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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-9-11, Page 2Or, A Coming Vengeance CRAM ER vl.--(0011Unued). that will tell. A girl wilt.$ to spc..11 and look film a lady, if she's goals to he a Clive and Quilton looked on for a mo• concert sansei " --recut or Lein; then, feeling that it wouldlh h2 1 meant. sa be useless to attempt to .interfere, they turned awe and left Paradise Gardens to its usual eandition of fell i,.y. At the opening of tate larger nisei, and opposite ono of the filo-p,1iu8ta C'iive heard the strains of a violin. lie started from the sail and bitter reverie whit•b had hold him, and saw Elisha fiddling away in the g i'illt gaslight. Minim saw him, and, stopping his ad- dling, shuffled up to him. "Oh, is it, you, sir?" he said. "1 wanted to tell you, to thank you--" Clive'o hand Pell upon the dwarf's rthoui• in or not he said more to ntmeelf ,.na dor, and 8topptd him; and turning to to the dwarf.. Quilton. he said: "1 hope you will. sir,- said Vista. "It "You can nils your way home, Quilton, nail ease 81101('e heart to thaukiyou. And I ouppote? Righ'ti tlood night!" 'Quillen nodded, without an mince of on. pression in kis taco, and walked Off; and Olive turned. to Elisha with a suppressed eagerness; for not until that moment did hesitatingly. Ire realize hew constantly the girl, Mina, As they went up the r'eheiy start they had been in his mind, and how anxiously heard the.o,tnd of Leto piano hvcfic.ger oxeroi cs 1aand Eli„ti glanced at Clive e.Ih shy )-ride. • $ted keep at- it all day if I'd let her, sir," he remarked. They entered the room, but Mina was so absorbed that she did not hearthem:and Clive steed and looked at the slim, gonna). ' ' at'. l5 td • if Mill so beautiful a voice as kers, ea r r at-, tug; a one, she should hart. every rh,L110P-.--' "And you're going to give it to her! Oh, •'lsxcu.'e me," said (1'.80, "Sou are go- ing to give it to her, not I: don forget that. Elisha; You wont find teaching tee violin easy work by any means; and you'll earn all you'Il get by it, for certain. Hera we are, aren't eve?' lie slocd nu the pate• meat heist tsiagiy titter he had tela the oammac. "I don't know whether to seine ribby ai11 be out marketing, -te a• r . natcely; "she gets the things a bit cheaper if it's late and Saturday spec11111." "Well. then,' assented Clive, but still he wanted to hoar mote of her. CHAPTER VII. "You are a long way from home, Eli. aha" remarked Olive, as they walked along. figure, and the oma11 head, with tri d. "Not so far as I sometimes get, sir," said silken hair. bent forward aa if the whole Elisha. "It don't do to stick to 0118 place: bendy were in . rbYmth with the nnten, then, they get tired of the same tunes, and as Elisha said, "Mina!" she weed, at more tired of you. Wv, even the swell first with dreamy eyes tart seemed Hearse. players and singers has, to R'1 on tour ly to see them; but to a moment the eyes sometimes;' he added, with his and, s1ry gashed, the pale face was ,suffused with smile• color, and she sprang up andstood, ono "That's so," assented Give. Be did not hand resting on the Piano, the other prno- 00ln.tnd this humble musician of the pave- ed t<, her lips, aa if to suppress a cry; ilex meat that his more fortunate brethren and, dark grey eyes fixed on Clive',, with an sisters travelled erste/ass, and put upat Inexpressible 'wonder a hispresence, and palatial hotels, instead of tramping a boundless gratitude through the London atxeets to a second. "'rhe gentleman -Mr. Clive -we met, and floor back In Bensons Rents. I thanked hint, Bina," stammered EUOha; I wanted to thank you, to tell you how "but I told him you'd like to thank him :how surprised -refute -sly staggered -we youreeif.'• wore by the plans, said Elisha, with a she did not move until Clive crewed the flushed face and a tremltloue voice. "Sot anon,, and. held out his lead. I didn't know where to and you the man I'm more than sufficiently thanked les" that brought the piano maid you.; didn't the pleasure of seeing you playing, 58.01 know who'd sent it. If Tabby could have Mina," he said. I can bearhow wonder. found out she'd have sent it bark; as it fully you have got on—' was, there was a -a 801V, and I thought "Seems to come natural to her, sir,' said she'd have made 'cm take it away in the Elisha. "It is SO with some people. 1 'ad van again: a brother AS played by ear; just let him Clive nodded. "Perhaps that's why I did hear a song or a rice() of music once. and not let them know who sent it; but I was he's sit down and play, it, and play it, tier - afraid you'd guess. I hope yon knrgiVe me, rest too, But I don't vv -ant 1tlalta to play dont think I've taken a liberty—" that way. I want her to bo able to stick Elisha shook his head. "No, sir; I knew up a piece of music, and play it at eight" it was meant iu simple kindness -and so *fila looked from one to the other with I told Tibbs.... "And Miss Mina, was she -annoyed?" Clive could not help asking. "No, sir; Mina was very c-uiet at first; and hasn't said match since; but elle was pleased. It's a magnificent instrument," 310 went on, his eyes kindling with enthu• siasm; " a beautiful tone, and a touch oe kind as kind could be." fie spoke as if the piano were. alive and sensitive. "It was very good of you, sir, and I'm kind of overwhelmed -it's as if I couldn't thank you properly." "That's all right" said Clive.'"Anil has Mies Mina begun her lessons—?" "Yes, sir, as soon as we'd got the pinuo in place. She was all eagerness, like a young hound straining at the leash. It 34'80 like n starving person going for a piece of bread. She was rust wild for it. All she wanted woe to thank you; and She'll be pleased to hear that I've met you: though she'd be more content and pact. Red if she could thank 7081 herself, of course," "Yost think she would?" said Clive hesi- tatingly. They had got, into the White- - chapel Road by this time. and Clive hail- ed a solitary hansom. "If you are sure I e1ta11 not he intruding, I should like to come homo with you." He opened the door of the cab, but Eli. she hesitated and looked frightened. "It's a long way -a 'biggish fare -there's the 'buses—' I'd forgotten the 'bases for the mo• meat," said Clive. "Never mind. ,lump lit—take care of your violin-" Elisha screwed himself into his corner. and looked about him with a nervous and fearsommboore, and ; he had onlynever once in a fan- our - wheeler -an his way to a hospital after an accident. He was SO absorbed in the no- velty and the luxury of this shabby, d11• a Idated vehicle that he :1 started when Olive, who had been musing on the strange fate which seemed to throw his across the dwarf's path, said: "Elisha, I want to ask you aemething. Yea won't mind, tvmi t think I'm impels tinently curious? I've noticed that 51.!'s Mina talks much better titan---" He pane. ed. "She his been to school, of source." "1 know what You mean, sir. Yes; you've noticed that she speaks better than most girls, almost like a lady -if I may make so hold as to sly so." Clive nodded. "'I've noticed it myself, and I'm proud of it, of course. You see, it's this way: Mina's different to the other girls in vthe Rents, dlfferent even to ,re ,ribby, oh, r /00411/00411u0. 3'm 1101 saying 0.07111111g against !ribby. you'll understand, Mr -?" As Iliislla hesitated, Clive gave his name, but the roti bad now reached one of the crowded thoroughfares, and in the rattle of the 'buses and tarts Elisha only caught the Christian name. Tibby's an good a girl AS there is, Mr. Clive; but she's not one f0r her books. She didn't talco to schooling; 111810 %VMS rows between her and the teachers: brimost dnigh d VERY CIHIC GOWN. Designed by Poiret, Paris. Model of blue and white striped silk crepe with red flowers, The gown is in one piece, with short skirt. she 'began. iter voice shook for tt moment gshe tor. tho auddienceeand the notes rall tree o got se clear• ly but with infinite ote,is. ]t vtnace0. pathetic and little song,deeply' Clive, whcso love for music amounted to a passion. He did not watch the girl's face, pale ;tow, and spiritual with the artistic afflatus, but eat with downcast oyes and compressed tips. A beautiful instrument, sir," said Eli. breathless eagerness; then her eyes rest• shun but the s single melody of Lha young voice was singles in Give's ears. ed on Clive e."Yes, " he said, 'it's all right. But Mira "Do Sou think I ever shall?" she asked. Mina must not sing in the -open air "Yes; I think you will; I am sure you again It is too delicate a voice for so will," he (aid confidently. , tierce au ordeal," She drew a long breath, "Yes; I willElisha. nodded a quick ronc0rren00 "You she murmured almost Mandible% "tVUY hoar, Minn?" he, said, ¢a if they had been. did you send St?" she tusked after a pantie, arguing the question. "It is far hater to Elisha laid down his violin, and, 1n do• wait until you can get 0 show et a con- ing so, had caught sight of his hands, and oert; there's more money in it, isn't there, he went into the next room to wash them. Mr. Clive? It's what I've been telling By this direct queatiou Clive was some. S ou.' what embarrassed: but more so by the „lar Uettgr," assented Clic( emphati- steadfast gaze of the great childish eyes, catty. "And you'll be able to pay me all "I meant it as n little remembrance of the sooner, Miss Mina." she flushed, and our adventure the other night," he said. her eyes rested oa lira with mute app.• l. "You weren't angry -offended?" "And now I must not stay any longer." "No;" she said. 'then, afros a moment. Re held out his i,snd, and site put Lore her eyes fell, and as she raised then into it. 310 felt the slender land sl alio again there was a faint doubt. trouble in and quiver with the nutter, the warmth, them. "Ought I to have beau?" of an imprisoned bird; then she withdrew "No, I dont think you ought," he re- It (seedy, as if she were suddenly con - turned with a quietness and gravity that scions that it was trembling, and turned reassured her. "Let me pmt it ?itis way: 1w07. if you were me, and you had sent mo Clive went down the stairs and into the something that I wanted very badly and street; the sweet unite was et111 ringing in could not get, 'would you have expected his ears; ho felt confused 1ey an emotion me to be angry, offended?" which he could not understand, =ugh less She shook her head et this piece of so• 110,1110 to himself; and he stood for a mo- ph:strymeat onteido the door as if in deep "B0t-.bub I tele yen about the piano; it thought. was as if -as 1f I had asked for it,"she The little ani-tte•eoo was almost crowded said in 0 low voice, the trouble more with women and girls coming from their plainly showing in her cyee and the marketing at the cosiera' barrows; and quiver of her 11ps, they jolted ugainst him with their has - "Nothing was further from your kets of fish and meat and vegetables. thoughts, I know," lie said, earuesl7. Some of the women had children --hanging But she was not satisfied: and she stood. Oa 10 their skirts, and one of tho mites her bands-on<.'e again Clive noticed how stumbled and fell clone to 01ive's feet. He long and slender they wore -working nes'- nicked it up, and -mold it at arm's length vously. as it yelled lugubriously. "I did not think -S was so glad, so pleas- ••I don't think you're hurt," he said in etl-it was as if it bail come from the a eonitdential tone. and with the smile' skies -that I did not think that I -I ought which, when it shines in a man's cyee, no to iaave S ," children 8nd arresistlb]e. ' A big little "k4 Lha sight of me has made you un- giro like you doesn't cry, you know. happy about it, I'm sorry I mime." he what?" �w the Farm ss seetesaireetesseeseeteasseseeee Its 1,ollflftg -'lyres. In travelling over the country I see fields that are claimed to be worth from $50 to 111100 per acre, with a pile of stones lying here and there and several scrawny, half- dead trees standing about over this land and perhaps with a- s•tval0 run- ning across, writes Mr. 1t. 13. Bush- ing. Have you any such on your farm that are not yielding a profit, per- haps scarcely paying taxes 1 These .ores are loafing and, what is Worse, not only loafing, but cost- ing the farmer ,hard-earned money every time he sends a man into the fields to work. Time wasted in turning around obstructions is very great and time is money these days. With the modern machinery that we want to use and to eultieate and harvestour peeduce, a man must have a clean sweep across the land if he is after, the greatest profit. O,tly a few dollars would remove these worthless' piles of stone and those old, half-dead trees which are just in the way. Then the land would be available for use, By putting in an underdrain a worthless 838081 may be transformed into a fertile field. Stones and trees are all right in their places, but the best place for the stones is in making a dam at the lower end of some low place to help catch the wash, and the best place for the trees is in a clump by themselves or very near the fence and not scatter- ed all ever an otherwise profitable field- - It is a very common thing to see large strips of land that are not in shape to be, cultivated; loafing in weeds and brush between fields, simply because the farmer has not the ambition to fence diem in. If you have such land that cannot be put tinder cultivation with pro- fit it should be fenced and turned into pasture, or if yon desire to grow trees, and, of course, you should grow some, set out a useful variety, but be sure not to allow the land to loaf away your profit by growing absolutely worthless weeds and brush, It is a shame to have land under cultivation and continue to work it, while it is so thin that it will not produce Anything worth while. Farm land is just like a bank. 1 You can draw checks en it you have a deposit of fertility, but un- less- there is a deposit.there can be no checking. It is sad to see a farmer plow, sow, cultivate, harvest and thresh half a crop from a field when with the same amount of labor he could have prevented his fields from loaf- ing by supplying the amount of plant food needed to grow • a full crop. We can look about and see those who are tieing things right. Why not take a lesson from theme Look around this summer and see if there is not something . that is loafing; if not, very good; but if there is, you must clean it up if you ever expect to have a full crap and make the most profit from the land. The successful farmer does not al- low his lend to loaf. TOE JEANNE O'ARC OF PEACE every day;, and she exon o 'Whereas . Ellewell, Mina a sollolard, and the ke 14 you d ratherknot accept my little m e toother wax. boo wee qu young ou 01211 ha ionic to her ever 1ssed duce didn't,; your way.; and pay Melt for the piano." • toof water. Novel and not a close vorP h the tier and lies opened, and she stared ll fond o her, proud at "Pay ynu! Why, yon know I couldn't. It must have cost a great deal Of money 8lisha says that it is ono of the grand- est and most beautiful pianos he ever heard, and Elisha knows." -•. "Quite so," said Olive, "Well, when Yon area great singer, earning so many pounds for a scruple of HOURS, you shall pry me for the plane-8ve-eine-twenty pOunda. Is that 1 barga?" 1 her kite e r4 DUI,GrARLV GIRL 1313INGS OL7T HORRORS OF WAR. Site Began the Mission as the Result of a Miraculous Vision. Il'1na ,trhisehmonoff, an im.pas- sioue l Bulgarian girl of four and twenty, is the Jeanne. dl'Arc of Peace. She is 'tearing Russia es •te lecturer in the cause of human fra- ternity, and she hopes letter to visit West Europe and C'aeatie, writes a St. Petersburg cot•respoodent. She is preaching the horrors of war as 'site bus' seen them on Thracian bat- tlefields, Everywhere she meets with unexampled success. Moscow high school girls got so entlutsies- tic that they formed a 1Tniveroal Peace League, each member of which vowed to marry no man who has been a soldier or approves of War. The Jeanne d'Arc of peace, who is creating this tremendous ef- fect, iv' a, simple, unpretending lit- tle person, and, like the first Jeanne d'Arc, she ascribes her miraculous success to a divine call and to the intervention of Provi- dence. Irina Schisclimaneff is the only daugh'ter of an illiterate farmer of 'Pirnovo. She has had no clianeee in life except what she made for herself. Her father wanted her to stay. at home and plough the- rye - fields, but Irina rebelled. When aged thirteen she made alone for Phillipoppolis, where there is good girls' schooling, and set hard to work. She had then no notion of turning out a peace prophet, Her "call" cadrle later when the Russo- Tapanese ware broke oat. Irina was then •sixteen, and from that day on she has never forgotten that she is called to serve the cause of peace. Row "Call" Calle, laid. There was silence for a moment. Tho child stopped its yell, and taking its then a way out of the dill/salty ocearred dirty fist from its eyes stared down. at to him. "Seo here, -Miss Mina---" him iu amazement, and still \vatting Icer She raised her head quickly, mud the col- the accustomed smacking, The mother or rushed to her face. also stared, Why do you mall lie Miss Nina, as 14 Troublesome little toadl" she shouted. -as if I wfill a young lady?" she asked °I'll give you something, Emily Mord.-- hatf.resen y No, 0' (Durso, she ain't hurt; she's Fillers Clive drew up a chair and sat down; he tumbling and Minn' abart;" she added to knew that she would sit, and she did so. (:live: so she snatched tho child from. him If I were so tmpolito ae to (1)) you and commenced to shake it. 'lftua, you world have to call me 'Clive' "Oh, I wouldn't do that," said. Clive in --and you wouldn't like to do that;' It his persuasive way. "She couldn't help said lnegltingly. it; I saw how it happened. All good kid - "No," she faltered, her brown bent, dies who nro worth anything tumble about, "Then why should you think youreel4 don't they, Emily Mord ?" He slipped better mannered than I am?' - something into the woman's hand. 'Bey' She sighed as if she knew herself vin- her a doll, and they'll learn together to quished by his argument, but was not keep their feet, you'll see. Good night." satisfied. its he turned away, the woman stopping "1 sing in the streets for my living; I'll the trafae to stare at him In opon•Oyed not a young ladY," she said. wonder, be ran against some one, and a "Eames me; I don't agree with you. But voice cried :Merely: we won't argue It. I was going t0 make «Now, stupid; Where's your dews?" a proposal." 011e recognised the voice, end looked She looked at him with a shy auep uion down with a smile and a nod et the quaint at the corners of her delicate lige, little figure of Tibbs,. . 'rney w u9 her, as you may 8387• They were anxi0ue, silo 'eying passed the standard -yon know what. I mean, elrf-Por her to go on in the continuation classes, as they cull 'em; but Mina, though elle wanted to bad enough -I could me that -wouldn't hear of my spending 411080 money 011 h,esho 11011104, inti for all 1t g stinato as other women when gibe's made h mind, kir. Clive" n. W1t1LVQu alltt earn some m ' ht. Of enures "and enough you think I shall ever as sing Roll pulled forth and formed it into a Chat's it, sir, s sett+ was ight. OP oovraS we take; mtough to -AU earn 'in sntVh Yepay yiu(t ]m loop by folding it double. The eye - (TO be continued,) HOW to 'Remove Speek Fratm Eye. The quickest and safest way of removing a particle from the eye is described by Hugh 'Wrigley, of Philadelphia, in a letter to Popular Mechanics, He says that when working at an emery wheel a spec of steel flew into his eye, where- upon a fellow workman felt along up or m n,• to go fah drew n long breath, and the lapels of los wet until he found "I get:," said ud Clive. "She preferred ones ruled i Sl a protruding horsehair. This he a prep a jtnOdttcal'tore money when ekes with pl sti just to tle(eive mel" Her heads' lid was turned back over a, pencil; me•. ..nae. "nave a gripped each other, and she held hos ; of Steel 'WAS found and re - Me: oigarr her eyrie aearnhing the sped live tooamont, Crn•m teems; breath. 40 otBar, Elisha?'• he said. "Yes de, h hr wringmoved by drawing the loop of horse-. I always on,ioy it smoke 'natter with corn- then sheim as f wento, in it lover voice, thorn;I over it, This is painless and c hirot dont know why you aro so kind -•I puny. Clot a matt", Llistia leant back .and puffed et the ttndoretau(1. NOUodY, eve cigar w0,811 .11erv0110 enjoym0nt, and. 0)1re • unclose/arid, are veru 'Moll, 1 suppose?„ limited in s11e100 and profound eogit1-' Lien for some she; Ithem went 80 make a her- that he was anythin0111 g but decilitre rosse; b,i hingly "Rea hone, u,"ha, he bethought ;ltim that his modes gala with yen." The eyes, looked up with his big neat,' (owe would seem himsel)no113, annon•com- aLtI'm of 1m afraid 1t; 11 be all on one side, sir; miOteertpeopletdon't give sway planes,' Ire sate, S bed. t this," he said ha ,aide 171i•rOlaughod. Wail, ' don't Mlle. Schisohmanoff describes how the "call" came. "1 was sitting, she recalls, "in my bedroom just after sunset when it suddenly grew pitch dark. This frightened me, and I took it as a precursor of fainting fits, such as I have some- who leaves a wife and four children times had. But a sudden wind to fight with Radko Dmitriyeff at blew through the, window, and in- i tears in her Dirk ilii{•ere. With eyes and trembling voice, Mlle. Scbischmanoff describes Pozdneff's feelings; his first oonfliot,between patriotism and love; and the final vision that comes of his family as he falls to a Turkish shrapnel bul- let, After this follow minute; anal- yses of the feelings of all Pozclneff''s relatives down to the youngest child, "who began to cry because all the others cried, and then began to laugh,. renialrking, -`If father is dead they will have to send him home. What will he bring me?' " Stories like this, all told in dry, realistic form with no rhetoric and' n0 consciou9 art, 8003'1 Irina's au- dieaces to teams. FINE Grdlin Sonar TIgchave every rate Alike. oleo of ggts of )mit, each Mae oboice esitteaGran ate<(Whitepureca08 en es, est the 951, 8,aw1cacc rn bo ni, with red tag-toolbs., aslbs., Po 1lbd. IIIE Di>i M Gamin In the beg'e o4 St. Imwrenco ".vludiutn Gkaiu" - blue tagn are 5). grate, pkoleeetgranu granulated sugar, shout etre of n seed pearl, every bee pure cane sugar. COA SE Grain Many people prefer rho c0areet• [(rah,, The 61, Lawrence Grecsq 'rag 086rteea every grain adtotittot crystal, ench about tho elm of e swell diamond, and almost aa. bright, but quickly melted into pure sweetness, - Pour 6rocor'p wholesaler has the cent style you wank -grain, quality and quantity all 'guar. suteed by 51, LaWIanee saaer Helloes. Unified,. llionlreal, 2 1 iireteassiteesseeiteesses The Nervous lie Itlany Perseus whose hear organically sound nevertheless a fer much from vetions functions. disturbances of that important or- gan. The stress gives 8ise to a great Many disagreeable <JI' painful symp- totes that do not at aI] threaten life, • but often greatly alarm the appre- hensive sufferer from them. Persons who are thus affected live • about m a constant state of fear ekiri their hearts. They palpitate at the least excitement, like hysterical girls; they acquire the pernicious habit of living with a finger on their {own pulses, 1111(1 believe the small- est twinge of pain to bo due to an angina. At last they betake themselves to seine wise old physician who has seen many such cases. He makes a grave examination, laughs bhem out of their fears, and dismisses then.) , healed. When gent11110 nervous heart trouble arises in youth, it is usual- ly in consequence of too 'nue]) ath- letics, or of overindulgence in some direction ; especially, perhaps, in tobacco. When the fault is dis- covered and corrected, the heart recovers its normal tone, and works without balking for a lifetime. ' The irritable or nervous hea'rb of middle age is generally of more honorable history. The rush of modern life sets too hard a pace; the worker cots down his vacations or omits them altogether, and never takes quite enough sleep. So the heart, although essentially sound, becomes permanently' tired, just as the hand of a sufferer from writer's cramp is permanently tired. It shows its fatigue by extreme irritability. It palpitates briskly without warning, and for no appar- ent reason; it works too rapidly at one time, and too slowly at an- other; it suffers from vague and fleeting pains, and it often misses or seems to miss a beat. Its owneiE never able to lose consciousnesso it. It is easy to tell what such a heart needs, much easier than it is to get it—rest 1 This subject is im- portant enough to be considered in another article.Youth's Com- panion. Children's Sleep. Much information as to the health of a child may be gained by care- ful watching of its attitude, move- ments, and expression during sleep. The child who sleeps best with the mouth wide open and the head thrown back is most likely suffering from enlarged tonsils, which im- pede its breathing; if it can only sleep when the bedclothes have all been kicked off rickets should • be watched for, while lung' or heart af- fections are shown at an early stage by the tendency to sleep high up on the pillow, so that the head and shoulders aro raised. - In oases of pain in any part the head will be found to be. carried to the affected spot during sleep, so that breath - in -g, ins, headache, or earaohe may be diagnosed, while a curious sign of irritation in bbe stomach or bowels is the constant rubbing of the nose. Restless sleep, broken and uneasy, is a common symptom of the onset of serious illness, but any extreme torpor and drowsiness should alsoas be expected, as these frequently precede feverish ailments, such as scarlatina and metusles. Convul- sive attacks are nearly always pre- ceded by the tight clasping of the hands, with the thumbs folded in- to the palms, and the stiffening or curling up of the toes. to dash in between the combatant armies and p•1eacl for peace. And I vowed that as soon a5 I was freed from my nursing work I would tra- ve1 all over the earth, and fulfil tete' commandment to make veer upon war." Irina Scbischmanoff is now in Russia. Site has lectured in forty- two towns (in Moscow and 5t. Pet- ersburg several times), and elle claims that she has brought home tho heerors of war to a hundred thousand persons. Her success in evoking enthusiasm is due to her passion and warmth, but still more so to her analytical skill in bringing before audiences the sufferings of combatants and of their friends which war entails. A favorite me- thod is to describe the lot of a sin- gle soldier and of his family. "The. story of Stoilo Pozdneff" is known all over Russia. Stoilo Pozdneff is the schoolmaster of ICizil Agatoh, a Turco -Bulgarian frontier village, stead of feeling faint I felt extra- ordinarily awake, and with all my senses concentrated, it •seems,, on one tiling, Soon afterwards in the darkness of the room an irregular white background 'formed, and on this I saw what must have been a battlefield. All I could make out were occasional heaps of dead and dying men, and many bills, from which I guessed that I was looking at a fortress -battlefield, which may have been Port Arthur, A moment later I heard it droning• sound; a blue cross rose over one of the hills, and a hand above the cross beckon- ed to lie imperatively. The dron- ing sound ceased, and I. heard the words "Voina pro'tiv Voina" (Bul- garian for "War against War"). Next moment the battlefield faded, the white background grew grey, the room became lighter, and I found myself sitting again in the after -sunset twilight." Irina took this vision as a sum- mons from. Heaven .to make war upon war, The chance of obeying the summons seemed remote, SA bring Was a penniless student, and elle had no money, and none of the political- - and military knowledge necessary for a peace campaign. Brooding on the vision, she com- pleted her studies at Phillipoppo)is, and next went to Berne, where she studied further, She got the de- gree of doctor of philosophy and. of medicine, When she returned to her Tirnovo home, she found war with. Turkey brewing. Hoping at last to fit herself for war against war, she joined tho Bulgarian forces es a n1616111g' sister. Destroying Weeds. A good system of rotation that includes cultivated crops offers the best means of combating the com- mon weeds; but its success is al- most entirely dependent upon the manner and polsisbency with which the soil is cultivated. To insure reasonable success, the disk and harrow should be used frequently while the weeds are still small, and the crops while growing should be given frequent cultivation. Fortu- nately, the same tillage operations that are used in putting the soil in a condition to receive and conserve rainfall, to prepare the seed• bed and to liberate plant foot, are like- wise useful in combating weeds. a "•multi-- cannot injure the most sensitive eye.`-.._--........,..,--.-,..,......---_ '•I think i ens got , do, n pupll or tF bho f omit, you'd 9 ike to epmnd1n part 11 'rho dwart"0 1605 ('18�< G$ Miss rateful n iprcoini,ion of Olen 's teed with a Olive offered him mlivc's tent. 11 avetad 7lmrbelief woul7:1d WS, Vilna's uture musical' ,1,1 'Oe w nto y future," Olive teen; on quietly Doul In , 1 gree with m thlit shenwould stand aobet' (<'1' rwith Luo0 oar nhnnce0, properly 1(areodwfor til ter 0021 741 d, ouldOrly drop prof tient you would likecop her to rise , Ri 1,ltaha 8011114 (10558.17. 8)int') it elrt" Ito Sale. 'lt1n+1,01f. ,f voice iWordd, wLY1ee L1t0 Su n ".... 0 omno t netting to s "You forget out bargain, I'tn not giv. SSR Inn this-•-• Mucha eatee bask with clean halide, and waived to the piano. •T'11 ask you to hear Minn sing to it, sir," tie lit letter chance than; the raviolin d1Qe�e," I1:o put a hasriock mi 1110 01.1air, 11Ptn1) himself tip, and bagel the prelude to c of hope Torte's's Dimple mcl.dice; hof, Strang -0Y enough, rho girl -a street, Rinner (coined o1,y an<i reluctant; the color aatnp aUd want h1 116r face, •o 1 Tier lire outvoted with timidity; hilt Melia otr,,,k the chards agahl, a,nd tooltctl 411 at her With faint sttrpriee and inteerol(atl0n,'and When through old age the bodily functions become sluggish,"�r4 Na-Dru•Co La. atives give gentle, timely and effective aid without discomfort or distress. 1150. a b0* at your Druggist's, 173 Nailonalhengen0Cllemicel i + IMO) Cdne811, Limited. It rays to Save the Manure. Nitrogen is worth at least eight cents a pound. A horse will pro- duce fifteen tons of manure and lit- ter a year, containing more than 120 pounds of nitrogen. [1t eight cents ;a pound, the value of that manure is $10.40. It pays to save it. Experiments have shown that liquid and solid manures when kept together deteriorate much more ra- pidly, Also, the more compact the manure is stored away frets the weather, the least loss will result. ,FIere is a hint for progressive farm- ers. Our farmers need this nitro- gen, and when it represents at least $10 a horse, one can afford to take a little better care of t"1Lt- nure, Sober, Vet Is Oleoltolic. nlan� h i Is Finding Followers. Irina is finding followers among leaders of Russian thought. Among these is Prof. P. N. Miliukoff, the "Cadet" leader, who was once pro- fessor at Sophia TJniversity. She was invited to• Gritted Duke Con- stantine's villa at 5'trelina to give a private lecture on her experiences,, Grand Duke Constantine called her the most effective peace propagan- dist he had ever heard. It Lyes he who on hearing. of her "cell," nailed her "the Jeanne d'Aiw of Peace." The rich Ifieff sugar re- finer Gvotlieff offered her $10,000 in order that she might help the peace movement with pamphlets and books; but Irina r'ejeoted the mon- ey, easing "only the voice of the sufferer can drive war from the world." Minister of the Interior Malakoff is the only Russian of note who regards with suspicion the 13838110 propaganda. He refused to help Irina when her lecture was 1)oa'bidden by the police master of Tula. Elsewhere Irina has suet with no trouble, despite the prejudice of Russian bureaucrats that the cause of peace is someway tied tip with. the cause of revolution. Attended to Wounded. The Jeanne d'Are of peace found herself first with the army of Twin-. off before Adrianople and next with the army of Adrianople which marched on Te•1lataldja• She dress- ed hundreds of wounded from the Adrianople trenches, and hundreds more who were wounded during the first abortive. assaults en Tchatal- dja. This e'xperienee of real ,ivay, confirmed her passion for peace. She describes. '11038 at One time she desired peace so ;strongly' that she was willing even to forego part of : • the "After c f the Bu]garian'su0a.ss second batch of wounded carne 21'0:0 Adrianople I had another• `call.'. I felt impelled to rush to the front; Livorpool (I g ) p ys cians are interested in It came of a travel- ling salesman who shc'ws every sign of alcoholic poisoning," eIthougl1 a teetotaler. His ±1)110135 %)5 ascribed to excessive drinking oil beef Ica and other meat extracts, ed phy- i inclie toe that ' b 6rlo ens believe this i nitrogeneolls stimulants hem an of - feet on the system simile to that of `alcohol, Irina startod iv Russia liieoausc elle talks Russian fluently, but she is also- able- to lecture in Gerin.an and ]+Tench; WIien she goes to Eng- land and Canaclt she . will use French. She, knows no English. For the'n:ezb decade, she Says, she will lecture uninterruptedly, "By then;" she says, "who knows but by a miracle ft5 wonderful as Lily 'mall,' war will be deiven from the world." � 6,ang,gb Toronto and the .'tOnivcaro of upens F11 t�tWW Toronto .and under' the onntrol of ®'?e4 the Department.of Agr eniture Veterinary eeri ary Ontario.APPlor CalonoIj 41. B E i GRANDE, t, no ' i'rinsinai, -•g, �I1 a°xlt Toront® Canada i t, ®' 3 College f' -- WANTED acal Proee1s. mange, moohanlOal work, ork, rapidly dono. 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Her damghter used to read the news to her, but the daughter . got. ma1'ried. So, on the advice of a neighbor, she went to the 'Melts' Commercial School at Liege, that the world's news and the police ournews hnate cld, 1300T1.01 ook to her.rnig Tresult wast surpotrisinga. ose In a IOW weeks madame made such good progress that she can new read newspapers .almost with ease, and, farther,' she wa8 invited to attend the annual prize distribution be- cause rife had made such good pro- gress that she had \von a prize. Whencalled upon, 1VIme.Ortfn- ans was poring ever a e013' of "Vic- tor Hugo's Letter to His I+"'riereds." She confessed that she found the 110011 very uninteresting`, "I much prefer reading about a Murder Or an accident in the news- paitcrs," she added. "I also fired the advertisements in the streets very 111f'ci esting, Tidos() I went to sehool I often wondered what they were all about. now I read them rill," :h it 11 1