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DEWED TWO LOVES.
ner UERWITA 3X. cure.
(Continued.)
Hours after he had left the little ware
loc, Daisy sat poutlering on what it
eoeld be. She wondered i' tinething in
the •newspaper had disturbed eire-whe
mit have seen the ee the death of
seine deer friend. Daisy took the paper
aud mei it throneb. Surely nothing
there could amity to him. She read the
Approaching Mage in High Life,"
het ineweent Daisy never dreamed "the
lovely and accomplished Lady May"
had anything to do with their gueitt.
hlzett she diseniesed it from her
tem:writs. hien had many seurces of
sorrow; if he did not like to tell hie, he
hell, doubtless, some gOOd teSSOU for it
Daley never forgot that scene; it made
her kinder than ever to himi she watehe
ed his face as a child watches ite
mother: if she saw it daekening with
thought or growler, pale. she left ail
other oceupattons to read to him. She
fancied, too. that there was a change
fee him; lite lead grown more thought -
flit; he rarely smiledeven when ehe
was reading his favorite authors. There
were times when he never heard one
weed: times when, 4te asked hire quest
ticets, and he never aniewered theta;
dines when lie looked so utterly wretete
ed that Daisy's heart ached for hire.
flee trouble seemed to have greweh
tits.rder to him since he read that notice
of tow marriage, tin his deeperation th
ittraege idea was graduelle unfolding
eat berme him; he would never resume
tris place in theworld; he would live tint
the remainder of his life in this little
eottage, or in some other like it; he
wouie forsweer friendship, love, wse,
wealth, hirers; he would live a hermit's:
fete, eontent tvith hie books, That motel
blet idea seemed to relieve him, dwel- I
flag on it eased hie min. Perhaps when'
ate Mend she had driven him front the
riving world et wen, she would repeat
of her falsity and repent of be pride. 1
Sten dimppoiated in love make
strange resolves; this one plensed Sit
.
Con -he evoield keep himself right
trevay from the great world. It should;
never be In the power ot the Duehesse,
of Resew= to show her grandeur be- i
rove him. She sbould never show her
rlde over aril blr sniffing Itt proud•
sereee indifference, while she held out
her hand to hiin; he would net paia
himself by leoting at her agiain. Se,
test he -should nuet her. lest he thole.'
meet those who would pity him, triu-
mph over him, he would keep awny i
Crete the great weed, lie wonid let his "
gorine,y aveumulate, and found sone i
charity with it He would oaly take i
what was suilielent for hint to live 1
upon.
If, after a short time. he felted fleet
Life at the cottage did not satisfy him, 1
thenhe would go abroad -not to th he ;
places that English travelers most af- 1
recited, but to some part of Ieraute
where Englisi feet seldom trod; or, if „
he chose, he could go to America -the
New World -and forget all that had
hepperied to hint here in the old.
Hoeing once formed this idea, he
*twit on it with brooding, silent teethe
faction -it solaced him; it seemed to
him that in thus punishing himself, he
was ia some measure avenging himself
an the world in general.
They asked him one tiny, when send-
ing to the county town, if he would like
to have some newspapers. He said no
with such passionate vehemence that
Mrs. Erne Jooked at him in wonder.
No more news for him; be had reed
anent; he had fulished with the false,
wicked, brilliant world; he bad no wish
to read the glories of that marriage -the
marriage of the woman he loved with
the rival he hated!
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CHAPTER Nit'L
"TO AV.AIT ueore rote"
They were sitting under the apple -
blossoms; the southern wind had stirred
them, and they were falling all amend;
some of them, pielt and white lay on
Daisy's dress; she held them in her
heed. She was looking up with laugh-
iug .eyes into Sir Clinton's face.
"Teel you the history of my life, Mr.
Cants?" she said, -Why, there is ne
history in it."
"Bs ell one has a story," said Sir
Clinton.
"I have rionP," rep:led Daisy; "my
telegraphy could he written in very few
wordt."
"Have you ever lived in any other
place but this?" he asked.
'No; my father was head keeper in
the weeds here when he married ray
mother. She lived in the county town
close by -Woodburn. He brought her
'home Imre, and she never left the house
&Inca."
, "Then you have not seen mach of the
, world, Daisy?"
"No; but I have not mimed it -t have
Ilieen very happy ivithout it."
"I have read of a man without a
ehadow," said Sir Clinton; "now I know
a. girl without a story."
"I mey have a story some day," said
Daisr, laughingly. "If ever I do, I will
tit it to you. Was there ever a man
without u. shadow'Mr. Clifton?"
1 "I cannot say. Daisy, I should like
to ehevIge places with you just for Onee;
; I eltould like to have lived as you have
'done -in the world, but not of it. So
:too ,41er e bora here?"
•
.'Yes; I was born and have lived here;
I• suppose that I shall die here. I see
'no prospect of any change. lily father
Itchedwhen I was tprite a little girl. He
Ithad been such a faithful servant to the
owner of this estate, Sir Henry Wood -
ore that he gave my mother a petesion,
end told her she might hive here for the
rf remainder of her life. I went to Wood-
burn to a young ladies' schnol. for foar
lyears; but I do not think." continued
• Daisy, with charming candor, "that t
41 tame learned very much. That is all
may story."
1 "Istory. Daisy. How old are you," is sweet and simpie as a pastoral
, "Oh," replied Daisy, with coescious
elide, "I am older than I -look; I ani
• nearisi nineteen*"
' "Ii.14 have you no companions -no
trieede?" he continued.
"Nene that I care for," she replied.
"I /maw Bente girls at Woodbuen; but
their fathers kept shops," said innocent
Daisy. "and they considered thomeheis
Ivery vetch abote in.'
Which view of social position nainsed .
Pie Wotan so that he laughed a heorty,
genuine inugh-the erst she had ever
heard from his lips. Daisy looked at
him with a grave reproach in her Mader
eyrnhtliets: other et yea to Is.ugh,
Clifton! I assure you it was a trouble
to
"$o the shopkeepers' daughters would
not associate with yen?" he said, look -
leg down at the lovely face and Rohm-
ful figure tvith a straits° smile.
No, replied Deasy, frankly; "and
in my turn, did not care to know the
girls M a lass below my own -that
if woodlteepersi daughters have a dew
-have they, lilt Clifton?".
She spoke so seriously Sir Clinteit
laughed again.
"A very charming clam," be said;
"and, Daisy, ew you know so few, telt
no, has one ever told you you were
very pretty?"
"No." slze. replied, with a pleased,
bright blush; "4* one ever told nee
that."
But be persisted, do you know it?"
"Well," said Daisy, "I 'lave thought
sometimes that iny two was pleaeant-
nice to look at; but I did not know that
it was really what people eall pretty,"
"It is very pretty, Daisy. If you were
in what people will the world, you
would Ond that it was thought a greet
deal of."
"I do not think I shouid care much
about that," replied Daisy; "hut all the
seme, I am giad that I am pretty. Do
you like people that are pretty, Me,
Clifton?'
iiwithowo doubt I did like them owe
ars"'Inl otleTye,"ItOir nroewPi?if'"tt asked Deisy,
with a look of great disoppolutment-se.
great that he could not help seeiug it.
"Why do children tire of sweets?
Why do all men tire, he time, of every-
thing?"
"Do men tire of everything?" asked
Daisy, soleraniyie "twee of their owe
shters and their mothers?"
never had a sister, and raY mother
died so long ago I cannot answer the
onestionl but I knew they tire ef every-
thing else."
"That is a great pity," said Daise;
"girls are not like thet. I ahould never
tire at my mother. my horee. or you."
"You are (I:Were:it to most girls,
riiiiitt-at least to the girls bare
knS7en1 olted ;:p at him with eager eyes.
"1 here ?,fi, e tie ewe.' elm said,
..ent 1 tke tr4t; rou IfYOO
ever lied any one very nitwit. My
neither tied wte 41a7 that You gavo her
tee u':4'''n of a num Wits had ;eyed
rae few reey ilearle- who deed."
y. niet tee say Daisy?
She is :keit 1 ilia hive senie iese
ith alt Ny howl and s..41.--Iletter flint
u.y ii.and all that it held -some tme
.ho die I."
Daley listeetel reverently. Thee thee,
Wes the 5wrove width bail driven btu
teeth whela matte hire always., sad and
thouglitftil. won, for :milt a sow
row its this there was no time,
"Ane flld thy one whun you loved so
raueh hive you, Mr. Clifton?"
elth will tuvt talk abut it now," he
replied, 'What are you going to do
with all the rest of your life. Daisy?"
She Iiteglitel-a happy little laugh of
ptrfeet vontent
"I shall wait upon you," she replied;
"1 shall read to you, and watch your
face to see when you grow sad; 1shell
get alt you want, and ahvays have
everythine ready for you."
"But, Daley, I shall not always be
an invalid," be said.
The perfect content of her face chang-
ed ever so little.
"No, you will not aliveys be an in-
valid; but you will always want some
one to wait on you," said Daisy.
Sir Clinton looked earnestly at her.
"I know all your wants now," she
said, "and I understand your tastes so
welt; no one could ever wait on you
so well as I can."
"I know that, Daisy," he said; "but
you see there is a great difference be-
tween us. A strong man like me doers
not need welting on; and than, even
if I did require it, it wonld not be from
such delicate, gentle hands as yours."
Daisy began to look alarmed.
"I -I thought ten would always iike
ne to wait on you," she said.
"ely deer Daisy, you are very simple
and very sweet; you do not understand,
I ean sea; the ways of the world are an
mites to you; there is a certain thing
(-Mehl etiquette -you know nothiag of
that."
"No," replied Daisy, undauntedly; "I
I do not."
"And etiquette trill prevent you from
waiting on me, when I get strong and
well," he said; "although it does not
prevent it now."
"Then etiquette is very cruel," sald
Daisy; "and I do not like it."
"Few people do. That cannot he the
end of the story, Daisy; we must find
a different termination. Now, for in-
stance, if some benevolent fairy gave
you a nice fortune, and one of the young
farmers round here asked you to marry
bine would not that do?"
"No; I should not like that at all. I
should .not like to be married, Mr. Clif-
ton."
"Then what would you like to do?"
he asked.
"To Avait Upon you," she replied; and
he smiled again.
"We ate arguing in a circle," he said;
"that cermet be,"
"I shall think of something else,
then," said Daisy; "but whatever it is
ntust be for you. Nay* you have been
out long enough, and my mother hes
some famoussoup; you must come in
and have it."
"We will finish our argument anothee
time, then, Daisy; you shah think it
OA er and find out what you would liko
best. Imegine that some fairy is com-
ing to ask you what you • like best -
what you would prefer out of all the
world -then tell me; as though I were
fairy,"
She had been so good to him, so kind
to him, that he had pleased himself by
thinking be would give her not a lak;ge
fortune, but a sufficient one to make her
a desirable wife for any of the young
farmers of the neighborhood. But, ea-
rnest to ties wonder, Detisy looked up et
himagain aud said:
"I know wen enough what I should
preter from all the world -it would be
to wait epee you."
Thie time Sir' Clinton clid not smile.
'There vras to him something ' almost
painful . in this devoted .. attachment to
himself. He never ,dreamed that it was
any -hong more than a garlish
sech as she meet nettwalle feel for ally -
thing she had tended, cared for, and
nursed as she had done hiro. Yet lie
• felt sorry, too, that she liked him st,
well. In thei scheme of life whieh he
had laid down, for hinmelf uo woman
bore any part; be waled have nore ef
them, said to himself that he had
learned his bitter Westin, teamed it welt.
:lad was not to suffer again. Of ea,,rse
it was owle a Pretty, romantic iditila
kind of idea that Daisy lead of always
waiting on him, but it disturbed him a
little-ehe wished it had not been so: and
when, DalsY. an hour afterward, came
as useni to offer her services with book
and pen, he looked gravely abetraeted.
'It
tt.2lenetewtied ofh
scene
ein tlIte
et701.g
(.111Y li.N;els
hthe:rt
monotone of the eettage. At first it
had been like paradise -a peaceful re-
fuge frout trouble, e haven of rest and
peace, He had been content to watch
the sky, to listen to the birds, to note
the growth of the Rowers, to make nee,
ttleinretioills br.471rai aun'ads ter()reaMist 'as:eh:watt;
felled tn ,and be felt, ill, weak. spi • h
lose. Now he was able to walk -the
pure country air invigorated Wm; he
wa$ able to teetb without pain the
strength of hie manhood was returning
to earn, and he could not rest emelt
huger.
He had no desire to go back late 'he
World -the great, cruel world of
-but he wanted thanget he would go
abroad and seek it there. Ile would
fain have traveled through deetens
where bumau faces and human weeet
weld never pursue hint, 1e had no
hinging for his kind, SO wish for sot
olety; but the desires of lire, its vague
wishes, dreams, and hopes, were all
awakening within him. The time bad
come when he could AO longer content
himself at Woodside.
He made many pleasing *three to
himself how he would make Mrs, Hem
hilleth for life; he would settle an an-
nuity an her ekt gloom place her
above all want; and to Daisy -gen -the
graeeful Daisy. --he would give 4 for-
tune: then in the .years to come. if ever
he shoeld retell) from his travois, he
would come to visit Mete. A Vette:tut
piotore. but It was never to be realized.
CILATTER Xtrit,
arm einem on Plan,
Daisy Erne bad never known Whet
life meant until UAW. The couese oe
peaceful brook in the depths of a shady
teeth had net been more caim or eine
ierene. As she told elir Chat, n, she
hd no stvry. 141,74, had been ton ir.
that ehttple cottnge at Woodside; Ler
i mew, ineetent chiiiihood had how
..t in the tweets; her triceele
pier mates were the revivers mei Warie
the had known no °them lier
hall been Iiied awe ;militant 'While
:Wed, Daisy made thee expedite us f I
different wood,: mei forests. He tauie.
her all this little b.re.-the names of th
trees. the different habits of
bildie the names and the nuture of flow-
tirsi Ile taught her after his own
fashion, to read the changing face or
the skies; she knew where the birds
built; she kilter* what nowere mine eut
at the different seasons. Then witea
he died, even thoue little pleesur e
teased, and Daisy grew up pure as an
angel by her mother's side, Nothing
could be more simple than that life, Mrs.
Write had the pension Sir Hernw \homi-
lies- allowed her. Site increar”.d hot- la -
came by the washing of lace, in which
Daisy also excelledthey had a garlic -4
and an orchard, the proceeds of width
were sold at Woodburn. They workee
tined and paid their way, whir% iefre
Erne thought the grantleet thing in 11P.
In summer they rose with the sun and
worked mail it set. Then, when Date
was ten, her mother sent her to what
she prinulty called "a lady's soh el,"
where she went for four years. T.here
she learned all there was to be taught,
hut she made no thiends. She eante
home contented enough, willing to be-
lieve with her mother that she knew
all that was needful.
The pretty?, quiet home life began
then. Daisy ramie her own world a;
home. She grew up beautiful, pure, and
writ': innocent as a child, utterly ignon
ant of the world and its ways; raver -out
yi us and simple. Into this dull gray
Ide the coming of Sir Clinton had beau
lieea fish of glorious sunlight -how
many worlds did he open to her? lIti
teught her peetry and romance; be
changed the whole face of the world fol
her. She saw the meaning of a thole
Fund things she had never 'mown be-
fore; she saw nen' beauty everywhere:
Fite had no idea that she loved him
with the love that was her doom. She
(wily knew that there was no life away
fiont him; that all the light and glory
of the world was centered in him. Ile
was so handsome, so unlike every one
she had seen, no weeder Daisy loved
him. She did so, -after a fashiou, the
first moment she saw him. She cared
him bonnie, and talked of him in' her
child -like fashion. It had ended in a
love that was pitiful in its intens:ty.
• If' he had spent the remainder of his
life there, all would have been well.
Daisy e-ould have been quite content to
wait upon him; she desired nothing
• more. It was the mention of his gong
• that changed, as it were, the worship-
• ing attention of the child into the, pas-
sionate love of the Woman. For SW
Clinton's mind was made up at last. He
was well, strong enough to go, and hr
must. He had formed his plans. Ht
would go to France -to the southern
coast -and live in the land of the olives
and the vine. He would go to P -is
first, as he wanted a large sum or
money, and his bankers could so easily
send it there. Then he would cheese
his future residence in some almost un-
known place: .
When be quite decided he never for-
got the day; it was in the middle af
June, a warm, sunny, fragrant day,
when the birds were singing, and the
rases in bloom. Mrs. Erne was hosier/ in
the garden gathecing strawberries , for
him, to eat with the rich, sweet cream.
Dater sat ixi tbe pretty little ,poterh,
gathering together the falling leaves of
the red roses to make a pot-pourri .efter
the true counter? fashion: Sir Clintoo
saw her there, and went to her in the
preoccupation of his thoughts. pettier
the laet few days he had quite forgottot
Daisy's declaration• of wanting always
to wait upon him. He was itttached to
her in a grateful, kindly fathion; he
t1:voeuegthesttlirlosne of the purest, loveEest,
s
Jae had ever met, ear
above her station; he had the Modest
nitentams toward her; he menet to
dower her, to be her frietal for lite. As
7
0
for flirting with her, lie had never erien.
&muted of such a thing; he had never
spelteu to her or looked at ter in a way
that he would not have done to, a sister
or his own. He looked upon lice as
a kind, good girl, who lied amused hint
throggh a long, tiresome eichuese. He
had no thought of her which he would
not have told to the whole world, and
he no more droplet' of Daisy's deep
leve than did her own mother.
He went to her, thiuking lioW fair
and graceful she looked, tier pure, sweet
face bending over the roses. Ile took
up some or the leaves in his fingel s.
"Went are e-ou doing -ads for, Daisy?"
he wheel,
"For yoe," she replied, quickly,
"For me! What am 1 to do with all
these rosedetwesii,"
She langlietl, and Sir °buten alwee's
liked Daisy's laughit was so deer, FO
silvery, so sweet.
"You know the two *tile vases in
your room that hare lids to thent-T
sball fill them with rose -leaves, arid
they will make a pleasant perfume for
you ail the year."
"But, Daisy," he said, quietly,
shall not be here all the year, I have
been idle long enough; 1 mew week."
°You eau woele here," she said,
gedekhe
He shook his head gravely.
"This
is merely lotus -eating, Daisy;
there is uotbing here roe Inc lo
"Why need you work?" asked Daisy.
"You are very happy a$ you are."
"Wet- dtttr oil give me brains but to
nee theta? If any one had propluefed
to me two years ago that I could live,
an 1 have UNTO for the last ten monthti
I could uot have believed it"
He saw the laughter die from her
face, the light from •her eyes, She laid
the roses Owe ou the seat beelee ber,
"You do not rneau. Ir. Cliftou, that
you are really going away?"
Ile did not ouderstand the expres-
s'on of her face; it was 00 one who
warts a sentence of life or deeth.
"1 must ger Daisy," he faith «1 shall
nrh. you to spend to -morrow in heleing
me areaufee my books awl papers,"
' s',Ea mei de.
WOMEN'S 'DRESS IN ICELAND.
boleros Is the Iletvereal Wormer &anew
tion In whet Country.
The common worittug dress of thet
lentil° women, without ellstinctloe as to
social equality or wealth, OVOSISta of an
undergarment of 'teatime', in Quo piece,
extending from the shoulder to the iteeli
fastened at the neck 'with a button or
elasp, with petticoat a white, or blue
warbled, and a blue tap, the top of
which hauge dowit an one side end tort
minates in a taesel. On Sundays and tea -
Writhe micasioes their aress Is singeler.
Then they wear, in addition a bottle°
and two or
"fat" and lie front an apron, bordered,
three blue pettitioate, called
with a material resembling Meek velvet.,
whit% is a domestio manufacture. Tao
petticoats are fastened immediately be-
neath the bodice by a girdle ot this bleak
velvet, embroidered aud studded vrith
such silver at gilt orneanonts es tiler
may possess,
The bodice Is also ornamented and
fastened in front with large olaspe, gen-
erally gilt, and rendered more conspicue
CMS by being fixed upnri a broad border
of bleak velvet, bound with red. Over
the bodice Is a jacket, called "trete," fit-
ting dose to the shape, and made of black
wadmel or velvet. The stookings are of
dark blue or red worsted, and the shoee
which are of seal, shark or sheep skin,
are naado tight to the foot and fastened
about the ankles aed insteps with leather
laces. On their Wngers the women gener-
ally have many rings of gold, silver or
brass, according to their means; aud be
It known, Ito present is so acoeptable to
an Icelandic girl as a ring. The most
singular aud at the same time the most
beautiful part of tho female costume la
the head -dross, called "fiddler " which ts
made of white linen, sUflly starched.
kept In shape with au immense number
of pins, and from 15 to 20 inches in
height. This is the holiday and Sunday
head covering.
When you vlslt a family in Iceland you
must kiss each member according to their
age or rank, beginning with the highese
and descending to the lowest, not even
excepting the servants. On taking leave
the order is reversed; you must kiss the
servants, then the children, and htstly
the master and mistress. Both at meet-
ing and parting and affectionate kiss
on the mouth, without distinction of
rank, ago or sex, is the only mode of
salutation known in Iceland. -New York
Times.
T.Tew 'Wrinkle In Photography.
It has often •happened that the only
picture remaining of a friend who has
passed away is the result of s random
"snap shot" out of doors, which was
anything but satisfactory. Such a photo-
graph can now be developed into a fine
planes by a new process. The used
method when the negative proved 'svelte -
Me him been to print a glass positive by
superposition, or in contact with the neg-
ative, and from the resultant positive,
which, of course, 18 the size of the origi-
rat negative, make an enlarged negative
through a camera. Although this method
was generally recognized even in the
large London carbon establishments, it
bad the mclical fault of enlarging and
• reproducing the grain, the retouching,
and all the striae of the glass. Tbis oper-
ation is now reversed by first making a
full time positive, the exact size desired
for the enlarged negative. The amend-
ments, improvements and changes that
can be rnade at this stage are remark-
• able, Upon the perfection of this positive,
and the work thereon, depends success in
the final result Let the positive be very
carefully retouched and improved, as sug-
gested. • Then place it in a printing
frame, of course, with the glass side out,
and in perfect contact with it dry plate.
Hick the plate with black cloth of felt,
to prevent halation, and expose it at the
distance of say, 4 feet, from it 8-fooli
burner two or three seconds, depending
on the viger and strength of the positive.
It ir a good plan to orpose and develop a
small (4x5) plate as a test of the proper
time If all this is carefully done, the
resulting negative, will compare 'favora-
bly with a negative made from life. -
SHELTER FOR SHEEP.
Sheds Knott 110 Venttlated and Everir,
thing' 1Iept Dry.
John A. Craig of the Iowa experi-
ment station, writing in The Breeder's
Gazette, says:, Sheep that, are well
wooled will keep thrifty under the
hardest olimatio conditions if they are
Ohm Mil shelter as will iteep there
dry and also protect them from the
Wiled, It is a good practice in northern
latitudes to put 4 foot or so ef good
Orem ji tbe yards where the sheep ate
to spend most of the winter lust before
the first fall of snow. This, with the
liberal use of straw later, will Material-
ly assist in keeping tbe yards dry, in
the sheds traw used freely 'will also
provide for this if a dry site for the
sheds has been chosen.
A warm, close building inclined to bei
tome damp is the moat fettile cause or
snuffles, or conarneu cold, 10 eny estima-
tion. Sheep catch cold in their heads
from the game cams as we do, and it
is a common experience that the change
frora a warin, damp atmosphere to one
cold and dry will be very effective in
causing it. ()pee sheds dry underfoot
are much more healthy for sheep than
ntore costly buildings that become warm
and damp. In northern Wisconsinivthere
the climate is cold and dry in the win-
ter. sheep sheltered in open sheds rarely
ran at the nose. When 1 say open sheds
1 mean lust what that tern1 expresses. for
our sheds are only of one layer of inch
lumber, and fully one,third of the front
facing south and eaSt is never closed.
The bed for the sheep ie always dry, and
it is remarkable how few among the
sheep, though some ot them are 10
years okl, OM the leriet sign of eolith
I am inelined to believe that much tit
the snufding credited to the presence of
the larva). of the gadfly 18 nothing but
OQUIMI.M cold, due to damptiehs melee.
foot or quarters that are too warm. A
well Nipped Shropshire chewing its end
and lying in* dry bed at clean Straw ir
an attractive Meture of contentment,
even though the thermometer may be a
score of degrees below zero.
Protection trout the wind is lust ro.
necessary as shelter from With end snow.
Sheep are very susceptible to eye trou
hies brought on by exposure to a driv-
ing wind. Very often such exposere
will result in the growth of a film °vet
the eyo, whith results in temporary
blindness. Careful feeding and attat-
tion, with due shelter, generally bring
them through it all right. I have known
instances where all the members of tin
flock would lose their sense of seeinv
and bring despair to tbo flockmaster nu,
aware of the MUSS of the trouble eel
Its temporary nature. It is a grand op
portunity isir the quack to afford cvl
deuce of his unusual skiil by bleeding
the sheep when they of themselves un
tier good are would regain their nor
mai sight.
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Feedlnie Grate.
suppose every man settles for bine
self the quantity of grain necessary t(
keep his cattle in good condition, and,
in hot, the atztount diffets in widow
parts of the country. Where one can
use a good deal of ailment and flaxseed
oil ceke in feeding, the amount of corm
oats or other whole grains required is
very small. There are large oil mills iv
Some counties where oilmeal cakes ciu.
be purchased at eery low prices, A lit
tie of this food mixed with a diet el
bay, corn, fodder and ensilage makes a
pretty ootoplete ration for cattle with-
out any grains. In fact, cattle can tit
kept on such a ration in goad condition
all through the winter. Oilmen] alwayt
comes in to give variety to the food
even if it is not depeuded on for tht
nutriment furnished.
But, after all, a small quantity o'
corn, bran, oats or other grains givet
each day to the cattle and swine evil
produce results which will compensav
for their cost, They add emelt
strengtb, bone and fat to the anima:
that make them stand therigors of me
climate with ease, and when sprite
comes they aro in excellent oonditito,
for pasturieg. In giving grain, how
ever, it is always better to give it i.
connection with hay, grass or fodder
The grain fed in this way produces bet
ter digestive effects than 'when fed
alone. When oats are given to cattle or
horses alone, they will eat them 5:
rapidly that quite a percentage evil
pass through them without being di
gelded, Weed with cat and reoistenen
hay or fodder, the animals will eat
slower, and they will get more goon
from the grain. -E. P. Smith in Bos,
ton Cultivator.
Succulent Feed Per Hews.
The hog's stomach is very small in
proportion to the body which it has tt
digest nutriment for. Hence we haw
never favored feeding hogs mainly ca
balky food with little nutrition. .Al:
the attempts to grow hogs on,. clove:
without grain, even when they appea:
succeesful for a time, tend to degener-
ate the bog to his original, wild condi,
tion, when it was lank, long bodied and
bad comparatively little pork for ite
weight. •Yet where hogs are being fat-
tened they should have some bulky foote
in addition to their grain, and it ought
always to be succulent seas to mix well
with the grain iu digesting. Wheat
fine middlings with milk or water will
be eaten greedily by animals fed oli
corn, and if to this n few raw beets ari
given daily it will keep the hog thrift:.
and its pork will be much sweeter alio
better than that made by feeding corn
alone. --Boston Cultivator.
Heaven In Horses.
There is no perenauent cure fot
heaves in horses. It tam be lessened ir
extent by feeding nutritive material b
small bulk and more frequent rations.
.All coarse feed should be avoided, sue)
as timothy, millet and clover bay. Tb,
best wild hay is preferable and it shoult
be cot line and given in email quanti tie,
mixed with mill feed or steamed food
Feed everything wet. Food and watel
sbould be consumed at least an hour be
fore the animal Is used for work -Livt
Stock.
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THE SUNDAY SC110014
LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SEFIIES, MARCH 19.
Text et the Lescen, delta x.
llemery Verses, 14,16-.0elden Text,
John X. 31-oommentery reentered
by the Rev. Y.), 31., Stearns.
(CoPyright. 1899. by D. tif. Stearnal
w The reigeonnuOt of the seethes and
Pharieees. Whe ought to have been the
faithfel shepherds of the people, beluga to
mind, the words by the prophets, netablt 18
Jer, xxiii and Ezek, xxxiv„ lInfaithfulaogs
and unbelief seem to prevail in, all ages in
the professing people of God, By the gate
of Eden, with its sword and sacrifice; by
the gate and door and veil of the tabor -
e50)0 Ile taneht the mph, the may way
of access to 111Maelf, Be now reminds
them of It and says that all otherways are
invented by these who would roh Gott of
Hie honor.
2. The tree shepherd accepts God's way
and knows no other. Like Noah build-
• ing the ark or Moses the tabernaole, he
leas no suggestions to matte, but simply ee--
• obeys God implicitly. Ho does not rear
point himeelf to edam but Gad calls hitie
und appoints him, as Ile dlil Moses and
Joshee anti teatime!, Isaiah, Jeremiah and
Seale), the apostles and all who are Will-
ing to be wholly subject to Hint.
Hie voice lsrecognized as the voloo Of
OUO to authority, And Ile la followed arid
trusted. He seed to loses, Then tweet
• found shire ittmy sight. and I know thee
by mime (Es. exeilli 17). Through Isaiah
• fle said, "Pear not, for, I hme redeemed.
• they 1 have called thee by thy name, then
art mine (Ism alibb, 1).
4, A great many people who bear Vile#
name Mid ROM to be doles Ilis work do
not understand this, for they oomplain of
not being able to uccomplieb what thee
with nor got where they desire to go.
There moot be a misunderstanding some,
• where, for when we follow where HQ leads
all thould be easy, and when He goes leer
fore He will not letkeeobstades in tho way
ot those whom lie leads.
5, Sheep must he wiserthen people, for,
while sheep will not follow a stranger,
many who call thentee,ivel Christiana fol-
low these who do not follow Christ end
yet mini; they aro in the right way, They
do 1104 scout to know the difference be.
tween Bbs Wit* Uad that of strangers.
Ris word Is llis voice. 14 Is true from the
la -ginning and forever setticd 18Iteavint
(1's, exix. 39).
0. "They understood not" It seems a
comparatively dug le ramble In the Bat
of the rreplierice we ease referri it to, hut
it was all dark to thee% for they were
more full ot Imminent time of lhsWool,
the Scriptures. It ie evert so nowt and a
Bible rtudy to thal,‘e Untsectwtruird to it is
something very strange. How welly Ile
says even to his d'seiples, )e not yet
understand? How Ft it that ye dr* 110l
drIttalldt (MOO. sti, 9, 11).
7, Now Iietays elainly, "1 ant the door
of the sheep." 'Ile gate ot the frarden of
Eden, the snto and stem, and veil of the
tabernacle, the dearer Nooles ark, the en-
trauce to the vity of refuge. were all
teal of Him who is the way and the only
way. 'flier° is none other mune given nu -
der heaven among WOO whereby wo may
bo saved (Acts iv, 18). Obriat told Men
to look unto llint and they would be stvrecl.
Christ is God, and when wo reeelve Christ
we receive God. The Son has left on rec-
ord that blessed truth, "Him thiit cometh
unto hie I will in rowiso cast out" (John.
vi, 87).
8. All before Hint or beside Itint were
thieves and robbers. I take it that the
expression "All that over came before me"
has the Bailie thought ns in Ex. xx, 8,
"Thou shalt have no other gods heron
me." Tim first thief and robber -was sit -
tan, who tried to tithe Adam and Eve diraT
from God,
0. Again Ile says that Ho is the deo;
and llo speaks of safety aed ptenee. Not
only is Ho the door, but no is also our
salvation and our foal. He said, "Ilo that
eatoth Me, •twee lie shall live by Me"
(John vi, 07). Any one may enter in and
lInil in Ilim salvation and vest and pease
and plenty.
10. Be desires to give life and life
abundantly, vrhilo the thief seeks only te
destroy. The fatber of all the thieves Is
called the adwaeary, who goeth about
seeking whom homey devour et Pot. v, 8).
Christ is our life. When wo receive Him,
we have life, and when Ave let Ilim fill us
with Himself wo have abundance of life.
11. He says, "I am the Good Shepherd."
Elsewhere no says, or rather is spoken at
as the Great Shepherd and the Chief Shep-
herd (Heb. xiii, 20, 21; I Pot -'r, 4). As
the Good Shepherd Bo gives His life for
in that Bo may stwo us. As the Great
Shepherd Ho works in us the things which
are pleasing to God. As the Chief Shep-
herd He will reward no at Ills coming for
the service we have permitted Hint to ao-
comrlish in us.
12. The hireling thinks more of his own
lifo than the welfare of the sheep. He is
not one with the Good Shepherd, teougitvc,
professedly serving Bine This and- tilt •
next verse are fully set forth ill those chute. "t=ww-
tors in .Terendah and Ezekiel, already re-
ferred to. Let each auswer for himself as
pastor, teacher or Christian worker, Am
I ono with the Good Shepherd in self re-
nouncing and self denying labor, seeking
nothing for myself, but only the welfare
of those with whom He brings me in con-
tact?
18. "Because he lean hireling." There
may be Christian workers in all positions.
even as missionaries on the foreign field,
whose principal thought is their position
and their salary rather than the salvation
of souls and tho glory of God.
14. He knows Ills sheep, and they know
Him. The Lord knoweth them that ars
His, and in the judgment He will make
Ito mistake. He weigheth our actions
and regards our thoughts and is ever
ready to show Himself strong on behalf
of those who trust Rim (II Chron. xvi, 0).
Ile even keeps it book for those vvho think
upon Him (Mal. iii, 16). •
15, The Father is wholly occupied with
His Son and with the welfare of all through
E lm. • The Son is wholly occupied with
the Father and with seeking the welfar.
of all svhoin the Father has given to Him.
They understand each other • perfectly.
They would have us as one with them, as
they are wiet each other.
16. "Other sheep I have." Until after
His resurrection there vvas no command
to preach except to the Jews, but now the
conneand is to go into all tho world, to
every creature, that nil who will may
come. The worker must not be discour-
aged because all who bear do not believe.
All that the Father giveth Him shall come
to Him. He shall seeof the travail of
Ills soul and shall be satisfied, and He
shall not fail nor be discouraged (John
vi, 87; Isa. 11; x111, 4). May the fre-
quent repetition of these and other texts
in these lessons be as helpful to the roads*
as to the writer. • I do believe God,
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