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OR, A SAD LIFE STORY
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Cl1AP'1'En X1V.-(Continued). eagerness front one to the other of the
Ile silently holds out the water to
:Ellen' ells and she, without attempting
to lake the tumbler Into her otat 1r0111.
111111g lueiul, drinlcs. lie Looks with Int -
potent Ally from the bent blonde head
to the prenialueely snow-white one.
r., 11ow enn ho wiled Ills reassurance to
them without appearing to 'loud him -
.self with ()Dickies insolence ..Soto their•cnnfldence? U SUMS to himself that he
solves the problem very clumsily.
"1 nun afraid you must have thought
me but slow," he says, feeling that he Is
'dragging In the piece of information ho
is anxious to give them t1•ilh an awk-
weed bend -std -shoulder -floss; "but at
first 1 couldn't, find our monk, and when
Wei, he tens engaged --he was talking
to a visitor -a clergyman"
He pauses, conscious that at the last
word a tremulous shiver has passed
•over the kneeling figure.
'Yes, n clergyman," he goes on with
nervous haste, hurrying to put them
nut of their pain; "an elderly, grey-
haired, English clergyman, who inns
jus( in the net of going away; indeed,
befol•e T left, he had gone, 1 saw him
drive of[ 1"
Ere he had finished his sentence, he is
seized by the apprehension that there
must opprnr to his lislenets something
suspicious in the labored details into
which he is rostering; presupposing, as
they do, that ho is aware of there being
for them an interest attaching to the fad
•of the stranger's departure. And in-
deed, us he speaks, he is conscious that
Mrs. Lo Merchant's frightened eyes,
which hone been laking surreptitious
trips round the peaceful garden, now
conte 1101110 with a no less alarmed look
to tits ince.
"was he -was he- nn acquaintance of
yours'" she asks, with an attempt al a
laugh -"this clergyman, I think you
said he was -thin you noticed hint so
particularly?"
"An acquntntance?" repents Jim,
doubtfully; "what is nn acquaintance?
n ratan whom one knew a very little,
and disliked a good deur, len years ago;
and who passes one by without n gleam
of recognition now -hs that an acquuin-
tance?"
L•'liznbeth's hal has fallen on the
ground, and hitherto she has seemed
uneunsctous of the evening sunbeams
smiting her uncovered head ; now site
stoops and picks 1t up.
"And you did not Wake yourself
known to hint then?" eoulnues Airs. Le
binrcilnnt, still with thnl painful effort
at lightness or lone. "You Id him drive
off without feeling him whrr you were?
or asking hien where he was slaying?
or how long his visit to Florence Is to
last? or-nny elIng?"
finis eyes are Uxed on her as she
spealcs wllh a compassionate steadiness,
under welch taus quail waveringly. is
It possible that she can imagine that she
is deceiving him by this miserable pre-
tence of Indifference?"
"I have no doubt that I shall be able
to find out If you wish to know," he
answers gravely; "for I think he must
bo as much an acqualnbanee of yours as
of mine, since it was only at the Stoat
MM. I ever met rho."
(-to Mid thought that. Mrs. Le Alar -
chant ens already as colorless ns a .wo-
man could be; but as he speaks, he
sees her [ace take on a new degree of
pallor. She struggles unsteadily to her
feet.
' "IL 11-11, is gelling late 1" she say's in-
distinctly ; "we -ought -lo be -going
home!"
Even ns she speaks she makes an un-
certain step forward, but it is so emcee -
lain that he catches her by the arm.
°You are not fit to novo yet;" be says
with kind imperativeness; "rest five min-
utes longer; it is not tale, really -the sun
Is quite high still."
Convinced, either by the young man's
eloquence ne, as Is more likely, by the
stinking of her own limbs, Mrs. Le Mar-
chant sits down aguin. Eliznbelh has
risen to ler feet, and now stands beside
heti Mother. She hes said nothing, but
he can see her trembling front head to
heel. ife hears her voice now adch'ess-
ing ldni, but in so subdued a key that
her words ane almost lost In the low
blowing of the Mint south wind that is
fondling the blades of the unshorn
grass.
"Did you say that he was gone? Ave
you sole of it?"
"Yes, yes, quite sure I i saw him go."
"Did yotn dbd you happen to hear
where he was staying?"
"No, but" -with the greatest eager.
ness-"I can easily find out; nothing
can be eingller,"
"Elizabeth is standing quite close to
him, so close that he can see her poor
little heart leaning under the thin white
gown, whose simple finery had piqued
S Inc-
She has n )
•l 'ri11lhodn !1
oat it.
him Y '-
enlly, in her new terror, forgotten that
there is any cause for concealing
lltig 11 in-
stinctively
• iho,occnsion at Lt,
lit 11111), as a hurl 01111d to the
n earest bystander. Il seems In
him the
•
most, natural thing in Ile world that
she should. They aro bulb recalled to
themselves by her mother's voice.
"You muse think that we have lost our
wits, she finis Wa sickly entire, hal
even it we have, 1 do not know what
right tee linen Io impose upon a -et com-
partdive stranger nice you, the task of
helping us to gratify our -our Idle curs-
osilyS
"But 1 am not a comparative
stranger 1" cries Jim vehemently; by this
1(100-110 does not know how -ho is
holding a hand ot each of the trembling
women in his. "I art not a stranger ab
all 1 1 ant a friend 1 Why will not you
treat me ns ona7 Why will not you let
nie help you?"
He glances with pitying, affectionate
wee -begone [aces on either 01(10 of him,
The leers have come in sudden flood to
the cider women, anti nee pouring over
her while checks, stopping the passage
of lair voice; but Elizabeth's fair eyes urs
drearily dry, ,anti sl
eech comes
clear
and hupetess from her.
"You are very good to us l" she says,
giving the hand that holds let's n little
pressure, which be feels to be a.5 cold 115
it Is grateful; "at least i see that you
want to bo very good to us If we would
let you; but as to helping us" -with a
alight despairing shrug -"no one can do
that; no one but God, and somellntrs"-
drnuh)g a long, half -sobbing breath -"I
lhhlk 11 would pass even ills power'."
CHAPTER XV.
"11 will be very easy to eseorinbs."
"And hew to .1u1'gia ?" hrr claret lilt
ey„s resting in friendly mud half -in•
gnisilfve 111h'r151 011 has suutbre face.
"Amelia 10 very well, thank you."
"elnu•tiu \Vllsun sliU?"
Thera are fete things more difficult
that when ones mind Is full of the In-
terests, cares, and sorrows of ono set of
friends, to have to empty it suddenly of
them, and refill it as suddenly with (Ito
entirely different, and perhaps discre-
pant interests, cores, and sorrows of an
altogether alien set.
Seldom 111 the course of their old and
Iried friendship has Jbnt Burgoyne felt
less disposed [or -rho company and con-
versation of his valued ally, Mrs. Ilyng,
than when he knocks al the front door
of her sitting-raom on the morning fol-
lowing the excursion to Certosa, fro
cannot talk to her about the La Mer-
chants, seeing that she has never even
heard of their existence; and if ,tut of Iho
abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh, his talc upon any other topic
must be scant And jejune indeed. The
only cheerful stele which his prospective
visit turns to hint is, that if he were not
with Airs. Byng, he would be with
Amelia; and that the friendly indifferent
eyes of 1110 former will, at till events,
be less likely than the hungrily loving
ones of the latter to detect that he has
not slept a wink, and that he has not
the :coolest idea 01 what he Is talking
about. If ho were !o follow his inclina-
tion, he would be bestowing his com-
pany this morning upon neither friend
nor sweetheart, but would be ransack-
ing Florence for the piece of information
ho hnd yesterday promised those two
woe -begone lvouett to peewee for them.
Even into the very midst of lits heaefeit
sore compassion foe them, there pierces
a shooed unwilling flash of elation at
the Lh,mghL of what a stride of intimacy
his being entrusted with this commis-
sion implies, of what un opening to in-
definitely numerous visits B affords.
Ills determination to conduct the search
is et present n good deal more clearly
defined than the method in which Ih01
cea'ch Is to be effected. filo cal consult
Gtilignnni as to the names and wherea-
bouts of new arrivals; but they could do
that much for themselves. file could ex-
amine the visitors' books of the different
hotels; but Florence, though a little city,
Ls rich in hostelries, and this course
would lake time. Ito could consult Mr.
Greenock, rho head and fount of all
Florentine gossip, and who, since Ito had
seen him In convorsetton with the object
of his Inquiries, would probably be able
to satisfy them; but his acquaintance
with the good-natured ncwsmonger Is
not suficienuy intimate for him to be
able to pay hien a morning visit with
nny ale of probability, of having been
impelled thereto by a desire for his com-
pany; and, moreover, ho shrinks with a
morbid [ear from any acllon which may
lead, however obliquely, to his being
hitnself - npprised ai lite terrible" ocret
which -it is no longer mere matter of
conjecture Iles croweletl somewhere In
those two poor creatures' post,
And meentvhllo he knocks nb Airs.
Ilyng's door, and is quickly bidden enter
by a cheerful English voice, the, wel-
coming alacrity of whose tones shames
Infs own want of pleasure to the meet-
ing. But he is loo unfortunately honest
l) express a joy he does not experience,
and only says, with a slight accent of
ropeeach as he Lakes her ready hand,
heartily held out:
"You should not spring these surprises
upon sus."
She laughs a thltle guiltily.
"It -it was a sudden thought; you sea
1-1 had never seen Perugia."
Ilo laughs too. "Poor Perugia! 1
prink 11 would hive blushed unseen for
a good ninny more years if yotn had not
begot to doubt tho oflclency of lay
chaperonage. Confessl You have come
to look lifter the precious baby -boy, have
not you 7"
Isis tone Is, as ho himself feels, not
quite a pleasant one! but the mother Is
scarcely aero prone to Coke offense then
the sot; and she answers with an anlla-
ley hasty disclalntee:
"It ens nol 111111 I felt the least went of
confidence In yon -you must not think
Ihnl; but -but I led m10 of my presenlh-
Melte 1 you know that 1 bell ohvay's O.
little superst(hnus; and have nights run-
ning an owl camp and heeled guile close
under my window,"
"As long ns 1 huvn known your wood,
ft
bus lendowls; and as long its im
va
i<nmwll them, they have hooted."
"In the wood, yes, of onln'st, and 3
like le hent' then; bpd this moo was close
under my window,"
Jinn's only answer is to 1111 his hands
and shoulders In protest aphis( his
friend's wank-mintlednCee.
"I had quite mode 111, my mind that
sontelhhlg had happened," continuos
she, not much abashed by ills scorn;
"and it Was the greatest re11e1 when I
ii'st naught stgirt of him at the sh,Unn
yesterday, looking just as usual, n tulle
thinner, perhaps -does not he strike 31.0
as a 111110 thin? Has he been weighed
lately? Ira gives me the idea of having
lost a pound or two since 1 lust saw
hie. Is there a weighing machine lin
the 1et01?"
"4'w now long?"-- laughIng-."ano-
lhrt' bait yours, L suppoBe?"
"for three mouths, t believe; a'l' are
to bo married as soon as they return to
England,"
"1'ou do not. say 00?"-- wit(1 en nr•cent
of lively nod delighted Iner'dnlily--
"hurralt I four Amclle 1 Tout vien1 n
point n qui Nall ulleodr0•; and she has
su attendee wlih a \iugeuncc, has not
she 7"
'She is not gntng to attendee any
more,,' eoliths Ent, drily,
"Then 1 slurp hove In (,•Iva you n pre-
sent,
ro-sent, 1 -suppose 1" cries Mrs, tying, still
with unit delighted nseenl. `:Something
useful, 1 linen no doubt. 1 feel sure that
Amelia would like something useful;
why should not wo choose It let -buy?
Florence is an ideal place for buying
presents is • do you think 1k theL Amelia
a
would spare you to nut for a whole
morning?"
Jinn hesitates. It is not that be has
any doubt as to Anleli,t:s cheerful m-
uuncialion of any portion of his tbno
INA he may see fit to abstract from her;
but the occupation suggested -•Ilial of
squibtrg Mrs. Byrlg-is nut thud to
which be has purposed devoting his
forenoon. She sees bis unreadlness to
enswer, and attributes 1t to a wrong
ea USI'.
"Anila will not?" cries elle in a tone
of surprise and disappointment,
1 could not have believed it of here Not
even if you told ler that it is on per -
pose to buy her a presonl 1"
Jim breaks into an unuvoidable smile.
"How frightfully quick your mind
moves 1 11 leaps like a kangaroo' 1
vr Bald uot rn he.
pinerciouseboonthat ofshe mywosociety;ldnonesigthe cnnt-
Lrnt•y, I ant sure that nothing would
give her greater pleasure but -but -
what will Willy say to my monopolizing
you?"
At the excessive disingenuousness of
this speech his conscience gives him a
severe prick, recalling to his nand the
attitude of prostrate nfliict(on-stretched
Ince downwards on his bed -in which
Ills young friend had received the news
of his parent's prospective amitotic)]. A
light cloud passes over that parent's
sunny face.
"Willy hes an engagement this morn-
ing," sire answers more slowly, arid
111111 less radiance than has hitherto
marked tier w.eranees; "nothing could
be sweeter and dearer than ho was, and
he is going to tako me somewhere this
afternoon -to flesoie or Valenta, or
somewhere else delightful; but this
morning he has an engagement. Ile did
not tell me what 11 utas, and I did not
like to tease him well questions. "You -
with a rather wistful glance of Interro-
gation at ler companion -"do not hap-
pen to know what it, is?"
"So that L ranter counted upon you,"
aonlinues Mrs. Ilyng, turning with n
somewhat crestfallen ale to the window.
"And you did not count in vain," re-
plies Burgoyne, with a sort at forced
gallantry. LL Ins flashed upon hint that
he will 11000 10 consent under !lewdly of
giving a detailed acocunt of the reasons
for lits Inability, and that therefore ho
had better Make n virtue of necessity,
and do it with a good grace, After all,
the deferring, for a couple of hours of
Ids researches cannot be of 0ny great
consequence to the persons in whose
behalf those researches are set on foot.
To a suspicious ear there might be
something dubious In the sudden and
galvanized alacrity of his assent; but
tint a shadow of doubt crosses Mrs.
Byng's mind as to her old and tried ally
being as pleased to avail himself of un
opportunity for enjoying her society as
he has always showed himself during
the twenty years and more of their a0-
quuinlancc.
Protected by this happy misconcep-
tion, she sets off, all smiles, though et
the outset of the expedition she finds
that she inns to modify her project; and
that Burgoyne shows himself restive as
to bric-a-brac shops, and declines per-
emptorily to be nny party to buying
himself a wedding -present. Ile puts his
objection upon the septi -jocose ground
That he shall be unable to avoid over-
hearing 'the price of her intended 71[1,
and (hat his modesty could not stand
the drafts of helping her to hnggle over
IL Perhaps, however, deep in Itis
heart is an unconscious feeling that to
receive nuptial offerings gives an al-
most greater body and certainly to his
on -striding fate than even the buying of
dinner -services and snucepots. Sn they
go to the Academia dello Belli Aril In-
stead, it having occurred to Jint that in
a picture gallery Mere will be less op-
portunity for conversation, less opening
for interested inquiries on lits compan-
ion's part as 10 Amelia and the minntino
of his future life with her, than there
would be hi the green walk.) of the Ces-
01110, or on the slopes of t' iesole.
Jim shakes his heed, \Otte a rather
deeper shade than habitually Iles upon
It settles on Ills careworn forehead, 11
Is perfectly true that rte knows nothing
of young Byng's engagement, but yet
ho has a shrewd suspicion 10 what
quarter of the town that engagement
will lead hint,
(('0 be continued}.
LAPPONIS DRATii P1t1:DIC'I'EA.
Strange Circumstances Attending De-
cease of Pope's Physician.
Pope's physician
.1t 11111 the op s p y
Prat C t l p '
y 1
who was all ordeal bciknl rr h Ulo c c.ru
it,
sciences, shnrlly before ids death had an
odd experience. 1111 WAS called 10 visit
an inmate of a monastic Infirmary,
"Nothing'S
' u. wits actio
LanPont's
'
pronouncement; "he w111.50 well within
0 couple of days,"
when Dr, t.tipponl led departed, the
flatten!, called n Mnihet' inih'nlm9an, and
said gravely: "'rite doctor says he Is go.
big 111 001.e me, but the leuih Is I shalt
dle after two days, You, brother, will
he lend wilhtn n nulnlh, and before
three moons twee town the doctor will
love joined us bath In rnlother world."
'rho peophr110 patient Cullapsed 111
forty-eight hours, while n Lew weeks
Inie1' it freer nurse \t'n:1 buried 111 the
romp() Venom.,, llame. 'Then cane the
news that Ili'. 131111:1101. who 1t'ns deeply
Impressed el the prediction, had fallen
111 with n malady which sperinlisis dc-
clnred to be esker of the Bluneeht, and
13 which he uliinmrly surcunliled,
THE SLANG OF SOLDIERS
'—
TOMMY ATI1INS Ills; A NIGI(N AMti
P011 F1'Eit1"TIi1NU.
Renins \\'illi the Colonel and Coes ;tight
'Through the Whole Life of
the Arany.
In Bnme lutppy r,iilinenls 11110 1nny
hear that austere and highly-respeeled
nhlcer, the cul"nel, uffec•li',nntely ra•
(erred to In lite ba'rnek-room as "pa.'
in fact, 11 may safely be said that there
it not a regiment to be found in which
the nlllners nee nut dubbed by their Wren
with some appropriate 1'lclutatnes,
The qunrleruntsle' is the "bloke'; the
sergeant -major the "regimental"; color.
sergeants are "nags"; a lance -corporal
is a "lance -jack'; and In the cavalry,
artillery, e •i•
II 1 t and engineers c1 a trumpeter 1'le.h s
1 sIt r t.
61
the"fiddler."
Tho proud reelplent of promotion to
the dignity of a non-cnnunlsstaned offi-
cer Is expected by his commutes (u "get
Ids hand down' or "wet his stripes."
True, he may hear sundry sly, good-
huulosed remarks about a "non -sure -
dent officer" or a "non -efficient coffee
sutler," but, alter all, it wouldn't be
Tommy 1f he couldn't rnlso n laugh.
Tho married quarters aro called by lite
single sten the married "patch"; the oc-
c(punts, the "crocks"; soldiers children,
"ba'raelc-rats," often described as "born
in a haversack."
The guard -room Is the clinic,"
"moosh," "digger," "Inside," A default-
er Is said to be "answering his tali' or
"doing jankers" When doing extra
drills he Is
"CARRYING TLIE !LUMP"
or "organ'; 0 dry allusion to his march-
ingorder equipment.
A plan who goes before his CO. is
"jerked up," "on the mat:" or "toeing
the line." The reprimand received by an
N.C.O. for a breach of duty is a "rep"
or 'severe." If under arrest he is "ot
the peg,' "dished up," or for the "high
jump.' Should he have the misfortune
to be reduced, his chums 1r111 say sor-
rowfully that he is "broke" or bus "conte
down."
An N.C.O. who is particularly severe
on his men is said to be "on the sniffs."
His victims will say regretfully tint he
has "got them set" or "taped," arid that
ha is "on their track or "barrow."
Another type of man cordially disliked
by all good soldiers 1s the "duly
dodger," or, in other words, the indivi-
dual who evades iris dulles and respon-
sibilities by "chucking a flanker" or
"move." Sometimes a mat is unex-
pectedly relieved of an impending duly,
when be is inlornted that lie "wont be
for 1t," or 1l doesn't "Intro" him. A man
10110 is late for parade is "pushed," and
111 his case to
"CHUCK A MOVE"
is a polite intimation to buck up or
burry. One who Is short of I<(t soon eels
' on the circle" after the missing articles.
If he can't find his own he will In all
probability soon be "on the slake" for
substitutes; but arae betide him if ho is
caught "pinching" red-handed• for his
comrades will assuredly "pass hbn
through it" or "lake lea with 11111."
A very clean soldier will say, es ire
burnishes his arms end accoutrements,
Dint ho Is putting a "skin" o' a "boz" on
them. 'T'e wet rag that is so essenlinl
to the cleaning icit of a cavalryman he
calls his "reckoner" or "Tony Parker";
while otter equally necessary articles 010
his "jiggering string," "compo," and
"quiff -rag."
A good rider is admiringly said to be
"nipping a leg on," whilst one who wait
keep iris heel "down" will call forth re-
marks on his misuse of the "meat -
hooks" (spur:e).
There is also a great dent of friendly
badinage between the different branches
of the Service, Cavalry facetiously term
Infantry "mud -pushers: or "toe grabs,"
artillery are 'got-bucl.-ers," Highland-
ers nee "Jocks; riflemen nre "jaggers,"
1t.A.AlC. neo "poultice lvalloperst' and
MILITARY POLICE ARE " REDCAPS"
An erring Tonuny who scents dan-
ger says there is a "breeze up" or "wind
up," and seeks to escape consequences
b,( "dodging the column." '!bo much
duty and hard work calls forth his
favorite "grouse" that ire is "fed up"
and "choked off,"
Old soldiers nre "old sweats" and
"swaddles," and if they have been
abroad it is always "out there."
A bonslfui sort of chap is send to be
"swnuking" or "chancing his arm,"
whilst one who lacks manly qualities Is
"ten -garden." Civilians aro termed
"civics," and civil lite 18 always spoken
01 ns "outside."
ills dally dict Is nal forgotten by Air.
Atkins when he talks slung. Beet he
calls "saddle-tbaps," tinned bent "bully";
bread Is "r'ooty, "cracker," or "prunk,l
If node by n civilian baker ho culls 11
"Train -clothes" bread. Pudding Is
"spotted dog," gravy is "Jippo,' butler Is
"train -oil," and beer glories in the
unique bill descriptive title of "juice:' -
London 'Tit -1311s.
P131t1J.3 OF INDIA.
SIollslies - of Wild Beast and fentike
Uoutitry 'Which Conway$ a thecal.
The perils of living in a country where
wild beasts and Cnnkoe--eS
eclat
v
BltahCs--nre numerous, nre sh•hlcingly
is
i i a1 til . h 1106 of India.
shown in n slat sl c
Dmrnfg the year 1901 no fewer then 24,-
031 persons were killed, snake bites no.
counting litb
at 28,880 880 c'nIlia' while tigers
s
1<ified 7011, lemmas 300, wolves
244, anti
other aninuils 748 pennons. The relminis-
Irniinn ot Bengal supplied the highest
bbguees in each Bass, The mintier 01
cirllle killed was 110,584, leopards, with
12,812 In their rredli, proving the most
deslreelive. The tigers were a good
second with 24,037 victims. Sanies
killed
Al 11E101
baver' 111,0110 arfulnls, tit bbe
other sdo ill' the account it is reported
that 03,110 smokes and 15,121 wild ani-
mals were killed, rewards being mild l0
the, amount of 11:7,3(11,
1 •lid-"kvkat a Onclyohiscllod mug,
you hovel 11 ought lo be on a girl's
thee." ,lark -"\Voll, t seldom miss an
ltppnrbltllily."
1'U11! prove
Ref
lord paaketa only,
C GREEN '1'11A.
Its superiority over all Japans,
se Substitutes.
000, Soo and GOD per Ib. At all groosra.
ON THE FRNL
\V1IA'r's THE LIMIT?
Is there money in poultry keeping?
(low much can be made at it as an ex.
elusive business.
We 10:1111 the store clerk or half sick
professional num who wraps lit get out
In the open ate to lake a pone!' and fig-
ure out jug what lite throttle will be
iu Ihn poultry business 'turn given at-
tention. Let Lint start with 25 hens that
will lay 207 eggs melt 111 11 year, By
the use of hu ubators he can set al least
110 eggs from each one and gel chicks.
Ilulf of these will be pullets and the
next per he will set all the eggs in
spring and betels chicks again, and
they will be halt pullets. The cukerels
Garb year will sell fur 8 cents pr more
per lb. and -011, well, "there's a [urtuuo
in the chicken business."
Now 1f the enthusiast has it all down
on paper how much he will nue, let
him tear up the paper and face some
cold-blooded facts,
The limits of poultry prnfils do not
depend upon the hen. The hon is only
rt part of the business. Ynu've got to
reckon with her falling short of 200 eggs
n year, consider the chick's liability to
never hutch, die before a week old,
have tate croup, get killed, be stolen by
thieves, or crippled by the ncighboe's
dog, and all that. but that doesn't 1110 <0
or mar success, livery ono nlrels those
tongs, or provides a way to go around
them. Success In poultry raising depends
upon you -the brains behind the busi-
ness. Obstacles and coopetition do
not keep men down. The great mer -
0001 princes are in the great cities
where competition is keenest andwhere
runts and labor are outrageously high.
Successful poultry culture is limited
only 53' the men or women behind the
renterpriee. The number of hens that
can be kept in one place may be lim-
Ilcd, but places are unlimited. ,lust
as the great beef packers 11000 plants in
many cities so alight a great puuliry-
n uut have many plants under his super-
vision.
POULTiRY NOTES.
Bone meal, wheat, oafs and cracked
corn are good rations for feeding poul-
try.
Small pointed,' that are not saleable
make a splendid poultry food for win-
ter.
ITens should get plenty of Lime In their
fool that there any be nu suit shelled
eggs.
In stripping poultry to nurlcct caro
should be taken to see that (here are
no blood spots on the carcases.
Oats stands very high as a feed, but
owing to a large proportion of indiges-
tible husk. it must take second place
in the list of grains.
Ono of the greatest mistakes with be-
ginners is the tendency In crowd fifty
fowls jnlo a place where there Is room
for only twenty.
The most important point to be ob-
served In keeping fowls in confinement
Is to keep then indus(rlously at work,
This Is the key to success in (Ile man-
agement of poultry.
1t should not be torgnllon flat while
store eggs may be worth 25 to 40 cents
per dozen, eggs from pure bred hens are
worth for hatching from 81.50 to 05 per
thirteen eggs.
Buy the lest stock, and even if it is
only a lrin, start right, grow filo the
business gradually profiling by expert-
ences and do not refuse the proffered
advice) of old limos in the business.
A strict account shoed be kept with
the (owls. In no other manner can
business bo transacted, as every item
of profit and loss should be known.
Charge up the family also for eggs and
birds used of table, keep an account
and mark down what eggs are worth a
dozen. the day they ane used, also every
pound of birds used,
There's no Unlit to the business, but
there's a limit to human capacity to
manage a business.
(;rest stree55 doesn't come to the
dreamer. While 11 is nrressury to have
visions of future possibilities, one must
be able to see the desert between the
mirage and the ousts of ullimale suc-
cess, and have the faith to forge ahead.
We were Just about to say that we
know every fanner could just as well
double his poultry intro -rests and thus in-
creas h1.5 profits, but we do not know
bed that many have already reached the
limit of their rnpahlliles in that direc-
tion. If we could be sure that all would
study puutry just a little more. then
we know the limit is not y'('t readied.
But profit fines hand In [sand with study
in any business, and the man who will
not rend and study poultry literature
must be content 111111 just [oolin' with
a few old hens.
Great 1s the hon when given 0 fair
chance.
ABOUND TILE FARM.
Begin tarot work at the right end.
Dun't show false pride by refusing to
adopt your neighbors plan if it is bet-
ter than your awn.
When using whitewash for painting.
try pulling in some salt. it will stick
better,
Bored linseed oil mixed with powder-
ed charcoal lit tie a,nsiste»ey of paint
makes a good preservative for fence
posts.
In renting n farm do not trust to n
verbal agreement. L'ut it In writing.
It need not be a lengthy worded lease.
but ono that both landlord and tenant
can understand. Let It be signed in
duplicate so that each party may have
an original contract.
A GLACIER'S 40 -YEAR SECRET.
The Search for the Dolly of Lard
Francis Douglas.
There appeared recently in a morning
daily paper a brief telegram from Zen,
matt, 8witzerinnd, to the effect that
guides had been searching the lower
portion of the 'Zeal glacier far the body
n: Lord Francis Douglas, says Pear -
son's Weekly.
This announce 'tient was probably
puzzling Lu not a few people, many
doubtless ininglning that sable quite
recent mountaineering tragedy had oc-
curred, ,blvelving the death of a mem-
ber of the British aristocracy, hut of
which, (ill that moment, they had heard
nothing.
As n Matter of fait, however, the death
of Lo•d Fr'anes Douglas occurred over
forty-one years ago; and (hal the body
is only now being sought fon is ex-
pininublo by the tact that it is only
this summer "due" at the glacier•..
tongue.
For this is the w•ny of glaciers. A
man falls into n crevasse 11575 up near
the source of one of these sloa•ly-ruuv-
ing ice -rivers. The intense cold pre-
serves the body, and the glacier bears
it to the valley far belnw, to disgorge
1b at last, not infrequently, as fresh and
perfect as on the day it first gripped
it.
Many bodies have been thus delivered
up atter the lapse of forty, 1111y, sixty,
and even more yews; and in some 1n -
stances exceedingly accurate forecasts,
based on the known velocities of pat,
tbculnr glaciers, have been made as to
the time of :such deliverances, 11 is
generally agreed amongst geologists
that the 7.lm,l glacier ought to disgorge
the remains of f.nr'd Frnnels-•asstmt-
ing that they tire ever again to see the
light of day -this year or next.
The accident which caused Lord
Francis his life occurred during the firs'
ascent of the Mnlle'hoen, and was due
lc the breaking of the rope which held
tiho pioneers together. Fou• of Ihcm
telt four Ihnusend fret to their deaths;
but 11110,) Of Ile bodies wer0 recovered
shortly afterwards.
4
A CAT,i FOR MINIS.
Bashful Wooer -"Er, darling-er -
words are totally Inadequate to express
my-er-my love for you,"
Sho (coyly) -"Well, you eon help them
alit with -with other things, can't you?"
•
0)
Most: people know that if they have
been sick they need Scot't'.' Emrd
.sion to bring back health and strength.
t?
But the strongest point about Scored'
Emulsion is that you don't have to be ,
sick to get results from it.
It keeps up the athlete's strength, puts fat
on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy,
brings color to a pale girl's cheeks, and pre!
s
g
vents coughs, colds and consumption.
Food in concentrated form for kick and
well, young and old, rich and poor.
A
1
HEALTH
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TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION.
One of the earliest signs of coruMp-
Lion le n loss of strength and Leah, and
Ibis n11001d always arouse suspicion In
Ilio rasa of 0 young num o1' unman
when there is to other evident cause
for it. In addition to the gradual ma-
Into,
usually tuuud a
rciulapidn pulste,re nbl armor of breatbeh, unm-
Intu, ns shown by pule lips and exhs;me
whiteness of the eves, a poor appetite,
and indigestion. There may be feverish -
11:',;A Cn 1110 afternoon, together tiLlh a
harking rough and sometimes a (dile
spitting of blued; but this is more com-
monly u sign which appears in the
later stages.
T' a ', . arson
lh tot nntn. a s the
t t of
y P
lhttmlentrl with, ur ttebuany' sulfi'I'ing
frurn, consumption aro fresh air and a
generous diet. In no disease should the
lnjuuclion to "throw physic to the dogs"
be no faithfully obeyed.
If possible the consunlplive should
sleep actually in the open air, on a bal-
cony sheilemd from (ho north and east
winds; len if Iliie cannot be done, the
windows of the lisdry:om should bo kept
wide open al night and lite, bed should
be so 1,100011 Ihid it is birthed in the air
entering from without. The patients
often (oar this will give Them "colds" or
Increase the cough, but It does just the
opposite. Of course the sleeper should
be well protected, with a flood in very
cold weather, and a waren sleeping
robe 011 as not to become chilled if the
bedclothes are accidentally displaced.
The daytime should he passed in the
open air. The patient, if W"nkucss or a
fever keeps hint from walking, should
sit all day on a porch or by an open
window on the sunny side of the house,
and should practice full, deep breath-
ing for a few minutes at a time frequeul-
by:
The diet should be as nutritious as it
is possible to make it. Eggs and milk
should be the standbys, with it good al-
lowance of meal, and also of fat if fat
can be digested. Care must be taken not
to upset the stomach, for much depends
upon good digestion; but a patient liv-
ing in the open air day and night will
be astonished at the quantity of food he
can eat end assimilate. Fever at any
part of the day is a sign to at01.1 `a-
(Iguing exerelsi. The bowels must bo
kept fn proper condition, -Youth's Com.
eatk11.
THE VALUE OF REST..
The inability In rest, either at night
or by 0100115 of short respites from ac-
tivity during the clay, is the beginning,
with many women, of a nervous break-
down, and should be herded as Nature's
warning that all is not well, and that
the routine of life, whether of work or
Pleasure. 01ust be closely scanned and
so changed as la lessen the strain. Hut,
ry and ceellemento with constant over-
strain, which is working of the nerves,
aro, soya Ella Melia Fletcher in the
Delineator, subtle nerve wasters, for
they con,tune double the energy regntr-
,l for the mer: peeforntalcc of the giv-
en act if it were dune reposefully.
3h ods aro fo blame for much of this
nli..ch'ot Lujected into lives; but ave
shouhl n1nsl,'r our moods, not be mos -
term by Item.
'I'Ite amount of regular sleep required
envie; with tic constitution, age and
babas of life: the brain worker. whose
drafts at vitality are the largest, need.
ing the most. AL least seven to nine
hours sleep are needed by all who lead
active lives nut would keep themselves
physically and mentally at the summit
of their pavers. Physicians agree that
w•otnan constantly requires at least on
hour's more sleep than ratan, but also
that she bears deprivation of rest bai-
ler. This is dyne, however, to the tool
that in crises which demand wakeful-
ness her sympathies and emotions An
eenmonly invulved, and the intensity
el her interests keep her nlert. Nor till
the excitcmcnt-which in her is 011 ex•
nllatton of spirit holding Iter to her
duly, is passed will she feel the loss of
rest, but then she should yield herself -
Le an increased mount of sleep, as
should the brainworker after every un-
usual and prolonged effort.
DOWN WITII THE PR00MI
The broom threatens soon to be as
obsolete as the old copper wnrmtnel
pan, judging team the number of race
urn dust removers which are 1 eing
placed on the market, says the London
Unmet. The clump is one which MOO
11:001 will: the unqualified approval :1
all who lama' what a brooding ground
of disease is the common dust of our
houses. Ewcty housewife who is pos-
sesseel of eternity instincts should wel-
come an apparatus which removes dust
instead of scattering 11 in all directions,
lost lo the sou=rs, so to speak, for a
trine by its attenuation in air, only
sooner o' later In settle agnin an the
shelves, pictures. curtains and carpets
to a 111111 Wm, Moreover, the removal
of dust and its c'nlleelfon in it receptacle
by 01011110 of the yeoman cleaner per -
511110 of fibs absolute destruction by Ura.
Bucloriologieal science enn 0astly dies
moust ate the existence of disease germs
se sand r
n lint t hold dust, there
in common t,
Is evidence of an enlinenl'ly practical
character (let dust is otherwise a source
of di -tease; there could hardly be a
neuro deviunl tncnns of spreading the
'mtral
ive and
irritating Porlieles Mani
the old fashioned hrnom. The method
is not only tmsnnitery, but ensued from
the point ot view nt (Is nppllcation. Tho
broom may cleat the surface of n car-
pel, chide or cnrlrtfn 01(0chad1y enough,
but the died is only removed to be x' al-
tered elsewhere nn:i to he spread over
on even Wider Aron Ihnn before. The
greet anti Important d)ffereneo totween
rho atilt of the broom and the weeder
cleaner may be summed up by saying
d tticokiol: that while, 1110 forrner is calculated to
And it contains no drugs. and RIA spread disease, Ilia taller ennl)lrs Ilio
dust and its pathogenic, contents to 5e
ALL [fRtJ(3W91
ST 00s.'Oa.' AND $1.00. removed and destroyed) by Ore. The
passing At the Went, When it r.mx!s la'
dz C0 + 4 +01 110. ► 44 ba stn fait nccnmpil• twill hr, a tact d
great sanitary signilicalco,
ti