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Exeter Times, 1907-03-14, Page 2V 0+11:If1 +i40♦ .Ct+0+C1♦ (•0+0+04.0♦said the little country flirt, edfing away' Iir�.m hitt. , Go t ack to Lady Bessy, she enx' its you." She peeped behind his Lack, and there saw the dilapidated spring of mistletoe. "You shan't come a bit nearer,' she said— She pound charm- ingly. "Nut a bit.' "Miss Carlon," said he. Ile had thought of calling her Kitty, but really 0 O the acqundulance vv us too fresh. "This grows serious. Would yuu doubt tie." +flR "'nese mel" hent, ejacteates Mrs. Macken- ztc at this moment, who has had her ct glasses fixed upon lien for the last five p.•� �+ .. j�T nnAlules. "1 do believe he Is pruptosiug tA it l ATT E R O C' EXE, H A ► G E. ♦ to her—!ler! 1 posttively,"--chok►ng - - - 1Q1 "be:ieve he is asking her to marry hiin ♦♦ —►n o penile drawing -room!" A Loveless Marriage ; 0 O'o +0+o+o+o+0+o♦9+o+o+o+O+ *+18+10(+17.4074 G e0+0+0+Gf CIIALiu tt XIi. Carton "1 do wish you would go away. "That young elan over there," iudi- eating liuhby b) a vvuv0 of her hand; "Leak1 thick is. lits name. Tell rue, my dear, what Blair is hal" said she. Lady 13. ssy laughed. "Ile's Bobby Blair," she mild. The cod 51111110.who was the father of the saucy little cequelte, glanced al the ot- toman where his daughter sat %with her extremely attentive carol er, tinetinesi!errd off from Ludy Bessy (whose face was now turned to airs. Mackenzie), pro- Latin.with a view to making inqunie's about Mr. Blair on his own account. • "Yes, 1 daresay," doubtfully. "Bobby," with a glare at the unconscious young man in question. "is quite the sort of-- of—undisciplined name I should asso- ciate with a person of his style. 1 mean of course the young man so re.. prehensility taken up with Miss Carton. What Blah' is het' "I'm I don't know. even (hough Bessy he is my cousin," said Lade, with n little shrug, and a little reminder. "Bobby!" in a clear, distinct tone, That reached the ottoman where Mr. Blair was siting very close to his companion. "Who are you? Mrs. Mackenzie wants IC know." "The last scion Of a most respectable race," responded Bobby meekly, if prometly. "Then you should get married ut once. it's your obvious duly," said Lady Bessy with an almost impercep- tiblesneer. "So i shall, the moment I find any- one who will have me," with an ardent took at Miss Carton, who refused to accept it. and flung it back at him with a dark and lovely glance from her own e3 -.s. "Alas! That nmoment seems a long way off; st 11, I promise you," to Lady Bessy. "1 shall marry the very instant can get someone—I know—" another s peateng glance at Miss Carton—"lo say 'Ye to me." "I expert you'll die an old bachelor at that rate," said that young lady scornfully, but envoys with the lovely look. "1 don't believe anyone will ever say 'Yes' to you." She edged nwny from him as she spoke nen' a charming disdain, and a little Emilie that shut from under the long lashes. "Oh! don't say treat," entreated he, hurrying O'er her along the ottoman In a sliding fashion. "Don't dash niy last hope. Everyone says no to rte. 1 was just going toonsk you to take pity on a wretched orphan, but If you vW011.1.--"Isere his voice was lost. but the mum- ble, mumble. mumble, that still could be heard was replete with fervid en- treaty. "What I want to know Is," persisted Mrs. Mackenzie, who had listened to the foreg ting dialogue with a disgusted ex- prttcsion, and who was In herself a walking "Burke's Landed Gentry," "if '•o • is one of the Blairs of \Warwick?""Oh, dear no. A connection of course —that's the worst of the Blairs, every- one, objectionable or otherwise, Is a Ik cousin but he," pointing to Bobby, who is now evidently growing very ener- getic. and olio, in the vehement pur- suit of his argument. has brought him- self and his companion so close to the end of the ottoman that it is quite a miracle cs to how she, al least, holds went on Lady Bessy, atter a lengthened Mare at the perilous lo - seem of her cousin and his new-found friend. "belongs to the elder lenient. who look down on a \Varwiehshire Blair as being n rather poor ether." "Eli?" snid 13 ditty. catching his own name again. "Stilt levelling me to the Elul? \Vlinl is It now, eh? What are you saying about ale?" "Merely that you are a rather poor affair," said Lady Ressy malictmisly. "Poverty is not n crime, Bessy," snid Mr. tin r, severely. "Bather is it a mark of morality, as every Sunday - school book will show you. Rugged virtue as n rule accompnnles it. look herd' suddenly to alas Carlon—"you'll fall off this ottoman If you go any far- ther, and then—whet will your papa say:'" Ile proved inward and pulled her lightly atter him. 'You wouldn't like so slake an exhibili� of yourself, would you? And wig. seek 'hue to avoid one, who--" mumble again. "i really think 1'd rather fall off than listen lu )dna cit)• longer." " said Miss Du now, I'm es tired of you as ever can lc," she pouted prettily, this little country Irl'e, and 1 tied one dimpled( shout ter agelnst 1 int. "I g•,!? said Mr. Blair in a Tragic tone. Ile ra_e. 'There was deepest de- jection In his kook and tone. "Afters_a that cruel dismil 1 dare not linger. But Lefore I go, let Inc tell you that yuu aro the ui kindest girl 1 ever met Tis well to be fro in one's own line," retorted she lightly, waving hint adieu, whereupon lie It ft her, and drew near-to Ludy Bessy, still standing upon the henrthrtig conversing with Mee. Maceeenzie, who, when sit^ had once person caught n in her web stele' lel her go until she had sucked all infor- mation out of her; all vitality, said her vlcrims. She was indeed a sort of so- cial spider. She had now drawn Lady Bossy so deep into a discussion about Vereker and his wife, that Lady Bessy hardly noticed the arrival of Mr. Blair, until he touched her lightly on the shoulder. "Well! what is it?" said she impati- ently."Don't stir. Something wrong with your hairs ins. But—don't stir, 1 en- lnat you," as if in an agony of appre- lien-lon, "and I'll settle them for you." She moved uneasily, but otherwise took no notice of him, being so far in- terested in Mrs. Mackenzie's rim's, as to be foolishly forgetful of the versatil- ity of his powers. One feeble protest. indeed, she made: "Ohl don't, you are running that hair- pin airpin right Into my head." she said—but nothing snore. The real nature of the atrocity he was about to commit never occurred to her. Ile had pulled a bit of withered, de- jected, most miserable mistletoe out :f Itis pocket—mistletoe In the early au- tmul!—goodness knows where he had got it. and with deft, mischevious fin- ger's had woven it into the pretty coil or hair that crowned her head. Thts done. he proceeded to lay his hands up- on her shouklers, and, stooping over her. imprinted a chaste salute on either cheek. "neatly, Bobby! I really wish you wouldn't!" said she indignantly. it was a lazy indignation, however. and suggested the Idea that she was only ind'gnant because he had acted vulgarly in thus embracing her publicly. It was the sorb of anger one would show to a brother if he were to kiss one In a crowded drawing-room."My d, nr girl, 1 wouldn't,' said he. "only -1 thought you expected it. if you will go about wllh mistletoe stuck In your head, like the istrawwt of an Ophelda, in the very middle of August --what can you expect? I'm awfully sorry—but i as'ure you 1 quite thought that--" Ito pauses as if overcome vwithregret. Lady Bessy In tswift dismay raise..$ her hand to her well -ordered head. There, sure enough, was a sprig of the kissing plant) "Good Ifeavens!" said she softly, "was them ever such n fool)" She regarded the guilty Blair with a withering eye. "You must have kept it since )est Christ- mas, but why for my discomltture? Vis there no other enemy in the gate?" Bobby turnedher an eye that reduced her attempt at withering to naught. "elisundecstood, By Bessy Gifford.' That shall be written on my grave stone," he said, "in spite of Miss Mont- gomery, in spite of all Ilia copyrights in the world! The devotion of years. it seems, gods for nothing." "Well. I can't have this sort of thing. You aren't a baby. though you net like one," eel('Lady Bessy frigidly. "Go back to your Kitty—that's Miss Canon's name isn't it?—she------" with a little vague suspicion of contempt, "acts like tale fool Go back to her—if indeed she is so far lost to common sense as still to Le reedy to receive you." "she sort of told me she didn't want tn.'," said Mr. Blair quite unabashed. "Indeed I might go farther, and say she desired shy absence. But as you thus u barbnro.Iy throw me over, I'll Try her again." "Yee, do. What a comfort," sighed Lady Be..sy as he moved away. Iter eyes followed him. Ile rejoined Mis. Carton on that tiny lounge, but !lenity received a wehor►nc. "No, don't come here. Fin sure you have that horrid thing behind fou,' "You needn't be uneusy about him, at ani cv 'also'' said Lady Itessy indifferent- ly. "Ile's ilw•ays d ,ing it. Ile protases to soir,cbo'.ly or other every night of his Ii'e--to n'.'• w• th a scornful laugh, "if (ho supplies bit short. 1 don't know a sang a girt of my acquaintance to whom be hasn't nn'de- an offer of his heart and hard. Ile says they like it; that they Sxja et it of hits; and that 11 makes the plain ones very happy to be able to go at out nth r aids rind say they have refused him. It never conics to unything." "11' • seemns to be a person of very re- rnarkabfc manners," said \itis. Mae- kelz:o. :till with her glasses levelled and bent on ltlair, whom she persists in examining thus. as though he were rt very rare and d's'inct species. "The most remarkable I know:' said Rapid changes of temperature are hard on the toughest constitution. The conductor pacing from the heated inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature of the platform —the canvasser spending an hour or so in a hosted building and then walking against a biting wind—know the difficulty of avoiding cold. 1S'cott*.r Emulsion strengthens the body so that it can better withstand the danger of cold from changes of temperature. It will help yott to avoid taking cold. ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND 51.00. o: going through the rooms was past t:ho nx:overtd herself, and looked, though extremely pale, quite composed, "That's right, keep up your courage, w•hispere l Lady Bess)•, giving her arra a little friendly squeeze. "After all, it was nettling. So many men are ill - tempera I now and then, and—" She might have gone on 111 this kindly ntlom t at pretending she knew nothing of Verehers unfortunate failing, but for Venkern wife. Ce.'a turned her eyes upon her, and bitch dcs, air, such melancholy, such '.'ter mi-ery, shone in Meir clear depths, that Lusty lies- y's voice died from her. "God itolp you, any dear." she said softly, feel ng an almost motherly sync put by fear the unhappy child before her. Anil then the Colonel, who lied un - del taken the piloting of the unpleasant 'husband, Lippemod with fife husband in low, the e'ereke• carriage' was nn- mmneed, and presently the hateful se,11C was at an end. St. John had conte into the hall, had bidden ht r good-bye, and now stood be- side 11is sister, silent, motionless, as if listening hopelessly to the sound of wheels that were carrying her away— lo what? The Co'onel was the fleet to break the embarrassing quiet that had fallen upon thein. "Will. you know, he's a damn ras- cal!" that ancknL warrior, splut- tering with disgust and rage. "Good Heavens! Why was he created? And that poor, j;relty little wife of his! That Lady Bessy Ironically. "A misfortune g o 1 little soul! For her discomfiture, happened 10 hint when he ons Seven- it would seem. Ily Javc!"—fiercely—"it's ben, tvhictl perlaps accounts for n good e. rat-• n' -nine toils, sir, 1►e ought 10 get, deal. His metilul growth slopped there. and—and 1 only wish i had the laying 1k will continue to le seventce until on of it!" he dies. Nothing but a treubfesouto (To be Continued.) boy." "Good gracious, my dear! do you telt me so? But on whose authority'."' POISON IN FOOD. "My own, simply. i know Min," said -- Lady Rissv, carelessly. "Oh, it's a Nearly Everything We Eat Might Bring stere the try of mine, of course, but, — there's someth•ng In it!" "Nobh ngl" Thought Mrs. Mackenzie, relie%cd, as she sank brick in her chair. "Ju<t. one of he. fads." She was think - Death. MEAUSTMEAWCIMT HIa 0-14.A El Incubators and Brooders Awarded highest Honors of Exhibitions. nave won out in every test, and are Patented. The HAMILTON Incubator regulates its own heat. It rtquir.a only 11 minutes of your time twice a day to operate it. It t:,kes only 1', gallons of oil to each hatch. The IIA)!• II:1.ON hatches big. healthy, fluffy chickens. and tho II.t)III:rJN Ii$t,OUEIt will take care of every chick. Write us to -day for our his free catalogue. price list and easy terms. Address, THE HAMILTON INCUBATOR COMPANY, Limited, 14.4414.144 74 - FEEDING SHEEP FOR PIIOFIT. I have been quite successful hi feeding sheep and suppose my experience will bo Helpful to others, even though en- gaged on a smaller scale, writes Mr. Frank Davidson.. '1'Iie first essentinl is to get good sheep. To niy notion that is the most vital point. For my part I would prefer Merino, itanibonillet or Delaine grades, as they are very !lardy, good fultenes and their wool is fine and gins theta good protection against cold, wet wea- ther, mere so than the conrse-wooled breeds. More care should be taken in starting sheep, especially lambs, than any other stock, as they easily over -feed them- selves and it is not an easy mutter to get them back to their normal condition again. Troughs should be built for In all the ordinary simple food we sal sheep, nccording to their size. Take a —that., at any rule, tliich forms our ,11 -foot board 10 or 12 inches wide. Nail principal and staple diet --there is a .4 -inch cribbing on the sides and pal. ends on of Into snare material. Take 2x4's and cut :12 inches long. Cut slant- ing in the middle 4 inches and nail to sides about 2% feet from the end and brace under the bottom. This will keep the sheep from lipping them over. fake two pieces of 6 -inch material and cut on one end 4 inches down, so as to let in a cribbing 4 inches wide in the slot so made. Nail small piece to the end 'of trough and put in cribbing and nail. Then hence onmiddle with 2 -inch piece. This will keep the sheep from getting in 1110 trough with their feet. This plan is for n lamb trough; mike a little higher for grown sheep. For wethers give one peck of oats in the sante Manner, to each hundred, all the Itay they will eat—both lambs and older sheep—and increase gradually un- til all the sheep have learned to come to the trough when the gates are opened. When all have become accustomed to feed and they clean up one-half bushel of oats to the hundred, then mix in about one gallon of cornmeal (corn should never be fedi whore) and increase pretty rapidly with corn until at the endo of one month they should be on about three-fourths full feed. Full feed is all they will eat up clean in about 15 min- utes, or about 2X to three bushels for Iambs and from four to seven bushels for wethers, according to age and size. Cull ewes should he fed in self -feeders when started, as they require more litho le cat than younger sheep, and in place corn use wheat screenings and mid- dlings, about half of each to about one- third of cornmeal. Self -feeders are not preferred for younger sheep because they have a tendency to gorge themselves, and when that happens death nearly al- ways follows. considerable amount of poison and ing about those ummarriogeable nieces harmful hatter. And yet we go on day of hers. and of all the attention he had after day in happy ignorance of the in - shown Rosa at their Inst meeting. Rosa jurious properties contained in some of was not here lo-night—perhaps had she our favorite dishes. Leen, Mut little forward Carlon girl For instance, in eggs lurk the germs would have n bet nowhere. et typhoid fever, while In white bread, "What you say about his propositi);; water and milk there is danger of poi - is very singular," said the old lady; seining from alum, Asiatic cholera, and sharply. "That might go on for some! tuberculosis respectively. All canned Unio—for so long as he wn. refused—' goods contain a percentage of copper, hut—suppose somebody should accept arsenic, and sulphuric acid, most injure hitn?•' She thought of .Rosa --dear skinny Rosa! No! She would not refuse him. "Oh, nonsense! Who on -earth would marry Bobby?" said Lady Bessy hastily, and with marked contempt. She spoke clearly, and Mr. Blair heard a certain amount of tannin and copper, her. Ile scorned, Indeed, singularly while those who are fond of potatoes Olive to all her utterances. Ile broke must remember drat they are coated oft in the middle of his twenty-fifth with alum. Chickens, too, have been substantial reason why Miss Carlon known to spread diphtheria, while there should accept his .nddlnsses, and the have been runny cases of ptomaine poi - noble offer of his heart and hand, end soiling through eating pork, sausages, turne,l bis eyes on Lady Bessy. For bacon mad other animal food. Beers and an instant a curious ilght carte Into tlquors ore largely responsible for kid- ney diseases and alcoholic poisoning. After all, we seem to thrive very well on the articles of diet mentioned above. ous to our digestive organs, and very poisonous. In fish lurk the dangerous elements of leprosy, while we nun the risk of cancer and rheumatism when we eat tomatoes. Even the homely cup of tea contains them. For an instant only; then it was gone, and the olds mischevious expres- sion brightened his face. "Wouldn't you?" said he tenderly, staring straight at i.ady Itessy. She shrugged her shoulders, laughed a iil- t'e. and then crossed the room to where Sl. John was silting beside Mrs. Vere- ker. It seemed to be an established resting - place with St. John now. One plight almost thank ho had inherited It, so na- turally did he claim the chair next -hers us his own. As Lady Bessy approached the cush- ioned scat behind the curtains where he and Mrs. Vereker sat, someone else carne up too. It was \'err. ker, frowning, sul- len. and considerably oho worse for wear. Ile lurched n little ns he walked, and touched a table or a chair ns he passed it, with an evident view to steadying hien-elf. But he w•ns mate -Ito nalely quite alive to the circumstances round hint, end a consuming jealousy was driving hien to on open declaration of It. "Ila! Lady Bessy come to the rescue too. By Jove! It leans to me it was titre!" he said, with a dangerous lnngh, and an insolent motion of (11e hand to where St. John and his companion were sitting. 111s wife started VA she heard it, and every touch of color for- sook her face. "I think it must be late. 1 had better go home," she snid, in n nervous, hur- ried way, turning to Sl. John. II was the worst thing she could have done. "Pray don't 1.'1 me fright you from your nest," said Vereker, with an nlxan- triable assumption of courtesy. "Though after all, perhaps you are right. I daresay it is time to go home. Decidedly mite. as you say. Lei's hope." with n cold sneer, "ib Isn't 10o pate! Itut when Women take to hiding behind curtains with their—" Somebody pushed him hark el and kilhdl the vile wont on his I was Colonel Scott. who had col in time to hear him. St. Joh sprung 10 hie feet as if shot, hi as while as death: but the Colone' a glance, checked hint. Beatty 111 was too far gone to know exact enormity of his words. "Net a word --not a words!" se obi Colonel warningly. "Man you see how it is with him? ---a member herr' Mrs. Vereker was baking ver She made n step forward, and SI after one glen e al her fart', wou offered) her his arm; but Lady who was n w•o►r.nn of much r was bef,reband with him. Sh Mie. Ve,eher's brit through tier 1 « nrds the door. "You look tired—nothing like that sort of thing," snid ,)ie, Most carefully matter-nf•fact In stinct leaching her that any oih at the nu -enrol would infallibly tears on the plot of her it-ernbll 'notion. and with the room full ous onlookers that weuld men lion. She lnokdd over her shoal caught the Gokmel'r eye, which was ns tr!ghl now its it was evenly years ago. "Dnn'l base sight of hint." she said. natally, indicating Vereker, alio seemed a little subdued; mei Then she led Cecil eon' a high ham' through the britilanlly- Ns mans Io the enol oulei,le. The bil- let clung to her al lire) in a frightened, per%OUs fashion; hal w hen the ordeal Mrs. Style;: roust be in the "Kindly take a n few minutes changing." "1 want a hal, but it Infest style." Shopmnn : chair, madam, and wait the fashion is ;usl Mrs. Cora B. Miller Makes a Fortune Started a Caitlin!, One Few Years Ano with No and Now Employs Nearly Hundred Clerks and Stenojrnphers. Until a few years ago Mrs. Cora B. 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 brownstone residence. and Is considered one of the most successful business wo• men in the United States. Mrs. Minter's New Residence, Earned 1e Less Titan One Year. earned that mate 'd by that who only nedy, pro- and BIT so felled Deets bnild- huts M re- ies. used hero 's in tell nedy that Ivo, ad. ad• riles man, amen tri0.• • in down tions cry. any send a B. reeve by ma teen r largo n `slain wrseeer) a 50 -cent hoc of her marvellous medicine; also her valuable hook, which eters, wo- man stood(' have. Remember thl• offer will not last long, for thousands and thousands of *omen who are suffering will take advantage of this generous means of getting cured. foo it you are ailing. do not suffer annlher day. hat ,end yntrr name and Address to Mrs. !Miller for the hook and me1l.-Ina bet- tor* the {(0,000.00 worth is all gone. T REGARDING RATS' HABITS encu leaches me that fresh manure, even sod, is apt to produce scab or other dec- ease 011 the tubers. 1 and fully persuaded that it is much more profitable for ale to use good-sized polatoes for seed rather than shall ones. When the former arc used, I cut as near- ly as possible to pieces having Iwo eyes each ; when small tubers are used, 1 cut off the seed end. When tale potatoes are desired, it is hardly possible to get the land in too good condition. 11 should be plowed and harrowed or disked till it is so fine that each piece of seed will lie in a bed of mellow earth and have a covering of the Snrl1C. ' The object in raising early potatoes is t r get tubers, tis early as possible, nig enough 4o pass in the market ; in late potatoes, a good yield of large, smooth tubers is desired, and to get these the ground must be in the best shape possi- ble when planted. In selecting the land, in deciding upon the variety and whether to raise curly or late potatoes, one must before -hand determine upon his market and plan to meet its requirements if Ito would have his venture successful. PLANTING IItUSti POTATOES. 1 prefer a sandy loam for potato land, says Mr. W. B. i.loyd. This to be at its hest shnul(1 C0111ai11 a goods supply of well -rutted humus, furnished) either by turning under a sod or growth of vege- tation of some hind, or by a liberal apple; cation of barnyard manure. 1 generally select the piece of land for potatoes the fall previous to the spring the crop is to be planted, in order to give It a dressing of well -rotted manure if it is not already rich enough. it is Then plowed. if early potatoes are de- sired. n fair job of gelling them in may be done by simply running fnrrow'.s the proper distance apart, as early in the spring ne the soil can be decently turned, dropping the seed in the bottom of the furrow. If the soil in which one Le obliged to plant his potatoes is such that it 111i18 together or packs badly during the win- ter, nothing may be gained by fall plow- ing. With soil of this kind. lu get an early start to the spring one should not apply rho manure in the fall or during the winter and leave it upon the surface, as it holds frost and moisture and pre - voile early ploughing. Neither should the drawing out of the manure be eft until spring, us n fete days' delay then ?nay rnnke the difference between a pay- ing aying crop and one that does not. All things considered, a piece of land that had a good supply of humus given it the year previous to the ono it is used as potato ground is the best. Esp eri- e WiNTEJIING CA'1'1'LE CIIEAPLY. Some classes of cattle may and ought to be carried through the winter cheaply;. Such are animals that are being grown for meat under range or semi -range conditions, as where pastures are cheap or may be obtainel for nothing. Such aro cows that are idle during at least a part of the winter. Such also are cows whose lactation period ends as the %v;in- ter comes and which are to he sent to the block. They may be fattened more such n distance that rats could not lump cheaply on grass than in any other twat'• from the rick over it. The sheets were( SOME MINTS ON 110W TO GET 1111) OV TIRE PESTS. Traps That Take AdtantaJe of Their Thirst They Are Fond oI Acorns and Nuts. Rails are migratory in their Habit, for a•1 estate aluwst tree from thein ono week is Mune to be swurnliug the next, and it is plain that occas:i.nally hordesrj- of them must travel long dtstanccs, ac- cumulating its they progress. Whether they scud on n pioneer party is not known, but it has lxxin noticed, says a writer in the London held, that the ap- pcaranco of u fete rats at u certain spot generally augurs the speedy coining of Many more. An estate which is intercepted by a stream or river is pwruliarly liable to nn incursion of ruts, and this lends strength lu the !whet that they make their tray along the banks of running water, find- ing convenient r. fug• s while on the joule ney in the holes of water rats by which these hanks arc honey -combed. Enr this reason traps to intercept some of the in- vaders should always be kept sel along- side of streams. RATS IN BIG STACKS during the cold season are difficult to destroy, for a ferret can do little will' them, and is rarely able to make them bolt; in such cosy refuges they also commence breeding early, anis this soon tends to a big increase. If a ferret is to b3 spared, it is a good plan to turn it into a rat infested rick and allow it to remain there.; those i1 does not kill will be forced to desert. Even better than a ferret is a live stoat, if one can he cap- lumil unharmed in a box trap and after- ward given its liberty in the rick. Should this bo done it will remain as long as there is a rat to be had. -" A very good plan of clenring rets from an infested rick has been practised with the greatest success. Rats are exceeding- ly thirsty creatures, and this fact was taken advantage of by the inventor. With sheets of zinc several fret high he formed a rat -proof fence round a rick at, For such wintering, straw of tho various cereals may be used, also corn fodder, corn stover and sorghum in its general varieties, also hay that is coarse and may have been damaged with rain. Such animals may also he allowed to glean atter cattle that may have been fed shock corn while being fattened, or they may bo fed the gleanings from the mangers of horses and cows in milk. in some Instances such foods will carry them through the winter without loss in flesh, but in other instances they may lose somewhat. When the fodder is all thus dry, the animals are nitwit 110b1e to become more or less constipated. When this happens they will not retain suit- able thrift unless the food is somewhat modified. Such modification may be brought about by feeding field roots or corn silage. The former will produce results that are more satisfactory, but the patter the cheaper. Animals may bo win- tered nicely on the straw of cereals or cord stover, and 12 to 15 pounds of sliced pools fed per day. Silos will to some extent relax the bowels when C611• stipnted, nut not so satisfactorily us will routs. i(.INi) 31AN'S IBE% OF COLOR. ,lore Like Different Sounds, With Black the Only One steal to Dim. "Have you any conception of color?" friend asked a blind man; "What idea have you when you hear colors men- tioned?" "A person blind from birth, as f have been, can hnve no possible proper con- ception of color," WAS the reply. "'1'o me color is sound, or rather, music. When 1 bear the word iced, for example, 1 in- strtntly think of a high, piercing note of music ; blue Is to me a delicately sound - e l note, fairly high and pleasing in tone; green is a soft lone and rather low, quiet and restful, while yellow Is lively, quick little notes, rapidly sounding nn(i causing pleasure, almost to laughter. illack, alas, is the only color we car► realize, for we are told that That is the absence of all light, and we know only tic well what that int'atiS." ANCIENT INNS. The village inn at Addington. ill the county of Surrey. England, lies been tenanted by the members of one family since the reign of henry VII. On the death of the mother of the present hos- tess she eft no son, but only three dnughlers to survive her. 'I ho three sister's in turn took possesslon, and the present hostess is u.e Inst of them. The Jolly Millers inn, at Newnhatn, Cam- bridgeshire, has been kept by n family d the name of Musk for the last 400 years. 1t is recorded In Carnbridge mina's flint Queen Elizabeth once stop- ped here and drank a quart of "1'e Olde English Ayle" without gelling down from her horse. Int 1f11:D (rt r. Sympathetic Fr e d -ilave ye: e•• e• 1 ,..1 while? Dyspeptic -No, but the doctor !,as. meals Out for plain, not corrugates, and sunk several' inches in the ground to provent burrow- ing out. Directly n dry spell of weather set in a tub was buried in the ground: and partially filled with wafer, bricks; being piled in its centre till one sloodi just above the surface. The rats, thirst.' ing for water, absolutely fought for a footing on this brick, and drowned each, other wholesale, some being ACTUALLY SLAiN IN COMBAT. Tho nearest natural water supply is n first-rate place at which to trap rats, for they must resort to it in dry weather;, and the traps should be set beneath oho water at the spots where they drink. An excellent method is to arrange stones with their surfaces protruding just above the water like a causeway nlong its mar- gin. Each ought to Ile a comfortable rat jump apart, and at intervals the pan of a trap (tl►o rest of it being subnicrgt d) should take the place of n stone. Bats leap from ono to the other and fall vic- tims to the traps. In a time of drought the old buck rats eat the young ones, and this helps to explain their lardy increase during a dry season. Rats are generally prolific after a sea- son which Inas been productive of acorns and nuts, for these provide then with abundant winter feed. The year 1004 was a wonderful acorn season. With the result that rats flocked to the oak woods, and stoats followed them up: keepere fell into the error of trapping the latter, and the consequence was that a large number of rats survived to breed. it is to bo feared That rats are often attracted to the preserves by wasteful feeding, more food Icing thrown down for pheasonts than rho birds can at once consume. 'I.1►e writer I►ns seen the keeper's whistle, as he nppearcd with a feed basket. bring as many rats as tpeasants on to a ride. the rodents and he birds feeding together, apparently ON THE REST OF TERMS. 1f rats are permitted to remain in the preserves there is little chonce of winged game. especially partridges, increasing, for those eggs they are not able to con- sume are stolen from the nests. Bets hove been seen to take them one by ono from 1ienentb silting birds. (1jsin one estate, after n search instituted upon the discovery of several owls emptied of (heir contents. a keeper had the good fortune to find o)Nntl fitly partridge eggs l inteel up by a rat beneath n thicket of briars. Only one or ton had ',crforn- lions from the thiels teeth. and all but these were duly hatched when dL.tri- buttxl In various nests. A rat is nIways a drlic'sry to Reynnrd, end the number he liths in the course of a season roust Ie enormous. A vixen with cubs is perhaps most energetic in hunting them down. 22-C \Il.\'r ADVICE. Don't be satisfied ihnt you'll do It la - morrow or rest on your laurels becnu.e you dkl it )•e'terdny; do it to -day. Tnke ndvaulage of every opportunity that comes your %%eq. Dant get Into the way of belittling your chances tinct feting that They are not big enough to bother over. Work with all your heart: piny with nil your heart; abo%e all thing.. 01(111 indifference.' E1 initiate '1 can't" from your teenier. Pity and put "111 try" In Its ponce. Even if you don't like the *ink you are rat present (nlfnged in, do II welt, 1' cony be the o; ening Io your tree Vo. cntinn. Play is the nnti•lnte In work, and %Moen int It is time to ploy, put all work grit • t your mind and let the joy of living and fun fill you frurn head to foot. Re alert and alive; make the nosh • t every minute of your youth end health and vitality. Your chances are just na food as anyone else's. '1'' "So y,,r mode him prnnil.z• to giro up smoking?" eaid ono girl. "Yes." mon wered the other. "ilut 1 never ktNw )•ate n seriously objected to atnohin ?•' "1 don't. But I had to make Aloe ds slrno. thing to show his affection."