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THErtYSTI \ Florence V ^.'Aulhor of*"The Mouse tCopjright, 1896, by f- '" CHAPTER IV. 1 In spite of his own indignation anc remorse on hearing Claris make thi: coarse and cruel speech, Cliffon watched the girl narrowly, and wai shocked and surprised to observe tha while he and her uncle were at i white heat of excitement, she sbowe< remarkable self-control.* After a mo meat's silence on her part, she inter rupted Clifford's protests and excuse with a little pettish movement of he hand. " "Never mind apologizing," said sh< curtly. "Let us hear what you hav* to say. Now I know what you mean Iby your being 'disturbed.'" She cast down her glance upon th< shabby carpet of the little sitting room, and stood, leaning with one ham upon the table, her head half turnec away, In the attitude of close atten tion. It was evident that she did not suf fer half so keenly as did Clifford whose voice was hoarse and tremuloui as he spoke in answer. "You don't suppose, you can't sup pose, that I accuse you of anything,' said he, trying In vain to meet he: eyes, and betraying even to the preju diced eyes of George Claris the genu ine8S of his feeling.. VI was disturbe< In the night. I found a hand unde; my pillow. I caught the hand witl my purse and my watch in it. Th< hand was a woman's, small and sof and slender. There, that's all I know.' "But you think it's enough to g( upon when you accuse my niece o teing a thief!" shouted George Claris as he brought his heavy flst down wit] a sounding thump upon the table. "Hush, uncle!" said the girl, witl perfect calmness. "Mr. King nevei meant that. I am sure of it." And to the young man's intense re lief and gratitude she" looked straigh In his face with a faint smile. "Thank you. Thank you with al my heart," said he, hoarsely. Nell was still very pale, but she wai quite calm and composed, and after i short pause, during which the tw< men bad watched' her, wondering wha she was going to'propose, she sudden ly sat down upon a chair and leane< upon the table, in the endeavor to hidi the fact that her limbs were not a much under her control as her min< was. "Let us think it out," said she. Ant then, before either of the others ha< spoken, there passed suddenly ove her face a sort of spasm of horror struck remembrance, as if a ha]f-for gotten incident had suddenly fiashei into her mind with a new significance , .Clifford saw that a light had brokei In upon lier. ?sut instead or communi eating to her companion the idea whatever it "was, which had flashe< through her own brain, she raised he: head very suddenly, and meeting Clif ford's eyes with a piercing look asked: "You have some idea, some sugges tion to make. What is it?" It was strange how the man ha< blustered, and the woman prepare! herself to reason. Clifford sat dowi on the other side of the table, feelini that here was a person with whom h could discuss the matter with all rea sonablenese. "I was wondering," he said, gently "whether you ever walked in you sleep. I know it seems an infamou thing to have dared to connect yoi with the matter at all?" "That will do," she said, gravely i- ami? ft nAl/\r??Af* nVtAll a uuu i utiut anj ayviugico auuu that. I can see, Mr. King, that th very notion makes you much more un happy that it does me." The tears sprung to Clifford's eyeE Every trace of suspicion of her hon esty had melted away long since un der the influence of her perfec straightforwardness. v "It's awfully good of you," he said gratefully. "As I was saying, som nambulism is the only explanation pos sible. You must have read ?f sue! things. You must have heard that i is possible for a person to take thing In his sleep and hide them away witli out ever being conscious of what he' doing." Again there passed over the ingen uous face of the young girl that lool which betrayed some vague but lioi trible memory. It perplexed Cliffor and worried him. It was the one oil cumstance which marred his perfec belief in her, for it showed what a] her words belied?that she had a lltii more knowledge than she confessed t( "And what made you think the han was mine?" asked she, in a trouble tone. And instinctively, as 6he spok< she tried to hide her hands under th Tim of the broad hat which she ha taken off. "Well, the hand was small and sof like yours," said Clifford in a Iot voice. "So small that it was almos like a child's hand in mine. It seeme to me that I had only touched on hand in my life like it." Xell shot a frightened glance a him, and in the pause -which followe Clifford saw a tear fall on to the tabl< cloth. He started up. "Ob, this is horrible!" he moaned. But the girl sprang up in her turr and turning to her uncle cried, in voice full of energy: "Uncle (Jeorge, you must give t Mr. King the money he has lost, whai ever it is. Of course." she went o quickly, turning to Clifford with eye now bright with excitement, "we car not give you back your watch, but w can give you me vaiue or u, n yo . will tell us what it is?the mere mone value, 1 mean. For, of course, that i ail we can do." Hut even before Clifford could pre test against this suggestion, which h liad, indeed, never contemplated fo n moment, the innkeeper burst on into a torrent of indignant remor strance. "Me give him twenty-five pound (That's what ho said ho had no bin V;1, ;;..A . . ERgor-THC or\ Ike A&rsn," ercj Rqjaert Bonner's Sons.] an' who's to credit It? Who's to prove 1 it, I say? An' the vally he likes to set s on his watch, besides? No, that I J won't It's my belief it's a trmped-up s 6tory altogther, an' I dare him to fetch t the police in! I dare him to, I say!'' i And he gave another thump on the 3 table. Avarice as well as anger gleamed In '* the man's eyes as he spoke, the avars Ice of the man who has had to work r hard for small gains. Clifford looked from the niece to the on/1 ononlnlAii nf the lnttPr hp C UliVJlCi auu ouopiviuu v.. v**v e gan to grow .keen. Nell retained her t presence of mind. She went up to the excited man and put a coaxing hand e upon his shoulder. "Uncle," she said, almost in a whin-' 1 per, "you remember there have been 1 other robberies here." Her voice sank until the last word was almost inaudible. George Claris started violently, and . shook his fist in the air in a tumult of 3- rage. "I know there has! I know there - has!" said he, betweeh his teeth. "An' ' I'd like to catch the rascal as did 'em. i* T?..? hflfnTD 'on /Inrprt to KflV 1 UUl UVUVUJ wva.v*v ? w - you or me was at tbe bottom of it, - Nell. Nobody before bas dared to say 1 we wasn't honest. Why, man. I've f been settled here these twenty-five i years, and I'm known to every man, e woman and child between Stroan and t Courtstalrs. Me take a man's watch or purse?me or my niece! It's a plant, ' my girl, a plant of this fine London f gentleman. Twenty?five pounds! You bet It's more* than he's worth, every i rag and stick of him. He's heard of my misfortunes lately, an' he's come i an' trumped up this story, thinking r it'll be better worth my while to pay him the money than have another - Scandal about the place. But I won't, t I won't! I'll do time rather." Clifford was torn with battling emo1 tions as he listened to this speech, which was indeed like that of a bro3 ken-hearted man. He had not been 1 able to stem the torrent of the poor 5 fellow's fierce wrath, and it was only t when Claris sank down witn nis neaa - upon the table that he was able to say, J very quietly: e "I never thought of asking for com9 pensatlon, Mr. Claris. I should not J think of doing so. All I want is to clear up this detestable puzzle, much 1 more In your Interests thhn in mine. 3 I am not a rich man, but neither am I r a beggar, as you have rather unkindly - suggested. I can afford the loss of - my watch and money, but I cannot af3 ford to leave you and poor Miss Nell here without doing my beet to find l out the cause of these unfortunate oc currences:" i Then Nell looked again in his face 1 with a smile which made him ready r to go' on his knees and worship her - for her sweet forbearance. . "Thank you," said 6he. Then turning to her uncle: "It will come right," she said; "or, at least," she added, hurriedly, "we will hope it may. You 3 go back to your work, uncle, and I 1 will see If I can't set my wits to work 3 and liave something to tell you when I I next meet you." e Claris allowed himself to be coaxed - into compliance with her wishes, and presently disappeared Into the bar. Then, wheij they were alone together, r Clifford noticed a sudden alteration In s her manner toward himself. It was J no longer the confiding, childish behavior of a light-hearted girl; it was the responsible gravity of an older and t thoughtful woman. e "You are not to distress yourself, - Mr. King," she said, quietly. "Although it is a terrible thing for us i. we are, in a way, used to it, for, as i- you heard me say, there have been two i- or three cases of theft here before. I t hope you are not in a hurry to get back to Stroan, for I should like, beI, fore you go, to have a search made of i- the house and a few more inquiries." i- She would not listen to his protests, b his objections, but left him and went t upstairs. Clifford, miserable and pers plexed, went out into the garden and i- strolled among the cabbages and car s rots, torn oy uoudis which ue uku in vain to suppress. i- In about ten minutes he saw, from l? the corner of the garden where he - was smoking his pipe under an apple d tree, Nell coming quickly out of the - house by the back way, and flying t like an arrow down to the river's 11 bank. From the glimpse he caught e of her face he saw that she looked ). scared and guilty, and that she cast d around her the glance of a person who d does not wish to be observed. ?, Hastily unmooring one of the boats e which lay by the bank 6he got in, d sculled across the stream, made the boat fast to the opposite shore, and t, began to run across the open fields as v fast as her feet could carry her. it It occurred at once to Clifford that d she must be going to take counsel e with her friend. Miss Bostal, and he started in the direction of Shingle Lt End himself, thinking that It would be d a^ good Idea for him to open his hear' ?- to that lady, and reassure Nell at Tu vi*. huAtirrh thr* im. uio unu uot iu uu imuu|,ii ~ Impeachable lips of her elderly friend, i, He went by the road, and sauntering a along at a very sedate pace, reached the little tumbledown residence of o Colonel Bostal just as Nell, emerging t- from it by a back gate into the fields n started on her journey back home, s She did not see him, but he, looking i- through the hedge at her, was able lo e discern that her face was, if anything, n more sad than It had been when Kin* y left home, and that her eyes were s swollen with recent tears. The. prim old maid had been unsym) pathetic and harsh to her poor little e protege, that was evident, and Clifr ford felt that he hated the starchy it spinster for it. i- He could not. however, help feeling that he should like to hear the opinion 1! on the whole matter of people who, i. like the Coslals. were acaualnted with the family at the Blue Lion, and "who were at the same time on friendly terms with them. Miss Bostal herself opened the door as before, and from this and other signs It was easy for Clifford to discover that she and her father kept no servants. She seemed not to be at all surprised by his visit, and when he began to apologize or intruding upon her again, and atr such an early hour of the day, she only smiled and asked him to come in. "I must own that I was engaged in the homely pursuit of peeling potatoes for our early dinner," said she, as she showed him the old worn tableknife which she held in her carefully gloved hands. Tnnp hlo /Irlo/I.nn * til y CUICIUI Due nan, iu.a w> little elderly lady about the care of her person; she never went into the garden without a sunbonnet to preserve her complexion, nor did any sort of rough work without an old pair of gloves on her hands. She led Clifford into the drawingroom, a long, pleasant apartment with a low ceiling, with an old-fashioned bow-window that looked to the west and another that looked to the south. The sunshine showed up the ehabbiness of which Clifford had noted some traces the day before. The faded cushions, the rickety chairs, the bare fireplace, with nothing but a small sheet of brown paper in the grate to replace the winter's fire, all spoke of desperate shifts, of the meanest straits of genteel poverty. But Miss Bostal gave him very little time to look about him. "I can guess what you have come about," she began, as 6he put down her old knife upon the side-table In the passage before entering the room. "It is about tbis dreadful thing that has happened at the Claris's. But I must tell you frankly that If you have any suspicions of old Claris or his niece, it is of no use your talking to me, for you will get no sympathy. I * ^ r* Have Known OJU ueui&e viiuio lui nearly twelve years; and as for Nell, I don't think I could care more for the girl if she -were my own sister. She is as incapable of thett as an angel." The lady's thin, pale face grew pink under the energy of this protest, which Clifford hastened to assure her was' not needed. "I believe that just as heartily as you do," he said, earnestly. "I only want the mystery cleared up for their own sake, and I thought that you, who live so near, might, perhaps, have a notion which would help us to arrive at the truth." Miss Postal smiled triumphantly. "I have," she said, emphatically. "I have a very strong notion. Indeed. I will tell you in confidence whom I suspect, and I shall try my hardest to find out the truth." Clifford's face glowed with excitement and expectancy. "Who?who is It?" he asked, breathlessly. "Jem Stickels," she answered with decision. "And who Is that? You know I am ft offonfrnr hora " a oitaugci uvi\? "A young fisherman who owes Nell a grudge because she would not listen to the fellow's impudent advances. He is always banging about the place, though, and he doesn't scruple to threaten the girl to do her some harm, and he Is always prattling to people who come this way about the robberies which have been committed at the Blue Lion." t Clifford listened doubtully. He remembered the young fisherman in the punt, with his unprepossessing manner and low type of face; and if it had been possible to connect him with the robbery he would have jumped at the idea as a plausible one. But then the hand he had touched was certainly not that of Jem Stickels, and, moreover, he could not conceive how the young fisherman could have got into the house and out of it unless by collusion with some one within. Rather disappointed, therefore, with the lady's fantastic idea, as it seemed to be, Clifford, upon finding that she hnrj nn hptter sucrzestion to make, soon ' took leave of lier, begging her to impress upon Nell his own unwavering belief in her innocence. In the hope that he might overtake Nell on her way home, or perhaps only with the lover's wish to tread in the loved one's footsteps, Clitford obtained Miss Bostal's permission to go through the little gate at the bottom of her garden, so that he could return to the Blue Lion by the fields. Nell was out of sight, however, by the time he started, and whatever pleasure he extracted from the walk was due only to the knowledge that she had passed this way. To be Continued. Almond-Eyed Chinese. It was suggested to me that the almond shape of the Chinese eyes might be a result from babyhood for long generations of going bareheaded in the sun, says Leslie's Weekly. Foreigners find the sun so dangerous to the eyes that they are not only shaded by wide-biimmed hats, but most frequently by dark glasses. The Chinese women do not, as a rule, as do the Japanese, put their babies upon the backs of their young girls. The women, and not infrequently the men, carry their children, after babyhood, in their anus, even when quite large. In fact, the care exhibited by fathers for their children, proudly bearing them lu their arms on the street from place to place, shows that Mr. Chinaman has good sense as well as a good heart. He is not afraid he will be laughed at for doinp woman's work, as some of our irnBUnirrnon soom tn lip in our home land, leaving to the wife and mother not only the baby in arms, but several toddlers at her skirts, while the lordly master stalks by her side, and when in his unfettered haste he gets a few loot in advance he looks back irnpatiently, saying "Hurry up!" Hunaway Electricity. Something will have io be done with that capricious fairy, electricity, says the Paris Messenger. A runaway is something too fearful lo contemplate. A few days ago some electricity that had escaped from somewhere fastened itself on to the Mirnbeau Bridge, and for a short time electrified the whole mass. Foot passengers felt "crawly" in the legs, and tbc liorses began to caper as if they had St. Vitus's dance. The strange scene was at last put a stop to by the police temporarily closing the bridge to traffic. The police are inquiring into the matter. Eputmourouroi Saralry-Trainicg: ~JT N* eminent military expe: /\ having extolled the cavalry his own country, continu< "The same is practically tr of the American horse soldier, on perhaps a little more so, because, < peclally 'out West,' the American i most lives on horseback, and of cour he has the old Anglo-Saxon affeccii j {Ofcmouvftcd i j v * " j Ttoopory Jwvi hour}] t - S^?? i "' .^" -$85 r-^"1 ?-,, for horseflesh In his blood. Then, t< some of the most graceful horsem In the "world are to be found in t Southern States. The great trainii however, of these cavalrymen has be found In the Indian wars. Their wo there was rough-riding in the ve truest sense of the word, and nowhe could man and horse be found mc perfectly joined as a fighting unit th on those wild battle-grounds on whl the white man and the red man foug their last fights." During the earlier stages the trai lng of the United States cavalrym differs in no essential particulars frc that of the infantryman, but, later < the great variety of instruction in t cavalry arm of the service renders most interesting for both officers a; troopers. Beginning with the "s< ting-up" exercises, the recruit loo forward to the time when he shall assigned hie horse and be a full-fledg 1 fc? i/g , ft, (fa ' . TEACHING HOUSES TO LIE DOWN. cavalryman. The new horses, or ": mounls," as they are called, no don also look for the time -when no< bending lessons, the passaging, t turning of the forehead to :ne rig and left, about, etc., are over, a longs, as does the recruit to be amo we norses mat kxiow uuw iu uum themselves from their forctops to th heels. After the soldier has learn to sit his saddle and to govern 1 horse, he gets the more intoresti finishing-.work?jumping, potato rac s:.bre practice and rough riding, the old cavalry regiments, before t Spanish -war and the present reorga zation, whole troops could give ex bitions of Cossack riding that w< not to be seen outside of a cricus. The troop known as the "Bla Horse Cavalry," at Fort Myer, \ ginia, contains men who are believ to be the finest ridei'3 in Ameri< Thousands of Washington society p pie go out to witness their weekly < hibitiou drills, and are not only int ested, but excited, for there is nothi more thrilling than a drill with 1 vigor, snap and precision that i characteristic of our American c; 4 - A FANCY CAVALRY EYOl airy. Beginning with the simpler o' lutions of the troop these "Bin Horse** troopers go through I "School of the Troop" at all ga V' >-'?...: ..v. . . -with equal precision and a marvelous G uniformity. As in gome of the Euro^ pean armies all American cavalrymen ~ are dragoons, that is to say, they are m trained to fight both mounted and dismounted. While dashing down the rt, drill-ground, doing some intricate of movement, the troop is given the com?s: mand "dismount to fight on foot," and ue in a couple of seconds the men are In ly an Infantry skirmish line, and their ;s- horses are beiDg led to the rear, at a al- full gallop, by the No. 4 of each set of se fours. The skirmish line advances, on firing "volleys by platoons," "by ? *V "> **4 rmn\\rr: jrx&dyIfc;tVrt '' i J - ?->>""\x 7f fi* " Cirt ? .' .l' NV * ' >*-S y_' <T^ ,\< u\l/_.r4^V^ .'down undcrl^ifc < -A-/^?*-?.ATT.- ^ jo, squads," "firing at will," etc. Upon en arriving at the proper distance "maghe azine rapid fire" is ordered, and finally lg, the imaginary enemy is charged and en captured. Then follow the exhibitions rk of individual horsemanship?jumping ry over hurdles and fences and covering >re ditches and stone walls. A most in>re teresting feature of the drill at Fort an Myer is the training of the horses and ch their use by the troopers as a shelter ;ht from the enemy's fire. At the command of the captain, a word from each In- trooper, and the horse goes down wlthan out a quiver, and lies at full Jength on \v- pig iron."?Chicago xriuune. - -v ^ Or Sl i ?-J, .LTION-THE MOVING CROSS. 1*0- Customer?"I want an umbrella." ick Dealer?"Do you want a good one. cr lie one you can lend a friend?"?Boston its Transcript >m the ground, while the troopers fire m, with carbine and revolver from behe hind their shelter, and with the weapIt ons resting on the horses' backs. Anad other word of command, the firing et- ceases, the horses are all standing, ks the trooper in the saddle, awaiting be further instructions. ed For the Musical Ride the arena is cleared, and from one of the entrances at the extreme end the band rides in, I followed by the entire troop, now dressed in full review uniform, and % slowly circle around the inclosure. P The entry is made in pairs, dividing to the opposite sides of the ground, the horses keeping time to the music, ,J and moving as a unit, turning, wheeling, halting, taking up the trot, the gallop and the charge with the accur* acy, regularity and mechanical precision of clock-work. At the entrance end the leaders wheel about and break into a canter, which is followed by all while a number of fancy movements are gone through with?crossing and 1 counter-crossing, forming stars, formi ing the figure eight, the ladies' chain, circling around each other, and so on, until the spectators are worked up to the highest enthusiasm. When M these figures are finished the troop ) draw up in two files at the end of the A arena and charge at full gallop, cheering and yelling, and only halting within a few inches of the wall at the other ? end of the arena, when it seems that re- every rider's neck will be broken by ibt the collision.?Fritz Morris, in Harper's ;lc- Weekly. he ' Vanishing Bird Races. The flamingo and the pink curlew are no more, the paroquet and egret r.re going fast, the white pelican is a .e tradition only, like the dodo. Some Mr birds increase under the protection of e. man because he wages war on more 1 3 destructive enemies. The qnail sets us at naught the breech-loader and the ^s' trap if allowed to forage in the grain 11 fields, but there are others that vanish . before the face of man as does the nj" mist before the morning sun. We 1 may delay the end, perhaps, but it is jro at last the survival of the fit.?Florida Times-Union. c!c . ? ir- Accounting For It. ed "It may be merely fancy," remarked ea. Mrs. Selldom-Holme, "out since my eo- husband began drinking the water [>x- from that iron spring he has seemed er- to be ten times as obstinate as he ng used to be." he "Perhaps," suggested Mrs. Nexire dore, "the water is tinctured with qoooooooooooo0000000000000 I(Taqsidering t|e Monorail | The Behr Railway Again Before the 2 English House of Parliament. a qoqqoocoogoooooooooooocq THE Behr Monorail system, by which it is proposed to give a lightning' passenger service between Manchester and Liverpool, after having met -with all kinds of experiences before the English House of Parliament. Is again be ?I I j?t ^ :-i. i ^ " ' Icl' ^.tk^o. fore that body demanding recognition. The measure Is now being considered by a committee of the House of Commons, before which Mr. Behr has again appeared. He stated that he had designed carriages to give accommodation for 10,000 passengers a day, ^ rT-V * ! w * SECTION OF THE BEHB MONOBAIL CAR. and another series for 7500 passengers, but he said it -would be &? unfair in the committee to bind him to any design of carriage as it would have been ? s" s-vs?w/ve wino 1 y<j&r - .. to limit Stephenson to the "Rocket" type of locomotive. The carriage, of which this Is a sectional view, is sixty feet long and ten feet ten inches wide, and has accommodation for 100 pasI sengers, each person liav ing a separate seat, specially arranged so as to avoid discomfort while passing round the curves at high speed. The electric current is picked up by trolleys attached to the car, but insulated from the hottom of the bogies flexibly coupled together by a specially designed joint, of which the carriage j consists. The bottom part of the carriage is quite open, so that all the guide wheels are exposed to view, and there is ample play between the carriage and the line. The motors only are completely shut off on all sides by a box for their protection. The guide wheels are two feet in diameter, and there are sixteen. They are very broad, and are inclined vertically to the trestles, instead of being horizon tal, thereby consideraoiy reducing ine friction. The guide wheels below the driving wheels are attached to the under frame of the carriage, and those between the two small bogle -wheels are attached to the centre of the bogie itself, so that they cannot move at all with the carriage frame. The Storied Cantle. "Yon had better make it ten stories higher," said good King Arthur to the royal architect. "What is the use?" queried the latter. "Odds boddikins and gadzooks, caitiff. Know ye not that the men of the future will have to have a storied castle to write about'/"?Baltimore American. Canada had 2G17 miles of steam railroad in 1870, aud now has 17,037 miles. / , ? \ QUEER DIFFERENCES IN CATTLR They Are the Direct Beault of Rational Fntjodleu. That It is possible for popular tastr to exercise a most potent influence on the development of animals that art used for food has lately been shown in the difference between French and English cattle. The English.are very fond of roast meat and show a marked preference for those portions of a cow, such a* the fillet, that are In the region of the loins, whereas the French like nothing better than "pot-au-feu," which is made of soup and boiled meat, the rump being the part of the animal from which the meat Is taken. Thueif it is true that steak is the most pop^ ular dish In England, so It is equally; frue that "pot-au-feu" or beef a lat mode is the most popular dish In France. IEM6LW3' -npfeBNCB BSjl 'i .^tMi i frnfi i ft Mr !?4 h I ;i J4 ft I I Jj i p ?y I |lAv| Being aware of this fact, the breeders of cattle In both conntries have ? ?' naturally done their utmost to develop those parts of the animals that are most appreciated. As a result the Durham, which Is the typical English cow, and is almost as much appreciated In jGermany, Is to-day notable for its large loins, its well developedchest and its small flaccid rump, while the Limousin, which is the typical French cow, is distinguished, for it? rump, which Is both prominent and spacious. The numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the accompanying pictures indicate, respectively* the first, second and third qualities off meat, as they are rated In the markets of Paris, London and Berlin. It will (n l??nnnA anf1l*A T*TimW ut" occu lua t iu i^iauvc tuw cum?v a and a small portion of the back are regarded as of first quality, that th? shoulder and Hank take second rank* and that the head, limbs and stomach! are not highly prlied. In London and Berlin, on the other hand, only the upper part of the rump is regarded as of first quality, though not better thai* the loins, and the shoulder is consigned to the third rank. ' These differences of taste are not more striking than the differences between the animals themselves. A Durham has a sharply defined head and g small neck and shoulders; Its back 1? large, and is developed in a horizontal direction, the evident reason being bemAof nalna Ia i cause UlCCUClO luva UiUOb i/amo w mu prove that portion of the animal In which is the fillet, so dear to the English and German palate. On the other hand the rump is hardly developed at all. In a Limousin cow, on the contrary, the rump is greatly developed. "These differences are not the result of chance," says M. Paul Dififlotb, a well-known French agriculturist, who has been studying the subject. "The Durham cow of to-day was created, so to speak, by the brothers Charley ^ turgifiott VTEW > // v QAUHfiW' - "+??*. v __-l_lll^_ ' and Robert Colling, and Its ancestor* were the shorthorns that used to fee<? on the pastures of Durham. ThelJ shape was faulty, however, and Rotx ert Colling, noticing one day a beautl? fully formed calf In a yard behind o blacksmith's shop, determined to try and improve the breed by means of It "The experiment succeeded, an<f' from this calf, known later on as th< celebrated Hubback, the Durham oJ 9 to-day are descended. These Engllsl; I cattle differ In many respects froa those of France, and the difference must be ascribed In great measure U the fact that the British and German* like beefsteak and roast beef and th? lA'/ 2 l?l1*1 t | A (I \ 3 jjj nrmrt jj I " pv^j mi i ]/jEitoLisH j]J I J J OE&MAN '/(}. J French like 'pot-au'feu' and beef a la mode." - m A head of fair Lair consists of 143,? 040 hairs, dark 303,000, while a red head has only 29,200. Fair-haired people are becoming less numcroug than formerly.