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m i W Main Playtich 1 Or, The Strange Disappearanc: CHA PTER XXII.-â€"( Continued) . Marian, attended by the maid Maria, sought the chamber assigned to herself. When she had changed heir tightâ€"fitting day-dress for 8. wrapper-f she dismissed the girl, locked the door behind her, and then drew her: chair up before the little fire, and fell into deep thought. Many causesl of anxiety pressed heaVily upon Mar-i ian. That Thurston had repented lils' hasty marriage with herself she had every reason to believe. She had confidently hoped that her explanation with Thurston would have resulted in goodâ€"but, alas! it seemed to have had little effect. His attentions to Miss Le Roy were still unreinittedâ€"the young lady's partiality was too evident to allâ€" and people already reported them to be engaged. And now, as Marian sat by her: little wood-fire in her chamber at} Luckenough, bitter, sorrowful quesâ€"E tions, arose in her mind. Would he1 persist in his present course? No,i no, lit could not be! This was pro-! bably done only to pique herself; but then it was carried too far; it was, ruining the peace of a good, confid-; ing girl. And Jacquelineâ€"she had! evidently mistaken Dr. Grimshaw for Thurston, and addressed to him! words arguing a familiarity very imâ€"i proper, to say the least of it. Could: he be trifling with poor Jacquelina,l too? Jacko's words when believing herself addressing Thurston, cer- tainly denoted some suCh “foregone conclusions." Marian resolved to see Thurston once moreâ€"once more to expostulate with him, if happily it might have some good effect. 'And having formed this resolution, she, knelt and offered up her evening‘ prayers, and retired to bed. i Themext day being Holy Thursday,} there was, by order of the trustees, a holiday at Miss Mayfield's school.[ And so Marian arose with the pros-l poet of spending the day with Jaeâ€"i quelina. When she descended to the‘ breakfast-room, what was 'her sur-y prise to find Thurston Wilfcoxen, at" that early hour, the sole occupant of, the room. He wore a green shooting jacket, belted around his waist. He. stood upon the hearth with his back to the fire, his gun leaned against, the corner of the mantle-piece, and' his game-bag dropped at his feet. Marian's heart bounded, and her cheek and eye kindled whefi‘ she saw: him, and, for the instant, all her, doubts vanishedâ€"she could not be-' Iieve that guilt lurked behind a coun- tenance so frank, noble and calm as his. He stepped forward to meetl her, extending his hand. She placed her own in it, saying: I "I am very glad to see you this- morning, dear Thurston, for I have something to say v to you which I hope you will take kindly from your Marian, who has no dearer interest in the world than your welfare." “Marian, if it is anything relating to our old subject of disputeâ€"Miss Le Royâ€"let me warn you that I will hear nothing about it." "Thurston, the subjects of a neigh- borhood's gossip are always the very last to hear it! You do not, perâ€" haps, know that it is commonly re- ported that you and Miss Le Roy are engaged to be married!" “And you give a. ready ear and ready belief to such injurious slan- ders!" “No! Heaven knows that I do not! I will not say that my heart has not been torturedâ€"fully as much as your own would have been, dear Thurston,E had the case been reversed, and had I stooped to receive from another such attentions as you have be- stowed upon Miss Le Roy. But, upon calm reflection, I fully believe that you could never give that young lady my place in your heart, that having known and loved moâ€"” Marian paused, but the soul rose? like a dayâ€"star behind her beautiful face, lighting serenely under her' white eyelids, glowing softly on the parted lips and blooming cheeks. "Ay! ‘having known and loved' me!” There again spoke the very en- thusiasm of self-worship! But how know you, Marian, that I do not; find such regnant superiority weariâ€" sonie‘?-â€"that I do not find it refresh- ing to sit down quietly beside a. lower, humbler nature, whose great-l est faculty is to love, whose greatest; need to be loved!" "How do I know it? By knowing. that higher nature of yours, which you now ignore. Yet it is not of myself that I wish to speak, but of her. Thurston, you pursue that girl for more pastime. I am sureâ€"with no ulterior evil purpose. I am ccr-, faiu; yet, Thurston!" she said, in- voluntarily pressing her hnud tightly; upon her own bosom, "I know how1 a woman may love you, and that, may be death or madness to Angeli-L ca, which is only whim and amuse! ment to you. And, Thurston, you‘ must go no further with this culpa-l ble triflingâ€"you must promise me to? see her no more!” . “ 'Mustl’ Upon my soul! you take. state upon yourself, fair queen!" “Thurston, a higher authority than mine speaks by my lips-it is the: voice of Right! Youvwill regard it. You will give me that promise!" 'Thurston, with an odd grimace; ' Thurston. ‘Paying his addresses WW “And if I do notâ€"". "Oh! there is no time to argue with you longerâ€"some one is coming â€"-I must be quick. It is two weens, Thurston, since I first urged this upon you; I have hesitated already too long, and now I tell you, though my heart bleeds to say it, that un- less you promise to see Angelica no more, I will see and have an” ex- planation with her to-lliorrow! “You will!" ~ “You can prevent it, dearest Thurs- ton, by yourself doing what; you know to be right." "And if I do not?” "I will see Miss Le Roy, toâ€"inor- row!" “By heaven, thenâ€"â€" His words were suddenly cut short by the entrance of Mrs. Waugh. In an instant his countenance changed, and taking up his bag of game, he went to meet the smiling, good hum- n ored woman, saying with a gay lau h: "%3oodâ€"morning, Mrs. Waugh! You see I have been shooting in the woods of Luckenough this morning, and I could not leave the premises without offering this tribute to their honored mistress." ~And Thurston gayly laid the trophy at her feet. "Hebe! will you please to see that a. cup of hot coffee is sent up .to Mrs. L’Oiseau; she is unwell this morning, as I knew she would be, from her excitement last night; or go with it yourself, Hebe! The pres- ence of the goddess of health at her bedside is surely needed.” Marian left the room, Mrs. Waugh, turning to the gentleman, said: and then young “Thurston, I am glad to have this opportunity of speaking to you, for I have something very particular to say which you must hear without taking offense at. your old aunty!" "Humph! I am in for pettocoat discipline this morning, beyond a doubt." thought the young man; but he only bowed, and placed a chair for Mrs. Waugh. "I shall speak very plainly, Thurâ€" ston.” “Oh! by all means! As plainly as you please, Mrs. Waugh," saitll am growing accustomed to have ladies speak very plainly to me." "Well! it Won’t do you any harm, And now to the point! I told you before, that you must not show any civility to Jachelina. And now I repeat it! And I warn you that if you do, yon will cause some frightful misfortune that you will have to repent all the days of your lifeâ€"if it be not fatal first of all to yourself. I do assure you that old Grimshaw is mad with jealousy. He can no longer be held responsible for his actions. And in short, you must see Jacqueline. no more!” "\Vheewl a second time this morn- ing! Come! I’m getting up quite the reputation of a lady-klllerl” thought the young man. Then with a light laugh, he looked up to Mrs. Waugh, and said: "My dear madam, do you take me for a man who would willingly disâ€" turb the peace or honor of a famâ€" lly?" “Pshaw! By no means, my dear Thurston. Of course I know it's all the most ridiculous nonsense!" “Well! By the patience of Job, 1 do thinkâ€"" Again Thurston's words were sud- denly cut short. by the entrance ofâ€" the commodore, who planted his cane down with his usual emphatic force, and said: "Oh, sir! You here! I am very glad of it! There is a little matter to be discussed between you and me! Did Hen! leave us! vanish! evapor_ ate!" Henrietta was well pleased to do so. And as she closed the door the commodore turned to Thurston, and with another emphatic thump of his cane, said: I“Well, sir! a small craft is soon rigged, and a short speech soon made. In ' two words, how dare you, Sir! make love to Jacquelina?" "My dear uncles? “By Neptune, sir; don't 'unclc’ me I ask you how you dared to I love to my niece?" "You impudent, ‘ I . impertinont, un- prmclpled Jackanape.” I "Come," said Thurston to him- self, “I have got into nest this morning." “I shall take very good c a liorllet‘s ’ . are, sir, to have. 318101‘ Le Roy informed what sort of a gentleman it is who is t0 his daughâ€" tcr." f "Miss Le Roy will be likely to tcgrm a {ugh opinion of me before IS woe: is out," 5 ' " '- mughing. aid lhuxston, , , . 'I’Ouâ€":‘OlIâ€")'Oll graceless you, cried the commodore â€"“to think that I h (fence in you, sir; villain, in a, rage defended v all occasions, sir; refused loomimliilt: in your villainy, sir; refused to close my doors against you, sir. Yes sir~ and should have continued to do so, but for last night's affair.” ' “Last night’s affair! I I do not in the you?" . "Oh! you don't. protest, sir, least understand You don't unâ€" mako= ad such C()Illi“ derstand that after the lecture last evening, in leaving the place, Jac- quelina thrust ger arm through yours â€"-no; I mean through Grim's, mis- taking him for you, and saidâ€"what she never would have said, had there not been an understanding between you.” Thurston's face was now the pic- ture of astonishment and perplexity. The commodore seemed to mistake it for a look of consternation and de- tected guilt, for he continued: “And now, sir, I suppose you un- derstand what is to follow. Do you see that door? It leads straight into the hall, which leads directly through the front portal out imt’o the lawn, and on to the highwayâ€"that is your road, sir. Good-morning." And the commodore thumped down his stick and left the roomâ€"the im- age of righteous indignation. Thurston noddedâ€"smiled, drew his tablets from his pocket, tore a leaf out, took his pencil, laid the paper upon the corner of the mantel- pioce, vrote a few lines, folded the note, and concealed it in his hand as the door opened, and admitted Mrs. Waugh, Marian and Jacquelina. There was a telegraphic glance beâ€" tween the elder lady and the young man. That of Mrs. Waugh said: "Do have pity on the fools, and go, Thurston." That of Thurston said: “I am going Mrs. Waugh, and without laughing, if I can help it." Then he picked up his cap, bowed to Jacquelina. shook hands with Mrs. Waugh, and pressing Marian’s palm, left within it the note that he had written, took up his game bag and gun, and departed. (To be Continued.) #â€" PERSONAL POINTERS. â€"â€" Interesting Gossip About Some Promi< nent People. The Shah of Persia will not sit at a fable on which either salmon or lobster are placed. M. Rouvicr, the head of the French Foreign Oflice, was at. one time in the employ of a wholesale grocer in the capacity of book-keeper. Amongst his many idiosyncrasies, the King of the Belgians acknowledges that of an utter delcslation of smoking and music. He has one special hobby, and that concerns plants. If he hears of a new kind of plant, he will travel miles to inspect it. Sir Douglas Powell is Physician Extra- ordinary to the King. a position similar to that which he held in relation to Queen Victoria. file is our greatest nu- lhorlly on all affections of the chest, and is a perpetual inspiration to the student from the fact that he has climbed to his present exalted station from the bum- blest start. The oldest voter in Londonâ€"so far is is known, in Great Britainâ€"ls Mr. John chherson, whose claim to a vote was sustained at the Kenslngton Revision Court. He was born a! Inverncss on the 18th of November, 1800, so that he is nearly 105 years of age, yet he hopes to be spared to record his vole in support of the party which he believes will be returned to power at the General Elec- tion. Mr. McPherson, whose father lived to be a mammalian, is a staunch leclolalcr and non-smoker. The Emperor of lap/an is entitled 10 be considered the most aristocratic ruler on earth. The Royal Family (f Japan has a genealogical tree which reaches to Adam. There have been 121 Emperors of Japan, and they all belong to one family. The first one governed Japan just about 2,500 years ago. He was on the throne 300 years before Alexander the Great thought he had conquered the world. The Japanese have the history of all the Emperors from that time down to this, and they assure you that the Mikado is a lineal descendant of the first.‘Emperor. General Ti'epoff is a great. favorite with the Czar. He is known among the troops as “Iron Heart," and his first notoriety was gained when a lieutenant by snbring Ills orderly for disobedience. When a captain he was employed in put- ting down riots in Moscow, and he shot five men with his own hand, by way of example to his troops. “’It was Trepof‘f who helped to crush the revolt in St. I’ctcrsburg last. January, and the Czar subsequently extended the Generals power to the command of the Imperial forces at all the Russian Royal l‘CSl‘ denccs. Charlotte Bronle's husband, the Rev. Arthur Bell Nicholls. is new approach- ing his nineticfh year. Yet the famous novelist was advised not to marry him because he suffered from rheumatism. Mr. Nicholls was curate under her fu- lller in the parish of llaworlll. The marriage was opposed by Mr. Bronte, ‘ but after an interval of eighteen months, 'in June, 1854, Charlene Bronte married this “true Christian gentleman,” as "w is described in “Shirley.” They lived to- gelher, singularly happy, but for a few months only, as Mrs. Nicllolls's lli'flllll ‘ gave way, and she died in the following March. One of the best. decorated men in ,Europe. or perhaps in the world, is 3 Prince \"cn Buelow, the German Imper- ial Chancellor. If he is surpassed 'in this respect by any man, it is by the Kaiser‘s Chief Chamberlain. Prince von Buelow pos:\:;scs 11:“) slurs, orders, and ribbons, besides medals galore. A Ger- man mathematician lllc other day reck- oncd that if the (.lenncellor wore flu-m all they would cover not only every inch of his breast, but his back as wel , laud overflow down his trousers to the l knees. But the Prince is the least mill! l lal'y-lllllltii‘d of men; he is well dressed and carefully groomed, but careless !ll bearing. He dislikes exercise of all kinds; he will not walk when he um ride; he hates the discomforls of life. and in domestic iris-les- is lllxu. u?!) :11- most to the verge of epicul-czun-xm. 'l‘bc silo will hold more. illlfl bus i! m that he: been badly frosted ,l;,;,‘,.- fairly gnnl silage if out. 'fffcvvvv~rvvvvvvv+vv+l Efillet! flu farm + + + 4. : +++++++++++++++++++++ LAMBS OR \VETIIERS FOR FAT- TENING. Mm who have spent long years ‘n fallening sheep are not agreed as to v. bother the fattening of sheep or lambs will prove the more profitable. This difference of view arises from the dif- ferent results obtained from feeding under different condilions. The influ- («nces that affect the outcome should be well undcrslood by those who engage in the work. Some of the more full prrtant of these influences will now or. dismissed, writes Prof. Thomas Shaw. Qualify as used here has reference to the capacity of the sheep to make good gains. It will be influenced by breed. Some breeds will make more gains in proportion to the food fed than others. The lower the quality of the animals purchased, therefore, the more costly will it be to purchase we- lbers, since they will cost more rela- $++++++++ + filcly to feed in proportion to the weight purchased. There is less risk therefore, in purchasing low gra’l-1 lambs than in purchasing low grade wcfhers. The condition of the animals at the tune of purchase is important if pur- chased by weight. If. is more profitable relatively to purchase a lean lam'c than to purchase a lean wether for feeding. other things being equal. The lamb will make flesh more readily on a given amount of food. This, how- ever, presuposes that neither the lamb I‘Ol’ the welher has been checked m possible future development, becauw of its loan condition. If is usually more profitable to purchase both we- thers and lambs by weight, when both am to be fed. as the chance is then present for making greater gains than would be possible if both were pur- chased when in a high condition of flesh. Welhers not only take more food to maintain them than lambs, but, thev use more food in making a pound 'lf gain. This is owing to that law of ani- mal nutrition which calls for more food relafively in proportion to the gain luade the older the animel is. This ms been proved by numerous experi~ inc-nls, including one conducted by the writer at. the Minnesota station. The difference is conceivable and always in favor of the lamps. But under some conditions it may be possible to feed coarser and cheaper food to wethecs, and this will exercise some influence in the comparison in some instances. 'l is plain, therefore, that, viewed from lne standpoint of possible gains from feeding, lambs are a safer venture than wethers. It. follows that the younger the lambs are, providing they can read) ll-A requisite weights when markelal. the more profitable relatively will the feeding be. I INFLUENCE OF MARGIN IN PRICES. As everyone one knows, the margin on the selling price over the buyer; price exercises a far-reaching influence on profits. Now" suppose a wether is bought at a certain rate which weigus 3': pounds, and a lamb is bought at :1 celtain rate that weighs 50 pounds. The, two animals are fed and sold at a price which is 1 cent per pound above llxe price paid. Now suppose the two animals had consumed the same amount of food and made the same increase in weight then the fattening of the welller would have been attended with the greater profit. The weight of the \velhcl' was 80 pounds and the lamb 50 pounds, consequently the original weight. of the wethcr incrcased 80 cents during the period of feeding and that. of the lamb 50 cents. The influence of the weight of the animals at the time of purchase on profits is thus shown, and this fact alone has made the feeding of wethil‘s more profitable than the feeding of limbs. Lamb meat sells more readily in the market than wetllcr meat, and usually a! a price considerably higher. Be- cnuse of this the margin between the buying price and selling price (i lambs is considerably more in 'ile case of lambs than of welllers. When it is, the profits are greater from feel- in,". lambs. But recently lambs com- mend it better price when bought, and this change may go on until a point is reached when the feeding of welliors may become more profitable generallv. It does happen sometimes that more profit comes from feeding old ewes. In such instances, however, the ewes have [con purchased very cheaply. A very great change has been made during recent years in the number of \vclllel's and lambs relnlivcly that have been fed. The fattening of lambs has ploportionulelv increased. and flie'c lies been decrease in the fattening oi wetllel's. This on the farm. at least, is u; it ought to be. howsoever it muv he on a range. The farmer can sell a good lamb reared on his farm at a gl‘culer l‘\"illil\'l} profit. ill, say nine months old, than if he kept the same over and sold him at fwmity-nne IllClllilS. It is also pretty certain the! i:- pnvs [be I‘ilIl('llIllffll best also to sell lzis welllers as lnlllbs. He can pasture a clunply as a wr-lllcr. The ewe. \\i!l Linn a fleece of wool about equal to that of the, wellir-r and will also illl‘lllvil him with If lamb. ewe almost, as FEEDING Sll..\GE TO .\lll.Cll COWS. l have had a silo for the past 1! years, \vl'iles Mr. B. C. Otis. The first years the corn was put in whole. luv! since then it has ism-u cut. \\'e pro f-l- if in llli< form. as llll‘l‘O is no ,ccnstoll‘llv time we begin feeding in the fall pends largely on the -le amount of Olh‘fi green feeds that. we may have. This year we began October 22, feeding the first two days onehulf bushel to cacti cow twice a day. The cows were in life pasture during the day. Later we [Of] a bushel twice a (lay, always feed- If": offer milking. We have had no cmuplaint about a silage taste in the milk. Our winter ration for milcn cmvs is as follows: Before milking in flu- morning the cows receive a grain ration and flllDI‘ milking one bushel if silage: before noon, hay, and at nigh). atolhcr ration of grain before milking and hay after milking. Silage is fed to the dry stock {wife cnch week. We would feed more to them if we had it, but we want. enough to feed cows in milk until grass Comes in the spring, which is about May 15, as a rule. My silo will hold about 13!) tons of cut silage. For the past three years there has been an excess of rain and not enough sunshine during the brewing seasnn. so the corn crop has not been a fill] yield. The kinds of grains fed varies with the prices and what we think best. suited to the stock last. year we used more corn meal than for several years, as there was very little corn in the silage. 'l‘llf; ymr there is more com in the silage, and we shall feed more protein. Mv stock have always done well on silage rnd are always ready for more of it. ._____..+_ \VAR PREVENTS NATION‘S DECAY. / The Changes in International Strategy Reviewed. Major-General R. S. Baden-Powell, C.B., presided recently at. the Royal United Service Institution, London. when Dr. T. Miller Maguire delivered an address on "The Developments of Inter- national Strategy Since 18H, and Its Present Conditions." Among those present were Admiral the Hon. Sir E. Fremanlle, Admiral Sir R. H. Harris, Colonel Sir T. H. Baillie Hamilton, Judge Benton], and Lieutenant-Colonel T. H. Baylie, K.C. Dr. Miller Maguire said that since 1871 the frontiers of the British Empire, which previously were practically con- ferininous with no great States except the United Slates and a few unimpor~ taut spots in Africa, had become by “European expansion" conferminous with Russia. France and 'Germany, as well as China, Afghanistan, Abyssinia, Italy and Portugal. The whole: system of the European body politic had changed as a result of the victories of 1866 and 187071, and of the high stan- dard of military excellence since main- tained by Germany. After dealing with the expansion of Russia. Canada, and the United States, he passed on to Japan, and compared the Japanese in the east of Asia in 1905 with the British in the west of Europe in 1805. OUR CIVILIZATION PALTRY. Modern European civilization was pal- try. The “souls of men” were ignored in the back streets and sweating dens of our large cities, but to the Asiatic the soul and mind were all in all. If the people of great Britain were to main- tain the strategic posilion their crv should be “cherish our bodies. cultivate our minds, and give us back our souls." War was not a disease, but a preven- tive of decay; nations had perished by cullivaling the arts of peace. but no nation had ever decayed from cultivat- ing the arts of war. Tile only true foundation of the “greatness of king- doms and estates" was a race of well- !rained military men, fit to fight by land and sea. These'views were exemplified in two recent books, “The Risen Sun,’ by Baron Suzematsu, and “The War .n the Far East,” by the military corresv pendent of the Times, which latter book the lecturer described as most admin able. in conclusion the lecturer said that alliances were often the devices of decadent States. They certainly hai never saved any State. The future of Britons to-day, as in the period of 1805 to 1815, depended on Britons. â€"â€"â€"-¢ LAZINESS MEANS LINACY. Startling Theory Propounded by a London Lecturer. “Laziness is a great contributory cause of. lunacy,” incidentally observed Dr. T Clnye Shaw, who took part in a discussion at the Harvelnn Society, London, recently. The grounds on which be based his assertion were explained by Dr. Clam Shaw, who is a specialist on mental diseases. “The only way to preserve a healthy mind is to lead a busy life," said the doctor. "But modern conditionsâ€"tho cmupulsory retirement from professionle ol'.:cupulicns of men who have recalled the age of, say 55â€"condelnn them to slenll the rest of their existence in idle- ness. They become introspective and brood. They feel themselves ‘sidih trucked' from the main line of life, a'd almost unconsciously a state of rebel- lion is set up. From lack of mental ex- ellion the brain loses the nutrition it has been accustomed to over a long period of years. Other conditions are sci up which culminate ill mental ile- generation. “Young men who inherit fortunes and devote. their time to spendinglbem fnl‘ ready victims to this undermining of the brain. ’l‘l'agr-llles of the kind ill-e , (mom-lug ill London. “Many women and girls who belong to file lu‘lsuml classes are saved from a like late by their devotion to dim; urn! bridge. The zealous pursuit of “Kw” fillsilll’lf‘l requires Lil. least some ilzl-zlsul-u- of lili‘illlil exercise, Perhaps that is [be but iillll czul be Stiid of firm. “It is dangerous for a man who has Lu! a busy life to flbfllldvul brain .-,\-. crib-)1}. Medical science has prolong‘d the span of llumuu exislcnwe, mid yei, retirement is now fol-cod upon men at 1; much earlier use than hitherto. flu, will (ally hope for lhwse. mm is lo cullimzq l‘lla‘ slylue engrossing bobby."