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,k4,141,*44.44,114,44 theui as Mee& they were looking at n sie put it to her neek,
rte the sere Never did Such kl glOriOU "31,1011 Digit! In My hair!" She
litterilig euilee of Mntastic 0010ring rateed, it to .her head in au
ash on lufartal Wesstant all her beautiful goideu hair
"Who'll buy my diamond?" rang' Was he flamete
out the old mana. voice again, Although Nurefetchicy .canthreed
He ahem of all the people • there to look neore then hall asleep:, mad
seemed to be unconseioue of what naver for ;a, moment lost his air of
heft battened to the stoile. Rat bored -one it was plain that he kept
eomethiag iri the people's faces, the his presence al eland, lee .seakeeuee
way, perbeipS, in which they Put lap an laclarn rug which was thrown
ate theh' hands to shade their eyes carelessly ;eau tale beat al a ewe,
broke in upoa his frenzy, He turned 'me, et,Ie ievvelkopeil his .wife'.e beau -
his twee and SAW' the stone, Aad Wel head, Her voice was heard be -
when he saw it he began trent/Mt% neat:a. "ate he seemed to be laughing..
over, And the glory of its arethe .Fehe
mice humieci hirn, une Ile ;put up ,mgart ler hands and tore it off
both his hands to veil his •eyes, And eaStefeal Do you wish to .6euother
the stone Tell to the stage. And ats me •nm only singed!". •
it touehed the floor its new 'splendor "She etood before them ie. all her
vanished, and there, glittering:unit:he audiatit 'beauty, A bright smile
carpet., was the diatarond juSt ate up her Mee. But though she spoke
de-
haboonrictlieribvielfs°1ae"pause, amid ats• that hei. golden locks had beer&
,of being only staged, it was Plain
though the people were drueeing prived of more than half tbeir rieh
their breath. Then a turntilt elf tap- 'luxuriance. A smell of burning hair
pietist, filled the hat Mr. Panten, idled -cid the place, And on ber
after the exeltable manner of youth neak •and on aer white bosom, where
=when you havo Pierced through the She fhad touched it with the stone,
veneer of manhood and reached the were two great scars, as though
natural boy - sprang to *his'Icet. they bed been branded with a red -
"Be Jovelt' he cried, "that's the hot iron.
best trick I ever sailer" "Are yoa not hart, .nly. wife?"
But Mr. Schwabe sat motionless "It is nothing. It would seem as
in his fauteuil, and in the gallery though the diamond would not make
Mr. Truelove wiped .the perspiration friends with me; would it not seem
from his brow. And the fiolonel so, Stetaii?"
stroked „his moustadhe with a mode.- "Leicester," whispered the Col-
tative air, and Mr, 'Leicester now re- onel, "that's the sort of woman to
moved hes .glance 'from Mr. Hook- lead a forlorn hope - she's burnt
ham, who, as If unconscious of the herself right through the skin!"
tumult, max/need to tremble and to And when the people saw how
press his hand& 'aeon his eyes. co.ol and calin she was, and hos she
When tae applause began to lane smiled, as though the strange thing
guisa, Madame aturvetcalcy a,dvaneed which had happened to her was el
The gentleman who asks this
smoothly as the performers intended. a step or two towards the front of
N UNSOUGHT WEALTH;
Or The Mystery of a Brother's Legacy.
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that I aliti not exeggerate in
"You have aeon, ladies and gentle- "1 haven'a got 'yet!"
"NO; but. yoU 'Will get it, if you
persevere eroall get. it hot."
what I said .o the exeeediug beauty Thie was What tile Colonel said.
0( the Deviids Diamond. in what "The thital 'time is always lucky."
1 am now about to say I wish you Apparently that particular pro -
to understaxal that I also au.neatly verb in Vat always t� depeaded
deeix.e to atibere to the truth. In on, At my rate, if the lady meant
that portion of our entertainment that the third time of trying she
which WC )1ave- presented to you, was sere to get the stone, she was
even in its most apparently income certainly niistaken. Her failure was
prehensible portion, we frankly own quite as 'dire as before: And yet the
that we have been tricking you. We feat seemed easy enouga. Taere was,
have only performed certain -- -what the diamond, reposing in tranquil'
are called conjuring triets, am! we beauty on its crimson bed, She had
only clot= that they are goof" of only to 'put out her hand and take
their kind. But neither my wife, it; yet when she did put out her
nor the gentleman sitting on the h.and, nt blaze of flame sprang from
chair, nor I, have any connection the quiet -looking stone, and roared
With what is about to take place. at her. Madame Nureetechlty fell
We are not able te account, for it
back just in time to avoid its fiery
auy more than, I think, yon your- tongue.
selves will be." The audience did not seem to quite
"One moment, M. Nurvetchkee" kaow what to make of it; a dispose
The interruption came from Mr.
:Man to applaud in the gallere was
Leicester. "Do I understand you
quickly stifled. There seemed' to be
to say that you claim a saperna- a 'sort of feeling that the perform-
tural origin for what we are about •tence had been ineufriciently rehears -
to seer' ed, and, therefore, did not work so
CItialtrER
question - I am sure he will for- It was dirneult not to believe that the stage.
give my mentioning it -is Mr. Perm . such a tumalt of applause that it
- - -...° Madame Nurvetchkeas nurprise was 'Tartlets aross etill ex -plain that," seemed as though they would shake
Leicester, himself a Bret -rate oral- real. Colonel Dewsea.p, for one she $aid_
was prepared to swear it was - it And inunetliatety *the tumult broke the roof. And among the loudest 01
juror, and whose name is known to
-the public as Om who has made it the clappers the 'enthusiastic • Willy
was impossible. to act surprise quite eat again. The "-;Coloriel, still car- Pantan led the van. When the din
his speeialite to expose the impose so natural as that.
tures of so-called spiritualists, His essing his inotstache, gave his feiend Ceased M. Nurvetehker , acivateced , ttee
After a momentary pause, the lady a curious brave rout of the corners the •front of the stage.
presence on this occasion, which 12 turned to Mr. Hookham. Moving of his eyes. , •
for me an unexpected pleasure, is "Laclids ,and gantlet:ilea, I do • not
to him, she laid her hand upon his "3 wonder le those folks know think that you will accuse me of
very fortanate. I can only say that shoulder. They made a curious what they are eaapping at?
I shall be very glad if he will exe I dont having esed exaggerated language. 1
pair, the unclean old maa and the kn.ow what you think, Leicester, but thiak you will agree with me that
plain to us how what we are about beautiful young woman, it don't seem leci we as though that
to see is done. I have only seen "Sir, the diamond is yours." the Doers Diamond possesses some
the stone myself for the first time He put his hand to his brow, as honor of a eall."
old clap felt disposed to take the Peculiar properties."
if ,to collect his thoughts. "Some very peculiar properties,
within the last few hours, and it is
as much a, mystery to xne as it can. eyes; the diaracm.d is mine." But Mr. Leicester 'answered never indeed:" chimed his wife.
be to .any person in this hall." "Will you let me look at it?" "If there is any person here who
a word.
"It ain't a mystery to me! It When the applause .again began to can offer an explanation of what we
He hesitated, peering at her as if die away, Madame 'Nurvetchker have seen, speaking on behalf of my
ain't by any means a mystery .i.
me!" --t) to catch her mea.ning. Then be rose touched the still trenililieg old man wife, Mr. Hookham, and myself, I
This again from Mr. Truelove can only say that we Waal]. be glad
froin his seat. steadying himself, or upon the arm.
in appearing to steady himself, by "Mr. Hookham, do esou think your to hear at."
the gallery. Mr. Leicester persevere clutching at the back of his chair. diamond will let me -*omit it now?" Then Mr. Leicester rose from 'his
ed. Then he turned to the flashing jewel. The old ,man took his hands from aeat. •
"Still one moment, M. .Nurvetche He took the red -leather ease in his before his eyes and :ear/tied round
As he stood gazing down at him in a dazed sort of way, as '(To Be Continued).
+ ' The strawberry requires a deep,
ky. In the face of the statement 11;1,134. .
you have just now made, I presunae
that I am at liberty to take what- it, it -seemed to change color, assume thougb he were loo'ktug ler theROQTJEFORT CHEESE. rich soiL Prepare the ground thor-
ever nseans I please in order to ex-
ing ,a dozen different hues in rapid stone, when his glance lighted on at ..eletiout the famous Roquefort
mighty beilore planting, as this is
tutteeetnt
plain 'what you are about to show„ - gleaming on. the carpet -almost -at eheese, the following legend is told .: important eor best results. After
us?” Thfet's a deucedly funny stone," his feet. He started and -stared, ,as A. shepherd lad, having more lune plaeatieg .ao not let your cultivating
"Ladies and gentlemen, either
whispered the Colonel to his friend. ' though unable to believe the .eali- enieon than he -could eat, laid a be with the •object of keeping the
Mx.
Percy Leicester or any person in et.lat,this is really amusing." dence of his eyes.
large portion ,e1 his bread and weeds out, but cultivate to keep the
this hall is at liberty to take any e old man continued to gaze "I thought - I thought it had abeese ape"). 11. natural helf in one ground loose and inollow and the
means he or she pleases which wili dow^ :at the jewel, as though it ex- grown - large." (of the 'caverns near by. Be forgot weeds will have no chance to gain a
explain what is now about to take — .
errised upon him seine species of He spoke ahnost in a era:loam , tall :about at until several months foothord. In setting the plants do
"It has grown. small gain, pole
place upon this stage. I will no : ' later, when he Twined the cheese, in- not spread the roots near the ger-
' This is Matthew's legacy," he see. Do you think it will let me
replace the stone upon the table, and stead of being dried up or rotten, face nor twist them into a wad, but
Madame Nurvetchky will introduce said, speaking in a sort of stage touch it now?"
"Why not?" . was sada moist, creamy, and streak- spread them out and allow them to
;whisper, and as if unconsciously,
to you some of the peculiar proper- with greenish -blue veins. He shared reach straight down into -the' soil
i Suddenly a voice was heard As if 'taking this for an exprewien
'ties of the Devil's Diamond." bis piece ef eheese with others, and and press the fresh earth solid
'throughout the hall, which gave ut- • of his opinion in the afarmitive, she
He 'replaced the red -leather case . teranee to two words- stooped as though to raise it front the villagers were quick to recog- against the roots. It is a good
upon the table. As he did so all "Take care!'' the ground. But before she could nizo the ineprov•ed texture and quale plan to clip the lower ends of the
the lights in the building- were sud- ItY. Henceforth all their cheese roots before setting, as they start
It .almost seemed as though the reach it a voice pealed through the
denly tectinguisbed. In the gloom -voice carne from the diamond. 'Mr. hall - it would scarcely be strain- Were taken to these caves to ripen, new growth more readily. Clipping
which 'followed, the diamond was Hookliam stood straight up, and ing a point to say like a peal of Tire caves are now owned by a, early runners is not necessary and
distinctle- seen flashing on its bed with his head thrown back seemed' thunder- company, who employ. sex ,hundred should not be done by inesperienced
of scarlet silk. A bright light - women to tend the cheese.
to gaze at the people up in the gal- -Take care!" growers.
streamed from it, throwing a large 1_,.. In northern latitudes plant early
"By Jove, what a ventriloquist
round disc on the wall at the back ''''''..'r el
of the stage - the sort of disc The word's were gasped rather than "I say, Mr. Leicester, I'm awfully
that fellow is!" cried Willy :Penton. Plies and absolute euro for etieb well with a view of getting a good
"It spoke to mei" ati prove
to you that Da in May, if possible, and cultivate
Chase's Ointment io a certain
whieh is thrown by a magic lantern, and every form ot itching, growth of new plants before the hot,
In the Center cf the disc appeared • spoken. The Colonel whispered to obliged to you. This is the best . bleediegandprotrudingpfies, dry weather of late summer stops
. have his. companion- thmeeufaetureuar
e rs ganteed it. Bootee
the words- five bob's worth I've ever had. I
"Don't go too far! That man ought to be on the re- wouldn't have lose it for, Et pony." anion tale in the daily press and ask your neigh. growth and prevents late runners
I've had handling enough al- gular boards - he's a great actor." I Bat the Colonel, leaning over the get your money back if not cured. 60e a box, at
bora what they think of it. Yon can uso it and from taking root. Early rooting
ready." "That was .an uncommonly good i side of his seat, muttered to his all &earls or anmeNtioaBeers a Co.,Torento, runners make the 'best plants for
The effect ,was a little startling. M. bit of ventriloquism," - this frorn ; friend, "That's the. second time of Etn, Chase's Ointmepit next year's fruiting. 1f plants. axe
prevented from rooting in early su
Mr. Penton - "uncommonly good- I asking. The third time I shouldn't m-
Neire-etchlsets preliminary remarks
it's worth that five bob down to the be gurprised if we had ructions. You mer they are more liable to injury.
A SILKIVORM OF THE SEA.
had not been without their effect up- from the white grub', insects or ae-
on the people. Mr. Truelove's vole -1-1T°und-''' can't go on playing hankeyepankey
Mr. Leicester said nothing; but he tricks with Old Nick fore -ver, don't Silk is obtained from the shell- cidents and each plant destroyed
eatery interpositions, and Mr. fish known as the pinna, which is leaves a skip in. the row, while if the
Schwabe's refusal to touch the shot a keen side glance at his appre- I you know. That's a well -plucked
stone, had not been entirely un- dative young friend, Mr. Hookhara', woman, sir," he added, as Madame found in the Mediterranean. This runners are allowed to root early,
shell -fish has the power of spinning
noticed, While the brief dialogue turned to Madame Nurvetabley. , Nurvetchky, regaining a perpendicu-
a viscid silk which in Sicily is made Plant is in
less harm is done if the original
with Mr. Leicester had lent that It spoke to =el- be said. :lar position, turned a smiling face
into a regular . and very handsome jured. Cover the bed in
element ot .excitement which the "Do you think it wi'll speak to rae? • towards the people. The tones of
fabric. The silk is spun by the fall when freezing weather comes or
Do you think it will lee. me teach it? , that wonderful voice were still • re- if that is long delayed, any time in
prospect of •a coming struggle al- ..a. shell -fish in. the first thstance, for
. ways does lienti. The people stared '".r* l'Icekhaine- - the easy leen- verberating through the building as "
the puepose of attaehing itself . to November is all right and a tight
at the writing on. the wall with tioned his name ie. possible am -get- . she stretched. out her head with a
the rocks. It is able to guide the coVering is safest..
wondering eau. As they did so, fulness of her husband's ellusion to graceful gesture.
delicate filaments to tile- proper HORSE TALK. .
writing and disc and all disappear- Mr. Lawrence Stacy - "will ,e-.exa "Our friend the diamond can ex -
place, and there' glue them fast, and . If for any reason you can not ex -
ed, and the -lights flashed bright i sell it me?" i .press himself plainly . when he
Sell it?" his glance retereed to t Neases•-' .ercise your delving horses regularly
again. M. Nurvetchky was discov- ' Laughing. gaily she turn- if they are cut away it can reproduce
1 i
e -
ered standing immobile in the • cene the jewel. As it did so a flame - ied to Mr. Hookaana "Your beatitie them. Thena.terial when gathered and still do not wish to turn thein
(-which is done .at low tide) is Wash- out for the winter, , subetitate wheat
ter of the stage. just such another as bad roared at ful tone seems to have an objection,
'bran .
"It's better worth five bob than I the lady - leaped into the old sir, to inc. I don't know why. Will ed in soap and water, - dried,for a good part ofthe grain
'
thought it wa.sle' ,exclaimed "Willy man's face. He staggered back, 13.-ou raise it „from the Boor?"
straightened, and carded, one pound '
ration,
Penton, quite out loud, in that clapping his hands to his eyes. The I Stooping slowly, Mr, Hookhain of the coarse fllament yielding about It will make them more quiet and
youten'ul way of Ws. people watched aim. It seemed that !did as she suggested. three ounces of fine thread, which, keep them from becoming feverish,
"Perhaps, ladies and gentlemen," they held their breath. He remove 1 "I though it had groan larger," when spun, is a lovely burnished and still they will be ready for use
.
said M. Nurvetchky, "e-ou will ex- ed his hands from beer° his eyes. 1 he saki, looking at it as he held it golden brown color. and afull grain ration when needed.
plain how that was done?" "I thought it had blinded ine, butI 1 in his hand.„ .,
+ They should have some exercise
"Perhaps, M. Nurvetchky,” retort- can ace.- He began to address the! "I am particularly anxious," con- ' WHY MEN SEE SNAKES. ' every day, however, either in a pad -
ed Mr. Leicester. in that cool loft jewel with a bitterness of passion so tinned the lady, with a bewitching
A French scientist accounts for the dock or by the halter.
monotone of his, "you are better intense as to approach the gro- smile, 'to know why your diamond
able' to explain than we are?" townie. "Devil, if you are a devil, protests so strongly against all hints fact that snakes are seen by those
"I can only assure you that I do you think I care for you? I will of selling it. It seems to rue to be suffering from. delirium tremens, as
don't know how it was done., sell you if I will! - and I will!" a little strange. Were mfollows: "The minute blood vesselsine the .
"It's only a trick."' said some one He addressed the stone, pointed to wealth of Croesus there is no price in the retina of their eyes are con -
it with the outstretched index fin- I would not give to call it mine. gested. In this condition they ap-
j
Think! to iia.ve it gleaming against iear black and' are projected into
lhe field of vision, where their
my breast, or glittering roung my
movements resernble the squirming
neck, or flashing in my hair."
no account at all, they burst into
a
aeeeteeeneeeteeeeee*eageeteeettietgetita - Thorough grooming and Pleat)" Of
'.., FOR FARMERS i(
a rubbing g0 a long weer in keeping
the hair glossy fend short.
4
,
- .." If your horse is very warm on
T toots lor the Busy rulers , :owing In the stable put Oa a Wan-
,*easoliable and Profitable
I 7. , ket, end whea he has Steamed out
talc° the 'blanket off, which will be
1,
risit,,410)1(.0*04***4*.0.3**.x.*44 feund to be wet, and put on et • sli.y
t of the, Soft. , one, atter giving him a good rubbing
,ifi..
POULTDet YARD, with a twiSt of etraw, .
•La:cle of gravel at this season le .Neve' leave a Wet blanket on all
otten the cause of indigestton and Rub the legs dry.
A lIttle buckwheat, about one- light at noom
Feed light in the morning, feed
fourth of the graie rattail, Is Oneehalf of the grain ratioe for
a eropebound, condition in the flock,
to encourage, the hens to good the day shauld be Md at night.
. ry Were plenty of bedding tied have it
A few oats added to thedailyrlil'ae w'ell shaken up and clean.
it.
tion and plenty of exercise for the If your horse has a tender mouth,
breeding stock will ensure fertile use a large, smooth bit.
eggs. KEEPS ]'OWLS FOR EGGS.
New bloed for next year may be to sec sekeeePthehnaeustuP.oVidlY, bbuectatipsr°,1ncliptltilllye
seceu.ed through the purchase of egg's ie . order to have, a•.slupply of fresh
this spring, You can watch the eggs and poultry at all seasons of
Young birds grow and judge of their the year and incidentally, writes Mr.
Naa'neril:Oletillot.11dtry farm. If the soil is rich in the past' 40 yeers that 1 have
e people appear to think that pay for their keep. ' I :have tried a
I j. J. Parker, I try to make them.
barren soil will answer for good many different breeds of liens
enough to grow grain and grass the been keeping poultry, , and have set -
feed bill may be greatly reduced. tied down on the Barred Plymouth
Ohoose good lea.d by all means.
The ideal nest far I
the sitting hen xny use. I have been very unfortue
Rock, as the best all-round hen for
is ono not so flat that the eggs roll nate with white hens of ary breed,
away and become chilled, and yet and have no use for a white ben of
not so conea,ve that the eggs roll to any kind. I believe in the survival
the center so closely that when the of the iitteet, and if a hen; can't live
hen steps among them whe is liable and make herself useful under my
to break some of them.
always liked the .old-fesinoted rawnaastgr neonttimstediosetnooriuhgenthfeour), inuiled.
There may be nothing in it, but we
of keeping hatching eggs wrappedw4,in nnoostnsi,oneetya.pr ievfeidedingthtehmemtwerletothaii(einacyy,
woolen cloths. If it does nothing such Doled as I think 'hest adapted to
more it belps to maintain a tniform them,
temperature and to prevent the lose 1 ' - .
of water from evaporation.. ,
number of 'catalogues ofepo,ultry and-
": -.• '. 110G' MANURE..
!
A hasty glance through the lerge • •
centrated, ' - -as . these animals live
supplies lately received at this office, ' Hog. Manure its very rich and _crine
reveals the tact that there hes been largely on concentrated feeds. It is
a wonderful, finproveneetit in recent easily worth more than , at -ten of
years in their literary form and in sheep or h,orse manure. It is tattle
the amount of informatioli they ime er difficult to handle uuless it is give
part.
ien especial care. Spread dry duel
"If your houses axe warm and dry or rubbish of any kind over the lot
the birds will not have the rout," and serape all together when wanted
writes a correspondent. We can. not for application to the feed. The
endorse the statement without qual- manure decomposes very rapidly and
ifteation. The most carefully guard- unless dry earth or some other kind
ed eicaek mall -contract the ,disease if of absorbent is at hand, the. value -
the enfection is in the atmosphere in ble gases will escape. If the horse
their vicinity. We say this' for the stable is handy, horse manure may
encouragement of careful poultry , be thrown into the pig pen, where it
keepers and nett for the other kind. will be rooted over and result in the
MAKIN'G A .STRAIVI3ERRY BED.
-- improvement of both:
at the .back. "leonsense!" came .
very audibly from the chemical gen- ger of his left hand, as though it
tleman. "That's nothing to what were a living theing. As he con -
you will see," was Mr. Truelove's I tineed pointing, scnnething, whieh
tontribution. "I begin to wish that ; seemed to the gaping people to be
I had etopped at home." a serpent some six or eight inches
1
M. Nurvetchky retired. Madame • in length, issued from the heart of
the stone and coded itself ...round
his finger. Ile stood staring at it
motionless for about ten seconds,
and the head of the serpent seemed
to stare at, him -for it had a head;
which was upturned to the old
ed that not a few of the audience man s Mee; and a little red tongue,
started, Willy Panton did 'eti very or fang, protruded from its jaws.
visibly. One or two . timid 'female Then he threw his left hand above
creatures screamed. Madame Nue,.. his bead and flung the serpent from
vetchky moved - a little hastily _ him into the air; the people saw it
back from the table. for a moment,, writhing above their
"Leicester, I think we're going to heads, and then it vanished froin
have some fun," remelted old Dew- their sight.
map to his wield. "Unless I'm "Who'll buy my diamond'?"
mistaken, she got a little more that The Old mans voice rang out
time than stet quite bargained for." through the ' hall in an angry
indeed, the lady dial seem to be a Scream. Ire raised the red -leather
little startled. case in his right hand, holding it up
"I haven't got the stone," she before thein all, Then a eUriours
[add; but the smile with which she thing happened • to the stone, It
maid it seemed to be a littleforced. grew perceptibly 'before their eyes,
If al; Best you don't muceeed, try, and grew, and grew, so that they
try again!" could watch it grow, until it had so
She again approached the Stone, increased in size that it was at; last
and again stretched out 'her head - a, foot in diameter. Neeer in the
creak! Mere was a louder ' report Whole history Of the world, aever
than before, mid a fleeth which was in all the Miry tales that ever yet
twice as vivid. She burned toward were told, Was such a diamond seen
thu:Hence with ,an odd leek upon before. It daealed their eyes; to
bee beautiful face. e look at it they had to sOcen
lturvetehicy rose from her seat,
"I will take the diamond from its
ease.”
She stretched out her hand to do
so. There was a report and a
flash of Tight. It was so unexpect-
She moved forward and snatched of serpents." Bat the sufferer from
delirium tremens may see anythirig
it from Hook:bairns hand.
"I have it at last!" she cried.
from lice to elephants, and a case is
-
recorded in which the sufferer mar -
"Let us see how it would gleam
tialed regiments of balloons. Could
against my breast"- She pressed it
these come from motes at a French -
against her breast. "Ciell About man's eye?
4111•*14......1•11../11.1.
"ItoW many ways ea
"Three mune"
"What are they ?"
done, xnre and raw,..!!,
you serve Meat ?"
r a
WANT STIRRING UP.
Nearly every class of people must
have their attention called to some
phases of their business from tiene
to time. The farmer is no exception
for he has to be stirred up occas-
ionally in order to be set to think-
ing. People'read and re -read about
fertility of soil and will continue
robbing the soil of its richness with-
out obtaining adequate compensa-
tion. Instead of ascertaining how
much profit can be obtained with
only enough tillage, we Night to see
how inuch tillage can be given with
profit in the production of crops..
THE ORCHARD.
An orchard is a necessity on the
farm. It is well known that a farm
containing an orchard will sell at a
fair price when farms with no or-
chards are sacralced. The buyer al-
ways looks for the greatest- number
of advantages, and if apples, cher-
ries, pears, plums and the small
fruits can be found, instead of only
an apple 'orchard, the value of the
farm will be increased more than the
Original cost of the orchard. If the
farm is not for sale, the orchard
will be a source of profit to the far-
mer.
BIG LONDON HOTEL.
The Hotel Cecil's bill for butcher's
/neat reaches nearly 03,500 a day.
There are nao waiters at the hotel
and fifty chambermaids, The kitchen
is stocked with 50,000 plates, 20,-
000 knives, forks, and spoons, and
5,000 cups and saucers. The wine
stock is worth $2150,000, and the
two acres and a quarter on which
the hotel stands are valued at $2,-
000;000.
FAMOT_TS DRUMS.
The drums 'used by the •Scots
Guards in South Africa have just
been sold, and in sono cases they
fetched between $300 and $350
apiece, a price which ie nearly eight
times as much as theyoriginally
cost.
`010.1.11Ssconreaommememsaletanmensuinff
ains and
b Hen A1rkks
kidney DiseAse Developed Into Dropsy After
Fifteen Years of Suffering Cure Was Effected by
DR. CHASE'S KIDNEV-LIVER PILLS.
'Dropey Is a natural result of neg-
tected kidney disease. When the kid-
lieys become deranged uric acid IS
left in the blood, and the blood be -
conies watery and vitiated. Flesh
and weight gradually decrease and
strength is slowly exhausted. Swol-
len ankles and legs are among the
first, indications of dropsy, and this
symptom arises from the fact that
the system ie Mimi with water that
should pass off by way of the kid-
neys,
There is probably 110 ailMent which
leads to such dreadfully painful and
fetal diseases as derangement of the
kidneys, and eoneequently the good
whieh Dr. chase's Kidney-LiVer Pills.
do in checking kidney disorders and
preventing dropsy, Bright's disease,
diabetes, eta, can never be estimate
ed.• Mr. Artatit'WaIderi, Pertervilla
SlArletort C�,N�, 'Writes
wife was a great sufferer from kid -
'nay disease for several years. She
was troubled' with pains in the small
of the back and in the side, was
gradually losing flesh and growing
weaker. 'She got into a very bad
state, suffered dreadful pains a.nel
her ankles would swell up so " that
we were efraid of dropsy. We had
a book of Dr. Chase's in the house,
and reading about :Dr, Chase's Kid-
ney -Liver Pills, decided to try them,
Relief soon • came with this treat-
ment. My rife has been entirely
eure.d and says , she would not be
without Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver
Pills for ten times the price."
"I am using Pr, Chase's Nerae
lhood myself, and it IS bulldieg me
up 'wonderfully."
Dr. Chase's Ridney-Liver colot
pill a at:lee, 25 cente t box. it' all
deelers, or ExlMenson, Bata,: at 00.s
rerratee
SEEKS TO DONTROL ORME
aarrxsT3: sooxErr 0F rsToax.
CAD RESEARCH.
ITS0 a New Method -Present.
Prison System Oral-
eized.
The British Society of Psychical
Research is turning its efforts in a
thoroughly practical direction. Sir
Oliver Lodge, the president of the
society, announced, recently that a
fund had been established with which
to endow scholarships for • investigae
tion on scientific, lines, thiefly of the
Psychology of crime, Sir Oliver ar-
gued that it was time civilized peo-
ple ceased to be content with raieing
a perennial class of habitual crime
inals and keeping them in cheek only,
by methods appropriate to sa-vages
-by heinting them, by flogging them,
by locking them up, and by exter-
minating them. Any savage race
could do that, and they were bouad
to do it for their own protection.
CANNOT BE LET LOOSE.
Society could not let its malefac-
tors run wad any more than it could
release lunatics, Till they under-
stood these tbingse they must lock
them up, but the soaner 'they under-
stood them the better. Force Is , no
remedy, but intelligent treatment is.
Who could doubt but that the study
of obscure :Mental- facts would lead
to the theory of , any babitual crim-
inal and trace his malady as siitiely,
as malaria has beep, traced t�' the
mosquito, Once the evil was micler-
stood the remedy would follow.
Already hypnotic treatment or
treatment by suggestion had occur-
red to one physician. The fact * of
imprisonment ought to lend itself to
brilliant attemptsat reform. It is a
great advantage to 'doctors te bave
Patients collected in a hospital, so it ,
ought to be si similar advantage to
have criminals horded*.together iii
jail.
DISCIPLINE UNWISE.
It is uuwise and unscientific to
leave prisoners merely to the dis-
cipline of wardens and the preaching
of chaplains. Thet was not the way
to attack the disease of the body
politie. • 1 -Te had eo full blown treat-
ment to suggest, but ho foresaw,
that there would be one .in the fu-
ture. The discovery of a new star,
a new element, or a new extinct an-
irnal or plant was interesting, and
surely the diecovery of a new human
faculty would be interesting too. Al-
ready the discovery of telepathy,
constituted the first fruits of the so-
ciety's work, as it laid open the way
to the discovery of much more. Their
aim was nothing less than the in-
vestigation and better comprehen-
sion of the human faculty, the hu-
man personality, and human destiny.
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Symptoms Mach the Same in the
Human Being as in, the Cow.
This is a disease affecting cattle
and sheep especially, but occasion-
ally transmitted to horses, dogs,
cats and poultry, and also- to man:
In cattle it is characterized by
fever and by an eruption of little
blisters in the inside of the mouth.
The blisters are at first filled with a
colorless fluid which later beconies
cloudy, and then the blisters break,
leaving sore places, which heal slow-
ly. A similar eruption occurs at the
cleft of the hoof, and also frequent-
ly on the udder. In the tatter cese
the eruption is of serious coriee-
guence to man, for from it ' .the
milk may be fiontaminated. While
the cow is ill, however, the
milk usually becomes very scanty,
and acquires so disagreeable a taste
that it is unsalable. The disease
lasts from ten days to .two weeks,
but for some time after recovery the
eow is in poor condition and gives
but little milk.
In the human being the symptoms
are much the same as in the caw.
The trouble begins with fever, .ach-
ing pains M. the limbs and dizziness.
After a day or two the eruption ap-
pears in the interior . of the Mouth,
and also on the face about the nose:
The blisters, which are from .the
-size of a, pin -head to that of a pea,
soarx break, and feria yellowish
scabs on the skin and ulcers On the
mucous membrane of 'the mouth. The
eruption may occur also on other
parts of the body, especially on the
fingers and toes, around the aails.
In severe cases there may be bleed-
ing from the mouth or from the eta
bowels,and pneumonia sometimes
occurs. The affection is seldom.
fatal, either in man or in beast. ,
The disease is acquired in man
through direct contact with an af-
fected animal or by drinking con-
taminated milk. The germ of foot-
and-mouth disease has not been dis-
covered, but it must be very min-
ute, for, like that of yellow fever,
it will pass through' a filter evhich
will hold all bacteria large. enough
to be seen . under the microscopes
now in use.
The treatment in man consists
chiefly in the' use of' antiseptic and
soothing lotions and mouth washes
to relieve the distress caused by the
blisters. The patient should stay in,
bed while the fever lasts, and avoid
exposure and fatigue for some time
after convalescence is established.
Caro must be taken by the nurse
to avoid infection. All rags used in
dressings should be burned, and bed
linen and towels :should be boiled for
half as hour before going .into the
general wash,
4
NEWEST' HAT INVENTION.
The newest invention is a hat
whit.* salutes ladies automatically,
33y means of clockwork the poor men
who is too fatigtiea. to raise bis bat
tO a lady friend is able to escape
any imputation. of impoliteness. 1.19
has simply slightly to incline his
head and the hat raises itself grace-
fully, On his head resuming the per-
pendicular the hat goes beak to del
proper position. Of comae, the own-
er has to wind up the het every
night like a watela
"