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CHAPTER XXX,, . matter, Gorman new meditated take
There were other men besides lttr. ing another and more deckled step.
Tippet who could be true to their He looked• at the sick man, and, see-
promises when it suited theta. D. bat stow feeble he was,, Itis fingers
Gorman WaS truce to his, in so far twitched as if with a desire to
as they concerned I)'avid 13oone. He strangle him. So strong was the
visited that unfortunate invalid fre- feeling upon hint that lie passed his
quently, and brought hire so many fingers nervously about his own
little "nice things" for the alievitt- throat, • as if to ascertain the forma-
tion of his sufferings, and oxbibited tion of it and the precise locality of
altogether such nervous anxiety the windpipe. • Then. his hared drop -
about Iris recovery, that .worthy Mrs. ped to his side,, and he sat still
Craw was quite overwhelmed,nest again, while Boone rolled his poor
said, in the fullness of her heart, Bead from side to side and Moaned
that she never did see a kinder ssoftly.
friend, or one who more flatly, gave Evening drew on apace, and the
the lie -direct to his looks, which, I •hallows in the skit -room gradually
she was bound to admit,. were not � became deeper azid - deeper until noth-
r .
prepossessing, zng could be seen distinctly, Still
But., despite his friend's solicitude, 1 G orman sat there,, with his features
and his doctor's prescriptions, ..iii pale as death and his fingers moving
his nurs.'s kindness, David Boone nervously; and still the sick man lay
continued steadily to sink, until at and rolled his head from side to side
last the doctor gaze it as his open- on the pillow. Once or twice Gor-
ion that he would not recover. • man rose abruptly, but he as often
One afternoon soon after the ex -2 sat down Again without doing any-
thing,
Suddenly a ray of bright light
shot through the window. Gorman
started and drew back in alarm.' It
was only a lamp -lighter wbo had
lighted one of the street -lamps, and
Boone was mesh better that after- the ray which he had thus sent into
noon. It seemed as if ate had just the sick -chamber passed over the bed.
waited for the doctor to pronounce It did not disturb Boone, for the
bis unfavorable opinion • in order to curtains were between him and it,
have the satisfaction of contradict- but it disturbed Gorman, for it fell
ing it. on the chimney piece end illuminated
"He's better to -day,, sir," said Mrs.
Craw, in, a whisper.
"Better t" exclaimed Gorrman, with
a look of surprise. "I'm glad to
hear thatvory glad,"
'He looked as if he were very sorry, ling step moved to the fireplace. Ale
but then, as Alis. Craw said, his stretched out -his hand to grasp the
looks belied hire, bottle, and almoat overturned it,
"He's asleep now, sir; the doctor for just at the moment his own fig -
said if be slept be was on no account ure iutercepted the ray oaF
light, and
to be walled up; so I'll leave you threw the spot where it stood into
to sit by ,him, sir, tiff. he wakes, and 'deep shallow.
please be as quiet as "What's that ? asked Boone.
I q ' you can." "It's only me " said Gorman.
Mrs. (lien ]eft the room on tip -toe, y A
and Gorman went to the bedside and "getting you your physic. I almost
looked on the sick man's wasted fea- upset it in the dark. Isere now,
tures with a frown. drink it off. I can't fired the cup,
"Ha ! you're asleep, are you, and but you can take it out of the bot-
not
otnot to he waked up—eh ? Corne, I'll tie. "
rouse you."•You won't let him come near
He shook him violently by the near when you give it, will you ?"
shoulder, and 13oone awoke with a asked 13oone anxiously.
pression of this opinion; Gorman
called an Iris. friend,• and was shown
as usual into his chamber. It was
a wet, sold, st•oruty afternoon, and
the window rattled violently in its
irazre
•
"Xy f," • she exclaimed suddenly, Y boat struck, sprang at the Toro-
with a look of alarm, "it he han't chains. no caught there and bow
bin an' :drunk up all the tinctur ti' one, but. his •hold. was not firm, the
rhubarb t An' the ]audanunl-bottle next • moment he WAS rolling along
atatidinl close beside
it too What
the� ssc1•
s side,. tearing rt withth his
mercy .
a n e ey hc, didn't drink that Nell, ll, nails in the vain attempt to grasp
lucky for blurs there wasn't much in the smooth hull, Ile struck against
it, for an overdose- of anything in the • bow of the vessel immediately
his state Would be serious." behizici alai was swept under it. •
, Full of her )liscovery, Mrs. Craw Rising to the surface, he uttered a
set the candle on the table, and sat wild shriek, and attempted to . stem
Clown on the chair by the bedside to the current. it) was e. powerful
think about it; but the more she swinnuer,, acrd despair lent him on -
thought about it the more puzzled orgy to buffet the waves for a short
site was.
"Took it himself," she said,, _re-
verting
re-verting to . German's words. "Im-
possible 1"
She continued to shake her mead
anis. mutter "Impossible" for some
tirue, while she stared at the candle
as if site expected that it would solve
the mystery, Then 'she got up and
examined the bed -clothes, and found
that a good deal of the rhubarb had
been spilt on the sheets, and that a
good ileal more of it had been spilt
on T3oone's chin and chest; after
which her aspect changed consider-
ably, as setting 'down the candle,
she resumed her seat and said—
"Took it himself ! Impossible' I"
* tr * * * e •
Darkness ! If ever a man sought
darkness in vain, and found light,
blazing light, everywhere, it was
Gorman. At first, in a burst of
frenzy, he rushed away at full speed.
It was well for him that the wind
had increased to a hurricane and the
rain was blinding', else had ho been
stopped on suspicion, so fierce was
his mien,, so haggard his look, so
wild his race. Gradually his pace
slackened, and gradually as well as
naturally, he gravitated to his old
familiar haunts; but go where he
would,, there was light everywhere
except within his own breast. It
was all darkness there.
It is true the sky was dark enough
for the war of elements was so great
that,it seemed to have been blotted
out with ink, but the shops appear-
ed to have been lit up more brilliant -
a group of vials one of whiche half ly than usual. Every lamp poured
full of a black liquid,, was labeled a flood light around it. The lan-
"Poison !" terns of the cabs and omnibuses sent
Gorman started up, and this time rich beams of light through the air,
did not sit clown, but with a tremb- and the air itself, laiden as it was
with moisture, absorbed a portion of
light, and invested everything with a
halo. Light, light ! all round, and
the light of conscience within render-
ing the darkness there visible, and
shining on the letters of a word
written .in dark red—" Murderer 1"
Gorman tried to extinguish the
lightx but it was a fire that would
not be put out. Be cursed the shop
windows and the lamps for shining
so brightly on him; he cursed the
few people whose curiosity induced
them to pause anis look beck at him,
and he cursed himself for being such
a fool.
On reaching Cheapside he began to
start - and a groan. "No, no; come open your mouth." recover his self-possession, and to
"Hope I didn't disturb you, Boone hesitated to .do so, but Gor-'walk in the storm as other men did.
Boone ?" said itis friend in a ;quiet man used a little force. His hands ! But in proportion as his composure
voice. "I came to inquire for you." were steady now ! 13is heart was 'returned the enormity of his crime
tothe ' eed and the
csteeled d h
0
I3o n started inn, cry
Boone ted un his bed and
became more apparent to him, and
stared wildly at some object which which Boone was about to utter was the word written in red letters be -
appeared to be at the foot of the choked by the liquid flowing down came so bright that he bolt as if
bed. Gofman started too and turn- his throat.
ed pale as his eyes followed those of Gorman had fiuiig him back with
the invalid, such violence that he lay stunned,
"What is it you see, Boone ?" while the murderer replaced the hot -
"There, there !" he whispered tle on the chimney -piece and hurried
every passer=by must read it, unless
he dropt his eyes to prevent their
seeing through them into his soul. '
At London Bridge he became ner-
vously apprehensive. Each unusual -
hoarsely, elute -zing Gor•man's arm to the door. A gentle knock at it to quick footstep startled him. Every
as if for protection, "look, I beard arrested hue, but his indecision was policeman was carefully avoided, and
his voice just now; oh ! save me from momentary. He opened the door anything approaching to a shout
that man; he—he—wants to kill me!" softly, and going out, sai
d to 14frs. behind caused him to start into a
"Conte, Daiid," said Gorman sooth Craw in a whisper—
ingly, "it's only a fancy—there's no- "He's sleeping now. I found it
body- there—nobody in the room but hard- to -get him to give up talking
me." , for he waked up soon after I went
"And who are you ?" inquired the in; but he's all right now. I sup -
sick man, falling hack exhausted, pose the medicine is beginning to
while be gazed vacantly at his friend. operate; he told pie he took it him -
"Don't you know rile, David ?" self just before I came in."
"No, I don't." "Took it himself !" exclaimed Mrs.
"Never mind, shut your eyes now Craw. "Impossible 1"
and try to sleep. It'll be time to "Wel], I don't know, but he's bet -
take your physic soon." ter now. I would let )tint rest a
"Physic !" cried Boone,- starting while if I were you,,"
up in alarm, and again clutching "Stay, sir ! I'll go fetch a light," watching for some one, or suspected
G orman's arm. "You won't
• said Mrs,, Craw. i ! Gorman because of his undecided
him give it me, will you ? Oh
say y i. "Never mind; I know the star movements, for he followed )tire. The
you
yours
elf." on't, promise to give it me i• wel
l,"
l," said light;rman shan't want j latter observed this and quickened
y G rsenan promised, and a very i etc o t d ai his pace. The instant be was hidden
slight but peculiar smile turned up 1 'I-
sle was right. If any man ever - full sjreeil and did not halt until he
involuntary run. Despite his utmost
efforts to control himself, the strong
man was unmanned; a child could
have made him fly.
He was about to cross Loddon
Bridge, when be obseved a policeman
taking shelter under the parapet,
and apparently watching those who
passed him. Gorman could not
make up his mind to go on, so he
turned aside and descended the near-
est stairs.
The policeman had doubtless been
time, but he was. Again swept away
by the irresistible tide, and hail al-
most given up hope of being saved,
when gis forehead was grazed by a
rope which stung from a. vessel's side.
Seizing this he held on, anis with
much difficulty succeeded in gaining
the vessel's deck,
With his safety G orman's fear of
being captured returned. • He hid
himself behind sonic lumber, and strict demand of the hygonisnt wlticlr
while in this position wrung some of must be applied in fighting contagi-
fewthri water out of his clothes. In a ous diseases in a r ercl; but on the
labouts he summoned vcred to other side it is. generally acknowledg-
the es elt his incl ted With
that ed that the best possible cleanliness
Cho vessel was connected evith one
that lay next to it by a plank. No is equally -desirable on account of
one appeared. to be moving, and it the health of the cows and the .'de -
was so 'dark that he could not see velopment of their disease -resisting
more than four or five yards before powers, as it is of great importance
him. To pass from one vessel to in securing find and uniform dairy
the other was the work of a few products.
seconds. Finding that the second Ten or twenty years ago heat was
vessel lay moored to the quay he used in the fight against bacteria,
sprang from it with all his might Steam was employee liberally, and
anis alighted safely on the shore. the result was the warping of churns
From the position of the shipping and cream barrels. Tho floors were
he knew that ho.stood on the south scrubbed with boiling water, and it
bank of the river, having been swept was oven proposed to scald the
right across the Thames, so he had drains, which increased instead of
now no further 'difficulty in .hiding decreasing the smell.
his guilty head in his own home. At present it is an exception when
(To.Ue Continued.) a churn is steamed. All wooden
......a_ea,--. utensils are rinsed and scrubbed
first with cold or luke-warm water
BOY DIVES IN HIS SLEEP', to remove the milk. and then they
are covered with a coat of thick
Extraordinary Death in England mush of slacked lime. After ten
of a e.ornnambulist. or twenty minutes or later the
Perhaps the most extraordinary churns or other utensils are scrubbed
fatality ever recorded as arising ,out with lime and cold water, after article
of solnnaiubulism was inquired into they are rinsed twice in warm .water,
by the coroner at St, Ives, Corn- and at last with water hot enough
wall, August 81. to make the wood dry quickly.
The victim was a pleasant and Lime is used for cleaning in nearly
popular lad of nineteen named John all Danish, factories, not only for
Summers, who with his brother Ger- wooden ware, but also for 'tinware,
took
in the floors. It o
, scrubbing h
ald and his father, Mr. John Sum- and for s r g
mere an ironnuaster of Inglewood, some time to introduce it, as the
Cheshire,, heel been staying for 'three buttermakors, to begin with, had
weeks at the Porthminster hotel, their hands affected by the lime; but
St. Ives, wnien once loaruhow 't
During the visit "Jack," as his it, theYthey lead no troubleed, and the tut:
brother called him, had done much of steam as well as of soda has been
diving into the sea, and this un- reduced.
deubtedly, had made such an impres- Limo is now usedfirers and more
sion on him that it revived the in place of oil -paint, which is often
habit of sleep -walking which he had ruined by the dampness or heat in
formed in bis childhood, the factories, and porcelain tiles are,
It was a dramatic story which Ger-
jury.
er- as a rule expensive, whereas 'dine ,
ald Summers told to the coroner's 'thecheap and easily applied. It is often
in
intsame room about "We occupied separate
enty or beds objected that the lime will peel off
eighty fit from the ground " he but the lecturer did not deem that a
said, "and retired as usual on Sun- drawback; it the factories or cow-
daysheds, because it is so much easier
evening. ed,
wall is
painted
a
n. To
wash a
toelse
.,
' 2you will soon
spider,
hIfyou kill s Ido
to'clocka
"Suddenly, ' a of t c c
odic bp ,
y'no easier than to brush off a white-
washed is I awoke, and missing Jack break a plate,
from his bed, called to him. 1 got washed one wit3x a stiff brush and If a lizard jumps into a tub in
no reply, and just at that moment I .give it a tew coat, and it is certain- Lvhich clothes are being washed, the
was startled to see his figure out- ly cheaper to start with washer -woman must not touch them
side the window. Ho was standing for four hours, or they will tear in
on the parapet with his hands up RULES FOR THE DAIRY her hands.
and his head and shoulders inclined
as if be were taking a header into A set of rules adopted by the fam- If a John Crow (turkey buzzard)
the sea. Before I could :do any- ors Blythwood dairy of Sta.nst:ed, flies into the house, some terrible
thing I saw him going over, and England, are good enough for use in misfortune will happen. When birds
then I hoard the thud on the almost any longitude. The follow- nest in your house a, wedding may
ground." ing is a condensation of them: be expected.
ale alarmed the hotel people, and Give the cows 2 lbs. to albs. of Whenever a negro hurts a black
the poor fellow Was picked up, suf- cone• trated food daily when on the dog he always begs its pardon, be-
fering from severe concussion of the pastures. cause .the spirits of black dogs are
brain, a broken jaw, and other se- See that they have access to pure supposed to go into men's bodies
vete injuries. Ile never woke from water, That they are not worried after death and cause them to walk
his fatal sleep, but died at 7 o'clock by flies, nor over -driven by boys. or
on Monday morning. On the soft hunted by dogs.
grass of the lawn was plainly visible h?ilk regular]v.
the.mark which was made by his Insist upon the udders Using wiped
head. clean, and thea millers having clean
1VIr, John Summers said that his hands and clean pails
son had perhaps become overexcited Never mix the milk of a newiy-
by- his 'daily diving. :When he was cal ed cow, or a very stale milker,
six years old be was addicted to a with that front the others.
mild form of sleep -walking, but the Beep salt in the manger,
witness bad not known it to happen Always clean out the manger after
since. Gerald added that he knew e, cry meal.
his brother had been dreaming about Treat animals with kindness, they
will amply repay it
Never dip the fingers in the pail
when milking.
In winter never use turnips, or
grains, musty hay, barley straw or
an excessive quantity of oil cake.
Select suck roots as carrots,' par-
snips and mangolds, the best hay,
oat straw, sweet grass, silage, oats,
bran, middlings, meal, cotton -seed
meal.
Carry the milk to tlio dairy while
warm from the, cow. It must not be
allowed to cool before •pouring into
the setting vessels.
Strain it carefully.
Take care that the setting vessels
and the dairy are thoroughly sweet
and clean, and the .latter dry, free
from draughts conveying foul smells,
and without drains, trapped or oth-
erwise.
Peace the cream in a deep earth-
en vessel, and when adding subse-
quent skimmings, stir and mix the
whole with a wooden stirrer.
FOR » Fa i
OR ARMERS
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71
I54n.se4ablee and Profitable t
of
1•liitthets fSoil..or e Busy Thiers
the
LTMl7 x1`7 BUTTER FACTORIES.
The Danish Dairy Instructor, D.
I3oggolod,• in o rorent lecture, dwelt
at length on' the use of lime in but-
ter factories, Ile said that there is
often occasion to emphasize that it
may be necessary to distinguish be-
tween cleaning and disinfecting.
It `must be conceded that the
cleanliness with which we, -for prac-
tieal reasons, must be satisfied in
our factories in no way satisilos the
have steadily unproved their tenets.
They Ikeep more stock where beets
are grolvev Europe noW-ttedays
than they kept before they grew
This ,Y marked
e
beets. • lltis fact is a
vel 1
s
and strleing one, I have visited the
beet growing regions of several of
the old world. countries and I know
that the farmers have grown beets
and the country has grown prosper-
ous and rich because of this crop,
and more live stock is kept than
ever before,
. FEED TUE SOIL,
• Liebig, a noted German chemist, is
the author of the following four axi-
oms regarding the law of 'plant fools,
Verniers who expect- their fields to
keep on producing heavy crops from
year to year without giving the land
anything in return, would do well to,
gi.o these laws some thought.
1, A soil can be termed fertile only
when it contains all the materials
requisite for the nutrition of pltr}its,.
in the required quantity and in the
proper. form.
2. With every crop a portion of
'these ingredients is reproved. A part
of this portion is again added from
the inexhaustible store of the atmos-
jhere; another part however, is lost
forever if not replaced by man,
8. The fertility of the soil remains
unchanged, it all the ingredients of
the crop are given back to the land.
Such a restitution is effected by ma-
nure.
4. The manure (ordinarily) produc-
ed iii the• course of husbandry Is not
sutfficient to Maintain permanently
the fertility of a farm; it lacks the
constituents NO isle aro annually ex-
ported in the shape of grain, hay,
milk and live stock.
• CURIOUS SUPERSTITIONS.
West Indian Negroes Have Firm
Faith in Them.
The negroes of the British ° West
Indies have many curious supersti-
tions. They believe it is unlucky to
praise a baby or to say that it is
like its father or its mother.
If
you say to a Jamaica negress,
"What a beautiful child!" you are
apt to incur her bitter enmity.
To give the baby good luck, they
mark it on the forehead with a cross
in washing blue or tie a blue ribbon
on its arae., They will never, on
any account, measure or weigh a
baby, for that means the worst of
bad luck.
If a cock crows at tide door, a
gentleman is going to visit the
house; if a hen crows, some member
of the family will die.
If you carry a tree popper in your
pocket, you will become poor.
If you give a thing away and take
it back again, you will havd' a sty.
If you roll your eyes when the
moon changes, they will stay crook -
diving.
the corners of his mouth as he did I wanted darkness rather than lighstood at the -foot of one of the stairs Dr. T3ackhouse said he had met the
so. light—i
heavy, impenetrable 'darkness—I where wherries aro usually to be I deceased and be was "very !it" in
Boone again sank back on,his prl-l, it was 1i. Gorman at that time.
lowand Gorman sat down on a I "Took it himself !" repeated Mrs.
chair beside him. His 'villainous , Craw in unabated surprise as she
features worked convulsively, for in; closed the street door. "Impossible.
his heart he was meditating a tcrri-1 He's got no more strength than an
ble deed, That morning he had been , unborn hinfant. I roust go an' see
visited by Ned Hooper who in the Ito this "
most drunken of voices told him Lighting a candle, she went softly
"that it wash 'mposh'ble to hit , a into the sick chamber and Ioeked at ed waves, tearing ships from their
body f'r love or runny, so if 'e i the invalid, who was appart u t Ly moorings, and dashing them against
wanted one he'll better cut 's own • asleep, but breathing heavily. She other ships, which were likewise car -
throat." 1 their went to the chimney -piece and rio'&.&way, and swept downward with
His plans having miscarried in this began to examine the vials there." the trees'. Dozens of barges were
sunk, and ilia shrieks of their crews
were heard sonreiares rising above
the stolen.
The gale was at its height when
Gorman came in full view of , the
Thames. A. waterman, who yeas
crouching for shelter in the angle of
a warehouse, observed him, and came
forward.
"An • awful eight, sir," he said.
"Yes," answered Gorman curtly.
He started as he spoke, for he heard,
or he fanciest he heard, a shout be-
hind him.
"Is that your boat ?" said he.
"It is," replied the waterman in
surprise; "you don't want to go on
the water on such a night, cid you ?"
"Yes I do," said Gorman, tremb-
ling in every limb; "come,, julep in,
and shove of)'."
At that moment a policeman came
running down toward them.
"Are yon mail ?" exclaimed the
rnan, grasping Gorman by thee arm
as be sprang toward the boat.
In a moment, Gorman struck him
to the ground, and leaping into 'the
boat pushed off, just as the police-
man clone up. He was whirled
away instantly,
Grasping one of the oars, lie was
just in time to prevent the, boat
being dashed[ against one of the
wooden piers of a wharf. He was
'desperate now. Shipping both oars
he pulled madly out rnto the stream
but in a few moments he was swept
against the port -bow of a large
vessel,. ly ag ainst the stem of which the
C
water was curlingas if the ship had
'igen breasting the Atlantic waves
before a stiff breeze. One effort Gor-
Man made to avoid the collision,
then he leaped up, and, just as the
found. The sight that met his gazeevery way.
there might have overawed the most The jury, in finding that 'death
reckless of men. was accidental, expressed its deep
A hurricane - was raging, such as is I sympathy with the family. The body
not often experienced in our favored was taken to Manchester for burial.
island. The wind blew, not in gusts
and squalls, but in one continuous
roar, lashing the Thames into crest -
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LOVE VE FINDS A WAY.
George was in a despondent mood.
"But Mabel, dear," he said, "mar-
riage is out of the question just now.
You seem to have forgotten that I'm
but a poor clerk on a meagre sal-
ary."
"011, George, don't let poverty in-
terfeee with our happiness. We can
live on ono meal a day, if neces-
sary."
"But you know nothing of house-
hold duties, sweetheart. Why, you
can't even cook!"
"Indeed, 1 can, love. I have kept
it a secret from you; but the time
has come for my confession. George
dear, I got a certificate from. a cook-
ory school three months ago."
The young man gasped.
"My darling," he said, "come to
my arms; it shall bo as you wish—
one meal a flay will bo more than
enough,"
CAN'T STOP SM0EINGr
The recent effort of Mr. Fred Tay-
lor„ a director of a lettiding woollen
firm of Batley, England, to discour-
age smoking has not been very
successful. The sum of £1 was of-
fered to each of 1,000 employees of
the firm who should abstain from the
use of tobacco in any form for six
months. It was 'ascertained the
other 'day that 800 of the male op-
eratives have already 'disqualified
themselves. • Tho offer extends to
women and girls..
» A. We CHASE'S 0 r
CATARRH CURE at. R
is sent direct to tho diseased
par t
ports b r ho Improved Blower,
Heals the blears, clears the air
passages, stops droppings In the
throathnd porrnanandy cures
Catarrh and Hay 17ever. Blowee
(roe, All dealers, or 0;, le, W. Chaste
Steele's/6 Co., Toronto end Buffalo..
BEETS AND SOIL FERTILITY.
Growing sugar beets is in the end
ne more injurious to the soil tan
the growing of most of our com-
mon crops, writes Prof. W. A. Ilen-
ry. Any crop grown takes fertility
from the soil, but if the beet leaves
are fed on the farm, and the tops
cut off the beets are likewise fed, as
well as the culls, •and 41 finally the
Pulp residue is brought back . from
the factory and fed on the farm, then
very little fertility indeed is lost, -
Beet growing is not one-fifth as hard
on the land under such conditions as
the growing and selling hay or
straw, so often practised by fanners,
The beet root takes a good deal of
water from the soil, and this per-
haps shows on the next crop unfav-
orably. Beets should always be
grown in rotation, In Europe the
farmers of Germany, France Belgium
and in other countries have in some
regions been growing beets successful-
ly and profitably for the last gener-
ation. During the last ten year's the
business has increased enormously.
The beet growing regions of the old
world have been the most prosperous
of any in Europe, and the farmers
the earth in the shape of a black
When a West Indian negro cuts his gilding of the "glory" picture' that
'nen who never fight are so ad of
Painting in Con11eetiOn with • ghting
niers.
Down in No. 1 "bay" I find the
staff surgeon attended by avery
smart and intelligent sick bay assis-
tant. He takes me to the operating
table and points out its many excel-
lencies, just as if it Was a place
where One would be charmed to take
lunch. 33e opens a neat chest, and
draws • forth what he calls "his
tools," arid I note that a couple of
young blue -jackets, mere boys,: who
are looking on, turn their eyes upon
each other with a sort of horror in
their gaze, and I don't wonder at it.
Ile is a. tender, gentle soul, my
friend the young surgeon, kindly and
courteous always. He draws from a
case an exquisitely- tin•isbed saw of
sinister aspect.
SAWBONES AT OPERATING
TABLE.
He shows aro hew a man with a
thigh smashed by a shell would _ be
laid upon the operating table, shows
me just how the chloroform would
be adinistered, and then with all a
surgeon's passion for his profession
he conducts me through all the mys-
teries of tying up the arteries, and
the quick,relentless, incisive strokes
of that terrible knife that ]fes there
-ready to his hand; the k life that will
sever the flesb and leave the bone of
the thigh hare. Them are horrors,
but it is well to know the dovelish
side of that grim rre3re• that pane--.
IN THE SICK BAY Id HA
4,161.
MANIILING WOUNI4p TUE OLD
WAY ,AND TEE NEW.
Mau Wounded in the "Tops"'
Stays There Till Action
Is Over,
Before the Chinese -Japanese war
all the daces ,•cci men were carried be—wret ,
low to the ward -room. Tho ward-
room is the room where the officers
mess. This is just aft of the cap-
tain's cabin, writes A, G. Bales la
the London News. But when the
fighting commenced between the two
yellow nations;, the first casualty that
happened to the Japanese was the
killing of the surgeon anis assistant
surgeon, and the destruction of the
ship's surgical instruments by the
bursting of a shell in that very 'de,
partmeut. Tito Japs promptly ilecld-
ed to find a safter place f an oper-
ating
room and we, taking , ,a leaf
out of their book, halve arranged a
safer place also.
As I tumbled below, on a visit to'
a men o' war, I foued all the alleys
lined with men on duty, and the first
thing that struck nee was the ar-
rangements made for the transporta-
tion of wounded men from the deck
to the operating rooms; which are
now situated in the waist of the
ship, the three bathrooms usually,
used by the stokers being set aside
for wounded men in time of action.
These bathrooms are protected first
of all by the coal bunkers, whiele _,_..
carry a seam of coal about six feet `
thick on each side. Secondly they,
are protected by the strongest and
stoutest armor that flanks a battle-
ship. It is very liot
eount of the close proxiheremity ofon thac-
e
engines, but one must have discom-
fort of some sort in war time,, and
the discomfort is better than the
peril of other and more exposed
places.
AMBULANCE ARRANGEMENTS.
I found that an ingenious arrange-
ment had been made for the 'trans-
portation of the sick, In old times7.4.40
men were slung, and let 'down front(
deck to deck, and the agony the poor
mangled wretches must have suffered
cannot be portrayed in words. Fancy
being lowered by such means with r
a shattered 'thigh, or a mangled arm
or jaw. It is a horror that one
does not care to contemplate, and
yet our' "tars" had to go through it,
or die under it, not so very many
*'ears batk. Now things are more
systematic and shod. A 'il
of wooden tramwaylesssliplutes the gang1cn-
ways into which wooden shells fit,
representing in a general way the
bed on which, a" man might lie. A.
wounded man' is now picked up . when
he falls and is quickly carried to
one of these slides, and is easily and
promptly shifted to the 'deck where
the operating bay is situated. There
is no hauling and pulling, no jolting
and dropping, no laying down and
picking up. The wounded sailor gets
to the surgeon's hands with e) maxi-
nnun of speed and a minimum of
anguish.
uish.
POOR CHANCE IN "TOPS."
Only in the fighting tops is there
trouble which no ingenuity has yet
overcome. A man wounded in the
"tops" has a poor chance of being
handed down to a. place of succour
in time of action. By virtue of his
position he will have to lie where he
falls until the battle is over. Iris
comrades in the "tops," if any of
them are left unsl'rattered, may ren-
der him any assistance that lies in
their power; but no skilled aid will
reach him. It is a stern state of
affairs, but I cannot see just how it
is to be obviated. It must be taken
dog. ( as a set off to the glamour and the
hair he always buries the severed
hairs. Ile argues that they are part
of the body, and therefore as much
entitled to a grave as the rest will
be.
A negro who is engaged to be mar-
ried must put a tombstone on the
grave of any friend who has recent-
ly died before the wedding. Other-
wise the spirit will walk and cause
trouble at the wedding. The tomb-
stone is supposed to keep it down.
A belief in duppies (ghosts) is uni-
versal. • If a negro has to walls
abroad at night he sees ghosts in
every bush and tree. The odor of
musk in the forest after dark sends.
him frantic with dread, for he thinks
it is a sure sign thatevil spirits are
abroad.
If a rat bites you during sleep or
an owl flaps its wings heavily, some
serious trouble is approaching. If
you see two bats cross each other in
the air diagonally at sunset, a pow-
erful friend will soon quarrel with
you.
4
HE NEEDED EXERCISE.
"John, dear," said toe Tittle wife,
"the doctor was here this morning,
and he said you needed exercise; and
I've mapped out a little programme
for you."
"You have?"
"Yes, To -morrow morning you. are
to work for tete hours in the gar -
deb, whitewash the back fence, beat
the parlor Carpet, clean the windows
outside, hells move the piano, and
assist in any other little things that
need lltttentioi round the house; and
it'll be so nice to think you're at
home, where you'll not overwork
yourself, and save gymnasium fees!"
THE BIGGEST TURTLE.
A turtle,, which is declared to be
the biggest of its kind ever seer',
has been caught on the Now .Jersey
coast. Its weight is 1,087 1b. The
length of its shell is 101t. Sin.,,
while its width is 6ft,, lin. A 'dozen
men can stand on its back with
comfort,, '
A WISE BOY.
Sunday School Teacher—"Now,
Bobby, can you . tell me what be-
comes of people who steal?"
Bobby— 'Yes, sir, If they are not
caught before they get rich they be-
come kleptomsniacs,,'-».
aye, and woThelz, tOo-al'er Fro ire-u.w,
to ' scream for when their blood is
frenzied. I think of the crowds who
used to shout acid yell incl sing war,
nothing but war, in yourtnusuc-halls
not so very long ago. 'ri:ey ought
to be here in this hare iron, room
now, looking at this son of peace,
this healer standing over his operat-
ing table ready to patch up what
foolish tongues help to make. ' Look
at him now, a tall, line figure et a
man. He is balanc•iug a saw .on his
band, showing 'me how it will go
through bone,. Phew 1 what, about•
the throb of the' war 'drum, the blast
of the bugle, the mid, wild riot of
changing blows ? '
I listen to our guns eas they ,tear:
silence to tatters; I feel the rush of
the warship through the water; I
knots that a nation's might is smoke
ing all around and above rue; brit
the sight of tater .goon a itt his
savage -looking saw reals to , i the
marrow, until the mockery of 'it all
comes berme :to me, for 7 know that
the men make war, the writers
x n r:•bit the sur-
geon's
's !s to
and the ;e, p .ter table, and
g'eon's saw, the optima �' . i e's
the quick journey over OS.7 i 1 side
s,t their heels,