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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-2-27, Page 21 CONFUSION I Qorntii , Nowity of soul. t i vs. §riviritiririwir#0, #4.--#1ew-ipc.4.444.W34.11.3 e4-4Flifir. firir#44—+Vree.., SYNOPSIS QP- PRECEDING like the declaration. of a sentence. et .-CallePTII8.--Mr. T'relawriey is 0. Oath. The hours between tha dee- raaaaea, enie eeeseneeper'S niecepatela of the Wegram and the Lt es comes to etay witb her,. nivel of the great mono were peesed by Letty. at lose, IA a state of al- OILOpeffiellt, IIL most utter despair. Ile would die, Tbe years go past ea quickly when was ell elle could think -he would nac, heettetvt elle to. idle. end ber heart would break. No emerrew is litoi ta-nay. wee era eiee Rearde eould say what it wga te4 her 'ear:la Momiug tre the renewalof a ewitto- the drat gieeta of. heeee came neenoteneue life that, except tor the 'Jack otter tbis,. eutrialione of the seasonsknowno Ur. Trelawney was a prisouer in ehange-where the SaMe lanes always his room for six weeks, and then greet us. end the siame voices (be erd that Mond April !ley arrived wheu, 6-ei long thee we almost forget bow With a stick in oue bend. amd with a ;lay will Conte waee. they will b the other band leeeing on the nurse's heard, ne. MOM} tail, gelee cad ea- shoulder. the then wove men et iost alteredere car ear. recrosseti the threshold a hie siCk- For three fresh springs tine leaves hamberanti returned -to the little bad come out newly on the beech- vorld where a few kind peepte had tree hedge. ernd Mr. Trelieweey ;seal renesed ban. and where ble ahmace took 1114 elute wane beside la =abed Made One poor foolish heart al changed in loak. or garbor gale. ii,most bleed to deatn. As tlie slow. pie was three oven -a older. aut. yen; little proceseion mole alone); the herelly could lave Wit tbet he vs !Passage, the muse ante Mr. Tre- olteer : the grey bind uot begun to dome* in front, Mrs. Markham. come ;Yet UAW ilia heir ; the thine linden with sitewle and pillowe. fol- thougialul face seemed ecarcely to lowirag. bitty watelned it thronigh a have gained on added lipe. Var halt -closed cloor with eyes that these three quiet yeere. as for many a quiet year before. his life bad gone ou iu it agennetonued, innbrolien. fam- ilial'undieturbeil groove. It was undieturbed stell on ti pleeentra. mild March anoraino. tbough the elements of chaeue. un- antown te him, had begun at. last to otir in it. Onx Mee day it happenned that Ito wee feeling an uncomfort- able dizziness aud shivering. life had vet been quite himeelf tine previous evening and had gene-whicb was tunneved with bine-eerly to bed, but Ms sleep bad been brolion alUI Un- easy, and In the morning he ealt40 down Stara With a, seusation of . ss that was neve to him ; for, ttoub be wine not o. robins; ;Imo be ws rely ailing. wad had never rain upon a sielabed in las life Mrs. Moraine/a Was full ot anxiety. Puling the met Lour or two ale +came on and tont Of the on a doe- ,(lreeulY hiteeesa. too weak as yet ein eimea. W.Sefgcsting the trying of !almost to enjoy 103 return to life. one remedy ntfter another,, till at last, winent be would try 310110 and yet grew uo better. she :Wein begged him to send for Mr. Gibson. and tlis time be yielded. lu halt an hour the doctor game ; and in half an hour more Ali,. Treiawney found himeelt back in his bed -ordered tbere, and to Jeep there. for the aria time in Ms life. It was the middle of Afarch when this lances began, anti it wee the, test week in April before on morn- ing. looeing gaunt and white, with kb cicalae hanging loose upon hire, wad Mn limbs sholiing Ihie au old loan's. he creased the throluald oi Ms own room again. The interven- ing weeks had been a time of long end anxious welelning. His illness bad been Severe enough to require a trained nurse in addition to Mrs. ifarkitam to attend to the sick-roora, end for a mouth these two bad Scotched by turps aver him. night and thee -sharing between them the labor that, if she bad •dared, one tattler in tho house would ahnost have given her life to have taken part in. Front the very first day on which tf.r. Trelawriey became ill. Letty (after the =antler of some feeble foolish women) had sunk into etate not fax removed frorra despair. Vinton her aunt on the first morning OP CAST.E.. Quid bo.rtily look, for &obese. Me, * not going to die. but to live glad fortnight past this thought had been with her piglet and day. like a great tountain of joy 'lane tire shadow of a retch in weary latartathe thoegint with which she had gone to bed at night and risen in the morniug-thcit had beeu meat aud drink and Wo to her. They could. not take Trelawuey o study. for that rOOM was on the ground floor, and Ito was too weak to go downstairs. but they had converted auother bedraOna the same lauding as his own into a tem- porary sitting -roam. and here they eintablisined him, propped in we ea5.y., chair, with the Open WhadoW near and with flowers that teity'S loving leande had getlfered on a. table at lila side. Ile sat fur a leng time in a half - but atill glad, in a Inind of taint way, to we the outer world again - contented to feel that death bad paesed by him, It bad troubled hint while hie Rims had been at itsworst, to think that he might die and leave his book 111111111Shed ; he had wanted to recover, that he might return. to it, and get at least a, portion of hinn libelee labor com- pleted. so that (even if he sibould die after that) something et leastonight be given to the world; but nave the thought ot his boob preseed very little upon him. Me ehould return. to it presently. ho hoped -but mean- time tine hold it had had et him seemed to have got loosened ; the power both of thought and of long- ing bad become weak. ire bad been sitting d.oing nothing for a good while. when. Mrs. Mark - haat came back into the room. "Aro you, getting tired, sir ?" she Asked him. 'You've not been obit) to make much. of your reading, I am afraid." Melt, no. not much. My eyes aro too weak, find," he ansvrered. "Ain you mustn't UT them, sir. And we mustaht have you stay up too long either." "No, no -I won't stay too long." "You wouldn't let me hrillg you o. nice beat -up egg, sir 9" "No-/ couldn't take anything told her he was too poorly to be more just now." ebie to eat bis breakfast. the power And then there was a little pause, to swallow her own breakfast- till he said euddenly- which she had been taking at the "Is Lathy in. the house, Mrs. Marie.' taament--leit her, and when she went liaM ?" to fetich Mr. Oibson she delivered "Yes, sirshe's downstairs." her message to the doctor so breath- "I think 1 hould like to see her lessly that he thought she had been for a moment" running the whole way from the "She'd be 1,-ery happy to see you, house, and that her master must sir." have bad a fit. Timid and fearful, "Well, ask lar to come up and he 230 sooner took in the feet that speak to me. It was she who put Mr, Trelawney was ill than she rush- these flowers here, was it not ?" tal to the coneiusion that he was "Yee, sir -she did most things likely to die. Long before the about the noom. She was very thonght of praying for him had en- pleased to get it ready for you." tered anybody else's mind. she had 'She is a good, kind girl. I should none on her knees by her bedside, like to thank her." Nabbing and crying to God to spare "Then rit tell her, sir, and she'll him. corne at rernee." Me was in reality dangerously ill, And two or three minutes after - but be was' perhaps never quite so wards a gentle little knock canto to near to death as the women of his tho door, and in answer to DB% 'Ire- hoimhold thought him There was lawney's "Come in/' Lefty appear - no the doctor said. even ed, with timid eyes, and cheeks from to himself, "Ile strill not get over which excitement and agitation had Lt," though there were a good many chased every drop of blood. days on which he looked grave and "Come in Mr. Ti elawney repeat- doubtfuled kindly. "Hew do you do, Letty? On the worst of these he tele- I told your aunt that I should like graphed to Londonand brought to see you. But why are you so down another physician. and this pale ?"-in a tone of surprise. "Are culminating act -the confession, as you auite well it seemed to Mrs. Markham's mind, "Oh ! yes, sir." that Mr, Gibson's skill was lapelled The low answer came shyly and and exhausted, and could do no more nervously, and the next moment •-seemed both to her and to Letty more than all the color that had Kno La goue from it cpsae rushing. back iota her face. "I -I'M so glad te nee you better, She said, in, a quivering, voice. "Thank you, lettn. I believe yeu are. I hear it in you who got this room ready for me a° nicely. And you put these flowers here to, did you ? It is AliaS, nice aa possible. But -why„ Letty-Letty V' he sud- denly' exelabned, in a changed tone, for all at once. to his dismay, Letts aprOn had gene up to her eyes. and he head the sound of a WOOthered gob - :tie looked at her in distress the sigbt of a woman trying elistiarbed and euxbarressed him inexpreesiblyi anti all the more so wbeen anew-- al in this case he eould aot nein knowing -that he was the cause of her tears. 154.4 afraid that, ter few morckents, he was ungrateful en- ough to wish that he bed lett Letty Peageftdly in the kitchen. But the girl. though overcome for Minato, Was tee much ashamed a her eMOtion not to use all her streugth to elle* "You must not cry. Letty : there is nothing ie the world to cry about," Alr. Trelewney had jus id. in almost. an ann4Yed tone when she dropped ber apron again and timidly lifted a, depreceting pal ot blue eye e to his face. "Oh no i 1 ktnow there sir ites-eit'e only ttaint Pa gladgi eine tried to say. "But you should not cry bemire you are Watt It woule have teen time ertough to do that if I had died. you know. Not that I should hove expected you to do it even then," he added quickly. "Oh eir," eine exclaimed. "I used to hear about you eotne- Imes when I waa ill. You are still going on so nicely with Mise Wen. eon, your AMA tells?" "Yee. sir. Peettei "You west let me hear what you have teen doing sone day soon. 1 x auvery alad to hove seen you agoin. Now, ns nun rather too time to talk, 4 won't keep you eny lortger." "Thank you, sir." She made a little courtasia end went toward e the door ; then ail at ono she stopped wed Vernal bade. see mad, gushing ;Wein, and with a. great effort, 411e Om thing I can do for you ?" Iva, aux aireill not." he plied. "MY anunb mid -1 don't knew If might. take the liberty. s"—h breatidese--"but aunt mid I was oak if might road the paper you." "Oh I" Ma Treberney made the eincalation rather dubiously ; he laid his hand hesitotingly on the pa- pers at Me side. "Well. X don't anew ; I did not think of that," he mid, alter a moment's silence. :led then he glanced up at the girl's face, and there was nomething in its wist- ful. pleading look that touched bine "Suppinee you m do read to e for a quarter of an hour," he said mut- denly. "Look Imre, you may try this article ; but. sit down, Lolly. sit down," he exclaimed quickly ; for- in her humility, after he had given eer the paper, she showed no intention of tatting a chair. So sho sat down and began to reed. Pio bad expected her perfoim- :wee to be ie very poor and bungling one, but to hie surprise it. Was not ; sho read in a low. sweet voice, ace curetely and intelligently. "That is very good -very good In- deed," be eaid cordially, when She had ilnielied the article be had point- ed out, "You read very nicely in- deed ; I had no idea, you did it so well. I will give you one other. thing to read now, and then I dare- say that will bo enough for to - So she read for a, few minutes more, and then rose up. "Thank you very much, Letty," he Merely said. as she bed down the paper. Ho was tired. peid did not care to listen any more. "I think when yeti go downstairs you had better send Mrs. Boss to me," be said, and he laid his head wearily back oti his pillow ; and she went gently away, feeling that she had been very happy, but yet feeling, too, a little chilled it the last. If he had but said that she might come back -if he had but told her that he would let her read to him again an- other day 1 But he ha.d been too weak and tired to ". say anything about the future, and she went away with wia certain sense a disappoint- ment. Yet this half hour had been to her one of inexpressible sweetness -a lit- tle half hour to stand out from ail her previous life. "Letty, child, why are you so flushed 2" Mrs. Markham asked her wonderingly, when she camb down- stairs, and the girl could only an- swer nervously- • "I was reading the paper to Mr. Trelawney, and -I suppose -I got a little frightened" -a reply at which the twe other women 'looked amus- ed. "Did you think he'd bite you, Letty ?" Mrs. Ross asked, laughing, WOMAN'S BLOUSE OR SWAT wArsT, One of the newest and, Ai:reedy, most popular models for the new shirt waist takes its name from the famous artist at American girls nil is quite charming enough to be taken bodily teem One et hie popular drewiegs. As shown, it is ,maelea eon, evbite pique land is both smart ond, eervia eeehl ti but cluembray. betiste, madras, Ox- ford, silk, light -weight wools and all . the list of Weisting materiale are r equally suitable. The featurea which ere the obba its rumfrom ; the sboeldere and the ornamental, o etitehing, are entirely new thia sea- son ad make a Riese 41414101w effect. The fronts are laid in one deep Melt. each of which rune ireful the shoulciere to tine wlan aist e where the extra fulness can be arranged in gathers or adjusted to tile figure as preferred. The back may be either Plain. or madei with, an applied yoke but unmet be drawn down in gathers at the waist line. The sleeves are in regulation ehart style 'with cuffs thro cites in width and at the neck is o plain etc** worn with o taney to. The dosing is effected through. the ustd ubox plait whicin, however, is slightly wider than those et I season. To cut ebb waist for a womanef .edirou size, st yards of meter! 1 ineheS wide. af yards err incbes wide. 3 yards 32 itteinee wide, or 2 yards 44 hallo wide will be requite rid the other put ber band an t re hair. didn't think you'd have been a little goose, or 1 wouldn't ye told you to say o word about, to him. I'm Sure he's alwaya as nd to you, rimy, ea he can be." "Oh, Tes, I know," said Way, earnestly. "And X was so glad to read to him, aunt; It waen't thet- a was only that X was so afraid of not doing it right." "And indeed, eine you made her very proud and happy," said the housekeeper presently to Mr. Tre- lawney. "Anal eite feels it was a great honor, though she's too timid to say so. She's very timid, sir. is Letty, and can't entrees her feelings but there's nobody in the world would be readier to serve you, sir, than she would." "I think she and you are both fax too good to zue. and trouble your - GOATS fax too MIMI about me," Mr. Trelawney ;answered quickly. This illness eit his seemed both to have touched hie own heart and the hearts of tile people round him : his relation to his servants bad become closer on account of these weeks ; the rather 'cold and formal cameo - tion of former years had got for the moment warmed and strengthened. Ilowever be might formerly baser felt to them, for the present, at least, these women round Min bad become, to him like triode. , "Lotty rends so nicely teat I shall ask for bar ilea) again," Ile said kindly. "I ddresay in a week or so my own eyes will be good for some- thing; but tell Letty 1 shall be very glad till then if she will come some- times and lend inc hers for half an hour. that message was delivered to Letty, and the happiness it gave her kept her awake through half the night. (To Be Continued). rippe. The Symptoms end Dangers of This Beatify Disease Which is Driving so Many to Beds of Sickness -Effective Treatment by Dr. Chase's ,Farinious ,Remediesr, Chill followed by fever, quick pulse, severe pains in the eyes and forehead, and dull pains in the joints and muscles, mark the beginnings of la grippe. There is also hoarseness, inflamed air passages, and obstinate cough, furred tongue, distress in the stomach, and diarrhoea. The one uninistakable feature of la grippe. is the , depresed spirits and, weakness- and debility of the body. " With the very young and very ,old and with persona of low vitality, the dangers 'of la grippe are very great. Pneumonia, of a violent and fatal'form is a frequent, result. It is also claimed that very many cases'of con4 sumption can be directly traced to la grippe. The after effects of la grippe are most often felt in the nervous system:, The extreme debility in which this disease leaves its victims is more than most nervous systems can endure -paralysis or prostration. follows. The most successful doctora advise their patients to avoid exposure to cold or over-exertion, and recom.- ^ mend both general and local treatment, such as Dr. Chase'e Nerve rood, to strengthen and tone the'systere, and Dr: chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine to loosen the cough and protect, the bronchial tubes and lunge fi:Ora threatened coniplications. Any lionest,and conscientious deeter will tell you that this Combined treatment recomilleaded by Dr..Chase cannot be suraassed as a means of relieving and curing la grippe, and restoring the weakened and debilitated body to its ,accustomed vigor. Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine too well known as a cure for bronchitis and severe chest colds to need comment_ Dr. Chase's Nerve, Food seeks out the weak spots in the systemand builds them up. It rekindles the, vitality of persons weakened by disease, worry or over-exertion, stud Cannot possibly be equalled as a restorative and reconstructant to hasten recovery from la grippe, and , to Prevent serious constitutional complication.. For sale by all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & ComeanY. Toronto. HIS TONIC. A college professor,, feeling indis- posed, consulted his physicianet Ger- man, very scientific and acknowled ed as one of the leading men in his line. The doctor advised the pro- fessor to work less at. the desk, ex' erciso nioie outdoors, and take beer as a tonic, something the professor had never cared for. The doetor mot his patient a few days later as be was leaving the. college, and stopped to inquire how he was feeling. "About the same," replied. the pro- fessor. "Did .you take the beer as I di- rected?" inquired the physician. "Yes," replied the professor; "I took it a few times, but it became so nauseous -that I had to discontin-- ue it." . "lIow much did you take?" "Why, I bought a whole bottle, and took a spoonful before each meal," answered the professor. A LONG LAW -SUIT. The family .01 Arenberg, in Bel- ,giumwhose duchy of that name is situated in Germany, have just gain- ed a law -suit which has lasted over thirty years. , The ,T)uc d'Arenberg fornierly imposed a toll of a franc on eVery ton Of coal raised by the West- phalian Coal Mining Company, but under the new ' German Empire he was deprived of the rig -ht, which has now been re=established. Ile will re- ceive arrears to the value of 180 mil- lions of francs, while ' the annual rental is estimated to be worth SIX millions of francs. . IZINGI.,ESS WEDDINGS. A wedding,' without a ring seems incongraelis; but in Cadiz (Spain) no ring Is usecl. After the ceremony the bridegroom moves 'the flower in his bride's hair froin left to right, for in various parts of Spain to wear a rose above your 'right ear is to proclaim yourself Ft' wile. WINTER DArromsra. Winter dairying Ines Its difticulties. Semmes la the natural time far sue - cos tbet line, and to follow it successtelly he winter it is necessary to furnisb, aopreximete summer con- ditiones. This is the foundotion principle. Proteetion from celd, ie neeessery. No orguotent is needed not nay to be .eau, to be cruel, to be unsympathetic. When the lemons of warmth., comfort, good feed„ pal- atable water and kindness are learn- ed and practiced the -cows will re- spond nobly in winter as in. sum- mer.. pOTATOES LA.TE. Potatoes develop seirwly . in, very warm_ weather. espeeielly ..if the, Mabee' .41.se .are Warneas was .tiie ease .ireM.- July a to. about • August writes Art. A. Minium. It •very Warm weather is not -detrimental, wby is it that varieties planted eerly. and . meturiug during the wareneht part of • the season rarely - to show .that tine food used AS fuel. to wermn the body ceenno.t be used to Predoce zniik. To ecOMMiXe in rattle Prodeetiene it is therefore impera- tive to avoid waste pf feed in warm- ing the body. Aeother point in 'this erennectiou ie generally. :Overlooked. Blood culetion is diverted from thee -me -ter - nod organism) , to. the surface to make a protecting blanket of fat on the outside, end the food used to produce surface fat cannot be used to makebutter fat. Courtected wita this. givieg a third. Wes fro* ex- p.oeure. is the fact. 'Wet the surface cepillaries. (minute blood .vosels) becomes permanently 'distended, and increeeed .blocet circulation), to the surface,.beomee a hebit. so that the resultaut tendency is away from delve/leg endtoward beefineee. Ane otber frequent unietate is in .giving unbalanced feeds. Nature provides tite right' Mud of food for natural conditionte• The materielwinter ten- deney is to eat -plentifully of otarehy bad and lay..oe fat, andour gorge mon grasses:and grabs are natural - modify:. -tine temperature by stabling modify the temperature ey- stabling tho COWS a reodillea.tion at the, feed is desired to.. enie tino modified condi- tion. - Lessof tho carbohydrates (starck and stngar) is 'needed. The outdoor laboring man .relishes and nectar Moro • et aattef feed. buck- wheat cakes, eta., titan a man who - lain a werat -room. alt day. So does any'. animal, .iThis is • why brine, shorts, glucose -feed, all meat.• and other by-products are so adventage ants in a dairy ration,. Tine excesa of starchy ha* beim .elintinated and the beopreguet bus a. greater proportion of 'protein. HOME. PIMBS, ever gm a. satisfactory yield, while the same verietnes planted late so as to develop tubers during a lower temperature usually yield quite as well as many of the late sorts. My observations lead. me to believe tbat any variety of potatoes win give a, better yield it planted SO AS to de- velop and mature late in the sea- son, say from September 1 to (no- tober 15. The sheet crop of tine past season was net wholly due to the extreme warm weather. Blight, bad much to with it for it was quite prove - t. Rad I not planted my pate - toes ate and sprayed them fuith.. fuUy, my crop would doubtless have been much lighter than it was. I planted one plot el la aereS lyieg on the north side of A cedar hedge, with two varieties, the Sir 'Walter and the Enormous. The rows were GOO feet. long. Tine ten rowe nearest the hedge were planted to the Enor- mous and tine ba,lance of the piece to tho Sir Walter. Either the bodge served to partly ehiele the first tern rows from the sun's rays, or the variety had more vitality, winich en- abled it to resist the terrible heat, for thee rows yielded at the rate of 400 Imehele per acre, while the bet - awe gave a yield of only 320 bush- els per aere. I gave a report in the late sum, - inner saying that the propeet for the potato crop was mot encouraging. I band my opinion largely on the existing condition of the weather and the appearance of bligbt 801310 places, though never had 1 eon a more luxurious growth of vines. Indeed, the wea,ther had been all that could be desired for the de- velopment of all vegetation above ground, but for all root crops tine waiting ilaieh ration can be made to lack of moisture. but to the Nee But by intelligent selection a good oPPosite was the result, owing not without tine use of iamb purchased J tremely warm weather. Early in feed, in truth, a fairly good ono with none. By feeding clover hay wben we 110,V0 it, early cut bay of any kind in preference to late eta, and making uso ot oats and burley in connection with cern we get a ra- tion so muck better than clear corn that the yield will be practicaliy double. This ration, equal parte of cora, oat e and barley, realms a good feed for the ordinary cow. The extra cow b entitled to something extra. in tine way ot feed, and she an be given the by-products up to the moment that she will pay for in innereased yield. Bran is truly ex- cellent feed. Another winter. difficuity is the water supply. Ponds are frozen over, and so aro running streams. Cutting a bolo in the ice is like cutting a hole in tine milk pail. It lessens the amount of milk saved. There aro two reasona for this. Ice water chills the aninaril. 8110 uses extra food to warm herself. She shuts down on milk secretion when chilled, for warmth and comfort are necessary to active milk secretion. This is ono reason. Tine other is that a, cow must have rather more than a gallon of weter to produce a quart of milk. If the water is un- comfortably cold she will drink less than the normal amount and sequently give less than the normal con- little wheat or corn chop, preferably amount of zulik. Or, what is the whole wheat. At night they should Same In effect, her normal milk now will become less beeanse of the di- initished water supply. - GIVE PLENTY OP LIGHT. In some barns it is difficult to ad- mit light. Light is essential to health, and bealth is essential to continued Milt; production. Damp and dark stables are welt nigh fatal. Disease Is Invited. The -system is en- feebled. Digestion and assimilation are lessened, and inevitably the milk secretion is diminished. Plenty of windows, abundance of sunshine right into the stalls, on the cows' backs, if possible, should be pro- videatLt, but not least, kindness is de-, mended. Pounding, kicking, even the use of "cuss words" and rough language, interferes with milk se- cretion. It does not pay to be cruel to any Mother. Say nothing about. the morality, considered merely from the financial view point, it does siiecl. September there mina a change. The mehts were cool and then bow the tubers grew. Where spraying had been thoroughly attended to, a, good crop of sound potatoes was barvesb- ed. WINTER ITATCHED =MKS. Fortunate indeed is tine poulterer who has hens willing to sit at this time of the year, and if ite is the possessor of a goad incubator and brooder be is Oven more fortunate. Manley is the best month in which to raise young chicks. The pullets not only make the earliest layers if kept until the following fail, but will bring the highest price in the spring if put on the market early. Both pullets and cockerels may be sold if desired, and leave room in the yard for the later hatched birds. writes a correspondent. It takes care and.'patient work to make o success of rearing winter hatebed chicks. They should be forced from the start Auld kept grow- ing all tine time. Experiments have taught um that a soft food consist- ing of boiled roots, slightly seasoned and mixed with green bone and a. dash of cayenne pepper for their morning feed is best. Several t132308 during the day they may bo fed a be fed a, full meal of corn as soon as they are old enough t� swallow the kernels, end before they can eat whole corn the corn chop will an- swer the same purpose. Tine objec- tion that cora is too fattening does not hold good in winter as in sum- mer, fax so much of it is used in keeping the body warzn that there is little danger of an excess of fat. Every poultry raiser should know the importance of keeping grit be- fore his fowls at all times. 'When chicks are to be raised with hens, et very warm place should be provided, with a, small scratching shed attach- ed. If an ordinary coop is used for each brodd, a heavy banking of straw should surround and cover it. Usually a smtd1 door for entrance to the coop is all the ventilation neces- sary. The floor of the coop should he covered with hay to the depth of several inches. In severe weather the chicks are confined tcr the scratching NOT FOR HIM. 1,9r,con Slowly -I hear You are gotng to send your parson to Paris for a rest. Deavm Conn -.No : not exactly. VIT6-are going to send hint to Paris 'so that e can give us a rest.