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The Brussels Post, 1908-3-19, Page 74(41 '+35(+'3 +7.i+ i+P+A+3 +354+3:+3,+):f+0+ f+ (+)+ 0+ f+ f+A+X4+ f .,. _..gid. gt House of Mystery OR, TH E GIRL IN BLUE V+A+3:1+!'+'A4 :(41:4+3 t+3t:+3 ++3;4+3 +;:4+3:E+04.31+0.+ 4+ 4+3:4+'i Wilford Heaton is not my real name, doe why shoui4 I publish It to the world? The reason 1 do not glee it is, first, •because I have no deot.re to be made lite object of idle euriosity or specula- tion, and secondly, although the expla- nation herein given wilt clear the Lion- •01 of ono of the most I osverful of the Imperial Hotieas in Europe, I have no 'wish that nay time pante shouldbe as- sociated with It, 1 have, however, a reason' for writ- ing this narrative -a very strong reit- Sen. es•son. The alol'y is an enthralling one; the ,adventures stranger, perhaps, than ,ever happened to any other thing per - .5011. I have resolved to relate the plain ,unvarnished feels in their sequence, just as they occurred, 'without seeking to .suppress or embellish, but to recount the strange adventures just as they are a'egistered in the small leather porttolto, wr se^,ret dossier, w'hioh still, at this moment, reposes b1 the archives of n -certain ,\lJnfsli'y in one of the European 'capita's. There have recently been stories afloat strange stories. Al first I laughed at gilt he absurd rumors, but very quickly 1 saw how seriously distorted the real lads had become, for ingenious para- �,gplhteR•s the certain `Society peers, grap g he story eagerly, worked 't up Into a narrative which uoneeled -very evrleuvly upon the honor of one "who •i e � densest in all the world to pre, r \\r! 4 y m' tale -or exposure is. writ - ;len here. In order that these who read may 'clearly fellow the curious chain of clr- -cunsstances, it is necessary for ane to ,gu back some eight years or so -not a tong period as far as time goes, but lo me a veritable Century. I was young, just, turned twenty-five. I was decently well -oft. having ootne into an income et nearly a couple of thousand a year left "tine by my father, a sum which put me beyond the necessity of entering business, pursuing the daily grind, or droubling about the morrow, My ca- reer at Brasenose had, 1 fear, been marked by a good many.shorloemings and many youthful escapades, but i .ended It by taking any degree of Bache- lor of Medicine, shortly afterwards pus. suing the fashionable habit of ageing abroad." Within two years, however, I returned to London world-weary - like so litany other young man who, being lett comfortably off, commence, 1 taste the enjoyment of lite too early -and settled down in. a suite of smolce- Fegruned -rooms In Essex Street, Strand, by courtesy termed chambers. The place was horribly dingy, silun1 ed in that cul -dc -sac which is quiet and almost deserted, even though only a stone's throw from isle busiest, noisiest and muddiest thoroughfare in the world. The ground and first floors of the house were occupied by several tresis of so- licitors, whose doors were covered with ragged and sadly faded green Batas, while the second Ileo- 1 rented as my abode, The balm, shabby, bizarre old place had been built at the end of lbo last century for family residence, in` the clays when Bloomsbury was an aris- tocratic quarter and great men lived Leicester Square; but now, last smoke-stained and Ibne-dimmed, it was given over to the dust which the law accumulates. nom its exterior, like those of •its neighbors, there protruded those great iron exlingulshers used by the linkmen of the days bygone, while the broad, thin -worn stairs, easy of as- cent, the solid mahogany doors, the great carved handrail, and the line Ad- ams ceilings, like those in the older houses of the Adelphi, told mutely of the prosperity of its long -departed owe - 1 had taken over the Furniture, a frowsy lot of faded horsehair, which bad perhaps done duty there for half a century, together with the rooms, and even, though, they were so dtsntal and out -of -dale, I must confess, that they had one attrsallon for me, namely, that above, in the low-pitched rooms on the top floor, there lived and worked my rid college chum, Dick Doyle, who had, atter a good deal of wild -oat sowing, developed into a rising journalist And llttet'alenr, Curious though it may appear, I had returned hent the Sunny South and taken up my abode in that dingy, dis piritipg place wtIh one solo idea, name- ly, to be near the man who was prac- tic.ally my only f lend In the whole world, i was 10 role need of him, for 1 was utterly heedless of everything past, present Or Mute. \Vlth the exception of old Mrs, Par- -ker, wh,o bad served my family for twenty years, I was absolutely atone end helpless asa chid. At the age of twenty -flee I fact ceased lo interest nl,y- set In anything, and plunged in eke, eel gloom, ell desire for life having left me, for knowing that Its joys could no longer' be -nine, 1 was, even though. in 111e full possession ofall lily youth- ful vigor, mental fncultics, and bodily slt'engih, aetuall,y looking forwaed to the grave. The terrible truth nntsl.lure le told. The reader will, I feel confldenl, sympn- 11111e. While 1Ivhlg nbrond, travelling hither And thither through the old tell, nn town's. whore 1 del g1r10d to 1oaks in the liig \vitlte pia1ms nee through the .ru11111h1 1n r 1 g 1 suet. , every s1rn0 of which s Oke of 0 'ltrillin tit r' 1 t a tit hlslorie pool, t had leen surldenly sol/.rd by disenar, mid for three menthe ley tossing upon me bed in en rmullah P00001) in Moe - epee, 1011(1oo hv hv.h 11111))sweeioe d at lois of rh.arlly, ytis lhrir gray Shur linblts and great white ilseu, head• dioceses, which in my hours of fever and delirium seethed always so clean end cool, 'rhe two groat Rattan pro- fessors who were called to isle shook their heads, believing that, even if they managed to save my 'life,' it would be al a toss of on0'of alit' senses, in this, alasl they were not mistaken. My eyes became affected by selerotLis, a severe inflanmation of Ihe sclerotia, Gradual- ly my eyes, these most beautiful struc- ture's of the human body wh-ch manifest Jn s1.1o11 small compass the. great, the unspeakable„ the incomprehensible pow- er of our Creator, grew din. My sight was slowly but surely failing one, I was reuovering from my bodily ailment to be attacked by the ophthalmic dis- ease which the doctors had all along feared. I implored of then- to do something to preserve my sight, but they only dropped into my eye cerhln liquids from their little blown glass phials, and regarded the effect gravely. A great oculist from Rome canuo to give his opinton. I sow him but mistily, as tbough ! were looking through a dense hag; and he, too, told me that all that could be done had already been done. (To be Continued.) +++++++++++++++++++-+++ $ AManrs Revenge b + +• ++++++++++++++++++++ CIIAP'I'ER XXXI. "And so that is settled, and every- thing is cleared up in a most setisfac- Levy manner. Lady Cruse has her pearls, E+Lon has come out trumps, for it must be true that she tried le clear pose and you are mine, for eller and ay," said Duncan, as an hour later he end Sun- beam stood on the balcony, watching. the retreating hack of the detective as he crossed the square, his satisfaction el the interview sh•0wn by his walk. "And yet," she murmured, "I still feel anxious and --eh, Duncan, you know everything, you say, sof may 1e11 you, my second self, For you will ,never, never mention' it again, I know." "Say on, sweei•lteart. Your secrets cannot be black, therefore I am safe in pranrising to keep them. Only look pleased, more pleased than that. See, I will bring the color to your cheeks." She laughed as she drew back from his embrace. "Saone one will see you," she whisper- ed. "And 1 want to be serious, now," "I am your slave, and all ears, What is this fresh (rouble? Do you still ache to give yourself tip to justice to save Gentleman D e n an?" "He did not do it. And I feel that if any one ought to suffer unjustly that 1 am the one," "Too late. No one would believe you now. No. You are safe, and as for Gentleman Dan, leave him alone. He deserves it for all you have suffered through hip." "But it is not fair, ilr--" "Would you soy who the real culprit is to save him?" he asked i isebevious- ly. She blushed and lung her head. Somehow it was dtffloult to say what she meant, And 'yet why should Dan be punished for what he did not do? "No. 1 could not do that," ,she re- pli.ed, Only -- ` "Yeti would sacrifice yourself for hint, My datiling, you can put. alt tial, from youe mind. 110 will be punished more to' the hank robbery than for the pearls which are recovered, 43esidee, he was not totally innocent of their. theft, you may be sure, .since they were in his house. Also, hemay betray—" "My fatheer' she whispered anxiously, 'iBut one never knows. what such then will do, They have their own .code of Ismer. Though in this case things seem peculiar. Evidently your father has got off -though he mny still be in danger. But you must not trouble about that. You have shielded him nest toy -ally -yet( would leve complied doing so if we had not found a bettor way .out of the difficulty. And I be- lieve you pro sorry you cannot 115110 a enarlyr of younsell, ch?" "Oh, no. I dreeded the Istat with every fibre of my being, I cannot tell yeti how i dreaded R. 13111-I real you ore doing wrong -lint. You ought in give me 11p. You see, Eileen is not 00 bald es you make me think, and per- haps—" "1 ani only thankful' for flat because 11laled to think icer ,m, not for any other reason, 'No, Sinillenin, i wanted, you (rein the foist, Nothing will alter my Mind about lint-•-" "Nat even if he--ls found?" she asked nea00 na1y., "Nat even 11101. 'Though f sincerely hope Ice won't, be. nut here is sadly Cruse, She looks es (hough she w'a1tOci ye1r. 1 have already nxinepclized you too long." " }es, T tvnn6 you ,baths" exclaimed Lady Crane i'Onriplg. Iowlrils thran, new light in her fere.' "The least wnnder- ill (Ming am moth has happened, Sltn- hriinl, my, trifle Simiwinr, 1 have lust honed met sem are my vert' ow» -my Imtlf-ktst ch111l" She threw her arms 0161101' 1110 girl no shd spe,lco, lawmen slae'0.1 revelled, 5urlu lo0d, "Hew d'il yen leer?" he asked, "lies \tss Green boate1'' "Aunt Betty?" exclaimed Sunbeam, "1 de not uildel:stand. I out Bill Greens ehlideerho eenvict'e kid' they called utile, au1--" "No -no, you are my own little dough - ter, Surely my heart knew it when it taught me to love you," replied Lady f i u.ee, drawing the girl to het•, again, "And no one has been lel tell me, onl 1 have had a aelter-1 hove only jus Opened it, It is from Bill Green, no lunger your father, Sunbeam." "1 do not understand," repeated lbs girl, pushing her hair hack from her Icer, with a ,sigh, "And why did you think AuntHolly was he re., Duncan?" she added turningto het' Bance. "Because she herself told no that you were Lady Cruse's daughter, yesterday, That is why I stayed. Only my story is loo long, tet Lady Cruse tell us all sho wants to, first,". "Yes -come and see the tetter, Then Sunbeam you will know that copal I say i -s true. Bill has written it in a hurry. They are on theft way to Au. Straka, now, he and 1118 sister—" "Oh! And I shall not ;see Aunt Het - led" exclaimed Sunbeam, M a voice full of disappointment, "You have me instead," answered her seethes' with a loving smile, "Ab,' yes -and it seems tOJ tvonder- 1ul to be true, Especially alter all that has appeared. Se wonderful Hiatt' can- not believe I am the same girl, Per- haps he, has made u mistake; perhaps also," site added with a sudden twinge of fear, "lie is only saying it because he knows your story end wants to get 111 or me." "Read this, Duncan, and let the ON 800 that it is really true," interrupted Lady Cruse, holding out the illiterate scrawl 13111 Green had posted to her the day berme. "Your Lidyship, "Being as I'm Marin' the °entitle shores of England for an unlimited dime I think it as; well to tell you sem:think alwut Sunbeam won is to trouble just now. Fifteen yens ago Sir Ralph Freer and me was chums of a sort. To obllilgo Klin 1 with tiny aisle*: Iletty took charge of t three alttI em maid, o ftilt�orther- ebouts. He sed 10 world call ler her a in t t . Well h. never did sof his g e c0 tesla hs memory.t So as we .loved he child we stuck to her. I'd occasion to know she was your ltdyship:s, but we didn't want to part, wki 'es', I'ave proofs, things she wore when she oenlod, a paper rote by Sir •Ralph about 'er, but ae she's bin a large expense, she's bin brought up like a lady, suitable for 'er station, so's 1101 to shame 3ro1.1, I don't give up then proofs fir notnnlc, And a lady like your ladyship won't ex- pect it. Beta' as in hexchange fir her I 'ave the pearls -she's worth double theta -I wont ask more'n a thousand Pounds for the proofs. The address at Lhe bottom will find me, You .see Au- slraly's a trig place. It's no good put - tin' the perlice on to me, wet would bE orngrateful after all we've done for Sunbeam. So I don't mind saying as i teas the cove wot stole the perls. How, iL don't matter, but s1he's as nlocent a5 you are. Mese give our love to. Sun- beam at' tell 'er we meant all For her gond and that we'r'e goln. to load good lives now to please 'Ar- 1 knows she loves us, far we did ourn best for her, "As Or I.ho peels 1 know you'd wil- lingly give them up for Sunbeam, "Yours faithfully, "BILL GREEN flr the last lime,' y "Ant so you sec, my denting, it is true. You are my child in reality,' exclaimed Lady Cruse, as Duncan laid 1110 leiter down. "But the pi'cofs," said Sunbeam, still Learful that 13111 was lying. "\Von't you ask foe them?" "Yes. He shall get his money; for as he say's, ho was good to you, We wilt sift the matter as llhorottghly as we can, lith both Lord Cruse and I are sat'sfied. We feel they are not deceiving us. What do you think, Dunnen?' "For a. long time I have thought there was a' mystery about Sunbeam. Miss Green told me this is true. She was afraid to say more and disappeared, But the pearls ere yours again( 13111 does not •explain that." "No. Nor shalt we arty anything. about Il, .Por all those years of agony when they loved and tended my child, i have forgotten. They have been good le her, 111y little Sunbeam -Phyllis Al- dine Ls her name -hut Sunbecm, the name they gave her, anutst remain hop's, (or she has indeed been that to us alt," So saying Lady Memo drew her daugh- tee to her again. • What mope is there to say? Far 131110 piaofe arrived, and with therm .a lolier. tram Hotly, Sunbeam Green became Phyllis Aldine but only for a short time. For ere another season drew the fushtonable world 10 town, Duncan Sinclair had claimed Isis bride, Acs for Gentleman Dan, penal servi- tude for twenty years seemed so liget a punishment for one so accomplished iu evil doings Mt they all decided that Bili Green might be left undisturbed in the new life ho had chosen. Luektly for him so little was said about 'the pearls that Dans betrayal of him had no effect, especially 0.0 11e seethed 10 have vanished from the face of the earth. As Sunbeam changed her name, Fe olid be and Hotly change theirs, and no• he had written, Australia• is a big place. THE END, INCONVENIENCED. "I am so sorry that Mrs. Brigham is mewing out of the city, I shall miss her so much." "Were you such good friends?" "0, it isn't that wo were so bind- le', but she has the nicest set of flat silver in the , net hborhood and [' used g t , borrow It Overt' time 1 wanted to en- leetatn._ LEAP YEAR'S 11111111. magistrate (to witriess'---W1tat Ls your name? Mimes -Annie Slr•nhnlelcr, 1lIgisirola--11ew old are you? Witness-Sixty+loll', 111 gisire t o -•Married?' Witness -Net yet, 0 i air. '.s*+'a+•r,s,•H. ,.h,M+++++r COLORS IN MILLINERY. The union of blues and purples is a favorite ground for experiiOnt this season, and since the slightest nnstak0 111 shu domeans disaster many of these experiments are distinct failures; but, 410 Ihe other stand, there aro combine - lions of purple and sell dull blue which are triumphs of color lutr•ulotly. Purple, blue and gray are the dom• inapt colors in the new millinery, but there Is infinite variety in shadings of these colors, and the wine shades, greens and, browns are well represent- ed, white the all -black hat, black and white hat and all -white stat are point ler, as they always are. Large 0heux of tulle trimmings, broad-brinuned hats, usually of the lighter colors, combine even more tones than are seen in the velvet trimming, Dull, rather light blue, gray, violet and a vague groan were alt combined in the tulle hemming of one exquisite great hat from Alphonsine, and from Milieux conies a hat of purple velvet on which are ,massed: all imaginable fuchsia tints, purple, rod, pines, all vi- vid, yet consorting 0s aunieably and with harmony as unerring- as in the flower itself. Plumes of many tones, leo, are as- sociated upon ono hal, the color scheme not including merely many shades or one color, but many contrasting colors so subtly mingled that they do not str'ace one discordant note. These aro problems for artist mlllin era, but the dyers have furnished color keys in many of the flower and feather trimmings which may inspire even a milliner who Gould not of her own tative plan color combinations so un- usual and; 50 successful. . To the merve leus• skill[ o the dyers is due much of The 'rise in milline.'y prices, for the results obtained imply much experimentP i Y and highly skilled labor, and those things coal. It is only in nature :that beauty does not invariably g come high. Any adequate description of the col- orings obtained in feathers and flow- ers is an impasstbillty. It seems as though every imaginable color scheme had been essayed by the ntalcers of these trimmings and the re- sults are admlrt}ble. . - Ostrich phim11 and .other feather trimmings allow exquisite color com- binations, the Ostrich feathers' shading from stem to tips or from sten, to end, not only through shades of one color, but through contrasting oolors as well. Vivid blue shading to black, blue and gray, fuchsia red and taupe, but Ihe combinations are innumereble, and the same is true in the province of Ihe many curious feather trimmings grono- ed under the head of "fanlasie." Ostrich plunges, especially of the un- curled, willow type,. are as modish and as costly as ever, but they e,e not so novel a5 certain other feathers, and consequently' many women have turned aside to these new ,favoriles. Osprey aigrettes, mos*ed so that they swirl over the whole crown of the stat and fall out over the wide frim, aro popular, and have a delightful effect of lightness in this day of heavy hats, but they are, of course, exceedingly ex pensee. For that ,matter, so are all of the really fine and beautiful feathers. The gourait feather's, which are prime. favorites and aro especially charming when used In the fashion= just describ- ed, that as, spraying over the whole crown of the hat and forming ,practi- cally the 'sole trimming, were expen- sive even last season, but have doubled in price,- and, thanks to the demand, aro still soaring. They vee usually left in their natural. coloring of smoke gray, touched with white, and aro charming upon an all gray hat, upon blue, violet and many another color. Coarser feathers, many of them more 1esalchs11 (.hat beautiful, trim loss ex- pensive hats, often inking up by charm cf onlorblg for leek of Ilse fineness and d'slicacy that ane the charm of the os prey and the gouralt, '1' NOTED PIANIST MADE CAPTiVkE. Fash ion nts. .fie Mark ilambourg, Is a Prisoner of Revo- lutionists. Shortly' after his return from the United' States, Mark Hambourg, the noted pianist, went to Warsaw, Poland, 10 fulfil an engagement,. The other even- ing, according to a despatch from that city, he was walking on one of the prin- cipal streets, when lie was accosted by a messenger, who professed to come from 14r. Hanbourg's hotel. Ile informed the nuslclan that atI urgent telegram had been received from Ills wife, who -Was 111 to London.. The messenger undertook In: show Mr, Hatnbourg a short cut to' the hotel, and led him to a door, which he saki, was the back .entrance• of the hosteley, Mr. Hembourg entered and was funks- dietely,gagged and bound by two unask- ed mem: He was their totcm to a room where: other men were assembled, and was told he was in the hands of the Revolutionists. He WAS also informed that if he would play on the plasm tar them he would not be harmed. Mr, llembourg had no option but, to consent., Then his eyes were bandaged and he was I td down several fstghls of stains to what he imagined was a large underground room, 'Whore he performed four pteees en an excellent instrument, '1'Ihe Revco lutlonisis did not applaud him. After ayin'was led , Witt h bapindagedglao, to Isle lrsL 20obackm lie lied1sDyes en- irred, where he was courteously 1.1ranked, He wise informed th5t he would. not bo paid for his services, but that he might expect a Satisfactory se- ghel, He wasthenreleased, The fol- lowing corning Mr. Tianbourg fulfilled an :ongagemen before the Philharmonic Society, There was such immense en- husiasm that he doducecl alae were. nlahy- Revolutionists present, who paid hint by giving hint en eve lion, Ile was recalled 26 limos And played six en- ceinte, REFUSES GREAT FORTUNE HITS YOL'NO MAN DOLES NOT DESIRE' WEALTH, He Was Left a Legacy of $100,000 on Condfllapl Thai Ile Change lits ftellplpn, England Is In a state of amazement u o PITSPIlt tintn (Wen the standd taken n Hby al eerla'ne youfag man of the name of enry Bnxendaio. This I3axendalo belongs to it sect known ue the Primitive Lhris'tan+. Re- cently he test heir to a legacy Of $100,- 000, the only condition being that he abaftdon this belief. He refused will- out -a second thought. Su011 behavior naturally created much surprise and people are now ask- ing thernselves what beliefs can matte a span seem money se. The question has been answered by an interview, which appeared recently In 41 London paper, LIVES ON FARM. The talk Wok place on Baxendale'& farm some mlies out of \Veslerham, in Kent. Here he Lives with his wife and a Little community of simple believers in the "inspiration of the Word. •1'he number varies. ,Just now aero bre sev- en of them 'altogether. Sometimes there are more. But, however snarly or However few they are, they havo 1111 things in eOnumn and live in ac ccrdence with the Apostolic commands. "We believe," said the strong -featured, ihouglltfut-eyed young man I1 1111-10- (1,810 farmers dress -tweed cost and breeches, leggings, flannel shirt and soft collar -"we believe. in the visible appear - Ing of Christ, and we live fn the cer- lalnty that God is watching over His chosen. To us Iitis world Ls merely a place of proving, of testing, no more then an nolo-chamber to the world which 1s on the muter side of the grave. We sae almost, everybody ocnupiel ex- clusively with the things s nt ihis life, 11114 they seem to us to be like peopl to a burning house refusing to escape. NO HOARDING OAR NG OF MONEY, \OV .Y. "We was have nothing to do with business, with hoarding up stoney in Bankes seeking to heap' together ap ge her riches by speculation, providing against• tu- tus contingencies by insurance. How could those whose minds ere set upon 1110 eternal realities be dazzled and be - tooled by Ihe 011ltcial and tiro untrue? Everyone who insures his house, or his lie 1s denying the existence of God. \Vc leave all in God's hands, certain that Ile will provide, "1t may be that Ibis money twill COMO le me, though I shalt do nothing to advance That result of the negotiations. 1f so, itwillbe silent in spreading the faith and in supplying the needs or the brethren, No Bible Christian can remain rich. However much money Ile Inherited, he would not keep it long. The farm hero supplies our needs, and we sell what we have left over, devot- ng Lhe proceeds to the issue. of book- lets in which the truth is set Meth, Wo lead nn ordinary life; we en1 ordinary food. Of course, our is rye fs simple, and we do not indulge ourselves with much mere Than the horse necessaries of life. But we. ere happy, and we knew that our election is sure. What befalls us in this world 'is no matter. Our thoughts are fixed upon, the world to come." NO ADORNMENTS. There are no pictures or adornments a the n e 4 fun. Neither art nor music appears to the followers of the Old Paths to contribute to Ihe glory of God, which can only be showed forth by sober purity of living. Even the glories cf nature seem to them La Le almost a snare. "You have beautiful country all around you," the interviewer said. }es," he replied, without enlbusi asm, "are recognize the work of iia. Al- mighty, but' there is Ihe danger of wor- shipping nature instead of the God of nature. We Hurst guard .against that." Bible Christians take no part in poli- tics, wtl:ch, being concerne.t entirely with, the things of this world, aro un- worthy of their attentions. They aro serious folk, holding That all amuse- ments which can be classed under the head of "foolish jesting' ere "not con- venient.' Their seriousness has ils root, however, not in anxiety about the slate of mankind here on earth, but in seeking to tit themselves for the King- dom of 'Heaven. BELONG TO "ELECT.' They are, Indeed, convinced that the present "mad worship of comfort and pleasure and wealth" must grow much worse before it cab become 11113 'better. They do not believe that Christ will appear until after the "Great Apostasy," unlit the Anti -Christ, Ilse Mnn of Sin, has drawn unto him all but the email number of the elect. in this they dif- fer from the Plymouth Brethren, who look for the second coming at any mie- menl, Another point of difference lies In noir altitude towards "forrnslities,' They do not hold any regular service. They exhort and .encourage one another Pt all 1105111 of the day, whenever there happens to bo two or three together - al meal -limos or as they work in the fields. Sunday to then is like any other day. Thai regard the (001.1h command- want as having been superseded by the message of Christ, and they fail to find any teaching of .his in favor of keening holy 1110 first day of the .week. owwwv—sivvvvvvo ONTHEFAPtMj smokekmotivoiovvvkiWykAN Til'! PLAGUE OF POOR COWS, 1t grieves us to think as :we write of 111,0 very large per cent, of the dairy farmer's fend and time being wasted every duy, every week and every moat r un - 1 of tl1is 1 0 because ho !s 08 derlaking to rn5150 money frons cows tvhtch on 11re, average are givuag only about one hundred And forty pounds or butler tat per year, just enough to (ay for the teed and labor, but furnish- ing no real profit to the farmers. Where is no necessity for a oonthnu- ance of this state of affairs, but It seems almost im1lOssible to induce the former is taste measures to protect himself from this eonstant loss. All that is necessary is to use the scales and the Babcock test to ascertain the actual yield of the tows during the year, 11 is not' necessary for him to weigh and lest every day, Professor Ert, of the iCan.so's station, who has given the matter especial study, is our autlor, ily for the statement that weighing and testing the milk three days in the week will be accurate to theextentof 96 per cent, of the amount of milk produced and 04 per cent, of the butler fat as compared with the record taken every day during the period of lactation.' There is sesreely an eighteen -year- old boy on a ferm who eou}d not be induced to weigh and lest the intik three days in the week. in ease ,his father will not do it, and thus determine what c.ws are dead beat boarders, mere ma- nure Rectories and hence unfit to use in a dairy herd. This, however, does not solve the whole problem, for it does not tell us how we con breed cows of dairy qua- lity. 13y buying the best rows that are available and testing them the farmer can in lime develop a herd that will produce Iwo hUndrod and fifty pounds of butler Int a H year. c y might safely take two hundred pounds as the mini- mum and • he ca mt n reach this in the course s of twoor lit r eeY ears one ne hundred and forty popnds w:11 pay the cost Of labor axtd feed then the sixty extra pounds 'will be profit, and surely 1 y this is sufficient to induce the farmer to ascertain the [acts with reference to his herd, now that means have been furnished him in the shape of the Bab - 00010 cant. Tins having been done, and a herd of two hundred pound roivs being se- cured, a more difficult problem reinains, namely, how to secure bulls of better potency that will enable him to breed up his herd. Under present conditions this to an exceedingly difficult matter. The farmer buys a bull, uses him for hvo or three year's, and then -lo avoid inbreeding ho sells hips and buys an- other. 11e does not know and he can- not know at (hat dale the value of that bull for dairy cows. Another year must pass until the first of the heifers comes In and he cannot determine the value rflithosend. for still another year ,realty not for two years. Hence in the mat- bter of breeding he is simply going it What Is the remdey? We know of shone except an organization ,anong farmers In the reightorhood, or among patrons of a creamery who, use the sante breed of cattle by which they will be enabled to keep Iraok of cows that are heavy butter producers, say throe hundred to three hundred and fifty pounds, end buy from each other, calves ft these eso cows and when their merits as dairy sires are ascertained sell them to each other or exchange with each other. This involves en -op- eration, for which farmers, as a rule, are not yet prepared, but for which they will have to prepare themselves 11 they are to get the real valueaof the Reed that they are now wasting on in- ferior dairy cows. Creamery companies could be very helpful in Ibis, If they would, and to their own great benefit. Many of them are passing out of existence for the simple reason haat the supply of milk 's running short, party due to the 0551- hallzed creamery and pertly to the fact that the 'cows that are producing their cream are not yielding more than half their capacity. These creameries could afferd lo em- ploy by the year some bright young fellow who understands how to handle the Babcock test and good practical judgment in iht way of preparing bal. anced' rations, to aseerta111 for the farmers just what their cote are do- ing and to suggest better methods of feeding. This in time would lead to an organization of Ihe patrons among t:enlselves by which They would be able 10 select sures worthy of a place at 111e stead of their dairy herds. This is the method followed in Denmark, the most up-to-date butter producing •country in,. the world. We know or n0 other way which will enable the farmer" to get the .5.1110 of the feed that h° new wastes upon his dairy cows. -Canadian Thl'00hetznan, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHI'. The following nester- WAS recently gvicn 1n n geography examination, In reply lb the question, From what threa tion do meet of our rainy come? Most of our rains come straight clown, but some of them cone sideways. Landlord -"How do yen find ISeslsak, doctor?" Guest -"11'1121 By hunting care- fully all over my plates' .0440 0.00 404 00444 0 0 That hacking cough continues 0 Because your system sin is ea.hauste+l and >Id your powers of resistazace weakened. , ., ..,tu.r•,, Take Scott' .i' Efi'821:TFtID3'1. '4 It builds up and strengthens your entire systema It contains Cod Liver Oil and Hy o hos hites so" .,reared that it is easy prepared y to take and easy to digest. ALLISl2UGCIS'L'8t Mo. AND ,871,00 00 000 ,1��.pp,10 ,,q�y�,, �y, 4,�y,6,0�p,p, ,�1. ,g� �11"11'��'YP44°tli'"�P"Y0�"1d*�0°ir"1V" HEALTH INFLUENZA. Influenza 1s an acute - infectious 110' easpeuaheiln.al hometofi is beclliovedrctoaracthover, booJt0n orlgin lilac mysterlenos region .caked Eastern Oen- teal ul Asiu wherea1s0 theplague is thos ht to have !s natural habitat. From this region 11 was want to basis at Irregular interval' of from four or five !'ears to seventy oi' eighty, and in- vade first Russia and then western Europe, . 11 was for long not known how (1 spread from one country to another, affecting Targe districts almost a1 000e. Its appearance in a oily, for example, was hardly noted before the entire city was in its grip. It was thought due to some mysterious atmospheric "in. fluence," whenc its nate from the Itali- an form of the word, The F&'enah call it la grippe, whence our "grippe," be- cause of the way it seams to seize upon its viglima. The last great irruption of the dls- ease was i1 1889-90, when it .spread over the entire civilized world with such extreme rapidlty that the belief in an atmospheric influence was for a time revived. A study of the epidemic, how- ever, proved that it followed the wand- erings of human beings along the linea of travel, at first in a definite direction, because the travel in Siberia and east ern- Russia was along narrow caevan routes and in a westward direction. Once it reached popul sus western Est- rope, with Its radiating Linos o1' rail- ways, it burst forth in every direction like the explosion of a rocket which has journeyed for a Lime in a. straight line up through the air. This explosion and almost simultane- 'nus dltftision, throughout Europe was simply'the result of human intercourse. As seen as the earlier carriers of the infection reached a populous oily they stuttered in various directtens to their homes or to lodging -houses hotels; in -houses and and each one who was suffering at the time from the disease became a focus of Infection, and frees e t t ee each hese cen- tres the disease :spread, and. the grippe selzed upon great numbers in all parts or tea city at the same time, me soon as the Incubative period of from one tic four days had passed. Europe for a lime -lied the epidemic to itself, but in ten days or two weeks, just long enough for tie steamers to bring their infected human cargo, it appeased here on the Eastern coast, and . as test as skein could 'coney it spread over the entire country, The epidemics in Penner times lasted from one 4o three or tour years and then ceased, but since 1890 Influenza. has been epidemic in Europe and Ameri- ca every winter. This is an exceedingly infectious dis- ease, often confounded with a common cold, but really an enllrely different 'at- fair. It attacks yowtg adults more fre- quently than the very old or children, but no age is exempt, especially during severe and wide -spread epidemics. An attack confers innnunity for a variable period, from a few months to a year, but atter that there appeal's to be an increased susceptibility. many persons suffer 'emu the disease every year. Influenza prevails chiefly in late au- tumn and winter, although epidemics may occur in the summer, especially if Ihe season is cold and wet. The disease assumes one of three special forms. called .frons i.he ,parts chiefly affected the respiratory, the digestive and the nervous. In each case the onselis sud- den, with a chill, headache .and mental depression, muscular pains, dizziness and high fever. Sometimes there are -puemonilot•y symptoms. for a day or fro, such as lassitude, trental torpor, dull headache and pains in the arms and legs. Soon after the onset catar- rhal symptoms -sneezing, running et the nose and watering of the eyes - make their appearance. In the respire - teary form these increase in severity, and there are also cough and shortness cif breath. It is not uncommon for til; form to develop into pneumonia: In the digestive form the most prom- inent symptoms are nausea and vom- iting, or diarrhoea and severe consent - Mal pains, the first two indicating in- volvement of itis stomach, the second two that the 'intestines aro involved;'. sometimes all are ,present at ono°, lu- dlculing a very severe attack. In the nervous form the headache is visually intense, and the muscular and neuralgic pains are very severe. De- pression, .both physical and mental is a ,pt'onl:nest symptom, the despond- ency often passing into real m01a1ehc- 1ta and sometimes leading to suicide, insonnlia Is a 0011111(011 symptom, tooth d1(217-ing lho k lw COn.SIOSeeneeattactsledandtousfo,lotheing body11. gaining, its strength very slowiv and the mind throwing off its depression only after weeks or months. The most .important part of the treat- ment Is absolute test in bed. Thestele-- 000n1 is to bo, if possible, on the slhl- ny aide of the house, with window kept open. both day and night The patient should be protested 113 light shut rearm bedclothes, and' by a sills nightcap. The diet should be greatly restricted, especially while the fever lasts, but water should bey drunk hh nbundenco, The medicinal treatment nahirelly vorles with the terns which. the disco a 0ssumes ems the parts which it attacks•-Ytulh's CompcnlOn, ,i; .. 1115 tw,LiEF. w « L 0lafl, I ecce , d0 ,r a Ln• lie se ".i bleaching the hair loads to st fteni f11e brant?" DueIoe- "No;:'but.,1 beliefs that soft' eningof ttte brain s. n c i n leads le of 2 L rasa s t bleaching Ihe hailso' '"111al 2in'5s is lu+00ming, my dear," said hhn Haan who Minks be is n dtplee ami," She Molted tit hint r;tiidly tor -a 1110menl, and 114e11 rerltedl "Yes. ft is beaming elareedboin4"