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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-02-28, Page 2le. ally eed yond tight oor- t'* . Member 7yho. 'Ina weak questflist• -uch a to differ on of esoctal right oes,arily be -wan and entirely lost 10 eney and meter. 5t. John strove hard 10' of Cho stories about Franote mets canard,, exnggeral ons erasing cut of lila miserable tailing. Brutalized Ly drink he night be; but beyond That It was agony to him to believe otherwise, for her sake. But as he be- gan to live his life in this dull little neig:tborhond, opportunities were given • hint to prove the truth of most of the gossip. it. was an exceptionally tine autumn, end though now well into September, the days were warm as though they, v►erc loose fragments of July, dropped I y the Clerk of the \V,'alher, and picked u1, later and thrust in sojeytehow into the bosom of the month \seine they should not be. There was a tennis party at colonel Scott's, who had a special de- light. In gathering round him the youth- ful members of Cho society amongst which tie lived. Those bursts of hospi- tality on his part were welcomed by Iho eiders, because, though he only de - aired the sons and daughters, the latter (cold not accept invitations unless ac- companied by their chaperones. It was a charming afternoon. The pun still rode high in heaven, and cast its rays as lovingly on the earth be- neath as though its merriest days were not long overpast. St. John striding along the road that would lead hint to Colonel Scott's home, with his mind full of a nervous Hope that tliero he eliould sleet Mrs. Vereker, was so far absorbed 111 his own meditations that when a dark form jumped over the wall drat skirled one side of tho road, ile Hartel visibly. 'l'he new -comer was noticeable enough In himself to attract attention, even had his coming been fore -shadowed more gently. A huge, gritty, forbid• ding -looking creature, with a touch t f the forge about him, yet no trace rf +- • to the 0 belongs hox�sty which, as a cul p, village blacksmith. Shock tufts of sandy 11x11' stuck out on every side fron, under a most disreputable cup, and two of the blackest, most villainous eyes, look - oil hard at St. John from beneath the randy eyebrows. 'there was character In the face no doubt; but bad character, and on the whole he stood revealed ps a most repulsive object. Two furry legs were sti •king out of his left pocket. "\e -hut's the time, mister, if n roan r•.uiri ex?" anal he, In a gruff voice, t':cuid-l'e civil, but wholly insolent. SI. John, nflcr a steady glance at him, t• , k out his watch. - "hive to four,' he said. He looked et the roan ngadn with a sort of second- hand Oilers -I. It was Black Sandy, the ween character in the village, the lather or ih•r girl with whom Francis \'rreker's ,,acne Mut been so unpleasantly mixed 11p. A thoroughgoing scoundrel be decided, as he studied the man's low- ering, enatee, demoralized face, In which little of any decent humanity re- lruttned. Yet, in spite of all, lie pitied the fellow! Ile ,night indeed, perhaps, Lave spoken to him -might linve seal tame kindiy word to this Pariah, (Ida et velure cast out even by his low as. sedates '.t the village tavern, but that s.utething happened that nt this ma - Aleut attracted as milli the attention of the r•:ifhnri as of the gentlemen. It wag the s• and of horses' hoots thundering ower the :deny road. Siieh ♦l♦♦♦ 0 only from horses all control. A into nsec- t , , view a ► � Phur_- Idly front side to side, he ill with a fearful as apparent to anyone t the two cabs in it weii0 r, and had ceased to pay the admonitions of their d that driver have been II argument. But she was cots were well-known to St. John, and 1t needed not tho second glance to tell him that Mit. Vcrekcr. was the sole occupant of the phaeton. Whatever had frightened the poor Issues they were nearly mad with rage, and tore along at an astounding pace, that left thelr mistress powerless. Epi - (fenny, the groom hnd been flung out sorn) time ago; but she still held en.! As the oohs in their frantic race drew' Clear, St. John, whose, nerve was now like iron, could see that Mrs. Vereker,. though white as death, still held the reins thinly. in a minute or too they I would pass w•hero lie stood, ,with Black Sandy beside hint, and he realized that now or never was to be made the (f-, fort that would ring them on their haunches and reduce thein to reason.' Ilo g:onced at the man beside him. and saw that he was leaning forward, a wild look of exultation on Ids face. It was a horrible look, and, at the time, maddened St. John. Ills help was nec- essary, and he should have it. Ilo caught Black Sandy by the arm and swung him to and fro. "Man! `Tis a woman!" he said. At Ihks moment the inf Tinted cobs rushed by; he sprang forward and seta. - et' the relies. They were powerful brutes, and would in all probability have mastered taint had not another hand come to his aid. Black Sandy was beside him! To- gether they forced bark the ponie', and presently, with a soothing word or too. and the ini.linctive knowledge that they Lad found their masters, the terrified creatures stood quite still, trembling.' but subdued. Mrs. Vereker was very „•hits. but when he had time to go to her, she' had recovered her composure. "U was sueh a hero nothing." the said, In a rather panting little way.! "Only a sow and her Mlle ones that( crossed the road; but Magic," pointing to the off pony, "cannot endure a pig.; I am so much obliged to you, and to - She glanced at Sandy, and then. as quickly, withdrew her gaze, as if whet she saw offended her. "If you had not conte, 1 don't know what would have happened. My groom is icd I a get out. but he fell, and," in a di,lrc-std tone, "t am afraid he is hurt. \Vhat shall 1 do about him? 1 had bet- ter go on to Colonel Scold's and send a messenger from there." "You mcedn't." said St. John, who was gazing down the road behind her. "1 can see him on the top of the hill, he k running to you; 1 am sure from his bearing he is all right." "Oh! whatnconI comfort," said d the eag- erly. k - erly. "1 was so afraid that --'Plat man loo has been kind." She said this without a second glance at Black Sandy, to %vhom, however, she alluded, and who stood at the ponies' heads, sullen and defiant. "1---" she made a hasty Innvement towards her pocket and then slopped short, and blushed holly. "11 -11 you will lend rue Half-a-crown, 1 eaten be iso obliged," sho said. It she had been a women with money always at her disposal --even at her disposal so lar as the smallest suits were concerned -it would have been int. possible to her to look as she looked then. She had lost her color because of the ponies' misbehaviour, but white as she WS s when st. John stopped them, sire was not So White as she wns r,ow, when she made him this stna11 request. ili- heart seemed to die with- in blot. \Vith+.ut knowing -whilst even sternly forbidding himself to believe it -he knew the Truth! Slle was kept penniless! Any married woman will understand the cruelty, the degradation, of such tyranny as that. A ensemble shame had crept in.() her icvely eyes, end it hurl Ism like the stab of a knife. But he was careful to conceal from herr 811 knowledge of her confusion, and his voice was just •.r- dinailly cheerful and courteous as he answered leer. A Boston schoolboy waw 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 years prescribed Scott's Emulsion. NOW: To feel that boy's arm you would think he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. ALL DRUGOISTSt Ms AND 51.00. spoke. to hum, you," said she went round to where the man 11 with his hand on the bridle cob near hint. "Mrs. Vereker is very much obliged: she desist oto to give you this," said he, holding out the half-crown. • It'ack Sandy, who so far had steed r" •lion'" -s as 11 dazed ut thw ponies' treads, now suddenly grew into life. He uprearcd his gigantic frame, and lock- ets first at St. John and then at Mrs. 1':•reke:•. Ills expr'•ssioli changed slow- ly, front stolid indifference to a 241nw lege and from that to a boiling fury. Deliberately he took the coin that St. Jelin offered hint, spat opo► it, and without a word, flung it right into Mrs Veleker'a fust'. A second later lie had cleared tho wall and had disappeared into the thick brushwood on his left. r be Mir Colonel think 1 troublesome out to her CHAPTER IX. St. Julie's nest thought was overtake and half kill him, but a second's ie- Ilec'lu, slowed hire the impossibility of Laing able to do this. 1t had all hap- pened iso suddenly, so unexpectedly, and now Use f now was so far ahead that to run lint down teas out of the ques- tion. Ilia set'4,nd thought was for Mrs. Vereker; she was lying back in the phae- ton, very Pale and ,'w �••us. You are h•ightenedr rand S1. John. 110 was pale tort, and his eyes were Hashing. "That seoundrel, '1 shall lake cure that he lives to regret 'this day." "No, no," said she eagerly. Seta leaned towards hint and laid one, trcnl- b:ang hand upon his arm. "That Is whet I feared. But to oblige me, if 1 ask you, you will !like no notice of '1. Promise me you will not prove in this matter. That man -brutally as ho has behaved -there are reasons -believe me -ho Is to he pitied -forgiven.' 9 She was stammering hopelessly, and again that shunted look grew within her eyes. She stooped, as if to arrange her ekms, but in reality to hide her face, and the little action was so ineffectual, so childish, that anyone would have been sorry for. her. Old Colonel Scold's revelation about Black Sandy's daugh- fe, rose to St. John's mind, mid 1.1 course ho under. -toed. "\Vell, as you ss tal " :•.;,id he careless- ly. "nut it is over gond of you to let that SCnumdrel go unpunished. And now, you are looking very much un- nerved, suppose yeu give me a place beside you. and let Ole drive Thebe re- fractory little boasts to the leaven whet you would be.' "Oh! 1f you wilt," said she. She moved to one ride, and very willingly made room for him. 'The groom had cornu up by tins time, and had taken his sent behind. "Are you loo coming to Colonel Scott's?" elle asked. "Yes. I was on my way there. You Ore surd you are feeling all right now? That you would not i•alher turn and go h(tnc?" "Nome! No!" said she, with n quick cerla my that told its own tale. They were a little late when they ar- rived, but no one look much notice of them except Lady n s� y. who niched het' brows slightly, and looked at Blau', who happened to to beside her. "Well, 1 never,' said she, under her breath. "Never what?" demanded (hitt young plan will lively interest. "15 ihere arty Gong under the sun you bale never done. yet'!•' "Doer' said she. "i've never made a fool of myself at all events: for those who have-" She broke off abruptly and turned away. "What's for Moe:" asked he, "your blessing?" "The other thing." said she. ' "Good heavens! don't say that!" en- treated he. 'Consider what a fool 1've teen, about you, ever since we \s ere Loth born!" To her. this open flirtation of SI. John"s with Mrs. Vereker• seemed the very acme of folly. She Insert her bre- Iher too well trot to shade( front tiny - thing that might con►p,o,1uu 0 hila in the eyes of his world. She wanted to nim 1 y hint, and starry him well, and to see t.nu de:iberatcly compromise himself would rutn MI her schemes. The fact Ihal. ,airs. Vereker was tor/king very white 0114 nen•wo:Is ns she rev>:r,l the (emacs towards lit.r 11(4'1 only added to her belief that souielhing more than or- dinarily had happened beteecn her and St. John. "1 shouldn't wonder, if he v. ere to hill desperately in love with 11. r. il( is just the sort of man to het pity le akin to love, and of eon•se see Is lo be pilled. One must admit that. Hut 1 wish she would lock for consolation elsewhere." hi the meantime. \lea. \'erekrr, hav- ing greeted Colonel Scoll, hnd gone wally to where Dorothy Aylmer bons silting beneath the branching limbs of a huge beech. 'DomIM, ran you let inc have loaf• n -crown?" she said softly, yet with srlrh evident. even painful. anxiety that Dorothy. turning her shmilder to ale. Vesey; who wits kitting as fleetly in her pocket 0s he could manage. drew her down ceressingly on the seat L+•,vle leer. 'Now dent give way tn v04Ear wile - !tent," she said. "when 1 bell you thill I am ill present not only the primal pcsses•-or of Ivo shilling and the in- valuable eixt ence, but 11101 I con (yen lay ,ny land on one pound len. You have only to sny the word and alt s' all be yours. Ah! 1 knew 1 had ).1•en ten abrupt. You pale! One sheath) iirnk such Tidings with a 'wryer tongue'' Mrs. Vereker mined faintly. "Keep the rest, you rich girl," she said. "but lend nm 1b' half -canon. 1 cw•e 11 lc s(mcbndy." "in the butcher, the baker, the candle - snick maker??" "No, to your cousin ---lo Mr. St. John. Fie ponies canto lo grief on my one here, rind a inn helped me-" s+ c besito:ed, as if not knowing how to E.• en. "\VIint'4 the _ matter with ynu?" said Dorothy promptly. "You know 11 do's you peal In speak nut. What man holt od yon? Come, tell ►nen Was it Hi• !:wry? Surely yen are not going to re. ward lin, ss.ln lialf-a-clOwn?" • "No. 1t was Wail Sandy!" Even with Dorothy the loukal t;hy and dt:- Irtwrel as rho mentioned the man's name. "ile caught the ponies by the head, and i borrowed the money mein sour cousin to pay bine, and -end---duty I want to pay .v0111' cousin lack again.' "Su boon? Is thy ee•rvanl a Jew that ':e Well. you are right, 1 !Idols. Ila -.re Ls the stoney; get that debt off your conscience as soon as ever you can." "Whet n comfort that you have i1," Mid \les. Vereker, with Uie first gleans of sunshine on her charming face tirit the day -hull yet seen. "1 was so alr;.:,1 you would 1,0 will►oul a pettily. 111 go and pay him at once. 1 assure you, Dorothy, 1 was so ashamed at having lo borrow it, that I didn't know which tray to look. 1.11 come back 111 a 1)10- ►ir. id." Iter brow had quite cleared, • Iter c She 1. h nut.. was ones ato • Ic natural. a moved in her pretty, stew, graceful fashitm over the grass, t„ ying u word or two as she went to U,o: o oho ad- dressed her, but stopping wily when she Cal►1C to 51. John. Sho slipped the halt -crown Into his ha nd. "Thank you so uttu h," she said. "1 slouldr►'t have known what to do with- out your help today, though certainly that luckless coin did good to nobody. 1 canto out without 1ny' purse, as you Li;ow, but Dorothy bus been my ban - her." 11e eolurcd slightly, but his tone when hu .spoke was studiously careless. "Was Butt prix lege deiikd me?' sats' he, "What a hurry you were in to gel cut of niy debt. You are certainly l:encst," glancing at the money in his hand, "hut," glancing al her, "you ore as cel fainly very twfrienrlly." "11h! not that," slim said. "'Then why not let me be your ere - sitter as well us Dorothy?" "1t is not tie seine thing. (Inc can see that. I have known her alt my life; you are a stranger!" "I see," said he sheeny. They were standing near nn old well, picturesque- ly hidden by hanging ivy, and its he spoke, almost unconscio:l -l)' its it seem- ed, he dropped the half-crown into it. "Come, let me take von back to your friends," lie said. "11 can hardly be amusing to you to stand hero w 1111 me." "Are not you my friend, loo? I am terry I used that cold word, stranger," said sht', so gently, that his short-lived anger died. Her eyes were -full of tears. She crossed Ilse lawn to where Lady ficssy \Cris silting, rill iuuttvare of the thoughts with which that r,ther highly- s!rung person was regarding her. She 1•oked so dejected, however, that Lady b(• +•. who preferred to think she was .•slffering the throes of slighted love, 10' towed her very kindly. "Can't even such a day as tills throw a little warmth into yen:'" she said. "You leek positively frozen. 1htve some lea? hobby. go and get Mrs. Vereker c cup of lea. Bless lite, what a white little object yeti are! 11 you were to pose as the real and original mediaeval saint, or the Cluistian Martyr who bus Leen so dreadfully long drowned, no caro would think you overdid the part. ea ell, what is it? Na hat bus Iii?tu•y been saying to you?" "Hilary? Mr. St. John? \\ hnt..ahnuld he Fay?" She had lingered over the pronunciation of his Christian name as though it was clear to her, and a tiny ! Deck of color had .rept into each cheek. "Did he tell you the ponies ran away with me, and only that he ntel me halt-; way here and stopped them, 1 daresoy i 1 r,11nulcl be -well, whiter even than 1 uu5, by this lime." So Ibnt was how it came about that he arrived with her. Lady Messy grew ien f t. ly. d even mese "Bradly things, ponies." she said. "Give nu• the most rac•ke!ly horse in Europe in preference to thele. And 54; they hotted. and destroyed your nerve for one day. The only nntidolc for that stet of thing is to have them tilt again. That restores ono s bal- ance; and if they do go, ,sake them lake you to far from Brent that you will never be nhle in IInc1 your way Lack again. Dullest hole_ 1 "mow.' "1 think:, perhaps• 1 cirri al happy hero •--as I shnutd he any where•," said Mee. Vereker, with her eyes ufl. the ground. There was. something in, hoes tone that Made Lady Bcssy sinsetely sorry for 1►c•'Yr. o1 are not very, happy, 1 •'Aiii i.fr01d;' site said inspuleively, and with 1 a taste. perhaps, hal an kindly that 0 would be impossible to be angry v th iter. Mrs. Vereker raised lea. eyes ' t.i,d li\crd them on her. There was n \seri] of de -pair In their da, -k drplh3. (To tie Conlmtinl.) AitMY Mt'1I?)I:S. Severn! Occa'i,n. \\ hull fit•ili'-II -I coops aa(II on Strike. The British artily rind navy being Iho best disciplined and n►ret emite11 in the world, nitilinies awning our forces have happily been very rare. Previous to the recent (.ulbrrok at 1" rtsniouth, lite last itriltsit mutiny of nide occurred of July 711). 1899, when the 211(1 Grenadier Guards, then at.Welling- ton Barracks. refwai to turn out nn petiole. only nl,but six unci( of Ilse whole titillation answering the bugle (all. lacntlally they were indeed to lissom. Ile, but many, htslend of n1,p.vuing In Iuit marching order, paraded m 111nicS and fatigue' dress. For Ibis insubordi- nation the whole battalion was exiled to Dhrmuda for One year. Leaving the Mercantile \inrine out of the question, the Inst Biitist► naval iln1- tiny of nolo-previous. of course, to the lei (III t,•othle---occuri-ed so far bark as December. 1!501. This wee the famous mutiny of the Rnniry flay Aquadrrm, the seriousm'ss of which may be judged from the fact that 11 of the mutineers were ceniicmned to death, and all the rest sentenced to receive :'(O lashes each! I:i 1110.-r days very 811111 measures were adopted to quell insubordination in the navy. 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THE HAMILTON INCUBATOR COMPANY, Limited, ai>'s12=LTO>gf. csai r. 100, i 4 1,1144446441140 IMO+ l The t'arm 1;' (Attain AL \11Lk PnOl)CCTION. \\ lien 11 roan I:ties into any business 1'e should choose the applianccj; best suaed to his purpose. If we air to produce milk Fconontically, lira we must cheese an nninlal capable of pro- ducing milk and producing it cheaply. \\'e should not expect to produce the best tied cheapest ,Wilk by laking an leaned that ha, been height by long sets:tion and feeding to produce !some- thing other than milk, b iterathr_r one anal has been bred and fed with the ono idea of turning food into milk, writes Mr. J. S. Woodward, Even the best dairymen do not apple• crate what a rentarkttble animal they have in the dairy cow. As an example o' what a COW will produce if she is 1 red right 1 will instance the record et Queen f'ieterlje Mercedes. This cow Neighed before dropping her calf 1600 pounds and in 30 days after calving produced 1983 founds milk or 383 pomuls mere milk than her own weight. That, according to Prof. Atwater is equal to 471 pounds of bone -free flesh. You will see by this what a peculiar organization such an animal must have. Raving secured the right kind ( f cow w•e must give the best possible care. The cow should be no circum- stanced that Elie will expend the smell- iest, nmount of food possible in the matntninenco of her own existence. We know• that even under the best condi- tions four-fifths of all the cow eats is rased -to keep her warm, We 'night keep our cows rattle.• such unfavorable cundilions that it would be impossible fcr thein to cat enough to keep thern- si Ives warns, leaving nothing for the production- of milk. \Var•►u, comfort- able quark:,, are therefore necessary. By that Ldo not mean dark, damp, 'ley ventilated stables by any means, 131-oides being warm the stables -should 1.1 sanitary and properly ventilated. 1 like to have the temperature of the cow stable between 50 and 60 degrees. 1 ventilate by nlerins of shutes three feet square extending up through the roof. with cowls at the top. I believe in no exercise for co:vs. Cows turned out on a coke morning ntust keep theinsel•ns tvar,n and every step they take in the effort to do' r•o is expensive. \then niy cows go into the s101 -ie in the fall they stay there spring and they are healthy, hup- In• and .satisfactorily productive. 1 tei'cvc in no stanshion,s. No cow can be r(Infor table under such conditions and it is necessary that :le' should be comfortable if she is to produce milk cI.ca I}• Go mf(t has a money } value to the milk producer. The next point is proper feeding. We went a cow• to eat all she can assimi- late and pill it in the milk pail. This is accomplished, Ili'.l by giving food that is talented to the predus'lion of milk. One cannot give her a ration tint would fallen n beef animal and (Apert her to produce 1110 IItOXIlltl►III engem! of milk. The ration must be Properly t.nlancesl. having in view !h•' produ, linos of 11'0 11i. 11 14101141 contain n cerinin nnlo1111 of protein and a certain amount of carbohydrate". 11 noel be. palulable to assist dignation. Thousands of Moneta expert their• (sows to make butter on nothing but straw. While plenty of roughage is necessary there roust be plenty' of concentrated feed to go with it. Succulent food which, ie. so meal more easily digested than dry fold is also regnit•etl. The chemist says when we cure tray we tithe nothing out of it but water. l!ul everyot' knows 1110 difference 11t'- 151 esu coving a rich Juicy apple and the mime apple aft^r being dried. 'There Is something lost besides %%lac ; Ili' chemist cannot tncneure it, hot the ow end the elan can. I do not know of any better nuceulell fond than silage. s.rmcthieg that is often neglected in the dairy .clahtm Is regular mitering. We water hi -trees three limes a day. whether they are doing anything or not. but the cows are watered roily mire a day. and sometimes n day is (-hipped. A cow giving any considerable quantity' of milk drinks 75 to lea pounds of water daily. I1 is intpessi'ls' for her to lake all that aloto lime. mut it is not possible for her to pivot IIS' maximum nmount of milk unless she Nei that amount of water, as water r0n•'•Iittitee 87 per cent. of the milk pro- dw'ed. 1 am often asked how many times a Mir n row should be led. A cow does not cal in the ordinary acceptation of the term. \\'c hint the cow info pasture iu June 010 say..rr that cow eat. She is net eating al all: the is simply gnite c-r.ig food into n storehouse to provide her with n good square meal, and if ales slid nr.i niterworl est the feed so stored elle would !terve fn denth. After iter see (belie k 11110.1 she retires to n quiet prep 1., (-11 i1. We say she ehews her cud, but elle is really eating. 1 no not mare how many tinlec you feed her so long as you do i1 regularly; only give tics enough So that she can chew the cud nil the time she wants lo. In that way elle will make milk eennomt- ft.Vrl? OF 6.1IN5 IN HUGS. The rale of increase In hog., cf olives. will depend upon the kind ( bre od 5,,w= you 1185'0. 11 these have tern .(teetrd to produce largo iIttsA .s. of course you get a greater increase than if they were not so selected, but 1 would say that an average of about live pigs 10 the Idler would not be \\' r. lel- ver • far rerun 'writes Prof. n D 5e. Diet - nett. The amount of corn required per 100 pounds of Increase in live weight will depend very largely upon ll:^ hind of I:ogs and the way they have been pre- viously fed. 11 these hogs are to run on clover and aro fed corn flout the lune they are farrowed until they go to market one can figure on 5 to 6 tbs. cl corn for every p. end of gain. This will depend very largely also on Ise amount of corn they are fed. The best results will be obtained if they are fed n limited quantity of corn during the first five or six months and fed more heavily- on 11 towards the ck,se ',t the fattening period. Rye has about the same feeding value 0s corn. 1f you know how much rye one acre will yield mrd the size of hogs that you are to pasture on this you can rosily calculate the number r 1 hogs that can be turned in the rye field for any given length of 111110. Of course you nidi ninke some allowance for the Togs gathering the rye and doing the threshing themselves, all of which :e- qutres energy and consequently niusl b.' taken out of grain eaten and there- fore will not appear as gain in live weight. FAiSM NOTES. To trent seed potatoes so they will not sprout: Early in ?lnreIu put in slat crates and give plenty of light and air by setting near an open window. Lat- ter, tset in wellaired outbuilding and protect on frosty nights, but air freely. So treated the sprouts will be stubby Elite spurs that will withstand any handling. They will keen perfectly tin- t') midsummer, and will not rot ea) matter what weather conditions follow planting. \\'r give the following formula for making n r• ienp paint: Take seven p•ouucls of sliced Portland cement, one gallon of 'skim milk and three pounds of whiting. Break up the cement and wlrling to a stiff paste with some el the skim milk, then add the remainder of the milk, having previously added In iI one-half pound of fresh :slnked lime. and stir well together. Dissolve nne- Leif ounce of salsoda in one nint at water. mix it with -one pint of linseed 1), and elle the nsix111r0 well into the paint. 1f the paint is lon thick. told mere ridge if too thin. ncld mere whit- ing. Strain the whole through cheese- cloth. _. Mrs. Cora B. Miller Makes a Fortune Started a 1. :•r :titan r One Few I' ears Ago with No r Now Employs loos Nearl • tel 1 v In t ► p 5 Hundred Clerks and Stenographers. Vntil a few years ago Mrs. Cora P. Miller lived in a manner similar to that of thousands of other very poor women of the average small town and village. She now resides in her own palatial brown•at0ne residence. and is considered one of the most successful business WO- Moo atrop in the United antro. Mrs. Miller's Nowt Rosldenee, Earned In loss Than Inc Ysar. Several y('ars aro Mrs. Niter learned of a mild and simple preparation that cured her..1f and greyest friends of female wcaknesq 17114 p11es. Hh0 was hc.ieged by f0 many bombes needing treatment that ph0 derided to furni.h It to thea who tblght call for ft. She started with only K few dollars' capital, and 1hr rentedy, ppgqapr•inrt1„ t many e,-nrd "wlcnrftd„store d ro dtte other rcmodic' failed, the demand grew so rfrproi.dcely:1, abs waw hercraI Iiia',' rrompt'llad ttarget 4uarlrr..Shenow'' (•n. pty 017 et the . ity'a largest nlflce build• lich ehr nv.n,', and almost ons hon. dr'•d clacks and ,lenngraph.r. era re- quired to PPsi't in 11111 great bnaneyy. Mutton Women Use 1t. More than n minion women have tt.rd Mrs. MUlcr'. rrnt('dy, and no matter where you live, .5e can rater yea to lndi0, In your own locality who can and will tell any sufferer that thin marvellous remedy really sura woman. Despite Cha r -i that Ilya. Mitres'. bu,ine.,' I, very atten.lva, ebe Is always willing to glut• (tint anct •ad- vice to every suffering woman who writes to her. Rhe Is a grnere ;a. Rand unman, and has derided to Rtve away In women who lava nrvrr owed err medi, 1114' ('10, 000.00 worth ahso!utrly 1 IC1.I t:vary woman auftering with pain. In the head. back 511(1 bowel., bearing -down feeling., nervou.nep., creeping sensations up the ,pine, malan(hnly desire to cry, hot flaahe.. wearine,'s. or pike from any cause, should sit right down and send her name and address to Mrs. Cora A. littler. Bo>, Mi, Kokomo. Ind . and receive by mall (free of charge to plain wrapper) a 50.111 hof her rn.rrrllnns tnedtrinr; also her1-0valuableot Look, which ('very boo• m511 ehenld have. R.membar thin oRer will not Jape l,nt, for thou,'and, and thrn,•and• of women whit ere snit.ting will lake advantage of this gangrene mean. ' 1 gattln` raced. Ho 11 7o* are ailing, do not a ager another day. but Mod your name aryl ;litre.. to Mrs. Killer for the bn.14 and medicine be- fore tlis 110,000.110 worth is all gone. --4' INOCULATING 111E EMPftlt7sA. Du: for Wmsdakes IEsperience N'1S• C.attterhte II. of flouts. In the article on physicians' fees, which the Youth's Companion published not long ago, there was mention of Ike fee paid to Doctor Ditnslale of I. u,1 .a for Inoculating Catherine 11. of Itu:,ia. The writer said that the fee of fitly thousand doilies, l►, addition to travel- ling exp0Iases and a life penskrn, was large for such an easy operation. A Correspondent sends the doctor's side of the skry, as it was related by one 01 his friends. It appears that the operation was the least of Itis troubles, anti11al:- he earned the money. l" Doctor Din>sdale did not want to in. oculate the empress, for tie \vets afraid o! what (night happen. Inoculation meant giving the patient the smallpox ir. a mild term; 5041 sometimes it took a viol/Pitt form Instead, unit the patient died. 1f this should happen with the em- press, Doctor Din►sdale was afraid the Russian aulhoriUe,s would hold him re- sponsible. However, Catherine Insisted, and gave the doctor n signal statement that whatever happened she guaranteed he should be held guiltless. Then, with many inisgtviugs, Doctor Dinlsdalo in- oculated herr. 1t went badly with the empress, who soon became very ill. As soon as she was delirious, Cho authorities arrested Doctor Dimsdale, charging that he was. plotting the dcnlh of the empress. They paid no regard to his paper nor to hi reinanstunnees, and the only point orf which they seemed doubtful was whe- ther they should put him lo death at once, or wilt to see what happened to the empress. Then Dot•tor nhnsdale tried another lino of argument. "Of course," said he, "you can impri- son nen or put me to death, but if you do you will kill the empress as well as 111e. 1 am the only man in Russia who knows how to treat her, and unless 1 can watch her closely and d2 what she needs, setts twill ct•rittinly die. Even Russian officials could not fail to see the force of this, so the doctor was told he might see the empress whenever he thought it necessary. Meanwhile ho was kept in close confinement, and token back and fortit from Catherine's room under guard. And all the while he Entry that if he did not savo lllo emplc_s death was wailing for hire, too. At last the empress began to recover. When she recovered her senses, she was very angry at the way the doctor had been treated. Seto did everything slit, could to snake it up to him. She paid him, besides the fee of fifty thousand dellors, ten thousand more for travel- ling expenses, made 111111 a baron, seltted ne annuity of twenty-five hundred dol- lars on him, and promised him all sorts of good things if lee would remain in Russia and become tier physician. But Doctor D(rnsdale declined. Taking charge of an empress was too anxious a matter, and he wanted to get back to a practice among private people, where Ito would not be in danger of sharing his patient's fate so closely. `o ho went back to England. lirJ Catherine always renieniber•d him Ifindty, and when, a few years later, ho married, she .sent. him a set of beautiful china. SENTENCE ,I, SERMONS. Ilabil i; our heaven or our hell. 'Tete heartless are spiritually homeless. Love of the law finds liberty in the law. Tho way to keep friends is to keep faith, The heaviest chains arc made from tibcrties abused. The sasepiug church always awakes to shome. Scratch a chronic critic and you fed a hypocrite. Ile Cannot 11IOVO henrLs w11ose ti.:1rt cannot be mored. A mooushiny religion does not mako a sunshiny world. No who must bo goaded to do right is going to do w'rcflg. A worthy lift; is impossible without n w.•;111 The worst punishment of sin is that one lc:11 es to love it. i You newer know• w•hnt is in a 111311 until (10 gmis in a minority. i 1:1erpicnce has a tendency to act as an evaporator for religion. The bread of life is never on the lips of the breed and butter 'trendier. The best point i'1 a sermon is that which pierces your self-salisfnction. The only good that really is good for oat• k that whirl► works good for all. The really mat ing scr►nnn Is the one that snakes you gel Cup rind do things. hear the acent of a fool bcfure long. A ratan docs not have to look sheepish to prove that he Is not cote• of the goals. The. minister oppressed by a sense of his modernity will paralyze Iris 1011Ist•y. Many a pian trios le II( _e up for a hick of a definite goal by an excess tit speed. GOT IIIM OFF. A young bnrristcr, not soled for inle!- ligence, succeeded In having n :bent ac- quitted of nnlyder. Atceling a friend a few days afterwards, the, tanrrister was greeted with warn congratulations. "Yes," said the lawyer, hopping hie brow. "I got him off, but it was a narr',w receive." "A nn unity escape! How?" ?" "Ah, the tightest squeeze you ever sin•. You know, f examined t11e witnesses and made the argument my self, the plea big. Uuq selldrfrnee. 'I'lte jury were, out twit whole days. Finally the judge enlb,t them before him and asked whet the trouble was. "'Only one thing. my lnrd,' replied the foreman. '\\'ns the prisoners counsel retained by 111111 or appointed by the (.oust 1' 'No, genlltrnon, tho prisoner is is num n! steno',' said the Judge, 'and erfgnged his oven counsel.' "i enuld not see what hearing the question had on the es 'Jetted.," sank sea the barrister, "but ten mnmtes )inter in Illcd the jury, and what do you think the verdict was ?' "Whet ?' slaked his friend. "Why, not guilty, on the ground of in'anlly." Charily Willi some people login! and et.ds It:king about 11.