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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-08-01, Page 2E0814444474•0111411114411 w he Nirm 1' - 60+04lONl0i+0+11NOf+tfHOE+jl +c'+o+o+o+0+43lM+o+0+0+") T1113 SACRIFICE ; OR FOR HER FAMILY'S SAKE. 0+1)101+0+0+0 +0+0 +1+41+-0f+0+040+0+0+000+0+0+0♦04 CHAPTER I. concluded, at length; "you must tell hint everything you can. 1 ani so glad that aril have four weeks' leave. on 1. ras account, too. The poor girl has no pleasure at all in her young life." "Yes, in this hole," si d the son, as he lighted a cigar; and drawing a few whiff,, lie asked: "Does she still keep t•, that unlucky idea of marrying that pr verty-stricken fellow, that Ili. What's - Ids -name?" "You ask more than I can answer, ftudi, i do not know. 1 know that the young people are interested in each ..!her; but Lora has never spoken to me on the subject, and 1 do not like to say anything myself." "You have some settee at last." he niutterei. "But do you h as?—ray father i; awake." Three heavy thumps sounded over - Lead, as if some one were pounding on the floor with a slick. Frau von Totten put down her half -empty cup and ran quickly out of the room. Rudi looked after her with an air of vexa- t'on. "What's the great hurry?" he said half aloud, and placing himself astride of his chair with his arum on Vie back, and blowing blue wreaths c f stroke into the air, he began meditat- ing as to how he could best make to "the Governor" an extremely unpleasant communication, namely, that he want- ed some money to—well, to pay his debts, to be sure. "Confound it, there will be a pretty howl about ill But it is outrageous to expect n man to get along on such n paltry sura. And when ono has such cenfoc besides—" tmted luck ' his , h' soliloquy, for lir -s k in a so 0 q . P(>ed sister came in. instead of the big work- ing -apron, she had put on a dainty white one, had pulled down her sleeves and sat down at the window, opposite her brother, with a dish of beans to shell. "There," she said, "now talk to me. too, Rudi; you must have enough't tell, It is so long since we have seen each other." As she spoke she began with nimble lingers to shell the beans, and did not It ok into her brother's face for some lame, until she perceived that he would not answer. Site roust have known the significance of the fretful, anxious ex- pression with which Ile looked at her, foe her beautiful brown eyes suddenly ouened wide with terror. "For heaven's sake, Rudi, you haven't got into trouble again?" "Ah, bah! It is nothing of any eon- srquence—but—i wish papa knew about Every trace of color faded from her blooming face, and a painful expression of anxiety was depicted on her soft fea- tures. "Rudolph, if it will trouble papa, 1 hep; of you not to tell hint—he is so ill— so easily agitated. Oh, do not tell trim!" Ile shrugged his shoulders and con- tinued to smoke. "What is it about?" she asked. "You do not need money, Rudolph?" The autumn sun shone merrily into the little gtuht-chamber of Frau Ma- jc rin von 'Follett; glanced back from the little mirror on the bare wall, one } toyed about the pooint of an infantry helmet, whmch, peeping out of the open bcx, lay, together with all maturer of toilet articles, on the old-inshioned Ieblo which the room conteined. 'the regulation oflicer's trunk stood on the floor, half -emptied of various portions cf a uniform, which lay about on the bed and chairs. On one of the plain wcoden chair:, sat a slender young Inas, easily recognized as the owner of this array. Ile had a handsome, intelligent face, thick brown hair, and on his up- per lip an impertinent lithe mustache. ,\t this moment lie vas looking, with an air of vexation, at a very elegant pair of boots. "Confound it!" he muttered, "ray only pair of nice boots—not paid for yet by a loiig wry—ar.d that idiot of a servant - girl has blackened them with common blacking! It is outrageous!" Ile flung the boots angrily on the floor, buried his hands deep in his hotrsers p (cketes, and, placing himself before the window of the small whitewashed rcom, gozed down at the oblong strip of ground beneath him which was dig - lilted by the name of garden, and up- on whose narrow path the warm au- tumn wind was blowing down the yel- low leavesof the wild linden, its only nanient. A young girl was just throw- ithg a clothes -luno round the thick trunk of the old tree. She stepped upon the tench thatran roundit, and stood on tip, -toe to throw the end of the rope over a branch. it was a charming, slender figure, in a very simple, gray woollen morning -dress. The sleeves, which were turned back, showed a pair of finely modelled arms. Her hair, coiled at the Lack of the head in thick, heavy braids, shimmered like pale gold from under the simple straw hat. An elderly woman came across the little grass -plot, painfully drugging along n basket of wet clothes with the telp of the servant -staid, a small, rcd- hoirea, weakly creature. Iler blue lin- ern apron still showed the wet traces of the wasietub. She set down the bas- ket and nodded to the young girl, who had sprung down off the bench, and now began hastily to hang the pieeo on the line. The young ofTicer's face flushed a deep crimson as he watched this stinple scene. Just at that moment the young girl gi;lunced up at his window. She stopped her work and came toward hon. "Are you up already?" she called out geyly. "Only wait a moment, Rudolph, and you shall have your coffee, di- rectly." She took off her apron, threw it on the ground. and hurried into the house. Ile turned and left the room. in the Eine entry he could ld hear therattling of caps and plates in the kitchen below. He went down the narrow, creaking stairs, and was met by his mother at the. foot. Iler worn face, flushed by her recent efforts, brightened as she saw hate "Good -morning. Rudi, • she said plea- santly. "You will have to wait a little for your coffee; %alio could suppose you would be up so early? Did you sleep well, any dear boy.?" "Of course I do! 1 have lost 'Isidore Sou know I was going to sell him to pay off Lowenthal—and the beast got the colic, and to three hours ho was dead," "Lowenthal? Who is Lowenthal, and what does he want? You never said She put out her hand, still swollen arything about hint last year—" and wrinkled from washing. "Couto "Ile wants money," he replied ang- into the dining -room," she said, "Lora rely, "and he is a horse -dealer that 1 wili soon have the breakfast ready." billowed moony of—voila tout." The fair young girl bent her head as if she had received a severe blow. She had had a suspicion, when the letter Caine announcing his visit, that he was coming to bring new cares and anxi- eties; he would never have come to Luis "confounded hole, • ns he was ac- customed to speak of it, for nothing; he Would never subject himself to the deadly dulness of his home for noticing —and her atnsp4cion wns now suddenly verified. There he sat and smoked the cigars that she had provided from tier careful savings, and out in the kitchen hi: mother was toiling over her son's favorite dishes. For days the devoted mother had slink-, nn of nothing but "when ltudi cones -- When Rudi is here.' Ile followed in embarrassed esilence. His (all firma, in elegant uniform, could not eider the I<ew door without stoop- ing. Ile to .keit around the small nom, whose blue and gray carpet tore traces of long service, with n discontented air, and leaning against the neatly set table, Lafora the sofa,- on which his neither hail already taken her seat, he said, in n lone of vexation: "\\'hy do you do the w aching yourself, innther?" "\\ hy, lludif' cried the old lady, has- tily buttering a roll; "because—well— because-1 like to do it, and i.ora floes, leo." "Queer fast' yea must have! Can't you afford e. washerwomen?" Fran von Totten turned crime -6n. No, 'Ley could no longer afford it, since they had lost the income of the little capital which the year before had been sucriflcal for Rudi, on a "very urgent occasion ;" but she contented herself with a slight shake of the head. 'Don't disturb yourself about that," said the lady, "it is really not so bail. Sit down here. Ah, here conies Lera with the coffee." ' The young girl had just set the cof- fee-pot on the table, and then she seiz- i d her brother's curly head in both hands. "Good -morning!" she cried laughing. "ee'hat a face you are milking, you cross ski bear! How diel you sleep?" "A horrid place. this wretched lodg- ing." lie reined, looking rather more pleasantly a! the young girl. "This new h.dg.ng of yours is a perfecthole, 1't�+ Inst one was a little note presentable "Don't loll him to -day" she at length at any rale, but—" managed to say. 'Say nothing till after "Rut this cost eighty (linkers less," hi-: birthday, at lust, Rudolph." And aired Lora von Totten. "here is your ns he made a mmensent of impatience. cream itn.t sugar. You had letter take she added softly, "He can not help you a good deal of it, and p)'rlinps it may any more. sweeten your conversation," "The devil he cars'!:" mtrrnnnred the Fill smiling. she pushed the sugar- lieutenant. "Who else Ls going to ,!o bowl townrl bum, and left the room. it' My worthy brother refuses, point. "Mamma," she cried. conning heck blank. My uncle says he is tired of do- again, "now you must sit quite still ing it—" here and talk with i(ndi; I will see to "You wrote to Victor?" eried the everything. Papas cocoa is on tate ynung girl, a burning flush overspread - above, if you eheuld want it." ing her face. "Rudolph, how could you The mother sat apposite her son and do that; how was it possible!" gazed at him with mule adnerntion. "1 Ad not write, i went rnyself," he Then, however, tiepin the streams of replied, carelessly brushing tee nshee !elk. so long with ddlleulty restrained. et his cigar from the arm of the chair. At last she had him alone, and could ''1 went to Durkheim, yesterday, and ask him all the thousand things which was reeelved very civilly. They had a he- mother's heart Pinged to know, and big dinner party, end Invited me to for which there Sad been no time since join them, Some of the higtser officers, tits •triva' het evening. with their famIYe•, were there, and "Yneir leVtet is so happy, Nal," As; some o Frye 00W41 011 relations. There were six glasses to every plate; the din- ' o'-thr•-way corner. In this, the young - leer 1 egan with oysters, and at the end est of the family, the feudalism of :he champagne flowed in streams. But whole race of the son Tollens seem:ed when I spoke to Victor, after dinner, to have been concentrated. Her prefer - about my difficulties, tie declared round- care would have been to mount a pal- ly, though pleasantly enough, that un- hey, to carry a falcon on her wrist, and t. rtunale-ly he w is not into position to as the lady of the castle, to ride through meet my wishes. It was his firm resolve wood and over moor, with a dozen de - never te touch a penny of hie wife's for- vckd knlgh's in her train. But as nine tune, either in his own interest or in lees really stood, unter!unately, she that of his family, and he himself had was obliged, Instead of a proud castle, nettling but his very modest colonels le content herself with inhabiting u pay. and 1 knew that very well; he was very modest abode at the end of a quiet se sorry—so very sorry, etc. \Ve shook street in the good city of \\'estenberg. hands cordially. 1 sat for another hour and to dream of future glory in the cle- ia Frau Clotilda's satin, and then, u(- meati, -covered arbor of the l;ttlo garden. ter receiving all sorts of com►uiseions le (bis meantime. she eagerly collected from her, I said goat -bye to the other coat, of amts, the genealogy of an guests, and lipped the footman in lila•: prominent families see knew by heart. velvet livery, with my last Maier. Hap- and flashed out int,, lierce.anger at the pity 1 had a ticket to \\'esternberg in constantly increasing number of tnrsal- nty pocket, and, thanks to my sister -in- lienees. \\'lien her eldest brother was laws kindness, 1 had dined so well that married, the child, then only eight years 1 managed to pass the live tuna's be- old, pretended to have u sore throat, lwcen here and Berlin without being end stayed at bonne. She couldn't bear hungry. 'there is my whole story, my so see Victor von Tullen, the stately dearest Loral" cuirassier, married to a simple Frauleirt "Thank heaven, you did not—speak Lange, if the money -bags of the little to her, at least," said the girl, with bride had been ten times larger. Katie pale lips. would rather have lived in the time of "Don't be afraid—say It out plainly ilio robber -knights, so that Victor might —'beg' is the word you want. No, 1 have plundered ceitneellor Lange, in - did not beg from her then, but perhaps stead of marrying his daughter. I shall write to her." All this, however, did not in the least "Iludolph! The cabman who leas in- prevent her front being enthusiastically stilled us all, who offered our sister ee uevoted to I)r. Schonberg, who kcal: the p. sition in her house dant was below literature class in the sclu.ol that Katie the level of a servant! You would 60 attended, with a view to be a governess. i) her, so that she might complain Ilial she ooinforled herself for this lapse of her husband's whole family is a burden principle by making up the most won - 011 herr' drrftl romances, in which "to" was al - "Ah, bah! Helen exaggerated; she ways "von Schonberg," and had wily has grown nervous and irritable on ac- been obliged to lay aside his nobiliary ceant of her everlasting engagement. pertic a for awhile. and she bus put on all the airs of an Lora looked reproo:hfully at her sis- eld maid. It is quite time her beloved ter. "flow late you aro again," she Franz was taking her lo his hearth and said, "and you might have helped us le:me," he replied. "Clotitda is not the es much, for your school docs not b� only one who complained of her," he gin to -day till ten." ce.ntinued, "my uncle did it, too. The Kate made u wonderful grimace, put cid fool can go to Borneo for all I care. two big lumps of suga rinto her coffee. I shut never trouble hien again. Ile and changed the subject. wrote, lin answer to my polite letter, "Rudi! Midi!" called his another, just that he was on the point of taking a then, "your father is asking for you." beng journey, and he needed all his l era's eyes folbwcd her brother with money himself, and I had better think a sad, app eating look ns he went out. seriously aLout living within my !n apo Continued.) toCUL 111s coat ought c cre• ever • one - ) according to his cloth. It is so pleasant when a man can plead poverty—he has PROGRESS EXPENSIVE. such a very good excuse then for not — giving away anything. Ile has a nice Great Sums Being Spent on Public Int litho Mum laid up in the bank—but tie provements in India. ;xlds onto it light." in the coming official year £9,011,000 "I beg your pardon, Rudi, but unclepenis to be spent on railway's in India cul has no means; he has nothing but his is tie capital, no less than £3,787,300 of it givesoawan y aregreat lieutenant-general, of athat,"d said on new rolling stock, for which there is Lora. "H� pays for Katie's school, and an argent demand and necessity, but gives Helen and me 0 little pocket- which ought to bo provided for out of money, and he sends wino and tobacco revenue and not by permanent addi- to papa, and—" lions to the capital acoount, says the Oh, yes; he is liberal enough to you Indian World. girls, but for inc—" Nearly £3,000,000 more Ls to be laid "1 should think he had done enough out on open lines for other purposes, so for you," said the young girl, in a 10, that altogether capital to the extent of lone. about. X0,755,000 will bo poured into "Oh, yes; he has been anildly liberal," Italian railway's already opened for sneered the young man, as he took out trnflic, and only £2,2-15,000 of the allot - a fresh cigar. enet there is no use hi l total will remain to be devoted to talking about it; I must have the money, ileo construction. and that is all there is about 11." irrigation works are to have £833,301 "No, no, dont say so to father," cried sIWIII upon them and S.:665.400 represent, Lera, springing up, "not to -day at least; ciec:hurge of debt under various heeds. and not for a few days. i will talk !o which naturally means re -borrowing mcther, and perhaps Franz can suggest unless we regard the anticipated rsur- something." plus revenue of £775,000 as being do "Helen's lover, who has been wailing voted to this particular object. Ove years to scrape together enough to Already a loan of £2,000,000, or three gel married on? You clear child!" Ile climes of rupees, has been issued in In - Poked compassionately at her, drew hisdin, and the borrowing -5 in Englandd by slender fingers actrsg his forehead. the Secretary of State and the railway threw away his just -lighted cigar, and companies aro put at 4.:6,697.000. in stood up. reality, therefore,about. £9,000,000 will "1\'e can watt if you like," he sold, be raised in England to keep India "we have three weeks yet. What in the steady on tho pati of progress by usury, world can a man do here all day?" he since it is from Great Britain and not continued, looking out into the little from India itself that even the rupee qu'et garden. where the clothes were toms are chiefly provided. fluttering gayly in the wind. "In thi§ Tho net dep usits of the savings banks miserable hole there isn't even a decent aro expected to increase by £GS.i,000 dun cute. Do they keep up the sorno old Ing the year, and the whole of that like- p'ogran ne here; the afternoon walk,, wise will bo absorbed in the projected mammon's whist party, and moonlight capital expenditure, as well as £113,001 evenings a meting of the club, with provided by deposits, remittances, etc. dancing and mild refreshments?" "'— The young girl hod finished her HAT PiN PEARS IN BODY. work, and was gathering up her Ilsbes. Lenore von 'rotten was not ono of triose young girls who look out with tory bright hopes toward the future; tail a little sunshine by the way, she modestly !Weight, was necessary to ex- istence. Ah, and the sun seldom shone ;n that young heart; and if onco in awhile its golden rays did scent to shim- mer before her, then there ahwny's, cl- ways cane a dark cloud which hid there from her. She recalled the miserable weeks the year before, which hal fol- lowed a similar confession of her bre- Iher's. The movements of the usually nimble fingers grew slower before the prospect of another catastrophe: of mother's tears of anguish, whisk were scarcely dried; of her sick father's grief and wrath, from which he had by no means recovered; and her lintels rested mile in her lap. She nodded lightly in answer to her Boy's Parents thought he Had Appendi- brother'.s irm!cal questktns. "Next !Monday wee --and you, loo—aro cilia, But Surgeons Did Not. invited to a ball at the Beckers'." To have a lint pin six inches long "What!" cried the lieutenant, "do you making excursions ai.out one's interior visit them now? 1!ow did that come deportment was the unusual experience about? Papa swore up and down that of John Welchers, of Grundy County, lie would never have anything to do Illinois. At times for the past eight or with those money -bags." teen years \Veiehers, who is 18 years of "They culled hem, explained Dora, age, ttas had excruciating pains. which "first the son—" lcd the permits to believe he was afllicl- "Adallx rt Becher? Oh, I seal" eat with appendicitis. The doctors "And then the mother." continued thought differently, as the pain moved lora. "The circle Ls so small here, and about. The other day surgeons per- ninin na thought we could not hold back formed an operation on the young roan alone; every one else visits thein, and and removed a hat lain. The head was they are even admitted to the club." hear the surface of the body and the "So Adalbrrt Is posing as a lion In point near the large Westin" which, \\'eslenberg .society?" fortunately, it hos not punctured. About "Yes," cried a fresh voice, "and he s the pin was an accumulation of rust and :n love with our Lora." mineral deposit that increased the size A yo'tng girl between sixteen and to that of a lead pencil. The mystery seventeen had entered the room. threw of how the pin got into the boyei body her arms round iter brother's neck, and will probably never be solved. That it 'coking rat hien. bent her head back till has been there for ninny years is rap. lir long dark braids touched the floor. parent from the mineral deposits fiat "Did you bring me the photograph of had nccumulnted. Welchers is recover - the emperor, cued of Prince William, ing nicely from the operation. end bids and Prince Henry? And—" fair to make a permanent recovery. "Upon my word I forgot it, Pussy," declared her brother, "but. next time 1 ciente---" TRAIN SHUNTING INJI'RIOt'S. "Flits Ls the seventh time that you Lave said Ihnl. If you don't want tri, One In Twenty Train Shunters In Bei - then don't do it,' was the answer. She lain Killed In IHI eel down at the table, with a pout, and lilted her cup. Working on n railwny Is one of the She was 11 lithe, slender creetstre, moat d,mugerms occupations In the with n pale fnes that had something world. Out of 581.661 persons enWinyed very strange about it. At limes it seem• on the railway's of the United Kingdom eel very plain. The mouth. though in 1901. 402 were killed and 3,893 in- urall. seemed 141 full, the short, snub lured. That Ls n proportion of one men tese too sour')•, the brown skin was sl- killed out of 1,417 workers, and one in most nshy; lett she had only to lift her leu Injured. eyes. find all (hat was forgo,lk•n. Those The 'nest deadly brunch of railway Targe dark eyes, shaded by long lushes, work is shunting. In 1904 ono in every were really wonderful, as they e\press• twenty shunter, wero injured, and one ill HOW It deep, melancholy. longing, now in 419 wits killed. guards mirth and laughter --they were con- p;rnkesmcn and goodsg rile also find slantly changing. And tine eyes Knee their work partici.lnrly dangerous, one the expression to the whole lace, an.l in twenty-one hnving been Injured, and were an enshhn rat her ss thole nature. tine to 5i( killed in 1904. .\t ono time she would be the sunshhie Firemen come next on the list as re- ef the house, her clear, ringing laugh garde frequency of mishap, the casual- fli:ed it with merriment; but she could Iles during the year under notice hip: - make it dimwit also. for she took care ing boon nne in forty-nine injured and to have plenty of occ. cions for vera• one in 1,0311 'Idled. Drivers suffer Pm len. She was wits -salon eer+nnifled often. One to seventy-nine was injured, to all houiehol.l order; she would never and nne in 1.002 killed in 1904. help, and understood pe'rfedly he,w to The proportion of casunlllns among escape from es(' v ;..rt of work. and porters was nne In 107 injured, and ono draupyesr with a ousel into some out. ire 1.127 kiUani. END OF FAMOUS SHIPS OLD RCMP IRON IW%I'S WADI( FOR TUU FOU 1HtY. Ilii torte Farnham From "Wooden Walls"—Little Sentiment Attached. There remain to -day many treasured records of Britain's famous "wooden \•ells." The billiard hallo at \Vindsor Castle is made of oak token from the sunken Royal George, and the timbers of the famous old 1'oudroyand have been worked up into memorials of ►mama sort., and kinds, bookcases and the like. ()eked University treasures a chair maga (rout planks from Drake's marvel- lous little Gotten Iliad, in which h_. sailed around the world atter raiding two million pounds worth of Spanish geld. CANVAS OF THE PAST. Alas! the clays of sentiment seem to ee past. or Ls it that the magnilicent sleet -clad of to -day, tearing through the brine at twenty knots an hour, does not encourage the same feeling of romance as did the towering clouds of canvas of the past? At any rale, says n writer in Pcarson's Weekly, the modern w•arsltip, when Iter days of usefulness are over, receives • scant consideration at the (hands of the Admiralty or breakers. SOLD AS OLD IRON. There is the unfortunate Montague, far instance, her great hull of ilnest steel -plate piled up on iho deadly tacks of Lundy. In n very short time 110 trace e1 her will remain. She has been sold as old iron. and will to broken up with explosives and the remains sent to Car- diff, where smcPed, rolled stet. and coated with molten tin, tho steel will be spread I ,- ndcast over the world in the shapes of tins of Jones' miraculous mas- toid or Smith's original ox tongue. HULL OF INFLEXIBLE. i The Montague was n new ship, and had no special historical value. But the same cannot bo saki of the splendid old Inflexible the first ship to fire an eigl►ly'one ton gun in action. Her enor- mous shells played a principal part in the bombardment of Alexandria. Four years ago the hull of ane inflexible Was SOW to the ship -breakers for $21,100, and there is no memorial of her preserved. Even the tins made out of her stout sides are by this rima hurried in the rubbish heaps of five continents. RELICS FOR FOUNDRY. in any scrap -iron yard you will see all kinds of proud relics piled together ready for the foundry. Thousands of bnyonels or great piles of old rifle bar- rels oro a common sight. Just at present there is an extraordi- nary famine in iron, due to the groat re- covery in trade during the past year, so all old iron and steel is being snapped tin• Besides the Montague, the Greet Wheel at Earl's Court, which has de- lighted so rnuny thousands, even mil - tens of sight -seers, Ls at present being broken up, and this, too, is being sold to bo re -smelted. Guns which have played their parts in en share a simi- le(' oft makinghistoryo Int fate. The posts along the kerb- stones of Tower Hill aro gtins which were used in some of Wellington's cnmpaigns. Other cannon captured in the Peninsula and at Waterloo were ninde into gas standards for Waterloo fr Fortuldgo.nately, not all such weapons aro so evilly treated. The capital of Nelson's monument is fashioned out of raptured French guns; so) 1.A tlo Achilles statue in hlyde Park, and the Welling- ton memorial in the Phoenix fart:, Dublin, is also cast of captured cannon. '1'-- iIARMLESS GRASS SNAKE. It Brings, Ilowever, Speedy Death to Frogs. The somewhat nnlurnl prejudice w•hi'h exists ngabnst vipers Ls extended. unfortunately—though not, perhaps, un- naturally—to everything resembling a snake, and on this account the coin - mon grass snake is often needlessly de- stroyed. 1t is perfectly harmless, and in its fresh greyish green skin is quite unmistakeable. yet if suddenly encoun- tered in it hedgerow or issuing from n ditch death is generally its portion. The way 1n which, on its own account, it deals death to frogs 1s somewhat awful in the denouement. The victim, scent- ing to realize the hopelessness of any attempt In escnp<, becomes literally par- alyzed with fright and, leaping with en- feebled power, is soon seized by a hinder reg and drawn into the Jaws of the enemy. The adder's method of feeding 14 similar, but death is more speedy from tho wound inflicted by its tubular teeth. The guess snake altogether lucks these teeth and swallows its trey alive. frog has been heard to scream after being entombed. DEMONSTRATIONS. Grace : "And did you ever propose to a girl In a canoe?" Fred : "Yes ; and i'll never do 11 ugnin. Tho girl jumped at ;my proposal and upset the boat." There are made daily M England alout 55,000,000 pins,two-Thirds of them being manufactured in liirniinghnm. 4 Disuse takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott's Emulsion summer as in winter. lead les kje reg t WM /1k Clawassimah tlePN roes 1 I dl elrgON 4 - A FEW HINTS ON SHAVING THE POULTRY YARD. As soon as the chicks weigh a found or a pound and 41 half, the mother should be taken away if she has not al- ready deserted her broil and tem - mewed laying. This is a crilral time in the young chicks life, us the young- sters are likely to rum from exxip to coop just at dusk searching for the warmth of mother lien. Some prefer 10 move them 10 burger coolie than those in which they have been raised, thus far, but usually 11 will ho found more satisfactory to leave them in the "chick coop" until tin are well weaned from the mother hen. Bo careful to keep them from crowd- ing together in u few' coops. This crowd - in;; is often the cause of weal: and al- most worthless clucks. 1f the clucks have not been examined atter they are settled for the night, go from coop to coop and snake a careful examination to b: sue that there are not loo many in one house. If a hon -e is fount Willi a large number in it, rum your, hand in among them and note the high tempera- ture. You will then understand why this crowding is so dangerous. Also notice the tendency for the chicks to crowd together in the coops that are fed first 111 rho morning. 1i) prevent this, change the order of feeding, so that they cannot tell which will le the first lc be fed at the beginning of each day. Be careful also that they do not sleep on the ground, as this will cause then) tei sweat. 'l'he ground Is moist and cool while their bodies are warm. This causes the feathers to become stationed with moisture. 'Then when they go out in the early morning they Ore readily chilled, thus mottling them unhealthy. The moist, damp atmosphere is also un - n he breathe darn t c t brah til for them o I►c 1 h fo b Y night. \Vhcn the last hatch is nut of the in- cubator, do not fail to cleanse the ma- chine thoroughly, says Wallace's Far- rier. \\'ash the inside with strong soda water, wash and air the trays, sun every fart that can be sunned, remove the lamp, empty and dry the bowl, and remove the wick. Place all parts that belong to the incubator inside of it, and take off the parts of the regulator that are apt to be damaged. This nilly seem unnecessary advice, but we have seen incubators that have had the filth of chicks hatched the year before still over them when the machines were started the following year. \Ve have seen in- cubators left under the trees through the summer, exposed to the sun and rnin, and we have seen them with books and regulator. An incubator cored for in flit regulator. An incubator cared for in this manner cannot give good results. Trent your incubator ns a line piece of machinery. If it has rn asbestos jacket. do not leave a hull lamp inside to soak the jacket with kerosene, whi^will cause a h smoke the next Ume the incubxt- k.r is started. If you want to use it as a table, remove the regulator, you moist care for it. A poor, chenply-built ma- chine will work in one season and be unfitted for but t n• use, s 1 i is possible to make the best machine unlit for use in one season, and this is what you want to guard against. This is the time of year when the gape worm goes seeking chicks to de- vour. If the weather be cold and damp, so much the worse for the click. 1f the weather slays warms find dry, many of the chicks are given strength to tough up the onions. The larger chielis do this quite easily, although one can help them do so by putting them in nn open btx'k- et or box and placing a baking-poweher can, with burning sulphur in it, in their midst. But take the chicks from two to four weeks old, and these need help to dislodge the worm. Nothing is better than Three or four horse hairs twisted together. and when twisted gi o d keep kr future gaping chicks, which you ninny know by their sluggish manner, wings distended toward the last, and the nhtosl constant throwing back of the basil and gasping for breath. When this stage comets you must hurry, or suddenly. over goes the chicken deed. Sit down on n low seat, with the light on the chick's throat, fnsten its feet between kneels, pull up the nen: and open the mouth with the, left lingers, using the right to pass the hwi,ted 'nqs of the horse hairs down the: windpipe. As it opens, pass far down, twist around and suddenly jerk out the horse hairs. 1f lho worms do not amu) with it they will next lime or next. l.et the chick real between trials. Houle cholera and all the combined p>,ltillry diseoses do not sopith Ilse death rale and loss caused by lice. Several lima's a fotantda for making midarea to eel rid of these has been asked for 111 this tinge. \Ve copy a good one loom one of our exchanges : "l'o make a good powder take this proportion :-0210 pound of Scotch snuff. one pound of strong ashes. nne-holt pound of crude carbolic arid. Mix (hese throe well together anti sprinkle in the feelhers of the hetes end keep in the nests. it is much cheaper to make this yourself than to buy. hut it !nlo self- sealing eons. Take n baking -powder con and perforate one end will small hole:, for use when dusting hens. A liquid lire -killer is made in this way : Fifteen pints of coal oil, nne-half p int of condo carbolic acid, one-half pint of bi- sulphtlo of carbon, one gill of tar. Mix ali the lest together, then add the coal oil. This is mainly used to paint perches and nest boxes." IIOW TO DO IT C(111WORTABLY ANO SA1'lSl ACI'ORILY. 14 is Essential That Good Tool: and • !tellable Soap M Used. While so many men shave themselves now -a -days, up in hygienic grounds and from oonsideratorui of convenience, yet L i average shaver regards it as a most iiksaine task. But shaving ie really it's easy, and nut at all a desagrecable task, if the operation is performed in the pro- pet r -pet manner. In order to obtain a gond shave it i3 essential that good tools be used, and, considering the importance of the op- eration, ct is decided ecoieemy to pur- chase good articles. A reliable soap must be used. Skins vary so remarkably in sensitiveness that the only way to lied the best soap 13 by personal trial of several of the leading make:. Soaps which will suit one ratan will prove utterly UNSUITABLE 1'O ANOTHER. The longer the Soap is rubbed tn, the better and easier the shave; warns water should be used., In the case of a very stiff beard, it is advisable te rub the ;ti- ther well in with tate lingers. The case et shaving may be increased in such cases by sponggng the face after well !inhering, and applying fresh lather be- fore shaving. The object of lathering is to soften the beard so that it may the more easily be cul close to the face. In addition, the lather reduces the friction of the razor on the skin consid- erably, also it acts as a germicide in de- stnmying the bacteria in the beard, and as an antiseptic in the case of cuts. Tho softening of the beard is accelerated ty washing the face before shaving. As to brushes, there is no brush to compare with the one of pure badger hair. A 'badger brush seems to have •.e properties of working its way round each individual hair, and of working the lather into a big mars. Not only are the ends of the hair softened, but the base is also softened. IIOW CUTS ARE CAUSED. Next comes the consideration of raz- ors, of which the hollow -ground now teed the field. When properly used and properly stropped, a razor should never require reselling. For a stiff beard a narrow razor should be used, as a broad, hollow -ground .a- zor will vibrate, and catch on such a beard. Cuts are usually, caused by the Made catching on the hair, and turning downwards. A frond, thin blade is pre- ferable for slighter growths. Men with strong beards who frequent- ly shave will hind it advisable lo have mere than one favor, as it is nn estab- lished fact that the razor's edge Loses its keenness, or gets "tired" if used too frequently. Safely razors have corse greatly into favor, and tt cso can he ear �. obtained with additional blades. Stropping is one of the most import- ant operations necessary to obtain an easy shave. The blade should to stropped both before and after using; 4 should be dipped into hot water before stropping and using. The strop should be hung no higher than the elbow. It is n common Inuit to hang the strop too high, in which case It is almost impossible to avoid producing a rounded edge 011 the razor. Tho fastening should be very strong, and the strop should be held perfectly Incl; the result of holding the strop slack is bound to be a rounded edge on the razor. SHAVE WITH THE ,IhDDi.E. .� WORM TURNS. "Josiah," said Mrs. Chugwatr'r, look - Ing up from the leper she had been Leading, "what le an octopus?" "An octopus," he said, "la a cat with only eight lives. 11 le so called to d1s• tinguish it from the ordinary cat, which has--" "Josiah Chugwater, I don't believe you know." The span of Ilfe in France is now see- er years longer than It used to be sla- ly years ago. in the case where a razor requires ter setting, it will be found better to en- trust the work to a practical roan. Having a keen edge on a razor, the next process is tho actual shaving, the face being well lathered. In the act of shaving the skin should be held month and taut with the left hand, while the blade is drown downwards and side- ways in the direction of the hair's growth, being kept nearly flat against the face. The razor alould !o held firmly with the thumb close to the heel ef'lhe blade, the little !Inger under the handle, and the other singers on the beck of the blade and handle. It. is a matter of taste whetter n hill non movement Ice used, or whether the ellow should le rested lightly on Iho chest. in order to steady the hnnrl. Near - 'y all the shaving should be done with the middle of the Linde. the point be- ing used for such difficult parts of the face es the upper lip. I: Ls not advisable to sh'uve against the growth of the Indira, ns irritation is arousal by the pulling. If n very close shave is required, the upwar.1 movement against the growth may le used int st:avicg a wend lime, though this ol- wnys has a leniency to eanse irritation. In all cases the beard should be cul. and not scraped, and the movement should he slow and firm. In cases of cuts it Is advisable In have 11 small piece of alum at Wend. Appli- cation of this to the cut will !dap the bleeding and heal the wound at once. —Pearson's Weekly. WILT. IT f:OMIE 'f0 THIS. "pins there ever been any honor con, ferret! upon him?" "Nothing of importance. ht rel ) 0 i.1.1)." •-- A i'RISTINE DISCOVERY. "I've found out in my hislorie•nl tee learches that Attain was the original trouble maker," "You mean In that apple business " "No; tt has been eslabl,shed pa • nm 1 Lan that M was the Ural man Cain." „IN IDEA OF THE SI:As0N. 'f em gleet shot we don 1, like som• Orta tel nations, make on )dol of Ih• sun " "Why this particular ihapkfnlneia "Because such a worsh:%) involves • strive of beat prrorlrMroI1a." 1 ..e 1