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IA MAN'S REVENGE;
OR, THE CONVICT'S DAUGHTER.
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tiIAi'l't:It I\'. --{Continued).
"Carne, sir," repeated the servnnt, (ek-
ing his urnr.
"Yes, yes; 1 cord'_', Simmons. \Vhat a
deuced hurry you're en. Don't you :ice
n.y nephew, curse you? Ile's .staying in
Be" village. Well, Duncan, good-bye,
rie boy, 1 delft esk you to eller. my
snlinide for 1 sought it with ihe desire
or hugging it to my bre"a.st. But all the
same, if can'etirnex you'll look eta up I'll
bo glad lc sea you. You rentiad me of
whnt i once wee before darkness de-
scended on me. (''i d -bye. my Loy. May
you find your art worthy of all yuur de-
votion."
Duncan «rung the thin hand with an
uneasy feeling of tenderness, for he had
a tender corner in his heart for this
strangely afllict(d uncle of hit,. The rt-
n;embrun_'e of kindnesses received in
ctiit'lhood days, c.f the handsome laugh-
ing face, had not faded away entirely.
Ile turned to the village, pondering
deeply on the strange illness the( bad
made the lively. dnehing youth u mind-
less man. 1t was fifteen years ago that
the malady held attacked Ralph Freer,
end all one know of it was that he had
been found In an uncorur'Ctous condition
in the lowest, quarter of Nunchester.
How he had got there no one knew. He
himself, on recovery could not tell, for
on abatement of the fewer that held hien
In its Ihr ce for litany days his mind had
p.ne completely. Ile was a helpless
babe, babbling and childless encu More.
Duncan remembered all that plainly.
ter he was then a Joy of twelve, and tho
Injured roan had been nursed at his
home. He ,,.ailed the ominous whis-
pers he had heard, of the strange coin-
cidence of his uncle's illness, dating
from the fiat appearance in public of the
women he hail loved, as the affianced
bride of Loot Cruse at. the: Nunchester
Hunt 13u11, and the mysterious disap-
pearance) cf that woman's only child, n
little girl .►f three! Long after the As-
sembly Ik')rne had closed on that fate-
ful night Ralph Freer was found insen-
sihle and robbed. At the sante time
the search for the missing chill had be-
gun, but the cloud had never risen front
hint. Despite overy effort for recovery
they lost child had net been found. The
queries as to her disappearance re-
mained unanswered. Had Ralph known
anything shout it 1 None could tell.
Had he himeelf spiriael her away from
n read sense of revenge.' No.one knew.
\1 lint seemed inoet probable to all was,
that Ito had pursued (he kidnapper and
meet his fate in trying to rescue_ the
chill.
At all eve'n's his life was ruined. Mrs
n,e story had Mel; ho had ((.rgolten
everything (tint had happened since..his
Ind vision of the woman he adored. At
times ho was almost mad and had to be
put under restraint. Everything that
ceutd be done for hint was dune. Ile
spent year., abroad to return hull dneed
and broken slpiril.y1. The very mention
e•f the woman he had loved called Unger
to his eyes, and set hie nerve's on fire.
Duncan's face darkened as he thought,
Itien softened again, for he knew Lady
(:r Lte, noel had for her the devotion of
a young man fe•r a noble -hearted WO.
Mall. Resides, had she not suffered
atr'oe'ie1usly herself. V1'ith n little slower
he recalled) the terrible meeting she had
hail with the e•e.rivalescent ran, when
she had Implored ••-m to remember, to
• tell whet he knew. Ile had seen her
kreeling belief! his uncle. her bcautifel
eyes streaming. The kx►k of despair
with which she had passer' htni on her
way 'ail after the fruitless interview
was m1S vivid now in his memory as
though he had seen it yesterday. 11 in
lee.. marringge to Lord Crus.', w•hi•'h h . k
place ,';nie month% later. she bad found
Vie hag.l•ineies of true love, it was rano
true that she had taken an inconsolable
trouble. Len now the 'search for the
mr. e•ing child continued. lifesei year;
later. when Iwpr heel faded in every
Invest but hers,
"Sem.. day 1 shall find her !" she had
said VW.' 140 hint, with lite beautiful
smile that thrilled en that km w her.
Ile sighed deeply. Ile felt surer that
she ons but the inn'oc'ent caller of his
uncle's teinditie►n. She was so good. so
boon gable.
"No. she was eertninty not le blame
ton' poor 1'ncte Ralph's illnee. 1 e'atttint
believe she wee a flirt." he soliloquised
as Sea View Cottage seemed IO spring up
close to him. "and it 1 could help to
chase the sorrow from her face. how
gladly vvc.nld 1 do it But nn doubt tho
child is dead. NO can never lie found
again."
Ile pushed open the little gide..The
lighted temp on the tall+' within his
HIInl )W sent n soft glow out into the
scentjed garden. His landlady app►eare',1
at the open door.
"Well. sir. your luggage line e 4 me
!Vet." she exclaimed, repr,a''hfully. "1
thought you were k..l. It's nearly Iwo
figure easel you went away."
"Oh, I'm exceeding!) rorry. Mies
Green." replied the y.mng nine V1.1111 hi+
sin•omn. atnite. "Hut it is so beautiful
here; 1 event for a 11111.• stroll ilei quite
fe rge,t what lime it wipe"
"Luckily 1 never made the tea, nor
onnk.'.l the Polo. eke they would have
been sheer waste. Rat we've rind our
ist.rpriee le e,, sir,•.
"So 1 -ce I y year ghee tag eye's, \r4.4
()teen. c nlelhing nice. 1 up,}pi•o4e.
declare, esei were handsome t.t'�nre, tout
ft's made y•u quite eerlminplente."
"(ih, nee, \Ir. Sinelcur, an' me lurnin'
fatly." simper ed the woman. blushing
with pleasure, "11 Is nice \le brot-her
(►n' Sunbeam's hither is home again."
"Oh. he Is, is her' a eelnim-d the
young man. "And what dues he say
about one. .\nt i to turn out ?"
"No. tur: of course net. 11e's real
Vitas& yo ii rc here. Tomorrow he'll
*cu you, perhaps; tonight he's that taken
litovv th . unbeeatn, tie's no eyes for any -
•184.“
"Awl Sunbeam' le she (Mien up with
him?'
"Lor. yes. She love; her fattier like a
tree chip .,f the ofd Week."
"Heaven forfend!" silently ejaculated
Duncan.
"They're quite pretty t..gether," con-
tinued the woman eagerly. "She's so
dainty, hire so hardened by lis travels;
quite n contrast, but as loving as 1wo
h.vei. And he's been n good father to
her. When aho was quite a wee 'un he
tailed leer Sunbeam, 'cos it gladdened
his widowed heart to look Ott her bright
Incv, and the name has stuck to tier
since."
"What is her real name?" queried Dun-
can with i►luckl curiosity.
"Just Sunbeam. It wile that fr'e.nt the
first. Folks say that's eo Christian
name, but I say it is. \\ hy, it rejoi:es
me to say il, for StIllbeam she is and
Sunberlm she'll be to the end o' the
chapter. Rill would black the eyes o'
any who brought a cloud to her face.
Rut I'm worrying you with my talk. I'll
fetch youi tea in."
Duncan-glaticed round the cosy little
IN.Om with a senna.
"Well," ho reflected. "I may have
come to a dull place, hut I've had plenty
.f events crowded into my life since my
arrival. Sunbeam --Sunbeam's father—
n►y Uncle Ralph. I wonder how many
more surprises I'm to get, and if any of
there will lead to adventure of any
kind!"
(11AI-qt.:it V.
"What are you goin' to do with your-
self now, Bill?" asked his sister a few
di;.s later as ho sat silent in the little
kitchen. The man took his pipe from
his mouth and grinned cunningly.
`That's just VOL 1 was deliherntiu' on,
Hefty. a'ou know yoLrself that I never
'nve vv -tiled by the sweat of my brow,
nor never ehall. i ain't such n grc'n-
tiorn -yet. I ova' just thinkin' over one
or two jobs when you spoke. Like') as
not 1 shrill only be a few days 'e re.
Villages elft the best place kr ray
sort. 'Towns are more 'orspitnhlo."
!telly put down the saucepan she had
been cleaning and canto close up to
hire. Her n.und eyes held a world of
inquiry. her full cheeks had paled.
"1'e•u don't mean to say that you're
oil again. Remember your hruid Iuis
lost its cunning, Bill. For ley sake don't
1-e rash. Remember me and her."
"Jest becos l do remember you 1 must
melee plans. You can't Slarve. An'
h petit work don't pay. What oould 1
d•) if I did. Who'd 'ave me, eh?" sneer-
ed Bill, plunging his hands int, his
peekets and sucking his pipe.
She. sighed. Ready tears *sprang to
her ryes.
"Yeu'vt3 groweed soft, itel; soft and
tlal►by. Why do you want to starve?"
"My seeing: will last many year.s,"
she murmured, bending over the fire.
Ile chuckled, amused.
"Your wings were mine! You don't
mind that money, then?"
"Of risked even hie neck for her.,
l►f tours•) not," she exclaimed, in- The girl a eyes widened, her lips grew
el!gsnnnlly. "I'm with' you, els before dry. A pang of fear shot through her
1e,, it isn't that. It's beertueo scar lucks I:curl, What could it he:' She g;lanc.yi
Beene, and also because of- Sunbeam.
h,• lak.s Ihnt to heart. She'sns good ,ii tmer aunt. tme women satas though
a•; gold. you see " - turned lo stone, a mortal dr•e nd in her
"Oh, that's it, is it'' 1'd like lo know `unbeam waes. The s plucky.
waso reassuring, IAA
where she'd be if 1 felt as good res geld "What is It. father?" she asked, sntil-
meself. As for my luck, that:• Pet ! tmg sweetly at him. "To hear your
IC11 comae brick. if it doesn't, and ',he
gets on y.ur mine!, you know wot to v`'r'''• and lice Aunt Iletty:; lace,
.k.. For goodness' sake don't turn into might imagine something terrible. But
1 ere pure it cannot b•' Ihal."
0 crying female. &wheam ought to "Of course eel,'' he !dolled gruffly,
know better than to talk tike tint." turnings hie ey^s away. "Yotl'ce been
"Yet she loves you, Hill. Ilei heart , well ciliated an' 1 vv nut you lo help oto
is true In you. itut she prey., that your le, do one or two job,. ills way. You're
ways may chengte. it's rent iminsile k► In git into the pieces ns governess or
hear her sometimes, her that owes all ar,ylhings you like, visitor if you can,
to. your ways.'.
•',, er 'car. lie's se on one or touter. THIS IS SAID
Ar' when she'd the wife, he'll leek,* her
u `ei bete'
"Bu you TO IIEL? MANY.
"But can't. If y`� d u e that. Bill,
1 ►1 stop it. 1 love• the girl. I won't be a
p erty to this. 1'11 g.' to Iles.. that- "
Ile had risen and se zeoI her hunchGet from any prescription pharmc•
r•
ughly.
crs1 Ih.• foll.,weum
"No you won't. 1 hnow how to slop FluidF:t►tract Dandelion, one ha!f
y. ur tongue, my girl. D'y. thine: only
ounce; Compound Ksrgon, one ounce;
t�
%...• made c,'deUcate► the girl like that
r i,nig,ouni Syrup Ssrseparilla, three
nt'' work ter 'rr all tlie,e yearel What 'ounces
a soft fool you must think me. V. hereShake well in a bottle end take a
,, :h+'? Let's 'ave it out now."
dose after each meal and
(:owed and subdued, she crept from at bedt:,nr.
the room and climbed the narrow stairs. The above is considered by an emin-
etee opened the girl's bedroom door, • nt autliol ty, who writes in a New
gently. • .i l; daily paper, as the (Meet prescrip-
Summt eam, silting by the erten winde.w•, Ism ever w•ritic•n to relieve Backactle,
turned a pale little face to greet, her. •K deep Trouble, Weak Bladder and all
"\\'hv, Auntie, dear, v. -ere you catling i forms m;is of Uriiiery d.11iculltes. This tele-
ine':" aho askitl, rising and puiti,►g; IILi tine acts promptly on the eliminative
aro' lovingly isumil 1lelty;s shoulder. 1:ssue, of the Kidneys, enabling them
"No, my duck. But 1 want you all the to Iltler and blruin the uric acid and
same. Your father wants pot., Sun- outer waste matter from the blood
beam. And, mw darling, don't mind too which causes nhrurnatism.
tench what he says. Take thing; calm. Some persons olio suffer with the
He's in a temper, an' will say thing.; ho eMictions may net feel inclined to place
doesn't mean. Be patient with him, n uch confidence in this simple mixture,
Sunbeam, and remember that 1 lave yet those wito have tried it say the re -
you." sults are simply surprising, the relief
Tho beautiful hazel eyes had widened Leing effected without the slightest in -
el alarm. A slight hush covered the jury to the stomach or other organs..
Rill's ince. Mix some and give it a trial. It cer-
"\\'hy, is ho Cngry wild' ale, Aunt leinly comes highly recommended, It
Ilc'.lty Y'' is 'ha prescription of an eminent au -
"Oh. not with you n1.re'n with any thoriiy, whose entire reputation, it is
one. But he's in a different mood. 13ear said, was eetaJ'li,hed by it.
with trim, my duras, A di uggist h. rat home when asked
Sunbeam sighed. Even as her aunt ,Mated that 1.:r could either supply the
had entered the mom she had been ingredients er' mix the prescription for
struggling with her feelings of disag►- our readers, ulso recommends it as
proved of this than who was her father. harm:ess.
.\s Duncan had surmised, the. feelings .p
e►e reverend for him had received their
death blow the night bekra. Ilei heart BUSY LIFE OF STOLYPIN
was aching with anger for her diskoyal-
I y k, the man, and at the .snnie time she
fell herself envying the sninllest village
child whose father's hands were simply RUSSIA'S HARASSED PItEi111CR
roiled with honest labor.
"011, for a clean name!" she had SLEEPS ONLY FIVE HOURS.
sighed, wiping away her blinding tears.
'!'herefore contrition for her lack c,f
pride in a 1114111 who evidently was de He Works Continuously Cut Makes No
void of Annie, made her more willing
t•: bear with his I; mpe:', more anxious Headway Except With the
(c► rlt,one kr her shortcomings. At the Czar.
kiln men . oor sae kissed her aunt uguin,
whispering in her car:
"l'Il be !,.tient, don't worry!" Russians are beginning to realize that
The next moment she turned, sine. their Prime Minister, M. Stolypin, is
in;; to iter father. qt Milled to rank with the Kaiser and
"Ito you want me, dear?" she asked, President fionsevelt as a marvel of phys-
mneeting his angry eyes unflinchingly. iced energy, writes a St. Petersburg
"Yes," he growled, his expr.•,sion correspondent.
.softening nevertheless, for he 1 her Who questions that he carries a
as much as he could love any one. "1 heavier load than ei'her of them? it is
want to talk over one 01' Iwo matters. r,ctable that all three are of about the
For my stay in this 'ole won't be n long same age.
one. An' in a cardboard 'ouse like this Peter Arcadwitch Stolypin Is 67 and
'ti: RA well le. talk business When 110 011e Lae a sound constitution in a strong
else is in it." frame. The following details of his
Sunbeam nodded her head. There was dally life in the oMcial residence nt Ela -
something in his face and voice she had 11ine Palace at the mouth of the Neva
Yard seen nor heard before. Vshow what a man cano through un -
could he have to say? \Vas he meditat-
assisted' rises at 8 o'clock in the
irtg; solve fresh burg lacy? A shiver tett
through her. morning and after a glass of coffee be-
„ gins to receive the chiefs of the depart -
Sunbeam, you can't say i've bin a relents and provincial governors. This
tad father to you?" lasts tenni 1 o'clock, when he takes his
She started. Love sprang 1.) her [ace. luncheon, a meal which never occupies
She took his roughened hued.
"Yeu have been the best of fathers. more than
I thank 'you from the bottom of my A QUARTER OF AN HOUn.
heart," she whispered in a low voice,
pr'tessing her soft lips to the horny skin.
Ila glanced triumphantly at his sis-
ter. exclaiming in un exultant tone:
"Then as I've won such gratitood,
Sunbeam, you can't refuse to be a due -ti -
fu' daughter?'
"Of cowse not! have 1 ever been any-
thing but dutiful?"
"I'm goin' to let you be so, room, by
asking you to do a simple thing for
me. Mind yo;1, n ll' lug; no gmc.d girl
•
w'.uld refuse to d.► for a parent wot 'as
Her eyes slren1 with tears of mirth.rth. end
me. .
Hill's Ince softened intensely. But a goo exclamation drove the words
ir
"Yes. rhe; s cunnin'," ho muttered,
before
lips. Sunbeam was .elaulimg
chewing Hie before hire) with n horrr,r-stricken facee
g pipe steel to keep it from "Oh father, stop. Dona! Anything
felling. "aril beaulifuller thin t thought, hni Ihnl! t cement do ill 1).,n't be angry
'lel; plops too beautiful for what
want.'! v: rlti me, but 1 c mImmmot do this thing you
• ask,"
"Ecom what you want? 13111, w luel d')nr
menti? You ain'I geeing to corrupt 1haT "Von r.annol. But you must. I'm your
chill's mind, lin' child wok's been ales- fatter un' you rnusl �nbey, \Where's the
ver to us lxoth 1" aria? Ain't you been eoidicnt.•d e mi
He twisted round t.nensily in big money got that wny. Ain't you livin' ue
chair. All s fleening expressions i+lid it now. 1\'hat'r your alines Srlvin;ti but
frim his rev. Itis rnuuth seal in n hard, her share tint of my Win', eft?" he et -
cruel line. claimed hrutnlly, Itrougtl his eyes were
"limit, poet ain't goin' In—,"began the slit' averted from the quivering pleading
fnec.
W4.1iinn. I 111 he checked her with n "ine Aunt Getty! 1, it true'" oho fal-
fn vn, exclaiming angryly---- tereed turnings deepniring,►ly to •the other
sunt►eam s got to work for 'er old
father now; the fnih. r out risked ..► woman whe, was weeping sliced, with
HMO -
much for her. Resin' a g o .1 girl, .clie'll furtive glances : at ler brother:. Lu11••I-
oG-e�•. Whet was the gteod of nil the slmal'e.d head as she sot behind hire.
money spirit on her if :ehe cont ie
repay "My (lading. ye`! ►I'giv.' i '. 1
never 1 ild you, but yes I'it's tree."
us? Never you mint!, Reify, Sunbeam •7 rue that 911 your n:• ne'v Inn1 lough(
we'll suffer, ,end if she'll forget to slip Ili and feeds us. i• Wooten? Oh.
le pr;•per, fur me and work as 1 wen,
knelt in n very steal lime we .hull p,,, Auntie, when �o tm sew hiw distressed 1
re•Ilin' in money. Then we can eltmigrnte wins lo hear lu►w• my .•.lu. Ilion had I.e.'n
rind start n 'cols life. if you like. (live paid for. why did you kis)) thin from
p1er 11131 sni(lin, and "all the girl 'err. n:e?'
Well gel 11131 job cover stare that ye+entg; i ttce,n11-ee
i WAS nfr:'it s•.ti rave me,
lee/in-gave turtle fOi' 111 Hirai. Of lhi.'tie', ee 11 seemed se .Mad see against
Ines the girl will kirk at first. I ex- `►•eh ik.mng(.,,'' uetehc',1 Melly,
peel it. Hut she'll soon give i.l. `t+iltec'nnl sighed.
"It you mean her to . '.':el, a >I(''ll (lie "V` a child 1 never knew. lentil Ih.
first." replied his sr.fer. I;oir:;�g31oaard, v illimgers began to s• off 1 '-•a: kept in
tiro door. ignorance, (►h, father, what hnwe yoI,
"Volt Reit. I've another dodge. 11 the done'' 11 wntt!d have been teeter lo let
won't (el woe 1 want, shell marry (yen- tee die like nee' poor rno•lher,
tlemnn Dim----." hill (Green !prang 10 his feel. His
"\\'hat{" s. reeiinled Helly. "Sunbeam1'�alienc.', .' rint at any line(+. had fled'.
,marry that beast! God knows the evil 1'v en Jo( nw('rpr.werings love for Ih ' girl
he's done, why. Hill. you'd e, heart hod rtA control over his michnine.l sn•
c.nece; wlie'ir is it 1141W? 1 thought youFc r. Ile took her rough'y by ...e arra.
loved Sunbeam. You emit(' not bear her (I'o be cont r u• d).
.nor of your sight''
"\iy '.'all's might a rtot.gh, (inly it
n:n'1 wallowing in fat yet. 1 love Sun- "tint. 1'apilain Bract'. why .10 !i,<'y al-
1"mw. yes. and 1 meant to do my t'. 1 ways esti! a .hip 'she?"' "Lomd, tins,.
1 y her. R•rt there's one or two jobs I ' • n '.e nul(1►.'t aek that of you'd ever tried
'ave on ,he m1Ls1 'eip in. If not Gentl,'- as '.l'"rut
men Ilan. who has a tgtit 'old on me. ---
shall 'ave 'er. It's one eel the , !her. Ile \ erlll:t who bit a fnr.►i!v of iveyvr+►t
e• mei to -night 10 gaze ',n l i fres. see ' .•r eeeeh1: drug;'iter, hr.: pfaer.l In
c
ir etee,e' then. Bid ire o•i.' n: t'.,th e . .:•11 (,f1i t lm' 1•e►.:...a the 110110, "Lesi'n
Littler tits big deal which 1 share with lea Lay,
He devotes the entire afternoon to re-
ceiving members of the Council of the
Empire, going over reports from the
Minister of the Interior until 7 o'clock,
when he dines, allowing himself only
forty minutes. Than he lakes his daily
co rmslitulional walk of half an hour in
the private grounds of the Eluguine Pal-
ace, hut before 9 at night he is at his
writing desk in hos private cabinet ex-
amining reports and revising docu-
11 4 11 ts.
Ho never employs a secretory, and
draws all resolutions and rnemornndas
itt his own writing. Ills penmanship is
very mitt and i n'her illegible. ile re -
mins at his de.•k until 3 or 4 o'clock in
the morning. Ile never gives himself
more than live hours sleep.
And yet, except with hes imperial nies-
1e,. it cannot he said that M. Stolypin is
improving h!s position. The electoral
campaign for the third mens 11113 al-
ready taken on an oppositional complex -
ten. The ultra-royalisls are as hostile to
the )'ri►ite Minister as are
THE SOCIAL. REVOt.UTIONARIES.
it is evident that (here will again l.e
a strongly radical agrarian element in
1!a House. Land owners, great and
stttall, will have a dominant voice, and
the ,hell land (meters, who are mostly
village priests. tire seeldunr reactionary.
Many holders Of hig eslatee Shen as in
the Province of Tv' 'r are developing
liberalism—at any rale to the extent of
hostility to the existing administrative
system.
The Constllutlonnl Democrats (Kadets)
me expected to won spin in St. i'eters-
bitrgg and SI.,'. ae... The eleclien of (len.
Suhbntiich ,s en Independent Liberal
le -,r Thee eapilal is practically. assured. Ile
was formerly Governor of Rus•aa's Cen-
tral Asian province, and was dismissed
for applying serioiisly the Czar's mani-
festo of October, leu;.
Another progressive candidate is
Ceunl Alexis Tele►ot, former Mtrneetcr of
Education, a ucptiew of the noted writer.
a
F:xcnvalions at Nelhereenv en Wats)
have revealed the site ',f nn o,,l i • • .•11
villa. \ number of paving tile's amt an
elle!
bronze coin have been unearthed.
The •!,•rk told the mend:ere of the
mere (\\'.;t.) mined e.1 (ivardiens that
They made a prof': of %J. per head on
every vagrant wilt) was capable of Iwr-
(ermine his Insk.
nae aig"s by wasps in the fruit-grow-
ine toca"Iy of Holley. Hants, have been
very serious. in one inslnnce 211 wasps'
',ects were deslrn•yevl, and in another
1;7 nests suffered the same fete,
A Yarmouth pigeon which flew Imnre
from Bournemouth in n lilt!.' over live
helrr!t, a distance of more than two
hundred mules. has won for its owner
a cup and prizes to the valee of £?O.
At Gloucester Viscount St. Aldwyn
f..rinerly Sir Mieheel Hicks Reach), re•
hiring lo the fact that the Mayor had
r;enllenge'd anyone of his age to run a
hundred yards. said h•' was prepared to
v. alk anyone of his ;m ' Inc a mile. The
v.'" ii' i'. 70 peals of age.
A pie chaser of an .1141 frsik from a
.tall in I sri•I'rg('lent !toad recently die
“ere I tw,, 1, ?'... 1,eew.s n the lease.,
one fres)) the Ia.:. \Ir. Gladstone and the
'.111 r from the late Lord Snlisbury to a
• orresponde'nt eon lime /subject of home
i;ule. The book sere bouahl for 2d.
41H11111♦1_♦+1+++1.1••• f it Is Itttte man" time relay bti
• , applied to the soil. swe• t:uses it is
• 4.most uselut as a bop-elr.�•saeig, this es-
• 4'peeially un a.):41 grass lards on which;
•
• • ♦the, deadbotvt ar" ♦ dove have accumieate.1. Tb.e time tends
♦ ♦ t., ederomloosa th-s Stull ani make it
• 4 avuilablee as food for (lie grate.
11 you want good petet..es, worth
•+♦1♦11♦44
44.14
♦Ili:i something as food, do not put off dig-
ging( thele until Isle in the fell. (then
UO SOME WEEDING. ging
are telt in the ground until
there is dancer of fleecing. 1f there is
1f there is ever a lime in which a
mean is je stiflable in giving harp -wont
to an unprofitable minimal that tone is
surely i:ut now. As a matt. r of In^1,
why should wo keep animals that are
el loos to us, by reason of their not be-
teg in the class of vont makers' A
man may have a good ciw and t same
accident or curable sickness she may
tw rendered unprofitable for a per.od e)f
tenger or short 'r duration. If she has
even chances of recovery and coming
tack to her normal usefulness it is . f
cc urse wise to keep •her. 1f one has a
sew that has been in the hyhit of pro-
ducing good litters of about ten pigs
and is a good mother to 'hent and she
accidentally slips a cog and conks out
of the bru-h some day with a sham -
f: red life►' of three of four, it is right
and proper to give her another try,
v/rites n correspondent.
But the sow that is poor because she
is so constituted, that will not show
profit even with the best of care and n
year -rounds full balanced ration, she
should have lmte' ration broadened even
to the point of making her fat end her
career be closed as quickly as possible.
The sow that will persist in having
small litters, or fails to keep her tit-
ters growing, or is in any way an un-
satisfactory mother, should be changed
to pork, without further ceremnny.
We complain about labor being high
and n great deal of it inefficient. labor
again c'emplains about living, rents.
shoes, clothing and things to eat being
Ugh. 1 have only a superficial know-
ledge of economic conditions in the
cities, but I suspect that ninny a man
with country breeding in his veins; a
man who 011 the farm would be able to
do goad farm work and command best
Nam wages, with his wife helping with
the garden an I lot and a couple of pigs
.•iiid some chickens, his children grow-
ing, up as strong ltnd indigenous as
~weeds. or wind-blown. sun -kissed flow-
ers, strong because their bare feet touch
the earth, and clean of heart and mind,
because nature holds no corrupting en-
'tronrnent; 1 suspect there rare plenty
of these Wren nn ten and twelve, fifteen
tend twenty dollars per week ".salaries,'
living in the towns from hand to mouth
with neither hand nor mouth ever very
full, who have the consumer's right 1e)
complain that living is high. 1 do not
like to be harsh or hard on any man,
but i do like lo see some of the misguid-
ed town -seekers pinched back to their
birth -rights in the country.
My reader may be complaining that
ant getting away from my subject,
but really all economic questions aro
so foundationally established on the
farm That we agricultural fellows who
talk can allow ourselves the widest lend
cf latitude and still not go astray.
Of course labor is high because la-
te.rers are few—a case of supply and
do mand. Personally 1 do not think in-
1:oi is any higher than the general
prices of faun products. The farm
Worker is not living any Letter or sav-
ing any more money than is due hien.
My complaint against labor is of the
quality. I don't object to paying a dot -
la. and a half to rt dollar-:nt-a-half
than. but the Ily in my ointment is haw-
ing, to work so much harder to make
es the deficit twenty-five cents. Now,
wc; have high-priced labor and much
(1 it of low quality. and one cannot,
in the country, imagine anything much
ti'gher than cern at seventy -live cents
tier bushel, oats at lifty-five, Tray at
Twenty dollars per ton and up, wheat
bran at twenty-six dollars n ton by
car -load, and no other feed in the long
list of gift s►ionahlA mixtures quotable
at less than twenly-five dollars.
My sunburned brother. (here is not
neuch pleesuro rind certainly no pro-
fit In associating the gt,►e)r cow and
the unprofitable hog. That you have
)(,ursell raised the coat And oats and
ib.' hay does not in the least alter the
figures of values. If hay (s worth twen-
ty dollars to sell, it should return that
much when fed or there is no sense in
feeding it.
Feeding seventy cent corn and gel-
ling back for it but sixty rents from
the cow. the steer or the hag;, is al-
ways a losing galite. and it is a game
n' which a vast mmnber of inrtne"m.s are
e,taying, or rather womAcing. They
den'' know. hew, they are doing it er
most of •ihenl would stoop it. Some
would keep at it that the trndtlions of
their practises might not be disturbed.
At present selling prices of oenv and
Log products there are cows °nil hogs
that well p y for seventy-five cent corn
and for.hfIlypriced labor. but -the '•m-
ilt-. from finch are not so big tint out
of !twin Bic farmer can support a tot
et other non -producing animals, not
worth their salt. 11 we vtoi systema-
tically go ateilit getting rid of all the
mow)? losers iow vastly would we add
to the profits c.1 the money makers!
li all the unprofitable cows could l,e
suh'racted [rem our dairy problem .This
(sae es winter the price of butter woutet
.(.•i y all fifty cents a pound, and
some of the country bred boys,' hang-
ing on the city, would begin to hanker
fir the cream pots back on the fartne
FAUN! NOTES.
There is but one method fel saving
a!; the manure on the farm that can toe
nrofitshiy used by the general fernier,
and that is to piece it all on one heap,
tied apply it together.
much rain they s -aters.tak: if rt is dry
they sunburn, get tough and strong.
take the word of r► farmer's wife. The
s',oner pntate es are dug after tae v :nes
rii en and fall (teen, the better,
There teas fairly be two opinions
alout the advisability of clearing us
the roadsides by cutting down ell the
v Ines, ferns, bushes and small trees
tl.ut grow there. The road locks neater,
but less picturesque and inviting %Otte
c•ut them. Then the ahet'er and food
cif innumerable birds is destroyed, and
along with this the pleasure they give
and the protection from insects they
help to provide. Some cicse thickct.i
:trout a term are necessary to 11..• birds,
and the most ecor:on►ical place to have
this growth is outside the fence: Plenty
of fruit-be'ari:g trees, such as wild cher-
ry. hawthorn, mulberry, etc., ought to
Le there, too.
DEATII RECALLS A GR!ME
WOMAN POISONER DIES ";, VIARS
AI•"t Elt DEEDS.
(:iirisllnia Edmunds killed a %Viae to
Win a Mart, and Others to
Allay Suspicion.
ily the death of a woman in Broad.
more (Englar.d) lunatic asylum last week
on. of the most extraordinary cranes in
judicial annals is recalled. It was
known as the Brighton poisoning case
and divided public attention with the
Tichborne case, with which it was con-
1e111p>•)1'nneous.
Chrisiinia Edmunds, a well-educated
overuse in easy circumstances. lived with
her mother at Brighton. She formed the
acquaintance. as a patient. of a kx•al
medical man and his wife. After a period,
during which Miss Edmunds' friendship
for the doctor developed into a passion,
Ili, doctor's wife died under circum -
Mellen.; suggesting she wits poisoned by
elating sweetmeats. Some months pass-
ed, during which suspicion grew that
hlis3 Edmunds poisoned the woman uul
of jealousy.
SLAYS '1'O ALLAY SUSPICION.
Thereupon Miss Edmunds began n sys-
tematic and conning scheme of distribu-
ting poisoned chocolates to divert sus-
picion from herself. She sent a toy sho
stet in the street to buy chocolate
creams at a certain confectioner's.
These she doctored with strychnine and,
Then returned them to the shop to be
exchanged for another kind. Not sus-
pecting, the confectioner made the
change and resold the poisoned chow -
lutes 14) another customer called Barker,
one of whose children died a few hours
atter eating,
At Ule inquest Christinta Edmunds
vclunteered evidence and told nn artful
story cot hiving been made ill herself as
Ih' result of eating sweets bough) at
that stop. The verdict of the coroner's
jury was "accidental death," exonerat-
ing the confectioner, a man of highest
prot�ily.
(�l li:l' l'lNIi) AFTER A 1'1'.\it.
For nearly a year aftervnr.le \l.ss
Edmund; •1:sir:beetel little hags of poi -
vine(' chocolates clout Brighton. giving
them to children in the. stre'e'ts. Six or
seven children were made dangerously,
ill. but survived to give evidence against
her.
She was arrested in August. 1471,
nearly n year alter the denth of the doc-
tor's wife, and was tried for the murder
elf the M•y ilarkcr, and sentenced to
,tenth. 11 w•as shown, i owever, that he•r
fall►• r, n welt -known areteiteel. Ita•1 dial►
in the prime of life ,s nn epileptic idie►t,
and that both grnneli,areents and other
relatives had Leers Menne. '1'h.' home
se"relary, on it report from Sir William
Gull. an eminent physician, stayed the
esecuti'►n order and ultimately the Wo.
than was sent to 13roadntoor asylum,
where she lived thirty-five years.
Mejor-(,Pnrrel ilnclen•i'nwell is rarely
nt a loss Inc repartee, and his rne►st
hunwroug sayings are generally epok.'n
in n low. even voice, and wilt, n serHnrs
look, only belied by the twinkling of
itis eyes. At a luncheon party on nne
o'casion a aelehrated doctor was chaff-
ing him. "And Crow do you feel alien,
you have killed or man pt•(.leiSional!y'''
he n=ke . "Oh." said Laden -Howell. "1
(lo,n't mid It. Hoo do you feel under
the same circumstances?"
Mrs. Newrich ilvecd in an c'spcnsivo
and luxurious hotel. She know that
..sell-nppxotnlevd equipages e►f ally sett
were tO be, had, and proposed to show
►hal she knew what Wil. suitable for
esrh occasion. "t tiawles," site said to
\fr Neewrich's vale! one afternoon, with
ier.'nt dignity, "I nm going to return
nee calls this afternoon. and you may
., to the livery stable and tell them to
send up Ibe. hest cart -de -visit they hove."
Iluhhy: "i can't get the castere ender
th' book -case to work at all, and I've
oiled them twice." Wiley: "Rut die1 you
u..' caslur-4)il, dear t
0•
Scott's Ern ul rlon strengthens enfeebled
nursing mothers by increasing their flesh and
nerve force.
h provides baby with the necessary fat
and mineral food for healthy growth.
ALL DRVOOieTisr BOo. AND •1.00.