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Zurich Herald, 1915-04-23, Page 61M71,11111 RR l , Living Off =min 7i-riLTrTir IG the Flock The Ladd, of Lancaster Or, Leonora West's Lovas CHAPTER SII, (Continued). "No; her mother was an American, you know, 'They -the Americans -all claim to be nobly born,' I believe. They recognise no such eaete (Distinctions as -we do. Miss West bears a patent of nobility in. her face," eaid Lancaster, kindly, "Does she r.ot, the little darling? what. a swept good nature beams in her little face. And, after all, it is our own poet laureate who says; 'Ilowe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tie only noble to be good: Hind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.' "Tet I think yon will find it hard to bring the rest of the De Veres to subscribe to Tennyson's verse," Lancaster said, anxiously. "The.y will e'en have to. I shall please myeelf if I can --mark that, lad. So you needn't scold any more, old fellow, for I um in dead earnest to make Leonora Mrs. H, De Vere," laughed the young soldier. "You are the arbiter of your own des- tiny: Enviable fellow!" grumbled Lan- caster. 'I never knew what a lucky fellow 1 war until new," agreed De Vere. it was fortunate for me that I had a, bachelor uncle in trade, and he left me hie fortune when he died. 1 can enap my fingers at my family if they cut up about 'any choice." ••'Yte:' Lrn+aeter said. dryly: "Ala, you are just thinking to yourself what a dude I am!" exclaimed De Vere, suddenly. "Here I am talking so con- fidently about my choice, when I do not even know if she will leek at me. What do you think about it, eh? Do I stand any (•hence with her?" "If ehe were a satiety girl, I should say you stood no chance of being refused. No girl who had been properly educated by dlaidame'Taehlen would say no to ton thousand. a year and a. title in prospec- tive Laneaeter replied, with conviction. "You are putting try personal aurae- tionsquite out 01 tin que tiotx," silo De Vere, thagrined. "Beeanee they are quite secondary to your more solid recommendatione," sar- eaetiear!!y. _And, after all, You have not eaid what you think about my chances with Mies \feet." "I do not know what to say, beeeuee I do not at all understand her. Yet if she is peer. ass of Course she must be,. and be - me lowly born as we know, ehe could not do better than take you, if hhe le worldly 1VrSe. "You talk about my worldly udvantagee eery cynically, Lancaster, Do you not think that I ,might be loved for rnyeelf?" inquired De Vero pnlling at his dark moustache vexedly, and wondering if he tLaneaster) believed himself to be the only handsome man in the world. "Why, yes, of coarse. You're not bad looking. You have the emalleet foot in the regiment, they sn.y, and the whitest hand, and your monetacbe is - superb," Lancaster replied, laughing, for from his superb size and manly beauty he rather despised small dandies; and De Vere, feeling snubbed, he scarcely knew Why, retired- within himself after the dignified "I humbly thank you, Captain Laneas- ter; but I wan not fishing for such weak compliments." CHAPTER XIII, llise We,;t accepted the steamer -chair, the rugs, the wraps, and the books with unfeigned pleasure, and buried herself 'n the volumes with a pertinacity that was very dieeouraging to her ardent wooer. She wearied of the blue sky and the blue ocean, the everlasting roll of the ship, the fares of her fellow -voyagers, of every- thing, as she averred, but the books. They had a fair and prosperous journey, and every eunny day Leouora might be eeet1 on deck, but whether walking or sitting, the elwaye had a 'book in her hand in whoee pages she persistently burled her. self at the approaeh of any one with whom elle was disinclined to talk. In this discouraging state of things De \'ere's wooing sped but slowly, and Lancaster'e acquaintanceship progressed no further' :hail a ceremonious "Good -morning,' "Good -evening," "Can I be of any service to you?" and similar stilted salutations. to all of 'which Leonora replied with a euietntes aril constraint that put a cheek en further conversation. No one could complain that she gave any trouble; she wee quiet, courteous, and gentle, and there were two pairs of eyee that followed the demure, black -robed figure everywhere upon the deck, and the owners of the eyee wished, perhaps, that she would call on thein for more attention, more .cervices, so oblivious did she seem of the fact that they waited assiduously upon her light -1 set eommand. "She is not a little flirt, as I thought at Brat, seeing her with De Vere," the cap-. tain said to himself. "She ie a elever • little girl who is better pleased with the; thoughts of clover writers than the so 1 (eery of two great, trifling fellows such i ae De Vere and myself. I applaud her taste." Al', the 'rime, he would have been pleas -1 ed if the pretty face had lighted some-' times at his coming, if she had seemed' to care for talking to him, if ehe had (even asked him any questions about where she was going. But she did not mantfeet any curiosity on the subject, She was 't constrained, chilly little compan- ion always to him. It chagrined him to see that she was more at her ease with Ile Vere than with him. Grace or twice ehe unbent from her lofty height with the lieutenant, smiled, chatted, even sung to hint by moonlight, one night, in a voice as sweet as her fate. But she was very, shy, very quiet with the man whose bust- nese it was to convey her to England. She tried faithfully to be ae little of "a bore and nuisance" se possible. It dui not matter; indeed, it was much bettor so, he told himself, and yet, he chafed sometimes under her peculiar man- ner, He did not like to be treated wholly with indifference, did not like to be en- tirely ignored, as if she had forgotten him completely. So one day when De Vere lolled in his state -scorn, he went and stood behind her chair where she sat reading. It wae one Of the poets of his own land whose .book she held in her hand, and the fact otn- boldened him to say: ' "You like Englis/t authors, Mies Weet, Do you think you shall like England? She lifted the blue -gray eyes calmly to hie face, No," she replied, concisely. He flushed a little. It was his own na• .tnve'.land.• He did not like to hear her say she ehould not like it. "That is a pity,ines yon are going to make your home there," lie aid. I am not at all sure of ghat," alto 00- e -worm, the her white forefinger be. bbwween the gages of her book, and turning uarely round to look at him ae he talk-. ZSerhapo ,if I can not bring myself dike England, I may ere a my aunt dDmer� d... f to America, 'with mo, "Lady Lancaster would die of chagrin if you did," he replied, hastily. IIe saw a blush color the smooth cheek, and wished that he had thought before he spoke. "She is poor and proud. She does not like to be reminded that her aunt is a servant at Lancaster Park," he said, pity- ingly, to himself. And he recalled De Vere's intentions with a sensation of generous pleasure. Leonora•, with her fair face and her cut - tared mind, would be lifted by her anar- riage into the sphere where she rightly belonged. Then she would like England better. I have been reading your poet lau- reate, she eaid, "I was much struck try these lines: llowe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tls only noble to be good; Hind hearts are more than, coronets, Amd simple faith than Norman blood.' I should not have thought ah English poet would write that," she went 011. "1 thought England was too entirely govern- ed by the laws of caste for one of her peo- ple to give free utterance to such a dan- gerousn tiro aut." se You meet not judge us too hardly," he said, hastily. Ignoring hie feeble protest, she continu- ed: "My papa wale Euglish, but he was not of what you call gentle birth, Cap- tain Lancaeter. He was the son of rt most unlucky tradesman who died and left him nothing but his blessing. So papa ran away to America at barely twenty-one. Ile went to California to seek his fortune, and he had eome good luck and some bad. When he had been there a year he found a nugget that wae quite a fortune to him. So he married then, and when I was born mypretty young mamma died. After that he'lived only for me. We had many up„ and downs -all miners have --some- times we were quite rich, sometimee very poor, But I have been what you call well educated. I know Latin and French and German, and I have studied music. In America, I can move in quite good society but in your country--" ehe. paused and fixed her clear, grave eyes on his face. "Well?" he said. "In England," she raid, "I shall, doubt - lees, be relegated to the sans position in society as my aunt. the housekeeper at Lancaster Park. )s it not sol" He was obliged to confess that it was true. "Then is it likely I shall love England? sate said. 'leo; I am quite too American for that: Oh, I dare say you are disgust- ed at. Inc.Captain Lancaster. Yon are proud of .your descent from a long line of proud aneeetr'y." She looked down at her book and read on, aloud: " '1 know you're proud to bear your name, Your pride ie yet no mate for mine, Too proud to care from whence 1 carie. " He knew the verse by heart. Some im- pulse stronger than his will or reason prompted him to repeat the last two lines, meaningly, gazing straight into the eparkling, dark -gray eyee with hie proud, blue ones: 'A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms.' " The gray eyes. brave an they- were, could notbear the meaning gaze of. the blue onee. They wavered aid fell. The long lashes drooped against the cheeks that flushed rosy reit. She shut up the book with an impatient sigh, and said, with an effort at self-peesession: "You shall see that I will bring my aunt home to America with me, Captain Lancaster," "Perhaps so: and yet I think she loves England --as much, I dare say, as you do .America. " - I hope not. foe what should we do in that case? I have only her, she has only me, and why should we live apart?" ' --Do you mean to tell me that you have left behind you no relatives?" he said. "I trld you I had no one but Aunt West.," she said, almost curtly. "And sho can scarcely be called your relative. I believe she was only your 1a- tlxex's easter-in-law.' he said. "That ie true," elle replied. "Then why go to her at all, since the kinship is but in name, and you would be happier in America?" Im asked, with something of curiosity. "Papa washed it;," she replied, simply. Then there was a brief silence. Le•o- nor.a's lashes drooped, with the dew of unshed tears on them. The young face locked very sad in the soft evening light. "Sire is almost alone in the world -poor child!" he thought, "I -want to ask you something," he said, impulhfvely. "Yee," she said. listlessly. "Was it because of those things we talk- ed of jest now -those aristocratic preju- dices -that you have els severely ignored 'De Vere and me?' "Not exactly," she replied, hesitatingly. "Then, why?" be asked, gravely. She looked up into the handsome bine eves. They were regarding her very kind- ly. Something lil.e a cob swelled her throat, but elle said, as calmly as she could;, I'll tell yon the reason, Captain Lan- caster. Do you remember the day we sailed, and what you and Lieutenant De Vere talked of that night over your cig• are?" I remember," he replied, with an em- barrassment it wag impo,:eible to hide. The clear eyes looked up straight into his face. 'Well, then," sho said, "I heard every word you weld to each other there in the moonlight." "1 wish I had been e, thousand miles away:" the vatitain thought, ruefully, to huf, "honeelrthen you commelced to talk about me," continued Leonora. "I ought not to have listened, I know, but I' •could' not make up say mind °to interrupt you; it would have been eo cm:herraeeing, you knew. So I kept still, hoping, you would stop every minute, and thus S heard all." "You heard nothing but kindness ---you must grant that, at leaet." he said. The red lips curled at the eorners, -who- ther with anger 91' reeling 'Iia could not tell. "You were very condeeeending," alts said, in a quiet, very demure little voiee. "Now, you wrong ue---you do, indeed, dies West," ho cried, hotly. "We said the kindest things of you. You must own that Lieutenant De Vere paid you the highest compliment swan can pay to wo- man." A beautiful blush rose' into the fair face and her eyes drooped a moment. "While we . are upon the eubjeet," he continued, lxaelily, "let me speak a word for my friend, Adhere West. Ileis quite in earnest in hie love for you, and you would do well to listen to his suit. IIe ie in every way an unexceptional suitor. There is everything in favor of him, per- eonaily, and he is -of good birth le the heir to a title, and last, but not leaet, rias ten thousand a year of his own." "Enough to 'buy him a more fitting bride than Mr'e. West's uiece," ehe said, with some bitterness, but more mirth, in her voiee.h "Wo could be more fitting than the one he has tixosen?" .naked Lancaster. "It would be a mesallianeee she raid, with her eyes full on his face ae she quoted his words. "In the world's eyes -yes," he answered, quietly. "But if you love him and he loves you, you need not care' for the world," he said; and he felt the whole lie ko them. b force of the words s as he so p said to himself that any man who could afford to snap his fingers at fortune and marry Leonora West would be blessed. She listened to his words calmly anti with an air of thoughtfulness, as If she were weighing them in her mind "And so," she ,said, when Ire had ceaeed speaking, "you advise me, Captain Lan caster, 'to follow 'up the good impression I have. made on your friend, and to -to fali into his arms ae soon as he asks me?" He gave a gasp as if she bad thrown cold water over ,hint. "Pray do not understand me as advis- ing anything!" he cried, ha-stily. "I mere- ly showed you the advantages of sueh a marriage; but, of course, I have no per- sonal interest vi the matter., I am no match -maker." "No, of course not," curtly; then, with a sudden total change of the subjeet, she said: "arren't we very near the end of our trip, Captain . Lancaster?" "You are tired?" he asked. "Yes. It growe monotonous after the first day or two out," she replied. "You might have had a better time if you had let De Vere and me amuse you,' he eaid. "Oh, I have been amused," she replied; frankly; and he wondered within himeelt what bad amused her, but did not :rel. She had a trick of saying things that chagrined him, because he did not under- stand them, and had .a lingering suspi- cion that she was laughing at him. "We shall eee the end of our journey to- morrow. if we have good luck," he eaid, and.ehe uttered an exclamation of pleas- ure. So soon? Ab, how glad I am! I won- der," reflectively, "what my aunt will think about me." , "Sae will be astonished for one thing," he .;repl iced. ''Why?" "B'e?ause I think she is expecting a child. She will be surprised to see a young lady." "Poor papa!" a sigh; "he always called me his little girl. That is how .the mis- take has been made. Ah, Captal1?'',Wn- caster, I can not tell you how much I miss my father!" There was a tremor in the young voice. Hie heart -thrilled with pity for her lone- liness. I hope your aunt will be eo kind to you that she will make up to you for his loss," he said. "Tell me something about her," said Leonora. I am afraid I can not tell you much," he answered. with some embarraesment.•. "She is a good woman. I have heard Lady Lancaster say that much." "0f course, you can not be expected to know much about a mere housekeeper,' with a distinct inflection of bitterness in her voice. "Well, then, tell me abouts Lady Lancaster. Who is she?" "Hare is the mistress of Lancaster Park.' "Is she nice?" "She is old and ugly and cross and very rich. Is all that nice, as you define it?" No; only the last. It is nice to be rich, of course. That goes without saying, Well, then, le there a master?" "A master 'V vaguely.... "0f Lancaster Park, I mean." "Oh, yea." "And is lm old and ugly and erects and rich?" pursued Miss \Vest, curiously. "Ile is all but the last," declared Lan- caster, unblushingly. "He is as pear as Job's turkey. That is not nice, is it?" (To be continued.) An Idea That Fell Down. But the farmer had his own views of these matters, and, like most of his views, they were the re- sult of hard experience. He didn't always advocate them where every- one could hear them, but he rea- lized none the less clearly certain things that his critics did not. We can imagine a shrewd, intelligent man addressing a lad fresh from school, "My fine fellow, you have gone - through a process of absorption and have acquired oonsidera,ble mental trig ming, You can talk more correctly than 1, you, are vaguely familiar with a quantity of historical dates and foreign phrases, you can write a graceful essay, you have some aptitude for figures; there ,are other things that you have that I know little about. So 1 are you practical? . Can vou tell ,are anything .about the soilW or earth or o'iouds that will be of prat- tical value to me? What do .you know about trees, ,plants and crops —what will make them thrive , or why they fain Can you perform the operations of fanning even as well .as wbien you left for 41411104? Can you do pnwctieal calculations have you gat working knowledge of banking -and of the wo'r'ld's bust - nese transactions? No! You have not 2 You were never shaven these, only 'were told about some of thein vaguely and sone not at all, you say, CHAPTER XIV. For the `second time since be had met Leonora West, Captain Lancaster devoutly wished that the earth would open up and hide him from the .eight at those grade blue eyes. I heard every word," she repeated, and his. memory flew back anxiously to that night. "Oh, impossible!" he cried, "You bad retired, Wo were alone." The fair cheek flushed warmly. "I shall have to ooufe=0," she said, "Brit you must not judge mo too hardly, Cap• tain Lancaster." Ite looked at her expectantly. "I will tell you the truth," she said, went early to any state -room, because wae tired of Lieutenant De Vere. I want„ ed to he alone.. But it was sowarm and close an my room, 1 could not breathe freely, So I Threw a dark 'shawl over aro and went out on deck again. There wee no one there. I 'clipped around In the shadow of the wheelhouse ,and eat down.. "And then eve came --De Vora and ," said Lancaster, "Yes," ehe replied, "I was frighltehed at first and .shrunk closer into the dark. ewe. I did not want to 'b'e-found out,' thought yeti would smolte your cigars an go away In a little Iv bile." There: was a minute a rsilonee, Save when you are young, to wend 'w11en you are old. 111111111111 ( 1 I \ F 111111lltlrl 1 • 1Il1t1'1T!1T1tlllllAlilp "LILY WHITE" is a pure white Com Syrup -more deli- cate in flavor than "Crown Brand". Perhaps yon would prefer it. ner—together, expensive desserts, that everyone "&amply delicious". EDWARDSBURG ous 1 nge "witai ddiugs? iproycs ple, in - nays are "CROWN BRAND" CORN SYRUP is ready to serve over all kinds of Puddings-- makes uddings—makes a new and attractive dish of such an old favorite as Baked Apples—is far cheaper than butter or preserves when spread on bread—and is best for Candy-rhaking, ASK YOUR GROCER -IN 2, 6, 10 AND 20 Le. SINS. THE CANADA S1'AIlCH CO., LIMITED Head Office - Montreal 30 J tlmnnumumnum IIIIIIIilolllllllllllllllllllil 1 1111 r An elderly carpenter who lives in a city suburb, has worked out some conveniences for keeping his flock of 150 fowls that any poultry raiser can easily copy. He has'his incubator in his base- ment. As soon as the young chicks come they are putt immediately into ahomemade 'brooder, which is kept a few feet from the incubator. This brooder may be made out of an or- dinary soap box, the dimensions be- ing about 20:30 inches and its depth 8 or 10 inches. It,has a movable bottom and a 'hinge top, and the front end of the box is knooked out and replaced by a piece of canvas hung from the top. The 'brooder is kept warm by a small tank of wa- ter that nnay be heated either by a pipe from the basement furnace or by a lamp on the outside of the brooder. Tanks and lamps espe- cially for this purpose inay be had from poultry supply' houses, but any one with a little ingenuity can devise his own. His, brooder is placed upop a wide Shelf at the .south side of tlbe basement on alevel with the ground outside' and just in front of a small windowwrthat slides up and down. On warm, sunny days this window is opened to allow the youngsters a chance to get out in the fresh air and exercise. When they become cold or tired of the outdoors` they can hop back through tihe window and under the canvas flap to the warmth of the heated brooder. In addition to being healthful for the young chicks and 'convenient for the careitaker, the brooder is per- fectly safe from 'fire,. since the heat comes from outside. The bottom of the brooder does not have to be loose, but it is more easily kept clean that way. Cleanliness, he insists, is essen- tial for successful poultry raising. He cleans his pens every morning and sprays with an oxide onee a "week. Cleaning the pens takes him only a few minutes !because every -- !thing is detachable. The nests - stand on strips of board, just high enough from, the moth floor to give'ventilation and keep them dry. The roosts and dropping boards are .above the nests. "Two -'by -fours," running lengthwise in the pens, rest in slots nailed to the ends of the pens, The droppingboard•s are laid loose across these "two -by- fours" and at right angles with them. On three of these dropping - boards, one at either end and one :about the middle, the'supports for the roosts are placed. These sup- ports are made of one -inch boards, a- feiw•:inohe:e wider at the back end than at the bent to give a "stair- way" effect to the ,roosts. Two short strips of inch lumber late nailed on the' bottom at olaposi'te ends orf these supports to make tiheln stand up and afford a solid foundation for. the roods when 'tt'he foils are perched on them, While the fowls are at breakfast every morning, he goes into 'the pews with an empty pail, another oontainin�;g�� slaked lime, and ' trowel, With the 'trowel each piece lis scraped as lit ie lifted ' from its place, the droppiaige # et° the einalaee lie empty pail. When the lash piece has tabus been removed and cleaned the trowel and lime .pail are put into service, and each piece dusted with' the,ldme as it is put -back into position. It takes but a short time and he has found it a sure prevent- ive both of lice and red mites. A simple but effective plan of ventilation also is incorporated in these poultry -houses. They alive sated roofs with . the high sides of the houses towards the south. " The "two -by -dour" studdings are about four feet apart, and the rafters, which. run crosswise, are equally distant. In each. of the pens the space between two of the studdinas and the corresponding two refers is sheeted up, with the exception. of about eighteen inches at the bot- tom. Under this system of caretaking, his 116 White Leghorn hens last year produced an average of a lit- tle better than 127 eggs each, with a net profit, .of.more than, two dol- lars apiece. His total income from his floclk was $443.62. Of this amount 1,2324 dozen eggs brought $357.57•; 'spring chickens sold net; ted $21.25; kinventy-nine hens and. roosters sold to the 'butcher brought $14; four setting hens sold for $4 and 104 pullets and cockerels re- maining at the end of the year were valued at $46.80. For feed, lime, medicines and other incident- als he spent during the year $241.49, leaving a net profit of $235.49. He 'has a natural fondness for birds, and has been keeping a small flack, psi?tly as pets, for the lash twenty years. In view of his ad - yawing age he is increasing his flack .gradually to about 600 birds, which; he 'believes, will support him and his wife. He -says he prefers to develop his flock gradually be- cause he has found that there are new things to be learned alai the time, and the wants all the experi- ence and knowledge 'possible be- fore placing too mach at stake. — The Farming Business. One kind of a nuisance is a man who works but tries 'to impress Pee-, ple with the idea that he doesn't have to. - '- -4 eteee eateeteafteleteelleree Itts 11 9 rfi ter a•1 A Fire, I dlatnimd i' lust and Storm Proof 1 arable and Irr>a(amen t al Lot us know the size of any roof you are thinking of covering and wo will make you an lrmtsresting o2lar. • Roofing s Ca, 0.3aattited Wfib.. 7UIPA.1CT lui3ER9 TOAtOlsiT'$ esus Wt'lleT aUPain MA SIR DISTEMPER F a IPPING PEVEii, and CATARRHAL- S IR( Biro euro and pgsit1ve preventive, no matter r given nw o o the at any age are i, feeted og • 0cl. Liquid, oI, ncMO torfgne, acts en the B1, • t and Glands, eicpele the p to u1 tering from the oar, aures Dietersp in Doge and Seep end O1 olera, in ray, Liarges selling live stook remedy; uros La Orfp, e. among.hurpa,n beings 2titd is a fine itldne remedy Out out, I tail► it, it tO your dru is \vhe Will NO it tor you, Bees Booklet, "Distemper, Canto" and dares, DiSTRIOWMAir-"ASR, 'WHOLNPAt,I' PRUOOI IT9 UIOM 110., °hairlike afld aaatorle4agICts, Clasher,' Ind,, U.e,at Colored Glasses. The wearing of spectacles to pro- teet the eyes from the glare of the sun is a very old custom. The na- tives of the far northern regions• long ago invented spectacles of wood, with a very narrow slit in. the centre, to diminish as far as - possible the continual ,snow -glare of the long •arctio day ; and it is said that the Emperor Nero,: who was an albino, and whose eyes were there fore very sensitive to light, used amethysts or emerals to shield his eyes. To -day the use of tinted g'latsses is very oosn>.non; 'but unless the glasses, are 'wiselyc 'ho'sen, more harm than good may result. In the first place, the shape of the glasses is often wrong. Curved or "toric" glasses ought not to be worn except by direction of an ocu- list, for they are irregularly refrac- tive, and sometimes cause a great deal of eye -strain. Unless tinted glasses are made especially from an oculist's prescription, they should be perfectly 'plane on both sur- faces, . and equally thick through- out. . The oolor of the glasses is also• dm - portant. You will 'find both blue and smoked glasses in the shops, but both, especially the first, are open to objection. Colored spec- tacles are meant to 'shield the ayes from the actinic or chemical rays of the sup, but -not to cut off the light rays so that it will be hard to read or to see small objects. Blue glasses do not cut off the chemical • rays at all, for those rays are at the violet end of the spectrum. Smoked glasses, on the other hand, often cut off so much light that reading with them is like reading by twi- light. tSom'etimes green glasses erre worn; they are better than ' blue, but they are not wholly satisf,ic- tory. Red glass excludes the act- inic rays completely, but it is dark, and red light, is often irritating mo the nervous system. Yellow,_ or rather amber, glasses are much the best. They cut off almost all the .chemical rays, .and admit light enough for easy vision. They make a dark day seem bright- er, and soften the glare on a sunny day. Unless the oculist tpresceibes some other color for a special pur- pose, wear `window -glass' specta- cles of nob too deep an amber color. The Circulation. Early in the seventeenth century an English physician named Wil- liam Harvey discovered that there was a constant circulation of the blood through the •heart?;,the •arter- ies, and the veins of the body. That discovery, one of the most import- ant ever oracle by medical soience, was et first rejected by other ana- tomists ; but Harvey proved his facts by experiments so conclusive that no one could doubb any long- er. The movement of the blood is al- ways circular because of the four wonderful little valves of the heart, which will let the • blood pass in only one direoion. Our health de. pends en the incessant and regular movement of the blood stream, and more and more we ate learning how many forms of ill health can be traced to disorders of the circula- tion. A healthy circulation of the 'blood- rleeenc;'i on the strength and regu- - larity o: the heart's action, and on the cord Aon of the walls ,of the veins 1•.ci astea;ies; if the pump of the body is' to work well, ib must be in good order itself, andall the pipes or tubes connected with ib must be clear and unobstructed. The arteries are not made of •stiff, unyielding material,abut 'they'dilate and contract, and their elasticity is controlled by the nervous system, It is 'impossible to give a, list here of the innumerable troubles that a disordered eircalation can cause, but for one thing, every inflamma- tion means that an unusual quan- tity of blood is rushing to one point and "eongestipn" means that the blood stays 'where it has accumu- lated, and does harm, 'because the heart is not strong enough to drive it on its way. or because tthera is some oibs'truction in the veins or ar- teries that holds it back. Among the minor troubles that poor circula�tion causes are insom- nia, cold t'e'at ,and hands, and a sluggish dige'anon, The insomnia of old people is generally owing to imperfect circulation. When the heart is at fault, constant' medical supervision ds necessary, When the circulationis temporarily poor, much can be done to improve it by baths, by vigorous rubbing, by plenhy of exerofse, and strict attet�� tion fro the general heiltlth.