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A Dark Shadow; Or, A Coming Vengeance IC1UPTKK V iCont'd.) Lady Kdith slirugged her xhoulderii. "1 don t tli. iik you Hill hare a . h m- i\ Hara." he naid. with a luugh that wue a trifle wiHtful a well us Mxirnlul. I in not go- ing to coiiiiiiin- I.-.- u<-i|ii:i!iit:iin >. and. for hi* part, he i* too big u in in to care to continue mine. lie in not like the other TUII who hnv nothing to do. And how l>or>*d I am nith 'I., -in' " *.he broke off. "They have nothing tu -.iv but the old, old tli.nt--. and they think of nothing but their clothe!* and. their <-lu>is, and- 1 don't care. Ill wear aiiytliing you like; you know lii>! what goes with thin drt-wi j - the peal-In? Very well." Hb inndi- a gesture of compliance, and j Hk'li'-ii ur Hara took the magnificent lie.ii IP. frniii tho Jrwel cane. "Am I ready? My fan. Oh, how I wish) there wiM't- no dinner ji:irti-s. no d:in'i . no <^owd^. and hot rooms, and that I could go N)iiiewh-rc and be <|uiet. Hura!" rh vxcliiiuied. and. as Har put her arm IIP.H..I her. carefully yet caroMingly. Lndy : Kdith let her lu-ud rent for a minute r ! two on the ffuman'ft boMim. Bara uttered i littl* cry. a crooning cry, tho one with I whirh he h;id Hoothd the girl whcu i-l.u was in her nrinB. 'MiMle tired." ithe eald pityingly. "M Ju- lie . onir home BOOII. and let Bara put her to bed early' "Ye*." (....! Lady Kdith. "I plionld like lo hle<-p for oh. for ever." She put up h< r face for the woman to kim. and Die . M-..H iinii-hed it with her line a a <! .!< kinpicpi the imitxe of hiii patron alnt. > u mothrr .--. Uie child who is nil the world and more to her. Hh" went down to the carriage with her, and the footman making way for In r arranged the beautiful drees so that It hoiild not be cru>lM-d. "Good night, my angel! ' he murmured: HMD. with a kind of i-aluam to Lord <'h-r"t<-rlfih, she said In an undertone, not day long to-night, sahib; he anvwered grudginglr. with a sub- 1 dned ferocity, ai If t'uu time demanded were no Iffuch lost. j "liow much do we earn a day? Say one and nine. Ytw; aud all of u* works. Do wo all lep here? Where the blaieii do yer think w <lep?- In that child ill? YUB; mother thinks" -here the speaker Indicat- ed, with a jerk of the head, an !! bel- damo wifh tangled grey hair and tooth- leas jaws "that it's scarlet fever. Per- haps It is. I don't know. Doctor? What's the -.!.- a! a doctor? He'd cart her off to a hospital, and we ehoufdn't tee her no more. Water? O' course there's water plenty of water; look at it I" It was ooting from the cracked and broken ceiling of the room, aud dripping On the Farm i "Quit no." -.i..l Olive. "The poor think the rich hard-hearted; they aru no;. t-ty are, light-hearted, cim-lene, thought- less - " 'More harm IB wrought by want or thought. " quoted Quilton ;m .< vely. "Ah, that's It!" *:iid Clivo. "ItB want of thought. I know a round cw.o of peo- ple, titled, rir-h people, who would not only be moved to tears by a description of the rtatf of things wo are going to nee. but would in 1 1 out, anil liberally loo. But thin kind of thins is going that ion't enough. Private charity DM, OUT* grlnily. tho ellect of it drop in tiro ocean, and lit- tip more. We want legislation, we want to get at the root of the matter, to deal into a washing basin. "Why don't we complain to til* Ian'- lord? We never see the lan'lord; we only see the agent. The lun'lord w a swell at tho Went Knd; no we've 'eard. Don't Bland in the light, niieteri I cau't see what I'm doin' of." Clivo surreptitiouwly laid a modest com on the corner of the crowded table, aud ho and Quilton n.i- ii out. Do you think that the world knows a?" i>ki-d "Of course they do," replied Quilton. "Our novelist* have dealt with this kind of thing for a long limn past, but it < ''> ivith thing* that the denixens of the tilumn : given the reader thrills, pleuaant thrill*, would be t:i uirli! that it is a civuu to ; and makes him feel thankful .!u.i lie does- drink, to herd together like pigw In a ty. to beat their wivee und Ktarve their children, in short, to live like wild boasts --I beg the wild hearts' pardon! imsteiid of -i :> i .-!! IMC human beings." "Hear, heart 'Here the hu. gentleman. i. - mi,. .1 his oeat ;m...i . prolonged cheer- ing. " mid Quilton. Cllve laughed. "I beg your pardon, Quilton," he said; "but I wasn't making a speech. If you knew as much of the condition of the poor un I know " "lion do you knoW 1 don't?" said Quit- tea dryly. "Vou talk of the slumi here in London; do you know them in New York, iu Chicago? IV) you know the kind of I.I. : P.- the meat-packer calls 'home' In the latter placer Do you know the bark- waters In Paris. Berlin. Naples? I bet you don't ; but 1 do.-- Got a match upou n't live in Paradise Gardens and have, lo make, matchboies for n living. Wai t any more?" Clive led the, -way up the rickety end filth-coated stairs to the rrst flo< r, and opening a door after several knocking*, entered a grimy room, in- whi :ii snt an Idiot boy nurMig j inly, fxth wire en- crusted with filth, ind the hoy had so ic- pidaUve and demoniac an x<>r<flion on his face that Clive for tbe moment recoil- ed. He auked a few questions, hut the boy wa quite incapable of underst aiding tin-in, moch lees answering themi and when Olive pre-sned a coin Into his hand his Ongers scarcely flowed over it o un-l accustomed was the imbecile to the sight and feel of money ni. u at heart. (.'live went outside . Quilton was not there, and. In search of him, Cllve went up another flight of the you? I have no doubt there were sluma . _ r . in the prehistoric period; you bet there dirty stairs. As he did no he saw QuIlUm were some In Home and Jeruxale;u. You coming out of a room. Q'lllton Ktood. hold Lord Chenterleigh nodded pleasantly, niu.li ai he would have nodded to one of hi* own family. "AH right, Hara." he aid.--"Are you lirM. riot well. Kdith? Would you rather <>t g>of" "No. no!" the responded, with a touch f luiphtiem-e. "Of course we are go- ing! 1 am finite well and flt. Hani would IIMS if I pricked uiy finger." Mr watched the Varriage until it had Uiappeand, then, ignoring the other er- Hipi an i-.,iii|,li-t.-:v as if she, were un- wiOM-iouii of their prouence, she went up tc Lady EJith'ii ronm, aud begun to put way her mictren's thingx. Om-e or twU-e -In- ]iuu>ed. nd l<K<ked before her with au expression of unxic-ty, furebod- iuir. and anger. "He tm" come at laot!' she muttered. "He ulwayit com Kooner or later. And thi* man the lov*. this pig ' Her wliite teeth gleamed an she clicked lliein. "Pig an he Ii. iihe loves him -do 1 uot know! and ulie -lull have him!" "What in It. a you going to do WII.'T..H. pausing (.'it API-Kit VI. It. a ii -(i. .1,1. ball. are littit) burgling?" asked the ri.i.i h and look want ' bring about the millennium. All right; don't mind me. But, clever ae you lire.. J don't think you'll do It." "Perhaps not," said I'llvo, checking a xigh; 'the millennium - a big thing; but, 1 am going to have a fair and square tiy to. improve matters. ' "Here's luck to you," eaid Quilton, lift- Ing his pipe aa if it were a glaM. "Look at the thousands upon . u- >...!, of well- drecge.d und presumably well-to-do peo pie In the street*. Ilave you \er goim into the suburbs of London?" "Yea?" aaid Cliv. "1 have taken long walke in every direction." "Aud been struck by tho miles and miles of not only comfortable but ex- pensive houses?" naid Quilton. "They Hlretch right Into the country. In every direction, mind you-not only in one. Did you ever ask yourself how 'he (ci'Ujpjora of those houses, ranging in rent from $200 to gl.250, paid their rent, t. > eay nothing of getting their living 3 ' "Yes, it it) wonderful. Lpondon ii a Gre.it Mystery, for, of course, it all conies out of London." "Yes." drawled Quilton. "and you can MI .1. :.-: .ml how Dm preveut-.lny licrmau must echo Blue-hern famouti ; i: ;.>ju; What a city to sack!'" They got down at Whiux-hapol Church, Ing the handle of the door which he had cloned. hl face paler than usual, .his thick eyelids completely covering his ei- j, . ..- ... '.- - eyes. Ills attitude, almont as of on on guard, his increased pallor, Htruck C'livc. "What is it?" he aske<l. "Nothing," eaid Quilton, in hte slow, im- passive lone. "Only a women; and she's asleep; we ; had better not disturb her." Clive nodded in assent, and they de sceuded to the less impure and fetid, at- moMphero outside. Another flght war in plogreM, a fight in which two of the raont prominent residents of Paradise Wardens were engaged. They were stripped to the waist, and blood wiut Bowing freely, to the Infinite delight of the crowd which pressed around them. (To be continued.) GRACEH I, COMPETITION. The Egyptians Arc In a Class by Themselves In Courtesy. The cordial word between master and man, tho mixture of unclouded assurance and deference with which and Clive led the way acruia the i rid Into] tho poorest and most linlett-ered Jip one of the etroets that bruiiuh from *" ' - main thoroughfare. At drat it enough, though tbe signs In of hi room. CliTr. who was drejn>ed In Hiiabby old suit of chn-ko. with a cloth directed through a wries ____ noYcm,t:P roat ^ the rich and the learned; f 'sQualor and j the dignity on both sides, which 'i&x* r 1 ""! 1 - 8 c T alit> ; H i of narrow lowshlp, tliroujfljout up at Cllve. who wan just coming out street*, through which he and Quilton villages visited bv Mr. 8. H. I . awed an travellers so to peuk, not to . ' but to its eitreme oppoKite; tor r, h often oommonts on in _ 'Veil- cap t tat had neon a deal of service in tho theuo narrow street* grew ever narrower. I e d Mysteries of Egypt." He tellB worn of Knfli*h *.- \v\ action weather, laughed with more squalid, thronged with Look like that, do I- he -.. .1 n...i all right! l in go i.j on a . . . i lion. l -IT IIP-., of Pa ran f .. ! i r- No. tald Quilt<in In his .mpuinive way. "Party on there? ' "Yw; there's always u party going on at ii.- IP.I..I. n ' ..aid Clive; and un l>ei-ially good nit* on Saturday night*. It ;l nn-et in the -hniii.. I., hi- elUlg ; HIM! I want t.i int. u. 1 m told that 1 don't know what the -in. n. if I'm uiiac- quaintpd with I' ..l ., tlarden.-." t Qnilion nnddrd. "I re*. I will my th's for yon, (hut V.PU do the thing thorough- ly. Hnrrey, '. :> take u bobby, tec, more people filthy, more and wre . .. a-ra^vofnl lufliit fit qulid and ! of ttH! g r aw;lul Habit Ot theuiBive. Atjauiong the poor fellaheen, whicli 2^121538: ! tou> of poetry to live, of Althy than tbe streeUi every corner there was i ace or a nhabb'.er but not lese disreputable, bcer-sbop. .pi.-, nt which bung loafers of 'toll and drudgery, the lowest type, who m.ired ..i tbem with j^ ] s extremely i a ri-i-p-iitful 1'urionity. They reiu-hed their d<-ti nation at lait. and they found it to b anything but a psradiw or a garden. It end of the world, the epot ttlili mid m IP- to be the and unkempt hair, and dirt-luden farm, were nrTpy, with jrouP " "9Ot"' ruplird Clive "I'm hoping to p.i. Biiirier in thii kit . beside*, the police liavf plenty IPI do without playing escort l<> {professional pbljanthropwta." Quilton wan .ilent 'or a moment; then he fluid: li-aning agitiniit the doors of the public 'Think III ...!.. with you. if you don't houaeii on squatting on tho paveme.nl; roiml. I've a night off Saturday, you they were indifferent to, or only taking know; and I nj im-lincd for u liiile beano." I a languid int-urett in, a Hgbi which was <;-... hemtated a moment 'It may be going on between two nimi at thn end of anything but a beano tor UN" he said -'u'- 'he court; but presently a couple of wo- i.ifl. .1 M ! v i men hVaggered and rolled out of one of "<'u*e of broken headn. or tvnre?" said <hn bccr-nhoiw. They were Ringing at 1h Quilton limn huiMiitli- Well. Ive never top of thitir \oice, both madly drunk, and kiipl TII.V head broken not quite broken, ! HUddenly one of them Vheked" the other. you underHtaiid unit 1m pining for H U0A Mllrll! .P|I " "All right." laid ('live. "But you'd bM t*r niakn yournlf a little lit-, r.-rj,.-. i: i 1 ., uh In i If I tried." said Qiiiltnn. glan<-uig down at his tfpbacco-and-teH- tii. ni-il <-<>st, bis rorkwrcw troumtrr, .aid hi* Ipn'irv and ill-fitting I..P..;^ I'livi* eyed him up and down, "f'lfiin Col- lars -p p- i,.i i- t .i I 1 . ..i -. <ardriib," he sometimes amusing, to see the in- genuity and persistency with which two friends, esp<x?ially after a long r humanity ii.ni silted. ! ahftence, will Aiistain a competition '"'ubi'ic.-' ' n <x>urteey. They heap one com- individ- 1 plimeat upon the other, in ohedi- once to the command of the Koran. pS.iliiain Alikum." "Aleikum Salaam." "With you l) peace, and the li-.n-p.-. about which (xmercgattid nals to whom the loafers ill the broader jtrri't.tj wen* prin<-oi) and gentlouiotj, CbiM- ren. Acari'dy clothed, were puying and wallowing In the bl>ck mud -if the gut- ters. r*rowy women, scarcely more adc- iiuntely .'. ,!... I than tho children, with mercy of God, and His blessing." "May your day be blessed." "May your day be blessed as yes- IP <- me .1 in p .p.. nald Qniltnn; and he WHIII up to his room, and returned pru- leully with a dingy ..,..:.,. round his IH-.-U Ifi [ii.*.p- of -hi' - .ttp'iiMi . .- ' > white col- lar. I--! - gt on a 'bus," >aid ('live. "Have 7011 ver realised that, taking into con- siricrutiun thv wear of ihoe leather and the i*l bows of your <-pist., ita cheaper to rid- than walk in Ixindon? Thia used tn IIP the pour man n carriage," he resum- ed, a thsy . I mi.. p( to the top of the om- uibuA; 'hut it la now that of ths rich mnu H)HPJ. 1 IIPIVP- fp..p :i M\..I .1 binhops on tin- top of an . .in-i. .!.- mid I spotted one of th director! of thu Dank of Knglaiid Hi. other day." "Nlc- 1-1 h acquainted with bunk dir- p ipnv, iiu.i iii'ii p-il Quilton. "Oh, 1 met him at my father's," ei- I.I.I.IK .1 ('live; "though what on eurth he wan ,1. ! there I don't know," IIR axldcd candidly. "No director of e.tcn the nioet rrwliilous and iruntful of h:ink would nc- got IK ii- .1 loan with the Kafboroiiglm." ' 'I h<- old bnrrlern have been broken down." obnorved Quilton. "This in a <l<> uioi-rni :-.< age; th pean^nt trends clotfoly on tb hoels of the perr, the inuron Ira- vclti In ''in twopenny Tube with the mil- l',. .n.ii'p-, th IP -IL.II rides on the knlfc- bourd of th ..FIIII.IPI... with a bricklayer and Mr (!llvn Harvey I t>p-g hl pardon. (lie Hon. Clivfi Hitrvey, MOII of the Marl of Ka f fMppppiigh, whoM* un. p"-tp.iv P'.IIIH- over with William tho Norinuii - clnii.i> :i-< u s coin p. in ion on a vlum-prowl tho hiimljlo and vcrdy William Henry QuIlUm." Doii't be au ass, Quilton." adjur.vl Clive. "Hut you'rw right. It in u dunio- orativ ii it i'. and bun Islei-s arc hi-ing lnvrl- jd in every diroclum, Home of them ought la have como down long ago; fur thy an> 10 liltfli mid to thick that men could n.pt sen i--li other over them or through lli"ui: tlioy divide the CJHBM'II, and one clam dons hot know how tno <ithr claims llvm TVi you imiiino Mint tho irpiM'V p'l.i-sM, B they are Hilled, and rightly. f-r they in.- on top. in'" aiwnro of thn misery, the all- JfCl miery III which .o ninny of tluilr (id- V,w-<-reiilureii their fellow-cltifens, liy Jovo! lln. <ir rather. drnK thi.nigh un eiintexce of which one (if Uin lower anl- Djiil^ would hn UHlianiisI?" --'1'hcy have ev-r.v opport unify nf re id blinding Ing .ilxuil It." Mild Qiillton. "Thi He-icon ,.pil only ii lia-pi'niiy-- "Tlwy "iil ifchont cm, of couikf. UB- IIPII|I-<| ('lire. ' HPI (l.i you and I read h"iit the. l-><|iiimun. and the Bnkhs In tral Africa; hut rending is wunt t" snow, you wnnt .ninfbt. homo lo you " \t w* nr ifoing to IIRVP it lirnughi i<i us two prcK tn an Inotant they were both cngagivl tearing eac.h other > h.nr and clawing at each other'* boome. The loafers wok up, and formed a ring, not a keenly iutercHted ring, but a limp and languid mil'; the llt- tlu affair was too common in I'aradise (lardeim to cause eicttentuiit or anything but a la>y Intercut. And tlm women fought like tigera; blood Bowed, huir was IIP -I by handful*. Cllve looked on for a while with white face and n r wkrd soul; Uuiltpou as impaw'velv ever. Cllve was breaking through thn ring of prosperity be in- Thero is in->m.othing no to ne. You have it tipiictator*. whnn u policenniin thrust him asidu and made IIIH way through the ring. He separated the combatant*, hut made no arrest. Why rhouM ho? Such flghta were as frequent. In Paradise (inn'une a "At M..IIIP - ' ill Mnyfair. The two women wunt off, ml! shrilling threats that eavoured of the nother hell; the policeman dispelled tbe unguid crowd, aud In doing so confronted Clivo mid Qiullon. He knew I'aradiMe, OarduiiH mid all Its denisen*. and ho uw that Clive and Quilton were strangers. "Pas along," he said; Mien he looked . at Cllve keenly. Ho had been on duty in i p.;.,.,- U,,it,i Palace Yard, and recogniw,! Mr. ( 'iive | ' r /" ' , , Harvey, 'the people tt friend." Us saluted, but ibook hlA head "Ruin place this, lr." he said; "scarce- ly the plann for a gentleman. Might gel into trouble any inomc.nl There ain't a womu I.IM.-PI in London; better be going. ir." "It' all right. OOntMbtoi" KnUl ('I've. "We've 'in- to e what wt> can for our- selves." "Then you d better take mo with you. lr," skid the. policeman. gi.m-!\ "It Is not a fit pUe for gontleiuen like you." "No, no," naltl Clive; "we want to go alone \V shall bn nil right." "Well," said the poli< euiun relnot.antl.v, ' I shall bo at thn corner thrre If you call to uie But I horn you'll be careful, gentli-n M. for wu ( .- : .-MI- u gel the blame if anything goe wrong." H tramocil ofl as reluctantly an he hud upokon, and ClUe and Quilton purtmed their invfiatlgut.lon. They entored one of the doorway" all the doors wera 4>i)n. us If the occupant* cf this tearful den In- vited inspection -and knocked st tho room on the ground flour. A half-clad girl opoued tho door to thmn. and ('live and Quilton looked In upon a ncone which would eem incredible to onn of my ladies of itolgrnvla. There were nlns person* in 1hn room, mlo Mid fomiiln, of all BKIW, from tho grandfath'-r of eighty to the. child of stv, lo say nothing of three bahira lying '>n a ple> of racking In the corner. They were. inatchlKii-maknrs. and Uiey were work- ing against time. Bomo of Uiein were Into (thiipfl the thin piecep <if ..,,,.- wern pasting thn laheln. otheie were flting llioni lo the shaped bone*. W.irk UN they might, and as they did, with .. fnVKrlHli, wolfish eagorness, they could only earn a few ppncn aplwn In tho day of ulileen hours They raised their heavy eyes and Mtarnt at (;live and Quilton; ilu-ii ('!! I" work Rgnin as if they grudg <-.! Ilin inoimii*^ ihelr prnkonce hnd stole.ii. l 'live .iHkr^, j HII questions, nd tl'y tcrday." "May your created." And BO on. in the Arabic language which lends itnelf to a rhythmic repetition and phrnoe expansion. Mr. Talbot Kolly. wlvo know* the out-of-the- way |>e<iple of Egypt ao well, from ! travels ej AH artist, Apeak* of thin "Old World courtesy." "I am frequently salaamed by a native," he nay*, "who asks, 'lk>e* your work prosper T " 'Thanks to Allah,' I reply. " 'God increaafi your prosperity I Our Lord and the 1'rophet know the good men.' ' who A 1. minis!. An old but sturdy Irishman, had made n reputation as a "boss," got a job with a railroad must ruction company at Purt au One clay when t\w sun rj'.F. hot- ter than usual, his gang of Haitians began to shirk, and as the chief (uigiiiper rode up on hi'* horse, he heard the Irishman shout: "Alles ! you Rons of gtina! al- lez 1" Then, turning to the engi- neer, he said, "I curse the dny I iver learned their language." "Mother, do d<x>rs Ulk t" "No, d<-:ir. Why do you jwjtl" "Wfll. 1 heard- you tell Mary to answer the door." Ha ad Fcedlne for Small Calves. If we start a calf out right in the first year of its life, it will ever be a profitable animal ; but if we do not give him a. fair, good start he will, at best, be a worthless scrub, con- suming much more feed than he will ever pay for, writes Mr. Edward C. Glitzke. It w much moro profitable for the farmer to put flesh on a young calf than it is to half-feed him when he is young and expect t<o have him make all the gain when he is fitted for the market. Nature never intended the calf to be raised by hand, and we must un- derstand the calf's physical makeup quite well if we wish to succeed by hand feeding. The calf is not made to consume coarse feed when it is young in faot, it takes several weeks to get acquainted with grain. The only nourishment that a young calf takes is milk, and if this does not con- tain the necessary food elements the calf will suffer. Where the calf is hand fed it is only natural to suppose that it re- ceives skimmed miJk, because the cream is the one object for which the cow is milked. Now, in taking atrb,? the crcaaa, we are taking away a very import- ant food element fat. But one need not hesitate to take this fat if it be supplied in another and cheaper form. For a very young calf the rn!y desirable substitute is linseed meal. This should be boiled, or rather, only scalded, in hot water and mix- ed with the milk as a kind of gruel for the calf; It should be f-*J in ouch quanti- ties as the size of the calf may re- quire. Be sure you get the old j process, ground oil-cake. This dif- 1 fers from tho new process in the fact that in the former the oil is pressed from the seed by hydrau- lic pressure, and, of course, a great amount of the oil re.iu.ina in the meal. The new process Is n. product, that is left after crushing the seed and washing the oil out by a chemical known as naphtha. This is practi- cally of very little value as feed and ohould be avoided. Where any number of. ralvos are to be raised by hand it is best to prepare a set of movable stanch- ions. These are quickly made from one by four-inch lumber, and where they are movable they can be changed from place to place to suit the convenience of the feeder. After the calves ar in the stanchions it is an easy matter to dish out a quantity of milk to ea<ch individual without continually be- ing pestered bv the others. Why doesn't .k. tak* NA-DRU-CO They stop a hdeh p^omptJv, Jftt t not <?ont6i the dangaroM drufi common In h** A *ff t lt tMU, A Druggist about them. N*TiMt. ISo. a bo*. WANTED At one* to do Dlotor* oolorinf iMr ^^^ jj^ oar WOBd< J ^ ic * 1 . ^r 08 "* Simple, mtuhftntoalvork. r.pidly don* AU pa*> urnt furnished. PoaitlTely IKI oxprinc reqalMd. W furnish the Protw.su MM ohemicaJs tind trpply you with pictures to ook. which you return to M. Good prices paid promptly by the wr-ok of month. No caoracsinc or inlUnc onr traT- H-rs all the gooda nd the Held U unllmitrd tot our work. If yon want eloaa. DUMMttt work the year round fur whole or spare time, writ* u and w will Mod you oontraot and the prices we nay COMMfeneiAL ART WORK*, sis COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO. OUT. ping period in their growth. A calfj So far as observation goes salt) has the virtue of preserving the that is once stunted never amounts to much except as a food consumer. The Woodlot. A good income may be obtained from a farm woodlot if it is proper ly handled. The main thing is to make it better all the time by elim- inating the less valuable trees and improving the conditions so the other tres may make a better growth. Trees like elms ought al- ways to be cut instead of trees like oak and walnut when they will serve the purpose equally well. Crooked trees make just as good firewood as straight trees. Grape vines and all similar pests injure the growth of the trees materially and it will pay big to cut them. Good management pays in wood- lots. Sate the ttanure. In prompjlj handling barnyard manure, the farmers can save or lose hundreds of dollars annually. A manure heap is a hotbed of bac- terial activities. Some of the nitro- gen is formed into ammonia and passes into the air . this is a clear loss. Some is transformed into ni- trates which are soluble. These are washed out by rains and. sink into the soil, or run off into the ditch; this also is a direct loss. Some is formed by bacteria into nitrates and these nitratea attacked by an- other species of bacteria which change into nitrogen, which passes into the air and is lost. After they all have their milk they with finely troughs or Boxes, they will soon form a habit should be provided ground cornmeal in SALT AND GOOD LOOKS. German Phjrslclan Advises Its I'se to Whiten Skin. According to a German physician, ealt taken with food has a whiten- ing effect on tbe skin. This is ac- counted for by the fact that it is a compound containing the power- ful ble-aching agent, chlorine. At any rate, it is undoubted that white people eat much more common salt than dark races. Fruit, on the other hand, dark- ens the skin, because it contains alts of manganese. Besides whitening the skin it is probable that abundance of salt in the diet makes the whole body plump, eats salt freely face and the When a per- the result is of taking their chop after each tnat t h e blood, skin, muscles, etc., meal and so forget about the awful habit of ear -sucking. When thev have finished their meal they should be turned out on a meadow or alfalfa field to exer- cise and they will soon begin to nib- ble graxs and so get extra nourish- ment. The main object in raising calves is to keep them continually grow- ing. It ii eaier to put on a pound of gain when they are young than when they are older. They should never have * stop- retain a, groat quantity of fluid. Hence the effect on the face would be to make it full and rounded. But it should be <vaten with judg- ment and moderation. If a young girl cats a large quantity of Ealt and makes her face plump then the skin is stretched and, as uhe grows older and drier, wrinkles appear. But if she uses a saltless diet while young, then when the wrinkles come she should be able to disperse them by adding salt to her diet. health of the skin and preventing.' eruptions. But only when used in moderation is it of real service^ and people with weak hearts or kidneys, or who have a tendency 1 to dropsy, are better without any 1 Or with the smallest post<iblol quantity. Beady to Quit. Pat had been at work for three 1 days digging a well, and as the fore- 1 , man wanted it finished within trW week he had promised Pat another man to help him. It was getting on to 11 o'clock and Towser, the fore- man's bulldog, was looking over the edge of the pit, when Pat said to himself, 'Til have a smoke." He 1 had filled his pipe and wae about to light it. when he glanced up and beheld Towser's handsomot features. Slowly moving his pipe from hi* mouth, he said, "Be-e-go-rra, Oi've wor-rked wid, Germans and Hen-j garians, and Oi've worked withj Ooitalianii, but if a man wid a f;i' like that comes down to work be-', side me Oi gets up." i \ You would probably be surprised! if you knew how much good ha* l come out of your mistakes. When the girl yawns it's th young man's cue to get into tbe\ home stretch. of y oan* of old,/ Good btrmt Mttt eaOdy. ftS|*f OH tKrrri1g, fruit or br*4 not only ;.t > but MBMiMb Car St. XAwrcno*) Extra Cnurolatexl t MgB and bo rur of Ui fine** pure ftmragor.unto from factory to your FUUO UUUMCBDi to* MM** Ik** MtrirMt JV^AKE certain of complete success in your concrete work ** by always using CANADA Portland CEMENT We arc supplying Canadian fumers with the highest quality of Portland Cement it u pou&lt fa human (kill to make. We have reduced the price of Canada Portland Cement until it is wkran your reach for ptactkaDy every purpote. 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