Exeter Times, 1902-7-31, Page 2c
By ST. GEORGE RATI-1130RINE;
Auditor of "Potter laces Wife*" "Ceptaitx Tien*" "Ba..ton. Sena" "Miss
Pauline of New York/' "Miss Caplet*" Etc.
Their eyes meet. Sack half smiles,
and is amazed to see her start visibly.
Does she know him ? Impossible, tor
he has never before met this girl face
to face, though just at present his
Mission in Madrid seems to haVe some
sort of eonneetion with her.
He wastes no more tirne, for surely
this chance meeting is auspicious. at
must be accepted. as a, harbinger of
Success. Politely bowing, he asks ;
"I beg pardon, but am I not ad-
dressing Miss Avis Morton, of New
York ?"
She freezes hira with her look, and
drawing up to her full height, re-
plies
" That is my name, sir, but 1 ha.ve
not the honour of your acquaintance."
The manner implies more than the
words would signify, and some men
might have been aba.shed, but Doctor
Zack alwa.ys did 'prefer to hunt die.
ficult genie, and was never known. to
fish in any well stocked preserve,
snatchiag his trophies from the wild
mountain brooks and lakes, wh.ere
they had every chance in. their favour.
Somehow he likes Avis Morton from
the word "go," Her looks and man-
ner charm him, and now her words
add to the zest. Rere is a girl worth
the 'winning, and lucky the man who
may wear the wild rose.
Jack has no fear regarding his re-
ception evhen he tells her what is on
his mind, and yet he does not hurry
about it. Feeling so positive on this
score, he seems to think he might as
well enjoy watching the various
shades of emotion play over that ex-
pressive fat* before showing his own
trumps.
"We have never met before, Miss
Morton, but in a foreign country tete
lack of an introduction does not stand
in the way of people becoming ac-
quainted when they hail from the land
of the glorious stars and stripes."
She remains as frigid as the Polar
seas, and proba.bly ttere is no one who
can assume this character with more
hauteur than the New York girl of
society. Jack looks in vain for some
sign of relenting,. His first attack has
ne.t been a very brilliant success..
"What you say may ordinarily be
true enough, and at seine future time
I may be pleased to know you, but
'atepresent x am in search of my good
friend; Madame Sophie. You will ex-
cuse me, Doctor Sack, if—"
" Ah ! you know me !" he cries, de-
ligeted to hear his name fall from
those lips.
She colours a little, then laughs. •
"Well, to tell the truth, I heard the
gentleman in front call out your
tame."
"Good gracious! were you there ?"
"I travel by the old motto of 'When
in Rome do as the Romans do,' and
it would never do for me to talk of
Spain and say 1 had not seen a bull -
fig -ht. Besides, do you know, I ac-
tually enjoyed it a. little. Perhaps
"ate•ay back I had Spanish ancestors—
who knows ?"
Doctor Jack has but one idea in
ev., an this to keep up the conver-
sation, for although Avis has declared
that she must not stand and talk with
a stranger, like many of her sex, she
does exactly what she declares she
will not:
Perhaps this is due in part to the
singularly attractive qualities of the
A.merican doctor, and the fact that he
is a countryman, which goes a great
way when abroad.
"Strange how I failed to see you
there, when examin.ed the foreign
booth carefully a number of times,
looking for—an acquaintance," he
slowly utters, coming very near a
alba
"We came in late, Madame Sophie
and I, just as the manager was offer-
ing two hundred something or other
for anyone to conquer that terirble
animal. I assure you, Doctor Jack, I
felt proud when you accepted the
challenge, and declared the fact that '
you were an American. But I was
afraid you were going to your death '
up to the time you began te play
with Taurus, when the truth managed
to steal through my brain that you
were a master hand. Where did you
learn such a. game in our country ?"
"I was a cowboy in Texas for sev-
eral years, but it was in Mexico I
fought bulls for amusement and pro-
fit combfned," he replies..
"Ah ! yes, you said so In your lit-
tle speech. I had forgotten—the
events that followed confused me. So
you have been in Mexico ?" looking
at him with zome admiration, for al-
though she has declared that she
ought not to talk with Doctor Jack
tvIthout some form of introduction, or,
at least, the presence of the duenna,
she continues to do so. Truth to tell,
there is a peculiar magnetism about
him that draws this girl; he is just
such a brave man as she has always
declared should be her knight errant
if ever she had one.
His gallant work in the arena, has
put a Seal upon her eyes, and she
does not see that which she would
not.
"I was in lelexico several years in
the mines. That is where X made my
money. :Besides, X have roamed over
the whole world, There Is probably
no country under the sun where I
have not hunted will beasts no pre-.
nirent city have not explored."
0 Aral, I presume, with the meal
erigeur that characterizes your sex,
You can boast of a flirtetiori with a
pretty girl of everv nation."
Doctor Jack is quite taken with lier
boldneSS, but he adrrarez chic, arid
laughs in replse
"What would gott haVe, Miss Mor-
ton ? x have an eye for the beauti-
'hal, and admire ratuee in whatever
mooe / find it. They tell us woman
is the loveliest work of all, and must
he Wine, intlet.4, hot lc notice what
la patent to all Men Besides, / hay
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always been judged soMething of a
connoisseur of a handsome face,"
This he says with a meaning' look,
but Avis, faille.% as thought, turns .it
aside.
"So I perceive," with a glance be-
yond him in the direction of Mer-
cedes, "she is certainly one of the
most beautifeil women x have ever
Seen,"
He turns red, although he does not
know why he should, but somehow
that clear blue eye seems to confuse
him. She tVideatly believes Mercedes
still talking to the Turk, to be his
latest love, perhaps his affia.ncea, and
he almost shows a ludicrous haste to
undeceive her,
" you mean Mercedes—Senorita
Gonzales. I never had the pleasure
of an introduction until we met at
the bull -fight Her uncle, Don Car-
los, and myself have dope some hunt-
ing together up in the Pyrenees, yes,
she is a lovely creature, but, do you
know, I prefer a being of a fairer
mould. These Spaniards are jealousy
condensed, and I should always trem-
ble for my life if wedded to one of
them."
Oh ! you would have to give up
your flirtations, that would be all,"
and a killing little look accompanies
the speech.
Doctor Jack finds himself upon the
defensive, and although the situation
Is a novel one to him he rather en
joys it One will accept thrusts from
a certain hancl in preference o fa
yours from another, and although ter).
minutes ago Jack had never set eyes
on this bright New York girl he is
alre dy t
"Why, WS he pasha, With whom
year triend is talielleg—Ahdallali
Pasha,"
" Good HeaVen do yen know that
iniserahle Turk, Mies ANIS I" gasps
Mir Jaele—he ha e Maslen ter it.
"I met him some threo ago at the
house of Lady Witherspoon, in Lon-
don, aud eound him quite au enter-
taining talker. and silucated, too, He
seemed quite interested, in nie, and
asked about iny plans, being delight-
ed to bear 1 was eoraing to We city,
Constantinople."
"No deabt. These Turks are good
judges of beauty. They generelly
have a score ot wives" dryly answers
the American, then adds, quickly :—
" Perhaps you would like to meet the
senorita? X will introduce you if yeti
would care."
"Thank you, Doctor Jack, I will
meet her, but tor goodneea Sake say
nothing about—you know—our never
having met before,"
"Believe me, I shall mem than to
believe we are old and warm triends,"
and as he turns away he glories in the
blush his words have called upon the
New York girl's fair face. e
Presently he comes up with Mer-
cedes and the pasha, who still ling-
ers, like a moth about a candle, only
to Jack's keen eye the simile loses its
flavour because of the suspicion he
entertains that It is Mercedes who
has been doing all the fluttering lip to
this minute.
The two girls greet each other warm-
ly, but that is no indication of their
real feelings. As a rule the gentler
sex are better actors than their male
relations, s.ncl Doctor jack looks deep-
er tham the surface to find the truth.
He enjoys standing tbere and com-
paring these two types of beauty, lt
is astunishing how changed his ideas
have beeome since meeting Avis. Pre-
vious to that he thought Mercedes the
loveliest woman he had ever set eyes
Oaseaesate,,eaesq.es,HOs011ee.)IieeW4.14(speget, With the core we eannot guy -
1. thing about the ration. Seeaghune
e
is FO3r1 Anig ?lt has beea end for ensilage making,
A Alvtitliaa . but 1 tanuld, inanglee that there
* could be no sourer silage made than
wo,uld result from the use of Soi‘ge
,Seasesaino Sind PrOfilabld hum fol. this purpose. Vitdian cern
'Mate for the Tillera ?$-; the Silo plant without a rival.
?ti of the Sell, et Every now and then we read about
fit plotting e,ow peas among corn and
eti***00).K.s.)*s-M's'Asi***00.4(se3E.94( the eutting of the wholefor the
silo -
The man Who tries this once on
KEEPING
good soil will never be rash enough
In a recent peese bulletin isaued by to try it a second time for I cannot
„.
the Indiana 'experiment station, imagiee a, meaner lob than the cut-
, •
Prof. Hell Van Norman states that eiag of alma a eaageaa mass,. We gee
milk sours because Of the.prateeSS Of vise, then: the making of clean en -
growth the, multiplitotiOn of the silage, and then use the other • ma -
bacteria the milk sugar is ellaned terials for balaneing the ration, but
acid present to be apparent to the
to lactic acgd. When there is enough net in the silo:
taste, the milk is said to be sone.
Since the keeping qualitY of -milk
POULTRY,
bears direct relation to the bac-
teria which gain access, it is • int- There is ono poiet npOn which the
portant to prevent their getting. best SW:COSS irt poultry 'keeping large -
into the rnilk. The udder and ad- ly 'depends; in respeot to :which net
jacent parte of the body which. are enough is known, of the best meths
much shaken during milking is one ode actually adopted by those who
of the Chief sources of infection; may be called professional a„deptai
while the 'dust of the stable, the It is SO often forted upon the at'
hands and clothes of the milker, tention of those who take some
gether with the pails and cans used pride in small -successes in •this field;
are only slightly less important and so little is learned that satisfies
soerces. Experiments shote that the amateur chicieen raiser., that in -
milking in a stable where the circa- fomnation as to the methoda Of the
kitten of air can carry the dast out, experts is earnestly cleared for fur -
wiping the udder with ClaMP ClOtil tiler enlightenment, . .
and scalding utensils with live steata The crying want is, in a ,general
Or boiling water, will not caller re- way, a want of cleanliness. With
duce the baCterial content of the say 50 fowls; coefieed doing the
Milk, but increases 'the keeping qual- joyful season of gardens and lawns
ity of the milk materially. A cove to a house conveniently arranged
ered milk pail, With only a small with proper rheas and laying room;
opeeing to milk into, reduced the Steel a Sufficiently: large yard, fenced
number of germs falling into the with wire Petting, high enough to
pail, and the milk kept sweet 20 defy' the most flighty of 7liberty-lov-
h ou es I eager . • big hens, what aro the very beet
..lenneedia.to cooling after milking is methods of Wagering cleanliness ?
next in importance. Milk allowed to What is the daily habit of care
on' now her beauty is dimmed and stand two hours without cooling which gives the meet reliable pro -
ox; contained 23 times as many germs tection against theee three serious
by a Yankee girl, who makes no pre-
tensions in that line., Doctor Jack I as when milking was fintehed, while and obstinate evils (1) Vermin, (.2)
ea akens to the fact that there is more that which was cooled to 5•1 degrees foul' odors, (8) scabby legs and
in expression that mere beauty of eon- only had .fouir times as many at the feet ? •
tor.enc o two lotus. This eiriphasizes The bright eye,' plumage fine
Leather, smooth, clean legs and feet,
and neat quarters are also neces-
sary to the comfort' of the owner of
poultry., and presumably ttie the fea-
thered biped also, that an exact
knowledge of the actual, practical
system that eecures them would
doubtless be hailed and adopted
with great satisfaction by many.
Cannot we have a tittle symposium
on this precise point, giving us the
explicit lades of those who axe most
successful in this regard with fowls
in close confinement ?
As whatever affects health, coin -
fort and high condition has an im-
portant bearing upon production, ne
doubt the - highest cleanliness veil]
also tell in a fuller egg, basket.
the iinportance of quick and titer-
- They chat for a few minutes on ough cooling.
general subjects. To travellers there
- is always a host of things of Whieh
tbey can talk. The pasha says little,
and devotes that to the ladies, com-
pletely ignoring Jack, who watches
• e •
He disclaims being a male flirt, and
vows that he has pursued the wild
game of forest and mountain so earn-
estly that he has had little time to
look after the gentler kind to be
Lound in towns and. villages. She
changes the subject with an abrupt-
ness that declares the danger line to
have been nearly reached.
" What possessed you to enter that
ring and risk your life to -day ?" she
asks, her eyes on his face as if read-
ing him through and through.
Doctor Jack. had not known this
lively girl ten minutes, and yet some-
thing. warns him to beware, He does -
not tell her that it was a woman's
smile that urged him on, a womanee
eves that caused him to take his life
in his hand and snring into the arena.
True. Avis Merton tan as yet have
little interest in hina but he is too
shrewd a man to make so bad a brealt
in the start. First. appearances go
a great way, and he means that this
American girl, shall have no cause toi e
remember him with disdain.
"I could not take a challenge, that
h
was all. Besides, something of the
old spirit seemed to creep over me, and
X wondered if I could do the same
tricks I used to years ago in Mexico."
This is the exact truth, and yet no
all the truth, for the challenge Doc
tor Jack took up came from the
Spanish beauty at his side and no
from the master of ceremonies.
" You talk like an aged man! you
do not look so very old," she smiles.
"A friend asked me that to -day,
enumerating the countriegI had hunt-
ed in, and all that I had seen for a
score of years. I told him my ex-
perience made me about seventy, while
in actual truth I lacked by several
years being half that old. I have
been a great traveller—in Asia Aus-
trailia, South and North America, and
with Stanley in Africa."
Those large blue eves grow serious
—they still rest upon his face uncori-
sciouslr.
"I have always been passionately
fond of travels myself, though it is
only the last year, since coming of
age, that I could gratify my whim in
that respect. Perhaps some time you
may tell me of strange things you
have seen."
"With pleasure," Doctor Jack cries,
eagerly.
" Oh ! I forgot, we have not been
en
do not know each
other," laughing.
"Humbug! I can refer you to a
dozen gentlemen in New York, be-
longing to the first society, from
Pierre Lorillard down, who will vouch
for rne as a gentleman. What more
is needed ? You have yourself seen
that I am a man."
"Porgive me. I only joked. I
would. rather trust my eves and own
good Judgment than have a reference
from any New York society man. They
may be mistaken. I never agn."
Somehow jack sees something in
this to take to himself as a compli-
ment. and he bends his head toward
the giri. Her eyes are on the crowd
around. It is evident that she is wor-
ried over the absence of her friend.
"I wish I could see Madame Sophie.
We were to meet leg this 'Rebecca at
the Well' in case we became separated.
The only thing z can Imagine io that
she has met Larne."
"Larry ?" and Doctor Jack =con-
Sciotisly 'takes a sudden alarm,
"ley tousin, Lawrence. He wrote
that he would be in Madrid about this
time, and was bound to find us. Larry
never gives up an object he has in
view. You would not think it, but he
is as stubborn as a mule."
Doctor Jack is Contemplating her
while she glances' areund, and medita-
ting upon the possibility of this self-
same Larry's havistg ever taken a no-
tion to fall in love with his cousin,
and also considering What effect his
being as stlibborn as a mule would
haVe Avis, who looks herself as
though the ;se:Wades a, little of the fi
family trait in the shape of n -einem
A low erg from Ins domination an-
nounces that she has made ,a die-
coyersa _
]tUlk-when first deawn hasa poet -
liar :navel-, or cowy taste, more or
less. noticeable, which if not driven
oix by aeration (expos:at to the air)
the Turk out of the corner of his eye, frequently gives the milk an unplen-
and .gra.tas Ms teeth to see the avarie sant taste even before it beeonees
clone manner in which he surveys
Avis Morton, as though be would give
her weight in gold to convey her to.
his harem. cool. 9. -he cooling and aeration may
Jack's gloomy thoughts are inter- .be better and quicker done by- run-
rupted. • .ning the milk over a combined cool -
"There she is—naughty Madame Sop- er .anicl aerator or other similar ap-
hie, and as I suspected, dear Larry is paratus having peovision for •run -
with her. Hoy; well he looks." ning cold water through it. Finally,
'With a sinking of the heart Doctor cleaner cows, cleaner milkers, scald-
ed .utensils, quick and thorough
cooling aeration, less exposure to
dust of street when delivering, will
ineree se keeping quality of market
milk. 11 properly done one delivery
sour.- Aeration may be accoMpliats
ed by Stirling- or by pouring from
one- vessel to another. The can of
milk may be set in a tub of water to
Jack turns his head to look upon the
man whom he has already set down
aa his most formidable rival.
CHAPTER VI.
WATER 1.011 HOGS.
Very few farmers realize the im-
Somehow in his mind Jack has plc- a day will be all that 1- ':.- -.1." • • water they require at all times. In
.e le easa a porta-nee of giving hogs all the pure
tured Cousin Larry as a goodThemour- many places they are watered once
ed giant, handsome, and ready to an- ENSILAGE.or twice a day. The lots and pas -
It
ticipate the every evish of his fair re-
Hseems that none of our readers i tures should be so arranged that
lative.
He has known before now of the hogs can get to the water in
have had experience in making silage
cousias being.breught up together like trough whenchr they desire it. This
of anything but corn. Therefore the
e
brother and sister, and finally dIsbov-
ditor of Practical Farmer will have is especially important during . the
ring that the world was too small to
eep them asunder; and although he to tell what he has done. About 15 hot days of early spring as well as
Years
as ago, having a large second the excessively bot weather in 'July
no reason. for believing this is a - •
growth of clover, we concluded to and August. Hogs will not do well
; There they collie, making gestures
I similar case, the notion appears to without plenty of water.
Put it m the silo, as the season was
rainy and the prospect for curing it
I that they have se
have entered his head.
poor. We filled a 3m -go silo with the
en Avis, which she . i clover, running it through the cutter
1 returns eagerly, the crowd separating
them. 'Under such circumstances it just as we did corn. It kept per-
fe tl , but -h n,
I it moulded very .rapidly. Taking all
.
is only right that the giant should el-
bow a passage through tor ,the lady in the surface several inches daily, by
his charge, but as Jack looks and the next day the whole surface would
gapes, he sees it is the latter who , be white with mould again. The
throws her weight against the barrier I cows seemed to like it, and we
—she is the entering wedge that divi-
des the crowd.
Cousin Larry does not loom up at
all. He is concealed behind the am-
ple figure of the madam, but Sack has
already sighted. him, and an amused
smile creeps over his sun -burned face,
could see no bad effectsfromit, bat
we did not care to use mouldy feed;
and so turned ntea of it over to the
hogs., which are supposed to digest
anything. That sante fall we sowed
a large area 1.11 rye for cutting green
in the spring. There was more of it
giving place to the look of concern. than we could 'use in this way, and
On an acquaintance of fifteen min- 1 after it waS headed And the grain in
utes this is getting to be a very seri- the dough we cut it into' a silo and
ous business with him, but then he: filled it aboet half : full. Later on
has been carrying that photograph this seane silo was finished with
around with him, and that might in a corn. When we began feeding in the
measure account for the milk in the 1 fafl this silo was the first ono open:
cocoanut. 1 ed. The .corn silage was excellent,
In another minute Madame Sophie and the cows enjoyed it greatly.
rushes up breathless, and hugs Avis Along in the winter we got clown to
with as much enthusiasm as though the rye, and not a cow would eat it,
they had been parted six months or a and the whole was used for bedding
year.
purposes.. These were the only In -
You naughty girl I began to stanecS in 011r persona/ experience
Ythink you ba.d eloped with some one. in which we tested other crops than
My heart was in agony until: I sight- corn for ensilage making. We have
ed you. Ah ! pasha, is it you ? 1 seen ensilage made from cow • peas.,
iemember meeting you in London. and while the cowa ate it well, it
Pei'mLarry."itme to introduce my nephew, was very sour and bad smelling
stuff, and we are not at all fin -
Larry is a genuine New York dude, pressed with the value of cow peas
small in figure, natty in dress, effem- xis silage.' The soy beans were also
inate in appearance, with his hair 1 tried in the stafion eilos, and they
parted in the centre, sporting an eye- 1 made a very good silage, which
glass, a heavy cane, and all the well- gave good results at the pail. Rut
known paraphednalia of the dude. J all th.e legumes are far better cured
Jack is at first inclined to think hint cis hay, and there is no crop that
a fool, but accustomed to looking be- eau compete with Indian corn for
ne
th the surface, he fancies he sees the milking of ensilage, When it, is
ecmething there that Larry hides be- made from corn alone we knoW just
nielath his foppish exterior. Perhaps what, it is and what we must use
the
stubborn qualities of which Avis to balance the ration, While if we
has already spoken are not the only
good ones he possesses. At any rate,
now that his inward fears of Cousin
Larry as a iival are set at rest, Jack
fancies he ma,y endure the dude, ev'ea
like him, for her sake.
Naturally Madame Sophie looks to-
ward the others as if desiring an in-
troduction, which Avis readily gives.
"You are the gentleman who up-
held the honour of the starry flag to-
day. I shake hands with you be-
cause / adore re brave man," says the
stoat matron, warmly, and Jack
starts as he hears the identical words
that sent him over the barrier into the
arena, "but Avis calls you Doctor
l'aels. 13 that your last name, or have
yett another ?"
"My full name is Jack tiva.es,"
While he Speaks it the American
watches the face of Avis, and is sat-
isfied at the tittle start she gives, pro-
ving conclusively that the natne is
familiar to her. She Woke at him with
renewed interea, a quick scanning
look It is, mixed with a little wonder,
but ,leck lz cheating and latighlag with
Larry, whose affected drawl and Eng-
lieh ways are quite ainueleg,
CPetittiltron Oft caae
have legumes or anything else mixed
11
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TURKEYS.
As a rule, many young turkeys are
killed by overfeeding. On large
farms, it is not necessary to feed
more than once a clay where the
turkeys have plenty of range. Young
turkeys'can live on Insects and many
little grasees which, they relish.
Paring the berry season, .especially
when wild strawberries are ripe, it
is a pleasure to watch the littie
turkeys, pick and eat them.. fouadly to the Judges- saying, :
Ixi seasons When there is a gond ollemembet the baker I" Then, he
crop of grasshoppers the turkeys will bows again and retires. Here is the
Jive almost entirely on them. 'When explanation of the custom. Three
young turkeys have to be led, _the centimesago a baker .was executed
beet food we kuow Of is stale bread, at Venice for -a crime of which • he
but be suz-e the bread is not sour; was not guilty. -When his innocence
by stale bread we mean any kied of was fully proved, the judges wile
bread three orfour days old. It is condemned him invested a sum of
well to moisten this bread with mondy, the interest on which serves
sweet milk; clabbered milk is • also to keep a lamp perpetually lighted
good for the young terkeys. Put it in the Palace of the. Doges, this be -
a pan on the ground where they Mg called the "Lamp of Expiation."
can get at it easily. During the In addition, their fatal mistake has
warmest weather of sumnier it is. for three h.undroce years beenheld up
important to keepturkeys hungry, as a warning to their spec:easel's on
for if you .do not there is great • attie the bench when they are about to
ger of their having bowed trouble, inflict the extreme penalty Of the
. Fooditecessary to keep turkeys in law,
nod health is ground charcoal, .but
•
be sure not to have it ground fine A parish Clerk was taxed with hav-
.
as turkeys will eat it hetter. when ing misappropriated so= of the of -
12 is very coarse. On a farmethey fertory money. "You know, John,"
can ordinarileafind all the grit , that .said the parson,. "that only you and
it is neceSserY for them to have, but 1 have access to it," "Then, sir,".
the eggs will hatch better if the tor- replied John, "you pay one half and
keys have oyster .shells.• These also I'll pay the other and we'll say 110
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l‘TEW AND STRANGE,
About the Meet Iteeent Inventions
and Discoveries.
Railway carriages are being plate
with copper. It does away wit
varnishing, and is more easily keP
clean, while in. course ef time th
chemical action of the elements 0
the cropper produce a marking the
gives it it very artistic appearance,
An Earl is among the latest at
ditions to the ranks of inveutors
'Bite Earl ef Orawforel has devised
sYstein of manipulatiug a vessel'
rudder from any part of a ship •,:b
meaue of electrical gear, It is moi
simple than the steam gear at pr
sent in use, and muoh 'store reliable
A reeW oven Shelf that can be auto
matically drawn out is a 'device tha
will commend' itself to cooks. It i
done by means of a removable at
tachment on the oven door; when i
is desired to draw out the shelf
screw is turned, ,and the attaohmen
grips the shelf and draws it out a
the door opens.
Those who are troubled by seein
grass grow up on the garden path
are advised to sprinkle the grave
with mineral oil and water; seasal
will kill thistles, while a spray o
Sulphate of iron -will destroy in
ppeous plants of 'all kinds. Gras
Will not grow on thepath for two
years after the application of miner
al oil and water.
A new idea for use in besiegoc
cities is the outcome of recent chemi
cal experiments in rari.S. 31 is foetid
that nourishing food that is neithei
animal nor vegetable ean be mad
up by chemical products ; hence, be
m
-
leaguered cities can be kept fro
starving by their chemical labora
tories. Oommercially, the idea is
not at present likely to
The latest care for stuttering i
being employed in German schools.
of whose scholars Dearly two in
unda
hred this suffer front is distressing
drawback. (This is said to be due
to other causes than the pronunitia
tion of ten-syllabled words I) The
idea is to alter the diet, giving the
pupils less meat and sausage and
more fresh air and exercise.
The Dead Sea is to be broeght to
lite. The trade between Jerusalem
and Kerek has greatly increased and
the number of tortrists ha.s also
augmented; so the monks have or-
ganized a small company, and the
first motor boat is soon to move
over the waters, which have not
been used for traesit for centuries.
The boat is to be called Prodromos,
or "The Forerunner."
The model of a new steamship, to
do the voyage from Havre to New
York in four days, is being exhibited
in Paris. It has a flat bottom, with
three small false keel s to preserve
the hull in case of grounding, but
the strangest feature of the vessel is
that it has four propellers—ente in
the be,w, one behind the rudder, and
two"(one on each. side) just in front
of the rudder.
An entirely new idea, in waist-
coats forms the subject o_ a recent
British patent. Tbe 'waistcoat has
two fastenings, one is at one side,
-where the seam uslually is in the or-
dinary pattern, and the other runs
horizontally, about on a level with
the armpits. The shoulder portion
of the garment is brought over from
the back, something like a pair of
braces, and buttoned so as to form
the horizontal fasteeing.
The latest novelty in visiting cards
comes from the Continent, and seems,
a little too practioal. On one side
is the name, as usual, and on the
other side, in each corner, is a word
intended to exprests the object of the
visit. The words are those meaning
"Melt," "leave-taking," "congratu-
lation," and "c,ondolence." 11
your object is to sympathize with
anyone, you turn over the corner
with the word ''condolence," and
the thing is done..
REMEMBER THE BAKER.
At the Court of Assizes in Venice,
when sentence of death is about to
be passed, a man clothed in a long
black robe enters the court, and ad-
vancing to the bench bows pro -
need to be ground very coarsely. More about
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THE ZING IS ICING INZ4l,teb
Coronation Not Required to Ma,
ti,ward. VII, the 1Cin.,
Numbers of people enquire whether
the postponement of the eeronation
Makes any difference in the King'e
position, 02 course, it doe ts not,
There is no real teed of the Ooroaa.-
tion eerenlony being performed. Roy-
alty is so hedged in by eatestitutien-
al precautions that the ("ate has be-
come more or less an emphasizing
what is obvious.
The King is King. There IS no
break in the continuity cl sover-
eignty. The 140Ment Queen Victoria.
died King Edward became the reign-
ing- monarch of the Realm.
The impression that the crowning
is an essential part of the endow -
meet of regality is quite erroneous.
When the Ring went to London af-
ter the death of Queen Victoria he
there and then took the Oath of al-
legiance to his people. This oath
was taken in the presence of the
Privy Councillors, and was follow-
ed by the proclamation of the King s
in every place in his dominio,ns.
The coronation is more of a pic-
turesque historical ceremony than a
vital essential of kingship. In old-
en times this pageant had a very
distinet importance as proving tq
all that a new monarch had ascended
the throne, This was in daye when
news traveled slowly end without
certainty.
The actual oath is a "solemn pro-
mise" to do three things; -
(L) To govern the people of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and their Dominions ac-
cording to the statutes in Parlia-
ment agreed on, and the respective
laws and customs of the sante.
(IL) To mum, law and justice, in
mercy, to be executed.
(In) To the utmost of his pow-
er to maintain the laws of God, the
true profession of the Gospel, and
the Protestant Reformed religion es-
tablished by the law.
These things the Xing already does
withOut thee'bincling power of oath
or solenin promise.
Another question that has been
raised is the necessity for appoint-
ing a regent.
It may be pointed out that unless
the King is likely to be incapacitat-
ed from tuty of his State duties., for
a considerable period there is no
necessity for a regent.
The Sovereign frequently leaves
Great Britain for long periods.
Queen Victoria's sojourns on the
Riviera may be quoted as an in-
stance; and had His Majesty not.
been stricken with this illness it was
his intention to take it holiday
abroad innuecliately after the coron-
ation ceremonies.
THE LAND OF TIPS.
Experience .of a Traveller
Switzerland.
A traveller who has been all over
Europe believes that the villagers of
the Alps outdo all other people in
the unhappy businees of tips and
fees. Relating his experiences he
Says that when he was leavingChcanouni he gave fees to the cham-
bermaid, the waiter, the porter, the
bootblack, the cook, the omnibus -
drivers, the mail-cateier and ali the
tell -boys. Then the landlord ap-
proached and suggested that he had
been left out.
"But I was your guest."
"True; but if you will remember, I
received you, with threedistinct
bows, where only one is required by
custom. It is two bows extra, mon-
sieur."
The traveller had just paid ten
cents apiece for the bows, when the
coroner appeared.
"But where do you come in'?"
"Had monsieur met With a fatal
fall on the mountain, 1 should have
held the inquest."
The coroner got a franc. Then his
clerk came forward; and said :
"And had there been an inquest,
should have had the pleasnre of
writing to moesieur's relatives that,
unfortunately, he was dea d."
The traveller handed him it
and then, to be done with
the business, asked if there was any
body else in Chamouni who had a
"The police have not arrested
you," said the landlord.
"Ail right; here's it tip for them.
Any one else ?"
"My eight -watchman did not let
the hotel take fire."
The traveller left n tip for the
faithful' watchman, went down to his
train, tipped all the railway atcials,
and considered himself fortunate in
having money enough left to get „him
out of the country.
LOST POWER RECOVERED.
The advance of mechanical selectee
is aided by the recognition of leak-
ages of power, before overlooked or
negl acted. Experiments with raj I-
ro ad trams have shown that a great
deal of energy is thrown away. in
driving unnecessary projections at
the ends and sides of care throligh
the resisting air. Something is gain-
ed by making .car -wheels in the form
of continuous disks instead of with
spokes, which encounter greater at-
xnosphorie resistance. Recent exreri-
ments with large fly -wheels have de-
monstrated the importance of care-
fully adjustieg the shape of the
wheel to the air resistance, In Nu-
remberg it was noticed that a very
heavy fly -wheel, having arine el a
elianeel section, created a strong
draft. The 'wheel was cased with
sheet iron, and the resulting diminu-
tion of air resistance saved nearly
six horse-pbwer in driving energ',
the total power of the ellgines being
450 horee-power. In MIC instance a
fly -wheel wasted 30 bors,a-power
through troneceSeary air resistance,
the aggregate energy oX the engine!'
being 630 horse -power,
Franee has one soldier to every 59
liabi tap ts ; Cr/nasty 9uxo to 80;
Reseia one to 184; while 1.31itain.'s
proportion 15 one to every
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