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of grown gradually
hat there was Indeed
outside and beyond
What they thought
lee ai pent. ;must be cor-
oe betide the rash member
mmnunity elite in a weak
duret to question It. Such a
ventured to differ with thein on
ibject of eocial right and wrong
neceeearily be wanting in 1)10r -
y, and -entirely lost to all sense of
CCII^y and order.
St. John strove hard to treat most
r.1 tele stories ubout Francis Vereker les
mere canard;, exaggerations arising
cut of his miserable failing. Brutalized
ty drink he might be; but beyond That
- 1t• was agony to him to believe
otherwise, for her sake. But as ho be-
gan to live his life in this dull little
neighborhood, opportunities were given
him 10 prove the truth of most of the
gioset p.
it. was an exceptionally fine autumn,
end though now well into September,
the days were warns as though they
were loose fragments of July, dropped
ty the Clerk of 1110 Weather, and picked
up later and thrust in somehow into the
bosom of the month where they should
not be. Thera WitS a tennis party at
Colonel Scott's, who had a special de-
light in gathering round him the youth-
ful menders of the soclety amongst
which tie lived. These bursts of hospi-
tality
on his part were welcomedlcomer14the r3 because g )
though he onl • de -
1 e hl c
Fired the sons and daughters, the latter
could not accept invitations unless ac-
companied by their chaperones.
It was a charming afternoon. The
nom 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
Wong the road that would lead him to
Colonel Scott's house, with his mind
full of a nervous hole that there 1.e
rhould meet Mrs. Vereker, was so far
absorbed in his own meditations that
when a dark form jumped over the wall
That skirted one side of the road, he
'tarter. visibly.
The new -comer was noticeable enough
In himself to attract attention, even
had his coming been fore -shadowed
more gently. A huge, grimy, forbid-
d:ng-'stoking creature, with a touch c f
Pie forge about him, yet no trace cf
hon-'st• which, as a rale, belongs to the
village blacksmith. Shock tufts of sandy
hair stuck out on every side from under
a most disreputable cap. and two 0f
the blackest, most villainous eyes, look-
ed hard at SI. John from beneath the
wieldy eyebrows. There was character
in the face no doubt; but bad character,
and on the whole ho stood revealed as
a most repulsive object. Two furry legs
Were sticking out of his left pocket.
"What's the time, mister. 1f a men
ought ax?" said he, In a gruff voice,
r:omd.l-be civil. but wholly insolent.
SI. John, afttr a steady glance at him,
Y.k out his watch.
"Five to four," he maid. Ile looked
al the man again with a sort of second -
/end interest. 11 Was Black Sandy, the
• w'eerst character in the village, the father
✓ the girl with Whoa( Francis Vereker's
tame hard been so unpleasantly mixed
tip. A thorough -going scoundrel he
decided. aS he studied the man's low-
ering. melee, demoralized tare. in
which little of any decent humanity re-
f lained. Yet, in spite of all. he pitied
the fellow! Ile might indeed, perhaps,
Lave spoken to hum -might hese sal•1
fettle kindly wand to this Pariah, this
ereaturti cast out even by his low as-
sociates of the village Ins -ern. but that
something happened that at this me -
Intent attracted as munch the attention
61 the nllllan as of the gentleman.
it was the sound of horses' hoofs
lbundering ever the stony road. Such
II 1 can do for your be
are going on 10 Colonel
suppose. Dunt you Think 1
ter undeituke these troublesome
les So far?" Ho held out to her
lt-aaxown as he Stoke.
"No, too it to hhn, you," s:,ie ' ht
drawing bal.
• St. John went n•und to where lite aero
stolid, still with his hand on the teeth,
of the cob near him.
"\frs. Velekel' is very much oblige!!
Fla) desired oro to give you this," suns
he, Bolding out the halt -crown.
Back Sandy, who so fur had stood
nl•ilionlais ass it dazed at the ponies'
heads, now suddenly grew into life. Ile
upreared his gigantic frame, and look-
to."+))+�+*+vsei co first at St. John and then at Mrs.
Vereker'. Ills exprec,ton changed) slow-
!), from stolid indifference to a slow
rage and from that to a boiling fury.
Deliberately he took the coin that St.
John offered hip), spat upon it, and
without a word, (lung it right into Mrs
\'ereker's face.
A second later he had cleared the wall
and ha.1 disappeared into the thick
bl usheie d en his left.
eetrie only from horses
to all •••intrt . A sec-
ught city a view- a phae-
ying wildly frau side to side,
ruing towards Mill with a fearful
idity. It was apparent to anyone
king on that the two cobs in it were
'ad with fear, and end ceased to pay
any heed to the admonitions of their
driver, could that driver have been
equal to an argument. But she ons
not. The cots were well-known to 51.
Johns and it needed not the &comet
glance to telt hint that \hr. Vereker
was the sole occupant of the phaeton.
1 Whatever had frightened the poer
) rotes they were nearly mad with rage,
and tore along at an astounding pace,
that left their mistress powerless. Evi-
dently, the groalre had been flung eat
tondo time ago; but she still held on.
As the oohs In their frantic race drew
rear, St. John, whose nerve was now
like iron, could see that Mrs. Vereker,
though white as death, still held the
reins firmly. In a minute or two they
would pass where he stood, with Black
Sandy beside him, and he realized teat
now or never was to be made the cf-
fort that would (ling them on their
haunches and reduce them to reason.
Ile glanced at the ratan beside him
and saw that he was leaning forward,
c. wild look of exultation on his face.
1t was a bore ible look, and, at the time,
maddened S1. John. His help was nec-
c sary, and he should have il. Ile
caught Black sandy by the erns and
ewung him to and fro.
"Man! "1'is a woman)" he said.
At this moment the infuriated cobs.
noshed by; he sprang forward and seiz-
e(' the reins. They were powerful
brutes, and would in all probability
have plastered him had not another
hand come to his add.
Illaek Sandy was beside tum! To-
gether they forced back the ponies, and
presently. with a seething word or two.
and the instinctive knowledge that they
had found their nmete s, the terrified
creatures stood quite still, trembling,
k
but subdued.
ubdrd.
Mrs. \'etcher was very white, but
when ho had time to go to her, she
bad recovered her composure.
"It was such a mere nettling" she
said, to a rather pooling little vway..
'Only a sow and her title ones that
crossed the road; but Magtc.' pointing
to the off pony, "cannot endure a pig.
I sin so much obliged to yoa, and to-"
She glanced at Sandy, and then. as
quickly, withdrew her guze, as if whet
site saw effendeed her.
"if you had not conte, I don't know
what would hove happened. \ly groom
tried to greet out. but he fell. and," 711 8
di.tre:scd tone. "1 ala afraid he Is hurt.
What shall 1 do about him? I had let-
ter go on to Colonel Stoles and send
a messenger from there."
"You needn't," said St. John, who was
guzing down the road behind her. "i
can fee him on the top of the hill, he
is running to you; 1 am sure from his
bearing he is all right."
"Oh! what a conlfol t," said she eag-
erly. "1 was so afraid that -That lnan
too has ben kind." She said this
without a second glance at Black Sandy,
tc whom, however, she alluded, and
who stood al the ponies' heads, sullen
and defiant. "1--" she made a hasty
movement towards her pocket and then
stopped short, and blushed hotly. "lf
-if you will lend me half-a-ct ow n. i
shall be so obliged." sho said.
1f she had been a woman with 1ur,ney
always at her disposal -even at her
disposal so far as the smallest sums
were concerned -it would have been ins -
possible to her to look as site looked
then. She had 1«t her color because
of the ponies' misbehaviour, but white
as she was when St. John stepped
Item, she \Mas not so white as she was
r.ow, when .she made him this small
request. ilia heart seemed to di.' with-
in lrtm. Without knowing -whilst even
sternly forbidding himself to believe it
--he knew the truth! She was tent
eenni'esa Any married woman will
understand the cruelty, the degradation,
of such tyranny as that.
A miserable shame had crept into her
level), eyes, and it hurt him like the
stab of a knife. But he was careful to
conceal from her all knowledge of her
confusion, and his voice was just ere
dimity cheerful and courteous as he
answere•I her.
A Boston schoolboy wa.3 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 •
blacksmith.
ALL DRUGOISTS) 5Ors AND 111.00.
.4400.40)104000
(:1IAl'"fl:R IX.
St. John's (lest thought was overtr►ko
and half kill hire, hut a seeond's s•3-
fec'i•vl showed hint the impossibility of
teuig able to do this. 1t had all hap-
pened so suddenly, so unexpeetedly,
and now the 1.11ow was so fur ahead Mel
to run hon down was out of the ques-
(ton. His second thought was tor Mrs.
Vereker; she was lying beck in the phae-
ton, very pale and nervous
"Von are frightened!' s:aiil `I. Join.
Ile was pale too, and his t tt a were
flashing. "That scoundrel, 1 shall take
cure that he lives to regret this day."
"No, no," said sho eagerly. She.
leaned towards hen and laid one trern-
t bang nand upon his arra. "That Is
what 1 ferued. But to oblige ole, if 1
ask you. 1.00 will lake no notice of '1.
PI•WrrliSe rue you will not name in this
matter. That elan -brutally as lin has
behaved -there ere reasons -believe me
-he is to he pitied --forgiven.'
9 She was- stammering hopelessly, and
again That shamed look grew within her
(lee.. She stooped, as if to arrange her
ekir•ts, but in reality to hide her face,
and the little action was so ineffectual,
so childish, that anyone would lime
been : orry for her. Oki Colonel Scold's
revelation about Black Sandy's daugh-
tei rose to 5t. Johns mind, and t t
course he understood.
"Well, as ycu wish," said he eareiess-
ly. "But it is over good of you to tel
that scoundrel go unpunished. Anil
how, you are pocking very much no-
nervtd, suppose y ou give ine a place
beside you. and let me drive lheso re-'
fraeaory little beads to the haven where
you would be.e-
"Ole if you will," .said she. She
moved -
no cil 10 one- S" ate ad veryqY wii:ng1
Y
made room for him. The groom had
conte up 1a hli:s 1)1110, and had taken
his seat behind. "Are you too Conning
to Colonel Seolt's?" she naked.
"Yes. 1 was on my way there. You
are sure you are feeling all right now?
'I'hnt you would not rattler turn and go
home?"
"Horne! No!'' said she, with a quick
cerla.nty that told its own taie.
Theywere a Mlle late whenthey ar-
rived, !`I
but no one took much notice (11
them except Lady Bes.y, who arched i
her brows slightly, slid looked at Bine.,
w110 happened to le beside her.
"Well, 1 never," sad a11e, ureter her,
breath. 1
"Never whale' demanded that yoing
plan wish hely interest, "is there snn-,
Lang under the sun you have never!
done yet?" t
"One:' said she. "I've never rucde a i
fool of myself at all events; icer these!
who hive-" She broke oil' abruptly
and turned away.
"w'hal'e for thein?" asked he, "year
blessing?"
"The other thin(." said she.
"Good heavers' dun'( say that:'' en-
treated he. "Consider what a foo! lee!
1 er'n, about ycu, e' er since we '.'..re
Loth borne'
To her. this open flirlatien of St.,
Johns with Mrs. Vereker seemed the
very acute of folly. She loved her bro-
ther too veli not to shrink Yrten
thing Vint 'night compromise him in Ibe
eyes of his world. She wanted to nibs.)' j
him, and marry hon welt and to see'
tun deaberetety comproniiee puree!!!
would ruin all her schemes. The rain!
that Mrs. Vetreer WAS kxking very
white and nen cue as she creseJ tee
terrace towards her ho't oniy added lc
her belief that A0:neeting more than i r-
dinaril• lad happe lel between her and
5'. John.
"1 shouldn't :'..•.oder if he were to
fail desperale'y in love with her. ile
Is just the sort of man to let pity lee
akin to love. and of course She is to
tee pitied. One roust admit that. Rut
1 wish she would look for con t!ct on
elsewhere."
In the meantime, Mrs. Veriskrr, l ag-
Ing greled Colonel Scott. lead gene
swiftly to where Dorothy Aylmer was
sitting beneath the branching lento; of
a huge beech.
' De c!hy. can you let me have half-
a-crown?" she sad softly. yet a ah :gift
cyirlerlt, even rarinful. anxiety that
Dorcdhy, turning her shanilaf -r• to Mr.
Vasey, who was eating ac nearly in
ter pocket as he tMik1 ninionee drew
ter down careesingty on the sent beside
her.
'Now dtra-t eit•e way to vulgar exoitc-
ment," she said. "when 1 tell you that
am at present net only the prou.r
peoecezer of two shillings and the M-
ee:Mab:e s:xrence. but that 1 con re en
hay iter hand on on:' pound lien. Yee
have en'.y to snv the wont and all :eel'.
he yours. Ah! 1 knew I had teen ton
abrupt. len pale! One should break
seee tici.:rt:: with a vett-t4 t)neeef'
etre. Vereker smiled faintly.
"Keep the reef. you rich • etre* File
sled, "rent :end Inc th' half-crown. 1
:w -e it le srmetextv-."
"To the Itieeer. •''e'beeer, the cancl'e-
s: o, e teere'
eN . '. = c -1' \tr. St. Jan.
T• e pried- •:m.e le grief on my an•,
here. ar.rd s men 1,, wed me--
:eel.
e-"eel. as if not knowing how tc g;
"Wi.at': the master web yea''' said
i1 milt' promptly. "You know i1
:V' 41 greet to speak .vut. , What men
helots/ seen? Cone, tell me, uas it Hi-
1-.r'f^ Sure!' you ere not 111•rthg to ree-
sdard trees w.th Wit-a•erownr
"No. ft was Black Sandy!" F.vcn
w.ith Ikirothy she looked bhy and dih-
treet-ed. as elle mentioned the wen's
mime. "Ile caught the ponies by the
Lead, and 1 borrowed the money been
your cousin to pay him, and- and -now
1 want to pay your 'smells back again.'
"So soon? Is thy eervunt a Jew that
':e-- Well, you aro right, I duale
Here is the money; gel that debt •.11
your_
conscience a5 SOOn u; Ever you
can."
"What a comfort taut you have it,"
said Mrs. Vereker, wall the first gleam
of sunshine on Iter charniilg taco that
the day had yet seen. "1 was so afraid
you would be without a penny. 1.11
ge and pay hire al once. I assure )'r u,
Dorothy, 1 was so ashamed al having
to borrow 1t, that (_didn't know which
way to look. 111 come back in a ni0-
1i0.1)L"
Iler brow had quite eic•ared. • Iter
smile was once inure natural. She
moved in her pretty, blow, graceful
fashion over the grass, saying a word
or Ivo as she '.1(110 to those who ad-
dressed her, but stopping only when she
came to SI. John.
She shipped (no halt -crown into his
hand.
"Thank you so much," she :aid. "1
shouldn't have known what to do with -
eta your help to -day, (hough certainly
that luckless coin did good to nobody.
I cane out without my purse, as you
know, but Dorothy has been my ban -
her.,'
Ile eolorul slightly, but hie tone when
lie e:poke was studiously cureless.
"\Vas that privilege t.enird one'' said
he. "What a hurry you were in to get
..ut of my debt. You are certainty
firmest," glancing ;it the money in his
trued, "but,` glancing at her, "you are
as certainly very unfriendly.''
"Oh! not that," she said.
"Then why lint let me be your cre-
d,lor as well as D&;rOthy?"
"It is not the same. thing. One. can
see tical. I have known her a;1 my life;
you Nee a stranger!"
'1 ace,' said he shortly. They were
standing near an old well, picturesque -
iv hidden by Imaging ivy, and as he
spoke, almost unconsciously as it seem-
ed, lie dropped the hall -crown into it.
"(Oma, let file take you buck to your
f►iends," 110 said. "1t can hardly be
rtmusing to you to stand aero \'.1111 me."
"Are not you my friend, loo? I and
sorry 1 used that cold word, stranger,"
said she, so gently, that his short-lived
anger died. iter eyes were hill of leers.
She crossed the leen to where Lady
fleshy was silting. all uuawure of the
Thoughts with which that rather highiy-
s'rung person eves regurding her. She
looked so deje'•ted, however. that Lady
Ressy. who preferred to think elle was
!uttering the throes of flighted love, -a e•
reeved her very kindly-.
ant even
i throw
d. such a day aa this
a defiib warmth into cotr. she
said.
You trek positively frozen. have some
lea? Bobby. go and get Mrs. Vereker
cap ef tea. Bless )tie. what a white
little object you are( if you were to
pose as the real and originul 111edirevad
sand. or the Chi mean martyr who has
Leen so dreadfully long drowned, no
<ne woted think you overdid the part.
\Vel!. what is it? What has pilary been
eating 10 yen?"
"Riker
.7 , et ? -j
v rho What al . hould i
Httar Mt. J 1 i
he say?" She had lingered ever the
1 r•tlwnciation of his Christian name as a
though it was dear to tier, and a tiny
fleck o! color land crept into each cheek.;
"Did lie tell you the ponies ran away
well►: me, and only that he ;net nIe halt-;
way here and slopped 'hent, I daresay
I st:ould be --well, whiter even than 1
am, by this tune."
So Ibat was how it came about that!
he a1 rived with her. Lady Betsy grew!
even mole friendly.
"Beastiy things. p Hess." she said.
"Give me the most lackelty burse in!
Europe in preference to them. .\n.l
s.:• they boiled, and destroyed your
neve for one day-. The only antidote:
for that seri of thing is to hate them !
bolt again. That restores one eat-
enee; and if they do go. make then:
lake you to fur from Brent that aim
will never be atee 'e. (tori your way
Lack again. Due, 1 know.-"
"1 think. perhaps. 1 r happy here
_as i should be awe!. • tad Mrs,
Vereker, wi:h her eyes es s ground.
There was sninething Ut se: 'one (ha!
made Lady ' Bessy -sincerely sorry for
her.
••You are not. very happy. 1 and
rt -aid;' she said impulsively. and a ilh
Lad taste. perhaps. but se kindly that
it W(1tlid Le impossible to be lingry
v-ilh her. Mrs Vereker raised her eyes
and heed then) on her. There wag a
workl of de<pair in ther dark depths.
aro be C. t.'. need.)
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ECONDSI lt:AI. MILK PRODUCTION.
When n roan goes ludo any business
re etweild choose the appliancli beet
sui:ed to his purpose. If we 000 to
produce milk econoi1tiedlly, first we
mint choose an rtnhnal Capable of pre -
timing milk and producing it cheaply.
We sl:ould not e,pe:t 10 produce the
b.'t and cheapest milk ht'' taking an
a111l1101 Met has been taught by long
s ele'tion anti feeding to produce Iorne -
thing ether than milk, Lot ratl)•r• 0110
deist has been )'red and feed with the
one irlese of turning food into 1130114,
writes \ti! 3. S. \Voodward.
Even the best dairymen do not appre-
ciate what a remarkable menial they
have in the dairy cow. As an exanipte
0' what a cow Will produce if she is
lied right I will instance th0 record
ef Queen f'ieterbje Mercedes. This cow
v.eighed before dropping her calf 16011
pounds and in 30 days after• calving
produced 11413 rounds milk or 3e3
p0011(15 more 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.
Having secured the right kind cf
cow we must give the best possible
care. The cow should be no circum-
stanced that she will expend the small-
est amount of food possible in the
malntainence of her own existence. \Ve
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 under such unfavorable
ounditions that it would be impossible
ter them to cat enough to keep them-
selves
1en-
r h
s worm, leaving nothing '
for thee
production of
milk. Warm, comfort -
ale punters aro therefore. necessary.
By that 1 do not mean dark, damp, '11y
tenlilated stables by any means.
• Besides being warm the stables -should
t : sanitary and properly ventilated. 1
like to have the temperature cf the cow
stable between 50 and 60 degrees. I
ventilate by means of shutes three fret
square extending up through the roof,
with cowis at the top.
1 believe in no exercise for cows.
Cows turned) out on a cokl morning
must keep themselves warm and every
step they take in the effort to do ao
is expensive. \Vhen my Cows go Into
the stale° in the fall they stay then'
til; spring and they are healthy, has- Mrs. Cora B. Miller
pt' and satisfa.•loriiy productive. I
relieve in no stare -Mow. No ccw can
be cemforlable under such conditions
and it is necessary that she should le
comfortable if she Is to produce audit
cheaply. Comfort has a money value
to the milk producer.
The next. point isaeloper feeding. We
want 8 c"w' to ceit all she can Beetle -
late
-'$l2 -
late and put it in the milk pail. This
s accomplished. (fret t.y giving toed
that is ;dented to the production of
milk. One cannot give her a ration
teat would fallen n leer animal and
e'peet her le pr'.,du<-e the maximum
amount of milk. The ration roust le!
property bedewed. having in view the
e ercatactien of milk. It should contain
a certain amount o1 preteen and a
certain amount of carbohydrates. It
nntst be peralahle to assist digestion.
Thousands of farmers expect their cows
to make butler on nothing but straw.
\\-hit plenty of roughage is necessary
there mist be plenty of c\onsegtrated
foal to ger with i1. Succulent food
which is se much niore easily digested
than dry lotted is also required.
The chemist says when we cure hay
'.-e take nothing out of it but water.
eat everyone kllowe the difference be -
Riven eating al rich juicy apple and the
'ante apple after being dried. There
i' something k•'1 besides water; the
chemist c:iinot measure it. tut the mw
and the roan can. i do not know of
any better succulent food Than sitape.
Something that is often neglected in
the dairy stable is regular watering.
W. water hor-es three (dues a day,
whether they are doing anything or
not. but the cows are walerrd Only
(nce a day. and sometimes a day is
rsklpped. A row giving any considerable
quantity of milk drinks is to 115
prarn•is of water finite. It is fnipoesible
for her to take all that at one time.
and it is nut po..sible for- fur to give
the maximum amount of nii'k unless
she has that amount of water, as water
cx)neliAl,ler 117 per cent. of the milk pro -
1 stn eflcn asked how many times a
day a cow should be fed. A cow does
not (el in the ordinary arceplaliest of
the term. We turn the cow Into pasture
in June and say, see that cow eat. She
le net eating at al!; all. Is simply galh-
cring food into a Storehouse to provide
her with a goof square meal. and if
the did not afterward cat the label -o
stored she mould starve to death. After
her ,lorehieia•' 1• tilted she rel:res le a
quiet pinre 1,) 0101 i; } hew"`1
ter curd, but dire' i' re\Ves!!ysabalinshit cg.
00 not care how really times you feed
tier so Ong a5 your do it regularly; only
give torr enoneh so That rine can (crew
the cent all lbe time site wants lo. In
that way- se e will retake nni't: eeereim!-
(a'ly.
of course you get a greater increase
than if they were not so selce•ted, but
1 would suy that an overage of about
live pigs to 111e litter would not be
wary. far wrong, wt•ites Prof. Wm. Diet-
1.ch
The amount of corn required per 100
pounds of increase in live weight will
depend very largely upon the kind of
Cogs and the way they have been pre-
viously fed. If (hese hogs are to run
ren clover and aro fed corn from the
lime they arc farrowed until they go
M market one can figure on 5 to 6 Its.
et corn for every pound of gain. This
will depend very largely also on Ine
amount of corn they are fed. The
Lest results will be obtained if they
are fed a limited quantity of corn during
the first five or six mlon115 and fed
nto:e heavily on it towards the close
of the fattening period.
Bye has about the same feeding value
as cc,rn. 1f you know how much rye
one acre will yield and the size of
hogs that you are to pasture on this
ecu can er.sily calculate lite number .1
hogs hilt can' be turned in the rye field
for any given length of time. Of course
you must make some allowance for the
togs gathering the rye and doing the
threshing themselves, all of which •e -
quires energy and consequently rnust
be taken out of grain eaten and there-
fore will net appear as gain in live
weight.
FARM NOTES.
To treat seed potatoes so they will
net sprout: Early In March put in slat
crates and give plenty of light and air
by setting near an open window. Lat-
ter, t;ct in well -aired outbuilding and
protoet on frosty nights, but air freely.
So treated the sprouts will Le stubby
Ville spurs !hat will withstand any
handling. They will keen perfectly un -
l1 midsummer. and will not rot .no
molter what weather conditions follow
planling.
\Ve give the following formula for
malting a cheap paint: Take seven
P:tds of sliced Portland cement. ono
gallonof 'skim n coilt and three Palafid
s
of whiling. Break up the eement and
whiting to a stiff pale with same ^•f
the skins milk, then add the reniaind, r
of the milk, having previously added to
it one-half pound of fresh -slaked lime,
P114 stir well together. Diasol-e en•' -
1 rill ounce of selso.la in (,110 pint •t1
water. mix 11 with one pint of linse'e'd
} it, and ear the mixture well into the
paint. 1f the paint Is too thick. add
more milk; if too thin. add more weit-
ine Strain the whole through cheese-
cloth.
��ant on Strike.
The British army and nary tieing the
toast disciplined and meet content in the
world, mutinies an►nng our fomes have
happily been very rare.
1'revions to the recen! eutbre'h at
1'erlsmouth, the last Rrili-h mutiny of
ante occurred on July 71)r. Ig'.49. when the
fed Cernadlsr guard', then at 1Vol1ing-
Inn ltairce••kS. refitted to turn ettt •.n
parade, only about six men of the wt)o10
battalion answering the bugle call.
Eventually they wen. in 'et f) 6=. ens -
bit. but many, irdtead of eppeanng In '
fust marctung ortkr. pander in funks
Mad fetteue eters. Fur Mei inaulxeed1-.
nation the whole Ialtalion was ceded to
Bermuda for one year.
Leaving the eke:nnhlc Maine •.u) of
the question. the last itritish noun! mu-
tiny of nolo--pre'iotne of c<r)r-e, 10 the
recent trouble- occunel so far (.ark as
December. r. Hell. Thio wee. the famous
mutiny of the Bantry Pay Nitwit -ore the
wr•ioustle s of elect, )nay tee judged train
the fact that 17 of the ►..utnn'rrx %v.ete'
c:-nd .'coned to dealt). and all the reel
e. ntenc'ed to reteise 1(ri Isles aitch
In Iliosee drys very albeit nicaeures were
uslopled to quell insubr,-ivivaation in the
navy.
Next 1.e in -in. °Oppvd is It;.'meet imf.Ar-
t-.nt metal from a t'OOenier•aat pont Of
%frit.
1t Is Pie ereniwt end e:'tral ptnelie
of many aatneessful farmer+ that the to-
t -Mon of the fence prof r blob a' 1uueli
in a jude'kUe lira t -ng of the arnrAutt
tt fences eel e.aie as it dots in dek'r-
Seining *hat t►eater's% lo employe
r
RATE fir' r; Me IN IletC,S.
'Cite rate cf `•n-rras. In hogs. if
e.uurs . will deperrd upon the kind e 1
bresod e„.-; vcu Nee. 11 these hit'•
),ern-e!('•rledl to produce ;erga littera
Makes a Fortune
Started a frit Peart \gn w ilh No
Capital, and Now Endplay s Nearly
One Iliindrrtl Clerks and
Stenographer..
Until a few years Ego Mr.. ('cre B.
Miller lived in a manner 'imilar to that
of thousands of tither very poor women
of the average small town and village.
She now resides in her own palatial
brown•stnne residence, and i■ eone•tdered
ore of the most successful business wo-
men in the United State.
Mrs. miner's New Residence, Earned In
Less Than One Year.
Several +rare ago Mrs. Miller learned
of a mild and sample preparation that
cured her+ell at:d several friend- .-1 female
wraknes• .,omeoleneed eg lrnadt.L'ntetA 1
H many
by
she decided to furvvh It to those wlto
might rale for it. She rtarl*d with only
a lee dollars' capital. and the rem•d,.
poesweat true and wonderful merit, pip
&acing many cures when drs-tor, and
other remedae. failed, the demand grew eo
rapid)! she w• . several lives eompell(d
to ,(eek large- quarter}. She now ores.
pies one of the city's largest olhoe seats
Ing•, which she owns, and almost oar hua-
dr•(d clerks sad stenofraph.M era te.
quired to as..ist in $hi• great boeines!.
Mlllten Weenea usa It.
yore than a million wpmen have 034.43
pars. Miller's remedy. and no matter where
yon live. rhe ran refer 7031 to ladle, in
your own Iiratify who can and will tell
any sufferer that this marvell.as remedy
really anus woseo. Dltrpiu the f.,:t that
Mrs. Millets business id very •ttcosrre,
she 1• always willing to give aid and ad•
trice to every suffering woman vb.) wrtt('s
to bre. She is a ger.erou•. rend wnmaa,
and has decided to give away to wolla.o
wbo have never needher medtctoe 010,-
(IOIX worth atrtolutety }'Rt.E
g,.ry woman •Uttering with pains in
the head, back and boweha• bearing -down
feeling•. neneusnett•, rte.ping e•asatiosa
up the +p[ee, Lelaerboly dell}+, to cry,
tent fart;e., w.ariaesa, or. piles froows any
cause. rboold Ai' right down and send
bet a.pi a sad address ie. Mre. dare B.
Millet. Act t%!. Sok;me. Ind , *d teceive
try mail bee of ;barge in plain wrapper)
a SC -cent bot of Ler marvellous medicine;
also ber va!*sable brxk, w1 h every wo
oat sheald t.ye
R•tnemter ibis o'Jer will net 1ling,
tier tbna•snds and thn••and, of *0 w�.n
wbn are sneering will tate advantage of
tel. gee•Mu• mean• "f gstttnrr e'sr.d M+
if ye are eiltaag. do a.t suffer another
day. lint read year name and address to
Mrs allrr Mr the 1.-- k and crdr'ise b-
foto Ile 170,000 00 wertb is all eoee
INOC11.41ING 1111: EMPRE.S.
Ike for Dirnedale'a Experience Wt..
Catherine 11. of Russia.
111 the article on physicians' fees,
winch the Youth's Cnnrpunion pubilshed
not long ago, there was mention of the,
fee pard to Doctor Dimsdale of London t
for inoculating Catherine 1I. of Russia.
The writer said that the feu of fifty
thousand dollars, In addition to travel-
ling expenses and a life pension, was
largo for such an cast' operation. A
correspondent sends the doctor's side of
the story, a, it w'as related by one of
his triode. 1l appears that the operation
was the least of his troubles, and that
Ite earned the money.
Doctor Dimsdale did not want to i -
oculate the empress, for he was afraid
of what plight happen. Inoculation
meant giving the patient the smalipox
it: a ;mild form; and sometimes it kook a
violent form instead, and the patient -
died. If this should happen with the em-
press, Doctor Dimsdale was afraid the
1 Russian authorities would hold hila re -
sponsible. However, Catherine insisted,
and gave the doctor a slgn.il statement
that whntever happened she guaranteed
hes should be held guiltless. 'then, with
many misgivings, Doctor Dimsdale in-
oculated her.
It went badly with the empress, who -
soon became very ill. As soon as sho•
was delirious, Ilio suthoritlrs arrested
Doctor Dimsdale, charging That he was
plotting the death of the empress. They
paid no regard to his paper nor to his
remonstrances, and- the only point on
which they seemed doubtful was whe-
ther they should put hits to death at
once, or wait to see what happened es
the empress.
Then Doctor Dimsdale tried another
line of argument.
"Of course" said he, "you can impri-
son 111e or put me to death, but if you do
you will kill the empress ns well as Elie.
1 am the only man in Russia who knows
how to treat her, and unless 1 can watch
her closely and do what she needs, she -
will certainly die."
Even Russian officials could not (ail to
sen the force of thio, so the doctor was
told he might see the empress whenever
he thought it necessary. Meanwhile hes
\vas kept 111 close confinement, end taken
back and forth from Catherine's room
wider guard, And all the while he knew
that if lie did not save the empress death
was wailing for him, too.
At Last the empress began 10 recover.
'When she recovered her senses, she wee
very angry at the way the doctor had
been treated. She did everything she
could to make it up to him. She paid
hinr, besides the fee of fifty thousand
dollars, ten thousand more for travel-
ling expenses, made ;aim a baron, settled.
1)) annuity of twenty-five hundred dol-
lars ,a1 sorts -
of
a � on him and promised him 1 so
(
n
a
( remain in
0 sod things i[ he would e n
Eo
g
Russia and become her physician.
But Doctor Dimsdale declined. Taking;
charge of an empress was too anxious a
matter, and he wanted to get bark to a
practice among -private people. where ho
would not bo in danger of sharing his
patient's fate eo closely. So ho went
back to England. eiset�
Catherine always remembered him
kindly. and Whet', a few years later, he
married, she sent him a sat of beautiful
china.
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SENTENCE SERMONS.
Ilabit is Dur heaven or our dell.
;rte heartless are cpirituatiy hornet:?.
Lowe of the law finds liberty in 11,4
law.
The way to keep friends is to keep
faith.
Tho heaviest chains are made from
liberties abused.
The Bleeping church always awakes to
shame.
Scratch a chronic critic and you fine a
hypocrite.
ile cannot move hearts whose heart
cannot be moved.
A moonshtny religion does not mako
a sunshiny world.
He who must be goaded to do right is
going to deo wrcng.
A wor?hy life is Impossible without a
'.earthy restive.
'the worst punishment of sin is that
one learns to love 11
You never know what is In a elan
until he gels in a minority.
Eloquence has a tendency to act as
;el evaporator for religion.
The bread of life is never on the lips
the bread and butler preacher.
The best point i'1 n sermon is that •
%%tech pierces your self-satisfaction.
The only good that really Is good for
any is that which works good for all.
The really mowing sermon is the ono
that makes you get up and do things.
hear the aeent of a tool teeters long.
A man. does not have to took sheepish
Ir; prove haat he is not one (sf th„e goals.
The minister oppressed by a sense of
hie modernity will paralyze his ministry.
ftlany a Ulan tries to coreee up for a
lack of a definite goat by an excess of
speed. �.
GOT 11111 OFF.
A young barrister• not noted for intel.
ligence. succeeded in having a client at. -
quitted of murder. Meeting a friend a
few days afterwards, the barrister leas
greeted with warm con►gratulatiune.
"1M," said the lawyer, mopping his
brow, "I get hid!' off. but It was a narrow
".\ narrow escape! How?'
".\h, the tightest squeeze you ever save.
lee ee knew, 1 examined the witnesses and
made the argument rnyeell. the plea be-
ing Fell -defence. The jury were out iwo
whn)e days. Finally the judge called
them before hem ,fid asked what the
trouble w3•.
"'Only none thing. my Lord; replied the
foreman. *Vas Ilse prisoner's counsel
retained by him or appointed by this
Court 1'
"'Nee gentl'nlen, the prt&oner i• a Elan./
.
o! niesnssaid the judge, 'andeng.gr-d •
ha.' own 'counsel.'
"I enurd not see what tearing the
question had on the evidence," conttncxd
the barrister, "but ten minutes later in
(lied the jury. arid what do you think th1
verd`rl wast'
"WhaI'' aiksd his friend,
"Why-. not guilty, on the ground of
Insanity."
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