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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-02-28, Page 21•04-c•o)•ee404.0+0+0+0+0+01•0-404-r,.0.4.-04-0a n44.4-4►0 Mrs. Cora B. Miller Makes a Fortune DARE 1113? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY t♦0+0+04W-O+0♦0-+C1+0*•--100414-0•0+0+04-0+0•0•0+Of addeillAl'TFil XX11.—Y:0nUuucd). tuugh. l"I do n�rlbl:nmwl'w11> I "houlJw.lin! Amelia bus passed he. .-and tluuIIgh elle you, us if "- EIuiirulg round td the Jim's arm -since his lute II ereoSed kind - sun -steeped prinorann—"this w, l e my di awing -room.,, Ile complies, laking rare to occupy a quite different six feet of herbage Joan that which still bears the Imprint of ilyngs lengthy limbs. The grass 1;I to curl and frc.,ht full of butlr'rcups and lull blue bugle; out of then' the gr4'y i:emIlI !try wall rises, in ite utter lifeless silence, with its small barred window.... Was over any building, tt ill in which to human life, so unutterably still? As he leans his. elbow among the king -cups. Jun says to himself that the !tore'.: lu:,l chosen their place well and wisely--ihal the consciousness of the ttuelere, denied lives going on so glow behind theta, in their entire joylessness, oust have glace' an added point, a keener edge to the: poignancy of their own enjoyment of the sweet sulurner day outside. "You have not been to see us for a long time," says Elizabeth prose -illy in a small and diffident vAice. niter laving waited until the probability of his speak- ing first had become n veru possIbiliiy, and even That u faint our. Ile replies baldly. "Nu.'' • His twill Ss fixed on n knoll. whence the plonks roust tutee gathered their leo- pard's bane. They cannot have gathered much, so bounteously do the gay yellow tk'wers still wave on the hillock. Nearer stands a colony of purple orehisel, and from Ih,'lll the eye trivets away to lIio silent fir -wood, to the range of misty hilts and the dislasl plain, touched now rind again by n vague hint of sunshine, that Wakes one for the moment feel sure that ono has detected duomo or cam- panile. How many hill ranges there aro! One can comet six or seven, like the 'ridges in a gigantic ploughed lield, one behind another --a11 solemnly beautiful on this windless (lily of grave and unguudy sweetness. Has the young lean been reckoning the oinks; of the Appeninos, that it is so long before he adds a low -voiced. mocking question to his monosyllable? "Have you missed Ise very much?" The womttn addressed seettts in no Ithrry to answer. She has drown her narrow blown brows together, as if 111 lite effort to hit truth in her nicest elude in her answer. There site speaks with a sort of soft self -remonstrance: "Oh, surely ! I motel have mused you —you wero no extraordinarily, so un- accountably kind to us!" There is not one of us who would not rather be loved for what wo are titan for what wo do; so it is perhaps no won- der If the young wuneans reply strike- with 011 unreasonable chill upon the asker's heart. "You midst have been very little used l.: kindness all your life," he says, with somo brusqueness, "!o be so dispropor- tionately grateful for my trumpery civilities." She hesitate; n moment. thew "You aro right," she 1 plies; "1 lake not received any great kualnes, in my life—justice, well, yes, 1 suppose so -- but, no, not very mulch mercy." flcr candid and composed admission of a laced for mercy whets yet (haler that pained curiosity which bus otvay. been ono of the etrongesl elements in Ills uncomfortable iutere't in her. But 1110 very ahnrpnesn of tint interest melees hint shy away aw•Itw'mrdly from Iho subject of her past. "I always think,' lie says, That there Ls something fatuous in a mans npulo• gizing to a lady for not having been to see her, as if the loss were hers, and nest 1114." "Is there? All 111e some. 1 atm sorry that you did not come." This simple and tine llhi,tic01ed iln- pliciltiolt of a liking fur hili would have warmed again the wlcnsy heart that her former Speech hoe! chilled had not Ito, under the superllelal though genuine regret of Iter fut:c. seen, still shining w -illi steady lustre, Unit radiant which ha\ as little been called forth hy. iis it con be dimmed by hila or unythiug 10- Inting to lino. And 50 be pueses by in silence tho expression of That sorrow which he bitterly knows to bo so sup- portable. The still spirit of the day rectos It, have touched the very birds. They sing a few low notes in veiled. chastened voices from the Ilr•wne,el, and Again are silent. The clock tells the hours in quar- ters to the doomed lives inside the monastery. sell -doomed to :mitering mid penance mud incarceration, even with the winning 1,1110 of Ise Tiasee11 sky above their tonsured !rads. with the forget-me- nots pressing their feet, and the night- ingales singing eldle,-s hive -ironies to them from the little dart: forest near u1 hand. "I suppoee." bays Eiirsbetli presently. in 0 retevIte lune, "that the fact i• when pe*)p!e are in your positiew I Mean on the brink of a greet deep Imp piW"se—they forget all lecher 111iug,'' Ile snitches a hasty glance of sus!. ruin 01 her. Is t111. her irvenge for h neglect of her? Bol nothing eau hoe nwre innocent or I•s•e irnntrnl small lifelike bent towards 11►e gig110i, terg' t-ute•iols and the pululnuau•ia. noire as genliluls. "1'4.1 Ii toe.". "The leg INC- •her little face breaking Inco one 01 her seely .mile:., which, by a turn of her head fl, 111 :ode to tall, ah• utters in iia complete'', es In its gaze - nes to her she has leen led to many more little freedom., with him than slh) had httle:Ho permitted herself—and though elle is very careful not to lean heavily- or troublesomely upon hoot, yet the slight contact of her lingers keeps Wal reminded that she Ls there. Per- haps it is 0a well, since lo-dny tie is conseious of such u strange tendency to forget everything, past, present, and to corse. I las one of the mrnnks numb hands been laid upon his heart, to hull It holo so frozen a quiet? To -day he feels 114 if it were absolutely impussittle to hits to experience either pleasure or pain, as It to hold Elizabeth in his own arm:, or soo her in Ityng's, would be to hhn equally indifferent. 1lis apathy in this latter respect is to be put to the test moiler than ho expects. Not. Indeed that Elizubcttt i, lying in ityng's arms—it would be u gross misrepresentation to say So, she being. on tho contrary, most decorously poised 011 n camp-stool—least romantic of Iwlnnn resting-places—when they come suddenly upon her and him in the coupe of their prowl round Iho !nt►ospilablo \vans. Site is sitting on her camp -stool, and ho Is lying on his face 1.1 the grass, just not touching her sling fart. The advancing {arty perceives the couple advanced upon before the latter ate Hoare of their nearness; long enough for tilts teener to realize how very much der trop Ihoy will be, you not long enough to enable them to escape un- noticed. Jim becomes aware of the very second at which Amelia recognizes Iho unconscious pair, by an involuntary pinch of her fingers upon his arm, which a moment later she hastily drops. His own feeling on catching sight of theln— nu, not his very orate -his very first is as if some one had run a darning -needle tido his heart --but almost his tirst is to shout out to !hemi In loud warning : "Ito on your guard I We are closo to you !" Ito will never forgive either himself or titenm if they ignorantly indugo In any endearment ►mdor his very oyes. But they do not. There are no Interlacing arms to disengage ; nothing to make diem spring apart, when at length they look up and lake ila'the fact --an un- welcome tact it mist needs be—of their invasion. On hearing approaching footsteps, Byitg rolls over on his back in the grass; on perceiving that most of the foot- steps are those of ladies, he springs to iii ; feet. Elizabeth remains sitting on her cutup -stool. "What u coincidence 1" cries Cecilia, breaking into a laugh. They are all grateful to tier for the re- mark, though it Ls rather n silly one, as there Ls no partictllor coincidence in the Caste Burgoyne Is irritably conscious that Amelia is covertly observing Win, and before he can check himself he has thrown over his shoulder at her one of those snubbing gluttons from which, for tho last ten days, ho bus painstakingly and remorsefully refrained. It is not a happy moment to look at poor Amelia, as she has not yet cooled down from tho lent of her climb through ttie lir wood— s heat that translnlos Itself into patchy flusher: all over her face, not sparing even her 1'rrht'nd. Elizabeth is Bushed, too. She ha, Ip,1 n►el Mks Wilson since olio had declined Iturgt y ne's offer of bringing his betrothed to gee her, and in her dept., eating eyca there- Ls a guilty and tremulous recelleetion of this fact. 11111 betnw the guilt and the ticpreealion and the tremor. what else is there In Eliza- beth's eyes? What of splendid and startling, and that Conti* hot once in a lifetime? Bather then be obliged to give a 1101110 la flint vulgar radiance, Jim Mune his back tepun Itis own loo glowing dear nue. ' "i)id you come here all alone? You two all alone" What fun 1" asks cilia. w i1h an air of delighted curiosity. Aga111 her companions inwardly thank her. IL Ls 1110 quc,tiun that both— though with different degrees of edger- ne'ls•--hove been thirsting to ask. ".tone'. --on, nu r replies Elisabeth, with Biel uneasy. frightened look Milt Burgoyne has always noticed on her Inc.' when she toy been brought Into unw111- hie relation with strnngvrs. "My mother i, dere- she came with us; why. where 1. she?"—hooking nn)und with n startled air—"she w es hive a moment ago." A grim smile curses Jim's mouth. it is evident that the unhappy \ire. its Mar - client. worn out with her tole of thienno, has slipped nw•uy without being missed by either of her eonpanrons. Would they Lav' even diseuvered her absence hut ter Cectlia's query ? "Sim. I.e Man•ho,l was hem n moment n,:•,," whore Byi111, ndelressingg the elm - generally; "but" --dodging his ern tare eyes --"she said slip was a little etiff from silting so lung; she IutLst be /!Wile close by." "1 will go and kmk for her," says F17al•,•ih. rnnfusret. and rising from her rickety seal as she 01)e141(4; but ,\nieha, Who t nenreet 1.4 t,'r. pule out 11 friendly hand 111 stele' item. "1111, de 1101 +III' !" .Ile cries, !,ulilltlg kindly any aJuurngly. "Yom look w) ce.nifum lable. Lel pie gu and search for NIrs. i.e \l.arrhnnl ; 1--I—:moult lee afraid 10 bit down, I ant 5(1 hot. I /should like le 11nd h, r: I:w il,,, will help 1111'. and Mr. Ityng will show 'us the w 11 Is tint nlw mys Ihnl getter/me nebk)ns meet their meed of gratitude (ren Ihose fee whose' sake they are performd: rind, though ilurguyi," recognizes the Magnanimity of his Wince,. 14 line of ,v.nthlel, !hnnktulrteese to iter for it is net the iipper:noel feeling in his mind when, n 11'W n1,.me'nts !later, lice Omit hitn.•yf standing la uneasy Irtc•+m-sok' torr Ibe s.',tte,l Faulh''Ih. "\\111 not )uu ail down" she asks, snarled a I'ew Years ego ailh No Capital, and \uw lanpiu)S Nearly One Hundred taerks ally Stenographers. T1nt,1 a few year. ago Mrs. fora n. Miller lived in a manner similar to that of thousands of other very poor women of the average ,mall towel and village lyhe now resides in her own palatiel l,rown-Btel:e residence, and is considered one of the most sueees,ful business no - men In the t'nited atatet. Mrs. SOME WONDEROUS CURES 141.1N\i ;1 rl EI.I) \\Ilhlti: In11:1'oll'+ 11 \ 11 l'%11.11). In,putrr, \\ lien. \ccidrul, ILtkb Itr- ,IurrJ Lnst Memory anti "epcerh. The 14.'.1 (' .• e: 1f Ver. \\'ith:uu I;ri) gs, w L n: n: was recently r• -t wed .14.101 a (hoe- \ • •t:, of C.uuplete . b't%ion, i, the dal, , •,ddit 'n to the I, ng ;h'itl„ .11 ease'., in which accident.; ;.11(1 blow, have liccunmplislird (Wn'., 0o lmwl' medical skill has been Powell to effect. Il troy Le' t'e.'u11eti That ciriggs hod lint sit 111,111 u•y of fen doings since \lurch, llt0f, w•t,'ll he Was would steward on the re,•10 SIiip 1111g Cm steam- te 1'or!.lu.l, and that he only regained his id• n!,i> :1)1d his recollection of the Intervening i ere d at• r tee had b•e;t !Totally ttlteeke'lt and leekeel by four runt A•oleo,••-e.`\\'INE •Fblt \I Vtl:I:l'. I amen in the n, ietllb ,rhe„e,1 :+1 tho I:Ie- i 1)110111 and Cee le, e eye 1e)udol1 Tit- it is a generally .accepted opinion - Btts. among farmer:, tient you can raise. the 1 .4 very cur:ou, story of a similar pili up t•) 100 pounds cheaper than you T ]7 il; -- - -- I314H 41+bD}31 Incubators and Brooders Awarded Highest Honors at Exhibitions. flare woe out in every test. and uro Patented The HAMILTON regulates itsown heal. L' requires 11111/ 11 mirut••. of your time trice. a day to nrtertele it. It 1.•k,•�+ 0.01.1". ¢.• ,e,a of oil to ere!) It.•trh. The IIA II.TON hatches big, healthy. futfy rio 'us, and the 11:\UIL'1':)K IiR..I)Ill.lt will take erre of every chic freeWrite us today for our big free catalogue. pro -0 Ina and easy terms. Address, THE I'AMILTON INCUBATOR COMPANY, Limited, Sd Z XIIC.TC) Z, O�Z• ♦♦.++.+++++ii +•• t••,• seems to correct Ile e :1 ty of the e• ♦ stomach and give the !; .4' ' : 1 . • r • CIPI-1'ING AND I'ItlisEIt\ INt; 1'(J`1:5. • ♦ posts shuui.l Bever he used while • green. 1t is always Ldter to let them dry • + out thoroughly and then place them irk a, the ground. This fuel has been 'leruun- it+++++i.+ss•s+si++ii++ slotted over and over eguin and yet there are la great malty people who pay tie all ntinn to it. 'l'he�' aro constant - e. pulling in green posts and in the cuur.,e of a few years these posts rot I About the rarm feed loud wes told some time ago by \lnjur- c 1 lila 10 the next 100 poutu d s. General Maundersln of Tiycrlo„ whose I his. is not my experience, writes Ittr. n 1. (u nc1 seems s nature s way Miller's Now Residence, I::.rned In words WO While: Len ludre, during lite y Len Than One Year. i cold season of 1/-5 1-55, s mu• eight oe Several years ago Mrs. Stiller learned of a meld and simple preparation that cured herself and several friends of female weakne+a and pile,:. Shc wua besieged by so warty woolen needing treNuu•mt that she derided to furnish it to those who might call for it. She started with only n few dollars' capital, and the remedy, possessing true and wonderful merit. pro - clueing many cures wheu .doetura and other remedies failed, the demand grew so rapidly ,ht' was ,cr. rel time, eumpelled to eeek larder quarters. Hie nor. o,•r pies one of the cNy's largest others hnild• inga. which she owns, and almost one hum. died clerks and ttcnographers are tee• quire(' to aaafel Irl this great business. Million Weirton Use .1t. St.»e than a minion women Lave ascii Sirs. Stiller a remedy, and no matter where you live, abe , au refer you to ladies bt your own loeu'hiti who oars and wilt tell any ,offerer that this marvellous remedy really cures women. Deepitc the Net that Mrs. Miller's business it very extensive, alts to always willing to give aid and ad- vice to every suffering woman who writes to her. She is a generous, good woman, and has derided to glue away to wo/pen u • ested that he should bo carried who have never used her meuiclne 310.• 1•g 000.00 worth absolutely FREE'. home on the oha'p oy by coolies. This Every woman suffering with pains in Ili .objected to, and insisted on riding the head, hack and bowels,bearing-down home. A blather sub., \Vot•thington, feelinga. nervousness, creeping sensations m1►d 1 rode with him. 13y' Iho little wem up the spine. elancholy dceire to ery, hot Rashes, weariness, or piles from any got near Lahore it was d.isk. and his cause. abould sit right down and send roily fell with him over one of the heaps of Icunkub, collected at the side of the Biller, Aox X583, Kokomo, Ind., and receive by mail !tree of charge in plain wrapper► * %•cent hot of her marvellous medicine; also her valuable book, which woe roan should have. Be►nemfier thio offer will not last long. for thnusanda and thousands of women who are suffering will take advantage of this generous means of getting cured. So if you are ailing, do not suffer another day, but rend your name and address to Mrs. Miller for the book end medicine be- fore the 310.8%00 worth is ell gone. "etynIlewt up all the ..Illy gudgctais ,1 P.". 11111,' gudgeons r' "I 'nor hullo gudgetins f' he echoes thin and tnbegin+ to laugh al he own v.,,,,1•gntlrlmg. "And now 1 1111 I•1ce 5:,11 w'111 hie boilll directly--going1..''' ' pursues shele oh:ng n1 111111 1111.I !t:• laughter will a Amit em•priae. "1 bets* so; Alla 51 .1 54.11 1(41 •" •the• gites 0 strlt't, ,111,1 the sky•colorc11 Ilisegrie in It. 1 h in i .11•.1), into her lap "We- -ave " Why stout,' we go huu►e 1 len ellic-rs quartered near teditire were ( ut trio king res i3O "r and obnre, and dor lig la ruidt' l after one of the latter Colonel Sam Fisher's horse blundered 01 e some roug!t ground. and fell with hint. The only :njw•y he reee•ivid was 'loss of memory.' Ile had fatten '11) his head; but a good helmet had saved his 541111), 11 was about midday', and we got a native cut and he reeled on it fur some three hour,, WITHOUT61 TING BEM:11. \\'e kept asking what he wa, doing to have Innen, and so o,. anti. though in Ihose day's in India Ile Crimson War was in everybody's lhoughte, he could remember nothing about it. As the day.; were short at that season in that part of India, and we wero some twelve Mulles from Lahore, and no vehicle nor lead ill to drive on to bo had, it was her name and address W Mrs Cora13 \\ a leave nothing plcnsant to go lo. and" ---looking round with a pug iuuato relish a'. Inon►loin. and suffused far plain. and ,appy spring grass—"we are so wall so Infinitely sett -here'." 'Then. pulling herself together. and speaking in a more composed key. "but, yos. of exturse, wo too shall go by-and-by : this cannot last forever—nothing lasts forever. That is the one thought That has kept me alivo all those years; but now--" She brr'aka off. "But now?" Iden as tae watches Ii,'r, pulling this echoed interrogation. he sees the radi- ance breaking through the cloud his question had gathered. as A very strung sun breaks through u very translucent xhmlat10)1. "But now eho repents vaguely, and smiling 10 herself. forgetful of his very presence beside her --"Bol now'' Did 1 say 'But now''' .\k, here they' aro back again :" (l'o be a )nlinutel). ----.1e SEN I'I.N(:E SERMONS. Holiness without honesty is hypocrisy. Ability is the mem;ure of answerability. 'the lane server never serve: fits lune. Ile who faces duly always finds divine aid. The crow04 are not fee the camp fol. lowers. Ile who knows law to live know, when I , die. To exalt one at the cost of many is to diag all down. 11 IS a pour kind of .sympathy that ex• lausts Itself in a sigh. When a Inns brags of hie post you can diecemil his future. Ile cannel reeelt heaven who gets out of Much with eartl. It men fail to Iind love in you they will foil to Iind your Lnni through you. The trite man W111 tied the bread al life el ell in the stole for bread. 11's folly to look for joy in heaven if you're eking bo joy leo your home. Love i, the 0114' thing you can spent cxtriivagnntly without coining to want. The lighting of the \ynrld depends un many being willing to work in darkness. There never are two talents given to those who ore unwilling lit 'tweet the one. The qualities that excite the inrge soul 1 1 emulation arouse the small one to envy. The ehenpesl charily of all is that "wee 101114 hove given if we etily had I.Inlw11." You need not worry nlr)ut heaven if die ihought of y)u ,lakes people happy. )Many n Inns► Thinks he is getting nheu11 "n his woi'k %vho only Is altteipating hie we'1'rIes. \\'hen one falls in love with inllh there •4 no slopping to count the roet of Iho cenrlship. The noon w ho doee net owls al all is toying the t,rl1, of two then on tome .1ter noon', s.• •niter;. 11 takes more Ihun 11 hen von soaring .'erplo to oerconl'' the seli•adoritig ten• Staley cif seine. ehurehes. If the world duos tee know (:hri,tlans iron hypes•riles it is be.•nuse the world does mol know 11,1W to lest l'll^m. "Don't you Ilutlk, sir; Ilial lime must 114. 1lallere,l pie In this pielnlr :'' "Oh, elenr nwJ:un. oh it nrliet would not feel bound W Ostler yeti??' road for metalling it. He again fell on hie head. unhurt, but hie memory was completely restored." More remarkably still Ls the experi- ence of \\'illiani Allen, a soldier in the Union Army, who was severely woun- ded in the heed al:the Battle of Gelty's• Lurg on July end. 11$13. Allen recover - 4.1 from his hound, but the machinery of his hr•nin appeared to have shipped. For forty yet4•s his mind was an alxsu• tut blank .o Inr As current evente were h,lg 14.1. 'coreeei i:e.l: but he retained a vititi 111'-• • The hest way haat 1 have found to ntory of Ike incidents of his life up to !welt rid of the dust is to feed in the rho fatal day in liQ7, and could describe opele wills something for a windbreak l,ng-de'id men and trivial incident, et 1114 young days \\'tell mAnvie,1 OUS FitwieT1'. On July :21141, Pea, he was thrown from a horse on his heel, and, after recov- ering conscinhfnees found Ills memory completely restores and a ling dark period of his life revealed to him in its smallest details. A few years ago a woman who had leen for many years Menne 'secured px)ssctssloll of a reyoly"r and fired :1 couple of bullets bole her ihead. She k t ( I oil. 1:r, Von Srhrenk, who has been e peciully 11t'c:e<tc(j, along these lines mikes 11115 statement. "As the presence el a certain amount of nioLShlre is in- dispensable for the growth of the de. 1•) rune one liner of pigs, one calf, etc.. st•uclite agents, it foilows readily Istat lit .,n0 place. In the selection of my seasons:•1 limber will last longer than hug.; for the feed lot as far as breeds concel sed, 1 prefer a cross between the Poland -China and the Magie. The Duron -Jersey's, Chester Whiles and well-known breeds du well, but I have cross slxitcen of to put on two green limber." Many say that they ere in ,l„ubls as to whclhel• the eepene4 involved in keeping timber until dry r.. warranted by increased length of life. There can be no doubt tint by the tst) of preservatives the posts can be pounds to the others one pound per male to last very much longer than dap. While the Duroc-Jerseys and when seasoned in the ordinnt'y way'. Chester Whites have some very good 1110 pre'et•vat've methods commonly qualilieee, 1 always prefer the breed used by the farmers are carbonizing and named if 1 can get them.fur. The use of both of these is corn• When 1 have a ho * condemned to die, mendable when the posts are properly my method of dealing with it is to load It oiled. 1f the posts are permitted lo U in an old buggy take it to a ter- thy thoroughly and then used the lira tilizer to (ery any have it cut up and is longer. If, however, as is so often lied tiro cause of its death. 1 nevtr (lone, the sappy material is allowed to bury a hog on U►ea farm or allow it. to remain there longer than I can burn i' or haul it away. I attribute to this rigorous house:leaning my success in evading hog dis; uses. The first consld- e:atnon wills a hug is to keep 111111 alive. 1'n do this and to gel him ready for the slaughter' pelt yon want to keep his tide clean, his stomach sweet and his lungs good. The clean hide' will receive the first attention. Tee hide is simply the out- side of the inside and Ilse stomach is the inside of the out -aide. When 1 sulk my hogs, which I do three trues a week while they are eating. 1 throw salt broadcast on their backs. The result of this' is that they get the salt with their food which secult 10 be the proper way to hiive it and what salt rennins en the hog fertile a brine that destroys thea lire. Ity ibis moans of calling 1 gel a better te.,ult front the fattening of (tie hog and at the same lime rick it of lice hick Ls one of the worst pests u1'• i4u 1(1141 give the log shock corn. fids will result in his having plenty of rnughnese and al the sante time will give hint a gotta lied. In fact, I never feed a lot of hugs in the winter, but fitst start them with corn and (od- der. Last winter, when I butchered. 1 opened the slonmachs m( the hogs and the arrangement of Ills corn and fod- der in their stomachs was a revelation that more than convinced me of the value d fodder. e i feed them besides the salt. but not Il'' 'same day, plain wood athrs. This, \villi the salt, seems lo keep the hogs was taken o n fond nt lospilal, where sloe ,t�'h in a fleet-etasts condition. This the hul!ets, one of wheel had penetral•'1 pra!tco is confirmed by Pref. W. .1. the brain. web removed, and afler a henry, of \\'hconsin, who soy;: "No few days she recovered conscio)I,n•'se. denbt wood ashes serves .se:ecral 1)111• 1 o the amazement of her family and poses with the pig. 111 Iho list place friends. It one (mind that with cousci• it fui•riiehei mineral matter. sorb Hs ousness she had regained complete sane p,)ta.;h, hme 01)41 soda, which nen the 11y, the injm'y Io the brain having, in wonted constituents of the anirnnl's some nlysteriou, wee, restore] her 10 lends-. entering largely Into the bony soundness of mind. frame. work. The alkaline character More recently the fear of an accident of the aehet correect.t digestive troubles was the means of reetoring speech to in many cases. Again the gritty char - rt duii.lman. \Ir. 1. Moore, of (los- acler of the ashes 1111(y often serve l0 port, had been dumb for four years kill Intestina: parasites.' when. on rst1 ning hoWte one evening '11111' 41Ifferenee between summer and his biey'•1e skidded. hi Ids alarm he winter feeding is nothing in my opin- .thoulet, and wile so startled and sur- fen. the condition; being about as fay. prised al bearing hie voice that lie called oral'le 111 one s'nson of the year ns the out aside and again until he was con- t ether. I.~'sl summer, a year ago, t f.•ll winced Ilia! hes long -lost voice had Conte ' several hundred bushels of scorched back to him. I corn. 1 weighed both hags and corn. It was not many years since a re. markable case of dunibucs.s exciteed great Interest in nedieal circles In Germany. Twelve Months earlier u flusnrian cel. 114'•JPalee' hod been locked by a horse, wUh the result that he completely lost the use of hid/ voter A year Tater he The hogs put on two pounds per day. t Think if we unders`ood the proper scorching or {inrching of the corn, we Mould eel teller results nn.l keep the hogs h' a1thier. If I do not hate wo.,,1 (Jr ape ash• S, 1 nuke Ing heaps ar brush h pi a in the feed lot and burn them to ger was riding a .loomed horse to etre knaek. clarc)ni In the place of wood ashes. in Pr's yard \when the aninlnl•-who clearly the summer. sometimes 1 burn c:,rn tied plenty of life left in Wm—began to cobs. whi'�h give satisfactory results. kick and plunge in Char•'oal ap1.t urs In be teller than shine coil, 1e•ause it is softer and A nA\GI•:nu1': \IA\Milt. eThe mon." we nn' t ,l, "lost his head i'.' wild 4'xettenient.. and lifter a few minutes bedpan to talk. any C,,li'lple.lely s,•gained spe.'.11. to the boundless a4. toni:;11nlent of his frien.l.4." mere rue:1111, still was the case of German blacksmith, Paul Stengel. who was severely klekeel in tit.' head by a horse while In flu, middle of a sentence addressed to his aesislant. and render - 011 Itndonsrl.)u+ ittr several days. On rectoernrg. Ills nand was; for niauv months an nbsolutc blank. until, aA fate Wena have 11, 110 fell one div .1 .wit a (light of e,le'tu, pitching on hie Ile id. Ile w•is picked up in n dated een.i1111n. and '111 rO' )Vrrirlg his senses the lint welds he uttered wore the cone p.:rten of 111• a,e llenre that I+n11 been s. rudely inlen•upl.rl by the heroes hick sn;ne months earlier. 1t is Kroll• tying 14, record nlsa Ihnl Herr SI.'ngel's memory Was quite r,'stot-ed by iii, Igoe , nd aceidenl. To give but one mote example. Some Ilene alp :a Iletnnehire gentleman. who had been tetany blind for nearly twen- ty yeare. eiedniled a freeture of the (tktill 111 n earriagte eocident. In the ne easarp 0pernte1') pawl of Iho -holt w1:i1' had heeW .liken into 111• tr:rin 4. 1•e1r •1e'1I, 111.' nslnt►IslNng re. ,.'111 tial when 111.• p uli uiI g:lIIl,$) r.ln• iseenien`se he found 1 , hie drltght that his sight wua.' restored to hint. remain in the wo d, the post undergoes decumpoeitie11 11111+•5 more rapidly plan it would otherwise. lite baric left on the post Ls a posi- tive detriment in the vast majority et care,. It should always he carefully re- moved. As fur as possible the heart wood should be used as this is more dcrable. It Is bast to cut the timber in the winter, late summer or fall. FAI!M NOTES. Drain the barnyard and draw in a few incite; of gravel or cinders -to keep it dry tndofo it. Put cavelmuglls on the barn and :coders to carry the water away from the yard. Get a high grade I.olal° manure man- ufactured by a reliable lirnl. Stable manure is good to loosen up clay soils, end. an some forms, no other fertilizer is used. But, where the polato scab is Prevalent, the constant 1150 of largo ql:antltics of elable manure is opt In ewc'ause This fungous trouble. Feeding mesa and dry grain just be- fore or al nl lis li -•1„ ells !lee uir et the stable with 4111.,1. This dust'etiies into the milk pail, carrying bacteria with it, thus increasing the germ con- tents of the milk. Feeding dry corn stover al milking line has the sante effect ns the feeding of 1111y and grain, (sly in a more marked degree. since corn stover usually contains more dust and bacteria than do hay and grain. The elan who tills the soil, grows and :eels crops of fruit mod does the best be can in all respects will not heel. when he is tired, inure] like studying the dif- ficult _problems that are sure to be reel. Ilut In the wither time there is al period if o.iniparalive resl. The evenings are 1 mg, and. over a large part of the coUn- h y, Bore tire stormy times when out- door work oust be laid aside. 'then Ls the Time to improve 1110 opporlunily 10 Mara tint nahl,l Willi useful ideas. True enough. one Who is quick Willed anti widenw•ake 14 likely to pick up ideas of vslue 01any time, but the thee. toe Peal study Is when outdoor wois is 11.11 pushing. "Jonson, 1 do believe that if ••111 'e.'14) given the choice between sue and your pipe you would he.,llnle.' "that's where y011 make n mietnke, etrs. 14)10 ,.on. A pipe soothes i.n1 comforts a man in his old age." Miss Vane: "Someone told 1110 l0 -cloy that 1 \toes the handemiteet girl 111 4.11r street." \Ilss `pemtz: "Oh. that's not .n• cw ublw !" A1tss Vane: "What efo t "n mean ?" Miss spleilz: "Your habit of balking to your:,elf 5 - In 1602 Berlin's i,uplilalion was only 8,000. An ostrich yio%i; about three pounds • et feathers yenrlyi. It takes one hundred pounds of herse- el w.,lnuls to yield six pounds of oil. A Boston schoolboy was tang weak and • His areas were soft and flabby. He didn't have a strong muscle in his entire body. The physician who had attended the family for thirty years prescribed Scott'.: Emul.:lon. NOW s To feel that boys arm ' yoit would think he was applr.nticed to tU blacksmith. ALL DAUOOISTM 60o. AND 51.00. 1