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VALLEY FARM;
Or, Felteity'S Inheritance.
eillAPTER X.
eyes, the color to her cheeks. There
wee something ahOut hex' toenight the-
"FancY. leaving rne,a favnIV1470.1011Y Miss Chester (meld net understand,
exeleirrieth With allexaggerated look of Had anything hapeened to uPeet her?
disgust Da her-eiretty face. 4'Wilk ;Mit Had she- had bad news from honee-4-tha
publie-house -While he was about it? 1 home Lonciou that ley so near her
arnsureaim would be as suitable as heart, that was sueh a constant'drain
the other., ' . . upon the grave and unselfi,sh 'Oldest
."That doesn't sound very grateful,":• girl?" Stie found, herself listening anx-
Miss Chester said rather sharply, 'Why ; Musty for her aoswer. It (tame at
Matter?"
!thould he leave you anYthing eor' thee.' le.ngth-almost With, a sob. •
"Oh, 'if I only could, Felinity! 'You
"Becanee Ian his sole eurviving' rele,-; don't knoW what it would mean to me.
tiva-urT think I am, And I'm not . I have never lived ie the country, even
grateful -I don't pretend to be« De for a day, but I hatte dreamed of it, and
look eike a farmeress, Miss Cheeter? have longed for it all my Ufa, But, I
Carealoe imagine me worryiag over ettn't go WW1 .Y•012, --1t'5 no use asking
'cineltatte and calves, and playing ahoulei ma only wish I could."
a p
in •Uamdairy?" lier voice was f.11) Charged with erno-
Miss Chester glanced disapprovingly i don that M [SF Chester was afraid eine,
at the lovely petulant face« the idle was going tobreak down, But Felicity
white hands, the graceful rounded fig- tau ilot, seem to 'notice it, She slipped
ure---every °wee of which spoke or in- greeefullY from, the table, and shook
dolence. _Felicity had perched herself out her white- dress,
•on, the table, and sat swinging her little! "Well, hen 1 euppose.1 shall have to
feet in their dainty bueicled shoes with ,ge 'on my own,' I rather think 1 shall
-a 0001ne5e and self-possession that se- astonish the natives -if there are any,
.cretly amazed the third =meant of I Shall be just like the girl in the
the aomn—a girl about Felicity's own song." She began to Sing in a clear
'age, Wit a a thin expeeeelve face and, sweet voice, and with e gaiety that was
somewhat wistful dark eyes. ' infectious -
Both merle .had been under Miss Ches-
ter in their High School days. Joyce, "She's a pretty little girl
Hamilton loved her with a devotion that where,'
;only seemed to increase as those days ' Nowhere at all!"
beeeme more remote, and wee Preeld
t at elle could call her friend; but she
eveuht Pot hitve dared to behave as Fe-
:1101tY was doing -,Felicity, whom at
tithes Miss Chester seemed almost to
dialike.
'No, I can't imagine it that ladNowhere at all!
said clryl:v. "Do you think your 'Uncle
Gorge did when he left you the farm? She laughted so happily, so misehiev-
I fame", not But why look so aggriev- 'ously, that even . Miss Chester found
ed? A. farm means money whether You herself smiling in sympathy.
want it or not. You can sell it or let it. "No lovers ever call!" she echoed.
"That's just what 1 can't do! You
has heard everything Yet I'm not "That will be something new for you,
child."
to have it •at all unless I consent to . ..
live there," - Won't it?' gaily. "Welt Ima
've de
"That's rather an odd condition," Miss up eziy mind to one thing. If I have to
lose
Chester said thoughtfullY. my farm—and I shall if I cant
'
"Odd? I call i tea mad idea. The sillY 'stick it' -1, shall come back and marry
-old thing thought his precious farm was Mr. Carmichael, for I'm tired of being
0 --econd GE
Garden of d -F
en -eve heard Carmichael was the Mayor of
,her say. so—and wa.
he didn't nt to
poor and doing without things."
Wilminster. a rich bachelor eonsider-
Mr,
'e it to any one who wouldn't value lY fact overthlaifthesh
tewhad it
onetciiclieennave
Ho sretrituet °Jo
ea. it. e says .as much In his will—so the athbe
ee! 1 , • v2f O'b w"
from 'No-
p louse I en' sena ,
That's ten miles Xrom a railway station.
No name or number, so lovers never
call,
On'tite pretty little girl from 'No-
where' -
piece of spite." .
"Sinter Joyce echoed.
"res. You see. father died 'when
was quite little, and mother wrote to
her uncle George -he was only iny great
uncle, You know—to ask him to help
her, He said if she would go and live
with him at the 'Valley Farm lie would
give us both a home, and leave her all
he had, Mother wrote back that she
would rather starve than be buried alive
—or something like that, and he never
forgave her. They never got on to-
gether. -Mother had no patience with
uncle George."
Miss Chester thought that n. different
view might ac equally true. remember-
ed the pr 'y, frivolous widow, and
CO a. well 4, Inagine her Patting the
gaieties of eebig town and her own so-
cial triumphs before more solid bene-
fits for herself and her child.
"And now ,he hes paid me out," Fe-
licity went on. "The has been in
Felicity s blue eyes and was only wait-
ing for an opportunity—and a little
more encouragement -to offer her all
his worldly eaods-and himself.
At another time Miss Chester would
have had something to say to this
speech, but to -night her mind was full
ot Joyce • Hamilton, of the short time
they would have together, and it was
with relief she seer that Felicity' was
about to take her departure.
"Goad -bye, Miss Chester." said she,
offering her cheek to be kissed. "I hope
the Brisbane girls wont be such little
fiends as , we Were. Ta-ta, Joyce! It
you change your mind and decide to
share my exile, let me know. It would
do you good—you look all eyes to-
night."
When the, dOor had closed behind her«
Miss Chester drew .Joyce ,down beside
her on the couch.
"Well, dear?" she said gently.
'What's the trouble? Another pitiful
the family for hfarmundreds of years and letter from your mother? Or are the
he didn't mean Inc to sell or let itEllisons getting too much for
which I should have done like me winking. -you? ''
But if I'm hard up he has given the Once more the color rushed into the
chance of having it -see?" girl's cheeks*
"You always are hard u0. FelicItY," "Oh, Miss Chester. 'What sharp eyes
Xoyee said with a smile. YOU have! I meant to keep it from YOU
"Always. I3ut a positive pauper if I could. It seemed too bad to bother
this year. Two Of mY Cottages are You—your last evening,.. too! J3u1 I have
empty. and I had to spend a whole been wretched all day. Something
year's rent on Laburnum Villa before dreadful has happened!', -She hid her
that horrid Mrs. D'Arcy would take it. fath
ce against e other's arm and lower -
So Eliza wouldn't let me refuse oie-, ed het voice. "Mr. Ellison asked me to
hand -as I wanted to. She. says we marry him last night. Of course it
must go and see what iiilike." means that I must leave—as soon as
"Oh. Felicity, would it rnean giving can."
up, your pretty house'?" Miss Cheeter was silent. She was an
eres—to live 'in the -lonelieet ,valley %unworldly- Woman, ,with -lofty ideals of
life and. old-fashioned views of love and
marriage. She would have had nothing
but contempt for Felicity's little
schemes; yet she caught herself won-
dering if Joyce had acted too hastily—
for It wasevident she had refused her
employer, and had never for a mornent
thought of doing anything else. He was
a good man, if a somewhat grave and
silent one—characteristics that had
caused Felicity to dub him the "Graven
Image"—ance almost any woman would
have hesitated before saying "No" to
the ease and luxury she would have as
his wife. Miss Chester had considered
Joyce very lucky when she had got her
the post of resident governess to the
governess to the solicitor's motherless
children; for though they were spoilt
and tiresorne, the girl's somewhat deli-
cate health had improved during the
few months she had been there. The
children had grown to love and obey
her. Mr. Ellison had thanked her the
last time she met him for sending Miss
Hamilton. And now the unexpected had
happened and spoilt everything. -
Miss Chester's thoughts flew from his
beautiful house in the best part of
Wilminstet to the shabby little house
at Camberwell, where Joyce's mother
struggled to bring up six children on
her tiny pension with the doubtful help
of lodgers. They had removed to Lon-
don two years before on the specious ad-
vice of friends, but it had been an' un-
lucky venture. and Joyce, who had been
left behind to.earn her living, with Miss
Chester's help, had been equally -unfor-
tunate -till this last situation. MISS
Chester found herself thinking what a
splendid thing it would be for Joyce's
dear ones if only the girl-- But here
she pulled herself up With a feeling of
shame.
imaginable. vhere 'there Isn't even a
-neighbor and the neareet town is miles
away."tee I loathe' the'.country! But
it won't - eme to that. Eliza says we
must try it for a month, but at the end
of that time I feel convinced Wilmin-
ster will see me beck -again. It's a good
thing 41 is Setae, 'There may be some
eorn Pensationse
"Compensations!" Miss Chester ex-
claimed. "I wish I could go into the
country for a. morith. Think of the
Peace and beauty of it, child—the soft
airs, the wild flowers, the laughing lit-
tle brooks. to say nothing of the .bliss
of getting away from one's fellow creat-
ures. What do you say, Joyce?"
"I should love it," she said with fer-
vour.
Her eyes glowed, and a delieate pink
flushed her cheeks, making her look for
the moment as pretty as FelleitY.
"Give me bricks and mortar -and
sothebody,. to _talk -to," the latter said,
laughing. •
"Heaven sends almonds to those who
have no teeth,'" Miss Chester quoted
under her breath.
She turned away, and went on with
the work that the entrante pf the two
eterls had interrupted-etidying her writ-
ing -table. She took no part for a time
in the talk that followed, but there was
an anxious loolc on her face as she sort-
ed papers and fore up letters. Surely
Joyce looked more fragile than usual
to-night—or Was it only in contrast
with the other girl's " bloom and fresh -
/less? They were the same age, she
knew, but to -night her favorite looketl
fully five years older than- her careless
laughing friend. A vexed expression
replaced the anxious one as she glanced
at the clock. She had sent for Joyce
Hamilton to come roand for a last talk;
and to say good-bye, for the next day
she wee starting for T3risbFtne to fill
the post of head -mistress In an im-
portant school there. Her pecking was
au done—as the e sitting-roorn bore
witness --and she barhad looked forwa.rd to dering all day where I could go, X can't
a quiet hour with her old pupilbut the burden mother—besides,,I have not got
two girls had met at the door, and my fare. It may be months before I.get
entered together, and ever since Felicity another post --especially as you are go -
Gray and her affairs had put everything inr avvav
elee in the backgrouna.
"Has your uncle George been dead
long?" she heard Joyce ask.
'No—o,nly a few weeks. The lawyer
wanted the to go to the funeral—there
was no one else; it seemed—but they're gone with them, or was taking my holt-
such doleful things, so I had a convent- day—whichever I liked. He seemed
ent illness. I didn't think there was Very sensitive about it; and I am sure
anything' to be geinecl by it. or 1 should r am quite as anxious that people Should
have gone. I wish I had now; I could not know as he is. But what shall .1 do,
'have seen my little property, and decid- Miss Chester?"
ed whether it was worth , giving up "It is nearly the end. of the month--
ewerything else for it." you will get your salary then."
.i4s Chester's hip curled, and she "I ha..53 had it already and sent it to
am -holed sorne papers ratite vicious- "mother; Joyce answered, in a despair-
ly. ' How characteristic that speech leg tone. "I had to ask Mr. Ellisori 10
.wae of Felicity! PA:Vance it last week. It was for the
"How will liza like the month In the eates—mother was nearly frantic. I
country?" joyee's soft voice went On. have only a few ehillings for myseff."
"Not et all. She hates change at any There was a look on Miss Chester's
time, and I'm afraid she will be lost face that few of the High School girls
without her shopping, and the bustle had ever seeJl there as she stroked
and noise of the streets. But she has Soyce's hair with tender fingers,
got -it into her head that it is to my "You make me wish I Was not going
advantage to go, tend 1 can't move her. away to -morrow, or else that I could
It's all her fault -and I shall tell her so
if she grumbles.
Eliza. Wilkins was l'elicity'e servant
and housekeeper, as she had beene her
mother's before her -a faithful ‘• but
trying woman, who slaved for and do-
mmeered over her young mistress by
three,
Vore Miss Chester intervened.
'If eatize, doesn't intend to meAte the
hest°IF:things you may spare• your-
seiVeze'the.trouble of going. It will be
it miserable month Poi' you both, end
you will be thankful to get beck home,"
Felicity -turned a pair as appealing
blue eyes in her direction,
MI Ch t 'brit
"I told him I should like to go at once
it I could," joyce's low voiee went on,
"and he -he agreed. But I've been won -
"Did Mr. Ellison seem angry. dear?"
"Well, • he wasn't exactly Pleased.
think he was hurt. Ile said he Wonla
send the children to their aunt's to-
morrow; the servants' could think I had
what X say , ilut what can I 0 use i ? • ei stet. till I do. IIe-he woulan t Hite it
. must go to do , the work,' even le she
tvnuld consent to be parted from me, would...it ,be selfish of me tO go?"
which she 'wouldn't. She'lla
hve a, “Saeln,she, ,,
fright:fail let to do, I expect. eo she'll be "SYe„ul• 1 .2-"aulun't 1:!E 'Darlithg any -
till right! hat What will become of mething, and I can't really afford to be
with not a Person to speak to?" She Idle. 'When I think of mother.I Teel X
turned impulsivelyJ
to oyce. "Do throw ought to go as a servant rather than
tra that 'horrid teaching, and come with that- But this is such a chanee. I
1210. i: I ware; you mdre than the Graven phould love to go with Felicity."
Image and ins spoilt kiddiee: It would en anXiotte look G IMO ittO MISS' ()NIS-,
make it, different thing Oe it altogether, ter's feed. •,
we'a have quite a good time. Do StLY "I cannot taideretand why you are
't Irl ' ' I f I jo e,," ew 4. id ee',,
take you with rne, she said. 'Is Mr.
Ellison quite Mit of the question, dear?''
"Oh, quite. X could not do it - it
would be wrong. And It woulchn't make
it any less' wrong because it was done
for other people, would It?"
"No, child, not Have you thought of
atni plan, aoyee? There is something
at the back of your mind or Fin, very
much inietakenno you, Want any as-
'
e0h, Miss Chester, do you thiek
rale'ht ge With leelleitY? It woilld be
Such a relief to get right 0,Way. X might
hear of something before the month was
up it X entered one or two reklstrY Of-
t
fices; but -but I can't .atay in eVilinin-
High. ,Peiest of Mussulnian Faith Deelaring a Hely War.
This photo which has just been 'received from Constantinople, shows the Turkish High Priest Sheik-A:II-
Islan proclaiming the Holy War in front Of the' Moeque of Muth. The head of the Mussulmen faith is
shown reading the declaration of war, surrounded by Mussulman dignitaries.
rather you went with anyone than with -MONARCHS HAVE MASCOTS.
her, though I don't see any help for it,
and I wouldn't •for the world add te
your trouble,"
SoYee sat silent for a znoment, too
hurt to speak. There were tears in ' her
eyes when at length she looked up, and
ile•l:i'el'holycedotlYeonlubdieledilke,her, Miss Chester
—for you do, I have often felt it. To
me she seems so sweet, so dear. I think
her very faults are lovable. Is It be-
cause she is such a b‘itterfly,and never
does anything u erful?'
•••••••••••.,
Rulers Said to. Believe in the Power
of "Luck Bringers.:"
Many readers ere probably famil-
iar with the story of the Kaiser's
toadstone ring, Si% wiiich is said
to be associated the prosperity of
"No, Joyee. ,. 4 ' because she's not the house of -Hohenzollern. Accord -
mother VMS before her. Then she's sel- ing to the legend implicitly believ-
, 6
true: she's false and shallow. as her
ed in by all eonneeted with the royal
118.12e11 etilliess"Creh—ester", X haven't found German house, the Beane of thie ring
her so! She so generous—she loves
to melte people happy --
"When it suits her," the other inter-
rupted..
"But she's so lovely, rm nr-er tired
was chopped by a, toad upon the bed
of Elector John of Brandenburg,
father of Frecleriels the Great, and
of looking at her."
"You think with Shakespeare—
eahere's nothing ill can dwell. in such a has been worn by successive heads
temple.'" Miss Chester could not help his death,
of the Hohenzollern family. And at
smiling-; "Prettiness is hardly a virtue, in accordan,ce with the
my clear. Its more often an indication Hohenzollern tradition the ring will
at mire selfishness. If Felicity had liv- be 'handed, enclosed in a sealed
ed for others—had thought of any one
beside herself, she wouldn t have such
roses ha her cheeks. The right path is
an upward climb. child; .and pilgrims
don't hedgwdlhmerpl elisne;
ers lovingly- down
the girl's thin but delica,tely-curved
eheek.
casket, to his son, the crown prince.
The czar, ;boo, believes implicitly
in' the supernatural powers. of the
ring Which is said to contain a tiny
pieee of the erue cross. The story
I think it's just a matter of tem- goes that ie was presented to a Res-
perament," .Toyee said thoughtfully.
"Felicity can't help taking things easily sian autocrat by the Vatican, who
_any more than I can keep, from worry- handed it to a former czar, and it
Then everyene sp'olls her -perhaps.
that makes her a little selfish, but 1 has remained the talisman of the
don't think she's false. I think you
misjudge her, Miss Chester—Indeed I
do.'
"Well. I hope I'm wrong, dear, for
Your sake; but I have studied girls
more years than 1 tate to' remember, powers to a unique collection of
and I don't think I am.. She is just her Oriental coins which were presented
Russian royal fanaily ever since. It
inighs be mentioned, too, that the
czar 1a ' taches marvelous protective
mother over again. Mrs. Gray lived on
her friends for years. They showered
,vafts on her; they vied with each other
In making her .1Ife easy and pleasant;
and why? Was it 'because she was more
deserving, more to be pitied than oth-
ers? Not a bit of it. It was because
she had a pretty charming way with
her, an appealing baby face that no
one could resist. I know the type—to
my cost. My life was spoilt when I was
young by just such a piece of pink and
white -prettiness. Joyce. and X don't
want you to suffer as I did."
A look of intense pain came into the
clever face; then, as If ashamed of be-
traying such feeling, Miss Chester be-
gan to talk of other things. 3 -twee a
little awed by that glimpse Into 'her
friend's heart, followed her lead, and
for the next hour -their last together --
Felicity- Gray and her affairs were not
'mentioned again.
But Joyce could not forget Miss Ches-
ter's words. They caused her to hesi-
tate when Felicity sought her next day,
and repeated her offer, though her coax-
ing and entreaties were very flattering
to the lonely and perplexed girl. They
took away from her satisfaction in get-
ting out of an awkward situation --- for
Felicity was not long in getting her
consent, and they sobered her Soy at the
Prospect of a free and happy rnonth.
She had to take Felicity into her con-
fidence and beg her not to tell her
friends she was going with her. Mr.
Ellison took it for granted she was go-
ing straight to London, and it was
best that others should think ece too.
"You are a goose not to have him."
was Felicity's frank comment. "You
could have packed those odious children
off to school and had a splendid time.
Isn't it funny that we should both
have the chance Of marrying elderly
men? I wish Mr. Carmichael were half
as race as yours! Well, if you won'tbe
Mrs. Graven Image—wouldn't it look
lovely with a hyphen?—you Won't. I
know you. All the better for me, so X
won't quarrel with 17011 about it."
(To be continued.)
EARLY SUBMARINE MINES.
Used Ilirst During the Siege of Ant-
werp in Elizabethan Days.,
Ib would seem that the ,first
appearanee of mines in welfare was
during the siege of Antwerp in Eli-
zabethan days, -when 'the Dutch des-
troyed several Spanish ships by
means af floating kegs of gunpowder.
Americans 2,re noted for their in-
ventive genius, so that it is not else -
prising that thee, nation elaims to
be elle origstiaitor of the submerine
proper. During tlee American War
of Independence a contact mine of
gunpowder was invented. Sub-
merged beneath the waves it ex-
ploded on being touched by a pass-
ing vessel.
Fulton, the inventor -or, rather,
perhaps one should say, one of the
inventors -of the steaffibOalt, had a
plan for a mine, or a ,submarine
beat, which he submitted both to
France and Great Britain; but the
time was hardly ripe for it, and the
invenbion came to no great inteort-
twee,
The English used whee was term -
e catameran at .Calais and Bou-
legne in 1804, It was e heavy, eigar
01 eone-shaped boae stuffed. -with
powder blast floated jest }mesh and
was towed towards the vessel to be
'01121 0022151 - (Mee 01020 the light came into ,Toyee's were two girls more unlike. 1 would destroyed,
to Alexander III, by a Jew.'who
said that he had drearnt'that they
Weald have 'greateitifluence Cn' the
wellbeing of the Russian royal fana-
ily.'
King Alfonio places great faith in
a ring, one of the most famous 4n
history, which is known as the
Spanish, opal and which was given
to his father by 'the notorious ad-
venturess, the Coratesse de Cast-
iglione, as a love token, Alfonso
XI1 believed that it had a great
effect on the destinies of Spain, and
gave orders that it should always be -
regarded as the ma -scot of his coun-
try, a desire -which the present king
religiously observes.
This ring is kept securely safe-
guarded in the royal treasury, but
Alfonso XIII. always Wears on his
watch chain .a gold sequin given him
by a gyspy woman, whom, aecording
to the story told, he met one day
near Madrid and offered her alms.
The old woman indignantly refused
there and then Veld how she really
belonged to one of Spain's most
ancient families and insisted upon
giving his majesty a rare sequin
which had been the treesured pos-
session of her family for several
centuries.
Probably few people are aware
that the popularity of the copper
and aluminum bracelee worn by so
many ladies at the present time is
really due to the fact that the late
King Edward regarded as his mas-
cot a. similar 'bracelet, which was
presented to him by' one of his
friends shortly before the serious
whech resulted in the post-
ponement of his coronation. His
of balance of power that would in-
sure peace. Out of the territorial
grab bagAustrias allotment was
the provinces. •of Lombardy and
Venetia to the:ere= and the grand
duchies of Modena, Penna. and Pla-
centia to Hapsburg princes. Aus-
tria, was also awarded the Illyrian
provinces, Venetian Dalmatia, the
Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg, the
Inviertel and Hansrueksviertel. Her
possession of pert of Galicia was
els,o confirmed.
The yoke of Austrian domination
fell heavily upon the Italian pro-
vince d and ahe result was the be-
ginning of the United Italy agita-
tion, which kept the Empire in a fer-
ment for half a, century. The Hue-
garian and Slavonic people also
chafed under German domination,
and by 1848 the partition whieh had
been designed to insure peace and
undisturbed exercise of absolutism,
came very near exploding all Eu-
rope and substituting demoeracy for
Metternich, the master spirit of
imperialism, fled for his life. Em-
peror Ferdinand did likewise, 'hid-
ing himself in the mountains of Ty-
rol. , He abdicated the throne in a,
state of mental panic. His brother,
to whom the crown naturally fell,
dared not ,aecept it, but passed it on
to his son Feane,Jasef, a, fiery youth
of more courage than discretion;
'By' a supreme- effort the imperial
party managed to suppresethe gen-
eral uprising, end the young Em-
peror held fast to his crown, but
his Italian provinces gradually es-
caped from him.
In the last days of Franz josef's
reign Austrian aggressions and ter-
'ritorial seizures again fired the Sla-
vic people to a pitch of frenzy. The
popular hatred led to a, oonspiracy
of assassination. Austria, was de-
termined to punish the Servian na-
tion as a whole for the erime of a
few individuals because that con-
spira,cy had developed out of the
general state of the public mind in
Beryl& Opportunity was offered
for a, peaceful settlement by refer-
ring the matter to a congress of dis-
interested Powers, but Austria,
backed by Gmen,any, obstinately re-
fused any sort of intervention and
proceeded to a wax with Servia.
That War promises, before it is fin-
ished, to drag into ale naelee all of
the European States. So the aged
Emperor's reign, whieh began in a
period of national peril, seams des-
tined to close in a period of far
greater peril.
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ft will take a few hundred feet of 250,000 it le egainated that 15,000
tiling, some grading. and a little die of tuberculosis annually.
°lbw greaee to make the teed lot For espleeeleg moistere frem taw-
dry during the winter, but it will els there 1145 been invented 4,5111411,
pay big in the added eomfort to the lever-oPerated clothe e wrineer,
animals, which alweys, means added The hack ei a comb Patonte4 in
110511. ‚ England is tubulae and large
There is, a right way and a wrong enoweh to form reeleptaele f01'
way to prune any fruit tree. Each tooth brush.
kind requires a elifferent method of To enable a pe-rson to get into
pruning, and it is imeortant, that sleeping ear upper berth there has
the requireniente each kind be keeeil patented a ladder that foals
understuod, eompectly,
...N.()TfiS: .013 ScIEN.(;E...•
See that all wee,ds, grass and j. sa
AasnoofIugasieitths1111(1beenetenins\tqi
installed d .pinroa.
leaves ore removed fra,
om round the 11
apple trees. Phis eort of tralswill 4fertels.athe ertonesoLaroewb
'dt.,at it can be
makes a good hoine for mice, a
they like the green bark of apple An Australia electrician has in-
trees. eenteci a device to warn miners of
The silo is a good investment for roof moveme-nts ii mines in time
the rioh termer and a greet bless- for them to eeeape slarigei.
bag for the average dairyman -who Aa automatie ventilating syetera
is Striving to decrease the cost of adopted by a large eastern railroad
the milk production, changes the air in a. moving passen-
Have plans been made far better ger car every four minutes,
plantings around the home ne.xt, Borax, slightly moistened and
spring'? Now is the time to studyllett on the fabric for several hours,
these things and cleeede what plants
to use, • .
No man deserves sympathy when
he is eorapelled to sell his stock in a
half -finished condition because they
are not doing well in a muddy feed-
lot.
Good layers are great eaters. A
bird must have capacity to eat and
digest a great ansouut of food if she
is to lay a greet amount of eggs.
Do not plant trees to deep.. Two
inehes lower than they grew in the
nursery is plenty, and will allow
for the ground to settle.
is illOto .E1, panacea
will remove chocolate stains from
white dresses and, table linen.
A new- high explosive can be
melted and handled with impunity'
as it can be exploded onl:v when
confines.' and then only by elec.
trick.
French army surgeons have found
that a mixture of fre,shly slaked
Bine and phosphorous will remove
tattooing so that it cannot be de-
tected.
Over the surface of a new press-
ing iron for tailors there is a band
While spraying
of cloth to prevent the metal touch -
for all the ills of the orchard, it Ts uhig garments and making them
A South .a.frican agricultural so -
tion of fme fruit. Tnixed eiety has 'offered a eubstantial cash
If the salt is not well
best, cheapest end
through the butter it will crystalize Prize fel' the
for pulling
on the outside and probably make nistintpesft. "live means
the butter streaked.
The establislinaent of two waiver -
We may look at the silage ques-
sities for South Africa, one at Pre -
tion from any angle and we are
eheapest, toria ancl the ether at Cape Town,
forced to aceept it as the
food known for stock. is being urged by a government
Alfalfa seed is expensive, and the commission -
heavier yields of 'hay are not usual- Government wirelese etations
y1Yeasrec,ourreldateurn.til the second enethipd have been planned for Indo-China
that will be powerful enough to
Wherever alfalfa can be suecesse conuminicate with points more than
faIly established it results almost -3,000 miles away.
immediately in doubling the value So satisfactory is the -rubber ob-
of the land. tained from a tree growing in Nae
Arsenate of lead is growing in tal that a factory for refining it has
popularityas an insectie?de, as it is been established in England.
superior in many respects to pails An electrically charges' net,
green.
woodpile ought to be grow- mounted on a wagon for removal
ing daily now. Sawing w-ood in the to where it mai be needed, has been
summer me is a, tough and useless
ti ' anvente in Argentine fur whole -
job. , sale destruetion of insects.
A good remedy Furnace:3 below the level of coal
camphor, water and ammonia,
The hens naust be fed ana fed
for bruises is a, bins can be filled with -fuel without
man has invented.
the purpose that a North Dakota
shoveling by the nee of a chutle for
mixture.made from .eratal pales of
liberally if one expects eggs in
absolutely necessery for the peedue- s 1713c
large quantities, especially winter
eggs.
Separate the breeding stock from
the fattening hogsalso eeparat
, e made in the' form of a bee with
the larger from the smaller ones. open ends and with an adhesive
substance only en the inside.
Steady, everyday feeding is what
Thorite, a mineral found princip-
counts most in -the final summing up ally in Norway, hat been found to
of the year's businesspossess some of the therapeutic
The business that expects big pro. powers of radium and to serve as a
fits gets big profits -and small pros less expensive eirbstitute tor it.
fits if it expects them. Buoys that make a flapping nois
No man tan make money feeding as they pass through the water and
80 per centeorn and $30 mill feed leave a wake that is plainly seen,
to mongrel hogsare towed behind British warships
Hens lay a few more eggs when to guide following vessels in time
of log.
A new electrically driven cloth -
cutting tool that cuts through many
thicknesses of material at once, re-
sembles a band saw, as it has nu-
merous knife blades =meted on ao
endless bele
The melting point ef ductile
tungsten is'higher than that of any
other metalits tefeeke etreingth .ex-
ceeds that of iron ande-eickel and
ib can be drawn into smaller wire
-than any other metal,
•
' Neatness is the chief virtue .of a
new ley bap to be hung on a -well, .
males are not used in the pens with
them.
We can save a lot of time and
work next summer by oerefully
planning now.
Never expose fowls in blustery
weather.
Never feed wet alfalfa hay to
horses.
eel
There's a lot of dead timber ie
most, family trees.
THE ALLIES
"Spolinee" and the Horsemen. For twenty-one years they
have waged a saceessful eampaign ,agfuinst the army of Dis-
ease. Dieteraper, Influenza, Catarrhal and Shipping Foyer
Aieastrouely defeated, iby "Spohn'e." Abeolueely safe for all
agee. Best prevettiee. Sold by all druggeste, turf goods
thousee or the matrufacturers•
8pohn Medical Co., Goshen, Ind., 11I S •
late majesty, who was -more than go
usually superstitious, regarded the w
;bracelet as having a direct, bearing
on his ultimate reoovery, and when
he died it was placed among the
personal belongings which he, bee
quezatecl-te IciTire&Olfe:
THE MONARCH'S CROWN.
Franz josef of Austria Again Storni
Centre in Old Ago.
Emperor Franz Josef Kef Austria,
came to the 'throne at a time when
the imperial authority appeared to
be crumblin'g before the assaults of
demooracy. Apparently ke is going
Out When the Empire is in peril as
a consequence of a too ambitious
imperialism. It is often the oese
with 11litt4011$' as with men that the
rapid attainment of power,,w,ealth
and territory entails eeetara ale-
mente oa weakness as well as of
etreneth.
After tsverity-ehree years of wax
the Congress of Vienne in 1815
pareelled. out European territory
wibh it view of undoing the work of
Napoleon end to restoring a sort
-- •
$500 FOR A NAME
Phis is the 13esett81u1 new perfume', n1ade 111
Canada, endorsed and 'used exelusively by Mde.
A 110 Donalcia, the famous Canadian Prima,
Doene
'We leent a.sui,table'lltt17.1:01feite and so will
$500 IN CASH PRIZES
as ifollowst-
$400.00 for 'the beet name.
50,00 for 'the beet description of the perfume.
25.00 'tee the seeend best name.
10.00 for e isecond beet ell -description.
5.00 'for the third best desoription.
and ten. $1.00 prize e for the 'text best &snap
eione.
".the winner of elm eeriteet will be decided by a
emeimietee C>1 Montreel% leading advertising anon
and their dee...sloe will be deal. Should two pr
mere contestante send ia,the winning name too
prize will be ennally divedW. and an addit,ional
Pries to the vaaue of $5,00 will be given each sue,
°Cereal:I centesterit. N eta:ployee or Member of
title then &i11 enter .t.be eatteet. Coniteet closes
at anianight, Ja.nnary .50111, 1915,
Xow rivair,R:-To,anailate every esseeteieet
to tee the neW poefteme before sulaneteing. thele
.suggetetion for a name, WS make the f011ow,tng
SpenlitI Offerl—For one el.!ane, ten eente, we will
eenel ono of our 'SPecitel Souvenir Bottece el tbc
Perfume --regular 25 <lows eiteastoesther
Pres COntesi, Slit), and One Peeniihni
,for 1 1i 10 0 cents, eysioults ,wthicesea sbet,ercLitioolitteovas mthitOth,Ftetheee
Cowatereket,
oortiane, and thave a shallots to wie the big Pelee.
RODGERS, GRAY & STEWART PFRPUNIPIS
Dept, W.I. 382 Bl.t1IRY at, MONTREAL.
By welding several sheets 'of
tiez-
al together into one plate instead of
molding a single plate, an English
inventor has developed an aernor
lighter than, but just as efficient,
as that generally mode.
Llo George's Cheer Nine ss,
The 'most wonderful thing about
Britain's Chancellor of the Exehe-
quer is his theerfulness and confi-
dence ;at ell times. The worse the
, outlook, the more cheery be be-
comes. Someone once asked hina
how it, was he always managed to be
I so cheerful. "Dont yeu have any
ti oulslesr the que,stioner asked.
"Heaps and heaps of them," Mr.
j Lloyd George briskly replied, but
we're not here to mope and ery.
&re here to get over the troubles,
and is nothing like cheerful-
'
ness leir giving yo p
!There ,vou have one, of\ the secrets
of the Choncellor's power for work.
Looking Out for Themselves.
The two -servants met,
"Does this war they're talking so
Itioeuyelloub,,out, make much .differcrtee
"The nmissus says we've got to
etonomize, so we've te have mar-
gartne at meals in the kitchen.'
"Doesn't she have it, then'?"
"Not hee. She eeyS ib do
suit her dipstion, Ent there's
thing wrong with her digestion, W
know that. For as often'ete 1100 w
seed her up the matgarine end hay
the butter ourselve,s."
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