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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-12-17, Page 2KINO hfiesfailSkleal Jr, Kinship Between Ilan and arse` �, yy, y.' !t':fl w:,or,�9 . 1.3 44 6i0'aot�' ? ,l040.mI►a"9�31)ia44.D.14:i'bt34.* CHAPTER IIT. Bate Browser, as already intimat- ed, was aai heiress—a good, solid, bona. fide heiress. None of your un- fortunate land-entluwed proprietors, whose tenants, in these days of radicalism., assassination, and agri- cultural collapse, -give notice, po- litoly 'or impolitely, as the case may bo of their inability toany • y pay a Y rent; but a real unquestionable heir- ess, possessing an income of some six or seven thousands a year, . in- vested vested principally in Consols and securities of a similar. nature. Being an onlychild, it may naturally , y be inferred n rod that.I(ate Brewser had in- herited this large fortune from Icer, parents. Suoh, however; was not the case, Colonel . Brewser•, who once eammanded an infantry regi- ment; had served with great distinc- tion during the Indian. Mutiny, and gained for himself a character for courage and uprightness from all those with. whom. he came in con- tact. During the storming 01 Del- hi, single-handed he had ;succepded ,in keeping a dozen of the enemy at bay, and prevented their blowing ;up a large powder-xnagazine, and e for this truly gallant defence was re- warded by the bestowal of the then- coveted hen coveted distinction of the Victoria Cross, which in those days was more highly esteemed and less easily ob- tained than at present. Like many others of his profession. the honors thus received, how,:r;er gratifying to Colonel Brewser's military pride, were not of a nature. to replenish an 'always scanty purse. Glory was cheap and cost nothing, but sub- stantial rewards were not for the men who had shed their life's blood and ruined their health in the ser - Mice of so great a country as Eng- land. Fetes and banquest by the score were organized in honor of the sun. - dried warriors, but money where- with to enable them to withdraw from active service and "heal them of their -grievous wounds" was not forthcoming. In Colonel Brewser's case worse results ensued; for too proud to solicit favors, too retiring of disposition to push his own in- terests when peace was proclaimed and the rebellion crushed, the War Office. by some singular fatality, overlooked his claims to promotion, and placed younger and less scrupu- 'Ious men over the head of a veteran who knew. what war was in deed, not only in name. The disappoint- ment was so great that Colonel Brewser never recovered from the blow thus inflicted. As he lived he died, a brave and fearless;gentle- man, rich, in nothing but honor one. truth, lacklnog n earee mea eeeaum lest`i necessaries, and constantly struggling to make both ends meet. His wife, whom he had married for a pretty face and a sweet temper, which, in spite of many trials, had enabled her to make their modest home a very happy one, after the birth of a son, who died in infancy, and of an only daughter—our heroine Kate—seemed never to regain her strength, but faded slowly beneath the scorching sun of the Indian cli- mate, like some pure and fragile lily, so slowly and so imperceptibly that not until death was imminent did the sorrow -stricken husband fully realize the situation. Then it seem- ed as if he no longer cared to exist without her he had loved so well, and after a year or two he too fell a victim to the grim pursuer of mankind. Thus it came to pass that at the early age of five Kate Browser was left a well-nigh penni- less orphan—a solitary fatherless and motherless child. Her only living relative happened to be an uncle on the paternal side, who many years before had set out for Australia, possessing at that time nothing but an eager, resolute spirit, a large share of ambition, and an excellent constitution, ad- ded to a fixed determination and powerful will to succeed in whatever he undertook—one of those stead- fast, lionhearted men who, fixing their eyes on a given goal, allow no petty interests or trivial amuse - 1 whet prosaic life, tinging it wi . golden light. '1'o be with :fiat ,. was a perpetual rust s4ttrC4 of 'i1, onde and of joy, It Was enough for hl to hear her innocent prattle, t watch the sudden illumination se her expressive countenance, and t endeavor t keep peep pato With t12 r quick re strange s 1 a 0 woz•i<lu s of hex chit q la g ish mind; its pleasures, its sorrows its questionings, its simplicity an shrewdness, were all equally novo equally charming and delightful. No '- only did she beeome his play -fellow iionts to divert them. from their • and idol, but • also his eompimian, path. but whose whole thoughts and for the child was 'unsusually quick. energies are concentrated on the of comprehension, and clever beyond object for which they labor. Slowlyher years. but surely' Campbell Brewser mount-! Kato fully reciprocated Calupbell. ing one by one tho rungs of the lad- Brewser's affection, of rather idola- der. in course of time carved his try. She was never so happy as way to fortune. Then, and not when with him and her chief delight till then, when through incessant consisted in endeavoring to induce work his health h' t 1 began n '''V n to narrate ga to give way him xiata some of the adveu- before the magnitude .of this self . tuz'es and stirring incidents of his imposed task, though the indomit Australian life, able spirit of the xnan was still un An unerring instinct, possessed by daunted, he turned his faro towards all children and dumb animals, told his native land—that glorious land her that, although outwardly rough, of rugged hills and changing in g g sk' s xe .tier uncle was g code and trte. There- of brown bracken, rushingg' streams,fore, in her turn, she loved him with red heather, and keen mountain air;, all the intensity of en ardent no- where the cock grouse cackles to his ture. with the reverence and hero - mate, the wild red -deer sniffs the worship which are so inexpressibly bracing breeze, and where such men beautiful in the young towards the as Campbell Brewser are born and old. when the youthful imagination given forth to the world --men east is apt to exalt its object, perhaps in an iron mould—adventurous, even beyond its intrinsic merit. shrewd, self: reliant., and self-conft- Tho other inmate of this happy' dent in the highest sense of the word household, Herbert Munro, Mr. —formed 'alike tar nature and by Brewser's nephew and reputed heir, temperament to be the pioneers of ! was some five years Kate's senior. every fresh enterprise, 'every hazard- 1 Yielding and pliant, easily led as- ous undertaking; - men on Whose , tray, full of good resolutions, but broad and capable shoulders the without the strength of character or burden of life sits fitly, and who, ; moral energy requisite to put them with that innate love of the beauti- I fate' force, delicate both physically ful land of their birth which in far-; and mentally, it seemed as if the off climes clings to them like per- : boy and girl should have changed fume to a flower, given out more places. Kato, with her strong vi- strongly when the day is well-nigh tality, keen intelligence, and un - o'er, return when the struggle is at questionable ambition, ought to an end, the battle won, to lay them bave been the pian; while Herbert, down and die in the oft -remembered as a woman, would have made one home of their youth—the home where of those dependent. and trustful crea- they trotted' about the winding,' tures who appeal insensibly to the burns, where they pressed the sprin- masculine nature, and who are often gy heather with their little bare red preferred. to their sturdier sisters. feet, where they fished and bird -nest- 1In spite of such differences both ed, and where their mother, dead . of character and constitution, the long since, breathed a nightly pray- ?cousins were excellent friends; but er over their innocent couch. Ah! : although Herbert possessed a con - the man's heart must be cold in- ` siderable advantage in point of .deed who can forget such early days, yeats, even in these early days he and who in his old age does not failed to assert his superiority. Iu yearn to revisit the scenes of child- all theirastimes and P pursuits Kato hood. invariably proved the leading spir- With Campbell Brewser, as the it, hers the plaster mind; for she years went by, the yearning became I directed, patronized, and advised, so intense that nothing short of ful- 1 while Herbert followed her with un- filment could appease the longings of questioning obedience, He lacked his weary heart. And now, in her that boyish confidence and roguish time of need, this man, whose lofty assumption of self-assertion, whose nature seemed to stand. alone, who, I very impudence possesses an un- though mthough not despising, had never yet doubted charm for the feminine mind sought solace in a woman's love, ever prone to worship the strength took care of the little houseless or- which so quickly establishes an as- phan. He, who in his far-off home tendency over it. in the bush hardly knew the sound Kate, at this time, was far too of a child's sweet shrill voice or young to analyse such feelings. 'She sturdy pattering footsteps, in the only knew that when with Herbert autttnm of life resolved to shield.a - gree teams low always felt herself the protect the lonely create. • lis own most capaiinseal the two, stronger kith and kiu�hi e, the daughter both bodily . an' lntellecttialiy, Wit aid sweet-smelling clover, the white .snap; ,;ni;,a„naeniSeiSi,; .,,.nneei{ e • i, o lambs .frisked and ganxbolled ill lxuro ' ✓ light-heartedness, wagging their iii supple tails, bleating with eat, pore suasive voices, stretching their tang, f utigeiuiy limbs, and courting the o rays of the run iu ai state of dreamy i s ul ignorance of ea:' enjoyment and bl s f ., d e u • t • Little ic,L. e<1 they,, that. the future. Y e+ j;, t k y,. , all life, however strong and beautiful d ends in death, come it by the eruol 1,, butcher's knife, by disease, or the t slow process of natural decay. They, poor innocents, like Herbert and Bate, were happy in the present, de- manding, thinking, realizing nothing morel. Oh! . glorious youth! knowing no regret, romoeso nor aught but tran- sient sorrow, whose joys aro keen and pain short-lived, to whom the past is a void, the future a blank, and the present—the happy, fleeting present,h.1' - e e '.n da and gone to -day i to�- morrow—ail-sufficing, all engrossing, how we envy thee in old ago! How lovingly and with what reverent recollections, do we not look back. upon and cherish thee! In the in- crlove- ly a rco andthou joyt OL art 111010..-1T'VB•• lyth i y ai anything on the face of this wide earth, and yet so evanescent, that ere we. have learnt to fully ap- preciate the inestimable gifts which thou conforrost—the heedlessness, the freshness, the exquisite light-heart- edness, the animal.* strength and spirits, which are a part and parcel of thyself -thou art :Toile. ]zither gently faded: by the unflagging hand of time, or else killed by some rude shock, which, rousing mankind from this short period of unthinking con- tent, sets a mark upon his life for evermore, bringing him, once for all, face to face with the stern realities and complex problems of existence! Even now, slowly, though surely, was the shadow creeping up, destin- ed . to plunge the peaceful household in grief and envelop fit in a shroud of darkness. Death, that delays for no man—the dread reaper With his sickle—was at hand, intent on ad- ding another to the long list of his reluctant victims. (To be continued.) of tht:•�ead br other whose image he while in her uncle's pres'b,Llee it was exactly the reverse. At lli...side she was nothing but a weak little child, humble, ignorant, loving; eag- er in quest of knowledge, and realiz- ing with thankfulness th , advant- ages derived from the protection she received. She could never forget that had it not been for her uncle, and . her uncle's care and affection, she might have been left utterly alone in the world. She had no fears, no doubts, no hesitations or distrust when Campbell Brewser was there. She believed in him as she believed in her God. 'In her eyes he was the best, the kindest, the cleverest, the nicest, and the most superior of human beings. Compared with him, Herbert -appeared a weakling and a nonentity; besides which, poor Her- bert's nature happened to be some- what timorous, while neither Kate or Campbell Browser appeared to know the meaning of the word fear. There seemed to them something wrong, unnatural, uncanny, in: 'the boy's want of courage, in his in- stinctaive shrinking from everything at all -unpleasant or dangerous. They were fond of him, certainly; but, almost unconsciously, a large sprinkling of contemptuous pity was mingled with their love, He seemed fashioned of such different stuff to themselves—more like some beautiful fragile flower, fair to look upon, but so delicate as to be unable to face the slightest storm, bowing to the earth at the first gust of wind—a thing deficient in hardiness and vi- tality, eanly. fitted to be pampered in a heated hothouse; while they were as the sturdy upthrusting thistle, forcing its glossy purple head over the barrenest plot of ground, with lordly indifference to rain, cold, and climate, defying them all with its sharp spiky leaves. And perhaps, though quite unintentionally, this pair of kindred spirits, were apt to be a little hard at times, and to underestimate the .tender alien na- ture of the youth. Their judgments inclined towards harshness, end their estimations of Herbert's worth leant somewhat towards disdain, •ativith the result that the lad grew still more silent and reserved. And so mid sunshine and shade the years repeated themselves. The trees in the picturesque old garden in due season put 011 first their green,. then their red and yellow, finally their meagre black raiment, preparatory to sleeping the long winter through, as if mourning the beautiful bygone summer days. Then,. when the spring once more came round, the life-giving sap burst out into tole der, curled -up leaves, which unrolled themselves gently in the sunshine. The birds carolled their Ione -songs. in loud, triumphant notes, .fighting,' courting, building, mating, until the young tines came 'forth, and lit course of time, feeling; strong and gladsome, ' stretched, their wings and flew away, obedient , to that great law of Mature that 'dictates the da; sertion of parents when no longer useful and neeessary,. In the green fields, starred by golden buttercups had never ceased to worship. $e,. too, was alone but for a nephew, his sister's orphan, whom he had adopted, for lack of any nearer re- lation on whom to pour out the wealth of affection that had so long lain dormant in his breast. There- fore Campbell Browser, when he heard of his brother's death. im- mediately determined Kate should live with him and_be his charge in the future. And as the years rolled on, the strong, resolute man, who in youth, when love should have come naturally, eis It does to the birds and the beasts, had been too absorbed in physical labor to ren- der any tender passion admissible, realized for the first time that a void had existed in his heart which this tiny creature filled. This large -eyed, high-spiritea, reso- lute, and fearless child, who in many ways so closely resembled him- self, appealed to his better nature, teaching him softness and humility, sympathy and -love, while in return he imparted to Kate much of that energy and force of character which had always rendered him conspicu- ous amongst his fellow -men, and which, added to an austere simplic- ity and innate nobility of disposi- tion, commanded not only obedience but affection. Thus little Kate be- came the very apple of his eye, the poetry and romance of his declining years. It seemed as if a new ele- ment of brightness and refinement had entered into his hitherto some - rain uscde injury to Brain or Nerves, Defiitciency of Nerve Force!.' Mean Paralysis and Helplessness. 4 4 r5 Chase' Ptil erne Fo d, Every muscle of the body controll- ed by the will is connected with the brain, and every musoular action is originated by nervous force, generat- ed ' in the brain and transmitted along the nerves to the muscles. 'When the nerves are injured or dis- eased, when there is a deficiency in the supply of nervous energy, par- alysis, locomotor ataxia or some form of Helplessness results bedause the brain no longer has control of the muscles. it may be weak heart action, ina- bility to digest -food, failure of the lungs to purify the blood or Impair- ed action of any of the vital organs, but the cause of trouble is With the rlervos. Tho . restorative action .: 'of Dr. Chase's Nerve food is . soon 'felt throughout the entire, ,system, be- rause • it restores the vigor and vi- tality' of . the nerves- fills thein with new nerve force,' the 'vital power of the body tieeet'sztr ss, nervousness, ir- every bore ritability, sleeplessness and low spir- its, disappear and new energy and strength take their place. Mrs. C. Corkey, 32 Maine street, St. John, N.B., states :-"I had been in very poor health; and, in fact, when I began using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food I had just got up from a bed of sickness, my nerves were in a bad state, I was Weak and could not sleep. Now I am getting up in years, and, of course, could not look for immediate results, but must say that I have been delighted with .the use of tliis preparation, as it. has done nee a. great deal of good, I am, i now able to sleep very Much bettor, my nerves are steadier and ley.] strength. is gradealiy increasing." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents! a box, •6 bozos for $2.50, at all deal- ers, ory Sfalenanson, T Bates & Com pang, rl of onto. 'I o protect you., against imitations; the portrait and, signature of Dr. A. W., Chase, the limbos r ereltre 'book author, aro on • NERVES AND TT-Insl WEATHER. So -Called Human Barometers Not Always Reliable. A writer in the Independent, after referring, recently, to weather prog- nostications based on the flight of swallows, the consumption of grass by ,cats, and the motion of smoke from chimneys, said that these signs are the crystalized wisdom of wea- ther prophets from time immemorial, but added: "The best rain prophecy I know. is nerve irritability; if the boys are easily provoked (myself al- so) there is likely to be a shower." This declaration, curiously enough, is treated with some seriousness by The Medical News, "Here," it says, "is a weather prophet with ideas worth considering. Some time it will come to be realized that many of the pains and aches that immedi- ately precede and accompany damp weather are not due to rheumatism nor to the rheumatic diathesis, but • are -neat plain every -day irritability consequent ...upon, some changes in nervous conditions '"whicli.,, are caused by a drop in the barmoeter» per_ haps, or perhaps the hydroscopic variation in tissues which follows a change in the atmospheric humidity. ,Old people become walking baromet- ers in their power to portend - storms because the lessened elasticity of their arterial and vascular system pret°eats or at least hampers those changes in the peripheral circulation which would compensate for varia- tions ariations in barometric pressure. When- ever an injury has taken place around a joint this same state of affairs pro- claims itself even in comparatively young subjects." The Medical News sorrowfully admits, however, that those signs fail in a dry tirne, and the human barometer gives no warn- ings when warnings are most needed. Still it insists that a careful study of human feelings would result in better weather predictions than does that of other popular "signs—which might easily be true without making the predictions so founded of much real value. A ' medical authority should not commend an empirical method when one based on observed facts and logical deductions is at hand and in daily use .by the wea- ther bureau. The government pro- phets yet have much to learn, but they are certainly on the right track. Storms are seemingly vagarious crea- tures, yet they never inove at ran- dom or without reasons which it is within human power to learn and understand, Exact weather prophecy is merely a matter of adequate data, and the latter can he obtained by paying for it. Let the doctors study the effects of approaching rain on human nerves if they will, but . what the weather man wants, in this part of the world, is weather information from the west and south. • ' + . • WOULD THE SUPPLIES HOLD OUT? it lady was recently reading to trek young son the story of a little Sol - low whose father was taken ill and died, after which he set himself dili- gently to work to assist in support- ing himself and his mother. When she had finished the story she said : "Now, Tommy, if pa were to die, wouldn't you work to keep inamlkla ?" • "Why, no," said the little chap, not relishing the idea of works "What for ? Ain't we got a good house to live in ?" "Oh, yes, my dear," said the mother; "but we Can't oat the ,house, you know." "Well, ain't• rte got plenty of things; in true pantry ?" continued the young, hopeful. "Certainly, d ear," replied the mother; "but they would:not last 'long, and "what tben?" "Well,- Ina" said -thy,nEt' ou lifter - y ri ible. after ' thinkin ' a nionient B g , "wouldn'tthere, be- enough to last until you got another liusbaiid ?'t POR FARMERS Sela.sonetbls and Profitable Flints for the Sissy Tillers 'c • elf the Soll. 4t o.;a((+ae: •ii'j(':'.*si� STARTING A DAIRY IIEII,D, A correspondent in giving Isis ex- perience in starting a dairy herd, sans; At first sight it looks easy, All a maxi has to do is to fill his pock- ets with money and start out, The world is full of cows, Why should we find it difficult to buy a dairy that will fill the bill?. And so, when I was thinking just what should be the heading this article, I's said to myself, "Starting a Dairy" is all right. 13ut it •came into my mind soon after that starting and .trying to start are sometimes two entirely- different ntirelydifferent things, For instance, n taneo a chapter ator f1•o n it 1 1 ow x n o el•i nc e 0 has something quite n S tat it 1 interesting about it. The first cows I. over owned (that was going oet fifteen years ago), I bought. Part of them were fairly good. One was recommended to me as being perfect - ler gentle and a nice milker. 13efore she had been in the stable, two days she proved the strength of her hind legs by kicking the cow either side of her out of reach every time she had a chance. The same kihd' of practice she began with. me when I began to milk her. A rope or strap about her body, just in front of the bag, as we often hear quoted, would not make the slightest difference with her. If she could do nothing ; elso she would lean over against me sc hard that I would be pushed front the stool. This got to be quite monotonous after a time, and still that cow was a good milker. • She gave good milk and a nice mess of it. I worried along with her for several years, raising a number of heifer calves from her. For days at a time she would be as peaceable as a kitten, then she would let heels fly like lightning. Every one of that cow's calves had A TENDENCY TO KICK. ,that are not easily reached with a dent, and what is more important than the churn itself is the cloths used for washing and wiping it out. A chuff cannot be made clean with a dirty cloth, and a cloth of this lc') n� 1knownPlaces z d s ono of tlx best l co Y 0 I for breeding disease germs, and these may be washed from the seams of the pans or corners of the churn. It takes only a few minutes to wash the cloths in cold water, and then they -Should be put in a strong pear - lino suds and allowed to boil for at least twenty minutes, ' 'then they should be rinsed and hying out in the air and .sunshine, and if this is done .overt' few days, the cloths uiay be kept white and 'sweet smelling. • POULTRY ON THE FARM. 1.� isfarmthat can o There not a fa n b called complete which has not a poultry yard, writes a correspondent. The poultry yard is the main source of continual income to meet the. every -day expenses of the family, for 1 Y' it brings, or ought to bring, , an in- come every day.Iktow how handy d Y the few dollars aro which the poultry give to me every week. The great point in poultry .keeping is that we can start in the business with a small capital and have an income from the beginning, and when we increase our flock the income in- creases also. Tho required capital for a start is what keeps lots of people out of business, but is not so 'vith the mau 'who wants to go into the poultry business. Of course ov- ery farmer does not want to go into the work heavily, but it will pay evory farmer to keep some good poultry. Whichever branch of poul- try raising wo'ongage in, it is necese sary that we have the breed especi- ally adapted to it. If we want oggs• we must have the kind that "lay eggs." I find by experience and observation that there is a differ- ences- and a great difference. For my choice I would take the Rose Comb White Leghorn; I do not be- lieve they can be excelled in egg pro- duction. I know I get more eggs than my neighbors who keep the other kinds. But if I were going to raise broilers, I would choose one of the larger breeds. Hens need a variety of food; the greater the variety the better. Don't forget the water; keep pure water be- fore them all the time. I feed. all kinds of grain and vegotables. About twice a week I give a potato mash, and that is what counts, especially in the winter. I Mix with it some cornmeal, bran, etc., and in this mash is the best place to give .any medicine or preventive which we may wish to give. Careful management is the main point. of success, and the. nearer . we have it to perfection, the nearer we will be to success, in the work. It will not do to neglect some of the necessary points. Grit is essential and must not be neglected. I use broken croekery pounded in fine particles, and occasionglly I give them a bucketful of coarse gravel, and I always have plenty of eggs, and eggs are what I want. I find that careful management, a variety of food and pure water will bring success to the poultry raiser, if he keeps his eyes open. And they had leg muscles like iron when they had a mind to use thein. Finally I determined to weed every one of the breed out and I did it Life is too short to spend it fighting a cow. I never will try it again. Then, in the course of my buying I came into possession of a cow which was subject to garget. She had it regularly every season, and I came to the conclusion that it was so far chronic that I would do nothing for her. I. doctored as faithfully as I knew hew and all to no purpose. The strangest part of it is, some of the calves I raised from her had the same failing. Will some of our wise men tell us why? So it went on for some years and I did not seem to be getting much nearer to my desired good dairy. Then I tried buying calves of men who seemed to have good stock. This is, in my opinion, all right if one can buy from reliable n.en. It sometimes seems as if the men who can be called strictly honest about selling cows are quite scarce and hard to 1thd. It is not difficult for men to remember all the good points of a cow and forget the bad ones. But there is not the same tempta- tion about selling young calves. The owner will almost always take you into the stable and show you. the father and mother of the calf you have taken a fancy to, and tell you just what the mother has done in the way of giving milk and plenty of it. So•there is not nearly as much risk in buying calves as there is IN PURCHASING COWS. And yet one often gets prior cows that way, in spite of his best efforts at feeding liberally and with a view of getting a good, all around cow, And so I found that buying calves is not really the best way of start- ing a herd. And I tried buying the best bull calf T. could find and put- ting him with my cows, varying this now and then by using the best stock nay neighbors had. A farmer who has an eye on the future can make no greater mistake than to mate his cows with any kind of a sire that happens to be handy. If he does not keep a bull of his own, it is often a big job to take his cows away, and gets careless about it and says: Well, this year will not make much difference. But it is a year and the years count after a while, especially when one gets to 50.d I believe this is the true way beA to build up a herd of dairy cows. We can not be sure what we aro getting if we buy mature cows; neither is the practice of buying calves entirely free from objections. ' But when we raise our own calves from the best possible parentage that lies within our power we • are on the right road. True, we will sometimes make mis- takes by following this plan. Some of the poorest cows I ever had came from what I looked upon 'as good parents. It is' a Wonderfully inter- esting study to see how animals will take back now and then in color, size and other qualities. • KEEP OLEAN crimucS. If proper care is not exercised in keeping the churn sweet and clean the butter will be tainted no mat- ter how well the milk has been- cared fol' before being ready for the churn. Before beginning the Work of churn- ing ono should have plenty of wa- ter ort the stove so it may he boiling hot and ready for use as soon as the churning is finished. The buttermilk should. be takelr .froin the churn as Soon as possible and the churn wash- ed out with cold water, then it must he thoroughly scalded and set out fn, the air to dry, but not iit tllo sunt, as the sun warps the wood. If it needs sunning Wait Until the churn is perfectly dry•and.then set it in the sun. A small brush is excellent 'for cleaning the corners and cervices TIME SPENT ON KISSING. An export mathematician has figur- ed it out that if two lovers spent four hours together and the lover takes or receives 200 kisses (low calculation) and each kiss takes ten seconds, in five years' time the lovers would have had 365,000 kisses, and their lips would have been united for the space of forty -rax days and six hours. These figures are appall- ing, acid the only way for the lovers to escape such a thing is to marry.. This often puts a stop to the kiss- ing. , T00 MANY SWEETS. The Prussian Minister of Education has issued to all schools• under his control a circular, in which atten- tion is drawn to the ever-increasing number of automatic machines foe• the sale of chocolates and other sweets, and asks, teachers of schools to use every influence with the child- ren to prevent 'excesses. There is no easier way in tbo world for one to lose a good name than to have it engrossed on the handle of an umbrella. R. LW, En CI1ASS CATARRH CURE res es is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower, Heals sate passages, stops droppings in the throat and ppermanantly cares Catarrh Blowes free. All deafer,, or Dyr.A W. Chase l ..rein Ce,, Toronto and Buffalo. Troublea' with Kidney Trouble for Six Months. illany Men and Women Are Troubled With Kidney Trouble, Some For Less. Time, Some For Longer—No Need To Be Troubled For Any Length Of Time, If They Only Knew Of The Cures Being Made By DOAi 'S KIDNEY PILLS. Backache Is The First Sign Of Kidney Trouble—Then Come Complications Of A More -Serious Nature. DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS TAKEN' ' AT THE b'IRST SIGN OF BACKACHE WILL SAVE YOU YEARS O1:' MISERY. Mrs. William H. Banks, Torbrook Mines, N.S., tells the pub - he about the great qualities of Doan's Kidney Pills in the following words: --I was troubledwith kidney trouble for six months, and had such terrible pains acrossmy kidneys all the time that I Could hardly get around. After taking one box of Doau s Kidney Pills I began to fel better, and by the time I had taken three bores I . was completely cared, Price SOe.., per box, or 3 boxes for $1.25 1I dealers Oa, The oan TCidne Pill C . a S� y o , Toronto, Ont. Genuine rterYs Little " Sive ills. sA 1'ilust Deer Slontturo of See Pac„ Sltullo Wrapper Below. rgcee antral sad an (Davy to tato as eng.il. CARTEKS ITTLE Pg US. FUR NEARAEelto FOR OIlliF1ESSis• FOR OILI©DSIi!St FOR TORPID LIVEN'. FOR CONSTIPATION. ' 1 a LL( Cf1 SKIN. FOR VIE COMPLEXION ©)ESVvSNim GUGT NIAre_pia NATURE, CURL SIOI( HEADACHE. Eating Became a Dread, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALMOST AFRAID TO SIT DOWN TO THEIR MEALS P YOU MAY BE ONE OF THEM. ' IF YOU ARE, THERE IS A CURE FOR YOU. URDOCK BLOOD ITTE S CURES INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA# BILIOUSNESS, SOUR, WEAK AND ALL STOMACH TROUBLES. Mr. J. G. Climbs, Barney's River, N.S., tells of what this wonderful rem- edy has done for him:—It is with grati- tude that I can testify to the wonderful curative powers of B.B.B. I was so badly troubled with indigestion that whatever I ate caused me so much torture that eating became a dread to me. I tried numerous physicians, but their medicines seemed to make me worse. I thought I would try B.B.B., so got a bottle, and. after taking a few doses -felt a lot better. By the time I had taken the last of two bottles I was as well as ever, and have bad no return of the trouble since. I recommend your medicine to the highest degree. B.B.B. is for sale at all dealer ode's Norway I arte Syrup Cures Coughs, Colds, Brsnchitis, Hoarseness, Croup, idsthtns, Pair, or Tightness its the. .1111 Chest, Etc. It stops that tickling in the throat, Is pleasant to take and soothing and heat• ing to the lungs. Mr. E. Bishop Brand, the well-known Galt gardener, writes:— I had a very severe attack of sore throat and tightness in the chest. Some times when I wanted to cough and could not I would almost choke to death. My, wife got mo a bottle of DR. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE SYRUP, and to my •sur- prise I found speedy relief. I would not be without it if it cost $.1.00 a bot- tle. and I oan recommend it to everyone bothered with a cough or cold. Price 26 Cents. ern'>": ed °nerves AND eak Hoerr,. 6i'ir.1t.li. Sampson's,!,4ydney,X3.S., Advice to all Sufferers from Nerve Trouble is "CET A BOX OF IL R S HEAR' AN NERVE PI LLS." He says t "1 have been ailing for about a year from deranged nerves, and very often weak spells would come over me and be so bad that I sometimes thought I would be unable to survive them. l have been treated by doctors and have taken numerous preparations but none of them heled me in the least. I finally got a box of 52ilburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Before taking thein I did not feel able to do any work, but now I can work as welt as ever, thanks to one box ofyour pills, . T ie�'. y have made: a new n i w ma of OW, and advice Y ad ice to i'any person troubled7swa tPelgse" a pot of IVIilburn's Hoar2aiid Ntve Price' o cts.per box, r for 't.z all cfea 5 0 3 5, Ttors, or TIE T. M11.BURN CO,Littilted TOnoNiow:OfiT i a