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CHAPTER IL
"Deuce talee the luck. " Thtit was
the phrase which embodied nly senti-
ments as 1 idek.ed heels in the outer
office of the Flower Steentship Com-
pany .whilo the Direetorm deliberated
on my case in Um seclusion of the
Board-toom. I was as certain of
"the sack" as man cotad be.
Directors are fond of letting their
jaw -tackle run, so es they are safe
for
another tell minutes before they
have me in for evntence, I may as
well spend the interval in overhaul-
ing my log If what Ime thrown me
on my beam -ends. My name Is Cyril
Forrester, at that thee thirty years
old, eye feet ten in my stoekines,
sound in wind and Pleb, and hold-
ing a master's certificate in the me,
cantile marine, though revelyet in
command of a vessel, and under pre-
sent rircurestnnees poser lieely to
be. The Flower line of steamships,
as every one knows, plies beiWPerl
14011CI011 and Calcutto, 1 ourhirg at
the chief ifiediterraneen porte; and
the little incident Diet gave these
grim old lumithes in the Board -room
the chance to get their knives into
nie ormerred on the lo -it voyatte out.
It was my twitch, turd exceet for
the ouarter-niuster. wen wee; Weer-
ing, 1 w. s along i:ron the bridee.
the captain being nt brereetnet 111 Llso
saloon. The weather wee. 11
with a nasty ehoppir g sea, and tI e
third °Dicer, who sre red my Memo
of the deck, was Niro: rd on the fo'-
castle scents thot the out -look man
didn't go to sleep. Stedjeuly my
ears were etertled by a crunehee;
crash from, as for as I could judge,
about two hundred yards off 00 tho
port benne followed by Nen:gone and
shouts, which told me as pain Its
wools could speak, that two vowels
were in collision cone at hand. \1
moot at the same moment, the ham
bred.° it little, and showed me the
black hull of a steam collier slInk-
ing away to the weetward, and a
smart, yawl -rigged yacht cut clown
to the water's edge, end with verve-
ly a minute to float.
I altered the Dahlia's coerse so as
to bring her round to the sinking
craft, singing out at the mune thue
to the third officer to Meer away a
boat. As we neared the yacht I
could see that all sons confusion on
her, and no woneer; her ono bent
was stove in, and the rascally col-
lier, instead of statelirg by to help,
was already out of s'gl.t in the
midst. To make matters worse, 1
caught sight of ladies on the slop-
ing deck, and I knew that unless tie
yawl floated a few minutes lettere),
they would be in•danger, sinee our
ship came round but slowly on a
lammed helm.
tons keeping ono eye on the men
eegarted in lowering the boat, told
the other on the yacht., when she
plunged forward, then stae,gered
back and went down stern fortenoet,
leasing her people strergling in tee
sea. Our twat was still at the dav-
it, the freshly-pninted gear workirg
stiffly, and 1 could eve that any one
who was not a strong. se ',leer would
be swept away and drowned be'nre
they could be picked np. It was no
time to reckon rules and conse-
quenees, and almost before I knew
what 7 was going to do 7ny shoes
were kicked off and I had Laken a
header from the bri•.ge.
An elderly gentleman itt flaenele,
with a life -bolt on, was hanging on
to 0 spar, mid a men who looked
like the sailing master sons support-
ing a lady who was sereuming nt
the top of her voice some word
which 1 ceuld not make out. The
rest — all men, and evidently the
crew — were switxuedzig strougly to.
wards the Dahlia,
I was beginning to think that I
had been rather too officious, when
a draggled whist of blue serge, ris-
ing in the water between me and the
gentleman on the spar ceueed me to
change my mind and feel glad that I
had come. It woe the insensible
form of a woman, floating limply 10
the surface for the first time after
immersion, and on the point of sink-
ing again when I nuenaged to grab
her by the arm. I noticed no more
than that she was young ami lay
quite ft featherweight in ley embrace,
for my chief coucorn was aow with
the arrival of the bot. I,00king
round, 1 was glint, to see 11 commg
toon.rds us fast, while the Dahlia
horsolf ems ettiodher cn at quarter
speed lest she should run down the
eacht's crew, who wore already
remelting her side. Seeing haw I
was lemipered, the third officer, steer-
ed lite boat straight for tue, and af-
ter picking us up went on for the
eminnet-mtister and his burelen, last.
of ;kit takit7g 111. the man on the epee.
Five minutes later we were all safe
on board the Dahlia, and tne two
tellies, who were alone the worse for
tee accident, were hended iver to
sargeon and stewardess. The
passengers, who had moue up from
ti 0 valoon to witness the reeicuo,
crowded roned me with the usual
f ..ss of congratulation kerul curioirity,
eo that another ten minutes passed
before I could slip Otto dry clothes
end join the captain oe g e Midge.
sheok Minds with me warmly, bet
Ile sees looeitig as sulemn • as 0
church.
This Is goieg to end badly, or -
mete*, I em afraid," he seel, "Yon
enly did what any deceet cleip would
ease elone, but you know 11I3 50011 Ile
1 de Oa it was dead aguinst the
rules. To leave tee bridge with no
(lee in charge is a, hetimes crime
with the wise -acres of Lealleehall
street, and I um bound to log the
incident."
never •gave the rtee a thought,"
I Fuel, "and I don believe it would
have mane any difference if I Mut."
There having been no loss of life,
tee eemtement mem calmed down,
and e'e stood on our (mune south-
ward. It was ascertained that the
Svnl'en yacht Narith had been chart-
ered for a Channel cruthe itv Sir
Simon 'Crawsline, 1110 elderly man
who had saved hinmelf by clinging to
11 sPnr, and that the ladles Were re-
seectively his Miter, Dirs. Beau-
champ, and his ward, Miss Alme
Challenor, the latter being tho girl
whom r had managed to pielt up. ln
tre eourso of the mornirg I hefted
that Miss (lhallenor bad quiekiy re-
vived under the surgeon's treat-
ment, and that Sir Shnon heel (M-
aned to go _ on in the. Dahlia to
Naples, whence he would be able to
talm his party home overland more
expeditiously than from entraltar.
I slaw 110 more of the ladies that
day, but Miring the afterimon, be-
ing off duty, I was talking to tenne
of our own puesengers on ee.ele, ellen
Captain Deatson bussed in conversa-
tion with 511, Sint 11 The latter
Isari been lifted with dry clothes by
mime passenger, and he appeared to
ie none the worse for his dip. I can-
not say that 1 'took much of a liking
for the man, 1 saw by the furtive y
had recognieed 111e, and one would
have thought thee under the 0111-
11(108111111080111-
11(10811111108 be would have wished
to say something civil. llut they
passed ant rept/treed eeveral times on
t'-eir promentide, Sir Simon idways
ct that it:or:lent finding an object.
o1 interest at the other Fide of the
deck, and Captain Bentsen too hese
with his discussion to notice eur-
roendiegs.
It was not until tho next morning
that Aline Challenor appeared en
deek, mid I formed the acquaintance
that was destined to leaci to such
wonderful things. min see her
now, as she came forward with both
Maids outetretched, a dainty Miry
of a girl, with a clear, fresh mien-
ple.den e:1 roll violet eyes that
could be frenk without being for-
ward. Mr own 8111114111 1,1110 serge
_yachting dress had boon (1110(1(1110(1and
Put to right» for her, and should
never have recognized in the smart
little figure the poor pule, half-
drotvned ore:at:re whom 7 had held
in my terms the day before. As she
thanked me in a few words for my
lieler I thought I had never seen
such a pretty girl before, and —
the. 0! all the whole of the story
hinges on it there is no need fo101'secrecy — I fell head over heels in
love with be101'there and then.
Naplee, to put an end to it.
If so, be was out of Ms reckoning
, about thirty hem's. We were that
itime distant from our port of call,
an. I remember as 11 11 limo .7, este:-
hien, what a bet -wilful Aleiliterramettn
'evening it MIS, when Aline and I
'shook MI the chrysalis shell of
friendship for the golden butterfly of
love.
T1118 is no love story — there iser
stntv
er ork nhead — and I have
riot spare, etell If I had thw
e ia, to
write down hre ethe words in which
iny sweet girl 0111!plielited our
trothmw
, As the time '1110 should hae
v
together was to be so short, we de-
cided to lei ep our secret till my IV-
:turn fl'Ole the Eaetern voyage. when
I should try to secure Sir Simon's
coneeet to O. formal engagement.
I So we parted, full of hope and nnu-
tunl 1101-1. in the bright sunshine of
Naples Bay, and here I was, on the
day after the Dahlia's return, wait-
ing to be carpeted for the "grave
;dereliction of duty'which 111111d given
Alice bank her life. EVell ns I came
. to the end of my reverie a, bell rang,
and a clerk invited me to step into
the' Poard-room, where one glance at
the 141.1118 of my censors told me my
fate at. mice. The chairman, an old
fe11111050whiacrecl all round his feco
like a cat, and baying a fierce eye,
rase at once — too, :as if he
likerl the job.
"We have fully comidered the case,
Mr. Forrester," he said. "While
'quite reeognizing the gallantry of
Your act, we cannot pass over the
breach of the comenoe's rule 50111011501150111011e
, forbids an officer to leave the bridge
till another officer has come up to
take his place, We regret exceecl-
,inely en many grounds, but your
:employment by the company must
terminnte with the voyuge just con-
clueed " wh
Cn the ole I managed to keep
my temper. 7 bowed myself Out and
S1511 -CCI down into the strcet., a cast-
off servant. first impulse was
to charter 0 hansom and drive 11)s
the address in Grosvenor Square at
which Allele said should find her,
Jut then there rushed over me the
sudden remembranD
ce olt the situo,
tion had altered. For the present I
was a broken men; end, though I
did not despair of getting another
berth, a feeling ef pride urgod mo to
take some steps to that end before
preeenting myself to Sir Simon. I
knew not then that my girl was a
grisat heiress, runt that lli•st mate's
proposal for her hand would be near-
ly as premonptunes as that uf a pen-
" e • -t-trotter
(7'o 13e Continuee),
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CITAPTER XXIV
No nian (wee sot to work with
greater real them did the handsome
carl. He did not delay ono hour 111
Loudon; he went Munk at once to
liavensmere, only eagur to begin
work. There Wee to be no more
idleness, no 11101.0 diSSIPatiVII, no
more self-indulgence. Ilo had made
up his Anhui that, all the plans his
wife had contemplated and begun for
tho benefit of the estate should be
carried out LefoossIte retutneti home.
'Plie model cottitems ehould be belle
nd men with their Minnie,' residing
In 111111; the schools ehould not only
be crochet', but open; tho almshouses
Should bo finishori, and tho old wo-
men occupying them. She should
finel her protegee Mary Woodrull in-
steelecl as poi -tress in one of the
loages; every wish his wife had ever
expreesed should be carried out, ev-
;cry ensile fulfilled; houses should be
;repaired, farms put in good order
I—bit would neglect not a. single
ething that she had ever proposed or
-thought of. No matter what it cost,
all should be done. He took 6111
'Raoul into his confidence, aed they
I found that by employing extra Minds
Oho work could be 'done in the time,
Lerd Caravan did uot lose an
hour. No 'one looking at him now
!could have believed that he had over
; been indolent. There wore days
;when he rose with the dawn of the
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H1NG HEAD, istillnitansceltwortik:.‘cillwgheonutheCeittoSuinilg
no
time for anything but riding round
and encouraging the different sets of
Tell Of Shrhielleti ArtOrlee and ExhaMeted Merl:elf—They Warn YCil of men to work. Every one knew at
Appree0hing Parrilyele or CO1 Iglp30—Dr. Cheee'S Nene FOOd last what his object was — that he
the Meet Paella Nerve RCO:erer.
The sufferer from nervous head-
ache and dizzy spells never knows
what Minute he may fall helplessly
a victim of vertigo or paralysis, for
theeesymptoms tell of depleted
nerve cells aed a wasting of vigor
and vitality.
Other indications of nervous ex-
hrteisMon are troubles of sight,
noises in the ears, eperks before the
eyes, stomach troubles, oleepleesttess,
cold hands and feet, restleseness, ir-
ritability, weakened memory, lacic
Of energy end enthusiasat muscular
Weakness, fainting opelle, bodily
pathe arid aches, and tired, langtfid
and despondent feelinge,
i Nervous diseasea tiee ntest dread -
eel to eonteinplate, hocattso of the
frequeney with which they end in
waralysie, lecolnotor etexim opflepey
ineanity. All movement of the body
or itegintenbere Is controlled by the
toregia, and hence It followthat
poralysis of 80100 for1.11 is the no,
Vital consequence of eethatteted and
depleted heroine
Dr, Chase's NOVO rood curet digey
lspells, headfielies and all symptomit
Of ntrrouel exhaltatioti by actleally
ib
areliting at� qttantity and ostillt,y
of the blood and creating new none°
force
Mrs. Mame 8 Leonard avenue, To-
ronto, says :—"For a number of
years 7 have been troubled with
wen,kness and faintieg spells, tier -
emus, sick headaeline, and in fact,
ray nerVous system seemed to bo in
an exlieusted condition, Languid,
depressing footings would ennui over
me at, times, and 1 wonlci become
diseouragrid and despondont. Sine
o couese of treatinont with Dr,
Chase's Nerve Food I do not hesi-
tate to pronounce it a splendid
medicine for Weakness of all
kincla. It hat been of great bene-
fit to 111.0, for my nerveo are much
steadier, and dizziness and fainting
spells no longer trouble me, end my
system lute been generally built
up."
lily noting your weight while uting
Dr, Chase's Nerve Food you can
prove that healthy, solid flesh and
firm muscles are being added to the
body, Gradually and certainly the
systern le built up, and symptonit
&emote give Ivey to health, strength
and vigor, 50 cents a bog', 6 boxoS
fee 82.50, at ell dealers, or Edina*,
ton, Ratet & Torontfl,/
wented ell finished before his wife
come home.
When that was 'mown, the vromfers
grew evenmore anxious to please
blin, for there was not one on the
astate, man or women, or child, who
was not anxious' to please tho young
countess and who did not love her.
"She will be happy at laret," said
Sir Raoul to himeelf as he 00.1*/ that
love for hr7r was grachially but surely
influencing tho whole of the young
earl's life.
Loed Careven, in the midst of his
!Miami and toils, did met forget to
eorreepond continually with hie wife.
Ile wrote to her every week, ?levee
bollltig hee what he wee (Meg, but
dwelling continually on his parisiOn-
ate love foe hoe, on his rntense de-
sire to see her nein.
"Thee° nye our love -letters, Mil-
dred," bo wrote once. "Thin is our
courtshIp. Tho (thy on which we
Meet Will bo our emit wedding dee,"
and she smiled to herself as she read,
lee 50110 won at last, and no 0110 but
herself know how happy sho woo 10
win him.
So the year Met away, It Was
thought, advisoblo for Mrs, ellenvit
to return before the English tvintor
began, and the beginning of Sep-
tember Was fixed upon as tho time
for her and Um countess' return, Tho
ettel prayed Ills wife to allow him to
go to Nice to escort them home, as
was at first arrenged. She 0118W1)11
01 "No," that hor father would do
that, film elld riot whet to meet him
again until she met hun at home.
Iler father would bring her to Court
Raven Station; 110 could meet her
there an11 take her Inoue.
"She is right,"s said Sir Raoul:
"that seems to be more fitting. She
Is right, as 5110 always is,"
So the clay canto bright Sep-
tember day — when all the world
seemed ehanged to the Earl of Car-
aren. The train wee due nt the
Court Raven Station at three in the
afternoon, and the earl was to meet
it.
Ienol Creraven kopt his word. The
day was celebrated ns a wedding
day. Great tenth were erected in 1103
park, and eel the children and the
tenantry were tenet:eel therein to
their heart's content. There was
nothing but rejolcing mid merriment
and happiness.
The epee stood by tile earring°
when the train stopped, There was
Itot much time for greeting themlle
clasped his wifc's hands between his
own, hesitated for a moment, and
then kissed her.
"My wife — my darling — welcome
home!" he said.
Then he helped her into the car-
riage and took his seat by her side.
No saw her face grow nixie with emo-
tion as the ringing cheers of mon,
women, anti children fell upon her
ear; and as the carriage drove slow-
ly, more 1.1 en 0110 rough voice criecl:
"Heaven bless your ladyship! Wel-
003210 home!"
They drove sinwly, for the crowd
MIS groat,. Site had seemed espeeial-
ly to belong to tho people, tins dark-
eyecl, beautiful woman, who had
worked so hard, and they were de-
lighted to have her in their midst
ngnin. The earl httd not failed to
Loll them all, both rich and poor,
what they owed to her, and rich and
poor were there to welcome her. The
crewel increanel as they dro've
through tho park, and wben the car-
riage stopped at the great en-
trance it, was wondered to seo the
throngs of people. The earl stood
up to theud: them for their kind and
spontaneous groetIng. Then he took
his wife's hand in his, and a beauti-
ful smile brightened her face as she
10011o11 round upon them -- there was
hardly one in the vast gathering who
had not received some kindness, some
favor or benoflt from her hands,
"My friends," he said, 'every man
who loves his wife has a pet mune
for her, My wife is the good angel
of my house.
They then passed indoors, followed
by the good wishes of ali who knew
them.
There was a small and early din-
ner -party at, the castle; tam members
of it wero the earl, the countess, Sir
Raoul, Arley Ransome, and Mrs.
Gleneil. After dinuer, Lord Caro -
0011 drew his wife's arm within his
05011,
"This is our real wedding clay,
Mildred," he said, "so I am not go-
ing to apologize for taking you
away from our gttests."
They walked across the long draw-
ing -room to the balcony, where the
last roses of summer were hanging,
and where tho creepers formed a
bower.
"St is not cold," he said. "Will
you come out here?"
They went out together,- and stood
watching tho sunset over the trees in
the park.
''First of all, Mildred," said the
earl, "guess what news I have for
you."
"I cannot guess," she replied.
"You would never imagine," he
seed. "I told you in one of my let-
ters how sorry Lady Eltunilton was
to lettvo Sir Raoul."
She looked up at him, her face full
Of interest,
"Yes, you did," she assented.
"It has ended in this way. Ire met
her again in London, and again at
Brighton, and they are to bo mar-
ried at Christmas. She, has given
up flirting, and cares for nothing
under the sun but her soldier lover."
"I am glad of it," said Lady Car -
even. "She is a beautiful woman,
sweet, gentle and gracious. Mer on-
ly 1011111 Wee coquetry. I think sho
is safe with Sir Raoul. He will not
allow much of that."
"Still you, will own that you are
surprised, Mildred?"
But she did not answer him. She
had placed her hand in his and was
looking far away at the light of tho
setting sun, as ono in a happy
dream,
"I wantod to say something else
to you, my darling," he continued,
putting his erne round her and kiss-
ing her fondly, while aho nestled to
hie side. "I want to thank you for
all you have..done for me, and to tell
you that I think the groatest bless-
ing Heaven can confer upon a men
is the gift of a patient, unselfish, de-
voted wife — such as has been given
to me.''
(THE END.)
NOT FOR TEE I3ABY.
Arr. Newpop—"I say, doctor,
wish you would prescribe something
to make my wife sleep at night. The
baby lute just begun Tithing its
teeth, and---"
Dootoe—"Oh, it's the baby you
want the opiate for, 10 it ?"
Mr. Newpop—"No, for my wife.
You see, every time the baby gets
another tooth she ill so excited that
she keeps nee awake hale tho nighttalking
talking about it,"
Pile
To veva to yea that Da
Chnsee Ointment is rieertaiz
and atoolute entre few cage
and every form et iteeiter,
bleedixemel protruding ?ilea,
the manufacturer' have gaaraotoed it. Settee.
tireentale to the daily pews arel reek erne, neigh)
hors what they teink or% Yee c.sit 85 810 and
1051(0,111 0101110' heck if nee oared, eno boX. at
ell meteor) or EuMANsoN,Lixras et Coegarento,
Dr. Chase e Ointment
A largo number of died of
starvation while being transported
by train from tho drought -stricken
region of Yon, NOW SoUtli Wales, In
eons compartment the live animals
W11101 men greedily cropping the wool
MT the beat of the dead once,
oz,zzzzz zisom
Lig ON THE FARM.
1519ZQZGOGOZOON
FRESH AIR refit ANIMALS,
We Melillo to run to extremes in
our (Nuking and praetice, in the
Peet NI*0 have ulways been taught
the value of warm quarters fur
most kinds of live stock, Tbe ollices
performed by hettL-giving foods have
been pointed out, and there has been
much allusion to the folly of trying
to warm up 0 barnyard by turning
animals into it on a wietor's day.
We have been advised not to uso
extra feed for such a purpose, but
to keep the animals in warm quar-
ters, The advice seoned good, but
it marked the swing of Lite pendulum
away from the old conditions of
winter exposure, elna it swung so far
that many supposed the closer the
stable and the quieter the animals,
the better for the pocketbook of the
owner, forgetful of ventilation and
exercise. Reccmtly bas come the
backward swsing of the pendulum,
and we me told that fresii tor is
more important than protection.
Where is the truth of the matter ?
That is what all practirel men want,
A little eXamination may help us to
It,
Tho demand for warm. quartore
WaS based upon reason. The heat
created out of the feed is the only
source of warmth for animals 171
cold weather, and the more such
heat is conflnee about thole, wasting
little into the outside air, the loss
feed is needed to maintain warmth.
This 501)11 easily understood. But the '
usual effort was to retain the heat
by preventing the entrance) of fresh
air, and this lack of voutilation has
brought disease, Not only that.
Exercise th necessary to perfect
health. The fattening animal may
lay on flesh in a close stall, but
exereire is rieeded to retain perfect
health for any great length of time.
In breeding -animals and in young
things hardiness is a consideration,
and that is not gotten in close
quarters. Some experiments have
been made with fattening steers, end
no gain was gotten from close !lous-
ing. In these cases corn was fed
freely, and the amount of grain
needed to lay on fat furnished a
supply of heat sufficient to keep the
animals comfortable In feeding -
yards, Tt does not follow that cows
carry less fat, and growing stock
would be so comfortable in the epee.
It is foolish to go too far along this
line, subjecting animals to undue ex-
posure. The corn -fed steer may not
chill in a day that mottos 115 shiver
in OUP overcoats, but a cow will
show her discomfort, especially in a
raw wind. So will any ellen animal,
except the sheep, if it is not very
fat. Physical comfort is an essential
in economical feeding.
Cold winds striking a wet body
are penetrating and chilling. Our
live stock require protection front
stormy weather, and from any de-
gree of cold that produces discom-
fort. On the other hand, they need
pure air and some exercise. Bettor
systems of stable ventilation will
help to give change ot aite and exer-
cise should be given only when the
animals want it. A cow humped up
by the side of the barn to with-
stand a cold wind is not getting ex-
ercise, if she is out of cloorm She is
telling us as plainly as she eau that
she should have been loft in her
stall that day if there were no
roomier quarters indoors for her.
Lot us study tho matter of animal
comtort. If the weathet makes tho
stable the preferable place, then
get puro air into it, and do not
force the live stock to remain chilled
on the outside for the sake of the
There should be protection
from storms, and after that the
warmth ot stables should be pro-
portionate to the needs of tho ant -
mals, with the thin dairy -cow more
warmly housed than the eorn-fed ox.
Pure air and exercise in comfort
should be regarded as necessities.
33ut do not let tho agitation for
fresh air lead us to return to the
exposure and hardships for our live
stock that wore being rapidly banish-
ed.
NEED OF MIMI CULTURE.
'e cannot obtain good frutt that
will have shipping and keeping
qualities from trees that are trying
to produce in 011 iIIIPOVerifilled
Not only should thorough cultiva-
tion be given to soll in orchards,
but the soil may need the applica-
tion of some fertilizer. If there is
O deficiency of mineral elements,
fruit will have poor shipping and
keeping miality. Light soils are
usually deficient in potesh and phos-
phoric acid, while heavy or clay
soils may have an abundance of
these. For this reason apples grcrivn
on light soils should be sent to our
home markets, while those growil
upon a clay soli can bo shipped with
greater safety to foreign and distant
markets.
Another very important fitotor in
long keeping of 100114 18 a perfect and
healthy foliage to elaborate the
food that goes to the building Up of
vigorous growth of tree and brantlt
to tho development of the fruit
bud. If the leave:: aro eaten and
mutilated by insects or diseased by
fungous attack, there eon be only
an imperfect development of fruit
that will bo deficient in color and
flavor, that will slack in the box or
barrel and will not hold or keep
long In the market,
MUTTON 0110175.
Every sheep barn should have a
cement floor sloping' to the cantor,
Where a drain pipe and trap are
provided 1,0 conduee tho drainage to
O cistern or tank, The solid excre-
ment should bo kept under a roof
until applied to the land.
FAves should not be bred until
fourteen to sixteen //Inutile of age.
It is bad policy to breed young
oWes to lamb at one year all, They
are rarely good milkore at title age,
and furthermore It places a aWere
eheek on their growth. Let them
lamb at two years old.
reed the clover hay at night. Give
the meadow hay, met vines and corn
fodder in the morning and at. noon.
Each owe Alumni be given one -halt
pound of wheat bran daily to hitiere
it strong, thrifty vonclition,
Don't slop giving the sheep salt
just because it is winter, They love
it now just as Well as eVer aud it
Is just as good for them. If you
can, make a little trough somewhere
out of tho way of the storm so that
they can eat It whenever they wish,
and keep some salt there ell the
11100, 111 will be far better then to
forget it a week or 1,500 and then
give them Immo them they should
have at once.
Mayo you a good place for the
sheep to get out of the whirl and
storm in cold weather ? If not, you
ought to make 0110 at once. The
few dollars spent In that way will
all come back next summer when the
lambs come. Because sheep have a
good emit of wool is no reason why
they should be exposed to cold
storms,
Watch the yard and keep strange
dogs out. Any excitement front this
source takes just se much Mont the
value of the herd.
CASE IN WINTER,
During the past, when prices of
form products were low, and but a
bare profit was made, many farmers
have found tho well-ilited egg bas-
ket a sourcefor cash when snow
covered the ground and no receipts
were possible unless from the cows.
Yet the fowls are relegated to a
secondard position on the farm, al-
though they aro capable of giving 11
/anger profit in proportion to capi-
tal Invested than are larger stook,
elhero is 0 large amount of rood
that can be utilized for poultry that
would be weeded without their aid,
and the farmer will find that any
attention bestowed on his fowls dur-
ing the cold period of the year,
when other work is not pressing,
will be returned by them fourfold,
CIIEAF GAIN IN STEERS.
Two year old steers on pasture
will for a short time frequently gain
100 pounds for every 400 pounds of
grain eaten. During a long feeding
period on grass, 600 pounds will be
required to increase the weight 100
pounds. In winter the SIIITle steers
will eat 750 pounds of grain for ov-
ery 100 pounds of groin during a
short period, and during a long
period the amount of grain will
reach 1,000 pounds or over.
THE KING'S READ COOK.
He Receives a Salary of $10,000
a Year.
King Edward's cook erijoys a sal-
ary of $10,000, about the :gone as
o Lioutenant-General in the army or
eit Admiral of the fleet. It is more
than many bishops get, and the
keeper of the British Museum lias to
be content with far lass. M. Melte-
ger, whose reputation is second to
none as a cher, is &bout forty years
old and a native of Southern France.
This autocrat of the King's kitchen
does not sleep -under the King's roof,
but, ho bis private residence in a
street not very far away.
With the King's breakfast he hes
nothing to do; an artist could not
be expected to produce three master -
910008 in ono day. So, at about 1.1
o'clook, the prince of chefs stem] into
O hansom itn'd is driven to Bucking --
ham Palace. Therm in a large,
suuny kitchen, overlooking the lawns,
ho receives the lunchoon carte,
drawn up by Lord Farquhar, and
his work begins. First of all Ile or-
ders what will bo required, ate(1 the
master of the kitchen 8009 that all
the articles come 10, ctecks each
item, unel then Ponds the account to
Sir Nigel Kingseote, the paymaster,
who writes out a Moque in pay-
ment.
After luncheon is served M. Mena -
ger retires once, more, to reappear
at six o'clock, when theegreat event
of the day — the preparation for
dinner — commences. That over,
the artist is free for tho ovenieg. It
is worth noting that he 0Wee his en-
viable post solely to hard work and
—genius, for tho cook, like the poet,
is porn, not made. An additional
interest attaches to this culinary au-
tocrat because of the encouragement
he gives to women cooks.
It bas always been said that wo-
men cannot attain to great heights
as cooks and creetors of dishes, and
that, just as they fall to excel in
music, poetry, and I/minting, they
fail also in the higher mysteries of
cooking. It ie very interesting to
learn, on the testimony of the King's
cook, that this is no 1onger true,
however true it may have been for-
merly. M. Manager is the first chef
to admit that women have any tal-
ent in this direction, and says that
his women essistents do contrive
great works for which he, as chef,
gets the credit,. For this generous
coricession women oug.ht to feel very
grateful, for, coming front suoll a
high quarter, it will undoubtedly do
much to remove the popular notion as
to wornon's lack or creative capacity
in the kitchen. Awl, further, M.
Manager says that there are renown-
ed kitchens in London which have
frequently served up dinners to his
Royal master and are controlled en-
tirely by women cooks.
AN INTERESTING MAN.
"Aro you well acquainted with Mr,
Rigsby ?"
"Quito well, No is employed in
the sante office 00 myself."
"I think he is such an interestihg
young man. Ile is always so melan-
choly. Ile surely inust have suffered
some great disappointment."
"Yes, he has,"
"Oh, how roinantio 1 Whet was
it 7"
"Why, he expected a riso In salary
Ott tho ist, and ho didn't get it."
"So you had a tuccestful hunting -
trip 7" "Eminently succestful. 'We
didn't bring back any game, but no-
body Wet shot by any ot the other
rdeMbers of the pow?.
THE WORLD'S RETEST TrAN
woraa IrriNzutEDs or MIL-
LIONS OP I/CZ:LARS.
Alfred Beit; 051 Soittla .African
Financier — The Story OK
Xis Life,
Alfred Belt, of tho De Beers Dia,
mond Mining Conetany, who watt
0L1'10lienwith apoplexy the other
day at Kimberley, line bc,,e reckoned
the only billionaire on earth, No
011101. man, since money begun to be
minted, over posseseed a. fortune of
a thousand million defiers. So, if
this estimate be correet, Boit is the
vichest wan in hiStOry.
Atnontcun I10111110111ere ere 1.0011.0104
-
LIG for hie reputation as a billion-
aire. They first pablished the char-
acterthettion, coupled with the elate-
ment thet Ite could buy and sell
math comparative pigmies as John
11, Itookereller mid Bayou f 1 0
chi I d • The latest American estitnitto
piaces hie wealth at $4 00,000,000,
whioll is still probably in excess of
that of any other man. But 'these
estimates axe only shrewd guesses.
No one — possibly 1.101 1111114 Itimerele—
knows the exact egures of his colos-
sall,hiviscamlt,h10.
can be mid safely; Mad
ono man owned nil tee mines 01
South Africa, ummestionahly lie
would have been the Holiest Inan of
all time. Belt did not own them
all, but he owned a very largo snare
of them. The conclusion that he
50I5 the richest Men in the world
fol] ocvzsdannauatAult.,7,;11
Yl N"IB0IutgI1TLATN.
Co use twn 141 50 British estimates
placed licit's wealth in 1131)11 at
IS20,000,000, a fortune equalled by
!that of a number Or men 11t Chiertgo,
. and not comparable to that of many
American captains of industry.
.11eit's fortune has grawn astonish-
ingly since 11(9(3, Tho Boer Wet'
imade him rieber by many million
; do'lare. Tile English generally re-
ifrainod from setting down 0 guess
in figures because they had no defin-
ite idea, of his riches, find contented
themselves with steying that "Belt
had amarsod tho biggese individual
fortune over mallo out of gold and
diamond minoe."
But if Alfred Ileit is not the rich-
est man in the world, there is no
'doubt that he is ono of the richest.
Ile 19 the richest man in Article His
wealth is much greater then the
wealth left by either Cecil Rhodes or
Barney Detenato, who with him
stood out as the great financiers of
South Africa.
Same other things thet rimy bo
said positively are that he 18 the
Inrgest diamond merchant on earth;
that he owns gold and silver inlues
in Siberin, Korea 11011 South Am-
erica; that be has large interests m
the Once& and Mariposa gold 0111105
in California and in the Anaconda
corper mines in Montana; that ho
050115 controlling interests in electric
street railway systems in South Af-
rica., Menico, Chili and Portugal;
that lie possesses the beet. holding In
elite Johannesburg gold ileitis, con-
Toolidateel under the reinle of the
Rand Mines, Lindlori, and 'mist cops
per interests in ethodeein, and that
since the death of Cecil Rhodes Ile
practically is the groat De Deere
Company.
Ole GERMAN PAREN'PAGE.
Pelt was born in Helliberg,
many, in 1858. Mis family MIS ono
of burgeois rempectability and some
tvievaelnth, his father being a euerchant
in the shippingin
busew
ss. lie as
a
a college edutation and was
then assigned to a stool in the
counting room of his father's house,
and might be there yet 11 111 1867 an
unsuspecting Hottentot had not
kicked up a shining pebblo 051 it
desolate farm in Ortmaland. The
naked negro's aceidental pebble was
the first diamond taken from those
_fields, which afterwards beacon° tho
richest and most famous in the
world.
The elder Boit shipped much Mill-
ing machinery to South Afritlft:
unities not being the best imagin-
able he sent his son to the Cape in.
1875 to investigate conditions.
Young Boit at that time sons,22
years old. 15 trekked at tho tal of
an ox team across Cape Colony, the
Orange Free State, the Transvaal,
and so canto into KinlrberleY.
INTEREST IN MINING.
No found the mining ingustry cha-
otic. No begen at the outset a
work which usually la attributed to
Cecil Rhodes, who did not go into
the diamond fields until some years
afterward — the work of combining
and systematizing the diamond min-
ing industry. Ithodeo had a largo
hand in the•ultimato close-corpore-
(ion result, hut licit Wee the first;
to realize that eeen dicanoode might
become so cheap as to be profitless;
to gain control of the market by
buying ulp scattered claims and to
engineer projects to prevent overpro-
ceuetion and tho glutting of the mar-
ket.
Rhodes, whose Mines were in Gri-
gikaland, ws9 ttt 11T5t BMWS buoi-
noss rival, The story of the dia-
mond war which teepee between them
is ono of the picturesque rontences of
South Africa. In tho end thole
tomtit anti those of Dentate waro
coneoliclatecl in tile De Deers Com-
pany. The area of the oonsolidated
company'm mines is over 100 novel;
in extent, and the capital 111
000,000. About $6,000,000 is paid
in dividendS annually.
Reit 18 much below the medium
height, With blonde hone grey eyeS
and a sett velem lie has a reputa-
tion, for silepeo. Ile is Wel‘ read.,
Well traveled, well groomed. 1To has
keen artistic tatteS. Ile storlioesly
aVolds publicity of any sort.
MANSION IN LONDON,
Ilia home in Fork Land is ono of
the handsomest residences In Lon-
don. 111 19 three eteriee In height,
covert a great area 'of ground, and
is flanked by winter gardens, lt
Wan completed in the latter Part of
189(1. Tho colleetion of Louise
Seize furniture with Whirtit it is np-
Ilvmois:tetodndi: said to unequalled. ILO
best private collections hi Europe.
picture gallery is eofeated one of tho
Park Lane fo Lroulint'S exchishoi