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After this Sir Ralph used to ask each day how Mrs. Gifford.was going on.. His own injuries, though severe, were doing woll, but he was impatâ€" fent and cager to be up again. But about a woek after his accident ho ‘‘Yes:; she fainted last Wednesday morning, and 1 was sefit for, and has been very low and feverish ever since,"" answeredd the doctor. ‘"‘How does she seem mow?" he askâ€" ed,: anxiously. During the next few days she had a sharp attack of nervous fever, and the doctor noted the eager, anxious look in her dark eyes whenever he entered thr room. "My patient at Harewood is going on very well," he would say in anâ€" aswer to the unspoken question: and once he ventured to speak of her to Sir Ralph Woodland. But Laura did not slcep for many hours. An incflable sense of joy and reliel flooded her whole being. _ She twesed from sitle to side:. strange fantres camé â€"\Rovnk â€"thto â€"hot franm, and an intense restlessness took posâ€" session of her. Not until the gray winter dawn did she sink intoâ€" a heavy slumber, and when she awoke she was still weary and her limbs racked with pain. "That pretty .wife of Mr. George Gifford‘s is ill," he said. *‘1MI?" repeated Sir Ralph, sharp» iy. : Laura gave a gasp, and then : a strange hysterical laugh broke from her quivering . lips. The relict was so sharp, so sudden, that her brain scemed to reel under the shock. The doctor went on speaking soothingly, to give her time to recover herseli. *‘So this poor young woman has fallen in love, I suppose," he was thinking, as he stood a few moments longer by Laura‘s bedside. A change had come over her appearance; her dull eycs had brightened, a flush had risen to her white cheoks. *Poor fellow," he thought, as ho wended his way to ‘his own home, where an affectionate, brightâ€"faced little wife was anxiously waiting his arrival. "I have to go to Harewood carly in ‘the ‘morning, or I should â€" not leave even now, Mrs. Gifford," he said. as he rose to go. ‘"But xou will have heard of Sir Ralph Woodâ€" land‘s accident?"‘ ‘‘Me‘s a splendid â€"constitation,‘" he said, ‘"hard as iron, and makes a capital patient. I was sent for as soon as the accident occurred on Tuesday morning, but Sir Ralph was as cool as if nothing had happened." W l1â€"willâ€"he live?" came falterâ€" ingly from Laura‘s pale lips, while her dark eyes were fixed bescechingly on the doctor‘s face. ‘They were the first words Laura had spoken since she had fainted, and the doctor thought that he nowâ€"understood the He ‘had heard the gossip, we may be sure, about the Giffords‘ visit to Harewood,~ and about Sir Ralph‘s calls at Red House. HMe had ll:a)'dely listencd toâ€"it, but now he was inâ€" terested. The doctor gave her another dose of the composing draught, and then left her for the night. George came out of the diningâ€"room as he was crossing the hall to leave the house. "I think she is a little better, but she is feverish and low. No one must speak to her toâ€"night, Mr. Gifford. I have given her a composing draught and 1 hope she will sleep." ‘*Yory well," said George; and ther the doctor shook hands with him and went away. â€" ‘‘lMe is going on . very well," he added; ‘"he got a badâ€" tumble, and a broken arm, but he‘ll pull through all right." ‘‘Could you give me something to make me sleep?", presently said Laura, in a low voice; ‘"my head feels so strange." * He was bending over her as he said this,â€"with her hand in his, and someâ€" thing in the start, in theâ€"sudden vibration of her form, gave a key to his acute mind as to the cause of Laura‘s illness. ‘"Live‘" he answered. ‘To be sure he‘ll live. He‘s a fine plucky fellow, and will soon be on his feet again.‘‘ And what could George answer? He knew of nothing preying on her mind except what Anna Lindsay had inâ€" sinuated. But Laura did not rally, and he became extremely uncasy. At night she became so low that the doctor considered it his duty to sit up with her for some hours, and adâ€" vised that a nurse should be sent. He raised her up by her arm as ho spoke, and drew it through his own, and the cook supported her on the other side. All strength seemed sudâ€" denly to have gomne from Laura‘s limbs. . She tottered, she trembled, éven with the aid of George‘s stalâ€" wart arm, and they had some dilliâ€" culty in getting her upstairs. Thers George left her with the women; be went back to his office, he sat down to his desk, but still was thinking of Anna Lindsay‘s words. And Laura lay still, with a great burning pain in her heart, and an overwhelming sense of wretchedness and.misery. _ Ralph Woodland dying â€"dying, and she could not touch his hand! _ Anna Lindsay, with evil inâ€" tent, added the words ‘"they fear fatally," so Laura was as one withâ€" out hope.. She stared at the.patterns of the paper on the walls; she heard the clock tick, even with her dulled ears; the voices of those around her sounded as in a dream. _ ‘‘Was his soul passing now?"" she was thinking. *‘Would he comeâ€"would he come ong moment before he went?" ‘The doctor sent‘ her a composing draught, which mercifully clouded her brain,. ~and so the miscerable hours passed on at length in semiâ€"uncon sciousness. But he was uncasy about her condition, and when he came in the evening, . again impressed _ on George the extreme necessity of quietness. ~ ‘‘If there is anything preying on her mind the cause should, if posâ€" sible, be removed,"‘ he said. ’ YEG ABLE S1CILIAN LLS Hair Renewer Always restores color to fit‘y hair, all the dark, rich color it used =:o hl;ue.l;d'l‘hl:;halr uo%su ellel:n'n't'm. lon.g and Ineavx. a:d’gl! Sir Ralph was silent for a moâ€" ment,. and then he said, with great _bitterness, ‘‘By the : untruths you told ‘me; you parted me from â€"the woman I lovedâ€"the woman I wished to make my wife.‘* *‘What have I done?" repeated Patâ€" ty, in a voice broken by sobs. . She was really crying, for she had truly liked Sir Ralph, but her tears did not add to his amiability. ‘*You had better go at once, Miss May; you are only making us both ridiculous," he remarked, angrily. "Ridiculous!" repeated the weeping Tatty; ‘"when you are so ill and I am so unhappy! _ Why are you so hard and cÂ¥ucl? Only tcll me what I have done.‘ "It ever I can do you any harm," she said, vindictively, . raising _ hor hand as if she would strike him, "I will. I will live to make you [pay for the insults you have heaped on my head this day." s After Patty May had quitted Sir Ralph‘s room with hasty and irregue lar footsteos, a sudden change of *‘This is absurd," he said, trying toâ€" move himself farther~â€"from ~~the side of the bed by which Patty knclt. But his broken arm in splints, â€" and his bruises and bandages made this most | difficult, _ almost â€" impossible. There he lay at Patty‘s mercy, as it were, and he felt furions at the situâ€" ation in which he found himself. "If you mean that horrid Miss Inâ€" gram," said Patty, with an inâ€" stantancous change in her voice and manner, â€" and lifting her . head, "I told you nothing but the truth, :A young man did come to see her, and shc did go about with him." ‘‘*No harm done!" repeated Sir Ralph, savagely. â€"‘‘Yes, there was harm doneâ€"worse than harm!‘ _ He forgot all about the absurdity of the situationâ€"forgot a pretty girl was knceling by his bedside, and that. he could not get away. He only rememâ€" bered that Patty had parted him from Lavuraâ€"that sho had brought infinite pain, sorrow, and remorse to both their lives. 2. "lt was worse than murder," he went on, passionately, his dark _face flushing and his eyes glowing. ‘"You murdered the reputation of an innoâ€" cent girl; you wrote both the anonyâ€" mous letters that you protended to be so shocked atâ€"you know you did, and you lied when you told mc Miss Ingram had leit her rooms with a young man. The whole thing was a hideous falsehood and invention, and now, ~â€" when you know the truth, I wish, I request you to go away." Patty rose to her feet pale with passion. "You are a brute to speak to a woman so!"" she said. "I wish you â€"*You have done me all the harm you can do," answoered Sir BRalph. *CGoodâ€"morning." . > TeR Ss ‘*Yes, her family lawyer, whom she married .‘ "I heard she was married," anâ€" swored Patty,. inâ€"a relieved tone. ‘"Well, there was no harm done, then. I suppose she was engaged to him then?"‘ "You are & brute to speak to a woman so!" she said. "I wish you were dead; I could strike you dead:" "You had much better go away,"" answored Sir Ralph, coolly. Then he rang a handâ€"bell which lay near him, and his servant appeared at the door of the room the next moment. "‘Jameson, show this lady out," he said . * _ ‘Then Tatty turned on him â€" like & fury. & And without another word Patty went away. s *‘Andâ€"why have you treated me so?"‘ continued Patty, removing ‘her veil with some caution, and showing her wealth of golden hair. ‘‘What have I done that you, should return my letter? . Thatâ€"that you _ should seem to wish ourâ€"friendship to end?" *‘Why are. you here?â€"â€"Thisâ€"isâ€"no place for you,"* answered Sir Ralph, sternly; and he pulled the hand away from_her_which_Patty â€"had â€"ecaught, and deliberately buried it in the bedâ€" clothes; *‘Why.‘" said Patty. with a little pob, ‘"because I could not bear to think of you suffeting _ alone, _ Sir Ralph. Ralph! what have I done that you should turn away_ from me?" Upon this Patty: fell®down on ner knees by the bedside, and if ever a man felt himseli in a predicament, Sit lRalph certainly did at this moâ€" ment. "I can not say, Sir Ralph," anâ€" swered his servant. *"She‘s got one of those thick black veils on, and I could not see her face.** *‘Show her up,‘" said Sir Raloh. H€ novor dbuitef it Was*LiTa. He had thought of her so constantly since his accident, so longed to‘ sce her, that he believed that she had come to him, and his heart beat and throbbed, and his strong hands trembled. A moment or two later a rap came to his room door, and his servant entered. ‘"Oh, Sir Ralph!‘"‘ she cried, "this is terrible! ‘What ° I have‘ suffered since I heard of your dreadiul acâ€" cident!" *‘The lady, sir,‘" he said; and then there followed him into the room a tall, slender woman‘s form, dressed in a long black cloak, while her face was thickly veiled. But in an instantâ€"with the intuiâ€" tion of loveâ€"Sir Ralph saw it was not Laura, Somcthing in the walk, though his visitor was graceful, lackâ€" ed a certain dignity which was one of Laura‘s characteristics. The serâ€" vant discrectly left the room, closing the door behind him, but also dis crectly lingered in the corridor outâ€" side. Then the lady sprang forward and rushed to Sir Ralph‘s bedside. was startied one afternoon by his servant coming into his bedroom and telling him that a lady wished to see him. Sir Ralph started violently in bed; it was the voice of Patty May that sounded in his cars. The blood rushed to Sir ‘Ralph‘s dark and somewhat haggard face at this announcement, and a wild hope swept through his breast. "A lady?"" he repeated, ‘‘What is she like?‘ CHAPTER XXxiv. But he did not say this. And preâ€" sently_Kewentâ€"downstairs,â€"and into the library, as it was not yot time for dinner. and thore Anna TLindeay joined‘ him. She had don& her best since Laura‘s illncss to make every» thing comfortablefor Géorge, ~ and George secretly thought that she was a more experienced houscekeeper than poor Laura, and that the dinners had been_decidedly â€"petter than usual dur= ing the last few days. ‘‘Well, just as I arrived there a goodâ€"looking, weeping damsel, eviâ€" dently in great distress, was going away. ~ Jameson, the valet, was es corting her, and there had apparentâ€" ly been a scene upstgirs. I fear our friend must be a gay young man!" Ana George. laughed. ‘‘What was she like?"‘ "Oh, tall, with goldenâ€" hair, and would have been pretty, I suppose, if her eyes had not been red with cryâ€" ing. And she looked a little vixen, tooyI thought. I expect Sir Ralph will have his hands full." This was the first time that George had montioned Sir Ralph‘s name to his cousin since the day when sh« had told him that Laura had fainted when she heard of his accident. ‘‘"Oh, he‘s going on all right, i%| "I can see it, 1 can see it! Laura, scoms. Hoâ€"had a fair lady to visit| do ton know 1 came hore toâ€"day with him toâ€"day, scemingly," @ deliberate purposeâ€"to ask you to "A fair Jady?" emd the struggle which is destroying *‘Yes,"‘ And then George told the! you?" story over again that he had told to! "Yes, it must end," said Laura, 'l.nll_v;n upstairs. i | faintIv . f "I think it must have been a girl called Patty May," said Laura, still quictly. "Sir Ralph told me about her; she is very anxious to marry him." ‘‘‘To marry him!"‘ repeated George, incredulously. ‘‘Yes; she is his old tutor‘s nicce, if it is the girl I mean." "How do you think Laura is look= ing toâ€"day?" said Anna, who knew of George‘s visit tohis wile‘s room. "‘Much better," answered George, "I it were not such abominable weather I think she should go to the sca for a week or two, and that would quite set her up.‘ ‘"You think she wants a change?" said Anna, slowly. "I think every one is the better for change after an iliness, By the by, I walked over to Harewood this afterâ€" noon to inquire after Sir Ralph.‘" *‘Well?" asked Anna, looking quick= ’ly”qg in George‘s face. ‘‘No, not toâ€"day, thank you,‘" said Gcorge, and again he smiled. *‘Just tell him that I called to inquire how Be is going on, and that I am exâ€" tremely pleased to hear such acâ€" counts." = *‘Goodâ€"afternoon,‘ Gcorge,‘"‘ _ she said. Again Laura smiled that gentle, shadowy smile. ‘"Thank you, George,"" she said. ‘‘I‘ve been to Harewood, to inquire after Sir Ralph," continued George, ‘‘and he‘s going on all right too. But a very funny thing happened, Laura, when‘ I was there." ‘‘What was that?" asked Laura, with her eyes fixed on her husband‘s face. ‘*Yes, Mr. Gifford, as well as he possibly could," answored the butler. "It was an uncommon bad accident, sir; but Sir Ralph is pulling himself together again, and the doctor hopes he will be up in no time. But won‘t you walk in, Mr. Gifford? Perhaps Sir Ralph would. see you." Then another little friendly transâ€" action took place, and hali a crown was transferred from George‘s pocket to â€"the butler‘s,_and _Gcorge walked away, with a somewhat grim smile on his face, thinking of Sirâ€"Ralph‘s visitor. Itâ€"was â€"only human nature to tell the little ‘ episode at home. ‘When George reached Red House he ~went upstairs â€"to inquire how Laura was feeling, and when he entered, the nurse left the rooin. * The fever had passed away, but she was very low and weak, and the exâ€" pression of her face was very sad, and her dark eyes full of mournfulâ€" ness. She smiled gently as George approached the couch on which she was lying,â€"and held outâ€"aâ€"veryâ€" thin white hand, for she had not seen him before during the day. Patty screamed this out at the top oi her voice. She was going down the front staircase at the time, her yelâ€" low hair dishevelled, her eyes swollen and stained with tears, altogether a most distress{ulâ€"looking woman, whep toâ€"Jameson‘s consternation, he saw the butler in the very act of opening the front door of the house, and perâ€" ceived that Mr. George Gifford from Suflold was standing outside. â€". _ ‘‘Well, how are you fecling toâ€"day, Laure? Come, you look a little betâ€" ter,. and I hope we will soon have you â€"downstairs," . answered Gcorge, taking her hand. George gave a little whistle; it was a queer story, he thought, and ho thought also that it was an . odd thing that Sir, Ralph Woodland should confide his love affairs to Laura. A into loud and hysterical sobs. _ . "Oh, miss, be quiet, for goodâ€" ness‘ sake,‘" said Jameson, who was Sir Ralph‘s valet, in a bhalfâ€"{rightenâ€" ed whisper; ‘‘all the people in the house will hear you, and â€" the docâ€" tor‘s orders are that Sir Ralph has to be kept quite _g,.m.':‘ k ho a id shamefully ! *‘ *‘Oh, miss, . please be quiet!" he prayed, hopclessly. But Patty took no notice of his entreaties. She strode recklessly on, scarcely glancing at the butler or the gentleman on the entrance steps, who were both naturâ€" ally astonished at such an apparition in the house of a sick man, But Pat« ty passed them without a word, fol« lowed by the trembling _ Jameson, who beckoned to the driver of a cab, who was seated on his box a few yards off. The man drove up at once, and Jameson hastily opened the carâ€" riageâ€"door and handed the weeping Patty in. "‘Where shall I say to, miss?" imâ€" quired Jameson, . T T~ â€"*I don‘t care!" sobbed Patty, "He‘s treated me shamefully, most ~*The railway station at. Uphill," answered Patty in a choked voice, naming the station nearest Hare» wood. t 2 stt The cabâ€"driver nodded and drove away, and Jameson turned round and slowly ascended the steps leading to the house on which George Gifford and the butler were still standing. ‘‘‘The lady secins to le in great disâ€" tress, Jameson," said George Gifâ€" ford, speaking to the valet, who grinâ€" ned uncomfortably at his master‘s visitor. George Gifford smiled, the butler, but none of men pursued the subject. "‘Then Sir Ralph is really going on all right?"‘ said George Gifford, adâ€" dressing the butler, who, rememberâ€" ing the handsome . gratuity George had slipped into his hand on leaving Harewood, was naturally inclined to be very civil. ‘‘MHow diseraceful!" cried Anna. in« came over her, and she burst and so did "‘What: you have gone . through!t" he said, suddenly and â€" passionatcly, "Your life of late has, I _ believe, been torrible to you." "I can not write if any one is in the room,‘‘ she once said, frritably, and Anna Lindsay took the hint, She also continued to act as houseâ€" keeper, and Laura was too listless to interfere with her. Then one day, about the .middla «# December, Gcorge came into thy drawingâ€"room where Laura was site ting alone, and told her that he had again been over to Harewood to seo Sir Ralph Woodland on business. °. *‘And how is he?"‘ asked Laura. The room was omly lighted by the firelight, and George could not disâ€" tinctly see the faco of his young wife, who was sitting in the shadow, as she made this inquiry. "Ilow you tremble! Docs it make you more nervous secing me?" <« _ "Yesâ€"but I wished to see you," answored Laura with a great effort. Laura gave a fluttcring sigh, and Sir Ralph led her to a sceat on a couch ncear, and stood before hor watching her face by the flickering firclight. 7 4 Thus, if Sir Ralph came she would be able to. ‘see him _ alone, she thought. And this actually happened. K1 halfâ€"past three Anna put on her best bonnet and went away, and just about four o‘clock Laura heard a carriage stop at the door of Red Houge. 3 T Her heart beat tumultuougly, .and her whole form trembled. Her weak health made the ngitation of her mind painfully evidentâ€"so much so that when a few moments later Sir lalph was announced and walked inâ€" to the dimlyâ€"lighted drawingâ€"room he was absolutely shocked at Laura‘s ajpearance. j __Mecâ€"took â€"herâ€"hand,â€"hoâ€"looked â€"into her face, but the commonplace words he had meant to say died unspoken on his lips. ‘*You are ill," he said at length, in & broken voice. ‘‘Yes," she answered, almost in a whisper. :z "I am nervous; anything upsets me now," said Laura, trying to take her hand from his, but Sir Ralph held it fast. "I have suffered vory, vory much," answored Laura, in a broken voice. "1 heard you had been ill, butâ€"I did_not expect to see you thus.‘"‘ ‘‘And I have wished to see you; I have thought of this meeting hour after hour during the long, dreary weeks since my accident." ‘*You cat less and less every day, I think, Mrs. George,"" she remarked. ‘‘Then in that case T‘ll go and have tea with Mrs. Masterman," said Anâ€" na. ‘‘She invited me yesterday when I met her; she expects her mother." This was a welcome announcement to Laura. ° The next morning ‘George went â€" to the office carly, and Laura did not see him before he left Red â€" House. And all day Laura was in a state of great, but suppressed, excitement. She looked so ill that. Anna Lindâ€" say thought that she was going to be laid up again, and this idea was by no mcans unpleasant to Anna‘s mind. She made a pretense of dining‘ in the middle of the day, at lunchâ€"tinic, and Anna noticed she ate absolutely nothing. t â€" "I certainly do not feel very hunâ€" gry toâ€"day," answered Laura, with a wan smile. ‘"I think I shall try to write this afternnon,"‘ she added, for she wished to rid herself. of© Anna Lindsay‘s company. ‘‘I wonderâ€"he has not gone belore,*" said Laura, slowly, as if she had been thinking;â€" ‘‘it must have been so dreary for him being ill so long all alone at Harewood.‘"‘ but Laura did not laugh or smile. She sat very still a little while after George left the room, and then beâ€" gan to wander up and down the floor restlessly, with her brow contracted as though in deep thought. She had never gone into dinner since her illâ€" ness, nor djd she do so this evening. She retired to her own room early, and old Mr.Gifford, George, and Anâ€" na Lindsay had their rubber with a dummy as in the days before George‘s marriage. â€" \ ‘‘Unless he had ghe yellowâ€"haired young lady to console him,‘"" laughed Geotge.. w ies h io The fingers of Laura‘s thin white hand, which was lying on her dress, contracted as Gcorge spoke, and m slight shudder passed through her frame. The winter wore on apace. Gloomy November merged into a blcak, stormy December, and still Laura languished, though the doctor deâ€" clared all symptoms of fever were told himself, without reason, and therefore he never encouraged Anna well,‘" he repeated to himself, and uo every one who inquired ufter Laura. Nevertheless days went on, and weeks, and still Laura did not get well. It was as if some blight had fallen on her, sapping away the life from her young life, and wasting her beauty like a faded flower. gone. She used to sit in the drawâ€" ingâ€"room in the afternoons, and made someattemptsâ€"to continue her writing, but it was more to rid herâ€" sell of Anna Lindsay‘s company than for any work she could really do. George shrugged his shoulders. *‘Young men will be young men, you know,"" he said, "and I suppose Sir Ralph is like the rest." ‘‘*Did you tell Laura?"‘ inquired Anna, eagerly, **Yes,"" answered George; and then he dropped the subject. His cousin‘s words about the beâ€" ginning of Laura‘s illncss had ‘fnu ly disturbed him, though, he always wished to lead a quict life, and knew that Anna, not unnatufally, was jealous of Laura. ‘‘Her fainting was fust the comâ€" mencement » of the fever, of course, I TO BE CONTINUED, The Berlin and Wallaccburg factorâ€" ies, however, are still in operation, with an increased acreage of promisâ€" ing _ beets underâ€"cultivation, â€"which augurs well for the success of the institutions this season. . The drawbacks experienced by farâ€" mers during the first years of cultivaâ€" tion have to a great extent been otâ€" crcome, so that at present there is little mord expense in raising a crop of sugar beets than tiére is in growâ€" ing the same acreage of mangolds. There are a fow disadvantages, howâ€" ever, that are bound to remain, and that to a great extent deters farmâ€" ers from raising as large an acreag* as they otherwise would. The one is, the fact that especially the first deâ€" livery of beets must be made at a time â€" when farmers are exceedingly busy with their fall work, and can ill afford to put their men and teams on the road hauling beets at * the time they should be at the ptow or harâ€" rows. When the distance between the feld and the factory is such that province. â€"Theâ€"market for sugar beets may be said to be unlimited, from the fact that no6 factory in Ontario has ever been taxed to its full capaâ€" city on account ofâ€" the searcity of beets. The four factories that were in operation two years ago have been reduced to two, the Wiarton â€" and Dresden â€"factories â€"havingâ€"suspended operations. , The importance of the sugar beet industry is such that the attention of many of the farmers of Ontario has been turned to the cultivation of this valuable root. This is the third year that the sugar bect crop has been grown to any extent throughout the low â€" Hoch ‘to appeal liis case that there was a hurried consultation beâ€" tween the officlals. Th« apshot was that the execution ,planned to take place at noon, was postponed untii 3 p.m., the last minute allowed by law. unless the Governor sho«ld giaut . a further reprieve. I The bigamous practice of Hoch started in Germany, it is said, when he was known as Jacob Schmitt, which is supposed to have been his real name. His first wife was desertâ€" ed by him in Vienna. The list of wives, as compiled by the police afâ€" ter his arrest, numbers 27. 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By combining the two in the Red Rose proportions, I produce a tea with the "rich fruity flavor" and strength of Red Rose Tea, a flavor and sirength found in no brand of Ceylon alone. ol strength, «1chness, delicacy, and fragrance. Each has its own peculiar qualities, but each has its weaknesses. is good Te @a T. H. EstabrcoKs St. John, N.B., Toronto, Winnipeg The Red Rose Flavor * _ and Strength® â€" The guarantee does not go into force until the subscribed stock reaâ€" ches $75,000, and the paid up stock amounts to $50,000. Hotel and tavern licenses cancelled in Ontario since the incoming of the Whitney Government will number apâ€" proximately one hundred,; out of a total of 3,000. The exact number will be kno soonâ€" after July 31, ‘Mr the licenses for the year expire. The greatest number of licenses cancelled in any one county has been in Peel county, being 18 out of a total of 36, or 50 per cent. The License Department at the Parliaâ€" ment Buildings has been exceedipgly busy during the last few months, owâ€" ing to the appointment of new â€"â€"Liâ€" cense Commissioners and license inâ€" spectors Throughout the province, all of whom have to be fully ins!nlcled| in the dutics of their office. Out of a total of 102 license inspectorsâ€"all butl a dozen are new men. Stratford, July 26.â€"Toâ€"day‘s vote of the freeholders on the byâ€"law â€" awâ€" thorizing the eity to guarantee payâ€" ment of the bonds of the Dominion Thread Mills, Limited, for $30,099, resulted in favor of the byâ€"law by a vote of 1,144 for and 39 against. _ The byâ€"law carried exemption of taxes, except school taxes, for . ter years on land, buildings and plant. The bonds are to be payable in 20 years at the rate of $1,500 a year. Ample provision is . made for the proâ€" tection of the city, fibre, and low in the more valuable extracts. Manufacturers have . disâ€" covered that pulp readily absorbs crude molasses, . which greatly imâ€" proves its feeding qualities, and beâ€" ing thus much lighter, farmers at a distance can well afford to either haul or ship this valuable commodâ€" ity by rail. If a dryer were installed at the Berlin factory which would answer the purposes> claimed, it would certainly be a great advantage to feeders of stock in this part of the province. f only . one trip a day can be made, sugar bect delivery becomes a sliow process; and consequently lessens the profits to the raiser, Where railway stations are available, it viten pays better to ship by rail and pay fifty cents a ton freight than in do â€" the hauling with teams. The vaiue of sugar beet pulp is becoming recogâ€" nized and farmers that live conveniâ€" ent to the factory find it pays well to take a load of pulp home when rteâ€" turning from . delivering a load of beets. *Some factories in the United Staâ€" tes are installing drying plants for pulp, which reduces the amount of water to three per cent. The dry pulp is found to be rather high in The Dreadnaught, as the monstet of the deep is to be called, wuil be laid down at Portsmouth nex} fall, and will be put into commission within two years. We shall appreâ€" ciate its size and strength most adeâ€" quately if we compare, or contrast, some of its details with those of othâ€" er great battleships. Probably the most formidable ships now in existâ€" ence or building are the Japanese Katori building at Barrow, and ~the United States vessel of the New Hampshire class. In displacement the Katori measures 15,950 and the New Hampshire 16,000 tons, while the Dreadnaught *will measure no less than 18,000 tons. In speed the Katâ€" ori is rated at eighteen and a half, and the New Hampshire at eighteen knots, while the Dreadnaught, using turbines, is to make twenty knots. In these elements, therefore, the British monster decidedly outâ€"classes all riâ€" vals. \ â€" The latest type of British battleâ€" ship gives a startling answer to the recent suggestion that the day of huge floating fortresses is past. The battle of the Sea of Japan, as we have hitherto pointed out, demonstraâ€" ted nothing more clearly than the suâ€" preme and essentiat value of â€" suck ships, and it was to be supposed that as a result the great naval powir would proceed with the coustruction of big battleships, and perhaps als> with their further development > in size and strength. But even before that decisive and most insscuctive battle the authorities of the world‘s greatest navy had determined to bujld a ship far outclassing any other in existence and literaily appali‘ng in its destructive potency. _ CANCEL OVER 100 LICENSES, STRATFORD GRANTS BONUS. A MONSTER â€"OF THE DEEP. (New York Tribune.) ‘l‘min‘r %f?lm nd(bov mu- t mode of mony ; also & .-{Nu. For ur:-'wply to WATERLOO HONEST HARNESS AT Rngineers and others w ho realize the advisabil« ity of having their Patent business tramsacted by Experts. Preliminary advice free, Charges moderate, Our Inventor‘s Adviser sent upon HN . P EHILEP l.lngf'” on xxm Streeb, Opposite Waterloo apply to ts to secure our graduaies as teachâ€" ;’ ’Wflu for our free catalogue. Get one of my splondid new sots of Harres wow, It willimprove the appearance of yo It mnufn a business education and it ys to get it in the school which can do most r:r ite students after they rwd-to. 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DON‘;_I'hU.l offe will be closed every Friday 7 __Chicago College of Dental Surgery and jon o m ui Royal Coll!g:of De%‘;nlv Surgeons of Toronto has opened a dental office above Mr. J. Uffelâ€" ‘-:nn':_m;n._ iDentist y pract ced in all ite “’ M. READE B. A. Barrister, sollcitor, Notary |( ancer, eto. Nffice, 14 Queen 8t North, Waterlo», W. R.Wilkinson, L. D. S., D.D.8 Cmns'rorxm WOLFK, Jn Paintar and Panar Ha: Cl.lfnlfl'l' % CLI:IINN'I;.' Ww *Ct t m _ es 1 ERECCY C M VOs 4 Waterloo. Will visis Tikiax J * Hartigier: Bdiicicr Mcnmnz & FLINTOFT. S upstaily Cor hing & Eo Sa., &.letl 2 B. McBride . Waterio fl Alex. Millar K. C. Harvey 4. Sim L. Barristers, oto. . Office Upstairs wm..ls Wes : Office Open Daiiy, Office: Over Bank of Hamilton, Berlin. S ECKEL L. D. 8. D. D. S. Graduate of (hinnon Anlison af Tranest enc 29 9H E. P. CLEMENT, K C. E. W. CLEMEST F G. HUGHES, Director of the Waterlioo Repairing at moderata rates, JOHN STREBEL. R. 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