Exeter Advocate, 1908-03-12, Page 7 (2)+
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Truth 'to tI. estectirterellenteef
a brow, trent Me. bed 4 fortniglit had :tittehlyeeritS4e4 1114, fillOteltY
leie,r Wee blind. • NUS the only bright spot in my life,
With this terrible affliction uponme if nie telleme 1 should:le entirely alone.
returned to Isonden with Dick Doyle, cheerless iri4 Iinkt4y Neyerthele
'Who aatile'ollt to Flotenee to Well Alai when the sight Is ,Elestneyed, The IntiQ
IlOrkle. For me, life had no further is quickenech end le relleekd a1 that
'Ober= The beauties • of the viserld this :kr meant, kr slitensisiandiselpat
and happiness were blotted out for me it, on Imy account. .„
for evie'. I lived how only in an eternal Therefore I insisted that he should
dankness which by day, when the Sun go. In the end he was persuaded, and
shone upon my eyes, teemed to assume thine days later left Charing Cross Dar
dult dark red. At Ant it struck inc ensue..
that lecause my sight he'd been destroys When he had gone I became hope.
ecl my pommel appearance must have lesely depressed. In vain dld I try to
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-bad' 11(11- -N° "9"c- 416 -declared' swuld 1144istirt:itheiveverrmo31"Fstlyeavortmtleirkirewhiltklett I
tell by koking at rreeeeenesithatathey
'heel read long ago, and in vain I toiled
at basket -making until my flinger -bps
Were sone and achingSometimes at
evening airs. Parker, herself a sad Schil-
ler, would try and read few of what
she oonsidemd the cheicest Wyse's* of
the "extra spetial." \She read very
slowly and inaccurate'*, poor oil soul,
and many were the words she was
ice:livened to ee4 leave riteto
'Solve their- inianingr in those
king tours." spent by myself I sank
fewer and lower fp dejection. ,No leng-
itenteheareleDiekieensereyeatecessas,
'fC6rrfei-itheaefia'aipnaardr-hhiipa--Lthtarn
c
No enlige:r isotilit 1 leariinpon Ids arm
es we desciended that steep [VOA of
steps leading from the end of Essex
Street -lo the Embankment;' no longer
did 1 hear those playful words of his
on such occasions -
"Take care, darling, or you'll fall.'
Dear eld Dickl Now. when 1 reffect,
ed upon it all. I saw how in my great
effliction he treated ire as tenderly as
he wouid a woman. Forlorn, hypped,
heartsatc
day, taking interest in nothing, mop-
ing &Aqui and unmanned.
A singte letter came frismihim, posted
at some outlandish place in . the Nerd -
\Wet. It was read to me by old Mrs.
Parker, but ae Dick was a saellscrife
bier. its translation was not a very
brilliant success. Neverthetess from 1
I gatheree how deep were his thoughts
of me, and how eager he was to com-
plete his work and return. Truly -no
men had a more devoted -friend, and
certainly no man was morein need ef
ene.
e__Asethenleeveigrew warmer, and e sat
'ever with the ttedium vffajT
joyless and dispirited in that narrow
world of darkriess, I felt stiad. and
longed, for air. Essex Street is terribly
close in July? -therefore. 'finding the
heat intelerable, 1 went forth at even-
ing upon the Embankmentk with Mrs.
Parker, and. wills my slick, practised
walking alone upon that long, rather
unfrequentedesteetcanot pavement be-
tween the railings of the Temple Gate
s and- the 09rser-,ot --Stiver-StreeL-,
Try to Walk a dozen paces as one
blind., Owe your eyes, and tap light-
ly 'with your slick beforo you as you
walk, and see how utterly heiptees you
feet and how erratic are your footsteps.
hunt
ti9Wil1brd Neaten, lived In
these dull old chambers ' in Essex
Street, in rooms that I had never seen.
You, who have sight to read these
lines, can you imagine what It is to
be suddenly struck blind? Close your
eyes for a brief flve Minutes\ and soe
how utterly helpless you become, how
sentirelyeatependent 'you arerespearintlinatee
tw blenk would be your life if you
were always thus.
iiickneeegtve to ine ififtni.11119-11.1 :Oita&
--.-41/14-4514.4141,1),-moiettisseheitirefor•sienvere
to me. • He deicribed my rooms and
mysauraimatinge willethe same minute-
ness with wlech he wrote, and tried to
interest inc by relating eeraps of the
day's news'. Yet when fie was absent,
• away or at work in his rooms above,
I sat alone thinking for. hours, count-
ing time by the chiming of the clock
et St. element Danis.
Se heavily did time hang upon my
hands !het at inst 1 engaged a teacher
from the Blind School ov
tiThThis books of raised letters he
need to visd me each day and teach
inc le read. I was an apt pupil, 1 sup-
poses yet there was something strangely
grotesque about a man who had already
gradnated recommencing to learn his
alphabet Hee . a child. Stile it saved
me from being driven mad by melan-
choly, and it was not long before
• found, that by the exercise of pains I
could read slowly the various embessed
looks, standard wnrks manufactured
for the recreation of those unfortu-
nates -like myself, who would others
svires2sit etensallyeetteewith, flier hands
betom them. And not only diA I learn
to read but also to. makeesmall fancy
• hasklieshork very intrkiate at first
but w 11, on aecount of the highly des
veleped sense of touch that I had ac-
quired in , reading, soon became quite
easy.
Tte long months of winter darkness
went by; but to me, who could not see
the sun, what mattered whether the
days were brilliant August or black De -
ember? Sometime.' went_ out but
not often. I had not become profiaent
te finding my way back by aid of a
stick. I had practised a, pod deal in
My moms; but for it blind man to go
forth, into The busy Slimed ho must
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• have perfect confidence, and be able to Then you will know how Extremely
girde • himself among the bustling kw, 1 fourciax thwt,tssos_aione_t
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usual*- went- 'forth- upon Dick's
and the extent -of our svanderinem was
arlItistatribling, halting. and even
waiting for my pitying old woman..
the end of the Embankment at Weste servant to take my firin and guide me
mirister BrIdgei or around those small 4,4 sotety.
orntina Tentglardella whilf-eltteid-frout yet veiling idler evening 1 went
the Charing"Ctoss station of the -Under- forth and 'steadily persevered. I had,
groand Ileilwey up to Waterloo Bridget lin the days before the vicirld became
Sometimes, on rare occasions, he wore(' shut out froth my gate, sten inen who
take me to dines with him at the Say' were bhnd &ding themselves tearless -
ago Club, in Adelpht Terrace; and men, ly hither and thither among the Lon-
eaeysgoing Boherplarie, whom I could don erowds, and I was determined in
not see, would warmly shake my hand. Dieles absence, to master the means
I hectid their voices -voles of artists cf visionless l000motien. o that! might
and literateurs whose names wi se as walk alone for tralths sake, if for no -
household word -.wit charmed by their thing etse. And so continued striv-
inerry gessip of artist:a "shop," laugh. lag and striving. •When Mrs. Parker
ed at their droll, stories, er listened to had served my dinner, cutting it up for
eine or other of the members who would me just as one places meat before a
recite Or 6Ing t -sr the • benefit et tits heiress infant, we went forth together.
brother Savagesi Those evenings, 'and for an hour each eyeniegi I went
eeentesarritdesther-efebaceo4artelieilend ea't uponlhallwide ehiparisk of the Ern -
el' the Gray, Behernien bankimpt pavement, stitch - termed tny
still extStanmin, London, were this hap- practice -ground.
dulle-cah t
life of sound and tenth.
They 'Were tite only rat reettone lett
inc.10 Truly mine wee a trisqui life.
In Anrit after, 1 had lived in. that
dingy den s meethe or More, Dicti
cam is into ray mem one morning and
Yaade an arineurieement. It was that
he hid been .csumniesioned by the
Daily Telegraph to de is its ceirreesion-
dent with a IlniEsh pun,t_ve eve-44on
thi, North-West Frontier ef Ind a.
"4-aati' tt,f oararee,' I teal,' reflect-
inej I eiish an e•ffer meant With ad-
veneement and milt. 1141 had e
npo teal. ire that a ortmaii,tvvon as WO e
(19X$110.:11, 1,17a5 hie greateet
tan. •
"No, my eear eki fellow," hie deep
velse Jannasered in a tone_ more grove
then usal. "I omit !cove yeti iss."
"Nana:sneer 1' elneulattel. "I'm net
sing te ntleer net to :line ntany 5n0,1
elisd effsr 10 remain with me. has,
mint offlInistieets qtraist, nee
*lane in inths at 111.,-,A, sven't I ,t, esore ten
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Syyl bn-q Det rs. ettil Iliac see .neys dreg. rime mot', t,,m_g shil enable
i13,41 matte, "1 tion. - tall:ern 4C C F)1L4J4 c;
t?Ilt,At,1 enn't go and to pleb "et racit.nr
V'3." th erne-, j linatte rs.y,tv.-se,T4W, 02
LI 1 cagal tc Th -z.,„ Int. tvaMgtii n eJ 10
yeses? eau nee erso MO. rti 11)44;2 iTrI!!,,CtS':"..:4 (0! , pare_went
ta,:lrana. 1.*, 4- q." • vpq.
• EN, 4." 10 se as '111 t1 -z-v ordte-11 zno,
tit t4 ‘1,1 1,47::. t;',1.10% resailel, diem -411.i
uz)qt„ ave. 'INi 1 Y17:14 1,,7411 re,ve,..'Its.
t741 aillepitenis tinsel rialsti CRA aerie'
9 ahall raiiuse .tovott w! m x.,1L-As tow a cramiltett. :..‘zaVilIgist 1141
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4 0%1k .U1 that little fireie et London
lua. Ile weliked veltit me a little
4nextonsuirig.ealle-afet event,
ca aar over eines' 'and wigs -hey, fie
(etinzevki'atio 0
. A Weed man a ales! very few
neves.
Oaf:0 er itenete, ',theta Abe 'teat be-eartic
ineuffeeatile in My ietiseriaietally roontli
inentaleptetell. geina th'ei einaritry
Cie. siva. -Yeti Terkel -tons:
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Cin n hers,. WllLA fear2*sise
sitixed bjfeetelleel 1eaVeTttilY
* -14 thesteep granite ste
lei ding f m- Essex Street 1 tha BM -
ba kinent, mild then !paced nay strip of
paveineut alone. lltittliwittlattin, die.
ehtting, and sounsickening was that
men nous world t darkness In Which
4 4, unfortunate C)ne,S, who are
bleid themselves. •
About half -past eight o'clock' one
tireatitless evening in mid-Augresti Mrs.
Parker being unwell, I went tenth aline
for nsy usual stroll. The atmosphere
wati ease and oppressive; the pavem nt
itCtlelllaisklesaMtleteetiteolitathisiseatetaii
akingisthe Embankment them was not
a breathereLaimeohleneeiplungetistranii
'own- thoughtsinforetitieetaestitseftsteefa
more deeply than those whose minds
are idn'adracted by the sights around
trierna-1 went, on with those short
steps that I had acquired, ever tapping
with my stick to discover the cross-
ing. I was afraid of no street traffic;
aptly of cycles, which, by meson of
their Mleiree, are veritable orgies to
theateindaesesseeinsisi
Almost uneonsciously I naesed be.
eiend- the limit el my regular track
tr.00,th, 1114 _
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8nd
21314,11c**a• ight'en. rth inai
the junatien of several roads, 'where I
hesitated. It was an, itiventure to go
so far, and I 'wondered where 1 was.
The chiming of Big Ben, however, gave
me a clue. I was at the corner of
Bridge Street, for I felt the wall of the
St. Stephen's Club. The turning to the
left would. I knew*, take, me over
Naestrninster Bridge; to the right 1 oeuld
cress Palace Yard line Broad Sanctuary.
, and so gain Victoria Street. Before my
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London around the Housas .01 Parlia-
ment.• I (decided, therefore, on keeping
• to tbe right. and some „one whein 1
t
I know not kindly piloted me over the
i dangerous 'crowing from. the earner of
1 Parliament Street, for such i judged
it to he fram the cries of men selling
• the evaning papers. Agein, three times
In succesmon,"did sympathetic persons,
noticing my helplesesness es I stood
upon the kerb, take my arm and lead
me aeittees, but in these constant cress-
ings I *mellow entirely lost my bear-
ings. I was, I knew, in a long straight
thoroughfare, and by the iran railings
before the houses guessed it to be that
road efe iiii-Wiii;--Vititn-la-Street;
• Amused at rey intrepidity, and con-
•gratulating myself upon having gone
se far alone, I kept on. knowing that
even if I lest myself I had only to call
a passing hansom and be drivers haeli
te Essex Street. Thus for perhaps
three-quarters of an hour 1 wandered
on. Frans a lad who helped me over
one of the crossings I learnt tbat I bad
• assad Vieteirla, Stettenteseind_eow_ain
peered to be traversing &several large
squares at least, such was the impns.
sten convesied upon my nd. It was
useless to stop passers-by eery moment
.
te inquire where / was, therefore, laugh -
/11'g inwardly at my situation, Inlet in
leindo_11. the ettaelttearthinifisli
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ntaorsaandeonaelniamele
arraliehl theicoughtares Mal seen d
endless, in enjayment of the' first real
walk I -had taken since my crushing
&Maim hadfallen upon me. ,
Suddltnly. In what seenied_ to be a
quite'deserted street. I kft the kerb to
cross the road atone, but ere I became
aware of Impending danger a man's
vote shouted roughly, and4 found my-
\
self thrawn by 'violent en cussion up.
en thin roadway, strugglin frantically
beneath a horse's boils, , / elutehee
witdly at ;air to save myself, but next
eceend received a violent kick cn the
left side of the head, which caused
sparks to appear .beferts My sightless
eye, sturnuid me. rind rendered me al-
most lestanny insensible• , ‘
Hose long,1 remained ignorant ot
litingr.. about me it is, lintriessible to
tate I Wiley it Yearn ininfehtieen a goad
Many hours. On My first 'return to
cerisatousnesi I heard strange oentileed
y s ow cgries, came
itrodick.nt, firt guidinei myself with thin
eanstarit tapping that marks a blind
mufti pregreen through the black seal
which censtitutie hes own narrow joy -
les %venial. At last. after several %%Teo
f censtant practice. I found to ni3l
great delight that 1 tinted actually
wata atone the whets tengtie of the
pavement, mating rnyeelf byiratultitla
whfn enzd unterifig peescreiloy. and e'en-
tinteng hII2 Olt C n Without sitennittrig
or ace dire! wan ane eashiet. a fool
gaVe VW, fite Ulancst satsfwtEomr.
ffit• it, 6'Yemd CO PCQ,1°, it -4' Upend tree
neeil cf a Ci nstant mine.
presimess 1IntcnJ •ei tee tI
Uperl his whim and L -A3 An/dually
t:CV,VCili /41 arjs iiireafFence.
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AtIgit?4,s duty irJ hiarie •
tendon, ena I fell it saret
rl(qifies.t'toi
freat:ar teara ah
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words of which were utterly untniel-
Wahre. to lily unhallowed brain, and
the quick rustling cf sik. I ramenster
Wandering vaguely where I was. The
Inhale quickly develah a habit et exs
haute cauldron, and wills ' my senses
duned by the exeruchsting Pain in my
sliult Eng )1:effecting without seak'ng.
The threbbing #i uiy had was itright-
ful. When the reoellenticrieef iny long
wait; which hod ended ce disastrously
surgical thenligh nay liraini it strilelc mo
that I must Lave been telien to a hen-
raita.i. alley tem midden!, mid that•I had
peabehly re:relined, there ootno,
N*44 »•"-14-11tere Is- nor -pert,
fume of eau d'filspagne. 'nor do, the
,L3ts Car Filtvn Caen -see.
trLoil to eat2h the w,,,r(lq uttmTal by
fl&s bout 1tn, brzt in van. • It may
have lton that they were npstine In
&n nage. e ese 'tongue. er; ie
niere1l1y, the tenable leow tidied' r-
tfe lyrscrs h•-7,11 it&Iutf
Ey\ direnlehnessiinw kae, Ikarin
Thr.3 ,garaol'4, theught etipaited no. If
my hesesing toe reoliii bean tiehireit,
then I was V4-BZ4.:4VC4 aInAtitely help,
t4,_ -•.g. To gio,b:ind the accust: Cri":,CAM
nr.: 5-) StICIPCIDC•2111Ot they•ecir ste,
tiet es utile Where th Nit
sight era teasing e'en seethe:11-
e ta t-,*tUinct. It 4 4:'Ar tha tcts fmlt
reZer,..1 kTe. 1-1.crre tar
tiievcflth faKott n d irte
at7t1'. ,
stretched kit% my zseat.% ILO 10 OA
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eurpreee lt, that I was rot in 4
fi4tat LAI es I lied at 1st, iNhexci.
,bilir-upionvii CD* wie149alaltitillhi l4k:z4
mistinG tkpotr4 a Wit piliolf. irlisaciev-
lig sif the eettah ‘1705 el \ritch 'limeade
in wide stripe?, white tho esseebsiorts
had -a, sureietlinsies-wItte eillistal ilie 143
!relieve that It it was gilt; ,1 ,raient myhand to ,ray head, oral oura It baind
age* with e. kindkerehict rind rihnie
elirrentlYKmpioVised
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ar...4 to Continu4t '
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' Ontii4ts 1110
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NEWS a MA% ABOITI JOHN Bt.
• AND Utta PEOPLE.
resin the Lana That Itie
Seeirezatin the' fliernisseitilah
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infurWS' $'4,:f'„' 4114ttf 4410; 47.9t,
ntetal. tag eritiellin '
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of 114iliallittlif' if-4).rhtiliti 4
v Lathtiontasising etilY iota" he
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-A fine ef 420 er two nietatbS
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'entltre$,,Orne,c(inItP4111viDlY41
ks5, but some murilefonis't1ct;1161niel'
441,' ever -seeking. tome GO/Menial hu -
Man tenement In which they earl tbrive
and cause desolation sad dis.ease. ID
enders -ter give someitelneeptien ot these.
-tenable 'creatureato whlcb cielitists
have given also ',terrible names, slich as
kflunite/004104004#4047Miestr
pito-coici, with many other equalle
involved and labyrinthine terrine -it IS
only neceasery to take a square glees
receptecte from which the iair has ,been`
exhausted into a crowded room, edmit
eir, and, after baying hermeticelly seal.;
eel It, take it Into a dark roorn, project
a ray' of sunlight through it, and. pho-
-trir*Intiltavirolx--trOi:
nlargetetaby-- frinfir tit it 'Pleltel4riore
•IneetheelteetethireeseastelYereitaescreene-Oin
.gfirraTtlifixii0Wgiiipir were 'taken
showing the animals fighting, and ram-
paging about, and devouring each other
4 -for It is known that there are bene-
volent bacteria whtch devour the, male-
volent disease creators -it would be
6een what myrieds of these repulsive
creatures are inhaled by those who stt
in crowded unventilated rooms.
ssereEtilirsin - addition'
tiring animals thereale a erniscellaneeue
collection of various minute, but cer.
Phittal-YeistillgestfiettladatiegreeettleArne haps
ntrnop
whieteentesittettihnite
of" Those in
the room,
Do btless it is owing to the absence
of all these noisome organic and incr.
earn° particles and living creatures
which a sea voyage, or a stay in the
higher ranges of the atmosphere in the
Siviss mountains, or even iiisojourn
the sea coast, which has such a benefi-
cial effect upon the health, gives to the
pale face of the dwellers in 'crowded
rooms in town a healthy glow, and
vigor and energy.
,s
But We kriew that in addition to these
denizens of the litre there are lso other
being, some ,malevolent an malign.
some beneficent and sympathizing. And
those who fatuously forget their Cnea-
ter, and refuse or neglect to obey His
laws, fall an easy prey to the former;
while; these who love and obey Him.
and Vo have accepted the Saviour of
the ss rtil as their Redeemer; laying,
their sins upon Him who died for them,
will have the inestimable boon of know-
ing that 1 -le has given His angels charge
over them, and appointed a bright an-
gelic , guard for them. a •
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• • STEERS BOAT BY AltiSIC.
Wonderful New Invention Invented by
• Englishmani
The astoupdirin feat a steering a boat
by singing to it has amen accomplished
hyemeans of mechanism invented be
Mr.' John Gardener, of :Fleetwood,
It is well known that vibrations are
produced by sounds. Mr. Gardener has
succeeded in condensing the minute
tut widespread force et these vibrations,
and has thus obtained power which,
through a simple _electrical -Me
nfehfirenesherfai-Te liter& to--inany 'uses.
tirlearigNatiltraiditrifio e
-It must be a fixed note -by the Otte
of a pond, and the rudder ef a little,
model boat, fitted meth .Mr. Gardener s
Inechanlgn, -turns-and steers her isotinal-
iat hia. pleasures he tan start or ttop
the propeller by the same mehatisin.
Mr. Gardner can fire a gum light a
lamp, or ring a bell at a considerable
distance by means ot his invention.
There Ls s far rnore important fu-
ture before it, he claims, however, then
Is shown by those minor feats. Water
is an excellent sound coriductor, and
by means 131 his Inventiare-swhich,prac.
neatly amounts le a ver3r elaborate syn
tem of mechanipal sound signals -Mr.
Gardner believes he will be able te en.
sure almost oomplete safety for yes -
eels on the 'seas
The booming sof It IttibMergedishe
through the weld' frem Nti lightship
lenuld set. ineehanisra -at user]; in the
stsbnier eil_ratalivera of an r actin! r
6 ap, which could be made' to blow a
whistle or give warning in some\ other
unmistakabie way. Thus the *man
element, with Ito chance of error, es
well „cis the difficulties of fog, would he
removal.
Submisterici. wireless telegraphy - of
iricalc•ulab"e value to war veastls-can
also, Mr. Gardner claims, be established
ty meats of Isle
Mr. Gardner wilt in fact give railetc
a•power whiell it has never poirsesseit
sine '4Orpbeue with his hitch made . .
the neountallistope ...a. hew theirieelveh
when he- did sing.'
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• clIntent, Wee iosedferjutu be
on a Iniudlif&if 'driver named \Via
• The Liverpool justices have refesfiii
eteestieneessesere e siatinaratenier
at the Tivell Music Heil, acquired by
on American syndicate.
The ,death leccurred at Bath, in hs
08t1i year, of Mr. 'Samuel W. SinsmS
wh WitS reported to be the oldeel book-
seller in the Windom.
Mrs. Martha Baylis, wnose death was
• an:QPYBetViiilsetectllintalieneetlaea ?la
resnair:Wssign
' eisaiere:adde; and laP to
lier lunidiedth birthday was very ac-
treensissasseessisiseen.
hfe. ' Aridrewnearnle'gtaaWtfifrVitar
to Aberystwyth for a public library, has
• now been melted to'pay $650 spent in ads
dition, and has refueed. •
To combat the plague of warps, Bala
ward's Health Horticultural Society has
sledded to offer a penny for every queen
wasp brought to its summer ehow.
Opening a lettetiresillespeklentliao
rensni iyalfelind no cone-
eiperillente; Ai -elf -sovereign, which
he handed into the post office in the
,571 ,
mad
4.
....Lt.
anuary 2, 1893, which has followed
himeeince from ship to ships with
catching him up.
A piece of wire one and one-quarter
Inches long was found in the brain ef
,a woman who died In a 41anchester
hospital. The doctors stated that it had
been there over 50 years.
Sunderland's Distress Fend totals
nearly X10,500. Some 80,000 shining
grocery tickets have been issued, 180,-
000 dinners given to school children,
-of bcotb provid4.
The Coventry Educational Genamittee
hag decided to exclude all children un-
der five years from the public schools.
Municipal nurseries will be established
to accommodate them.
Mr. Richard Clarsen, of Cringleford,
Nortolk, •wbo has bten a shepherd on
the same farm for fifty yeers, can trace
the tonnectien of his family with the
village back to the year 1250.
The Princess of Wales has sent £5
to the funds of the St. Pancras Me -
there' and Infants' Society, in which
her interest has been aroused by a lit-
tle book, entitled "A Schooner Mc-
theralt
To_yevive • the like -mak rig trade at
Malmesbury, the Ctes4ot Suite -in
Is providing teachers to gi4e lessons to
anal girls, and has lent for copying
some pcilnt lace given her as a wed-
ding present.
The inbabitants of Beeston Notts)
were rmich alarmed at the apperance
el a ghost who .clanks his chains, but
on some of the braver Write attack -
apparitions itewas found to be
a white donkey ehairied to the ground.
The rector of the emit -known Lon-
ckm church oh St Mary -le -Bow hae
started- a parish magazine, each issue
of which gives The news of the parish,
e sermon preached iby the rector, lip,„0
_uring...themliora....ease-olchild,
utfocritlon at the London city coroner's
court, Dr. Waldo rertiarked that ityver
I-500 such cases were brought to his
attention annually. •He • advocated a
More general use of the "UV
--
•
•
About 1114 Fafin
• . -STAELE..VENTLATI(;N: '
Of theiistiViie thanti=itsetiti -the •C`ail'ailattai. '
ttheSi, Wiryinan"„s 4t.:•Issv.04.*iia. ::h106
felt elloria;:stli‘elz:ivolc: otlitt:::::17:.
e:il34- ' eltfri, Iiiieli' Girsed:eitee' kit
, •• , ,-
. lit'e' sseild.c.,,riti‘;VitelttlevTtilLl41''ltgq,iir1411:1'
4143141...isi'sTit''e• r9,•iii'asf'
ese .P'..1"E'SrrIli%‘
t't" Me of ktlit very little' tiF... It Xi:bete,
te4;,11)alt'1,86;r1. 4.11A :14pernPet;c1t7st'yestor%"inleitthhae:.
allows the stable tis become too cold,
leo -s avisous seer -the -mar. So -become -I
Tree, it is so arrezieed that a oonstan
upple of fresh air enters the etabte
..41%silltf.ssftilitaitestialettlatiailatfaitnateinifelailtatifilirli
-Many Judge the ventilation ..of the
stelide by the teirerture, It is not
l
a good guide. Th re are places whe
the menu.ro freezes and yet the iir if
the stable e tout. Temperature
ventslaten are not enategatis whe
air el a stetate, on entering gives a per.
son an eppreseed feeling. Waists the si
ir learecareaeritl 4 strong- 61'401:f:es...v.
-the neiteils, 66 Matter how cold oil
warm that stable may be, it needs yens,
taiiTtaTZ.lksiedestimatjaettfiettegititiarsileha
slant supply of fresh air, which is ess
&Intel to the health of our herds.
The properly built stable gives fin
ace to 700 cubic ,feet, et air space f
every full grew's cranial. It shout(' hav
aorne modern system. Of ventilation.
Cutting lures through the ceiling and
having cutlets under the eaves on e
2.1.rown'anertge than nethertateilitrm,
Math 1-li tha es Siteerie that are iiadvoc
ed to -day are More or lees e ectual,
ettsehttettiatiMeleisttlieirresairm ltila4.40 sees
,nrsseraranasearrallexionditiseimevini
rhe%siensoftfit-afrean •colMvesisi,
ee pipea- VI -within a kw inches of th
ceiling, -where-- et-spree_ds_ and falls. The
feul air is drawn from the siebles by
shafts, extending from near the floor,
upward and eutw rd to over the peak
of the reef. In(he Rutherford system
the fresh air is en in at the floor
'
born the' ontside by p.rotected open
trigs every 15 or 20 fe(t. The foul atr
IS telsen out at the ceiling by shafts ex -
ending upward and outward over the
b
*al
'Pr
he
%arm
system has 'become very pppular in
New Yeirat State. Glass 'windows' a
taken ore and the openings covered
with sheets of a light grades e.4 white
oc,tton or heavy cheese cloth. Theso
three ,systems have been in operation
at, the Experimental Farm and Mr. Grise
dale said that be had an opportunit
to test them thoroughly. The libug
system he had found effectual, but i
required . more attention - to the flies
dempers than the .Thitherford 'system to
regulate, the conditions of the stable.
The Rutherford system required t
ttast attenren of any and gave the be,s
resells, ii even temperature, and
even- freshn ss cf air in the stable., The
Muslin Curtains had not given salts.
factory results. They 'hied tried , the
sestem in a stable 100 feet long an
15 feet wide, where they housed 36 had
el meture tattle. There were 10 win -
dews on, each side 2% feet 'by 4 feet.
Nine of these were covered with cots
ton 'end elle windows opened, slant-
ing downWards teem the top. They
found that tEis systern• was governed
11;rgely by the wind. • When the wf
.was blowing heavily at a tow tempera -
lure •tbe stabte got steo look'. when cairn
and Warm outside the stable became
toe warm. In , this way a difference
In temperattuse • WfiS recorded ail
evezeiromaarselosereaseesseaesoinsiden
stable. When it was calm and w
eitsieleonthensirs:ofsetheiestaintratieca
very heevy and foul. It requi.red corn
slant attention to open and .Ctose the
windows, im the outside .conditkma
chan-ged. -Ties-curtains soon becarrie
feuh Mr.- -Griadate- thought that eiciss
sibly the curtalms might do to bring
inthe ei-esh ser, provided them ,were
shafts to carry out the foul air, While
net as satisfactory as Idle Ruthetford
end King systems he thought it 'idlest
Plan Ilene, and Hs cheapness put it
within' the reach et the small dire.
man. • ii
An experinsent hoeing the value io
sientitatien was tr iid at afarm. They
had. kept ; tout thi ty head, et steers in
a stable veiteC'ut ventilation part ef on
tinnier. The antler& made no wain in
weight ntiatever, allli elle] II e.1 fed. A
ianed mesterei fit ventiliitenewes•thein line
Agfa- iiiiiid-W' Ili dare- kii.riiil kilt. iiS. „
• MEA? JOKE.
"Isn't pa owlet?' sobbed tte young
brine who eloped.
"What nosier faltered the bridegroom
anxiously.• '
"'Why, you know you told" me to wire
pa and tell hirh wcwere really in need
of food."
• "And -and did lie epnd the money?"
"No; he sent three rollsof music trad
4 note elating that as music was the
food of love he hoped we would get
itighlontalits
•
Mita Ann Teek-41 's a' good-looking
me, but is he easil fri hionp •
ale . Os Murin ut perhaps you'd
letter not .get round in 'front ef him."
"What do sInt. Milt et my execution
en the
"No better place ter your ,execuffon
could ba• chosen. rs I have .always been
:a taivoz of punishing crithinfls,on the
tx,cti,e \,1 the crime," ,
4.40 44.444414
Ira {caking tin:tine arldwthi.y "f•
'fitgr Hgt,'.ap a coerable. taultir
cam7es.,.9 Eer'n1 to have used We
small ttUantily d quhlates
,
•
Irte,t*,55.;',-PArvill yea eet
rn ne rienin leaallee?
Mities'lliteinle11Jsheen
this.Se ' rt,cv.,)
I1(ist3--41)13 ,‘,rtatl&e va4*'4,1
e'en ItteGiltri•
I
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41
'Net ene nian in 10.060 ever gehir a
caance10 onk a gilt tieree in the mouth.
41440400.0.414
Phigild changes. ernperature are har4
()tithe toughest conAtitution.
•.*The coaductor passio' (torn the heated
• of a., troller -air to theicrtetneeriture
of the phttfiuqn—the canvasser *pending an
bour or so in a heapett building and then
walldng against a lithe .:wind lastrysv the
difficulty of altoidine col&
y. so that it can better witlutand the
danger of cold front changes of temperature.
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