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II Wius a lujitrimi ufl<T all, then, a storm 111 u te«cup^ And now her corn- mon scnst> has coim> to the loscuo, and the has seen the folly of quanelliiif:! with her brond and hultiT. â- J'):('se re- flections naturally dfi no' tninslale themselves into resjionsivo smiles on *^is scarcely less i-jtaer to iiscrtain how I . , , ^ . ... deep is Hie abyss, how choking the | '"«, but she dues iiat seem to notice ewcmp, how ariL'cv lh« waves that wail I ^i'* ''"*"' looks. . , , Mi beyond I'lo dusky lull. ' ''a^e a proposal lo make to you, Burttovne ha.s no expcclaUon of nnd-hh* ^IV^ --till *'",""'';â-  "'l''""'':';! f° filope of hi5 mountain, and ve« the lime I ^"^ t^t",'*,^*"*^^.'" " ^ 1.^: ?.^ .' fooins lonfe' lo him, till he ha.s clnnbcd lU ' '^ '^ ^-^l"""- -^"e ''"^ ''«'^" '''^ f^""" frost, and .slidd<'n d<jwn its oIIut side. about him thus lime, and guile believes that he has lioeii really bud." "flow (,'CHjd pi her," comnienl.s Jini giiiuly; ''it will be so easy and .so amus- haviiifj a swollen toe, I'.nrly and ."icleiidid x, is tl>e iwrw light that takfti i)i)s.soiss*on of him and his thutterle.s-s Uxlroom, he iipbrakle it as a lafjgai-d; and tlie hours Uial pace by till i ing lo pl.iy at Uie one appointed for the explanation of ' would not if." yesterdays mystery s-.^in to him lo | "And so," continues Mi.ss Wilson, hobble on ci-utches. What can Amelia | wisely ignoring his lle<T at her/sister, have lo say to him that nee<ts smh a : "I am perfecily free, and I want yuu to pomp of preparation'/ Wlial can have ; take mo somewhero, some little drive turned Amelia into a 'Irdgedy Queen ?!iT expeditio'i; \ on see," with a eoncili- Whnl miracle can have iiuult; tker lake | alory glanc; at hei' own niode.-il (inery, the ini|)erntive mood.' Vir it wa.s thei"; counted upon your saying 'yes;' 1 imperulive mood unquesUunably which, dre.s.sed so as not lo keep you wailing.'' rontrary to all pivvedeiit, slie had made use of when slie ha<( c<imrnande<l him, most gently it i.s Iriie, iinre, bt"ing by her nalurr> gentle. ; iic tan do nothing iin- pentl) , to leavi; hCT. . He absolutely luugtis at Uie lojisy-tunine.ss of Uie idea. What ran she have to say that re«|uires fio caivfiilly 5».lccte<l a spot lo say it in? â€"a spot -vhere "it dues not matter if Bhe doe.s bnaK down." What, in Ilea- Kvery word of ttii.s .sentence confirnis fiurgojnf in the idea iriiplanled by her first addiess. This is lirr amende, and .'-he Ls quite right to make it. IJut .';he would have been nioie right still if her conduct had not rendered it nece.s.>;ary. AineliH is not Iho type of woman who through life will gain niucli by pout-s. I'erhaps, by-and-uye. vi-iy kindly and ,^ ,^ . ,, . dclicalelv, he inav obliciuclv liiiit Ihis to ven s name, «.n .she be grnng t« say that j ,,^. „' , ;,„ „,„( „p ^^^,^ ai,,,,^, ^^ „„, in-spires Ijw wiM, .such a r.,ld-bkKKled ;n- L^,,,^^ slilf acquiescence ^nveyed in the tcntion brtorehand of breaking down? i.vords- Jim's sUle of n.ind L. s.,ii,elhing that j :.^^^ •„„ ,„p^„,_ , „,„ ^^^-^^^ „[ .^,,,. ! s.'rvice." "AikI now rtl tlje Baron's in "f )n ne badine pun avec I'amour," on hearing tlial his daugtiler's l^evemess huil bt-^'ii iuinlng soinersaiilLs in a field o< luzerne. "NVm, en verile. non, mon ami, je n'y comprends aliso- lum«fnt rfen. 'I'ui.-t ce'a ry>e fianirt uiie 'eondui'-e dcsordonnee, il est vmi, inais naas motif cotmne .sun.? excuse." If .she were any olh«r woman, he should a.v rnbo her behavior to snine lii-esmne but passinff lanlnun, evoked by hus deJuy in uppeanng? But in the paSl eight yeers iKiw many hundreil times lia.-> he kept t'.er wailing? and huo slie ever Jailed lo meet fiiin with the .same meek good- humor Uiat h.is not had even a tinge of reproactiful torgneness in it. .\s she herself had .s<iid, "in all tliefce yoars hdw often have 1 been angry with you '.'' lie has been angry willi her limes oiil <il mind, angry Willi her 011 a tlioiisaiid \in. just aivi unkind coiint.s; angry with her fo.' her slowness, her bud complexion, tier want of u sense of liiirnor; for a hundred Hiings which she cannol help, that stie would have iillered-oh, how gladly â€" if she ooiiUI ! But how often has she Lieen nngiy wilti liiin? In vain he kearches his memory, lioping lo overtake some InstniKx' of ill-lninuir. or even pet- tishness, llial may iriuke the Uilduce tie- Iween them haii^' u little more equal. But in vain. .^Iic hn.>. never Ijeen angry with liitn. .\iid even now nerther lier face nor her iiinnner-wlialrver el.se of Btrange and uiipiirallehxl (I117 may have fonveyed--lMive conveyed lUc itlcu of anger. But if not anpp;-. wliai then c»n be the raase that has prod'ired a chnnge so t^tartling in one sn l.ltle given lo inipul- (.ive aclKin or e<cein»vcii,rti of emotion? Ian she have h.-nril (.i-y'liing about him? anything lo his di.M'iwIil? lie seanhes ht5 cofuscietK e, hut whether it L* thai lliat organ is not a purliiularly sensitive one, or that it i-eally has no damaging faclfi to give up, il i,^ silent, <ir %lmost so. lie has perhii|xs Iicti n\U>er slack in lii.s attendant! ii|wii her of ;ate, but at lier own bidding. At hi.s visits to the I.e Manhunts no one could take exception, diclated us tin y so obviously have Invn '..1 philanthropy; and his convfrsiiliiiiis with Kliwibith . how few and scant I his heart lienves a relidlioiis si|Ai at their paucity -niighl be jirotlaiiiii'd without excision at tlie iimrket eriks.*. Our tlHiughUs are our own. iiml are, more- over, so Mately piid-UirkcxI in our minds that he diii« not think it worth while to inq'jii-e whetle'r, if bus lutui-e wife could have looked in and seen ihe nvstive fan- nns caiH'iing snddleh-ss and bri(llelis,s, there, she iniglil have |je<'n jusljllid m a-ssuming a eioiictiiti!' alllliid<» and a S(>rrow'ully eoniinaiidiiig manner. lie us as tar as ev<-i- fifmi solving thei;;,',','.; i/n.'.i.'Zi'V.n problem, wlipn-lor once in his life lie-l ^ ' lore his lime n| the r<'nde/.vii\LSâ€" Iwi piesenU hims.lf m Uie lamilinr door. Il is op.'niHl to him by Amelia herself. She has often done it before, se«>iiiiiig lu kiKiw by inslincl tiLs ring from Ihnl tf any oilier persoR^ but lo day Ihe fa- miliar action disconot'rt'i him. lU- hail vxpccled l<i be r«<-piv(^ wiih a formal- itv and pomp of woe sueli as yci-lerday had .seeine<) lo thieat«n; and here is Amelia looking exactly like her ordin. »ry fcClt. except thai she is |Krlia|>fi ra- ther more carefully dre.ss(><| than usual; liil that may U- due lo Ijie fad of her having, for Ihe llr t time, assume<l the Iresh clIIoo gown, which Hie high sutn. nier of the Italian .\pril iiuiriiing .seem.s U Juslify. Wlielher il be due li> ll)e ea. where shall we go?" con- tinues Amelia, .sliulliiig the door behind her and beginning lo ei-o-ss llio hotel (ourtyard at his side; "that is Uie nexl ITltn^n.ol to any gallery or church, I Umik, it yoD tio not mind; 1 .say such stupid Hiiiigs about Ai'l. and the more 1 try. Itie stupider they are; let ua go wiunlryâ€" 1 can spring, hand in hand, ahuie can offer, â- f,) .some, indeeil., it may .si-cm Ihat llic praspcot from I»k» liclUisguatdu side- of Hie valley is even more beiiiiliful, since I'itsole, .-billing so high as she dor.s. dwarfs Ihe opposite hills, and niiikes the looker lose liieir wavy line. They .seem Hat in comi)uri.s<jii, the plain npjx'ars wider, the belovid cily more dislant, and does not show Ihe sjime exquisite dis- linctn(!SS of sepanile lower and spire and palace. Hul yd su<li a eompai-uson is mero caqiiiig. Who can wish for a sight more divinely suave and fair than Ihis from the bench above l-'ieso!e'.' .Not n lireath of .siiinke dare.s to hang about Ihe gkiiious ohi town, dimming its lustre, and between Ihein and ii what a spread of maiiifi'.st color, of moiv "mingled hue" than Ihe rainbow's "purllcd .scarf doth show." The nio.ssy linted olive.s, twi- light and ghostly, even in the da/.zliiig radiance of this sui>erb morning hour, Willi Mie blinding ; -ii of Ihe young com al.oul their gray fc -le cypress tuper- llames, the gay white i.oii.ses, leirace- gardeni-d, and. above all, the \1ast smile of the Tu.scan heaven. At lii-st Amelia's muteness seems natural mid grateful to .liin, art Ihe out- come of the awe and hush that exceed- ing beauty breflllies on Ihe human heart, bill by-and-bye, as it Is jirolongal be- yond Ihe limits Ihal .s<>em lo him lit or agreeable, it begins to get on hLs nerves. .\fter having .so genuinely and wantonly alarmed him, tins she brought him here, witlioiit any expressions of regivl or re- morse, simply to sti-ep herself in a silent luxiii-y of selhsti erijoynient? Af- ter brrKxIing resentfully on his idea for a considerable time lie tran.slates it into speecli. "I thought that you had something to say to me '/" II .senn.< as if her soul had gone out inio Iho sun and April-painted cham- pagne country, and Ihat il is only with an effort and a sigh that she fetuliies it home again : ".So 1 have." "And how much longer am I to wait for il T" There is no indication of any capacity for patience in his tone. .'^Iie brings her look back trom the â- 'hilling moniiiig cily, and lixis it wist- fully u|xm tiim. ".\re you in such a hurry lo hear?" The [lalhelic streak in her voice, in- stead of conciliating, chafes hiin. \Vhat is the .sense of this paruplienialia of pre- liminaries ? Why iiol come lo the point at once? If indeixl there is a point â€" a fact of which lie begins to entertain giave doubts. "1 do not know wlial you call hm-ry," le; replies drily, "I have been awaiting this mysterious uttei-unce for sixteen or seveiileen hours." Her sallow cheek lakes on a pinky tinge of inortilicalion at his accent. "You are quite rigid," she answers fpiickly; "1 have no bii.sines.s lo kiiep you waiting. I meant lo IcU yuu as soon as we got here; I lusked you to bring me here on pui-pose, yiily rsoiiievN here into the _ _ _ _ _ ^ r^-i uiidersUnd Hie wuntry. I api iiot ulraid | ">i;gu l^ki'^hie lllat'yo" m"'^' make the ,.' -.«......,. I,, r^,.) iK,.,n-- „v,^,,i . C4iniimmi(alion at some place where it flaying .>Uipid things about il,' Itito Biirgoy rio'.s mind comes the odious lliuugtil tliut he would nut put it past I. is IJctrolli lo .say stupid things even aliOiil Hip Tiisciin land.siape, but he only uw^iiLs her dPi'LsioM in a reepeclful silence while helping her into a fiacre. "It would 1p© a sin tio lie under any i-oof t<j-diiy tint this one," she says, look- ig up to the iiiimeasuralilP azure bridge above tier Iwad; "would you iiiiiidâ€"could you spare time to go lo l-'iesole?" Hi.s only iin.«wer is lo repeal the word l-'iesole lo Ihe <lriver. who, with the in- evitable liny poiidleshaven d<ig lie.side him. iis awiiiliiig the <irder as to bus des- tination. II is but a little way lo I'iesole. as we all know, but yet, as the slow hiretl vehicle crawLs up the slwp a.scenl. wilh the driver walking alongside, or even lagging N-liiiid, there vvoiild be lime and opporliiiiily lo say a good deal. But .\mftia .says next lo nothing. I'erhap.s 111! heal makes her sleepy, r«ir it is mi hit. 60 tiot bet ween the gaid<'n walls, where the lose hedges are beginning lo show a pale llu*li of plenteous pink among Itieir mulliliide of gn-en bud.s. Young, iiidesd, just born as the rases are, tJie higliwny diisl ha.s already pow- der<<l them with ils aslitoruyl wlute. lie diift, not know it at the lime, but tliose diist-Iilmwi ni.sebuds have found a home i.n his nwimiry from vvhUh no atler- ,'iigtits, iKiwevci- nUliieriiiis, will dishxlge thiwi. They have reached Ihe village, and left tiieir carriage, and begun, silently slill. to a.'-ceiid the sleep lane up wluili U\e frs-l of most of lairope and Ameiica have in turn elimbed Ui see the famniu Mew Ihiil rewards the little effort. I'asI Ihe collages, whose iiimiites, Iratupiilly silling in H»'ir doorways, or Iraiiiiig idly against their doorposts, have probably st«n all that is illustrious, notorious, hihlury-inaking of Ihe day, pa.-.s paiitingly . I6 there a prime niinis- ter, a prineess. a poe'.. a prima donna, of Ihe lime, Hint has not toili^l up Ihe sli-«'p path lo the welrome rest of Hie bench on liie liigli plaleau. or the hill- ,sul<' ? Jim and Amelia are certainly not likely to ligrre in Ihe annuls ,if iheir lime, but the peasiinis lnoU at them wilh as much or as little interest h.s if Ihey ! were. An iiiimorlul, uiUchs liLs iiiimor- Ills back in lellers as large as llukse that announce Colnian's iiuLslard III the world, has, lo Ihe vul- gar. Very iiiiich Ihe air of one of llieiii- hrlves. ( )ur friends have reached the haven of the stone .seat, and, thanks l<i the eurlinnHS of Hie hour, have it all to tlieiiisc'lves, save for a trio of .siiiiburiit women of Ih.- poopl<>, willi haii<lkeivliicfs tied over Iheir Innned heuda, who li;..so Hvcm to buy stniw luind-.scrtvns. Aihl when Ihey have Ixuighl a couple, and made it Kindly but distinctly evident tlial no amount of worrying will induce them lo buy any m iIV, -jvi'Ii the.se leave Iheni in p«a<'4" htmI t'.rtic«i'.d Ihe hill again in JMiarch of newer victims. They are alone under the sky's warm azure. He- nealh their ey«B 6(ii'««ds ojh« of Hiikse liOO gown or not, there U en iiKlL'^pul- nobly loveli .spectacles that lUil^' and would not muUer if you did break down," says he, rallier harshly helping her memory; "you iiiu.st allow that Ihat was not an encouraging i-xoixliuin. Do you look upon this"â€" glancing ironically roundâ€" "iLs a particularly suitable place for bit'aking down ?" .\gain tliiit pain-evidencing wave of i-olor Hows inlo her face. 'I'here is such an unloving mockery in his di-sjileased voice. "1 shall not bivnk down," she replie.s, toiring herself lo speak wilh quiet com- posure; "you need not be afraid that I shall. I know Ihal yestenlay I was fool- ish enough lo say Ihe very woixls you nuolc, but I was not quile my.sell then; 1 did iKil ipiile know wlmt 1 was .saying; I hud only just heard it." "II? What il? Is this a new riddle? Kor Heaven's sake let us hear ttio ans- wer lo Ihe lli-st before we embark on any fresh one i" "It is no riddle," replies slie. her low putient toni« conlriisting wilh his exas- perated ones, "nothing could bo plainer; i' was only Ihat I happeiuMi lo overhear sonielhing rather- rather painfulâ€" .some- thing that was not intended for me. " His angry che«^k blanches as his lliougtil lli<is arrow-quick to Ihe one suti- ject of his perreninl apprehension. .Some one has lieen poi.soning her ear willi cowardly lilx'ls, or yet more dreadful trutlus about Klizabelli I.e .Marctiant. K<vi' a moment or Iwj his tongue cleaves to Ihe roof of his mouth, then he says in a lone which he iiseli-ssly Iriis to make one ot calm conlemiit alone : "It you had lived kinger in I'loreiice you would know how much iiiiporlance 'to altiich lo ils tiltle-laltle aiul cancans." .She shakes lici bend wilh a sorrowful obstinacy. "This W.1S no till'e-i^ttlo, no cancan." Her answer .swnis but lo oonlhin luni in Ihis horrible suspicion. "It is astonishing," he .soys, in a stran- gled voice, "tiow ready even the kn'sl wo- men are to Udieve evil ; what -what evidence have you of the truth ofâ€" of the.se precious stones?" "What eviderKe?" she repents, fasten- ing her sad eyes upon himâ€" "tlie evi- dence of my own heail. 1 realize now that I have known it all along." Head by the light of his fears, this re- sjioiise is .so eniguiatic tliut it dawns upon him with a Hash of inexpressible solace Ihal perha|is he may Ite «n the wrong track after all. His idtvis are pre- cipilated into such a slale of confusion by lliis bless*^! passibilily Ihat he can only echo in a slupetii'd tone : "Have known what all along?" .She has lume<l round upon the .slone liencli upon wtiich they have hitherto l^H-n silling side by side, niwl, as ho in Ihe eagernesw of liis lisU'ning ha,"! done Ihe Slime thing. Ih.-y are now opinislle I I one another, and ho feels as w<'ll as sees her liimgry eye.s devouring his face, "I'hat you ai-e sick of me," she answers, vn a 'liearl wrung whiswer. ".sick lo dcatli of moâ€" that was what she .-aid." II is impossioie to deny that Bur- goyne's first imjjiilse Is one of relief, lie has be<'n mistaken thin, lili^abdh'.s .Mxret is in Itie same stale of pit'carious safety as her enemy's depnrliire from l-lorence had left it in. His se«md im- pulse -our sucoiitJ impul.scs are mostly are besl ones, equally free from the head- longncss of our lii-sl, and Ihe cold worldly wi.sdom of Ihe Uiinlâ€" i.s one of genuine indignation, concern, and amazement. "What? Who said?" ".Mi:s. Byng. ' His slu|iefiiclion deepens. ".Mrs. Byngâ€" .Mi's. Byng told >-nu that I was sick of you ? Sick lo death of you ?" "Oh, no" she crtes. even her emotion giving way lo her eagenie.ss lo correct Ihis misapprehension, "she did not tell niPsoI How Could you imagine such a thing? She is far, far too kind-heai1ed, sh<: wjuld not hurt a fly intentionally, and would be excet^ingly pained if she Hiought 1 had overheard her." He shrugs his slMulders despairingly, "Je m'y pei-ds ! she told you. and she did not tell you; you lieard," and you did not hear.' "I am telling il very stupidly, I know," she says, apologetically, "very con- fusedly; and of course I can't cvpect you Ij understand by instinct how it was." .She sighs profoundly, and then goes on quickly, and no longer looking at bim, ' You know she look me to the party, but when we reiached tlie villa, I found that she knew so many people and I so few that 1 should only be a burden lo her if 1 kept continuaHy by her side, and as 1 was rather UitxI- you know that I had not been in bed for two or three niglils-1 tlKiught 1 would go into the house and rest, .so as to be quite fresh by the time you came. I fancied it was not unlikely you might be a little late." His ainscience, at the uaintentional reproach of Ihis patient supposition, re^ minds him of ils exLs-lencc by a sharp lirick. How many limes has her poor vanity suffered the brui.se ot being long lirst at Ihe rendezvous? "I discovered that cliair by Ihe window under the curtain, Ihe one where you found me." "Well ? • "It was so quiet there as everybody was â- n the garden, that I suppo.se I fell asleep, at least I remember nothing more unlit suddenly I heard .Mi's. Byng's voice saying. " ".Saying what?" "Her son was with her--he had brought her in to have some lea; il was lo him Ihal she was speaking, she was, asking him about me, where 1 was? where he had left me ? wtitHher he had seen me lately? And then she said. 'Poor Amelia, Jim really does neglect her shamefully: and yet one cannot help being sorry tor him, loo; il was such child-slealing in the first instance, and he is evidently dead .sick of her! It is .so astonishing that she does not sec it !' " There is .something almost terrible in the calm distinctness willi which Amelia repeals Hie senlenci* that had laid Ihe card-house of her happiness in Ihe dust. I'.eilaiiily she keeps her promise to him lo Ihe letter, she gives no slightest sign of breaking down. There is not a tear in her eye, not a quiver in her voice. After a moment's pause, she continues : "And then he, Mr. Byng, answered, 'Poor soul, itâ€" it is odd I .^he must tiave Ihe hide of a hipp<iii<ilumus.' " Amelia had liiiishetl her narrative, re- [>ealing Ihe young nian's galling com- ment wilh Ihe same composure as his molher's humilialingly compassionate onets; and for a space her sole aiidiUir is absolutely incapable of nuiking any cn- ticism upon it. He is forliidden, if he had wished il, lo offer tier even the nilue amends <if a dumb endearmenl, by the reappearance on the .scene ot a couple of Ihe sun-scorched peasant lonnents wilh llu'ir straw huiid-seivens. It i6 not likely ttiat those .so liilely bought sIkiuM have worn out already; but yd Ihey re- new tlieir importunities with such de- lennined otusljnaey, as if they knew Itiis to be the ca.se; and it is not until lliey OH TIE Fftfm are ligtilened of two more, Ihat they consent once again to retire, leaving Ihe warm bright plaleau to Ihe loversâ€" if in- deed Ihey can be calUxl such. (To Ix; continued). POWKBIT'K .SL'flGtvSTION. .\ diwlor who was recounting .some of his (â- xperieiic<'s of lijiuiotism, roluled the following story ;â€" "I once had a patient who was ill wilh consuniplion. nnd who ought to have gone to a wariiicr ilimute, but w lK).se nieiiiis were insmillleieni, so I if.solved lo try what hypnotism would do for him. 1 had a tiuge s'.in ehalki'd on the ci'iling ot Ills room, .iiid by suggestion iiidiieed him lo liiiiik it was the sun, v\ huh would cure him. The rase sue- ceiyliv]. iiiiil he vv;i.-s j!«:'Piiij; daily IxMWr. when one day on my arrival 1 found he WHS dead." "Did il fail, after all, llioii?" asked the physieiiin'.s hcirei-s. "So." replied the doctor, "ho died of sun-stroke." 4. i.N.Noi;K.\r. The r.iiloncl fat young .\d(!!c Pale's eMiiiiinalion for miliUiry servicp): "Is then' any reason why you .sfould not serve your thrco yeai.-? Have you any inllrmilv'.'" Young Addle Pute : "Yes, Cokmel, 1 am neaisighlcd." "Prove it !'' "Well, do you see liiat nail over there i.T Ihe wall ? ' "Yes.'' "Well, 1 don't." OIVE lIli; .SKl^AIUiUH ()OOD CABE. The prediction made n few years ago that Ihe farm seiinralor would soon be as common and as iR>ci«sary on the fann as the mowing miicliine, is baing rapidly lullillcd, wrikrt Prof. f:. II. i:cklfls. Pro- biibly no machine usort on the farm does what it i.s made lo do any more effective- ly than the .separator, and coaskicring Ihe fact thai it is used twice every day in the year il is sui-prising how seldom il is out of ordoi'. I'oiir cows with a separator are equal to live with Ihe old shallow pun, or with a waler or IJn can separator. A common n> 'stake made when Iwyinf a cream si^panilor is getting one to* small. In hundreds of cases srnall ma» chin.js have t>cen purchescd at lli-st on account of the lower price, only to be ev changc-d in a short lime for" a larger size. 11 is about as hiird work lo opcf- ale one handling '.JjO pounds per twur as one sc-paraUng 7uO, and 'the added Um» rc(iuired for the .sntalter size amounts every year lo more thait Qm e.xtr* cost of a larger manhino. .^ a rule the farmer wushes hj separate m at least 20 min- utes. This means at leasrt a TOO-pound maetiine for 20 cows, ajid for a. ten-cow <lairy it (k>e8 not pay to buy cme will* less than 450 [)oimds per hour capacity. The majoi-ity of scpai-ators ars opor- alcd by knnd, but pijwir is very con- venient and should be used in all large dairies. A smaU steaia boiler wilh a sli;am turbine machine is one of tbe most satisfactory witlils for a d&u^- of 20 cows or more., 'fhis makes it possible Ic have a small milk room where Ihe milk is separated, and Uie hoi water used for cleaning Hie ut<Tisils. The tread power is usc<J with satis- raetion in many cases. It is easily ad- justed to furnish a very good power, and Ihe herd bull or a calf can do the sq)a- rating as fa.st as the milk is ready. The ordinary giusoline engine is not entirely salisfaclory on acx-oun* of ils unsteady raolion and manner of starl- ing. It may be used by pulling in a lino sliaft and belling to the engine and to the separator wilh long, ralher loose bells. Recently some companies are pul- ling gasoline engines on Ihe .market do- signed especially for running separatoi's, in which these objecltonahle fealurw have been mostly eliminaUd. The bowl should ahvays be handled carefully and not allowed lo drop mlo its place in the frame or onto Uk' lloor. In starling the machine, the operator should keep in mind that the high gear gives liini a Iremenilous leverage, and speed stiould be reached gradually nnd slowly. The power should be applied throughout Hje turn of Iho handle and not alone on Ihe down stroke, as is often doiwr. 11 is always well lo folkjw the direction book carefully. About once a month the oil cups sliould' he fillod with kero-sene lo clean out the ifrarings. Once in two months nr oftener, the lowei- bearings of the ma- I'hiius having two bearings should b» laken out and thoroughly e!earM?d. At- tention Uj these delalLs is what makes aa eiLsy-running machine. Bearings are cut out rapidly 111 many ca.st's b\ dost blow- ing in them when the l>o*l is out. It expensed at all to dust, il, is always well to have n canvas coveting to (rtip over tlic machine as soon aus the work is done. .\ standard make of sRparalor, if pro- perly handled, should run [ran Ifirce to H\c veal's, with liUle or mi i-epaii-s out- side of new points or bulls for Ihe bear- ings. At the cud of Ihis time a. new biisliing or bi-aring will probably be iieede*!. and at the end of tour or fiva years il is cuslomary lo send the bowi la Ihe manutacluie«'s lo be relinned and balanced. Tlie machine slieiild be taken apart and cleaned each lime it Is used. To tncilitale washing il is imjxjrlant to have tt>c proper brushes and tools for Hie purpose u.al come wilh Hie machine. 'Ihe water should be used w.irm but not' hot, and should contain a siiiail amount' o: dairy w;Lshing powder. After this washing lo kK>.sen and remove all the particles of milk, the purls are rinscvl wilh ck'un warni walcj- .jnd spread apni"t lo dry to prevent nisling, riie dish cloth is not needi-d and should not l>e used ia cleaning a .scpa:aU>r or any other daily utensil. I( a sle;im toiler is at hand, steaming may take the place of scakling. The bowl is not put together until ready t ) t>e used again. If the ci-eaiu is sold by Uie lest, some variation in \)ct cent, of fai must be ex- liecle<l, as it always occur:, even under Ihe lie.st coiulilions siid â- Â» not a sign of inaccurate testing. If It i.s desired lo keep the crenjii or milk j;weet some time, i'. will lie necessary ',41 observe two gen- eral principles. '1 rnKO pre clwmlincs* and coldness. To comply with the Ibst means Ihe .stable, cjw.s, milk utetisils and separator must !>e kept clean. To ine«'l Itie ntparemenls of the second means cooling at <.iice lo a low t«n- IXMalure. 11 is not sullicient to set a can of cream or uiilk in ordincjy water and I say it is cooled. II mast actually be coak'd. and a IheniuHiieter ought to bo used oflen enough lo indicate if it i-eally is tieing cooled. Cream cooleti to 50 de- grees at once after sif)aralion and I'teld there will k«p swcci .several days. If ctoled l<i til) degrees at once, it will keep Iwo days as a rule, without souring. Where Iwo or more lots of cream are to hi mixed, that add.'d lo the flist should llrst lie cooled in a small can by itself, then riddixi lo Die llrst lot. If the warm be added lo Ihe cudt^l, Ihe en'are lot -ours very rapidly. Hie ON A I.INKB, Bore: "Does not Ihe motion of ship make you sick. Miss Bonds?" . "No, but Ihe coiivcra-ation 1 hear on board does.'* *- rOOK NO C.HANCK. CiLUomcr: "Will you guaraotae ymr eggs â- .'" .Storekeeper: "Not on yoiu- life; yMlv might get careless and diop t^ein."