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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1902-8-28, Page 6Autl OCT *X, \14\t< -** R By sr,. GEORGE RATHBORM 1Doet*r Jades Vife," "Captain Torn? igEarets Sam," "Miss Pauline of New Yorke" "Miss Caprica" Efg. Somewhat abashed, he draws within is. ebell like an old mucl turtle,, and Is upon his dignity, but no one can long remaiu there while Avis Morton arouncl-athe jolliest girl that ever sealed from New York on a steemer, always the life of crowd, and adored by every one she meets.. male and fe- male. In his walk in life Doctor J'aek has been a most extraordinary ehara,cter, art once he falls in love he sinks his Individualityand does the same ordin- ary tbinge all lovers do, It is the common lot. ".A.h yes, zrou mean Aleck?" he ventures, endeavouring to collect him- self. "Tell me about him. In one of his letters he mentioned your name—I aatre never forgotten it, and when heard you speak it to -day the shook was somewhat painful," " Aleck was very dear t� you, Miss Alas ee "He was my brother. I loved him as a boy. When he came of age, long Letore me, he went abroad. I never saw him. again, but had an oc- casional letter telling me of his traVels. Then you joined him—later we read in the papers that you were traveling in Turkey together—then mine the news of his death—it was a terrible shock to me. I understood that you had escap- ed, and were still travelling in Europe. It has been my hope ever since to meet you.' Tears dim the azureeyes—Doctor Jack wishes he had the right to 'wipe them away, but even the fleeting thought frightens him. Not for the -world would he offend this girl. "The story is brief enough, but painful. Do you feel as though you could listen to it to -night, or shall we defer it ?" "No, I must hear it now. Tell me all—how- my poor Aleck was murdered, and you escaped." " Perhs.pa you will think less of me because I did not fall. with him, but -L" " The account I read spoke highly of your courage, declaring that you per- formed peodigies of valour in behalf of ycur friend, but were finally struck elown; and poor Aleck's body cast into the Bosphorus." Doctor Jack's face grows singularly white, his eyes flash, and his hands open and shut with a spasmodic move - anent as his memory goes back to the scene she mentions. With an effort he calms leimself. Through an open 'window the odour of flowers creeps and tills with sweet incense the stuffy little room, Somehow it seems to him as though this girl had brought the flower odour with her—they seem to be one in common. • "Let us sit down, Avis—pardon me, lent I heard Aleck call you by that nrrne so often. that it falls uncon- sciously from my lips—we can talk letter and be more comfortable. Sit beside this window, where we may hear the tinkling of the fountain near ay, and enjoy the fragrance of the flowers. Somehow, this puts me in mind of the nia,ny nights poor Alecic and I spent together—perhaps it is be- cause you resemble him in a great measure. Aleck and I were great chums—he was the warmest hearted friend I ever had, and I shall never forget him; but it is needless for me to say anything about him to his sis- ter, who tnust know him so much bet- ter than I ever could." "Nevertheless, I drink in your words with rare pleasure, Doctor Jack. Any one whom Aleck loved' must be—my friend. We were orphans, and all in all to each other." " Thank you. I will not speak now of our travels, actiewing they Win keep and that you are particularly interest- ed in the sad event that deprived nie of a friend and you of a brother." She nods her head, but does not look lip—he knows hee el es are full of tears, and respects a fond sister's anguish. "We weee in Turkey at the time, and Aleck, who had never been in the Orient before, was immensely taken with the strange things he saw there. He managed to get into a few scrapes through his rashness, but they were email affairs, and the judicious ex- penditure of a little money cleared him. "1 mutt have been blind not to have seen that something was on the tap's, bat at the time certain things worried nie, of which I need make no mention, and I put Aleck in charge of a cer- tain Effendi, who, for a round consider- ation, agreed to take care of him. "I had managed to straighten out any affairs, when one day Alock let a thunderbolt fall on my feet. He was In love. The object of his paseion Was a wonderfully beautiful girl, the intnate of a harem. Unknown to me. and bribed by Aleck, the Turkish Effendi had taken the boy' into the grounds and introduced him to the harem, the eunuchs In attendance be- ing made blind with gold. "That settled the business. He fell head over heels in love with a girl called .Sady, end she returned his pas- sion. Night after night he had been meeting her in the gardens, and lite Without her was a barren waste. He raved of htr lovely qualities of mind and person—I was too amazed to =oak. "When I tried to argue Aleck swore he would never leave Constantinople 'Without this', girl as his wife—he would rather die with her than live Without her, What could X do with such a hot • bead, Miss Avis? Words fell upon •a deaf ear, ;He Insisted that 1 should belie " A a last reerrt I agreed to see the owner of the barerte, and leaving 'Aleck in the roma we occupied. / bad art interview with the guide we had engaged, "I discovered that the Pasha was away, but his agent could be seen, .20 an hour later I was in his presence. could talk a little Turkish, but took an• old schoolmate or hodia along to net as interereter. "Here I only met disa.ppointment, for X Mural that the Pasha was one of tbe littlest men in all Turkey, and would not sell one of the inmates of his harem at any price. Incidentally X also learned that the girl Sady was aeon to betsome an inmate of the Pasha's seraglio as a wife. "I knew full well that this news wettld drive Aleck wild, but to. my sur- prise he took it calmly. I was deceived by his manner, and believed he had come to his senses, "Several more days came, and we maul e preparations for leaving the City of the Golden Horn, Most of our things had gone, and I was thinking of getting tickets, when Aleck came to me and told me to make it three—that he meant to steal Sady from the harem on this night, and by the time the bola theft *was discovered we would allbe outside of Turkish terri- tory.. "I was amazed at his boldness, and told him he was mad. To make a lens story slyest, I found that he was bound to attempt this insane project, whether I helped Lem or not, and as it Is not my naturs to desert a friend, no matter wbat the wild goose chase he may be engaged on, I found my- self in the plot. "Everything had been arranged. It was a moonlight night, and we had no trouble in entering the sacred gi ounds. Here Sady met us, and when I saw her face peep from under the veil I did not wonder poor Aleck had gone wild over her beauty. far she Wes charming—a Georgian girl, / be- lieve. "All went well until we drew near the teat, then out of the thicket sprang a score or more of savage looking Turks armed with clubs. They attack- ed us fiercely. I looked around for the guide, but he had disappeared, the heathen dog having betrayed us, see- ing he could get no xi -tore money out of Aleck after that night. "Both of us fought like tigers, but it was of no avail. I saw Aleck beaten down, and was sorely pressed myself. Above the fierce cries I beard the deep voice of a mare whom I rightly judged to be the Pasha himself, shouting:. Te the water with the Christian dogs! Drown them like rats in the Bosphor- us.' "Several picked Aleck up—he was to all appearances dead, but I made • a rush to save him. A cudgel struck nee, and I fell across the form of niy friend, senseless. They must have thrown me into the Bosphorus, for the cold water revived me, and desperately I struggled to the surface. "Heaven was kind, for a black cloud. hid the face of the moon, and my enemies did not see me swim away; but I returned when they had gone, to search for poor Aleck, and only gave up the hunt when the night was even s.rent. "1 left Constantinople, and have not been there since, but exleect to shortly —in fact, I was heading that way when I learned that you were to be in Madrid, and hence came down here from Barcelona to make the acquaint- ance of Aleck's sister, and see if she was the kine of girl to join me in an enterprise 1 have on hand." if this is the true reason of Jack's eoming to Madrid, then the fact that the lovely Catalan flower girl would be at the bull -fight cuts only a side issue in it. Men do not always tell all these know. At his words Avis looks up—tears are in her eyes, but upon her face a look of wonder—of startled curiosity. What does he mean? His language is strange, indeed. So she puts the ques- tion to him. "By the rnerest accident in the wide world I have learned a certain fact that fills me with mingled sorrow a;nd joy," he says, Slowly. It is—of Aleck ?" she gasps, watch- ing his face eagerly the while, as though she would read the truth there befere words can frame an answer. "Yes. When X came away from Constantinople I believed as firmly as I lived that Aleck had been murdered., else not for all the riches on earth n wild I have deserted him. Iip.agine my amazement when 1 learned, through a nource I have every reason to believe, that my friend hed not been killed, but was kept a prisoner by the fiendish Pasha, who studied to know how the most terrible revenge could be taken upon the man who had dared enter Lis harem, and try to steal tite gem of all." At ibis Avis Morton presses her bands over her eyes -she suffers hor- rible tortures at the thought of what Doetc,r Jack's w °yds suggest, but not a tear dints her eyes now—the Ilan° for ceririg la Mut. When she looks up, that first spasm of agony overaDoctor jack is delighted to fled that her face ban assumed a resolute expression—such a girl would do and dare wonders for one she loves, "Tell nee, what do Yon Propose 9" "To find eat the truth, and if Aleck le alive rescue him if X have to net Constantinople on fire to do it," be an- swers, quietly, not in a boasting way, .but as though he means every word he speaks. Avis, impulsive Avis, putsout her hand, and he loses no time it grasp- ing it, nor Is ho in any hurry to -release the little quivering member. "You have aroused a new hope in My heart, Doctor Jack. Please Heaven it ist het doomed to diseppoint. What- ever a Woman may do, yes, more even, you Can derenc.1 upon nay &nag. for Aleck—he is the only one I have ever had to love," and thee' teare seem to cause her voice to tremble. "Can you Melte your preparaticase to leave Madrid shortly ?" ho asks. "At onee." "It will siot do 1,0 be too precipitate, as it might exeite susploion, and ou,r tesk be made harder." "What l has he spies even here ?" • "Worse than that—he is here hints self." "The man who holds Aleck a prison- er and stmlics boa ILO Cali Invent new evens to torture him ? Oh the fiend, I would like to see bun." " 'You have done so already." " 1" "Talked with him." " That cannot be, Let me think. Be- sides the ambassador in England and Abdallah• Pasha. X' have Lever spoken -to a Turk in my life," she erie.s, "Tot. have uttered his narne—Abdal- lah Pasha its the man—your brother's jailer." ClI.A.PTER IX. There is a certain dramatic force to these words of Jack's, ever. though he does not raise his voice. Sometimes a whisper is more effective than a shout in thrilling an audience. Avis is as- tonished by what ehe hears—her mind goes back to her meeting with the Pasha in London, and she remembers singular looks he gave her, which •at the time impressed her as boldness on the part of this Orieetal magnate., but which she now believes to have been inspired by the fact that he has re. cognized In her the sister otthe infidel he hates so terribly. How eagerly he bad inquired about the prospect of her visiting Constanti- nople, which city he called Stamboul, as all eatives do- Then again Low earnestly he had dilated upon the wonderful beauties of the Eastern clty, its nixignthcexjt rnosques and tow- ering minarets, speaking in a way to in.epire a longing in her breast to speedily look upon these sights, and promisting to do all in his Dower to make their stay a pleasant one. All this had seemed very kind of the Pasha, and perhaps Avis, possessed of the natural vanity allotted to woman- aind, laid it at the door of her viva- city, which possibly the old Turk ad- mired. Now, a dine su:s.pioion begins to creep through her mind that there may have been a deep, dark method in his ac- tions. Such a man seemed lit for treason, sl.ratag Pm. and sroils, be- cause he had no music in his soul, and would as soon listen to the croaking of a frog as the sweet notes of a nightin- Zsaaeloek.she mentions , who for some reason seems to her thoughts to see enough In the matter to investi- gate deeper, and asks her numerous questions concerning what passed be- tween the Pasha and herself at their meeting in the English house. A dreadful suspicion is hammering at the do= for admittance, but he can hardly believe it possible that any man could descend to such depths of infamy; so for the present it is shut out, to arise again later on and mock him with the reality. They talk for some time longer, prin- cipally upon the subject that interests them both. eleas Morton believes it is the hand of Providence that brought about this meeting. After the prodi- gies of valour which she witnessed Doctor Jack perform at the bull -fight, she does not see how anything could long remain a barrier for such a man, and if any one can help her find and save Aleek he is tb.e person. Their quiet little tete-a-tete is dis- turbed—louti voices sound without. "It is Cousin Larry—what can be the neetter ?" exclaims Avis, rising hurriedly. The voices have grown more reso- lute—two men are quarreling, and while one pours hot Spanish oaths in a heavy tone the other squeals Ameri- can ones in a shrill falsetto. "I beg you to remain seated here 'while I see to your cousin. He may be annihilated by that bully," and so saying Doctor Jack passes Oat of the little room. He sees a peculiar sight—the dude Is face to face, with a burly fellow, who glowers upon him as though he would 'only needan invitation to eat him up. "You are a, thief—a scoundrel 1" de- clares Cousin Larry in the bully's eeth. This is the last straw on the camel's back—the eellow has reached his limit, and with a roar of anger he aims a blow at the head of the dude. Doc- tor Jack, too late to prevent the con- flict, •nolds his breath, expecting to see Cousin Larry sent flying across the office, but just here he makes a seri- :Sat "stake A quick ducking movement saves the dude, and then springing up he rains a shower of blows upon the face of his antagonist, who, blinded, mare with pain and fright, and, turning, runs off like the coward that he is, followed b:y Larry, who manages to administer a parting kick. It has seemed to Jack so like a fight between a big Brahma fowl and a lit- tle bantam, that he alitiost expects the victor to crow as he comes back again. An odd genius be certainly is, and Zack is glad to know his, first estimate of the little man was not far in the wrong. "Idoes me proud to see an Ameri- can stand up like that. Now, what was it all about ?" he asks, after step- pingout and shaking hands with the victor In the main. The dandy carefully brushes off a speck of dust he imagines he sees up- on his lavender coloured 'trousers, twists the ends of the ghostly mous- tache which supports his dignified claim of being a man, and answers in his cool way "The boggah insulted me. He was inquisitive about my cousin's move- ments, and actually ()Penrod me—Law- rence Edgewater Herniecly, of Fifth avenue, New Tork—two miserable doubloons if X would induce my Cou- sin AVIS to patrottize a hotel in Con- stantinople that he wepwesented. Bah Jove I I caulcin't shake Wm off, and we had twoiffile, you see." The trouble seems to sit lightly on the head ot lite, Larry. Sack, on the contrary,' luoking beyond, sees a eer- tain significance in Leis afeafr ui the night. • • (ilies A.10 Continued.), FuR FARMERS ; se*sonabie 41114 Protatable .1,1 alifintrefsoorire Duay Tiltere a PUTTING CORN INTO THE', SI.LO. Placing corn in the eilo usually in-, creases the digestibility of, the crude fiber. On the. other hand, there is always some loss from fermentation and a slight' decrense in the digesti- bility of other food nisi:es:bents. This partially offsets the benefit. Silage, hoWever, is better than cured corn fodder, as field curing decreases the digestibility of many -substances, par- tieularly of the fibee, Numerous ex- Periments show- that the decrease in digestibility IS about the :same • in some elements in field curedfodder, but. the digestibility of . the fiber is greatly increased la silage and de- creeosread inisnfeododertoe oy.od to tho 0 and there -cut into 14 inch lengths. Sonic feeders prefer half and three- quarter -inch lengths; but these are li- able to cause seamless of the mouth ia cattle, .particularly if th.e mater- ial is herd, The cut corn is elevated aud run into the silo. Care must be. taken to have it evenly distributed. If a conical heap is allowed to form in the centre, the heavier portions, such as the butts and pieces of ears,. roll to the outide and lighter por- tioes remain in the middle. This re- sults in au uneven distribution al the greia, which is very undeeirable. Keep this heap raked down, or. by -means at a flexible tube of some kind attachecl to the .end of the Carrier, directiilosthe material to all parts of t If this is carefully -done and it is tramped down compactly, the re- sults will be most satisfactory. In many cases, in fact in Most, it is de- sirable to fill about half fall, allow to settle for a day or two, then fill to the top, allow to settle for Sev- eral more days, then complete. This may •be easily accomplished where two or More silos are being filled .on the same farm. Work one or two days on one, then move to the other and work for a day or two. Do the greater part of the traMping AROUND THE EDGE. The matter of covering the silage is still in dispute. Some cover .with hay or straw, others with some kind of cloth, still others With .boards or Straw, wet down well, While .a. few loads • of very green cron very fine, pit On top and sprinkle with. water. A mold so -on deyelops and forms a dense mess - which. completely • ex - growth., if oa the other hand, one- half Or two-thirds of "the youeg fruits are removed, the remaining NO,ellieoSpNyilt1:011tructit.tn).itotpsizret.uxiityroitvoovdet the vitality of the tree is greatly preserved by such reduction. Judi - C10118 tiiinUillg makes it possible in many eases to produce a crop of fruit every year, and still keep the tree in better state of health. Thin - ring elm tends to produce better colored fruit, as it permits the sttn to reaeh many plaees, which would ,otherwise not be reaehed. It also , permits a freer circulation of the air. , Thinning will in a large measure lea - sen the heavy lose s occasioned by rotting of the fruit. Thinning pre- vents the breaking down Of the tree and tends to keep the shape of the trees in orchards MORE UNIFORM. One pf the greatest objections to thinning is. the •seemiug cost of the operation. This objection is more imaginary than reel. If allowed to remain the fruit would have to be picked in the fall, when labor is higher and the rush of work is great- er. Besides the cost of removal of small fruit is much less than remov- ing them after they are ripe. An- other objection is that the total bulk will be less, if half or more than half of the fruit is taken oft while young. Experiments have proven the contrary. All things be- ing equal, the bulk will be equal, if not greater, it the fruit is properly thinned, The question of time is Of- ten a problem with. some growers, but usually* at that time of the year, labor is abundant. Little difficulty should be experienced on this score. Besides the work can be easily and efficiently done by women and child- ren. le feet they are better adapt- ed to this kind of work than are grown men. Another great obstacle to thinning is found in the fact that few people are willing to take off the young fruit. It seems to the name unueceesary was-te. Sentimentality also plays a part with many people in preventing them from doing what they •might to do. The sentiment, however, should be all on the other side, for is it not better that a few fruits should come to Perfection ra- ther than all should, suffer from the lack of Sufficient nourishment? To prove to you thee Da Chase's Ointment is a certain and absolute cure for eacb _and _ever,' fOrtn of strains, seasaiegeed protruding piles, the manufacturers hare guaranteed it. See t438. Ihnonials in the daily press and ask yourneigh- hors wbat they Wink of it Ton can use it and let our money back if not cured. Me 1.tbox. at III dealers oif le.:DMANSON,BATES& Co.nrorente, Dir. Chase's 1 to-yient, OATS IN THE MILKY STAGE. eludes the air. In many places no The main crop of oats is usually CON wing at all is used. The upper' seeded early, but it is customary in S or 10 inches Molds and seals 'the some sections, where hay. is not ex - silo and in this way prevents • the entrance of the air. In some neigh- borhoods, cornis put into the silo without cutting. Those who prac- tice this method claim that silage is sweeter and much more palatable, es- pecially for horses, . than' when the stalk is cut. , • .Tlie! cast of petting up silage will depend upon the distance from the field, implements used, ete. As general rule and with ordinary ap- pliances, silage can be put up for 40 tensively grown, to sow oats as late as the first of June, cutting the crop when the 'seed is in the milky 'stage. The nutritious matter in the stalks is thus arrested. en its way to fill out the heads, -and as stalks Will be green When cut they will also be more digestible than the straw of oats grown for seed. The oats are cured in. the same manner as hay, with the exception that the farmer may; if preferred, use the harvester and binder, which will bundle the cents per ton. Some fa.rm=s have oats when the crop is cut. All kinds done this Work. for 20 to 25 cents . of live stock relish oats thus cured, per ton and some have paid 60 to 80 and the bundles are passed through tents. the feed cutter, and the cut feed, The preserving of feed in the silo consisting of the grain and stalks, makes it•possible not only to secure will be in a more palai'able form succulent forage in winter, when than many other kinds of food. The green crops arse aot available, but farmer thus utilizes to the best ad-, also provides green fodder during the vantage a large mass of digestible drouths in summer and autuinn. A material, and he avoids the expense number of experiment statipns have of threshing and cleaning the grain. tested silage two or three years old, It is an advantage to grow such a and found that where it kept, well it -crop where there seems to be a pro - was just as good as when only six ba.bility of a short hay supply, and months old. Praetical farmers have the oats will give good results on had the same experience, and find it sandy soils • on which no profitable much the cheapest method of supply- hay crop Call be grown. All kinds ing succulent feed during that part of weeds will also be lessened, as of the year when pastures are short: oats geow rapidly andskeep, weeds ff not needed the first summer, itdown. While it is not maintained can be held until the next wint*r or that oats grown and cut in the Mail3T aro milky stage should be substituted for even the next staximer. . . coming to believe thn soi ing and the matured oat crop, yet it will the silo are more economical theii pay any farmer who has a field to tzinnagl.ol.o provide pasturage 'for farm spare to sow it to oats and try the a , food on his cows as a variety in _ . . winter. The result will be that less jibe is a good dairymen he has prob- ably added much more, than that, or I tweaty thrice that, to the value • of !the faint in the bran, meal or other KILILED BY THEIR alliGRETS, PUBLIC 3=TlEV.A.OTeMa food that lie fed while feeding his TAPS 1111ZX'M SEAL). cows ter making that ton of butter, It is in this way; that the dairy- man's farm is continually growing more productive and if he doee not make =eh fro= hie dairy he Should from the crops that Ito can grow on his much enriched soil. XIBIDGES •11/1AD qr BARRELS, Will Carry Field. Guns and Car- riages of an Array Corps. A. military bridge of barrels ie made by "piers." each consisting' .01 seven casks placed in a line with a long baulk, called a gunnel, twenty- one feet in length, running through - Oat ea the top of each barrel, bear the head, a sling (of 25.) inch rope, 86 feet long) running from one end of the gunnel to the other, and uaderneath the barrels. By an in- genious principle of lashing, the "pier" is made taut, and then launched by means of wayseepoles or baulks sloping to the water. Eight men conetrupt this part of the bridge as many '"piers?' being made, of course, as the width of river de- termined, ten sufficing for a hundred feletie piers of casks are connected to each other by means of baulks, then floored by cheeses—planks 14 inches to 2 inches thick. Though not good for Mese traffic, hurdles Sauld be used. A handrail or rope runs each side of the structure and an excellent military bridge of suffi- cient stability for a. large army to cross over can be constructed at practically no cost, and in less than half an hour. It can also be dis- mantled equally quickly, so that in the case of a retirement the un - bridged ri%r may be speedily placed between the force and the enemy. cient stability for any of the field cF02,31:iseluriazeispofort, althetigh the casks in- fantry friers crowded, and, con- sequently, are of more than suffi- guns and • carriages of an army are not very portable, yet they are with their 'actual buoyancy. of but little weight in comparison A bridge of barrels will carter in - petroleum being so gen- eral in almost all countries the means of obtaining casks are -now much greater than in years gone by, and the fact of their being proof by percolation of paraffin ren- ders them adinirably water tight. MAN FOITGIIT AN ARMY. 'Captured by Treachery, Suffered Death on the Wheel. The most curious war ever waged wasoin the sixteenth centuey, and was carried on single-handed for be -1 tween five and six years between a', bankrupt grocer cif Berlin and the ' Elector of Saxony, who was the most powerful German Prince of the period. The grocer's name was Hans Kohl - baso, and the imniediate cause of the' quarrel was the arresting of two of his horses in, the Elector's territory,' he being a subject of the Elector of' Brandenburg. 1 Failing to get redress., he adopted what was then a perfectly legal expedient and declared formal war on the realm of Saxony. The de- claration was accepted in due forml and the war began. The extraordinary part of the story is that the grocer kept the war up for nearly six years prac- tteally and' even went to the extremity of dacha -Mg war on his own sovereign in the meantime before he was caught. He burned farms and even villages, employed mercenaries after the fashion of the times, and made him- self the terror of the district. He finally was influenced to stop hos- tilities by Luther ; was betrayed in- to a further act of hostility by treachery, and, being captured, Suf- fered death on: the wheel, after re- 1 fusing an act of grace which granted him the painless- and honorable death of the sword. A TRAMWAY TELEPHONE. The new municipal electric train- s ways of Yarmouth, England. have attached to them a novel telephone line. carried on the street standards. When an accident or breakdown oc- curs the driver or conductor can, with a portable telephone carried on the cars, at once get into continual- t cation with the headquarters. 1 THREE YEARS IN MAKING. s In the treastuceroore of the Ma- t harajah of Baroda, is stored a piece t of WOVCD. work which cost 2200,000. g It is only 10 by u feet in size, but ,N it is woven from strings of pure pearls, with a centre and calmer '1 circles cif diambade. It took three s years to make. a Laboratory gxplosions the, Inventor of Dulminite — Oth- er Instanees. The maxim which states that mice sil- is golden has cost the world soine of the g eat t discoveries of inodere thnes, for not a few of the. =eaters whoee names would have been liauded doWa posterity as, public benefactors have beea by* their secrets before they would consent to- divulge them to their fol- low -beings, Says London.Tit-Dits. ii 1895 all .111urope was startled by the discovery of a, new exploeiVer fulminite, which it was be- lieved would revolutionize modern, Warfare. It was the invention of•N* ari Exet= scientist named SaNV-, bridge, and samples of the explosive - which ware tested by the Govern ment revealed the fact that its pow- er was three times greater than that of cordite, and in consequence it Would treble the range of a ride bul- let. The German Government offer- ed Sawbridge 000,000 for his in- vention,' which he patriotically re- fused until the home authorities had had the first option of purchase. But, just as the latter were about to seal a contract with him, the news came - 1 that his laboratory had been bloWn !up and himeelf „with its 'Cinfortuns, ately he left no records winiteyer, and although some of the leading 'experts of the day Minutely examin- ed the debris they failed to discover I the secret, which •is probably lost folF•oeiv4r-two years ago an Italian. priest, named Luigi Tarenti, die - covered a method of making stained' glass, the coloring of which was de- elared to be equal to that made by the ancients, whose secret has been lost. Taretati abandoned holy or- ders, and set to work to execute the. hundreds of commissions be received tin the secsecy of his workshop at !Ostia, near name. The finest stain- ed glass windows in Italy were made- Jsy him, and he , I 'GUARDED HIS sncidrr watz, 'for when a yeer later be was found. Idead of blood poisoning set up by the pigments he employed, it Was re- ahzed that he had carried his secret !with him. The cleverest workmen. were called in to examine the ingre- dients, but they one and all failed to penetrate the dead man's secret. I The person who could make cone - 'position billiard balls equal to those 1 of ivory would quickly qualify as a millionaire, and' it is not an impos- sible task, for it has already been done. Less than a decade ago a. Scotch. manufacturer put composition billiard balls on the market which. were as good as but only a third of the price of those already in use. He refrained from. patenting his in- vention, and made all the balls him- self; evendlis Dually being peohibit- ed from sharing his secret. But - just as he was beginning to taste -the fruits of his ex.periments he was one materials used, they have long siride day mortally wounded by ese ateidgel.„ in his workshop and died before he could make ealy statement. ExPerta were given. specimens of the balls to analyze, but, in spite of the fact that theY succeeded in tracing the given up hopes of being able to• discover how they were put togeithe er. The only matt who has yet beea successful in taking pnetographs in color was a martyr to his discoYeey, the secret of which is lost. Some years ago Dr. Herbert Franklin, of Chicago, submitted a number of col- ored photographs — of a somewhat crude nature it is true—to the lead- ing American scientific institutions, and the encouraeement he received was such that fie built himself laboratory, proof against the wiles Of spies, at a cost of $12,000, where- in to PERFECT HIS INVENTION. In. the preparation of his plates he ised a charcoal fire, and one day.. when at work he omitted to open the ventilators and was fouad asphyxi- ated. He bad refrained from di- nelging hie secret to any ono, and in consequence, although some par- tially finished plates that bid the ecret remained; the way they were prepared is a Problem that has baffled scientists to this day. Another victim to his secret was Adams, the inventor of tallium, the greatest disco -very in motels of the age. Adams wes,coxffident that. a natal could be predated which, al - hough as hard as steel, was only utlf its weight and price, and aft= ' lye years' experimenting With an lectrical process tallium ivaS the ea- ult. The invention. was taken up hroughout Almeida, and orders for hausands of tons Of the metal be- an to pour m from the leading raul- ray companies. But it was too ate. The eitorthous mental • strain c had undergone, coupled with the ensation of finding millions Within xis grasp,' took away his reason, nd 'he was confined ia en asylum. THINNING FRUIT. grain will be required and the COWS will respond liberally in yields of The practice of thinning fruit has long been known to the fruit grower milk compared with some foods oa years in Len which are not produced at such lit - in Europe, and with them are almost unknown. In tle, expense. this country where the desire is to produce qnantity rather than qtial- ity„—the practice- is generally looked upon with disfavor. But the most dairy farming and grain farming is successful grower nowadays is .not the amount of the farm that is sold the one who raises the largest quan- with the product, that is, of the fer- tity. but the one who produces the i sent, of the farm. The man who finest quality. Superior fruit cam- sells a ton 0± whcat selis mn "t about not be obtained from a tree that is ‚$7 worth of fertilizing elements, and overloaded. If many fruits are sot 'if he does not buy something to re - and allowed to remain, the energies i place them his farm is so much poor - of the tree are spread out over the., or. The dairyman who sells a ton larger number, and few, ir -allY, wi'll l'of butter has sold but fifty Cents reach . the limit of their POssiblc•worth of fertilizing material, and if I DAIRY vs. GRAIN. Ab important difference between EV Pie left no recordto explein the process, and no itmotmt of persua- sion drew the seceet froni him, which perished lacked up in his brain when two years later he •cid a helpless lunatic. 11.411,141.1751,.. t.P.10.11.1.0111,15,01=611.111•YM11.1....1.1ZSZIartr...... Xidney Diseasand Stomach Troubles — More Evidence of the Efficiency of Dr. Chase'c Kidney -Liver Ps. ICI dney disease end stomach and liver disorders are. almost always friend together, and for this reason Dr. Chat:e's Xicluey-Liver Pills, on account of their direct and continued action on these several ovganse are wonderfully efiective in curing such compli ea ti one', #:1 tunes Keeley', caretaker of the Primary School and Presbyterian church, Newmarket, Ont., statee :— "f lied that Dr. Chase's Kidney - Lit= Pills are the best medicine I ever used. 1 was troubled for some time with kidney disease, paina in 00 bank and stomach disorders. At times I Suffered very seeterely fro= backache, but since using Dr. Chase's. Kidney -Liver Pills 1 am all right again. "It is my belief that they are the most elective medicine a person can nee for kidney disease and etomach troubles." Mrs. Ross, 100 Afaeitoba etreet, St, Monate, Ont., states ;—"if had a very weak back, and at timesuffer- ed Very lunch from severe pains across the email of rey back. Be- lievhig these to be caused by- ale- rangeinente 'of the Wave, I began the taie of Dr. Clerisee Kidney -Li sae Thi e treat/bent seemed to be exactly what I required,' for it waa not long before the pains entirely left me, and I was quite etrong and well again.. We have also used Dr. Chase's Syrup of I.#inseed and Tur- pentine for the children when they had coughs and colds, and I never knew it to fail to relieve the trouble at onee." Tbere is eo quicker or more cer- tain way of ouring back pains arid kidney cliaease than by the ruse Of • Chase's Kidney -Liver Piths. Scares, of thousands have proved this, and mai* have sent tie state- reente sitnilar to the above. One pill dose 26ets, a box, at all dealers, o /ilthianaoh, Bates eo Co lA Torovtoe MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS. Nearly all the British cousus re- turns prove that man. 'weeks more and woman less than they. did ten yews ago. Thus the figures for Stallordehire just ieeued :Show 'that the number of men (i.e., nada.; over ten) employed has increaeed fro= 88.6 per hundred in 1891 to 8,1.8 in• 11101; whilst the number of women (i.e., females over ten) ha e dececesed from 80.1. per hundred in 1891 to 28.9, in 1901. This is evidence .of prosperity, since when times are really good the woman is not foreed into tile labor market, True in many directions mere and more ,tvo- Inen find aelploymenb—many' More. are leathers and c1erk:5, for instance; —but • the ,Yreat decreass in the num- bar of domestic s'ervatrte brings Xklattir the geneatil perolltaim