Exeter Times, 1904-3-17, Page 6kn. TsuIt trsted rofoung3
of the most s '
f'****16tAtldtfikefit°4E4441K‘IE*444t4PIEthketheefifiMtkeeneseS P ^ t
_ ea. 0 wounded vaulty, he could
0Li to her sensos. Nevertheless, he
not possibly have displeyed more
AF nt truly Machiavellian tactics, or auy
* Mere calcUlated to bring the young
was guiltleee of such tute diplomacy
W and simply kept Aloof because he did
not now 1ioo his advences inighe
be received, a/u1 because he wae too
Proud to Itlaete himself to A fielse ye-
eitten, Kate, oix the col/triune had
so coostrued his porting words as to
imagine he WoUld seize the first op-
•
NG
Kinship Between Ilan an
^t*
11.4;n/rfeeielefe),Iis”,n,n43114att,90,nt3enaoleleVp,
1111.11110
'CRAFTER XII,
,n4n.,30,1410104/tt,eileieteldfole
1;11,er aotione? The thing WAS ridima- 1. *feuel Ila •d
ne
, portartity oi renewleg her orqueint-
le
-qrs. Forrester, having mace wider, lolls. absurd. PrePestereen. nein and when
ei o she intention of tho doing so felt decidedly
tenerti a benevolent Mission. had' tie ire, Pteattted, her;stfthdi, ell'etait.tiree.t ...with humiliated. SuCh ira woman's ne
ltleo ot allowing it to remain at, a VQ-11Y°C"91:1' fa"" 4Ztre,
fnl irhOrre Moe la true.
olndoton nine on experieomot gForAlSdOrer
reater had. bee?. right anYina and "tsitose continent is aseured Weide
era.% se considered the position la !sho was her own mistress, med. coaid
but with cold reward; while the heir, its bearinge, onoi despising isertu follow her own inclinattoota What it In unstesellest. incooeistaut, slippery
Colonol Clexacer had banked himeelf
eke a condition only worthy chrysalie- • cupiee her whole thoughtn
es and doruttne• at once threw out. marrY Iler' 41wooer oc
" ."11'44 tW9 tc) Inake and attention,
siiirmiehern eetd determinea opon a 'nate& a'nd in the Lae4ntiate
tediTeet aSternooe Ide,te Brewser once
nate action. there Dot erti
be a can fitful pleasure e
° tn. dissromatin° the „adventurer to. — '
again roue nopee inr herself but the
:t was towing to tho deeision thus,:tottie,„ hi„,1 weaponsside was eoneneratively tame and
ndo her lira appeara
Semi/mei at tevee on Sunday morning, I a q re s p
cool:;es.„ tc, cinteventful. The gates we
Katthe t„tottin? Tiire ceSy
'When elm Tonce I: sitre„Ile.,„ far; (1); ftTe ones; tho Duckling stood like a lamb,
dowa`,Ttnirs, e received ente puedied eleen leentat with jos
opistnn written itt a. bold. manly • -^."74- — - tiose and no k xht-e t'
Ito
writing, • ing in a are, and she felt there h- ° r" -a s ee'rvIces
Mies Breiener*
yen end Xise Wbitb
short invitat,tee, end gi
ro of your cotonany ot
night ot 7.30 o'eloc
olonel Clinker and one
ington equisites to
will only be quite
r, to begin with,
re; emit secoudly,
appliances nor the
etit Suitable to large
T at. believe, is the
now -a -awe. Qt? '
d regards,
lzmenoirtt, tothepz.r4t4 dsviLmorLsItte IcItlx34t, twreessvre. ciregdu',0.1,-%ed ItIbnederroltits1 fftzt:c!nsa-•
nrel Abe vowed whenever tbey met to able cOnditiellS it might rea.senebly
at him with frd. indiffeeenten In" been °N.P'eyteti dnims°1 bl`"
Forrester's appeal had atruelt, ft selt sintuld prove contentbut
d, anti found Kato in a suit- ,11)tarlled dilS"tit'eed f"tcl
d for its reoption. tore mood, not wholly to be. am -
herefore oat down mid wrote "unted bY a moist day end the
tut eXceedingly civil little letter to eheavY '13hPlettatOlt Clipg14g c/t
.4rs, Foereeter, in which she took the later) habit.
•opportunity of assuring ter thot the "Rave YOU entove4 yourself, Ito?"
ncident referred to Wen t.4 ao fialced Mary WhltbreAtl, wIto.
consequeno 04 she hod forgotten it Iheitne C°531. firth Was whyl-ning her
leng ;little feet on the fender.
Alai airs, Forreeter, when she road I 1Sot A bit. Toe otti.twretched
me sincerely y
the contents, ono more cboonled own. day's sport, Dom! absolutely no -
JANE FORRESTER_
PlacontlY. end said to hereelf, "Ahal f thing. awl all I've got for lily 114.ins
that Miss Ilrewser is a. deep 'no is a thorough geed setahing,"
eenstder it a partl..;deePer rind Pronder even than A' Whereupon Kete staled up -stairs
color favor you will ceme, end by Ithouglit ber, All the better. xi* it without deigning to enter into auy
lieidg Prove that my unfortunate :,rontes to pitting ber ,.brains ag,aiest i further eXPlartatirMs voncerning the
nontion of e certain little oi•tinotle,„ "Miran WO• Shall See NOW gth tbe itort-comiuge of the weather and .be
whieh renzaba nataelese. Itas (laY. Poet' Jaelti Ho% A dear geed igneertaIntY Qt fox-hunting,
boon forgiven:" fellow; but It's loony for tow 1toon “notbing is so uiee as one expects
.04. lent lady! she reit cormiso.., th thtn .1.11 bendbo neva, could ,1 to be,“ She IMISed uni.1iv,"Frui-
t title arttell„v worded post, idled tbrongh by himself. The t)tion. brings but Pend Sea asites."
would Clinch the matter.aet the matter is them lwiresses Whereby it may be even the young
tte• proud eff LunIter.,xlgt spout, endure' es Artful and as left" "was inclined to tie a. very de -
gulf' with, uhnode ked in their ways as vizo.. spending view of life on this porta-
up Vzo note, 44and , the Month or Mora. There"e color evening. which did not, how.
let zee think she ,no unnior them straight anyhow."' ,ever, prevent her front hestolving
tolonel Clinker, ; which reflection Mrs. Forces- "unusual antOtirit Of thought os
unless my experieno of human k off het' Sunday gown, Ai—which garillent in her posseesioa.,--,
tore Ito falittelouS." . For.. 'placed it by her work -a -day skirt, !block, white, ping, or blue—would
‘foter'8 previsions farmed out ns eor- land retired to the Pl"itfc/ to gst.v to ;prove most becoming to Iter epecial
usual, her observatter 4°8° of wPet
t : Sind being second 'only in la,rstd_ neaant tuother, whose hopes throat. Kate ended by choosing a simple
as ions on ' 41 8 " ex-14tYle i:4t bealitY.
cnity to those on horselleslt
Arid cal,- Vned to to blighted by a troublesome i white gown, "lade or soxue sort,
I cough. clinging material, which fitted lier to
since the preceding afternoon i On the followiug morning Xate Perfection. setting forth tbe lince of
ate's indignation had cooled to A Wnt Ont witb Str Bennellelnli tom.. ;her slim yet rounded figure culetieult-
considerable extent--otten tiard's botinds. Being a wet day, 117. A Single •row of pearls encircled
with people well° nueraeh indulged iMary Whitbread preferred remaining her slender white throat, 'above which
fit of anger, before loog enpern, in tile ilellne, tottl Kate elected to the shirting hair was arranged i
n 1
naturttl revulsion, whieh Intikeo 'hack efft to covert, In the (went emootit dark coils. Twenty ntieutee
begin to inquire how far tbeir II or 3neeting Colonel elianer she iuld sufficed to bring them to 3
Utt boo been justified, and whe_ „decided on bowing politely but frig e natiOn, where. after they had de-
preesien may not have oVerraled '1111Y , as.°Idirig •any attempt at can posited their outer wroitoings In the
ton-uonsoo The human =Ina is versaelon. Citriottely commit, bow- hall, they were ehowo into a small
to nstittitett that it often reoders a. ever. that gentiernans conduct ap- but well -lit room, plainly and cora-
sort or dual vision possible, which ,licared Le haVe been regalateci by pre- fortably furnished in an old-farthioned
presenting both sidee of a question, 'elr'elY the same train of thoneht, for substantial style. A bright fire flout-
opene out a, plea. of extenuating dr_ . when lie stew Kate he made en icy
cuMstaneee, until, like a ball on the retiutation, 0.nd throughout the doy
rebound, whose every spring erowe never once °Ifered to °°113° near 1.1"'
est an the health, and around it Mrs.
Forrester and three or four mon
were olread,y -congregated, deefi la the
lethk.r and feebler, eoreth dies Deena 2`40 One seeing the pair would have horseenfoxey conversation which usu-
tilt,ogether. late hael by no axone guessed they WiTt, not ouly acquaint- allY Prevails in the Shires •during
arrived at this peaceable frume of ed, hut had ridden aMicabl,y home the blurting :mason, when all other
mind, nevertheless, see was underroe together. side by side; for Several topics pale before the absorbing sub -
Ing that preliminary stage when tlle MIR'S' Colonel Clinker treated her Ject of the chase, and even politics
conduct and actioas, glanced rit rel- like a stranger, and evidently de- are IightlY touched upon and as
.
rosteCtively, Ohl not appear so what- clineta to prestune upon an introduce
ly and entirely Satisfactory as they tion so Informally obtained. At Arst
had firPSC only a, few hours hefore. 'she was not ill -pleased by this state
Varions emotions disturbed her of things, feeling it removed much
wben silo recalled the pansago of cease for embarrassment, but as the
arms a, -she had had with Colonel h°1 -41's Passed ou and she began to
' -'--eiiiirer on the day befone She rtg ;fancy that he not only kept at a dis-
solved in future to treat the offender tance, but did so intentionally, her
a cool civility, tar mere galling 'feelings unclerwerit a curious and un -
n paltry worde, wind, should accountable revolution. She felt
1ntintain her womanly cliguity and hurt, and thought, in spite of their
prevent, any „laps, Into vniaar re. little tiff, ha need not have been
faliation. She was conscious that quite—quite so stand-ofl. If she
she had not come out of the fray were ready to forgive, so at least
with flying colors, but having made night he he' 1V°111en' Indeed' aro
these resoletioes. it appeared mit strangely contradictory beings to
Pardonable folly, quite unworthy plea.se, and often scarcely Ituowing
of the ma.sterly position ehe intended themselves what they really wish Lor.
as.suraing, to decline to meet Colonel Had Jack Clinker come up to Kate
Clinker at the house of a xnutual
• early in the morning and tried to
• friend. tould not the very act of make peace, slae would certainly have
aiding him be a siga of cowardice shown him the void eh,oulcier, and
and defeat? and would not her doing probably seized the sewer first oppor-
se invest that gentleman with an tunity of establishing a quarrel; but
importance he was very very far from as he behaved' in exactly the some
possessing? So far an colonel cm_ way that sho had chosen, and never
------eettsnee--i lectecl lier, Kate Browser, no volunteered to address a single re-
eves an absolute cipher, and likely to °lark t° her nor after the pret form -
remain so. Under these cireurestanc- al bow to gave the least sign of re -
es, why should he be so honoured as cognition, she felt exceedingly morti-
to influence, or even be supposed to J3ed and displeased. As for Jack
have the power of influencing, one of Clinker. hart hie conduct here the re-
mold a,reely Burt the Pains and Ahs
Have Entirely Disappeared 'Thanks to
Chase's Kidrtey-Liver PHs
kid lel- ft
out benefit, and hearing of many be-
ing cured by using Dr. Chase's Kid-
ney -Liver Pills, I made up my mind
to give them a trial. A,fter having
taken six boxes of C,is medicine in
succession, can truly say that 1: am
in better health to -day than 1 have
been lor twenty years. The rheuma-
tism pains have entirely disaPpeared,
and 1 am well and hearty. AS I am
nearly seventy years of ago; 1 con-
sider my cure remarkable, and giyo
al 1 credit to Dr. ChaL--e's
i ve P ° 11:
Dr. Chase's lite,v-Ltaer Pills, one
r..1B doe, 25c a box, at al/ dealers,
or alraon, Bates afz..- Co„ Toronto,
To protect you again.,,L, imitationS,
the I) r a t and signatilfe of 11r,
A. 1,77 Chase, Ole htinot($ receipt
ri - au r, on evene box,
s er all, are respore.
mie for rheumatism as wen as most
01 , other pains and •aches of the
dy, and lasting cure can. only be
obtained when the kidneys atet set
..1)c, Chase's i en -Li ver Pi II s are
the Most pOpular anci successful 1.<1d.-
nov. meoicine of the day, -because
they a,ct promptl,y and ate 01 Ia,st-,
g ben e
fr, Chia rles Morrish, Dor chest er
AIlddle8e-K. county, Ont.,
7] f,ei; desire to acknowledge to
eta tile heilefit have reLeived fro M.
Pr. 0 ht2FO.'S heianey-Livee, For
111)001 tWetwo months .t could 'hardly
walk, On 11U:0U:it Of .1)03 rfg 'so Crippleii
) woe hidnOy (lime:teen t and
hglitly let, alone.
"Row do you do, MISS Brewer? So
very good of you to eetnie en such
a short informal invitation," said
their hostess significantly, as she ad-
vanced to welcome her guests. She
was dressed in a high dark silk, with
a white cap, stuck a little awry on
the top of her head, suggesting the
idea cid having been perched there bY
accident rather than design, and in
this attire so much more closely re-.
sembled her sex than in the daYtime,
that Kele at erst scarecey recognized
her quondam acquaintaace. "I don't
pretend to give grand dinners," con-
tinued Mrs. Forrester. "Aly chef de
cuisine is not aearly accomplished
enough for that. You see a lone old
omen does not require much in the
eating way, and i eastronomic luxuries
aro really wastedupon me. Person-
!'
i ally, I care for nothing but a little
plain mutton or beef, and detest all
your Made up kickshaws. HOweheri
I tiehl you beforehand, yeti must not
• expect remelt, and that we should only
be a small party."
'"Int. so glad of it," said Kate,
pleasantly. "I think large London
dinner parties so/nothing awful; and
depend upon it, /note six to eight
is the right number."
"We have hit on a happy medium
then, for we are exactly seven" re-
plied Mrs. Forrester cheerfully, "But
now let me introduce you and Miss
'Whitbread to my friends Captain Ful-
ler, Mr. Graham, Mr. McGrath, and
Colonel Clinker. The latter is a ce-
lebrity, so 1 need Say nothing about
him, and is looked upon as our Fox-
ington lion by the rural population,
whose minds are fascinated by his
achievements."
"Dees the lion growl?" asked Kate
maliciously. ,
"Jack," said the old lady. "Come
here and answer that question for
yoorself. Miss 13rewser wants to
know if you growl?"
• ".Yea and show fight .too, when, un-
fairly attacked," he replied, . with
meaning: "The lion may be a noble
animal, but there are limits even to
his endurance."
Kate blushed, • "teens are useful
oceasionally,' she said, with a sort
of half apology, determined to pro-
duce Some change in •his cool de-
nehanour. "I thinit WO haVO Met
before.''
T remember the circurnatance well,
Miss DreIvser."
"Indeed.? Your memory appeared
to lee uncoil:In-10311yshort,"
Not shorter, if you will forgive
rnft for saying so, than other peO-
pls.,'s.''
“What " here in terrupted Mrs.
Forrester. "Do you mean to say
you two are "01.1 arimaintances?'' She
eit ilmling 'an in7
oduction had` already been effected
without her intervention:, Her • be-
s-
ife
ce Company.
7th ANNUAL REPORT.
The now business of the year was the largest ever submitted to the
The Year's Business.
ataad the figures in tabular form, together with those
for 1902, aro f011oovS
Number of appli ations received ,
&Institut of Asseraucete applied for.
Policies paid for .
Totai husineseh fere°,
1903.
6,863
„•- er.s.ssi,360
. •••• • ••••• ••••
10,1e/,139t
•
• ,. 11#3,53U10
Of the applications reeleiVed, .g60 fer
the Cempany's atundard.
1902.
5,e/22
410,0s7,672
9,734,002
8,393,385
89,179,575
Increase,
1.841
$3.111%183
t,t9•41.030
1,113.713
6,350,531
Assurances a $0,93,716 were declined, as not conformitig to
The gross prennurn and Anntlity income was $2,847,559.71, and the iucome
The IacQme. from interest, including $00,757.20 profit on sale of secerities, reached the
heedsonie sum of Ma713,374,33, Together these ',lake the total grose ineenine (exclusive of pay-
ment* on account of Capital Stook), $4,023,034.07,
T2eThe death eittinne lead during the year amounted to $1,227,414.42. The
1c).7'"'v4.4L'$* matnred endownieuts and death claims (inoluding bonus additions), and
annuities paid iu UO3, amounted to $1,528,4.20.40, while .1.4..5.,273,40 wati paid & eaeb divkiends and
urrender values to itolieyboidertn makiug total. paym,ents to policyholders $1,073,003,80.
The Assets,
The total essets at the 31st December, 1903, as shown by the baianoe sheet,
amount to $27,180,007.21, being an iuerease a $1,215,07471 over 1902—a
growth. that your Directors think, is very satisfactory. er,llet useal conservative tractice of the
Company hes been followed in the valuation of its essets.
The growth a tit(' Company's assets in the past twenty reeve is showti by
following table:tho
—
TOTAL. saarz%).
4.1p,0 in
StSt$
• 414,313,
4.00 1 In IS as . . • e0,0„.8,se
03, 27,1801000
Li
In the valu u a the policy liabilities, the Company's own standa d ha
lie iablities.
ttgain been employed, vtz.; the Institute of Aetuaries* Table, with interest at
34% for ell business pr,or to January lst, 1000, and the same table with 3% interest for policies
issued since that date. The total net Reserve by this valuation standard amounts to $25,003,374„
In addition to this the Company holds Reserves of :3132,315 for lapsed policies subject to 3..evival,
and $55,028 for instalment claims fund. After providing for these Reserves and for all liabilities,
except Capital Stock, there remains a surplus on policyholders' account of $1,801,307.32, A large
section of our business was vulued on the new table kuowu as the Ou Table, and the Reserves
brought out amounted to 00:7% of the ite:30tVO4 required by the table now in 1.130 by the Com-
pany. So that it would appear that no material ehauge in Reserves would result by tho adoption
of the more recent tables a mortality. So far as is known this is the first occasiou upon which
these new tables have been used in a valuation in Canada or the United States tAy, any Company
having an established business.
A full report of the meeting will appear in the Company's
paper, Life ki.choes,
setting foible colisIsted in liking to
be couSidered as the nude/spring of a
elock, without which the worke
could •not fulfil thotr functions, For
the clock to go without her being in-
strumental in setting it in motion
was a direct infringement al her na-
tural rights.
"Not precisely old acquaintances,"
corrected Kate, emphasizing the ad-,
Jective, emerelet very casual ones,"
"Yes, extremely casual ones," as-
sented Colonel Clinker, with a readi-
ness whieh soniehow exasperated her
tot a little; "so cusual, indeed, that
Miss Ilrewser appeared, when we last
met in the hunting -field, to have to-
tally ignored the existence of so
humble a person as myself."
"Why I bowed to you. What more
would would you have had me do?"
"Ohnothing," with irritating sang
friod, "A frigid inclination of the
head was sufilcieet to satisfy my
aspirations. I am not vanbitions."
"row men are at your time of life,
but you appear highly contradic-
tory!'
• "Do 1? If so 1 cannot lay claim
to any originality, F.ven ladies are
inclined to be so at times."
Kate colored again. She began to
find this exchange of witticisxns less
favorable to • her own powers of re-
taliation than she had expected. Iler
teraper was rising.
• "Come, come!" Um. Forrester ex-
claimed, once more intervening. "I
can't have you two sparring at each
other. Jack! I'm curious, and
want to. know how you made this
young lady's acquaintance?"
"That's easily explainer)," said he.
"Miss Brewser happened to stand in
need of a little assistance one day
coming home from hunting, and I
was fortunate enough to be ablo to
reneer it, in place of a groom. •In-
deed, I'm not quite certain she did
not mistake me for one. She prob-
ably intended (tiering Inc a vacant
situation, for that is ,the only way
I can accouet for the profound sor-
row she expressed on discovering ray
ineligibity."
IM spoke jokingly; but his eyes
fastened themselves upon Kate with
an expression of, .quiet Sarcasm. She:
was clever and quick-witted, and in
her intercourse with men often felt
herself intellectually superior, but
for once, beneath that calm exterior,
she recognized a master epirit. She
would like to have trampled upon
him, to have beaten biro down into
the dust, to have shown her own
greater power, and then perhaps to
have ultimately displayed forgivenees;
but now, to her groat surprise, the
tables were turnod, and she appeared
likely to suffer defeat, instead of in -
eliding la
(To be coniiiheel )
1 To prove to you. Illat•
Chase* Ointraentis a eorLain
•1 S and alisoluto cure for eaeV
•tted, every term or itchinit
bl e odin g end i)rotrurl iia piles.
:he naannfacturers ba-ve guaranteed 11. bee teip
imenials in tlie daily prags and ask yeity nei.gli.
tors Avii,t, tho3r,think or li, •Yon mu nee it and
tee our aorton'elt back if not cured. nee e box, et
111 dealers or ribmAi_qtioN.BATti,t & C19'.. Toronto,
Dt's 0 tlase-s C$1r8-4merat
IIANDLING GIRAFFES.
Reaeons Why Few of Them Ar
Ever On Ex.hibition.'
n'There is one o' -de r that 1 tover
like to fill," said tho old animal col -
le tor. "That ordter is one for a
live giraffe.
"Lions and gotillos and tigers and
nythous are easy to catch as com-
pared 'with a giraffe. The long-leg-
ged, longmeeked beast can see, smell
and hear a bunter miles away. And
when a herd eruells danger, off it 10.11
dash.
A giraffe is ono of the animals whielt
wi I break their hearts in captivity.
a Tl.e poor brute will actually cry
with homesickneeri--ae lertst, I have
naellszys figured that it's hontesick-
"So catching giraffes len't a busi-
ness that a man refiner hankers for,
The loward is gloat, however, if you
can succeed in Carrying CM0 bp1110
alive, for tile giraife is to -day the
most costly wild animate and a col-
lector can get utmost any price
within reason for a good specimen."
TIM CANADA LIFE'S Irwl'ORT.
Splendid Showing Node at 57th
Annual Keating.
A striking statement was made :by
Bon. Geo. A. Cox, President of the
Canada Life Assurance Company, at
that institution's annual meeting. Re
pointed out that since the company's
inception it ties paid out to policy-
holders and their heirs °Vol' $27,000,-
000. Such a fact gives some idea of
the „vast benefits -that$ J5e.,s5uolto,for000rn life
insurance. Over t
assurances are now carried by the
c*DinorPriiiiillgY.1903 the new beeiness paid
for amounted to welt over $10,000,-
000, a gratifying advance even upon
1902, itself a record year in the com-
pany's history. The assets of the
company- increased notably during tho
year, and ebw stand at well over
$27,000`:000. In making up its po-
licy reserves the cou1pa1s3r again "em-
ployed the most stringent valuation
basis of any old -established life cona-
pany on the American continent. Ov-
er and above even these strong re-
serves the surplUS On policyholders'
accOunt is more than $1.860,000.
"You can't catch a giraffe in a
pith II. Jt would be eertain to
break its legs or neck if it turnblod
into a. pit. There is no trap that
would do. A trap powerful enough
to hold, the strong beast would
estinch its deneate legs Iike Pipe
stems. So there is only one way to
eatelt giraffes. alive, and it mighty
hard way it
"They must be surrounded by driv-
ers and chased until they bring up,
weary and helpless, in an enclosure
made of netting and bamboo. That
=earls a drive of many miles, last-
ing many days; for it would never
do to chive them into the enclosure
in the Bret rush of their terror. They
would dash headlong into it and kill
thernselt en.
"Thie, hunting is a, terrible pieee of
business in itself. But after the gir-
affes are safely penned in the hardest
work has only begun. That is to
trarsport the beasts through 500 or
more mites of pri meval wilderneas
to the nearest seaPort.
"Men have tried all kinds of ways
to do this, even to driving the great
brutes. But that doesn't pay, The
rik of accident as too great.
"I prefer the old fashioned plan,
to pen the animals in a. bamboo cage
open at the top so that their should-
ers and necks can stick out. Then
the cnge is ]abed to great bamboo
poles, from twenty to thirty feet
long. As many natives as possible
lift the four ends to their shoulders
and off goes Mr. Giraffe on a free
irit to the ocean.
"Tho giraffe's legs break very eas-
ily. This is the ever preeent danger
all the .way • to the coast. But when
port is reached, it becomes still
more grave, for it is in bringing the
animal aboard a ship and during the
storms of a voyage that the collec-
tor May expect every naoment that
his precious property will. slip.
'And if it slips and goes down in
ite narrow . quarters, it's good -by
giraffe, for its legs haven't room
enough in an ordinary stall ort a
ship and are almost sure to double
under it if it falls. •
'Bringing tlie onimal aboard le an
uncler toe ing in iteel I, When •tile
steam winth begins to hoist the deen
Pen with the brute's belplees neck
sticking out like a mast, the
collec-
tor' e heart is in his reotzeh, foe the.
giro s head mar r'Ot tangled
nes 011if the tael, le of the ship or
strike a f.ipar, 1111151. F,hroud, and
then there 3.3.311 be, wild times.
-And it ise't only broken limbs
,and e imil en a cel den is that 13(11 130)
the giraffe collector derin.e nvoyeae,
IMMUTABLE JUSTICE..
Tn. the Argentine Republic the staff
of a train to which an accident oc-
curs are imprisoned until they can
prove themselves guiltless of negli-
gence. In the neighborhood of the
town of Cordoba. a few weeks ago a
slight accident occurred to the loco-
motive of a train. So slight it was
that the driver and stoker prepared
to put it right ahemeetves. But the
law interposed in the shape of the
police of a village near by, who
there and then haled the driver and
"stoker oa to durance vile, leaving
the passengers to drive the erigine
themselves if they felt inclined to,
TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN.
The sweetheart of a man at Col-
marl,li.tiascEcleap.ledsi
died soilTeeequtein3atedo ago.
Hevt,
her sister, who dihd, hoe ever, two
days before the wed -ding Clay, • In a
few weeks the determined fellow will
wed Wie mother of his two former
sweethearts.
NOT A SINGLE ONE LEFT. -
At the present -rate of progress
(says t)e...Tepee Gazette), there ,wilt DOG IliZIGANDF.'c.
135 eardie. a siegie person lef t Co.ic511 brie -ands eave..0inalopei
n3i\ 113 .,Yokohaina, The' new •onetliod-nI attacj,... They, noc.‘,
text, hoWeVer, shows.: that. I `..Single' teained dOgv to„,riu4
1] bon
harP eettnattiede VicAins'
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OrT.4 MOISTURE. I:
t Of tint ,Seif. 4
*46.01/2Nloite.**311.i.,04;e4li•4",*s^WmtletONI
The retention of moteturet in the
e9i1 ia dependent on clinietie chang-
es; yet it is a matter subject to
natural levee, upon es-hich Intelligent
action can be brought to boar to the
advantage of the tiller of the :mil.
Every frismer ie aware 9f the Ilse
of cultivation in coneerving soil
moisture. The reasons why cultiva-
tion does so, however, are too of-
ten forgotten. Land that has been,
plowed in the fall is, atter the efthet
of winter frost and fall and Spring
weatheiing, in a- state highly' awn
ceptible to the effect of capinary at„,
traction, and if loft too long with-
out being handled by some cultivat-
ing impleenent, all the moisture
available for plant food would eva-
porate, and tho farmer would be at
the mercy of the spring rainfull, the
entennt of bis crop being ahnosti
who ly dependent UpOlk What 0410U11,t
of early rain such a, Aeld WOUld get.
Qopillary attraction, is the natural
/aw under 'which guide rine in a tube
to a 'high level than tho fleiti into
pwlittirehd.thtlIol°Itlilr oenlIstitr0ateftsile tealatero
ube Is
c
eriatpirelnyetactrtrulacatyiebne, ptuitubeeead Ovferdti jacaer-1...
slYublrovietrhg:clsiutr,41AlvaPtelsrt, °tilt eat, IrtfrItl'7111.1gtbile
foi nil that the woter will rise ha
each tube considerably above the
10 el of tho surfaeo of water in
whi.h it is placed. It wi.1 also be
found that, the water tises higher in
tbe tubes of einaller diameter. and
that the bight to whieh it, riseis
in uniform proportioe to the dieenne
ter of the tehes, The ectil awl also
the SUbSOU IS
A SERIES OP TU'RES
Upon Whieh capillary attraction ie
alWayS Acting, toed the smaller the
particles of evil the Smaller will he
the tubes into width it will form.
It is also the ease that in Soil no
puheri4ed that these capillery cells
are "very email and close together
moisture Is Mere 'uniformly brought
from the nulasoil to the surfaee.
Flvaporation is• the great diseipator
of Inoleture„ and. its action eftIl be
best counteratited by the presence in
the soil of a large proportion of
humus. Humus is the product of
decaying vegetation chemically acted
upon by the organisms in the soil,
and by weathering. It is the soil,
constituent most amenable to cul-
tivation and the tree containing most
soil moisture available ?Cr crop pro-
duetion.
No bard -and -fast rule for moisture,
00tuerving can be laid down to Cover
any eXtended area. Local condi-
tion& have a groat deal to do hi the
matter. Clay and peat sous aro
soils aro naturally better aehtpted to
the conserving of moisture than
loam or sandy soils. Soil in ,which
sand largely predominates is so sun-
teptiblo to the effects of capilinner at-
traction end eValtoratiOn that it
woUld scent an ituorentiettbie matter
to materially diminish the condi-
tion. Loam., however, is more re-
tentive of moisture and the higher
the Percentage of humus it contains
the greater in proportion Will its
retentive powers be. Humus is the
greatest known moisture -conserving
agent, and whore it constitutes a.
high percentage io the soil, moisture
is coesorved without much aid from.
the cultivator. The reaeon of this
is hinnas, because of its peculiar
sponge-eilte character, is enabled to
hold moisture in larger quantitjes.
than. any of the ordinary clays,.
sanes or towns, aed wheu this re-
tentive power itt assisted by . the
formation of a xnulch or dust blan-
ket which interrupts the rise of 'mois-
ture to the surface the water eou-
tent of the soil is at is. maxi/turn. .
'WHERE HUMUS IS SCARCE,
cultivation has a proportionately
less influence, arid in ligbt sandy
Son it is almost impossible to mal,h,
a mulch on the surface; hence, it ie
tha,t rarely do we fillet a heavy crop
on soil which is constituted chiefly
Of sand. Although such trolls may,
contain all n,ecessary plat food in
sufficient quantity, it is only in
seasons when the rain fall Is suffi-
cient to keep the soil supplied with
moisture that the crop receives the
full benefit of the plant fOod, for all
plants feed through very minute root
hairs, and plant food to lit available
for these tiny feeders must be in ae
state of solution.
Clay soils will absorb a geeat deal
more moisture than sand or befun,
and such soils have also a far more
retentive power in regard to mot's -
titre. All eoils, howevee, ,can be
improved by the addition ' of huraus
for several reasons. Farm -yard
manure is the most general way of
enriching the soil by the addition of ,
humus. Plowing down heavy erne/-
it/tie is also a plan to the same end.
may be, however, a plan •which
aled defeat its object unless the stub -
b° be turned down and completely
covered over, and packed so as .i.0
ileavo. no subterranean apertures t
oo
ster weeds in wet weather, and
add to the evite of evaporation in
dry weather,
other
gig ti'llneoistc)1111rei,s abugtood• oi‘'iv'l,' 1,1010
Anuhen:erhaaentd iiiltatleaevffeeest.a,wsyci):1)1,tiiira tzil:gd,
gatrtraction and evaporation act with
even surface on which 1.) 0 th ca pillary
eoeater intennity. •S eme forme. s
ilvni.tah'wterrjraaarsiglieganbrie6311/,(31,1:ititiwIt°1a,:ii.10)1e,adi.itste(c015.1ErildtiirE.t..
gives very good reseite 'in dry soils.
Different • soils recettire diffe pen 1 tont . .
ment, and the treatment must ;eleo
vary with the climate, so the 1., i he
matter is one for the study ef even-
fa,,emer. each approaeiting the cose
i,o
in the conditions prevailing en lrbi
'own -ti I,. ./ cm. •