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COAPTE,11 XVIII,
Tho tom; day was over and the
night was come. Ceremonies and
parades, tpesenting of arms and
booming of cannon, peeli11g. of bells
and speeding of Innsie, stately ban,
cleat and formal investiture were all
passed with the eun. Of the loud
day naught remained but. tho surging
vivas ai the people, who Still filed
Pant the gilltaS of the prance, and
niacin night day with wizardry of
torches and colored. hinters. Again
and again they renewed the cry of
"Ulladdalona ! Maddalena !" and
again and again, at the summons,
the queen eppeared on a baleonY
over the gates; and, with that fine
sense of the drametie ineradlceble
from her sunny blood, ((((Otto them
red rosee In handfulsat oneethanks
from her heaet for a-11 they had
borne and done, and premien that
eho was theirs •while to her wee
life,
She was weary eo the point 01ex-
haustion : the long ent•enation cere-
mony was enough to break down the
endurance of the strongest : but she
was dowered evith on unconquerable
will that would not. allow her to
yield to mere. pllysical •weariness.
She turned the vepeated remonstran-
ces of the assid.uous Bravo with an
answer that compelled enema and
adtairatlOn.
"1 'shall not be outdone ir,y rey
people, sir. Am 1 to be the only
one to bear nothing'?" forgetting
that sho had given all; that she was
resolved to give all.
On the balcony she did not stand
a,lone; for, alevaye, after the sum-
monses to her, came cell on call for
"Sonor Grant 1" Willingly, not only
for his own sake, but a thousand
times for hors, he would have evad-
ed theordeal, but Maddalena wisely
affected to regard his reluctance as
diffidence; and 13reve, hopeful that
the incense of hotnago might help to
deaden feeling against the MAW of
parting, insisted that Aluldelena's
wish shoulcl be obeyed. So Hector
took his share of honor with the
Queen, standing at her right hand,
Where she hnd placed him.
From the flash. and change of the
crowd, passing before him like the
Painted nothings of a dream, his
eyes lifted ever and anon to rest
upon tho only realities—Madde lena
n,t his side, ape ship of fire lay
out in the bay—the lbadan. It was
not so much of the moment of part-
ing thnt he thought, as of the more
row on the sea -1110 Morrow When
Maddalena would be far from lihn—
and the next clay, ancl the next, and
the next. Nor was 11 011 111S own
sorrow that ' he. dwelt ; it was on
Maddalena's. 14e could Miry him-
self from the world; conld hick, him-
self among the heather of the North;
could dream of the days Una were,
and steep himself in a very luxury of
woe, ad so stthuble aimlessly, down
to the dark streatn of sleeptltat
drowns all enrthly care and grief.
But sbe, with her burden heavy on
heti heart, must live on in public:
moving with smiles among her peo-
ple, compelling herself to donee when
they piped and weep whim they
Wept, to taste all their little Joys
and share all their sorrows, to give
sympatieti to those who most needed
it—to he, in a word, a slave and a
queen. Round In such a clea•r circle
•Itis thoughte ran, -halting for a 1110 -
Merit W11011 00111e more then ordinar-
ily hearty outburst, of rejoicing call-
ed for acknowledgment, only to re-
turn with renewed sadness to the
deeperate round.
But at last the hour of eleVen.
soOOcled froM the Campanile of San
33ernardie0. Otto last thunder of
fireworks, mut last salvo of cbcoring,
ancl ITacicialena withdrew from the
balcony. Fresh guards were posteci,
and the Palace gates (dosed with a
clang. Lights went out, and the
happy people, like children with a,
naw toy, talked themselves home
with enthusiastic little stories of
hole their Queen bad looked, and
whet their Queen had worn, and.
What their Queen had snid.
At the back of the Palace, looking
On to a garden of oeange-bordered
. paths and rose -bright stretches, was
O room that had been hastily pro-
peved after tho model of the bou-
doir in Bloomsbury. It wee belie,
A
ferteedeleeelehenDeredeeeeelieee>ea>ereJeC.,
1011011 good -nights were snid to gen-
erls, counseilors, island nobles,
blushing with their noir honors,
that Maddalena, Hector, Bravo and
the Orange King met, To guard
against n11 poesibility of interrup-
tion Alasdair was ettaioned at the
door.
The quiet of this secluded room
Wafi Welconle after the turmoil of the
day, and none wished to break the
silence, But thno was tieing, and
little as he teethed to shorten their
last home Bravo was compelled to
speak, for it NraS clear that Madda-
10110ew strength coulcl noe hold out
merit. longer.
"Her Mejesty wishes us," he said,
"to Join her in (kinking 'Pelmettoe
We four saw the beginning of Um
work; we four hare to -day seen the
end of it—pereami 151(0311(1 say, the
rent beginning. Two of Os remain
to carry it in, her Majesty for many
years—God grant 11: 1-1, for a, little
while, shall help her; two of us go.
But wbothee we go or stay, surely
we shall lova 1 alsnetto, Let us
then, drink ',Palmetto—Palmetto the
Free' I"
Classes were raised, and in silence
the toast, Was drunk.
"It is a generous act, your Majes-
ty," said the Orange King, "to ac-
cord 00 a private neediettee ot fare-
well. But we must not presume on
it : we see how fatigued you are.
To -morrow, and for many days to
Come, there will be 'heavier demands
on youe strength. You must rest
—
you really must."
"Alt I you are always kind and
thoughtful, 1111', Smith; but must
speak for a moment. I have been
Dying to find words to thank you
for
"Pray, pray, madame, spare me
thenks.'t
"0 1 but I can give you nothing
but thanks. I had thought of
some honor, but I howe none high
enough for your merit. And yeti
are best just yourself. What you
have done for Palmetto cannot be
paid with an order, or thanks, or
money. But, believe i00" ---impul-
sively holding out both hands—"I
shall never forgot you; Palmetto
shall noVer forget you—for when you
ollow me to toll my people the name
of the man who gave them the means
01 seizing freedom, X shall never
CeaSe saying to them, 'Remember the
name of Thomas Smith I' "
Tho Orange Kleg
"It is not a eery heroic name,
madame."
"It is the name of an honest gen-
tleman---''
At which he could do nothing but
bow.
"And I shall remember it with af-
fection es long as I live. You said.
once 'that kings had short memoriee,
and I answered e:ou that queens wero
different."
"Surely X could not have said so
rude a thing." •
yes, you did— Don Augustin
—you know."
Brayo handed her a leather port-
folio embossed in sliver, opening it
with a shyer keg ere he gave it to
her.
"Here, sir, is a proof thet I do
not forget. This is tho charter---"
"0 1 madame---"
"Tito charter that was promised,
giVing y0U the nionopoly---"
But the Orange King put his hands
over his ears.
"Pray, pray, madame—not another
word1 caanot take it. I cannot
take it."
"But, slei—"
entile into this hasiness for tho
mem grumble of tho thine. I fore-
saw a probability of T3ispaniola be-
ing ousted. 3. resolved to make the
probability a posethility. X put 111y
money into the Palmetto rising ae
tvould have put it into a coal-enine
or a slate quarry. Then when X
cnme here and saw tile Menning that
a successful resat hnd for Palmetto,
for its people, for—may I say '?--you,
my. desire to melte mortey out of yoo
j,ri me—and tt,,,has not come beak,"
"ilia, this is a debt OP 110110r."
"If yam, Majesty wiehes • to hurt
me, insist that I tako that charter.
If you wish to do me the highest
honor, 0,11(1 1:11 give me the greatest
pleasure you tan, you will burn it—
new."
ChronOe Case ef Uulusual Severity an
Long Standing Cured by
Dr. Chase's •I tm t.
Throegliout 00110cl0 there rive 111m-1
deeds of cases similar to the bno de-
scribed below et which De, Oltese's
Ointment has proven a positive and
lasting cure for.the Meat eevere fornt
of itching pitee.
Mr. Alan. McLaughlin, for :10 yearSi
a resident of Jetwinanville, Ont.,
weites
"For tWeray long ycers T suffered
front itehing Piles, and only persone
Who have beee trottbled with that an -
relying disease emit imegine What 31
endure(1 tiering that (IMO, About
Hoven years age I, allied a drlIggiSt. if
ho had anythiog to core UM. Ile
snid that ihe Chase'e Ointment Wall
most, faVorahly spoken of, anti 011
hie recommendation 1 took a 1)0)1.
"Alley throe applications 1 reit boi-
ler, and by the time I had ntfted olio
110X 1 wee on a felt' 011.317 to erotic--
Dry. I eeritineed the treittment
thoroughl;e tured, mut lInve not
erect 013 shoeo, 31 itin evenly con -
Nance(' that, the
lierfeet. eery,
"I consider Ile. Chase's Ointment
nn V a 1 ti all 1 0 tees t naafi foe piles. 1(1
ave enso 31 think 11131 0111.0 WaS re.
limitable Whine )'OU conetclev that
foil getting up in years, mut had 1)0011
110 1011g n sufferer from this disease."
rs, .1 an it, co Li , North (1ree-
C1311113(1,111 nd Co., ‘Z,11„ tyrant!:
'Last, spring I olenined 13001 Y011 11
1)01C 01 DI'. Chase's Ointment and
seed It for Inward piles, It gave
1110 (11111001 fest ne1 relief front the
torturing, 110111(1(1 and 1111111111g, Mid
AS 1110 iroilltl11 hes never etiturncel T
ennsitier 010 elven n erre:alma one,
Vol) may 1.114e 111 IS statement fer the
benefit of others,"
Chatte's Ointment, 60 rotas n
box, et all dealere, 1,1dmen,ente
1 lel es ell Company, Toren to. To, pro -
feel einu egitirtzt imitations the 11311'
(31)11. aml she:mime ni 111i, A, W.
(Ihnee, the femens receipt book au -
Lime eve 013 Mery bee,
ointment mede
When the Orange King spoke, it oning lane, He knelt and took a in
wee elwaye tho result of clelibera- 111s, kissing It ttgain and ugain. Ten-
th/a—brief deliberutlon, It may ho—
le(1 the matter was ectttled once and
ter all; the very tenet4 of ble voice
were final. Maelcielena knew this,
end knew, too that. nothing pleased
him like prompt accession to his
wishes.
She drew the (111001 00 from ile cose,
foul moved too eras the creckling
wood fire,
"I do wish to do ,vott the highest
honor; 1 do wish to give you the
grentest pleaeure. See I"
And the parchment was dropped in-
to the flamee. For a murnent or
two she stood in silence, watching
the flicker, and then Elite e111110 back.
There were tears In her eyes.
"1 ant blessed in my friends," she
said In a broken voice.
The Orange King kissed her hancl.
''000(131115411.,''
"flood -bye, madame."
"1)To, no, X do not say good-bye. I
shall see you soon again, I know,
flood-ttight 1 Ood-eperie I"
Don Augustin left the room with
Ur, Strath., Who WhiSpered "Half an
hour" as he reseed Hector.
The door closed, ehutting out the
woricl, shutting them in--elosed gen-
tly, reeking them the only Lem in
the world, aed the world this room.
The sound, eoft as it was, fell on
their hemas like a clashing of gates,
cutting them off for ever.
Hectoe looked en Maddalena—Mad-
dalena looked on I-Tector. Neither
found words only from the eyes of
each Nyent one 0901(1 10010 of love
and pain, and their oyes fell. Mad-
dalena moved to a chair facing the
fire, and sank into it, her hack to
IfecLor—sank into it with a weak -
e1158 more touching than tears—and
thus she sat for many minutes, mo-
tionless,
Ile, too, wns numbed. For one
moment, he had the impulse to go
quickly and take her in his arms
with soothing words ancl the instinc-
tive encouragements that rise to
love's lips. 13ut the impulse went
down before the sight. or 1300 help-
lessness, and in its place came a
certain reverent awo impossible to
analyse, for it was at once and al-
together love and Wonder and sym-
pathy and retie and surrender and ef-
facement, and yet it was norm of
these by itself. It WaS an awe that
roctied him to the spot where ho
stood suffering as it one looked on
one's dearest being put to the rack
by clumsy fingers, and was ineffee-
tual to 1110100 baud or foot.
But if his body was stone, his
(Mud was quicksilver, How 11
sprang hither and thither, recalling not known what love is. I came to into milk he flnds that o yield of
this look of here and that, that soft you In the tent because you called 11(100 001(0(18 of 011110 annuall
word and this; how she was yon
night when she drew back the cur-
tain in the ,White Mall; what she
said when he took from her hand
tho crucifix (warm beside the warm
rose on his broust); 1100' She bowed
her head to take the crown; her
bravery as she faced Asunta io tho
tont—ah ! Asunte, that devil !
Asunta—where was she ? Since the
night when 5110 fled from Friganeta
with di Bode, there had bee0 to
whisper of her. Yet more then once
recently had he felt a repulsive stir
of the nerves, a sort of feeling that
Silo waS somewhere near, such as
certain men are known to experience
when cats come nigh them. Ho had
laughed at Hs own fears, somewhat
half-heartedly it is true, calling
them foolishness and the 'sewers of
a heated Urea); yet had he trusted to
the inessEtgo of the senses he had
been wiser. Me felt 110317 a pricking
of the skin, felt i1 ever so slightly,
for his nerves wore numbed with the
immluont disaster of parting, and
his thoughls wont ranging far afield
with Macldnlena. Yet—had he but
hearkened to it. For Asunta was
nerlalri.or
was but the window between
them—a palm of glass and a curtain.
Ivor days and clays sho bad sought
her revenge, but Fate wrought
against her, and each day seemecl to
make vengeance more and more of a
phantom. Di Mehl desired the
death of Hector; Asunta that of
Maddalena. 13ut di I3orja's was the trembling. At last his turn came,
slronger nature, the stronger wM ; and it was a Very limp and quaking
he had recognized once that he had Padd,v that appeared before the
ascendency, and ho Was not willing bottrd of examinees,
to forego ono whit, of advantage. Me "Well, sir, what would you do if
hoped to see ITispaelola recapture , you found a, man in a. high fever, in
supremacy in Palmetto : that, to his ' order tO iaduce perspiration?" was
mind, could only he achieved by the the question asked.
see. sem until that lenglishinan
"Do 1101 let me raersicit;e, 1(1so-and.so," answered
death of :fleeter.
dead," Stampa. had said to 1110); "Very good, 33u1 suppose, after
Mid at Wig:meta ho had talked with you hall done this, you failed to got
enssavellIno, and 11051 (1 nothing but I tho patien1 in a state of perephiation,
praise of Hector ; Senor (Irani: had what would you do then?"
dono title, Senor (11itint had (10110 "Well, I'd do so-and-so," said Pad -
that, Senor Crent. hod recommended (iv quoting another tmeement.
somegnarvellou5 thing—always Senor "
Grant : so, with the double aim of
maintnining the doininctece of His-
paniola a (1(1 ensuring his own lid-
vancemeet, he set 1(11(13711 deliberate-
ly to (ho removal of Moder, "Med-
cialena is a, mere puppet," said he;
"sinash the mainspring, the inechan"
150, of ,,oeoggeoe masaa IA, act. "Fel th, aentlemen, if all that failed TI the trees are kept, Well primed
I'd being 111111 bore before yell to an-
Aeunta shall he the hammer." there will not be very much of this
It weft not oney, however, to get ewer year questions, and if that worg. to 1(5 clone at 011e thllO, bilt
near enough to the maineprIng for Wouldn't make him sweat, boded, tho mom 01100111 110 to 1(0011 the t„.0„,s
the decisive idow to be delivered. Di don't, know whet would,"
Bodo criald not 111(11)3 11 keep regular open at the top so there can be pion -
watch, foe his face Wes well known di74106f001.11101"en":1011511 gti.heaxalri01,3i1r1r.115 ty of air ,nntl emishine. for those have
In Palm City, end so, 00, was As- much to do in perfecting the size and
luite18. 1311t, little liy little, they wortsr IN TUE COUT
NRY. tmality at the feta.
Branehee ehoeld not interlace Or
1.4)." t(' 1011)13 1.10)101'14 nUrier""t81 Totniny had been
nd what iluw did noit ennut tha't a, town mouse 031 owd each other and ell loco in
g
eednetl 1)1)11') tknow his little life up to the Presentyear, lis nd alouis, weter
al the
on the coronation Ong they tliscoN, but week bac! been plentiful with dad, roots of the twice or in the tope,
033))) ha would he at the Palace +aind ho ,w,aisorilii,s,cu,,sa,1,,x,y41,,t1„1 his wife should be promptly removed at any
til a late hour, I11 Maria know the "ui "8"1.`")"'''' "am""e Tommy lime, 01', better Still net allowed to
and its ierotteds theroughly, for a week into tho otrantry, Tommy g1 0)3
Palace
end he had in. his possession—he weft 1h:totted thoughtfully, end at length The trees eannot be expectecl to
chief of Stanipa'm intelligence staff, broke In: do their hest withou1 heiog fed so
remember, and a twlvileged person—a '11 don't went to go," , there should be feetilizers of Some
koy 10 tho back entrance oC the "WhY 1100"kind applied. M11111111 in limited
garden.
'''P141300ee I've heard they have amount and 11111101111 fertilizers, par -
"T• give Yon 1 1115 kV." 110 aniil to thrnshieg machines in the country, tieulerly those containing potash.
Asuntn, "and you lot yourself ill, and it's bad 011011g11 hero in tOWn will be found valenble. Wood ashes
Take the path to the right. That when it's done by hentle' make n, good fel-1,1117er. If there aro
will lend yell to a railing beyond
loaves I 110 Pelitce to-ri ght he mast
pnes this He cawilee escape
yeti, he must not escnpo you, You
will be in the Malt reed tervont he
seen : he will bo in the light. Lot
;y01111 hand be steady."
And notv sho wets by the railing,
ing.
Hector thrust 'Aetna°. front11131
Ilmegitte, end bent hie eyes again
on the Weary figure of Madriciletut,
Slowly nind without relights bee head,
She Earetched ota Ix hand as if beck.,
dorly she drew him to her, anti rest-
ed his head against hor knee as she
fondled Ills hair with an almost
motherly touch. At laid she spoke.
"So this Is the encl."
''Yes—lho end.'"
"Only a few Minutes more,"
"just n few trtinutes.''
"Is Ode worth IL all 7" She eels -
ed her hand 10 tha narrow gold
circlet that. waS eign at once of her
royalty and her wedding to Palmet-
to.
"Not s thousand crowns can weigh
down love like ours; but there 19
your people, who have Waited and
bled for you,"
"My duly is hard, mv May la
herd. Why cannot I take your
hand, and ge out with into the
nigh t, and Wander the world
with yeti, and taste Nvhat love really
ito? 0 1 ilecter, If I only could !"
"Bee you were pledged to them
from yoer birth. You would make
ilia luipPY, You would be haPPY
yourself. After all, wo are only
two. Your people aro thous:ands,"
"3 fector-0, Doctor, you love me?"
"Maddalena 1"
"0 ! I know, T lcnow. But I
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TS.Pii DAIRY
The etaistlon et whotner StieeeSS
Or failure is tO felloW the primes el'
a termer who bus decider) to go int0
the leuedneee of natternat!..ing on 0
fei Iv extensive genie Will larmey de-
pend upon the clues of eows ler se-
lects for his dairy herd. No matter
how carefully he may manage, there
is no money to be made front a herd
of scrub eowe. Mae, now ,end then
NN'ti come across a cow of no known
breeding, that, proves gotta good in
tho dairy; hut It IS unsafe to depend
upon them without. testing them cure -
No buttermaker should be
content with knowing the capabilities
of his herd as a whole; he ehould
know Just what each individual can
do. If he does not find this out two
or three good 00400 may be carrying
want your love licriv more than ever. ,01eng a cottple of poor ones Which clo
Lot's me, Ileetor, love me always. 'not return any profit evluttever on
Let your love ho about me always— care and keep. The butterraalcer
then shall be streng to endure, should Ibui oat just what it costs to
strong to be the thing am too keep a rolv a year, whet she pro-
duces, and if there is not satisfac-
tory margin of profit, diecard her at
once. Bettor ;gem five good rowe
"0 1 nni selfish, Here I ask for than ten poor ones, some of which
your love ---and It IS yoU. that need will run the owner in debt every
luering—you who have nothing to yee,...
1111 the place I should 1111." Now, suppose a farmer has a herd
your lava, Mad'. of fctirly good cows, any ten in mule-
da'leinesh1,111 hav°
hoe, that are each retureing him 0011.10
"To the very gates Of bell, ITec- profit, hut not much. Ire gets an
tote 0 ! it is cruel that It is you average of 200 pounds of butter an-
nually, which is above the average
yield of most herds, and with the
skimmilk and manure he fincie tho
business fairly eirotitable. But he
fincis that other dairymen are doing
mucli better than he is through get -
better had I been kept in ignorance ting more butter per heacl from their
of rny birth, if my destiny had been 1 cows, while not spending much more
given to some other woman. For for feed. He concbules that the weak
am really wenk, and I know spot is in his cotes, and he decides
know I, shall not he a true ruler—/ to improve his herd by lereeding some
am just a woman who loves a man cows that will be an improvement
a woman win, ncedS love asks noth- over thoso he 110NO has, He figures
Lug more." out that while it will take some time
"Dearest, do not blaspheme against to do this, yet in the end it 0 the
yourself. You are a Queen -01,05Y surest way of getting what he wants,
inch of you—you could not be other So he buys a Jersey or Gummy bull,
than yourself. You must go cm, and or pays a neighbor who has one for
my loge will he always with you." mo service. The heifer calves arc
Hector, until this moment I have kept and liaised and When they come
weak in myself to be. "
""eou know I shall love you al-
ways."
who have won me my kingdom—you,
%elle, by winulng it for me, out your-
self off from me, cot me off from
you. Sometimes I hate Don Au-
gustin for having found you, I hate
Palmetto for being the cause of it
all. I think it might have been
Inc --yes, loved you then, but not
,, possible, and that lie can make an
like this., came to you wounded
average of 200 pounds of butter, and
--she drew 11 to her, and kissed
the sling over his shoulder—"but not of a higher quality. That a,.dclitional
even then did. I love you like this. 310 pounds is gained at the cost of
the use of a well bred bull and a
T loved you to -day when you stood
very slight addition to the wet. of
brave before them all with the crown
feed. The coWS that are returning a
but I did. not love you like this.
There was earthly passion in all that small profit, or barely paying the
love, pride in being loved, Moro market price for the feed they con -
pride in loving you. Now' --0 1 Hec-
tor, that you are going from =—
see, ray whole soul is bare before
you—I arn-110, I cannot find words -
31 am choking—choking 1"
Sho rose, pressing her hands to
her bosom. Up and down the room
she paced exoltedly for a 100300111 or
two, as if struggling .40 find expres- is possible to every farmer who Will
sion for emotions that tore at the avail himself of the improvement
very centre of her being. She stop- that has been made in dairy cows
ped and flung the curtains aside by years of careful breeding and
impetuously; then she undid tho steady development, Which lie gets
hasp, and opening the window, step -
at a Very light cost. 3To can keep
3)0(1. out Into the darkness for a
on hnproving his cows in the same
moment, manner until lie gets an average of
(To bo Continued.)
100 pounds of butter each year front
EQUAL TO ZXAMINATTON. what his original herd gave hlm, and
11 110 etas ten cows the extra income
A vie:I.-voice examination of medical will be quite an item. Why not
students Wes being held in the board- try this method of improving your
room, and one ofter another tho can- heed?
clidates came cm. with downectst, faces,
lecticative of failure to meet the
questions satisfactorily. Paddy TETE ORCHARD,
O'Brien Was waiting 1115 ttirn, and reamers in general, wherever soil
the ghun looks of the "plucked" stn- and location will permit, should grow
dents began to 1111 him with fear and sonte fruit. An to whether it shall
be 1110de specialty will ilerand on
conditions too nurnerona to mention
here, but them should at least, wher-
ever possible, he sufficient fruit grown
on tho farm for domestic uses and
in as groat varlet:3Y as elegem:dames
will admit. Fruits aro among' the
most palatable and healthful pro-
ducts that can be Peaked foul no
farmer should long be without a sup-
ply. It will oot require a very large
plot it(' land for this purpose and the
labor will not be very great,
lectereers generally raise apples, at
least and they should 1131 1 have
the best varieties of timer, that can
be grown in the 1111 fermi t 1 ocel i ties.
sume, are soon replaced by those
that will give an annual addltiOn of
e.9 to $10 per head to the farmee's
Income. And the second crose, of a
good bull of either of these breed,
will increase the income as much more
as the first one. The figures given
are not largo ones—they aro what
"33ut sepposing after trying these
Methods and failing, what would you There should uot too many binds,
thett do?" owned the examinee.
Paddy wipect the perspiration off
his brow. He had exhausted his own.
dock of knowledge, and gtiVe it lip
In despair aS he blurted out; --
1)01: the best that ara eclat -Ilea l0
any place. The orchard should have
etifecione tet trillion, and at thy proper
time. There will he somo work neces-
sary to lee done this spring.
any 1..110e0 01'0110111 Ot 110 value
whieh You vannot o. When he A tool is mem foolish 1.cekley than cut them down and 1111 their places
wit 11 good Vnrintiee,
he Was yesterday.
D. A. wo CHASE'S e)g
CATARRH CODE U°8
la :Una thrat to the ilittiliata
parts by the Impaired hlolvOr.
teals the ulcers, eletts 11,0 0311
litis5108,110,118 droppings In the
threat end netrennentiy cares
Craerrh end bIny Paver. Mower
ifee, MI deeters, or nr. A. eie, Obese
14,dieitO See '0 50)1118 atiii Beale,
SIV1N1.1 nAl1-IIN(1,
As Meet of the sowe bred last fall
will soon farroW, farnterS Intuit be on
their guard to sec Oita 1041 Pinch
grain feed is oot given, At the sane
41>110 they nettst he Careful not to go
to the othee extreme. I feed eoots,
preferring name/els, and give itoiori
a day to brood SoWS, WriteS 0,
Saligeht,
When my sows p.m about ready to
farrow, they aro placea 111 a pen by
themselves long enough beforehand 110
beefing) aetaiStelned to their neW
stwroundings. A. plank (3 Inches wide
Is placed about 6 helms from the
ileor all the way around the pen.
This pretends the another from lying
on the young pigs. Big sows 410(00'
1:1111531 kill their young in this wee',
no matter bow merciful they may he,
For the first few eleye after far-
rowing, the isms aro Sid very little.
As the pigs become stronger I begin
to give them mop feed uutil they are
getting all they will take. I feed
principally shorts, bran and crushed
oats to my mine, along with roots.
When it la available T like them to
roroiva graSs. An etfort is made to
have the pigs eating 'before weaning,
as then they will net get a setback
Whenever poSSible 111m to feed
01101,17 Pigs do Miring the
f 4.1 gr r te
skinunilk, but when it is not avail-
able blood meal is fe(1 instead, as I
consider It next bese to the skim -
milk. Shorts are fed with meal or
O little oll cake 1111111 the pigs are
three months old, when I start to
feed such grain as barley, wheat and
peas.
ITAY—CAPS,
'We haw always believed that hay
caps are a paying investment especi-
ally where clover is to be cured, Ev-
en thialothy will be unich improved
by being raked up rather green and
eiut into wile to stand a couple of
days before drowing in. To do this,
however, increases the time of weath-
er uncertainty during which the hay
mus1 remain in the field. To have a
mean% therefore, of protecting the
feed froni wind, dew and rain, is
meet important .and the 0011011 hay
cap is what is required. We reprint
from ate exchange the following sine-
ple method of preparing these WV -
era, whieli ShOlild 110 made at the first
oi/portunity before the haying season
commences: Take a sheeting, 40 inch-
es wide. and tear off a piece 40 inch-
es long. Do not liem it. Then go
to the blacksmith and buy old horse
shoes of about 12 to 16 OttneeS
weight. Cut these in two at the too
cork, and punch a fair-sizeal bole at
the cut end. Tie a stout cord (twice
the size of binding twine) 10 inches
long to each corner with a weaver's
knot; tie half of a horse shoe to
oacli string and you have the best
bay cap we know of, costing about
12 cents. Many times it will 1)&5'
for itself in one crop of bay. Keep
;these caps hung across a stout pole
under shelter, when not in use. Don't
allow them to he on the ground more
than a day.
FIGHTING ON ICH.
In one of the battles of the ware
of William the Silent for the inde-
pendence of tho Netherlande, the
Spanish ships were frozen in on the
Zuyder Zee. The Dutch came out
on horseback over the ice and at
tacked them This is probably the
only battle in which cavalry was
used directly against ships. Severa
other combats wore fought between
troops on tho ice in these wars, and
on one occasion the infantry is said
to have worn skates. The battle of
Austerlitz was partly fought on a
frozen lake; and When the allies were
retreating across it the shot from
the French Artillery, plunging into
the ico and brooking, it up, calmed
the death of thousands of Russians
and Austrians. Of the many under-
ground betties which have taken
place m history, the fiercest was pro-
bably that of the siege of Haarlem in
the Dutch wars. The Spaniards
mined and the Dutch countermined
with equal thclustry, and below the
ground a fierce conflict raged. When
the Versailles troops took Paris after
the Commune, they chased some of
the Coinnumist troops to the great
sewers of the French cateital, where
some desperate streggles took place.
TESTING A BATTLESHIP
13OW TEM EX.ACTILTS TRIALS
OORIOITOTRD.
(writ 1:1
8
e0
)lIm71Xdie01111:4a5nedt dPeer:;guletdeilrti:fullat
big battleship when the testa are
111)0111 to be applied which aro to ('.3'
1)0(0 Ler faults, If nee., Iny Intro
her secret failings', and bring to the
falrittee the Manifold fitleSif Whims
and capriees to which eoesele,
h owees, are peenlinrly jw,eie The
'Facia and labor of metty months (o..)
olultit to Undergo the ordeal of 411,
seurchilig immtigation
science anti Minute foresight can 13(1'.
ply, and a big cheque is sbout lo
change Molds,
In view of the fact thol one of the
most powerful heti !esti i pe er
lailitelled, the Slakislatati, belonging
to Jainuli May plry iiiry proud-
nent part 10 the um ireo which that
country and Iliteei 1 itto pllingorl, it
may be intereet ilex to ('411.4(111.' 111,3
trials which 111114 sphnitlia War levia-
than underwent before being liguae1
over by the 'Themes Shipbuilding;
Company to her 511(rr/41800s,
A. complete stall of 51( 111(0111. si
ors, and a. 51111111 (Tots- of yeteitit-
looking, but smart soul seamanlike,
Japanese sailors (who wiw11 even! aid-
ly 10 work the Ship beck to the littl..
island empire in the Far lettst.) stood
under orders, prepured for eny emer-
gency which might erne., end pr,,-
parations Were Outdo for the first
trial, slow (peed. A f ter a ix
hours' run at two-thirds ts;',aal
tett was pronotinNal sat idaet o1'5 ,
and, as a Matter of fail, it it; the,
least fornadalae of the :,3.111,(1 ill OW
eyes of
INTEDESTED VAIIT
Then steering enthusiasts eitperiment-
ed With the steam -gear which actua-
tes the ru.dder, performed evolutions
at startling angles, and prOitolateed
it mecellont.
Next cloy, after the boilers had
beell carefull31 cleaned and over-
hauled, the engines Were put at their
top notch for speed and endurance,
and no doubt during the rua—ten.
miles -111c anxieties of the enghie-
room authorities wore neither few
nor frivolous. But in justice to the
Braish engineer it untst he adulated
that, while not exactly welcoming,
difficulties, he in seldom happier than
when stmeessrally Meeteug them
Meanwhile the dralightof water
VMS being carefully noted, weights on
board being verified, for all deficient
nomanent, stores, nte., have been
treacle up in water -ballast and coal.
And talking of coal. • the experts
Want to knOW to 0 potted bow Much
of •this precious fuel, which, by the
WAY, iS specially hand-pieked and
selected, is being consumed to main- •
tain the steam .pressure.
The enchor trials proved interest-
iflee rEPieso colossa1 masses of 11'011.
Several of them weighing nearly ei3E
tons apiece, wer11 it go. to try their
holding power on the see -bottom,
then drawn up u•gain and stowed In-
_ I board, to satisfy the band of critics
ion deck that everything in thill de -
1 partment of the Shikishima's inter-
nal ec01101.11y was "Well foetal" and
lin Perfect WOrking Or(kr.
THE, ...A.ITXII.J.1.1tY
TWO WismIs,
An old farmhouse with meadows
wide,
And sweet with cloyer on each side;
A bright-eyed boy, who ioas from
out
The door with wises Wreathed about,
And wishes bis ote thought all day:
'Oh, ir 31 eoula.but fly nwaY
From this dull spot 'the world to see,
How happy, happy, Moto—
How happy I should her'
131.
Amid the City's etenstent din,
A. man who rouncl the world hes been,
Who, 'mid the tumult 111111 the
throng,
Is thinking, thief:jag all clay long:
"Oh, could T only tread ouce more
the field -path to the farmhouse door,
The old green meadow could I see,
llow halm?". haPPY, haPPY--
Hew happy 1 81101:1d bel"
BY MASS!' STACIES,
When she was introchiced 10 kiln she
called him '01lister Oilderfitettee."
After She WctS well awl -elided with
him "Charles" was the 1.1E111111 term.
1111100 they beraille engaged she ad-
fireSSOd hilil as "Charlie,"
.415 tho engagetnent progressed he be-
came "dear." .
Just befere the. Wedding elle called
him "dearest,"
During the honeymoon She celled
him. "darling,'"
To her friends elle all -tided to him
05 "Mr, Gildersleeve."
Ono year after marriage site called
Mtn "Say, you," while in speaking
of hint he WAS "That husband of
mine."
e-----4-e—e-
31111 TOLD THIS WORST,
"Peeler." Saki the hentaiful young
Womari Who had become the wife elf
a rich old man, "toll ma the Worst.
I will he betvve end try to bear it,"
Leading her gently from hor suffer-
ing husband's bedside, the dootor
swami
"Neli've yourself, thon, foe 8. teeri-
ble sheet:, lIte's going to get well,"
,as the smaller guns are termed, Was
inext subjected to examination, and
loot onlyi the weapOnS th010.5ell-08,
but their (110U(11141(114 bud to pass
muster, (mg defects suggeSted al -
1 terations being, where poSsible, of-
'reeled or remedied hy the staff on
the spot. hleanwhile the electrical
'fittings with which every modern
• war-ehip is appointed, froon light IQ
telephones, had been overhauled and
teeted, mid preseutly the torpedo
trial w•re due
The tubes froin Nviliell theSe deadly
IlbflssiboO ara diseharged had liven pre-
iviously tested daring tlia att'aining
trials hi* iiriug annuities, tint 110W
, the real thing' had te moet the 11p-
r/tr0t-al of the eXperts. 11110S0 teSta
aro too technical for the average
huntsman Lo follow, hut they aro
thorough. Truly, the officer who,
seated in his steel 001111111g40We5,
tolleheS 41, linob antl releaees one of
those destruction -dealing engines bi
tilatedsi.rection of an Pnenly'S 0'0l'811(!'0'0l'811(!'holds terrres
ible 111ponsil,iies in Ills
Ind
Perlin ps 0110 of the most important
tests 0 that applied to the bite gnus,
and the coneequences of their Cliff -
Charge, for idler the regulation 1111111-
ber of rounds have tekett place the
stretigth and comet rum ion Of the
Shik sh m it wove minutely genntiettel,
tO See that every rivetstood firni
and that the deeks had sustained no
dartulge or strain froin the terrilla
shock of tho Ming. Needless to
say, during this trial the horizon
tvas carefully svermed with gleestee
between mends, to obvinto ten
chencies of droppin(1 projectiles into
passing veesels,
T1114 fuo 1,1N TitrAL
is a /nest erdlimIS tes1 of endmetnee
for the g101 erftivs es well, for i1. is it
not unusual thing to Iltuf 111,' Men oil
tlte afternoon ef the day following,
osleop on the hard decks, iiith per-
haps only a wooden et -mining fel'
pit IOW.
IlattleSilip {11,110 in 11118 (‚4531111131
ar0 1nV4i.1141 vondovi 0(1 (11111(381 Soh,
lY by the Brit 4,41 (31,1)31 110 hn V0 1,0011
elnployed on the etructmet of the
mighty bo Mee, and thvy 1.3101,), wttbt
worideiqui en1 1111011113101 tind 1111voiOillig
011de31001. 10 get the voi'y 110311 pos-
sible out of thot portion of ite 'won-
derful ergal lien I ion Wider their
cherge, be it gliri or engine.
Nearly eVery article ill 1101 Shilla'
oquiPment is atoll lea t ed, so 111(111
there Shall be no 00 1311.111
ill the trials for tyrttit of a IleiV part
411,11c,1
0r7 Igoe iorloin ,tety 11 !eh has collapsed
1
Tho 1411111 Over, pVen the teels.
nical expertetelislied, the celdnill •of
the Pew ehip, 0110 11,131 folloWitd ,011011
tent as anxiously as the imitative
themselves, .expresscs hitt 14)13 11411101 ion
to the offielals eoncerneil in the, see,
tessful reelitattion of their plans,.
Then hts 811bordinnlell 3344.14o111 n
of items miaming from ,'s•'1 '14
etores, the rdolwrs and .emoneers
tOIV.0 a 11011105 •(Stlillei.illieS) for their
here/Moen le.bors during ihd past few•
Weekte, and the well -tried butileehip
18 formally handed oreeee to het. purr
ellaStR4,-1.001111011 Tit.1.1110,