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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-7-10, Page 6CTOR JACK. •By ST. GEORGE R4TH3ORINE, Author of Vocter Jades Wifet" "Captain Tom,' "Baron Sainit "D/Iiss Pauline of New lererla" 4(Miss Capricee" Etc, • CHAPTER M.. It is a most astounding discoverY that Doctor Tack has just • made, and he may well be excused for losing' his bead or Just half a dozen seconds. There can be no mistalre. Jack is ready to wager hale bis fortune on the fact that he Is gazing upon the face of the Barcelona flower girl,. and the nun who bathed his head with spirits of cologne after his encounter with the Barcelona meta. but this does not explain the deep mystery that hangs over the affair, The red bull tires out soon, and his tormentors retire at a blast from the trumpet, their place being taken by banclerilleros. who advance and cast their darts unerringly. Gaudy stream- ers and rogettes are attached to these, and the bull soon looks like the prize •cattle of a show. -Ae the same time semething ot fury Is aroused. in him. though he almost staggers in his wild rushes. The tor- turers have done their work -the • trumpet again sounds. "It is Pedrols turn," says Don Car- los, who has been an excited specta- tor of the game, and in his eager- ness almost forgotten that he has companions at his elbow. The great audience eaddenlsr calm down. No longer shouts arise, not even a handkerchief is waved to dis- tract the attention of either the bull or his master, who steps into the arena. It is now that a man appears, and that excited throng realize the face, which accounts for the sudden silence. The matador faces the bull, and re- ceives his attach, not flying from it as do the other actors in the drama. He is the star of the combination. For the first time since caselear, baceet her vail Mercedes exelme 'toward the Arnerteeri.—S.Ve sees the look upon -*his face, knows that he has recogniz- ed her, and places a finger upon her • scarlet lips in a way that indicates - silence. "You shall know all in good time, Senor Evans," reaches his ear, and the next instant she is pointing into the arena, and saying :- Look at Pedro Vasquez, Senor American. Did you ever see a braver man. ? He stands before the toro per- fectly fearless. See, he waves his red flag to enrage the brute. 'Watch a Spaniard give the Coup de grace. You have faced the haIf-starved bulls in Tteexico, Don Carlos says, but they cannot compare with our noble brutes. It is a different matter being in front of that bull, for instance, senor." Jack does not reply, how can he argue with a beautiful lady, and vaunt his own prowess, too ? It goes against his grain, so he smiles and bows, but inwardly raves. Ah 1 the bull makes up his mind. The critical moment has arrived, and down anon the brave matador he rush- es. It looks as though the ponder- oes beast must run over the man who has dropped upon one knee, as if to receive the assault, his straight sword, with Its keen point, upraised; but this position has been assumed only in a spirit of bravado by the executioner, who knows too much to retain it long- er. The little red muleta held by the left hand to one side engages the attention of the charming beast. With glaring, reddened eyes and steaming nostrils he bears down upon. it. Master oh his trade, Vasquez has his Toledo blade held out with a firm hand, his eye is glued upon the spot, no larger than the palm of his hand, be- tween the left shoulder and the spine, where the point of the weapon meet enter. Thousands hold their breath in this moment of suspense. A miss will cause the reputation of the nmeador to suf- fer. Jack feels a small hand clutching his erne It is Mercedes, who, bending for- ward, hardly realizes what site is do- ing, so great is her interest in the drama below. Of course the American does not re - wove that hand -it might clasp him thus for hours, and he would find grace to bear the captivity, Bis eyes, too, are upon the scene. He watches the mau with the gaze of a connoiseeur, one who has been there himself, and appreciates the situ- ation, which most of the spectators do not. Vasquez has a smile on his lips, as though he scorns a beast such as the one beofre hizn. The bull has reached the flaming engano or lure whicii is tossed upon his horns, for the game is done. The point of the sword has teethed the marked spot on his breast, and the very force of the teeiva onward rush drives the blade through the lunge • into the brave heert. So the first round Is over, The beli lies on the saw -dust, blood issuing from his mouth, and the east audience melee the welkin ring with cheers of "Viva Vasquez! Bravo matador l" The hero of the death etruggle re- goins his iseal sword, wipes it upon the carcase of his ecntagelest, makes troy 'hew, fleet in the eirectiore of the eaptain-general, and then all around the agephitheater, after which he starts to withdraw, in °tate to make himself ready for the next encoutter, At this moment a most terrific bel- • low eounds from the direction of the toril. The pecmle hear Ye and con- gratifiate each other on the feast yet In store. Pedro Vasquez stops in his Oxide, glances toWard the tOril then', tihrugs hth shouldete, and passes on, " teaya, hembre !," cries Dori Cartes, tubbing les Wade together with de- light, awl addrerialng the Americat, e " eou shall see fun now. I told you that blacle bull was a clevil. Even breve Pedro does uot foamy the base, netts. Unleas the varlets weary the animal out before be is, called, it may go hard with him." .A. team of gayly ceparleoned mules, with tinkling bells, is driven into the arena, and the bull and dead horses dragged out, after which the second scene will be' opened, the same thing being gone through with, under a greater or lesser degree of excitement. While the arena is being cleared and gotten in readiness for the next en- gagement, Teak converses with the %lank% girl, He notes the expressive glances she casts in the direction of the Turkish pasha, and a, 'igen begins to steal upon him. lete fancies he can at least understand the sudden enmity of that worthy in the red fez, who has been lcoleing upon him in the light of a rival. The other matter, concerning Meacedes and the flower mart of Bar- celona, remains a. deep mystery, which can. only be solved when thie strange girl grants him a private interview. She • talks almost continually of Pedro, and more than once declares that she adores brave 'nen in a man- ner so pointed that Jack is puzzled to know what she can mean. He does not understand women -he has alwa.ys admitted that fact. What is this chiuming creatuve hinting at? Does she want him to spring down into the arena and play chulo, banderillero, and matador all in one? Thanks, but he came here to see a show, not to make one. These men were hired to amuse people, and did but do their duty. Perhaps at °some futuee 4 - fate would be kind enough te give him a chance to proere his bravery in a way salielytiag to even her Spanish quix- otic ideas. For the present he is well content to sit where he is, said let others do their best to entertain the multituae. The mules have done their duty, and once more the chutos and picadors ride forward, but the keen eyes of the -American notes a lack of confidence in their aotions-that awful bellow has frozen the marrow in their bones, and they fear the coming encounter with the fierce demon soon to be let loose. If Pedro Vasquez has anything 'of the same nervousness about him, woe unto the matador when he comes to face the toro. Patience, and we shall pee in good time. All eyes are bent eagerly and hungri- ly on the door of the torila whence must issue the second bovine monster. It is still cic,sed, but -Erie alquazil has the key in the lock, and awaits the signal to whirl the door open, after hich he will leap for his life over the barrier. Back of that doer a fearful sound is heard, like a peal of distant thunder oft repeated, a.nd the audience catch their breath as the conviction strikes home, even before they see the bull, that here inust be a warrior fit for the steel of Vasquez. • Ah ! the triimpet sounds, open tiles the door, the ground seems to tremble as a mad bull, black as jet and ugly as sin, sweeps into the arena, ready to do battle. Then the silence is broken, a whirl of furious applause arises, and the black terror is seen in hot pursuit of a picador. Vain are the. timid at- tempts of the chulos to distract his ate tention. The brute keeps one object in bis eye, and pursues it with over- whelming zeal. See ! the horse is thrown over, gored to bis death, and the man will be al- so, for his fallen steed pins him down, but just in the nick ,of time a foot- man flaunts a scarlet flag before the bull's eyes, and is presently -assisted over the fence by his powerful par. suer, with a leg ripped open. • The fallen picador is helped out in time, and meanwhile the black bull has demolished two more horses. Such a. texrcr has never e et been seen in the Plaza del Toros, and those who ought to be worrying him seem themselves only worried lest they cannot get over the fence fast enough. Not a horseman is left. The animals lie upon the sawdust, downed by the bans of the sable giant, while their late valiant riders sit astride the fence with the chulos, ready to drop back if the bull but winks twice, and utterly unmindful of the jeers that greet them on all sides, accompanied with a shower of orange paringsaid nuts. Undoubtedly the toro is master of the situation so far. He looks around him to .make sure of this, and then cententedly •chews at a tuft of grasS that appears aeove the sawdt•ist, which action is greeted with shrieks of laughter by the people, who declare this noble fellow will break the whole bull -fighting community up yet. • As the eemnant of the first brigade carnet be bribed or forced to enter the ring again, the dead horses are removed as best they ca,n out of the way with a, tackle provided for this purpose. Tires the ring is stibetae- tielly cleared for the second Seerie of titiSquick panorama. Enter the banderilleros with lotave rnieb., bright ribbons flying, arid to the ertis ie of a quickstep by the bend. tolt imagiaes; that artless theee men ore extraordiriarily spry the same band will preeently have oceasion to elay the Dead March in Saul, for there Is blood in the eye of the bell. He waits until .one of them plants an exploeiVe dart iri hie side, and then starts Now they scatter like a flock of sheep. First this one is chased, atid then that other -soh 1 the rapiditv of the toreat adeancee that the men are benlIdered by it. *WM, metier 10 crashed aSaixist the planking, arid a second only saves him - Self by clinging to the •bores of the bull, evitich aeimal, by a tees of his powerful bead, Sends him into the crowd. While this scene is taking Place the people have forgotten that they 'have torigues. Th.\ equal of this ebony king has never been seen before, He strikes every one with a peculiar feelinet of alarm, and wine timid souls are even contemplating the paseibility of seeing him tear clown the strong barrier, and raoceed to demolish the whole amPlei- taeater. It takes Mr, Bull jeet about ten minutes to dispose of the banderilleros. He seems to enjoy the fun about as well as the audience do, for some of Che latter have found their tongues now, and are ehouting to the brute to kill the cowardly cues who dare not face him. The same bravos who Shout could not be hired to remain in that ieclosure for half the money in Ma- drid, but it is so easy to sit in se- curity and guy a. poor devil whose teeth are rattling together like casta- nets, and who would not if he could, and could not if he would, Is this the end e The black bull remains master of the field, arid has not 'been tired half enough to give the matador a chance of killing him. Of course it is not ex- pected that Pasquez will enter the arena unlese men. are found to torment the bull still more and weary him with faints. The management attempt to expos- tulate with the dart throwers. They will sit team the fence and cast their missiles at long range, but threats and bribes alike fail to induce them to enter. A low murmur, that sounds like far away thunder, gradually rising as the storm sweeps near, until the moan be- comes a shout, end this 111 turn a tu- melt. Tack asks the cause. It is not difficult to find. The terena contains the figure of a n,an-Pedro Vasquez, Toledo blade in cne hand and scarlet xnuleta in the other, stands there. Brave man, he knows the awful chances he takes, but by no sign does he show fear. . One band is raised, it is to quell the deafening applause, -which may un- nerve him e Wait until all is over, and • then if he wins give him what he de- serves; should he lose he will prob- ably feed nothing -bee-ond a requieni: Instantly all becomes as silent as death. and. those two in the arena face each other, the man cool and watch- ful, the brute scraping up the sawduet and dirt with one hoof, as if in defi- ance. It is a picture for a master. Mercedes, with clasped hands, gazes and draws in inspiration -she looks as though the man in the arena were a ged, and jack hearsher utter words that thrill him like electricity : " Caramba ! I adore a brave man !" The tableau is broken. It is the bull that makes the first move. The animal has seemed to scent new danger from the time Pedro Vasquez entered the arena, and at the same time some subtle power has given the brute to understand that he now faces a man and not a coward. 'Up to this time the sympathies of the vast audience have been entirely with 'Taurus. Deep down in their hearts •these Spaniards respect bravery, and they cheer the adversary who follows up his blow, and hiss those who strike and then fly as though the Old Nick himself were after them. Now the toro is in znotion again. He comes plunging down upon the daring metador like an avalanche. Pedro Vasquez has done a foolish thing; and he knows it, but perhaus some sneer- ing remark has urged him on. He will show these people of Madrid, he see ears, that the Vasquez of to -day is fully the equal of any matador whose memory is held sacred. Even the American is forced to ad- mire the roan's grit, though he expects to see him suffer for it. in Jack's opinion the Spaniard has not the pro- per conception of what he should do •under these extraordinary circum- stances, for never has Pedro faced a mad bull such as the one now rushing upon him. "Fool ! fool !" Jack mutters, almost unconsciously, and then he sees Mer- cedes turn and give one quick look into his face, showing she must have cannht his words. Then comes the collision -when a fast moving body bears down upon a stationary one, unless the latter gets out of the way in haste, there is' bound to be a smash-up. On a railroad the lighter engine always gets the Worst of it, and indeed this is generally the case the world over. Pedro has depended on luring the bull be one side by means of his flaunt- ing muleta, dangled out with his left hand. Ile :earns to have taken it for gatted that this animal will follow the tee:tics pursued by the last, and swerve , enough from the course to allow the alanting of the sword point upon his left breast, when, as in the case of the red buil, his own velocity will do the rest. (To Be Continued.) • Natet-leteeg,e4K,eitee:Wateeere)KowiKeet FOR FARMERS . ,Seasonable and PrOfitable "lints or the BUsy Tillers of tile Soil.'• "oilli*****IiiR'0,:it(ei*044‘f..0'?I'Eai4q03E.9* PLY' PREVENTIVES. Last year l' was able to keeP up the milk flow through. August, net-- withstandingthe fact that the f all- ing off of milk at the factories was more serious, than. any year previ- ous, principally on account of • the 'writes •'Mr, J. A. McDonald, P.111,1.. I 'was no melte blealenie from ellee and dried-up pastures than any 'Other locality, yet through 40, - gust my milk flow was but pound's per caw per day less than in the flush of June pasture, ,aad this with cows which calved in the spring.• I used pure kerosene oil, and:think it is tne sleepiest, clean- est end Most potent remedy among tnemanyfly preventives in use. 1 use a common tin hand spray that heads one quart Of inlaid, and it is but the work of two minutes for each cow to spray them far flies ev- ery day. •When flies are vary per- sistent I spray twice,' morning dad night, as kero,senc. evaporates very quickly. One quart of kerosene is sufficient to spray ten. cow's once and costs 5 &nits, or cent Per cow, , To. test the value .Of the leer -Cisme spray from an economical point of Vie*. 1 have occasionally desisted from spraying. On these occasions the Caws were pretty well covered with. flies, though sprayed the previ- ous evening. On the following morning tlt miIk flow fell off an average of two pounds per cow 'and at night about three pounds from the daily. average for the week. That showed a loss of five pounds of Milk per day, notwithstaading, the feet that the cows were fed an abun- dance of green feed at each milking. - 'elle satisfied that a e-caut'S Worth Of kerosene oil and two minutes' time' give five pounds milk, which to inc is worth 5 cents.. 1 have previ- ously :tried fish -oil and other Ingre- dients as aa fly -preventive, nut,afInd each Oil mixtaiais' :,1.4:atiC'te. ap- ply,- and emit a disagreeable odor, besides attracting 'dust and sand on the cows' bodies. One day last sumener, 1 was out of kerosene, and having no other Oily ingredient at hand save tallow, I melted a quantity on the stove, and to onase a pungent smell added about two tablespoonfuls turpentine to one pint melted tallqw. Tbis applied to the cows while warm, and lowed it had a splendid effect in warding off the flies, and what was marc, the weather being wet at the time; fomid it to be the most last- ing ,fly -preventive I ever tried. It forms a, scale Or coat on the hair that withstands the attack of hies, and for wet or rainy weather, ap- pears to be mach. .ahead of kerosene. The wet appareutly increases its ad- hesive -qualities. Bet it is hasty to apply and takemuch longer time. A brush is not very goad to apply it with, so, fax best effects, it must be applied with the hand. .Have the tallow mixture and liquid warm and apply to the withers, -front sides, belly, fore legs and horns with the palm of the hand. The tallow mix- ture is withal somewhat deer, so only use it in wet weather and de - peed almost wholly an the kerosene Pray. SCOURGE OF PLAGUE. India's Startling Record Sin.ce September, 1896. A British Government statement regarding the condition. of India respeet to the Plague from its first outbreak in Bombay in September, 1800, to, Merch, 1002, shows a. to- tal of reported deaths from the di- sease during that period. of 586,600 in the Bombay Presidency and 315,- 4:00 in other parts of India, or a to- tal of 852,000 for the Whole be Bri- tish India tuid. the 'native States. Making allowance for untraced and eareported deaths it is calciflated that a million died during the per- ibd mentioned, -During the first three months of 1002 the deaths reported in the Bombay. Presideney were 62,661 compared with 17,308 in the corms.- Potcling period of . 1903 • °thee parts of India elfotv a corresemacling increase, °speciallyin the renjeli, whore the deaths in 1090 were 515, it 1001, 15,2r115, While in the firsi montbs of 1002 the ileums hi.e170 risen. 000rfltoUSl3Y, riie cl ca.the re- ported in Marcie alone intiabered 4.2,733. NO. W. CHASE'S CAVA-RH Is sent direct to the diseased parte-by the Improved Blower. Heats the tillage deers the air pasitages, odes droppings in the throat 'dnd permanently cures Catarrh and Hay never. Blower free. All dealers, or Dr, A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Toronto and Buffalo. FARMING FOR PROFIT. The fanner who has an $800 mort- gage on a $1,000 farm Wants relief from his incubus, and the farmer who is free from debt wants to put away a few dollars . every year against the evil day that is sure to come. The mortgage cannot be raised by sprinting, nor the dollars saved by spasmodic work and in ex- perimental farming there is rarely any profit. If one sells milk or but- ter he should keep only good milk and butter producers; it costs near- ly. as inach to feed a "scrub" cow as one that returns three times as much for its keep; if he keeps poul- try, turkeys or geese or sheep or pigs, he should keep the varieties, and keep thein well, that caery the most dollars ender their skins. , 11 he grows fruits or vegetables for the market, he should grow such as the colieunier wonts and. he should mar- ket them, when the consumer wants tbene and above all things he ehould grow the largest, quantity possible on a given space' of ground, Ex- cept for fertilizers, itcosts as much to grow 100 bustlers of potatoes on f r led s to grow 300. his Lit,1 Some fanners ,finel that the artifieial fertilizers ,pay a, oat of 100 per cent. oh their cost. Wo larMer who WitiltS IX> lift a Mortgage or emit A dollar can afford to Work without them. Then no hpme-made should be alleared to go te waste, no brush nor weeds ,should be all:, lowed to grow up in the felled' Cor- ners or In any apace that Pan- be ealtivated, no apologies for fences shoal(' be tolerated and while the erops, ,stich as Mots or vegetableS generally are growing, the ground should be stined, ovin 'anti over again with cultivator or harroSea Farmers who work On these lines ought not to be teoubled :with mort- gages Or empty peckete. VALUE, CLOVER. , Compare a crop of clover, with a crop of wheat as it affects the sier- Wily of the 'soil. ef you plow un- der a crop Of clover that Will ,pro -- dace two, tons to .the acre, you add to your land..ekently ninety. poinvIS of nitrogen. • This nitrogen is. ap- propriated from the free: nitrogen. Of the air, and pegs the farmer noth- ing. The wheat has not the power to de this. Nitrogen is worth, in the comeeercial world, when you go to bay it in, the shape of a fertilizer about 18 cents per pouad,' You have here; then, a. gain of $16.20: per acre. Take a crop of wheat, on the other head, and you remove from YoUe Soil tato pounds of nitro- gen for every 'bushel oe wheat and the stea,w which accompeetes it. At twenty bushels t� the aere you there- fore take from your land. forty pounds, Which at 18 cents amounts to 6'7,20. You have as e:balciace 'against this twenty baShele of wheat at the mar- kt price. This is, the foundation principle cawheat and known as the "Norfolk Rotation" so poptdar in the old country. It is a four years rotation With roots, barley clover and wheat in the .order named, MalYST English farmers,: by following this rotation have not ()lily retained the fertility of their farms, but have actually increased it, although t in constant eultivatien eox' hundreda of years. THE COW STABLE. The platform On whieh the cows stand should be at least six inches higher than the floor: .This will give drop enough so that the cows can lie down Withora, getting into manure. But cows will not keep clean if the 'platform on which they stand is net of the proper length. It should project not more than two inches beyond the noWs hind feet. It works well to have the platform 4 'or a inches higher than the rear end, as thig allows the urine to run oft. It takes but little time to fix the stable. If too low the plat- form can easily be eaisod. by .putting thicker pieces of timber underneath, and if too long. a saw will ehorten it. Alter the stable is fixed, the cows in and the Milking all done the last thing to do before leaving them for the night is t,o clean out t any ma- niere that may have dropped since they Were tiedup,and then scatter some sawdust or other absorbent on. the timer -below the drop. This soaks up the urine and when a cow is lying down, her tail will not be- come wet. Upon going- out to milk in the morning, cos stabled in this way will be clean and one will not experience the unpleasantness of having .a, wet and dirty tail swung acroee the face. RUSSIA'S 'REVENUE SOURCES. The Russian Chancellor has a unique source of ravenue Which Sir Michael Hicks-13each inust envy. Ev- ery Russian going to a concert, theatre, or any public entertainment pays his einem towards the support oe an institution established by the Russian Government on behalf of the poor. Every ticket sold is tax- ed, and in 1398 a million roubles (about $825,000) roiled hato the treasury through this channel. But the Government Of the Tear estab- lisbed. a reputation for financial cleverness when it Made a little for- tune out of the Crimean War, For Months lifter the end ef the war old iron, shot, and shall were picked up around Sebastopol. For a while a regular trade grew' up,' thoesande of toes of metal being sold. Such a chance was too goad to be missed, and the Government stepped io be- tween buyer's and sellers with a tax of. 6c1. per hundredweight. When the •last. 9110t. had been picked up. and sold the 'Tsar's Chancellor found: that he had reaped a little harvest, of £15,000! Mother: e1 suppose your father doesn't mean to do it, but 'be tries my. -patience - very hard at "times." Daughter: "Oh, I think papa :is a pretty good man." Mother: "He is, ray dear; but it is hard to think that after we have been married twenty years he still occasionally talks back." red \TOYOUS_GROWDS. The Man in the Asylum and 'in the Street Compared. The London Lancet seriously is ciisses the psychology of jubilation. After referring to the othoutieg, the b•oelloilltii 'illigl.,ceteliceisfeatber-tickling, and o "Of (mese, suck exuberance 'is an ineanity of the Moment, arben, 'It lo OYOV we make excuses and look oheep-faced when brought to ranee- tiori; but we are able to eettle down to our prosaic existence much inore quickly than would have been pos- sible if we had fought against the volcanic explosion of feeling and en- deavored to tool ourselves by More gradual and rational anethads. "In these public outbursts of en- thusiasm in the night time, which Boo the culmination of the SeiSilliC disturbance because inhibition is then at its lowest ebb and the light of day is gone, we must have mane light so we flout the quiet heavens with artificial fire. The silence of night is oppressive and we must have a soothing noise, So we shout and then laugh and sing until the lava of jubilation has run out and we cran rest lapped in the peace thee follows an irresistible letting -go, "So might argue the crowds fill- ing our streets on Mafeking and peace nights and the ailinity of this frame pf Mind to raadneSs mast strike observant men,. The essen- tial difference between the madness of a man inside an asylum and the insanity of a man outside ig that the former lias. his failure of inhib- ition at times when there is no ex- cuse except his own personal mor- bid condition. When, therefore, the rest of society is unprepared it re: omits the forcible exbibition of What is against ito feelieg of the mo- ment. The latter's outburst exact- ly represents that feeling and :the sanity of what is,really a nranifestaa tion of insanity is accepted by all," The Lancet argues that these ebul- litions are good for the community, though it says : "We feel that this is tentaanount to confessing that the march to civilization has not Modified human nature so much as might be believed. The world is very much as it was long ago. There is still the same tendency*. toward explosiveness, mind storms, and loss of inhibition, and it takes very little to seduce the sedate citizen into the destructiveness of the child, the 'rag' of the university student or the 'hooliganism' of the man in the street'. Habit may do much. The events Of the last three years have been in the nature of a new experience. There was no pre- paration and no geadual adaptation to new conditions, while everything that argued for explosiveness was provideld." SHOES THAT WERE MEANT TO The young man entered the boot - maker's establishment hastily, after having glanced cautiously round to see that no 'aim Was. about. Be hurried,' past the assistant to the farther end of the shop, where he produced a smell brown paper par- cel froth under his coat. "See these slippers?" he asked. "I want a good pair of heels put on:" "But-er-ham these are very old srippers, very much worn," ob- jected the man. "They will hardly stand heeling." "I only want theni for one occa- sion," replied the young man. "Only for a minute or two. But I want a good solid pair of heels, hard letwill hardly be le credita- tele; They ble pair,"' continued the aseistaut, "even if you only Wear them for a few minutes. "Certainly a cheap new pair would be -e.--" "I'm not going to speed money on a new pair for that," said the own- er doggedly. "I want some good thick, hard heels On these - you cau make them of iron or stone or any- thing ,you like,' so long as they are 11V 0' man stared at him, in 'doubt whether his customer was in full possession of his senses. "Yon don't understand," said the customer, looking round the shop and speaking in a low voice. "I'll tell. you what,I want 'ern. for. , I was courting a pretty girl, and Black cut me out. They are going to be Married to -morrow, and I'm going to throw e pair of old slippers at him -fox' luck, you know - and if I don't give him something to remem- ber his wedding day by, you can set Inc down as a heathen. Chinee." • Hee-"It's easy to see thee women were made 'before mirrors." She- "Indeea. .? Why ?" Hee-"Decause. that's how, their got the start, They've been before them ever since." "I've reed that the first man who ever carried an uthbrella in the streets', over a hundred years ago, was mobbed." 'By people who wanted to be the first to borrow it, I suppose." 1. immormimmereempoeme • The Burning, Stinginp; Sensations Talion Away and the Raw Flesh llealeo • by Dr.' Chase's. Ointment, Th is not at all unusual for children to suffer greatly from eczema, a fora). .of itching skin disease, but it frequently happens that relief is very hard to obtain, and neglect 15 likely to leave the subject a life-long victim of this, ekie trouble, Dr, Chase's Oiiitmeut has peoven itself a quie.k relief and permanent, cure for this ailment. Take, for example, the following case :- Mr, G. Wiley, who is employed as cooper by the ;Kennedy & Davie Milling Conmany, Lindsay, Ont., states : "I used, Dr. Chase's, Ointment tor eczema on my little girl some few years ago, and soon brought about a thorough and permanent cure. Silo had suffered for coesiderable time, and though we tried a great Many remedieS, Dr. Chase's Ointmeet was, the only preparation to prove offectiVe. . "I cannot speak too highly of Dr, Chase's Ointmeet, as it certainly effected a prompt and permanent cure in thie ease, Dr, Chase's Ointanent is remarkably effectiye as a treatment for sore feet, andevery form of. skin irrita- tioniees, T. Brubton, Allendale, Ont,, state :-"I can recommend Dr, Chase'Ointment ae a sure eine for sere feet. I Stand a, great clot on ray foot, and have been troubled for some time With chafing arta blieters. My tncsNVele% oltn iatviti z.1:dyverteldvyetlinge riSrPaii!lc%il e/hininended for sore feet, but Br. Chase's Ointment is aha aray remedy that did me any real good. It soothed the burnieg and stinging, and thoroughly healed and eured the eores," Chase'e Ointment 10,. We believe, the Most effective and most thoroughly eatiefectory treatment that was ever used fee eeearea sloe, realm end itcblt Ain diseatIes' and eruptioria, 60 cents a box, at au clogers, r bdtiixtAoti, Bates fsv Goa Toronto --eaerreereaace UTEli SUOTSWIEN RIMIEST DAY IN VIE YEAR rcat FURNITURE VANS, In Scotland,. May 28th Is Given. • Over tellaittCian;.lival of The Scottieb, system is to 104 houses by the year from May 28th s even the smallest, consisting or, only one room, are so let. On the, great day,in any large town, the sights afforded range from the laughable to the pathetic. • As soon. as it is daylight, the vans iousiy fPeovirsree\ot' e re till' s:otvica7a1Sst e, b ge goiOnd °XIII: ed for the time. Occasimially some streets -in Glasgow, for instance -- present an. appearance of wholesale dumped down in the street, and there the poor family are left strand- 'Ir'e the demands that work ; the goode are loaded up .with Mere haste than care, and to the accompaniment of the geed house- wife's lamentations as some therish- .ecl household god is roughly flung into the van. Areived at the destin- ation, further troubles are ia store ; perhap,s the new house is not yet va- cated, and, as the van is requireda, vans cannot always be obtained, and every kind. 'of vehicle, including horseless carriages, pox ularly known as "herleys," is pressed into the service, supplemented by father, mother and the children, each carry- ing pictures, mirrors, or other. cher- ishe.d articles too precious to trust to the tender • mercies of some•ram- sha.ckle eonveyance. • THESE pRocussioNs are moving along all day. The re- presentative of law and order, upon this day, at least, is very lenient, his gruff "Move on !" is less in evi- dence, and his ready note -book gets a rest ; there are no "cases" of ob- s tructio a reported, altho ughof ten loaded vats have to remain in a street all night. It may be that the "polisman" grasps the humors of the situation, or perhaps a feeling influences influences him. No doubt his own flitting is in progress, and he retires off duty to seem strange abode, there to assist in carrying in his goods, to sup off a crust of bread. and cheese, mid sleep on the hoar as others have to do. A stranger naturally iequires the cause of this Olie day given over to chaos. It is to be found inthe cau- tion of the. Scottish landlord. It is difficult to obtain a house at any other time -than the lawful removal day, and the canny house -owner has prudently secured ills rent a fortea night- previously, May 15th. , "Moonlight" flittings are thus practically unknown, and there isaa little loss of rent from that- cause. ' The rents being payable half -yearly °illy, the cost of collection is re- duced, as is the risk of loss, to a minimum. The system entails -great hardship to workingmen compelled to change the scene of their labors., They frequently cannot obtaiu • a house until term day, and have con- sequently to take lodgings and sup- port their family In another town. If fortunate enaugn to obtain a house, the landlord steps in and re- quires a full year's rent to be paid or del °sited in bank before be al- lows the goods to be removed. The unfortunate head of, a household is also responsilele for the full year's rates of his "new" house, although he may have paid in full at, PiS Va- cated house. THE ONLY ADVANTAGE to the tenant is security of tenure for twelve months, and the certainty of being accommodated at the ex- piry, in the general scramble. Of coarse, it 'happens sometimes, through new houses being erected,. ' that someone is able to start the • ball rolling a day or- two before term, to the comfort of all involved in the particular circuit, but, 'gen- erally speaking, May term -day in Scotland is not an institution to be admired and copied. , Strange to say, Seedy not only takes this day, philosophically, but is much more addicted to" flitter," than people south of the Tweed, some families moving regularly every year without any apparent necessity. One would scarcely expect the worry and discomfort of the day, and suc- ceeding temporary chaos, to be vol- untarily undertaken, but the fact is it - sell atan contsinuedn. ii.g m cloonflotnhueseynettera to the 13ritish long-suffering and law-abid- ing nature. GAMES OF TAG. Lively Pastiines in Favor Among Children. in Switzerland. Swiss Children make believe that the pursuer in the game of these or tag ie invested with an imaginary evil spirit, whoa> power is subjectto certain charms. For instance, if ' they touch cold iron, a gate -latch, a horseshoe or an iron nail the power of the demon is broken, Sometimes thee- make gold or silver their charm.- • They play cross -chase, in witicb the ibnoitnwieere nwht)thedapi•tusrs:ecItsa,8ndtl - tir pittch e pursuer becomes the object of the cateher, • end the former ;one goes free, Again, if tee runner squats he is free, ot he may squat three times, and after that, the -charm, is lost,. The ehaser ',often disguises himself, and unless the captives can guess who he is the captive is banished cap -the chaser \veering' his Cap With 11.0111 the gaMe: They also play turn- • the lining outside, • Another SwisS game is called pot, of gold. Ono of the swiftest runners takes a •stick and pretends to dig for a pot of gold, He workii away for a few minutes, then cries out "I've found it," and runs awa,y, with •it, at the top of his .speed. Ile has the advantage of a fete ?•xt,1,5 at the siert, for while, he is diggiree the o ther players are grouped behind him at least one rod (lista n t. The player who catches bite gate Vk pot of gold and becoince In tura tubject, ' to robbers. This keeps °eel y p/eyer on the chase eontinnally.