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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-4-3, Page 7- 64.0000000.00000016060000.0000.0004600600000 \ (0 0 1 Fatal . 6 O 0 0 O f O un DESTRUCTION OF A PROUD SPIRIT. T 0 0 0 lee .000000044000006000000 0000000000000000*04 owe SYNOPSIS Ole PRECEDING with a smile, "if We were aleve,ye in CHAPTERS. --Margaret Howard, ou one frame., the eve of departure to join her se-- Sigaor Cardi 'was delighted to see eretly married husband, leaves her the two beautiful English girls of child with Susan Rivers and is whoni. every one was talking. There drowned at sea. Susan rears the wore no other visitors at the steelier, Deisy, as her owne and dies. and Rita. resigned hereelf to. what Efer daughter., Margaret, alone knows she considered a dull, morning. Daisy's secret, Lord Lisle seeks his "1 hope you will be pleased with cline, and Margaret, taking Daisy's the picture," said Signor Cardi to birthright, 1mm:unites herself life Lord Lisle. "01 course a copy floes daughter. She falls in love with his not allow of 'much inspiration ; but nephew, Philip. Daisy, Lord Lisle's 1 have done my beet" true daughter, joins her foster-sis- Daisy wondered at the emotion in ter, Lord Lisle's face as the artist took the covering from a large picture and held it up before them. Lord Lisle uttered no word, Be gazed for some minutes in deep sil- ence. His deed wife's sweet coun- tenance shone out fron the canvas living and breathing. The artist had succeeded well ; the eyes ware full of tender, vivid intelTigence, the lips half parted with a smile. "It is her . eery self," he said at length. Turning to Rita, he con- tinued : "Margaret, come here, dear child; look well on this face ; it shines now among the angels. This is your reother—rny beloved. wife." She came forward and looked with curioes eyes at the. picture. For once her self-possession abandoned her ; she knew not what to say— false words seemed out of place just then. "I suppose you have no remem- brance of her," said Lord Lisle, wistfully. "No," said the clear, cold voice— "none whatever. T was too young *hen she left me to remember her face," Lord Lisle turned to say , .some- thing to Daisy, and Was startled at her appearance. She was gazing at the picture, her hands tiglitly clasp- ed. Fier face had grown white, even to the lips, and an expression of hope, fear, and bewilderment wee in her wondering eyes. "What is it, Daisy ?" asked Lord Lisle, feelingly. "I do not know," she replied, con- fusedly ; "but it seeras to nee I have seen that face some time ; and sure- ly those eyes have smiled at me !" "You have seen .one whosefeatures resemble these ?" said Lord Lisle, gently. "No, that is not it," said Daisy, persistently, yetwith the same ap- pearance of struggling to .regain some lost. memory.. "Ah, now I re- collect ! Years ago I used to dream of a lady with just such eyes and lips who came to me in my sleep." Rita listened in silent terror. - She tried to speak, but -the ,words died away in a harsh murmur. "The young lady is imaginative," said the artist. "No," said Daisy, in a tone of quiet conviction. "Years. ago X often saw that face. Do not laugh at me, Lord Lisle, but it seems to me now those eyes are looking at me, and the lips going to speak." Lord Lisle was startled. "You are nervous," he said, gent- ly. "The warm sun has tired you. Come away from the picture. You will laugh at these ideas to -mor- row." Did the dead ever speak ? Her secret was known to no one living. Could the dead reveal it. 'V Would those pictured lips denounce her, and make known her hidden crime ?. These thoughts rushed like avenging furies through Rita's mind. She was slightly reassured by Lord Lisle's calm, unsuspicious look. At length sho said : "Why, Daisy, that is an old fashion of yours, thinking about dreams. You have startled me in that way 'before." The words were skillfully chosen, Lord Lisle's face cleared. , "'You have e. highly nervous Come perament, Daisy," he said, gravely. "You must not indulge in such. fan- cies." The danger ' was over, and Rita breathed again. But Daisy could not so easily forget the impression made • upon her ' mind. The picture came home, and was hung in the grand salon. She spent many hours before it wondering why that face had seemed to •haunt hen. --wondering what was the secret trembling on the lips and shading the clear eyes. Philip wrote at length to an- nounce his coming. Rita hoard the tidings, and prepared herself for the final struggle. She resolved to win him, come what might. There was nothing Lord Lisle en- joyed so much as hearing Daisy sing in the beautiful Italian gieam- ing. When the world was all fair and tranquil, the, water rippling in, the bay, and the flowers sleeping in the sun, she would sing to him for hours together. Be never forgot those tranquil, pleasant hours. Through the long vine -clad windows the soft seminar breeze came in mild and warm. Tho birds sung and the flowers bloomed. The pure, rich volece . found its Way to the very deli of his heart. She wee simple love songs—where truth and honor alWays prevailed over everything else—and old-fashioned Englith bal- lads. Daisy's singing was like her- self, as free from afiectation, and as simply pure. One evening Rita had gone with the Countess Guardi to a ball at the Delgarin Palace, Lord Lisle has de- clined the invitation, Daisy 'did not care for it, and Mrs. Marche remain- ed with them. "You must give me a treat, Daisy, this evening," said Lors Linle "Sing some of my favorite sings." 'When dinner was over, and Rita, mageifIcently dreesed, had driven away, she eat &Wen to the pilled. She knew exectly what LOrd Lisle liked. They Were in the grand sae lora tehere the pietures hung. As Lord Lisle listened to the sweet, ten - "We might quarrel," eaid elea, .der Music, and lOolted upon his tele'S f CHAPTER XIV. Lord Lisle could not understand how or why this young girl Made her way so quickly into his heart. She had not the regal beauty of his child, She seemed all soul. Her fair, sdiritual face charmed him in- expressibly. Her voice had a strange power over him ; it struck him like the sound of long -forgotten music. There was something about her that seemed. strangely familier. "It must be from Rita's descrip- tion thet.I know you so well, Daisy," he said one day. "I feel as though we were renewing an old ac- quaintance instead of forming a new one." , She won upon him strangely. It ae was perfect rest to be with her ; lit- tle failings, little lits of impatience or irritability seemed to die out, ashamed in her presence. She had a calm, brave soul. The breath of worldliness had never ruffled it ; passion or pride had never marred its parity. Lord Lisle liked to be with her ; ho liked to watch the fair features bent over books and pictures. He enjoyed talking to her; her noble thoughts and eloquent words filled bira with wonder and delight. Rita saw all this, but it did not pain her. There was no danger in it, Lord Lisle was perfectly wel- come to love Daisy, provided no sus- picion of the, truth ever entered his nainci ; and it never did. In every respect the tveo girls were on. a perfect equality. Privately, Rita managed to exercise a little authority over her sister ; and Daisy yielded with sweet, smiling grace. She was too nappy for any small troubles to annoy, her. She had never thought that life could be so pleasant and so bright. She loved Lord Lisle, .perhaps more than she had ever loved anyone else. No mean thought of jealousy or envy . ever came to her. All 'the luxury and grandeur that surrounded her belonged to Rita and Ritees father ; she was grateful for her own there- of it, enet envied no other. She thought often of the great contrast between her past life and the present. She never forgot the kindly, homely mother who had striven to do her best. At first she avoided all mention of Queen's Lynne and the faithful, honest wo- man she believed to have been her mother. But as time wore on, and Lord Lisle began to find his greatest plea - Imre in sitting with Daisy, he him - sell was the first to mention the familiar names. "You talk to me of Italy/' he said ono day to Daisy, "but never of England. Tell me something of Queen's Lynne a.nd your mother. Why do you avoid all mention of them ?" "X thought it pained you," sbe re- plied, gently. "Why should it ?" said Lord Lisle, with some wonder.. "I hope some they to see the place where •my daughter spent so many peaceful years. I hope to see the grave of the generous woman who Was a sec- ond mothee to her." •"Itita must have been oversensi- tive," thought Daisy ; and the sub- ject passed from her mind. Daisy. cared little for the pretty, coquettish countess ; Rita spent whole days together with her. She had no longer the least fear ; she laughed at the foolish doubts that had disturbed her before Daisy came. Her secret was safe; none knew it but the dead, and they tell no tales. Daisy. and Lord Lisle were thrown march together. Philosophers may say what they will, but there is a strong and mysterious attraction be- tween . father and child. Nature speaks in a voice that eannot be mistaken. Everi to himself Lord Lisle never owned it, never even knew it, but it was certain, of the two girls he loved Daisy the better. r There were tones in her voice that thrilled the very depths of his heart. She had some little actions and ges- -Lewes so like those 61 bis dead wife that they gave him a strange pang; „abut he never connected the two, 4°'itzer realized the resemblance it 'ce or gesture. Strange to say, he ,nr even observed the likeness be- tween Daisy and the beautiful pic- ture of Lady Sybilla Lisle, One'morning, as they sat at break- fast, Lord Lisle said : "Rita, X have made an engagement for you this morning, and Daisy tvill accompany "Is it anythieg nice, papa e" ask- ed Rita. "I hell promised Countess Guardi,I would drive out with her." "She will release you this Once," said Lord Lige '• arid Rita never thought of opposieg his will, al- though an engagement with her father and sister had no great etra,rm for her. "Shall we drive or tstalk '1" she in- quired again, "We will walk," said Lord Lisle, "1 Ma Soil% to Signor Cares bindle ; he has been painting a pic- ture for Inc, and X should like von to eee it. I thought of asking him to paint another—Daisy anti your - If to ethee " tee, it fiecined to hint that Words and song both eam e froM her, r.f( wne so, deeply lost in thOught• DeleY wrePped . in her own amain, that neither of them heard the deor °Pen nor• SW Philip Lisle enter the room. Ile stood silently looking On the PrettY seene so suggestive of home Pores:fort anti happiness. His eyes lingered on the etveet, face of the young • girl, so spiritual, so tender end fair ; the evening ennbeams seemed to eise her golden hair. The elear, rich voice filled the room With music eweeter than any he had ever heard, "I must hove tired you, Lord Lisle," she said at last, rising and crossing the room. "No," he said ; "I should never tire of that rausie, Daisy. I have a strano feeling upen me to -night ; something tells me I shall soon see that dear face again," "Who is'nervous now 7" asked the young girl, with a smile. ',Not X," he replied. "While you were singing the 'Land o' the Leal' a, solemn kind of rest came over me. I shall see her soon, Daisy ; my heart tells are so. My life has not been a, very happy one. I shall •understand its sorrows better when I have seen her again." Before Daisy had time to reply, some one came up to Lord Lisle's chair—a strong, kindly hand grasped his. • r lA by, *uncle," said it cheery, geniel voice, "I never heard you speak so nobly before. 1 came in eve minutes ago ; but the music bolind me with a magic spell." Lord Lisle started up 'and greeted his nephew warmly. "I am glad you hage returned, Philip," he seid, "Now let me in- troduce you to my other daughter; Daisy—Rita's foster sister." ' He bowed respectfully, and she drooped her shy eyes as he looked admiringly at her. Ahnost before she had raised them again Philip Lisle had said to him - reef this was the girl he would win for his wife, if it were possible to do so. That was his ideal—the face, the figure, the voice he had imagined and hoped some time to meet. "Rita is away," said Lord Lisle. "She has gone with your old friend, Countess Gnardi, to a ball. Would you like to join them, Philip, or remain with us ?" "Can you seriously ask such a. question ?" said Philip. "I ask no- thing better in life than to stay here. I have many adventures to tell you, uncle. I have been among `strange `islands in glittering seas' ; do not send me into exile on the very night of my return." •Lord Lisle sighed. He wished Philip had shown more anxiety to be with Rita—Rita, who had wept so passionately over the love she bore him. (To Be Continued.) SellsOlieble and Prolleable ellfite for the lefiey Tillers of the $011. AI eteleweieseeeeileneleeelee-WeeeXeeeifeeiteeei ON THE FARM. On the farm, "the garden of the gods"— • Two hundred acres and some odd rads, Trees to the left of us and the right, And flowers everywilere in sight. Grass and grain waving in the breeze Wheat and rye, and all such as these; Corn at harvest, yellow as gold And granaries full as they will hold. Herds of cattle speckled and, red, Sheep and the lambs an hundred head, Reines chestnut and lea* and bay,— Some of the farm attractioes are they. The orchard with apples large and Lair. Beds of strawberries free to share; Fruits of many another kind Iii yotinder garden you 'will find. Sure, there's happiness on the farm, Free from "strikes" and ceaseless alarm; Joy and Conteni sit smiling there, Independence and the °liberal their. FOURTEEN TONS OF pLowERs. A, Week's Supply Sent From the Scilly. Islands to London.. 'Already, before England bas wak- ened erom winter, the Scilly Islands are all abloom. It seems odd that spring tourists do not take the is- lands into their itinerary. for even along he Mediterranean there is no flower land better worth seeing. For some reason explicable by wieds and tides flowers bloom in the Scilly climate fully six weeks before even the most careful nursing can bring them out on the neighboring mainland, and the luxtulance of the blooming is a marvel. Not so many yeers ago the islands accepted their climate and their flow- ers as blessings of Providence and had no idea of coining either into hard cash. A steward on a little trading vessel began tilting a bas- ketfu1 of the early violets, primroses daffodils and narcissuses over to the mainland whenever he went and sell- ing them. They brought good prices andhe increased the size of the bas- ket. That was thdbeginning of the Scil- ly flower trade, Two weeks ago it reached what is so far, its high- water mark. E'ourteen tons Of flow- ers were sent from the islands to the London market iz one week. M. A. tit. CHASE'S f) g CATARRH CUBE Is sent elate ze tee eiseassal puts by the Improved Blower. Heals the ulcers, clears res air paragea, stopscireeplr.f. In the tbroat and permantuat cures Catarrh and I-Xay Favor. Blower bee. All deniers, or Dr. A. W. Cha31/ valeta* C.., Toronto and Dastio. , CURED THE SQUEAK. gentleman going down the river on a steamer, the engine of ivhich was upon the deck, sauntered to see the worleng of the machinery. Near him stood a man apparently bent upon the same object. In .a few mo- ments a squeaking noise was heard onthe opposite side of the engine. Seizing 'the oil Can, a. gigantic one, by the way, the engineer sought out the dry spot and to prevent further noise of that kind liberally applied the contorts of the ca.n to every joint. All went on well for a while, when the squeaking was heard in another direction. The oiling process was repeated arid quiet restored; but as the engineer was coining quietly to - Wands the spot occupied by the gen- tleman and tho stranger, he heard another squeak. This time, however he detected the true cause of the dif- flocciittilitsyt: The straeger was a yearn - Walking straight up behind hien heized the astonished joker by the nape of the neck a,ad emptied the contents of. the oil can down his back. . "There!" said he, "I don't believe that old engine will sgireak again." .RAISING CORN FOR SILAGE. The methods of growing aorn .for the silo are practically thesame as those for .geewing corn for any oth- er purpose. eBegin by plowing the grouncl to a good depth and follow with a harrow or disk, working un- til the clods are pulverized, and the land in the very best of condition. When the soil is well "%yenned up, say the last week of April or any time in Keer, Plant at the rate. of about .one bushel of seed to six or seven acres. The kernels can be dropped in drills or hills. Some growers prefer one,' way and some the other. For silage corn the aim should be to get a good growth of the entire plant. A medium .sized stalk with heavy foliage and as many ears as practicable .it the. Most desirable. If the Corn is planted in hills, try to get three or four grains iii each hill. If (heeled, try to have one stalk to every- foot. • Any variety which grows well In the locality will an- swer. It is 'not •neeassary• to plant a special silage corn. Cultiyeeien of silo. corn should be thorough, and freement. As soon as weeds appear, even 1! this be before the corn plant shows. above the ground, •go over the field with `a, slant tooth harrow or some kind of a weeder.. The weeder is .preferable OIL many soils, as it is very effective and .it is possible for one inan to go over. a very large area in a day. If the spring happens to be wet, 'neith- er the Weeder nor the disk harrow are entirely satisfactory. A reader states 'that under such conditions he has used the spading harrow with, excellent results. This is simply a disk with slightly bent lingers 3 or 4 inches in length all around the out- side, of the disk. This spades up the ground and does' better work than any other implement. he has ever tried. After this, go over the corn with a cultivator having small shovels. Run close to the corn and dig out or cover up all the weeds. The next cultivation should net be quite so deep and a little farther away from the corn. The third cultivation should e be 3t1ll shallower„the idea being to avoid breaking roots, In most.. cases one treatment with the weeder and three. cultivations are sufficient. In other localities. and seasons four will be necessary.. Corn should not be cut for the silo until the grains are well deilned and the lower leaves dried and the entire plant fairly matured. The- silage Will be more satisfactemy, being sweeter than from corn mit earlier. There will be a larger amount of ht. "Look here," she eald, "Are you trylhg to get hints how to propose to me or te Sere° ()thee girl?" . Thus it titti.8 that she pinned down, as it Were, end bro gl I; him to the point, ne ebefuld erst possese cone; that ere COttipti$ milkers, Yet• Whiese Will test at lea et 8 per eeet, of hute ter fat, This Will insure good, rice ellee$0, a necessary adjunct of quail, ty, 4 sinall vat of a Capacity suit- ed to your needs eledeld be eeeployed and a press with hoops to resold nheese of front 10 to 1-5 'Pounds weight. Any flretela,ss daley supply house ought to be able to furnish a complete set of apparatus for • dairy cheese making plant. . It is best to have a cheese laouse eemplete by Arielf fer naionieetaring purposes, arid the Making room if kept sweet and clean, as is essential can be used. for the storage of the night's milk, after it has been aerat- ed. The vat itself is a good place in which to store the night's milk- ing, and running water about it, or ICO, Call be employed to keep it cool. If you make the mistake of skim- ming any part of the Mille it will be fatal to your succese as an amateur cheese maker. What the public wants is a rich, nutty flavored, reli- able quality cheese, and that of small bulk.This can so easily be produced in a home .dairy. Strive to please the public tae and needs in this direction, and you can secur.e from 1 to 2 cente per pound more for your product than the average 'factory article." As the making will take one person's time from half to three-fourths of every day, dairies under 28 or 25 cows would hardly find it peofitable. Remember also that the profitable- ness all lies in your being thorough and in deed eatnest, in pushing yeur business to a success'. no pot oiler your cheese for sale until they are thoroughly cured, which takes from 80 to 40 days,- Do not launch into the business without some previous experience. ti you haven't that experience, get it as an initial step. , nomE CHEESE MAkINte. Can home or dairy clieeee making be made to pay! It certainty- canted under proper conditions, and if con- ducted by a person with some pre- vious practical experience. The best. place to acquire this experience delis a regular cheese factory, where one might work as a subordinate for a time. I do not think that one shouldattempt the business on a farm unless the milk of 20, or 25 cows can .be defended on, writes Mr. Geo. E Newell. Makeshift facilities and apparatus should not receive reg cognition, as they will not pay in the end. Many fastidious eonsumers prefer dairymade to factory cheese, but on account of the limited amaurre man- ufactured, caunot get their wants supplied. Thus, the field is open. for those who can furnish a first-class article in this now neglected line. DIPPING SHIMP- Sheep ticks cari easily be destroyed in warm weather by dipping. the. sheep in some of the first-class dips on. the market. They are, however, a tough proposition in winter asit is not safe to dip during the • whiter ,naenths unless the weather is very mild and a good warmshelteris at hand where the animals can be kept until dry. Even then there is .more or lees danger to the flock in. the hands of the inexperienced shepherds, as. the sheep at this time, whether breeding or fattening animals. have loeg fleeces width must be thorough- ly; sorekfai if the ticks are destroyed. This being the case, it. takes 'a lorig time for the fleece to dry and as sheep are very' sensitive to dampness and cold, which' penetrates the skin, there is -great danger of serious losses from dipping during the win- ter. . Dipping at this time is very apt to Wash considerable of the yolk out o1,. the wool ana, give the fleece a ver. unattractive appearance, especiall weer° they are to go on the market, It. is also likely- to cause -a bees of .weight in fattening sheep and to re- tard their progress for a time. If ewes are dipped there is danger of. their losing their lambs. Dipping is the only practical way of successfully ridding the animals of ticks. It should be done at shearing them, and early in the fall if a se- cond dipping is needed. Where the whole nock, little lambs included, is dieped every year at shearing time, once is usually sufficient. All sheep and lambs bought for feeding pur- poses should be dipped in the fall before going into the feeding pen. When the butter beglps to 1 or 1. grail:VI, cold water or brine Omelet he dashed ite the churn, Which well se- parete the butte' keel the hatter - milk and lettere it in kernels about the size of vvlieet grains. The butter slieuld be washed until the eveter ritrit9 clear. The butter Worker should be scalded and coolea with ice water, and the batter lifted from the churn on to it. About an ounce of any pure salt should be sifted over the wbole sure face, and about a tablespoonful of fine sugar to ten pounds of butter added, and the whole worked througb, carefully. Stop working before the grain of the butter is broken. WOMAN'S GOLF VEST. 82 to 42 Bust, snug-fittieg vest that can be worn beneath the wrap. when the Weather demands, is a recognized ne- cessity in this -uncertain climate. Not golf players alone, but women of all pursuits find it essential to the com- plete winter wardrobe. The admir- able model shown includes many de- sirable features and is suited to all fancy vestings, the sleeves being made of silk in a harmonizing tone. The vesting provides warmth for the body while it is fitted so snugly as to avoid undesirable bulk, and the sille sleeves allow of slipping the coat or jacket on and off with ease. To cut this vest for a woman of medium size, le- yards of material 27 :inches wide, or yards 50 inches wide will be required, with 1e yards of silk for sleeves. FACTS AND FIGURES. temo•OSIN DAIRY WISDOM. *The first great care in the manage- ment of the dairy is cleanliness. • If the cows are kept in a filthy .state the milk will certainly become tainted and the taint will affect the cream and butter. • The milking should be done with clean, hands. Each milker should wash and dry his hands before he begins to milk. The finger nails of the milkers should be cut close. Every milker should put on a clean milking suit'. The milk should be carried immedi- ately to the dairy and strained in the creamery cans or put through the separator. If a creamery is ueed the milk should stand twelve hours at a tera- Creature of about 45 degrees. The cream should .then be taken from the milk and it should be ripe (a littlesour) and ready to churn fir about twenty-four hours. If it eoes not ripen in twenty-four hours a little -starter should be used. If allowed to stand' longer it will becoree. bitter and hard to churn. XI the butter does not come pro- perly, put a handful of salt in the churn. The cream should be churned at about 55 degrees in summer, a little higher in winter. The room in which the chenille*t'is done should be kept at an even tem- pereture arid not colder than at the temperature of the cream: The churn should not be moved too rapidly as it injures the grain of the butter, NEWS 13Y X.XIX4 ABOUT JOAN BULL AND lelfee l'EfeiPLE. Occurrences in the Land That Beigns Supreme in the Core - There arene118eligl;a7)rliadW. clerltS in Lwerixtidinosn:ms reminiscences. 11, is seid that Lord Wolsoloy is Sir Vranle Green lined a 'bus con- cluetor 20s, and costs in the city for having two passengers too many, It is probable that re gala per- forXnance at the Opera will be in - luded among the coronation fuae- thins. Over twenty-five tons of flowers for tee home market were landed. at Vewnzlaanscte week. the Scilly Isles one th Xt is ealculated that in London alarm there are diseharged into the atmosphere daily 18;000 tens of unconsumed fuel. During the past eve years the number of trade unionises in the United Kiegetona has increased from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000. It is said that the War Otlice is about to erect a military prison, and that in future military prison- ers will not be sent to civil prisons. While the consumption of wine in, , France last year was 147 bottles per head of population, in the United Kingdom it was only three. ExPOrte lrom Sheffield to the Unit- ed States during 1901 are -valued at £515,592 ($2,577,060). This is an increase ` of £7,885 ,($39,425)- over the same exports of 1000. A new paving in London ie formed of big blocks made of partially pul- verized stone, obtained from Corn- wall and South Wales, and held to- gether by Trinidad pitela Newgate prison, vehich will short- ly be removed, was first built in the 12th century, but was destroyed in the great fire of e666, and again in the Gordon riots of 1780. A. War Office report gives the total of British casualties in South Africa to date, including surviving •woun.ded, as 5,240 officers and 300,- 701 men. The deaths were chiefly from fevers. • Taxes amounting to over £1,000,- 000 are collected every week at Som- erset House, London. The Paris Municipal Council will shortly be asked to name a street alter Richard Wagner. The total number of medical prac- titioners in Great Britaia and Ire- land is 86,788, an increase of 404 within a year. " est every three persons in Berlin, one has a savings bank account, or, 'more accurately, ten of every twenty- seven. Of all the bicycle factories in Ger- many, only six paid dividends last year. Fifteen large factories are on, the point of going out of business. Duelling among students at Jena has been forbidden by the Vice -Chan- cellor of the university, who has also broken up the college fencing club. An international exhibition of motor boats and motor equipments for sailing vessels is to be held on Lake Wannsee, near Berlin, in June. It is said that the British Govern- ment is considering the desirability of establishing a Royal body guard of native Indian cavalry, to be quar- tered in London. Twenty persons have -taken out in- surance policies on the life of a pau- per inmate of Wolverhampton (Eng- land) Work House, who charges half a crown for the privilege. Sixty-two miles an hour is to be the average speed maintained by a new train to run on the English ser- vice between Paris end Calais. The journey Will only occupy three hours. During the last twenty years the consumption of eggs has enormously increased in Great Britain. and now represents annually an estimated sum of Z18,000,000 £5,500,000 of cvhicb go to loreign importers. PARSON V. LAWYER. A case was being tried recently respecting the soundness of e horse in which a clergyman, not educated in the school of Tattersall, appeared as chief witness. . 110 was a bit confused in giving his evidence, and a blustering barrister, who examined him exclaimed:— "Pray, sir, do you know the dif- ference between a horse and a cow?" "I acknowledge my ignorance," re- plied the clergyman; "I hardly know the difference between a horse and it cow, or a' bell and a bully; only that it bull, I am told, has horns, and a bully"—bowing to the counsel- lor—"has none." ee------ 87 million tons of traffin is con- veyed. yearly on British canals. Are Necessary to Good Health—Both Result From the Use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. "About one-fifth of all the blood teed in the human body is isetit direct to the brain, and out of this is created the nerve force, which controls and regulates the 0,ction of the varioue organs. When the blood gets thin and watery, as it usUally does at this time of year, the herves are 'first to stif- fer; they are starved and exhausted. Heada.the, dizzy :Spells, indigestion, week action of the heart, languid, depressing feelings, weakness and fu notional derangements el the bodily organs are the result. You ean feel Dr, Chase's Nerve Food doing you good day by day, at it etrikes at the root of tremble , and creates new, rich ,eleod. Yeu can prove that it build e up new tissues arid adde flesh V you Weigh yourself taelt Week While tieing it.. - Mr. J. egirpeeter, 815 eiralleing teekeue, Terento, sta3esee-"1 have used Dr. Cleiseli Nerve Food for acute indigestion, nernousness and itatbility to deep, ahd stove, &fief a thorough test, X am plea/led to say that n1y nervous syetera has been built Ma and I reet and sleep Well. I can speak Very highly of this preparation, kreewing it to possesS euratiee properties which I hen° failed to find in ether reneeceles." Mrs 3i1, °Owen, eele OSeingtien neeeue, Terente, etates:—"I think Dr. Olicesses Nerve Food it eplendid Medicine. I Was very Muth run doW h in health, had dizzy spells, Wed quite nervous, and was troubled 3. greet deel from indigestion. The uee of Dr.. Clhase'e Nerve Peed hos itromtv linproVed My health My :nerves are steadier, my digestion ie geed, end X have not been trouhled With disesiteess of late,' T' e. Chase's Nerve Food is for the blood, as *ell as the Pares* It Weis each and Geary itilentet froiri thin, Weak, watery bleed. Its cures ere perrameent, literalist it restOres aced kevitalizee the *tete ed and depleted:dells. 50 akot hox, 6 beliefs fee $2,50, at 11dOsisria, oir, Erliezandeli, Votes le .00.. Teeesete- The death took place in Newcastle of Charles Junius Haslam. an old Chartist, at the age of ninety-one. Ho took part in all the meetings in Manchester leading up to the reform Bill. Mr. John Stewart, formerly of the Bank of Scotland in Aberdeen, bass been appointed assistant general manager of Parr's Bank, London. He was agent for the same bank at Liverpool. A_ London firm of druggists have recently secured the contract Thr ft large supply to the prison et 'Worm- wood Serubbs of Japanese hendker- elliefs for use by prisoners suffering from plitbisis. Any one insuring his life for £2,- 000 with the Scottish. Temperance Life Assurance Company is offered le good seat to view the coronation procession from the tvindowe of the . company's offices. His Majesty has been )leased to grant permission to his subjects to fly the Royal Standard cm the oc- casion of his coronation, states an official comrn.unication which has .been received by a correspondent. '?Lady Sundridge," the incognito' name of Princess Loilise, Duchess of Argyll, will shortly arrive on a visit to Sir Sydney and Lady Waterlow at their charming southern home, the Villa Monterey, Cannes. Earl Beauchamp has entered upon his thirty-first year. Be has been mayor of an English cathedral city, member of the London School Board and Governor of New South Wales— a notable record for a young man. After receiving 48. a week out - relief from the parish during fifteen years, Mary Edwards, aged eighty- six, died recently at Wimbledon,, leaving a "post -office savings bank. book, showing deposits amountiug to £105 17s. .9d. Lord Rosebery is a great reader.. He reads while dressing. He has been even known to take a book to the bathroom. But his knowledge is - derived as much from men as from books. His treatment of pretentious talkers is a sight to witness. With the exquisite touch of a nmeter of fence he pricks a windbag ao quickly and yet so gently that the movement is scarcely perceptible, and it is only when the windbag's emptiness is palpably revealed that theonlookers recognize the skill of the operation. THE DOCTOR'S DECISION. A party of men were fishing from the bows of a big warship. Moist di the fish caught were of the kind known as flatfish. Standing dorm by, and intently watching the oper- ations, were two men who were at sea for the first time, and whose knowledge of fish was eviderrtly lim- ited, they being greatly concerned as to the reason. the fish shouli be brown on the top and white under- neath. Orio of them gave it as his eepinicni that the fish were originally , all white, but that sleeping on their baeks in the mud had caused that part to turn brown. The informa- tion Was immediately ridictried by the seemed man, which so incensed the other that he laid a eveger an his theory being correct. -Upon the case being put to the doctor of the ship—'Who, by the Way, was a fun - loving Irishmen—he immediately re- marked that the mild theory put forth by the first Maa wee entirely ,Wreng. "The real cause of, the one side being brown," said lie sagely, "le because the fish have bece-ewitne ming so long With their baely. Upper- tnst that they have got eilebitint t" Professor of Eugibob Literature (to Youxl man)—"IloW do yon Intrietv-, at the folloWing: 'The bean-HUI], kirl for suck She was Was passing down the street'?" Student,—"t -think, Prtifeseor, I would jna'i'o a dash af- ter the beautiftri g11.14,4.