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OR, A BROTHER'S PROMSE
"What le there to Say ? 1 I
n
canot be calm. Illeprodola grinds
my brethren like so numb corn, She
bleeds thent titter hard -wrung earn-
ings. tello taliete their 0(0)0 (011(1 Fends
them to deuth in her woetorn colon-
ies, She racks them with
mtaxes in-
numerable: leehts 1111.1(011. duties on
evees imaginable article of etwessite•
that the bleed Men not produce; in
a, word, millets the light to live a
lit.iii.ego.
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l'ultnet e wIS: es o len oe t ho leltuld
in -
ally, cm this there is stamp duty of
two ((1'. 't((1, But teem e ell the
1111'-
1ltIllolon official puttee nee olive --
0001 1 ho I 0 veinor- fe clown t broil
epos:alien' and orderlies', to t
gate portege—foity /emeriti Emelt
:at not cover the cosi. Few I.'
Mottos leave I.eir prison on th
el 01F, end the world menet Lear
eir truublen.
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CHAPTER I.—(Continued.
Thoy loanerl on the 010 ).11) pan
pet. Tho night had Oared, arid t
memo WOS rieing. A. misty rerlian
lung ffier the housetops, and t
black bulk of the 1110111.10 wee
houses took 031 0111001 magnetron.°
stature. The stem of 131acletie
Illidge Was a dream, airy ns goes
mete Peale( master of t: e Foe
roared his dente into the elearil
sky, suineme and absolute. And tl
river, dark and wee:tot:nee swept o
in (111011 cerves of Had 1
difference that 'lector was stirreci t
dreams of the sett, ot stately sill
of white sails undue the stars,
roving to strange ports and i-lan
groat with palms.
"The 1s10 of Inalms Is far away,
seed th old
er of John Company; 11 cty gate
0„.. their blood, their all, fer Poland;
he end his father—eo mew 0.}) I
the wine( in 0 Man, of glory et
It e Orin tie 0, when I lee/ er was wailing
O.- Otto it. This was Heeter's resaie.
of all 1.1141(15 of glotious (Internee. Ilim
ts head ? Was it possible to add one?
a- ecerce half an loom ego he had
t, beat grumbling crier himself, lamitte-
1(4 ing his absorption into the drab
18 Niet.-000 habic and daily r0t1 110.
11 Ills 1111,011 was growine rusty tool his
ra blood clewdlod like a Lowland efietion
ta Ile was rlowly drifting Itito a state
ps of carenteseces, ween 10 town/ Ise ct
of mere walking emptiness, a galvanito
ds ed corpse, a machine, and not a
1)0101,111 beieg full of the riot of blood
" and the joy of lie Leg. Tlis line,
111,e the Appian leas, wmild end in a
Illire, he himself anotl-er Calloway,
o Still—the lust of life mai cloieg was
+bidden eway eornewhere In 11111, 'For
there woe hours ween he craved
a !madly for excitement --the stir of
1 dighting, adventuring, peril of the
land and pool of the Sea, jeopardy
and thrill of the open road, foray in
strange country and battle la the
night.
Ah 1 lf oely tee hour came 1
A thought leaped in his brain. This
Man was old and he 1011.8 young.
Herter etarted as If he had bee
stabbed : Ids very. thought had take
words,
'The Isle of Palms is far awaY,
the old 1nan repealed. "Like
green jewel 11 lien under the 81111 01
0..): an all night under the stats
like a sleeping maid. Blue waters
ring its shores, white clouds kiss its
Mlle, green covers it like a robe.
Bin the jewel sparkles in a tyrant's
crown, and the steeping maid is a
slave. The white clouds awe 111
curses, the green hides the graves o
hie victims, Your river—ah 1 you
river—I follow It, round even,' bend
over every reach; down, cone th
sea. Then I go we11.e4. d with the
San, anti southward with the brave
wind—days and days I go, and as
the seventh night falls I come to m
Isle of Palms, The lights glinune
net the shore; tbe thrum of the gni
tar comes over the waters; I mei
'tlme smell of 1111/ 01011 land, my oue
hills; I hear a lover singing in th
soft Palmetto speech—I am home."
Hector count find 110 word
break the silence. The roar of Lon
Oen was 1111 about them; but th
ence that, (el when the old ma)
ceased to speak could be felt;
hush like that of the moment be-
tween a dream and the waking, 11
looked at his companion Nebo stood
bands fofdod on the parapet, gaziu
out over the liver EtS if he ottani se
the green. islands riving out of th
dark. waters of the Thames.
At laet Beano turned and too
Hector's erne
"Come away 2" he said abruptly.
They Walked Stranclevards.
"The sight et your Thames altvays
fills Ine with impossible dreams. Al
day I grieve that Palmetto lies un
der the iron heel of Hispaniola, all
3211/ waffing thoughts are of her mis-
ty and despair. But, sometimes—
levith night and elle Over—the hopes
of years, the long desiree, 001130 back
to nee, and I see my Palmetto de-
livered from the oppressor. For a
IltIle le I live in a fool's pare -
disc. Yet I can never forgot that
nay hopes aro impoesible."
"Why impossible 7" erlecl Hectare
moved out of himself.
"First becanse I am no longer
young. Second, because there is
lacking the great solvent of all difla
alleles, the key to open all doors—
gold, always gold."
Grant's emelt went out to the old
man who, though his beir was al -
:latest white, preeerved still the fair
fancies of youth; who, though
crushed by the hand of Fate, yet had
divine moments of rebellion; who,
though knowing Well that his hope
was forlorn, clung to it, with all the
tenacity of a. lover, Hector had
heard the olcl- 1nan speak in this
strain -before, but his words, 90
earnest yet so resignod, had »ever
la moved him as they did now,
Forlorn borne appealed ever to
the heart of Hector Grant. He came
of stoek whose hopes were all for-
lorn. His ancestors—witness the
fetidly tree—were out with Montrose
they lost life in the '15; they lost
lands aud life in the '45; they died
penuilers and lonely ender 1,110 ban-
• INith this 01(1 Man's know-
- ledge. and his own strength (all tho
; 'stronger bezenso long aeleep), it
raighe be possible to do something •
the dream might be hammered into
reality, and he, Hector Chisholm
Crain have his fill of fighting. Was
it poseible
The blood boiled in his throat with
the heat of the impulse. There was
1
no loo,sonieg over it; instiuct, long
O hereditary instinct, clamored and
urged and battered—and be found, on
o a sudden, to his no small amaze,
- that he had come to a resolutiom
e ,So a man wonders who finds hi
1 !sword in his hand, and cannot re -
a member havieg drawn it, lie spoko
before he knew.
"8e1)00 Bravo," said he, in a volce
, that was new to himself. They
g Were passing tho Lyceum Theatre,
e ()rant a.11 obiivious Unit his way
e lay eastward.
The grizzled Palmetto looked up
k from under his broad sombrero, aucl
his grey moustache and imperial
blest led.
"Yes '?" he said inquiringly.
"I know something of your ls-
I land's history. We have talked-
- rather you hale) talked to me about
it, bow often? I have thought—"
Ho hesitated, for 110W that he came
to speak the words, they seemed eo
feeble, he was so helpless—it, was so
ridiculous, here, in Londoe's heart,
to propose so mad a thing. But in
To pens to you thee De
e 8 ITtrels?elirchutrie0 /OrrC:(1Cil
and erne, form of itching,
bleedingand entrusting piles,
the manufacturers by guaranteed& seetee
thnonials in the daily press and ask vier neigh.
bore what they think of it, Yon can use it and
got Our mono back if net cured. taloa hex at
all do1ers or DatANEON,HATICsiaCO,TOrontO,
Cor. Chase's Ointment
spite of les boyieh blush of shame
the thought rushed into words.
"I want to help—I must help,
Can't I?"
Bravo drew a deep breath. Ffe was
excited, but kept himself in fine con-
trol. Ile had been waiting for this,
he had been expecting it.
"Before I say a word of answer to
yom. question, let us go over the
ground. again. You will not inter-
rupt until 1 am finished. That is
understood ?"
"It is understood."
For a. few moments there Web sil-
ence, and Hector made an assump-
tioll of calmness by lighting a cigar-
ette.
"To beget at the beginning," said
the old Mall lo an even voiee "For
three centuries Palmetto was a pros-
perous kingdom under the. rule of
the Ribeiros, a royal family arnoeg
royal families. Cloes on ninety
years ago Hispaniola, by a knave's
trick—all the world knows of it—
claimed sovereignty, deposed Eman-
uele XIX, and took posses-
sion by force, The Powers
were too busy to pay any at-
tention : Napoleon had his back to
tee wall, and the nations wore at
his throat. In the di11 and scuffle,
the theft of Palmetto went practical.
ly utiuolleede The royal family WAS
exiled, and since then Hispaetiolo has
held what eho stole. POSSOSSiOn is
all the points of modern law t ao
none has questioned her right
"So much for the position histori-
al,
"Now—the position acteal
R is the Poison that Causes am
The Poisonous Waste Matter is Removed by the Kidneys, Liver
ano Bowels when These are kept Healthy by
Dr. Chase's Rldney-liver Pills.
Tee kidneye, liver lane bowels are
known as excretory orgees, becauee
it is their mission to cast out of
the body the pots:mous waste mater-
ial which would othereviee poison the
system, cause pains and aches and
give riso to deadly dieease.
Bemuse of their direct and speciee
itetem on each of those organs, Dr.
eleree's Kitipmelente Pile are W0(1»
derfuliy succeesful in overcoming
pain and ie thoroughly eradicating
from the system 11:0 vney Cameo of
/C1'19115 end paint +1 &lunette.
010e the bowels are ',rigidity end
the kiielnees• and lir)))' active in (Mew-
ing the waete material from the
blood good berate and a proper
Working of the bodily organs are 1010'
80(10(1, ft !moms neelefas to expen-
Mont With Low -Pringle(' medic. 1 nes,
width ere only intended to ateord re -
Hee when emit con be thoroughly an,
eil, awl the cause of your troublee
lettleted by Dr. Chase's Eidneyeleiver
Mr. .1, G. Kirby, head miller ie
tbe large flour mille of Munro et
lloantree, Thorold, etinee "1
tan eettreely say too leech in pollee
el • Ohafte's Eichley-Lieer Inns,
Some plats age 1Wax /aid up by It
teeere ateack of elbow dianeee
which eves later complicated with
other bad symptoute such as head-
ache, lumbago, baceache, constima
tion, indigestion rend insomnia. 1 be-
came reduced In flesh and was very
011 1152. 00 raged. Professi on al
medical treatment was of 00 avail
other temedles wore vomited to with
1142 purpme, My appetite diminish-
ed and I was losing hope of recon -
my.
"ken tunately my attention was
cared to De. Chwe's Kldny-Liver
Pills and 3 clorivad much benefit from
the nest box. By the time 1 bad
ineed foul' boxes I W105 again onJoying
lny fertner geed health and vigor as
tee bad symptoms all Darned away
end 2 wee 1.31010 14310 te resume work.
That Was in 1800, I have welted
now for about foto. :Isere to eee if
tee cure will be Permanent and now
am eonvitirect 11)0.1 11. reed feel has -
tilled in giving this teetintonial for
lho helmet of othees,"
Dr. Cheee's Xiderneeleiver Pille, one
0, dose; 25 cents a box, at ell
dealare, or lednitt»eme natte Co,,
Throttle. nrotect ;you against
imitations, the portrait and regret -
Wit of lir, A. We Chase, the fano:me
receipt beek author, art 011 eeery
Ile must. obtffin pitesporte Nom
of fleawort( evith it mirror, a, wavh-
hantletencl, coutie of clears, a
largo wooden tome, aryl the Mottle
able “Dete alt. from ti'Cep; s"—a
den to Make eileep thieg dread.
lerat o 0014 1110 chest Or drawers
away from the well. A. 1aw door
WOS alselesel, Mew out the
canelit.
"Plai e your 1111111:ta 1111 nly S1101.1.1^
era, ticne, 110 11.1t. Weak.
W1,01 1 go 1011V11111, 10111W . not
tote. timele We go down throe eteps
—itotte"
II:tope counted three recipe. Te en
110 heard 110 door eloati legend -dem.
HeicTriTult'Utafilt" touch. As he walked
gh e felt owe a hot Ineuth on Itie
he cheek and he heard a 1'. '11
ee by Leo click of a 11 igger—or tv am it
a_ the sibilant swish of steel 1 The
es, sounes are ithsol,aely (1 (.0(011101', yet
of I now he could not 1.1,tieguish between
" Can t hey 110 1. wri t 1 yett Fay.
Yee, they can wale, but teen' let -
tors nee und they are
promptly al reeled on some trumpery
chin ge, ane linger in goals without
trial for months rout yews. You
have tuner been in an Hispaniolan
prieon '? Ale 2 well—
eitiserielolan spies are eve:ywhete.
Why, no o-elights a eigneillo In the
Mersa, 01 I aim City without look-
ing round twice.
• •When you al e boot you ore ton-
ed: when you are mictrial you are
taxed; when you die, you cannot
be hurled until -your relatives pay
the huitiol-tax.
'This is outside. Every one knows
this. Your British toutist knows
it, but it is no concern of his. The
Melee is hnown or le to those who
bat seine ed. We hot e to 174span-
iolan, for he is a thief and a liar (old
a nue derer,
"We would cast off his yak
but alas 1 we are not etroe
enough, We have men willing t
dn., but there are no guns beams
we have no 11101 Cy,
"All the people are hungry fo
rellef from oppression, and they a
ever faithful; hoping, alumet agains
vhueleier—, fey.. the return of their rightft
"There is, them a descendant o
the Ribeiros 7" interrupted ITeeto
forgetful of his promise.
"For the return of her Majesty
Queen Maddalena 2" continued th
old man, with 0. touch of that lov
for thematic climax pornessed by al
Southern peoples.
"Queen Maddalena 1" cried Hector.
"Tee lent alai the best aed fairest
of her rare 2"
Hector's impulee leaped in him,
again, stronger aed more madly than
ever.
"Can't I help, Senor Bravo ?"
The old men smiled.
"But I have not finished. When
have told you everything, when I
110,110 ShOW11 1/00 my last argument—
you may ask me them"
Time- were come to a dingy door,
one of the hundred and twenty-five
dingy doors of Ohm -fore Street, Rue -
sell Square.
"You will come into my lodgings
and smoke a cigarette," said Bravo,
Inserting his latcheey,
They Lettered a 'room scantily far-
n el,herl in the early Victorian man
ner, the classic mode. in all Bloom-
sbury lodging bouses,
On a table In the middle of the
room 'were a lamp, a little tray
with cigarettes and matches, ami
another tray with a bottle of wine
and a crimple of glasses.
S11 here, said the old man,
pushing forward the oim eaey chair,
"and pray help yourself to re glass
of wine and a. cigarette. Both tvine
and tobacco are from leahnetto.
Yolt will excuse me for a moment?"
"Cortaiely."
Bravo lett the roono
Hector glanced about Idle; Ile had
seen it all before. Indeed, in his
early days in London he had lived
in a. similar dungeon. A well-worn
orsehair sofa occupied the side of
he room opposite the fireplace. On
le right inintl or the lhoplace was a,
ielcety side -board, and on tl:c left a
est of crabbed book -shelves. By the
indow stood a writing -table, and
ppoeito the window were folding
orns, obviously opeeing 11110 a
elroora. 11 few uncomfot table
hales gaudily antinmetesaied, rend
ttlf dozen execrahle prints in
antes of mildewed gile, completed
le furniture.
Hector was not left, long to his
hi eling (1,1110 or thoughts,
Teo lieing doot st rattled their
movrte. Hector rose to his feet.
ith mimeo et the figure that 811"
(0(1, It was Senor Bravo, indeed,'
it Senor Bravo transit:wined mid
ansfigured,
Gone were sombrero and volumin-
Is cloak, gone wore the stooped
()indent., gone was the slouching
it.
lere was a .gentleman of middle
e, dignified, with a preeenre. The
etlgY eYebrows and well -trimmed
oustache and imperial Hector knew;
did not know the close-croppee
ir above a broad, heavily -
inkier' forehead,
3ut it WaS Seller Bravo's dress
at riveted his gaze a costume of
ack velvet and silver : black velvet
at with 8110ce buttous, and with
envoi. "R" on each lapel; black
tile breeches, While eilk stockinjzs,
ci shoes wit.h sliver heekles; ruffles
White lase at the wrists, a jabot
white lace at the throat, ahd at
left I ip a rapier, eilveiehilted,
d .elleathed in bleak eneenel.
‘1)1' a moment Hector thought that
host wits of a, stlesty gone crazed.
leave Seemed to divine what was
ssing in Hector's mind. Ile weeved
withered hand courteously, as to
"Your thought Is natural.
'No, my friend, I am not reach
I have spffiren to you of Palme-
0, and you hats responded in an
wormllt of yam, young heart. 1
, who am seepiciOtis of' every ha-
t trust tae
'lector pelted Iffirieelf together and
noolidel.ng, I trust nolo Wfil nou
T8h1fart?9f.o./low me. And whaleeit
Ste Or her—above all, whatever
feeleatio not fear."
Te hal the way into the becleoont,
bedroom it W. A. single cart -
oiled light. Hector looked abotee
1. 31 Wei of the stereotyped t
omelette: patter)); a here -a chest t
"Stop 1"
There wee a nood of tient. They
Were Standing at the end of a mu--
paesage, beetle a, littlee-eoveted
door. Bravo tooled with 1.1, 5)11110
"Faith is goorl," he male. "Look!"
Hector looted him, lie
counted fen ,
men, in unifors o
ecoz-4v; oa.0toTie.Hs
vEa.elFA7l;RoMazt..
lfle ON
Plain, common ))\o.1119 winter6c
b1iez9&oci.ta
ets"
.
Moro than ((111 be moil, heed il
1110 winter d 1(1(1113 at an on hand
when it is wroth (1101'0 than ((10)09vy
to Minit, in the hot velment., Thiit
now of ia eel ia d amerge to
stm e a supply 01' 1113 next 1101(11110'
It will alletinto pain mid 1111.1111.18)1 te-
e(019 111 (1.11011)); Presere 0 ueel sus.-
lain health by making 1)', illable a
g1 eater 1.111 1(13' end abundance of,food at eae coet in rime and money,
add to 1,11(1 81011)1 (131101)11105 of life
ly pro% (((111(4e ('0118)5210(4re41ing cool drink
and delicioue lie eremie, ices end
other 0107011 delights of t;e e184o.
Wley not Mne no7 No pond, lake
or 81,1011111 Lear where you live Well,
what of that 7 You Can 11111 13 a
tee grade i front 11 o Water in
('0112' Wel], Either turtle apond toolmfcut the lie from 2(8 0108(11) surfacewhite and purPe, wl 0 :need l -In or, hotter rein, proti -0 20 boxet,
statues, with (Waive swords against
their shoulda s. A /id Me tor, , tubs, 11111108 1111(101, or any other le-
thougle Mt (naive the superior smile
e‘e (smacks with flaring sides that rue
1110 111101,1(40(3)1311)1(2 taste exacted, Yet strong and water tight and about 1.
eli
felt a queor tonne), run d(11)210 foot capacity. 'After thorough -
1(00(0 Bravo opened the door. n
Ins spinal content.
"Conte," he said.
'Any pansed theough into a great
room hung' with curtains of (lit er
tissue and lit by a buge chaneeller of
hundred lights, Thei e feet rested
on a carpet like velvet, soft and
thiele and weite, Mails of white
velvet with arms of silo', lined each
• eide of the hall. At one ore on a
dals, stood a high throne, seemingly
g all of silver. Behind the thome fell
O re cuitain of purple, in the ('0:1530 of
which shone a gigantic :elver "R"
e surmounted by a (elver er0W11.
Grant seized .the old malt's arm.
re
".in God's, name, what sorcery is
a this ?"
Bravo's eyes glittered and he drew
f hineelf up to his fall height.
r"My laet argument. You are in
,
the palace of—"
0118 of the white curtains parted
„ and there appeared the slim figure of
- a young woman robed in unrelieved
1 black. A blood -red roee flamed In
her hair.
13ravo advanced a pnce 011t1 raised
hie voice :
"Her Majesty Queen Maddalena,
0110111 God preserve I"
(To be Continued.)
TRAP BEASTS TO S.170W.
Business of Catching - Animals fer
Menageries.
Animal dealers keep expert animal
cateheis in all parts of tee world.
Ti.e nTagenbaelcs have eetablished two
collecting stations 111 charge of sta-
tionary representatinee—one in Cal-
cutta and the other at, Aden. To
these • Me:tribe-dm points the travel-
ing representettees ship their catchen,
and when a sullIcient number of. ani-
mals has been gathered they are
transported to Hamburg, whence
they aro Soot to all couotries of the
080(111, One arm has twenty-two re-
pretentatives abroad, all of the
experienced in. trapping and shippe
the wil:est mint forocio
beasts,
ligers and occasionally lions 0,1,e
caught in pits, and leopaeds, panth-
ers, jaguars, and tho like in traps.
Zebras are oxtraorclinarily hard to
secure, and aro ,proportionately val-
uable. The emu is taken in Pata-
gonia by the natives, who use the
South American laiiat. A 1 ippopo-
tames, a crocodile, or a rhieoceros
is (lot caught by the agents; of ani-
mal firma, but is usually found in the
possession at the rajahs and other
provineial rulets 111 Cochiu 0112110.,
Nora, and Siam. They keep them
jest as people in this country keen
a kennel, end they love to show
theol off to visitors.
A11 animals are cowaiels, accoeding
to the agents. Unless a tiger or a
lion, or indee(l any wild beast, has
tweed human blood, he is quite
ready to let you go vow. way if vo(0
win let 111111 go Ids. In captivity, til
agents sey, you May enter any cag
provided you have your whip with -
lead bullet on the end in your hand
and provided also that you knot
how to len it effectively. 4 But th
lease lack of vigilance 37100.118 de
truction. You might tend an 1.18
mai for years and have him kno
you well, hut that wo1)11 not insti1.
you against an attack from 1.1111 th
first chance that offered.
WESTERN illelTIGRANTS,
Satisfactory Account Given b
Canadian Superintendent.
ly clonnang, ftl, the tube with pure
water aid let 110111)0 do the rest.
The 20 tubs well :mutate about intlf
0, toll of ice whim frozen eolite. To
mnpter the tubs heat a awl:Iron of
water and dip teem into the 1101
water for a minute or two, when
the Oe cake can be Slid 0111. 111
this way a viture of live tons of ice
can b0 had in ten clays' time, The
use of more tubs will accumulate a
larger quantity in the same time,
e or ten tons of ice will serve
for 1010119 use all summer and allow
a liberni supple at all times, llow
can the ice be kept? Readily
enough. An inelosuro textlieeS feet in-
side of a barn Or a shed, on the
north side away from direct rays of
the sun, will hold nem tons with the
1)0.08110)7 Imo ect ing envelope, An
baloney:a 10101.0x10 feet will bold
ten tons. Suit the dimeneions to
the 01/10 of the ice caltee, cal (dating
ono foot, space top, bottom read sides
to be filled le with sawdust. Tiles
inclosin o may 130 inade of
common rough hoards with
straight edges, and lined irelee with
two or three-ply waterproof paper
to make it air -tight.
SPI•ead one foot of dry sawdust
over the floor and set in the ice
effiee, fitting them (lose together.
Leave ono foot space between Ice and
side walls and fill it in with dry'
sawrIttet, packed snug, as the ice is
Placed. Break joint( as ore layer
oe calces is placed above another.
Coveroe-er top with rye strow cer
elough hay. The only openitig into
the incicsure should be in the top,
which can be closed after leo in
placed. R sawdust is not available,
ere straw or slough hay. Run it
through a feed chopper for filling in
bottom and side walls, but use lottg
fibers on top.
Ice frozen from good drinking (80.'
Id' is always wholesome. When ft oe..
en Of manner described above, it may
not be clear blue ice. The air and
10 gases in the water often cause the
liI1 110 10 be ((101033', or to contain email
" air rens. The same water, freely
agita,ted for some time before freez-
ing while at a low temperature,
would frame clear. So lie essurol
that your ire is as good or better
than the water und etow attay a
good supply for next summer's me,
The materials for a. ten -ton heti s-
ure may cost $10 to $25, but as
they wilt last about 20 years, if well
put together, their average cost or
year will be about $2, inelueing in-
terest.
RATION FOR DAIRY COWS,
The following rations furnieh the
mate .1411 tege(sery to produce milk
in abetit tte right proportione. Ily
the terni ration is meant the feed
for 21 110105. If a COW Will not
give a good flaw of milk in the catty
part of the minting period, whon fed
a liberal aanount of One of these ra-
0 tains. it Indicates that sho is not
0 aeapted by naeure to be a dairy ani -
a lent and she should bffiedisposed of.
• The amounts given are comitlered
v about right for a COW giving from
O 20 to 25 pounds of milk a day, For
s- heavy milkers those rations are to
1- be increcteed, and redueed for lighter
w mileers. In making 11/1 thase rattans
e it is deeigned that the cow he given
0 practically all of tee roughness she
will eat, end then sufficient grain is
added to furnish tho noceeenry
rount of eigestible 1(301.0(1(01,over hay ...... ...... 20 Fowles
el Bran ... e• ...
.- 5
Coi, ..... .....
n ,.
6 to 8
, Clover bay „.„, ...,„ 20
to 5
e Corn
O Clover hay
- G.1111.120toolli or cottonseed
- 0:ley ..,..,...,,.
Aletifte, or cotypea
Corn and col) meld 6 to 10
... 4
6 to 8
20
2
...15 to 20
00111 9 to 12
Alfalfa oi cowpect
A despatch from Ottawa says': Mr
W. ,T. lehite, superintondent of immi
gration agencies, has returned 1.0 th
oity from the Western 54001.014 11
says that during the month of Oc
Leber 927 persona left North Dakota
and settled in the Canadian North-
west. They brought along with
them 109 cars of settlers' efTects.
During the Meath of November 567
people settled in the "Won from
Notth enakota, twinging with them 80
carlosehe The value of settlers of
feets brought itito the country rear
fng these two months from this one
State of the Union was over $250,-
000, This 110(15 1101 inelude the mon-
ey which the newriomers Med,
The department established this
year agencies in Washington and
Motnatta. The arrivals in tho West
from the other States are very satis-
factory, but on account of the late
8009011 many were prevented from
moving, Tbe Swan district
mid between that and the Quell
Plains are favorite spots for settlers
at the present time, Antericees are
watching the develophmet and cone
streetion of raileoads In Canada,
Mr. White flays teat the recent ae-
rangenenit betWeen the Crenedian
Notthern, rodueing the thee by aboet
Mee hote(1 between St. Paul and
Winnipeg, meane tnoro thee oeipeato
oe the (enlace. It shows that both
coMpenies ere 'Working togetnee,
hereby giving better facilities fee
114 moveleent, of immigrants.
CO
CI
11
10 "
Corn atovor ,..e, , ..... 10
8 to 10
Bran ..... .,.. ....., 2
Corn silage ..... ..., „. 80
Clover hay ,,,... 1(1
Corti .. .. .4: to 6
4.
Corn Falage ...,. 4.0
Alfal%a. or cowpea
hay .., ., 1.0
Corn ....., ...... 6
ne(17) . , . ... 1
Cottoneeed moal,..„, 1
Corn silage „.... 20
Alfelfa, or cowpoa
hay no. —8 to 10
Corn fodder ..... 5
Timothy hay „...... 15
00101 .„ „,„. ,,,,,, 11
Bran t„, .„ .„ ... 5
Cottonseed Meal .„, 9
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.poteteplele VOle THE MAIIKET.
The femme grows a good nines
equippee with Wenn muscles, and
eeehaps by erettre, feeding of teen 'he
hes green them what, he conatioth .a
po fort linieb—a, yeilow elder under.
IakL with thyme of fat otal 1.110 in-
ternal orgaete coaled With la A
smell percentage of tee birds fennel
011 the markets onewer this cleserip,
time tee remain:ea Melee 11111 and
scrawny. Neither of (Men two
11141112doli I11t111111 dointenti( of the
(('1 111111 buyer or the ita 1 lire. tei et o
fahoeld be no layere of fat dep0(11
muter the inte, and as corn p1012 1(11'))
n 11 rely fat 111311 it Imaily all 11 11,teb)
in ('0011 (1g it, unilitelinble.
A bird proinely fed end finlebeif for
tee table ie made up of white, ten••
der, juicy meat, What 01 fet 11
coutruns iS tiopo(•ited glohulee
throughout the Cisme whi 11 renders
it teethe. itml juicy. Tee moat Is an
tory otarly white tie tee breast, 111-
00 tee irsult of proper Pee 5, Tee
flavor of the meat, is not to be com-
pared with the Ramrod bird, The
3110,1(1e1e of the( country are now 11110
1)10)1)1(1(4 matt of this eine.
Tee oely way to get poultry of the
Lied wanted Is to shet the fowle up
1'11 . E101103111
031 1:t05 1
es 11:11111!fOir(171,1.1
11111111g1,1 11110Ple'e1t11
0 1
Iarg01,y a 100511 food, consisting of
fit al ilarts by weight of ground bar -
121Y 01' weee, roarte wheat middling%
end corn meal mixed up with 51.1111.
1111211). To get tut extra fetish, give
teem two weals bolo( o Inning a
trifle beef :mot weth the ration, If
y011 11000 it, givo skilmnilk to drink
and green cut bore, no1 over ore
ounce per head per clay. Thin feed
and ronenement will ((101380 the 101018
to take, on fleell rapidly.
1(111 11131 '('11,4'!' lee Y.
Profit depend upon riecumetances.
The hen that lase the largest =n-
eer of eggs does not alwaes give tho
greatest prolit. (Inc clor,en eggs in
winter, at thitty rents a dozen, per-
mits of a greater p10111 than two
d0Z011 When eggs one lifteen cents a
cloven. The S1.1331 thriVed IS 1,110 same
but it costs less to produce ore dose
al eggs than it, does to producs two
dozen., and although the same
amount of money is received ht both
castle, yet the profit 15 erre what is
dmived in the geese stun, but, that
which is produced above the cost;
hence a Manes profitable according to
the meson during whieh she lays the
greatest munber and the prieee tee-
the eggs may cost othing if the
hens are on a range.
AS TO NICENAMES.
Given Often for Absurd Reasons,
and Generally Stick.
"Wonclet•ful how Intones stiek to ti
person," Feld the olnervant man,
"There were two nice little women in
0111' village who crone to call on ue
one eveffing, and wo °leered them
'popcorn which the children hadjust
brought in from the kitchen. They
refused, but not so emphatecolly 0.13
to keep us from giving them two
heaping plates of the corn. We liege
refilling tho plates and they Rept
crunching all tee evenirg. Teere
was something so funny about it
that I called them 'the popcore
ladies', and the name has stea1(1 to
them so that the whole village know
them by it.
"I once finew a man who talker'
incessantly in a high piteheil voice,
rend a bright girl dubbed him 'the
chirpere The eanae was eptickly
passed areund among the yoting peo-
ple, and 31011/ the greater part of his
frienes know eim by that mune.
A dignilied youeg wcnnan of iny ac-
motintanee goes by tho name of
`Whont' 1,0 this day bemuse (vi)en sho
was a, little gill she used to call her-
self 'Mrs, Whont' when she played
grown-up lattice, and the family pick-
ed it tip. 811e eimply can't elegke
the abetted name.
"More than ono red-baired man is
knotint by Lite name of "Pink" and
philosophically accepts the title. I
breve ,an acquainteace who holds a,
responsible position who is known
by the name of 'Dotty,' It seems
that one day a mischievous girl dis-
covered that, Ye had three prominent
dimples. She promptly dubbed him
'Dotty Dimple,' and now he is known
to all his associates as 'Dotty.' An-
other man of say acquffintance is al-
ways called `Bluebeard' because ho
has such u white and thin Skin that
if 110 does not shave daily his beard
shows blue. through St. Three 11111fl0,
t00, Caine through a woman's quick
wit.
'An old lady'flielid of mine is still
called 'Peachy' because \Olen she
was a young girl she Inicl a complex-
ion like peaches and 02e0111. Her
brother promptly dubbed her
'Peachy,' and 'Peaehee she will le -
Mein tO the end of her days. :in a
certain household a very feminine
little woman is still called 'The
Boy,' because when she was 11, yoong
girl she wont through a nations ill-
ness Which made it neeeseary to cut
hat holt short. Her younger sietee
Said She was 'the boy' of the family,
and tee dainty lady is 81,111 called by
that nestled name.
"An effeminate man was once eon -
ed 'Viola' by one of the boys in the
office, and now 100 a 110W him by
notheng else. Another oue of the
boys in the office is elways called
'Chesty,' and though he got angry
at 111.141, Ile has cheerfully accepted
the new name now.
"Our bookkeepat 51 alwaye putting
in his oar when it. 18 bet at all 2(011-
e895a1Y, and i 01111111 now Ile will
be enowe, tietil the end of time rof
'000e084 'Butts.' A Mend 01 mine
who is always called 'Olnierfol' done
not enow whether he is railed that
became:1 les Mends believe he Has a
cheered disposition or beetume they
temeitler 111 (1) a, cheerhil idiot, Teen
et ano rate, he can't shake the
/1111110."
A GOOD MOTTO,
1 Would be. 111 (12081.1 to find fit the
tame: of Sir Vienne Stanley's adorn -
tierce; fi life it trio 0 1 11(1(101 :tenni it
trait of the men then the (melee).
Im gin0 to his fleet employer when
oolitic) what 1 0 coule do, "Anything"
came the prompt rine remedy:11 ('10'
3(19, "that boy of my rtge mul
Strength amid be Nene:god to 410,"
Thin Rohg alight nell bale benn
adopted an 11 OX rile, ern( .11111 motto
DOUNdil LIVES
cl...4vElt RASCALS wzio P0114
AS WORTHY CITIZENS.
--
A Sneak Thief Who Lived in
Splendid Style and Drove
His Carriage.
11 will invariably be found, a wen -
known ex-cleleetilli intorined the
Writor 1'')1,'l( 1.1(1', that the doedS of
the successful echidna/ are charne-
torreal by except daring and
audaeilY• 110 %till "(toyer" his bur -
glares, riwindleat, or forgeries, 1113 t110
eaSe he, by living in a tonsil-
borhood where a policeman is mete-
ticelly only 118veSSOry 1.0 Chaff the
ptomain girls, and (1111 V41111 go to
the extent of attending 14110 local
church or ceapol, and win great pe-
pularity amongst: leo congregation
hy oilmen to improve the minds
and lives of his fellow -creatures, says
Landoll Ti 1,-13 ite.
Take the catie of Arthur Brook,
aline Robert 112.011am, for instants,
who a short time ago WaS sentenced
to a, term of imprisonment for a
el theft at Cardiff. Graham lived
in splendid style at Brighton for a
considerable time, asel frequently
drove his 0W11 carriage on the front,
Ile teas regarded as a man of con-
sieerable means, and the news of his
arrest for a series of thefts which the
magistrate described an "deliberate
and cruel" fell InIce 0 tburiderbolt up-
on an extensivecirclo of aristocratic.
acqvaintances.
Graham was in 1110 bable of making
periodical Journeys to Loadon, and
on these occasions, after engaging
1001115 in feehlneable quartere, would
ransack the bedrooms of the estab-
lishments, afterwards pledging the
stolen articles and returnieg to
Brighton, where he stayed WWI it
became necessary to
B.EPLENISII HIS ,oxcumuriat.
A few years ago the worthy peo-
ple of Norwich were astounded at the
unrest of a man who ems rogru-ded eie
one of their most worthy citizens 031
the charge of comtnitting a burglary.
This man, whose mune eas
more, posed before the public as a
retired merchant, mut his charitable
work gttined for him much. popular-
ity, But it WaS 1311110 the people at
Norwich were asleep that Fennitnore
came ou1 in his tree character and
appropriated their money- and port-
able goods.
For some thee lie escaped the po-
lice, until a clever detective was sue -
mare] in tracing him ae the perpe-
trator of numerous burglaries, in-
cluding a jurelk robbery, by which
Fennimore netted abant 610,000.
With pare of the money which Os
thus obtained he actually founded a.
private heliometer, which he superin-
teederl personally and paid for the
maintenance of Six ale and infirm
people. In addition to this, how-
ever, he 1.0115 110008 known to turn a
deaf ear to the cry of the needy, and
diseribeted gifts of money and food
with a lavish hand.
The career of George, Dickinson, a,
notorious American burglar, 08110 was
sentenced a few months ago to flf-
teen years' iMprisonment for burg-
lary mai attempted murder, furnish-
es another remarkable example of
crimival
AUDACITY AND DAR1NG.
Dickinson had' previously earned env-
oral.nerms of imprisonment in differ-
ent States, and two years ago set-
tled in Philadelphia, whore, treating
his criminal (tercel. a se)2ret, he be -
Cattle a member of a prosperous lain
of shirt manufacturers,
jeering the day he was a respectable
merchant, with u. reputation foe
generosi ly 111111 good-heartedness,
while at midnight he plied his vo-
cation as a burglar.
37e always W0110 evening dress while
engaged in his »ciarious work, and
conducted his operations in Lee meet
stylish 4 and ge211.le1111111 ly manner.
Dickinson was, in fact, a -veritable
"Jekyll and Hyde" of real life, oc-
cupying fashionable apartments antl
indulging in all the pleasures of the
morlern aristocrat. Dming a few
months previous to his azenst over
one hundred mysterious burglaries
occurred in Philadelphia, for many of
which Dieltiesoe was believed to be
responeible.
Skoog', the skilful American (man-
torfeiter, who lived for several years
111 Brooklyn under an assented name,
was also re crimitml who evidently
believed in makin(4 reparation for
hls wrong doing by giving sip part
of the proccede of his illegal WOrIC
tO Charity. 1Te was much respected
in the neighborhood In which he re-
sided, Mainly 011 40E101111 11 of hie Sun-
day -school and other religibus work.
No one was 11101'e ell th IISIOStIC 111 Or-
ganizing, entertainments and outing's
for the children—often at hie sole
expense—reed he Was ever ready to
contriente liberally towards any
deserving cause brought under Ms
notice, 'I'he pence, however, at last
interfered, end Skoog's pinned:Iwo&
atul coining works C0800 tO an cud.
KAISER AND HIS SONS.
So koon is no aernlan 0111130r01' on
hiS 3,011111)e3' sons obtaluing a thee -
°Ugh knowledge of warfare that he
iiisiets that some portion of tiveir
clay eliffil be devoted to playitee at
1st:11'1201 Witea, 1 ilitneiTencliPuttn°tot°bStilltiverSca!tvi6-
fleations oi earth and mod, and the
remelt of their labors 1:1 0141.1cl:eel by
O military expert. Tito crown
Mince, by tee way, is shined ni§
earl antoP, WWI° the kaiser lilmsolt,
h 1144 been taught to dmegn (1uihll-
11(78
05 re youth, is espolls of 101-
'111g the profession of Ms architect,
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*Friend (In lady emeteit10—"1 fen"- •
Pose you'll give up painting Wiles
d!iiiimIlla:?:;':1111:e'lililltl'tilY,11111.7)01L''Ll':w0101'111111:'r‘'.c4‘Ar'11i10 rl'av'aft(1:!(:\r—a '1'1'0(1er 013-1.!
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