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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-11-08, Page 6+0+0S•G+040+0+040♦0+0+0+0+0 +04 -0+0+0+0+0+0+040 price." All throegh the Old Testament • Carch'ng sight of Miss Durkee he pause I 1"EEVON OR, A HOPELESS LOVE. wine is referred to as a gift conferred in nstonislunrg rats while a broad grin g: aduatly diffused Itself over his nris- che.lous lure. "Permit inc to take your maniwer•lpt,' card Dare politely. "it shows genius ;I u high order." Ile had nu copy ready f Fritz, ai d *ow.•oa-oee o+o+04-Ce+ CHAPTER IX. and after a little more cnnversaliou with Three Boys had passed. To Rutger Dare, he rusffed off to the composing - van Slack they had been days of un - than his usual energetic way. More rest and annoyance. At the cottage the (h+sn ever, he ,aerated to feel that the growing ettl(aity between Dere and van welfare of tate Clarion rested upon hie Huretein had destroyed the peace of the y ung shoulders. household with its subtle poison. Not 'Do you want to hear my editorial at- a word rd had 1 ee l said which could be taking the tie -license system?" asked cr.nsidered rude, but the sarcastic polite - after modestly, turning to van Slack act, shown by the rivals toward each af�er Fritz had loll the roam. other had begotten a more disturbing "Well, 1 dont mind. Business Is rn- Intluence then would have been caused tier dull just at present. Fire away, ty a less guarded antagonism. ail man." The purchase of the Clarion had en- As Dare went on with his reading, tailed upon von Slack certain unwelcome van Slack grew more and more aston- duties. He found that he had obtained fished at the earnestness of hes colleague. as a toy something not designed to It was evident that the literary editor varuses and he had begun to regret his did not consider hes experiment as a weakness in yielding to a bo) ish igg>1. journalist wholly n joke. The editorial pulse, began with the statement that our instt- tutlons are based on the broad prinel- Above all ons he worried by the fact that he had been unable to see 1'vunne p1. of liberty to the individual. Freedom Durkee since the night upon which h had lingered in the shadow of the On end gazed upon her moon -kissed fat Ile: had heard rumors that she and he husband were to set out for Europe e. once• and he felt an angry impaliene at his own helplessness which woul hale aroused John Dare could he hnv *known of it. Had not Isaiah Durkee the right to take his wife where h chose? \Vho was he, Bulger van Slack that ho should feel a personal grievant at the domestic pians of an elderly New Englander who had been a stranger to him up to a week ago? Pondering such thoughts es these van Slack sat one afternoon in the Clari on orrice looking listlessly out of the window. At the desk John Dare was writing, his plain taco lighted by an expression of keen enjoyment. it was evident that editorial duties had not yet bored hint. After a time he laid down his pen, and looked around the room hastily. "1 wonder where Fritz is," he remark- ed "Ile said he would bo back in half - an -hour." "Perhaps he has run across a sensa- tion." said von Slack, with no show of Interest in the subject. "It may be that he has heard that enure farmer is repairing his barn, and has gone off to obtain the full particu- lars. You mustn't overwork the boy, John. As devil, reporter, news editor, and general adviser i ant afraid Fritz Is carrying too heavy a burden." "Remember our agreerflent, Ilutger," said Dare solemnly. "You aro to sit there --gazing out upon the ocean—and run. the business affairs of the paper. Fritz and 1 will attend to the literary end of the establishment, but we abso- lutely refuse to accept advice from you." At this instant Fritz burst into the room. "Long oudl 1 vos goon) bag. 1 int got all de news. Listenl'' "Hold on, Fritz. Come here and sit down." Dare motioned toward a chair near the desk. ".Now calm youiseif and tell rate the truth, the wholes truth, and nothing but the truth." "So help me Gott," exclaimed Fritz, with a vast lack of reverence In his lone. "Well, dere vas a derrible agci- dent down nt %'rimer llunnteil's last nide. I)e lamb vent cud and left dein all de in der•g." "You'd better double -lead that item and put a big head -line on it," remark- ed van Siack, smiting maliciously al ware. "\Well, what happened then, Fritz?" asked Dare, paying no attention to the business manager. "Vy. den day sent oud unt porrowed a gentle surnvare. Unt dat's all oboud dal." Darr leaked annoyed. it was are parent flint Fritz had not mustered what may be called the perspective of news. But with a great deal of tact the liter- ary editor said: "That's very satisfac- kry, Fritz. Anything etse"' "1'altl Ohl Viggil's frau spent Sun - lay mil her fabler in Grey bort." ''Thdt'1 a stunnert'' exclaimed van Meek. e of conscience is guaranteed to ever American citizen. Nov Is not the regi e ration of personal habits a question h conscience? Surely in regard to mos t things every American is permitted e make his own physical choice. II d may eat more than is -good for him i c he chooses; he may destroy himself wit tobacco, or even poison himself wilt e patent medicines. But in certain Stale the, law terbtds his use of alcohol in an form as a beverage. in other Stales the settlement of the question is left to the towns. That is, a Patonketan I obliged to drive over to Greyport ) obtain a glass of beer—unless, indeed he has learned how to evade a law es lablished by a bare majority of his townsmen. Nov frankly, had all this guerilla warfare against alcohol proved etlec Live? Was there less drunkenness in New England, for instance, than in . France where alcohol, In some form or ether. is daily absorbed by each indi- vidual? Was there less intoxication in Potnnket than in Greyport? Of course, it must be understood that ala these points were not advanced in favor of a general indulgence In intoxi- cants. When the Creator made tho cli- mate of New Engiand he added a ate mutant to the ether which renders al- cohol a superfluity to man. There Ls n; necessity for a Patonketan to indulge in whiskey. if he tired according to the law of hygienics he would never feel the desire for "a bracer." But was there not an incentive in the very existence of a law relating to his ehnice of drink, that would be apt to lead Win to an as- sertion of independence? Suppnse that a majority of Patonkctans should de- clare that, as over -indulgence in fruit has brought -nen to untimely graves, hay caused widows to weep for their lost support, and orphans to Mourn the fa- ther snatched away, therefore, be it re- solved lhnt the sane of fruit he prohibit- ed in This town, and that the penalty for infringement of this lase shall be, elc. Would not such an act Le pernici- ous in that it would offend man's love of freedom, cast ridicule on Inw In the abstract, and be wholly Ineffective in checking the consumption of fruit? upon ratan by God. Isaac giving his tless:ng to Jucob says: "Therefore Gal gees Thea of the dew of Ileasen and the fatness of the earth, and plenty el corn and Inc."wsotowon bids men )o tenor the Lord, arid adds: "So shall thy bairns be filled with plenty and thy presses shall burst out vvllh neve win The Claim of Prohibitionists that vane thus referred to ts°s not into eating the writer readily dispruve'd further Biblical quotations ahowlug h over -indulgence in the juice of the gra had often !eat to drunkenness in the da u! the patriarchs. Turning to the New 'Testament he 'towed that the Christ uCcd Witte Us a daily beverage. In fact, Jesus even turned water into write that the wed- ding guests ret lire marriage feast in Cann height ne.t go It .•a) tu►sulislietil. All ih�s, the write. tent on 10 exltlr+1n, did not mean that the Bible defended over -indulgence 1» aleoliol. Many quotations denouncing excess either in food or wine were cited. The Bible simply recognized the positton of wine as one of the good things of life, telt was not silent regarding the dangers which lurked behind its faseerations. In clos ng the editorial, Dare urged his readers to rise to the conception , f true manhood. to be skulkers no longer in the great metal tattle of the world, to set aside deceit and hypocrisy and stand firm fur the healthy grow th of the race, to give tip blunting their swords against the narks eetablielied by the Creator, and turn :i .- i agnb st in- temperance, greed and ,:'viI appetile e." the by ow pe ys Each 'nen was, in a sense, 1ri. 1.+. thers y keeper, but not his turnkey; his morel j ally against the foes of manhood, not an awned sentinel to keep him in to to guard -house. An ostrich with its head in the sand was as wise as the roan who ( • believes that temptation can be removed from the world by the elastic bonds :,f human iaw. So long as mares nature Stale. remains as it is, and the physical world changes not, so tong wilt Prohibition tie worse Ihnn a lettere. Van Slack was silent for a long time • after Dare had ceased to rend. Finally he said: "\Veil, old man, you've treat- • ed the subject in a rather serious•sein. My idea was that your article should be humorous. not heroic. Rut stet. as yo say on the proofs. it will doubtless ap peal to the reasonable men of Pntnnket but what its effect nn the more fireball car wife he is hard to say." "Well, l'm sure 1 don't care for my part," returned Dare. "\Vhen 1 began to look into the matter I grew Intensely interested. 1 rainy be flippant with my tongue. Van. but 1 can't Iso with my pen. i sincerely believe Ihnt t'rohibi- tlnn has done a vast deal of Ulm in the world. And 1 ant glad to have, an opportunity to say so in a more or less public way. i begin to believe that 1I1 slay here and run the Clarion indeflnit- ely, old fellow. It's fnscinating work." Dare turned to tela desk and begun to correct seine proofs which Fritz had brought lo hien. Van Slack took a cigar from his pock et and, lighting it, gave himself up to reverie. As he sat there watching the smoke which floated out through the open window and perished 1,1 the ern - brace of the soft summer breeze, the outer door of the office opened and nn eccentric -looking being entered. Me- helabto Durkee, attired in a Mitch -and - white gingham dress, with a black bun - hat resting upon her struggling curls. oorried in her hands, which were, as usual, partially covered with lure mills, a roll of writing -paper. She looked lit- erary from head to foot. 'There was t' literary smirk about her mouth, an air of letters about her dress, n rejected - manuscript suggestiveness in her whole demeanor. She stewed to be n women whose life had been a succession : f tragedies in which the editorial waste- basket had played n lending role. She came into the sanctum in a reverential way, as though (reading upon sacred round. Looking around the room with a nervous glance. she shyly ap- ron .hed van Mack, who hnd politely isen and laid aside hit cigar. "Exeirse mc, sir." saki \Ins Durkee n he:• sr.flest tone, "1 don't want to in- trude, but i have here n little thing that i guess the Clarion vs -0111d like to print." "Able exeleinied van Slack, in an in• ((rested way. "Poetry, 1 suppose?" "Yee—poetry." "Well, niadrun, i ant not the literary editor, but it you will kindly seal your- self in n chair by the desk over there and read your production In that gen- tleman. he will puss upon IR merits. Just begin your reading without inter - uniting him. Ile has a wr'nderbil fnc- ully for doing two things rat once. and be will grnsp all the beauties of your or•k w lRhout scenting to pay nllention. You understand me?" "I don't know." answered Miss Dur- kee dubiously. "Ile's a kind o' mind reader, is he?' "Yes, flint's it. Now. just sil (Inuit and try trim. You'll witness n remark- able psychological phenomenon." 'rhe last two words aroused :thew - table's curiosity. She did not under- stand thein. but felt That they must re- fer In something worth seeing. Dare lied begun to revise certain features of hie wined'''. and Irnd not noticed the entrance of the p.eeless. With mincing step Miss Durkee ap- prcached hint end, seating 'herself in the chair by bis side, quietly unfolded her manuscript. Then she began to rend aloud. welly al first. but. as she went on, with ever-increasing emphnsla. "'recce" rhymed with "Neese' "sky" with "fly' "rand" wink 'grand," and 'wave" with "brave," while nnthing broke the monotony of her rendition save here and there a thank -you -maim II) here meter. For a lime Dare did not notice her. but after n while he began to realize That he fad heeome the tar- get frr an eincuti.enary broadside. Ile !coked al ter in nunazemenl, but when he glnnce.l at van Slack he grasped the s'tunt;nn nl once. "I beg your pardon," he said. inter- rupting; her, "but bow long Is your pc•vtn?'' r'Ahe:rl n thorretn,l lines," answ.'red Mies Darker, evidently astonished that a mind-reader should lee delete] to ask such n question. Then she resumed het r' edit; in a \•ctce which trembled su ombat for emotion. that e At tin atom. n rat Fritz broke ke infra the mom in tes cyclonic way. "Goppy!'' he celled. as thrergh trying to make 1)111 :awards hear him across the Ween. "\\'ells go on, Fritz." "Dare vas tang of a pig pignic next vreg. Day viii hat twenty gallons of tramhate. fate!' "Mural! Anything else?" "Oh, yah! Olt Gnplain Gartner broke de raper of leis bode yesterday. Ile atria like a hirote." "Did silt find out just what he said?" *eked van Slack. "Keep queet, Bulger. Go on, Fritz." "tires Hobgins has n trent stay ing mil her over nide." "Referred to the night editor," came 'rem the guaiacs manager. "\\'cl l?' "Bill Edwards says ve will lief rain. H•' vire a government ollieer, vet he Meows vat he is talging abpude' "Yes. An) thing more?" Fritz hung dawn ,his heed. Ile hnd ponk'thing on len mind which Hoyle Ilial nervous. "Veit—veil—lb here he paused. "Go nn, Fritz. \\'hat were you going Sr 811)?" "Veli, dare Is a grade lot of taig a1•0111 your buying de Glarion." "Yes. What do they say?" "Veil. day vnnttr vat you vont de Pager for. Day dry to bump me about M. but 1 VAS silent as a godflsh. " "I'hnt's riga." "Dare erre a pig fellow gelled Ilnnle who vac talging a grade tat mil Itis mese." Van Place he'nnhe Inlereeted at once. "\\-nal does Poole say?' he asked. "1'•11, tw` vara afraid dat you rill go lag on Rrohibition." "And what If we did?" "Ile doesn't say much aboud flat, but P till gteeb my eye on him and dell you all nb oud it." it ons ewideal Ihn! Prlr had saki ell IAA h. Untended to upon the subject, Then Jho writer went on to cite cer- Inin features of New England history. Did not every reader of the Clarion consider the Blue lame of the early Puritans absurdly unjust? Did net !lint narrow legislation which forbade a g man to run on Sunday, which punish- t el him if he kissed his wife on tint p slay. which decreed that he should not r srnake tobacco at any time. and trtnde 1 u for he stud somewhat in awe of the do imperious ways. Miss Mehetable ha eel her poem to the editor, while hi art beat Last. Could ft be that verses were to feed a printing pr. LI was almost incredible. "Here, Fritz, take !hut out meitt set up. 1s your name nth' it? Dare turned toward Miss .tier Fedi had seized the nuuusc► and rushed may. "No, yes. That is---" The poetess t lost control of her nerves through j "My 1mm-de-plume is there. 01), 1 emelt obliged to you, sir. And you," etre continued, addressing v Mack. "You are welcome to the pec 'Iliero will he no charge. 1 write of for the love of literature." She stood up, and a dignity she h never bef ere possessed seemed to a Height to her figure. The weight of d nppo ntrtlent which had crushed her years had been lifted from her sero tiers in tete twinkling of an ee Through her brain hashed the lhoug that hereafter she must search t world for meed -readers and her fat would le established. Approaching van Slack, she whisp ed: "\Vhnt was it you snid 1'd see, si Van Slack was nonplused for a m merit. "Oh yet!' he exclaimed after an elfo of memory, "1 told you you'd we've a psychological phenomenon. Was not right?' "A psychological phenomenon," s repeated as though the words were t "Open sesame" to glory. "Yes, 1 sa i!. and T11 see It again, 11 1 live," s murmured, as she left the room wi assured mein, after a polite bow John Dare. (To be Continued.) wit's nd- her her ipt tad 0y. 13)11 to an Ill. ily ad (Id ul• •e. ht he ne er- r?" o- rt ss he he he th to LONDON'S 11EW HARD MAYOR. Quaint and 'Ancient Formalities Pre- vailed at the Election. . The liverymen of the various guilds o! the city of London assembled in Connnon Hall at Guildhall on a recent Saturday, for the election of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The pro- ceedings were conducted with all the quaint and ancient formalities 'which have prevailed in the city during the seven centuries of the corporation's his- tory. Prior to the election Ilse Lord Mayor and Sheriffs and other high oflicers at the city attended divine service in the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry. On leaving the church, the Lord Mayor and sheriffs each carried a bouquet of au - Intim flowers, and, preceded by the mute -bearer and sword -bearer, marched to the Guildhall, which was strewn with - sweet herbs. The liverymen had mean- while assembled in the body of the hall beneath the hustings. Tire Common Sergeant read the names of the aldermen who were eligible for election. end said it would be the duty of the livery to return the names of Iwo of these gentlemen to the Court of Aldermen, who would select one of the loo to Le I.ord Mayor. The choice of the livery fell upon Sir William Treloar, and Sir John Dell, and Pie aldermen selected the former, who was accordingly elected chat"( magis- trate. Sir William Treloar having been in- vested with the chain of office by the sword -bearer, returned thanks for his election. He said the method of elect- ing the Lord Mayor of London was unique. Ile was not chosen because r t hi, birth, rank, riches, or politics, but be. aus•' he had served en apprentice- ship to the city, and bind faithfully per - funned tits civic duties. He',sir William) had striven to serve sulk an apprentice - Wee for twenty -live years; and that day they crowned an ambition, which was the, birthright of every loyal citizen. In the evening in accordance with custom, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a dinner party at the Mansion (louse to meet the lord efayor- elecl. The Loot Mayor -elect was born in London sixty-three years ago In n house that was demolished to make room for the Ludgate railway bridge. fly reason of the time and money he lies devoted to the service of the suffering children in London he las long been known as "Jho Children's Alderny►n." ile is a Conservative and a (:hurchman, and hos taken an active part In political matters in the city rind at Croydon, in the neighhorh sod of which he resides, I r laei5 he married Annie, daughter et the late Mr. George Drake. other regulations equally lyranical. of- fend every Patonketan of these day's? In the Record.; of the General Court of \ias,nchusetls can he found the fallow- ing edict, dated fen: "it Is ordered that no person shall sell any cakes or tuns, either In markets or vietyaling houses, upon pnine of 10 s. fine; provided that this order shod not extend In such cakes ns shnlb'e made for any burial', cr marriage, or such like special nem. won." "flow absurd!" exclaims the modern Palonketnn, But is the complete suppression of the liquor traffic any more reasonable than this effort et the ancients In -cheek the spread of the per- nicious, dyspepsin-tsnring bun? in fart. is not Prohibition the direst outcome rf that spirit of `ntolerance which 50 of- ten led to deeds of cruelty end injnsliee in the earlier days of American civiliz- ation? - There were broader arguments than ihese upon whi.•tt tare touched. ire claimed that temptation was necessary to the development of Individual charac- ter. Adam and five would have lost all amoral grandeur it they had never been subjected to the great hurnnn strug- gle bctocen good and evil; end in their very fall they proved the proud posi. hon of man ne the arbiter of his own physical and spiritual fate. 1t uninn law can not destroy the forbidden fruit planted in the garden of the world by he Great intelligence. Erich man born oto the earthly life is another Adam. Te one man the fruit he should -not touch is of one kind; to his brother n different plant 1 cars the faint growth. Each one of us must learn where our wcnknees lies, and struggle for strength where we decd it most. A man shut up in n cell can net increase in moral force, It Is only when free to do ns lin choi'e directs lint he can excretive that restraint which adds to his stature Its a tnnral agent. Then, with full knowledge of the or- thcdnc lrnnings of his render. Dare went on to quote ninny texts from they Bible in impend of his position. The Old Testament. he said, WAS full of ex- preesions lending to prove that the good risen of old lietreged in wine. Isaiah toes wine 9s A serene) of salvallefe; "Ito, every One plat thirsleth, come pe 1•• the staters, anti he that hath money, cnnie ye. buy and eat; (nine buy wine and milk without money and without SUCIi PROFOUND I(iNOI1AN :C. It was venting day at the klndergar- ten, and the young tcarher was proud of her tittle pupils as they went through (heir drills and escrctsc•s, and benmcd with pleasure at the appreciation shown by tete visitois. tsho applauded gener- ously. Then carte the Ies'ons. rued the lenehe'r announced the subject. "Chitdren," etre said. "In -day we are Orris to tenni about the cal. and i want you to tell me what yeti know about it.- 'roulmy. how ninny legs hos the cel?' "Four," replied Tommy, proudly con- scious of rectitude. "Yes, and Daisy, whet else has the cal?" "Claws an' tail," murmured Daisy, shyly. Various other pollees of feline ana- tomy were aseertnined, end finally the instructress turned to one rat the latest Acquisitions to the kindergarten, arid seed, sweetly: "Now. Mary. cnn you Zell me whether the cal leas her or feathers?" With scorn end contempt, mingletf with a vast surprise. \tory snid: "femme! teacher, ain't you never seen a ear' And the lesson came to an abrq.t end. l ---- KNEW Ni\f.. Sunday &:hootTcachcr. "New. chil- dren, ,l- dren, 1 want you to telt me w hat you know about Good Friday." tattle Jimmy ;eagerly): "Ile was the AreYou aJapanTea Drinker?'MS OF OIL FAiNTINGS 11 IF SO, ASK YOCR GROCER FOU 1D CEYLON GREEN TEA. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE AND FAR MORE DELICIOUS TWAN JAPAN. Iowa wrote Nolo. 44eo, f0N awl NO pie EL At es grocers. TREATMENT OF YARDED POULTRY. 1 have noticed yarded fowls exposed to the extreme heat of the sun in sum- mer, in unshaded yards, with no re- sources but Jho hen house, which was probably liko an oven. This exposure not only results in the fading of their plumage, but in the development of disease. In winter some yards are exposed to the full force of the winter winds, and in consequence the fowls will huddle together in the hen -house instead of getting out 1n the fresh air. Sunflowers or morning glory vines will give shade in summer and a wind break made of old boards or cornstalks will, in a mea- sure, protect the yards in winter. In some instances the chicken yard is tak- en for a dumping ground for table scraps, old bones, etc,. until it becomes a veritable rubbish heap. • if fowls are confined for any length of lime' in such a yard easedsouse die and others become dis- . Another danger to yarded poultry is overcrowding. No fowls can do well where they are conlined into small space. The idea that because one has made a certain profit with a flock of fowls that profit can be increased by adding to their number without extend- ing the space In which they are kept is almost sure to result in loss. When on free range fowls can secure those things in the way of food that are neces- sary to their thrift, and I believe in al- lowing as much free range as possible. This can be accomplished by opening the gate of the ward a short time before sundown. Tete fowls will not wander far for they will soon hove to go to roost, but even In the short time at their disposal they will pick up a good deal that will be of much benefit to them. In winter it will be found advan- tageous to clear away the snow for a short distance on the south side of the poultry house. It does not take long to do this and the chickens have a clear space which they will thoroughly en- joy. While more corn can be fed in the winter than at any other season. It is well not to give too much of it to the hens, particularly 0 yarded. Corn on the ear, burned or charred in the oven, seems to lose its fattening powers to a certain extent. It should, however, only be given in this Loral occasionally. Wheat and oats are both good chicken feeds, wheat being a splendid food hl produce eggs. \\'heat screenings have the advantage of being cheaper in price and contain other small grains and seeds besides the wheat. These grains, while forming the prin- cipal food, should be varied or mixed in the case of yarded fowls so as to give variety. Green food must not be for- g,;tten. Fowls consume a great deal of grnss when nn free range, and if closely yarded and unable to obtain It they will suffer in consequence unless it be fed to them or its place supplied by cab- bage, apple parings, heels, etc. In summer, whenever the lawn is mowed. 1 give some of the grass ne soon as it Is cut to the fowls confined in yards, and it is eaten with asidit. FAI1ef NOTES. Rees keep w•nnien in pin money. They are easy to manage and are steadily gaining in popularity. \\'hen butter gathers at G•: In 04 de - grecs, it will need three washings to remove all the bullerrnilk, but if i1 gathers at 52 to 5t degrees, one wash- ing will be suflicient. When washing, d t not Id the butler rennin to the water longer than is absolutely' necessary. A prince qualification of the hired man should be his gentleness ailh animals, especially with work horses and dairy cows. Tho man deficient in this respect can do more damage to the stock then ha can make up by being otherwise Ir reproachable. Tho ratan who os'bs n good faun, free from mortgage, and who invests most of his money at home—in better stock cr better living—is the centre of o fnan cfal world of his own. Before the fall ruins set in haul in as many loads of dry loam as you mn) need. By judicious use one load will de for six coves fur one winter. hal this earth in an airy place, and it will dr) off to a dry powder. 11 this is put in the trough alter cleaning out night and morning, you will save all of the Ina- nure. During the summer, after the busy work Is over, is a good time to clean up and paint the farm wagons and im- plements. A paint can be made by using equal ports of red lead and Vene- tian red, mixed with pure haw oil. Keep well stirred while using and apply with a bristle brush. If a gloss finish is desired apply two coats with a little coach varnish added in mixing second coat. Phis paint is durable and not ex - The Canhda thistle is one of that numerous class of weeds that are pro- pagated by rhizomes, or root stalks from w•lrich the buds start, as well as from seed, thus rendering it necessary not merely to prevent seeding, but to destroy the entire root system of the plant. in this respect it Is similar to those other vilo pests of the cultivated farm In the humid section, the horse - nettle, bind weed, morning-glory and quack grass. For this entire class of weeds there are but two methods of de- struction. One is Jho entire removal of the root, and the other Is trangulatlon or keeping the leaves from access to the air, either by repeated cutting or smoth- ering thein out with some ranker -grow- ing plant. LIVE STOCK NOTES. The most profitable beef, pork or mutton is that put orelhe market early. ween we get -so we study as hard how to give our cows morn to eat as we do now how to scrimp thein well have better success in dairying. Il is hest lo remove the harness dur- ing the noon hour. It is also an excel- lent practice to bathe the shoulders with cold water alter the removal of har- ness. Well -fitting collars and harness and strict clennliness will do much to prevent sore shoulders. PERFECTLY SA'T'ISFIED. 1 don't wise► to lake up your time," the caller said, "unless you think It is likely I might interest you 10 the sub- ject of life insurance." "Well," replied the man at the desk, "I'll not deny that 1 have been thinking about it lately. Go ahead. 1'11 listen to you." \Vhcreupnn the caller talked to him forty-tive minutes without a stop. "And now," he said at last, 'are you sntisfled Mel our company is one of the best, and tint our plan of doing Mist- imes is thoroughly safe?" eyes.. "Have 1 convinced you filet we fur- nish es gond insurance ns any other company and at rates os cheep as you cnn get Anywhere?' "Yes; 1 11111 snlisflcd with what you say ---perfectly snlisned." "Well, don't you want to take out a policy with us?" "Me? Oh. no! I'm n life insurance agent myself. t thought I might be able to get some tips trod ) our' IMO • REMORSE iN IS' TAI.MENTs. Remorse does not always go as far as the offense which gives birth to it. There wus once a man who was rob- bed of one hundred dolla►:e. A long time afterward he received this letter: "Dear Sir,— Five years ago 1 robbed you of one hundred dollars. i am filled with remorse that 1 could have done well a thing. 1 send you a dollar end a half to case my conscience." • A Boston schoolboy was la; weak and sickly. His arms were soft and flabby'. He didn't have a strong muscle in his entire body. The physician who had attended the family for thirty years prescribed .Scott'.- Emulsion. NOW : To feel that boy's arm you would think he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. ALL. DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND *1.00. • .11:C1:1T GREAT .tt:11i1'TE\IE?s,ti Lae THE PICTURE tAUIU.D, fen Thousand Figures Re•preeented in ra Painting of the Battle of Waterloo. The painting of the Datlte of Water - 'we, which has recently been completed .•y that clever young German, von ,)resten, is. in its way. one of the most ,emm.1(0,1e fouls ever acbteved by any artist. Although the picture is only :our feet log rued about two deep, more- ihan ten thousand figures are repre- ; seated. The Duke of Wellington, -hough int the background, is perfectly recognizable. This is an ago of sensations, ane1"up- to-date artists, especially those of the• French school, are producing pictures which break completely away from old .fries. A few months ago a most °Inez :ng production was exhibited at thet Galeria des Machines In farts. It re - :,resents the mob, after Ilse taking and sacking of the infamous Bastille prison, marching, with Lafayette at their head, to the hotel de Ville. The painter is M. Georges Roussel, and the magnitude o! the. work may bo judged when it is• stated that there are over one thousand life-sizo figures shown within the limits of this gigantic canvas. The picture is 2(0 feet In length, Anti about 20 deep, and is one of ttto larges:. pictures ever painted. 500 HOURS OF' IIARD PAINTING. Statistics of pictures of the gigantic' order are not uninteresting. Last year Mr. Thomas itemy, the well-known marine painter, completed a picture of Nelson's famous sea light at Copen- hagen, which is of its kind unique. It covers 90 square feet of canvas, took 500 hours of herd painting, and used up - half a hundredweight of paints. Tho actual cost of painting material for the- w/111111)g was $495. Such a work implies a great deal of very severo manual toil. The artist has to be continually climbing up end down e step ladder to get at the top of a can- vas of such size; and many of the prin- cipal figures have to be repainted as many as thirty times! Now and then gigantic paintings haver been exhltited in the Royal Academy. to 1880 Mr. Val. Prinsep showed the• Durbar held at Delhi by Loaf Lytton, then Viceroy. This picture was 27 feet tong by 10 wide, and occupied practi- cally the whole of one wall of Gallery No. VIi. Another picture of similarly colossal dimensions was painted by J. Phillip, R.A. It was a portrait group of the House of Commons, and contains over G00 portraits, four hundred of wti.ich are vcfry perfect. It measures 28 feet by 1: feet. The largest paintings by any British artist are the frescoes by Mnclise, In the Royal Gallery of the blouse of Lards. There are two, and each measures 45 feet long by 12 feet high. They are ex- quisitely painted. 20,000 FiGURES ON UAE CANVAS. But all (hese immense areas. of art roust lake second place when compared - ' with the chef d'oeuvre of Mons. Phillip- lr potteaux, which was painted to order for • the Philadelpi..a Arts Collection Exhibi- tion. This portrays the Siege of Paris, and contains at. least twenty thousand figures, of which two thousand are very distinct; and many others. though in the shadow and In the background, very fairly so. The comas measures 3R0 feet long, and is 50 feet deep. Of course, work of this kind belongs rather to the world of scene -painting than to that of pure art, yet critics hese almost univer- sally admitted that the art exhibited in this tremendous canvas is of a very high order. For trick pointing pure rand simple, it would he difficult to match a contribu- tion sent a few years ago to the French Solon by a well-known French Orien- talist nrli+t. At first right one otrservc* only a reproduction, exquisitely pnitfleel. of the richly -carved Mende of n Moorish edifice, end, standing outside, a jnnis- eery with drawn sword. This was hung on its mesas. On the first day of the exhibition the artist wailed till a number of people were around his work, then, moving quietly up, he towhee A SPRING iN TiIE FRAME. instnntly the janissary moved to one side, the door of the house opened, fully - inside inside was shown an Interior brilliantly lighted, in w hick a Moorish girl was exe»uling an Eastern donee. The rea- lism was amazing; but the trirk was universally condemned. Prof. ilrrkomer is the hero of a font of art which will not be /non forgotten. One Is a portrait of the Kaiser In ene.nl- el, six fest high. rind therefore enn,'- mou,ly larger than any other work in enmenp. llabeleingever (Siltatlof the1lcdquestion to fire so large a sheet at once, the pie:ture composed of eleven different plates. eex,- ipiiettely joined. Yet even with these precautions SO many plates buckled that Phe portrait hell in all over one hundred Orings; end the netist snyc hn never world have attempted it hail he 'mown what ennnnnus labor it would insolsre— Pearsons Weekly, +s ---- AUTOMOBILE AI1TILLErY. Mare and more the attention of the mitetnry nuthe:ritirs of the grist nalione is concentrated on the means of adapt. ing the automobile to the transporta- tion of field-nrllt)ery. A Freewh wriff r point.; out (lint the Idea of self -mob ing earringes for field -guns one suggested by the engineer Cugnot as early ns 170. At present. efforts are dir•r.,tnel Ie the pertectlnn ,,1 a forret of autennobi e suitable to take the place of horses In drawing the artillery wagons. Many different torics of Ironclad nutcac�po011ev, carrying light gimme, hese alr•e•rciTy been (armed and tested, with more or 'toe success; but the main problem is to adopt the [Automobile lo the Iranepor(a- lion of guns mounted, so at pre:c)it, on their own carriages. to other worth, iit eoneerns the abStition pf arti::(17 II, res. Alb