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Exeter Advocate, 1909-10-14, Page 21;iek to 1111e iitd Loie ; O12, \VAI'('IN(i TI:1OL(iUJ \YI:ARY YEARS. t'H.11''1I:Js 1. "Happy: Yes; always quite happy; does she not look sot And always of course quite harmless," >:aid the doctor in answer to toy question, regarding a patient, whose rooms we had just lefts I was on a visit of inspection to the Good Samaritan Lunatic .1sy- tum, and young I)r. Bennett, Ab- bot was Pty guide through the in- stitution. He was the third assist- ant surgeon there, n good looking and good hearted fellow, with face and voice full of kindly sympathy, nett ho was loved and trusted by nearly all his patients. We had made the round of the wards, and done homage to all the self -fancied kings and queens, popes and heroes, and had humor- ed the "peculiar whim" of each monemaniae, when at length, at the • end of a Jong gallery, that looked out upon the shrubberies and upon the sea beyr:nd, we came to the deur art a cell which the doctor opened, by turning the handle, for it was not lucked. And now came a strange sweet experience. A sphere of infinite peace seemed to envelope ale, the moment I crossed the threshold of that little room. Its one window looked nut upon the evergreen shrubberies and be- yond upon the open sea, over which was shining the clear morn- ing sun. A large white china vase of rare exotics sat upon the windnw sill :and filled the room with rich aro- r. :l The room itself was bare enough, l. / beautifully clean. with white- ',r•cl wall, waxed pine floor. and {rape) bed. el a chair by the window sat a woman who immediately drew my attention. as the mus: fragile and spirituelle being I had ever seen or imagined. Her form, clothed in a flowing white wrap- per. was so attentuated that the wonder was how it still had power to hold the soul within it. Her face -how shall I portray it 1 For it seemed the face of a spirit 'Bright golden brown hair curled Ind her broad forehead and sl•:apely head, and fell down be- hind upon her graceful shoulders. Her eyes were very large. light blue, soit and dear and shaded by long lashes. Her other features were small and regular. Her com- plexion was singularly pure white, and transparent lice very thin ala- bas!er. Itut from those light blue cousin Eleanor. his wife, was in her nursery, seeing her children put to bed. and soothing her teeth- ing baby -duties that would employ her for an indefinite portion of the evening. So that I was alone in the draw- ing -room, with the prospect of re- maining so, until Doctor Abbott should come in and join me. It was an old-fashioned, long, !.•w-oeiled room in an old-fashion- ed country house, adjoining whien the new asylum had been bun.. Iviten the old manor was purchased I,: the State fur the purpose. water-. vet seeming to see Igo- The doctor preferred the old nothing. :se to any part of the new build - "we had better go no„., if :+ : sit;, and so, with his family, he now please," said the doctor. "'cttptec! it. 11'e both arose to leave the room. I walked up and down the long, "Good-bye, Marie," he said kw -celled room, now looking from cheerfully, laying his hand upon the back window out upon the her head. darkening wintry sky, and sea, -- His voice and touch aroused her dater which heavy black clouds were from her reverie. rr-ing ; and now pausing before the "'Good-bye, doctor." she answer- enormous wood -tire that was rear- ing in the broad old fire -plaice, and that the keenness of the sea air ed, but her voice seamiest ns if it came from afar, or like the dis- tant echo of her voice. I held out my hand in silence; for somehow 1 fell into Marie's fav- orite mute way of communicating. She smiled upon me with her heavenly smile, and so filled my soul with peace as we left her pres- ence. In the hall outside I said to the doctor -- "Here is at least one happy in- mate. Is she always so 1" And he answered in the words quietly entered. with which this story opened. "I am true to r..y appointment-, "She interests me more than any Mrs. Middleton," he said as he one I have ever seen," i added. drew a chair to one side of the fire "I do not wonder. Hers is the strangest case 1 ever met with," he answered. "What brought her here?" "Mania, of course. Her mania being that she is constantly at- tended and helped by the spirit of- her fher child, who prompts, in others, the great wood -fire in the old ma - all the kindness that is shown her, nor -house amid stornt and dark- ness. howling wind and beating rain. he told me the weird story of Marie Serafinee, first ag:,in remiad- ing me that all which was super- natural and incredible in the nar- rative. 1 might, if I pleased, as - made it absolutely necessary even in this early winter weather. A storm was rising, heavy clouds blackened over the sea, and the wind moaned around the house. I closed the shutters and turned from the window for the last time, and wont and sat down in a low chair before the fire, with my feet upon the iron fender. 1 had sat there but a few minutes when the young.doctor turned the knob of the door, opened it, and and sat down. I thanked him, and remarked that a heavy storm was coming up. "That," he said, "would be a fit and proper accompaniment to the wild story I have to tell." And then and there, as we sat by causing them to send her flowers for instance, and who opens to her the gates of Paradise, giving her glimpses of the glory withi r " "Was it the loss of her child that turned her brain i' The doctor paused for a moment' (rife to thehallucination of the his fine face clouded over, a;:d then in a deep whisper, he answered . lferuine. I tell the story as 1 heard (To be continued.) gravely: "She was accused of having mur- dered her child." I started with a half suppressed scream, and shrank back with hor- ror. There was silence between us f.,r If You ('ailed a Man a Liar. You a moment, and then 1 re: uvered Had to Pay for 11. myself and exclaimed with irre- pressible indignation-- I in the. past, if one Englishman ''It. is impossible! She. never, called another a liar there u as no, not even in a paroxysm of in-' something to pay. The seveutee',t h unity. could have committed such ;century mayor, sheriff and city n rein e " :grandees generally- were keen oda OLD=I'IM E PEN .11.T1ES. '•1i is generally believed that she 'this point of etiquetteThe direct t hanges in the feed must be made did, lioacver-but, of course, in a •a''cusatian eo't. 11 shillings 6 pence they should bo made gradually. At lit of desperation." (2.76); the subtle hint. 6 shillings the age of three months they may "I do not believe it!" I repeatedpence (81.60). .Ind there was a le weaned by removing the sow with all the earnestness of my soul. reduction on repetition. Swear- from the yard or lot where she and o+o+o M On the Farm Po♦ o +-o/N9io1eoesCs ro•11.M 0+1 liltOOD SOW ANI) Lama. It will pay any farmer to keep .t record of the dates on which his sows are bred, that he may know tc a certainty just when the sows will fallow, and be Prepared to take care of the litter. A few days before a sow is duo to farrow it is well to place her by herself in a warm, dry place, where she % !l not be molested, and feed her the same rations she has been acoustomed to, as a change in her feed at this time would be likely to upset her or derange her system. When she farrows it is best to let her alone until sho comes out, and then give her only a drink of %tater. When she again conies out, give her another drink and put a very little feed in it. It is important to be careful that sho is brought to a full feed gradu- ally, in order that she may not produce too great a. flow of milk I.cfore the pigs are able to take it. It must bo remembered that this is certainly the most critical peri- od in the life of the young litter, as a little too much milk from tho sow at fit st is almost sure to bring about white scours, which if pot checked at once will soon cause death. There is also danger by starting the milk too soon, of caus- ing the sow to become feverish. when her udder will become hard end hot, and soreness will result, so that the sow will not let her litter suckle. This may either kill the pigs or so stunt them that they will not grow as fast as they other- wise would. After the pigs have got well started, say from a week to ten days, tho sow may be fed all she will eat of a good ration. but un- der no circumstances is it best to make any change in her feed, as had results are likely to follow. When the pig; are about three weeks old they will show an incli- nation to eat. At this time they should be given a little of tho same feed that the sow is receiting and if it is to bo had a small quantity of milk ntax be added. This side fel breeders, only those of good firm that are hearty feeders should be kept. No profit ever comes from a slow feeder. The greatest care should be given the selection of the breeding ewes. On farms that need renovation sheep feeding is most desirable. Breed only from the best. Al- aays use a pure-bred ram. The typo of sheep that conebines a largo body with a good fleece is the one for the small flock owner. '1'lll- OLDEST 1.01'1•: LE'1"I'Elt. • Addressed lit er 4.090 Year•c A go to the Writer's "Little Ewe." A love letter 4.000 years old has lately been dieeet erect in C'haldea. The lady to whom it was address- ed lived in Sippara, the Biblical Sepharvani. Her beloved was a resident of Babylon. In chronicling this interesting discovery the Corriere della Sera e,1 Rome calls attention to the fact that in contrast to the position which women 'held at the present day in that Irient they possessed rn antiquity a great degree of free- dom. In many respects the Oriental woman of antiquity was graced with as much privilege as is the modern European woman. Parti- cularly in Chaldea she could parti- cipate in trade, manipulate her own property, be a witness before the court and be the guardian of her own children. Of the position of women in Egypt we know less, but doubtless ie• was much higher than that of the present Mohammedan women. L, one respect, however, it seems that custom has changed very slightly, for marriage was essenti-. ally an affair of trade between the parents of the bridegroom and those of the bride. This is ascertained from the le- gal code of Ilanunurabi, King of Babylon, B. C. 2200. The future husband paid tho price of the bride and her father provided for her dower and trousseau. Under these circumstances there was no such courtship as precedes marriage in accordance with Occidental ideas. Still one may believe that manyy a love letter on papyrus or clay passed secretly between tho hands of the Bridal pair during the inter- val of their engagement. Tho newly discovered letter is written table must be placed where the in clay and probably dates from mother cannot get to it, and the 2200 B. C. It reads: pigs should be given very little at a time and under no consideration To the lady, Kasbuya (little ewe), should any be left in their trough says Gtinil Marduk (the favorite of tc sour. Sour or stale feed is an ,Morodaeh) this: May the Sun of abomination that should never be (Jed of Marduk afford you eternal tolerated. life. I write wishing that 1 may Started gradually. the pigs can know liow your health is. Oh, send le grown very rapidly. If any me a message about it. I lite in Babylon and have not seen you, and for this reason I ant very anx- ious. Send me a message that will tell me when yen will conte to me, so that I may be happy. Conte in Marchesvnn. May you live long ter my sake. Doubtless the summons to come in Marchesr•an is based on the writer's wish that she may have an opportunity to share with hint the festivals of that month and the "Do you remember," enquired ing, too, was promptly suppressed• her litter have been. and the pigs the doctor, as we walked dew•n the 1❑ 16:{0 a law was passed laying will hardly know when they are lung passage together --•1)0 y,,,i d'ow'n the penalty for a first-class weaned. If one wishes to wean remember the ease of that Marie " flen'e. The fine, were graduated. the pigs at an earlier age it may et.•. and from that wan, spiritual Nc•rnlinne, who was tried at Pine be for a lord for s0 shillings Lc done, but if the sow is a good 1. .hineffable andlrtin lescribaand idet Cliffs, in this State, fur infanticide ( 7.20), for an esquire 10 shillings milker. it must be done gradually, t (•.2 40). while all "inferior persons" b. removing the sow fora part 4.f Here in a friend come to see s'a'te years ago , R "1 renlembor hearing ar<t read- • could have a "few• words" for 3 the day at first, then after a day c,r two she may be kept away for I gayety that comes with them. a whole day, and after a little all . Though Egypt has so far failed to the time. until there is no danger' yield a single love letter, it can of a caked udder or spoiled teats. claim to have the most beautiful After weaning, the pigs should' love songs, says the Literary 1)i - l•. kept growing as fast as possible est. Of all tho nations of anti - softened as she smiled on me with c,v,,taltning Inerc•dlaonsly : grain he giving them good feed and quite it clay most fittingly he a supple that reached my heart anal ..11h at! ttl,•c that trial took place pulsed, and tell fairly accurately F,lenly of exercise. It one hAS the called "ttic land of elernity seemed to communicate to el,. fee ,,t least fourteen years ago, and the the number of tons of hay groan, null: it would be well to mix the There death was only an incident own heavenly peace. tort at the time was said to be six- but when it comes to the really ground feed in it ; if nut. an nddi' of lite, and a -omen tats swan's "be- i eat (towel beside' her. .'tndt the leen \'rar.4 Of n d'. 'That• would most important income of the faint lien of the J t0 111 per cent. tank- loved sister" as well 111 the „hid- e, Marie," said the young duc- t. She looked at me and held out her little transparent white hand. She did not speak a word. but her whole delicate face lightened and ing of it, yes." shillings and 4 pence (SO cents). "Well, the woman we have just; left is that very Maria Scrafinne." , i gazed at the speaker in mute, NECESSARY INFORMATION. astonishment for the space of a \fust farmers can estimate close minute, and then broke silence by ' 1,, Ilse number of 1►ushels of y4 ung <I:'ctor took the third and R jthe produce of each cow. its all a age wit! grow them about as well, only remaining chair in the room. tlhilt) her ns okl. if.\nJ J. s eilivinrl g, $blank, and they say, "Oh. I don't and make just ns large a pig for •'You have beautiful flowers knots, i get my cheque each month, the age as if fed tail's. and at lite here." 1 said, referring to the rich net he more than twenty.' that's all 1 care about." tie expense. rase. It k host to mix the exetida. "'!tat is one of the strange fru 1\'file n knealedge of the total feed thickly. Pigs Again her fair, wan face fright tures in her strange case. Por the mei ht of milk delivered at the quiteR that aro Inst two years she has been (Ilan R fed too thin slop have to drink too ened and softened with that atm- in bark again to youth and al. factory is necessary, it never sou much to get what real feed they drrful smile; she did not :peak. g Rveyr le the farmer the information need. Indeed speech did not seem to be most she is lutdhood tn truth that \iitrie±rSera- he stands in need of as to the pro- ,1, the pigs grow older a little 1.er mode of communicating idea,. tinne who was tried ter infant{, iJ,, fit made by each rote in time stable. whole earn luny be given them. In "Is she a muter' 1 inquired in a fourteen year, ago. wad v.h•, owed That. inforrnatien is nbsalutrly fact, a variety of iced i, always low lone, of the young doctor. racecs•ar} to hire if he desires to Lest at this age; but all change, Iver acquittal to the legal ability. consider himself a credit to I:is"Uh, no 1 no indeed!" he an -pro -must he made carefully, so as not r.wered. Then turning to his pati- andl, e seat Iand shmael Worth. dairyman. good fea,ierl, a first class. business like tc. upset their systems or check ent he said -e Marie. my dear, tellflairyman. Otherwise these satin- their growth. the lady about your flowers. Tell "lou amaze me! � I cannot yet tying setups or delusive averages i'ig, well bred and properly fed rredit• thi, story,' 1 answered will continue to allow the one or her sho sends theta to you. should easily weigh 100 pounds at P musingly• two poor caws In every herd to Marie." three months of age, and at six "My child." she answered in "Come. I will convince you. 1 ccntuu,e good feed for which no months should weigh from X20') to tone of ineffable teudernesds. I will go into the drawing-roomthis, profitable return is eter given. t2:, pounds each. never heard a human voice so soft, evening. and tell you the whole' In ninny herds where no attempt that totes eternal silence." e„ liquid, eo aerial. These two story, as I hate learned it partly et checking lip individual perform- , wor•lt, "my child." sounded like tram herself AnJ portly from anee ha, been nsade. there is fre- quently\Il"CTO`' CHOPS. In New 'South Wales, Smith .lu- ether,. You will acknowledge thats'ra!ia, and (luecualand sheep- front notes of an .Aeolian harp. to he found a difference of • She is a good child to send you it is the stranger story poi cies r1180 to x•10 in the earning Power of We brat much said about tho shearers now earn g6 for every sue!, rich fleece," i said. heard in your life: but y•'It must the best and poorest cote. Farm -1 j pastures; sbhtetildrecisarueh a thing the ..-- hundred sheep sh•,rn; the rate is '•Ycs." she answered dreamily.. of course set down the amazing Pea reed to consider that stalen,ent 1.50 per hundred in Victoria. In "She s my angel." phenomena (if the last two )(sale of carefully. in the Dominion are to at overdoing it. Don't starve your the last-named Suitt' pA,tural pro- 'te lire does she lire. Marie!" 1 her life to the fancies et her own 1e found herds. let us say of 12 or sleep for the sake of trimming tip A, ��a� pestles are generally mach steelier ''Where next rngnirecl. namla. 11 cows. p eth a fairly good average a brash lot. than those in other Slates, and. es .1nd so sating, the (lector guided yield of perhaps a, high Pitt slats across the trough to `' the) have better railway tAeiiitiP,, She opened her li�t!►t blue eyes so l P g t A9 i,.3n<► ' •�l Ileuses ' • wide that they -cemeJ to blaze with me out of the tang hall through the `pounds of mi; alsere the highest keep the sheep from fouling it with �� ,+ l s I •.e less time in Varel- a soft fire At she answered-- to ed- threbt,eriee. to the part of t he yield is c!ese ••n 1'' .O:)4) peand' of Meir feet• ling. Hence the+ lower rate of dont yu know' in Hca- 1„tidliig oectipied by the surgeon• inilk rind ;;at p.,undd of fat ; but(lite your sheep p•lently of trough -r, +cage•. These rates weer fixed by in artre. where the lowest y field iv Only abdttlt room su that they sill nut puh• / the_ FedcrAl (rverament ArbitrA- ae ,' 1'hen I sh it my eve, same and crotid rash other.tion (d'art in 1907. time•, 1 see her home there - - a 1 Inay ar well stair herr, to make ;t,;p0 Le'unds of mils: and i:,O Pnunds 1'he breeding sacs should be ke:1n ordlinary shearer deals witspahtee where ualld are like motherall clear. tht 1 was a cousin of the r f fat. Stich comparisons are onlstrong reed thrifty. 1¼- • Vhs. �` from 300 to 3.'1O per meek. whlt'h. Ht r eilrgenn e wife. and then un my first made •slhlt' by net ill �wi �eet••N d' pearl, with t. induws .'f cry nal 1'o q the a! foal Generous and judicious feeding! Anel door` erf sitter, with vr�it at their house, to spend the perforulance of each ind.vidl;lal ) "Trying un his nes trousers.'--- gt per Ittntdren, means nom tieing game"` Christmas ho!idau9. raw for her full caetmnq erha and caro mean satisfactory pruftts, j,ife. between 1?19 and nigh tied s1 men can i eel. and - her %el a - she! \high and sample regularly and p I —�- P t melte euro that each coir bring, in No annual responds more genes- UP-TO-DATE. co much Letter. epeke, had gradin:.) stalk to whi:- l'H.\i''fi•:H iT. gaud profit. No to gentle are than a sheep.! On the Y•aneannia Station, i•1 the I era. and soon b :were inarticulate. Bough, atony pastures will often '"Black or green tea. Mrs. ITaf- Broken Hill District of New South 11,•ttirri in �ne!.diuns, tenni• tint- 'that night 1 vent ilao ►hc draw- _._-_....}_.. cause lameness in sheep. arty': ' Wales, twenty competent men, ishab!r n't.:. nos r,.':n, as h) appointment, to Examine the feet for tufts oil "Shure. (live been readin' that working as a co-operative company 1\'r rat in i!rnce listening h' her hear the store of Marie Srrafinne \Ir•. Mulligan- •"It', mesi!f thot gut" "edged between the toes. !pink my i, all the go. 1)i think and using ma• .ine•shears, sheared at we v:,alld hate li tensa t.� the fn.m t.,,. lip, e f t!+.• swing d motor• speaks oat me nr'ind, 1'at. at yrs These will • atice lameness. 1Oi'lt be either tr: in' some of that." in five days no fewer than 10,'•.:'2 m„rrrnriise of a brook, or to 11 ! Dr. Hamilton. the sarge.+'1 in well know.'' Mr. Mulligan- '•1'i,. Al the damp data of fall come 0n' sheep. or 165 sheep per man per si}[It: ;q e f .t hrcr/e, until at la -t ,aarxe, id at making l,i, last et P11- ityidget: bat it', better ter think get your sheep out on the higher Many who want to clean up the dly. Thi• was in 100ti, and, at the 1 e•• t•.i-'e era;Ni. and she •at with tae noir of inspection thr•mgh the hctare yes speak. an' thin kap si- ground. They a ill be healthier and world are more Anxious to hang rate then obtaining-- its the aver. f '•1.1 hands rind wide epee eyes. asylum, n defy that wenld occupy lent till see fergit phwat yet wits ale Netter. (out their neighbor's wash than to age enernings of cash man for fete 5,+.,nig far sett ease the a�ent;t, bee for rte ..r :here {wars My l;.sin' ler say.” In selecting ewe lambs to keep do their own. days works out at $10. + r AEGA DOT CONTEST IParticulars for 11:c information of C'unte-Iant3. Number of answer; 13.209 Number of correct answers 3,109 Number of answers within 20, entitled to consola- tion prize 12,4501 Number of Watches given as prizes 3 There were so many more than we expected who came near enough ter s Consolation I'rizs that the mailing of them was not accomplished quite p to schedule time. Ti., last lot will be mailed, however, on Saturday, October 9th. ELLIS ©ROS., 108 Von6e St.. Toronto .A CiTY 01' MYSTEItIEs. Terrible Deeds Committed in Glas- gow, Scotland. Glasgow has been the scene of probably more really world-famous murder mysteries than any other (city of its size. Here lived Madeline Smith, tho beautiful heiress, -chose arrest on the charge of poisoning her lover, one Emile I'Anglier, created so tremendous a sensation. The trial lasted ten days, and ended in the eminently unsatisfactory veridct- peculiar to Scottish law -of "'Not Proven." The luxurious home of Madeline's aristocratic parents was situated in Blythswood Square; and here, too, resided "Pritchard the Prisoner," a doctor who killed his wife and her mother by the administration r•1 tartar emetic. He was one of the earliest of the "slow prison- ers," and one of the cruellest and most callous. Then there was the "`Broontielaw Mystery," a murder of the now too - familiar "'trunk tragedy" type, the I body of a young and pretty girl be- ing found in a box in the middle of the thoroughfare in question one foggy November night. Glasgow's mystery of mysteries, however, was that known as the '"Saltnlarket Affair." An aged dealer in antiquities. living alone with an old housekeeper, tens found one mourning dead in bed, his throat having been cut from ear to ear, and all around signs of a fearful struggle. Upstairs the old retain- er was also lying dead, shot through the heart. The street door was bolted on the inside, and the ground -floor shutters were also se. curdy fastened from within. No money nor other property had, so far as could be ascertained, been taken. The terrible deed. it turned out, l -ad been committed by the deeeas- ed's own brother, a worthless scamp, by whom the 0141 gentleman den land" as on earth. had long been blackmailed. This beatitiful side of the Egyp- He had lowered himself to t're tian character is :hewn most clear- lc Nei of his unhappy rolatite's bed- ly in the celebrated Song of the room by a r, p•• from above, and, Harpist, of the year 2300 B. ('., baring committed the double tnr- that probably was sung At the' der, had quietly made off, tenting Egyptian festivals: ••Graciously r''erything intalet. and intending g, ant us days free from sorrow. Fater on to plaint his victim's es - 11,11y Father. ('once nearer! Bo- tate as the legal next-of-kin. Fold, ointments mai perfumes bring This he indeed did, and the re - e unto yeti: blos-urns and lilies do etiltant inquiries led first to his ar- wc bring to adorn the neck of your rest and ultimately to his death sister -of her who lives in your al the hands of the public exeeu- heart, of her who sits there beside ctoner. ycu. Come near finally. Music and song are greeting you. And the days of sadness - -these have 'II f: 11'-S II 1:111 \ G. stink away and radiant jey is smil- ing _.. and mill smile till the day on Wages Paid far 1he \fork in the which you will pats into the land `pates of 'mu'Iralia, ---4