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I A House of Mystery OR. THE GIRL IN BLUE I CHAPTER I. Wilford Heatun is nal my real name, iDi- why stwukt I publish It to lh<! world? Th« reason I jdo not giw II is, first, bt-causti I h«vo no desiio lo be made the obj«ot of Idk? curiosity or apecuU- licn, un<i seoondly, allbuugU Ihc expla- nation herein givoii wUl ol'sii- lh« hon- or of one of till! nio*l powerful of the Imperial Itsiueei in Europe, I havd no wish tJMit my true naiiM sliould be as- sociated wi!h it. I have, however, a reason for writ- ing tliis narrative â€" a very strong rea- son. The story is an enthralling one; the adventures strangw, perhaps, than ever ha;)i:«,".ed to any oHioi' iXviiig pcr- toon. I huve re^olvei to relate the plain unvarnished tocta in llveir aemuince, just as ihoy occurred, without seeking l<; supprcois or ernbeUiih, but to recount tho strange adventures ju.st as they are i-cgislerrd in the small leathfr portfolio, or so;rel dflssier, which, stiil, at Uils moment, rcposas in the archives of a certain Ministry tn one of the European capitiJs. There have I'eccnily been slorl»s afV^al â€"strange stories. \l Qrsl I laiiglwl ut aU tlie atijurd rumors, but very quick!/ I saw how seriously distorted the n-al facts had l>eoonvo, for ingenious para- graphers of certain Sjcio'.y pa-ieis, grasping tlie story eagerly, worked t up into a. narrative which reltejted \ery Beri«iusly upon Uie honor of one who is dearest in all the w»v!d to n»e. WoU, my taloâ€" or exposureâ€" is writ- ten lierc. In order that those wlw rend may ci<^arly follow tho curious cluiiii of cir- cunulances, it ts necessai-y for ine to 0u bade .some eight years oi- soâ€" ivot a long period as far as tune goos, but to ino a vcrilabte century. I wa.s young, JUsi turi:ed twenty-five. I was dec<inlly wel!i-(jff, iKiviixg ct/me into an income of nearly a couple of thousand a year left me by my father, a su.ii which put me beyond the necessity of entering business, pursuing the daily grind, or troubling ulwjt the morpow. My ca- reer at Brasen-Mse had, I fenr, been marked by a gooJ many shorlojmlngs and many youlliful escapades, l)ut I end«l it by taking my degree of Bucht*- lor of Medjcino, 6h)rtly allcrwanis pur- suing the fashionable habit of "going abroad." Within two ycar.^', h-jwover, I relumed to London wvirld-weury â€" Uke so jnany other young men who, being .left comforlally off, ciinmcnce V- tasic ll:o enjoyment of life loo corly â€" and selliUd down in a suite of sm-jke- bcgrijncd reoms in Esse.\ Sireet, Strund, by courtesy lemied chamber.s. The place was horribly dingy, »itualr cJ in that cul-dc-sac which is quiet and 4liiKist deserted, even though only a etoiio's throw from the busiest, i:osiosl, an<l mudd.est thonjughfai-e in the world. The ground and first floors of tlvc house were occupied by scveml Anns of so- L'citors, who^ doors were coveied w.th ragged and sadly faded green baizo, whde the second floor I rented as my abode. The bainl. shabby, bizai-pe old place had been 'built at the end of the last century for family residence, in the days when i;k)oinjibury was uxi aris- t<jcraUc quarlei' and groat men lived in Leicester Snuarc; but now, aJa«!! smoke^itained aid Umc-dinuncd, it wus given oy«r to t^.e dust, which the law acciunulatos. Fion its exterior, like those of its nesjulxirs, there pixjlriided tttosc great iron ••xiinguishcrs used by the linkmcn of the days bygone, whle the Uroad, thin-worji stair^s, «u^y of as- cent, tho solid matiogany doors, the great carved handrail, and thci 'ino .\d- anw ceilings, like those in the older bouses of the Adelphi, tcld mutely of the prosj>crity of its long-departed own- ers. I had taken over tho Tuniitnie, a frowsy tot of ^Jded horsehair, which had perhaps don* dfuty there for half a century, t<jg»ther with the ro-)m.s, and even though tl><*y were so dismal and ouUof-dale, I must cy>nfess llial tlK;y had one attraction for me, namely, that above, in tlie low-pitched rooms on the top floor, there lived and worked my eld college chum, Dick Doyle, who had, after a good deal of wild-oat sowing, deN'cIoped into a rising Journalist and litterateur. Curous though it may appear, I had returned from tho Suimy South and taJten up my abode in that dingy, dis- piriting place with one .sole idea, name- ly, lo be iteax the niati who was prac- ilc^ally my ojity friend in Uv whole world. I was in fore need of him, for I was utterly beoJIe.'JS of everjlhing past, present or future. With tlK" exception of old Mrs. Pnr- ker, who had servc<l my family for twenty years, I was absolutely alone end helpless as a child. At the age of twenly-flvc I had c2ased to inlere-it my- belt ill anything, and plunged in eter- nal gtoiini, all desire for life having left mo, for knowing that iUs joys could no longer be mine, I was, even though In the full possession of aU my youUv- ful vigor, mental faculties, and bodily strength, actually kjoking forward to the grave. The lerrJjle truth must here be told. Tl:o nailer wUl, I feel oonfldent, sympa- thize. While living abroad, travellmg hither and thither through the old lali- au tmvn-i, where I deliglited to roam in the big white piazzas and through the crumbling palaces, every stone of which spoke of a brilliant and historic past, I liad Leen suddenly seijted tiy disease, and for three months lay leasing upon my bed in an Eng.lsh pension in Flor- ence, tended by two cairn, sweetrfaced si>te,"s of charily, with their grey-J)lue habits and great white linen lieud- dH'csjc.-, which in my hours of fever and <mriuni seemed always so clean an<l cool. The two great Italian pro- fess-ors wl^D were called to me sh'Kik their lieHds, believing that, even if they maruiged to save my life, it would bo at a ksss of one of my senses. In Uiij. alas! they were not mistaken. My eyes became affected by sclorotlis, a severe InnHinmalMn of the sclerotic. Gradual- ly my eyes, those most beautiful Rime- tun's of the human body whch manifest in such small compaiis Ih? great, the un.<s ocakabl.;. the incomprehensible i>ow- er of our Creator, grew dim. .My sight was slowly but surely failing me. I was reoovering from my bodily ailment to 'be allfl'-'ked by the ophthalmic dis- ease which the doctors liaJ all along feared. 1 implored of ihem to do something lo preserve my sight, but they only dropped into my eye certain hqu ds from thoir little bmwn glass phials, and regarded the effect gravely. \ peat oculist frijm Rome carjie lo give liis opinion. I saw Ivim but mliililv, as thong!) I were looking through a d-^nsc f 'g; and Ivi. too, told mo Dial all T.'ial coukl t)e done l»nd already been done. (To be Continued.) way out of the difncully. And I be- lieve you are sorry you cannot make a niarlyr of yourself, eh?" •"Oh. no. 1 dreaded Uie trial with every fibre of my being. I canjwt tell you how 1 dreaded it. Uulâ€" I fenl y.ju arc doing wiongâ€" that you ougtit to give me up. You see, Eileen is not ec l>ad as you make me think, and per- haps " "I am only tbankfuli for that because I hated te Ihtiik her so, not for any other reason. No, Sunbeam, 1 wanted you from the first. Nothing will alter my mind about that â-  "Not even if heâ€" Is found?" she asked nervously. ".Not even that. Though I sincerely hope he won't be. I?ut here Ls I.ady Cruse. She looks as though she wanted y<,'U. I have already monopolized you toe long." "Yes, I want you iboth!" oxcla-jned I.ady Cru.^ coming towards Itiem, new light in l>er face. "The most wonder- ful thing on earth has happened. .Sun- bi'am, my little .Sunbeam, I have just ht-ord that you are my very own â€" ray long-lost child!" She threw her arms around the girl as .she spoke. Duncan starlej forward, surprised. "flow did you bear?" he asked. "Has Mi.ss Green oome?'' "Aunt Hetty?" exclaimed Sunbeam. "I do not un<lerstand. I am Bill Greens chilliâ€" the convict's kid' they c^Uled me, and " "No â€" no, you are my own little daugh- ter. .Surely my heart kne-v it when it taught me to love you," replied- I.ady Cruse, drawing the girl to her again. "And no one has bten to tell me, only I have had a Jetter â€" I have only just orened it. It is from Bill Green, no longer your father. Sunbemn." name llwy gave her. must remain hers, for she has indeed been that to us an." So saying I.ady Cruse drew her daugh- ter to her again. • • • • What more is there to say? For Bill'.^ proofs arrived, and with them u letter from Hetty. Sunbeam Green became Phyllis Akline but only for a .short time. For ere anoliirer, season drew tlie fashi*5nable world to town, Duncan Sinclair had claimed his bride. A:-> for Gentleman Dan, penal scn'i- lude for twenty years seumed so ligiit a punishment for one so accomplished ill evil doings that lliey uU decided that Bill Green might be left undisturbed in the new life he had chosen. Luckuy for him so little was .said about '.he pearls Uiat Dan s betrayal of him had no effect, especially as tie see.med to liave viinislKil fiom the face of the earth. As Sunbeam changed her name, •x; did lie and Hetty change theirs, and as be had written, Australia is a big place. THE END. BURIAL PLACE OF KINGS BE.VL'TIFLL CATHEDRAL OF ST PI- CENTE DE FORA. Bodi^is of the Sovereigns of Portugal Lie in the Splendid Ri>yal Pantbcon. An unusual mode of bur.al in P<^^rtugal induces many a traveller lo visit t'le ... , . , . , „ . J ,,. 1 cemoierics of Lisbon. Ins',«ad of the ",' ^.."?i.â„¢'!-â„¢Ji}"'^V.!''*^,I!l?? l}ll headstones and numuments of the grave- I I A Man's Beveoge CHAPTER X.XXI. ".\nd ao that is settled, and every- thing it> cleaioJ up in a most .siili.srac- t-ry manner. Lady Cruee hits her iHMirN, E'lcen has conic out trumps, for it must be truo that siho tried to clear you. and you aiv mine, for ever and ay," said Duncan, as an hour later Iv and Sun- beam stood on the balcony, wntching the relreutang back of the deUx-livo as lie ciossed tlio sijuare, lil^j satisfaction qI Ihc intervic'w shown by his walk. "And yet." she murmured, "1 sUH fotl anxiou-i and â€" oh, Duncan, you know cveiylhing, you say, so I may toll y.>u, my se.ond sekf. For you will never, never incnl.<)n it again, I know." "Say on, sweetheart. Y'our s,v.t-Is cannot be black, tlierefire I am safe 'n prom-Bing to ket^) them. Only look p!«.ised, more pleased than that. Soc, 1 will bring tlic color to your clieoks. ' .She laughed as slve drew back from his embi^ioc. "Some one will see you,'' she whisper- ed. ",Vnd I want to be serious, now.' "1 am your slave, and all ear*, \\lkat is this fresh trouble? Uo yoii-still ache '.c give yourself up. to Justice to save Ocutleman Dan?" "H» di<3 not do it. And 1 feel thai -if any one ought to suffer unjustly that I am the one." 'Too late. No one would believe .\ou now. No. You are safe, and as for C>ontleman Dan, leave him alone. He desen-es it for all you have suffeivd Ihi'ough Ii ni." "But it is not fair, it " "Would you say wtv> the real culprit is to save htm?' he as'--r-<i mischevwus- ly She blushed and hung her bead. Somehow it was diUlcult to say what she meant. And .vet why should Di/n be punished for what he did not do? "No. I could not do thai," she im- plied. "Only " "You would sacrifice yourself for him, .My danling, you can put all llial fi-om your mind. \U' wjjl be punished more fo" the lank nibl)Cry than for the pearls which arv recovered. Uesides he was not totally tnnoc^nl of their theft, you may be sure, since they wew in his houiSi'. .\!so. he may Iclray " "My father!'' she v/hispercd anxiously. "But one never knows what such men will do. They have their own code of Ihinor. Though In thit? ca.sc things soeiii ixx'uiiar. Evidenlly your father has got offâ€" though he may stiil |>,> in danger. But you must r.ot liyjub'e about that. You have .sliield«'d him niosl loyaUyâ€" you woiiM'have continued dcring so if we had not found a better girl, pushing her hair back from her faw with a â- sigh. ".\nrl why did you think Aunt Hetty wns !»ere. Duncan?" .she addtxl, turning lo her fiance. "BeC!iU.se sh*' hersj-lf told nie fliat you were I.ady Cruse's daughter, yesterday. That is wtiy I stay^-d. Only my stor)- is too long, let I.ady Qrusc fell us all sIk wants In. first." "Ye-â€" come and see tlie letter. Then Snnlcam .>ou will kmjw that what 1 I say is Inie. Bili has written it in a' hurry. They aie on tlveir way lo .\u- slralia. now. he and his .sister " "Oh! .And I shall not see .\unt Het- ty!" ••\.l,Tjne,t Sunbeam, in a voice full <it di.-ap|X)intment. "You have me instead," answered her mother with a loving sniUe. ".\h. yesâ€" and it seems too wonder- ful lo le true. Especially after all thnt lia.s appeared. .Si vi-onderfiil that I can- not believe 1 am the same girl. Per- haps he ha.s made a mlslak<-; perhai^ also," she added wllh a siid.len Iwi ;,« of fear, "lie is only sayir.g it fceL-au.-^e he knows your story and wants to g<?t rn; of me." "Rend this, Duncnn, and let the chilil .sec Itiat it i.s really true," interrupted yar-ls of other counlr es, ixjws and losvs of tiny chapels are to be seen ranged tn long a\'?nues bordercd by cypress Ire OS, The Portugiie.se are reluctant to bury their dead out of sight, and Ih'-Be chao- e's sei-ve as mortituries for the t fTins. which are placed on sheive--^ within. Through the iron gi-illes the eye dis- cerns .small altars and (V.wens gleam- ^n^, througli the subdued liglil of the interiors. .Still m<ire curious, and fraught with strangely mixed interests, is the method cf burial, preserved from very ancient j cusUinis, for th^ nionarclis of the rul- jint; hou-e of Biaganzn. Tt-eT re.sting-pl«/-e Ls net dHfllcult to find, for the church to which the Royal Pnntheoii is attached ts conspicuous from many parts of the city. In fact, the cathedral cf St. Yicenle <le Fora. with its majestic facade dc- ccratoJ in the Jesuit style of the six- troth century, is look.^l upon "by ri'si- <l.jnts as th" lxir.d.somost chur?h in I.is- N>n. The edifice stands high upon a slope. The present building was erected by Philp II. of .'^pa n. : nd. th aigh greatly I.ady Cruse. Iwldiiig out the illiterate i injmoj by the e-rthquak^ of 1755. still pr<»s«fnvs in the ne^lorati-in its original appearance. St. Vicente >ie Fora is Ihe gHthiring p<;int for gpeat religi.us fes- t:vals .such as the centenary .;f .'^l. .\n- Ihony a few years ngi and Ihe Inlemn- tJonnl Catholic Cxingrpss. BURIAL-PLACE OK Kl.NGS. There is an exit into the udjacnt SI. raw 1 Bill Greon hud i>oslcd to tier the day before. ''Your Lidyship, "U<!inn as I'm Itiavln' Ihe orspitlle slyiri'.s of England f<jr an unlimited time 1 lliinli it as well to !«11 you s Min'fhink ab-iut .Sunbeam wut is in trouble just iK)\v. Fift-.en yers ag<) Sir Ralph Freer and me wi..s chums of a .s<iil. To : cliisteis. which, curiously enongli. are •/Widgo him 1 \vi!h my sisUr.- Hetty t.xik Ined w?th blue and white til<^ illuv- charge of a little maid of three or tlwr- tratmg the fabi -s of Li Konlnine. atciiits. He sed ho would cull for her agin. Well lie never did, cos of his U/.S n' his mciiiory. Sc as we loveJ Ihe child wo cjtucit to lior. I'd occasion to kiHjw she was your lidyship's, but wo didn't want to part wid er, 1 'ave proofs, things she woie when she coined, a piijwr I'oU- by Sir Ralph about 'or, but as .-jhe's bin a larg* expense, she's bin brought up like u lady, suitable for "or .station, sc's not to shame you. '1 .'on'l give up thoin pr-oof.s lir nothink. .\nd a lady like your lidy.ship won't ex- pect it. Belli' as in he.xchange llr her I 'ave the pearls â€" she's worth d'jubk? (jicvn â€" I won't ask m-/re'n a thou.saiid IHJund.s for Ihe pro.jfs. The address at the botlom will find me. Y'ou see Au- slraly'.s u big place. It's no good piit- tm' the perlice on to me, wot would U: ongrateful afler .all we've done for Sunbemn. S<) I dv.n't mind .saying as I was tlx^ o^ive wot .stole Ihc perls. Mow, il don't mailer, but she's as inoccnt as you are. Plese tiive our love t/) t>un- beain an' tell 'er wo meant all for her good and that we're goin to lead good lives now to please 'er. I kno^vs she loves U.S. for we di<l ourn best for lier. ".\s lir the perls I know you'd wil- lingly give them up fvjr .Sunbeam, "Yours faitlifully, ••BILL GREEN (Ir the last lime. ' ".Vnd so you fce, my daiiling, it te true. Y'ou arc my child in reality, <'Xi;la lined Lady Cruso. as Duncan laid llic .letter tlown. "Rut the prooLs," said Sunbonm, still fearful that Rill was lying. "Won't you ask for Ihcm'?" "Ye5. He sha'l gel his money; for as lit savs, he was good to you. We will sift tlio matter as thjroiiglily as we can. Rut both lord Cru.so and 1 are .s^it stled. We feel tliey are not deceiving us. What do you thinK'. Diinacn?' "For a long time I linve thought there was a mystery about .Sunbeam. Miss Green told me tlii.s is true. Slie was afraid to say moro and disappenr;>d. Rut the peai-ls are yours again! Bill docs not explain that.'' "No. Nor ih.-il! we say .inylhing nUnit it. For all those years of agony wlicn they 1ov<h1 and tended my child. I have forj^clten. They ha\e lifS'it [;o.vd to her, my li!l!e -Simlwam â€" PhvllSs \\ The only tounJ that stir.s the silen.o of U>» I'ncN'.'i'd garden is the murmur <â-  f running water as we turn towards a d»>or\vay at the end of the arcade^. .V dim. luw ihiipel lies bey-jud. and within its walls there broods a spirit o'. unutterable quietude and iny.slcry. Here is the Itoyal PanttK^m of the Kings of the House of Rraganza. Here rest tlui mort^il remains cf Dom J<j»o IV. (eighth Duke of Rraganza and the King of the Restoration) ami his suc- cessorsâ€" Dom Pedro III.. Duin Joao V., Dom. Jo^e. D^^ni J<'nii \'l.. Dom. Pedro IV. the lllviaUiiff Kina. w.^o gave Por- tugal her Con.«t.it.iilicoi), IX^na Maria Gloria, Dom. Pedro V.. and Dom Pcili-o II. , who wus the la.st Emperor o! Brazil. There is s-Jinelh ng mere than ordin- arily solemn and awe-inspiring about the manner in which these defunct nionarehs repose in this house of the dead. The bodies have all been embalmed 'ike effigies, and until quite receotly the faces were visible, as Ihough com- posed in Irnnce-like slumbor. through glnss apertures in the coffin lids. The bier of I>om I.uis, the father f tho Into murdered King, occupies Ihc chirf [w.s'Uin in the rrj'pt, Tho mortal ^c^nlains, of the geninl King and hi'* pr-omising young heir. Dom Lub Fillppe, aie row in tlie nwe^ .<iome romranionship of tlwise emhalm- oC monarchs in the Roynl Pantheon, anil It is Ihere that tlie once smiling and gracious Indy, Qv.een Dona .\ineUe, kneels in mourning for hor dead. WOODFaN-IIEADED. The piv .sent ng counsel had been very .'rcnihing in his tpeatment of the wtnesses f.jr the defence. So much f« thai one of these, a \oung doctor. <.'eti>rminod tc relnli.'i'e. "You claim lo b.' rcininirik'd with the vftiUiu.s RVTuploms atl.niling concus- sion of the brain?" nsked Ihe lawvor. "I do." "We will lake a eorcn^'e case." con- tinued the counsel. "ff my learned friend, otma-el f<'r the defence, and iiiy- Mi\t were to bang owv ImvuIs toii thor. .should we ret concussion of the hraoi? ' Tlv v-nnng pliysc; I'l smfed slightly. 'The piyil iiihtliiii's arc." he ivpli'-.l. dine is her natncâ€" but Sunbeam, tl.e|''lhnf c<-iui.sel for ih(» dcfonrc would.' Oil THE Fm ' THE PLAGUE OF POOB COWS. It grieves us to think as wo write of th« very large per cent, of the dairy farmer's feed and tune being wasted every day, every week and every month of this 1008 because Ik? !» un- dertaking to make money from oow» which on tb^ average are giving only about one hundred and forty pounds oC butter fat per year, just enough lo ;ay for the feed and labor, but furnish- ing no real proflt to the fannere. There is no niKessity for a continu- ance of this .state of affairs, but it seems aimost imrcssible to Induce the farmer tc take measures to protect himsolC from ths consiant loss. .\!1 that la nciesiary is to use the scales and the Babcxk teit to ascertain the actual yield of the cows during tlie year. It is not n-co*.sary for him to weigh a^nd test every day. Professor Erf. of the Kansas station, wlio has given the matter psp<cial study, is our aulhor- ;ly for the 3tatrn>ent Ihat weighing and testing the niiJJi three days in the week â- will be accurate to tho extent of 9G per cent, of Ihe amount of milk produced â- mod 9i per cent, of the butter fat as o-nrpand with the record lakcsn every day dur.ng the (crlxl of lactation. There is scarcely an eighteen-year- old boy on & farm who couW not be induced to weigh snd test the milk three days in the week, in case his father will not do It, and thus determine what cows are. dead bjut bcavders, mere ma^ nuro factories and henoe unfit lo use In a dairy tie.rd. Th's, however, does not solve the whole problem, for It does not tell u* how we can breed cows of dairy qua- lily. By buying the be.t oows that are available and testing thorn the farmer can in time develop a herd that will produce two hundred and flf'y â- poui>(1« o( butter fat a year. He might .safely lake tw<i hiirdfed pounds as the mini- mum, and he can reach this in the course of two or throe years. If one hundred rnd forty joundi w.i: pay the cost of labor and feed then ihe sixty extra pounds will be prnfll and surdy this IS sulTlc*nt to induce the fiuiner to ascei'tain the facts with reference to hs htrd. now Ihat means liavc b?en furnished him in tlie shape of the Eii>- 0)ck tost. This hnvLng lioen d'-ne. and a herd of Iw'j hundred pound "cows being se- onred, a mr.^ difficult problem r, mains, namely, h^w to secure bulls of belter |)ol«ne>' Ihat will enable him to breed ui- hs herd. I'mier pre.-ent ccndit.<in», this is an exceedingly difllcull 4iialter. The farmer buys a bull, uses him for two or three years, and then to avoijl inbreeding ho .sells him ajvJ buys an- -other. H.'. dc s not kr.ow and h<' can- nol kn -w Hi that date the value of that l;u!l f. r dairy cows, .^no'lier year must jia.ss uiilil Ihe lirst < f the heifers c.<mcs ill and he cannot deieriiiine tlje valuo •rf lh.se for still another year .really not for two yeai*s. Hence In the mat- tor of 'breeding he is simply going it bimd. Wbat is the remdcy? Wo know of <;• ni! e.xcej)! an organ i/ii lion nmong fanners in Ihe i eight orlKKKl, or anwng patixins of a < reamory who use, tho same brreil of cattle by which they will bo onabhni to keep track of cows that are heavy butter pr<;ducei's, say Ihro" iHindiv'd to throe hundred and fifty j>ounds. and buy from each other, calves fi»m Iheso cow.^ ai.d wi;en their merits as dairj' sires are asoerlainod .«.'^ll Ihem to o.'ich olher or exchange with each other. This involves co-op- eration, for which fanners, as a rule, are not yet pit>pujy>d, but for wlUch tliey will h:ivo to prepare theinsi.dvcB if they are to get the real valfic»3f the f<ed that Ihey arc now wasting on in- ferior dairy oows. Cr'eaniery companies could l^e very tiolpful in this, if ihey would, and to their own great Lenetlt. Many of them are ipassing out of existonco for the simple reason that tho supply of niiSk :s ninning short, partly d\ie to the cen- lializcd creamery and partly to the fact that the tows that arc producing their cream are not yielding more than ha)? Uioir capacity. These creameriC' could Jiffird to em- ploy by the year some bright .x'^oung fcl'.ow who understands how to handle the Babcock test and good pracllcal judgment in Ihl way of preparing bal- ffw:od rattons, to .iscertain for tho fanners just what their cows are do- ing and to suggest Ivltcr mctJuds of feeding. TtUs in time would lead to an iirgunization of the patrons among Unanselvcs by which Ihey would be ab'a •o select sires worthy of a place at tho head of tlieir dairy herds. This is the method followed in IVnmark. the iiiosi u;:-lo-date butter producing country 'n the world. We know of no other way which will enable ihc fnrnidr to get the vahie of the food that he iww wasles upon his dairy cows. â€" Canathaa Thr««:herman. HER ONLY CHANCE. .\ c!crg)-mnn twice refuse;! lo marry a <»ouple wlM •came bcjord him, IxM cause on Ivith occasions the bridegroom was intoxicatej. The clergyman wid to the bride: "I cannot undir>land why you come to chuicli with a man who is to Imj yioip tiiishond in a state like this.'' Ihc yiiimg woman liiirst into toar.s 'and .said: "1 caniiol help it. sir. lie won't ooinc when h>'s sjbsrl" i' / r^' ?V'^a3^StVJIiS.i%i- -.-^^Ij