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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-2-5, Page 6Doctor jack St. 'George Rathhorree. • An 3,wall thowiht taaes poeseesion of his brain—tme that for the moment almottt paralyzes his tongue ane pre- verits ' speech. Why is Mereedes here —bou comes she to have such omuipo- tent power at the paittee of the Turk - ash yasha. urn ehe leas sold b.erself to him to became his latest wife, gad if tais is the ease, ;the bas she clone thie, loving another man ail the ? bele...tee lee knows the Spanish ehartaiter wati-revenete comae into the ,Tie v'ho Uv littler aietteern att se and she—Men-cedes— az•aerate e earesef. in order to get eVvn WW1 the man sae worships. but a -he tan find no :eve for her in. re- turn. Weat veal $he do ? She le here as the tapree malty.. of the pasha, and has 7,1:0 r,,4 1...r :7&torJack to look: after as wea as leer own feeliness the matter. Snaking' off tee dreadful elutch of oltet tieteal, froneter, fear. Java ad- ee s thWlir e other--Ite meat kitOw the levees. k'an it be possible you tame sad yours -AS to that wretched Turk Ss lie asas. ate giver a eort of hysterical laugh. " am hie w,fe-ave were. married sane, I Lila au I:ama where. by la as eworn to immediately dis- VVery .-:::a1;t4. /IOW in his harete, firmer to dieallae e tee. It was ar- through Itha Carlos, who tiakFinn? t 110, it11,)t, was tied in suili a manner that no proeess could 4,10ft'a4 " Value you ire?" he vela time a on the came train as yourealf, but you aid not 1.niee• it. There are 4 good many things Doctor Jac le cloea not linow—for instanea that I was awerie of the visit he made Monsieur Praeiet of Ponta h Pais, and gnaw- ed what his Malaita might be." " And you did net warn the Pasha?" " You see I did not. At the time X wee aireary his wife, and little did I care witcalea be• remained in Paris tor - en -T. My busemse was to watt% yeu have done it. and. caramba I eiretcy tidiast? you gaae. ine." Sae iea mystere to him yet—a man tee amid fathom, hut the znotives that influence a woman are beyontl the ken of any mental being, not eveu ageepting herself, tt Re fears Mercedes slow, for ber power seems to threaten the one he leetle—eavis Morton. "Tu know why I have etnne here Mereeiles—to save my friend Aleck fee says. "Y -her brother—I remember," with a sneer. " You have It in your power to assist "Indeed—how ?" "Did you not tell me you were " here. that your word was law by the power he gave you. until he himself COMVS ?" She holds Out her hand, e.nd he takes Ot. "That ring—notice it, Senor Sack. It is the sign of my captivity, • and yet it holds a wondrous power—at aight of it his slaves prostrate them- selves before me." " Then, Mercedes, you have power to ripeu the dungeon doors of Aleck Mor- ton—to set lean free before the pasha reaebes Stamboul. You tvill do this - 1 be. of you, I entreat you, by the , Memory a the past—" •" Stop1 Tbat is the last talisman Senor Jack should call to his aid, The memory of the past would cause me to cry aloud and fill this garden with his slaves seeking the blood of the •Christian. You should have said by any hopes for the future. But it is all the same—useless." " You will not help me ?" reproach- fully. "1 cannot. On oath he made me swear by everything sacred not to give Aleck Morton his freedom. His !hatred for that man and you is SOMe., thing terrible. Re would sacrifice -everytbing, in the world to gratify it. Indeed, it was through this channel . that I made such remarkable terms with. hirn—in a word, he believes his geelings are equalled by my own." "Meaning that you, too, hate rne," sadly, for the future looks dark, in- deed, now—Avis seems farther away . than ever to him. " That ,is not true, Senor Jack. My feelings have undergone no change aince first we met in Barcelona," she ...replies, quietly, and a glimmer of the truth begins to creep into his brain 21.ke the first gleam of daylight over a scene of darkness. He has believed this lovely woman possessed extraor- adinary capacities for good or evil, whichever way she might incline, and • mow there seems to be a chance that the good angel has dropped a seed in :her heart, which, watered with the tears of her disappointment, may de- velop into a glorious tree, bearing trait fit for heavenly picking. " Mercedes, you are a mystery to me. In the name of Heaven, tell me plain- ly why did you marry Abdallah Pa- sha?" he exclaims, not willing longer to beat around the bush. . She hesitates a moment, and then lier reply electrifies Doctor Jack as ihuman words have never done before " To save you, Senor Jack," she goes am, quickly, just as when she ac- knowledged her love for, him, as if ' afraid lest he might interrupt.. her. 7 knew you would not give up your plans. and I feared that disaster A amuld overtake all, so I resolved to mut myself in a position where I could rave You at last, or, if all was lost, •aie with you." - ' Imagine jack's feelings --can he ever sgo to a part of the world where the ; enemory of such a woman's devotion. -could not reach him? True, in his aountry evornen do not say such, things, I however they may feel, but he does caot forket that she is of Spain, and ehat a little gipsy blood tuns in her, veins. He will knave all—if her re- sentment goes to Avis she might as evel direct it toward him. "of you still regard. me as your -friend, Mercedes, how about Miss Mor- ton?" Evenrin the send -darkness he knows spasm crosses the beautiful face as I ae mentions that name, and in imag- ination he earl See fire ile,sh froze her eyee, "the most magnificent black eyes I have, ever seen," Avis has said of them. Avis—yes. I should despise and hate her because he has etolen what beped belonged to me. That is the (Teed by which I have beertrsed atc,,etot- Jame:. And yet," with a trem- ble in the voice, as though a sob chokes her, "I have tried in vain to do so-aornethina eornee between me and the thoeght every time—I believe it a the face of my Sainted mother thHea- ven, jasteact of hating; strange as it may seem, I love allss Morten -1 would save you for her 1" aatit experiences a revulsion of teei- ng his fears have amen, and in their laee comes the deepest admiration r this noble creature, amounting rziost to veneration. The woman who d rise above the weakness Of ber ex, above social and religious train- ing in a country beset with the sin of retaliation for wrong—for the vendst- a is In Spain evezt aa in Core siva or our own. Kentueky—such a wo- man le a rara avis, and deserves the dee-pest haulage. The Ainerecan adventurer seizes her hand again and presses it hotly to his Us. "Thank God Mercedes, for your no - e heart. I anew not what a pearl I passed by when 1 looked beyond you. ever.1 vow, did a man allow in the reale day two such women as Avie and Mercedes. linderstand me. I beg of yo*. For menthe I carried her pic- tur roe, diseovered itt Aleek's baggage, I loved her even before I nwt her. tbough. being a cernieal old baehelor. 1 woula never adroit that a even to myself, I would not have yez think 1 was won front you," ** Let us speak et something else, t,nor Jack." she says, quietly, realize in that be Is becoming slightly hys- ter2tal In his endeavor to explain bow he came not to fall desperately let love -ith her, and Joak finds bbeself rougla up with a round turn, Pardon rue—yes, it was of Aleck we were talking. You said you had made a solemn now not to =let him el escape -that does not cause you to throw any obstacle In the way of nay •eseuing him ?" "No. no, My vow was binding In hut one way, and then only until he comes." Jack has eause later On to =Ore end why she empbasizes those last weals, but lust now he harilly lietice .em. ' The pasi.a is on the way, 1 hoe eeeived word -he will be here te-rno row night, or the next day. Before :wend !nerving breaks 1 hone gll wi be done, and my friend rescued." "And then you will leave Starnho never more to return?" with sadne her voice. Yes, indeed, It would not be sa or us here after that. A man like th attha, laild and unscrupulous as. b s powerful, would hesitate at nothin n order to carry out his revenge. W annot leave Stamboul too soon. Wer rels' Plans for departure emerged tit ery night would see us beyond th Mitten Ilorn." " You go by water ?" daelt hesitates. Ile believes there 1 o need of secrecy between blercetle nd himself now that she has bare er inner soul to his gaze, and h Sows the noble impulse that actuate lea but she notices that be does no mmediately reply. "Do not trouble yourself, Seno ack, about telling me, yet it was no vhollY eUrlosity that impelled me t see The pasha has a steam yacht 1 he barber, and perhaps—who knows this fact might play an importa.n art in. the game." 'You mistake nee, Mercedes. onl esitated because my plans are no holly arranged. I have bought mall English yacht—the same cap ain and crew remain. Somehow w hall all get onboard, and make fo he alediterranea.n." "Alt you would never pass -the fort elow. A telegraph line connects them Ith the city, and orders will soon b ent them to search every vessel leav g the Golden Born." I have considered that.. They wil nd no one on board the Thistledown ut the captain and crew when they arch." " Ah I forgot—you are a Yankee, nd can hoodwink a Turk every day. ell, Senor Jack, you must have much do. If fortune should decide that e may not meet again, here's iny and, and success go with you. Buenas chesn' The vision at the little window dis- pears—Mercedes has gone to battle ain in secret with the great sorrow her life, and Jack gazes only at the ank white walls where the now taped trellis shutter marks the fissure. He has received a lesson on this ght he will not forget. Henceforth ek alvans can never smile derisively hen a woman's name is spoken in nneetion with weakness, for he has en one woman rise above the level her sex alid grasp qualities that aw her closer to Deity. holds s breath with awe when he whispers r name, for she has sacrificed her - 1 in order to a.ssist the man she es and her successful rival. Noble ercedee ! such a woman honours ain. An this while Achmed, the faithful, s remained n.e.ar by in an attitude at betokens him the watchful ser- ial:. He does not comprehend all he ars, but quite enough to have a oad view, of the subject. ack now joine him, and together y make for the high wall of the den, The Siberian hounds still howl intervals, and Jack hopes nothing y occur to let thern loose on the ceeding night. e is more than ordinarily nervous r this affair—so much is concerned it, and there so many chances of uble, any one of which must upset ir calculations. Never before has he erienced this feeling, but then the nts of the last week have been very d on seven his iron constitution, and idee this is the first me tiDoctor k has been in love. hey reach the rope—the bent cy- ss tree. proves'a good guide, and the 11 is soon left behind them, until the eeediag night shall once more find ra at its rocky face. ack has little to say as they trudge k again to the busy ' haunts of mboul, but he does the biggest kind thinking, arranging the many lit - details so necessary to his plans. ry must, of course, be taken into confidence. He believes the dude been having a good time all day, will be ready to stand by hire on a in fl se a to no ap 55 of 131 ni jet co se of dr hi he sel lov Sp th va he br ,the gar at ma sue 11 ove in tro the exp eve hat- bes Jae pre wa sue the bac Sta of tle Ler his has and the night wben Aleck' e rosette is to attempted, So Me separates from Achmed w a few parting iastrueticats, delive sotto tame, whica that good man pes,sts, showing he has laid them to heart, There is no danger of his f jag Doctor 4-ack, even if the Ameri asks aim to lay down his life,• . When jaelc enters bis room at • house, lie finds Larry iu bed, bet latter must either be a night hawle else ha.s eust retired, for he is s'S awake, As -Tack destres sleep., he fuses to tell anything about wbat has clone, saying the morning will time enough—extinguishes Larry a • the light at one and the same tan and bas hardly rested ais tired head en the pillow than be is asleep, thanks to a good habit picked up during his life in the wiltlerneas. Moruin,s; dawns, and a fairer one reever opened over Constantinople, The sun glints the domes and minarets of any a mosque. and from a station mar by an aged muezzin laboriousin mounts bis eminence„ and in a loud cracked voice areuses every sleeper by chanting the adan, or callto pray- er—the faithful Mussulman has a, dozen. more or les, periods during the day. for they are the most religious People in the yorld, so far as form goes. awl the least sanctimonious when it comes to deeds. Jack and Larry decend together—the ladies have not yet appeared, so at the open windows the two gentlemen sit and talk -it is to early for a smoke before brealcatet. Dy degree$ Larry learns all that has happened since their arrival in Stam- boul. and is loud in his praises of Jack's work. He declares the game to be so far advanced and so well Man aged that nothing short of accident ean prevent their caerying it to 4 sue- ceeeful completion. While they telt a Turkish messeng- er arrives at the door and inquires for Lawrence ICennedy. Larry goes out. ami returning it minute later has a lip ot paper in his hand. "What's that ?" asks Jack, suspict- ouels-, "4 telegram --sent from the office to me. I left ward to have it delivered this a.m. Lietea 'while I read it 7. The train is late -will try to make up time to-dey,' That is a. good joke. It IS due to -night at ten. The chances are it will reach here by to -morrow morning." and Larry laughs rnerrilY. while Jack looks at him in wonder. "What train is that ?" he manages o ask "Tile one that bears the .terociou Turk." conies the startliin e„r131Y- " Ilow the duse clkl you Anow he was on that train, Larry ?" jack (lemands. At this the dude winkii, strokes his minutive mustache to his species, nd drawls, "'Pon 'onah 1 Zack, erou've gwoW11 quite careless of late. 'Upon my awlval here yesterday I found this paper on the table in our room. Putting two and two together make foah, don't ye see, old fella.h 1" and he flourishes be- fore the eyes of the doctor it elIp of paper whleh the other recognizes as the telegram handed over by the oper- or at the Hotel de Lonclres on th previous day, from the chief of pone in Paris, telling when the Pasha. let that city. "All 1 I see, you limited it out a virell as I. No harm done, Larry, an 'we are don*, shure, for it never ea tered my head to wire batik along th line and find how the train was comin on." Jack is well pleased. This Maiden goes to prove that his opinion of Larry has not been below the mark. Th spruce little chap has the making of a diplomat in his way, if he could only be induced to dron the ludicrous habits he has assumed as it swell. Per- haps these are only used to conceal sentiments that he does not care for the whole world to read—a sort of handy cloak such as the ehulos flaunt in the face of the bull to divert his attention from an. imperiled picador. While they are yet talking, breakfast Is ready, and the ladies appear. Jack fastens his eyes on Avis eagerly and hungrily—he longs to tell her what Mercedes has said and done, but dares not without first revealing hi's love. It would he pleasant to do this, certain as he is that his affection is turned, but the time and place are hardly fit- ting. He can vsalt. If success crowns his efforts the reward will be all the more grateful, while if he fails --well, he cannot see how any mundane affair will interest a dead man. So they sit down to the meal, served in a half Turkish fashion, and yet very enjoyable to the four who par- take. be red re - his the tha or ide They Speak ihe sieve. Editb,—Well, I've finally consented to marry our old bachelor friend. be Clara -Xe 1 was never more Surprised nd iny life. Ile told me positively that lie e- would marry no woman who was not _younger than. hbuself. row, an. figate savagely within les breast to keep from foaling her in las arms. " Avis -Miss Morton -1 ta,e1 ess Dokir ort business, but if this affair goes, through all right I have something I want to tell /you. Snl)lini it fail, it may as well remain unspoken," and he turns away quickly. (to mil OcelTliiliZn.) THE FRENCH A CURIOUS PEOPLE - her /Jaye "Vanity, nut Not pries: ge, lieien„, not Not morality. "The French must be the most curiou,e people 011 oath," writes Lai411 Bellin letter from Paris to the ladies' llome 49=41. "How could even lieevenly in- genuity create a more uncommon cir be- wildering :contradiction aud combination? Wes up your mind that they are-ae simple as children when you see their ins noceut picolckieg along the boulevards and in the perks with their whole fami- lies, Tee you dare not toast yourself to law What they are eayieg. Believe, that they are oynioal, and fin de siecle, and okeptieel -of ell women when you hear tWe men talk, and the next day yon hear that ono of them hes shot himself on the grave of his sweetheart. Believe that politeness is th.e ruling characteristic 01 the country because a men kisses your ehikes leave of yon. But marry bite, and no insult is toolow ler idee to heap even you. Believe that the remelt men are syrapethetiebectinse they leugh and cry openly at the theatre. But Appeal to their chivalry, and they sOli rescite you from tine diseeinfert Only to .offer you a worse. The French have send- eatintality, but net :sentiment. They have gallantry, but not chistilry. .They bavs! vanity, but not pride. They have relig- ion. but mat morality. They are a coni bit:lotion of the wildest e.xtravagance and the strictest parsimony. They cultivato the ground so close to the railroad track* that the traina almose run over their roses, and yet they kave a Place de la Concorde in the heart of the city." The Auleer or Afghanistan. In summing up the Ameer's character, It is dieloult to form an opinion as to whether his many and great aixerits do not outweigh his strange and inseam -ably luberent demonito. But we may safely conjecture that ao diametrically opposed. are his =taro and attributes to those qualities which oornanond themselves to enlightened Englishmen that themajority of Nvbat we regard in him as good he probably himself considers bad; while many of those palpable demerits of hie which are most revolting to eur oultuxed senses forni in his estimation rather the better side of his character. Xet, when he meets an English gentleman he can, itt spite of his naturally uncouth and dom- ineering tendencies, be as courteous Ana deferential as an ancient Abercorn. The writer can personally vouch for this. He Is, moreover, ono of the roost hospitable Orientals one has had the honor to meet C Nothing is, in his view, good enough for t anyone whom he welcomes as a guest. But Afghans are still Afghans, and it s will take some centuries to break through d their native idiosyncrasies. One sterling - good quality of the Ameer's must be ad- 0 e mated; he is intensely patriotio, and t g whatever be bas done 'whit:hints appeared opprobrious in our eyes, he has always had at heart the good of his country and of his people,—From "Alxiur Ralunan, e Amear of Afghapietan," in American Monthly Review of Reviews. csatiroo.0.00-0-csosaao•Oo-ao-oaceo-ao-oteaoasocso-ao-aoceceaceoeeteo Solid Comfort. It is not enough to have rubbers keep out the wet, If the a be not perfect they will draw the feet. It costs money to employ skilled pattern ma- kers, in order to turn out rub- bers in all the latest shoe shapes, but the Granby Rubber Co, do it and the result is that ea • _ 4t 1:2„,t D'ifeh.:a.44011110t0 IV: sartt'; shoe shapes, 04 die very sa materiel. ers uversnoes iare known to be right up-to-date. The thick ball and heel make them last twice as long; while the thin rub- ber used in the other parts makes the whole very light. ITISiSt 013, seeing the Granby Trade k/ark on the sole, GRANBY RUBBERS WEAR LIKE IRON: SKIMMING STATIONS, ventages They Would tlaye For ram er and ilrerauery 31au. Freni the Kt:nap:jut of a creamery, my idea is to esittlb a ereemeev 18 aerie ventral loteition with suit -h" el/11111011g facilities. If, then, station to the nomber of live or six could lie ee,- tabizelnel in all directions frtun this cen- tral plant at pointe of Menet eight or en miles distant, whieli distance would ry according to loeal circumstances, it would, in lay eFtinuttiou, make a eacelel busilieee. 1 bold that the femur cannot afford to haul his mill; oyez feur or live iniles. Of eouree there may te seroo excepiious. The qeality of milk he bus would largely govern this mat- ter. Now let us take, for instemee, tIPProx'- imately, the investnient in such a rialit. Let us estbnate that a full creamery. centrally lerated, could be built and equipped for $7,000; we &teams at $1,250 each, making n total investment of $10,250. To cover the saMO aux/Unt of territory, having all fall creamerie s. 'would require an Investment, estimating the average cost at only f0,000 each, of $13,000. Thie will be u difference in the origival investment of nearly $5,000, or a Fairing itt interest per annum of over $300 ut 10 per cent. To operate these ereatuerieS,1 it is safe to estimate that it will Legume at least it buttcr maker aud what wo recognize as a sec ond ruin, costing not less than $50 an ono respectively per mouth, atnonntin to $6,120 per year. For a central fee tory and skim statiou let us employ an expert butter maker at, say, $200 pe year nod two helpers for $840 per yea Mid Dee station men at $35 per month amoutiting to $2,100. For conveying the cream to the central factory, $1,500, or a total of $5,340 for the ceutral Inc tory and skint station operation, or a otal saving in the operation of $760 in perating tame, or a total saving of 1,250 per annum, or au equivaleot of g per cent per annum on the invest - anent on the skim station plant. In ad- dition to this you would have your en- tire product flied° of a uniform quality, which ought to amount to at least a alf cent per pound and would probably ean more, when you consider the abil- ty of the $75 a month butter maker as gainst the $50 a, month butter maker. It must be admitted that in the above gures, every advantage was shown the alt creamery project, for certainly a eamtuy could be equipped to handle e five stations at a cost of $5,000 bet- er than any of the full creameries could e equipped on the other plan. This ould be a saving of an additional $2,- 00, of course, or a total saving of 25 er cent per annum on the station in- estment. Then there would be other ems; insurance, for instance, would be avorable to the latter scheme. Another, d the principal advantage gained by e skimming station, is, that it can be ade to pay in localities where it would ot be feasible at all to put iu a full eamery. This is, indeed, the purpose r which it is designed. If a commu- nity will furnish a quantity of milk equal to 15,000 or 20,000 or 25,000 pounds of milk daily, this plan cannot be judiciously recommended. First, be- cause this quantity would warrant the services of an expert butter maker at a good salary; second, because the ship- ping or hauling of the cream of oo great a quantity of milk would incur an ex- pense above that for which an additional man's labor could be obtained. X hold that the skim station can be successful- ly operated in connection with a central factory, where the receipts do not ex - (seed 3,000 pounds per day, whereas the success world be doubtful indeed wheret , a full factory received only this amoun Have you ever noticed just how many farmers come to your creamery every morning, and have you noticed how long they wait there, and do you wonder why the patron ih sornetinaes irritabk and as we call him "cranky?" In short, have you ever figured how much time the farmer loses in going to the cream my? Unless he has very large quanti ties of milk it must be evident to any one that he more than consumes his profit in the time he loses. The tendency of ahnost all znanufac tured goods is toward lower prices, and butter is.no exception. The facts are that, although the average quality of butter is superior to that made four or five years ago, the prices obtained have been dropping continually lower and , CHAPTER XXII. Again Doctor Jack sees a busy day before him. Much has to be done in order that all arrangements shall work together and form one piece of me- chanism, 3f which he himself must be the master key, but Jack finds time enough for an interview with Avis after breakfast is over. He is guarded in what he says, as he does not want to commit himself just now, feeling that it wc$uld be a bid for his services, but try as he will he cannot keep Avis from guessing just how the land lies. She is filled with wonder and delight at what he tells her concerning Aleck and plies him with questions he is un- able to •answer. Then cornes the b 1 • ance of the story, still more remark- ' able, and now she is very quiet, watch- ing' .Tack's face, as though it were a wiedow in which she cap. see his very thoughts exposed. That Mereedee should either hate or love her is a strange thing, and caa only be accounted for upon one hypo- thesis—the Spanish girl looks upon her in the light of a rial, and a successful one, too, or she would not have com- mitted social hari kari by becorning• the wife of the Pasha, thus forever Putting herself and Doctor Jack apart. As this thought comes into her rnind Avis realizes the truth-. No word of love has as yet passed between. this hero and herself, and. she is even now in a dreadful state of suspense regard- ing his feelings, so It is only natural that, like a true woman, she should be terribly distressed regarding it all, end blush furiously, much to the Seen delight of the cruel Jack, who feasts his eves upon the scarlet cheeks and ' Some Bahoo English, The Indian Journal of Education, pub- lished In Madras, lately printed some ex- planations of English idioms offered by Indian students in examinations. Nor example, the Bebop theory of the phrase "to go to the wall"- is as follows: "To go to dogs, to he damned. The expression is taken from throwing any- thing, especially an egg, at a wall with the object of breaking it." "To kick over the fences" has this lucid explanation: "A person tied round to a tree with his head down and his legs up cannot get rid of big difficulty, even though he uses the best of his exertion. Be will have to be knocking about the same tree. So a person without intelligence will never make advances in this life, but simply will have to follow the footsteps of him master." A "carpet knight" was variously de- fined: "A soldier who was as "useful as a carpet. "A knight who is as 'bold as a carpet Would be in thickness. "A knight who wears a dress of a car- pet color. "One who wears an minor ail think as a carpet." ' Reward of Inquisitiveness. There is one man in Washington who declares that if he can hereafter obtain infornaation in any other way he will not ask questions. He is employed in one of the departments, and his duties consist mainly itt ordering and buying furniture. While on his way to order a wire screen the other day he met a vender of rat traps and other contrivances made of wire. As there are few places in the city where wire goods are made, he thought he had found a new factory. Stopping the man, he asked: "Where did you get those ta.aps?" "Made 'em. Where do you suppose?" was the rather sullen reply. "Where did you learn wire -working?" The rat -trap vender looked at his ques- tioner sharply-, and promptly replied: "Same place you did. Sing Sing." The laugh of the bystanders gall rings In the inquisitive man's ears. How to Roll Your Umbrella. • The right way DO do this isto take hold of the ends of the ribs and the stick with the same hand and hold them tightly enough to prevent their being twisted while the covering is being twirled around with the other hand, Then your umbrella will be as nicely closed as when you bought it, and the only wear and tear will be on the oloth. It Is twisting the ribs out of Ethap• around the stick and fastening them there that spoils most i,of the umbrellas. Never hold the unabrella by the handle alone when you roll lt and you will find it will last longer and Oast km for • a fi r th 0 it 831 th 11 or fo lower, and although the cost of menu- faeturg other products has been low- ered comparatively little has been done Lo lower the cost of producing a pound of butter. So far what I have said is favorable to the station, and I wish also to dwell upon the disadvantages. In my experi- ence, there is but one disadvantage --i. o. tbat of bransForting the cream to the entral factory. Tbis, 1 presume, doee That prevail at el the Missouri river. In the summer time the Fenj Kansas gag very warm. We sometimes have trouble in the cream churning, and at some seasonl of the year this seems to bother very much, and we bay()xis yev ?let learned ot any remedy to overcome it other than if WO insert a good sized piece of ice into the can it will float ea • top, leaving, cf course, roma enough in the can. FO that with the ice it becomes quite full, it cools the cream down and 18 additiou acts as a float, thus prevent - hag agitation, and largely overcomes tie trouble mentiened.—Addrv.5s lioffunin of Xells.aa • Petry and Creel:eery. Eusilage is made sucecssfally from • ore fodder that is nearly dry. The fed - der should le bliredded insmad of being cut. Then it should he packed very close, with water oprialcd among the layers occasLnully. . Shredded ensilage is bandied with more ease than cut ensilage. With a geed farm separator oue man can separate the milk of 80 cows and clean up all the 'utensils in from ono hour to one hour and it half, NOW AVERY HAPPY MAN. Mr. T. R. Baxter says: 'After The Use of Seven Bottles of Paine's Celery Compound I Was Perfectly Cured and Feel Young Again." The Great Medicine is Trium. Owl* Victorious After Medical Men Fail.. This Almost Miraculous Cure Has Vastly Increasd the Fame of Paine's Celery Compound In the Maritime Provinces. Assurance and Hope for the Most Des. perate Oases. WELLS & RICHARDSON CO. DEAR SIRS:—I desire to let you know about ray wonderful cure by your prof:dons medicine, Paine's Celery Compound. I was afflicted by three ramplaints that made my life a misery and it burden. had erysipelas for forty years, bleeding piles for fifteen years, and sciatio rheu- matism for over a year. I tried the doctors and all kinds of medi- cines, but uo help or relief was afforded me, and I could not eat or sleep. I was then advised to use Paine's Celery Com- pound, and, oh, what a mighty clutiage 1 The use of the first bottle enabled ine to eat and sleep, and after using seven boa ties I was quite anotherman-was perfect.- ly cured, and felt young again. All. that I have written can be proven by naerchanta doctors, magistrates, and three rainier bars ofthe Gospel, and by scores of other people. I shall always thank you and your wonderful medicine, Painye Celery Compound. •THOS. R. BAXTER, • Karalale, I hereby certify that Paine's Celery Com- pound has made a well man of Thomas R. Baxter. Jeafins H. THORNE, Justice of the Peace Woman's idea of Excellence. The economical and wise woman, Whifb has the management of a house, knows from experience that when the "excel- lence" of any home necessity is establish- - ed and guaranteed, ihoney and time are savedwhen such a:odds are used. The Diamond Dyes for home dyeing have a world-wide lapu tati on, and staiad 11114 bi purity, strength, fastness and 9implie117 of nee. When the Diamond Dyes are -used old, faded and dingy garments are =0 to look as good as new at an exceedingly 5. Diamond Dyes, like all other popular and perfect goods, are largely imitated. Do not allow your dealer to sell you some inferior make of dye; ask for the "Dlr. mond" and See tluit you get them. • Send to Wells .Sc Richardson Go. Moat. reel. P.Q., for valuable book of <11;aotball and sample card of colors; sant free to my address.