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CIIAPTp3R; 718X, I at . 5trouge`e ' rapidly retreating
She felt very lonely, vory up- figure, Did he mean to go ? And if
utruug. -This parting with Eeatller- ito went now, would It bo forever ?
Eton, which was or course the final Site 11e8itated for a full minute, until
'touch .of all so far a's, they two wore ho had almost reached the corner,
•concerned, had affected tier more and then nature grew too.stroreg for
than she knew, and bad saddened hoe her She took a step forward ; ' a
inexpressibly. There was almost sudden desperate resolve fired ,her
.aversion . in her . regard now for eyes.; she threw -out her hands im-
T'eatherston, yet she cotljd not : all pulsivcly.
eat ono forgot that :she had believed "Andrew 1" she cried,
in him, and that'llo Sad proved hint- He started as the swim,/ reached
Self unworthier than mast• hint, and turnedto look at her,
And Mr, reSronge 1 .A. pang ' ehot "You called mo ?" leo said, when
through her heart. Was he, too, un- he had returned to a proper speaking
worthy 0distance, .but 110 fur ther, fI3o , reit
She sighed again+as though her passionately self-contempt ons, : as
heartwas full, and 'Lilted her •heavy ho knew how his voice must betray
eyes to leis, He had not answered •to her. the intensity of the emotion
her, as if he deemed the questTon un- .he Wes feeling. -
•
,deserving a response, But she com- "Yes , because—" Her face was
pelted hint to speech of some sort. we .white no snow. "You say you
"Was it you who brought hint 0" love me still," she 00.111 at last very
sho persisted, fixing two aggrieved faintly.
.dyes an leis. IIe came nearer to her,
"No ; it was lie brought me, I "I see no one as sweet, as beauti-.
was on 1ny way here when Barry and foie as lovable," he replied, simply.
he snot ale. They asked me to ac- "Why then should I ever cease to
company them," love you?" '
"I cannot imagine your coming,"
.she said coldly,
•'1f you will let 1110 tell you about
that," he said, She r_•nrve him an
unspoken' permission. and loe told her
the whole story of his meeting with
them; of how ho feared a quarrel
between the two men, and how he
- +had gone with them into the wood
to be ready to separate then should
they, as he tcared, come to blows,.
'11 was just then you camp on the
:scene," 11e wouIhl up briefly. "It
was the first Limo In my life -I was
not glad . to see you,. I remained
there at your request; because I do
not trust Featherston, and because I
knew that, however you might still
regard kiln; OU .would not now con-
sent to be his. wile."
Something in ' his tone surprised
send annoyed her.
"I regard him as a hypoceite,"
she said coldly. "In no other light.
Do not make any mistake aoout
that,"
Ho flushed warmly.
HOW tune was rusbing away --not
gliding peacefully, as it -often did,
het hurrying, tie though to sop eon••
sulnntated tilts hateful prune I And
what, was to be bone 0 To speak to
Yolande, to disclose all to her. That
would be the kindest, the wisest, the
cruelest course ; and she felt she
gould not be the one to do it,
Strongo had put big earnest quote -
bolt to her, and was waiting in a
strange silence for her atlsiver. I'IOW
long it was in oohing 1 A little
c11i11 seized upon his heart at last
and, unable to endure the suspense,
he repeated his words, more slowly,
more fearfully: this time, ,
"C'onnio, ansWUr Ste, Axe you
ha.pPy ?„
It was too much. Happy 1 She ?
With Yuletide on the brink of sueh a
horrible pit ? She drew a quick
breath, and all suddenly burst . into
te"haars.
ppy ? No 1 I am wretched,"
'she cried, forgetful oe all save Lady
Varloy just then—oven of trim. •
'.' Wrotchocl I Constantin, what a
thing to say to me ! Are you now
going to tali 1110," grooving very
pale, "that all lay hope is—"
"No, no/' clinging to him, "you
are everything to 1110 it is not
that : how could you think it But
I have heard such dreadful news:
Olo, what a comfort it is to have
you to consult with 1" she said,
with a sigh of deepest relief, iayieg
her cheeks against his grin,
Was then; any man 10 art the
world, then, so proud as Andrew
"Once -you' asked me to marry Strong» ?
1Te clrew her closer to his heart
and 110101 her there,
"1 never thought T Should live to
be as, happy as I am this minute,"
he said, in alow 'tone. "Now go on,
my sweetheart, cunt toll me all about
it." As yet he was in the dark as
"And you refuseci."
"I ]snow slowly. "But if you
still loveln0--"
• "Connie ! Connie 1 What is it
you aro going to say to mo 2" cried
he, 111 an agony of doubt. Dut a
moment later he forgot everything, to her exact meaniing, but she trust-
oven hisdoubt, and caught, her in ed hien, she leanecl`upon him, he was
his arms. not Ignorant of that.
"Why don't you ask me again 0" He was, too. when all the sad
whiseere'.1 she, half -laughing, hal,- story was laid before him, as con -
crying. ✓ corned, as 'astonished, by her intent-
Stlonge, with a hardihood he genre, as she could possibly desire.
would not an hour ago have be- But hope he could not give her: It
lieved himself capable of, actually was .plain to her from the beginning
put het' away from hila for a 1110- that Ile believed the miserable affair
merit, to look into her face. , It was to bo not only possible but cord bable. pro-
-the shortest moment on record, yet
it satisfied him. It was all true, "Good heavens 1 what is to be
1 done 7" 10 said
at hist. .then 1
She had yielded to his embrace. "At all risks Lady Varley
rley must be
Thero MILS no anger, there was only . Prevented from
hearing
it," said
love in the upraised eyes. He held i Constentia eagerly ; "it would kill
her unrebuked within his arms, this :her, coining so soon on' that last
swept, dear girl, whose hattcl he: sad grief. You remember 0 That
"There was a time, . however," 11e would not have dared to kiss only 1 little child—she will never forgot.
said, "when ,you—you—thought very yesterday, Who was' he, that such Oh, no, she must not bear of this
kindly of him." happiness should Tall' to this lot 7 ' I thing. We must manage it so that
She made no answer to this. Her "I never hoped for this. I never tit never comes to her ears."
-eyes wero lowered, and she was believed in it," he said at last."But is that a very wise arrange
busy blinking back tears out of "Nor I," She was now loo illg at I menu, do you think ?" asked'Stronge
them. ' him•in a sort of strange, if glad gently. "Why should she, whom it
"You tell me now that Feather- surprise: "I never knew, until five most concerns, be the last to hear.
.stop is no toupee of any account in minutes ago, that 1 loved you." !of It 0 Connie, do you know I often
.your 'sight,"" he went eon presently. "But ho.w did you know it five think that half the fatal mistakes in
"Of course 1 know nothing of that, minutes ago 7" I the world are caused by keeping back
or, why it should be so." IIe paused, "Well, 1 think it must have been a the tiath from those who snoutd be
He did not aslc for an explanation, little more than that—perhaps even the first to learn of it ? Why -should
but site knew he was hoping for ten minutes. 'It just deserted upon 1 Lady Varloy be left in ignorance,
one, • me when I knew that Mr. Feather -1 darling, of what is of such vital int.-
"It,
m-"It was a mere trifle ; a matter of ston had come .here to—to ask me to portance to her, whilst you and I,
every -day occurrence," she said, marry hum --and when I thought you 1 to whom it is a mere outside sor-
-,. With a, curious smile and in a low him come to advise 1110 to—" low, are acquainted with it 7 Surely
voice. "1 happened to find out that "To what, denting 0" she, being one of the chief actors in
he ' was making love to—to another "Oh, I don't know it was absurd, 1 this evil drama, should be the best
woman, whilst pretending an affec- of course. 7 know that now, with judge of how to bring the play to a
then for tae. 1 have a great deal to a little happy laugh "out I wan successful conclusion. It would not
thank trim for, however. If he had stupid enough to think then that be so painful to her as it might be
not, by a fortunate chance, betrayed you were going to befriend him in to others.' There is always this saes
himself, I migh11 perhaps have per- lis suit. Oh, if you had 1" she 1113' clause, that she is not to love
milted hint to—make m0 wretched." said. She looked quite angrily eel with her husband."
The smile was tremulous, and hint, but this anger was inexpres-i "Ah 1 you have seen that ?" said
Stronge told himself that she still silly sweet to the Innocent culprit, Constantin cnlickiy.
regretted J!eathel•stuu, though to her i "Nonsense." said he, so indignant -I "I was glad to see it, because it
sc:f she would not -acknowledge its • le, that they both laughed. helps nee to believo she will not feel
But in this he was wrong. I •"1. was unjust to you," site said so much—that she will bear the
"That was a hateful night," she reinor:sef1111y, j news .better. She may even, if told
Wel, after a rather lengthened pause .•l auk glad of it you wouldn't in time, be able so to manage ns to
that leo had not sought. to break. have been unjust if you hadn't lov- lift the man to a sense of decency.
She alluded to Donna's 'ball. i ed int." He started a little as he At all events, 1 know she should be
••I'or malty reasons." He was said that. as if at the presumption told."
studying her as he spoke. '"You am of it. "You, do love ume, ' ho said, 1 hitt who is to toil her ?` asked
greatly changed since then, in some : di'awing her into his arms once more Constantin faintly.
ways.'. I •,
"So aro you," she responded'I with a gentle, tender, protecting "You she loves," he said simply.
touch ; atld then : "to think I of all, Ile felt she was trembling. "Have
quickly, "., every way." I men, should be able to say then 1 ; yeti the courage, darling 2" he said ;
Not In one, at all events. Far , Connie, say that you are hap ?y, ! 'or, is it too nurclt for you ? Yes, I
that, I am the same 11ow as I
then, and as I shall be al ays." 'was too," he said. I see it is. Come, then, tet us decide
j
Her color deserted her, and they All at once, (te the word fell of on upon r some other plan."
flowers she Held in her hand, and her oars, there rose before her. the 1 0. I shall go, There is no
which hoc eyes were bent, itt, began scene that had. takenplace oh this , outer," said the girl sadly, with a
to tremble• very spot last evening, 'Happy !— title catch in. her breath, "If you
"How in earnest you can bo 1" t , I was she really permitting hacself clunk• she should be warned, who
elle said. "It Is a great charm now- such happiness as excluded from, her 1should warn ,her save the ? I ,un
mind all remembrance of Lady Ver, her friend. le bat right have I to
adhys. I wonder, however, 11 yew• ! 8110101/ irons it 0"
ono way—ls worth it," key's impending trouble 7 Even now
time was Pressing. If anything were I Tears rose in her eyes again, and
"I am gape sure of that."' to be :dorso to help herit should bo' somehow this tine she lost her 1101d
"Is it a sdcret 7" said site , with !
done at once. To -morrow would bo upon them, and they rustled over her
an air so indifferent that it roused l 100 late, and nlreacly it ens draw-�.licis, and ran triumphantly down her
tum to angel. I ing towards everting. Slee had pro- cheeks, They cut Strouge to the
"Not from you, certainly," he • nosed the gee ltitty to Interfere ill.,heart•.
calci, with badly subdued indigl a- some wise for the defence of her ads -To think you should be crying in
tion. "What dons it advantage you tress and the over'thr'ow of icor en- this our first hour together 1" he
to know me still your lover 0 What,mutes, but as yet, even atter a sleep- said, with deep remorse. Was it not
purpose do you gain by Staking me less night, inspiration had not come all his fault ?
again declare that I cannot drive:to her. "In this my very happiest hour,"
you from my heart ?" I 011, if this 'terrible thing should' replied she sweetly. Indeed, it seem -
Ho turned aside impatiently, and , happen 1 If Lady Varley'were to be ed to her just then that all her own
moved towards the distant stile, as , crushed, and rendered even more lois fears and difficulties had passed away
if determined ou leaving her thus 1arable than sho now was throughfrom her forever, and only peace 10'
abruptly, without so much ns the Donna Dundas—through her, Cott- method. He was so good, so true,
courtesy of au adieu. He walked stnlltla's cousi11—she felt as though so honest I Such it sense of rest, dr
quickly, led by Itis thoughts, whichshe could never again look at Yo- comfort, stole over: leer as she garecl
were note feverish. 1Io cast no loop land° ,with honest eyes, 0r clasp into his gentle, kindly eyes, that but
behind. 1101' gland, Dishonor would tomo to
Cotnstantia loft in this way alone, her through her friend's kinswomen,
let the flowers site had fall to her and surety 801110 of that taint would
feet, emit Iool10d with troubled eye fall upon the "friend,". .
for this disgrace that threatened her
friend, and the tcirroi' of having to
face and tell her of it, she would
have counted herself only too hap-
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THIRD
MARQUIS
have no right to lay this bu
den upon you,"he said earnestly
"Will you hate me for it, Connie
Will you"—wistfully—"always
I o
o
back with distaste upon thisda
p
n
because of it ? And yet I could no
counsel you otherwise. I feel"—lift
ing her hand, and kissing- the pal
of it -"it is only what my bt'av
girl should do. It has been a sad
engagement day, There were tears
and surely they should not hay
been in it. Perhaps"—he looked a
her nervously, with all a true lover'
super stitious dread—"perhaps it i
unlucky."
"Olt, no." She smiled at him very
prettily. "There is no ill luck where
you are."
"No 7 You think not ? Th
only proves how awfully common
place I ani. I never cared about. it
before, but I wish, for your sake
Connie, that 1 waS less prosaic, less
—you know what I .mean -that. is,
I wish I was better looking, at all
events," he blurted out shamefaced-
ly.
"What folly 1" indignantly. "Now
I shall tell you something. Do you
know that the very first day I saw
you I thought to myself that you
had the very dearest face, so kind,
so earnest ; not"—hesitating as if
still a little uncertain—"`not hand-
some, exactly, but—"
Strougo gave way to unlimited
mirth.
"Well, no, not handsome," Ire said.
"I'll commit myself so far. 011,
Connie, what a humbug you are I
And—what a darling girl I"
(To Be Continued),
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I1E FAR1. I,
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SIO%6L96e-6392
FAMILY ANI) STOCK.
e The children on the farm have the
t best opportunity for good physical
s development of any in the world,
s They are so situated they can have
the three most important things
which tend to this end, wholesome
food, pure air and plenty of out-
door exercise ; but in spite of their
at 'natural advantages, they do not, as
- a rule, possess the bodily superiority
over city children we ltat'e a right to
, expect, writes Ale, A. 1e. Dyer.
Country children have so extensive
a playground they are likely to be f
tempted to 'take too much exercise.
Their territory is too large for
their strength, and unless they are
checked they overdo, and the result
Airs. Grabbler (rising to depart
after a calf on Mrs. Wearysome)—
"Well, I really must go. I've stayed
now later than—"
Mrs. Wcarysome—"011, no, you
haven't. You come so seldom and—"
"So ' eeldoiio. ? Why, I call here
oftener than almost any other place,
and--"
"Well, I'm always delighted to see
you and—"
"0h, thanks. But I must go now.
You'll come to see me soon, won't
you, dear 2"
'Yes, indeed, and—"
"Well, do now, and—oh, were you
at the concert last night ?"
„Yes, and—
Lovely little affair, wasn't it 7
How charmingly Mr. Toulnerson sang.
But I really must go now. Good-
bye, dear."
„Good-bye."
"Mind that I expect to see you
very soon."
"011, yes but 'don't wait for me.,
You have more time than I. you
know, anti—"
"What 1 I have more time than ,
you ? 111y dear child, 1 i fairly;
rushed to death all the year round,"
"So and I,"
"I really don't see where the time
goes, Oood-bye, dear." '
"Good-bye.'
"11 you don't come and see 1,1.1.3
soon I'll—ole 1 where did you get
that lovely antimacassar—slid you
work it yourself ? It's a perfect
beauty I I wish I—but, oh. my,
dear, i1 I didn't nearly ferg et to toll
You about Mario Do Vero's woddlug,
and that's just what 1 came for, I
must sit down and tell you all about
it I" ,•
Two lours later she departs, niter'
a prolongation of the good-bye busi-
ness for .fifteen minutes oft the
stops.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Tho appropi'iation for public in-
stitutions and maintenances is
$370,217 compared With $3h:L,108
last year. The asylum for female
patients at. Oobourg gets $30,858.
Special grants for ugriczl;tural t
purposes aro cut .$),000, tho total
being voted tinder .the head of agri-
culture $122,17(1, and for inunig•ra-
tio11 $4,825. '1'itet•e is a grant. , of
$1,600 for till experimental c01t)
storage station,
The first lettoi'-Post was establish-
ed among tho Maim towns of Ger-
many about the year 11170. Posts
were first heard of in England in Lho
reign of tidward 1', le
tile fiefthe
ds , teeming 1118 iral'na are, o]
oughtu r
u to he,s bso v
gtent to It OWe.
,tap 1
ars, that thmother is mere Valuable
than the brood mare, that the do
velopment of the sen and daughter
is a hatter of more importance than
that of sone long -pedigreed inmate
of the stable. All this, it May be
said, is a self-evident truth, and
hardly worth the trouble of writing,
yet any unprejudiced obseprer• will
allow there are eases in which It is
ignored, and farmers—they 0110 the
exception and dilninislting in nunlbee
I am glad to say --who persist in
raising prize stock and scrub fens -It
Utes.
It Is true It is not farmers alone
who forget that the possessor should
always be superior to the thing pos-
sessed. It is often forgotten] in this
Money worshipping ago, but the
unaster of the farm should not be the
Most overworked and poorly groom-
ed creature on it, or 1110 children the
only young reared without thought
or regulation.
A. FARMER'S SUCCESS
should bo measured, not by the con-
dition of his stock and crops, his
acres or his„ bank account, but by
the excellence and happiness of llim-
self and family. A well appointed
stable cannot counterbalance a poor-
ly appointed home, or a Prize-win-
ning Horse or a cow atone for the
mistake of a neglected., over-worked
wife. Tho wise farmer remembers
that the house and not the barn
shelters his dearest possession. Not
that the children are to be brought
up in pampered Idleness, a mistake
which may occur on the farm as woll
as elsewhere, but that they shall be
given the mental and physical train-
ing which will prepare them to suc-
ceed in their particular caning in
after 'years.
The majority of farmers are pro-
perty owners and their own masters.
They are in business for themselves
and under just laws, and with good
management on their part they
should be the most comfortable and
independent class in the world, but
the dignity and profit of agriculture
depend upon the character of the men
engaged in it. Give the -children as
good a cbance for moral, mental and
physical development as the progres-
siva tannerives his stock and
g the
country wi11 no longer
furnish sub-
jects for the city caricaturist, but
will be accorded the respect and con-
sideration which is its due.
INEXPENSIVE ICE 1d0USE.
A plan tor constructing a cheap ice
douse which will Hold from 85 to
40 tons is given by a good author-
ity as follows :--The sills to be bed-
ded in the ground, 2x12, and the in-
ner studs, 2x0, sheathed on both
sides with common boards, the out-
side to bo covered with felt Paper,
the space formed by sheathing to be
filled compactly as possible with dry
sawdust or tlulbark. The outer
studding to be 2x4, spiked to out-
side of sheathing and covered with
common sidiug, leaving a space under
rieze, and above base, of 8 in. The
foundation to be of porous, sandy
soil, or if of soil that will not admit
of the ready escape of water, to be
is the same as overwork in any underdrained evith tile. The floor to
form. The demand on their strength 11e constructed by spreading from
constantly exceeds the supply, and 0 to 8 in, of sawdust or tanbark, and
the effect is a weakened constitutionboafter leveling it, cover with common
and stunted growth. ards, leaving about 1 inch of
Country parents are, also, tempted space between each for the water to
to neglect the physical defects in escape. The plates to be the same
their children because they aro re-
mote from hospitals and medical ad-
vice, and so little imperfections
which could be easily overcome, are
allowed to grow into incurable de-
formities. This is an irreparable in-
jury which no parent leas a right to
inflict up011 his children. Fathers
and mothers owe their offspring the
best physical development they can
give them, and this is a fact that is
being more and _ more eml:haSized
overt' 31101,
Any farmer should be careful not
to Have his children the only scrub
stock on the farm, for when a thor-
oughbred colt or heifer is led out for
exhibition by rt shambling,
ROUND-SHOULDERED SON
of the proprietor, the picture formed
is not a pleasing one to a thought-
ful observer. The farmer who knows
a remedy for all diseases to which
the stock are liable and who would
nevef• stint in money to cure a de-
fect in a promising animal should
not bo blind to his daughter's bald
kcal development. 11 a good stock
paper is taken to keep Ilial posted on
the proper treatment of animals, his
sons sboulcl
not be allowed to stunt
their growth with tobacco, improper
food, or overwork,
I do not mean that the average
farmer is blind to the interest of his
own offspring, or that pl ystcnl de-
iecta among lunates of rho ftlrm are
tho rule and not tlic exception ; but
they are more common thou with 0
little thought on the subject they
need to be.
Parents should remember Unit colts
aro not the only things that hero
gaits or need training. The child
who is taught to hold itself meet and
walk properly' will never forgot the
lesson. My g:randumothier, who ens
1V1Se1• then her generalion•-brought
up five sons to 111an110011, and the
nevernt1
OWedih i
U
n to slouch 1
ouch
along
01 walk a with their hands in • Meir
pockets, a 'habit which tends to
draw the shoulders forward and 'Smelt
en the muscles of the chest. The
boy who disobeyed tIlo latter law
lost his pockets,/0/11011 were sewed
up to remove further temptation.
The result of this truinilrg was fine,
well -formed, good -gaited men, and
one of them 110117 at 8.1 walks as erect
as a youth of 20, and he has been
a hard-working,farmer all his life.
ANOTHER MOTII'Elt
as studs, 2x3.2, rafters 2x4. The
roof should be shingled. Ventilators
in the top of the roof 2 feet 0 inches
square, to bo surmounted by it small!
cupola with open slats. Doors dou-
ble and filled with sawdust.
The full bill of lumber for the
above is given cls follows 1—Eight
pieces, 2x12x14 feet, for sills and
plates; 30 pieces, 2x6x12 feet, for
inner studs; five pieces, 2x0x12 feet,
for hip -rafters and collar -beans; 33
piece, 2x4x12 feet, for outer studs;
20 pieces, 2x4x13 feet, for rafters
and the 'ventilator; 750 feet sicking,
14 feet long, 2,000 feet coalition
boards Lor sheathing floor, roof, etc;
24 pieces fencing, surfaced, 12 feet
long, for corner bo.tl•da, etc; 50 yds t
building paper;..11000 00111lon e
shingles.
An elaborate structure is not ne-
cossary in nyder to preserve a good 3
supply of ice. Oue of rough boards,
and so simple in its construction s
that any farmer who is in the least 1
skilled in the 1180 of tools can make
it, will answer the purpose, provide
teeth, contracted chest, or pool' phy-1 lug the essential rules previously
given for its successful construction
be observed.
POLL TI).Y N0'rES.
Hay generates versu_ie more readily
than straw.
Especially from this time on if the
hens are crowded, disease is almost
certain to appear.
Eggs in process of incubation in
hot, dry weather, shouldbe sprinkled
with tepid water occasionally.
.don't harbor that lot of cockerels
and cull 110118 any longer. Corral
them some fine clay and sell them at
the butcher's. That will give you
the cash to use, stop the expense of
keeping thecal, and, more 22111311 all,
it will give the. remaining fowls more
room and more attention.
Your neighbors may not be will-
ing to invest their money in thor-
oughbred
lor-
ou h r l fowls but they will be
willfl rg,n113, even enxious, to ex
011011lye some of (Mae dunghill eggs
for yours when the time conies. You
can do as you please about eccanl-
moclat!ng tllenl.
Between late-ltatched pullets and
11101ti11g hells egg's can be indulged in
only by those who are cradled in the
lap of lexury, if you were fortunate
enough to secure only a very few pul-
lets front your first hatch last spring
they are rewarding you richly just
new, while eggs are scarce end high-
priced.
Clover is also rich he lime, end
when a mess 0.0 cut clever mud bran
is given the fowls they will need Ito
oyster shells or other mineral mat-
ter, Do not forget that ie summer,
however, all kinds of feeds should be
used with judgment. If the bens
have a free range, give no food at all
ns long as they are laying; but if
they begin to fall off let bran bo t11e.
leading ingredient of the foods al-
lowed. In winter tho bran and
clover are even more essential, as
the fowls cannot then eeeu10 green
food on the ranges,
It is grotty,defin1tery. settled that
If u 1'
yo would raise chicks that have.
no mixed Colors and Mate feathers
yeti must allow them t0 roil, It fa
next to impossible to keep the white
focethors out of breWn I,OOha%chiel15
when they aro kept in ctos0 1311arte15.,
0111010 li'oin the same breeding pen
will demonstrate Urfa fact to any-
body W110 will give the matter a
fair trial.
13rat1 is excellent for poultry, and
0110 point in fever of bran is : that
it contains e. nluoh larger proportion
of lime than any other cheap food
derived franc grain, and, as the shells
of eggs are composed of 111110, it is
essential that food rich 111 lune be
provided, It limy bo urged that the
use of oyster shells will provide lune,
but it will be found that it is the
lime in the feed that is moat ser-
eaceablo, because it is in a form
tllat can be bettor digested and as-
similated than carbonate of lime..
THE REVENGE Or. ANIIVIALS.
The Sentiment Is Well Developed
in Soma of Them.
A number of authentic anecdotes
have been collected by Lo Tour du
Monde to illustrate the fact that the
sentiment of revenge is very well de-
veloped in 501110 animals livery -
body knows that elephants, for ex-
ample, have long inemotties when
they aro subjected to treatment that
hurts their feelings. Captai11,.Ship-
pe of the French army discovered this
fact to his sorrow six weeks after lie
had given an elephant a smear/ cit
sprinkled with cayenne pepper. The
captain had almost forgotten tho 'in-
cident when he next saw the animal
and attempted to caress hint, but
the elephant, recognizing the practi-
cal joker, suddenly absorbed a quan-
tity of dirty water from a puddle
near by and diffused it over the ofli-
cer's uniform.
Griffith, the historian, tells a story
of two Indian elephants at the siege
of 13urtpore. Water was scarce and
In great demand which gave unosual
value to a well •that had not dried
up. Ono day just as a small ele-
phant and its driver were leaving the
well, the animal carrylug a ,pail of
water,
a very large and strong ele-
phant seized the pail
and drank the
water. Tile smaller elephant, con-
scious of his inferior strength, show-
ed no resentment but bided his time.
One day he saw .his enemy standing
broadside by a well. The little fel-
low suddenly rushed forward with all
the energy at his command, butted
the big one on the side and tumbled
him over into the well.
An Indian missionary tells of an
indiscreet person whom he saw teas-
ing an elephant by pricking• his
trunk with a pin and then feeding
him with lettuce salad which no ele-
phant has any use for. The animal
was rather slow in anger and he had
not fully decided to be read till a
half hour hall elapsed, when he sud-
denly seized the man's hat from his
head, tore it into shreds and flung
the fragments into the face of his
tormentor.
A British magazine told, a while
ago, of a milkman's dog that was
the terror of all small canines, as he
was -8 fighter and never missed a
chance to mix up in a row. Most of
the dogs in the neighborhood bore
sears as evidence of his ferocity and
prowess. None of them could match
hiin in a fight. The. idea finally oc-
curred to them, however, that there
is strength in union, tiled so one
night about a dozen of them went to
the home of the tormentor and
thrashed him within an inch of his
life. The milkman found next morn-
ing
orning that his dog was nearly dead
from the wounds inflicted. When he
recovered from the scrimmage he
was a changed dog, having wholly
lost his taste for fighting._
Sir Andrew Smith, a zoologist,
told Darwin that one day he saw a
tame baboon in Soutll Africa be-
spatter with mud nn oOTcor, elle, all
spick, and span, was on his way to
parade. The officer had frequently
eased the animal, which took this
''nctive means, of retenge.. Parrots
1.1.50 are among the animals that do
101 soon forget persons who tease or
naltreat them. They usually find
onto- way to give some unpleasant
noments to those who are nnlcind to
them.
who Toyed her children Metas well,
allowed It daughter to grow round-
shouldered to the point of deformity,
lecausc it was too much trouble to
have the defect remedied. Still an-
other) Who Would make any sacrifice
for bet' children, allowed iter only
dttughter to grow up o. hopeless crip-
ple because the child elick not want
to go to the neighboring hospital, at
a7110lt- the (loctiu' assured her the
trouble could be easily overcome.
I wish ail farmers could bo made
to understand that 1110 01001 Pre -
0.01.15 thing on the Perm is the fam•
-
ly, that the blooded stock, the fer-
R'O:CURE THE STAMMERER.
It i.; said that stammerers rarely,
if ever, show any impediment of
sl e: cli when speaking in whispers,
On this fact a new method of treat-
ment has been advocated, which is
as follows :-1 or the first ten days
speaking is prohibited. This will al.
low rest to the voice, coal constitute
the peelimin,nry stage of treatnune,
During tlto luxe ten days speaking fg
j er•miesihle in the whisperiug"voice
r m t. in the couree of the next fifteen
(hues, the ordinary conversational
tune may be gradually employed.
T00 STARTLING,
"Too bad about Shelby, wasn't
it?"
"What's the matter with bins?"
"ITo had a terrible shock the day
before yesterday, and may 1101 t•ccov'
er. Hadn't t sof
htali an
thin8
about it?"
"No. Trow did it happen?"
"Well, he had an engagement to
meet Itis wife at a certain place in
town at 12:20 o'clock."
"Yes,"
"Anti ho ]curried up whet his work
and started for the rentlpv0us s'
"Yes."
"ire got there at exactly the aP'
pointed time."
T see. Well?"
"Itis wife had ,peel. there twelve
ee0ll,id5."
WOMEN VOTERS,
In Franco the wcimen teachers elect
membelrs on all Boards of Edema -
lion. n Sweden women vole for
all elective ofllcors except ropresenlzt-
tivas ; else, indirectly, for ineni.ere
cf the Upper House. In Ireland the
women vote foe the TTuubor Smartie
and 1'o0r Law Guardians, 'and to
Belfast for enunlripa1 0111 118.' tit
il.ttssia v'0nmu 110u1t:holdl'1•s tole ioit
ill 0lcfuve alllcoa•:a anti urn lot'
lila tel'sy