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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1905-08-10, Page 21/444-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-14÷1-1-1-1 1-1-1-14-11-1-1+1+1-.H..1.+1-1.1 His avoriteieco , • OR A SECRET REVEALED. CHAPTER XLVII. "Ten minutes more, and it will be over," said Sir Basil to himself—he way in the drawing-r•ooun alone, waiting fur Sir Arthur Laud the lathes. The roost was brilliantly lighted. and he sow there for the first time a magnificent picture that Sir Ar- thur had purchased that year at the Royal Academy. It Was called "Oenone." it was terribly, tragical- ly beautiful. "'l'hero lies a vale in Ida, lowlier 'Phan all the va;leys of Ionian hills." Ilittler came the beautiful-browed Oenorte, she whom Paris hail wor- shipped so wildly, then deserted for gulden-huired Aphrodite — Oeuone, whose despairing cry will ring through all ages— "Oh mother Ida, many-fountained Ida. Dear mother Ida, hearken ere '1 (hel— 1 ata tho daughter of a river -god. fear ate, for I will speak, and build up all My sorrow with my song." The beautiful fare. with its restless paaeion of misery, was turned to the fair Valley where the cicala slept; "the. purple flowers droop, the golden bee is lily-cradle(l." On her face was alt the pathos of her words— "My eyes are full of tears, my heart of love, My heart is breaking, and my eyes are dint, And I ani all as weary of my life." The despair shown in her face, in the clasp of her folded hands, in the droop of the beautiful head, was grand in its tragedy. (}enone was leaning against a rock; the wind seemed to stir the white folds of her robe and the dark unbound masses of her hair. No one who saw the eyes in the picture could ever forget them—they were so dark and lus- trous. so full of burning passion and despair. Sir Vasil was engrossed in it. Ile did not hear Sir Arthur enter the room, for he was in the land which human souls never reach. Sir Ar- thur laid his hand upon the young baronet's shoulder. "You are absorbed in my new pur- chase." he said. "Was there ever anything finer than the tragic sor- row and desolation of that face? That long flowing black hair so beau- tifully painted that one can almost. see the wind stirring it. I value that picture most highly." "I have never seen such sorrow in any human face." said Sir Itasil. llefore he had finished the words the door opened, and he knew thnt he was in the presence of both sisters. Never did elan utter a more vehe- ment, passionate prayer for strength and calmness than he. One terrible' moment passed. Ile heard the rustle of soft silken robes as they crossed the ronu,. Theft, with n desperate effort. he raised Itis head, and looked at them—first at her whom he hnd loved and lost, her sweet face white as the leaf of n lily. her golden hair shining like an nnroolo round her head—the woman to whoa) hissheart flew, at whose feet he would have laid his life, the only woman who had ever stirred his soul with the fire and fever and ecstasy of passion- ate love. Tall slender nail graceful, her dark rich dress trailing. her rich laces "fulling in a fairy shower." she seemed to float toward him. Her eves did not meet his; and no gleam of recognition came into tho sweet colorless ince. 1te looked from her to the radiant girl by her side. "in whose dark eves was the light of the setting sun," her face bright with beauty and tote, her color vivid ands exquisite as that of a wild rose. her every movement replete with grace and harmony. They differed as (10es a tali white lily from a queenly red rose; yet there was something of n resemblance—they were alike in grace and subtle elegnnee of figure. and in the queenly carriage of t he head. Leah led Nettie by the hand. She brought her to where ()mono, in her eternal sorrow. bewailed a faithless lover, where the sxquisito tragic face looked oat in its unchanging (lespair. Leah had never appenrcd nor telt So hnppv as when she 111 Id Ilet tie's white hand in that of her lover. Site did not notice that one was cold es death and the other borne(' like fire. She did notice that. when she, with happy eyes and smiling lips, went through 1110 ceremony of intro- duction, those two shrnnk from each other ns though the cold and dark- ness of a grave lay between them. "Ifetti(• is so shy." said the elder sister. Icoking with a smile at her lover. 'she line been ill to -clay; ihnt makes her quiet. ilettie, look at the pictule. 1 persuaded Sir Ar- thur to boy it. 1 think the last lines r, 'te mssores poen) of 'Oenone' are the finest et er written, and they are expressed in her ince—that iteau- tiful young tare which is never to smile Again." "I do not remember them. What are they?" said Heti le, more to gain time than anything else. •' 'A sound Rings et er in her stare of armed men. What the' may be i knee. not, but I knots 'Met, e heresoevor I am by sight and do v, All mot 11 and •edr Rowse eerie burning ere•' " 44.1.1.41-1I4-1-144.1-14+.24-1.14 nettle turned away with a :.huddcr• which xhe could not control. "1 can understand those words,' j.eah added, rousingly; "a paesio►tal iditol; must be a burning pain." 'I lie dimtr-bell rang, and the gen (•1•al offered his arm to Leah. "We will leave these two to mala friends." he said. And Basil to sit owe went to Nettie. "We shall never be able to bear it." he thought. "I must retire. or she," I lett Ie laid her hand t ilreidly upon his nem. He seized it with a vehe- ment, pnssionnte grasp—his very heart was on fire—and then as sud- denly let it go. How many hours of this torture would there be to pass, he thought. The blood ran like fire through his veins: every nerve and pulse thrilled with the sense of her presence; yet be must sit. there as the happy lov- er of Leah, smile and talk and laugh unconcernedly. "What, in (leaven's name, shell I do with my life," he cried to him- self, "if I find one (lay so hard to '' bear" Bettie was excused from all effort, and her pule face was accounted for by the fact that she had been ill. The dinner passed, and Leah was dimly conscious of something being wrong, something she did not under- stand. She was just a little disap- pointed that Sir Basil was not wartier in his manner to Ilettie. lin spoke to her but seldom, and it was always with averted eyes. She won- dered if it were his great love for her which made him so lndifTerent to the charts of her sister. The ordeal was over at last. When the two girls had left the dining- rootn. Sir Arthur turned with a laughing face to his companion. "It is not of much use for you to remain here," he said. "Your heart has gone into the drawing -room, and you may as well follow it." "That is true," assented Sir Itasil.' "I told you," continued the gener- al. "what a difference it makes to have two nieces instead of one. though Ifcttie looks ill. I suspect her life has been harder than wo know." "If ever a man felt inclined to cast, himself headlong into a fathomless abyss. 1 am that 1010)," said Sir Itasil to himself. as he walked along the hall to the drawing -room. "'there never won so cruel n fate. Why did not some good spirit warn me not to go near Southwood? I feel like a murderer Allan I think of those two girls." Ile found thein standing side by side before the new picture. nettle drot look at him; but Leah, with a glance. invited him to join them. "I ant fascinated with Ocnoue,j' she said. "flow well she loved Paris! leo you think he made the wisest choice in giving the golden apple to Aphrudite?" "Not perhaps the wisest," he re- plied. "One goddess offered unlimit- ed power, god like supremacy, rest in a happy place. and abeolute sov- ereignty. The second offered hits calmest wisdom, soundest judgment. • On the other side of the room was the girl he loved, her fair face avert- ed; near I►ila WAS the despairing face of Oenone, nearer still the brilliant taco of le girl who loved hint with her whoheart. It was like n scute from a tragedy to hint. Ile �i he half wondered if the lights would go out and a c•urtt in fall. If only the picture had been away, and the do - solation of unhappy love out of his sight, he would have telt loss dis- t re,'sed . "Reiter than al the world!" cun- 1intrrt Leah. "1 tow weak and worthless a half love is! 1 would socner have hate. When Oenone's los,• was over, her life was ended.No half loge is worth having— is it, Basil?" "Heaven knows that it is nut " he 11 said. with n great sigh. Ile saw the golden Lead move with a gesture o: - weariness. "How hard it must be for her to bear this!" he 1 hough( .and hie mind went back to that one - hour by the sea, when 11111d hope. love reel despair had mingled. Ile tthispered some words that comfort- ed Leah—slie was so easily made hap- py by hint—and then he said to her: "Let its do something to amuse your sister; she looks quite lonely there." And Leah, hill of regret for her moments -try forgetfulness, hastened to her. 'rho face that ITettie raised to her sister was ghastly in its pallor. "You are ill, ilettie!" said Leah. "Oh, any dear what. is wrong? I c ill get. n glass of Water for you"—and she hastened away. "I cannot bear it, Vasil," said Mettle, looking at i inn with miser- able eyes. "I have not strength." "0)1, my darling, I would give my life to undo it, to save you from the consequences of nay fault, my wretch- ed, miserable fault!" "What shall we do?" asked the girl despairingly. "What will be- come of us? Leah loves you so. tfelp me to be true to her and true to myself, Itasil. ilow can I turn traitress to the sweetest of sisters, the kindest and the clearest? I (oust go away; T cannot stay here!" Wus it fancy? When Leah returned with the water in her hand, it seem - cd to her that Sir Itasil suddenly (lrew back from Nettie. Wrm it fnncy? And, ne she opened the floor she thought she heard the words, ut- tered in a soft, murmuring sigh. "T cannot bear it!" She must have been mistaken. She smiled as she thought what an absurd fancy it. was. (To he Continual.! NO CITANCi; 1•(1t IMITATORS Success cannot be copied, nor sue- cessfully imitated. It is an original force, a creative process. Every man will be a failure just in proportion as he gets away from himself and tries to be somebody else and to express somebody (•iso instead of himself. Power comes frau within or from not: here. Be yourself. Lis- ten tc the vete° wither,. 'fhere is room for improvement in every pro - lessen), in every trade, and in every business. The world wants men who con do things in new and better ways. Don't thin': beenneo your plan or idea has no precedent or because yo❑ are you',g and inexperh need that you trill net get a heartn,,. 'the roan who has am -thing new and valuable to give to the world will be listened to and will fie followed. The man of strung individunlity, who (terve 1 to thin': his own thought and origin- ate his own method and who is not - afraid to he ) ' self, not. a copy of some one else, quietly gets recogni- tion. Nothing else will attract. the nth ntien of your employer or the rest of the world so quicl_ly •.s originality and unique ways of do- Ing Gunge, especially if they are of-' festive. i+641 -14444.4-144.44-1-H4 "Acting the law Ivo live by without, four; And, because right is right, to fol- low right W'e 0 wisdotn in the scorn of eons0- quencc.,, The third, Malian Aphrodite, beau- tiful, • " 't'resh as the foam, new bathed in I'nphian wells. offered him love. 'I premise thee.' elle said, s a 1, 'the fairest and most lov- ing wife in Coe.. .•.' Love con- quered." "How could that be," Kahl Leah, quickly. "when Paris laved (lemma first." Over Sir Itnsil'11 hnndsonln (ern swept n groat scorching blush. Ah! how indeed? How call n man under- stand his own heart, or the great loye.lery of love? "i suppose," ho said, "that the gods of old, like men of all time, hate been inconstant in lore. So all poetry and ull mythology say." "Oh, 13asil, you do not neon it'" —and the light of Leah's eyes flushed right into his. "Some erten ore sure- ly fee heal?" 11et 1 ie moved away from the pic- ture; she went to the other end of 1110 room nett loo!: tip a book. lin looked after her wits► !niggard. wist- fist eyes.; eters step of hers s (tined to draw his heart with it: he did not know that life could hold such tor- ture. '.Itasil." said the tnnsiea) mice, "you do not mean tint! i thought constnney twee the gift of the gods." "1 hove rears that inconetan(y is the pleasure of the gods," he an- swered. laughing sotnewhnt bitterly. "1t limy he the s(•o'Iree of .nen." There waft n 111111111.'4 sitenre, and then a warns, white hand stole into his. n dark head drooped 'leer hits. and n Voice that was sweet as the cooing of a (love, saie.— "No platter who is false, you are title, Itasil. You have truth 111 year eyes rind on your 1ipe. if all the world proved false, you would be the one true men in it." The dark eyes were full of loon, the brattiest! st! lips seemed to woo barn. What could he do? "Yon will ntwnrs he true to me. Rill you not. Basil? You will always love mo. my love, better than all the world beside? CiIttleerIANiTY iN JAPAN. 'there are now about 300,000 pro- fessing Christians of all denomina- tions in Japan, 10,01,0 of whom aro Protestants, or one in every thou- sand of g oeulutiun, vel in the Im- perial Hous! of Representatives they stand one in fifty-four. The church rnenlbership in 11)08 tins as follows: I'rotest(,nt, 53,313; Catholic, 58,086; tircek Church, 27,:100. -----♦ 'NOUG11 S:111). Farm �M 14-1-144.14-1-1-1-1444 1'ltl•:\•1:XTJN(, MILK I't:VEIt. 'Phe following from the London Dairy, writ ten by Mr. John Gilbert, an experienced English Dairyutau suggests a method for the proven - tion of milk fever that he says has been very effective tcitlt bine " 'Milk Fever; Its Prevention and Cure,Scouts to be a continual topic In all the agricultural papers, and I notice two dears on the subject in the April issue of the Dairy. Cures aro always doubt (ul, though they may be more easily effected note than years ago; but prevention unlet be the better object to have in view. • In the many articles 1 have read 1 have not come across a really clean bill of any considerable rcco•d "1 will introuuce ray plan of pre- vention ro-vention by stating that I have milk, ed about eighty cotes, and ('11140(1 quite 100 a year (us I buy in- calvers), and for the last twelve years without one single sign of a case, though previously I had lost many. I may say that I had the tip quite by accident from, in my opin- ion, without doubt, the very hest dairy farmer in England. 'I'l:o plan is too simple for many to believe in its effectiveness, but I will wager everyone the odds of two to one annually that I do not have a single case. The plan is as follows: "Every cow coating in twit h her third calf or over shall her lihcrally fed on usual keep, according to time of year; in winter she shall be kept in a box (loose) when expected to calve. She shall have one or two pints best linseed oil a day or so be- fore calving, and again twelve hours after calving: bran mash an hour or so after calving, and bran mash, with chaff and hay, for two days. The cow and calf shall lay loose, but tho cow shall not bo milked for at least forty-eight hours, after calving. In the case of a dead or weakly calf, about a quart may he milked four times in twenty-four hours, "And this is the whole secret. '1'o many it may seem unnatural, but a heavy milking cow is an unnatural animal. And is it natural to take from a cow just calved what the calf would not. take until a month old? The strain on the. syateni in replen- ishing the milk supply is, 1 think the sole cause of milk fever, to- gether with the neglected state of the bowels. "If anyone will read this plan through very carefully, and then make up his mind to try It faith- fully in every case, and immediately discharge even the hest ulna in his employ who disobeys his instructions In• the slightest degree, I hom:stly be- lieve the odds of my wager given above tuns be doubled with safety. I think it is one of the saddest sights to Seo a really good, favorite cow writhing and delirious with this te•r- rible. malady." We might add that many others have been following n similar plane also with favorable results. Sl'I!FF'1NC FOWLS FOR WEIGHT. It is not the man who keeps iced before his birds all the time that has heavy birds, as birds, like peo- ple, do not want to see what they are obliged to eat till the time. And, again, they soon tire of anything they are constantly nibbling all the t inne. Have stated times to feed and let the fott'ls get hungry; then, by feed- ing the right feed in the right tcay, you can have your birds up to weight, and are liable to curry away the blue. Many a would-be winner loses the prize on account of its weight in the show -room. Place not more than live birds in a coop 4 by 5 feet, with floor cov- ered six inches %tith straw, and change this straw three ureses n week. 'nee will enable tete birds to clean themselves nicely in this coop. Have it box. of good grit, a water- ing dish, and keep these two (lashes well filled all the time. Now for the feed. Take equal parts of corn, wheat,( oats and barley. Iinvo them ground together. Mix with water or milk, and give the Iloy Jap—"r'aft's who was Lora birds all they will ent up. In fifteen Nelson?" minutes take the dish array so they 1►nd .lnp—"Lord Nelson, my son, do not even see it. Then, at neon, was the Tom) of England." give them another feed. nhd after 111 ANNU AL STRUGGLi':. " Blue Label " !THEY LASHED THEM THEN 40 cents per pound LA CEYLON TEA. A 20111 century luxury. Positively in- comparable. llo!d only In sealed lead packets. By all grocers- Steadfastly refuse all substitutes. fifteen minutes take the dish away. Follow this for ten days, giving them meat three tieles a week, if their combs are small. If too large do not feed moat or hone, as it will Reale their combs grow too large. +'this manner of feeding can be con- tinued tito weeks if necessary, but not lunger. If a bird gets oil his feed the "jig" is up ttith hits, and it will be better to take hint out of Ithe pen. SALTIX(1 THE STOCK. The salting of cattle requires to bo attended to with regularity nt all seasons of the year; or better still, keep it where they can obtain it at will. Where this is done the stock make use of it in small quantities and thus are kept supplied with the required amount. When salt is sup- plied once a month or so large quan- tities are eagerly consumed which indicates that the system has been deprives to a certain extent of a ne- cessity. o-cessity. Salt supplies chlorine to make hydrochloric acid, a substance neces- sary to promote digestion. This acid is essential to the working of the gastric juice and is in part Ile - rived from salt. Salt also keeps the blood in the required degree of fluid- ity to make the circulation right. Too large quantities of it consumed or fed in the feed has the effect of abttorrnally increasing the circula- tion and stimulating the energy; while insufllcient quantities or en- tire absence of it in the food tends to make an animal dull and sluggish, the blood becoming thick and circu- lation slow. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Hens twill not lay neither will poul- try fatten when covered with vermin. If success is to be made on poultry the houses and roosts must be kept clean. smallest degree. The smooth cloth also presents a better aspect at all times, for it will never appear quite as dirty under exactly the sante con- ditions as its rough surfaced fellow. Yet rough finished cloth has the 'call' for popularity, and, singularly enough, lots of Inert buy it because they think it wears longer, and base their belief on its so-called 'protect - ting nap,' the very thing which shotenu its life. r♦ STRANGE EYE DISEASE. Now Raging in British Central Africa. A somewhat remarkable eye disease is at present prevalent in eeveral parts of British Central Africa, northeastern Rhodesia and in Portu- guese Zanibesin. At. first it was no- ticeable in cattle, sheep and goats, and only recently Wall it found to have attacked the natives says the London Dully Mail. I The disease is at present raging from fort Herald, a British station on the Zambesi, right on toward fete, a distance of over two hun- dred miles, and at this latter place it is reported to be quite an epidem- ic. Mr. William Arnott, a traveler, who recently returned from 'Tete, states that he observed hundreds who were suffering from the disease, and a Iwas required to draw a load on n wagon having 1e -inch tires than on a wagon having three-inch tires. Ex- perinumts in this matter have Leen ' specially prominent in the work of the Missouri experiment stutffn and they indicate the same result from ' the use of (iilferent width tires on wagons carrying heavy loads. LONG WEARING FABRICS. Rough Finish Wears Out Before tho Smooth Kind. The man who wants to be econom- ical in the matter of wearing ap- parel—not the one who is out to buy the cheapest goods, but the one who wants his clothes to preserve their good appearance and wear for the longest period of time, will eschew rough finished fabrics. Make up two pieces of cloth of identically the same quality and cost, one rough and the other smooth fin- ished, subject them to precisely the same amount of water and wear, and tho smooth-finishe:l cloth will bo found in excellent condition when that of the rough surface is already sworn out and fit for the rag bag. What is the reason for this? Alto- gether in the finish. The rough goods must he brushed oftener and more vigorously than the smooth, because they catch dust niore readily, and this is harder to dislodge. The frequent, severo ap- plication of the whisk brush soon wears out the goods, and their life in consequence is hardly more than half as long as the smooth -surfaced article. The- latter sheds dust and dirt, particularly lint from towels, table cloths and napkins, that the other would retain, and whatever may ad- here to Cls surface can he removed by a light dusting that affects the dur- ability of the goods only in the very No animals are more dependent on intelligent care than sheep. First- class sheep never come by chance; they are the result of skilled and in- telligent care, and they give ample return for that care. On Sundays and holidays the oats at noon are reduced to four pounds wind in the evening the tray to ten or twelve pounds. the heavy feeding should come at night after the day's work is over and when the animal has time for masticating his food. Water always before feeding. If we neater immediately after feeding, the food pusses Into the intestines be- fore the juices necessary to digestion have acted upon it.. Feed a number of different kinds of small grain to pigeons. %ehe(( they fly about they pick up seeds and grain and everything of this kind that they can find to eat. It is true that their main support. should Ito good, sound, dry wheat and cracked corn. Some Canada peas can Ifo added to this, and after thnt a very little hemp 1400(1, sonic Kaffir corn, a little barley—taut much of this, how- ever, fee ell grain with husks is bad for feeding to young pigeons, but give them any kind of good solid grain without husks. A little bit of millet seed and some hulled oats is good, but do not give much of this. With this furnish plenty of fresh wa- ter for drinking, some crushed oyster elicit, Bunte grit and a little rock salt. FARM NO'T'ES. I'oor tool:( are a curse to the farm- er, for no foga can do a good job with poor tools, and the expense of using them ttlth good men at $ 1.50 to $2 ea day is a waste of time and put ience. 'lo depend 111)011 the use of pur- chased fertilizers to the neglect of such as can be ',retinue,' on the farm for the production of each ee:u•'s crops Is a ruinous method, which, while it may not prove immediately disnstrous, is sure t0 impoverish suc- ceeding generations. This is the season when farm, pas- tures nn,1 meadows are overrun with administered his crushing defeat to sus there is one which is known as parties of teen and city people look- the Russian Fleet, but terriLle the prickly pear; it is n rather rat- ing; for wild berries. This 001111 1 in- though our engines of war are nt pre. tractive looking plant, but els 1(!(nv09t vosion has become so extension fin sent, they will he ohne>t. insignili- ;are (040re(1 with hair sharp enough PUNISHMENT OF SOLDIE$9 AND SAILORS. Seamen Were Liable to 1,000 Lashes Only Forty Years • Ago. "'the good old days," a familiar enough ehruse, has no real Restating, so far as our sailors and soldiers aro cc.nccrned. As compared 4cith the pres(nt, the old (less were tinge of terrible hur(l•hi1, for those entrust& 4v ith the upkeep of our steed name. Less than 0 hundred years ago men were "pressed" into the services, and whether they 4olunteered to go afloat or were carried off against their will, the treatment meted out was not calculated to inspire men with a loyal and self-sacrificing devotion, says EI)glirh p "s liane good oldpatiner.es" were more pat tlrulatly bad for those soldiers and sailors who possessed of a rol- licking spirit, occasionally held dis- cipline in scant respect. A LIFE 1•'Olt A T00TI1, It will shock many to know that well within living snetnory sailors were condemnees to death for assault- ing superior officers. For the com- paratively small offence of dislodg- ing a young officer's front tooth by a blow with his est, a sailor was sentenced to be hanged at the yard- arm of his shill, then stationed at one of oar dockyard ports, about fifty years ago. Itut in icu- lar instance a reprieve cathisntopartat a late hour, the sentence being reduced to imprisonment for life. Court-ntartial sentences are severe in these days, but they do not com- pare with "six years' imprisonment for using insulting language to a superior' officer," mei "seven years' imprisonment for attempting to de- sert his Majesty's service." in the "good old days" an English admiral was shot for neglecting to negotiat ta the French fleet closely. ABOLISIIED IN SIXTY-EIGHT, Not until March, 1868, was flog- ging abolished in the array, and then only in times of peace, whilst this form of punishment is still practised in the navy. Exactly a hundred years ago a seaanan of the 'Tribune received 150 lashes with the "cat" for deser- tion at Spithead, and was deprived r of a share of the ship's price -money. A hundred and fifty !ashen, how- ever, must have been nothing as, compared with the "trail-tisted" din- Tr cipllne shown in India about the same period. A soldier assaulted a sergeant with a bayonet, and was ordered to receive 1,000 ktshos, a sentence which brought a rebuke from the Commander -In -Chief, who received "with the greatest surprise and con- cern, the opinion and sentence, which his duty to the service will not per- mit him to approve, and which he cannot confirm) without directing the court to reelect their sentence, and warning them of the dangerous con- sequences that must result to the army from such mistaken leniency! Tho Commander -in -Chief therefore warns the court., if, they regard the service, and as they value their hon- or, not to let a mistaken pride pre- vent their altering the Sentence." INADEQUATE SENTENCE. 'the Sentence of another private to receive 1,:300 lashes for striking the adjutant of his regiment called forth the official comment that there was "nothing to warrant the lenient awtu'tt of the court." Perhaps in one respect only do tlio courtemartia1 of the "good old lays" correstond with those of the plWsent, and thnt is in their extraordinary capriciousness. 'there are innumer- able instances of this; but the cases which were tried in the old days -- especially in Indra—afford the most interesting reading. A private, con- victed of mutiny—he having fired at large number were totally blind. One and wounded ,a corporal—was hanged, of the sights of Tete on a Sunday whilst another private, who charged morning is the long lines of blind a sergeant with a fixed bayonet, and people who enter the town to beg, 4rns con: i,,ted of mutiny. suffered 14 each string being led by a little boy days' imprisonment! What a come or girl. envision this last mentioned sentence makes with that of the soldier tvho rcct1ted (300 lushes with the cat -o' - nine -tells for saying that he did not consider aIreu lieutenant's conduct that of a gentleman! An artilleryman who expressed the opinion that his colonel wens ineat'able of drilling a glrli' school tens ordered 25 lashes. And yet we sp)cak of the "good old MONEY FOR SOMEBODY. At first a white spot is observed ( ,n the eyeball, and this in a short spare of time becomes highly inflamed. Tho eye then discharges e g S n while, milky fluid, and the whole of the eyo Y be- comes ,o-comes covered with a white tiltn. This is the critical stage of the ma- lady, and if the disease is very severe the eyeball bursts, thus destroying the etg,11t entirely. A POW EItF1'i,f, 1IA'rI'LESIIII'. 'I'ho herrors of a naval battle were obvious to everyone long before 'Pogo Among the ninny varieties of cac- the More thickly settled districts that owners show an increasing ten- (oncy to trent the perry crop nm pri- tate property by setting up trespass signs. They are becoming rather tired of paying taxes on Intel which often produces almost nothing but n quantity of fruit to be gathered by 8(rangers. Iteports bltnrinl.Iy show the ad- vantages of 441(10 tors on good roads both in the 10ss power required than with narrow tires and in the benefi- cial effect upon the rend. As to the effect of the width of the tire where the dinmoter of the wheel remains the same the Seattle Post notes a trinl ehere 40 per cent. more power fisswwisiswass a ratesltzvt.- L wvs><sor.a. Dist,ase takes no summer Vacation. ff you need flesh and strength use Z CCSU.,96 Coitifsion surnnrer as in winter. fid for fres •trill•. Fr OT & 1.4,1% ti :', C►arstrfq. Toe,c: t, 0.:afb. sec aid $ t.00 g all drngtjt .a, cant when compared with the battle- to pierce the handl of ancone who ships of the future. There trill I o is mo rash as to touch it. The plant titbI down at Portsmouthshortly theIcamne nriginnlly from America, but keel -prate of what tooh mise14 to be after it was introducedin some man- (!te n►)st t!otcerful vessel in rho ser or rto Que(•nslaud world. She trill be appt•oprintiely Spread an rapidlyotheri1111(1 to much nen exit. named iLALS. ore idnought and her tent that in some districts it has turbine engines will give In r n speed of 21 knots per hour. 'Instead of carrying only four 12 -inch guns, how- ever, she will be nrnled with no fewer than twelve, which means that she will be capable of in•Ing at an (11- emy 1,400 shells an hour, and ns each shell weighs 500 lbs., this means a discharge of over five tons of sheik per minute, with n totat muzzle energy of 1,03',000 foot tons per minute. SC1i0f1.14 iN CiiINA. The Imperial decree regnrding the npprot'rint ion of temples for schools, says the `shanghai North China Her- ald, is being cnrried nut in Anhui. At Luchoufu, heir very large images, servants to tho god of literature. hn'•e loon torn down to make room for little Chinese boys to study Eng- lish. in sewing a s' i butt the 'ditches closely eget her, hot lightly, Ingo the cloth, being careful lint 10 pull the thread tight, as this causes the seam to draw, practically destroyed all other vege- tation. Tho Queensland (1overnnient Is still offering a reward of .'5.000 to anyone who can devise a method by which It can be completely eradi- cat ed. A HORSE: ON 1111f. An Englishntnn was drlt•ing on an outside en!' in Dublin n few days ago. Noticing the horeo looked worn out, he remarked to the jersey: -Well, Pat, that seems a very poor horse you have." "Belled, your honor," came the re. ply, "he's worse than poor; he's the unluckiest horse Iver twos!" "Indeed," replied the Englishman. "Anil may I ask why?" "Well, now, 1'11 tell your donor, f'nr the Inst four mornin's ()I've toss- ed him wlleter he'd halve his break- fast or Oi'd hnt'e a drink, and, les - dad, ()'vo won every toinie'" leis(emer—"We Iter. 11 fa nepprly half nn hour mint'° f aril. red 'tA•nt tartlo-soup." 11111t1fer—"Flo r-orrv, 4fr; but you know how slow turtl(• are, sir." • 8 1 •