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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-07-27, Page 6ice. ** SOI NOi♦ R+30i ♦30t 110E++0E ♦ G + »E ♦ O +fit ♦ Q+f>i+ O NQ +1C1+iCi+I1+ 4E+10i+ 1 THE NEIN OF SANTLEIGH OR TtiE STEWARD'S SON i1+0 301+I0f+c+c+c+0+*+10 4 0E+0+0+0+0+0+0+0fi:1+i0i+, +ti CHAPTER IX. "I did," replied Ik'ccu. "You must be very clever." said Norah. "I ant afraid 1 could not make a dress to save illy life. I have trimmed u hat and a bonnet, but they were not very groat sue- cesses." "It's easy enough," remarked Bee - 'ca; "1 could make that dress you havo gut on." "1 think you could; you havo ►nado your own so prettifty, But 1 don't want you to be always at. ne,dle- ;work. Aru you fond of reading? "Yes." replied Rocca nodding. "Well, then, you could read to me sotuotimes, or I could read to you 'while you are working." "That would be nice. And am I to live here, sleep hero, at the Court'?" she asked suddenly, her eyes down- cast. "Well, I had hoped that you would, beat perhaps you cannot leave your 'grandfather altogether?" 1 "No, my lady; I don't. think I could," she said. 1 "Very well," said Norah: "you shall arrange with your aunt ns to !how long you shall stay." "1'd rather leave It to you; she's hard to enc." "Oh, I don't think your aunt could be unkind, !!ecce," she salt at last; 1 "she seems so fond of you." "She's hard. She wants to chain mu up—" She stopped, as if she 'had gond too far, and her black oyes Hashed. "Perhaps she thinks you are a lit- tle giddy, Boca, but 1 ams sure the 'only wishes to do the best for you. i llut there," she broke oft, feeling that she was getting "I:oachy," and that if sho continued sho would pro- bably make this wild young creature 'dislike her, "1 don't want to deprive 'you of your liberty, and you shall stay just as long as you like." •"fhank you!" she exclaimed; "then I'll conte." "Well, you aro here now," said Norah, with a smile. and if you like you may stay. Oh, but," sho broko 'off, as if she had suddenly rememher- ed, "I must ask the curl. You wait hurt, until I coma back. You can i look at the bollk I was reading, if you like. Ilecca took it, and Torah opened t tho door. Sho found Harman waiting on the 'stairs. "Well, may lady, will sho do?" she asked anxiously. "Oh, yes," said Norah, with a smile; "I am sure we shall get on very well together. Neese don't go in to her. I have given her n book to read, while 1 go down and ask the earl if she may stay." fleece turned three over two or thr ! pages of Mrs. Browning and read a line or two; then sho looked round the room with tie book still in her hand. ' Presently the girl got up and, ( stealing on tip too to the next room, opened the wardrobe and looked at the dresses. They were so few as to be soon exhausted, and, still on tiptoe. as if she feared some one plight hear her, she went to the dressing -table, port- ed an arranged the coils of her black ed and arranged the coils of her Neck hair, and surveyed herself critically, and het complacently, in the gluss. '?'hero wero two or three knick- knacks of Norah's lying on the table -n ring and a small watch chain - and Recce slipped the ring on her finger and hooked the albert in her dress, and surveyed them in the glass. '?'hen her black eyos wandered about for something else to examine and try on. A small box caught her attention, and she took it up and tried to open it. It was either locks'(l or shut. with a spring, but she mualuaged lo open it with the aid of a hairpin. 'i'here did not appear to be much in it. 1u re- ward her curiosity, for it. cont ' l only a luck of hair inclosed in a scrap of paper, on which wu9 writ- ten, "My dear mother's." It. was fair, silken heir, and Berea compared It with her own raven Tucks with a smile of satisfaction. In addition to the lock of hair, there was a photo- graph -a carte -of a woman's facto, and Beira at once coneludeel that it was a portraitof the comae•a. Novel's mother. but, turning it over, she saw written on the heck, "Deur ('at herino.'' She was looking at the portrait, and w tering whose it was, who. the dressing bell rung, and she heard the handle of the door tern. She had (tut the lick of hair heck ! In the box, but there was no little to ret ern the photograph, and es site ran swiftly into the nest room and dropped onto the ottoman, she slip- ped the portrait into her pocket. ('To bo Continued.) A ('ONVENiENT ('OAT, A ('npelewn tailor i! the Inventor of a coat which may he turned At will into n frock. nrornlng. or et•ee- ing dress coat. the teen -formation i9 ('l1(n•ted by the use of (10m—halite skirts, which are fastened to the coat by an ingenious !oysters; of lac- ing. it Is said that a men can thus change his morning coat into a Frock coat or evening coat in a couple of 1 1111nut*8, by whipping off one pair of skirts and lacing on nnother, and that the join is not 10 be dietingeish- ed from an ordinary seam. if a men has, a wife who is eapnhle' ((1 making him shake in his shoes ho, isn't to be !lenses, for sneaking up- ,tairs In hie stocking feet occasion,.1 A1IY• That evening, about an hour be- fore o-fore (tastier, Auruh was in her own room, reading a volume of Mrs. Brow•ning's poems, which she had found in tho library; that is to say, 8110 read fora feW t ammes, then her eyes strayed from the book and wan- dered over the view and bur thoughts wandered also. Nora had read a great deal, tor her life had lacked companionship, and most of her amusements had been solitary ones; but, though love had generally been the theme of tho novel ur the poem, it had always been a mystery to her. In all her short life she had never met the one span whose vuico had power to raiso tho strange echo in the heart which proclaims tho birth of love. Shu had, fur instance, never fallen in love with the curate or the young doctor, as some girls, for want of a better object, occasionally d,e; sho had not only not. fallen in love high thea,, but she had given a thought to them after they had left her presence. But to -night, a.9 she sat by the open window, she found that though Mrs. Browning was delightful, to re- call ccull the taco and words of the young artist %vas more delightful still. She felt sure that it was he whom she hail heard on• the terrace. and she wondered why sho had not plucked up courage and asked him. How frankly ho had spoken! not mincing Ms words and smiling the conventional smile Which most young Wren consider it necessary to assume when they address members of the other sex; and how straight and Measly was the look of his handsome expressive eyes! She wondered whether the eaul would make inquir- ies am hit had said, if so, whether t hey Would result in Cyril ilurne's being asked to dinner; at the thought, tho fancy picture of his be- ing seated, say, next to her, or op- posite her, Norah's taco grew warm- ly colored and her eyes dropped; but she did not pause to ask herself why tho mere prospect of eating her dinner in the company of the young mare with the newly voice and stens;htforward oyes should bo so pleasant to her. It never occurred to her that 1t not already in love with Cyril Burne, the subtle poison had entered her being; tho enemy was already parley- ing at the gate of her heart. She was aroused beth from Mrs. Browning and her own thoughts by a knock at the dour and the en- trance of Harman. "I beg your ladyship's pardon," she said, glancing at tho open book; "i'm afraid I've disturbed you, my lady; but I've brought Rocca." Norah gave a little start. She had been so absorbed reading and think- ing that she had forgotten all about Rebecca South. "'That is right," sho said; "whero is she?" "Outside, my lady," replied Har- man, and sho operasd the door and beckoned fierce in. The girl entered, and stood eyeing Norah with the expression of half defiance, half curiosity, which had so impressed Cyril, then her black eyes dropped before Norah's kindly regard. The girl lookeel prett ier at close quarters, Norah thought, thgn at a distance, and smiled at Harman with a little nod of satisfaction. "I am glad you havo come, Re- becca -or }keen, as I should like to cull you," said Norah. "Curtsey and say "?'hunk you, my lady,' " retorted Haman. Berea made a very slight curtsey, and murmured something that sound- ed like rho words suggested. "Will you Conte and sit down here '• said Norah, rather amused at the girl's half -shy, half -tierce manner. She was like some beautiful, scarcely tamed young animal, who (ears a blow, and Is prepared to segos t with it kick or•bite. Berra crossed the room and seated herself on tho low ottoman near Norah's chair, and Norah, thinking that they would probably cornu to nn understanding much sooner if the aunt were not present, said: "Leave Ilecca and me to have a little talk, Harman, will you?" "Yes. my laity." said ilarnan. and she went out, but paused at the dour, to east a warning glance to - tread her young niece "You kuow why I molted you to l come and soo me, Ilecca:'" "Aunt told Inc that you welded to take the into service." "1 %anted yvu to Coale and hear your aunt in yttrium; ways, but tiny Idea was rather that you should come to the Court mill keep gnu company sometimes " "1 should like that," she said, nl- muxt to herself; "but it sounds fun- ny," she added, with a candor which unsexed Norah. "I+„es it?” she asked. "Why?" "11hy should you. a lady, wont such lire me to keep you company?" said itee en. -Because, although i an a Indy, ns you s=ay, i am very lonely." said Norah. in her sweet, frank voice, •'And I want to have ,clue one 1 Can speak to, noel who will talk to mo about--well,anything that interests her." "is that all -my laity?" asked Rocca. adding the "my lady" as an afterthought. "Well. I'm afraid that would bre scarcely employment enough, unle•,., Ws chatted all day; hot i thought you could help make some of tiny dresser. Ttiaf is a very pretty one you bays get vs; who wade that?" HIGH COLLAR EVILS. May be Cause of Some of Iiutnan- ity's Troubles. We have a strong impression, says the British Medical Journal, that ti.e average height of the masculine neck is greater now than it used to be. Ilas the long neck produced the high collar, or hus the neck adapted itself to the new environment of the high collar? It is not within our prov- ince to discuss the high collar in its aesthetic aspects. From the sanitary point of view it may perhaps be al- lowed the merit of seising. as a pro- tection to the throat. If we aro to believe In. F. B. Brubaker, of St. Louis, however, the high collar away be a source of unpleasant symptoms -such as a choking sensation, in- creased rapidity of the heart's ac- tion, followed by retardation, as sink- ing feeling over the precardlul region, nausea, vomiting, listlessness and deprestiul-trona pressure on the pneumogastric nerve. Ur. Brubaker has seen such symptoms In book- keepers, writers, profesxeiunal men, and other!, whose callings require constant stooping and fending of the neck. The Journal thinks that ho scarcely makes out his cane, but the evidence which ho brings forward may perhaps he censiderod sufficient in certain aggravated cases of high collar to w'Arraut some prima-facie suspicion that ,it is an agent of mis- chief. ANTWERP'S AMBITION, Plans to Become the Greatest Port in the World, Londoners aro at last aroused to the fact that lleleimn Intends to make her fort, Antwerp, tho first in the world if money and engineering genius can accomplish it. A deputation of members of the 'I'hanles Conservancy has just paid a visit to Antwerp for the purpose of learning the details of the new scheme. '1 ho Chairman of the Con- servancy, W. II. Grenfell, M. P., lute Just returned to London, and he ad- mits that Antwerp is making a great effort for commercial supremacy. "Already Antwerp is the third post in the world, amt the Belgian au- thorities; are proposing to spend be- tween fifty and sixty millions of dol- lars in improving the clock and quay accommodation. Nin:, enormous doe'''s aro planned, with a depth of thirty-nine feet; each will be nearly 4,000 text long and 650 foot wide. If completed, the scheme will give Ant- werp thirty-seven mites of quays as against fourteen utiles now existing or constructing. A ship at Antwerp can be discharged in far less time than in London, because these deep water quays are in tho river itself, and there aro not any ducks, no locks to go through; also because the discharging cranes. ctc.,,aro power• ful and up-to-date." Till: IIEATJ'1'Y BATH. '1'o keep tate body clean is to keep it healthy; more than that., it is to keep tho mind bright, as circulation is stimulated. muscles massaged, and the tissues hardened. The tinily bath is the finest beautifying means known. One thing you must strictly avoid in bathing• -never Ilse hard wetter. it is impossible to create it cleansing suds. The addition of borax will remedy this trouble, so '!ways keep a little china or tin-eovere•I box with borax In it en your bath stand. Every morning -if you take the warm bath only once a Neck) sponge the bo•ly with tepid water to which n handful of salt and a tablespoonful of borax Have Leen added. 'This last is the beautifying hath, and the Wo - I11 '.rho is afflicted with pimples and blackheads tt Ill do well to keep in mind that if the skin performs its functions properly. throat ins off waste matter actively, there. will be a decided Improvement in the c•011- d111on of the connldexion, lined water will soon spoil the prettiest skin -so never tine It if 1'oseiblo. A .1APA NESE CCS'l'OM, When the father of a Japanese fam- ily begins a journey of any length the raised part of his room will bo made sacred to his memory during his temporary absence; hist family will gather in front of itmid think of mint, expressing that devotion and love in words and gifts in kind. in the hundreds of thousands of families that have some nue or other of their members fighting for the nation in this dreadful war with Ittis9ia, there will not be even one solitary house where the mother, wife, or sis- ter is not practising tins simple rite of endearment for the beloved and absent. menhir of the family. iiIGHII•:ST PAID WOMAN, The highest-salnrf'd woman in Now York is Miss Anna I.. Ani'ndt, first assistant to (lege E. Tumbril, (het se,r•und vice-preside,t of the 1'wlulta- blu life Assurance Society. llor salary is $12,000 a year. .1l1 per-: sons desiring to see Mr. 'Flirted! have. to explain their business to Mise Amendt. first, and only one in ten gets past her. She begun in Mr. Tar- bell's- olilce as stenographer at $1'i n week twelve years neo. !ler motto in her relations with her e11p1oyers and the persons sehorillnate to her ie. "Molasses go a great deal farther than vinegar." ROYAL Tii'S. Some of the European monarchs give very large tips whenever they travel. The Emperor Nicholas of I(ussia is the most liberal in this tie spr•Ct. During him brief visit to Trance three years ago he spent $10,000 on tips to sergeants, and al- most n9 much on presents to officials and others. King Edward of Eng- lund is not. quite et) generous, but as he !ravels a good ileal both within his own realm and abroad) he is ob- liged to lay aside each year $32.4,041 49 an allowance for tips. The !'lm peror William of Germany is :•.u,•5 more generous in a foreign country than at home. and (hiring his latest t+sit to ('owes, Ettglluti, he spent nut !sae than $ 10,000 on tips. Fi.:1.D AF'FEC'TS 1'IIUI UC'l'S. Green truss. clover and carrots are well !omen to gito a yellow color to milk and butter. Of the grains, corn and oats probably tend to pro- duce a milk 111031 satisfactory fur general household us.'. On the other hath!, buckwh'e'at • idling has the most in;uaieus a;feet. The feed af- fects the hardness of the butter, that is, its ability to stand up fu hot weather, and also its grain. Corn and oats make 0 gond grained but- ter, %%hent loaf. and linseed meal it poor grained, while if buckwheat middlinge nre fed ttt lurge quantities a butter is produced that looks and cuts like bard. Gluten meal rich in fat unakeet a soft butter, while cot- tumeed ,veal has the most pro- nounced sheet of all tho feeds in making the butter hard, writes Mr. W. W. Cooke. Tho J1hase of the question most interesting to the dairsinan is, what should bo fed to increase rho amount of tat in the milk. So far no eels - factory affirmative answer has been given. The present belief of those who have studied the problem most thoroughly is that feed does not af- fect rho richness of the•inilk, that is, the pounds of butter fat in each hundred pounds of tuilk. The pres- ent doctrine i9 that each cow has her own 'tunnel richness of milk, due to her inrivbitiality and her ancestry. 'l his richness varies in different cows; in some it is three pounds tat per hundred pounds ►Wilk, others) fou' pounds. some five pounds and a few still higher. Any good, healthy food given In proper quantity will bring the cow up to this normal quality of milk and after that no change of food can change quality, either to slake it richer or poorer. alto belief is prevalent that when cows aro turned to pasture in the spring, the change front dry feed to wet induces a large flow of poorer milk. Indeed, this idea is so ground- ed in dairy thought, that it is in- corporated in the lows of some states that allow a poorer quality of milk to be sold during May and June than during tho rest of the year. I have tested tl+i9 matter both with my own herd and with some three hundred cows belonging to several different farms arid representing wide- ly varying c•nvolonnlent, feed and caro. In some cases the milk im- proved slightly when the cows went to pasture. in some it changed in the opposite direction. The average was practically no change. There is usually a variation bo- tween tho quality of the milk pro- duced in the horning and in the evening. The, rule Is that the richer milk is elven at the milking that occurs after the shorter number of hours between 'inilki►lgs. It the milk- ing is done in the winter at 7 o'clock in the morning and 5 o ciock In the evenin„ the evening's milk will he the richer, for there aro only ten hours betweee the morning and even- ing lid:kings. After allowance has been made for all these causes there is still a daily and weekly fluctuation in the richness of the milk duo to causes as yet un'.nown. But the fact of this varint.ion is certain. ,.. ('right has a powerful influence to take the fat out of milk. If the cow is driven to the barn by a harking cur, if she is beaten with the ouilk stool, a loss quantity of a poorer quality of milk is sure to result. If she stands out in rcro weather until chilled, or is compelled to occupy a cola stable, the' owner is punished for his lack of kindness by a decided lack of milk and creme. In general. it can be said that anythie; that snakes the cow uncomfortable in mind or body will both lessen the qunntily of milk and decrease tho percent. of fat. The quantity of milli can be varied between large extremes and it cnn l.e said in general that a cow of the lrtie dairy tyro gives more milk, the more food sho digests. if a richer milk is desired, it mu:st be obtained by getting it different cove. In con- cise language, obtain quality 01 milk by breeding, and quality by feeding. BUILDING A LIEN-i101JSE, In building a house for laying hens, the first consideration must be given to a dry Interior during the winter. phis you cannot have if rho ground 19 damp. A dry Poor is an absolute necessity. 1f th:s cnn be had of earth, it is the very hest; If not, then hate either cement floors or board flours, or board floors laid in co - anent, but do not be content unless fully Satisfied that the floor and In- terior are frees nom d0m,pnems. Each fowl should have four to six feet of floor space -that is, a room l0 by 15 has 1,11) square feet of floor space. which would do for 23 hen,, allowing six square feet for each 11.11. Stints put :10 hens in n roost ,( this sive, five feet fur each, but for 1 est results no more titan :10 should be kept in such a room, while 25 will do letter. On a basis of 25 hens to each room of 10 by 1,i, a house 11+0 feet long end 15 feet wide woel(i be right for 2511 hens. if 30 aro kept in each room, this would do for :100 hens. If a hell -way i, in the roar of each apartment, the house roust be 1 04) by 111 feet wide, to allow for partitions and a 21 -foot hall. The house may be any width tnost convenient, provided only you allow for the proper floor space to accommodate tho flock, AMays t►uild the poultry hooses during tho early summer. Thio giver them plenty of time to dry out dur- ing the hot dam,. Lumber is u,Ilally quite (!nett', and should be thorough- ly dried out )dote winter cones. Paco the house to the south, and base narrow, long windows that go from neer the floor to the root, for Ilght and air. . Remember that glass drama hest in summer and cold is tll-rakest Less "•LAD Ceylon Tea to make a satisfactory infusion than any other tea on the continent. BLACK, MIXED or GREEN. sore only In Lead Packets. 40o, f}Oo, •Oo. Sy all grocers. Highest Award St. Louis, 1604. winter; so do not havo more of it than is needed for light, the ,.time as in your home. Do not have the roof any higher than is necessary to walk about under. Place tho roosts against tho partitions where it will be the warmest far winter, the no-st boxes whero most convenient for gathering the eggs, up off tato floor, and have dropping boards under tho roosts. It is a owlem expense to have scratching sheds for winter egg - production. Hare the one apart- ment as above described with plenty of floor space, and lot therm make use of this for scratching in the straw and earth during the day; also for the nests and the roosts. This is what is called the connected apart- ment house, and is the beat and cheapest for keeping tau ing hens. The root may slant just ono way, to the south, or have a gable at tho dividing fines where the partition cuts o'1 the hall: the former is simp- lest and cheapest. If it 19 built in a cold climate, doublo siding, with paper between, is best; further south one thickness of siding will do. Build on high ground where the water will flow away from the house, not whero it is low and where the water will settle shout the house. A sand or gravel subsoil is the best. LIVE STOCK NOTED, In order for hogs to thrive in pas- ture some shade Hurst bo provided. The hog loves a cool, damp shade, whero he can lie during tho heat of the day. It left an a pasture with no shade ho will sutler. A four -pound duck can he put on the table in eight weeks from the time it is hatched. 'rho farmer who raises 100 ducks can have roast duck twice a week nearly every week in the year. The duck can be raised on any kind of food that the hog will C011$U►11e. An e►nulsion of coal oil and water, or kerosene and water, in proportion of one to five parts, is preferred by sono for painting the interiors of buildings, to kill lice and preservo tho woodwork. It. should be very thoroughly mixed by churning or shaking together, and may be applied with a force pump with spray nozzle. The same mixture is good in case of roup, and is also used successfully to rennovo scales on hens' legs. When one has to run his farm with little efficient help, especially during haying. harvest and stacking sea - 80119, he is not slow in appreciating the difference between his cows and sheep. During those times his sheep aro taking caro of themselves, leav- ing him, all his time to devote to other work, while his cows require his Attention fora couple of hours nlorninz, and evening, Sunday's and rainy days just the sante. After he has stacked grain for ten or twelve hours. milked ten to thirty cows, separated the milk, fed fifty hogs, taken care of horses, fed calves and done other small chores he is pretty near ready to go to bed. TRAINING THE BABY, The Experience of Young Mr. and Mrs. Walters. After Mrs. tVoltera hod "rend up" tho subject thoroughly and tabulated tho results of her investigation, -in her methodical mind, -she told her husband that she was going to snake n change with baby. "We have been making a mistake with hire. Last night after dinner we played with hint and rocked him for a full hoer. To -night ho is to be put to bad, acid loft to go to sleep by himself." Walters, who 19 an extremely youthful father, watt about to say that rocking the baby was "part of tho fun." Fortunately he realised in time that this was net likely to meet with the approve) of his wife's more ser s mind, so he suggested instodtl that baby night. cry. "We must be prepared for that," Mrs. Walters said, gently but. firmly. "For a night or two ho may cry very hard. But consclentiuus par- ents will not neglect the best good of their children because of a few tears." Mrs. Walters dict not give her reso- lution time to cont 'Ilse baby, dim- pled and cooing and ready for his evening frolic, wits put to bed and tho door closed upon him. At first he appeared to regard this ns n• new feature of the game. 1'r rho nextrooms hie parents could hear etc- , casinnnl interrogatory gurgles. 'sleets there came a faint wail, then a Iloo(1' of invective in baby language. "lle's calling 119 mono; now," snit' SUPPORT /COTT'S II11V1SlON terve as a b.t gs le 'wry Yes wisateaad sail elrvs4 cram ales! uetU It est fed Nett sashed Is erdiusry teed. w hied Ise bee sample. s%ert a ROWS!,cs..r%PMi� p's ,'s,d6rMa. Walters. "I'm glad he tithes that tack rather than the plaintive." Ila hod hardly spoken when an ear- splitting shriek sounded front the next room. Walters sprang to his feet, but his wife waved hint back. "'That. is only what was to be ex- pected. Robert," she said, determin- ed, though pale. "He will cry hard', lo -night, and possibly to -,morrow; night. Ily that time ho will have learned his lesson. Alt iho authors-. ties I have consulted agree that it is impossible for a healthy child of his ago to injure himself by crying." Walters suggested that it would havo been better to accustom flim to the change gradually. On this point, too, his wife wax firm, quoting her authorities with irritating randiness. The Wulterses aro a hnrnionious couple but this time they came near a quarrel. "There, he's quieting down at last" said Mrs. Walters, triumphantly, and she was right. Baby's frantic out- cries had given way to pitiful sobs Presently these also ceased, and *,Les. Walters smiled across the table at her husband, who smiled back. Moth were so relieved that the ordeal was over that they were inclined to over- look whatever might have been un- pleasant in the past. "Now, you see, he's asleep. I'm going to take a peep at hips." Sho stepped lightly across the roots and opened the door of the bedroom. Then she uttered a succes- sion of shrieks compared to which baby's recent exhibitions were as nothing. With a bound Walters was at her side, fearing ho knew not what. The baby lay on the floor, a big lump on his forehead caused by hit- ting tho floor when he fell out of bed. Ito was sleeping peacefully in spite of the fact that there were un - dried tears on his cheek, KING EDWARD'S CARPET. Wonderful Fabric That Took Three, Years to Weave. Persia is famous far carpets, but n finer example of the weaving of that country has probably never been seen than that which has just been presented to the King by the Shah of Persia. A special mission has been sent to Englund to bring the carpet, which was so big that it was impossible to open it out in rho Persian Legation when it arrived in London. Its size and the richness of its quality mark it at once as a covering for a Stn'.o drawing -room. A Persian carpet of average si'o takes from six months to a year to snake, the whole of the work being hand done. A large number of weavers were employed on King Edward's carpet 11S soon as the Shah returned to 1'ersla from England and every means was taken to expo dile its nnanufacture. but so great was the task that almost three years elapsed before the wearers daclarcd their work finisher!. Woven into the carpet. as an integral partof a most intricate design, is the King's name, "Edward Vii." Another duty of the special mis- sion of erten! Importance was the presentation of a gift to the (lucent This consists of a brooch set tvitk brilliants and fine turquoise. and it also a piece of native i'ersian work. Decorations were nlso brought oven for the i'rince aid Princess of Wales, that Intended for rho Princess having yet to be conferred. Probably the most popular -certain. ly it numbers among the unlet sue- ceasful-form of taxation in France 18 the Stamp limy, as applied to ad- vertisement. posters. No matter how small posters are, they have to hear a stamp when c.thibitc'd, the value being, in accordance with the size of U10 bill. '1 heatraj ticket' n.ost be stamped. and oven programmes which contain advertisements, Ily Beans of these Stamp Duties Prase) raiwwa who(nt IiI00,0l►o,000, She also "raises the wind" to no small stnount by her monopoly In snatches (lernnany at one time went out char- women, with instructions to inspect and ( lean people's houses, and o•it of the charges nado nearly $5,0nt,- 11041 were reall.ea in lye 1aa tm011he Austria insisted on householders hats ing chimneys swept on•e a year, at least, 1>_y Government !weeps, aha realized a large revenue. (Ireco is tho only nation that attempted to levy a direct tax upon smokers. r s .1.t1'S (Ault' POST ('ARDS. A eollew t et- of postcards In St. ►'e•ter.burg states that all the (0111- ier9 in the Japanese nrnny aro sup- plied with very peculiar postcnrelq. These cards ere surronaeleel with au art' stic. nnourning border, prin'.cel, on a piece of whlto silk, end are worn by the Japanese soldiers on their chests Before going to the war they write on the postcard the name err! address of the person to whom they teeth the leformet ion of their dearth to be sent 1n rage of loath nn the finel of b71! 11e the post- (78rd9 7118 stntnpeti with the .wens of tho regiment certlfrin•; •t;u' e'en':e of the bonier, and are swot to .)gra,, "RAISING 'Tins: %vIN)."