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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1908-12-03, Page 6-- • 0+ ),'etact+0++01+0 KtiQ+0ett•ta•0•101/0+101+0•12+Ot___ __ • ° 4 o • • le UNCLE DICE 1+ . O 4 t+ U * Or, The Result of Dlolomaey and Tact. 0 b hers would flash contempt for him did she but know ; she must never know! Standing there -near the hoose which elahrined whet he thought the dearest and bos• in the world lie alntoet cursed tii.:iself. Fur his fully in doubting her. !lis future faith should oblitert:t: the memory of that moment. Then -then the back door had opened' It was a shuck ; a horrible shuck. But there was c•ontiri,i tion of what bo had been told. The reales fell from hie eyes. Minutes -they seemed t , hint like den from the sight, pill work its ++++++++++++++++4++f►++'NASAL CATARRH REDEEM WORN OUT G11St� way into the hilum ; spread and + PRODUCES DiLAFNESS grow until in its tuegnitudu it ♦ + _ __ e,wernhuduw•s every other thought. ♦e + RELIEF IN ?E -RU -NA Soto is love.' The ^ r 1 n +• Till: , t:,,' late Il. )1 INT .\T OT• ('To be (',adorn d.) 1 ?.f r. R. J. ar:• s 401 City Hall Ate., + Montreal, Quct,ee, is an old gentlemen • 'h t 11 .1 111.1.1'S SOME. 9._.—:•f wide acetu:.intanco, having served I • ♦ + thirty-eight years in tho general 1'oAt• 1 OLDEST I.O\DON POLICE !'1:1.1. 4 rale° of Montreal, a record which -- ++++++••••••••++++++•• Speaks for itsalf. Cunccruing.Disuse of franks CannotLe Compelled to Suppu,cd to tic More Than 300 HINTS ON SELLING POULTRY. Peruna,seeeletter given below. keep :,utas ('lean, but Guv. Years Old. Have as good an article as you Behind a building known as the know how, just a tithe uettar time (led Court House, \1`ellcloao ; yen have seen. # centuries -passed. The mist a fere Square, Stepney, stand what aro Above all, bo honest, no matter ♦ I his ureas cleared atony ; th + veiling` raid to ho the oldest police tills what the other feuow does. hula your goods as represented. As a rule I would rather Fell poultry dressed. \l hen sold alive there is a chance of tramping or , smothering and for the beginner es- pecially the shrinkage seems un- roasouablo. If live poultry is fed a mash be - 4 4 disappeared. But hi that felt at it' ie London, and under these is the l .`��♦��at��+1+30I��t��1�cQ��t�Ci11�+?Of�Gf+1?Of1IJ would not be a display • f nis.i••mt entrance to a subway believed to CII:\1''rEtt IlX.--(Cont'd). greatcoat as he went, ho hurried to turn homewards, just yet. I have led to the Tower, nearly a ; railway statiunwards. Fur all rho blasters was a sensitive -hyper rule distant, says the London Stan- Ilo knew that to he a lie! Hope, thickness of his coat he was not sensitive is perpahs a i,etter w rd'` dard. that ho had thought entombed, rose warm. There was no coldness __titan. To rub up against inquire I This subterranean passage is now again. Ono thing incorrect, why around his heart as if it were ice- ies free, a garrulous la .dla•1i ai Hocked up, and at, the entrance to his health would pruv • attire ir- there stands a skeleton. nut all? Ile said sharply - "You are mistaken!" "I don't think so, sir." Again that hideous smile. Ac- companied this time by a pitying expression; pity for his simplicity He was lite the generality of men -writhed under pity. It acted on hire with the irritation of a rasp. He, however, controlled himself suf- ficiently to enquire - "A tall, fair, blue-eyed young lade 1" The description elicited a recond edition of the pity -third of the bead shaking, as the woman an- rwered- "That's the mistress, sir." It is difficult to keep a watchful eye on the safety valve. The indig- nation within tum was seething to boiling point. He was getting up steals so rapidly as to create the impression that his emotions were arranged on the principle of the tubular boiler. He blurted out - "I tell you, you are wrong! Her name is Miss Mivvins l" Combination of every unpleas- ant wrinkle that the human face is capable of assuming as she re- plied, with the incisiveness of a knife cut - "Very likely that's one of her names, sir ! Now I come to remem- ber, I did once in a shop hear her called so-called so by her own child." That was the last straw ! the safe- ty valve was discarded. "Her -own -child!" "Yea. The little girl who's al- ways with her. The one with the carity air as some people calls oro - bin." Amazement! Consternation! Dis- appointment ! A combination of these feelings, and many other in- describable ones, made him break out with - "Then -then she is married• bound. The last up -train felt at 8 o'clock. t•itating than sand pap �r. De; 'I'he buildingwas formerly known In October the passengers made no knew that his appear.....a w,o11 , as the High ourt of Liberty and fore shipping the shrinkage well be great demand on the guard's at- tention; t- provoke comment ; telt li • w lie 1 is supposed to be over 300 years heavy. If fed at all give dry grain. tention ; in the season he might looked; determined :.o try and walk eld. The court house ii now the 1 I do not think it right to starve have been, with justness, likened the look off. I hulne of the German Oak flub, and I poultry from twelve to twenty -tour to a sardine packer. Entrnstntent By setting his face eastward, con• the fine apartment in which trials; hours before sending on a journey of the bundle of proofs, to be post- tinning on the station road for a took place is used for dancing,; that will take as many more hours. ed by the railway man on arrival pule or so, ho would conte out on 1 while the ajoiuing moms provide Twelve hours' start ing, if given a in London, was au easily arranged rho shore at what was known as ; accommodation for billiards. drink of water in the meantime, !natter. The Gap. 13y walking alum; the 1 A winding stone staircase leads will clean the stomach out. Crossing the hand with a piece of sands therefrom, past the private; to the two cells at the rear of thoi Live poultry brought to a market silver is as effective with the aver- owner's wall, he would be able to' courthouse. At the top of the stairs, that pays for starved birds should ago guard as it is with a g:psy : the mount, to - the parade by the steps 1 is a massive and strongly barred'be docked at (cast ono pound for oracle is worked thereby. The which faced his seat. door, with a peephole in it. This every bird that has any crop. i proofs would reach the publisher hips tightened and his fingers ; leads to the first of the apartments. Never mix old with young, either by first post in the morning. clenched when he remembered the Tho only light vehicle penetrates dead or alive, thinking the journey' Masters had effected thisarrange- .reference to this as "our" seat. these dens comes through gratiiigli will sell the old at the price for the ment by five minu.es to eght ; five The walk would do him good ; ho high up against the ceiling, and former. At best the price will bo minutes before the sheduled time laughed a little at that iast idea. each is fitted with a shutters by for the Average more likely it will for the train's departure for Lon. As if, ho thought, anything in the means of which the cells can be be to suit the old stuff. don. Having lighted a cigar, in whole world would ever do hint any plunged into darkness. In selling lieu poultry allow plenty the shelter of the waiting -room good again! Nearly half the floor space in each of room. Dunt crowd them, but doorway, he buttoned up his coat, Shaken faith is a sound that room is filled by a wooden bed, and crowd the dressed stuff so h that they prepared for his return walk home. smarts acutely ; tho only surgeon attached to tho walls aro the rusty be bo moved by the handling. As -buttoned up, cigar in mouth able to apply a salvo is Time. chains with which the prisoners Anyspace not taken up by the -ho emerged from the station's were manacled. Another object to p precincts, he could not fail to ob- be seen is a straitjacket made of poultry pack tight with paper or serve the lights in the back windows stiff canvas, with iron rings which excelsior. of Ivy Cottage. The bungalow I g can be fastened to the chains. If co-operation in selling the stood three minutes'walk away. Many names, inscriptions and pie- dressed poultry is not rossible, the That he should have avoided, he 19 g turns are carved on the wooden best thing is to have a private cus- knew ; but the night was dark; he ing moon , p walls. One can still read the name tomer or two. If you know any throat ---all to no purpose. would not be seen. Moreover, he of Edward Burk, who is said to families in the city, and you can "About three years ago f was in - was in no way different from other have been hanged for murder. promise a fairly regular supply of duced by a confrere in office to try moths who flutter round candles. Close by is carved "Edward Ray, dressed chickens and fresh eggs, So, more or less unconsciously, he rho December 27, 1753" ; and another see if you can do business with was attracted; slowly walked in the T6cro a 1'gl \f inscription runs ''r'rancis Brittain, them. Many well-to-do city people direction of the light. The little Juno 27, 1758. Pray remember tho would bo glad to get such a supply. and with wings is as experienced wilho 1 poor debtors." A good honest commission man in the use of the magnet as the dart. though, d I ' h b gt t f On the floor of the first cell can comes next ; don't send to any or The corner of the road, which be distinguished the squares of a every firm that advertises. Take an the rear of the house faced, was a sit i[tness g k k chessboard, cut in the solid oak. old established business in prefer - reached. Suddenly the back door ever the door between the two culls once to others; one who remits of the house was opened. By tho own err p 1 1 '1 can bo traced the words, "Tho rule promptly. Be willing to take remits light in the passage behind he saw Ills lac 1 tr1 the house is a gallon of beer, prompt! re the picking, take The sug- a man and a woman silhouetted in and just below, in neater charas- heat dealers are only too willing to the door -frame, evidently engaged g 1 1 1 t ters, aro the words. "John Burn gist you the benefit of their expor- in actions of a farewell. came in April I1, 1751' lone°. If you are in the city call Tho woman had her arms loving- lg r , u One prisoner broke into verso and ice him. It's often more sat- isfactory to do business with a male CHAPTER XI. It was a fitful night ; one on which the clouds travelled swiftly. One moment the brightness of a silver- ; the next comparative darkness. When the extinguishers hid tho lamp of night ; the illum- ination of the heavens was loftto stars. was sufficient light for Mas- ters to find his way over the break- watersut stumbling.: t tunes, despite the brightness ness o the moon, his eyes saw dimly. With bred ot anger he knuck- led the dimness away, cursing his es ressiblo follythe while. e. heart -soul -was fullto bursting point. if bo could only laugh, he thought; only aug ► a himself ! \\'hat an immense, great h 1„ b' relief it would he ! All the subtle devilish suggestions ly round the man's neck. She fir- Walking, smart walking, was the in her camp to the surface. To em- gently kissed him -his lips - again only relief he experienced; physi- phasize the point of her answer, and again. Her sorrow at the part- cal exertion was reputedly an anti - slow head -shaking was necessary- ing was apparently of the deepest dote to mental excitement. Ho felt "I couldn't say as to that, sir." kind; at tamps she applied her hand- sufficient energ • to have moved on Sho smiled too that horrible smile kerchief to her eyes. Not a detail inde."initoly.• 11 shed lie could walk again! The desire to speak evil of of the incident escaped t'le atton- on till he fell from exhaustion. In r thers assails some natures irresis- tion of the man in the road. that rheic too+sed have boon satis- tibly. She really could not resist Masters stood quite still watching faction; rest, at any rate: Rest for -October lodger or no lodger. thein. Not an act due to ill -breed- that tumultuous tido of recrintiva- "Thank you. That will do." ing; ho was fur the moment simply tion surging in his brain. Ho managed to dismiss her so, incapable of movement. Had hti His anger was directed against and the landlady left the room. She existence depended on a forwa-:} himself ; no one else. I;, upsprung was fearful of having gone a little step, Death would have added an• from the fact that he had been such too far ; yet was filled with the com- other name to his list. a fool, such an utter, absolute fool, placoncy with which such utteran- Tho couple carne nut in the gar. as to be gulled by a woman! Scot - den ; walked towards the gate. The; Tangly he told himself that anger path led straight from the dour; � against her would be unfair; that the hall lamp still showed hint the I her behaviour had been merely ty- CHAPTEa. X. positions; the ,woman's areas cling- pica) of her sex! The closing of the door behind ing around rho mon. He, who had ever w•::h his pen his landlady was unheard by Mas- It was well he stood in the cha- written against womankind -until tors. He did not move from the dow on that road; well that they at last reviewers had spoken of his position in which the woman had were so occupied as to prevent their work as being that of a woman - loft him for many, very many min- noticing him. Perhaps the iron hater -to .have fallen such an easy that had entered into his soul tray- t ictim to the first siren who spread tit, ghen at last ho rose, lifting hist elled via his face. That would ac- her snare for him! The thought was head, he caught sight of his own count for the seared loot: on it. fuel to the maddening fever in pos- reflection in the mirror. Started It was as the face of the dead. session of him. back, almost cried out: there was So different. Ah! So different Then came before him her face; such a deathly pallor on his face. , had he thought her. Had linked those sweet, eloquent, soulful eyes! His mouth telt as parched as Sa- up, in his mind, the purity of the Well, he endeavored to comfort hara. Mechanicn.11y lie mixed a snow in connection with her. This himself with the thought that any have fallen a victim as r •would ,whisky and soda,drank it off. Then was rho reunion ho had pictured d ; aria laughed. Not pleasant. laugh; who was ever so before him that he had done. The amount of cyllt ono of those built up on a sob. his pen seemed animated who i lie fort in it, though, would have f,j 'Then self -raillery : the old, old, handled it to describe her. resting -place on a needle's i over sought useless salve. What a His thoughts --edged with keen There was an underlying fool ! What a fool he was to care I bitterness and self -contempt -went for the failure. Granted 1 A woman ! Just as he had always back to the pure, guileless her'.ine ideal was shattered, he e pictured them -always till the book ,in his book. Had he been carribl a its ruins. Therein lay 1 he was now engaged on. When be of laughter at himself, for being Iessness of it all --and Itcj thought how chaste and good and a fool, his mirth would have been Striding on, he savagely.i pure lis last heroine was, on paper, of the greatest heartiness just then. of his way, now aid the he laughed again. Tho same laugh; ( The couple at the gate parted , I'eor scrrt; of relief nt! with the same choking little catch- i the watcher was not very clear how. is sou aura iqn iiia rthrtmeein_ it too. I What followed being by rcasoe i f lie thought he had Inst his ideals a sort of indescribable veil r 'met long ago; we aro apt to flatter our-'twhich most hidden enveloped him-blurred. m blurred.. nl-- solves so. But their, death is hard ; s they live on -unknown even to our.; was his condition, he was cug•tie• solves -to appear before us like ant that the roan crossed the reed, some new star of whose existence ran past up the pathway to the eta - we know nothing. Make it our tion. Then came the sound cat a guiding star, and we aro-when it whistle, followed by the run►:eine sinks below the horizon of fate-- of the departing train. as children crying in the night. I Footsteps! Ile knew them-- sir it The mantel clock chimed seven as had been his acquaiitenee with times. Masters' attention was them --along the gravel path ; then thereby drawn to the fact that it the door of Ivy Cottage was shut. was half -past thnt hour. Lodg- The blackness of the nig'., e nmld ing-house clocks are not without' not have been heavier 'han the their peculiarities; the fulfilled am- ,thoughts ho was alone with. Ideas bition of this particular ono was to ' of things seemed to grow more en - be half -an -!lour behind time. tangled and confused every instant. Masters started, too, at the ; From the moment that he had sound. Illeinory of his neglected , despatched his parcel, he had been work carne to him. Lying on his ; mentally accusing himself of folly desk was a bundle of corrected gal- of the highest class. Did so whilst ley proofs, which should have been lighting his cigar and on the way posted to his publisher. Now it from the booking office -with tht weft too late : the post bag would be ,back of Ivy Cottage fronting him made up. I \Why had he believed those wretched He was anne,yed that lie bad al- over -the wall gossips, when there hexed the incident -lie was miser- ', was the face -those soulful eyes -'_f ably f.a:•:leg i:. trying to label it the woman herself to lock into 1 so to himself -to interrupt the rod- : That he had listened to and ques- tine of his work. Another glance , Boned his landlady. aas an ins,alt. at the clock and h • . icked off his to the woman of whum his mist 1 slippers and horne is shoes. I was so full. He knew how those .al &.ui v gee e. his I glorious, plumbless blue eyes of eru:iertt sets Example. .f?:y Thee has recently been a renew- s I, Q al of the complaints cy� ,u part of the business community ..:.1.110 the vnsauitary- condition of die utuncy in circulution in Canada, and it inay, therefore, not bo uninterest- ing to state just exactly the modus operandi used by the finance De- partment at Ottae%a in dealing with this question. In the first place it should be un- derstood that the Department of Finance has no direct dealings with either the banks or the public in this mutter of the currency. There aro assistant receiver -generals at Charlottetown, Halifax, St. John Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Victoria whose duties include the Supervision of the !Dominion note currency. At curtain stated times of the year one's, two'a, tour's and the larger denoininatioco aro sent to the assistant receiver -general. NEW BILLS FOR OLD. When a bank needs a now sup- ply or an additional supply of Do- minion notes it applies to the as - ;3 "`�> sist•:nt receiver -general in its dis- IMR. R. J. ARLEw34 trict and puts up the necessary cash "I have been afflicted with nasal ;r the case of an additional sufply ( I or, in the case of old notes, turns catarrh to such n degree that it af- them into the office of the assist- fected my hearing. ant receiver general, and is hagd- "This was contracted some twen- new bills In return. Any old ty years ago by being exposed to,nctes thus received, whether dam- .e draughts and sudden changes of i aged by wear, contaminated by dis- tontperaturo. ease or torn in course of use, are "I have been under the treat- carefully checked over by the local menty of specialists and have used assistant receiver -general and for - many drugs rocornniced a spand warded to Ottawa. Hero they are • fits for catarrh in the head and again checked, and if the tally is feund correct they ere then consign- ee to the furnace. This is a croma- Peruna. torium specially constructed for the "After some hesitation, as I bad purpose, with a patent chimney so doubts as to results after so many that none escape into the air. failures, I gave Peruna a trial, and SEARCH THE CHECKERS. alt happy to state that after using The system of checking is most eight or ten bottles of Peruna I ala Y mach improved in bearing, and iu complete, and the Hien who are in breathing through the nostrils." charge of the work are tender caro- ful supervision and ace searched �"��! ray by day in order that they may digestible ration given to cows, not carry away with them any of they may bo fed liberally, so as to the condemned bills. Though what produce the best results in milk else ono of the condemned billa and butter. and will last longer than would be to anybody it is difficult t. ill those cows that are so fed that tr realize, for each one, as checked they are always spring poor. over, is disfigured with a stamp Overfeeding and high fccding do which forever puts it out of bust- not mean the same by any means. Hess. High feeding means giving the ani- SAY BILLS ARE CLEAN. mal all the foul it can profitably digest and assimilate, and, in order practice 't folly there ff } ltt T fi t line Firelight hits bio an. "1--"*` standstill. The eller ut'1fiigti R'ri+,,, was met iby a barri overgrown u It litter well , ie : Thesr. A t peri st scrrt c c of tbg Nature's sudden in• idd.in his proceedings pro- ocerresponding interruption - noughts. uuld he think about this It•,iger 1 She was not thoiight over. Ho ty enough without her ' ,ce, -New her. IIo v:ould oro jf tit her still. The cup is empty, To our sorrow ; But hope it will Bo filled to -morrow. Another prisoner signed himself "James Carr, smuggler, 1787." rho pictorial efforts include churches, a crude representation of tho Tower of London, an anchor and the triple emblem of the rose, shamrock and thistle. - Running under the roadway of \Wellelose Square is a dungeon lined v,ith brickwork a foot thick. 1' - SQUARE AS A LLOCK. it does seem queer, my brother, And yet you'll find it true; A Haan may be square -headed And he a block -head, too. Incl' int. 1 eason' Iliat his I 11 loved c lope- ! (knew It. icked out a stone. e the coast; 111 seawcec fiance terven doted iu his \Wh ttcma�n wort had -b, hr of he told llo: fife should be for hits , d net or seen her, never the unfathomable e forgetane-not eyes. ito easy; a little of - Is needed -that was .1,ti11 11114 hnppy eeright of her clean out it thecect; out of his heart. That,• is nr himself, was the correct thing to a if he 1. ,ked it t •pths of th t would be q` fort of will w• all \.•ant; every word of All that he meres,lutinn that 1►e it. Framed a'ainnntine. But he leaked nn ne ad -taut factor ; made ignored an ienpoktle strange vital no allowancc for : ile flower : Love. its of that pure non sewn nifty The axe of C t_ of the tree ; may be laid to the rev, ,ad branch. Still rut 't d'. vn ro'.t+ ,g tendril, hid OD! small iemnir "I ran testify to the great merits of your Emul- sion, especially :n all diseases of a pulmonary saved nature. It has many iives that otherwise would have yielded to consump- tion . • we keep Scott's Emir.:.,;; in the house all the tune atm -cat -he family use it."—MR. C. 1. ei TD - LONG, Box 158, Wash- ington, R. I. Scott9s Emulsion does ALL 1t does by creating flesh and strength so rapidly i the of the \at progress d.seasc is retarded and often stopped. It is a wet:dc:fill flea�i builder and so easy to digt•t that the youngest child and ynost delicate adult can takeit. 1f you are !using flesh frr'tn ttatlsumption or any other cause take Scorr's Eiiutstos. It will stop the wasting and strengthen the °whole system. Be stirc to get SCOTT'S r'1:CC.,15Ti 1 at ". sand re n.cry est Mr. r.ndlnerr I•tt•r•-blu case to rally wonderful.• -ed •..,a:. Inter..tIng ilt.ratero retard hit our ,rr.arstica. Jnrt wed as a card mei• tleain/thk rapt. SCOTT & eOWNE 125 Wo,linttcn Si.. W. Toreate you have Fcen. Grade all dressed poultry ar.d eggs. I)o not put in anything that looks doubtful, bet is thought to be good enough. Keep out sick and deformed birds. Send nothing you would not relish yourself, and some that would do at home might he better to be left there. -F. C. E. in Canadian Dairyman. • FARM NOTES. Clean up all the trash in the orchard. -flow the weeds (there shouldn't bo any). Burn all rub- bish. Then owls, hawks, cats and crows can readily see and catch all field ,nice. As a rule, the man who succeeds as an extensive farmer must keep stock to consume the bulk of the products of the farm, and no de- partment of farming calls for great- er intelligence and skill than the it will not answer for winter stores, profitable feeding of stock. \\'hath- as it hardens in the cells, and the Kees, not being able to bring water with which to moisten it, will starve, even if every conch in the hive should bo solid with grape sugar. White sugar can be made into a syrup by adding one quart of water to four pounds of sugar, bringing it to a boil at:d then skimming it. The officials of the Finance Do - Lo rat iso i success De- partment contend that t .o public has no cause for c tut as to must be a variety be a i ooc • and the the condition of tho llomtn.'on cur ration must digestible one and hecy, claiming indeed, that it is suited to the purpose intended. The far cleaner and more recognizable intelligent [armor will not teed the rent ,an that of some of the banks. same ration to a growing animal \Vlrilo it is impossible in a coun- that to does to one he is fattening try such is this to compel everyone for the butcher, or to the cow 110 is to return to the Government a one keeping for milk. or two dollar bill which has seen If a beekeeper has taken away too its service -simply becath it is im- much honey, or if ho finds that, possible to prevent ally citizen from any cause, his bees arc lack- hoarding up a supply cf Dominion citizen ing proper stores and he has no full notes -rho department da.; combs ot honey to give them, it to keep the currency clean and in best will bo necessary to fend. 'Phare is t condition fit for public handling. nothing better, says an ofd bee- So far as the banks aro coneerg- man, for winter stores titan gran- ed rho responsibility for dirty bank ranted sugar. Grape sugar may be hills rests upon them entirely. all right for feeding in warm There is no law by which 'the gov- weather, when the bees can fly, but ernment can compel a bank to is- sue new notes; the only thing the government can do is to set _ good example by, so far as in its pew°? lies, keeping its own currency clean. And in this respect the ria lie can do a great deal. o: woman who obi ice ei 2iQrty or a defaced Dominion 1,111 115 e to talo it to any bnhiteque fe a,'1 new c cr kept for meat or milk, the great- est profit will always result from full feeding. A herd of cows, properly fed and cared for, will turn mit first-class butter, having a first-class color,; but, if they are improperly fed and cared for, the butter will be cor- respondingly inferior and defective in color. These failings are con- cealed by nrtiftcial coloring, and the consumer has this inferior butter unposed ripott hitn, for a first-class seuelc, ,.ben, in reality, it is far from it, and lacks in the nutritive and healthful qualities of first-class butter. 11,ineety requires that everything should be sued for just what it is. 1 you have no suitable shelter nn one. That • sheep,construct f for the . is one way to put money into the pocket. If it is not possible to build a sheep born that can be completely closed when that is de- sirable, construct a simpler shelter. great nh'act to Remember that the n P 1 he achieved is not warmth, but pro- tection from storms. Sheep aro well protected from the cold, but against storms they oughtto have good protection. A very simple structure is nshed open nn o 110 side with a yard in front. it may bo covered with straw or hay, but a better roof than that, and a more permanent, one, is desirable. Build reeks all around the shed. LiVE STOCK NOTES. SENTENCE SERMONS. iVorgy is half of weariness. Paradise is not found by fleeing [runn Thotpaihyp.ocrite is only the chronic living 1 it K 1tor. Nothing is sacred without some artificial service. Experience is the best interpreter •o y of any u1og.. Noticing heals our r,wn wounds (snicker than helping others. Paralysis of conscience is often mistaken for the peace of God. it takes more than the hatred of certain sinners, to snake you a saint. Many a man who 7111(1es himself on his poise ought to i egret that Ise is so puleelcss. The roan who brngs ot his self- respect is often paying his respects to a mighty small object. Our own sins grew fast behind our backs while ..e are gazing at the faults of our neighbors. It's a poor faith that values its ereed by its virulent power to hurt the sheep of roma other fold. It is better oceasionally to do n Feed the horse from a low mang• foolirh net of charity than to rem. or and not from a high overhead mit the folly of an uncharitable life rack. It is not natural for a horse The mon who can make chielren to get his rations in that way ; •mile does not need to worry over naturally, ' e eats from the ground. his inability to preach sermons. A lot of dost rattles down by the overhead method. The cow, wl,oge food is largely cornmeal, v ill Le likely to wear out early, but when there fa s proper —+ Some men put everything off till lo -morrow, with the exception of bill collectors, ant' uicy put then. off indefinitely. Ar Similar cumplaiats tkafi�a`�°n re. ceivcd as to the quantity of det,ri and smooth silver coin in cirrula- tiun. Isere again the department ie always ready to convert old silve into new. All that the recipient has te do is to take los old silver to 4 c hank, or to the e assistant Receiver - General, and demand new coin fur it, and he will get, it. The government has taken po-.ver to itself to redeem any silver worn smooth by image and any such sil- ver is in due course returned to Ottawa, remelted and e. ent :ally coined again. The now brawl-. the Royal Mint at Ottawa•ha proved quite useful in this respec --that it enables the Guwerniflen to always hates an ample supple ,, new coinage on hand. whereas there was always the possihi r_,der the cid system, when si in London, that a bili when there would he a Canada. r'•ire t com tagc„i Canada has nearly 11,0,O01) acres nndor wheat enIti. :►tiplf !faster --"Mary, i wish you would be Inure careful. I'm sorry t•► hear My wife has to scold you to oft,. i." Mary -"Oh, it's all right, sir. i) seldom takes any notice of her. ' The corps of liveoaving deg: or- ganized in Paris in intro achieve but ono rescue from tae Seine r'ight years. Qf the fmtrteen 11, one only sow reu:.sins. i