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ffyyyww ssa T SYNOPSIS. WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE 5pMAN & SBBBSBBBBSBBBBBm SBBBJ , BSH BBfl m lB5v""5lN7wahH " jPtatoTas- ms4KL'T aswHfl LOWH TEN ""PHmBBawsSswyaw? 1! IT Uestroy the weeds. The sire 5s half of the flock. No butcher should tease you Into -selling your best lambs ;ilt-eiit;pd butter will lln your I'ockettioo!: with gilt-edged conn TLp bst method of wed destruc tion couies through rotation of crops. Slow, steady churning will get more fat out of the milk than rapid churn ing. Fowls In confinement have a ten dency when moulting to pick feathers off each other. After pigs are six wcek3 old there is no better feed for them than skim milk and shorts. Why not screens on every door and window of the cow stables and par icularly where Uio young calves are kept? Diseased wood on a tree can never be made good again. Cut it off and allow another shoot to grow in its place. The best remedy for pear and ap ple blight is to cut out and burn every affected twig as soon as they are seen. Undoubtedly one cause of much trouble with milk in summer is al lowing cows to have access to foul, stagnant water. No farmer should use a wagon with out go-d springs, and especially are they valuable in hauling live Btnck and perishabls vegetables and fruits. Many small pigs are stunted in their early growth because they can not hold their own against their larger and more quarrelsome broth ers. The best skim milk Is that which Is fresh from the separator and still warm. Experiments show that It is anly one-fourth as expensive to raise a calf ou skim milk as whole uiilk. Itran. oats and oil meal fed in equal parts by weight make a belter ration miJ is more satisfactory to supply the needs of growth and development for breeding puriwses. than most anything else. At the present time the world's championship for the production of butterfat for 12 consecutive months 1. held by the Holstein-Frlesian cow. Colantha fourth's Johanna with a to tal of 99S.26 pounds of fat. All wounds on trees are the better for being painted, tarred or covered with some substance to keep out the water. Then the bark covers over the wound little by little, and no rot ting of the inner wood takes place. The condition of the ewes at breed ing time has a marked Influence upon thy succeeding crop of lambs. If the ewes are improving in flesh and in a vigorous condition, the chances are bright for a choice lot or strong lambs. The cockerels which are to be marketed should, of course, be fed a more fattening ration than the pul lets, and those which are to be used as breeders should bo kept from the pullets until about six weeks before the eggs are wanted for hatching. A good hand separator takes most of the valuable butter fat out of the milk; Indeed, a perfect machine should take practically all of the butter fat from the milk; but It loaves most of the protein, which is the most valu able food element in the skimmed milk. The best time to water plants Is late in the evening. Stir the soil ihorouphly and draw away from around the stem of tho plants. jour on tho water needed, let Fettle and then draw the earth back again: in this way the moisture will Le re tained better. In selecting breeding stock it is Isighty important that the reputation of the breeder from whom the pur chases are made, is well and favor ably known, a man who is notd 'or square and honest dealing: and thi is especially true if the selection Is to be made by the breeder himself. Forest Henry, one of the farmers Institute workers In Minnesota, and a successful farmer, says that his ex periences teaches that the time to wean the colt, even if not more than three months old. is before going into the harvest field with the mare. He teaches his colts to drink sklra-milk and to eat oats with the mare before weaning. If there ever vivr a tim when oat ftraw is worth saving it will be this vcar l"3v Is scam and the pric wil b- in accordance with thp light rFs of the crop Thp farm that has ?n abundance of hay can 'urn a pret tv penny by using a substitute for hay t much as practical and selling the liny that can be rpared The cltv t-:ue will want It a!!, at a good, stltf prU-e. before the winter seaoa Is IVT Use common sense wttn calL Wean the colt at three months. The time of feeding should be regu lar. Skim milk Is a cheap feed for calves. Pure water Is of the greatest Im portance for ducklings There is nothing like milk for get ting the calf z? iu condition. Midsummer pruning heals quickly, and is coming mure into favor. The record of the individual row is the only road that leads to success. Everything that decreases the cost cf production is so much self-help for the wool grower The profit of wool growing depends as much on the cost of production as the selling price. Poorly drained soils always suffer moro under adverse climatic condi tions than those that are well drained. Some gardeners pack cauliflower by drawing a few of the outer leaves over them and tying the ends at the tops. Teach the calf to drink and feed whole milk for at least three weeks, changing to a skim milk diet grad ually. Italian bees will quite often, espe cially when crowded for room, swarm before they have any sealed queen cells. The bacon hogs, like other hogs, reed to be well fed, but the feed and habits differ considerably from the lard type of hogs. If watering in the garden becomes necessary it is better to thoroughly soak the soil once a week than to sprinkle every day for a month. Commence In good season to make the heifer's first milking period a long one and so cultivate in her the habit of keeping up her flow. The roughage for calves should first be fed at two or three weeks of age, when the calf begins to eat grain. Good clean hay, either timothy, blue grass, clover or alfalfa may be used. Shep should be provided with shade during the hot days. If there are no suade trees on the place build a shed open on all sides on an elevation where the wind will have full access to it. Dead vines at digging time are not a reliable index to the vitality of a hill of potatoes, so the only safe, sure way of obtaining the choicest seed is to mark the vigorous plants while they are in their prime. If the conditions are favorable It I not too late yet to sow a crop of cow peas in the orchard. They will serve as a mulch during hot, dry weather, and can be plowed under to a good advantage as a green manure. If you get a lot of old hens on your hands you are sure to be discouraged belore you know it, and say: "There is no money in poultry. It is all a hoax." You cannot do wonders with poor hens, and old hens are always poor hens. Upon the horse-collar depends much more than appears at first glance. The day-in-and-out efficiency of the team, its labor service, its thriftiness depend very largely upon the proper kind and fitting of the collars used. The fowl that has free range gets a large part of its living in the shape of bugs and insects and is healthy and a good layer. Hens that are confined i-hould be fed the equivalent of bugs in the form of chopped meat and bone meal. The farmer or fruit grower cannot possibly reach the highest success in his business without the aid of the birds (except, perhaps, the English sparrow) and yet they are often very annoying during the ripening season of the early fruits. The man with a silo will be In a position to congratulate himself this winter and we urge every farmer to consider the erection of a silo this fall. No other means will provide so much palatable and nutritious feed from an acre of land. Cabbage plants are gross feeders and can make use of all kinds of manures. Those rich in notah and nitrogen are especially desirable. Moisture In plenty is also needed for anything with such a large surface foliage Weeds ana grass present! large heads from forming Do not plant fiou er plants too clo?e ' together. Verbenas should be at least ; IS inches apart: petunias the same: j phlov a foot: balsams a foot: pamies. f 10 inches: zinnias IS inches; marigold j two fet; popies 10 inches. If flowers. are too close in the bed they will not j ... .. ... L I make as thrmy a growtn nor win we flowers be as large and plentiful. The best way to destroy faults In an animal is to begin with his grand parents. So the best way to destroy weeds in next year's crops is to de stroy their ancestors this year In doing this remember two things. If your own fields are clean you do no' spread weeds to your neighbor's fields, and the best time to kill weeds i-? just before they appear above; giound Kvry berry crowr slnu'd have a small nursery in bis patch, an-i it should be at the het d-ained and warmest portion In this should be grown the young plants which will bf needed each year with which to -nt out his new ground. Those who grow the strawberry commercially will lie sire to have a patch coming into iti second year's bearing every year, as this method gives the finest fruits and ftrhe the best nrices. I-awrpnc II1V.-ly, lnwyr, tc J PlttKbisrK nilii tti- (rTA-'A n ra In th tironoeii rap to ?j me ticii-iunn John OHmMiv. m.r...nalrw. In ll.e latter' hmis bf If .-:tTr:-': tiy th- pvnir- of i Kirl whom OKniorv -&piulm lr- ti rt srand it.mghttT. AI't-ti Vsi it' ! l-er fn-tf-tr is h tvf:.' 4iil . rr'-s-rt of tbc forjt or. A lady rviL'.-r.i i:i.ir-,-y to tiuy l.r a Pullman p."-. I:- cl.t-a !irr Inwrr ?i.n nn,j j-,. . -r Tn. ! "-"Zr- i niin In a !n - t t-pnr In lower ten i.".i K"e? ti .. !;, losvcr titnr. He awa- "in o Iiiwt i-vji and nnds that his big anil clothes am massing;. Tho man in lower ten la found murdered. His nume. It develops. la Simon Harrington. The man who disappeared with Blake ley'a clothes Is suspected. Blakeley be comes Interested In a girl In blue. Cir cumstantial evidence places Blakeley un der suspicion of murder. The train Is wrecked. Blakeley Is rescued from the burning car by the ulrl In blue. His arm la broken. Toirethcr they go to the Car ter farm for breakfast. The Rlrl proves to be Alison West, his partner's sweet heart. CHAPTER X. Miss West's Request. The surprising change in her held me speechless. AH the animation of the breakfast table was gone; there "was no hint of the response with which, before, she had met my non sensical sallies. She stood there, white-lipped.unsmiling. staring down the dusty road. One hand was clench ed tight over some small object. Her eyes dropped to it from the distant road, and then closed, with a quick, indrawn breath. Her color came back slowly. What ever had caused the change, she said nothing. She was anxious to leave at once, almost impatient over my de liberate masculine way of getting my things together. Afterward I recalled that I had wanted to explore the barn for a horse and some sort of a ve hicle to take us to the trolley, and that she had refused to allow me to look. I remembered many things later that might have helped me, and did not. At the time, I was only com pletely bewildered. Save the wreck, the responsibility for which lay be tween Providence and the engineer of the second section, all the events of that strange morning were logically connected ; " they came from one cause, and tended unerringly to one end. But the cause was burled, the end not yet In view. Not until we had left the house well behind did the girl's face relax its tense lines. I was watching her more closely than I had realized, for when we had gone a little way along the road she turned to me almost pet ulantly. "Please don't stare so at me." Ehe said, to my sudden confusion. "I know the hat is dreadful. Green al ways makes me iook ghastly." "Perhaps it was the green." I was unaccuumaoiy renevea. Lo you know, a few minutes ago, you looked almost pallid to me!" She glanced at me quickly, but I was gazing ahead. We were out of sight of the house, now. and with every step away from it the girl was obviously relieved. Whatever she held in her hand, she never glanced at it. But she was conscious of it every sec ond. She seemed to come to a de cision about it while we were still In sight of the gate, for she murmured something and turned back alone, go ing swiftly, her feet stirring up small puffs of dust at every step. She fas tened something to the gate post I could see the nervous haste with which 6be worked. When she joined me again It was without explanation. But the clenched fingers were free now, and while she looked tired and worn the strain had visibly relaxed. We walked along slowly in the gen eral direction of the suburban trolley line. Once a man with an empty wagon offered us a lift, but after a glance at the springless vehicle I de clined. "The ends of the bone think they are castanets as It is." I explained. "But the lady" The young lady, however, declined and we went on together. Once, when the trolley line was in sight, she got a pebble in her low shoe, and we sat down under a tree until she found the cause of the trouble. "I I don't know what I should have done without you," I blundered. "Moral support and and all that. Do you know, my first conscious thought after the wreck was of- relief that you had not been hurt?" She was sitting beside me where a big chestnut tree shaded the road, and ! surprised a look of misery on her face that certainly my words had not been meant to produce. "And my first thought." she said s'.i.wly. "was regret that I that 1 hadn't been obliterated, blown out like a caudle. Please don't look like that! I am only talking." Hut her lips were trembling, and be cause the little shams of society are forgotten at times like this, I leaned over and patted her hand lightly, where it rested on the grass beside me. "You must not say those things." 1 expostulated. "Perhaps, after all, your friends " "I had no friends on the train," Her voice was hard again, her tone final. She drew her hand from undei mine, not quickly, hut deefsive'y. ,i car was in s;clit. ronrng toward 'us The iteo! f?rg r of civilization, of pro priety, of visit irg cards and formal iu troductions was beel o::ing us iu. Miss W. n put on her shoe We said little on the car. The few passereers stared at us frankly, and disrus-sed the wrek. -mphasizing i horrors. The girl did not seem tc hear. Once she turned to r e with the quick, unexpected movement that ; was one of her charms. "I do not wish my mother to know I was In the accident." she said. "Will yon please not tell Richey about hat ing met me?" ! gave my premise, of course. Again when we were almost Into Baltimore. Corvwjr cr BOBW -MXRRlLt. COMPAfxy JWnw If- Vi KvXHmtf Mi I W X lassl laVltB LHB A rsstLaBBsW Iffl H t 1 Wmm 7Hwf 1 SsaBSSBaSBSBBasBBBSSBSSasaaaaaaasssSBBBaSBBSSJBSSBSBSaSBBBSBBBBSSSSSSSBSSBSSBSSJSSBSSSmSBBfl 'I May Not Have Another she asked to examine the gun-metal cigarette case, and sat silent with it in her hands, while I told of the early morning's events on the Ontario. "So you see," I finished, "this grip, everything I have on, belongs to a fel low named Sullivan. He probably left the train before the wreck perhaps just after the murder." "And so you think he committed the the crime?" Her eyes were on the cigarette case. "Naturally." I said. "A man doesn't jump off a Pullman car in the middle of the night in another man's clothes, unless he is trying to get away from something. Besides the dirk, there were the stains that you saw. Why. I have the murdered man's pocket book in this valise at my feet. What dees that look like?" I colored when I saw the ghost of a smile hovering around the corners of her mouth. "That is," I finished, "if you care to believe that I am in nocent." The sustaining chain of her small gold bag gave way just then. She did not notice it. I picked it up and slid the trinket Into my pocket for safe keeping, where I promptly forgot It Afterwards I wished I bad let it lie un noticed on the floor of that dirty little suburban car. and even now. when I see a' woman carelessly dangling a similar feminine trinket. I shudder in voluntarily; there cornea back to me the memory of a girl's puzzled eyes under the brim of a flopping hat, the haunting suspicion of the sleepless nights that followed. Just then I was determined that my companion should not stray back to the wreck, and to that end I was determinedly facetious. "Do you know that it is Sunday?1 she asked suddenly, "and that we are actually ragged??" "Never mind that," I retorted. "All Baltimore is divided on Sundsy into three parts, those who rise and go to church, those who rise up and read the newspapers, and those who don't rise up. The first are somewhere be tween the creed and the sermon, and we need not worry about the others." "You treat me like a child." she said almost pettishly. "Don't try so hard to be cheerful. It it is almost ghast ly" After that I subsided like a pricked balloon, and the remainder of the ride was made in silence. The information that she would go to friends in the city was a shock; it meant an earlier separation than I had planned for. But my arm was beginning again. In putting her into a cab I struck it and gritted my teeth with the pain. It was probab!y for that reason that I forgot the gold bag. She leaned forward and held out her band. "I may not have another chance to thank you," she said, "and I think I would better not try, any how. I cannot tell you how grateful I am." I muttered something about the gratitude being mine. Owing to the knock I was seeing two cabs, and two girls were holding out two bands. "Remember," they were both say ing, "you have never met me, Mr. Blakeley. And if you ever hear any thing about me that Is not pleasant. I want you to think the best you can of me. Will you?" i The two girls were one now, with little flashes of white light playing all around. "I I'm afraid that I shall think too well for my own good." I aid unsteadily. And the cab drove ui. CHAPTER XI. The Narr.e of Sullivan. I had ray arm done up temporarily in Baltimore and took the next train heme I was pretty far gone when I tumbled out of a cab almost into the -e-andahzed arms of Mrs. Klopton. In. minutes 1 was in bed. with that I ;p"u woman piun? on blankets and so.uoo persons a year, which means Vistering me in unprotected places ! that in the next half century the city vith h6t-wcter bottles. And in an wi'l contain double the number of In lour I had bad a whiff of chloroform f habitants that it docs to-day. nd Dr. Williams had set the broken I Even granting that Ais rate of la- one. I drorped asleep then. w?king In ! :he kite twilight to & realization that Chance to Thank You." I was at home again, without the pa pers that meant conviction for Andy Branson, with a charge of murder banging over my head, and with some thing more than an impression of the girl my best friend was in love with, a girl moreover who was almost as great an enigma as the 'crime itself. "And I'm no hand at guessing rid dles," I groaned half aloud. Mrs. Klopton came over promptly and put a cold cloth on my forehead. "Euphemia." she said to some one outside the door, "telephone the doc tor that he Is still rambling, but that he has switched from green ribbons to riddles." "There's nothing the matter with me, Mrs. Klopton," I rebelled. "I was only thinking out loud. Confound that cloth: it's trickling all over me!" I gave it a fling, and heard it land with a soggy thud on the floor. "Thinking out loud is delirium." Mrs. Klopton said imperturbably. "A fresh cloth. Euphemia." This time she held it on with a firm pressure that I was too weak to re sist. I expostulated feebly that I was drowning, which she also laid to my mental exaltation, and then I finally dropped into a damp sleep. It was probably midnight when I roused again. I had been dreaming of the wreck, and it was inexpressibly com forting to feel the stability of my bed. and to realize the equal stability of Mrs. Klopton, who sat, fully attired. by the night light, reading Science and Health. "Does that book say.anytbing about opening the windows on a hot night?" I suggested, when I bad got my bear ings. She put It down Immediately and came over to me. If there is one time when Mrs. Klopton Is chastened and it is the only one It Is when she reads Science and Health. "I don't like to open the shutters. Mr. Lawrence." she explained. "Not since the night you went away." But, pressed further, she refused to explain. "The doctor said you were not to be excited," she persisted. "Here's your beef tea." "Not a drop until you tell me." I said grimly. "Besides, you know very well there's nothing the matter with me. This arm of mine is only a false belief." I sat up gingerly. "Now why don't you open that window?" Mrs. Klopton succumbed. "Because there are queer goings-on in that house next door," she said. "If you will take the beef tea, Mr. Lawrence. I will tell you." The queer goings-on, however, proved to be slightly disappointing. It seemed that after I left on Friday night, a light was seen flitting fitfully through the empty house next door. Euphemia bad seen It first and called Mrs. Klopton. Together they had watched it breathlessly until it disap peared on the lower floor. r bsr City a Veritable Beehive According to This. "Little Old New r-ollI,.ras Df transit up and down "town York" Must Be About Crowded -.,,, frnm om. 1llarur of th. ,.,ty , j to the Limit. Xn ot,cr ,;.,. n..ans r ingress and j " ' ' egress, cry aloud !or Immediate con- I We are told that If the inmates of ! juration I all the office buildings in the most f j am reminds! o: tie story of the , over-built section of lower New York , iderly spinster who was a witness in were to leave their skyscrapers at cnn and ulicn asked Ler age ucsl the same time six strata of sidewalks tateii a PR time. After much delay would he required to give this mass ( ana several repetitions of the question ........., , it is asserted mat me population of New York Is growing at the rate ofleVtry minute makes it crease Is somewhat exaggerated, the necessity cf arranging for tremendous expansion Is obvious to The "Yoa should have been a writer of ghost stories." I said, giving my pil lows a thump. "And so It was fit ting tlitfully!" "That's what it was doing." she re iterated. Fitting fitfully I mean flit ting fitfully how you do throw one out. Mr. Lawrence! And what's more, it came again!" "Oh, come now. Mrs. Klopton." 1 objected, "ghosts are like lightning; they never strike twice in the same night. That is only worth half a cup of beef tea." "You may ask Euphemia." she re torted with dignity. "Not more than an hour after, there was a light there again. We saw it through the chinks of the shutters. Only this time it be gan at the lower floor and climbed! "Yon oughtn't to tell ghost stories at night," came McKnight's voice from the doorway. "Really. Mrs. Klopton, I'm amazed at you. You old duffer! I I've got to thank you for the worst day of my life." Mrs. Klopton gulped. Then realiz ing that the "old duffer" was meant for me, she took her empty cup and went out muttering. "The Pirate's crazy about me. Isn't she?" McKnight said to the closing door. Then he swung around and held out his hand. "By Jove," he said. "I've been lay ing you out all day, lilies on the door bell, black gloves, everything. If you had had the sense of a mosquito in a snowstorm, you would have telephoned me" "I never even thought of it." I was filled with remorse. "Upon my word. Rich, I hadn't an idea beyond getting away from that place. If you had seen what I saw " McKnight stopped me. "Seen it! Why, you lunatic. I've been digging for you all day in the ruins. I've lunched and dined on horrors. Give me something to rinse them down, Lollie." He had fished the key of the ccl Iarette from Its hiding place in my shoe bag and was mixing himself what he called a Bernard Shaw a founda tion of brandy and soda, with a little of everything else in sight to give it snap. Now that I saw him clearly, he looked weary and grimy. I hated to tell him what I knew he was waiting to hear, but there was no use wading in by inches. I ducked and got it over. "The notes are gone. Rich." I said, as quietly as I could. In spite of him self his face felL "I of course I expected it," he said. "But Mrs. Klopton said over -The Notes Are Gone, Rich.1 the telephone that you had brought home a grip and I hoped well. Lord knows we ought not to complain. You're here, damaged, but here." He lifted his glass. "Happy days, old man!" "If you will give me that black bot tie and teaspoon. I'll drink that la arnica, or whatever the stuff is; Rich the notes were gone before the wreck!" He wheeled and stared at me. the bottle Id his hand. "Lost, strayed or stolen?" he queried with forced ligtitr ness. "Stolen, although I believe the theft was incidental to something else." Mrs. Klopton came In at that mo ment, with an egg-nog in her hand. She glanced at the clock, and. with out addressing any one in particular, she Intimated that it was time for self respecting folks to be at home in bed. McKnight. who could never resist a fling at her back, spoke to me In a stage whisper. (TO BE CONTINUED.) t loe judge rap pet on me uesic impa- tietitly and said: "Hurry up. madam; worse." This Is our present Weekly. conditiou. Harper's In Meeting. "The people." grumbled the boss ro!ltIcian. "have a .ong memorv." ' Yes." rejoined the officeholder, "but iifp ei i l . e don't want to tax it." Need Lydia E Pinktem's Vegetable Compound BrookfleU, Mo. "Twe years I wanabfetofoanyttndofwrkana jfytroaosw tine that womea rln ob them tht Chasm of Life. I rot bottle off LydlaE-PInkbAaa'a Vofotable Com pound and itBksdO feelmnehbetter, and I haTO eonttsv lts nee,. I am Terr grateful to yom rtnoffooaneaim MnamTOStneV M, Mo. Tho Chanm of Lift It tht moat critJ l cal period of a woman's existence, and cog feet of health at this timt InTitao disease and pain, Women eerjwhtze abould rem bar that then Is no other rested? known to TnedWno that will so soc ceasfully carry women thronrh this) trying period ss Lydia E. Pinkha' Vegetable Compound, mads from nW tWe roots and herbs. For 80 years It has been cming wo men from the worst forma of female? Ills Inflammation, ulceration, dis placements, fibroid tumors, irregularis lies, periodic pains bscracrts, and nervous prostration. If yoq wornl Hke special Ttlot) About your ease write a ooafldosH tial letter Mrs. Ptwfcftmsa, Lysum, Mass. Her advice Is free, ami alsrays helpf L A Shipping Errer. The young Duchess of Westminster, wife of the richest peer In England recently gave birth to her third child. a daughter. Thus there Is no heir te Qe Immense Grosrenor fortune. Earl Grosvenor, the duchess' second child, having died at the age of four. Apropos of all this, a rather cruel story Is being told In Newport about Lady Ursula Grosrenor, tho eight year-old daughter of the young duchess. A friend, the story goes, called at Eaton Hall, and as she sat In the drawing-room, little Lady Ursula e tered. - "Oh, good afternoon." she said gravely. "Mamma can't see any on today. She's upstairs with the new) baby. 'They sent her. you know, a gir when she'd ordered a boy, and she's so upset that she's quite ilL" Talking to the Child. "Mrs. X talks to little Madge. Just as Mr. X talks to their dog." said a little girl of a neighboring lly. And It was Indeed true. Mrs.; X Is a very well-meaning woman) and would be greatly surprised If shej should hear the foregoing statement.. Bhe has simply unconsciously acquired a harsh tone of voice In dealing with her children. This Is altogether un necessary and is not, as many moth ers seem to think, a mark of good dis cipline. The mother whose manner la quiet but firm Is generally a much' more successful disciplinarian than.' the harsh-voiced mother who Issuee her commands In a dictatorial manner.: Kindness never spoils children. It ie flabby indecision, sometimes mlstakea for kindness, which spoils them. When the Fish Exploded. Somebody discovered that fish fond of gasoline, and this led te the idea of soaking worms In gasoline la order to make them more alluring when used for bait. Mark the result Two of those gasoline-tempted Bah exploded In the frying-pan. and broke the kitchen window, and blew the cook's face full of mashed potato, and Burled the teakettle Into the four barrel, and painted the kitchen celling with stewed tomatoes. Call It a lying world and let It go at that. lightly Cenfiieed. All of us become confused and an of as mix our language- sometimes, but the preparation of an old negre preacher's sermon was the greatest confusion of metaphors I ever heard. says a traveler. When the lengthy dis course was nearlng its close and he had reached bis "Twenty-third and lastly, brethren." he wound np by the following elaborate figure: "Everywha, bredren. we see de al mightyall down de untrodden paths of time, we see de footprints of de Almighty hand." Human Life. This Is a Good Breakfast! 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