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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-10-21, Page 2.mmanAM. look of astonishment sweeping ever that is considered excellent Tor her face, "Miss Percival! Can it seasickness, and I will bring you a w be possible 1 How strange that glass." All we should meet again like arise "Champagne !" exclaimed Miss lJllexpoeted' I'erc;+al, wife► surprie, but bright-('ti.\I'Tlilt \.l"\'lI. ening viibly. "Humph! you must The woman was indeed Mips have been coming up in the were" Persis Percival, but she continua! since 1 saw you to afford such lux- - tc regard her visitor with an et uries." pressrun d,f curiosity and perplex "Oh, a friend provided pee mite► ity in which there was nut a vestige a couple of bottles before 1 start- ot recognition. eels the generous girl explained; "Why don't you tell nee who you then slipped away to get the covet - Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Lite. ares" she demanded, in response cd beverage, smiling to herself as to Esther's exclamations of sur- she wondered what Miss Percival prise, and with a note of irritate) eeuld say if she knew what an up- ity in her sharp voice. ward stride she had taken along CHAPTER XXVI.—(Cont'd) She was eager to begin her stud- 'Don't you remember me, dear fortune's ladder, since they parted ies, for school life had a great at- Miss Percival 1" the fair girl cot- in the Grand Central Station, is traction for her, and thus. beyond tinned, as she entered the room New York, nearly two years prevt- the text three or four }ears, she and elesed the door. "I know that. 0113. had not, as yet, laid any plans for 1 have changed, but I am sure you her future. It had been. agreed cannot have forgotten Esther \\'e!• between herself and J1r. King that Iington, with whom you spent -, she was not, even to be introduced many weeks after your accident to people more than was absolutely nearl • twoyears ago." necessary to establish er identity "you aro not Esther welling. and rights as Lady Irvington, un- ton:" returned the woman, frown - til She should come forth from ing,but still earnestl • studvia ine melee! finished andready to take lovely face looking so amu ing,; ler proper positron Int a woe down upon her; "yeeir voice 801111• Her chief regret in leaving . m- somethin as hers used to,an erica was on accountofJennie, -ou • eyes resemble hers;bat,on who wouldbe c alone andentire- crw•ise you are no more ► e .ler 1 dependent upon her own resourc- black is like white. She,sot r C. Still, she was leaving ler wellchild was about the ugliest, s lei establishedin a good business, men of humanity I ever set eyes ar- w uc , ifrightly managed, would" Miss Percival concluded, with elikelyto increase, andthus give unsparing frankness. her a good living. Esther burst into a cheery, muse Esther was quite 1for the rs laugh. day or two after sailing, and was he cthatthe woman had ut- obliged tolie quietly in her berth; terly failed to recognize her was a but the third morning she made her • • proof of the wonderful appearance on deck, where, al- transformation in ler than any Meanwhile Mr. Humbert King was very busy attending to the many things that must be done be- fore bis return to England. lie bad given orders for the embalm- ing of his friend's body. and ar- ranged for its transportation across the Atlantic, for Lord Ir- P P J g 311•. Spurgeon Was a Keen l'olk•e- s in eton had expressed the wish to h tor of J1 ix, d Metaphors. be Jaid to rest in the tomb of the Irvin tuns in his own country. The proceedings at a recent Ho had passed away during Wed- 1 I fi 1 d I t ti J lA Church Congress were enlivened by nesdlay might, and the next clay Mr. 1 h world. i the intrusion of several very fine Hing took passage for himself and 1 f A g d bulls, of which the following are 1?ether on the Etruria, which was your samples. At one meeting Canon to sail at noon on the following 1 left (Te, be (ontinue41.) RE('i N'I' CLERII'.11. BULLS. 1 l 1'k A. W. Robinson, in his opening re - Saturday. J C P than I marks, warned his auditors that No one, save those who had been 11 } 1 g p his speech would be 'pointed to tho f verge of bluntness while later present underat her marriage, knew ce 1 h d in the evening Sirs A. Coote, ox - our young heroine was going l } g k planting his presence at such t a abroad, and they were bound to gathering, said that he was like. secrecy, as it was thought best to 1' t 11 1 fi t cal ''ono of these satillites of Jupiter avoid all notoriety. T fa .t which, when they were visible, It was generally believed, by the 1 6 h were always obscured." people in the house, that Mr. greater } r Tho late Mr. Spurgeon was a King, out of a feeling of gratitude d k 1 1 1 keen collector of mixed metaphors, o her for her kindness to his friendthough she looked very white and mere assertion of the fact could finding a rich field in tho corre- bad offered to send her to •school 6eemed weak, she began to recap- have been; and, knowing that she spondenee that daily overwhelmed or thio next few years, and that, erate rapidly. was no longer ugly, it (lid not pair_ him. A lady, enclosing a small con - during this time, she was to makeAfter that she found the voyage her now to hear her former appear- tribution for his schools, wrote: ber home with his family, and this very pleasant, and, as Mr. King anco so criticised. I hope this widow's ,cite may take was reesi'ded as rare good fortune++'as a delightful companion and "You are right," she said, pro- root and spread its branches until for tho friendless girl, who, hithercontinually thoughtful dor her sently, and checking her mirth; it becomes a Hercules in your to, had been obliged to support comfort, she thoroughly enjoyed "nevertheless, I am that very rame hand' . The pulpit prayers of am - herself by her own efforts. every moment. the Friday Mr. King took his She soon began to attract the at- 'poor child,' though somewhat im- bit ions probations added something proved, perhaps, and I am also to the great preacher's store. 3oung ware] to one of the large tention of other voyagers, as they very glad to meet you once more." One prayed that "God's rod and stores on Broadway to have her observed the tall. graceful girl, '•I can't, believe it:" the spin- staff may be ours while tossed on 16'tted out, for everything ueedful clad in her costly furs, taking her seer returned; "but your voice and the sea of life, so that, we 'nay fight for her comfort during her voyage daily constitutional, leaning upon ways are like Esther's, and the the good fight of faith and in the She was told to select only articles the arm of her middle-aged escort. more I see you, the more familiar end soar to rest. We thank of the best material and latest She appeared to bloom into greater you grow. But what has become Thee for this spark of grace; water snake, regardless of cost. and t'tis, beauty with every succeeding day, d f those dreadful crooked teeth 1— it, Lord," Was the sententious, al - her first experience in purchasing as the pure salt air painted her have you had them all out and re- must imperious entreaty of another just what sho wanted and what, her creamy cheeks with a healthful and placed by a set of false ones?" promising young elan. Still un- refined taste dictated, was a per- beautiful color. "No, indeed!" said Esther, with other prayed, "Gird up the loins fact delight to Esther. But Esther's nights were not al- another burst of merriment that of our mind that we may receive But she gave a little gasp of dis- ways as quiet and restful as sho showed the lines of perfect pearls the latter rain." "As if we were may when, after her selections could wish, for, in rho stateroom to the best advantage; ''but 1 have barrels whose hoops were loose,'' had four taken out and the others was .ler. Spurgeon's laughing com- to her companion, sho saw the—to ger who was evidently a great. suf- straightened. It was a long, hard ment. wore made and the bill presented adjoining her, there was a pussen- her -startling amount which she ferer from seasickness, while it piece of work, but, 1 have always It was an Irish clergyman who had been betrayed into spending. was also patent that her disposi- felt paid for it." remnrked, sadly, ''This is a, sad "It Is all right," said Mr. King, tion was not the most angelic of her "Humph: I should think you and bitter world ; we never strew with a littlo smile of amusement. sex. might. you were awfully round- flowers on a mans grave until af- "and we are not quite through She kept one of the weary stew- shouldered, too, and thin as a ter lie is dead"; while another yet. for there are ono or two other ardenses waiting upon her almostrail.;' Hibernian .cleric, preaching a fun - things that I want you to add to constantly—running up and down "Yes, I know; but I practised eral sermon while the corps lay your purchases. It will bo very to bring her this. that and the calisthenics faithfully, to get rid before him, exclaimed, "Here, cold during the voyage, and I think other thing, according to the whim of the stoop in my shoulders, while brethren, we have before us a live it would be well for you to have a of the moment, until Esther heart- time and good health have done tho ing witness and a standing mone- seal jacket, cap and muff. Come, i.y pitied the much -tried woman. rest. Now do you believe that 1 ment of the frailty of human we will go to the fur department "Doesn't she get any better 1" am Esther I" hopes!" to look at some garments." she inquired of the stewardess our "Yes, I suppose I must; but it Equally unconscious of his hu - she seal jackets morning as she mot her looking seems wonderful," said Alias Per -mor was the parson who, at the ]lather could scarcely credit her worn and heavy -eyed, coming out rival, her eyes lingering upon the close of his sermon, said; "And own ears as she heard this. S}io of her neighbor's room. fair, smiling face lucking doyen up- now let us pray for the people on had often looked with longing eyes "No at least, sho thinks she on her, •'and ynu scent so much the uninhabited portions of the upon the bright and happy girls isn't a�uy better, though I'm sure happier flea, gnu used." earth"; as also the minister who, whom she had seen enveloped in she± might get up and be dressed "Yes, 1 ani happier," said Es- pleading for funds for a parish ce- such cu.<tly and comfortable attire, it she would, and she gets crosser (her. '•And now tell me what 1 1»etery, Asked his parishioners to but she had never even dreamed and crosser, until I ani at my wits' cnn do for you; you know I am a consider the "deplorable condition that she would ever become the end to know what to do with her. gnu(] Hurst, for you have tested my of thirty thousand Christian }:ng posessor of anything of the kind. She's an nld miser, too," the stew- qualifications in that line in the l'shinen, living without l'hristian "Wilt -will they not cost a great artless added, with some show of past, and know whereof I speak, • burial. dealt" she timidly inquired of her temper, "grumbling nt every six- she cmtcludcd, brightly Even more unfortunate was the companion. pence sho puts out, and yet• want And the spinster, thus reminded clergyman who was addressing a "Yes, sealskin is rather expen- ing every dainty the ship affords. ' of her aches and pains once more, worean'a missionary meeting. "My sive," lee responded, "but that ''Is she travelling alone 1 Nae began to sigh and groan, and bit -sisters, ' Ile said, solemnly, "it is docs not signify ; Russ told me ne sire nn companion I" Esther in-terly bemoan her (lard lot. terrible to think that thousands of wanted you to have it. and any-- quired."I've been shamefully neglected gallons of rum go into Africa for thing else in the way of finery that X. miss, she doesn't scent to ever since we sailed; I've been con- every brother who is sent there.•" lou might desire. Sol you perceive, know anybody aboard, snore's the silently sick. and had to lie here, "Rather a large allowance for one 1 am only obeying his orders. Per- pity, for then I might get a little day on and day out, with no one missionary, w•ns the. whispered baps, however, there is some other rest. She's just been giving mo a to speak a kind word to me or ate comment of one of the sisters to her kind of fur which you would pre- tremendous raking over because 3 ,, nrighber. ter," he concluded, with sudden couldn't stay longer to bathe her Esther opened her great black letend to my needs. thought. bead and coddle her; but i have ryes in surprise nt these complain SENTENCE.SERMONS. "Ole el); seaiskin is the mostother duties t hat have to be at ings for, while she did not like to beautiful of furs," Esther respond. tended to, There! just• hear her think that Miss Percival would will- Malice always miscontrues. eel with a sigh of infinite content. nmy:'' the woman concluded, as a fully falsify, site knew from her owir ,ractigc.Lonprayers often hide wrong So to the fir department they shrill voice creamed mutt observations how busy the poor i ion is always better than went, where she was fitted with au ''Stewardess! stewardess: come stewardess had been kept waiting refurl:ormatatiion elegant garment ---for Mr. King bark here! 1 want you.' upon her. catering to lier whims. No man can save men without n. was critical and would have none Then there followed a violent But she made no comment. She ;dieting with men. but the best, and as she glanced pounding upon the panels of the save that the woman was weak and g into the full-length mirror and saw stateroom that was both ludicrous nli.enahle. ancl. as she was well it is hard work growing saints the stylish figure, in its costly wrap end irritating. and strong. she resolved to do in the se•il of the pit. reflected there. stir began to rea- -She appears to have some what she could to make her more You can measure any man's as- li'.e for the first time since her strength left, said Esther, with a comfortable and happy dining the Oration by his perspiration. marriage, that she was really go- roguish gleam in her ryes. remaining three days of the voy- No man has a large mi --ion wil- ing the little ministries. ing to be a "fine lady,' according '\rein are right, miss. and you age. Religious forms easilynbees. cas- to Jennies ideas regarding the ,hmild see her eat: She has an ap- "Well, 1 will take you under my Lets in which faith is buried. term. petite like a shark." friendly win now that l have This is n godless world whenever Early on Saturday morning eine ••Perhaps 1 could de something foiled you,.' she said, lith a cheery Lade her laudladc and the servants for her and relieve you," the kind- smile. •'if I had suspected who the divine is all in the past tense geed ha e. leaving with ear) a 1►earted girl observed. as the din was my neighbor. i would have When a tnan is ethically wahb:y choice little Rift as s souvenir of continued. "You go on and get a come to yeti before this. Now tell le is usual!y theologically rigid. lier sojourn in the hues(•. and then little rest, if you can, ter yeti look ine what yeti have had for your Ileal prayers and real mountains started ter the steumrn, accom very tired," she added, pleaseet breakfast." always put a pick in your hand. eanied b • Jennie, who was going ly, "and i will drop in upon tier "Oh, a dish of that endless per- You will not help the pian who I y for a few moments. ridge, alt under done eggs as cold is looking to you by looking at to ser her off, and elle was almost " yourself. heartbroken over the approaching -Thank 3)1, miss, it's very gest! as a ,tone. the wing of something Circatnra. of character rises in separation. for she lead learned to of yon. 1 m sure." said t he weary tier at re a ides, called chicken. a willingness to make small begin- lve her friend very- dearly and to , stewardess. gratefully. as she glad couple e•f muffins heavy as lead. willin4 depend u}wn her a• well during ly availed herself of the offer and and a cup of muddy c•uffee•'' nings. Their'. nothin¢ a lazy man (e• Esther laughed outright as her companion contended her rehearsal jo:4s better than designing "Busy" of this uninviting bill of fare, but sign- shr happened to know that every The weerst. fool% are those :r't article mentioned had been the worship n God in the hope of fee; best of its kind. and if Miss e'er- ing bine civet lied partaken of such a break Some men use the beans in their fist she was sane she could not he rye to pick nut the mote in th •ir le a very critical condition. I rnthrr •. "And were you sick after eating Too man? mea.urr their moral soundness by the amount of some, this repast 'f" she inquired. '•\\'ell, not so bad as I have been : they make. but my stomach is far from being 'the more a man talks shout the settled ago." eompinined the spin• next life the worse he is apt t , seta in this one. !ter, with an injured air. "I'll fix you," said Esther. with +------- a ai.o little nod. e'1 have a bottle fl(n't. *Lee, the rich; we can't of champ•e!ne in sits• stateroom x=11 be pa gas ♦++it+++++$+++$t$++,++ on the farm as in the city, but s« I `i men are able to sate more of them, and at the end of the month or year, the farm hand often has more Illie Eirm 1 money than t been working el the pity. Prebeen a reason there i, steel an apparent antipe- thy to ++orking on , e farm is the false opinio•1 men entertain that farm 'labor is degrading. At the present clay, Iv hen farm '. ul•k is WINTER ("ARE OF POULTRY per[ormed by machinery largely, Keeping fowls over winter costs and business methods obtain to a und nouey. Nothing should be kept gr �atextent, such attlieie i,A s rmo co t(lugi, that does not pay its debts with cal reabon is perhaps the usually interest. At the fall roundup snake longhours for labor on the farm.a thorough sorting. Every feel eFond stand squarely upon strong, ---3.- well-developed legs, whose scales PLA N.i 1NTElee t;EN('E. are clear and distinct, overlapping each other neatly. Next in int- I)efensitc hortanco is the head, which should I be rather small with a compa:t \\liti,. .f the Italian catchily in coin!) of clear, healthy rose color, f; his cs-ay • "The Intelligence of the u firm beak and bright eyes. Maurice Maeterlinck, '!'hough much more rare, thyro Flowers," are defects in the 'seedy to be looked the Belgian pact and philosopher, after, such as crooked backs, clog- sl'ow's how this simple little white god oil -glands, etc. The fou Hunt flower goes with seemingly iutelli- eruus maks, and the late pullets gent thought about the business of that will eat all winter and then its own preservation. Apparently very timorous, verysusceptible, to help flood the markets with nine - avoid cont eggs in the spring, should be avoid the visits of importunate and indelicate insects the Silene Italica sorted out. 11 there is a swelled tiled or a consumptive have it furnishes its stalks with glandular trains, when ce oozes a viscid fluid killed immediately. It is the more merciful way. in which the parasites aro caught With a floe k of study, healthy with such success that the peasants (ef the south use the plant as a fly - fowls, not, too numerous for their quarters, poultry keeping is usual- catcher in their houses. ,y successful; but to bring best re Certain kinds of calchflies, more - milts loving care is needed. Loving over, have ingeniously simplified is used advisedly. the system. Dreading the ants in 13e careful of the roosting places. particular, they discovered that. it A cold draught. all night is as date was enough, in order to prevent serous as roosting in the open air ; them from passing, to place a wide viscid ring under the node of each corn fodder set up around the wind - stalk. sort of a hen house will make stalk. This is exactly what our it habitable• gardeners do when they draw a cir- As for the roof, if no water drips ips etc of tar or other sticky substance round the trunks of the apple trees directly on the roosts, and holes to stop the ascent of the caterpil are not large enough for the hens to fly through, it will do. tars. Most important of all—feed and In a popular work, "Les Plantes water, w•a:er and feed continually. Oi iginales," Mons. Henri Coupin examiners some of the defensive Feed with a liberal but judicious means employed by plants. Some -hand as great a variety as possible, et these weapons are quaint and but, regularly. startling. A good ration is to feed whole Monsieur Lothelicr, a t studentat wheat one morning and on the next the Sorbonne, has made a a a warns inash of table scraps, meat, of interesting experiments with cooked vegetables or anything oh - plants. thorns, resulting in the conclusion tainablo mixed up with hot water that shade and damp tend to sup and meal into af thick plash, will press the prickly parts of the should bo carefully seasoned with pepper and salt. This is a handy On the other hand, whenever the way to feed a few red peppers oc pence in which it grows is dry and casionally or poultry food, fur a burned by the sun, the plant heist - tonic. Ira and multiplies its spikes, as if Every night, half an hour before it felt that, being almost the sole sunset, give a good ration of corn survivor among the rocks or in the heated until some of the kernels hot sand, it is called upon to make are brown. a tnighty- effort to redouble its de - Tho fowls should have fresh wa tenses against an enemy that no ter or milk slightly warmed twice alonger has a choice of victims to clay and plenty of cracked ant to upon. It is a remarkable fact, ground earth and hone, beside hay- moreover, that, when cultivated by ing water -slacked lime by them all 'nen, most of the thorny plants the time. gradually- lay aside their weapons, if some snowy morning, the - zephyrs are rather rough as you go forth broom in hand to sweep chics• en paths, it may be some comfort to remember that business is busi- ness, and (het profit and pains tak- ing go hand in hand. TELLING AGE OF CATTLE. e++H+♦+++$+++4++1�4•♦ gleans i:nlplosed :Against Insects. QOM YOU MENTAL POISE? ARE NW SURE Tel• .\Il;: QUITE SANE! 'Try the Folloeiu Siuip Ie Tests and Determine %l !tether Tuu're .111 Thereetere Are you sure that you are per- fectly sane' Are you sure you pos- sess the proper mental poise and that your mind and muscles work co-ordinately 1 It bee'llS a foolish question to ask, doesn't it ? Bub thousands of people have had oc- casion recently to prove their san- ity by a simple test used le ule•di.al non. They tried it in their homes, their offices, in the streets, on rail- road trains, and in cars. No doubt you heard of a New York City magistrate who had a;-- plical the simple test to a w•otnaue, asking her to close her eyes ante strike the point of her nose with the tip of her index finger. Sho failed to accomplish the trick an. 1 committed to the psychopatii•3 ward at Bellevue hospital for ex- amination by physicians into Wer mental condition. After reading the account yo t promptly tried it on yourself. Don't; deny it, for people all over tried it, and most of them emerged vic- toriously. 11 is a peculiar phase of the curious test that every one who hears of it is constrained 'o try it. PRACTISE THESE YOURSELF. the year or meretlmtt they had disappeared down the passage. been t.egetlwr. Esther then gently opened the Mr. and Mrs. Leighton ---the roc- stateroom door. and, putting her e.r and his wife - aisu met them at bright, face inside, said, with s e pier, to wish the' young lady d,f genial smile: •ugton Manor lion voyage, and "Madam, the steeardess i, busy ty- future amici new scene: be- joust now and cannot come; per- ry Atlantic. I:,ttltcr, in setts hap.. though, i con do something real change awaiting her, for you." ed very few regrets. in The woman ceased her poundin,f riving her native land. the moment the door opened now, nk tear leer seemed very turning her sallow, wrinkled face attractive. Sho had+t„ward the speaker, regarding her by magic, into an as- wonderingly. •tion. where. with almost '•W Ito are you she curtly dr - can, at her (-velment',mandcd. cefeeth live her life "Why. how wordcrful :” Esters she stetted. exclaimed, in ; to ine, a At twelve months, an animal should have its milk (calf) incisors in place. Fifteen month•. At this age the central pair of incisors (milk te•-i may be replaced by a pair of per- manent. incisors (pincers), these be- ing through the gums, but not in wenn. !lighter!' months. The middy pair of central incisors at this age should be fully up, and in wear, but the next pair (first intermed- iary) not yet. through the gums. Twenty-four months. The mouth at this age mill show two mide (pernrnn:'ut bread) incisors, fully up and in wear. 'Thirty 'notelet generally shows six bread permanent 1neiser., the middle rind first intermediary fully - up and in near. The next pair (second intermediary) well up but not in use. Thirty-six wont ha shows three pairs of broad teeth, which should be fully lin and in wear. and the corner milk teeth may be eltedding with •hr corner permanents ju-1 appearing through thr guns. Thirty-nine months. Three pair. of broad teeth will be fully up and in wear ; the corner teeth (incisor,) through the gums are not in wear. 1' A iI M NOTES. Keep the churning -room as near 60 degree• as pos.ible. Never fill the churn mere than half full of cream. Churn at medium speed. Always use a thermometer, and in summer churn at tel degrees. Of the absolute necessity of pot- ash for plant fond there can be no doubt. 1t is essential to tee life cif planes. and there serene to be no end to ite c•(,mbinet isms with other component part, of the soil, which are Thus di.solve(1 and made assi- milable. 1t would he fully fear nny farmer to attempt. to rrtanufacture Reid phosphate or dissolve bone fertiliz- er at home. The making of high - glade commercial fertilizer i• a business requirinz technical train- ing. and for one who knows nosh- ine abtett it. failure will almost certainly result. Before the bones aro I neat rd. they should he ground very fine. and the finer the grind ing the mere perfect will the acid net. lbs sages may not be eo high But if you accomplish the nose and finger test and are cocksure of your physical and mental fit- ness here are a few other "stunts, ' simple tests used by medical Ween, for you to try Close your eyes and make se quick grab at the lobe of your ear. Can you seize it—or did you clutch your hair, pinch your cheek, or mass entirely? Better cut out the smokes and drinks and tune up Stand with your heels and great toes tight together and then cleto your eyes. ('an you stand up a minute—or do you feel dizzy or aro you forced to open your eyes to keep from falling? That's Lad— you'd better take a good stiff wa k every morning. Stand with your feet together and then raise one foot. Can got stand that way for half a minute with your eyes closed 1 If vo•t can't, you aren't in fit condition and your nerves are frayed )u'. Take a vacation and tune,up. Close your eyes, extend arses front the sides, and t:y' bring the tips of your index tin together in front of you So easy, doesn't it 1 Well, quickly half a dozen times, a leavnlf{ the care or their safety to how many tines you Weiss. the supernatural protector who has not be so confident of youisel adopted them in his fenced haps• ground. TRY TONGUE-TWISTERS.Among the putts that have ceased to defend themselves the inost Now try a little vocal exere -'t striking case is that of the lettuce. Just a sentence "Round and roun.t "In its wild stale," says Mon- the rugged rock the ragged rascal sieur Coupon, "if we break a stalk ran." Look at it and then rel :.t or a leaf, we see a white juice ex- it quickly- run right through le ode from it, the latex. a substance as if it were a favorite bit of verw formed of different matters epic}) Or try this one: "Hoe- much +igorously defend the plant against wood could a woodchuck if a weedl- the assaults of the slugs. On the chuck could chuck wood." Or that ether hand, in the cultivated spec- old familiar one, "Peter Piper pick es derived from the fernier, the la- ed a peck of pickled peppers; a tex is almost !teasing. for which peck of pickled peppers Peter 1'i reason the plant, to the despair of per picked." Use gardeners, is no longer able to ]',tet vets do them without stutee. retest, and allows the slugs to eat ling and stuttering? If you can't, i." teeuulscies of your tongue are act it is nevertheless right, coin:l.ents responding to your brain intpul•es elaeterlinek, to add that latex is at they should. Talk to your wife rarely lacking except in the young more at breakfast time. It'll to plants, whereas it becomes quite gond for bath of you. abundant when the lettuce begins Si\iPf.Y AS TESTS. to "cabbage," and when it runs to seed. Now it is especially at the These pimple tests are used bp commencement of its life, at the medical men to test the muscular budding of its first tender leaves, co-ordinatimt, say the medico! ex - that the plant nerds to defend it- pert.. They aro not neeessart:; self. One is inclined to think that used to determine a subject's sen the cultivated lettuce loses its its-. though sometime. they are in - head a littie, so to Speak, and that dicatious of mental t l • utile. The it no longer knows exactly where tests sollletime% show sylnptorns of it stand. general paralysis of the brain, fn - Certain plants. among others the min:trl' known as -brain storm lioragivaceae, supply the place of But chiefly they are used to-t.hc#' " " thorns with very hard bristles. the et ndition cf the nervous sys'e n. Others, :inch as the nettle. add poi- In an insane person muscular (e• - 'on. Oothers, the geranium. the ordination weary is poor, and th,y mint. the rue. steep themselves in cannot go through the tests. simp'e t•ow•erful odors to keep off the ani- a' they seem. Inns!. The tests are used chiefly to oe• itut the strangest are those which terotine muscular creordinntiey defend themselves tnechanieally. and diseases of the spinal cord turf Monsieur Macterlinek mentions the nervous system. only the horsetail. which surrounds itself with a vert Wile armour of- miereecopic e111Car. ',inre,,tor, a1- mo•t all the (:lramineae. in order \V H ER la vi tUt.'.1'd'i(JN i "• I.�. to discourage the gut he, ing of sltegs and snails, add liner to their (is- An old "dnrke in Alabama oleocailed aeros• the fenee,ee itis oe•gie- _ bur's son. who ilea -.tt;dent at the Atlanta 1"niversyky. DIFFERENT."I,e,ok hyar. foo,'' he said ; • y( -u "Mrs. Jones is different . from Roes to, school, don't ger ewt women." ' 1-5•. eu•, replied the hey. n ow• do yon make that nut'" "earning "t•it.,metie are tigg '•1 was invited up there to din- ing on a slate,v,t1'' ner the other night, and she didn't Atm sit' once apoingire for the meal she 1\"ell, it thief' talc tee, who,. was 'ening. '' days ter maks a hour, du it _ thv. ne. n.wered the bey. — W , said the old man. "you A NEW WRINKLE.Ras going ter ',ring that hatchet `''Thai's a sign up there, daddy, back in an bocce. Rasn't 351' 1 An' what say.; f)•,n't blow out the hit's two when 91.4ys pence yt a bot - gas.'" red N hr�tuse of co' ,etlu- •'Well. who Mowed It. mutt I cationbit. 013011 at'go eaieer k!lU('i a whole jest hit• it a lick with my britches year. an' den c' an't te`.l how long an' i hain't seen otlein' er rt bit takes ter ewe back slat Laeti- sense." theft"