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Exeter Advocate, 1903-4-23, Page 3.e fte4e14Ktc-Et(*Ett(EK<44KE'EEE0<,*‹E<E<(KE44(fteit w W w w W i Red Heart and 1 A Talc ,i, w. lii k id the 2 A A rrow . A AA Rolhug Wave A CHAPTER Iv So the oergyman was none other than our versatile American passen- ger in eew disguise, I should zer- tainly neverhave penetrated it, and even now was eat sere whether my late visitor. "the newlyeappointed Englesli cbaplain," Was Kenearel himself or aiemissary. OPP- apeenlation on this head was fu- tile. for tile bleesfol fact remained that I W44. poseeeeed of the mous of 'mime, end my fi'at act was to con- geal the areicies aboet my person, lest they should be unearthed by to otenea. Who I mald. now trulY describe; es "licepere," In the wziree of beelowing the things about idre, I Riede the welcome diecovery, which in my excitement I had omitted to look for before, that ley pecketebook. containing between enmity and eighty pomade in Eng- /Ish money, wee still in my pee -- erosion. On the other hand, my knife bail been taten away—two Sects whieli epolte at haat of a bona Ade belief in my madness on the part of the proprietor of the (w- hine. My watch. which had been lett to enetold that there were still four hours to emit before I could cone- AlencP operations, and slowly the time •dogged Indeed. Diniug the I tenni I had two more visite from the unwashed trio who acted as wardera—once to supply we with &upper, and lestly to eve that all was enure for the night. It was xioe till after Owe bad left no some time on the etecind occasion that, tbe sun having now set. I began the attach- on the window. By raising the 'narrow Ovalle bed on end. I inTrovieed a ladder which enabled rag to work on the bars without having to hang on with one baud, Out I then brought the tile into play. Every owai and then onto distant 1101E0 in the building would cause me to &top and listen, in fear lest the steady rasping I waa obliged to maim had attracted at- tention, but no one cultic my way, and in an hour and a, half from come Mencing I hod an aperture big en - (kg% to squeeze through. To make fast the cord and swing niyeelf down was easy work to a pallor, and in a very few minutes 1 bad croseed the tangled. garden and eeztehed the tingle on the boundary wall without meeting a soul or hearing a sound to denote that my flight wee dis- covered. A. hasty examination or the wall proved it to be so rugged with. age that there was easy foot- hold. I was up and over in it0 time, to find lays& atanding In a dark, eree-bordered lane, itud. bad hardly touched ground Mien a figure emerg- ed from the gloom. "Is that leorrestee ennui In the 'welcome tones of Kennard's naturtd Voice,* but ahnost 'whispered. "Yes, thanks to you, here I am," I replied, scarcely breathing. "Not a word more till we are be- yond range of pursuit," he proceed - «1; "follow me, and leading the way along the lane, he turned into a. field tvhicit we crossed till wle came to % disused barn. Hexing drawn rao inside and shut the door, Ken- nard lit a candle, and searching under a, pile of straw produced a bundle of clothes. "There," he said, tossing It to me, "we can talk now without dan- of being overheard. In the eyo of the Italian law you are an escaped lunatic, and liable to recapture, but If you will get into that toggery while I spin my yarn, I hope to be able to steer you out of Genoa without troufbae. It is not the police we have to fear, but a treacherous hound whom I have e. pretty shrewd ti:picion is our friend tlib stowa- y. "You mean Vizard ? You have Been him ?" I exclaimed. "So ! You have bad an opportun- ity of recognizingthe stowaway's voice, and it was as I expected ?" replied Kennard eagerly "In that ease," be continued, "you had bet- ter take the koor first, and rira through the heeds of what has hale- Pened te you since we met last. But get into those clothes while sve tale. Ohere is no time to spare. " I4 will be remembered that Ken- nard went ashore to looie after deevertal and had therefore not teen on board the Queen of Night when ViZard made his appearance. So it. was et that point that I began, and while traneforming neyaelf into a fair semblance of an Italian Asher- man 1 reeapituleted tbe Incidents that preceded my visit to titre Coa- st:late. Sitting on a truss of straw in the illenternig Nene oard heard fee 10 tke 144 without mark. Then he said "Your experience tits in 'with mine thoroughly. and clears up the only poiet that was peweling nwr- 1*ow the C0115t11 was fooled into paying into their haude. You acted ft little too Jouch on impulee, ray friend. You have to thank your blgh.1*anded treetment of Vizard for th rough time you have boa have It would have been better to hare played possum and not to have let on that you recognized hint, when be eo olittiously showed thot lie • wanted you to do so. Why, he went on board—I can are plainly --with he exprees purpose ot provoking you Into refueling him. a. passage." "Mow so ?" I ;161(0, quite, believ- ing him, het etill mystified as to motives, ottimply becatiee emir aseertleht that a wealthy pardenger, NvilO KO"' dined evidence Met be was in Lou- den them ela,y$ ago, was stowa- way landed at Bareelena, convenced the COOSO1 that, the allegation of lunacy which Zavertal was bringing against, you was cornet. But Ilse ten, proceeded Leonard, while I detail my experience. rheavertal had the start of me for the shore by ten IllitOlteS, but by bribing Joy boat - 4WD I got them to wort and reduce the dietenee between us so ma- terially that 1 was landed soon en- ough to keep my man In view. 4+Ife turned into the Via Vittore Emanuele, then ebarp to the right up the Via, San Lorenzo, and along the Itiweea Deferred to the Hotel de Genes, thus proving that so far as his deetiriation was concerned hotted not lied. To speak the truth gra- lidtously was so unlike the man that I suspected a motive, and sure enough at the hotel entrance 1 found iit, dre passed into the hall, but in- ste(i(1 ot going on to the bureau to Inialat his inautries, lie stationed hinl- Ise!f just inside the swing -doors and waited. his object evidently being to ascertain If he had been followed by anyone trona the ship. Ire must hare expected such a person •to give DR. A. W. CHASE'S 2 CATARRH CURE ls mot direct to no diseased parts by the improved Diorite Reale the ulcers, clears thealr passages, stops droppings In the threat and parnituunly cures Catanttandtiarrover. Weaver free. All dealers, or Dr. A. W. Chess ifedletne Co.. Toronto and Buffalo. .- -- himself away by either coming on his heels Ira° the hotel, or by look- ing through the doors after him, but he made a slight error. It is thirty years since I put in my apprentice- ship at the elementary art of shadowing, and Doctor Zavertal had no notion that the seedy tout shambling by was hot -upon his "I went on as far as the corner of the Via Carlo Felice, and stood there for five minutes watching the doorway in case it was a dodge to slip away to some other rendezvous. But no sign of the quarry appearing, at the end of that time I walked back sharply pastethe hotel, and by a'twist of my eye saw that he was no longer ambushed in the en- trance. Once more I turned, and boldly entered the hall, "You will probably give me a -Pains in the ad • For Twenty Years 'Could Not Turn Over in Bed—Kidneys and Bladder .Affeeted—Experienced Great Sufferings—Cured by Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills. TFe ola people especially appreci- rate the efTectiveness of Dr. Chase's IKidney-Liver• Pills, because the kid- neys are usually the first of tbe bod- ily ergens to give out, and the re- sult is baekache, lumbago, pains in :the side and limbs, urinary disor- . . ders, and constipation, 01'd people learn to trust in Dr. • iChat.e's Kidney -Liver Pills, for when • stilt other -treatment e fail this great anedicine seems to go directly to the 'diseased part, and promptly affords relief and cure, • 4,1Vir. David _Moaner, Farmer, an old ancl reorected resident of Port Rob- inson, Welland County, Ont., writes: let wish to state to you that I had pain in my back and left stile for over twenty years. At times could not turn over in bed, I was eci badly used up. I had cramps • in my feet and legs, and my hands were so en- tirely useless that I could. scarcely lift anything." "Kidney disease, was, no 'doubt; the cause of all xny seiffe.ring, And sometimes the urinary trouble scriould be so bad that I would have to get up five or six times during the night. Fortunately, I b.e.gan using Dr. Chase's Kidney-IAver Pills, and they cured me completely. ant now 79 years old and guile well now, but still occasionally use these pills to keep my system in good orSler. Sev- eral persons to whom I have recone, mended Dr, Chase's Kideeer-Liver Pills have been equally benefited." Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills, the comfort of old ago, one pill a .dose, 28 cents a box, at all dealers, or lEklinanson, Bates ei Co.,. Toronto. good deal more credit than I' dee prevent being seen, With MS friend serve for my next proceeding ; for, 1 ire caie they were being 'watched, though it may look smart on the was duu as iemmmle:iwatbeilcyli otcotnbIQronttweod surface, it Was t•eally wily a chanee shot, termed on inferroantoo witich to shaelew, and as I kneW • a lot you yourself gaee me. I walked 1 against the doctor, eod had nothiew right up eo the clerk at the 'mem( ticadsenosptioclosnetavagLinastiwteki; at hoe; 0, =I and asked hilla The number of Mr, Vizerehs Toone." Zarertpl• I think now that I WAS "raped heavens 1" 1eXeleittled ; bwertTlegrr andthatharatijawsgh:gtlic_lvill= done 1,1:77afir'gidue3'4'141,4 aollitvetha'at:17rto:your board, for in that cese you woidel never have fallen into this tree). ZluiTiviiintaainc2ealrie,vritathl )1Vaiedeta'dTbvittus' s• tairs„ and I withdrew into the ye- "Vi741-4 disappeared down the wiishett ermeeal. that Vittallsti'n re" ference 'tbe cnrsell Anaerieen* and e• ant rpm till 2:evertal castle out of number le, ell `taking riskse en eterted on the which you repeated to •tzhel.. daelt as -P tilCay base again. Outeide the hotel he 11-1° e trYedward hailed a carroza and drove to the your might' l'ave meant Ialy "Intent' C• onvent of Santa Ludo., follow-- Plated trip" that Intended to ig In the ship in order ing in another cab, Ile reinaineil to help on an hour. and was tumble friend thwart any designe might close — have, and that as he 1144 )nyster, #9 gad out what transpired, though LosutslYmottonvirtn ale irnlisigipitasnsaefeertahteitetse LizraorigitIgloWfost,hz,a'atnhreduemtesottliolanv,e b ae nen d have acted precisely 4s 414. awi von, likely for your mailer. the FOR FARMERS „ $esontwe and Prefltabie flints for the Busy Talcrs ▪ of the dole - thYktitdesttetdite.Wodtdedidt Itedide*t# SEED POTATOE.9. SP far aS eknown the funges which cermes the eonensan "met" or late blight and rot of potatoes lives I over winter only in the potato W, tultere- dt is of course possible that -.Train mode= ee eatertgeatey look 14 reey exist in a resting stege in after the health of thele fandlies and the soil or the blighted vines or de- the weinhcing of a nation Is assured.," ettYed tubers,. hut more persistent es -Maven. search boa failed to discover this. If et sax essereely 'been a wet, of !eve ptilacisalreurroistliceortureenortusanidayetoltethreunlauy eze:: t;;:r,ity0 %ter ls:eag; eat tilt:: thbeeantihneferdeviesloipniuteErtet loeffeetteh:Idtrusbeaserse yeany grown reeple will stubberiay ether • wineed into treating yeei PS a tuna- suit of the plonting of Kim each in- t are a retie ef 1Parberlern. but bele the debilitethez drug, aeei nostrums have „Imo on 4044.4 in an litsw.uwd, le onSul being hood- leech succeeding year is a direct ree _cheLralez, w„„a,si /Mitt to con -mono 0 ship. . fected tubere, All fermentations are to menetttitriFeneae'laTreth:r:ar.15CTII :Peg hi f gee theirlr Vertal puttmg young Darranmore Ino )4 h14 aYlara 44:141 ersInil, the stowaway, was"27°7: tdhr'enTS:lielle:t%alteehnletesttiheargulairiie:rrhvcotidte re:4 tIlneTirblet:e:p'titu:teirPuSlrittalvollfiythozeteabilusyn:uslattdhueagte't pena;:ti rrhuOietr:143 :biilltlitai";474tacrcee:leat el(srebegfetclillit!thare:41e4ati lip to concealing of the ening I was dodging in SUMIller is thus explained, for there should ever fall to talmselli in the rarietrs restaurants, where his sole was enough of the rot in the autumn iCeeP At Appellee wee the idea thet. if I was right, Vieard ()beset appears to have been to hill of 1001 to cause the widespread in Throat enre..p cm. Cum D. Se 'reit- Itenyoree eeere. Cough (NON $are lanach. got fairly gripped with time till Vieard should tete* him rection of the tubers front which the C0124441C149t4traValre's V‘Sh..99rutl"-4CIIMIcegee(;21 would cow on by rail and catelt p here. •sr being termed out. of the ohlp geed of 1902 was selected. It tole aetnirieQpiniatrulsnet: 44TrirelltilleePt4wIrit apnrcle v4le an you, 'This occurred about nine IOU'S that the Still worse develop. Unfailing slicnt lemma la lb* now of "1 was therefore not eerprised o'clock. the Meting toleing place Merit of rot last season is prophetic • when the elerh gave owaY the sitoo; outside 04 betel, after which they or a disaStrolaS geenn'ence or ttw egiven at the eight lime win, prevent log need. A few denee et the proper MOOT tion by aS411rat 'Who are you. and .wolked oil together to the telegraph ease in 1D03, providing soil and 44VO TaarY decking' deed dereereite =Keene et eicimon wig i %vitY do you wont to Itnow ,t.°14-1 office in the Palazzo Ducale--I alien weather v0(141140113 .not eunimer are sPtahing of e°41.5e in 4teloao, for the repose of cabling Nathan to 44 all favorehle, • that I had been employed to procure wire out that Vleard was in London Tbe practical question is what can 1110 opera ticifhts by tha„m eSigitodar three deys ago, be done to logen this danger ? Tbere had ;list gone un Ahe- "Prom the telegraph office they re- is no method known of disinfecting artrs room- and that 1 had been in.turned to the hotel, and as I Was Mat diseased seed: •Surface washes etructed to deliver them there, able to ale:certain that the doctor aro uselees for eho bulges is safely Luetelee further quotionlog w- as had engaged a bed, and that they homed in the depths of the living stopped by a guest etoning tee reoloi had oath retired to their rooms. I potato tissue—and any knewn means tales of the clerk, and turning to went to epee,' the night at a neigh- of Wiling the fungus by chemicals attend the new -corner pronmtly Leering inn in order to be reedy for will kill the potato also. got rid of Me by aausisg the 11144- them in the Morning. Alter breah- It hes been suggested that heating bee of the- room -14. on the first door. fast the pair came out together. tike seed potatoes six hours or long- that fouls will eet if they come ltn.. •holltily 'Pais time. and Went to thteler at lthel deg. Et or thereabouts, der their eyes are ruinous to ineto "I found tee room on the main Conselate, otere they remained 4111 dry heel. weed d1;111,the fungus with- ;Anil unhealthy frr the fowls thel- Imaging Orme tit the head of the hall an Omer atter I bad witnessed out Injury to the potato. This bas ;saved teboulil en animal die. our taireads. in wee ef the hest pas- your •arrival from 4 ehop oppeeite,JIMA been fully denionstraten and elieutal never he permitted to ons in the boute, hut the door was 1,15140111SOOltiy there lied been 14°41118ml would not prove praclicel to most !eat thereof. Should a fowl die we allat, anal there were too mew peo- in what I hail overheard to indierite farmers in Caf-e it le reliable. should bury it deep. Weep every pie ninntult lIn the corridors for MATS- that you wr to be lite victim of a I The Vermont expeeirnent elation:int:inner of (melt food from ,your dropping In the open. I waS .1.10 ire- plot. mid I had no notion of what lauthorities can recommend only two.; foxle, old end yomeg. The poultry Pressed with the sideeseltY Pr over- was goiter, on till 1 saw you driven things as practical. The firet is fl knit ought to he inspected pet as hearing their convereation if po55ib1e away iffro541110 by the superintend- Qat unusual pains be 'When thishrauch as milk. that I chanced it, and, ready with ent of the aeyliun mid his eesietiants. season to revere for geed potatoes 1olsop•••••=noraf. an mime and an apology if wanted, Alter 1 bad Shadowed Vizard bulk to grown on light. welloiralued Boil, WRY IT IS DONE. entered the .net roonle-to finil it. SS the hotel. 2avertal having parted which escaped the blight—or tbe with, him en the quay to return to the chip. made some inquiries which showed that. It would be hope- less to approach the Consul. eo sat- isfied was he of your connition, and I at once set about procuring your escape in my own way. And now, when I have touched up your taco a little, we will get on to the station and catch the first train to the south." Drawing an actor's Inake-up box from his bag, he soon altered InY COMplexien 40 suit the elothes I had put on, and after malting my own clothes into a bundle we started to- wards the cite. Kennard got over the difficulty of iny not knowing word ol the language by arranging that I should feign to be dumb. Be- fore relapsing into Silence; asked him what he thought of Vizard's re- maining in Genoa. "Ile is here to look after you," was the reply, "and should not be =prised if he •has beard of your es- cape alivady. I standee that we have dangerous organivation of educated criminals to deal with. and that Nathan is in it. But shall know more to -morrow." This was lively beariug, when bad been relying on an appeal to my employers to reinstate me in mo command and turn the tables on 741- vertal ; but it was no use whining over the loss of a berth when I was about to pit myself against him in a game where the issues loomed up so much more terrible. I had no land should be in grass or clover thought but to prevent and expose two-thirds of the time. The Chemist those eonspiring scoundrels, and, if tells us that there is about as much indeed lives were at stake, to save their intended victims. We reached the Staziono Brignole with a quarter of an hour to spare before the 11.10 night train to the south was due, and after Kennard had taken tickets for Rome, being fatigued and hungry, we went into the buffet for a snack. The place was full ef travellers fortifying themselves for the long ran to Pisa, and we had some difficulty in squeezing in to the counter, but we managed it at last, and Kennard did the ordering. A long mirror stretched the length of. the bufTet op- posite to us reflecting the people at the counter, and glancTng along the line of faces while waiting to be served, I started so violently as to nearly capsize the soup of an old lady next me. Half a dozen places from us stood Vizard, apparently absorbed in dissecting the wing of a fowl. (To Be Continued.) 4 DRINK' WATER BEFORE MEALS. ,...01.12111.1•111111k Children's Atinm-As. '1« 1414nyon't gemodie*for chgarligu, MUNYON'a RrariErnEs. efenyenei Medicine Card; Ihtt. and po. Munyon's Cold Cure preven4 peen. nionla, and breaks up a cold in a felt hours, Vrtee Perrenal letters addressed to Prete Saiteren. Ishtladelairla, U. 3. A.. eve -Mine 104 (Preens oe sleimeas, will be tesswere ett premptly and free etivic* as to treatl meat veil DO altva- te-ed • I had dared. to hope. unoccupied. It was not long. I can enure you. be- fore Inv ear was al01C4 to the mill separating MO from number 14. "To my dideuet the partition was too thick to admit of hearhig any sustained vonversa.tion, but certain mime and dlejointed sentences reach- ed me, which by the light of what has happened Since, and taken in conjunction with my previously form- ed suspicions, greatly tend to con- ilrm the latter. "The first words I Made out Were in the voice that I know now to be Vizard's natural tone : 'Consul no- toriOusly obstinate. Once decided, never allow he was wrong." "'Met, after an interVal. Zaver- tars VOiee said ; 'Alibi easily Man- aged. A wire to Nathan would set- tle that' ; to 'which I caught the di- rect reply : "Let it be so then ; will got on board at once.' "After another break, in wbieh their words were inaudible. Zaver- tal said : 'Pietro Maseagni of the Saint Lucia. Conveut is our :tutu. A couple of hundred will ensure a quietass for the meddlesome dolt.' "Then with itirther lengthy inter- vals of indistinct muttetings caught the following words and phrases :— ''Zetvertal eDarranmore after leaving Naples.' "Vizard : 'All goes well, could re- join you at Alexandria.' "Zavertal ; 'No sign of Ken- nard,' "Vizard (part of direct reply to ahe last) : '—not do to make too sure. Ile might join the ship at any port of call.' "And then, Forrester• ," ICennard proceeded, rising from the straw, and putting his band kindly on nay shoulder, "I caught a sentence—the jest overheard—which I would not repeat to you if I hadn't confidence in your nerve. Of course I hire° not been so blind as not te notice what ever3r one on tbe ship noticed—your relations with the belie of the voy- age." "Good God !" I exclaimed, "then the devils are scheming against Aline. Yes," I added, "you may safely tell me. I shall not hamper you with hysterics." "Well, thes," said Kennard, "the last broken sentence that reached me was in Zavertal's voice : 'The Chal- lenor affair, in the run from Alex- andria to Malta.' " "And we are stranded here," I groaned. "Tell me, though—I won- der I have not asked before—how long is it since I was captured ?" "Only this morning," replied Ken- nard ; "and loc(k here, ,Forrester," he went on, "the time is not come for despair yet. It might be a good deal worse. We know, at any rate, that. whatever tricks they mean to play with Lord Darranmore are postponed till after the ship. leaves .Naples. That must be three days ahead, at least ; and long before then, with any luck, we shall be within 'hail of the Queen el Night. And • what • they politely call 'the Challenor affair' is not to coree off till after the ship has visited Alex- andria, which allows a wide margin in case of any Miscarriage at Naples. "But let me finish en3r story. After the last words that reached me there was a continuous buzz of talk for a quarter oF hour, then 'the sound of movement, and a minute later I'heard the door of number 14 open and some ' one go towards the staircase. I was at the door of number 13 in time to see that it was a tall man--jnef the build of 'En- riquez,' by the way --and not for a moment to be inistaken for 'Zavertal who' had clearly 'remained behiud to ria--nlgissinwe those from fields so well eprayed as "IltidowseSulaignstoorf pridtoeuurdseringre:- iring next summer every potato grower It is MOSt au p g what a num- to be protected. The woad is that be prepared before -band with .spray- ber ot little th do without Ing °Milt and eheutieala ready prompt appl feat lOn of Oa bort); '1 3i3rev'eP:af *trill% slitlzsi :en: do WidOWS Wear deaux mixture when needed. Even in ends 9 perhaps you may say bee no discouraging a, Feason as the f, cause theer maim them. look pretty IrencstiyoneeirctobtitsvorenzveLynhlaissedpropTeol PUY eon Is that when the Bornans veer° per- and interwiting. But, the real rem- and thoroughly. In the well eprayed In Britain widows sbaved their fields at the Vermont station at needs us a sign of mourning, Of Burlington, a considerable portion Of coerse a woman could not let her- trhoet.eines were etill green and grote- self be rem with a bald head, so sho ing on October first, and subsequent made herself a pretty cap, And (timings have iihow n practically no inIca:vi 1.1 st, b o u gh the necessity of wearing it has passed away, the cap re - Why do fair ladies break a bottle of wine on the ship they are chris- tening. ? It is merely another sur- vival of barbaric custom. In tbe days of sacrifice to the gods It VOA CUSt011lary to get some poor animal when a boat was being launched, and to cut its throat over the prow, so that, its blood baptised it. 4••••••••••• SAVING AND USING MANURE. 'The manure must be carefully save eel and judiciously applied to the land if we are to get the full bene- fits of feetling out of the products of the farm on the farm. On many farms, nearly, it not quite half or the manure is wasted. It is either .thrown out under the eaves or it is Wheeled out and dumped into the Why are dignitaries deafened by a yard, ono wbece-ifarrowful in a place. salute when they visit a foreign Here the rains wash it, and much of Port ? It _seems a curious sort of the valuable part goes oa into some iwtelbeeramo.eithuise vilurisntgoniollinofa gvuentys, rbettat_ ditch or hollow. On a farm where the rotation of sortable way. Originally a. town or crops is practiced* and it certainly a warship fired otf its guns on the should be if we are to take tho approach of important and friendly easiest way of keeping up the fer- strangers to show that as they had tility of the land, the best place to faith in the visitors' peaceful inten- apply xnanure is on the grass land, tions they did not think it necessary either meadows or pastures. The to keep their gun+_s loaded. • Ron HUSBANDS cauzr. — nittts for the Guidance of the Head of the Family. The money-maker of the family has his own troubles—no one ever doubt- ed that—but the housekeeper has a few, too, and it would not be out of place to give her a little con- sideration. The man of the house, therefore, might paste these sugges- tions in his hat, if he does not con- sider them impertinent. Assume a cheerfulness, even though you do not feel it, on coming horue in the evening. Greet your wife with a, smile, in- stead of an impatient inquiry as to when dinner will be ready. Do not complain any more than is absolutely necessary about the toughness of the beef, nor the come parative inferiority of the bread. Do not tell your wife that you cannot imegine what she does with all the money she has to spend. Do not ask, her what she did with the $1.25 you gave her last month, before you respond to her appeal for 25 cents to send out to get some butter. Do not telt her at once that you saw the prettiest woman you have seen forea lone time in town that day ; it will hurt her feelings. Do not say the, children are the worst behaved you ever saw. While the general opinion of those supposed to be authorities on this matter has been that the habit of drinking water' at xneals is a de- leterious one, it is now stated, ac- cording to recent investigations, that a little water, if not too cold, is beneficial, as it assists in the diges- tion of food. A too copious supply of water dilutes the gastric juice, and if too cold it lowers the tem- perature of the stomach below nor- mal, thus impairing digestion. If, however, water is taken in limited qudntities, the pepIones formed by the action of gastric juice on foed will be washed aside, thereby, facili- tating absorption. By this means the undigested food is laid bare, and is more susceptible to further action of the gastric juice. During the period of rest phlegm, being very tenacioes, prevents the free flow of gastric juice • for some time, and hence delays digestion. A drink of water before meal's is recommended because loosens and washes away this deposit of =ale, thereby per- mitting the gastric ju "vi attack the food as it enters the stomaele value in the liquid manure as In the solids. Therefore, we should have tight gutters in our stables and use absorbents, suit as cut up straw, land plaster, manure from the horse stable, etc. The best way is to haul the man- ure out every day and spread from the weggon or sled when the weath- er will permit. Now, if it is on grass or clover, go over with a, har- row as soon as convenient in the early spring, before the lumns of manure get dry and hard, and give it a good harrowing. 'reds will make the manure Tine ; scratch up the ground a little and mix some of the manure with the soil. Done in this way It makes no hurt in the hay, the yield of hay is in- creased and it makes a thick, heavy sod, and the lefinus in the soil will be greatly increased, so that we seem to get the benefit of the man- ure twice over ; and second. by the increased richness of the soil as •a result of the heavy root growth, which adds an extra amount of humus to the soil. PROFIT IN EGGS. To make the egg business pay you must have well -flavored eggs. Strange to say, the freshest of eggs many times are eggs that are unfit to eat, 'and yet people will say an egg is an egg. Little they know, evidently, concerning the real fresh egg at its best. Eggs too vile for food go every day to market, no matter when they were gathered. Many who keep hens for fresh eggs are very careful about furnishing strictly fresh eggs to their custom- ers, but take no heed to their pro- bable or possible fla,vor. We farmers are responsible for a great many little abuses that we are, all too apt to give no heed to, and we need to mend our ways. We may begin in real earnest at the poultry 1 yards and houses in turning over a new leaf. If it means you, reader, take the suggestion kindly, and begin at once, and it will not only pay you in dollars and cents, but in reputa- tion. We know that putrid flesh food, musty grain food, decayed grains and all /128,OpeX of Metes thing A. Dutchman was relating his mar- vellous escape from death, when thirteen of his companions were drowned by the upsetting of a beat and he alone was saved. "And how dill you escape • their fate?" asked one of his hearers. "I tid net go in te boat," was the Dutchman's placid reply. They were standing at the front door and he had just said good- - night for the seventeenth consecutive time, when a gruff voice was wafted down from the head of the stairs. "Going Nome,' young man?" queried the party behind the aforesaid voice. "Y -yes, sir," stammered the love- lorn youth in the good -night wren°. "All right," said the gruff voice. "I wish you would stop and tell the butcher to send us up some lamb chops for lareakfr.ste Geed-morn- ing:A