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AN UNSOUGHT WEALTH;
Or The rlystery of a Brother's Legacy.
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CHADTZR II. Suaded, from the expression of hIS 1 e Are you /flirt V 11s Jack, In
coiratenance, whiela reelly was pe- ,
aiarm,
When he waa left alone, Mr. Hook- collar that the man was drunk. "No, no," bra:vele- repressing a
Ilftente ideria, te'esiar enough as a rule, Mr. *Schwabe was in. Mr. Hooleham green:, "only a little bark off my
as his eh:shears knew too well, were, was just able to stagger into his shoulder. I'm with you in a minute,
for Ones in a weer, a little coefuse& office read plump down into a cheer. doetor. Have your hand reaey-I'm
To hale) lost sight of his only broth- In one respeet his mode of entrauce dries to grasp it agitie-poor devil
er for sixteen tears, and then to bore a strong resemblance to M.
hear a hae, again under, to put it Truelove's -it was distinctly of an that 1 am, not .6,t to be seen by any
Mildly, Such peculiar cirunceremouious kind,
cumstances, woman save Avis-drar Avis, Ah!
even for a eeeklebalanced mind, was "Hookinan I" cried Air. Schwabe, where are you, old jack, the bravest
coefusing. Mr. Hook -ham rind theand best friend a man ever had.
starting from his seat at sight -of
deceased 'Matthew had quarrelled all"Are ill ?"
That's rigtt-draw me out. Two of
you
their lives ; there was such a strong Mr. Hookmaa was just able to you, eh ? Vile is freedom. How
family kernss between them that grasp out one word, and that word rood the air feels after months in that
" they could scarcely help but quarrel. was apvile dere Shake header, Doctor Jack,eanay in
my p
Two keener pairs of eyes for a bar- Bad any gentleman, suddenly over-
reserver, my brother. Who is
CTOR JACK
, They hear a chuckling laugh below.
meek bas lived the last twenty-four
hours, eleavea alone knows how, but
with alternate hope and eear-a men.
tea fever and egue, as it were -hope
sending a warm wave over him, and
dread succeeding it with a raw chill.
They listen to hlm climbing the
wall -lee is in siren haste that lie over -
c
gain probireely never were encounter- taken. by illness, suggested brandthis ? It seems to me -no, it arety
they be, and yet -yes, by the powers, it's
ed. The time which was not spent in Mr. Bookinan's roams,
Colisin Larry. Glad to see yota my
boy, but you're the last person I ever
expected to have help me out of a
Turkish dungeon."
41 /erf on deck. Aleck," says Larry,
emartlr.
in getting the better of the world would have suggested it in vain,
in general they gent in trying to But Mr. Schwabe was cast In a dif-
get the better of each other.
-L- ferent mould. Ho inauediately pro••
direed a bottle from receptacle,
which evidently contaiwd several
others of the same, or d kindred,
kind. It was only, after he had swal-
lowed half a. tumbler of neat spirit
that Mr. Hookhean began. gradually
to revive. "I can't think what it
was. I was never taken like that
before. it must have been heart -
I' shouldn't like to have that
sort of heertleurn myself," observed
Mr. Schwabe, curiously regarding his
there was one. thing Matthew had
svhich his I:eviller lacked, and that
was a. sense of hureor,-atmest too
keen a sense of humor, for he de-
rived quite indescribable enjoyment
from, wa.tehing the troubles of his
friends, and even, when occasion
offered, of his brother.
Mr. liookman sat at the table
with Mr. Truelove's bill upon his
left,• "Just like Matthew to leave
me to Pay his burial bill, -that was
hie idea. of a joke 1" Matthew's let-
ter was on lies right, and the dia- friend. "I would have it seen to if
mond was in. front of him. What a I were vou."
diamond If he had only been a "Oh, it's nothing. I've been un-
studeat of the Arabian Nights it -usually excited, that is all, though
would have reminded him of the it was a smart twiege while it last -
diamond whieh was found in the ed. Are we quite private here ?"
sh's stomach, and which lighted the Mr. Ilookham' s eyes wandered
house at night. But Mr. Hookhara
deaniseci such lore.
"Twenty thousand pounds 1" Mr.
Mollie= smacked his lips. Such
figures( as these no man. could pos-
eibly- deepim. "What a. fool he
was 1 If I'd. gone iirst, I'd have
seen him hanged before I left it
him ; Pci leave swallowed it first.
As for the stuff and nonsense in his
Ir, Matthew always was an idiot!
Twenty thousand pounds 1" Mr.
Itheitham took up the letter and
glaneed at it, '"It is rolled the
Davit's. Diamond' 1 What a name
for a, precious stone ! Christened it
himself, I expect ; that would be
just like another of his ideas of a
foke. `And is worth, at a. trade
vatuabien, at least twenty thousand
eauncls.e Suppose it is not worth
tee may thousand pence ?"
Mr. Ilookham's countenance fell.
Be realized very keenly indeed that
to have played such a trick on him
as that would have been exactly his
brother's idea of a. joke, and of a
good joke, too.
"Lucky I never paid that fool his
bill ; shouldn't be surprised if they
had get up the story of its value
between them to make me pay for
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FOR FARMERS .*
$easonable and Prefitable
• tetras for the elusy Tillers
91 the Son,
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Need to bread /fad water Milk is ers, that deadly organisin, colt 00M -
the most common, artiele of feed, • murals, the reetilref agent ia the pro -
With a very few exceptions milk is ,dnetion of tyPi101d fever. From the
•the most econondeal pewee et food, resulte of ()facial enitleeie of.drinea
I
lt contains proteins, fats, carbo- ing water, whieb. are continnally be-
hydra,tas and mineral matter ia the ing made, it is surprising that so
moet •available form --- the four em- Many aro enjoying. the measure of
trients required by the body. ,.good health which they do. If you
To be a wholesome article of food peeve any doubts as to the chemical
rxillk must be kept clean, The •re- or bacteriolegieal purity of that
quisites of cleanliness are that the :which le being used in your • home,
CIMINO. BgalF. food given the cattle be‘wholesame I all it coats to have the *test made is
and that the sanitary conditions of the express on a eample to and from,
pea ter dry_eering should be well the stable be maintained. the Ontario Agricultural College,
shouldlllThe
“blvea Peeurr 0 forande Q61%111111!
pinviixtrei: tirrough with fat, and be in atolieweinititillse Whore the offeaals will be glad to
cold all through. It should be a
eeaditiell' freshly killed' but ttilireenesvialatSr used in cleansing' the dairy ullailicheenthiellererg‘uusil7101 eiNaallniNivIloait•kiollis. over
clear red color of fine, firm grain mad it is a good time to pump the well
with yellowish -white firm fat. For • The. stable floors must be tight and Out and renlove all decayed animal
sneoeth, with sufficient incline to in- or veg,etable matter which linty have
drering it pays to use oeney the, ten-
der eide of the round, for though it esurs drainage. Tile gutters should 'collected during the summer, and if
costs a few cents more a pound, it is ee open. a bucket of eharcual, or even a few
many tames better than the tougher
side which answers for coming.
Trim the pieces la good shape,
and thea for every twenty pounds
take a pint of salt, a teaspoonful of
ealtpeter. and a quarter of a pound
of brown sugar. Bub these well to-
gether, divide them in three equal
parts and rub well into the beef for
three successive days. leust in and
rub a handful or two” of extra aalt
in the hole where the string for
harteing goes through geep in a
vessel or tray and turn the meat
every day in the liquor it will make.
The ceiling should be tight to pre- small lumps of lime, be placed in the
vent dust sifting through. bottom much of the impurities still
There should be windows on the remaining will be absorbed,
sunny side, Sunlight is death to '
germs and alth.
that no strong odor is noticed on
'The stable should be ventilated so •
entering the building. WEATHER Lonn.
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Bath stall must be at least three Some Vopular Notions fZupported
feet wide and long enough 'eo that •
the cow need not stand with ber feet by Science.
in the gutter. There is an old sayiug that if the
The yard seiould. be so located that lir al ..
st Sun av of a month is rainy,
it eanabe kept cleaa and dry. every Sunday in that month will
The stable should be whitewashea
. also be rainy, rile same rule, in
three or four times each year and
At the end of eight or ten day" from
1 . dryang in a / • down.
the beginniag it will be ready to the dust and cobwebs kept brushed
etaiele should be kept scrupu-
11 .... cool, dry place during the winter, • The
lOusly clean, aud at least one-talf saying that the weather tends to re -
our x to ' and Larry has proved an hon- and before the flies come in the
the family. As I soon expect spring, sprinkle with red PePPer, hour before ranking time all manure, P.ea't itself about mee in seven days'
to be a member of it, I must say I'm wrap in newspapers closely etrai put should be removed from the building' Thi) cenditloas pree-ailing on Sunday
proud of him," declares Jack. in a muslin bag, tied tight. The out- and the building thoroughly ventil- are more closely- observed. arid, ' bet-
" Avis is not here ?" side may mold, but the mold .can. be ated•
popular -eetimatioa, Should apply to
Other dears of the week, arid. Without
regard to their piece in tho month,
This is merely a convenient Way "of
ter remembered. bdeause of the break
s" She is on the boat with Madame scraped and scrubbed off and will If necedsary sprinkle the floor -b,s_ which Sunday mulces in tbe regular
pursuits of the week.
opine, and the sooner we get there not injure the eavor et the meat. • fore milking to keep down the dust.
the better it will ,.be" Use land plaster in the gutters and Thia notion, like many of those
Jack has not lost his feeling of un- When using trim off the outside and
about the stable. It is valuable for Which have become incorporated in
thip fine and thin with a sharp the approved weather maxims of the
easiness, even though tile aftair seems knife. It is. excellent as a relish, absorbing liquid and odors.
to be going on so smoothly just now. either uncooked. or simply thrown in- Every three months at least the People, allele considerable scientific
Often the worst storms eve have are to a hot frying pan in which has mangers should be thoroughly scrub- Support. A barometric depx.ession
heralded by petsuliar symptoms in the been melted a suiall lump of butter, bed with washing powder, requires ct rather well-defined. period
In. whieb. to pass over this country
air -a sultry teeling, dead silence, and stirred around a moment an.d a Sew Any animal showing evidence of
a sort of unnatural calrn-so with drops of vrater added. Or,, instead disease should be removed from the from one coast to the other. The
jack -he detects some such signs in of the water, sprinkle lightly with herd and taken to the hospital build- average is from throe to four days,
the horizon of their affairs, and al- flour, rub smooth and pour in cream ing. • varying somewhat with the season of
though he cannot tell where the storm livery farm should have a separate the year and with other conditions.
round the room and finally rested will come from, or when it will break, and let it cook a minute or two.
building where sick ctnimals can
he feels uneasy. This will give a fine flavor to the res, Two of these weather Videe - and the
on the door. cream gravy. • ceive special care and attention. •second mo alit'to 'livers° the first -
The cost will be repaid by saving would take about a, week. Thus
"Quite. That door Is both sound "And this is liberty -oh, bow siveet
to breathe the pure air again -to see vaLriiveder.b-yTohciseafstzzled beef may be areas of high. or of low temperature
and fire -proof. And ruy walls have Wally cooking with one good animal.
would be likely to succeed each oth-
• the brae -vault above, ,A man never 11 5. few slices of be.er s liver cured The cows should be bedded. with
got no ears."
knows how grand a thing^ liberty may thus: Make a brine from two gal- only .clean, bright material. • .., er in most places by about...that in -
"'You. know something et diamonds terval.
Schwabe ?" be until he is shut up in darkness for lone of Water, three-quarters of a It is best to have water accessible
a month or two. Good-bye, old dun- While this is a. rough calculation
geon; sooner than return to your fetid Pound of brown sugar, a half ounce to the cows at all times, otherwise
and one which, if put to the test,
"I ought to. It's ray trade. I've
arms I will meet death in any ferns." of saltpeter, and salt until the brine water twice each day.
would encounter- many exceptions+,
lived among them since I was so
high." Mr. Schwabe demonstrated win float, an egg. Pour it into an Do not roake the mistake of turn -
Thus apostrophizing his late cheers- earthen vessel; wash and wipe a per- ing the cows out to roam the fields weather bureau experts say that,
the height he referred to by raising
ber, Alec's, once so fun of life and fectly healthy young beef's liver arid in the cold winter days. It wifl with a vigorous storm to -day, there
ground. .,
to his friends. • is slightly more likelihood 'of anoth-
his hand about six inches from the
spirits, now a thin, weak lad, turns put in the brine for a week: hang in only result in loss.
a cool place and keep like the beef. The clean, warm stable is the place er in just a weels than of another in
"Eh-tvhat passes between. us is
Aleck, and let me help you," says should be well mixed with fat. Trim . either six or eight clays. The mar-
gin of increased likelihood, although
"We're ready to go. Take my arm; Tongue. - Beef tongue for curing for profit.
confidential, you understand ?"
"Certe.inly." Mr. Schwabe, who
knew his friend, began to be amused. Ja.c.k-,-..- , ... • them neatly and to eversr twenty la sanall, is on that side.
This is all that the popular saying
"Has anybody been trying to get "C"t '--
At the word Tack feels a chill -what implies. Were the rule to work out
he has expected is about to happen. rigidly, the Mondays -orthe year
you, to lend them money on their
diamonds ?" He can. jump at conclusions about aa svould. be all on the same pattern,
guesses what Aleck would say. •
while the Tueeclaye would average
"No, no. I ha.ve something here
fast as any man, and already he
opinion." "I thank you from my heart, up to another standard, Nothing of
about which I want to ha,ve your
As he watched Mr. Ithokham's pro- this kind is to be expected. Excep-
ceedings Mr. Schwabe's amusement Or. Chase's Ointment tions to the seven-day rotation occur
increased. First the cash -box ap- often enough. to keep the mind of
pored, then the jewel -box, then the man from guessing too readily the
newspapers. When all the wrappers DAIRY WISDOM. great secrets which nature hides in
were removed: they formed quite a do not make enough pickle to cover the wind and the storm -clouds.
large heap upon tlse floor. them, sprinkle lightly with salt and
"How much would you say that let them lie ten days. Hang to dry,
burying him. I'll take it round to was worth ?" then bag away from the flies like the MARRIAGE_P_ROPOSALS.
worth.," tion he removed the last 'of the Eccentric Wooers' Fantastic Pro -
Schwabe ; he'll tell sue what it's As Mr. Ithoisham asked this ques-
Mr. Schwabe was a geatlenian es wrappers and revealed -the moun-
tain positions.
M • IT kis ' • ' t nce who of light 1 When he saw this, all
Ta prove to 'en thee Dr.
pounds of tongue use a mixture of a
pint of salt, a teaspoonful of salt- Chase's Ointment is *certain
es and absolute euro for easth
sail every 20M sif itching,
peter and a quarter pound of brown bleedingancleretruding
sugar. Drop the tongues into boil- the nmentacturere lista guasanteedit. secure
lug water for three minutes; when easontale in the daily press clad ask Tour nearly
cool rub them. well svith the mixture ireilrmihrToh:Ltherelanit'et elti° elottlraixaaal
and sprinkle them with it as you &Basler+ oratastscesoseBeres Co.,Toreito,
friends, for the trouble you have to pack them closely in an earthen
save me. While I live you will ever vessel. Put a weight to keep them
be in my memory, dear to me above down and turn every other day, put -
all other friends, but I have made a ting' bottom ones on top. If they
vow -a sacred vow. that must be
kept."
".What is it ?" asks Larry.
Jack does not put a question, for
he can guess. It Is the old story beef. To cook, soak in cold water
over again -a woman led Aleck into over night; in the morning put to
this serape, and now he is resolved boil in a. kettle full of cold water,
to commit the same blunder again. bring to a boil and simmer gently
Jack is in love himself, and. can in for four hours or until you can paerce
it with a fork; if the water boils
away, add more boiling water. When
done stand to cool in the water in
which it was boiled. When cold, re-
move the skin, beginning at the tip
and stripping it back; cut in very
thin slices.
Butehering.-Butchering tools are
needed only once a year and ehon
they should be on hand. It's a dis-
agreeable task to 'hitch up and go to
a neighbor's after a kettle, lard
press or some other implement; then
they have totbe taken home again.
We think notleing of buying other
tools; why not buy an outfit for
6 If the ventilation is not good. in
the stable don't let a. day pass un-
til you make it so.
Make. an air shaft reaching frora
within a foot of the floor to a
short distance above the ridge of
the barn like a eldraney. It' can
be made of rough boards. Make, a
slide in this like a damper in a
pipe. If the temperature of the sta,-
blo drops too. much close the dam-
per part way. Arrange a small flue
for fresh air coming in at the sill
outaide and discharging the fresh
air in the warm air near the coiling.
In this way there will be no drafts.
It is very simple - any one can
do it - and the cost will be very
little.
Keep the bedding well up under the
cow's knees. A cow can have little
comfort when her knees are bruieed,,
on.a hard. flOor.
Pairymea, start in. the new year
all concerned. Sack comes to the hrstrhering? ...When buying kettles with resolations to be up to date
front •again ready for ir--"P.d.cilV-.6ta. 4-ese , to get the large in your business. • Go to the insti-
tion. e that do not tutes and .1Ind out what successful
-Was kb's.- heisstizoi°ds.mtrirelale sfesarilL'; than a eted''ted risen. and wornen are doing. It don't
demangs
-- 'Tell me Just when ?"
"You heard the bells ring a little ed of them; but there is a whole lot
while back -she generally reaches here of difference in the amount of power
Just after that time, and may arrive
at any moment now. I am sure she
is on the way."
" We can't wait here, but xnay meet
her. The harem lles yonder -that ex-
tension at the end of the palace. Come,
all follow me."
"Listen ! what 15 that ?"
At Larry's words all stop and en- The stable should be located on
deavour to discover what he mea.ns. high ground with good drainage.
It is not at all difficult, for the night No stagnant water should bo el-
an is still, and the sounds are very bowed near the stable, and no ma -
distinct, Indeed. nurial deposits should be within 100
A vehicle of some tort is *whirling feet of the building.
along the gravelled drive leading to ICeep a wagon handy and draw the
the palace gates. The loud voice of manure directly to the fields, where
the driver can be heard as he urges there will be no waste.
his animals on. Then he stope, the The water supply should be secure
gates, are reached, a voice roars out ed from a water source encontarain-
some ferocious order in the Turkish atecl by barnyard or any other souree
tongue. Our .friends look at each of impurities.
other in the semi -gloom, consternation
' Charles Kruger's proposal in mid. -
air is, Perhaps, unique.. He was a
trapeze performer, and lais act. with
the lady in whose hand he a,spired
was nightly vociferously applauded
by the good folk of St. Louis. One
night, while he held the fair astiste
swinging above a sea. of upturned
faces, after she had made her flying
leap, he whispered a hurried offer of
marriage. This the lady accepted,
and they finished their performance
an engaged couple.
Not alone in comic opera has a
proposal been made from the Bench.
Strongly reminiscent of the.judge in
-"Trial by Jury'-' seas the Arkansas
funetranary who not Jong since pee -
sided over a Court of Justice where
a man was *being tried for assault,
'Phe proscoutrixe, a lady of condor7
'hese tames to stay intttekeseccistetsevzogs,,F4Ista'ailLtt; :1;ealed her
woes, and concluded by Write tha
she went in bodily fear the pris-
oner, who vvas her brother. Where-
upon the judge remarked that he
would, if she would accept him, af-
ford her such protection as a hus-.
band might. The lady thanked him,
and gladly closed with his offer.
was in the diamond trade, and traces of snare amusement passed
a measure excuse Aleck, but he does
whogei office was in Hatton Garden, froxn Mr. Schwabe. Ilis usually lm- ,not believe the latter can care for his
mobile face lit up, and he leaned for- Sady as he, the doctor does for Avis.
and the idea of carrying- a stone
' "I shell not leave the palace grounds
without Sady," says Aleck, firmly.
.Tack groans. Precious minutes are
passing, and the pasha will soon be
on hand, when the very duse must be
to pay. Aleck is wonderfully stub-
born, as every one knows, even his
prison life has not cured him of that,
for "what's bred in the bone can't be
beat out ot the flesh."
There is only one. thing to do -carry
out Aleck's wishes, 'and the sooner.
they get at th:e matter the better for
which might be worth twenty thou-
sand pounds wrapped in a Piece of
tissue paper those in his waistcoat
Pocket did not counnond itself to
Afe. Itookham, IIe sca,rehed about
for some more suitable means of
transits Finally his ideas took the
shape of wrapping the stone up in
half re dozen newspapers, and cram -
wilier the newspapers into a, jewel -
box and the jewel -box into a cosh-
- bar, and the cash -box thto 0. Glad-
stond bag,. and, when he was quite
Rare that the Gladstone bag was
and locked, he started off
nee. journey.
Hardly,hu _ekes_ had he reached Withal fm
a purchase it. Let e look
the battone ofithe 'eft -site, than he at it -it's worth one's while to have
was seized, With a pain ie the"ellale--ilived if only to be ablettesay that
so violent a pain that he was
obliged to lean against the wall to
etiable him to maintain even a sem-
blanee of the perpendicular. While
he was in this position a ribald about a teapot even, and why not
about diamonds ?-it would appear
that he quickly changed his mind.
In his enthrislasm he stretched out
his hand to tenderly touch the pre-
cious thing, but no stooner had he
lifrt Hookharri, momentarily m- got it in hs grasp than he sprang
from his seat with a yell which
artietilates was obliged to content
himself with shaking his list at this might hate shaken Usn ceiling, and
•evtatainktnie vagabond, In a min- flung it down again upon the floor.
"The devil 1" he screamed, hop-
ute, the pain shiesiding, he was
able to make his way into Fleet Ping about the room like a bear
street. Hardly, however, had his upon hot plates. "Curse your in -
feet, touched that classic pavement fernal tricks 3 It would serve you
than the pain returned, if anything right if 1 had your life for this !"
welt increased intensity. It haci been Mr. Hookham stared at Mr.
his intention to Walk to Hatton Schwabe with most natural sur -
Garden. Matthew's legacy might Prise. Ile had paesed from fervid
not be worth even twenty thousand enthusiasm to frantic rag,o with the
pence, sued he was not at all the rapidity of a quick -change artiste.
sort of Man to pay a cab fare for And it was really curious to see a
the mere sake of increasing the cir- gentleman who scaled a good sixteen
culatiois of the currency. But it was stone bounding with so much agility
impossible to stagger through the about his office floor. And he had
streets with that pain. in his side. thrown the diamond on to the
So Mr. Hookbarn made a virtue of ground -the stone whieh was worth
neceseity area, hailed a cab, comfort- the ratsora of a, king ! Hr. Hook -
big himself with the reflection that ham stooped to pick it up. AS he
it Wes eater to ride thati to walls- did so he did exactly what Mr.
which reeleetioa, in this caSe, Troved Schwabe had done --directly he had it
signally wrong.
Hansom et/hi:nen are not noted for
careful driVieg. Ape arently he had
lift upon the most Careless driver in
the whole tewn, or else ill luck fol-
lowed hitra The Man lumbered and
blundered feem side to side, and eel
over the places, as though he had
laid a wager to bring WI:Wen atd
his cab arid his horSe and his fare to
grief in the shortest possible epace
or who, .11fire. flookhare, sitting in-
side epeeehless with pain -for the
pain in his side eontinued all the
Way -wee atiso green with fright. It
eeemed to • him g miracle that he
Wee stial alive When he reached his It is poor consolation to the girl
1Ourralee ',M. In paying the driver Who has been stung by a bee that
his stri.-SNy Xegal faro he was • pea* beteg are partial to sWeat thIngS.
Ward as though longing to feast his
eyes upon this beautiful thing.
"Great snakes 1 Where did you
get that from ? My stars 1 What a
diamond 1 It's the finest stone I
ever saw 1"
"How =ph should you say it was
worth ?"
"Worth ? How can you say how
much a stone like that is worth ?
It's worth a. fortune. In former
days it would have been worth a
king's ransom. There would not
have been a' crowned hes.d in Europe
who would not have endeavored to
grind out of his subjects the where-
onen.haaehendled ,seiclet stone.
If such realrirtivere Mr. Schwabe's
opinion -and men have held similar
opinions about other things, some
youth, coming across the court -yard
geeing he was in difficulties, mistook
the cause of them.
"lifer hi 1" exclaimed this youth.
"Won't you 'a,ve 'ot coppers!"
in his grasp he yelled. If he did
not fling it heraediately from him it
was not for vtarit of trying. But the
atone aetually appeared to stick to
the palm of his hand ; and it was
orily after the most frenzied efforte
that he was able to hurl it from him
with a crash upon the floor. Whoa
ho had succeeded in doing Elio he.
stood in the centre of the room and
roared, literally bellowed .liket
bulL
(To Be Continued.)
dish -pan are a nuisance. An
moat cutters or grinders - they will
all do the work well that is requir-
it takes to run them. The small, or
metalline size, we prefer, because they
are not so tiresome to operate even
if they do pot grind the meat as fast
as the larger Ones.
'BARNYARD NOTES.
seizeLarry, while Jack saute his
teeth with a .snap.
" The pasha has come !" he grinds
s
out.
"Greet Mott! that train madeup
the lost time V' hoarsely whispers
Larry. This event seems to- strike
him in a more singular light than the
actual presence) of their enemy.
There Is still time enough for theni
to fly. The shore line can be reached
before their foes may overtake them,
and. the boat, manned by the risme
of stalwart British tars, will quickly
carry them to the yacht,
jack snakes the attempt, even while
doubtful as regards the result,
" We must fly," he says, grasping
one of Aleck's arras.
• "Leave me, my friends," begs the
you, and, Aleck, old fellow, you valet
other.
"Not much, We Same here to save
corne 'with ue,"
"I cannot," groans the ,wretched lad
-liberty scenis SO close, and yet he
Will not streteh out hie hand to gresp
IL
•thi 13. ilautfilUedat
backgr una. eryt.sest st get
out and hustle or be left way back
oat of the proceesion.
If you have not. already done so it
would be worth the ,trouble to seri-
ously consider if it would not pay
you well to put in a water system
in your barn so that the cows will
not have to go out on cold, stormy
days in winter to drink ice cold wae
Ier at an open tank.
As milk contains eighty-two per
cent. of water it will readily be seen
that a cow can hardly be expected
to give a large flow of milk unless
she can. have a. chance, to drink in a
comfortable place. •
DISEASE IN THE WELL.
Down in the average farm well
lies the source of much of the siek-
'mess in the country to -day. In it
too frequently lurks, amongst oth-
•
• ROYAL TRAINS.
It may not be generally known
that a telegraphist always travels
by "Royal trains." In 'case of any
mishap, a ladder Would bo plasescl.
against the nearest telegraph post,
and a wire tied or connected with an
instrument, which the telegraph
clerk would tvork while sitting en
the bank. By this meauS Word could
be at once seat to the nearest rail-
way station, giving instrtations that
assistance must be sent at once to a
certain spot.
tr
But the Doctors Could Not Cure,Mr. ploutler--Said He Would Never bo WWI
Again—After Six Years of Helplessness He Was Cured by
Dr. Chase's Nerve Food.
The case of Mr. Simon Cloutier,
shoemakers 110 Lagouchettere street,
Montreal, deserves more than Passing
notice, because his ease waseunetsual-
ly Severe.
For sie long years Mr, Cloutio
wits an invalid, Unable to attehd to
his 'work, and much of his thee
Wae spent in the hespitals al More
treal. The decters gave him - no
hope of recovery, but, on the cora
trazy, told him that, he Would never
be Weil again,
A treatment that will restore to
good health a pereon ,whose ease
was tonsidered hopeless must be of
more them ordinary value, and this
is only one of a. series Clf reinarkable
ebuyvetshet4uastiiave e bDeetellbCisraosue/sht liab:rvuet
rood,
Mr. Simon . Cloutier, Shoemaker;
110.1-agauchetiere etreet, Montreal,
Quo., states :-"For SIX years I was
not able to work, my nerves were
ali siustrutg and my digestion bad.
I had severe attacke of headache,
could not sleep, and suffered With
shooting pains in the small of my
bach 1 Vette ih four hospitals, but
the doctors twilit riot cure Me. They
said I would never be well agalw.In
spite of their decision I began, the use
of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, some
months ago, 'and I am coneineed
that I owe my life to this niedicitie.
I have now been at 'Work for over
two weeks, arid believe that my
health has been hilly restored, "
is a pleasure for rise to _add my tes-
timony to the hosts of otherd from
persoes who have been curled by
this wonderful medicine."
Dr. Chases Nerve Food, 50 cents
a boX, 6 boxes for $2.50, at all
dealers, or Ednianeton, 13ate 4 Oce.,
Torento,
7wel.
NEWS BY MAI3:s ABOUT g
BULL AND BIS PIlsaeit,4
Occurrences in the
lissignS Supreme in • le 44
mercial W or
The Calleenes gift -toe ridee whom
t
isbill1.000sotdciellsniovr'ersai a bbtliarreeteetil:kiel: itly}whieonroni; 0 fa la -
The biggest li indry in London
r
has seven miles o drying lines, all
under cover. gig ty thousand pieces
can be dried. at o ice in the space of
half an hour.
The total pr eeds of the Burns
and Scott Mem rial Bazaste held in
St. Jamow ban, London, amouat
to 4.3,900. The amount received eey
from the children's purses was 2-100. 'T
There are at present in Greet Bri-
taia some 47)000,000 spindles ; in. ,
the "(hilted States, 21,558,974: ; ia
Brae., 5,000,000 ; in Japan, 1,-
500,000, and some 700,000 smelliest
in China,
air, Francis Johnson, a • well
known justice of the peace for Cho -
shire, fell dead on Liverpool lend-
ing stage, while hurrying to catch
a ferry boat for Egremont, where he
resided. . .
The 2nd Highland Light Intantr3r
has arrived in. Jersey and the Royal
Welsh rusiliere left for Lichfielde
No Highland regiment hes been sta.-- a
tioned in Jersey for at least three-
quarters of a century.
Colonel IIippeslc3y, who has juet
retired from the Scots Greys, after..
conananding the regiment to
leinodmeo,f the war in South Africallia,""
a spleedid reception on his t
England, Avii9:3eoghlue,:altdlicedmai a, I:m(0i nCocig:uforiont;14icseloicLiPtiiui uol'inaa:tici51
000; Ireland, according, to the ce
sus of 1001, 8;310,018.
la. a nationel brass band conspeti.
tion held at the Crystal Palace,
London, and in which 88 hands took
part, Black Dike won first prize,
Wyk° Temperance. the second, an,d.
Luton Bed Springs the third.
In more tlean a, dozen Englisl.
towns electric light plants relining
from 19,000 to 22,000 lamps of
sixteen candle power get power from
furnaces in which refuse is burned,
either by itself or mixed with other
f
ou
ue
tl.
a stop. In Scotland ,the -.-i
At proseat 108 trains in Britain.
run 100 miles and over daily, with -
denten Compapy take the lead, thei
longest'run being from. Carlisle t
Stirling, 117f miles, in 2 hours
18 minutes. .
•
Great Britain, with her colon'
owns nearly, ono -half of the tc
tonnage belonging to the mariee
forty nations, or 14,000,000 t
out Of a- total of 29;900,000 tc
This is divided among 28,350
sels, of which 10,838 sal/ under,
British flag'.
Five hundred men, of m
tionalities, of many occupatems-
but all of them homelesel peihnile.ss,
in the world's richest city -may be
seen any evening,•holirever wet .`or
cold it may be, forming a , bon
black line in ono of' the ob.
streets of the backyard of Len
The Duke and Duchess of
minster, who sailcsl for South ,
will make a tour of the battle
of the late war. The Countess
Airlie stalled also -to visit the gras
of the late Earl, and see the xnemor
ial which was erected by the °file&
and men of the 12th Lancers, ,
A Weleh minister was mirpris 4
the other day to receive a basket
potatoes from an old woman
meinber of his congregation --with
message that, ass he had remark
the previous Sunday that -co-
taters (commentators) did not agree
with him, she had sent him real
good. ones. - •
St. Deniol'S..Library, , Havtarden, .,
which has ..been erectecha,s 'a national
memorial to Mr.. Gtlia7tbreee,. at 9
h40,..Peen,.pl."ed on the, of I he
Earl-Spenier on the Lith fait '
cost of -'11.00,000,. Wag efielied-''?* '
hill 19.7iilies:wOv"11. '17tr.ellYle;teu.Qahrlari'ofdsthae
Dee. Externally the building 'is faced
with lielsby stone, a red sandstone,
while the roof is e,overed with dark
green 13uttermere slate.
Like Queen Victoria, Queen Alexan-
dra has tombstones erected over the
graves of her pet dogs. Queen ,
toria had small sta.tues made of her
deceased • canine come anions, end
placed on blocks of stone over their
remains in the grounds at Frog-
more. At Sandringham are the
graves ef two dogs, a Siberian and a
St. Bernard, ' and on. the stones are
inscribed their names,' the tenet's. of
time they were owned by Queen
Alexandra, and the dates of their
cleatbs.
In his new book Admiral Sir Wile
liam. Kennedy relates the case of a
marine who was brought before a
court martial at Hong,teong charged
with filen b or dination. The court hay,.
ing been sworn, the prisoner was
asked the usital question -Did he ob-
ject to any member -of the court ?
Looking around with infinite con-
tempt on his judges, he said, "Yes,
-I Object to the whole laborriin' lot of
yer , 'spaeleu lay the breed -1i eaded old
bat i ncler in-
tence is not-reeordecl.,
STRAIN ON FAST TBAIle-S.
It has often been tinged that, man
could not travel at a much greater
speed then sixty miles ae hour, as
leo driver could stand the strain
upon the nerves, An eaperieneed oh-
ginter has, hoWever, it is seld, de-
clared that when a, men is running
his engine. at 0 mile a minute lie has
reached the limit of meetel_s_train,
and an extra hail'iL1 i iniltnte,,,
could not edd to his task. Purther,
the same authority gives the retie-
suring inforination that., 11 a train
going at the, rate of one hundred .
Miles an hoer Were vreeked, the
eensequentee would be no wortie them
if the speed had been tbseet'