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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-12-10, Page 2tzl ✓ Or, ]Kinship Between ,Clan and tiorse * s▪ a�eeSts`Dva,: D.eo lioD9> ODne›; eib.D.D 9.b>,•3.te93>e › e;!e< • "People situated as I am can't expect to aecape tittle-tattle in some form or other," she continued loft- ily. "I rxat :•w perfectly well how every w01110n who hunts is condemn- ed beforehand. She is dubbed mas- culine and unfeminine, while nearly every man she comes across congra- tulates himself in his heart of hearts that his wife, his sister, his woman- ly omanly belongings do not join in the pursuit, but aro content tosit at home stitching their eyes out over a piece of trumpery fancy needle- work, tinkling the last new waltz upon the piano, or enfeebling their mental faculties by the perusal of worthless and highly sensational novels. Do not the vast majority of men and women fail to see because a girl is high-spirited and independent, she need not necessarily be lacking all feminine attributes, and because she can put a horse fairly well at a fence, is fond of sport, and all hon- est, healthy, outdoor pastimes, it does not by any means follow that she has unsexed herself and laid all womanhood aside. If I speak warm- ly it is because I feel warmly on this subject. Now, according to my notions, the pursuit of the fox calls forth, firstly, courage; secondly, cool judgment; thirdly, presence of mind, and that sort of independence which teaches a person to rely upon him or herself alone. Will any one deny the excellence of such qualities? A woman who hunts, and who hunts well, is not likely to scream and faint away like a log directly any accident occurs—will not talk, but act—not hinder, but help—not lose her head at trifles, but in every emergency has all her wits about her, and, if necessary, is calculated to steer her own course with toler- able coolness and dexterity through the varied shoals of life." . "Moral. No man, therefore, ought to marry unless the lady of his choice be qualified to scamper over fences at the risk of life and limb. According to your theory, Kate, I'm afraid my chances of matrimony are well-nigh nil. A fireside and a cat comprise my future prospects." "Don't forget the man," interrupt- ed Kate playfully. "You are one of those sweet, yielding individuals who could never encounter the world without masculine assistance and support. But to return to the sub- ject under discussion. If we really go to Sport Lodge, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll stick a large pla- card on my back, and print on it in enormous letters, 'Beware. I'm a most improper young person; I hunt.' That ought to satisfy every- one's scruples." "Kate, Kate, you are incor- rigible!" laughed Mary Whitbread. "Argument becomes impossible when opposed to such levity. But serious- ly, don't you think you are going ahead just a little bit too fast? You seem to have decided straight away that Sport Lodge is to be our future destination. Under these circum- ' stances it is useless my entering any further protest. Nevertheless, I fear you may be disappointed." "Well," said Kate, "it's a funny thing, but somehow or other I have a curious presentiment, too strong to be accounted for, that Sport Lodge will see us this winter. You know, Mary, what a fancy I've al- ways had for going to that part of the world and seeing first-rate hunt- ing. An overwhelming desire pos- sesses me to behold a bona fide Huntingshire oxer and a genuine blackthorn bullfinch. You don't hunt or care for the sport, and wonder often at what you term my enthusiasm; but I tell you, you miss one of the greatest, if not the great- est, pleasures in life by not doing so. To prove to you thab Sr. Chase's Ointment is a certain and absolute cure for each and every form of itching; bleeding and protruding pilon, ;the manufacturers have guaranteed It See tee. timonials in the daily press and ask yourneigh- ,bors what they think of it, You can use it and ;get your money back it not cured. 60c a box, ab :all dealers or TDMANEON,BATES it Co.,Toronto, Dr. Chase's Ointment 1 1 • It is a simply glorious sensation, mounted on the back of a thorough good horse, to go bounding over each intervening obstacle. At every fence left behind, every easy sweep- ing stride, the spirit rises. The blood warms in the veins, a delicious glow of pleasurable excitement, in- tensified by the element of danger, pervades the whole frame, you set your teeth, cram your hat on your head, forget every care in the world, and, intoxicated with the brief trans- port of present joy, ride like," paus- ing breathless in search of a suitable metaphor, "like old Harry. There is nothing in the world to compare with it." "It strikes mo your hobby -horse runs away with its mistress alto- gether," observed Mary Whitbread with a species of semi -indulgent sar- casm. "Alt( you should hear Captain Fitzgerald on the subject of hunt- ing," continued Kate, now thorough- ly roused. "You know he has hunt- ed everywhere -Cheshire, Gloucester- shire, Ireland, the Vale, Bicest•er, etc.. etc.—and he says that for a real good all-round sporting coun- try, with wild, straight -running fox- es; for the finest grass and fairest flying fences in England; for a steady workmanlike pack of hounds, who can both hunt their fox in the good old style. sticking to him with pa- tience and perseverance, and yet go the pace when required, whose noses, speed, dash, and stoutness are un- deniable; and for a huntsman who never turns his head from mortal thing, who has the eye of a hawk. the seat of a centaur, and the heart of a lion—give him the Critchley(" And Kate. as she finished speaking, looked up with the light of a thor- ough enthusiast shining in her great grey eyes, and her whole face spark- ling with that animation and joyous belief in the good things of the fu- ture which is one of the most preci- ous attributes of ,youth and, it must be added, inexperience. She could depict to herself the delights of safe- ly negotiating the most formidable obstacles, but the reverse side of the picture—the tumbles, the vexa- tions. the accidents, and the broken bones—never found even the smallest dwelling -place in her imagination. CHAPTER II, "Ohl So that is Captain Fitzger- ald's experience, is it?" returned Mary. "Poor little man! I am not particularly fond of him, but doubt- less he took his dismissal to heart, and retired quite as much discom- fited as the majority of Miss Brew- ser's admirers." At this speech of Mary's Miss Browser reddened perceptibly. She had indeed. a short time ago, refus- ed the gallant Captain, but was not aware that her friend bad discovered the fact. Now, however, it appeared useless to attempt denial. "Miss Brewser's admirers have a bad time of it," she observed de- murely. "That state of things may not en- dure for ever," said Mary. "Yes it will. The fact is, I don't seem to care about men. They bore! me, after a certain point is reached. They are all very well to talk to and sharpen one's wits upon, but my predilections end there. There are exceptions, of course, to every rule, but the ma- jority of the young men I come across are a weak, selfish, and lux- urious lot, living only to gratify their tastes and their own inclina- tions. Pleasure, not duty or honest wholesome work, is the goal of their aspirations, the aim and object of lives which are frivolous and com- monplace. When they contemplate• matrimony they do not consider or seek the welfare of the girl, but their own. 'How much money has she? How much can she contribute to our ease, how little detract from our requirements?' These appear to me the principal ideas permeating their brains. Now I happen to be particularly happy and comfortable That Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed ;pond Turpentine possesses unusual merit as a treatment for Throat and Lung Diseases has been proven in a ;core of ways. It has stood the test of time. It has gradually grown more popu- lar year by year. It bas at least three times the sale of any similar preparation. It is to be found in the homes of the great majority asthe favorite treatment for COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP, BRONCHITIS, Etc. Merit That rings Success. Is It any wonder that there are many imitations of so successful a family remedy? What we would emphasize is the necessity of care in buying. You cannot afford to risk health, or life itself, to an imitation or sub- stitute which has not sufficient mer. it to work its own way. Look for the PORTRAIT and SIG- NATURE of DR. A. W. CHASE on the bottle you buy. These are the best guarantee which any medicine can bed-, r. Chase's Syru LiSf1 r8.°%alX fi' 3 aN pp :�rpe of line Is wonderfully successful as a cure for C1tOUP, BRONCHITIS, WHOOP. ING COUGH, ASTHMA, and SEVERE CHEST COLDS; 25 Cents a Bottle, family size (three times as much), 60 Cents. At all 'Dealers or ED1tiANSO1'', BATES de CO., TORONTO. To protect you against imi- tations the Portrait and Signature of Dr, A, W. Chap, the famous re- ceileie heels. elestitar, zzre rata ovpz'st battle, as I am, and therefore require great inducements to offect any ehango in txty position. Seriously, ((Wary, it seems to me there is little or none of the old heroin sphit left .row -a- days. Tho spirit that breathed in such men as Raleigh, Sir RIchard Grenfell, Cook, i eluuxbus; the intre- pidity, the restless craving for dis- tinction which in those times impel- led men to action; the chivalry, the stern sense of honor, accompanied by that bulldog pluck and capacity for righting which' made England's name what it was --seem slowly .fad- ing away, absorbed by the luxury and effeminacy of an ever-increasing civilization. The free nomadic spirit that taught us to be self-reliant and self -dependent is dying out, giving place to a fatal ease and slothful- ness. Instead of being able to shift for themselves, ladies and gentlemen in these days require constant wait- ing upon and attendance. They can- not do withopt their valets and Choir ladies' maids. ,Mentally and physically they are little better than big, grown-up babies." "True wisdom, to my mind, con- sists in. making the best of things as they are," remarked Mary, to whom Kate's strivings after an ideal per- fection appeared highly chimerical. "You and I can't alter the world by grumbling at it, and I dare say peo- ple are not more degenerate now -a - days than formerly. As for Captain Fitzgerald, he is no worse than his neighbors, and I znust say you are altogether too hard on his sex," "Am I? I think nat. I fail to see why Captain Fitzgerald should . be considered an object worthy my pity. He is far too fond of number one ever to care for anybody else as much as he does for that all-import- ant personage, and, according to my old-fashioned, or perhaps roman- tic, notions, when a man marries, his wife ought to occupy the fore-. most place in his thoughts. Now, Captain Fitzgerald simply looked upon me as a harmless, inoffensive sort of girl, who, as she possessed a satisfactory number of thousands a year, justified him in disposing of his dapper, divinely tailored person, soft. dropping moustachel curly eye- lashes, and killing blue eyes in the matrimonial market, thinking by so doing to gain some material ad- vantage. No doubt, had I been a properly minded young person I should have perceived and been duly grateful for the vast honor thus con- ferred. As it was, my perverse dis- position made me look upon the whole affair in the light of an ordin- ary bargain, into which neither af- fection, mutual respect, or esteem were allowed to enter, being regard- ed as entirely superfluous. Well, the bargain, did not suit pie, and no- thing more remained to be said. No doubt my taste was lamentably bad. Nevertheless, the fact remained. Had I been a Hottentot Venus, with a sufficient number of money -bags hanging round my waist, Captain Fitzgerald would have proposed just the same. I, as an individual, had nothing to do with the offer; lucre lone being the attraction. You may say I ought not to think such things, but how can I help doing so when they are so self.evident? I can't go through the world with my eyes shut, and in keeping them open they are apt to see too clearly. And, in my opinion, a man who seeks a wo- man for the sake of her fortune, and strives to shelter himself at her ex- pease, is lucky if he escape without incurring her deep contempt." And Kate, recalling the discomfited guardsman's amazement and incredu- lity, and the utter bewilderment with which he had received his conge, laughed a bitter little laugh that sounded strangely from the fresh young lips. "Now, Kate, it is my turn to be angry," said Mary Whitbread, who had listened to this oration with symptoms of marked disapproval, rendered still more conspicuous when the lords of creation were under sweeping condemnation. "After all, there is good in everybody, and often we only are to blame for not dis- covering the merits of others, T am quite sure if we were as keen to do so as we are to pick holes, the world would be a much pleasanter place than it is. Now you, individu- ally, have worked yourself up into the absurd belief that, because you !happen to be an heiress possessed of a handsome fortune and good yearly income, nobody will ever care for your own self, just as if you were some horrid old frump, instead of. a well,never mind what; it won't do to make you too conceited. Anyhow, such a notion is preposterous, and if you go on encouraging these fool- ish ideas, your money, instead of proving a blessing, will end by be- ing nothing but a curse. Your be- lief in human nature will grow weak- er and weaker, disinterested affection appear an impossibility, until final- ly the crown will bo set on this hap- py state of things by your driving from your side some straightforward and honest fellow who loves you dearly, and which sentiment in your heart of hearts you reciprocate. Oh, Kate! take warning in time." Mary Whitbread spoke with such unusual earnestness that, in spite of herself, Kate felt moved. "When that extraordinary occur- rence comes about," she answered, with a half -incredulous sigh, "either somebody falling genuinely in love with me, or me falling genuinely in love with somebody, I'Il give you due notice of the fact, Mar. y In the meantime, all ]t can say is such a contingency appears highly remote and I am perfectly content to re- main in my present state of spin- sterhood. pin- ster oo 1. Ask h c you note I like e m , Y own - way, and, what's morn am used to having it; and I often think it would require an immense amount of devotion to render me amenable to the dictates of a husband. No, no; depend upon it I am better as I am. Bat, Mary, since you plead so speciously in favor of matrimony, and ; give such sage advice, I ani more than half inclined to believe you yourself are earboring seine lelestri breast of it, confess on the aper,'" "1 have nothing to confess," said Mary, with evident truth, though the tell-tale blood rushed to her fair cheeks; for Kate's remark recalled the one solitary romance of her pure but uneventful, life, when, in olden days, a certain long-legged, lank - haired, narrow -shouldered, telescope - reeked curate had lain himself—not ;his fortune, for he had none, but just himself—at her feet, and sworn .undying, unalterable affection. Tho t episcopalian demonstration had been nipped in the bud, nipped before the poor fragile blossom had had tuna 'to expand in the sunlight of ansteer•- ting love. Mary's father, since dead, was a practical man, who promptly ;dismissed the idea of bliss in a cot- ; tago on twopence a year as a lunar - tic hallucination bordering on down - fight madness. The unfortunate wooer, though ardent in the face op opposition, became timorous and blighted, and after a melancholy in- torview, during which tears were freely shod on either side, took a long and last farewell of his ina- morata. But the gentle Mary, hav- ing once tasted the sweetness and known the importance of being con- sidered a. Dulcinea in a pair of mas- culine eyes, continued to cherish sen- timental recollections of the past, ( which, united to a species of vague (indulgence towards the opposite sex, !rendered her consciously, though modestly, hopeful of a future time when some other candidate might step forward and ask her to become the sharer of his joys and partner of his life. "Why, Mary, you are blushing! positively blushing!" exclaimed Kate in mischevious glee. "You dread- (ful little hypocrite. I am more con- firmed than ever in my opinion that !you have a sneaking sort of hanker- ing after a dual existence. Fie, for shame! What sentimental follies aro ;you cherishing in that foolish head?" 'tender mood, put her arm round So saying, Rate, in an unusually Mary Whitbread's nock, and kissed .the sweet pale face held up to her own. The conversation somehow seemed to have affected them both,' for there was a tear glistening in Mary's eye as she said- "Oh, Kate! how can I ever thank you for all your kindness?" "By not making the smallest al- lusion to it. But now, instead of talking any more nonsense, lot us re- turn to the subject of Sport Lodge from which we have indeed wandered far. If you will consent to waive your objection to its unfortunate name, I had bettor sit down at once and write to Messrs. Brown, Fulton, and Son." "I do not think my objection—as you call it—was really formidable, Kate. It was made more in fun than in earnest." "Bravo. You funny little person! You quite took mo in by the gravity with which you protested. However, all's well that ends well. You have bad your say and I mine; therefore Ave both feel considerably relieved. Some of my ideas are rather crude, !no doubt, and it is a good thing for me, your putting an occasional Icheck upon them. As it is, we argue and wrangle until between us we manage to strike upon a vein of tol- erably good common-sense. So now for the ferreous letter." Whereupon Kate Browser sat down to write to Messrs. Brown, Fulton, and Son at Foxington, aftor the fashion of her sex, demanding every possible and impossible particular concerning Sport Lodge, and speci- fying a certain day, in the event of a favorable reply, on which it would please her majesty to run down and personally inspect the premises before taking the residence on lease, for on that point her mind was quite made up. She intended to dq- vote the forthcoming winter to the pursuit of the fox, and for carrying out such an intention, what place could possibly be more convenient, handy, and suitable than the famous Foxington, celebrated from time im- memorial in all annals of the chase? (To be continued.) BIRD LIVES ON WARN DIET. Papabote That Eats Spanish Fly Is a Table Delicacy. Ono would scarcely suppose that a bird that fattened itself on an insect which will blister your flesh almost as quickly as the burning head of a parlor match would be much of a table luxury, but there is such a bird. It is called the papabote, and it belongs to the plover family. It is about the size of the woodcock, with a sober gray plumage and a short, hard bill. The coming of the Spanish fly upon the foliage in the localities it frequents is sudden and mysterious. No one knows whence it comes or whither it goes. It disap- pears as mysteriously as it comes. It is a most destructive insect, coming in countless myriads, and eats rav- enously of growing things. But the papabote comes with it, stays until the fly disappears, and consumes mil- lions of the pest. The birds grow so fat on this corrosive insect that they become literally balls covered with feathers. When they fall before the gun of the hunter they burst open like over -ripe fruit. Theapabote is the shyest of i� n Y birds, and can be a nI.>roached within gunshot • in only one way, for, un- like all known game birds, it will not crouch to the clog. It is heavy of wing, keen of sight and hearing and rises Ion before the hunter is g resembling i this m range,osemb ng n respect your common meadow lark. It can be shot in no really sportsmanlike way, and only by using a horse and wagon. The bird will permit a horse to walk quite close to it, and the hunters take advantage of this and in open buggies and spring wagons ride about among the feeding grounds and, drop the birds as they rise on avers"' aide iu eaaatt i•antta. O FARMERS res,00abie and Profitable , tiisxte ler the Buoy Tillers t et the A- ,s y$ol1, 'yam �p�' Tillers eiKee {.0.:$; +fate *setes tee'?9 '*'?if'**e 4f COLD AND ATIL' K, Dairymen at the present time un- derstand that milk is sure to con- tain beet/aria, in greater or less num- bers, and that these bacteria are the cause of the various changes charac- terizing the spoiling of milk. It is the typo of bacteria known as lacti bacteria that is responsible for . the souring of milk, and all of the other changes which aro liable to prove troublesome to the dairyman, slimy milk, bitter milk, etc., etc,, aro to- day well known to be duo also to bacteria in the milk. It is not sim- ply the presence of bacteria in the milk that produces these changes, but rather their growth and multi- plication. If they did not multiply at all, the milk would not sate•; the more rapidly they multiply, the quicker the changes of the milk take place; the longer the growth may bo delayed and the slower it is, the longer tho milk may be retained in its fresh condition, 'these facts aro fundamental phenomena associated with the keeping of milk, and every milk man should therefore understand as a foundation of dairy practice, that the keeping of milk is depend- ent upon preventing or checking the multiplication of bacteria, rather than upon simply preventing their presence in milk. A second fact which is not so thor- oughly appreciated, but . is equally true, is that the rapidity of growth of all species of bacteria is depend- ent upon temperature. Within cer- tain limits, the rate of multiplica- tion rises with the increase and falls with the decrease in temperature, At a temperature of freezing, bacteria do not grow at all, and milk, there- fore, if frozen, may be kept indefin- itely without • any changes taking place therein. If the milk is kept at a few de- grees above freezing, the growth of bacteria begins, but at low tempera- tures this growth is extremely slow. As the temperature rises, the rapid- ity of bacterial growth increases. When the temperature reaches 70 degrees, bacteria grows very rapidly; at a temperature of 80 degrees to 90 degrees they grow more rapidly still; and at a temperature of about 100 degrees the growth of some spec- ies of bacteria is most rapid of all. All this is generally understood, but it is not generally recognized that if the temperature is raised somewhere above these higher limits, the bacteria do not grow so rapidly. If the temperature is raised to 120 degrees, most of these organisms find conditions unfavorable to their life, and grow very slowly; indeed many of them cease to grow at all. At temperatures above this the ordin- ary milk bacteria entirely fail to develop. From these facts it will be seen that in general the growth of the kinds of bacteria that produce trouble in milk, will be found be- tween temperatures of freezing and a little above 100 P., and that the greater the temperature within these limits, the more rapid is the develop-. ment of the bacteria, and hence the more rapid the spoiling of the milk. From these facts of course it fol- lows that the keeping of milk will be very closely dependent upon tem- perature. At high temperatures (90 deg.) milk will sour very rapidly. At somewhat lower temperatures (70 de- grees), the souring is not quite so. rapid, but, still it takes place in a comparatively few hours. At lower temperatures still, in the vicinity of freezing, the souring and all other changes may he delayed for a long time; and if milk can be frozen, it may be retainocl indefinitely without any appreciable change taking place in it. MOULD ON BUTTER. Following is a copy of some sug- gestions made by the Montreal Pro- duce Merchants' Associations as to points to be covered in a circular to be issued by Prof. J. W. Robertson, the dairy commissioner, to butter - markers and patrons with a view as to the prevention of mould on but- ter. Factories should be thoroughly cleaned by liberal whitewashing with lime and the use of any other ger- micide that experience can suggest. As daenpwood is a hotbed for breeding and disseminating spores of various kinds, care should be taken to have the work of factoriesal- ways sound and dry, carefully re- moving all clamp and decaying piec- es, particularly from the floors and gutters. Drainage should be carried away from the factory beyond smell- ing distance by water -tight vented and trapped drains. Factory refrigerators should be kept as dry as possible and nothing but sound wood allowed to remain in their structures. Particular care should bs taken that butter boxes are made only of thoroughly seasoned wood carefully and properly paralleled. Only the best and purest parch- ment paper should be used for lin- ing the bookes. This paper while awaiting use should be kept in a thoroughly dry, clean place; before usedh n o the butter it slroulcte care- fully are - fully soaked in a solution of brine and formalin. It ' should never be applied lir a dry state; and parti- cularly it should never be used after beingw pure water. wet with Great care should bo takenin con- veying ke co - veying better from the factory to the railway station, It should be exposed as little as possible and for as short time as possible, TILE WAY TO HANDLE MILK, Extras and fancy grades of butter cannot be made from milk full of gerirls• The 'Ve3'> ee# bairy„iVet's rules showing how to start right en the' road to choice buttermstking. The milker must be clean, and his clothes .likewise, Beluga the udder just before milking and wipe with a Olean cloth or sponge. Milk quietly, quickly and thoroughly. Throw away into the gutter the few first streams from each teat. Thismilk is very watery, of very little value, and is quite apt to injure. the remain- der of the milk. Remove the milk promptly from the stable to a clean, dry room where the air is pure and sweet. Drain tho milk through a clean flannel cloth, or through two or three thicknesses of cheesecloth Aerate and cool the milk as 80011 as it is strained. The cooler it is, the more souring is retarded, 1f cov- ers are left off the cans, cover with cloths or mosquito netting. Never mix fresh milk with that which had been cooled, • nor allow it to freeze. Under no circumstances should any- thing bo added to milk to prevent it souring. Such doings violate the laws of both God and man. Tho chemicals which are used for this purpose aro slow poisons. Cleanli- ness and cold are the only preserva- tives needed. In hot weather, jacket the cans with a clean, wet blanket or canvas when moved in a wagon. Musty, sour food, dusty litter or fodder should be out of the way at milk -time, RAISING- DAIRY CALVES. The Pennsylvania experiment sta- tion finds little difitculty, in raising prime dairy calves without milk, af- ter they are two weeks old. Tho cost of raising calves ona milk substitute up to the time they can be put on a hay and grain ration, or when three or four months old, need not exceed X10, exclusive of caro. Calves from high class, well-bred dairy stock when raised in this way are worth much more than they cost and are the only means by which a milk dairy- man can raise his herd to a high standard. FETICH DOCTORS. Nen. Who Have Stirred Up a Re- volt in the Free State. A despatch from London says that fetich doctors in the Loinaini district of the Congo State, about 900 miles from the .Atlantic have stirred up many natives to revolt, fortifying their courage to this point by incan- tations which will render them in- vulnerable to the bullets of the whites. Fetichism is recogeieed as an im- pediment to progress on. the Congo. Just as the Congo State has made the cremes of slave raiding, canni- balism and human sacrifices punish- able with death, so it has placed the artsof the fetich doctor on the list of misdemeanors, and punishes these men when they are caught plying their trade. These fe'laws live by their wits. They keep alive faith in the efficacy of charms, belief in witchcraft and many other harmf.1 superstitions. Any one is likely to be accused of being a witch if be happens to have property that is coveted by the chief or the fetich doctor or has in- curred the hatred of some one whom the fetich man desires to please. The natives believe that the person thus accused is a wizard, and when he takes the poison test, and staggers and falls under the influence of the drug, his guilt is considered as es- tablished, and the bystanders rush at him and beat him to death. Dr. Bentley Gf the Baptist mis- sioes wrote a while ago that many hundreds of terrible stoties of this kind with iutuch variety of detail aright eafily bo collected. He told of a case on the lower Congo where eighteen men were compelled to suf- fer death because a fetich doctor ac- cused them of causing the death of Mx men who had been drowned by the upsetting of their canoe. As fast as -tee influence of the Con- go State is extended over its vast domain the authorities are making much trouble for the fetich doctor by diminishing his prestige and punish- ing Pim for practising his art. So he regards white Hien as his special enemies and, if possible, stirs up the natives against them. —4` MAN HAS PIG'S SKIN. 225 Inches of Porker's Cuticle .Grafted on Patient. Dr. Hamilton Browning, teacher of clinical surgery in the University of Virginia hospital, has succeeded in grafting the skin of a 2 months old pig upon a large surface of one of the patients under his charge. As a general rule, grafting is made by taking the skin from the body of the person upon whom the graft is to be made, or from the bodies of the generous persons • who are not afraid of a little pain, Dr. Brown- ing, however, could use neither of these methods, as the surface to bo grafted covered 225 square yards of area on the thigh of the young man patient, who had been injured in a railway accident. Two weeks elapsed before the wound was ready for the operation., The treatment to which the pig was subjected was thorough, if no more. First the animal was shaved and washed with warm water and green soap. , Then it was rewashed in the same way and a thick coat of the green soap e was allowed t t o remain n upon it' for hours, Next it was iv - en another thorough scrubbing with green soap and alcohol. After this its body was inclosed with a strong bichlorideofmercuryn , i poultice, which h was left on. for n a ten hours. s On the day tb. o began the pig was chloroformed and thin shav- ings of skin were taken from it and gently pressed upon the patient's Wound by a nurse, The whole op- eration required several days, but the result was perfecta Within a few months the 'young. znatt had a tyhofo skin, had passed .a rigid examination for , Iife insurance; . and kad resumed tlaiw Watt-.. FARB ON BBTT S11 BI[IFS .,.poor, W.HAII.VES DESERTED AND VESSELS ROTTING. Foreign Craft Should Be Re- stricted From Inter -Empire Business, 'A great cry is going up frojb, all over England and Scotland of the tremendous decline of the shipping Menem. No doubt it is, a fact that this year is the worst experi- lonced in more than a genoration, perhaps In half a centuay in the shipping business. The neon in the trade in this city declare that Lon- don has been hit worse than in a hunched years. The same reports come from Liv- erpool, Glasgow, and other ports that were once thriving flourish ing seaport towns. Sthampton teems to be the only city that has not lost prestige, because extensive ship- ping is only a modern development there. Shipping organizations are hard at work concocting plans for a remedy- ing of this trouble, and there are as many plans as there are associations. Tho London. and LiXerpool bodies seem to have agreed on ono thing that the laws affecting shipping and commerce of Great Britain must be reconstructed and made more ad- vantageous to English ship owners. Ono of the chief points is that a law be passed like the United States Coast Shipping Act. This Would keep out all foreign vessels in •inter- cmpire trade, and would give Eng- lish shipping TRE BIGGEST BOOST it ever had. It is doubtful if such a drastic law can be passed, but there may be one of modified form, such as prohibiting foreign trading with ports in British Isles. In London there is a dearth of car- goes, although the freight rate never was lower. Years ago nearly all the tea for consumption in America. eras sent from Japan and China by ray of London. Now it is taken by steamer either to San Francisco or to New York, and products f, om India, Ceylon, South Africa, Austra- lia, and South America aro now cent direct to their various destination. Merchants in Bombay, for exam- ple, who wish to ship goods to Ham- burg, send round to the various offi- ces, lump all their freight together, and then charter a steamer to tale it dix eat, instead of each mereetant' sending his lot of 100 or 200 Fans in a steamer to London. Then, again, foreign steamsltil lines have been established which traekt to all parts of the world, and ,-G'these were not in existence twenty y us ago, when London was A FLOURISHING PORT. The load line in British ships•ck les not want altering. It has saved the lives of thousands of sailors since , ,-• Plimsoll carried it in 1876. -Soiree of the fum,s which achieved notoriety for sending "coffin ships" to sea, heavily insured, aro still flourishing in the north of England, and would do the same thing again if the woad Line Act were repealed. Ono of the leading shipping mot ed London says the real remedy is inlet "Stop foreign ships from entering our ports and cutting down the freight rates, which they are enabled to do owing to subsidies, ovetload ing, and cheap manning; or Ore make them submit to our regulations are pay the same dues and adopt the re- cognized load line." Tbe London, West India, South West India, and East India docks at Loudon are practically empty, seed grass is growing on the quips, which twenty years ago were pie wi.jh merchandise waiting to be sent to all parts of the world. The sailing ship has almost '; e - come extinct, and the few now in port are lying idle for want of freight. Property iu the neighb'ea hood of the docks has decreased iu value nearly 50 per ,cont. The Blackwall Railway from I ea - church street station, which traverses the line of docks, runs only three trains an hour during the day, aw.hg to the FALLING OFF IN TRAFFIC., Years ago the South West Irn'.ia docks used to be so full of shipping that vessels had to lay out unlil there was a vacant berth. The removal of the P. and O. fleet from the Albert docks to Tilbury has made a great difference to Cantil, Town and North Woolwich, and'. the Albert bids fair to share the fate of the other docks farther up the river. The spacious Victotia docks at'o occupied by a few old cable -laying steamers, waiting for a charter. Oc- casionally an Allen liner comesin to pick up cargo for Canada, but that ends with the. closing of the .`t. Lawrence River in the wir:ter. Tee East India docks at Blackwall have a few of the Castle Line steamers, and one or twe sailing ships. Gen- erally speaking, the scare throughout the miles of London docks is ono of utter s. Fenchdeurclrolationstreet station is throng- ed daily with Thames pilots waiting to take vessels up or down the riv- er, and the waterrnon's trade in boat -plying and banging ' small res- sols up to London has practically vanished. A RUNNING ACCOUNT: Briefer, the soli.itor, 'was' angry. It was easy to see that from the viciousit wayhe wasfillip 'n bill r a 1 g of costs. s Snip, the tailor, had at - tt 1ly bed the impertinence to send his bill in twice, and now his little son bad come to demand the money. "I am too busy to attend' to such a small matter now,"tcs n 1 e d. r rr relt0 1 your $Orn arbor I' n I'm not going run away." Away, went. the' yo..t Leith • the message, hut very soon he ibturned. "rather says he must have teal f mn1tocenco.oney, picase,ad lie lisped in childish 'eeut, tut 1 Didn't toil tell hire X was not going to rue away ? • "Yes, lir. (lease, sir, 1 told hinx that all eight; but to tel.! rue tat tell you, sir, that he wears elf