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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. CilAPTEll THE SACRIFICE ; 110 gi+o+0141+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+4+0+0+0+0+0+040+0+04 c1 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"