, will keep her safe till 1 meet her." "Oh, how you must love her!" "I doâ€"more than all under heaven, except her father." "And now you must long to hasten to The conversation was interrupted by a low knock at the door. Mrs. Hunter arose and opened it. The nurse stood there with a message from Mr. Hunter, desiring to know when _ Mrs. Hunter would be ready to return to the hotel. The lady seid that she would answer the message in person. _ And, leaving the nurse in her place, she went down the long hall to the end, where Daniel Hunter and the doctor stood, near the stove, and drawing Mr. Hunter aside explained to him her wish to remain near the patient until her death. "Be calmâ€"I do not wish to leave you." "Heaven bless you for that! _ Heaven bless you!" "But our childâ€"but Maud! I have already sent to the stage office and taken places down to Alleghany gr_mnty." "Then go alone, Mr. Hunter. Much as I long to see our child, I cannot leave this suffering soul. When all"%> over, I will hasten after you." "Augusta, you are a good womanâ€"" "Carry my heart to Maud. Tell her I am not surprisedâ€"I always felt she was my child, though I did not know it : tell herâ€"but never mind! _ Speak all vour own love, and she will hear mine." And then they talked over some little temporary arrangements, and took leave of each other. Mrs. Hunter returned to pray with her patient, and Daniel Hunâ€" ter, leaving the young people for the preâ€" sent at the hotel, threw himself into the stage coach and was rattled down to Alleghany county as fast as the oldâ€" fashioned vehicle could convey him. ~ Daniel Hunter pressed her hand, say ing: $ C ie : Noh aie .Cr. _ "I understand you. I feel all that you would have me say from yorm®" It was late Saturday evening when he arrived at Howlet Hall. and much too late for him to think of visiting Silver Creek that night. He found his young relatives and their little nestlings well, and the former, in expectation of his whole party, and not a little disappointed at secing him alone. He satisfied them, however, by saying that urgent business bad brought him down in advance of the others. who would follow in a day or two. He did not think proper to comâ€" municate upon that night the strange disâ€" covery that had been made to himâ€"in fact, he felt strongly opposed to hearing and answering the multitude of quesâ€" tions with which he felt certain the frivolous Lucy would greet the communiâ€" cation. He therefore contented himself with inquiring, in an offâ€"hand manner, after the health and wellâ€"being of Mrs. Hunter‘s little favorite, Sylvia Grove, and having received a satisfactory anâ€" swer, he pleaded fatigue and retired to bed. Very early the next morning he arose, ordered his horse, and hastily swallowed a cup of coffee standing, threw himself into the saddle, and galâ€" loped rapidly â€" toward _ Silver Creek, whither we must precede him. CHAPTER XXIV. A sharp, cold, clear, sparkling morning in December, with the ground covered with snow, with the sun shining dazâ€" zlingly, the creek frozen hard, the squirâ€" rels hopping through the bare woods, and flocks of srnowbirds alighting on the fields. Early Sylvia left her sleepless pillow, and never maiden arose upon her bridal morning with a heavier heart. She could not think why. She loved Falconer well â€"she was willing to pass her life with himâ€"yet there lay upon her bosom a heavy weight, a vague anxiety, a sorrowâ€" ful foreboding which she could neither throw off not quite understand. eome, for you are YELY} J°U"m "*~* ehild." These words had been written to her by Mrs. Hunter. Yet now she seemed to hear the lady‘s voice speaking them to herâ€"speaking them with irresistible anâ€" thority. And in what she was about to do, she felt an undcfined sense of wrong and danger, which she could not reason away. j Sylvia completed her toilet as well as "I hope come, for child." she could alone. A black silk gown, a black cloth shawl, and a little black silk bonnetâ€"her usual Sunday dressâ€"were now her wedding garments. Like a star on the edge of a dark cloud shone her beautiful face from these shrouding draperies. She went out into the little parlor, where the breakfast table was set, and where ; Falconer awaited her. The youth stood at the chimney corâ€" ner with his elbow resting on the manâ€" telpiece, his head bowed upon his hand, upon the lady‘s face, and she said, in and his long fingers driven through his black, elf locks. He looked little like a bridegroomâ€"his face was haggard, as with sleeplessness and anxiety. He, too, felt a sense of wrongâ€"doingâ€"felt that it was an unmanly, unrighteous thing to take advantage of the gentle girl, and draw her into a marriage that promised nothing but misery. But he would not forego â€" his â€" selfish â€" passionâ€"no, not though his bride should die heartbroken ; he hurled all misgivings from him, and trampled all compunction down. The young people scarcely touched their breakfast, and soon arose from the table. The little wagon ,stood at the door; Falconer handed Sylvia in, entered, and took the seat at her side, and drove off. The sparkling splendor of the winter morningâ€"the fresh, brisk, invi%]orating air, the merry twitering or hopping about of the honest hardy little denizens of the leafless woods, the snowbirds, or the squirrels, that frequently crossed their pathâ€"all contributed to enliven the spirits of our young travellers. _ Then Falconer asked: _ "What were you looking so grave about, Sylvia?" _ NMOr D | s Aies _ "T do not quite know, but I felt as if this were a runaway match." f "Hemâ€"mâ€"m! Whom are we running away from, Sylvia?" "No one, certainly, only it seemed so." "From Mrs. Hunter, isn‘t it ?" "No, the dear lady, she is the last one in the world to put a fetter on me." They journeyed on. They reached the Summit, and drove up to the church just as the Sunday school had been taken in. The church below stairs was empty. The congregation had not even begun to assemble. Falconer alighted and . seâ€" cured his horse, and assisted Sylvia to descend from her seat, and they entered the church together. A little while they had to wait while Mr. Lovel concluded the opening services of the Sunday school, and then Falconer sent a message to him by a late pupil who was going up. ‘Mr. Lovel came down and met the young pair, and shook hands with them, and when Falconer had explained the business that had brought them thither, he looked surprised, amused, and turned such a quizzical glance upon Sylvia that the maiden blushed and dropper her eyes. "Will you be good enough sir, to pro ceed with the business that brought us here?" asked Falconer, imputjeytly. jee» "Noâ€"noâ€"not in this case; there are some halfâ€"dozen people just passed us, and seated themselves in their peWsSi they will witness the rites, Follow me!" And Mr. Lovel preceded the young c0OUâ€" Plo up the aisle, entered within the railâ€" ing of the altar, and took his stand in front of the reading desk. Sylvia and Falconer knelt before him. The people that were in the church were roused up at this sight; a wed: ding is always interesting, especially an impromptu one in a church; they were on the qui vive, and pricked up their ears for the words of the minister, and the responses of the parties, andâ€"but We must leave them and go back an hour * ‘Certainlyâ€"certainlyâ€"certainlyâ€" but â€"where are your attendants? Have you no friends with you?" Mans s "Mr. Hunter!" exclaimed Sylvia, with the light of joy springing to her eyes. “.\Ir‘.l Huntir’!'" 9 gflwfied l-‘alzoner, grinding his teeth in rage and sorrow. "Yes, young folks, Daniel Hunter! He reached Howlet ,Pa]l last night, andâ€"" "Has Mrs. Hunter come?" inquired Sylâ€" via eagerly interrupting him. P iouace mol. Snte Werict telPae: sls in n / se aite > is o 4 "We left very early, sir. Was Mrs. [ Uunter well. sir?" "Very well. She will be down in a few , days." J _ "Is that a -r;;cévs;;;'y form, sir?" asked the youth, coldly, ~_ 14 ACu When Daniel Hunter left Howlet Hall, he rode on at a brisk pace through the "No, my dear, Mrs. Hunter remains for the present in Baltimore. Mr. Hunter came down alone on very important busâ€" iness, and I fancy his business lies with one of you, for this morning, before any of us were out of bed, be ordered his horse and set out for Silver Creek. And you have not seen him. Surprising!" "Yes, certainly," he said, "always happy to make others happy. Oh, by the way, have you seen Mr. Hunter this morning ?" not qmtc understand. vou will not be married till I are very young, dear intervening ficlds between the Hall and the Barrier, but had to slacken his speed in going through the dangerous mountain paes, which long neglect and wintry weaâ€" ther had rendered nearly impassable. This impeded his progress and worried and fatigued his horse, so that he could go only at a very moderate rate through the valley lying between the Barrier and the ridge of Silver Creek. And over the ridge, by reason of the washed and gutâ€" tered roads, the mountain pass was still more difficult and dangerous. He was a long time getting through and the mornâ€" ing was well advanced when he reached Silver Creek cottage. He alighted at the gate and walked in. There was no one in the room. Comfortable as the coffage was with its little parlor in perfect orâ€" der, and cheered with a bright wood fire burning in the chimney. it had a vacant, disappointing look,. With the end of his ridingâ€"whip he rapped several times on the floor before any one came. At length, however, just as he was growing very impatient, Aunt Moll appearedl at _ the kitchen door. e i . "Well, how is your young+mistress he eaid. # P "Fuss rate, sir, ‘deed is shegand purty. Miss Silvy had a class in Ihe Sunday school, only Marse Falcone® sir, _ he wouldn‘t let her keep it." ; A crimson spot, that not: the infuriâ€" ated mob could have raised there, now glowed upon Daniel Hunter‘s dark cheek while he kept his glittering eye fixed upon the face of the loquacious old woâ€" man and asked: & "But whyâ€"â€"by what right does Mr. O‘Teary interfere with Missâ€"with the young lady‘s occupations and amuseâ€" ments ?" "Why, you see, sir, dey‘s ‘gaged." "Gaged, sir. "g "Gaged? What. What: do you mean." "Gaged, sir, ‘gaged to be married, sir â€"and Marse Falconerâ€"she‘s so purty, and he‘s so ‘fernal jealous (axing your grace, sir) as he won‘t let her have her class in the Sunday school for fear she‘ll be geen and ‘mired and made much of, and somebody might cut him out. Dey‘s gone to church to be married this mornâ€" ing." married this morning, ‘fore sarvice." "Good Heaven! and I have been wastâ€" ing time here! Why didn‘t you tell me before. How long have they been gone?" anxiously inquired Mr. Hunter, seizing his hat and gloves. "Meed, sir, I didn‘t know as you was ‘ticaler ‘cerned in knowin‘ of it. Dey‘s been gone about an hour." "Concerned in knowing it. She is my Aaughter!" ‘exclaimed Daniel _ Hunter, throwing himself upuon horseback and galloping rapidly away. 1a renched the Summit in half an O "What," cried Daniel Hunter, starting to his feet. f & He reached the Summit in half an hour‘s hard riding, sprang from his horse. and hastened. breathless, into the church. There were but few people thinâ€" ly scattered about in the pews. But there, before the altar, knelt Sylâ€" via and Falconerâ€"and the clergyman. with his book open, was performing the marriage ceremony. Daniel Hunter hburâ€" ried on; one‘glimpse he got of his daughâ€" ter‘s lovely face, @hining as a star in the darkness of her drapery; and with a rush of love and admiration, he â€" exâ€" claimed to himself: "Beautiful, beautiful. beautiful! She is beautiful asâ€"her mother!" They were all too absorbed to notice his quick approach,. The minister was bending closely over them. Falconer held her left hand. and with the weddingâ€"ring held on her finger, was repeating, afâ€" ter the minister. the words of the ritual: "With this ring this ring I thee wedâ€" with all my worldly goods I thee endow in the name of theâ€"â€"" "Hold! I forbid the marriage!" _ exâ€" Many years ago a certain earl gave a dinner in honor of a great Highland chief, who rarely came down from the hills. Though there were many illustr{â€" ous persons at this dinner, the _ proud Highlander seemed none too well pleasâ€" ed. In fact, he was curt and haughty with the grandest. When the coffee came on, the host, leading his Highland guest up and down the great hall, asked him what he thought of the company. "Och," said the chieftain, "they‘re nae bad. They‘re nae bad chicls." Then he frowned, and proudly swelling out his broad chest, struck it a blow. "But the fact is," he cried, "I never yet met a claimed Daniel Hunter, stepping up. The clergyman looked up in amazeâ€" ment, to see Mr. Hunter there, and to hear him probibit the ceremony, Sylvia started, looked around. recogâ€" nized the speaker, and clung to the altar railings for support. The wedding ring dropped from ber finger and Falconer sprang up:; his feet rebounding fro mthe floor like steel springs:; his breath drawn hard through his clenched teeth; _ his swollen and empurpled veins throbbing on his crimsoned forehead, and the white circle flaming around his darkened eyes. "By what right, sir?" he asked, in a deep, stern, husky voice. "By the holiest in nature. young man â€"a father‘s right," answered Daniel Hunâ€" ter. composedly. Then addressing the maiden, he said: "Come to me. Maud Hunter. Come to me, my dear child, I am your father." (To be continued.) "\":s.. ‘s‘i‘r', dey‘s gone tx) churclf to be A new remedy to Canadians, but thousands in other countries hbave been cured. See what a prominent ‘Toronto citizen says of Ajax Oil. The Ajax Oil Co., Toronto, Ont. Dear Sirsâ€"This is to express mMy appreciation for your rheumatism cure. 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Some of the recent average yield in the associations organized _ by the Dairy Division, Ottawa, are: _ _ l:lénryville, Que., 14, Oct., 163 cows average 408 lb, milk, 42 test, 174 Ib. fat. _Pine Grove, Ont., 17 Oct., 1836 cows, average 479 lb. milk, 3.8 test, 182 lb. fat. Warsaw, Ont., 12 Oct. 181 cows aver age 479 lb. milk, 3.8 test, 18.3 Ib,. fat. Sheffield, Ont., 17 Oct. 181 cows averâ€" erage 447 lb, milk, 3.9 test, 178 lb. fat. St. Armand, Que., 19 Oct., 134 cows, ;.vemge 343 . milk, 4.5 test, 125 lb. at. Last and by no means least, North Oxford, Ont., 21 Oct., 111 cows, averâ€" age 636 lb, milk, 3.6 test, 23.0 lb. fat. Chilliwack, B. C., 5 Oct., 133 cows average 563 lb. milk, 4.0 test, 22. 6 lb fat. Dixville, Que., 17 Oct., 164 cows, averâ€" age 416 lb, milk 4.1 test, 174 lb. fat. Chilliwack, B. C., 5 Oct., 133 cows Woodburn, Ont., Oct. X.â€"104 cows averâ€" age 401 lb. milk, 4.2 test, 17.2 Ib. fat. One herd of 18 cows averages only 335 lb. East and West Oxford, Oct. 27.â€"106 cows average 671 lb. milk, $.6 test, 22.1 Ib. fat. One hberd of 22 cows averages 692 lb. milk. Cowichan, B. C., Oct. 14, 173 cows averâ€" age 499 lb. milk, 4.3 test, 216 lb. fat. One herd of 10 cows has an average of 819 lb. milk. Hatley Centre, Que., Oct. 27.â€"110 _ cows average 331 Y. milk, 4.2 test, 14.0 Ib. fat. With butter fat at 30c per pound, these cows are returning $2.40 each less to their owners than at East and West Oxford during one month. Where is the margin of profit? Rockford, Ont., Oct. 30.â€"101 cows average Bagotville, Que.. Oct. 21.1â€"142 cows age 474 lb. milk, 4.2 test, 20.3 lb. fat individual yield 340 lb. milk. Rockford, Ont., Oct. 30.â€"101 cows aver 641 lb. milk, 8.3 test, 21.2 lb. fat. In herd of 20 cows the average yield is 838 milk. 5# ud hk thags s St. Edwidge, Que., Nov. 3.â€"Furnishes apâ€" other contrast, 149 cows average 343 fi milk, 4.4 test, 16.2 lb. fat. Highest yield of any one cow is 770 lb. milk. _ _ d New Glasgow, P. E. I., Oct. 31.â€"123 cows average 422 lb. milk, 16.1 lb. fat. Spring Creek, Ont., Nov. 1.â€"191 cows averâ€" age 478 lb. milk, 20.4 lb. fat. Best herd averâ€" age. 13 cows, 852 lb. milk, 20.8 lb. fat. Jonquleres, Que., Nov. 6.â€"106 cows averâ€" ago 323 lb. milk, 4.9 test, 15.9 lb. fat. ‘The largeet herd of 14 cows averages 281â€"lb milk. The official premium list for the Onâ€" tario Provincial Winter Fair, to be held at Guelph in December, contains a splenâ€" did offering of prizes for the various deâ€" partments embraced by this rapidly growing institution. The development of this Fair has not been a oneâ€"sided one, but bas taken place along all lines which conduce to promote the general nsneul ture industry of the Province. Of all the various departments perhaps none had a more humble beginning than did the seed department, yet no department has had more rapid growth in the degree of intelligent interest taken in the cause which it champions. This speaks well for the farâ€"sightedness of the live stock men of the Province, who are quite cogâ€" nizant of the fact that while the live stock industry of the country is relativeâ€" ly the most important, yet the success of this industry really depends upon our ability to successfully grow suitable and adequate grain and fodder crops. V_}:lenryvllle. Que., Nov. 13.â€"106 cows averâ€" age only 327 lb. milk. 14.8 lb. fat. Highest individual yield from any one cow is 715 lb. milk. â€" Culloden, Ont., Nov. 6.â€"241 cows average 497 lb. milk, 4.0 test, 20.3 Ib. fat. _ One herd 1'):‘69 cows averages 539 lb. milk, 23.7 lb. The losses that arise from sowing mixed and inferior grains and the Aanâ€" ger from sowing weed seeds are @oming to be recognized more and more cach year, and as a result the seed departâ€" ment at the above Fair, as an institation designed to assist in alleviating the preâ€" vailing difficulties, has an important place to fill. This department contains two general divisions. One division proâ€" vides accommodation for exhibits of orâ€" dinary farm seeds, which has not receiyâ€" ed any particular attention apart from what any upâ€"toâ€"date, intelligent grower would aim to give. The oth=r di*‘son provides for the exhibition of "speciaily selected seed, which has been grown and selected according to the reguiations of the Canadian Seed Growers‘ Association, This latter exhibition is designed chiefly to give publicity to the work which the various growers are doing by way of apâ€" plying improved methods of seedâ€"grow ing. @ 4 V Faks Sanpen A Linimentâ€"An Absolute Cure for Rheumatism ‘Toronto, Nov. 2. 1907 ONTaARIG averâ€" Jb Board. This year a number of special prizes, each vjued at about 4100, ae ofâ€" fered, as follows, viz.: _ e The prizes in this division are first division are provided out of the grdfuan_Autthdhpool:lol:‘heE:i{ The Hodson Cupâ€"A handsome silver cup offered by Mr. F. W. Hodson, ex Live Stock Commissioner, Temple buildâ€" ing, Toronto, to the member of the Canâ€" adian Seed Growers‘ Association making the most creditable showing of selected seed for the whole exhibitions. This cup will not become the permanent property of any grower until won by hfin three Que., for the best 25 ears of Dent corn, any variety, grown in Ontario in 1907 under the rules of the Canadian Beed sterling silver cup was especially design Klinck, Macdonald College, St, Annes, Growers‘ Association. This beautiful ed by Johnson Brothers, of Montreal. of it Its lines, while simple, are particularly CE pludn%nd render the cup graceful lige in and su ntial in appearance. The The New York 4 handâ€"chased stalke, leaves and ears reâ€" . ingtor Government presented are a work of art, and comâ€" | ment savings banl bine with their artistic qualities an unâ€" . . usual fidelity to the subject. The cost Uncle Sam some h was $140. %hh trophy will not become © myprcâ€"al the permanent property of any grower In the year ende until won byA him_t'htef ‘m | woere 7432 derailn C. Bate, of H. N, Bate & Co., Ottawa, will give a cup annually until three cups have been won by the same grower, when such grower will receive, without furâ€" ther competition, a beautiful trophy as a grand sweepstakes prize. The Bate Cupâ€"For the best 25 ears of Flint Corn, any variety, grown in Onâ€" tario according to the rules of the Canaâ€" dian Seed Growers‘ Association, Mr, T. ‘The Steele, Briggs T yâ€"A trophy valued at $100, ,fiven the Steele, Briggs Seed Co., Toronto, for the best bushel of alsike clover seed of highest Government standard in respect to purâ€" it{ and germination, grown by the exâ€" hibitor. The above trophy will not become the permanent progerty of any mwct until won by him three times . ween ex hibitions each trophy may be held by the last winner until permanently won. The donaters of these valuable troâ€" phies deserve a %‘rmt deal of eredit for the interest they have taken in the work and for the public spirit they have shown, and it is to be hoped that the emmdple which they have set may be folâ€" lowed by others equally interested in the public good. Session on Reedsâ€"On Dec, 11, beginâ€" ning at 10 a, m,. a session dealing with the problems of crop raising and of sueâ€" cessful seed growing will be held in the lecture room of the Fair bufiding. The programme is as follows: Wednesday, Dec. 11, a, m., Seedsâ€"Address, "The Imâ€" g?)vement of Ontario‘s Best Pasture ps," by C. A. Zuvitz, B. 8. A., proâ€" fessor of field husbandry, 0. A. C,, Guelph,. Address, "Advantages of the Special Seed Plot as a Source of Seed," by John McCallum, Shakespeare. Adâ€" dresss, "Hill Selection of Seed Potatoes," by T. G. Raynor, B. 8. A., Ontario Re presentative Seed Branch, Ottawa, (From the Chicago Interâ€"Ocean, Nov, 21.) It is impossible to enumerate all the different kinds of blithering idiots who are running around {u-t now with their mouths open, but here are a few of them: * w0 Mc The man who regards it as "only a flurry in Wall street." The man who aske: "Do you think we‘re going to have a panic?" The man who says that "it has cleared the atmosphere." The man who says "it‘s looking better" since those "crooked banks" shut up. _ The man who argues that those "New York swindlers" ruined themselves to "get even witl_x Rqosevelt.” TORoNnto The man who is sure that "Morgan, Rockefeller and Harriman just did it to scare Teddy." The man who suspects a "bank cow spiracy" to hoard currency and "squeeze up all," while "they buy cheap stocks with our money." The man with the amethyst ring and nickelâ€"headed cane who announces everyâ€" where that “the‘{ can‘t bluff Teddy," and "he‘s got the Wall street gamblers goâ€" ‘The man who procliaims that "it helps the situation" to "smash the rotten banks," and that "Teddy‘s got the finâ€" ance villains on the runm." The man who sits at the pie counter and tells everybody that it is a "good thing" to "smash every bank in the counâ€" try," and save the "common peogle” from "slavery" to the "money jower. The man who borrows $10 and then tells you "it‘ll be all right in a few days, because there‘s just as much money in the country as there ever was." The man who says "it had to come anyhow," we "ere going too _ fast"; "Roosevelt is the greatest President we ever had," and "ought to have a third term" or "as many more as he wants." _ HMHow have they lived all these years in a great city without being run over by the cars? Perhaps these men have brains, but they sound as if they had only prediâ€" gested bedslats under their hair. It has already been established that the diamonds said to have been manuâ€" factured by chemistry were not diaâ€" monds at all. Two members of the comâ€" mittee deputed by the Academy of Seiâ€" ence to subject the crystals to a searchâ€" ing test agree in this. They were brilâ€" liant and sparkling, but could not, either mircralogically or chemically, be classed as diamonds. They melted at 200 deâ€" grees, that is, in the flame of a candle. One of the examiners thinks the material may have been naphthaline. Britain‘s Lord Chancellor, Lord Loreâ€" | burn, is now in Canada. This is the firs#t | eccasior on which a Lord Chancellor h# The Klinck Cupâ€"Given by Prof. L. 6. is eaid, just been discovered while blastâ€" inz a calcareous quarry near Aattendorn, in Westphalia. There is a magnificent hail hung with the most beautiful and delicate stalacite curtains as white as snow, and in parts not even a centimetre thick, some orthem shining with all the ceolors of the rainbow. The stalagmites are also very beautiful. The "side cha els," niches and choirs number from _fifg to sixty, and they are nearly all of imâ€" maculate whiteness., left the United Kingdore. Nature‘s Fairy Work. The largest and most beautiful of the underground caves of Germany has. it The Lord only knows Chemistry and Diamonds. Brains and Bedsiats. D ...'3.? HiveEeg Florence Nightingale has been decorâ€" ated by King Edward with the insignia of the Order of Merit. And she is worthy of it. There are 6,200 blind persons in York State, and 2,300 in the city . Fortunately â€" blinduess is _ decre owing to the greater care taken wi fants by physicians and nurses, but something like a batt] of industria th The Czar will remain the autoerat o Russia, _ And, of course, constitutiona xovernment must be a sham. )0 jismissed Unele the Pan it was rights it othe meat jor opera drunk. During haye been 737 The Secre get native doesn‘t at restriction Tha Wds to numerous d present conditic nothing for the meet the com; M a Ou U Caly foreigners have deft the United Mlates, amounting to several hundreds of thouâ€" sands,. The shutting down of mines and factories have driven them away,. From Canada many such visitors have also deâ€" parted. The approach of winter, the close of outdoor labor and other causes have sent them across the Atlantic. Numbers of them will return next springâ€"Italians especially, but not a few will no doubt remain at home for good, not meeting with much success in this new land. That Druce case should furnisi t for a very good story. The New York Herald urges the Wash This q; nera unc 8G Uncle n Ti the year ended June 30, 1907, t c 7432 derailments on railroad United States, resulting in the d: M it 1 further civners have left ons O1 r terms of court rctions es of here y€ € e will Secretary ittemp fa uie paid y h New York Journal It m itenced to tw the apprc 80000 .000 four case ement eondi Ima Sa t 1 ind h us it ons and 8 m nes imposed COmMim mtz um act ther on their reerui out t 80 es to 1 ra tin The 1 t} king th PV by the money 1 ns continu sible decline in th etita h prosecut) al uim y f W li sood e11 en overnmet he L1 mol nts on banking GOO ind the remainder n igh mal financial stri ( AB 120 st s1X n establish Govern ns i hard s« H S( record Of this nur 4111 to 4 tates Lson nay mon t $48.285,1 11 rope when York city )00 m uy D) nd LNA a l nt W Jin pI range > the 11 continued 44 18°8 indi into the whom 11 na n iwe, and in all U t n if t om ken with in 18 t officia nts relaur 1 m nun m\ in UrIA it ta th ir () t} rtv 11 Austrig rel of ut ing t 000 ve ut nl it n t108 W ind id i hh 1 n to If d