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CI1.\1'TER IX.
Three days had passed. To Rutger
van Slack they hnd ben days of un-
rest and annoyance. At the cottage the
growing eta city between [rare and von
Hurstein had destroyed the peace of the
household with its subtle poison. Not
a word hnd 1 ern said whieh could be
considered rude, but the sarcastic polite-
ness shown by the rivals toward each
other had begotten a more disturbing
influence then would have been caused
ty a less guarded antagonism.
The purchase of the Clarion had en-
tailed upon van Slack certain unwelcome
duties. He found that he had obtained
as a toy something not designed to
amuse, and be had begun to regret his
weakness In yielding to a boyish ilia-
pulse.
llpulse.
Above all was he worried by the fact
that he had been unable to see Yvonne
Durkee since the night upon which he
had lingered in the shadow of the elm
and gazed upon her moon -kissed face.
He had heard rumors that she and her
husband were to set out for Europe at
once, and he felt an angry impatience
at his own helplessness which would
have amused John Dare could he have
known of it. /bid not Isaiah Durkee
the right to take his wife where he
chose? \Vho was he, Rutger van Slack,
that he should feel a personal grievance
at the domestic plans of an elderly New
Englander who had been a stranger to
hlr» up to a week ago?
Pondering such thoughts as these,
van Sleek sat one afternoon in the Clari-
on office looking listlessly out of the
window. At the desk John Dare was
writing, his plain face lighted by nn
expression of keen enjoyment. It was
evident that editorial duties had not
yet bored him. After a time he laid
down his pen, and looked around the
room hastily.
"1 wonder where Fritz is," he remark-
ed "Ile said he would be back in half-
an-Zrour,"
"Perhaps he has run across a sensa-
tion," said van Slack, with no show of
Interest in the subject.
"It may be that he has heard that
some farrier is repairing his barn, and
bas gone oft to obtain the full purlieu-
hrs. You nuistn-t overwork the boy,
Jelin. As devil, reporter, news editor,
and general adviser i am afraid Fritz
is carrying too heavy a burden."
"Remember our agreement, Bulger,"
said Dare solemnly. "You are to sit
there—gazing out upon the ocean—and
run the business affairs of the paper.
Fritz and I will attend to the literary
end of the establishment, but we abso-
lutely refuse to accept advice from you,"
At this instant Fritz burst into the
room. "Zoog oud! 1 vas goom bag.
1 haf got all de news. Listen!''
"flold on, Fritz. Come here and sit
down." Dare motioned toward a chair
Near the desk. "Now calm yourself and
telt ase the truth, the Whole truth, and
nothing but the truth."
"So help me Gott," exclaimed Fritz,
with a vast lack of reverence In his
tone. "Well, dare vas a derrible agci-
dent down at Varmer Ilummell's last
nide. De Iamb vent oud and left dem
all de in dorg."
"You'd bolter double -lend that item
and pert a big head -line on it," remark-
e,t von Stack, rending maliciously at
Dore.
"Well, wirnt happened then, Fritz?"
asked Dare, paying no attention to the
business manager.
"Vy, den day sent oud unt porrowed
a gnndle su►uvare. Cut dat's all aboud
dat."
Dare looked annoyed. It Was ap-
parent that Fritz had not mastered what
may be called the perspective of news.
nut with a great deal of tact the liter-
ary editor said: "Tint's very satisfac-
tory, Fritz. Anything else?"
"1'nhl Old Viggin's frau spent Sun -
lay mit her tuhler In Greybort."
"Thrit's1 a stunner," exclamctl an
Slack.
"Well, go on, Fritz,"
"Dare vas talg of a pig pipe: ext
veer±. Day vill hat twenty gallons of
lemonate. Ynhf'
"llui»! Anything rise?"
"Oh, yet! Olt Gaplaln Gartner broke
de cutler of his bete yesterday. Ile
pvcre like a pirate."
"Did )nu find out just what he sold?"
asked van Slack.
"keep quiet, Bulger. Go on, Fritz."
"Mss ttobgins has a trent staying mit
bet over nide."
"here're/ to the nlgl,t editor," carie
(trent the business manager.
"Well!'
"Hill Edwards says ve v:11 lint rain.
11•vns n government ol1 rr. mit he
brew's vat he is talging riboud."
"Yes. Anything more?"
Fritz hung down his head. Ile hnd
ppcar.l'ttuing on hin mind which innate
bun nervous.
"Veil --vett--" I(ere he ionised.
'lei en, Fritz. What were you going
Y. any.?"
"Veil. dare Is n grade lot of talg
abort your buying de Marion."
"Yes. What do they say?"
".'ell. day vonllr vet you vent de
briber for. Day dry to bump me about
N, not 1 vas silent as a gotlfiah:"
"'tint's right.' ,
"Dare vas a pig fellnw galled Bente
who ons Inlging a grade lot mit his
annul."
Ven Slack bream inleresled at once.
" \Wnet does Pole say?" he asked.
"V•ll, he vas afraid dal you viii go
Dag r n Prohibition."
"aro what If we did?"
"Ile doesn't say much nboud dal, but
1 vitt pub ray- eye On him and dell you
i1)l
all MAWMAWIt."
11 was evident that 1"1:'/1"1:'/had said all
ut he Intended to aper the cut Jed,
and after a little more conversation with
Dare, he rushed ntf to the composing -
room in his usual energetic way. More
than ever, ho seemed to feel that the
welfare of the Clarion rested upon his
yc,ung shoulders.
"Do you want to hear my editorial at-
tacking the no -license system?" asked
Dare modestly, turning to van Slack
after Fritz Tied left the room.
"\Veil, ( don't mind. Business is ra-
ther dull just at present. Fire away,
old inane'
As Dare went on with his reading,
von Slack grew more and more nston-
Ished at the earnestness of his colieague.
It was evident that the literary editor
did not consider his experiment as n
journalist wholly a joke. The editorial
began with the statement that our insti-
tutions are based on the broad princi-
ple of liberty to the individual. Freedom
u! conscience is guaranteed to every
American citizen. Now is not the regu-
lation of personal habits a question r1
cc.nscience? Surely in regard to most
things every American is permitted to
snake ills own physical choice. Ile
may eat more than Is good for him if
hot chooses; he may destroy himself with
tobacco, or even poison himself with
patent medicines. But in certain Stales
the law forbids his use of alcohol in any
form as a beverage. In ether States
the settlement of the question is left to
the towns. That is, a Patonkelan is
obliged to drive over to Greyport to
obtain a glass of beer—unless, indeed,
he has learned how to evade a law es-
tablished by a bare majority of his
townsmen.
Now frankly, had all this guerilla
warfare against alcohol proved effec-
tive? Was there less drunkenness in
New England, for instance, than in
France where alcohol, In some form or
ether, is daily absorbed by each indi-
vidual? Was there less intoxication in
I'a 9nket then in Oreyport?
Of course, It must be understood that
nit these points Were not advanced In
favor of a general indulgence In intoxi-
cants. \Vhen the Creator made the cli-
mate of New England ire added a ate
mirlont to the ether which renders al-
cohol a superfluity to man. There is
R^ necessity for a Patonkelan to indulge
in whiskey. 1t he lived according to the
mew of hygienics ho would never feel
the desire for "a bracer." But was there
not an incentive in the very existence
of a law relating to his choice of drink,
that would be apt to lead him to an as-
sertion of independence? Suppose that
n majority of I'atonkelans should de-
clare that, ns over -indulgence in fruit
hos brought men to untimely grnves,
ha: ranee(' widows to weep for their lost
support, and orphans to mourn the fa-
ther snatched awry, therefore, bo it re-
solved that the sale of fruit he prohibit-
ed in This town, and that the penalty
for infringement of this law shell be,
etc. Would not such an act Le pernlri-
ous in that it would offend manes love
of freedom, cast ridicule on law in the
el:street, and be wholly ineffective in
checking the consumption of fruit?
Then the writer went on to cite cer-
tain New England history.
features of e L gl
Did not every reader of the Clarion
consider the Blue Laws nt the early
Puritans nbsurdiy unjust? 1)id not that
nnrrow legislation which forbade a
Hurn to run on Sunday, which punish -
e l hint If he kissed his wife on that
e'ay, which decreed that he alrould not
smoke tobacco at any bene, and made
other regulations equally tyranical, of-
fend every Patonkelan of these days?
Ir. the Records of the General Court of
\iassnehusetts can be found the follow-
ing edict, doted 1673: "It is ordered that
no person shall sell any cakes or buns,
either in markets or victualing houses.
uron ;mine of 10 s. fine; provided that
this order shall not extend to such
cnkee AS shnlbee made for any burial/.
er n►nrringe, or such like speciot occa-
sion." "flow absurd/-' exclaims the
modern Patonketnn. nut is the complete
suppre+Rion of the liquor traffic any
more reasonable than this effort of the
ancients to cheek the spread of the per-
niciors, dyspepsia -bearing bun? in fact.
Is not Prnhit+ition the dire: t outcome rf
that spirit of intolerance which so el -
len led to deeds of cruelty and injustice
In the earlier days of American civiliz•
al ion?
'there were broader arguments than
these upon which Dare touched. Ile
claimer/ flint temptation was necessary
to the development of individual charac-
ter. Adana and Eve "could have lost
nit moral grandeur if they had never
been subjected to the great human strug-
gle between good and evil; and in their
very fall they proved the proud pnsi•
li an of man as the 'whiter of his own
physical and spiritual fate. Human
law cnn not destroy the forbidden fruit
planted in the gnreen of the world by
the Great intelligence. Cacti min born
into the earthly life is another Adam.
T., one man the fruit he should not
touch is of one hind; to his brother a
different plant Weirs the falai growth.
Each one of us mu•l lean where our
Weakness lies, and struggle for strength
where we need it most. A man shut up
In a cell can not increase in moral
force. It Is only when free. to do ns
lair, choice directs that he can exercise
that restrain! Which add; to his stature
as n moral agent.
Then. with full knowledge of the or.
Ihodox ienninge of his readers. Dan'
went on la quote many texts from the
Bible in support of his position. The
Old To -lament. he said, was hill of ex-
pressions tending to prove that the good
men of old In-Juiged in w?ne. Iso ah
mites wine as a :tyiibol et ealvali•in:
"Ila. every one that thirstelh, conte ye
le the waters, and he that hath money,
conic ye. buy and eel; come buy wine
and milk withOul money and without
•
price." All through the Old Testament
wine is referred to as a gilt cenferre,l
upon man by Gott. Isaac giving his
blessing to Jacob says: '"Therefore God
gives thee of the dew of /leaven and
the fatness of the earth, and plenty of
corn and wine." Solomon bids men to
honor the Lora, and adds: "So shall thy
barns be tilled with plenty and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine."
The cloiun of t'rohibitionists that the
Wine thus referred to was not intoxi-
cating the writer reudily disproved by
further Biblical quotutions showing how
over -indulgence in the juice of the grape
had often led to drunkenness in the days
of the patriarchs.
Turning to the New Testament ho
showed Ihal the Christ used wine as a
daily beverage. In fact, Jesus even
turned water into wine that the wed-
ding guests nt the marriage feast in
Cana might not go away unsatisfied.
All this, the writer went on to explain,
did not mean that the Bible defended
over -indulgence In alcohol. Many
quotations denouncing excess either in
food or wino were cited. The Bible
simply recognized the position of wine
as one of the good things of life, but
was not silent regarding the dangers
which lurked behind its fascinations.
In clos:►tg the editorial, Dare urged
his readers to rise to the conception f 1
true manhood, to be skulkers no longer
in the great moral battle of the world,
to set aside deceit and hypocrisy and
stand firm fur the healthy growth of
the race, to give up blunting their
swords against the ro.•l:s established by
the Creator, and turn them age at in-
temperance, greed and evil appetite.
Each man was, in a sense, his brother's
keeper, but not his turnkey; his moral
ally against the foes of manhood, not
an armed sentinel to keep him in e
guard -house. An ostrich with its head
in the Fond was as wise as the man who
believes that temptation can be removed
from the world by the elastic bonds et
human law. So long as man's nature
retrains as it is, and the physical world
changes not, so long will Prohibition be
worse than a failure.
Van Slack was silent for a long time
after Dare had ceased to rend. Finally
he said: "Well, old man, you've treat- LONDON'S NEV wart MAYOR.ed the subject in a rather serious vein.
My idea was that your article should bo
humorous. not Heroic. ilut stet. as you
say on the proofs. It will doubtless ap-
peal to the reasonnhle men of Patonket,
but what its effect nn the more fanati-
cal will be is haul In say."
"Well, I'm sure 1 don't care for my
part," returnee Dare. "When I began
le look into the mutter I grew intensely
Interested. i may he flippant with my
tongue. Van. but 1 can't be with my
pen. I sincerely believe that Prohibi-
tion has done a vast deal of harm in
the world, and I nor glad to have an
opportunity to say so In a more or less
public way. ,1 begin to believe that I'll
stay here and run the Clarion indefinit-
ely, old fellow. It's fascinating work."
Dare turned to his desk and begun
to correct some proofs which Fritz had
brought to him.
Van Slack took a cigar from his pock-
et and, lighting it, gave himself up to
reverie. As ire sat there watching the
smoke which floated out through the
open window and perished in the em-
brace of the soft summer breeze, the
outer door of the office opened and nn
eccentric -looking being entered. Mo-
helable Durkee, attired in a black -and -
white gingham dress, with a black sun-
hat resting upon her straggling curls,
carried in her hands, which were, as
usual, partially covered with lace mitts,
a roll of writing -paper. She looked lit-
erary frorn head to foot. 'There was S.
literary smirk about her mouth, an air
of letters about her dress, a rejected-
manu-cript suggestiveness in her whole
demeanor. She serried to be a woman
whose life hnd been a succession : f
tragedies in which the editorial waste-
basket had played a leading role. She
came into the sanctum in a reverential
way, as thsugh trending upon sacred
ground. looking around the room
wilh a nervous glance. she shyly ap-
proa died van Slack, who had politely
risen and laid aside hie cigar.
"Excuse me. sir," said Miss Durkee
In her softest tone, "1 don't wont to in.
Beide. but 1 have here n li(Ile Thing Ihnt
i gue's the Clarion would like to print."
"Ah1' exelairned van Slack, in en in -
!nested wry, "l$oetry, 1 suppose?''
"Yes—poetry."
"Well, madam, 1 am not the literary
editor, but if you will kindly :,eat your-
self 111 a chair by the desk over there
and rend your production to that gen-
tleman, he will pass upon Its merits.
Ju -1 begin your reading without inter-
rupting him. Ile has a wonderful inc.
utly for doing Iwo things al once. and
he will grap alt the beauties of your
nor!: %Jthoel steering to pay attention.
You understand nue'"
"1 don't I:now:" answered Miss Dur-
kee dubiously. "Ile's a kind o' mind-
reader. is he?'
"les, that's it. Now, just sit down
and try hint, You'll witness a remark- SUClt PROFOUND 16NORAN(:E.
Mile psychological phenomenon."
The last Ivo words aroused \Iehe•
table's curiosity. She did not under-
stand then!, but felt that they must re-
fer lo something tvorlii seeing. Dare
lied begun Ib revise certain :rehires of
his editorial, and had riot noticed the
entrance of the pnetese.
Willi mincing step Miss Durkee en-
proached hint and, sealing herself in the
chair by his side, quietly unfolded her
mamrsr•ript. Ttmn ghee began to read
ale.ud, softly at first. but. as she went
ori. with ever-increasing emphasis.
"'Peres" rhymed with "seas,' "sky"
with "fly-." '•rand" with 'ilrand," and
'wave' with "brave," while nothing
broke the monotony of her rendition
Alive here and there n thank-yotemnrnn
le here meter. For a lime Dare did not
notice her. huh after a while He Began
to realize that he had become the tar -
gel for nn elecali:+nary broadside. Ile
looked al hit in amazement. but when
Tae glance.l at van Mack he grasped the
5 Natio.' at once.
"I beg you pardon," he said, inter•
rrptieg her, "but how long is your
poem?"
"About a thnns.)nd fine:," answered
\h's Detect,. evidently astonished that
n mettle ender should he obliged to ask
sucH a question. Then she resumed
tee ee in a vi(:e which tre:ubled
sGmew hat for emotion.
At That moment Frit/ broke into lite Smellier School Teacher; "Now. chit -
mom in este cyclonic. way. "Gripper be dren, 1 want you to tell me whet: you
yelled. as though trying In mnke Bill know about Good Friday"
l;elwards heir him across the street. Little Jimmy eagerly): "ile ssu the
Catch'ng sight of Miss Durkee he ;misc.'
in astonielmant, while a broad grin
gradually diffused itself over his mis-
chevious face.
"Permit nie to fake your manuscript;
said Dare politely. "11 shows genius :1
o high order."
Ile had no copy- ready for Fritz, and
he stood somewhat in awe of the devil's
imperious ways. Miss Mehetable hand -
0.1 her poem to the editor, while her
earl beat fest. Could ft lie that her
verses were to feed a printing p :
It was almost incredible,
"Here, Fritz, Luke that out and ...•
it set up. Is your name enacted I..
it?' Dare turned toward Miss husk,*
after Fritz had seized the nmunuscriyt
and rushed away.
"No, yes. That is—" The poetess had
lost control of her nerves through joy.
"11y nom•do-plume is there. Oh, 1 ani
se Hutch obliged to you, sir. And to
you," she continued, addressing van
Steck. "You are welcome to the poem.
There will be no charge. 1 write only
for the love of literature." ,
She stood up, and a dignity she had
never before possessed seemed to add
height to her figure. The weight of dis-
appointment which had crushed her for
years had been lifted from her shoul-
ders in the twinkling of an eye.
Through her brain flashed the thought
that hereafter she must search the
world for mind-readers and tier fame
would be estabtistied.
Approaching van Slack, she whisper-
ed:
"Whet was it you said I'd see, sir?"
Van Slack was nonplused for a mo-
ment.
"Oh yes!" he exclaimed after on effort
of memory, "1 told you you'd witness
a psychological phenomenon. Was I
not right?'
"A psychological phenomenon," she
repeated as though the words were the
"Open sesame" to glory. "Yes, I saw
It, and 1'11 see it again, if 1 live," she
murmured, as she left the room with
assured mein, after a polite bow to
John Dore,
(To be Continued.)
Quaint and Ancient Formalities Pre-
vailed at the Election.
The liverymen of the various guilds
of the city of London assembled in
Common Hall at Guildhall on a recent
Saturday, for the election of Lord
Mayor for the year ensuing. The pro-
ceedings were conducted with all the
quaint and ancient forsnalittes which
have prevailed in the city during the
seven centuries of the corporation's his-
tory.
Prior to the election the Lord Mayor
and Sheriffs and other high officers it
the city attended divine service in the
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry. On
leaving the church, the Lord Mayor and
sheriffs each carried a bouquet of au-
tumn flowers, and, preceded by the,
mace -bearer and sword -bearer, marched
•e the Guildhall, which was strewn with
sweet herbs. The liverymen 1►nd mean-
while assembled in the body of the hall
beneath the hustings.
The Common Sergeant read the names
of the aldermen who were eligible for
election, and said it would to the duty
of the livery to return the names of
two of these gentlemen to the Court of
Aldermen, who would select one of the
two to be Lord Mayor.
The choice of the livery fell upon Sir
William Treloar, and Sir John in )I, and
14 aldermen selected the former, who
was accordingly elected chief( magis-
trate.
sir \Villiam Treloar having been in-
vested with the chain of office by the
sword -bearer, returned thnnks for his
election. ile said the method of elect-
ing the Lord Mayor of London was
unique. Ile was not chosen because ( 1
his birth, rank, riches, or polities. but
hccnuse the had screed an apprentice-
ship to the city, rind had faithfully per-
formed his civic duties. Ile ,Sir \Villiani)
hal striven to serve such an apprentice-
ship for twenty -Ilse years, and Ihnt day
they crowned an aunbilion, which was
the birthright of every loyal citizen.
In the evening in accordance with
custoin, the Lord Mayor and the i.ady
Mayoress greee n dinner party at the
Mansion House to meet the Lord Mayor -
elect.
The Lore Mayor -elect was horn in
London sixty-three years ago In house
that was demolished 10 make room for
the Ludgate railway br klge. ily- reason
of the time and money he has devoted
to the service of the suffering children
in London lie hos king been known as
"Iho Children's Aldermen)." Ile is a
Conservative and a Churchman. and
tuns taken an active port In political
matters In the city and at Croydon, in
the neiglhhorhnod of which he resides.
1'1 1865 lie married Arnie, daughter c1
the late \Ir. George Drake.
It wos yisiling dry nt the kindergar-
ten. and the young leacher sins proud of
her little pupils as they went Through
their drills and exercises, rind beamed
with pleasure at the appreciation shown
by the visitors, vv iho applauded gener-
ously. Then came the lessens, and the
leacher annerrnced the eirl.jecl.
"Children," she said. "to -day we are
ging to learn about the cal. and I wont
you to tell me what you know about it.
Tonnny, how ninny legs tuns the cat:"
"Four:" replied Tommy, proudly con-
scious of rectitude.
"Yes. and Daisy, whet else bps the
cat?"
"(`.laws an' tail," murmured Dnisy.
shyly.
Various other portions of feline ana-
tomy were asccrinined, and tinnily the
instnielress turned to one of the latest
acquisitions to the kindergarten, and
said, sweetly:
"Now. Mary, can you tell ane whether
the eat has fu% or teotilers?"
\\'illi scorn and contempt. mingled
Willi a vast surprise, Mary .said:
"t.un►me! leochcr, ain't you never sten
a cal?'
And the lesson came to an abrupt
end,
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TREATMENT OF YARDED
POULTRY.
1 have noticed yarded fowls exposed
to the extreme heat of the sun in surli-
mer, 1n unshaded yards, with no re••
sources but the hen house, which was
probably like an oven. This exposure
not only results in the fading of their
plumage, but In the development of
disease.
in winter some yards are exposed to
the full force of the winter winds, and
in consequence the fowls will huddle
together in the hen -house instead of
getting out In the fresh air. Sunflowers
or morning glory vines will give shade
in summer and a wind break made of
old boards or cornstalks will, in a mea-
sure, protect the yards in winter. in
some instances the chicken yard is tak-
en for a dumping ground for table
scraps, old bones, etc,. until it becomes
a veritable rubbish heap. If fowls are
confined for any length of time 1n such
a yard some die and others become dis-
eased.
Another danger to yarded poultry is
overcrowding. No fowls can do well
where they are confined into small
space. The idea that because one has
made a certain prollt with a flock of
fowls that profit can be increased by
adding to their number without extend-
ing the space in which they are kept is
alrnost sure to result in loss. When on
free range fowls can secure those
things in the way of food 'het are neces-
sary to their thrift, and 1 believe in al -
Ewing as much free range as possible.
This can be accomplished by opening
the gate of the ward a short time before
sundown. The fowls will not wander
far for they will soon have to go to
roost, but even in the short time at
their disposal they will pick up a good
(teal that Will be of much benefit to
them. In winter it will be found advon-
tngeous to clear away the snow for a
short distance on the south side of the
poultry house. It does not take long to
da This and the chickens have a clear
space which they will thoroughly en-
joy. While moro corn can be fed in the
winter Than at any other season, it is
well not to give too much of it to the
hens, porticularly if yarded. Corn on
the ear, burned or charred in the oven,
stems to lose its fattening powers to a
certain extent. It should, however, only
be given in this toren occasionally.
Wheel and oats ore both good chicken
feeds, wheat being a splendid food tri
produce eggs. Wheat screenings have
the ndvnnlage of being cheaper in price
and contain other small grains and seeds
besides the wheal.
These grains, while forming the prin-
cipal food, should be varied or mixed in
the cnse of yarded fowls so as to give
variety. Green food roust not be for-
gotten. Foe Is consume a great deal of
grass when on free range, and it closely
yarded and unable to obtain it they will
suffer in consequence unless it be fed
to them or its place supplied by cab-
bage, apple parings, leets. etc. in
summer, Whenever the ieen i.s mowed,
1 give some of the grass as soon ns It
is cut to the fowls confined in yards,
and it is eaten with midilj.
FARM NOTES.
Rees keep women In pin money. They
are easy to manage and are steadily
gaining in popularity.
When butler gathers nt 02 In 64 de-
grees, It will need three washings to
remove all the buttermilk, but if it
gathers at 52 to 54 degrees, one wash-
ing wilt be sufficient. \\ hen washing.
di not let the butler remain in the, water
longer than is absolutely necessary.
A prince qualification of the tared non
should be his gentleness with animals,
especially With work horses and dairy
cows. The man deficient In this respect
can do more damage to the stock than
ha can make up by being otherwise ir-
reproachable.
The man who mills a gond farm, free
Froin mortgage, and who invests no'w
of his money at tome --in better stcck
or better living—is the centre of a finan-
cial world of hts own.
Before the fall rains set in limit in ns
many loads of dry loam as you moy
need. By judicious use one load will do
for six cows for one winter. Put this
earth in an airy place, and it will dr)
off to a dry powder. 11 this 1s put Ir,
the trough eller cleaning out night and
morning, you will save all of the Ma-
nure.
During the Rummer, after the busy
work is over, is a good time to clean
up and paint the farm wagons and im-
plements. A paint can be made by
using equal parts of red lead and Vene-
tian red, mixed with pure saw oil.
Keep welt stirred while using and apply
with a bristle brush. If a gloss finish Is
desired apply two coats with a little
coach varnish added in mixing second
Coat. This paint is durable and not ex-
pensive.
The Canada thistle Is one of that
numerous class of weeds that aro pro-
pagated by rhizomes, or root stalk
frorn which the buds start. as well as
from seed, thus rendering it necessary
not merely to prevent seeding, but to
destroy the entire rut system of the
plant. in this respect it is similar to
those other vile pests of the cultivated
farm in the humid section, the home.
nettle. bind weed, morning-glory and
quack grass. For ;?tis entire class of
weeds there are but two methods of de-
struction. One is the entire removal of
the root, and tiro other is ts•aigulatton
or keeping the leaves from access to the
air. either by repeated culling or smoth-
ering them out with some ranker -grow-
ing plant.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
The most profitable beef. pork or
mutton is that put on the market early.
When we get so wo study as hard
how to give our cows more to eat ns
we do new how to scrimp these we'll
have better success.
in dairying.
It is best to remove the harness dur-
ing the noon hour. 1t is also an excel•
lent practice In bathe the shoulders with
cold water after the removal of har-
ness. Well -fitting collars and harness
and strict cleanliness wilt do much to
prevent sore shoulders.
PEIWEC I.Y SATISFIED. •
"i don't wish to lake up your time,"
the caller said, "unless you think it is
likely 1 might interest you in the sub-
ject of life insurance."
"well," replied the mon at the desk,
"I'll not deny that 1 have, been Thinking
about it lately. Go ahead. I'll listen to
you."
Whereupon the caller tallied to hien
forty -live minutes without n stop.
"And now," he erid at lest, "are you
satisfied Mel nur company is one of the
best, and that our plan of doing busi-
nesss Is thoroughly sate?"
"yes..
"ifave i convinced you Ihnt we fur-
nish es good insurance as any other
company end at rates as cheap as you
can get anywhere?"
"Yes; I am satisfied with what you
sny—perfeelly satisfied."
"Well don't you want to Int;o out a
policy with us?"
"Me? Oh, no! lin n life insurance
agent myself. 1 thought 1 might bo able
le get some tips from you!"
REMORSE i\' IN''Tal.elevrs.
Remorse does not always go as for ns
the offense which gives birth to it.
There was once a man rho was ro-
bed of one hundred dollars. A long
lime afterward he received this letter:
"Dear Sir.—Five years ago 1 robbed
you of one hundred dollars. 1 ani filled
with remorse that t could leave done
such a thing. i send you a dollar end a
half to ease my conscience."
A Boston schoolboy was tall,
weak and sickly.
His arms were soft and flabby.
He didn't have a strong muscle in his
entire body.
The physician who had attended
the family for thirty yearn prescribed
Scott's Emulsion.
To feel that boy's arras you
would think he was apprenticed to a
blacksmith.
ALL DRUGGISTS; 60c. AND 11.00.
TMILES OF OIL PAINTINGS
-ii:CENT t;IIE.1T A(.Iltfil:'i1F1'J 11A1
111E Plc It Il!: \\ t)ttLI).
1'rn ehouwnd 1'iuurc, It+•presenp'd In O
Paintitio of the Battle of
Waterloo.
The painting of the Battle of Water -
.t.;), which has recently been completed
y
that clever young Cerium, van
.nr:estcn, Is, in :Is way, one of the most
.•eruarkable feats ever achieved by any
.u•tist. Althouth the picture is only
.our fret hog and about two Bleep, more
Man ten thousand figures aro repre-
sented.
eprosentedl. The Duke of Wellington, al -
:hough in the background, ie perfectly
s•eeognizable.
This is an age of sensations, and up -
10 -date artists, especially those of by
Freud; ,school, arc producing pictures
which break completely away from aid
tines. A few months ago a moat anaz-
trig production was exhibited at the
Gaierie des Machines in Pines. It re-
,rresents the niob, after tree taking and
,asking of the infamous Beelike prison.
marching, with Lafayette at their head,
to the Ilotel de Ville. The painter is M.
(;corges itoussel, and the magnitude of
the work may bo Judged when it is
elated that There tare over ane thousand
life-size figures shown wither the limits
of this gigantic canvas.
The picture is 246 feet in length, and
about 20 deep, slid is one of the largest
pictures ever painted.
500 I1OL'I1S OF HARD PAINTING.
Statistics of pictures of the gigantic)
order are not uninteresting. last year
Mr. Thomas !ferny, the well-known
marine painter, completed a picture of
Nelson's famous sea fight al Copen-
hagen, which is of its kind unique. It
covers 90 square feet of canvas, took
500 hours of hard painting, and used up
half a hundredweight of paints. The
actual cost of painting material for the
painting was $495.
Such a work implies a great deal of
very severe manual toil. Tho artist has
to be continually climbing up and down
a step ladder to get at the top of a ean-
cos of such size; and twiny of the prie-
clpal Dgru•cs have to be repainted as
many as thirty tines!
Now and then gigantic paintings have
been eelitt fled in the Royal Academy.
In 1680 Mr. Vol. Prinsep showed the
timber /told at Delhi by Lord Lytton,
Then Viceroy. '1'Itis picture was 27 feet
tong by 10 wide, and occupied pracll-
rally the whole of one wall of Gallery
No. \•Ii. Another picture of similarly
colossal dimensions was painted by J.
Phillip, R.A. It loss a portrait group of
the Howse of Commons, and contaiies
over G00 portraits, four hundred of which
aro very perfect. it measures e8 feet by
1: tact.
The largest paintings by any British
artist ore the frescoes by Mac►ise, i» limo
'loyal Gallery of the House of /.oats.
There nee two, and each measures 45
feet long by 12 feet high. They are ex-
quisitely painted.
20,000 FIGURES ON Ciel: CANVAS.
But all these immense areae of art
moist take second ploce when compered
with the chef d'oeuvre of ,\tons. Phillip-
potteaux, which was pointed to order fo►•
the Philodelph.a Arts Collection Exhibi-
tion. This portrays the Siege of Pair,
und co-ntains at. least twenty thousand
flgures, of which two thousand are very
distinct; and nines. others, though in the
shadow and in the background, very
feisty so. The canvas measures 380 feet
long, and is 50 feet deep. Of course.
work of Ibis kind belongs rather to the
world of scene -painting than to That of
pure nit, yet critics have aimo.st univer-
sally admitted tliat the art exhibited in
this tremendous camas is of a very high
order.
For trick painting pure and simple, it
would flcmatch nu
lioouln sentbe n
difefw yearsuitto ago to et Ilscoe Frenchlrrb-
Salon hy a well-known French Orien-
talist Bili -l. Al first sight. one observes
only a reproduction, exquisitely painrteet,
of the richly -carved facade of a Moor ell
ediflee, and, standing outside, a jnnis-
:ary with drawn sword. This was hong
on its marts.
On the first day of the exhibition the
artist whited till a number of peeplo
were nro+md his work, then, moving
quietly up, he Touche..
A SPRING iN THE FRAME.
lnstantly the janissnr_ neweo1 to one
side, the door of the. house opened, and
tri't'e was :shown an interior brfilinnlly were
lighted, in which a Moorish girt wrs
executing en Eastern donee. 'rh•e rea-
lism Was umniJng; but the (rick yens
universally condemned.
Prof. Ilerkiumer is the hero of a fent
of art which will not tie soon forgotten.
One 1a a portrait of the Itnieer in enam-
el. six feet high. and therefore enor-
mously larger num any utter work in
enamel ever attempted.
ll being out of the question to fire so
large a sheet at once, the picture
composed of eleven different pia:es. e
gnisitely joined. let even iv,Rr 1►,e�.•
pre4eautions so many plaice Ina:kleit
that the pnrlrait hnd In nil over one
hundred livings; rid the nrtist say' 1 e
:never would time attempted it Lail tie
known whet enormous ,Inbar It veui.1
involve.—Penr'ons Weekly.
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\Uf(1\IO{ill,/: AIt1'iLLEr.Y.
\1 :•
rind more the attention of the
military onthnrilies of the hrcol nations
is cnn' e',treted on the means of adapt -
Ing the nuloruobile to the transporta-
tion of lield-artillery. A French e►•i!,r
point• out that the Idea of self -moving
car iagoe for field -gone was suggested
1'v tin• engineer Cugnot as early as
176. At present. efforts are (hardest
• le the perfection 1.1 a form of automobile
suitable to take the ploce of horses in
drawing the artillery wagons. Many
different forms of Iron -clad nutoni tiles,
carrying light pins, linen already barn
Inveweel and tested, with more cr les•r
etece•-s; but the ninin problem is to
adept the automobile to the trans("ort:a.
lion of pens metalled, as nt present,
on their own cerrlages. in other wind,
11 concerns the abaW.3on p1 arli:lty
L•'r:ss.
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