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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-01-05, Page 6• ► •Ir • ► M r 1 Tbc Pricc ice of Liberty OR. A MIDNIGHT CALL Luziazz. e/' - In,v- _,ertArer• W\nun h,WLi CIIAVI"ER XXX‘'.—(Cuntinuod). I some deep "plant" he would have The quaint and soinewlutt exclusive been vastly amused. But then ho town of Moreton Wells was reached had got the very picture these people were speaking about clow to hand in due course and the street where. at the very moment. the ltut. James Merritt rmidetl lo - "'Pell you what," he said, rotation - cans' at length. It was a modestly. "I ain't us -ed to swell soeiety twostoroyod tenement, and the oc- wags, but Fin always ready to sacri- cupier of the rootns was at home. Iwo myself to tho poor follows who Chris pusher! 1way gaily in, fol aint't found the straight path like lowed by !tell,, before the occupant me. And 0 you gets up your baz- aar, 111 (10 what I can to 'clp." "'Then you will lino with us to- night?" Chris asked eagerly. Don't say no. 1 met a matt once with a past like yours at Lady Res- !Ingham's, and he was so interest- ing. Wo will call for you in an hour's time with tho wagonette. Then wo can settle half our plans be- fore dinner." Merritt was graciously pleased to iously over Bell's shoulder as 0 fear- be agreeable. Moreover. ho was ut- ful of a shadow. hell had seen the torly mulcted and absolutely con - type before-3forrilt was ancon- sumed with an overpowering curios- aeIously looking for the police. its. It seemed also to him to bo a "I am so glad to find you at home." Chris said, sweetly. Merritt muttered soniothing that hardly sounded complitnontary. It was quite evident that ho was far from returning the compliment. Ifo had recognised Bell, and was won- dering fearfully if the latter was as surd of his identity. hell's face be- trayed o-trnyed nothing. All the same ho was following Merritt's uneasy eye till it rested on a roll of dirty paper on tho utantolshelf. That roll of paper was the missing Itembrandt. and he knew it. "Won't you offer me a chair?" Chris to kud, in tho sweetest possible lying on the table. manner. "Itr. Bell, do you moan to say Merritt sulkily emptied a chair of that—" a pilo of cheap sporting papers, and .••Phar I know where your diamond n:tod none too politely what star was pledged. Indeed I do. Ater - business the lady had with him. ritt had probably just turned out his Chrise Chris pr rsexi d to explain at consiti- pockets as we entered. 'l'he paten enable length. As Merritt listened l ticket was on tho table and related abstraction. hie eyes gleamed and a broadening to it diamond aigrette pawned by ono "A groat idea is grin spread over his faro. Ito had James Morrit.t—mark tho simple run mind," she said, done a great deal of that kind of thing, ho admitted. Since Henson ping of the man—width Messrs. Rut- "What, another one?" Bell smiled. had talcn hire up rho police had not tor and Co., 117 high Street. That "In it the air of the place or what? been anything like so inquisitive, and In itself is an oxceodinly valuable Really. them is a brilliancy about his present peso was fruitful of largo discovery and one wo cab afford to you that is striking." keep to ourselves for the present. Chris laughed. She was full of the predator,: gains. The latter fact 11lerr.•t kept to '.au:+e1L On the At the Ramo time I should very Joy of life to -day. much like to know what Mutter and It is tho freetken," she said. "if whole the prospect appealed to his Co aro like. I.et me go down to ;sou only know what it is to feel freo itutt Ion. Menson wouldn't like the shop and make some simple pur- after tho dull, aching, monotonous It, but, theft Menson was not in n chase." misery of the last few years. To be peal to say too 2/etch. Rutter and Co. proved to bo a constantly on tho treadmill, to be "I thought if you came very high-class shop itateod, in the grasp of a pitiless scoundrel. over with us andnd dined at the ens d ►it° the fact that that At first you light against it pyassion ll.•," ('bels suggested. She spoke there was a pawnbroking branch of ately, with n longing to he doing sternly and thoughtfully, with her the business. The place was quite nomothing, and gradually you give oyes on tho grouts'. '`lay to -night. worthy of Bond Street., the steel; way to despair. And naw Lho aright Will you come?" way brilliant and substantial. the is off nay shoulders, and I am free Merritt grinned extensively onto more. Tho idea of his dining at the castle app ealtd to his own pecu- liar sorts° of humor. Ile was at his seeing Bell failed t could lay down the foul clay Pipe he was smoking and button the un- accustomed stiff white collar round his throat. Merritt whipped a tumbler under the table with amaz- ing celerity, but no cue ' g of his could remove the smell of gin tlmt hut.l; pungently on the murky at- mospAlet•o. Merritt dodged his hcuud back de- fiantly as if half -expecting a blow. His lyes wore strained a little anx- sheer waste of providence to discard such an offer. And the plate at Lit - timer Castle was superb' Meanwhile Chris and (tell walkod down the street together. "110 was puzzled over tho Itontbrandt," Chris said. "Seeing that ho has our pic- ture—" "No doubt about it. The pic- ture was rolled up and stood on the mantdvhelf. I followed Merritt's gaze, knowing perfectly well that it would rest presently on the picture it it was in the room. At the same time, our interesting friend in chuck- ling over the way ho has deceived us clean forgot the yellow pawnticltot• CIIAPTER XXXVI. Bell was considerably improlrsed with the importance of Chris's dis- covery, though at the dune time ho was not disposed to regard it In the light of a cone deuce. "it's a useful discovery in its fl DE way," ho said; "but not very re- markable o- RULES Full PRUNING. markable when you mime to think of it. Somebody with an eyo to dam- perhaps the most important thing aging Stool changed that cigar ie to observe rho maturer in whirl' case. (low the change aI?ee(ol Stied the fruit is borne. For instance, an you know as well as 1 do, But the apple or pear tree bears its fruit cigar -+%use purchased by hath Gates mostly on fruit spurs, and so would must bo sonnvhere, turd tto aro us not bo pruned in the surae way as n likely to feud it near lt[�;inuld then peach, which bears its fruit only son as anywhere else, seeing that he on the last season's growth. A is at tho bottom of the whole bus!- quiucc trcu, which produces its fruit rtes. 't'hut change was nude either on tho tips of the growth made the by himself or by somebody at his proyent. arusun, would 'illegally ubo instigation.• Once the change was pruned different from either an air - cantohe would not bother about tho plc or peach tree. Likewiseeiher the cur - ::pare cigar -case. His ally probably cudno hero to see Henson; the latter rect. pruning of grapes is haled on ns likely as not threw hint over, ,the fact that tho shoots of the peer des°knowing tit -at the fellow would not sent Henson produce this year's crop. luxe to talk; hence the thing is The sa►no principle in priming holds turned into money. 1 ant merely true throughout the whole list of speculating, of course, ler the as fruits—that is, tho manner in which sanit your tion that you aro quite sura of the fruit is borne governs the uuan- your facts." ; tier of pruning. "At►rsolutely ," Chris criol, eagerly. lit u general way it may bo said "Two long, irregular scratches lead- in regard to the fruit that all dead ing up in arrow-lteat{od shape to tho brunches should be removed and the big diamond in the centre. Ituth , tops of tho trees bo kept sufficiently told Enid alt about, that the very I open to admit an abundance of sun - last time they discussed the matterllight for the coloring of the fruit. together." 'Reasonably open tops aro also of "How camp Ruth Gates to remem-, great advantage in spraying the ber it so clearly?" trees and in harvesting tho fruit. "Well, sho did it. hornelf. She was Tho natural habit of tho tree should rubbing some specks off the case at suggest the forst to be adopted by the last moment, and the scratches tho pruner. In other words, a tree ween made accidentally with the the branches of which naturally stones in ono of her rungs." (droop and a tree with a strong ten - Bell was fain to admit that the ,dency toward forming an upright discovery was an important one. 'head, cannot readily be made to as - "We'll heave it for the present," ho sumo a decidedly spreading forts. Of said. "In a small place like this so course these natural tendencies can valuable an article is likely to re-' be influenced in a measure by the main in stock for some time. 1'11 manner of pruning, but they cannot still in again to -morrow an the pre bo entirely ovcrrtroo. Tho tops should fence of getting further goods and bo kept symmetrical and as well bal- obtain all the information there is nnced as possible. Tho pruning of rho to bo gained as to who sold tho caso!various kinds of small fruits is based and what he was like. 'There is just time for a little lunch before wo tako up our reverend friend. Where shall we go?" Chris would like to see the Lion. Thorn was a marvellous coffee -room there with panelled walls and a ceil- ing by Pugin, and en ingle-nook fill- ed with rare Dutch tilts. 'Phot/ had the beautiful old place to than - pelves, so that they could talk free- ly. reo- ly. Chris crumbled her bread and sipped her soup with an air of deep forming in my assistants quite above provincial to act. fancy the reward of finding class. As hell was ttu'nittg over Reginald Menson out.!" HOMO sleeve. -links Chris was examin- "Reginald Menson is the blight ing a case of silver atui gold cigar- upon your house. In what way?" ease, him. that le o raoP- etto-cases atnl the like. She picked "Al,, 1 cannot tell you. It is a nose him. plat dinethe cca mi toto up a cigar-caso at length and asked Fret that the never discuss sten note the plate, and get a ,plate the price. At the mention of fifty among ourselves. But ho has the (eon geographical knutvle ser of the phaco gttineras sho dropped the trifle with Power over us: he has blighted all from personal observation! His a little moue of surprise. I our lives. Rut if i could get hold mouth watered ret the thought. or, looks as it it had been used," I of a certain thing t he power would •" ought to "" ... careful sho ynid be broken. That is what 1 am nf- yonder," he sugsested. "'l'hero's 19 in connection with my endeavor that. tho new idea canto to me." "Can't you give me smite general idea of it?" Boll anima. "Well, I want to make Merritt my friend. I want hien to imagine that I stn ns much of un n :ventuross RA he Is an adventurer. I want to !et hien see that I could rood hint to prison—" "So you can by teiiltig the police plate and there's victuriee" '•Nething'han ever been stoles' from Lit t imlr Castle," Bell said, crisply. Ile. read the leer in Merritt's eyeei as he spoke of pictures. "Nothing what over." "At I1 it, not lately'?" Merritt naked. "Di Iii t hoar tell of a—" lie pursed, conscious of saying too mtu-h. Bell shook his head again. An utterly 'waled expu•c'Y.sion crept over Mr. Iferritt's engaging counten- ance. At the present moment an art trensuro of price stood in that very room, and here' was a party front the castle utterly interest of tho roll t ry, Chris glanced nt ik;li and mite!. "I love the pictures," she sold. "especially the prints. That itetn- brandt, "I'he Crimson Mind,' for in- t:ance. I found a free* light in it h this morning and stalled Lard LItti- tner's attention to it before we start- ed. I should lock that up it it were mine,'• lterritt's oyes fairly bulged ns ho lister ed. lind be not half-nuspccted "It is not•absolutely now, madam,! ter, what I am working for. And it the assistant admitted. "therefor° the price is law. But the gentleman who sold it to 115 proved that he had only had it a icw days. The doctor hail ordered hien not to smoke in fu- ture, and so--" Chris turned away to nomothing else. Bell completed his purchase, and together they loft the siege Once outside Chris gripped her COM Pall - 1011's arm excitedly. "Another great discovery," she of the loss of of your star." said. "Did you see mo looking at' "And getting Merritt arrested and that, cigar-casco—et gun-metal one set sent to gaol where i couldn't make with diamonds? You recollect that tete of 'din? No, tto. The thing is Ruth (:stew purehnsat is erase like 1►rotly vague in my mire' at. present. that for that—that foolishness wo I have to work it out ns one would q n • ' ee o •k • thought of in cot.an'etitn it it h Mr. Steel. Tho case hail it little arrow- :el/aped scratch with the head of the dia- mond. he biggest [)t t Y Ut forties' arrow f mond. 1 lith! told me all this the eight bet ire 1 left Lon_tlettn ({range. Ur. Peel. I nm absolutely certain thnt 1 have had in my hand Junt now the very case bought by Muth from Lockleert's in Brighton!" Can'tAfford ill Healt Curo is Cheap at Any Price-- Benefit Cer- 4�1,. L/C Viii lines T. ai*s a 11 t sew r.�v DR. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD Only the wentthy can atlurd to be Invalids. They alone can bear rho expense of constant attendance by doctors and high -salaried nurses. Year time is your capital, and, I •then your daily task is In the broad, yell est make home o everyday coun 'ef elen to vin rself and frlo Weakness is the greatest s urce of ill -health. Wenkness of the blood and nerves. weakness of action of tho heart, lungs and digestive organs. 1)r. p'hase's Nerve i•'ontl is well suited to the needs of a multitude of people because It overcomer' weak- ness, first w•cnknetq of the blood and nerves. and through them the weak- ness of the organs of the body. It may require n dozen or more boxes of Dr. C'hase's Nerve Food to make you strum and well and send the thrill of health through your shrivelled arteries and wasted nerves. lteeanse Dr. C'hase's Nerve Food is a crentor of blood and nerve force you cnn be positive thnt each hoz of it is at least doing you some od. I'rove this by noting y')ur se in weight as new, firm tles, ;and tissue is being added to the !body. 11r. Leonard Stiller, Cnnbor•o, flat- 'dimmnd Co., Ont., writes-- "Dr. Chase's Nerve Food and Kidney- I-iver lllls did wonders for me, se they seemed exactly :mitre to ma Mase. Before I began taking this 'medicine I could not do n day's ;,;ark to save env life. Now i can !work ;,ll tjght and attend to enc busineas 'NAomd /00111 a_ This means a great savin4 t•1 ate, its we as a pleasure, for I ha. . a two hun- dred and fifty ncre fat e., and a large stock to look after. "instead of being in •eiisery from pain and suffering, life row sweet to me, and l apprecinto +food hearth as i never did before. I have said all thnt I could to my 1 l ends nn'i neighbors in reconemend,:t ion of hr. Chase's Retnediee, for I know that when they have cured f ' they will cure others." 1)r. Chase's Nerve Foos .1u conte a box, at n11 dealers, or 1',lmnnr'on Butes & Co., Toronto. 1' 'reit and signature of Dr. A. W. et ,e, the famous receipt book author. aro on every box. n story; n- l) 1, i l Mt i w Ill woe it out, for instance. Alt!,. Chris clapped her hands rapturous- ly, and a littlo cry of delight escap- ed her. very tiles," she exclaimed. "If i could lay all the farts before lir. Steel and get hire to plan out ' all the details! 1lis fertile imagina- tion would sec a 'way out nt oa•• 11ut he is far away ate' there is 1 • time to be lost. Is there no way of , getting at him?" Chris appealed almost imploringly to her companion. She made n pretty pihttire with the old oak en- gravings behind her. Bell mulled as he Iteiped himself to asparagus. "Why not adopt the sante method by tt•hielt you originally introduced yourself to the distinguished novel - let?" he nttkc'J. "Why not use Lit- (1n)er's tlephone?" Chris misted her plate away impe- tuously. "1 nn1 tux, excited to int any- more," she said, "i nm filled with the new idea. (0 course. 1 you'd tate the telephone to speak to Slr. Steel, and to 1' ndid as well. If the scheme works out ns 1 anticipate �1 shall have a long corwersnt len with Enid, a dangerous tither so long as Regin- ald Ifenson Is about." "1:11 keep ilenson out. of the way. The best thing is to whit till eve'ry- - gels',jpiy_,„t!no to beet tonight and call !Peel tip Tris► • Yon will be certain to get hits alter elm(,^, and there will Le• no chance of your Til+• ing cut off at that hour of the night itt consequet,ce of somebody else 'wanting the line. The same remark npplies to your sister." Chris nodus.! radiantly. "-(Trice blessed telephone." she geld. 1 cnn get in nit i wont withote committing myeelf to pnI er or re...— ing frons the spot ebet,• my is-er, is urgently neetlisl. We will give -11I Steel a pleasant surprise to -night. and this time 1 shell sast beim into no trouble." '1110 luncheon was fini%bed at !length, and an intimnt1(i sent to The Most Economical and Profitable Forte to Buy Tea in is to Use Only 11 L Ceylon Tea. Guaranteed to be absolutely Pure and lucotnparable value. Black, Mixed or GREEN. Sold only in sealed lead pack- ets. By all grocers. Received the gold medal and highest award at St. Louis. on the saute general principles as tho !of ordinary size. Well-cutored fruit pruning of fruit trees—that Is, tho usually keeps best, but it should not manner in which the fruit is borno and the character of the growth should govern tho method of prun- ing. In pr g tho apple low -headed trees aro now tiro rule. The main branch should be so situated and hold best in cold storage when tho developed as to hold up the weight bloom will rub off, leaving the skin of fruit and le;tves that a healthy smooth and shiny, and the same rule treo should have. While the head of applies less markedly to Baldwins. a treo should be sufficiently open to ' Methods of harvesting, packing and allow the free circulation of air and handling in transportation have the an abundance of light to color the greatest influence on keeping qual- fruit, orchardists aro apt to cut too ity. handlers of apples sometimes freely when the trees are young, not !roll barrels of fruit, allowing them realizing that its they get to bearing , to strike against other barrels. This ago tho weight of fruit will cause rough handling may bruise the fruit their branches to spread. Cross almost to the middle of the barrel. branches should bo cut out as soon But some varieties aro moro easily as discovered. Every branch should injured by rough handling than aro grow away frotn tho centre of the others. Northern Spy is one of tho tree instead of toward it. No two easiest to bruise, and barrels aro brunches should bo allowed to rub often found to go down in storage against each other or to grow so early on this account. Tolman Sweet close ns to do so when lending under and Yellow Bellflower aro very sons a weight of fruit. Pruning can never sitivo to rough handling. bo done by strict rules owing to no Most storage men believe that ap- two trees having the same form, so, pies should go into storage as soon after all, it is a matter for the best as picked. Others believe that with judgment of the fruit grower and ef- some varieties it may be well to al- ficiency can only come through prac- low the fruit to lie on straw on the Heal experience and close study. ground for two or three weeks to secure higher color. If any disease MiL,K VS. 111..1EF PRODUCTION. be present, the sooner fruit is put into refrigeration tho better. The question has often been raised With varieties that ripen very un - whether a pound of butter fat can evenly, like McIntosh, Oldenburg and bo produced from the Sturm feed that Pall Pippin, it is probably hest to make two or three pickings, so that fruit of fairly uniform ripeness may bo stored. If, is impossible to give in any brief way the differences which remark varieties, so that topic is not discussed here. be allowed to remain on the tree so long for the sake, of calor that it sutlers in firmness. 1'or cold stor- age, fruit should not be so ripe or highly colored as is best for ordin- ary storage. (ireenings are said to Merritt that hie Meads were wait- ing for hint at the Lion. As his powerful figure was seen entering tho big Norman porch 1lonson came along the street driving a dog -cart at a dangerous rate of speed. "Our elan is going to have his trouble for his pains," Roll chuckled. "Ile has comp to interview Merritt at dinner -time." Merritt shanrhlcel in awkwardly, obviously suppressing a dasiro to touch his forelock. There was a sheepish grin on his fare, a sup- pressed triumph in his eyes. Ile had boon recently shaved and his hair cut, but despite these improvements, anti despite his clerical garb, he was not exactly the class of nuts to meet in et dark lano after sunset. Chris, however, showed nothing of this in her greeting. Long before Ilttimer Castle wile reached she had s+iccceiht:I in putting Merritt quite at bin (sato. Ile talked of himself and his past exploits, ho boasted of his cunning. It was only now and again that he pulled himself tip and piously referred to the new life that he was now 'mullet;. (tell was study- ing hint carefully; he road the other's mind like an open book. When the wagonette finally jellied 111) boforo the castle ',!hinter strolled up and stood there regarding Merritt quiet- ly. "So Utit is the getrtlotnan going to bring to dinner?" grimly. "1 have seen him the company of our dear 1 atso—" Chris shot Littimer an ;limn!. Merritt grinntel in fashion. Bell, in his teethe' way, ; piloted tho strange guest to the lit, Phis being the case, we cannotcon- rary before Littimer and Chris had Clutlo that dairying is necessarily reached tho hall. The former polish- more profitable than the raising of al his eyeglass Wird regarded (Ihris cattle, for this depends upon tho re - crit ically. Ration demand ,,for beef and dairy "My dear young lady," he said, !products. Peoples' tattles do not al- GI" l- GI ' originality is n Im+..tilun tt•ays demand the food that is the will produce its equivalent in price of beef in a good steer of the beef type. Dairy men contend that it can, soma beef men that it cannot. Let us consult the findings of Lawes and Gilbert on tho question. '('hese ablest of experimenters, who have spent their lives at. suck work, and in some cases many years at a single experiment, have recorded re- sults as authoritative as any known investigations. They find that tho fattening steer, gaining 15 pounds i weekly, yields 1.13 pounds of ni- 50. by 15 feet and faces the north. trogeneus substance, or lean meat We did not make any scratching shed free of water, while the dairy cow as wdid not think it was times - in e in the same time yielding 10 quarts nary." of milk daily, returns in this milk Tho hest way to stake a poultry 6.6 pounds of nitrogenous substance, house warm is to paper it with tar - or six titles ns much. Again, the ox red paper or some other heavy and would slum 22 pounds of mineral durable paper. fowls will not freeze matter while the cote would secrete in a h°'iso oven at the zero tempera - 1.35 pounds, over six times as much. tore, provided the wind is kept Tho steer would gain 9.53 pounds of out. We would advise our corre- spondent and the cow gives (1.33 pounds ttpondent to immediately paper his house, and also place abundant straw in the house for tho fowls to scratch in. This will keep them warm. We presume our correspondent has his 'this auger to its fat equivalent roosts an the stair order, and the you worm would mako the fat product of the fowls that freeze are those that have ho s'l'hus occupied the top roost, being as they beforeeali cow equal to that of the steer.in too lire that in the manufacture of were nearest to the roof and the Reginald. fats (he caw equals the steer, awl most exposed to the drafts. The in mineral and the valuable nitro- roosts should he placed on a level, imploring t . ►hc latter five .about two flet oft the ground. This DEFECTIVE POULTRY HOUSE. "IIow can wo make our poultry house warm at low cost? We built a new house Inst year, but the fowls freeze and do not lay. The house is in her milk, about two-thirds as much. This is, however, offset by 8.32 pounds of milk sugar for which the ox has no equivalent. Reducing frierr.11e genous foods oxc-^ will prevent tho fowls from crowding. VIGO ANI) I)IUANE. Vigo, on the west const of Spain, is a port which figures prominently in rho Naval annals of Britain, but the present is the first time that we hn)o Fettled our quarrels there by with me, eccentricity draws neo its a cheapest. Beef will be bought even coeferenco and {.rotot•ol instead of magnet; but ns yet. I have rcfeeino;l though the same amount of num- by the gun cutlass. Our Elizabethan from sitting down to table with stent can be purchased in dairy Pre- heroes were well acquuinto.1 with the ticket -of -leave men. Your friend has ducts for one-third the cost. 'Phis• bay and port, witero they frequently 'convict' writ large upon his face," however, is true, that as the poen- called, if not, perhaps, for the pur- "Iie has been in gaol, of course," lotion becomes more dense people poso of coaling. in 1581) Drake, Chris admitted cheerfully• resort to producing those kinds or hearing that She Sistnish Plate galle- ('I'o Ire Continued.) fond frurn which • nourishment can ens had arrived t here, sailed into tho 1.e had roost economically. Accord -11),y with twenty -live ships, and, in ingly we rind dairying superceeliag s; b(e of the belle,les, armed with the raising of beet in thane localities 2t4,000 man, attacked at once, and in where the population is more dense. itwo hours destroyed and captured As to returns for feed consumed low conllinrsi Hest.} or Frnnce an is each case, the Ohio station finds S , t u .elfin exam )Io which 1 r►In, hey s nn 1 that the feed which will add three ;Nelson was to imitate later on. '1'it. pounds live weight to the average 'bulk of tho treasure was said to has steer will enable the average dairy been thrown into the sea, belt still cow to produce one pound of butter'retnain% to he discovered. 'I'!1e place fat. 'J'nk1ng ibis ns n basis, each was +Wein nttucl•otl by Lord Celan* tele can figure out for himself from in 1719, nd nlrnort d,,i r t 1 e current prices received for the pi-s/h cis, and not forgetting the NO [RSA , ' 1 rat labor on the dairy side, which , ,the preliminary nit anon ire "par- e. the most protitn le for his part!- •able from a reticent election was w .alar locality' ;fun suing, and ono of the candid/0.e N i ii'l NO APPLES.for a c•ertnin (division was hoidieg forth as to what his course of nc Many conditions, aside from iva- ti„n wnuld be in the event of his 1 slid characteristics influence the, el'cled. Ono of his que:,tion- k'rping qu1111tIe of tipples among ' ers in the hall eeetncd inclined to SCOWS • is a food -medicine for the baby that is thin and not well nourished and for the mother whose milk does not nourish the baby. It is equally good for the boy or girl who is thin and pale and not well nourished by their food ; also for the ane&mIc or consumptive adult who is losing good flesh and strength. In fact, for all conditions of wasting it is the food- medici 1c that will nourish and build up the hods and give new life and energy when all other means fail. 1 to v, all druggilit, 'tt'ti F.. Chemsts. Turaato, Oia. which are thy soil ut the orchard, 1 doubt him, whether it be sod or cultivated, 1 "You say you'd look into things weather of grou big season, especial- tloro'tghly'," commented the heckler. ly the latter part of it, presence or -Now. would you have courage absence of fungi, degree of colors- enough to go down into the sewers tion of fruit, sive, ripeness, manner of handling, and kind of storage. et llaldwins grown on sandy or gravelly soil ripen earlier, must. bo picked earlier, and have a higher color than those grown on cloy, but they do not keep so well. Alpine grown in sod attain a higher color and keep longer than t hose grown Glared." under clean culture. Ordinarily, ap- ples keep better when the season has 'I'O A SCHOOL -TEACHER. been dry, rather than wet, nod when "Dear MIs. You write me abou the month of October has been cool whipping Sammy. I hereby give yet and sew the disgraceful state thoy•re in?" "Certainly," was the reply-. "1 believe In going to the bottom of everything." "Well," cried another member of the audlence, "you won't be disap- pointed in that when the poll's de'• rather than warm. Tho character of the weather het: much to do with the next factor, presence: of fungi, for et warm, nmist season is %vocable to permission to beet hien ony time Is nccee;snry to Ic 1i ns. 1s jtfat like hit f:,th'r--yn at learn him with a stick. Pound nearly all the fungous diseas.'1 of the ledse Into him. I wants! hint • apple, and a scabby apple or off: in. It, and don't pay no ntensie a forted with any of the rots is a very' what his father says. 141 poor investment for the storage man. him,ti, indeed, only primo fruit ordinarily e -- should ho stored, for number two JTewitt—'mo you think lie -,i fruit not only yields small profit flakes a roan look Intel from storagn, but it hurts the sale Jewett ---"Not when Ids wife of number one fruit. Overgrown spe- en his 'oat; 1t makes cimens do not keep so well as fruit Ish." • i