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Exeter Times, 1903-9-10, Page 6Id atft.tets1 dlhgoithlitleillftOltiKOlettlentnitetelttehlltfaNfeeeleEleKeSieffINt<taLth 11 T E LTY OR, THE WATERMAN'S SONS. low himself to be biased too muchhe thinkieg over it, and that be by their report, had made up hie mind not to do it. Certain it IS, however, that when "Oli, you have, heve yOu ?" said Gorman was asked on one oeeasion �orma iit a tone of irony. "Very th what his Christian name was; he re- good; thou I'll trouble you to pay that he had no Chet:Alan name; zue the three hundre(1 pounds you because he 'didn't believe in (Inds- owe mo by this slay next week, and tianity, anal that he signed biniself "D" to be distinguished fi out the tbe rent of this here tenement for last 'half." di other Goneaus wbo might chalice to Boone's face. became still paler, • te exist in the universe. "You're, a hard landlord'• said he. Lif• People were not at, all shocked at "Yo•tide a soft tenant," rctorte'd 't his bold statement of Unbelief; ,bo- Gorman. . cense, in he circle in which hmaz e y- Yon Snow wl at the punishment is i ed, the smite disbelief was pretty, by law " contineed Boone: ogefsocoeSoteeareoneentree.e4<fS<OIK4ECO.Itngee<E‹<1.‹.-ettOnftelleKh2 renetal "Yes-Leleath," said the other, as sodry, what people will do for their livese Besides many other trai•te and ly; "but you know as well as." do CHAPTER XVIII Continued. I ', qualities, definable and indefinable, that it's never earned. out now "Gracious!" „l,'LlIlisehde dee thinit?h,ougho done., s tTitk.d but .t tbe was tellize ySOma•amMwhat eboily. tiosnian had the power of assumd ing 1 ays." Mrs. Denman, m • the appearauce either of a burglar of "But penal servitude for len ' "NO, ma'am, she wallet tinted. Belse in the house might do it, if You e the lotros.t tyee, or a well-to-do con-Ctwenty steers ain't nuteh better." . • good luck they Nees only stunned anci enahlift• "B- tradesan. A .slight I "Some Men think it's worse," re- dreadfuj skeared, but nit s3iPPoseo bones v,:ets i , dint''am," continued TV; i(i)irilretn • and,mmanner were I plied 0 omen, with a • savage grin; broken." Joe, without waiting for a reply,- "but you've no need to fear. If you "suppose that the house is alight. •.•Mrs. Denunte. found relief -in a sigh. Well, the first thing you've got to de, is not to get into a fluster. That "Well, manm," contieued Joe, 'let `- can't do no good, you. know, end is ute advise you to sweep yer chunleys once a month When your chindey gets afire the sparks they get out, and whoa sparks get out of a windy night there's no tellin' what they won't light up. It's my opinion, ma'am, that them as makes the laws should more nor _double the fines for chimleys gain' afire, Dna suppose, ma'am, 'your house geth -alight in spite of you -well then, the question alive la *Om Then he careful to shut • is what's hest to do?" all doors after _ye as ye go. This keeps the air from gettin' at the fire, Mrs. Denman nodded her old head six or 3Vell 1111105, as though to and so smothers it, down till the in-, k say, "That is' precisely the goose gums -come up, Also keep all win- . . Con." "I'll tell you, manum" here Joe held up theforefinger of the right hand impressively. "In- the first place, every one in a house ought to know' all the outs and ins of it, 'cause if •you've got to look for it , bettor. . • "If ye can't escape by tho street - things • for the first tole when the door, or the treat in the roof, then cry of 'Fire' is raised, it's not like - get into a front room, where you will lv that you'll find 'em. Now, d'ye know, or do the servants know, or does anybody in .the house know, where the trap in the roof is?' - Mrs. Denman appeared to meditate for a minute, and then said that she was not sure. She herself did not sure to do -uischiet Keep cool. That's the first thing, m.annit and be deliberate in all ye do. The sec- ond thiug is, to wrap a. blanket round ye, an' get- out of the house asefast as ye can without stoppin' to dress. It's of no use lookiu' put out, ma'am; for it's better to escape without ver clo'se than to be burnt dows shut. • If the smoke is like to thoke 170, git yew nose ae near the ground as possible, an' go along on yer hands and knees. A bit ea' flan- nel or a- worsted sock held over yer mouth an' nose, will help you bear be more easy to be got at \yid lad- ders or fire -escapes, an' see that ev- ory miraber o' the household is there. Many a wan has been forgotten in the hurry-skurry of a fire, and left asleep in bed, ignorant o' the dalig- know, and she thought the servants ortill too late, when a cool head M-- ight have missed 'em and wakened Might be ignorant on the point, but she rather thought there was an old. em in time. Whatever ye do, one in the pantry, but they bad long ma'am -keep cool." kept a cat, and so didn't require it. The probability of poor Mrs. Den- man keeping cool in such circum- stances was uncommonly small, for she was at that moment hot all ov- er, and her face flushed at the mere recital of such horrors! that it ought to lm known to every Joe then went on to state, that the very last thing she should do one in the liemee ae a mode of escape was to jump front a window( a some - in the event of fire, she mildly re - I what unnecessary 'piece of advice, quested to know what she would poor Mrs. Denman thought), and have to do if there were such a that, when she was compelled to trap, take such a, step, she should first of "Why, get out on the roof, to be all pitch over all the blankets and sure" (Mrs. Denman shivered), "and get along tho tiles to the next bedding she could lay hold of to make her fall easy. He wound up house" (Mrs. Denman shut her eyes and shuddered), "an' so make yer with an emphatic reiteration of the assurance that her only chance lay escape. Then you should havea lad- dern fixed to this trap-door so as it j "koepins cool." couldn't be took away, anThat night poor Mrs. Denman, ind ye should' have some dozen fethoms o' half- a condition of mind that is utterly inch rope always handy, 'mow if ye indescribable, because inconceivable, was cut off from the staircase by went through the whole of the dread- ful processes which Joe had describ- fire an' from the roof by smoke ye ed; and did. it, too, with miraculous might have to let yourself down from presence of mind and energy -in her the windy. It's as well, too, to know how to knot sheets and blan- drenins1 lees together, so that the ties won't slip, for if you have no tope they'd he better than nothinh You should also have a hand -pump, ma'am, and "Och!" exclaimed Joe, with a broad grim "sure it's a trap-door I'm spakin' of." Mrs. Denman professed utter ignor- ance on this point, .and when told CHAPTER XIX. Gorman was one oi those peculiar chain. tees, who, ixi personal appear - sufficient to metamorphose hire him beyond ,reeognition. Everybody knew, . also, that (for- mate wits the landlord of 0, small only take the right precautions impossible to find it out,. an' I'll en- gage to put y e up to -doin' it in such 'while house at the corner of a dirty a way that there won't be e. scrap street, not far off .from London ' the' size of a, sixpence left to Convict Bridge; and that he Rept a stout, •you. Only put e bold face on it middle aged man en the premises to , and the thing's done, and 'your for- do the duty of host, while he. himself tine made as well as mine."' went about "other business," which. The man's Voice and manner soft - nobody knew of, and which no one. med. a little as he said this, for be could find out, altbough many had • thought ho perceived symptoms of tried to do so with all their might. wa.vering in his tenant, who covered Every day in the year, Gorman his face' with his large thin hands might nave been seen at the "Golden and sighed deeply. Swan;" but never for longer' than "Come, don't be hard ori me," a few minutes at a time, when. he said he at length; "1 realty haven't inspected the books, received the got courage to go theough with this cash drawn the day before; and made Only give me a little more time, and an impressiOn on all in the pronefres, that tended to convince' them they "Very geed," interrupted Gorman were well looked after. with an oath, as he rose and dashed "Irumpb. !" ejaculated Gorman, as1 pipe into fragments on the he finished counting the dirty cop- hearth; "if you won't barn yourself pers - and pieces of silver which his tnit' a* this scralie-" agent had delivered to him, and "Inush ! hush, man !" said Beene. into a dirty leather bag ; "Business 111Y in a hoarse whisper; "not SO loud; t !sink lad will hear you. Come, dropped them from his dirty fingers is dull, think." "It ain't brisk just now,, sir," re-! "Will yeti do it ?" demanded' the plied the deputy -landlord of the other fiercely. "You kuow the al - "Golden Swan." . tentative if you don't." Gorman received this reply with "Ruinatton ?" another sIramph.," and then putting "Exactly so; and that without dee the bag in.his coat pocket, preinved lay." "Ruination either way," murmur- ed Beene sadly to himself, as though he we/ o couuting the cost. "Tut, man," raid his landlord, be- comin,g more gentle, "it's _nothing of the sort. - If you only take my ad- vice, it'll be a jolly blaze, which, in- to leave. "No one bin askin' for me ?" in- quired G ormau. "No, sir; no one." "I'll be back to -morrow about this time." ..e-iffeefteitiee?fieethde-Mteelfanhihedide*s. • lt4 R FARMERS ;ft Seam:MON and Profitable flints for ,the Utley Tillers •Nit of tfic SOIL • FALL FEED PROBLEMS.. Dairy farmers are slowly coming to feel the necessity of supplemental crops for late summer and fall feed- ing. They do not, however, take advantage of the opportunity to have, at all times, a supply of suc- culent food. X ant satisfied that there exists a legitimate cause upoa many farms in the shortage of labor necessary to perform the extra. work, writes Mr, II. E. Cook. To be sure it does not require but an hoer a day to eut and 'feed ten cows, and proportionally loss for 40. .At the seine time, a dairy fanner is. a husy. fellow, and $25 a month plus board and care of a man, means that the minimunn rather than the maximum amount of labor will be used. So he takes chances that pastures will furnish enough coarse food, .Nirhich they seldom. do. • Soiling is_often disappointing from the face that none of the crops lieu - idly grown furuish from the 'same -tonnage an equal milk flow that is secuaed front pasture grass. • I often hear my patrons at the factory query why they do not get a full' June flow when feeding oats. and 'peas or corn later . in the season. They forget that fresh pasture grass is .the most concentrated of all green •succulent kinds and the MOST EASILY DIGESTED. It also has a very narrow autritive ratio, 1 to 33; its digestibility is 71 per cent., as compared to 64 per cent. found in green oats; it contains only 4 per cent. fiber, while oats contain over 11 her cent. We must therefore, expect, if we get highest yields, there must be edded some form of concentrates. Then again we often secure a growth so heavy that portions of the stalk are not as palatable and hence less valuable. Much has 'been writ- ten concerning what these crope • The deputy knew that this was should be. Occasionally some new false, for his employer invariably stead of ending in smoke will end in plant is strongly advised. promising came at a different hour each day in some thousands of pounds and come great returns; plant carefully of those order to take "the house" b sur- mencing business again On fresh cap- until their merits are known, Much prise, but he said, "Very well, sir," ital. Come, l've not got time to disappointment often results from as usual. waste with You. There's no escape • planting crops not adapted to the "And mind," continued Gorman, soil and locality. I speak from a "that you put the lights out. You're northern standpoint. Coarpea and crimson clover enthusiasts have not always qualified their advice. One might as well grow bananas here, expecting to make a living, as to grow ccrwpeas as a profitable crop three years out of four. Certain na- tural laws are always exertins an influence, no matter what our °desire pursued, and damaged by its -no, subdued voice that he was willing or ambition may be, and while we not damaged, by the way, because to 'do whatever his landlord pleased I may succeed in modifying these na- I Weal conditions, we do so at our loss. Wo must, therefore, in north- ern latitudes, expect the greatest growth from those plants that norm- ally flourish under low temperatures. RELIABLE AND SAFE CROPS. All plants grow in proportion to the texture and plant food content of the soil, and the sooner we feel for you, so you'd better say yes, else 1,11 go and have a talk with a legal uncommon careful about that,. I friend of mine who is screwing gold hope ?" • out of most unpromisg mines." It is worthy of remark, in refer- David Boone's face Oad by this ence to Gorman's anxiety about put- time become so vale that it could ting out 'lights, that he had been not .become paler, so it eur n e d some - burned out of several sets of prem- what green instead. His teeth, too, ises in the course of a few years. had a tendency to chatter when he Ire 'MRS quite a martyr, as it were, spoke, but by a strong mental effort to fire. Unaceountably worried, ho. prevented this,, and said in a melon any serious loss if it is not a Success, and we shall be glad to hear frem any who may try it as to their suceess cie failure. BEST UTENSILS. • For keeping* Oream .in the 'dairy's You Neill:find ,almost everything ia tinware frouncommoa tin pans to the Cream vats of the dairy supply houses. The cream vat as now made is the most objectionable uten- sit. in the dairy. The perfection fau- cet, so-called, is made of iron and It is well nigh impossible to keep it so thoroughly deem that it will not impair the - 'purity of the 'cream it lzolds where the churning is done twiee • a- week. This faucet is a fav- orite lurking place for destructive forces, and they get in their :busy work, especially when the ci•eam . is' warm; it should be abolished from the cream vat in the dairy and in the creamery also, Cans suitable for holding 'cream in, the dairy may be made 12S inches in diameter and 14 inches deep, with, one seam, and having perfect solder- ing, Such cans will hold 50 to 60'1 pounds „cream and will make 20 to 25 . pounds . butter, They are con. venient to empty into the churn or • the cream carrier for the creamery and they can be washed and scalded to perfection. Gorman was a prudent man, and al- to command. ways insured to the full amount. His "That's ad rightd; said Gorman, enemies sometimes said above it; resuming his seal; in front of the fire; but neither they nor we have any "now you speak like a man. Sit means of proving or disproving that. do•wn and I'll go over the matter The deputy protested that he al- with you, arid make your mind easy ways exei cised the utmost precatt- by showing you that it ain't either tion. in putting eveia-thing out every a difficult or risky piece of work. night -from the last beery lingerer, Blees yeti, it ain't the first time I've to the gas -and that he felt quite been up to that sort oa thing. put cod; himtelf at being asked the It did not require' tile diabolical impressed with the fact that in near - question, as it, implied a doubt of leer that accompanied this remark ly every section of the east plants a bucket of water always handy, ance,. are totally devoid of peeuliar- his care and attention to business.* to convince his hearer of its truth. will grow just in proportion 11.5WOi 'cause if you talte a fire at the be- itY• He was a middle-sized, thick- Hereupon Gorman said -Goods "Now then," said Gorman, with a feed them, the sooner will come suc- einnin' it's easy put out. An' ja,s set, connuonplece, grave, quiet man; night," and the donuts returned to buainess air, "first .of . how 'cess in growing them. Oats and as well to know that you should go very powerful -but not apparently; the cotinter, where besotted men and stands the stock in the shop ?" pees, •red clover and corn are per- . f I I so; one whom it was ireposaible to . women awaited his attendance. "Rather low," =severed 13opee, haps our most reliable supplemental and knees, with your nose close to "find out," unless he chose to letn Three quartets of an hour sufficed who had re -seated hintself on the . . , the ground -just as a pinter doghimself be found out. Abae nmnil, j to covey Goran from the east to stool; 'in fact, I've got little or t goes-'cause there's noire air than he was a reserved man. the west end of Loodon. Here he nothing more 'than what is visible. oveehead; an it's better to go in wi' I'lvi'r.body Ram well enough, at smight tile well-known precincts of I've bin scabard-up of late that I've the hand -pump ,the first thing. Don't least among his intimates, that he : Pooething Lare, and entered the had to crowd everything into view wait to dress, ma'am." was named Gorman; but not one of ! shop of Mr. Dai id Boone. an' Make the most of appearances. "Stop, stop, Mr. Conley!" cried the number kna ew hat his Christian! That worthy receiveim a. T hiwith All the dresz•eil dolls has got their Mrs. Denman, holding up her hand. The little lady was streined with tho rapid utterance of the enthusias- tic fireman, and with the dreadful suggestion that, she, Mrs. Denman, should, in the dead of night, get up- name was. A few were a,ware that ; look of glad surmise; but with a, frocks spread out, and the undressed he signed himself "D. Gorinau;" but I feeling of the deepest maim-. ones their arms • an' legs. throwed whetter the "IP represented David, l "..hnyone inside ?" asked Gorman. about to make 'em take 11D EIS 21111Ch dastard, drunkard, or demon, was asaid I3oone, "'cept the boy. IT00113 as possible. The lids of all matter of pure speculation to all, n "No " a! I'll call him to mind the shop, and the workboxes is open, the slates few of his female acquaintance ex -1 th - w can bedialone ''and puzzle -boxes stuck up /11 single cepted (for he had no friends). who ! ks Gorman 'd not vouchsafe • but walked straight into tne thow front is real, but albehind „ a, rs is all inflated. Everytfung in on the roof of her dwelling and asserted oundly that it represented ! I scramble over the tiles, or let her- them all, and some were even will1 little - room behind the shop, Boone sham dummies an'. empty boxes. e l is self down by a rope from a window Ng to go the length of saying that I allied the boy and bade hiin mind 1 Clorman opened his eyes a little on crops. Of all the annualsstI have no hesitation in saying that the oat plant offers the fewest failures. Peas do not do their best every year. Corn calls for much extra labor, and clover is at times freaky. Oats may be, and should be for large growth, sown early, as soon as the soil is in workable condition.; the amount per EMIT must depend upon soil conditions. They will not stand an • excess of nitrogen, being easily beaten down by wind and rains. Upon most dairy farms, I should say, beware of all nitrogen - us manures, including stable manure, using freol3r of dissolved rock and into the public street, or creep into it reprez;ented more, and stood for I the shoe while he held private con- hearing tins.. knees, with her nose to the ground other choice words which it is 1." id' N. 1 • a F 1 " T " a: deverer fellow than I took s mum potash if the soil requires it. Sow a burning room on her hands and dirty, (frit -cling, defperate, and a few ! I "Good," be said, after eultation with his friend. from two to 'two and one-half bush- • • . quite . h ne saormoy enjoyea the name o., "17011 re L . . es oats per acre, graded seed, treat - like a pointer, and all this, too, in her night-dress, so she begged of him to stop, and said; "But you forget, fireman, it is im- possible for me do any of these dreadful things." "Well, ma'am," returned Joe, cool- ly, "it wouldn't be easy -though, for the matter o' that, it's wonderful few, and theee were among the know- Robeet Roddy. He was a. soft -fared, Soll ni• g unnecesni y to mention. ( y ing and peculiarly observant ones of: washed-out youth, with a disposition I off and sure the neighbors think ed with formalin for smut. ion a • • They f wnk both e 'es in a meek lnanner ,the same, for the place looks pretty should always be soevn. with a drill. stood for "deep." But then, many- **--" ' Rough-s.poken people called him an 1 full an' tbrivin:. I suppose, now, Gorman's intimates, said that fd of those who thus pronounced their idot, but Roddy was not quite such 1 ifali.te eweaesugatlItesogylp ymo; itecraoatteld?n:t. opinion, were compa,ratively worth- an idiot as theY took him for. He. I oheved his master's mandate by sit -1 "No think like it, said Bo one slander; so the reader must not al- earnestly. "I've slaved night . and less characters, given to scandal and 1 ting down on a tall stool near the; window, and occupied himeelf in at- l flan, an done my best, but luck's tempting to carve a human face on I again' rne." (To be Continued.! the l'ea'd of a walking -stick. "Glad to see you, Mr, a orphan," a tow stool at the side of his —+ said Boone, seating his tall body on friend who with his hat on, had tht•own himself into an asen-chair, arid spread out both legs before the his watch the eight before last. fire. "Very glad to see you indeed, Corporal Sabertash had his booth in my -my little sanetum, my with- half -soled -and heeled yesterday. The drawing rooxn, if I may venture to corporal has long been noted for his use the name, to which I retire dar- nobby foot -wear. Ing the intervals of business," Mrs. Limberchin writes to inform I3oone said this with an air of no that her kitchen tea -kettle boiled using I)r. Chases Nerve 'Food., for nn nerves as fdo opiates and arcotietor did s. pleasantry, and smiled, but his visi- over one day this week and causednot encourage him. many are beyond the -.each of any But, on the ether hand, by a,saisting "Metter long intervals, I should •clutiViee aePn are to hear hea.r that Mrs. medical treatment and must finish nature and supplying the elements suppose," he growled, pulling out his 1 Blackam.00r Pugg has sent her pet their detys in helplessness and suffer- from which are formed new blood pipe and lighting it. ing. and nerve force, effects thorough and Boone admitted, with a sigh, that 1 wdengi intotheeiacotuenwtary. The Puggs It is rather to those who are only lasting cure and is bound to benefit they were, and observed that trade. The Beinespuns had their Aunt partially 'paralyzed and to those nrho all who use it, are slowly but surely ileveloping the ad.ealsl. extremely dull-aetonishinglyd Seldom, if eve li Maria at supper 'Wednesday evening, proach cif such aihnonts that we eymptoins which indicate the sip- secured su h h r'1, as ant medicine a ear y endorsement of 1 'illairt:S.' would you believe it, sir, I I The old lady looks much improved in her new set of teeth, and eats not sold twenty shillings' 1 physicians and people alike. The aseh a, , a . -...4 twice as much as she did 'with the would euggest the advisability of tit, nres which it has brou ht about 'w"'" - gams all last week, me t•-- havb ' e often con most extraordinary, g only mho wax doll within the monThu, old ones, Mrs. Brown, of No. 12, Disconsfort ing Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, great Ned cure fox; 'diseases of the • and anyone who regularly and per alth"gh .1' t" • .1i ott f i s get in us. • or 1 —ao rj, _ ,, nerveS, sistently uses 'this great food cure Christmas -time? One would antost Camden Town, has engaged a •nights, suffer from new indgeetion and is 1 sure to find it of inestimable fancy the childen wets about to give I --- * — xnaid-of-all-work The young When you find yourself lying awake headache, feel drowsyiafter meals va ued as na nerve restorative andup such vanities an'amdevote them- person answers to the neune of Brid- bIoo bu der. selves 'to serious Ims. It's a Kt ., and is unusually alluent in cons - and 'toeing: energy, ambition end serious business for the like of us, fn'' toUrage, it is time to pay attention By notieg your increase in weight anyhow." to the nerves.. You may find your- while using Dr, Chase's Neree Food Again Mr. 13oone fmille'cl, and again self irritable at times, worried over you can prove that neer, firm flesh failed to make an agreeable impres- little things, nimbi° to Concentrate and muscrilar tissue are being added sion on his visitor, who demanded in the mind, forgetful and absteetretrid- to the body. 5.0 cents a, box, six a surly tone if he had been thinking ed, 'disheartened and discouraged. boxes for $2.50, at all dealers, or over it and made up his mind to do - Better give some attention to the iddinauson, Bates & Coen/May, Tor- ea . nerves. Onto. To protect' you against bale Boore's face changed at this indee Dr, Chase's, Nerve Food eurea and finite question, and bevame a shade ataxia, It does reirf ease by tadua. paler than It, was by nature, as he SS araysis iNho Could Now be Well Had They but Known of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. WWI." ffrieRMIVIMMICIRMR. We do not claim that every one ing unconsciousness and unnatural who is paralyzed can be chred by sleep. It does not deaden the SOCIETY PERSONALS. Mr. G. A. Gaezaus forgot to wind prevents paralysis an'd Iocohnotor replied, hesitatingly, that he had talons the portrait and signature of Dr, A. W. Chime, the famouS reenipt hook anther, 011 every boX, DR. A. VI, CHASES g CATARRH CURE.. UO• is Sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heals the utters, cleave the ate passages, stopdroppings ha the throat and permanantiy tures Catarrh sae Ray Fever. Blower free. eh dealers, or Dr. A, W. Chase Medicine, Co,. Tomose ana Sutra*. If peas are to be used, mise one.and one-half bushels oats and one bushel small white Canada peas. They Will in a dry season do very much better if put in 4 to 5 inches. With ordin- ary rainfall, 'if sown with a. disc drill in mellow soil they will have depth enough. The cutting season may of- ten be prolonged' by repeated sow- ings from ten days to two weeks apart. HORSE TALKS. Ground corn. and oats with some wheat Middlinge and. oil -meal is a good combination for plow, 'heavy work. There should be about • a peek of chit hay fed with the grain. A lit- tle long hay may be given at night for thorn to eat at will. Overfeeding with hay is practised by most farmers. It is a waste of hay and exhausts the digestive sys- tem. and results in stein coats aud labored breathing. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY. Scheme For Organization of the Colony's Forces. •1041,110 GRO W111 OF THE CABLE GREAT BRITAIN STILL RULES THE SUBMARINE. 'acts Concerning Ce'rowth and Operation. of Lord Kel- vin's Invention. While the commercial practicability of the' Marconi "wireless" telegraph remains to be denionOtrated, the At- lantie cable service is conducted in a manner that must astonish even. Lord Eelvita who iaventecl the Mir- ror instrument by which the first cablegram was flashed across the At- lantic, says Boland Belfort in a London exchange. To -clay, thanks to the stimulative influence of keen competition, this 27 -word message, which occupied twenty-five minutes in transmission... could be transmitted in half a ute ! The original tared was Z1 , or word; to -day it is is. • Then the's was only one conmany and one cable. Now there are six companies and. fourteen cables. Another Ger- man cable is now being laid. ' Each cabIe's carrying. capacity being in- creased 90 p, c. by Dr. Muirhead's famous 'duplex system, 'this will vir- tually equal quite twenty-eight cab- les. The capital of the Atlantis companies aggregate 422,000,000; the yearly grots teethe probably yields R4,090,000. The working expenses of a well inanaged company should not exceed 48 per cent. of its gross receipts. There are two Brit- ish companies, two American, one German, and one French. 1 :WHERE THE BRITISH LEAD. At a time •when British. enterprise it said to be languishing, it is grat- ifying to- record that the "Anglo," the pioneer Atlantic company, still maintains its traditional superiority.. . The organization and management of . tho other companies -leave nothing to be desired. For speed and accuracy they may perhaps, claim equality with. the "Anglo," But this claim never having been really 'substantial- nide add. ecr, the latter company may be said to retain its premier position. The A.merican cables were made and laid and are repaired and worked mainly • by British experts. Although ab- normally smart, the Americans have never mastered the scientific, mech- anical, and operative secrets of cable telegraphy.. On. the other hand, the German and French cables are work- eertlto certe.in extent by native op- . at For "rush" work, how- ever -and • cabling is necessarily a i question of "rush." -the British 01)- 1 orators still reign supreme. In Atlantic cabling the British are likely to • remain in the 'forefront. They are constantly searching for time -saving and labor-saving appars- atus. The increased facilities offenh ed to the public are the result is Isound administration and a 'clete. ruination to "go oae better." Thejs have never hesitated to a'clopt the. . latest scientific improvement; the, finest electrieal apparatus; thei. . managers, electricians, 'and operators are highly trained and liberally re- munerated for zealous service. A scheme proposed by Major -Gen. Sir Edward Hutton for the creation of an Australian Commonwealth Army has beert reconimended for adoption by the A.ustralian Federal Executive Council. Gen. Hutton was sent out to Melbourne two years ago, intrusted •with the mission to pave the way for a reorganization of the local forces, and his work has al- ready borne fruit. The plan comprises two distinct forces: One a mobile field force, ful- ly equipped and trained for military operations in the field, the other a garrisoll force, for the protection of the strategical points. The mobile field force will consist entirely of militia, comprising six brigades of cavalry, three of infantry and the proper proportion of artil- lery. On the peace footing there will be 13,011 men and 60 guns; on the war footing, 27,753 men and 81 guns. The garrison force will consist mainly of :volunteers, numbering in all 11,596 men and 26 guns. The present permanent troops will also remade, and will form a nucleus of artillery garrisons for fixed defenc- THE DAY'S WORK. 'Cable offices never close, anct the recorders of the various companies have reeled out hundreds of thou- sands of miles of slip since tie first About 8 a. m. the night operators ght operatoi s volunteers • and the militia. The About 8 a -m. the ni es, and an instruction force for the Militia will be available for active are relieved by the day brigade - smart, fresh, aleid, prepared to -deal field operations :within the limit. int- ,with the day's traffic. This come Parliament, while the volunteers will. .mences with a. few straggling mes- sages from America, Europe, or the posed by the Defence bill now before defence. 1 a steady "matt" between 2 and 7 p. East., gradually developing into be responsible for the local or State .Far scheme or organization is due to the ! peaponeemo„ of e„.ed,y io the !m. London time. great need of the British Army of the Nev ia I \Vhen the hammer of the preefiient York Stock E ange The vice rendered by the Aust ra 1 i an • falls there is a . • relaxation of.-t:e.e• ten - that, arm, and to the excellent see- 1 'mounted infantry in South Africa. , sion. About four o'clock• .se day The eighteen regiments of light horse ' clerks . yield. their places to the even - thus provided for will be a valuable Ng brigade. These have their sties() of work to negotiate. They handle addition to the British Army. !late cypher despatches from the various Governmeets and foreign out- bassies, code cablegrams from the principal firms of Louden, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, ole. . ,Press mes- sages roll in from the Cotitinent and SLOPPING- PIGS. Swine are the only stock on the farm that aro commonly fed sloppy food, and it is undchniable that they are the most frequently troubled with digestive derangement. This suggests the question, is there any good reason why the feeding of pigs should dilter so widely from that of other farm • stock? Why not give them their food dry, and their drink in a separate trough? Some of the most healthy and thrifty pigs we have Over seen were treated in this way, making rapid gains in. weight. If this theory be correct, what an immense amount of labor might be saved by the use of self-feeding de- vices for the dry feed, and troughs supplied by pipes from a, 'spring or 'tank, and having .a float to regulate the height of the water in the trough. For young pigs requiring milk this plan may not he feasible, though it is a question whether they might not better have their milk straight and their meal by itself, .but in the ease of Older pigs that have passed the. milk stage Or where the supply of Milk is not suifficient to go round, it is quite proticable. It is na- ture's way to let animals do their Own ranting of their Node, and is well In sante, things to let her Italie her Way. Xt 'will eost but ,111 - tie to try this plan. Xt Will not o0 - THOUGHTS OF A CHILD. — lilind of the Infant Rakes up Puz- London. These usually keep the The first conscious thoughts of o'clock, when there is often a lull un- cablists busy until 'nine or ten zlers For Grown-ups. most of us, perhaps, had something til about midnight, Nvhen the night brigade takes duty. "Shall we all die?" a little boy ask- I When Europe sleeps the Atlantic to do with the mystery of things., ed the other day, and the answer,. cables vibrate with energy. A great pertinent query, "Who will bury tho deal of traffic comes eastward, prin- cipally long commercial cablegrams, "Yes," paved the way foia the very better than his understanding wh milk and honey," and his case was he declared that the walls were built more pardonable than that of the little girl who buried a note in. the ground, saying, "Please, Mr. Satan, 'dawns; and early breakfast is indulg- come and fetch auntie." around Jerusalem to "keep in the - -en press messages are transmitted . to destined to reach European clients t, New York from London in time for the morning papers. Finally, the early in the 'day. Then the lestests.daa- atlareg athewleilit_ee,aiant tirmesttfredn'caeblidsatys tvelcome sigeal "N. N." is flashed waanitointrguseivne- last man?" The boy's memory was strangely varied. A teacher at a, welcome to their morning colleagues, uaaptielriodthoe5f, wearyex Manchester school some years ago who, taking charge of the cables,. teii d The idea of beauty in children is 1 setcliesii,i; gave thirty children five minutes to commence the day's work in the think over the most beautiful thing, manner already described. . they ever saw. Five chose the moon I and the stars, two the sun, and one the setting sun. One of the tore who chose the moon stipulated that he meant only the full 1110011. TWO chil- dren chose flowers, two scenery, and two birds. Not one chose a human face! The snow, the rain, a butter- fly, a tigees skin, salt, silver and gold, a brooch, pink silk, all, had one vote each, and a little Jingo de -1 dared that the Union jack was the most beautiful thing in the World. "Until I met you, Matilda," he murmured, in a, voice husky with emotion, "X believed that all wo- men. Were deceitful, but witch I look into your clear, beautiful eyes I be- hold there the very soul of candor and loyalty.'' "George," she ex- claimed, With enthusiasm, '"this is the happiest moment I have lcaown since papa took me to the oeulist!" "Oeulist!" ' "Yes, dear; you nailer would have kitown that My left eye Is a glass' one," Then the moon wont under 'ci. elottd, and George sat down and buried his lace in the sofa cushion. The rrian of otte idea is ' always in danger of being laughed at by peo- ple Who have none. UNIQUE GATHERING. A unique gathering was held. in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, nv the other week, the host being a .gentleman of eighty-six years of ago, who had just built himself a villa. Guests were restricted to the male friends of his early youth, and no I one under seventy-five was admitted. The gathering numbered thirteen, and the aggregate age of those assembled • was 1,051 years. Five 01 .1110 old gentlemen had lived under five Brit- ish Sovereigns, and the youngest, of the company had played marbles in the days when • George the Fourth Was Xing. • Mistress -"Now, Jane, there Is no *use of further argument etel..te how thrs dinh should be prepiefe'rdttitith our ideas on the subject are No different !theta it is evident one or the othet of us is trazy.," Jane --"True foe You, Ma'am; an! It's not the likes of ' me as NirothId be after maybe' the likee , 0' you would have no more sinse 1(1 [keep a crazy cook,"