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' ' CHAPTER XXL—(Continued).
".Vas it not possibly changed there
David?"
"No, because of ,the initials I had
Scratched inside it. And beyond all
question that case—the same case,
mind you, that T picked up on my
doorstep --was purchased by the man
now lying in the hospital hero from
Water's, in West Street. Now, how
was the change made?"
"I1 1 could only see my, way to
help you!"
"The .change was made the day sire
bought the case. 11y the way, what
time was it?".•
1 • cant tell you the exact time,"
Ruth replied. "It was on the morn-
ing of the night• of your adventure."
"And you kept it by you all the
time:'' - • ,
"Yd}s.'
,It was in a little box seal-
ed with yellow wax and tied with
yellow string. I woiit to 219 after 1
had made the • purchase. ;. My uncle
was there and he . was using tho
hack, sitting -room 'as an office. He
had brought a lot el papers with
him to go through."
"Ah! Did you put your package
down?"
"Just . for a moment on the table.
Blit surely my uncle would not—"
"One moment, please. Was any-
body with your uncle at the time?"
Ruth gave a :sudden Iittle cry.
"How senseless of me to forget,"
she cried. "My uncle was down
merely for the day and, as he was
very busy, he sent for Mr. Reginald
Henson to help him. I did not im-
agine that Mr. Henson would know
anything. But even' now I cannot.
see_ what—"
"Again let me interrupt you. Did
, you leave the room at all?"
"Yes. It is all coming back to me
, now. My uncle's medicine was lock-
ed
oched up in my bag. lig asked me to.
go for it. and I went, leaving my
purchase on the table. • It is all com-
ing back to me now: When I re-
turned Mr. Henson was quite alone,
as somebody had tailed to see. my
nuncle. Mr. Henson seemed surpris-
ed to see me back so soon, and as I
entered he crushed something up in
his. hand and dropped it into the
waste=paper basket. But my parcel
was quite intact."
"Yellow wax and yellow string
t and all?"
"Yes, so. far , as I remember. ' It
was Mr. Henson who reminded my'
uncle about his medicine." •
"And when you werd away the
change was made. Strange that
your wide should bo so friendly
with both Henson and Bell. Have
they ever met under your roof?"
No," Ruth replied. "Henson has
always,alludded to Dr: Bell as a. lost
'man. He professes to be deeply
Ferry for him, but he has declined
to inert him. Where are you go-
ing?"
"1 am going with you,to see if we
can iiud anything in the waste -paper
basket at No. 219. Bell tells me
1 that your servants have instructions
to. touch no papers, and I know that
the back sitting -room of your house
• is used as a kind of office. I want,
•if possible, to find the paper that
Henson tried to hide on the day you
boeghtr'the cigar=Case."
The'•baaket proved to be a large
• one, . and was partially filled with
letters . that had never been opened--
begging-letters,
pened—begging-letters, Ruth said. For half
• an hour David was engaged in
smoothing out crumpled sheets of
paper, until at length his search was
rewarded. He held a packet of
notepaper, Abe usual six, sheets; one
inside the other, that generally go ,to
correspondence sheets' of good quaff-
i l y. It ,aphis creasing( up lent Stee'
• flattened it out and held it . Up • hit-
faith's
orfaith's •inspection. ••
`?Gov,. here is a- a find•. he` cried..
'1..00k' at the: address .in `green oh
I he top : '15; Downend Terrace.'
Five sheets of nay own best note -
raper, printed especially for myself,
in this basket! Originally this was
a block of six sheets, but the one
. has been written upon and the others
crushed • up like this. Beyond doubt
the paper was Stolen from my study.
Anda—what's this?"
He held up the thick paper to the
light. At the foot of the top sheet
was plainly indented in outline the
initials
"D, S."
"My own cipher," David went on.
"Scrawled in so boldly as to mark.
on the under sheet of paper, Almost
invariably 1 use initials instead of
my full name unless it is quite for-
mal business."
"And what is 'to be done new?"
Ruth asked.
"Find the letter forged over what
looks like a genuine cipher," David
said, grimly..,
CHAPTER XXII.
Bell followed Dr, Cross ' into the
hospital. With . a se»se 'of familiar
pleasureThe cool, sweet smell of
the place, the decorous silen,:o; the
order of it all appealed to him
strongly .It was as the ,old War-
horse 'who sniffs the battle from
afar. And the -battle with death was'
ever a joy to Bell. .
"Thin•, is all contrary to regula-
tions, of cows'," he suggested.
"Well, it is," Cross admitted.'
"But I ani an enthusiast, and one
doesn't often get a chance of chat-
ting with a brilliant, erratic star
like yourself. Besides, our man is
not in the hospital proper. He is in
a kind of annexe by my own quar-
ters, and he scoffs the suggestion of.
being nursed."
Bell nodded, understanding perfe it-
ly. He came at length to a bril-
liantly -lighted room, where a dark
man , w'ith. an" exceedingly high .fore-
head and wonderfully piercing eyes
was sitting up in bed. The dark
eyes lighted with pleasure as they
fell upon Bell's queer, shambling fig-
ure and white hair.
"The labor we delight in physics
pain," he greeted . with a laugh and
a groan, "It's worth a badly
twisted shoulder to have the pleas-
ure of seeing Hatherly Bell again.
My dear fellow, how are you?"
The voice was low and pleasant,
there was no trace of insanity about
the speaker... Bell shook the proffered
hand. For some little time the
corvorsation•, . proceeded smoothly
enough. The stranger was a good.
talker: his remarks were keen and to
the poiiit.
"1 hope you ,}will be comfortable
here," Bell suggested.
A faint subtle change came over
the other's face.
"All but one thing," he whispered,
"Don't make a fuss about it, be-
cause Cross is very kind. But I
can't stand the electric light. It re-
minds mo of the great tragedy of my
life. But for . the electric light I
shoula be a free man with a good
practice to -day."
"So you are harping on that
string again," Bel] said, coldly. "I
fancied that I had argued you out
of that. You know perfectly well
that it is all imagination, Heri—
tage."
Heritage passed his left hand
across his eyes in a confused kind
of way.
"Whe.i you look at one like that
I fanc;, so," he said. "When I was
under your hands I, was forgetting
it. And now it has all conie hack
again. 1/id 1 toll you all about 'it,
Cross?'4
Bell gave Cross a significant
glance, and the latter .shook his
head.
"Well, it was this way," Heritage
began, eagerly. His eyes were gleam-
now,
leamnow, his •whole aspect: was chaiag-
ed. • "1 • was poor and • struggling,
but I had a grand future.hefore me.
There was- a patient of :•iiiine; ' a rich
man, who had a; deadly throat trou-
ble And he was going to leave me
all his .money .if I . cured: him. , He
told me he had made a will to that
effect, and he had clone so. And 11
was in direst straits for some ready
cash. When I ca.nme to operate I
used. an electric light, a powerful
light—you know what I mean. The
operation failed and my patient
died. The operation failed because
ea
fir
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Most persons wlio have tested this
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Dr, Chase's Syrup of Linseed and
Turpentine, 25 cents a bottle; family
size, three tines as much, 60 cents,
at .all dealers or Edmanson, Bates Sc
Co., Toronto. To' protect you,
against inriitntions, the portrait and
signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, the
famous receipt l:+Dok anther, are ex;
every box,
the •eleetrie light wont out at a crit-
ical• time,
"People said it was a great mos-
fortune for me, because. I was on the
threshold of a new discovery 'which
would havo 'made my name, Nothing
of 'the kind, I deliberately cut the
positive wire of the electric light so
that I should jail, and so that •my
patient might die awl T might got
all his aaioney at once. :And he did
die and nobody suspected me—nobody
'could possibly have found me out.
Then 1 went mad and they put inc
under Dell's Care. 1 should have
got well, olnly he gave up his prae-
tice and drifted into the world
again. Illy good, kind friend Regin-
ald Henson heard of my case; he in-
terested some people in me and plac-
ed
laned me where I am at present,"
"So Reginald Henson knows all
about it?" Bell asked drily.
"My dear fellow, he is the best
friend 1 have in. the world. He was
most interested in my case. I have
gone over it with him a hundred
times. I showed him- exactly how it
was clone. And now You: know why
1 loathe' the electric light: \Vhen it
shines in any oyes it maddens me;
brings back to mo the recollection
of that dreadful time, it causes son
to--"
"Heritage," Bell said, stonily,
"close your eyes at once, and b
silent."
The patient obeyed instantly II
had ,not forgotten the old' habit fo
obedience. When he npened hi
oyes again he looked round him in,a
fooliah, shame -faced mariner,
"I I. am afraid 1 have been ran
bling," he muttered, "Pray don'
notice, me, Bell; if you aro as good
a fellow as you used to he, come •F2.nd
see me again. I'm tired now:"
Bell gave the desired assurance
and he and Cross left the room, to
gether
"Any sort of truth in what he has
been saying?" asked the latter.
"Very little," Dell replied. ,:fieri
,age is an exceedingly clever fellow
who has not yet recovered from a
bad breakdown sonro•..years ago. I
had nearly cured him at one time,
but he seems to have lapsed. into bad
ways again. Some day, whom 1 have
time, I shall take up his case once
more"
"Did he operate, or try some new
throat cure?"
"Exactly. He was on the verge of
discovering some way of operating
for throat cases with complete sue -
cess. You can imagine how excited
he was over his discovery. Unfor-
1 tunately the patient he experimented
on (heti under the operation, non; be-
cause the light went out or any
nonsense: of that land, but from
failure of the heart's action owing
to excitement. Heritage had had
no sleep -for •a fortnight, and he
broke down altogether. For months
he was really mad, and when his
senses came back to him he had that
hallucination. Some day it will.go,
and soma day Heritage will take
up the drooped threads of his discov-
ery an' the world will be all the
better for 'it. And now, will you
do me a. favor?"
"I will do anything that lies in my
power."
"The, be good. enough to let me
have a peep at the man who was
found half -murdered in my friend
David Steel's conservatory. I'm in-
terested in that case."
Cross hesitated for a moment.
"All right," he said. "There can't
be any harm in that. Come this
way:"
13e11 strolled along with the air of
a ma.]' who is moved by no more
than ordinary curiosity. But from the
first he had made up his mind not
to lose this opportunity. He had
not the remotest idea -`What he ex-
pecte,' to find, but he had a pretty
.good idea that he was on the verge
of an important discovery. He carne
at length to the bedside of the mys-
terious stranger: The man was lying
on his back in •a state of coma, his
breath came heavily between his
,lips:
Belt bent low partly to examine
the patient, partly to hide his -face
from Cross. If Bell had made any
:discovery he kept the 'fact Zligidly to
himself.
• 'Loo', s very. young," he mutter-
ed, "But then he . i s one; of those
Men who; never grow any 'lair on
their faces. 'Young as he looks, 1
Obeid .jt.t ge him to be.•at least fort=
ty-five, and 11 I am not mistaken, lie
is a-nean who had heard the chimes
at midnight or later. I'm quite sat-
isfied."
"It's more than I am, Cross said,
when at length ]he and his -visitor
were standing outside together.
"Look here, Bell, you're a great
friend of Steel's, whom I believe to
be a very good fellow. I don't
wants to get hire into any harm, but
a day or two ago 1 found this letter
in a pocket -hook in a belt worn by
our queer patient Steel says the
fellow is a perfect stranger to him,
and I believe that statement. ' But
what about this letter? I ought to
have sent it to the police, but I
didn't React it."
And cross proceeded to take a
letter from his pocket. It was on
thick paper; the stamped address
given was "l.5, Downend Terrace."
There was no heading, mealy the
words "Certainly, with pleasure I
shall be hoipe; in fact, I am home
every night till 12.30, and you may
call any time up till then. If you
knock quietly on the door I shall
hear you,—D. S.
"What do you make of it?" Cross
asked
"It looks as if your patient had
called as Steel's house by appoint -
mien+ Bell achnitted, "Here is the
1avi.tetion undoubtedly, in Steel's
handwriting•. Subsequently the poor
fellow 1S found in Steel's house near-
ly murdered, and yet Steel declares
solemnly° that the man is a perfect
stranger to him. It is a bad busi-
hese, but T assure you that Steel is
the soul of honor. Gross, would
you be so good as to let one have
that letter for two or three days?"
"Way well," Cross said, after a
little hesitation. "Good -night."
Bell went on his way homeward
with plenty of food for thought.•
He stopped just for . a moment to
light a cigar.
"`Getting towards the light,'•'• he
Muttered, :'getting along,, The
light. its not going to fail after ,ani, I
wonder what Reginald Henson would
say if he only knew that I had been
to the hospital and recognised our
mutual friend Van Sneck there!"
(To be Continued,/
SNATCHED FROM THE RATES.
Brave Brakesman Saves the Life
of a Little Child.
Facing danger to save life is al-
ways hooka but to save life. asa
certain brakeman lately did it re-
quires not only bravery, but rapid
and intelligent action, The St. Louis
Globo -Democrat prints a thrilling ac-
count of an adventure on the aiis-
souri Pacific Railroad. The train
was late and heavily loaded, and on
a down grade the engineer, to :make
• up for lost time, "turned her loose,"a
and the cars flew over the hill at a
tremendous speed.
About half=way 'down the grade
Brakeman Ilosenbrook's pipe wont
out, and he went forward • to the lo-
oonmotive to get a night. On that
tittle incident hung the life of a twa-..
t year-olci baby. As the brakeman
entered the cab, the engineer, said to
the flrernan
"What's on the track ahead, 13i11?"
"Looks like a man sitting on the
e rail," answered Bill. "Guess he'll
move when we whistle for the cross -
e ing." '
I ' ` The heavy train rushed on;: and a•:
s moment later the whistle sounded
Then the bundle moved, but instead.
of getting off the track, it stepped
n right between the rails and calmly,
t waited.. `
.• 'It's a belly!" groaned the• engin-
eer, as ho shut off steam and called.
for brakes. But -no' power could
btop that train in that short dis-
- tante. The Dreman . was speechless;
the engineer, with gray face and.
staring eyes, wag sounding his. whis-
tle, hoping to scare the infant from
- the track.
Suddenly the window of the cab
was thrown open, and Brakeman
Rosenbrook crept out and. along the
narrow running -hoard. Clinging to
the hand -rail with one hand, be made
his way along the side of the sway-
ing locomotive, and in a moment
bad reached the pilot.
The shrill danger -signal, sounding
Continuously, brought a' woman to
the door of a small farmhouse near
the track.With a scream she start-
ed toward her baby. But only the
one grab which Rosenbrook would
have time to make stood between the
child and death; and the shock of
that grab might throw the elan from
the pilot and cost him his own life.
"When within a few yards of the
little girl," says the brakeman, "I
saw her lift herface and .look at me.
'Her blue eyes were .troubled;.• some-
thing was wrong, but she did not
know what it was."
The` moment arrived. The locomo-
tive was upon the child, when with
one grasp, Rosenbrook swept the
little girl from her feet and jerked,
her clear off the track. So great
was the 'shock that tho man was
thrown backward against the pilot.
With a great effort he steadied him-
self and held on to Alice. A hundred
yards • farther on the heavy train
came to a standstill, and . Rosen -
brook stepped Prem the pilot. The
baby had not uttered a cry, but when
her rescuer stood on firm ground she
whispered :
"My mama wants me."
At' the same moment the mother
rushed up and clasped the little girl
to her heart. The engineer and the
conductor came running forward and
shook Rosenbrook's hands, incoher-
ently murmuring all sorts of promis-
es about "reporting to headquarters"
and "promotions."
But Rosenbrook simply begged a
match, lighted his pipe, climbed to
the top of the train and signaled to
go ahead. •
•
LADY AS MINISTER.
Recent Appointment the First of
Kind in England.
Leicester now enjoys the distinc-
tion of ,haying led: England in a, step.
which may -have important develop
meats in the future, says, the Lon-
don •Chronicle. There have been. be-
fore this, and there .still are many,
Englisn lady preachers—Miss Bva•
Booth and, Mrs. Ormiston Chant are
•annorig'the best :known -but there `has
never previously been witnessed the
induction of a woman to the sole
pastorate of a church •with a regular
congregation.
Recently this ceremony was per-
formed before a crowded congrega-
tion at the Leicester Free Christian
church, the lady in question being
Miss Gertrude von Petsold, 14I.A.,
who henceforth has the church in
her hill charge. Judging from the
large and interested congregation
which have repeatedly assembled to
hear her preach recently, her minis-
try is in no danger of not being
crowned with success.
Miss von Petsold is ayotng lady
of prepossessing appearance, with a
clear voice, a slight German accent,
and a pleasing delivery.
OPALIZED SHARK.
Since they, were first discovered the
famous opal fields at White Cliffs,
New South Wales, have yielded many
curious fossils, particularly those of
prehistoric marine life. But the
latest discovery is amost extraor-
dinary one, and will prove of the
deepest interest to the scientific
world. It is that of a fossilized, or
rather opalized, member pf the shark
family, which was found on Block
No. 9, at a depth of 35 feet from the
surface. The Sydney press states
that the specimen measures 8;feet 6
inches from the snout to the tip of
the tail. Tho body is. in seven sec-
tions, the circumference of the larg-
est of which (the head and shoulder
portion) is 13 inches; each section is
6 Inches in length. The deeply in-
dented
ndented eye sockets show very, plain-
ly, "and thin veins of purple opal
encircle the fish from tip to tip."
At the mouth these veins make an
oblong and clearly defined course
though the continuity is occasionally
broken. No particulars as to weight
ai'e given; but as the fossil has been
sent to London, these other (natters
o jnter•est will soon be deterra fined.,
Making Converts by Leaps and Bounds'
IP
CEYLON taapun11a GREET' tea by its absolute purity and deliciaul'
flavor is displacing Japan tea just as "SALADA" black is displacing
all other black teas. Sealed lead packets only. 25c ansI 40c per
lb.. By all grocers.
4st:3lrtihiM•.
O
RULES FOR. DAIRYM3N.
The Vermont Dairymen's Associa-
tion has prepared a set of rules
which are recommended to its mem-
bers. The rules are intended as a
guide iii the care of the stable, cows,
milking and utensils as follows :
1. Stables should be well ventilat-
ed, Iii;hted,.gnd; drained; should have
tight- floors, walls, and be ` plainly
constructed.
2, .Nomusty or dirty litter, no
strong smelling material, and . no
manure should remain in -the stable
longer thaii is absolutely necessaiy.
3: Whitewash the stable once or
twice a year. Would recommend us-
ing land plaster in manure gutters
daily:
4, Feed no dry, dusty lodgers pre-
vious to milking. If dusty, sprinkle
before it is fed.
5. Keep stable and 'dairy room in
cleanly, condition.
thoroughly rinsing in boiling hot;
water and a little washing, soda,.
scald and drain. Boil strainer:
cloths daily,. After cleaning, keep
utensils inverted in puna air and
sun, . it possible, until wanted for
use.
MILK SECRETION.
Probably there is no cause wliic]i
does more to lessen the secretion of -
milk than the failure to milk cows ,
quite dry. Any milk left in the ud•1
der acts as a direct check to the sec
ration of a further supply, and very
frequently becomes so positive an ire
ritant of to set up some kind ofin
flamination; hence clean milking is
one of the first essentials on the
dairy 'farm. The usual practice
to inilk twice in the twenty-four"
hours, and this system is generally
perfectly satisfactory if the time is.
. equally divided so that there is the,
same period between every two milk
Ings. Here and there, where a cow's{
udder becomes unduly distended bo-;
tween makings a slightly increased]
flow can be secured by more fre-'
quent milking, for it appears prob-
ably that secretion goes on more
rapidly during the actual process of
milking than at any other time. ands
there is no doubt that the disten-i
sion of the udder and milk channels' -
acts as a check upon secretion. The
great point to remember is to milk;
at regularly recurring hours. The
more irregularities that creep into
the milking practice, so much the
less will the secretion and supply bee
come. The mere fact of milking an
hour earlier • than usual may
make a material difference in the.
yield, as also does the actual method:
of milking. Generally speaking, ra-
pid milking, when effected quietly
and with due attention to the com-
fort of the cow, ensures the largest'
yield. Regularity and the careful
avoidance of
THE COWS.
1. Keep only healthy cows.
Promptly remove suspected animals.
In particular, add no cows to the
herd unless it be certain that they
are free from tuberculosis.
2. Do not excite the cows or ex-
pose
xpose them to stress or weather.
3. Feed a good cow liberally with
fresh. palatable feeding stuffs. •Do
not change these suddenly. Provide
water. pure but not too cold, in
abutdance.
MILKING.
1. The milker should be clean, and
his clothes likewise.
2. Brush the udder just before
milking and wipe with a clean cloth
or sponge.
.3. Milk quietly, quickly and thor-.
oughly.
4. Throw away into the gutter the
first streams from each teat. ]This'
milk is very watery, of very little
value, and is quite apt to injure the
remainder of the milk.
5. Remove the milk promptly from
the stable to a clean, dry room,
where the air is pure and sweet.
6. Strain the milk through a clean
flannel cloth, or through two or
three thicknesses of cheesecloth.
7. Aerate and cool the milk as
soon as it is strained. The cooler
it is . the more is souring retard-
ed. ff covers are left off the cans,
cover with cloths or mosquito net-
ting.
8. Never mix fresh, warms • milk:
with that which has been cooled, nor
close a can containing warm milk,
nor allow it to freeze.
9. Urder no circumstances should
anything be added to milk to pre-
vent it souring. Such doings vio-
late the laws of both God and man.
The chemicals which are used for
this purpose are slow poisons. Clean-
liness and cold are the only preser-
vations needed.
10. In hot weather, jacket the
cans with a clean, wet blanket or
canvas when moved in a wagon.
UTENSILS.
1. Insist that' -the skim milk or
whey. tank, at the, factory, be kept
clean, in order that the. milk cans
may not. become contaminated,
2. Wash all a dairy.. utensils daily,
•
CONSUMTION
Right food =right
•g
medicine-ribht time-
-
theze three things are
of the utmost import-
ance to the con-
sumptive. Right food
and right medicine-
these are contained in
Sc®ll's EMOISiOR
of pure cod-liver oil.
Right time is at first
Right
sign of disease. Right
g
time is now.
Scott's Emulsion
always hel s, often
p
cures. Ordinaryfood
food
helps feed. Fresh air
helps cure. Scott's
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Emulsion does both.
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We'll send you a little to try if you like,
Scott & Bowne, Toronto, Ont.
DISTURBING ELEMENTS
of every kind are the great factors,
of 'uniformly large milk secretion.,
Quite apart from the influences of
the supply of food, temperature exa
trenies, etc., each . animal possesses
to a great extent the'power of with-
holding
ithholding already secreted milk when
nervous or excited in any way. The'
nervous condition may be, and fre-
quently is, caused by a new or un-
skilful
nskilful milker, by fright, by two
much exercise, and by the presence
of an animal in season. • The with-
holding of milk is only a temporary,
matter, but if of frequent recurrence
it operates very injuriously
on the supply just in the same way
as does the failure to milk cows
quite dry. Of course some animals
are worse than others, because tem-
peraments vary, and some will be
found of such phlegmatic character
as to be unaffected by disturbing in
fluences of the kind specified. These
are naturally the cows valuable to
dairy farmer, who, though consis-
tently striving after regularity and
uniformity in the surroundings of,
his stock, cannot hope to altogether•
eliminate disturbing influences, as
they always prove, to some extent,,
beyond. control. Moreover, these,
phlegmatic cows are, other attri-
butes being equal, the best to breed
from for the production of dairy
stock, since, just as the form and
external characteristics of the pro-
geny are generally determined by
those of the sire, so the tempera=-
ment. and intenal characteristics of
the young generally follow those of
the dam.
SALTED FACTS.
If you forget to or neglect to.
keep the springs in good order, do
not find fault with the cows if they
drop otT in their milk. It is like
asking men to make bricks without
straw to demand milk of cows that
have not .plenty of water.
Strike high in the dairy business.:
Tho man who does not aim to havo,
a little better cows this year than.
he had last will soon be wondering
hat has become of his chances of
success.
We knew a man who salted his.
cows by scattering the salt along
their backbones and letting the
other cows lick it off. ITe thought
this would keep the flies from sting-
ing them and making warbles in the •
spring. Doubtful.
There is only one honest way o.t
watering milk, and that is at the
watering trough where the cattle
can quench their thirst. That is
fair and honorable, and he is a. poor
sort of a farmer who will not put
water into his milk that way.
Dosing cows with medicine when
there is nothing the matter with
them, is like pouring good money
into a rat hole. Do not do it. You
do not 'take medicine yourself unless
there is something the matter with
you, do you? , • r • . a,
foolish man,
Some folk
letting thei
or three days
these same one.
ful fuss if their wive,,
make up their beds more t r.
or twice a week. Makes a difference
whose bed it is, doesn't it?
Going to put down a drilled well
for your stock this fall? Get an
honest; man to do the work. Keep
lrim working until the 'can puny all
himworking until he can pump all
day and not exhaust the supply.
Lots of meta stop just short of never ,
failing water. Tliat just about
tlrt^ntvs away all sato his ;,jut luta
it.