HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-08-08, Page 20 60+04 Ci+0+0+0.040+Cli+0+0+0.0+0+0+0+04:0044:* C0+04-4) rtell for all that; that it was Pee proper
Dung for a welilan, and--"
"Be quiet; we have had enough of
your wisdom. Whenever three weinen
come together, they always talk of wt -
.ting married. She ought to have taken
him; and then, at least, she newt,' have
done something 1110re sensible than---''
OR"But, papa," cried Katie, in a ton
of the deepest borrer, "ho was only
y. UI' tutor; and just remember, his nano
Was AuguAlIS Plover! Only !alleys.—
INtelitta Plover, nee. Von Totten!"
"Well, and what of it," said her mo-
ther, "if he was a werthy man?"
Katie clapped her hands together,
arel laughed a clear. ringing laugh.
"Memina, that is delicious of you!"
The pair mother, in whose bowed
figure and worn features no one could
have recognizcd the once lovely belle
of the eourt balls 4:f the little capital.
eeeeed at idera wait a teoteeee ate.
"Don't .lay away too long. child; you
know there are the clulltee to fold, anti
e ---so many things—"
"If you could only wash!" cried the
aureole as he drank off the rest of Ilia
wine. 'hay wed digestion wait on
nepetitel." And he limped off to the
ileer on his Cridelies, repose above
itt his emolsing noom.
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C:11.%1'1E11 II. "Lora, how many throe; have I Itild
vu to get some, pigeon's feathers ant
Lora had been busy in the kitchen 'or .
some tie, had put luncheon on the c.ean these, pipes? They art, not tit to
s: ioke."
table in the diiiing-IX,0111, had looked 1„
Pupa I cleaned them all two days
eller the. washing, und then had be-
sueeeeept this olie., and you were
Wien herself to her own room, to Mahe
liel let. Iler roollt Was in the attic, sliki—ng
rind was so-called Ntriesard, but how "Always an excuse," grumbled the
pli a -ant it looked here! Tho „arrow, inam---"Well what did the imper-
tied under the 5teep roof, \vas hung ttth11111e41ent., turning to his son. In my
14,11 a of it corporal say?" •-e con-
. "
with clear -white muelen curtain's, the
many holes in whre ich wedrawn ne ien.tor te , w- 4111.1 hasair"hurs, bit put lien under ar-
ee o--"
ectlier with such e(lm
xquisite ae that w
they inight almost have been taken for "S-' (!0*
1,-.c original pattern. III the low Win- "Lora!called the major.
4I4 -w stood a quaint, little rococo wilt. The young girl came in front the neet
ing-table, on \\elicit time had dimmed
e polish and inflicted many injuries; "Shut the window. Confound it,
cue twisted leg was missing entirely. child, hear that 'meter outselet
text itio• toen eery clumsily eo
replad. 1 , it twelve already? Ah, yes; school
put 1 writingeahle was historical. ia out an hour earlier than usual. I
Frau von Tolltii, Ilonnerstatit, had tell You this lffluse is "1°110 to 'drive -
once called it her., and Prfhce Louis ene mad; on week days it is the veto?
Fel-dinette. when he \vas quartered en -4-if the school, and on Sundays the dance,
Dennereta,it for a fortnight for the au- rausic over there in Ilellinanies garden-
timin inallagliTes, had Written (Li let- hli11"--ho bOW4 41 itxmically lo Lora tie
ters at this very table. On the uppar he spoke ---"and all this we have to
shelf etoed the few ornaments of the pre. thank (he, for. They thought
&let owncr_onedeet nower eases, which this hole iinieltc, healthy, charmiug—1
w. re always filled with • fresh flowers Isnoe- \vital not --and I must come
when the season permitted; pin-orate...In, Lent pt,reireel"
a cabinet -photograph a the emperor, lora mite° no answer. She was dust -
(18 pendant, a Picture of Queen in the chest of drawers, in which the
Louisa; little favors Loin, the cotillon. bq tobacco -box had its place. Itudolpti
a casket with bras.-, ornameets to con- tad risen and gone to the window.
ta:11 jewels; \\Miele however, only con- 'hell," lie said, "here comes Herr Abel-
cealed 1
eeneath its red cushions a with- tole 11 cher, on horseback. Is he doing
(red bouquet. 011 the lOwer half lay it to at your attention. Lora?" lie
a blotter, a present form Katie; on one 1,..wed ae he spoke, in answer to a
side was displayed. in the largest pas- wooing from withent. "I3y Jove, a
silne size, but in a rather erlide style oplondid horse!"
a ;elver lound against a golden pale in ;une adnras of it," growliel
of painting, the Totten coat of ernes,
Hie fort
toe major, "and with it all he has :A)
"Treu und Fest." 'elle little glass ever fetich judgment te liorse-tlesh that ne
an azure field, with the motto beneath,
the dressing -table aLso bore the coat of e'an hardly tell a Stallion from a i:e
arms in the e„orner. It seemed as little 11,1(.1)kst, at him; the fellow hangs
suned to the simple wcxiden 'Caine thatitt , like a clothes -pin on. the
gal to the humble room si3111,_.,eli}youngi'atlii
ist Tho young girl knelt down and dust -
gr'
it as did thiS l
«1 th,a claw -feet of the table.
eritered, and where she was standing "But you luvew him?" asked the lieu -
so still, with deeply bowed head. tenant.
ber fo rel es ad; through the window, yeti are in Mime, you must
At length she drew her hand ncross
, as !Ionians no," replied the old gen-
voices were heard laughing and shout- as if he prefert.„-t
irg She 1)eepe4I out behind the flower- to talk of something else, ho added:
kens across to the neighboring garden. i..Aren't you ging to drink a glass el
A larg,e building. gray with age, stood beer? You will tind the cream of the
o
there in the clear sunshine, and on the
quinv in front sever- Westertherg jeunesse dome at Cram-
Lroad gravelled sere.--in the inarket-place, you know?"
ni hundred boys were playing at this
MOIllent. Formerly a convent, it was
now used as a public school.
Lora's eyes wandered over the mov-
ing throng, and at last rested, with an
expressive ln4 k. on a young nem, who
in Iho midst of all the uproar, was
eeelking across the square toward the
ole wan. Ile wore a dark blue, well
lifting civilian's costume, and felt hat
of the same color. As he drew nearer,
he looked up to the dormer tvindow and
took off -; is hat. Lora, blushing deep-
ly, bowed and drew back, and he walk-
ed on lib re -headed, holding his hat in
lus hawk as if 44-1 account of the heal.
The ye. mg girl had seated he.rself in
a chair Ly her bed, whence she could
follow hail with her eyes. A radiant e, n„ (
emile ev-repread her face, and still lin- '14 "`
the Id v a
"I say, Lerii," said the lieulemant.
gered te as she turned her head to
giving her tho full carafe, "I show.'
Ike to drink a gllis.s of beer at Cramer
.—but—yeu tuelerstand, I used up all
lily money in Berlin; Could yoll lend
Inie a the teiymaster sends me
my pay? I actively haven't another
petitly--"
"Why, of course, Rudolph."
An imperceptible :smile played round
the charming mouth.
"110w much?" .
"Ilow much can you spare. Lora? I
liaveeellitit is, I must pay a little bill.
(emir] you give me ten !hiders?"
"Certainly." She hurried upstnirs to
ter room, and eintitiee her puns' of its
centents. A few inimiles later the lieu-
1- ant went 10 Cramer's, and when lie
1,Ji there, he had consumed two por-
t ens of caviar, a tepee file and :sev-
eral glasses of W1110, and had planned
n riding par!y to Demnitz for the next
day, Adalbert Becher an41 tlie ad -
j :tent of the district, to partake, in the
11ioer4' casino of the regiment of dra-
geons there, of an entertainment which
neeher had to give in conseipience •
wagor he halt leen so he cam,.
lite less bored than when he went
out, tease.] Katie in 1110
manner, and told stories of the garri-
e--n, tellielt amused the major so much
that joieed in. Lora was sent down
le the cellar for a (4 11 of Itudeshei-
mer.
"I drink to his inajcs'y, our emperor!'
cried Ketie, clinking elineis with her
throttler, 11141 she drank off her glass et
cue draught. in a charming imitation
a a student. And then she whispered
lo Lora, with sparkling el'es, "Do you
know. Dr. Schonberg would not cell
4.11 the {lechers; he says they \\wild,
not .suit him."
theist made no answer; she stooped
weekly to pick up liar napkin.
' You are lo go to the teodle-does
leadity. Tetra," then seal Katie, retied.
"leafier said her mother reprovingly.
while the licestenrinf 11111de-it. "Let ine
%ever hear Met again. Katie," continu-
ed Frau Von Tolle!). "Ioll are tO Say
Aunt Melilla, and nolhing else; do you
Lear?"
"flew is 11? Are yen still nhveys run -
ng O'er the aunt?" inquired ltudelph.
'Sit,' has :a) one elae," seid Lora, as
if in eX'711.41e. "I/141 .She say Mien I was
lo come. Katie?"
"Oh, to coffee. nt any rat,." fanned
Pie younger sister. "She called otit
the windew le rue that she must speak;
to yeti without lain"
"Stupal old woman!" growled the
major. though speaking of his 4W11 Sis-
ley, "She etight to have got merried."
"She waa disappointed in love," re.
FOR HER FAMILY'S SAKE.
111.
Frinitein Melilla von Tollen, who,
*shortly before, hail celebrated her .sie-
*tient birthday, Ined itt tin, other end
'of the Own, on the second floor f
'what had formerly been the cualone
house, close by the city gate. It was
not (1 luxurious abode, for it consisted
of oely three rooms and a tiny Irilchein.
nut tno rent wa., tow, and the lotigehg
k•ffered ineseingible advantages. In the
'first place, it possessed a balcony, or)
evItich there, was jitit room el101igh for
'Ile s!tuid of the parrot and the Frau-
arni-cliair; and, rielreover, it
locked dOwil 1111011 the ‘V011414,11111 shady
leak -like garden of Frau Elfrieda Bee-
eer; and, in the second place, Aunt
Melilla count see every person, Peery
carriage, and every excursion that
passee, for in this quarter was situat-
ed Otto city park, Willi the liStial soldi-
er's MonuMent, N.ale of victory, and
shooting -gallery.
Aunt 111t litta had lived here for twenty
years. n she bad c'eisod her father's
eyes, and had found herself dependent
on a very small ineome, she had look-
ed about everywhere for a place where
one oould live respectably on two 111111 -
tired and fifty Hinters.
From Wiastenberg, where an old friend
of her mother's Vegetated, Came the
mOst favorable announcements; and
so S110 Caine hither with her parrot.
the rocco furniture, and her grief for
her lost lover, and soon became one of
the curiosities of the city, first through
her hearty interest in the fate of her
llow-eitizens, especially when match-
es were to be made, and then on ac-
count of the wonderful toys that she
mode. She had a perfect colorry if
dens. She had dells' houses, perfect -
"Oh, well, yes,—I might as we41, Ilv furrnahed from cellar to attic; gar-
sepposee' was the reply. dens, in which the dolls \vent to walk:
Lora had just left the room with a laundries, ironing -kitchens and bats( ries.
wriier-b"itie in lier Ihmd, when her bra- Every dish and every piece of furni-
ther followed her. "Allow 1110," lie fure was dointily made by her own
Neel, gallantly. taking the carafe from ee fingers, so that even grown je OPe
her hand. "Are you going to the eenetiinee found pleasure in playing
pump?' eith these minature dolls.
Site nodded and they Went dOW11- She had names for her different
doll -
stars together. families, and nothing could be more
"Papa beeniS rather irritable," he re- elegant than the rose-colored silk bout -
'marked. doer of the Countess Adarherst; nothing
"- mc're mere charming than the nursery ie the
She looked at him calmly.
,141 Use of the Herr Ceeineellor, in which
so than usual. 11,' feels inisernble; his
'Via is loreeniing him again. \\." sr von dell -children, with stiff arms, cal
must have patie4e; he does riot meati round the tiny table, and the Fran Colin.
tinything by it." senor presided over the colice-pot. No -
They were standing at the fountain. thing delighted the ohl lady More num
admiration whirl) her guest paid 1.4)
this work of art.
\\lien her brother, the major, was
forced to retire, end wets reso obligee
leok anent for a cheap place to live
In. she praieed Wislenberg to the skies:
and in consequence the family 'novo!
hither.
On the evening when Meier von
n reached Westanberg with his family,
Aunt Melina lind illuminated all her
done houses, en.1 therehy gained the
te arly approvnl of her three nieces, the
o1 -'est ef whom was twenty, it is true,
end already engaged; put lora wes
(illy twelve. and Katie only SIX. On
the majer. Westenberg, from the very
first moment, had made :1 very bad int-
pre.s.sien. The three 114-eirs' drive in the
omnibtia fr-im the last reilway station,
n and the num•
with the restless cheelre
herles packages, had irritated •nia
nsri es: the darlon ss of the t111134Pfl even-
ing. only here and there lighted by
lanteros, few and far bet we4,n,
en eltaitis iter0.:s the stmet, the aged
al'Peatanee of his sister, ii ho welcom-
e -I him with enthusiasm, the sight j
!he. well-known fitrniture, whieh roveko
insmnries of lemg.eaat and heppier
this made lilin roegh and
cenfeunded nonsense; the beds at the
irritable. Ile Called aililt1pe11
lli11111:.1:1(10
),Irulili*
inn he declared were
Ii e ended with 111P deelaralion that
NVestenberg. aceordirie le rill appear.
;neva. wag the need mieerable hole he
had ever 5. -en all his, life. Ile would
s‘nt the wagon with the filareene hick
where they came from. The; del net
he'll:en. for Itis purse forbade it; but
his sister never forgeve "her hrether 'er
his opinion of her beloved del1
and of her dear Westenberg; their ie.
tatiens had 144 en 51 ('(11110(1 ever Since.
Slue got on letter with the quiet.
ensasits sister-M.1,1w. Fraulein Me-
lilla was a good-naliired creature,
Ilaeigh she hail licr litne tenches.
We darling W:1,4 1.0ra. 11141 slender,
beautiful girl with the peculiarly prone
bearing of her little golden head. and
her true fiend. She hail never liked
the pert, saucy !neither of the youngest
gal Katie, Indeed, was a perfect ter.
res to her; atel since her last birthday.
)4 I! 0 31-1 4,1 March, when the ineor-
r chiat, Willi MOst ineecent rule
demure eye, hail presented her with
some plover's eggs. packed in a besket
in pink cotton. \\ hell she had extraeted
fr en a meglila bey with tinlold dif-
It idly. Aunt Melilla could hardly en.
dure her. for "N.it even my grief at
las loss of my lever W113 saered 10 )ter!
Viung people of the present day have
hearlst"
She eomplaanel angrily to lora.
whe lind cone a quern r ot an hoer
efarweril. end erind Kittle blesk 11)
ne. nee wit)) suppreased leoglitir.
SLI -
tug by the windew it) the next rOOM.
With fin befere
(To be Wiiiiite.de
greet tier tiother, who just then entered
the room.
"1,0ra," began Frau von Totten, in
exene emberrassment, "if it is not incon-
a-ereent to yous-the shoenialseroyeu
"chow, Katie's boots, and some repairs
has just sent his bin for the third
time, and he has receipted, if. The wo-
nein ihownstair3,--and-1
ani—you knee- it—it is only the twenty-
beyenth, Lora,"
The aotitig girl sprang up and went
ta her drawer.
"Hew much, mammn?" she fished
gayly, tis she drew out a little box foom
seine remote corner anti rattled it in
hie mother's ears.
"Twelvt., narki, Lora,—if it, is not
tee mull."
Folir Shitung thelers disappeared in
Errol von Totten', hand, met 1..kir lips
were pressed cline togellier. "On the
lirst of the month, Lora."
"Don't trouble youraelf about it, dar-
ling mother."
As soon a: sh-, \vas atone again she
ceineed the reel ..1 1(1- 11;1e treasure.
Teel e were shit two‘4. utlitors.
01
11:1.5... three were to be spent for her ei-
ther'e biethilay feslival, lied the reel --
eh- silent! again leal theught 01 In'
light blee tulle dress that she sean(ei
5.) very, very inuch kir the first winter
club meeting. foit_een.i...einas..) \vol,
tang before Christimes her Iiirthilay
se,.111,1 come, rind her uncle always
gay,. her twenty mares: and 1111 then
there was the embroidery ship in Ber-
lei. Involuntarily :die looked reutut,
T no one 11114st hnow that she worked
aecrelly ter meney! Ikr father would
solid, her inether would cry, and Katie
melee la, furious, and even iliali—ah,
Iler eunny sTiale failed; hew collie
Ott have f..i.gotien that, evoll coir a mg).
71:1111? Qiliel 5)10 fintqlle41 her simple
144ile1, and before she left the room
She took from the bookeehelf 8 0411404) -
ton aphorisine. and pulling her Men-
der finger between the pages, rezie the
Iii,' : that it rested On. Slier was !W-
ell -Joined 10 do this every morning, and
lo eeek her ceinisel ler the day in the
words tilua tut 411 11 hy chance.
"Ile not nneeeis overmuch. for 11e
eareth ler es," she rend.
And again:
"There is no sweeter sorrow then
hope."
She repented this 50111y, and ea if
questioningly. Then her eyes glanced
binough 111,, window to the schoolhomea
onposite, :me 41 1,e1) flint% overspread
her 1..vely face. Hastily, as if she had
betrayed a secret, she closed the 1.00k
and ran 41own to her father.
The paralyzed old naan was sitting
141 his e heeled Oiler, talking with iile
•.n. \Viten he saw hoc*, an impnlient
expression passe* covet' his furrowed
face.
inerkeil Katie.
"014. yes. Yes; \ye knoas all that,"
linefeed Ihe old man.
"Aunt Molit'n seal, the other 'lett
ohl. ts \.r3? otr ttc IIid -Not rear-
CIIICK FEEDING.
When I fimt storied to vitae little
chicks I fed them uueoft feed aliql I had
a fine start, and my prospects were
bright, but in a few days I noticed that
my chides did not look sten, and in •
few days more they commeneed to die
bowel tnitible, and nothing 1 could
04: wOUld SaVO them. To make Matters
worse, I had inOro coining on, with the
sank) PMSPeetui sight, writes Mr. W•
(;liainberlain. 1 made up my mind that
seinething feel h) be done or elee 1 must
ge out, of tho chicken business, and
tried all stuniner to and otiet1ttng that
Wvilld save my ChiClis, bait was unable
to du so. Things WOrlied very Unprolit-
ahly fOr ilk, all the stanin4,r, and late in
the full the thought strike: 1110 that the
birch ot the field required nothing in the
Wily of warm mash. and 1 also noticed
ono of my game hens that stole her
neat in the spring and hatched out 13
littlo chicks, and they never had any
eere and were raised on nature's own
feed, whatever it was, rind I made up
my mind to try and make a dry, hard
toed that would come as ne-ar nal trre'e
feed as poseible, DM being in the feed
and grain business I .stailed to extern
ment with thereifferent kinds of grain.
\Yee(' seeds and keel seeds. and in one
of my many different. experiments I
found a hard, dry feed that, when fed to
my little chicks, worked like magic, and
the per centage of loss was so sinall that
I could hardly believe it could be true.
I gave several samples to my friends,
with the same good restilbs, and then it
ilievned teem me that 1 al laSt had
feund a perfecl hard feed for little
chicks, end the great nightmare (bowel
troubl(') that confronts the poultrieman,
turned out to be as liarilees.e as a sum-
mer breeze. As a beginner, I want to
\yarn you againet using soft feed for
litho chicks, and feed them just as near
nature as poseible.
Have a certain time to feed and water
your little chicks, and always be, on
time. Begularity and cleanliness are
very essentint ill tilt)
Call your little chi es up to feed with a
short whistle, or some other note() that
they will get used to, and you will find
it a great help to you in taking care of
them, as they will come up quickly when
you want to feed them. In case of a
sterm you can call them and they \Val
1U111 and lly to you, and in a few
seconds you will have them under con-
trol, whereas it would talto you a long
time to drive them to a place of shelter.
and lots of them you never could drive
before they got wet and chilled.
tattle brooder chielis shoulkl not be
kit for at least 48 hours atter hatching,
tho bowels of a little chick aro not
perfectly formed for several dnys, rind
they must not be fet-I during that time.
Th4 first feed for a little chick should he
tine grit end a very little hard feed, and
this they must have to make a good start
in life. Never feed what they will eat
t
started in your 000ps will soon JATAR'S LIFE HARDIGOOD HEALTH AND SENSE
through the flock.
Now you have carried your chicks
CK -
through the summer in good shape, and
moat likely think tied they can tako care
ROUTED 011' AT A 1)11,ARTER TO
of themselt e.a, but you never made a
greater inisteke in your life, and if you FOUR IN TUE MORNING.
dc. not give them proper care in Septem-
ber, October and N0Y01111ter, your hen
houses will be Iliad Willi wilt' and sick -
nese, and all your hard work will be
wasted. and. ill -Stead Of Y44141' i'alt.; Pul-
lete laying in early winter, they will
not lay until talo in the spring, and you
wilt hare diecesed store to breed bean The wowing! description of a niq..
tliza 3(1(11',and that MMUS troUble 'fur LAI eeamaies life. written liy the young
yeti Ine following 3.ear. quartermaster of a blue funnel liner,
11 you warit your egg basket filled,
and do not want the trk
OUGIO of taking
ug
of sick all ivinter, you will
have to SOO that Y0111' ChiCkS and hellti ark'
Iltrilisla Seaman's Round of Duties --
Food SOinetinIes Sonny and
Poor.
housed at night by the hrst of sere
leinber, and not a day later, as they will
catch cold ;owe roosting out after that
time, and that 001 ,viit td.,on develop
io r
ntoute 11 ie very 11111111111 for you to
Itilies that the beuutiful weather iit Sep -
terrine'', October and November was just
mado for chicks and that you will not
drive them in lii0 house at night, and it
detse look that way ; but 1 ten you,
elite) the fall days aro all right for
chicks, the fall nights aro all wvong,
arid I hn
oestly Ixeieve, tham
t ore chick-
ens dio from disease eontracted in Sep-
temanm
ber, October d Noveber Ma
on ll
is given in the vaiaAniver
'Show a leg there. Tumble up. Ills°
end blithe you lunners, lively stow.'
Ties is the call that tlw British ab!o-
sealnati receives at 41 itUar1er 10 four in
Pie morning. Ile turns 0U1 rifler a
Evros, of ,freiches and yawns, „kepi:1y
rubs his ea
yes, nd proceeds to dress
himself, oh tho white keeping up a run-
rang fire. of curses directed in the sled,
the sea and all that appertains there -
[laving dressed, he lights his
nig sight, anhe d taverage man expends
in-;
evilable pipeful of strong, arid to a
tendsmen vile, totineco, and waits for
eight bells to :strike. "Eieht belts," a
),arse \'00)Oe0 IwIlOwS, there is a mellOW
ch:ming, and the wale!' 1,elow tUrnS
wit and relieves the inan at the wheel
ehe nd tlook4eit. It is our man's trick
the est of the year. If you take my
ad. at the wheel Until 11 a.m.. and lie stands
r
vice you will ski, that with. bk.,* is wen Ligh Up on the flying bridge in 1110 ha-
housod after night after that nest day of
ler wait{ earelec
sSly glancing lit the coin -
September. •
piss now and then arta giving her a
couple of spekes occasionally.
FOUR 1 IOUR STBETCIIES.
Your average tramp SeziniN1 is not
very particular 018011 his steering. "So
long as he gels there, it's all right," to
says, and Me only time ho
e is forced t
steer an accurate course is when die
eagle-eyed males happen to cheek the
(-curse, and hurl a few full-favered 6113
compliments at his poor head. At
three bells he is relieved for ten min-
idea to get a cup of coffee and a smoke,
end this welcome relief is introit appre-
ciated. Brick to the wheel again, he
steers until four bells, when n fresh
steersmen comes on and he joins the
rest of the watch tinder the basun and
puts in his tiine washing• paint and
scrubbing decks.
The time drags wearily on, but at
lest the weleome eight bens come along
.1011•1•11•11.
READING IN TRAINS IS ia RTF171. TO
TIIE EVE.
"Very Serious Consequences Frequently
Retain From Mos, Tri‘tal
Some i•1' years ago Dr. MeNatighten
Jentss wrole a ueeful little book on the
care 4)1 the sense organs in which he
Siaii.1:--velany years of doily work im
the treatment of :Modems of ;he eye,
'ear nodlturiat, as phy.aieent to two
lerge hospitals, has afforded mo maw.
perlunily of eeeing the
cserious teMe-
illienee WIliCh 10110W fr0:11 Ille punk°
ignorance of suiall matters that affect
ilk! !Width of these delieato organs."
Net only are people igliOrailt, but they
are indifferent. A single grey hair will
give a woman more anxiety
HE SAW HIS OWN GRAVE
131.11 RM
IIE WAS %TY UCII ALM: AT
THE SAME TIME.
Family Saw Description ol Drowned
Mon — Sure Ile Belonged to
Them.
Arthur Albert Steer can stroll up to
Si. Luke's Cemetery, at Broi»ley, in
Kent. England, and have a look at hie
grave. A laurel bush end some flow-
ers are growing thereon, ond it really
lioks very well. But Steer insists that
Le is not dead, and not even his burial
certificate and other records win cell -
mete After all, it is a sulecet on which
he is entitled to his ownpn
otio.
His age is fifty-seven, and his wife
end fainily reside, in ('annon-noad,
End ilk watch goes 1)1-)W for fele. teen's.
After partaking ef bre:nth:se generally'
censisting of hash and ceffee, he turns
in until (seven bells (11.211) when dinner
is pieed. At noon he turns out open
fer another ken' hours \\ lien he goes
below until 6 p.me
. Then he takes ser-
011(1ei41run o
(ii°gtvafoteir a
lii1.1naidzitil8
Ilickley, Kent. For many years he has en again. Generally speaking, the able-
been of a roving disposition, and often seaman takes alaaut two wheele anal
went away to seek work in some other Iwo loukouts of two hours each in the
part of the country. Therefone, when, tWNity-four hours.
en April 4, he announced his intention Freasese sleeelAN IN Title WORLD.
of going into Surrey after a job no one The sailor's food is of the poorest
was a bit surprised. On the following (pulley, and often there iS nOt 411'1110
day the dead body of a 'Min was re- or it. His quarters are WrelOttedly 1111.
covered from the Thames at Chelsea, ennifortable and leaky. and for days
end a description of the body was cir- at a time. in heavy weather. his bunt:
culated. is saturated w\e
ith ater dripping from
THE SON'S STOBY. leaky deck seams. Ile has to work in
al weathers for n neseraIde wage --
Steer's sonaid to a newspan
per ate i
.said
Sunday, April 28, \\lel I as they k20 a month,
pay about Li, or t
- wecut of Liverpool—and he has to put up
at work in the gasworks here, one et \viol h„rid„(1 other inconveniences.
11))' mates camein wiItia copy ii-: hates his ofneers likpoison, end
'Lloyd's News,' rine snowee me a Para' ieee curse him with fervid energy. Yet,
svithout moving oa4)1 their tracks. cf ae
graph headed, `The Mystery of a One -
they eat. Give yoer little chicks just hed so exactly with that of my father :i
:rtikiit,allieLn1111:3
est and most reliable .seanian in tne
You must make them scratch for what Eyed Niel): Every deice published nil -
o f:t
d;i
retough feed when you give them their 1 kit sure tt was bedy that ie is drunken whenoines a‘moro. and dis.
and have a littl° grit and fet'd in their hither had lost en eye and had n scar ,
My eont4,nted when at :ext. for it is his na-
erst meal 640 they will get a ta.ste of it, had been found in the ThiiiiieS.
craW, and bo careful not to feed them over the right eye; so had the dead aire to be so and tilWaVs Will be as long
incire than twice the first day you start man. lie hail n broken toe end (1 4latri- as conditions in the British mercantile
feeding them. if you !OM oftener yen marine are what they are pre:xilt. TO
wili overfeed your chicks and that is
just what you want to avoid on the
start. On the seeend day feed 1110111
three limes ; after. that, and until they
ere ten days old, feed them very little
five times n day, and bo suro every-
thing is well cleaned up before each
/weal. Give the little 'chicks all the feed
they can eat at night, as it will have te
last them 12 hours, and never let them
go to exist with empty craws. I know,
as a beginner, you are very anxious to
feed Otto little chicks when they are first
hatched, but it does not make any dif-
ference how anxious you are to kill
them, do not feed them younaelf or let
anyone elle feed them until the recipe)*
time. Little clicks will live five or six
days without feed W11C11 first hatched.
and I venture to say that 1,000 little
chicks dits front overfeeding when 10 4lio
fn-rn starvation. Ii04-41) yoilr little chielss
iningrY eiloligh 50 the)* will enloY their
neXt Meal, and fiee that they rim after
yell at feeding time. instead of you twi-
ning rifler them. Ito not overfeed. Bet-
te. lel pew little chi-cks go hungry for a
fee hours than 14) overfeed them one
minute. Give thern water at certain
times in the day, and take it away, as It
wilk not do to keep water always before
them ; they drink 14)0 mush, and too
much water is just OS ball as too much
feed. mid will eallSO 3011 trouble.
\\*hen the lien come: off her nest with
her little chicks. let lwr alone for at lenst
taiers, as far as the chicliN are con -
"(Tiled. es they reqiiire nothing to ent
during that time. and will mat rind sleep
most of the time, thus geining strength
to fellow her. Feed the old lien eny
coarse feed Met the chieke cannot eat for
the Ilret few days, and when the ehicks
are two days* old or more. start then)
with a litlli) lino grit and a very little
(try fool. jttst (1101101 50 111ey ran liaVe
.1 little in their craw. Feed the (4141 lien
what she wants, net be careful not to
hod the chicks ever twice q dey fer the
vcry tin! at a lane. when they an'
111•:-,1 1W,) 41:138 litter you start to fetal
them, and after that you can feed them
three Or feur times it day, going them
leti
ilays old give them a littlo at night 111141
meriting. and let them range ts ith the
hen for what they want during the day.
If the hen does reit have geoid range you
ti 11 linVO to feed them oftener.
Do not let your chias got out in the
morning iiiittl the (kW is 011 HO grasS.
111,'111 aWily rrom out stock as
much as possible, Little chicks will not
well knocked ti14/11( by 01(1 !Li ci 411 .
Vix uP a place where Yoll can teed Your
little clneka mselves. Any stet
C414 p will do that wall keep colt 4111 Id' is,
end in this Ivey you can tell just how
ther. when
much fetal your chicks gel. In lint Wen -
your chicks are 01X -411t
fi.u1lier4 41 nut, rind leg enough tn fake to
the trees, let them roost out in the open
ler and ;wind eiviwiling in the coops 115
eged nose, and so also had the dead
man
"On the following morning 1 wont up
to the Ilorseterryerond mortuary, and
had no hesilatfon in identifying the dengens in the careless maneer they
latily as that of my father. The inquest of
was held on the Tuesday, and six f
us brothers and sisters went up to toles
8,0 some of these 1/1011, untidy, care-
less, slouching al4ing the streets and
k tinging about the bars. one would
hever think that these men would face
11 last :4141 farewell. N101114,1* WaS 100 11
10 go. After w
the inquest, when an open
‘Irdict of 'Found disowned' was return-
er., we had the body brought down
here, and the remains were buried in
Sr. Luke's Cemetery, Bromley-corranon.
PUT FLOWERS ON GBAVE.
"We hid taken it in turns to go op
and plaee flowers on the greve ever
since, while very soon a Stone would
Lave been erected to his menory.
"And now comes the extraordinary
part of it. bast Sunday week some
St'. kers from the gasworks went for the
day to Tatsfield, and in a public. house,
dining the conversation ia On some
lawn, one of them said he had seen
Steer, or et least somne a
eonw
sering
to his descriptien, and he did not be-
lieve he was dead.
"Wheii they breught home Me news
to 111e my timelier Charles anee
Hill 1 tit tw
cycled over to Tatslield. lesan there
we were sent to Whiteleaf and other
rlaciss, but we could lea gaar-
in ny fu
Met' particulrirs. The landlord n
tiblic house prone:eel to ha. rind find
out what lie could, rind my father evi-
&tiny heard of our vielt, for lie came
to Bickley on Monday evening last, rind
called at the Bricklayers' Arms. I sent
for, and when I found him, 1 took lion
I) hou-se for the night."
FISH IN THE GRE.AT [MON.
lotal Catch This Year Reaches 150,008,-
COO Pounds.
tho while n..41 catch 1.1110
S111101 -Por is rePOrled lo f -e lx.jow per.
Nforeover, the fishermen G
in reen
nay ale being disappointed, whiie, al
charleveix they are haNing good for-
tune.
Up and dewn the great IfIlieS the ten
1:0 catch each year,renches the serpris-
ing tele' of lf)0,000,000 pounds. In the
Canadian lakes the total celeh is 200.-
0(0,000 pounds. inost of which is brought
lo maiket in the United Steles. The
entire catch of flah thretighout the
taiited Stales 111113 less than 2,0(10,-
000.000 pounds each year. Tho fishing
industry in the United States employs
200,000 men, and in Canada E43,000, and
more than 1,000,000 menibers of famil-
ies are dependent on the catch. In over
t's10,000 shops in the United States fish
is sold, and there ere no fewer then
10,000 whelessale dle
ears in the °sem-
trv. On the great hikes there nre over
mach as possible, as sic -Wiese onco &no of the bigger Wholealale dealera.
FUNNY FAREWELLS.
The Habit of Sa)inti Good -11)e in VII -
fermi Countries.
The Turk n ill solemnly cross his
hande upon his breast arta make a pro•
trend obeisance when he bide fare.
mere tare and money on bis beard
than on all his organs of s,en.e. Yet
it Is through these instruments.we ob-
tain the whole ssen of our knowledge.
EYE NIOST PIIECIOUS.
A la/inset-prance of the neglect of the
05, the ears. the organs of taste and.
amen, is taat these are deteriositing,
especially nm -ng lite poputenen of
tewns. Not until ha is actually dis-
ianbgleddoenys, a
failing sight er deadened he:ir-
e:an visit the doctor. If ee
were prudent 1:0 woual take warnilig
from the very first eyinplom and 6eek
advice.
'The eye, the most precious of all, is
exposed to the weakest danger. Some
of these dangers we cannot individual -
t)' avoid—the hurtful glare of elsctrie
1._11nps Lung low in the :streets, the tn.
sithiceeit light of ellIces, wo:kroonisiand
public libraries, the road-diest, a Causo
not only of temporary palm Ise often
of lasting disease. But many
are pos.s.ible..
Anyone whose eyes are in the least
414 nettle, for instance, should protect
them by wearing a broad -rimmed hat
on sunny days, and in the dazzling
glare of the streets at night.
READING IN TIIAINe.
lie sheltie never mad or write in a
dint light. In churches, at the opera,
in trains, tramway -cars, and in many
of the public libraries, the light is us-il-
l:111Y so had that reading is &ullewhill
hurtful to the best eyee, and, if line-
ns:41 centinually by those of Nveak sigtite
it is ruinous.
In a railway carriage reading !axti
the sight severely. leeseser peel the
It PtgI
,ddonnelais;y1aew,llayn:)11 teoter)(.1:13(di
only large print end for a short time.
Otherweee, the penalty will le, 4:9n0 day
peal.
Beading in bed or stooping over a
beok resting on the knees, strain the
nyes severely. One should always sit
erect tine hold tho boek level with Ilta
eye. When writing do llot stoop, or
stoop as little as possible, for the eye
!Leceines congested in that position.
DON'T BOX CHILD'S E.111S.
The care of the ear consists In livoide
'ing (Lingers, reel the conmeetest 41f
these is poking it with hair -pins, cor-
leers of !times. etc. The drunduad is
sett:fled rattled close to the external
opening, und Ewing extremely delicate,
ds very often injured hy this practice.
Fven syringing the t ae, when it is (bine
forcibly, very often causes lasting in -
pity.
A clii!d's ear should never be boxed,
and if a pea 01. any 011101' foreign nee)'
0. pushed in 110 one hot a doctor -and
a skilful doctor iit that- should attempt
to remove it. The little canal broielens
inside the entrance 1101 1 clumay at-
tempt to remove the fureign body only
411. - not aili)1
1ve5iilfttit11;ja11
r1111.
1))1tiees to the ear with -
rut medical adviee. They rimy produce
dangerous congestion. Even filling the
'eel with oil has its disadvantages, for
neme of the oil remains, decaps, and
eets up Inflammation.
l'OUCII AND TASTE.
Jegge 1 tecth should be filed, as they
eveutel and cause ten -ration of the torn
well. The genial Japoncee e ill take :give The teeth sheuld be washed with
hie slippers off as you depart. and Say, 'tepid water at least night and morning.
with it *smile. "You are going to leave For this purpose a eon Welsh is better
iry despicable 11011se ill your honoreble than a hard one, mid settle ant:senile
urnevings. I regard thee." fond better than gritty powders,.
Through the sense of toueli we suffer
ti good deal. Eruptions of the elsei or
often Noised by indigestible end ern
whoa -stone food. An insufficient sup-
ply of fruit end vegetables luny 1 0 the
oecaaion of an uneasy' sensation all over
the skin.
Bad soap is answerable for much ir-
rigation. For the face only the best
soap ought lo Is' Used. and even for
a gement bath it will Pc 14 emit eceno.
mieal in the lila. Very 114,1 1,44Itts 1c4R41
the skin debiliteted 111111 Turkialt laths
produces so much congestion Mitt they
sheuld be taken
NW.V.SING OF AN INCII or 111IN.
lew People Ender—stand 11 — 113 'ions
ei Water Per Acre.
rew people hese an adequate Wee nf
the aeieunt of water that descends from
the clouds diving n raineloriii. \\.*
und in the weether bulletina that 2 to
In the Philippine.; the, parting benedic-
tion is bestowed in the ferm el rubbing
a friend's Ince \vitli one's bends. The
German's "helie w.4111" iS n -at particle-
rirly sympathetic in ils sound, hut it
is less embarrassing 10 those it speeds
than the Hindu's performance, who,
when you go from him, falls in the dust
at yolir feet. The Fiji lstilu.ti rs cress
1w44 red feathers,. The natives of New
Canner), exchange chocolate. The Bur-
mese bend low and say "1 bbl The
"Auf wiedersehen" of the Austrians is
the most feeling expression el farewell.
The 1:111.an weuld conseler his gond-
1 ye anything nut a cordial 4,tie 11111es3
le. was given a good cigar- The
Sea Islanders rattle each other's whale.
teeth necklaces. In the islands in the
Straits of the Sound the natives et
y. ur going will stoop dewn end clasp
ycur foot. The Ittissian keen of part -
leg salutation is brief, ceneisting et
Ile einglo word "Brasclini," said to
F4ailid n The Ola!leile T4-
114tWr will twist the end of his depart- 11 niches of rain sonietimes fell in a wry
eniesre robe, end then eoleninly II nil thet in our last rainy spell arly
slialei his own halide three times. 5 inches fell in 1.kt-by-eight b4tir:4; bit
thieres: figures really coioey very nine
re. idea at all of the prodigality 4.1 na-
information to our minds oret give •
An erre etpuftlitIS 0,272.8 10 squire
inches of eurfaee, end an net et rain
n: jtealin1 n(1
n 4,1: s ,1
h:0.rek:r...‘v;1111)::r.g
sii ion;Tribf
e
eott-
teins 277.27 cute,' inches of Wafer, met
an inch of rainfall means 22.6!2 gallons
to the acre, and. as a pito) of writer
weighs 10 pounds. the rainfell on an
acre is 226,220 pounds. Counting 2.800
01)\,,44i.irinite1310(01111•1 13fopen.rannz„liteic.11 of raia liana
The depth of send in the Desert
Seliara averages about Meisel; I•ut
places is 300 feel, or even mere.
111
Mother's Ear
A NORD MI 1.01NAAP.11 RANI AMIN
Nuft•ifte AN aurroafr, AND IN ?NW
NIONTNO ?NA? CONN IPORN THAI'
TINS.
SCOTT'S EMULSION
OUPPIMIN TN & itiTNA eritassoros AND
NOUNIONArver so NII001103Ny 900
?NS NNAI.TN OP 1110IN 1001141111 ARO
CHILD.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & SOWNI, Chemists,
Tomato,
pee. sod ts i all drollest*.
.....—
coNE.
Tommy : "Pop. Wife Its lea
better half, isn't elle?'
Toetrity's Pop : "So ve, aro :eel, niy
Seal."
Tommy : "Then if a iron marriee
twice there isn't ailythieg left et him.
therat"