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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-07-18, Page 7Vit 4o+O+D#D+ +0+040+D+O+osc♦p+0+o+o4os o+O.o'ro+, T 1 youut---tett---me-Cour'sin Tern—your — pian — On my honor, I—well-1 really for - 4 6 AUGUSTA SAYS PP ge ,. "Ah, well, Augusta says we are shamed through all our beings, and thtat if we have any sense of dignity etfl we must keep our own rooms as king as my cousin and his friend re- main at Ardstronach." "Meuse yourselves, my dear. For you it will mean meals on traya, no exercise, and a precious dull time of it. 4:0+0+0+0+0.40+0+0+,a+0+0+0We sha'n't mind—we shall be on the moors all day, and shall play dummy♦ ij ♦ } ♦ � } } whist all night. 1 doat un dummyCHAPTER 111. i "Great Scot, sir," whist." "I refer to my niece and her friend." \Winnie looked crestfallen. "Augusta "OM beg pardon, uncle." segs there is an alternative," site vol - "Toru, do you ever study the agony unteered presently, tit a disconcerted column of your morning paper?" ve,ice, "Never!" he replied with ennphas!s. i at once sew that the alternative was "It lakee me all my time to read the the thing Augusta meant to be accepted. cricket.matches." "Well?" 1 asked carelessly, selecting a "Then," 1 told him impressively, "you cigar. have perhaps overlooked an advertise- "That she should be me and 1 be her,' close—cropped, and well eel. on the lad's [,tent running somewhat thus: "Lady, said my niece, withcomplete disregard ,road shoulders. Then 1 caught sight desirous of becoming a wealthy widow, for li� yr rite+ asked with sono interest, of the race of Toni's guest, who sat up- wishes to hear of some one with large holding my match ready oo e in (�'esito to Turn anti su faced ate. it was ('•rltitle about to start on Arctic, Ant- "Wily, her be are and are she, c t ht. a dark, tweii-rluou!dcd face, with a pow- arctic, or otherwise dangerous expedi- course!" erful jaw, and them. was a resolute look Icon. Lady would undertake to write "Yes, that is very simple. You mean both about the square Cain, clean-allayedtris memoir.'" "Yes, suggested encouragingly. and ink -blue, and about th,, keen,deep- ► Tony's jaw fell. He said something The match went out, and 1 took an- eet e)es, Ike ,was a young rutin, perhaps c.sfinctly profane. Then his eye met other. half -a -dozen years Tomas senior, which nine, and a flash of intelligence passed "That they should not know Tom would bring hien out at half my own into 1t. We both looked at the ancon- think Au Agusta his cousin and mo his rage. 1 wondered who this friend of scious Garrod, and then again at one k 'tan's might ►ht be, for his face gave evi- another, ce.usin s friend." the "Doyou know who she is?" Torn asked I struck the second match. "And h dance of character, and most of Tour's mc.ttver' 1 inquired, lighting my cigar. friends !nave very little character — by eaegerly' She dropped her eyes. "It would save which 1 mean nothinguncharitable. "Perfectly. I Left her at Ardstronach." cut dignities, she said in tones in Presently my nephew turned, saw we, Tom's expression changed. sprang up, and, with a word to his "i say—It is not my cousin, Is 11?" which I recognized a reflection of Au- ue.t, left him and strode over to me. "Most certainly not. Winnie ooutd gtrsta. "And besides, uncle„ we could 1 recall • do think the lad likes age, Ho not write any one's memoir to save her inspect them from behind a screen 'n of y anonymity." L, a goad sora, Toru, life ., :� woinan's real reason always comes "Hullo!" he said. He generally ad- "I'm glad of that!" said Tom. "I last, and is generally preceded bye/he dresses Inc as thouglt i were a tele- merely mean because she is a A1'Nab loo word, "and besides." phone. en the mother's side. Then—who is the And so then and there 1 felt. 1, a re - "Glad to see you, Tom. Who is your would-be widow?" spectable old bachelor, very near sixty ctever-I4:oking friend with the square, "Augusta rays " ((en one side or the other), in a moment cleft chin?" "Augusta?' yielded [myself body and soul to their "Garrod. lies no end of a chap." "Augusta Arkwright. \Vinnie's friend." yielded practices. '1'tiere is a heir "'In what Lne —the ring?" "But site must be a perfect beast," the Pefariin the M'Nab nature, a Celtic vein, w)iich "Ohl, come, I say, Uncle Bent He 11 boy objected; "and Percy is a bit of a has occasionally--- But enough of that! the only eonof old Garrod, you know." hero! No, uncle, I'm not in it, please." ; lay the blamo at the sepulchre-door"No, 1 do not know, niy dear Toni. "She is a perfect beauty," 1 corrected of no thceslor. Ido not even cast Ought I to know? Is it a case of Burke, him, "whose only fault, In a Husband's aspersions on the lovely Augusta Ark- ur -" eyes, wnuld be her keen desiro for wid- t5right. 1 own that I looked into tho "Burke? No! Garrod is the big che- owhood." leeseeetitnb eyes of m}• niece. nnd— rtilcal and explosives stun. Binning- "Oh, he wouldn't mind that, nor her beseeching 1 cried, "it will be no end of a 1,bm, isn't ill" looks either, so long a she would mar- oker "Oh! The one that gave thirty thou- ry him and fix the father, and let him 1 To be (:ontinued.) Slant to found " off to the North Pole in peace. Why, "Yrs, probably. He often does that." Uncle lien, they are made for one an - "Wally! And what kind of thin -3 .other!" And, without another word, dues the son do? His faco interests Tom hurried away, and returned with erre." her friend Percy Garrod in tow. 'fors sat down astride a chair by my i liked young Percy Garrod. When I side and spoke confidentially in a low- asked him to corse up next week with &red voice. "Ile is a bit of a genius, Toin to Ardslronach, and bring his gun Uncle Ren," he began, :with boyish en- with hien, i had no ulterior motive -1 thusiasnt, "and as mad as a hatter: He swear it. "\Vo shalt be just by our - is on the loose end now, poor crap! Fa- selves," I said. ther given Klin a fortnight to think it 'That's good!" he over." ` bachelor party?" "Ah! I was just wondering what "Ah, well --I have my niece living with Inc. and she has a friend slaying with her at present," 1 confeeised, avoid- ing Tom's boot :ander the table. 1 don't think Torn las any idea how hard tae "Ile does not look acquiescent," i ob- kicks. jetted, "but he does look decidedly de- "Oh, don't mention it! It's of no con- cieive. To think it over, did you say? He sequence.' young Garrod hastened tc 55on't bike lung, with that head! But I assure ate. should fancy he prefers doing to think- i returned to Ardstronach next day brig," with some of that tone al -out me. \Vin - Toni nodded, "You've about hit .t, rite, hearing my voice, carne downstairs Uncle il••n! The things he does:" 'fom fit a little .twirl of white Ilounce3 and cl,ucl:led, excitement. 1 thought it dignified to look a littlo "Oh, you dear, darling old uncle!" she t ague and aloof. gasped, clinging to me. "i have missed "lie takes after his father, but the fa- you so! And Augusta says it was ali Cher won't see that." in fault!" 1 eliook ray head gravely. "Often the "Well, I dare say it was," I replied. way," I said. "And, in cases of that g,nd at the tura affairs hind taken. "But tort, it is generally the father who, for- If you had no faults 1 would not love getting his own erring youth, is his y4 u." son's sternest judge." She reached up and gave my neck - Tom seemed puzzled. ilei a little pull into place. "Funny big "Science; that's Percy Garrod's line," tow!" she muttered. '1'tten she stood on l•erer�narked. "Evidently inherited:* het tiptoes, which raised tier flowtr- "Eh, (th! quite so. Inherited traits Ile face a few inches nt)o)ve the level t 1 are always interesting." my tread -1 nm not exceedingly tall Ler "But it ain't practical with Percy — ri man—and she rubbed tier little point - that is what riles old Garrod. Ile givc_5 61 chin over the top of my cranium. his father the 55orst sort of fits. You "Nice stubby hair!" she murmured. see, it's this way. 1'ercy is always go- "G!ael to be home again?" she asked. Ing off on mad scientific ploys., Went "Very!" 1 assured her. _ to New Ze'nlnnd to chum up with a lis- "Silly to go away," she nodded in re- ard with three eyes that lives there, got poly. kit with tate leant in the bush, and As i followed her into the drawing-` the eeld nem was in a perfect frenzy. room i braced myself, and took a long, Then he wanted to go to India and pal i creep inhalation. 1 felt as if 1 were with Me plague bacillus, and old Gar- about to strike a trusting animal. rod cut up awfully rough. and refuoctl "I saw Tom \I'NAb in town. He ,s 1.. trind over the needful. lt,) you conning to 115 next week.' 1 informed know what Percy did? Sent in a thesis, Ler, quickly and in one breath. ( r whatever they call it. and won the lnetantly Ilse danger-,ignnl went up. research se'hotarsltip that his father She flushed nn(1 turned awn)•, and pee. hadfounded, and off he went. Beal tended to look out of the windiev. sporting of hint, I call it!" "Augusta ,yarned nie!" she bre'athe'd. I glanced at where young Garrod sat 1 followed her to the window. "\\'in. smoking inip et turap,ly, lite," 1 mold gravely, "you must not think "1 could quite believe it of hint, with of yretirself. I rely on your help. ire It al chin," 1 observed. "Aren't you teat. is bringing a friend 5t int loin." ing hurl rather long alone, Torn?" \Wirtnie''s eyes filled with wonder; but Torn glanced carelessly over his shout- i could .see fres their change of etpees- cter at him. "Oh, he is all right," 1.0 sion, that the bait hnd caught. Sonie shill; "he's thinking. lie has got only worth u rise to the hint of self-sacrifice e fortnight to think it over. it's kind as a trout rises to a fly. to leave him." "What is the ,natter with the friend'" "1 sty'. Is it allowable to ask what she asked softly and pitifully, ready. 1 he is thinking over?" could see, to supply lint and bandages "\\ e11, he is nines now to go off and or ntnral tonic, just as the occasion re - bunt for those foreign Johnnie',' whet quireed. starind lest year to find the North Poole, I felt that my moment tied arrived. PIA have never have been heard ( 1 r+lne'e. And old Garrod Ls trying diplo• rime) this time; offers to equip the whole • xpcditinn for Percy and endow• hien literally for evermore if he will starry 1efort' he starts." "Is h.' engaged?' "i'e•rcy? Not ltd Percy Ls a cnnflr►ned woman -hinter it's one of his crank;. Itut the tether thinks if he had a wife she wetuld keep him at home. Ile ha` ' rowed Percy n fortnight." "in which ki find a ssife? "Well. I think the father has :ono, ('ne in view. the•ugh he leaves I'•'re"y s free ,land. i'ei •y is rand about it — xsants to know how his governor can expect him to explain to a girl that he alike her on coitnpulsion, and that he 4 Ls off on a voyage, and that. she will pree1e1b1)• tie a widow before--" "Jupiterr ; sprang to my feet. "Hullo. 1'ne•le Pen- Twinge of gout?" "Gout' ion srap'rgrece! what M'Nab ewer find the gout? (tilt, Tom! tan you k(►'p a womans secret? Because 1 cannot.' " \re ynt gran, to tie ,married, Uncle Moir "e'er';trite. net, 'ob 1 i have two 41 titt•ili 3,11•47." Next day, as 1 sauntered into the club dining -room about luncheon -time, the first roan 1 espied was my nephew Tom llf'Nab. He had his back turned to [Tie, and was bitting tit a small table with cite other Tuan. I ordered my modest chop and sherry, alai sat down alone, and studied, complacently enough, the tack of Tone, head, fair and curly and NEW AND STR%N1.E. Something About the Newest Things on the Mnrkel. Pineapple wine is likely to become a very useful table a,•cessory. It has the flavor of Rhine witet, but it is unequalled 113 a digestive aget•il when taken in replied heartily. moderation, and Ullat property !sakes it valunbk'. (:oj'iee-berry cltewi. ,g is a new form of vice which is taking ! Irony► hold of many persons in the coffee, -roasting establish- ments. It i.s a stimulant, and when once the habit has taken p case-ssion it is hard tei break. \le dical inert say that it ie far worse than tobacco. Ferrets have recently been employed for taking telephone ,vires lttr<oiigh a conduit. The creatures were harnessed, and a light line attached to the gear; then a piece of meat tvae placed at en opening at another point In the conduit ti- make the ferrets run through the tube, draging the line tt'it1t them. A revolting fan for ladies is the latest nrlvelly in that line. By pressing a spring in the handle, the fan revolves i't• ane direction till the force of the spring is exhausted ; releasing the pres- sure of the ttn,urb entries the [an to re- volve or unwind itself In the reverse direction. 'Thus a lady can fun herself twithoiit the tiring movement of the wrist or arm. A contltined alarm clock and lamp deserves mention on account of its in- ': \\'hen the Merin goes teff n in- geniousness. spring is released ; Ihis (kin ee a match against a "striking'. mutate.. and then pushes it close enough too t!iii lamp wick hi ignite it. 'I'hits the man who desires to get up at n certain hour is awakened at that time and funds a lamp already lightest 1 A portable tare escape that cnn he tnK K with- out travelling .n slowed away in a t •it -Ii- vitt taping up rni<'h Space, is n new in- vention. 11 is composed n( a roll of steel tape filled in a (brunt and 1 reveled with a grnlepltng hook and a nie'Itio't of con- Liolltng the speed of then descent. The ;it•pliance can also be used for lowering other persons in cases where the dee- cent is to be made by one who cannot work the apparatus 1►in itseif. A windsnveicreen of Ilrie- wire gaunt' Tins been introduced for houses and shops. \\'hen the window is opened to Ie'. ht the air there is always it chance of much dust and many Insecls entering Ilse room 1tiruugh "he opening; iii screen keepe everything .exit except the rtir, and even tillers tt,;;t us it enters. Il lone up like a blind. 11 is at good idea Imo will he taken up by ihese who sleep isllti windows oi esti hewn Odd Is a- game that will proba- bly become very popular. A Lind of nitre( steel with a red in the centre. to which ie ntlne•1►evl a large hall ley rneereeS "11e is a 55ealthy young Man ntwt,it a Incuis perne'tl Tally all is Wanted. Iltat n start on an ,\retic- voyt+ t , and ,tic Thepla+ycr; ,lapel et a given eHstnnrt father wt•hee hint to marry, before he and knolc this halt in ac•eer.trtnce with g;tet's out. if the Indy has no objection to bee -timing a widow." \WInnie's blue eyes became rounder and rounder as i spoke. Then she sud- denly grew radia n i. "Oh. von clever l'ncle Bent" she crf.',1. "How did you manage it? Oh, i (lo 5'. i•h 1 hot asked yi1u to match rriy Irish pate(' too! \\'hat will Augusts say? -- Augustn• Augusta!' And elle was gone.hod,-,(1. with the result that there is no My triumph. he,Weter, Stns short- Wu►'ning or beetling over. If this stat is liweei. \\'e \1 Nabs are simple nature,.use,1, it is not neeessnry to give suet' and can 110 reckoned on. it was the close attention In the cooking of certain stranger element that connplie'ated the foodstuffs, ns is the case when it 14 sol situation.p employed. Tcrtst cnn nlsn tx! made nn ernto •t \\'tante came down again In about an this mat. It should he ptneed on the heur, and drew nie mysteriously into Slove nlxutt ten minutes ts'fore the fin.• smoking -room. _ saucepan is put on it ; when one side bernmee st):l'1, all that is required to clean it is to turn the soiled side down- wards and let it rent tilt it is quite clean. brought hire the ironer of your friend- ship." Tont looked blank. "I've advised him to give it up," tie observed. e•e'rtnln rales, one catching tt Iib i1 1)as,e's teyond the re.arh of the other. The game takes up very little' room, and will serve a-; nn indoor game quite as interesting as ptng-gong. A most useful neeeory for the kit• (lien is tine safe belling mat for either a range or for gas and oil stoves. it Is tirade of nebestos, and is played under Pie sauecpen in which the heel is hying "t'ncte Re's, did you tell Cousin Tom'a friend ntt')ut Augusta?" "Nett R sveer•4." "Unele Ben. u,d you tell Cousin Tem?" "1 - oh— i -- possibly 1 may have let fall incidentally--" The amazing play of color in the npal "Abl Well. then. Augusta says 1►e ie cAused by the enormous nurnlecr of will have fold the friend. Augusta says infinitesimal • fissures which seam the nien have no nation of honor, and el- gees. They to at different planes, and naps repeat Rungs. Unele Yell, d 4,produce p atie hues. tThc}rm !).ANY FAIIM AND BARN. It is seldom that one can find a case tt hero a tenant fanner pays any atten- tion whatever to increasing the soil fer- tility of the faun tie occupies. It is the general rule that run down and worn out farms aro silent ss.tne es to the system of "working on shares." A rent- ed farm where bout owner and tenant receive adequate compensation for their investment and services, and where am- ple returns aro made to the soil to in- sure larger and better yields with each succeeding year, should attract more than passing notice. The United States Department of Agriculture in a recent bullettrn, how- ever, deaacribes such a placo---a 120 -acre term in southern Michigan, 106 acres of twttich aro tillable, 2% acres in natural pasture, and the remainder taken up by tants, roads and yards about the build- ings. This farm—conducted as a dairy farm ---Is owned by a Mr. J. N. Neal, an in- veetment which cost hien originally - $12,500, and from which he now re- ceives a net yearly inoonie of 81,500; the tenant manager, Mr. Charles J. Ange- vine, who has been un the place for thir- teen years, re,x ivies an equal share for his excellent work. While touching on this subject it might be well to mention the fact that the 1)et•arirnent. has also published a plan of a modern dairy barn which !night be worth tho white of any dairy - Men 10 cott--ider when building new farm houses. The plan is designed for twenty-four C‘,1 s, end allows ample room for calf - pen and hsix stalls for bulls and cows, also space for feed room, hay chute, waste -room and silo. The Department explains that it dos not caro to insist that the arrangement is the only satis- fnctury one, but the idea is one the keep- er:: of cows could stake an irnproventwnt in, and this is in the arrangement of their stalls. Give the cows more morn, end at the same nine shut each cow ori from her neighbors, so that there shall be no tramping on adders and teats. The %usefulness of a great many cows is put to an end through this sort of carelessness, and the worst of it is that it is generally ascribed to some other cause. Make your cows. safe and comfortable, and it will be discovered that they will do you better service every (lay you have treys, and that their term e: service will be very much lengthened on the average. DIP TUB I.A\MISS. When the ewes of the flock are shorn any ticks that may be upon them will transfer themselves to the longer fleeces ot the lambs, where they wilt find more cengt'nial quarters, and will fatten on fresh, young blood. The dipping of the lashes, therefore, in n solution of one of they advertised dips, or of tobacco, a few days Titer shearing the ewes, should be among the certainties on no account to be. neglected. And the ears also will he the better for a dip', or. at least, of having some of the solution that is left over, floured on their barks and rubbed on their sides to clean their skin and allay any itchiness that may effect them. A lank or vat made for the purpose of dipping, with a dripping board or plat- fcrnl at the going -out encs, 00 which to F(!►ieei,e out the surplus of solution and carry it hack into they tank, should by provided where tate flock is of any con- siderable size, but in the case of small flocks tho lambs may be dipped in an ordinary vinegar barrel and stood in a washtub for the dripping and squeezing - nut purpose. The dipping solution, for best effect, should be waren (this i.s not e;sential), and soft water should, if p-o,s- rt+ble, he based. As a rule we believe the dipping of the lambs in the spring Is the only treatment 1 anndinn flocks re- rcive for tate deslnrrlien of vermin, but we know from experience that it pays well to treat again in the late fell or early winter. by either dipping nti orp pour- ing, r- ing, to guard against the sheep suffering from ticks or lice tower -de spring ane[ failing in condition at a time when trent- went is impracticable rind the suffering must he endured all through Uio warts spring months till the usual shearing time, as early shearing funwnsheel) is un- &afe in the case of in-lnnnb ewes or sheep Its ordinary condition ; luerefore, to keep it clean conscience and ensure the com- fort and Thrift of the flock, make it a fixed rule to trent for ticks both ill spring and fall. 'i he co=t will be doubly repaid in Mei-tweet growth (►f wool ant gain in weight and 111 the general health of the tleock. LIVE STOCK NOTES. 'I'Ite poultry huLSinetss is not overdone, and it is not likely that it will be very soon. There air, tn►ore ee*g; used nowa- days then ewer before, and the tle'm,rnel fo • 111..111 et a gr'ott•ing one. The (lair•} rnan who would have hes cows give milk for a long period ; who willed secure the nlaeitntitn flow when milk and butter are highest in price, and who would t105e3 the bulls of hie milking to do at that season of the year when he tine the most time to do i1, that dniry•mnn stetted have his cows come fresh in the fell. The up -to -erste ttrrft-lrnree stands clow' to the ground, with short legs and broad Wise. Feet well erne, beck somewhat shorter ihen they speed horse, short, frond, well nit.te-lea, es the whole weight is drawn nt the nne•k. Shoulders long, hocks short, tiarmw angle, body mas- sive. low set, inee-ulnr and cylindrical. anlit1 and Inrge lames, healthy h'et. frog strong, plr'nty of style and action. 11r.ler nnel end)irenee. i'astern Mewl and sttniglit. \\'eight near a ton. .\11 of the leading beasts have trnits which com- tne'tul them. and ell sell alike ,then ani- mal Is right. Tho sucking pig needs e5et -e, nr plethora and, an attack of thumps piny I.e expec•te.l. The lime 5t 11 'n thumps ere trust Complained of is when, niter fnrr'esving time. there Is hnd weenier that keeps the litter and the dam con - lined to the yrs where the fernier Such and s:ecp ant have bio well; to do to keep them healthy. In good weather, with room enough to run about out of deers the litter always gets exercise enough and rarely has thumps. Grow- ing pigs meed some exercise, too, but they can be relied on to take all they need if given mom enough and the weather is not too unfavorable. Breed- ing pigs should c ,ways have plenty of exercise or they will become shy breed- ers and the pigs they have will not be vigorous, and they may even b»nno entirely steri.lk'. SENSE OF DUMB ANIMALS allonlmor CREATURES W110 FAIL IN LOVE ♦ti'1'1'tl C.t:NTLE WOMEN. Often Display Passionate Regard for Their Ott vers-- Sometimes Die of Broken Heart. The passionate regard whk'h pet ani- mals and triode sormetimes acquire for their owners is a striking illustration of ,what scientists have termed the higher sense of dumb creatures. Instances of dogs ,who, through grief caused by the death of their °wt•ne's, have committed suicide by refusing food and drink, and evby placing thenisetrs on itil i luneen r and ter [runt ..f t ehick's to be runty over, have been fairly common of late years. The unique case, however. of a rabbit refusing food because its mistress had gine away carne under the notice of a writer recently. The animal—a beauti- ful Angora—had been presented to the lady by a friend, and became so altae,hed to its new owner that it follott•t4d her nl►eout like a dog when out of the cage, and refused to bo fed by any other per- son. ilUNN1E iN(:ONSOLA131.E. The lady, who lived in the country, \was ultimately obliged to stay. in Lon- don for a few week, and because of the inconvenience of having such a conri- pitnion in lodgings decided to leave her ee't behind. But the latter was inconsol- aLle. Not even the most tempting mor- seI. could induce it to eat or leave the cage. Nahnrally the servants thought that hunger would soon break down this obstinacy. But they were mistaken, and in the end ttte lady teas obliged to return to save the life of tate animal, which no sooner saw its beloved mis- tress than it nnade a movement as though it would leap into her burns. POLL'l"S HEART BROKEN. 'Phis case calls to mind that of a par- rot belonging lo a west of England family olio be-an►e greatly attached to the young rnistress of the house. The latter, a beautiful girl of eighteen, un- fortunately died from pneutnonia, and the parrot brettrrre as grief-stricken as the other members of the famity. In fact, the sad event ,would seers to have broken "folly's" heart, for site never attempted to talk afterwards, and re- fused al! her food. An attempt was made to force food down it: throat ; but the experiment ,was a failure, end four days niter the death of its mistress tate birth was found dead at the bottom of the cage. Although cats may be said to be more de:nnestictled tltart dogs, 11 will usually be found that they are more ready to console themselves wills a new ►nislroes rather than grieve over the loss of an old one. Of ce,urse, there are exceptions to the rule, enol one eif these proves that the affections of ""Tabby" are not al - nays of a fickle nature. AGONIZING I XI'EItIEN(:E. A well-known Inc1y writer had n very pretty Persian kitten given leo her four years ago, and both heeeme greatly at - niched to ono another. Being cremrnis. si, ti si last year to go abroad in search c: information for a t,00 -,k, the lady 55113 obliged to leave her pet behest in the care of a liely companion olio shared her flat, and who one also alt;,'•he'd to "Pussy," Naturally one woti.el have Thought that the latter wont.' not have taken mach notice nI the absence of lie real owner under the circtlnteetanre3. But a week eller they lady had gone /thread it was noticed thin her I et seemed ill. It refused its f -(el and an expert being called in he declared that there was no- thing the matter with the eat. except that it was pining for its mistress. The only thing which oiled save 1te life was her return, unit n; this was irn- [►rozsible thea lady to whose charge tit! animal hal been left was obliged to en• dery svliat she termed the "agonising ex- perience" of wet 't, ng it slowly (fie of starvation, becaueti its mistress was net !lyre to fecal it. f "STHi:N(aI 1" OF FLOUR. Millers and bathers know That large (1 ffe•rences exist among various sort, e.f e.e heat flour with reg;trot to baking value, er strength, but it appears that only recently have complete chennieel tests 1 eon matte to determine why a i,`iven quaintly of flour of one linnet wilt pro- duce a loaf nearly one-thired larger then toe sante quantity of mother brfind. According ho experinlenls by the depart- n,.ent of agriculture at Cambridge, Eng- lanxl, the volume of It loaf of bread de- fends in the first instance upon the re- lative amount of sugar in the dough. The addition of sugar nlway.s increases the size of the loaf, or, As the baker says, make.; the flour stronger. '['here are other differen•cs affecting such things as texture and color of brea(j, the chemical bases of whirl) are }'et un - e101 examination. BEVERAGES OF NATIONS BE.EA LS SAID TO BR A SIGN OF CIVILIZATION. Each Person .1n England Drinks About Forty Gallons of Beer sad Ale a Year. Beer follows the flag of civilieation, says What to Eat. 1t is drunk to the greatest extent in thickly populated, highly civilized omitmunities. In wild, uncouth countries. nntong the lumber and logging camps, in toe ise lateei mining district, and among the savages, whiskey and other highly tn- t(xicating beverages aro drunk to the hinging 10 to The new infantry mitred - greatest extent and beer ie almost un- lettere, or glitee lirlug gee, will be seen known:. last year the United States et thee manoeuvres. i?tatead of being 7r, 60,000 MEN TO TAKE PART (i iltMAN ARMY MAl'itiCUVRES Di New Infantry Quick-*rfai Gun Is be Used -Troop to be Piet hewed by Kaiser. The Imperial German urtny rnanmu• vres will take place in the Weser Val- ley on the 9th, 10th and 11th of Sep- tember, the total ?lumber ed troops ein- td eyed being about 60,000 then. Each infantry battalion taking pant therein will be augmented to a strength of 800 by the incorporation of the reservists be - consumed more than fifty-four mullion barreLs of beer, twenty -ono trines as much as in 1l.13. The countries furthest advanced in civilization are England, France, Ger- many and the UnittStates. These four countries also have the most pmnounct'(t taste for boor, England costing first, Germany second, the United States third and France fourth. But France stakes up for the ~,tallness of its hoer consump- tion ---.8 gallons p.•er capita -Ay its enor- mous use of mild wines, of which, it c(:itsumes 20 gallon; a year per capitrs Each person In England drinks about forty galleons of beer and ale a year. In Germany the beer Consumed lust year was an average of thirty gallons for each inhabitant. In certain of the more populous dis- tricts of Germany the per capita con- sumption is far in excess of this. For instance, in Bavaria, the average amount o' beer drunk by each ,ran, woman and child is sixty-two galions a year; in drawn by four horses ridden postilion- v,.se, the gun will be mounted on two - home carriages, (driven from the seat by a driver. The new guns will stake a large addition to the already existing eteck-firing guns in tho Gerniarrartny, principally hitherto told off to cavalry rt ginients. The Neue Miltturische Blat• ter says that the Bavarian Ministry et War has decided on the purchase of A VAST I'HOPEIITY. near Grafenwohr for a new exercising ground. '1'lte preliminaries of tate pur- chase were settled last month. No permanent decision has been ar- rived at as to tho new clouting of the German infantry. Specimens of khaki, gray rand gray shot with green cloth have been experirnentedeawitti. The gray was: found almost as conspicuous as the old blue, but shot with green it was not easily visible. New trials are to toe made in the Winter months when, the snow is on the ground. The \Vt rternhurg it is forty-seven gallons plan and arrangements for the im- and in Baden it is forty-two gallons. perial nranceuvres are now definitely The mLssion of beer is gradually to settled. All measures are taken to replace tho stronger and more injurious similate so far as possible the condi• distilled beverages. it is the product of ages of study and scientific endeavor to- o ards this very end. A thousand years of experimenting and research in Ger- many and America have produced the fmodern beer, the most perfect and the most healthful beverage known. It cornu; ne'nree giving the effect of exhila- ration without tate bad effect than any other drink in the world. It is an improvement on the alo of England and the acme of perfection in lite brewing of malt liquors. The per - Aon who learns to drink beer .tors not care for strong drinks. In the German districts, where each person drinks from Iwo to three times as much beer 03 in America, there is nut half the drunken- ness there is in America. In Germany it is considered no more improper for young girls to go together or alone end si* down at a neer table and drink one or more glasses of beer than for girls in America to drink beverages at the soda fountain. Beer contains the smallest amount of alcohol of any exhilarating beverage known—only 4 per cent. A single ten- sixeonful of patent medicine often con- tains tnoro alcohol and other injurious drugs than a whole barrel of beer. Whiskey contains 50 per cent. or more of alcohol, runt 75 per cent.. claret, fel; per cent. and cider G per cent. Accord- ir.g to these figures there 1.3 decided in- consistence shown by people who think .t perfectly proper to drink cider, lilt very immoral to drink beer. The writer of the Article above quoted neimlts that he Ls talking about pure beer. "Rut 1 regret to say," he goes on, "Met all beer is not pure and 401110 1ia-s disastrous effects on the drinker and is a source of crime and degeneracy. "Salicylic acid is the stain secret by tvhictt these vile concoctions are ntinnu- fectured. Burned sugar ;caramel) Ls added to give color; colu.; indicus to supply an intoxicating agent which 551l1 give an appearance of strength to the beverage; quassia to impart bitterness in place of hops; grain of paradise and cayenne pepper to a ornrnumeate pungen- cy ; coriander and caraway seeds to yield flavor; licorice, treacle and honey to supply color and ('consistence. '1'o stale beer there is sernetintes added green vitriol (sulphate of iron) or alum and eonunon salt, which when agitated with the beer communicates a tine cauliflower hpael. "\Why people eviil drink it is a mys- tery. its watery hely and its chemically lire duecd artificial foam are readily ole- lre'te�d.,, QUEEN \f: ll t11EltI1'A'S SIiAl11' EYES. An rtnnusing story Li being told at [Leine al.)ut the trouble that \tergheri- la. (,)aeon -Mother of Italy, has had welt her meals of lute years. some six years ago elle noticed a ‘roman in the street Swearing a dress which seemed strangely familiar to her. and a few minutes' thought convinced tier that tele dress wets one she bed recently ills• carded. Investigations at the Palace dise'!ou'tt the fact that Teresa, one . t Ql1c411's maids, to \\ horn the dress red been given, had sold it, and for this Teresa was dismissed, and Queen Margherda eng,tge(1 another wornan Adele ltaccat ir►i, wtinin for years she regarded as a "perfect jewel of a maid." Quite recently, however, it cbtne to bight That Adele had been making over t5,000 a year by the sale of the Queen's cite! -»f( apparel, which was alwnys giv- en to her. 'l'tria she aotd generally to Americon worsen, stipulating that they should not tee worn in Italy, and it was c my the breach of thee pledge on the part of a woman from Buffalo Inst brought about Baccarini's discomfiture.. Scott'e,r Emulslon strengthens enfeebled nursing mothers by increasing their flesh and nerve force. It provides baby with the necessary fat and mineral food for healthy growth. ALL DRUOOISTet 80o. AND 11.00. tions of actual war. There will be !ergo depots of food, forage, etc, upo which the tromps can call to provt them with the necessaries of existen but regular proviaitt Kolonnen w carry rations and forage, which will brought up at night to the then in t field, who will have started in the trtor ing with rations for the day. The arm service corps will dispose of a larg niintber of motor vehicles, and has r modelled its arr•angennents lo meet th case. The characteristic of the man vres will be the aerostatic exercises, employment of the wireless telegrap tho field telegraph and telephone. MOUNTED DETACHMENTS of the engineers will be called upon for many services. The corps of motor volunteers will be present in full strength and perhaps the newly organ- ieed heavy field artillery also. The troops taking part in the man-uvres art the Seventh Army Corps (Muster, General von • 13issing) and the Tenth) Army Corps 'tlunover, (lettere] von Shin. zcr). These corps " otnprise tive infan• try brigades. two cavalry and two field artillery brigade, belonging to that Tenth Army (Arps. Each corps will 1 e reinforced by it division of infantry trout other corps not yet mimed. 'the re• v;e tv, as Is usual in Germany, will ink place before the mani'tivres. '1'tie ban* peror will bivouac aniit t, his !nope i't a portable iron house, while the Eine press will reside nt the palace at Ilan - over. Sluff and foreign officers, repre- se'ntelives of the press, etc., will be quartered at Hanover. FRIGlIrENE1) HIM. They had a joke on young Griph Ire hoarding -house recently. They d k'eted hien raiding the larder, and found that he had taken a mince -pie, some tarts, and cheese. The landlady and her daughter together resolved on veno gcance. They waited til! Mr. Gr'iph had devoured the food that he had taken and made his appearance in the sitting. room. Then ttto Inndlandy said to hew daughter :— "Mary, you know that mince•ple that WO ma(re out of the meat we bought of the strange butcher, and which proved l.) he eat's.rneat 2' "Yes, mother." "What did yr,u do with it 1" "Put it aside: to give to the tramps." That made Griptt, who overheard, un• easy. "And, Mary, you knew those tarts that the cook carelessly si Itied the parnffln over. What did you do with them?" "Put thein with the mince -pie." Grip►h recollected that there was a queer tasto to those tarts, and felt like .t man twit° had just started in the tnis- e'riis of a Iirst sea voyage. itut he tried to shake the feeling off. The feeling seemed to grow Instead of being shaken off. Ill© grew pale and shivered. The ladies were delighted. "Mary," said the old lady, 'when you give triose things to the tramps, don't give thein the cheese there with tlr.'rrt. f -,r I put poison in it to kill the rate." Then, with a me!Thchofy howl. (lriph sprang'up. rushed to his room, end was very 111 indeel. And he had a chill end n hendnche, and went to bed end stayed ther.' for two days. And most of tiro time the IAndiaedy attd her daughter laughed right heartily. -T - SCIENCE AND (:1111.I) LIFE. During the last quarter of a century slalLtttes have Shown a nntnble in. rt'ase of the Average expectation ot the length of hinneii life helm birth. It appears that within 100 veers this av- erage ter net riviltzed countries has grown from tilt to 53 year*. 'I he sta. tictics vary for diffe-rent Mu:dries. taut all show an advance. However, ars Itre French ai'tentifie journal, i.a Nature, 1 Dints out, this does not wean that the chances have been evenly Inrrefused tt,roughout the duration of life, nut ra- ther that they have been enorrnoi,udy increased during one pettod of Ile. namely, that of Infsncy, and to a still'. lee degree In after ye-eht. Owing to the progress of Hygiene and medical eel• enc*, the causeia of infant mortality have been lar(Dty eliminated, the reefs at the commencement of the ve►ya a of life ars in the main avoided, and the &Verse length of life. counting fro. titi shot. appears increased or all.