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I hie hnndicep, and in his fear Menson
lost ull his horror of the dugs.
"1.uosa•, you brute," hu punted.
"Let go, 1 say. Very well, take
tltut!'.
Ito paus(sand brought the heavy
-:take down full un the dog's mhzele.
There was a snarling scream of pain,
and the big pup sprung for his as-
,ailunt. An old, grey hound come
up and seemed to take in the situa-
tion at a glance. With a deep growl
be hounded at liement and caught
it an by the throat.. Before the pun -
us impact of that fine fres spring
ilensue went 110'11 )1ctlV11'.' to the
ground.
"!help!" he gurgled. "Help! help!
C1Z.11''1`1:R LVI, mer; tae. I spotted Scooter in Mere.
tet %te1Is within a (Jay or lost.q'hc• worry teeth hail been firefly
Henson took his weary way in the, eft. ;•ic•otter had cone for ate. Ar. I food, the ponderous weight pressed
direction of Brighton. Ile hod butI got past Bronson in Brighton ! y' all the breath from Henson's
a few pounds he could cull his owe, thee.skin of my tenth. I then. d it.: •+ 1resses, lungs.!lo gurgled once ugain
and nut ueurly enough to got away
you: lodgings under his t'. "v cS ' • and gave a lit t le shuddering sigh,
frutn the country, and at any mons tlrnc•st. ltefore this time teen,„.le•'V and the world dwindled to a thick
sheet of blinding darkness,
('1'o be Continued.)
OIL MAKES ONE FAIR.
Beautiful Complexions Made by
Crude Petroleum.
"If you want to see complexions,
cones to the oil wells," remarked an
experienced operator in crude petrole-
um. smiling.
"Not women's complexions—no;
they aro not enough in touch with
the real atmosphere that creates the
peaches and cream cheeks and brow
and chin and neck and ear. '1'heso
complexions belong to the hairy,
bristled men who work day after day
under the spouting oil of the active
well or around the pumps that
draw the black or green or amber
Quid, as the case may be, from the
depths_
'I don't know whether the skin
specialist bus any explanation of the
phenomenon, but it is true, never-
theless, that a man who works under
;the grimy conditions that aro inevi-
i tuble around the petroleum wells
takes on a skin that this society wo-
men might envy. Where tho work is
the grimiest and greasiest, the cotn-
plexions of the men aro the fairest.
I have seen sten, smooth shaven,
imzz;
Thc Price of Liberty
OR, A MIDNk4I LT CALL
rvi
cat he might be arrested. He was
'druid to go back to his lodgings fur.
fear of Merritt. That Merritt would
kill him if he gut the chance he felt.
certain. And Merritt was one of
those dogged. patient types who can
wait, any time for the gratification,
of their vengeance.
Merritt was pretty certain to lie
hanging about for his opportunity.
On the whole the best thing would i.e
to walk straight to the Central
Brighton Station and take the lir-.t
train in the morning to town. There
ho could sec (sates—who as yet knew
nothing—and from him it would les
possible to borrow a hundred or
two, and then get away. And there
were others besides Gates.
Menson trudged away for a utile or
so over the downs. 'Then ho camp
down from the summit of the castle
Ito was building with a rude shock
to earth again. A shadow seemed to
rise from the ground, a heavy clutch
was on his shoulder, and a hoarse
voice was in his ear.
"Got you!" tho voice said. ''I
knew they'd kick you out yonder,
and I guessed you'd sneak home
across the downs. And I've fairly
copped you!"
Ilenson's knees knocked together.
Physically he was a far stronger and
bigger man than Merritt, but lie
was taken unawares, and his nervus
had been sadly shaken of lute.
Merritt forced hint backwards until
he lay on the turf with his antagon-
ist •kneeling on his chest. 1(o dared
not struggle, he dared not cxe''t
himself. Presently ho might get a
chance, and if he did it would go
hard with James Merritt.
"What aro you going to do?" he
gashed.
Merritt drew a big. jagged stone
towards hint with one foot.
"I'i• going to bash your brains
out with this," ho said hoarsely. His
eyes were gleaming, and in the dint
light his mouth was taut like a steel
trap. "I'm 'going to have a little
chat with you first, and then down
this comes on the top of your skull,
and it'll splash you like a bloomin'
eggshell. Your tittle's Colace Manson.
Say your prayers."
"I can't," Ifenson whined. "And
what have I done?"
Merritt rocked heavily on the
other's breastbone, almost stilling
hint. "Not?" ho said, scoffingly. The
pleasing mixture of gin and fog in
hie throatrendered hint more hid-
eously hoarse than usual. "Not
make up n prayer! And you a regu-
lar dab at all that game! Why, I've
seen the women snivcllin' like bahie.e
when you've been ladlin' it out.
Heavens, what n chnp you would be
on the patter! I(uw you would kid
the chaplain!"
"Merritt, you're crushing the life
out of tae."
Merritt ceased his rocking for a
moment, And tho Inughter died out
of hit. gleaming eyes.
"I don't want to ho prematoor,"
he said. "Yoe, you'd snake a lovely
chaplain's pet, but I can't apart)
you. I'm going to smash that 'ere
wily brain of yours, so As it won't
bo useful any more. I'll teach you
to put the narks on to a pour chap
Like myself."
"Merritt, I swear to you that I
novel--"
"You can swear till you're black
in the face, and you can keep on
swearing till your're lily-whito again,
and then it won't be any good. You
g.tve me away to Taylor because
yeti were afraid I should do you
harm at Littiner Castle. '1'hnt Daisy
H.•11 of a girl there told me so.'=
11. tson groaned. It tuna not the
least part of his humiliation that a
mere girl got the better of him in
thio way. And what on earth had
she known of Reuben 'Taylor? Hut
the fact remained that she hna
known, and that she had warned
Merritt of his danger. it was the
one unpardonable crime in 1Ienson's
dccalegue• the one thing Merritt
could not forgive.
Reason's time was (gene. ile did
not need stnyone to tell hint that.
Unless se:nettling in the nature of o
miracle happened, he was a dead
Man in n few moments; and lite lied
never seemed quite an sweet as it
teeted at the present time.
"Teal gave 1110 away for no reason
a' all," Merritt went on. "i ni .t
pretty bad lot, but I never rounded
on n pal yet, And never shall. More
than one of therm have served i,1'
bed. but I always let them go their
ue n tatty, and i've been a good and
fntthful servant to you---"
"It oils not you." Henson gurgled,
"that 1 wrote that letter about.
but- —„
"('litick it," Merritt said, turious.y.
rote any more of your lies and
•
sms'01 your !nw to 104' you.
1 shall bo arrested. But I'ut going
to have my vcnSeattc'e first ."
The last words conte with intense
deliberation. 'There was no mistak.
ing their significance. Menson deem-
ed it wise to try another tack.
"I was wrong," he said, humbly.
"1 um very, very sorry; I lost my
nerve and got frightened, Merritt.
But there is time yet. You always
make more uutney with neo than with
anybody else. And I'm going
abroad presently."
"011, you're going abroad, are
you?" Merritt said. slowly. "Going
to travel in a Pullman car_ and put
up at. all the Courts of Europe. And
I'm coating as chief secretary to the
(.rand Panjandrum himself. Sounds
alt alluring kind of progratrnta."
"I'll give you a hundred pounds
to get away with if you will—"
"Got n hundred pounds of my own
its my pocket ut the present moot-,
en'.," was the unexpected reply. "As
you gave me away. consequently 11
gate you away to his lordship, and!
he planked down a hundred canaries
like the swell that he is. So I
don't want your company or your
money. And 1'121 going to finish you
right., away."
'1'he big stone was poised over Hen -
son's head. Ile could see the jagged
part and in imagination feel it go
smashing into his brain. The time
for action had come. Ile snatched
at Meiritt's right aria and drew the
knotted fingers down. The next in-
stant and he had bitten Merritt's
thumb to the bone. With a cry of
rage and pain the stone was dropped.
Henson snatched it up and fairly
Rifted Merritt oft his chest with a
blow un(k'r the chin.
Merritt rolled over on the grass
and Ilenson was on his feet in an 111-
stant. The great stone went down
perilously near to ilerritt's head.
Stili snarling and frothing from the
pain Merritt stumbled to his feet and
dashed a blow blindly nt the, other.
In point of size and strength there
was only one in. it. Had Henson
stood up to his opponent on equal
terns there could only huvo been ono
issue. But his nerves were shatter-
ed, he was nothing like the man he
had been two months ago. At the
first onslaught he turned and fled to-
wards the town, leaving Merritt
standing there in blank amazement.
"Frightened of one." he muttered.
"Ilut this ain't the way it's going to
finish."
lla darted off in hot pursuit; he
raced across tt rising shoulder of the
hull and cut off 1lenson'11 retreat. The
latter turned and scurried back in
the direction of Longdcan Orange.
with Merritt hut on his heels. Ile
could not shake the latter off.
Merritt was plodding doggedly on.
pretty sure of his game. Ile was
hard as nails, whereas good living
and a deal of chinkil,g, quite in a
• gent lemanly way, had told heavily
un Henson. Unless help crone unex-
pectedly Henson was still in dire
peril There was just a chance that
a villager might be about; but Long -
dean one more or less n primitive
place, and most of the houses there
had been in durkn' , ter hours.
Itis tout slippee, he :.tumbled, and
Merritt, with a whoop of triumph,
was nearly upon him. But It was
only n stagger, and he was 80011 go-
ing again. Still, Merritt was close
behind; itch :un could almost fool
his hot breath on his neck. And he
wn.; breathing heavily and distres:a-
tullt himself, whilst lie could hear
how steadily Merritt'» lungs were
working. 11e could see the lights of
Longdcan Orange below him; but
Huy scented n long way one whilst
that steady pursuit behind had some-
thing relentless and nerve -destr'oy'ing
about it.
'thee were pounding through the
village now. Menson gave vent to
one cry of distress, but nothing
carte 0f it but the stocking echo of
his own vuidn from n distant belt of
tress. Merritt shut nut a short,
sneering laugh. Ile had not expected
flagrant cowardice like this. Ile
made a sudden spurt forward and
. cam.ght Henson by the tail of his
cont
With a howl of fenr the latter torn
hlin'elf away, and Merritt reeled
backwards. lie came down heavily
over n big alone, ut the suite 1114)111'
ii Henson trod 00 n hedge -stake.
Ile grabbed it up and half turned
upon his foe. But the sight of Mer-
ril ('i grim fare was toll much tar
1010, and he turned nod resumed his
11i,tht once more.
11; yelled again as he reached the
lodge -gates, but the only response
was the barking and howling of the
!dogs In the thick underwnod be ;yend.
!There was no help for it. 1)0ubtless
the dent old lodge -keeper had been
in bed ho'.try ago. Leen the dugs
were Preferable to Merritt. ilouton
scrambled headlong over the well
and crashed the thickets heyonci.
Merritt pulled up, panting with his
exertion.
Purity is Goodness,
Goodness is Strength.
1•'1:t l.1Nt; t.o\%S 1 111.1 DRY.
Each dairyman must arrange his
methods of da,i int; to suit his
own particular circuumstances, but
iu ono respect all well cared for
rows are alike, that is they love
their home. They will do tetter
ellen kept in the same burn and
! under the saute circumstances than
they will if changed about and iso-
lated, says a writer in hoard's
Dairyman.
We have here a herd of 175 colt's
and the following method of hand-
ling thea, when fresh or dry has
First, all the tail's aro deheiraett;
then in a short time they aro as
peaceable as so many sheep.
If the weather is not stormy they
are allowed to go out a part of
each day during the winter, and all
of the time during the ward wea-
ther. except for feeding and milking.
They are numbered and, no mat-
ter how many there are in the barn,
each cow soot learns her own stall
and goes directly to it when allowed
to COre4C in.
We practice the soiling system and
each cow gets her teed in her own
stall that year around, with the ex-
ception of tell days or two weeks
while she is calving. During this
time she does not miss being away
from the herd, as her attention is
taken tap with her calf; neither does
she forget which is her stall when
she poen back on her lino.
Each cow's milk Is weighed once
per month and the weight of the
milk with the •cow's record kept on
a board in front of her stall.
A11 feeding is dune according to
the amount of milk the cow gives,
and when one goes dry she Is put on
a very srnnll grain rat.ion, and is
usually fed a cheaper grade of rough-
age. or it roughage is very good she
gets 120 grain at all.
My aim is to have them contented
and comfortable whether fresh or
dry. and keep thein in the same con-
dition the year round. The cow
probably levee regularity more than
any other animal living. Give her
a stall and let it be her home, and
n11 the vacation she wants from
home is a tete days before and after
calving. Let her go colt when the
weather is good, but always let her
know that once or twice a day at a
regular hour. she will find something
good to eat at home.
Others may have a bettor system,
but with a largo herd and under our
cb'cunmytances, my method keeps the
cows always contented. 'There is
never any contwion in the barn.
Loud language and clubs unnecessary
and never used, because the cows
know their stalls, and go to them di-
rectly. Inch cow gets the proper
feed, because her ration is kept on
the board opposite her number. It
requires less work and gives bettor
results than any system l know of.
who at evening receptions could
i make a fortune posing as living
• proofs of Saandso's complexion oiat-
j ments, if the 'fake' could bo nmain-
taineci and the opportunity 'made
possible.
i "To some extent it is the grease it-
self that does the smoothing for the
skin; where the color comes from is a
guess with 020--1 could hardly lay it
to the dyes that are in the basic
ntnterial in some of these oils. But
I know this much about crude petro-
leunt—a steady application of it to
the skin will make a complexion for
any ono who will take the course in
earnest. It I were a woman, seeking
a complexion, as many women are,
I would invest in a barrel of crude
petroleum and bathe In it regularly.
"]'ears ago, when petroleum was
something new in Pennsylvania, 11
cropped out to (ho bed of a dry
creek, and the lirst use for it, some-
how, was that of an emollient. It
was heralded as 'Seneca oil,' good
for rheumatism, and a dozen ail-
ments of the throat and chest. This
might have been the pioneer exploit-
ing of petroleum for its medicinal
value. This value has been attested
in later years in some of tho bypro-
ducts of the oil. But I am satisfied
that the bust value in petroleum
comes from its use .in Its entirety.
'lake a petroleum bath if you
don't, believL it."
CONTINUE
Those who ere gaining flesh
end strength by regu'ar treat-
ment wlth
Scott's Emulsion I
should oonttnue the treatment
In hot Weatere smaller done
And n little 0 I hulk with it will
do *wry wt any objection
which to ate ohed to lefty pro-
ducte &urine the heated
season.
`;ted ter PreswtQ t..
scorn & ) N*, Dwain!.
Taranto, ,Nese.
sec sad fit co; all ek,nrt.
"(tone to cover," he muttered. ' 1
don't fancy i'11 follow. The dogs
there might have a weakness fur
tearing my throat out, and Menson
Will keep. I'll just hang about her
till daylight and welt for my gentle
man. And I'll follow hits to the esu
of the earth."
Itfeunwhile Henson Iduudercd on
blindly, fully under the Impr.•snieut
that Merritt was still upon his trail
{
One of the hounds. a puppy three
i parte grown, rose and playfully pell-
eel at his Coat. It was sheer play
proven to be a satisfactory one.
BY-PRODUCTS OF CAMPHOR.
How They aro Obtained From
Every Part of the Tree.
Every part of a camphor tree, even
to the leaves, contains cnmphor. 'rho
forests are not confined to Formosa
alone, but are also found in .Japan
proper. With tho exteneinn of the
industry the largo arcus of this tree
have been greatly reduced, though
replanting anti cultivat ion aro prac-
tised to a considerable extent, a
tree requiring fifty years to attain a
dinmeter of one foot.
In Formosa, however, there Is still
an extensive supply of native forest
growth, saes the Scientific American,
rind many huge trete; nre to bo found
in regions still unexplored. The sup-
ply. therefore, is assured for years
to conte.
Centiliter is found In the form of
crystals In the wood tissues and is
separated from the crude oil by
double distillation. From tho first
distillation is scoured an oxidized
product, cntnphogenotol, the princi-
ple of the camphor oils of commerce.
The crude cnmphor is a dark c�,lored
substance, fusing at 170 degrees C.
Among the by-products may be
mentioned crude camphor oil. which
comes out sinutltancously with the
camphor; white oil, obtained by sue -
Omitting the crude oil, asd used in
t
u ,
.tinct r c t so
1.• m n e n lied the u p (1 0ll
also is obtained from the crude cam-
phor oil, ns well as black oil. which
is extensively used in the propara-
tiun of vnrnishe». A turpentine Is
secured from the white oil that is in
great demand for medical and Indus-
. tris' purpose». From red oil is oh -
tattled the product known as seffrol,
employed t0 a considerable extent
in the manufacture of perfumery, and
also Reap; and a disinfectant is abet
distilled from red oil, after the addi-
tion of other unbalances, claimed to
kill the cholera bacillus. :Another
product is an insecticide, which when
mingled with 1011 parts of water do
strays insects injtlrioes to farm
crops.
he annual export of camphor from
Japer, Is nbout 6,000,000 pounds,
t hi ec•fourthy of which is produced in
1'ormgvtt, the other fourth coming
from Japan proper. chiefly trotn
Kyushu and Shikoku. lly a provi-
sion of the law of 19(x3 the sale of
e camphor produced in .Japan Is mon-
- opolieed by the Government through
1 a restriction of the sale of crude
cnmphor and camphor Ml,
Guest —"Whet 11 art* rn•fi.1 dinner. I
don't often get as g(a]l1 a meal 09
this Little Willie Mon of the
host i—"Wo don't either,'=
COOKING CATTLE FOOD.
A number of fanners and dairy -
mon labor under the misplaced idea
that It pays to cook cattle foods,
aid they put themselves to touch
work and trouble in cooking or
identities ensilage. We have watched
practical trials and experiments in
this matter, and have concluded that
it does not pay. We know a farmer
who opened his silo early in Febru-
ary and who had previously cooked
the food before giving it to his
stock. But this year he concluded
he % ould make a pructicul experi-
ment. So he took two healthy
calves, both in equal condition. ile
(ell one on cooked, and the other on
uncooked ensilage front the silo. At
the beginning of the experiment or
test, the calf fed on the uncooked
food weighed 24)8 pounds. The ex-
peritnent covered a period of fifteen
days, and at Be conclusion this atni-
mmnl weighted 210 pounds and a few
ounce:+. The calf fed the cooked
weighed 209 4.011ade in the beginning
and nt the end u( tho fee•nng tippwl
the scales only nt 210. '1 he feeding
was very carefully done anti an ana-
Ivsu. made while in progress. The
conclusion reached was that cooked
ensilage as a food for stock will not
pay, for ' the reason that by the
cooking It looses touch of its diges-
tibility. The analyMfa made in the
experiment hero described bowed
that the percentage of digestibility
In the uncooked ensilage wns 71,0
per cent., and in the cooked 39,45
per cent, or but little over half.
Cooking releases the sugar products
contained in the foods, and this fact
being generally known, has led many
to believe that this would hasten
the fattening process, but the great
e
decrease in the digestibility i y prevents
this rceult,
Tea Combines them All.
Sold only in sealed lead packets. By all Grocers.
Black, mixed or green. Highest Award St. Louis
1904
to about the consistency of cream.
Owing to the strength of the food.
-hes s
'hould out be fed much
the a
of it at lust, but as they become ac-
customed to it, feed a larger quan-
tity if necessary,
PLANT POTATOES EARLY.
it is a pretty good plan to plant
potatoes as early as the weather and
condition of soil will admit. 'Jho
soil should be thoroughly fitted. A
good clover sod will be well suited
to this crop.
Not very much stable manure
should he used. us it is more likely
to harbor disease and rot. 'There
are special fertilisers now prepared
that produce good results with this
crop. On farms where the same crop
is not grown on the land two years
in successloe, with good manage-
ment, there should bo the best suc-
cess. When grown for honlo use
principally. choose the varieties that
are the best liked. If for the mar-
ket, then of course those: kinds
should be selected that promise tho
best In yield and prices. 'There
should be at (east two of the early
varieties, a first and second for suc-
cession, and tht'n something good
for the general crop and Tato keep-
ing.
IMPROVING TI11•: i+AICV HERD.
The constant aim of the dairyman
should he to grade up his herd to a
high standard of productivcneas. No-
thing but a pure brei sire t+hould be
used, and when cominencing rho
farmer should choose ono particular
breed, nod then stick to it. Chang-
ing from one breed to another wait
the rause of many a failure. Calces
intended for the dairy herd shelm:d be
selected from (Iolae with It good re-
cord na milk proffer/gm. The dam
should be of stood dairy formation,
of etroug institution. and have a
gond udder, and Inrge, •well -formed
trate. having ,melectet the calf, the
nett point was rho rearing. 1f a
calf was not properly attended to
during the cntly pet -loft of Its exist -
(nee, it was fregelently »tented in Ito
growth. and the chancee of it becom-
ing n protitnttle dairy cow material-
ly lessened. The following is n good
food for calves during the first year.
A porridge trade frotn meld mixed
in the following proportions: 100
lbs. ground oil cake, 25 Its. ground
flaxseed and 50 fh. low -grad,, flour.
Make the porridge by mixing the in-
gredients together with warm water
SOME FACTS ABOUT ROPES.,
How They are Measured and How
Much They Weigh.
"Pipes," said a dealer in ship sup-
plies, "aro measured by their diamo-
ter. Thus when we speak of a six-
inch pipe we Mean a pipe six inches
in diameter.
"But hawsers are measured by
Unci: circumference; and so when we
speak of n six-inch hawser we do
not mean a hawser six inches in dia-
meter, but one six inches around, or
two inches in diameter. All nautical
turn so understand hawser measure -
meals, and never think of them in
any other way.
"An eight -inch hawser is, neverthe-
less. a big and powerful hawser. A
Dlanila hawser of this eizo will
stand a strain of 50,000 pounds, and
u coil of 200 fathoms of eight -inch
Manila rope will weigh 2,:300 pounds
or considerably more than a ton.
"Rope used to be made In coils of
a thousand feet in length, but now
n st utnlartl coil is of 200 fathoms, or
1,200 feet. Lengths of 100 fathoms
011 less are, however, commonly used
int towing.
"lly cordago men and nautical mon
all 1 01eS down to and including
ropes measuring an inch and a quar-
ter round are measured in the same
manner. Relies of less than an inch
and a quarter in circumference aro
described mid ordered by threads.
"A rope is oracle up of a number
of strands, each strand comprising
a number of threads, which aro
composed of the fibro material. Tho
number of threads in a rope varies
according to its silo.
"The rope next smaller than that,
known us inch and a quarter Is a
rope of 15 threads. told having a
circumference of a shade more than
nn inch and nn eighth and a diame-
ter
iamo-ter of three-eighths of an inch full.
A coil of 200 futhume of 15 -thread
Manila rope weighs 50 pounds, and
such rope when new will bear a
strain of 1,f.00 pounds.
"Six-thrend rope has a diameter of
ono quarter of alt inch; 24)0 fathoms
of Manila six -thread weighs 22
pounds, and new six -thread Manila
will stand a strain of 020 pounds,"
A i'INAL 0111411.
'I'hn seedy (liner was enjoying him-
self vastly.
"%niter," he culled, "fetch a nice
piece of boiled turbot."
The dish was obtained, placed be-
fore the customer, and theft he call -
el agn:—
"Waitaier, fetch n choice portion of
corned fowl—and, oh, waiter, fetch
another bottle 0t wine•"
The bill mounted up; but still thtt
seedy one calle(1 the waiter to fetch
one dainty after another.
At Inst he lit a fragrant cigar and
Bat ba(k,
lyniter," 110 cvtlb•.I. "fetch---"
"Vessir," said the %niter; "fetch
you your hill:'"
"No," came the languid nnswer,
"fetch n policeman; I haven't got a
cent!"
SATAN 81101) iBY 8itINl'.
LAST OF 'WOODEN WALLS
SHIPS IN THE HANDS OF T1 E
BREAKERS.
Gallant Old Vessels Sold By
Auction to Be Used as
Firewood.
There is something quite pathetic
in the thought that in the centenary
year of Nelson's glorious victory at
'IYafnlgar souses of the last survivors
of the "wooden walls," which for
so marry centuries were the bulwarks
of England, should bo in the hands
of the ship -breakers..
It is not many months since several
of these gallant old vessels were
sold by auction nt Chatham as 110
much firewood—ships that were once
the pride anti boast of our Navy,
There was the Forte, which sailed
the seas long before our oldest ad-
miral of to -day was cradled; also
the Bello Isle, which, after being a
target for she:ls Innumerable in mi-
mic warfare, was sent to the bottom
of Portsmouth harbor by a torpedo,
and was floated again, only to end
her days under the auctioneer's
hammer. But tine queenliest of all
these veterans was the Duke of 11'e1-
lington, which with the Ilannibal is
now being broken up into firewood
on the. 'Thames, near Charlton.
Half a century ago there was no
fairer ship on al: the seas than this
Duke of Wellington, the timbers of
which are destined to supply logs
for our next winter's fires. She was
built at Pembroke and launched fifty-
two yeurs ago on the very div that
Wellington died.. She was a :hip
to marvel at in her youth, with her
0,071 tons and
atER GIIIM TIERS OF GUNS,
141 in all. It was told at the
time of her launching that her main-
mast hail cost no less than $2,500,
her foremast 51,875, and her mizzen
mast /500; and that to build her
seventy-six acres of forest had tecta
stripped of :1,000 oaks, each tree a
good two centuries old.
So stately and impressive was this
fine ship that she was placed in the
procession that sailed so proud:y
least Queen Victoria in the Spithead
ltcview of 185:3; and in the days of
tho Crimen she was chosen to carry
Admiral Nupier's flag.
And this is the end of her prone
career. Well might Ruskin exclaim
as he looked at 'Turner's picture vt
another equally gallant vessel, the
"Fighting 'I'enteraire," being towed
to the ship -breaker's yard at Roth-
erhithe, "Of all pictures not involv-
ing human pain, this is the most pa-
thetic that was ever painted." The
grand old 'l'crneraire had been sold
for 427.650 --less, it Is said, than the
copper in her had cost, and barely
la twentieth of what had been spent
on her
BUILDING ANi) 1•:QUII'MI':NT.
One can scarcely realize in these
day's of iron -elude and steam with
what pride these• stately wooden
ships of several geuc•rattons ago were
regarde i. It is true that tt line -of -
battle ship in Nelson'» days, magni-
ficent vessel though she was, with
more than a hundred guns aboard.
Cost barely a tenth of the price of a
fully-equilped, first-class battleship
of our slay; but she carried in her
timbers the growth of a hundred
years cr: more of good British oak.
Nothing less than fifty acres ut
forest would Rig ply the necessary
timber to build her, and A couple of
hundred shipwrights were kept hnr.l
at work for twelve months before
she was ready for launching. 'i•hen.
too, with her towering hulk, her fit .3
decks, ha'r iron teeth showing at 'a
hundred portholes, her lofty toasts
and enormous agreed of »nils, she
wits n picture of combined power
and grace such as no man-of-war of
to-dny conveys.
It is curious to note how, as long
as n ceetury ago, when there was no
ell►p of 3,000 tons afloat, it way
thought that the limit of sire hail
certainly been reached. "'limber.
the growth of Nit ture,'' wrote met
expert in 1800, "as much ns man.
cannot be made to grow larger, and
the very element On harbors nt
least) itt which they are to navigate
have only certain depths thnt
CANNOT 111: INCREASED.
The cordage. too, when mode larger.
will he rendered difficult to passe
through the pulleys, and so large at
last as not to pnss at all." And
yet, half a century later, the Nike
of Wellington boasted over 0,000
tons, and to -day even this record
has been increased fivefold.
Apart from sentimental renaens it
was, perhaps, lust as well that iron
carte to supersede oak, for the time
was rapidly nppronching when the
supply of timber Would fail. The
13ritish forests were almost stripped
early in last century. In Surrey In
a single year 15,04)0 tree 'were cut
down, the price of Hak doublet! In
fifteen years, and it began to Rem
as it shipbuilding must come to an
end
A.nd now that there are few left;
of these grand old wooden ships, and
these few aro rapidly being broken
up, one cannot re:aist a feeling of re-
gret nt the closing of a elnrinee
chapter In nor national isistory.-
Lyndon Tlt-hits.
ti
The horseshoe superstition is said
to hate come from a legend of Mt.
Dunstan. The saint was a skilled
farrier, and one day while at work in
his forge the evil one entered in dis-
guise and requested Lunstnn to shoe
his "single hoof." The suint, al-
though he recognized his malign cus-
tomer, acceded, but caused him so
tnuch pain during the operation that
setae begged him to desist. This St.
[Menton did, but only after he had
trade the evil one promise that neith-
er he nor any of the lesser evil
spirits, his servant», would ever
molest the inmates of a house where
the horseshoe was displayed.
School inspector—"Now. children.
if i wanted to become a carpenter,
what »huuld I require that ct' pre-
sent I haven't got?'i Bottom hey
(»hnrply (or once)—"A character,
sir,"
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