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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-20, Page 2, ee • '" • ' " DR. JACK'S WIFE eiy ST. GEORGOIRA.THEORNE foes behind. This coo positively be ascer- tabled by the gradually dimainishtng sounds that follow them. Then Kirke ebanges bs course. In flee minutes they are heading back toward, tha quarter from whence they came, though by a different route, CUSTIN (IUD. "Getting warm, now. Soon be at the lplace," says the Texan, overalls shoulder, Let the ininiens of Colouel Garcia and Suddeuly he stops, and, puts out bis the English lord search for them in the ; hand to stay tbe progress of his oompan- garden. Even if the dog shows there the len, Beth hue, bean hdhahoing ail a WI which the fugleives have entered, aaisee walk end now corns to a halt. they will not be niutax worse off, sInce Doctor Jaca realizes that sonaething staeY ean nut their l'aek'l against the wall ahead has caused the dotage. and he and fight- looks in this quarter to see what it may Riidently they have distanced Garcia and his wolves, for no sign of their pres- ence is longer heard. Now they reach the rendezvous, and Doctor Jack glances around, 'with a great fear eppressing his heart. Avis and.Larry &and appear in sight. He even gives a Intle signal that leis wife would know, but there comes only the silence of des- pair in response. "Ston tills is the place?" asks Inirke, uneasily. "Positive, I wonder if Larry could have matie a mistake. They may be oear by, and eagerly he calls out the magic* name of "Avis," at fleet in low tortes, Steadily Doctor Jack pushes on --no be, wad then raising his voice 'until the ory znatter wit the confusiou outside, he There is a light un the road—a man can be heard thirty feet away. wL11 not risk everything be- tee notch swings a lantern to and fro as he walks Alasthe dead silence /nooks him. He speed—ot the enote time he is no laggard. 1 —keeps it close to the ground as though Is ixs an agony of alarm, this man whom The bell ends, but a door is found , be would follow eertaioet-prints be sees danger to bimseff can never daunt, Even which opens at a touch, and they die. them yeb he hates to believe the worst, but cove? a. room in which lights abound. It ; "'Watch him," whispers the Texan, clings to a floating straw. bas bean occupie4 by a number of pore • who appears able to guess a good many "If Larry misunderstood me and went sena axed is evidently a oarlor, for Plano i things that develop. apts.aeia. to another place -1" he begins nd icures van be . Just at this moment the roan who ear- "You're wrong. See, your wife has Nor is it destitute of human occupancy ' ries the lantern comes to a halt, turns been here to a certainty," and Kirke now; two ladies are aten ae a window; squarely oa bis heel, and then bends holds up a dainty kid glove he bas found. they lean ont, and very Probably loo h down. 1 At this Doctor Jack groan& Then luta tile gatelen, were the mad search "Well," grunts Wirke, "this is the best feebly smiles as another ray of hope flashes goes merrily ou. 4 of luck." into his mind. Deetor Jaek believes that in one of "What has he discovered?" whispers the "Yes, she's been here. I'd, know her thew) ladies he sees thesenorita who gave ' Qtber. dainty sieve anywbere"—kissing it vag- inae so much trouble on the preceding ' * "That whion we seek" turously—"but, you see, we're very late night; hut there Is no need of verifyiug "But where does tbe good luck come ourselves." this suspieon. They may slip thr& oethe '. in.t, "That's true," returns the Texan, room unnoticed, 1 "You see, if we had come just ten slowly, as though he does net exactly lie pit:lel:4es Ktrke's artn to make sure nonotes eater woe been been—o eatch the meaning of his companion, "No doubt they became tired.," elteell°e* 414 then Plan a fhtger °It hie : see bis face. Yon don't knew who it 1st" "Of coerse." Up to indleate silence. 1 coutioues Jack, "Aod alarmed," After that the two men etart to Pees I aI can guess. Colonel Garcia himself. "It would be quite natural," threugh the room. There is Some fiaoh i Wblie his nfiniceas kept no elOSely con- "Larry may have concludedthat the covernie under their feet, . f r which belpti to I fined., he bas been on the lookout to dis- danger of waitiog was too great, and coaceelthe sound otheifootsteps, cover where I might have secreted the determined to send my wife on board, Hence, it is not any nOise xnade by than i henna wan, he has found it, and muoh wben he could xeturn to meet us." eat attraets atteution. I good. tatty it do him." It is singular how eagerly we seize the room one of tbe figures its the win - Just when they are in the middle of 1 "F's move closer," It is good. +Advice, since the matt may wben our beats long to Tea.ke them true, upoo things that are only half probable, do w turns and tile Chiletn beauty finds yet disappear with the packet,. So they Renny, Jack, is beginning to believe this hereelf face ea rave with. Doctor jack. !, advance again. The stooping man is so may be so, and that Lis wife is safe oe She is taken quite by surprise, and earnestly engaged in what occupies las board by this time. *taros, wbile the American, eanea to the , attention that he does not notice their Vain delusion. eon- , Inn. nukee o Fite Sa ar". '' approaoh. They are juet In time to see It ie Nnete again who steps upon this Then be fellows Iairlee, Who bas taken , hsee sift ea:nothing out from under a hope which he bugs to his heart. Kirke the lead ar this luta:wet, leaving the sane, who utters a low coy and stoops to pick senorita stending rooted to the Vet, Shi .. He laugbe as he lande 0 ma and up something his foot has touohed, and will wit Innutill luo7 m thie attitudes erofang words in the Malian tongue fall which shines in the heavenly light like but tnruiag to the open easement will leant Ins ape, polished silver, ohlhty' r ta let tio"' Low utelerstnAlti "Cereal! here WO have it The searoh "That settles it," be matters, Maim- thet the parties they seek are even then has been Image but it is elided at last. solately. la thehens.% . Now, Deetor Jack, we will see who "What have you found?" snaps jaok. Suett f -iing (K. r.1;nation. it neeessi- taagasee "Have yen ever eta eve S On al1011a play tats mom.A -1ed cot tlin .!.oir rart order to ,9,/a. oars , toy as that, before?'" demands the Texan, gala an exit . DS' Ce'en‘oe . ." ' Doctor Jelek, le The Chinon +Aker starts as if shot, and Doctor Jack, taking tne objeet from pleking ne some is: ea regeedlog toe 407 and wbile still bending on one knee, his grasp, reverently bandies it while he of the eseti—Wifieil le rile front of the twtsts his head around to see from bravely suppresses a groan and simply lloth''o- fnr l'ol l'lit, Tess ho 11 SILT4 it whom this eachination roceeds His says:— that the TeXart realizes the gravity ot the einghatousty teet. ne course, you oato *wee in " Sn't et the Point where he , dark face, as seen by the liglat from the 'reached it on the wall. lantern, gives every evidence or sudden A strange flialit ie this, and in the ite, rear, tor, as we have seem the man is tire they will &Ili ties smile When MOW" not one In whom the blood of warriors cry brings it before their Mental vision, At preent it is a serious business, since those who clause them are desperate men bout upon visiting their anger ou the heads of the Anierleaus. "'Ibis looks like it." As he speaks, Dater Jack comes to sudden pause in front of a window. "It's berred," cries Mite, in dismay, aa he entices the iron wbieh was doubt- less placed there trizen the house was a convent. "Balt!" sneers the other—his bands *lose upon oue of the irons; strangely enough they are on the inside of the whidow instead of the usual place for tenth protections. It was not to prevent people front breaking iu tbat these were placed there. but to keep the inmates from breaking out. This man takes a firm hold, and as he utters that one contemptuous exclama- tion, wrenches the rusty bar from its socket and tosses it aside. "Hurrah!" exclaims Kirke. "That's one." By this time his etanpanion of muscle and sinew has granted a second bah, holds in his hand has been brought to whieh he twists from its lodging with bear upon him. It shines in the light even greater ease than the firtt. of the lantern, and has a !wicked gleam. The colonel does not have to guess what it is, as he bas had considerable experi- ence with just such deadly toys. "Kirke, seeure our property. As for runs. To his amazement and consternation he looks upoa the face of the one man he fears, the very Doctor .Tack whom he bad been deriding, and evil= he has be- lieved beaten in the race. "Ali! Colonel Garde., well met. You may not know you handle my property. I inform you of the Met. I ask you, to drop that packet," He Faye this so calmly that the Chili= romebow conceives the idea that be bas terrorized the American; he assumes a ferocious frown that would cause a hire- ling to get dowu on his knees and cower; upon Jack it acts In an entirely different manner. He larghs. mI refuse; unless you leave here sud- denly you will be pulverized, sir, demol- ished. You forget who 1 ana—my reputa- tion as a fire-eater—" "Drop that packet!" "Alt! it is alreedy done, senor." The change in bis deportment is as radical as it is sudden, and springs from a fact that has a direct bearing on the subjeot. Something which Doctor Jack "Eureka! what van stand up against us? One mere fleet: it, Jack." "Leek out, then!" says the other, quietly. They can hear a roar of voices in the you, my brave colonel, suppose you wheel Tama:, and knew their enemieshave been and face the other way. Forward mareht put open the right trail, either through Remember, to turn seals your doom!" the dog's keen nos.e, or thesenoritan out- The Chilian soldier obeys, It goes cries. against his grain to take orders from tbis Crack! "iankee whom he hates, but when the The opening is now complete, and case is one of life and death, Leon Garcia Kirke hastens to aeetpt the invitation it is not the man to hesitate over trifles. offer; pnehes his leafy through, hangs Down the street he marches, with the by his hands, and then recklessly lets go other keeping step in his rear. He knows without more than a guees ae to the dis- he is covered. by the weapon that holds tance that may be Letween his feet and six deaths, and hence does not even dare She ground. to turn his head. There is no need—the Nor does Doctor jack hesitate about tramp of feet inform him that both following the exanente thus set. He hears American follow. Kirke has secured the sounds below, wbielt would indicate that packet and brings up the rear. trirke has fallen among a number of "Halt I" enemies, and this being the case he is in The colonel draws up suddenly, and need of assistance. awaits his further orders. Chilian soldiers As he falls he Ands himself in the learn the manual well, and even the midst of struggling ligures. A light is °facers can in an emergency prove very suddenly hung ercan one of tbe windows, docile. and Jack blesses the hand that thus "Pass down the street to the right. 1 gives him a chance to distinguish friend shall watch you carefully, and as long as from foe. The way in which he sails in you are in sight you court death, if any is indicative of his spirit. Those heads disturbance is made. Go 1" that meet his knuckles regret the con- In one minute the colonel with long tact. His onslaught produces consterna- strides has passed beyond the range of tion among thein, and a temporary panic, their vision. Then an outcry is heard_ during which the voice of Doctor Jack is the Chilian officer is calling his men heard calling:— around him. Presently they will be , "Make a run for it, ICirke. Away we swarming about the spot where the Yan- go!" kees were last seen, very angry and de- termined on revenge. By this time Doctor Jack and his CHAPTER XIII. ; sturdy companion will have put some I distance between themselves and the It is a wise move on the part of these point of danger. They lose not a second two comrades to beat a retreat in the atter Garcia has gone, but endeavor to face of so numerous a body of foes, and make progress and at tke same time avoid She manner in which they conduct this their enemies. proves their ability to take care of them- The Chilians keep up a great racket. selves. It is understood that barking dogs do not The Texan is engaged at the Maas the bite as a general thing, and the more call comes, but he speedily breaks all 2101SO that is made, the better they are attachments and sunders the ties tthat pleased. It gives them a pretty good bind, though the parties with whom he idea ot the location of their foes, and , wrestles endeavor to prevent such a con- thus they may avoid them. summation by every means Once clear of the affair, they head for ! When he catches up with Doctor Jack, the rendezvous, intending to join the 1 he finds that worthy glancing over his dude and Avis, when, everything having shoulder as if to make sure that his com- been arranged, the whole party can go rade followson board the steamer which leaves Val - i "We are pursued, of course?" sans paraiso at dawn. 'Jack. As they approach the place selected as "Yes, here they come " returns the the rendezvous, Jack 'begins to feel anx- 'Other, and from the racket that arises it iou& Only one thing could occur to is plain to be seen that he speaks the wenn him now, and this is in connec- truth. tion with Avis. What if Lead Hackett t They would mucb rather elude their has followed Larry and his charge from 'pursuers than have a conflict, but if it the hotel, and pounced upon them veldt a 'comes to ouch a thing these men are not couple of hirelings? This would be a ter' the kind to shirk their dutyrible oondition of affairs. He groans as "Leave it to me," Kirke has said, and he reflects that he might possibly have his companion is only too ready to do so, managed to send Avis on board earlier. Or the Texan ni the one who knows where True, she rebelled against thie, but had rthe packet that seems so important to he been firm she would have yielded. r their suoceas 50 secreted, and perhape Ise ILts is too late now, and regrets never ,!eatt lead them to it mended anything. He can only hope for ` They dash along with the speed of the best, aad keep up the brave heart sleuth hounds on 0 fresh scent, and pres- that has carrietl Doctor jack through wetly the gratifying news Is fiasheit from one to the oth,s, thab. they lava ifigir iiestatettatatteseatteneganate "It belonged, to Avis—I gave it to her --somethiog serious has happened, I fear." Yes, something has indeed occurred. CHAPTER XIV. No blame can be attached to Larry, if things have gone wrong. Rehm followed She direatious of Doctor Jack to the let- ter, and, reaching the spot appointed as a rendezvous in stefety with Axis, has welted there for the coming of the man Whose hand guides the vessel on which they sail. It is just about the time when Jack should appear that they are suddenly brought face to face with danger. 'With- out warning several men come upon them. The disagreeable voice of Lord Baoketb sounds in their ears, and they realize that in some way their presence here has become known. Larry makes a determined resistano,e but he is set upon by a couple of wiry Ohillans, who trent him rather rougbly, determined to keep his hands seoured, and prevent the use of any weapon. Doctor Jack's wife has been equal to the occasion. When the English lord turns upon her he is just in time to dodge as she makes use of the Small weapon she has drawn. Ere she can re- peat the shot he has clutehed her wrist, and the revolver falls to the ground. She does not 017 aloud for help, though her heart is swelling with indignation. If Zack were only to appear, how he would make these cowards fly. These men who do not, hesitate to wage war upon women. Larry has been overcome in spite of his brave resistance. Why they do not knock him on the head and leave him there Is strange; but possibly they have cause for the dude, or it may be they fear to let this evidence of their work re- main behind. It is also evident that they anticipate She coming of Doctor Jack at any mo- ment. The manner of the Englishman declares this, for he seems to be on the qui vive, and will not allow his revolver to remain in his pocket. When they move away with the pri- soners, it certainly looks dark, indeed, for Jack and his fortunes. Even a delay will lose him the chance of sailing, and this along brings new dangers upon them from the league whose infamous net has been spread for his feet. "Where are you taking us? By what authority do you act?" Avis demands, facing the man who has once been her friend, and even now seeks to win her by force, she the beloved wife of another. "Have patience—you will see. I am in with the authorities in Valparaiso, and have good reason to arrest you—" he says when she bursts out with:— "Arrest me. Do you mean that, sir?" "Yes, after the riot of this evening be- tween the Yankee sailors and the people of this city, an American found in the streets, be it man or woman, is an object of suspicion, and subject to the order sent out from police laeadquarters." "But you have another reason. You will not take me before the Intendenta Roujito." He laughs even while leading her away. "I confess I only use that excuse se a cloak to hide my real feelings I want you, Avis. I once swore to marry you, years ago, and you know a Briton naver gives up." "You are certainly crazy, Lord Plymp- ton. You forget I am Doctor Jack's wife," she exclaims, wondering what manner of creature this man with the form of an Apollo and the heart of a Satan must be. "His widow, rather," he remarks, soberly, at which she catches her breath, and says :-- "You cannot deceive me. My husband ie alive, and will soon avenge his wrongs," for her wifely confidence in the ability of Jack to take care of himself and those who need his protection is un- limited "It's all the same. You will soon be his widow. Then, by the aid of a friexedly padre whom I know, I will make you Lady Plynapton"—she gives a gesture of disgust which causes him to wait one of his hearty English laughs—"by Jove! now, it isn't every Amerioan girl that would torn up her nose at the honor, raka/„..a Slim!o d1saster_ajm1.4aNger. serge you' To TO be contimued r„ ' aettneeetee WONDERFUL FEAT. A n Australian Addresses Envelopes With Both Hands at Some Time.. Wrapper writing is, it would scene a popular way of earning a livelihood with She inmates of Row ton House, a six- penny hotel. Here is an amusiag story of the perfection to whieh it may be brought by practice and a serene' will. "There is a tradition lingering among the elder brethren of the wrapper writing profeseion to the effect that once upon a time, when the work was better paid Shea now, a young man from Australia turned up and ventured as n last resource into their sphere of labor. He spent his all and found hitosele stranded until funds should arrive from the antipodes. So on tee suggestion or an acquaintance, he applied for a job at the world -famed firm of Sohneide a, Co. On being duly installed and supplied with 500 envelopes and some pages from a directory he looa- ed round anti asked for a pen. " 'But you have one already,' said the youug man in authority. " 'I want two,' said the Australian, and an interested and obligiug fellow - scribe supplied his need. The scene which thereupon ensuea baffles description, for the colonial, separatieg the pile of envel- opes into two equal lots, began copying the addresses by writing simultaneously with both hands. So runs the legend, at least, and, furthermore, it is averred that his rapidity was such as to put the 'slog - gore' to shun, rifty pent dropped from the nerveless grasp of those who but n minute before bed been writing against time and as for dear life. A hundred eyes were fixed in astonishment on the unknown one. Presently the young over- seer who superintendea the labors of many Old enough to be hit grandfather rose and timidly said he would consult 'the governor,' Tbe latter arrived, and the situatiou being explained, the Ails - Gratin was turned into a loosebox all by blieself and fed with aiiother thousand or so of envelopes. At this rate he earned enough iu two or three weeks to euable him to last out comfortably until his re- mittance arrived, then lie went llama and Sehmidt'e knew him no more, We asked the old gentleman who told us this yarn to fill bit pipe and have another cup of tea, for we thought be deserved both.' HOW POMP WAS CONVERTED, Rainy Sunday at Cburob. Where Ire Was the Only Sinner. Dr. Payson, the famous and beloved preacher of Portland, ale„ used to tell the following pointed story: One very stormy Sueday he went to churob, more from habit than becauee he expected. to fine anybody there. Just after he hati stepped inside the door an old negro came in and asked if Dr. Payson was to preach there that day. explathing that he was a stranger in town and had been advised to go to los church. "Upon that," said Dr. Payson, "I xnade up my mind to preach my sermon, if nobody else came." Nobody else did COMO, SO 00 Doctor preached to the choir and the old negro, Some months afterward he happened to meet the negro, and, stopping blm, asked how ha enjoyed the sermon that stormy Sunday. "Enjoy dat maim?" replied the old man. "1 'clan Doctor'1 nebber heard a better one. You see, I had a seat pretty well up front, an' whenebher you'd say somethin' I'd jess look all roun' to see nobody on'y Jess me. An' I says to ma self, `He must mean you, Pomp, you's sech a dretful sinner.' Well, Doctor, Slat are sermon set me a-thinkin' what a big sinner I war, an' I went an' jinni the church down home. I'ze a deacon now." —Christian Endeavor World, RUSSIAN LABOR STATISTICS, The Empire Ffas at Present 1,1,G05 Pao- • tortes of All Kinds. According to Russian statistics, the empire possesses at present 17,005 factor- ies, with an annual produetion valued at 1,467,000,000 rubies. In these factories there are employed 010,044 workmen and 264,030 women and girls. The num tier of steam engines is 10,525. The chief centers of indnstry are Moscow, 'St. Petersburg and Kieff. In the government of Moscow there are 2,075 factories, with an annual production valued at 277,000,000 rubles, 'employing 230,000 workmen. The Can - cases has 1,190 factories, which employ 22,000 workmen, with an annuai produc- tion valued at 85,000,000 rubles. Siberia bus 600, the Turkestan district 859 Sao - taxies, with an annual production valued at 12,00,0000 ad 16,000,000 rubles respec- tively. But all these factories are insuffi- cient to meet the home demand. In al- most all classes of manufactured goods She imports are yearly increasing. Bessie will no doubt continue for many years to offer a valuable outlet tor our industry. A Little Problem. About Horses. It Is an old saying that figures will not lie, but they have a very perplexing W0 y of doing soine very cleceivin,g things. You all probably know the old story of the man who seemed to put ten men in nine rooms and only one mao in a room by beginning with No. 2. For instance, ho puts man No. 2 in room No. 1 and so on till he put man No. 9 in room No. 8 and then went out in the hall, got the tenth man and put him in room No. 9, The following is a similar problem, but it has more to do with mathematios: A farmer had seventeen horses and three sons. When he died it was found that he had willed half the horses to one son, one-third of the horses to another son and one -ninth of the horses to the last son. The boys did not wish to out up a horse, so in their trouble they went to a neighbor for advice. "I can flx that up all right," said the neighbor; "I will lend you a horse till you make the division." He did this, and the boys, using eighteen horses xnade the follow- ing division: Nine horses to the Bast son, six horses to the next son and two horses to the last son. Thus the seven- teen horses were divided and all were satisfied. A little experiment with frac- tions will show you wherein the sons did not comply with their father's withes. Who can explain it? Sicepint Car Advice. Those who wish to avoid catching cold when sleeping in a sleeping car should have their berths ,aade up so that their heads will be toward the engine This is because the drafts M a moving train are always from front to rear, and when your head it toward the engine you are better protected wbile gettieg jest as much fresh air as though you were in the other poso tion. In hot summer weather those who sleep with "head on" ean with perfect safety have a screen put under the sash at the foot of the berth and thereby en- joy a constant supply of cool, unbreatbed tar. BRITISH BEEF. Store That Took rirst Brizes at English Shows, The Smithfield fat stock show is fa- mous not only in England, but in all Europe and in America.. The oue held in December was the ninety-ninth. The CHAMPION RED POLL STEER. first one was Deo. 17, 1798. The Smith- field show of this year therefore will be the centenary of the establishment of the famous (tor, .At the first Smithfield show there were only two ()lasses for cattle and two for sheep. At the last one in December, 1897, there were 42 classes for cattle, 82 for sheep, 16 for pigs and 6 slaughter classes. The prospect is that the Smithfield show will contieue to make its peaceful appearaece for a century more, should the British empire hold together so long, C11:01P1ON ABEIMEEN-AIMUS. Which it; to be boped. One wonders, though, if there will be 10 times as many classes for cattle in 1097 as there were last December. Our first illustrations shows the Duke of York's champion Red Poll steer. .As between the two champion steere, the Red Poll and the Aberdeen -Angus, the Aberdeen -Angus is much the better looking animal to the American eye, being smoother and meatier. Loudon Sketch, from which the pictures are copied, does not give particulars as to Weight, age. etc., of the prize animals, In striking contrast to the ronud bod- ied, smooth Aberdeen -Angus is the CHAMPION HIGHLAND STEER, shaggy, hairy, queer looking Highland steer in the last illustration. The High- land cattle are a breed accustomed to Saab out for themselves and "rustle" 111 all weathers. They are hardy and their hair is almost furry, so long and thick has it grown in contending for genera- tions against the bitter blasts and snows of the highlands. The horns suggest kinship to the wild Texas steer. To Shoe a Paddling Horse. In answer to the following question in The Breeder's Gazette Mr, Alexander Muir writes: "A trotting mare is gaited all right, but handles her left fore foot badly. She stands some pigeontoed and when she trots throws it out sideways or paddles with it. How raust I have that foot shod?" In the majority of cases where we find pigeontoed horses the trouble is not with the formation of the feet, but in the malformation of the limbs above. I haV0 seen some pigeontoed horses that would trot perfectly true and again some that would rap their knees terribly. To prevent this latter I have found no -better treatment than to drive the animal without shoes until tbe feet get worn down to their natural shape. In most cases the horse will now go clear, and if a light shoe is placed on the foot without any cutting or rasping away of the horn this evil (which is a bad one) may be overcome. The greatest oare must be taken in the shoeing, as this is a case where the shoe must be fitted to the foot, and not the foot to the shoe, as is too frequently the method used. BAD HORSES. Not Often Born Wicked, but Some Achieve Wickedness. Without goiug the length of saying that no horse is ever foaled with a °sous propensity, my OWli idea is that the development of what we call vice, though it may be hasteued by ill treat - Mont or accident, is very closely allied to courage. In other words, I cannot call to mind more than one instance of a phlegmatic, lazy horse developing sighs of vice. Under the head of vice as understood in the stable and in the law courts we may set down Snell shortcomings as bitiag, kieltiag, rearing, bolting, buck - n ehYloa, Crib biting, etc. aly own experieece of biters has, I am thankful to say, beesmall, but so far as I have beep able to gather it is more prevalent among race leorses than with half breds, though the number of 1X1117.- zles Been on vau horses in our streets would suggest that the vice is not mi - known in those which are not by any means ef pur sang. The only biter I ever ownecl was not really a bad biter, hot; he weal(' sometimes try to eatail, hold either in the stable or out of it. It must not, however, be forgotten that a horse's teeth form one of his means of attack, and so it is not perhaps serariss ing if he desires to show resentment that he should do so by means of his teeth. A horse with a Song tail 0411 *whisk a fly from almost every part of his body, but a docked horse is at a dis- advantage in this respect, and if be be at pasture with others and requires scratching on auy part of his body be- yoncl the reach of his teeth and tail he will gently bite another horee on the spot whieit requires soratching, and tbe companion being thus appealed to will render the reeuisite assistauce. The horse, tie refore, iu some way or an- other knows the use of his teeth, and it iF only au eery step from making nee of them tor his own purpose to employ, big them W4 menus of at taele vivieus hor:ze is net•vesarily a more or less uuealable article, for if his vice be FilOWn in the table a Mall beeitates to expose his groom to risk, while if vice ehows itrolf on the road or in the field, the ridtr or driver would not take the horse stt ell, or only "at a price." Vice, thertfere, is a matter which nei- ther breeder nor dealer can afford to ig- nore, and us an ounce of pritctice is worth it ton of theory I propose to give iny experieuce of 'vicious hurtles, which, in nearly every instance I have owned. For the modest suin of 9 guineas I once bought at a farmer's sale a colt about 19 IntaltliS old, said to he a thor- oughbred by Atogatlor. Whether bis dam was thoroughbred I do not know, but he \Vat certainly very well bred. The colt was turned out; a few Mitt; were given him daily; he was handled, gently and frequeutly from the very first. His breaking was carried out so gradually that he gave no trouble, and he did not at last object to being mount- ed. He was perfeetly familiar with trains, vehicles, bands, etc., for he Was led about a good deal, and in due course he was tauglit to jump, and when he was 3 years old I used to hack him about. For about a month be went cap- itally—he was ridden in a thick pinta snaille—and then one day, on coming to a turn in the road which did not lead to the stable, he went up and came over baeltwartl. Ile did this on :mother occasiou, and I determined to ride hien no more. A colt breaker to whom I was telling this story of comae sug- gested that au ext,rienced iron nerved professional was the ally person who could manage horses of that description, and he was only too anxious to have hint, but the colt soon came back. The colt was the most determined rearer ever saw, and what made him rear the first time 1 cannot imagine. He did not know what a sharp bit was, nor bad he ever been pulled about, but he be- came a confirmed rearer from the first time be wet up and over, so falling back did, not cure him, Not liking to be beaten, i broke my resolve not to mount hint again, but I could do noth ing with him uulese his head wero tied down, and so he earned the rest of his living alongside the pole of a country bus. ,Another rearer I had was a horse bought frora the late Charles Symonds of Oxford, and this was the only lazy horse I can remember which became vi- cious. He was a big horse, required some getting along and was a clever hunter, though a somewhat sticky junip- er, but he showed no signs of rearing until 1 took him into Devonshire. After being lunged a few times he jumped the batiks fairly well, until one day on be- ing ridden slowly at a small one he put his forelegs as near the top of the bank as he could get them, Med there he stood, for all praotical purposes rearing, but with something to lean against. The only thing was to get him on the fiat again and make a fresh start, but no sooner did I set him going at the bank again than he went up on his bind legs, and front that moment he, too, 'took to rearing whenever he made up his mind to refuse a bank. He no doubt discover- ed that so long as he was on his hind legs he W as Inahtor of the situation.— The case your correspondent writes London Live Stock Journal of would seem to be different, as his filly toes out with only one foot. The trouble would seem to be with that par - dottier foot, which may have grown out of shape and may only require true- ing identical with the other to make her trot true. I had a case last spring where a 3 -year-old mare otherwise per- fectly gaited dished (paddled) very bad- ly with her off fore foot She toed out with this foot so I concluded the fault Was in the formation of the foot. To Live Stock Points. Those who Stuck to sheep through the years of depression are reaping their re- ward. A inan can get now as much as $5 a head for ewes that brought only half so much two years ago. A feed recite for sheep should be wider at the bottom than it is at the top: A movement bas begun in the ship- ping of Palladian cattle to the United remedy this I trimmed the foot until States. Young steers to the number of instead of having her standing pigeon - 20 000 w et ee brought into Chicago last toed he almostyear from Outario and bought up by toed in. I then had her farnsers of Illinois, Missouri, Nebraeka shod with a shoe with most of the weight on the inside and found that the and Iowa to fatten on their surplus keeping her all round in this business. cern. There ought to be a paying trade shod the euro was saaommep waylet ef 0 rELeline the foot It makes fat beeves sooner to deliorn Very soon began to grow that way, and them and turn them loose in their stalls than to chain them fast in the stalls. before two months had paSsed. I was using common shoes. , '11.iiI;f444Lts..; •