Exeter Times, 1907-02-07, Page 10.4
"A
y more
of — <f
tibly —"1
't die tin-
e chance
1 in a degree;
should know.
e as It seems," he said.
ed to an angel."
warmly," said ahr.
her eyes and looked curs -
1 him and, as though instantly
divining that In him she saw a friend
of Cecil Vcreker's—without waiting to
go deeper then into the meaning of .o
strange and sudden a friendship, she
leant forward, and gave way to the re-
gretful thoughts that filled her.
"Is it not shameful—horrible?" she
crlyd. "And nothing can be done for
her; nothing. If you only knew her as
1 do, and how sweet, how charming,
how childish she Ls, your heart would
bleed for her. 1 can see you already
feel for her, and I know 1 can speak
openly to you, because, Indeed, Hilary,
lo do you justice,"—with a friendly de-
sire to allow him at (east one good
point—"you are always ready to be
touched by a real grief; and besides one
can be sure that you will not go about
gossiping about this and that. Though,
Indeed, everybody knows how unhap-
py she Is. poor tittle darling, so you
may as well—nay, you had better -hear
the truth from me, her friend, than trust
(e. chance stories from another."
"You ars her friend?" asked he• with
more earnestness in his tone than be
was quite aware of.
"Why you see," said she. "I em not
a sentimental person. Nature spnr.,i
me that, for which 1 am duly grateful.
The ordinary woman friendships I nen
not given to; but I confess i love Cecil
very warmly. Indeed" ---with an irre-
toessible glance between the yew cocks
where, on the lawn beyond, n num-
ber of young men (and one in particular)
are making themselves amiable to n
number of young women—"Indeed i love
no one as i do her."
"i am glad of ft. She wants a true
friend," sold St. John with n touch cf
melancholy.
"Ali? that is only ton true. Well, she
has one in arc. And do you know,"
naively, "1 assure yrnt 1 ant the great-
est comfort to her. Yes, you mightn't
think i1. tat I am."
St. John dad not feel even inclined In
iM.
it wad (aid in such good faith;
looking into his cousin's honest
he fell an in, rcnsed respect an,l
for her make, wares his heart.
sure of It," he said simply.
e ens understand. roor soul!
strr,ke of luck has born the !hid-
ed you."
'ell. not of me In pnrticulnr, but just
friend. That is whal she wails.
of go on for ever bearing
silen,•e. Thal would just end
Ing one's henrt. If you are
ly unhappy—actually routed by
ircunutances." said \Its AyI-
king her pretty trend profound-
ve me there is nothing like
yourself say so, out loud!'
s said so to you?"
ly
lope
in."
contains
, trying,
neem.
reckless -
Ws than
long life
slowly. She
side.
$ divorce?" she
"Talk of law!
the sort worth
were the man at
t 1 should do. I'd
who didn't get e n
other. I should
think it a shame -
Is enlightened age,
be chained eternal -
0e -stable roan, without
of escape, until kindly Death steps
"\ly di or girl, these Socialistic views
are startling to a simple person like
myself. If cvtry married couple could
gel a divorce only because their tem-
pers didn't agree. don't you think there
would bo very few undivorced people
left?" Ile attempted a tone of lightness
that 111 accorded with his mood. "But
comel that is not all," he said, regard-
ing her fixedly. There was n question
In his eyes. and she answered it.
"No. There is more." She turned her
head away from him. "You have
guessed it," she said.
"I have seen it," returned R. "He
is a confirmed drunkard. That is w)iat
you do not care to tell me." Ile spoke
with a cold self-control that left her
certain of the fact that he was inwardly
full of a passionate rage against the
fate that had seized upon her friend.
"Ah! you havo seen him, and seen
him so? And yet you can advocate the
cause of such immoral justice as would
compel a woman to cleave to such as
hint, till denth did them part? You
x111 think a woman In her position,
whose every hour is an insult, nn in-
famy. a heart -break, should not seek
ter a separation'"
"She would net get it if --if there was
no worse beyond."
"If 1 could not get it, 1 would take it,"
cried she, impetuously. "Aro worsen
slaves, to he destroyed like that?'
"After all 1 ata not sura thnt she has
Seen wise in her selection of you as a
friend," said he gravely. "You counsel
aery extreme measures."
"1 Think only, that youth is but for -i
short time, and after that conies nothing
worth caring for," said she, who was
still so young that she believed in her
own words. "So why not gain all we
can now? And freedom is the first thing.
if she could get a separation from that
man, she might still learn the lesson
of life's sweetness."
"A separation!' respnnded he moodily.
"\Vhat good would that do her? It
would not enable her to marry again."
Dorothy raised her eyes. They rested
on his for a moment, and then she col-
ored slowly, warmly.
"What Is that to you?'' she said.
"\Vhy should you think of !tint?"
"1 hardly know. Why does one think
of nny thing?" said he, lonely he felt,
with those earnest eyes on his. "Yet the
idea naturally presents itself. She Is se
young, almost, as you suggested, a chili.
It is only reasonable to suppose that
she might yet love, and be loved in re-
turn."
Ile pnisrd as If there was netters
left to be sold, but presently belied that
idea.
"e\Vhat n conjunction," ho broke out
with n vehemencethat world not be
repressed. "She—nnd he! May reed for-
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ursing baby?
a heavy strain on mother.
tem is called upon to supply
for two.
nourishment that will
by mother's syatem
e
and
which
am at
of course
1-1 great -
alone has
not be, ro
be gentle to -
or Hell, it was a
John, with a bitter -
Is frame.
tone was startled. She
tely round as if a little
as if the better to see him.
ou speak like that She is
to you— Hilary—" She
d a rather frightened expres-
ened her eyes. "1 do not un -
How is it with you?" she
hardly know myself. If you know,"
II low lone, "respect the knowledge."
ere was a long puuso between them,
and then ho leant towards her. "Docs
be III -treat her?" he said.
"You have heard many things," said
she, with a slight frown, "you can
judge." She was very pale.
"You are, I know, a staunch friend;
but what f would still further know is,
does he ill -:real her bodily? Docs he
hurt her?'
Ila scented to sicken as he asked the
question. Yet he a..kc:I it, as It deter-
mined to probe the cruel wound that
was killing him.
"You forget; a little coldly, a little
troubled, "that 1 said i was her con-
fidante. When She puts her trust In
me, and when you know she does, you
should not ask me such a question."
"I am answered; you need betray no-
thing," said he. "Then—then why does
she not sue for the divorce you spoke
a a while since?"
"Ahl you see reason for it now," snid
she. "A woman must be proved black
and blue from ill -usage before n man
will lend her a helping hand. I declare
1 hate all meal" with a second glance
through the yew cocks to where Far-
quhar, amongst others, is disporting
himself amongst the living fashion -
plates upon the lawn. ile Is too far off
Ica her to see with what a lugubrious
face his disporting is carried on. "Well,
shall I tell you why she refrains from
seeking justice for lar wrongs? 13e -
cause there are still women in the world
(abject creatures i call Them) who, ra-
ther than lay bare their privato lives
to the critical eyes of a prying world,
would suffer martyrdom! She is one of
them."
"She looks like It," said SI. John, slow-
ly.
"I don't know that she Is wrong," said
Dorothy, with a sudden swift abandon=
anent of her position. "i daresay if 1
were In her place (however bad it Ls),
1 too should shrink from a scrutiny that
always condemns the wonian, end con-
dones the nian."
"Dorothy," said St. John, slowly,
pointully. "Tell me this? Do you mean
that he has uplifted his hand against
her? That he has—struck her?" Ile
pan=ed and drew his breath hard. "You
have almost allowed me to believe it;
but—but it teems impossible! That
gentle frail child' 1 must have mistaken
you; but yet—she cowered before him --
1 snw It. She was afraid, 1 think. Great
Heaven! that shush a thing should be!"
His stood up, and looked down at tier
w ith a faee as while as death. "If this
Ihoughat of mine Is a lie, say sor' he
entreated vehemently.
"1 will say nothing --nothing! Von
should not ask me." said she nervously.
"You could deny," suggested he, ce-
garding her with a sombre glance.
But she remained silent.
Ile walked up and down the gravel
before her, as if uncertain how to pro-
ceed; and then suddenly es it were
flung his present Thought from him.
"Come! a truce to sombre reflections,'
sold he al ins!, slopping opposite lo her.
'I have some news that 1 would tell
you. My sister, Lady •Bossy Gifford, Is
coming -to me next week."
"Ohl I am glad!" cried Dorothy, quick-
ly "She will put n little life into us.
end we are so die -away down here, that
we want il. Besides—do you know' --
she has a special fnn.'y for Mrs. Vere-
ker. And—"
"Yes; she is oonilnr. anal snore of her
friends with her. :'nu must help me
to make her visit n pleasant one," aid
SI. John. rather quickly. roc if afraid of
what her next words might be.
Ile turned away and thus carne face
to foce with Captain Farquhar, who was
tarrying towards him.
"1 leave you n companion," sold he
le his cousin, smiling, and forthwith
struck into a bye -path and was lost to
view.
(To be Continued.)
--.I.
\VI1:\T DID TIIE COLONEI. S:11''
A detachment of soldiers w.s engaged
in cl wing n certnin distrist in the
Orange River Colony of supplies, and
during the operations Colonel Sho•e-
nlong's staff -officer caste up to a Boer
farmer silting nt the deer of Ills collage
with n large stack of oat -straw In the
background.
"1 have enters either to Huy or destroy
all forage and food in This district.'
sa:d the. officer. "1 therefore give you
aot notice that 1 a:n about to set lire to
That pile of oat -straw-."
"Bad 1 tell you- " '<`TTan the stolid
i'oer, as he remove I IS: i'.pe from his
mouth., ta
"Oh, you may as w It know straight
off," interrupted the oUieer, "that re-
sistance, fled objection or" Mike futile."
"god a 01114 you L'e'ase--" once
ION marc b,'gnn the farmer.
f, "I can lkten to no e!tcese: 1 have
�tt� neither time nor inclination,' was the
• Inpatient rejoinder of the officer as hr
2 hurried away.
! "fell, my dear," said the Boer to his
wife, as the slack of straw burst Into
Come and the officer went nn his way
' rejolCing, "d; se Khakis are strange Ten.
pl.s. I vented to dell him dat .lis ens
de oat show I haft sold to de cr:oeal
half an hour ag.,."
Thus saying, he meditatively jingled
British sovereign In his pocket.
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UIIL•EDIN(; SWINE.
l have been breeding Poland -China
swine and other crosses about 25 years,
writes Mr. G. L. Gillingham. They
seem well adapted to our section. I let
them have the run of the orchard, but
havo good, comfortable steeping quar-
ters fir then at all limes. 1 allow all
my stock to run In the orchard except
the pigs and hogs to fatten. These are
put in pens for two or three months be-
fore they aro slaughtered, 1 like to
have the pigs farrowed the latter part
of February or early starch for spring
litters and in August and early Septem-
t:er for fall pigs. My young pigs are
fell skint milk and wheat middlings,
with soaked corn added, as soon as they
will eat it. In any experience, 1 havo
found that pigs when four weeks old
will eat. this ration quite ravenously.
II is Increased a little from bene to lime
until tho pigs aro about eight weeks
old, at which time they are weaned. 1
continuo the sande ration given above
after the pigs are weaned and find they
do very well upon tt. They have the
hee range of the orchard.
Just before the sows are ready to far-
row, they are taken from the herd and
placed in separate inclosures for a week
or ten days pievlous to the time the
pigs aro due. I never feed any corn
for at least two weeks before farrow-
ing, and none for two weeks afterward.
I give the sow middlings, wheat bran
and other cooling feeds so as to keep
Icor in the best possible condlUon. She
also hag access to plenty of fresh, clean
water. A fair average litter for this
breed is from eight to ten and have
had some sows produce from 12 to 15.
I generally raise all the fall litter and
an average from one-half to three-
fourths of those farrowed in the spring.
1 have found it best to put pigs up -
or. the market when they are from six
to eight months old, and never hold
them until atter they are nine months.
If properly fed and handled, 1 think a
farmer can get the most out of them
under nine months if they aro sold for
pork. For breeding purposes, sows and
pigs may be sold at any age, but my
custom is not to breed so as to allow
the sows to farrow under 11 months cr
'e yeas•.
It Is not customary for me to winter
any young pigs exrcpt those wo are
fattening In the pens. These aro from
the fall litters. The breeding sows run
in tho orchards the year around, as
stated above. The spring pigs which
we intend to fatten for market are
penal in September and October. For
feed they have corn, skim milk, boiled
potat.•os and other vegetables. i usu-
ally kill them in December. The fall
litters are then put in the same pens.
fed in the same way and slaughtered
the following March. !kindled in this
way, any pigs usually weigh about 200
pounds on the average, at the time they
are killed. 1 would advise farmers who
centeanp'ato breeding serine not to allow
ton ninny breeding sows to sleep to-
gether in winter, as they are liable to
injure each other by crowding. By
overcrowding, had results usunity fol-
low at farrowing time. It le desirable
to make the young pigs leave their
beds and take plenty of exercise before
they are ten days old, in rough weather,
ti, avoid • loss from thumps.
SOAKING FOOT) FOn STOCK.
Food is seldom soaked for horses.
In the true sense of soaking, it is pro-
hnbly never thus prepared. But when .
horses are worked hard, it has in many
Instances been found profitable to chaff
the hay and grind the grain and to
unix the grain with n sufficiency of cul
hay, which has been moistened with
water. When horses are on short al-
lowance for lino to est, they can take
more food In a given time, thus pre-
pared, than If given in the nrdinary
way. writes Prof. Thomas Shaw.
Bran is also fed to them. occasionally
lei n mash, that 15, water is poured on
I;, frequently hot, and the mass Is stir-
red so that it all becomes moist. Thus
prepared, the bran can be more readily
eaten by lingoes and the Influence in
the dige-live tract Ls also probably
more helpful because of the moisture
than if the mass had been fed dry.
Fend t; seldom sonked for cattle.
The chief exception is corn. 1l is not
soaked when thrs prepared for them
in order to make it more digestible, but
because of eerinin exigen.'les that arise
relating to the feeding. \\'hen corn gets
very dry, espec`ally on the cob, and is
fed to cattle for n long term of feed-
ing, It is liable to produce soreness of
the tnnuth. When this result follows
They are chary otout consuming it,
and do not eat enough to produce the
gains that are /sought. Experiments
have shown that corn soaked for swine
does not produce more gains Ihnn w hen
le I dry. Cattle not roily moisten foot
well wh°te mn•Ileating. but the fluids
are abundant will which it conies in
contact In rumination. and naso In the
various proces-et of digestion.
Sheep do not requir.' sonked Mod. In
feet. It would Is more or less distaste -
fel la these. 'I' se. ha'•e a'; nlrttost mar-
vellous pee er f • rig food, so
that it rail 1•e -. '�v digested.
Nears n11. ' n e indeed, all the
small e, 7.-1:... ;,r., gr. ally Improved for
swine h• :a i. S them. In some in-
stfier• wl,r,1 the weather will admit
el it, they n,,:}• de soaked for nt !east
Ih:ee drays. U.uailis however, they are
further tmprovol by grinding and else,
Li s•-oking seilscqucntly. When Ihnn
pregnrei. they me more. rca,'.Iy con -
sinned. senncwhat mere easily dige»tcd
and moll b:' consumed in larger quan-
1t • s.
It Is (elm's, 1' in the winter In (col
wh ' • . r 1' 1,1 Bern to swine
w- : I r W. I;. ural I, Leant
E.•is, w10.n 1 nn a hard mei
c'can feeding • 1 If fc.t in a Irrnrlh
!! wird be con. • i.• ! - . qui lily that much
of it will es re ,;.•stion.
(;rn/t t'AT.VE' COs'TLY.
It w_'ul l b' an easy matter to let a
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calf run wills Its dam for the first six
m►onlhs of its life, but while the calf
would make a most excellent growth,
the practical dairyman realizes that the
calf would cost more than It would be
worth. 1l requires more skill to raise
a dairy calf to -day than it did a score
of years ago, for, requiring more of our
cows in the way of milk production and
subjecting them to a forced system of
feeding, the calves aro brought forth
under more artificial conditions and are
therefore less vigorous.
HE WILL ADOPT A SLUM CHiLD.
New York Mechanic's Novel Method of
Showing Gratitude.
William Settle, an American mechanic,
has made good his claim to property
in England which brings in a rental of
St1,000 a year. The bulk of It consists .1
several houses in Plaistow, a alum dis-
trict in the outskirts of the East End
of London. And to show his gratitude
for his good luck, ho -has decided to
adopt a slum child—an exa►nple which
may be commended to many London
landlords who derive big Incomes from
oor tenants.
The property belonged to Settle's pa-
pternai uncle, who died Intestate seine
time ago. As, so far ns was known, he
had no relatives living, proceedings
were set in motion to hand it over to
the court of chancery. The customary
public annouucemcntse were made, and
In this way Settle heard of the matter.
He went to London and, after a four-
month tussle with the law and the law-
yers, succeeded in proving his right to
the property as the nephew of the in-
testate.
1l was while inking stock of his
houses that Settle came across the child
he wants to make his own. She is n
bright, winsome, intelligent. little girl
et tour. Because of their extreme pov-
erty, her parents, who have several
other children to support, handed 'ler
ever to her grandmother. The old wo-
man was loath to part with the child,
but the mother and father, who have
visions that she may return from Ameri-
ca some day and wed a duke, are more
than willing to renounce all claim to
her. So the matter is likely to be set-
tled to Settle's satLsfaction.
Ito will soon return to New York,
and for the rest of his days expects to
take life easy, having entirely got over
the anbit on o1 lbs young manhood to
become n millionaire. lie is unmarried,
and intend to remain single, having
grave doubts whether matrimony can
add anything to the enjoyments he can
extract from 46.0(0 a year. The child
ho adopts, therefore, glands a good
chance of becoming his heir.
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STAiRTED HEART TO BEAT.
Landon Surgeon Performed Strange
Operation on Dead 11.1.
Dr. Green, a surgeon of the nritish
Hospital for Children, describes in the
Lone,•t a rentnrkahle case of restoration
of the heal action by means of mnssego
atter apparent death.
The patient, a boy. 9 years o;.1. suf-
fered from a complaint which necessi-
tated en operation. Chloroform was ad-
ministered, and 1110 operation cone
mewed.
Thera ions d.Qicult Writhing, and,
finally, the irspirotien (cased and no
heart sounds wrist, tnnllLL'. Ilot towels
wero applied, and injee tis of aI•y'ch-
nine used. but without ss, :.ass. Finnity,
lventy-hue minutes alter the heart hod
stopped, Dr. Green decided to apply
compression dtreet to the organ.
An opening was made sufficient to
admit the right hand. The heart was
found to bo quite impossible and flaeeld.
The doctor began rtylhrnieal compres-
sion, with the right (rand pressing the
hert's lower su fase and Iho left hand
uotside. The rate of compression was
about 70 a minute.
For two minutes this was done without
appreciable effect. Then the doctor
grasped the apex of the heed. in his right
hand and continued Intermittent cern
pressslon. Soon a slight fluttering of the
heart was noticed, 'he pupils of the eyes
contracted and within a few seconds the
heart tegnn to beat forcibly, with more
than nornnl vigor.
Meanwhile artificial respiration had
been continued all the line, and within
a short period after the restoration of
the pulse spontaneous breathing asserted
itself, gradually becoming regular.
in ten minutes the heart and lungs
performol their functions In a normal
manner, though the patient did not re-
cover consciousness, and died 20 hours
after the heart beats and respiration had
been re-established.
STAGS BESIEGE A CUURC IL
Walk into the Building During Service
and Attack Pastor.
The church al ililvnrtshausen, Ger-
many, is in a state of siege from the
herds of deer That live in the surround-
ing woods and hills. The owner of the
surrounding lands has let them multi-
ply unmolested, so that they have be-
come fearless.
It tins become a common oecurrence
for them to stroll into the church In
ones and twos while services are being
held, and they have even shown a dis-
Inclinottcn to he driven out. One Sun-
day recently the pastor remained for
short time In the church after the con-
gregation had left. When he came out
he found himself confronted with seven
full grown stags with branching antlers.
When he attempted to peas them they
closed in on him In a semicircle and
corralled him on the church steps. When
ha raised his dick and Weil to shoo
them away they began prodding at hini
will: their antlers, tearing his gown
and bruising hint. Unable to drive them
clf, lie was forced to retreat into tate
chore!: and wall until some of the vil-
lagers came to ills rescue.
TiHE IDEAL B1OGRAPIIY.
Tho Life of the Rt. Hon. W. E. Glad-
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"Grand Old Man," William Ewnrt Glad-
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Morley, the world mnrvehed how one
who differed so widely from his subject
in matters of profound import, how-
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In politics, could possibly do him jus-
tice. But the result dispelled all doubts
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and "\lorlcy's (.lndslnne" has taken its
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"Stanley's Arnold" as one of the great
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Apprer.iating this. The Nnemlllan Com-
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as against 110.50. Yet nothing that
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and there is no doubt the sale will he
very large throughout the Dominion.
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Earth.
The world's gold supply is absolut,ly
inexhaustible, no mutter v het demands
are made upon it, says a writer In
Moody's Magazine. hitherto the atten-
tion of miners has been entirely directed
1 i coiuparatilely rich, easily worked do -
posits. But it has to be renenr •c -red
that gold In await quantities oceu ,In
enormous masses of rock throughout the
world.
Almost nil vctconic rocks and the for-
mations derived from them. such as gra-
nite, serpentine and rhyolite, contain
appreciable quentilles of gold, and vast
deposits of sedimentary rocks derived
from such volcanic formations contain
gold in concentrated form, and are tee
day in some localltles profitably wurke.d.
Profit Is and always has been the In-
ceishvo to gold production. Should there
ever be need for working the volcanipQ
and sedimentary rocks that are au►itu'-
ous the means of profitably working
them will be found.
Experiments have shown that gold is
regularly falling to the earth, in asso-
ciation with cosmic dual, and day and
night settles all over the land and sea.
Sumo of thls gold, when concentrated
by wind or water, or dissolved by acid
surface waters and redeposited In a more
concentrated toren, is recoverable.
THI; WATERS OF TIIE SEA.
also are auriferous, and there can be
little doubt that, if ever in the remota
future there should be on extraordinary
demand for gold, means could bo found
for profitably reducing the gold in the
seawater.
The area of the sea-bed Is much
larger than that of the lend. Its com-
position is similar in every respect with
that of the land. It is composed of
mountains, plains and plateaus; of ig-
neous, metamorphic and sedimentary
rocks which contain great areas of gold
Searing and other mineral veins.
Only in a few instances, however.
setter() the submarine gold fields are
close to the land will it be possible to
work them as *the suhmnrine coal flelds
are now worked. But those oceanic gold
Melds on which tho veins outcrop at the
surface are subject to constant attrition
by the waves. This causes the shedding
of gold, which is concentrated by the
sea and washed ashore.
Gold deposits thus formed exist in
many countries, and they are remark -
utile in that they are renewed or en-
riched by almost every storm that passes
over then. These deposits aro )mown
by various names, but the term aurifer-
ous beach sand sufficiently describes
them. They occur is the Pacific beaches,
from Alaska to Terra del Fuego, and
throughout the coasts of Australia and
New Zealand. where they have loft
hcen worked with profitable results.
The gold output from the gold -b
beaches at Norse, Alaska, this yteT'1.3
expected to reach 81,000,000. The coast
between Cape Noone and Point Rodney
for a distance of more than twenty
utiles is being worked for gold by
HUNDREDS OF MEN.
The beach Is In places auriferous for a
•,width of 2,000 feet inland from the tide
level and sometimes to a depth of JQ
Let. From the western baso of Copp
Norse thero is a series of gravelly sek
t,eorhes extending inland several inties,
which contain gold and are In places
being worked to -day. These marine de-
pnslis yielded old to the value of
52,200,000 in 1003, 12,185,000 in 190i and
$1.550,000 In 1905.
The earth hos a'.o immense deposits
:if auriferous sands r.nd clays. These
are chiefly in the arid regions. in many
countries they are profitably worked by
dry blowing processes.
But experiments in Australia havo
shown that mush of the gold can be ex-
tracted in these cases by u special adap-
tation of gold dredging known ns the
paddocklug process. These depoas are
formed by the erosion of auriferous rock
formations and the concentration of the
gold by the action of wind and rain.
SOLDIERS' FROI.Ic.
May them Costly Fun for Some Innis -
kitten Dragoon Guards.
Three recruits of the 6th Inskillen
Dragoon Guards were the heroes of a
rued frolic al the barracks at Bailin -
five milers from Cork, Ireland,
shortly after midnight. recently.
They pounced on a sentry as he was
gain_ his ordinary rounds, and bound
him hr.nd and foot. They also tied a
handkerchief round his mouth, and left
Lim Tying at hill length in the Larra' k
yard.
They then s e'zcd three of the 1►orsc1
from the stables. and rode out at great
speed on the high road for Blarney.
'Elie unfortunate sentry succeeded by
working Ids fare ngninst the ground 'n
gelling rid of the bandage round his
mouth. and a'ter screnining loudly for
help for some lime a corporal wino was
returning from leave came to his rescue
about Iwo o'clock in the morning.
The mailer was then reported and n
p eket was farmed, and the count•_ sial.)
ons scoured 1n search of the runawnys,
who were ultimately Captured al Car.
rrgroh,ne !fridge. 1Ir•'r were mho:lie.l
tack to barra:•ks and put in the guard
room.
it is stated that the corporal of the
goer.' on the night of the perm -mice
t.ns airndy leen alripwd of his stripes,
and It is slated Ihnt the Three midi
revellers will find themselves Lefor a
general court•inarl/al in the course 1 a
few days. `.
OLDEST Ci1URCII.
Tho oldest building In England trial
hes teen uninterruptedly U.SNI f. r rh„rC
Cnrpostrt is St. ttip's A'hrdrnl t$
11 aanterbury. The buiid.ng one orig:nasi
Creelc,l for a Church, and has been
tarty used as a place for reltgt' u s
erings for more than 1)00 seers.
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