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eae ma DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY l*-0>Chf<>*0><>><>>0><>><>-t<HH>04<>>0><>>0>04-0^04^^ CHAITliR XL.â€" (Conltejje^ "Well, no â€" rather grudgiinglY. "In fuel, bfilwti<»ii you and nie. ijOnsklerinK that it Is they who havo brouglil him inlo this pHglit, I think lliey might Imve shown a Utile nwre solicitude about lnr<. In the last ten days I do not be- lievo that thoy hav« been once to llw door to Inquire." "You do noi, seem to be awnne," says Jim, in u voice which, tlwugh quiet, is not pacilic, "and that is odd, consider- ing how often I told you, tha^ until you canio Mrs. I.e Marchanl nui-scd him like a mother; not like a nwlher in- deed"â€" corr«;ting himself, with a sonu>- what malicious inlontion â€" "for mothers grow flurried, and sho never did." "You mean that she nui^kxl liim bet- ter than I do," in a jealoucs lone. "Well" â€"more generouslyâ€" "how shiibbv of mo Ui mind, If she did ! I do not mind. God btess her for it ! I alwavs thought" compunctiously- "that she " looked a nice woman." "iilie is nice â€" as nice" â€" desrending in- U' a .slang unworthy of his ni>e yearsâ€" "ni they make 'etn.'' ".And the girlâ€" I suppo.se one can hardly call her a girlâ€" looks nice too." They are pasing the Casbah, ttu; .solid M<,orish farUllcations, abijul which n^w Jim has a silly hope Ituit, if he maih- tains an entire silence, the eurent of hLs companion's kleas may drift into ano- ther channel ; but ho is- soon unde- ceived. "1 suppose that she must have l)e<^n quite, quite young wlwaâ€" when those dreadful things happ«uod that Willy talked about in his delirium " "Is it possible" â€" indignantlyâ€" "that you take tlio ravings of a fever-patient ai piod de la lettre?" "No, I do not; but"â€" with an obsU- nato stickuig to her point"thero was a substratum of truth in Uieiii ; that was only too evident." Jim shuts hu<> teeth Light togothor. Il.'S vow of si'.enco is harder to keep than he had ttiought. "Since he came to himself h« has ne- ver mentioned her to me," continues his Companion an.xiously ; "has ho to you?" "No." "I quito trembl« whenever he opens hi^-; lips, lest he shouW be going to be- gir IJie subject, and one could iwt c<in- IradlcL him yet awhile ; he is .so quix- otic, it is quilo likely that he may have 6cme distorted idea that her beingâ€" how 6hall I say ?- Iletrieâ€" is an additional reason for standing by her, rehabiiiiat- ing hi'r, marrying her. lie is so chival- rou.s." They have left the Pri.'son Civile and Ih-.- Zouave Barracks behind Iheni. A longer interval Uian that usually sup- posed to claps*' betwen a ivtnark and its rejoinder hoo passed, before Jim can bruig himself to utter the following .sen- tence with the calmness which ho wisties : "Has it never occurred to you that ehe may bo chivalrous too ?" Perhaps Mre. Byng does not readily panion Vufi any signiflCance. Bui yet a tiny trembling bliss now and then taps a I her heart's door, and sho pusltes it away but feebly. liefore they have reached tho Aniir- awle. svhere thoy ai-e to get out. she has thanked .Vies. Byng with sucli preUy and unsiisp&tlng gratitude foi- bringing her, and has made her laugh so irre- piessiLly by her gay wid naive com- ments upon the motley pas.sers-by. that the latter is filled with a. compuiu.-lj<ius regret that a person with such lovely manners, and such a sense of a joke, st-oiild have made so disustrou.-i a fiasco ot tier life as renders necessary Uie ex- tremely distasteful errami on whcli she herself is at present bound. At Uie Amiraute, as 1 say, they get out ; and, turning under a groiii«d roof that looks as if it were the crypt of a church, tind themselves preeeully upon the lojig sloivo breakwater that runs out into the bay. It wiis built, they tell us, in old days by the wretched Christian cap- tives ; but the sea ha^i taken care that rM)t much of the original labor of blood and ttui-s has survived. The wind is high, and the suashine ardent and spleitdid. On their right as they walk, with tho wind olliciously helping them from beliind, in a world hang only a few gaitered. sunbu«xU,:«- -^^^^it ''''^'*'**"'"'-' ^'^'\ }'^"'^ '^'""^^, baggy Zouaves. .^^^ vihm> lip^f^J. On Uieir l.-ft are great nocks «r1f»»sonry, built strong and square, wHh'aarrow intervals between tr break Uie migbl^of tho water. How llltle their strength has availed against that of their tremendous opponent is seen at evei7 step, since nearly half the blocks are overthrown or in semi-ruin; though the dale engraved upon th.^11 shows for how few season.s they have been exposed to UiO ravages of ttio l^m- pestuoiis sea. They walk on to the end, till they can go no furtlier, since, just ahead of them, tli« waves are rolling ill half-lierce playâ€" though the day is all .smilesâ€" over the breakwater ; and even whore Ihey stand, their fooling is made unsure by lengtlis of slimy s.^a- weed tliat set them slipping along. Elizabeth iasists ujwn the elder woman taking her slight aniiâ€" insists upon, car- rying her wraps, and generally waiting u\ion and ministering to her. Krom tho IxJtloni of liei" heart Mrs. Byng wLshe.-^ that she would not, since every in.staiice o: hei- soft helpfulness, so iuuoceiU and spoiUnnooas, makes more difllcult the urswer to that question which she has iK-en asking herself ever since they set f<K;t upon the Mole : , "How .shall I begin?" It is unansweivd still, when, i-etrac- ing their steps a little, tliey sit down under the lee of one of the half-wrecked blocks to enjoy the view. Kixjiu tiero the soa is a lake, the dis- tant mountains and the breakwater .scemuigâ€" thoutlh in. Duality partivl by how wide a wel wasteâ€" to join in em- bracing it. The mounlainis are dhn and filmy to-day, Caj-e .Vlatifou s*-arcely visi- ble ; but the Koubali sliows while- dcmed on tlw hillside, and all the daz- zling water is hot through with blind- ing light. The town, .\rul>-rreiich, is find a response lo this que.stion ; per- dazzling too; Ihe arcaded quay, Itie hapts it sets her off upon a train of si)ec- uhition which docs not conduce to gar- rulity. Certain it fs that, for the rest of tho drive, stw is as silent as Jim could wiish hor. It is a sliarp surpri.so lo him two days later to be mysteriously called cutisido tho sick man's door by her, in order to be informed that sho has in- vittxi Miss l.e .Marcliant lo accompany her on a drive. "I went to call upon tliem," sl>e says, avoidingâ€" or .so he fancies il^ -his eye as she speaks; "and I asked the girl to drive with me to the Mole, and get a gr^xl blowing alxjul." "How kind of you 1" criiis Jim, a fliish of real pleasure in his serious kxik ; "how like you â€" like your real self, that Is!" And he takes hor hand to tliiink it by a friendly pn'ssuro. But she draws it away rather hastily. "(ih, it wns nothing so very wonder- fulâ€"nothing to thank me for." She .seoins confu.sed and a little guilty, and ejicn|)es with some pivcii)itation from his gratitude. Mi-s. Byng is mil a wxiiium addicted to double-dealing, and if .she over makes any liUle es.suys in thai direction, she does Iheiii, as on this prestnit occasion, villainously. fiTtilications, one can scarcely look at any of them. Two or lliree stoaimYs. v.lili a liUlo vapor i.ssuing from their ugly bkick and red funnels, lie mo<ired ami other smaller craft lift their spni-s u^iainst the heaven. Nt-ar by a man is silling with his legs danyling over the waiier. lishing with a lino; and two or three .\ridw, diupcd in llie dignity of tiicir poetic rngs. fie couched ixHind a fir.! thai they have kindled. Hencnlli and around them is the banging and tliun- dering of the son. .\ugusl noise ! ".\ V()ice like the sound of many wat^'i-s." VmM there be 11 more awlul compari- .snii â- / Just beiic'iitli them, where I ho sea has made a givater breach than ii.siial, it is Iviiling lis ill a cauldrun. Looking down luid in, Ihey see the water 00m- parutively quiel for a moment; then, with a .shout of its jubilant voice, rush- ing and surging in, Ui.ssing iU niano. I'lizabeth's eyes are resting on the hea- venly sapphire plain. "How blue!'' she sayo, under her broalh ; "one cannot Ix-lievc that It Is iKit really blue; one feels thai if one look u)) a little in a s|xk5u it would be jusi as blue as it is now." "1 daresay it will nol tw\ so blue wlii'n we are on il, " replies Mivs. Byng Burgoyne is Jiot at the liall door lo \ lug^jing in stimewhat awkwanlly, as she help ttie ladies into the carriage when j tools, the subject whii-li she finds it .so they s«>l off. I'l^liaps litis may bo be- iimd t<i introduce, "as I supiKise we shall CRu-so he is in attendance u|Kin the in valid. Perhaps because-- glad as he h.id at llrsl( fell and oxpres-sod liim.solf at Iheir friendline.s.sâ€" some misgiving may, upon loltoclion, have Ix^el tiim at .so strange a conjunction. At all evonls. It is only Kritz who lliixiws tho light Arab rug over their kiuvs and gives Ihem his eiuouraging pniiing smile. l\K-ir .\li.ss l.e .Maivhanl needs his en- cciiragoment, for, indeed, il is in a very trigiilenod spirit that she sets forth on iK'i- ploiisiiiing. But t'ofore- the liorsc- boHs have jingled to the Ixiltom of Mus- laplia S'liierk'ur. her sjiirits are iising. Tlio sun shines, and he lias sh<.ino .so Seldom ill r.liziil.ielirs life that a very few of his U'ains. whelher i-eal <ir meta- (ihoi'iciil, sullice ti) send up hor quick- silver. sShe ilfies not consci.iusjy admit I'll H .'i â- Mild tho Ihijk' that in Iho pre- seni'' tiveituro on the purl of hor com- bo within a wo<-'k now." Her charily bids hor not glance at her ccinpanion as .she speaks, so she is not (|i;ite sui-o whether or net she gives a sliirl. "Mr. Burgoyne thinks I am .sanguine; but 1 am all for moving him as s«ion as p<i.ssible ; il cannot be too .soon." She Tries to IIitow .'is much .signifi- cance as ttioy are capable of holding lu- lu the laUer woids, and teiMs llial sho ha.s succoedetl. "01 course ho'iiiay refuse lo go," con- tinues she. with a rather stniined laugh. "Il< you remeiulK'r Victor Hugos deli- nilioii of heaven as a place whole chil- dien are always little and piiivnts are always young'.' I am (X)ntimially quot- ing it. But. imlorliinaloly. one's chil- dren will nol slay lllllo; they gi-ow big. iiMil get wills of Iheir own, niiil it is quite possible ho may refuse to (jo." "Yes?" InaiHlibly. "But"â€" reddening slightly at the pa- tenlly-intend«<i application of her next sentence â€" "anyone that was fond of him â€" anyone that liked him really and â€" and disinterestedly, 1 mean, must see that the only happy ooui-se for him would be to go ; that it would be his salvatkjn lo get away ; theyâ€" Ihey would not try to hinder him." "I shouki think Uial no one would do that." There is not a touch of .isijerily in the dove-soft voico ; but tliero is a siiado of dignity. "When ho was illâ€" while he was de- liriiis" ("How di'eadfully unpleasant it Is I" in an anguistied internal a.'iide) â€" "I could nol help hearingâ€" gatliering â€" drawing inferences." Tho ardor of tho chase has vanquished her charity, and she is looking at her victim. But, to do her justice, llio suc- cess of her labors shocks her. (.;an this little aged, pinched face, with its di- lated eyes, so full of woe and ten-or, be the saine one that dimpled into riotous lauglitflr half an hour ago at tho sight of Ihi; two dirty old men, in J«?wish gaber- dines and wiili gingham umbrellas, kiss- ing each other by tho Mosqucc de la Pecherie? "Of cq\ir.« it was all incoherent," she goes on hurrie<Ily, snatching at the first <i> presswo-- that occurs to her as likely to undo,'*'r at least a httle modify, her wor!<â€" "nulling thai: one could make .•^onse of.'';jDnly your name recurred .so incessanhy": It was nothing but 'liliza- t»olh, Elizabeth.' I am sure"â€" with a 1^ moiseful if clumsy attempt lo bo kind, and a most uneasy .smile â€" tlial 1 do not wonder at it !" In the narrow interspace between the Lkcks and the pathâ€" not more than a couple of fingers widtv-liow the sea f\irces itself ! and np races its foam- fountains, throwing tlwir spray alofl in such mighty play, as if lljey would hit heavens arch. W'lial exhilaratwn in its great glad noise, superb ajid battle- rendy ! • , "I cannot express how distasteful a Uisk lliis is to me"â€" in a lone that oer- .iiinly gives no rea.son to doubt Ihe truth of tier statemenl; "but, after all, 1 am liLs mother; he is all I have in tho world, and I am sure that you are Ih-v very last person wIkj would wish to do him an injury.'' How curioiwly still and .slow her voice is ! Mrs. Byng has resolutely averted her eyes, so that her pur|)0.sj> may not again be shaken by tho sight <if the havoc sho has wrought, and has llxtxl them upon .s<imc seagulls Itial an^ riding up ami down upon the merry waves, making lliem. with their buoyant mo- tion, even more jocund than they were before. "It seems an imfxissible thing In say to youâ€" a thing too bad lo apologize for â€"but yet 1 must say ifâ€" in a lone of excessive distress, yet firmness. "Un- der tho circumstances, it wouldâ€" would throw a blight over his whole hfo." "Yes, 1 know that it would ; I have always known it ; that is why we left Kk.rence." ".And very gtiod it wa.s of you. too ! Not that I am ipiitc certain of the judi- cioiisiie-ss of tho way in whicti you did il ; bul, however, 1 am sure you meant it for tho l.x>st." "Y<>s, 1 jiionnt it for the l>est." Tho .sen-gulls have ri,s»>ii from tne bil- low, and lire turning and wheeling in Iho air. The light is calching their wings, and making them livik like wlUlest silver. It seems as if Ihey were .li conscious play with il. trying e\|;eri- menls as to h<)w Ihey can best catch Iheir Ijrighl playfellow, ami again shake il off. and vol again n-capture it. "Wtiat a mon.sler you mii-st Uiink ue I" breaks out I lie elder woman pix"- .sently. Now that the impression has some- how been conveyed lo her mind that her iiii-ssion is likely to lie completely suc- cessful, the full brutality of the melluxl by w hich sho hac> uccoinplished it bui'sLs uion hor mind. "Mow Ireaehorous I luring you oul liore, nndor the pretence of friendliness, I â-  .say such horrible things to you 1' Klizal>eth's narrow hands are cla.spe<i ii|xin her knee, and her .small heurl- brokcn. whito face is looking out .striiight Ix^foiv her. ".No, I do nol think you a monster," she iinsweiwâ€" "you are a kind-henrtixl womnn ! and il must have been very, very unploa.sant to you. 1 am quite .sdii-y"â€" with a sort of smiloâ€" "for you, having to do it ; but you are his mo- ther. If 1 had been his iiiotlier, I should have done the same ; at least, I supixise so." "I nm siii-e, it th'ngs tiad Ixx^n dilfer- cnl, there is no one thai 1 .slwiuld have -I do nol know when 1 ever saw any- one whom I took such a fancy to. If il hud not been for tlie disparityâ€" I inenn, if ho had been less young and unlit lo take ufxin himself the serious ivspoiisi- bilitios of life '' How deplorably lame even to Mrs. r.yng's ears .sound hi-r liinly efforis to place lh<- grounds of her objootion on a less cruel bii.sis than that which she lias nlreo<.ly made .so nakedly plain to Ix; Ihe roiil one! ICven Ihe swoel-niannered Klizalx'lh does not think it nece.s.s!iiy lo evpross gratitude for such insulting civilities. "1 do not quite undei-slnnd what you wish me to do." sho says, with quiel politeness ; "if you will explain to me " "Oh, I t'o mil wnnl to dictate to you , please do nol imagino I could tliink of l>eing «o imiterlinonl : bul, of course, he will tw nslving for you. .Since he ct'mo to himself, ho has ixjI men!i<ined you a.s yet ; but of ctiurse he will. I am exix-vtiiig it every moment; pmholily ho has not tell up to embarking upon llio siibjit'l. Me will ask f<jr you- « ill want lo see you. " ".\nil you wish me not 10 .see him ? " fr<' be oonliniied). The .Viislrian l<irlh-raite Is 7 per cent, briow that of ICngland. ON W mRH ABOUT THE HOO.S. Years ago, before we read farm papers very much, we made the mistake of al- lowing the pigs to depend too much on grass alone during the summer season, writes a corres|xindent. Crass and exercise gave Ihein plenty of frame, bul nol much fat. Our pigs went to iinHiet after two m<mth.s' feed- ing in cold weather, when they should liave gone tarlier in the .sca.son. Then we thought thai we were grow- ing p^irk cheaply. Now we feed a part nitiuii of grain while tlie pigs aro on gra.si; not enough grain to make the pigs lazy, but enougti to keep them growing faster than they ever did on g'-ass alone, and they wind up llieir ca- reer before the weuttier gets very cold. II Is the s*jw that is five or six years o'd tliat makes the best n-.olher. Those Ihat are too young are nol the best ones. .Sometimes the boys and girls like to gel over mto the pen and chase the pigs t ) see them run. Kun for the children, bul not so much for Ihe pigs. 11 runs Ihe tlc.sh off faster than you can put il on. Better nol do it, Ix^iys. All righl lo run, but do it somewhere cl.sc than in the pig pen. Cleanliness Is iiexl to g04)d p-irkism. In most i>ens Ihe one is just as uncotii- n:on ns Ihe other. "Nolhing but a pig." therefore any- tlimg is g'Xid enough for him. Is this Hie way your folks' l«>:k at it? If so, no wfliider that you have never "done well" with pigs. We must never speak or tliink sUghtuigiy of anything, if we expecl to .succeed. Sanio wilh pigs as Willi (inytliing else. 1! takes ten to thirty per cent, more t.!od tor KK) pounds of gain on a scrub or no purp<Jse liog, tiian il <loes to make nn eiiual gain on a hog of ttie drsiruMe form and bred for ihe purpose. A g<K)d hog man will nol try to pro- .selytc a Berkshire or Duroc Jersey de- votee into a Chester or Ii.s,sex breeder. He will rather a.lmire the special brecdei's's favorites, and Ix; glad tliat h- is urging improvements ui stock, al- Ih. ugh Ihey are not quite his own style of .swine. Even a careful briMHier and invprover *' common h«igs is worltiy ot praise. .Such men are fr>'qiiently led to try one stop further in advancement. ikiws slumld be weeded out as well as cows. Keep only good milkers. Clean oul the swill barrel. IVitten swill is iniHt for hogs. Do not let your Held work interfere with llie pigs. ^ .A hog can be reared in the pasture with the cattle, almost without cost. It will loam to love and lo follow the cows as w.ll a pet slieep. I'"ree range liogs aro henllhy. I If poimed out of d.xirs be sure Ui have | a slK-llcr from rain, aiiil an awning of { trees lo shade twin the sun. Hogs easily blister and suffer. Give Ihem good water. the cre.im. If the miik Ls iviirm the cream will be thicker than U cold. 3 Tho an-ount separated prr hour ii I another factor. Thu Is e.sixarifllly im- ; pcrtant. Eor, if Ihe milk is unevenly I fed into the bowl, the llilckncss of the ; civam is vastly influenced. i. Tlie amount of water or skim milk u.'ed to flush tho bowl will affect the quality of Ihe cream. Ail these tend to sliow that Ihe sei>- aralor must be handled with cure and g<xid judg.'nenl. It is dilTlcult to obsen'o all the po.iils mentioned, but they aro SM simple and apparent that it would tc very easy for tho tieedless operator to pass over them. « IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS DY MAIL ABOtT JOn.-N BL'Lt AND Ills PEOI'LB. Oo:urrences In Ihe Land Uial Reign S Supreme in llie Coniniorcial World. SIII'TCP NOTES. The dripping of rain, through Ihe roof of Ascot church led to Ihe disi-ovory ..f the theft of .several hundredwei^it of lead from llie Hat which covers purl ^ £ the building. Owing to a water main bui-sting at Brighton, a great volunw of water was sent up to a heifc'hl of V) feet, drench- iiic Uiu loofs and pouring down the chimneys of tiie neigiilxsring houses. Ttie holding of an hom-'s prayer- meeting was suggested at a meeting «'f the governors of llie Oldham Inlirra- ary wlien it was p<5inted out that lh« arrears for the pa»t six nwntlis aniount- e>. lo £M). Seeiiig an otter in Ihe water, a young man nanxHl Barker, who was boating i«cently in the Biver IMen at Kirkby Stephen, struck it wilh liis oar. Tlie otter jumped into ttie Ixiat and altack- eti htm. but after an exciting tussle Barker killed it. On a charge of breaking the largest sheet of plate glass in Ihe world, wtuch was staled to have cost flOO and to have taken forty men to place in tlie window <'i Mes-srs. .^n:l!h k .Sons, Gracechiirch street. England, William Wolfe was (ximmittod for trial at the Munson Ih.ust". Before shooting hinuself at St. Bre- lade's Bay Hotel, Jcr.«ey, a Krenchman numrd DulwLs. wrote a letter b<'queMlh- iiig his body to the hospital for experi- nienl.s. Great difficulty Ls being experlimced m colk?cting rales, said the clerk to Ih-- Ellesmere GuardiaiLs. owina to tne late rale CillecUir having sj.enl over £2,IXX) out of his own [xjckot in paying rates for people. .\c,'oiding t«) the agi'icultural returas on pig reuiing and fttxhiiR the year end«l June. IM(i,5. sliowetl a ckcrcaso >jf SOU.iKM) in Ihe L'nilod Kingdom, and Ihe year endtxl i;>^iC> slwwod a fiirllier dix:rea.se of TO.tli'l in Eii>jluiid akjiio. Professor Jules Gautier. who. .swam from Bichmond to Pulney wilh his feet and hands tied, lias decided to attempt Iho cpo.ss-('.hannel swtm. .â- \ tree planletl some lime ago at Tre- widden. Penzance, having birno a crop ».f bananas, a sec<jnil Iroo ha.s now Ix'cn The breeding buck should be well f.-,! and kept away Irom the n<;^'l< -'O . ^ .^^ .,j^. M„rrBb Gardens ot that U.at he will be ready lor service by tlie ,\^^^^.j^ llrst of .September. Give him s^mio v^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^^^ .^^ v,vand.sworlh it bran, oats and good bright hay. K««o i " - him in a tvxil i>en with a yard atUiohed, .f convenient; or. if it can be so arrang- .d. give liini a bit of grass and some ex<M'cise. I.,iinl)s should be weaned at about lliree months and put on fresh clover pasture. Each day .some grain should bo given in Ihe Uxiugh to make grewlh .md overcome the check tliat might te caused by weaning. They will al.s«) bo more likely to re- inaui quiet Ihaii if [xxirly fed. One or 1 iwc g'Xid quiet ewes left with tlio tlock will kwp tlie lunilto quiel. The feii'c should be l«x)ked after and put ill order at any places wlierc tho lambs iiunht break through. If tho lambs are put out of the hear- ing of Ihe owes, there Is less danger â- M their breaking oul or becoming iiii- ., . . . ,„ukini/ iMly. Uvo them salt, and look after ^uw loi muhing. Ih.' water supply. Hungry sheep .see weeds in fence cor- ners quicker than fanners do. l!'.s in the corners of old fences thai aro not ofu'ii seen or thought of, Ihat weeds Ihiive, and a small band of iiiotf.'iisivo sheep will do a goiid w<n-k, to say no- ll-.mg ot Ihe relurns which they Ireeiy give in niulton and wool. If you eim fence a bit of shady wooils into the shoe]) pasture, do it. It will eflord Ihe sheep a place of retreat fRun l' e torii'cnl of llie.s and bring ni'any dollars inlo your p^x-kel. II will do at any time to chaiitje stieep fioin a dry to a watered range; bu' Ihe reverse of this has ]n'i'n always foond injurious, particularly to nursiug owes and Iheir lambs. Never allow strangers to intrude inlo l!io sheep pasture. Of nil animals, .slioep arc most sonsilive to fright. The sight of a dog will often worry the Ikjck fill- weeks. To be cha.sed Ivv dogs means Ihe ruin ot Ihe h'Mil. We have known more than one lino flock lo l«.' siKiiled hy hav- ing Ixvii clKisod by dogs. The sheep never do well afleiwaid. was .stated thai every lirewers' drayman is allowed half a gallon of beer a day, which tie can either drink on the s|)ot r>i' carry Imnie. Laud in I.ino«ilashire has dopr<Yialed to .such an extent that Thctford Hoiuso Kami, near Market IKvping. of .idO acres, which ost tJi.iKW in 1802. has Just Ixen sold for £11.000. Bla<'klieath residents are indignant Pi the proiK)sal ut Ihe Molroj.Hjlitan Water Board Ui erect a water tower on Ihe crest of .siuioters-hill. ajid are cal- ling on Ihe Ur.'i-il lo find some other silo for the "monstrosity." "I know of one caso where na over- coal made f.ir lis. was .s<dd f<ir dtiO,'* said Herlx?rt Evans, factory insixx-tor, who stated at the Home Work Comniis- .SiOii Ihat an all round price of Cs. was * NEW ENOtJI AltDE.N CASE. ABOl'T CBEAM SEP.VB.XTOBS. Il is just n.s ea.sy to hnnille the .se|v irolor ritiht as il "is the i>!ow. or any olher imi'lemeiil. Pr if. Krf lays down llxsc ftiiir imixirhml (xilnls. 1. 'the .speed of Ihe Ixtwl has an in- lluon(e on the cream. .\ change in >;.oed rnm <i!!e .scpaialion lo anoihor, cli»i!ges the per c<.'nt. of Hie fal of Hie ( rociii. 2. The lenipt rul.ao ol the inilU affects Husband Went to South .\(ricnn War El}|hl Years \go. An exiraonlinary slory of a modern Enoch Ardon is reixirled from Graves- end. England. .\mong ll!os<' who went oul lo lh« Si.ulh .\lrican War was a leal resi- dent nameil Motley. Uunng the oju- lUct it was Ihoughl he w;)s killed; iii f.icl, his iiamo was included in tlie list of thoso wh.) last their lives. Nilurally enough, his friends mourn- eu f<jr him, and Ihe "widow' a short time ag<j remarried. To her amazement hi r husband turiuil up at Grave^end last Thursday evening. He appears, on his arrival, to have walked unconsciously inlo tho sIkij) of a* butcher named Uutrod. who bud been one <if his clos»'st friends. Oiilifd gazed at him in IxAvilderinonl. "What aro you doing h re?'' ho gasped. "W'licro have you come from?" The "dead-alive"' briolly explained mailers, and lo celebrate Ins reiuni no ci.joy, d some refrshmeiil with liis friend. Then M-'lloy called oil some <:>llier acquainlances. and. ns may bo iuuig noil. Ihey al.so were i!umf«iunded. Very soon' Ihe strange tidings eunui lo the kmiwUdge ot Motley's wife, and althougii p.atinally she at lirst refused lo believe Ihem, she yielded at length t,.i Ihe evidence. Hor sec nid hiis.band is a slewurd -n ^n <.c.'an liner, and is at present at .sea â€"ill ignoriinoo of Ihe lacl Ihat h;s wife's first husband has "coir.c :•> UXti." i» •