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They built m I run dawn and not get any rest. me I began to II r mothersin con! snnthinu that can where the fatherorpa iced against the much \"illiams’ Pink Pilh I gave them I but they all came out 715' Pink Pill box. we giver) them in bf confinement. to Uh is “‘cndel‘flll how thy tom. 1 have practially‘ tahrir great worth any v0 recommended then , of mothers (or their H's. Yrs, [have but. ' q-onflneruent. cases. but kocKEn MANY .1 Mow W 0 33¢ [Rulerâ€"Did 3 0’5 He- -9! u TH E USUAL Q' IT _\’ 011 I 1n met ne I began to In. th~ mothersin confine“ nothing that can ho by a physician thit Ind stren, h to a as Dr. \Villiama'Pilk )ple. It is true “It 1 new the fatherorpanu‘ under If kn gets $31 'ompany. ED 0.\' THE up the Mood. and ’ ' health to pale and rue-n they effect Ql 0849.5 arising (to. I 'wnrk or excmd‘ '. Dr. \Villiam” Pu hnxes. never in loot a box or six boxu 101' ll RESEVTFUL- OI had palm itch: whably have presume very “wily who [ates breaks ‘1? m1 man L3 3 f- to some do“ n metlivino lb gills t. ”St . Am, u vases. but Pink Pills faiâ€"gottel ‘9 iq a ‘5',“ arxmr‘. ”hit”. at his wt all drum TI-Il \‘G. the It this 3.0““ [REASEU u red role ‘ wmm: 'st .‘ m ‘ Ext and rantag and in ‘F‘em the previous year fi Iii-'3 hebeatmetb 19 over mm a spading harâ€" . that was an the labor put 3 mm. As might be expoctod r0 no outs to cut. Good craps n raised by sowing in stalk plowing in with the double 'und than barruwing. hut. this «main plan. H I had my cats ground plowâ€" HP- 1K9 p slighY s 'bP fl) [ways try to do. The field I meadow. It broke 11p hard 1. but now it is in splendid Th9 mins and freezing ml and mellnwed it. so that Lrtuwing will put it in fine A day or mo of good wea- it it for the burrow and drill. an be put in ho-fore the oth- “ill be [ii In plow. The May is that it. can he put Id in good mmlition. 18 again ”Ch hq thffi? n 'Dfil WIDINIS or increasing ' of [owls fur egg-produc- et the eggs of those fowls hvlmives must prolific of of course. assumed that mated \\ it h full-bred cocks gg-pmduving breeds. There full-bred fun-ls some indi- ularilies. “hirh cuunt for me of these is thy propen- the large“ part of bodily [Pod [u egg-prmiuction. The '0 best [or this 5- and have particularly 19. .nf “her "01's m n as is ”“3 neat kn great ”I )H 9'10!" f WRHS nu brim: V ROI'N'I) \\' ELL F OR In our im‘hm ism ndf when 1 the an HS 1nd 1' 0r [Ulll' "”41 wt“ 0f .115! on r halt I‘V rhcw \V M 3H1 fl m [Hi 5 had grown up few of the weeds N :{ Infill”. ‘hvs square and ina'hvs (Imp will m )ll ‘Wt'nty 1rde mm‘?. 1 Q so rare- g ll ml m I) I y \ ) ()Xl- farmers plow m it was im- rder. and as a .ecurmt. Last bun u rallun eight [1d «h and do not My and soon flock of {owls nd thus con- ' Kenn-ntions. hose ('bief dis- nrm or color. P the greatest. -...n‘ This we hh'h ”19 best .9 iwvn nrigi- ' IIPHNsary to "UN! in this ()IH ’(‘TIUN (our im fifths im ullon, ’ ”’ng Dy SIX- ")‘~9ight in- ‘3X‘rel, three M's. It was [wen seeded n \n im" L a " [our lm {in h it“ 'iuht inc fifth im four IL! 5T |' 881.8 w hich was I! igln and bl) inc-hes and two- ! invhes has hes he‘s hes hes “arm“ Records That Its-mute a lot or Beating. The London Daily Mail printed sev- eral cases in which three generations of a family have served their Queen and country, but the following letter from Riv'hard Cornelius of Victor-road. Colcheszter. shows that his “Soldier Fa- mily" will take a lot, of heating: A Few after the snow is of! the ground “I. to run the farm roller over the newly seeded ground of the previous year. This will not only press down into the Soil stones thrown up by last win- ter’s freezing. but it will compact the 51:” around the roots of clover. which may have been lifted by the same means. It is one of the heat aids to the young clover plant that we know of. and besides, says American Culti- valor, smooths the rough surface, so OPIUM FROM LETTUCE. A sort of Opium is obtained from the common lettuce. The m-ientists give it a lung name, which, no doubt. means something very learned and profound. and declare that they find important differenees between the opium of the lettuce and the opium of the. poppy; hut. for all practical purposes, the one is identical with the other. Many a A spray of kerosene and water seems to have no immediate effect upon grapevine leaf hoppers, although this is often recommended. A tobacco ex- tract known as scab cure. sheep dip applied as 9. Spray has proved fairly successful when used in the strength of one to ten. lei ll|\ 11! Du“. v.-â€"-- man who has eaten lettuce knows how sleepy it causes him to become an hour or so after dinner. and the older the lettuce the greater the sleepiness for inmuture lettuce, the milk juice is we]! developed and all the properties of the «mium are present. 7,- _ - â€"_.â€". was! a» was!" nulluvu, that, the clover may be out much more closely 10 the ground. After the roll- ing it is a good. plan where clover was seeded last year to follow with a dress- ing of 100 pounds of fine gypsum per acre. How this helps clover is not certainly known, though its effects are often so remarkable as to suggest that the gypsum enables the clover roots to secure nitrogen from the air im- prisoned in the 8011. EARLY SEEDING OF PEAS AND OATS. Have no fears about sowing the peas and oats too early. or about getting too much of this am». It is just. as good for hay as for grain. and is as valuable for grain as for hay. [t of- fers the advantage of allowing one to get it with profit at any period of its growth after the peas are half grown. Peas and oats l bu to corn: 2 bu make :1 most excellent ration for milch cows. or cheap fare for work horses. while the straw of the ripe crop if cured right will take the place of good hay. The fnrvgniug is run very "mar, ihe family rw-urd of Sergeamt. C. F. ”1150. Whne-w grundfaihPr is still draw- ing his- pensann in the Royal Enginnors. in which Sergeant. Ruse is serving. to- gether with an uncha, a brother. and de- fiix roux-tins. Two other uncles. now ('o'mpd. alsn served in the Engineers. another is in the Roya! Artillery. and a mus-in in the Navy. ' Yet another mifitary correspondent. who modesth signs himself ”Mick, late 19th Regiment." sends his family pedigrae in the Army, beginning With his great-grandfather. and including his grandfather. father. step-father five brothers, and even his mot or. who he states, “was born m m? and ‘- MW FOR GRAPEVINE LEAF HOPPER. SOLDIER FAMILIES. bout, to enlist. marriml a handsman Regiment... My nldest 'rivutne John Taylor. lat. {vgimemu and has five being in the Royal . The second and third Norfolk Regiment. The n the Duke of York’s limnion is about to 1:0 run V6? ‘1 Q AnEastchrodigal "I'm glad ho’a gong, I wish he'd never come back,” cried Frank Norton. 8-8 he turned from the window with an . It hurts me to hear 3'9“: Speak of him so.” "Yes, he is my gab-183‘. I’m not likely to forget that, mother.” replied: t116 boy still angrily. “I can’t show my head up.“ angrily. "1 can’t show my head in town without being reminded of it. 'There’s Dick Norton’s Loy," the boys "Yes," added Howard, an elder bro- ther, “ten dollars paid out last week for a. plate window, broken while he had his New Year’s 'frolic,’ as he calls it, when mother hasn’t a. decenb dress to her name. If ever I live to be a. man,” the boy's fists were clenched suggestively. “If you Live to be men, my boys, I hope you will shun the haunts of your father, as you would shun a. deadl)r rattlesnake’s den," the mother re- Condition.” it", The boys looked at each other in sur- prise. It was so seldom that the moth~ er complained, even so little as this, of the grief that was eating her heart away. She had came out from her room with red eyes, hurt closed lips, many times in the last sad year, when her husband’s habit had taken such an unyielding hold upon him and the boys had respected her silence, like little gentlemen as they were. Endurance has limits however. She had begged of him not to go to town to-night. The roads were bad, and Bess, the most valuable horse on the plate, was lame, were the reasons she urged, but he knew as well as she did that this lame and halting will ’to do right, was the real reason for her objections, and he had gone angrily, declaring that he was not going to submit being tied to any woman’s aprong string. To-morrow is Easter Sunday. I wish we had a lily in bloom. I intended to start a. meb, but my heart has been so heavy and hopeless, that I forg0t He guessed it was a. free country where a man could do as he chose, and he had slammed the door behind him in a rage. He had not. even looked luck as he drove owt into the dark night, the tanning thirst for stimuâ€" lants gnawing in his throat. until it seemed to him he should. go wild if he could not. satisfy it. Tim road in town was nut a long one ordinarily, luu~l, to-night there were holes and slippery places. and though in haste he was sober and dared not drive his horse off from a walk, so he had plenty of time to think during the fouâ€"r-mizle drive. Twenty years before he had led his wife to the altar of a. iittle country church and made her his Easter bride. The words of his marriage service came back to him forcibly in the dark- new. “To love and honor, to cherish in sickness and health, to cleave to her and no other as long as you lzolh shall live.” He seemed to inhale the very fragrance of the liiies whivh had decorated the altar on that; day when he had thought no lily of them all was half so fair or graceful as his pretty young wife. “She was pretty, I’ll say that for her,” he whispered to himself, as Bess picked her way carefully over a pit- fall, “but a. man can’t stand having a woman naggin’ at him all the while. I meant, juat what I said about apron strings.” 1 “AA-“:-‘m “I guess that’s a. fact," he mutter- ed to himself, quite a little of his‘selfâ€" jmetification going over board. “I know well enough ’taint just the thing [or a man to drink as 1 have, but it _ . almost impossible, when the devil gets his skewer fixed into afel- low, to wiggle off from it. Those boys of mine are getting to almost. hate ’m thinking. They’re mammy boys, both of them, and Frank looked as if he’d like to give his daddy a lickin’- to- I blame him." '9'.“ LL..--...1‘I>L~ “rant llflnC'k to the tlme There must have been imps nestling in the bottle so sevurely buttoned up in Din-k Norton’s side poi-ket. It was empty now, tut he intended it should be full when he started honieward, He was not often surprised over Sunday with an empty bottle, but. this week he had been unusually thirsty, andâ€" “how about Satan’s apron string? You’re hooked on to that safe enough. Ha, ha, ha.” He looked back almost in terror. The thought had come to him so clearly and distinctly, that it seemed like an audible voice, but. the wind only moaned in the darkness, and the lights of the town he was ap- t‘nl.fxrllll‘.' l‘n- 1,6,1; Silas in'their turn fore hi m. Uhguv. L “V” - W, His thoughts went 1 when he. too, bad boy.” his heart almost shame and anger when home from elections ial times of temptation, the worse for liquor, and his mother. White as a sheet, had been his helper In getting him to bed, and out of stght. Ja-Ck to the. time been a “manuny bursting with his father came and other spec- fiendiah sth which caused such tron- curse had come down from father to son. Would it. go out till - ¢ 1....“ nf his 1]) their turn )9 - .” he mutter- ezlf, quite a little of his self- over board. "I ’taint just the thing the mother re- he- would have weeping wives. and children yvho_ looked after them .with clenched dying Jutâ€" :v'i‘ll uTy 1339(7); wxpck‘s than I am 3” Bess struck the. pavement, and the horse’s hoofs clatbered along with firm, assured tread. A church stood on his way to the saloon. It was light- ed, and. voices within were singing glad strains, preparing for the Easter ser- vice on the morrow. Dick Norton stap- De‘dflhis horse_ irresoiutely. “I’ve a. notion to stop here and lis- ten to the music awhile, and go home sober for once.” Then the tempter began. “Drive four miles on a. dark night for a bottle of drink, and then go home without it, Dick Norton! What a ninny. Indulge once more, and then you can tweak off, and be a goody if you want to.” “Christ is risen. He is risen. Lethal“ the earth rejoice,” sang the c 011' within. b of Dick Norton had been a men) (fl-the a. choir in his young gays. an 1 strains fell on his ear like a heaven y reminder of an innocent past. “I’m going in there if I never have another drink as long as I live.” he exclaimed doggedly, as if addressing some one out. in the darkness from which he had driven. An unseen ed- versary. more real than the darkness iteslf. Bess whinnied inquiringly, as he hitched her to a post in front of the church. She was a remarkably intel- ligent animal, and had often carried her master home safe when he was un- able to Look out for. his own safety. The saloon keeper had his eye upon her as a desirable acquisition when his customer had exhausted his cash Supply. {me of the pews. Better than the fragrance of flow- ers or the voice of music, was the of- fering of a penitent heart, and the voice of prayer from trembling lips, not only to him, but in the sight of ’l‘h:e farm had thus far yielded cash returns for its owner’s degradation, but the saloon keeper was an old hand at the 'lan-iness of ruining. men’s lives, and he knew that sooner or later, mon- ey wowld fail, and the live stock, if not the farm itself, would he at his mere y ._ '- 1U". “0, Dick !” Mrs. Norton burst into a. flood of happy tears. “Don’t cry, Mary. Laugh now that you have the chance. for God knows, I’ve given you ovvasion enough- for tears. There’s an empty bottle lying in the bushes somewhere by the road- side, and with God’s help, I intend it shall lie there forever.” The pastor’s faithful heart was glad- dened next day. when he beheld Dick Norton, his wife and sons, sitting in “The devil went with me to town to- night, Mary, but [drapped him at th church and took on abetter passeng- er," he said, when he had drained the last drop. “Give me another capavife, and then we mum. get to bed. for we are go‘ng to Easter service to-mor- K “0, 0, Bess. you think I’m not stop- ping at the right place, do y'ou! Let me tell you, old girl, it’ s the best post we’ ve hitched to for some time,” with “You had hotter go to bed. mother. Father may not be home before mid- night, and you are tired. Howard al- ways stayed below :until his father came. to care for the horses. “I can help him to had. if it is necessary,“ he added in a tone of bitterness. “No. dear, I will not allow that,” Mrs. Norton replied. in a tone of de- cision, “but if you will keep up the fire I will lie down for awhile. You can waKen me when he comes.” “\Vhy. there is Bess coming this moâ€" ment,” cried Howard in surprise. “Hear her loose shoe ('lit'k t” He sprang to light the lantern. and in a few moments Mr. Norton came in. His wife looked up inquiringly. He had gone out. in anger. 'nut there was no anger in his grave fare now_.. “Mary, make me the strongest ruin of coffee that you can brew,” he said huskily. She flew to his l'idding, a sweet,gfa.d hope springing up in her heart. He drank it silently, when she brought a full cup steaming hot to his side. How- wurd looking on in wonder. “The devil. went with me to town to- " , Mary, but [dropped him at the a. pat, of affection on the sleek neck of his favorite, for he was not; yet so far gone as to neglect his animals or lose his quectiou for them, when he was. sober. He entered the church and took a seat far back in the shadows. 'l‘he altar was filled with bloom. and the air was heavy with sweet odors. The choir were singing, and the floor beneath his feet; trembled with the vibrations of the music of the heavy pipe organ. The pastor wiseiy left him. and in another shadowy wine!“ of the church knalt hv himself, praying earnestly for the. soul “‘hin he knew now was struggling for its life against agreat temptation. “‘He ever liveth, he ever liyeth to make intercession for us.’ Do you he- lieve that, my friend ‘4” The young 1:21:3â€" tor had noticed the howed form in the shadows. and knowing his life, had guessed something of the feeling which had brought him there, and with a. prayer in his heart, had gone to him, laying his arm ar-ross his shoulders in his loving way. Dick Norton looked up. “Yes, he’s thera safe enough, but it IS me that isn’t worth it.” “0, y’es, you are. It wasn’t the nice, white, cosset lamb that always stayâ€" ed close to its milk that the Saviour smoke of in his parable, but the way- ward one that ran away and got lost. He is searching for you, my friend. Won’t you send Up one pleading cry to let him know that. you‘ are willing to go [ask to the fold ?” L 91 9! h:..|.. av “I“;‘lâ€"lwi'hiâ€"Iiiknaiinut itâ€"aL‘out it,” Dirk replied, in a curious, muffled tone. “be t me alone, please.n W'Ol'% Stray Scrap. of Newszrerl'uuod b! the leather- Happenings cl a Ink 1‘.“ I. a l-‘ew Words. The Prince of \Vales has consented to becoine President of the Highland and Agricultural Society for the ensuing Year, and to attend the Soviety's Show in Edinburgh. FROM THE LAND U’GAKES. At the last meeting of the Scottish Anniversary and Historical Society in Edinburgh, it was agreed to republish tho “War of Independence." and to erect a monument to the late Mr. Mac- kenzie. editor of the “Scottish High- lander.’ The Tramway Committee of Glasgow Corporation have applied to the Statute Labor Committee for permission to lower the level of Springburn Road under the Caledonian Railway bridge at a cost of £2,280. 1f the sanction is obtained four double-decked electric cars will be placed on the Sprin burn route along with the aingle-decke care already resolved upon. Mr. Edward Murray, Scottish agent for the Canadian Government. reports that he has issued only two or three free miners' certificates for the Klonâ€" dike goldfields. His experience is that there is no rush from Scotland to Klondike. and this he puts down to the canny character of Scottish people. He has had. however, much correspondence and many personal calls on the suhject.. and he expects more people “ill leave Scotland when the new railway is (om. pie ted There has just died. at his residence. ll Barony street. Edinburgh, in his eighty-sixth year. Mr. William Hatton. late of the Royal Scots Greysâ€"“the father of the regiment." Having en- listed in the Greys in 1830. Hutton serv- ed under King William IV.. as well as Queen Victoria, thus enjoying a dis- tinction which probably few men liv- ing at the present time can claim. In recent years the Edinburgh Scots Greys Association looked after his wel- fare and many of his old comrades in the Association. NTERRSTING NOTES FROI BONNIE SCOTTISH BRAES. \Vhat profession do you follow! uk- od the attorney for the defence. ’ I have folfuwed up most every scrt of business sir, was the renly. Ah, kind of jrk-n’mll-tludas, eh! No. I'm a professional bk 1 collector Deaths from exposure amongst railâ€" way navvies in the dist riot of Lochaber are occurring so frequently as to cause some disquietude to the authorities at Fort “’illiam. After the recent. storm two deaths from this cause were reâ€" ported, and the police have now been notified of other three. A workman on the Mallaig Railway, named James McLeod, was found dead on the side. of the public road near Kinloohailort. which is about midway between Fort/â€" Vi illiam and Mallaig. Deceased had 3 Int on the temple, and it is thought. that. he had fallen and. becoming un- conscious had died from eitposure. in the snow. The second case was that of two workmen who had determined to walk from Mallaig Railway “'orks to those in connection with the. new In- vergarry line. 'lhcir route lay over a. bleak hillside, and the night Ioming on, the men resolved to sleep among the heath. “'ith this View one. of them took off his Ioat and the other being in possession of a matkintush. the two men lay down under this scanty covering. The night IIas hit- Letty COM, and one of the 'IIorkmen. feeling benumhed rose to stretch his limbs. when he was hortilied to dis- cover that his companion IIas quite dead. Deceased II as between fiftv and sixty years of. age and II as named John Connellv. No particulars have yet been received of the third case. be- yond the fact that in the neighbor- hood of Fort-Augustus the lzody of a man II as found on the roadside. and it is believed that the muse of death was eXpIsure. Tommy â€"-Paqm., what. 'w the lull before the storm? Papaâ€"The honeymoon. my sun On \Vednesduy afternoon Catherine Macleod, aged eight and a half years. was standing with her hack‘to the fire in Rona schoolhouse, when her dress ignited. and in a moment she was en- veloped in flames. which the teachev unsuccessfully endeavored to supple“ with his hands. It was only when be wrapped the little girl in his coat. that. the flames were extinguished. The sufferer was immediately (-«xnveyed to the teacher's house. where she lingered. for a few hours, and died the. same evening. Recruiting is stated to be brisk in Glasgow. In that city last year 1AM recruits were accepted for the army and six hundred and seventy-nine for the militia. The favorite corps among the applicants for en rolment in the ser- vice were the Gordon Highlanders. the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. the Cameronians. the King’s Own Scot- tish Borderers, the Royal Scots. and the Royal Scots Fusiliers for infantry. and the Scots Greys for cavalry. A. good many also enlisted into the Royal Artillery. Meantime. the establishments of the Gordon Highlanders and Scots Greys are complete, and recruiting for these two regiments has been tempor- arily suspended. Since the opening of the present year a large number of en- listments have taken place. and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders have secured on an average one man per day. IN THE VARIETY BI‘SINESS DEFINED.