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1 4^:H-Cm54-CH-CH-«>«>«H-m-»>»>«>«H-»+»>0>^>«+^^ 10 A House of Mystery OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE kHft^O+XH-JCHStt^tt+tt^^^U.-^ >«^SH-«>CH'<H-«>«+»+»>«+: i CHAPTER I.HCooUnueJ). I arose (pom my bed a lorlaight lat'iT stone blind. With this terrible sfllicUun upon me 1 icturncd to London with Dick Dojio, wImj came out Ui Florenc-e to [etch nio home. For mo, lilo liail no furttior charm. Tlw toautios ol the'\v«)rlJ which had given me &j niiirh pleasure ond happiii-«s wore blotloJ out lor ii>e (•or ever. I l.vod now only in uu eternal danl^nosi which by day, wlieu the sun shon« upon my eyes, £<emo,i| to aasunio a dull dark rod. At Urul il struck mc that lecause my sight had boon dcslroy- od my personal appearance must have alljered, â-  but Uick assured nw thai it bad nol. No one, he declaivd. could tell by hx^ing at my eyes Ihat they were actually siightless. And so I, WilSjrd .Hcalon, lived jn tlwsa dull old chaniTwrs in Essex Street, in nx>ms Ibal I had n-ev«'r scon. You, who have sight to road these Imes, can you imagine what il is to be suddenly struck blind? Cliso your eyes for a brief five niinut4?s arnl sop how ultierly helploss you bcn)me, how enl.-reiy dependent ycu are upon oth'.'rs, h«w blank would be your life it jou wei"o always thus. Dick gave to me the lime ho cou'J spare Inxn his work, and would come and sit with ni« to chat, for conver- sation with bun was all tihat was loft io me. Ho described my r vjins and my suJToundings with the same minute- ness with which he wrote. arKl tneii to Uilere.sl me by relating scnxps of the day's news. Yet when -he was absent, away or at work In his ro mis above, I sat alone thinking for liours, count- ing time by the chiming of tlw clock of St. Clement Danls. So heavily did tinio hang upon my Imnds lint at lael I engaged a teacher from the Blind 55chool over in I.anibeth, and with his l>x)k» of raised I«tU;i-* ho used to visit irw each day and teaoh nw to read. I was an apt pupil, I sup- po.^rt, y*it there was somelhinig strangely giv)t««]ue about a man who had already graduated rieoomro«ncing to learn his alphabet Ibke a child. SUU, It saved mo from being driven mad by melan- choly, and It WQS not long before I found that by the exercise of pains I could iea<l slowly the various emb<-s,sed tVKiks, .standard wirks ninnufacluwd •for 1^ recreation ol ttx«« uiiforlu- iiatKt like myself, who would olher- w.sa .sit otemally idl? with IhoT hands before tthmi. .\nd not only flil 1 le;irn to reail, but also t<i nmkestmiU fancy bflLSkn'ts, work very intricafi^ at first, tut wh ch, on aotxiunt of the hiv'l:ly d<v vcbped senso of touch that 1 had ac- quired in reading, soon bocunMS quite easy. The long montlvs of wiater ilarkne«s wont by; but to mc, who could not .see Iho sun. what inaltftred whe'thv'*' the days were brilliant August or black FV- Ciiiitiorr Sonwtlme.? I went out, but mil <«ften. 1 had not become proQciont \^ tliiding my way back by aid of a stick. I had practised a ro<x1 deal in my MXims; but tor a blind man to go JiH'th into tih« hiwy Strand he must huvo perfect oonllJonoe, and h^ able to guide himself among the bustling tthivjng. Therefore, on my airings I usually went forth upon Dick's anii, and the exiAjnl of our wanderings was tho end of the Embankni-enl at West- minster Bridge, or around those small ornumonlal gardens which extend fivmi iho Charing Cross station of th»» I'nder- ground nailway up to Waterloo Bridge. SomoUious, on rai-e occasions, he would Uj(e me to dine with htm at Iho Sav- age Club, In Adelphi Terrace; ond mon, easy^ng Bohemian-s, whom I onuld not soc, would wannly shaks my hanil. I haaW their voicesâ€" voices 'jf artists and Mtoratours whose names wire m houselwld word.sâ€" *.il charmed by their merry gc«slp of artistic "shop," laugh- ed at their dnoJl stories, or llstonwl I > one or other of the members wh-) would ix-ciln or sing f>r th<» benefit of his brother .Savages. Those evenings, •pent amid tho tobacc<>siiwko and glassi-iingling of the only llohomian Mill cxi.'>l:ng In London, wv-ro the hap- piest in all that dull, colorless, dismal lllo of sound and touch. They wero the only rocroalions left to mo. Truly mine wa.* a tristful Ufo. In All'"'. «"*'' 1 *«J 'i^***^ 'â- * ""•' 4ingy dM\ SIX months !.»r more, Dick ctHK" mto my room oi:<> morning and made an announ.'enicnt. It was that 1)0 had btvn commissioned by the I>aily Telegrajih to go as its c<>Mvspon- deal with a British punitvo cxieklilion CO lh> Norlh-NVest Frontier of Ind a. "Yoiru ^i, vif couiYO,' I said, ivlloct- Ing ihat such an offor inoant both ad- vimxN'isnl and pr«fU. lie had long •go told Ti!p 'hat a conimiss'on as war Ojn"es|ximl*nl was his grealesl anibi- Voa. "No, my ilcar old f«llow," his dcwp voice answered In a lone nioiy grav.» tMn usual, "f can't leave ]mu alone." "NoDtenser I ejaculated. "I'm not <f cinstanl practice, I found to my pvat delight that I could actually walk alone the wivole length of the pavement, guiding myself by intuit ijn whtn cn'.xjuntering passors-by. and con- tinuing sUaight on without stum'bling or coliidin,g with any object, a fact which gave me the utmost satisfaction. f;>r it seemed to place me beyond the need of a constant guide. With this progress I intended to ast'^und Dick upon his return, and so gradually per- severed towards .pr:>flc;ency. going to allow you to fling away such a gocd offer to remain with me. No. you must go, Dick. You'll be back in three mouths at most, won't you?" "Perhaps before,' and hts voice .'^.lund.id low and strange. '''But really, nkl fellow. I can't go and leave you helpU-s* Vi'se this." "You'll eo," 1 said decisively. "Mrs. Parker will look after nie, and three months w.ll soon pass." "No," l>a said. "It's all very well, but you can't sit hera month after month, helpless as you are. Its iui- lM-issi.bie." "I shall amuse myself with my books and my basket-making." I answered. Truth to I'Cll. Uiis anncuncoment of h's had utterly crushed nie. His society was tho only bri^jhl spot In my life, if he left m« 1 ."should le entirely alone, clicerlcss and nielanc+ioly. NcvcrlhoUss whou the sight is doslnoycd the miiiTl is quickened, and 1 reOecletl a» Uiat this offer meant to him, and admired his self-denial and readiness to refu^^^' It on my account. Therefire I insisted tlial he sbouM go. In tho end ho was persuadol, and Ihivo days later left Charing Civss f ir India. When h.^ had gone I becarao hopc- le.isly depressed. In vaiji did I try to inf'Orest myself in the eml>osied to-jks. but they wei« mostly works which 1 l;:ul renil loni; ago, and In vain I toifd Hi baMtct-nialilng until my fiinger-ti: s wi?re sore and aching. ."Sometime* at evening Mrs. Parker, hors*>lf a sad soh- lar. wiuld try and i-oad a few of wliat she (vjitsidcnxl the ctioicest morsels -jf the "extra special." She read very sl-.w:y and inaccm-ately, poor old s)Ul. and many were the words sh.» was compelled (o spell and leav«> tno to solve tlKir meaning. Indoixl. in lh<isc Mng hours I spent by niys;'lf I sank k,wer and loner in dejection. No Ymn- <•.â-  I lieurJ Dicks merry voice saying- "Come, chfHir up, old chap. Let iiie tell you all 1 heard to-day over at tlio club." No longer could I lean uoon hi* ann fas wo descended that sUvp lligiil <'f steps leadhig ftxim the end of Ks^-'v Stnet !o the Embankment; no loivier did 1 hoar th^-sse playful words of his on sucli occiiiioiw â€" "Take care, darling, or you'll fall. ' Dear old Dickl Now. wIkmi I ivlloct- cd upon it all. I saw how in my givat (•miction he treated me as tenderly as he w.-iuVd a woman. Forl-jm. hyppe-l. an I heaH^ick, I livM on from day to day. taking interest in n»thing, mop- ing doleful and unmanned. * .\ sing'o )etter camo fivm him. posted at som» outlandish place in tho Njrl- W-C'sl. It was â- read Io me by old Mrs. Parker, btit as Dick was a sad scrib- bl^^r, its translation was not a very brilliant success. .Novertholo.ss from t I gnlhorod how de<?p were his th uglils of mo. and how eager he was (o coiii- plolo liis work and return. Truly no man, had a more devoted friend, and certainly no man was more in nood of one. As the days gi-ew wvirmor, anl I .siit ever wilh the t«dium viknB u^on mo, joylii\5s and dispirited in that narrow world of darkiK>ss, I fell stifled, and longed for air. Essex ."«li'«et is terribly close ill July, therefore, fuuling the heat intolerabk\ I went forth at even- ing upon tlw Kmbankment with .Mrs. Park«r. ond, with my sti.'k. practistHi walking atone uivon Ihat Img. rather uiifroquenled stretch of pavement bi^ twi?en tho railings of tho Templo Cnr- dens and tho cvirncr of Savoy Street. Try to walk a down paces as om- bUmi. Clwo your c.ves. and tap light- ly with your stick before you as you walk, and se<» how utterly helpless you tivl, and how erralic are your foolstei^. Then you will know how cxlroniely dif- lU'uIl I found my first essay* alone. I walked full of fear as a c-hild walks, sliiinbliiig, colliding, halting, and e\on walfima for my pilying old woniaii- .sei-vanl to lake my arm and guide mc hi safety. Yet evening after evening I went forth and steadily [.versevered. I bad, In the days Lefore the world be<.'anie shut out from my gaze, seen men who wow blind guiding themselves fearless- ly hither ond thither among the Lon- don oi'owds, and I was deterniinod, in Dick's absence, to masler tho means cf vislonless loooniolkDn. so that I might walk al'iiio I^-a healths sake, if for no- thing cl^e. .\nd so I continued striv- ing and striving. When Mi-s. Parker had servetl my dinner, cutting il up for pie just as one places moat before a help'os.* infant, we wont forth togoth<'r, and for an hour each evening I went < ul upon Ihat wide expanse of the Km- bankment paveirtt'iit which Airraed my practice- ground. Oriidually, by slow df'greos, I became p»x>nc;ent in guiding myself with that constant lapping Ihat marks a blind man's progress thjviugh the black void which consUlutee hi.3 own, nanxjw jov- less wor:d. At iMt, after several weeks CHAPTER II. August was diLsly and blazing in Lond.^n, and I felt it sorely in Essex Stpcei. The frontier war dragged on it; weary longtih, as frontier wars al- ways drag, and Dick wa.s still unable to "return. His brilliant descriptions -â- .f llie fighting had become a feature in the journal tic represented. On one <-t my short walks fnom ond to end of that long even strip of pavement i hand was suddenly placed upon my shiiulder, and the voice told me that it was Shadrack Fennell. a charming old fellow, who had been a popular ac- tor of a day king since i>nst. and was now a pDininont "Savage," well Unr.wn in that little circk: of London |{iih<'m:a. H<» walked with me a little way, and next evening called and spent an hour over cigars and w*itskey. He was ihe only visitor I had in all those mmths of Dick's absence. \ blind man has, alas! very few friends. Once or twice, when the heat became insufferable in my cktsc stuffy rooms. I oonteniplated going to the country or to the sea. Yet, on refkclion. 1 told myself bitterly that, beijig unable 'v se the beauties of God's earth. 1 was just as well there moping in that gloomy street, and taking my evening airing ^eside Ihe Thames. Th+TO-'ore wilu all desire for life or enj«iyircnt criish.d from my siul, I re- maiiei in Ixind n, gi'ing out ea 'h fine evening, .sometimes with .Mrs. Parker, •And at olhei-s. with a fearles.snojs ac- (|Uired by practice, I carefully guided myse'f dinni ll;e sttop granite steps kading from F.s.se\ .Street to the Em- hankni'-nl. aii«l liven paced my strip ol pavement alon-:. But Ivjw t<-istful, dis- piriling, ond soul-sickening was that inonolonous world of darkness in which 1 <'t,"-n-jlty e.xstvd, noiK" can know. ^nly Iho.so unfortunate ones who arc lilnd them.'^lvos. Ab<iut half-past eight o'clock one liviilhless evening in mid-.\ugust. Mrs. I'arker leing untt\>ll. I went forth akino for mv usual sIroU. The atmosphere was c'oso and oppro-^ivc, tlie pav.nieni .M'OMKd to relk'Ct lhe-|ieat. and even along Ihe Embankment there -was no' I brath of air. .Mone. plungPAi in my <.wn thoughts â€" for Ihe blinil Uiink far more deeply than those whose mind« uro disti'uclcd by tlie sights ainund l!;eni â€" I went on with tliose short steps thai I Iwd acquired, ever tapping with my slik Io dsscover the croiss- ing-.. I was afraid of no street tralTlc; <;Tily of cycles, which, by reo.son of Ihoir silei»ce. are veritable orgres Io Iho blind. Almost unconsciously I passed be- yond the limit of my regular track. Ix'Doath ihe railway-bridge which 1 kufw Icil from Ctiaring <".i'o.ss station and then straight on, with only a single cr*)ss:iig, imlil I came to what scenud Iho junction of several roads, where I Ike.siialed. It was an adventure to g<.i s<, far. and I wondered whore I was. Th"' iliiming »>t Big Ben. however, gave nw a clue. I was at tho eonier »tf BriJiie -siiee.t. for I felt Ihe wall of Ihe SI, Sleph«is Club. The turning to the left w luld. I .'vnew, take me over \\o\stiiiiii>ter Bridge; to Ihe right I cmld < ross r-alace VartI :in,l Bioad Sajicluary. and .st> gain Vicloha Sljoet. Before my alllAlion I kiK'W well tlrnl iwrti'Hi of l.iindon uiouiid Iho II«n^sJ^s ef PurUa- iiienl. I decided. Ilieref ir?, on keeping Io the light, and s )me one wlmm I know not kindly .piloted me over the dun^eiMiis vi'oss iif,' from the conwr of I'arlinnion! Street, for such I judged it to, bo IiMin tho cries of men s-'lling Iho evening pajiei^s. .\gain, thrc<> times in e^uccessioM. did .•â- ympatheUc pci-sons, noticing my holplessness as I stood Ujxm the kerb, lake my arm a^nd lead mo acres-;, but in these constant cross- ings I .s<unetH)w entirely losl my bear- iiiigs. 1 was. I kiKAV, in a Kmg straight thoroughfare, and by Ihe iron railings leloie Ihe houses guessed it to be thai road of llat-dom. Vicl>ria .Slivel. Amused at my introfiidity. and con- patuluting myseli up^m having gone .s.' far al-ine. I kept on, knowing that even if I lost myself I had only to call II J>a.ssing hansom and be drivoii twivk t.. F.sscx SUvet. Thus foi- peihaps lliive-quarlers of all hour I wamtercd on. Fiwn a lad who Iwlpwl mo over one of Ihe civissings I learnt that I had passed Victoria Station, and now ap- [Kaivd to be traversing several large squaix'sâ€" at least, such was the in>pros. sion c;invo..'eii upon my mind. II was useless to stop passers-by every moment to imiuire whi-i-e I was, therefore, laugh- in'g inwardly at my situation, lost In London, the great city I had known sii well, I went on and on, down long strai^hl thoroughfaivs that seemed cndles-s, in enjo.nn.iit of the first real walk I had taken since my crushing allliction hatl full-n upon me. Su.klcnly, in what seemed to be a quite deserted sliwt. I left the kerb to croiss th« road a'oiie, but ci-e I became nwaw of impending danger a man's voico shouted r<'Ughly, and I found my- self thrown by violent wncussion up- on l.b;» roadway, stniggling frnnlically beneath a hor-e's IkvIs. I cliitiched wildly at air to save myself, but next second recsived a vk>lont kick on the left side of tl)e head, which caused sparks to appear bcfoi'e my sightless cy«s. stunned mc, and rendered mo al- most instantiy in.sensibie. ' How king 1 remained ignorant of lliings about me it is impryssiblc Io lelL 1 fancy it must have been a good many Isours. On my first retMj-n to consciousness I h;ord strange c iifused sounds about nn\ low whispering the winds «;f which were utterly uninlo!- Ugible to my unbalanced brain, and the quick rustling of silk. 1 r?momiber wondering vaguely where I was. The blind quickly develop a habit of ex- treme caution, and with my senses dulled by the excrwiating pain in my skull I lay relKx. ting witliout spe k ng. The throbbing in my head was fright- ful. Wlien like rccolleclion& of my long walk wliicli had ended so disastrously surged thtyiugh my train, it stiiick me that I mast have teen taken to a hos^ pital af<r tho iirciJent, ai-.d thai I had mosl p:x>bably reiiiained there some days. Yet in hospitaU there is rx> far- fume of peau d'Espagne, nor do ttw nurs.s wear silken flounces. I tried to catch the words uttei"ed by thuso about nw, but in vain. II may have been that they were spoken in s<'me f'lro gn tongue, or. what !s much mop«? likely, th<? terrible bow I hai re- cciv.'d from the h.Tse's h>of had utler- ly disarranged my sense of hearing. This sing'-e thought appalled me. If my hearing had really been injured, then I was rcnderrd abs-ilulely lielp- Icss. To the blind the acoustic organs become so sharpen;^ ttvat they can de- lect sounds wh'*ro Ih'.se ii full posses- sion of sight and hearing can dstingu ish nothing. It is Ihe ear that ac<s for the sightless eye. Therefore the fea, that even this had fuiled me heliLni*? appalled. I sireichcd forth my hand, and.Wo' surprise felt that I was not i*" a ho^ pital bed, ks I had at first believed, buk upon a s Iken C3u:h, with my head resting upon a s-ilt pillow. Tlu'' cov- ering 'if the couch was- of ricli bio-ade n wide stri-pes, while the woodwork had a STOotlvne.ss whi-h cnu-ed mc to Ivlievo Ihat it was gill. I raised my hand Wi my head, and found it l«nd- aged wilh a haidkeic'iiet aTid .some appar?ntly improv'sod compr€t%'«s. (To I© C«ntinu?dL) ItOBBKItY BV HYPNOTISM. The Marquis ol Tom-nsljoud Makes nn Odd .\rcusulioif^ A romarkablo case rif hypnotism and biighled affi-ction is occupying, the at- tention of a London court, in which the Marquis of Townshond ls owe of :he principals. The other is the Rev. .\rthur Bobins, < ne lime curate of the fashimable H<ily Trinilv Church The Marquis is Ihu plain*iH in case, aid ho charges Ihe curate with having hypnotically wlwed'ed Trom him various large simss of nioivey ami valu- able heirlooms, and al.so the love of his beautiful wife, whoh Hie cu.alo has deprived him of by slander. Tho Marquis wojit so hysterically when he related his woes on the wit- ness stand that ho could scarcely be understood. The plaintiff's s'ory Ls Ihal he studii>d hvpn.ilism Willi the defendant, who PUBE AlB FOB COWS. Hoard's Dairyman has repeatedly asked its readers this question: Is thei« any reason why a cow shouldt-aot hav<) as pure air in wmter ils m' summer? Of cowse. no one h!& ventured to answer to the oonlrary. Milk is se- creted primarily from blood. ,VU tha clomen'cs of growth are carried and de- posited by tlie bkKHl. Thiidi of tlie won- d«rful action of the heart that conve/j flnaliy 50 jKjunds of milk to the udder 3C we can get it. But the blood is kept pure by trie air in the lungs and is vita! by Ihesc things. II goes out on its hidden and mysterwus journey to the farthest extremity, carrying with it for deposit what is needed for each bit of tissue for all different purposes. Then it gathers up on its return jour- i;ey n lot of uiipurities and comes to the lungs for purification. These impurities are taken out by the o.xygen of the au- in U»e lungs. When tlie bk>)d Comes to tlie lungs it is of a dark liver color. ,A3 soon as it fi<el] tlie effect of <ixygen taken from Ihe air the color is changed to bright crimson. Right here <lo w.; see necessity of pro- viding the cow in her stab'c jiLst as na- ture does in the field with a full sup- ply of pure oxygen in order thai the may be vital zed. Many a farni- ho is ignorant of these principles his c<iws up in a foul, clost! stable, ng wi'h the fumes of manure and urinft, and never thinks how ho is beat- ing him-c!f in tho face all the lime. He •J d ling all be can to prevent his cows from yielding an abundance of good milk for he is nobbing them of their supply oJ oxygen without which Itio bk«d cannot help Ihe udder to secrete. This matter of milk secretion u a wondor.'ul thing. It has claiiniHl the at- tention and de«p study of llvousundi of tlhs worM's brightest minds since tho day that Ai-islotle Ihe Greek wnite of thi- human moltier. .\nd still it Ls a mystery. But we may know .some thing about it if we wilk .\mong them iS tho evor-pres.'-ing importance of water and pu o air. Ignorant men con own cows and can shut them up in foul, d,9ease- broeding stables, but nature punishes tlicm for their r«lusa! to know the laws. Again was asked: Is there any reason why the cow shou'd ml have just as pure air in win- ter as in summer? COW SrM.Ii? AND TIES. There was never a lime in tho history dairying whin so much attention s given to tlw budding of comfortable tics lor th*; dairy cviw. riio rigid stanchion ts giving away to the swinging stanchion, to the chain- lie stjlBs where the cows d-J mil have t . l^^^taAr and many other new and iiHiri^^mnP)rtable arrangement for fait- ening cows. While the cows seem to thrive and ik. well m Ihe rigid stanchion, yet Iho new (tevicos for tying dairy c^iws must he more comfortable. It has always found Ihe Marquis .so plastic a subjei-l s.vmed Ui us thai any slall which per- that he put tiim un lor hytmolic cm- inils lb« c\)w to move her N'ad Io her trot and in that stale svured many offside Is prcferabie to a tk> whicii ki^ps the Towiishend paintings, works of art j i,er head in a nearly straight iiosition. and jewels, and al.so Ihe T.iwiishond | T\\f iiwdern methyls of hitchiiig ratr- jewe ready money â€" all under Ihe simple shfnio .'f making tlK> Marqus think he (lidii t n-ed any of ttw< )>oss<>ss!Ons. The affairs <if lh> Marquis of Towns- hcml have had many strange phases. I'l lOfiu he married Clailys Ethel Cwen- .1 iten Eugenv, the boHUtifuI daughter . r Thomas Sulhrrst, a lawyer. The Marquis i« n little, insignificant m.in. a'ld iKit parUcularlv bright, while lh<^ \Inrchione.s,s is a woman of great wit mid inlo'ligence. .After lh<> honeymoon, wliioh wns a farce, there were li^i-'nl enlanglomenls /i\er money mailers, which were bwiighl Io a lopsy-turvoy end bv the (leelnrflli<in of wife and fallier-if^law that the Marquis was nietitiillv incan- able. Some sort of i-oivincilinli-in was patched up. and since llien quit'l has brooded over the T<)wnshend menage. nnv VKABS OK f,B!.MK. \ Vast Inipruvciiieiit in the Last llidt Century. .\n interesting comparison given in Ihe criminal statistics for England anti Wales fur Ihe year 1906, IssuctI lecently, fnable-i a conlrast to be made for the lirst time of the prevalence of crime l'> day with fifty years age. ('K'noralty speaking, it may be said Ihat a vast Imijroveinenl h.as taken place. The number of perMiii.s tried on indictable offences â€" Ihat is to say. the more seri- ous crimesâ€" totalled 50,079 in 190G, as Compared wilh M.6C7 in 1857. Tlwr is thus a .slight increase in lht» number of criminals, but when it is rcnioinboi'- eo. that Ihe population has incro;i5»\l from nineteen ami a quarter millions 1- thirty-four and a half niilUins in Ihe fifty ye;irs, it bec-uncs ovid.mt Ibut, pwqiortkinatoly Io Iho population, seri- ous crime has deci'easi'd by s<jme W per cent. The chief comparisons ai-e as follows:â€" lie not only gives Ihe cow more frco- dom and tlMretore more cvnfort. but Ihoy Invariably give Ihe covvi* a belter opportunity to keep c.<'an. This is a slrong argumonl in fav.ir o f, ^pft H1 g-or" Ilk! more modern ties. Im- everywhere tliero is ii pressing demand for cleaner milk, and everyone knows that it is eivsi^M- Io produce cloan milk from deatt cows than from dirty on-s. Ciive each cow a simill stall by hci^ .self and she is fastenoxl in il by stretch- ing a chain from (visl Io iKi.-<t or from paTtition to parlilio'.i at Ihe roar end of the stall. This arrangement gives the cow considerable fi'ee^lont as she is at liberty to nwive tier head to her sld«« when lying d<iwn jind to lick herself wlie:\ standing ui). The movabU; gale Ls h^jnl of her linos her to the gutter and luvvonls her Ui a large ii«gr«>e from dirtying her stall. One of the chief objtvl-on.s Io this frm of stall is Ihe ixists wh^ch arc nec- es.sary for building it. but many of lh« usoi-s do not oons'dor this objecton at al' .serious. It Is not rciwibk* for us to say what kind of .<!lall another man should build or buy. but every dairyman -sh^iuW aim l(> make his cows oomforlable and keoj* lliom clean. THOSE .MANUBE PILES. Regardless of Ihe fa"l Ihat in agri- cultural paiH-r-i. farnu'r's in.^litules and from «.lhor .M>urc'-s the leiching of cor- i red meth<ids of handling manure is •â- ' it'.ught. we still tiiid gival piles ft "' tho stables accumulating under Ofives where uiu« h of fertilizing proper- ties will to washed out before it i-oacho.s Ihe soil. 11 is not prncticablo to haul il every day to the field it should b» placed iiiKler cover. Bv mixing Iho dif- ferent kinds, giving Ihe Uiose .stock a chHuce Io Iroad it down Ihoiv will b* liltio lo*s tiom nrcfang. l,%7. UKV.. Serious offenws , . . ILV.'^ilO Si.SI'vl Drunkenness 7:).».-.9 ill.V.KI EducaMon offen'CS .. Nono ri.'^..T.>9 rvilice rt'gulalions .. â- â€¢ 38.6;13 lit?. 501 II isn't n^^x^sarv to mention vour Invvor in yoiii' will. h L«'s sure to get his jhsrc. V Mrs, Brownâ€" "I have such a 'ovc\'/ pros«Mil for my h.ish*J|dr Mrs. Simth "Whiil is it?' Mrs. Brown "V pi|ir <:r sliprors. Won't he lie pleased?' Mis. .Smilh-"Yi's. What do you ex- [K'cl Io pel from him?" Mis. Bro\r-! ."Oh, n ilhing inm-lvâ€" a din.-r.'ind rin,^, I supjKvw, or a sealskin iacl.cl. '