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CITAPTRR X.
"Wliat a time you have been!"
cries Diane, meetieg her epee the
duoleeteles and dre,eving her into the
breinkfastetkom. "Yoe saW eine?"
"YOu spoke to him?".
"Oh, yes, yes."
• "You---?"
"Were scoleed by him!"
Hilary drops inlo a chair,
"Scolded by him?"
"Actually scolded I "
"I don't believe a word of It,"
saye Diana, who as a rule is really
the most polite creature in •th
• world.
"Well, you may. ITe scolded ni
terribly. So terribly,. that I sti
tremble beneath the wrath of hi
denunciations. I don't think. Di,
could live out my life with a ma
, whose eloquence lae" tbat way."
"I wish you'd explain," says Dia
na anxiously,
"And yet," continues Hilary, fol
lowing out her own late train o
thoughts as if not hearing her sister
"I should like -to marry him, if onl
—for revenge!"
"Nonsence, Hilary! I believe you
ere laughing. I—Why, Nvliat did h
say to you?"
you shall hoar. I hope eeonel
like it. It's actionable, I think.
You should be the one to prosecute."
"'Yes—lie"—here Hilary's voice
grows almost unintelligible with..
laughter --"he accused inc of making
love to--" •
"Who?"
"Jim!"
"Geed Mleemens! The man is mad,"
- says Diana.
"Well, I was too polite to tell
him that, but the fact is, I went in-
to the garden after luncheon. to Pick
a few laurel -leaves, and 'Jim was
there, and of course we both talked
over the luncheon."
"Well?"
"Well. My dear !lance was in the
window and saw the parlor -maid of
a few minutes ago in confidential in-
tercourse with the master of the
house. Of course he was amazed.
After all," with a judicial air, "I
, dare say under -the circumstances
that I should have been amazed too"
"How unfortunate that he should
• have seen you!"
"Yoe, very. But that was not all.
He accused me on the spot of being
a disloyal servant to your royal
highness." •
"What*
on earth are you talking
about, Hilary?"
"About my future husband. He
evidently thought I was behaving
very badly toward you. Oh! Jim!"
ss ClitTord enters the room, "come
bereei
MILm, do you know What hos hap-
pened?" says Diana. "Mr. leer
saa' you talking to Hilary in the
shrubberies, and lib thialts—"
• "That leilary is in love with me,"
says Clifford. "Well," thoughtffilly,
"I can't blame him."
"Jinel'M says Hilary.
may clear!"
"You know he must have thonght-
-idiot though he is—that it was
you evho were in love with me!"
"Ah l Don't make him out a great-
er idiot than he is," says Clifford
sweetly.
• Here Diana, WHO had been laugh-
ing, a little, breaks into the discus-
sion.
"It's all very- well," says she,
"but how are we going to meet him
0051 week at Mrs. Mani e's
deem
"What!'' exclaims Hilary. I or the
tirst time in all this wild adventure
of her she looks really stricken.
"Yee don't mean to say he is ' go-
ing there?''
"Certninly be is. He told me so.
. Ile is going to Dublin on business
to -morrow, but will be Ilack in time
for it,"
"Mutt t never be back in
time. What do you think, :Jim?"
turnieg to her brother-in-law, with
much apparent courage, but ovideet-
/y with a sinkingheart.
• I dont know, says' Cleflord with s
deep and depressing reserve, who
feels' this to be a likely moment in
which to drop entO deadliest gloom.
"Ile was (Able th put in an appeer-
mace last time, though he arrived at
midnight. I decline to give an opin-
Me. One never knowe what walY
happen. It is •bad to be wildly pre-
vious,"
"Ohl somethiog w haPpon to
prevent him," seys IrilarY, "It
would be too much. How on earth
collie. !Inlet him?" '
"How indeed!" says Clifford, "af-
ter this base deception."
a "You might stay at home," sug-
gests Diana anxiously. "But I
e shouldn't like you to tic that."
' "Stay at home! From a dance I
s Never!" cries Unary with decision,
"If the worst comes to the worst,
why 11 meet hilll, and gem hun
dance or te o!"
This audacity makes them laugh.
"I shall be the worst off,", says
poor Diana, sighing. "Ho will
think mo terribly to blame! And
as for you, Jim, when lie meets you
"When he does."
Mr. Cliffoed is now sitting in an
nem -chair, teaching a little terrier to
eg for his bread.
"But, my dear im, you will meet
int at the McIntyrese" •
"Not if I know it. I'm goitig to
play hideauncl-seek that night in and
out of the rooms—Sit op, Trot, cant
you?—And I defy auy, Ono to catch
nInlia at that game once I put my,
ne to it. Oh, what a night I'm
going to have! Such splendid eecer-
cise---"
"I think play it. too," says
Diana, with a rather faint laugh, "I
don't believe I could meet him after
this,"
"I hope, Diana," says her husband
severely, that yeti will see your
way to playing it with me."
"Oh, you can laugh," says Diann.
growing rueful again, "but I know
exactly' how it will 'he. You and
'Ilelarer will be out of the way, and
It will be left to me to explain to
'him. this cicu•ing imposition."
j She looks at :Hilary, but that cul-
iprit shead is downbent, and no
, comforting words come from her,
"Well. look here," says Diana, 3
taking a step forward, and growing
, endued suddenly with a touch of
spirit, '7 won't do it. No. Noth-
ing shall Induce ine. I've told him
so many things already, that I can't
tell him any more "
"You needn't!" says Hilary; she 1,
too is looking distinctly uneasy, but
a smile breaks through the little e
you :Mould mit havo trifled with him
111 this way. «end," eighing, "he
would hem/ been such a good match,
too,"
"Brilliant!" says Clifford, "Teloryl"
"Don't, Jen, really wish to
spoek seriously to Hilary. He
Would be a good match,"
"Well, my clear, am I not agree -
leg w th you there? A match of
the finest .Fivality; call him; warren-
tod Here 4. sound, evidently coinl
from the lower regiond, attra
their atteution,
"Coolc has come Mice," era's Dia
hurriedev, "For Ileavon's ai
Hilary, go aini get that theca off
fore she 5008 you."
CHAPTER X.
Tho first- three dances are at • an
end; Hilary, as elle enters the ball-
room, can see this by the card hang-
ing near tho musiciane, Sho can
see, too, after a hurried glance over
the room, that the Dyson- Moore
Moores and their party, have not ye
arrived. The fourth is a walte—sh
has arrived just in time for it—an
she gots tbeotigh it with a tall Cru
seder, enjoyably enough, but al
ways with a sense that she is watch
Ing the doorways.
The Crusader, who is young and
immensely in earneet over his waltz-
ing, which like 'himself has not yet
come to perfection, permits her, to-
ward the•close of the dance, to rest
a moment, arid in that moment sh
knows that her fate is upon her,
Her heart • almost stops beating
Yes. there is Mrs. Dyson -Moore, and
Ker with her. Mr. Dyson-Moove is
here, too, straggling somewhat is
the rear—he is always in the rear
P001' man—and several other people
mostly Men from the barrecks in the
next town. Hilary, however, sees
only one man, and that is Kam he
is dressed as a Cavalier, and looks
absolutely handsome, a thing one
would not have expected from him.
1 -Te is now standing talking to Mr
Dyson- Moore, and it suddenly occur
to Hilary that that elastic, person
wearing the triumphant express'
ol one who has just added anoth
scalp to her belt. Is it Xer's?
seems at all events thoroughly
content with his present position,
and in no wise eager to withdraw
from it. All his attention seems
to be indeed given to his hostees,
who has discarded the Amazonian
dress, and is now declaring herself
to an admiring if slightly aston-
ished crowd, as Folly. By this
change she has added considerably
to her charms,
'Never was there so radiant a
Folly—or so picturesque a one. She
seems to gather a fund from the sen-
sation she is so ,evidently creating,
nd ' 11 •
glances of old Miss Kineella, who i
staring at her through her gold
immed glasses from - the (listen
doorway, with stern and open di
improved M's Re 11 1 ,
stands near the doorway whereve
she goes; it gives one so much a bet
ter chance of seeing each new aerie -
al, and the manner of their recap
ion, and the gowns they Wear, ail(
Who comes with them, etc. Nothin
se ar X' e
Mes• Dyson -Moore, who has beei
iodding and smiling at her from a
ow couch, with overflowing melee
ion apparently, has now nearly goa
1rto hysterics behind her fan over
he return she has had. Iter nods
aye been received with a stony
lare, her smiles with a glassy eye.
ellary can see that Ker has gone
ehind the fan too, and that now,
lie fan is shaking,
This is a big fan any way, and a
eclicious one too, all blue and
gold! Indeed, Mrs. Dyson -Moore 1
o dream of blue and gold all
through.
A touch of burning envy' saddens
or a moment Hilary's heart. 11
he could havo got a lovely costume
laug.h, but dare not. Oh', tlat
'Pudic:on 1
'rho timo Oho tliraS and
holds out her band!! to lain. For
the ilret time tonight leer's eyes
rest -upon her,
Tbe musie • restores him to his
eenees. •0444 4gaill the steps are
gone through—once again the parlor -
maid is bolding out her hands to
hinx,• Cue haed is 4 little closed. It
ludds something. She opens it, and
ng slip stile something into his palm.
cts elrorgIve tie," breathes BIM
It Is the florin,
ne "It will be dillicult," returns lie.
1e, "X lamer you now. Your ramie is
be- not BrIclget,"
rieiteteir Maria, nor Sal all, nor lien -
She is aehamed of herself, but she
does laugh.
"It is lIllare' ?"
"Yes."
She has returned to her place, but
S a little while later they. are face to
t face again.
'Will yoll give me the next dance?"
„Blienstekdes„hee head.
. "You will give me one. however ?
You owe me something."
-Do 1? Very well, ru pay it."
Another little chance comes.
"Let me see you after this?"
She smiles.
"Who is Miss Burroughs dancing
with?" asks ho, dropping back to
his place 'With Mrs. Dersoo-Moore.
"Lord Emecerst. You keiote her?"
"Slightly. As a fact she is a sort
of cousin of mine,"
"Is she? course, X remember.
1 You went to see the Cliffords ono
day when you were here a week ago.
Some people say she's handsome."
Not handsome!
"Noe" delightedl "Well, I agree
with you. And dowdy I My word,
I'd rather stay at home forever than
go about in a rig -out like that, I'm
so glad you"—with emphasis, and a
s• glowing &mice from under her black-
s ened ilds—"don't think her a bean-
ie ty."
00 As for that, I only said I didn't
°I' think her handsome,
"Strictly handsome .people, you
khow, aro seldom beauties."
"Oh, I seo," with distinct offence.
"you think her then---?"
"A yery pretty giel," says Xer.
"One could say that of every other
'rl one meets," says Mrs. Dyson-
oore, with a little offended hitch
of the shoulder nearest to him.
The Lancers are over new. Kele
slipping through the crowd here and
there, looks everywhere for Hilary.
But in vain. Has sho been avoid-
ing him? When the next dance is in
full swing, he looks for her in the
g ball -room, and sees her waltzing gay-
s ly in the almas'of a efephittoPheles,
He stations bimself doggedly in
one of the doorways, and watches
S" her. When tbe dance is over, she
moves through it. I -To stops her.
r "Miss Burroughs, you promised me
d , "
- "Yes 1" She looks at her eerie "1
- have nothing until tho ninth. That,"
l• without looking at him, "is free. It
g is a polka, and I hate polkas. Will
ou it?'
"Grateful for small mercies," mur-
cloud that duns the brightness of
her face. "You can leave it all to
me. I'll tell him. explain. .;
l'ehon he sees me as Bridget---" L
"Oh, Tillery, you won't appear •
again in that dress?" pointing to 1,
the di'e's 'Hilary has WOrn during I,
the luncheon.
"I shall, indeed, He—" she e
stops short, "admires me in it," b
she was going to say, but found it I.
impossible; she colors vivialy, and
says instead, "will probably have
forgotten all about me."
"Oh, modesty, thy namo is Wom-
an!" says Clifford, who has now al-
most induced the terrier to wait for
the infinitesimal part of a second be- f
fore devouring the biscuit.
murs he, bending over her card to
- scribble his name on it.
o I -Te looks at her as lie gives it
baIc't'kiiosuwill remember?".
plain he has littlo faith in
her. 1114117 gives him it return a
strange little glance.
"I always remember," says she.
(To be Continted.
s CONVICTS AS VOLT,INTEERS.
"r)1) not going to be ashamed of e
atything," says Hilary perversely. b
"Why should 1? .1 think I have been in
such a good girl all through. I have T
helped you out .of your difficulty with
ucli as that—not thaat of course—
ut something equally lovely—she
ight have shown up well to -night.
here are one or two costumes in
Mich she has often told herself--on-
horsolf—that she would be well—
m•y well worth looking at. But
ly of them would cost at least 0,,
yotr parlor -maid. I helped him to m
everything I could think of—'I even ee
gave him back his stick. What a,
rnore does he waft?"
adiy. "I told you, Hilary, that
"Nothing, I hope," says Clifford. g
"Or he must be the moat unreason-
able fellow alive. And I wouldn't
marry an *unreasonable fellow if I, is
were you, Hilary."
"As to marrying him, that is out si
of the question," says Hilary Warra- al
ly, "There is only the queetion of to
Putting myself straight with him.
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That I can easily do." op
"Yes, I'm afraid the marriage ;et
question is at an end," says Diana 1.11
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mikes, and she --well, she hasn't
ot ten guineas. That's all. It is
finished argument.
The fifth dance on the programme
the Lancers.
"A beastly sheute," mutters the
rusader sotto voce, who thinks
1 dances should be waltzes, if only
oblige
The musicians have struck up the
ening bars and there Is a little
11' through the room. Some are
ening away from the slow dance,
there are running toward it. Hit -
y sees Mrs. Dyson -Moore rise from
r seat and Xer with her. They
kg. a step In the direction of • the
Ohne of the room, Plainly, they
o going to dance it—together.
'Will you give me these Lancers,
.iS11111113'?" asks Lord Emherst.
t 'is given to emuth to be happy
emelt to bear you off in the fast
noes, hut perhaps you will spare
an ole man like me a little walk
through." -
The pleasant -faced old gentleman
holds out his arnl to her. Tt is
impossible to refuse.
"I shall be deligh'd
te," says she,
She , puts her cum through his. All
at once, her courage 'returns to her.
Yes, elm will depee these Lancers,
and if Mr, Kr eees liar, well—Well,
then, this embarrassing situation will
he at 01) end, And the could hard -
bring it to a finish in better coze-
ns",
prcl Enherst is the one big man
the country, end certainly. the
t, beheed by all classe>.
\Men she and he have taken their
ees, Hilaey for the first Hine lifts
• eyes. A sigh of relief welcomes
fact that her VIS -4 -vis is not
r, A eccond leter the relief is
d. Killed by another fact.
'he man on her left hand is
e and Mrs. Dyson -Moore am 1010-
0t the sides. In alibther mom -
or two ehe have to place
fingers in Ms.. He will tern
round, What 'will be say 80.5! ?
? NorVotionles8 Seizo.M upong hem
itt rtfra id to lift her eves, but
h the nervousness comes a stramci
entrollable sense or amusemeete
feels that she would like to,
rug ist
co MOH
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ause He Knew of Scores of Severe
Cases of PJEOS That Were
Positively Cured by
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The eriter of the letter quoted be-
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disappointed with the many treat-
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told him of wbat Dr. Kase's Ointe
anent was aCe01111)11e1i1ng 110 a eure for
this wretched ailment.
Mr, 01. W. Cornell, who is with the
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Russia Gives Prisoners a Chance
to Fight in Mast.
The following is taken from a gen-
eral order issued by, the Viceroy of
the far east :—
At my request the Emperor has
granted to the exiles in Salclialin
who have expressed a desire to en-
rol themselves in the volunteer corps
the following favors and privileges:
(a) Each period •of two months'
active service performed by a con-
. a year 01 pone
servitude, to be deducted from his
sentence, and those among the con -
Siete who tele part in any action
• against the enemy will be immed-
iately admitted into tlie class of
• colonists. Further, coloniets who
liye in the prisons will be transferr-
ed to the divisions of convicts who
are allowed to live outside the
prisons.
(b) Prisoners in the division of
cerrection and deten Lion will have
remitted a year of their sentence for
each four months of service with the
army.
A.11 brilliant feats of arms will be
reported to me in order that I may
reduce the punishment of the convict
distinguishing himself, and, in excep-
tional eases, report them to the Em-
peror to obtain ri full pardon for the
author of the achievement.
TI1E MAIJSER'S 1311EATIT.
The old fable of the siren hae its
duplicate In one of the meet deadly
of modom weapone. The whistle of
O bullet ought to be a deadly sound,
it is surprising to be told that it is
a beautiful one. Mr. IT. F. Provost
Battersby says, in his SoutliaAfrican
noles called "In the Web of a 4Yar":
The Mouser's most melodious period
is from eight to eighteen hundred
yercis. Over that distance its note
is the inost exquisitely lovely of
shigle sounde. "The silky breath' of
Ike Aletencer" .10 . 2 phrase that ade-
cmately doecribes
DIM there is eomothing more aboet
ie then ite beauty, eel/calling strange
and baleful. It goes by like the sing-
ing of a wandering soul that can
find met only by bringing death to
another, It 11 a sighing so indescr
ably tender mid sad and sweet that
every sound of human lips 500010
without, °berm beside it. After lea
leg for a thne under that ghee'
breath, one licte even to resist a (le;
sire to lift hie bead and take the
nCXt puff of 11 111 his face.
The Fair Vleitot—I seppose ended-
ing picturee lergely a matter of
taste, The Artist: ITost—Not neces-
sarily, I've acre it Merle without
any,
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r.'f4 ON THE FARM.
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GROWING POTATOES,
An experiontha potato grower thus
describes whae ilo eonsiders the'10
questa) and' methods for growleg
good crop :
The (Met requisite is soil condi-
tions, A clay loam wleh Mid
mIxtene combined with Humus is tho
Ideal soil for .potaLoes, though good
potatoes and good yields may and
can be made on clay soil 11 t,ho soil
Is well supplied with is. liberal quane
Lity of humus.
To grow potatoes with seem80 it
Is well to inenees on the mind .of
tho groWer the importance of thee -
°ugliness and couple with this inten-
sive systems in preparing the ground,
planting and cultivating, 3:31 my ex-
perience a well proparecl seed bad
invariably gives the best results-. A
medium furrow is bettor than Aunt-
ing too deep. With one to two eye
plant two feet Elmira withrow
forty to fortyefotir inches apert,
Four to six days after planting, co
sooner if it rains, go over the sur
face with a harrow. Then, ea 130011
as the plants can be seen, so as to
follow the raWS, start a small -tooth-
ed cultivatoe and keep this going at
intervals of six to eight days until
the blooming starth. The cultiva-
tor should run regularly up to this
period, though the tops should have
to be turned, back out of the .way of
the horse and plow.
Later in the sermon all large Weeds,
end there is good reason to expect
eucli weeds to grow in good potato
ground, should be pulled or cut out.
Such growth takes up the •moisture
from the potato plante very rapidly.
Ef the soil is a heavy clay the yield
of •Lubees may be helped by running
once in a row with a one-liorse small
toothed cultivator, going only deep
enough to stir -the surface by break-
ing tho crust, up to the time that
the tops show Signe of drying up.
The larger part of the potato is
water, thus, will be readily seen and
understood the necessity in growing
potatoes of adopting an intensified
system of surface cultivation to form
O dust mulch rather than high ridg-
ing of the rows with a laege shovel
or diamond plow, The latter has
not only a tendenee, to dry out, ra-
ther than conserve the moisture in;
the ground, but besides the high
ridging puts the feeding roots of the
plants too deep to get any advan-
tage of the warmth. Under the
Proper conditions and adaptability,
Hee potato is a heavy, yielder, yet
it is not an exhaustive crop on the
ground. When a ton of potatoes aro
sold there is 78 per cont. water, 1
Per tent. ash, 2.2 per cent, protein,
18 per cent, starch ancl 1 per cent.
fat, or in other words, 78 per cent,
water and 22 per cent solid's. In
selling cereals the rate is just about
reversed. Of all crops grown there
are but few if any crops that are
more generally planteel than the po-
tato, and in a. general way there are
but few crops moth neglected. With
proper application of tbe cultivator
there is but little 'demand for the
tioe in the potato field.
ABOUT BUTTER MAKING.
as, tor example, work hors, or In
seine instancee, the breech); etemic,
nothing coetributes eo 14121011 to their
comfort as that of proteeteng them
from flies. Anlinals that are Jcept
busy figletirm Mee require more food
to iceep 1110114 in condition, !loci, in-
deed, le is linpofteible with an lin-
limited supply of food to Iceep them
in proper conclitten,
Advantage Mimed bo tnken of elio
fact that flies constantly -tend to
seek the light plume A stable need
not be abeolittely, de ric 111 ordet. t
Prevent annoyance frum flies, and, I
fact, WO do not believe 101 keepin
stables too Mule on accoune of Us
face thee animals are liable, If keP
in such quartees for any considerabl
length of time, to go wroeg in 'thel
eyes. Gunny sacks natlecl over 1.11
window e of the stablee great ly in
duce the number of flies thee evil
poster the animate. These shotil
not be nailed down absolutely tigh
at the bottom or air will be exclud
ed and the stable will become Warn
end unhealthful. If the sacks ea
partly loose at the bottom they wil
still shade the stable eatisfactoril
and yet at the some time will ad
enit air. Horses placed in the stable
s for en hour at noon will 0111 better,
s rest bet Ler, and We can no 1 help but
think they will work better after-
., wards if they are afforded sumo pro-
_ leetion during the time they are in
the stall. Ta 801110 al: our better
mass of stables vegular window
billies are used, those being pulled
down during tile day and run up at
night, thus freely, admitting the
when no protection front flies Is no-
cor,sary. II; is .claimed by those
who use such blinds that their cost
is more than offset inany times dur-
ing a single season in the savine of
Iced that is effected by the proicie-
lion which they afford.
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tity of food that is camel
with the tissues it consumes
110 121110010115,
112) floorufloliseilielancolenet iosf
g forced to 'subsist on Its own. it
o The fat Is first appropriated,
the Inueeles and other street
O The emaciation and loss of dem
e are so rapid that, life has rarely heal,
o maintained longer than tee days,
- when neither food nee drink ems
1 telcon, 11, bowever, an abundance of
d water is drunk, tho meeting is 52e1112-
1 ly retarded and life can be support-
- ed for a muc11 longer time, provide'cl
1 that the body be kept at complete
d rest. Thus restricted, Meting is of'
1 ten made a valuable adjunct te other
y measures in tho treatment of disease.
- A limitation of the diet is more fre-
quently resorted to than an entice
withdrawal of neertShment
Restrietion of diet is often valuable
also as a means of preventing* illnese
Most persoas not employed in Taalltk.
al labee eat more than is requisite
for their support. Overeating seldom
e-ields an increase of nuerition. The
excess of food, on the contrary, im-
poses a burden upon the liver, the
kidneys and other organs whose of-.
lice it Is to free the blood of effete
matter. When tees burden becomes
excessive, illness is induced.Head-
ache, loss of appetite, lassitude and
all the other symptoms coramonly
assembled under tbe term "billions -
noes" are the usual manifestations of
it, The accumulation of poisons is
further favored by neglect of drink,
when too little water is taken into
tho system to maintain the secretions
cmcl carry off the waste.
The waste products which result
from an over -indulgence in meat are
more acutely poicknous than those
from vegetables. They belong to
the uric acid group of poisonous sub-
stances, which aro regarded as parti-
cularly active in the producelon of
gout, rheumatism and .neuralgea. Or
if the quantity of animal food taken
be so excessive and remain so loam In
the intestines as to undergo decompo-
sition through the action of bacteria.,
ptomain -poisoning is produced, and
It may bee so severe as to be distin-
guished with difficulty from typhoid
fever.
In the less SeVere cases relief is
promptly secured by abstaining from
-meat for a. few days, hastening the
removal of the tonic matter by the
drinking of as much pure water as
the stomach will tolerate, or by
Menne of a laxative mineral water.
Muscular exercise and bathing are
also advantageous for prevention.—
Youths' Companion.
The Iowa experiment- station re-
ports the results of some tests made
to ascertain tho moisture contents of
butter and the influence of various
methods, and conditions on the qual-
ity of butter. We give the conclu-
sions arrived at below :
1. The amount of overrun 'depends
upon, (a) thoroughness of slehmuing,
(13) completeness of churning, (c)
general leaks in creameries, end (d)
linen tlio conmosition of the butter
manufactured.
2. Chi -wiling in a warm room and
inking the temperature of the cream
anti wash water cause the butter to
become softer and unite into lumps,
in which condition it liolds and re-
tains moiSturo to a greater exteet
than when butter is firmer,
8. An increase in the size 6f gran-
ules due to overchurning increases
the moieture content gradually and
only to a small extent. Ily chum -
Mg into lumps, the moisture content t
of butter is increased greatly,
4, Butter should not be overelittrn-
ed in the buttermilk as too much
curd end auger 0 incorporat-
ed. This cannot readily be removed, e
end in many instances it Miens tlie t
flavor and keeping quality of button.
5. The moisture content of letteter s
can bp. rep,mlated by controlling the c
temperatures, tne amount of wash
water, and degrees of churning in tho
wash water.
6. The richer the treacia is at the a,
time of churning, the MOre aleiStare
Ole butter obtained will contain, .1,
providing all other conditions are
7, When all other conditions: are
the same, butter feoin pasteurised
cream contains about 34 per cent, a
less moisture than that made from 3:
eivw cream.
S. The degree of ripeness hos very
little if any , influence upon the 11101S- p
tore Content of butter.
0. If it Were possible to keep all li
conditions alike the fullness of ,theirn
Will have no influence on the mois-
ture content of butter.
10. Batter can contain 1.8 por cont
melsturci without any apparent ' in-
ittry tho commereinl quality of
the butter, requires a keen ob-
server and a 'good judge to fault but- Y
ter containing as niteli 08 20 per t
cent,, without the use of a special
test, when inoiseure lins been propee-
ly Incorporated.
11., en order to avoid JOrthy butter,. P
the moist:tire should be incerpoented
during the churning and \wishing
peocess. The butter should be salt.
ed and worked in the a.bscime of \va-
t er in the churn ewe the dra 1 11 12a15
should be loft opon during the wore-
ing period,
A CEMENT 'moor,.
'ee cement floor in a poultry house
is Glimmer than wood, is ratproof
land practically indestructible. AnY
handy num can put one clown in less
clime than a board one. Where you
can get the sand for the drawing
and (10 the work yourself, the cost le
less than 1 cout per squat.° foot. It
lie essential that the foundation be
isblid and as level as possible, which
Inlay be secured by the use of small
stones or gravel, well tamped down
with a piece of 4x4 -inch scantling 8
to 4 feet long.
Get a tight box about 5x4 feet and
1 foot deep. In this mix 'dry ono
pail of comet with live of coarse
sand or gravel. When well mixed,
pour in wecter to make the mortar
thin enough t t f ,
and stir well. Commence to lay at
the farther end of the room. end
work toward the door, laying a strip
2 feet wide, spreading with a 'trowel
Ito about- 1 inch thick. Lay as fast
as possible and teowel smooth! after
it has set a little. A. straight edge
will be of ereat help in gettitg the
floor level.
• This will 'dry hard enough to walk
on in 48 hours and in a few 'days
will be as hard as aerock. It is
my experience that litter on a good
cenient floor will lost
nearly twice
as long* as on a dirt one. It is eas-
ily cleaned and gives no harbor to
vermin.
•
DOGS FOR ANBI7L.P-NCE
Russian Dog Breeders' Association
Will Utilize Theta. '
In view of the excellent services
tenderedeby the clogs which were em-
ployed by the German forces during
the Boxer outbreak to act as guards
arid to aid in the \York of the ambu-
lance corps, the Russian Dog Brood-
ers' Association decided at the out-
break of the war with Japan to try
to utilize dogs for the same purpose.
The German military authorities were
approached. but they Were unable to
supply any watch dogs, as the num-
ber of such dogs available in Ger-
many was limited. The German em-
peror thought those Scoteh sheep-
dogs which had been trained in am-
bulance work should be presented to
the association. The three animals
are expected to reach Tsarslcoe Selo
hn the course of few clays, and after
their capabilities have been tested
they will be sent to the far east. The
association will itself Very shortly
inclertake the training of dogs for
ambulance work. Tho dogs are to be
taught to suecor wounded in one or
two ways, They' will be trained
when they haye found a wounded man.
Wier to reinain by his side and at-
raet the attention of the ambulance
by barking, or to go allently ie
()arch of tlie ambulance corps and
onduct them to the spot whoro the
Wounded man ie lying. The dogs will
carry a wand strapped on their
swiss, containing brandy, 'restoratives
nd water. It is sale that .7epan's
nilitary authorities haVe also decided
o. use ambulance 'clogs.
. WARNING TO OTHERS.
The leap year girl ha'cl reached the
ant where an interview with the
;Ming mates mother woe neeesciary,
"If you will only say that I can
'aye your 5011," Pleaded the fuir aP-
licant, "Pm willing to 'wait for
im for over." '
"Very well," repliki the maternal
(trent. "Just come round when the
line's up and you can have him."
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"-When I ally geed -bye to you this
voning," said Mr, Slowman, ,"do
ou think it would be proPer for me
o p111011 one reverent kiss upon your
Eiir bend?"
"Well," she implied, coquettishly,
I would consider it decidedly out. of
Ince.'
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A D ID TO STOUT W014,11,T,
It has been discover -"that a dou-
ble chin m
can be beetted by. correct
breathing. '111ti woman with a
short neck must hold her head high,
oven stretching 1100neck until con-
sciotts of the tension of the cords.
Abe should also practice dropping
her head ancl letting it roll listlessly.
about. This will give a graceful
pioimsetislestcothe head, and .the exercise
o
will help to consume the
extra amount of fat.
Lung exercises Iti breathing are the
best cure for excessive stoutness. The
best time for this is before drossitg
in the morning and after undressing
at night. Five or ten minutes' ex-
ercise every day will reauce the flesh
in a wonderfully short time. .Stand
erect, with the head and chin well
up, and rise upon Hie toes at each
moment, then expelling it forcibly.
ansi completely, coming down upon
the heels at the same thee.
Another good breathing exercise ia
to draw in a full, deep breath. lie-
tain the breath while counting nr-
teen, then slowly otpel it. Some-
times stout women move the: 01018gracefully, but the body has an ut-
ter lack of hree earty and f 31101;1011
or suppleness. Drawing 1101'00180128tighter never chi melte a stout
woman less stout in appearance. The
seilbaiee,
care is not to lace too tightly;
the second is to banish all ideas of
being stout from your mind, 'and let
t
he muscles have as free play es pos-
All women can learn to use their
bodies gracefully, 00011 11 there is a
predisposition to stoutness. SIMLA
W0111011 are acknowledged to be the
lightest dancers, and there is no rea-
son why they should not be grace-
ful in pose and motion. If a W0111-
an 'draws her breath freely frm othe
bottom of her lungs, this diminishes
the effect of lier 8100inklnediately by
doing away with that i.eittly-to-burst
look that is generally, arisociated
with stoutness. That is the• Mok
11101 must be avoided, even if the
wnist measures an inch or so more,
and the bust and shoulders gain a
little,
CURE 7011 RO—TJND SHOULDERS.
Round shoulders are almost un-
e,Voldably imoompanied by weak
hm111117us, hut be oured by the sine-
ple cuid 0011)' performed exerche of
raising one's self upon the toes leis-
urely, in a PerpondicUlar Position,
several times &fey. Take a perfect-
ly upright position, with the 110018together, and the Wee at On angle
of forty-five (1051555. Drop the marl.
lifelessly by the SiCleS, an 1111ating and
releing the chest to its fullest capa-
city muscularly, the chin well drawn
411. Slowly 11210 Up 011Ilia balls of
1,11e feet to the greatest height, there-
by exercising all the muscles of the
toss and the becly; come (mein into
stinking positioe without, swayibg
the 1)0(13' bacicward mitred, of the per-
fect line. Repeat this exercise first
on one foot, then on the other.
"Welton elwaye look for n chance
to spend Molloy," he observed, irri-
tably. "Whenever thy m
ey ein a new -
entree. they begin to study the ed-
ertisements. "Wel!, Charley, clear "
nsekred yomic efe s. Torkiem "that
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