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" i2 a it. "Find out where he lives," said In. Tipping, eagerly. "I should." said Mrs. Tipping, grim. 1y; “I should. Me an' him In to have a little talk. if ever we do moot." “If ever he comes aboard thin Air," said the mate, tirmly, "rll taehle him for you." "You needn't come," said the other, dutifully. "He was last heard of on this ship, and where one an I to look for him ? You said you'd like to and him yourself." _ “Hold tight, mar," cried her daugh- ter, excitedly. "t am," cried Mrs. Tipping. "Help!" The watchman stepped into the rig. gin: beside her, and patted her sooth- ingly on the back; the mate, coming to the side, took her foot and assisted her to reach the deck. Miss Tipping followed, end the elder lady, after re- covering from the shock caused by her late peril, fell to dimming the eternal subject of Mr. Robinson with the new mate. "You must make up your mind he's zone," said Mrs. Tipping, turning to her daughter, “than what I keep tell- ing you. I never Wu so tired of my- thing in my life as lumping down here night after night. It ain't re- "teetable." "No, I never see 'im," said Ben thoughtfully: “I never heard of him till loll come asking In" "nn." The new mate, looking up fUreely, acknowledged the introduction with an inhospitable state, a look which gave way to one of anxiety as Mrs. Tipping, stepping into the rigging, suddenly lost her nerve, and. gripping it tightly, shook it in much the same fashion as a stout bluebottle shakes the web of a spider. He was interrupted in this amuse- ment by the sound of footsteps and feminine voices behind him; the inde.. fatigable Tippings were paying an- other of their informal visits, and, calmly ignoring his presence, came to the edge of the jetty and discussed ways and means of boarding the schooncr. "Mr. Fraser's gone," said the watch.. man, politely and loudly, "there's a new skipper now, and that tall, ilne, 'andaomo, smart, ttood-looking young feller down there is the new mate." He said no more, but sat gazing idly up and down the river with a face from which all expression had been banished, except when at intervals his gaze rested upon the mate, when it lit up with an expression of wonder and joy which made the muscles ache with the exercise. "You don't know it," retorted the other, breathing heavily; "besides, you don't look like a mate. I wouldn't chuck coal " a real mate." "keep your place, watchman," laid the mate, severely; "keep your p'aee, and I'll keep mine." The watchman regarded him for some time in genuine astonishment, and then, taking his old seat on the post, thrust his hands in his pockets, and gave uterance to this shocking heresy. "Mates ain't nothing." , "You mind your business, watch- man," said the nettled Ben. "and I’ll mind mine." "Next time you want to chuck coal at anybody," continued Ben, with ditt- nity, "pick out one o' the 'ands; mates don't like 'aving coal chucked at 'em by watchmen.” "Look who we are," gasped the petrified George. "Look who we are," he repented, helplessly. "Look who we are." "Why, did I 'urt you'.' other, surprised at his tone "You thought -wronsr, thim," said the mate, sourly; "don't you do that tein." He sat for some time smoking in silence, monarch of all he surveyed, and then, gazing abstractedly at the lilent craft around him, fell into a pleasant dream, in which he saw him.. self in his rightful position " master of the Foam, and Nibletts, cashiered for drunkenness, coming to him for employment before the mast. His meditations were disturbed by a small piece of coal breaking on the deck, at which he looked lazily, until, f1nding it followed hy two other pieces, he re- luctantly came to the conclusion that they were intended for him. A fourth piece, better aimed, put the matter beyond all reasonable doubt and, looking up shrply, he caught the wiithchman in the art of launching the tilt . "Hullo. old 'un," said George, cheer. fully, “I thought you was isleep." The overworked crew went ashore " the earliest possible moment alter their arrival in London, in march of recuperntive droughts. Ben watch- ed them a trifle visually on they mov- ed off, and when Nibletu soon other followed their example without invit- ing him to join him in a social glass of superior quality, smiled mournfully as he thought of the disadvantages of rank. The mate walked " tuning, and to his other duties added that of in- sputor of pots and pans, a condition of things highly Mend" to the cook, inasmuch as certain culinary mange- ments of his, only remotely eonneet- 0d wth clouding-av, came in. for much unskzlled comment "No, sir," aid the cook, -tfuilr, "it does make 'em Inf, don't it. sir? thoueht I can’t no wot they’re hrrftng at:ny More than wot you any” _ The Bride's Name; CHAPTER Xu-Acme. Or. The Adventures of Captain Fraser said the , 'She's a wonderful layer," said Miss Chiffers, "and as sharp " you make "em. When she's in the dustbin the [others 'ave to stay outside. They can go in when she's 'ad all she V wants." l In happy ignorance of the change;; I caused by his sudden and tragic etyi/wii ':Captain Flower sat at the open win- Rid idow of his shabby Walworth lodging, ele' ismoking an after-breakfast pipe, and for l gazing idly into the dismal, littered live {yard beneath. Time-owing to his Bit l injured foot, which, neatly bandaged at I la local dispensary, rested upon a w , [second chair-hung rather heavily é: _ upon his hands as he sat thinking of cog ' ways and means of spending the next pou Esix months profitably and pleasantly. wh _ He had looked at the oleographs on can the walls until he was tired, and even ace ‘the marvels of the wax fruit under tt her '. cracked glass shade began to Pall upon Un: him. in _ "Please yourself," said Miss Chif- fem, turning from the window. "How's your foot?" "Better," said Flower. “It's swelled more than it was yes- terday," she said with ill-concealed satisfaction . "It feels better," said the captain. "That's 'cos it's ttoin' dead," said the Mac]; "then it'tl go black all up your log, and then you'll 'ave to 'ave "I don't think I'll have any more eggs," said Flower, casually. "Pm eating too much. Bacon 'll do by it- self." She came up to the window and critically inspected the birds. “She laid it," she said, indicating one of the three. "She's not much to look at," said Flower, regarding the weirdest-look- ing of the three with some interest. "I'll go and stay in the country I bit," he muttered; “I shall choke here: "They get quite to know you now," saul the small but shrewd daughter of the house, who had come in to clear the breakfast things away. "How'd you like your egg?” "Very good," said Flower. "it was new laid," said the small girl He took a slice of bread from the tray, and breaking it into small pieces, began to give breakfast to three hens which passed a precarious existence in the yard below. f " can't read without my glasses.” , said the mate, with a measure of truth lip the statement. He looked at Mrs. ‘Tipping, and saw a chance of avoid- , ing humiliation. "Nice little thing, ain't she?" said the watchman, who was standing there, after Mrs. Tipping had biduen the mate stood-bye; "he careful wot you're a-doin' of, Ben. Don't go and spile yourself by a early marriage, just as you’re a-beginning to get on in life. Besides, a mate might do better than that, and she'd only marry you for your position." “I shouldn't think it was important at all," said Mrs. Tipping, soothingly. "Not at all,"echoed her daughter, whose cheek was burning with excite- ment. "Good-night, Mr. Brown.", Ben bade them good-night, and in his capacity of host walked up the wharf with them and saw them depart. "r'll give it to him when I see him," remarked Ben. thrusting the letter in his pocket. "it don't seem to be im- portant. He ain't in London at pres- ent, I don't think." "Careful nobody sees you," mur- murer Miss Tipping, excitedly, as she took the envelope from the mate; "why, the address is printed by hand." Mother and daughter looked at each other. It was evident that their thoughts were similar, and that one could have known them without the expenditure of the proverbial penny. Dear Jaek,--If you want to see Mr. Norton, come to 10, John Street, Wal- wortNand be careful nobody sees you. "Jack," said the mate, tioopintr' for the envelope. "Why, it must be meant for Mr.--Mor Jack Fraser." "Not bad news, I hope?" said Mrs, Tipping, noticing his wrinkled brow. Mrs. Tipping took the letter from him, and, after remarking on the strangeness of the handwriting, read aloud:--. He took it from his pocket, and, hearing the envelope, throw it aside and made a faint of reading the con- tents. _ "P'r'tos you'd just look at it and see; if it} important," he suggested. "Only business-,3 apeet,"%id Ben. grandly. He pitched it to the deck and walk- ed of! whistling. There was only one mate in Ben's world, and he picked up the letter and put it in his pocket. "Don't mind-us, if you w-ant to read it/1yajd Mtg. Tipping, kindly. "Utter for" the mate," said the youthkwho was unvemd in recent hu.. tory; "eateh." - Flower grinned comfortably. "You may Inf," said the small girl, "Brown," said the mete, charmed with their mnnners. "Mr. Brown." "Ben," cried a voice from the wharf. The new mate gazed nusterely at the small office-boy above. - "And let an know," added her dnagtts- ten giving him u card; “that: our " dress, end any time you're up our way we shall be very planed to see you, Mr. -" CHAPTER XII. After the South African War the British Government contracted for Horty miles of ribbon for South Af- 1 rican War Medals. These were issued 'to about 300,000 men, each getting a [ nine-inch strip. Russia is never niggardly in the by}! of Government orders. During er war with Japan she gave one Chi- cago firm a contract for six million pounds " beef. On another occasion, when there was a coal strike in this country, and Russia could not get her accustomed supplies of steam coal for her navy, she cabled to a firm in the United States an order for three mil.. ilion tons. This was the largest ex- port order ever received. The houses are wanted for the ac- commodation of soldiers returning on leave from the front and reaching Iamdofat an hour in the night when they are unable to proceed straight to their homes. The tenants are mostly professional men and retired people, some of whom have lived in their present residences from thirty to forty years. The houses are let It rents of 210 to S120 a year, and are five-::toreyed buildings. The onlcr was issued under the Defence " the Realm Act by Major- General Sir Francis Lloyd, command- ing the London district. London Houses Commandeered by the British Authorities. Twenty-six large private houses on the east side of Belgrave road, Lon- don, have been requisitioned by the War office, and the tenants have been informed that they must leave "forthwith." One wonders how many hundred miles will be required for the Empire troops at the end of the present ap- palling struggle. Compared with such mammoth de- mands as these, the Australian order of 1913 for three hundred and seven miles of cloth for military uniforms seems a small matter. Yet, consider- ing the comparative populations of the two countries, it was not so bad. Russia Takes Eleven Hundred Mile. of Khaki for Uniforms. Russia recently placed an order with the manufacturers of the West Riding for two million yards, or over eleven hundred miles, of khaki cloth for uniforms. The goods are to be de.. livered next Spring, says London Tit- Bits. French Poihs Ready for Winter Cam- paign. This typical "poilu" as the French private is known among his country- men, is shown in full winter equip- ment. The photograph was made on the Verdun front where thousands and thousands of this type are bat- tling with the Germans despite the inclement weather. Miss Chiffers shook her head, and then stooped to pick up a hairpin. "One of ’em's called Dick," she said, replacing the pin. "Tell them I'm not at home," said Flower, hastily, "but that I shall be back at twelve o'eloek. Beet" (To be continued). "bid they" say what their runes weret" inquired the other, turning very pale. "Three," said Miss Chifrertr, nod- ding; ('tro gentlemen and a lady." “In there more than one.'" inquir- ed Flower, in a startled voice. 'Somebody to see you, Mr. Norton," she painted, bunting into the room. ' ”We", show him up,' said Flower. "All of 'em t" demanded Miss Chit- fern. His reading was interrupted by a loud knock at the street door, and he threw down the paper to be ready to recieve the faithful Fraser. He heard the door open, and then the violent rushing upstairs of Miss Chitrers to announce his visitor. to the “in end. k knihs fell aiitstde Flower knocked the “be: out of his pipe, and slowly, refilling it, be- gan to peruse the morning purer, look- ing in vain, n he had looked each morning, for an account of his death. HOSTEL FOR MEN ON LEAVE. "1.1-"; I!“ w'", V'Qu»! lull I" you loo- it, u’ " been you won't Militia it with “I have!!! She collected the things together on a tea tray of enormous sizerund hold- intr. it tigh_tly pinged to her “all the door, and the loaf, titer a mo- ment’s hesitation, whieh “any upset the my, Jumped over the edge and bounded downstairs. wiist, witetid “with anxioua eyes il, theyieav, aitieies daily Maya GXGANTIC ORDERS. irtsnlt larf I Cream grading was started when ‘creamen’es were first established in the West, so that dairymcn were not familiar with any other system. The high quality product manufactured has given them an enviable position. In Ontario it has been different. For ‘years creamerymen have taken the cream whether it was of the best quality or not. It they didn't take it they knew their nearby competitor would; the dairyman also knew it, and was aware that the same price would be paid if it had a good flavor. Pasteurizing the cream at the cream- ery overcame much of the difficulty and gives a uniformity of quality of "sutter, but that quality cannot be so [good as if made from only first-grade icream. Besides, the careful dairy- Iman suffered by the carelessness of his neighbor. The point has been reached where something has to be, done to hold the best markets of Ort-i tario butter. Second-grade cream, is not worth as much as first-grade for butter making. To pay the same price puts a premium on etmslesssneas,'; and discourages the careful man. The" Legislature has put an Act on the) statute books, which comes into foreel in March, compelling cream grading; This will offset the competition for} cream regardless of quality andi cream will be paid for on a quality. basis, thus giving an incentive to dairymen to take precautions to look‘ after the cream properly. It is in the dairymen's interests -to aid in facilitating the working out of the new regulations. If cream is grac- ed No. 2, there is a cause for it, and the cause is usually to be found in the handling of the cream from the time it leaves the separator until it is de- livered at the creamery. Pew dairy.. market one pound of low-grade but- ter will disparage 100 pounds of the finest quality. More free advertise ing, is given the poor otuff than the good. It is the case with every- thing; consequently, as competition becomes Keener, more care must be taken to manufacture goods of the best quality. 2 and 51b. Carton- to, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bun. i Cream Grading. TORONTO Made in one grade onlr---the highest t l "Horses differ from other lines of stock in that they cannot be convert- ed into beef and they, therefore, do not find the same ready sale as beef (cattle. Depend on it, gentlemen, that there is no live stock that you 'can keep on your farm with more pro- fit for the future market or that you gcan breed to give better returns than 'tt good horse. You will not have to lwait very long to find that out. {Horses ere going to be alarmingly jscarce in the near future. "We have a number of horses in every province, and a very lorge num- ber in some provinces that are ill- bred and poorly fed. These horses are of no use for anything. Ther are not good enough for the purposes of the WIT. We cannot blame the French and British buyers for not wt. intt these bones. "The tumor is not. in breeding a good heavy - home and a hit sized tonight. There will nlwoya betoaleittCanadsfortooodtsoa of that breed, nohrithatautding the Speaking at one of the Winter Fair luncheons Dominion Live Stock Com- missioner John Bright, had the fol- lowing to say regarding the future of the horse market: "Although horse question differs a little from other lines of stock, yet it is relatively in the same position as, far as future prospects are concerned. Good horses are absolutely scarce in Canada to-day. I doubt. whether real good draft horses were ever ah scarce as they are now. a richer cheese from 100 pounds of i A boy writes to Hindenburg: "Dear, mlik than is secured at present. 1troo4 Hindenburg, knock the Russians Grading of cream at creameries and hard and drive them attain into the paying for milk at cheese faetories%kes. They will then yell end im- according to quality would have been'plore mercy. Drive them into the to the best interest of Ontario dairy- I mud that the Czar may be miserable." men years ago, The loss caused by: A child from the Pnlntinate wrote: lack of these systems for so long 3;”0 dear Hindenburg. beat the Rus- time can be partly retrieved, by every sians until the bits fly and we get an- producer of dairy products aiding G'other holiday." their working out now that they are Referring to the war drawings of to be adopted throughout the Pro- German children. one of the authors Vince. There is no question but that declares that the children know no the Dairy Act to be enforced this limits in their goriness. The draw- coming spring is to the" best interests MES. 50 to say, dripped blood. It is of the man behind the cow, as well not battle they depict. but slaughter. as of the whole industry.--Farmer's One of the writer, states, according Advocate. to the London Chronicle's trtuttMtion. lincrcased during the past twenty years. In the report of G. G. Pub- low’s work twenty years ago, as Chief Dairy Instructors for Eastern Ontario the average per cent. of fat contained in 6,800 samples of milk, gathered in several counties is ttivenl as 4.2. In 1914 the report from the same territory shows the average test to be 3.5 per cent., or a decrease of, over .5 per cent. in twenty years. As' the fat decreases in the milk, the quantity of cheese per 100 pounds of milk becomes less. I The system of "pooling" the milk, so commonly practiced, put a premium on poor milk, or at least encouraged dairy-" men to increase the quantity at the expense of quality and is largely re- sponsible for the decrease in quality. When payment is made on a quailtyl basis, it will be an incentive to select', and breed the herd to improve the test, which in turn will give more of, men would intentionally injure the in, dustry which means so much to them, tbut so long as good butter was manu- factured and a fair price paid for lbuttcr-fat, they did not concern them- ! selves particularly about the condi- "ion the cream was in when it left "heir hands so long as it was accept- ‘ed. When cream is bought on a 'gradcd basis, every dairyman will en- deavor to have his product in the first lgrade. It will pay him to care for Horses Will Be In Demand Debtor: "I nut to pay that bill of roam." Creditor: “mm sir; think you!" Debtor: “B can't!" 5 Work for Russian Army. The Department of Rural Economy and Statistics of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture has compiled from Zemstvo reports a statement of the activities of the koustnr or peasant workers in the making of products for the use of the army. Thus there were made in the Government' of Viatka alone 167,467 short fur coats, costing 1,568,890 rubles; 92,615 pairs of felt boots, at 428,684 rubles; 11,030 pairs of stockings, at. 5,294 rubles; knitted gloves. socks Ind mittens, to the value of 1,952 rubles; 57,400 oath-carrying begs. Large quanti- ties of materiel ere being sent from all the Government: of the empire, and the mture of the product varies with the loci! industry. Thus in the action. when dim ere manhunt. ed almost the entire output in being 1...».1 s- -2ua-, ----, devoted to military: rrdriraisi. "It is nonsense to Sly that the child who drew this did it with childish spontaneity. It had been suggested to him by the moral Itmosphere in which he lived." Referring to the war drnwings of German children. one of the authors declares that the children know no limits in their goriness. The draw- ings, so to say, dripped blood. It is not battle they depict, but slaughter. One of the writers states, according to the London Chronicle's translntion, that he visited a school where he no- ticed a boy at a war picture. It was an obscure work, all lines and broken fragmentary things. The author could make nothing of it, and naked the boy for an explanntion. The In. swer was. "A Russian hacked to pieces." The author's comment is: ' Drawings by Ger-Inn Children Full of i' Blood and Slaughter. l As illustrative of the evil intluenee fof the great war on the minds of even ‘very young children, the Vienna Ar- beiter-Zeitung recently printed ex- cerpts from a book called "Children and the War," by Floerke, and from Rothe's work, with a similar title. The following passages are from the ex- ercises of children between 8 and 13 years old attending elementary éschools: z "The Russians built mighty fort- resses. and then we fell on them with 'hearty cannon thunder, which was our greeting." A child from the Patntinate wrote: "O dear Hindenburg, beat the Rus- sians until the bits fly and we get In- other holiday." A boy writes to Hindenburg: "Dear, good Hindenburg, knock the Russians A seven-year-old girl wrote: "Shoot dead many wicked French for me." A nine-year-old boy wrote: "All trl boys say it would be splendid if thel French, English, Russiens and Serbaé came. We would give them a dnssq ing. I have a sword and helmet al-i ready-all I want now is a rifle." l "in the west the French and the British grocers are in a desperate sit- uation, the remnants of the Belgian army have broken down, and in I short time German armies will be in England." "Soldiers at the front must bear many privations. but all is forgotten when the order for storming comes. Cut them down! Wherever Germans go, only blows. The French know this, and run like hares." T "Should the Kaiser send me to the front, I would take a vifie and ham- mer the Russians to a pulp. I would kill many of them, and stab mony." The winter of the flrst you of the calf or colt's life is “nanny the hard- est one on it. Many farmers new to think that straw and roots in about all these young animals should re- ceive. This is a sad misuke, for at no period of their life should they receive better care or better food. automoiiite and the traetor. It will take some time before the tractor will take the place of a good horse. The farmer can always produce his mo- tive power on his own form by breed- ing ttood horses. I am speaking of mixed farming in Ontario, and I do not want to be misunderstood, but this certainly applies to the Province of Ontario. CHILDREN IN WARTIME. itor: "Thank Air, Debtor: "But 1 little l . nu n time wl , Fuels Town ”mien Token Over by 1 Government. I The British government has taken lover some of the biggest of London [hotels for var work, but never until law has it eomtnnndeered u famous jhistoric mun-ion for Inch purposes. .Thnt, however, in what has happened to the Duke of Bueeleuehu palatial [London residence, Montagu House, l Whitehall, as an extension of the Min, :islry of Munitions. IXlCOHlpIrIble miniatures. Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Ruphuel Ind other great miners. ndorn' -ttte wlllI. but the collection of mini-tunes is unique and unrivaited on: in rorat palms. Early in the yen, for th. first time, they were hand by the Duke to the Victor“ and Attseet " scum. rich a mu i The new order electing lnrernens {and the north ot Scotland. is not: In 'torce. lie-Menu in lava-nes- have mow on leaving or entering the em ito show a police pass on which is their photognphr. "s great moms. splendid tGia/i," ex- (White porcelain, its Vnndykec and It. .incmlbk mini-tuna oh“--- sent housi Wu] duke in 1858. and ingimounted to No other private residence in Lon. don occupies . more interesting site. As early " mo Hubert de Burgh built . large dWelliI‘ there, which subsequently became the property of the Black Friars, of the Archbishop of York. and finally of Henry Ym., after which it mined the chief royal palace in tiimdoet till it was de- stroyul by the Great Phe. She ttee- sent house we: begun by the fifth duke in I858. and the cost of the build- A few weeks ego the funny receiv- ed notice that this might be likely to happen end now the Duke has receiv- ed formal notice to quit. No portion of the house is to be reserved for the Duke’s personal use end the treasures of this great historic mansion are in process of removal to one of the ducal country seem. The Ghemw VILLA. lune now completed their negotiation for the purchase ot the Lyric Theatre. and steps In to be “ken Immediately to convert the property into . hostel for soldlen sud “no". Three distinct shocks of ennhquake have been experienced in Bridge ot Allen. The euthque Irm- felt ttt Dunbllne and houses were shaken and considenble alarm manifested. The Scottish Fhrttery Board paid over a grant ot “0.000 to Budd. Town Council. to be applied towards the completion ot the tuoditiqd scheme of extension for [he ('luny hut-bar. An outbreak of are which unwed dame estimated It 835.000. occur- red at Victoria Park School. Goran. hill. The upper titror was completely burned out and the root collapsed. Fire broke out in the Form Saw Mina, recently acquired by Mrs-m. John Macdonaid. Limited, The mill and plant were dostroycd and the damageis estimated at about $15,000. ft has been stated at a meeting of the Rentrewshiro Territorial Associ- ation in Paisley that the 20 "uuntr meets were In full strength. and nearly 1600 men had joined the Vol- unteer Battalion. It has been established In a certain. ty that Glasgow win have In interest In the rebuilding of a numbet: at those town: 1nd muses which have been tievatrtated In Belgium. A tine ot 850 was Imposed at Edin. burgh Sher” Court on the secretary at the swam. lndqnndenl Labor Party tor I contravention of the Do- fence of the Realm Act. A Scottish Glace on!“ has been Issued notifying shop closing In Scotland from now on until 30th " ril next not Inner than I o'clock I. the evening aud 9 o'clock on Sump day. BRITISH (IOMMANDEER BOISE. Mr. P. B. Sharp, jun manufarlur- er, Dundee, In Indium to we Dun- dge “choc-idol am he would erect at the and at the [If a buy mm. at a coat of 320,000. It doesn't at. a; dithmae. leaf“ , Jn n man in. thar. .I_._. -, Sentence ot three month: mm: m- bor for I urea! nun“ was Mined It Glam" on a youth. described as a member or a can; of "tsootigattm" known as the "am Slug Boys." Romeo-y Harbor Trim have do- dded to impose a two-cent montage on the pier to make up the deficit of $10,000 an!“ by the reduction of uteambont Irene. - . """ "VIII 1 c “hen tie In: to horm- the Duke has receiv- to quit. No portion . be reserved for the 150 Ind the treasures u It): " '9. rr, ,4 NW!