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certainty, an indecision probably for
eign to his character. 1t was the
same with his eye. At first sight Ar
thur thought it peculiarly sharp,
piercing and keen, till he observed
now and then the uncertain wavering
look come over it, and he drew his
own conclusions.
Aunt Betsy withdrew at last, and
after a brief interval, Arthur begged
leave to join her and leave the two
old gentlemen over their coffee.
Presently the two gentlemen came
in, and very soon Monsieur Rigaud
took leave. He turned kindly to Ar
thur as he said goodnight, and asked
him in French whether he understood
his native language. Arthur an
swered glibly enough, blushing as
only Engiishmen can blush, and the
Frerchman took leave.
Il am glad to hear that you can
talk French, Arthur" said his uncle.
1T is most useful branch of educa-
ton, and may double your value to
me-"
This was the first allusion he had
made to the clerkship, and it caused
Arthur's heart to bound.
IF you think that, sir" he said, II
will work at it; but my French is
self-taught to great degree. l can
write and read, but am not a very
good hand at conversation, and Tola
says my accent is barbarous.
I'VE must remedy that" said Mr.
Denstone rather absently; then sud
denly, That is a very remarkable
man-that Monsieur Rigaud-he has
a Reen, shrewd head"
Has had, l should have said," an
swered his nephew, fancying that
there was an interrogatory tone in his
uncle's voice.
How do you mean?"
1T was a mere transient observa-
tion," said Arthur. "He gave me the
impression of having lost his nerve. 1"
All" Mr. Denstone paused mo-
ment; then he said, "You are close
observer, young man, but l fancy
you have hit the right nail upon the
head. Monsieur Rigaud is an enor-
mously rich man, but he has been
selling out of everything-actually
everything. l don't believe he trusts
the Funds" And he laughed at his
own wit.
That is curious, Uncle Alfred.
"Very curious; and what does he
do with it? That is the puzzle"
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SiIage From Dry Fodder.

One of the main advantages of
silage is its palatability and the
cleanness with which it is consumed
by animals. There is practically no
waste. 1t is now found that silage
can be made from dry fodder as we'll
as from green stuffs. "a number Of
successful experiments have been
made along this line" said one of the
dairymen of the Department of Ag-
riculture, notably at the Delaware
Experiment Station. The idea seems
to have been suggested from the ex-
cellent results which followed from
packing out fodder in box and
moistening it with hot water, and
then allowing it to stand for twenty
four hours. With this, cottonseed
meal could be effectively mixed. This,
however, was too expensive for gen.
eral feeding practices. The plan was
carried a step further, and a silo
filled with cut dry fodder and then
wet down, which induced subsequent
fermentation. A rise in temperature
ensued, and the development of an
aromatic odor as in the case of green
silage. The cows preferred this arti
fsial ensilage to the dry shredded
fodder, and both old and young stock
ate it up clean. 1t is reported to be
better and safer mass to use in con-
junction with cottonseed meal than
is dry fodder, for the reason that the
meal adheres to the damp fodder,
mastication is insured, and there is
no danger from impaction Of the
meal.
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meal, on the other hand, contains
nearly as much protein as carbohy.
drates; gluten meal, one and one.
third times as much carbohydrates
as protein; cottonseed meal, twice as
much; cows milk, nearly as much;
dried blood, fifty-two times as much;
neat meal, nearly thirty times as
much.
When it is desired to make ra
ton of any of the grains for the
production of eggs, 1t can be seen
that it is necessary to mix with any
of them some of the concentrated
feeds which contain great deal OF
protein. Thus, if wheat is fed, meat
meal should be taken into the ration.
If corn is made the bulk Of the grain
ration, liberal amount Of dried
blood should also be fed. Since
water makes up a half of the con.
sumption of eggs, it is essential that
the laying hens have an abundance
of clean water at all times Of the
day.-Weekly Witness.
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INDIGESTION Due to Many Causes.

Indigestion may occur from many
different causes, as costiveness, TOO
liberal supply of milk; too rich milk;
the furnishing Of the milk OF COW
long after calving to a very young
calf; allowing the calf to suck the
first milk of a cow that has been
hunted, driven by road, shipped by
rail, or otherwise violently excited;
allowing the calf too long times be-
tween meals, so that, impelled by
hunger, it quickly overloads and
clogs the stomach; feeding from a
pail milk that has been held over
in unwashed (unscalded) buckets, so
that it is fermented and spoiled; feed
ing the milk of COWS that have been
kept on unwholesome food; keeping
calves in cold, damp, dark, filthy or
bad smelling pans. The licking of
hair from themselves or others and
it's formation into balls in the stom-
ach will cause indigestion in the calf.
DIR. David Roberts, Wisconsin State
Veterinarian.
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= SUNDAY Thoughts
AFTERNOON - ofNoted
READING. UlDlHes.
SPIRIT LoNGINGs,

Lord of all power and might, l cry to Thee,
Break loose each captive chain and set me
free;
No more the slave of sin, but wholly
Thine; -
Kept for Thyself alone, Saviour Divine!
Wayward and weak am /, cannot stand
In mine unaided strength; take Thou my
hand.
By Thine almighty power do Thou uphold:
And in Thine arms of love Thy child
enfold.
Through life's rough wilderness lead me
Alright.
Guide, Lord, my falt'ring steps through
darksome night:
Give me the trusting heart, without fear,
Content to walk by faith, since Thou art
near.
Willing to follow Thee, to heed, to obey;
Willing to work or wait, to 60 or stay;
Ever Thv willing slave. thus would / be
With Golden chains of Love bound e'er to,
Thee.
Ruth Thomas, in London Christian. q
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The Great Difference.

Who, when He was reviled, reyile6
not again?-I. Peter, 2:23.
If you should see one man slap an
other across the mouth you would in-
stantly wait with eager expectancy
for the return blow from the smitten
one, and If it did not come you would
-despise him.
If. in your presence. one man spat
In the face of another man and the
outrage were not promptly resented
you would characterize the second
man as base coward; If the lie we're
received unchallenged he who accept
ed the stigma would be viewed with
contempt as unworthy of respect or
consideration. You would entertain
feelings Of overwhelming seorn and
disgust toward the insulted in every
case. They would be hell to have
forfeited their manhood, their honor.
by a base and ignoble submission.
Humanity could scarce think other.
wise of them. .sss..55$
The other day a little deaf mute
girl in my congregation presented
herself at service with her little head
mass of bandages. When I learned
that she had been sruthlessly and
wantonly attacked by brutal young
man who had actually struck her on Z
the forehead with a sharp stone, IT
.airly ached to get hold of the wretch
ed degenerate; and every one who
saw the girl and heard the story
shared in my desire. You share 1t
aow as you read. We would not be-
normal men and women If we did not
have these feelings to which have
alluded. They are what is called
natural" under the circumstances.
Yet there was One who was buffet
I'd by mems hands, In whose face men
;pat, who was branded as liar, a
5lasphemer, drunkard, upon whom
every conceivable insult was heaped, IS
who was finally crucifed, who bore
Ill these things without return, with
out repine, without resentment. As:
! sheep before her shearers is dumb,
10 He opened not His mouth; He gave
His back to the smiter; He drank the
cup of trembling to the dregs without
! word; He suffered all things with
out murmury -5.8 s.sa!z
Nevertheless, He stands before hu-
manity as the highest exemplar OF
nobility and courage. We see noth-.
Ing base or ignoble in His submission.
His non-resistance was not craven.
He was the one absolutely true Man
of all history. The world marvels at
His self-restraint. In word we lit-
orally love Him for the very course,
which would make us despise other
men. - -; z-',l ;, .s-ss5ss. = {
Is there not something terribly
striking and significant il that? Does;
1t not point to the great fact that,
as Napoleon, who was man himself
and who knew men so well, declared.
Jesus Christ was-nay, is-more than
a man? Is there greater evidence tor
be found anywhere OF, His Divinity
In humanity than that we love Him,
for the very qualities which have a.
tendency to make US scorn mere men
who sometimes practice them ?-Rey.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, in the Sun
day Herald. ,, ~
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CHAPTER III.

Two or three days passed, during
which the liking between uncle and
nephew grew satisfactorily, and as
for Aunt Betsy, as she expressed it
herself, the boy made an old fool
of her.
Mr.. Denstone called his nephew
into his room one day and began to
talk seriously on business matters.
The clerkship l proposed to offer
you is not yet vacant, Arthur" he
said. "Mr. Evans, the gentleman you
are to succeed, still clings to it in
spite Of failing health; but it cannot
be for long, and meanwhile 1 wish
you to work at foreign languages,
and to waste your time as little AS
possible. ! suppose" with some hesi-
tation, you have not much money"
Yes, sir, thank you, l have plen-
ty," said Arthur, eagerly.
Indeed! / understood you really
had none, else" and he touched
the sleeve of Arthurs coat so sig
nificantly, that the color rushed into
his face.
81 am sorry, SIR" said he, "but
that must wait little. The money
l alluded to was ten pounds Aunt
Betsy gave me. She is awfully good
to me-"
Mr.. Denstone smiled. Hum" he
said. 80 you call that plenty?"
you would call it plenty If you
knew how much it is going to do, ;"
said Arthur, gleefully.
We'll, we'll; but plenty or not, you
must be decently dressed. l will
order your clothes myself, and I will
now begin your salary, so that you
will start fair. But if I begin your
salary at once II is on condition that
you do not waste your Linao. which is
now mine, but work to fit yourself
eventually to undertake my French
correspondence.
While they were speaking, Mon
sieur Rigaud was announced. Ar
thur would have retreated, but his
uncle desired him to remain. He
had been pleased with the acuteness
of his observation on the night of his
arrival, and he wanted to make use
of it still
Monsieur Rigaud began at once.
Have you decided, my friend? If
those shares are not disposed of at
once by private contract they go into
the market. I await your decision. +"
Il will take them" said Mr.. Den
stone. 81 have considered; but,
Higaud, what possesses you to part
with them? They are as safe as the
Bank of England, and rising in
value"
SO much the better for you," said
the Frenchman, rubbing his thin
white hands -teseIher, and with a
-slignt contortion about the drawn
lines of his mouth, which might have
been a smile.
Il do not wish to be impertinent,
my friend" said Mr.. Denstone, plant
ing himself squarely upon the hearth
rug, but why this immediate de-
mand for cash? You have no spend
thrift son, have you, who has been
playing ducks and brakes with your
money!"
mo, thank Heaven! I have no
son." said the old man, energetically.
Il have only one child, little daugh-
ter"
"Indeed." said Mr.. Denstone, as
tonished. Il never heard even that
you were married"
Yes" said the old Frenchman,
slowly rubbing his claw-like hands.
Yes, was married once; but it rs
not wonderful that you did not know
it, / have lived a double life. Did
you ever hear of any one before who
lived two lives?'
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Flowers Preserved.

a French ezperimenter, named
vercier, has succeeded in keeping
certain kinds of peonies more than
three months in cold storage, with
the flowers in fair preservation to
the end of that period. Red and
white China peonies, for some un-
known reason, best stood the long
tests.
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To Keen Milk Sweet.

If told that without the use OF
preservatives milk could be kept in
good condition two or three weeks,
most persons would say they knew
better. Cooling the milk quickly
and keeping it cool and clean from
first to last will accomplish this end.
Progressive Farmer.
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We Must Live With Ourselves.

Character results from conduct
The years leave deposit; the weav-
ing forests of geological eras long.
gone are seams of coal to-day. We
have to live forever with the selves
which we have made out of the infant
selves which We might have made
almost anything. What sort of
house am I building? A shop?
drinking-saloon? home Of ansma.
lusts? study? a temple?-Alexan.
der McLaren.
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Milk Cows Needed.

It is not to be supposed that the
general farmer will make leading
speciality of dairying, but he should
keep as many milk cows as can be
taken care of we'll With good man
agement, the farm will produce
practically all the feed needed to en-
able the cows to give good quantity
of milk and to improve the SOIL
Progressive Farmer.
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Uniform Dress For School Pupi1s,

Uniform Dress For School Pupils.
Miss Ellen T. Wetherill Is seeking
place on the Lynn (Mass.) school
committee on the novel platform of a
uniform dress for pupils to lie fur
nished by the city. In her platform,
separate costumes for boys and girls
are provided for, and even the make
and style for the different ages.
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Profit in Fowls.

Ducks do not continue as profit
able breeders much beyond the
third year. Very old geese cannot
be made palatable for dressed poul-
try. Ducks can be quickly fattened
into palatable food at almost any
age; if taken when quite thin in
flesh and fed on rich, fattening foods
they will fill up juicy, palatable meat
in a few weeks and make fairly good
market fowls.-Farmer's Home Jour-
nal.
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Six Pairs Of Twins Since 1898,

At Goodhue, Miss, Mrs. A. Rosner
became the mother of her sixth pair
OF twins since 1898. She is now the
mother of twenty-five children. Pres
ident Roosevelt was at once notified
by the proud father.
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Glorifies the COMMONPLACE.

The will Of God does not call mel
away from the commonplaces oi
everyday life, but conditions theiI
life in those commcnplaces until the
most commonplace thing flashes and
CLEANS with the glory of the heavens
&C. Campbell Morgan.
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A Color Scheme.

What color did you paint your
house,"
Herring"
"Herring?'
Eyes. | live near a number Of
factories
well, what has that to do with
it,"
why, l knew herring looked we'll
smoked. .':-From the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Victor in the End,

You may take the Lords promise
for victory in the end; that shall moi
fail, but do not promise yourself east
in the way, for that will not hold
Robert Leighton.
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The Paris Municipal Council has
contributed $500 francs toward a
monument to the late Professor Cur
rie, the discoverer of radium.
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Census of Sunday-school Pupils.
There are now 100000 Sunday
schools in the world, with. total Of
26,000,000 pupils.
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1t is Gods,

Government is the lamp. Public
opinion is the oil. Leadership is the
light. The mystery of the combustion
\slongs to God.-Home Herald.
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The Norwegians have whaling es-
tablishments in Iceland, Scotland,
South America. japan and elsewhere.
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Reluctant English Courtesy,

That gifted publicity man, A. Toxin
Worm, made the preposterous claim in
London last winter that he would see
to it that there was no "booing" Of
the actors at the opening performance
by E. H. Sothern. This popular Eng
fish diversion consists Of believing
through the hands and no first night"
is supposed to be complete without vo-
cal Interruptions.
On the night Of Mr.. Sothern's first
performance some forty-fve evil-look-
ing men, bearing blackjacks in their
sleeves were distributed throughout
the gallery and pit. There was no in
terruption from the audience that
night, but only the occasional dull thud
of blackjacks upon knuckles. Every
hand that was raised as a preliminary
to the "booing" process received a
quick blow Mr.. Worm says that he
never saw so many limp hands and so
many bewildered faces assembled In
any one place as he saw that first
night among the crowd that left the
theater.
At the close Of the week that dig
nified journal, the Times, commented
gravely upon the growing courtesy of
English audiences toward American
actors, and witnessed the case Of six
productions by Mr.. Sothern without a
single 'boo.'-Success Magazine.
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EMPTY HOUSES IN LONDON.
Fifty Thousand of Them at Present
Sai1 IN Re Lacking Tenants.

Fifty Thousand of Them at Present
Said to BE Lacking Tenants.
Fifty thousand empty houses In Lon
don! John Burns made this starving
announcement in the house OF commons
recently, says Tit-Bits. Large as this
number is there are those who De1eVe
it is under rather than over the marx
A remarkable change has taken place
during the past five or six years.
Whereas, formerly landlords were mas
| tiers of the situation, tenants have now
| the whip hand in nearly every district
and are offered all manner of induce
ments to take houses.
It is not long since that premium
| or, what amounts to the same unlng'
key money"-was demanded Dy prop
| erty owners in some parts OF LONDON
Today numbers of such men will act
ually allow tenants a discount, which
| consists in the case Of small properly
of the expenses of removal up to II,
or else of so many weeks occupation
free. Usually no rent is required Tor
the first fortnight, but in certain TO-
calities the competition between prop
erty owners is so keen that the period
in some cases is one month, making the
discounts about e. Is or f. 5s.
A more curious bait is free 1nsur-
ance. One company gratuitously IN
sures each Of it's tenants against fire;
while another, besides safeguarding
the householder against this conting-
ency, relieve him of apprehension re-
specting any damage to his furniture
by lightning or flood.
| Certain separate charges have also
been swept away, particularly in the
case of flats, which, it is said, are now
| a drug in the market. Some landlords,
| for instance, made one for the clean
| ing of the common staircase, this, with
the extra" for gas, amounting to
about Is Sd per week. The Is pence
was really rent, and the reason 1t was
not called such was partly to evade
payment Of rates. When-th1s is an
actual Casa man owned about fifty
| fats and returned their rent as 10
pence per week each less than it really
was, his assessment was considerably
| lower than it ought to have been, and
consequently he did not pay his due
proportion of rates. But, of late sex
tras" have frequently been cut to the
amount formerly set down as trent"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-30

Bishop Frank M. Bristol declared
at the Rock River Methodist conference
in Chicago that the superannuates'
fund is the easiest one to get money
for Undoubtedly this Is true, at
gathering of preachers. 1t is to be
hoped that Bishop Bristors assertion
is becoming generally true Of the Meth
odist laity. There are signs that 1t
is. There are reasons for the indiffer-
ence toward the claims Of the worn
out preachers which has been largely
complained of, and for the awakening
from that Indifference which Is now
becoming manifest. Many laymen have
not realized that, while there are in this
country as wide opportunities as there
ever were for young men, and wider,
there is not the chance there once was
for men past middle life to attain ma
terial success in a new calling. This
change comes inevitably when the wild
erness is conquered and the land really
populated. Then, again, many laymen
have had their interest, not in religion,
but in the church and it's condition,
cooled by the attitude Of some conspic-
uous preachers and their numerous
imitatOrs, toward themselves and their
business. When the preacher becomes
lecturer, apparently striving to
preach everything but the gospel, deny
ing the authority Of his office, and ask
ing to be taken simply as man in his
profession, others cannot be blamed for
judging him on his individual merits,
just as they do men in other profess
sions, and losing respect for the divine
calling which the preacher has virtual
ly repudiated There is an increasing
public consciousness Of the change in
material conditions which makes it al
most impossible for a man past middle
life who has not achieved reasonable
success in his calling to change it for
a new one. And there is a growing
public awakening to the truth that the
Christian ministry, to be worth while,
must be not merely a profession chosen
ike the lawyers or the engineers but
a response to a divine call to deliver
message which it's bearer cannot
know and be silent about. With the
purging Of the ministry that is slowly
but surely going on-with its increas-
| ing restriction to men who know they
have the message, as evidenced by that
very decline of candidates for it so
much lamented-there should come a
new birth of respect for the real
preacher of the gospel-for the man
who must and does preach the gospel
| because he cannot be silent without
| feeling himself a traitor to himself
and to God. And so the claims of
the worn-out preacher, whose devotion
| to his mission and his message has led
him to live for his faith, and that
alone, through all the years until old
| age comes and he can do no more, are
pressing home to the hearts and souls
of men as they never did before