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CHAPTER aJtXIV,-(Continued.) meat, for in south has lordship had
"Of course. Presently I am going a pretty contempt for tho man who
to show you a little more of the hoped to succeed ham. But the will
comedy, Well, I was on tho terrace made some time ago by Ltttimer
pretty late when I heard dear ite- would have come as a painful shock
ginald .down the clip calling for as.. to the philanthropist.
sistance, Ile pretended that he had "It is a very pretty tangle as it
slipped down the cliff and could nut stands,” ho said, "Miss Leo, let mo
astute -
that
compliment you upon ,vont a
theaid of a. a
D
geti p
upagain. 1
tS Y
' toll
don't that fortunately happened to bo ness in this matter. Only c
close at hand I saved our dear me you se/tented your way here, and
friend's life. I have learnt from that you are a lady detective, I read
one of the gardeners just now that a good tunny novels, and I don't
Reginald placed the rope there him- like them."
salt -a most effective touch, you „You ma y be easy on that score."
trust admit." Chris laughed, "I ant not a lady de-
"4'ery," Bell said, drily. 'But I tective. All the same. I have defeat -
quite fail to see why--" ed Mr, Reginald Henson.""I am coming to that. Don't you "You think lie is at the bottom of
see that if anything happened Reg- the mystery of the other Ram-
inuld could prove that he was not Brandt.?"
near the house at the time? iter
just before that I saw Ms accom- "I am certain of it; unless you
price come up the cliff; indeed, ho like to believe in the truth of his
passed quite close to me on his way charming scheme to give you a les -
to tho house. Reginald quite over son, as he tailed it. As a matter of
looked this fact in his heed for his fact, Idr. Henson discovered rho ex -
own safety, When I had effected my istenCe of the other print; he dis-
gallant rescue I heard an owl hoot, covered that Pr, Bell possessed ite-
Now, there aro no owls about here, the rest I. leave to your own lust guessed what that meant -it tutemess. You saw his facer
was a signal of success. Then T now?"
wont back to the corridor and the "Oh, yes. It was a fine study in
Rembrandt was gone. The stays had emotions. If you could Pied the
been cut away. At first t was other picture--'
dreadfully upset, but the more I "I hope to restore it to you before
thought of it the more sure I was the day has passad."
that it was all for the !best." Ltttimer applauded, gently. He
"But you might have raised an charmed, 1 said with the whole
alarm and caught the thief, who-"
"Who would have been promptly
a vieioue grim. Nor was Litt.imer
the kind of than who ever troubled
himself to restrain his feelings. if
he had got to the bottom of the
whole business ha would have had
Henson kicked out of the house
without delay,
But Lit.tinter suspected nothing.
Iris greeting just now showed that
!tell suspected nothing, because ho
had shaken hands in the heartiest
manner possible. Anil as for Miss
Lee, she was no more than a smart
Yankee girl, and absolutely an out -
skier,
Still, It was dreadfully puyzling.
And It was not nitre to be puzzled at
a time when tho arch -conspirator
aught to know every move of the
gcune. Therefore it became ewes -
eery to go into Moreton wells and
sen Merritt without delay. As Mon-
son crossed tho hall the cheerful
voice of Littimor hailed him,
"Reginald," he oiled, "I want
your assistance and advice,"
With, a stuttered curse Henson on-
stimr was
t red the Library. L t a
a J
seated at a table, with a cigarette
In Ills mouth, his brows drawn over
a mass of panels,
",it down aid have a cigar," he
said. "The fact is X tun setting my
affairs in order --I am going to make
a fresh will. If you banda't come
down last night I should probably
have sent for you. Now take my
bank -book and check those figures."
"Shall we bo long?" Henson ask-
ed, anxiously.
Littimor tartly hoped tlutt Henson
could spare him an hour. It was
not usual, he said, for a testator to
be refused assistance from tho chief
benefactor under his will. Henson
apologized, with a sickly smile. Ho
had important business of a philan-
thropic kind in Moreton Wells, but
he had no doubt that it could Wait
for an hour • And then for the best
part of the morning he sat fuming neat! search the fellow's lodgings.
politely, whilst Litthmer chattered in
quontly
Lho seaerh Is !redo the missing
the most amiable fashion. Henson Rembrandt will be found there. Mr.
had rarely seen him in a better Merritt would hardlydare to pawn
mood. It was quite obvious that!
he suspected nothing, Meanwhile. that."
Chris and Boll were howling along Igen if ho know its real volae,
which I doubt,'" 33e11 ser{cl, thoug'ht-
was the men with the thumb, It
should have told you this before, but
I had forgotten it In watching' your
fascinatblg diplomacy. When the at-
tack was defeated the rascal bolted
in tate direction of the chits, Of
Pourso, ho was off to tell Benson of
the failure of the Whom() and to go
on with the plot for getting the
other picture. If ho had stolon my
Rembrandt thou the other would
have tomaiued. 1 couldn't have
turned up with a coek-and-bull story
of having started with rho picture
and being .!robbed of ,it by a total
stranger in the road But I am in-
terrupting you,"
"Well, I marked that thumb care-
fully. I have already told you that
tho thief passed'me on his way to
the house when he carne up the cliff.
T was leaning over the terrace when
I saw him emerge into a band of
light causer! by the big arc in the
castle tower. I forget that I was in f;5yv, p-�,,� �ypp, y �q 1 w^ibk
deep shadow and that he could not tp�g� y,y';,�'t,; �7.arp' � k L.9"e.r
possibly see me. I jerked my head V,d
" WE J3LL"
Ceylon tea in sealed lead packets only, in order to be in a position
to guarantee contents. This is year safeguard. Black, Mixed
or Natural GREEN. By all grocers. Received the gold medal
and highest • award at St. Louis.
and • eia n a l stat
back suddenly m t o r
J
1 almost t the fel out anddru e,l a a
Ap
Then n saw fact of the intruder. a he s n
�d
o 1
it, chuckled over it -placed It in his
pocket. T was going to call out, but 1p-!
1 didn't. L had a sudden idea, Dr.
]loll -I had an idea that almost
amounted to an inspiration."
Chris paused for a moment and her
eyes sparkled, Bell was watching
her with the deepest interest and ad-
miration
"I lot the man keep it," Chris
went on, more slowly, "with an oye
to the future. The man had stolen
the thing and I was in e. position to
prove it.. Ho would be pretty sure
to pawn the star -ho probably has
done so by this time, and therefore
we have him in our power. Wo have
only to discover where the diamonds
have been 'planted' -is that the cor-
rect expression? -I can swear an in-
formation, and the police will subse-
FA
was c arae to
d The first t acts land been towards Moreton Wells. they Istat f y
come Y• a wo tail "Henson would not tell his
a brilliant success. If the third was well back in the roomy wagonette, , tool too much. Let me congratu-
disclaimed by Reginald. Let me tell only as good he would regard. Miss so that the servants could not hoar; lata you upon b
Leehis benefactor for aver 11 theta Chris regarded Bell with a' y P your idea, Miss Chris. the manure and the hogs, I have one ly above t;hc other, and !cavo a space with another bridogroam, who
Thatdiamond L f i that has many distina advautnges 1 f •d 7� only too cigar to race it
the lost Rembrandt in the hollow of 1 f ss too; Power a ac or to a ovory five or six cout.sas, lain aro .
q11%0 ?<'yri IZ"a i �faT'e '+dlgl le
SAVING 'rini,FAI1111 MANURE.
One of the first economic principles
of successful fanning Is to save all
available fortilizers. A large amount
of valuable fortiliaer is wasted each
year by our farmers, tlu•ou{;h ignor-
ance, neglect, or a willful disregard
of economic principles, writes J. N.
Cotten.
Iiorso manure, perhaps, is tho
worst manure tvo have to handle ems.
lar, In this way no objectionable
cracks or crevices will ire made when
the ice is packed in the house. The
v into
'I drawn n
inare readily n
autres of o Y
n use of a rope and
the house by the
pulley. In case there aro any irre-
gularities in the fitting of adjacent
blocks, hely off the ends and make
the union close, ns this is ono of tho
essentials of staving ice keep well
into the summer,
SCARED DRIDEOROOMS
SOME OF THEM CANNOT TACE
THE ALTAR,
One Who Hid in a Coat -Cellar --
Another
Another Became a Wander-
ing Lunatic,
It must bo very dlecolcorting
a bride to (Ind on her wedding raor
that the man who Inas boon bray
onougb to lay siege to her hand ant
heart lacks the necessary courage t
appear with hoe at rho altar,
A lover must be thoughtless in
deed to subject his sweetheart t
such a hutniliatiag experience, an[(
cases aro fortunately not of frequent
occurrence, Such, however, was a
Liverpool cotunteretal clerk, who foil
Ove long yours had been the accepted
suitor of tho good-looking dnughte4
of a small local tradesman. The
banns had been duly published, and
every arrangement made for a right•
toyal • 1 ' r u ielouii
ya celebration alio 1 of the asp
event. Radiant in her smart beide]
attire, the bride was punctually
the church, but, alas! the bri
groom came not, and after waitin
half an hour tmessotgors were dis
patched in soarrit of him.
House the ice daring freezing They proceedcc. to his parent
weather if possible, as the cakes will home, and were assured by his i
then eater tho house dry and hard. thor that he had left the house
When the ice is heavy, of best quat- the appointed time to go to
sty, asd stored durtng true»ing wan- church, as she really believed
Lher'in a wall cons'tructacl ice house, had. The searchers expressed the.
It can 1a kept for two or three seas- doubts, and, nettled at this, sho 1
ons, and then be taken out in goad vited them to go through eve
condition, arid with litho extra loss room in the dwelling, which they t
by breakage, It should have attatt- with the result that the miss!
. and bo bridegroom was found hidin
amongst the coal in the collar!
His explanation was that he ha
not the nerve to go to the churc
to be married, and with this prect
ono piece of news the messengers re-
turned to
cosslully. Rich in atounoiva, it ens- tion aL all times, hoacvc ,
ily becomes worthless by are fang- kept in perfect order. In hondiing
Ing. 1'o prevent this, is a farmer s Lho calces in the icehouse, a skid or
duty to his farm and pocketbook. run plac'ecl at an incline is very coat -
Too many farmers throw the horse vonien't,
manure out in a heap and let it FACICING THE CAICBS.
smoke and burn like a miniature vol- The methods of packing vary some-
eano, destroying available fertiliiittg what. A satisfactory method when
ingredients, and incidentally good the ice is titin is to Place the two
dollars. Phore are many rentoches to first courses on edge, and pack as
obviate this waste; perhaps the most closely together as practlooblo, The On learning tho cause of the you
common being to turn the hogs on man's absence she quietly went b
succeeding courses place flat, or in to hue rac0nte' ionic, and tri
to the manure. the wine position they occupy ol:i tihe 1
While this is an excellent plan for t r Arrau 'a• the nnlces ono dire t_ weeks Later reappeared at the a
'rHbi WAITING BRIDE.
you, sir, that 1 have the thief and as s ( amore star o ;'ours s a a of tiro inches on a 1 our sn as. n
was not often that anybody intelloc brilliant smile on he face. f l f, t our h nds and Myr home st'ablo joins the cow barn Not lou;' ago a somewhat silo
the dayis out tually amused him; in fact, he must Confess, she said. conn a f
m hands. Before o curiosity."
vett alncays have the consciousness of an'd tt is a mvonteiat for ono to throw broken. The last four or fiver coursers incident tuns reported Lud hoot D{rmi
yadd Miss Lee to his collection, you aro consumed with cu J
I sial! make good any boast. And {hen you must play a part your- "It would bo just as well. to no-: lutowhng that you ern get it bade the horse meante In the gutter every on torr aro plaood each one to break ham. In an eastern suburb a 1
self," Chris said, gaily. "I am go -,knowledge ft at once," Doll admin -'again. Now, what are we going to,
ing into Moreton Wells, and Dr. Boll ed. "In the happy old dere your I do next?" ; to call u on Mr. Merritt,
accompanies m, Mr. Henson is sister Enid always said that you! g p
01 course," Chris said, promptly,
not to knowfthat we have se and 1 wore the clover she audacious one' „you forget that I have his address.
he is not to leave the house for a of the family, She said you would
1I am deeply interested in the welfare
ad hour so after our departure t he i do or luno anything," of the criminal classes, and you aro
What I want is a fair start and the. "T. used to imagine so," Chris
privilege of bringing a guest home: said. more quietly, "But the life of ahs ralso n ittts ohuf oet. I've ve looked peoo in
to dinner." the last few years tried oras nerves
"Vague, mysterious, and alter -I terribly. Still. the change has done the directory who go in for that kind
ing,"Littimor said. "Bring the me a deal of good -the change and of thing, and I'm going to got up a
guest by all means, I will pledge the knowledge that, Reginald 13enso"bazaa at
ot atimpreer Cay tleclfor the
mhe
y diplomacy that you have a long regards me as deed. But you want
start, Really, I don't know when to know how I am going to get the have turned over a now leaf. I am
enjoyed I have myself so much. 'You Rembranc)t?" I Particularly anxious for Mr. Merritt
"That is what is consuming at! to give us an address. Don't you
shall have . big wagonette for g me
your journey.."" present," hell said. think that will do?"
"And join it beyond the lodge- "Weil, we are going to see the ""I should think it wound do very
gwell iudeod," Bell said.
gates," Chris said, thoughtfully. man who has it, Chris explained, (To be Continued.)
Dr. 13011, you shall stroll through coolly. "I have his address in Moro-
the park casually; I will follow as ton Piolls at the present moment, a
casually later on." and for the rest he is called tho Rev.
A little later Hensen emerged from Jaunos Merritt. Between ourselves PORT ARTHUR'S NAME.
his room dressed evidently f he is no more a reverend than you
there's the breakfast bell.
It looked quite natural some time
later for the three conspirators to be
lounging about the gallery when
rtenson emerged from his bedroom.
He appeared bright and smiling, and
most of the bandages had been re-
moved from his throat. All the
same be was not pleased to see T3e11
there; he gazed uneasily at the doc-
tor and from him to Littimcr.
"You know hell," the latter said,
carelessly. "Fact is, there's been a
great mistake "
Bell offered his band heartily. It
cost him a huge effort, but the slimy
scoundrel had to be fought with
his owe weapons. Henson shook
his head with the air of a man ex-
tending a large and generous need of
forgiveness. He sought in vain to
read Bell's eyes, but there was a
steady, almost boyish, smile in
them."
"I indeed rejoice," he said, unctu-
ously. "I indeed rejoice -rejoice -
rejoice!"
Ho repeated the last word help-
Yiessly; he seemed to have lost all
night, behind the cows. Tho urine joints and closely placed at edges. triage had been arranged between
from the cows is thus absorbed by I Tho reasons fur this anan'geuent youth of eighteen and a girl twc
the horse manure and saved, and are that the {cc on the floor of - the months his senior. With her frio
the cows aro kept clean. house wastes rapidly and by placing and relations tin bride awaited
Whet Possible, !normo snonld bo the calcar on edge, the minimum loss the church the corninc of her groo
covered by sheds, or in collars with is obtained. The succeeding cakes, but she waited in vain. for he 1
concrete bottoms. All liquid man-
ures contain more valuable properties
placed ono above the other, and free not put in an appearance when
than the solid, and should be care o:r the edges, have only the top and legal hours for the performance
fully saved. Many farmers aro care- bottom surfaces in contact, and min -the ceremony had passer!. The d
less about scrapping up and saving imun breakage and labor in loosing appointed damsel Was carried
the barnyard droppings. This is a cakes is obtainer!. By breaking the her home in a swoon. from whi
joints every few courses the eircula- she did not recover for some tin
grave' mistake. While not as value,- tion of air currents which Is so clo-1 On beim appealedto
ble as the stored manure, these'g isoxtor for extraordinary
condu
Stt'uCtiVL' to the ice, is shut off, and tion of his extrao+'dinary Conine
scrapings are far too valuable to finally the top coarses closed in a the mother of the absent hridesroo
waste. Their value can be euharcodI mass thoroughly prevent the top cov-,stated that he wont to the church n
by their being gathered fr0quently ming from silting down into the arranged, but on seeing the crow
This will koop the yard clean all the body of the ice. Always have Meths.' that had assembled there his conn,
time. ' age at the bottom. Tho sawdust ]oft hint and he flet!
Wood ashes aro invaluable arla,used for covering should be packed On another occasion the Thniversi
1'
slmulci be carafnlly saved. ro-I closely at the sides and on top. A
quontly they can be bought in near -1 layer 01 4 to 6 inchos of sawdust on
by villages very cheap. top will by sufficient.
THE HOG WILL HELP. As the warmer ti vs and spring
Tho hog is a ready-made manure
maker when given a chance. Dig up
town of Canuhridga furnished
singular example of what may
termed marriage fright. All
vt en or a aro „ The connection that exists between d rains set: In, proper ventilation of unigamonls had been made for t
journey. FTe looked flrLb;.y and won- P union of tho high contracting p.
ried; there was an expression very "And if the gontlemau is shy or Port Arthur and a peaceful village in the lee -house is important'. All steam
like fear in his oyes. The corridor refuses to see us?"Devonshire, England, is little known, plenty of truck, dry it and keep it or vapor rising from the ice should ties. it should be mentioned ti
"Then he will be orrestncl on a Half a century ago the rector of ort hand to put in the pen. You will he often rici of as soon as possdble.,tho couple had mot and carried
was deserted easn ho passed tho Phaco Atheriny g their courtshipin London, wh
his backbone, and lapsed into a flab- where the Rembrandt hong, I charge of theft " sten was rho Rev. ,lames Ar-� be astonished to see bow many The top dressing of the deo repuires'
by,jellified mass of quivering white paused before tie picture ill a hesite- "Illy dear young lady, before you thin, the father of Lieutenant W. loads of manure n hog will make' in frequent inspection to keep it in- both were employed, and the bri
hmtnity. His vacnt, fishy eyes ting, fascinated way'. His feet can got a warrant for that !rind of Arthur, R,N., and great-uncle of the this wayaa ivar rte`*salaam. andam nstrapg tart. Keeping tate roam as air groom
parents gone
so far
rhasto brl
ce omen
were fixed upon the Rembrandt in a seemed to pull up before it involure- thing you have to prove the theft, Present rector, tho Rev. W. W. Ar- pings Y tight as possible tendo to presetwo
u have to swear an information to (bur; and Lieutenant Arthur was, 11 fertilizing gnalttles and should But
kind of dull, sleepy terror.
"I'm not well," he gasped. "Not
so strong as 1 imagined, I'll -I'll go
and lie down again. Later on I
shall want a dogcart to drive me to
Moreton `yells. 1—"
Ile paused again, glanced at the O. Besides, ho has too much to
picture, and passed heavily to his gain by following my instructions. I
room, Littimcr smiled. fancy—"
"Splendid," he said. "it was
worth thousands just to see his
tatiiy.
"What does it mean?" bo mutter_ the effect that you believe the pro- Somewhere about 1859, sent in corn-
ed. "What in the Warne of fate has
happened? It is impossible that
Merritt could have player! mo a trick
like that; ho would never have dar-
In a tine Inc.\Vie tovar the house 18 0901-
b of ]S saved I clean the
ITenson slipped up to the pintas'
as a sudden idea came to him. If the
lace." picture had not been removed at all
"All the sante," Chris said quietly; tho stays would still be intact, Anti
"all the same, that man is not to 11 they were intact Merril was Likely
leave for Moreton Wells till I've hail to have a bad quarter of an hour
a clear hour's start of him, Dr. Bell
will you accompany me?"
CHAPTER XXXV,
later on. it would bo proof that -
But the mays were not intttrt. Tho
heads had been shaved off with some
cutting instrument; the half of the
Lord Littimcr polished his rarely stays gleamed like silver in the
used oyo ,`;lase carefully and favored morning light. And yet the Rem-
brandt was there. The more Henson
dwelt upon it the more he was puz-
Sled. Ito began to wonder whether
some deep trap was being laid for
hila.
But, no, he had seen no scone of it.
In some Ivey or another Tielt had
managed to ingratiate himself with
Ltttimer again, but not necessarily
for long, Henson told himself, with
Chris with a long, admiring stare.
At the same time he was wondering
�r should
havo taken n such
the girl
why g
a vivid interest in Reginald Henson
and his doings. For some years
past it had been Litt -Litter's whim to
hold up Henson before everybody as
his successor, so far as tho castle
went. Ho liked to see 1•Teneen's mod •
est smirk and beautiful self-aoase-
Broil
d
cine Grows Chronic
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Bronchitis is too somas a disease '
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Children aro most likely to eon-.
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after year until it wears the patient
out or develops into soma deadly
lung disease,
t:hills and fever, nasal or throat
catarrh, quick pulse, loss of appetite
and feelings of fatigue and languor
aro among the first symptoms,
The cough' is dry and harsh. There
are pains in the chest, which are erg-
grkvated by deep breathing and
coughing. Tdxpecttration is of a
frothy nature, stringy, tenacious
and noniotlmxes streaked with blood.
Paints in the Ihrthe or {mints and
t,ietreme depression and weakness re-
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This trouble used to conte back
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every bore,
party is in the possession of the
thief, and that is not easy."
"There is nothing easier. I am
prepared to swear that cheerfully."
,That you actually know that the
property, is in the possession of the
thief?"
"Certainly I do. T. saw him put it
in his pocket."
Bell looked at the speaker with
plank surprise. If such was the
fact, thou Ohris's present statement
was exactly opposer! to all that she
had said before. She sat opposite
to Beit with a little gleam of mis-
chief in her lovely eyes
"You saw that man steal the Rem-
brandt'?" Boll gasped,
'"Certainly not. But I did see him
steal my big diamond star and put
it in his pocket. And I can swear
an information or that."
"1 see that you have something
interesting to'tell me," Bell said.
"Oh, indeed, I have. We will hark
batik now to the night before last.
when Reginald 'Henson made his per -
menet attempt to obtain the Rem-
brandt cad then played the trick uu-
on you that was so very near to be-
ing a brilliant success."
• It would have been hest for you,"
110.11 murmured.
"Wen, really I am inclined to
think so. And perhaps Lord Lttti-
mer would have given you in custo-
dy on a second charge of theft. If
he had dine so it would have gotta
hard with you to peva your inno-
cence, But I ant wandering from the
point. - Henson failed. 1? 't he was
going to try again. I watched hitt
carefully yesterday and managed to
sco Itis letters and telegrams. Then
I' found that ha had telegraphed to
James Merritt, whose address "in
Moreton Wells I carefully noted
down. It did not require much in-
tellect to grasp the fact that this
eforritt was to be the accomplice in
the new affort, to steal the picture.
li-t'', Merritt came over and saw his
chief, with whom Ito had a long colt-
versation in rho grounds. I rano
forced myself on Mr. llterritt's no.
Lice.
"lie was inl.roclucod to tae as a
brand plucked. from the burning, a
converted thief who had taken or-
ders of acme kind. Ho is a sorry -
looking scoundrel, n.ncl I took parti-
cular note of him, especially the hor-
rible smashed thumb,"
"Tho what!" Ball exclaimed. "A
thumb like a snake's head with a
little pink nail on it?"
'the name man. So you have
mot hire."
"Wo Incl on our way here," Dell
said,. drily. "Tile rascal sent the
dogcart away from the station so
that I should havo to walk home,
and he attacked rise in the road, But
I had eiciected something of the kind
and I was ready for him, And ho
n and of the gunboat Algerine into
Chinese waters. The Algerine was
attached to a surveying expedition
prior to the landing made by the
E_ttglish nand French in 1860, and
when the fls,gship Acteon was dis-
abled Lieutenant Arthur towed her
into the then unnamed harbor,
width was thenceforth known as
Port Arthur. Lieutenant Arthur af-
terwards attained the rank of rear -
admiral, ^+
"1 hoar he refused to take chloro-
form when he was operated on?"
"Yes; he said he'd rather take it
when he paid his bill,"
be
Don t think you are justi-
fied in being laid up with a
cold half the winter merely
because it's the season when
everybody is supposed to
have colds. At first a cold
may not amount to much
but it is likely to hang on
long enough to give you
if it notstopped
>
trouble s 1 i ed
with
'9
S Emu
sio
These colds that hang on
weaken the throat and lungs
g
and make the way easy for
pneumonia and perhaps con-
stilnption. It is just as well
to reduce the chance as much
as possible. Scott's I:ylnulsion
soothes, heals and cures a
cold and does it gilickly--'-
that's a good point to re=
member,
'MgrYr � a hila la try tf ymr liken,
BCi TT & riryWvU.i,'roroato, Osf,
e car u y ad,the warm air enters, and vapor
rets and store until wanted. should be
droppings in my .hduhouso into bar- wil collect above the ice. This
gigot an opportunity to
Tie value of all manures is in-
creased by handling frequently, 'thus escape by opening the ventilator
reducing them to a One condition. In
doors in the loft moor.
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this form they readily assimilate
with the sail, and are absorbed more
quickly by plants than when in a
lumpy insoluble state. All the straw
should be retained on the farm.
Though not partioularly rich in it-
self, it is an excellent absorbent,
caving quantities of liquid manure
which would otherwise bre lost.
Leaves mako fine manure when used
as a litter. They area good absor-
bent, being rich in voget•able, matter,
a valuable food for all plant life. "Yost did:n't think I was a pont,
Ohne of the 'best pieces of grass I didyou, Mara, Because I wore my
ever saw Was grownby a liberal ap^ hair long?"
plication of liquid slush from a hole „No; 'I' never suspe„cited you at be-
ing it poet.”
oet."
Nor an artist'?"
""Plica what, illusion have I des•
troyed?" he demanded.
"Perhaps I should say, Harold,''
elle answered, with roars in her
voice, "that you have wnconsttiously
)revealed a fact I never suspected,
dear. Your eats don't match!"
AN AWFUL REVF'LATION.
"I wish you hadn't had your hair
cut so short, 1-iaroidl" exclaimed
the young woman, turning from trim
inc'oluttarily,
"What tiitie'one° does it make,
dearest?" asked ITarold, with ten-
der anxiety.
"You -you have destroyed an illu•
slop," she sighed. "That is •all,"
in a barnyard. It was drawn on to
the grass ground in a half hogshead,
on a drag and bailed out in paile
on to tlto ground. 11 farmers would
learn to better appreciate the value
of manuse and take careful measure
to save it, 'the problem of successful
farming would in a large measure be
solved.
HOUSING 10:6,
Now that winter is at hand north-
ern farmers aro considering the ice
supply for next summer's use, 1t Is
well not to wait too long before se -
caring the season's supply, A crop
cut early is usually bettor than a
late one, also escaping the rislc of
possible January thaws, which aright.
greatly injure the chances. 'Snow
should always be kept from. the sur-
face, as it aunts as 0 mat to protect
the ice from cold and will theefo'e
pre\'ont its fredring to 0 desirable
thickn.iose.
l rale
A sudden. thaw while the t
be-
ing formal is a great cantoy'anee
and if accompanied by lain, the
pond will often sutler by being flood-
ed from the surrounding hills. Sanaa
end earth may be Wiislind on the ice,
making it dirty and of poor quality,
Wafer stealing on toll of the pond
Witt seen huncyeonb and rot the ice..
11 only -an inch or two of water is
ora the pond, and woa,the' turns colt!,
it can be loft to freeze anct then be
planned aft. Tf doep, however, 11 can
be usually 1 n plod by cutting holes
through . tie.. ice in a number of
places. Tho water -being heavier than
the ice, will sink, raising the latter.
The ico pond or etream is usually
marked before beteg cut with art lee
plow, whore the business is conduct-
ed on a largo scale. i7:oweVer, fon
farmer who has ase for no more
than 26 to 50 tons ice per year, a
special saw or oven et crosscut wood
saw will atlmwef` the purpose, hat-
deavor be out the blocks of ice uril-
ELEPHANTS AT WOTtIt.
Any oto who thiults the olephant a
slow, elnntsy beast would havo cans°
to change his opinion on sexing him
at work along the rivers of northern
Slain, The rainy season, which bo -
gins in April, is the time when! tho
teak logs, cut during the city sea-
son in Clicforests about the tipper
waters' of the Menem River, tore
floated clown Co Tlsihtnug, where they
ore caught, and rafted to Bangkok,
Tnsten.d of rat-eliirted, spike shoed
"river dt vra" such as
Iah
tlo
the
logs In. their down stream journey
to the sawmills on the 'Penobscot
and hcrnneban in Maine, HIO "lumber
driving" of the 4lamase rivers is
clone by barefooted, half -naked Hien
on elephants, and the "bone lithos
and mum of the thinking involved in
the operation aro (lone by the cle•
phants,
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PORT
,-PORT ARIITIR PIANOS.
There is a piano dealer in ham-
burg, Connally, wlto has a firm be-
lief in the virtues of tepioality. 0,0o
of his advertisoments appears in a
local paper, and is as follows: -"A
'unique opportunity. To he sold, at
greatly reduced prices,pianos, grand
or cottage models, in rosewood-, wal-
nut, and other eases. Those magni-
ficent inetruments ware tuanubadtured
to
Complete orders from. Port Ar-
thur, Baer have boon taken into' steam;
ON VIE MARRIAGE KOII,N
the young man himself was inissin
the clot'gyman who had boon ongag
to tie the knot waitiug in vain ft
hint for the space of half an hou
Then it transpired that the brld
groom, under the pretence of godn
for a walk, had left his lodging's 0
an early hour and made his tvay 1
the railway station. 'There he ha
taken a ticket for strattturd, uade
the influence of what was believed to
be an attack of marriage fright,.
The same thing actueliy caused a
London bridegroom to become a
wandering lunatic. Ho woe a tick-
et -collector on one of the London
>:ailways, but on the eve of his in-
tended ntarriuge Ito mysteriously dis-
appeared and tho wedding had poi: -
force to be postponed. The sequel
t w
washis appearance U L U
a
day
later in the police -court 00 a charge
of being a demented wanderer. ifo
had been found by a local ponce -
mail sleeping in it field, and his de=
meaner on being arousal was sitch
as dearly showed he was 110t re-
epansihle for his actions. The un-
fortunate
tfortunate man was conso.{ttontly con-
veyed to the police station, whore his
conduct conflreael tine impression
that he was not in his tight mind.
In bis cell ire occupied his whole Limo
in signalling imaginary trains In
pact out of the station, e,ollcctihg
imaginary tickets, and imitating the
other Males discharged by hien is
the course of his daily avocation.
'Another bashful bridegroom in the
Midianite led his eweetileal'i: a pret-
ty -dance, and Ilton could not pluck
up seitivient coaragn to matt her
at the altar, Iris diffidence was so
great that the young lady had to
put lap the banns" herself, which
site did
WITH 11'x8 MILL Al I' l O V A L.
As tits wedding -day approached ho
becamegreatlyagitated, and there
were outward and visible signs that
fortheo iteg appcartmee at the
Camel, in the character . of bride-
groom was preying very 1111011 upon
his mind. Finally he trust havo de-
cided that it would prove mare than
fro aund stand, fort he made his
way to llTanehoste:• tho tiny before
that fixed 'for Lha wadding, and, be-
coming helplessly intoxicated, wa
locked up by the pollee and beouglt
before a magistrate next morning.
In dofault of payment of a fine ho
was sent to ptlscal for three days,
and it is lib exaggeration to say
that he. was a very iviltitrg prisoner,
the fast being that this wits his
very 0lurnsy plats for eacapillg the
wedding cnrotilony. After that leis
bride, refuter! to )says anything tci
font in alto acid perfectly rationale- in cs fitiegueaee of the slogo,S do With lull.
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