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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-9-24, Page 6• 411490/441t4'>t[(4'I0.fleQ +1RKIQ+10+ 4+04 '4Sei tehS*•V•l0'.444111SSEs14(40(i4K+ ISI T E POST OF U"Y tin10 ME E WATER I i J'S SONS. 44sce3`f{' to d" •e was .e,:a?c;`. red$4'',+r+.04•FElleM4i4KQ‹<<,,StEce 4 � 'E4w'1�•�.`fI CII1,i1"rEr XX. --Continued, "Ay, ay, sir!" answered the youth in the tones of it thoroughbred sea- man. Not that Willie had ever been at sea, but ho way so fond ofzeta- men, and had mingled with them. so much at the docks, as well as those: of them who had' become i}reumen, that he tried to imitate their gait and tones. "Cama here, you scrtnip, and stop your noise," "Certainly, sir," said \Villi., with a grin, as ho entered the ruom cup izi hand. "Going hone, lace?" asked Frecl. a •'Yes, sir—at leant iu a permiscu- ous sort of way; entertaiuin' myself as I goes with agreeable talk, and Improvin' observation of the shop winders etceterrcr. "Will you take a message to yom• mother?" "Sure-ly," answered Willie. "Well, say to herr that I have ems, oral calls to make to -night and may be late in getting home, but she need not sit up for nee as I have the door -key; tell her not to forget to leave the door on the latch." "lWerry good, sir," said Willie. "May I make so bold as to ask how 1\Iiss Loo was when you see d her last?" "Not well, I regent to say," re- plied Fred. "Indeed!! I'm surprised to hear that, for she's again' out to tea to- morrow night, sir." "My surprise is greater than yours, Iad; how d'you know that, and where is she going to?" asked Auberly. Here Willie explained in a very elaborate manner that a note had arrived that forenoon from Miss Tip- pet, inviting Mr. Tippet to tea the following evening, end expressing a hope that he would hring with hire his clerk, "Miter" Wiilder:4, the brother of the brave fireman who had saved Loos lite, and that Miss Louisa Auberly was to be there. and that Mr. Tippet had written a rote accepting the same. "Then you'll have to take another message from me. Willie. Tell Miss lappet when you go to -morrow that will give myself the pleasure of *looking in on her in the course of the evening," said Fred. "Mr. Au- bel•ly is not to he there, is he?" "No, not as 1 knows of." "Well, good -night. Willie." Willie took his departure, march - Ing to the usual national air. and soon after Fred Auberly bade his friend good -night and left hint. CHAPTER XXI. Miss Tippet's tea-party began by the arrival of Willie \Viilders, who, being fond of soviet;•, and regardless of fashion, understood his hostess literally when she named her tea- hour 1 For full half an hour, there- fore, he had the field to hirnseIf, end Improved the occasion by entertain- ing Miss Tippet and Emma Ward with an account of the wendcrfui in- gentians ngentians that emanated from the fertile brain of Mr. Thomas Tippet. Strange to say, a deep and last- ing friendship had sprung up be- tween the eccentric old gentleman and his volatile assistant. Willie Sympathized so fully with his mas- ter in his wild sohenies, and dis- played withal such an aptitude for mechanical contrivance, and such a ready appreciation of complex theor- ies, that Mr. Tippet soon came fo forget his extreme youth, and to converse with Lim, propound schmes avid new ideas to him, and even to ask his advice, with as much ser- iousness as though he had been a full-grown mal:. This was of course very gratifying 10 Willie, who repaid his plaster's condescension and kindness by de- voting himself heart and soul to the duties of what he styled his "pro- fession." IIe was a. gond deal put out when his brother )'rank asked him one day what his "profession" was, and resolving never again to be placed in such an awkward posi- tion of ignorance, asked his employ- er what was the name of his busi- i cress, to which the employer replied, I that it had no particular name; but,' .on being urged by his assistant to; l , � ;give it a name, he suggested that aright, if so .disposed, style hinx- I { self a polyartist, which,. he explain- -led, nteaut an nrt•ist of malty ()MUNI. - tions. Willie felt that. this Wright be translated "jack-of-all-trades,"I i but on nature considerat on he re - I solved to adopt it; in the belief that !few people would understand what I it meant, and that thereby he would hr invested with a halo of mystery,' ic.hieh was, upon the whole, a. grati- fving reflection. I Gradually, however, Wilie was led Ito diverge* from his employer to bis brother Frank, in regar•c} to -whom! Miss Tippet entertained the strong- est feelings of admiration, because of his courageous conduct in saving Louisa Auberly. Willie pursued this !theme all the more willingly that (khnnia appeared to be deeply inter ! ested in it. Enna Ward was very somatic. in. her nature; yet she had a keen ap- I !predation of the ludicrous which! • ceased her to appear somewhat' I light-headed and giddy in the eyes of superficial observers; but she possessed an underlying earnestness of soul, which displayed itself in a. 'thousand ways to those who had much iiitercourso with her. She Was ;an ardent hero-worshipper; and while Miss Tippet was her heroine, Frank Winders was, at that time, ' !her beau ideal of a hero, although I she only• knew hint from description.; \Ville was still in the middle of a glowing account of a fire, in which !Frank and his friends Dale and Bax - !more. were the chief actors; and • I rima was listening with heightened color, parted lips, and sparkling eyes I when Matte. Merryon opened the! door, and announced Mr. Tippet. \ ' That gentleman was still in the art of shaking his sister's hands with both of his, and kissing her on 'the cheeks heartily, when Marty an -I `nonnced ?Hiss lleentns. Marty, being Irish, allowed her, !soul to gush oat too obviously in !her tones; so that her feelings to-, I ward the Feigns, though unexpressed, were discernible. Miss Deemas strode up to Miss( ;Tippet, and pecked her on the right t cheek, much as an eagle aright peck la tenter rabbit, which it could slay and devour if it chose, but which it ;preferred to spare for a. ti:tic. She was immediately introctticed to Mr. ;Tippet, whom she favorer} with a tstlll bow intended to express armed 1neutrality in the meantime; with a ;possibility, if not a probability, of (war in the future. The eccentric gentleman frit chiiled], but ventured to express ern opinion in regard to, the weather, glancing for confirma- tion of the same toward the wiu.dow,' through which he naturally enough expected to see the sky; but was baffled by only seeing the green ven- etian blinds, which ruled off the op- posite houses in narrow stripes. Be fore he had recovered himself to make any further observation, Miss Deemas had attempted, in a con- descending way, to peck the cheek of Emma, Ward; but that young lady, feeding disinclines}, so managed that she received the peck on her fore- head. On Willie, Miss Deemas bestowed • a glance of utter indifference, which Willie replied to with a gaze of, desperate defiance. Then Miss Deemas seated herself on the sofa and asked her "dear Mend" how she did, and how she felt, and whether things in general teen! much as usual; from which ele vested region of generalities she grad- ually descended into the more parti-' cirltt.r sphere of gossip neat scandal. It is only just to Miss Tippet to say that the Eagle did not find her a congenial bird of prey- in this re- gion. cmgion. On the contrary, she had to !drag her unwilling friend down into I it; and as Miss Tippet was too con iSrientIous and kine} -hearted to agree Iwith Iter in her sweeping censures land causti.' observations and willful rniseonstructrons, it is difficult to conceive wherein she (the Eagle) I found pleasure in her society. Proba- bly it \res because she found in her r one who would submit meekly to any amount of contradiction, and listen patiently to any amount. of Y declamation. vituperative "So it seems Mr. Soberly has dis- inherited and dismissed his son, my dear," said Miss intemas, smoothing her dress with both harms, as though she were about to lay Mr. Auberly in her lap, and analyze frim, "I'rn sorry to say that it is too true, Julia, ' sanswered Miss 'Tippet, with a sigh, "Ili\ 1 it's so like ene of these creatures," said Miss Demos, purse ing her thin lips; 'so domineering, so towering, in their pride of mere physical power." Mr. Tippet glanced at the Eagle in surprise, not being able to under- stand to what sort of- "creatures" she made reference, j "Poor Frederick," sighed Miss Tip- pet, "I don't know what he'll do (ring the bell, Emma, , darling); he's such a bold, high-spirited young• elan, and it's • all owing to his de- termination to take- to—to what's 'is -name as ee profession (bring the ten, natty). It's very sad." "That xuust be a new sat- of pro- fession observed Miss Deemas point- edly.• "Oh 1 I mean paintingl you know. Tt s impossible to arrange one s thing's in such Very correct language you know, dear Julia; you are real- ly too—oh ! did you hear of Jae Corney, the what's-chis—fireman's visit to Mrs. Denman ? To be sure You did; 1 forgot it was in your house. It was such a funny ac- count; you heard of it, brother (ring the bell again, dear) didn't you ?" I1tir. Tippet, whose wonted vivacity was quite subdued by the freezing influence of the 'Eagle, said that he had not heard of it; whereupon Miss Tippet said that she had heard of it, and so had Willie Willders, talo had heard of it' from his brother Frank, who had heard of it from Joe Cor- ney' himself; and then site attempted to relate the matter, but failed, and finally asked Willie to tell the story which Willie did with xnuoh gusto; looking at Miss Deemas all the time, and speaking in a very positive tone, as if he thought she was doubting every word, be said, and was re- solved to hurl it in her teeth, Wheth- er she chose to believe it or not. "Capital !" exclaimed Mr. Tippet, laughing heartily, when Willie hod concluded; "what, an energetic old lady she must be ! Really, I roust get introduced to her, and show her the self-acting • fire-extinguisher I have just invented. You remember it, Willie ?" 'Willie nodded. "I've laid it aside for some time; but it is very nearly complete now. A little more work on it will finish it. My only difficulty in regard to it is, madam," he addressed himself to Miss Deemas here, "that it is apt to burst, and I am uncertain wheth- er or not to add a safety -valve to prevent such a catastrophe, or to make the metal so very strong, that nothing short of gunpowder would burst it; but then, you see, that would make the whole affair too heavy. However, these are only minor difficulties of detail, which a Iittle thought will overcome. Miss Deemas received all this with a sinister smile, and replied with the single word, "Orr !" after which she turned immcdiatately to Miss Tippet and remarked that the weather had been unusually warm of late for the season of the year, which remark so exasperated Willie Willclers that he turned with a. face of crimson to Inenma, and asked her if she didn't feel a, draught of cold air coming over her from somewhere, and wheth- er hether she would not sit nearer the fire, and further away from the window 1 \U11ife meant this for an uncom- monly severe cut; for Miss Deenas sat at the end of the sofa, near the window ! Fortunately, at this point, Matty Mer?;yon ushered in Loo Auberly, who was instantly infolded in Miss Tippet's arms, and thence transferr- ed to Ernma's, in which she was led to the sofa and gently deposited in the softest corner, "Yarling Loo !" exclaimed 'Miss 'Cippet, with tears in her eyes; "you look so thin and pale." There corlid he no doubt on that point. Little Loo, as Emma styled her, was worn to a shadow by sick- ness, which had hitherto battled the doctor's ski;I. But she was a beau- tifui shadow; such a sweet, gentle shadow, that one might feel thank- ful, rather than otherwise, to be haunted by it. "Pray don't mind me; I'm too tir- ed to speak to you vet; just go on talking. I Iike to listen," said Loo softly. \With ready kindness, Miss Tippet at once sought to draw attention from the child, by reverting to Mrs. Denman; and Matty created a little opportune confusion by stumbling into the room with the tea. Matty usually tripped over the car- pet at the door, and never seemed to become wiser from experience. A ease. gen. oPen Describes. After. Three Years of 'Fora able Suffering Little Mary? Millar Was Permanently CIAVO i by "Poor Mrs. Demean," said Miss Tippet, pouring out the tea; "it must have been an awful shock; think of a (Sugar, brother ? I al- ways forget), what was I—oh• yes; think of a fireman seizing one round the (Cream, Willie ? T know you have a sweet tooth, so I don't hoed to ask if you take sugar). Yes, he carried her down that dreadful what - d' ye -call -it, and into the next house with nothing (A little more sugar, ,7ulia ?—No) -.nothing on but her what's -'is -name. Oh it was sad; sad to lose all her fine things too— her furniture, and—and thingumies-- Do try a piece of cake, brother." "I know a worse case than hers," said Willie with a knowing look, "Do you ?" exclaimed Miss Tippet. "Ohl do, toll It," cried Enema earn- estly; "he's joist been telling it to rue, and it is do sad and interest- ing." "Come, let's hear about it, lad," said Mr. 'Tippet. Thus encouraged, Wiflie related his adventure with the clown's family, and tole his talo with such genuine feeling, that Miss Tippet, Loo, and Emma found their eyes rnoist when he bad coucIeded. Thele was a good deal .of commnent upon this suldeet, and .11flss I/cemlas Mt CHASE'S °BEMENT. Many of the cures Brough about By Dr. Chase's Ointment are so much! like miracles that people can scarcely believe them. When Babe; Millar be- came a victim of eczema her parents olid everything that could be done to get her cured. Three doctors tried a1I the means in their power, but without suieess, and then all sorts of remedies were used, with the vain hope that something would ''bring relief from the disease that .seemed to be bundler up the living flesh. It was not until Dr. Chase's Oint- ment was used that relief and cure • canner, Tltie case is certified to by a aleentinent Sunday school superin- tendent• or alt. Catharines, t War. Millar, St. Catharines, Ont,, writes :—"Aly daughter, Mary, when Six months. old contracted ec- memna and for three .years 1.bis Ws - /seise baffled ail treatment; I•Ter vaso ivas one of the worst that ever came 1o. my. not .ce, and ,she suffered what no pen can ever- describe. I had her treated by three different doctors, but all to no purpose whatever, and mil setae d,>'R ltttlees, tiatips and lotions "Finally I' net:feed to use Dr. Chase's Ointment, and to may sur- prise she began to improve immed- iately, and after regular treatment for it time the disease of so long- standing .completely disappeared. As that was four years ago, and not a symptom of this distressing ailment has ever shown itself since, the cure Must certainly be a permanent one.. At the time of this cure we were living in Cornwall, Ont., and the doctors there feared that i.f she was not cured of °cecina site would go into a decline." Mr, S. Richardson, jun., Superin-1 tendent Christ's Church Sunday' School, St. Catharines, Ont., writes: "1 am acquainted with Mr, Sad Airs, Wal. Millar and 'believe they would not make any statement knowing it to bo in any way misleading o.r•un- trtxo," i Dr, Chase's Ointment, 60 cents a box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Company, Toronto. To pro- tect you against imitations the por- trait and signature of Dr. A. W, Chase, the femme receipt book au- thor, are on every box of his renme- actor's in general and clowns in par- tieu.lar, .A.s to ballet -girls, she could not find wards to express her contempt for theme; but in reference th s to is Mx, spl f � . T eventured t v mrturto re- bate her friend, and to say timat al- though she could, not and would not defend the position of these unfor- tunates, yet site felt that they were much to bo kilned, seeing that they were in many cases trained to their peculiarly indelicate life by their parents, and had been taught to re- gard ballet -dancing as quite a pro- per turd legitimate what's -its -name. No doubt this was only a palliation of the life they led but she.. thought that if any ono was to be severely blamed in the natter it was the people who Went to witness and en- courage such wicked displays. Miss Deemas dissented generally from all her friend's observations, and, wishing to change the subject asked Loo if her father was coming to fetch her hone. "No," said Loo; "clear pupa is not well tonight, but he is tosend the carriage for me. Oh, I wish," she continued, reverting to the previous subject, "I wish _1 could do some- thing for these poor people. I'm so very, very sorry for the fairy." "So you can, if you choose," said Miss Deemas sharply. "No, indeed I cannot," replied Loo , in an earnest voice; "l'ni too ill and weak now to be of any use to any one. Once I was useful to dear papa, but ever since the fire I have not been of use to anybody; only a hinderanco to them. Since 1 have been i11 I have thought much more about what I read in the Bible, and I"ve lied a great desire to do good in some way or other,' but how can 1—so weak and helpless ?" Loo alxuost sobbed, for her sym- pathies had been awakened by Wil- lie, and a chord had been touched which had been vibrating in her breast for some weeks past. "Your father is rich, is he not ?" asked the Eagle, "Yes, I believe so." "Well, a word to hien may be the cause of much good, in the shape of money at least, to people in distress; but rich .peaple don't always like to spend their money in that way." Loo hung down her head and made no reply, for she knew that her father did not like to 'part with money. She had often heard him rebase to do so in days gone by, even when very pathetic appeals (as she thought) were made to him; and experience told her that it was in vain to look for help in that quar- ter. The party was now increased by the arrival of FredenfckaAuberly, who at once infused life ineo every- body, except Miss Deemas, who had life enough of her own, and would by no means accept the loan of any one else. Fred therefore ignored her altogether and told stories and cracked jokes and sang songs as if no such female iceberg were present. 'Poor Loo was overjoyed to see hire, and laying her head on his breast, bade him speak away and not ask questions; only speak, and allow her to listen and rest. Fred obeyed, and at once began an earnest discussion with Willie as to the hest method of getting a stout gentleman out of a third -floor win- dow in case of fire, when Matty Merryon entered with a flushed face and said that a fireman who woltld not give his name welshed to see Willie Willlders for a minute; and she was inclined to thinlc, it was his brother. "What I Frank?" exclaimed t4illie, rising to go dowtn stairs. "Stay, Willie," cried Miss Tippet eagerly; "don't go down. Pray let me have him up; I should so like to see bim, and I'm sure so would Loo; the man, you brow, who went up the what's -its -name, and brought you yes, send him up, Matty." "Plaze, min, he won't come," re- plied the girl; "1 know'ed yo would like to see him, an' axed him in." "Tell him," . said Miss Tippet, "that I request it as a favor. While Mattie was delivering this message, the Eagle took occasion to sniff once or twice in a contemptuous manner, and wondered why people worshipped men jest because they happened to be big, and what they called handsome. For her part she hated all men, but if she were to be obliged to choose between any class (which she was thankful to say was not necessary in her case) she would certainit give the preference to ugly men and small. Dia Aa it CHASE'S CATARRH CURE 500 D ■e Ls sent direct to tins diseased parts by the improved Blower. }foals rho ulcera. clears ggs the ate the throat Bansteels epennanently in Catarrh and Hay Fevea filmes free. AH dealers, or Dr. A. W. Chase )M'Vjetue Co,,, Toronto and Buffalo. Willie Wil]ders nodded his head ap- provingly, mud, being exasperated into a savage serio-comic condition, as well by the Eagle's voice and as- pect as ' by her sentiments, he said that site was quite right, and that if he were a lady' like her he would hold the same opinions, because then said he, "being stout, I could wal- lop my 'husband an' keep hien down, an' the contrast of his ugly face with mine would not be so obvious." (To be Continued.) NOVEL REUNION. . There was a touching reunion the other day at Trick's Locks, Pennsyl- vania, The venerable schoolmaster rang the bell of the ole} school -house when there trooped in, not the chil- dren of the village, lett sixty-two middle-aged Wien and women, former scholars. Alt the• old lessons wore gone through, and then. the class ad- journed to the playground and romped through the old games. LONG MOURNING. One 'British regiment has been in nn'ourningfor more than a eentur'y. This is the old 47th, the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The officers Wear black blended with • the gold braid in' inenrory of Genera". ;Volt., ,� "rD'iY:"p•�'i.B.;tC•..: i�'Yh+Jt�:.@�:ii�:A 'i'� A•iY:'+':�Y�'IG!W y FOR FARMERS `i Seasonable and Profitable r• mots for the t3uay Tillers r c of the Soil. ° :'*a*dPyfiee', a KeidS»e ,o ;Wee3ri dei e')i1 1U'1SOLTS ALWAYS CONVINCE. There aro theories and theories, and endless ways of doing things, especitiliy in farming and stock rais- ing, and no One method Galt be se- lected• and proven superior under all circumstances to any other. 'There can be but one test, and that is "rosults'." In ftlrnaing, the man who does the most with the available means is rightfully accounted most successful. After all, • success is a relative term in which the positive and superlative degrees aro widely separated. ' It would bo a strange situation, indeed, if all farmers were equally successful in their calling. As well expect equal success among busi- ness men. Neighbors on adjoining farms who are confronted by the very same conditions of soil, climate and moisture are very seldom equally successful. Eliminating element of luck, there is no reason why these neighbors should not be equally suc- cessful if the same methods bo fol- lowed. Probably no case can be furnished where tho true cause for variation in results cannot be re. doted to the question of method alone. There is probably no farm- ing community in the country that is without its farmer who appears to got along somewhat more easily than his neighbors. His crops not only appear to grow more luxuriant than those of his of his neighbors, but they actually do. Similar conditions aro found in all the departments of his farm. It appears as if nature were a willing slave . to obey the commands of this fortunate man, whose instructions never prove amiss and whose plans never fail. Tho results of his methods are visible, and by carefully observing them they may be imitated to the advant- ago of those who desire better re- sults from their farming. HOG NOTES. Small hog houses are hest. See that the hogs have good shade. 9 Have the sows in a gaining posi- tion when bred. During tho hot weathez: care should be taken not to have the hogs too fat, To a considerable extent the young sow proves her future abili- ty by the way she manages her first Iitter. While a hog never gets too thin to be lousy it seems tho thinner the blood the better the lice thrive. The lot of hogs that will lie quiet- ly while a stranger passes among them will feed the better. A..hungry pig takes readily to any food that it is expected that a pig will eat. Build up the frame of the shoat on clover, bran, shorts and like foods and finish for market on grain. Ilogs are creatures of habit and will get to look for their food only at regular times. Always breed from a thorough- bred boar of good constitution and vigor. His vigor should be in ex- cess of the sows. Overfeeding of sows, musty grain, sour swill or sudden changes of food .will cause diarrhoea among the pigs. One advantage in having shallow troughs for feeding is that the sows will learn to oat much younger. The pig that is to bo marketed profitably at from six to Dight months old must not from any cause he allowed to stop growing. Among hogs a quiet dispositiou is produced by constant handling from ono generation to another, and has more to do with the dam than the progeny. Extra feed increases the growth if of the proper kind, and makes larg- er animals at maturity even if it does not bring maturity sooner than ordinary usage. The advantage of retaining a sow that provee a good breeder for years, is that she takes the place of milk, provides for her ,young at least ten weeks, and keeps them growing, The good strains of hogs must bo kept so by proper care, intelligent and stick -to -it feeding, taking ad- vantage of circumstances and watch- ing results. It is often tho case that pigs are weaned too early. Usually it is best to allow them to run with the sow as by this time they should be well accustomed to eating. 1i0W TO AVOID ROPY MIL1f. Concerning this trouble which is caused by an outside germ which gets into teemilk after It is drawn, IrgFarrington le40 r01di tho following The best ivay to over- come this trouble is to be careful to wash the cow's udder and brush her legs, afterwards drying both with a towel; then the milker should wash his hands thoroughly, steam the pail into • which he milks, drawn, milk the cow with dry hands into this clean pail. The milk should be pro- tected as carefully as possible from dust and then strained into the cans. in which it is set for cream rising. The strainer oloth, carrying cans and separator, if one is used, should be given an extra washing and scalding in order to destroy and of those germs, which have been the cause of the ropy milk. There ' is no doubt that this trouble may bo overcome in this way, and the suc- cess one has in doing it will depend entirely on how carefully ho protects the milk from the germs, which must get into the milk after it is drawn from the cow. GERM'S IN WATEn. For some time past Pref. McKay and Mr, Larsen, of the Iowa Agricul- tural College, have been studying the effects of pasteurized and unpasteur- ized wash -water upon the keeping qualities of. butter. The Water used was from tho deep college well, and is considerably purer than water us- ed at an averago creamery, and the results of the experiment aro all the more pointed on this account. It is also evident that the very best of water contains germs which in- jure the keeping quality of butter. The results of the experiments are thus sueninarizecl: Water contains germs which cause butter to deteriorate in quality. These germs can be removed or de- stroyed in a practical and inex- pensive way 1)y two processes, viz., pasteurization and frlteration. Butter .washed in pasteurized wash - water will keep normal much longer than the same butter washed in un- pasteurized water. Butter made from pasteurized cream and washed in pasteurized wa- ter retains its normal flavor about twice as long as butter made from unpasteurized water. Unwashed butter made from good and well -ripened cream keeps as well, and in some instances better, than the same butter when washed in un- pasteurized water. Salt improves the keeping quality of butter. It pays to pasteurize the wash -wa- ter as well as the cream. The cost of pasteurization of nmiik and water after pasteurizer has been purchased is about .1 of a cent per pound of butter. The amount gained per pound of butter by pasteurization when the butter is about a month old, is .8 of a cent, leaving a profit of .7 of a cent per pound of butter. Butter of medium firmness loses about 3 per cent. of moisture for every revolution it is worked in ex- cess. xcess. THE ARAB'S EXCUSE. A capitalist who was asked to lend money for a questionable enterprise refused with a polite excuse. When the other man objected that the ex- cuse was lame, the capitalist told this story: Once on a time an Arab went to hie neighbor and said, "Lend lee your: rope." 1 "I can't," said the neighbor. "Why can't 'you?" "Because I want to use the rope myself." • "What do you want to do with it?" persisted the borrower. "I want to tie up five cubic feet of water with it"' "How on earth," sneered the oth- er, "can you tie up water with a rope?" "My friend," replied the. neighbor, "Allah is great, and He permits us to do strange timings With a rope when we do not wish to lend it." UNIQUE ARMY COMPETITION. Sir Evelyn Wood is offering a cup for competition by officers in a long- distance compass -bearing gide. The idea is a novel one so far as England is concerned; but similar rides, known as chart -and -compass races, were carried out under Lord Roberts in India. The distance to bo run is twenty-five utiles, and competitors are forbidden to use whips or sticks, whilst spur -marks on a horse will mean disqualification. The idea of the competition is to train time of- ficers in the proper management of horses, the importance of which was demonstrated in South Africa. . '.tiat:te.2td1!'rV'sv�1?Zr' �W'—!ee' '716.151'(0imr' :' wee Jim Dumps had scarcely slept a vvilfk, All night he'd toss about and think. But that's all past—he'll neer endure Insomnia. He's found a cure 1 Tis "Force." At night, when lights are dim, 11 soothes the nerves of "Sunny The Itendy.to.Servc Cereal mulles one chummy with good sleep. Wouldn't Believe at Pleat. "' wouldn't believe it tfh I tries] it, but Forex' is a date for Insomnia, T used to stay awake night after night. Now'1 oat a hie bowlfol of Force JOU before going to boil, and -sleep and 1 have become good friends again. "L. X. Irt'And." ill MERRY grill ENGLAiiii NEWS BY 11TA= d1.'i3OUT J01rI • Ii'''O I,,bf.. I, AN +, Occurrences in tale l,tand That deigns Stlprczue imt the Coin- nlerelal Wo'h.t. Since time eonunerletl.m.rir't oS WA year 213,:150 new nieuibcr's have join' cd the Primrose League, A monument depicting an :Lust at work will probably be egeteled oyez the grave Of the late Phil May. -Princess Henry of .13attenbury un'' Veiled at Neeeport, Isle of \tiigIit, et memorial to the late Queen. The 1i.ing it is stated, is c:encliug a pre- sent . or. cattle t o the Freueh Pre- sident from leis Wiedsor furan. A large number of expelled 1'renehe Monks are now settling in the Rom- an Catholic diners. of Southwark. Time Duke of Westminster, aeeotn• - pauied •by Col, Wilford Lloyd, will leavq , for South Africa oxm October 10th Leeds corporation is taking steps - to enlarge the city boundary by taking in the districts of three su- burbar} councils. The dearth of apples is. canning* grave concern to Dee on cider makers Arany of the orchards have riot yield - eel a single apple. The Icing has approved the ap-• pointment of Mr. Evelyn Grant Dud to he First Seere'tt.,y of his :Majes- ty's Legation at Teheran, Smallpox is greatly on the increase iu Newcastle and district. Fresh notices have been issued with regard to the necessity for vaccination. The total amount of taxes and rates paid by British railway cern panties in 1885, 1892 and 1J02 was. £1,778,634, £2,368,55S and 44,2'd7- 598 respectively, A Burn/amu man was fisted a 0r++nvn for drunkenness at Beaconsfield (Bucks) Sessions, and the police offi- cer who proved the offence paid the fine. ALincolnshire farm tiiimieh cost £80,000 several years ago only had £0,950 offered for it at a sale by auction. Mr. - William Maylin, of Sydney road, New Southgate, Middlesex, who has just celebrated Ills 3,9Oth birthday, hes 236 descendants. Aged 100 years, the oldest (leldfel- loty in the world has died. ITe was John Hill, a retired bookseller, who' passed away at Derby recently. Mrs. May Garner, alio has just !celebrated her ](10th birthday at Luton Workhouse, saes she has only one regret—she has never been to London. M''rs. Rix, a native of Lowestoft. celebrated her tellst birt.}4day at Norwich recently. She still makes her own bed each morning, and does the setting for the houeuhold. A lad aged 12, at Stokeuchum'tii, I3ucks, aimed at a bird with a plan, when the weapon exploded, and an- other boy, aged five, received the charge in his head, was killed. Capt. Matthew Brown, who was the first European to open ftp trade with Yokohama, in July, 1859, when he wpa master of time barque Coun- tess of Seafield, has died at Hornsea, aged 82 years. Two eminent army medical nwn have declared in a blue book that, there is no primary connection be- tween etween enteric fever .and dysentery, but that they appear together through a common origin in dirt. A joint committee has been ap- pointed by the council of King's College and the committee of the hospital, to coneider the question of a new hospital site. If the server - news' decision is favorable £3Q0,0 Xi j will be required. 7 &Ins. Elizabeth Greaves, aged 54, { 1a,. was awarded £7 25 damages at Leeds for injuries caused by a motor • car belonging to Mr. Thomas Whit- aker, of Newlay. She sustained eon - mission of the brain and fracture of the skull. A 131oxwich mine fireman named Davies mysteriously disappeared oar- ly on Bank eloliday whilst he was at work in a pit. All efforts to dis- cover. hien Jtave failed, and it is thought that he was buried beneath a fal. T1ille of totacoal number of pampers in. Lox*lear was higher last quarter than it has been in the corresponding quarter in any year since 1872. The corner stone of anew memor- ial chapel 111 memory Of the officers and men of the Icing's Own Royal Lancaster 'Regiment., who fell in he South African war, was laid at Lancaster by the Countess of Derby. The chapef is to cost ,G3,50.0. The profits from the two days' ranee meeting at Ycu'm,outh are div • - ided between local charities, and this year the amount so distributed has. reached £1,000. The parish cltimrcli and Gorlestone church bode again receive donations froze the tau'! pro- fits. WHY ,SIM WAS F1tOS'rY. A young gentlemmci, whose gallan- try was largely in excess of his pc-. cuniary means, sought to rola':fly this defect and sate the honey required for the purchase of expensive flow - ems by arranging with a gardener to let hint have a bougnet from time to tunic in return for his cast -01T clothes. It thus happened one day that he received 0 bunch of the most heanli-, ful POW's, which. he at once sent Off to his lady -love.. In '.rte e ani ie ipa- tion of a friendly welcome he called at the house 01 the, Judy the same evening, and was not a little sur— prised at the frosty reception ate rmet wii.b. •'5'011 sent .ale a. not' to -day," the young lady remnerked, nact' rr pause, in the most frigid 10005, "T- a not'?" h! Jltquired, in hinxmk astonishment. "Certainly, along along with n noseguv. "To ho St11'e 1. Mit y011 a TIOSO d! gay." "And there was a note • built]!:- do you still mean to deny it?" With these words she lruntledtett• clunifontidecl swahi 11 AVM', of ft,ittar, 011 which talc' followjratt' wcirds were. wri't(('10 "Don't foi«.r1. ',' e. vier'