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C:1L\P iell 1'111. ---(Continued).
Ike son tunnel suddenly and walked
toward the door.
"Iludolpll!" shrieked )tie mother, In
such Dec',:its of terror that he stopped.
Stt,> sprung up and seized hint by the
erne, her eyes fe ..ened on hi, face,
.'which was as pale as deu!eh, with an
expression of agonized fear. "Rudolph,
Ica (leaven's sake. what are y ,u going
to de?" elle. murmured.
The young ollicer turned away, r.s
if he c,i!d not endure that look or hear
1'oe.se words.
"\\ h)., mamma.. tie said, "what are
u thinking of?"
"Mamma," entreat -of fora. clasping
her hands as she value toward her.
"'tell me, only tell 11:e what Inns hap-
preted;
Frau von Totten still kept her son's
bead in hers.
"It is Itenberp," she saW in a vies-
'er, with the saute e\pre,;..'on In her
to relied eyes. "11 Ls Benberg. Lora,
olio had soon nvmey to pay out for
Muj•)r von Machnitz, while he was
away on leave. 1 believe \lachnttz had
brought some horses, and told the peo-
ple to conte to Milberg for their pay,
and -because Mull was in difficulties,
h'• offered it to Midi for a for:ailght-
•olfered 2t to hint, you understand--"
"Did Isenberg offer ii to you, fu-
C.olph?" inquired ).ora.
"Yes --al (east -1 think -I don't real-
ty know how it camp about," murmur-
ed d her brother.
Lora said no more; she stood there
like an ininge cut out of stone. Only
her lip; trembled slightly.
"It was Bcnberg, ).ora," repeated
1. r mother.
"But it was for him, nevertheloas,
to hint)" s'anuuered the young girl.
"And now, what is to be done':'"
"The mailer is, unfoetumalcly. only
1..,• simple. If I do not send the money
to the post -office by to -morrow even-
ing, then-" he shrugged his shoulders;
then he tore open les uniform with so
nwch violence. That the charms on his
welch -chain fell to the ground.
"OIL. be quiet," %%lave/eel his mo-
ther, who, evidently-. was hardly cols-
-scions what she did. "Don't let papa
herr you; do be quiet."
"Rudolph." said Dora,
happen to hlenlx•rg?"
"Ile will be cashiered. But we must
-not let it conte to tltal--"
"And have you only learned all this
today, Rudolph:'"
"Learned il? Whet do you meal by
!earned 1 k'tcw the looney did not be-
long •to laniberg, but there was nbso-
letely no risk. \hlcltni /. had four
"what will
weeks' leave, amt for me it was n mai.
ler of life or death. Lo you under-
slcnd? I gave hint sty word of honor
that in three weeks ho should have the
money agnin-w-hen the devil Must
made drive Maclumi•tz home n fortnight
irarlier-voila tout! Thee lost part I
•only heard lo -day, through one letter
find two lelegranli. Ilenlx'rg seems to
have lost his head."
"And h• w much is it?'
"About four Thousand marks,"
"Gold heavens. Itudolph! and you
have no idea where you can get it?"
"Nut an idea! If 1 had, do you sup-
pose- You are absurd."
"Welter will lend you the money.
Rudolph; go to Becher;" said Lot•a.
'1.01 are gold friends now--"
The lieutenant snook his lead. "Ile
won't give me a penny, Lora, not to
'Shall 1 n.k for you, Rudolph? 1
\will L.•g h'.rn. estreat Jain, for the sakd
•:'f our parent:, and of Benlorg, whom
you have made so miserable."
"'thanks, very much; don't trouble
yourself. You may, perhaps. find it
reasonable that the man whom you re -
unbolt with the er.ales! rudencss.s':ould
ti •! Ix'
foole.11 . sough lo nth once your
'dottier see !h utsand marks. such
11,ugn0nini:l•V r:111(1 hardly be eeepcclid
hi 111 the it .1 foolish person."
you wilily believe that, Ito -
t1 ,Iphl'
man teas a harn41rss soul. They hoot
lu exo hang.' friendly nods with the Tol-
l. ns when Iho families, according to
\\estenberg custoruo sat out 0n the
to 111 frost of the door, 011 sunu-
n:cc evening,.
Fran von 'Toth n had often said, when
etre saw the old couple site ng their 4'o
happily together, he in llls dreseiug-
gowu, with his long pipe, his cap 4.11
hi• silver -while flair, and she in her
Lack evoollen apron, with her knitting
In her un wearying hands, 'They look
leo) the very ieers.)Itftcation of c•an,''ort
1: n.! Iwppin.s., I.ora." 1'11! Tollen, had
newer sten happiness except from a
distance.
But what could possess her mother to
go into that house i.nra could see her
quite plainly --could see the brawn c'oor
closing been.' Frau wall Totten. Gold
heavens! was she going to try to got 1110
money from the Engles?
i.ora's hued stool: suddenly; the
knocked down several pieces. "1 beg
your pardon, papa; but it is so close
here."
"It is the', abominable weather.'
grumbled the old lean. 9 have felt it
in my leg for three days. Open the
window•, it you tike."
Lorn opened Iho. w_naow. Iter fa-
ther was right; it vas unnaturally
v.arn) otis:dc, and so still -the still-
ness before the storm. Iler eyes were'
flied on the house opposite. Was it
rot wrong of her smother-? \\'hat if
11•o,.' good I eeple should grant her re-
quest. and lend her their hard-earned
money? \Vas it not 1 •lr.ying than'
She was a botrower who could offer
no security; her mother had not Thought
4'•f that. She had gone there in her
terrible anguish.
She heard the sound of a Led, and
su,w Frau ton Totten coming out o.f
the Engles' house; Lora thought she
had never seen her face so deathly
.•bile.
She looked nett Ther to the right nor
to the left, but bent .her steps toward
Ina. church.
"There goes your mother!" cried the
nu.joi'. who had got. up and was look-
ing over his daughter's shoukl.ar, "I
11.ught she had a headache. 1leaven
la;ows, one is cheated and de eived
within one's very walls. If I only knew
what you wore all about! I say, Lora,
1 hope you are not getting up any nom
4'i nsc for my t it-ill:lay? You huiow•,
Is t'a, 1 coulthel stand Ihat."
"No, papa. I don't know of aiyIhhg, `
replied the young girl. "\funinut olden
goes into the fresh air w•h en she has
a heads lie."
"The devil she does!" cried the Major,
Loll laughing. half 111 earneet, "She
t'' uerally sleeps like n dormouse. \o
niettet-; shut the window, and come
le re. You may all go out, for aught
cure,"
Darkness came on r(1•,id1y. ani Lora
litthled the lamp. The ►nnjor, tired ( t
class, read his paper, and Lora first
w. u1 down to the kitchen to gel sup-
per, and then went up I. her Ilille
ri 0111 and Is'gnn to write to Ernest
Schon Inrg. kittie would bring her his
ul kl rens.
She lett that she must write an ay
11 vague fears. If tie %yore only Isere.
if elle. could only tell 11111 all -but she
could not do that; she could not tell
of her family's disgrace. Was Rndoph
less guilty than the than oho had com-
mitted a crime to help Bins:' She tore
lit h' r letter Into little pec:,. t 1 (rod!
it was so frightful, this position into
which one man's folly find plunged thein
n! ! It her mother would only conte
back!
Ouleide. the storm had already be-
gun; it dashed against Die panes of Ila
Man, ad window. 01141 howled through
lite 1 iutnches of the lindens in the school
3ald op1rosi!e. And through the storm
sounded the clock on the tower of SI.
\lt ry's.
Sev.xm n'clo,k! Would no one ever
conte? Neither Rudolph, nor her on: -
leer, nor Katie?
She was just going down to see if
"I have prof of it. Before the even• the hump was lighted in the dining-
bi)n of the buil, Becher was really to room, when the doer opened. and some
lend me what I wattled. But when 1 one cro.sed the threshold, whom Lora
.int to hint the next morning. he could cerininly had not expected.
sol find ft convenient to raise the "Good heavens! Aunt \Ielilla! And
unne3; be put Inc off with 11..pes for how you do look!" she ended.
the• lulure. I could not tunderstantl Tho old Frnuoin hnd token her shnw•l
off her gray betide and had dragged off
Lora drew n long hreolh. 'lud(td," her hat wills it; her corkscrew curls.
fli \-aid s:owl•, "Alen t cannot het% 1•!ow'n by the wind, hung down room!
,v 11." he" face, which wore a strange expt-es•
"Nor d,, I ask any sacli(icc hont iron of fear and delermulntion.
y U," he releted. lend left the room. "ile quiet. Lora, so your father will
Frau eon 'toilet kooked rifler hhn in nt.1 hear." she whispered. "Lel me
sib'ticv', lumd then 10A0(1 at I,ri-a. it s 1 down, child; 1 want to lack to you
w•ne n intlnnt:toh• sight, this poor -you know very well .hal has hap-
r(Cher, who Irl‘1 been pierced to the ',clod. and that something must be
lune). demo 911(1 done at once."
Lora ran to her and threw her nrnt4 "Ilan my nether leen w ith yore.
1tr•,ud:J hcr. auntie? Did she come Mono eeeth 3011?
"\ly n:• Ihcr. my pxxer, deer mother!" "They are all downstairs."
she murmured, "do mit lake it so "1Culie. lou? \\ by doesn't Katie Cottle
ft'ghtfuilly lo heart; hike courage. \\e ithe SniteeI %ve go down -Mire. auntie
11111si Ifni help scenewherc." "5:1 still. Lora; 1 want to talk to 30;1
"Yee, but where? No matter. porn, first," laud Aunt NIclitla. "Von see,
let in go; I innel 4'o to y:•ur father. 34 lir toothier hos been running about
1'o I had: ns though 1 had been age- .4) T. Dick and Petry. Trying to gel
or-- it will be belle- for you to 'h( in n•`y- -perfect mid/tees, lora. Not
gr.. 'fell Ilia 1 have one of my head- a soul wtOuld tend you n penny, lel
aches. and I am going to lie down. I -'line such a euro as dud. But the poor
will ti) .'vel) Thing. 1 will go to Altai sv: mon is nearly beside herself with
Meni1'u. I mull get toil." un\iaty. Ilndoiph borrowed a house
"i \t i'1 es) with yon, mintier': from the Itechcrs. and rode over 10
"N.): do you sl iv here: Zeppko. lo old S('hrueItow: but. denr
1.0ra elite.' I. She gat with her fae me! ho has got' three sons in the army
iher, i;t hie smoky room. and p133111 hinself. and you chits tilnine !gm for
ches4
‘‘illi Lim. The major wens in n saying 'No,' and in such a hurry. too.
ouch teener temper than he had been N, w•a-doys people ;ple don't hnve so much
et noon. Ile made jokes, And was de- money in the hunk. So 1 went to the
',gobble.' when he at length sue.'ccded !lechers myself.'
ihcckmaling his (fanglike. Frantein \Ielilla stopped and wiped
Lora could sec the street front where her foreh.:t I with her handkerchief.
site gal, and the opposite houses. (;ase "Aunt!" camp anxiously from the lips
to the inn in which the Sunday (fences of the young girl.
r.A'le the major so furious there steed "They will lend the atony, child,
o Heol, one storey h•'ust', with slmining continued the little went!), "it you will
• ieiow•panes, behind which were stow only give Irm a 11111e lope --nothing
s•, bele curaline. Thera the Eigcls lived more al present, I give you my• word,
an noel couple who hnd the reputation Lorn.''
of bring very \tell off. Tha old Indy "Auld \teiellat.. ,.tied thte yo,11114
etas the model of a housewife; rho old in busri(icd lone.:, "are you read? Dow
T
(911 you say su:h a thing? Is (here
no noose of honor in our family?"
"Lora, I beg of you, you don't know
what you are talking about. It isn't
for the sake of Rudt--- the young .eouu-
c:rrl Wright pal u bullet through his
Iuead, as he declares he will, for all 1
should care -but for the other one and
LIs ittotler, and above all for your own
poor nto'iter, who will certainly 1.')of
it."
"Aunt Melillo, 1 would give toy lila.
if it w,'re necessary, but not that!"
"Al, Lora. it is all very evell to talk
'that sounds like a novel; but that is
of no use. 1'c't would riot be engaged
(t -day, or to-rta,rrow. You need only
give hon a little hope."
"But I cuntrot do that. Ilave some
pity on she! 1 should be evicked it 1
(!ie it. 1 cameo( give Iran the slightest
tape, Aunt Meli:ta."
"1l can all b< urrangcn nfy'rw•nrd;
bet for the pit`senl vcu 11111.t overcome
That feeling, you mu5!, 1 say. It Is
ye ur (duly to make some sucriliees 4a•
the honor of your (amigo -do you hear,
!etre Think it over; think what your
!.arenl-i, what your needier has done
foe you. Parents and children are
obliged to help each peter. Lora, 1
lee of you, don't look at Ina like that!'
The young girl seemed utterly crush-
ed beneath this storm of entreaties.
"N -t!" she [rasped out. "1 will die
flea.'
\\'ell, then, you will see yeur bro-
ther a convict, or if he is lucky •>nough
to escape to Amemr,ca-you will never
see hies again- and your lather ani mo.
liter will 1:ever recoser it: and thee see
how happy you will 1x'1"
Tho old Fraulein rushed to the Coco•
in tinter despair.
'Send Katie up to Inc,' entreated
Lora.
"Katie! What can Katie du? She hfre
no responsibility. She does not even
understand what it is till alx)ut--- the
cnpleciolis Thing. She carte t.) me to-
day, nod :.he did not open her lips, but
set like a stock and stone at the win-
dow \wl:cr• you always sit. I asked her
gt'estions, but I got ro answer; she
only kept staring at the Schonberg
house, as it she had never seen it be-
t' -'re. 1 brought her her favorite book,
the '.Alntanach de Gotha,' and .,L•4' said
ie did not interest hergetit all to know
whether Herr So-and-so married Frau-
14 in So-and-so or not, or how many
children they had -it was tiresome.
Gocid !leavens! \Vhat is going to be-
come of you spoiled children?'
"Send Katie to nee." repeated Lora.
"D.) be reaeonnble, child!"
"Don't torture me to death!" cried the
y. -ung girl, wildly drawing her hand
through her soft, light hair. "1 can-
not, G:;d knows I cannot, Aunt Needle.'
"You will not?"
"No, I will not."
could rept see her hand before her:
eereetheIm3.s she found iter mother al
once, and kneeling down,she threw her
areal nrouud the figure, evhlclt vas
crcuclung tl0t%n :,1 her son's threshold
"Mamma." sobbed Lora, -Oily poor,
tear mamma!" and sl►o sprang up and
reiscd the trembling woman. "Gime
et 111e. you n03 shivering: come to bed.
and I will stay with you."
"Ik) you think he is asleep. toga:'
It you think he is here?"
"1 will see, momma; but first you
must cnue to your room." She almw,t
carried her mother in, laid her on the
ht, and began lo rub the cold feet.
"1)h, my heart, Lora, my heart! it
feels a, if it would stop beating," wail-
ed her mother. That she lay still
again; and her daughter held her hand.
:.fling beside the Lee.
"Cm to sleep, Mamma, (10."
"Ah -sleep! --Lora, 1 keep thinking • t
the time when Rudolph fell from hie
/tors', and they brought him horse, for
dead --'lo you I'7membee?"
"Yrs, mamma."
"rood r. el! why dtdst Thou not take
him to 'Thyself, then?" murmured the
unhappy woman. sitting up in bed, and
wringing her hands. Tho rc-,r, sick
man in the other room," she continued.
as if lull;i:tg I-, herself; "the day after
14': 1110 rrity is hos birthday; and he sera
secretly to Kruger's and ordered tick-
ets for the slicer(, s„ y01i might have
a Ii:tle pleasure on that day. And
r,••w, edit will to the result:' Lora.
(•ry: 3011 can't help it, Ah,
-my Rudolph, my curly -tended 1 „y.
n:3 deareet son! ho has l'rJehtiiiied 1►int-
S..11 11 con:iron thief, and I shall never
see Irtn1 again! For s a-f.rn,
Ise wilt kr"p hi word(:od, ansdkeco1110ltit
say good-bye to ole!"
"Manama, 1 do not understand you."
"Lora, he cannot leave Bent erg in
the lurch! Well, he has written to
3laolulilz shah (t4' stole tbo mosey froth
Ilenb+rg-do you understand? Ben -
!erg 14 io act as if he had no suspi'3i)n
it -he sw:11 gel off with a repo inuunl
---and Rudolph evil! go to America -lie
is going This very night. But," she
evhispeiui with strange, fixed eyes, "he
tnly says That. i,ora; he will go to
1eamburg, and there he will buy hien a
retolwer, and then he will go away in-
to some quiet spot, and the next day
they will find him. You see. child, a
I leu cannot live ns la thief -never!
\ie brother del it, too -Lora, don't cry
so lou.); papa sleep so lightly-. Al), 1
with 1 were dead!"
1 he young girl threw herself down
ceide the bed and buried her fitae in
th.' cushions. She thought her molter
was dying.
"Mamma -mamma," she nnurrnurcd.
a4' she raised Iter head, "inaminla-I
\vet do it!" And again intr head sank
on the cushion. "Go to sk'cp,
ewe". does. Iel (.0111e „No may." viol I will come buck in a mnolnent.
The 01.1 Fraulein went away, incl sl, vh'..speled.
Lora was left alone.
11 Was icy cold in her moot, for the
little stove was only rarely heated. but
1:'' checks burned like lire. She look -
el toward the door. and listened. Katie
must come. Yrs, (hero she was! Slow-
ly , step by step -w hot ailed her? At
Mei the young girl came in.
".VI. Katie; (hank God it is yogi!''
'Yes, it is le--and--a nice day we are
lu.shng t) -clay." she replied, leaning her
lack against the door.
"Yes, it Ls very sad; it is dreadful,
Kr lie, but--"
"Minn be off, nded. Lora; but when
such a choice is put before a girl---"
"What then. Katie?"
"1 ntcnn family disgrace. or self Sri, -
one knows very well what Inas
It b.' clone."
"Katie, do you say that? You?"
,.1-t,-
"\n.l you
sL' n' 1 break
I. net made no run,wer. and Katie.
'co, was silent. She did rot move
from her position, but kept Ler eyes
cast down. nutd Zapped on the floor
wills her fool.
"Nellie," said 1.4)ra
may go."
"Very well. Gone live."
"Only 1 should !.k' the address."
"I don't ten:ow it,"
"Didn't you eel hits for it. Katie?"
soy it. knowing (hit I
my word und-destroy his
at length, "you
Good•night"' S!!e Ittrn'd sI nv-
ly away-. "It Ls lo be looped that It•'n-
torr( will root out a mullet Through hie
head," site cried over her shoulder. "1
Ilan} he will,"
The O., ,r banged behind 1101', aha
Lora (els ui:certain vlii'Iher she were
4'e oke or dreaming. She sat d )w•n on
lee cheer by the beet and tried to think.
but she could not. "4'e Igy should I suf-
fer?' she said once aloud. add• Then
rt lnp4.41 into her apathy.
11 timet have been late when elle
slatted up (t Iasi; the 1011111 was 1m►•n-
h)t Low•. and she wile shivering. flail
the other, all gone 1 ) lied'' she !ooke.1
at lite clumsy s'Iter watch. hanging
(-ver Iter I>ed, whi• h ln.l ht longe) 141
her grandfather. ant to ilii It she Innd
begged of hoe faller. r elm • should
rail oversleep, The helots ixdmlott 1.t
eleven.
She womler'd whether It •r mother
was asleep.
Shat well out softly. and listened
over the baluster. ll wag all dark and
stili blow; only the wind rallied the
'Mind,. She was just going brae/.
\viten a groan sounded In her ears.
"1l is the storm," she nmn•nnlred. 1,111
she dni%'d not move; an indescribable
d:cnd Kook pnssecvion of her; all the
lues of horror which the country -poi -
lee here retitled cnn:e into her mind.
In storms like This, wht.'n any one
has taken hie own life. the people say.
Then his poor .'mil flies away with die
night -raven over the ,lark lane), and
moat Ilse so through storm end hor-
n r, through all eternity. as ( punish-
mtn nt for his sins. She suddenly sow
i. 'tit nnnl Benbe'1•g before her with
fenrfie dietinrinese. it? she had seer:
Mtn yesterday. in the photograph she
had found ,in ftndolpl's trunk; a slen-
der man, with his uniform buttoned
ui, lu Ihme chin: hilt the face wns pate
and grave, frightfully pale, and he lay
on n cu4hion, twill his Cees closed.
Dent -and Through fludolph's fault;
and she, she might have saved hinm!
"Merciful Godr She .lfrtdd violent -
le. Another groan thrnigh the walling
of the storms. The. next moment. she
wns on the stairs, and was standing
in the hall. on the first floor.
"Manson!" she cried, "for Ileasen,s
sake, where are you`"
It was so dark down here that I•ora
'You will be sure to come back?"
"Yes. mamma."
"Just listen at his door -didn't ;i open
I lien? I tee is gone; i am sure of it! OIs.
Almighty God, and I did not see Mine'
\.ora .prang up and ran items; 1!ie
hall le her brother'. room. She could
Lear slcps wilhtin; he was awake, he
was moving about. She grasped the
knob suddenly. "Open the door," she
cried in a low voice; "it is I, Lora."
The door opened. Iler brother stood
IK -for.' her, in civilian's dress; n small.
open 1 ortnianlc(1 lying Les•:de him on
the flog.
(To be Continued.)
'I' - -
11111011OCS Int it1:I..\RS.
During Their tiidni 1111 I'ri►wlin{►s They
Sometimes Crack a Joke.
To steal brncelel., diamonds, mid
otior valuables with the interesting nc-
c:.nlpanimcnt of beer. cigars. and vir-
ile. from n Iltealie in Dudley, where
"The 'I'i•'kel-nf-Leave Man" was being
payed. betokens u grim, if somewhat
daring, humor.
The nund.rer and burglar. fence. 'owns
n.; coot a customer in a stranger's Irouse
al midnight it he Wright have been in
!:is own at midday. Ile is reported to
Lave effected a very elite witticism in
one place. Ile had ransacklvli the 1•0o111s
01111 a a. leaving the last bedroom. In
%wh(ch the eldea clots ltI •i was quiai1)'
sieepiitg a hen 1'mac.''- eee- caught sigld
rf a 11101l, un the wall, "Peace be unto
Iho: 1131,1`. The joke was 100 good 10
ht the cue n.•r of the mon
w 3, a 111 1.s l% t ith,g-•'.o „', :and in it the
(burglar found pen 01141 ill:. (leaching
et•.wn the tlluminuled card. he qui"kly
allerttl the evording to "Peace has been
1n00 chi, louse." 'then he crept out of
the mole and )node goal his esenpie
Another midnight vtsitnr left a teller
on the mmanlelpits'e 01 1110 dininu•rtiont,
in whirl he informed the 41‘) 114'1' Ihnt he
ens elle-Iiodietl and full of life and 11111;
Ilial, as evidence of this. Ile had trade
free with the boiled ham, (hough 111
charily I"` had left enough for their
bleakfa,1. Ile was sorry, he said, 11►ey'
had sol thought of leaving Ilei' money
kr him. but he w•ohld have i1 next lino'
1,e carne. Ile fiirllter e\pri+ssed Ibis lose
fu' the daughter, his hi(n tI: ns being
1nn1ritioniul. Nothing stronger then len
(raving been left hint unit his futile, they
I,nd hail to keep thenisr lvo t warm by ,1
boxing is,ul and it jig. '1'111') hoped this
w(.uld no! be nereeenry when they carne
again. --London 'Tit•Itits.
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1101 11. 1101:1'OItel ItEee' V1f1:D.
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Herald'. Linn I.r•nnled by king lilward
to Two of Ills I'h)siri►Ine.
King I:ele r.1 of Li1gll111,), the "foun•
Iain of !valor," has granted lo Sir
Frederick 'Proves and Sir Frencis Lak-
ing, Itnronets. the hiller his ptly;icinn
In ordinary hill] surgtx Il :11 hec•nry
am(1 the former his sergeant surgev,u,
r.n honorable augmentation to (heir
skill and attention during his danger-
ous illness in 1902. The l:onorable, aug-
iteenlntion oem1Sixl4 of one of !he lions
of Englund ns bene on iia Ki'ng's owil
royal a•mn--n Ifon pns,anl guardrail.
gold, oit a Held gales ;ird). The shield
4':l Sir Frederick Treves with the 1 ng.
hantniton is shown lire.
The only other inetance in which the
charges of the royal shield wer•' per -
milled to he Mine on the shield of n
ntetnher of Iho inedi.0! 1u•ofeeeion ''1
4)c•
et: -red in 1012. when .lame: 1, grunt''
'c Gideon Delaune, his aputl►ecan - 4'o
obtained the dottier for the .e,
caries' Sock l'. the geld Iron pee -eh!
gunrdnnt of 11t,' royal !deceit. ns well
Ito a deur de les of Frame, \shish was
then also a Char)(•; upon 11.
1
11.
a
c . tr 111 em ell to be followed by coon
0 reels .hated be r:u e(ully ploughed;
the . ploughing of each day being har-
rowed down before 'light. in about a
week or less the weed seeds brought
near the surfeee twill have germinate)
end the tiny plants show tnreu ower the
field. when this happens go over the
laud .tilt a limed shored cultivator. cul -
ting not more than uixnit too incl.,
deep. the effect' of Illi: w 111 be to destroy
weed, of every cla-s before They can be-
come established and tit the sante time
provide a mulch upon the surface suffi-
cient to conserve moisture anal promote
fermentation. This at the interval of
:mother %yeti: should be followed by a
Iuuce-loathed curd v'''u', lapping the
we rk, so as, in fact, to cover the ground slructioe is equally simple.
twice. Ry working the land (u this w•uy '1'Iter Indict:a exp(rimcut elation has
ttile►ualely each .rel: with broad -.hared n very effective system for cenlilation.
and lance -toothed cultivators, slightly Intakes for fresh air are put in the
deeper each Time of going over ii. bac- skies kw down and carried alp inside
11.11111 action will be promoted. moisture the lining to an opening near the ceil-
conserved, and every tweed seed near the Impure air is carried of( through
surfuro unused to germinate gut be other openings to a senlilalor on Ilse
therefore destroyed. Al the end of Sep- roof which acts automatically so as
\,•tuber or early in October a suitable to maintain an even draught of air in
implement may be used to t•ib up the al. states of the wind. The draught
hand, staking the ridge, about si\leen can be further modified 1•y other checks
inches upttrl. If when Ike is don' there if desired. In this way the natural
are any hollows or even slight depreas- warmth of the air 111s!C0 is n:ainlauted
514-115 in which water can lie, a ratan with at 'a comforluble temperature, while it
brains should (,:'sent on the field with a i, always kept -weet.
narrow round nosed shovel to cul
water furrows or channels in such a
Wily as 10 effectually ,,urfnce :born the
whole. The land can Iden he laid by for
lite whiter. In41er tit Jittery circum-
sti nces fields heated as sieve hney be
successfully worked two wce!a r:lier
111 the sp)1•111g than those upon w"It't•It ilt-
s,lflicient cultivation was done in the
fall, and the resulting crops will be al
least fifty per cent. larger. In one case
well known to the writer, twitere this
system has been followed for some
years, oats or mixed grains have aver-
aged ninety bushels per acre, while clo-
se: has never failed and in fact has al-
ways yielded fully double the crop pro-
duced on adjoining farms where spring
cultivation was chilly practised.
Of course with regard to the a -e of
'•ohs or the exact tiler for doing each
particular 11e11 of the work. nn ca.t iron
rule can he laid down, for el -dance, it
may happen that under seise e'reu11t-
sl:,nces it wotikl be best pxa'.ii e 1 . disk
it lieid Where the sod ryas Ire:n y before
c; Ilitating it. and in the r,. -e of h.avy
land, particularly ellen the season is
w alt, favorable opiwrl:uutiot, must be
seized for cultiviating.
\\'hal has here Leen said with regard
to grass or clover land applies wile
cytoid if sol greater force to s:uhble
fields. in the Province of Ontario it is
often the practi'e to seed down all
gesso, and (armors object to losing their
seed, tut if our farm-. arc (o It freed
(1,411 the tw.cd c111,0 tinct are lo 1)0
btuugl1i up to their highest producing
IN wee. fall cella -alio., most be prac-
It..J. In our \Vcstein provinces this
se stela requires to be carried out rigidly
o•• -triose results will follow.
me enjoyment, It may prevent the
etettey of so maty of the young peo-
froum wishing to !cava the farm for
gay and -whet proves too often to
the delusive and ruinoue surround-
gs of city life. A small lawn and rt
v shade bees wilts some plants and
•vers are not expensive luxuries to
•fain, and will not cost much to inuin-
in and keep up When once secured.
nice grass plot or lawn adds most
cidedly to the attractive appearance
a farm borne and also its market -
.10 value, without ridding any extra
'ores to the asissoles tax roll.
A NEW KIND 01 VENTILATOR.
tow to vcnlilntea slab!.' which
e stock are kept in any number has
est a frequent question and the an-
ers given have Ixen )nano ainnd 1111;-
0us. A new and simple phut has just
been patented i.t Britain by two bro.
)hers naul(d Posher. The essence . f
the idea is 10 build a main tube say cf
gnlwa1111,J iron, running across 1114' lop
of the building to be ventilated. The
under purl of thio Tule will le freely
perforated Still 111, to admit the swarm.
impure air from the animate. This lube
14 carried through the walls, where
01•enings in each end will allow of the
pressure- of the atmosphere being used
1, carry off the foul ah'. Valves are
s:, arranged at each end of. the tube
that a current cf air will pass Ihrough
the tube frown either end according to
the set of the wind. This orrangentent
is said to he very effective and its con -
THE
FAIL\Ili1Ts 1.:\\\ N AND greieoF.II
GARDEN
One of the great ch:trtns of farm life
in Ilse old laid, more c,;pccinlly lit Ilx
:auto iunl west of lowland, Ls 1!:e de-
IlghItul i;twins and gardens n sully
found surrounding the c'otiag-s and
terms l..0 -es. Visitors from all parks
4''f the world admire the many iural
land'c:ap.' and floral Irntllies of 110 old
land, inure especially (hose of foram and
collage I:'ate Arid it is no wonder
ih tl 11.•.-,• til have lied amongst these
5I,I1. wet lige, w•heth"r in the htey-.'ley
O! . !veli v -I or the Ittore mature years
' : 1 n+ v, r forget theme; u►:el the lucre.
1.::11;.:tt of the old ivy clad village
c' ut.•h or ill jasnline•cuvered porch of
I!.4'' o!'I home bring!' pleasing It'. .lc•
do 11' to these who have lived amongst
or even visited casually the pc0,:eful,
quiet ',entry of the rural di<Iricte •.I
•
\\hist form climatic e.-ndil'ons, and
sh tri .tieing tool sunuir•'r seaiOni. we
11:ay ns n rule roil be elite to nave eueh
elo1sunlely lard out gerJens and lawns
exist IL•er,, skill 1!:c r' is no le aeon
why every from honrestend (n111101 Itawe
a sit11111 gratis -plot and Cower garden
ih
close proximity 10 the ferns home.
NMI:. the eiurrmmdings of the homn'•
shout more home -111:e and ellrartit•',
n) %condor that sontelina s the
yt ung prvlple are 1111.(d (way froom trine
b.rm %eller' oft.inies there le little but
the regular routine duties of farm w()''!:
10 ink rest then) or oc'•tttw their Atten-
tion. Give the young people. moo. es-
prciell• Ilie young Indies of 1!te faintly.
n flower bed or birder and In\vti. The
tatter sato)(' be large enough so That
the members of the (emit) can enjoy
8 genie of croqu(t, or temce, whenever
0 sew minutes lime con Ire r.p:Ii 1l for
reereallon and p!"nsure tom the song.''•
1in►cs henvv and one:ews dude+ perloin-
i•I to inlnt life. 11"1•e n few roils ,f
pit ha:). %.on. Il,:{nv erre, set aside for
r_
A'ITI I.\Cf IVE FAB\1 I iO\IES.
'1'o make the farm home attractive: -
Pile wood neatly.
Keep the barn clean and neat.
Keep walls and porches swept clean.
Clean up or fill up small, dirty ponds.
Burn as much of the garbage as pos-
sible.
See that fences are mended and
painted.
Keep the grass around the hotlso In
gcod condition.
(:over the old rain -barrel \\•illi n pie^_e
of .cheese -cloth to keep the insects out.
(hike off all the rubbish, pick up the
papers and dispose of all waste matter.
keep the house in good condition. See
that the roof is mended and the lou. -
painted.
Put .Screens in neatly and see that the
screen doors have locks that are in
order.
Don't keep garbage or wet rnnlerinl fn
wooden barrels. because the wood be-
comes ,.,eked and can't be cleaned.
Don't empty dishw•oler right outside
lite kitchen doer. It makes a vel slimy
pleuses. si-i
ace, which is often the metro) of dis-
ile sure Ihnt the Air le around the
chicken yard is in good shape, so thnt
t!1. chickens won't get into the Oower-
garden.
Dig a deep pit and put all the old tin
casts. broken bottle,, broken china al d
rusty
pans and kettles into it. Lor
with call!).
Prune the Trees, and don't leave the
l.r:aches lying under them. Either lake
Il:(111 away or use them for a hedge for
sweet peas.
Do not have too maty lr,'ee right
around the hou,e. 1 1t1In-11011se should
1 v,•ry healthy. but it i, often quite the
.)I.i't.-etc; incl %v4' lend Ile. snort, damp
0nd the reef and foundation often cow
erect wish uwse.
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'1'lII: leeN '.\I.US Ole \II:T.\I.S.
Et:eherg. the Swedish discoverer of
(r,utulun. goe-C That name to the metal
because of the tantalizing difficulties
that he cn•'uuulercd while Ineelignl-
ir.g 11. It is only recently that Innln-
Ium line teen oltaitled in a stale ed
bpurity, and the rapidity with whirr it
ite been pn,dured, in rrsnonsc Io the
domande of (s►mnleree nal Ministry, is
ammo unprecedented. It furnishes an
excrllenl filament for electric lamps.
(oily n 111(1: while ago the mineral
from tylhirh iai110111111 14 .I trine! was
!Al ver.' that not enough could he found
to
supply �,osiulens to all the miner°-
1r.gical um,ennts. Now Australia alone
1 roducee teor4' Ihnn 70 Ions of tantalite
it year. 'I'hi4 tItes not seen) a very great
quantity, hal ft. is to be remembered
that a single round of titillation .settees
Ie furnish ;':1,er10 lamps, emelt of 2.i•
(r;mlle-poocr. 'lite ,natal its so hare)
that oil is ,rust that n dientemd-pointed
borer. staking 5,(n)0 revolutions a min-
ute, i)rtodu" e s in 11. alley throe days
01 .••irk. nn .'xctivnt+n11 only one-liflie!h
4)1 an inch in depth.
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OLD AlliS.
M ss Wagner -I just dole on mush:.
don't y(,11'
Miss Shrude-Hol a bit of 11.
Mi'. \Vagner--Ik)tl'l you Tike the o1J
airs? -
\tiss Shrude-Old millionaires, yes.
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ON THE SIDEWALK.
is your fnvorile nmusentenl?"
n,ked the 1 •,011 kernel.
"\l• frit.. ,: nnunemenl," nn- a t•rcd
Ih' bal:n'.a Ir.'I. "Is tripping Iihe iighl
00.0.04.040.00.000.
The effect of Scott'j' Lmul,slon on tliin,
pale children is tragical.
It makes there plume, rosy, activ:, happy.
contains Cod Liver Oil, 1lypophosphitea
pint] Glycerire, to make fat, blood end bone,
and so put together that is is easily digested
b;' littl" folk.
ALI. DiniOnr;'iS; t.ol, AND $1.CO,
:5014 4241)4(21+421.042 I0414e1,r*4 "CP ;°�
s
CHICAGO WOMEN BOOZE
so SAf3 PRLE.lClltat OF I'IIA:RIll
(:O\I:Iii:(: tT10\ 1L l:ill'itl:ll.
Startling Sermon liven In Windy City
-Accuses Women of Drinking
and Gambling.
The subject of itew. 1-rede'richc F. 11 ,p-
I.iu,' seruon, '"the Gi'o ilg Ilulnl of
\\. glen Uriuking 1100/3 in 'uhlte; ulx
Gambling," printed in b.ldtace1d 1)•pe i111
Die weekly church bulletin of the
grim (Aueatiunnl nlrch, Chicugo,
which annogruncedgto m►clenibt r, of thio
church a week ago something of what
was in store, was calculated to ntako
.'ten the most delinquent and disinter-
ested churchgoers "sit up and take no-
tice." If perchance the notice in the
bulletin escaper) tete eyes of some, there
wife a large placard bearing the subc'c:t
nailed upon the bit tree on the corner,
jus! in front of the church doors. The
bulletin and the placard appeared to be
ef.eetit e, and speculation a, to the
lceor of lho preacher's remarks re-
mained active throughout . the week.
Consequently the preacher was greeted
W1111 an audience- which the
church. •.
' LOSE \\;Otho\NLY NATURE.
"When 1 see the girls and women of
our city, as no one cen help but ser,
going into restaurants and cafes w•hero
booze is so freely served, and kitting at
the tables 'ordering and drinking cock -
kits and highballs with the nonchalance
cf manner with which they would order
a cup of tea, I wonder \e hal the society
of our time is coming lo, and svltal kind
of a nation we are going to become
within the -next generation or hyo,"
said the preacher in stentorian tones, be-
fore which fled all truces of ennui and
put the audience on the qui vive for Ute
remainder of the discourse.
"rho women and girls of our city and
et our nation arc rapidly degenerating
under the influence of these two curses,
t: hid► in former days were reserved for
the other sex. These girls and women
a' -e the future mothers of the men and
wcmen of the country, and through
them we shall have a sin cursed and be•
settled population and a nation of physi-
cal and moral degenerates'. They learn
to chink and gamble to the utter exclu-
sio(, of the more worthy and womanly
impulses, and will' these sine only too
often conte the other degrading _and ul-
timate sins which place. therm without
the pale of a shocked and conventionol
society, which totters on the verge, but
is immaculate so long us it (Joel not fall.
LAUDS c.uintir \'.•\TIO\. •
•
"Of you sten in this andience 1 ask
tee queslion, \\ hat sort of a girl will
you choose. 10 be Sot r h ifo -and Ute
mother of yotn' childi 1? \\'Ili ybu
CI.000 w•nnn wl►o sits int fah-
ionablese111cute :liodidrinks with yaa1 alsn
(able in (n atmosphere saturated with
cigar t(e fumes and replete with ''t•i-
deuces of moral degeneracy and with
oeanelt of the lower t',ee? Answer ole.
There is not one 111011 Isere who would
want that woman for Aphis wife who
would too inti a restaurant and sip her
c(ddnil highball a: nonchalantly as
Bough it were tea, 0r w-110 tuts the nerve
1., '.f:td flat' In 11 (x,kttt "gaine with a
stair of jet ks and a queen agninst a full
he lice. or bet $:;0 011 a bohlailed (lush.
This 1,. the soil 01 w0nlan W110 Ihi11ks It
1: more Listable to It1114sess the expert
1u:o vlcdge to make n gal rickey than to
fl;: a beefsteak. and who thinks bubiet
tad housekeeping are a drudge and a
111 (01nce.
'"There Ls evork for the women's 111114,
W1111 all their wide and aerie(' ,in-
Ith:cncei. 10 acco1111)1IsIt. 'The news•
1.0pers can make all the kit they pleeee
of Carrie Nation and ln•r-hatt'het, int
Isere stands one man who pray; (lox) for
:► thousand such woolen. for she really
accomplished something."
6'1'11, POINT .1ND t'.'ti110S.
A nine finds out that he has a lot <1
re 1::tivee living when he su(Jenly
strikes oil.
The hest kind et neighbor to hnve Is
'the: kind that let, 34.11 forget They are
+around.
A friend is a person v.110 has enough
of everything you need to spare you a
lili!e of it.
A men generally changes hie mind
Imtx)ul what he can do after he starts
!lying to do it.
Candor is a virtue igen boast of
'w. hen they want to nay sontcthilt4
tient' about you to you.
Men tare like seeds in that you never
l(tiize the worth Ihnt was in them 11:1
yr n bury them.
11 is ftmny ho,w.quick a 1.1. , ian's ides
Ilial slenderness .s Leanly ell/Inge')
when she begins to grow fat.
The whistling of your son is ntntost
r.s aggravating a, tour daughter lenrn-
:':g' to ploy on the piano.
There is enough geed in the weird
of men to make worth white the: limo
necessei-y to bring it out.
The s.ere( of success and t'ot's' .rtr
is the ability to listen io advice awl act
pay no attention to il.
It is airatge what n lot more confi•
•i(et e it woman ler tns P1 place in her
pastor Than In her husband.
The meanest thing a nom can do 's
1.) pretend to know all about sntnelh ng
les wife eaols lo tell hhn about.
It is Lonny what a difference (here :.e
in the sound 01 of your hulk'.+ cries
told Inoue of the chap nest doer.
If you ere having a lot of fun nl
yeti may rest (vstn•ed it is comelleng
of which shiers will pro►.ubl• diene-
ptm e.
V1111 can never tell how much honey.
a roan lies by the number of his -
it :endo Lett you can tell boo !ouch cf
it he e emts.
4
The Amor of Alghltn!,tnn finds lis
chief 11inu'Cinenl in cooking, and Is salol
to 1r" a boiler chef limn those in lots pot.
rice kilchene. 11.• is funJ of tennis tool
cricket. Ickes a great lltteeeef in IhA
tangle -lantern. and is:a! 11 good know•
(edge of ineehnnieni work. gained froth
Isle 00,111 fnet0rie4, whale between four
noel (lie Iti'nrsgumd s sen are 4'ntployu! int
Nu- manufacture 4,f n1-. cartridges,
harness, Soap, keni!inc, cies