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
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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
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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.
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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 •
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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
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th
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831
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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,
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