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CHAPTER V. from Aunt Eliza., u u Yorhhhir
One and she aSta rae te go and eee dhuot evening Mrht Marillhee—t thern, Whet in the world could put
roes going to the village when a
ueighboertook her, told, ae they
walteed on together, this women -
prompted perhaps really by kindeess
-fell to telling her what the eillage
W$ saniug Of Me. Trelaweey and
Let ty.
"Xt"e teat thot I believe anythiag
4BYFelf, I'M sure, Mrs, Markham,"
she began mysteriously, nand es for
tcneWing a bit About the "water -
wine I know teething ;I ver
been oeo of them as pry Into other
peoPle's affaire, but X don't like to
beer Letty"e name lightly spoken of,
nor yours either-tha,thi the Met, and
I shonlan't be a truo friend to her
-or you if I didn't Pay ea."
"And who is speaking Laity'
4iairee Jt*ghtly, ?" excialtuen Mrs-
Merkhamt flushieg at this addrees,
*Rd perhops suddenly, t,00a feeltng
!Cruel presentiment of what Weti COM
And then tho other told her hot
aU the placo WAS tenting ot Mr.
'Trelowney'S litthig or Letter.
you sem Mrs. Markham." slo eaid.
'they blame yon or it, for Letty'a
ently a child, and she don't !mow
evhathe right or wrong -end if
gentleman pays her attention, ov
rikee to at chatting with her. hot
$o trite to :ice any berm in itor t
help being pleased ? But when pee -
elle see you standing by, and looting
ore and lentlIng a hand in it, ail
"Well. when they see me doing
that, mightn't they that know me
trust rae to taro are of my own
ghild ?" ieterrupteel ¥r 'Mart:ham,
with her face in a, dame. and her
voice trembling with. indignation,
"Do you thiurt rye lived thirteen
years with Mr. Trelowney, and doldt . unfortunately for too
it that into her heed at I should go oll
that way I'
"Why shouldn't you go ?-if it
was a right tbing to de ? You
shouldn't. be always thinking of
lled
what yelike best yourself. Letty.
You should consider other people.
It's very oice of hire. Cooper to
want to see yoo-and slan'a your
aunt just as numb. as am -and, if
elle asks you,. don't bee how you
Pan refuse. to go to bPsum
"Tho
oe su"
Tho tears had started upta
Lefty's eyes, end hies. Afarkham had
to turn her head away that She
Might mat see them.
"Wo needn't settlo the matter aa.
at One% but I'm afraid you% have
to go, Letty." she said, after a, teloe
meet or two, in o. hinder tone* and
then she went vigorously to work at
o lething sho was doing, end she
Linty wine work to do too, and
her steadily at it, contriving
rly all day to Reel) her in her
sight, lest she should go awl tell
Mr- Trelawney about the scheme for
sending her to Yorlashire, and get
him to plead for her that, ehe should
t go.
Lt was one of the days on which
sho lied lessono with Mies Wa,teon,
as seen QS she rthould start in
I evening for the sehooldoeuee, it
was Mrs. Mairlahande plan to go to
the study and tell Mr. Trelawney of
the arrengement she wiebed to taalso.
She could discuss the matter with
hint then. safe from any interrup-
tion from Letty. and -as she, hoped-
oeercellie any objections to her plan
that he relight raise.
So, almost as soon ao Letty's leach
was turned, she proceetlea to do
hew what be Is 2 -or that Lette, eompieto SeeeeFS Of her PCheicie.
us 5afr Ii4th hunas she'd ha tvitilthad happened. 430 Letty Was start-
's anly arra I lug for the 'tillagethat at the gar -
that taxa gat ern in their own den gate she bed met Mr. Trelawney
hearts that would Wok eyll either
and, hefore Urn Marthani spore to
- he4, poor Lnub,ar af lum, ar him, he had already been put by
: oral wit" the,l, speak ahouht as Letty in poseetoloO of the matter
next M your company, Me-rs• "./1134111- which the elder woman had meant to
dere. you may tell them, Via I said communicate to him hereellf.
so, and that I thank them ; yes, tell
Om that I thank them," cried the
gugry wainan, throbbing all over
with contempt and indignation, "for
their kind opinion of, Letty and me."
She walked home in a, tumult of
hitter feellug, M ulto opened the
gate, and crossed the garden to-
wards tho house, she saw Mr. Tre-
lawne,y sitting under one of the trees!
tearing to Letty, rand with a quick,
sore impulse oho called to the girl
to come in.
"You forget everything you have
to do when you're timusieg ooerself.
Letty," was what her aunt said, atn1
alto gave her a little push before
her -not being really augry with her,
but showing iter perplexity by seem -
lug to bo angry.
"I shall have to send her away,"
ehe began to think to herself that
night. "I can't be watching her al-
eveys, and eten If I were to watch
het, I can't watch him. I'd better
"try to get her away. Perhaps X
needn't part with her for good, but
if she was to go for a bit then he'd
get out of the way of wanting her,
and wo could begin again fresh when
she mune back; anti, please Cod, the
talk would die out."
And then sad at heart, and yet
seeing 310 other way out of her difil-
telly, she set herself to think to
what place Letty could be sent.
Letty had an aunt on her father's
side, living in Yorkshire, a poor wo-
man with a large family, who was!
little likely,btdeed, to be willing to
take her niece into her house for no-
thing, but who perhaps would be
glad enough to take her, if Mrs.'
Markham, paid for her board. Sup-
pose she were to write to this wo-
man, telling her some fraction of the
truth, and get her to send an invita-
tion to Letty to come for a. few
months and stay with her ?
Mrs. Markham thought over this
plan for a few hours, and the long-
er she thought of it the Moro feasible
it seemed to her. Tao morning it
had first come into her iniod she
ore seeretly wrote:her leiter, and three
or four days afterwards her heart
thine into her mouth as she took the
answer to it from the poetinan's
hat d.
The reply came -as she had- asked
that it should come -addressed to
'Letty.
"Child," said Mrs. Markham, al -
Most trelmilously, -"here's a letter
for you."
"For inc ?" cried Letty in sur-
prise, for Leery wrote and received
few letters, and she opened it with a
wonderinglam, and read it (it was
not long)' ; and then went suddenly
into a little quick Iturgh.
"New funny 1" she said. "It's
it was unfortunate -but yet the
fault bad hardly been Letty's. She
bad net Arr. Trelawney as she was
1 I ItyritiAguilg,!!,,,,,,
es Cu:Igmtra:rt':, r9r 'cull
1 Ittlirsr,
Um untottfact3rorlott4=r1
4nrar4ult.n&t tel:
timontals in tho dellr prey; and mit your neigh.
kora what tear think orit. Yon gain we, it and
eresour menu beckee not curet. coo ober. nt!
eg ueakes or it exesaeteReenti4C Co.,Totordo.
Dr. Chases Ointrtient
almost with. a, ern, "God bless you,
no !"
"Then, X cannot understand this
sudden deeire ef youra to get rid a
her,
"I don't desire to get rid of her,
sir. Pray Mutt a' such a thing-
She'a dearer to nut than PO Owl
life, I onto went her to go owey
for a Itttlo bite Oh sir," -and all
at once, to his Amazement, she broke
down, and the tears ran down her
elteeks-"Oh ! sir, don't opposo her
going ! Boo for her good, or I
wouldn't urge it. Do you think. I'd
want to seed, her awoy except for
that ?,-wbetnewhen sae's all roe
got in the world cried the poo
soul, and fairly began to sole
Afr. Trelawney looked, at her i'or
Memeet oe two, aud then he ioolted
down upon Ids desk, After a little
silence, he said gravely -
"Of eourse there is something in
all Me that I dou t understand. I
think, if you. would spew* openlY to
me, Mrs. Markham, it would be best.
I am Apparently vexing" you eery
much. by oppooing this scheme ef
yours, but I can't help opposing it
when I see how unwilling Letty is
to go, and when X feel, too, hew
much both Feu and would lose by
plating with her. There is same -
thing in your mind that you bave
not told oet, a4 if you want Ate
to agree with you, or to, help you,
think. you meet let me know whot it
And then he turned his face to her
again, and waited for her to spealsa
She had said to hereon beforehand
that, she would not, tell him the
truth, but now how could she keep
the truth from hina when he (lectured
that, unless he knew it, be would
not help her to get Lotto away 7
It was hard upon her to have to
tell it : it seemed to her lire Settlig
her with her own lips te stain ber
ehildha Immo ; and yet what else
could she ?-how elee could eh*
Mahe Mm agree that Letty should
go ? Sho went through a. bitter
struggle during those momente while
Mr. Trelawney sat waiting for her
to avower itint ; how bitter perhaps
he gueesed, when a lust alo bettan
to sreelt.
I "I bed hoped not to have badto
tdll yeti! eatothing, sir," she Wotan
by onvinge epeating without looking
at him. ha a broken voice ; "but
since Letty's been with you before ,
! ,
tut,. end you re resolved to take her
! part -well, I can't beep it now. I's
only this (It nutyn't seem much, per -
harts. to you, or the like of you, but,
h sir, it's lifo or death to Lettyl)
-they ro beginning to talk up in tho
village -about you and her."
"How Can they be such fools ?"
be cried out indignantly, and the
blood come to his face,
"Oh 1 vie, I know it's false. If it
wasn't," -and through her tears her
Oyes flashed fire fora. moinene--"do
you think I would let her stay an-
other hour under your roof ? No,
no, sir. I'm not Wanting you. or
thinking you in fault : it's myself to
blame, who am an e.4 woman,, and
should have lanown better but 1
was pleased to see you like bete and
thought she was euch a ehild-and
I.knew I could trust you. sir,
knew X could do it -yes, and I tallow
it. now -and, though mol
y heart's id
and sore, I say still -God bless you,
sir, for all your goodness to her.
and God reward you -and He will 1"
she cried, and coeered her faee, and
sobbed bitterly.
She had been. standing since she
entered the room, but suddenly uow,
In his pity for her, he rose from
his own chair and made her take it.
"M. lifarkham, X am. tho only
ono to blame. X run sorry with my
whole heart," bo said earneetly.
"But yet, take my advice, amsi do
not think of sending Linty away.
That is the ono thing you must not
o. f you let their evil tougtzes
frighten you into parting with her,
her going will be take rt as an admis-
sion that sho has done wrong. No,
no-whateeer else we do, you must
keep her with you. She must stay,
and live the report down."
"She will never do that, sir, if she
ever comes to hear of it at all," Mrs
Markham answered sadly. "It's not
with her as it might be with many.
Give Letter a bad name, and you've
dug her grave for her."
Ile made no answer, and they were
both silent for a minute. Thenet
the end of that time -
"It will be better for um to go
than for her," he said abruptly. "My
going somewhere for change of air
after any illness would seem perfect-
ly' natural. Mr. GibsOn has spoken
of it more than once. I might go to
some seaside place for a month or
so, and then abroad, and stay per -
Imps in Paris for the winter."
"Oh, sir, I couldn't expect you to
do all that -just for Letty's sake."
"I would do more than that for
Letty's sake. I may well do it. when
nay thoughtless self-indulgence has
been the cause of brinzing trouble
on her. I think no purer, gentler
.girl ever lived."
"Whatever comes of it -whether
there's more trouble before us, or
whether this will just die out, as lies
Sometimes do -I shall never forget
all your goodness, sir."
FANCY WAIST,
32 tO 40 Bust,
• „rer tee. eeet
• enter,: e tee.,
Fl4kr A
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Fancy waists of all sorts aro much,
in vogue. But no style is more pep-
ular or more generally becoming'
than the one which incledes the yoke
effect. with round open collar. This
smart model shows one of the very
latest styles, and ie adapted allhe to
the odd waist, and the entire COS"
tenon As shown it is made of wool
repe de ehene, in pastel pads', with
yore and front at white Liberty
eotin. end trleautines of black velvet
ribbon, with, tiny jewel buttons, and
Is worn with e, skirt of the seolrel
but all waisting silks and wool paw-
terials are equalle, apprepriate.
To cut this waist, for a. woman o
medium size 4 yards of material 2
invitee wide. 8 yards 27 Wiles wide.
or 2 yards 44 incites. and 2 yards or
black velvet ribbon to trim an Mem-
trabol.
gOIng out, and had o»ly raised her
eyes for a moment to him with k
quiek trentulona Mile, not meaning
to appeal to hint, or to maim any
complaint, but only to give him
that. One sanite, und pass on ; but
something wistful and sad in the
poor little face had Struek bim, and
instead of letting her pass, ho stop-
ped her, mid asked /ler if anything
was wrong. And then it all came
out. Oh, uo-nothing was wrong ;
It was only that -that they \Math'
her to go to Yorkshire, and -she
didn't want to go.
"Why, who wants you to go to
Yorkshire ?" he inquired, in sur-
prise.
"My Aunt Cooper, sir," she, said.
"She has written to ask me."
"Well, write back to her, and say
you can't be spared,"
"But Aunt Markham wants it too,
sir,"
"Your Aunt Markham wants you
to go away ?"
"She says, sir, that I can't re-
fuse."
"X don't see why you should not
refuse, if you don't want, to go,
Letty. 1,11 speak to your aunt about
"Will you ? Oh, that& you, sir !"
she said, and the sad and anxious
young face began in a moraent to
brigbten with gratitude and hope.
If he said he would take her part,
need she have any more fear 9 She
had, started from the house witha
heavy heart, but as she went on hor
way noiv her heart was light within
her.
So it happened" that when Mrs.
Markham went tato-the study, pre -
pored to tell her tae in such a way
as slie hoped would r millet afr. rem -
'enemy on her side, to her dismay it
was he and not she who instautly
broached the. subject, and by his
first words showed her that Letty's
-view of the matter, and not her
own, was the one that he intended
to take.
"Mit. Markham, has anything gone
wrong between you and 'Jetty ?" -
"Gone wrong, sir ?" she edimed,
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ac a
severai Years of Kidney DIUMSC-A,Prominent Merchant Cured by
Er.Chase's kiney-Liver Pills.
Every day adds 'scores of names to the long list of persons who have been cured by Dr. Chase's Kidney -
Liver Pine, and among_those who are now enthasiasts ill praising this great medicine is Mr. W". Gilroy, the
well-known, merchant 'of 131enheim, 0 nt.
Like many others, Mr., Gilroy now wonders why he 'did hot use Dr. Chase',S. Nidney-Liver Pills M the
first place, instead of exper,inienting with new-fangled and untried remedies. There is no doubt about the ex-
ceptional virtues of Dr.• Chase's Xidney-Liver Pills. They act directly on the kidneys, liver and bowelsand
thoroughly cure complicated ailments which cannot be reached by ordiaary remedies.
Mr. W. .Gilroy, general merthant, Blenheim., t)nt., sta5.es:•,-7"1 am rather enthusiastic in the praise of Dr.
Chase's"Kidney-Liver Pills, and believe I have good reason Co be. For severaa years I was a great sufferer
from kidney 'disease,. and had pains in my back almost consbantlY. I tried a great many remedieS, but did
not succeed in obtalning more than slight temporary relief. - •
"A feiend or mine advised Inc to lay Dr. Chase's Eadriev-Liver Pills and 1 did so with great satisfa.c-
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tion. I had not -taken half a box before 1 began to feel better, and now realize. that I 'have' entirely recover-
ed1 often wonder now why people go after new-fangled remedies when this tried and proven medicine is so
easily obtained, and so cortath. to cure."
Dr: .C.hhase's Redney-Eiver Pins have the hall Ly endorsement of good citizens in nearly every city, town
arid village in Canada. They are probably the most popular remedy that was ever introduced into this cowl -
try ' and their enornioas sales are duo to the fact that theyradically cure serious and chronic disease. Ono
pill a dose e 25 cents it box, at all dealers, or Eclinamson, Dates & Co., Toronto. !
She said abrupUy to Letty, wtien
at her usual time, the giri c
home -
"So you've got the better of me,
Letty ; yethve got Mr. Trelawney to
beg you all from, going away."
°Ott-havo I 2** Letty eried, with
little sudden gasp of pleasure.
She etood still for a. moment, then
1 the color hushed to her face, and
to next moment she had got both
her arms round Mrs. Marlehatu'a
near
"Oh. aunt. low be spoken to you ?
How good be Is 1 I tide& be is
Limier Chau anybody else in all the
world I" she cried.
"Yen yes. be Is very kind," re-
plied Moe. Markham a little stiffly.
She put Lefty back from her alsnost
impatiently '• sho,glanced uneataily at
the open door ;a. curious feelitag,
half of anger against the girl, half
of terror, came to her. "Of e0UrSe
is always hind • but don't you
taU in such a foolisit way,. Letty,"
she said sharply. "I don't know
what Air. Trelowney would think if
be was to hear you." And she got
up, and cut Letty's enthusiasm
short, with a feeling" as if a. knife bad
gone into her heart. For there was
something in the girl's face, and in
the passictuate, 1311COUSCIOUS jOY of
her voice, ethIch awoke o fear in her
that oho did not know how to bear-
feau'r that started up like a spectre
beforo her, and that she bad not
courage to Atm. "God forgive me
far a, mine fool 1,, she cded that neat attention PhOuld be given to well trztau4d IS one that goes at tho
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uight on her knees before she weld, this subject, No other rn
caal; 01-
heels and drives slowlyWhen ono
to bed,
'fords suck opportunities for that Ms- has a dog that inelsts on always go -
Bo Continued.) ure that completes and rounds off an ing to the head of the animal it
education as that of the Termer. His Practically insures him agaiest be -
DEEP DREATEING. duties are no doubt onerous: he is . lug' a good driving dog. Somethues
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obliged to !ewe; hard, as who has suelt habits may be brolten, but as a.
The Habit of Lazy Lungs Illay Be not who earns an honest living? Yet rule such a. trick is so 31111ell tile 110.-
Overco3ue.
Tinh, "HAYSEED."
What is a "hayseed?" The term
hos been variously used, used often
contemptuceee refere,nee by the
well dressed, stioh who has enough,
intellectual capacity to order a fash-
ineetble Sllit of clothes and to eat a
eat that comes he Mows not whence,
the sanwliq furoisl'ea him with
what be oats awl wears-. Whet is a
hayseed? Look around over the held
of waving grass, the verdure that
covers hill ancl dale, mountain and
valley With a. crown of glorioue
beauty, the certificate et civilization,
the promise of wealth, the evidence
of earth's frultfaluess and inan's vic-
tory over nature's wilderness. It all
sprang Irmo the haeleeed, To be
called a. hayseed is to bo
classed with the kings and the hene-
faetera of the earth. The term hay-
seed in its obtectionable forehaa
paseedout or our languageThe ;their merits whea judged by the fore -
farmer bas taken his place among going teats. Tito seamen/niter will
hings-crowned anal mac -owned; he r,do tterik to examine them all care,
has found lels plow and has fitted fully Itaore buying Ids supply for the
himself ear it. Seleoce, politics, cowing season.
gevernotent have thrown thereeelvee
ot his feet,
HE CONTROLS TIM WOULD.
bemuse he feeds rand !twits it and be- 1tepbg the cost of produeUon
4.1150 without lum cities would emu- dosvn to the lowest point is the key
le into dust, eivilization would ret 10 auccess in farming. a,rad in no do -
Here are live points, just for in -
enflame:
Point 1. Only a sharp 1Dit pboulct
be used. one that will maret o clean.,
cut bele.
Poiet h. The hole need not he 3110ra
then throe inches doep. ',rho wrote.
gations of the Vermont exPerimenh
gtatioas have shown that hardly WAY
sapcomes from a greater dellth-
Point 8. The hole
leehould he care -
rally caned of clips, beeaose evea ;3!,
very small quentety onote watt,
ter will clog the spout, obstruct, the
flow of sap, and seriously reduce the
yield of sugar.
Point 4. A spout should be chasm%
°M
of such a pattern as will ow the
freest flow or sap. It should inter-
fere with the wood tissue of the tree
as little as possible. The bark, rat,
ther than the wood, should way an
iroportant part in 11°1411;1g the spout
hrm.
Point eh The spout should be
strong enough, and its hold on the
tree firm enough, so that it will sefe-
ly support, tho sap bueltet. More-
over, the spout ehould be easy to
ein-
ert and ease" to remove. Tile vas-
lotts spouts commonly eold at the
hardware stores differ materially in
CLOVER,' ITAY.
vert to barbarism and the race WOUld pavt.inent of fame industry eau it be
airt be driven for tatelter to the done to greater advantage than iu
wilds vont whence rt, came. The far- the umeagentent of hen's With the
er's calling is tho noblest anh most present pries ef wheat, buckwheat,
ennobling earth has to oher. It Is oats end corn, and the value of egge
the- odeearalling which, le original, about to tumble eh -tardy, it will 50011
Which prodtieei,i all others are sub- cost more to produce a. dozen of egga
servient to it and get their livings than the' will bring. For years, en
front IL Wayside Home, whether gram wan
is it not tilne that the farmer laigh or lowit has been the prae-
)(mid recognize bits own dignity, his tice during the winter. to use clover
power? Special education has or grass for the morning meal. In-
fitiesi men for the callings in life in stead of grain. writes Mr. W. In
Weil thele have been SUCeessiel, ,IlncSler. 1 have rotted it a greet v-
ow it Is thet the farmer Ing in the cost end it ham greatly
be wet:telly oducated for his haereased the egg prodeetion•
r " , Thera has been an idea. The clover is seated in honing
that the most successful farmers are water a short tiueo and when ready
the unealueatt-d, but the facts are all i for Use a. little ground grain is add -
the other way. It is }freely admitted ed. Thus the hens get a wartra meal
that this idea, now homely wearing etnepateed of three Forts clover hay
out, has teen one of the barriers in and me part groifind grain. They
the way of successful agriculture. relish it and show tbeir appreziation
While other industries laave thrived by a gi.neeoUs SUpfdy oil' eggs. My
and Canada has suede a phenomenal etraitt lias the reputatioa of teeino, a,
growth in !natty of its industries good laying strain. anal I attribute
simply because in the hands of men the fact. largely to this mauler of
educated for that businerts, our agri- feeding. The clover Noe I use io
cultural development has, until re- gathered from beneath the chute.
cently been slow. The tide has turn- where I throw down hay for the rat-
edhoweverand now among ('an m' tieand is largely leaves that rattle
dian farmers are to be found some off.
of
OT)R REST EDUCATED MEN.
And the need of education is being
recognized, the gospel of, agricul-
tural education is being preateheal
and the farmer in taldni; his place
mOng the country's rulers. Tho re-
sult is that agriculture le malting worthless feral dog. A geed dog is
mare rapid progress than auy °thee, 11, one that is brightcapable of being
of our industries, grad its future pro- 1lusts ueted aud at least useful in
gne74liielplcewithteaa"lilitiagsel.Au3tIng6.inievneMet ifagritulturaledueattitn. Ineefe lTgsvezyalttobsozn
How
necessary it is then that ear- thing of a, luxury. A dog to be
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FARM DOG.
Some things on the farm can Do
very tweed and there are eonte that
might, be very welly dispensed with.
Among the latter class romee the
withal he is independent. Politi- ture of the dog that it is ineuralner
So much stress is laid in these elms find the farmer the most inde- , Some men even advise againet using
an et
that it is impossible fax timesl
anyone to , eo employes no pa
, rtyno prob
, abl,v xreme viewdog
. A
speeentd,a..iel :ionfflueaillIve icIlilaissiljusagaritieentletolliioan such a dog as a breeder. but this is
days upon the value of fresh air
11 it is Volitietti 1SSUO any more than they be broken to a slower gait, and the
that drives too fast can aud should
miss tho lesson. (load ventilation is
taught in all our schools,
not always practised ; and treat_ can influence the growth of his trop results be better both for the dog
fro
his
iolarsltateeistarreiceltien Igttebtorsf7 ivitien;and the ultimata
can call his soul his own and he is
at td1 Ones his own master. He is
in a flOSitiOrt tO enjoy the fruit of
his labors, the luxuries of life and
the pleasure of living tts few others
are. If he has too long stood in his
own way and tuts been eenteMptu-
ously daubed a "hayseed" he has at
last bertin to realize that he is in the
broadest and truest sense a "hay-
seed," the origin of his country's
wealth, beauty and greatness. THE REVERSIBLE PURSUIT.
meut by the open-air method is be-
coming more and more advocated for
certaan diseases, especially tuber-
culosis.
In. all this spread of knowledge and
good sense it is unfortunately very
possible to lose sight of the real
issue. It is no exaggeration to say
that many a one who can glibly pat-
ter off the number of cubic feet of
air necessary for each one to
breathe rarely draws a full breath.
Fresh air is a free gift,
but it is like most of the gifts of
Heaven, in that We must do our
share of work to benefit by it. No
one would expect to have a good
fire just because a pair of bellows
hung on a nail by the chimney, but
this is exactly what many people ex-
pect of their lungs, which are really
only the bellows given os by which
to keep the fire of life burning bright
nd clear within ns.
lt is not too much to assert that
lungs properly used in a Compara-
tively close room will do more good
than lazy lungs in an open. field.
This trick of lazy lungs is a habit,
like any other, and may be overcome
by persistent effort. Many persons,
for example, aro afflicted with a ner-
vous habit of holding the breath
unconsciously, These are the people
who, in. spite of plenty of time spent
out-of-doors, yet catch cold easily,
digest poorly, and are always mere
or less "under the weather" physi-
cally. They are often ranch bene-
fited by a course of active exercise
because it is impossible to exercise
vigordusly without drawing some
good deep breaths.
Many other persons -and they con-
stitute the great majority of man-
kind -breathe only with the upper
part of the lungs, and although
they may breathe regularly, de not
draw in sufficient air at a breath to
fill ail the lung cells.
When once the peraicious habit of
poor, shallow breathing has been
broken up, the health undergoes such
marked improvement, there is such
brighteillug of the spirits and im-
provement of the looks, that the,
luxury of deep ,breathing is not like-
ly to be readily forogene.
A good way to start the new habit
is to take deliberately a few min-
utes at stated' intervals and devote
them to proper breathing: If this iS
done systematically the refornier will
find himself uncOnseiously breathing
more and more, until very soon he is
obeying nature and really breathin„b•
to live. In this way we must all
work for LI, li-ving if we, want a good
one.
NEARBY 'TREASURES.
Lucie -41 always give the pret-
tiest embroidered things I do to my
mother."
Marie -"That is kind and thought-
ful of you."
Lueie-"Yes ; then I cite borrow
there. you know."
TAPPING MAPLB TRIMS.
There are some fine points to be
observed even in such a shuple mat-
ter as tapping a sugar maple tree.
Paub--"Percy, what is your idea of
success ?"
Percy -"My idea of success ? Well,
it is having people run after inc who
used to rim away from me."
NATTJRALLY.
"How did your drama 'A Christmas ‚snosvstorxn turn out?",
"It was a frost',
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