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Lucknow Sentinel, 1896-10-16, Page 2fee******* -111F***-** • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • siae•••ee MANI3TTI3 ANDR13Y, A Heroine of the Reign of Terror.:: A THRILLING NARRATIR OF THE FRENCH REYOLUTIOII. `int =/.1L i lei. •••L••••••*••••*-*•••••••••••*•••••• *•• e e e • • • • • • • • • • sews••• XI/1V When Citizen •Andrey told his niece teat he had met Citizen Laverdac Outside the house and ' had Invited him to take refuge. in their dwelling, adding "Did I do right, Nenette ?" ,Marlette -made as quick gesture, but said nothing. What could she say The crowd, which now flowed Into the street, was clattering past the house, and noise and clamor seemed to fill the room. If Manette had said to Laverdae :• " Why did yon come here-? 'How id you dare to Come into this house whea-1 had .for- bidden you?" he would not have heard her, for the noise was too great outside. He and she were as iuuch alone to- gether as If Citizen Anurey had not been in the room, for Jos had turned his back to them, and was standing by the window, looking at what was going forward in the street. Laver- dae remained • standing, motionless and hat In= Band. It wa.s growing so dark that Manette could not see leis features. She- fancied that, if she could, she would see that he defied her. She got _up suddenly, and went back to her bureau by the window, pushing roughly aside the old man who was standing .there. He said nothing, but went toward the door that communicated with what had been his. dead wife's chamber. It - was locked, and with his slow. un- steady .step, he went into another room to find another window. Manette was grieved at her own petulance. elle wished she had not been so rough with her old uncle. She looked with some remorse at the closed door through which. two weeks before, she had passed to stand beside -her aunt's death -bed, and which the next morning she had double locked, as if she. dreaded it might open of itself, and disclose a threatening spectre standing on the thresboid. If the old man 'had found it open, he would have taken his stand at -that window, and would not have closed the door behind him. In the next room he - would have been as much protection as at pres- ent. Was this •retribution ? • Laverdac, however, did not move. But suddenly the torches passing in the street threw a glare of -:fierce light into the chamber, and Manette involuntarily looked towards him. She saw his handsome face, and it wore no expression of defiance. 'She read" there• nothing but humility and poig- nant Borrow.. -- He seemed prepared to aceept the sentence. which would exile him for- ever from -her preaeuce,'ae soon as the noises !n the street might permit. her words to be heard. ehe_knew what he would- say; how he would im- plore her to forgive him- for having dared to come and see her for the last time. She wpuld show' him that she was not one to be mused to pity.- She-must ity.She-must seem cruel, ungrateful-for- getful ngateful-for- getful of the service he had risked his life to render her t She trem- bled. She rose -hastily, and endeav- ored to compose herself by pressing her :face against the window -pane, though the spectacle without was one of horror. But as she looked- a cry broke from her lips. 1t was too dreadful. . The howling mob was being driven. back by the vigorous efforts of a body of gendarmes, stretching alinost across the street in erose order, clear- ing the way for something behind. In spite of. them, however. a few ot the more active of the crowd had managed to scramble up to posts on the outside of house, and. therms clung, for - the soldiers _had no time j to dislodge them. Under the windoz at which Manette stood four or five of these wretches continued to shout: "Kill her t kill her 1" A cry which was repeated by the greater part of the populece, furious at being driven _back. One of the, men below the window was still brandishing - a fragment of his torch. Behind the guard, surrounded - by the soldiers of the section,- came a carriage drawn at a foot -pace be two restive horse,, They were driven by a coachman in a- bonnet rouge ; and in the carriage, seated. between two _men who. wore ere :Colored scarfs of office, showing that they'belongeed to the communal `-po- lice, was a young woman. Manette, with her teeth clenched, eriefd excitedly : '" Was it a woman .who killed him ?" • And behind her a_ • - Iow .voice answered: "Yee; a woman. She killed a man who, had he lived, would daily have shed Innocent blood. It is another act of justice that will serve no end." She hardly heard his words. but eke felt his breath upon her neck, and moved es -settle' to the other part of the window. Now that there was more room, Laverdac took his place beside her. Their two faces almost touched - each other on the window -pane. It was a woman I The dying torch- light for: a moment: threw a strong glare into the carriage. The woman was young and tall. She wore a light dress, and the lace frills of her cap shaded a face that was pale, but very -calm. She almost. smiled as she sat between the two functionaries who were more frightened than herself.- And.- erself:And,. indeed, they had good reason to be frightened. They would answer for their prisoner with _their heads; and if the crowd should make _a des- perate rush; and rend her from them in spite of _the soldiers, It was prob- able that they, too,' would be torn or hacked to pieces. When a. wild beast is let loose it seldom makes much dis- tinction as to whether its prey .is friend or foe. The carriage _came on slowly. Ali of asudden the human tide that had been held back by the cordoa o1 soldiers broke its way through the barrier. It came on like a great wave that almost overwhelmed the feeble escort. The soldiers gave way: The • breakwater had been breached by the fury of the ocean.- Fortunately the horses began to rear and pinnge. Manette and Laverdac, i tand:ng at the window, had a brief view of the prisoner. But both had a horrible menta! vision of her fate. They saiv her body torn in bloody shreds. her young. fair head upborne upon a pike. - . Their hands clasped each other. But the pack of wolves recoiled he- fore the prancing horsey. The guards re-formed their line. The terrible vi- sion gave place to a less terrible real- ity. The two spectators- breathed again, but -they did not unclasp their hands. For once _the authorities -had the up -- per hand. The crowd was certainly giving way -before the escort. The carriage -disappeared into the dark- ness Tonne a bend in the street.- A second crowd ran alter it. The stream Of people seemed to have no end.. The patter of their feet was dread-• ful. Instead of the loud- cries of fury and of rage uttered- by . the crowd which had been driven back, there wits a hoarse roar with anoc- casionai - explosion of shouting. In the chamber it ,was now possible to be..i• each other speak. "They seem to be taking her to - the prison of the Abbaye," said Man- ette. "I wish I knew her name." "Mademoiselle Corday, of Caen. At Ieast she came from Caen to Paris." "Did she come on purpose to do it ?» 'Certainly. She wrote to Marat. She asked leave to give him some in- formation about what was going on in Calvados. Some , • . ndists haves taken .r are tryfnrr *. • ` ':ut hertitotae - bae aped and has beq,, horse -stealing for petty theft**, quite ntmieroiati risks one's life in such deeds only for love. - This heroic girl knew what fate awaited hes: She knew she had ' no chance to save herself. There was none. She gave -up' even hope frons the first moment." "Oh 1 if she only may escape this dreadful crowd- which -Is seeking to tear her limb from limb," cried. Man- ette, slluddering. "The guillotine awaits her. It will be a mercy in comparison. Tb die is: easy; but to be tortured, to be torn in pieces. to suffer the agonies of such a dread- ful death—" _ ".Mademoiselle Corday accepted even the- possibility of such a fate. How brave she was 1 - Her courage humbles men - who may have fan- cied they, too, had done something. A woman has taken all pride-a.sad pride at the -best-out - of their hearts. Besides, she has dared to -strike higher than they have done!" "They struck one who threatened -what they sought generously to de- fend." . - "They barely risked their lives. "Qh, hush !" cried Manette, with an effort. "Do not talk lightly of their deed or of their courage." --"Unhappily, their life is safe. They live but have no hope o! future hap- piness. They have stained them- selves with what -may- have been a• crime, and their reward -has been the cold disdain of her tor • whose sake that deed was :committed." "Oh, hash 1" cried Manette, in a low voice; "theyknow her very; lit- tle if they think her callous or un- grateful." - " They do not accuse what they love with all their heart. They only suffer. But they are not as strong as they- once -thought - themselves.; Sometimes they. yield to weakness - nay, to tears." " Because they are not strong in truth and loyalty. _Because they for- get how wrong it is -not to respect the rights of otilers. ' "Love is stronger than such re- spect. It darea to brave the com- mand: Thou shalt not- covet. I saw you. I loved you —" "Be silent," she interrupted. "Up to this moment I have listened, be- cause it has been possible for me to think that you were not talking of mea' "I loved yon. I repeat it.. You never encouraged me ; and -.yet I hoped you- might return My love. The - time came when I found I was Mis- taken. You treated me cruelly -perhaps you did not mean it, at - the bottom .of your heart. No; do not tela me . I deceive my- self. Won't you say one kind word to me -one word of regret for having been so pitiless -so cruel ?" • "0h4 but I must be. • Ask me no more I" - "It would- be so small a thing to gay that you were sorry for my suf- fering. I should carry away with me the remembrance of your words. Tell me only that :you would not have been so insensible to my -suit, were it not for your ,owe sense o1 duty 'which chains you tri- one whom you no longer' love. Tell me that If youwere free from that chain you might be mine 1" "No -no I" she cried. decidedly, but her words were scarcely audible as they fell from her I:ps. "Not even then!" But- he had put his arm round -her ; he had her -for a moment tight- 5 his embrace. Only a. moment, she gave a sharp cry, and springing back, called Birgette loudly. • .. The old woman came in with a lamp,- Manett'e. now .near the door, - had dropped into a chair, and with her handkerchief was wiping the spot on which lit.+ lips had touched her. "Brigette," -she said, "set down that lamp. and beg Citizen Andrey to come and take leave of Citizen Laver= dac, who is going away." "Citizen Andrey has gone to bed." Once more Manette found no protec- tion from her uncle. She- looked at Laverdac. who was still standing at the window. "You have saidmany things I would :willingly forget this day," she said, "but one -that you once said, I re- member. It is true. Citizen Laver - dace love is made up of treachery." She rose assshe said this. Her beau- tiful face was In a flame. Her hair had fallen down. She passed before a glass. and saw with consternation how the servant must have seen her. She gave an indignant cry : "What must she have thoutht of me ? Tell me, Citizen Laverdac 1" she `said. Laverdac threw himself at her -feet. 'What do you think of yourself ?" she cried. "are you proud of your physical strength as a man, which has enabled you to overpower a woman ? Are you satisfied now that you have taken advantage of the state of emo- tion into whish; Iwas thrown by the sight of that courageous. unhappy woman ? You do not know what thoughts the sight of her stirred up. within me. It seemed to me she had a right to take a life in a just cause if she forfeited her own for it. Why should I not acknowledge that what she did for -her friend. yon have done for me ? I knew it . from the first. You .thought I bad forgotten it." " I did ; but your words pay for ale" "For heaven's salve. get up. Citizen Laverdac. Do net complete my humil- iation. The servant may come" in at any momedt. She was- Claude's ser- vant before she was mine. She is here with me because she is devoted to Claude. And it is Claude who has been insulted before her eyes by you, and maybe by me too. Claude is in prison; - he may perish. _Don't you feel how base is what you have done to meet" "1 -will tell you- what I know." he said. " You thought you loved him. Now you know that you do not. Yon have discovered that Claude Cezaron is not the man in whom (Misled by the affection you felt forhim in childhood) von fancied you had centred your life's happiness: You. have found out he is' weak, that he has sentiments entirely opposed to yours, that he upholds the things that you abhor. You loved him less when you found out that in spite of your advice, and under your very eyes; he was working out his ruin. You have found out that his heart not all yours. Yon share it with his enthusiasm for this abominable revo- lution." " Suppose all this were true." said Manette gravely. " Suppose 'all that should have- been my defence has fulled me ; suppose I have suffered. Gori forgive mefor having said when they came to -arrest- Claude : '.It is your own fault: " "It was all his own fault. lee did not know the value of .his prize." " He is now at Sainte Pelagie. You accuse me of -not loving him. I an- swer : -love- is not mere passion. that will pass, and what remains is • still the love that I have- vowed to Claude. Tenderness,patience, honor, truth. fidelity -my very life if it can rescue his. I must deliver him from prison. Do you dare to tell -me that 'that is not a wife's most sacred task 2" - " You think 111- of me.eI did not- in- tend to say harm of Cezaron. I will do. my best to help -you, since he is dear toyou; to get him out of prison." " Do you suppose that. if he knew the motive of your zeal. he would accept your assistance 2" - He did- not answer. - I will not have- it. h, alone will fulfil my duty. By to -morrow it 1e pos- sible that Claude may be released. I shall labor to that end with my whole heart and all my courage. To -mor - .row I may stand face to face with Claude. and—" - • "And be his. as- much as if you had never seen me I" - " No," she said sadly. " I am no longer the same wife he loved, and I must - make him my confession. Since you. have dared to kiss me, can I hon- estly accept his kisses ? I do not want to tell him that the love that. remains for him in oar heart is -not all he has a. right to look- for there. I hoped that I might never tell.hlm this. nd you -do you - never remember hat you are bound, -by what yon; call chain, to duty and to grateful tea - mess to a lovely, - loving woman ? u that are men think' more lightly such obligations than we can do. do you �s mile? What . are you .of? deetroo 7 OOO--infOt 1 . 4,7 See That good, at leas}►, the revolution has accomplished. - " Yon mean that the revolution, which only lets as ;live to. weep, per- mits -us to take vows and - then to - laugh sat them?' at has made divorce possible.. Citizen Laa: �yerdae, who hates the revolution, thi z that it has pet into his halide at weapon -a cruel weapon -which hobs ready to let fall upon the head of ' a weak creature, tender and loving. Ah, hush 1 Are you not -ashamed ? Would you put away your wife-? Would you intimate that I could seek divorce toe? Never) Never 1 Never t Yet Claude Is a man. Strong to do, if not to do. But Emilie strong to bear, if not do. But Emilie without. you 1 Ah 1let .me forget • a suggestion that dishonors you I I blush to think that -through- me such an idea shored have occurred to you.. That for me you could for a moment have entertained, the ' unworthy thought of abandoning one so gentle, so tender, with no defence against such cruelty but, her tears!' - " You - are= right," said Laverdac hoarsely, " You see new I was right in say- ing that you must not see me.. You have seen . me, and :we must both suf- fer meek from what has passed during this terrible hour. Had it not been for the spectacle before your eyes and mine as- we stood, at ghat_ window, I should not 'have lost my self-con- trol. You would never have reproach- ed me to my face for no longer being able to return .in • full measure the love of my husband." " At least," • he said, "remember always that one man upon earth is devoted to your..service. A man who will not falter. who is yours for life or death. You know that already. Some day perhaps there may open be- ,Some us. a future in which we eau be happy. Without- entailing loss of hap- piness to those to whom we ave now bound by duty." Again he clasped her hands. Her head drooped •on her bosom. Laverdac left the room. .He went down; the staircase ; he went out into theustreet. He went along the banks of the - Seine, mak- ing his way through the crowd which from all parts of Paris'waa hurrying to the Prison of the Abbaye, or to Marat's house in Rue; des Cordeliers. He was walking rapidly in the oppos- ite direction to 'the populace. He was knocked against at every step as he elbowed . his way through. th a dense - crowd, pursued by yells, and threats. and curses. Sometimes, forgetful of the new manners - of the times. he put his hand to.his hat and said : "Excuse me. -citoyennes." But o the citoyennes paid little attention to his politeness. and the citizens shook their fists in the face of the tail fellow who trod upon their toes. Some- said: " Where is he going ? That's the wrong way. _He looks like a cidevant. Can't yon wait' till the people pass you 2" Citizens, I am' hastening to my wife,, who is ill." • Occasionally the crowd was mollified by this falsehood. 'and drew aside to let him pass. Thus .elbowing his way and making excuses as .he went, he at last got through the throng. . - He was alone upon the •Quay. He turned to the right and .passed the college buildings. There was no light in his own win- dows. but that -did not surprise him, knowing how carefully they were al- ways closed as night fell. But be gave a sudden start and an exclamation astonishment when he found t house door open. There was light on the. staircas A candle was burning on the fir story landing. With one bound sprang up the stairsa, _ but on- th last. step he ' stopped - short. - On that landing.: before. the door his apartment - (tos which were affl ed three great red seals)_ stood - tw soldiers of, the section; in bonnet rouges, their pipes in their .mouth and their: sabres at their sides. Thep muskets were leaning • up -against th wall. Laverdac put his hand to h own throat and loosened .his crave which seemed to choke him. .hoarse cry came from his lips: "Wher is my wife ? - - There was his_ house sealed up, an little Emilie- arrested -gone 1 Th two sans-culottes ;laughed. The nea est one -put out his farm to seize thi other prisoner. whom they were st tioned -there to wait -for, and wh had so kindly and quietly walked into their hands. 'With a jerk -of his shoulder, Laver - flea Hung him back on his companion. Both staggered against- the door. Be- fore they could recover themselves, Laverdac had seized one of their mus- kets. The two men, finding themselves. disarmed, rushed up a.notuer flight of stairs, uttering loud cries. Laverdac followed them. They tumbled ever each other in their haste, and fell down. Tivico . the • - bayonet. went through them, • - - Then, flinging c :away his bloody weapon, Laverda-c , rushed down the stairs on to the Quay -and ' ran. It seemed to him that fie must shriek or- cry aloud. Yet. no sound escaped him. . Emilie was arrested. She was Post. She was in prison. To what prison had they taken her ?„ - XVIII. It was a gloomy winter morning, an uncertain tighteshone over the dark housetops under the misty bed of a drizzle which was icy • cold. The houses at the other end of the street - were indistinct by reason of the mist that hung over the -city. Nanette, sitting at her 'bureau with a lamp lighted beside her, called Brigette. f' What o diock is it 2" she said, " and what is theelay of the month 2" The old woman ° answered, "It is about ten.' And_ then, after counting on her fingers to bring the new calen- dar into accordance with the old, she added " It -is the 19th Frim,aire- the 9th of December." " Five months," Manette whispered to herself. " No,' said Brigette, " it is more than that. It is seven. rmonths since Citizen Claude was taken to prison.'The old servant. es she spoke, look- ed her .young mistress in the face. as If she could discover' if it were of her husband s captivity she was speaking. Manette rose. Her face looked care- worn and weary. The look in her eyes moved Brigette to pity. "You have had another bad night,' she said. - " Yes. my good. Brigette. I cannot sleep.," , Citizen .Andrey had been • out since rly that morning, and Brigette cabl- ed him back with loud exclam_ a- t one, imploring him to take off his wet , coat, and, change. his : other clothes, which were dripping. The old man submitted ;.to her cares, and went on with his ;usual babble.- He had a good deal to tell them. He had just seen- Citizen Bazire. People, he - thought, did not -. do justice to that excellent citizen ; for he- had just been dismissed from ttie Com- mittee of • Public 'Safety. He had been very -powerful there at - one time -always so obliging. He had told his visitor a- great' piece of • news. Citi- zen Cilly had come' back to Paris. He had. been there now four days. The cause of his absence was now known. The people- of "Lyons had risen in re- volt against the I Convention, and Citizen Cilly had been sent into Au- vergne, where he had once been a great seigneur, to raise troops to at- tack the rebel city. Now he -was home again: - "-Pardieu f - I .believe you," mur- mured Brigette, interrupting the old gentleman. "I read in the paper of all the horrors- they had been doing down there at Lyons, prosclbing and slaying. They killed till there is not anbody left to kill." - " Uncle," said Manette; " go and change your clothes; andalet Brigette -help. you. I know where Citizen Cilly lives in the Faubourg Poissoniere ; we will -go and see him: to -morrow. But you had • better let Citizen' Gregoire know. He promised to go with us. Go, uncle. and when you come back you can read Claude's letter." The letter had arrived: that -morn- ing during the old Man's. absence, and lay upon the desk: of Manette's ba- teau. It • was on. one sheet of blue paper. . (To be oontinued.) - - Let .. the -.children in our country - homes have reading wbich is good, sound, entertaining and . niorally healthful. " Have the _means Of im-- provement .and contentment at holne. and then outside teniptations td father. and sons will have less power. heap be ineolutile or _otherwise lest, it has more value - than mast farthers. think. "It is said that a well-fed horse of average Size will deposit omen -tons of .solid and liquid manure during a year, worth $20; a cow one-.halfuloie. It is not wise Iso pasture too Close- ly. Tops are. a protection in summer as* Weil as in wintei. The mulching which will -save tire roots during the season or frost is Worth More than the. late food which the late pastures will afford. It is not all noesenee to call snow the poor man's manure. The covering or mulching which it affords renders the plant food in the soil more avail- able,• converting it into forms which are more readily assinfilated, altheugb it adds ne new elements. This is a hint that other coveeings . will serve -the same prirpose. A farmer often does mere grumbling. over the cost of a rallwaY's transpor- tation charges than. he does ovet own expenses with team and Wagon ; yet it often costs him -more to haul. his graia five miles than 'it -does the phipper .to send it five hunared. Look first to the improvement of the roads and wagons. It ia not too soon to look the situa- tion squarely- in the face for next season, whether you own few acres or many, and lay your plans. Look ahead. Let there be systematic nianageineet, and a faith in the soil which you cul- tivate. Do not Count it tod much trouble to attend to the little demands upon your time. If tee Weeds came up with the grass- in the spring, and out- grow it, set the- bar of the mower Long rooted plants,- as a rule, sh.ould be followed by those which spread their roots nearer the sur- face ; -plants • cultivated for their seeds should be followed by those grown .for their foliage. These differ- " ent plants call for different- soil in- gredients...and make leas drain upon .the soil .in general. is contended that pruning po- tatoes to two or three stalka Sa the hill has resulted in larger, tritaes and a greater yield,. This is -done Tor the trees and pinch back melone end to - It stands to reason that`fris mose prosperchts who getis most _from it given area. Then expenses do not increase in proportion to the yield. - The' added outlay comes when we go to increasing the area, ito get the in- creased 'yield desired.. Sow a plant of- rye .wherever .and whenever yotr Ilene -the ,,opportunity, for -there are 'not many things so - will come• in much products and low these colorst. obtained by chemical means. The Perspiration or the saliva emotion sProduots can be re other execratiens and secretio the body, as well, but the two IF' tioned are the most convenientr collected on absorbent ecoeton !P- it the matter afterward removed the cotton by such solvents as hob sulphide of carbon, amtuoni -ethers Following this the aroluk is treated with either chic); phenyl -8111c or idodide rhodopsine le vo Anger, grief, fear, worry, re g and guilt are the emotions Profe'eu: Gates has given the greatet4t am; of attention to. /ion The chemical products of fi; nd vary widely in the tints and two inae....1.attnaitii to jacks, and constantly hate teams •whieli they can work or readily sell. If the old ewee be weeded out from the flock and put in a field by theme geod, and led a little bran and grain, they can be fattened and sold for a who keeps such eweS with the com- mon flock and sells them at a quar- ter apiece, or allows theta toadie of old age, is not a wise one. It is just as necessary to culti- vate the little intelligence of the slotnestic animals as it is to train: the mind of the boy. One thing is certain, they can never be made to unlearn habits which are once ac- quired.. First impressions are most testis* m man and le beast. It is possible to increase the* fecundity of the sheep very Much by breeding fresh_ ewes and employing reins noted fer their twin and trip- let bearing propeneities. A grade or 511 blood ewe of the muttoti type can raise a pair of twins, each of which is fully equal in valise to the lamb getting the entire nourishmeet of the mother. It often pays well to give a crew - tire .better food than has been pre- ' viousey supplied, but except in the caee of working animals which are temporarily idle, it is seldom wise to make a change of the opposite kind: If changes are made; let them be in the right direction. DAIRY. If human beings have cold, fever, indigestion or consumption, the fact is promptly shown in -the heat, dry- ness, sealiness, harshness. or other- wise unhealthy eondition of the outer skin. It is exactly the same with eews. There Is' no sumo index to the condition of the genera1 health of the animal than her skin. The farmer wants as few cows to care for as possible, and these want to be milch costs, every one Of them, It does not pay to mix things. These must be fed as milch cows, and not as beef cattle. If farmers, would als ways daicriminate as closely in: these matters aa they shotild it would be far better for them in the end. • If breeding young stock for the shambles. make a specialty of one or the otfier-of the good breedso wed let their owners keep up their breeding to- that kind, pure. and unbroken. If the breeding cows are kept •sur nearly true as possible,_ they will bkeed a truer and better beef- form. If the beef grower can make his yearling'steers weigh 800 pounds they will bring him $25 or °$30, or they are worth keeping to feed our 20 cent corn to. There is no reaeon why there should riot be good money in beef cat- tle, properly raised. . Cellars and basements are damp and moldy solely because of the lack of light and sunshane, and our cettle :steed the same light and suashine and a as do human creatures ; it is but play- ing the part of wisdom to providsiall these for the cows; especially tn___,he cows which are the providers ofInch a large part .of humanity's food. Fix the stables and make them light and Whatever there may prove to be in the tuberculoeis Beare, it shOuld result in measures which will be for the com- fort and health of the cattle in many ways. Bad air and rank smells do have their. effect where there is a low yital- ity among the cows, and make them susceptible to other diseaees. Haat the stables tidy, the air pure'and the sunlight abundant. -Through large, Clean windows lot the light come, a Purifier and a microbe killer. Almost any trait can he bred in or out of cattle. One Of the Valuable charaeteristics in cows le that their milk Yields butter quickly and,easily any herd can be built up with this characteristic in view. Some COWEI show a lamentaible tendency the other The aMount of butter per co* for the year is said to be the greatest for the CAW which .ealvea in. Septem- ber dr Octciber, and she brings the added advantage Of producing the greateet milk flow at a time of the Year When. It is worth the- most money. As a rule the farmer then has more time to give to the details, of butter making, and properly stor- ed food is lust as cheap- as sampler Nothing freshens:tip the Cowl In spring line a green taste di some- thing, and hardly anything is so, good .for this-pniamee as a few aorOR of fall the Clews otit early to- Paeture upoh their stalks Gitria-4t- *UM e: 10 of the result ng precipitates are di ently colored, according to the ticular emotion t subject, was der. Constipation causea more than half the ills di women. Karl's -Clover Root Tea is a pleasant cure for C,onstipa- GKT DC STEP. Cheer up, chillun, at" moVe yish feet Doan aek glum ter de folks yoh meet. Er smile's. ez maw ei a sigh: An' it'sno Wahl; foh ter laugh dan So git in step tvif hurrYlie throng, The LoWer House of the 'Austrian Reichstaeh. wants ! an International Common candy tuft seeds may be IP THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH Be sure and use that old and well tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth- ing Syrup lot children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums. allays all pain, cereal wind colic and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-five Tents a bottle. Equal to the Emergency. A bit of cenversation overheard in the cOnservatory at an evening party: She --Do you admire black eyes, or blue ? He -The light is so dim here, I really can't say. • Karl's Clover Root Tea a sure cure for Headache and nervous dis- eases. Nothing relieves so quickly. Sense .and Sentiment. Slander filings stones at itself. Sometimes woads hurt more than Money le a good servant but a bad SIMI the gosling teach the goose Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. - She that is ashamed to eat at table' eats in private. The richer the gift the richer the giver. -F. F. Montressor. 13.CIWOIta AND- MBE --The.,feeling of "friendliness bet.wtien the British private and the Soudenese blacks is euricsisly warm -in fact, attached are the Seventy-ninth IlighS lenders and the Ninth Sondanese that the latter are knOwn among th.e brows -as the " Secon.d Battalion of the Cameron' Highlanders:" In Asia it is estiniated• there are 825,954,000 inhabitants; in Europe, in Amer , 121,713,000, and in Aus-1 trona, 3,2 0,000: Of this total. about 32,214,000 die annually -98,840 per. day, or 4,020 per hour, or 67 per, min - The British Government has ink published a blue book giving a, return of the savings banks of the Plaited Kingdom. There are 245 of theSe banks, with 1,516,229 open accounts', and the deposits aggregate Z45;312.- 681, while the total assets are £46,- 807,859. In Scotland there axe- 435,- 474 depositors, with £12.600,000 at their credit. 7 Why wear wool ? To keep out cold?1No. To'keep in heat. . If the body is.supplied with plenty of fresh air—oxygen---. and proper food, it will gener- ite sufficient warmth to pro- tect you on the coldest day Scott's Emulsion -of Cod- liver Oil, with Hypophosphites, is the best warmth -food. Thin people, people with poor blood who are easily shaken by a told wind take Scott!s Emul- sion and it makes good blood, improves the appetite, Jn- creases flesh, furnishes bodily warmth, and prevents the ill results from colds, coughs, and exposures!' - ttiedicelprofessiosforigmityt (Ask our Pis imencalf4i shoo rata A Hamburg young man has just had ids sanity proved by the Roentgen rays. He declared ten years ago that he had a bullet in his head, w,hieh tie fired into it trying to commit sui- cide. Ile complained of pain, and, as he attacked his keepers and the doc- tors could find no trace of a whend, was locked up as a dangerous lunatic. The Roentgen. rays have now shown the exact place of the bullet. - In 1884, the average value of the. horse in the Stales was $47.64. In 1893, it was $36.29, and in 1896, the average up to the middle of the year was 08.07. In 1893 there were 16,- 206,802 of the anintahi in tile States. The number has now fallen .ato 15,124,057. The horse will stay, not- withstanding this showing. He veill be better cared for and more kindly ,_ a CEMERT TA roto 'ARI. Why the 'asmanii Prefer to be Buried • There. : "Axid whip. do the Osmanli :prefer Scutari as a burial glace so any other 1" - - tie there -the trumpet he Archangel will first heard. The true believers who lie at Scutari will rise first.te answer its next the faithful from other parts of the earth. After that the Hebrews,' and lastly the Giaours, who follow other gods-" Thus spoke a grave old turbaned Turk, who stood -beneath a cypress tree On the slopes- of the world -famed cemetery on the Sea of Marmora. - • "A11 knew," - he went on, in calm, judicial' accents, "that when the last days of the world are drawing near, the -Osmanli will be • driven forth from Stamboul by the -Frank. - Then, for a space, there will be trouble and turmoil on the earth ; all sons of the Faithful will fly to Scutari as a re- fuge ; there they, the 'living and dead alike, will await the Day .of dudg- ment.' London Bt. Paul's. :Statistics covering the- whole Ger- man Empire show that. during the pest thirteen years the agricultural population had decreaseda-although the aggregate population, hid; increasa ed over 6,500,000, that the urbain population furnish 77.60 per cent. IA the taxable -property, vahile the rural Population furnishes only 20.40 per bent., and -that the number of un- employed has -increased o*er 100 per eent. The ' increase in the Industrial populatitm 4,000,000._ - Returns of the railway systems la Europe at the end of 1895, drawn up at the -French Department of Public Works, claasilies as follows the lengtb of line in each country of _Europeaand the order in which - each country stands with regakd to- the develOP- territory and to the population. Ger-, many -oectipies the firet place With a total of 46,451 kilometies- Mae - eights of a mile), of which 27,447 kilometres .are in Prussia; France had '40,209 .kilometres ; Ruesia and Flu- -land, 85,660; Britain and Ireland.' 33,- 641 ; Austria-Hungary, 30,899 ;.Italy.• Belgium, 5,660, and Switzerland, di -- 527. etaad ? one A. C. Ditton writes. the- London Globerpointing out th lying north and eouth, and othertely- Lng east and west. -Mrs Ditton discove ered gome years ago that he could sleep much- better when he lay east and west, eepecially wit!' his head to te.narian, on the other hand, -ascribed his IongeVity to sleeping in the eoreh and youth direction, Mr. .Ditton care ries a pocket compass, which onabieg him bi hotels to 'choose a bed which lies in the right direction. or else ed get one shifted. HOW' would it do to have a bed magnetized .and hung im • piyot. so.that it would find: its ceaa direction ? Ditton's fad Would. create compass boom if it ever became gens SURE, SURE, PAINLESS. Just what you need if you. are truubled by aching corns. Putnanee Painlese Corn Extractor acts in thie way. It makes no sore spots, acts speedily, removing the worst core le twenty-four hours. Putnam's Core Extractor, the only sure corn cure. Very Exact. Judge (to witnes4-What Is yOur " You must tell me the exact trut6.'' " Between 20 and BO." Itching, Burning Skin Diseases Cdred for 35 -dente Pr. Agnew's Ointment relieves -"'in cum day a.nd cures tetter; salt rhemit, piles, scald bead, eczema, barber's itch, ulc,ers,blotches and all eruptietus of the skin: -It 14 soothing and quieting and acts like magic in the cuae of all baby Ruling . Passion Strong in Sheoi. " Is this hot enough for you ?" asked " Purty warm," admitted the newly arrived oldest inhabitant, but,I re. -theniber. some fifty years ago, when it was' so durn hot that— The attendant imps, at signal, seized him and shoved him dow seven stories nearer the bottom wh Catarrh and Colds Releived in 10 to CO Minutes. One short puff of the breath through the „blower supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder diffuses this powder over the surface of the nasal passages. Path- less and delightful to use, it relieves instantly and permanently cures cat- arrh, hay feVer, c,olds, headache, sore throat, tonalitis and deafness. All COULD NOT LIE DOWN FOR BIGHT - BBN' MONTHS. The:Sufeerings of a Toronto Junction Resident From Heart Diseaseee Not an exceptional cage of - heart disease, but very distressing, was that tion, Onte who waa obliged to be propped up -in bed with pillows for eighteen montbe, because of mother- ing spells that would oome over him whenever he attesnpted to lie down. No treatment had done him any good until lie tried Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Ilka,rt, and _here one' dose gave complete relief, and one bottle cured him, and to -day he enjols the plea- sures of good health as other people do, Heart disease will kill if not owed. - Bile Does Better: °"Bay, Ruth, it has taken me three years to mueter up courage enough to ask your hand in marriage, Will yoa have me?" "I could .never procrastinate like that, Harry. I will give you a des. finite answer inside of two years and Bowes, Jamieson & Co. ISSUE :NG -4a .896. In replying to any of theist A* J.* ALL SINCERITY" We Again repeat -that -rutity. Ehavor and General Asteelleiice If you went stoves or, ranges con- Structed on acientific principles watch are econ,omical, durable and conven- ient as well as beautiful and artis- tic, look for the Art Garlands. These atoves lead all others in popularity, Nothing makes home so bright, coni- fortable and healthful a Garland $tove or Range, Summerman-Wella this is unusual! Why. you are putting ail the big ap- ples in tire bcittoma of tire barrels aud the little -ones on. top. Uncle, Hiram - Yee. Those fellers! in tire city. are get= tin' so all -fired .cute ; they open the 'barrels from the bottom to see Whe- ther we farmers be tryin' to cheat them. - tions of prime English sheep and American Log casiugs; reliable goods at right prices. -VOR SALE -A BARGAIN -25 ACRES 05' 1: the choicest fruit and gardin land in Canada; close to the city of St. Catharines; ale unnerdrainece tee acres in fruit; good buildings; runnuig water; newly fenced ; must be bola to elose up estate. Apply Lc. JAI)dES raIRAIL CREEK AND ROSSLA.ND, 13. C., 1 district. Th.e Bear Creek *ming Co., of b. C.-stockfully paid and non-ashessable (in- corporated). Principal office 423 Abington Yortland, Oregon. Owns four CliuMS, 52 acres each, liow being developed; and par value $L Ski* offered at 5clper share. Our Canaoian friends are asked to invest in this prosperous district, and we, take this method of iuforming tnem. Write to Chas. N. Scott, president. 423 .Abington Building, or N. B. Burtch, secietary, Permed, Oiegon, both of whomare from Woodstock. Ontario. FRUIT FARMS FOR We have Borne fine 'Fruit and Grain Farms fox sale in this most southern county -of On- tario.. Send stamp foe list or call on Brokers, 85 to 881 en Acre. Bay City, Mich., offers for sale Bay County Land Office, 10,000 Acres • FINE FARMING LAND,S Covered with maple, elm, ash, oak and bass- wood ; 12 miles from Bay City, oP good roads and in Bay Co., the garden of the State. Cli- mate, soil and timber nnsurpassed. Farmers and timbermen. Write for maps. Stratford, Ontario, Thousands of our former students. attribute their Success in business life to the thftougri preparation received in our school. NeWEstn- de nts esti enter at any tints. Moderate rates. Beard cheap. A splendiu college. The leading comniercial school in Canada. Write for our circulars, W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal. CEYLON TEik Never had 'a rival. Lead -packets Only " Never in bulk. All grocers. • Sold at 25, 40, 50 and SO cents perlb. INDICESTIOAI TI TORHEESATMS BY K CONRUERED SURE DAILY. -AGENTS WANTED IVO everywhere. Staple goods. Di mind never supplied. We furnish work. Write for full information. Catalogue of 200 engravings free. The Queen Silverware Co., Mon/real, Que. I I) 0 0-0 tFa.rringr5 ters," a complete sexual science, by B. -T. Jef- surely need a copy. Agents *anted in every . county, $2 se S5 per eay guaranteed. Send for circulars immediately. Mention pater and address J. L. NICHOLS& CO., 33 -Richmond street west, Toronto, Can. APPLES FOR EXPORT MANCHESTER, the best market 5 Eng - .and, supplying a population tf over 7.000,000 within a radius of 33 miles. CORRESPON- DENCE SuLICITED. References -:hank of Montreal; imperial , Bank 4Yonge street branch), Toronto. The North of Engiand Fruit isrokers, Ltd., Manchester, Eng. Can- adian representative -A. J. KING, 8 street, Toronto, Ont. ' APPLE EXPORTERS Make Your Consignments of Stmons, Jacobs & Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Simons. Shuttleworth & Co., Liverpool, Es g. Garcia, Jacobs e Co. London England. :AliakracAN REPRESENTATIVES. Charles Forster, 74-78 Park Place, New York, Walter Webling, 2/ Smith Market st, Beaton, A. R. Fowler. 22 Steeohn street, Montreal C. S. Nixon, least -e, Nova Scott& W. W. Woolford, 12d S. Charles se, Baltimore, J. M. Shuttleworth. Bow Park, BrantfordsOnt. 'The above firm has exceptional advan5ges for the handling and selling of Apples, and makes prompt cable remittance FARMERS AND BREEDERS Who are desirous of improving them stock should personally inspect the Herd of LONG ENG- LISH .BERK- SHIRE•Pigs, and flock .of Shropshire Down Sheep. Prices yery moderate. Address Tile BOW PARK CO , Ltd., ASSESSMENT' SYSTEM. MUTUAL PREWIPLE. The impoitant announcement is made this morning of the 'amalgama- tion of the buginess of the Provincial Provident Institution of St. Thomas with tha Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, whose man- ager for Ontario is Mr. W, 3. MO- Murtry, of Toronto. These are the two largest natural premium life hi- , stitutions in (Canada. Their aggro. gate business- in the Dominion amounts to $36,000,000. The Mutual Reserve - Fond Life, which is the largest natural premium company ,in the world, has for years done a large business in Canada, and has paid , nere in death claims over -$1,250,0004 It is duly registered under the Do- minion Act -and has it deposit in Gova ernment bonds with the Insurance Department amounting to $108,000, By tide change the membera el the Provincial Provident become mem- bers of azi institution with .one hun- dred and ten thousand members and over $31,000,000 of insurance; an in.stitution that has nearly $6,000,000 assets and an equal annual income, and which has paid out $27,000,000 in. death claims. It is hardlY pos- sible that they will fail to appreciate' the advantages of. this change in the Increased seettrity which is thus placed behind their insuraace. IT PAYS TO FOB TWENTY-SIX YFAILS11 HicYcles and Dogs. method Of dealing with •troublesome barking, doge, which ,persistently 'run at wheelmea on country. amis.'. Thek use a small, explosive bomb,hmall, bat extkemely. noisy. • Which exercises -a - magic effect on the curs. IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO CRAMPS You know how important it is te have a prompt remedy on band. Ner- viline-nerve pain cure -has a. *ea- derful and immediate influence upon this malady. It relieves in one min- ute and cures in five. Pleasant to the taste, and the best remedy in the world fot pain. Consumption, LaGrippe, Pneumonia., and all Throat and Lung diseases are cured by Shiloh's Cure. 'Observations at Rio. - Pike -I've been talking td the cep. tain of a steamer just arrived from Brazil. He thinks the situation is crit- DYke-Does he? Pike -Yes. • He says we'll hear of, a big. fight soon if the crews of the French and Germah war veesels tined to scowl at each other. .CANADA BUSINESS' 'COLLEGE, Holds a preat lead over its contemporaries in thoroughness of work, and its graduates are in strong demand. Aggie Tanner has changed her position to a nsueh better one as stenographer with D. M. Ferry Co.. Detroit. Miss Sechrist placed as book-keeper, Cor- rington & Long, Trent., Mich. Miss Linley, as steir•grapher, G. R. &N. Railway office, Grand Rapids, Mich. IT PAYS TO ATTEND THE BEST.: For catalogue of either department address Chatham On Like a June Sun . • DUNN'S BAKING POWDER *s-- THECOOICSBESTFRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. DilD.70RE BopeR7Qt tiTmenetstrvir. Fmk THERE IS NOT/IING "LIKE FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA. HEADACHE, DEPRESSION OF eFIR1113._Eto.- FREE SAMPLES -K.D.C. AND PILLS. Write tor them. E.D.C. CO: Ltd., Boston. U.S.. and New Glasgow, -Can.! Your house will be evenly heated fecnn cellar to garret by using a IDEA Wood Furnace. It's the greatest heater ever built, has the largest radi- - ating surface, burns any -sized wood, is the beat and cheapest furnace on the saa- it. Sold everywhere. Ask year physician, your druggist - end your friends about aihiloh's Cure for Consumption. They 'trill recom- mend it. It is said that an earthquakeoccurs - soMew ere in the earth every hour. MADE IN THREE SIZES. Gurney Tilden Co., Ltd., Hatnilton. No. 15. GURNEY STOVE & RANGE CO.; WINNIPEG.' Bermuda. BEST FARMERS! WOOD COOK IN THE. Extra large fire door. . Oven 2414 27 inchei. Oar awn patent.oven OR „SALE NT. DEAkERN HE •