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OR, A BROTHER'S PROI1ISE
CHAPTER XIII.
With what berserk vehemence TIOc-
tor sprang into the welter of car-
nage, how he slaked his thirsty
sword (now shortened, now darting
like a cobra), how many went clown
. befo0;e Ifs onset -the setting forth
hero of these things would serve no
essential purpose. Tt is enough to
say that his soul was glad within
him when he looked and
cant the last of the I:lispauiolans
clink bebital the city %ails, leaving
that on the road they cared not to
think on. The forlorn, hope of I'M -
motto had trodden the wine -press :
the vintage of victory was t' elrs :
yet, truly, a price had been paid.
The price was the heavier when
13'ector stumbled, an aimless bullet
kindling boll in his right shoulder.
As he fell he laughed, half in Iron-
ical amusement that he was struck
so late in the day, when the Aght
was won, half in happy wonder at
his so good fortune. Good fortune
he counted it tie shed blood for Mad-
dalena's sake, rand best of ail for-
tunes to die for her. Nay, since
there could bo no gleam of hope
that he might ever have the hand
who aIi'eady held the heart -what
fortune was there to seek but this
last best of death, or if not seek
nt least take with welcome of open
arms and laughter at the core? But
yet -the work to be clone.
Es en as he laughed his eyes closed
to the whirl about him, and when
he .awoke it was to feel a lean Mep-
histopheles of a surgeon stirring up
the furnace in his wound with a
porcelain -tipped probe. The torture
of digging out the bit of lead he bore
with the smile that lighted tris lips
when he fell, and grimly silent he
took the surgeon's compliments on
his fortitude.
ITis first spoken word was Alasdair
the faithful, who in obedience to the
word gathered in the generals to
council, They bustled to the call
with effervescence of sympathy, but
Rector's left hand waved thanks
and a desire for peace, and they
Filled to hear.
"Ton Miguel."
The ora man came to the front.
"Senor Grant 1"
"Shall we resume our -conversa-
tion ?"
"As you please, senor." •
"Then we shall. This mnrnieg, the
hour of battle broke in on our taflc,
just as I had demanded from you a
retractation of certain light remarks
you had inatl0 about her Majesty
Queen Maddalena. I ask you again
to v:itlld!'nw those remarks,"
Don Miguel looked stubborn.
"Otherwise, as 1 said before, I
must give you the Ile. The matter
is urgent. I am, as you see, incap-
acitated from pet fon ning active
duty, and according to usago I must
delegate lay powers to the senior
general, but I cannot, 1 must not.
I shall not, hand over my command
to ono who lacks loyalty towards
her Majesty, in outward bearing or
epees}(, in th(alght or spirit."
"Surely, lion lliiguel's vigor in the
fight of t0. -day'---" began I'ornielli.
"is gutirntitee of his loyalty ? It
was an ecpre.sion, not a guarantee.
7 must have a immolate with.alro.wal of
all that Don Miguel uttered in my
bearing this morning. Come - sir,
,1,•011r ans wer.'
"I withdraw -ns regards yourself,
Senor (;rant,"
"I did not ask for that; I do not
ask for it, My demand concerns--"
"1 do not withdraw. and T shall
not withdraw one word of what I
said concerning her Majesty. I have
the use of my eyes, sir."
"Then, gentlemen" said hecto•,
white to the lips, , 1 cal} yon to
witness that I give Don Miguel the
lie, As soon no I am recovered Irani
ley (wound I shall place myself at
his disposal. If he insists on im-
mediate reparation, I shall strive to
meet him. Ill the meantime I re -
'len command in favor of General
ltainiros. Your discretion will tell
you. Senor Ramiros, how to deal
wit l( Don Miguel. Your servant,
tletterelissilno," anal with his left
hand Hector saluted as ho lay,
"I downed an audience of her
afat,iesty," cried Don Miguel. "1 shall
not submit to be superseded in this
high -Minded fashion. I shall--"
A look from I7e:rtor stitiened the
new generalissimo. lie advanced to-
wards u
wailtsDonMiguel.
"Conider yourself under cutest,
General, Yom sword, sir. And
now be good enough to retire to
your tent, and remain thorn until 1
shall acquaint you with the course
of action to be pursuod,"
They made a lane for hint.
At the tent door he faced Don
August in 00101 ing.
"Well met, Tlon hfiguct• 77er
Majesty has hoard of year enthus-
iasm to -day. Alas I that it was not
more productive of success. But her
Majesty honors the will as much
as the deed, and she bade me convey
her thanks to you and press your
hand far 1-er."
From the very summit of his in-
jured dignity Don Miguel looked
clown on t!'e dwarfed chamberlain.
"Your pardon, Don Augustin. I
may not accept her Majesty's thanks
-yet. When I am released from
arrest--"
".roost 1"
• 1 shall be honored to receive
them. My generalissimo will ex-
plain. Adios 1"
The amared Bravo wheeled on the
generals as lion Miguel swung haugh-
ti y to his quarters
' Arest I" be cried,
"Ai',est," reiterated Bemires.
"Senor Grant, perhaps you will
make mattets clear to Don Augus-
tin."
"A word dons it," said Hector
calmly. "In the hearing of these
gentlemen and myself. Don Miguel
uttered remarks reflecting on the
honor of her Majesty. I demanded a
withdrawal. Re refused to budge.
instead, therefore, of taunting over
my duties to Don Miguel, 1 resigned
them in favor of General Remises.
General Ramiros has placed him tin-
der arrest. That is all.,,
"That is all I" flamed Don Augus-
tin, "that is all I What did 110 say?
IIer Majesty's honor 1 What did he
say ?"
"Gentlemen," broke in Ramiros,
"it is better that Don Augustin
should }tear the story from Senor
Grant, Our presence may he a bar
to freedom of speech. Wo will with-
draw, Come,"
"Pott wi'1 stay," shouted Bravo.
"As generals: simo," said. Ramiros
quietly, "I take orders from her
Majesty, and from her btaje:ty only.
Conte, gen lemon."
I-Tector and Bravo were atone, not
unnatttrnl tumult storming in the
breast of each.
To Hector had come the most dif-
ficult moment of his life -far more
trying than the burning second when
the bonds of restraint fell from hien
lfko smouldering flax, anti Maddalena
was at his heart ere 1.10 knew --for he
felt that he must confess to this
man the full tele of the past twenty-
four hours, and in some way offer
justification or palliation. Yet why
either justification or palliation ? he
thought. Why does a man think it
ne^cssary to seek excuses for loving.
a woman, since the facts that she is
she and he is he are inevitable, insur-
mountable, and loving is the most
constantly natural of all phenomena?
'1110 sun may sink for ever. the
tennn pale to Wan death, the stars
become black pebbles, the tides dry
up and the wind call no more, man
and woman grow blind, deaS, dumb
stumhlers in the void dark, yet in
the palpable night a hand shall
grope and find its nate, and Love
triumph by sheer persistence of vit-
ality against the thousand 'l'orque-
nindas of Fate. So thought Ilector,
and the thought braced hint to look
at Bravo with honest eyes -the whole
story of his love showing in them.
Sti 1, somewhere at the baric of his
brain, lurked the impression that
Bravo might ]told him culpable, as
one bright hold a thief whose rough
dngere had the intent to touch a
treasure, oven if they had not actual-
ly closed on it.
'1'o Bravo the moment was all
Patin. 11e loved Maddalena as the
apple of his eye. Ile Ir,ved Vector
.lust ne much. The difference in af-
fection lay 1101 in degree, but in
kind, Maddalena was the daughter
and the Q1100111 neater tho son. Ilfs
heart spoke for therm, his memory,
his own empty life- and yet, thou
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was Palmetto And the ultimate hap-
piltess of thousands, tete stilling of
rivalries 0nd Gte gathering into the
broads n o
bomm. o1' fx(ol'unl a whet(
heat v people. Ile gazed long after
the retreating generals, 11is thoughts
busy 05 bees, hovering desirous
about tine sweet blossoms of rom-
ance, but titer and again returning
to the white honeyless flowerago of
duty " mid so, resolute with tt:e ten-
dereess cif full knowledge, he cause
to where Rector lay and took hint
by the free heed,
"Bator," 11e said, using the name
101' the first time, '1 know'all-the
Queen has told ata 3111,"
' Alt ?"
"hveryti•ing,"
"My love 9"
"Yes."
IIer love 1"
,.Yes.,,
"And Iasi night.?"
"[ said 'everytl.ing."
"And you -you-'
"hell, whut of me?"
"Yon Condemn us -you grudge us
our horn' -knowing hint ixnposeible it
all is 7"
"Neither condemn atm' grudge. Take
your hour, both of you. You will
ilea it all too short: yet in tate years
to c02110 700 will have something to
remember, something to make the
dell days easier."
"Mn you not to blame me 9"
"Why 7 You cannot help loving
her. She Is the Queen,"
"Yes, yes."
"She loves you. Again 1 say, she
is the Queen,"
There was silence for a few mom-
ents
"She told you ?"
" 'My heart Is running over,' said.
she. I must shoal., I must tell my
best friend the new secret of my life.
Bator.' she said, 'Ilector'-and the
next instant she was sobbing on nay
ofd shoulder. 1 wore titan half fear-
ed this; 1 }loped against it, I pray-
ed against it. Long ago, in Lon-
don -that very first nigi t when you
came to the palace in Blaomsbury-
I feared it. You were young, hand-
some, of a galltult: nature -the kind
of man that takes a young maiden's
heart ere it knows. She knew
nothing of men : sho had seen only
old fellows like myself whom I had
engaged to he her tutors. Yes,- I
made some altowance for the con-
tingency. `When the occasion arises.
said I, '1 shall deal with ft : the
man must be removed -ho 012(111 be
remove 1.' 'Then you 0am0. Early
1
c -
and eat lv I thought I ,•avv this ,pre
shadowed. `We will wait,' said I,
'he is the man for the work : when
^'
it is done lie shall go. And nd I would
have kept to my intent, but I have
grown to know you -nay, more, my
son, I have come 111 love you 1"
"Dort Augustin 1"
"I know that yon are big enough,
of soul to go of yourself when the,
work is delle. You will return to
your w0lld in the whirl of London :
you 0ilt not forget -no, no : you 0x•0
strong enough to live on the memory
of your great hour', when you loved
and were loved by a queen. From
your distance you will loot: across
to Palluetto and no her live for her
people, a finer queen because site
drank the cup with you : a finer
queen a stronger nonan, 110^0.1180
whatever she }las given you you have
returned tlu'een 111,
"'If it were possible 2 These old
eyes would desire to see nothing hap-
pier -if only it were possible; but it
is not, it is not-"
Ile took Vector's free hand and
pressed it with a styvlpttth; and ten-
clorness ono did not Jnok for from the
grizzled chamberlain.
"You wonder, perhaps, how it is
that I am not full of blame for you,
lot d with uphraidings, hot with
anger. Listen--lu a, word I tell you
the secret of my life, the reason why
I axe lonely in my old age, wifeless
and childless. Maddalena is all the
world to you : her mother, a faint.
Meddlena, was all the world to me -
her lneliory keeps mo living now for
tl.o daughter. Zloty can 1 1'011000111,
when I myself dared to lift my eyes
so high ?"
'The old man rose and paced the
tout for a. few moments in almost
vain attempt to master the emotion
aroused by the uhbosotntng of a
secret Live -011d -twenty years old
Ilut after a little he grew* calm, help-
ed more than he ]snow by the silence
which 'Hector preserved as more fitt-
ing then tiny sl:eech.
Now," he said, "you must 111a1(e
me a prairie."
'W know what yo0 would ask,"
said lite tor.
„lYoli?r,
'nehut as soon Its this affair is fin-
ished, 1 shall depart. ?"
"is ittoo heavy a demand ?"
"11 is 1ny own proposal."
"Then it is settletil?"
"0.)111 surely -surely,,,
"I expected no other answer,"
"'!'here entad be no other "
"Alt ! 1100.101', any son, how . my
heart bleeds for her -far n1Ote than
for you, for you will go hack to
your work (-111) n, rich remonrbranee
(-Mile silt n1Ust sacrifice herself for
110- eonntl'y--. )Miss, 111.53 ry-"
"Let 1113 net talk of the filth's, Don
'Augustin," said Ilector ; the vision
was ton painful not to bo thrust
aside. "Let, us rather speak of the
present, where there is so much to
do. And first, abollt Don Miguel.
'1'11,lt molter meet be settled speed-
ily."
"ft most he settled Orin slight."
"Brut surely we must tale,) ' time
to CM:Ault her ltlujesty'."
"Tier Majesty roust not 1(n:Ow of
it."
"Gad knows 1 would share her (pis
but it (03ireres her so elonoly."
"No, )10," said JIon Augustin, ivith
50mo slight return of lits old Inxpes'-
1011531(13, "Tell 1110 all the (:h'cull
Stauar , and let 1110 judge 111.14."
'PI r, i,)fing did not tete Meg,
"And now,,, said ih'avo, "go beak
nh'l let 2(10 have n. foil account of
y01tr 131400.2 ut h'rigenetn. 'it 100.7
supply the spring' Wet movesDai
Miguel.'
Heeler had no great liking for the
(tusk, brit lin thought It beet: to give
the whole stony of Astintee destine -
ale proffer of her love, because 1)0
felt that the 11511(117 easygoing Don
Niguel was but the merest puppet is
his daughters t'ovengeful hnncls,
':'Alm I Cried 1lravo, when the
froth Unshod on 'hint, "sho is the
viper' we bane nursed in our 300o1h02
Yes, the Queen must know : we men
ate powerless to (10111 with a woman;
02117 ar good 1003nin1 ran oppose and
ower'(' f •1
ox to O.his devil, 1 must bats to
Caldera 111( 0(100,"
But lion Augustin was saved his
jon'Pls muela.tnar
ou(ur1J'1eey. the toutiers (1310.1 thes0Vo01ro p1 a
w otnat!x was heard, (111(1 inm'nediatel •
theleuflex' enteral Alusdalx' to au-
nounce that 11(3)1(1 AS1111115 dennanded
attdieuee of to
I3ertor looked lioctor, Don Augustin in
some dismay, only to see deep trou-
ble in the old 111101's (2705. 7;31-11
waited for each to speak : the silence
was eloquent of perturbation. Ere
they had found words, or even
thougllLS to expaees in words, Asun-
ta forced her way Rust. rllnsclair,
anal although somewhat disconcerted
nt the presence of Bravo, began to
pour out invecli•:e and wild impre-
cation
"Alii 1 you shall pay dearly for
Otte, Stator lion Generalissimo Grant
from Newton I Not content with
inspltirg the daughter, you insult
the father -you, scum of an adven-
tau•er I You--"
"Dona Asunta 1" thundered Bravo,
"pray remember who y00 are I Do
not snake 110 forget that you are a
woman. Do not force• me to have
you removed I Do not 111(21(0 me louver
the ideal I have formed of Palmetto
womanhood,,"
"What care I fin. your Weals, blind
dotard 1 if you cannot see the peril
that threatens Palmetto, and take
steps to avert it, 1 call -and T will -
even though I go to prison with my
father at the order of this --can-
aille 1" pointing to Netter where ho
1ny,
liven if her words did not pro-
claim • her access of madness, her
looks left no room for doubt. Fier
eyes glared with fiu;y, now flaming
into fire, and anon steeling into a
cold vindietivenees that was stern
more appalling. ITer features were
distorted with bitterness, and the
011:5:•les of her face and neck and
temples billowed with the llncurbed
tides of passion. She moved within
n. small space, taking but o step
this sway, a step that, and never re-
maining still for a single second : a
wild heist caged, seeking for a weak
bar to be out at her deadly wont,
Recta•
and lIrave, in 03110 of the)r
natural disquiet, were, more than
half fascinated by her pythoness
fury; but Alasdair, whorl 00110 re-
garded, stood alert by the door,
readyto spring s upon her should her
ring P
madness break the last barrier of
restrcti at,
"'t in unlike a lady of Palmetto to
hold such language," said Don Au-
gustin, "and it 111 become the
dignity of an Ortana to spectre thus 2
of a wounded man to his face."
"Lady 1" she sheered. "I 1(1n 110
lady. I haste stied all that (inset. 9
am
11. 120111111), 0.11d I del11(111l jllStice-
but --here to look for it 9 To whom
shall 1. appeal ? To tho Queen his
mist ens ?"
" 1laclautc1! "
"Shall I repeat it? shall I repeat
it. 9''
"This is treason the cruellest 1"
crled Brat•n.
"0 1 I have the courage to say it
(loin I My father had the courage
to say it, and you sent} hitt to
prison. I tun ready to go there, too.
Why don't you send for your gaol-
ers ?T Dave
yen 110fetieie forr me
?"
ler voice rs0 into a scream.
"Dona Asunta 1" Weaned Don Au-
gustin, taking another course,
"Dona Asuttn, would you have the
whole camp hear you ?"
"And why not? Let eserybodv
know -let all Palmetto know -that
one of Palmetto's daughters was in-
sulted by this smooth villain, who
casts her oft when he lInds higher
prey willing and ready to drop iutn
his mouth. Let all Palmetto know
it -then I 11107 get justice."
"Justice, Dona Asunta 1"
At the sweet sound of that low
voice a thrill Of surprised horror ran
through Rector and Bravo, for it
w'as the Queen who spoke; Asunta
herself (vas struck out of madness
for 0 moment. I3rayo turned to
the voice with unutterable sorrow In
hie eyes -how he would have given
all his remaining days to have spar-
ed her the sumo that was 110te in-
evitable. ,And Rector -torn between
the healing happiness of the sight of
her, of tho sound of her voice, and
terror that she should bo drawn into
this sOrllid brawl. -Hector for a
moment covered ilia eyes with his
"I waited for you, Doe Augustin,"
said Maddalena aifdo In a low tone,
"until :I could endure it no longer,
I sent yell to bring me news of -of
111y w0011(1ed general, I regret that I
110111lled you with my orders : I
shall not err again, sir."
"0 1 madame, you are unjust 1"
But she had turned fl'otti him,
"You spoke of justice, Dona As-
unta. I ant here."
But the flame had gone down to a
sullen smolder, She Held her peace.
"Is it a wrong your Queen cannot
set right 7"
Again no answer.
"Conic, Dona Asunta, what is the
injustice? Who has wronged you?"
The dii tet question was oil to the
fire, Lilco a lightning flash, the an -
saver leaped hot with hate and the
hies of malevolence.
"ou,"
"1 ? I, the Queen, wrong you 1,,
"You not the Queen -you, Ills
lover 1'i
('i'o be continued.)
LIFE AND 3)EATR.
The mortality from eensutuptiln in
German cities is now but four -sev-
enths that of twenty ilvo years ago,
Since the Paris underground rail-
way Wes opened four years ago 310
less than Pio ,por cent. of the em-
ployes have died, been killed, or
have left on aecoent of bad health,
There aro now' living hi the royal
aquarium in i1ussla several carp
that aro lcn0wn to be more than 000
years old.
A recent etusly of 'infant mer'Lality
in I!'t'itcwo (,110tvs that Mut of OVery
1,000 (deaths of inf0nts under 1. year
of age 1.1(1 Were of breast, fad in-
fants, 200 of bottle fed, and 1504
of infants to whom solttl Toed had
been given too early,
Tlia (vise Wife rU)es i1m'.hnf(b11i113 13,,y
permitting him to think he's "it."
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LOCATION 01'' I1t1IJA)INGS,
When, the necessity of building new
houses or now barns, or both purees
itself upon one, considerately en'
qufry and study is given tothe ar-
rangement or the details of the
plans, This is eight. There is,
however, another factor that is oft
en
neglected, and the consequences of
this negleet often mar the otherwise
satisfactory, arrangements of the
best plans, We allude to the rola-
tivo pesitioue of rho house and barn
to the road, and to each other and
to the use of the yard betiveen house
and n, s Thiided
hl mabtta'ny instancesquestion by someis peculiardec-
ity of landscape -a. hill, stream, val-
ley, etc. -but in the great majority
of cases, where the buildings are
situated on fairly level ground, their
relative positions seems to have had
no consideration whatever,
13oforo 'finally deciding upon the
exact location of ntly proposed new
building, a definite plan of the
grounds and yards should bo !arnica,
so that. the advantages and disad-
vantages of any particular location
may bo weighed, The first consider-
ation should be the nearness of the
buildings to teeter supply-, other per-
manent buildings, the middle of the
farm or the main road. After these
details aro settled acrd their settle-
ment will depend upon so many dif-
ferent circumstances that no hard
and fast nit, can 130 laid down,
comes tho arrangement of the gener-
al positions of
PRE 1IOUSE AND THE BARN.
In this connection there are a fete
Principles that should bo observed,
the fit's( of which is this, that the
house should not be situated on the
same side of the barn asisthe. barn-
yard, 011ielly because it makes pro-
vision for a grassy plot at the rear
of the house, and allows of a clear
passage from the house to the barn
without the Interruptions of gates,
and insures much cleaner conditions,
fewer flies, freedom from offensive
odors, dust, etc.
Another consideration is the posi-
tion of the house with regard to
app
lroaches, awn, Fo,and the extent of front
r convenience, the ap-
proacb to the house from the main
road should pass by the front door,
or very close to it, and also by a
side door into kitchen or living
room. This arrangement is found
convenient, not only for the advan-
tage of entering at the front door,
which, by the way, in many houses
is merely ornamental, but also for
supplying the house with flour, coal,
groceries, ete.
Tho advantages onulnera.tecl aro
of a practical nature, '.'hero aro
still others that might bo classed
es aesthetical; that, is they appeal
to the senses as bcautif ul, or as
hat•tttonizing with their surround-
ings, Under this stead comes the
question of the location of the build-
ings to afford an attractive front
lawn.It 113 p
t well not to attempt
too much. A. small lawn well kept
is infinitely better than a largo ne-
glected field. In these days of
strenuous living the less care and
mowing a lawn requires the more
satisfactory it will be. Just how
to secure. considerable green sward
about tiro house without entailing
much labor is the problem of secut'
ing the most pleasant
11011111 SURROUNDINGS,
Some have solved it in the Old
Country, and in old -settled districts,
by having planted many years ever-
green hedges and trees that have
grown to a considerable size and by
having sown short growing grasses,
and it would seem that to reach the
desh•od end the best way woltld be
to follow the example set by these
successful ones. The effect of the
shade •of the trees is to make the
grass still shorts(• 0.11(1 liner, and,
oonsequ0utly' 0fine turf is secured..
Before such planting is done, it is
well to have the borders of the
grounds well defined by rows or
clump's of trees of mixed varieties,
always being careful in the planting
1101 to elt.itely exclude 'the view from
the house to the road, or other in-
teresting
n-tercel. ng objects, When the boun-
daries have been determined that
Um grounds proper may be arrang-
ed. Beginning at tate house, have
the whole lawn as free from uneven-
ness as possible. Except for the
driveway to the side or frena door
the whole should be perfectly level
and sown with short, fine grasses.
Upon this lawn a few of the best
shade trees, such as maples, elms,
oak, beech, etc., should be set with
,t studied attempt 311 hndiSeri11tiitate
arrangement.
With a lints attention to these
matte's, which ere so generally
termed after considerations, lnuell
earl he eccorllpii5hecl by tbo way of
malting hums more conv01)1ent and
attractive, and, consequently, more
valuable, not to mention the elevat-
ing influence imparted, whero 00ery
detail of t110 Home and faun is in
the best possible harmony:
IfOG NOTES.
For suelcing sows nutritious slops
aro n0ces0ary,
Too 31(0011 icilldn,)ss is sometimes of
no advantage,
After a ,young sow farrows het'
first litter give her a rest before
breeding again.
The objection to largo hog h0ns05
is that they bring too many hogs
together,
In dearly all cases sows will d0
better if in a gaining c011d1Lion
what bitch
The young sow proves her future
ability by the way she Handles tilt
first linter",
It is neatly always best to reduce
the grain feed a low days before it,
sew 113 due to farrow and give 1100'
bran and mill( feed,
000 advantage with early pigs is
11a1,e 01111 0
taaryc Yogi/tint.:arlatsIe(11vnvan-a
longer time to thrive before tni(1-
A hog never gets too titin to be
lousy, but usually it appears that
the thinner the blood tho better the
Tice will thrive,
When no boar is around on the
farm the time of heat often passes
without the ow11e1' noticing it.
Tevery lean that grows hags,
whether 11e handles them himself or
trusts to ethers, should 11181111. 011
kind treetntont,
Usually pigs on rich frill feed re-
quire the utmost core and skill to
may them neer changes of feed and
keep up an improvement,
Build up the frame of the shoat
on clover, bran, shorts, and like
foods and 11111511 him off in rho ear-
ly fall with sound corn,
A lot of pigs of which scarcely any
two resemble each other does net re -
Ant much credit upon the breeder.
Grow the pigs from the cloy of
birth to the clay of slaughter which
should not exceed nine months.
Always breed from n (.borough
bred boar of good constitution and
vigor -his vigor should always be
in excess of that of the now.
Overfeeding of sows, musty grail,
130111' milk, and the sudden change of
clover, will oause diarrhoea. in pigs.
In order to have a hog house clean
and satisfactory there must always
be an outside plunk yard for the
manure,
1:n fattening bogs to the heat ad-
vantage, tho food should always be
given in a clean, wholesome condi-
tion, and never be allowed to sour.
The advantage with old sows is
that as a rule the pigs come strong -
el', start better, and hold out bet-
ter than those of young sows.
While it is possible to compound
a ration having all of the essential
elements of skiuuned or whole milk,
it w'"i11 not be in form to bo as easi-
ly digested as the milk,
DON'T.
Don't allow milk to stand in the
byre. Don't mix water with the
mole to raise the cream. Don't guess
the temperature of the cream by
sticking the finger in it-therntcnne-
ters are %heap. Don't salt hatter by
guess --weigh or treasure it. Don't
11130 cheap, coarse salt -only fine
dairy salt Is lit for salting butter.
Don't touch the butter with the
hands. Don't think rinsing will
keep cans and dairy utensils clean -
add boiling waterwashing powder,
muscle
and sunshine. Don'tscrimp
scrnp
the feed when the 00208 1000o the
pasture. Don't curry and brush the
cows with tho milking stool. Don't
keep a Cow that is not earning her
feed, Don't breed to a scrub sire,
and don't mike with wet hands.
MIKE'S DISCOURAGING QTJIOST,
DIike is a married '31(111-a very much
married man. Me has married no
fewer than four times, and all his
wives aro still to the fore.
According to Michael's own account
at the Dublin assizes, where ho was
triol. for bigamy and found guilty,
his. experiences have not I30en alto-
gether satisfactory. - The judge, in
passing sentence, expressed his ton -
der that the prisoner could be Such
a hardened villain as to delude so
1)10117 w0me11,
" �' 0.'t' h nor " said it 1
n sou Mie 2 0lo eti-
,.} g
tea 3, "I tvae roily thtylo' to get a
good one, an' it's not uisyl"
A well has been discove'od under
the pavement outsicle Lincoln Cathe-
dral, It was JG feet deep, and the
flag -stones over it were only hold
by oaken boards, which had begun to
rot.
A memorial has 130011 placed in the
chancel of Fnenhtun parish church to
the Roy. A, M. Toplady, tho author
of the hymn "Rock of Ages," who
was a native of the town.
T1:o underground telegraph wh'o
from London to Birmingham is be-
ing extended to Manchester, tinct will
ultimately 1e0.01 Glasgow. 70 a few
days the Manchester section will be
linked up.
Intending emigrants to the Cape
are warned by the Agent -General
that the labor markets in the colony
are so over -crowded that the es'tab-
llshlnent of relief workers for the un-
employed is suggested,
Under tile auspices of the BriLiteh
Empire League, it is proposed to
hold a British Empire Exhibition fn
London in May next yen('. The
Icing has consented to be patron and
the Prinee of Wales president.
Mr, Charles Townley (known in the
theatrical world as "Geoffrey
Thorn") has completed twenty-three
years' service 318 superintendent reg. -
Write of Islington. In (hat capacity
he has married nealdy 8,000 couples.
There hats been it remarkable de-
crease of crime in the mining dis-
tricts of South Staffordshire during
the past year. The total ollecee
were fewer I v'3,000 --bile {hero wore
1300 less charges of drunkenness.
"I nm. paralysed" was the legend
on a card were. by .feremiah i0.1111uUt-
son of Intl 1, but nevertheless, he
managed to throw a briel1 through
the police statical window and W'a8
sentenced L0 two months' imprison-
melt,
Tho United Caters, Company was
awarded, at Abn•coru, .011 ttomnges
per head and 11136 costs against .11)0
ince of the 1.115(31 Colliery fur mason(-
ing CI1eulkel2es Trolls ,work Witltout
notice from 1)Ocembcr it to december
1.iith,
'.I.?ho local Government, :hoard has
sanctioned a 10011 fm' 1110 constella-
tion of a breeltwn.1et• tat Walton-on-
tho-Faro to (3-0-0111 further ell-
crOachnf0aa of the eon, which tln'ont-
ells to undermine the cuphroacll to
the pier;
In accm'tinn(1. wlih u. resuhttion
passed, by the teeth COlrneil, 1.1:0 body
of 0. 'rieslings 111011 Who had eon111111-
ted suicide cat Old '1"(Avat, tens refin-
ed adinitaabre in the Doe:hill 11011 us-
ury, and remained 111 the street for
half 0n hour,
Ar nre k
11Lb
c u f 1•i'y)linid rover has
(recurred in the (listrict of the Strood
Demi District (10tmril, Rochester,
through the patients having e0(0n
'-trans, The 0011110118 hoe issued )lot.
Kens trimming poisons against tills
shell -111311,
UNREST IN THS' u. tl 1i1ugS
TIE E RUSSIA FI"ARS N
W 1Z $
OBG,ANIZED UPRISIic7..,
Powerful Brigand. Bands Terror-
ize Many Sections of the
Country.
According to information to hand
from Tiflis and 1'otl extreordhlaly,
measures are heing taken by the Gov-
ernment authorities to slip in the bud.
any attempt at an organized rising
11) the Caucasus, says tho London%
I
'Times. The existence of a deepsoatod
plot against the Government is con-
1lrmed. Domiciliary visits, for tho
most part nocturnal, continue to be
made by the police in Tixis, Batounl,
Balm(, and elsewhere. The ostensible
reason for this procedure is to en-
trap burglars and other criminals of
whom a considerable number con-
stantly Ilnd their way back to their
old haunts in most largo Russian
towns after effecting their escape
'front jail. The real. reason, it is de-
clared, is to ascertain the where-
abouts
hero-abouts of young Armenians suspected
by the police of belonging to a for-
midable anti-g0vernme1Lai confeder-
acy. In spite of the vigilance of tine
Istrengthened police at Detour)), Baku
and other ports, and the capture Ay
them of rifles and ammunition, quan-
tities of arms and supplies of cart-
ridges are stated to have been saa
cessfully smuggled into the Caucasus
during the last few months. Than)
are, and for that (natter always have
them over since the so-called 'subjn-
hation" of the Caucasus, dozens of
,brigand bands of the most irrepres-
sible type in the Caucasian hills, On-
Ily last year exceptional measures
were adopted 01,01' a large area in the
Caucasus with a view to catching,
alive 01. dead, the (000.0 notorious
gangs of outlaws. Search parties of
PICKED MOUNTAIN MEN.
were sent into the halls in every di-
rection, but little or nothing was
really effected.
Only along the railway linos have
the efforts of the Government author-
ities to prevent tvrncicing curd the
hotdip„ up of mail and outer trains
:attempts at robbery, sometimes suc-
cessful, have been made. Districts
within a stone's throw of some of
the most populous areas in the Cau-
' cases are sometimes visited by one
or more of the brigand gangs, and as
the organization of the majority of
these bands is of a high order they
aro kept wall informed on all manner
of subjects, 522011 as the despatch of
Government pursuing patties. Not
Infrequently the contents of the mail
vans on the railways beepnle known
to thong by sonic means or other, and
cases have boon known h1 which, on
the stoppage of a train by a brI-
gand gang in a gully, half a dozen
or more of the "puesengers" in the
train b,avo promptly disclosed their
real avocation, covered the official
stnfi on the train with their revolvers
and stood guard while their confcd-
crates climbed aboard and ransacked
tho contents of the 1111111 van, A case
was reported some three months ago
on the tr11nscatlrasian line in which
the enth'o contents of the mail van
were serried oft to the hills on the
backs of Ied horses belonging to
A BRIGAND GANG.
til,
Everon r
Even outskirts of the the
Populous t010118 e.:traOrdinal;y mea-
sures of precaution have to be taken
by travellers to ensure their reaching
their destination alive or uncrippled,
Not infrequently even the Izvostchiks,
or public drive's for hire, in the
towns are In league with outlaws.
The writer some four years ago es-
caped 13y pure chance the fate of a
Baku ship captain, who was purpose-
ly driven at night by one of these
drivers 11p a back street onthe out-
skirts of a well known Caucasian
port into the clutches of an outlaw
gent~, (-hose members, not content
with robbing and stripping him,
stahlled him in no less than than
seventeen places. Not, 0110 of the
gang was ever traced by lite mono too
zealous local police.
This general lawlessness bodes no
good in the, event of the resuscitation
of the concrete aims of the old Are
1ucnien revolutionary party, whose.
members, both at home and abroad,
were never morn dangerously active,
M. de Plohvo, it is thought by manly
Russians, is sueccecling only too well
in creating bloody work for the Rus-
sian bayonet within the confines of
his ministerial jurisdiction. The fur-
ther irritation of an acute internal
labor question almost as wide ,as the
Russian Umpire in Europe itself,
'since It touches the industrial forces
of Russia. from 1St,. Petersburg to Bee
lot aa111 from Ufa to Warsaw, is con-
sidered by 111131192 intelligent Russians
a great mistake --a, mistake which.
1110.7 yet pOssib1y1 peeve 11101'e 0r leas
fatal to bureaucratic administration.
'11111 SOCIAL QU,7STION
in Russia .has been rendered none
(110 less dangerous by the foot that
the peasantry, throng]) the aet1,i•tted
time -expired soldier and the soldier
in the ranks during his sojourn 111 fiie
larger centres, 01•e being "got at" by
the revolutionists. T11050 10110 blame
(he 07.ar pursohally or the Russian
Government for interfering rudely
with the religious stlsccptibilities of
the .Armenians of the Caucasus are
few .in number compares} with those
who Blame 111, ale Plohve, nightly' or
wrongly, those in Russia who blame
him for the step believe that 'he was
the author of the not for the 001,1141 -
cation of Armenian church: property,
the hulk of which no 31100.0 b0lo11011
to the Domain Estate than diel the
moon. 72(11 11.11511145 11(111(15 already
80nlewhet tied in the oast, With the
Vint) in the north, the Bole 211, the
west, the. Jew 111 the 501Ili, and the
inched Hal worker }petty well every-
where in the Empire, many level
headed 'Russians 1.111n10 that 111, . .ala
I'lehve aright very well have left the
Armenian desperado of the s0ntic l0
in pence..
Wife-- W'elT 11111nk, tor one--
Iloli:enketl inlirhari(1 (interrupt lime -
Von mean you Yrnife 'Car two, (119t1'4
Get IL rif,htl
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