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THE NEW INMAJJLOF HILFONT. A TIIK1I.I.INC STMKY OK Ol.H KMM.AND. CHAl'TKK MX. I was not deceived. I went to my own old morning-room, wh..- i w \lii Austin's room DOW, n<l w<i-i<- I li'i received Bertie'i first advancu* uul uonfiden- tiki friendship. It wt somawha'. changed. Miss Austin'* work-table, which *lood at th* wirdow, was twice as big a* any work-table I ever saw, and full to over- flowing with the performance* of the girls. Music-books and school book*, which were perfectly orderly to the eye of Miss Austin, wbo knew exactly where to flod what she wanted, but were ncverth*!*** rather u uneasiness to me, whoee eye did not under. land toe irregular line*, tilled tiie book- shelve*. Book* of general reading were not in thu academic retirement. The fire place waa guarded by a high fender, and the carpet was *otnewh-it worn. Yet I fell wae disappointed. I ilionld h tve chnnen another bride fur you ; Iwi it wae not mine to choose. You have decided fur youraelf, and 1 hp vu will b happy.'' "Hope ! There is very little fear of that," aid lierlie . " but I should be happier if you gave me a leH culil expression of your satisfaction, C.niiin Clare !" " My satisfaction !" I laid. "Wait a little, Bertie ; one can not c'ummand one's wiahes an suddenly. Hut it muat have iieen a very short wooing which ha been decided to-day." \V were five weeks together at Christ- mas," taiil Kertie, recovering hi* spirit*. " I contrived to be always as near her as possible ; aud a man can do a great deal in bve weeks. Then there'i nobody like her for that : he knows me better what I prefer, and everything about me than other people who have Known me all my life." There wai another pause, and rather a painful one. If it had been Alice, we could have mutually praised her, and been mutual expected she w.iuld ; on the contrary, site avoided my eye, and stood by me with vnry evident disinclination for any further talk, waiting to hear if 1 bad anything e'se to aay. I had nothing ele to say. I shook her hand and let her go, as she seemed to wish, and so reached my own room more iiu//'e.l than before. I could not understand it. .she was not triumphant ; she was not re- joising ; she looked exhausted and over- strained, as if she had gone through some trial which was almoit too much for her ; and when I closed my door, I fancied I heard her softly return ami shut herself into her own room. Perhaps Lucy had more heart than I gave her credit for ; perhapa but conjectures were vain la respect to so elf-commanded a person, who took nobody into her confidence. I had half a mind to go to her, having a compunction in my mind, and try to wiu her to some degree of frankness ; but my compassion of the moment was not strong enough to overcome my previous feelings. I began to quarrel with my uncomfortable thoughts strange- ly different Irom those of the morning and could not help remembering that . on the other side of the wall was Alice, who probably, like me, had sometime* thought of another conclusion to Bertie's youth. Well, well ! disappointment is the one thing certain to every human creature ; it might have been worse. where I used to have my private talks with all my friends, where my mother sal, and Uerweut came. If it was a wor kshop, and they made shoes in it, it would still be my room. 1 sat down there accordingly, not wait- ing thinking it just possible that their might be something to tell pretending t- myself that it was premature, anJ CI1APTKR X.\. "So, Clare," said Derwent. "Bertie has . , IT delighted ; but being I.ucy, there was all a familiar pleasure m u. notwithstanding . tn e U . n .u w kwardnes.ofau hour's interview all the** changes. It was atlll my room, | wlt h a friend who di. -s not appreciate the perfections of the lady, and is not to be con- vinced of them. Poor Bertie s rejoicing lips were sealed, aud his enthusiasm met a full check. He could not aay half, nor a tenth I lost no time in acting upon your words, part, of what he meant to say; and yet Do you know with what errand re came to theie was tenfold greater reason for proving , me to-night ?" to me the excellencies of Lucy thau he hud "Yes ; I saw him first," said I- ever supposed. "And you don'tseem very much delighted, "She has no guardian," I saiil, at last, | I am bound to say. Did you expect the in a tone which I felt to be chilling, but young follow to hang on to your skirts, that I I oould not alter. "Her (ther left no will, Clare ' ' said l>-rwenr. "It doss not really did not expect to hear anything, yet j ""*. " >h "" " ' ortun . e - n<1 Mr - Cro , (lon """"at his age." undertook the care ot her, none has been "1 expected nothing unbecoming 111 rues step all the same, and | anappomted. I do not know whether Bertie," said I. a little displeased, "which Lucy thought of referring you to anytio Iv that would have been; but ( confess I el i. She has great prudence; perhaps she thought it sudden. They have seen very bkile you see M r. I 'mttin ?" i little of each other to make up their mind s 'She knew 1 came to tell you, cousin, so soon." which 1 thought was all thai wan nee. - "Kor a youth of two-an.l-twenty he has aary," said Bertie, in a mortified tone, chosen very discreetly," stid Derwent. "A But of course I will see Mr. Cr.'iton tatter girl than Lucy is not posuble. I immediately. He who protects and -are* told hi in 1 thought he was in great luck, for her surely has the best right lo be con- ' suited, and I trust soon sh will want no other protection nave mine. ' "Then I presume you wish the necessary arrangements to be made soon ?" saiil I. "Bui you arr boih very young, Kertie; it I con'eas, in the quietness and suspense, a single chill of apprehension stole over ins. Was it Alice? Had she left her moliter so Boon ? hut of course it was Alice !--who but Alice could walk with Bertie Nugent aftei that fashion under the Kstcourt tress ' Kverythmg was quiet, languid, dull. I oould not help returntsju to those days be. fore my msrriage when I knew nothing of Derwent, where he was, or what his senti- ments were ; when I used to sit in this same room by myself, hearing faintly all the sounds of life without, an isolated, lonely woman, thinking so to spend my life. An i that day of Kate Crof ton's marriage '. l!u t though 1 smiled, I trembled to think of it ; ail he seems to be qu;te ot my mind.' "Ye* ; he appears very happy," said "Upon my honor, Clare, you take i: very >-nlly. I .-xp.-.-ted to riii'i you quite excited about 'the second marriage in the family,' " will be best to wait." i ,,! Lferwent, laughing. ~ "I would rather "The *oonV the Iwlter, I ihlnk. especial- ' it had been H<:> v i ration : but as it is 1 ly now," said It.-rtie. Then there c*me , am very well pleased. What is wrong' another pause. 1 could see ho was deeply You re quite severe and stately t-j-uighl, mortified, and I was grieved at it, yet did Madame C'are." ( not feel that I oould do anything 10 mend "I w< uid rather it In 1 been Henry and thanked l>od in my heart for the bright , the matter. "Then I wiil go to Mr. Crof- , Crofton too," said I : " that is all." ' ton," he added, after a little, ami. looked ' "Ah. I perceive: odd enough now I course that lay before their two children, whom liod bleis I Thus I waited by myself fur Bertie's return. And I was not deceived. Kre long 1 heard a quick, firm step ouuide, from room to room for someone, and I could heat a softer step steal upstairs. A'- last Bertie found me out, an 1 wistfully at me, as if to see whether I had positively nothing more to say. Hi- had almost readied the door before I spoke. "Bortie," I sai<!, calling him liaok, "I socking ' * m orr y ' cannot say anything to give you pleasure. I am disappointed ; that is the 1 whole. I had other fanciee. By and l.y. lon\ think you *ver have takon to Lucy, Clare," said Derwent. " Why, I wonder ? She's a very good girl, i* the n, -f " A very good girl," said I, gravely. " Then what have you got k'rni her ? She's particularly attentive to you. I liku her for that," said my husband, with a guncu of inquiry, from wiuc'i I averted my face. An,) particularly attentive to me," of course, 1 sball be quite pleased ; anil in the meantime you must jual bear with me. into the room with an exclamation' of joy. ' B " 1 ""' o' 00 ""*. '' not in the least u affect what I said to you in January about lac* was tlush*d-h* was breath.lees , K.,court, Do not stop me ; the muter is | said I ; but sometimes people are too alien with his great news ami camo forward important in your circumstances, and you with such a swell of prid* and happiness ; understand that nothing can alter the that I was touched to the heart. i *eltlement which we made then. In the ,, .. ' meantime, on your marriage, the half ot the Cousin Uere. h. cried. " wish me ,oy : ; renUi and , t ^ y llealn K^, yourm ." I am the happietl man alive :" "That mus'. be as you please, cou-in, " Happier than Hugh Sedgewick '" laid ''' Bertie, firmly and nobly. " I would I. " I w.shyou joy with all my heart, """""T h !L e "'.'".''. kind words just now than Katuourl ; but 1 have not any thing tive and too good, Derwent. Poor human nature objects to be outdone." " Which means that you don't intend to explain your objections to Lucy. As you wiil," said my husband : " but 1 assure you I congratulated Bertie heartily, and 1 think he has done very well.'' With which word* ihe convenation end- ed ended with a kind of aghoat of aquarrel between my husband and myself, and a little resliained our cordiality for that night, which I am afraid did n.,t improve ihe amiability of my sentiments toward Lucy. 1 lay awake pondering the whole matter for a long time, and the it range in. -I.- what a blind fool I had been. From ! incident of the Kaster Monday returned to the tint day they met, Kertie had nought ' my mind. Could Lucy have anytlnn.- tn her society ; and though Lucy gave, or do with the owner of that .lathi >g call -. - _ M.JW innii nLi-uurk tie. fo suppose you can mean only one lo ,| o wlt |, th i : ,t is as you please." tiiog. 4 tod bless you, my dear boy \" And so he strutted lorth majestically, He came up and shook my hand, wrung c '" n lh ' t "'-. l "; t >''''l him with punctilious ti .liiKiirts, ami left, me alone again with alm.iet, tu sincere was his grasp, and so | my card cast!., all blown to piece*, i Ins happiness. , thought it over, and I could see more and " I may own it to you now," said I : "it ha* been the desire of my heart, I have wished for it so much that I began to dread seemed to g > . I.OJ..M of her a'tientio-i t<) and steaming thorough-ho.1 ? How was it thai u never would come to pars. !>..-. nt bun, othei vi>e occupied a* she nasal the thtt the sight of them overpowureJ her ays I am no match-maker, but 1 have Ixith t "" <! > ' '"*'' nu doubt she was conscious of it tor the first Time with such a consciousness hoped jiid plotted this." ' ' r '"" lhl ' fir * 1 ' "* thlDk h " w '*''>' ' h *'' "' ner orphanage that she was compelled ; been -l,,iw complaisaiitly lent to leave me, moved by feelings which had lounhtso. said Bertie, (knew my own assistance to deceive myself ! Wli-n lieen quite qmeKtmt sud manageable hi' her- y*u wiiheil it I told her so, but ihe would ' >-*a to go into particulars, and recalled U , yet was itill out walking in the not be. ieve n e. " that viit to the cottage which Bertie had garden when I returned- The uircums'.inc "I dare ssy she thought it too -ion a ; !er |eriiiied me to, and which after all was ' es were very suspicions, and Iwi-ama more this marriage," said I. "Why .lid ilie not . " Ol to visit Alice, but to be fora whole and more so ;. 1 p in i.-n- I i.\.r in-m, and come with you. Beitie r It must have , lon i{ day with Lucy, my whole heart lose in brn I 1 wet iimr.>u.;hly lis.Moient.- I. and been an abutting day for her, poor child." against her. And if 1 turned to ihe future, not to !* salisti.'d ><y any exercise of reason. 1 want.-.! her to come, but she would remembering what pleasant dreama 1 en- Luoy's calm AU< to me only an impenetrable not," sud Kertie; "Kor it is strange whai terlamed an hour ato, and liow th* entire n I uncertain lurface, which some uiisui a lotlle.i idea Liu y has tl.at you will not wop* ' that future was changed, Kstcoiirt |-ete.l influence might break np under our b* pleased." itself grew painful to my eyes when I j feet at any moment. A person who is m- "kucy ! gasped out the name with a ' "ought thai nencefurwar.l its mistress comprehensible by ordiniry rules of nature -' '' ' Lucy Crofton ; thai she it u generally inorr or l.-ss a suspicious per- was who should inhibit thete fitnuliar looms, walk on thit lerract>, oierlook tiiit Mid leu sensation first of utior surprise, then of sctual rage and ditappointmnnt wl.i.-ii t'orniisd mysel'. "Lucy !" J not aay another word, "Yes l.ury. " Bertie looked at me, sud. denly chilled and full of aston'-him-nl; then h* onntinuril in a tone of -nil defense, half defiant, half apologetic "Who should it ' be but I.ucy, Cousin Clare?" 1 think I g/oaned aloud in the mere effort I how ''". l '- v . to relieve myself. I. : ,., r , urpnw , "tine,.! she would be upon wemedtomea plan of malice to wound,''""-. An<l *" 1 *''" *'' A 1 '" 1 shuuld be This tlT gi 10 irl had been in my constant ni or five months, and 1 knew Harden; that tlinnigh her interpii-t.itioii the no more abo-it her withes, hei t hough ts.and next generation should learn the rhtriU'de her loves, that 1 did the firn day. K.v.-rv f< liy i>f my orphan school, and have to now and then 1 maie a sudden discovery of tllinlr "' tno happy children ho . \oii-en, something which she had no mutive what- "' ho * r< " ' n!<Mt I'aupers. I he idea ever for concealing, and yet " never men. . *lungm* ; for I cnuld perceive lieforehanrl turned," wiich was her form of putting i lie how '' ucy w " u1 '' lll>lt ' an<l '<(iw tenderly niaUi-r. What would her pov.-r of <-.>n- P r Aunt ceal'iu-nt be if she had really had something to conceal? me the more deeply. Who should u 1, secondary consideration. Wa Bertie likily In the in.'imng 1 came to the resolution but I. n v ' Oh, Bertie, iiinocen' l..w ' I V ^ '''.'I'.'V w " h '-'"'y ^'rottun for a wife ? of asking a year's delny from B-rtie, a very 1 wiwglvl I > try and foik>nt this lat view of t'leaucstlon. Till last (.'luittmai. It Tile j j .I , i , I"" 1 Al '? a '""' lw y b *n together at ondltlon, wlm-h, considering the age of both, wss also very reasonable, and to which Derwsnt fully contented. turned frun him in nain ml ninrtitii-atiou t" the window; then I turned, dirgunted, fiom that part of Ki urt whicii wsi to l . I." -y Crof ion's. Kor the moment 1 tell into ' lay tune ; Imt it, wa, ol ooure, gave in after considerable perjua-iion. but t iinchrntian and miserahle *mo- I U ll "' r *"' IB " t '"" '"''"' N "" thl "' *' l l u *'" u could not end tne di.-, ,,,. without af- tnm. l.u s ' 1 kept my face awiy frmn ~ l * > * l ' r " t '"' r '"I -sister kind mien front ing me liy a hope that in the meanturo him, and did not speak vain. I whlch ' hoped lo ee grow into a inure ile | would be kind to Lucy, which, from him. Ann ; ki-pt -lil.-iit. I have no j ""'"' prf>'reni-e. But tLings had certainly , I confess, wound. I more than l' 'i wa* hurt, andsho-ked and griev- i cl '*" k:riil ' t tllrlr '* >l M1N ""'J Alice win to hav,- done. Km.i ! per.iap* h* onsly dinappoiiitnd; shook^d that I himld '"'''"C 1 "' '' h lu>r Ulster. Hsd she obwrv.- I wa-. right for I certainly could not shw -me i 'empnr and unami*bl feeling iwnntnd that tho crisis of hi* life li-td He stood look'ng "' "' ' wistfully, his fax- burning red, and I- el; Hot, knowing whether to y . .- i>r what to say. I h id entered so willingly into all th.a |in..r n!:- i/i'iom. it. il (lie poor h,,> n (|Uile sanguine .if my sympttli\ was totally unprepared for the cliaiig now. HIM..! .|<nte silent. w*jt :hing me. fol- lowing with his eyes every n.oveinent 1 At la<t he Kpak " 1 am (jrievd to disappoint you, Cnuriit . I h\v in. i dune anything whidi l list |!rtie no longer loi.k tin- tune pains ^ive love to my gui-i. nor, I (ear, even toaik her nut anil snare her amusements ? esteem ; but these things would not come I 'ill n. it u-ll ; l.n: | reineiiilM-ri> i with ..a ln-mg > -.1111111 in. I. d. l.-rtie an I I K Hiifoit her ur u! pi. | ue, her Muh of ; ingly, for I In first tnn.>, p>ri.-d i.tli.-r mid i m any way wound or mortify," her* - paused, with a rising color,' "any- one else, lint a< for my i-hnice, 1 r. and glory in it. ov-n while 1 grieve t l iat with in.. ; and having said li<pl<-uure, ami her unwillingness to leavo my so"iBty for him Yes; IM dmiiit Alice had been cloarer-iighted than I. On my w,y np<;ir for It wi .Irawing near llm dinner nmir I encounter.il I ron .IHL; .l.iu n. She was still in her white dress which the liu 1 worn at ti- ami looked rather siii.iu. I and pn>- mil so happy as one might have supi from Il-Ti > .nets. Kur tho Ural lime Lucy faltered leforn mo hekiiatod, him,' lioM-n IM-I head, and rl.angrd i-ol.ir. I |y aiiotbor agreoabl* token of tin. in- Ilin-iii-e of I.ucy >lc the liest io<tino<l possible of making my kiswd her gravely,' and was the tir.t :,, 'J 1 * 1 1 speak. " B. rti has told in*," said I ; " I con- fess I wan MI |iri- 1 . I. u v : mil I trutt and dislik* a (MMi'ive enmity. Mrs. Harleya-nl hr family left OK n \ day. In present circuiii.H'anoes I thought it just as well to keep m.ent aUmt this change of lU,r. Ah '\ Iw/th In r brother, of uliom, tiiough 1 il-.t n.,- ptr'icul.irly admire lum, nlii. wa* very proud, and aid good li\e .' U rii with mirh uay gn..,l humor and friendliness, this, perhaps I had lwttr go a hnjn you may both be very ha|i|n ' . iiivm-l! "You "Thank you, Aunt CUr.-,' .'..id I. lly lli.a tun.. 1 . i must do no such thing, Bertie," said I. llcv. '1 Hut ihs <lid not look up roli*vo<l, as I had ii'mnlling i-'.infprt from the t)ioiit(ht that my intentions had as little force in hi-i mini n in his. And Mr. Marley could talk of nothing but Clara, ui.nili'ring huw far shn wan liy this timr, whelhi-i the detr child w.ml.l !ike travel- ing, ami it Mr. ^sdg*wiok would b* consid- erate enough lo keep her well wrapped np. re waa really no occasion for intro- ducing a new event, and, on the whole, it seemed wisnst in say aoihing about it, I will not positively answer for u that the wicked and worldly policy of those elderly people who snub Che alUflnnen'.i uf th* young as a duty, did not whisper in my ear, " There is no telling what may happen in a year ;" but at all event* I took the uega- tive method of witdnm, and held my peace. The end of the week found u* once more at home, and all these 'nuch-expccled fes- tivi'.i.s thrown back into the past. I confess I had almost forgotten Clara Barley's marriage already. The new incident was of so much greater importance, that it blotted out that other complete event which no longer left any room for imagination. Clara was married, and there was an end of her ; but a* for Lucy, she was close to me, by side every day, an J, strange aggravation, was Bertie'* chosen, and the future mistress of Kstcourt. I bent my mind to my duty as far as I wa* able. For Bartie's sake, and for necessity's, I tried very hard tc find out some p iints of ucion between the veiled spiril by my side and my own. And Lacy replied to my efforts with the utmost sweet- ness sat with me, walked with me, talked with me, was attentive to every wish I ex- pressed, and tried to anticipate those I said nothing about, but withal never once lifted that veil, never betray-*! herself; and love, however solicited, would not corr.e. But we preserved, as may be supposed. an appearance of the in os I perfect friendship. Lucy kissed me morning and evening as duly as he .-ime down and went upstair*. She talked of Bertie as sensibly and quietly as if she had been his grandmother ; but I am grieved lo asy she still continued, despite all my endeavors, to provoke \nd "ag- gravate" me. My attention was roused, and my eyes jealous. I remembered her paleness and heavy look when I me' her at Eilcourt on the stair* ; I remembered the incident of the cab ou Easier Monday. I began lo think and recall to my mind what she said about her father's servant, and the letter addressed to 1'lantagenet Hall, and I could not help observing that Lucy still got the same succession of letters, and that still the msi.l brought down her share uf the outward bound correspondence just a* the post bag was about to be clo.-ed. One other time I thought 1 caught a glimpse of the same cab dashing along the road below HiU font, ami a little later saw Lucy enter, looking agitated and distressed : but when I <iuestined her aliout it, she only asked, with the same open smile of surprise, "I, Aunt (.'tare? I do not know any- body w!io drive* a cab and visits in th* village. " Tiiere was nothing to be got out of Lucy ; but I watched her with involuntary eagerness and kept her very close ua.'er my eye. When a young lady speaks very frankly aliout her betrothed lover, quotes his letters, and is quietly satirical over his opinions and weaknesses, and at tiie tame time get* heapi of other IrtteM, and seem* to have some mysterious, unext>lainablrelationihip with the Will o'-the- Wisp cap, which no- body knows anything about, one's curiosity becomes interested. I aiiio.l think 1 should have read th* addresses of Luoy's letters had she placed them on the hall table now ; and I confess I waa under temptations to steal the old man's bag from him and look over the correspondence clan- destinely. Then there began to be faint indications, breaking even through Lucy's self-command, that all wa* not so calm with her a* it used to be. .Sometimes her eyes looked a* though they had been crying : sometimes 1 was inclined to suppose she had nut slept much th last night : and at such time* Lucy quote. t Bertie, and smiled alhissimplici^swith a positive bitterness, as if she owed him a grudge. I never *tu lie.l the character of either man- or worn in before, but I did watc.i Lucy with an annum, and jealoua regard. Nothing she did escaped me ; and when she chose s book and read it, I us'-d to re wl it a/ter her, with some idea of catching a clew to her thought. Km the booii which Lucy read were all proper books, highly recom- mondcil for young miiei Ihe most of them liif.ilv superior to any human syiup.'liv whatever. I listened to her music, but that was the music she always played : and on the mhole, I could discover nothing about Lucy. We walked together at if there wa* a .Urk bridge between u* : and I knew instinctively that all my knowledge of her, ill my watching of ner, all the time we had spent together, hvl not enabled and never would enable me, tu pronounce with certainty upon any oue thing wnich Lucy was like, or waa not like to .io. (TO BK i HNTIM-I.D. ) Wo Must Have Peace. While we are five millions of Canadians to-day, we have the ports, the navigation facilities, the mineral resources, the agri cultural lands, the extension fisheries, the Uml>er resources for employing and sustain- ing a popt'Uuon of titty millions. The mam llunir needed for the successful upbuilding of Canada ia tho opportunity for peaceful Imp.-oveinent and ilevelopnifnt. \\ e must have |>eace. We must have security. We cannot atlord to keep np a stand ng army. The in tin u-iiance of a fieot is beyond our prevent ability, although wo have tin- greate* part ot a million tonsot ooem going hi|>j>uu ll'tnig on all noeans and *. i r .! l<r:t\m, ' the expense of her own j taxpayer* re ievea us of these costly safe iiuar is. Her ironclads, her cruisers and ler ar'-iials are as much for the pr ( ana.la as British shipping. The money which she upend* on an army and n\vy and tortitictiom for the mutual benefit of all port 11 im of the empire, we expend in liuiid ing railwsyt and canal*, exploring r-m..;.- dlairictn, siiinidi/ing s:>- imtlnp*. promoting imnrrce, extending post office facilities and m other work* fur thr internal develop- ' mi-lit of the . iiiii-'rv. The m . :ht> protecting arm of the empire enables us lo do this. With tht withdrawn, we would be. to war's itlarm* ; the peaceful development of the country would be con*t*ntly Mt|it.-d, tlin treasury would be drained for uaval and military expenditure. Solomon's Wisdom. L*itle girl" 1 don't see why folks call* Solomon wie." Aunt " He was." < !'ii' yini ilon't read your Bible tnu -li. i)iu-e, > ii.-u t M. wom.'ii claiimvi the am* . he wanted to -.it it m two, so eaon could have hall \\iiy. my littU brother would have more sen than that." A LIVE DAIRY POLIGY, ONTARIO MUiT TURX HER ATTEN- TION TO BUTTER AND CHEESE. >e rreBI tow la RaUlns; Wheat . If Asulral- LIB. 4 IB Wake anil Hills) Bsitler STUB PreSJI I* .r.-al Krli*ln Whr -! 4 aaadlaa* > He f The Ontario farmer has learned by ex- perience thai there is no profit in growing wheat. There was a time when tha wheat crop was the nv>t important of any, and realized a profitable pric ! in the market bui that day has gone, with small probabili- ty of its return in the near future. This condition has no: been brought about by any deterioration in '.he quality of the grain produced, but is directly attributable to the increased production from the large j areas brought under cultivation recently in foreign lands, where in former years, | the cultivation ot this cereal was not en- gaged in to any wide extent. But within the past decade or two India has sprung into prominence a* a wheat producer of vast acreage, followed by Australia, Mani ' toba and Argentina. The** have poured their product, into Liverpool, which regn late* the price of breewlstulTs th* world ever snd the price has com* down and stayed ! down because of t^e cheapened supply. The Canadian farmer, when in competition with the Cahfornian and Russian producer oould hold hi* own, but he cannot compete with th* humble wheat raiser in India, . whoee needs are no more costly than a rice : diet ami a loin cloth, nor with the cheap labor of the Argentine Republic, whence wheat i* seat to England and rairketed at .~>4 rent* a busheL It if true that grain from , tropics.! countries is inferior to Manitoba grain, being softer and much lest satisfac- tory in the tmllipg.yel in meeting a want it is acceptable, and LOWEB.S TIIK VAI.l'B of the superior article. With luw prices , abroad and lower still at home, the Ontario farmer cannot pursue wheat culture with any hope of profit, and mint cast around for some more lucrativeoulietfor his energy. Australian farmers have met the difficulty ; by turning their attention to dairy product* aud taking their land oat of wheat cultiva- tion. an<l so successful have they been that Australian butter ranks high m the English market anil meets with profitable sale. I tatario farmers would do well lo consider Australia's example. Ontario is the pastoral province of the confederacy. Here are some of the finest pasture lands in th* world, intersperse I with lakes and stream of the purest water. Few countries can present conditions so favorable to the rais. ing of c.i'.fie and the sustenance of dairy herds as Ontario pro ent*. Canadian cheese hold* a high place in toreigu market*, bat while great attention has been given to cheese production littlie attention has been bestoweduponbntterasanarticlefor foreign commerce. Farmer* wh > have been losing money in railing gram could hive secured I a profit had they turned their attention to | the dairy and availed themseive* of the demand which always exists abroad for prime dairy products. The Australians, luily alive to this valuibl.- trade, hava given an intelligent attention to butter making, ami the result H that they have, by the excellence of their product, developid a traffic with Kngland wmch already has given most gratifying returns, wf.lt promise of great expansion in the future. It Aus- tralian* can do this, Ontario agriculturists i can do the mime, and, as they have better 1 facilities for butter production than can be found at the antipodes, and ar* within a comparatively short di*tano*of tiie Knglish market, the. opportunity of > TIU. fRi>KlTS of the irade should not Iw itisregarde.1. The advantage would all be upon their side. The Unit which is now exhausted tiirn'jgh : successive grain crops, would regain it* tT'ihty after a few years of use as pasture) land, the work of dairying would not he so exacting on the farmer, fertili/er* in the shaie ot manure would Iw plentiful, and all the farming ueoess&ry would be to produce >uch crops as are needful for winter teedmg. Kt tensive dairying would lead to Ike selec- tion of the hi:ntMt type of milk pro Hieing stocc and tne increased value of animala would he another source of revenue to ihoae \rriobredtnem. By turning to lira industry in I tollowini; it with a will the farmers of tlni province could place tliem*elvs in a position wrlno'i a gram growers they can- not hope to attain. Both the !>.> u tiM'i and the Ontario (iov- ernmenU have luno o.umdorublo toward* directing af.-iiloi to this important tir.inrh of agrit-ul'ure. Prof. K'iTton, in i H <n. -1. 1:1 Mrydi-ii have rendere<i inviiuahle service in this direction, and the travelling dairies have imparted nincli practical m:i>nii tiu utx>n the subject, but wrtut is needs-i is a vigorous policy on the part of both Governments with a view to making durymg the Kaiting branch of ngrK-vilt'ire in this province, o eminently fitted by nature to prosper in that dire - ti in. The hti-rature of the subje-t shoultt IMJ widepreail in the farming districts, an I doswns of travelling diaries instead of one or two sh.mlil be put in operation in the ry. If one Prof, Robertson can tio much to encourage thu inda^try, a dosea' profenors of thcHcn-uc.- ,>f butter making mild do > < attention toaf>rofiia'' to > long noglnctexl would met with the approval it every farmer snd friend of tiie !vriiierin th- land. The farming element in the Ontario '.itnrecm do a great deal towartU furthering Mich a oommwiulable movein -nt, whirh, if properly cirrie.l out will in a tew * tlie finest butter j'ir.ui ing country in the world. Poor Thlngr ! I -uterine (nrlor suddenly s th* turn up the light) K:hel, yo.i were sitting entirely too close \a Mr. Uctthei* wKn 1 em* K:h'l Mother, you know well enough how afraid 1 am m th* dark ! The >?ulta i of Jailor* wean an electric i<lit m hu shirt from.