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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-10-03, Page 7'0+!!;tN3011.30t'NOE+3CNJC141:1+ 01♦171+30i i ct'oNio4-04o 10+o-► 04 ,04•4) TI -1E3 SACRIFICE • i 3a OR • Cf 2 FOR HER FAMILY'S' SAKE. 0 301 +0+010ii0f'4!O40i30 4C(+0+04o+o+o+o+oe o+o+o+o+0+O+ j 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. - 1101 11. 1101:1'OItel ItEee' V1f1:D. --- 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. ---'1' - '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. • 1• --- 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. -44 - -F 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