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? ? I ?OT????? ^ |H5ES25H5Sa5ElSasa5HEE53SZS 0 Jg=j|pEF?SESE|pSESE5eS^SELS |iON|THEj A 5H5HSHSHSHSH.?aSHgS5BSE5H5 v 5H5HSHSHSHScS1SSHs^5cHH^-vp | pTRACED^BYjf A j V it in A SE5HSESH a Sri r . n.7HH. . . _r V 5H5E5ESE By EH LADY 5^ MARG ? SHSHSHSHSESHSHSESESESPSHr ,4 5H5HgS5HSB5H5TgS?-gH5HSBgg? A O e 9 ^ O ^ 9 ^ 9 CHAPTER III. 3 Continued. "Women are easily satisfied when they know no better; rest assured of f that. Antoinette will know no bet- i ter; also she will be a great protec- t tion to me, she has about her some of the mysterious gift?but I trouble i you. I stay too long." c "Rigaud," said Mr. Denstone, earnestly, "be advised by me. Do ) justice to your child. You have no 1 right to condemn her to this paltry ? life when she has been born to better I things. Believe me, the happiness Will SUUU I'UlUlicliiaic juu 1VI ???.> S rifice.'' ( "I hate the word 'sacrifice,' " said A Monsieur Rigaud; "and, believ me, ? my dear friend, it is totally unnecessary. You know the old proverb, ^ 'What the eye doth not see the heart doth not grieve over.' It is absolutely applicable to this case. So why I should I not indulge my predilections I for a quiet and unpretentious life?" * "I have, of course, no right to in- 1 terfere." j The old Frenchman bowed. The r bow was full of a kind of fine irony j I which irritated Mr. Denstone consid- j c erably. i a "I have said all I can presume to i ^ say," he said, rather fiercely. ^ "I am obliged to you for your good j advice," said Monsieur Rigaud; then j ^ swiftly turning the conversation, * "and more obliged to you still for your most kind invitation. With * your permission I return at once to i my hotel, there to pack my clothes, I * and I will return this evening before | ' dinner to install myself under your j r most hospitable roof." ATrtneioiir was itlst COinC. ! ? when a sudden thought occurred to j v Mr. Denstone, and he strode after ! him toward the door. "Rigaud," he said, "it has just oc- ! 1 curred to me I should like to give ! u you one word of warning. Do not j deceive yourself with the idea that when you are at home at Goucy you ^ can preserve now the strict incognito that was doubtless possible twenty * years ago. You are a well-known personage both in London and Liver- r pool, not only for your financial | acuteness but for your enormous j c wealth. They tell me the railway I * I r runs through Goucy now. wneretne railway goes, modern civilization follows. It will be difficult for you to 1 preserve your reputation for poverty u even in so quiet a spot. Doubtless your frequent absences have been a fruitful source of conjecture and gos- s sip in the cafes." "Not at all, not at all. 1 am known 1 to be a commercial traveler. I and * my bag have been known on the line the last thirty years, and as for sus- ? picions in the minds of Goucy folks ?Peste! my dear friend, you who live in towns can form no idea what- a ever of the obtuseness of country D brains." i "I can form a very good idea of the | v acuteness or town Drains, mimereu Mr. Denstone. but he only drew back, * saying half apologetically, "I meant to throw no reflection on your country folk, Rigaud." j Monsieur Rigaud bowed again, and murmuring, "My respects to madame, y and entreaties that I may in no way ?! derange her," he went away. Mr. Denstone turned to Arthur, who had been seated during the L whole conversation near the window, * apparently engaged in reading the !' Times. ! "That is a curious study, Arthur," | he said. "What is your opinion? is ; he mad?" | "No," said his nephew, "not unless j the cupidity of a miser is really a sort of mania. It is taking complete possession of him. body and soul. * You can see it in his very hands, the fingers beginning to.crook them- . selves, the tips pointed and claw-like, the furtive glance over his shoulder." "Wretched man!" exclaimed Mr. c Denstone, talking up and down the room. "Did you ever hear such con- c summate egotism? As to his wealth, * my dear fellow, that man has capital worth thirty thousand a year at the i lowest possible calculation of inter- i est, and where is it? Tell me that. . Into what is he dissolving it? "He could not carry about the bul- j ? lion even were he fool enough to conVert it into gold; and I hear of his . closing banking accounts in all direc- ^ tions. I wish he were not comiug j ^ V*T Koor Viim nn\tr " UCi A V-ttUUVt utUi M4Ui "v" ' J c "Where can the child be?" "He said 'at school.' It is a mercy i e that he has the decency to give her j * some sort of education at all events, j e As for her fate, shut up at Goucv with j * an old miser for her sole companion, 11 it is a miserable prospect. God help i. her!" "He must die some day," said Ar- ! . thur. x "Die!" cried Mr. Denstone. "Those j ^ 60rt of people never die! I must so i . and tell your aunt that he is coming i ' here. She won't like it at all." j' -? j. CHAPTER IV. j ] Monsieur Rigaud arrived in time j i for dinner. He entered the drawing j < rouiii, wnere u? iuuiiu atluui uiwstu first, amusing himself by half-petting, 1 half-irritating his aunt's pet pug. The dog, who wanted to be let alone, . kept making odd little yaps and < snarlings. "Ah. your good uncle < keeps some of these little hounds?" i said Monsieur Rigaud, seating hiin- i self at some distance fro~i Chloe's ! black muzzle. "Thty are said to be i ft great protection." { 1 "They are only littie useless play- i s things of ray aunt's," said Arthur. j < smiling. "She is very feat! of them: |1 but as for protection. I do:i'l fancy J 1 they are very courageous." | < Monsieur Kigaud was looking fur- < lively at Arthur's stalwart form, j , ^ T=SE?^"H52Si=LSE5H5H5ESE t v ?!52?HSE5HSH5HSH5H52S|gg <1 v iQri7MT?ii ? ? FH .Si A 5H5E <? 11 5H / SESH (i r SSg5H5g5Z!5Z!=HSHSSSZ5HSH A ? . 5HSHSaSHSHSaSH5E.5aSHSB V 0 " 5 a5SSHSaSaSH5ESESES2SH 3 c ,-ESHSH5ESZSrSSES-ESH5HSc5S a (, | DIVINING || ROD^g I c i^5HSE5E5ESH5HSF5251BSa5e V rH5aSHSE5E5HSH52SH5H5H5H 9 J 'ARETIIMAJENDIE. mmn ^ a rHSHSHSHSHSHSaSHSHEHSHSH 9 r raSH5H5Hg?S?FH5Pi?gSESgSE ^ J. "You arc very tall and very ^ strong?" he said, interrogatively. * "Yes, I am both."' "It is a fine thing to have so per- ? ect a physique," said the old French- r nan. rather nlaintively. "Nobody ^ vould like to meddle with you." 1 "I don't think they would," said ? Arthur, smiling. "Only, of course, >ne may be one against numbers." "True. I wish I was strong like a ou,'' he went on; "and I wish my J ife were of as little value as yours. 5tay! I did not mean that. Do not r )e offended." ^ "I am not in the least offended," ;aid Arthur, laughing. "My life can s ertainly not be considered the least aluable just now. I hope to make it T o in time." "Ah. yes, doubtless,, of course you 1 vill; but meanwhile?" 1 "Meanwhile it does not matter." c "Certainly. How well .rou speak. * have a box, a little box. It contains ' >apers of no value to any one but nyself; to others useless, but to me . nestimable. I went into your room 1 ust now. It was a mistake. I would r lot have intruded for the world, but q am a man of quick observation. I * ould not help seeing you had there l strong cupboard with a good lock, . firm, new lock; a mahogany cup- ^ oard." . "Yes," said Arthur, "it is so. 'here is a stout old wardrobe there. ^ hang my coats in it." "There is nothing of the kind in * ny room," said Monsieur Rigaud. y Nowhere to put my little box. And E he housemaid looked at it so much. ^ Vhat sort of a woman is that house- ' aid?" a "A very good servant, I believe," v aid Arthur, carelessly. "The ser- J ants all are good here." . "It is a small favor to ask," said lonsieur Rigaud. "That box, might ^ leave it in your charge?" "With pleasure," said Arthur. ? You shall lock it up there yourself." "You are strong, you are young," aid Monsieur Rigaud, admiringly; v and those whose lives are of small ? alue live longest and in most safety, .'ou are sure it will in no way deange you?" ? "By no means," said Arthur, who ould not help inwardly laughing at v he naive rudeness of the old Frenchi - s aan. .. 11 "Then let us lose no time," said j lonsieuiv.Rigaud, leading the way r pstairs. He brought in his box, a black v ressing case or dispatch box of s trong leather, strapped and double trapped and fastened with a Bramah ? xk. He put it in Arthur's cupboard nd nestled it among his boots in the arther corner. He then locked the a upboard and deliberately placed the ? ;ey in his pocket. "But stop," said Arthur. "Let me t least get all the clothes I want to- a S1 jorrow morning." Monsieur Rigaud gave up the key ery reluctantly, and Arthur goodaturedly bundled out his clothes, ' nd, relocking it, returned him the v :ev. They went downstairs and ^ ound their host and hostess ready or dinner. 8 Arthur slept soundly that night, ? ery soundly, as his vigorous health nd clear conscience enabled him to lo. But about 2 o'clock he awoke uddenly with the odd sensation that : here was some one in the room. : Arthur had plenty of presence of oind. He made no movement, but ay perfectly still, and through a s hink in the curtain surveyed what v-as passing in his room. The shutters were unclosed and '< ? he mpon shone in, making a brilliant \ yhite square on the ground, as if a . 1 heet had been laid on the floor; be- i ond the square of light it was black larkness, only the dim outline visible >f the big mahogany wardrobe with ts door open. I * Some one was moving with a most i s innatural stillness of movement. s straining his eyes Arthur fancied he f ould make out something?a person 1 itting on the floor; but the complete 13 >utline was broken by the open door >f the wardrobe. He held his breath ind watched more closely. "Good Heavens! " he thought. "So 1: t'was not a delusion of the old fel- r ow's after all. His box was valuable, j a md some blackguard is after it." c He was just about to spring out of 1 >ed when he was arrested in time. a nto the square of moonlight, for one r jrief instant, came a hand; the light s ;leamed on it, and he recognized at 0 .nee the long, lean fingers, with their ? iharp. claw-like tips slightly hooked lownward. It was the old man himc ;eir. The tension of Arthur's feelings reaxed into something like contempt . md even a little amusement for the ^ ^resent. Ke was careful not to move; le was afraid of frightening Mon;ieur Rigaud into some kind of fit. But the sight soon became grotesque, ilruost ghastly. The old man's face ( :ame into the light. The thin, hooked nose, the sharply defined black shadows cast on the ground, the old, claw iilte movement or me nanus, sscwcu .0 Arthur as if he were watching a ( :reature half-vulture, half-human. r Then canic the sound of his voice, :he low whisper of a man counting One, two, three, four," and so on. Arthur could not see what he was counting; that was within the black ase; but it was something the old man loved, for his fingers fondled it, iiis far-e leered and gloated over it. It seemed interminable,for the counting went on up to hundreds, even further, when suddenly the close track and Monsieur Rigaud start- ( ?d so sharply that something in the t L>lack box jingled and rattled. He ? hastily thrust in a mass of cotton i ivool that ho gathered up from the t iarkness beside him, thrust it in, i :iade all tight, replaced the box, took I way tLe key with him, and departei ,'ith the same extraordinary silenc( ;ith which he had come. Arthur heaved a sigh of relief a: lie door closed noiselessly behind im. "I can't stand this anotliei ight," he sa/d to himself. "If th< Id heathen cannot sleep withou ounting his treasures, he mus hange rooms with me; he shan' ome into mine to do it.'' The next morning at breakfasi lonsieur Rigaud asked Arthur i .nvthing had disturbed him in thi light. He answered "Yes; that h< lad been greatly disturbed, bu i'ould explain later." Monsieur Ri ;aud's face turned more yellow thai iver, but he changed the subject wit! til the grace of a Frenchman apolo ,rizing for having made a mal-apro jos remark. When they were alon< Arthur told him that his own sensa ions had troubled him; that he hai ~ fh O t thfl PQQlrP Ill lilWillU tUli*IV.HUU LUUV I.MV eft in his charge was of greate ralue than he had thought. He wa ifraid of the responsibility, and h iroposed an exchange of apartments ilonsieur Rigaud accepted with alac ity, and from thenceforth to the en< if the week, when he departed, th< }enstones saw little of him. H pent the whole day in his room ocking it up with the greatest car vhen he was obliged to leave it, am nanifesting so strong a dislike to an; nroad of housemaids that they re narked to each other that he wa mly going to stay a week, for hi oom would be unfit for any respecta ile dog to live in, let alone a Chris ian! Arthur, meanwhile, had been gain ng in the graces of his new-foun< elations, and he would have beei suite happy in the pleasant conscious less that he was both giving pleasur< o them and also beginning to hel] he severe necessities at home, bu or a letter from Tola which dre1? lim back into the region of worrie or the time. Tola did not oftei irrite; she had really more on he lands than she could get througl iroperly; but for her, the little one rould have grown up untaught ant leglected; but for her, the mothe rould never have been able to si :own for five minutes. She had ha< . little disappointment lately, not i ery great one, but still one tha weighed on her a little. The firs ruits of Arthur's ten pounds ha< een the long-coveted cashmer* owns for the girls, and one for th< ear mother, too; but, like a tru< nan, he had followed the advice o he linen draper's man and hat ought dress-lengths. Ten yardi ,'ould have amply sufficed for Tol? nd for her mother; but ten yard,1 or Janet! that was impossible. Toll tbo first tn see it. and the first t( uggest a remedy. Janet should hav< ive off hers; and the remaining fiv< ,'ould make a frock for Letty. Jane rould not have accepted it, but th< tuff was all cut out by Tola's def ttle fingers before she knew or coulc emonstrate. One person observed it, but tha /as because of the extraordinary per picacity of his gaze whenever Toh ras concerned. This was the vicar, \ rave, tall gentleman of nearly forty ohn Irvine by name, who lived witl is mother in St. John's vicarage nd was beloved by the poor, anc ather feared than liked by the rich Ie seemed to know instinctively hov hings stood. He would talk to Janet nd give her directions as to he; chool teaching and her district visit ns: but he never save directions t< 'ola, and once, when he saw hei irge, brilliant eyes looking at hin ristfully when he spoke of some sicl erson Janet was to visit, he turnec d her and said, with the rare, swee mile that used to lighten up his rave features: "Grand old Georg< Ierbert would appreciate your life liss Denstone." She did not thank him, but the fint [ght came back into her eyes. Sh< hought a good deal of the few word: e said to her, feeling that she was i ittle household drudge and he lik< orne saint of old days. But though Tola's letters wer< * V? vorv fill di e, tllCJ t>Cig 5V11V.J Uii; ? V/* ^ - ?. f matter, and this one carried Ar hnr back at once into the society o ho home circle. To be Continued. How "Water Acts. Water contracts as it falis rron he normal boiling point, 212 de rees, until it reaches thirty-nine de xees. Below that degree it expands nd at thirty-two degrees, the freez ng point, it will expand enough t< urst pipes and vessels holding it. When the pressure of the air i: elow normal, water boils at a lowe: emperature than 212 degrees. Thi: s noticed before a rain, when the ba ometer shows by a falling mercur; , decreased air pressure. This als< xplains why water boils away ruori apidly, quickly or at a lower temper .ture in the mountains, where th< iressure of the air is less than on th? eacoast or in me vaiieys. n ?uga >r salt is added to water the temper ture of the boiling point is raised i ew degrees. As a rule, as water i leated it will hold a greater amoun if substance in solution. A familia ixception is the fact that ice wate vill dissolve twice as much lime a toiling water. At the other extremi joiling water will dissolve seventeei imes as much saltpetre as will col< vater. But water varies in its solv ;nt powers regardless of heat. On lound of water will hold two pound )f sugar in solution, but only tw iudclao of common salt. All in Sixes. A peculiar run in sixes occurred i: he County Clerk's office recentlj rhomas Albury?you will notice si ? :" n'Mvto Hrrnv in fPP eiiera 1U catu uam^ vi.v-.T T ~ ... )n September 6, 1006. The num'oe jf the case on which the fees wer Jrawn was 49.G66, ana it was i: locket 60. He recepted for it i ;ash book 6, page 66G.?Columbu Dispatch. Curious Korean Animal. A countryman reported that a curl >us animal had appeared in the dis arict of Cliungwha. It has long hai ind is different from anything be ore "seen there. It roams throug he villages at night, and many dc nestic animals have been carried oi >y it.?Korea Daily News. V / V" 3 Food For Poultry. t An experienced poultryman sayi t three parts of ground sunflower see< t and one part cracked corn is a fim mixture for fattening poultry. When t only a smal quantity is grown thi f best results are obtained by throw 3 ing the heads to the poultry and le 3 them have the exercise of picking ou t the seeds.?Farmers' Home Journal - j i Grow Forage and Feed It. 1 One of the greatest helps, then, t< " the farmer in cheapening the cost o his crop is the production of foragi e of high feeding value and the feeding * it to cattle, thus adding the cattle t< ^ his sources of income, and from theii manure spread broadcast on his lane r increasing the humus content ant s i furnishing a valuable plant food ? e | Progressive Farmer. " I Kick the Barn Door. One writer advises his readers no 9 to kick the cow when they get mad but to go and kick the barn door. I ' farmer may be consfiered insane wh< ^ i would kick the barn door, but then I is about as much sense and a grea y I deal more benefit to the cow in s( doing than to give the cow a sounc s thrashing for "something she canno 3 reason out.?Florida Agriculturist. To Measure an Acre. To measure an acre, tie a ring ai j each end of a rope, the distance bein? j sixty-six feet between them; tie i piece of colored cloth exactly in the a middle of this. One acre of grounc jj . will be four times the length anc I two ana a nan times me wium, ui ! I the equal of sixteen rods one way and I ten rods the other, making the full I acre 160 square rods. Keep the rope dry so it will not stretch. A rod is j sixteen and a half lineal feet. An j acre is 4S40 square yards, or 43,56C j square feet.?American Cultivator. The Farm Horse. I find it is cheaper in the long run ; to keep the farm horses in a healthy, ; j thriving condition. Neglect sooner ; ! or later is apt to bring on heavy cost. J Poorly ventilated and damp stables are liable to bring on coughs and ! colds and other diseases. Regularity in feeding is more important than I used to think it was. If horses are disappointed by failure j to feed them at the proper time they I become uneasy and do not thrive so ; well, while irregular feeding with : different kinds of food 19 more liable | to bring on colic and indigestion, j ' The food should be regulated ac3 : cording to the work done. A great t | deal or iooa is wasiea inrougn xiie j j winter by overfeeding and careless t : feeding.?J. C. C., in the American ^ Cultivator. t Money in Gocd Management. By having good pasture as many i months in the year as possible, one i ' will be abl^to carry his dairy cows f j through the twelvemonth at small i | cost, and they will supply fertilizer to , i Improve the plowed part of the farm. 1 i Supposing that one-half or one-third . ' of the farm was used for cultivated r . crops with such management, it f l would be possible to make that oner half or one-third yield as much net . ' profit as all the farm under the sysj I tem of farming that is all too common [> | now, and the direct profit from the i | pasture or dairy would remain as so j much extra profit. That good manl agement would materially aid in the t paramount problem of fewer acres 5 ; and more bales, bushels or tons per j j acre, with more net profit got more , ' certainly.?Progressive Farmer. ???_ *** ; '** 1: *'' ' Rats. J My experience quite agrees with 3 j the remedy of H. C. B., which you i | published recently. For readers who i! have not complete files this seems ' worth repeating. It is a radical and i ' absolutely clean cure, as follows: In 1 j a dwelling the rat holes will be found - ; in the cellar against the foundation f wall, and be sure to find all the holes and pour into and around each one a good snpply of pine tar, not coal tar. In forty-eight hours there will not be a single rat in the house, and they i can be kept out by replenishing the . tar when it becomes hard. A two. quart can of tar will keep the house clear for a twelvemonth. The writer, . many years since, drove out and kept j out of his house a great body of rats for all the years he lived in that house s after he learned how.?A. J. P., in r the Country Gentleman. s Farm Tools Lost. Y Many farm tools are lost because 5 the farmer has no definite place to - keep them and could not find'them - when wanted. These lost tools often s come to light in course of time unless b spoiled by rust and neglect. Many r an implement has to be replaced in a year or two which would have * lasted a long time if given proper s care. Besides the injury to the tools 1 I it is probable that most farmers r I waste more time searching for tools r I i V> o + ora tironf a/1 far iioa tlion WAI11H LUUI. U1 n auivu ivi ULJU tuuu WU?U s amount to the damage done to tools e by neglect. It is not difficult to get a into the habit of keeping each tool * and implement in a convenient place " and returning it to that place after e use. It is much easier to walk a cons siderable distance toone known place 0 than it is to go here and there in the attempt to locate a tool that has nc place in particular for storage.? American Cultivator. ^ Pure Food For Animal?. T> TITu~ rtf fVii \jrcui jd. auu^uuu, duiituui ui tuc 3 Department of Agriculture, remark? ^ that the national pure food law is fo; a th-5 benefit of beasts as well as huQ man beings. The following example n is cited: Suppose a farmer living ir s Indiana, near Chicago, should hau his hay into the Illinois metropolis for marketing. Suppose, also, thai this farmer claims his hay to be tini' [. othy. If he sells it under this claiir and the purchaser discovers that the p hay contains red top the farmer is lia ble to prosecution under the pure b food law. Quite proper. Likewise K presumably, the faithful horse whe j | at tne dinner nuui imuo ouuu ! served, when the menu calls for oats will have quite as good a ground of 3 complaint under the law as the un- | j suspecting housewife upon whom the a unscrupulous peddler foists nutmegs ^ made of basswood. In this war on I the sale of fraudulent foods let no ill? T> nc-fni' "HflWA. guiuy man cscapc.? ^ crat and Chronicle. t Pork Raising. To sum up the few essential elements involved in profitable pork proj duction they include good quality in f the breeding stock, as the pure-bred 3 sire is the farmer's best friend'in all ^ live stock breeding, although some j do not realize this fact and think that r a common-bred sire will do as well, j The pure-bred sire is prepotent and j will have a uniform class of offspring, possessing quality, while the other will impress or intensify upon his offspring lack of quality or perfection and the difference in the price of the two will not justify the results. Provide range, an abundance oi! ' grass and succulent feed, a well balr 1 anced ration, regularly fed, also char' coal, ashes and salt and an abund" I owrtfi r\P niirfl water Tf nnt 1 with natural shade in the summer j provide it. Have dry, clean, comfort: able pens, with abundance of sunlight, stock kept free from vermin, good troughs and clean feeding floors, and success invariably will be the reward.?R. E. Roberts, Corliss, Wis. j t ? Crimson Clover. 1 Can it be sov/n in summer in growj ing corn, to plow under the following spring, without injuring the corn? J. B. A., Logansport, Ind. Answer: Yes. Sow ten pounds of seed per I acre immediately preceding the last j cultivation. If that is done with an ! implement with eight or ten moder- | ! ate sized teeth, similar to a spring1 tooth cultivator, it will be better than if the last cultivation is given by an implement having fewer and larger teeth. Ordinarily, clover seeds sink into the ground and grow without 1 being covered, but at the season when - it is proposed to sow it the ground may be dry, and heavy rains may not supply sufficient moisture; therefore 1 it is best either to harrow or culti-? vate in the seed, although success frequently comes "by sowing imme diately after the cultivator wheri heavy rains quickly follow the sow1 ing. It will not injure the corn to ' any appreciable extent. We are in- ] 1 clined to believe that the shade thej : clover furnishes is a compensation for , the moisture and plant food which . the roots take from the soil. Fre- ] quently this crimson clover is killed | during late winter and spring, but ' this need not discourage you from ' sowing it, since the quantity of nitro- ' gen and other plant food which it will } gather or set free for the use of fol- J lowing plants is very large, although there may be no clover in May to r plow under. If it lives through \ the winter nicely, so much the bet- i ter. The seed may be sown from t horseback, the horse being muzzled if the corn is tall.?Country Gentle- j man. i Chicks Dying in the Shell. 1 It is nearly time for those who t have incubators to begin to put them 1 to work. The papers and incubator J catalogues are full of reports of won- . derful success with incubators, and < there must be good results as a rule j or people would not buy them, but j f we seldom hear of the failures. Mrs. | ( Gomperts, writing to the Florida ! Poultry Journal, gives a bit of her experience as follows: My experience with incubation may be of benefit to some one. I would be glad if some one else would try it and make a report through our paper, in order that notes on results might be compared, perhaps- profitably for all of us. I can't remember just how many infertile eggs I had?fifteen, I think. They were eggs I ordered, and I was afraid I would get them too hot, so I run the incubator rather low. I have noticed that when I run the incubator a little high?that is, a little past the mark?and had plenty of moisture I got better hatches. Every fertile egg, except three, hatched one time, and every one except five at another time. The?e were my best and they were hatched when it was warm and I kept the temperature up as high as I dared. I take time in turning and coolinj eggs. I leave them out and then leave the door open, unless it is cold until I trim and fill the lamp. TheD I bring the temperature up slowly, but surely. Now, I do not mean that I run the temperature as much as one-half degree higher than the directions, bul full up to a hair's breadth past the mark which is given in the instruction book with your machine. I firmly believe that low heat is one cause , of egg weakness. I always turn the , eggs twice daily from the day thej , are laid until the day before they are ' hatched. i ~ c Maine's Wasted "Wood. c There are 15,000 cords of wood at ; a modest estimate going to rot in [ York County, according to John Meri serve, the agent for the Biddeford , Record, who knows every crossroad j . and about every farm in the county. , . This wood is left by the portable mill? j j in the shape of tops. It is not cut 1 , up, because it would cost more than < . it is worth to haul it to market, so it ' lies there rotting on lots stripped b>> the portable mills. Mr. Merserve , says that he was offered as much a3 ( , he wanted of oak, maple and beech ( ! tops for sixty cents a cord. In some . cases, where the stripped lots are < near enough to make it worth while? J , farmers are saving their own wood ( [ and cutting up this refuse for fuel* I paying twenty-five cents a cord. In . one lot over in Lyman he estimates ^ that there are 500 cords of good wood I going to waste.?Kennebec Journal. ' i ' The Alternative. j The milk dealer, fined for selling a ] > watered article, protested. "WHJY He exciaiiueu, niuigiiunuy, j "if I didn't water the milk half of 5 my customers wouldn't get any."? . ' Philadelphia Ledger. j ^ * * - ' THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.! INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2. Subjcct: Jesus the Saviour of the "'?11 T..I O.I Of Onlilon II UI lUf UU11I1 1-?< A V.V*\4VM Text, John 3:10?Commit Verses 14-16?Commentary. TIME.?A. D. 27. PLACE.?Jerusalem. EXPOSITION.?I. Look and Live, 14, 15. Nicodemus was the teacher of Israel (v. 10, R. V.) and yet be did not know the fundamental truth taught in the Old Testament as well as the-New, namely, the doctrine of ttf$ new birth. But do all the teachers in the church know it even now? There was no speculation or guess work about Jesus' own teaching. He could say, "We speak that we do know ana Dear witness or wnat we have seen" (v. 12, R. v.). Nicodemus had asked Jesus, "How can these things be?" (v. 9). In the 14th and 15th verses Jesus answers Nicodemus' question how. He pointed him to how Moses lifted up the brazen serpent, made in the likeness of the fiery serpent that had bitten the people, on the pole (Num. 21:6-9). Just so, God has lifted Jesus, made sin for us, on the cross (Rom. 8:3; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:13; John 12:31, 32). All the Israelite bitten by the fiery serpent had to do to find life was simply to believe in the power of the serpent on the pole to heal and to show his faith by just looking. So all we have to do is simply to believe in the power o." Jesus, made in the likeness Of sinful flesh and lifted on the cross, to heal, and to show our faith by just looking. As soon as the Israelite looked he had life in his veins instead of death. So we have death in us until we look, but the moment we really look to Jesus, believe on Him, then we have life coursing in our veins; life?spiritual life? takes the place of death, we are "born again." Cf. John 1:12, 13. The whole secret of the new birth lies in these three words, "Look and live." The moment we look, we are in Christ Jesus, "Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new" (2 Cor.. 5:17). There are two alternatives open to every man: Believe and have eternal life; doubt and perish. Any one who believes will obtain eternal life. Any one who doubts will perish (cf. Mark 16:16; John 3:36). II. Why Jesus came, 16-21. Verse 16 has probably been used to the salvation of more persons than any other verse in the Bible. It contains the Gospel in a nutshell. (1) The need of salvation?"shall not perish.'" (2) The origin of salvation?God's love. (3) The ground of salvation ?the death of Christ (God gave His only begotten Son). (4) The condition of salvation?"believeth on Him." (5) The'recipients of salvation?"Whosoever believeth." (6) The results of salvation, (a) Shall Dot perish, (b) Shall have eternal life. The verse also contains a marvelous revelation of God's love. (1) The objects of God's love?"the ivorld." (2) The character of God's ove: (a) Great?holding nothing back. (b) Self-sacrificing?giving His very best, (c) Holy?not forgiving sin without an adequate expression of His hatred of it. (3) rhe manifestation of God's love, in he gift of His only begotten Son. (4) The purpose of God's love?to save.. (5) The result of God's love ?whosoever believes gets everlasting ife. Verses 14 and 15 were spoken by Jesus Himself. He speaks of Himself, as He usually did, as the 'Son of Man." Verse 1-6 is spoken jy John, and he speaks of Jesus as he "only begotten Son." It is comnon teaching nowadays that Jesus vas the Son of God only in the sense hat all men are sons of God, but the Bible clearly teaches that He was the Son of God in a sense that no other 3 the sou of God. Jesus claims tliia or Himself (Mark 12:6, R. V.; John >:22, 23; 14:9). God sent His Son nto the world to save it?not to conlemn it (v. 17), but wnoever will not eceive Jesus is condemned, and conlemned already. If we fall in with 3od's purposes, then we are saved, f we reject God's purposes of love, hen He who came to save but brings he greater condemnation (cf. Heb. 10:2S, 29). The one who rejects resus is condemned ALREADY. It s not so much that the wrath of God s coming upon those who reject Jesus Christ at some future time, the wrath )f God, the intense displeasure of 3od, already hangs over every one vho rejects Jesus. If we continue tc eject, the wrath of God will abide >n us (v. 36). The moment we ac"? ?+ T"""? two cton nut frnm under .cyo UtOUO, w leath the dark thunder cloud of Sod's wrath into the bright sunlight >f God's favor. God aimed to save he world. He made provision for he salvation of the world, but only hose that accept the salvation are ictually saved. Jesus is in a sense he Saviour of all men (1 Tim. 4:10). 3y His death He made propitiation or the whole world (1 John 2:2, R. 7.). He provided the ground upon vhich God could deal in mercy and ioes deal in mercy with every mem er of the human race, but He is especially the Saviour of those who beieve. They alone appropriate to hemselves and therefore enjoy in ull the salvation which Jesus purhased by His blood (Rom. 3:25, 2G). rhe condemnation that comes on the >ne who does not believe i? just and nevitable. He has chosen darkness ather than light. The only begotten 5on came, the incarnation or an xne >erfect attributes of God, and he vould not have Him. What a man loes with Jesus shows what the man i at heart. What a man chooses always shows what a man is. If we hoose truth, then we are true. If we hoos3 falsehood, then we are false. Tuberculosis May Make Criminals. That insanity, criminal tendencies ind idocy may be caused by tuberculosis either in its incipient or advanced stages, is the statement made in Philadelphia by Dr. D. J. McCar:hy, expert criminologist and one of :he heads of the Henry Phipps Insti;ute for the study, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. "A previously moral and upright man may jecoms irresponsible and immoral, 01 ;ven criminal, through the ravages )f tuberculosis." said the doctor. And these mental diseases in many ases anneai- months and sometimes ears before the tuberculosis condiion becomes apparent.'' Utes Consent to Work. Colonel Frank West, in charge for he Government of the Ute Indian situation at Thunder Butte, S. D., eports to Omaha army headquarters hat the Indians h'jve consented to iccept employment m the Milwaukee Railroad for the winter. Xeiv Census of Cubans. The population of Cuba is now 1,(00,000. according to the late cen- I jus. i ... TH^UGHTS^^^ATfl 6 CD UIStmSS. A DESIRE. k, J -?-? ~ J Oh! to have dwelt in Bethlehem, When the stars of the Lord shon? bright; To have sheltered the holy wanderers On that blessed Christmas night! To have kissed the tender, way-worn feet Of the mother undefiled, ' ?And with revent wonder and deep delight To have tended the Holy Child. Hush! Such a glory was not for thee: But that care may stHl be thine; For are there not little ones still to aid, For the sake of the Child divine? Are there no wandering pilgrims now, rr- 1??* ""'i iinmp to take? JL CJ IU,V licaj v auu * ?.? -- And are there no mothers whose weary hearts You can comfort for .Te^uc' Bake? ?Adelaide Proctor. Mission of the Strong to the Wef?k. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.?Romans, -J 15:1. | Here is an easy classification of men. Some are strong?the few comparatively. The majority are weak. And the strength or weakness here referred to is not physical, but social, intellectual, moral, spiritual. This scripture enjoins that men with such strength are not here toplease themselves, to nurse tbeir strength, to husband it simply for their own pood, but they must expend it In behalf of men who are shorn of power or advantage. To put it concretely, broad shoulders should stoop> to bear the burdens that break thebendinp backs of the weak. But the reply comes back?let eachit an bear his own burden, each man- ^ do his duty, each mkn be faithful and' true, then Ihe fidelity of each will5 create a paradise for all. Therewould be no sorrows in the worl<T save those of a lighter kind. But every man, for various reasons, does not take care of himself, and thisIs the alternative which the strongman, and especially if he is a Chris-' ^ tian man, is called upon to meet. Is it not true that society and law i| are perpetually taxing the faithful, orderly and Intelligent to dischargethe arrears of the vicious, the unscrupulous, the idle r.nd the ignorant?" Whence come the revenues of theState to prosecute great criminal 'JS trials? What supnorts courts of jus- 'Jw tice. schools, asyluma and peniten- ?*1 tiaries? Are they not maintained by | the industrious, virtuous, well to do- 'J classes of society? One-half of the- / machinery and work of all govern?-ment is but the combined effort and outlay of good and just men to repair- ; the mischiefs of the bad and unjust and to afford in our various public-institutions?the court, the prison,. , the school, the board of health, even Ihe church?wholesale substitutes for Individual fidelity. Look at it any / way you please, society is a joint stock company where the strong have- , to bear the infirmities of the weak. We are confronted in these dayswith an exaggerated, overgrown Individualism. We notice at times thepathetic spectacle of classes of men rising to do battle in behalf of thehappiness and advantage of the less fortunate, only to withdraw from the contest when they shall have achieved ; greater advantage for themselves. But not all are that way. Many, an 4* ever increasing number, are making' "J their hearts great magazines of kind- m ness, using their surplus means and /t4 leisure for God's weak, weary and "fjfl worn children, pouring out their ?1 health, their wealth, their mind and > fl soul in copious beneficence for the-^ II snnonraent 01 our cummuu me. bear the burden of the weak is thfr^?| very core of the Christian life. Not an intellectual belief within, not a \j| form of worship without, but sympa- fl| thetic, self-sacrificing helpfulness betokens the Christian life. He is theChristian man who is endeavoring tocleanse his own soul as a temple, tofree it from all egotism and selfish- H ess; makes the most of his faculties fl and resources, and then, seeking out the most urgent needs of his fellow 11 men, applies his powers and advan- 1 j tages .to the satisfaction of those- |J needs.?ine Kev. wimam vj. ounson,. Bloomingdale Church, New York ftj City, in the Sunday Herald. 2 Rough Handling a Bad Habit. flj That which is wholly bad has no claim to gentle treatment. There iff f i no gain, hut loss always, in even tern- > porary compromise with any enemy of our spiritual life. Commenting on Paul's statement that "they that are ^ of Christ Jesus have crucified the < flesh with the passions and the lustff thereof," Professor Riddle notes that the word for "crucified" here means "put to a violent death." There i? no other safe way to handle the deadly enemies of our life in Christ. It ia a foolish and dangerous procedure to try to "taper off" with a bad habit. Some physicians may mistakenly counsel a man to try it, but they are leaving out of the reckoning a Pbysi- J cian whose knowledge and healing power are greater than theirs. Christ # can and will enable every man to put to a violent death, to-day, any habit or passion or lust that is sapping hi? eternal life. But self must >e crucified , at the same time.?Sunday-Schools v" Times. The Genuine Christ-Life. ; ? Religion is inspired by heavenly. love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous. To forget self, to keep the heart buoyant with the thought of God, and to poui forth this continual influx of spiritual health heaverward in praise and earthward in streams of blessing? this is the essence of human, saintly and angelic joy; the genuine Christlife, the one life of the saved, on earth or in heaven.?Lucy Larcom. Taking God's Promises in Vain. A "I should no more dare to fret thaB Jfl to curse and swear," said John Wes- Hj ley. A writer in commenting on this H remark justifies Wesley by saying S that to swear is to take God's name H in vain, and to fret is to take God's j promises in vuin. Real the Bible to P find its "fear nots," and see how often God uses these words in speaking to His children even in the midst ^ of danger and sore trouble. Resting on the promises is far wiser, fai j nobler than fretting; it is living with "(Inri n'orhonrl " Tho Walloi.rino -jS? Stork Carried Eighteen Pounds. ji A baby daughter, weighing eigh-' 9 teen pounds, has been born to Mrs, JI Frank Squires, wife of a farmer liv- V ing near Washington, Ind. The at- V tending physician and other doctors I say the child is a record breaker for weight. It is well proportioned. h Eradication of Prickly Pear. jfl The Government of Queensland, Australia, lias decided to offer a re- J ward of $50,000 for the eradication of prickly pears iu the State.