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CHAPTER al.
The next day a ttoroner'a inquest sat
in the saloon, and the crow*, collected
by the runner of what had taken place,
filled the house. 1 was the principal
wiliness, and as soon as 1 had given in
my testimony, and was permitted to re-
tire, I wandered toward the chamber
whence the terrible screams of the ma-
niac bride sttU Issued, filling all the
41r.
Constant, Constantia and myself were
constant and a nremitliag in our atten-
tions to my wretched sister. For two
days and nights she raved is high de-
lirium. and thea sank, wader the unit -
el efforts of nevous exhaustion and
opiates, into • profound stupor.
Upon this second day the remains of
the unfortunate Wolfgang were com-
mitted to the gore. His funeral was
perfectly quiet. attended by his own
family and the Davenports.
During alt this time I could realize to
myself nothing that tied taken or was
taking place. i seetned out of myself,
in some unreal existence, and, some-
times wildly, desperately hoped to wake
and find It all a hideous dream.
That evening, when we returned
from the funeral, 1 followed Mr. Walt -
raven to the library.
"Gh•n nips" said 1, "some explanation
of that which has wrecked all our hap-
piness["
"Be seated!" said the alit man, him-
self sinking exhausted into a chair. 1
sat down and waited for him to speak.
Ile leaned his forehead down upon his
own palm, and, after a silence of a
fcw minutes, sighed heavily, and said:
"1 am unequal now to the task of
giving you any lengthy detail. Listen,
then! I married niy brother's staid.
She was a quadroon girl, brought up et
my mother's knee; a simple, gentle
glint], whose life of chamber seclusion
tied kept her unspotted from the world;
a Loving, religious child, whose faith
in her Heavenly Father was like a
bol'e's innocent trust in its mother. She
had been taught In her childhood al-
most to worship her 'young master' --
the mother's spoiled and willful boy -
the idol of the household. She learned
io girlhood to love him with all the
blind and passionate devotion of her
race. 1 had the power of life and death
over her -yea. of eternal life and death
-for her lite hung upon my love --her
integrity upon my honor. The alterna-
tive for her was a ruined fame, n bro-
ken heart and the grave, or the mar -
Hoge ring and benediction. The niter -
native for me was sin without infamy,
tie infamy without sin --or so it seemed
to me in my passionate youth.
chose the latter. I loved her. I marri-
ed her, and lost caste. I and my chil-
dren forever) The whole community
recoiled in loathing from us. 'Ile min -
('ter who united us was ungn vned and
degrnrled from his pulpit. Our marri-
age was dectared illegal. and my mother
to oblige me to break the connection,
made a will. just before her death. 1 y
which she left me Constance and her
children. 'teen condition only of my
•eing then[. Upon my attempt-
ek this condition, they were
roperty of a distabt re -
brought me those
nt
asnn y v bey! and
sienna. But
Mrs, beeau':e
property.
In-
o
tore
other pro -
ho n.'groes, batik
nulls -i inherited from
er, without restriction. 1 was
Iernbly wretched. Cnnstanee, see-
the misery of which she had been
to innocent cause. fell Into n deep
melancholy. from which neither the af-
fection of her children, not' my own
love and unrendlting endeavors could
erouso tier. Her health felted. and she
died when ('.cn,slant and Constantin
were. but itvelve months old. Again
1 consulted the ablest lnwyers In the
Slate, only to Ito more than over con.
niece that there wni no possibility of
ling nside my mnther:s will. Thera ,
a: not In all Virginia Ji father so un-
happy ne= roy.;elf. A thousand Times 1
pr►ya't1 for the death of my children. if
cne of them tell i11. 1 watched the pro.
Ries of his or her Illness with extreme
anxiety, not fcarblg They might die, List
fcnriug they nttght. lite) Conscience,
and not n wish that they should stir -
Vivo. induced ate to provide necessary
• nursing ant inedicnl allendaneo at smelt
Wee. At Inst it suddenly secured to
nu flint 1 [night easily evade the will,
11 Is strange that that expedient timer
eirue'k me until years of misery ha.l
prised; but so it was in my ca:;e, anti
rc t 1 have often seen it in the rase c f
[.then.. The remedies for ;vital we extra.
ceiwe to be ineurthlo 1114 often lie very
near us. unseen or neglected. it suet•
dents• struck me Ihrtl nothing hindered
nay steeling my children, while they
ser'' thine, to a foreign country, and
transferring my whole property thither.
1 meowed M do s.,. My sons were then
rt renege, an,t rev dsughter et 110r11d-
ittl:.settooi in the North. I was In re -
hied health, and •'f n rnee never eilbjeet
1•' Ilio'.,: o' cuttd, n de'nlle: therefore 1
felt thnt there was nn °erasion for Imre
et and I wee not in linste to sell, and
leas.' f..rct•er my native soil. while my
children were receiving their ediication.
1 det.'t:nin.'d, ow ever, to do It open
the fr:1 in.he on at dee'lining hrnith.
month tepee' after month. mil
grew into y s. Cendant returned
trent 1'rinecton, whore he %%04 a 1u•'nt•
h1. nnel coins ,[)ted the study of (!-
entity ss a f,rivate pupil et \fr. Omenn•
Bert. 11e formed n unhappy attest;•
men!. led cement pcce>esee,l a stain„
mind and ti,thte art. • strug,4,'el
with, mei cowl 'on. Com-
ing net as pu • furnaoe
of his iMah re, 1
determined
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dean from forming Indiscreet attach-
ments.
"When Wolfgang returned from Har-
vard, accompanied by yourself, 1 saw
your sudden admiration of my daugh-
ter. i withdrew her from your pres-
ence. I warned Wolfgang against the
society of young ladies. I knew no.
thing of your sister, or I should never
have consented to his visiting you et
your own home. The first knowledge
I had of Miss Fairfield was from the
k tter of \Volfgang that announced his
engagement. Without literally telling
Inc so, it was couched in such terms as,
with other circumstances, to mislead
me into the belief that alto knew all!
This was not unnatural. I thought
That to some till infinitesimal propor-
tion of African blood might be no ob-
jection -while his many distinguished
— Pardon met 1t was a father's dot -
nee. \Volfgang Mid me In his leiter
that his bride had consented to depart
with him to France immediately after
the marriage ceremony. This afforded
me the opportunity 1 wanted to secure
n fortune to -my son, by settling it up-
on Miss Fnirfleld-to which there could
Le no legal obstruction. A few weeks
before the marriage I received a long
letter from \Volfgang, telling me that
hi. Regina. willful as charming, insisted
or coining to Hickory Hall, and being
introduced to her father-in-law before
her departure for France. in this turn
of affairs he requested ane to send Con-
stant and Constantia to him, and
above all things, to itnprison old Nell,
whose very sight would appall Roghtn,
and whose extreme holdness and mo -
Ii city would assuredly instigate tier
to present herself before the bride."
"But ;that. then, is the ground of such
malignity, rind how could one so de-
graded be in any manner related to one
so beautiful. so angelic, as was Con-
stance, judging by your description of
her, as well as by n portrait 1 saw and
nii.sed the same night from the [volts
of my chamber, and which 1 now sus -
eon to have been hers'"
"Yes, it was !kers; old Nell stole it
that night. She had long wanted the
small personal effee s of C.nnstance. end
tend watched her onnortunity of getting
into the closed chamber. You left your
door unlocked, and she entered the
room, rifled the burena, end carried off
the portrait. and had returned. it is
likely. to rob you. when n slielit sound
of her steps attracted WIMP. who
happened not to have retired. but wens
in the next room. He followed her in-
to your chamber the last time. arid ar-
rested her at your bedside. You ask
me the cause of Nell:s malignity, and
expressed astonishment at the idea of
her relationship to Constance. She Is.
really, nn Mood-relaUon to Constance
or my children.
(To be Continued.)
1 XTENSIVIe CAR RANI%
The largest cab rank In the world
is situated in London -viz.. at Wat-
erloo Station, the terminus of the
Loudon and South -Western Railway.
It is a courier of a mile in length.
More than 1,000 cabs are celled in
the course of twenty-four hours.
or Thin
abies
Fat is of great account
to a baby ; that is why
babies are fat. If your
baby is scrawny, Scott's
Emulsion is what he
wants. The healthy baby
stores as fat what it does
not need immediately for
bone and muscle. Fat
babies are happy ; they do
not cry ; they are rich ;
their fat is laid up for
time of need. They are
happy because they are
cotnfortable. The fat sur-
rounds their little nerves
and cushions them. When
they are scrawny t Hose
nerves are hurt at every
ungentle touch. They
delight in Scott's Emul-
sion. It is as sweet as
wholesome to them.
Send for jfroo sampler.
Ba sure that this picture In
the form of ■ label Is on the
wrapper of every bottle d
Ersulsl:'n you buy.
Scott 4. Bows*
Clionelota
Toronto, Ors(.',
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1��ilttOsl—A fib
A CAKE M411-114,040.441
From lbs Cattle-inar to the Bath -
Root
I'ts just an ordinary tablet of soap TheFrm
Bath -
the same as you will find in ninety- !'
nine honks out o1 every hundred.
For I'm illdispeutcable to you.
Fat ubutl in soak. -making comes
from threw thief sources. 'the finest
cornea la sacks direct froin tho cat-
tle markets, and consists of all kind:[
of mutton and beef fat of all quali-
ties just as It is cut from tho car-
case; the second is extracted from
bonds; and the third front kitchen re-
fuse, mainly from hotels and res-
taurants.
00 arrival at the works, int.'tones,
and refuse are carefully sorted into4
their various kinds and qualities..
Mutton fat is tho moat valuable. and
is put aside for the heat soap; lent
fat is sent away to the makers of
margarine; and tho rest is utilised to
the manufacture of the Inferior qual-
ities of the "world's great cleanser."
From a heap of mutton fat. then, I
commenced my career in the service
of humanity.
Into huge "coppers" made of iron,
and holding 35 cwts., the hundrods,
of chunks of fat were tossed and boil -1
ed down into tallow.
My clear tallow was then run off
Into a huge tank capable of holding;
a hundred tons, 'and before I began]
to solidify a quantity of caustic]
soda dissolved in weLlia was uddod i
to me, together eirth a curtain;
amount of resin. My cleansing pro-!
perties I owe really to the presence
of soda; resiin enables mo to lather
well.
Then by means of pipe:;, which dis-
charged steam immediately at the
bottom of the cauldron, we were all
boiled together
It is hero thut the chemical change
front tallow to soap takes place.
When boiled long enough, the addi-1
tion of common salt sets tho soap,
rising to the surface. This is taken
on and further caustic soda added to:
the remaining liquid. And so tho,
process continues.
The expert under whose supervision
I now passed, first of all tasted mo
with his tongue to gain an Idea of.
my consistency.
Then he added water and varinusl
-other things which I am not at lite -I
erty to tell you, becauso he regards
the ,tatter as a trade ae.:ret, and
finally, being convinee-d after numer-
ous tests that, when solidified, 1
should be absolutely pure, I was al-
lowed to settle clown into a respe'ctae
tile cake of soap.
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ORIGIN OF COINED MONEY.
Two Greek Cities Claim iloner of In-
vention.
The honor of the invention of money
was claimed in ancient tunes for the
Lydians and for t'hetden of Argos.
The develc•lntent of money coined oy
the state from the use of metals by
weight and by private coinage is gen-
erally set or the seventh century B, .0
The claims of the Lydians and of the
Midden of Argos were so well sus-
tained, even within n few centuries 'd
that lime, that the lexicographer Pollux,
who drew his data from tine best sources,
including many authors who are now
lost, nod used it in n careful manner,
declared that it was very difficult ;o
settle the question to whom belonged
the real credit. The difiiculty of this
problem has not diminished with the
lapse of more than twenty centuries,
but some additional light has leen
thrown upon it by comparisons of- ddtns
and ancient ntonuntents. &enoemant
reaches the conclusion that Ilfe" stamp-
ing of money took place independently
in both countries, but that In Lydia it
was gold money and In Aegina, wle re
Pheidon was supposed to have executed
r
11 est coinage, it was silver tone
the money.
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The money of Angina was in tho shape
of a turtle the pieces weighing a little
less than 12 groins. and differed from
the oval bars of bullion previously used
only by some rough stamptnf{. Then
Lydian money vas of a similar shane
Alit less elongated and was made In
part of electrum.
THE MAGIC MIilROIt,
The "magic tntrror" of Japan Is a disc
:f bronze, usually from 6 inches to 8
inches to diameter. It is silvered on Inc
fi ont. which is a little convex, and there
is n raised pattern on the back which
rather concave. The polished eet-
tern is generally n landscape, flowers,
iodinate, or Chinese characters. This
ie not visible in the front of the ter-
ror. but when strong sunlight is re-
flected front the front of the mirror to
n wall or screen the pattern of tele
Lack Is visible on the screen in bright
linos on a block ground. The true :..1-
cntific explanation et this magical (f-
leet stymie 10 be that the design on the
t.t ck alters the convexity of the front.
tanking it fink Meng the line.v of the
allorn, so that the lig!,t reflected from
the front is not ditiperscd at these points
ef the design. and they appear brig.tt-
cr on tie screen.
IIEt1T OF Vlinti7:1Rt.I:4.
Plants Mee in 'lenge-rehire When
about to Memo.
It will 1,e n iiovel thought to ninny
that. not only artintals, but vegetables
also, generate n degree of heat by
their life processes. it has been ob-
served that tho sap ef healthy trees
is not effected, as other liquids are,
by frost, thnt the inner parte of
fibrous pinnts is warmer than the nir
on cold days, and that snow sults
more rapidly at fhe foot of living
trees than n id stead ones.
'toure iltirs of their o;wn nc•
cord gro warmer until toil Clay, tend
then cool off rigida ns the sun de -
cilium; The net of flowering has also
been found to rive rise to nn in.
seems. of tenlp.•rature; the stalk of
an Italian arum sant• have a daily
inrrenso of so less then 10j decrees,
and the stalk of another plant has
been knee 0 to he as warm as 1051
d.•l;reee Fahr:6!1•'tt.
I'II'CY M1I.l S (is' HAIR.Few ladies IF
aware thnt they
ferry so,ito for or fifty trlit' of
hair on th •i• the lair Retest[
ty miles
FALL. PIG RAISING.
Succe:>s in fall pig raising requires
11101'0 work than the spring farrow.
Better shelter must be provided and
such kind of succulent feed ot• forage is
required. On the average farm such
provisions .are often overlooked. Pigs
farrotf'ed In September or October el -
len. a good start" before very cold
weedier. As soon as they will eat give
thrsn a trough outside their mother's
pen and feed slops inade of shorts and
water, mixed rather thin at first
but thickening as they learn to eat it
readily, In this tvay they learn to de-
pend on feed in trough and almost wean
themselves, prevenUng the sow front be-
coming so thin as when pigs are not
ted separately.
IixercLso and proper food in abun-
dance, is necessary. If possible give tree
range. Feed roots or forage at least
once a day, alt they will eat up clean.
In winter it wastes roots to teed more rat
u time than they will clean up. Alfalfa
or sorghum hay may be liberally given
at all times. We feed some corn In
cold weather, but prefer corn chop and
oats mixed for growing hogs.
Shelter is as important in bad wea-
ther as feed. No matter how low the
shod or what material it is made of, it
should have a good roof. Take a board
roof and cover with corrugated iron or
the patent rubber or tar roofing and you
will have something that will stied rain
and be warm at the sante time. There is
little danger of pigs piling up in cold
weather if they have good shelter, plen-
ty of bedding and ere divided into small
lots. Where all ages and sizes run to-
gether the largo ones often pile up in
the beds, smother the small ones, says
C. Barrett. In Successful Farming.
leeep the young pigs growing. If you
have pushed them from weaning time
you can begin to fatten thein when they
are live months old. When they weigh
from 225 to 227 pounds sell them. Fall
pigs are marketable 817.0 %% hen the ter-
mer needs the money the most; when
them is little else to sell on the farm.
Two littera may be rinsed each year
and the sow bo none the worse for it if
the pigs are fed liberally from the first.
The sow must always be liberally fed
and well cared for in order to keep up
her vitality.
THE POPULAR TOULOUSE.
By tar the most popular of the varie-
ties of geese is the Toulouse. It has been
longer known than some other useful
kinds iii;e the African, and is a very
rapid grower and reaches a large size.
The standard weights are twenty
pounds for females, but even lois weight
is often exceeded. The color is grey -m
some strains n light grey, others darker
-the underparts and fluff white, bill and
legs reddish orange.
As layers the 'Toulouse rank medium,
being rather tote prolific than the Afri-
can, but more so than the Emden. 'I'ha
season's output is from twenty to forty
eggs per bird, geese two or three years
old laying more than very young geese.
Their disposition is quiet, and they are
less troublesome to care for than some
other breeds and will get along very
well in a field without much water.
Breeders usual! keep geese Y LP the 6 � e lay tn„
as long as possible, hatching most of the
eggs with hens.
The eggs hatch in thirty' days and n
goose of average size will cover al•nut
fifteen. For the first few days they are
liable to be chilled, tent after the first
week they- are more hardy and require
little care.
The usual plan is to confine them in
small pens or yards which can be moved
to fresh grass every day because they ",-
quire considerable pasture. Resides the
grass or clover they are fed on a mix-
ture of Indian meal and shorts, mixal
web water but squeezed almost entirely
dry before fe.'riing. When three or four
weeks old they should be given wide
range, but within nn enclosure. When
fattening they are: confined end fed n
mixture of ground grains with beef
scraps, gradually increasing the propor-
tion of cornmeal and beef scraps until
the food Ls about 10 per cent. beet scraps
and 90 per cent. meal. Toulouse geese
reach a tveight of len pounds at ten
weeks of age, and as a rule are sole!
more profitably at that weight as green
geese.
FAIt11 NOTES.
Leather -top carriages should never
stand long in the carriage -house with
the top down . After raising the lop,
break the joint., slightly to lake off the
strain. Aprons and curtains should 1 e
frequently unfolded to prevent cracking.
Just whet temperature is most satis-
factory is n question not definitely
settled. Some dairymen consider that
the tentperature of a stable should not
be tar from 55 degrees Fahrenheit, while
others think there 13 no harm in having
it below the freezing point. Perhaps a
happy metliuin [would be mote congenial
to the rows and more profitable to the
owner. W(: do not think it wise to rl-
low• the temperature to fall below the
freezing point nt any limo, but would
prefer In hot c it rouge between ate and
is degrees.
The greatest source of danger Is In the
water supply coming from pollute'
wells or streams containing deadly dis-
ease gyros. Wells located near the
farm buildings, into which the drainage
kinds its soy, even through many feet
of soil, may be as dangerous raw the
frilliest sewers Or most disfruetiug gar-
bage heaps in close atnnectir,n with ,he
household. Result+ of int•c.,ligntten
along this line nimbi by lie' Department
of Apiculture nal Sion to he given m
the public in a bulletin. Brad txlors and
tastes, i1 has been found, ere largely due
to the growth of nlgae, which are vege-
table orgnnis:ns of n low order. Tests
thus far matte Mario. That writer may I‘e
safely treatise with sulphate of copper
with the resell of preventing the growth
of ;Agee and net in any way deteriora-
ting 1!s drinking g•inlities.
TO
How to keep potntnes In gr"'d cr►n•L
flan (rem 111,1 tune they are dug in the
fall, until DI- new 1+ ripe the nett
season. iv it el , an 1
nf11..una
Fresh from the
of the finest Tole-produolug Country
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CEYLON TEA, Black, Mixed or
Pure, Delicious and Wholesom
Sold in Lead Packets Only, at 40c, 50c and 60c pre poun
HIGHEST AWARD, ST. LOUIS, 1904.
kept without -freezing, which can tie
done either In a pit or In a cellar. Ttte
cellar must not bo too warns, or the pota-
toes will sprout before sprang. If kept
in a pit, they must be removed as soon
as the frost is out of the ground, or they
will sprout there. When removed from
the pit, or from the cellar, they must
not be piled up in a big pile or they wri
sprout in a skirt time. The writer has
had the best success in keeping potatoes
in good condition for planting In the
spring and eaUng through the summer
as follows: -
Digging as soon as the tops commence
dying in the fall, storing in a darkened
out -building until winter is approach-
ing, then putting then[ In the cellar in
boxes about three by four and a half
feet, where they are kept a little above
the freezing point until spring. When
the danger of freezing in the open air is
over they are taken out and spread all
over the floor of a storehouse, not more
than Iwo or three potatoes deep, with
the building darkened. They are care-
fully shoveled over about once n wee;;
with a wooden scoop, or n fork mode on
purpose, bringing the upper tier of pota-
toes on top each time. This shovelling
then[ over destroys the ,desire to sprout,
and does not injure the potatoes.
ilt5 iI:\IR TURNING WHITE.
ITE.
Ray Horse Itndernoinn a Curious Ex-
perience Froin Fright.
Dan, a bright bay horse, and ono
of the pets of Ware, Mass., is grad-
ually turning white from the eaects
of stet whichsuffered last
a tEk h a tilt c la.
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summer. Veterinary surgeons say
the effect on tho animal's nerves are
precisely like that on tho nerves of
a human being whose hair turns
white overnight through sonv4 severe
fright or tremendous strain. Tho
tvhite hairs have appeared gradually
in patches all over his body. giving
hint a queer mottle;[ appearance, and
ho is becoming whiter every day.
Lust .uuly Dan was hitched in front,
of a livery stable while a heavy thtun-
derstornt was in progress. Suddenly
one of the bolts of lightning struck
tho edge of the stable and there was
a trcntcndous crash and a dazzling
Dash of lightning. The horse drop-
ped to the ground an if shot, and
remained there In a shivering. tretub-
ling mass until ho wits literally drag-
ged to his feet. lie was not hurt a
particle, and it was doubtful if he
was oven stemma] by the bolt of
lightning, but ho was nearly fright-
ened out of,his senses. Ile was takers
to a stable and cared for, but con-
tinued to shiver and tremble until
the next day.
About a neck later Dan's driver,
A. T. Thayer, noticed a small spot
of white on the horse's legs. Tho
next day there were several white
spots on tho animal's hack. Mr.
'Thayer made a thorough examina-
tion to detect the presence of an
eruption or any skin disease; but the
horse was found to be in the best
of health. Daily newsl spots white
have appeared, until Iran is now
nearly one -hal( white, and Is ono of
tho sights of the town.
He is n big, handsome nnintnl, •
weighing 1,400 pounds, and doe:;
duty on n heavy wood waggon. No
load is too big for him to handle,
and his ready disposition to tackle
any burden has made him a favorite
with the teamsters, es his kindly,
friendly,. nature has made hint n pet
with the children. `ince his trans-
formation began he is receiving more
apples and sugar than ever and Mr.
'Thayer says there. Is danger that
Dan will be spoiled.
AS TO PORT .1RTiitIt.
Makeruft the Only Admiral \Nilo na:.
Any Good.
in hi:; lecture at the Itoyal United
Service Institution, London, recently,
on tho subject of the "Naval Aspect
of the :Siege of Port Arthur," A.
Curtis. alto acted during the war
as special correspondent for the Chi-
cago Daily News, dealt with several
interesting points which gave rise to
subsequent discusslott. Ile stated
that in his opinion the only one of
the Russian admirals at fort Ar-
thur who had shown any aptitude
for his duties was Yakarotl, and ho
criticized voty soverely the inactt•en
of Vice -Admiral Stark during the
early days of the war.
140 h..lal oleo that "infinitely great-
er inlsehief" was wrought by the
submerged mechanical mines than by
any other destructive agency, and he
quoted Cnpt. von lessen, of the Se-
vastopol, who had told Mr. Curti,
that. in .lune and again et August,
ISle11, his vessel was s.'rioasly dam-
aged 00 the port aide for.vurd by
flostiug mind, and was only with
difficulty got Lack to port and rt
Further, Mr. Curtis nsk,ld if Japan
ons not justified in keeping teceet.
the loss of the Ynshinta on 51•►y 15,
1901, and the Japanese naval at-
tache who spoke subsequently, also
(Wendell the right of his countrymen
to make war on their own plan and
of n government to keep back or
peblish news as considered necessary,
KNEW \' I \1' 11E LAVAS DOING.
Dimple: it's pont of y -nu, end man,
i,1 len.; money to me so cheerfully.
Shu !bolt -is 1, I►ingu-s? Well, 1 al•
ways bear in int that there's a hee
tea .n ,ha ehaeeltall,�rtlR1
UNANI�
Tho late Lord Leel
the Royal Academy,
to learn something
perhaps he had no
chance came. to him at a picture -g
where his painting, "Helen of Troy,'
was on exhibition.
He Jointed a group of Indies who were
standing before It just In ULno to hear
one of the number say: •
"It's a horrid picture. simple horrid."
"I'm sorry, but it's mine!" Lord Leigh-
ton exclaimed, involuntarily.
"You don't mean to say you've bought
the thIng?" questioned the same lady.
"No, l -painted it," the artist humbly
replied.
The erilicnl Indy woe r.,nmentarity
abashed; then she said, easily:
"Oh, you tnustrt t mind to•u,tf 1 say'.•,
"No, Indeed, you musn'l," another be-
gan, earnestly. `She only said what
everybody else is saying!"
♦-- i
BIG TREE.
The biggest tree in the Routh of
England is said to be the King's oak
at Tilford, which stands on the vil-
lage green between. two ancient
bridges over the River Weer, and is
some 30ft. in circumference at a
height of Oft. from tho ground. It
is mentioned in the charter of Waver-
ley Abbey.
EARN CASH
In Your Leisure Time
If you could start at once in a busi-
ness which would add a good round
sum to your present earnings -WITH-
OUT INVESTING A DOLLAR -wouldn't
you do it?
Well, we are 'willing to start yott in
a profitable business snd we don't ask
you to put up any kind of a dollar.
Our proposition is this: We will
ship you the Chatham Incubator and
Brooder, freight prepaid, and
You Pay No Cash Until
After 1906 Harvest.
Poultry raising pays.
People who tell you that there is no
money in raising chicks may have tried
to make money in the business by using
setting hens as butchers, an:1 they
might as well have tried to locate a
gold mine in the cabbage patch. The
business of a hen is -to lay eggs. As
a hatcher and brooder she is out-
classed. That's the business of the
Chatham Incubator and Brooder, and
theydo it perfectly and successfully.
he poultry business, properly con-
ducted, pays far bettor than any other
business for the amount of time and
money invested.
Thousands of poultry -raisers -men
and women all over Canada and the
United States hate proved to their
satisfaction that it is profitable to raise
chicks with the
Na 1- 00 Etgs
Ne. 2 -120 Eggs
Ne. 2 240 Eggs
CHATHAM INCUBATOR
AND BROODER.
"1'onr. itthe flr•tt. incubator I ha: e
Hued, and 1 wish to rt•iro 1 had ;9
chicks out of (t erg+. '1'hl.: w ,s fay
first Int; truly n lire per cent. batch.
I am well plen a:a vrith my incubator
nod broodor. Tors. 2JtNatOnTON,
('hiltiwaek, B.C."
"31y ftret hate!t came o,T. T got
170 flan chlekt from 110 eggs , Who
can teat iha. for the flat trial, and
so early to tho spang. I am wen
rowed tsith Inenbator, end if i
could not get another money could
not buy 1t from ate. Every farmer
t!ettd haven a No. 3 r:hathan, tnru-
h:ator. -h'. W. Remelt, Luoneil:o,
Ont. ^
"Tho Iubatorye'i furnt:Sall►no
wr.^
work exceedingly writ!. 1t is easily
operated, and toffy nrcd. about 10
minutes attention every day. 11,
M 41I:rrrle, Jlatac JAW, An,a."
The Chatham Incubator and Ilrooder
1s honestly constructed. There is no
humbug about h. Every inched material
is thoroughly tested, the machine is
built on right principle.% the insulation
is perfect, thermometer reliable, and
the workmanship the hest.
The Chatham incubator and i.rooder
is simple as well as acieotifae in con-
struction -a wotnan or girt tan operate
the machine in their leisure moments.
You pay us no cash until after loo6
harvest.
Send us your name and address on
a post card totday. t
W
qnlei
dd�o,n�,, Ps I� o Ju nIppes�g. ew tseamy,
rest iaetee,
A.C^ ontreel.lr'iauratr, Mara. Address
all correspond/mew to elm I o, 314
n' Ma1n90t1 C0111pbell C*., U.ited
nett. 35, Ci!ATDAM, CANADA
newt.. at Caariar, OR., sal DITttotr.
Let us quota ou prlees
on • I'aaOyWati MW
• or ale.
...stetting
urea 'beliuvedm
u
se, resornbliug very m''
of mahogany, end often
as sapless.' lt. looked as moral,
some us meat could look. Strang,
talon[ were told about it. 01d pig-
tailed stamen would tell of horse-
shoes found in the meat casks. and
of curious
BAIIKINO-S ANTi NI:IG1IINGS
heard in the slaughter -houses. What -
over meat it may have been, the salt -
beef was certainly abominable."
After reading this description ono
is not surprised to learn that our
sailors used to beguile their scanty
leisure by carving tobacco -boxes and
fancy articles out of their allorn,,ce
of beef and pork, or that "the I:e.,h
is said to have taken it good poli5l1,
like some close -grained wood."
Nor was the biscuit any wore
toothsome or tractable. Mile
was so hard that it could
broken with the help of a haulm(
the thick end of a marline- spiko;
while, when it less resembled a stone,
it usually supported colonies of mag-
gots. "Not once, but a hundred
times," an old %niter has said,
"have I seen then skim the m . g sots
in spoonfuls front the tea in ahich
the biscuits were soaked."
Horrible as was the food on which
the heroism of a century ago was
nurtured, it was no wor:o than any
other condition of life aboard. The
ships, wo aro told, were never fret[
from unpleasant smells -"the tlank,
fusty stnoll of dry -rot, the acrid and
awful smell of bilge -water, and the
smells of decaying stores and 1. n ;-
dofunct rats"; while the ship:; mere
often battened down for d;a' - to-
gether, until overy inch of 1 :ober
dripped with salt water- and the cou-
deusetion of
THIS BREATHS 0F MANY *EN.
Almost worse still was the tyranny
that reigned aboard, which ex-posntl
the men to the daily risk of ho Tibia
punishments at the caprice 'heir
superiors. For the sligltte.t ace,
often for no offence at uilr non
might be kept for days fast bra
ducked at the yard-arzn, whippets at,
the capstan, hauled under the ship's---•`
keel, or submitted to tither similar
tortures at the will of a "boisterous
blasphemous, swearing supe, iur";
while if a sailor,.a•hea his patience
and endurance could stand no more,
raised his hand against an otfeer of
any grade, he was "flogged rotund
the fleet" -lashed to a gratin•, and
rowed round front ship to :,' in the
squadron, receiving at each soany
lushes out of ,the number of his
e
tcnce. Such n puri•-hr.l ttt it Is neeit
less to say, often proved fatal.
Tho arch -tyrant on board wits,:" of
course, the captain, who was an a l-
tocrat of the retest despotic order.
with practically the power of tido
end death over all his subordinates.
1Iuly superior n mortal he was Is
.� to
1 11 ' t: P5 xIS f 1, L
humorously slv s tc in a
m gg
a pamphleteer of a century ago'
"Osco a moon perhaps he invite
some, lieutenant to taste of bit
bounty; but tho poor gentleman finds
his dinner br.!.steer
RA'1'111%lt AS ;\`"UiL11t11'1'
or
than an honorable entertn cent, for
upon his entry 1:e finds h afore-
hnnd seated at the table h rev
stiff an air as if he expecte eni t
else his toe. Down Veen sit
dumb deity. who shows you e.
you aro to do next. by first Rel; in
himself; if you won't. follow you n.a
fust, for he won't nsstst you."
No wonder thn poor middy of th
time is represented as sayiul;:-
A plague light on that fatal day
When I from [come was led astray
in tide ['sire hole to dwell.
And what e strange, motley com-
pany these Lid fighting ships har-
bored! hinny of the sailors went
criminals who had Seen o;lered the
altereative of going to jail or to sen.
soak were often sorry Very had chosen
the latter. Others were "botchcrs
and hnkera anvil cauillest ick-tonkers"
carried off from their bottles by bre-
al pre;.s-gongs to lei:al dogs' 11' (•a
:afloat for less then a s.hillieg n day;
three [nen out t.f every seven were
pressed men who heel good reason to
Burse the clay they tv.•nt to sty[ to
ervo the King, and one nut of e. cru
eight was a foreigner. Such, In b of
outline, was the life of a "jolly ch
Tar when George (bit 'Third
King."
PROLIFIC 1'111 ll'.
The producing power of 1 be banana
is forty-four time; us greet as that
of the potato. 'Ile dried frena is
readily converted halo netritiouri
flour; it ntny also bo maut,facture(1
info snttsiteree beer can be roads
froin it. while the skin can ise turned
Into cloth• and the: juice mare to do
service either us ink or vinegar.
--+
NOT M:\SITII (11' 'fII'l'.
"1 undereland," he said to the prof.n-
sor of languages, "that you are mater
of rat leastn dozen tongue:."
"Languages," come -led the prof,':
"Don't say nengiscee '1l:at 'eight in •
my wtfe't,'•
Indy Vinitor--'That new 14,
yours sevens very t.t••e int l fitL
Mistre.t; of the liom.,.-' i
very quiet. y► a efeee t•t even di
the (fust a Leu she's cteail'a
tensa -'t