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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-12-24, Page 2� KING 0 Or, Kinship Between Plan and Horse il*ia,> a#3., .D,i►:4 o93[41•9iieielelei9/sIsO§ sO.ii, 1•30hoarDto1l i'k# O$'APTElt IV. It was upon .Kate's seventeenth birthday -how well hereafter; elle had cause to remember that day!—and Herbert, who was then at college, but earl lately returned home, was. in his twenty-second year --that in the middle of the eight the girl was roused from d h . cr dreamless slumbers by the entry of the old housekeeper, wile, apparently .seared out of Iter settees, shook her violently by the arnt until she awoke, with a beat- ing heart, wondering what dreadful calamity had taken place. "Got up, Miss Kato, dearie, get up at once," cried the seemingly dis- tracted woman, in a hurried and tremeulous voice. "Your uncle )tae been taken vera ill." "My unelot" ejaculated Kato in that state of tuicomprehouding be- wilderment incidental to a sudden awakening at an unusual hour. "What of him?" Then roused to a sense of uneasiness by old Maggie's flurried manner, she added, "Oh, Maggie; why do you look so strangely at me? Is anything the. matter?" "Joost that," answered Maggie solemnly. "If I am. no mistaken there's vera much -the matter." "With whom? With my uncle?" cried Kate, springing out of bed, and now thoroughly awake. "But no," as if trying to reassure her fears, "there can't be anything serious for when I wished Uncle Campbell good- night at ten o'clock ho was then perfectly well and in good spirits." "A guid deal may happen between ten and one o'clock," replied Maggie sententiously. "Come, come, non, Miss Kate, dinna lose time in talk- ing—we may both be wanted for aught we ken; but put on your eiase as fast as ye can. Here, throw this dressing -gown over your shoulders, for the night air is mice keen, and it wadna do for my bonny bairn to catch cold. There! that's right," as Kate meekly did her bidding. "And no wo wull depart." "Oh, Maggie! suspense is the worst of all to bear. Tell me quickly what you know," said poor frighten- ed Kato as she clung to the kindly old woman's arm. Thus adjured, Maggie commenced her sorrowful tale. "'Wel, then, Miss Kate," she said, "ye maun know that your uncle had a. fit o' some sort, though I canna tell ye rightly what the name o' it wad be, never having had any experi- ence in sic -like dreadful matters—" "Yes, Maggie," interrupted Kate breathlessly, "go on." "Weel, then, my dearie, after ye had gene up -stairs to your ain room, Mr. Browser rang the bell and asked for some hot whuskey and water. Jock happened to be oot, so I fetched the drink myself, and made it strong and guid, thinking it wad do the master no harm, since he complained o' a bad pain in the head, and said he felt dizzy and out o' sorts. When I brought the wee drap into the study I noticed Mr. Brewser looked unlike himself. His sen were vera wild, and his face so flushed that, bad I na been acquaint- ed with his temperate habits, I might hae suspected he had already been drinking mair than was guid for him. However, I joost made up my mind. to sit up all night in case. he wanted a bit help. I canna tell ye. what induced me to do so, but 1 had a kind o' presentiment something evil was going to happen. I went and sat in the corridor ootside, and by-and-by I heard hint begin to tramp up and doors, up and doon the study, joost like some caged animal at a show; then on a sudden came the noise o' a heavy body falling to piles To ?O to you t11ab Th Chaso'ri intmont ie a certaip and absolute cure for each and every farm of itching, bleedingand protruding piles, 'the manufacturers have guaranteed it. Soo too- tfmonials in the daily press and ask your neigh. bora what they think otic Yon can use it and yet your money back if not cured_ sec a box, al nil arealera or EDMANSON,BATES $ Co., Toronto, i r9 Chas&s Ointment • the airth, after whieh all was still again. I rushed in as fast as my puir auld legs could tak me, and wad's me—beginning to cry bitterly —"there I found my dear kind mas- ter lying all in a heap on the Door, and looking for all the warld like a corpse. Oh Miss Katet it was aw- ful, ul nos awfttll ' And Maggie, true to her class, de- termined that the narrative should gain rather than lose in solemnity in tho telling, sobbed with more ve- hemence than ever. "Poor uncle; poor darling uncle," exclaimed Kate repeatedly, as they hurried through the long passage which led to the dying man's bed- room, for dying he was, although neither yet comprehended the fact. Already the honest, manly counten- ance appeared changed and distorted by pain, and the stalwart form stricken, like some fine old oak up- rooted by the vehemence of a passing storm or flash of lightning. In the space of a, few. short minutes Death had performed his task with certi- tude, stamping his imprint on the eullering features, Meanwhile Campbell Browser lay totally unconscious, his slow and stotorous breathing alone giving sign that life had not yot altogether departed or the brave spirit fled from its earthly tenement. But for the first time in the whole course of her recollection did Kate's passionate grief and terrified entreaties fail to rouse him Never before had kiss of hers met with no return. The very thought filled her being with a nameless dread. Perhaps it was well for him that ho could not wit- ness the girl's deep sorrow. It would have wounded his loving heart sorely to have seen Kate's slender form shaken by a very tempest of uncontrollable sobs, while sho pray- ed aloud in her agony that he would speak to her. "One word, Uncle Campbell, only one word, just to show that you are alive," she repeated over and over again, almost mechanically. Alas! the words of Campbell Brow- ser in the future were destined to be but few, if any, for the family doc- tor, who had been sent for with all haste, on his arrival pronounced Mr. Browser to be suffering from an at- tack of apoplexy of a most fatal description. Of course, "While there was life there was hope;" but ac- cording to ordinary practice nothing short of a miracle could restore Mr. Browser to health. Therefore it was false kindness not to speak the truth, and prepare those attending him for the worst. So spoke the straightforward country doctor, un- versed in the evasive arts of his town -dwelling brethren. For two whole days and nights Kate never left her uncle's side. Love did everything snggested by experi- ence, and if love alone could have saved Campbell Brewser's life it surely would have been spared; but the tenderest tendrils are torn asun- der and severed by the ruthless reap- er, and it was ordained otherwise by One who watches over poor suffering, impatient humanity, and to whose decrees, however hard they may oc- casionally appear, we are all bound to submit. For to our mortal and finite comprehension faith in the un- known and the infinite is difficult to acquire, especially when the blood runs warmly in the veins, and the world in the springtime of youth seems only beginning to unfold and open out before us. Kate's mind was full of rebellious thoughts against the workings of Providence as on the morning of the third day she sat by her uncle's bedside, weary mentally and physically, while the tears rained down unheeded on her listlessly clasped hands. Suddenly a voice, very faint and weak, but yet recognizable, broke the death -like stillness of the cham- ber. Kate started violently as she saw her uncle's eyes fixed upon her own with every appearance ofreturn- ing consciousness. "Kate," he said, "don't cry, my it is the Poison that Causes Pais The Poisonous Waste Matter is Removed by the Kidneys, Liver an Bowels when These are kept Heaithy by Dr..Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills. The kidneys, liver and bowels are known as excretory organs, because it is their mission to cast out of the body the poisonous waste mater- ial which would otherwise poisoli the system, cause pains and aches and give rise to deadly disease. Because of their direct and specific action on each of these organs. Dr. Cha'..o's KidneyLiver Pi is aro won- derfully successful in overcoming pain and in thoroughly eradicating from the system the very rause of serious and painful ailznonl:s. Once the bowels are regular and the kidneys and liver active in filter- ing the waste material from the blood good health and a proper working of the bodily organs are as - eared. It seems useless to oxperi- meat with stow -tangled medicines, which are only intended to afford re- lief, when you can be thoroughly cur- ed, and tho cause of your troubles "D. removed by n. Chase's Kidney,:I.iver. 1t+illtr, Mr. .1. f. Kirby, head miller in the largo flour mills of Munro & Itoaatree, Thorold, Ont., states : "I Can scarcely say too much in praise of Dr. Chases Kidney -Livor ,'pills. Seine jroars ago r erns laid up by a uric xa' attack of kidney disease which was later ' complicated with other bad symptoms such as head- ache, lumbago, backache, constipa- tion, indigestion and Insomnia. I be- came reduced in flesh and was very much discouraged. Professional medical treatment was of no avail other remedies were resorted to with no purpose. My appetite diminish- ed and I was losing hope of recov- ery. "Fortunately my attention was called to Dr. Chase's Kidny-Liver Pills and I derived much benefit from the first box. By the tame I had reed four boxes I was again enjoying my former good health and vigor as the bad symptoms all passed' away and I was then able to resume work. That was in 1899. I have waited now for about four years to see if the cure will be permanent and now am convinced that it is and feel jus- tified in giving this testimonial for the beielit of others." Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver er •rills, one pia a close; 25 cents abox, at all dealers, or '1✓dmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. To protect you against imitations, the portrait and signa- ture of Dr, A. W. Chase. th0 famous receipt book author, are on every box. darling. 1: cannot bear to see yea shed tears." The joy and the surpeiso Of hearing hint speak, in her exhausted condi« thee, Were n 0st too much. She jumped fr otn one extreme to the other, without reason or reflection. So great en improvement in the in- valid must Mean that the miracle to which the doctor had distinctly al- luded had already' .taken place. "Oh, Uncle Campbell! uncle Camp- bell!" sho exclaimed, in hysterical delight. "1 shall have no need to Cry now that, thank God, you aro bettor. You will make haste and get well, darling, won't you, if only for my, sake? You do not know what I have suffered since your ill- ness, or how miserable 1 have been." She looked at hire with tears of affection dimming her beautiful grey eyes, and a soft, quivering smile Playingaround t the corners of her trembling mouth. Ile knew better, however, than to encourage vain hopes—hopes which be realized too well would never be fulfilled in this world. "Don't deceive yourself, my preci- ous one," be said softly. "Some- thing tolls me that my time on earth is over, and nothing remains butto try and face my fate like a man. It is no use repizning over the inevitable. God bless you, Kato, and keep you front all harm, until we meet some day in heaven, You have rendered the closing years of my life happier than any I had known before, and I am thankful to my Maker for His goodness, even al- though he has chosen to call mo hence sooner than we ever contem- plated. It seems hard to have to leave my little Kato, does it not? But His will be done•" There was something inexpressibly touching in this strong man's pati- ent resignation, in his unselfishness, his tenderness and compassion for the sorrow which he so clearly per- ceived overwhoimed the young girl. "Uncle Campbell, dear Uncle Camp- bell, you whom 1 love and honor more than anybody in the whole world, you will break, my heart if you talk so," protested Kato vehe- mently. "You shan't die. Don't speak of dying. I won't Iet you, .I will sit up night after night, never leave your side, and nurse you ever so carefully. You shall pull through yet. You must pull through. Oh!" with a bitter intonation of voice, "Oh! it cannot be. God would nev- er show such cruelty towards His creatures. If He is really good and kind, as people say, He won't take you away—you who are father and mother both in one. Uncle Camp- bell, I could not live without you." Mr. Brewser at her words raised his hand from the coverlet in feeble reproach. "Kate, my own darling," he said, appealing to her with tender pity, "you don't want to make a woman of your poor old uncle, do you? You must help to bear this trial as you have helped him to bear many oth- ers. Don't you remember how brave I always thought you, how proud I used to be of your courage! .I re- collect as clearly as if it only took place yesterday, one Monday, long years ago now, when you rode the little black Shetland pony. Thekla. and she took fright at something or other, ran away for miles, and end- ed by throwing you over her head violently on to the hard high -road. What a fright I was in, to be sure! You were a wee bit of a lassie then, not more than six years old, and when I came up, with my heart standing still through fear, though your poor little arm was all bleed- ing and badly cut from the elbow downwards, and your face as white as the ox -Dyed daisies growing by the hedgerow, what did you do but stretch out your tiny bands towards me and say, 'Don't be frightened, dear Uncle Campbell. I am not much hurt, and please do not be cross with Thekla. It was not her fault, and I should like to get on and ride her home.' Do you remem- ber that, Kate? For if you don't I do. And I said to myself, 'Bless her little heart! The child is of the right sort, and no mistake. Game as a bantam cock. She takes after her father, who was a true chip of the old block, a regular Highland Browser.' And now, my darling," looking at her with dim, but loving eyes, "you are not going to do any- thing to make me alter my opinion, aro you? If for my sake I ask you to bo bravo, in order to please me, you will try, won't you, Kate, dear- est?" Ho had a way about him of over- coming resistance that went straight to Kate's heart. She felt it impos- sible not to endeavor to comply with a request so touchingly worded. "1 would do anything in the world for your sake," she returned fervid- ly, `anything that you could possi- bly ask of me. But oht "—with a fresh burst of grief—"this—this, Un- cle Campbell, is so hard to bear." Campbell Brewser passed his hand hastily across his brow ere he re- plied. "I know it is, darling, hard for you and .hard for me, very hard for both of us to have to part. We have been such good friends, have we not, Kate. Somehow or other, from quite the beginning we seemed to got on and understand each other's ways. Mine, too, must have been funny, rough ways often and often to' a wee bit •slip of a. girl; but you never seamed to znind them, Kate, earnest children .would have done, or as Herbert did, for instance. Why, the very first day we mot, when I went to fetch you from oil the steamer, instead of being shy and frightened, or Wanting to hide behind your Nanttio's skirts, you looked up into my face with those great truthful grey eyes of yours, slipped your lit- tle hand inside mine, and won my heart tr on t the s) a t p spot. I•Ieigh-Ito) how the good old times come back to one to be sure!" ]lis )Hind seemed to wander to the past, and for a few seconds sil- ence prevailed in the chamber. Then, With art apparent effort at concen- tration of purpose, Cainpl)oll. Brow- ser continue.)-•- " But the minutes are precious, and while I am yet able 1 wish to speak to you. about yoursolf. Rave you over thought what was to become of you, Kate, if this should ha)1? en l which Is now happening?" There was no auistaking the mean- ing of the question. She hid her fare in her hands, while a shudder ran through her frame. All power Of speech seemed to have forsaken her; for what did she caro about the future when he was dead and gone? Everything looked equallydark and 'blank and colorless. She almost went the length of feel- ing vexed with her uncle for bring- ing the setbject under discussion, and wondered how ho could talk so cort:- posocily when. on the eve of leaving her for evermore. She herself could not koop calm when he reflected that she might never see that dear, rugged ta ce aStin, 0n listee to the grave and loving voice. Life with- out him appeared impossible, All the reasoning and argument in the world could never make her think otherwise. "You set), my darling," continued Mr. Browser after a pause, during which ICate's reply was evidently not forthcoming, "you are very young to faro existence all by your- self, and when I go Herbert will be your only living relative -the only one left who will have tho right to care for and tend you. 1 believe him to bo a right-thinking lad at heart, though in many ways ho has not grown up as I could have wished and since he went to college has occasioned me considerable anxiety. Still, I hope everything may come right in the end, and you, Kato, pos- sess courage and determination enough for both. I make no secret of my plans, and if Herbert only accedes to them, I tell you frankly ho will then inherit the greater bulk of my fortune. So long as I lived I was your fitting and natural protec- tor, but at my death it becomes im- possible for a young- man and a young women of your and Herbert's respective ages to live together with- out giving rise to comments of a more or less malicious nature. Don't you begin to comprehend, or is it necessary for me to speak more plainly still? Well, then," sa Kate's countenance assumed a somewhat mystified expression, "I must impart the scheme which for many years past I have cherished, and • which would provide against any such con- tingency. For—Kate, surely now you can guess what 1 mean?" She did at last, as was evident from the downcast oyes and the hot blushes that dyed her girlish face. "Do you mean you want me to• marry Herbert?" she faltered, in a voice she hardly recognized as here own, for the proposition had come! upon her with tate shock of a groat' surprise. "I do. Yon are fond of Horbcrt, and have boon brought up together.1 Therefore, what can be more natural and proper? Unless I am greatly mistaken, Herbert will make you a' kind and good husband." "I don't want a kind and good husband," flashed through poor' Kate's mind, but she dared not give, utterance to the thought, for fear! of vexing her uncle in his present state. "Of course," continued he, "1. should never dream of forcing your, inclinations on either side. Never- theless I • confess I fail to perceive any other plan so well calculated to secure your mutual advantage." "I don't care two straws, uncle, about our mutual advantage," broke in Kate tempestuously. "The thing 1 is, will such a scheme really and 1 truly wake you happy? That is all 1 want to know." "Undoubtedly. The knowledge of your being actually engaged to each other would remove the one care harassing my mind." "Say it again, so that there can- not possibly bo any mistake," re- peated Kate, with a strange insis- tence and feverish eagerness. "If I marry Herbert it will make you real- ly and truly happy?" "Really and truly happy," re-echo- ed Dir. Brewser, wondering a little at her earnestness. "It will realize the fondest visions of my dying days." "Then that is quite enough. 1 cannot. of course. answer for Her- bert and I trust to you, uncle, not to place me ' in any false position, but as regards myself 1 promise faithfully to fulfil your wishes." 6 (To be continued.) TIT FOR TAT. TAT.. A famous Canadian judge, who has a great fund of anecdotes, and who would never think of suppressing a joke because he is himself the victim of it, tells of an attempt which he recently made to poke fun at an Ir- ishman. He was returning to his home after a session of court in a distant county, and as the train was standing at a small station, about twenty miles from his destination, ho espied an old laborer, whom he slightly know, about to enter a car- riage. Tho judgo promptly took the man into a parlor car with himself and Raid for leis seat. As the train rolled along past pleasant farms, the judgo, knowing the man's great love for the Emerald Isle, said:— "Well, John, this is a great coun- try, this Canada. It's away' ahead of Ireland, isn't it?" Tears came into the oyes of the old man at the mention of his na- tive land, and he shook his head as he replied:— "No, indeed, this country is nb- thing like Ireland," "Tut, tut, man," said the judge, in a persuasive tone; "you'd be a long time in Ireland before you'd enjoy the honor of riding in a parlor car with a judge." "Troth, and you're right" replied his companion. And ;you'd be a mighty long time in Ireland before they'd snake you a judge!" iltodgots : "Didn't yeti promise t obey me at the altar ?" Mts. fi. "Yes, but tl•e'le not there now 1" FOR FARMERS .5e;aseioa blo azar Protitable Hints for the ouch Tillers itr, of title Soli. W.IN'TI I2 FEEDING, The all-important question for the. farmer to now consider is. Row can I feed my animals so that they will Yield the best returns in growth, flesh or milk, at the least cost? Tho question should not bo. How little can I feed and still keep up animal life, but what and how much shall I feed to got the best returns and at the same time keep tho animals itperfect health? alth" i in the e ine heath h 2 drove or the herd is all-important, tbereforo to•look to it first. both in the caro and feed. Wo may get health without profit. but wo can- not got profit without health. Low vitality means poor digestion, which in turn moans loss in food consumed. If this is true, ,anything that tends toward better health means more profit, and is certainly desirable, writes Mr. Forest Henry. Nothing is cheaper or more bone facial in this line than pure air, sun- light and exercise. This is not only true with the fattening animals and the dairy herd. I fully, realize that while all agree with me in tho as- sertion that exercise is necessary for the growing animal, sottto will em- phatically deny that any exercise is needed for the fattening animal or THE DAIRY COW. Why is it that God's law that re- quires motion to keep pure the air wo breathe and the water we drink and to give health and vigor to all life, should stop short when it comes to the dairy cow? I cannot help but feel that the practice of. constant and long -continued confinement must result in disaster sooner or later. If it is not noticeable in the animal -it- self, it will crop out in her offspring later on. Any practice that tends to lower vitality in the generation to follow is certainly open to criticism. In regard to kind of feed, the feed- er should ask himself what is desir- ed, milk, growth or flesh, and feed accordingly. A good rule for the in- experienced feeder to follow is that the same fends that produce a good flow of milk in the dairy cow and at the same time keep her up in flesh and vigor will when fed to the grow- ing animal, give excellent returns in growth. On the other hand, a feed that has a tendency to flatten the dairy cow and lessen the flow of milk would not bo a desirable feed for the animal that was not being finished for the market. It pays to fatten an animal only once, and that is when it is to be put on market. Ex- cessive fat is a positive injury to the growing animal or the dairy cow. As much depends on -Clio way feed is fed, when profit is considered, as the feed itself. PUNCTUALITY IN FEEDING is a very important factor. There are many feeds that are not particu- larly palatable to farm animals, al- though they are nutritious. These feeds should be fed when the animals are hungry and will then be eaten with a relish, when if these same feeds were fed when the animal's ap- petite w,as partially satisfied, they would be rejected and become a to- tal loss. By using tact, and feeding the poorer feeds in small quantities first, and those that are more pala- table later, a great saving can be made. The nearer that the feeder can feed up to the full capacity of his ani- mals, the more profit will bo realiz- ed. A little fuel will keep the en- gine running; but it is only when more fuel is added that the machin- ery achinery can be bolted on and the engine run with profit. This -is equally true in feeding farm animals. There is no money made in simply keeping up life. It is the food that is fed over and above a. maintenance ration that gives us our profit. PLENTY OF FRESH WATER is as important as the feed when profits aro to bo realized. 1 do not believe that water should be warmed except in cold weather, and then only to bring it to tho same temperature as when freshly drawn. Lukewarm water is distasteful to man, and why not to our farm animals? In short, feed to the full capacity of the animal such feeds as are cal- culated to produce the results sought for, give plenty of fresh, pure water, give them sufficient exercise to keep them in full vigor and give them at all times that which costs the feeder the least and which often counts for most, pure air and sunshine, and then you aro certain to reap a pro- fit from your year's labor and have the satisfaction that you are engag- ed in the noblest calling on earth,— successful farming. POULTRY NOTES. • Coal Ashes in kienhouscsf—Coal ashes dumped into the henhouse as taken from the stove lend interest to the day's enjoyment of the flock, and their 'keen eyes enable them to find many a bit that they tuck away in their crops and gizzards to keep the mill grinding. See that there are no live coals in the ashes When dumped or you may have roast ben some morning when you do not wish it. The feeding of oyster -shells is claimed to supply the birds with grit, but experiments show that un der circumstances in which no lime can be procured in any other man- ner oyster -0011s May be utilized by the hens to supply shells for the eggs. It is not necessary to feed shells, however, s e o over, when the fowls aro supplied with varied food, as the food of poultry contains .lime suflici- ent for all purposes. • The small Flock.—A small 'flock will prove more profitable, in pro- portion to numbers, than ,a large one. This enables those who live on small' areas to procure eggs at } nominal cost, Tho same atnoi ut of food given to a pig and a fleck of hens for • comparison will give bet- ter results with the fowls than with the pig,to sayuothitt of the fact fi that the flesh of poultry is superior to that of the hog, while greater oleanUnes n is also secured. There is no good reason why every surbur- ban resldont should not keep a small flock of fowls,wht.tlxt.r his area is largo or small. Limed Eggs --The limo process in keeping eggs is to take one pint of salt and ono quart of fresh lime, and slake with hot water. Whoa well settled, gently pour off the liquid in- to a stone jar. Then place the eggs in with a dish, tipping the disli after it fills with the liquid, so that the eggs will roll out without cracking the shell, for if the shell is cracked the egg will spoil, Fut the eggs in whenever they are Fresh. Cce%them covered, itt a cool place, Tho pro- cess is not recommended to those who expect to keep eggs in good con- dition for a longer period than three months. FEEDING HORSES, In feeding hay • tR horses, arrange the manger so as to be the most con- venient height to suit the horse so it will bo high enough for him to reach the bottom, which is made of slats and about eight inches from the floor. Tho • fine dust, etc., goes through and is., easily cleaned out. The horse, of ,all animals is most easily hurt by dust and filthy food yet we commonly seo a horse's man- ger half full of dust and trash. The top of the manger and feed box should be so arranged that 'the top of the horse's head will be oven with his back when he is eating. This plan gives the horse most com- fort and Ito seems to take his feed with move ease than any other way. In giving him the most contifort in the stable, ho will show himself off bettor in harness. It seems unreas- onable to expect a horse to hold his head high when he .must twist his neck iu all shapes to get his hay out of a rack or stand on his tiptoes to reach over in a high manger. GIANT AND DWARF. Biggest Glass Bottle in The Woild And the Smallest. in the window of a glass factory in New J ertey may be seen an• im- mense glass bottle. It can claim the distinction of being the largest blown glass bottle in the world. It is calx able of hclding sixty-five gallons of liquid, and in shape somewhat re- sembles a baby's bottle, bulging at the middle, with a ,stall neck and mouth. This giant of bottles is a trifle less than 5ft. high, and is about eft. in circumference at its widest part. Tho man who blew it is just about as tall as the bottle. If he could man- age to squeeze through the neck he could Sleep very comfortably inside it. If the surface area of the glass blown into the bottle were spun silk, it would ma' e a gown for a moder- ately .large and stout woman. How the bottle came into existence is an interesting story. It appeals that the head of ti:e firm road an ac- count recently of how a German firm had succeeded in blowing a bot- tle capable of holt ing forty gallons. It was declared to bo the only forty - gallon bott'e ever made, whereas the New Jersey firm had made one of this size twenty-five years ago for an exhibition. It was determined, therefore, to eclipse the German feat, and one of tbo most expert workmen was told to blow a bottle to hold sixty-five gallons. Pinned to a card at the base of the big bottle is the smallest bottle in the world, its appropriate mate. It holds jest four drops, and mast be filled with a hypoc'oivtic syringe. It is sa small that it has to be fasten- ed against a jet black background in order that. persons looking in at the window can see it. Catiously enough, more time was required to make the four -drop bottle than the sixty-five gallon one. THE FUN -AND TEE FEE. "One day, when I was young at this game," said the dentist, "a big, muscular farm -laborer came in. Drawing a tooth from the head of this sort of person is usually like uprooting an old oak -,tree, and, in- deed, he seemed to think there was some trouble in store for Itim when he sat down. "will it hurt ?" he asked apprehen- sively, "Well," said I (foe somehow that day. I fait jocular), "if it doesn't it sha'n't cost you anything." "And with that 1 sot to work." "Giles did not make asound while I wrestled with him, but his face spoke volumes. "Well," I said, with a grin, "did it hurt ?" "Not a bit," he said. "And out he' went. leaving me min- us a fee. Of Course, I stuck to my bargain; but I haven't tried to be funny • professionally since." WANTED A HOLIDAY: The generality of clerks approach their principals with the request, for leave of absence for a holiday, with considerable humility, but it is noth- ing compared to the self-abasement of the Babu when on the same er- rand. One native clerk in India thus addressed his employer in a letter seeking holiday leave : "Most Exalted Sir,—It is with most habitually devout expressions of my most sensitive respect that I approach the clemency of your mas- terful position with the self -disprais- ing utterance of my esteem, and in My even mind I shall be freed from the assumption that I am asking un- pardonable donations if 1 assert that I desire a chert respite from my ex - ortions t decd, a fortnight's holiday as I am suffering from three boils, as per margin. I have the honor- able .delight of subscribing myself your exalted reverence's servitor,. K." in the margin was drawn a rongh but graphic illustration of the three boils, and their resp e tit's locations on the body of their victim 1 FORTUNE IN PORPOISES `X`I3EY'RE WOI?»TFI x:"iG;,t{Z',jr • VI4 $300 A ]ti;G` Frosty Twelve. to Eighteen Feet Length, 'het Small Rod Initis 'Em. Tourists crossing the St. Lawrence from the mouth of the Saguenay can almost always .enjoy the sight of a )number of porpoises disporting them- selves' upon' the water in the neigh., boyhood of Tad'oussac. The groat white cetaceans appear like shape - Less utasses of blubber as their arch- ed. backs allow from tine to time above the surface, They aro doubt•• less attracted to the mouth of the Saguenay by tho large number of salmon which enter 0 river throughout the aeasort A large industry O. ted soon to spring up izi various parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in connection with the hunting of porpoises. It. has already been attempted upon a small scale, but the difficulty of cap- turing any great number of the ani- mals has stood in the way of suc- cess. ' Now the difficulty has been. overcome through the observations and experiments of. Campbell MeNab, a Canadian hunter, who has spent • many years in the study of these ant - mals. Tho adult porpoise of the St. Law renco and the North Atlantic Ocean ., is from twelve to eighteen feet_ length. It somewhat reseinbeiee ' a `, dolphin in shape, with large ,dorsal fin and a mouth armed with many strong and sharp tenth. Each per- poise is believed to oat from one to three barrels of fish a day, so that is is difficult to estimate THE FRIGHTFUL RAVAGES which they make among the Saloon, the herring and the cod. They are largely gregarious, though they of- ten hunt their prey in couples. Mr': McNab has often peered over the edge of an overhanging rock to watch. them catching salmon at the mouth of a stream and sometimes a long distance up a river, where . they fol- low their prey. They chase a sal- mon into a shallow and then two approach it from either side. The salmon appears unable to move, as if paralyzed with fear. If ho at- tempts to rush from one of his pur- suers ho falls into the (Ilion mouth of the other, The porpoise is equally expert in fishing for the slippery eel. Mr, McNab opened one of these animals the other day and found more than forty eels in its stomach. To pre- vent their wriggling, and to aid di- gestion, igestion, the porpoise cracks the skull of the eel between its teeth before swallowing it. Like the eel, the porpoise can live a, long time out of the water. In fact, it is virtually' ainSl2i otb� ►.., Some time ago Mr. McNab shot as number of the animals which. had been hauled ashore and bound to- gether by their tails. After skinning °nether lot at somo distance and tak- ing aking out the blubber, he turned a few days later to the lot which had been last shot. Unknown to him one had not been killed outright. As ho passed in front of it it growled'° at him "like a dog," he says, and opened its jaws to snap him. Tho porpoises are captured by be- ing imprisoned at low tide on the shoals, over which they have jour- neyed when the tide was high, in pursuit of their prey. Hitherto the difficulty has been to find any barri- er strong enough to rn such enormously strong, hear beasts, and so many of them together as are sometimes enclosed. Mr. McNab has made the interesting discovery that. TFIE ENORMOUS NETS through which they often broke are not necessary to hold back the brutes. They are unable to stand the slightest vibration in the water, and so all thet the hunter now finds necessary is to fasten a long thin pole like a fishing rod to a stake in the mouth of the stream, the bay or the estuary within which it is -de- sired to retain the porpoises. They remain to be stranded and killed up- on the shallows rather than venture past the vibrating rod. This sensitiveness is believed to have its seat in the oar of the -ani mal, which has so small an opening that it might almost have been made with n. pin. For years DicNab . has held firmly to this theory, only to be laughed at for his pains. He has now proved it beyond peradventure, and has reaped the fruit of his per- sistence: At one tide recently he secured sixty-nine of the animals on the shoals of the Portnouf. River a few miles below Tadoussac, and next year will pursue operations there upon a larger scale. He has secured a nine year lease of the shoal from the Government and has apparently a fortune within easy reach. The skin and oil from a single porpoise are worth from $30 to $50.. . The utmost caution has to be tak en not to drive the animals away from their haunts. IP any of the blood or refuse of their dead is per- nuttod to reach the water, Mr. Me - Nab declares, they will desert the place entirely.. This is the expiate tion he gives of the present absence of porpoises from the River Ouelle and other places on the banks of the St. Lawrence. where a few years ago many of them were annually killed. The porpoise, he says,, is ono ofatod, the most intelligent animals ere - Native modesty will do to start with, but to amount to much it niust bo cultivated. Mrs. Thu H r i . ` rttp-. a cl c . ""IJnd,ask1lIr s, Noxdoo r if my ane i �nr3: t"' disturbed her baby ?"' Sers'antjs T ""key mum, and she said the baby, liked it, and She whs Much. obliged to you for pinyin' so Muth. Mrs. Thump - Hardie : "Did she, really?" tei'vrt;.t: "Yes, muni. She said it ..sired hen* th' trouble cd tt0ttndiin' on a tl.it Pan."