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CHAPTER V. "And how are things going? How are
There• is no partiontar reason why you all getting on?" be asks, precipita-
Burguyne should not iizipar to, his corn- ting himself upon a fresh subject, since
panien what lie enewe_agee an et is he feels prevented by circumstances
not very mach—about their two from saying anything likely to bring
countrywomen. Ulion reflection he had tam much distinction upon the old one.
told himself this, and conquered a re- "Your father?"
luctance, that he cannot account for, to "His throat is better" --with an accent
mentioning their name; and to relating 01 hesitating filial piety, as if there were
the story of those shadowy idyllic two something else about him that was not
montbs of his life, which form all of it, better.
that has ever come into cooled; with "And Sewla?"
theirs. •So that by the time -aeon -le "Oh, poor Sybilla ! she has her bad
thirty-six lio= later—wlien they reach days now and then."
•
Florence, the younger man is he pos. "And, like the early Christians, she
session of as lineal information about, resohme to have all things in common.
the objects of their common interest, as 1 expect that her family have their bad
it is in the power of the elder one to days, too, says Jim, drily.
impart. • "Well, We do sometimes," replies
To neither of them, meanwhile, is any Amelia with reluctant admission; "but
second glimpse e Lee:healed of those ob- she really does try to control herself,
jects, eagerly—though with different de- poor thing; she is hardly ever unbear-
grecs of overtness in that eagerness—as able now.'
they both look out for them among the ."And Cecilia?"
luggage -piles and the tweed -elect Eng- "She is rather in trouble just now;
glish ladies at the station. It had been I fear were is no doubt that the man
the intention oa Burgoyne that he. and she was engaged to has thrown her
lls. friend should put up at the same over. You never saw him? Oh, no !
hotel as that inhabited by his betrothed Of course the affair came on after you
and her family; but finding that it is left England."
full, he orders rooms 'at the Minerva, Burgoyne's eyebrows have gone up,
and in the fallen dusk of a rather chill and his face has assumed an expression
spring night, finds himself traversing less of surprise than admiration at this
the short distance from the railway to piece of news.
that hotel. "How many does that make? Four?
As he and Byng sit over their coffee Well, courage! There is luck in odd
after dinner in the sane a manger, al- numbers; perhaps she will land the
most Ps only teeents at that late hour, fifth."
the younger man remarks matter -of- "She will tell you about It 'herself,"
racily, as if stating a proposition almost says Amelia; "she tens everybody; she
tho obvious to be worth uttering— likes talking about it—it is very ,odd,
"I suppose you are off to the Anglo- but she does. When you throw me
American now," over"—rubbing his hand, which she
"I think not," reptiles Jim slowly; "it is holds, with shy and deprecating caress -
past ten, eou see, and they are early ingress against her own cheek—"I shall
people." Ile adds a moment later, as if tell nobedy; I shae keep my misfortune
suspecting his own excuse of install- very dark."
eiency, "Mr. Wilson is rather an in- "When I do!" repeats he, with laugh -
valid, and there is also an invalid, or ing emphasis; but to his own ear both
semi -invalid sister; I think that I had the emphasis and the laughter sound
better not disturb them to -night." flat. This is perhaps the cause why he,
Byng has never been engaged to be a second time runs away from his sub -
married, except in theory, and it is cer- ject; or, more probably, he is really 'in
tainly no business of his to blow his haste to get to the no* ane. "Mean -
friend's flagging ardor into flame, so he while," he says, his eyes involuntarily
contents himself with an acquiescent dropping to the carpet, as if he had
observatibn to the effect that the tarin rather not see the effect of his words
must have been late. But at all events upon her; "meainshile, some one has
the next morning finds Burgoyne paying thrown me over,"
ilacre at the eloor of the Anglo- "You?"
American, with the confidence of a per- "Yes, me; I did not write it to you,
son who is certain of finding those he because I do not see much use in put -
seeks, a confidence justified by the re- ting down bed news in black and white,
.suit; for, having followed a waiter and even with this little delay, I ern
across a court -yard, and heard him afraid," with a dry smile, "that j•ou
knock at a. door on the ground -floor, will have plenty of time to enjoy it."
that door opens with an instantaneous- lIe pauses for an instant, and she does
nese which gives the idea of an ear not hurry him with any teasing ques-
bavine been pricked to catch the ex- tions; but waits, with meek patience,
pectroa rap, and the next moment, the till he feels inclined to go on.
intervening garcon having withdrawn, "My aunt is going to be married."
;Tim stands face to face with his Amelia. If he has wished that his news shall
Her features are all alight with pleasure, produce the effect of a torpedo, he has
hut her first words are not particularly no cause to complain of his want of
amorous. success. His placid Amelia vaults to her
"Would you mind coming into the feet.
dining -room? Sybilla Is in the drawing- "Marriedr she repeats with a gasp.
room already this morning. She said "Why, she is quite, quite old!"
she was afraid it was going to be one of "She is siety-fiver
her bad days, so I thought" (rather re- The color has flooded all Amelias
gretfully) "that possibly she would be face; the blazing color that means not
a little later than usual in coming down; pleasure, but consternation. It is some
hut, on the contrary, she is much moments before she can frame her next
earlier." query.
It is possible that an extremely ardent "And is he?—do you?—has she chosen
love naay be independent of surround- wisely, I mean?"
Ines; may burn with as fierce a flame, Jim laughs again.
when its owner or victim is seated 'on "Can one choose wisely at sixty-five?
a hard horse -hair chair beside a dining- Well, whether she has or no is a mat -
room table in a little dull hotel back ter of opinion; she has chosen the curate
room, as when the senses are courted of the parish, who, by reason 'of his ex -
by softly -cushioned lounges, penetrating treme juvenility is still in deacon's
flower scents, and cunningly arranged orders."
bricenbrac; but perhaps Jim's passion Miss Wilson's limbs are shaking so
is not of ibis intense and Spartan qual- that she cannot maintain her standing
At an events a chill steals over him attitude. She sinks down by the din -
as Amelia leads the way into that small ing-table again in :her hard chair. It is
and uncheerful chamber where (he Wil- a very hard chair on which to receive
son family daily banquet. Ile is not so such ill -news.
lost to all sense of what England and "And you cannot binder it. cannot, you
Amelia expect of him,- as not to take her dissuade her?" she asks falteringly.
in his arms and' kiss her very kindly "I shall not try; poor old woman.
and warmly, before they sit down on After all, she has a right to pursue her
two herd chairs side ly side; and even own happiness in :her own way, only I
when they have done so, he still bolds wash that she had ina.de-up her mind
her hand, and kisses it now and then.- twenty years pgo; though to he sure,
Ile has a greet many things to sent to how could sho ?"—with another smile—
her. but "out of the abundance of the "since, at that time, her bridegroom
heart tke mouth speaketh" is not in- was not much more than born,"
variably true. • Sometimes that very A dead silence eupervenes—a silence
abundance clogs the utterance, and, of shocked stupefaction on the one side,
after a ten months' separation, the of rather dismal brooding on the ()there
hinges of even lovers' tongues are apt At length Amelia irerves herself to put
at first to be somewhat rusty. a question upon which. It seems to her,
"And are you really glad to see me rtpt very incorrectly, that her Whole fu -
again?" asks the woman—she is scarce: lure hangs. She does it in such a low
ly a girl. having the doubtful advantage voice that none but nery sharp ears
of being her betrothed's senior by two could have caught it. Jittl'S ears ere so;
years. The horsehair chairs are obvi- practised as they are in listening Inc tho
ously pon-erIcss to take the edge off her stealthy tread of weld animals, and for
bliss; mid thc can scarcely command the indescribable sourids Of inotintabe
her valet': as :she asks the question. solitudes at night.
"I decline to answer all sech futile iri- "Will it—will it—make a great differ -
entries," replies he, stealing not un- ence to you?"
kindly; but there is no tremor in his Burgoyne lifts Ids eyes, which have
voice. "EVOY1 if I did not discourage been idly bent on the floor, and looks
them on peinciple. I should have no time straight and full at her across The con
to answer them to -day; I have so much ner of the table.
to say to you that I do not know where "It will make all the differeecar he
to. begin," ' answers slowly.
"After ten menthe that is noi surpris- Poor Amelia. is holding lier hondicer-
ing," Moles she, with a stilled sigh. thief In her hand, She flits it to her
'Three ie no seraimeatal Interne:II in her mouth and bites a corner of it to hide
words er three: hut in both lurks a note the quivertng of her lips and chin. She
of wistfulness which gives his conscience (thee not wish ter add al his pain by any
0. prick. • breakdown on her men part. But ifim
"Of mune not! of ceuree not!" ho re- divines the quivering even under the
joins, hastily; -"but a is not really ton morsel at, cambric, and looks away
Menethe—no; surelya—" again.
416n months. one week, two day.% "Her money Is almost erittrolY rn her
lour hours and a hell!"
Again$ such exactitude of memory
What appeal has he?. He attempts none,
end °illy Minks with a faint unjust irri:
• Laurel that she might have Spared him
the odd houre,
Tete° the accent of eafire and bateenese
that &ran through it calm—'her hut -
bend."
Amelia lore dropped berth Shielding
hand and bandkerehiefinto bar lap.
She has forgotten her effort to conceal
the bleakness of her atsmay: Unless
elle conceals the whole of her..face In-
deed, the attempt would be in YAW} Since
eaeli feature speaks it .
1•Ier whole forteiner she :repeats, al-
most inaudibly, "AIM • .
"What, all my pretty Chickens
arid their dam?" :
says Jim, oppressed by Ow overwhelmed
look into an artificial and dreary levity,
and in not particularly apt 'euotatioa,
"My dear, do not look Go broken-hearted,
I am not absolutely destitute; I need not
become a senewich man. I have still
got my £800 a year, iny' very own,
which neither man nor mouse, neither
curate nor vicar cart take front. me. I
can still go on rioting upon dna; the
question \verde coming more
elowly, and bis tone growing gieever—
"have I any right to ask you to riot on
it toe?"
Her hand has gone in feverish haste
out to his for answer, and her eyes, inbo.
which the tears are welliega look with
an intense dumb wistfulness into his;
but, for the moment, it rernahis
There is something painful to Burgoyne
in that wistfulness, almost more pain-
ful than the telling of that news whiCli
has produced it. lie looks doyen Upon
the table -cloth, and, with his disengaged
hand, the one not imprisoned in his be-
trothed's fond hold, draws patterns with
u paper -knife accidentally left there,
"The only thing I blame her for," he
continues, not following up the branch
of the subject that his lett speech had
begun to open up, and speaking with a
tomposure which, to the stricken
'Amelia, appears to evidence his -tittain-
ment of the highest • pinnecie• of .manly
;fortitude, "the only thing 1 Wavle her
for, is her having hindered my adopt-
ing any profession. Poor old woman,
it was not malice- prepense, I know; she
had not seen her Jessamey then, proba-
bly had net even a prophetic instinct of
lam, but as things turned our—stilling
a sigh—"it would have been'kinder to
:have put me in the way of earning my
own living."
Amelia's head has sunk down upon
his hand—he feelsher hot tears upon it;
but now that the theme has no longer
!reference to herself, she can speak. 'She
straightens herself, and there is a flash,
eueli as he has very seldom seen then,
in her rather colorless orbs.
"It was monstrous of her!" she cries,
with the almost exaggerated passion ot
a usually very self-controlled peason.
"After bovine always told you that you
were to be tier heir!"
: "But had she told me so?" replies abn,
passing his hand with a perplexed air
over his own face. ."That is what, I have
been trying to recall for the last few
days. I never remember the time when
I did not believe it, so I suppose that
some onemust have told me so; but I
mild not swear that she herself had
ever pat it down in black and White.
However,' tossing his head back With a
gesture as of one who throws off his
Shoulders a useless burden, "what does
that matter now? I am not, her heel., I
'am nobody's heir; we must look facto
in the face! Amelia, dear"—in a tone
of reluctant tender affection, as of one
'compelled, yet most unwilling, to give a
little child, or some other soft, helpless
'creature. pain—"we must look facts in
ihe face!"
• There is something in his voice that
%nukes Amelia's heart stand still; but she
etttempts no interruption. ,
"It is very hard for me, dear, after all
lidte"—he pauses a second; he is about
to say "weary years* waiting," but his
bonselence arrests him; to him they have
not been weary, so. after a hardly-per-
eeptible Weak., he goes on—"after nib
:these many, years' waiting, to have come
to this, is not it?"
He had not calculated on the effect
'which would be produced by his melan-
choly words and, his caressing tone.
She buriesher face on his shoulder, sob-
bing uncontrollably.
"They wove not long!" she murmurs
brokenly: "Nothing is, nothing can be,
long to me as long as I have you, or the
hope of you!"
CHAPTEB VI.
It is, perhaps, fortunate for Amelia
(hat she cannot see the expression of the
face which looks out 8130Ve. her pros-
trate bead into space, with a. blankness
creel to what had been her own, a
blankness streaked, as hers was not,
with remorse. He would give anything
to be able to answer her in her own
key, to tell her that, as long as he can
keep ber, the going or coming of any
lesser good hurts him as little as the
brushing past his cheek of a summer
moth or wind-blown feather. But when
he tries to frame a sentence of this kind
his tongue cleaves to the roof of his
•mouth. Ile can only bold her to him
M an affectionate clasp, whose dumb -
'nese lie hopes that she attributes to
ailencing emotion. She herself indulges
in no very prolonged manifestation of
her passion. In a few moments she is
'again sitting ep beside him with wiped
tens, none the handsomer, poor sou!"
for having cried, and listening with a
deep attention to an e:epoeition of her
lover's position and prospects, which be
is at no pains to tinge with a factitious
•rose -color.
"Have you realized," he says, "that 1
ettall never he better off than 1 am now?'
:never! never! For though of course I
shall try to get work, one knows how
:successful that quest generally is in the
ease of a num, with no speoiel aptitudes,
:no technical training, end who slants in
ifhe race handicapped by being ten
years too late 1"
But, the dismalness of his panorama
'raises no answering gloom in the young
evomene face. She node her head
gent ly.
"I realize le"
"And this is what I have broughtyoe
to, after all these years' waiting," he
continues, in e.. tone of proimind regret.
"All I Can offer you at the end of them
Is a not particularly genteel poverty,
own power," he co/rheas, in an rue- not even a cottage with a double coech,
emotional voice; "and when .the an- trouser —laughing geimly,
Trounced 'her marriage to me, she also "1 do net want a double coach -house,
1
minonneed her intentiOn of settling the nor even a eingle one!" replies Amelia.
whole of it upore her—hetr—he pauses a etautly, and laughing too, a little
emend, as if resolved to keep out, of his filrOugh returning Ware. "Do not you
-know that I lad rather drive aadoster,
monger's barrow with yoU than go in
.coach and six without peer
This is the highest flight of imagina-
tion of which Jim has ever known.' his
matter -of -feet Amelie gullte, and he 'Ore
pay his thanks for it only in cOinpunc-
tiotte kisses. Perhaps. It is they, perhaps
It Is the thought which dietates her beet
hesitating speech, that bring e light Mtn
Amellear tear-recklened eyes.
"If you will never be bettor
She stops.
"Yes, dear; go on; 'If I shall never be
better off',—I eertainly never shah; t
feel sure that you will be able to put my
earaings- for the next ten years inter
your eye, and see none the worse far
th,e,ina
,t
you --: will—never---be—better—
off" she repeats again, more slewly, and
breaking off at the same place.
"Well, dear?" -
"If you will never be better off." This
time she nineties her sentence; but it is
rendered. almost inaudible by -the fact
of her flushed face and quivering lips
being preesed against las livened. "Why
should we Wait any longer?"
"Why should we wait any longer?"
To most persons, granted the usual con-
dition of feeling of a betrothed couple,
this would seem a very natural and
legaimete deduction feom thepremises;
but, strange to say, it comes upon Bur-
goyne with the shock of a surprise, He
has been thinking vaguely of his
change of fortune as a (muse for era
limited delay, perhaps for 'the rupture
of his engagement, never as a reason
for its-ineriediate fulfilment.
110 gives a sort; of breathless gasp,
which is happily too law for Amelia
with her still hidden face to hear. To
be married at once! To sit down for all'
time to Amelia and £800 a year! To
forego for ever the thrilling wandering
life; the nights undee the northern stars,,
'the stealthy. tracking of shy forest crea-
tures; the scarce -douse delicious feed,
the cold, the fatigue, the hourly peril,
that, since its probable loss is ever in
eight, makes life so sweetly worth hay-
inashort that goeo le make up
so many en Englishman's ideal of
felicity; that has certainly hitberto gone
to make up Jim's. To renounce it all
There is no doubt that the bitterness of
this thought; comes first; but presently,
supplanting it, chasing it away, there
follows another, a self -reproachful algid
flashing over his past eight years, show-
ing him his own selfiehness colossal and
complete for the first time. In a par-
oxysme of remorse, he has lifted Amela
ia's face, and, frarriMg it with his
hands, looks searchingly into it.
"I believe," he says in a shaken voice,
"that you would hare married me eight
years ago, on my pittance, if I had asked.
your
No "Yes" was ever written in larger
print, than that which he read in her
patient pale eyes. Even at this instant
there darts across him ,ft -wish that they
were not quite so pale, hut he detests
himself for it.
"And I never suspected itr he cries,
compurtetheusly. "I give you my word
at honor, I never suspected it! I thought
you lodked upon my poverty in as pro-
hibitory a light as •I did myselLa
"I do not call it such gemat poverty,"
replies Amelia, 'her practical mind re:
assuming its habitual sway Over her
emot ions. "Of course it is an income
that would require a 111110 management;
but if we cut our coat according to our
-
cloth, and did not want to move about
too much, we might live either in a not
very fashionable part of London, or in
some cheap district in the country very
comfortably."
Despite his remorses, is cold shiver
runs down Buagoyne's seine at the pic-
ture that rises, conjured up with too
much distinctness by her words, before
his mind's eye; the picture of a smug
Bayswater vilia, with a picturesque
parlormaid, or the alternative collage
in some dreary Wiltshire or Dorsetshire
village, with is shrubbery af three Au-
cuba bushes, and a kitchen -garden of
half an acre. It may be that, her frame
being in such close proximity to his,
she feels the influence al his shiver, and
that it suggests her next sentence, which
is in a less sanguine key.
(To te continued).
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San: "Because they went and asked
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Physician; "I shall have to forbid
you smoking, drinking, bowling and
keeping late hours." .Patient "Ah, I
see, My wife has been consulting you."
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FEEDING IN STALL OH SHEDS.
This question during recent years has.
been the subject of much disoussion,
while it may not be correct to say that
it has been fully settled, the experiments
conducted during recent years have
thrown considerable light upon the, sub-
ject. These experiments have resulted,
as a rule, in fawn* of feeding in sheds,
ad allawing btahr°nstinanimdarn tiro pill•ocit‘e'ecteadt'
yard at hand. An experhnent thus
conduoted• by the writer at the Minne-
sota station came out in favor of feed-
ing tho aniruale M the shed rather than
in the stall, writes' Prof Thomas Shaw.
It Was thought a few years ago that
animals could be fattened better if they
Were tied mis the stall and kept perfectly
still during the fattening process. I can
remember discussions in Ontario at
public meetings as !S whether animals
tied in the stall should be allowed any
liberty of exercise, Some claimed that
they would finish better it tied up when
the feeding began, if furnished with
Water in the stall and only takenout
When the feeding was completed.
Others clahned that they should be al:
lowed to take exercise in a yard for an
hour or so, two or three times is Week,
bat the best feeders seemed to think it
was necessary to house them all the
wiate and tie them in the stable: This
view seems to be in accord with the idea
of olden times, at reference is made in
holy writ to animals fallenea in the
stall. -
There is one argil -Men!, in favor of
stall feeding that cannot be gainsaid.
It Provides for feeding animals just the
amount.of food that they should be fed.
Some can take move food than others
without injury. When they are tied in
separate stalls the 'odd can be distri,
buled le each just in exact proportion
to its needs. ln this way each animal
may: be kept on feed arid it may be fed
without any waste of food. It is not
possible, or, atleast, it is not easy to
apportion to each the exact amount of
food that it alight to have, as 'some ani-
mals eat, more quickly than others, and,
therefore. get a larger sharp proportion-
ately. The only way io avoid this is to
tie the animal while Itis taking its
fc.)-Plire fallowing arguments against
keeping animals tied hold good: They
lose to such an extent the ability to
move about or to stand any jostling that
they do not bear up well in going to
market, on foot, by rail, or by stoma -
boat. The difference in this respect is
very marked between them and ,cattle
finished M the open' shed alla yard.
More time is called for in feeding and
watering the animals and •Oleo in rc-.
moving the litter. This item is impor-
tant,. In these (hays orexpensive labor
It is very important. One man may care
for many more anhalals when fed in
boxes and not tied than when the ani-
mals are tied in stalls. The cast of
housing is also less. The stable with
stalls and floors is mare costly than the
shed without flooeS, hence, theugh the
animals should make equal gains, those
fed in the shed will be fed the more
cheaply, because of the saving in the
various items referred to.
THOSE LOOSE coNsuyE MORE
- FOOD.
It may be asked how can more profit
be made from animals that are fed
oose when they consume more food.
rhey take more food beaause they take
nore exercise and are exposed to lower
emperatures. The effects of both exer-
dee and cold are to sharpen the appe-
Ile. The answer to this question is
ound in the greater relative gain made
or the food foci. This result would
cern to show unmistakably that some
xercise tends to secure a more thor-
ugh digestinn of the food. '
This more complete digestion' in
event of the experiments conducted to
etermine- this queglion, is paella re-
ponsible for the greater profits that
lave been secured from feeding in the
pen shed. While the consumption of
oral has been greater 'out of doors, the
eletive increase has more than
opt pace with the consumption of food.
The influence Of exposure is liable to
e -misunderstood. An animal is not
Nally exposed until want 6f shelter
!alms it uncomfortable, and it is not
eally protected uniii protection adds to
s, comfort., Viewed from this stand-
oina housing in the stall does -not
ecessarily protect,and feeding in a
feet and yard doers net necessarily ex-
ose, The enimat will makethe greet -
et gains \Olen it is kept comfortable,
roperly eocaking, ether things being
qua
Now, while in. stormy weather il,
ould be env to expose animate so
itich that they 'would be uncomfortable,
mild weather it is 'easy to house Mem
the extent, of being uncomfoetable.
Then fed heently on heat -producing
od, as corn, it is cesy to keep minute
leonifertnbly warm, This explaine lus
ne, al, least, why in this northweet,
1111 its briglit but, cold days, helmets
ill prefer lying out of doors On a bed
10,1r1W in many instanceto seeking
n s hel ev of a
When eeeding- animate boom tis sheds,
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It will be greatly advantageous to give
attention to the following facts : The
animals should be dehorned, if pas,
sessed of horns, when the feeding per.
led begins,' otherwise they will injure
each other, it, may be seriously. They
should have access to a yard protectea
Iran cold winds and kept well bedded,:
They could be fed more correctly if they
had access to stanchions in the shed oY
feed lot, so that each could be kept in
place while eating the grain ratibn.,
Care shouoi be taken to keep them
sheltered from storms of rain or snow,
and they should not be allowed to wade
through deep mud in yards. The corn -
fort of the, animals should be most -
carefully studied.
• LIVE STOCK NOTES.
• The best pork and the cheapest Is
made from hogs that never have been
wintered.
A colt may be carefully 'driven or
worked all the time after he is two years
old without harm, but good sound
judgment andcommon sense must be
used.
There is no system of farming that to
so great an extent conserves the ele-
ments of fertility as dairying, especial.
ly when only the butter fat is removed
and the skim milk left on the farm to bt
fed.
Most heyees will drink as soon as they
have eaten in the morning. Than allow
them water. most horses after working
two, three or four hours will desire to
drink. Then water them. It is more
liable, far more liable, to be the horse
that man tries to dictate to M his
drinking that, has colic than it is the
horse that can never have water when
be wants it.
• There is no room for doubt that the
very best breeding 'must always lean
for results on good feeding. The cow
that will give ten times her bodily
weight in milk for a year and put so
much butter fat in that milk that from
it, butter may be made equal to one-
half or more of her live weight, is a
creature of very remarkable artificial
development. She must do this great
work of milk production and fo.t elabo.
ration from the feed she I's able to con.
sumo, digest, and assimilate. •:rhere,
fore, the amplification of good dairy
breeding must be in producing an ani'
mal capable of this heavy food can-sumptionl
LIVE STOCK NOTa.a.
.Excessive fat is detrimental to all
kinds of breeding stock, especially hogs.
A large colt put at work when three
years old is full of spirit, and if al-
lowed to do all he is willing to do, will
be able to do much less at four years ol
age. •
Experiments and long continued prat,
lice of feeding barley furnish evidencei
that this grain is a useful and economi-
cal food. But when taxed to the limit
by hard work it is found that horses
cannot be supported upon barley quite
as well as upon oats, and that it is
worth but slightly less per pound than
oats, With animals performing a me-
dium amount of work.
• SOLOMON UP TO DATE.
worm*
Sicilian :fudge in an Atlempt to Repeat
ilistory•Got Left.
A case that bears a striking reseal.
lilance to the familiar problem the solar:
lion of which is inseparably bound up
with King Solomon's fame came up ree
witty for decision here before the dee
euit judge at Georgia, Sicily. Two pea-,
sant wornen claimed with equal vehe-
mence ownership of a pretty baby boye
ono ttecusing the other of posing as the
real mother, after having had 'the chiha.
M temporary charge. The judge re-
membering the Scriptures, thought hee
could do no better than follow King.
Solomon's example. He ordered thec
child to be tied to a bench, and, produc-
ing a carving knife, spoke the famous
words that ought to have led to the im-
mediate discovery of the true mother.'
But times have changed. If the Italian
newspaper report is to be believed, tile
IWO women cried out shnultnneously:—;
"If you must cut it up, Excellenza, yer
may as well keep the -pieces!"
llussirt still has many odd and curious
marriage customs. One is for the, bridge
and bridegroom to race rapidly down tha
aisle as soon as the bridal procession.
enters the church, because of the be-
lief that whichever places, a, foot first;
on the cloth in front of the altar will
be master in 'the household.
ADIWO 1NSID1
—Lift