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CHAPTER XXXV. °tit a pang of read, that he. wait rt0
;
body, instead of the somebody, he ha
'Unless you inherited arty money frOm considered himself. Site looked roun
your etather oranothert 1 tette it that Yalu tte room and ahrough the window, aw
are utterly without meats," lie went oll- tried to realize that she was -simply
regarding her with a half emit°. "MI Norah Woodfern, Catherine Hayee
the wealth which, the Earl of Arrowdale 'eatighter, not the earl of Arrowdale's
bad "intended for you ,will go to the next- and that the vast wealth *fetich she had
of -kin, the present earl. Not a singla thought hers had departed from her
pennly can you claire and left her penniless.
Norah looked at him, but without And as she realized it,. a, strange
Speaking. What he said might be tree thought flaehed through her mind. Was
or base; she did not very much care at it possible that Cyril's pride had been
the moment. the cause of their parting? Had he been
He seemed disappointed at the little too proud to merrY the daughter of a
effect the announceinent of her poverty peer? A smile, a sad senile, crossed het
had made upon her. - pale face. If it had only come earlier,
- "Lim afraid you don't realize," .he re. this story of her birth,. this loss of rank
sumed, "or perhaps," and as he spoke, and wealth! She could Italie gone to him
he drew a 'little nearer to her, "ate then, and etild; "1 OM poor and untitled;
thought that is running threegh my but. I am still yours, if you care to take
mina is present in yours. Norah" --hi e .
voice dropped and he glanced toward the But this was too late now. He *was
door -"why should this -this injustice Becea, South's husband, and lost to her
bee All the world knows that the earl, forever.
when he said 'my dangtettera meant your- The tears welled into her eyes, but
self, and only you, and I, and the maa. she swept them .away, *There was no
Furlong, whom ,I can keep as quiet 4$ time for weeping if site meant to escape
be has hitherto btexi, are aware of the the scoundrel who thought that he held
„true story, of' Your birth." 10 his eager-, her in, his power.
'nese* .he did, not notice the flash that She got up and taint* changed hea
came Into Norabat lovely eyes, or that dress for a plain travelling one, and put
her hand clinched spasmodically. "Why a few things into a smell bag. 'Then she
should we not let the Matter stand as it paused, as the question of 'money arose.
Is? Who will be harmed? Not the pre- ,She had plenty in the little ornamental
sent earl. If. all be true .that is said of cashbox in which she kept it, but . she
him, he doesn't deserve more than he took only the sum whieb. had been left,
has got, and; in all sonscience, he has 'When titet earl died from her east guar -
got enough. If you are not the earl's ter's allowance; and even that, she re -
daughter, you were regarded by. bim solved, she would take only as a 'cant
such. -He . did mean you. to have the ;for it had not.been given her under the
InaheY,- and why should you not have impression -that she was his daughter,
eit? Norah, it all rests With you, and me, and not ' an impostor? • Then she sat
with you in reality, for I will abide by down, and vviette- a. few lines: '
your 'decision. Place your band hit "I cannot see you totriaght. Will you'
minea-with a great effort Norah sup- please come tomorrow ?
pressed the shudder that ran through , _• " Novell:"
t her, and kept her eyes fixed on the and 'addressed them la Guildford Berton.
ground -apiece your hand in mine, say Then, when her sienple preparations
'Guildford, let bygones' be bygones, ,I were complete she rang the bell for
wilt be your *mid the secret is Harman, but only opened the. door suffl-
' locked within ,my lips until death! 'Whet eticealtt wale to allow of her ps.ssing our
see, it you become my wife, dearest, I the•note. '
shall, have very little indubeaterit. ret "Give this to tab.. Berten, please, .Har..
veal the truth! Norahe think,' for God's man," she said, keeping , her voice as
sake,' of all this means to you. I will steady as the could; "and 'do DCA let Me
not, speak of myself.. You know al love be, dirtturbeae I have a bad headache, •
you; you knew that if -if I have seemed and will ring when I want youat
hard sorhetimes, it is because laved .It etett her greaa dee,' to go without
you SO dearly that I was prepared to go a word of farewell to the woman, who
t through, anything to Win you. Forget had been eo demoted to her; but she dared, ,a
the past -forget everything, and -and not risk it. She knew that Harman L'
say [hat you will be my wife. See how would see e mcanent that sainething
helpless and alonejou are," He stmt. a wits wrong; dadt Norah felt that -she s
..glance at her. "You need. a strong atrrn 'could not stand a single question from a
to lean upon, a clear brein. to rely on in. her. .• -
this --,his crisis! Leen on me, rely en Half ere .iteur. efterward, with a Neil le
mel You shall be rissi wife and still Lady drawn across -her lac -e, she left the house
Norah, daughter of an earl, and heiress and straick frit° a bypath in the park.
to his Wet111111" She stoned, and looked round •oncee
Norahrti heart beat fiercely with the only once, ..arid a faint 'sigh trembled on
longing, the almost irrepressible long- her -lips.- She had grown fond of the tt
ing, look hint in the faze ande cry 'grandly beautiful place; the memory_ of t
°Seoandrell"-anything to expre,se her the whom she had hived as a father, m
indignettioet. and loathing. But she did especially, through his illness, trought
repress the desire, wonderful to say. the tears- to here eyes. It was hard to t
,At that moment she felt the truth* of think that she hatt no furthers cameo- m
.WM6 of his words.. She was alone ,and tion with ell thatshehad considered part a'
helpless; she rnu'st not even indulge in and parcel of iterselfethat for the futhre,
the craving of her sent to denounce him. she was just -Norah Woodfern, a waif
Here was a cunning scoundrels whom at and Stray on the great, bat& world
was imperatively necessary that she and thereaderwill bet -think leas of her,
should fight with`something of his own or set her regret down as one wholly
eivegpoits. " mercenary. -
As she turned, she picked a brawn
i rig Gr a third, and she drew bet
'Janet the cartairts and eat of sight a
ed tiree train had tainted.
It was an exeeves, anti, feeling ve
atatilta and in taat slate which the r
whoa teem Ainteese eseacitlent
emotion produeee, site get 4 aorter-t
call a cab, wet tuid the man to alive t
Mr. Petiacricias office.
Lae the cab stopped she saw, to he
thatethe ollice was closed."
She had aot taken the important time
tion of time into her considerattione an
she: eat wet L. i:.•. at the ,dratan blind
and cleeed door in a .sort etupor.
tee She sat asting herself wita
she should do next; the door .opened
and a clerk orate oat.
Ile was an okl man Who:had once o
twice been down to ,the Court on busi
ness connected with. tile estate; andb
came forwardShat in hand, and with star
Prise stanaped on his wrinaled face, a
Norah called to hint.
"Mr. Pea -wreck*, my ladyl" be said
"He is not in London!"
Norah'; heart sarak like lead.
"Not in London!" she repeated, and
her voice 'trembled.
"No, my lady. He's gone to the Con-
tinent. I think that be has got some
kind of a clue to the viscount's -I mean
Loid Arrowdale's-whereabouts, and he
has gone to try and follow it up. I'm
very sorry," he added, as b.e saw the dis-
may and disappointment:in the lovely
face. "Isthere anything I can do, my
lady?"
Norah shook her head. What could
he do? What could she do?,
"I don't ()teen: know Mr. Petherickat
addrese," he said, after a palm, "or I'd
telegraph to him, if We important busi-
ness.",
aft is, it is," said Norah.
"It there is anything I can do--"
But Math shook her bead as she tried
to thank him.
must. go to an hotel," site said,
faintly. "Can you tell " -
"Your ladyship's house in Park lane,'
ventuted the old man, rather surprised.
'Noah's face crimsoned, and then went
pale. She was no longer "your lady-
ahiP,H• and she, had neehoupe in Para
Lane or elsewhere.
"I -I should prefer an hotel," she
faltered.
* "Yes, my lady; and a quiet one. There
is one near here -it's no very fashion-
able; but it is quieter:. and more Suited
for a lady alone: Bet perhaps your
alalodnysel.ipm 7,01e0ti,ng some one?"
No, said poor "Norah, "I am quite
"Then Godfrey's might suit, My lady;
it is in Winchester street. I'll telt the
oatmeal, and ill do myself the honor of
calling. to -morrow, in case 1 should .bo
of any service. I may hear-frem Mr.
Petherick to -night. Include" he added„
ase he saw the perplexity did not disap-
pear from her face, °if Your ladyship
vill not think Me presuming, I will ac.
p ny you." .
Norah accepted the Offer, gratefully.
andehe rode with her to the quiet street,
U
did not.leave heruntil he had'Pret
ured the best room and impressed upon
he landlady the importeacee of. beet
guesL Then, with:reiterated offers of his
ervices, he - went , and atlorah ewas left
lone. They got her some tea„, and she
Weht and sat beside tae window, and
ooked Out with eyes that -saw nothihg,
he was too tired to even think; and be
half-conscious, .mechanictie' way, she
ound herself watching, the Passersby.
Suddenly she saw a fuee at the win -
QW of the house opposite that seemed
her vaguely familiar, and in a mo-
ent or two the recollection fleeted upon
er-tthe. face .was that of John -Wesley,.
he „femme ;poet; the gentleman' she had
et at Lady Derringtotas, Cyrits friend
title s -
A thrill ran through her, she but
her tends to her eyes, for the sight of
him brought back with painful sudden-
ness.
the remembrence Of Cyril 'lime If
n
woiean, aria the new .earl nonc
of the tteacea"
attitan.a licaventa edict Celia "11,--rm
eatett he Ito& b*: -ft Me. nothing but what ite
vies eeretallicdJacite elev. bite be liaaPY!!'
Ah, 'sew heppy tate witaitt haee reette
me teteasestie and f-- Ile turned
away eel tried te wattele„ "You bayetat
heeled totytaing of-ef heat?" he, ash'
Jae": paneett a menieet,
°Weil," he said, releciantly, '"I
•
gi t'S 4$14 1111:11"Otnne.e.
atttie!t 11.:T.,:el:3:nr 111WilaSIT-?Vriga
eyra
°God wad ,her leappiriestsla aad
neatb his breath. aButeetilit I think
ia %welly a better. mara"
a‘Cyriti Berne, to -wit."
eyee,e sate arta, with manly mod
• "'• Yes, Jack, I'd- back myself to iliate,
• bappier • than that fellovv could
Somehow, I don't believe in him; I cl
• likuliinlitenlisueldorri d'oes like one's riv
;aid eackseynically. f"Nt the best t
you cart do is to forgather., Meanw
YOU ' had better pz*eeent yourself be
the family* lawyer, Mr. Petherick-
have been advertising for you, my I
By George, if I hadn't come home
seen the papers, they might have g
on hunting and advertising till 411
blue. I suppose you never looked at
Eriglish papers over there?"
"No," said Cara, moodily; "I'd so
thing else to think of."
Jack Wesley laid a hand on the br
Shoulder, '
"Look here, Cyril:' he said, "face
music, man! You have got to play y
part in the world's drema, and a pr
large part it is. No more artistic va.
bondage, no more fretting after wha
lost. Forget her, lad -forget."
Cyril touehed his hand gratefully.
"You"re al) right, Jack," be .said. "Y
mean well, but as to forgetting he
e,laughed. "1 tell you I see her all d
ng -By aodia He broke off with s
den vehemence, "I eee her nowl" a
suddenly, ,white and startled, he sten
through the window across the street
"What* on etiath's tlte matter?"
mended Jack. als• it a ghost, or ha
you taken to --drinking?"
.."It's -it's a ghost, perhaps," s
Cyril, brokenly, "but it's terse N
Jack,' look, t,thero is. Nortail Wher
Why, there at, the window 'oppose
and he dragged Jack cautiously behind
theteurtain. "Don't let hertsee you, man!
Great Heaven and earth what is elle. do.
ing there! Norah a.t Godfrey's' Hotel!"
"You must be the victim of hallucina-
tion," began Jack; :then te exclaimed .
"By GeOrge,.You're right; it is she!"
• Cyril, pale - and breathless, stared at
him, and then eagerly returned to the
window opposite.
"Jack, look; she's --:she's troeblel" he
said, lioaastly. ."Seel She doesn't think
anyeilet can see her -and -and ehe's
neat',
ys
thavryt
tile
, be
she
esty.
her
do.
axet
al,"
hing
bile.
fore
they
ord!
and
one
was
the
me-
oad
tbe
OUP
etty
gu-
t
ou
r 1"
ay
ud-
nd
.ed
de
ve
aid
_ wassonie momerits before she could
She...looked doveVii• in silence, and, tak-
ing her ailence for 'consent, he uttered a
low trete and caught her hand. was
teal es ice,' but his, was -hot -
."Norahl"' he burst out, any yet in a.
guarded ,voice, as if the walls might have
aurae , :eNeeeei You will de .thist-ahrt
Ilistsuatesseseetned to overwhelm him,
. and &zee at her With distraught,
eyes,
Norah drew her hand away.
“1-1' must have. time," she nieemured,
'huskily.
"You shall!" be responded, eagerly.
"You shall haves all justasyou please!
Ah, Notal, why .,,tiaye you withstood end
so long? * Did you think that I did not.
love you, That I should not make you
happy? Happy!" He laughed. "There
than. be no bappier. woman in. all the
world! You shall see! You shall 'seer'
He wept to take her hand again, but
she drew back with downcast eyes, and
,shook her heed..
"1---I tiredat she said. "I think I
will go now; To-mcierow—"
"Alit . 1 cannot wait eis long, withont
seeing you!" he broke in, in a low, .voice
:that •thrilled with passion.• "I will eome
:mein this evening. You will see rne„,
dearest, if °WY' for a mombrit.„ My --my
happiness has conse to me so suddenly
that I can scarcely believe, realize it.
,intist see You again to -day. Give me the
papers.—" He held out tiLs hand.
Norah' extended' them to him, „then
.drew them back gently.
"No, let me look at them," said,
•
"Very well; but take care of them,
*dearest. • Do not leave them where atty.
one can see theiri—"
"Or steal them as the -the portrait
Was stolen," she. coUld not help Saying.
Ile laughed easily,, then suddenly his
fete fler words had recalle
• fleece, South. But only for a moment.
"Ah, don't be hard upon me," he said.
"All is fair in love enul ,war„ I would
have gone through flit and water to
win you, just OS 110W I would -go through
fire and water to iteett you. Utast you
J0? , Well, then -this evening. Bement-
ber deare,st, your fate lies in your OWn
hands. As my wife, you will be Lady
Horeb, the heiresa------a
"Yeet I will remerriber„" she said, very
quietly, and, tWeitout rafting her veyes,
,hie paseed by heel and reit the room.
She want straight upstaire, and, leek-
ing hereelf iti the room, drepped hike
'chair, and, holding' lite eertificates tight -
la* in her hand, feted tit think.
To 31114 '!'f to deeeribee the varied
emotions which throetted and eddied.
through her teethe '0. 3l01 be imposelble.
It would be fale,e to Minima ilatliPi!: tO Say
ad she wan net disfeepoinkd and shoej.
ed by the is,veitiliesii Only en idiot ,f
,the *met hopeleet ewe would ,hear with-
lesf-as dead as her past -and pushed
It gently inside the bosom of her dress;
then went on her way. .
-She had formed the Vaguest of Vague
plans only. First -came the idea of going
straight to Mr. Petherfok, and tellin
him all that she had learned from Gu
ford Berton.. After that --well, all was
dark andsunfathomable. ,
Perhaps the old' lawyer, who had at -
wads been kind to her, and especlaify
kind and gentle of late, woad show her
some way of gaining a living. She
thought of Lady Ferndale, as she had
thought of her manta times since the
:reirelation, but, she shrank from going
to her. It was scarcely pride so much es
innate delicacy. Besides, what had.
Norah. Woodtern,- to do now with ends
and countesses. She must put all ter
pattatlife away Tamil het conialetele.
No, she would not go' to Lady Ferndalt,
much as she lovedther, and knew she:
was lov.ed'' by her.
. When she reached the high,,nead she
looked round rather fearfully, though
site felt that there wa,s no wise for feet.
If Guildford Bertofi chaned to Mee
upon h sr, she decided that she waulit
11(1! bo daunted. If neceeetary, she tvpuld
.call for help •to the first passerby, ant
Would proclaim the truth to the whole
• But Guildford Berton was pacing Ile
811(1 ,down his room, wrapped in ate
ecstatic -sense of triumph and self-seti,*-
faetiore 111 111311 moment, and sheteater
onee but a few children on her vv0
through the
She found. that she had to wait nearly
an hour for a train, and the Oaten
master, tottelaing his hat respectully,
suggested that elle should go inside tte
booking office and sit by the fire.
"It's hot so draughty as the \vagina
room, my ledy," be said. And the "
lady" brought the color to Neratas tam
AS she thafiked 111111.
thing alma fleece Smith, my lady?" I
"May risk if you have heard aniai
said, tes he brotaght a rug for ber feel;
Norah looked alp tvith a start.
"N -o," elle said.
"Ali," he remarkea, with a smilst
"No news le good l'IOWS, my lady. I dart
fay the girl is happy enough plain Lon
don there. Santleigh was too quiet fte,
a lively one like her.. But; still, it Wtif
very autgrateful of her not to- write Atte*
all your latlyshipat Idradrietet to her." t
Norah murmured an inaudible re.
eponse, and, fo'ber relief, he went itbnit,
his business and left her alone. If
The train came up, and the MAW
master pht her into a carriage tand tett
her a fotawartner. had deemed it
leest to talte time -Mass tiket ttt !weal
tittraeting the ;Vitiation and remit*
wheat vietuld have been caused by hie
ok agein, and when, she did; she feund
that jack had thrown. up the window
and was teeming out, a look. cif expec-
tancy on his handsome spirituelle, face.
As she looked, she heard the sound of
wheels, and •holding the curtain, she
bent forward. A tab stopped at the
door just beneath the often window, and
someone got out. „
anallel" She heard Jack's deep, musi-
cal voice. !Hallo, old 'man; hurry up!"
A etrange curiosity, something more
and deeper than idle interest, caused her
heart to beat with eagerness, and it was
with scarcely a shock 3f sueprise she
heard Cyrite voice-Cyrits!---call back ;
"Hallo, Jade! All right. -HoW are you?"
She rosee-eshe scarcely knew what
was doing-baeatlang fast old painfully,
and watching intently. -Was he aloha,
ort -or --but yes,. a course, there would,
be another withlarn--his wife, Fleece! -
But the cab stood between her and .the.
door, ,and she could. see neither Cyril nor
any one else, and a -moment or two
later the cab drove away, thdliodr shut,
but direetly afterward she sawatile figure
of Cyril enter theeroorn, and beard the
voices of the hvo men as they clasped
hands. ' •
, Faint and ovefwhelmed, she stink
trembling into the chair, and hid her face
in her hands.
aeleanwhile, Jack ahd CCril *ere ex-
changing greetinge, and the former .was
looking at the latter earneetly. „
"You don't lOolt quite the thing yet,
tad," be said. !Salle picture finished?"
,Cyril shot* his. head.
"No," he replied, with a laugh. that had
very little 'merriment in it; "and not
Maly to be; tit- is who am 'finished.'
A I the pluck seems to have gone out of
t. But why. did yoti send for me, old
an?" be broke off.
newe ter you_"
Cyril started.
"About -about her!"
"Well, indireetlY, Cyril.," It is grave
1116W8. Your uncle, the Earl of Arrow.
dale, is dead." ,
roil started ands looked down.
"I'm -I'M sorry!" lie said. . "Dead !
And he looked well and* etrong enough
there in Santleigh Woods to last for
lama. Dead!' ,
"The earl is dead; long live the earl,"
mid -leek, significantly.
Cyril bit his lip end sighed.
"What is to be done?" lie said. "I'd
rather let the whole thing slide."
"That's tioesense, dear boy," toad
JACis, quietly. "You are the new earl,
and must take it, Weir Icoronet and
mantle."
"Arid Novae?" mid Cyril, hesitating tre
he always did iriten he Spoke her name.
JR* nodded.
"The earl has left her every ,pentate
every stiek he was able to leave,' he re-
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I" -- • : T
FEEDING I3EEP cikriLs IN WINTER
The atrilOat universal. history of ani-
mas put in for winter feeding is -that
their life bas been a series of alternating
periods betWeerl edvancement and stand, -
still, or eveneretrogression. !oder to
make the venture satisfactory as regards
the number of pound; gained, the habits
of the animeas need to be changed, both
as regards regularity of and •etintinuous
feeding, as well AS the habits and capa-
bilities of the animal's system in not
only consuming food, but thee of OSS1011.
lating as match as may be the -available
nutrients contained in the food. e -
The winter (Fleeter& need not be ex-
pensive are • order to get a good profit
from the feed consanied. The necessary
e,sserttial is comfort; wbich may. be sup-
plied by a dry yard for exercises shelter
from storms by a shed opening to the
east, w,ell bedded, or a well ventilated
s a e without drafts of air, also. well
et **bedded.. Repeated experiments have
e? shovvn that animals allowed to spend
el" snuch of the, time in the open air COO-
,:'SUITI6 !More rood and maim better gains
elian *hen confined he the stables. Thee,
spnautilmdehs.a
ve free access to Pure Water tat
-The preparation for the course of
Winter feeding may have taken 60 -days.
and by theetirst of January each animal
ottglit to be taking a bundle of ,.shoelc
corn that contains eight to, ten good
caps twice e day and have been both
growing and fattening. The noonday
meal may. coneest of rclover hay and
othea roughage'* to the amount that will
it be Jaen up clean. A midday ration of
ground feed, Hite one-third each.of eorn,
o oats ,and wheat -bran with 5 per cent. oil-
, meal added, which .can be increased
11 .liftle every day from two quarts until
five eir six quarts are •given each 'ana,
mat. A moderate allowance of roots ,can
be given tenth* much benefit after the
_evening nieril. This plea of feeding can
be folIoived until the time comes to be-
gin. to ripen ,for market.
When' tite peoceest is „begun
ahoetehe middle to tbe, last of February,
the amount of roughage can. be dimin-
ished and the concentrates' ihcreased.
Clover hay, fed.. in small quantities, is
perhape, as good for roughage as 'any-
thing found .pti the average Mein.
The grain.. "should'. be ground and the
following is a good mixture: -Corn 50
per tent., oats 20 per cent.„ ;whoa Mid-
dlings. and bran 20 per •cent, °limed 10,
per cent. Of (hi a mixture each animal
should consume 20 or more pounds per
rdeyeeitarying-the mead-- OS' the appetite
-depends. Add a few roofs each -meta.
crying. Great eleaven, what- does
mean?"
•
- "Cana say," said lack: "I should g
and ask her if I were you."
."By Heaven, I willi"..exolaimed Car
, swinging round upon him, ""Yes, I
will! No matter what has passed, n
matter if she sends Mo &Way; she's i
trouble, and I've -I've got to go to he
'Where's my halt' and in a state of e
'Chet -sent he caught it up and eati dow
the, stalks ag if .Godfrey's Hotel were
fires and be WAS off to 'rescue Norah.
Jack wesleY atocrd looking iafter him
then ° dropped, into' a .chair, and .gropin
for his pipe, lit t and fell to smoking
welting patiently, tthilosopher as he was
for the issue of events.
Cyril went across the road and ea
countered 'the hall porter. • •
• "I wish to see Lady Norah e.rrowdate
please," be said.
There was something so masterful in
the voice, so conimanding in ate- stal
wart, soldierly figure, that thet _aprteat
who-was-neet used to this kind of swell
and who was rather thrown off his bat
ance by having a titled lady Ill the house
at once began walking upstairs, and
Cyril followed. .
The man opened the door " ol the -sit-
ting -room, and Norah dropped her
hands - suddenly, but turned her face
away to hide the tears and tear traces,
so that Cyril had time to etteerly 'reach
her tside before he spoke her mane. -
"Month!"
She Willed, and turned to him with
something in her face, in her lovely eyes,
that made his heart leap. It said -ah!
quite plainly -too distinctly to admit of
his mistaking -"I love you la •
"Norahrt he breathed, and he held out
his arms with an inarticulate cry.
She echoe,d it, rose and leaned towera
him; then, is if suddenly smitten by a
deadly dart, elle' checked herself, and
arawing herself to her full height, said
in a vela, that Willed with sorrow, ee-
.proacbeandsindignation :
"Where ia your wife?"
(To be centineed).
TIIE BAKU 'OIL FIELDS.
• • *.
Some idea of the enormous quantity
of petroleum which is obtained from
the Baku oilfields can begained' wive it
is stated that a pipe -line twenty-eight
inches . in diameter, flowing with oil
night and day the whole year, at a rate
of three feet per second, would barely
convey away the product of the fields.
-
During the last fourteen years .96,500,000
tens of oil, have been removed from an
aretv of WS than six square miles. There
are over two thousand producing svelte
on the Apsheron Peninsula, and their
average depth is 1,148 feet. The Baku
oil -well; are very eebeneiee to work, •
hovvever, it being necessary, says "En-
gineeringe" to adopt methoda to ensure
the exelusion of water. Each Well takes
eland tevelve months' labor, and be-
tween 43,000 and X10,000- Of capital to
emit -Clete. It le interesting % note Hutt
more than sullialerd gas to supply all,
HIO requirements of the Baku oialields
daily tseapes into the air without any
attempt to use it. It only this were con-
verted to useful work, the producert
would save at least 963,000 tine of , oil
atintially,
Th
man
jewel
fond,
in' a
if She
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IIINDOO LAWS POR 141,m8S.
• Hittite) Holy books forbid n, WO.
11) SOO 411111C1/10, hear Musie, wear
8, blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty
• sit at aswindow, or view herself
misror, duping the absence of her
tut; and allows hin to divorce:11er
has hO sons., injtres his (properly,
s him„ querrels with another teo.
or presumes to tat befOrte he hes
ed his meal.
di
—That's what a prominent
druggist 'said,o Scott's
Emulsion a short time
-As_a„_r-ule we don't
use or refer to testimonials
in addressing the public,
but the above remark and
s imilar expressions are
made so often i connec-
tido with Scott's Emulsion
that they are worthy of
'occasional not e. From
infane3r to old age Seott's
Emulsion.. offers a reliable
means of remedying ini
proper and weak develop-
ment, restoring' lost flesh
and vita14y, and repairing
waste. The action a
Scott's . Emulsion, is no
mpre of a secret than the
com'position of the Emul-
sionDitself. What it does
it does .through nourish.-
ment—the kind of nourish-
ment that cannot be ob-
tained in ordinary food.
No system is too weak or
delicate to retain. Scott's
Emulsion andiather good
from, it,
e. tete
Vs *a send yes II
ilaMpit
)4101,4 tItif illlopleture let Ski
&owlet a labithassbanet
41( 41,141er loottiat at NA11410 /MI
son' & BOWNE
Chemists
Tomb, Ont.
$1; **kilo*,
11
both for the beneficial effecta in aiding
digestion and to Prevent animals get-
ting tired of ground feed. Much depends
on the man handling the stock and feed,
but with reasonably kood management,
animals fed in that manner should to
rawly for marltet by April 1.
THE Licarr BRAHMA,
Most farmers look upon utility as the
importarit thing to be considered before
ernbaelting upon any new enterprise,
writes Mr. G. W. Cormack, 'rhey ask,
Is there a fair profit in raising thorough.
shred fowls? If so, s what breed is bet
adapted. to the farm, and how • Must
such .a breed be kept to insure the best
results? I confidently believe, by reaSon
Of years of experience and by reason of
the experience of the best known men in
the business, that the Light Brahma
possesses more desirable qualities for the
farmer than any other breed. The eggs
are large, clerk shelled and much sought
for by . those who appreciate rich and
palatable eggs. I agree with that Wes-
tern .poultry man, 1. K. Fetch, in the be-
lief that a Light Brahma 'hen will fay
more pounds of eggs than s any other
,.breed. When properly fed and housed
theif; laying qualities' leave nothing for
the farmer to complain of, but it must
be remembered that since the Asiatic'
breeds take on flesh rapidly. they soon
become fat; arid fat hens are rarely good,
•
layers. •
Since they are seldom *broody unlit
late in the season some other breed
should be used hatching. A, feature
that appeals to Many who desire to
breed a fowl easily kept, itathe fact that
o Very low fence ,. suffices to keep the,
birds from roaming. No, fowl does bet-
ter wten confined. „Their beauty ap-
peals to -others; no one of the veriotis
breeds presents a .finer appearance.
'Of coarse, the. farmer leaking solely for
profit wijI not feel this greatly.
The quality of the Light Brahma as a
table foivl is unexcelled, whether ,
broiler, a rooster or -a fulagrowp bird.
When a year old O' Cobk will weigh
eight to twelve. Pounds, live .weight, and'
instances ot .males weighing sixteen
pounds are well autheatikated. The fe-
males weight from eight to • twelve
pounds: Sharp business men who raise
roosters far preiftt „ bave selected the
Light Brahma as the towl producing the '
largest return. Taefamous soft toasters,
are Light; Bratunas. They at times net
the
Phr°eiCktriefr4t°Ift ailleataano:Vi'ith'reit
having to hunt mat -tet. "These fowls
are in snob, &mane -that they are rarely
quoted in the market reports because the -
final seller .orders them days ere-evea---
7ereoltis all
advanceofosofessi6eitrashimpamratt.row'i
the tight Drabroaas the most profitable.
and therefore the breed for farmers to'
ruuatpiiisietys' 131).e_re,e, .0%uttslaslaittLys,:dem6e1)niilinutestny,b, fie.anreoaitufstdy:araki
nvested no stock will pay better than ,
a -flock of tight, fireboats, bred :and
Managed to develop ithe prollt Producing
qualities. The 'argument that the breed-
ing of fowls, such as described, involvee
continual care, is of no weight-, for how
dm a farmer -realize as much from any
other brancti".01 farming. A thing not
worth working for is not "worth having.
FAISM
Probably no asset ot equal' value is
more generally neglected �r more gross-
ly abused on the average farr.n then is
the woodlot.
The hest way to preyent the depredee
tion of rabbits in the orchard to wrap ,
The stem of each tate with building pa-
per, leaving Or spaces between paper
and tree. The blood and liver remedy
answers only temporarily.
' Sheep require more fresh air than any .
other reran stools, excepting turkeys. •
Teo many sheep are often huddled to.
gether in close quarters, and they cart- ,
not move about easily, but Ogle, crowd
and push; that's about all the exercise
they get. *
It has been -too mutt the custom an
this eountry few „farmers, when - they
went a large grain crop, to increase the
production of a small .area. The large
area business almost invaritibly tends to
impotreriSh the soil, while the other pieta.
lice adds to its value.
Many farmers wait several years after
painting a building before painting it
again. They wait until the building as in
bad 'condition and it requires as rnuelt
paint to cover 'it as at first. Buildings
should be minted one coat every ttve
.or three years. This done, not only will
the cost of reptiles be lessened, bat ata
pearanees of the plate will be much
improved. 'Fresh paint applied , often,
even In s small quantities, keeps wood
and metal from decay.
Results show that the proper bade
comparing foodstuffails ACOOrding to tho
mount of aigestible protein. they cone
lain. It iS thus apparent that tamers
often make the mistake of feeding wheat
bran which contains only twelve per
eent. of digestible protein, as compared
with cottonseed meal, whieh, when pures
tontaIns 3"7.e per eer,d. of digestible pros
tin. As eottonseed meal and wheat bran
cell often be bought, at praetieally the
same price, the farmer Who buys wheat
bran pays three titnes u mueh for the
digestibie protein tontained as the far-
iner who utilizes eottorateed meal.
"Do you think your sister likes to have
me. come here, James'?" "Bather. Ye*
bring her sweets said flowers."
glad I mt make her 'Wispy."
end the man she's Eingitged to don't *god
it tither, for it saves him ilost NW*
was* isesais