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her by it, a,s though it were her
Or ‘, name, My one love, my sweet."
,s The She laughed. Alflthe coldness, the
cruelty went out of her eyes, and a
Wooing pubtle mockery, tinged with subtle
tehderness, took its place,
ed -Witch °f
Constantla.
"That is not the way to
she whispered, her beautiful rbegined lipe
parted by a smile "Take courage
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" you," The pretty palm, that still
SYNOPSIS pp pREOEEDINO looked superb as she thus challenged lay uPon his mouth, Pressed it ever
CHAPTERS.- Colistantia's cousin, him, laughing in her heart the while s° delicately as she thus advised' him
a)onna, after travelling abroad, re- as she measured his power as con- t reolinlate.'' her:
tuella home as Mrs. Bunches and finds reared with hers. ,r
"You can leave me," she said, "Nay; that is mere cowardice;
"now, forever! Believe ine, it is the What am I Move than another that
best Plan -for you," you cannot let Me go? e Catch up
"leave° you!" he said. There was your honor, I implore you, ere it
Paesion as well as despair in his Sink: int° the mire! She sPohe
tone. No, he cotild not leave her! mockingly, with an insolent daring.
Der presence was his life. It intoxie for hs Yet the man had not so far
cated him. She ruled his destiny to fallen that his honor was no longer
day as she had ruled it in those pa,st, dear in his sight. She laughed aloud
days. Whea he sighed at her feet, in the certainty of her power. Her
an accepted lover. glance, burning into his, was a wild
``Tlia,t, rests, then,, said Donna mingling of love and triumph.
calmly, Then suddenly, and in a "Honor, Ilreileriel" she repeated
CITAPT,Elt XVII. lower lime; "The child is dying," recklessly. "Think of it! It is a.
She
t Ctan tia of
Varley nodded. If he was sorry magic word that should sWaY You, f ons , at the gate
that during her absence ',Ord Varies'',
en old flame, has married. While
e ripe Bart y, a eui tor of Cons t an-
tele,- is railing , on her, Featherston,
an:Alter suitor is aneounced. They
..SCUS.9 a bali to be given' by Lady
Varley, 'At this Lail 0' CZ ea dy, COILS -
of Featherston, falls in iove with
his hoe LOSS not 0CCOgui2ing bel, Con-
stautia Plans a party in the abeence
of her aunt who returns unexpected-
ly.
'
•e •tnd ,iirove on. she for. the . untimel,v withel'in of •the - love her means honer; .to loveloveittlanrueea, little
•et.ahe a, • fruit of lus loveless marriage, it was crept closer to him, and
'was feeling a le cl,
annoyed. No, she certainly would I h.., t
the YerY 'vaguest. raising -one arm, Passed it slowly, se-
a, sorrow of
not be the one to make Lady \ y saw i to-day,"wen on Donna, ,,dlletiehey around his neck-"dis-
rarle
still in a lower key. "It was in her nonoi i
unhappy. It Wo aid, of course, be
- arms• -she seemed to cling to it. E'er "So be it," Said Varley uneteadily•
Varley. 1 1 Varley had been sel,-'eyes were.large as those of one who Ile drew her to him and pressed his
body else's 11 US baad, her flirtation seldom s16,epS7 She was so fierce in liPs to the exquisite blue -veined
W i tl 1 hill]. W 0 la a 1101, have CallS ad her disbelief of tlie child's coming throat, from which the laces fell
Coestantia's eaint a pang; therefore, death that one knew how entirely away as though deeming it shame to
of course, the fault would lie with ... hide it. -
he believed. She impreesed me,
• gerley. Why was he her husbatid? 9 , , , . SILO sank into a low chair, and
. somehow.
Why had. he been so very impossible . - ,, • i poured out tea into the pretty egg-
. Why „will you, talk OL her? cried that tirt1C in Italy? He had left her Varley, with sudden shell china cups before her; her eyes
la an absurd anger because she chose : tience. He paced angrily up and
vehement impa-
were glee/fling; she looked adorable,
to accept, a pearl or two from a lit- , 'After all," she said, "we have
down the exquisite room for a min- 4
tie grimacing priuce, who was ugly ute or two, trying to restrain his had our little tussle for nothing.
key, and with all the airs Wh sr shOUrd you not be my friend?
as a, mon
bitter remorse, and then flung him -
of a clancing-master. Pshaw! If Why not call here as you will, in
self sullenly into a chair.
one had, a spark of justice in one, it e
"It is true what Constantia: says," sPite 01 all the prudes in the -world?
might be seen that lie was the 0110 '
, said Donna. dreamily; "she is a There is nothing dishonorable in the
in fault. , saint, perhe,ps-to be a mother there fact of Your finding' ',1rie more
At her own gate she met him. 1 -le would make one feel like that! she attractive ethan your wife. If I had
was just coming out, and In fact received me very perfectly. .1 -were forbidden you my presence because.
threw them open. for her with an
1. in hese place, and had she come to Constantia said a few ugly things,. 1
eager glance and a. sudden smile, as 1110-1 should have slapped her on should have been as stupid •as she.
see
if doing _some service for his sover- her cheek. But she received me with But if I had done so, I do not ' see
.eign. • a perfect grace. It was wonderful. 110.w you would have been greatly the
"What, you here!" .cried she gayly.. e
cross purposes, my lord. She used.
drop to 'the 'little white, idle hands loser,"
you, never to .hear your voice, would
e wish" -she pahsed, looking slowly
"And I have just come from Araglin; '' , ,"I do," said Varley. "Not to see
at Variev, and then letting her eyes
; to. call him thus sometimes, in an , aye made life insupportable."
toying with her fan -"I wish as it
adorabfy jesting' little tone, that de- 'You managed to exist for a con -
was to be, that she -had boon --some
liglited ,him and 3/lad e • his pues,es other
woman., siderable time, however, without
,throb. Was he indeed her lord? , ause
She hose joys. If I had never returned
pd. Silence followed t
on '
"Chess purposes all through," she. I dare say you would have got on
her words. Her breath, that had
,went ,on, thinking of Constantia's
been hurrying from between her lips, very well without them until old age
diatribes against, her. behavior. She with undue haste before, now grew , seized you."
lifted her shoulders at the remem- .nainad, _
isr rapid as .she ma,rkecr the' "But you did return. We met. If
branece and laughed a little at the '''' I ever madly dreamed I had erased
hesitation that kept him from replye
pretty fool's belief in her future hon- ing. ..
Was he wavering? She lifted your memory from iny heart, our
,est' of purpose. "I met' Constan- her heavy, white lids, and turned her first meeting- dispelled the illusion."
tia," she said; "she was brusque, large slumbrous eyes on his 'with a "If only you had not married,'
terrible, abominable to ine." • She glance of keenest scrutiny. 1 -le thlt said she, very low. , And then, with
laughed lightly, and pulled her lace a sudden and entire change of man -
it, ancl stirred beneath it uneasily. •
• skirts, aside. "jump in," she, said, , ner, and a wrenching of herself away,
1 "So do 1," he said at last very '
still laughing, "ancl let me giye you as it were from all such folly as eve
quietly. His gaze was bent upon the
your tea. I will tell you all abont ground. He could not see the 'swift en a -vague remorse: "Well," she cried
it, when we are between four walls." transition of color that. swept across gayly, ''sorrie one should go to the
Tea was served in her boudoir, a
- her face, nor the light that -lit het wall; and shee-doesn't love you.
'delicate apartment, all of bronze and eyes. She!" with a contemptuous intone -
silver coloring, and sweet with the .,Ali! you have bear -regi et ; '; she tion. "One can see it in her eyes,
.e, .
dying- breaths of frail white pinks cried. The words seein.ed to burst her mouth -she doesn't know how to
andlily of , the valley. ' She flung from her in a little' Passion of 0011love. Sugar?" She pausedeand
er•om her her wraps and wide feather- tempt and anger. • - , smiled, as at some happy recollectem
ed hat, and Varley, who was 'seated "That is a sillyspeech. I have no and leant towards him. "Do you re-
. on,a, low chair near her, drew off leen, and certainly no regret strong member, she said what a baby you
with lingering hare her long tan -col"' enough to work a ,reformation. But were ' about sugar long ago? One,
ored gloves. , I would gladly have had it all other- two, three lumps I used to drop into
"Well," said. she, ; "Constantia Wise."He spoke moodily. d. ni your cup, and you would. have
scolded inc. A Proper scolding I can. "Have it so, then," returned she them unless I put them in with my
tell you." '' ',.inapetuotisly. She made 'a' scornful fingers. Once, when I refused (what
"About what?" 'gesture with her hand, and threw a naughty boY
"`I'lens, Frederict you grow dull. bYou were then!) you
hrew my dear little repoussee suegar-
ack from. her white brow the fine t
About. you, if it must be
. Put in red hair that gung round it like a tongs into the fire. You took, your
plain words., I am never to look
at halo. "It is a simple thing to undo
punishment very well, however."
YOU, 1 am never to think ' of you -this
.
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friendship of ours.Varley laughed. To 'see me ;
'again. You are to be a thing of the new and again, to speak to me --1 "put them in with your fingers
"Pase, 1 am- to Pass You by on the there is not much, in it, to be re- 'richw,” he said. " You owe me some-
other:side whensoever we may chance n.ouneed," thing. All my life, I think, since
tomeet, and I am to see that thoseI "Is that how you look at it?" said first- I met you, has been one long
meetings are infrequent." ' ; he. There was reproach in his re-
punishment."
"But how?" said -Varley, not un e gae.d."Until now," she put In softly.
derstanding, as was only natural. He "It is how you will 'learn to look '
. ' "Well,' how many? The old number
was notmuch concerned by her words atilt -when you 'have forgotten." A. -one, two, three? Greedy, as of
'because' her manner Was light with *eine (wive. shook her voice; some-- yere? One wou/d- imagine sweets
• laughter-. "What 'does it all mean?" thing came into her eyes, that made would have palled upon you, by
'That she was. In the garden that them softer, deeper, lovelier. Varleer this,"
night of Arr. Stronge's dance." I made a movement towards her, but -Not sucli sweets as you can of-
veegey reddened., she waved him back. "No, no," she
The deuce!" he said, briefl,y but said. "You mthis must begin from is
. - fe'i•le was quite himself ag'.ain. Any
'elINIgentlY- moment if it is to be so.„ shadow of remorse thet had fallen
Quite so. I entirely agree with "There were years," said he "and upon -him 'had been conquered, cast
You- She is a troublesome little yet -did I forget?" , out by the brightness of her presence.
;fool, You know, somewhat, wild in 1 "How can I tell! Lady Varley is 'He had pushed a low chair close to
manner and beyond purchase, but 1 undeniably handsome. She is ' a hers, and the perfume of . the violets
Squared,-jr for all that, A judicious stone, a bit of ice. You may have that nestled in her breast came to
word. or twoabout Featherston, folind her disappointing , afterwards. lliin with every breath she drew.
• eehorn ,she affects -a hint as to the But certainly she is handsome." ; "Ah!" said she; "but if we are to
cruelty 01 disturbing, Lady varley,s esile may be. It is possible. i he friends, you must be good, re --
yea -cis; of mind just now,, when-" don't , know," said he wearily. member. Such pretty speeches are
"What! she would speak to Yolan- "There is only one thing .sure -that to be tabooed. There are COnStan-
'40" cried Varley, rising to his feet, , always your face was before me, ties in the world, and -others. I
and regarding her with a strange ex- your'Voice in my ears, your touch would have you bewara:"
pression. He looked' horrified "There are also such hours as
strung.. .. un- iujpi omnyngallita-nd, haly hair, your image il th is, „ he said..
"Even so. That alarms you? Yet "Yen will have to blot that out, 1 Es -.en as he spoke, there.
1 came the
every, instant it is possible!, . she my friend, ii.--, she paused., she I s. °mid of a heavsr tread, oapproach-
spoke easily, but a certain chill had drew nearer to, him with a soft4, Ian- 'mg- footsteps upon the corridor out-
fal!en upon her tone. .Her eyes had guorous movement that was part of , side' '
gained a mocking light. "It is not. her, and was always so sweet to I "Say moments rather„" whispered
too. late," ,she said, "Draw back him, and hied her small, fine, strong 'Mrs. Dundas, hurriedly, making a
While ' Vou can. As yet she knows no- little hand upon his breast. "It is ; quaint little moue. "Here collies
thing. Go; swear to her your heart not too late yet. Go-go back to ! Cerberus.. Push your 'chair back a
is here alone. Be wise whilst yet her -to the wenlan you have mar"- I bit, and take that look out of your
you ina,ye; , reiedyleave the, woman you—,, she I eyes, Settle yourself in a bored po-
Shd e, too, harien. She leant looked at him,,s' -
. I sition, and brighten up when he on -
against the silken hangings of the "Love," he said, finishing her sell- 'tors,. Look specially glad to see
naantel-piece, her tall figure thrown teee fOr her.nHe lifted her hand I hm
i......Ala Jo! what luck to get you
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elightly backwards, her eyes, With from his breast, and laid it on his -at this time of 'day! Generally your
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KING EDWARD VII. AT BALMORAL---HIS MAJESTY AND QUEEN
ALEXANDRA ATTENDING- DIVINE SERVICE AT CRATITIE
PARISH ' CHURCH,
some other worthless thing. Every-
thing is of more consequence than
your poor wife. Come here, and sit
beside the injured woman, sir, and
give her an account of your doings..
It was just as well you came when
You did, I can tell you, as Lord Var-
ley was on the point of yawning him-
self to death. No, not a word, Lord
Varley; not an excuse. I forgive
you."
To be Continued.
PETS OF POTENTATES.
Potentates have their pets as well
as other people. Pope Leo is espe-
cially fond of birds. "There are no
better diplomatists around me," he
said recently to a foreign ambassa-
dor, "than my birds. My visitors,
after I have given them audience, go
away praising me for my affability;
but the truth is they cannot hear
half what I say, since my voice is
frequently drowned by the warbling
of my little pets."
The King of Portugal's favorite
animal is a huge baboon. A hideous
wicked animal it is, and excessively
fond of strong drink, but at the
same time it is very droll.
Cockatoosi parrots, and humming-
birds are the pets of the King of Bel-
gium and many fine specinaens of
them are to be seen in the aviaries
of his palace.
The Sultan of Turkey is fonder of
guinea pigs than of any other mal.
For years Queen Wilhelmina of
I-Iolland has had a colony of white
mice, to the nurture and care of
which she has never failed to devote
all the tine that was necessary.
The Queen Regent of Spain re-
serves all her favors for a herd of
she -goats; while Queen Alexandra is
especially devoted to dogs.
WHAT.SCIENTISTS TELL 'LIS.
The record aurora borealis lasted
for a week in August, „1859.
Wild canarieswerenot yellow orig-
inally, but green Or gray in color.
, The English:channel is nowhere
more than 900 feet 'deep; the Irish
sea is 2,130 feet.
The heat of a cemmon coal fire is
10,40, degrees; .but it takes 3,479
'degree's to melt iron... .
The '"heart wood" of a tree has
ceased to take .any part in the 'vege-
tative econorhy of the tree. Its only
use is to strengthen the trunk:
'During the Franco-German war
23,500 ; French ; soldiers :died of
smallpox; while the Germane, who
had .hern. all vaceinated; lostonly
e. new Germa.n insulating ihateeial
:consists of ;itsbeetos and bits .of
ca, which adhere strongly on moist-
ening. The Material den be need in
plates; Or molded.. .
An English photographer has de-
vised a scheme for making birds take
their own photographs. :A bait of
fat is placed on' an electric wire,
which is so corinected with a crelnera
that wisert, the bait is removed the
Camera shutter is released, giving an
instantaneous '.exposure of ehe sensi-
tive
TABLE LEGS GROWING.
A three-legged table, belonging to
a Donegal farmer named O'Brian,
has been distinguishing itself in a re-'
markable way lately. It has been
varnished arid re -varnished • many
times, Tt. has never been out ill the
open air, and has not received an
excese IVO amount of sunshine; never-
theless, about two months ago tiny
buds formedl on two of the legs of
the table, and now vivid green
Sprouts have.' ltaken their place.
These sProllts' have, becoine slender
branches, covered with leaves. It is
a. remarka,ble manifestation of the vi-
tality of plant life under adverse cir-
cumstances. The O'Briane do not
know how old the table is,
MI NI AT U FIE SIJEEP,
The very smallest, or all the kinds
of sheep is the tiny Breton sheep.
It is too .ginall to be very profitable
to raise, fel', of course, it cannot
have .much wool„ and, es for eating,
why, 0, hungry man could consume
almost a whole sheep at a ineal,11
is le smell witeli full-grown. tha t it
Can ludo behind a go o i70 d bucket.
ft takes its nanie from the part of
Prance where it is most raised -
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KEEP THE HOGS THRIVING.
I came to the conclusion several
years ago that hemlock boards were
cheaper - than corn, so built a hog
house 24 x 30 feet with 12 feet posts
and a ventilator through the roof,
writes Mr. .John McMullen. 1 double
bearded with matched boards, put-
ting heavy paper between the beards.
I put three windows in the east side
and two in the south side. These
admit plenty of sunshine, which I
think is very essential to the com-
fort and health of the hogs.
I divided it into eight pens, 10
feet deep, with an alley 4 feet wide
m the centre, which makes it very
handy about feeding. A door opens
from each pen into the alley, which
makes it very convenient about 're-
moving the hogs. There also a
door „between each pen, so that four
pens can be turned into ode if ne-
cessary, which I do when not in use
for breeding sows. The upper part
of the building I rnade into a hen-
house, with a glass front facing the
south and an outside entrance to
keep it separate froin the hog room.
The entire building cost $250.
I keep about six breeding sows of
no particular breed. They are fed
I on whey except when suckling pigs
and for two weeks previous to far-
rowing. Then I mix in wheat mid-
dlings or barley meal, the latter pre-
ferred. I have the sows farrow in
March and August.
After weaning I feed the pigs skim -
milk and barley meal or middlings,
till they are two inonths old, give
them all they will eat. At the end
of that time substitute whey for the
milk, but continue the meal with the,
addition of a few ears of corn. The
object is to keep them growing and
fat enough to kill at any time. I
market them. 111 Afay and October,
my experience being that pork brings
the best price in thest two months.
I let them run in a large yard in
the summer and have never had any
trouble with lame pig's. I usually
keep about 20 ; ten in summer' and
the same in. winter.
I keep a summer and a winter
dairy, so that I have whey the year
round. I sell my skimmilk at the
separator for 10c per 100 lbs and
get the whey back, which I think is
the most profitable way.
There are four things necessary for
the profitable keeping .of pigs, viz.,
cleanliness, a warm place, good dry
straw ancl plenty of it for a bed, and
all they will eat from the time they
are dropped till the day of killing.
I feed my hogs regularly three times
hogs.aday, and never have squealing,
My neighbors sometimes remark,
'I -Tow do you make molley on hogs?
It costs inc $2 to make pork for
every dollar I get b a Ck. ' ' But when
I inquire their way of caring for
their hogs it is no mystery to me.
You can throw a Cat through the
cracks in their pens. They feed
Only when they happen to hear the
pig squeal, and wait until hneking
corn in the fall to fatten them. They
dump in enough green corn in the
morning to last all day, of which
one-third is wested. 1 would rather
have two bushels olel corn than three
bushels new for fattening purposes.
PO U.feTitY BUSINESS.
The poultrybusiness is not a sick
mart's job. The person who is unable
to 'endure considerable hard work
need not 'hope to succeed in handling
fowls, whether for pleasure or profit,
oe both, unless. he ca1l have some
one to do the work for him. Entirely
too many have the opinion that any
old place, kept atly Old tray, will do
for hens. This ie far from the fact.
Neeping poultry Ler profit is a lmsi-
Hess, much like live -stock keeping of
eny hu,cl. It requires ce.pital.
et1 ength. and experience to succeed,
Strength, coupled With. experience,
will succeed better, without the ca,pi-
tat than will capital alone, Too
ninny hold the opinion that all they
neal is to go into the busies :.,1 and
it. down and let the 11011 do the reet.
On such ventures, eickness ancl lice
visually get Ilse whiile, outfit, and tlie
besinees the blame for the loss,
Good, comnionssenee, health' and, ex-
perience; combined -With 'enough .
tal to carry on the plant, ;will 'sue- .
ceed and pay a good per cent. 'PrO-
fit, providing ail, three , are,. Well ap-
plied. Often the same methods used..
i11 a bank,on a farm, or In a tore
that are applied to the hen business,
would niake many or all of them
,failure. The man, the methods
and the' eapital usually combine to ,
make or break any business, and it
is just the same with 'poultry,' r
PROFIT IN" itAISINO SHEL
The :first essential in sheep hus-
indry is' to have a large, warm
dry basement racing Ube smith, zinc],
cast. 'rile sunlight can get into this
and be of untold benefit in keeping
the sheep quarters in good condition,
It is also very desirable o have tho
sunlight for sheep and lambs dur-
ing the cold weather. If you, have
100 ewes, divide your barn spaco
into four parts. When the lambs' be-
gin to eorne transfer the ewe and
lamb to another pen and keep filling
up the pens as fast as' the lambs ap-
pear, keeping the older ones to-
gether. This will prevent injury to
the young ones. See that the pens
are well bedded with straw and that
the CNVOS get plenty of salt and fresh
water. Silage from corn is probably
the best feed for sheep.' It should be
cut after the corn has glazed. Feed
this morning and night 'and at noon
feed roots and hay. Do not give
more than the sheep will eat up
elean every time.
The lambs should begin to -come
about the middle of DaCCITlber or
January 1. The basement should be
warm enough so that the tempera-
ture will reach 65 degrees during the
warm part of the day. Of course,
sheep meet have plenty of fresh air,
but be sure that drafts do not strike
them. Let.the lambs run out in the
yard as much as possible and when
old enough to wean put them into a
pen by themselves and give them
corn meal, and all the silage they
will eat. By this treatment the
lambs .will be ready for early spring
market.
MOLASSES FOR HORSES.
_Molasses as an article of diet has
been used and recommended from
time to time for both horses and
cattle. The result of some recent
experhnents in France by a chemist
and a veterinary surgeon goes to
show its value as a food and arouse
interest in it. These 111011. assert that
chopped hay or grass mixed with
molasses is an excellent cure for
asthma, and furthermore that food
of this kind neither loads the sto-
mach nor impedes respiration. They
are also of the opeinion that during
cliges.tion the sugar in the food pro-
duces alcohol and if that is so they
contend that the animal's health is
bound to be benefited thereby. Care
must be exercised in feeding iL, how-
ever, as owing to its heating quali-
ties it may produce bad effects if
given too frequently and in too large
quantities.
The feeding value of molasses has
been known for years, but we have
beard little about it in an expert --
mental way of late years. Molasses
made from sugar 0000 is very palat-
able and much relished by all farm
animals. Its composition shows it
to be about equal to corn and for
general comparisort cane molasses
may be taken to have an equal feed-
ing value to an equal weight of corn.
THEY DISLIKE MUSIC.
Brass Bands Said to Banish,
Black-1,seetles,
Music played under a tree infested
with caterpillars causesthem to fall
stupefied to the ground. The major-
ity of insects intensely dislike mu-
sic. Years ago the great French na-
turalist, Reamur, discovered that the
surest way to rid a house of crick-
ets and black -beetles was to play on
a loud brass instrument for a few
nights.
Owing to their dislike of the
sounds, thepests will eventually
leave the house and take up their
abode, in some other establishment
where quietness reigns. Everyone
who keeps bees knows how the
banging of tins or the blowing of
horns appears to partly stupefy
them when 'they are swarming, and
renders them easy to capture.
Swarms of locusts can be prevent-
ed from alighting by loud music,
and in the Soudan the natives in- .
variably, when these pests are on
the wing, protect their fields, by
blowing horns and beating tom-
toms.
Ona of the surest ways to Is.eep
mosquitoes or gnats at a distance is
to play a tin whistle or flute, and
anyone may ward off the attacks of
the nocturnal enemies that abound
in seaside apartments by discoursing
sweet music on a concertina. !
The reason why insects should so
dislike music is not cptite clear.
Naturalists are of the opinion that
criekets object to it because it, pre-
vents their owa strident notes from
being heard, and the same holds
good probably with bees and other
insects that hum.
° It seems a pity, however, that in-
sects that kill repose can only' ap-
parently successfully be combatted
with by inetruments that act equally
effectively ns Slumber killers.
A M.A.T.I.B.I.AGE EPIDEMIC.
Servia is in trouble now with an
epidemic of iriarria,ges, The cause is
the systeni of marriage banks found-
ed as an encoui•a,gernent to 1:1-trift,
but \Odell:have proved to have quite
au opposite effect. The ,yo,ung 11100
and truiddens of Serviabegin paying
i11 to these inStitiitions at an early
age 00 the promise of a. premitirri en
marriage, Iminediately a small sum
has been a.ccurnulated the desire for
marriage grows overwhelming, with
tile result, that the first beer Is 5113p-
pet1 tip, in conekt.te;co, p sem ath r es
ly earlr and unnappy :marriages er0.
general. matter 1103 ilow reach-
ed sech lengths that it is seriously
troubling tha Clovernment, and the
.a,dvisalpility of abolishing , these
bankS, whielt aye helc1 to be the root
of 111e is being debated.