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[ALL BIGHTS RESERVED.] THE flambards MYSTERY J BY StR WILLIAM MAGNAY, BT., Author of "The Heiress of the Season," t he Red' Chancellor," "The Master Spirit," &c. I CHAPTER XXIII (Continued).. I 0 THE TEST. I I f Rather to my surprise my explanation thd toot appear to satisfy her. "But don't you think it was very odd, and ar dawgeroms thing for Wallace to be forced to she insisted. "I can't help 'distrusting t man who 18 so uncomfortably smart as Mr.'5 Rolt, and whose reputation depends on bringing jhonie a criinq to someone." "Indeed, Mis* Arc-her, you are mistaken in Arc- h er, Y- 0' the 'man," I assured her. I W allace's very life may now depend on this finger-print," she maintained, tirith a touch of indignation. "He was tricked into making it, and what guarantee has he got that it will be treated fairly? Oh, I know you can't help us, Mr. Crofton," she con- tinued, rising, and taking a few agitated steps to the entrance of the porch and back to me; "but yon might, as an act of friend- ship* tell me whether we ougiit to be on our guard; what llolt's intentions really are. "011 my honour I know co thing more of them than you do," I declared. "Then Rolt -said nothing——" she de- manded, earnestly then stopped and shrink back into the obscurity of the half open door. Light, quick steps, just heard, told of someone about to pass the porch on the way to the outer gate. As the person -name into the light of the high lamp I saw it was Bolt. & With characteristic alertness- he looked With characteristic alertness he looked Tomjd, and recognised me?. "Been 'work?n? labe t'lii, 'Itc, remarked, stopping as though in anticipation of my joining him. glanced round at the ddOr. :Mis8 Archer had disappeared into the church, and, I judged it better to leave with Rol^ t. So, taking uo* my dr::nvt'ng-ca<>e. I we out, of the poYciij and we walked away together. At the gateway leading into the High Street, we met the old sexton on his way to lock up the church. When he had passed, I said a work of excuse to Holt, and ran back to the official. "There is a lady in th-e church, don't lock her in," I warned him. "yec," RVit observed, as, I rejoined him, "it would be an awkward predicament to be foelscd up all night in a big fhurch this cold weather. And a lady might not be able to get at the bell-ropes and ring for -release, w I owe had "to do." I looked round at him, and laughed. You knew Miss Archer -,vai, He laughed back. "My dear Mr. Croft an, it is my business to know everything, that goes on under my Ito.,W-aT)d everywhere else, for that matter. I'm content if I know half, and even then one feels a terrible busy- body." Miss Archer is rather concerned at the position in which she and her cousin stand with regard to the Flambards affair," I eaid, thinking an explanation of our interview was called for. e', All, yes, naturally," Rolt responded, with drawling indifference. "It is an invidious position for them." "And she may be pardoned an attack of nerves," I continued. Her idea now is that your taking Wallace Rixon's finger- prints was a trick to manufacture evidence against him." "I am very niiieh obliged to thp young ladv for Her good opinion of me asd my methods." he replied, drily. "Alwl I think that; if sh chose, she could give us more information a« to what really took place at Flambards that evening than any finger- ■ He- spoke with casual deliberateness, but his words were so startling that I turned, h-uf slopped, and stared at him n.. astonishment. "Then why don't you get her to make a statement?" I asked. "Because, my dear Mr. Crofton, it would be quite futile," he answered, with an enig- matical smile. "Rhe would refuse?" "t couldn't, ask her," he relied. "Lut why not?" I urged in growing wonder. "For a very sufficient. reason," he replied,, with the same incomprehensible smile, .ais mi girl enjoy" ing my' mvstincati?n. "You easiiv guess it. Was the lady wear- ing gloves when you talked to her 'just cow?" "Gloves? Yes," I answered, in bewilder- ment. ■ We were opposite "iThe George." Itolt stopped. Naturally," he said, in the same puzzling tone. rltA goodA deal lies --in that. Perhaps .by this time lo-morrow you may underotan I why—if not sooner." lie nodded, and went off up the street. CHAPTER XXIV, I THE RESULT. I G:ovc.;? Wha-t; in the world had Rolt mean, by asking me whether Rose Archer had kept her iioves on? And how could that affect the question of her testimony? Wh.it new myst-ery was this? Why, if he believed she could tell so much, had he not had her under examination? Certainly it ,wJs not his practice to be backward-in ask- ing* questions, straight as well as subtle. Lould it be that he suspected her of having a hand in her uncle's deatlT? • The idea Isceiiie(I too monstrous to entertain;" and yet, I reflected, srfch incredible cases have been known. It was certain, indeed, that she had behaved very strangely on the evening of the „ crime. Yet what possible motive Could there be-oh, no, I decidech the idea was out of the question. It seemed futile to speculate, and as Rolt had declared tha-t twenty-four hours or less would see the solution of the' mystery, all I eould do was to wait. Still the puzzle exercised my mind till dinner-!fine. I put it to G-elston, but he cou'd make no shrewder guess than I. When we had finished dinner it, was time to keep our appointment witii Roit. We found him ready for us in a private office at the police-station. < "I had quite.* an interesting chat with Jurbv, he said in his quiet, humorously cynical tone, "before he set out for Stan- bridge gaol. After the way he treated both you gentlemen one can scarcely call him a sportsman, but at least he acknowledges having met his match, and seems, or at any rate affects, to bear no malice. I knew how to put the screw on, and he gave me some quite valuable information on one or two points about whieli I was curious. But I shall be in a better position later on to tell you all about your recent undesirable ac- quaintance. Now,; if yoy please, we .will have in the superintendent and take down your depositions." This was a lengthy business, but luilt hlfAXi us along, confining the narrative to what, was absolutely essential. Just as the dictation came to an end there was a stir in the outer office; then tHe door opened, and Serreimt Weaver looked in. "Can I speak to you, Mr. B<?" His hurried tone and a certain serious look breaking t-lirough the official stolidity öf his face suggested an important communication. Come in/ sergeant," Rolt responded in. his cool way. "What is it? You need not mind speaking before these gentlemen." The serg«tnt closed the. door, and turned „ "With a half salute. "The party we were after has given us the slip .after all, sir," he said, coining at once to the point. I "That's bad," Rolt commented, eyeing the officer curiously. "Bad for him, too, sir, Weaver con- tinued, seaming to thrust down sternly any. tendency to "excitement. "He has lost his life trying to get away. So we have got nothing but a dead man, sir." Rolt gave a soft whistle, and looked up at the ceiling. "How did it happen, sergeant? Suicide?" "No, sir. It was this way," the officer answered, dropping naturally into his wit- ness-box manner. "We had kept the party in question under observation, according to instructions. I had one of my men posted at Morningford .R'{ and another at Wans- thorpe F^a'tio" ""H, our man left his lodg- ings, lift on Mouse, West Street, at about 6.45, 'accompanied by the lady. They crossed: the High Street, and walked by Duke's Lane towards the road to the station. From certain circumstances he noticed, Con- stable Sharpe, who was shadowing them, sent word to me by Constable Hawtin, who met them in his beat. I lost no time in fol- lowing up along "the Morningford Road, and 'soon came in sight of the parties, putting myself into communication with Sharpe. The couple under observation walked on, smart- ening their pace as they got clear of the town, till they arrived at the gate of Flam- bards, where they turned in." I starte d up with an- exclamation as the truth dawned upon me. Rolt glanced round at me with a half smile, and under his look I contrived to restrain my excite- ment. The sergeant proceeded with his story. "The man let himself into the house while the lady waited outside, walking up ar.d down. as though to keep warm. This went on for perhaps ten minutes, and then it struck me as singular that the lady had not gone in, but should wait outside in the cold. Of course, it was possible she did not fancy the house after what had lately happened there; still I WasB't altogether satisfied; and I suggested to Sharpe that it looked like a blind. Just what I was thinking myself,' he replied.. I looked at my watch: it was 8.25, and .1 knew there was an up-train at 8.48. 4 I'll make sure, Sharpe I said. You stay here while I run on to the station. I shouldn't be surprised if that's his game.' "With that I left Sharpe on the watch, and ran as quickly as I could to Morning-, ford Road Station, but without seeing any- thing of the party I wanted. Constable Devitt was there on the look-out; birt he had so far seen nothing of him. I- arranged that we should post ourselves one at* each end of the platform and keep a sharp watch. Just after the up-train was signalled I fan- cied I saw a man cross the line about a •hundred and fifty yards below the station, j but it was impossible to tell in the dryrk whether it was the party we were looking for. I* sent a message down to Devitt to keep a.n eye on both sides dt the lIlle, and, when-tlio train came in, to take the platform side while I would look after The off-side doors. I had an idea, sir, that our man would be likely, if he guessed he was under o bservation, to slip in from the six-foot: And: it turned out that I was right there. As the train drew up I jumped down behind the last ooach, and, stooping by the foot- board, ran along up the train. I knew the down non-stop express was due and sig- j nailed, but the up-line engine -%vac;I)lo wi-iz off, and I couldn't hear the other train, and only knew she was at hand when I saw her head-lights coming round the curve. J "I judged it time to run back to avojd ] beino- caught between the two on the six- foot" I had just got to the end of the up. train when she started, and turning to look round I saw a- man appear out of the darkness, jiamp off the down platform, and make a dash for the last coach but one on the moving train. At that moment the express was ruaning through tlic-station at a high speed. I shouted to the man, who made a" desperate attempt to get on the j footboard of the starting train. He seemed to miss getting a good hold; he swung round a.nd dropped back again on to the 1 six-foot. Before he could get his balance t-he express seemed to catch-, him and fling 'him against the last coach of the up. | "I shouted to Devitt, and ran to the )n?n, who was only a' few feet from me, bvt. it didn't need a doctor to tell me that he was done for, and before they brought a lamp I identified the body as the party we were after." J "Wallace Rixon," I said, as the sergeant ended. Rolt nodded gravely. "Yes. He has found a preferable death to that. which await-ed him." "Do you ijiean tó say," Gejston asked in awo-strllck amazement, "tha.t Wallace RixOR murdered his. uncle?" "He certainly killed him," was Rolt's cool answer; "and would have been ar- rested to-morrow, or to-night on his at- tempt to abscond. Those were your, instruc- tions, sergeant?" "Yes, Mr. Rolt. But," he added apolo- getically, "you see, sir; the position I was in. I only just cleared off to the up-line. The express was running at over fifty miles an hour." Rolt nodded. "You could not have done more, sergeant. And, all things considered, perhaps it is better as it is. Where is the j body?" I "In the up wail ing-room, sir. Dr. Spack- I man had been ti pusKOivgvr by the up train we g-otf him Mck to the station as he was driving awsv, and he pronomiced life to be I extinct. Death must have been instan- taneous. "Well, sergeant, it has 'saved Uf) an ugly job," Rait thoughtfully. There is 1 nothing to be done now but to communicate with the coroner." When the officer had left the room Rolt turned to us.. ] "Ivdafe say ihie hrts been a surprise to you, gentlemen. But thefce Were- reisois why I could not sooner. announce my sus- picions, and my conviction that Wallace Rixbn was 'the man who did his. uncle to death. As to whether .the. crime ought to "come under the head of murder or manslaughter I wiil not take upon myself to decide. That will now probably never be known. AHVIIOW, it seeme to me that this* fatal accident has .happened for the best. And now I have "the unpleasant dntv of going to break the news to his widow." I stared at him in a fresh access of as- tonishment. "His widow? Then "Yes," Rolt explained coolly, "his widow. Ho married Miss Archer secretly by special licence aoollt a week ago. Now you under- stand why it was ao use for mo to ask her any questions." "As his wife she would not be a compe- tent witness." "Exactly. And that was doubtless why he married her in such a hurry. Infatua- tion on her part, with, perhaps, a little coercion, if not terrorising, on his. I was really very sorry for her. and am strongly of opinion tliafc she. is to be Congratulated on I what happened an hour ajfo. It will make my task lighter. Well, I must be off and a.bout it. Good-niu-ht. If you cere to hear the explanation of tli., whole of the mystery as I have .unravelled it, and can give me an hour to-morrow o(>venmg-. it is ())J:, J-jr to enlighten you on many points which pro- bably aro still a puzzle." We accepted the eagerlv, md, ar- ranged that he should dir,> with us next evening and afterwards tell us the Etory. (To be Continued.)
I IN THE POULTRY YARD.I
IN THE POULTRY YARD. I I 8T COCECBOW. r; I AIDS TO DIGESTION. I t Birds suffer from indigestion if fcd v/rongly just as much as human beings. Many poultry-keepers do not pay sufficient attention to the matter of the digesting of the birds' food, and consequently they do not have such healthy birds"as they other- wiso would-. Indigestion itself is a minor ailment, but it is often the beginnin'g of a. serious illness, and thus you will be doing" a wise thing to pay attention to the mat- ter. You may give your stock the finest 'food procurable at the present time, but un- less it is properly digested you cannot ex- pect, first-class results from them in the way of flesh or eggs. The gizzard pflavs a great part in the digestion of the birds' food, and often this organ gets out of order. What causes it to beeoriie de- bilitated? Very often it is caused by the withholding from the birds of- fine sharp grit. Now, grit is an absolute necessity if the gizzard is to perform its allotted I task pvoperlv. Never* by any means allow the birds to go shprt of this. The harder, and sharper it » the better they will like it aiifd, the more thoroughly it does its work. Grit acts as teeth for the birds, :13 it is on this that they masticate their food, and so without grit the food remains whole in- side them. It is possible to purchase fiint. from a local cornciiandlers" but if you like you can make it at home, by breaking up? in v?et-sa-v, about the size of a small pea, lfint stones.  sma.y ll pea, lfint ston-eb. One of the fines; ail to digestion 'n:,t the birds can have is c harcoal. This ab- I THE 'VALUE OF CHARCOAL. t sorbs all tne poisonous gases, thus purifying the blood and helps to keep the crops of the birds in a healthy and -sweet- couui- h'on. The benefits that, the bowels derive from the use of charcoal are greaf. Of course, you will not try to make the birds eat it—that they would never do. The best plan is to put a piece in the vessel from -,vhich the birds drink, or you can purchase it in a powdered form from the shop vou art your other poultry food from. In its powdered form you can, if you like, put just a little in the soft food, but the hest. way is that described first-7-.th-at is, in the drinking vessel. « Do vou give your birds mustard? If not, ou are missing one-of the finest stimulants S USE I  MUSTARD. that th birds could have. As an aid to digestion it I is most valuable and indeed necessary, and of late years its worth has become rapidly reahsed. It is a perfectly harmless spice, and can be mixed with the food given to the fowls. It acts with great benefit upon the salivary glands, and helps to perfect the digestive organs. Mix it with the soft food given toO the birds in the morning, allowing about one heaped teaspoonful to every six birds. Some people also give it during the winter rrfonths, and the- do so because they say that it helps to keep the birds warm. So it does, but it also helps to produce a fuller ogg-basket, aud thus justifies itself being given to the birds throughout the year. ::> To keep heis healthy, you must keep them warm and feed them properly. Only I GIVE BIRDS I LUIE. if you do thse things 4aaii you expect them -to. lay. If they do not, then all the I spices sold for that purpeso .? I trill not make them do s4). haell and all these things are dependent upon the others. An appetising condiment may encourage [ poultry to coitte on' to lay, but you need to have sound, healthy birds vo begin with. If you have unhealthy bird.-?; then the only effect o? giving- spices will be to cause liver trouble and make them worse. Lime is an essential in eyery poultry vard. It must 1 given the birds in some shape or other to help form the shells of their eggB. Old mortar pounded up very fine answers the purpose, as also do oyster shells, if they are well burnt and then crushed. Fowls are pafrtjal* towards oyster shell, and it is tiie wise keeper who has an old tin full of it in the t, yard. If you have neglected this item in the past, and have as a result had soft- shelled eggs, a quick way of i'emedyin>» matters is to put a little lime in the drink- ing water. Many small, holders have only themselves to blame when their fowls are unhealthy, be- MISTAKE or IN-BHEEDIXC. crtuse they are guilty or I that exti-?mely fo?lisi? prac- I tice of using related bir&; for bMcdin? ?purpo&es. 'Thi. I does not, of course, actually cause disease, but what it does do is to weaken the consti- tutions of the chickens, making them more liable to. any disease that' may be prevalent. More than this (says "The it means that when fowls do fall sick they have the complaint much more seriously than 'do the offspring of unrelated parents, and there is much greater difficulty in effect- ing a. sucee?ful or perm.'fnont cure. Among the manv other disadvantages of in-hredl- ing- are that a large percentage of the eggs is likelv to -be infertile, causing' much loss ard waste of time-; the chickens are dedicate ar.d are difficult to rear: and they never develop into really g'ood birdp. ———— « early On the aHotment nowadays, as the early potatoes, shallots, etc., are being lifted, a t GRow,somE I GOWS()ME BUCKWHEAT. few vacant spots may ap- pear (says 'a. writer in ?Farm. Field, and Fire- side"). If you keep poultry and there is a piece ot land to spare, use it for buckwheat. Feed for the birds Will be scarce and dear this winter. Every ad- ditional quort of food one has stored away will be of service. Buckwheat is a species of edible grain, with three-cornered seeds like beechnuts. It is not too Into to sow it now;. it will grow almost anywhere, and gives a- good yield for the'expenditure of a very little trouble, also a very little rrjoney. Sowing should not be delayed, and by the end of September a further addition to the food supplies should be ready tc gather. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. I Rex.—Meat meal, cut bone, and fish meal are important items in a fowl's diet, and no birds that are kept closelj confined and in the runs should be deprived of it. Birds in runs cannot get the insects from the ground, as they would if they were on a free range. Take my advice and give it to your birds. A. S.—Some people say it is best t* give the soft food at nigit, but I have always contended that morning is the best time. The grain given at night keeps the birds g-ojng until the morning feed. Given soft food at night they get ravenously hungry.
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Doubling the wisdom of multiplying badges, Sir Albert Stanley said in Parliament that it is not intended to institute a badge for-officers and men in merchant ships who by skill end courage have avoided enenyr torpedoes. The National Service representative at the Leeds Tribunal suggested that exempted, men should be required to devote papt of their time to work of llational importance in the same way that men are allocated for special con- stabulary duties..
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Up to Ip-st August the Navy, and ships escorted "by the Navy, had carried no fewer than 13,000.000 tnen, 2,000,000 horses and mules, 25,000,000 'tons of explosives, jind 50,000,000 tons of petrol. "I am better, out of the world; the "strain is too great for me." These are the last words of Bernard J. Niggemann, a naturalised Ger- man in Liverpool, found hanging dead in his office..
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Roses.—Flowers which are not cut should be removed from standard and bush rose trees as they fade. Tepid seapy prater makes an effective spray to rid the growths of greenfly. Mildew may be kept in check by Spraying with sulphide of potassium, j Transplanting.—Numerous plants grown for theirflower3 in spring and summer are • ready for remova l from the seed beds. These include wallflowers, polyanthus, double daisies, arabis, aubrietia, and perenjiial candytuft. Select positions not too dry or hot, a border facing west or north beifig usually the most satisfactory. » Ver-ta Mussini.—This must be included in a li-,t"of the best six hardy border peren- nial plants for summer flowering, growing -Ift.- high. The plants are masses of laven- der-blue, blossoms at present. They thrive. in most soils and positions, and Are readily propagated by seeds sown. now, also by division of the clumps in axturnn. As an edging. just behind pinks the nepeta is a lovely contrast, and the sprays are quite useful for cutting. Taking Rose present is a very suitable time for taking cuttings of roses. Choose those growths thgt have car- ried a bloom. Length is no object so long as they khave severa l buds, say, four. Make a clean cut beneath the lower bud and. re- move the leaf. Now, instead of putting them in a V-shaped trench in the open, put them in pots of sandy compost, several in a pot. Then stand the pots on a bed of ♦ ashes in a cold frame, put on the "light," ,and if very bright give shade for a few days. After a few weeks the "light" can.. be removed entirely. Give water as required, but guard against over watering. With ordinary attention a good number may be rooted in this way; they are better able to take care of themselves than those inserted in the open later in the year. Fairy Wallflower.-Treated as biennials the erysimums are amongst the' most showy spring and. early summer flowers. Sow the seeds thinly on a border outside and trans- plant to the flowering positions in Septem- ber and October. Erysimums thrive in most soils and positions, avoiding too much shade. The best sorts include 'Arkansanum, bright yellow, 18in. Golden Gem, golden yellow, lOin.; Orange Gem, orange, 18in.; and Pul- cheliuin, pale yellow, 6in. Pears on Walls.—Pears generally are poor crops this year. TheTe will be all the more, necessity to make the most of what we have. See that wall trees which are carrying' crops are well treated wi,th regard to water and liquid manure. Where there does happen to be more than a fair crop, thinning must be done for the sake of the tree and the future crop. Strawberry Layers. When the layers have been pegged into pots or turves ihvy will need constant attention in a dry time. Thev must have water every day. As soon as roots can be seen from the base of the pots the young plants, are ready to sever from the old plants. Remove them Pnd stand in a cool shady position for a few days, when they will be ready for potting on or for planting as required. Peaches Outside.—The fruit should be swelling rapidly now. Give amp?e supplies of water, and in the case of old trees give alternate applications of liquid manure for a week or two. Growths will need pinching and tying in. Attend to syringeing the trees in fine weather In the evening after warm days is the best time for this. Early sorts will soon commence colouring., and both syringeing and feeding must be discontinued when this takes place. # Vegetable Marrows Falling OfL—There are several reasons why marrow fruits turn yellow and* fall off ht their early stages. It may be that an over-rich soil is provided. Male flowers are produced particularly freely in the plant's earliest stages and should be taken off. The female bloom is easily known bv the tiny marrow seen behind the bud. It is wise to pick off all male blooms till the small fruits appear. Yet another reason for the fruits falling off is failure in setting, and it may be advisable to practise hand fertilisation. Lack ofe. moisture is likewise a prolific cause. Diseased Potato Raitlm.Whru lifting potatoes having diseased haulms, be careful to remove and burn all this Immediately, for the double purpose of tidiness and prevent- ing further spread of the disease. Second Early- Potatoes.—This crop should •now be quite ready to take up. If the land is heavy aud miuch soil adhers to the timbers, free them from this as soon as lifted, and do not attempt storing until they are quite dry. Autumn-sown Oui.ns.These are now ap- proaching the ripening stage. Remove them from the bed and lay out thinly on sacks, leaving the tops intact until quite shrivelled; then cut away all but two inches of the tops; store in a dry place. -Outdoor Cucumbers.—If these are to do their best water must be given freely when- ever the state of the soil approaches dry- ness. After the first few fruits are formed. a weekly soaking of manure water will hasten their development, but .care should be taken to keep it off the leaves. f Newlv-made Asparagus Beds.—More than ordinary care should be taken of beds of as- paragus planted last sltring. The present has not been an ideal season for these plants, growth being rather weak. In addition to keeping the surface free from weeds, use water very freely during this and next month. Early Celery.—If strong plants were Put out early in April, they should now be suffi- ciently advanced for. blanching The time- honoured plan of using earth for this pur- pose Ois scarcely as suitable for exhibition piBoduce as is the use of brown paper or stiff cardboard. Whatever is .used mu§t be put around the plants when they are quite dry.
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11 GTHEB MEN'S HINDS. Yon cannot save men without money.— RKV. J. TOLEPREE PARR. SUNSHINE FOR' THE CHILDREN. We must go to the children with our arms full of sunshine. FATHER BERNARD VAUGHAN.. i A PLEA FOR PLAYGROUNDS. Give children places to -play cricket and they will- not break wind-ows.-BisHop OF LOXDON. I L THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE. The majority of th&; people who constitute the Church do not know in the smallest degree how Church affairs are conducted.— REV. W. TEMPLE. CHINESE TORTURERS OUTDONE. No Chinese toiturers in the war of 1860 went so far, except perhaps in regard to mutilation, as the Germans have in the treatment of our men.—SIR FRANCIS LLOYD. NO WOOL FOR CIVILIANS. j There is considera hIe risk of all the re- maining resources of the wool trade being absolutely absorbed by the clothing of our army and that of our Allies.—SIB ARTHUR GOLDFINCH. THE ECONOMIC WEAPON. Economic forces are strong. In the long run, not less strong than military forces.— MR. BONAB LAW. THE ONLY ROAD. I There is no road, I fear, to peace except the bloody road, whether it be long or short, which leads through to victory' It will be fatal fcrf the world, it will be. fatal for the German people themselves, if they are not taught this lesson, that war will never pay- again in the history of the world.-Mia. BONAR LAW. # OUR GREAT PURPOSE. Our one great purpose must be to bring fhe war to such a conclusion as would make the preparation worth while, and make a League of Nations possible.—SIB R. L. BORDEN. BRITAIN'S FINEST IMOMENT. I am persuaded that the finest and worthiest moment in'the history of Britain was reached on that August night, now nearly four years ago, when we declared war on Germany, war for freedom and CiVi!iSatiOn.-MR. WixsTO? CHURCHILL. FALSTAFF AND OLD BILL. I ralstaff would not bfe among strangers were he in the trenches to-day; he and Old Bill would get on very well togetlier.Siu VI ALTER RALEIGH. "THE STUFF OF TRIUMPH." The blinded rulers of Prussia have aroused forces they knew little of, forces which once loused can never be crushed to earth again, for they -have at their heart an inspiration -and a purpose which are deathless end of the -very stuff of triumph.—PRESIDENT WILSON. WAR BONDS SUCCESS. I see no reason to depart from the system of raising money for war purposes which 11;1"- prevailed for more than nine months.. and which has bevn succe^ful to a greater extent than I anticipated.-MR. BONAB LAW. THE COMING HARVEST. I The result of the coming harvest will far exceed the jpildest anticipation of many people.—LORD SELBORNE. A GERM AN-BUILT BARRIER.' Germany herself has built a wall over which she will not be able to trade with Canada for generations to come.-SIR EDWARD KEUP. HUMANITY IN WAR. I We do not want the war to become a mere brute contest, untouched by any noble emotion, .and without the inspiration of any humane and liberalising idea.—MB. A. HEN- DERSON, M.P. CIIAMPIOXS OF LIBERTY. I The English-speaking nations have clote -more. for liberty and justice than all the rest of the world put together.—LORD BERES- POED. HOSPITAL SHIP OUTRAGES. I The 'sinking of a hospital ship is the I Whitechapel murders on a gigantic scale. Let us relnember the Scriptural injunction, "Defend tRe children of the poor and punish I the wrongdoer.BisHop OF LONDON. -THE FIRST CONDITION. I Belgium is never out of our minds; and the first condition of the victory for which 'we are striving, and which we do not mean to halt untH we secure, is- that Belgium shall be relieved from the oppressor and r-e- stored to her place in th world, and guaran- teed the full territorial, political, and eco- nomic independence which is her birthright. —EARL CURZON. 4t NOT YET. I We have not yet arrived at that stage of democratic progress where all parents are willing to send their children to public elementary, schdol.SIR P. MAGNUS, M.P. 4 NEW ZEALAND AND GERMANY. I We dislike German methods of colonisa- tion and treatment of native races. We dis- like German economic methods, those under- hand and cut-throat devices- of trade compe- tition, which seepl to us to lower instead of raising the standard of living, and finally we are opposed to the reappearance of Ger- many in the Pacific, because the restless and I' predatory instincts of German ambition are a standing menace to our national peace and security.-LSIR JOSEPH WARD (New I Zealand). 1. THE EMPIRE FINDING ITSELF. I The British Empire is finding its unity, I finding its strength, finding its purpose, j yea, finding its purpose in'the great designs of Providence upon earth, finding it in a great war for liberty, and for right through- out the World.-iMR. LLOYD GEORGE.
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 THINGS TOU6HTFUL. I-  f I WORDS OF CHEP- .t. No monument of bronze or stone can out- live one word of cheer spoken to a fainting Isoul. I BELIEVERS' VOCABULARY. There are no ifs and buts in the vocabu- lary of believers. That which men believe to be possible is possible, and will sooner or later be done, but that which they believe to be impossible or impracticable (its synonym) will never be done by them. It is only possible to prove the possibility cf a thing to doubters by getting it done in their despite and agaiast their passive or aetive opposition.—F. H. Martin. I GREAT SOULS. I There is nothing that so effectively discon- certs the schemes of sinister people as the tranquillity of great souls.—Mirabeau. I A GOOD CURE. Troubles never come singly; there is your own; and somebody else's. To give one's attention to somebody else's trouble is often a good cure for one's own. .———————————— I AND YET. I The attic of young Cupid's house I visited one day, To &ee the tattered bits of love That there are stored away; For cast-off oddt; and ends of heartoi About the place are thrown, Like bubbles of some other days That long ago had flown. But yet the withered roses there— Frail wreaths from Love's own tomb-- Upon the mellow dusty air Shed a faint, sweet perfume. I TEACHING AND PREACHING. Teaching and preaching are all very well I in their place, but the One great essential in the tea-chcr is to live his philosophy.— Rellimeo. I OBSERVATION. # We are a-il too mucn inclined, 1 tmnx, to walk through life with our eyes closed. There are things around us and right at our very feet that we have never fte-en, be- c-ause we have never really looked. We should not keep for ever on the public road, going only where others have one, we should leave the beaten track occasionally and enter the woods. Every time you do that you will be certain to find oom.ptlling that you have never seen before. Of course, it will be a, little thing; but do not ignore it- Follow it up, explore all round it; one discovery will lead to another, and before you know it you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, ior all really big discoveries are the results of thought. IMPORTANCE OF I cannot overestimate the importance of observing every little thing and of reason- ing upon it. The history of invention is full of iucidents in which apparently trivial ob- servations have proved of immense value to the world. Indeed, as Samuel Smiles very hap-pilv put it, "The close ooservation of little things is the secrct of success in busi- ness. in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.—Alexander Graham Bell. I EARLY I HEATH. But now, thy youngest, dearest one has perished, The nursling of .thy widowhood, who grew Like a pale flower by some sad maiden cherished, And fed with true-love tears, instead of dew: Most musical of mourners, weep anew! 'Thv' extreme hops, the loveliest and lfst, The bloom, whose petals nipt before they blew Died on, the promise of the fruit, is wasle; -Thv broken lily lies-the storm is over-past. To that high Capital, where kingly Death Keeps his pale court in beauty and decay, He came; and bought, with price of purest breath, A grave among the eternal.—Come awayr. Haste, while the vault of blue Italian day Is yet his fitting charnel-roof! while still He lies, as if in dew asleep he lay; Awake him not! surely he takes his fill Of deep and liquid re--t, forgetful of all ill. —Shelley. THE ONLY WAY. The only way to have a new wond is to nKike. new men. The old wine bottles must be discarded. The wine of a new day wiii Roon pass away if we fail to supply new and fresh containers. -I BE STEADFAST. The truth ia that there is no elation so deep, and no exultation so long sustained, as that of the man with the steadfast face. Many a man has passed into the way with the thought that he was opening a door into a narrow and high-walled lane. The door has opened, to his delight, into a garden of beauty and of peace. The accept- ance of a heavy- inirden, the acquiescence to "the crook in the lot," the choosing of the- path that leads to a cross gives a liberty to the thought, a largeness to the view, an animation to the spirit, which is as far above tiie calm of a stoical temper as the sunshine of a. June day is brighter than a gr3,y December light.—W. M. C'ow. I THOUGHTS ON WORK. Get leave to work In this world '—'Us the best you get at ail. -E. B. Browning. Every man's task is his life-preserver.— Emerson. I Work is Heaven's best!—J. Ingelow. r I. MANNERS. Even with virtue, capacity, and good con- duct, a man' may be quite unendurable. Manners, which we often neglect as 41foigh they were of no importance, are often the very thing that prompt men's. favourable or unfavourable judgment concerning us. Some slight effort to possess gentlc, aiid pleasant manners will prevent such unfavourable judgments. A very little makes men think us proud, uncivil, contemptuous, disoblig- ing; even less is needed to be thought just the opposite of all that.—La Bruvere. THE SCIENCE OF SILENCE. It was a wise old philosopher who said. "The .-cience of silence is more clifficulf than that of speech." The sharp retorts we might kave made are not among our regrets in after years. DEEP HUMAN NEED: The deepest human need is heart guidance, the direction of the desires and affections. There is our true life. The body may be held in control; the mind be cultivated "into aU graceful «oiHpliances; but if the heart be unsanctified, undirected, or misdirected, all education and all discipline have only been like dealing with the outside of the cup and of the platter."—Hugh Black. «