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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-5-7, Page 2LIFTED BY LOVE; Oil, tiogt the Wharf Waif Became a Princess. IPIIELISEED ST SPECIAL ARRAKGEMIANT, "I was a spy, and I risked my life in this service. At any moment I might have been discovered and hanged for my zeal. While I was in this Office the order came from the Czar to silence Tares. Tams was then, as he is now, my dearest friend, and you can imagine my horror when I heard that this order was to be executed without delay. Hap- pily the minister found it difficult to lay his hand on a man for his purpose. It was a very delicate business. As Texas was in London it was necessary that the agent should speak English, not only for the practical working out of the design, but to avoid political complications. It would never do for the Russian govern- ment to be discovered in this plot to violate the freedom of a mau so well known and much honored as Tams, There was one man in the service of the police who eagerly desired to have the job, and that was Rudersdorf, an avowed enemy of Tams. The chief oh - objection to employing him was that he did not understand a word of Engiish. "One morning the minister, after ex- plaining this difficulty and the objection to Rudersdorf, asking me bluntly if I would undertake to silence Tams. 'I don't ask you to kill him,' he said, see- ing some sign of repugdance in my face probably. 'One reason for not employ- ing Rudersdorf is that he certainly would do so. I simply want you to bring Tams back to Russia. That will please the Czar far more than the death of a man for whom he still entertains a strong feeling of admiration. I can give you but 24 hours to consider the pro- posal, but if you will not do this busi- ness Rudersdorf must, "And now," said Kavanagh pointedly, "what answer -would you have given in my place?" "I would have accepted," said I with- out hesitation. "I am sure you would. But it was not an undertaking to accept lightly, for you must see as clearly as I that I was bound to fulfill my promise," "No, I don't see that. If you could deceive the minister one way, von could another. You must have toldliesfrom the very first and one more couldn't make any great difference to you. "Lying in this case would have been worse than useless. The lie would be found out as soon as it was seen that I made no effort to silence Tams. jeal- ousy would prompt Rudersdorf to watch me, and he would be the first to denounce nee to the ministry. The re - atilt was certain. Rudersdorf would have been charged with the mission he coveted. The lie would only have de- layed the execution of the sentence, and scarcely so long as I delayed it by those acts which I have already confessed to. Do you follow me?" I ,yeae "You see that if I had refused the of- fer I should certainly have consented to the murder of Tares by his enemy, Rud. .ersdorf?" "Yes." "And you see that for the same rea- son I am compelled now to keep the promise I made." Logical as the proposition was, I could not agree to it. "As the only means of saving this friend from assassination by Ruders- dorf." he insisted, laying his hand light- ly upon Tams, "I understand what you mean," said I in a reinctant tone, "Then you must agree with me upon the course to be taken." "No," said I, with reviving energy, "I will never agree to that. I have saved him twice single handed against four or five of you.' "The third time you will have to beat Rudersdorf—notme. If he stood where I stand now, how would you ward off the shot leveled at Tams' heart. ?" I sprang up and stood as if petrified between Tams and him, for as he spoke he dropped his hand in his pocket, and for the instant I thought be was about to flash out a revolver. "My poor girl," he said smiling as he drew out his handkerchief, a couple of shots from that practiced hand would kill vou both." -It may be so," I faltered as I sank Into a chair overcome with a sense of my helplessness. "But he shall kill me first, please God." He knitted his brows and turned away, wiping his hands with the hand- kerchief as if they were wet. When he turned again. there was perspiration on his brow. "You talk of death," he said, "as if there was no chance of escape, no hope of happiness in all the years before you." "There is no chance of escape if what you say is true; no hope of happiness if Tares iseaken from me. It's useless to `go on talking. Do you think I'd give In at the first sight of danger? Not I. I've got to think how I'm to face this other man now." "Some way of getting out of the diffi- culty," he repeated in a slow, reflective tone, and then he added eagerly, "Who knows but that your woman wit might find an outlet where my senses are at fault? Whyshould not we—you and I —try to devise some scheme by which we may outwit the police, Rudersdorf, the whole lot?" I regarded him with mistrust, his eagerness, some crafty expression in his half closed eyes, quickening my sus- picions. though these signs were not in- consistent with an ardent wish to save Tams by deceiving his enemies. "We will see what Tans says." "Great heaven!" he exclaimed, with extreme agitation. "Tams muss never hear a word of what has happened to- night. If you will not promise me that upon your oath,'I-1"--- A look of dismay—a quick outward movement with his trembling hands, as If he were abandoning everything— closed the sentence which his lips seemed powerless to finish. 'If I am, to believe von," I said after a minute's reflection, "Taras will believe you, and if what you have told me is not a lie he will forgive you." "I do not doubt that His faith is greater than yours. But it is his duty to report this to the society, and became it is a ditty he will do it, despite the mercy in his heaet, The society will judge me by the letter of the law, and my sentence will be death. This is what I exposed. myself to by the attempt to save Tares from the hands nf Roan-ra, doe, This is the fate to Which you con, damn me the moment you betray the secret have given you, You are bound to respect that," "A secret I I have promised nothing. I did not ask you to confess, and noth- ing binds me to conceal your explana- tion," • You forced me to explain—to confess everything—to,'rely • upon your feeling for Tares, if not on your mercy, for a man whose judgment has been betrayed by an excess of affection—the moment you stopped me, and there was question of your charging me with an indictible offence. The merest rumor would suf- fice to draw down the vengeance of the society upon me. You must promise to keep my secret." "If I cannot promise -- "Then I must leave the country be- fore you can betray me. My life will not be safe here for another day. You force me to abandon Tams, and you take upon yourself all responsibility for what befalls him after. This is what will follow. When the police at St. Petersburg discover what has happened —and the telegraph will take the news within a few hours of my flight— Rudersdorf will be dispatched to fill my place, and all the precautions you may take will fail to ward off the blow, which his relentless hand will surely strike, Within a week—aye, less than that—Taras will be a dead man, and you will have to answer to God for hie death." It was I now who trembled. Seeing the deep impression he had made, Kavanagh proceeded quickly: "I ask you for nothing that you can- not safely give. I throw aside the hope of inducing you to help me in getting Tams away from London. I merely asa you to be silent for awhile—to hold my secret until I have advised some new plan for defeating Rudersdorf and the rice. What else can you desire? If of death, can discover means of saving Tams, he shall be saved. Wanton wickedness or madness can alone lead you to refuse such an offer. You hold a guarantee of good faitinon my part, for if you have reason to believe that I am playing falsely, you can at Once malte this charge against me and bring two witnesses to support it, punishing my infidelity with death. I will not even ask you to be silent for an indefinite time. Give me bat a week—a few days to think out a schethe, and in return I swear to deliver this friend from the hands of Rudersdorf." I would not consent at once even to this plausible proposal, but in the end, feeling and reason inclining me in the same way, I said: "I'll say nothing for a week, anyhow." "Keep that promise, and I will fulfill mine," said he, springing to his feet, with a conviction in his face which seemed to indicate that some scheme for deceiving the police had already flashed upon his imagination. uman ingenuity, sharpened by the fear tune to having drunk rather less than usual." Kavanagh laughed with him. "One thing though," he protested, "the whisky at that place is infamously bad." "It seemed to me to have `a remark- ably queer taste," Taras acquiesced, but that again, I believe, is the habitual expeeienne of the, fallen. I hope I did not make myseit particularly obnox• ious." "Not a bit. You were simply incap- able, By the way, thie must have fallen from your pocket." He laid Ta- ms' latchkey on the table. "My man found it in the brougham. If I had thought to look there, I might have saved mademoiselle a great deal of alarm. It's not a pleasant thing to be rung up at 2 o'clock in the morning," he added, turning to me. "You feel none the worse for it to -day I hope." Thinking of Tams I assured him that I felt very well indeed. ''One object in dropping in," he said, "was to know if you would like to see the chrysanthemums at the temple, There is an exhibition for the press this afternoon. which I have to notice for a daily, paper. To judge flowers is really a lady's function, and to say nothing of the pleasure you give me it will materi- ally add to the value of my Article if 1 have your opinions on the subject." His back was toward Tares, and a compression of his brows indicated clearly that he had another and more important reason for wishing me to ac- cept the invitation. 1 turned to Texas. "Oh, go, by all means," said he warm- ly, CHAPTER XXIL A :user DEVELOPMENT. He shut the street door softly when he went out, and I fell into a reverie, sitting on the stool by the side of Tams. Unconsciously my eyes closed, and sleep overcame me. When Mere Lucas' step on the stairs woke me, I found my face resting against the pillow on which Tares lay, and my brow was moist and warm with his breath. I had but just time to collect my dazed senses, to start to my feet and whip off my crushed hat tend ulster as the old woman entered. "Howl" she exclaimed softly, stop- ping in amazement. "is monsieur ill?" "He came home very late," I faltered in explanation, having failed to prepare myself for the occasion, "and Mr. Kay- anagh thought it better that he should lie here until—until he wakes." "Dear me, that's very strange," she murmured, approaching the couch in anxiety. Then, after regarding him for a moment in silence, her stout sides be- gan to shake, and she added in a tone of cheerful satisfaction: "Thank heaven it's no worse than that! One has to see such a thing with one's own eyes to be- lieve it, for I never saw him like this be- fore; but it's odd all the same," and again she chuckled until, catching sight of my scared and anxious face, her merriment was suddenly changed to ' earnest solicitude. "Why, my poor mahuselle, it is you who are ill, not the master, and I was stupid enough not to see it at the first glance. You have been sitting up all night and tormenting yourself about nothing. For, look you, there is really nothing the matter with monsieur. He sleeps like a child, and sea, h...s skin is as freah and pink as a young girl's, and when he wakes up he won't even have a headache, Go. He has drunk half a bottle too much, that is all, but that is not terrible, and if the wine was good it is quite excusable. It's a good sign when a man enjoys life and the good things in this world and forgets himself now and then in moderation, for it's a proof that he's healthy and happy. It's early enough to be saints when we can ne longer be merry, look you. Come, each one her turn. You go now to your bed and leave the master to me. He shall lie there till he wakes, and do you sleep till I call you." I slept all the morning. Mere Lucas was laughing heartily as 1 went down stairs, but Tares was vexed with him- self I saw when we met, and looked only at the serious side of the affair. "I cannot excuse myself," he said. "I can only. feel very sorry for the alarm and anxiety I have given you." "That is passed; I have slept it all amay," I said as cheerfully as I could, "and if you are quite well now there is nothing to feel sorry about." "lam ashamed to say I never felt bet- ter in my life. Mere Lucas tells me that Kavanagh brought me home. "Yes." "I have not the slightest recollection of anything from the time I rose to come home and found that I could not walk steadily to the moment I woke on the couch there with Mere Lucas laughing over me as if it were the pleasantest thing in the world, to see a man level himself with the beasts—or a little low- er. I suppose I shall learn more when Kavanagh conies." Kavanagh came while we were still at lunch. The first glance shot at Tares and Me assured him that I had not bro- ken my -promise of secrecy, and. the toxic of relief in which he congratulated Ta- ras on looking so well was not altogether due to that fact, "The most unacconfitable thing I ever knew," hp 8aid. You seemed to me to 'be drinking even less than you usually drink." "Thanks," said Tame with a lanah. "I was ashamed to offer that excuse my- self. I never yet knew an inebriated man who could not trace his nelefar- CHAPTER XXIII. A SUGGESTION. Kavanagh's brougham was waiting at thedoor, but the man on the box was not the driver whom I had seen there the night before, "I have bad news," said Kava,nagh as we passed Lambeth palace. "Read that, he added, putting a letter in my hand which he had taken carefully from a leather case. I opened the folded eheet of thin, blue linen paper. There was a black split eagle in the left hand corner, and on the right of it a printed address in Russian characters. I glanced down the paper and could make nothing of it, but turning the leaf I found several names in the ordinary Italian heed, and among them was one which struck the note of alarm—Ruders- dorf occurred several times in the same page. "'What does it say?" I asked. I can't make it out." "I thought you understood Russian." "A few words, but I can't read Rus- sian writing." He took the letter from my hand and ran throught it in somber silence, then raising his eyes and fixing them reflect- ively on the distance, he said: "It's from the minister of police at St. Petersburg. Luck runs in streaks, and ril luck to. He' writes in the most friendly and courteous spirit, but virtu- ally he offers me my desmission—tells me that I have failed to do the work I undertook and intimates that he shall have to employ some one else. Who that is you can guess." B, "udersdorf," I said. he nodded and turning again to the letter continued: "Here are his reasons: "We have cer- tain information that Borgensky'— Tares, you know—'has made arrange- ments for exhibiting at an early date in Paris and London casts of a statue in terra cotta, modeled in Lambeth, which must give extreme displeasure to the Czar. His anger will fall upon me, and the production of this statue must involve my downfall. The order given me, now nearly 12 months ago, was to silence Borgensky, and he must be silenced at any cost, even though the cost be Borgeusky's life and. the loss of your services. With much reluctance —as you, I feel sure, will understand— I have this day instructed Rudersdorf to start for London." He paused. and I held my breath, too terrified to speak. "If anything can be done to save the life of Borgensky, I know you will do it, and should you succeed you may de- pend on a substantial recognition of your services. With this view I have given Rudersdorf imperative and stringent instructions to consult you be- fore taking any action whatever. He will call upon you as soon as he reaches London and carry out implicitly any directions you may give for conveying Borgensky safely on board. the Volga. In the event, however, of your having no directions to give him'—that means if I can find no means of getting Taras on board the steamer that is waiting for him—then Rudersdorf will have the sole management of the 'affair—to silence Borgensky as may seem best to him—and you will be freed from all further responsibility in the matter.'" Be sighed, and without further com- ment gloomily replaced the letter in hisa case. 'When will Rudersdorf be here?" I asked after an interval of dreadful silence. . "If he left on the same day, that this letter was posted, he may be hero nowr . "Now?" I gasped. . ina'Y he' waiting for me at my chambers this moment," The throbbing of my heart seemed' to check the words as they rose. 'What—What shall you do?" I fal- taea'.:relad.:.eea out of his way as long as I /so away from London?" • Be shook his head. • el a:trulately there is danger even in (hie:a Tomorrow or the next day ho will telegranh to the minister for in- stil-unite:a He will discover that I left iny ohainhers after thetime when giordt I have received the letter advising. toe dhi, coming. ". "And then?" prouably the minister will al. low a few days' grace, after which he w11.1 wire the fatal instructions that Rudersdorf is craving for—the order to , act as may seem best to him." "You must see him—put him off on some pretence." "Yes, that will do for a timeuntil the minister loses' patience, and all the while we are whetting the appetite of that bloodhound Ittulerstlorf. Yes, hat.'s what he is—a bloodhound, neither more nor less, ready to run down any unhappy wretch whose scent is given hi in. Fancy, he has never seen Tams; 'rams has never injured him, .ar.d. yet Cro ii the day Tans first came under the notice of the police this man has vowed. to destroy him." ' , "13,That for?'' ' 'Simply to gratify his lust for blood, the caltivated instinct of the blood hound. tie Wears a locket on his chain; ho Opened it to show Me one day. It contains two whisps of hair—one a W oman's—ttiken freak the bawls (.).f tins, well known hibilists, whom he hunted dt'Avn and killed. They' are ar- ranged eyin metrically, with a spaee left between them, in that vacant space he has written the natue of. Taras," The hrongliam stepped, he op.ened, the door andiStepped out, but I was too bar. rifled by what I had heard to move, "What's the good of going in there?' I asked fiercely when he held forth his hand. "Whet are flowers to me now?" . "Better come," he said in a low tone, approaching Own '"We have to avoid suspicion. Every man I have employed is a spy.- And holding out his hand again he added pointedly, "We are watched when we least suspect it."' (TO ON CONTINURD.) A NATittrOW' ESOAPE. Mr. Luekyouto Was II:Docent, but Could. Be Have Proved It? "As an illustration of how easy it is to become the victim of circumstances and how the strongest kind of proof may be established against a person entirely innocent of criminal intent merely through false appearances, I wish to narrate an incident in my own experience," said a gentleman to a reporter of the 'Washington Star, "Sonic years ago I occupied a house • --- street, in this city, and as there was more room than the familyneededi the third. floor was rented, the occu- pants thereof being a newly wedded couple. The husband's work kept him from home at night, though sometimes, when work was slack, he would get in before daylight. My sleeping room was immediately beneath that occupied by the tenants. At the time I speak of there was also another lodger in the house, not confined to any particular floor or room, but having the run of the whole premises. This was a pet cat, a great favorite with all of its, This same cat came very near getting inc into serious trouble. On one occasion she took a week's leave of 'absence, We never ascertained where or how she spent the time,and no trace of her could be found, but 'the cat eame back.' "One night I was aroused from a deep sleep to hear a, piteous mewing at the upper door. I hastily arose and without taking the time to even put on my slippers I hurried down to admit the wanderer. Teen I started upstairs to my room, but by some mental aber- ration I seemed to forget its location, passed it by and went on up to the third floor. `The only way hi whioli I can ex- plain my mistake is this: There was a basement to the house and I usually entered that way. To reach my cham- ber in such event I was, of course, com- pelled to ascend two flights of stairs, and the habit thus formed may, in my sleepy state, have led to the error. The first thing I knew I was standing, clad only in one very much abbreviated garment, inside the tenants' room. The door was unlocked, and. I had opened it and stepped in without dis- turbing the sole occupant, the young wife. There before me. by the light streaming through an open window, I could plainly see madame wrapt in slumber, unconscious of the proximity of a stray man, calmly, yet not quiet- ly, snoozing away. "For a m oment I was completely up- set and failed to realize ,the situation. Then, recovering my senses, I softly stole out without attempting to close the door. I had been in my room less than five minutes when there was a rattle at the front door as the key was inserted and, in walked Mr. Young - husband. Quietly he sped upstairs, and soon after I heard a somewhat ani- mated discussion, in which the fact of the room clear being open seemed to cut quite a figure. I didn't go up and explain the matter. In fact, I was so impressed with the narrow escape I had made that I was compelled to re- sort to the contents of a small bottle to steady my nerves. 'What a wonderful difference a few minutes may make in the affairs of mankind. I was never before so struck with the value of time. "Now, suppose I had been discovered. by the young wife as I entered, or by the husband as I came out! What construction would have been put on the situation? Would my explanation have availed? Hardly. Suppose, as is most likely, a row had occurred, and the matter had gone into the courts. What would a jury have thought of my apparently all too diaphanous story? I hate' to think of what the consequences might have been, both to myself and to others. "It is true; my character was, and 'still is, fairly. good, and the cat was there to testify in my behalf, but I fear that would not have helped . me much. But suppose me exonerated by a jury. Would not 'suspicion, strong as proof of holy writ,' have damned me in pub- lic estimation? "I haven't the least doubt of it. "The experience of that, to Me, eventful night taught me a powerful lesson. I have since been very care- ful in passing judgment upon others when the evidence is based on appear- ances only; no matter how convincing these may seem. "I sometimes meet inv former ten- ants, now pater and mater faanilias, but I never do so without experiencing an uncomfortable feeling. "I may say, in conclusion,, that I am ,also mighty particular how I travel about at night, especially when garbed only in rectitude and a very short robe de unit" INGPICULTUPC Automatic Hog Troughs and Self-IresderS. 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A building about six or seven feet wide and 21 to 14 feet long FIG. 3. FIG. 4. FEEDLNG NOUSE, FEED BOLES. was erected, with seven -feet posts. A. good roof was put on and a door made near the gable of each end. The 'floor was elevated along the center, and has the same shape as the roof. The sides and floor are shiplap. On each side is built a shed, with good floor and roof, thus affording very fine places for feeding the hogs. Two troughs (a a) run the entire length, one on either side, and are six inches deep. A number of rods are put over the troughs to prevent the corn be- ing pushed out. Ab, at every 14 inches a round hole (c, Fig. 4) is cut in the side at the bottom large enough to put your hand in. Make a sliding door (b, Fig. 4) a foot long and eight ivhes -wide to slide up and down over the round hole, 5. --FEEDING BOX. and fasten with a bolt in order to regu- late the amount of corn. Study out this feeder, and I feel sure you will like it. The size I have quoted is large enough for 75 large hogs. Should you have but a few to feed, a large box (Fig. 5) can be made very helpful. Place the box with one side higher than the ot' , and make a trough alongthe,lower sk..a, with a few sliding doors. Fill your feeder up full if desired—it makes no difference what amount it contains; but keep it as fre, from cobs and husks as possible, as they clog the holes. Mien and Their Rats. "Well, 'well," remarked a leading hat- ter the other day; "everybody has smiled at the vanity of women as they take long and fond glances at their reflections in store 'windows but woman is not a marker for the ordinary man. The uglier a man is the longer it takes him to suit himself with a hat and the oftener does ho look into the gilts§ while buying one. I have an unusually unprepossessing cue - tomer, who would exhaust the patience of a Job, He came into the store the day after the spring styles arrived and. con- sumed. two hours and ten 'ululates in getting a hat that pleased him. The next day he returned the Mt and had one made to order. This man is so ugly that nothing could improve his looks ba a mask.'' --Philadelphia Record. BREEDING FOR PROFIT, Prof. Shaw tells the readers of The Breeder's Gazette:— "The use of a well -oilmen pure-bred sire will secure the transmission of de- sirable forms to the progeny, Take for Illustration the typical beef -producing tetra He,,should,be compact inaform, 'road and level and well fleshed on the back, roundly and deeply sprung in the ribs, broad and full and deep in the chest, wide at the withers, full in the crops and in both fore and hind flanks. He should possess large heart girth, a wide and level loin, a long and broad and deep quarter, a full twist and thigh, and should stand firmly on short legis of me- dium bone. His head should be medium In. site, since by what is known as the law of correlation the parts of the system that we do not see may be judged by - those that we do see. Hence if the head, were unduly coarse or strong we have an indication of undue strength of bone. "By the use of a pure-bred sire of good. Individuality quality will be secured in the progeny. Quality may be defined as the capacity to do well. Its presence is indicated by certain handling properties, as they are termed. These handling prop- erties are indicative of digestion and as- similation of a high order when they are present in a marked degree. Their pres- ence is cognizant to the sense of touch mom than to that of sight. Place the tips of the fingers on any part of the back or shoulders or hips, or indeed on any part covered with flesh, and press gently. The flesh will yield softly to the sense of touch and its elasticity will spring it back again to its normal condi- tion when the fingers are removed, if quality is present. Place the front of the hand flat upon the ribs and move it back and forth, up or down, and the skin will sway gently and readily beneath such a movement if quality is there. $o, too, where it is present the hand. can easily fill itself by grasping the hide over the ribs; the hair will be plentiful." Perm Notes. Filled cheese and low grade butter ex- ported have elosed foreign markets against us. The same is true to a great extent in our domestic markets. A car- load of New York full-cream cheese Is sold each week in Chicago. Where are the great dairies of Illinois, 'Wisconsin and Iowa? New York factories send out honest goods, and consumers know it. The Ontario Experiment Station has sown oats at three different dates for three years, and has given the 20th an- nual report of the station the average of the three years' tests. They showed that oats sown April 21st gave 54.00 bushels to the acre, when sown May 1st the yield was 53.62 bushels; when sown May 0th the yield was 47.57 bushels. This shows less advantage for early seeding than has been reported by other experi- menters, yet is enough to stir the blood a bit of the most sluggish, for six bush- els of oats per acre extra for mere choioe of days in seeding should be enough tie stimulate even the indolent to so light a task as making choice of days. The man who milks eight or ten cows every night and morning will soon ac- quire a grip that will be as distinctive of his business as that which any secret so- ciety can give him. It is essential to good milking that the work be done rap- idly and without stopping, Whenever through weakness of muscles in fingers and. bends there is a pause in the milk- ing the delay decreases the milk product. A slow milker al fold not, therefore, be tolerated. The work is not hard; and to a milker who has had much practice the milking of a dozen cows is less wearn. sonic than it is to Milk one cow by is person who has not been accustomed to It. Every farmer should resolve not only to get the largest return from his farm as a -whole, but to make every individual acre pay its taxes and the interest on its cost. The man who rents laud is pretty sure to see that he rents nothing which cannot be made to give a profit. But the obligation is no less strong on the owner ef the land. His capital is invested there, and unless he gets the interest on its value he might better have it in money where it can be loaned on safe security. There is an apparent exception to this rule to land held for speculative purposes near large cities. This is often left un - tilled, the owner calculating that its rise in value will more than offset the inter- est charges. But interest eats out values very quickly unless it Is in some way ! met. More money has been lost by hold- ing land for a rise v lie producing noth- ing than has ever been lost by farming. Catarrh in Sheep. Farm News says that in late winter and early spring, it is no common thing to find sheep affected with catarrh, fre- quently of so malignant a type as to cause fatal results. It is specially preva- lent in wet and open winters, and is ag- gravated by sudden and extreme changes of temperature. The animals affected show the first symptoms of the 'disease by a slight watery discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and by a loss of appe- tite. Soon follows loss of flesh and • strength, while the discharges become Worse and are occasionally mixed with blood. The bowels of the sheep are also likely to be inflamed and swollen, while the droppings are tinged with blood. The remedy recommended is thorough fumi- gation by burning roll brimstone in the apartments where the sheep are confined. The sulphurous acid gas will cause the sheep to sneeze and thus clear their nos- trils. The fumigation should be contin- ued about 20 minutes at a time, morning and night, for a few days, care being taken to have ample ventilation, as the gas is poisonous, and if inhaled in ex- cess, must prove fatal. To do the work properly and succssfully, the only imple- ments necessary are two iron kettles, o considerably larger than the other. P a few shovelfuls of live hard -wood co ii the latter—charcoal is better—am skillet or old frying pan containing the brimstone, with an old woolen blanket to throw over the coals when carrying to and from the sheep barn, so as to pre- vent any possibility' of the wind blowing sparks from the live embers into the mow. To supplement the above, ,give laxative food to the sheep to keep their bowels loose. dishing. Too Hoch, "I admit," she said, "that women look like perfect freghts in bloomers, and. I can understand it. If you'd only tell me how to avoid. it I'd be only too glad to---" "Loosen your belt," interrupted. her brother. "What! Why no one would know' what a little bit of a 'waist I had. if I did that." . "Can't help it. That's the only way.' e "Well, I won't do it. I don't want to be a man had. enough for all that 'L . -- Chicago Evening Post. 4.