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A new day has awakened. end Firenze
Ireslt-washed after ), ,terday's rain
/smelling though all her streets of lilies
Of+ laughs up, wistaria -hung, to a heckles*
sky. 1 poor Aurelia had but deferred
lee' treat for twenty-four hours, what a
.Liferent Volkeubrosa %vould she and
Ler companions have carried Ijowe in
their inentoric•.. ! Amelias treat !
"I .,hall not forget Amelia's Brat in a
hurry !" Iturgoelle sats to himself, as
11, sits opin••!teless over his solitary
breakfast. "I had better go and hell her
llie result of it."
As he makes this reflection, he rises
With some alacrity, and leaving his
scarcely lasted coffee and his not -at -all -
Petted omelette walks out of the sable a
manger. His motive for so early a visit
t,. III.. Angle-Amerlcain is less an exces-
sive eagerness to timelier') his piece of
news than the thought that by so doing
he all!, at least for a fete hours, weape
the necessity of being in his young
friend's contritely. As to where That
young friend at present is, whether, after
having wundered al,out the town all
night, he is now sleeping late, or whe-
ther he is already off to persecute poor
Mrs. Ise Marchant for that maternal
blessing which she has so little Melina-
lion to give, Jim is ignorant. All he
'knows is that such another dose of
Byngs erotic eloquence as ho had to
_wallow last night will leave hien (Bur-
goyne) either a murderer or a suicide.
Owing to his arrival at the Anglo-
Antericain so much sooner than usual,
-he finds himself coming in for the cere-
mony of Sybilla's installation for the day
!n the drawing -room. 'There is always n
little pomp of fussy bustle about this
Brite. Sybilln loiters in (grave doubts
have occasionally crossed the minds of
her family as to whether she does not in
reality possess a pair of excellent end
thoroughly dependable legs), supported
<m one Side by Amelia end on the other
(.y her maid. Cecilia gees on before with
ale air -cushion, and \ir. keelson follows,
•when he does mol turn restive—which is
3onielinres the case—wills n duvet. To-
alay, as I have said, this rile Is in full
celebration when liars arrives, hitt Ls be-
ing performed with mutilated glories.
The rite is going forward. hut the high
piles! is absent. that ministrant, upon
%Chose 111111 the sufferer is wont to lean
for the most heavily; site upon whom
s1e'v. lves the whole responsibility of ar-
ranging the three cushions behind the
long, limp back ; the properly covering
the languid feel ; the nice administering
of the reviving cordial drops that are to
Vitale Itte' fatigue of the transit from
!psi
1 silernlr tee sitting-room—that most im-
pc-rtant and unfailing ministrant Is no-
where to be seen. No artist wishos Itis
picture to be viewed in an inchoate, un-
finished stage, nor is Sybilhn at t►
anxious to hio•e the public aduulted
, the sight of that eminent work of a
• herself until she is stretched in fain
• moribund. grateful completeness on h
day -bed. At the becoming point, whet
slit is silting sideways 011 her sofa. b
fere her wasted limbs--flurgoyno is w
of those here'ics who have never b
lievcd Iliat they are wasled—have bee
carefully lifted into their final posture(
extension upon the Austrian Menke
It is, of all moments, the one at whit
interruption is least welcome; nor i
the intruder at all surprised at bein
greeted b)• the invalid with a more tha
subacid accent.
"My dear Jim. already ! Why you be-
come more nutlinale every day 1 you are
The early bird indeed 1 You do not"—
welt an annoyed luugh—"give us poor
wring a chance of being beforehand,,
with pin.
"1 nut very sorry 111 am top soon," re-
plies he, his eyes wandering away from
the fretful features before flim in search
of others upon which he knows It shall
lir►d wt'itten no complaint of premature-
tie's—"but 1 canto lo— \\'here's
Amelia?"
"You may well ask," replies Sybilia,
with a sort of hysterical laugh. "1( is
pretty evident that she i; not here! My.
dear Cis, would you mind remembering
remembering
that my' head is not made of mahogany.?
You gave it such a bang with lhnt
cushion. I nm very sorry to trouble you.
Tho heaviest -load a sick person has to
bear Is the feeling that she is such a bur-
den to (hose around her; and certainly,
my dear, you do not help me to forget
it." -
"Where Is she?" repeats Burgoyne
hastily, both because ho %1•ants to know,
and because he is anxious to strangle in
its infancy one of those ignoble family
bicketiings, to e� list at many of which
has been the pt'!t'ilege or penalty of his
state of intimacy.
"Slue is not well," replies Cecilia short-
ly. her rosy face rosier than usual, either
with the joy of imminent battle or with
the exertion of swaddling, under protest,
the invalid's now elevated legs.
"Not well ! Amelia not well," echoes
he. in a lope of incredulity-.
During all the years of Ihcir acquain-
tnnce mol once has he hear 1 his patient
sweetheart complain of ache or pairs.
Manlike, he has Therefore concluded that
etas can never hove felt either.
"It is very thoughtless of her," says
Cecilia, with a not allogelher athiable
laugh, and giving a final irritated slap to
Sybi1lits coverlet — "considering how
much illness we already have in the
house ; ha ! ha 1 but it is true all tho
same, she is not well, not at all well ;
she is in bed."
"in bed I"
"She must have caught n chill ye.;ter-
day on that disgusting excursion ; driv-
ing home that long distance in wet shoes
and stockings."
"But 1 thought, 1 hoped that—I asked
her to change them."
'She had them dried in a sort of way ;
taut 1 could see When she put them on
again that they were really wringing
wet still. 1 told her so. but she only
answered that even if they were, what
matter:' she never caught cold. You
know that Amelia never thinks that any-
thing matters that concerns herself." .
This would be an even handsomer Irl-
telte to Amelia Than it Is, If it did not
suggest a secondary intention of admin -
i, tering a hack-hanJOr 1.j sone one else.
"111 the case of my children," says Mr.\Vilse l). mnkiug his voice heard for the
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Mrs. Cora B. Miller
Makes a Fortune
Started a Few Years Ago with No
Capital, and Now Employs Nearly
One Hundred Clerks and
Stenographers.
Until a few years ago Mrs. Cora R.
Miller lived In a manner similar to that
of thousands of other very prior women
of the average small town ,Ind village.
She now re,•ides in her own pal t ial
brown -stone reeidenre, old is considered
one o1 the most successful bu-ine.s women
in the tinned States
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2C
STRANGE
PREDICTIONS
Ptaitetary Prolessor Foretells Et tuts
and Quickly Meads the Uvea
of People, 'Though Thou-
sands ul Miles
Away.
Sends Lefler* to the Rich and Poor
Alike, In Which 11e Advises
Them About Business,
Marriage, Speculation,
Lute Affairs, Wealth,
Etc.
Offers Frge iteadings to All Who %Wile
and Send Date o1
Birth.
In his office in New York City, sur-
rounded by charts and dials of strange de -
e_ aign, Prof. Albort H. Postel studies daily
ever she lives of mea and women who have
11 written him for advice on affairs of buil-
,( nem love. speculation, travel, marriage,
I. health and the important events of life.
The following letter gives an idea of Mr.
11 Yostel's ability :
s
g
n
tirsi time from 1110 w•ind4w•, whore he is
di..enntcnl•'dly peering up and 410W11 the
*heels of 0 journal through his spec-
laole.s, 'there geodes 10 be 1114 mean pos-
sible Lehveen senseless rashness and
llepoelerous Self-indulgence.,'
Mr, Wilson likes his eldest daughter.
It is uneasy and upset, and rather
ngry at her indi,p utdilion. and Ilii. is
w•ny of shoving his paternal tender-
e..c.
"h► bed !"
The human aniulO1 is the most ndnp.
ire of created beings : but even it re-
nires conte little limo In adjust itself to
entering new cnndifien•, of existence.
"Anielin." continues elr. Wilson, fan-
ning the flame of hi: ire with the bellow,
1 his (1111 rhetoric, "is lite one among
on whom I credit with the px)ss1sskin
I n Load upnn tier shoulders. end now
ere she is wantonly laying herself up :"
"You talk as if she did i1 on purpose,
fattier;" says (:milia with an indiimnnt
inugh--"ns if she cnjnyed'it. i du not
think that any ono, even Svbilla"- with
n r.senl(111 side glance at the Sobs--
"could enjoy having her teeth chattering
ills veld, her head as heavy ns pend. and
her knots knocking together ,nt.lor her."
"(Kxxl heavens !" cries Jim, his be-
wildered surprise swellewed up in genii -
Inc nlnr m ; "you do not moan to say
that she is es bed ns Ihn1 ?"
Sybilla laughs, and even in the mk131
of his real oneiety, Burgoyne has time
fo' The' reflection that the \\ il,on family
Seetn Iltis morning to have se t101111e le
emit 10 show fu hew many different
sty lee it I. possible k) be merry '5i11441111
the heist tinge of gelitthu• Multi in rang.
"My dear 1111). have not )444 Muesli Cis
ling en eugli not to take het 011 pied dt
I t letire? 1)4) not you know 111 old what
1 nmegitificen1 colorist she is ?—a perfect
'1'intort•I ! Of course Anp'pn is not quite
the thing. peer deer- she 1.0' no one but
tureen to bleme for that bol rqunlly
of (Wore, to 18 cv)tos.al1)• 141al110 perswt
,11111 OS .glte. any F11le ailti eat opp'ear5 c
nnwnlaitl,,.
This speech to tittered w iih the amen:
of such oniire ionlich(1u incl 11 ought lo
entry row:minnce lido the tlearhof the
person In wl►.•in 11 is nd.Itt' e.1. 5yhilln
really and honeelly diskette es in Ile
entity t.1 any el;unse but her Own to
sn.cet•e sieknec4, Out Jim nnreiteonabIy
wither is n•'r feigns to he leasaurtsl.
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Nr$. Mlll•r's New Residence, Earned 1n I o�
Less Than One Year. I e
Several year, ago Mrs. Miller learned I I,
of a mild and simple preparation that'
cured hereelt and several friends of fe•
m■lt' weskne•• and pili+. tihc was be•
alerted by an many wnmwi needing treat -
went that site decided to furnish it to
those who might call for it. the started
with only a trw dollars capital, end the
remedy. p's•.•rising tau and wonderful
merit. producing mane cures when ,f..e-
tors and other remedies fallyd, the de.
mend grew no rapidly she was se.cral
times compelled to seek 'erect. qu.rters.
She now rwciip1es one of the city : largest
ofacc buildiegs, which she awn•. and at.
most opo hundred clerk. and .;eoeitr.iph•
rets are required to a••ist 111 tin. great
business
MlI11 n Wooten Use It.
)fort than a million women have used
M1,. Miller a remedy. and no matter
where you live, ,he can refer yen to Indtea
in your own Ineullty who ran and w111
tell any elf Thsf this marrelnus
remedy rea,ly cures women. De.pete the
fact that llru. Miller•+ husinrn, 1. cert'
exten.lve, she i• alarty, willing to tic. aid
and airier 10 every .offering woulnu nod
hes ,1e•cidcd to Rive away to women who
'ince sever lived her medicine t10,c00.00
worth absolutely )'REM:.
f;cery woman guttering with pains In
the head. hack and bowels. heannt.down
feeling". IleTT041•11eaa, creeping cons/Morel
up tse seine, melancholy. desire to try
hot :lashes, wesrinr..., or ears fines anj
can e. •h.,nld sit nthl down and send her
tinny' and addre.e to Mrs. lora H. Miller,
n•,x 5716, liok.,mo, ind- and receive by
mail duet .4 chane in pistil wrappers a
50.eent hoc of her marvclnets medicine ;
ale° her vnlua►'e b•w,k, which every Wo-
man .hoill,t
tl,mctnhor this offer w111 not Last long.
for then+end• and eheeu•and• of women
who are "offering will take 1111)1440' .,1
the• teraron• mean, of Letting cured rte
It T„11 are ailing, d • nor -neer nie•ther
07. but at M yndr smelt and addrewi to
Mr. Miller for the hrrvk and medleine he
for the 1)0.1e.110 earth is all roue
•
MISS EFFA M. TRYON.
Prot. Postel :
Dear Sir -You are certainly the moat'
wonderful astrologer living. flyers One of
your predictions came ••rue. I consider
that you nman az:
fol death niot but opreventedlysaved thee losefrom of bun•
dreds of dollars. I trust that many people
will profit by your advice. Sincerely.
MISS 13FFA M. TRYON.
The accuracy of recent predictions made
by this eminent Astrologer bee caused
many of his friends to believe that he
poseeisee a supernatural peter, but he
modestly asserts that his predictions are
due alone to a scientific understanding of
the natural laws. The many thankful let-
ters Prof. Poste! has received from people
who have benefited by his advice furnish
ample proof that he is sincere,in his work
and has a kindly feeling toward human-
ity.
Readers of this pager can obtain a read-
ing free of charge by addressing a letter
to Prof. Postel, Dept. 319. No. 126 West 34th
8t., New York. Simply say you wish a
reading of your 11te, stating your birth
date, sex, and whether marrow' or single.
It you wish to do so you may inclose 10
cent& (silver or stamps) to pay postage and
elerical work ; however, the reading will
be promptly sent, whether you Inclose the
10 Dents or not.
THE BEST PROOF
of the 'sine of the Great -%Vied Policies
liev in the const totly incro..ing demand
for them.
'rhe fo7luwlr g llturei from the repart for
19ale speak for theentotvc, :
Policies placed
in '06, 86,-1:g,880.00
(In this revert the
(treat • We+t stood
SMCONU in Cann ta.)
Int''eas of busi-
ness in force
for '06, 3,709,378.00
(In %hie reaper% illi
(Or.st•We.t w.ts
FIRST in Canada.)
SURPLUS TO
POLICYHOLDERS, 722,141.89
(An Im•reaae over.t<I',
In exoru of the pre•
•iotia year.)
The title of interw+t es.ne4 nn !rivet/meat, wig
over 7:; and tits .tots show a herein of more
th,n Y4', over Liahintls+, the+ excelling all ,they
Companies in the vital matter of Security to
Pelicyhsldera.
Rater on request.
THE GREAT -WEST LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Head Otnce, • Winnipeg,
mum-nr+ Mt. John, flintily( \lontretl,Toronto
('411-iry, Vanconreraa•1 eirarol Perks, N.D.
Mk for a ar.at•weet deleeder. Free ea newel
• "You have had advice for her' lou
have sent for Dr. Coldstream a” he asks
Tepidly' of the Iwo sou'id members of Ifle
family, turning his back uneere11loat(1ua-
ly upon 1110 iltvnlid.
"I was piing le send for him el emcee'
answers Cecilia. her own latent nilsicly
quickened by the evident alarm of her
nterloeul.,r, "but Sybille said • it wile
fleetness. (1.s in any case tie twits C01ntIIF
11, See het' Ild.• afternoon."
"1 think he w'i41104 fo change 111y Medi-
cine;' puts in Sybillo ill n piano voice.
that shows an evident desire lo assert
Ler threatened position sition of prime and
only'genuin0 11141111(1, n sort of "bewurt
41: imitations" lone: "lie 1s n01 quite
salistted with the effect of The lust,
,Luk ; it bas nut brought up the pulse
mid quickened the appelite in the way he
heaped. 1 thought Ilia, he might run Lie
and look et Amelia nt the end of his visit
l ► ale."
"And Is it pxtcsible," inquires lint, with
tome heat, "that you are gi.ing le let hull
r, day go by will) lit doing nu) thing fol
her 1 1 suppose you hale 1101 eAllgger•
01,11, have you?' turning tv Oh an enrnes,
appeal in his eyes to t vitro ; "11111 in nn)
04110 f nal very sure That nothing short
being really and gra'-s% ill we11111 have
kept Iter 111 1041---s0..• wit,. is always wait•
ing 11011.1 111141 1.421 111'-x11 ns :111, whUul
:11: 11110W 14) spinel r 1:10 to 1111\4
1.4041 and drawn, 1%411,r for us."
"send for 1)1, C.eldsh•e ant al once
,:l4 Mr, %Pilsen irritably ; ":a1 once.
tell you ; he is sx, \rry eeIleln out of 1111
linnet that 1 IiaC,' often Itwnidit of Rug
ge.ling to him to tato, it room here; nn(i
now, on the wily (K(aeinn •an which hi
is
Mull) needed. he i• sod 111 head."
"If ).m will Wille the note.' 'nye Jin,
sheds i•eliev'.l at having al lust 311.
4..1deet in 1' o:..leg ',melees relation, 1•
primp, ae'heri. tine 1e •'ling a 1.•'erish .1,
sire tb be'Aoing solsieihing. "1 'titin Into
It ;t unee tt wilt be 111e quickest way .
e 1 11144)' catch hi111 buf•,ra ho gots out and
bring tum bark with ate."
"1)0 you realty Think it is necessary z'"
asks S)btlla, as J1111 hushes 14'11114 to her
e ritutg-tubte, anti stands ner'ouJy fid-
geting beside her aa She %%rile:. ; "do yen
think ,f it is only a common cold. us 1
suspect. that 11 is quite fair to eerie -
II')
Men who is SO run Off Ins legs larval -1Y Wt11 probably laugh ill your face;
still. 1f you ore se set upon it, it is per-
haps more satisfactory."
"You need nut go into details --just a
line—ittake has:e !" cries Jin, Languid;
tiresomely over Cecilia, ra!11or imparting
her 1111114 1lh• reverse b) his 11111enlien(0
and leaving entirely uunetice43 4yloItt.,
01/serration. which indeed has been ut-
tered more to pre.er44' ht'r u%%tt 5e1(-
respeYt than with much hope That in the
present wrong-hcaued slate of luded of
her family any nh'nlbera will pay mucic
heed to it.
In five minutes more, Jun. Willi Cecil
4a's torte in his pocket, is Leine' borne
rapidly in it there Ruvugh the sweet gtt)•
.streets. But. drive as rapidly as hr may,
11' is not quick enough In intercevi tate
popular English dewier, a btu, allhe,uglt.
❑s his berviint tantalizingly informs Jnu,
14 is alnlosl always at huine 111 Thin
11:111, has. on this occasion, been sent
Inc to an urgent case of sudden illness
nut of Florence, at the tillage of Pere -
loin. Jim has to content himself with the
assurnnee that iuunediulely nn his re-
turn the note will be given him ; and
with this unsatisfactory intelligence Mr.
Burgoyne reappears at the Anglo-Anlcri-
r•ain. Ile finds the three persons whunr
ht• had left n-uch as ho had quitted them
--uneasy, cross, and unemployed.
'it is the fault of that odious expedi:
lion yester<lay," says Cecilia, harking
back to her 01d cry. "1\'hy we set out at
are 1 can't imagine; on such a day, i1
was madness, and—"
"it is not touch use thinking of that
nowee interrupts Burgoyne impatiently.
and wincing at these philippic; against
his poor br'ide's miserable treat as if they
had been directed against herself.
"Well, it is an ill -wind that blows no-
body good," pursues the young ladle. "1
suppose that two of. tis enjoyed it enough
le nuke up for the wretchedness of the
other four,"
Nei large prominent eyes are fixed
upon Jim as she speaks with a sort of
knowingness overlying their former
lugubrious expression.
"I)o you mean Mi. Byng end Miss i.e
Merchant ?" inquires he, pronouncing
Loth names with a labored distinctness.
while his voice sounds to himself loud
and wooden. "You are perftrtly right in
your conjecture ; ne doubt they enjoyed
themselves. Ilyng wished me to tell you
that they are engaged to be inarrhd."
If the essence of a good piece of news
is to surprise, Jim can certainly not
Haller himself tont his conies wider that
Rend.
"It (1143 not require a conJutrr fo pr•o-
phoey dint,' is Cecilia's comment. "I
never saw two people who Iroubleit
themselves less to disguise their feel-
ings. 1 saw that They neither of them
knew whether they were 011 their heads
o' 011 their heels, when they emerged
dripping from that burred pine wood.
Hear we !"--w•nh a goinesixeet sigh—
"how smoothly filings run for 5on10
people ! how easily Stant. of these affairs
c„tee off, without a hitch anywhere iron►
Leginn,ng to end !”
She pauses, and it is plain lu those ac-
quainted with her heart• hider)' that her
Thoughts tyre coursing mournfully hack
to the all -along reluclnnl and ultimately
elite ely faithless clergyni;tn who bud
last iwsstssed her )(lung affections.
"Without n hitch (Went beginning to
end'f" crier( Jint hotly, jarred more 1111111
11! would like to min to himself by this
phrase. "(low cull you lxssibly tell''
I'lteM
ere early days to assert Mut So
dogmatically.
" There s ninny n slip
e1'wixt the cup end the lip.'"
"Do you mean Io say IIw1 you Think it
will not conte off Y" asks Cecilia, a slight-
ly plensmrrible light eumin},r inlet her eyes
as she ask.- not that site has any ilt•'.ill
Inwards Elizabeth. i nr any distinct de-
sign of her awn upon 11)11g : 11111 (here
i, something not nL•uhitc'ly disagreeable
I , her in the idem of his being Still aiming
Un
rinks of the possible.
"1 nm sure he would make n delight -
fie, hesitant'," puns in Byline, her Praise
given emphneis by her desire to employ
it as n weapen of offence ageinsl one
who i• at pres,ent more deeply than
weed in her black 11 wdis ; "he iia, such
gentle, feminine ways ; he tenure 0ra00 a
11.0441 5e, quietly, and when It, ark' nue
Iwo'11e is really Helene for lite answer."
"Perhaps you are right and it will fall
through," says Cecilia Ihoughlfully ;
"many engagements do !" ;sighing
again), "She k Si sweet. ;wetly creature,
and looks as if butter would net melt in
her !needle hut she is evidently older
than he." -
"Jim will net allow That to be an nb-
ee-b ," et u•. Syt.iltit with a fain Iat►gh,
"will yeti, Jun': flow much older than
yot.ls aniciia .' i etwaye forgt'l."
"1 never can help thinking that she has
ii history," resuno : (:ecilin, in n tn.•.filn-
love vnire, "and that Mr. Greenock
know, il. If ever her mime is men-
Ik.ned he always begins to look wise. a4
i( there were something that he ons
hinging to tell one about tier ; it is con-
tinually on the lip of lits tongue—sonde
lay it will fumble over the lip."
"I do not think Ihnt there Ls any Ike
'11 Jay slaying all This while !" cries Jen.
dumping up. "1►r. Coldstream cannot lee
here al sosatie.t far another hour ; and
I do net Think that we are. any 4)1 u.;,
try peel cumpony for each other to -1
day. so 1 will look in again later."
(To be continued).
-J -- 44' -- .
\ einem who fennels of having a
;110111 of her own is apt to be very'ready
to give a piece of it to her hUsbnnd,
11 (arty In bed and early to rise
teem 1 111111e a men healthy, wealthy
eel wive. his wife thinks it Is because he
-8 too hones'.
Professor of ,t,lronnnly ilo his cook) :
1: you continue to behave so well, Lucy.
1.•rlinps 1 may nerve a nest ly discovered
.,loncl niter you." •
She : "\\ etdd you really elle for ale?"
!•' : "No, deer. 1 would not." She :
'There. . I though you wouldn't, and yet
;ant leek of kwc—.--•" Ile : "Mt deer, my
love is of the undying sort."
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%er on a field of barley. I sow the bar -
flow the Little One Is Carried by the icy and clover with the drill the first
Mother—I'tiiili'e bays in Alaska. week in May, the drill working the seed
lit well. ! expect to 'try the sante thing
again this season. The qunntily of seed
1: sow per acre wilt be harder`10 de-
cade Ibis year. possibly, than in years
when it is not so high priced, but 1 be-
Ilecc it pays best to sow thickly. when
the price is high, ns a little extra see¢
wit give a few hundred pounds more
of hay per acre.
I believe there is enough seed 111 six
pounds 10 make a good sod if all of them
grow, but as the seed and young plant•;
are so small and Mere are so many tic-
cidents liable to happen, 1 deem it best
le sow eight to len pounds. i prefer
the nne<tlum red clover end always try
to gel good seed, and• with the best
possible conditions.
The arrival in the world of the youth-
ful Esquimau is not greeted by the ortho-
dox cradle and swaddling clothes.
Practically till he can shift fur himself
he lives absolutely naked inside his
mother's sscal4kin blouse, skin to slain
keeping hire warn, says the American
Missionary.
This arrangement allows the mother to
gn about her work almost immediately,
and she can also travel and hunt without
a perarnpulatur• and without having to
leave any one at home to "mind" the
baby. The mother's dress is filmiest ex-
actly like the father's, except that it has
a long sort of tail reaching nearly to
the ground, embryo, no doubt, of tie
11o,dent "train."
Spared the miseries of soap and water.
and early wearied to the readily swal-
lowed die: of blubber and raw seal meat,
the infant ea ' 11 dere! 11 L l
pu y eve ops to mta u -
able layer of subcutaneous fat, which,
while it enhances site "jolly" appearance
of the tads and the shapeliness of the
maidens, assists materially in economy
in clothing.
Thus as their frigid clime, once in their
skin lent, the whole family will (hetet
themselves pf every stitch of clothing
une►nbat•resstl by the fact that sin many'
families share the lent with them
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111'GE Sl'1iS SP1:\T ON HUNTING.:,
Cost of Sport in England More 'Lan
Twice 'that of rifts bears Aim,
Tho vox 101111111g season of 1906-07, now
drawing to n close, will be memorable
as far as England and 'Wales are con-
cerned for its open weather, large fields
and, speaking generally, first-class sport.
• On the whole, foe: have been fairly
plentifuM and them is hardly a hunt
• which cannot tell of several very Ana
Sociability is early developed when one
next door neighbor on each side is eels
separated by an imaginary line hetweel
the deerskin you sleep on and the on
'Ise uses, The winter deerskin serves a
he'd and bedding al night and ns parks
furniture dur111g the day. (:onlnunit)' 0
goods is almost imperative under this
arriingenlent. Thu.' when one kills n
seal all are fed ; and likewise, wheu he
dt:e.sn'l, all go hungry together.
SOWING CI.O\'Eil SEED IN MARCI1.
There Is alw'lys much discusaiol
among farmers in every neighborhood
with regard to the lisle of sowing clov-
e' beset. This will probably Le discussed
more fully this year than usual, on ac•
remit of the high price of the s4e1.
There is always mach diversity of opin-
ion and there are so many farrnet•s,
loth young 0114 old, who believe too
much in Ike signs of the molt', and who
will not sow their clover seed except
\Chen the stgu of the crab is in Ilio
mann, which, This yenr, is lobe seen
Ili Inst few days in March, writes elr,
6 11. I'ay ne.
In 1113' opn►ion anti experience it
amounts to tris. 1f There is a that)' the
seed sticks to the rend and (here is 110
toll gets over it and lite Seer( s'1011 dl'ios
up. The time to sow clover 50041 is :n
Marr'. when the ground is clear of
snow, as Wo usually saw on Wheat
ground. 11 1 can get a morning when
the ground Is frozen just enough to le
well cracked and foneyconibed, the seed
will drop into these llllle fissures be -
10W the surface.
1 choose to sow early in the morning
before any thew ing occurs, so the seed
will bounce and drop into the (lecke,
which it will not do 411101' 111awing be'•
gins. If the 5o•'d 1s down below tin'
surface ii will be nicely covered by the
tette the ground Ibnws (1111. bei if it falls
(.n n muddy surface, it ,Qlicks juel where
i! falls and no ani"mel of subsequent
freezing and (hewing would ever cover
i1.
Early sawn clover Sent that is well
wnrhed down Into the soil nml sleeve,!
deeply by freezing and thawing, will
not sprout end conte up 04 mein :1.; that
elate) Is lying oil er neer the surface.
The nest few warm days will suffice to
brim; up the shallow steel, while the
deep seed will ret roue. lip until the
weather is warn{ 10 stay. •Ilio late sown
seed) buil is on the surface' will wane.
time.. get killed by a tale bust and 1110
early sown `.-.et [fill coins up late
enough 10 mals., th,' weld snap.
s tens, but local prejudice ugninst hunting
has resulted in loss of hounds and foxes
I le several counties by poisoning.
e From ll rare-; obtained (rent one ne11
of 1e
s best authorities on fox hunting, it 18
r possible to realize the enormous stuns of
f 'money involved in hunting foxes. 'Fhb'
expert asserted that during the last fifty
years the cost of hunting hies more than
doubled. \\'hereas, hal( at century ago
the expense for n three -dews a week hunt
was about $6,000 it now 1('(IWres 513,000
ar year and possibly something (rt,1)1 the
master's own pocket to ntnke the ac-
counts balance.
There are about 170 packs of fox-
hounds,. consisting of about 6,000
couples, in England and \\ales, and EIS
the average number of days the hound.;
are out is about Three per week. the rest
o! the pecks alone is at least 42,5II),t60)
q year, This, taking no account of Ire-
land's twenty:six pack.. \vilil about 1,100
couples, and Scollaticie eleven packs of
390 couples.
The value of the hunters employed is
en enormous figure. I'rohnbly 200,0fel
aro wed In English and Welsh hunt.i
alone, and al low average value of e:10l)
each they ere In the oggrcgat' worth not
less than $00,000010. Al a very modest
estimate they cosi the owners nearly
810,000,00(, to keep.
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One of the easiest tiding.
10, get out of is 11 jeh•
111 The• w'i'ld
Lnls of people pray for the duos, Snit
don't get any further.
'the coat may not inner the roan, bol
law' stills make king's Counsel.
She leentunentnllct : "blow like life
:is•, the wave, of the sen T' 11e : "Yes.
They o,nre• In 1114. elves! in great style,
and ge away ',pike."
"There. vinic." exclaimed n• 11111 • gird
the 411tr•r day. rummaging in 11 shower.
"une1e has gone to heaven %%invite 111v
spcct11r1"s,
'Density : "1 ntn .sorry to leather pile
father; but really fd like to know- -
1k441: "%Ceti, what ?" Tommy : "110w
it hnpie•Iu•. Mut baby fish don't i;et
4110e lied before they've tem nl It► SVint C'
\ber,tr.'rt has, on an at.rnge, Se,
strews` Jays in the year. .%t Lisbon the%
8'er;igo of snow is ono day 114 the year
only,
Grippe or influenza, whichever you like
to call it, is one of the most weakening
diseases known.
Scott'.; Etnul iron, which is Cod
Liver Oil and Hypophosphites ih easily di-
gested form, is the greatest strength -builder
known to medical science.
It is so easily digested that it sinks into
the system, making r•ew blood and new fat,
and strengthening nerves and muscles.
Use Scott'., Emul•slon *lite!
Influenza.
invaluable for Coughs and Colds.
ALL DRUOOISTSI 50o. AND 51.00,
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