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TBE MYSTERIOIIS KEY
OR, PLANNING FOR THE
FU I'URE.
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should accompany Lady Bromley
' back to New York and reruaie with
her until the lawsuit was decided,
when the young couple would im-
mediately he married.
CHAPTER XVII.
Gerald geutly tuck the two certi-
c•-�-'es from the hands of his be-
lrothcd, care -fully refolded and re-
turned thein to his wallet. Then
he drew her again with in his arms.
"Yes, Aliisun, it has been proved
beyond a d:,ubt that. I am Adam
Brewster's son. Are. you sorry'("
"No, no! I am so glad—so
glad!" the fair girl unhesitatingly
responded, as she nestled closer to
him; "but oh! is not too bad that
be could nut have known—that you
both could not have known the
Muth when you first went into his
i soffico i Ho would have loved you
er so—he would have been so proud
of you. He was very fond -of you,
and trusted you as he trusted no
one else."
"Yes, I know that, and it has
been a great comfort to me," Ger-
ald replied with unsteady lips.
"Tly,se words of commendation,
almost the first that he ever ad-
dressed to me, have been more to
me than uncounted gold would be "
"Or course they have, Gerald,
and I am so glad, too, that I hap-
pened to uverhear them, and could
repeat. them so publicly as 1 did.
I shall never forget how earnestly
and kindly he looked at you when
Le said : '1 would stake my fortune
upun your integrity and faithful-
ness to my interests.' "
"How well you have remembered
them, Allison!" said Gerald, bend-
ing to kiss the lips that had re-
peated those words which wore so
precious to him."
"Why, how could I ever forget
them?" she returned, with sur-
prise. "They made Inc so proud of
you, and I just gloried in repeat-
ing their in court that day, and see-
ing the face of the judge light up
with that look of gladness which
told how thankful he was not to
be obliged to sentence you ; while
John Hubbard looked as if he would
have been glad to strangle mo for
having upset his schemes."
"Allison, I am afraid we are talk-
ing too long," Gerald remarked,
with some anxiety, for her cheeks
were crimson, her eyes shone like
stars, and her manner was excit-
ed.
"No, indeed. It does not tiro
me at all to talk, and I a mso happy
to be able to go over all these
things with you," she returned,
with a joyous little laugh. "Isn't
it queer, though, that such a little
pressure tipon my brain could have
made my wind a blank fur so many
months, and that such a simple op-
eration should have restored to
nie the memory of everything 1"
"It, is, indeed, and I know of
one, at least, who will always bo
profoundly grateful for that re
storation," said her lover earnest-
ly. "The world has been very dark
to me, love, ever since last July, i "So it seemed to me at first,"
until yesterday, ahen Mr. Lyttle-: Gerald replied, "but, as I have
ton told me the wonderful news thought more about it, I cannot
that you were nut lost to me." help feeling that if my mother had
"Well, I ani sure you have told lived, all would eventually have
me something almost as wonderful been well with their. There is cer-
tu-day." Allison smilingly respond- tainly something very mysterious
eti. "Oh, to think of it-- that you about their relations, but the erec-
are the heir to all papa's money!" ; tion of that monument over my mo -
"It is rather startling, I admit,'' f titer's grave proven to nie that he
said Gerald. "And now"—with a never wilfully repudiated her dur•
roguish look into the lovely blue ing her life, and was determined
eyes regarding him --"having won that no reproach should be entailed
niy spurs, I shall have no hcsita- upon her memory. But by the way,
tion in taking my bridejust as soon Allison," he added, with a sudden
al she can be persuadeto appoint thought, "how du you suppose it
the day when she will add the happened that one of the other
'Mrs .' to her name. You will not victims of that accident was report -
even have to change it, clear." ed as Miss Brewster f"
Conditions have changed "Oh, I imagine my card -case WAS
somewhat since that day when 1 accountable for that mistake. It
tried to make you promise that you was probably found lying beside
wouldn't mind about the 'spurs,'
retorted Allison, with smiling muck -
try.
Inderd, they havc."
"They are exactly ,eeersed. I
haven't even a clerkship to share
with you." paid Alison wickedly. old.
"i am glad of it, returned her "True, and yet the reporter's ac
loser sententiously. count may have peen written before
"(herald Winchester Brewster. the poor thing was identified, and
bon are a usurper. You have rob-, thus he never discovered his mis-
ted n,y father's daughter of her take; or, even if he did, he may
furtnuc. and now You dare nflirtn not have thought it worth while to
that yon rejoice in her poverty : rectify it. I should really like to
exclaimed Allison. wit h affected know who the girl was," Allison
sternness• l cone luded thoughtfully.
•,R'fam-
ish
a m -
,1 r love •it 111 �lovers joined the f
c l ry lc % rs
northe
n
It isLater
all he yours jest the sante, to use ply below. and a pleasant, social
as you like We are only availing evening followed, although Gerald
conches n; a caprice of fate and considerately took his leave at an
the Aonsegnent formalities of law to early hour• hiving first arranged.
establish your rights," the young if the following day should prove
man explained.'
tc• be fine. to take Allison fur a
"But"- still preserving her mis- drive.
chic% ens mood—"suppose I should l It did prove to be an ideal winter
refuse to-• to come to you es pens' day, and snugly esconced among
as a chervil Molise 1 1 don't forget abundant robes, the lovers spent a
how lofty somebody was about a' couple of hours driving. The re
year age a hen somebody else al -1, mainder of the day was gnietls
most unsexed herself. and proposed' passed with the Lsinans and Lady
3e, share and share elite. Perhaps Bromley. Gerald only leaving in
a certain young lady. who has season to catch the evening express
pe••m•d 111 !inti into a nameless no ' (c•r New fork.
Mel. all of A sltd41•r1. proses'" A i It was arranged before he lett,
spa,► ' this saw fee ie her nature, however. that as Foon as Allison
Oat .., . c animate 1 se aspiring' should be pronounced strong
knight.'• I enough to endure the trip, she
"Allison!" exclaimed Gerald, a
note of keen pain in his tone, while
ho bent forward to search the face
that was resting against his shout -
der, "I hope you are not so wound-
s.° as your words seem to imply
over these recent revelations which
have so turned things topsy-turvy. I
would rather a thousand times
forego the establishment of my
claim as the heir to this fortune
than have you experience a single
pang "
A merry little laugh interrupted
him at this point, and a pair of soft
arms stole fondly about his neck.
"You dear, sensitive, self-deny-
ing boy! Did you think I really
meant a word of all that nonsense(
No, indeed, and I am even unmaid-
enly enough to confess that I ant
perfectly delighted with the present
arrangement. I wouldn't have ,e
changed for the world; for since
you are so generous -hearted as to
wish to endow a certain poverty-
stricken little waif with all you pos-
sess, there will now be nothing to
keep us apart any longer. Tho
world would probably be shocked
at such a confession, and cry 'im-
modest ! mercenary!' But what
caro I? I am only hungry to be
The Ly mans expressed a great
deal of regret at the thought of
parting with her, for she had grown
to semi almost like a daughter to
thein, but, of course, they could
not fail to rejoice most heartily, in
view of her recovery and her flat-
tering prospects for the future;
while, as they were in the habit of
frequently visiting New York, they
were comforted with the thuaght
that they could thus see her often.
The day after Gerald's depar-
ture, Ellen Carson was permitted
to pay Allison a call( and it was
very touching to witness the girl's
heartfelt joy over the restoration
of her youthful benefactress.
"I never was so glad about any-
thing in my life!" she exclaimed,
with a beaming face, as she rever-
ently took the dainty white hand
which Allison extended to her;
"and you're going to get your mon-
ey all back too, ain't you 'I" she
concluded, with eager interest.
"Yes, I expect it will all comp to
me," the fair invalid srnitiegly re-
sponded, but not thinking it neces-
sary to expla'n just how the for-
AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN
STORIES OF HABIBULLAH, THE
PRESENT RULER.
His Plucky Action Quelled a Ilst-
isy—How He Escaped
Being Poisoned.
There is wild excitement in Af-
ghanis:au iu consequence of the dis-
covery of a plot to poison the
Ameer, the Heir Apparent, and
other members of the Royal fam-
ily; and it is rumored that Bibi
Italiwa, one of the widows of the
late Ameer Abdur Rahman, is ono
cf the leaders of the conspiracy.
The whole trouble arises from
the habit common amongst Orien-
tal potentates of providing them-
selves with a number of wives.
REGARDED AS THE HEIR.
Abdur Rahman bad quite a lot,
and each wife spent her days schem-
ing to get her son recognized as
the heir to the throne. But Ab-
dur Rahman was a very wisp old
than.
'It has frequently happened. '
tune was going to be restored to be said, "in the past that the life
her of the heir has been endangered;
"Well, I reckon I can help them and, consequently, I prefer to con-
do a little fighting on that law- ceal my intentions as long and as
lawsuit," said Ellen, with an air far as I can.
of importance. "I've always hank- Ito, therefore, refused to say
ered to do something for you, ever which of his sons he would choose
since you gave me those ten dol to succeed him, but it was oonsid-
lars, and now I'm going to tell all creel that the choice lay between
I know, to make those greedy Habibtilluh, the eldest of them all,
thieves shell out what they stole Nasrullah, and Omar, whose mo -
from you." ther, Bibi Halima, was the moat
Allison smiled at her original re- powerful of Abdur Rahman's
marks, but thanked her, and told wives, and who has now been
her that she felt sero that every- charged with conspiracy.
loved, and for a home where we thing would end all right. Addur Rahm, however, made it
can be all in all to each other." A day or two after Gerald's re -very plain by his official actions
"My darling!" whispered Gerald turn from his visit to Boston, he that ho regarded Habibullah as his
delightedly. "I might have known received a note from the chief offs- heir.
that you were in jest—that you ccr of the bank where he had sere- \Vheneyer the Amcor had to leave
would never maliciously twit upon ed in long under Mr. Brewster. Kabul, Ilabibullah was appointed
A new president and other offi-,
facts. And we shall make a home, a sort of regent for the time being,
and once a week, even while the
just as soon as. the lawsuit is end- cers had been appointed, and the
ed. Where shall it be, Allison?' , concern was being managed on a Ameer was in Kabul, Habibullah
is brce
"Oh, in the old house, during the
different basis. The writer of the tield ersaarend half -bre hersall
erto com-
Winter, Gerald," she eagerly re note asked Gerald if he would kind-' shied to attend.
plied. "Then we must spend some ly step around to the bank at his Yelled
to attend won his father's
part of each year at Lakeview,. earliest convenience, as there was'
approval
r particularly
where you proved yourself such a a matter of business upon which mu�.nval byoccurred conduct hie ono of these
hero—I cannot give up either of ho wished to consult him.•
terms yof regency. Some of the
those dear places. But that villa Accordingly, the following morn seldiors of rho y.Soi Kandahar-Hazara
at Newport I never want to enter ing the young man presented him -
at battalion became unmanageable
a sin that dreadful man has is- self in the private office of the pre- g
in -
oiled its atmosphere for mo. bell sident, when that gentleman in- : under
trouble fancied spreading, read grievance, and,
it, Gerald, and we will find some formed him that he wished to be p g, a serious
other summer hump." instructed how to gain access to morins broke out.
the secret vault which he under I the rode chemo into the
"You shall have everything your stood the former president had bud midst of the rebellious soldiers
own way, my darling, and you could constructed for his individual use, i tiithout showing any fear of their
nut have pleased me better than to but as no one in the bunk knew injuring him, coming, as he did,
choose, as you have dune, to live where it was located, ho had taken without any body -guard. His
in the old familiar places, where the liberty to send for hire to give plucky action worked the soldiers
I have been in the habit of seeing him the information.
you and father—my father ! How "I want just such a place for my
strange it seems to say it, Allison, own convenience," he observed. "I
and it is the first time I have ever have spent hours searching for it,
called him so," Gerald concluded, but without success, and 1 confess
flushing from mingled emotions as that my curiosity regarding this j t$i though there was some fear
he referred to Mr. Brewster in this clever hiding -place has become al- I t let Mibi Halima would cause trou-
way.
"How r most a mania," he cuneludcd, smil-I hie by pressing the claims of her
sad •and mysterious uracne Omar. Her intrigues were un -
up to a passion of enthusiasm, and
the mutiny melted away.
ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH
he succeeded him without difficul-
cry
the separation of your father and
mother was !" Allison thoughtfully
observed. "I cannot believe that
papa intended to do his young wife
any wrong, for he was a good man
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ing.
"Have you Mr. Brewster's
keysl" Gerald inquired, but with
a thrill of repulsion as he recalled
the experiences of that never -to -be -
forgotten Sunday when he had come
i successful, however, and Habibul-
i lah seems to have treated his step-
mother and her son more kindly
than they can reasonably have ex-
pected.
Not ver Ion a o a s retial and
parent desertion of
there to execute his secret commis- I Y g g
ut
her is to me
through and through , b 1 's ap-
eery liberal
allowance was grant -
most strange." don.Yes; here they are," his com- ed to them. But for all that, for
pauiun replied, as he took from a the last eight years, and particu-
drawer the identical ring which the
larly during the visit of the Ameer
to India, O
late banker had given him duringOmar and his mother and
"This another brother, Nasrullah, have
his last interview with him.
is the key to the secret, vault,
been plotting his overthrow
said Gerald, singling out from the Habibullah is a very enligttened
ruler, but some of his methods of
others the tiny bit of steel.
"Yes, I imagined so; but as yet government have a very Eastern
1 have been unable to discover any ring about them. For instance,
kick which it will fit," the bauker
not long ago three officials were
brought to him charged with tak-
responded•
"1 can let you into the secret very ing bribes, and the Ameer ordered
shortly if you will costo with me to thorn to bo buried alive'
the vault," our hero observed His Majesty was recently suffer -
whereupon they proceeded directly ing from a sharp attack of gout.
to the place. The native Court doctors resorted
The drawer which had been Mr. to their usual remedy of bleeding.
Brewster's individual receptacle with the result that the Royal pati -
for important papers was drawn ent grew worse instead of better.
b sittinga for several nightie again' and again by this and other
been
some one else, and so it was taken
for granted that the person was
Miss ltrewster."
"But, of course, the lady's friends
would know better than that when
they identified her," objected Ger-
forth. when, by the light of a can.
elle, Gerald pointed out the narrow
slot in the panel behind which was
the secret vault.
(To be continued.)
The Court Chamberlain, who had
WHEN J. 8. GETS ANXIOUS. 10••••••••••••••••••••4
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Naval Scares Have Throws Joke : r
Bull tato Fits. • •
The present naval scare is not the
only one that has startled John
Bull out of the usual state of pla-
cid equanimity he nlaiutaius in re-
gard to such matters.
Indeed, his 1909 attack of the
jumps is but a flea -bite by coln-
parison with that of 1:18.3, when,
c.wing to the exposures of a certain
eveuiug newspaper, he became sud-
denly convinced that his vaunted
supremacy in strips and guns existed
en paper only.
His alarm and anger upon that
occasion knew no bounds, culmin-
ating, some six months afterwards,
in his kicking out of office the
Government responsible, and this
notwithstanding the fact that large
and important additions to the
Navy had been authorized in the
meantime.
Precisely ten years later another
similar revelation led to the found-
ing of the Navy League.
One of the earliest naval scares
occurred in 1862, when the Dutch
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About the Farm
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FOR AND ABOUT POULTRY.
A good insecticide can bo made
i,y putting a pint of kerosene in
a gallon of whitewash.
One good breed of chickens on a
farm is worth more than tcu dif-
ferent breeds.
When mud and slush cover the
chicken lot and pens great care
must be taken to avoid rheuma-
tism among the fowls. A little
straw thrown on the floor and over
the yards may hinder serious trou-
ble in the Muck.
Pulverized charcoal should be set
where the fowls may partake of it
when desired. Besides brightening
the plumage it is a conditioner that;
has few equals.
Unless checked in time chicken
lice will multiply with almost in -
Admiral Van Tromp sailed through erediblo rapidity. A hundred will
the Straits of Dover with a broom increases to a million if not eradi-
at his masthead, to denote that ho catod before they get a good start.
had swept the English from the Learn to profit by your mistakes,
seas. The rough-and-ready inso- If you made a mistake last year
lence of t' o proceeding stirred try not repeat it. Sticctess in the
men's blood and in a trice battle- poultry business is largely due to
avoiding past mistakes and the
mistakes of others.
A spoonful of kerosene should al-
ways be kept in the drinking water
at this time of the year. Many
diseases are held in check in this
way. The fowl gets a little of this
oil every time it gets a drink.
The chicken crop is considered by•
the average poultry raiser as a
small issue, hardly worthy of con-
sideration or deserving of thought -I
ful attention, and, true to the law
of compensation, fowls under such
management yield no more profit
than is commensurate with what'
has been accorded thein.
In speaking of the droppings aa(
an indicator of the health of thel
flock, the dropping should be of con-.
sistency to hold their shape, but
should not bo solid. In color they
should ba dark, tapering off into
greyish and white. If the drop -I
pings are dark with red splashes;
c,f mucous in then feed less meat.
If the droppings aro soft or pasty
and yellowish or brownish, feed
nioro meat and less starchy food.
In case of greenish, watery diar-
rhoea you should investigate the
sanitary conditions and the water
supply.
ships were building in every suit-
able port and inlet from John o'
Groat's to Land's End, while in-
land forest and dell rang unceas-
ingly with the sound of innumer-
able axes being laid to the roots
of the sturdy oaks that were to
furnish timber for the new English
Navy, destined presently to destroy
that belonging to Holland, and its
too presumptuous commander along
with it.
Another big naval scarp, due to
our then crack battleship, the Cap-
tain, having turned turtle in the
Bay of Biscay, occurred in 1990. It
resulted in the introduction of a
new type of vessel, the Monarch,
whose reserve of equilibrium was
16 to 1 as compared with that of
the Captain class. This was obvi-
ously going to the other extreme.
But such, unfortunately, is the
usual result of these popular panics.
This one gave us ships shaped like
cheese -boxes, as safe as they were
slow, and withal tremendous "coal -
eaters."
Fortunately for
at war while they
Pearson's Weekly.
us we were not
held the seas.—
TILE FIRST ROAD -MAKERS.
Herds of Buffaloes Tramped Over
the Plains.
The buffalo was a good surveyor.
It did not reason out why it should
go in a certain direction, but its
surd instinct took it by the easiest
and most direct paths, over high
lands and low, to the salt -licks and
watercourses which were its goal.
The authors of "The Story of the
Great Lakes," Edward Channing
and al. F. Lansing, say that the
buffalo observed something like the
principles whish to -day govern the
civil engineer.
As soon as the explorer landed
on the southern shores of Lakes
Erie, Michigan and Superior, he
came upon buffalo roads or
"traces." Sometimes these were
narrow ditches, a foot wide and
from six inches to two feet deep,
trodden down by the impact of
thousands of hoofs, as herd after
herd of buffaloes had stamped along
in single file behind their leaders.
When the first path became too
deep for comfort., because of re-
peated travel, the buffaloes would
abandon it and begin a second path
alongside the first, and time the
frequented traces would be gradu-
ally widened.
Again, an immense herd of these
heavy enirnnls would crash through
the forest, breaking in their rapid
progress a broad, deep road from
one feeding -ground to another.
As this route would be followed
TOO MUCH MACHINERY.
A little chap was offered a chance
to spend a week in the country,
but refused.
Coaxing, pleading, arguing,
promising of untold wonders,
alike brought from him nothing
but the stubborn ultimatum, "No
ountry for Inc !"
"But why nett" someone asked
finally.
s
e. on
c 'the
• Because,' h responded, lc e ,
p 3
Have threshin' machines down
there, an' it's bad enough here
where it's done by hand...
FRENCH WOMEN ECONOMICAL
Economizing is a real passion
with all French persons, and they
carry the idea into their wardrobe
as well as into other departments
of their houses. As every one
knows, there is no neater-lookirg
or better dressed woman in the
world than a French woman, and
yet extravagance finds no place in
her toilette. It 1 the way a dress
is kept when t In servlee, and It
if the way a 4MMs is put on, too.
tet We the 311 Iii
p herds, it would become level and
with his sleepless master, and who
hard as a rock, so that there was
was in the state known as "fit to great rejoicing in pioneer settle-
c)rop,' heard with joy of a ache ment when t.hc weary road -makers,
hospital assistant who happened to struggling with log eau ew*3S and
he in Kabul. He sent for hint at swampy hollows, came upon a firer,
once, and asked him to prepare a solid buffalo trace. Nor was this an
sleeping draught to be adminis-
to red to the Ameer.
SLAWI.. WENT TO SLEEP.
uncommon experience.
The line of many of these roads
is followed to -day by our railroads
Tho Bahu made up sufficient for and canals, as it was followed by
several closes. and the Chamber our long roads and turnpikes.
Iain carried the bottle to the The buffalo follows the level of
Amerthe %tales , he swerved round high
Ilabibtil!ah, who takes no risks, points whenever it was possible,
summoned one of his slaves and crossing the ridges and watersheds
poured half the contents of the at the best. natural divides and
betties dawn the unhappy man's gorges; and lie eros,ed from one side
throat. Tho result was that thet
of a stream c f water to the tt thr r
•lave went so thoroughly to sleep repeatedly in order to avoid climb -
that he never woke again. The ing up from the level, rafter the
liahu was sent for. fashion of our modern loop rail
"One•hall of this," said the w,•tvs.
.lmeer, holding up the bottle. -
"killed my servant Abdullah. Tho
other half, by tho grace of Allah,
has been preserved. Drink thou,
and may thy sleep be sound'''
Tho wretched Itabu expostulated
in vain, and lie had no choice but
to obey. Later. behind the scenes,
someone kindly administered an
cmetiet and his life was saved Tho
Hahn Immediately packed up and
left Kabul, never to return.
',sae is a disease that wahine
ehei t , f marriage will .::re.
THF HARD PART
it's hard to live within one's
salary. but there's one consolation
—it's harder to live without it.
''Tho lady whom name you Fare
as a reference, my girl," said a
lads to au applicant for a sitna
trnn, . tells iso roe were not /d-
ew truthful and obedient." '•\'o,
ma'am," was the reply; " 1 couldn't
l.e with her tellin' me11 thetime
t• ca; she wasn't at home:•'
DANISH BUTTER.
A Scottish farmer, who has made,
a study of dairy cond tions in Den-
mark, gives the following as the
chief reasons why Danish butter is
uniforni and good:
1. The cows receive roots all win-
ter and thus the butter is soft and
not hard and dry, as when fed
cn hay and cakes alone.
2. The milk when it comes into
the factory must bo pasteurized to,
185 degrees F. and by this means
turnips and other flavors are got
rid of.
3. The cream is cooled to about'
8.1 degrees F. and a starter of Inc.t
tic acid used. The cream is only
kept for 23 hours. Thus it will be
seen that when the starter is there
and the cream only kept for a short,
period, no bad tla-•o 8 can raise.
4. The barrels the day before be-'
ing used are steamed, and the in-
side receives a coating of moist
lime, which is washed off next day
before the butter is put in and after
nestling, the barrels are rubbed
with salt. Thus the odor from the
wend is to a large extent prevent-
ed and does not flavor the outside
of tho butter.
The paper which lines the bare
rets is `trepcd in salt water for two
days before use; elect the churns,
Lotter workers and cream tubi are
coated with moist lime after the
cream as been washed IT This
is allowed to remain on for about
ten ininutes, when it is washed off
with boiling water.
All barrels have printed on the
outsides, "Danish Butter" along
with the registered number of the
dairy it came from, ro that if there
were any complaints they could be
t I aced right hack to the dairy the
1 utter can a from.
FLY-Sl'REENEr1 M1f.K.
"Screen your dairies against
flies" is the warning which itis been
sent out Is the dairymen who send
milk to the di••tri••t of Columbia,
lc. 8. A., by Health Officer W. C.
\\ a Ked w a rd
Concerning thi screening of
e:nirics the letter says:
"The department considers that
1 theabove section all dair '
under ,
Y
rooms are required to be clteetuRl-j
ly screened against flies plica
whose hal•its cause their to visit
places where filth abound. nth as,
manure piles and other a •cnmula-
(ions of refuse are known to carry
rut only email particles of refuse
..r filth on their bodies and lege,•
but also to carry ether contanrinat-i
ing matter such as germs which)
cause disease. Thus by excluding'
the flies born your dairy you re-:
move a source of contamination by
dirt and disease germs, both of,
hich are liable to alter unneceh
sarily the quality of your milk.'Y
4,
The feet that a man has the •leep-s
int-ln-ekwrek habit is n•• sign than
tea will find rest in beaten,