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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-3-24, Page 2' '-'4;.Iteelte-Steetffitetreeietteteahe<eetekettitetterettetete4teeitite41.4e*leteEtieleete.W4e OMAN'S LO UR, A BROTilER'S PROMISE elleehbh•leeeeeeieenelieheeVeleteDeelette,iheelel.e>eeethe.ii>leperieteelteireitetWreee+ CIIARTED, MU. With, what berserk volumionce Hoc - sprang into the weetets pf eaae uage, how he etledeed his thirsty ewbed (now &teamed, now deleting like a, cobra), how many went down before hisouset—the witting earth hero of these things would sereo :no eseentlal. purpose. It is enough t� say- that his stoul was glad • within him who he .looked. and saw. the last of the Hisperviolees slink - behind the city Walls, leaving that on the road they cared not to .think on. The follorn hope of Pei - Motto had itrodeen the wine -pros the vintage et victory WS.13 thetre : yet, truly, a, prier, had been Paid. The peke was the eeogier when Hector stumbled, an aimless bullet kindling boll in his right shoelder. As he fell he Ittegbed, hall in iroxi- teal amusement thee he was struck so late in the day, when the iight was won, half in happy wonder at is so good fortune. Good foiteme he, counted it to shed .btood for Mad- datena's sake, and best of ail for- tunes to die for her. Nay, since there could be no gleam of hope that he might over have the hand who neFeady held the heart—What fortune was there to seek but, this hist •best of death, or if not epee: at least take with welcome ot open armsand laugeter at the core? But yet—the work to be done. • Even as he laughed his eyes closed to the whirl about hiin, and when ee awoke it was to feel Et loan Mop- Ilietogheles of a surgeon stirring up the furrntre in Lis wound with. a porcelain -tipped probe. The torture of digging out the bit of lead he bore with the sitVe that ROW his • lips when he fell, and grimly silent he took the sergeoree compliments on his feet -Ueda . His fest spoken word was Alasdoir el e faithful, who in obedience to the . word gathered in the generals - to council. They- bustled to thecall with elierveseence of sympathy, but Fleeter's left hand waved thanks and a desirefor peace, and they to hear. 'Tea Miguel." Teo old man cathe to the front. "Senor Girard 1" • "Shall Re resume our—conversa- tion re "As you pleese, senor." • "Teen we shale This morning, the hourof battle broke in on our talk, jest us 1 had demanded from you a retrestation of es .14111 light remarks you had made about her Majesty' Queen Maddeletia. • I ask you again to ear thee° •remarks." • Ben Miguel. looked stubborn. eGeherwise, as I said before, • I nit eteglete you the lie. .The matter is- ereent. I mu, as you eo,.thcap- a' i. zeta • ham pet farming - active de te, tied atentelit-tg to usage I must Conga f e Iny preve. s to the se: or 1 geoetal, bit I et3nnot, I must not. 7 :dein Lot, eand over My command ; to cue who lacks loyalty- towards elnieeley, in outward beating or seceeh, in thought or -seirit." "Surely, Don Miguel's vigor in the fg c•f began Tornielli. "ie. guarantee el his loyalty ? It : was an expresenor, not a guarantee. I nest have a templets willairewal of all that Don Miele' -uttered in my ing- this moreirg. 'Come eir, ! your twer.e •• . wiehdraw—as regards yourself, - Setter Cont." ask for it. My demand concerns--" "I did not ask for that: I do not "I do not withdraw, and 1 shall • not withdrew .ono word of what I saki coneereing her Majesty. 1 hate the use of iny Elm sir." gontlentoni" veld Hector, whit•o to tho Ibe "1 c 11 yon t vitt ess that I give Don Miguel the Ile , As soon as I am recovemd .froth Iny wound I shall plaee me -self at eiisposal. 11 he Delete on im- mediate reparation, 1 Shall trive to meet him. In tee xneEtntime I ice eiga command in -favor- of General Rainiros. Your diecretion will tell you, Senor lettritiroe,- how to deal witte Don eligu.d. Your servant, Oenereliesimo," and with his left - hand Hector saluted as he lay. . "I demand an audience of her etteree— Nejesty,". cried. Don 'Miguel. "I shall not. submit to be sePerseded 1 tide high -bended 1 oshon 1eltall—e-" .A. look from. Heetor stiffened the now geaeralisleMe. ELo eteenneed eo- wives Don 1digc1. • "Consider yoltraelr undkr tertest, General. Your eweed. sir, :Abe now be .good enough to retire to your tent, ad retnein there until 1 shall acquaint you With the course of actin to he pursued." They made a laue for Wee. At the tont dear he faced Dort August ie °Meting. "Well met, Doe Migeel. 1Ter Majesty • has heard of your enthuse. tom to -day. Alas ! that it was not more productive of sutecess. But her Majesty honors tee will a.s rnurh as the deed, and elle bade me convey her thanks to you and press your lewd for lo"" ream the very summit of his in - peed dignity Don Miguel looted down on tee dwarfed theanbolain, . "Your parclom . Don Arguetin, „ I may -not accept hor Majesty's thanks —yet. When I ane released tom erost---" "Areest !" • "I shall be honoree to receive I emu. - My generelisainact .wili ex- plain. &Cos !" . . Teo amazed Bravo wheeled on the generals res Don Miguel swung haugh- tier to hip quartere. 'Areet !'' he eaten. "Arest," reiterated Ranaros. "Senor Grant, perha.ps yon will make matteis. clear to Don A.egus- tin." "A word deo it," -Said Hector. calmly. "In the hoaxing -ot. thee gentlemen and myself, Don Miguel uttmed remarks reeeting , • tlie honor of her Majesty, I demanded a withdrawal. He refused .to budge. instead.. therefore, of bantling OVOr My duties to Don Niguel, I resigned them in favor of General Remnos. General Ramiros has placed tem •un- der arrest. That is all." "That is eel. !" flamed Don Angus - tin, "that is all 'What dice he say? Tiler Majesty's honor 1 What did he say ?" "Gentlemen," broke iu Reneiros, "it is better that Don :Aaigustin. should hear the story from Senor Grant. Our p.reseneernay be a bar to freedom of speech. We will with- draw, Comee" "You. wiel stay," sheeted Bravo. "As Vileralt,SiM0," said Remiros quietly, "1 stake oedors from her Majesty, ane from her Majesty only. Come, gcn,lemen.e Hootot• and ,Bravo Wore alone, not unnatural tumult storming in the breast al °Etch. To Hector had tome the most dife ficult raoment of his life—far • •incate • • trying than the hurningesecond when • the bons 01 eestrainteeell from ben lekbeerenelebeirg lleadditlente..., wan at hie heart o 0 ho knew—for he felt that he must coefess • to this man the full tale cf the peat twenty- four Lours, and in ear. e way offer justification or palliation. 'Yet why either jtstification or palliation ? be thought. Why does a man think it • no ossa' y to seek excuse:4 for loeing n. woman, since the .faits that ho is rho and bo 3.s• he are zeovrtalele„ testa- nwentrtble, and lovIng is tee most corsanatly nate:rat of all ye mouton? The sun may sink for ex or, • the moon palo to wan -death, the stars eozorne black pebbles., the tidos dly. up and the wind call no more, man .and .woraan grew • blinte deaf, dumb etuinhlets in the void dark, yet hi the palpable eight a hand shall weep) --and find it s. mete, and Love telt:Meet by sheer peesieteeco of vita ality againet the Unmeant) Tergeo- nradas of Fate. Sc thoughtlieetor, andteo thought- braceci hint to look at Brave with hot eyes -a -tee Whole N story of. his -love showing in teem!. S ti 1, somewhet e at ti: e baek of bis • b:ain, lurkedthe impression that t Bravo might hold Lim cuipable, as e, olio might hold a thief whose rough s had 1 ho ini cub to 1 oach treamare, even if they bad not tectuai- ly clesed on. it: • To 13ravo the momeet was ..alt Pain. Ile loved Maddalena as . the apple of his eyo, lTe loved lector just ao much. The difiet once in aid ni•nya9,11 . . . fection ley not in °egret:. but in ete proffer ot !ler love, beetles* h eine, eledealetta, was teal doughter felt elett the usually etteeregpieg Do and the Queeet tieultor the son. His a irkel was but: the merest puppet tweet spoke for them, hie memory, 1 delelghter'e revellgefel bandi. his oliza:empty lifo— Slat yet, there "Alt 1" cried Brevet), ween tit was Pelmetto and the ultimaite hop- truth flashed on him, 'elle is th pine's of thotteetuise tho eeilling of elm WQ have mimed in our bosons rivalries Eine the gathering into the Yee, the Queen must knew : we me broad boeout of freedbm a whole ate powerlees to deal with a women weary people, He gazed long after oely a good woema can Wei/Mr an the retreating genet els, hie thougett, °tote° e dote I must emelt: t busy' es bees. Seovereig et -Atreus Caldera St once," about • tha SWOOt bleescems of rom- But Dou .Augustin was saved his fined, but ever and agaie returnieg journey. There woo some claimer to tee white boneylese fioweeago of outside the tont. and leo voice of a duty ' and to, resolute •with tt.o, ten- womae was heard, and intenetiately domese tit full knowledge, be came thereefter entei-O, Alitedeir • mi- te where Iluctor lay and took hint noullee lthat Dona demanded by Leto free hand, aeidience of Heetor. Hector looked to Don Augustin in sone) dismay, only- to soo deep tree- ble In the old awes eyes leach waned for oath. to speak : the 'silence wee •eltiqueet of perloarbaLion, Xre they' had found Words, or ovet3 thoughts to express in WOrd$, fOrOad her way past Alas -A -Uri and although emnewhat diSCOSkert,CC clyes.” at the presence of Brag°. began to ;:iteist,LA,Lhetventi7gtkiht 1?)g”.,. poue out inveetive and Wild impro_ Cat‘ithis, Senor Don Gonevalis-imo Grant mmili you. "Well, what of ?" „, "And yon—you•-•ee shall pay dearly for 0;117c.)'°11ur—ac°11'cule°1‘1"-‘1'Llingus—h2;:".41-.°$ASrbis 1.8`` inettliting, the daughter, e-ou Moult „ front Noweere ! Not ,content with ie V" the faertentette Knee of an adven- "all Neither condemn nor grudge, Take thew, /70de...deb your hour, both ef you. You will "Dona Asunta 1" leitlifeSered Bravb, fled it MU too skeet; Yet the Years "pray remember' who you aro ! to como you will have something to not make me forget that you are .a "swriber' s°1411°thIng. to mak° tb° Newman. Da not force me to have emit ds eae,er. you removed ! Do not'enalto nee lower "Are you not to blame me ?" the ideal I have •formed of Palmetto "Why ? You cannot help hiving her. She tto Queen." woranathoOd." hat dare fel yout meets, lilt id 'Ire! ilse'ceseC you 'Agederi sfiTo s" that threatens -Pahnetto, and take , &deed ! lf you cannot se, Cm peril is the Quosn • ." eters to ayett it, I categand 3' will— There Was silence for a few more- even though I go to prisbn with• enterw • father at tee order of this--can- "She told you ?" ai le !" pointing. to Hector where he " efey 1 eatt is running aver,' mitt le she. Tmust speak, .1 moat tell my e•Ye . Ivrea he e .words did not pro - best hiend the xiew secret of Any life. eleim her aceoes of madness, her Hater,' elui said, 'lleetor'—atich tee looks left no room for doubt. • Hee next instant she was sobbing on my oyen glared wita fury. now flaming old &welder. I more than half fear- into fire, ante anon ateolirg into a ed tells : hoped against it. I prey - cold vinceietiverwee that WAS still ed against it. Long ago, in Lore more appalling. Her features were den—that very fleet nig i t whoa you deeorted with bitterness, and the came to the palace in Bloomsbury-- m o .er fate and neck . and I lowed it. You were. young, hand- temples billowed with the urteurbed some, of a gallant nature—the kiad tido of passion. She moved within of man that takes a young maiden's a small seem, taking but m step 1 -eat t ere it knows. • See knew this way, a step that, and never re- maining still for a single second : wild beast caged, seeking for a seek' bar to be out et her deadly work. leeeetor and Bove, in spite of their' e eitelitheefeeilesetieeietteeeeeletteteselee a FOR FARMERS 9 ee. Seseonabte and Prelliteble 11 tiints fqr the putty l'illersit et the Soil. o "Ileetor,” ho said, tesittne lite name for tho fleet time, ".1 know eJleetito Qucen has told mo ettee "Everything." "My 101/0 ?" eyes:, "Fier love ?" nothing of mon : she had men only old fellows like myself wheen I had engaged to be her lattols. Yes, I made some allowance for the con- tingency. 'When the occanien arises. natural cheigmet, were more than said '1 shall deal uith it tee ,half fascinated hy her pythoness man must 13e removede-to shall bo but Attune*, whom none removele Then you came. • Early fhleer: re - and early thought I se ae, this fore- ard°°' stood alert by the door, , shadowed. 'We will wait,' said .I, ,te ePring" Weeny her sboidd her is the mon :for the work when madeess break the last barrier of 'he : s • it is done he shall go.' re And I would "It itraint. s unlike a. have kept to my intent, but 1 have giOwn to know, you—nae more, my soe, I have come to loie you 1" . "Don Augustin•l'' "I know that you axe big ouough of soul to go of yourself when the work is deo. You Will return to your woad bathe weld of ,London : you will not forget—no, no : you are strong enough to live en the memory of your great hour, when you loved and wme loved by 0 tpteeta Prem. emir ' eistence ettru will It aegess. to pelt/tette beef gm bee etre' forelle collie, a finer queen because she drank the -cup with you: a finer elleee, a stronger woman, be auee whatever she has given you you have returned throe 1e "If it were poseiblo Theo° old eyes would desito to see nothing hap- pier—if only it were poesible; bat it is not it is He took 11e. tor's 1 ce hand and preeted it with a sympath; and ten - clot noss sue did not leek for from the giiheled chamberlein. 'Yoe wonder, perhaps, haw it is that I nut not full of blame 1 ar you, lotid Witb apbraidiege, hot with anger. Lietere—in a word I eoll •yeet, teo secret of my life, the reason why em loriely in my old age, wifeless and chileileeskaddalena is all the t� eau : her mother, a faiier Medeleme, was .all tho world to mo— her u:emory 1 cops- me liging now for Ce daeg' tor. How can I reproade vhe.n. 1 myself dared to 'lift my eyes o igh ?" e old man ro-o and paced the ent for te few moments in almost -aln attempt to master the emotion aroused by the enhoeoraing of a. secret five -and -twenty years olde het after aeittee he grew calm, help- ed more than he knew by tee silence wee)) Hector preserved as more fitt- ing than any soh. "Now," he said, "you Must melte me a proatiee." "T know what you would ask." aicl The tor. "That as Emon as this aelair is fin- lEthe.d, 1 shall depart .?" "Is it too teavy a deemed ?" "It is rey °Nog/repeal." "Then it is Fettle I?" ' "011.1 surely—surely." "I expected no other. answer." r1.0..e could be no other "Ah ! Hector, my eon, bole my heart bleeds for her—far more than for you, for you will go back to your week with a rich remembrance while she most sacrifice hoself for her collie -rye -meet marree--e' "Let us not talk of the future, Don Augustin," said Hector • the vision was too painful not to be thrust, asiee. "Let uu rather speak ref the .preeent, whore there to -much to do. Aled first, about Don Miguel. 'Phat tnetter must be settled spott- ily." . • "Tt meet he settled this night." "But merely we must take time to consult her lefajaety.'' "Tier Majestymust not know 'of it,e "God knows I would spare her this but it cements her so closely." ' no," said Don Atiguel;in, wieh sorrel seget reture of his olci irapere toes/wee. "Tell me all the eireum- ettincee„ atid let me judge fleet." Tie tellingdid not take long. "Ami now,, said Bravo, '"go beck and let Inc have a full account et your gojourn at Prigenette It May &eerier the spring that Moves 7)on 1.1ector lead no great liking, for tee task, • but ho thought it beet, to give the whole story of Agunt,0 -doeper- anaers er a Grii To Persons of Low Ili ta lity—Loaal and Constltution- al TeeeetrelOele r4eaessary—Th3 Advantages or Dr. Chase's Remedies. • With the very young and very old, -and wait persons of low vitality, the dangers of la grippe ate eery groat. Pneumonia., of re violent and fatal form ie a. frequent reside It is also deleted that very many ,cases of con- sumption can be diroetly traori to la grippe. The eller effects -of ls. geipen are noel: often felt eitt ' the nervous system. The extreme* debit- ite itt which this dimase. loaves its yietten , is more than most riervons eystems can endure --pa, alyeis or prostration fellows. The most &tie -eased doetoes advise titter patients to avoid exposure to cold or over-exertion, and 3 oc.om- mol1.1 both gouerai and local treat- rnent, such as Dr. Charte's Nerve Flood, tct strengthen and tone tho eestein, encl Dr, Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine 1.0 /Donee the cough and protect the bronchial tubes and Itlege from threatened creme i ca (ebbs. Any hottest and conscieo doe -- tor will Leif you thee this temhined teat/tenet recoleariended by, Dr, aimed !cannot be surpassed es a means of 1 re iming and curing la geippo, and 1 teeto3 lig the weakened and debilitate ' ed body to its Etecustomed vigor. Dr. !Cheee's Syrup of Linseed and Tur- i pentine is too well know as a. cure ;for bronci ills and severe chest colds to nced coneneet. 15r. Chase's Nerve tillood seals out the week spots in 1 the system and builds them up, It rekindles 'th0 vitelity of persone ; weakened be' disease, iv°, ry or over- exertion, and cannot possibly he !equalled as a. restorative and recoil- stile:tent to hasten recovery from iri gretpe, and to prevent seriotte conste it, 1.3 el. al cornplo ate) ns Dr. Cheee's Syrup of Linseed and Tell:lel-dine, 25 teats a bottle, far:n- il:sr Etter (three times an meth) 60 c'ents. The Chrtre's Nerve Pood. 50 cents a box, six boxes for $2,50, at all dealers, or Edmensoe, Bates & Co Toronto. To protect yoU age:inst, imitations, the portreit and signatere er D. A. W. Cham, the famoue receipt book author, ttro o)1 evete box, • lady of Palmetto to hold moll language," suite Don Au- gusen, "and it ill becomes the eiguity of an Oetona to speeder ' thus of a-eaten:led man to his Imo" "Lady !" seo sneered. "1 .arn 00 lady. I liege she(' all that teazel. I am a woman, 'and I demand.justice— but whore to look for it ? To whom shall T. appeal ? To the Queen his mistress ?”• eheatiEwie ' "Shall 1 repeat it.? ehall I eopeat it ?" "Tele itt. le eason the cruellest 1" cried Bravo, "O 1 I have the courage to say it again I try either had the courage to ray it. and you Eend him to pt ion. I am ready' to go there, too. Why don't you f4111d for your gaole ers ? Hare you no fetters foe me?" Her voice' rose into a scream. "Dona Asunta, 1" pleaeetl Don Au- gustin, taking another course. "Dona Asunte, would you }MVO the whole camp hear you ?" "And why not ?, Let everybody know—let all Palmetto know—that ono of Palmetto's daughters was in- sulted by this say:fa% villain, who casts bee off when 'he finds higher proy wilting and ready to drop into his. 'mouth. .Let all Palmetto know it—then I may get • jestieo." "Justice, Dona Astanta !" At the sweet round of thatelow voice a thrill of SUTPriSed hOrrOL' ran through Hector and Binge, for it was the Queen who spoke; .A.sunta herself Was struck out of madness for a momeat. Bravo turnod to tee voice with anuttetable sorrow in his , eyes—how lie woule have given all his remaining clays to have spar- ed • her tee score that was row And elector -740o between the healing ha.ppiness of the sight of ber, of the sound of her 'yoke, and terror that she should be draWn into this soebid brawl—Heetor tor a montont covered his eyes with 131s 13and. "I waited for you, Don Mgt:stile" said Maddalena .fteicle in a low beim, "until I could endure it no longer.. I sent you to bring me news ofe-of my wounded general. I regret that I trolebled you with my orders e shall not err again, sir." "0 1 madame, you are unjust 1" But elm hed turned from him. "You' spoke cf justice, Dona •As - unto.. I ant here." But the flame .1-ua.,d gone down to a sullen smolder. She held her peace. "Is it a wrong your Queen cannot set right ?" Agaiit no answer. "Come, Dona Asuuta, what is the Mjustice? 'Who has wronged you?" The di oct question was oil to the fire. Like a lightning flesh; the en - giver leaped hot with hate and tho h!ss of alevolence. "1? 1, tee Queen, weeng youe" "You, not the Queen—yett, his lover I" To be Continued) Some lawyers conseder It a crime to confess a crime. 1 CH. A. W. CHASE'S 0 tn CATARRH OUHE D&WO. in sent (Ikea to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower i/eals the ulcers, clears the MI ettangen, nttips droppings In tha threat and permanently cures Catarrh and Ilay Netter. Blower free., All fie:dere, or Dr. A. W. chinia leedkenti Co.. 'Toronto and Dania, "FOR PR VIII onowortS, Pennies Mao contemplate plaeting trees should be careful that they aro fro from San Joe scele . ansi tro.u- blesome root diseeses.. One of the worst enemies to apple trees espec- ialiy is the so-called crown arid root gall. Prof. W. At. Atwood recores thre111sofaeeiesofeo)serrn:lins:2ioxvolinont:siithtiisis ei. 'Whether elm organism producing it is an animal or vegetable, has uot well been i•ettled, as it: belongs to tile teem° ewe's, a group on the bor- der of the two great organic king- doms, sometimes aseignect to one and at other times to tho other. . Prof. Alwood says : "All , nursery stock should be catefully sorted and trees showing abnormal growth des- troyed. This may fall heavily upon the nurserymen, but the orchardists' intetests in the Jong run the in- terest of the nursegyrrent. That is. the nueseryMen cannot afford to de- feat the success of thole pateous bv .solling diseasee stocklerom leects detect as we have and 'tette our ex- perience there appears to be no hope for remedial treatment. Frequently crown gall can be readily inoeulatoe feom diseased plants to healthy' ones hence the noceseiey of hating only perfectly healthy ones in , the . or- chard. 'Cultivating may possibly- spread the disease, but we have not sal- cient data to be cortstin on this pro- position at present. The organise' produoieg this difficulty appears to gain its entrance to the appie seed - g itt the nursery row. The un- usual amount of fibrous root at and below the erown is a characteristic that can be used to rectext•izo „this trouble at a ghetto in addition to the large, knotteL_growth. SPREADING MANURE.. have used a manure spreader for coven or eight yore saes Mr. W. D. Zinn. It is one of tho best machin- es on the faem. Besides saving a. great deal of labor, the spreader applies the inantua• much 'more 'even- ly than a map on do it by hand. Our spreader holds 50 bushels. I apply eight loads to tl:o acre, 1 be- lieve it is better to stimulate the plants on two acres than to over- feed one acre. Plants, like animals, .can consume just so much food and na more. R too Much is applied it Is either carried off by the soil or surface water. After trying marnire en all crops, I have concluded the ractat profitablo Plaee to me it is on the young cern ileitis. ily using it here I etimitlate tee cloverand ie makes a greeter geowth. This givert It more etc:gaga room for the free nitrogen of the air. I am Lilo of opinion thatthe ear- lier it can be applied the fall the better for the clover. I over spread any manute after tholiret of Mageh. The maniere teat ,is made aftertheft timals left intim barn, never thrown outside, and it is put on the wheat stubble funnediately after harvest time. A:commit floor in the base- ment of my barn prevents the loss of any liquid, and by midsunener the manure is thoreughly ,decayed. reed spreads nicely. To me, manure is an indirect mouey crop! y air, as care- ful in seeing it as I am in saving the corn or wheat. SHEEP —RAISING. • T� realize tee greatest profit the sheep raiser must produce the kinds that are in demand. rl'o this end he .neee.s •t� .steder the market. Those breeds that moot with the readiest sale -and command the highest prices are to be kept tO the tied:use:n.3 of' all Others. Even of those, only the hest developed, longest and heaviest should bo kept es breeders. 'MO question of shelter is another el "pi inc imPortance. Sheep, like all other animals, should bokept in comfortable quarters et night during tho winter, and the chilly eights in spring and fate also in the day time when the weather is cold or rainy_ Too much -care cannot be exercised in the matter of food. 'Lambs came early in the year, Swine in January, mid success with them depends on the capacity of the Model's to sup- ply miik. . If they are fed with the proper variety of foods instead of to muCh traw, they will bo in good con- dition The beet foods ere &iced Ciente& sugar beets and carrots. The value of food depends upon its dig- estibility. Some coarse foode are ne- Meery to aeseet in tl-e digestion of concentrated footle by giving bulk to the mess and aseisting in separating the materials, especially ‘111011 the coarse foods are reduced to a fine condition. These rules • adhered to with such modifications as difTerent .emergencles rimy suggest to the or- dieneily inteltigent nian will insure both pleasure end profit im sheep raising. WORK HORSETS. Keep tho stables clean nt all times. The horses should be cleanee often. When they are working hard it kips them to be woll-bruehee at night, writes' Mr. W. We litTorrison. A large feenaer of my acquaintance paid he hired a men one eeason who woeked one teem ttll the time. Tee hos et were Opened every night, and weep Echoes &eau when they went out in the morning. Their pollees Were taken ofe find their shoulders, wiped and brushed at noonere never own; ed a team Which did ae Much work Cillring the seamen 001 as little grain. in the fall tho horses were itt fine 'condition. He thought it Was (hie iinogthe Tenle511t1i:5as0040e rtorlfd. tChP61,t7erulcitedil-eirv; who do not gitarrei, with their herses In working horeee, one shouid study tho disposition of eech end manage Ettecoediegly. VIS le with ene it is beet to•be rather severe anti make hine unclestand Who is tee mas- ter, matey others Will do ,better and work better if they are coaxed eonu and mode to think they are doing right. They will try as hoed as ehey can to do their (luly 1 hteee °ad horse that if he Is banteresi a. litter is very creaky and soon thirees Is nuteter. While he is tree Emil al. ways willing to pull, he wants. his way. If he knows the driver hes a whip and Se willing te use it. he is all riget. • • ,.The driving horee should always be started slowly and then es Pio begins to got warmed tt. little, he May be driven it little fastor until ho gets to els ziateral gait, when he oan go - a long journey without being badly worried. If hurried Eit first, he gets distressed eine emixas used up all day. Most horses will work on the farm without &ewes and remain :mond loeger than they. will with &wee. A tioi'0 that has always been shod will make lots of fuss When, he is foot driven without shoes, but he soon gets used to it end 'seems to work eesier than with shoe., Sometimes they will have to be &led in tee lat- ter part of summer, -stelen the p -,round Is haed and the flies are bad. A. road horse must Intro Etheee, but if they aro taken off it little at a time, it ESOIllti to help bine Keep your horse's hoofs well trimmed. e . PERSONAL POINTERS. Notes of Interest About Some Prominent People.' It has long been known that the Czar possessed it very 'pretty- musical gift, and Ills. Majesty has recently essayed his power as it composer of music to his. own yorses. In these verses tho predominant note is one of religion. They extol the glories of the Orthodox. Church and its saints aed exalt tho virtue of Christian self- sacrifice and renunciation of worldly goods and prosperity. Mr. iiriton Riviere, R.A., Is de- servedly- . proud of the remarkagle feat of having had a picture hung at tho British Gallery while, still a Cheltenham schoolboy. At seventeen two of his paintings were Eteeepthd by tho Royal Academy. And yet, in spite of his early success, :he waif for some years compelled to main= tam himself by illustrating magae zines and books before he' could .re sumo the 'euxery" of his belove# brush. That wonderful werrean, the • Dow, ager Empress of China (wer), by -the t • bye, is not of the low origin she ie Popularly credited with), has' thel great distinction of being able to road and write, which makes hed. unique among Chinese women of hoe generation. She looks extraordinEu • ily young for her age,. herhalt is still dark and luxuriant, her skin firm and unwrinkled, though she, rouges to a considerable extent. ITe.r chief rccroation is card -playing the ladies of hoe Court, and large,. sums of :money are often staked, for • at heart she le a gambler. , Apropos of the birthday of tie • Bishop of Lincoln /Dr, Ring), who. • was seventy-four the other 'deer, 4: told the following pretty story: A ; couple of •years, ago the Bishop att tended • a. aonfirmation „at -Bosten, •••• England:. There lie 'heard of a poof crippled girl who had been preparee for conertnation, but could net. he .4e• brought to the service. Without , in.ore ado, despite his three -score and twelve years and a driving rain, and blustering wind, he set out and walk- ed the two miles that separated the cottage of the girl from the church. Tho service in her liedroom lost no- thing of its beauty or solemnity' be- cauee of its 'nteari serroandings. cuRE FOR APPENDICITIS. A Neve. Method of Overcoming. the Disease. • • The German meilical journals re- port that some remarkable cures of. rnild caps of appendicitis are being made by, a new method of treadle; the -disease before the knife is needed. Certainly it is an original, almost an ebroiginal method. lt is nothing loss than to require the patient to walk on all fours for twenty minutes four times a day. It is claimed • that certain muscles around the vermiform appendix • are: brought into play and strengthened by this quadrupedal cure, which Etre unused when a biped walks erect. Others are relaxed and the localized inflammation has Opportunity to subside. A well-known diplomat, celebrated for his hatigetiness and punetilious- loss, was cured of appendicitis by this method lately. I-fis Associates, and the faseliona.bles etre laughing in their sleeves when their imaginations conjure up bis prond excellency's posture while Undergoing treatraent. The four-footod dose is reeerrenended in dyspepsia, too,, but of course it should be taken before meals. DIDN'T GUESS. 'On the journey from Vienna. to St. Petersburg, Cumberland, the well- known anti -spiritualist and thoinsht- reader, entertained his follow -Passen- gers by guessing thole thoughts. Ono of the travellers, a Polish .Jew, Who • took the whole, thing as e.hceue, offered to pay Cumberland the 'sum of fifty roubles if he could divine his thoughts: Visihly araused, Cumberland' sleek'', ed to the germest and said:— "You are going to the fair at Nijui-Novgorod, where you tend to purchase goods to the extent of 20,- 000 etenhies, after which you will de- clare eourself a bankrupt and com- pelled with your creditors for 8 per coat." .On bearing these words the Jew gtteed at the &Jolter with reverential awe. Ho then, without etitering 11 syllable. drew out of the leg of his bOot n Shabby purse end handed over the fifty roubles. Whereupon the mae gieion triumphantly inquired :— "Then I. have gees.sed you, theughts, eh?" .- "No," replied, the !trig ''but yet hevo elven me a Mel1en:4 kettle'',