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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-2-20, Page 200 k 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ite. 0000 0000,0000.00000,00001044004404*..000•000400*0 e Patal Dower..! --OR-- 0 6 0 0 1")- ""e04/0606•00.006,000e00,0000 B 'DESTRUCTION. OF A :PROUD mat= SYNOPreIS OF PRECEDING OHAPTERS.—Margaret Howard, ou the eve of departure to join lier se- cretly married husband, leaves her child, with Sus= Rivers mid is tiro -wised at, sea, Susan rears the child, ]aisy, aa her own, and dies, Her daughter, Margaret, alone knows Daisy's seeret. Lord Lisle seeks his child he has never seee. CHAPTER VIII. It was the cloee of a warm sera - James afternoon when the three gen- tlemen readied Queea's Lynne. They had talked. during the whole of their journey of the strange circumstances under which Lord Lisle's daughter had for so many years been lost. The lawyer, Mr. Kent, told of an- other case he had known wherein the circumstances were somewhat sim- ilar, and the loss of the young heir- ess during many years led to a law- seit that even yet was not ended, Philip Lisle listened and. replied, but els thoughts were with the un- known cousin tb.ey were going to seek. What would she be like ? For Lord Lisle's sake he hoped she would • resemble the dead. wife he mourned so deeply. If she should be vulgar or uneducated, what would his uncle do ? Lord Lisle lainaself Was one of the best bred and most refined men in England. Haw could he tolerate a eourse, vulgar girl always near him? Philip Lisle had a warm and sin- cere affection for the kinsman who had acted so liberally toward. him. He had grown intensely interested in the tragic love story that had thrown so deep a gloom over Lord Lisle's life. He felt nervous and un- easy as they drew near the end of their journey • a hundred misgivings seized him. He would rather return to Lod Lisle and tell him his daugh- ter lay dead than take back with him some coarse, vulgar giri who would be a constant source of pain and sorrow to alt connected with her. When the train stopped at Queen's Lynne his companions saw that Philip Lisle's handsome face had grown pale -• he was silent and thoughtful, feeling more nervous than he had ever done in his life. • Their first enterprise was to secure a good dinner at tb.e Albion Hotel, after which the three gentlemen • started together in quest of the we- * man who had charge of Lord Lisle's daughter. • For a long time they were unsuc- cessful. The name of Susan Rivers did not appear to be known at all, • and a shade of uneasiness passed over the detective's face. An in- quiry at the post office reassured them; Susan Rivers had lived at a place called Rooks' Nest. She was dead and buried, but her daughter still lived at the cottage. • They walked in silence to the place, each one thinking more of the anxious father at home than Of the young girl they were going to see. • Philip Lisle never forgot that night —the splendor of the evening sky— the fragrance of the purple heather— the distant sighing of the waves, and the solemn quiet of the summer night. The sunbeams stiU played over the sea. Suddenly turning a corner of the road, they saw before -them a pretty cottage surrounded by a fair and pleasant flower gard.ea. "This is Rooks' Nest 9" said Mr. Kent to Philip Lisle. "I suppose so," he replied. "The misery or happiness of Lord Lisle's life depends on what we find here." The three gentlemexi looked agitat- ed as they stood awaiting the open- ing of the door. In answer to their summons an elderly woman appear- ed, who dropped a deep curtesy and looked In much wonder at the un- usual number of visitors. Mr. Kent, stepping forward, took upon himself the office of spokes man. 'W are are here for the purpose of making- -ingiairies," be said. "We have been toactethat Susan -Rivers, whom we came to see is deed, but that hrr daughter lives here still. Can we see her ?" With confused wonder the old lady admitted the gentlemen and opened • the door of the best parlor. "It'll be Rita, you're wanting to see," she said. nut before there was tinae for any reply what they thought a vision came into the roora—a tall, beauti- ful girl, with a magnificent face and queenly figure—a, face so wondrous in its dark, proud beauty that those who saw it never forgot it. Philip Lisle's heart almost stood still. Ah, dear Heaven ! could it be—was this Lord Lisle's lost darling ? The moment had come—the mo- ment for which Rita had longed and waited. She met it bravely. The color faded from her cheeks and lips, but no word or sign, betrayed her fear and suspense. With olio graceful gesture she Wav• - ed Mrs. Verne from the room ; then, closing the door, •she stood facing the three, whose errand she had di- vined. "May / ask, seal Mr, Kent, "if yeti are the daughter of the poor woman so lately dead, Susan Rivers ?" There was no faltering ae the musi- cal voice ; the beautiful lips were not blistered by the cruel lie that rip- pled over them. the said clearly ; "1 am not the daughter of Susan Resters— she was my nurse." Philip Lisle niade ote step to- wards her, but, the lawyer impatient- ly sigeed hint to keep silent. ' "May I rifsk who it is we haere the pleasere ef addressing ?" he con - tamed. •"Weuld that I could answer you," the said. "I have 110 ether name than. the <Me my' poor mother bate— Margaret. Until six weeks same, When Slime. Rivers died, I believe(' rays -elf to be what everyone thought me—leer own &Ude On the night of her death she told me my true story, and gave me the proofs.' I intend to devote my life to the one purpose of fielding the father who has eeased to remember me," "We are tem making inquirees that relate dolebtless • to the same story," said M. Kent, • "Will you, repeat Susan Rivers' words to • us and show us the proofs ?" She went to a, box that lay upon the little table and took from it a key. "I will return in one rainute,"'she said, quitting the room.. "She is beautiful and dignified," said Philip Lisle. "My uncle will lie wild with delight." "Do not judge too quickly," said the • detective ; "let us hear first what the young lady' has to say." No trained actress could have played her part bettor than the young girl who re-entered the room holding a small parcel in her hand. Philip Lisle placed a chair before her. She took it with graceful non- chalance, never once raising her mag- nificent eyes to his face. "The story I have to tell is a short one," she said. "I know my moth- er only by the name of Margaret Howard. Years ago, when she, was Miss Arle, Susan Rivers waited upon her. Her father lost his fortune, and my mother became a governess. Of the particulars of her private naar- riage with my father I know am - thing. My nurse arid foster -mother told me that she did not know my father's name, and had no clew to it, save that he was called Captain Arthur and went with his regiment to Dadia,. “My mother took me when I was quite a child to Deepdale. She was going to India. My father lay ill there; and Nurse Rivers promised to take charge of me for a certaiu time and bring me up with her own child." The clear voice faltered then, and the beautiful lips trembled. "My mother was lost at sea," she continued, sadly, "and from that day to this no word has been heard of father or friend. I have been neglected or forgotten. My poor nurse did her best for me, and she • never told me until the night she tiled." "And then ?" continued Mr. Kent, for the plaintive voice ceased. "Then. she gave me these proofs," said the young girl—"the letter 1213r mother wrote, a ring Captain Ar- thur gave her, and a locket coutain- ing the hair of both my parents." She took the ring and the letter from the box as she spoke, and Philip Lisle looked attentively at them. The lawyer read the letter through in silence. What doubt could be reasonably entertained? "Why did your nurse never tell you this before ?" he inquired. "Her sil- ence seems strange." "Strange and cruel," said the young girl ; "yet she meant it kind- ly. She thought it better to let me live in happy ignorance. Another reason was, that in her heart, she distrusted Captain Arthur." "Why ?" said Philip Lisle, hastily. Then, far the first time, she raised her dark, lustrous eyes to his ; their beauty struck him with wonder. "Because he left me alone, neg- leeted, and uncared for ; because, neither by word, letter nor message has he ever sought me. My father left me to live or die as I might." There was a ring of passion in her voice as she spoke. "Hush, child 1" said Mr. Kent, • "your father has spent a lifetime in searching for you ! He has spent a fortune in the search tor eighteen years ! The loss of his child has clouded and darkened his life His •hair is white with sorrow, and all for you ! You spoke in ignorance. As you value Heaven never utter one word agairiet your father 1" She grew very pale as he spoke ; and Philip saw a strange quiver pass over her countenance. "My father ?" she said softly. "Is it possible that he remembers axe and loves rae ?" "You have to hear his story," con- tinued Mr, Kent. "No one has spoken to you of the chivalrous love he had for the friendless girl he mar- ried—of the life-long agony her death and your loss has been 1" "But tell me," she cried, "who he is. Remember, my father is -nothing to xne but an empty mune." Mr. Kent looked anxiously at his confreres. "There can be no doubt," he said. "I can see no fia,w fit this evidence." "No," said the detective officer, gravely ; "there is no doubt." "Then," said Mr. Kent, "the words must not come from a stranger's lips. Mr. Lisle, will you tell this young lady- who her father is ?" Philip mew forwerd. He took the tretibling hande in his own, and bent over the beautiful, drooping figure. "When your fether married yOur Mother, Margaret Arlo," ho said, gently, "lie • was Captain Arthur Wyverne, a brave officer, and a noble gentleman. He is 21�W Lord •Lisle, of Lisle Court, and you are his only ehild." Lord Lisle 1 Ali I the stake was worth playing for. Her wildest dreanis had not been brighter •than this. • A ,thrill of grateful vanity matte the worldly, ambitious heart beat more quickly. • "I thank God," said Philip, so - keenly, "that you are faund at last. Yor father has wearied for you, ; left hen, half dead with SUSpenSe.He win never recover until he sees 576;,:; one element gave ways ad he wept &uvula/ye- ****************aAate4ase***** 1Y. The Strain lied been great ; she eta 'e Id repeated. her little story—re- hearsed it over and over againsaaaid a, half candst had lingered ie her Mind as te whether it were plausible. She knew that • sootier or later the keen *suSe,,of the law would analyze it. Someteing that he had not foreseea might turn up, and then her brilliaut castle would fall in reale. But there was no doubt in thQ kMd- ly faces that surrounded her, Even the lawyer's, eyes grew dim as he listened to the passionate weeping, "aTa,y," he said, gently ; "you must not give way. Be courageoes for your father's eake." "My courage seldom fails me," she replied, raising her head proudly. In after -years Philip Lisle, remem- bered the inetinct that prompted him to say : "Where is your fester -sister, Susan Rivers' own child ?" "She has gone abroad," replied Rita. "I told hea• ray story before she left England. She knows no- thing more of it than I know myself. Her mother never named it to her," "Then her evidence will be of little use," said efr. Kent. "Our case is complete without any addition. And now, Miss Lisle," he said, turning to the young girl, "we must not lose one minute. I can imagine the effect this excitement will produce upon Lord Lisle. Have you any friends here, or any arrangemente you would like to make ?" "No," ehe • replied ; "I have no friends, and I have no plans." "Could you arrange to start for Lisle Court • to -morrow morning ?" he asked. She said there was nothing to de- tain her. "Lord Lisle is both, rich and gen- erous," said Philip. "If there are any friends or dependents you would like to provide for, do as you will." "The old woman who lives here has been very good to Me since Susan Rivers died," she replied. "It would perhaps be as well that she should continue to live here, and keep on. the little home, for my fostar-sister Daisy's sake." "That is well and kindly thought of," said Mr. Kent. Mrs. Pone was called in, and al- most lost her senses •between • sur- prise and pleasure. "I guessed it, gentlemen," she cried. "Over and over again I have said Miss Rita was more like a queen than poor Susan's child. Hot -house flowers do not grow in b,edge-rows." (To Be Continued). • SUICIDE STATISTICS. 4 Seaseralaie end Peerateale •• Hints for the Busy Of the SOIL etAatea'asaia•altattataltalisaatae•Wea4a0**# ' • VALUES OF FEED. Protein is what used to be called the albumen or the nitrogesious mate to in the food. They are what etiratilate milk production aud are the prineipal part of the• albumen or white of elle egg. • They help to form the mueele or lean meat of the body, Tee carbohydrates or carboxiageous material, so called to distinguish it from the nitrogenous, are the heat- ing and most stimulating part of the food, but they go to build up the fat of the system also. Those foods that are rich in oil, gum starch or sugar are called the carbonaceous foods. Cottonseed meal, linseed meal, gluten meal, buckwheat mid- dlings, malt sprouts, dried brewers' grains and peas are among the con- centrated foods that have the most protein, although wheat bran and middlings and oatmeal have a high Position, which show their value as food for cows in mile: Of the coarse feeds, vetch, alfalfa and cowpea, hay rank in, the oder named, as do the grain feeds named, but raither is far above oat and pea hay, and red clover hay is above all the other hays or dry fodder. Those which have the most carbonaceous material or fattening properties, are given as wheat, rye, corn, barley, corn and a:anneal, eorn bran, Italia hominy, cowpeas, wheat middlings and peas in the order named. Millet, red top, vetch, barley and oat hay are among the rough foclders • highest in this class, but in making up a ration from these lits there may be other things to consider than the analysis alone. Thus cottonseed or linseed meal are not thought safe to use for milcir cows to the extent of more than one-fourth to one-sixth of the grain ration, perb.aps because they need diluting to be well digested. Millet hay has been proven to have an injurious effect upon the kidneys of the horse if given as a contin- uous food. HOW TO BE A GOOD romtmER. Figures Show That Self -Destruc- tion is on the Increase. • Seladestrection is on the increase. An English alienist, has investigated this subject, with. discouraging rt. - sults. Some forty years ago the av- erage number of suicides was, in Swedeu, one to every 92,600 inha,bi- tants; in Russia, one to every 35,- 000; in the United. States one to ev- ery 15,000e mid it London and St. Petersburg one toevery21,000. • In France there were, fro:al every 100,- 000 inhabitants, from 1841 to 1845, 9 suicides, and from 1846 to 1850, 10; from 1861 to 1870, 13; from 1871 to 1875, 15; from 1876 to 1880, 17; in 1899, 21; in 1893, 22; and in 1894, 26. Fro fn 1826 • to 1890 the proportion of suicides M Belgium has augmented 72 per cent.; in Russia 411 per cent.; in Austria 238 per cent.; in Sweden and Den- mark 72 per cent; and 35 per cent. respectively, and in France 318 per cent.. Recent figures show that sui- cide is more comnion in the French army than in any other European force. Out of 1,000 soldiers fifty die by suicide, and of every 100,000 men in. the army about twenty-seven commit suicide every year In the United States the increase will pro- bably reach 300 per cent.. Two pe- culiarities are shown in the recently published figures of suicides in Am- erican cities, the receesion of natives of Germany from the head of the list, and an increase in the number of suicides ananig colored people. In the last report published in New York City it was seen that there were more suicides by natives of the United States than by those of Ger- many, though the disparity was very small. The thange is explained by the fact that while the number of German men who commit suicide is larger than that of male suicides of any other country, suicide by German women is comparatively rare. In re. spect to the total number of suicides compared with population, Chicago and San Francisco rank highest among American cities. ROETGEN RAYS. • There are thousands of farmers all over the country who if asked why they are living in th.e country will say that they don't know enough to do anything else. In my opinion the farmer to enjoy his work and be able to accomplish anything of im- portance must be as well educated as any other class of people. He should riot only be familiar with scientific- works hut he must not neglect higher mathematics, and should be familiar with animals and insects, know about the growth of plants, formation of soils, eta Be will then be better able to solve the many coniplex problems which con- front every farmer at this day and age. Many think that the farraer's life is an anenviable one, that he is tied down at home, scarcely having time to eat his meals, while the truth of the matter is, the farmer can be the most independent man on earth if he chooses. True, he must rise early, work late and continuously for a while in the spring but after two or three months, the hardest of his work is done and he can take it comparatively easy during -the re- mainder of the season. One of the greatest essentials to prosperity* and enjoyment of life is perfect health. The best opportuni- ties for this are offered on the farm unless too much work is attempted. Exposure during bad weather must be avoided as much as possible. While stock farmers especially- re-0st be out in all kinds. of weather, good food and 'proper clothing will go a long way toward counteraating any bad effects. The orchard, garden and poultry yard make it possible for the farmer to have the very best to live upon. While men in other pro- fessions may make money faster, eery few callings afford more plea- sure and more substantial returns. ENRICH THE sorb. portant. Whether the land after- wards seal' be Mere Procbective is comparatively lmater1al. 'Vet if we give up the almeet eopeless task of Making land permaisently richer, and only aira to make it more pro, - dilative, we can inekease the'value of the fomi just as certainly. There is 'eeeret about the value of land, especially for farming purposes. It will always be Werth the sera that, it will pay intoest on, besides the cost of cultivation. It may sell for this even while fertility is decreasing, so long as its precluctive capacity is not seriously impaired. EGG -PRODUCING FOODS, The- man • or woraan who raises eggs for market should be intelli- gent enough to find out from expe- Mexico and experiment time best egg - producing foods. Yet often this seems to cones slowly, and we find some sticking to food that has long been discarded as poor egg -material. Experience has denaonstrated the value of Glover for egg producing tune and again. Clover has just the material in it to form egg shell, and hence it becomes an esseatial part of every ration fed to the chickens. It may not be generally understood that there are nearly thirty pounds of limo contained in each tliousand pounds of clover. The chiekens fed daily with clover will consequently prove better egg layers than, those denied it. The clover law should be given to &Micelle in winter in quan- tities sufficient to satisfy them, and to make them eat more it is de- sirable sometimes to prepare it in various ways. Cook and chop it up, and mix it with meal or other ar- ticles. This will sometimes induce, the hens to consume a great amount of clover every day. Out up in short lengths and mato." with 'warm mash and then fed only as fast as the chickens will cleat it up each day, is probaaly the most economical way to feed the clover. Some cut the second crop of clover and place it in the poultry yard for the chickens to eat and scratch over at pleasure. This of itself • is all right, but it is rather wasteful. More than half the clover Will be lost, and the chickens do not actually eat much more than the leaves. The stalks contain most of the lime, and these should, be prepared so the chickens will con- sume them. Of all foods that can be raised on a farm for poultry Giesler is not the best, but probably the cheapest, and a field of it is as es- sential to success as a pasture field is necessary to the success of dairy- ing. Molecules in Boe'les of Two Pa- tients Separated. That the X-rays can have a really dangerous effect, upon the human frame has been demonstrated by two cases at the Hospital St. Louis, Paris, which have caused Much ex- citemeht among Paris phyeicians. The first is of a man whose entire abdomen has become sore as a con- sequence of one application of the Roentgen rave. The other is a mat who, having used his right arm re- peatedly as a subject for experiments with the rays, in public lectures at the Trocadero, has lost the use of the limb, and fieds other serious complications setting in. The mus- cles of the arin aie.ewollen •and the skin is parched and cracked; the nailhave been burned from all tlee Pngare; he has lost hie beard, mus- tache, eye lashes and brow' and hair on the right side of his face and head, and his right eye has almost lost its sight, while the lid works only With the greateat, difficulty. Felix aleheux, the epeelalist of the hospital, explains this action of the X-raye by the excessive energy which ceuees the ray to penetrate the body by separating the molecules of which all matter is comeoeed. The per- earbating action, le so great that na- ture cannot aftoveard restore the molecules to their original positionS and functions. Europe has 88,000 births and 24,-• her Strong, nerve 800 deaths daily. • One of the ways in whica it seems to most that a farmer can increase las wealth is to enhance the value of the land he tills, making it richer and therefore more productive. • In theory this is made compa,rativay easy. Put more fertilizers on land and you enrich it. You also at the same time increase its producing ca- pacity. But it is a necessity of the farmer to crop his landwhile he is fertilizing, A considerable part of the manure he applied does not re- main in the soil. It appears in the increased valets of the first year's crop, often much other soil fertility besides. The main, business of farm- ing is rather the exhaustiom of soil fertility by cultivating and selling crops rather than ana,king the land richer. Even when manures are ap- plied it is the immediate effece o11 the crop that isdeemed most im- NIAGARA.% ICE BRINE, CURIOTIS FORMATIONS OVER THE RUSHING STItEAM. The Ice Is Formed 20 to 50 Meth Up On the Surfaise of Lake Erie, It is at this season of the year that Niagara attracts the attention of the world, becausasof its weeder- ful ice bridge fermations. These ece bricigee are very pee -eller in their formation, and all wee have seen any of them marvel at their strange creation, their strength and laectuty. Creeks and small rivers freeze so that the ice that forms allows peo- ple to cross from 'shore to shore, but for all Niagara eas ite ice bridges it is not recorded that the river ever froze in the manlier of other streams, in fact the rapidity of the current would not permit of this. The ice that builds the ice bridges of the Niagara gorge is not formed on the site of the bridge, but from. 20 to 50 miles or more up on the surface of Lake Erie. If Niagara had to depend upon its river freezing tor O bridge, the hope would never be realized. With the coming- of severe cold weather in winter great fields of ice form on Lake Erie. A thaw accompanied by wind follows, and then the open places in the lake de- velop waves, which dash against the ice, gradually breaking it up until it takes the wave action and becomes AN 'UNDULATING MASS. With the wind driving down Lake Erie the ice field is swept into the entranee of the Niagara river, and there the ice is caught by the -cue- rent and swept down the river chan- nel. Twenty miles below it plunges through the upper rapids, where the cakes are dashed about • and broken until all • the ice is in very • small pieces. In this condition it drops over the falls into the gorge below. On the lower river the ice is car- ried down- by the ciu•rent. Quite a lot of it is cwept through the whirlpool rapids into the whirlpool, and then out and deem to Lake On- tario, but a vast quantity is caught in the eddies above the 'rapids by side currents, and gradually the eddies fill until the ice is (mite solid between the protecting points of the eddies. When -these coriditioes de- velop on both sides of the river, the moving ice is forced, to pass down stream through a channel in the cen- ter of the river. This moving ide. cuts a remarkably straight line along the other still ice, and 11 the flow of - ice over the falls continues, the channel soon becomes choked. Many times a jam will be threatened, each time being broken by the force of the current, until the quantity of ice in- creases so much that It is impossible for it to -pass through the channel. THEN A ,31.11, OCCURS: • Forced on by the current the icy cakes pile high over the quiet ice. It assumes the forms of mountains., so high does it pile, and then, right over the rapid running river, the ice assumes such a firmness that the stream is bridged frOM shore to shore. In the Majority of cases the water is quite high at these times, and when the wind goes down the waters of the lake, together with their icy burden, are held back. The 'water in. the river of the gorge retedes ; the ice jam settles with the lowering Of the water, and great crevasses • are opened here and there about its sur - ace. An inspection of these 'ere- vasses will seow many of them to be from thirty to fifty feet deep with no water in. sight at the bot- tom, .and this arouses` much interest as to the depth or thickness, of the ice that forms the bridge. • The ma- jority of ice bridges form between the American Falls and the •upper steel arch bridge, but during the period of their formation the ice ex- tends above and belotv this line. The bridge that becomes a exture of Weeks wears off at the upper end and also the lower end until its VARIED VOICES.. It is a well knows' fact that voices differ greatly according to national- ity and geographical positions. Thus in Russia one hears male voices which are absolutely unique. in the lowness of their compass. • The Italians, on the other hand, are not- able for their fine tenor voices Some Asiatic nations, according to. Engel, sing in shrill notes by straining the voice to its highest pitch; others de- light in a kind of vibrato or tre- molando. Some sing habitually m- an undertone; others in a nasal tone. Lichtenstein • in describing the sing- ing of a Hottentot congregation in South Africa, observes that among - all the singers, consisting of about a hundred Hottentots of both sexes, there was not one man with a base or baritone voice; all the men had tenor voiced. The Chinese voices seem to bear some resemblance to the weak character of the people. A military man who had three years' service in the country declares that he never once heard a Chinaman sing from his chest. BIRTHDAY ciAlKgs. The custom of having a birthday cake is widespreed in Germany. It is prevalent in the province of Sax- ony, in Hanover, and the mark of Brandenburg, says a writer in Notes and Queries. As many lights as the one whose birthday cake it is • has years are • stuck round the cake or the Torte, a thick one in the aniddle, called tee Lebenslieht, the light of life. For persons advanced in years one candle must do duty, as other- wise too many would be required ; or a skillful lady expresses the exact number of years in Roman,figme6s (XX., L.). When Moltke completed his seventieth year during the cam- paign of 1870-71, the Crown Prince Frederick William, presented 'him with a cake adorned with seventy lights. Only he or she who cele- brates his or her birthday naa3r put out the light of llie ; it is unlucky if done by any other member of the family. NrwFouNDLArms oRxml. Reothuk Indian. Legend, Not Complimentary to the Country It was a Beothult, 'Indian legend teat when God amide the World be ,swept the univeree of the refuse and cast it into the sea ; and when the white men came from the rising place of the sun they palled the heap Newfoundland, and cheat) it for a dwelling place. It may he so. In its remoter parts Newfoluidland might easily be taken for the leav- ings and rejected materials of the work of creation, there cat away, 11 is as fertile as ten ash heap, which moreover, it resembles in that it contains scraps of everything which entered into the malting of the world—iron, copper, coal, gold and all other :treasures under the ground, The interior is a soggy, rock-strewn barren, an interminably vast waste, where not so much as a shrub is to be seen, • and 110 man chooses to live, Stunted forests fringe the coast, a skinny growth of pine and spruce and birch, through whiali you may walk miles in etain search for a schooner's spar. The shore line is rock in some places swept by flood and fire, bare of all soil—grim, naked rock. To veiny a Newfoundlander a sandy beach would be as great a wonder as a horse. "An,' you may • say what you please," said a, woman of the nonth- east coast, notwithstanding, "but Round Arbor's good enough for me. Tbey do say them that's been there, that 'tis wonderfully crowdedat 'Twillingate, an' that the smoke t' St. John's is something barb'roes." "In your wife's separation petition she says you have trampled upoxi her • affections," said the lawyer. "Yes," assented the client, "I'll ad- nait it. All the affection she bas is centred in a little hairy dog, • and the way -I've trampled on him has been frightful." upper end is almost straight out. Jen „ insufficient rations, even • of BRITAIN AND PRANCE. Col. Picquart Says France •Should. • Ally ilerself With Britain. Colonel Picquart, who was prorein- ant in the defence of Captain Drey- fus, is publishing in the Grande Revue Paris a series of articles on the military position of France, and urging Great Britain as an ally. He says France has come tee the end of her military resources, whereas Ger- many has ample resources with which 'to increase her strength. France therefore must modify her sioyinas dtera., and he suggests various re - Discussing the question of France's afiltances, the colonel replies • to articles in the National Review. He declares himself in favor of an al- liance with Great 33ritain and says France will nevo consent to an •al - Rance with Germany, which would imply a definite renunciation of Al- sace and Lorraine. A French alliance with Great Brit- ain and Italy, however, would, • he claims, procure military advantage of the first order, because it would give France complete naval freedom itt a war with Germany, while if the alliance provided for the active co- operation of Great Britain the ad- vantages would be incalculable. The allied fleets would command the seas; Germany's food supplies would be cut off and Germany could not sustain a prolonged struggle. • Colonel Picquart predicts tbat the French feeling against Great Britain, on account of the Fashoda incident and the South African war will die out. Referring to the criticisms of the value of the British* army, he says that when. the South African war is concluded Great Britain will have at her disposal a great • number of sea- soned troops with which to recon- stitute the Britise4_rnilitary forces. RICE wATEn. ts probable that few occidental cooks who prepare rice in varioits forms for diet are aware that in dis- carding the water in which it is fa boiled, they are wasting what is re- r garded by the oriental as the most nutritious part of the food.. • This fact was curiously proved some years since, when a detacement of Euro- peans and native troops in India found -themselves beleagured 111 a fort from the base of the American Falls, race, to enable them to hold out un - tee a. force 'could march to their 're- lief. It was 'when the officers were ser- iously debating this problem that the natives approached them with what eves regarded as a curious so- lution of the difficulty. If; proposed the latter, the Europeans, took all the rice, they, the natives, would be quite content wita the water itt which it was boiled. The suggestion in place of any better,- was adopted; when it was remarked that while the Europeans found ie cliffieult to Main- tain their strength ou full rations of rice, the natives lost none of their stamina, by several weeks' diet on the water. When the proposal was made the action of the natives was praised as one of great devotion to their supOriors, but the sentiment was somewhat modified when the dis- covery was made that the • natives were quite aware that the principle nourishment lay in the water. Seim that time Europeans' in the Orient, following the custom of the -ea natives, have given rice water to patients, particularly ift cases of cholera, as a last • resort when no •other food can be retained iii the stomach, and usually with good re- sults. But the tatives always value this water so highly that it is never thrown away. In fact it would surprise =my cooks to discover how much could be done with this apparently worthless stoth. If the rice is cooked in the while on the lower end sthe stream that pours out from the portal of the Niagara Foals Power Co.'s tun- nel soon has its effect in. breaking away the mighty mass of ice. Tale FIRST AND LAST. A short time ago a young fellow, having heard wonderful tales of the skating rink, made up his mind to visit one. The sight of emir a large mealser of yottng ladies and gentle- men gliding round and round in all directions led him to •believe that skating was the easiest thing in the world. Tee hastily made lap his mind and, after 'ordering. a pair of skates, and having thern fixed to the boots, he took. a brave, bold step forward, and—bang he dropped full length on the ice. An assistant at once ran to help hen up. "Is this your first at- empt at skating, sir ?" he asked. "No," growled the young fellow • ; `the .last •I" asmeranneresem rong OEN *-2). 4.011=1.014MUMI lailabli1113•21Paltem, TheActon of the -Heart, Lungs Stomach, Liver and Kidneys Depend on the Nerve Force—Extraordina.ry Results from the use of Dr. Chass7s Nerve Food. • There is not a single organ of the hunian body that eat perforti its functions without a, liberal Supply of nerve force --tee Motive ,power of the body. The nervous System should -never be thought of as a separete part of the body. Its branches' extend from the brain and tee spinal columix to the tips of the fingers and toes. dust as the blood is carried by the ar- teries to every nook and corner of the system, so the neree force, by me an of nerve fibres, is distributed and nerve force is just as iraportant to life as is good, rich blood. When the nerve cells are svaeted, by over exertion, worry or 'disease, nidre rapidly than they are replaced, the action of the heart beeomes slower, the lungs begin to weaken, the stomach Mile to do its duty, the liver and kidneys leiter in their work as filtere and the excretory organs get feeble and emotive. You may be a sufferer from wealaiess and exhaustion 01 the nerves, and may have been ettilibutir.g the trolible to the Steel- ach, kidneys or other organs. Nervous exhaustani is marked by restlessness, disturbed sleep, languid, weary feelinga headache, dyspepsia, and bodily pains, inability to concenerete the then:gas, absent-mindednesse weakened memory, twitching of the Muscles and eyelicle, sudden startinee and jerkings of tae Thisbe in sleep, dizziness, imnitabiljty and gloomy forebodings. Throligh the medium of the nerv ous, system Dr. Chaee's Nerve Food darrieS iieW life and enogy to Ovary organ of the body. 11: streegthens the action of the heart, invigorates the et:Match, meltes the kidneys, liver bad bewels more active, and builds up the entire system.. If ,veit experience any of thee° symptoms of eervous exhaestion, you can rely tbsolutay on Dr. Chase's "%TOW:, rood to ernt you. 11 dOei not Stimulate, but thoroughly tures by forming stew, red cormiscleS in the blood and creating nerve feree. • Dr, Chaee's NOVO laeod, 50 (Meese box, 6 boxes fo $2...50, at all dealere, tim Edina:igen, Bates as Co., To - rout°, Oriental 1 asimion, that is-eb o ilecl only , so long that each grain conies outof the pea sepia -ate, and not OS a sod- den mass, the water, when etrained off and permitted to cool, will be - coin° a jelly approaching the tonsis- teney of b)aticameage. To Suit the othideatal palate the water should bo flavored with an extract, or other- wise the jelly- may have rather an in-' SiPid taste. Thee, if Served with en bl grainehard tors(- o s London has aboue •lee0 perioclicelie Scotland and el -ale -eel 600 between thgalt