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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-1-30, Page 7Ontario, lights... 152,755 40.ti Quebec, lights.- ..... ....154,009 40,11 Nova, Scotia., lights ... 10,049 2.6 New Brunswick, lights. 7,481 1,e Manitoba, lights... 4,058 1.Q N. W. T., lights... 1,255 0.6 B. O., lights. . 41,757 11.2 The increase in 1901 over 1900 wae 144,556 lanaps; of 1.900 over 1899, 1.42,S58 lamps; and of 1899 ovez 1898, 78,757 lamps, counting in eacn case one arc as equal to 10 incandes. cents. ?Cdriiiiiifil)regiliae 100 a 41).(11000 0009•00.00*.efille oillieje 0 • 6:0 The Fatal I) wer THE DEBTRUOI'ION OF A PROUD SPIRIT. o ehgeOeeeee(1100.0a000QM6009/10000006)0(0080 can0O03 SYNOPSIS OP PRECEDINGYeorne I must toll it to you ; and yell CaAPTERS.-Margaret Ilowai-d, on mast hold it in charge, sacredly, as 1 the eve of departure to join her se- have done," cretly married husband, leaves her The long night wore on, and Daley child with Sian Rivers and is did not come. eirowned at sea. ' Cele IV. her, but it Weill() not go. The tbought bed a Weird fascitratien for her, She could not Sleep, she emila not rest ; ideae crowded upon her almost againet her Nvill ; plans and arrangements suggested themselves to her. Early dawn found Rita pale and •absorbed, The sun rose,, and the day was the orte appointed or Mrs. Rivers' kn- trete. two girls went together to the darkened room, where she lay, r Id took their last farewell of her. Warm 'tears fell from Daisy's eyes. upon the cold forrn she had always dearly loved ; but no tears elimmcd the dark eyes that had so strange an expression. "Rita," said the dying woman, "unlock that lit-tle box for me, and take out that parcel that lies there." Rita. obeyed ; her mother's ireeilel- nalPh Ashton had but another fort- nig fingers could not unfasten the eight to remain in England ; and string ; she opened it-ancl there lay erre evening, ‘vhen. the tide rees out a ring .Pf pearls, a locket with fair and the sun setting, he went to meet and dark hair intwined, the initials Rita on the sands. As the time tee- "M" and "A" in the center ; with preached for his departure, SWIM'. , them lay a packet of letters, written thing like fear and doubt took pose in a fair and delicate hand. session of his mind, 1 "Those aro Daisy's," said Susan ; He began to wonder if Rita would give them to her. Bend down, Rita be true to him during his absence.1-lower stilla-while 1 tell you the She who hived wealth and longedleeeret I have kept for fifteen years. for grandeur --would she be true if a 'Daisy is apt iny child Rita ; she is not your own sister, as you have •al- ways believed her to be." "Who is she ?" asked Rita, in ut- lover should come with gold eane kr- tune ? , Evening had come, and Ralph Ash- ton proceeded to the ,eea-shore to ter amazement. meet the bea-uty he so passionately "That is the story I must tell you; loved, and to bind her, if possible, and you must repeat every word to h to a vow of constancy from. wlech •-; her, if -if I do not see her again." she should never swerve. Th,e. tide Mrs. I -fivers then egoceeded to tell was out, and the sun was setteng- he- her daughter all the particulars rola- hind a red bank of cloud; . tive to the bankruptcy and death of Rita saw her lover approa.ching ; Miss Arles father e of the young she noted the anxious, depressed look lady's maeriag•e .; and the leaving of en the face usually so bright ‘ and her child ia her charge, as already hopeful. unfolded to the reader. ''I had great difficulty in getting "She was," concluded the raother, sway,' she said ; "my mother is "but a little child when we left still very far from well ; but You Deepdale and came to Queen's wanted me and I am here. Tell nit) Lynne. For my dead mistress' sake quickly what it is-mY time must be I have kept the secret. No 011Q ever • short." dreams that Daisy is other than my They sat clown upon two large awn child -no One suspects it. I tell stones, and the 'waves rolled 111 you now, Rita,. for I shall see her dreamily, noiselessly at their fem. •mothet in another world, and she 1 am, Oot happy, Rita," said he. -will ask me if -I have done my best." "I wish 1 could stay near you, you1 There was silence for. some minutes ' are so enthanting. Some one is sure and Mrs. Rivers' voice bad grown ' . to try and steal you from me•while faint and exhausted. Rita sat lost I am away." - in bewildered surprise. "There is not much to fear," shel "And what am I to do, motber ?" 1 replied with a senile and a. sigh. she asked. 4 '4E FOR FARN11-1 .etT4 $easonable and Profitable tiints for the 3asy Tillers tho son. 44V:•31(•"*...#•.-;1(.41,Ewil-:q,40..*941;(0,M MANURE MANUFACTURE. "Feeding up ea the place" has reacted the length of a place in ehousande of farm leaSeS, and a very good principle it is too. The idea being, of course, to save to the farm the plant food in as many crops as possible. Some farmers appear to forget this plain principle, in the shape of little care of farmyard man- ure after it is made. With all the care, however, we must not overesti- mate the value of this manure. While it pays, no doubt, to save all the roughage so long as the work invol- ved is only odd -time work, the value of the inaterial is very low. A ton of aeprege farmyard manure con- tains about 10 pounds of potash, aild 5 pounds of phosphoric acid. The same plant food ean be purchased in the form of the highest class chemi- cals for about $2,25, Now, from this, it must not he thought that this cteinical plant food is only of oval value to that in tlae farmyard manure. On the eontrary, it is scar - The fuecral was over ; eriends and neighbors had all withdrawn, Mrs. Fergie alone reMaining. Daisy was preparing to retura to Miss Tellies' on the following mbrn'ing, and still the secret was not told, the trust was unfulfilled; and the younger girl wondered why the elder one shunned her, and what, it was that clouded Rita's face with something deeper than sorrow. She little dreamed of the fierce warfare going on in that vain, passionate heart ; she little knew that good and evil wore fignt- ing a hard battle ; that her own des- tiny and leita's hung trembling in the balance. She had never told the story ; for on the night she gazed with jealous envy on Daisy ashehe lay sleeping, a thought came to her which burned, cely worth about twice as much. Re- peated experiments at the official ag- ricultural experiment stations have its 'Way into her heart, and would not leave her. Da• of the secret. world knew it but no proof except such as sne her hands. Why not put" herself in Daisy's place, and tall -herself Cap- tain Arther's daughter ? Who lvould knew ? The only two who could de- tect the imposition -Daisy's mother and •her own -were both dead. posuatB Teln. ateSnrete1 nee esete 'W through her mind shocked her ; it was too base a •betrayal of her mother's trust. But gently and subtly it stole back and nestled there a welcome guest. ' Still she did not dare, while her mother lay unburied there, to nit range her plans. When she stood, as it were, alone in the world,. she made up her -mind. -There seemed no obstacle, not even one difficulty to. overcoene-thanks to the fate that had called her Mar- garet, and had given Daisy the same name. Possession, in this case, .was more than nine points of the law. She had the ring, the looket, the letters, and, above all, the story. She need not alter one word of it. She had but to put herself in Daisy's place. She thought over. everything connected with the history of , Mar- garet Arle and her child, and could not find one. weak peint. . .• "After all," she said to -herself, as the voice' of conscience tried eb Make itself heard, "what 'does it matter 2 If ever Captain Arthur comes to light he will end a deugh- ter to be proud of, and .1 shall make a better lady than Daisy ever could. To deprive him' of. 'a -child would be very different ; to substitute one grown-up girl for another cannot matter much." It. was after midnight when Rita went to Daisy, and, calling her gently, roused her from her sleep. The young maiden opened her eyes in wonder, and Rita ebrunk from the pure, clean glance. . "Do. not be angry,/ Daisy ; I could not help waking you. You are go- ing back to -morrow, and I want to tell you something before you re- turn." . Daisy looked up in some surprise. "'What is it, dear 2" she asked, gently., "Are you in trouble, or have you a secret ?". . • Rita flushed as she exclaimed hoarsely : "It is a secret ; one that con- cerns myself.". (To Be Continued). THE TRAMP'S LATEST DODGE. "Same old story of starvation and that sort of thing," exclaimed the cook, as she answered a knock At the kitchen door and found a orlorn- looking tramp on the 'step. "No, cookie,- old girl," he said, with a debonair manner, "you're off your stove -lid this time." "Well, what do you want 7" she inquired, bracing herself against the door. "Something to buy liquor with ?" "Off again, cookie, thou queen of the starry lirmathent;" he warbled, ceinadntried to chuck her under the . "Get ciut," she strearaed, "or I'll throw a kettle of hot water on -you." "Prithee, empress of the range," lie murmured, "don't do that and destroy my usefulness." . "Well, tell me what you want then, or leave the place." "You won't tell any of my pals, 'Pearl of the Pearl River 9" he ask- ed,' smilingly. , "I don't know any of your pals, and don't want to," she snarled. "You lovely thing," he twittered, 'f fain must tell ;thee all." • "Why clonet. you then, you lazy Idiot ?" she inquired, with . tender emphasis. ' "Well, there onlieet only of iner heart,"' he whispered, "I want to sift half a ton of cinders -a whole half -ton, mind, ye-beeatirre;- yeti, But she didn't see, The shock wets too,, much for her and she fainted dead away, and the lady of the house gave hire. a quarter to run for. a doctor... , "It pay's better'n anything over taelded," he said softly to, himself, as he went out of the area -gain. To STOP RUNAWAY :HORSES. "Even if it should be so," he cern- 'Give these to Daisy," she replied, tinuecl, "you would be constant t° "this locket and ring with the let - me, you'd you not, Rita. ?" ters. Tell ber the story I have told You know it, lealPh," she said, you. Tell her I have no. clew to her gently,: for the passim of his words father's' name, save that he was alarmed her ; but he listened in vain called Captain Arthur, and that his for the true ring in that musical' regiment was in India in 18-. Per - voice -it Was not there. . haps he died there. If ever Daisy - "I try to believe it." he said ; "if wins friends, they will make inquiries 1 Were VA) doubt it I should go mad. for her ;. but if she finds the 'marriage I cold not ,live without you, Rita- was not a legal one, tell -her I chaige. thr. xi eld would be a dreary blank, her for her dead mother's sake to let Were eon' to die, my darling, I could the stery die so that notaintmay be not survive you. If you deceived upon - Margaret Arle's name. • You will give her these messages faith - "What should .you do 9" she ask -.1011y, Rita 9 promise mee, ed. - "I would follow you through the I Even as she uttered the words ' an awful, gray pallier settled on her face wide world," he said, "and when I and Rite went hastily to simamon • . found you, as truly as the seri sets, aid. But no human aid could avail t would kill you, Rita, and thus. Ifor Mrs. Rivers -the fiat had gone - ave"ge myself." • • 'forth., in the faint 'morning light, , In after yeans 'she remembered his when Daisy came and bent, over her, words, jn the most terrible hours of no look of recognition shone in -the • her life they came back to her, and dim eyes -they. were closed to .all she knew he meant what he had earthly things. said. Before Mrs. Rivers died -before "Do not talk in that wild way, Daisy came -home-Rita gathered the Ralph," she said, "you alarm me." contents of the.little parcel together, In one moment the fierce leek had and placed them carefully in her own ieft his face, and. he was himself box. - 1 orgive ' me, Rita," he said, i "gain. ' Rita said to herself that there was no opportunity of telling Daisy the 'numbly ; "the -guy thought-. drives story until after the funeral. As she me to despair. 'You will be 'true to Watched her adopted sister a feeling me, will you not, darling ?: It is not • of envy crept iato her heart. I'or only my heart, but my soul, that the first time she was struck by the . you hold in your hands. Deal. gently difference betWeen Daisy .and herself. with ninetaI have stalked all ray life She noted the air of high -bred ee- 'on one- tlinOw.'' . ' • - aead 41nement, ; the spiritual ekpression of ; "1. have promised," she said, "Ifee, the sweet, pure face ; the little I win keep my word." . hands, so white and beautifully "Rita," he he said, suddenly.. '7 Shell, ed . the graceful symmetry of . the bind you to me by a vow. You are eslieit, girlish figure: Could it be .ntine before Heaven. Swear to me possible that this. girl, a hom she .that you will never care -kr- an"" 'had always looked down upon as her other, and that until you die you younger and inferior sister, might will be faithful to ms." - turn out to be a child of a rich and She would have ' hesitated, . but ! noble father ? Either she was that there was a look in his, lace that I or her very birth was a shame and compelled her to obedience. The :disgrace. Which could it be ? - bloom faded from her countenance as 1 Her mother had entertained cruel she repeated. after ilim words' so doubts. Could they have been just solemn her whole soul was subdued . ones 1 ? In the clead silence of the by their -strength. • fa -••,,,e, eeitte. rose and unlocked the box Long after Ralph Ashton left her, teolitarrdng her trust. She read Margaret Rivers sat dreaming by the :Margaret Arle's letters over and sca-not of the fierce love she hadloerer again. Ali 1 there could be no ., wcta-not of the strong, passionate doubt, she spoke so proudly of her heart that, lay in her hands -not of husband ; it had been a real. marriage the soul she might help to save- Rita bit sure, and no meek one. but of the Old, tormenting doubt : Whoever Captain Arthur might be, eelead she done the best she could ?". Daisy was his legitimate child. What All visions were forgotten - when if he were a inan of high position as she stood once more in her, mother's well . as good , birth ? Then Daisy house. When Rita left her that 'would be a lady -would enter, by eevening to nieet,her lover, one of her right, that gay world Rita thought • neighbor's offered to sit with ber paradise. She would be rich and while the young girl was out. This happy. 'Why bad fate and for•tune same woman :met her at the door, favored her ? Ah 1 would that Daisy with a, pale, scared face. • had been Mrs. Rivers' own child and "Miss Rita," she cried, "your she the captain's daughter 1 proved this, have proved in fact that food locked up in farm and manure is is pro - able , value, as compee chemicals. Nem, while this manure is evorth $1.25 per ton only, as necessary re- fuse to roughage, it is still profit- able to use if there is not too long a haul, .or 'too much handling. But, if, as often happens, farmers take stack to winter merely tor the man- ure they make, being also fed on products of the farm, the chances are that the farmer is losing money. This plan is often 'followed. While it is true that farmyard manure has a value in addition to its mere plant food, yet this value is at best pro- blematical, and by the ton very sig- nificant. Any houghage that can be sold for as niuch as $2 a ton is more profitable in that form than in man- ure. That is, the manufa.cture of maniere we the farm is only a matter of necessity, and should never be car- ried on in any, other way. The plant food in farm roughage and manures is very slowly available; this is partieularly true of potash and phosphates. They are not effec- tive in the early part of the growing season, and when used exclusivelY, 'hold back growth' until. mirlsilmmer. With a favorable season, Indian corn can -put up with this, but not short - growth crops each as oats. Perhaps the meet effective way to use these forms of plant food is to 'mix them with, say, per ton, roughly, 200 eci 400 pounds , of kainit and 100 to 200 pounds acid phosphate. • The enineral plant food in these materi- als ie very readily available, and by enabling the plants to make' a vig- orous early growth, there is no stunting in raidsuramex, and the plants are in condition. to, reach and feed upon the more insoluble plant food in the manure. , mother has been taken so ill I thought yent would never see her again." "Your mother is very ill," said the doctor, gently. "The immediate danger seems to halm passed, but she must be carefully watched all , night, and if the least, change takes place Send for me." a Rita saw hor mother wished to be lefe alone with her. She arranged the sick -roam shaded the lamp so that the light' shotild not fall on her mother's face, prepared cooling drinks, and then took her seat by her mother's side. "Rita," said the faint, changed voice, "is it too late to send for Daisy 7 want to see here I shall not live entif the sun rises to -mor - tow. I feel death -cold at my heart, and I must see Daisy before I die." But midnight had struck before a messenger could "be found to go for Daisy. It Was a long Walk there, and Rita kricer the sunimer morning 'would dawn befere her sister could reath home, She told her mother to ; and Susan Rivers, turning her paliid face to the wall, „moaned aloud, "I have e secret, Rita," said the faint voice, "1 lie,ve hold it many yeare. I moat 6Ce Defeey before die And tell it to Ilea If tele doee not Then, with the letters in her hand, she fen into a waking dream, le it had been se she would never rest un- til she had discovered him-sho would search for him until he was fund. Then she would in his love. He would surely be pleased with and, proud of her magnificent beauty. Then all she had longed for would be here, She saw herselfesuperbly dress- ed, with gleaming jewels, with lovers sighing around her -with the gay, the "great, and.the noble 'all offering her homage. The vain, worldly heart was daealed with the picture ; but the cold reality came and chilled her -all this was for Daisy, rind not for herself. With a deep sigh she relocked the box 'and went baek to the room where Daisy slept. The Moon shone brightly ; one of its silverg benne touched :Daisy's fete, lingering al - meet lovingly on the clear, calra brow and the 'delicate,' spiritual fea- tures. Rita, bent over her, silently wondering, until wonder bevel= jealous pain, what the future. held in store for the sleeping girl. Suchlealy across her face there Came a strange expresseon, as Of a wild, deep thought ; it lingered there, ening the darn eyee with gloom. She bold. mit her heeds in horror, ts thotigh trying 10 drive it froln Mr. Quack -Why illt1 you run so fast when the cook came out? Mr. Bronze Gobbler -I'14 rather have the family say "Can't he run fast?" than "Don't he taste good?" common sense and keep them busy. Tom xns ADVICE. I don't allow them to be idle a min- . . After she had been married six uto. Give them plenty of good food, months she went to her old bachelor such as wheat, corn, oats, a little uncle, who believes that a matri- meat or, grace bone, good sharp grit, pure water and all the green stuff ceptance of slaverY. ' menial alliance is a Voluntruni ea -- they will eat. Keep them at work "Suffering from the confugal yoke, but don't stuff them Let them al- eh 9" he replied to her preeentation ys be hungry enough to work with , f ,riiii,ii,„„ Give them plenty of sun- - ------ "No, .uncle, from the conjugal d a good. dust 'bath. Keep the ho se clean, I mean clean enough prejudices. -• for a mari to live in. Don't crowd ..Same thing," with a hardened your chickens into a close, filthy, voice. "But I require details be - dark room that you would be unwil- fore giving advice." . ling to sleep in. Don't use tonie, "'Well, he is a practical joker of medicines, etc., except in acute case the worst sort- lie delights to slip es. Don't doctor. Think and study nature. salt, into my tea ; wake me out of a - , sound sleep by playing burglar ; 'send anonymous letters threaeening DAIRY AND LIVE STOCK $ to burn the house down ; tell me that he has failed, and :that the Are there shivers in the barn yard? workhouse stares us in the face ; Put light blankets on the driving swears that the house is haunted ; and work teams early in the season, anything to scare me and give hire. if you do not wish their hair,to get a laugh." long. "Of course. Marriage makes a Let the cows out in the yard from brute of a man and a fool of a neo - two to three hours on all fine days, man. 33-ut don't you be so soft little they need exercise. Bue do not com• silly. Go right back at him evith Pel them to stand out when it is his own weapons. Mix glue with his cold and blustering. shaving -soap. Dust the inside of his It isn't the cold, the number of under -clothing with cayenne pepper. degrees below zero, that causes the Put sand in his =bee. Change his farm animals.to suffer, it is the cold best hat for one two sizes larger. winds and storms. All cracks, Pretend to fall •in love with some chinks and holes where the wind can, other know. Keep him in hot water force itself. through the stables day and night. 1 guess that will should be battened and calked be- cure him." fere the inmates. are exposed to the She acted on this advice. The dangers and discomfort of piercing husba.nd thrashed the uncle,. The wife winds or driving sleet and snow. . is of opinion that he did just right. 'Weoften hear the remark that in and now there is. a prospect that swine raising corn is king. This they will live happily ever after. may be so, but corn has some pretty . good substitutes substitutes if no actual rival; IN' THE FALKLAND ISLES. and like most kings, he could not rule with credit to himself -were it The visitor to the Falkland Isles not' for some efficient aids. While sees a number of what would appear corn may be the staple it is not 'the to be weather-beaten, raoss-covered whole thing in swine feeding and fat- boulders of various sizes scattered to make it such may meet with dis- turn One over he is garprised to find tasentienrg., and the feeder who attempts her and there. On attempting to that it is anchored to the ground The advantage in cooked food is by roots of great strength. These are not in added nutrition. In fact, notohterbopullodeeersin-thuelye aN;aridtrceaens 1 shl.::: there may be less nutrition in a cooked ration than there was in it suet a peculiarity of "forest" growth when raw. The advantage lies in the The Pentland Islands are exposed to a strong Polar wind, which readers increased amount of food the a:aimal it impossible for trees to grow in the will consume. One has only to watch proper form. Nature has consequent - eating a warm, cooked meal, • tin4c1 . conditions, and produced this strange then the same lot eating a slop mix - form of plant life, These "living ed with cold water to convince him which is eaten with the greater stones," as they are called, are relish, quite devoid of "grain," and it is next to ,impossible to cut them "up and utilize them for fuel. k ---- 4 WINTER CALVES. . To be successful in raising calves FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. ,. . . in cold weather, the arrangements should be so complete that there In more than 8,000 schools in Great Britain the boys are studying should be practically no indle.ations o Canada which set of winter where the young animals text -books are kept. That is, tbere shoulcl be forth her history, explain her system stables sufficiently warm for the of government, and lay stress upon purpose, well lighted, with plenty her natural resources. These books are supplied free by the Dominion, of bedding to keep calves comfort- able. This proper keeping place is and Lord Strathcona„ Canada's High Commissioner to the mother eountry 1 1 CI t for here these joke," for. she would not humor his GROWN. OF ELEOTEICITY. INORAS1,111i ,TYLE XIMBrIt 02 COMPAlfiES IN 1901. Interteeting Figttres Corapiled bef George Johnson, Domini:Pee Statletician. Mr, George Jehrison, in leis annual suAnmAry of -the tree of elecerieity in Qantedee ears the number cd eomPan- les doing bueinee$ in electricity in ceenection with lighting has inereae- ed from e59 in 18,913 to 806 The are lights in use increased from 10,e89 to le,800, and the incendes- cent lamps ereen 4(33,615 to 1315,676. Reckoning eact are lamp equal to ten nicandeseente, the use of electri- city as a light-giVer has developed from 565,505 in 189E3 to 948,6e6 in 1901. In these years the use of el)e- tricity for lightieg purposes has ill - creased by' 876,171 lamps, or over, 60 per cent, Of the total e06 companies, Ontar- io his 190, or 6e percent., Quebea has 50, Nova Scotia 21, British Co- lunabia 14, NeN7 Brusnwick 11, Mani- toba 6, Northwest Territories 5, and Prince Edward Inland 8. With respect to the number of lamps in use, Ontario has 6,830 are and 884,496 incandescent, or abut 48 per cent. of the total for the Do- minion, Ontario cities, towns and villages have availed themselves of eleetrici- ty as a light -bearer to a very great extent There are 78 of them which have either municipal plants or are supplied by companies; some of these towns have MORE THAN ONE PLANT. The city of Toronto ,has 1,450 are lamps and 80,-000 incandescent, equal to a total of 94,500 incaadescents. Ottawa has 585 arcs and 80,000 in- candeseents, or a total of 85,850e coueting each are as equal to tea in- candescents. Hamilton lia.s 560 arcs and 21,295 incandescent% or a total of 26,895. London'has 850 arcs and 17,180 incandescents, or 20,680 of a toted. Peterboro has 120 arcs and 7,000 incandescents, or 8,200 total. Quebec Province has 4,116 are lamps and 270,120 incandescents; or, reduced to the standard of incandes- cents, a total of 811,800 lanaps. Montreal has of these 2,648 arcs and 108,210 inciandesceats, or a total equal to 184,690 incandescents. In all, 42 cities, towns and villages of Quebec Province have plants for the manufacture of electric light; 22 of them are in the Eastern Town- ships, Among these Montreal soars far above and away, having 2,648 arcs and 108,210 incandescents, or a to- tal equal to 184,600 of the latter, about 48 per cent. of the Provincial total. To this may be properly ad- ded the equipment of the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic Land Co., which is 882 arcs, and 61,730 incandescents, or a total of 65,550. Quebec city has 600 ares and 48,000 incandes- cents. Nova Scotia's total equipment of 465 arcs and 49,041 incandescents is distributed among 20 towns, and. is furnished by 21 companies. In &annul. eits an appliance which is in general use, and has been for a lohg time, is areangenient by Which the breath of a horse ie shirt off When he, ettempte to run away. Standing out .from the hos-- trite of the horses ,are little leather diem, which the pulling, ef a little rein by the drivee clans donee upeu the animaint eose, tents shutting off hie breath if he tries to. get beyond control. POULTRY H.P.EPING. I have used an incubator for the past three years with splendid suc- cess, writes A. Fr Henderson. I keep about lop fowls, raise about 800 each season and breed them foi• fancy, for eggs and for pleasure. I sell eggs kr hatching and make some money. I hatch all my chicks in the ineubatoreand raise them in a brood- er and have never had the slightest trouble in raising them. I feed rol- led oats, egg bread, millet seed and a general variety of anything they will eat. Give plenty of green food, such as.chopped lettuce, g'reen. wheat, etc. I have no particular rules to fel- low. There aro a, fONV simple, natur- al laws to understand and apply and the rest is easy. The first of these is to keep the chicks comfortable. Don't let them cry, keep them in pursuit of something, keep them busy o tie rsImportance, and let them work. Idleness breeds animals will remain for will give valuable medals next spring disease. I sometimes watch the young months or more. Not much new to the scholars who pass the best chicks for hours, note their every milk is fed now to calves. n is too examinations on them.. The aira of move, listen to the shuffling of their expensive for that and beyond the Lord Strathcona and his countrymen little feet as they scratch in the chaff first few days it is not generally con- is to impress British youth with the or sand to the mingled chirp of hap- sidererl necessary. But itis essen-laiLd for emigration. dvantages of the Dominion as ' a pinese as they bury themselves in the tial that calves have good sweetn if chaff. and now and thenmfind 11. morsel skim -rink and of proper temperature. meat and cot it up in small bits and - N of food. I sometimes ta,ke a piece of The Home. LADY DETISTS. throw it to tm -4.--- thema little at a time, try is now an accepted and and how I do laugh to see thein rusk, !ofDentistry flourishing profession of 'wo- rm and fall °e'er each other, tumble OLDEST LIVING ANIM.AL. 1 ; men in Prance. ln a country town :. in downy heaps, then scatter and A tortoise, weighieg a quarter of a 1 of Seine -et -Marne a qualified young chase each other again- This is a ton, has been purchased for the Zoo lady dentist ivsitenjaoys dtelnietinisto,snobpuosliyneessf splendid tonic for both the chicks at London ch by Mr. Walter Rothschild. ' and myself. e It is supposed to be the oldest living ;in provincial Franco consisting' of 1 keep breeding stock in a, scratch- creature in the world, and is known little else. French country folk even Ing . shed house and in feedbag and to have lived at leapt 150 years. It of the wealthiest sort, rarely tioned in a deed 1810. ill ever, indulge in a set of false in .444440444444otoommeaKnesinmal.4..4374.2.44matooromacoesamettes4 [teeth. Ter Seriots isirb-ise* (-axing for them make use of a little was il maan...c=rosestuanatasnot. aramactarar=olommarmnivrtrzr 011 II erio er • The Cure of People night hi ur Midst Stands as Irrefutable Evidence of the Superior Medicinal Values of 32,1):31.1%. 3-2:atDES (13.51.10 Z.Vi" zu-srea 3ENcr Of till the ailments wtich atenet human kind there are none so obstinate and none so difficult to cure as diseases Of the nerves. , • 'There ina,y be some disorderof individual organa that are more paieful and 'excite inore syMpethy from, friends, but diseases of the aervous system affect the mind as Well as the body and bring discouragement,, de- spondency and gloom. They -unfit been for business and women for the e ousehold cares devolving -upon them. Such afflictions as paralysis, locomotor ataxia, epilepsy and even insanity itself aro the common result of neevous exhaeseion, Neevous headache, nervous dyspepsia, sleeplessness, muscular weakness, dizziness and irregularity of the bodily functions are merely the eventing symptoms Which tell of the approach of these more serious disortiers. , Tittle 0.11d thee again Dr. Chaee's Nerve Food has proven to be the west effeetive creator of nerve force that medical science affords, 1.1 is not claimed that, ono box will cure serious and chronie disease. This great food cure is net claimed to be a miracle worker eel- a, cure-all, bet when the system is run, down and the nerves exhritisteal it, is certain to produce beneficial resultra It is bound to do so because it is composed of the most potent nerve restoratiVes 'Unit are to be found in all nature's realra, Volt will tunerell the niereieitial world in vain for a more erfeetive nerve restorative and system bender them Dr, Chriseee Nerve Food. The evidences of your friendseand neighbors atteet this feet, Dr. Chase'S Nerve 50 cisa box; 6 boxes tor $2.60; at all dealers, or Lodmanson, BateS & Cat. Toronto, • NEW BRUNSWXCK'S total equipment of 691 arcs, and 18,- 1131 incandescents is distributed among 10 towels and cities and fur- nished by 11 companies. , Prince EdNvard Island's share in tlat total of Canada is 3 companies, 92 arcs, and 9,525 incandescents. Manitoba has 6 towns provided with the electric lights, end the equipmeat of the Province Is: Arcs 22, ineandescents 19,250. The Northwest Territories posse.ss live equipments, with 81 arcs and 5.- 875 incandeseents, the towns divid- ing these being Calgary, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Prince Albert, and Re- gina; the largest equipment being that of Calgary, viz., 25 arcs and 1,- 700 incandescents. British Columbia distributes its lighting by electricity among a doze en towns, and has a total of 14 plants, with 648 arcs and 68,763 in- candescent lamps, of whieh Vancou- ver has 411 arcs and 29,424 incan- descents. Of the total increase of 267,171 ha 1901, compared with 1898: P.C.. 1IONORARY COLONEL. Nearly all of the English Vrin cesses Hold. This Rank. Nearly an the princesses of the reigning house of England are hon; orary colonels of regiments. Sem of them are very proud of their inihi tare* titles and take pleasure in ap. peering in the uniforni of their paz. ticular regiment -adapted, of course, to feminine requirements. One ce King Edward's nieces, who Was Princess Victoria of Edinburgh, who was a daughter of the late Duke al Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and is the wife of the Grand Duke of Hesse, is col- onel of the third Hessian infantry, She is a charming and popular we". man and takes great interest, in Or Third Infantry. Her grandmother( the late Queen Victoria, was colonel of the First Regiment ot Prussien Dragoons and her eldest daughter is colonel of Veto regiments. The Duch- ess of Connaught is in nominal come mend of a regiment of Brandenburg infantry, The Duthess Of Sparta, the Sister of the Germen Emperor, lees tithe of eel onel in the Queen Mize. - beth Grenadiers of the leeglish ermy. Tide title iS honorney. Mrs. Paesey-"Everebody save my daughter got her beauty freer) me. What do you say to that, 7'' Mr. Witte --"Well, I think it wee von? milder' of her to take it erehli yon,"