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011A1"f1+1R XXXIX.-(Continued)
"That's it," 'Merritt whined, Intik-
only,
nok-only • "Jus'b as 1 was properly
spoofing everybody as I -I mean just
418 T wan getting used to a better
til h eI1 , t you can save ate, miss;
you
can tray d 7ty As you teem hater! up
for !non and that knowing, an I
knew tho ropes, you got me to pawn
it for you. Put it In that way and
there's no a policeman in England
as can touch ate."
I had thought of it," Chris said,
with a Pretty assumption of dis-
tress. "But, but -Mr. Merritt, I
have a terrible confession to make,
It was not 1 who marled the Police:
it was somebody else. You see, the
star was not pry property at all. I
-I got it in Leedom"
Mr. Merritt looked up with lnvol-
untel-y' admiration,
„You don't mean to say as you
nicked it?" he asked. "Well, well,"
Chris bout her face lower to con-
ceal her agitation. Her shoulders
were heaving, but not with emotion.
The warmth of Merritt's admiration
had moved her to silent laughter,
and she had macre the exact Impres-
sion that site had desired.
"I have telegraphed to the lady,
who is more or less of a ttriend of
mine," she said. "1 have urged her
to take no further steps in tho mat-
ter••. I fancy that she is et good artd
hind girl and that -but a reply.
might come at any time."•
There was a reply on the way now,
.as Chris knew perfectly well.. The
whole tllil.,g had been carefully ar-
ranged and planned to the moment
by Steel awl the others.
1 dare say they'll let you down
•easy," Merritt said, disconsolately;
"but it'll bo hot for me. I've cop -
.Ped it too many times before, you
see.''
"Yes, I see," Chris said, thought-
fully. "Mr. Merritt, I have made up
my mind: if I had not-er-borrowed
that star, it would not have been
lost, and you would not have found
it, and there would have been no
trouble. AMy conscicuco would nc't
rort if I allowed you to bo dragged
back into the old life again. I am
going to save you -I am going to
tell the police that you pawned that
star for mo at my instigation."
Merritt; was touched even to tears.
'There was not -an atom of chivalry
in the rascal's composition. Ho had
little or no hoed for the trouble that
his companion appeared to bo piling
up for borself, but he was touched
to the depths of his soul. !lore was
a clever girl, who in lien own way
appeared to be a member of his pro-
fession, who was prepared to sacrt-
•ftce herself to save another. Self-
sacrifice is a beautiful and tender
thing, and Merritt had no intention
.of thwarting it.
"Do the and 'm yourpalfor
o L, I o
y
life," he said, huskily. "And 1 nov-
,or went back on a Pal yet. Ask
anybody as really knows me. Taint
ale if you weren't one of us, neither.
i d give a trifle to know what your
little game is here, ah?""
Chris smiled meaningly, Merritt's
.delusion was distinctly to be foster-
ed.
"You shall help me then, present-
ly," sh0 said, in a mysterious whis-
per. "Help mo and keep your own
counsel, and there will be the big-
,gnst job you ever had in your life.
,Only lot you and I got out of this
.mess, and we shaft see what we shall
'see presently.'
Merritt looked speechless admira-
tion. leo had read of this class of
high-toned criminals in the gutter
,stories peddled by certain publishers,
but he had never hoped to sleet one
in the flesh, Be was still gazing
open-mouthed at Chris e.s two mon
Carne along the avenue, They were
both in plain clothes, but they had
"policeman" writ large all over
,then!.
Cope, for a million," Merritt
gurgled, with a pallid face, "You
can tell 'em when you're asleep, And
they are after rte; they're coming
this way, 1'11 bo all right present-
ly.„
"I hope se," Chris saki, with - a
curling lip. "You look guilty
enough now,,"
Merritt explained that it was
merely the first emotion, and would
pass off presently, Nor did ho
boast in vain. Ile was quite cool
as the officers came up and and call-
ed him.
by, name.
"That's me." Merritt said.
"What's the trouble'!"
One of the officers explained. He
had no warrant, ho said, but all the
same lie would have to trouble Mr.
A'erritt to accompany Ilfin to More -
too Wells, A. dianond star not yet
definitely I.deal:Med had been !landed
over to the police, the same having
been pawned by James Merritt.
' Phat's quite right," Merritt said
cheerfully. "I pawned it for this
young lady here -bliss Lee. Of
course, if it is not her property,
why, then—"
'1710 ollleeitg were palpably taken
back. Ho knew more than he cared
to say. The star had been pledged
by Merritt, as he cheerfully admitted
but the owner of the star bad lost
the gem ih 'London under suspicious
ciroulnstances in which Miss Lee was
mixed up. And at present it was not
the policy of tho police to arrest
Miss Lee. That would come later.
"1 ain afraid that there has been
a misapprehension altogether," Chris
said. Allow me to explain: Mr.
Merritt, would you step aside for a
moment? I have to speak of private
%natters. Thank you. Now, sir, I
am quite prepared to admit that tho
ornament plorlged does not belong
to me, but to Miss Benson, whom I
met in London. I took tho star by
Mistake. Yog may smile, but I have
one very like it. If Miss Henson had
searched her Jewels properly she
would have Lound that she had my
star -that I had hors. I heard of the
business quite by accident, and tele-
graphed to Miss Henson to look
searchingly amongst her jewels. She
has a largo amount, and might eas-
ily have overlooked my, star. Flora
is a boy with a telegram. Will yo.0
take it front hila and read it aloud?
It is addressed to me, .you will Slid.
It was. It was signed "Enid ilea -
son"; it went on to say that the
sender was fearfully sorry for all the
trouble she had caused, but that sho
had found Miss Lee's star with her
jewels. Also she had telegraphed at
once to the police at Moreton Wells
to go no farther,
"Looks like a mistake," the olIcor
muttered. "But if wo get that tele-
gram—"
"Which has reached the police-
station by this time," Chris inter-
rupted. "Come into the castle and
ask the question over the telephone.
T suppose you aro connected?"
The olticer said they were; in fact,
they had only recently joined the Ex-
change. A brief visit to the tele-
phone, and the policeman carne back,
with a puzzled air and a little more
deference in his manner, with die In-
formation that he was to go back
at once,, as the case was closed.
"I've seen some near things in
my time, but nothing nearer than
this," be said, "Still, it's all right
now, Very sorry to have troubled
you miss."
Tho officers departed with the air
of men who had to be satisfied, de-
spite themselves. Merritt came for-
ward with an admiration almost
fawning. Ile did not know quite
how the thing had happened, but
Chris had done iho police. Smart-
ness and trickery of that kind were
the highest form. of his idolatry. Iiia
admiration was nearly beyond
words.
"Well, strike me," ho gasped, ,*Did
ever anyone ever see anything lilco
that? You, as cool as possible and
me with my heart in my mouth all
the thno. And there ain't going to bo
no trouble, no sort of bother ovor
the ticket,
'You hand over the ticket to mo,"
Chris smiled, "and thero will be an
end of tho matter. Aad if you try
to play me false in any way, why,
it will bo a bad day for you. Give
mo your assistance, and it will be
You ''i5 j 5 t Loi k to the Liver
If You Would Have GOOC9 Digelition and Good
Fieatti�, Bi is Kept Active by
DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY -LIVER PILLS.
Bile in the blood is Poison.
Belo in the intestines is necessary
to digestion and the healthful ac-
tion of the bowels.
Bite in the blood causes bilious
non's, headache, jaundice, meekly Com-
plexion and is the source of Minim-
•orable pains arid aches,
:Cho lack of bile in the intestines
brings on indigestion, coo stipation,
ki'tlecv derangements and a clogging
of the whole digestive 11181 excretory
14 stems.
' The liver separates bile from the
ltjood, where it IS 1015011, 11,1(4 pours
it into the intestines. whore it is
of inestimable worth,
For this reason the health of the
body is dependor t sit the health and
activity of the liver.
r iv I t
13y making the !lyse act n, no r w
ft bee0nms torpid anti sluggish, 4m,
Chnee'S lfidney-Level j llIs Motile
a healthful (low of bilo into the in-
test111es and the cure of all all -
amide arising Cron "bilo poison,
Indigestion clad constipation,
,!rot the liver right by using Dr.
C'how's 'Kidney -Liver ''ills anti y(11l
1 111101'0 060 00(180. of mow Polite
sine! Whoa, of many al110711hg Nemp-
te1n.H of-it'rpitdlle temper arid (1'
p141144411! eplri1 ',
There is no. livor regulator so cer-
tain of action, so quick to relieve,
so lastingly bonuficlal,
M'rs. James 1lrlllitls, (3011ov18
Street south, St. Cat'bnrines, writes:
"It given rue great pleasure to
spial( In commendation of Dr,
Chasojs .tii<In)'-1,il'l( Pills, 1'01'
some years prior to the spring of
111(10 1 was afflicted with sorious do-
rangce11e11t5 of the digestive 01.1,07
tions and liver and kidney clisol•dl-
ers. I tried many remedies with-
out the desired results, until I be-
gan the use of In. (114140'5 Kidney-
1.ivmi ''ills. After taking n few
boxes of this 1lnedleille 1 wee again
enjoying all my femme health and
Our. and, in fact, feeling better
than for Celt ,yral5, Other n(rmbees
of our family have else received the
best i'es111t5 from the use of the:
mlidieMe, anti 1 :hall always oon-
Slder myself under lasting obligation
to 1)r, Phase for what it lies Mone
for elle told imine."
fir: Chase's 7<tdncy-1.fver Tills, 25
coats .a Inv, ill all deele s, or Mkt'
)1111150)1,hales t& C'0.11130.117, T01.0117;
10. 'rile [sortralt 14(1d signature of
lir A. 11. Chase, the faittous '110-
ceiP1 ir� ak aa(thot, are oil ovary
box,
the best day's work you ovor did in
your 111e,"
Merritt's heart was gained. His
pride was touched.
"Mo go back on you?" ho cried
hoarsely, "After what you've done?
Only say the word, only give old
Jim Merritt a call, and it's pitch-
ancl-toss to manslaughter for those
,pretty eyes of yours, flood day's
world! Aye, for both of us,"
And Chris thought eo too,
CIIAI"1'791t XL.
Waiting with the eagerness of the
hound b1 teasel, David Stool 85700
more annoyed and vexed over the
disappeat'al.co of the wounded Van
Snoek than leo cared to admit, 11e
had an %teensy feeling that the un-
seen foo had checkmated bite again.
And he had built up so many hopes
upon this strangely -uninvited guest
of his. if that man spoke he could
tell the truth. And both Cross and
[kill had declared that he w wind
not die,
Daviel found Cross in a frank of
mind something like his own. :It
was late in the afternoon before it
transpired that Van Shock was gone
and, unfortunately, David did not
know where to liner Boll just at the
moment. Gross had very little :to
say.
A most unpleasant iueidont," be
remarked. "But these things will
happen. Wo have been . so busy
lately, and our vigilance has been
slightly relaxed. 011, it is impossible
to guard against everything, but he
is certain to be found."
"You don't think," David suggest-
ed, "that anybody secretly connect-
ed with the man's past—"
"No, I don't," Cross snapped:
"that would be impossible, The ruau
had something on his mind, and so
far as bodily condition was concern-
ed bo was getting quite strong
again. In his Glazed state he got up
and dressed himself and went away.
He seems to have been seeking for
somebody or somethir.5 for days.
Wo aro certain to have him again
before long."
With which poor consolation David
returned home again. Fle Was rest-
less axed desirous of human compan-
ionship, He even resented it, as a
kind of affront, that his mother had
chosen at this time to go to Has-
socks to stay with an old friend for
a couple of days. That Mrs. Steel
knew practically nothing of her son's
trouble counted for naught. There-
fore it was with something akin to
pleasure that David founcl Burr
Gates waiting in the drawing -room
for him when he came in from his
walk on the following afternoon,
Nothing had been heard ot Van
Suecic in the mealtime, but thanks
to Chris's telephone message late the
previous night he had got in touch
with 13011, who was coining south
without delay.
There was a look of shy, pleasure
in Ruth's eyes and a deep c0rmi110
flush on her cheeks.
"You don't think that this is very
bold of me?" she asked.
"1 am pretty Bohemian in any
case," David laughed, as he looked
down fondly into the shy, sweet
eyes. "And I'm too overjoyed to
see you to think about anything
else. I wish my mother was at
home. No, I don't, because I have
you all to myself."
".David! On an 000041011 like this
you ought to be tho pink of pro-
priety. D0 you know, 1 10110v0 that
I have made a great discovery?"
"Indeed, little girl! And what
have you found ont•?"
"Well, you must tell me something
before ley discovery scorns valuable,
Daviel, you arc a close student of
human nature. Is it possible for
mien of phenomenal cunning to tnako
careless 111180,1:es? Do the most
clever criminals ever male childish
blunders?"
"My dear child, if they didn't the
police would have very little chance.
For instance, I have discovered how
those enemies of out's got hold of
the notepaper that luted Van Snack
hero. They sent a messenger to C1ar-
ter's, in East Street, presumedly
knowing that my (lies were there,
and ordered a quarter of a town of
paper and oevelnpes. These 'wore to
be sent to an address in Past (hoe -
stead in a hurry. Now, that was
very .clever and smart but hero conics
the folly., Those people, in the
stress of business, actually forgot to
ascertain the cost and pay for the
paper, so that it was clown 111 yester-
day h1 (uerler's bill 011,
y last l
yes, I assure you, the most brilliant
criminals do the most itwreclihl3'
foolish
Ruth looked relieved. lice pretty
features relaxed into a smile,
'Mum Caney Reginald Heusi%
hos done se,'' she said. "1 fancy I
have solved the mystery of the cigar -
case -I moan, tho mystery of the one
1 bough L."
"And 11•b1ch 117115 charged for the
ono purchased at Walen's, hvueti
those tears. 1113 Lockhart's say
that our case 88118 really purchased
by an American."
"Yes, 1 know, And I fancy that
the manager 1101(05113' thought. so,
But 1. illluk I can explain that."
It was David's turn to look up
eagerly.
Po you meati 10" he exclaimed.
".1t will make a wonderful difference
if you eau. That has been ono of rho
most bewil(lcring 1,110m of the whole
puzzle: If we could only trace the
11tlnbers of those notes, I suppose
changed at the same time as the
cigar -case."
"1.14(144011 1 110 were not," Fruth
cried, "f. have ascertained that the
ease (0115 rllnitge(I by Henson as you
and 1- have already decided. 'Benson
made the exchange )1411"(11 the time
we thought,"
"Not whoa you left the package on
the table for 111111 to neo?"
"No; at least I can't say. Ile ]rad
the other case then, probably, pass-
ed 011 to him by Van Snook, Or
perhaps ho !novels/ tlsCCrtaieed what
I had purchased, That was su1110icut
for his purpose. Of course he mast
have found out . all about our
scheme. Attar I had laid thy cigar-
eaeo on your doorstop a man ()Meetly
changed it for the other pul'Clla5oti
at Walen's. But this Is the alterhlate
theory only, Any Ivey, I am abaci -
timely certain that you got ex140tly
the saute notes that we Mail plaided
in the original Case."
"That might he," 'David said,
thoughtfully 'But that docs not ex-
plain the fact that Lockhart's sold
your ease to tun Am, rico) at the
Metropole."
1 fan07 t eau even explain tient•,
UMW, 1117 41)10141 0011117 dmlvn suddenly
to -day front London. lie wanted
certain papers 111 n great hurry. Now
l.hoee pullers were tee': ed up 1n a
(11.114401' at 219 given over specially
to Air. Henson. 41!y envie promptly
broke open the drawer and took out
the papers, Besides these documents
the drawee' contained a pnckago In
one of Lockhart's big linen -lined en-
velopes --a registered letter envelope,
ill feet. Aly 1111010 tool little time to
spore, ns lie way boned to bo back
in London to -night. Ile suggested
that 115 the buck of the C1r11vr01' wag
/yam and the envelope presumably
s'oulctblod valua111es, 11111d bettor
take care of it. Well, 1 must admit
of once that I steamed the envelope
open. .f shouldn't have done so. if
Lockhart's name had not been on
the pap. In a little 0000. 1n5id0 I
found a (1141)110,111 bracelet, which I
have, in 111y ponket, together with a
receipted bill for seventy odd pounds
made out to lee."
"'1'o you?" Ilavid cried. "Do you
11111E111 to 847 that----"
"Indeed, I- do. 'l'ho receipt was
111(4111 -out to ole, .and with It was a
little polite nate to the effect that
Messrs, l:,ocichru•t had made the ex-
change, of the cigar -case for the din,
mond bracelet and that they hoped
Miss dates would find the !natter
perfectly, satisfactory."
(To be Continued.)
4
MAN'S VALUE TO THE STATE.
Some figures that Show Necessity
of Saving Life.
Dr, Bleary O'Neill is leading a
health crusade in the City of Bel-
fast Ireland, and he is devoting
voice and pen to the caus0. , The
Behest. Journal, which 110 edits, is a
well -illustrated publication, now 111
its third year. In the Detest issue
0.1)pe18115 the report of a lecture by
Ih'. O'Neill, in the course of which
he urged the wisdom of sanitary re,
font:, good food, aid healthy hones
on economic grounds. I10 pointed
out that the monetary value ol hu-
man life to the State lets 1(04)1 esti-
mated by the late 'D1'. Farr, who rai-
lculating the value of the. future
,-'ages of agricultural laborers and
of professional incomes, with inter-
est nt ;3 per cent., estimated:
At the ago of 110 years the
caslu value of a laharvt' at
low wages is 11 '10J
At the age of 50 years the
cash value of a laborer at
low wages 15 258
Tho cash value of a person in
a protession on a moderate
income at the age of 80
7(011•s is 5,70(1
And at the age of 50 years
is 5,53.1,
BY 111a1(ing careful ealculatio(Is it
is possible to state approximately.
the saving of money to the State
that may- be obtained simply by
saving !unman life. By comparing
the deaths that occurred in 111311074177
thy towns With those which took
I placein healthy cl:str•icts, it has
;been found that mere than 100,000
deaths occur every year in Grcll
Britain that alight, with proper
Ijcare 1• S'• S
I Ur. prevented, ( Spencer
p 1 L
Weds tools the average cash value
of 11un1an lifo of each person ret
about 31150. The average duration
of human .life in Great .Britain six-
ty years ago has been recorded at
about thirty years. According to
Mr. ]3umphtey's recent life tables 1t
is now about forty-nine years. 'flee
'population in less than fifty years
has increased by over eight lntt-
lions without counting those persons
who have left the country, each in-
dividual being' worth to tho State
at least .31.50. Should we calculate
Dr, O'Neill urged, only Iwo out of
nigh!: millions ol increased numbers
as the result of sanitary work, their
,eeon0mic1l value w0u1d thus not be
loss than 300 million pounds star-
ling, and that amount a clear gain
to the country.
Scrofula may be described
els 1 ` scattered consumption."
To cure it take Scott's Emu!.
sion.
Scrofula is consumption of
the sinail glands under the
skin, and these break out into
sores, Scott's Emulsion heals
these sores.
But there's more to the
story. The loss of flesh and
great weakness that comes
with Scrofula is a regular part
—t
of the disease he same as in
consumption of the lungs. For
this as for the sores, Scott's
isjust the y.
Emulsion I
strength are
Flesh and
ained by the use of
� Scott's
Etnulsion
quicker than in any
other way.
Scrofulous children improve
in every . wayon Scott's i;tnul.
sion.
Sona for Pito amok.
SCOTT ac 110W N3, Choneas,Toronto, Ont.
" IT'S SUCCESS"
is no romance but simply an evidence of wha
will do.
incomparable quality
Ceylon Tea is the purest and sweetest nature can yield, Sold only
in sealed lead packets, Black, Mixed or GREEN. By all grocers,
Given the gold medal and highest award at St. Louis.
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,r5 ,(M7 SSW%.q�
1t000ilAUII 1'OR THE DAIIRY
COW:
33y the Corm roughage as here used
we moan to include fielders, stover,
silage, roots, and hay of all kinds.
Although wo shall treat separately
we do not: mean that they should
he fed Huts, for all of them are best
fed in connection with other rough-
age as well as with grain.
Wo place silage at the head, for of
all the coarse feeds for the dairy
cote this seems the most ideal. The
cow likes it, thrives on it, keeps
healthy. and yields a libereI supply
of milk. This is all that could be
asked. Silage is rich in carbohy-
drates hilt not in protein, hence it Is
best fed with clover hay, which is a
protein food. Though the cow which
is used to silage sloes well when fed
no it alone she will do bettor if
other dry fend is fed with it. The
amount to be foci depolids upon the
maturity ot the corn when put in the
silo, well matured fodder allowing
of a smaller feed, Thirty to forty
[boldiellt. daily per cow shauld be suf-
(ics
Tests at the Vermont and Wiscon-
sin experiment stations show that
while silage contains the same
amount of nutriment as (try fodder
more of it seems to bo digestible and
the milk returns from its use were
invariably higher.
The belief that milk from silage fed
cotes is inferior in quality has little
foundation. True there Is a slight
odor to milk from silage fed cows
but it is not objectionable. The but-
ter mado from it is not tainted and
of goof] quality.
00111 stover, or the matured stalks
is becoming more and more esteem-
ed as a feed for dairy coins. When
shredded, a great part of the mater-
ial which was fo1111erly wasted is
fatten. If the small and imperfect
eer5 are left in the fodder' when
husked by hand its feeding value will
be mucin increased, in fact many suc-
cessful growers of beef cattle fend
the corn tnbusked.
Tho sowing of corn so thickly that
it will not ear and culling it while
green and juicy for fodder gives a
tender food much relished by the
dairy cow, The fodder may be put
le the silo or cured in the shock, but
in other case it isdoubtful If as
ub
much nourishment is secured as if
1,!80 crop were sown thinner and left
teeth the cars were nearly matured.
Ten to fifteen pounds daily is a good
ration.
Clover hay has much to commend
it as a food for the dairy cow, and
es yet nothing has been found to
fully take its place. lleiug very rich
in protein It is the best rough ma-
terial to feed with silage or • %odder
known. The dust which is objection-
able for (horses is not noticed by
cows. Its being a legume and hav-
ing a largo root system gives it au
ad,lional value 415 a fertilizer.
'rimolhy hay can not be recom-
mended as a dairy food, Its nutri-
tive value is testi than that of clover,
while its cost is greater. It would
better be sold to buy clover where
the latter will not grow, or grain of
some kind. •
Alfalfa snakes very palatable hay
if rightly curer!. It is of consider-
able nutrient value and (deli in pro-
tein. Enormous crops aro sometimes
raised but the plant is difficult to
cure properly, and will hardly stand
tho northern winter several years in
succession.
!loots are less desirable for the
feeding steer than for the dairy cow,
as they tend to form a more watery
carcass. This is - not so detrimental
to the daily cow as good results
from their feeding in Jersey and ling -
land attest. A root ration takes
the place of silage where the latter
Is not to bo had. It is probable,
however, that iho silage is more
economical. '
Mangels aro the most economical
root to raise for tootling, 'B'hcy should
always be sliced or pulped. Ruta-
bagas, carrots and sugar beets aro
richer and 11111011 relished by the dairy
cow,
FARM NOTES.
ia OR THE FAMII
1)4 is stated to be very difficult to
differentiate between butter contain-
ing 11111011 incl little moist05e. When
the moisture has boon peoperly in-
corporated, butter may contain much
more thtu', sixteen , per cent, without
being recognized) except by special
methods.
The methods employed .in growing
crops for the calming factory aro
essentiality the same as those prac-
ticed by the market gardener and the
fruit grower, The preparation of
the land must be thorough, the ap-
plication of forlillzot's should bo
heavy and the constant 111118(; of
the soil with cultivators and 110es
during the growing season is never
to be neglected by the man who la-
bors to real) a good return.
001111E111 butter makers lisle a pro-
test of glazing butter with n. coat
of melted sugar. It is stated that
the butter ,e0 treated loops frayh for
a much longer time than smithery
butter, It Is carefully worked and
tacked and pit lip in 011e•p0lutd lots
and placed hi a cool room. It le
tlleliglazed by 1}a[ntieg the surface
with melted sugar, using a soft
brush and performing the operation
very quickly. The hot sugar melts
the surface of the butter and with it
forms a kind of a varnish which pro-
tects the 5110(0ce against the ail',
If thele is any one rule applicable
to all successful farming, it is in tho
old saying that "Whatever is worth
doing is worth doing well." More
intensive farming and a more exact
knowledge and practice of the best
methods in every branch are needed.
Thin can be obtained by watching
the agricultural papers which are al-
ways ready to give the methods fol-
lowed by the most successful farmers
and by the specialists in each branch
of the business, and by studying re-
ports of the agricultural colleges and
the experiment stations, which are
sent free to all who ask for them.
We say study them, and we do not
mean that all that they contain is
to he accepted as a guide for the
future work, Think about them and
see whether they are adapted to the
soil that yoea are working or the
crops you are growing.
LIVE STOOK NOTES.
By keeping your horses shut up in
a dark stable you may permanently
injure their eyesight.
Experiments have made clear that
it is not necessary, to grind grain
for horses having good teeth. When
animals are worked hard and have
only a short time in the middle of
the day to feed, ground grain will
prove advantageous.
It is just as necessary to give pro-
per attention to the keeping of
poultry, to the growing of grain or
the caring for and handling of a
farm as it is successfully to run a
business -house, a grocery, a dry -
goods establishment or a hank.
Those who succeed best apply the ne-
cessary ability, caro and attention
to supplying the needed wants, so
as to have profitable returns.
Tho foods fed Sens during the
winter should be an assortment of
grains hest calculated to invigorate
and provide for au egg yield. The
best of these seem, to be oats, wheat
and corn. Tho bulk of all winter
grain food should be oats and wheat.
if hulled oats can be provided, they
are butter. If a liberal supply of
wheat, oats and corn is furnished,
not more than ono fourth of the
whole ration corn, and fed to the
hens among the Litter, it will pro-
vide a good. egg ration so far as the
grain supply is concerned. If they
are not properly housed, such a
grain ration is not likely to bo
warm enought for them. More corn
or heating grain of some kind must
bo provided to make up for the lack
of comfort and shelter.
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GAMBLED IN MANSIONS.
American Adventurers Under Ar-
rest in Ireland.
A couple, dressed in the height of
fashion, who represented themselves
to bo wealthy Americans, and mov-
ed from mansion to mansion, but
who are alleged to be adventurers,
aro ender arrest in Ireland under re-
markable circumstances, They are
James Adams, aged 34, and his
mother, Elizabeth Aclanls, and they
were brought up at Armagh Police
Court charged with fraud.
The Crown Solicitor, who prose-
cuted, said that they had practically
gambled on mansions, and had been
carrying on systematic wholesale
swindling in Ireland and England,
They !lad been traced from
Queens
-
toeu where Mr. Adams representing
himself
as a wealthy American law-
yer, took the lease of a mansion for
several years, and obtained X.200
worth of furniture on credit, and
ran up bills with tradesmen for
provisions for himself, two sisters
and ln11Or.
Tinallyt0tthey disappeared, and next
turned tip at Dublin, where they en-
tered into an agreement for the lease
of a house in the fashionable quarter
with an option to purchase at
G00 . Furniture firms who wore ap-
plied to declined to send in orders
over 11230 without cash, and Adams
and his part,' left abruptly.
Lisburn, close to Belfast, was next
visited. An expensive house was
taken, and furniture wits sent in. 11y
a :Belfast fire'. t3rorerieo and other
necessaries were also supplied by
local traders. Leaving his unpaid
bills behind hire, Adams front on to
Armagh, where he entered into ne-
gotiatious ilupation
llallynrif'S Cafor fstle. Ite occo won told thatof
only a man of wealth could keep pap
the place with its 800 acres, but
Adams said be was used to expensive
MS1(10l ce, and wanted the place for
1115 411011101'.
Mrs. Adams presently appeared on
the scene, represented that she had
just come from America, and ex-
pressed annoyatico that, a residence
had not already, been 500111'ed for her
by her son. They were very particu-
lar about the stabling, stating the
Wages :Adams would keep many
horses, while he would have a coup-
le elf (11C1tar Ca'S.
'l'el•nus wolr arranged, decorators
were employed, a1(4 furniture order-
ed on an extensive scale. 'then thoy
wore traced by a Lisburn creditor,
who obtained a writ. The AdaInses
then 'fled to 1lalglan'd1, ane! Were er-
restod at narrows -ate. Irl Adams'
possession w41114'l101i1e-agelljs' lists of
5114111510115 .for sato from 117.(100 to
£)3,000,•
1
EVAN ROBERTS IN WALES
E17 iCTS 07 THE IG'R1AT BSA
VIVAL MOV11IIIENT.,
Bon Picture of the Revivalist and,
Iifs Audience -Fie is Deli-
cate Looking.
Onthe ledge al the rostrum filo.
ing the .ca,)gre51111011 a Surge Bible
lay on a purple Cushion, f1'one wheel',
two tassels daegled over the solemn
meads of the deacons (i3O., cldors),1
who occupy the forge open seats int -
mediately under the rostrumn, ' At
least a thousand people had elbowed
their way in. The service began'wltlt
prayer and 131UIe reading and hymn
stegiug. So far all seemed cairn,,
end almost r?tlVOntfanal. Garbe
manner and Matures -the pallid
cheeks, the powder streaked, fore-
heads -revealed to the accustomed
m0tt
ri f the t majority o
c 1!!411 he m
o j
Y Y
present were oolll0rs. They looked a,
rather stolid audience, and yet here
and there one saw a keen, excited
face in the crowd below. Evan Rob-
erts all this time -during prayer and
hymn alike -sat in the deacons' seat.;
An hour had passed, and he left his
place and mounted the rostrums
Looking at him from the gallery and
at close quarters, we were at once
struck with his apparent weakness
'and delicacy.
EVAN ROBERTS.
The thin, pallid face, the voice
subdued, but clear, the whole speech
and manner gave no hint of vigor„'
or power, One thing riveted atter,
tion. The eyes seemed to fasten on
the congregation with a glare and a
grip. I heard a collier describe the
same impression thus: "He looks
that Axed on you, and never pulls
bis eyes off yo,')." After reading a
short passage froth the Bible he be-
gan his address. It was all simple
and subjective. Be hail prayed, he
had seen visions, the "call, ' clear,
and commanding, had come to him,;
He had spoken about ten minutes,,
and suddenly a wave of excitement
like an electric shock :came upon the
people.
While he was still speaking they
burst forth -apparently without lead
or concert, but all and at once -into
singing. It was a familiar Welsh
hymn -by the way, everything was
in. Welsh -"Dyna garlad fel y mor-
oedd" ("Here is love vast as the
ocean"), and again and again they
sang the same hymn. The address
was resumed amid cries of "Amen'-
and 'lDiolch iddo" (Thanks be to
Him"). Presently a young man
pushed his way through the crowd
and, kneeling in the rostrum, began
a fervent prayer of penitence and fon
pardon. Once again, in the midst
of his prayer, the whole congregation
break forth into a hymn, repeated
with amazing fervor and vigor Dight
times.
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
The hours creep on. It is long,
past midnight. Now here, now therein
some ono rises to make his codes-
slon and lays bare his record before
the people, or falls upon his knees
where he is and in loud and fervent
tones prays for forgiveness. Hymens
seem the only adequate channel for
expressing their joy and thankful -
(Less. It sounds incredible, but this
succession of prayer, of address, of
m fr n went confession, of singing, w o 0 0
7 'o'clock at night' wife! 3 o'clock in
the morning. "Succession" was nob
always an adequate description, bee
cause several tinges during the night,
when the exciteneut was at its high-
est, the outbursts were not successive
but literally simultaneous, These
cross -currents were confusing, and
once or twice one felt as if the whole
scene was a dream or a nightmare..
BACK TO WORK, -
Most amazing of all was the em
durance of the men and women
There they were, through all these
long hours, eager and earnest to the
last, as if wrestling for life with an
unseen power. At 3 o'clock the
"hooter" sounded from some distant
colliery. Whether this or the mere
physical exhaustion brought them
back from the world of tirelessness,
I could not toll. Soberly and rever-
ently they wont out into the morning
air, eager as themselves. Many of
the colliers, I know, had "only time
for a wash and breakfast," and were
at the colliery' to join the morning
"shift.''
EFFECTS.
AS TO 1,PP
The revival of 1555-9 117015 as great
in are and extent as this. The chief
figure in that revival himself soon
lapsed into an unbroken callousness„
and his lame was not 1101(1 in hon-
or, while is Cardigansbit'e, the
cradle and contt0 of the movement, a
few months revealed a trail of in
morality left by the revival, and
showed how closely kin aro sympathy
and sensuality, 01)1011011 and lust.
Teton, as now, the excitement throw
maty of 100111 to enol their days in
rayless mania. The not result was
11181E
Such criticism is in the air. Thor°
Is some truth, blit not all the truth
111 such an estimate of the revival,
and those who know intimately the
mining valleys of South \Vales, and,
alas, the squalid, brutal lies of
many of tete toilers, must be pro,-
foundly thankful for any 01131101100 '
that can awaken and startle them
to the thought and ism hope of 'bet-
tor things. The wariness of well.
doing is the stt'oitt under which so'
many fail. '1', at strain is increased,
by the uliwlsdout"that confounds in-
1oeent amusement: with wrong -doing
and regards football and lying as
equally heinous. Tho revival does
give an impulse to better things, II]
its influence wanes and fails,: it will
bo for the Melt of that
sustained
nurtaro and spiritual discipline
which are essential to moral growths
--London Times.
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»LSI,OMATIO WOMAld.
Mrs. Wise -,'•'',Ile new girl '.tars,
Illouskeell's got'must he a jewel,"
Mrs, l?'oweahib-"Why, 511e conte
plains (bout leer more than any of
the others."
,Cts, "%Viso--"
OC course, she wants
the rest of tis to think the girl,
isn't worth stoall11g.4)