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CHAPTER XL.—(Continued).
Guildford Berton staggered slightly,
then with his eyes still fixed on Cyril
and Norah, who were leaning over the
terrace in vain trying to shako the
hands eagerly thrust up to them, he
backed away, slowly for a time; then,
as he got Into the densest part of the
crowd, ho turned and forced his way
through the people with a desperate
haste, even striking at them in a fren-
zied, furious fashion, Some shrank
back, others struck at him in return and
swore at him, but with leis head bent
down he made a lana for himself, and
reached the edge of the crowd,
With the ur!rerlaln staggering steps
of a drunken man he went down the ane
and entered the cottage, Ile had lett no
light In the room; the fire bad died out;
all was dark. Before he struck a metal
he felt This way to the sideboard, found
a brandy decanter, and, with trembling
hands, poured out a glassful and drank
R. Then, with a cry, as If the spirits had
given him power to realize the truth, he
flung his hands above this head and
cursed Cyril, and even Nevelt herself.
As' he was raving, in the very midst of
the awful stream of profanity, he slopped
short suddenly and listened.
What he heard was only the distant
sound of Ilhe crowd, but to his ears it
took to itself the likeness of a wail, a
cry from a woman, and, with a shudder,
he cowered against the sideboard, and
looked over his shoulder with an ex-
pression of sickening tear and dread an
his white face, for once again he
seemed to see that vague. indefinable
shade which bore the faint outlines of
the murdered woman, and which had
haunted him now and again whenever
he was over -tried or excited. For a
moment—that might have been a year—
he stood cowering, bent almost double;
then the expression of his face changed
to one of sinister cunning, and, still
looking behind him and moving his lips,
though no words came, he stole on tip-
toe toward the cupboard.
Three hours Iater Cyril and 'Jack stood
together in the drawing -room. Lady
and Norah had gone upstairs, presum-
ably to bed, but really to sit and talk
of the wonderful events of the day, and
Lord Ferndale, declaring that he must
have a quiet cigar after alt the excite•
ment, had taken Mr. Petherick to the
smoking -room.
The two friends stood looking at each
other for amoment, then Cyril held out
his hand.
"1 wish I could .tell you how I feel to-
night, Jack;" he said; "how happy 1
am, how grateful to you all, to you and
the Forndales, and all these good
people, with their simple, warm-hearted
welcome. Please God, I will be worthy
of their love, and keep its But my darl-
ing won't find it difficult to do that,
will she? Jack, .I ask myself as I stand
here tldnking of the great good luck
which has fallen to me, why I, of all
men, should have been so fortunate and
so blessed, and—and, Jack, it almost
frightens mel I can only say, from the
bottom of my heart, that 1 am grateful—
very, very gratefull--and, thank God,
can add that I an at peace with all
men.'
"Even Guildford. Berton?" said Jack,
q Cyril started, and a look of pain
crossed his face.
"Jack, I had forgotten him," the said,
simply.
"That's only natural," rejoined Jack,
"Bet I haven't, and as I have interfered
so much in your affairs, you'd better let
dee finish up by disposing of that in-
genious gentleman," and he began but-
toning up his coat.
"What are you going to do?" asked
Cyrtl, gravely.
"I'm going to call upon Mr. Berton.
"To -night!
"To -night, for I've a shrewd suspicion
that 1f 1 wait until the morning i shall
net lend ]him at hone."
"dlut•—but why not let him alone?
Why not Id him go? Ah, 1 sees
alined (ergot ten."
"Yes," said Jack, quietly and grimly,
"I only want to ask Mr. Berton ane
question, and 1 intend to have the an-
swer. Thal question is, 'Where Is Becen
South?' If that answer is satisfactory 1
should say ynu had better let Mr. Guild.
ford Berton depart in peace."
"In Heaven's name, yl;sl" responded
Cyril.
"1 don't know that Heaven will have
nmeh to do with it." rejoined Jack, go-
ing into the hall and asking for lila coat
and hat,
"Bring mine, too," said Cyril, quietly,
to the footman.
"You mean to go with mc?" asked
Jack.
"Can you esti me, my dear fellow?"
"Then Ferndale and Petllerlak shall
go also," said Jack, and Ile went into!
the smoking -room and informed ingm I
of his. purpose.
Almost without a word the: four men
went out. lack only made one remark
as he looked up et the sky,
"It it were not for the bonfire we her,
should want a.lanlern," "Permit me, Lady Arrnwdaie;' said
1e
,Sill in s[lence, or speaking Just above t ,Tack, who who had rep) d ti- p and heard
a whisper, they went down the lane, and the little speech."Title picture is AO tar,
stood before aha gala In the wall. and away the best of my friend, Lord
Looked, sold Jack, and he looked at Arrowdalc,'because he mixed lis colors
Cyrff.
Cyril put 1118 strong elieulder to the
door, and with a creak ft fell back.
Jerk nodded approvingly.
"All dark," iei said, in a whisper.
"Ho hag gone to bed or --flown. No,
the door's Open. Welt," he added, en
the threshold, "lot me go first; 1'11 call
"Wait --a light," ile said, in a voice
that trembled slightly.
Lord Ferndale struck a light, and
they entered the room.
A strange, pungent smell came out to
meet them, and almost stilled them.
Cyril, with a foreboding of something
evil, remembered 1L. Jack 111 a candle
and held it up, end as its rays foil upon
Guildford Berton's figure, lying half in
the chair and halt on the floor, Cyril
uttered a cry. ..
They raised him, and Jaok lore open
his cellar, and laid a hand upon Itis
heart, Then he halted around at the
rest, and spoke lire one dread word :
"Dead!"
For a moment or two they stood
speechless and awestrnk; Then, with
compressed lips, .lack opened the dead
man's coat, and took from the pocitet
some letters.
Cyril bent forward.
"They are nine," he said, almost tl-
audibly.
Jack handed them to him, and as he
took them something fell on the floor.
Tack picked It up, and Cyril with a shud-
der, exolalmed:
"My ring! the ring I gave Recce! And
—my God, Jackl—and here is the letter
I wrote that night at Ella fete and gat'e
to her!" and he covered his face with his
hands.
Jack rose.
"1 shall get my answer after all," he
said. ";Light that lantern, Ferndale."
In awestruck silence, but with a fever-
ish eagerness and dread, they searched
the grim plane from room to room;
then, after a mon-tears thought, Jack led
the way to the garden, followed by the
trembling old woman uttering inarticu-
late cries of terror.
Tack stepped before the heap of
leaves and stooped down.
"Get me a spade, some one!" he said,
hoarsely.
Lord Ferndale brought 000, and they
stood, round while Jack worked.
A suspense of a few minutes that
seemed ages, and then they heard his
voice, solemn as a knell:
"I have found the answer; it is herot"
Two years later the artistic world was
thrown into a state of excitement by a
certain picture in the Academy exhibi-
tion of that season.
It was a landscape—a small one, but
with two figures, a lady and a child.
The lady was seated under an apple
tree in a most delightful orchard, and
the child was lying on lis back, vainly
endeavoring to bite an apple at least
three Limes .the size of its mouth.
It was so fresh In treatment, so deli-
cately painted, that the connoisseurs
were unanimous In their approbatfons
and praise, but the general public, who
know little and care less for compost
Lions were quite content with being
charmed by the exquisite beauty of the
mother and the delightfully lifelike
youngster. It was tate picture of the
year, and it was found necessary le
place before it the protecting rail and
policemen which only appear before the
great event of the exhibition. Critics
praised it, the papers rhapsodized it,
the public crowded to see it, and for
some days atter that on which tato ex-
hibition opened everybody wan asking
who and what the painter was, for the
name In the catalogue was evidently an
assumed one, and told netting.
The mystery only heightened the pub-
lic and artistic curiosity and interest,
and at dinner parties and In the pauses
of the dance one heard people saylrtg to
each other:
"Have you seen the mother and child
In the appleorchard ? Splendid, Isn't
it? Wonder who on earth the man is?"
The secret was very well kept --for
nearly e. month. At 1110 end of that
lime, however, the veil was lifted, for a
famous critic, who was sharper tllau
his fellows, happened to vls11 the gal-
lery one afternoon, and found Ute popu-
lar Countess of Arrowdale standing be-
fore it.
As he looked flint at the picture and
then at her she happened to smile.
Now. the mother was not a portrait of
Norab, but Cyril had perhaps uncon-
sciously bestowed upon the painted
face a reflection, a hint of the smile
which was one of the charms with which
Norah worked her spells, and the critic,
divined the truth.
"Lady Arrowdale," he snld, growing
red with the excitement of his discov-
ery, "your husband painted that pie -
Lure."
"Oh, please don't tell. It was to be a
secret., and -and we have kept it so
well 1"
"Yes, you have," returned the elite,
who, of course, meant to rush off as
soon as he could and proclaim his im-
portant find. "Yes, Indeed, you have.
I know Lord Arrowdele's pictures pretty
well, 1 think, but., though they are good,
as I've said very often. they ere nothing
compared with this. It is such a sad-
den jump. How do you account for it,
Lndy Arrowdale?"
Norah smiled, and looked at Iiia pit,•
tore in silence, but some one spoke tot
FIJIAN SAW HIS MAJESTY
ISLAND CHEF'S DESCRIPTION OF
PARLIAMENT OPENING.
After Ceremony Ile lies a Sumptuous
Feast at a Restaurant in
the City.
A Milan who witnessed the opening of
the British Parliament by the King wrote
a most interesting account of his expert -
(ewes for his native paper, Na ivlate, a
translalion of which is given in the
London Spectator.
First he deals evilh tire causes which
gave rise to the state opening.
"Parliament had been considering fur
a long time and divided councils had
arisen," he writes, "and it seemed to the
Icing that its reports to him were wav-
ering, and that what it desired was not
the desire of the people of Lite land. do
he decided that it should be dismissed."
'Clhen he discourses upon the "chlaflike
bey, who is very good-natured to us
Fijians, the one who fed us with crabs
and gave Eta pipes,"'rills "bay" got a
"must useful dotter" from the -Police,
which "preventers the people of the land
from crowding us, so that wo might
well Inc the King."
He was found a stand in Parliament
Street, or, 40 he terms the thurough-
fare, "the path of Parliament."
"As we w'ul d we eaw pass the great
chi• fe and ani t, ladle, in three eat: -
rive:. who cal tell Myler splendor,
the chefs 111 their rubes of war, and
their robes as nobles of the land, and
the ladies with gulden crowns dazzling
lice lightning with diamonds and pre-
cious stones? Who can tell it? it was
like a dream or the glory of the fair-
ies.
THE WORKMAN'S "BADGE."
"Where we stood we saw all sorts of
people. For this Parliament have been
chosen many working men by the peo-
ple as their messengers to the Big
Council. This is a new thing, as for-
merly members of chleflke tribes only
were chosen.
"I saw 0x10 0f these messengers Ot
the working men to Parliament. ['le
was waiting where we were. The man
had a red necktie on. I was told that
it was a badge of a workman, as 11 Is
not the custom of people of chieflike
birth to wear red neckties.
"Just before it struck 2 on the clock
the bands along the path were heard
playing 'Cod Savo the King,' and the
voices of the Lords of War calling out,
Present arms!' and then appeared the
King.i
'In front of him went four carriages,
with six horses each to draw them. On
the horses sat men, and other men ran
alongside. These carriages bad in them
the high chiefs who serve the King.
Then came it warrior band on horseback
with a handsome young chief in the
centre, who carried the standard of the
King.
"When they had passed by, then came
the Ring In a golden coach, drawn by
eight white horses, white as milk. As
he appeared everybody took off their
hats and shouted, 'Hip, hip, hoorayl'and
the sound of the cry was like the roar
of Use surf on the reef in their great
joy at seeing the King.
with the 011 of happiness, drew the or-
chard by the light of love, and gave his
Whole heart to the mother and the child.
And now you know not only how Ar
rowdale came to paintsuch a picture,
but why he oats if 'Joy.' Am 1 not
right, Lady Arrowdsle?
And Nsweh, as she puther hand on
if I want yet." his arm, could only assent by a senile;
'Choy signed assent., and, still 111, by which the critic afterwards declared
the glow of the bonfire, he pushed open mode him feel as if the tears were in
the door of the parlor, Almost in an his ryes as wail as in hers.
Instant lie was Meek with thong, saying The 11.
nothing, bq1 with an expression on his
face Willett oaasad theta to start ter. Illi attempt to judge his future by firs.
'ard, past is enough to discourage afhy jean:
ti
THE KING.
"The standards opposite to us were
lowered to the ground in salute, and
the bells of the big church of Westmin-
ster rang out. The Ring bowed his
head In response, and touched his hat,
returning a military salute to 11e glad-
ness of the people of his land.
"Somhol Sambas how handsome the
King is. Who can describe it? Ire is
handsome and tall and portly, even as
a true chief of Fig.
"The chieflike boy with whom I was
sold that we should meet in the even-
ing with some other friends and have
a least, as a finish up to our joy at hav-
ing seen the King. That thing happen-
ed, and we fed at a house of feasting
called the Mouse of Julius.
"The owner is a Frenchman very
sictiful in preparing food and, it pleases
chiefs and Indies to feast there. The
night I was there it wasfull of chiefs
and ladies. I saw a lady there who, 11
was said, was the mother of a chief
who concerns us, the Assistant Big
Scribe for the Colonies. She looked to
me very beautiful, with a splendid
dress and ornaments.
"When the Frenchman knew I was a
Fiji, great was his good nature to me,
and be, said that I should go and see
his kitchen. and 11e tools me there,
Samhol Snmbol the wealth of the white
sten; the saucepans were silver sauce-
pans."
FIFTY CENTS
IN some conditions the
gain from the use
of Scott's Emulsion is
very rapid. For this
reason we put up a
fiftycent size, which is
enough for an ordinary
cough or cold or useful
as a trial for babies
and children. In other
-conditions the gain is
slower --health cannot
be built up in a day.
In such cases Scott's
Emulsion must be taken
as nourishment; a food
rather than a medicine.
It's a food for tired and
weak digestions.
Send int Peso sma
ota
SCOT & BOWNE, Chemists;
'roranto, out.
Sot, Amt Seen. Alt etagelets
ON THE FARNL
SceSAMONAineseekesAebeelenteetAikAAN
CONSERVING MOISTURE.
There is no knowing what a season
will bo, wet or dry. IL is always chang-
tug. We know Elle future only by what
the past has been. The (hollers are
that in the iocalities whel'e there has
been two or three seasons of excessive
moisture that 11 will get buck to normal,
or even the opposite extreme. Except,
cu farms where the soil is very reten-
tive and not properly trailed, It is al-
ways safe to save moisture for font that
it will be short next, surmner.
When the snow melts and spring rain
seems to soak tine ground many feel
deep it is almost Impossible to got some
farmers to see that there ever will be a
time in July or August, when the crops
will wither and the ground crack open.
The way to check out moisture from the
lank next summer is to chock it getting
out when spring coshes. Plow early and
keep the Melds worked mellow and mots -
Lure cannot evaporate as fust as when
left unplowed.
It has beers estimated That an oat crop
uses 522 tons or 6.10 inches of water In
produce one Ion of dry matter, corn uses
30e tons or 2.64 inches, potatoes uses
422 tons or 3.73 inches and red clover
452 tons or 4 inches of wider to pro-
duce one ton of dry matter, Tent Is to
say that so much water goes into the
;dams to grow teem or is lost from the
soil by evaporation or percolation while
(he plants are making that growth. The
greatest amount a plant needs is during
the warm weather when, too, the great-
est evaporation takes place—and `that
usually is the time when rain fall 16
the least. So it stands to reason that
totter crops can be grown If the far-
mer can prevent a waste of moisture:
to a time when tt seems superabund-
ant.
Late fall plowing has a tendency to
save moisture because it loosens the sur-
face soil so that the snow and spring
rains can soak down into rho earth in-
stead of running off. Prof. King 'state,s
that he has found that fall plowed lend
held nearly 2.5 per cent more water
tuan unplowed land adjacent, the test
being taken in the spring. Neither
field had received any cultivation up to
May 14th. 'Phis means that about six
pounds of water per square foot had
silently and unnoticeably left the un -
rimed fiord. In this case 13.5 tons of
water per acre were lost. If the fall
plowed field had been dlscod early in the
aprtng and cultivation continued until
May 14th, the difference would have
been a great deal more than 13 tons of
water per acre between the fall plowed
and the unplowed fields.
When early spring plowing is com-
pared with lata plowing a similar dif-
ference is seen In the water content of
the soil.
So then, to order to have a supply of
moisture in the dry spell of summer 1t
must be saved early in the spring. Plow
en early as you can without spoiling the
texture of the soil. It will not pay to
work in the mud for the injury to the
soil is greater than rho benefit. Then
keep the surface diseed or harrowed
after each heavy rain and you will
score away tons of wafer for future use
that will surely evaporate unless checked
In this manner.
POULTRY NOTES.
Eggs for hatching should be fresh —
fr'esller the better.
Nov is the time to get the incubator.
Get the order off to -day.
liens should receive plenty of exer-
cise when laying the eggs you intend to
set.
Long feeding period is safer than
short with too rapid Increase in feed
amounts.
Don't he afraid of getting hens leo
fat as long as they have plenty of exer-
cise. If a chick is allowed to stop grow-
ing it will take a long Limo to get it
slatted again.
o
Don't put all your eggs In your bas-
net"—put most of them in an incubator
at this. time of the year. .
Put fresh straw m the nest boxes
every week. This helps to keep mites
from becoming numerous.
A bob -tailed pullet on a rickety hen
most is a sura indication that there is
no money in poultry.
The eggs for latching should be only
those from well-developed, full grown
pullets or from vigorous hens.
Feed the hens' roosters well on a va-
riety of nitrogenous foods during mat-
ing so as to secure strong fertile eggs.
Eggs for hatching should not be chill-
ed. Keep In a cool, even temperature
and turn daily if they must be kept a
few days.
Mate the hens with a fail -blooded cock
et merit. A trap -nested bird is tato
most valuable. Be sure he has no phy-
steal deformities.
Early -hatched ohlcks will got a good
start before hot weather and be better
able to combat lice. The incubator is
the thing for early hatches.
Mate your best stock a few days be-
fore selecting eggs for selling and you
will be more safe of getting fertile eggs,
and of the desired elating.
Are the chicks doing as well and the
hens laying as many eggs as you rea-
sonably expect they should. If not,
examine them for lice and the roosting
places for Mlles, Chances are that yoga
will find some. Dust the fowls tvllh
fresh insect powder and apply coal (II
to the roosts and tlx(ure.4 for the mites.
1f a scaly loolcing powder is seen
around the roots 01' nest boxes yell may
l.e sure there aro mites there, These
signs are unmisteicable. Where colli n11
,h objected lo, use strong brine, hot or
cold, or hot lye water, This will route
the miles. Whatever is used, apply
again in e week or ten days for a now
crop will be on by that Rene,
Dig
tm fresh sell for Ilhe liens and
cinch to dust in; add sifted ashes to
this soli and Mix and pulverize it tip
Tiicely,
Give tate oinarennl to the hens for their
health, and the fine cinders tot' grit, al-
so furnish other grit In abundance to
both lien and owner.
DAM? JOTTINGS.
Cheap salt in butter is an oxponslve
eronorny.
The wise dairymen keeps no Moro
cows titan he can properly look after.
0 ADULTERATION OR COLORING NATTER,
HIPUEiITIES OF ANY KIND IN
CO'L1) N,STURAL QnBBf1II]N '9'FA.
Put up in sealed lead packets to toreserrve
its Iriraartny excellent qualities
40e, 500 and hoc per ib. At all Grocers
111GHIST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 1904,
The woven wire fence is almost a ne-
cessity on a farm where sheep are
kept.
leo not depend too mucic upon the
rant for Improvement; select your ewes
as well.
Give the owes daily exorcise and fresh
air, but do not expose them to storms:
The cows need and litre fresh air but
they neither need or like exposure to
had wealthy.
Corn and corn meal, if fed too free -
le to cows, have a tendency to fatten
them. Balance the rations with bran,
alfalfa, clover, oil heal or cottonseed
ileal.
The more cows n fanner keeps and
the better care he glees 111en1, the bigger
the bank account.
If you are a dairyman keep up with
the times. Keep growing, keep on read-
ing, keep Improving.
Stir the cream twice a day, using a
long -handled spoon which wilt reach to
(Ise bottom of the cream jar.
Heifers require a larger amount of
feed for the production of a certain
amount of milk than do older cows.
They have to grow.
Don't forget the cows that are going
to calve within the next few weeks.
Give them some grain and if you are
fortunate enough to have some silage
silage to go with the ration, so much
the butter.
Many a so•oailed dairy caw is eating
a dollar's worth of feed for every flay
cents' worth of milk end cream she is
producing. The cow that will not give
3,000 pounds of milk yearly testing ut
least three per tient. butter fat, is eat-
ing the farmer into debt,
•
HOW GOLD CROSSES TIIE OCEAN.
Caro Which is Taken to Safeguard the
Treasure.
The captain of one of the big Irani -
Atlantic • liners which carries in its
strong room millions of gold a year,
while recently discussing the subject
with a reporter, said :
"After the gold, worth perhaps half a
million or a million, and which Is pack-
ed in solid wood boxes, strengthened
with enormous bands of iron, has been
placed in the bullion room, access :0
which 1s only obtained through the
flooring of the saloon, I sign the receipt,
and then become responsible for its
safely.
"From this moment tmUl I arrive at
Liverpool the key never leaves my per-
son, it hanging suspended from m,
nock inside any clothes by a piece of
ribbon,
Do I think it impossible for a thief
to obtain access to the strong room?
Fifty desperadoes, shipping as passen-
gers, might, as you say, wait till we
were out in the open, and (ben. after
murdering us all, help themsotves to
some of the golds --not all, it would be
too heavy—and then telco to the boats.
Yes, filly determined men might do
this. But how are fifty criminals to as-
semble in New York without the police
becoming aware of their presence. \Vhy,
I should spot them before we started.
Responsibilities for such treasures as 1
carry sharpen the wits. No, the money
is sale enough on the ocean.
"I simply from habit keep my eyes
open during the voyage (111 we reach the
docks — not that my responsibility
ceases oven than. Should the ship ar-
rive on a Saturday or on sonic holiday
the vessel is considered at sea, and not
only is all leave sternly refused, but the
most extraordinary precautions are
Laiden to prevent a surprise attack from
shore.
'As soon as .the officials from London
—ooneisting generally of a few detec-
tives, clerics of the steamship company
—arrive, the bullion room is opened, rho
boxes are removed in a strong net—
each box being checked as it a.ppetu's—
placed on a trolley, and well guarded,
hurried without a moments' delay to the
bullion truck. When this Is done and
the word 'All rights' Is pronounced I
heave a big sigh of relief, for my respon-
sibillly (11511 ce0s0s,
"Tine bullion (ruck, as you perhaps
know, is a barge -shaped box, lined with
solid plates of tion, about four feet long
by three feet high, and secured with
several locks of the latest design.
"When the gold is to be carried by rail
tho bullion truck is always sandwiched
in between the engine and lite conchuc-
tor's car, so that when the conductor
has not got bus eye on 11the engineer or
fireman has."
OLD ACE PENSIONS.
•
i1 m for Provision for Old Age
Scheme e 0
Made by Great Firm.
So little is heerd to -day in England of
Mr. Chamberlain's proposals on the
subject of old age pensions (bat it is
doubly relreshtng to shear that Cadbury
Bros., Limited, in Connection with their
cocoa works at Bournvillo, near Bir-
mingham, have now made definite ar-
rangements for the eslablishmont of a
pension fund for the benefll of uncle
male employes,
The fund will be supported by contri-
butions by the employes varying from
21js' to 5 per cent. of their wages, and the
company will pay .10 the fund eontrtbw
lions of an equal amount, Pensions ore
to become 'payable at the ago of sixty,
except In cases where arrangements are
hnade for an employe to remain 10 the
service of the company atter penslon
age.
The amount, of tho annual pension
twill be one per con(. of the total o.nrolnl,
of the rrnployo'a vogcs in respect df.
Whichbe has Made em dt'ibutlons, and
will therefore depend on length of ser-
vice,
Thus, an employe Who has been a
member of the, pension fund for 30
years, will, on atlalning sixty, be en-
titled to a pension equal to £30 for
every (100 of Isis average annual wage.
The company propose 10 inaugurate
the fund by undertaking to pay over to
it the stun of £90,000. IL Is believed that
this capital sum will be sufficient do
entitle all the exisling scale employes to
pension bandits fn respeot of half of
their period of service with the company
up to the present time, without dirty pay-
ment from employes for such periods of
servlco.
If an employe leaves the company's
service before attaining pension ago the
will have returned to him all his own
contributions, with compound interest
at 2ee par cent. Similarly, if a pensioner
Wes before receiving in pensions an
amount equal to his own contributions
with 2 e pee cent. compound interest,
the balance wilt be paid to his repre-
sentatives.
NOTHING BUT LOVE.
Stella—'"They say that Helen married
for money."
Mildrell—'I don't believe it."
Stella—"Bu( her husband is awfully
rich and awfully homely."
Mildred—"True, but when lie comes
horse lata she scolds him foe an hour."
HEALTH
+'r
POORLY NOURISHED CHILDREN.
Malnutrition in children, which, rt
(curse, is to be considered a condition
tallage than u disease, may usually he
traced to one of three causes, Occasion.
ally, although rarely, It is an inherited
tendency. The children of feeble par-
ents may Inherit a general weakness of
constitution, and exhibit that weaknose
chiefly in thele digestive processes. But
sometimes this inheritance is only ap-
parent, since a nervous and unstable
mother may road on her children for
ill, oven If they do not inherit her ten-
dencies, by excesses and uncertainty
Ith her system of bringing up.
Another and very frequent cause of
mainulriton in the young is improper
feeding. In babies it often results from
some orror In siarldug the diet, especially
le a'Liflolatly fed Intents. If the diges-
tion of a very young baby is allowed
Lo get out of order, It is sonothnos a
long time righting itself, and ail this
haleessarily sthe chIlEilot7ng.
d's general nutrition Is nee -
With older children a poor and in-
sufficient diet will naturally result in
\reale and anemic states, just as it will
In older persons, but it le generally the
opposite Mistake that is made. An
overfed child will suffer from poor nour-
ishment quite as much and often more
than an underfed one.
The danger is not so much from an
occasional overhearty meal, although
that is a great mistake. An indiereetton
that results in an acute attain of indi-
gention mods with the punishment that
fits the crime; the offending matters are
curried off from the system, and the
transaction Is closed, to say nothing of
the fact that a salutary lesson has been
given, which the parents may rrenlenh•
bar next green -apple -season if the boy
forgets. But the clanger of malnutri-
(tion lies In the constant giving of a 1,1-
1'' more food than the system needs,
causing fermentation, restlessness and
clisconlort, and insulting in such low-
ering of the general condition that ac-
tual slow starvation may result, because
the child is unable to digest enough
food to teed it.
A third cause of malnutrition in chil-
dren, and one which is to be Looked for
chiefly among the poorer people and in
tenements, is u want of proper ventila-
tion. Rooms aro too hot and too crowd-
ed, or loo cool and loo crowded, win-
dows are seldom or never opened, and
plumbing is often detective. If the chll-
Crren of his class did not spend most
of their time on the streets their mortal-
ity would be much higher; and even ns
it Is, any epidemic.finds its greater num-
ber of victims among then.— Youth's
Companion.
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4AS
Iu. 'Your Leisure Time
If you could start at onco in a busi-
ness which would add a good round
sum to your present earnings—WITIl-
OUT INvFSTING A DOLLAR—wouldn't
you do it?
Well, we are willing to start you in
a profitable business and we don't ask
you to put up any kind of a dollar.
Our proposition is this ; We will
ship you the Chatham Incubator and
Brooder[ freight prepaid, and
You Pay No Cash Until
After 1908 Harvest.
Poultry raising pays.
People who tell you that there is no
money in raising chicle may have tried
to snake money in the business by using
setting hens as hulchers, and they
might as wail have tried to locate a
gold mine in the cabbage patch. The
business of a hen is—to lay eggs. As
a hatcher and brooder she is out-
classed. That's the business of the
Chatham Incubator and Brooder, and
they do it perfectly and successfully.
The poultry business, properly con-
ducted, pays far better than any other
business for the amount of time and
money invested.
Thousands of poultry-raisers—men
and women all over Canada and the
United States—have proved to their
satisfaction that it is profitable to raise
chicks with the
No. 1— 110 Eggs
No. 2-120 Eggs
No, 9-240 Eggs
CHATHAM INCUBATOR
AND BROODER.
"Yours fe the first incubator) have
need, and I wish to state I 1 , 15 oe
chioks out of 50 eggs. This was 1117
first lett truly a MO omit. hatch.
I ant woll pleased with my incubator
andillbroiwaeadker,.0.0T."oOs, 1tIONAUe11TOx,
"DDSs first hatch 4544e off. Loot
170 fine elicits from 11.10 etrgre 'W Iso
OW boat that for rho first trim, and
so early 111 the spring. I am well
glossed with lnanbattor, and if I
could not get another money could
not buy it rum me. Every farmer
should lava a No. a Chatham Imnx-
bator.—F. w. 11.1018,17, lrnnnvuiu,
Ont."
The ineubateryou furnislhedNo
works oscoodinaly sSe1l. It Is easily
operated, and only needs about 10
minutes attention every day.,,
MoGu1'vIa, lSooss Jaw, dssa.
The Chatham Incubator and Brooder
is honestly constructed. There is no
humbug about it. Every inch of
is thoroughly tested, the machine is
built on r'ight principles, the insulation
is perfect, thermometer reliable, and
the workmanship the best.
The Chatham Incubator and Brooder
is simple as well as scientific in con-
structton—a woman or girl can operate
the machine in tiloir leisure moments.
You pay us no cash until after 1906
harvoat.
Send its your name and addresy on
r post card to -day,
We can enflply 7051 gnicldy from Our
distributing t+•arohp,iees a0..t Cal any, Brmt..
don, Ttettiee,.ww�((ne >eg, l ow` eatnhluster,
H.C., 1ba ron1,.IIall1nx C Latham. Address
all correspondence to Cfhathant, 513
The Manson Cannp'ItcIl Co.11 imliad
NAM, GHATHA I, CANADA
Factorl5s atCSA'rOAil, OWN, 0 ad //MOM
Let us queste you prices
on good Fannon! Min.
or a ooel Farm Scale.
RUSSIAN TEA.
Writing on the effects of lea as a bev-
erage, Sir Lauder Brunton draws a eon -
had. In Moscow 11e dined with a scion-
liflh man, and after dinner the samovar
was placed on the table and tea banded
round. He asked Ills hostess how much
tee she used, and site replied: "I ant 's-
(ravagant in tea; we are twelve at din-
ner, and I put in four teaspoonfuls, out
most people would not put in so much."
flere, the writer tough, 10 a difference
from our mile of one teaspoonful for
each person and one for the pal, end a
reason why tea can be drunk to suet a
large extent in Russia without doing
harm. White he was spending Iho
night in a herring boat off Whitby the
master complained of his sufferings from
tndigeston. The reason became evident
when they made some ten. Rel, instead
of being a pole straw color anis having
a hardly perceptible flavor, as in Kus-
sin, it was as black as ink anci had a
strong, bitter and astringent Mete. Tea
bad apparently been put Into the pot
not by the spoonful, but by the hand-
ful. Several cupfuls every day was suf-
[ticenl to produce any amount of dys-
pepsia.
A CERTAIN CURS FOR CaIILCLAINS.
Mutton, tallow, and lard, of each
half a ponied; molt in an iron vessel, and
add of hydrated oxide of iron two
ounces, stirring continually wilt an Iron
spoon until lite mess is of a uniform
Hack colo'; then let 11 cool and add o1
Venice turpentine two ounces, and of
Armenian bole one ounce, and of of of
bergamot 000 Machin; rah up the bole.
with a late olive 011 before putting it
in Apply several Linea dully by put-
ting 1L upon linen or tit,
'WHEN RESTING,
Ne'hen you are resting, even 11 it Is
to he only a nmllur of a tow minutes,
darken ,your room as completely n0 pos.
sible. Lying doter throws your head in
such a position that the lids of your eyes
Lane ubsnlulely 110 chalice to keep off
rays of light, and there is a definite eye
strain in consequence. No led should
be faced in such le way tint you ere
forcers to face the morning tghl, and
especially not so that the light will
walccn you.
CI.ACK(ili.\DS.
To get rid of hlhokhonds, bathe the
face for ton minutes in trot tenter, Ilion
gently press out. the black houds, and
touch the spots with lemon juice or eel
d" Cologne. Wipe the furca n110 rib lit
a1 good skin food, or cold cream. 'Take
plenty of green vegetables and fruit,
have rooms well ventilated, and Lake
daily exercise in the open air.
111,001) PU111Ei1:i1S.
Figs or some frr:vh h'nil should always
ba taken at breitkinsl. Fruit 111 the
morning is gold. Apples aro en excel•
lent purifier for the blood. llelcel ap-
ples and Crean; mala 0 nice Ihonefast
dish eaten with brown breed end Meier.
it is said that t glee -eaten plonk fells
will work woule1:1 in giving persons
Who , are addtnled In nl goalie chrluktng
a distaste for the sauce,
FOlI 11:aNLSAa,,t,',5.
For the careful women alio Oa eye
leas bandages on hoed there le nothing
b' p ihheh in Ih,tn \Imougt•
t'd ¢lesseltetto 1Irskee55 11t 1 +ps Ihal. s,trlalrw en.
The pieces of 01d linen earl ream
sh0ted be bellied in order M have fleet
perfectly clean, then ,ironed amt teen to'
to stripe, and retell etr111neatly r.Jlril.
A number of Mete little nolle can Irl'
out trite ane nrdt1Iatrj .rizc.i jar, . .