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Sharp Dealing.

For once the American had discov-
cred something British that was bet
ter than could be produced "across the
pond" His discovery was a fine col
lie dog, and he at once tried to induce
its owner, an old. shepherd, 70 sell it.
"Wad We be takin' him to Amer
ica?" inquired the old Scot.
Yes, I guess So" said the Yankee.
81 thought as muckle," said the
shepherd. Il couldna part wi Jock" "
But while they sat and chatted an
English tourist came up, and to him
the shepherd sold the collie for much
less than the American had offered.
You told me you wouldn't sell
him." said the Yankee, when the pur-
chaser had departed.
NO" replied the Scot; II said !
couldna part wi him. Jock'll be
back in a day or so, but he couldn't
swim the Atlantic. detroit Free
Press.
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Nest Boxes.

The nest is a very important hat
ter. If the hen Is permitted to have
her way she will seek a secluded 10
cation, and in summer she prefers
I cool place. During the winter per-
lod her desire Is for a warm nest,
where the warmth impaired the eggs
will not be dissipated too rapidly.
What we desire to allude to particu-
larly is the nest box after warm
weather begins. The nest box Is the
source from which lice often come,
because the heat from the hens body
makes the conditions very favorable
for the propagation of lice. The nests
IRE not cleaned as often as they
should be-. At least nee a week the
nest box should be taken outside, the
material removed and burned, and
new material placed in the boxes. If
any signs of lice appear, sponge the
boxes lightly with kerosene and apply
4 lighted match thereto. A fame
will run over the box, but will not
burn it to any extent. After placing
the new material in the box, dust the
whole with fresh insect powder and
place the nest in a cool and secluded
location in the poultry house.
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Gervais came running down almost

Gervais came running down almost
Immediately.
II hope you will forgive me, Miss
Leslie" he said, as he held out his
hand. II am going to say good night,
for I think you ought to 90 to bed,
too; you are looking very tired, and 1
am going to walk to the village to
get this prescription made up for Dor
othy; she had a cold like this when
she was at Barrow-cuir-moor, and my
mother recommended her this rem
edy, which did her great good"
Enid stood at the window and
watched him stride down the garden
path, then she turned with half a
sigh and prepared to go to her dainty
bedroom. She took up one Of the
novels lying about, and as she passed
the side of the long clair on which
Dorothy had thrown herself, she saw
a folded piece of paper On the floor.
Without thinking, she stopped for
and unfolded this, and read the hur-
ried scrawl, recognizing her cousins
characters at once, badly written as
it was. AS she held this the door was
suddenly opened and Dorothy ap-
peared. :
Her brows contracted as she saw
Enid reading the paper, but she man
aged to hide her veyation.
IL have left my book down here,
and Virginie has not come in, and
So"
$50 you have risked Lord Derri.
mans anger?" smiled Enid. us this
your book?"
Dorothy shook her head and smiled
back.
She picked up another novel and
then Enid handed her the scrap Of
paper.
81 think you dropped this, Dor
othy."
Dorothy gave a well-acted look Of
surprise.
$50 I did; how stupid of me! 1t is
the address of a new second footman
for-for Bromley. Thanks, dear, 1
should have been vexed had I lost it.
Good night, dear Enid. All! you are
going to bed, too; quite right, for we
want to see you lose your pale looks"
Enid went up stairs with her
cousin, who parted with her affection
ately at her door; but somehow, when
she was alone, the thought that Dor
othy had prevaricated about that pa
per came into her mind. She felt
that George Laxon was, no candidate
for the vacant post Of second foot
man; besides, such matters were al
ways settled by the housekeeper, and
were not likely to trouble the young
countess.
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! share my wealth with you. What do
you want?"
George Laxon put his sound hand
into his pocket and leaned %leisurely
against the post. The moon just
lighted up his insolent, handsome
face and cleaned on his wonderful
blue eyes.
"The Knebwell property brings you
in atween fifteen and sixteen thou
sand a year. I believer" he said,
slowly.
Fifteen thousand, four hundred
and thirty-nine pounds, to be pre-
cise," Dorothy answered, calmly and
coldly, though her heart was beating
fercely beneath the calm exterior.
ooh! let's be precise!" he observed,
with a sheer. well, out of fifteen
thousand, four hundred and thirty
nine pounds per year you can spare
me, say, an income Of three thou
! sand"
The last words were uttered boldly,
and though she stood very still, this
demand almost paralyzed Dorothy.
How could she account for this money
to her husband or her trustees? Her
hands trembled; she had never
thought he would have asked this,
nor half as much.
"You don't answer me-" he said,
breaking the silence.
II agree"
He whistled sharply. This was
more than he expected.
Dorothy held out a packet.
"In here you will find bank notes
for one thousand pounds. Give me
some address and you will receive
the other two Immediately"
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XII.
ia Saved.

Dorothy's cold was not much, but
yet Gervais could not help noticing
that something allied her for the week
following their return from London
with Enid. She seemed to have lost
the wonderful happiness that sur
rounded her when they two were
alone; still he did not wish Enid to
go, for he saw that Dorothy Was eager
for her cousins presence, and there
fore he rejoiced in anything that gave
her pleasure.
One morning, having safely dis
posed of Enid and Lord DerrimaD,
she walked to the village postofice-
not the one nearest to the cottage
and received a dirty looking letter,
addressed to ID. R." Inside were a
few lines:
"Swag came. Sail tomorrow for
Australia, per S. S. Penelope. Child
too. Send money when due to the
same address. Good-by, Dolly"
She waited until she was safely out
of the shop and alone in the country
lane, then her JOY, her relief, the re-
action almost made her reel.
She was saved! What a terrible.
an awful risk she had run! She dared
not even let herself think of the es-
cape she had had.
Enid could not understand the
change that came over her, there was
something through all this she could
not fathom; but Gervais did not seek
for the reason, his darling was her
bright, merry self again, that was all
he asked to see.
He sat gazing at her as luncheon
progressed, and Enid saw the tears
of thankfulness that rose in his eyes,
and unconsciously the dull, dead pain
that came so often struck her heart
once more.
Dorothy waited until the servants
had gone, then she startled both her
cousin and husband by suddenly say
ing:
"Gervais, I want you to promise
me something's?
Ito be continued.)
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CHAPTER TX.
Continued.

"She kissed me once as this girl
kisses him." he said to himself; land
yet"
His eyes went to Dorothy's face;
Gervais was talking, and the ANNA
ton had died from her eyes and lips,
her miserable thoughts had forced
themselves once more in her mind,
and the change, slight as it was,
startled and panied Sir Roger. He
scarcely knew why or how, but the
feeling of admiration and pleasure
that had kindled in his breast at first
meeting Dorothy slowly faded away,
and all that remained was a vague
premonition of evil and a pang of pity
for the happy, handsome young fell
low who sat at her feet and looked
up to her as a queen.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
No Friend TO Me.

(Not long ago a reformed drunkard told
me the facts narrated here.)
No use to ask me, boys, to drink,
For that I'll never do;
Just call me all the names you please
And say Pm foolish, too.
But if you'd seen as much as I
You'd say the foolish one
Wa he who took the poisoned cup;
The wise one, he takes non
And since you know that drink brought me
So close to ruins door,
Why do you ask me to go in
And have q drink once more?
I'll tell you this: you're not my friend
To ask me to 60 in
And break my pledge and plunge my soul
In misery and sin.
No, boys, I have no time for you.
Pm striving day by day,
Instead of leading souls to death,
I lift them by the way.
And since you pass through life but once
/ beg of you to stop
And leave the older haunts of sin,
And never drink a drop.
Then when that moment comes to you
When all OF life is DER,
How glad you'll be you faced about
And drank the cup no more.
Edna G.. Young.
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The Outlook of the Upright.

Apart from God and righteous
ness there is no bright future. This
Is Gods world. He made it, and all
it's laws are framed to fit In with
the eternal principles of His King
dom. The universe Is built after the,
pattern of truth and righteousness.
and cannot possibly favor ~wickedness.
Injustice and oppression may triumph
for a time, but truth crushed to-
earth will rise again" Unto the
upright there ariseth light in dark
ness" Light is sown for the right
eous and gladness for the upright in:
heart"
The/God who made the universe
made also the human soul, and in the.
soul there is an instructive feeling
that wickedness leads downward to
darkness. This is the reason why
the d%isobedient are. Respondent
Their own hearts will not let them
hope. They may work up an arti-
fetal cheerfulness, but in the depths:
of their souls they are hopeless. To-
hope would be to mock nature and
God. In the case Of the disobedient
the end is not better than the Begin,
ming. The foolish virgins started out
with as bright a hope IS the wise, but
the end was confusion and shame.
The indolent and unfaithful servant
In the parable Of the talents had as
good start as his neighbor, but the.
one talent which he had received was
taken away from him and he was
cast into outer darkness, while the
iiligent and faithful gervant saw his
one talent multiplied ten times ana
entered into the joy Of his Lord.
In this teaching the Bible is In
fullest accord with nature. A recent
writer tells of two poor men who sold
books in a small way in a great city
fifty years ago. Thirty years elapsed,
and one of them owned a fine pub
fishing house which was known and
patronized throughout the whole
country, while the other still trun-
died his little barrow in the streets
and sold books in as small a way as at
first. One piercing November night
he stopped with his little barrow
under the walls Of the great store
Of his former rival, and said: All.
thirty years ago he and had a book
stall near each other in the same
street, and I sold as many books as
he. and perhaps more: but every
penny I got I s%quandered. while be
studied. toiled, planned and saved:
and now there he Is and here / am.
TIE parable of the talents over again.
That parable has been enacted in
real life thousands Of times. How
can the indolent, profigate and the
disobediept expect ~prosperitv?. The
laws of the universe say. No. The
CUP Of the drunkard does not grow
sweeter as he drinks deeper and
longer. He has the best Of the wine
at the beginning Of the feast, and al.
terward that which Il worse.
But the outlook Of the upright Isl
glorious. 1.-THE path Of the just is as
the shining light that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day" The
righteous soul, the righteous family,
the righteous nation. shall grow
stronger and HAMPER. Weeping may
endure for a night, hut JOY cometh
IN the morning christian Adyo-
cate.
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Penalties For Cigarettes.

At Springfield, Ill.,, the anti-cigar'
cite bill, providing penalties for the
sale or manufacture Of cigarettes OF
paper wrappers, and prohibiting min
ors under eighteen years old from
smoking cigarettes, was passed BY
the House by a vote Of SO to 2. The
bill penalties the handling Of cigar.
cites by a fine of $50 to 500 and i'm.
prisonment from one to thirty days
for the first offense; for subsequent
offenses a fine of $40 to $500 and ten
days to six months imprisonment is
provided.
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door, screw in a screw hook about
Two and a half inches long. Raise
the door and bring the hook under
The edge of the door. AS the hen
enters she touches the door a tri1e,
which releases the hook, and down
,omes the door.
I have made a small sketch to make
It palmer. The hook Is screwed into
/ cross piece far enough from the
side to catch the door. I prefer slat
doors and l have a door over the
lest for convenience, but It is not
sssential.-C. NJ. Hayes.
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A11
POULTRY
CULTURE
K$:KzW
~
THE A CHICKS.
To Raise a Profitable Percentage Re
uuires Faithful Care.

quires Faithful Care.
The poultry man must bear in
mind that small chicks have many en-
emies, and to raise a large percentage
OF those that hatch requires the most
faithful care. For the first two weeks
I have a supply Of mixed chick food
and fresh clean water constantly be-
fore them and cover the floor Of the
coop with dry hay chaff with a supply
of sharp clean sand for grit. When
the chicks are two weeks old they
may have a feed of cracked corn and
wheat at night and the chick feed
gradually reduced until the chicks are
a month old when they will not need
it.
At this time give them a mash for
their first morning feed consisting Of
one-half corr meal, o~ne-quarter
wheat middlings and ~one-quarter
ground oats mixed with skinned
milk. After the chicks r a month
old they may have a hopper filled
with cracked corn and wheat always
before them, with which the morning
mash will bring them to maturity in
good time.
When not needed for breeding pur-
poses the cockerels from the first
hatch are ready for broilers by June
10, when they will dress five pounds
to the pair. The cost Of feeding them
to this age has not exceeded fifty
cents each.
The April pullets will commence
laying by October, and should be re-
moved to the warmer quarters before
the cold nights Of November, as they
will lay earlier and better for it. The
old hens should have been killed off
in August, when they are in good de-
mand at the summer hotels, to be
served up as spring chicken.-A. G..
Hawkins, Worcester County, Mass, in
American Cultivator.
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Portugal's Valuable Crown

When King Manuel of Portugal will
be crowned the ceremony will include
his assumption of the most valuable
crown in Europe. Taken at a jewel
er's estimate, the Portuguese crown
is recorded as being worth f1,600,-
900. In shape and size it is almost a
fac-simile of the Spanish and the old
Polish crowns, though in the value Of
its jewels its nearest rival is the
Cars diadem, which is supposed to
have cost 100000. The crown
placed upon the English Kings head
is valued at a mere $3.50, 00O.-
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GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND
STRENGTH.

When the darkness hangeth Ger Us,
And the night I. /,
Hides the light,
God will go before US.
When the danger near US presseth,
Hope has failed,
Fear prevailed,
God the weak heart blesseth.
When the trouble is the strongest.
And the nearest
To our dearest,
Gods great love is longest.
When the eyes grow tired with weeping,
Nor relief
Cures our grief,
God our joy is keeping. 800
Always, always where we linger,
God is there,
Hears our prayer,
Guides US with His finger.
For His goodness mid our blindness,
Let us praise,
All our days, etst
Gods great loving-kindness.
Marianne birmingham, in London >. 81
Times. r..
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Practical Poultry Points.

Feeding skim-milk has a tendency
to Whiten the flesh.
1t is more important to know the
work of the individual hen than the
average CT the flock.
Overlooking Of gresn cut bone is
ant to cause leg trouble, diarrhoea,
bowel complaints and worms.
Keep breeders from head lice by
the occasional! application OF a good
lice powder, before and during hatch
Ing scasop.
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Two Trap Nest Plans.

Many are the ways published to
make trap nests. All are after SIM
plicity, so I give you mine, and as I
have tested it thoroughly and have
two in constant use, I know it Ia
D. K.
Make the box to suit the hens to be
trapped. Hang the entrance door SO
when it shuts down the hen is trapped
1t about a half inch from the point
where the door reaches when raised
I'D. Inside and at the left hand of the
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PROSPECTS, Brilliant.

IT see You got married yesterday,
Chloe. Are your prospects b~rilliant?"
"Ya-as, Nah husbands friends
brought me fo' mo- washin's."-Circle
MAGAZINE.
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DRY Mash at Noon,

If fowls have access to all the
fresh green food they care to con-
sumo, it is we'll to feed the noon
meal of dry mash. Give only what
they will eat up clean during the
afternoon unless hopper feeding is
used.
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Saws God Ordered Him.

The mystery Of twenty-one newly
dug graves adjoining the negro GENE.
terry at Laurel, Miss, has been solved
by the arrest of a demented aged ne
r He declared that God ordered
him to dig 121 graves and to work
at night only.
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Thirty Chinese young ladies have
recently graduated from a Japanese
girls school, which was specially or
ganized for the education of Chinese
women in Japan. - Shanghai Mer-
curry.
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Repairer Robbed Home

Henry Weidenbach, known nation
ally as a repairer Of old paintings,
pleaded guilty to the larceny OF $500
worth of goods from the home OF
Harry Levy, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
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ONLY Road to Success.

Remember that you cannot be a
rie d 20 success in a carriage with the
hinges oiled, the backs padded, and
the seats cushioned; you must trudge
% foot along the dusty Highway.
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There is a lot Of poverty on Man
haitian Island. but the assessment
rolls give $4,000 in taxable property
to each inhabitant.
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Swedish Temperance

The Swedish Riksdl
priated $4,000 to ting
perance Education II
in promoting anti-a
in the schools of
priation for 1909
Quoting courses
ferent centres 81
pecially a cou1
in Stockholm
Engineering.
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The

1.-THE Stat1
tenn has been|
%structive Of I
the Indian j
their deepest
ciple of local
nized, and n
the issue wei
India themsd
lily extin 6
writes the q
gan of the
Association.
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Ralph G3
every place
winter the
very hard,(
full victory
all drunkalV
all are Stil4
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ReOI

The Anti
organized ,
that the Nd
resents thI
This givesI
vanced te1A
enacted foZ
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30

him splendidly to take up the reins and assist in properly directing the future of the fire department.
 DWIGHT c. WHEELER.
 Dwight .. Wheeler. the Democratic appointee to the fire board, comes from an old Democratic family and is one of the ableSt young business men in this city. He is the secretary and assistant treasurer of the Acme Shear Co. having direct control and supervision of the company's plant at knowlton and Hicks streets. He has $50 men in his employ. MT Wheeler is graduate of the Bridgeport High school. of Yale Univeysity and Shelf field Scientific school. He is a great believer in the future of Bridgeport sist in making Bridgeport a we'll gov erned city that MT. Wheeler will give his valuable time to the fire board
 ZALsION GooDsELL.
 Enoch P, Htncks would not accept reappofntment on the Board of AD- portionment because of his health HIS physician will not allow him to he out of his home more than one hour each cav Zalrnon Goodsell who is appointed to succeed Mir. Hinclus. Is a life long Democrat He cores from family which has been identified with the growth and prosperity of this city for more than a generation His father was a most influential citizen Tn his day both in business circles and politically. having held the office of Mayor no less than three times MT. Soodsen Is a worthy son of a worthy sire f@very few public movements have been undertaken in the past 25 years with which he has not been identified At present he carries on large real estate and insu -ance bus mess He has been member of the Board of Public Works and was at one time president of the Board of Trade He Is prominent in the coun- ell of several fraternai o-vanizations.
 GEORGE W. HICKMAN.
 George w. Jackman. who succeeds Henry C. Sherwood as a member of the Board of Apportfonment is a re- tired manufactures and a large prop erty owner in this c.ty. He was one of the first presidents of the Bridge- port Manufacturers Associa ton. For two years he was a member of the Common Council from the Fifth dis trict. For many years he was the principal owner of the Springfield MfS CO, with plant in Mountain Grove street.
 Henry C. Sherwood. the outgoing member. informed Mayor Buckingham that he did not care to serve another term Friend w. Smith. Bridgeport's war postmaster. declined to accent another appointment because of his long service on the board and because his increased age makes it more difficult than in former years to at- tend any evening sessions that the board mayshold-
 s. E. VINCENT.
 s. E. Vincent. who succeeds MT. Smith is connected with the hay feed, grain and coal business of Vim cent Bros. One of the fastest growing and largest concerns of it's kind in New England Besides being a mer- chant MT. Vincent is fully eauIpDed with knowledge of law and his ap- pointment will meet the approval of a multitude oe citizens