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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.
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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
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.
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.
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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