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EB go , 3 M. " MOI!- Then he not end pondered. "It in en obstacle." he aid " lest. "All!" mid his wife. "He must put himself right." "Do you mean, prove what he an!” “Well. st eny rate, show he bed good excuse for suing it." "I think We . little hard. But Ith for you to decide." Mr. Pocklincton nodded. "Them that}. settled." said Mgr. Pocklinaton. “It's e greet comfort. Robert, to hare e man who known his mind on the mmjeee." t a - w a.” r...____.._ “Be gentle with her." aid he. end returned to the etrike. The other parties to the encounter over George'e merits had by e natural impulse taken themsdvel to Neeere Witt'e. with the hope of being thanked. foe their holy zeal. They were disap- polnted, for, on arriving at Albert Hermione. they were informed that Neaera, although returned from Liver- pool, was not visible. "Mr. Neaton has been waiting over an hour to see her. Ilia." laid Neaera'a highly respectable maid. "but she wont leave her room." Gerald heard their voices, and came - ”we...” -- - _.V.,,, "Then come home with me," said Isabel. "and we will try to console you." Gerald would enjoy their tale quite as much an Neura. Low spirits are excusable in persons who are camping on an active volcano, and Neural felt that this wan very much her position. At any moment she might be blown into space, her pleasant dreams shattered. her champions put to Ihame. and herself driven forever from the only place in life she cared to OC- he aid. "Oh, I luppme the Journey knocked her up." suggested Isabel. "Are you going to wait, Gerald t" I ed Maud. "Well, no. The {not is, she sent . message to go away." cupy. Her {basemnisnt was pitiful, and her penitence, being born merely of defeat, offers no basis of edifieation. She had serious thoughts of running away; for she did not think she could face Geraid'a wrath, or. worse still. his grief. Be would cut her off, and society would cast her off, sud those dreadful papers would turn their thun- data against her. She might have con- soled herself for banishment from so- only with Gerald's love. or, perhaps, for loss of his love with the triumphs ot society; but she would lose both. and have not a soul in the whole world to speak to except that hateful Mrs. Bort. So she sat and dolefully mused, with the tame- cat. that gift of a friendly let!,",,', at Peckton prison. pur- nm. nn t - mm harm-p. bar. unconscious- Aadii' Gi; 751‘; before her, aoonacious- ly t,e.g"e,i/,,'tiigf an irrgvocable past and future emptie of delight. well. "No, tlnt's et it. This is Satur- day. I'm to married on. Monday week; and George does nothing." "What do you want him_ to do t" "Why, to acknowledge himself wrong, as he can’t prove himself right." Mr. Blodwell looked at Fitzderham. “Yes," sold the latter. "It can't stay as it is. The lady must he cleared, if she can't be proved cmlty._ We arriv- ed aloa'rly st that couclnston." " re " "The committee of the Themis." "0h, ah, yes. And you. Vane t" "I concur." said Vine, briefly, "I've booked George "ll, to now; but I agree he ans} do onle t inglor the other." " Ce ' nt amen. suppose you're right. M',", it he won't I" 'Then we shall take action." aid Fitxderhm. "So shall I." said Gerald. Vane shrugfcd his shoulders. Mr. Blodwol rang the hell. 'HA Mr. George in. Timon!” he "Yes. sir; just qrived.” "Ask him to step u; to me. if he will. I don't see." he continual. "whrv you shouldn't nettle it with him. 've no- thi_ng to do with it. thank God.". George ontoregl. Be was surprised to see the deputation. but addressed him- self exclusively. to Blodwell. “Here I am. at. What}: it P "These gentlemen." said Mr. Blod- 'yell. "think that the time ha. come ior you to withdraw your allegation or ro prove them." ing, or be ini ht have resented tthe choice of his 'h'L'ltll for B. councll. and not been mollified by being asked to take part. in the deliberations. At eleven o'clock in the morning, Gerqld Neston arrived. accompanied by Sid.. mouth Vane and Mr. Lionel Fitzderham who was, in the first place, Mrs. Pock- lington's brother, and, in phe second glam. chairman of the committee of the hemis Club. v "We have come, air." said Gerald, "to ask you to use your influenoe with George. Hie conduct is past endur- moo." '16nrthintr new!" asked Mr. Bled- CHAPTER XIII. It was fortunate that Mi. Blodwell was not _very .byaton saturdtmot- - ,,_ --_--__... “may. -- five o'clock in the afternoon. I will prove 111 I aid. at withdraw tt." Gagald looked may. but he tried in think. or st lent. to appear to think. that George’- deb, In: only to maho, his tsurrender lea- abrupt. "Very well! Slam we meet but" "Nos" said Gerald. "In. Witt ought to be present): yt that 1ee.Y.t t" ukod Gouge. "You see. fltnit',' mi}! Vane, "it's not hit to leave a. Witt under this undefinite aim" . "Far from it." paid .Fitydeyham. George stoqd with his. back against he mantel-piece. " quite a tee." he ‘xjd. "Let'e 'Pe-to-liars' 1f'dirV,'.' A hen is the weddmg, if there---," "hfonQay week." eiu.1 BlgdwellL hasti- 'urh by, n31: ESE rggutared 13-33-31- '3oumemouth." . .. "On we"? setPuryhet19roret, "tt ,,,7‘v -. -- VUVI‘U. He nod and mad his tel am. It HI “(getax yawn” Sim w CHAPTER Xi-tcontinued). "Poor litth Ln11r i" ‘Id Mr. J “I can't think what's - fl, ,._-_, w-.. .uuuncu, unnu- 'd. fearinc an explmion from Gerald. "Very well. On Ttttur--," "A telegrun for you. sir," said Timma, 1.ttyintr. _ - FATE’S INSTRUMENTS. PI l )‘jsi, 9to.res. the matter," 3mm“ 3 to an extremity.!', "Couldn't help It." said Vino. briefly. And the council broke up. . Mm. Home's telegram nude Georg I goaltion complete. It m imam ity or Neaera to struggle unmet mush evidence, and his triumph was geared from the moment when he produced the original document and contrasted It with Neaera's dotstoed.tmRt, Jltt " WILD “weld: uwunvu vvrgv -- aidec, Mrs. Don was in the background. if necessary; and although tn Av: It?,,"?, of pi? had led him to. ahneld anal-A at jun-noel. he wa. tn no giiiiiG at Liverpool. he wan in no _way debarred by that from aumpon- Ing Mrs. Bart to his assistance if he wanted her. The Nestor) honor was safe, an inmate! exposed. and the cause of morality, ptrittutir1,i)ru' truth, and dgpegcy povygrfu Ir 1oryhril,ttls "Ne,',') , ---_-- --- PF, A tn“ In matters of love, " least, George Neston cannot be presented as an ideal hero. Heroes unite the discordant at- tributes of violence and constancy; George had displayed neither. Isnbul Bpnrne had satisfied his {udgment without stirring his blood. When she presumed to be so ill-advised 'P, to Bide againat him. he resigned, without a pang, a grasped; that had become almost, a ha it. Easily and insens3hly the pretty image of Laura Pocklmg- ton had filled the, vacant space. As he wended his way to Mrs. Piyctrlington's, he smiled to think that a month or two ago he had looked forward to a life spent with Isabel Bourne with acquies- eeneer, though not, it is true, with rap- ture. Had the ra ture existed before, it ts sad to think that rhaps the smile would have been broad; now; for love, Then horn in trepidation and nursed If) Joy, ls often buried without lamenta- tion and remembered with amusement 000E110, wwulluu .%F.PW_N_s'"- -- _ , all. George himself' was enabled to rout _ sleev his enemies. to bring a. blush to the i, whit unblushing cheek a the 'itu1ije.rth1iryt1,1, end to meet his friends without tdel- seal! mg that perhaps they were ashamed I his t to be seen talking to him. [only The delights of the iart-mentiont)d mom prospect were so great. that George ', nave could not make up his mind to post- jgaol. Done them, and, in the afternoon, he i man, set out to call on the Pocklingtons. ( not ', There could be no harm in giving them a Ge at least a hint of the altered state. of . has his fortunes, due, as it was in reality, I scene to Was. f,?gkt1i',nere? kindness in pre- l aka sentmg him to ord Mapledurham. It I to a would certainly be Very pleasant tolmom {have to the Pocklin tons, 'especially tol "Y . aura: 1.'o.ckiiryruy.s, 'M'l they had beenl "Y manned m standing by him, and that I fire. he was entitled, not to the good-natured _ eyes tolerance. accorded to honesty, but to I only- the admiration due to success." E " ' "Not back soon t" asked George, smiling in his turn. "Not yet." "Not until----'" "Well. Mr. Neston, Idare say you know what I mean." . "I think so. Fortunately, there 18 no difficult . Shall we say Tuesday t" "When 'Iylwsday canes. we will see if we say Tuesday." "And, otherwise.' Iam---'" "Otherwise, my dear George. you have no one to grenade 1sAefptr--" {Ali}, that is t e most difficult tall: 0 a. ." "I don't know anything albeit that. Only I hope you believe what you say. Young men are so conceited nowadaye." "W en Miss Pocklington comes In, fr, will tell her how sorry I was not o see her t" , _ Teratin1r." an?” that I look forward to Tua- y " "No; I shall say nothing about"thlta You are not out of the wood yet. "0h ee. I am." ' But Il.h'vtfliLsts,.n stood firm; and Geor deperted. feeling that the leet agility of mercy for Wer.' Witt lied vanished. There is e Ian» to un- ealfLshneae; t',i'airttip1ti't, t.herps tor pity when my duty lid tl'.'t"2',' ‘3: target unite m Mending I". --hindiy, even tender amusement, but still amusement. An easy-30mg fyttty like George's for Isabel cannot claim even the. tribute of a tear behind the smile-a tear which, by its presence, causes yet another smile. George was not even grateful to Isabel for , pleas- ant dream and a gentle awakening. She was gone . and, w at is more, she ought never to have come; and there was an end of it. "Is Miss 'tidaiGiitiG outt" asked George. "ITS," said Mrs. Pocklington. "she in out." "Eat ' bEpk‘soon t" asked George, George. having bpried Isobel. ran! th.e bell with a comEosed mind. He might ask Laura Poe lington to marry him to-day, or he might not. He would be guided hy eireumataneea in that mat- ter; bat at any rate he would ask her, and that soon; for she was the on? girl he could ever be happy With. an ' if he dawdled. his chance might be gory?. Of course there was a crowd of suit- ors at her feet, and, although George lv! no unduly modest View of his own claims. he felt it behoved him to be utp an.d. doing. It is true that the crowd o suitors was not very much in en- dence, but who could doubt its ex.is- tence without questioning the sanity anf qyesight of pankind _ "Pm "Poor woman!" said Mrs. Pockling- nigh "But, for your sake, Pm very g ." ".Y..es, it gets me oat of an awkward paAtiop." _ 7 _ ---- "Just what my husband said. He thought that you were absolutely bound to prove what you said._or at least to give a. good excuse for it." "Absolutely houndt" "Well, I mean if you were to keep your place in society." "And ingour house?" "Oh, he id not go so far as that. Everybody comes to my house." "Yes; but, Mrs. Pocklington, I don't {rapt}? come in the capacity of 'every- "Then. I think he did mean that you must d? what I say, before you went on,,TPlnti ir? ytotAer eepa.ei.tr.". Georsrer"1taierkt VICE}; Iairiii'.sirtsy Mssp, P,T,lrlirtton, tmile" diployy1tida.us. tit Neun Witt had one at. oard to ttur. Alas. how great the stake, nnd how .9132th e .926! .Still alt? woy1dyr.1ay As 'it iG"e%uideCiGiGrvii, Georgq did pot see Itara, He saw Mm. JItte ling- ton, and that lady at once led the con- versation to the insistent topic of Nea- rea Witt. George could not hplp It.st- gins fall a hint of his approaching VIO- cry. slight the chance! Still she would pl: , at. Ld,1 itdtiltdiCrf,e,tlt1,elr, 515% a. little deeper of humiliation, and be trunpled . little more poptomptaouo. ly under foot. What did that matter! "You will not condemn s womn unheard." she wrote. with e touch at Pelo‘drsma. . "I e_xpe_ot 101 here all have done, mil In forcing mutter! CHAPTER XIV. rm...“ ____V, lainly made in eli ing folds; out nun 4ltl,'llh that the ',','dilM, would be too ', obvious for an eye so ruse as George. jand reluctantly surrendered her Elo- _ ture of a second Queen of Scots. , ite would be better; white oould cite; as well as black, and would so muzzle suggestions of remorse and innocence I that surely he could not be hard;heart- ed enough to draw the distinction. A iknot of lowers, destined to be plucked ':to pieces b agitated hands-po, much 1conventional emotion she could not ( deny herself,--: dress out low, and open sleeves made to fall back when the ;white arms were iiirlatrettsllef, tor fit], ,-all this should make a. combine es- I sault on Gear e's higher nature and on Ibis lower. gleaera thought that, if :Only she had been grunte time “and money to dress properly. she might 3never have seen the inside of Peokton "taol, at all; for even lawyers are hu- 2YP, or, if that be disputed. let us say ', not superhuman. . George came in with all the awkward- ,nes o an Englishman who hates , ,soene and feels himself a fool for his Lawkwardness. Neaera motioned him 1to a chair, and they sat silent for a . moment. ' ' "You sent for me, Mrs. Wltt'" I "Yes," said Neaera, looking at the . fire. Then. with a sudden turn of her .eyes upon him, she added, "It was 'ioelrf thank you." . l " 'm afraid you have little enough Ito thank me for." l "Yes; your kindness at Liverpool." I "Oh, it seemed the best way oat. I ihoge you pardon the liberty l took?" ' ' Am: em. an onrtioa. kindness of unglod look. before she enters ttteat) Who an doubt, 1te2, it be not re- corded. that the burgI are at 03135.1 cruelly. reetrioted to t eir skirts. donn- ed their finest linen to face King Ed- ward and his Queen. or that the In- quisitom were privileged to behold many. a robe horn to trmmryh on a d31- ferent stage! And so eaera Witt adorned herself to meet George Nestor: with subtle simplicity. Her own 111- chaatened taste. fed upon Popular en- graymgs, hankered after b aek velvet, gladly made in clinging folds; bat she angled that the motive would be too A-.-“ c... u. an no ruse LiGeorgrs.% Neaera had lunk back in her seat again. "Yea," she moaned. 'U couldn't let it all go--l couldn't!" . . .leou yourself have made pity unpas- al e." "Oh no, not imposiblel I loved him lo. and he-he was MI trust/ul." . . lire. |uru. "an; - --- ,7 eyes upon him, she added, "It was oit,,to thank you.” . " 'm afraid you have little enough to thank me for." . "Yes; your kindness at Liverpool." "Oh, it seemed the best way out. I hope you pardon the liberty 1 took?" "And for an earlier kindnes of yours." "I rea11r-" "Yes, yes. When they gave me that money you sent. I cried. I could not cry W. prison, bat I cried then. It was the tihst time any one had ever been kind to me." George was embarrassed. He. had an uneasy feeling that the sentiment was Lute; bat, then, many of the sad- deggttnngs are the truest. ., ' "Aliowanceat" she cried. starting M. ".Au.owanass--alwt9s allowances! never piyy,1, never mercy! never torgetiy1ntsss.1'.' ' You did not ask tor mercy." said (Raise; ... .. ... L A Hull. WU. "R?"'tH't usual;- "What is it, other all!" she ex_- claimed, changing her tone. "What u it, I my?" ' . ' "Well, if you aak me. Mm. Witt, ith an awkward record." __ _ . _ "An awkward record! Yen. but for a man in lover" "That'a Geraidh look-oat. He can do as he pleases." "What, after you have put me to open shamet And tor what! Because I loved my father moat, and loved 1py-the man who loved me-moatl" G'tftrgre shook hits head. . . . "It you were in lore-in love,_I my witl1 a girl-yea, it you were In love with me, would this thing stop you?" And she stood before him proudly and segrnfully: . _ _ ... _ ' -__, , . "Gerald .will be the head of the tam-! ily, to begin with--" "The lamiLyl" “Certainly; the Neaton family." "IN ho are they? Are they famous? I: never heard of them till the other day."| ."l daresay not; we moved in rather. different circles.“ (, 1;”) you take pleasure in being brut-i a " "1 take pleasure in nothing conn‘eqt-} ed With.this confounded affair." and George, an atiently. "T en why not drop M" George shook his head. ' "Too late," he said. "It'a mere selfishness. You. are only, thinking of what people will any of yw-ll " have a. right to ooneider that." "It's mean-mean and heartless!" George rose. "Beans, it'a no use 30- ing on with thin." eel he. And, matt.. ind a slight bow, he turned towards the door. . "I didn't mean it-a didn't mean It." cried Neaere. "Bat I em out of my mind. Ah, have zloty on me!" And she out]? herself on t floor, right in his pa . George felt very them-d. He 'stood, his hat in one hand. his stick and gloves in the other, while Neeera olaeped his loge below the knee. and, he feared, ‘waa about to bedew his boots with her an uneasy feeling that the seuiuuem 5.57-- ...-._.. e"""""""'"'". was trite; bat, then, many of the sad- 'The potato crop. In a heavy one to deat things are the tritest. i handle. and the difficulty of harvesting "It is good of you," he said, stunt? the crop and clearing the land in a bling in his words, "to remember it, in', large acreage in time tor sowing wheat face of all I have done against you." I!!! one reason why wheat is not more "You pitied me then." generally {receded by potatoes. Yet "With all my heart." lthe cost 0 harvesting the potato crop "How did I do itt Bow did It If Is not Increased. but rather lessened. wish I had starved; and seen my lap. by doing the work early. Potato dig- ther starve firstl" I gels are now so improved that a large George wondered whether it was food. told can be sgeedily cleared of this that the late Mr. Gale so urgently need-;' crop. When t e potatoes, are off the ed. lfleld and the. potato stalks raked up "But I did it. I was a thief; and and burned, little more preparation is once a thief always a. thief." And, needed for sowmg. A light cultivation Neaera smiled a sad smile. :9f the surface for three or four inches "You must not suppose," he said, as is letter for the wheat crop than he had ohce before, "that I do not Biowmg deeper would be. It is also make auowaneea." I tter for the clover seeding next "Aliowanceat" she cried. starting up; l?,f,"W, keeping at the aurtace the soil ".Au.owanass--alwt9s allowances! never; Wnigh has been enriched by the sum- piyy,1, never mercy! never torgetiplntsss.l'.'i mars cultivation._ It has always been "You did not ask tor mercy," said noted that the finest clover catches George. _,1tit_l.s, wmter wheat are got where the Pdd didn't.l know what you mean‘ Egg" crop has been SOWD after pots - 16 ." . "Yea, {on lied, it you choose that!, "One of the advantages of succeed- word. on garbled documents. and,' Ing potatoes with wheat is that it when the truth was told, you called it, makes a. shorter rotation and does slander." tawny With the necessity for sowing N.eaera had sunk back in her seat spring grain, which is now every year again. "Yea," she moaned. 'U couldn't go cheap that tn the eastern states it let it all go-l couldn't!" 118 grown at a loss. If a winter grain ..'Teu yourself have made pity impar' ff2il follows that of spring grain it able." 3111a es a four years' rotation, which is "Oh no, not imposiblel I loved him not less profitable but more exhaustive so. and he-he was so trusttul." of fertility than a rotation in which .“The more reason for not deceiving clover or grass seeding comes every him," said George. grimly. third year. and above all. with a. high- “_What I, it, after all'" she ex- ly cultivated crop in this rotation to nlmmpd alumina har tone. "What in keep 'he land free from weeds." "Then," she asked, advancing a stag. and stretching out her cluspe han ' "why ask more for another than tor YWESBIUC' .__ . . . _ - .. " -iiarirT'iooired at her. " don't think it would," he said, - _ . UGDD vulubo “‘9 - v..-.,u,. . "It is good of you," he said, qtuxpr Ming in his words, "to remgmber mum face of all I have done against you. "You pitied me then." "With all my heart." . "How did I do itt How did " I wish I had starved; and seen my fa- ther starve tirtstl" . George wondered whether it was food that the late Mr. Gale so urgently need- "This in tragedy. I euppoee," he thought. "How the devil em I to get away?" "I have never had a chance.“ tdetysrty went on, "never. Ah, it ir.Urdd And when at laat---" Her vome choked. at? Geom. to hie horror, heard her m nervously shifted ltirfset ebout. " well he Noun." use; clutches would allow, him. How he VII-bed he had not ""vi'éanhot bear it!" the Mind. "They will all write about. me, Ph?" at me: and Gerald will out me . Where shall I Edd-where dull I hide? What was it to you?!" si9t'L't'tioT,tt, all“. t, [at are " r wee as. or up re- laxed. and in fell gmud, with he! taco on the t1.o.or, in front of him. He did not size ttiqushaatte of amps. The M1ssro.tiolotr.issa.1 Irty.titttt? " Mi. drid has published Btatiatiea that Ihow that only ten for. cent. at dtthgt. patients, treate with serum d . wheres as previously (from 1882 to 1891' the mortality hid been 80 per cent. (10 be _ ogntinued.) I "From all these objections the 90' gtato crop as n fellow crop for wheat J: wholly free. Potatoes are not ex- haustive except to some extent ofpot- aah. The thorough cultivation the! rs- :quire develops in the soil . lisrtte amount of available nitrogen which I the potato in its late growth in wholly unable to use. This is seen in the im- mense crop of weeds which starts just as soon as cultivation ceases. It no win- ter grain is sown after the potatoes, 1 weeds use this fertility, not only with- out advantage to the farmer but to his injury. It makes one of the great advantages of sowing wheat on potato ground that the grain crop needs no I nitrogenous manure. The bright green of the young wheat shoots shows plain- ly that the plant is supplied with [plenty of nitrates. With a 1rnegi,.gf of 150 to 200 ounds of commercm phosphate, a 'M wheat crop can be grown nfter_potatoes_. , ... '- WINTER WHEAT AFTER POTATOES. l "Since wheat has become too low igt price to make it profitable to summer fallow, farmers have nought to econo- mize by growing some crop which can be trot off in time to prepare the tuid for fall seeding," says an Eastern ex- tshantrrs. "On a large scale the em“ grains, oats and barley are most gen- orally used an fallow crope. But they have the disadvantage of exhausting the soil of precisely the kind of plant food that the wheat plant requires. Bssidea, after harvest the ground is hard, and when plowed the grain stub- ble under the furrow makee the soil light, no that it driee out too quickly and does not make a good seed bed. This dryness of soil makes its mineral plant food insoluble. and as the avail- able nitrogen in the soil has been used up by the grain crop. the wheat which follow: can only make a weakly (all growth. We often hear the question aaked: “In there any profit in poultry t" writes a. farmer's daughter. I have al- ways found it to be a profitable to well as I. most pleasurable occupation. It you will allow me the room in your poultry oolum, I will give my short experience in that line of business. When but a small child, my greatest desire Was to possess a fioek of chick- ens, and to gratify my wish, my father bought me a few old hens. in the fall of '90. It is needless to say that when out of school I was kept very buay caring for my biddiea. Since that tima my flock has gradually increased until now I have the care of all our (owls. Two years ago. thinking I would like to raise Leghorns, I procured six settings of eggs from thoroughbred fowls. I raised about twenty hens from them. During the first winter only about eight of them laid-and they lay in the fj.eld-ftsad.. It took but a very short time to decide that the were not the kind of [owls ,h,ll'eeJ. But to give them a. thorough trial, we kept them until spring. when they laid exceedingly well. and would have given better satisfaction had they not eaten two eggs for every one they deposited in the neat. Seeing it took two hens to .1661? one. we sold them and said 'nuttal. y "good riddanys." - _ 7 oee gti’rm fowl. It you wish a fowl gar the table, a gout-fat P. R. would satisfy the most astidmus. and for egg reducers, none excel them. Last wm- fer we keg: a flock of 120 hens. Dur- ing the t ree Winter months we re- newed 825.40 cash for our. eggs. and considering the vet low prwe received per dozen, we ”uni it. paid very well. As my father in game en extensive farmer, we raise all the gain we feed, and an the fowle have . large area. of ground over which to roam. they can pick the most of then- living in sum- Having given a. number .o.f breed: I thorough trial, we have decided to keep none out the Barred Plymouth Rock. believing they: to be the beat, Itil-pur- We use the old way of hatching and raising our thiaNr-ttie old sitting hen. Although it is a 'slower way than b the incubator and broader. we thin: the chicks are more healthy when cared for by the mother. We. are scarcely ever troubled with any kind of disease. The little red lice annoy us in the sum- mer by getting in our homes. We abut our chicken- out of the houses entirely. and u thzi are not disturbed by yumin I thi they are better o t In. the pure out-of-door .air. I wilt give a elmple and intellible the.. tor tht can. ..Whtn _you see a -isjiiiiicu, FARMEE - q..- -- -. '".._tr.. ;vu w. " chlck ping catch it and " e few drops $?ltlll', oil in its throat 2fi wind- pl . I have had old hens nick with WE; looked very mush like diphtheria, end after applimg e few dceee of oil in this way, t " have been nth-eh cured. We expect to keep about e hundred fowl: the coming win- ter, and udging the future by the pest. we eel we shall be mare than paid far our labor and ettention. Teh- pigs. I have had old w at looked 'trr must end after applimg e in thin way, t " hw cured. We expect to hundred fowl: t tar. and udging the past. we eel we aha] paid far our labor and ABOUT POULTRY RAISING. ing .it Dr. Babeook found in some upen- xnents he tried retarding this mutter that slow milking" Ind I very decided effect in reducinc the butter tot in milk, there being on average decline of our 11 per cent. in his trial: as s result of slow milking. while also there wee a. decided diminution in the quan- tits, though in B orolonged trial with cows naturally going dry the differ- enees tended to mange“. The total re- sult over a. season. owever. is bene- ficial to the milk yield in the case of quick milking, not to speak of the saving of time. We do not know all about the secretion of the milk in the udder. but we are getting on that war. M I“ Incident: or unopen- (lo-bus. Even in Gummy the populsrity of the duel is open to some doubt. Its existence is due not so much to e de- sire for oombet es of fear of what people will say if there is no fight. There hove been noted duellists who were slways ready for . trey. end when they entered s drawing-room Women quailed endJ hoped it would not be their husbands or lovers who would be so unlucky so to excite the ire of the men of blood. During the occupation of Paris by the allies there were duels every day, the Frenchmen usually being the challeng- ers and the victors, as they were very skilful with the small sword. Some.. times, however, they made a mistake as when they jeered at an English officer over losing his leg at Waterloo. The jeerer discovered that the loss of his leg did not interfere in the least with the Englishman's aim. 3333i. But There have been exceptions to the mania for fighting at any price. An English captain, challenged by a French- man, had the chains of weapons and chose pistols. The Frenchman declar- ed he would fight with nothing but the sword, and interested friends finally compromised on lanoea, a-horselsack. The combat naturally attracted much attention. A great crowd witnessed the duel. One man received. three ugly pry-da, Jrut...npaur ‘Ifilled Itis, anmggnist. Luuu. Wu "an”, .un,‘ -- "w'".."""-'"" v No duellist could ever be made to smile over the famous story of the Eng- lishman an.d.*'renc.luear? who were to fight a duel ya a pitch-dark room. Not wishing to kill this ppm the English- man fired up the chunney_when the word wan elven, and to his surprise brought down the Frenchman, who had hidden there. When this story is told in France it is always the Englishman who was up_the chtnlney. - _ . iijii)tii,i,ai21titttrairi,f _wus succeslful in eighteen ttels before It was discovered that he always wore a coat of mail. For verrv.hia fugue In society had rest- ed on his invariable success as a duel- lint, and thin. discoyery. wigs Ai.s uty.io- ing. A certain major in fighting him objected when his sword snapped on a tuart-thrast and demanded an investi- gation. He was at.terwards, hangvd in relnnd for murdering a neighbor. The most tragic duel in England was between Lord‘Byrnn, granduucle of the poet, and a Kinsman. It was fought in a tavern room by the. light or one tallow candle. Lord Pg? Was tried for mur- der, but ft, of on manslaughter. from the pena ties of which he escaped be- cause he was 3 peer of the realm. This safeguarq of peers was done away with only during the present reign. The! Are Said to he the Shrewdelt In the World. Your true Frenchman think: the Parisian detectives are best. English- men wear by Scotland Yard men. In Aemrica every great city regards with pride its local "sleuth hounds." A writer. after three your residence in China. says he does not think either of the three countries are entitled to the credit given them. The Chinese beat them all. They are st one time the aunt ex- pert thievea. and at nnother the most skilled detective. in the world. A Chinaman can stenl you wash while you are looking at it, and he can catch the man who stole it, if it happens to be some other man than himself. when a. French detective could not. The writer has seen evidences of de- tective abilitf nmong the Chinese which woul.d starte even Lecocq. It is im- possnble for an evil-door to long elude thy Chinese detectives. The scent a cpme and follow it to the Lt before outlined detectives would know of it. The Chinese detective force is a se- cret body. and the best organized in the world. They hare an eye upon every man. woman and child, foreign or native. in China, end in addition watch over each other. Informer: are encouraged. and col- lusion is impossible. The head of the Chinese police is not known, but there in one, and a very active one. too. It " reported that the present head was once an Ambaaaador to a. European country, but really no one knows who he in. There are aid to be over tio,- 000 men under him and hin assistants who control the verioue districts. "I do not suppose thet once inn hun- dred times we ever learn the reel cause of e railroad accident," aid th mm who is always well posted on Inch mature, "when my one of the principals con- cerned u killed. In individual cases. where a. mm is lost from a train, end his body in found later beside the track. suicide in the first thing suggest- ed; but you can never tell. A peculiar eocident happened to e friend of mine. Be In. tr_iie_Og Eastwerd with some friends. He left them for e few mom- enta to no to the arne.ttti.attt oer. Agile enbto otothesamskuttrear. A: crossed EU, one car to the other--! wu before the, time of the vestibule train- strong wind that we: blowing grunt him Ans! blew_ him to. them-om: C" THE was or FAKE. CHINESE DETECTIVES. BLOWN FROM A TRAIN. BY SLOW MILKING. all. I oonaidne It . "" my [II-ht. dint must depend L: on". no. individuat can“. auction. hibit‘ of “fr, :1: “but upon the climate an lives. An active child twe “on year- old, who is g and exercising freely, may -imitato " Inqu food a! middle m. lit “at, the Ippvlile may be In (druids, and thechild will. eat too much if he is taught t very MI]. and thoroughly to each mouthful. Throughout the school year. growth of the body is wmiuuully So (rut. in the force of habit on the different organs of the body thet the stomach and intestinu will un- til] reject undigested the content: d In occasional excessive meal, vim. with habitual overeating they beam accustomed to "propriat'mg luau quantities of food. whivh are amt“. but which cannot be eliminated without aey‘erely tts.xirtttte, orguus_uf excrgtin On “In other hand qui may result from l'tet."'f from 9yerjrttitpuertoe. the difficulty is made ht continuance. It is no exaggeration to any tht avoidable errors in dimam remnant for more than half theMitwiuse wind whither- the middle and mm put of life The changes which p heart disease take pl'tct- on for years without elven known to the tit-t4 s few cases death 03mm such disease without its ing been suspected. 0n than are persons who t hgart disease. wher} the t at. organ in .r ortly complain of haffoelmp regions. palgimtion. "t ing, etc., an such syn p lurally suggest diseav. the trouble in urely m hater; that is are 'tervt" the workings of the lr what deranged. And l thin derangement is the peptic trouble. Those u signs described <lllllll‘l tention to the storniirl overcome them by run-l ‘diat. The quantity of ft» the no greater than Lr-l ‘dennn ' and only stitrst ”tilde should be mien pie. even with fairly a we“, tea and tsofftse Ion of the heart, hwttce , bid“. Tobacco alw it: lune I ptoms. Of i'ot Ind arll'l,e,'.',', which l nerve weakness. should Where trouble with the functional. the remedy victim. and by wise rt'y genernlly effeclmlv In treatment is ran-[y nu lb. to tone up the sysit “W's. h t - t gram 0 the bod tho dovelopment of the vital gr: at 09mph“, the Use of food m. htqgmply in maintaining the PM! oqluhbrium of the tiasue, my mph“ wagto with new mammal. and in fun- inhmg fuel for the development d team. Aa men tdvanne in life, become pro peroua, and perhaps acquire more " prion; habitii of living, tin-v an m time. to be constant] dulge in food Which i guild: is imperfectly Frequently the I in the body and . until the system I bilioua attack. by ing, bring: relief. -HVI‘HUUB "lo E0001 year. m -ttt of the body is continually m on. and. therefore, if a proper dmie meat in to be maintained, the 10‘ must he Abundant. and of. u chum. to furnish new tissue and to yigu th the form of heat and muscular " tiriV. The full adult Weight is n attained before the twenty- “though in some instances i MISTAKES A130! m! Aee I'M " l'hlua lo 1 " “IN‘II [lug- the riverine population. in houseboats. and ev tiocias of duvlcs are 1ltn floating pen, tor safe: (1033. the white Chixu-s mastic breed. not unld 80008. is kept as a w duck pens. It is one of awake and vocifmous t ently never sleeping. " loud call when an} pr Ippronchal it. Mrs. A mailing the northern fr found the mandarin in guard pat "playing" l 309-0 I" if it were a d At Hampton Court, ' heart. the t,t'hif, umur t1 the due ' neat on ‘ semi-circle canal. and if near the bulk wands i master. China atill uses tw [nu-puns. and shows part with them. " large male is one of HEALTH. A PROPER DIET CLE ol and qunnl it y of by sun-2r VER GEESE. IA ill lat ll wxmuluu... . te, and to - the in mm; 'ttt I twain. or a in gruwiag u may reqttim u pd as a m " very to I'll? " I n nty-mth mi, Jets it in M any ll " y one mm In srtt up o il ttseit mm“ min! 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