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/>:I ^dm r / |i : 1-44+ 4 44444 4 4444444 4444444 444 444444 ♦♦♦♦♦4: £ 73SHADOWED PATH; Or, The Curse Of The Family 44*4444444! 4444444444444444-44444*t-4 44444 4444444- CHAPTER XIV.--(Continued). , drew her gently towards her, alt the „ ,.... , . „„„ . Ih, sorrows of her life seemed to swell upPoor Lillians wants were one of tn« worst symptoms of her disease; and Judith had some faint Me a of this truth. "Aunt Milly will take you out when­ ever the doctors say .you may venture safely." ejm answered, after a pause. "Yes. tim 1 want you," said Lillian, querulously. "My love--I cannot come--I would if I could, but I really cannot; there -- there!" she added, next moment, seeing her sister look most grievously disap­ pointed; "don't be vexed, and I will try; I will make time--J will do something." "Judith, you ought to gof said Miss Ridsdale, at this Juncture. "Indeed, I must," her niece replied. "Now, Lilly, shall I carry you back to ted. or will you stay here a little lon­ ger?" "No, I will go to bed--though I don't like it. I don't care where I am, when you are not here--I want to be with you, Judith--I want to go hornet" "Well, so you shall, some day; you know, dear, this has all been a proba­ tion to gain the boon you yourself most desired--sight; and now you have got that, all other things wilJ soon come right." "Vos, but they are so long coming right; and 1 am so tired of staying in- denrs, and I want to go out, and to be ■always with you. Can't you take me home to-day. Judith?" "I am afraid Aunt Milly does not treat > u well," returned Judith, as she lifted the 1 ght burden In her arms again. 'Have you got any complaints to make of her?" "No,--oh, noT answered Lillian, list- Jotisly, then, drawing her sister's ear cl se to her mouth, she whispered, "only ^ love you best! ' "And best on earth I love you!" said Judith clasping her tigl^er to her heart. "Then why do you leave me?" "B cause I canno. help it. There now, keep yours If quel and comfortable, and 'neb existed a very extensive flirtation tii the woman's breast together. "Oh! I wonder," she cried, 'almos't wildly, "if there were ever anybody in (he world so miserable as I am?"--and without waiting tor any answer, sped cut into the darkness of the night. "Judith, dear, let me send Hannah for q cab," Miss Ridsdale called after her. "I can get one close at hand for my­ self," was the answer echoed back through the gloomy soilness; and in five minutes more, Mrs; Mazinglord was driving in company with her own thoughts--home. CHAPTER XX. Mr. Mazingford was in, tond followed his wife to her dressing-room, almost •before Judith could have imagined he 'hurt heard of her arrival. . He was pale with anger, and abso­ lutely trembling with excitement; "Dis­ miss your maid," he said, in a low, but ♦peremptory lone; and Judith, with a -sign, getting rid of this undesirable wit­ ness to a matrimonial tete-a-tete, sat duwn in an easy-chair, and prepared herself for what she knew was coming. "You presented a clieque at my bank­ er is this morning, madam," he said. "And got It cashed, sir," she retorted. Perhaps, had she known what she was (bringing on herself, she might have hesitated ere uttering the foregoing sen­ tence; for, a-s though her words had set •Are to a train of gunpowder, all the pent-up ferocity and fury of the man's Inature exploded upon her. ThreaTts, recriminations, a torrent of Iflorce, angry sentences, mingled with oc­ casional retorts and defiances from Mrs. (Mazingford. met the ear of the astonish- |ed ate gad.--who, at last, In absolute terror, deserted her post at the keyhole •and ran down for Mr. Mazingford'» (French valet--betwixt whom and her- Wbetv they met, however, the monevT Judl 'h fell'as if they spent centurie» on M°r well as fast os you can, and then wv will stay together always," and Mrs. Mazingford put the pillows under her head, and arranged the sheets, and closed the curtains. "Good-bye, Lilly-- pcod-hye, my darling." "Oh. slay with me, please* stay with me!" pleaded the invalid, detaining her sister with one thin hand. "My ldve, I am afraid," said Judith in a tone which went home to Miss Rids- cales heart; but it produced no effect on Lillian, who, apparently not heed­ ing her reply, continued-- "1 titmk it ts very unkind ol you to go, when I want you so much to stay. You promised never to desert me, and you have done so; and I am so wearied •and miserable, and#you don't love me!" "(tod help me!" exclaimed Judith, pas­ sion) a tely, as the sufferer, by way of a finale to the foregoing speech, burst in­ to U-ars. "What am I to do? Oh. Lil­ lian, ifeverany hum in being loved an­ other, 11 have loved you! and Heaven ;s my witness, 1 have tried to prove it!" "Judith!" interposed Miss Ridsdale; "you had much better go; Lillian has sal up too long, and .you are only excit­ ing her. She is a little hysterical," the lady added, in a lower voice; and "does not know exactly what she is saying. Ccme. dear, do leave her to me; she will be letter-- inded she will, when you are g me;' and Miss Ridsdale took her niece by the hand and led lier towards the door. Before, however, they could pass the threshold, a faint voice cried, "Ju- ^ d.tli! ' and Mils. Mazingford, forcibly freeing herself from her aunt's grasp, sprang lack to the bedside. "Do you think me very impatient?" ask'd the in\alid, with a totally differ­ ent manner, and a much weaker ac- c-jit f'very cross, and tiresome, end impatient?" "No. mine own--it is I who am impa­ tient. not you," was the reply. "There is something the matter with me," said Lillian, laying her head lov­ ingly on her sisters shoulder--1"some­ thin;,' different from what used to be, that makes me feel at tinns I don't know how. What is it, Judith--can you tell? "?'S. dear it is that you have been very i!i; urne ill than any of us thought; and that liioU^h you are now much bet­ ter. w,u are far from well, and feeling the < fleets of the illness more as you get stronger. W henever you are well ■g again, ni] I hut will pass away." "Will it?--well, then, good-bye; you wii! come again soon--to-morrow?" "if I can," answered Judith; arid kisis- iTi,; tlie poor pale cheek once more, she •laid it down en the pillow, and distrust- •mg her own resolution to go at all, if she remained much longer with her sis­ ter. hurried out of the apartment. "Aunt," «tie said, tot the hall door, "lake are of Lilly, she is v* ry ill, dan­ gerously ill.' "Not bo ill as you think," was the ro­ te y. "M re ill than you imagine," returned (Jed Ih. gravely; "being willi her always, you cannot .sre the change as I do. Let ni" tutor «'very day bow she is. and what th- doctors sny exactly; and if___ " dueJith pausod for a moment, and then added, "if Un-re.should,oonve any change . Joe the worse, s<ud for me at once; wherever I may be, tell your messenger to follow. Promise me this, and I yhali feel compaitolively easy." y * "You are needlessly alarmed," said f A5198 Ridsdale; "but 1 will prornjse to do what you ask. And now, Judith, I he frequently you come here the bob "•ter, the sight of you really only does tier barm," to mi fear of my com ng often,* >^-sMtowt-n*d Mrs. M«*iiigfo«fj biRerly, "| -, shall not be able; take care of tier. Re­ member, 1 gvo her up "to you--and, for tny sake, aunty, cure her if you can.' "i sere was a tremor In Judith's voice stn» «gok»; and when Miss Ridsdale For mercy s sal;e,Wonsieur," she ex­ claimed, "ocme upstairs, and be ready "if my lady calls for help. There is the most dreadful quarrel you ever heard •between them; and though I cannot tell \vhat it is ait about, I am sure be struck lier." "Ah! how the English husbands be quadrupeds," remarked Monsieur Chio- kt, making a very free translation of a sentence which passed through his (mind for the benefit of the lady's •maid, who. having secured so important an 'ally, returned to her post to hear her inistress say, in a tone that sounded strangely cold and calm-- "1 shall not, give back that money, Mr. Mazingford; for if I got possession of it illegiatly, still, equitably, it was an!no. You owe me that, and far more. You promised my sister eight; and if, i ) the regular way, she could have been attended to her. I sincerely be ieve her present dangerous illness raient have Teen avoided. You promised me ease, vomfort, the blessing and the boon of •her society--and you know how you have kept your word. I warned you t would lie better to make a friend, than on enemy of me; I said I would make you repent refusing my request; and if •you, Lewis Mazingford, know how to •break your promis-is. I, Judith Mazing- fend, 'll now how to keep mine. I would go to the stake, before I would tell you how I spent a shilling of the money, i'o whom I gave it, Where I got rid of •it Try to trace the notes if you like-- in the long run you must come back to m? I don't care what you say. I don't ' are wiiat you do--the dread of disgrace is unknown to me. My fair name may « matter of Importance to yoti; but to things of that sort am perfectly* «ntly meiried, followed her to the tot indifferent. There is no point you can ef I'tvi stains.. . - ,---- you touch me on--I have not now got, a vulnerable spot-all things in h-uven •arid on earlh are alike to me. What I •said I should do, that I have done• what I now say, that will I kien to." Hav­ ing announced which d'Terminalion. Judith sank back in Iter chair, and look- rxl up at her husband, with a mingled smile of delusion and conkmpL "Once for all. miutum, will you re­ turn me that money?" "Not to preserve me from perdi'ten. she retorted. "As there is a power above, you shalll ' he exclaimed. "I should like to see the power that would make me!" was her reolv. It had barely crossed her li[xs, when he ,.ull«l her from lhe chair she occu­ pied--shook her with all his strength and then dashed lier to 'the ground. Not h cry <-scaled ber. severely as she must have been hurt. The moment her husband toft the room, she struggle 1 hi a «landing position, and wou.-l ac­ cept no n-se stance from her maid. who. without icing summoned, entered al­ most imnWintely after. "You may go, Caroline." she said In her usual tone; "1 isha.'l not require you again to-night; " and thus dismissing the woman, site sat down by her dress­ ing-room tTro, and kept brooding > mi bcoding lor hours. "I think l feel ill," .she murmured. at last, getting up with a shiver; sud un­ dressing herself with what speed she might, she crept wearily to bed. For days she lay there unable to rise, but resolutely refusing to see any doc­ tor There were constant Inquiries for Mr. Mnzingfond's beautiful wife, made t y nu mbers of the beau monde by stately old dowagers, and flirting young guardsmen, who missed her lacs sadly from aristocratic assemblages. At last, even her husband came to learn what was the matter with her; but Judith de­ clined to see him. "Tell Mr. Mazingford," she said (o her maid, "that anything ho wishes to ray, I can hear to-mqrrow, as I shall tnen be down-stairs;' and with this answ.T tic was forced to rest satisfied. lion was never touched upon the few days of her retirement ashionable life, be had discovered that most of the interest and attention he excited in London society was due to his wife; and that without her lie was merely like other people, one und amongst many. The world was enriouts a rout Mrs. Mazingfqrd. as it usually is about anybody who does not cane two straws for either it good, or bad fpin Ion. All her antecedents were peculiar; and -people never wearied of talking about her dead and living connections. l. ady Leslock and Mrs. Crepton--now Miss Laatock, Mrs. Maskell, Mrs. Re nelle, the flirting Ridsdale», the poor Tame sister, about whom it was rumor­ ed theânember and his wife wrangled, and whenever the scandal-mongers ol the metropolis had exhausted their other delicate morsels of lying gossip, Judith .Mazingford was a fortress of sirenglh for them to fall back upon. Somehow or another, after the affair of the cheque society became informed of the fact that the Welsh member's house in Mayfair 'had been the scene of a pitched domes­ tic battle, and be Is were made in all parte of London, in clubs, at morning visits, and afternoon strolls, as to which come off best. Caring nothing for what was being whispered about her, Judith plunged again into Ihî whirl of faehionabe 1 to, whilst Lillian got better. Afore lapidly than could have b en anticipated she was regaining her usua' strength--so Miss Ridsdale wrote -- so JudFh, managing once to steal down to Brompton, say for hcnself; and as her anx ely decreased, Mrs. Mazingf rd's <ki detestation of her "Show" existen o returned with even more than ts fer­ mer Intensity. And still he was pinng for a rteser. to bloom unseen--pining to leave the pomps, and vanities, and compliments and humiliations of the great wori-i. for a quiet retreat, no matter how obscure; for a peaceful home, no matter Low twntile. » And when Lilly Is better, I wnl have it too," she thought. "I will not con e again to Babylon! but 1 will have her at Wayvcur Hall, ante live content -illy there, or if he refuse that, leavc him alto gel her; I efliaYl be able In make money enough for two; Mr. Ma-ron snvs he will take a book from me, if ) c n- struct the plot better, and give iuvs- li more time to write it." So, like many other of her sex. Ju­ dith argued on in favor df what she wan ed to do herself, until the expect- -i guests began to appear. It was more a select than a itvg party, and the persons invited road • their appearance smultancously -- ail bu! oe, or rather two--(unless a thin general and his fat wife could ossiuly fount for one, in fashionable circi -.v-- for whom dinner was being kept back , when a servant entering the room, pro' sentod Judith with a note, and add-d an intimafkm that the messenger want­ ed to se her. "Excuse me," said Judith to her imeto, beside whom she sat; ' and bd iv S r Jo'hn Leslock could, in m-'asure i ac­ cents, find time, and words to do so, she bud mastered the con ten is of the i:ms- s:ve. "Why did you not come this after- noon When I wrote for you? Led this sh uld miscarry, I liave de.s)red H t ires- senger not to leave till he seed vou. Come at once--if you w4h to see ù'.'v alive. "M. R.- She graispcd it all in a minute--L ilian was dying, and "her husband ha? kept back the note. "I trust,'" she said to her guests, "y< u will purdon my leaving you; Miss slock will kindly take my place Do not think me rude loi le iv.ng you- my-- my only siste r is dying." Not a soul pieser.t is poke a « y '.la bl­ uer words and for voire touched the hearts of every strang-r in h-' r cm. Th re was something about the piv> eucc of a s' dden and over, w ring ca­ lamity that wakes an o-ho for Vt mo- m. cmt, even in l'h> m s' frivotous na- luies; and liiu--. as Juddh cros-ed the al artinent. .-t il ho ding the- not cr)> n n her hand, e veryone rose -and stood add-1, making way silently (or her to pass. N< one spoke--not one. till she reached he d-.or. when a y-iuug countess, rec- the road. "Af lastr she said, when the horses, white with foam, pulled up et Mss Rids, date's house. She ran up to the door and knocked--it was Mr. Ownberton who opened it for her, "How is Lillian--is she living?" Judith Would have rushed past him, without waiting for an answer; but he prevented her doing so. Gravely and mournfully he took her hand in his ami led "her into the sitting-room--where at length catch­ ing a full view of hto face, she stagger­ ed to a chair, and covering her eyes groaned aloud. There was no need , for him to speak a word--she knew that it was all over-- that Lillian was dead! (To be Continued.) i May I go with you?--can I do any­ th ng?" she a-ked. "No, thank you--ric -no!" returned Judilh. burred'y. "I wish 1 could!" she pleaded; -rut I "1 IT not detain you, ' ai d the young girl, T" slie was little more, kissed Mrs! Mazingfori's cho k. and told h r to make haste. Jud th did no1 lexjuirc t'i c injunetw n; nlm is-t before the S'Uik nc- was fin ish­ 'd •-•ho had readied ti.c hall---where ttonerui W raxtnead, who ut the moment a ri\<d, le hu V) syn-ak to her. m "Don't keep me, General!" she cried; "may I hn\o your currage --Ashby, slop (.en< m 1 XV rax mend's carriage_he will lend il lo me!" "T"d til, me y u mud? ' excla m d Mr. M z n: Pird rushing d-.wn tlic stall case at th.s juncture. "Pretty nearly so." was her reply. J,'»* •stiall not go," .said her husband. No one shall hinder me," she an­ swered. Y< u ha\c Icen ill, an-A tlieexcitcm- nt ami anxiety will throw you back ng.dn; I must ex'-rt my authority to prevent your acting so i ot.s.h y." Let go my hand. Mr. Mazingford!" almost stir eked. "No husband s c< romands .shad keep me from going to try d.Mng sister." "Y.-u an ailing ,-ery foolishly. Mr. T'J,'"i,aid G 11 ral Wraxmead; you had Letter tot fo r go." "She will injure her health!" roturn-d the imml vi. < !niure it morel" sug- 6e,;^ ,'he veteran. "Allow me to--' , .h<: )va* 8oing to propose never tor nl the mo- m<nt Judtih swung he,self from Mr. Mazingf. rd s grasp-fomnded to the hall d<x»r, and sprong almost off the steps csrr.agv.■a -ïiftaïLs :$■ feigw s y** p/n.direction indicated, she stood tip in the vehicle and explained to llw co^hman the route to lake, the house to slop at. Dr've fa-st-drive füstl* she Implored, end ho did so; but rapidly as they went, sfo- GENERAL INFORMATION. Bits of Knowledge Collected From the World's Four Corners. Oxford is the largest University in the world; it has twenty-one colleges and five halls. In Portugal married women retain their maiden names and are always known by them. On one of four type-selling machines which have just been installed in the printing department of the Vatican, the Pcpe has set up ten lines. A legacy of $50,000 was devised by a London merchant to Mr. George Elmy, a clerk who had been in his employ for forty years. On the eve of fortune the good and faithful servant died suddenly of heart disease. The largest and heaviest building stone ever quarried in Britain was taken some time ago from the Plankington bed, near Norwich. It was in one piece, without crack or flaw, and weighed over thirty- five tons. On the Belgian State Railways all newspapers left in the trains belong to the Government. They are sent to the paper mills, made into pulp, and servo uilerwards as railway tickets. Over 100 tons of newspapers are collected every year. Birds can cat and digest from ton to thirty times ns much food in proportion to their size as men can. It a man could en I as much in proportion to his size as a sparrow is able to consume he would need a whole sheep for dinner, a couple of dozen chickens for breakfast, and six turkeys for ids evening meal. One of ihe most curious mines in the world is in Tongking, China, where, in a sand formation, at a depth of from 14ft, to 20ft., there is a deposit of ihe stems of trees. The Chinese work this mine for I hi timber, which is found in good con­ dition, and is used in making coffins and troughs, and for carving and other pur­ poses. Fish to the value of $10,815,000 was landed in England and Wales in Ihe past year, as compared with $38,825,000 in If06. The total weight of wet fish was 14,001,000 cwt„ against 12,194.000 cwt. in 1906, whilst there were in addition 35,- 874,000 oysters. 4,676,000 crabs, 495,000 let*tors, and 553,000 cwt. of other shell­ fish. After five years' work Australia's great transcontinental rabbit-proof fence has been completed. Its length is 2,036 miles, and the cost of its erection has been near­ ly $1,250.000. It is furnished at intervals of five miles with systems of traps, in which hundreds of rabbits are captured and destroyed daily. Inside the harrier there appears as yet no Trace of their presence. The world's largest single collection of anthropological specimens, accumulated during more than half a century, Ls in Washington. It Includes between 4.000 and 5,000 identified skulis and skeletons ot human beings, sixty mounted skele­ tons, and nearly 200 brains. The last- named are arranged in special jars, placed upon tiers oi shelves, and include some specimens of rare value. Among them are the only two American Indian brains anywhere in preservation; also ihose of five wild gibbons, and a per­ fect brain of a male full-grown American bison. ---------*------- - SOLDIERS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. InTerrible Maltreatment of Privates the German Army, Eight non-oomi.i.sstoned officers of the Fir-t Regiment of tlVFteld Artillery of ihe Guard were summoned Ihe other day at Berlin. Germany, before a divisional oouit-martiai, charged with cruelly mal­ treating their recruits. Not for five years has the German public been shocked by such disgrace­ ful delails. One of Ihe ruffians arraign­ ed, a sergeant named Tliamm, is ao- osod of misconduct and maltreatment in over 600 cases. The woisl case was that of a gunner named ICnobbe, who iveentiy committed suivoe to escape from Thamm and his like. This uptor- tunato "defender of the Fatherland' was so maltreaU d that he was obi g< d to go to a hospital. Wlieisabe returned cured to the Lairacks ihe torture was- renewed, and to-escape it he Hung himself from a ^window three storeys high. Kicks cuffings, pulling of vais till the blood came, lashings with driving whips were among tlie ordinary means em­ ployed by these brutes lo enforce dis­ cipline and "waken up" backward men. Wheji the witne-sea were asked by tlie court why they did not complain to their superiors, Ifo-y replied they were afraid that I heir lot would be in consequence worse instead of better. General snr- prs-- is expressed in Berlin that this systematic cruelty, which has been pro­ ceeding for years, was apparently un­ known lo the officers of the regiment. In his defence, Themm said that he beat Knobbe because of his stupidity, but others testified that Knobba showed weakness of mind only aller long 111- treatmenti Pieces of heavy iron from gunners' hiimcss were used, they said, in lieating the men. The court sentenced Thamm to fifteen months? imprisonment and degradation. The other defendants were sentenced to terms of arrest in barracks varying from three months to throe weeks. 4 About the Farm i t 1 '! IH-4444444444-4444444444 PLANT TO GROW YOUR OWN FEED. It makes no difference how well a man may understand - Ihe care of milk and croam and the making of butter, he cannot make dairying a profitable busi­ ness unless he studies how to feed so as to leave a wide margin between the cost of the cow's ration and the value of her products, says D. C. Coruman. With a view to ascertaining "where he is at," the farmer who is engaged in dairying, if he buys feed stuffs in the market, should ask himself if he could not produce something much more cheaply on his own land, which would contain practically the seme ele­ ments. All dairymen who have studied the science of feeding, know that a given amount of protein is absolutely neces­ sary, and therefore in some form or other supply it to their cows, and even the unscientific farmer has observed that bran is a very good food-stuff lo increase the flow of milk if he is feed­ ing corn fodder, millet or timothy hay. •Lut it does not have any appreciable ef­ fect if his cow is getting clover. In the latter case a feed of corn nubbins o-r ground com is what has the desired et- feet. He has, or maybe has not. deduced from this, that bran and clover are s miter as tl the elements they contain, and one might be substituted for the other. By actual analysis bran has been found to contain 12.3 pounds of protein in a hundred weight and 37.1 pounds of carbohydrates. Compare this with the (able below giving the per cent of these elements in the hay made from the principal legumes: t. Protein. Carbohydrates. Red clover............... 6.8 35.8 ' A is ike clover............ 8.4 42JS Alfalfa.......................11.0 39 6 Cowpeas....................10.8 38.6 Having made the comparison which these figures make possible, it is easy to decide whether it pays to buy bran to supplement the corn silage and fod­ der raised on the farm. Take the cost of a ton <^f bran; two tons of clover aie ir-ore than its equal in feeding va job. How many tons can you raise to the acre? If you answer "three," then an acre of clover is worth lo you the price of on-o and one-half tons of bran, minus Ihe work of cutting and putting up the f-ay. Alsike clover compares m-ore favor­ ably with bran than docs the red clover, but as its yield is never so great, an acre would grow an amount of bay of loss value than that produced on an acre of common clover. Alfalfa ranks near­ est the bran in feeding value, pound for pound, an<j as its yield is greater than the other legumes mentioned, it ;s easily seen that it is the most profitable to gruw. Some experiment stations report yields of from five tons up per acre, and some growers have claimed as high as ten tens, which seems fabulous. Cowpieas make a very fair comparison with brun and I be re is no question that two or three tons can easily be raised to the acre of the latter varieties at least though we have no doubt that the more qmckly growing sorts like the New Era and Whippoorwill would yield that amount of hay if the land is fairly fer­ tile. T he question for the farmer dairyman te decide, then, is whether it pays to buy hran, when by grow ng legum nous plants the same elements may be fur­ nished, and a high price be gotten out of the use of tills tend, while the soil will be left in better condition than be­ fore the crop was grown. a a clean Be sure I Cover the cream can* J "loth until ready to ship. Turn your separator the same speed all the time while separating. Do not keep cream in foul places or n cellars which contain vegetables Do not mix morning's and nifht'a cream be tore the latter is thorough'» cold. The factory and Its surroundings should b eclean and tidy in -every re- sjiect. Regulate the Inflow of milk so it will not vary during the whole process of separation. Do not ship cheese till it is ready. It should be kept at least two weeks under good curing conditions befort being shipped. SELL MILK ON ITS MERITS. Wlienevcr the subject, of a "stale stan lard-' for .sale of milk is sor ously and int 11 gently oonsider.-d, the decis­ ion is that there should be no state standard of butter fat or non-fat sotids. and that milk shou'd be sold on ted. No other decision s e iu jio.-siM-e. No state standard has ever prevented adultera­ tion or skimming of milk. Indeed, the state standard, no matter wiiat it may U simply eels a legal Jim it for the rob­ bing of milk. If I he standard calls for 4 .per rent, of butter fat. the nvidul men will insist that tlie produ or> nut on high fut and low-yield cows, and Ihe middlemen will lake the 5 or 6 pxT rent, milk from the formera and skim it down to Hie legal 4 per cent, standard. In no case is consumer ten Mi l led by the standard. If the stand ird te abut shed the milk may be sold on test, and ihe econsumer will be able to get what lie desires. Then nobody is deceived or defrauded. In the ca-o of u product so variable as milk, tanging from 1.9 to 12per cent in butler fal, a slate standard ol 2.5 or 3.5 is an absurdity. Cut out tl.e s'andands and a "square deal" will bo possible.--New York Farmer. DAIRY NOTES. Sk m as soon as Ihe milk ng is done, (di ed tlie cream four times a week. Skim a 26 por cent to 35 per rent cream. Cool your cream as soon as possible after skimming. ESCAPES FROM RUSSIAN PRISONS. Itevoltiltonlsls Have Perpetrated Auda­ cious Hoaxes on the Police. No other country has witnessed so many daring escapes from prison as has Russia, says Jaakoff Prelooker in an article in the Wide World Magazine,.. Probably the simplest escape ever effect- e! by a political prisoner was that of tlie famous Mile. Sophie Perovskaya. Belonging to the highest Russian aristo­ cracy, she joined the revolutionary movement, and at the age of seventeen was arrested, but was liberated. In 1871 she was again seized, and was sent to tlie arctic regions. On the journey Sophie had several opportunities to escape, but the guard» were so kind lo her that she would not risk the punishment they wofild suffer. Fmaliy two guards were put over her who were so brutal that she was freed from conscientious scruples. One night the party had to stay at a railway station; the two gendarmes slept in the same room as the prisoner, one at the window, the othg* on the floor before Ihe door. Sophie appearing to be fast asleep, the guards soon foil asleep, too. The prisoner then rose, tried the door, which she found to open outward, stepped aci-oss the slumbering guard and was free. She managed to slip into a train for St. Petersburg, while the gendarmes snored on. Sophie took part in the plot for the assaisination of Alexander II., and was hanged in 1881. Leo Deutsch, the revolutionist, has a record for repealed arrests and escapui which is probably without parallel. Once he escaped tbrotigh the medium of a bath. The Russian bath is a national institution. The authority which think»1 nothing of freezing, knouting and starv­ ing its prisoners, never refuses a de­ mand for a bath. All Russian prisons have their bathing establishments, where the prisoners aie sent under I ho escort of guards. Deutajh demanded to be taken to a public bath, saying he did not wish to mingle with the criminals, and was al­ lowed to go, with threa soldiers r.s es­ cort. On arriving, two of tot sxildieia took stand te fore Ihe two windows and Ihe third at the door. Dcuisch undress­ ed. and handed h e clothing and purse to one of the soldiers. The scld.or felt quite safe, thus bolding lhe prisoner's clolhin.g', for ihe cold was sc severe there was no question of mv one leav­ ing tiie balh naked. How wet. when Deutsch entered the hot room he found a comrade, who by previous plan brought him a bundle of ordi.viry, ci­ vilian chilling, which Deutsch put, on at once, and wilh an assured air march­ ed out of the premises wH'teut any challenge. N ne of the guards paid any attention ti the private gentleman leaving I Ha lalhs, and Deutsch easily esetp.d. The sciders waited long for Lite lather, and on finding that ho had escaped, could not explain how lie got away. Only tong nfti'rward did It dawn on tin; offi­ cials that the prisoner must have pars­ ed the guards in disguise. In 19U6 an audacious hoax was (krjc- trateti in Russian Poland which jasu'I- e' in the liberation of ten jielitiufi! pr,s- onors who were condemned 14 to ilh. Tlie friends who assisted ti'cn kin w that faiiure in the slightest no tail yf I heir plan m ant death to them-teives 1 s wc'l a to the ".jKiliticals.' The piiso-n administrat'd received a telephone message purporting to come fioin the chief of the city po4.ee. saving that the Governor of Wars': w d isired the transfer of the ten priso i.es from the Paviak lo the citadel. They were lo to convey* d by an officer who would inn g his own guai d. The message was taken In prod fu.th. One even ng a man in ihe uniform of H gendarm.' officer appeared at iiie pri­ son and p esentete an oflhial document ordering the transfer. In the whole prcicrel ng there was nothing lo rouse suspicii n. The officer hod brought six! po.icemen with him, and n > vtli r escort was sent. T'he gendunrio certified that Ihe prisoners liai be n deliv,red to liis charge. Tie )ir soners were placed in tlie car­ riages. Tl.e only prison servant w th the party was Ih? coachman. As tlie pri­ son van was being driven down a de­ ar-r ted street the coachman was chloro- forir.ed, and the next morning was found' insi<fo the van. while around were lying prison clothes, tin f irms . and swoids, all that was left of the ten prison r> and th ir escort, All e fforts tel d «cover the cul-pi its were un.succes* fill. ONE EXCEPTtoN. "1 think," said the merchant, •TH have to Ore your friend Polk. I never saw any one quite so lazy." "Slow in everylhlng, is w "No, not everything. He gels tired quick enough," •oS&ir* sc The wholesome and dainty Shredded Wheat wafer* for higeheen» or any meal, whh butter, cheese, fruit or marmalade, wfll gfrw you new strength and vitality. . „ _ " _ r ' ééC . Always Heady to Serve. Always Belleteu. Sold by all grosers.