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Exeter Advocate, 1907-03-14, Page 2,s *at- 4.O+O+0+e,+O♦O♦•-.,0t': ♦O ♦c %+<)+t''•4 O4-0+0+O♦O♦;)♦C'♦A 0 2 DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY ♦Q gY ♦ �+04-04 010♦0•0♦o♦o♦u♦O +0 1-c ♦o+o♦o-4-o♦o♦o♦o+o+ CI1AI'TEII XXII1.- sConhnuc.•d). They reach the goal, sone cross, and all floundering, the ladies with draggled skirls and cold, dump ankles. The !'ara- diso is u little house, a dependence ap- parently of the hotel below -apparently nlsc) tenantless and empty. It is built on the baro ruck, looking sheer down (m- w'hat' on a blank of fog. What does. what cam, that maddening blanket con- ceal:' Oh, it they could but tear it *in precis, rend it asunder, hack it with knives; by any moans abolish its un- sightly veil from over the lovely face, they will now, with all (heir climbing. n'1 their early rising, never see! But will not they 7 Even as they look, de- spairingly straining their eyes, in the vain effort to pierce that obscure and battling veil, there is u movement in it, a stirring of the inert ii:a<s of vapor ; a wind has risen. and is blowing coldly on (heir -brows, and in a Moment, as it ,.news, the maddening wet curtain is swept away and up, as by some God - hand, the hand of sonic spirit !kat has Itemfd their lament and has pitied them and said, "They have come from afar; It is their only chance; let us show it 10 them." The curtain has rolled up and up, the sombre fir -wood starts out, and the emerald meadows, the lowest and nearest range of hills, then the next and then the next, and then the furthest and highest of all. Truro they stand re- vealed, even the city, Florence, far away. They can make out her duomo, small and dim with distance, yet certainly there; in the sudden effulgence all the valley alight and radiant flange behind Tango stand the hills; belated vapor wreaths floating, thin as lawn, up their flanks; wonderful dreamy patches of radiance on the far slopes; marvelous amethysts starring their breasts. Mys- tery and beuuly, color and spice, sky and Itvely'land, where, livo minutes ago, there was nothing but choking fog. Burgoyne stands as in a trance, vaguely conscious--trance-wise too -that Eliza- beth is near him; all his soul passed in- to his eyes; stands -how long? Ile hardly knows. Before that fair sight time seems dead ; but even as H,' yet smiling as one smiles at ailyttting surpassingly lovely, the cloud -wreaths }lust downwards again, wreaths at first, thin great volumes, then ono universal skeet of vapor, impenetrably dense as Nieto. Vanished are tho Apennine ,.lopes, sun -kissed and dreamy; von- LsDrd the distant Arno plain; vanished even the near pines. Ile can scarce see his hand before him. And yet he can st'e Elizabeth's face transfigured and quivering, lifted to his-ycs, to his - though Isyng is on her other side; her toes full of tender tears of ra%•istunenl, while her low voice says slghingly- "It is gone; but wo havo seen it nothing can ever lake That from us! no- thing! nothing F' And although the next moment she is n•ubsorbed into the fog and Byng, though for the rest of the deplorable walk he scarce catches sight again of the little brown head and the soaked deer - stalking cap, yet it makes a gentle v nrinth about his chilled heart to think that, in her moments of highest emotion, Il is her impulse to turn to hint. GIIAI'fl:ll Not once again, ec lung as as they rc. natio at \'nllotnbroea, noes the envious r1„tld-blanket lift ; and after slopping o.' tit for some time longer, In the vain s That it will. Burgoyne and his two 1. s.,lle relatives-eleCt return to ilio Inn, at; fallen very silent. The other two members of the party havo disappeared into the fog. At the door of the hotel they lied Mrs. Le Marchant, who has broken from her cererneids, and is looking anxiously out. . As sho catches sight of Ikenm the look of tension on tier ince lessens. "011, here you are 1'' says site. "1 ant so glad ; and the others --no doubt the others are close behind." "\':e know nothing about Iiit others," replies Cecilia, with home 111-hunior, tak- ing upon her the office of spokeswoman. which neither of her companions seems 111 any hurry to assume; "the others les k French leave of 'man hour ago. Oh : 11. r, how wet I am 1 ' What a Horrible I, Aston 1 flow 1 g,'lest Wallombrosa 1" Nettle) i. to the full ns wet as her sis- 1• r ; nothing can well be more lament- able than the appearance of either; and upon Amelia's face there is. In addition 1 , a handsome phare of splashes (rem rein, a look of mortilicolion and crest- Itillenness ; but she now puts in her Word. with her usual patience and thoughtful goiel•tenper. "1 do not Melt: you neat He in the east nn\klu? Mout them." she says, ot" r,i 1 Virg the immnidinte relapse into what r.eenls tin exAgg.ratetl concern following Instantly olein Cecilia's remark on \ftp. 1.e \larchnnl:s features; "they were %%,th us not tong ago. We were certainly rat together not so long ago ; they were with tis al the I'aradhao-they were cer- tainly v,th us at the I'aradeo?" turning %v h an interrogative nir 1) Burgoyne. "Nes, they were certainly with us at tl:. Paradise.- he a”ente. not thinking it n•,u•..nry to silo why he is c. very cut•• Loll as 1t, Iht. fact. "They imust have silo finish inane. • molt Is loiter This charming weather." .ries Cecilia, with an esnepertlled Inugh. "(lh. how wet I um; 1 do not expect that we shall any of its forget \"allonnhrsSta in a hurry! t shell go nrid nil: the chant •r- ten:.l to lend ale &I0' dry SlI(h • and With these weeds elle wan:: b,wards Hie slnir•cate and clings it. Ione,ng n muddy Imprint o+► each step to 911:.11, her f,Mftte1,a as she Inotfil(:►. Amelia riot r not nt unit k l ss Fel es• ample. She remains standing %%Siert, Are ten*, iter arnis hanging listlessly by het /AC/. and Ibe exptra.10n of ertkitnllen• IWO derpenid on her fagged face. IIcr • • Mrs. Cora B. Miller Makes a Fortune go- ingis touched by her look ; and, ,, ing ftp to her, lays his hand kindly laid solicitously on her shoulder. "Umbrellas are not what they were in my days," he says, trying to smile. "You aro quite as wet as Cis, plough you dg) not proclai►n your sufferings nearly so loudly. Had not you better go and see whether the chambermaid owns two pairs of dry stockkags •1" Sho lifts her eyes with wistful grati- tude to his. "This le my treat," she says slowly ; "my first brat to you ; oh, poor Jim There is a depth of compassion in her toile as dlylrolo rtioned to the apparent cause as had been Mrs. Lo Merchant's anxiety for her daughter's return, and beneath it he winces. "Why do you pity me?" ho inquires, half -indignantly. "Am 1- "A milksop ; ono that never in his lifo Felt so much cold as over shoes in snow?" - What do 1 care for a little rain?" add- ing cheerfully, "'lou shall give me a second Treat, deer; wo will come here again by ourselves when the sun shines." "By ourselves -when the sun shines !" echoes she, as if repealing a lesson; and then she goes off docilely, in obedience 10 his suggestion, in search of dry raiment. Ilo rejoins Mrs. Le Marchant, whose unaccountable fears have led her beyond the house's shelter out into the rain, whero she stands looking down that river of thud which represents the load by which sho hopes to see the truants reappear. "1 think you are unnecessarily alarmed." he says, in reassuring and remonstrating lone. "What hartn could have happened to Them '1•' Sho does not answer, her eyes, into which the rain is beating under her um- brella brim, still fixed upon the empty road. "Is she -is she apt to lake cold?" ho asks, his own trine catching the Infection of her vague and nameless disquiet. "Yes -no ---not particularly, 1 think. Oh, it Is not. thut !"-her compa.ure breaking down into an unaffected out- burst of distress -"It is not that ! Do not you understand? Oh, how unwilling I was to come hero to -day 1 11 is -do not you see? Oh, 1 should not mind in the least if it had been you that were with her 1" "1f it had been 1 that was with her?" repents Jim slowly, pot tat the first in- stant comprehending, nor even at the second quite taking in the full, though unintentlonal uncomplirnenlarincsn of this speech; which, however, before his companion again lakes up her parable, has tinglingty reached -what? Ills heart, .or only his vanity? They lie very close together. "Why did not he go home with Isis mother?" pursues Mii's. Le Marubeni, .still in that voice of intense ve .union. would have been so much more natural that he should, and 1 am sure That she wished i1." ' "You are making inc feel extremely uncomfortable," says Burgoyne gravely; "when I remember that it was 1 who in- troduced him to you." ".Oh, 1 am not blaming you," replies she, with an obvious effort to resume her usual courteous manner. "I'Iease do not Think 1 am blaming you. (low could you help it?" "1 thought you liked him." "Oh, so 1 do -so we both do 1" cries the poor woman agitatedly. "Thal Is tho worstof it I If i olid not like hint, 1 should not tnfnd; al least, 1 should not mind half so much." "I am very sorry," be begins; bol she interrupts hint. "Ib not be sorry," she says remorse- fully; "you havo nothing to say to it. 1 do not know,,' am sure" -looking grate• fully' at hien through the rain -"why I nm nhvays regaling you %villi my wor- ries ; but you are so dependable- we both feel That you are so Ilepeminble." "Ars 17" sot's Ire, %villi n melancholy nir That does not argue much gratiltca- tine at the cotnph inent. "Do not be too Fore of that." Bill she does not heed his disclninter. ."We hove leen so happy here," she goes on ; "1 do not mean hem" -looking round with an involuntary anile et the envelope of w'el ft'npor that encases theta 1w411 -"but eat Florence : so peacefully, blessedly happy. she and 1 --yon do Mt know" --with an appealing touch of pathos -"what a dear little companion she is 1 --so happy that 1 naturally tlo not want our memory of the place to bo spoilt by any painful contretemps. You can understand that, unmet you?," 11 is senseless of hits ; but yet, little ns he can comprehend why it should be so. the idea of Byng's love being de scribed ns a "painful conlretempls' pro seats itself not disagreeably 10 his 111111(1. Ku' whale%er mysterious reason. it Is apparent that even ltyng's own mother cannot be much more adverse to Ills suit Bien is the lady before him. "I can perfectly enter into your feel• Inge." h0 nnswer.s, with sympathetic gravity ; "iint do not you know that 'a watched pot never Rolls'? As long as you earn looking for them, they will never appear; hut the moment thein your back i. turned they will probably conte round the corner eat once." "1 think it is the truest proverb in the worst,- she Says. with an .Impatient sigh : but .she allows hint to guide her and her umbrelln back In tic inn. Ihargoynes prediction is nob vcrined; prel'nbly he hail no very great Milli in it himself. Mrs. Le Men•Inaufa bark Inas, fie the best part of an hour, Veen turned upon the mountain road. and the strap filers have not set rejoined the main t ),h•. There Inns ben plenty o1 Hine tar to Ix' thoroughly dried. ss rus d, coni .r1M. And restored lo good !Minor ; toe the vcllnrino to send In end ask whether he shall ned pill the horses 1., ; fa et tw'4a to exhaust all her little rep•er- Started a Few Year% Arlo mall No Capital. and Now E mplu) s Nearly One Hundred Clerks ai.d Stenu(lraphera. Until a few years ago Mrs. Cora B. Miller lived in t manner similar t., that of thousands of other very poor women of the average small town and village. She now resides itt her own palatial brown -stone residence. and in considered one of the must successful business wo- men in the United States. and ths jocosity III-plcced. No one can bo more disposed to judge it severely than its unintended auditor ; but even he is starthel by the effect 1t produces. Without staking the snmilesl attempt a! an answer, Mrs. I.o Marchant Instant- ly turns tier shoulder upon the young titan -a snub of which Jim would have thought so gentle -mannered a person yuibe incapable. and walks away Piot hint with so determined an air that even pt•I•=oli in the 'cv'•'ntll heaven of drunk- enness cunnot 'Wreak() `ler meaning. Nur .;acs Llizabellt's conduct offer hila tins indemnification. She follows her t'iu!I, r u ettle more slowly ; and. as she passe.; Jail, lie sees that she is slaking violently, and that her face is 08 white as chalk . A soil of generous indignation against the mother for spoiling the poor little soul's first moments of bliss mixes curiously in his wind, with a less noblo satisfaction al the ielk•cliou that there are undoubtedly breakers ahead. fur By lig. "1Iow-how aro we to divide?" cries (:ecilia, a» they ell stand at, the door while the two t'nrriages drive up. No one answers. The arrangement seems planned by no ono in particular. and yet, as he drives down the hill, Burgoyne thuds himself sitting opposite the two Misses Wilson. Ile is thtuikhtt ;gun experiment station gives results of does not pay to grind iced f•.r tulles that the raised hoof! and unfurled ant- feeding whole grain to Week. It is just ing unlq;; the conditions happen to to bretlas of rho second equipage prevent le line i.ith what 1 have been doing unusual. This is especially true in the his having any ocular evidence of ilio, Itis 'win'er with baby beef, writes Mr. west where feed Is relatively cheep- ing that is under that wet leather L B. lliee. Ther per cent left whole and labor is high. 111 other words, the - —THE---- -- MEALMIIaneoN- HIaf3 Ci- IRAD$ Incubators and Brooders Awarded highest Ilennra at Exhibitions. nave woo out ,n every test, and aro Patented. The IIAttiLTON Incubator regulates its own heat. It t'.•quires only 11 ►ninuten of your time twice a day to operate it. It takes only 1'i gallons of oil to each hatch. The HAM- ILTON hatches big. healthy, fluffy chickens, and the iiAMit;i' s HI(( 0PElt n,11 take care of every chick. Write us to -day t.,r our big free catalogue. price list and easy terms. Address, THE HAMILTON INCUBATOR COMPANY, Limited, 3FM411.1MZralCOilli, ATM'. 4+♦+++++++++♦++++•t•+♦ • • • ♦ ♦ •♦ t• ♦ + 4+++ +++++++++++♦+♦++t THE FEEDING Or \\ lluLis GRAIN A recent bulletin issued by itis Alich• Abouf the farm and bring in money escry week in the. y( +r. The world cannot bent that cei nlinalion for steady production. The 81111111 milker costs hcr owner about as much for "keep' as the large - milker costs her owner. The largo yielder, therefore, nukes milk at a louver cost 111.,n the small yielder. Botit are equal at the feed rack, but the largo - yielder at the milk pail is worth two, t,: three small yielders. The average of a number of expert -- tient station tests show That, where - there aro pigs to pick up the wash:, :t Mrs. Miller's New Residence, Earned In and That dripping silk VOL But even in the bulletin and 1 high h Lees Than One Year. this consolation is not long left him. As seems g.,leer can,usunlly grind his grain cheap - several years ago Mrs. Hiller learned they leave rho iii -wood theycome out. Illitnk the cause of Ibis high per cent. a Ihnn it Ct1tn hl' done by machinery. of a mild and simple preparation that Of rho clouds, loo, into clea, lower air lies in Ibis slaletrr•nit "All of the clover It it does not even pay to grind grain cured herself and several friends of female sad lea She wi a besieged by floods aro pushed back and flea many womeu needing treatment that ---- l --- ---IACs in heart with p 6 pay good, Cows 46.4e, heifers 17',0, calves; 5.78. 1 in grinding Ina and, besides the steers she d.eided to furnish ,t to those who homeward -turned !leads, pricked with g � J' t b 11 hay %vas given that they would eat up 1l scenes altogetle r unlikely that it will rt as weakness 1 - J clean," The crcenhtge •given wast =a to ggo to an even grealcr expense so ma.-, might can fo, it. Sue started with only �,,nulalum by another carriage ahead of would have glen just as little coarse is by nature adapted to consume rouge a few' dollars' capital. and the remedy, f ed a; ossible; so as to avoid tilling teed economically. possessing true and wonderful merit, pro rheas, trot chcertully down the rood- the s!omsch nal vatting, it on the hay. (`,cod management of dairy cows during many cures when doctors and the road with all its bent -elbow turn -o other remedies failed, the demand grew so imgs-down. down, into the valley be. Then I would els anything that i could 'Hakes proper cure and feed possible. rapidly ► s several times p u a th But it 1 ads that have rolled to keep the animal from filling his Upon the management depends the Sup- p t t largest to build- away off the evening sky seem to !►ave. mouth to toil, such b p a keying goed which she owns, and almost one him- settled Clown with double density upon grain thinly over a lane feeding sur crops, eft-., that go to ata. the Bred clerks and stenographers are re- minion o- ItIC spirit Uf Burgoyne and his COlntlall- quired to assist in this great business. ions. Even the fountain of Cecilias chat - More Women Uea it. )fore than a million women have used kr Is dried, Once she says suddenly Mrs. )tiller's remedy. and no matter where n propos de belles - "She live, she can refer you to ladies in "She must be years older than he 1'' your• own locality ►+'ho can and will tell 1O wI11Clt Amelia glliClily I'( rejoins - she sufferer that this marvcllou. remedy "Pelt she does not look il." really cures women. Despite the fart that Mrs. Miner's business is very extensive, It is almost the only reniark she makes she is always willing to give aid and ad- daring the long drive, and Burgoyne is vice to every suffering woman who writes to her. the is a generous, good unman, thankful to her for her silence. Con and has decided to give away to women scions of and grateful for her snagnani- who have never tired her medicine *10,• May as he Ls, there Is yet something the bead back and bowels bearing down histhoughts, e ie wa .. ne cam a sea u the clouds the it seek larger quarters. Sho now Deco• O t ') n' S renllitl•r the 1 , of rood feC(1, D8tdalr�S, S011ii les one o the ei y's office u, - r feeding chain- 1't' can to 000.00 worth absolutely FREE. that ars upon him lin her intuition of Every woman suffering with pains in j p and in her eager /mines, nercouseess, erceping sensations pionshfp of that other woman. Ile looks up the spine, melancholy desire to cry. end blankly al the flowers, wetly `'lllil- houlcl sit right down and send ing from field acid bank, at the endless hot flashes. weariness, or piles from any cause. a her name and address in rtes. (bra n. garden of enttracing vines and embraced Miller, Box 5693 Kokomo. Ind., and receive a 50 -cent box of her marvellous medicine: ulnlherriefi, joining their young leafage r by mail free of charge in plain wrapper) . t um stealing river and the verdurous also her valuable bouk, which`every wo- man should hate. RetmcImher thio offer will nr't last ton?, for thousands and thousands of worsen who are suffering will take advantage of this generous means of getting cured. So if you are ailing, do not suffer another day. but send your name and address to Mrs. ]tiller for the book and medicine be- fore the *10.000.00 worth is all gond. , lace so that -it must be slow work to pick , it up. 1f this is not convenient. I pfd something into the feeding box to bother the animal, such as a hand- ful of hay, a few quarts of sninll pota- toes or enrolls on even short round sticks. A little more Than six weeks ago 1 took a calf about four or five months old that has be: n intended for fatten- ing, but was fur from Leiner fit. to kill. ile would sol cat grain. 1 commenced Ly fe,ding•a few oats in my hand. As seen ss he would cat them 1 added (1 few kernels of corn. Soon he would lake halt a pint of oalb and half that amount of corn and buckwheat. This I kept increasing, rttling a few 6111011 potatoes or carrots. Now.1 am hill -sides. - In Vain for him llnly's spring giv:ne c ne quart. each of oats and corn l'1• it eolnpOSS.Ilon is not based on scl• Isughler broadens across UN and I o. pm of buckwheat and foie . ;:t tic or practical knowledge. The guar's of small potatoes cr car••,''<. I. ,u ,r should nil buy fertilizer on tho youth of her face. twice n dap with a• little hay. ! ' , c lh of it, Hume, rather on the (To be continued?• we had nearly reached this nmoli t u.'• :1.;,•e'.1•, of plant food It contains. q.---- could find no whole grnins pa -o. , - 1 .' • wncr of a small, well -tilled farm tions of the cows and their attendants favorable. A good manager is one who knows how to do every item of labor that is to be done about the herd, from cieaning the stable to keeping the ac- counts, testing the Milk, etc. Ile is one who is willing to do_auy cue of these- bilis of tutor. • FARM NOTES. , Dodder is not the only weed seed found in the cheap clovers; Canaria th stle, w a' •h gens, ox -eye daisy, chick- weed, w.1.1 madder. etc., are frequently found in Iargt quantities. Feet 'I 'c' f•.rnulils generally range !r• 1t a high point of excellence to all sorts of gradrttir.n', but in many cases - tory of soothing hypotheses • for \irs Le -Merchant to stray in restless misery from salon to sane a manger and buck again, and for Burgoyne to pull gloom- ily at a large cigar in the hall by Wins -elf, before at length the voices of the truants are heard. Burgoyne being, as 1 have said, in the hall. and therefore nearest the (door of entrance, has the earliest sight of them. Ills first glance teas hien that the blow4 apprehended by Mrs. I.c Marchant hos fallen. Of Elizabeth, indeed, he scarcely catches a glimpse, as she passes hint precipitately, hurrying to meet her nei- ther ; wise at the sound of Iter voice, has come running into the other mons. ilul Byng 1 hlyng has not experien ed so maty very strong emotions in his short life as to have had Much practice in veiling thein from 1110 eyes of others when they Colne, and tine gauze now drawn over his lntolernblo radiance is of the thinnest description. Again that earnest desire to hit hon hard assails the elder friend. "Why, are you back before us 1" cries the young man. "Yee, we are bock before you," replies Burgoyne; and it the penally had been death, he could not at that moment have added one syllable to the acrid assent. "Aro we lale7" asks Elizabeth Irene• lously ; "1 ane afraid wo are lnte--t am afraid wo have kept you waiting 1 Oh, 1 am so sorry 1" She looks with nn engaging timidity of npelogy from one to the other of the sulky countenances around her ; and Burgoyne, stealing a hook of her, their eyes steel. Ile is startled by the singit- lardy of expression in hers. Whatever it denoted, itea-thinly is not the stupid sitnplleily of rtIrdure to be read in print at big ns a' posters in Byng. Anil yet ant -.,ng the ninny ingredients that go 10 innke up That shy fevered beam, rapture is undoubtedly one. "Did you lose yourselves? Did you go further into the wood ?" asks Cecilia. with a curiosity that is, considering the provocation given, not unjustifiab`e. They both reply vaguely that they had lost them'eh'es, that they had gone deeper into the wood. it is obvious to the meanest inlellip'n; a flint neither of trent has the slightest idea where They have been. "1 may ns well tell the driver to put the horses in:" says lhtrgoyne, in n mat - ler -of -fact %'u:ce, glad of an excuse to ntoent himself. When be coins back. he finds the Le Merchants stauding together in the win- dow. talking in n low voice and ilyng hovering ni sr them. It is evident to Jim than the elder woman has no wish for cOII%er.se s•' itt the young man ; but in his ptrsent Condition of dizzy exhilara- tion. he is, quite unaware of that feet. Ile eppr"nthee her indeed (as the unob- sert'etl watcher notes) with a dreadful air of filial piety, and nddre.see Der in n lone of apology it Ls Irue, but with a twang of intimacy that had never ap- penred in his -voice before. "You must not binnle her ; indeed you must not ! It was entirely my fault. 1 nm awfully sorry% that you were alarmed. but indeed there wns no cause. \\ ha! del you think had happened? Did you Think" -with nn escile.i laugh of triumph and a bright blush' -"that I had njR off with her?" The speech is in extremely both taste, since, w hatever mny be the posture of affairs between himself and Elizabeth. it is literally Impc.ible ,.tat tier mother can yet be enlightener) n• 10 it ; the fatnilIarily of K is therefore premature IMPROVING SERMONS. Two Anecdotes Which Show the Scot - ash Character. 1 ►vet a big farts. Think o` the taxes, fent- . thr ugh. Of late there is n little. '1 hes I a'Iribule to crreIrss feeding, • The digestion se -els t , hue e Leen good. Ile has seelnin6ly deui,l. d in size not •g,tt in the c.x Acct ;S' reeding- I ung. ( 1 flubsH w teed ba bettercontented than he often is, if lie could know something afoul the troubles of the farmer who owns end hired help a big farm The Kirk et Scotland has always laid nal finishing hila off and shall k:11 in requires! Offen do we see large farms great stress upon the power of sermons eight days more. Allred the f. -ming is pear and the orch- ard ani garden neg!ecled. The owner has not tete time to keep his big farm In repair and free from waste. More small farms aro needed, surely in its ministrations. Mr. John heti, in his "Other klennories, Old and New." am fully satsq, d that wheal,' grain feed,ng for baby beef is by far the more give, some of his own recollections on ectnnomical. If for a Nye unentlis sold this point • • • veal 1 would teed oats in the straw if A Minister whose disposition was I could gel them as soon as it would pick at hay. rather to drive than to lend called on a woninn whose attendance at church was not quite so regular us he wished. "1 ons pleased." he said, "lo see you at church yeste.•day. You have nal been very regular lately." "Oh, yes, 1 was there yesterday. 1 likit your discourse, and was muckle the better 0.1." "1'm glad of•Ihal. You'll remember the text, no doubt Y" "No, I've a very bad dviemory for texts:" "\\•ell, you remember w•tal• 1 said sus, one-fourth plurd saltpeter and two about i1, or some of the Mina 1 said?" ounces of satetnhh. Mix 011 together ant' scald the liquor, then skim and let slated until cold before putting in the horn. Smell ones should be left in ills ligror four weites and !ergo ones from five to six week's, according to size, and must be entirely submerged. After the hams lime become proper - 1" pick!• d, remove them from the liquor RECIPE tort CI'h1XC IL\MS. The amoun'v given in Illi; recipe can lie verdict] according to 111.• rcquire- ruents de.tre• t. This receipt has been used by the writer for years and when thoroughly and properly prepared, sat- isfactory results will be guaranteed. To eght gallons of water add nine: ounds of salt, one-half gallon hlola.5 "No. 1 cannz say that I can reel off anything ye said." "My good woman, you must be a hypo- crite to say you were the better for being at the church, when you cannot tell ale either the lest or anything 1 said about it." "Do ye see," she replied, pointing to some clothes that were bleaching on the and hang tttcul up in a ror,n►y smoke green, "Ilse cines cot there?" house for one or two days or until they "Yes," he said. have become dry on the swine° Mere "\\'eel, 1 watered them half an hour storling the smoke. In smoking them since, and (here's no a drop o' water to ape s ,and hickory cr maple wood and be seen on them noo ; but they're a apply a small handful of sulphur to the ilanlle the better o't fora hast." wood just betoro kindling Inc lire. This recalls the experience of anther They should be smoked until they are light chestnut brown, but car, must b. taken n •1 to heat the nice' as 11 destroys lee savory taste. In pat•k• Mg for sunnier nee, wrap closely in paper, then place in a Brick paper sack, 11, tightly and hong in a cool, dry room minister whose sermons were dull and not for eclafltalion. Meeting one of his congregation • who had been a serious defaulter In respect of allendnnce, ho said, "John, you have not teen at church for a long lime." "No. 1 canna just say when i was nt your kirk. 1 was gie'es' some o' the ilher kirks a bit turn." "But, John, have you never heard that n rolling stone gathers no noes?' "Aye. but 1 have heard. too, that a tethered lamb !elks a long time to brow fat." A MAThE[l OF BELIEF. Not long ago a certain intoner closed a footpath acress ono of his fields. This was resented by the inhabitants of the dstrict, who cl,tlmetl that n right -of• way existed. Eventually the mnticr cause bore the mums, and a decis- ion was pen in favor of the farmer. As the pulite still persisted in cr. ey- ing the field, however, the owner turn• •! n furistus Bull into 11. After ono •.r two daring spirits had been assisted Out of a field over a hedge. a deputation wailed on ilio farther and nsked • him, as a special favor, to withdraw the bull an 1 anew the use of the path. 'this the farmer night have done, had not one of the deputation unfortunately remarked as he was leaving: "You know- there Is a right-of•way." '0,h, Is there?" blurted out the farmer, with his old obsltna.•y. "I've heard that before, an' 1 didn't believe it, 1 he judge heard it an' he didn't believe 11. Now. chair, youli have to go to the fountain -head an' argy with tho bull; if he believes it, all well and good; U he don't hell tell you so." In the matter of trnin speed Austria, Italy, and Spain are at the bottom cf the lis!. i'o'n, eras are In (vary ease ahaHower than tropkal. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Deets ennkrd- and chopped make an excellent ad !Mori to the winter food t f chicken,. The cow. the hag and the hen will suppetl the family, rnL8e mortgages, 4' SENTENCE SINS\:ONS. A hnit) character always is a weak one. The self-satisfied seldom are sntisface h,i•y. The 'nun who pities himself always is pitiable. - it is easy to mistake a resolution for a i cfarm. Many n man loses his heart trying to get ahead. Ile cannot be clear eyed who is not clean henrted. They me best remembered who forget themselves. Many sten would be righteous If they could be sure of the revenue. A man does not gel on the bright side of life by scouring his fellows. Some folks newer feel cheerful unless they are dispensing bail news. You nay til sure you are wrong when some men -are suns you are right. There are big Uncle shadows behind the life that seeks the limelight. • It takes more than information to work the transformation of the world. No man hos power with men until Ito understands the patience of God. Folks who lake life as a 11050 niwoys want to prescribe for the rest of the world. \\hen n man is cons dot's of his recti- tude he is least convincing in laking about it. lite recording angel Is not wasting any ink on the goal you are planning 10 do Inter on. The ills of the w•or!•I never wholly will I)! healed without the healing of our heat ts. Your prayer cheque does not amount flinch without the signature of your deeds. 00000.0.0.00040101•280000 Rapid changes of temperature are hard on the toughest constitution. The conductor passing from the heated inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature of the platform—the canvasser spending an hour or so in a heated building and then walking against a biting wind—know the difficulty of avoiding cold. Scott'., Emulsion strengthens the body so that it can better withstand the danger of cold from changes of temperature. It will help you to avoid taking cold, ALL DRUGGISTS; 600. AND 111.00. 444