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CHAPTER XV.
eeMother," said Master William
Wielders one night to his parent, es
be sat at suppee—which race' eon -
ted of bread and mine—"he's the
jolliest old. feller, that Mr. Tippet,
X ,eve ).• came across,"
gled you like him, :Willie,"
said afrs.. Winders, who was busy
patching the knees of a pair of email
unimentionables; "but I wish, dear,
that you would not use slag in
'our speech, and remember that fel-
low is not spelt with art e -r at the
end of it."
"Oozne now, raother, 'don't you go
an' get sarcastic. It don't suit
you; beside, there's no occasion for
it, for I do my best to keep
it down, but I'm so choke full of it
that a word or two will spurt up
now and then in spite ome."
Mrs. Winders smiled and continued
her patching; Willie grinned and con-
tinued his supper.
"Mother," said Willie, after an.
• Interval of silence.
"Well, my son ?'*
"What d'se think the old feller—
ah ! I mean fellowa-is up to just
now ?"
"I don't know, Wellie."
"lee's inventin' a calelatin' mach-
ine, as is to do anythin' from sim-
ple addition to fractions, an' he
sayt if it works well he'll carry it
.. on to aigebra and mathematics, up
to the fiemal calelus, or somethire
Winder, with a pleased look; "I
liketo hear you talk of going' to
see people in distress. -931 ckss e d. are
they that consider the poor,' Willie."
"0, as to that, you knew, I don't
know that they are poor. Only I
feel sort o* sorry for 'um, somehow,
and I'm awful anxioue to see 4 real
live fairy, even though she is ill."
"When are you going ?" inquired
Mrs. Winders.
"To -morrow night, on my way
home."
"Bid you look in a Prank's lodg-
ing in passing to -night ?"
"Yes, I did, and found that he
was in the station on duty again,
It wes't a bad sprain, you Fee, an'
it'll teach aim net to go armpit).* out
ef a first floor window again."
-He couldn't help it," said the
widow, -You know his eecape by
the stair had beea cat off, and there
was no other way left."
"No other way !" cried Willie;
"why eidn't he drop ? He's so
proud of his staangth, is Blazes, that
he jumped off -hand a' perpose to
show it ! Era, he'd be the better of
some o' my caution, Now, mother,
I'm off to bed."
"Get ebe Bible, then," said Mrs.
Willdera.
Willie got up and fetched a large
old family Bible from a shelf, and
laid it on the table before his moth-
er, who read a chapter and prayed
with her son; after which Willio
o' that sort. Oh, you've no notion gave her one of his -roystering"
how he strains himself at it. He kisses, and went to bed.
sits down. in his shirt -sleeves at a The lamps had been lighted for
Neritine-table he's got in a corner, some time next night, and the shop -
an' tears away at the little hair lie windows were poring forth their
leas on the sides of his bead (I do bright rays, making the streets ap-
believe he tore it all off the top peer as light as day, when Willie
with them inventions), then he bangs found himself in the Small clisrepu-
up aa' seizes his tools. and shout, table street near London Bridge, in
-'Look here, Willie, hold on r and which Cattley the down ciwolt.
Remembering the dircations given
hilm by little Jim Cattley, he soon
found the underground abode near
the burnt house, the ruins of which
had alreacly been cleared away, and
a considerable portion of a new ten-
ement erected. .
If the stair leading to the clown's
dwelling was dark, the passage at
the foot of it war, darker: and as
Willie groped his 'way carefully along
he might. have imagined it to be a
place inhabited only by rats or
cats, had not gleams of light, and
is very kind to me, and also to the sound of voices from. sundry
many poor folk that come about closed doors, betokened the presence
regularly. I'm gettin' to know their of human beings. Of the compound
faces now, and when to expect 'em. smells peculiar to the place, those of
Be always takes 'era into his back beer and tobacco predominated.
room—all. sorts, old men and old At the further end of this passage
women an' children, most of 'em there was an abrupt turu to the
seedy enough, but some of 'eux well beet, which brought the boy unex-
off to look at. 'What he says to pectedly to a partially open door,
'ma I don't know, but they usually weore a eeene so strange met his
come out very grave, and go away eyes that be involuntarily stood still
thankin' hiin, and sayin' they won't and gazed,
forget his advice. If the advice im In a corner of the room, wbich
to come back soon they certainly was almost destitute of furniture, a
don't forget it I And he's a great little girl, wan, weary, and thin,
philosopher, too, mother, for he of- lay on a miserable pallet, with scan -
ten talks to me about my intlec's.
Be said jist t'other day, 'Willie,'
said he, 'get into a habit o' usin'
yer brains, my boy. The Almighty
put us into this world well -made
machines, intended to be used in all
our parts. Now, you'll find thou-
sands of people who use their mus-
cles and neglect their brains, and
thousands of people who use their
brains and neglect their musclesskin-tights, with cheeks and face ia slni e again, and sea she
Both w
aro wrong, boy; emin
're aches similar to h
is father, arid a red crest didn't feel like either the one or the
lad—wonderful inachinee—and the or omb of worsted on his head. other.
machines won't work if they're not "Ziza, darling, are you /calla' bet -
"My poor lamb," said the clown,
c
used all over.' Dona, that sound ter, my lamb ?" said the elder clown, sitting down on the bed, and part -
grand, mother ?" with a gravity of expression in his ing the dark hair on Ziza's forehead,
Willie might have received an an- real mouth that contrasted strange- with a hand as gentle as that of a
swer if he had waited for one, but ly with the expression conveyed by mother, "we're vile now. Tinee's
he was too impatient, and. went rat- the painted corners. up. Shall I ask Mrs. Smith to
tling on. "No, father, not inuth; but per- stay with you again, till we come
"And who d'ye think, mother, haps I'm gettire better though 1 back ?"
came to see old Tippet. the other don't feel it,e said the sweet, faint "Oh. no, no !" cried the obild,
day, but little Cattley the clown's and squeezieg her fingers
voice of the child, as she opened ber hurriedly,
boy. You remember my fellin' you larg,e hollow eyes. antl looked up- into her eyes, as if to shut out same
about little Cattley and the auction ward. disagreeable object. "Not Mrs.
don't you ?" "So, that's the fairy !" thought Smith. I'd rather be alone."
"Yes, Willie." Willie, sadly, as be gazed on the "I wish I could stay with you,
"Well, be came, and just as he child's beautiful though wasted lea- Ziza, said Jim, earnestly.
was goin' away I ran out an' asked. three. "It's of no use wishine Jim.,"
hien how the fairy was. 'She's ve”er "We'll have done d'reetly, elarl- said his father; "you can't get off a
ill,' he said, shakin" his heed, and ing," said the clown tenderly; "only single night. If you was to fail'em
lookm so mournful that I had not one more turn, and then we'll leave you'd lose your engagement, and we
the heart to ask more. But I'm you to rest quietly for some hours. can't afford that just at this time,
goin' to see them, mother." Now, tben, here we are again !" he you know; but I'll try to get /Ws.
"That's right, my boy," said. Mrs. added, bounding into the middle of James to come. She's a good
woman, I know, and—"
"Mister Cattley," interrupted Wil-
lie, "if you'll allow a partielanly
humble individual to make a obser-
vation, I would say there's nothin'
in life to prevent me froni keepin'
this 'ere fairy company till you come
back. I've nothin' particular to do
as I knows on, an' I'm raither fond
For Months !Ars. Myles Lay a Helpless Sufferer Freci Neruoug of lonely meditation; so if the fairy
Prostration and Gradually Grew Weaker and Weaker. wants to g� to sloop, it'll nrake no
odds to me, so long's it pleases
Mrs. John Myles, Sr., of South Dr. Chase's Nerve Food I began be her."
efoodslee, Essex Co., Ont., is won gain in weight and to feel etrengeri "Thankee, lad;" said trm clown;
cnown throughout the surromediag ' Since than I have been graduaily re "but you'll git wearied,. I fear, for
rountry because of hes work among stored to health and in looking we won't be home tifffiqrnin'--"
the sick and suffering and it was on back can say that the improvement "Ah !" inteseupted Willie, "till
exeunt of over exertion in this re- has been eozneteing wonderful, i daylight does appear. But that's
eard that her .health broke down used in all forty boxes of this pre no odds, neither,•—'cause I'm not
and she lay weak arid helplee.e, a paration and feel it a duty as well married yet, so there's nobody
eiceim of aervous proetention. Doc- as a privilege to recommend It te awaitin' for me—and" (he winked to
;ors could net help her and eilee re- all wao are suffering from neeveux Jim at this point) "my naother
poked to try Dr. Chase's Nerve disorders. Several persoes tt4 knews I'm out," .
rood, As a reetult she has beet. wee= I have deaciebed my ease hale The clown grinned at this. "You'd
thoroughly restored and by reeone- used it and been oared and I au make one of us, youngster," said he,
ttonding this treatment to others sure that 1 awe mei present goot "if ye can jump. However r'm
is been the means of lerin', ging beak aealtea if not life itself to Dr obliged to your offer, you can
math and hap,periest ea many a Oheise's Move Peed." stay if Ziza would like it."
Itamiceraid and disaouraged surfacer Nerlyous praetration and exhale& Ziza said she would like if, with
tram diseases of the nerves. tian, headathee, cettopepsia, elizze such good will that 'Willie adored
1VIrs, litylee, writes ie -"When. I be- arid fainting snails, paralyeee,,, loco her from that moment, and vowed
an the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve rucitor ataxia, feel inge el' wealtriese, In his heart he would nurse her till
road i was confined to ney bed with capreseion, and despondency all she,—be did not like to finish the
Oat the doctors said was nefovioup (*aroma by thee treattnetet, tenalo son t once; yet, somehow, the little
erceitiration. My steenetech was very lag, as it does, hand in hand Witk that he had heard and seen of the
!Mak and I could not sleeP' at all 11601,re' T4011101 graduals tte re, child, led him irresiatibly to the con-
ind trembling would come leOrbyg, pad by ntv year thero4 This 13 a vi ng been satisfactorily er-
ror ally length of time. Nervout st.1,4 are all the mare cotiain. ati elusion that she was dying.
hills a .
Etrer Inc at times and I seemed to in W ight, Yiku ehn prdire to Yotl ranged, the Cattle;ys, senior and
ie getting weakei" mid weaker all sl, ahtiOU that eaW, fla01 fie. junior, threw cloaks round them, ex
-
the time. There were alp ptains alid tissub is being eictded, VI
_ I changed their wigs for caps; and, re-
ofl top of the bead whieh caused nie 014 a , hpl, 0140 fox' SX.fiu gardless of the absurd appearance
!malleuffering and anxiety, 441 all dealsts, or dfnanolens Babel of their faces., hurried out to one of
After mete" half a dozen beixes of ani4 Co.; TOroa% the minor theatres, with heavy
goes sawin' and chiselin' and ham -
=Win' away like a steam-engine.
He's all but bu'st biniself over that
cale'latire machine, and Pm much
afraid that he'll clap Chips into the
araisage-xnachine some day, just to
gee how it works. I hope he won't,
for Chips an' I are great friends,
though we've only bin a month to-
gether."
"I hope he's a good man," said
Mrs. Winders, thoughtfully.
"Well, Ian sure he must be !"
cried Willie, .with enthusiam, "for he
the room with a wild laugh, "Oome
alongt_ jitn. • try •that jump once
More, •
, Jim did not speak; bid, prensing
his lips to his sister's brow,' leaped
after his sire, who was standing in
a remarkably vigorees attitude,
with his legs wide apart and his
arms akimbo, looking back over Ms
shoulder.
"Hare wo go," cried Jim in a tiny
voice, running up his father's leg
and side, stepping lightly on his
shoulder, and. planting ono toot on
his head.
"Jump down." said the clown
gravely.
Jim obeyed.
,"That won't do, Jim,. Iron must
do it nIl in one run; no pausing on
the weer,—but, whoop 1 up you get,
and both foot on nw heat at once.
lion't be afeard; you can't tumble,
you know."
"I'm riot afeard, father," said
: "but I ain't quite springy in
my heart to -night. Stand again
and see if I don't do it right off.'
Cattley the elder threw himself in-
to the required attitude; and Oattley
junior, rushed at him, ran up him
as a eat runs up a tree, and in 4
moment was standing on his father's
head with his arms extended.
Whoop ! —Next moment he was turn-
ing round in the air; and whoop!—
in another moment he was standing
on the ground, bowing respeetfully
to a supposed audience.
To dimes immense amazement, tae
aupposed audience applauded him
heartily; and said "Bravyo 1 young
me" as it stopped into the room, in.
the person of WUliuim Winders.
"Why who may you be ?" in
quired the clown senior, stepping up
to the intruder.
Before Willie could answer, the
clown junior sprang on his fa'ther'e
shoulders, and whispered in his ear.
Whatever, he said, the result was aa
expreesion oe benignity anti condes-
seension on tlie clown's face—as far
as paint would allow of such ex-
preesion.
-Glad to meet you, Master 'Win-
ders," he said. "Proud to know
any one connected with T. Tippet,
Esq., who's a trump,- Give us your
flipper. What may be the object of
your unexpected, though welcome
visit to this—this subterranean
grotto, which may be said to be.
next door to the coral caves, Where
the mermaids dwell."
"Yes, and there's one o' the nxer-
maids singing," remarked the clown
junior, with a comical leer, as a
woman's voice was heard in violent
altercation with some one. "She's
a myth.' of her prayers now; be-
seechin' of her husband to let her
have her own way."
:Willie explained that, having had
the pleasure of meeting with Jim at
an auction sale some weeks ago, he
had .called to renew his acquaintance
and Jini said he remembered the in-
cident,—and that, if he was not mis-
taken, a desire to see a live fairy
in plain clo'se, with her wings off,
had something to do with his visit.
"Here she is;—by the way, what's
your name ?"
"Bill Winders."
"Here she is, Bill; this is the
fairy," he said., in quite an altered
tone, as he went to the bed, and
took one of his sister's thin hands
in both of his. "Ziza, this is the
feller I 'told ye of, as wanted to see
you, dear; blongs to Mr. Tippet."
Ziza similee faintly, as she extend-
ed, her hand to 'Willie, who took it
ty covering over her. Beeide her
.
Stood Cattley—not, as when first
andpressed it gently.
Willie felt a wonderfully strong
trodueed, in a seedy coat and hat•
sensation within his heart as he
but in full stage costuene,--witli
leaked into the sufferer's large liq-
three balls on his head, white face,
'Ind eyes; and for a few seconds he
triangular roses on his cheeks, and
bis mouth extended outward and up -
!could not speak. Suddenly he ex -
ward at the corners, by means 011 ciatmed"It
--ell, you ain't one bit
like what I expected to see. You're
red paint. Little Jim sat on the 1
re a
bed beside his sister. clad in pink molike angel than a fairy."
ho
ealth
hearke heeteuee of the little fairy lett
so ill and comfortim at holne
In a few minutes thy were tumb-
ling on the stage, cracking their
jokes, and eonyaleiag the house with
laughter.
.(To be Continued.)
WITERE DO= OUR WHEAT GO?
Interesting Statistics of Govern -
!Whore dmoeesAtal°1 eloiciirals'
what go -to?
Or perhaps. the question should rath-
er bb kuit is the mutter with our
statistics ? It is just now very
important that the people fit (levet
13ritain should know exactly what
auuount Or Wheat (anotia already
exports as a basis fate eetimaiing
what this country is capable of ex-
porting under an inereatted acreage.
Muth or our wheat enters Croat
Ilu'itain u atter t gen meet veer
e"er‘allinc'el:katarild1; lisiTirstlitslatetelli'lrelisPtc‘igo ri?olt"
tell the coerect stery, but there is
no reason why oar owa ettetietics
sthould not be eerrect. Yet it is
teeniest impoesible to: believe that
they aro correct. In the blue booke
there aro given what are clainitod to
be the Complete figures of the ex-
ports of Canadian pezeduce. Take
for example, the year ending June
80, 1902e with the figures coe-ering
the crop Of 1901. The elue boolcs
state that he that year there were
exported from Canticle, to all coun-
tries 20,117,530 bushels of, wheat
and 1,086,648 barrels of flour, or a
total. of, say, 30,600,000 bushels of
wheat. Now, tile total Cart actian
crop of that near was estimated at
alma% 90,000,000 buiehele, and we
know for certain that over 44,000,-
000 bushels was inepeeted in Winni-
peg. What became of tee balance
between tile 80,600,000 bushel's
eicrron;v4?ried a,ncl the 90,000,000 buehels
g
Suppose wo allow for
some exaggeration in the estimate
of the yield, yet. there' is no exag-
geration in ' the amount i nspec ted at
'Winnipeg, pradically all of which
went east in the shape either ef
grain or flown How did 14,000,-
000 bushels of this wheat disap-
pear? A good deal of Manitoba
wheat is consumed
IN EASTERN CANADA,
but as Pastern Canada produces
more than enough for its own ,con-.
sumation, the Itraratoba Wheat used
there would release eaMern wheat
for export. It is probable that six
bushels per head would be a bigli
enough average for sonsumption. in
Canada, perhaps too high, but make
it s.everx bushels per head, and we
could aceount on the more of con-
sumption for only about a8,500,000
bushels. The requirements for seed
would not be more than. about 10,-
000,000 bushels. Taking the two to-
gether we might account foe about
50,000,000 bushels, but this would
seem to be the outside limit. On a
90,000,000 bushel crop we should
easily be able to export 40,000,000
bushels, yet the official figures credit
us only with 30,000,00Q bushels.
Was tho other 10,000,000 bushels
fed to stock, or was it never grown
at all? 0a-, taking only the futures
for Winnipeg inspection, is It posei-
ble to believe that 14,000,000 bush-
els which passed throagh Wianipeg
was consumed in Eastern Canada
without releasing a single bushel of
eastern wheat for export? We have
not yet the compete figures for the
year ending June 80, 1908, true for
ele,veu months of that year the ex-
ports are given as 29,046,520 bush-
els of wheat and 1,099,915 barrels
of flour, or about 38.809,000 bush-
els altogether. Yet the crop of
1902 was greater than that of 1901
by about 8,000,000 bus:hels. The
Canadian Statistical Year Book
gives the Canadian crop as 96,626,-
345 bushels, and The United States
Crop Reporter gives it as 9.8,654.-
000 bushels. Making all reasonable
reductions tor overestimates in this
case. also, there will be a (listen -
parley which is hard to explain. Do
we feed immense quantities of wheat
to stock? Do we eat as a people
an enormenes amount of flotne—the
conetimption in the United Kingdom
is only a little aver four buehels
per bead, and we have already al-
lowed 7 for Canada? Does Eastern
Canada not produce nearly as much
wheat as it claims to produce? Or
are oar official statistics of export
totally incorrect? Tbis is a sub-
eeet worthy of attention.
a---4--- .
Tel prove to you VIM Du
Chase's Ointment ie a entain
and absolute cure for eat%
mad every form oaitchine.
bleedingterd protruding piles,
the manufacturers have grutratiteed it. Seater,.
timeefehe in the daile press and ask your neigh-
bors what they think of it. You can use it and
get your ineue,y back if not cured, tea a box, at
ell dealers or icomAxseN,BArss & uo.,Toronto,
11
ri, Ora se's (Dint e t
A YOUNG DIPLOMATIST.
Little Jennie was just beginning to
read the newspapers. One day she
laid down the morning paper arid
said: "Mamma„"
"Well, dear?"
"I read in the paper of how a doll
With a whistle inside it saved a
house from being robbed by burg-
lars."
"How did that happen?"
"Well, the little girl who owned
the doll left it lying on the floor,
and when the burglar trod on it the
whistle inside the doll went off and
woke the papa, and he scared the
burglar away before he hrid a chance
to steal anythinge Wasn't that
odd?"
"I say, mamma.".
"Wen, dear?"
"I haven't any doll like that."
"No, but you have plenty .of other
dolls." •
"But, mamma!"
"Well?"
"11 you could get nee a, doll with a
whistle inside it, 14 let yost put it
on the floor every night 16 catch
burglars."
-4-
Among 19,725 German seltool-ehild
eon recently examined only 5 per
cent, were found to possess sound
teeth.
Japan is now, sanding coal, to
Hong Ie:Ong and British India. Her
coal export last year was worth
ei4la'eateeiteteleaiieeeNeetitieeeleaeleet)1(4,
w' FOR FARMERS
Zensonable
and .Profitoble
flirts for the Utosy Udell
otthe Soli. • •
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CIDIat AND VINEGAR.
The best apples for making cider
nre wild apples' or count:on fruit.
Lacking these, take mellow apples • of
pleasant fiavor or 'those half sweet
and half sour, The old-fashioned
idea WaS that rotten apples made the
best cider. The point Was that -
11
the apples wore each partly rotten
the balance 'of each was sure of be,.
ing ripe and mellow. It the Small
and knotty ripples. among winter
varieties are ' • used for cider theY
shoold be kept in a warm place un -
111 ripe,
The aPples. should be- crushed be-
tween rolls like sugar cane to. Mauro
breaking up all the cells. After be-
ing crushed the pomace should be
allowed to stand in a large, shallow
vat and stirred with a wooden shov-
el till it has. all oxidized or turned.
brown. This will insure the best
flavor and -color while the acids will
have a's opportunity to :act on the
starch, and bring out all the sugar
in the pOin.4e0. 1.1eVing all turned
brown. the pomace should be laid up
in a 'cheese.
Whatever character of pretis is used,
rind my peeferenco among the :hand
presses is for the knuckle joint, ,the
mein essential is to alternate layers
of pomace with layers of retaining
material. The best for hand preeties
is straw with a crib of notched
boards around the
OUTSIDE OP THE CHEESE.
Put e inch straw in the bottom,
then 3 inches pomace spread evenly,
then 1 inph straw and 4 inches po-
mace, another inch of straw and
more pomace, putting on crib boards
on the sides and ends until the press
is full. Put on the follower and be-
gin preesing.
If the pomace has turned brown be-
fore laying up there is nothing to
gain by slow work in pressing, or in
barrelling the cider. Cover the leuag-
holes Of your barrels with a elm° of
netting to insure freedom from in-
sects while fermenting. Apples,. cid-
er or pomace should not be handled
or come in contact with iron or
steel unless it is coated with agate,
as the acid turns the iron black,
which imparts a bad color and flav-
or to both cider and vinegar.
To make vinegar, filreach cask
two-thirds full of worked eider. Let
stand, in a warm place, where the
temperature does not go below freez-
ing, and sometimes gots up to 70 de-
grees or more, until the cider gets
sour and hard. A small piece 'of
mother should then be put in each
cask and allowed to stand for six
months in a warm temperature, when
it should be good vinegar of fine flav-
or and color. Of course, there are
ways of hurrying the process of vine-
gar making, but it is at a sacrifice
of quality and appearance.
Once made, tho vinegar should be
drawn from the casks into other
clean casks and bunged up tight to
prevent evaporation, until wanted
for market. If a farmer lives near a
town a trade can readily be worked
up in
BOTTLED VINEGAR.
Bottled vinegar should be put up in
pints and quarts and sold at 5 and
10 cents each. If sold to the trade,
put your owzt label on it, so that if
a demand is created by the quality
you will get the benefit of the popu-
larity of .your own goods.
If a farmer wants to make vinegar
for his own use in a small way, get
two casks and soak one of them in.
water till wanted. 6Take all the
waste of whatever kb -id, pulverize it
in any way (it can be ground in a
meat chopper or beat in pieces in a
tub with a pestle), th.on add some
water and squeeze in a cheese or
lard press. Wash tharesidue of fruit
after jelly making anti save the
water. Wash the sauce dishes at the
table, and save the rinsino of any
'dish that sugar or syrup has been
used in, and put all these in the first
cask. And where it is full and well
fermented and sour, put in a small
piece of mother and let stand till
vinegar is made. Then draw off all
that is clear, arid put in tho second
cask, and li the first as before.
When you begiii using the vinegar,
and whenever a gallon is drawn,
pour in. two gallons from the first
cask until it is full. Then keep both
run As boron). If the rinsings of
currents, raspberries, grapes, etc.,
are put in, it will give the vinegar a
delightful flavor and color,
OCRING DEANS.
The most difficult problem, in bean
culture is curing and threshing, bat
with a little care this is easy enough,
writes Mr. J. G. Ronal. If beans
are well ripened before being pulled
and thrown Mpiles, they' will he
ready to thresh inside of a week.
The piles should be small and in case
of a rain turned over, but beans
should never be stacked or hauled
into a barn. and left as some people
do. The reason for this is simply
that it is not possible to handle
beans when they are dry enough to
keep in ntack or piled up any -where
without shelling thorn and even
thougth it were they would sweat and
get too tough to thresh without
splitting, and besides, beans lose
their flavor and color when allowed
to sweat in the pod,
A good way to thresh beans with.,
out a machine especially constructed
for the purpose is to put a top box
out a waggon and drive between the
rows, throw one or two piles in at
a Hine and pound the beans ,out
with a common fork. When you get
ten or fifteen bushels screen them
out in the wind if there happens to
be one, and sack them up. If there
is no wind, sack thorn as they are,
Do not attempt to thresh in the fore-
noon, or later than 5 in the after-
noon,and never attempt to thresh
in this way unless the beans are
very dry and the day clear and
sunny. .
An ordinary fanning will clean
beans quite well or they may be
cleaned in .a good stiff wind by let-
ting them fall, say, ten feet. What
is known as screened beans will sell
for nearly as much as hand-picked
beans, hence it does not pay to hand
pick. But if your local dealer in-
sists on hand-picked beans, the fol-
lowing method will clean them so
well that he will never know the
difference. Stretch a gunny -sack at
an angle of 4.5 degrees and in front
of this put a board. Now let the
beans fall on this erom a consider-
able height, and you will find that
if the board is set at the right dis-
tance from the sack the sound, clear
beans will jump over the board,
while the dirt and cracked beans will
fall down at tbe lower edge of the
sack. In this way I have cleaned 15
bushels of beans in three hours so
well that they sold for hand picked.
CORN BINDER FOR SILO CORA.
There is no bettor way to utilize
corn than to put it into a silo. When
the corn comes to maturity. and be -
glees to glaze, cut it with a corn
binder and haul direct to the silo.
Cut the stalks into S -inch pieces, as
fine silage is much better than
coarse. It can then be fed to cows,
sheep and hogs. And do well and
eat it with a relish that is surpris-
ing.
If a farmer has no silo, the corn
should be cut with a corn binder and
wen shocked, from. four to six bun-
dles in a shock. *When well cured
and weather is fair, employ some
man with a husker and shredder and
husk the corn and shred the fodder.
If the fodder or stover is put in a
mow by itself it will heat and mold,
and more or less of it will not be
fit for use.
So, in order to have the stover
keep good and sweet, put in a layer
of stover about 1 foot thick and a
layer of straw or chaff alternately
until the stover is all stored, and a
fine lot of feed it Makes. In this
way the stover can be kept for a
long time and be palatable.
The corn should go to the crib un-
til it is thoroughly seasoned, when
it can be ground cob and all or
mixed with other grain as the feeder
ono ellotrbinder in every neighbor -
There should be at least
hood. They are as much of a neces-
sity as the mower, binder or rake.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
Mrs. Murphy's husband was ex-
tremely ill, and she consulted a doe -
tor.
"I'm sorry, madam," he said
gravely, "but your hasband is dying
ay, ' h e said,
with an air of
hopeful resignation, "wan good thing
is me poor 1111111 is six-foot-t'ree itt
bis stockings, so he'll last some
time yet!"
Jim Dumps exulted, "We
do not,
On Summer days so close
end hot,
Build up a fire and stew
and steeml
A dish of Vorce,' a bowl
of cream,
Is just the food to fit'our
whim,
And keeps us cool,"
laughed " Sunny Jim."
The licady.toZorvo Corea
aot a blood heater.
atiakiatm�tL "7"
" all'Oroe' Is asp Wel gsurpnef fati ht.
041140 it 4OUtahl,1 elereeate for terarishin
flVer ellen 40,1 the body., is wilt d1t�li
eroo, we know is vigor, and at t
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sitAvE DEEDS or TliEE BEV.,
W. j. ANCIENT.
Something About the Kan MTh*
Said Lady Golfers “Swore
with the golf players of Halifax, has
Ancient, who has got into trouble
on two occasions, at intervals of
The at. 4fTiokrien TZ:Prieliy"Ss.): Rev, Mr. •
h ro 0 Tar
araount-
itnblertiyri )0,enaerse,aseehotln
ov
the other, perhaps, to recklessness.
One April day in 3.878 the -'White
Star ship Atlantic, with eight, hun-
dred. persons on board, Artlek a bid-
den rock. at Prospect, and was beat-
en to pieces by the waves. Oa
shore strong and brave fishermen
stood, seeing zio way to reach tho
wreek across the turnibling waters.
To them came the incumbent of the
Terence Bay Church. of .runglandoatis-
sion, a powerful man of 87 whose life "
from the age of 18 to 80 had habil
spent in tho navy. Obtaining a
rope and securing one end to his
body, he plunged into the water, aod
fought his way to the remains of .
the ship. Slaving accoraplished
task which neither ;the sailors on
bow,* nor the fishermen on shore
attenepted, he assisted a large num-
bar of wolnen and children to reach
the land, For hundreds the means
of rescue came too late, but She.lain-
dreds'who were saved owed their
Dees to William J, Ancient, the
Terence Bay neiseionexy. With the
Crimean war medal, which he obtain
ed before he was 20, Mr. Ancient is
.entitled to wear the medal of -the
Royal Humane Society,. Be has a
gold watch from the Dominion Gov-
ernment, one froan the citizens of
Chicago, and many tesitimanials
from grateful families.
Mr. Ancient went from Prospect to -
other rural and urban charges, serv-
ing tee church also as editor and
secretary, displaying a certain indi-
viduality which led a novelist to
choose him as a character in one of
her books.
ANOTHER ACT or DARING.
Nearly fifty years after winning
the Crimea medal, more than thirty
years aftee the wreck of the Atlan-
tic, Mr. Anciezre has performed an
acie of greater daring than he ever
before attempted. Preciabing for a
brother minister the other day , he '
took occasion to repeat a statement
that ladies on the golf links "swore
like troopers," and though he now
says that he did not himself make
the accusation he certainly accepted
the statement as true to the extent
of aelninistering a severe rebuke. It
may be added that Mr. Ancient did
not forsee the, burst of indignation,
a,n,tl the imperative demands for an
apology tbat woukl follow. The Mx
letters of protest which he has con-
sented to print are enly a Mnall
part of the conreepondence that has
reached him trent lady, officials and
from gentlemen of the golf club.
THINK OF SUOH 00URAGE.
There is not much doubt that Mr.
Arptient was misinformed, and that
either he or his baforniant has ac-
cepted seriously sonic foolish jokes
that have been circulated. But think
of the courage of a in:mister who be-
lieved that .some lady golfers
were profane, venturing to distourse
in this way to them and censuring
them in church as Mr. Ancient did.
Though he could not realize the full
horror of what was. befoee him any
more than lie could have fairly con-
sidered the horror of the waves and
the rocks ale Prospect, he must have
known that in each case he was run-
ning an awful risk. At this mom-
ent Mr. Ancient has many to testify
against him, and it is well that a
tribute should be paid to his great
dHalifax contain.s mauy
piaarl
ailgielere who would drink 'tea and s
pay compliments to the bright and Jae-
agreeablelatly golf players, and who
would sorrowfully and sympatheti-
cally but helplessly watch a shipload
of people perish, but there are not
many to carry a life -line through
the surf or rebuke an influential and
highly respectable body of ladies for
an imaginary offence.
LORD CHARLIE'S RUGGED WIT.
Lord Charles Beresford's wit is of
the rugged, seafaring kind, some-
what lacking that Ohesterfieldian
grace which characterizes the wit of
the modern raconteur.
Here is a story which illustrates
this contention as applied to the
famous admiral.
Lord Charles on one oceasiou was
breakfasting in a small hotel far out
in the country, and accidentally he
upset a cup of coffee over the clean
white tablecloth which the good lady
of the house had dug up from her
most sacred linen -cupboard for the
benefit of the British admiral. Un-
fortunately, the upsetting of the
steaming coffee also upset the good
lady's temper; and she soundly rated
Lord Charles for bis want of tact,
"It's a good thing for you," 'she
said, "that thecaeca has not loft
much stain on my cloth!"
"It was too weak, ma'am," re-
plied the admiral. "You'll have to
stain your .coffee before you can ex-
pect to stain your table -linen. Use
more beans, Ma'am; Ma more
beans!"
,
r AWE'S' ,WIOATED MUSES.
The Moat which so often surround-
ed halls and castles in the old days
is now generally dry and filled up,
but some remarkable specimens Mill
remain. Perhaps the finese exaMple
of a moated hottee is Irelmingham
Hail, the seat of Lord Tollentaabe,
in Suffolk, Etta -land, about eight
miles from Ipswich. The draw-
bridge still remains, amid it has been
rasied cotery night 'Tor more than 800
years, the ancient precaution being
observed oven though the need for it,
has long ' passed by. The moat'
which surrounds Leeds Castle, near
Maidstone, is so wide that it may
&mak be called a lake. Tim on.
Mare opimopel palace' at Wells is
surrounded by walls 'Wheal enclose
nearly seven acres of gromid, ant
a Meat which is supplied with • wale r
from St. Andrew's Well. A vener-
able bridge spans the moat, giving'
agues through a 'tows -gateway 'to
the enter conlett;