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The Brussels Post, 1907-3-28, Page 314 4/1 itie'S:404-04-94.O+94-04-04-o+o+04-o+c4-o-e.o-4-o4-04-o-C-o+o-4-0-C-Ce DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY 4-04-o+o-f CHAPTER XX111.—(Continued). reabsorbed into the fog and flemLft They reach the goal, sone Cross, and all floundering, tno turtles with draggled .sktrts and eold, damp ankles, The Para- .cilso is a little house, a dependence ap- parently of the hotel below—apparently aIo tenantless and °triple. It Is built on the bare rock, looking sheer down on— what ? on a blank ot fog. What does, 'what can, that maddening blanket con- ceal? Oh, if they could nut tear 11 40 pleees, rend it asunder, hack IL with icnIvese by. :any mettns' abolish its oa- t/rightly veil from over the lovely 011100, they will now, with all their ;MI their mely rising, never see 1 13u1 will not they ? Even as they look, de- -spairingly straining their eyes; in the Naln effort to pierce that obsetere . and baffling veil, there is a movement In it, a stirring of the inert mass of vapor ; a wind has risen, and is blowing coldly on their brows, and in, a moment, as it seems, the maddening wet, curtain is -swept, away and up, as by some God - hand, the hand of somo spirit, thal has limed their lament, and has pilled them .and said, "They have conie from afar; .11 ls thelr.only chance; lel, us show 44 10 them." The curtain has rolled up and cup, tho sombre ilr-wood starts out, and the emerald meadows, the lowest and nearest range of hills, then the next and .then the next, and then the furthest and highest of all. There they stand re- vealed, even the city, Florence, far away. 'They can make oui her duomo, small and dim with distance, yet certainly there 141 the sudden effulgence all the -valley alight and radiant. Range behind song° stand the hills ; belated vapor wreaths floating, thin as lawn, up their ininIcs ; wonderful dreamy patches af madiance on the far slopes; marvelous -amethysts Starring their breasts. Mys- tery and beauty, .color 0.011 space, sky .and lovely land, where, (Ivo minutes ago, there was nothing but choking fog.. Murgoyne stands as in a trance, vaguely .tonscious—trance-wise too— that Eliza - .beth Is near him; all his soul passed in- to his eyes ; stands—hew long? Ile .hardly knows. Before that. 'fair sight. .thne seems dead; but miefl. as he yet looks, sniffing as one smiles at anything :surpassingly lovely, the cloud -wreaths float downwards :again, Wreaths at first,. then great volumes, then ono universal .sheet of vapor, impenetrably dense as before. Vanished are the Apennine .slopes, sun -kissed and dreamy; VOL; Mind the distant Arno plain; venished even the near pioes. He can seance see his hand before him. And yet ha can .See Elizabeth's face transfigured and sittivering, lifted to his—yes, to bis— though Byng is on her other side; her eayes full of tender tears of ravishment, wItile her low voice says sigffingly— 'II, Is gone; but we have seen it nothing can ever take that from us 1 no- thing! nothing 4' And although the next moment she is Mrs. Cora B. Miller Makes a Fortune I -Started a Few Years Ago with No Capital, and Now Employs NearlY Ono Hundred Clerks and Stenographers. Until a few years ago Mrs. Cora B. Miller lived. in a manner similar to that of thousands of other very poor women of the average small town. and village. 'She now resides in her own palatial lbrown-etone residenee, and is oonsidered • one of the most euccessful business women the Milted States. ‚'--4 though foethe rest 01 the deploranie walk he scarce catches sight again 01 4114 little brown head and the soaked deer - stalking cap, yot it makes gentle warrnth about Ins chilled beart to Wink that, in new moments of nigheSt 0111011001 11 is her, impulse to turn to Iltru, Mrs. Miller's New Residence, Earned In Less Than One Year. Several nitre ago Mrs, Miller learned of a mild and simple preparation that oured herself and several friends of fa - male weakness and pileg. She was be. sieged by so many women needing treat. meet that the decided to furnish it to thoso who might call for it. She started 'with only a feW dollars' capital, and the remedy, posSessing true and wonderful merit, producing many oures when doe. tors and other remedies failed, the de- mand grow eo rapidly she was several times coinpolled to seek larger quarters. She Iloilo oeoupies one of tho eity's largest °Moo buildiuge, which sho owns, and al. Most one hundred clerks and etenograph- ers are required to assist in this great eusinese. minion Wanton 'Use It. Moro than a million women have used Mrs, Miller's remedy, and no ninttor Where you live, she Mtn refer yOu tO ladiefi in youe own locality who eon and will tell any eufferer that MIS niarvoloua remedy really curt% womon, Despite the fact that Mrs, Miller's business hi vell extensive, 8110 18 tthvays willing to FOC aid and advice to every suffering woman and San (Molded to give, away 40 Women who have never used her medicine 40,000,00 IVOOtItabsolutely MIES, Every woman sugaring with pains in the head, back and bowels, bearing.cloWil feelinge, netvoustess, (Meninx Bensationa up the spine, melancholy, eloslro to cry, hot flashoS, wearinoas, or aloe from any eiluset shortld eit rioht dowe end tend her name and addeera to erre. Cora 33, Miller, :Sox 5716, Nokomo, and reeeive by mall (fret 00 charge in 11111 i 11 wre(0per) 41 08 -sent box of het marvelotia. medicine ; aleo hor valunbl‘i book, which every wo. man should ham. Remember thid Sffer Will not, last Ione, for thetuatfula thremende of wonnoi who ate sugerIng will tette etlyeetteee 04 CHAPTER XXIV. Nat once again, .9C long as as they re- main at Vallombrosa, uoes the envious cloud -blanket lift; and after slopping aliclut for 501110 11014 longer, in the vain hope:that it will, Burgoyne and his two female velatIverneleot return to the inn, all fallen very silent. The other lwo members of the party have disappeared Into the fog. Al the door of the hotel they find Mrs. Le MarChaill. who has broken teem her cerements, andIS looking anxiously out. As she catches sight of them the look of tension on her face lessens. "Oh here you are!" says she. "I arn So glad; and the others—no doubt the others are close behind." "Wo know nothing about the others," replies Cecilia, with some ill -humor, tak- ing upon het-. the office of spokeswoman, which neither of her companions seems in any hurry to assume; "the others took French leave of us an hour ago. Oh dear, how wet I am 1 What n horrible excursion I How I detest Vallombrosa 1" Amelia is to the full as wet as her 545 - tor; nothing can well be more lament- able than the appearance of either ; and upon Amelia's face there is, in addition le a handsome share of splashes from rain, a look of mortification and crest- fallenness; but she now puts In her word, with her usual patience and thoughtful good -temper. "I do not think you need be In the least anxious about them," she says, ob- serving the immediate romps° ento what seems an exaggerated concern following instently upon Ceollia's remark on Mrs. Le Merchant's features; "they were with us not long ago. Wo were certainly all together -not, ao long ago; they were with us et, the Paradiso—they were cer- tainly with Us at the 'Paredizo ?" turning with on interrogative air to Burgoyne. "Yes, they were:certainly with us at the Paradise," he assents, not -thinking it necessary to add why he is so sery °er- ten op- to this. fact. "They meat have so much inducement te loiter this charming weather," cries Cecilia, with an exasperated laugh. "011, how wet I aml I do not expect that we shall any of us ,forget Vallombrosa in a hurry 1 I shall go and ask the chamber- maid to lend me some dry shoes and stockings." With these words she walks towards the staircase and climbs it, leaving a muddy imprint on each sterto mark her progress as she mounts. Amelia does not at once follow her ex- ample. She remains standing where she was, her arms hanging listlessly by her sides, and the expression of ceeslfallen- ness deepened on her fogged face. Her lover is touched by her look; and, go- ing up eo her, lays his hand kindly and solicitously on her shoulder. "Umbrellas ere not what they were in my clays," he says, trying to smile. "You are Mate as wet as Cis, though you do not proclaim your sufferings nearly so loudly. Had not you better go and see whether the chambermaid owns two pairs of. dry stockings?" Sloe 11115 her eyes with wistful grati- tude to his. "This is my treat," she says slowly; "my that treat id you; oh, poor Jim I There is a depth of compassion in her toile 'as disproportIonect to the apparent cause as had berth Mrs. Le Merchant's anxiety for her daughter's return, and beneath it he winces.. , "Why do you pity me?" he enquires, halt -Indignantly. "Am ' "A milksop; one that never in his life . Felt so much cold as over shoes in snow?" • - What do 1 care for a little rain?" add- ing cheerfully, "You shell give mo a -natural that he should, and I am sure second treat, dear; eve evIll cotne here that she wished IL" again by ourselves when the suit "You ere making me feel extremely shims." uncomfortable," says.13ergoyne gravely; : "By ourselves—when the sun shines I" "when I remember that it was I who in - echoes she, as If repealing a lesson ; and traduced him to you." then she goes off docilely, in obedience to "Oh, I am not biamitig you," replies 'hi& suggestion, In -seaech of dry raiment. she, with an obvious effoetto resume her Ile rejoins Mos, Le leterollant, whose usitel coutneous manner. "Please do not unaccountable fears have led her beyond- think I arn blaming you. How could you Ole 'house's shelter out into 1.ho ran, help it?" where she stands looking down that "I thought you liked him," river of mud winch represents the road "Oh, so I do—so wo both do 1" cries 411e by Which she hopes to see ,the truants poor - woman agitatedly. "That is the reappear. worst of it I If I did not like him, I "1 think. you are eunnecesearily should ad mind; at least, I should not alarmed," he says, in a reassuienn and mind NM so remonstrating tone. "What 1021111 could "lam very sorry," he begins ; but she hem happened to them ?" trilerrupts him. Sho does not answer, her eyes, into "Do not be savvy," she says remorse - which the rain is beating under her ton- fully ; "you have nothing to say to IL I brolla beim, still fixed upon the empty 410 not know, I am sure"—Jooleing grate. , fully et inn through the rain-J'why I "Is she—is. she apt to Mire cold?" he ane alweys regaling you with my wor- asks, Ms Own lone coloning the infection ries ; but you are so dependable—we 01 1101 vegee and narnelesti disquiet. both feel 1110.4 you aro so dependable." "Yes—nonol, particularly, 1 Illink. "Ain 1)" says he, with a melancholy Oh, IL ie not that 1"—her composure ale that does nel, argue much geatifica- beeaking clown into an unaffected out- 14041 at the compliment. "Do not bo too burst of distre10-411 is not that I Do not eure of thee 404.1 nodersiand 7 011, how unwilling 1 BM 0110 does not heed ills disclaimer. was to come hero lo -day I 11 is—clo not eeei0 me° been se hapRoylLereio,'O'kg shIlie you see? 011, 1 shotticl not mind la 1110 (4000 on; "I do not mean ro lend if ft had been you that wore with round with an Involuntary smile al the her I" , envelope: of wet vapor that encases there "If it hed been 1 that was with her?" bolle—"Mit, at Merano ; so peacefully, repeale jim slewly, net at the first in- blessedly 1m11py she and 1-3'001 do rot stunt comprehending, nor even et the know"—With 012 appenlIng LOUC11 of smond quite lining in 1110 Iti 11, though polhos—"whal, a dale iffile companion uninlerdlonel mnomplImenthrinces of 0110 Is 1—so heppy that 1 in Meetly do Ilile speech; '1'51111111, however, before his not want our memory of the place to be eminamion again lakes tlp her nalabie, spoilt by any painful conlreleMles, Yteu line linglingly reached—what? Ills cart underslend the!, emmot you?" heart, o' only bis vanity? They Ile veey 11 42 senseless of him ; bee yet, , 1111111 eller together ns he ettn doomed:tend why 14 441011144 be this getunenti means of 02114,0 cured. SO "Why1114 1101 he go home 144/1111 111580, 1110 idea of 114)141.0 love being de. if yu e ore tilitte, do not entree 041011100 111" Mene" 1)41)00411M esues em Lo Marchenl, sallied es "painful con lectempls ' pre day, bee 0001.1 emir mono 1)11 It:wrest te n111 in thet volee of intense vexation. ,senls 115014 1102. disagreeably lo his 0114141, bo- '91 would 112110 Leen 20 much 111001 Por WhateVer mysterious reaeon, 11 42 11 STRANGE pRptcvons Planetary Professor' Foretells Eremite and Quickly Reads the LIves of People, Thoupb Thou- : sends of Miles Away, Sends Letters , 10 4410 Well lind Poor Alike, in Which Ile Advises Them About Business, Marriage, Stimulation, Love ,Affairs, AVeallb, Etc. Offers Free Reaffirms to All Who Write and Send Date of Birth. In his office le New York City, sur- rounded liy (,harts and dials of strange de. elgu, Prof. Albert E.. Postol etudiee daily over the livee of mon and women who have written him for ariviee on affairs of busi- ness, love, spec -illation, travel, marriage, health and Ole important evouts of life, The following letter gives en idea of Mr. Pedal's ablliiy: MISS EPPA M. TRYON. Prof. Postel Dear Sir—You are certainly the most wonderful astrologer living. Every one of your prodictious came true. I consider that you niot only saved me from an aw- ful death but prevented the lees of hun- dreds of dollars. I trust that many people will profit by your advice, Sincerely. MISS EFTA M. TRYON. The accuracy of recent predictions made by this eminent Astrologerhas caused many of his friends to believe that he possesees a supernatural.- ower, but ho modestly asserts that his predictions are due alone to a scientific understanding of the natural laws. 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Ask for a Croat -West Calendar. rive on-re/pied 3,703,578. 09 7,14l,89 apparent 11141 24511 Byng's etwo mother' cermet be 11111011 more adverse to Itle suit Ulan IS the Indy benne him, "1 ean peefeetly enter loth your reel. ings," 110 answers, with sy,mpathelle gravity; "but do not you know that 'a watched pot never boils ' 7 AS 'Ong os you are looking far them, they will Dever appear; lluttloe 42101420421 41101 your back ie turned theyfli tilIn01,01trinneler 1att 10011,101tee."truest w,,_ pet:01)01y come room/ proverb In the world," she says, with an impatient sigh; hut elle allows lolrll le guide Iler 114(11 1102 umbrella, back to the Inn. Ilurgoyne's prediction is not verified ; probably he had no very great faith in 11 himself. Mrs. Le elarehant's back has, for the best, part of tin hour, been turneg upon the mountain road,and the strag- glere have not yet: rejoined the main body. There tun beemplenty 01 11100 for Cedle to be thoroughly dried, wriemed, comforted, and restored to good humor ; for the veleuteno to send 111 and ask whether he shall not put the homes 10; for Amelia to exeaust all her Iffile Lapor- te*, of soothing hypotheses ; for Mrs Le Merchant to stray in restless mikery front salon to sane a manger and back egain, and for Burgoyne to pun gloom- ily at. a large cigar In the hall by himself, before al length the voices of the truante ma heard. Burgoyne being, as 1110111 said, in the hall, and therefore nearest the door of entrance, tuts the earliest sight of thern, ills first glance tens him that the blow apprehended by Mrs. Le Merchant has fallen. OE Elizabeth, indeed, Ile scarcely catches a glimpse, au she passes him hee ; who, at the sound of heroice, has v elecipitately, hurrying to nieleLlline.r 010- t come running into the other Byng 1 Byng has not 'experieneed so many very strong emotions in Ins short Ilfo as to have had much practice In veiling them from the eyes of others when, they come, and the gauze now drawn over his Intolerable radiance is of the thinnest description. served watcher notes) with civeadful-air adc bef 0 re '5A:ft:as:J.:a' rist.hutliet, earnest desire to hit him hard elder friend. "Why, aro you back before us !" cries 11e, yye.o,t: nwge nal arre1.1) replies Burgoyne ; and 11 1410 penally had been death, he could not at that moment have added one syllable to Me acrid essent. "Are WO 'late?" asks Elizabeth tremu- lously ; "I am afraid we are late—I alli afraid We have kept you walling! Oh, I aro so sorey I" She looks with an engaging timidity of apology from one to the other the sulky countenances around her; and Burgoyne, stealing a look al her, their eyes meet. Ile is stortled by the singu- larity of expression in hers. Whatever IL denotes, it certainly is not the stupid simplicity of rapture to be read in print tu big as a poster's in 13yng, And yet. among the many ingredients that go to make up that shy fevered beam, rapture In undoebtedly one. "Did you lose yourselves? Dld you go further into the wood?" asks Cecilia, WIth-ts curiosity ,that is, considering the provocation given, not unjustifiable. They both reply vaguely that they had lost themselves, that they had gone deeper into the wood-. IL is obvious to the meanest Intelligence that, neither of themlias thenslighteet idea Where they have been. "I moy as wen tell the driver to put the horses in," says Burgoyne, in a mat- ter-of-fact voice, glad of an excuse to absent, himself. When lie comes back, he finds the Le Merchants staodtng together in the win- dow, talking in a low voice and Byng hovering near them. IL is evident to ;rim that the elder women has no wish for converse with the young 411012; but in his present condition of dizzy exhilara. lion, he is guile unaware of thnt fact. Ile approaches her indeed (as the unob- of Mint piety, ancl addresses her in a, lone of apology it is true, but with a twang of intimacy that, had name ap- peared in his voice before. "You must, not blame 1100'; indeed you must not, 11 was entirely my fault. I am awfully sorry that you were &armed, but Indeed there WaS TIO cause. What did you think had happened? Did you thine—with an excited laugh of tiiumpli end a bright blush—"Inal, I had run off with her?" The speech Is in extremely Ind taste, S11100, whatever may be the posture of affaies between himself and Elizabeth, it is morally impossible .aal. her mother can yet be enlightened as to It ; the familiarity of it, is therefore premature end the jocosity Ill -placed. No one can bo more disposed to judge it severely than it unintended auditor ; but even he is :startled by the effect it produces. Without making the smallest attempt at an answer, Ivies. Le Merchant Instant- ly turns bee shoulder upon lbe young man—a smile of ‘Vili511 Jim would turn thouglit so genliemionnered a person quite incapable, and walks away from hint with 54 determined an ate that even 11 penson in the seventh heaven of drunk- enness cannot mistake her meaning. Nor does Elizabeth's conduct offer him tiny indemnification. She 'follows her mother a little mac slowly ; and, as she passes Jim, he sees lint she is ehaking violently, noel that her face is 04.3 white as chalk . A sort of generous indignation neennst the mother for spoiling the poor ittlie soul's (lest moments of bliss mixes curiously in his mind, with a less noble selisfaction at the reflection tha4 there are undoubtedly breakers _ahead for Byng. "lidiv—how aro WO 10 divide?" cries Cecilia, as they all stand at the door while the two carriages drive ten No ono answers. lite aerangement seems planned by no one in particular, and yet, as ha delves down the hill, Burgoyne finds himself , sitting opposite the two Hems Wilson. He is thankful, that the raised hood arid unfurled um- brellas: Of the second egoipage prevent 1110 haVing any ocular evidence of tho ecstasy tha4 is under that wet . leather and that cleipping silk veil. But even Iffis consolation is not long 1411 11101. As they leave the 11r -wood, they come out 01 11111 clouds, too, into ciertr' lower air. Hoods. are pushed beck andumbrellas elltrt. The horses, In good heart, W1111 homeward-lettencl heads, . 411'ick0(:1 With emillation by nnotlicr earriege attend of 1112111, trot cheerfully clown the road— the road with all its bent -elbow ings—flown, down, inth the valley be- neath. Rut the clouds that have rolled weer off the everting sky seem Co have settled down 144/1 111 double density upon the spirit of Burgoyne and his compels - ions. Even Ole fountain 01 Ceellitt's chat, ter ls dried, Once she sin% suddenly e propos do belles— . "She 'mita be yeers alder than he I" To which Amelia, entiekly rejoins— rti TO paint 'YOUR }COUSIN Inside ▪ hod 004 with lest the ehrt/Ltreucl of color for &ebbing's), heeeW eh. strength, TO keep TOUR HQUME fdieor,. • fel and brleht throughoue sum- mer and winter. TO brand YOWL EIDUSE with „s. • quiet elegance ainonpt its fee' lows. Prim) just right for the pureat and best. Write for our Post Card Series "C," showiugleow some house') are painted. . A. RAMSAY & SON CO, Montreal, Tee. eate 45 PAINT MAKERS 1. ru Bur po.uir JrzzumrortornummEwmzmnaleib. r N110,011111'4 "But she does riot look It." It is /limos', the only realm* sbe makes during the long delve, and Burgoyne is thankful to her foe her silence. Con- sclotte et and grateful for her magnani- mity as' he is, them is yet something that jars upon him In her intuition of Ids thoughts, and in her eager eliam- pionehlp of that other woman. Ile looks out blankly al the flowers welly smil. ing from field and berth, a the endless garden of embracing vines and embraced mulberries, joining. their youlig leafage; at the stealing elver and the verdurous hill -sides. In vain for him Italy's sprIng laughter broadens across the dolma! youth of her face. (To be continued). foiAteueVWV~AWANW4011 ON THE FM 011/4•0('SWAAANYVVVelWANN, FEEDING BEFORE CALVING. Is it not a bit strange that farmers will feed before calving those feeds hav- Mg every other function el:rept that of rnitk procluuctIon? asks Mr. II. E. Cook. What mason, II a MOM annlysiS is made, can be given for feeding corn, timothy hay, stalks, silage and the like without other feed, to either a Mier with hee that calf, or a mature cow while the udder is growing? Why, just stopa moment and 1114104, At this period is the' very greatest demand for building material, the amount of blood necessary -foe the young is deity increasing. The growth of udder tissue in the -heifer is particuleely .repid. Why doesn't she IiisI 141(1 811014. space of two weeks, or perhaps four weeks would cover the iimit, grow Me whole udder tissue? This ia not merely an expansion ; no, it is a new growth, made for one pur- pose only, that ormilk 'production. We know well enougli that these carbona- ceous feeds will not of themselves deem milk, and yet without thought, we feed som salts, bathing udders and wonder - but a milk -producing ration, and thus re - °fatly young heifers, concentrated feeds before calving.. wonder that a man dare feed cows, espe- game, end then 511 up nights giving ep- Of course there is a lack of milk flow. mous. Men come irno our stables and duce the fevered udder trouble to a mint - no mistakes. Self-peeservetion is her them at Mils most .211(101 stage of the ing could some one give us n cause for this fevered condition and lack of milk. Did you ever see fever and full nornial flow associated? They are not synony- murn. How 0(111113' cows one can see of good dairy conformation ; loose skin, clean, nice head, a bright rye and large opening Into the abdominal.wall. And you say, teat, certainly, should be a isn't, that's all. A. little, small, measly udder, it could leaves out the commercial side of the doubtful organization, and yet she gives good handlers, open, bony structure, good cow, bul—liut what? 'Why, she not da business if it tried. All .because secreted to grow her young, and se she proposition. Farmers are often unable the fellow who fed her gam nothing to make it. Nature, if len to herself, makes and she knows enough 0114144 should be are often led to doubt the so-ccilled dairy me more milk. No question aboul it at first law. Tho body must be nourished type or 000/ to be so disappointing, end laill‘aatr:iyned, le understand how it is possible for this type. They will say, here is EL COW of a. No, I wouldn't feed them corn meal, know young men with only an ordi- ownership of gray matter, who are outstripping others of unque.s- none* superior natural equipment. Animals will not often make an effort to put, 25 pounds of milk into a ton - pound udder. Sometimes they will try, I know, but the udder soon gives away and her usefulness ceases. We talk and write much about breeding better cows, and we should never cease, but we have thousands .af cows to -day, whose breed- ing is In advance of the care and feed they get. 01 what value is conformation ilesanentisatl n aiauelclheerd ?of COmparative develop, COWS are not bran wilh full grown udders. The poselbillty for development Is nature's own, but the actual realiza- tion is up to the feeder. We all under- stand tha4 our viewpoint geverns. While I have said nothing new, maybe it has been put in a different hglat, and so may Influence S01110 COW owner to begln study of the business end of a dairy cow, Om udder. PLAN'T1NG POTATOES. Proper preparation of land tor potatoes begins in autumn with an application of stable manure and thorough breaking of the land: But if 111114 1105 been neglected, a very good crop may be raised by spring breaking. In fact, about the finest potatoes I over raised WLIS in 1000, 1 spring brealcing, writes Mr. A. 13: Thomas. Soli composition cuts somewhat of a figure also as regarcLs preparation and kind of tools used. My soil is loam and clay with a plentiful mixture of gravel; but withal clay enough to bake and practically voin a crop if stirred too wet. The drag should be used very sparingly, if al, all, when such land is the least bit heavy. The disk is my standby, and while I always desire to plant reasonably nty advice to anyone tempted to go on the land while wet is—don't 1 For most crops (4 15 best to allow the bottern of the broken layer of soil to compact to some extent before planting, but I do not believe there is anything to ba gained by this practice In potato planting. I want the sent just as mellow end line as I can get it down the full depth. Then in laying off, -I have not ad- vanced to the potato planter yet. I want to use a plow that will throw out a clear, open furrow, the bottom of NV111011 is at least 3 inches below the surrounding surface, and that looks pt•elly deep with the soil thrown out by the plow lying at each side. This deep laying orr serves a double purpose, especially for early planting, by getting the seed down beyond reach Of possible frost and also out of Ole way 01 1110 drag, which I will mention later. Then plant a piece of seed about every IS inches in the row and cover with a fur. row from a small turning plow from e ach. side. 'This looks like an immense amount of work just for planting, bul it will work out all right both In yield and ease of niter cultivation. 1110 often next to impostible to get the soil mellow in among the vines, right where 11 noecls loosening the worst, when packed and baked by rain and sun in shallow planting, but when planted deep and ridged on lop, I 01111 51111 a heavy drag over the ridges, straddling each ridge with Ole tram, -This is done just before Ole potatoes come up and the soil Pi lett loose in the rows, level for culti- vation and all the weeds are extermi- nated, which at this stage of the gamo means, 0. crop almost :raised so far as work is concerned. A couple ot harrow - logs with a spike barrow and one or two cultivations 44421411 410 plow will be culti- vation enough Unless the land be ex- tremely foul and 110 1200141 tioeing or but little need be done. Now about applying menure, I find It ✓ lsley to use fresh manure in spring, on account ot web, but If same is applied either on Plowed or unplowed land in the fall, it seems all right ond much more is lost for want of manuring than for ex- cess 01 11, I think. WRONG SOUP. Diner: "I 5037, waiter, there's a feather in Uns hare soup." Waiter "Beg Pardon, sir, so there is. I see I have glven you otricken soup by mtslake." 000***6390 0 0 0 et) c0. 0 0 ***0******4400008 Grippe or Influenza; whichever you like to call it, is one of the most weakening diseases known. Scoff s Emaisfrora, which is Cocl Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in easily di- gested form, is the greatest strength -builder known to medical science. It is so easily digested that it sinks into the system, making new blood and new fat, and strengthening nerves and muscles. Use Sco7et%s Banda ion aftet Influenza. Invaluabk for COMMIS and Colds, , ALL DIRUOOISTElt BOo. AND $1.00: *0 00000000000***400* YOUNG FOLKS """4"74)1UC"***G*Cia°411 B. Jack Engle Wee very fond of dogs. 0110:COOldeeartve told that from the IwaY, he'entreye 'spied Went from near and far. This explains the reeson for hts stop, ping eliort, in the midst of eatlog one of Mrs. Thomas's good coothee, the night ba and Ids mother came to het' house. MPS. Thence asked WM if the corekY Was not good, to which he shyly answered that it wits, but teld 410 0(104,0, No ono knew why 42 wits lani on his plate, until after lea, when Inc whispered to his ma - liter, and then menher, nick, and the half cooky went out to find the dog. Reece was not a gentle dog. Jack did not venture very near inni for the bark- inet and grOwlIng were enough to frighten a, much stouter heart than his. Bruce tugged at his chain all the harder when he saw the boy throwing some- thing towards hen. Not until both the lady and the littlelny had disappeared dld Bruce's anger noel enough to allow him to lie &nest again. Then Ile emelled something good. 11 4405 near 111111 I Near enough so that the cruel chain could not keep 41101 120111 gettieg IL Oh. how good it was I Here WITS another piece—and another, still more—ell within reach. The next manors; Beene had forgotten the fine lunchhe had found and the hor- rid cbaln was making him cross, and. the voice of the man who fed hine had made him feel still crosser—and here came the lady and the boy again. That boy would peobably throw stonos at him and try to make him run after him as the boys he had seen always did. But no, the boy held out another lunch to him. Oh, how good it looked 1 And the . lady was saying, 'Poor Bruce --good dog.' Could they mean him 1 No growl - Mg or barking this time when the muffin was broken and thrown to him 1 When they left, Bruce was lyIng, licking his chops after the good meal he had had, and watching them with wistful eyes. He was tryhig to decide, in his own dog wey, whicll be really liked best, the good meal or the Mod voices of both those new people. When Jack and ins mother came that night, Bruce was certainly glad to see them. He had had a long, hard day, longing to run and stretch his stiffened legs, but he forgot how cress he was when he saw his new friends and a whole cruller lying in Jack's hand. In a few days Bruce was acting like a. different dog; the kindness shown him VMS making him forget to grOWI and snap, for alter Ills friends had gone Ile would remember their tones and how they always spoke to him as if be really, were a good dog One day Mrs. Thomas and some of the people in her house came -out to see how _Bruce eves changed, and ,I0 1 before them all he let Sack pat him 'on the head, his tail wagging, and he was toying to lick the ehild's band.' it,fie:s. Engle then pleaded that 1324.100should bo unchained towards oight. "Ha will surely come back to see Sack at tea- tim„ "But," said Mrs. Thomas, "he will try to bite people, I am sum." "Lot us take hint mit in the fields, then, ond unchain him there, and I am sure he will lose all his crossness if he is al- lowed to run every day," begged Mrs. EngotSruce, Jack, and Mrs. Engle started towards the lots back of the house, for Mrs. Thomas livecl out in the country. Bruce did oot try to run away from Jack, he walleett beside him as long as jalked ekkteopt 1112 hand on his head and ta At length the hateful chain was off the dog's collar, and he MIS free. Jack called, "Come along, Bruce," and started to rune 132uce stood still a moment, and then bounded along. lion' he raced and tore 1 How Ile rolled and leaped in the atr I It was good to hear him bark now, for it was a very different hark from the one with which Ile, had greeted Jack and hts mother that first night. Little by little the hours of freedom wore lengthened. Little by Ititle 13rude found jack's friends were Ms friends, too, until by the time Jack left for his home in the city Bruce was a beloved member of Mrs. Thomoe's household. Even dogs like -kind words, don't they? WATCal 17011 WAFER BOMBS. Very Easy Metter to Cause an Explo- sion Now -a -days. So expert, are bornb-makers now -a - days that an apparently harmless fetter may kill any person, who tries to open II. A ,plece of cardboard 45 cut to a size which, when folded over, evill 111. into an ordinary envelope. The four corners of this ere slit into narrow strips. Fulintonth at mercury Is spread over three 01 4110 slits and the sheet is folded cted fastened together. Projecting them each side of the folded sheet is o. little metal stripe or detonator, ghted to the criedhottrd i01 such a manner that the (1114/5101)4 2001141. be opened without etriking one of them. :Upon meeting this slight mistime° the hand moving the paper cutler instinelively pushes herder, and 1110 rettult is an explosion find either kills or mainie. The ensicel, bomb in construct is set Ir operation by simply turning 11 op - side down. IL is usually a good-sieed biscuit -box, lined with paper and holt filled with a mixture ot chloride of pot- assium ancl ordinary sugar. Into this a bottle of a powerful ackl is lotroduced. The remainder of the spine 102411/ box is filled with emotes of 1)1e101. Then the lid is eoldered on. All the is .then 1100 5881(2.)' is to plinth 1110 box, 1I1)5I41e dowti et 1110 sprit Mt which It Is to explode. The acid eats quickly throttgh the emir; ot thelentle, and Mines in contact with the ehlorale at PotassiuM. As a rosult of ilia rho- rnical combination tehlelt linos plaeo there is a terrific explosion, HE 011014.111 THEM. "Yee," Deleted the evlse chap, "wealthy, men often &male memorial Whitlows." "Well," spoke up the smart boy, "(hero nre„Iwo windoeve is I donated th404)0100tItnt' will slwRys loin; up Mettle rica." "Memoriee of wtutte" "'rho newts/II enect,n"