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. CHAPTER EL i 'Phis awnil suggestion has its effect.
Now Hilterg bad gone down these way
they are on their homeward
w 3,, and 'At lest," as Diana says,
"can talk,
Clifford leads off the conversation-
al ball in a light and airy feshion.
"Ker has just given Hilary, two
shillings," says lie,
"What ?"
Diana peers at him through the
"Our dance, I think, says he, tab.- fest-growing brightness of tho com-
ing advantego of the fact that the Ing dawn. 11 he were not tho most
Mew -boy is a stranger from the Pnr- abstemious or men she waled have
racks at Clonbnee whereat:ion the t old herself that perhaps there Inul
cow -boy bows to Hilary, end retires been a last Muse of champagne,
from the scene,
dim regards her with a reproethful 13L ---
Yes, I assure you," says Clifford,
eye. "I saw blin no it, I don't think
"Still ni‘ging on your wild career!" much of him, do you '1 Alost fon
says he, "with Nemesis at hand -and lows give the girl they are going
the sword of Damocles about to fall to marry a ring or a bracelet, or a
-rind ell the rest or it." trally-wag of somo sort, hot I never
"What do you mean, Mira?" heard of a two -shilling, piece before.
"He's come !" Perhaps it's faehioneble 1 We're
"Iler rather out of a down here, sem
"Your future Lord. !" sans. Clifford. I know, so we mightn't knonn But
With the biggest L on record. I to me it sounds she bhy,"
"Oh. uo 1' 1o1 really 1"
"My good girl, I've been rtnring at I "You must be mate" says Diana.
"It's Hilary who ought to be mad.
him for the past two minutes. He a dem oay she expected 0 tong. poor
was talking to Tanen, and evidently : giro i"
cross-examinieg her about you. At ; "Mimes what does this Mean ?"
least I hope it; was thnt. To me it says Diana, turning to her sister.
seemed as if he was cross-examining 1 ,,011 ! mean 1" says Clifford.
Diana about herself. I'll have a "That's tho very word for it. A
cross-examination of ms• own with .
'Paltry florin 1 I wouldn't stand it if
her later on."
"You won't tell 111M tal here ?
' „ II were you, Hilary. I'd ffing him
over. By -the -bye, you have it with
says Hilary, iu a tone of frightened you, I suppose ? You can show the
entree ty. inelancholy coin to Di, can't yea 1-
; "Not I. But Diana will. And
after all, Hilary, why shouldn't you
get it over at once ? It isn't as if
you were bonnd to marry him,"
"I can't. 1." defiantly, "won't.
rel rather die thar see him. I ---ss
Clifford Makes a quick movement.
Hie eyes are on the stairs above
him.
"1 expeet you'll have to die," says
stairs live Minutes before with her
partner -a magnitleent cow -boy -to
get cui ice, and is standing near the
buffet 0010,1 (11 i 011(1 looking pret-
tier than usual (which is saying
great deal) in her cap and gown,
wheu she feels a touch 011 her arm.
Looloinmroend sem sees dine
"Don't mind him," says Ilelary,
who is choking with laughter. "But
oh, such a thing has happened 1 Tia
came down the stairs to get a glass
of water for some one-"
"That wretched Make girl," gasps
Diana, who now anticipates a catas-
trophe.
"And seeing Inc in cap and gown,
he. "Por here he conies
thought I was an attendant. I
1"
"Oh, no !" says Hawse,. coulde't resist the situation -I felt
indeed as if I were in a situation,
In fact Ker is running- down the
stairs at the top or hie speed, to he took me so eetirely bona tide,
"Which aln. I?" asks Clifford an-
Mously.
"Oh, you 1 You're nothing I" says
his wife, who is a little Indignant
with him.,
At this, Clifferd passes hie ttrin
suddenly rotted her, mul brings bei'
elOne 10 MM.
"Peer old girl ! Look at her
Married to a hopeleet: nonentity !"
says he, whereon they all laugh to-
gether, and peace is restored.
"linary, derthig, you will upriver
at luncheon !" entreats Plana softly.
"No 1 No I Never 1" says Unary,
with emphasis. "I -I couldn't !''‘
memo
CHAPTER IV,
"Miss Kinsella is in the ditrawit-
room, ma'am." says tho cook.
It is next morning, awl very 0501e,
too, considering the dissipations of
the night before. Diana and 111101.7
have only just got. downstairs, end
the gonverstalon, "Wet Mat. Draeme
looked very well Jest night:"
"And her dense," says Ellary.
"Ohl dimming!"
"No well area( thing," snaps Miss
Kineella, "Old ye look at ber
steovoe ? Chinese sillt.- 8d, a yara!"
"It looked ell righl,” says Mrs.
Clifford, wondering what Miss Kin-
sella 10 goleg to 801' or ber dross at
the next houee she goes to.
"And Mrs. 1)e•60n-11100re '?" asks
Ellaiy, Mischievously. "What did
you think of her dress?"
"Math, there was nothing to
think of," seye Mies Kinsella prom-
ptly. "1 couldn't set, it."
"Oh! ilr, 'Miss ltinsella 1" says
llitatr. "What an insinuation!"
"I thought 5110 looked very pretty"
her.DOW womiering bow to get rid of
snys Mrs. Clifford vaguely, who is
"So did Meejor Illnekburn, that
big dragoon fre111 1110 barreeks. Me
dear Mrs. Cliffotel, I must tell you,"
leaning forward, and lowering her
to be told, in their languid state, voice, and giving a glance ovee her
that that old gossip -monger Is wait- "h°ulders at th° (1°" to See tr 11
inth
g to see erm seemm
s ore than waS , 10
th.0,1,1-S` closed" "I'm the last
can he endured. Mrs. Clifford stares 0"0 01 0 world to PIM 111100 anY
at the cook. Oar, an YOU nnow, me dear. But I
"Why on earth didn't yousuy Went into &Le of the conservatories,
twoenree,111 heti ettx.s she, in all imto just to see if the Chinese lanterne
were burning' all right, and sure
onough, them she was, she an' the
"I don't 1(1)010, ma'am. 1 didn't
know *what you'd wish," Meejor, tookin' biggor than ;Men an'
And of course she didn't , hone her hand elnspecl in his, behind her
pressed into upstairs service for ±110 fan. 'nee, do say that is why she
arst time. The parlor -maid had buys them big Inns; just to hide be -
been in the lowest spirits since the hi"d with meOlbr"."
(10
post nt eight o'clock mune in, and "11 11'1 ?ink there is any real
had been quite incespable of doing ""t111 1"; d"," ""Y" 31"frs'
who had inade several ineffectual at -
anything ever since. The neves the
tempts to 8101) this revelation, arid
letter contained was that her aunt
was a little bilious (the aunt. lived who is 11010 feeling )'OU. uncondort-
in Tralee, and f;he had never seen 51311'' "1 410 afealil. M(" IC1""°11•"'
nervously, We are keepingo
sm-
ker), and that there ;was to be a ,
very big "pattern" bold this even- 0116-
"Nat at .a11, Not at all, Me dear.
ing in her oWn place, about live miles
The day is voting."
from her present situation. (A
"pattern" ineems a, dance 011 the
highway where four roads meet, awl
where the Pensunts congregate on
stated occasions to foot it gayly to
and fro, with the assistance of 00100
old piper -generally, and by prefer -
Hilary, conies forward a step or
Iwo. o
"Did snu hear," says she impree-
sively, "that Lady Poltou had a lit-
tle dnugh I 00 last night ?"
"Ne ? ye don't say so !" This is
ence, blind.) ft had occurred, Miss Kinsella's formula. Bb e iises
instantly. "Poor dear young urea-
theretbre, to hesimple(1)111(1, r mple mind, that
it she cried a gram deal over her tore, 1 must fly to her. Good -by.
Good -by." She hurries away, all
aunt, she might Mid a way to go
and enjoy herself at the "pattern.d
" """ sot,
"Where• is Bridget ?" asks Maws
' 'Pilary." begins Mrs. Clifford,
alluding* to the parlor -maid. "who told you? I thought it wasn't
„she,e et,34r,g, ma'am. sho,s had expected until---"
bad news, she says.
"Bad news?"
"About her taint, ma'am. She's
very bad, she says."
"011, rin seers- to hear that. And
how is Bridget now?"
"The same WaV, ma'am, Put she
and I answered him. Called him eays she's sure her aunt is worse!"
find that glass of water for the "I know," says Hilary, etopping in.
'Sir,' and got him the glass of wa- "Row ecie she know that?" asks
feinting Swiss peasant, Hilary has e
barely time to stand back Nom .11111,, ter, wheeoupon he kindly pressed Hilary. thmiddle of the pas de quatro she
and give him a gloom that mar„ , this," holding up tbe memorabledon't know, miss.
1 "I "
Mrs. Clifford, who has served a has been dcuming up and down the
room with an lomat/min, partner. "I
him that eternal infainy mo maod i florin, "into my hand 1"
"Good gracious, what is to be :long appreticeship to Irish servants, thought it all out while that old
hint if he now be* one word betrays
her, when Mer is In their midst. done ?" says Diana. land who has beard or the. .,pattem ,, lady (VIS gossiping with you."
'knoW?"-
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Seeing e smart -looking maul (even "Yoe think 1 ought to return -it?" "rot( "Yes. I'll be your parlormoid for
at. this hurried moment he notices Hilary mistakes her. "I shan't,
that mbea.uty lies Nvithin her eyes") however. 1 01011 keep it as a pre- this occasion only."
(To be Continued.)
"Nobody told me," says Hilary,
"1 morels- asked her if She had heard
it, should have been summised 11
she had. Because certabag 1 hadn't.
But she's gnne, anyway."
"Thank Heaven!" Mrs. Clifford
sinks iato a. seat. "What is to be
done about Bridget?"
rises abruptly, and. turns to Hilary.
"Conn, let ns sec Miss Kinselle..
Let ns get it over," says she . To-
gether they enter the drawingeroom,
"Yoo're surprised to see me, enY
dear." Old Miss Kinsella comes to
Meet them with a beaming face.
'An' so early too. .But. you know
that your Bridget's aunt ls also a
cousin. of um charwoman, an' she
says she is very bad to -day."
'"She chttrwoionn ?''
"Oh; no. Miss 'Burroughs, dear-,
your Bridget's aunt. And near
with an empty ice plate in her hand, clos mile; but wasn't it a great
that apparently she is just taking c ea o , give g •
away from eumehody, he rushes Up to Di ? Wasn't it very extravngant ei
Hilton', and says' in a. breathless him? Do you think it would be sare
tone : to marry melt a spendthrift as he
"A glass of water, please." has proved himself to be?"
Hilary, after a second's shock, is "Oh. I'm nut thinking of that at
equal to the occaSion. nil," snys Diann, in a voice of con
"A glass of water, sir ?" guish. "And bew siou can make a,
' "Yes. And in it hinny, ine, good jest of it -I am only remembering
girl." that 1 have asked him to lunch to -
"Yon shall have it, sir." morrow, and that he is coming 1
, She goes over to the buffet, rao-
cures the glass of Neater in question,
and brings it back to Ker.
"Oh, thanks. A thousand thanks"
S1(1'5 he, in a herried tense
Ile seizes the glass. stmemes a flor-
in into Hilary's hand, and is gone,
Hilary steads still for a moment,
then subsides into the daele recess of
a closet! doorway, her brother-in-law
following her.
"A Mee beginning," says he wrath-
fully. "How do you think you are
. going to meet him after this?"
"He won't remember," says Hil-
ary.
"Won't ho? Don't you think
sotnebods• will tell him?"
"Tell hint what ?"
When he sees you --
"Sees me 1 Never 1" cries Hilary,
now thoroughly frightened. "Do you
think I would face after this ?
What on earth did you ask him for?"
"WM-, for you!" says Diana in
her solemn way.
"Then it is useless. Nothing in the
world would toMpt me to meet him
to -morrow."
"But you will home to see him
sooner or later."
"'Then it shall be later, When ho
has forgotten all about -the glass of
water.'
"Taht wouldn't take hint long,"
says Clifford. "I expect it has fad-
ed rom his memory by this; what he
may remember is," with evidently
"That you were dressed as a par- gloomy forebodings es to the mis-
lormaicl tonight ? And when he sees artiness of Kees disposition, "the
you, as he must, doo't you think he loss of his two -shilling 1)1e11e1"-
will ptrt two and two together ?" "Nonsense ! I son't believe he'd
"Perhaps be has no bead tor meth- ever think of that again," SEWS
emetics," says litlarn, but 0'011 she
feels that this is frivolous.
However, the discussion is brought
to an end suddenly by Diana, who
comes clown the stairs to them with
Peter Kinsella., and having dismissed
that florid s•ounts Romeo, warns
ere- that if they don't go home at
once they will probably. be mixed up
with the rank and file at the end.
Diana, who is highly incensed with
her husband for even pretending to
show up Kee to Illlory in a. mercen- ;
ary light; girls aro so troublesome I
sometimes over the vaguest things.
"That's Nehnt I toms" says Hilary,
wli Is rather enjoy•Ing herself. "1
told you I thought hini a born
spend thrift."
"Wen," says Diana lieleny, "I'd
RCANY RUSSIANS IIANG-D.
Alarming Story Published by Lon-
don Newspaper.
The London Standard publisbes a
at,,„ despatch from a Russian correspond -
that she wants Bridget very
ent, 111 Nelson) the paper says it plac-
and I knew you would want, 'Bridget
vero little to -day, being so es greet conficleoce, containing' inset
"I think that is why WO should sensation:a statements regarding. the
want her." says 'Hilary, turning to, alarineige conditioe of llossia as the
the old "busybody thankless," with outcome of tbe war. The correspond-
s rather severe air, ent asserts that disturbances in var-
"But when her aunt is dying, says toes cities have been followed by
Miss 'Kinsella, her old maid's curls wholesale executions without ally aim
swaying backward and forward in aa 11 trial. It is stated that 600 per -
aligns* ft-101ton, Her face takes a. sons nave been hanged 10 Warsaw
lugubsious tern, "And W11011 yoti alone, and that Many others have
have two other servants too, and been hanged in Cronstadt and Mos -
when death is itt question---" !row. At the latter place the troops
mrha cook and the nursery -maid buried eighty ootilins, containing tho
hardly count," sa.e•s Mts. Clifford, *bodies or those who have been hong-
"and, as a fact, I want 0 parlor-' ed. The bodice were burled secretly,
maid very much to -clay. X have in the dead of night, presumably in
People to luncheon," the woods. .
"No, ye don't say so 1" seem Miss The Standard, in nn editorial, says
Minsella, leaning forward, all de- it Oublishes this correspondent's
light and anxiety, 8110 has forgot- ;statement uncler an reserve, but it
ten her present crusade in her borne thinks there are many indications,
they?" I the battleship Olio', that the normal
as the sinking of
ing desire for gOnlilp• "21111 10110 111D ;seen, far instance,
''11 doesn't matter." soys Diana !disaffection of the population or Rus -
calmly. "What does matter is the Isia has born greatly Stimulated by
going of Bridget."
"I should think," 5113'S 11.055 the war.
sella, enraged ut the refusal to grat-
ify her cariosity, "that 0 luncheon
party should not count with the dy- A FEW DAINTY SALADS.
Nut Salad in Tomato Baskets -
Scoop out the centres of os many to -
11,040110 as required, mid fill with: a
mixture of celery. (cliopped lino with
a few ollene), nnel whole pecan and
English walnut meats. Place a
small outottity of CrOLLII1 or mayon-
naise dressing on 'the Op of eacli
bamSet, or mix with the sated before
putting' it In them.
Sweetin•ead Salad -Chop boiled
will not lose her way there, and
go sweet -breads end mix. with inayon-
"Oh I Mrs, Clifford, me 11,101', 10(1
&posing. Serve on a 11001 of
Nve watercress and garnish with water
shouldn't misjudge the poor. Of
coot,et, know Halo about raw," et("ib'hoon.0,)pen blossoms with the
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nia art
4 if
iseases
Which Torture Children are Soon Entirely
Cured lay the Use of
DR CHASE'S OINTMENT
0
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51r. Wto. Rig:noes, farnier, Arts
lemest, Out., states:- "1 Iluel that
De, these's Ointitieet is t.O• hest
thing 1 ever Awed for chiding, itching
. . .
skin anti berme anti nOren Or D1 1 1:111.18. "Volt 'have got .7$1.1., pot0e, . you ready to arrYO 0111 n tart apples into
It heats them. ilp very coaeltly, and Itnt 0," small penes, Milt 11.11 together end 1. Hull. 101) 11 nig8 irom 00111' to ton 111.r 1)("0 1, 6110p, whore a larger pair
T believe. Unit there is uti better -Men, t hetes me deer," earn the Odd falilie10111 mayonnalin to inoieten. months old, renreSenting tho enehnis eine botight. When the happy bride
,ohytilient to he obtuineti thee De, old leniti, brightening. "And it Over thia mixitire polo* a gill of elal•- Iti'00,16 of Mint', 1111 acre or rain, and groom knelt at tbe altar -loam 11
111:1011L:11110, prO Orrly gro 11 11 , ha a 0, froding govral titter paonad tlirounit thy
Chan:05. We have Mend IL Means- ;oust be confeseed hs, al1 thuL rne et. Serve cold.
when combineel yeah a ration assemblage, for 011 mum or the Roles
alile end always teem it in th, nephew, Pet het. liinseilm is n host, 'Bean Halad,•-Sonl; lime berms over
of norn told short, equivnlent lei 2,- of the new boots, turned oil to s i w
hoese." in Itheeelf, tita even Pether srt:,,s I; night and rook in plenty of salted
quedin,011 w 1 i 1± the theri es or Or, day,' he nays to nie. A a" surely, broken . 'Pour off the water, let the sip .0 pot, acre,.
mail guile teiider, 1;111 not l' 1)1(14
nuyll'110.anlylilx0111.1:vre. t..).frcittetheiti)er was inorrthethm eitt,chitt-a to ,03.0,111 ,
.
Any mether who men becomes ne- know nothing. '1'4) ('('0 hot 'LW to- Water
l'enn•-•1111., Slownine is seeli an ex-
Chnse's Ointment would not think. of Mrs. Clifford, tharr 71 Mont 01(1110 Or- Doe110 e(1111 011(1 14101111 OWer them it ' ..," e
e Snort vane ifi n betier rm T11 feed
being m,1(110111, it in te,, 1,,,,,s,,, mime, dinme. imeari. io melee to me, who generoue einount of French deesnings . , ., ' , ' ' enable individual SO eriervericent: as
101 glowing lags lime n meet eldver , I. '
there in a baby or tunial elaitieen it aid 0111; 0' lee le'd 10; seven (Marl) m . .
is of deity 1. 111110 1111 a 711onan of ern, •••••., -.mr.-..•••••••••••••‘,......
ing elan irrit at lonit mei orap1 1011S•
C111011114 L11111 all SON% et barns end
Ilepecially during the teething per-
iod, children are subject to nezenia,
Heald hetta and variouS 10001 of side
dISeaSe, Whirl) cause the keenest, stir -
tering to themeelves, as well as aox-
iety to their parents.
'Mere iS no troatnient so suecerscul
ete Dr, Cbase's Ointment, mid os (nee
tuna, always tends to become chineic
aud last tot' years, prompt cure is of
the ittmotet innimetance,
Mr. 0. Wiley, who is employed as
cooper bg the Menerely et. Davis Mill-
ing Conmany, Lindsay, Ont., states:
"I used Inn Chase's Ointment for
01:10111a on my little. girl some few
years ego, and seen brought ntiout a
thorough end permanent cui.e, Sho
had suffeend for considerable I }Me,
and though We tried a great many
remedies, 11r. Cliatiens Ointment wns
the only. nreparation to peeve en
fectlin, (lomat epeak too hlg,hly
01 Cnase's Othtment, ste 0; era,'
(Only effected a pronipt and pernoun
mit cure in 11115 egee.".
ing or an oneestral rehalve 1'' Fate
doesn't know herself what this
menus, but it Sounds splendid. "When
yienn dying, we don't thinle of
nineheons," snys she. which certainly
IS en 111ContrOVertibk fart.
"Well, but you See We're not sly-
ing,'' semi Tillman
"Oi course 3/ thddnel.'s aunt is dy-
ing," sae.s Mts. Clifford, "she must
go .to her. 140111Wer, I hope she
CVIGOSSOZSGAA
ON THE FARM.
Qt1 UNI ZOGSMZO
IMPOIETANCail OM 00.0 TILLAGE,„
Prudent nion, in the light of the
Most recent knowledge wo have of
soil eanclitions arid performances, clo
not commit themselves into saying
thin Or this is true of tees sit, 01111
this is the late, writes SY, le, Me-
Sparrao. They have come to re-
gard the bolds they plow, tilt anti
plant as great books with many un-
cut follos.
We min peep in, hero and there
catch a Word or it phrstee, and Mahe
What WO 1111111i pretty intelligent
guesses, but he W110 Say8 he has read
it all and understands it, even to
tho digesting of its laws, gives good
eyidenee of trespassing "Where an-
gels fear to tread."
But we are sure that if we want
to receive all the advantages from
the work of them unseen frietuls of
the soil we must surround them with
conclitioas. We know the former
who is exhausting the humus from
his son so that hardness and coin- No one shoutcl ever plant a field or
pactnees result; so the water -holding
ootatoes without, lirst soaking the
seed 1110 e01TOSPre sublimate solu-
tion (2 ounces of corrosive sublimate
to 11(3 001101,0 of water), elven if the
need appears perfectly free or every
traee of scab, soale it, ne the germs
of ;tent) may be elieging to the skin
of the tuber. 'Pile expense is 510011
and the remedy mire. if the trettled
seed is planted upon. lend Mee from
the germs of the seal).
Bordeaux miSturc, is just. as sure
O romerly against blight as the ear-
rosive sublimate egainst scats But
one thing must be remembered, and
that is, it is not. tt. cure but 0 pre-
ventative. In using it gots must
commence early and apply it as of-
ten. as necessary to keep every leaf
coated with ad armor plate of e0p-
per. Then. the germs of the dread-
ed blight wilt riot be able to mail
entrance. Don't apply it once or
twice and think that will do, as you
will he very likely to lose entirely
the labor expended in the first appli-
cation. 11 you lake up the battle
emu must keep it up until the season
is over, or your labor may be in
vain. In a wet season you. mas"
have to go over your neld as often
as once a Week, or even oftener. The
only safe way is to keep that armor
plate solid, or the little foe may' en-
ter. lu an ordinary season four or
five applications give very satisfac-
tory results. Bordeaux mixture con-
sists of 6e pounds of sulphates of
copper (blue stone), Ein pounds 01
loitnigiehl3andm 11111(001.
2edatillons of water, thor-
---+---.
SORTING DIABIONDS.
It was formerly necessary to go
carefully over tlio earth containing
diamonds, to pick out the garnets
and other foreign substenees, until
nothing remained but the rough dia-
monds. This is a slow arid labor-
ious operation, but it has been an
essonthil part of the mining inclestry
until it, was superseded by a recent
discovery. One day a young sorter
mune 111.1011 it by thence, A rough
diamond. aucl a garnet happened to
be lying OD a 81111111 board on the
rage rams whop planted 111 drills
thirty inches :Tart, early in Mity,
will ;yield three good mops of pas-
ture forage in IL 111V01.111/10 Fx?0800,
5. That rime is the most tio.tisfac-
Wm, and cheapest, 1100011 feed for
swine that WO 111100 10•1•
(3. Thal, every feeder of hogs in
Wisconsin should plant each Riming
a small field of rum) atijoiehig 11111
yard, and provide himself with a few
yarde of me -textile loran, to properly
food tho rime to brood n01118 1.111d
young pigs,
7. That rope sinned Ise 501111 for
Ibis purpose in Ovine thirty inches
MING 'WOW'S MONEY
r•••••••.•
ZITLBTINMIAX YITIDTT TURN'S OUT
MILLIONS. •
A Private Firm net Malcom Zone
ey for a Great Mehy
Countries,
In 110 l'enpeet is Birmingham mom
cosmopolitan than in its supply of
coin, Money ean be had by allybody,
in any quantity -for consideration,
Thu Dirminglinin Mint, thongh it
o port to toolitto,t, tit>, stirring, ot turns out. of English coins,
4(1>' emend and mat i vat Ion an et. ends is not a, Government establiehment,
pro„th hos been moon ats. and in the way of supplying the
(gem rape mistime until. the
8, The liege should not he tinned
moues probably done snore than any money -
'needful" to foreign Governments has
nro nt leust twelve to fourteen inches malting* establishment in the world.
vented Mena rooting whilo in 13y this impartial distribution of
wealth Messrs. Italph Beaton and
high, and that ther should ho
rape field, Sons have built up a splendid and
0. That rape te not a sittisfactore- nrontable business.
reed when feel alene, whey it. is de- A few dam; ago the limn slapped
street to have any fleeweight gain the nest instalment or a nuge Iegym,
made in hogs, though it bes been teen order for ton million piastres.
Mined that they W111 1,451 ab011t Tho consignment weighed live tons,
maintain themselves without loss of and was conveyed In some (30 eases'.
weight on this feed ramie. In the old piracy flays a ship C011.
tabling among its curgo coins valued
leitieVENTTON OF 1?0TATO DIS- at .C8,000,000 would have been a
IeASES. prize worth having, and would not
have passed unchallenged, In those
piping times of peace the vesesel trips
oir to Alexandra without inolesta-
Hon. It is noteworthy that this
valuable order Wan 10011 ill open cons -
Petition against Vfenna and Berlin,
and other sludiar orders are likely to
follow.
1.1K0131101.7S DEMAND.
capacity of the soil Is reduced, the
air not admitted and conditions of
warmth destroyed. IS 17•04 encoUrng-
ing the development of nature's
means of replenishing the plant food
So Is exhausting.
The bettor farmer is he who never
loses sight of the importance of
:moping the mechanical condition of
his land up to the standard or good
CrOp prodeet 1011. 1.1ef Ore We knew
there were such things in the world
as bacteria, the good femme know
the importance of keeping his land in
good "heart," or saving manure,
plowing in vegetable mutter, grow-
ing clover and thoroughness or til-
lage.
Tho land that is well filled with
humis is in tho best conditinn for
absorbing moisture and holding it in
a state of capillarity. This soil
condition Is also most favorable to
the admission and occupation; of air,
and consepuently n'arnith Well; so
that while we may not say that soil
moisture is of first coesteleration in
the life of soil organism, it appears
to DO of soon importmeee that if we
have made its coliditioes favorable
we have done the best also in the
way of supplying food, warmth and
air as needed.
PLANTS USE MOISTURE
rather than wator, if We MaY note
tho distinction. Humana water, or
that. which moves rapidly, is of lit-
tle use to them. in their growth,
while standing water is death to
them. The kind that is useful aad
indispensable to them is that which
is held In the soil by adhesion, till-
ing the spo.ces between the soil par-
ticles and passing thence into the
structure of the plant. This mois•
ture is supplied to the growing idant
very 11111011 more from the stored sup-
ply, from which, it arises be• capillar-
ity than from the current, crop -
growing rainfall.
Of course the summer rains are
1.1Sefel ill washing the foliage of trees
and plants, anel as it siuks into the
earth, contributing to the moisture
held there and thus relieving tbe de-
mands made on the stores of the
water level, and often no doubt rats- bench where ho was working, He
Ina this level by considerable addi- raised encl of the board. The
tions, yet when we consider the tre-
mendous consumption of water used
by plants in their growing season --
the quick -growing plants using as
much as 600 pounds to produce ono
pound of dry matter, we male to a.
realization of how inadequote nn or-
dinary rainfall is to supply this de -
meted and how important it is that
we use evevy means in our power to
avoid waste of the stored simply up-
on which: We are depending.
As is well 1111101M the water is
brought up through the soil by capil-
lary action. II the soil is occupied
by plant roots they uso what part
of the moisture they mny raul evap-
orate it from their leaves into tho could not be imagined. The entire
work ie now dope by anochinery.
garnet slippod off, but the diamond
remained. nie found that there was
O coating of greese on the board,
which had retained the diamond,
while the garnet slipped off. Ile
procured a wider board, coated one
stele of it with grease, and dumped
a, few handfuls of diamond-oarth on
it. Then he found that by holding
the board in a slightly Inclined posi-
tion and vibrating it all tho mater-
ial except the diamonds moved to
tho lower end and fell off, while the
diamonds remained in place. Then
he invented a machine by which his
discovery might be etilised. A more
simple and complete device for sav-
ing time, labor arid loss of diamonds
atmosphere, but the roots do oot
-use n.11 that: comes 115 to them and
what they tlo not 1.150 is monied to
the surface and is absorbed by the
atmosphere, tho earth's supply beteg
used .without having udded to plant
wealth M passing.
When the soil is left undisturbed
foe any' considerable time mauler
water courses aro established for the ,Lnd, 11110 not willing to pay the price,
moisture in its passage to the at- 1 though it really costs nothing. When
mospliene. 111071 falls 111 110 usually wants to
These courses are damned by stir -1 get something to "patch him op,"
so Oita he can continue. the foolish
things which Man caused bis bad
condition; hence the almost untversal
resort to drug Lineament instead of
the aaturof omens of restoring and
maintaining health and strength. If
a mart is really" desirious of being
nattivally sound and healthy, lie w111
ti•s, to think out the means of be-
rennieg so, These means tiro all 111-
11.APB I,1)11 PIGS. eluded in am eeven fundamental men-
, eiples al practice' hygiente-immels,
1Vbilo this forage 43001) is relished eserciee, rest, alr, light, food, drink,
by all clasene of live stock as 0 rules end bathing.
THEY GRUDGE GOOD HEALTH.
Theoeetically, evory adult person of
tom intelligence wishes to be strong
and healthy. Practicelly, a major-
ity of them wish nothing of the sort.
They would liko to lie well enough,
ring the sevrace nnd breaking the
crust that forms, 'Phis is ono of the
important oil -lees of summer cultiva-
tion. This is conserving. moisture,
Mitch means Dot only Mopping the
atmompherie loss of it, but by hold-
ing it in tho growinee crops' root
terrifoey to be at hand abundantly
as needed.
For 0000 0 coistury Blraning-
ham has taken a lead in this literal
kind of money -making. As far beak
118 1787 tho famous Matthew Bout -
tort coined under contract for the
British Government at, aboitt £800,-
000, and "Brummagem halfpence"
were in the early part of hist century
almost as widely Mined as "Birming-
ham jewelry." The Soho Mint, run
by Poulton and Watt, wes completely
wiped out in 1857, and wee replaced
by the present: 1110e1) 1110r0 extensive
establishment, and for many years
afterwards this was the only mint in
England except the Royal Mint in
London, Further enlargements be-
canie necessary to meet the enormous
home altd foreign demands, end
among tho countries and Clovern-
ments which have come time after
time to Birmingham for their money
am India, Tunis, (Meade, Turkey.
China, Hong Kong, Hayti, Sarawak,
Tusea.ny, Venezuela, end Chili.
CHINESE ORDIett.
pigs and sheep 60001 to do better on
t lois et e e it ,, kinds or stock. It, is It wait his wedding -day, Iltgliunt mints of the ttotIc nem. e 1 a a 0
borhoo
(m.1 "at, hithoguegh°1iongg 01)))0(',..1,.> ti•0‘1", nerig1111-, 11110'.11171111;11 1111V, ailtitlalst, raloati,aa,•1-aS'iltihellhollahltIgd i il.tOonli,114111h0r1111t-o'vr the horse, with its in the newest or outfits, ho (darted In Birmingham, Ismge numbers of
water, odd wino InaCO and a ba11r 8111 4)11 01011111e11, and it taints tho for the church, aCcomPailied by his eetntrles who lmtv Mint, 11101r OW11. '
great or -simple, that she doesn't
leaf, with a few ellces or celery, beil milk of cows pastured on 11. Ex- best man. But his than: ,hoes hurt jean still coining in the great hard- .
Snow). 'Mein' only' a poor, dosolato
till tender, drain and when cool eat PO1'11110111 8 W11 11 the (11, 1/ al, 1)10 Win- Ms pet Cern, and 1)2 100ked an thongli ware centre for their tools, lnor many
ole maid," . ,
ooh 1 not eo desolate, miss /gingen_ them into mites. Preparo an equal eonsin EXPerlinent illation to test. ,he would have to hobble up the years :Matthew 11010ton end Samos
The host linen etin•e 10 the r0E- Wei 1 had a complete monopole. bit the
e . .. 1.1.111(11', 101411lid Irony. cortoun 1 of tel Mod celery, arid when Ile 'maim ler pigs, gave tho 1011010111(0 , aisle,
romils; cue by 00rOrLing him 10 0. redelaior- production or tills kinci of mn0hinery. '
In some instances, notably that of
China, the coins were not made in
Birmingham. As a matter of fact,
no Chinese coin has, so far as is
known, ever been made outside the
Celestial Empire, The pride and pre -
indite or the Chinese hal to be hum-
ored, so the firm sent outs a complete
plant with men to operateSit, and tho
coins were struck in Oldna. No few-
er than. eight separate Monts havo
been sent out to Chino' in this way.
The same thinly -seas done in Milan
in 1862 for the new kingdom of Italy.
settee 1,600 tons of "blauks" being
slapped to funnish the raW material,
Again, in Marseilles, whea die re-os-
tablishment of' the Empire under Noe
Poloon EL rendered neceseary a now
tal were 111 this y 'ay turned into mon-
copper coinage, lime 750 tons or me-
ey Iseeneh stun. 'The total value
of these two deecriptions of coin
example, In 1850,), t)Zesiel,:act,de tho
IatPaPlir nx n:waSatTle. 11:101 C:kmaLlen I 0101 1i0e7±:t10808:steclitiNtnewtgresro-
visional Governmelin, Grave mess;
tllOir
and these coine WO 1
minod to replace te
0)511,
copper coinage bs• ce
Birminglmen Mint.
were the arms of the I
&Ma, with the legeno,
Much of the WM* &Me bY .9.1r
is of great bistorecal intfigistft4'.pt'rto_toe
and ot,tatolrerii.ie.1c den, a
"Vittorio IninanuelloToTes: \in 'vie
with tlio value and the, date's, soh.
centre. When Tuscany' becametrt itI
Jett to Victor Eminaeuel, as Ikeper._
United Italy, this coinage was ts,
seded by that of the new King', I Me
ed in Milan an described above.
1868 the :Italian tlosewninent order'
nye million 11,4 tn pieces -or ten
1210108, (1114 and in coesideration of the 0),.
°client manner in n'hich these and
other coinages were executed Ms
Majesty King Victor Eiranneuel con-
ferred the honor or knighthood on the
firm,
MAKING MINTS.
• A great part of the coins Welled
out have been made of nickel, ,00 al-
ley consisting of 20 per cent, of Melee
al to 80 per cent. ol (01:111011. 01' thin
deincl of 00111 SPrVin, some yOl1111 ago
purnehsed 75 tons, other elistomer5
being the ltepublie of Ecuador and
Colombia.
Bub the actual rocondnethre of 00111n
by no mane represents 'Ilirmiegiume's
entire share in the production of the
world's small change. The vast
bOlk 01 the presses ront tliee in the
,
-, pat.,1 tiro, the oigS fed ape» -the rime i 1.,1" ''.,vr"..1tv83-1 ',hot" think :1'01M
usury tumuli:I,' 0' 1110 WO. .13et ' •
111111111; made 00 1 he a 1. or a c e "I 110 ' '''' ' ''' Int P"80n il) 41,' "wld f;t1
that's Ivhat he'r, tilways tellin' ine, lemotts 0,. gain onisou", iv„, rail bira "arvorVonc,h1.'' Tilts -1111y?
YoU're hut 'up I 0-11.1,y` be sines. I re
Soree, • suppose it hen 1101110 711(11111 1/1', lit IL 9 , r;P„V81,72,gr gynin than :was tegiiirect by the pigs " f`:" You 't micoadvd
(Or aul &rouge nut* fur veel, yed ilorm elcii•cr 1,0t,lvrr, hin'ira'.' hull "roll,'
Chnee's Ointment, en eons n faiih I eon.; Slid it
I
; out."
aaa rAarVanen
Mif
box; at nil &Tore, or Tdnionvon,
Ilats Compansi, 'formic, To pro -
y, hraOve,
tett e-011 agit1nSt11)1110101,1,, 11,'trait end )(191)41t)(11' Or 1W, A,
Chase,. the famous reeeipt boo',
an-
ther, are on every 1,,»:,
Toryte11,1111„tghmitone..
1
be6)ie1(rloi1e4'e111i11e1e1,
a1 1pv oni,
11(.sl 1 ocl(ecare init1 ,,,,.0,.,i- 1r1"N41•11'1"("i1-"AO '411111))0)')(.011)0
10
1)1(111,',!00110N 101110re14011e. .its minuted(10110hew)rerenteedtt.inydtee
nit Is Meng," roes she. me eineneennos n Me tnily erne mot ek somese, poielingistereotee team, e ; ,,e Nom li ned t e• eels rel. the eel le 1., :ltt s, newly-
expresedme ') on emit 1 e 1 7, 410)- 1fl'
1'),(imp,' iii, ii,ei.a, is the word. lnhoi't sneO essl/ il'Evtiee e:!flyWs gtondnlirpoid od011W Mgiri 1a 1 in i„avlon ne1..„
,1 ur111 r„10„,,,..;8•r•/1-1'oes,0?, (1100r, .1'011 a 1'")1•,1):.,c...1.j1i, l•,i1,1
11n it)t I TM ento youAnd cizigiv,71pxak,,%tzCOloit1lion with their groin 1 111 than \Oen II1e11;.4o111011m(:efg
youthiult,"alaiaNiewtochaging,M6TIMa platof Dem finse.er11t.1.010r.,,5ii,
,
CAPACITY 11e
The productive ceeadty of the hig
Mallon factory enormous, nnti on
nemerotte ()evasions as rattily 1114 11
1111111011 401111 3)11(1 been turmer out,
packed, and despots:bed in a shigle
etriy,
Lever'e ,Dry Soap (n, poweer) •
to wash \wisdom and iinonelee-
111:0 11,
Tramp No, 1 ,-"De you I now,
that old :Meer whet has
jusl. gone 01) the 61r111; 'end tne inn
pudlnee to tell ine thees if s 110111.ct,
spent my mones' tor beer 1 might
oYenim a brielt: 110115e?" 'Prelim No.
11-"Wlint did you nigiS" Tr/Ohj'y No,
1-"1 venancled bint with greet sa
cestlenoSS that yer meet, ?viol'
botiOeSt't '