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Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Life.
CH.11'TER X 11.
"Low typhoid," was Dr. Mel -
rose's verdict when he was sum -
moved to prescribe for the over-
worked girl, who after recovering
from her swoon, had been obliged
to go to bed.
"Typhoid!" almost shrieked Mrs.
Cushman, in a tone of consterna-
tion. "Heavens! are we to have
tI at in the house, after all that
we have just gone through! The
girl trust be sent at once to some
]tc.spita1.''
Tho physician regarded the wo-
man in undisguised amazement.
"I do not think that will be nec-
eesary—she is not ill enough for
that, and Miss Malvern, who has
been with you as nurse so long, will
take excellent care of her," he re-
plied.
"Oh, but I can never have a case
cf typhoid fever in the house; we
will all be catching that the same
as we caugc t the diphtheria," Mrs.
Cushman objected, with a shiver
of fear. ''Besides," she added,
with a frown, "Miss Malvern's bill
is already something enormous, and
—really—I cannot afford to keep
her any longer."
Dr. Melrose flushed an indignant
crimson at this exhibition of heart-
lessness and selfishness.
"Madam, do you realize that Es-
ther Wellington saved the lifo of
your youngest child, and without
a thought of the risk she ran 1" he
sternly demanded. "But for her
resolute act, in the hour that I be-
lieved was her last, Daisy would
now be lying beside her father. Es-
ther Inas literally worn herself out
in your service, and you now owe
it to her to give her the very best
of caro."
"I --I know the girl has done very
well, and. of course, I am thank-
ful to have Daisy well once more,"
Mrs. Cushman whined, with an in-
jured air; "but I am sure I shall
elle of nervousness to bo in the
house with typhoid fever ; and —
really—I think Esther would be bet-
ter off in some hospital."
Mingled anger and disgust rend-
ered- the physician speechless for
the moment. But he soon found his
tongue again.
"I agree with you, madam," he
said, curtly, as he abruptly arose,
"and I will attend to having Miss
Wellington removed from the house
•
when I carne to New York, to re-
main with Mr. and Mrs. Cushman
indefinitely. But I do not mean to
Le a nursemaid all my life, and so
I aro going to try for something
better, as soon as you will let me
out of my prison," she concluded,
with a wan little smile.
"That will be very soon now ; but
have you no relatives anywhere 1"
queried the physician, a frown flit-
ting across his brow.
It seemed such a pity to him that
one so young must be thrown en-
tirely upon her own resources in
that great city.
"None except the C'ushmans,"
Esther began, unguardedly, then
stopped short.
"The Cushmans !" repeated her
companion, astonished; "arc they
relatives 1"
"No—I should not have said
that," Esther hastened to explain,
"for they are nothing to me real-
ly. I have no claim upon them,
for they are connections only by
marriage. Mr. Cushman's father
married my grandmother, who was
a widow with one daughter, so that
he and mamma were brought up
as brother and sister, although
there was no do of blood between
them. Mr. Cushman was very fond
of my mother, and for her sake he
cc,nsented to become my guardian
after I lost my parents—"
"And made you a drudge in his
family," interposed the good doc-
tor, with curling lips.
"Olr, no, indeed !" cried Es-
ther, flushing; "Mr. Cushman had
sailed for Europe before I came to
New York, so 1 never even saw him.
The news of his death came on the
day of my arrival here."
"Then it is to Mrs. Cushman
that you aro indebted for the life
of toil and abuse that you have
led in her family."
Esther flushed at his way of put-
ting it, and it showed her that he
had not been unobservant of the
treatment she had received.
"Well, of course, she could not
be expected to care very much for
me. and, after Mr. Cushman died,
she said she must curtail expenses,
et: the nurse was discharged and I
had the caro of Daisy," sho ex-
plained. adding, "but I can never
it( back there—I must find some
'other home—some other way to
earn my living.
with all possible dispatch." "Curtail expenses, eh!" sneered
And, two hours later, poor the doctor. "Humph! I happen to
friendless Esther was lifted into an know that John Cushman died a
very rich man. How old are you,
ambulance and taken to the Roose-
velt hospital, where she was giv-
en ono of the best rooms iu the in-
stitution and competent nurses for
hath day and night, while 1)r. Mel-
rose attended her as faithfully as if
she had been worth her hundreds
of thousands and he hoped to reap
a fat fee, upon her recovery, instead
of simple gratitude.
Let, it bo said, however, that he
did not mince matters when mak-
ing oiit the Cushrnnn's bill, upon
receiving which the penurious w•i-
►w groaned aloud, and angrily ex-
elaimed :
"Good gracious, what a bill!
And there is no knowing how much
store it would have been if I had
Rept that girl hero as he wanted mo
to do!"
But the knowledge that she had in-
curred the contempt of the emin-
ent physician rankled more bitterly
in her heart than her anger at his
heavy bill. The latter sho could
wipe out with the magic of her gold
—the memory of her meanness nev-
er ; neither could she ever hope to
regain the respect of the pian.
Time passed, and poor Esther,
although sho was not dangerously
found her patience taxed to the
utmost.
The fever was of n low type, but
exceedingly obstinate. Her vital-
ity had been so completely exhaust-
ed, during that terrible ordeal at
the Cushmans', that nature now ex-
acted the tax upon it: thus near-
ly three months elapsed before she
was pronounced well enough to
It ave the hospital.
1)r. Melrose kept her there long-
er than ho would have kept most
patients, for he knew that she had
Ion own living to earn and lie was
determined that she should recover
her normal strength before be-
ginning her treadmill round of ex-
istence again.
"Are you going back to Mrs.
('ushnrau's when you leavo here 1"
).e asked her, one clay, shortly be -
fere he told her when she would bo
discharged, and wishing to hear
something of her plans.
"No, sir," Ether responded,
while the hot blood mounter to her
brow, as she recalled the stinging
blow that had been administered
te, her on that never to•he forgotten
da} when Daisy had been taken ill.
"}lave you laid any plans for the
(attire t ilave you any friends to
whom you can got" the gentleman
tentinucd.
• • No, sir." sho said. . gain : '
have no ftietv'a, and I
tion that she gave an order for sit
with the promise of inure work
when those were completed.
I)r. Melrose, interesting himself
still further for his young patient,
found acomfortable room for her
ith a per, but worthy, family,
whom he had often attended gratui-
tously, and who were sadly in need
of the money which a lodger would
bring to them, and a week front the
day of her conversation with the
physiscian, Esther was discharged
from the hospital and took up the
burden of life for herself.
When she went to get her trunk
from Mrs. Cushman's this lady —
who, by the way, had not consider-
ed it worth her while to go even
once to visist the young invalid dur-
ing her sojourn in the hospital —
appeared to regard her return as
a matter of course.
"\fell, Esther, so you are en-
tirely recovered at last," she ob-
served, in an indifferent tone, after
coolly returning the girl's saluta-
tion.
"Yes, although not yet quite
strong," she responded.
"H'm !" with a searching glance
at the pale, young face, "your com-
plexion is vastly improved, at any
rate ! I would not have believed
that you could ever become so fair
—your sickness has cleared your
skin wonderfully!"
Esther flushed slightly at these
remarks.
She was secretly very happy over
the changes referred to, for her
skin had become as smooth and
flawless as a piece of creamy satin
--all her previous sallowness hav-
ing entirely disappeared.
"And your short hair is rather
becoming, too," pursued Mrs.
Cushman, regarding the prettily
shaped head with its new growth
of glossy, wavy ebon hair with
seine curiosity.
"I suppose the nurses in the hos-
pital couldn't afford the time to
take care of the great mop you had,
and so cut it off."
"No; that was not the reason,"
Esther returned, the delicate pink
deepening in her cheek. "My hair
became so thin front the fever, Dr.
Melrose said it would all fall off,
and it would be much better to
cut it ; and it is growing again very
nicely."
"And curly, too! And—why l
what have you been doing to your
teeth 1 Have you had false ones
in?" exclaimed Mrs. Cushman, as,
for the first time, she observed the
straight, white lines of pearls that
gleamed between. the girl's scarlet
lips.
"Dr. Weld has straightened them
for me," Esther answered; - • 1
thought you knew I had been hav-
ing the work done—it has taken
many months. but he removed the
last pair of clamps the day before
yesterday."
"Wm!" was all the response the
woman vouchsafed to these expla-
nations; but she added to herself,
after another critical survey of the
girl, "the minx is greatly improved
—if she had a little more flesh on
her bones and would straighten up
she would actually be pretty."
Presently sho observed, with a
long -drawn sigh :
"Well, I am not sorry to have
you back again, Esther, for there
is an ocean of sewing to be clone.
The seamstress I have had lately
was no good—I've had to keep an
eye upon her all the time in order
to get anything done right."
"But I ata not coining back here,
Mrs. Cushman," Esther quietly re-
marked.
"Not coming back ! What do you
mean 1 Of course you are coning
back—where else would you go 1"
exclaimed the woman, in a voice of
dismay.
"I have simply come to pack my
trunk and take it away," the girl
replied. "I have hired a room
from a widow and am going to take
in sewing. 1 have several orders
already."
Mrs. Cushman flushed hotly at
this intelligence, and then grew
white with passion.
She had realized, to her sorrow,
during her long absence, how valu-
able Esther had been to her. She
had never had a seamstress who
sewed so nicely or could so readily
turn her hand to almost anything.
Then, ton. the mending which Es-
ther had industriously kept from ac-
cumulating had been steadily piling
up ever since she went away.
Besides. Daisy was a different
child—she had taken a great dis-
like to her new attendant, and
mourned continuously for her kind
and gentle companion.
Mrs. Cushman had not forgotten
her abuse sof Ether. nor the cruel
blow she had given her ; but she
knew the girl had not a single
friend in the city, and she did not
believe that she would hate the
courage to start out alone to flee
single-handed her battle with the
world.
"You will do no such thing," rhe
retorted, in an arbitrary tone.
when she could control herself suf-
ficiently to speak. "Of course you
are going to remain with me --you
are under my authority until you
are of age. and i can compel ohedi-
cnce frim von."
"Ne. madam. you are mistaken."
1-sthcr observed, as she arose and
addressed her companion, with
quiet dignity : "1 should have left
you the day ton so inhumnnly
streek me, but ler Daisy's sudden
illness. You have no legal nnthor-
itv .,.c:•r n.e toil have simply as-
sumed that you have because my
Esther 1"
"I shall be eighteen next May."
"What can you do? How do you
propose to earn your living, when
you leave here'1"
"I can sew very nicely," Esther
replied, as she lifted a dainty piece
of work from the table beside her.
"This is an apron for a little girl
—1 have made several since you
allowed mo to do something to pass
the time away. I have thought
that, when I leave here, I would
take a room in some respectable
but inexpensive locality, then go
to some of the wealthy families in
the city, show these aprons as speci-
mens of my work, and solicit or-
ders."
"H'm! I am not sure but you'd
make a success of the business, if
you could get a start," said the
physician, reflectively. "What
would you expect to get for such
a thing as that 1" he added, and
eyeing the pretty apron approving-
ly.
"Well, this material is very fine,
and the trimming is nice; it is all
handwork, too, and I think I ought
to have between two and three dol -
tiers for it," Esther thoughtfully
returned.
"You say you have several al-
ready trade I"
"Yes ---1 have five completed an -I
more begun."
"Well, you just let me hove
their. i')) take them home to rn
wife. We hate some little fo;ki at
our house, and if Mrs. 11let,ose
thinks well of the aprons, I will
bring you your first order to -m ,r -
row•, and I'm sure she can rester. -
mend you to other people who win
give you their patronage. Beside,.
I know a wholesale dealer In lacer
and trimmings who can supply y , tr
needs in that line at a very low fig
uro—if you find the business ,t sue-
cess—and thus reduce the cot of
materials considerably."
"You are very gocxi," Esther re-
plied, tears starting to her eyes
at this evidence of the man's i;enu-
ine interest in her ; and going to
her dressing case she made hes lit-
tle aprons into a package for him
to take to his wife.
And this was how the Young
Apron-Miaker of Dominick Stree!.—
as she afterward came to bo de-
signated, began her venture which
ere lenft, developed into a thr
jest business.
The good doctor's wife was so ,10 -
lighted with the dainty garments
ected, which Esther sent for her inspee-
father requested your husband to.
act as my guardian; but if you had,
I should break it."
"How, pray?" sharply interposed
the woman.
•'I should appeal to the law. I
have heard of such a thing being
de ne where guardians were cruel
and unworthy of their trust. 1
would reveal your heartless treat-
ment of me—"
"You could prove nothing."
"Dr. Melrose could testify to
some things, if I failed to prove
others," Esther calmly returned;
"he known how I have served you
—ho knows that I saved the life of
your child, after ho had abandoned
all hope; he could tell how you re-
fused to allow me to remain in
your house and have a nurse to give
me proper care, when I fell ill from
lung watching and overwork ; ho
knows, too, that you have not once intended for breeding purposes.
visited me or betrayed tslight The objection of weak pasterns and
est interest in my welfare during I poor fact is growing greater every
my long illness. But it is useless; year.. The breeder is keenly awake
to talk of these things or to argue;
to tins
s fact, and the feeder is fast
the question of my going, for no -
coming I coming to see that he loses on the
thing can change my determine -
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IMI'ROVINC THE PLG CROP.
Many men have started out this
year with the avowed intention of
doing better by their crop of pigs
than they have in the past. By
doing better, we mean giving closer
attention to the fled problem that
the pigs, when mature, will have
made favorable growth at a low
cost, and at the same tune have
developed strong frames, especially
in the case of those pigs which aro
tion. I have come for my trunk,
and henceforth intend to take care
cf myself."
She did not oven wait for any re-
ply from her companion, but im-
mediately left tho room and ran
swiftly up to her own chamber to
put her belongings in order for re-
moval, while Mrs. Cushman, in no
enviable frome of mind, sat where
she had left her, chewing her cud
of disappointment and realizing,
all too late, that she had made a
serious mistake in the course she
had pursued with her husband's
ward.
She wa.s yet to awake to a far
more bitter realization of tiro fact
later on:
Her packing done, Esther tried
to find Daisy, for whom sho had
lung been heart -hungry; but the to health and thrift.
child had gone out for a walk, and I Experience has conclusively
so sho went on downstairs, and was, proven that the best bone building
about to leave the hoose in search, foods are those rich in proteipi
of an expressman when the ringing
of the hall bell warned her that
;some caller was outside, waiting
for admission.
At any other time she would have
gone down to the basement and
out of the area door ; but she was
(tired from her recent work, and
did not feel equal to the exertion;
iso site stepped aside, whilst the
staid opened the door, when, to her
astonishment, sho heard a deep,
rich voice inquire:
"Is Miss Esther
home?"
(To
poor footed hog.
It will be well for every man who
desires to bring his pigs through
the season in good form and condi-
tion to nguro on supplying some
of those foods which are known to
have a favorable influence on the
development of the framework of
the pig. It is needless to say that
corn alone will not serve the pur-
pose. While it is true that corn, in
conjunction with good pasture,
makes a dietfor the growing pigs
which can hardly be improved on,
it often happens that the pasture
contains little to attract the pigs,
and in that case sney are surd to
lie around the yards and stuff them-
selves with grain in preference to
seeking the grass and the exercise
in conjunction which is so essential
Wellington at
be continued.)
ROSES FOR PERFUMES.
Not the Beautiful Flowers of the
Garden.
Roses from which perfumed es-
sences are extracted are not pre-
cisely the same as the beautiful
flower admired in the garden, and
when taking a walk about the month
of Juno in the rose garden at Ba-
gatelle the flower beds so pleasing
to the senses of sight and smell
bear little resemblance to the plan-
tations specially intended to supply
roses for perfumers.
Tho rose of Provins and others
that are cultivated for the extras -
tion of perf.unes are much less pret-
ty and charming. They are culti-
vated in several regions of France,
Li Algeria, in the Orient, in some
parts of Asia Minor, but principal-
ly in Bulgaria.
Such roses require a light soil
and a certain amount of humidity.
The flowers should bo gathered in
the morning before the heat of the
sct. They should bo buds or
scarcely opened flowers. When the
petals are too widely opened the
aroma diminishses. It diminishes
still more if the flowers begin to
get heated through being left too
long in sacks.
As the season only lasts from five
to six weeks, it only bo imagined
what minute care the harvest re-
quires, together with the need of
a numerous trained personnel. The
flowers are distilled the same clay
as they are gathered.
Bulgaria is one of the principal
markets for essence of roses. It
produces an annual average of from
3,500 to 4,000 kilogrammes of es-
sence, valued at about 3,000,000
francs. Of these 4,000 kilogrammes
America takes 1,600 and France 1,-
600.
The price of a kilogramme of es-
sence varies considerably accord-
ing to the abundance of the flowers
and the inure or less favorable cir-
cumstances under which they are
gathered. It varies from 500 francs
to 700 francs, sometimes more.
Sonne :1,500 kilogrammes of flowers
are required for a kilogramme of
essence. A good plantation care-
fully cultivated will yield 1,000 kilo-
grammes to the hectare.
In France and Algeria the distil-
lation is carried out with highly
efficient apparatus. At Grasse and
ilonfarick may he seen some distil-
lation works that are models not
only as regards their distilling ap-
paratus, but also for their instal-
lation of every kind. The plant is
supervised and tests carried out by
capable chemists who make it pro-
duce as much as can reasonablybe
anticipated But in Bulgaria nuxl-
crn installations are an exception,
anti in general the distillation pro-
cesses are quite rudimentary. —
I.a Vulga►isation Scientifique
f
After breaking a $5 hill the pieces
ere Avon lost
and mineral matter. Skint milk,
of course, stands at the head of the
list, and it will pay to lay in some
tankage, shorts, and possibly bone
meal, as well as somo pure mineral
matter. The Nebraska station has
secured very gratifying results from
the use of bone meal in pig feeding
tests. A ration of corn nine parts
and a bone meal one part proved
superior for bone building to any
ration that was fed. In fact it was
found that it produced a bone wall
twice as thick as that found in the
bones of pigs which had been grown
on corn alone. When tankage was
substitute 1 for bone meal the re-
sults were nearly as good.
It cannot be expected, however,
that the feeding of foods bearing
large amounts of protein and min-
eral matter, such as have been men-
tioned, will change the conforma-
tion of any part of the skeleton ;
or, for example, make a pig stand
straight on its pasterns. This im-
provement will have to bo made
through selection, using no male or
female that is faulty in feet or
pasterns. It might be argued that
if careful selection were practiced,
it would he unnecessary to consider
the diet, since strong boned breed-
ing stock with short upright past-
erns would naturally impress these
good points on their progeny. On
the contrary, it can be sail that
men have been trying for years
to breed poor footed hogs out of
their herds without giving atten-
tion to the balanced ration prob-
lem, and they are practically where
they started.
We generally find that when men
feed little or no grain and do not
care to hasten the growth of their
pigs, the quantity of bone is very
satisfactory. In cases of this kind,
the pigs have been compelled to
take a great deal of exercise and
nature wisely recognizes the need
of motive power, and uses the food
to build up fea.me and muscle. But
there is a good deal of time lost
in growing pigs in this manner.
While time is nothing to the hog, it
is to the owner, arid, when he pro-
poses to force growth, he should
plan SO that he forces it evenly ;
that is, the pig is not, made fat at
the expense of bus growth.
land. The inge,►uity of mini has'
given us the menu of locating her,
and if we would only use the test
more generally she would soon de-
crease in numbers.
It isn't all that she is
able. but the feed she consumes at
a loss might go to SottW cow that
would make it profitable.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Take care to avoid shoulder galls
and saddle sores. Life the collar
from the horse's neck occasionally
and allow it to cool, and bo care-
ful to see that the harness does nut
rub
H.ogs should not bo allowed to
wallow in shallow, stagnant. ponds.
Although many such ponds aro in
use, and many fine pigs are raised
with no other water supply, they
are disease -spreading centers and
often responsible for losses that are
attributed to cholera.
If the roosters you save from your
own flock do not bid fair to be what
you want, let them go and b'iy some
that are all right. Do not think
it money wasted to pay a good price.
You will get it all back in the bet-
ter chicks and the more eggs your
flock will bring yut..
It costs ten per cent. of the corn
to grind it, and it costs nothing
to soak it; hence, to be economi-
cal the ground meal should make
ten per cent. more pork than whole
corn. The cheapest pork we ever
made was fed with corn ears boiled
with small potatoes. A 40 -gallon
kettle was filled with the corn and
potatoes, and covered with water ;
a fire was made under the kettle.
It was then left, to boil until the
fire went down and then cool; in
twelve hours it was cool and made
a day's feeding with very little
trouble.
unprofit -
THi{EE KINDS OF COWS.
All cows may be grouped into
thre classes. The first of these will
take n certain ration of food and
will turn it into choice cuts of meat.
When properly bred, animals of this
kind reproduce the sante character-
istics in their offspring. This is a
trait that has been developed by
centuries of breeding—this idea
of turning fond into meat.
The second cow is of a different
temperament, and the food that is
given to her is immediately turned
into milk. The process is impossible
of explanation. It is a mystery
that has baffled the closest study.
,lust why one cows should change
her food into meat and another into
milk has never been explained.
Both these cows are eminently
profit able. it is the height of folly
to undertake to combine in a single
nnimal the two tendencies. They
are diametrically opposed to each
other.
The third cows is the unprofitable
cow that lakes the sane food and
turns it to no account whateter 11.
is the development of neither treat.
nor milk. '11113 is the c',w that no
one should depend upon in ant
of the world. and tM she tincts
ace in nearly et cry herd in the
sen
a 1,
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SOLDIER iIELPS TEMPERANCE
After 37 Years' Indulgence, Sir Ian
Hamilton Signs Pledge.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, pre-
siding at the annual meeting of the
Royal Army Temperance Associa-
tion at Caxton Hall recently, not
only made a stirring speech, but
signed the pledge for a year to back
IL up.
"I do not stand before you as
an apostle holding in his hand a
shining light to guide your erring
footsteps," the general said, "but
as a sinner in whose hexad glimmers
doubtfully a candle indicating re-
pentance.
"When 1 reflect that in his thirty-
seven years' service some 10,000
quarts of dutiable liquor have
passed down the throat of hien whore
you have asked to be your chair-
man, my conscience pricks me.
"But it is ono of the traditions
of the British army that the offi-
cers do not spy to their men `Go
en,' but 'Come on.' 1 shall bo hap-
py to put myself in the position to
do so by taking the pledge.
"I will take it for one year; that
is quite long enough for any man
to look forward to, especially when
he comes to my age.
"I shall be uncomfortable, I
know I shall. When I go abroad
it will be incredibly difficult to ex-
plain to my German or Russian
comrades in arms that I have taken
an oath which prevents my drink-
ing toasts.
`•But still I have weighed the
cost; I ant prepared to pay the
pt ice.
"It matters precious little what
v- man of my age drinks, but it mat-
ters enormously what young fel-
lows drink, and 1 want our British
mothers to feel that when their
sons go into the army they will
fortis some good habits and purge
themselves of some bad habits."
Lord Roberts, in presenting the
awards, said : "I am proud of the
fact that close upon 50,000 men in
the array in England and India are
members of the association. We
are making a naive for the army.
Every year I am being told what
admirable fellows are going back
to the villages now from the
armye."
Th"Conrad Dillon" Infantry
Challenge Plate --n silver trophy re-
presenting a teapot—was present-
ed to the 1st Duke of Cornwall's
Light. Infantry, who have the larg-
est proportion of teetotalers among
diem -40.2 per cent.
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NOTES OF IN'I'I:REST 11t031 THE
B.iN LLS .i'i1) BRAES.
1 hat Is Going on In the 111:11
and Lowlands of Auld
scolia.
Over 3.000 cattle psted un
Ole hammer at the lecent gee
Jaies at (.ban.
The whiskey in Auchtcrarder, like
that of other towus, has been rais-
ed to 1b cents per gill.
The subscriptions to the fund for
the Eldcrslie Wal'nce Memorial
now amount to veer a;u,300.
The auditional whiskey tax is ex-
pected to yield 9% millions, of which.
4 '
millions will come from Scot -
laud.
Distillers all over the north aro
up in arcus against the largo in-
crease of duty ou whiskey pro-
posed in the budget.
Port Glasgow's ancient station
may be doomed, but meantime the
renovation of portions of the wood-
work is being done.
The annual demonstration of tho
Eastern Band of Hope Union was
hod in Alexandria Park, Glasgow,
recently. Muster, over 5,000.
The revenue of Aberdeen Univer-
sity last year amounted to $109,-
760, of which $72,000 carne under the
heading of Parliamentary grants.
Miss Alice Reid, Kirriemuir, is
in a Civil Service Examination first
for Scotland and second for United
Kingdom, out of 600 competitors.
The proposal to form a farmers'
defence association for both sides
of the Tweed, working from Ber-
wick market as a e.ontro, is growing t.
iu favor.
Greenlaw Parish Council have re-
solved not to limit the medical
officer to a certain sum for medi-
cine, but to allow him to charge
for whatever he supplies.
The annual outing of the South-
western District of the Boys' Bri-
gade, Glasgow, took place recently
to Rouken Glen. The battalion
numbered 25 companies.
Paisley's bowling clubs aro of re-
spectable antiquity, and so are
some of their member Of its
nine clubs the premier
croft, completes its 70tH
The 200 new miners'
Fallin are now all occupi!
arc 1,450 colliery workers employ-
ed within three miles of Stirling -
750 at Millhall and 700 at Fallin.
Mrs. Janes Fisher, a native of
Beith, now living at Aiket . ill,
Dunlop parish, completed he
year the other day. Mrs. Fisher
is still able to take an intelligent
interest in everyday events.
The Dumfries and Maxwelltown
Angling Association have been made -
the recipient of a very large con-
signment of young trout from Mr.
Janle�s Smith 9f. Craigielands, and
these were put into'-tile:-i&!!Ji.-
Dalwoodie.
At Arbroath 17 veterans take
advantage of the seat which has
been placed at the Shore Dues
Office, and their united ages total
1,217 years, the youngest being 51
and the oldest, Geo. Rae, a Crim-
ean and Indian Mutiny veteran, 91.
LIFTING MAGNATES
Much progress has been made in
the application of powerful tempor-
ary magnets to heavy hoisting ma-
chinery. The magnets are stispen-
ued from a Book at the end of the
crane, and a flexible cable conveys
an electric current to the wile,
which can he switched on and off at
the will of the operator. Sucli ning-
nets are used to lift pig iron, bars,
plates, rails, shafts, castings, furg-
ings, slabs, billets, and small ar-
ticles like nails. A considerable
number of small tubes or nails can
ba grasped and lifted at once, since
the current magnetizes a quantity
o' them simultaneously. For long
girders and bars two magnets are
employed. one at each end. The
l.'r'asping power of the magnet oyer
a large number of •rnall articles is
., great source of time saving.
f_.
UNCLE EZR.1 SAYS :
"it is never loo late to mend,
hilt a good many times it pays bet.-
Wr to git new."
Priors -
.1 soon.
es at
There
A DOG EXPLORER.
Fox Terrier's Travels Through Cen-
tral Asia and China.
A wonderful record as a travel-
ler has been achieved by Dash, the
smooth haired fox terrier which
accompanied 1)r. M. A. Stein, tho
archaeological explorer, throughout
his great journey of 10,000 mr
undertaken un behalf of the
Government, through Cent
into China and back, says t
don Standard.
Though the aggregate 1e
marches amounted roughly to 10,-
000 miles in two years and eight
months, the actual distance cover-
ed by Dash, taking into account
his canine habits of progression,
may be estimated at well over 20,-
000 miles. Dash made that journey
on foot practically the whole way,
except when he went "pony back"
for short distances at tunes of great
heat. When in the Taklatnakan
desert Dash, like the rest of the
party, had his water allowance
strictly liunited. it came from the
supply carried on camels in the
fore of ice.
Dash went over mountain passes
as high as 18,000 feet alcove sea
level. Throughout the y, ney the
dog kept well and his it
tnade up of scraps from t ►e c
larder. Each night he slept it
Stein's tent and on occasions p
ed hienaelf a very useful watche
dog. On the high Tibetan uplands
his chief recreation was chasing
wild donkeys, yaks and the like.
He managed to kill several hares_
and bring their in to supplement
the store of fond.
1'pen many journeys along the
Indian Northwest frontier Dash has
also been the comrade of hi. piaster,
and he has probabl seen far more
of the world than most people. He
has true terrier Mewl in his
veins, although India was his birth-
place. The clog is now in quaran-
tine after having come fruru India.
)v -
"There goes a roan wile always
whistles at danger 1" "What docs
he do 1" "1114'. an •ogirdriter."-