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;After all, rhe reflected, it was better to
have them under her eyes than for the
men to meet them in the woods and leave
hies alone, for she was clever etxough to
see that her society hall no charm ter
Beaterbet. She was resolved, however, not
to let the little country mice have mob
text their own way. 'lt wee her sugges-
tion that the sisters should lunch at Old
Rouse, and dress there for the garden-
party, when Dulcie said she did not know
how they .should manage to hide their
new dresses from old leerthee
The younger Miss Carwardine pretend.
ere to Philippa that they had bought the
otothee with a little hoard of pocket-
money, crud that they did not want their
old servant to know, because she would
dsertaialy tell their father—a, person of
whom Pulcie frankly acknowledged they
stood in awe.
Philippa hada beautiful white, dress for
the occasion, and •a hat with sweeping
white plumes. . When, on the auspicious
day,. •she wore it, ells looked admirably fie
ted to be the mistress of Old House, and
felt, moreover, quite equal to the task,
But she was not prepared for the senseless
Duloie had in store for her. Delete in a
washed-out cotton dress was a pretty girl,
bet Delete in a trading robe of some
croft, pale blue material, with hat' and
shoes to match, 'woe a dazzlingly beautiful
creature, and Primrose; in a shade of (tray
thatthit was difficult toeforgeta a picture
"By James!" exclaimed Heriott, whoa
the girls came out on the lawn. "You
three will be hard to beat!"
.lis frank eyes rested with marked ad-
miration
dmiration on Dulcie.
"Yee, we are rather nice. aren't we?"
said that young lady pleaeantly. "I think
Prim looks lovely t"
Primrose coloredas she felt eight eyes
focussed on her, but she bore their sore -
tiny bravely, and turned to Heriott, whoee
regard she felt was cue of entire friendli-
ness,
"Fine feathers make fide birds!" she
said:
You look simply ripping!" he .replied,
and added vaguely: "Like a princess, You
know."
Primrose's sweeping skirts certainly
gave her an air of gentle dignity, and
•Betturbets pulses quickened. It would
be very hard, he told himself, to with-
stand such an: altogether desirable crea-
ture as Primrose Oarwardine . if she chose
to exert herself. He would encourage her
to show her true colors to -day. The sis-
ters
eters were going to remain to dinner when
the other guests had gone, and he would
secure e. tete-a-tete afterwards.
The visitors began to arrive, and the
garden -party proceeded very much like
similar gatherings. Belturbet was an ex-
cellent host, and won golden opinions from
every one. Dulcie enjoyed herself thor-
oughly, for nearly every young man gravi-
tated towards her sooner or later, and
she was surrounded by .a little court of
youths, 'while a gentleman in clerical
dress anchored himself next to Primrose,
and refused to be dislodged- Be easing to
her society with dogged determination,
was the last of the guests to leave, and
even then said good-bye with evident re-
luctance.
"Who was your admirer, Prim?" asked
Delete after dinner, as they eat on the
terrace.id Prim-
rose,
haven't the slightest idea," se
rase, •smelling.
"I know," volunteered Belturbet quiet-
ly, "I took the trouble to find out. He is
the Reverend James Coombe, the fourth
Coe?" hehsugheoof tecL that," he retailed, -but
son et that rery old lady black
looked upon you as the jester—that le the
fool of the party!"
"You will beg mppy pardon for that," he
chfiekid u but ,thaedgirl o lyy laughed g in.s
"Yo'u. must indeed be a fool if you think
I shall do that," ryas her ready reply..
"You will beg my pardon before I spealc
to You ege.iu.'"
"Surely you don't imagine that I want
you to speak to me?
"1 don't possess meth imagination, but
I may oe well tell you that it is my inten-
tion to ignore you, as faa as ie,00nsiOtent
with conventional needs, until you have
apologized for your bobs' iox "
Dulcie made some tubing remark,, butt,
J fm walked. along in etlenoo, his heart fell
of wrath. lle longed to shake the girl,
end to tela her what he thought of her
ebullition of temper, but was wise enough
to refrain end walk eilently at her side.
Duleie soon became silent, too, and by the
time they had reached Blue Posts she had
begun to regret her outburst.
Primrose and 13e1turbet were not yet to
be seen, for the latter had purposely
dawdled until Dulole and Heriott •were alit
of sight. Primrose walked quietly at her
companion's side, Her pulses had quick-
ened a little as she saw him deliberately
manoeuvre to walk with her, brit she had
caught sight of Dulcio's face for one mo-
ment, and knew that her sister was an-
noyed. Primrose rebelled, Why should
Dukes have everything her own Way?
Surely she ought not to grudge her sister
quarter of hour of : her host's society?,
Belturbet made a remark on the beauty
of the night, to which she replied natur-
ally, but not at mueh. length, and.couver
cation seemed to languish between them
until he made n resolute attack, telling
himself he would not let this girl puzzle
hien any longer,
"Thanks to you and your. sister, I have
been able to give my gueste, the Heriott ,
some tennis," he remarked. -They -would
have had a very dull time if you had not
been kind enough to come to their rescue.'
"I think," said Primrose, "the kindness
is the other way about. Tee and your
friends have been too kind to use I am
afraid you meet all have grown tiredof
seeing us so 'often."
"To tell you the truth," replied Beltur-
bet, "I. was very lonely et Old House until
Heriott and his sister came, and they say
they must leave me next week."
"Yes, I expect you will miss them," -re-
plied Primrose.
Ie a nice place," he said, "but dull for
a bachelor.' "Surely I have given her an
opening now," he thought.
"I dare say it feels dull after London,
and in such a big house one person might
easily feel lonely," was her oomposed're
pi"She is too deep • for me!" reflected Bel-
turbot. 'But I'll try again!"
"I suppose ft is any duty,"
! he said, "to
settle dawn here. .After .all, why not?
Every one tells me Old House is a very
flnIe.a
Ituis beautiful," t," ag reed Primrose. "Dul.
cis and T have always admired it—we used
to say it was our ideal English country
house."
"That was how I felt about it when, first
I saw it. But it is too big for me."
Primrose was silent, but the thought
flashed through her mind: "What a pity
Dulcie is not here? She would have been
able to suggest,to -him a plan' by which.
he need not be bluely any longer!" She
smiled slightly,glad that she had firmly
resolved to maintain a strictly neutral.
demeanor.
"why not ask more friends to stay with
King Inspecting Sailors of "Iron Duke."
At the: recent great naval review at Spitheaci. This picture was.
taken of the King inspecting the sailors of the "Iron Duke," the. flag-
ship of the First Battle Squadron of the British Navy,'
in the ac
I should be exactly in the same position
dresa. Her other eons are wild,
Reverend James is the apple of her eye.
It is said that she will leave }rim the bulk
of her fortune, which . is reported to he
rather considerable. He is, a curate some-
where in London, and.is taking a rest
now.
How on earth did you find all that
out?" inquired Duloie.
"I happened to be :talking to his mo-
ther, and she asked me who was the
young lady in gray," replied Belturbet
imperturably, "So I inquired' about the
young gentleman in clericals." prim?
"What did he talk to you about,
naked bulesis.
"You surely don't think I am going to
tell you!" retorted Primrose, laughxng-
"I don't ask for details of your admirers"
remarks, so you must -leave me in Peace
ebcut say solitary one! We must be go-
ing now, dear: Think how late it is
g
et -
tin 1
batie sighed. and= gotu» from her seat,
Bile retired with Primrose to change her
peaty dress for the despised muslin frock.
"We are Cinderellas once more," she.
AMA, as they bade Philipps good night,
fully conscious that in muslin and blue
ribbons the was still charming.
The two eieters, with Belturbet. and
Heriott, walked slowly throughthe gar-
dens of Oki House, leaving Philippa be-
hind in a distinctly bad temper. In spite
of her dress' and distinguishedpp
ence,'she had not enjoyed the garden -
party she was left
in the least, and now
alalic while those two minxes sauntered
off with Belturbet and her brother!
At that moment Dulcie also was feeling
annoyed. She had flirted sufficiently with
Heriott for one day,' and wished to walk
home through .the woods with Belturbet.
She realized that as Set she had not made
very much headway with him, although
he was always ready to respond . to her
t
liedsallies decided
ed thatPrimxos0 gas to be his
had a and therefore Dulcin fonncl
merselt ori,
herself rowed to awallc with'lleriott, who
hastened hits steps in order to get out
of earshot of the other evaple.
ele 'rad fallen head over ears in lore?
with Delete, and intended that it :should
bo something more than a flirtation. lee
manner was a. little too assured for Dulcie
as he took her arae.
"Come along, Dulelet" ase said.
But the girl drew away sharply.
"I cannot herry1" she snapped.
"I don't want you to hurry," he retort-
ed- "And you have .always let, me walk
with you --like this on other evenings. Why
do you want to change now?"
"If I have alwa.ye walked arm -in -arm
with you then it is quite time an altera-
tion was made," said Delete.
Iieriott was silent for a moment, and
then :upoko again.
5irrely you saw that; Belta>,rbet wished
t<1 walk with your sister?" he urged.
"Therefore there is no elternativo for you
hutto walk with me, but as you are et-
eortahle I 'will not weary you with any
conversation,"
Ho cleeed hie lips resolutely, and reels -
(el to say another word,
Dulcie, reeentlug his a,esertian that Bel-
turbet preferred Primrose's company to
hers, grew unreasonably angry, and made
ono or two rtmarks to which Heriott made
no reply. He eaw that hie -companion was,
in what he ended a, "tantrum,' but was
seeticiontly phlegmatic to take mo notice.
Hie sister got in re:gees sometimes, but no
one -age a penny the verso for them, :end
he told ltimeelf that .it was evidentle a
little failing of Dulcie's also. Preetently,
owever, he looke4 into her rr,ngry pretty
¢ta'.oe, andbroke silenco.
"I wonder if you realize hovr execathlete
ructo you have been tome?" he !wised.
ee fully realize it!" eeplied Dulote hear,
"74only fear wee lest you should amt."
i js .good-terhpperod fano hardened a lite-•
else but he spoke veer quietly.
"ukes, I will not Set you say there
things 10 tae.
"Will not!" She laughed eeornfrilly,
i7 o+v do yet propose to stop xteP No one
�rr rias prevented me saying anything i
lune
"rTthen it is ev!dentiaquite time you
Were token in hand," he bad coolly, with
a loot 10 lea eyes that ' elite. have were.
tall 1)0ltrie to bridle her tongue had ebo
teal it.
'tut 'Ian, of ecetrse, we Maya alweee
as I one now when they left me. No, I am
inclined to go abroad—make a toter round
the world, see everything tbore is before.
settling here."
Surely that would rouse her to action.
"How fortunate you ;are!" said Prim-
roee coolly. "It sounds delightful!
Belturbet began to feel distinctly an-
noyed.
I think I eball ask Jim and his slater..
to accomlranYme," he said.
"I should think they would be delighted
to go with you," replied Priraeoee.
This would be bad news for Dulcie, she
reficeted.
But I am 'wearying you with my woes,"
sand Belturbet, piqued at his failure to
arouse in her any eign of interest le his
'welfare.
"On the contrary, i am greatly i,nter.•eat•
ed. I can quite understand that, after
living in London, life here meet be .dull."
ea
Bred a
r
w y
tato
hum
"Well: ll,
I hadscarcely
4e
now' have
3
London, in L n, and no
to
live on
something like twenty thousand."
Perhaps that would wake her up!
"It sounds as if you could never spend
it!"
'Olt. I could soon make it fly if I liked!
Only I am rather' a quiet •sort of chap, and
racing and gambling have no attraction
for me."
"Such a lot of money must be a, great ro-
eponsibility."
"It is. Now, what would you consider
the best thing to do with it?'said.""It ie no use asking me, . she
"But I have askedyou," he persisted.
"Then since you insist," she replied, "I
think you ought to see that all the peosalo
on your estate are properly cared for.
There are a lot of tumble-down oottages
belonging to the old (louse estate, and
many farms -where the tenants have been
in despair for years about, leaking roofs
and di1apideeed wells. I think you should
away 'your
is a Ce in ottage Hospitabefoxe l w'u nt-
ed very badly, and many other things
that money can provide for the poor peo•
pre."
"1 have told my •agent to do whatever is
necessary. Ile know! more about that sort
of thing than I do,"
"An went is not the same as the o
•wrier.
Bet I Clare say a tour round the world
would be lar more interestitig!"
Thera was no sarcasm in her velce, but
Belturbet bait it nevertheless, and mane
ally confessed that he was hopelessly puz-
ziod ruzeled and annoyed too. Then a
sadden idea struck him. This girl whom
he had heard express a. fixed determination
to :marry him had evidently changed ber
diynltedet
found him, isaintans, oobe
tionehle.
The explanation was a,nytbing
but soothing to -his self-esteem, but he ad-
mitted its probability.
very well to auluse oneself with, but as
for anything else-" Dulcie shrugged
her shoulders expressively. "Besides, ho
hasn't a penny. Now, Prim, don't be dist
agreeable, but tell me what you and Mr.
Belturbet talked about?"
Primrose relented, and related as ac-
eurately as she could her conversation
-with Belturbet. Dulcie looked thoughtful:
"He is going to ask the Heriotte to
travel with him because it is .lonely at
Old House," she murmured. Won't. Phil -
i is rejoice! Well, good night, Primrose.
I am tired. Perhaps, however, things will
not turn out exactly as.our host proposes."
She shut the door between the two
rooms, and went to bed. •But she e,oeld
not sleep. She could. not forget Heriott"e
words. ' It is my intention to ignore you
until you bare . apologized." - They eeemr'
ed to be hammered into her. brain. She
determined to show Heriott that she could
quite easily dispense with him.
"I said I would marry Arthur Belturbet,
and I will! she told herself savagely. "All
the Jims, Philippas, and Primroses' in the
world stall not :stop me!"
The next morning ,was dull and showery.
The first poet brought a letter from ,lir.
Oarwardine informing his daughters that
he was returning the following day. Dul-
cie made a grimace. She seemed quite to
have recovered from her fit of temper, for
her rages, although passionate, were
stortelived.
"I wish be would stay away a week. or
two longer," elle said.'However, we have
made the most of our opportunities whilst
he has been awes," and she laughed.
"We can't goto the woods today," said
Primrose, looking at_the sodden garden
and the fast falling rain.
Yea lyre wiry funeyl" elle retorted.
By this time they bad reached the gates
of Blue Poste. •wbere Jan anti Ankle were
standing, ;stiffly and silently, Good nights
were quickly said, the two girls hurried.
indoors, and tbemen walked slowly back
to Old House. ereither veld mach, but
both tmoked thoughtfully, far th.:neit-her
of them did life :seem a ver; (geneses mat,
ter at that moment,
CHAPTER
Once inside the two little bolrnninc, thee
commurtidated with each other, rind gale
from the teepe hive eyes of b'farthe, the
old cock and •housekeeper; who bad settled
all domestic affairs at Plate Poste since
the sistore could roincmbor, Dulcin 'broan'h'
ed t'abe suhjeot of tee walk lime.`
"Well, m'y laving teeter, what did you
and our' host talk about?" she asked, ,.with
a sneer.
Pelmirore looked. ,etesselny at her e,feter
before ,site iteseeered quietly.
"I shall not talk to you at all, Miele,
if you 0ett that ,tone towards me," Ale an.
owered. "You dams quite plainly that 1
oculd not got away from lir, Belturbet•-
beetle's, 11 e only net -anal his should be-
have you preferred Mr. rnerloit's corne
navy to hie. Do you suppopsi Mr. 13oitur•
bee deal not, knew That you and Mr.
Jferlott have, met: in fa .n wooc,e, turd have
gone for walks together nearly overy
night tele week?"
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"Never mind," answered Dulcie. "Let us
do some dreseenakiuge
They occupied themselves with their
needles until Mr. Carwardine's return, Ile
greeted them sourly.
"Well," he growled, "I need not ask you
how you acro.
We are quite well, thank' you," answer-
ed Dulcie ;amiably. "How are you?"
Her father grunted.
"Where is Martha?" he asked. "I Want
something to eat." '
He brushed -past them into the study,
where presently Martha took a tray
spread with a substantial meal. She se
maimed in the study for some time, and
when she emerged her. look 'wee triunepliant. She was :a tall, thin woman, up•
right as a guardsman. Her gray hair was
tightly screwed into a knot at the back of
her.head; she ware a black stuff dress and
white apron, but no cap. She had a spare
face, with •large features and an ugly
mouth, and looked suspiciously at every
one and everything. On the death of Mrs.
Oarwardine, she had taken the manage-
ment of the house into her hands, and in-
tended. to keep it there. She was a good
servant, and with the help of •a girl from
the village kept Blue Poste spotlessly
glean. She disliked Primrose and Delete
because they were young and happy. Dul-
ofe, because of her many impertinences,
was particularly objectionable.
This woman was triumphant to -day, be-
cause she had found out that the sisters
had been at the garden -party at Old
House, of course without ':their father's
knowledge or consent, and had 'walk
home from it •with two. gentlemen. She
considered it her duty to tell err. Car-
wardine -what had happened.
"Send them to me,? he said,
They came; Dulcie cheerful, :Primrose
apprehensive. ' The olid gentleman told
them what he had head, and asked them
how they dared to deceive hien, hurling
abuse et themtillPrimrose grew pale.
But Dulcie listened to him, •apparentlyun-
moved.
"It is not at all surprising that I lose
mi temper sometimes,' she thought, ''con•
sidering the awful rages father flies into."
"But really -it is only natural that we
should snake feiends,father," she said
when he had finished, ""and I am euro Mn.
Belturbet and the people he knows are
everytaxing- you could desire. They are
coming to call on you ; soon. Besides, .why
should we not go to -garden-parties if we
are lucky enough to be asked? , We are
quite old enough."
Her father: looked at her fiercely.
"You have got a lot to learn yet, my fine
young woman," he said. "Remember, I
forbid, yes,•: forbid you to speak to any
of these people again.'',
"Then I must disobey you," said Dulcie
lightly, "for I am not going to give them
u.
p
girl meas-
ured
r
erre young g
an and
old sn
The
glances.
"Leave this room." he cried. ''You shall
regret this impertinence!" -
Tsn t, he a hateful old creature?" cried
Dulcie, when they were safe in their
rooms.
I wish you would not answer him, ,Dul-
cie," said Primrose, wise was white and
trembling. "It only sakes things worse
for us in the long run."
'
Dulcie snapped her fingers.
"In the long run!" she said. "1 eha,'n"t.
be here --you'll see."
(To be continued.).
DXS OF TERROR,
Ativett:L I•es Of a , oltl"ttitliSt tut. all
English 011lcex.
Stripped .of everything I posse•es,
refused permission even t,o bring.
with nae clothes, for the journey)
with any rooms .in Charlotfenbilrg,
(Germany), oecupiecl by the police.
engaged in ,seeking—secret: doori-
me'nts, and with my ,Austrian secre-
tary under arrest for the crime of
Having gone to fetch 7nq a ~wank
renady':packed a week before tor my
holiday, my sympathies for the Gere
elan people were already in danger'
o£ vaanishiag, but if that had not
'been so I think Mile hours, I spent in
the Rritiah. Embassy :after the de-
claration of wear would have des-
troyeal the last fragment of respect
for the moat ,atrocions militarydes-:
potism that Europe has tolerated
since the f'ourteen'th century, Frites
Mr, Charles Tower '.io the London
Star.
About half. -past eight on Tuesday not appear to be of much import•
I walked into the lobby of the Ho.- ante, but soils that are shallow by
telAdloo, a hostel which has been reason of the water table or rook
maintained entirely by English and formation near the surface and
American patronage, and where
the correspondents of English and
American ,papers have been •well
known to the manager 'and staff for
some years. Somebody flashed in
my face a special of the '1Tage-
Blatt-"
Take : another case. Captain 'W.
H. Deedes; :of the 60th Rifles, .left,
his appointment under the political.
department of the Turkish Govern-
ment, packed, and caught the boat
for Constanza at an hour's "notice
in order, if possible, to join his
regiment,. 1 -Ie was arrested. first of
all at Statovioh, on the Hungarian
frontier. When asked to identify
himself, he said "I am a British
Officer," then, coroeoting himself
hu-rriedly, he said "1 mean a Bri-
tish official.''
They made him pay a pound for a
passport,. totally ignoring the Eng
lush passport which he produced.
He :was arrested 'again , at Breslau
as a. spy, and only got away by per-
suading the officials that if they
wanted to shoot him they could do
it quite as expeditiously in, Berlin.
He arrived .in .Berlin at 1 p.m,. on
Tuesday, went to bed early,and
immediately he left his room on
Wednesday was again arrested for
espionage, being simply informed:
"If we find you are a, spy we shall
shoot you." He had told so many
different stories that he felt quite
certain they would detect the fact
that he was an officer, and" he would
be shot. Once again his gift .for
conversaationgdt him off, this time
by a sheer .miracle, for whilst he
had flatly denied 'that he was an
officer: his military title. and regi-
ment were
egiment.were printed. large on his
boxes. He made his -.:way to the Em-
bassy-, and ultimately c-ame out of
Germany with us, of course, with-
out his luggage,_ as "The English
newspaper correspondent, Captain
Deedes." '
During these days of real terror
in Berlin similar ,scenes were tak
ing place in other parts of the king-
dom. . Two American girls, motor-
ing with .a governess, reached the
German frontier shortly after the
declaration of war. Despite their
possession of passports, issued. in
America and eyen'-vised, they: were
dragged out of their ear, stripped
t0'the skinf their err
•
possessions
searched, and finally only allowed
to turn back from the frontier af-
ter' disgusting insults.
OnLtIcTarm
laelaialliaariawaeafteavaria
Some Alfalfa ITelps.
The two principal causes of fail,
lire in growing alfalfa have been
laoor and the preparation r
ack of iinoculation seed A de-,
tided improvement, however, is no
ticeable in the cultural methods
practised br farmers at the present
time, and in practically all cases
where new seedings are being made,.
some means are taken of 'securing
an inoculation of nitrogen fixing
bacteria, .Among other important.
oanses of failure are acid soils,
light infertile soils, poorly drained
soils, the use of nurse craps, anti in
ease of late seedings, winter killing.
The particular type of soil does
r
ALLIANCES OF A CENTURY.
Political Exigencies Rave Caused
Manly Changes in Europe.
light infertile soils should be avoid-
ed,. Farmers on light sandy soils
should sped on their best land and
may need -bo take some special
paeans of building up the fertility
of the soil. Farmers in the better
agricultural sections should seed
on their higher land because this
land is most in need of improve-
ment; because the alfalfa as a rule
is productive on high land and be
cause the soil most productive with
corn and other crops is left for the
growing of these crops.
Alfalfa should not' be seeded after
arases sod, hut may follow .a ou1ti-
g
vated or small grain crop. The pre-
paration of the seed bed should be
thorough and extend over a period
of several weeks, so as to secure a
firm and finely pulveriz e,d seed bed
in whichthe weeds and weed seeds
-
have been as completely eradicated
as possible.
The presence of nitrogen • fixing
bacteria is of utmost importance in
the growing of alfalfa. Boththe
soil and pure culture methods of
inoculation have given good results
and one or both should 'always be
used whenever .alfalfa is tieing seed-
ed for the first time in afield.
The use of a nurse crop isnot ad-
visable except on fields that are apt
to blow or wash and on seed. beds
that are poorly prepared and ars
apt to become weedy.
The use of manure in 'seeding al-
falfa is advisable if applied some
time before seeding or after the al-
falfa has come up and made some
little growth. It is not advisable
to turn under a heavy application.
in- a quickly prepared seed bed as
this -bends to hold up the soil and,
allow it to dry out, or to.apply'its a
top dressing shortly before seed-
ing, because of the introduction of
weed seeds,
In the history of Europe during
the past 'century nothing is more
curious than the easy way in which
national alliances have been made,
broken, made againn and changed as
dynastic, economic and racial rea-
sons have demanded. Here are a
few of these political transforms,-
tions
In 1815 Russia, Prussia, England'
and Austria combined against
France and crushed the power of
Napoleon for ever.
In 1849, when revolution in Hun-
gary threatened the house of Haps-
burg in Austria, Russia intervened
and by force of arms placed the
present 'Emperor Francis Joseph
firmly upon his throne,
In 1855-6 England, France, .A,us-
brie, and Italy rallied themselves
with the • Turks :against Russia in
the Crimean war. '
In 1869 France defeated Austria
in Italy, and gave a great impetus
to the unification of Italy.
In 1866 Briussia gave its present
ally, .Austria, a ' fearful beating at.
Sandowa and forend it out • of first
pisco• in the. Germanic ,confedera-
bioti,
Int 1870 Prussia inflicted' upon
France the defeat, with accompany-
ing loss of territory, thaat has been
the cause of ,Europe's unrest ever
since.
In 1877 Russia defeated the Turks'
decisively, but
1 f
tel out o
was•thea c
the rightful fruits, of her victory by
a combination of tct other powers
in the ti'o4lty of Berlin.
to
Always Leap Year.
A most extraordinary custom pre-
vails among the Vizrees,. a powerful
tribe occupying an extensdve dis-
trict in Cabul, :among the moun-
tains between Persia and India'—.
a : female prerogative that has no
parallel among any other people of
the 'earth. The women; inacts
choose their husbands, and .no th
husbands their 'wives. If a woman
be pleased with a than shesends
the drummer of the camp to pin as
handkerchief to his cap, with a pin
she has used to fasten her hair, The
drummer watches his opportunity,
and does tbds in public, naming the
woman, and the man is obliged to
marry, if he can , pay the price to
her father.
Death to Poultry in Salt.
An instance is told of a woman
who had by 'mistake put salt into a
cake instead of sugar. She thought
there was no danger in throwing
this out to the poultry. but it caus-
ed the death of every bird she pos-
sessed.
5
This does not mean -a slight por-
tion of salt, such as may occurin
r
•
breadmaking,' would produce seri-
ous injury. If salt is thus deadly to
poultry, the question may "arise,
may it not be injurious to man when
used excessively. Salt eating is us-
ually a habit. Many people eat salt
to excess. Just what effect salt eat-
ing in excess may have upon the
human system is not fully known;,
It is not impossible,• it :.may . have
something to do : with cancerous
growths and other dreaded diseases.
Feeding the COI.
The essential points to be kept in
mind are the .following
Do not not overfeed,
Feed warm mil'_:. '
Feed sweet, fresh milk.
Feed each animal individually,
Feed regularly,
Keep the pails and quarters
where the calves are kept ,clean,` -
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