HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-9-7, Page 2BETWEEN TIVC LOVES
By (13MTBA. M. Ches.la,
Tlw littie Clifton had grown Into a
beautiful boy by this time -he could
walk and talk., He waa a charming
child, fair of face, with a bole, bright
manlier that wee irresistibly eharming.
22d the kindehearted ecenpanion ded Aot.
in the least object,
"Dieser dytage" All through that long
jouraey, with the clatig of wheels, and»
the throbbing, o1 the engiam the heat- , •
lug of the waves, and the rush. of steam, -
Lady :Stay heard those words:
"Daisy is dying!" -
Other werds haunted her—those she
had uttered herself:
"rou have Me s de.isy la your had
and have . flueg. ir carelessly away,"
Was it se? Would sae dad DAV:
dying ot her husband'carelessness. and
that she is goiter: et he your wife. Pro -
mese tile," tUllt:lr..d.. kissittg the
trembling- as tt.I einepee nee ovra,
"You who( not srse me die unhappilee
woul,i you. Lady Ishiy? Whisper to rile
only oats ivatti. Wes,' it will give peace."
Site 11(1`14,' have whispered it, for a
sudden light came over Daisy's fare—a
sweet smile played round ber
"Theo it will all come right," she
said; "and. Lady 'gay, there ts a kind
of justice in t after all. You will have
Caro, but my son will be hie heir. My
stn will be aiways near him and with
hirn. to remind him of me; nay son wfl
live in the beautiful bone, that I bee
telniton loved him very dearly: he neglect? Ale, Pleese Heaven,. no:
forgot lids troubles and tetials when he They never reeted one hour by day or
was with the boy; they were quite cour night until they roweled Rowe. Sir 01/a-
nemone. Daisy's heart grew light sten
she saw how dearly the father loved the
sem for whom he had once eared so little.
1
ton. with bet family, and suite, were never seen. There is justice in it, after
atayine at a large henee la Via, Concloltie
tbere they hasteued. "Yes said Si Clinton,
011aton was more hke haraseit when Sir Clinton came to theta in the pretty Delesy
heeter. up at him sreirlenlv.
The boy was with him than at any saloon—se altered, so care -worn, that it 'Cao," the said, yon ete cent te
other time. He talked to him .ite was with the gresatest difficulty they come in? I want to see if he will like
=vele' about the time when he thane' r64*e`.
nized hirm He held out his hand wady be master master of Easterold, and the little izt greeting to Lady may, . "It wili agiMte. you, Daisy," he eael.
one seemed to understand. To Daeety's " $
I am elad vau. have come" h. a.ol. "No; let Idea come, Clo Youesele fr
great delight, as the time passed on, Sir "Daisy is very restless aad asks cote-•
him.
Clanton never seemed happy when away
tom the bey. Slee smiled to hersele
thinking, half sadly, tow Little she
onee dreamed of being jealoue a her
an.
Was the perfectly happy? who shall
say? Her ebild was linable and lovely;
her husband was all kindness alai at-
tention; she was Lady Adair of East-
'wold; she had all tear wornan`s hear':
trouId wish or desire—was she happy?
Perhaps this was the answer, that one
day when she stood watching the sea
set, the whole raw of the bright bee
veus covered with erimara and gold, see
elesped her hands, raising them after
the manner of one who prays—
"I would rather, far rather, he there
than here," said Lady Adair.
Iler husband never mentioned Lady
alny'S name; he was kiadnees itself to
her; but often in the early =ruble
dawn, when she heard him murmur in
Ids sleep, the name upon Itis Lips was
May.
"He will always love her," thoUght
Daisy; "he cannot help it—it was his
fate. Oh, miserable me, to stand be-
tween, theme'
Lady Adair looked very beautiful, but
she was not very stems.; people told her
she must take care. of herself; thee
they wondered at the, strange, dreary
none with which she listened, Her huat
hand seas very careful of her; he made
her wrap up well; he would not let her
breathe the night air. Onee when he wes
begging a her to be careful, she placed
her hands one on wiz side- of his face.
Poor Caro!" she *aid, in a gentle
'mice, and he wondered why she should
pity him,
Still he did not feel the least anxiety
aver her—what need? She talked, laugh-
ed—she was always bright and theerfel;
people spoke of her as one of the most
pirprant characters they ever met. She
was wonderfully lamest and straight-
forward; she was quick at repartee;
every day her husband saw in her some-
thing more worthy of admiration. Bo
had perhaps known no greater surpriert
than when this simple Daisy of his turn
eel out to be what ske really wa.s--a
height, clever woman,
"I shall not leave Daly until 1 have
oeen Rome, Caro," said Daisy. "When
we do get to England, we shell not be
in a hurry to leave it again. Perhaps
we may not travel again. Let us see
Rome, Caro, while we are here,"
One or two English friends to whom
they eoafided their intentionof going
en to Rome warned them. It was not
a gond time for visiting the Imperial
City. Strangers going just at that time
were liable to take the fever—better
seit; but Daisy only laughed.
"1 Oath not take the malady, Care,'
she said; "let us go—we want to go to
England in the spring."
They went and Lady Adair enjoyed
the visit very nowle She seemed to
grow better end stronger; perhaps the
net that she was hotter made her im-
prudent. 'While lingering on the Cam-
pagna, she caught some breath of fatal
air, and how it was no one quite knew,
alit she (-aught the fever aboat whieh
she had been se often warned.
At first the attar Is was slights and no
ne felt either anxiety or fear. Sir Clin-
ton talk her Maven and fruit, he talkeri
to her when she weneel te talk, laid
he read to her in a low voice when she
wished it.
"She should be quite well," she said.
"le a. few deys. and then they would
begin to think about returning home."
But the days grew longer and she grew
worse.
It was the serlden rota& of delirium
that first frightened Sir Clinton. Once,
when he went into her room, she fancied
herself beck at Seville, and was crying
loudly to Bedina that the house eras
burning. He calmed her, and was
shocked to see how much woree she was.
"I have been dreaming." she said, to
him. was a faint smile. "I thought
Bedina was here."
He talked to her for a few minutes,
then was startled again at finding that
she had wandered into the shadowland
of delirium.
From that time she grew steadily
orse—it became certain that she would
not reamer. Sir Clinton was like one
aistracted; he went about in search of
the most clever physicians—he would
leve moved heaven and earth to save
her, but she was not to be saved. The
Oat had gone forth—Daisy was to die.
Sir Clinton would not believe it at first
He said the doctors must be mistaken,
their verdicts were all nonsense; she
must recover. No one, could call him
cold mid careless now; his indifferenee
had all vanished; his .wife was in danger;
for the time being he forgot that there
was any other woman in the world.
The day came when Daisy, faint and
feeble, whispered to him -
"Caro, I am going to die. I thought
I should; it was the only way for the
story to end."
"Poe Heaven's sake, Daisy, do not
say such terrible words," he replied.
But she, bending over lam, said:
"Caro, will you send for Lady May,
want to see her before I die?"
ettetee, CHAPTER INIT.. I eteede
DAISY'S REQUEST.
"Daisy Is dying and wishes to see
-you," wrote Sir dying,
to Lady May;
"I 'know that you will lose no time in
coming."
The letter was sent art once'but it
was forwarded from Mille House to
Trevlyn Nest, and from there to Cowes,
so that some time elapsed hetore Lady
May received it.
She did not lose one hour; she merely
waited to read the letter to Miss Lock-
wood.
"You must come with me," she said;
tinualiy for you."
"For me?" said rat' BlaY, With
quivering lips. "011, Cliaton, is it Pas-
sible that she is dying?—that Daisy is
dying?"
"It is most unhappily true," he replied.
"I believe nothing but her intenre desire
te see you has kept her alive ea !
"What is it?" she contiaued. "Wliat
has kille.1 her?"
IXe seemed to read her half-expr.eed
doubt a,nd fear in her tece.
"May," he said. grayhly, "many sins .
Ito at my door, hut not the faintest sha.
drow of unisandnees to my wits, Daisy..
,r1Qe in plain words—came to
my seuses, 1 have- been the kindest, tile
most attentive of hreeleands to her. Site
will tell you so herself."
Lady May cried, impulelveire
"I thank Heaven:"
"Did you think that I have been tin,
kind to her?" asked. Sir Clintou, re
Prdaclatully.
"Ne, net unkeel," she reiffied; "hut
I did fear that you had, perhaps, neglect-
ed her; and she is sensittye—Nor, prette
Daisy!"
"No, I have not neglected her. I have
kept my premis.s to the letter, May,
have lea.rned to love my wife, and 1 am
sincere la saying that 1 would give me'
life now, this moments to save hers."
"I believe you," seed Lady May, "Now,
shall we g, to her?"
"Take off your bonnet and cloak."
said Miss Loekteaad. °Yoe look so ill,
elay."
Bat Lady May bad no patience to
wait while wine wee sent far. She only
eared to be With Diesy—Daisy, wiz%
in dying. bid sera fer her.
She went with Sir Clinton to the room
where Lady Adair wee Iring- While 8114
lived, that sem, new-zr passed from her
nand. She entered a beautiful room,
with a large window boking to the
west; the sun was setting, and its last
isaniis lingered on the wine -wreathed
window. There were giutures aul
statues, hooks and flowers, grand old
furniture, a maesive bed with carved
posts and velvet hangings. On the white
pillow she saw the white face of Daisy
Adair.
Dying! AI, would to Heaven it had
berm otherwise: The shadow, but not
the horror, of death cvas there. The
bine eyes, so largo and bright, were
looking eagerly for bar; the sweet lips,
still erimson as coral, were slightly
parted; the fair hair hung over her neck
and shoulders—sweet, simple Datey,
with her woman's soul looking out ot her
eyes. She held out both her thin, white
bands in silent greeting to Lady Dealt.
There was a mutate of silence, that
seemed like a great heart-beat; then
Lady May knelt down by Daisy's side,
and hiding her face in the white hands,
wept passionate tears.
"Are you weeping for me?" asked
Daisy, faintly. 'Po not; believe me; I
am happy; I would rather die than live.
Caro, come here."
IXe kuelt down by Lady May's side,
aid, taking a hand of each in her faint;
feeble grasp, Daisy kissed them.
"I know you both love me now."
"That WA do," said Lady May, sob-
bing as though her heart would break.
"Do not think I am sorry to die," she
said, in her faint low voice. "I have
Dever talked mueh about religion; it was
too deep down in my heart for me to
talk of; but I hare loved God," she said,
with her old child -like simplicity. "I love
Him now; I long- to be with Hira, to
be at reet. There are no, mistakes in
Heaven, Coro, and our marriage was a
great mistake."
"My darling Delay, you have been the
sweetest wife to me,"
"I have loved you very much," she
said; "but it was a terrible mistake. This
is your first ewe—your only love, Caro—
and I give you back to her, dear. Yell
have been kind to me, you have refused
me no wish, you have studied how best
to make me happy; but—al, well, I
would rather be with God in Heaven,
CFITO, than here."
Ile bent down and kissed the white
brow.
"I know that you would like me to
live," she said, "and so would • Lady
May; but I woulcj riot wish to get well.
It was the only way, after all, in which
the storY could end. I do not say it in
bitterness'Caro."
"Oh, Daisy," cried Lady May, "I
would change plares with you. Do you
think that I shall ever be happy after
this?"
"Ties." she replied, with s beautiful
smile; "I think you will. I shall die,
and you will be very sorry for me; you
will both mourn for me; and then, when
you have forgotten the sorrow, you will
be happy. I did not Mean it; but, you
eee, I came between you; I have been
the bantier between you; I have been
like a dark shadow over your lives. Neve
it is all over, and I am going home to
God. Oh, Caro, Clam, I am so glad td
go!"
She clasped both bands more tightly
in her (YWLI.
"Cairo" she said, "I give you back
the fair young love of your youth. Lady
May, promise me that yon will he kind
to him, and matey him in time—when he
aske you!"
"You tune breaking my heart, Daisy,"
Mad Lady May. "1 cettunot pramise---"
"Bat yea must; I cannot die until you
do. Raw Carol he has had no real
hapPiness yet; let hem have some, I
shall not die in peace until you promise
me. And when I am dead, and you look
tip at such a sky 2,s this, all covered vsdth
cthnsorn. 0.100.113, Cheek that. I am looking
at. you Prom behind them: Oh, Caro,
make her epitomise?"
"011i, Daisy, was this what you wants
ed her for?"
"Yes; I shall die go happy If I know
Sir Clintoza quitted the room, tied
Daisy drew Lady May's face down to
hers; size spoke in gine*, short gaepe, as
though her lewath were leaving her.
"I have given you my husbana." site
&tad, "sod I am going to give you my
ehilii—my owu boy. You are
wernan. Ob. premise me, Miele (Ire;
hears you sreede that you will he kind
to my boy, and ewe him as yoar en-na"
"1 promise yeu that I will," she re-
plied.
"a/anima, mamma!" cried a sweet.
Shell little veiere; and Daly treei to
raise bee head. A. feint; flush came ever
ber faze.
"Thie fet my bey," the slew
The next minute he earne ittie the
veva, hie little face beamingwith 1,v
at the 0:ought that Ite should see las
mamma.
"My own memma!" erleil, Whing-
ing to her, while Sir Clinton hushed him
with quiet wdr-ie.
"My darling:" saki poor Daley.
She drew him to her; she kleeed the
sweet, enelled favez--ah, with what
speeetzless love! Iler hands lingered eu
the surmy curls; her lips quivered, All.
}lee -lee% wear dying mothers suffer who
leave hehind them a little child!
"Clifton," she said, "will ems Jews ties
lady?"
The hey took mist glatme at tee pee,
beam -Wel face at Lady May.
"W live you, mamma," lee said, "h tea
them ell the world,"
"I know; but will you love this lady,
dear?"
"I will, if ynt toll me," Ise replied.
"7 do tell you, darling, Love her,
and he very kind to her; do all that she
bele you."
The boy looked up with a sudden ex-
p
7'P'S\ ATeTey
IAreo, f f
'
a
r
'ou going, mamma?" he
cried.
"My darling,' Raid Daisy, "I am go-
ing home to heaven,"
"Take me with you, mamma, I love
you—a) one else," he cried.
my boy! my boy! you must al-
ways love me best. 1 am your owa
mother—you must love me best."
Still holding him, as though no Perth-
ly foree cotari take adin from her, Daiey
died; and the same sunbeam that touts -
el her hair with geld bzightened the
earls of her little. son—the same heat
that lingered over the mother's dear!,
white face, iseemed to kiss the rosy
mouth of the living child.
"Caro," she had whispered, an hoar
before she duel, "will you bury me in
that pretty cemetery at Seville, near
the grave of that man who died of love
—you remember?"
"I remember," said Sir Clinton.
And, true to his promise, he buried
Daisy there.
CHAPTER LVIIL
• AFTER FIVE 'remise
Five years have passed sineDaisy
was buried and one line evening in
Silly there was a very pretty picture
to be seen on the lawn at Eastwold. Sir
Clinton Adair was giving his little
deughter her first lesson fro walking.
ABss Loeltwood W410 lorated on most an-
xiously, aezew wearied of giving him all
kinds of eandon, while Lady Adair
watching the performance with a bright
, end eharening smile.
Down went baby On the soft, green
grass. Lady May laughed; Miss Lack -
wood cried out; Sir Clinton hastened to
raise her.
"No one can learn to walk straight,"
said Lady May, "without many falls."
' The words seemed to impress Sir Cline
tone He gave the laughing, rosy baby
to Mise Lockwood, and sat down by his
wife's side.
"Where is Clifton?!' he asked
"I caa hear him," sthe replied. "He
ire practicing with the bow and arrow
that I bought him, and he has a grand
idea of shooting. Here he is."
A beautiful by came running toe-eard
her.
"My darting, mamma," he cried, "see
how well I can elm."
Lady May laiti down her book and
took the liveliest interest in his ettempts
at archery. She was so kind, so gentle,
so patient, that after a time' he flung
his arms round her neck and kissed her
with a kind of rapture.
"You are so good to nee," he said.
And she, looking up at the sweet
summer sky, murmurs:
"I hope Daisy knows how dearly I
lore her boy."
The boy himself has not forgotten his
mother; he -bas some memory of a pure,
sweet face, and dying arms that clasp-
ed him—of a passionate ery that was
followed by terrible silence; he has a
vague memory of love that WM, deeper
and sweeter that any he has known
since. He dimly remembees hew some
one used to kiss him and weep pas-
sionate tears over him. He has been
to the cemetery et Seville, and they told
him that hes mother lay there. He
glanced, with puzzled eyes, at the beau-
tiful( fate of Lady May.
"You are my mamma now," he said;
and she replied that, Heaven blessing
ber, she would be a good mother to him,
Three yens elapsed between Daisy's
dearth and Sir Clinton's second mar-
riege. The ceremony hed been a very
quiet one, and they had gone straight
home to Eastwold. Then they Ied a
tnoet useful, happy life. Sir Clinton be-
came a man off notut and fame. They
had but one little daughter. As Daisy
had said, there was some jusbice in it—
Lady May bad Sk. Mato; but her sou
was heir. •
They talk ot her in iow. tones, and
dwell lovingly pit her aleatory. Onee the
boy go:meted a simple white 'field -daisy,
end lareuglit it to his ,father. He won -
dived much why Sir .Clinton kissed it
with tears he his eyes, telliag hint that
he must never again gather a daisy, for,
when they were gathered, they faded
and ;tied.
He is is happy man; hut in the selehesi
hours of twilight, and the mystic houra
ot night. isa <tame heard these words: ,
"You held a daisy in your hand, and •
70.4 have carelessly Rang. it away."
Telle ENO.
AVORDUPOIS OF QUEENS.
onto Ieterestion Statistics About the
Royal Waviest of the Werld—The
Tallest slot the Shortest.
Queen Victoria is the shortest adult
sovereign in the world. Her Majesty is
only e feet 11 inches bigh, and tipe the
beam at 171 pounds. Her bust and hip
measure 44 inches and 00 inches respec-
tively, while her waist le 35 inches.
The tallest queen in Europe is the
Young Wilheiznina of Holland. She is
only la years obi, but her height is no
less than 5 feet 53e inches She is lightly
butte, with a weight of only 130 pounds,
bus has the bust measurement of a .Tuno
—42 inches. Her waist meesures onbt
elee inches and her hip40 inches. Her
Majesty ot Hollend is, in other words,
se 111 advised as to We herself mill
cruelly. The young sovereign's bust
meesuroment, despite her youth, Is sur-
passed by that of none of the queens
except elargeerita of Italy and our own
revered ruler.
The heaviest queen at Burope is Mr*
gherita of Italy, "The Pearl of Savoy,"
elle turas the scales at 176 pounds,
but
her laeight, 6 fen leohee, enables her to
"carry off" her stoutness mad to preeerv*
the carriage of a tine woman. Her Wal$11
measurement of 28 inches and her bust
measure of 40 inches show that, despite
her advancing years, she still retains a
queenly ligure. Her hips measure 48
incites. Her noble profile etill gives evi-
dence of tlie beauty whiob she posseesed
as a girl,
.A shade taller than Margheelta I* the
more willowy Queen Regent of Spain.
Shsi is 5 feet 5 24 Inches in height, with
a weight of 147 pounds. Her built and
hips meaeure 36 Mellow and 40 inches
respectively, and her waist Is about 21
inches.
One of the most superb Gram among
European royalties Is that of Natalie, the
romantic Queen or Servia. She is 5 feet
eee !itches high, with a bus; measure of
311 Indies and a waist measure of 23
inches. Her hips ars 40 inchee round,
and she weighs 130 pounds,
Queen Sophia ot Sweden and Queen
Marla Henrietta of Belgium aro each 5
feat 4 Mabee in height, and their beet
measure is 36 inches. Queen Seals
weigh+ 140 pounds and Queen Marie
three pounds more. The Swedish gneen
poesesses on the whole, however, the
more etelish, if less natural, figure, with
a waist measure of 24 inches, and a hip
meeeurs of 88 inches, while the Queen of
the Belgians reeasures 27 Inches around
the waist and 40 inches round the lelpe.
The Queen of Portugal and the Czarina
at RUSilta are closely paired in the mat-
ter of size. Queen Amelia is older and
bas a fuller and rnore matroale figure.
She had a bust measure of 35 invitee and
a waist measure of 23 Inches, but some
time ago she gave up wearing corsets,
and the increase of bar waist raeaeure-
ment has not been recorded.
The Czarina is only 82 inches around
the bust and 22 inches around the waist.
Titer hip measures are or were the same
—88 inches. The Czarina is 5 feet 211
inches tall and weighs 1.20 pounds, while
Queen Amelia weighs 128 pounds and is
half an inch taller.
Aocording to the Ideals of the sculp-
tors, which differ from those of the
dressmakers, there is not In ties entire
group a beautiful figura
' DISPLAY AND OUTLAY.
An Englishman's Obsorratiens en Yankee
osp 1 tal I ty.
Mr. Williatn Archer, an Englishman
who was not long since hospitably wel-
comed in literary circles In this country,
on his return borne, says The Youth's
Companion. told some blunt truths of
our hospitality which are well worth the
consideration of Americans
He cordially recognized tha heartiness
and sincerity or Ms hosts, but adds:
"American hospitality is apt to be too
profuse, Why should a hara-working
brother -journalist entertain maim a scale
which would befit a millionaire? The
possibility of returning tbe compliment
in kind affords me poor consolation. A
dinner three times more expensive than
you want is not sweetened by the thought
that you may in turn give your host a
dinner three timemore expensive than
he wants. Nobody but the keeper of the
cafe is the gainer."
Another candid Englishman, who was
fated in Boston, New York and Philadel-
phia, complained that ha had seen noth-
ing of American family and home life.
"Every evening," be said, "I sit down
to the same formal dinner in a different
house, every course edike from the oysters
on the shell to the liquors. Sometimes
the same waiters are behind our chairs.
Why is it that no one asks me to share
Ms buckwheat cakes and steak in the
morning, or to help the ohildren with
chops and potatoes at noon?"
The same love of display is seen among
us in the austom of wedding presents.
Are we not as a people old enough to
understand that display and outlay are
not the highest expression of good will?
A neetanere. Puns
"Same old pie, Mary?"
"Sante old pie."
"This is an architectural pie, Mary."
"Why, George?"
"Because it's a pie faster, Mary."
THE LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Their controverted nistore-estame,
ard Nettie* They Are judged.
The leading variety of the Asiatic,
class is the Light Brahma, This fowl
has a history that would fill pages
were it recorded. These are the fowls
weice caused the "lieu fever" of the
Attlee, aboat which so much has been
written in later years. Their early his-
tory is a matter of controversy, tlie
best authorities differieg as te their
They were first kuown as the Bride
ma Pootras, Gray Shanghais, Chitte-
gongs, Cochin Chinas and what not.
The early breeder named them accord -
!nett, his fancy Per high sounding aud
sensational names to sell his stock.
Fabulous prices were paid for them
whoa the eraze for fine poultry was at
Its height in the early days of the last
half of the present century. The
standard of the present Brahmas was
fixed in 1868, and no deviation from
the type then adopted has been made.
They have stood high ha popular favor
since then without abatement The
vast number of breeders who are rais-
ing them fully attest their worth as a.
practical bird to the industry- The
Brahma is a characteristic fowl, It is
unlike other varieties, and it should
not be confounded en shape with the
Cochin.
The average Liglit Brahma male Is
In height 20 inches; back from the
walnut 10 inehes; keel from the
ground, 8 Indies; length of body, front
of breast to rear of fluff, 14 Inches;
height of tall, a Wile over 21 inches;
saddle inners to rear of fluff, 214
Inches; eye. from tip et beali, 2 1-0
Inches; Wiled) of head end beak, a%
inches; breasts to rein* of a drop line
PAIR OF LIGHT mimes.
from point of beak, three-quarters to
1. inches, As specimens depart froin
this proportion they beeenx; awkward
and valueless as exhibition steel; and
often, also, as egg produeers. In shape
oblong, with full, broad and round
breast, carried well forward. The full-
ness and oblong shape is typical of the
Brahma and is characteristic of pro -
Mk birds. The =Yee of neck and
back are similar to those of the out-
lines of an egg.
In plumage the male Is pure white,
excepting hackle, tall and flights, which
are black and white striped with black.
Any other color but white and black la
against the standard bred bird. The
hackle is white, with a black stripe ex-
tending down the center of each feath-
er and tapering to a point near the ex-
tremity. The tail feathers are black,
and sickles are glossy greenish black.
The shanks are well feathered, with
the teeth ering extending down the mid-
dle toe. The toe feathering may he
white or white sprinkled with black,
pure white preferred. A small pea
comb, broad crown, projects over the
eyes. Bright red face, wattles and ear
lobes are essential to a good head. The
shanks and toes are bright yellow.
The Brahma female is much like the
male In head qualities, having broad
comb, projecting well over the eyes,
and small pea Comb. The head of the
female should be masculine in appear-
ance. The head Is white; hackle, white
striped with black, as In male; cape,
white and black, but is completely cov-
ered by hackle when the bird stands
erect; tail, black, excepting the two
highest Main tall feathers, which may
be edged with white; tail coverts, one
or more rows, distinctly covering a
part of both sides of the main tail, two
rows being preferable, one black edged
evIth white.
The Light Brahmas are valuable
birds for the farm. They have always
been made to pay for their keep and
have seldom been set aside by any who
have bred them.—Farmers' Bulletin
No. 51.
Poultry Pointe For Farmers.
For a general purpose fowl we be-
lieve the Plymouth Rock is unsur-
passed.
An intelligent study of the poultry
business, details in regard to buildings,
care, feed, diseases, preparing for mar-
ket and kindred subjects, such as may
be found in a progressive poultry jour-
nal, is requisite to success.
It Is most profitable to sell to regu-
lar customers, gaining and holding
their confidence by quality and fresh-
ness of poultry products and attract-
iveness of packages delivered.
The best time to sell is in June or
July. Plymouth Rocks at 2 years of
age, a good selling age, will often
weigh six, eight and even ten pounds,
8,nd from select customers will bring
10 to 14 cents per pound. Early chick-
ens are harder to raise than late ones;
they are also more profitable.
We have realized greater profits
from the. sale of eggs than from that
of chickens, but believe a combination
of the two is desirable. -
The exercise of intelligence, indus-
try, common sense, patience, perse-
verance and eternal vigilance will in-
sure successful poultry raising on the
earne—Farm, Field and Fireside.
Not Enough Yet.
Incubator manufacturers in Canada
have done more than treble the bust -
nese of any other season, says a cor-
respondent, yet next spring the com-
mission merchants will again cone -
"
plain, "We can't get the birds."
w.171.A,T EBER-DRINKIINT.O.
MEANS..
There is an idea prevalent
among sorne people that apirit-
uous, liquors are the only real,
ly dangerous kind or intoxi-
eante, and that hoer and wine
are comparatively harmless,
As a matter or fact, babitqat
arizik,ing is at first Inaindy be
cirinleing 1Wen drink beer re-
gularly, daily, as they would
riot drink spirits, till the a1C0- ,
hol appetite is formed; then
they eesoet to the mere fiery
stirriulant. Every man who
likes to drink beer is in. danger,
It is also true that serious and
permanent hawrn eomes from
beer -drinking.
Samaria. Preseription ejects
he ause wiliele inolithea thihih
Ste for alcoholic clrinke of.'
any kind. Whiskey, dr inker3
are far more traotalele 6ellizjeet13
for a cure than beer -drinkers.
In the one ease the nervOus
ystern has been excited to a
high tension, which is quite
adily allayed and soothed by
Samaria Prescription. In ths4
case of beeredrinkere the sys-
tem is depressed into a soggy .
mertia, The system or tho
whiskey or wine drinker is
sensitive and instantly ree
worlds to the treatment, while
ts action on beer -drinkers is
nore gradual, because the
organs are glutted With fatty
deposits whiett must be retests.
d and expelled, and the bioed
iss sluggish and heavy with
erments, which must be
cleared, off, and every' organ
a wa !celled from the beery
terpidit y b efere it can perform
tee healthful function.
But Se m aria Prescription
never fails m any case„ Two
or three days may elapse be-
fore the beer -drinker awakes
to the tremendous change
whieh the tveatment is effect.
Mg irt his being, but the cure
proeeeds easily and rapidly
after that. The aetion or sa. if)
aria Preseription on the
stomach, heart, liver and. kid-
neys, and its eleansing course
through the intestines, causes
a feeling ofjoyous and r afresh -
nag spryness which, suggests
the idea to many or a new-
born existence. The change
is a new life, indeed.
FE ELS LI X t; A FIG IITI NO COCK.
W. M. Larelunent, Winnipeg, wrItec
"Yours reettlyed, I feel twenty years
younger sine, my eine with your treat-
ment, and I OW+3 you and my partner a
life-long debt of gratitude for what has
been done for me. I weliremember the
morning, after a night's spree, when my
partner dropped 000 01 your tablets in a
drink of water that he gave me, and how
I laughed at his earnest confidence in the
cure. An hour later I was putting down
a second glass of beer with the old-time
satisfaction, and then I did something
unusualfor me to do after a carouse. 1
wont straight to work. At dinner ray
partner insisted on another tablet, and I
tried it in a cup of tea. Then it occurred
to me that I had forgotten to take my
customary glass of beer before the meal,
but ridiculed the idea that this was the
first stage in the cure. At supper time I
began to regard the matter more soberly,
and really wondered why I had not felt
the least inolination for a drink. My
partner merely smiled, while he produced
another Samaria tablet. Next day I to
a tabletreatment until 1 had finished the pee -
If
t of zny own accord and kept at t
;
age. Six months have now passed with-
out any relapse to the former habit. 1
feel like a fightine cock and have never
had a desire for Ank since I quit. You.
have heard from three of my friends who
sent for your remedy. That ought 40
prove how well I can recommend it."
Samaria Prescription ac- '
complishes w onder s in the
easiest and most rational and.
natural manner. Men who
have started with self -treat-
ment are made to feel good
enough to keep it up to the end.
It is a self-help which, once
started, creates a growing lust
for the fr e e d.om which it
awakes in a man, The pack-
age of Samaria Prescription
which effects a complete cure
can be had direct, if' you can-
not procure it at the druggist's,
an.d will be sent to any address
in plain, sealed wrapper on
receipt of price, $3. If you wish
to write in confidence we will
send you our private address
on request. All communica-
tions sacredly confidential.
SAMARIA REMEDY Cori
Jordan St., Toronto, Ont.