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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1903-2-5, Page 7itt.".EEKEE,gEK.‹,ec‹‹(,(E(.E.E..E.c‹v(c,tE(‹E.K.E.(404,Krit Tale syw Rcd licart and w A A V of the 2 z lack Arrow 1Rolling Wave A 1,01 A %,,a)).>agno,n0)Onr>>>>>31003ann>>>>•)›non*>->nratO CHAPTER HI, • On leaving Me, Nathan's office in Iforp- Alley, n went, straight back to the more palatial doenicile of the Flower Line, in Leadenhall street, teed ha tl a brief but eatisfaetory in - With the Geueral Manager, enetructions bad been given by the Board that I was to be liberAlly treeted in the matter of references. Awe wben I left I was in pessession ret 4, letter which or:embed for i3eY eompetericy n sueh glowing terms that I put away all further doubt about getting the berth. I wets as goer), as eaptaia of the Queen Nigbt, Daseieg out let° the street through the great swing -doors I felt, holnelY Phreee, AR though I trod OR Air but as 1 Wad loot.ing around for a Stnart IMAM= tO take to WeStward, a trivial incident- iet7 least I thought it trivial then - served to bring me down to earth, Two weladreseed men were standing on the curb some few paces away, and one at them-tbe eborter-turne ed arid looked at me. I instantly experienced the same kind of SCUM - tion that I had Mt in. Nathan's offke. and, strangely enough, I saw that the nuni's eyes were the exact coueterpart of those Which I bad seen, or thought 1 had. eeengazieg at we from the slit in the map. Tiler owner lookoe away again ha- medaatelia and, nooiring his arm in that of his tall companion, walked away towards Corribill. la another Aliallta I WAS bowling along, in a hansom in the 641110 die reetion, and semi passed the pair strolling leleurely and engaged in earnest conversation. If there bad been any budding Idea. ia my Mind of a real eMineetioa between the lee sident At Nathan's and the incident in the street, it was quicley dis- missed by the men's demeanor. They evinced no interest in surroundings, and on looking back Deter the cab bad pressed. I saw that even if the eyes bad been identical, their owners were not sufficiently interested in me to follow. The two gentlemen were continuing their welle and, as I looked, turned into a. well-knewn bank. "I am. a bit jumpy to -day," I said to myself. "If I didn't know to the contrary, 1 sbould think I had taken the proverbial drop too muck lest night. Tim interview with those Board -room bogies and the process of __getting The sack must helm up- seferao more than I thought." Pulling. myself together, I once more dismissed the incident of the 'oyes as too ridiculous for serious consideration. As the cab sped along the Embankment 1 gave my- self up to pleasant anticipations of the coming meeting, and by Om time it drew up in Grosvenor Squora I had forgotten everything but Aline - Aline, tha sweetheart whom 1 had -wrested from the sea. But when / had paid my fare and stood before the house, roy spirits received some- thing of a damper, and 1 realized for the first time that even unpre- judiced persons might see presump- tion, or what was worse, self-inter- est in my courtship. That stately mansion, with its lordly frontage and imposing air ,of wealth, was heardly the sort of abode in which merchant -captains were wont to woo their brides. However, "faint heart ne'er won fair lady," and I wasn't going to turn tail and run away from brown stucco and grand brass door -fittings. I mounted the steps and rang the bell, hardly decided till the door was opened, and a pompous butler stoodbeforerile, whether to ask for Aline or her guardian. Then I went full steam ahead, and inquired plump and straight whether. Miss Challenor was at home. The reply was a disappointment. "Miss Challenor is at Brighton, sir, and does not return till early next Week, After that, 1 believe, she goes ariroad for scene time." 4 ,U Sir Simon i ?" I asked. "Yes, sir ; will you please to step this way ?"- lle showed ma into a small room an the ground floor, and area to tali -43 nay card to tbe baronet. While he was gone I tried to come to COnellision as to what I Should do, end I decided to be guided by cir- cumstances. If Sir Siinen was friendl,Ye I would breech the subjeet of my 19ve for Aline ; if the reverse, I would wait and consult with Aline herself before toning a course %Odell weld compromise her and cause un- pleasantness betweea her and ber geardian, The butler bee not closed tee door, and front where I stood 1eould see part of the ball and the foot of the grand fitairease. In about two min- utes 1 !weed people coming down the stairs, and soon the butler came Into view, apperently escorting some previnus cellar whom he was about to show to the front door at the conclusion of a visit, I Was SO placed that I could only see passers. by nit they traversed the lost two eteps of tbe steers, and the butler was out of my vision in a, emend. Without feeling any special interest in the visitor -except that I sup- pose, in a vague sort of way, a. lover's jealousy made me curious about all visitors to that leouee-1 waited for lent to go by. There must have been an interval of half a dozers steps between the two, for the second descender of the stairs ante with tbe sbambling gait of am. and when he die appear was longer In my sight than the man -servant. Ileum there was no shadow of doubt this One res to %be reality of the col:evidence that startled me. • Sir Simon's visitor was rime other than Nathan, tbe Jew owner of the Quenn. or Night, zay new em- ployer. I berried to the room -door and looked after the retreating figure us It passed out of the house. Ho had his back to me now, but wbat I saw amply conflience lay recognition of the leering, wizened face. Ile was in the net. of putting on a regular three -decker of a top -lint -it Mew of headgear which, from the peculiarity of its construction, had specially ate traded my attention in the city. There was no time for conjecture or surmise as to the nature of his business with Sir Simon. The but- ler approacbed inc with a request to follow him to his master's presence, and leading me up the broad 'stair- case be usbered trio into a snug apartment, half smoking -room, half library. Sir Simon WaS sitting. at Piles To prove to Tim Vat IN: Chneen Ointmentleacerteln and absolute cure for teen and every farm of Itelting, hloodingend Pretrudhlgldish the rnanufaeturera have guaranteed% bitatas. thnenials in the daily press end ;Lek roue reene hors what tten think of It. You can use it axe getyour mon ay lack if not cured. Geo box. at allaealerebr aelehlieeN,BAISS 1 CO4TOTOnt*, Dr. Chase's Ointment an eseritoire, occupied in blotting a counterfoil in a cheque-book, which upon my entrance, he folded up and thrust Into a drawer. Ile next, mo- ment he had risen, and was greeting me, to my surprise, as warmly as was possible to ono of his aristo- cratic temperament. "Quite a pleasure, I am sure, Mr. Forrest -or Poreester, was it," he said, shaking me bythe hand, and showing his false teeth in one of his made to order smiles. "Sit down, and take one of these cigars. Have you been fishing any more young ladies out of the sea lately ?" •1 responded as Well as I -could -to his intended civility, and then asked after Aline's health without telling him that I knew of her absence from town. As there was no chalice of my seeing her then, he might as well take my visit as meant for himself, I thought. DIZZY SPELLS rti ACHING.A HEA Toll of Shrivelled. Arteries and Exhausted Nerves—They Warn YCIll- of • Appioaohing Paralysis er Collapse—Dr. Chase's Nerve Food the Most Potent Nerve Restorer. • The sufferat from nervous head- of the blood and creating neeo nerve ache and dizzy spells never knows force what -minute he may fall helplessly Mrs. Hann, 8 Leonard avenue, Tc. - a victim of vertigo or paralysis, for ronto, says :-"For a number of these symptoms tell of depleted years I havebeen troubled with nerve cells and a. wasting Of vigor weakriess and 'fainting spells, ner- • and vitality. - -Vous, sick headache's, and in fact, my nervous system seemed to be in an exhausted condition. Languid, depressing feelings would come over me at times, and•I would become discom•aged . and despondent. Since a course of treatment - with Dr. Chase's Nerve l'ood I do not hesi- tate to pronounce it a splendid medicine for weakness of all kinds. It has been of greatbene- fit to me, for my nerves are much steadier, and dizziness and fainting spells no longer trouble me, and my systole has been generally built eln" By noting your weight while using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food you can prove that healthy, solid flesh and firm muscles, are being added to the body. aGtadually and certainly the syStem is built up, and symptoms of disease give way to health. strength and vigor. 50 cents a box, 6 boxes for e2.50, at all claalera, or 'Edman - eon, Bates no Co., Toronto.: Other indications of nervous ex- • • haustion, are . troubles . of sight, noises in the ears, sparks before the eyes, stonizich troubles; sleeplessness,. • ccild hands and feet, restlessness, ir- ritability, weakened ,memory, lack of energy and enthusiasmenauscular weakness, • fainting . spells, bodily Paths and aches, and tired, languid • and despondent feelings. • Nervous diseases are most dread:- futo contemplate, because of 'the frequency with' which .they end, in paralysis, locomotor ataxia, epilepsy insanity. All movement of the body or its members is controlled by the nerves, and hence it follows that paralysis of some form is ,the na- ttral consequence of exhausted and • depleted nerves. •''Dr. Chase's Nerve Food cures dizzy spells, headaches and all symptoms • 01 nervous exhaustion by actually ,inCreasing the qnantity and quality "My poor ward Is very far from well, I regret to say,” was the dis- quieting reply that. set MY heart, beating. "She bad never really got over the shock of her sudden it:e- mersion. I have sent her down to Brighton in the holm that the change might benefit her, but it has had the contrary effect. My sister, Airs. Beauchamp, who is with her, reports that she is in a very lew state indeed," This was grievous news, and 1 was at a. loss to understand it. Though Aline bad lost consciousness In. the Water, he WaS to All apnearaeces perfectly well the next day, and during the remainder of her Stay on the Dahlia, she had Centinued, the picture of radiant health, 1 ex- pressed my deep concern, and asned for her Brighton address, so that I might run down and pay my respects person. The request was no sooner made tbau I perceived the real reason of the baronet's affability in his anow- ledne that Aline was inaccessible to inc. He promptly refused to give the address, and there was an uglY sneer in his One AS he did eo, "That. I fear. is quite out eif the question -ming that yen are the very lest person she ougat to see," • lie said. "Whet, the sight of you Would reCall the occurrence which is the cmiSe of ber nervous pros- tration. and -what it in cleeirable that elle should forget." "She won't do that." I answered sharply, for hie latest demeanour nettled me. "And, look here, Sir Sinion." I added, stung to a preene- tyre declaration by the evil smile with which he received enivansever, "I can give you a very good reASOn why Miso Chellener will not be so forgetful. Yon Ploy as well know it aret an ireet ehe has proralied be my wife." believe, and always shall relieve, that this was the first intimation be had had that. there was Anything between Aline and myself, though others think that he had suspected it and had adopted the ineaeures • presently to be disclueed because or that suspicion. He started forward. flushing deeply : then sant: bach in leis chair, laughing outright. "nary dear sir," he sniggered at length, "it is a pity you are not in the royal navy instead of in the mereharit service. You would be just the wan to lead forlorn hopes and cutting out expeditions. Da you anow that iny ward in an heirass, entitled to something like a quarter of a, runtime on attaining her ma- jority." confess I was staggered, but replied boldly : "I did not know it. If I had been aware of Mies Chal- lenor's great fortune I should never have courted her. As it is, the knowledge conies too into to make any difference, for we have Plighted our troth," "And you are willing no take the quarter of a mullion thrown in -just trifling extra detail," he sneered, Implying that 1 hnew ot wealth all along. "Come„ Mr. For- rester, you must see that I cannot give my consent to such an engage- ment. I sbould fail In my duties as Miss Challenor's guardian if I listen- ed for one raoraent to your proposal. "Wait a mei:tate," 1 interrupted "I hove had promotion since we met on the Dahlia. I am now cap- tain, and---" "It makes •no difference ; pray spare me the interesting particulars" be interposed in turn. "No promo- tion in your rather obscure branch of a precarious profession would en- title you to aspire to my ward's band, When do you go to sea again 7" Wondering at the abrupt question, named the 15th of the month, which was the day Nathan had men- tioned as the probable date of sail- ing. "'The 15th," he repeated. "Well, then, there'll be no harm in my tell- ing you Miss Challenor's future movements it may save you a lot of trouble in hanging about here. She remains at Brighton till the 1elth, and on the following day -the date of your sailing, remember -site leaves England for six. weeks. There „yen thus be no chance of •your meeting, although:you May perhaps see her through a telescope as you go down Channel. On the 15th ray ward starts on a pleasure cruise, for the benefit ot her health, in the ocean yacht,. Queen of Night. CHAPTER IV. As I stood in the Victoria, Docks, looking for • the first time at the noble vessel I was to command, I will dare wager that there was not a happier man or a prouder man than the Queen of Night's new cap- tain within a, thousand miles -no, not even among those homeward - bound passengers debouching from the great "liner" in the next berth. . Her hull was painted a pale yel- low, or creameeolcir, her two funnels the same, and her brass -work glit- tered like burnished gold. ,She Ives bigger Ulan any other steamer • in the dock, and from her yacht -like snyartness ,wound haVe been taken rather for a navy ship than for a liner, welt it not that the bright flowers. and tropical plants displayed on her decks suggested war as little as .commerce. ' I repeat that 1, was a proud and happy man that morning. The ship was tbe cause of my pride, and need I say that my happiness sprang from the knowledge that she was to be Aline's home as well as mine for the next six weeks. Sir Simon Crawshay's announcement-el:13.de in all ignorance of my appointment to the Queen of Night -that my dear girl was to be one of her passengers on the coming trip had neemed al- most too good to be true. • But that it was true I gathered from his suc- ceeding sentences, and 1 said no- thing to disturb bis ignorance. Not knowing svhat was the real -the terribly real -meaning of this plea- sure -cruise, I could , have eheuted with laughter, and had hard work to compuse xay fact „ as the. baronet went on to discuss the merits of the vessel I was to command. All that my silly eautical brain could grasp was, eretly, that I was besting Sir Simon, and, secondly, that Nathan's visit to Grosvenor Square was ex- plained by business eennected with the trip, I ceucealee my triuraph AS best crterld under an air of bitter chagrin, and as soon as passible took my leave, the one great Nate in my /meet being that Sir Siznoa would not discover my appointment to the Queen, of Night before the steamer eailed. I did not know whether be wan to acceMnany leis ward, hut. that mattered little. If the ship could only get away without, his knowing who the captain. was, Allse end I would bave at any rate SIX dear days together before any oue e°14(1 land et Gibraltar -the first port of call. From .10ot Nathan had let (tree I gathered that the owners were pet anxious te advertise the change ef eaptoine anion tine clients, so 1 thought there was ev- ery change of gaining ray object. The testimonial of tbe Flower 4eine proved satisfactory to Natbea, eend now here I was, on the etey often Via events recorded in the previous ehaln- ter. taking ray era view of the "floating palaM" as the advertise- ments called st, that bad been coinMited to toy ehorge, 1 had leurried down to the Boas the moment the letter bad been approved and the appointment retitled, The little Jew had given me 4 note of introduction to the surgeon of the ship -Dr. enavertal-whom be said I should find living on board, and be further aderentisixed me to get on as well as I creed with the doctor, as the merge co of a vessel, feaquented largely. by invande in quest of health. WAS nereeesarily an important pereonage. (To Be Continued.) THE TITRICISH DEBT. Represents en Per Bead of tie PopulAtion, The question of the unifreation ot the Turkish 'debt is again likely to eliertly come to the front. read in view of this,fact it In elesirable to clearly outline the present poeition of the Creams of the Ottoman 12M- rire. The following general state- Irtia Is deriveri frOM Wert sources: 1. erne consolidAted debt of Ter- kev, supposing the proinet !Wavier carried out, and leaving out of ece count the luaus provided for out of the tribute of leapt, remounts to eig81.0eee,000„ and represents 521 ked of population. 2. 'Ilia annual burden for that dent amounts to for interest and tinning fun's $15,000.000, arid repro- nritz ena per bead of population. No budget is publisbera but it is aesateell by competent authorities that there is an annual deficit of at leust $0.700,000. But this supposes that all salaries are tulle' Paid. in realifY, bowever, only about eight znontbs' salaries in the year are reit!. The four Months' salaries not paid rimy represent $3,750,000. Few- ther, included in the budgeteuee ex- penditure is an amount of M000,- 000 annually supplied to reduction of debt by purchaecs of the Public Debt Commissioners and the sinking funds of various loana It may appear very hard that the functionaries FloUld only receive eigla months' of salary instead of twelve in a year, but it is to be re- membered that the ealories of nil important functionaries ore fixed at a very high rate. Thus the salaries of the members of the Legislative • Council, who are numerous and do very little work, aro about 510,000 a year. Receiving two-thirds of that annually they are still very largely paid for the work they do. That part then of the budgetary de- ficit represented by salaries in ar- rears does not press much upon the Treasury. • A DREAM GOND BY. Harry - "Can't you think of any- thing that would make you nappy. Harriet?" Harriet - Yes; I wish I were a [little girl again, to play with the I paper dells made nowadays." 'A TRACTABLE RcT4111011,1`. "I see' you don't remember zne, sir?" "No, sir; I don't." "I'm Binks. I owe you 550." "Abe Now that you mention the -ah-seri, I remember you perfect - THE PROFESSOR. ,"Is there any good reason," sud- denly inquired some one in the group, "why money should be called filthy lucre?" "Not in this town," saidthe pro- fessor. "We use so little of it for cleaning the streets." Tonamy -- "I think maxnma is am awful gossip." Ethel - "Oh, Tom- my! how can you say such a thing?" "Well, she is; everythieg I do she immediately goes' and tells papa. I hate gossip." "We eeight as well consider our en- gagement As 'broken, Reginald!" "I don't see why. Your father said PRstP0ned.',' "Postponed until you arrive a'1,' years Of discretion, • and in your ease, • Reggy, eeae, you know 'whatthat Income:" , 'The Duke of Devonshire possesees a copy of Cla,ude Lorraine's "Beek of 1'ruta," said to be the most -val- uable book in the world. £20,000 was refused for it many years ago. • "Herbert calls on me every even- ing," said the confiding girl,' "Don't you think that is a sign he really cares for me?" "I can't be sure,' answered Miss Cayenne, "xvbether it indicates that he is in love, or that coal is scarce at his house." The Bank of England' began opera- tions. on January 1,1605, at Gro- Cer's 'Hall, Poultry. In 1696 stopped aaeraent altogether for a tinaesa-In 1745 it lied, to pay"claims' izi,sixpences,,in order to keep afloat' FOR FARMERS 41 Seasonable rind Profitable hints for the May .* 1101 the Sell. 4 1**40)****. :4* 84:4 • ::neWeeneeeetit Gen kWCIPAI, PACTORS Ii ',Arm - Moisture. humus, tillage, aneed fertility -thein are the leer principal factors, and 9f importance ire the order app -'ed, in the seccessfed cut- e -we or the soil. Nothing Call be grown without reoistore, as all plant food must be in liquid feral to he al/Sorbed and appreciated by the growing pleats, liut there must not be too much moistere babituallY far that would defeat its primary object. This can be obviated only by A correct system of drainage. But what Shall be done when the natural rainfall is insulficient to furnish the required moisture ? Tbis an be done by irrigation, SUCCeS.S.. fully where Datum has fun -ashen the necessary conditions ; but this pre- .. gils to a very braided extent, We Must look to other MMUS to supply lacking raelsttlre te the greatest part of the country. We oil noose that wben we plough to the depth of say, eight inches. And there Is a hard -pan oe uubronen rth beneath, drying weather for few deem in SUCcesSion Will dry near - alt tbe moieture out down as deep as ploughed. Crops caneot flourish on torch land, for necessary matter is lacideg. Does not ram - • sense 'Wadi US that we ehould plough deeper and break up and tine that hard -pan ; then when heavy rain aware water will des - vend and nioisten the entire mass, SO that any ordinary dry spell can- not dry it out. Bet for an extended dry spell more than this is required to retain sufficient moisture for growing traps, There is such thing as capillarity. Moisture will dry out 01 loose earth very rapidly in a hat sun. and dalle8I" winds. would nearly all dry out of loan sail to the depth of twelve luebee ar ssven twenty inches.. IN A PROLONGED vitoicasm It Is just ces ;lateral for moisture t vamp:: through loose ;soil upward by pillory attraction AS it is for wa- ter eteelf to maim downward in a loose soil. To illuetrate this capil- larity, cet a, tumbler 01 water agairest the side of a house and sus- pend from elneve, and extending into the tumbler of water a con- siderable strip of old cotton cloth, and then welch the moisture ascend the cloth. It is natural for mois- ture to aseene in loose earth an wenn weather. It forms little tubes, to make the ascent easier. Now to prevent zags escape of moisture in pleated Gelds, pass over them with the cultivator, letting it run two or three Indies in depth. This com- pletely obliterates the moisture tubes, and the moisture cannot es- cape freely meta they are reformed. Then, in is week or less use the cul- tivator again. 'MIS Operation is di- rectly in line With nature, and for the benefit of both soil and crop,. ITIWO a deep, loose soil for the rains to fill with water, And then, with much surface cultivation, tho necessary supply of moisture far growing is pretty „well assured. This, for any so-called 'hard crops.' The cereals take care of themselves, as their foliage soon covers the ground, and tbe rays of the sun catmot reech to do muck harm. Humus has severe' usee. It ameliorates and loosens the soil and aids the reten- tion of moisture. It nets as a sponge to, take up water and re- linquishes it gradually as needed. Uumus being of vegetable origin, as It decays the moisture is present to prepare it to be absonbed by the growing plants. In fact, no soil is fertile without the admixture of a good proportion of humus. Prof. • 'IL Bailey made an old, wean - out farm fertile by turning under legurainoids and other crops pur- posely to form humus. Humus is :the life. of the soil And crops- cannot' be grown without if.: It furnishes both moisture and plant food. Farran ing cannot be conducted successfully without it, and the good farmer sup- plies it in abundance. TILAGE IS SO IMPORTANT a factor in crop growing that the old farmer was led ,to say to his son : "Remember, my boy, that tillage is manure," for he had ob- served in his farming operations that the more his soil was tilled the better ,the succeeding crops were. Tillage fines' the soil, plant food is released that is bound up in lumps and clods that would otherwise re- main locked up, and at the time not be available to the growing pnente, So far as the pleats are eoncerned, it might as well be locked up io strong boX. A lump of soil as big AS a pinhead might contain a per, tide of fertility. Oood fameing cone slats in working eil the lazid p fine; then the Penlight, air axed moietero can reach every part to do their fructifying worn. A nine74eril field Was once harrowed fourteen, days in preparation for a erop of wheat and succeeding crop of cloner. Both were imiaense. No manuring emelt* haYe cattsed them to be so good, A Young farmer boasted one spring that he bad just Anieleed plouglgriL and sowing seventy-five ateree of crops. He was told that if be bad pet all that work on ball the lam:I he road have raised more grain than be would now on all of it., Whezi he came to 'harvest the crop* they were meagre indeed. The geese tion sheeld be, not how many Aeree one bas put lin but how well be hoe done it.. Intensive e ulture is what. 'pays, Added fertility is a, mere bagatelfe when compared with any of lhe three other points. Of emerge, it is vabiebie in some eases, as on poor, rundown land but to feria it as our best farriers do, it is care tannly of fourth -rate consideration. TITE OP, DAV/Y COW. The epecificAtities for a dairy cow can for a treble wedge shape. Stand', Ing in trent, of the cow, we observe increaalug width from front to rear. From a side view there is biereasing depth front front to rear, and frora looking down from abeVe we 0 - serve sharp, thin withera, dropping ribs, but increasing the thief:Pelee downward, This Applies to tbe chest and abdennen, hut not hilee and pelvis. At this point the elope is reversed with breed bip bones, small thighs, the ham curved inward instead et ont as ia tbe beef typo. In all cases the udder should be well developed and occupy extensive at.. taehment to the body. That Is. the udder should extend well forward nd upward behind. Another into ortont indication of a good milker Is the eyetem ot milk veins %villein rz from the udder along the belly. Wizen the cow is Dealt these vent etiould be prominent and the "Mille well" near the diapliregue The nilik veins are precticany dormant when tbe ear, is not giving milk, but the "min; weals." remain the eanie men are a good eriterion by wbieti to judge a, good zrellizer. There is a general belief that a good dairy cow is rough and Laney. That leer hip bones should stick out so that you could bang your hat on them. The true conformation and correlation of organs is far more important than the rough b011ey exterior. Some of the most walla cows are comparatively smooth and handsome. Some hold to the idea that the smoother, more fleetly cows are more vigorous flan fully as produetive milkers as the rough ones And are now molding their herds for that style. They cer- tainty look better than the thin, scrawny' aulinals. CEILING 1115 CONTRACTS. The lecturer pleaded with the rowd to "look up," In Impassion- ed tones beveled : "Fortune always belps the man that looks up 1 Netar look down my friends, Anti do not waste too much time looking sideways. Look up, and keep on looking up 1 I never knew a man to fail if he looked. up. Is there a man in this audience who can say that he always looks up 7" A seedy stranger arose in the back row to say z "I can say that I always look up, have steadily looked up for thirty years, and am no better off for it. Looking up is my business." "What do you do for a living, my good man V a ceiling decorator." The applause that greeted this sally broke up the meeting, fire in Londonderry completely destroyed the- extenSive sawmills of Keys 33rothers, and seriously dam- aged Miliiland's biscuit factory, ,one the largest in Ireland. Mr. John Roche, M. P., was con- victed of an offen.to unser the Crimes* Act at. Roscommon, and rather than , enter into bail to be of good be- havior he went to prison for a month. Cholly Masher (to the photo- grapher) -"Be sure and show the collar and eye-glass-aazd don't for- get ' to give the cane the correct , pose." Photographer - "Certainly not. • Now, hold steady. All right ! It's done, sir." Cholly-"Done, is n it ? Are you quite sure you have takeziathe best side of my head 2vt Photogranher-"Quite sure, sir. I NOT A WHOLE ONE. Shr-A.in't yo'nr little 'sisle.)* very small fer her ago Ile -She's jist er half sister,. '