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The Brussels Post, 1904-6-23, Page 2uolltl?.i*agen asagagoonnotegLoiaitiTieli*.ig?offga ot.cre • sonee=temeogaaililingtorgotag changed befo'n ill+ left. A. little bra ono of shame, Ana yet. to blush k staff, and he kept loclting at ow in at all, is not that a sign of grace? the itlallgost tray. Ile embed for :.11 ho'ritios him to end prosontly yoti r p11010 rupin." ithal he is even at this last hour "What?" lett-lying to condom) tho culprit's "Yws. Fol' your photograpy It ',Molt, was quite natural. \Sirs shouldu t) As a fact., pilary is completely he ask for it? But whoa he dict, 1 nee taken aback by his attach, She had Hurn you lay' heart sante. 11hought loot antieipated it, iVhen lttuglting T should havo fainted, but providen- ;with Jim peer the absurd situations lolly solno one Ilea, removed you." 1 at luncheon it hall not occurred to "Don't tulle as if you mere an either lu'r or hint that they could be 'Irish lnv'imcfbh',' " says 1(Ilary'soon front the ch'awhlg-room window, w ith repceoarh. "1 hope I Hadn't be i'Phey bad thought of Kat as being removed in their way. As a foot 11ngaged with iliana, Bilary had t I 11 t f the 1 ��I ricc OR, THE RESULT OF A FANCY DRESS BALL In71111t"ip+a.u�-r :urrma,;rurnimyltw,!i1Lam CIIAPT%lI NIL Ile refuses to stay to afternoon tea, however. Slaving waited until four o'clock, presumably on the chance of seeing the young woman who has been iueted out to him as a bride, he risos abruptly. "T fear there is no chance of my seeing your sister to -day?" "I'm afraid not," says Diann with hesitation. "But it you wait for Lea " she hesitates again. What silo was going to say or (tint was, that it bo did wait, perhaps Hilary might then havo mine In from her supposed walk. But the hypocrisy is too much for her. And yet, would it have been a lie? If he does stay, most undoubtedly he will sec her face to lace, "Thanks, I'm afraid T can't stay any longer," says Rer u little stiffly, to her intense relief. Tie looks at Iter for a moment, and then says shortly, "Hove you a photograph of her?' "A photograph of Hilary" Diana's tone is faint. The ground seelns to have opened up beneath her fe"t. She casts a tcrrltled gismo) round her, to the tables, the, cabh:et, file chim- ney -piece. If there should be ono of Hilary's lime, and he should notice the lib:mese! 4 wave of thankfulness swoops over her as she sees that the little stands on which Hilary used to smile, and look grave, and ponder over impossi- 'sle baskets of lowers, have all been carefully removed. "1 think I ought to hare one," says she wlcertainly. "Upstairs,. perhaps. If you will forgivo me a. moment-" "Certainly," says Rer, who is looking at her with some surprise. Her evident discomposure has struck him. What kind of girl is this pil- ary Burroughs? What mystery sur- rounds leer? Yet. Airs. Dyson-sloore, when he had questioned her cnutious- ly, lead assured him she was pretty, charming, and all the rest of it. Diana leaves the room hurriedly, glad of a chance of arranging- her thoughts and her next lie, as aho tells he'soif somewhat bitterly. T7J1- ary had no right to lead her into this sort of thing. Why, if tho children only knew! Good gracious 1 it would dcmorulito them forever, They would read her lectures for the fu tore! Ker, left to his own r:-saurees, removes mechanically. toward Ilia win- dow. Why should Hrs. Clifford i' - fuse to let him see a photograph of Ler , sister'? Is silo ugly ? Nobody ''otild take Itirs. Dyson-lll0oro's opin- ion of any one. Sho would proba- bly call you ugly if sou were pretty', just for spite, or pretty if you were -if you were- What a strauge- lookiug parlolmaid. • She's pretty, if you like! Odd he hadn't thought Hutch about that last night, but he Mid remembered her when ho had seen ler again. Where on earth had )lrs. Clifford picked her up? He could swear she was never born a parlor - maid. And, by Jove! There she is! Thera she is indeed! Out thore in the garden, just \shore the shrubber- ir'a begin; with her charming head in delicate relief against the green of the laurels behind it, with her lips clp1r1, and her eyes smiling -and her arm nicked in the most unmistakably confidential fashion into the arm of •-'her master! 1;'ar stares, as if -disbelieving his own senses. Is that Clifford, or one of tho men? A groom, perhaps. Thero is, however, no mistaking J inn Clif- ford, the strong, kind., 111anlyr face, Um broad shoulders, the goodly L'ngth of limb. ' "flood Heavens! If his wife were to ace hint: now'," says Iter, in a horri- fied tone. Involuntarily he glances toward the door! If 'eho should come !welt, and by some ill chance go to U m, window and look out-and---- lla looks out agniu himself hur- riedly. The."guilty pair," as he has already designated them, are now font disappearing through the shrub- Tho. ln'ub- :Iho.last glance he gets of �,�11,. 11, , L.rJ..LT,)d-t'1 LSLlr6+.1.1 �?l 4d..'=•t teams, then. tells 111111 that they are b 1111 convulsed with laughter. Ito has told but 11 short etgiianr tame wits. Clifford, certainly, yet n that tiuto ho had learned to regeld hint as an essentially honest man: a thoroughly good follow. So much for appearances. Nover will 1 e trust in titch. ngltin, Ito would have staked his life on Clifford's pro- bity, yet hero he is holding a, clan- destine meeting with his own parlor - maid, in Inc own grounds! What a despicable bypocritel Ker had notic- ed ono or two little touches bctwcan Ilia. and leis wife at luncheon, that lead seemed to betray a thorough understanding between them -a thor- ough and lasting aioctinn; and now, what is he to think of those delleato "touches''? Ho remembers now that therm had been other "touches" too, by no means "lklirate'' apparently. That sudden up -springing of Clifford to help her op0.n That. bottle of ale. His tui( when he did so : "CIO an. I'll do it!" It was a low tone, but familiar, terribly familiar. I,ow, of course, for fear Iris wife should hoar him. It suggested a confidential secret existing between them! A secret! \iras it re criminal secret? Tho shrubberies says "yes" t0 this. No doubt the assignatiolt there had been arranged beforehand. Tills would account for Clifford's with- drawu'1 from the drawing -room half an petit' ago, So had muttered something to his wife as going, sumo thing about a visit to one of the farms -hut of course he was bound to make some excuse, to give an ea: - planation, however vague, for his go- ing. Of course he knew that this would ho a safe opportunity to meet that --that-beautiful girl 1 Nov would have liked to apply some bad epithet here to tho parlor - maid, but somehow it does not comm to hila. It all savors so strongly of a low intrigue, that that word strikes upon his brain, but it seems impassible to connect 111, word in- trigue with her. Tier face rises be - ton him -the eyes so 010111' -the brow 50 open -the loved)', happy lips. :lid yet., this evidence! Ile pulls himself together angrily Certainly something ought to bo done! Diana. should be told! But then, who is to tell her? Ker, with. a suciclen pang, aclalowtoclgc's tl.ut it would be impossible for him to draw upon the porton/mid. At this instant Diana returns. "ohm so sorry'," says she calmly. "But there is no photograph of 1111- ary to give yoU.". This is an ambiguous sentence. It might mean anything) "'So photo- graph to give him." She evidently means to convey the idea that there is not one to give, But to Ker, Hou', with his suSpiCi011S thoroughly awakened, it convoys only the thought that there may bo many, but not for him to see. He expresses a polite regret, sae's good-bye to Itis hostess, and having been accompanied by het' to the door in the friendliest fashion, loaves the b ou50. He has hardly- gone one slop be- yond the hall -door \viten Hilary thrusts her charming head out of the dining -room door. C1IAP1'lrt VIII. "ITe's gone?" questions site. "Thank heaven! Oh, Hilary', what a day we'tU hall!" •'And by no moans 'cheap,' " says Hilary, who really is hopelessly friv- olous. "No. No Mcleod! Alt I've sufier- crU I wouldn't do it agnill for any- thing. Hilary-, 1've 00111ited them up, and I think I told Itim four de- rided lies. And the worst of it 13. I thinks he sltsperts something." "What makes you think that ? \onsonso, 111! Thee was nothing. I'm sura I think 1 was tho best par- lofmaid you havo had for yenta." "51111 i.'in sure he has found. out something. I11s nlannar was quito nd Ws Great Sufferers From Kidney 5r,isease and Pens an the 4caok- Sow Unite ie' Praise of Dr. hase's Ki nay -Liver Ms 'i'hose who aro host acquainted with the merits of lit'. Chase's Kidney -Livor rills do not wonder at their 1111- mensl: popularity as n faintly m0d1- tin,l, In thnusanis of cases they have woad whore p'hysiciatls and ordinary Medicines' liavo failed. This is 111e test by which they hard b0o11 ,proven. Hord is a letter we have just ro- ceht ed frou. Prima. 1"d)vard Island, also T{oto Doyle, ,not 1, pastor/iota P. Id. .T., atatts:-"'"' about throe yeas ago nip- father was seized with a se- vero form of kidney disease, which caused hint much iutl'el'lgg, as twill as anxiety lest tho s,ilinent should be - 00111e - ritr'.ceic or ,peeve fatml: We ltN- inocliately obtained 1?r, Chase's Kiel- noy-l,t3Ct' rills and he begen ab once to improve under this treatment, ,the 5( lnptome gradually Aiseppearing, trail ho boracite quite well again, Sinco then we always keep -those Tiflis !n the liol:se for use in the case of sickrless 'of this kind. "For 501116 time I suffe•rd from pains in the email of oho hack and accompanying ills, and though 7 was treated by a doctor at ctonsidurablo expense, T could obtain no lasting benefit, until T. us011 Dr. Chesu'c• 111(1- ney-Lira 111115, which 5semctd to be exactly suited to ray ailment. Father and I ore g1'Catly pioneer/ with the ext flout nledleine null W11111 to recons. mento it to others," Dr, Chase's kir1r:ey`-Li rills, -0t" pill a dose, 1a roots a boo, at all dealers, tri I.dmousoll, Moog &, f'om- pany, 'Toronto. '1'a pr'olect )'o,l equipst itnitations the t Iran. end signature of Dr. A, 1'1, Chase, the famous re0oi t book alrihor, are. on Rt p every bilge of hos l'emetlice. 000 a .1ny p11ot03 ou o le nosily run out to };•e; some acre room mysutf. It occurred to 111o'iraves to put into t.bo milk that is that Ito might son one of them," to make- oho childfen's rice for sup - "How yon think of things!" soya per, and had there met Jim on his .3)11.11a with admiration. "Noverthe- way to tho farm thatley beyond lass," descending once n1010 into the, the mill over there. '!They could not lowest depths, "when ha went atony resist a hurried laugh over the Ma- he left. umfall of suspicions," ehaon, an(1 so had boon -discovered, "Is that all he left us?" says 1111• Her embnrrassmomt, after a mou- ary with a disgusted air, She ent, gives way to other fooling$, glances round Iter and at this mom- Having run lightly in her mind over ent her eyes frill upon the lunbrolln the facts of the ease, as they must stand. "You have wronged hint," ,seem to Kor, an overpowcrl14 sunso cries she, "'rhe noble creatures! I I of mirth mature hoc its slave, What knew he would leavo ua somothilrg hod ho Thought? that silo oras flirting worth leaving. Behold his stick!" with ,nim -home old Jim -behind the There it is! A goad, serviceable- mistress' hoot:e looking stick of cherry -wood, with a It seems too funny for nnything. thin hand of envoi. found the neck With c. view to having her amuse - of it, abut, oho pulls out her handkoe- "11ow could he have forgotten it?" chief and buries her late in it. To Fay's Diana, "Diel you ever hear of Rer it seems that she is crying a man forgetting, his stick before? through fetor, no doubt, he tells lnim- llisloves if you like, or---" self contemptuously. De feels no "Ilia head?" pity for her; that absolute untruth ",Nonsense. He is going away for about the picking of the laurel-loavas a weak, and will want it. I sup- for the cools has disgusted him. It pose I had better send it over to was too 'ready a lie! IIo watches her the Dyson -Moores'," OS she stands with the handkerchief "Why, ho can't he gone beyond the pressed against her cy oe, A very tate vet " says Ilar"r11 run after him with it.." "Hilary, don't! ?Zo. you mustn't 1 Posides ho must he gono quite be- yond the gate by this time. And be- sides-" "I'll chance it 1" says Hilary, She catches up the stick, darts like a modern Atalanta through the door- way, oorway, and is gone up the avenue be- fore Diana has Time to collect an- other argument, She would probably not have over- taken him, however, but for the fact that, finding his baud empty, and therefore awkward, be had dis- covered the loss of his stick and was returning for it, Just as he comes to the °hump of rhododendrons that hide tho house from view, ho sees a charming, lithe figure running toward him. Such a figure. Not of tent certainly -though fun is quk;k in it, especially in the eyes and mouth, if veiled. A lovely yon," spoken sternly. "to betray ler thing she scones to him, all life, and in that sort of way." that at its sweetest -with her soft "I won't do it again, sir. I won't, Ilulr f1)1ng loosely round her brow indeed!" and hoc lips a little parted. Her voter, is quite stifled now. Site "Your stick, sir," cries she demure- ly, as she comes up to him. He had sLo l 1 1 begins to fool quito sorry for the d 'P t d' pretty haudlcerchfef of the very, finest cambric. "Poor Diana's, of course," he tolls himself. At this moment "Bridget." glances at thin from behind her shield. "I hope you won't tell the mistress sir," says she in Woebegone tones. "I? Why should I tell her?" says Nei, indignantly. "What T think so scandalous is, that thous should be anything to fol! Iter." "Yes, sir." Sho has gone behind the handl:er- chief again, and her shoulders aro shaking. Evldenvtly she is crying hard, "To me," says Ker, a little soften- ed by this evidence of contrition, "your mistress seems both good and kind." "011, yes, she is, sir; she is indeed. You can't tllildt stow kind." "risen I think It abominable of 111 a on sae ng tor, as t s u ( misguided ing poor, ded girl. No doubt the Strange 011001118 that oolong• to Clifford is grontly in fault. This this strangest of all strango parlor- pretty' (feature has only wanted one inn Ids. word from a friend...a real friend -to "'thank you," says I{or, Ile takes show her the iniquity of her ways, the sItol; mechanically, Lis if not and waken her to a sense of her in- tbinking of It, and then says sod- gratitude toward a. kind Mistress. denly ; 'I think it was you who "I'm glad to hear you say that," Pave 1110 that glass of water last sass ho, "and--" 111'c pauses. Some- Moat " iris tone 114 cold, even severe. "Yeo, sir," rein rim rhe maid re- spectfully. "And it was you," with n little glance at him from under the lang lashas,- "who gave m0" --hesita- tingly and fumbling in her pocket - "this! Silo has brought out the memor- able florin, and is mo -w holding it up between her thumb and forefinger. "Well?" sass Tier. how Diana's sad fate rectors to him again. How is she to bo defended against a bad husband, and this so evidently easily -led girl.? "I wish," says he impulsively, "that you would try to bo a good girl." "I'll try," says Bridget, who now meats suffocating. "Tbat's right," says 1(00 heartily. "And you won't tell misses, sir?" "You know that," says he a little. "I have been thinking, sir," gazing stiffly. Ts she only dosiro05, after all, of getting off scot-free? tier face, with evident sadness at oho florin, now open to his inspection, the hand - "that a glass of water is not worth ker chief having been loworod, helps two shillings. to this idea. It 15 just as 111 was An idiotic sense of gladness end- before it went behind the flag of 'dig - even avercotnes Nor. 'Afterall- •ev'en in spite of that scene in the shrubboriee-she must be a. good girl, an honest girl, one whose con- scieoce forbids her to take more than her due. Such extreme delicacy of conscience is not common with - her class. Her class! He is aroused from his reveries by the good girl. sten. "Will you take it back, sir?'= She "Neve' does a stroke of work it le holding out tho florin to him. site can help it evidently. Leaves all "Nonsense!" says Nor, coloring to poor Diana," docides he. - ITo rests his eyes oo hers, "It seems to one, Bridget, that you are not a very industrious girl," says he austerely. "But why, sir ?" . "lout• hands. Look at your hands." I:lldget; looks at tbein. Sho spreads them abroad, Mcleod, as if exatniniug On ollomdiog mlemhel's with great interest. "Aro Boy too white, sit'?" asks s11e t last. "Much too white." You, thought unto "would like thorn to leo brown?" Sho holds thous up balore Bee's eyes. They look pale as paper in tlia sunlight, "I don't know what I want," says T.Cer angrily. Ile tarns upon his heel, 11nd loaves bet'. (To be Continued.) tress, lovely, bright, pale -pink, "I'd liko to shako hands with you over that, sir." The lovely parlor' -maid holds out tier stand to him and perforce he feels that he must take it. What 0 very white delicate hand t He looks at it as it lies within his furiously. "'!'hon I may keep it?" "()f course," frowning. "Forever?" "Forever anis ever," says ho, laugh- ing now in spite of himself. "Well, I shall," says the counter- feit Bridget, "11 only," with a son- - timeltol sigh, and downcast eyes, "to remember!" "To reinelnber what?" "Alt 1 never mince." "ilut I do mind," says T(er, who has somehow forgotten for the mo- ment that monstrous episodo in the shrubberies. "I'm sorry for that," placidly, "Well," with a respectful smile, I shall keep it, sir, anyway -forever." "aid any one ever keep a two - shilling piece forovor?" asks I%or with 5o1ne nrnmisomment. "I shall!" says Bridget sweetly. "I'll mance n hole in. it, and hang 11 round my neck," "That's t'ery good of yoi," says Tier. "I shall like to think I was the giver of it," All at once he pulls 11im5011 to- gether. 111'mory has supplied hint with a picture ! Ouc'.e again ho secs this girl -this siren -with leer arta in Clifford's, nand her fn.co uplifted to Wm in evident. a0ufidonce. Ito can almost hear the light lnu111tor with which she and he disappeared into ilio shubbery. ITe can almost hear too, he toile himself, with a return sof his former indignation, the Weop- Itng of 000t', pretty, faithful, I)ianit, tt1•nn the truth, es eventually no dr..!bt it will be, is laid bare to her. "Look 110'0," 140)5 he sternly, turn- ing to the "shoot," "1 think 1 saw you ,iuet now, out Ileac." pointing fn Um lihr,s'I 011 of the laurel -walks, "ibde, sit'?' "1110, y011." '•I ,shape T war. 81111;o•ing laurel- boon, icnvcv, sir, for nook to put. in the milk?, "'No, y(11I \'el'e not," Ray'S INel' 'shor'tly, '"yell vc,':'a talking lo, -your in net o'i" "Oh --T -.--.•" She 1ruus rrinisn11--so eriltion, 50 Undeniably eollnrraased, t.hnl. li'el' for t1 a ='wand fools his 1,en1•t slop hooting, tet ;oily a:ho^_Id hl. sto1)9 ul.o tri guilt, 1 '1')15 hot btu;rlt artist PAYING FOR 1;11.11011.. It s^.ens only fah' that n person wllo has been wrongfully sentenced to death should receive some sort of compensation, if tho mistake be ills covered in time, '1lloy recogmiza this in Austria, though not everywhere else, A woman 11am0d Thol'esa Clfet- eInger underwent this tragic experi- ence. Ilar sentence teas commuted to postal scrvitndo for life, and recently, atter• eho had staved 5010e yaaRS of her penaity, it was discovered that a judicial error had occurred. :iho; claimed an indemnity of 11,000 crewne, and the Cloernme.t have now accorded to her 1,1178 crowns and a pension of 300 crowns per annum. airs. Del'laene-When I monied my husband his eyesight was very poor, Mrs. nimble. --'See, it moist. havo To prove to you thnb On Chtco`fifi Olntmrent, is a oortnl4 and )tbselulc aura ter encu anti every foga of tiebins, bleedinsltnd protruding riles, the :noon itoturore havo Runretroulit. 'Sams es• ttnlenlsla ht Li,o <laity t*on+awl aek your 11e15te 3)1)05(51101,1 l (1111)100311, Yell eanasoti,mot get fear' mol acv Walt If not mored, C e mhos, at .1!d:al o,cr11111n'Spl',l1,tml<s8sCo.,Tor,lnto Ott Cha11 G1s 011itrergitat tach �d S y ,�tv0 p ,'t taZt!, !(•Unice hard or flock, Thr utmost t i +t' � �9 core should bo ta.kon in the hoot/ohm p' of sultnble breeding millions for 1110 i" �t,� fuujai' of r1ra proI1iltabloiilevo3stuckl 1 'in is • 11 • lr t i ryry''��y 11 rte oh r l t Rid I 1 R 1 1 CIO 67Q 's'ag9sWenZiO Careful 'immoral ant greatly focal.. tales tho bringing of any project to a successful culmination. `i'llis it; true in any line Or professlon, (tact Is especially applicable in the pro- duction of grains or fruits and in oho breeding of live ;stock writes a cor- respondent, 'Phe tendency to this strenuous age to do everything in a hurry has oven. 5prrad to tho fauns and the laborers thers„n aro prone to hurry up the preparation of Lira soil by cureless tillage to fncilitato tho early plant- ing of tho crop, frequently to its eventual injury. Work and work hard, but eliminate haste from all farm operations is a very (talo rule to follow, and by ire adoption can- barrassing and expensevc 001111)1111'1 tions may often be avoided, Preparation and cocmtpletion are very important factor's in proiltahle busivoss enterprises of to -day, and the ratan who is fertile in planning and leaking elaborate preparations of oho farm or in mercantile lines and has not On stick-to-itiveness and staying qualities to stand by the ginn once push his project to ce successful finish is sure to find him- self squirming out of the little enol of tho horn sooner or toter. Mail's influence lilul congealed moisture, is nover stationary, IL is either con- tracting or oxpanding, and bow often the actions of those about us have their influence. upon -011' Own deeds. Tt is but natural when the smason for p114111ing arrives, and the sc0 Total. Jones over the way hastily and perhaps carelessly, completing his tillage for tho reception of lite seed to have an earnest longing to got our crops planted, "pose oho quarter," and not be distanced in the race. Such action is commonda- blo to a certain degree, as every far - mor should take justifiable pride in having all of his varied labors color plated promptly and in the proper 500.8011. 73AS'I'E IIIAICES WASTE:" is an old saw, however, and its truth is still being proven daily on the farms of Michigan. It is, as a rule, true that 1f time is limited a less area and more careful prepara- tion will bring more satisfactory re- turns in tho ordinary season 1,11(411 the more extensive acreage "diiapW- cd" in by clueless methods. An idiot having heard how Clod created man out of dust, said, "If Cod made a elan out of dirt, why, can't I?" and immediately suiting action to his words set to wort( in his back garden to make a n..n. He toiled industriously until 04 flan had sunk 10 the western horiz'xi and the sliades of .tight had sZ.tblod d.01r11 completely, obscuring his sulrrOund- ings. The form had but one lilnyy 0nd its n0S0 was only partially con- structed, presenting o. peculiar ap- pearance. 'I'lie following rooming, his man forgotten, the idiot started out for a stroll trough the main thoroughfare of lits )some villggo. As he walked leisurely along lie beheld approaching- hint, a 01111.bblly clad matt, with but olio 111,111, bobbing along on crutches. T110 formation of the nasal appendage of this being woe ostronely singular. 'I'iio idiot stood for n, moment gaping with as- tonishment, then rushiug up to .the crippl eho grasped him roughly by, oho collar and siiook him, saying, "So it is you, is it; you, why, didn't you stay to bo 'inished?" IToty niton the farmer fails to stay oho planting long enough to finish: 1.he preparation. How often in his desiro to do he naglccts the (lovelop- mont of the desiro to prepare for the 'doing. We have in mind a neigh nor who plowed up a heavy sod for corn and only deemed it necessary in preparation of the seed bed to snake One gentlo application of a ' light 1 spike tooth 110000w. After this tho mal'kee and planter were speedily put in operation noel his corn was quickly planted. 1Ve still cling Ilion - by to the belief that what is worth doing at all is worth doing in the best possible u1annor, and lie the preparation of our land spere no ex- pense of time and labor in pulvor- izing tho soil anti making a fine smooth seed bed. Our system of Pi't'-sration of corn ground for the past fete years has been to plow from sis to eight inches 1n depth, the so i1 1)6101 sa1.11 loam, following the plow each day with a heavy roller which firms the ground thoroughly and greatly assists in the BETBISTION OF MOISTURE'. ,After the plowing and rolling aro complo ed the harrow the ground thoroughly from two to six times depending upon its condition and What its crop the previous year, al- i.orttating the spring and spike tootle harrows. We fiat that by this meth- od we secure Lt very, satisfactory seed bed and oven though by following this vet= of preparation am are forced to delay planting a tveelc or i lou days We tent amply repaid (l ' When WO come to cultivatee and harvest tho crop. It is very discouraging to expeid a largo antotntt of labor in the pre- paration of a field, sow the crop, care rot' it by the utast appt'ov'etI methods and Wien perhaps have it pro00 of utter ft111105. It luny be that opposite this Bold on your neigh1or'5 farm is n. field sown to tiro same identical crop and variety; put in by Itis "hut'ryup" system that may yieldan abundant lisu'vest. Such eases not. infrequently occur and the careful tiller is occasionally, inclined to think his labors are in vain, but if he will take the trouble to check rip the rosulls of tho two in0t.hods for n. decade, he will invar- iably find that year 1.1y year out his s,pslern eras brought by far the geese - or rot11105, Those facts nt'e as true in file brooding of lire stork as in the enl- tivat!on of the land, earuftd Cleo:relitad preparation hoing very oeteen11111 in the orftablishlnetxt of a its 1lti1essaty to u'vrk and plan for the futiro as in ibo pursuit of meta - minute. In slat planting of f7'uit5, tho brooding of stock nail the forth J - :anion of his land the farmer is toy- ing the ,ceroundtcorl( for a cumin -t- outs, is the clays that aro 10 be. 113 most bo u center in "futures" anti. trust cultivate thos11 sLuying quali- ties which in any lice of wool( even- tually bring mucc'ess, SHJ.PII' N(IT1;1. Sheep will bear neglect and thrit0, Al this Liluo Wel nniddy yzu'ds often engender hoof rot. Sbcep prefer short angle groes to that wl.ich in tall and coarse, Shoop allowed to run down in con- dition should have brain even rifler grass etas come. No matter whether the lautbs are raised for mutton or wool. they should be ]sept glowing Moodily. No animal recovo's so slowly from low conditions nor is so apt to ma cover at all us sheep, Tho fleece cannot be ton wall growl.h and also often has left the sheeo's back, No all Imal will deteriorate 50 rapidly from neglect or sliovv so harked an Improvement for good keep as will sheep, The sheep that meets olio best demand of tho market must hove a fleece and carcass of equal omen, a fine heavy Hceeo ou 0 large struight body, (food tender gross is the hest pc'e- nioters of oho health of the sheep and oho growth of the fleeco, and is also the best promoters of the increase in the flow of 1ni111, If the wool is to bo kept awhile before selling, see that, there is a good sato place to stole it where it can be kept ciente, dry and free from vermin. . GREWSOIVi ii CURIOS. Tastes of Some Collectors of Cari- ous Things. Woo some pooplo there is a positive fnsetnation in the growsome, and their chief ambition in life rooms to be to ostablish a priunto chamber of horrors. One of the Vanderbilts, who died setae year's ng0, had a Mania for co11eceing the boots of men and woolen who had diad on the scaffold, and a new execution throw 111111 into a fever of anticipation. lfhen Cui- tea'u meet his fate this 00110,210" trav- elled by special train to Waahinacon and wasted three days before ha malt- ngeti Lo make a dual with the execu- tioner to get the assassin's boots, Mr. Vanderbilt's collcct.ion numbered 300 pairs, each treasured as if it had been a costly gem, and labeled with the 1101110 of its original owner and a full history of his crime. IIe took. as much plea:moo in adding to his moor collection a5 in watching his millions grow, and on his (tenth the boots were purchased by a Chicago nulsc'nm for $7,S00. Another lov- er of kilo gr0rr80nie devoted itis them to the collection of a necklace of hu- man eyes, each polished to the bril- liancy of a jewel and richly mounted 011 gout. This collection was one of the exhibits at the World's 1'itit' 10 Chicago. There is only ono other necklace of the kind in the world..T.t was found in ;Cent In the reign of Queen Arno and has been carefully preserved. P -- DRUGS IN III ADACIIte, it may be said, with little feat' of contradiction from those who snow the feats, that if a cast -Iron law for- bidding the u5a of ,any drug tvllatover in tha treatment of headache could be enacted and enforced there would be much less misery for the comtug generation than thoro is for this. A sufferer frons repeatocl headaches who has found a Means of relief in "headacho powders" or other even less Harmful drug may dispute this assertion, but the victims of soma drug Habit of the friends of nae whose Heart, poisoned by acetanilid or antipyrin. has suddenly (nand to boat before its bine, will look at tho natter from another point of view entirely. - During tem Spanish Wtu' numbers of would -bra r'erruils were rejeeierl be- cause of a weak heart; and in the epi- demic of pneumonia, which ravaged the country last winter an 11111114801 num- ber of deaths occurred from failure of the heart to moot the added strain. Although various causes havo doubt- less boon nt work to weaken the hearts of the prescut generation, there can be no quostion that one potent influence etas been the intiiscr1nl1nate use of headache powders, In all cases of habitual iieadaclic re- curring periodically a physicinu must of course be consulted that he may find tiio eauso,-oyo-strain, (1100030 in the ears, nose, S1010116 or oilier more distant organs -and orno'e it if possible. But the separate attacks of headache have to be rcliev'ed, if very' severe; and in these 08514 I1 is bettor not to resort to drugs, unless the drugs are taker Moder the special guidsncn of the physician. In the cotge5tivo headache, markets by throb- bing, and made worse by stopping or lying clown, a cold towel or an .ice - bag applied to the head, a hot-water bag to U113 Spine, a. mustard plaster to the back of the neck or to the In- ner side,of the thighs, or a hot mustard fot,'batli--ono or more --will ofton give rolief when many dt'trge fail, In the an1ml0 form of headache, Marked by pallor, in wlifcli tho pain is made less severe by lying (lows, massage of the lead or the nT'p1100» tion of warm cloths to the hood and fade will oftese be found veleftl. A threate11ec1 bilious headache may tonne - Owls bo worded off by dose of No soul soils, as tray other head/wive due ±o "nutdintoxicetinn": and otto duo to maniac of t;1rn twos . or eye - iambi will usually, if taken at the moment of Ilan first warning, he ar- rested one Mitigated by closing the r, book and going fora 3wolf.---:youth's Conhi'anlorm. i��rY�I.�e1y/1�1.�10�1•�1.�1.;1,�.,�1.;10♦�j,�tl�V.+/ rE�t I'A131?I0Ns IN .1'11 Nearly n11 of 1110 grow blouses rondo in Paris at' Sometiiutvs they aro 11101'1, out al oho neck and Ur they aro cut painted lo baric and the front, or a1 th only. In tho tttllorod costumes, wells coat and skirt, of course stocks me worn. W'hilo the alcoves of gowns are growing n stnuces 1305larger, absul'diynail boufnffanint atny thehn- olbows, the leudenay to plain coat eleovem in goats or waning t,lll'ltli11em le evident, A. feature of nearly every new cos- tunle is the straight front breadth, and in many instances the boullion ccs or narrow polis and the shirred bands that go around tho skirls stop at this 11'o111 breadth, 1 u1 Pat trimmings lfko v'olt'et, ribbon are of- ten carried across this front breadth at the bottom. In Paris also numbers of 141)4011 silk Jackets with elbow sleeves and show- ing much of oho underblouso aro worn, In some instances, tho bolero coat and underblouso aro fastened together. Shirt waist eOSt:11111eS for runabout wear aro realm better style this Sea - 0011 than 1110 separate blouse with coat to match the skirt, and cor- thinly are mono artistic in that there is no ugly brook between the neck and the 11om of the skirt -a gir- dle of a cautrasting hue, as h rule, does not offend tho eye. Thread lace is being used to natural tints for blouses yokes and cuffs. A light yellow batiste gown from I'am!s has 11 deep yoke and cuffs extending to the otbows of the natural creamy thread and are three full rubles on the skirt are edged with it, tho up- per one having a standing ruffle to match heading it. Fashion ....T SYTIARINC TTI1: SASIT, There is no such thing as a con- vettiona.11y tied sash 111000 days. Each girl strives to outdo every oth- er girl in tho original way that she ties her sash. Por•llaps one reason that the sash has become such an es- sential part of the summer frock this year is that the new ribbons are so temptingly lovely that they ap- peal to every girl vtho Sees theta, The soft, changeable louisino ribbons are charming to asp for tho 110ty limit girdles, many of which are finished at tie back with long seen ends. The taffeta ribbons with a nulssalina finish also innate up into fetching sashes. Sashes are being used now as a trimming for n gown, but of course the sash which acts as a trimming must bo arranged in some (111(1 11.1 way, An ettoctiv'e sasli trimming for the back of a gown creams the bod- ice like suspenders, each ribbon starting from a bow on the elioulder and coming together at tho direct centre back, where they are joined by n rosette. Iron the rosette aro two very, long ends, which aro knot- ted twice. At the waist -line tbo ribbon is formed in a belt. Tito clever girl who first designed this sash inirochlced nt the same Lime the clearest little fail. To one streamer of her sash she tied a little fan. The fan ions of gauze and as light ns a feather, and made of tiny gauze flowers 301111h exactly matched in color the ribbon for the sash. Site solved the problem of wheys to put her fan ween dtracing, and yet when she needed 11,•all she hall to do was to lift up one streamer end and use her dainty little flower fan.. The first girl that the originator of tho fan sash showed It to exclaimed : "I don't think it is practical at all 1 Why, ,you never could sit down when Wearing this sash of yours!" To which the other girl replied : "Why, 'I never buy my sashes to ell. „n 111.111, I couldn't elford it. 1Vhenover I sit clown I lift each call to one side." ART3'UL WAYS. The full boiiico and yoke effeet.s novo so popular lnalio it iutperattvo that there should 110 n full, oven -lino from shoulder to shoulder to give the neces551y plumpness.- 'Phis is done in sundry artful way'S 1ccorili111 to individual 1 Mite. Ono way, to achieve this res1111 13 to sow 1,0 011 indi wide bonding Set, - oral rows of loco ut graduntod width, gathering rather full. 11i11bo11 is run in the heading and tho contpioL- od 1•u1i7o Held in place with tiny Safe- ty pine under shall butes. Similar ratites are mane of pinked, taffeta, of ((Mole ribbon, or, for use under while shirt waists, of enbrold-- Ory, Others tutee two small lace -edged and cothroldered hondke•chief5, cut diem so that (sue portion '8 no incl( or two largor than the other, join the nieces with bending, 1111 ribbon through to pull up hy, and turn tiro shorter port ton hock ovOr the other. Fasten 011 end of ouch rn the c"sa1- cover near 1130 armlio1d, anti tie noose tho bust. Padded bows to be worn justvvith- in and above the cors0t n.ro ascii fol' 1115 menu; purpose, A strip of some Ono soft silk, loeg enough to math from shouldol• to slioulder, is lined with winkling, folded moor, the edges and (ince seamed together, and tied tightly heroes the 1111(11115 tvllli a large ribbon bow to match. 01' eoni'se, so good an opportunity to introduce sachet tomato- wool 1 not be ld'gloetecT, lib's. Sehooppen•a1 want five pnuttte of sugar, please, (looter•-1'cm'nl; ons - thing also? 311s, 1ehupl•en --I\0, that's MI; 1'll holm it frith mac if it' Daft ton hoary a packuu -- Orn,•el'_. 1)11it'll trill; weigh 'three, or lame ' lieultela, 0a''it112,.