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LÂ¥e Abe ki them full time, but stud growlin‘ an‘ E. _smarlin‘ together at wan ind av the E rsom. I tuck up my cap and wint out to v _j@anteen, thinkin‘ no little av me.ilf, an‘ + there _ I grew ondacintly dhrunk in my legs. My head was all reasonable. .. you?‘ .**‘I will break his head upon his ~ .shoulders ay he puts hand on me,‘ sez L. .‘ *E will give him the lie av he says that I‘m dirty, an‘ I wud not mind duckin‘ him in the artillery trough if it was not that I m thryin‘ for :<y sthripes.‘ wid Slimmy‘s wife?‘ sez another. E. ‘Pristbm wats 3+ this perticher on a suddint?‘ 7* * *Has he not put his spite on the woomful ay ns? Can we do anythin‘ that ‘uot let him go,‘ ses they. «** We will not lot him go,‘ ses he will not check us for?" ses another. * *That‘s thrue,‘ sez L * ‘Will ye not help us to do aught,‘ * ‘Is that all yo will do?‘ sez another. ‘Have ye no more spunk than that, ye bloodâ€"dhrawn calf?‘ «* *Blobdâ€"dbhrawn I may be,‘ says I, fi‘ back to my cct an‘ makin‘ my round ut, ‘but ye know that the man who comes acrost this mark will be more bloodâ€"dbrawn than me. _ No man gives me the name in my mouth,‘ I sez. ‘Onderstand, I will have no part wid you in anytbin‘ ye do, nor will I raise my fist to my shuperior. Is any wan coming " ‘Houligan,‘ I sez to a man in E Comp‘ny that was by way ay bein‘ a frind ay mine ‘I‘m overtuk from the belt down. Do you give me the touch of your shoulther to presarve me formation an‘ march me acrost the ground into the high grass. I‘ll sleep ut off there,‘ sez I; an‘ Houliganâ€"he‘s dead now, but good he was while he lastedâ€"walked wid me, givin‘ me the touch whin I wint wide, ontil we came to the high grass, an‘, my faith, the sky an‘ the earth was fair rowlin‘ undher me. I made for where the grass was thickest, an‘ there I slep‘ off my liquor wid an easy conscience,. I did pot desire to come on books too frequint; may characther havin‘ been shpotiess for the good half ay a year. *"Whin I roused, the dhrink was dyin‘ out in me, an‘ I felt as though a sheâ€"cat had littered in my mouth. I had not learned to hold my liquor wid comfort in thim dnys. ‘Tis little betther I am now. ‘I will get Houligan to pour a bucket over my head,‘ thinks I, an‘ I wud ha‘ risen, but I heard some wan say: ‘Mulâ€" vaney can take the blame av ut for the blackslidin‘ hound he is.‘ * ‘Oho!‘ sez I, an‘ my head rang like m guardâ€"room gong; ‘fwhat is the blame that this young man mast take to oblige Tim Vulmea?‘ For ‘twas Tim Vulmea that spoke. . 80 _ _ "I turned on my belly an‘ crawled through the grass, a bit at a time, to where the spache came from. . There was the twelve ay my room sittin‘ down in s little patch, the dhry grass wavin above their heads, an‘ the sin ay black murdber in their hearts. I put the stuff aside to get clear view. â€" +4 (‘%%g all well,‘ sez wan ay thim, ‘but who‘s to do this shootin‘?‘ *‘ ‘Fwhat matter?‘ sez Vulmea. ‘‘Tis Mulvaney will do thatâ€"at the coortâ€" martial.‘ . "4 ‘He will so,‘ ses the man, ‘but whose hand is put to the triggerâ€"in the woom? . * "Who‘ll do ut?‘ sez Vaimes, lookin‘ wound, but divil a man answered. They began to dishpute till Kiss, that was m’hyll' shpoil fixe, sez: ‘Thry the e * wa.mhqlul his jackut an‘ out palammers, an‘ they all foll in with the notion. _ _ _** "Deal ont‘ ses Vulme, wid a big ratâ€" â€" éita‘ oath, ‘an‘ the black curse av * ‘A dog,‘ says Vulmea. ‘You‘re a nice hand to this job! As I said, Mulvaney will take the blameâ€"avy ut comes to a pinch,‘ _ _ _ _ e ~!**"Tis hard to swear a man‘s life away,‘ sez a young wan. _ _ â€" * ‘Fwhat‘s that?" sez wan man, jumpâ€" in‘ up. _ _ n o se _ * "Thank }o for that,‘ thinks I. ‘Now, fwhat the divil are you paragins conâ€" thrivin‘ against me?" ooo "‘‘Tis as easy as dhrinkin‘ your quart," sez Vulmea. ‘At seven or thereâ€" on, O‘Hara will come acrost to‘the marâ€" ried quarters, goin‘ to call on Slimmy‘s wife, the swine} Wan av us‘ll psss the wurrd to the room an‘ we shtart the divil an‘ all ay a shinoâ€"laughin‘ an‘ grackin‘ on an‘ ‘trowin‘ our boots about. ‘Thin O‘Hara will come to give us the ordher to be quist, the more by token bekase the roomâ€"lamp will be knocked over in the larkin‘. He will take the -hul,m road to the ind door where there‘s the lamp in the veranda, an‘ that‘ll bring him clear against the light as he sthands. He will not be able to Jook into the dhark. Wan av us will foose off, an‘ a close shut ut will be, an‘ shame to the man that misses. ‘Twill be Mulvaney‘s rifle, she that is at the head ay the rackâ€"thare‘s no ‘mistakin‘ that Ion{-:rhfiocked, crossâ€"eyed bitch even in the dhark.‘ 80 _ ,__"The thief misnamed roy ould firin‘â€" pisco out av jealousyâ€"I was pershnaded av thatâ€"an‘ ut made me more angry than all. ‘‘But Vuimeap goes on: ‘O‘Hara will @hrop, an‘ by thé times the light‘s lit again, there‘ll be somé ‘u ay us on the chest av Mulvaney, cryin‘ murdher an‘ rapa. Mulvaney‘s cot is nsar the ind eE n en o e Oe us door, an‘ the shmokin‘ rifle will be ly*ls' under him whin we‘ve knocked hin over.â€"We â€"know, â€"an‘â€" all â€"the .reg‘ment knows, that Mulvaney has given O‘Hara more lip than any man ay us. Will there be any donbt at the coortâ€"martial? Wud twelve honust sodgerâ€"bhoys swear away the life av a dear, quiet, swateâ€"timpered man such as is Mulyaneyâ€"wid "his line aÂ¥ pipeâ€"clay roun‘ his cot, threatenin‘ us wid murdher ay we overshtepped ut as we can truthful testify?‘ e _ ** ‘Mary, Mother ay Mercy!‘ thinks I to mesilf; ‘it is this to have an unruly mimber an‘ fistes fit to use! O the sneakin‘ hounds!‘ ‘‘‘The big dhrops ran down my face, for I was wake wid the liquor an‘ had not the full ar my wits about me. I laid shtill an‘ heard thim workin‘ .themselves up to swear my life by tellin‘ tales av fvery time I had put my mark on wan ar another; an‘ my faith, they was few thag was not so dishtinguished. ‘Twas all is the way ay fair I‘gn‘:, thougb, for mniver did I raise my hand excipt whin tw had provoked me to ut. w ©W4a all well.‘ sez wan av thim. .fi.‘ come: ;.o.fi;‘min fin‘ v‘mrm duty as kyards say. Amin ‘H"ll Jack is the masther,‘ ses Kike, dealin‘, Biack Jack, sorr, 1 shad Gonoluded from last Isawe. . | St; Sn hy Sh ahave ahibge emiy trom Cl y ) y nAÂ¥dhasts 1 dseit â€" and | Vulmés an‘ lef* bim sittin‘ playin‘ wid h," see 1, ‘*O‘Hara‘s a divil and for denyin‘at, but is he the only he wurruld? lniu:-r He‘ll aÂ¥ findin‘ our kit foul an‘ our to you, is the ace av shpades n time immimorial has been for the kyard. Vuimes ses no word for a wholle but licked bis z-"“‘" ‘Thin he throw up bis ‘ made the -.mbh‘*hnlndn- known, to stand by him not alone in the room but at the coortâ€"martial. that was to setrun me! He tould off five av the biggest to stretch me on my cot whin the shot was fired, an‘ another man he tould off to put out the light, an‘ 2 another to load my riflie. He wud not that himself; an‘ that was quare, ‘*twas but a little thing. "Thin they swore over again that wud nut betray wan another, an‘ out ay the grass in diffrint ways, ‘two by two. A mercy ut was that they did not come on me. 1 was sick wid fear in the pit_ay my stummickâ€"sick, sick, sick! ATther they was all gone, I wint back to canteen an‘ called for a quart to put a thought in me. Vulmeas was there, dhrinkin‘ heavy, an‘ politeful to me beâ€" youd reason. ‘Fwhat. will I doâ€"fwhat will I do?‘ thinks I to mysclf whin Vulâ€" mea wint away. â€" ‘‘Presintly the arm‘rer sargint comer in sttffin‘ an‘ cruckin‘ on, not pleased wid any wan, bekase the> Martiniâ€"Henri bein‘ new to the rig‘ment in those days we used to play the mischief wid her arrangements. . ‘Twas a long time before I cud get out ay the way ay thryin‘ to pull back the backâ€"sight an‘ turnin‘ her over afther firing‘â€"as if she was a Sniâ€" * ‘Fwhat tailor men do they give me to work wig?‘ sez the arm‘rer sargint. ‘Here‘s Hogan, his nose flat as a table, laid by for a week, an‘ ivry comp‘ny sendin‘ their arrums in knocked to small shivreens.‘ showed him, as though I had been his mother, the way ay shtrippin‘ a ‘Tini, an‘ he shtrup her clane an‘ easy. I tould him to put her to again an‘ fire a blank into the blowâ€"pit to show how the dirt hung on the groovin‘. He did that, but he did not put in the pin ay the fallin‘â€" block, an‘ ay coorse whin he fired he was strook by the block jumpin‘ clear. Well for him ‘twas but a blankâ€"a full charge wud ha‘ cut his oi out.‘ _ ‘‘I looked a trifle wiser than a boiled sheep‘s head. ‘How‘s that, sargint?‘ sez I. "‘This way. ye blundherin‘ man, an‘ don‘t you be doin‘ ut,‘ sez he. Wid that he shows me a Waster actionâ€"the breech ay her all cut away to show the insideâ€" an‘ so plazed was he to rumble that he dimonstrated fwhat Hogan had done twice over. ‘An‘ thot comes ay knowin‘ the weppin you‘re provided wid,‘ sez he. " ‘Thanke ye, sargint,‘ sez I; ‘L will * ‘Zhanke ye, sargint,‘ sez I; ‘I will come to you again for further informaâ€" tion.‘ _ ** ‘You will not,‘ sez he. ‘Kape your clanin‘â€"rod away from the breechâ€"pin, or you will get into sbxopble.:_ Oe _ "I wint outside, an‘ could ha‘ danced wid delight for the grandeur ay ut. ‘They will load my rifle, good luck to thim, whoile I‘m away,‘ thinks I and back I wint to the canteen to give them their clear chanst. an‘ Jyjn‘ snug in my rifle. I was hot wid rage against them all, and worried the bullet ontâ€"wid my teeth as fast as I oud, the room bein‘ empty. Then I tuk my boot un‘ the clanin‘â€"rod and knooked out the pin ay the fallin‘â€"block. Ob, ‘twas was a kyartridge gone from my pouch ‘‘The cantcen was fillin‘ wid men at the ind ay the day. I made feign to be far gone in dbrink, an‘ wan by wan, all my roomful came in with Vulmes. I wint away, walkin‘ thick and beavy, but not so thick an‘ heavy that any wan cud ha‘ tuk me. Sure and thrue, there music when that pin rowled on the flure! I put ut into my pouch an‘ struck a dab of dirt on the holes in the plate, snttln’ the fallin‘â€"block back. ‘That‘ll o your business, Vulmea,‘ sez I, lyin‘ pasy on the cot. ‘Come an‘ sit on my phust the whole room ay you, an‘ I will take you to my bosom for the biggest divils that iver cheated halter.‘ I wud have no moercy on Vuimes. His of or his lifeâ€"little I cared. ‘"At dusk they came back, the twelve ay thim, an‘ they had all been dbriakâ€" in‘. I was shammin‘ sleep on the cot. Wan man wint outside in the veranda. Whin he whisthled they began to rage roun‘ the room an‘ carry on tremenjus. But I niver want to hear men laugh as they didâ€"sbkylarkin‘ too! ‘Twas like mad jackals. P * ‘Shtop that blasted _ noise!‘ _ sez O‘Hara In the dark, an‘ pop goes the room Jamp. I cud heard O‘Hara runâ€" nin‘ np an‘ the rattlin‘ ay my rifle in the rack an‘ the men breathin‘ heavy as they stud roun~ my cot. I oud sep O‘Hara in the light ay the veranda Jamop, an‘ thin I heard the crack avy my rifie. . She cried loud, poor darlint, bein‘ mishanâ€" dled. Next minut‘ five men were houldâ€" in‘ me down. ‘Go easy,‘ I sez, ‘fwhat‘s ut all about?‘ s _ ‘"Thin Vuimea, on the flure, raised a how! you oud hear from wan ind ay cantonmints to the other, ‘I‘m dead, I‘m butchered, I‘m blind{‘ ses he. ‘Saints have mercy on my sinful sow!! Sind for Father Constant! Oh, sind for Father Constant an‘ let me go clean!‘ gt{a-’ltmhmnocmw as I "O‘Hars plcks up the lamp in the veranda with a hand as stiddy as a rest. ‘Fwhat damned dog thrick is this ay yours?‘ sez he, nnd turms the light on Tim Vulmes that was shwimmin‘ in blood from top to toe,. The fallin‘â€"block had sprung free bebin‘ a full charge of powtherâ€"good care I tuk to bite dbwn the brass afther takin‘ out the bullet that there might be somethin‘ to give it full worthâ€"an‘, had out Tim from the lip to the corner ay the right eve, lavin‘ the eyelid in tatthers, an‘ nm along by the forshead to the hair. ‘ more av a rakin‘ plow, if you will onâ€" dherstand, than a clean cut; an‘ niver did I see a man bleed as Vulmea did. The dhrink an‘ the stew that he was in pumped the blood strong. The minut‘ the men sittin‘ on my chest beard O‘Harn spakin‘ theyâ€"soattered each wan to his cot, an‘ cried out very politeful: ‘Fwhat is ut, sargint?‘ _ _ ce 0 © ‘Fwhat is ut!‘ ses O‘Hara, shakin‘ Tim. ‘Well an‘ good do you know fwhat ut is, yo skuikin‘ ditehâ€"lurkin‘ dogs! Get m doolie, an‘ take this whimperin‘ seutt away. There will be more heard ay ut than any ay you will care for.‘ . _ ‘‘Vulmes sat up rockin‘ his head in his band an‘ moanin‘ for Father Conâ€" stant. * " ‘Be done!‘ sez O‘Hara, dhraggin‘ him up by the hair. ‘You‘re none so dead that you can not go fifteen years for thryin‘ to shoot me.‘ f " ‘I did not,‘ ses Vuimea; ‘I was shootin‘ mesiif.‘ * ‘That‘s quare,‘ sez O‘Hara, ‘for the MMIVPL jackut is black wid your powder.‘" He tuk up the rifle that was still warm an‘ begun to Inogh. ‘I‘ll make your life hell to you,‘ ses he, ‘for attempted murdber an‘ kapin‘ your rifie onproperly. You‘ll be hanged first an‘ thin put undher stoppages for four fifâ€" teen. _ The rife‘s done for,‘ sez he. ~_" ‘Why, ‘te my rifle!‘ see I, coming * *Fwhat‘s wrong wid Hogan, sargint?‘ " ‘"Wrong!‘ sez the arm‘rer sargint; ‘l say he was a brave man. ~He. is Yet is there mt & hm&*}l he mm cud . hear that, whin he stud * + down the reom â€" an‘ h&:dfi-fl AL.’vt-m1 u.un-u.vlu-.lu_ him for a| â€" So i power over t brave an‘ I liked so. Because I wrought them = ‘¥Wwhat will 1 doP ses O‘Hata Aflwhfiui agin‘, an‘ we heard the volce ay a woâ€" mats low an‘ sof" in the veranda. ‘Twas Smail mirth was in the : Slimany‘s wife, come over at the shot, sittin‘ on warn ay the benches an‘ scarce able to walk. â€" " ‘Ob, Denuyâ€"Denny, dear,‘ sez she, *have they kils you? *"O‘Hara looked down the room again, an‘ showed his teeth to the gum. Ther he spat on the Aure. _ â€" _ _ _ _ __** *You‘re not worth ut,‘ sez he. ‘I ight that lamp, yo dugs,‘ an‘ wid that he turned away, an‘ I saw him walkin‘ off wid Sltmmy‘s wife; she thryin‘ to . wipe off the powtherâ€"black off the front ay his jackut wid her handkerchief. ‘A brave man you are,‘ thinks Iâ€"‘a brave man Whey was all ashamed, past spache. ** *Fwhat d‘you think be will do?" sez wan ay thim at last. ‘He knows we‘re all in ut.‘ * ‘Are we so®" sez I from my cot. ‘The man that ses that to me will be hurt. I do not know,‘ sez I, ‘fwhat onâ€" derhand divilment you have conthrived, but by what I‘ve seen 1 know that you can not commit murdber wid another man‘s rifieâ€"such shakin‘ cowards you are. I‘m goin‘ to slape,‘ I sez, ‘an‘ you can bow my head off whoile L lay.‘ I did not slape, thougb, for a long time. Can ye wonder? ‘"Next morn the news was through all the rig‘mint, an‘ there was nothin‘ that the men did not tell. O‘Hara reâ€" ports, fair an‘ easy, that Vulmea was come to grief trough tamperrin‘ wid his rifie in barracks, all for to show the mehanism. An‘ by my sowl, he had the impart‘nince to say that he was on the shpot at the time an‘ cud certify that ut was an accident! You might ha‘ knocked my roomful down wid a straw whin they heard that. ‘Twas lucky for thim that the bhoys were always thryin‘ to find out how the new rifle was made, an‘ a lot av thim had come up for easin‘ the pull by shtickin‘ bits ay grass an‘ such in the part av the lock that showed near the trigger. The first issues of the ‘Tinis was not coversl in, an‘ I mesilf have eased the pull avy mine time an‘ agin. A light pull is ten points on the range to Vulmea!‘ sez be; but whin he saw him, all tied up an‘ groanin‘ in hospital, he changed his will. ‘Make him an early convalescint,‘ sez he to the doctor, an‘ Vulmea was made so for a warnin‘. His big bloody bandages an‘ face puckered up to wan side did more to kape the bhoys from messin‘ wid the insides av their rifies than any punishmint. â€" * ‘I will not have this foolishness!‘ sez the colénel. ‘I will twist the tail off ‘"O‘Hara gave no reason for fwhat he‘d said, an‘ all my roomful were too glird to inquire, tho‘ he put his spite upon thim more wearin‘ than before. Wan day, howiver, he tuck me apart very polite, for he cud be that at the choosin‘ * *‘Tis ‘not like you,‘ sez he, ‘to lave your rifle in the rack widout the breechâ€" pin, for widout the breechâ€"pin she was whin Vulmea fired, I should ha‘ found the break av ut in the eyes ay the holes, _ ** "You‘re a good sodger, tho‘ you‘re a damned insolint man,‘ sez he. _ _ _ _ _‘ ‘Fair words, sargint,‘ sez I, ‘or I may be insolint again.‘ ism * ‘Sargint,‘ ses I, ‘fwhat wud your life ha‘ been worth if the breechâ€"pin had been in place, for on my sowl, my life wud be worth just as much to me if J tould you whether ut was or was not ’Bo thankful the bulles was not there, ses. *‘ ‘Sargint,‘ sez I, ‘I cud hammme: the life out av a man in ten minuts wid my fistes if that man dishpleased mo; for I am m good sodger, an‘ I will be threated as such, an‘ whoile my fiste: are my own they‘re strong enough for all work I have to do. They do not fiy back toward me!‘ sez I, lookin‘ him betune the eyes. * ‘‘That‘s thrue,‘ sez be, pulling his mustache; ‘but I do not believe that you for all your lip, was in that business.‘ * *You‘re a good man,‘ sez he, lookin‘ me betune the eyesâ€"â€"an‘ ohb, he was a gran‘â€"built man to seeâ€"‘you‘re a good man,‘ he sez, ‘an‘ I oud wish, for th: pure frolic ay ut, that I was not a sarâ€" gint, or that you were not a privit; an‘ ou think me no coward when I say this ‘h!!m;"_ ul ie 80 * ‘I dn not,‘ sez I. ‘I saw you whin Vulmea mishandled the rifle, But, sarâ€" gint,‘ I sez, ‘take the wurrd from me now, spakin‘ as man to man, wid the shtripes off, tho‘ ‘tis little right I have to talk, me being fwhat I am by nature ‘ This time ye tuk no harm, an‘ next time ye may not, but, in the ind, so sure as Flimmy‘s wife came into the veranda, sc sure will ye take barm~an‘ bad harm. Have thought, sargint‘ ses I, ‘it us worth ut?‘ You‘re a bould man,‘ sez be, breathâ€" in‘ hard. ‘A very bould map. But I am a bould man tu. Do you go your way, Privit Mulvaney, an‘ I will go mine." ‘‘We had no further spache thin or mfther, but, wan by another, he drafted the twelve ay my room out into other pooms an‘gog thim spread among the pomp‘njes, fop they was not a good bfeed to live together, an‘ the comp‘ny orf‘cers saw ug. They wud ha‘ shot me in the night ay they had known fwhat I knew; but Srey did not. "An‘ in the ind, as I Mid, O‘Hara met his death from Rafferty for foolin‘ wid his wife. He wint his own way too wellâ€"Eyah, too well! Shtraight to that affair, widout turnin‘ to the right or to the lef*, he wint, an‘ may the Lord have merey on his sowl. Amin|" ‘*Rar, ‘ear|‘‘ said Ortheris, pointing the moral with a wave of his pipe. ‘‘An‘ this is ‘im ‘oo would be a bloomin‘ Vulâ€" mea all for the sake of Mullins an‘ a bloomin‘ button! Mulline never went nfter a woman in his life. Mrs. Mullins, she saw ‘im one dayâ€"‘‘ ""Ortheris,‘" 1 said, hastily, for the romances of Private Ortheris are slightly too daring (or publication ‘‘look at the sup. It‘a quarter past six|"‘ _ _ ‘‘Oh, Lord! Threeâ€"quarters of an hour for fite an‘ a ‘arf miles! We‘ll ‘ave to run like Jimmy O." ts The three musketeers clambered on tc the bridge, and departed bastily in the directi¢n of the cantonment road. When 1 overtook them 1 offered them twc stirrups and a tail, which they accepted enthusiastically. Ortheris held the tail, and in this manner we trotted steadily through the shadows by ant unfrequented onel‘s bamnche, and" in‘ it sat the oo1. [then twoâ€"dozen separa onel‘s wife and â€"daughter. â€" I -w has ingeniously been suppressed chuckle, and my fito‘flb‘t}lln“ll’m forward with â€"a step. this was 3.'-"---â€"& Into ‘the E“:'.'.'h..".'. Te ciike No wan said a word for some time At the turn into the contonments we he i itout en a contract on the old Great YÂ¥eb k western . Canada. ?;r* hast power over me, Dundas an embankment caved in l.t.. ‘power over these, :::‘ll»‘utd'bmuuqh.hum Aflh‘.“hfi-:.‘m the workm t;leeeed:d; in _ exâ€" tricati k esca Smail mirth was in the maktng, Now | [Sufiocation was a msiracie" to° those And, wearied, at Thy feet I lay _ | Who witnessed it. He was made a _ My wares ere 1 go forth to sell. _ cripple for life, however. _ Mrs The long bazaar will pr but Thonâ€" ll-a'td-yhu;.m-d-o wellt Breeders‘ Association. In the Inâ€" stitute hbe is more generally interâ€" ested and has written nndv read a number of able and interesting essays on different branches in ‘arming. He is one of its original directors, among those associated with him being the late Isaac Masters, Robert_Tye, Charles Brown, _ Anson ‘ GroI{, William Cowan and others. The essay on deborning of cattle is a master effort In this he con demns the Dehorning of Animals Wimot â€" Pioneers demns the Dehorni:f of Animals as the most cruel and barbarous of practices on the farm and as being unworthy of aChristian community. His picture of the agonizing look of the animal while undergoing this operation should influence every man in favor of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals ard condemn the practice also. This principle he has advocated for years, His essay on the Power of Kindness is excell{-nt. As an inventor cf farm implements Mr. Bettschen is quite a genius, having been awarded the greater number of 150‘ prize cards now in his possession for a patent scuffier. As a farmer he practises what he preaches. Like the thorough busiâ€" ness man of the town or village he keeps a full set of books and at the end of the year he knows exactly how he stands. His barn is one of the most conveniently arranged in this section, the stables especially being the finest of any I have yet visited. The ceiling is two d:el higher than the average, and so nicely lighted by windows that from any corner almost every animal in the stable can be seen. The entire floor is of solid Queenston cement and is the pioneer of that kind . in this section. Confined therein are about thirty head of cattle, thirty hogs and five or six horses. _ There are several fine thoroughbred shortâ€" ‘hcrns, his favorite breed. There are also a number of splendid young steers which were raised on the farm, and several registered Durâ€" hams. Good feed is plentiful,and the stock is not denied the full amount required. c The farm comprises 150 acres, forty acres of which is in good tin‘.ger land, and ten acres of first class pasture land. The residence is a handsome stone structure and stands neair the edge of a slight bluff overlooking the lovely pasture bottoms of Alder creek, a tributary of the river Nith. _ This stream, which winds its tortuous course through the Bettschen farm, derives its name from the numerous alderâ€" berry thickets along its banks.. It never was dry in the summer season and the vicinity of its course is not unromantic. _ Away back _ in the past it teémed with speckled trout. We are reminded by the large number offlint arrow {ends. stone hatchets, etc., found that here the Indians often pitched their tents to fish and hunt, and we imagine we see the thin blue simoke of their wcod fires rising among the trees or the wily warriors spearing the iinny tribe or chasing the deer, and «lusky squaws with their pspooses hovering ;wd the ;:mp fire weaving s or per preâ€" paring scme of the speckled E:'auties venison or bear meat for the midâ€" day meal. Some of their old stone foot bridges over this stream are still in existence. _ It is different now when nature discards the frosty mantle of winter for. the green verdure of summer. Instead of a scene of savage life we see sleek cattle cropping the succulent blades of grass of a beautiful meadow and paleâ€"faced pedestrians from the adjacent towns and villages coming out daily for recreation or in searc of Indian relics or to angle for "shiners." The trout have _ long since become extinct in this stream, but flint arrowheadsare occasionally found now. _ Mr. Bettschen has several dozen of these relics at present, several of them being very fine specimens. He has also some family relics of rare value, one especially, in the shape of a book of general _ information, . entitled, **Seretarins," printed 450 years ago, also a number of Alpine Mountain deer horns, one of wgich has been convefted into nbinin::mre smoke' i A remajkably clever piece o m in thisjkoolle{tion is a conâ€" trivance for unwinding yarn from the spindle, It is of several inches in dimensions, containing . more ;.h:nilwodum separate m nm: ingeniously been per together inside a round lné;} Continusd from Lage 6) THE END. Bettschen‘s mother died in 1882, aged 80 years. The father died on March 24, 18%. at the -nu-uhr of 94 years. ‘The Bettschen family consists of three daughters. Anna the eldest, is the wife of Nathaniel Clemens, of Neustadt, and Ellen and Alice are living at home The {amily are members of the U. .B. church. The father has been %u‘ite active in Sundayâ€"school work, havâ€" ing for years served as Superintenâ€" dent of that branch of the church, and has also acted as Trustee for the latter and took an active part in temperance work during the existâ€" ence of the Scott Act. _ In politics hecias been a lifeâ€"long Liberal and was always a warm supporter of the banner bearers of his party in this constituency. . _ The beautiful brick and concrete block which adorns Front St. in the town near by is the result of his energy and was erected by him in 1887. Mrs. Bettschen is entitled to parâ€" ticular consideration in this sketch. In addition to attending to her household dutiecs and rearing her family she has at times taken her place in the field,when her husband, who has not been strong, ‘physicalâ€" ly, all his life, would succumb to overwork. To her is due a fair share of the credit for their success in reaching the comfortable pbsition they now enjoy in their declining i ooo _ It may be interesting to many to note here that grandfather Bettâ€" schen and all his sons composed what was known as the Bettschen Band. Previous to coming to America they performed in the city of Paris, i:‘ranoe. Upon their arrivalin New York they had the opportunity of playing at a demonâ€" stration held in honor of the famous General La Fayette while on his visit to the United States. This band was finally the nucleus for the New Dundee band. The love of music has ever since been a proâ€" minent feature in this section. He has now in his possession and compiled by his own hands and brain, a Bizle Chart. It is the reâ€" sult of over a quarter of a century of indefatigable study> and research. It covers a canvas 3x1; feet, and is positively a most remarkable piece of work and no doubt when inâ€" troduced to the public will tgg( unâ€" told benefit to Sabbath schopls_for which it is more particulan@inâ€" tended. Mr. Bettschen manages to keep two hands employed the year round, a rule he has always adhered to. His foreman, Mr. John W. Stager, has been engaged with him now for nineteen consecutive years, and a young man, Mr. George Hounly, for six years. The cultivation of fruit has also been a specialty on this farm. Some of the apples produced were among the collection in the Canadian exâ€" hibit at the World‘s Fair. There is also a fine grape arbor from which choice fruit is produced and small fruits are in abundance. The woman who is lovely in f:ce, form anod tempir will slways bave have friends, but one who would ba a:â€" bractive must keep her health. If she s weak, sickly and all ran down, she will be nervous and irritable, If she 1a« coustipasion or k dney troub‘e, ber â€"wpure blood will cause papler, b‘ot ches, rkin eruptions sand a wretched comp‘exion. Ki‘ectrie Bitters is the besb medicine in the world to reguia‘s stomach, liver and kidneys and to puriâ€" fy the blcod. It gives atrorg nerves, bright eyes, emootb, velvety »+kip, rich cormplrxion. It will make a good look:â€" ing, cbarming woman ef a runâ€"down invalid. O a!y 50 cents at 8. Soyder‘s D.ug Store. Rev. John Mcinnes, pastor of Knox church, Elora, has received a call from the united congregations of Thamesville and Turin in Kent county. It is reported that the Glebe Bartist church, Ottawa, has given a call to Rev. R. R. McKay, of Woodâ€" stock. Shurly and Dietrich, of Gait,have purchased more land and are about to erect a new building 200x60 feet and a large moulding shop. 1t is thoufiht that â€" their staff will be doubled in a short time. Was the result cf bis spiendid health Indomitable will acd _ bremendons energy are not found where Stomacb, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want ‘theso qualities «nd the success they. bring, use Dr .‘.‘d.:.hoxu&tx:‘:hiw -': DF | «coemersstarrtmgenms a Naw "'” mmamafi?. va«ly|Sanderson‘ mulwmm' ’l df _n: NEWS OF THE WBIK No Right To Ugliness. Rismark‘s Iron Nerve qoaavueqn & MORIDE _ Ausx. Mirca®, QC. Hanyer J. Sru8, BCL, Barristers, Bolicitors, Notartes, etc. "YWilce: Uvstairs Keonomical Block, King S4., West, be:!in. Reade & Hutchison (Money to Loan) s Ofice â€" DEVITEE BL0CK â€" wateie | EMIL F. SBRAUN . W M. READE. S. A. HUTCHISON. |DECORATOR ce se o House and Sign Painter. throat and car. Offlcoâ€"New residence, Albert street, Water l&c._,-_hr?_gmn.fidhhh Dr Dl. EVANS, Homeopathic .Physician, 105 King Street West, Berlin, Ont. Office © Killer‘s Block, Waserco Out J. A. Hilliard : ; DENTIST Office in Janzen‘s Block, Berlin, over Smyth Bros‘. store. Entrance between Fchrembach‘s saddlery and Stuebing‘s grocery : ; : : : : Fred G. Hughes D.D.S. L D. &.§Royal College of Dental Surgeons, D. D. . Toronto University : : : : : : W. R. WILKINSON, Dentist. FPFCIALTY: Preserration of matural teoth. Including mou ting artficial cro ns on sound rootâ€", and the isertion ef gold bridges to sup iy the !fluo ~t m.:..n‘mh withon: a plst e WPFIOR: Oraedisa Moat Mariia. ‘Paine 61 DEHENTIAT. Office in the Oddfellow‘s Block. Waterloo, Ont. Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries |pr, Conveyancers, ete. For the painiess Extraction of teoth ‘The office will be closed every Friday ‘ * O-i-bcn:rd'u-hu Officeâ€"At his residence on Erb stroot. 2 Ds 11 oncnc ds d acndcad & E2C Ir, D. 8.Bowlby Coroner for the Gounty W. YA whaiie, o. o. s.. Dr G, I. Bowiby All branches of dentistry practised s â€" Duxtiers, WazmenLoo, Will visit Elmira Dunke‘s lh% the secor d H_a;’u‘.‘ “E.(flm 1 p.m. to ?rll Rs. D. %lt G. H BOWLBY, vercrams, Surc®o . , Ero. ILLAR & S1IM8. R. C. T. NCCCKER, MEDALLIST OF TO ‘ momTo University, Licentiate of the Cal} Drszases or EYE Anp BAR Trzirsp, IVERY AND EXCH H. WEBB M D., Bugo::.l::.eufi-n:mtw Now Is Tuz Tues For Residence and office on King Stroek. Opposite Woolen Mills . â€" Phone 110 ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"~ _ Cheap Harness ""**" Uniurtleet Aimes _ | JOHN L. WIDEMAN. *"*/ onoNTUNDER W. L HILLIARD . . . noon from May 11 io November W. A. KUMPF, VETERINARY SURGBUN betrdie Corais B gevoun Gres Licentiato of ‘Meiical Councii, Greab Britain. Specialtyâ€"Diseases ‘of Weâ€" mon and Surgery. Calls day or night to loan at lowest rates of interosk .42 DR. McLEAN, Kuup L.D.8., Toronto, ‘%. D.D.9., Philadelphia, 91. Office and Residenceâ€"Jobn strect MRDICAL. DENTAL! St. Waterloo, and Erb Burcete, Water A. B, McBuarouw‘ E&-’;Pewelry =| i gauaeens / Esn Kouse and Sign Painter * . Eir Fac0be, ONTARIO._ _ .‘ MISS ANNA R.BEAN Teacher of Tiano and Orgar; pinno at the Turonte Conservatery of music. care of H. Kalsom:sing, Tint ng, eto., Hello There ! wWATERLOO Granite arnd Marble Works Charles N. Rockel T perol for hay ayle of wouk sither 1. Granine Erb Street, I" Zona hing dibuly efrrabeticn t ues And Horse pownr-cu&p-u. Ground and Repaired at ‘he Berlin Bicysle Repair Co‘s Queen 8t South. _ _ _ _ _ We are now busy grinding clippers from all parts of the country and we guarantee to Ei.‘nd your old clippers to eut equal to if not ter than the best new clippers manufasâ€" luredâ€"simply because we understand exâ€" setly what is required and have the latest improved clipper grinder on the market. We C@TL T PPHRS (imm Cncringht und Tamies Tragres in B es, wa \h.o‘gounty. mun save from .6.‘::..10 hy buying from me, atyle and quality comâ€" "a sidered. I am aleo ame Binders, Mewers and May Rakes, which are the highest grade machines im the world ; Rolless, in fact, a full line of Farm Impleâ€" menta. Horse shoeing as usual. Am known by the leading horssmen as a practical buy t fine assortment and are sclling c the highest grade machines im the world ; Wilkinsen and "l:‘l’fl Pleughs, Steel Land Rolless, in fact, a lme of Farm Impleâ€" afford to wear a broad smile like A. C. THOMAN King 84. East of Scott, â€" Berlin, Ont [_‘Klnl-da-lc.-u-num ‘stock consisting of herses, eighs, eto., at a reasomable figure. Terms can John Strebel‘s, Livery for Sale. Implement Works. Buch as â€"APâ€". Sarger‘s Drug, Stote.., Waterloo. Ont. SHAEFER BROS. FRESH ARRIVALS _0"_ Pure Oaustic Soda "_ Insect Powder "_ American Hellebore " _ Sulphur ~ * Blue Stone * Paris Green * Moth Camphor, eto. Sgecial prices for quantity. Berlin Carriage e 5+ sah h4, veigll prrfibcveg nb cituf m onl immenm i HORSE & TOILET Oil Pain Paper H .fia'-&-i.:--.e'!-m W ATERLOO Papor Fargeande . a specialty, Address WATERLOO