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Exeter Times, 1904-11-10, Page 6%le IC 41}4S4E41EA'Elik4SCSfanotiffeltitittettE tgdeittfertesleftlEs14,SA el KING �LA Or, Kinship Between flan and 1-lorse wieweeteateokseesoSaesit•Seielielelelitte010***30401101:00e, "No, no, Kate, don't go away, Why, It is over two months since I Ease seen you, and I can't let you run off so soon. Besides," with an attempt at playfulna.s, "the doctor strongly rexonmaended cheerful so- ciety. "Did lie, Jack?" reseating herself by Iiis side. "What else did he say?" "Ohl I don't know. He's an old & fool. He does eot much. like the feel - I -hag of unneleness; says it comes from 10111111111110, the spine, awl is the worse sYraPtero Qf cH21.1-TErt xxx-v-H. 1 tion? Do yea kat w, Jack, what it At the sound of her voice he etart-tis t� rise Withont joy or spirit,. and, ed and loaded mood bastay. aro! ag thiongh the loug, long weary was no longer inseusible. She11QWS,ttkiggling• all tile while to do thentee Gott for tbat. The rest your dutY, to aPPear thappy and eon- I wined easier to bear ill eolunerison..1 tented. and not trouble other PeoPle tee excloime& opening the ,with :deur grievances. arid then to Voided blue -grey eyes nith eistonieh- lay 'peer welling head on tlie pillow meat. what, has bargee you aereee at night and wish yourself dead?' sia, hod hayed for soma other. Wish, that instead of a temporary eolue warmer *1:1..Vtillg than this, The and fleeting rest it, anight be for Walt Itzozult-41' t$3 her cheeks. her ever? Do you linen" what it is, to neek, her brow, try and drown sorrow in amusements edam yoa. so amen ostooishedr. sad that yield no pleaeure, tUoccupa- esked tions that fatigue aid drudgery that owe,s. e, donkey to say such things," said It."ate angrily. "And I cia.re say he knows no more about it than a twaddiliug old woman." "rfe happens to he the first sur- geon in the pla.ee, anti very highly spoken ot.'' "1 don't care; that's othing to me. Besides, the cleverest folks make mistakes. Why over and over again nunlical men declare a case to be pertk('t1yinenrcilde, and the patient ends by laughing all their profession- al knowledge and liee loug Latft xiatnes to scorn. We mean to do so, 1. -H -14-4444-14-k++,14444-1++ Ihe Firm 4,4444-1444+/-1444444444-1,4 SELLING miLt TO CUSTOMERS. Perhaps the heading to this arti- cle should have been "peddling exiilk" for that is the phase of milk selling- thot I intend to consider, writes a correspondent. No men that has not POddled milk can know what the milk Peddler hoe to endure. The that has heti this experience is al - way.' willing thereafter to poy the urgent price for milk, without of special purpose dairy eattle and grumbling that the milkman. is make a succos with them, while "getting rich," If there is any others require a Atting before they, man that earns all he gets it is the will be successful, and perhaps never will reach the state of ,perfeetion that some do. The ma -a who is progressive enough More Delicious In flavor than the finest Japan tea grown CEYLON NATURAL GREEN tea is fast becoming' as popular as " SALADA Black tea. Sold only in lead packets. c and 40Cper lb. By all grocers. •man that produces rniik and deity- • ers it to customers. . The producer of milk in a smolt way usually sells it to nearby neg i h- to get starte d Ingsome (Lai • You and 1 bors, and this kind of deliveringis lineoi breeding, haaQaborn. or Grea.i‘t-Y haZrell 1,'"goarYtILirihqiumlote; toot wtlat isalr!'e4:11$0.ne°14-1.117 tthoe 04111: tlwiohieignleivtsel: tl:3-itilw'teenwex;s jwIttellli'dear.sidtethe dectors." without appreciAble cost and the ed M hin. eometiling of the next es Mi Browsert is a great condeS-• " it was e ug ar o c eer i m 01 e a pio s. sent al element to good da lying, evasion on your part.. itensity, that it is impossible ev up and induce him to take a more 'This stimulates the cow owner to and that is good feeding. To be a Is. 730 ccindeaceil,slau at all. It's 1CA forget? daetc, dear Jack., speak orapefee dew of the situation, but increase tile number of his herd. good breeder, then is to be a good oata, it, ate. aaoa ae me. for I have reeedeven she, smiling as she was to:rough InTo reasons that if two cows MaRe feeder, and. oil the • , iltized such suffering to the fun." Pas, her tears, with her sweet face cloee rola large prom, a dozen cows would a good feeder is tee()htleleal btioaebde- "I fail to see in what way." She .11`a cruellY disalnug/Ite11 t Voice fa the sweet upturr.ed face • te n' I' lt twenty four cows would. increa.se it cannot. exist to the highest point of ,sion treuddeil in the low pleading to des own. could aaot snee,-eii, illetTOS:4 Profit six tinies and er. dthe two are inseparable. Ono # eria ing s e unse I o- , gether. =inner elieckea her elognence. sion and entreaty' con -delved. dKafelt" he cried, with shudder bseet check* the rising sap young- tree, reeeptiou. This cold categpi id in the dark gliesenie eves pan, . twelve times. But with the increase perfeCtion without the other. The in the number of the cows there wellebreti animel in the hands of a COMes a more than correspondipg poor feeder, is a far worse proposi- increase in the eost of caring for the tiort than the poorly bred one in the 4 aws and in the delivering of the bonds of a good feeder. milk. Often the Man that runs a In looking over runny of the re (U' 45 a $ide issue mAlces more out ports from. men who have been of it than the man thet drops every- . orey He tooted at sebtle seemed to 4 •Poret etrunglino ha command: you really evere . All the 'levelers of were elosing yound Ifer Stiddeni,v at ttae qiieetion. "deck:" she said. in tones of heseaching, humility that he WO not lave been mortal could lie bvi remained inseneibie to them. "You Are III. I Came to be—with ;von." rrer voice dietl away as finished apealtiag. tend a soft shv light tvenw . • ttp bled in her eges. 'rotild not believe his oars. "Good Goal" be cried. "Are yon '1 241441?" couroge. 14 once wizen ami that nerfeetly s tenon' ell whet ant Oh, "dr have sudered," be replied, w what it, is that you deee 11 lea ;ma ing sett -pity cruel to witness in s ibo." strong and gAllont a man. 'fewer if fai-o'I shell never he able to walk about eeter move Militant erntelloe, r feel the sprieg of n good • horse niter me. It will be little ehort of living death." The tears rushed to her eyes, hut she brushed them hastily away. and ei "Nonsenee. Jack." she Faith "you onteet. to. must eat talk In that gloomy oil and said niship.' ot the four "1 ei-sn't help it. Nate, dear. Peer" ,* SPO:. now ano, „gen. ono mak a what out limiting? was and 'whet am, the present t dear ,seents harder then can bear." • ne? Wita an infinitely tender end wo l'ilaolY Westilre or conapaseion sh twined her two Arms round his neck and " pillowed her head on his shoulder. (To he continued.) T OF MANCHURIA, go; bits elPhAV Oh. 11 FeSeflee t 'nods leading , first day you ' lower then, • re destine uoinent . You a ever s f Winne tering as 11 'eel! bit now withu toting anyone guess what bee hioug only any bete en 4 . doesn't Wrien we e' %rat% wir.N med Grout That Sheltered the ja. Troops. kholilled, or tall millet. of blan- has lately figured largely in s front the theatre of war. ho f operations on the east ide of I moving, where Kuroki made desperate attempt to cut the ussian line of communications, wan rted to he almoet entirely cover - growing millet, which great - by impeded the movements of the n troops, while the splendid Offered was fully utilized by nese, whose sniping wrought • havoc among the Russlaus, a lion. The limed. alone losing 1,500 men. PO you knew, Indeed, OW retreat of General Or- d all power in loff's detachment was said to be d cannot eyelid largely due to the fire with which the force was assailed from tbe • tli7owing hereelf dowu o Tier •s1 his *We. "you Imes, been gureefrom alo ., 1 hut 6Urely 41a07,. what do ta.,,beaveres e 4 or i "You know 1 t v oast• /Tate, Well, this laws pretty well done ft er ? For fall, have Jest. not eorir own heart ,t14 Cie sea- "But 34"/J v'1111 son, or thrall I go on? Well, I have 'You 101) get Come to you to say that ever sinee 't.iine." Vont' denarture from roxinglori my 1. "Tittlt.0 t til liro baS 41"li tit teriy Wrefe11011: I hovel fieetor saw eat. teen tormented With self-reproach :ICatoi that I bave arid the desire to beg your pardon II my lower Ilmhe, for my e ',eked words. X will ronoeal!,rocive a fOot?" nothing. dada till 1 knew you I i "Oh. Jock/. YOU eared for nobody and believed in no- btirdatifat" 1 body. I WaS hard and sceptical. You "Dreadful? Yes it IN dreatirna. Yon taught me to believe once more in think it dreatifej„ don't you, liate? Minion nature, to believe in man, 1 It would be dreasiful for your young End been badly treated Once. and Idlife to be tied to a' confirmed inva- imagined eat men alike. Von showed :lid, and all your days spent in rens- mo differently. Yoh showed me tibot iinft MM." httnest. trne* good men, ineafeable of II "/ did not Mean that, Jack, a bit. a mean thOntalt or action, men who tiI meant it WAS dreadful for you. who believe in the purity of women, 'who tare so Aetive and so energetie and tire eldvairous and uprinht and hon -;so fond of riding. If it comes to a (noble, still exist. Ad I --T. What ;question of mirsinn, why, who should return did I make? T—heeiguse my nurse you and look nfter you better pride was wounded by some foolish 'than your own wife?" , , I bet, the, explanation of whieh was "Yes. if 1 hod one." siunne enough if only' my incredulity "But you will have one. ,Tack. Yet had not been so great—T, who am are going to tnave me." your inferior, who ought to learn or He looked at her fondly, with you., look up to and respect you as a• tender, loving, admiring smile illum- uperior heing—said in a moment of teatime his coentenance. s, rri in.sanity that I despised you. Jack, "And do you suppose," lie saki, mer darling, ray daiiing! You don't "that in men y preet condition I know how X. have suffered for inv should be such a brute as to allow sin. 01i, Jack!" end tile big eyes any tveman to link lier fate with the manufacturing of coarse mats grew liquid and the long lashes moist -mine? I have to sutler, there is no with tears, "have you ever felt estat reason why you should too." it is to get up morning after morn- "But if I lil:e it. Jack, dear? If ing, clay aftet day, look out drearily my sehlshne.ss is so great I cannot on the cold pitiless sky and naked get on Witthout your she pleaded. trees. arid say to yourself, 'There is "You think so ram, Kate. Yon no chance of my seeing the one being would not think 'so a dozen years I long to see, a hearing his voice, hence." or watching his movementsP' To "Yes I would," she said stoutly. feel as the weeks go by that there "I should think so all my But is no hope, no prospect of any break tell me. Jack, are you in much of change, and that your life is hate- pain? Perhaps 1 ought not to fel, devoid or all interest and aLtrac- stop." millet fields.: though, on the other hand. .UIO' thiek 'growth. greatly ob- structed the Japanese pursuit. • The Icaoliang (ITolcus sorghum Le) Is the most important cereal grown UL Manchuria; being the staple food ' the population, and .the principal grain feed of the numerous animals employed in farm work aud the car- rying trade. It is sown in 'April, andeby September the stems have reached a height . of from eight to ten feet: 'Towards the end of the month the stems are cut down near the root, made into bundles and carted to the threshing -floor. The stalks play a very important role in Manchuria, being 'used. for fencing, bridging and housediuilding, the Stalks for the latter purpose being :woven together and plastered with 1 mud to form walls and roofs. When wood and coal are scarce, they are also used as fuel. The most valua- ble use to which they are put is in itVh re We And Suffer the Derangements PeeuRiar to Their Sex Find That C ASES NER EO Cures Such las Permanently by Strengtheeing the Nerves and Muscles. Dr. C,hase"s Nerve Food. stands high in women's favor because it is especially successful in overc:oming ills peculiar -to their see - When, on account of a ren -down condition of the system, the muscles and nerves fail to control the a.ction of the -feminine organism, there is bound to come much suffering. Headaches, pains in the back and limbs, iedigestion, feelings of dis- couragement and despondency, weak- ness and irregularity rob life of the joys which wonlcl otherwise be pos- Stimulating medicines cannot pos- sibly be of more than slight tempor- ary relief. To be of lasting benefit the nerves and mescles must be ful- ly restored by sueli treatment as is afforded by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Not only is the action and vigor of the bodily organs fully restorecf, but new, firm flesh is added, the, form is rounded out, the weigt.'et is increased ' and pallor gives way to that health- ful glow of complexion which tells of the full enjoyment of health. MRS. SYMONS,, 42 St. Clair St., Belleville, Ont., states :—"Soine weeks ago I began a course of treat- ment with Dr. ,chase's Nerve Food, and have found it a very satisfac- tory medicine. I was formerly trou- bled with nervous exhaustion and a weak, fluttering heart. Whenever my heart bothered me I woulcl have spells of weakness and dizziness, which were very distressing. By .means of this treatment ray nerves have beeome strong and healthy, ancl the action of my heart seerns to be regular. I can recommend Dr. Chases Norlrn Food as an excellent medicine." Dr.:Chose Nerve Food, 50 conte. a 2. of various sizes and shapes, the out- er sheaths only of the stalks being used. Large stacks of millet stalks may be seen in every farmyard, ex- actly like peat -stacks in Scotland. IAPARESE DIGESTION. thine; ,eiso for his dairy work. A man at the beginning of mach eanierienee AlWaYS overrates his own powers of laboring. lie will find whim he actually gide into the work that everythieg takes longer to do than he had imagined. Thence comes the neetesity for hiring helper, either drive the team or to relieve himself while he is making the lull% deliveries., Tilfil USUAL MILK PEDDLER is honest. but he muse keep a good many things from his euetomers,. Thus, every customer finds out that he is not getting as good milk me Other he will at once quit tliat lit0Q11. Thlt how is it possible for very cuetomer to receive the best ilk? The best milk I assume to Balls of Rice Supplied to the Ja- panese Army. The Jap iit able to digest rice and similar foods much better than a white mall because he possesses an intestine one-fifth longer. Such, at ail events, is the statement of Dr, B. Schenbe, of the Kloto Medical School. It is a fact, however, that - the fighting men or Japan are meat eaters, though the pppulation of the country at large is vegetarian main- ly. Even in time ofpeace beef is supplied to the soldiers, and that is one reason why foreigners find it cone-eniedt to reside 111 the neighbor- hood of garrison towns, because the butcher is handy. At the same time, the people of Nippon can under no circumstances be persuaded to touch mutton, which they look upon with horror. The main dependence of the Japanese troops in the field is rice, eompressed into balls about the size df one's two fists, for the sake of maldng it more portable, the instrtt- ment used for the purpose somewhat resembling a lemon squeezer. Before being converted into this shape the rice is cooked, so that, in case of emergence', it may be 'eaten without further preparation. But ordinarily the balls are either cut in slices and roasted, or else dropped whole into the pot, when, in the process of boiling, they expand greatly. Large quantities of dried fish are supplied to the Japanese armies. Such material, all other waste being re- moved, is a highly concentrated food, and occupies small bulk in pro- portion to the amount of nutriment represented. thronsh the country taking a cow census, I find that the daire•man who has tried to improve the stock by introducing into his herd a thorough- bred sire of sorne of the distinct. deiry breeds is the one who has real - 'zed the Most prefit every time. want dairymen to have the best outt if sPeak of tile special purpose dairy cow and do forch big, it is bemuse I believe the dairy- man who is (Whig anything short of this is not living up to the full pos- eibilitiee of his business. As I travel through the colintry and see the eonclition stock is in and how they are cAreil for aud the feeds used. I am inclined to think that perhaPs there is a plaeo for the common, or dual purpose cow, until such a time as he shalt turn over a. that rich in cream. and which new leni' "Quit his raeauaess'" " as la", nalkea may very short. Sane Jones says, and illifteovo his wee's of feeding and caring for his before it is (lelivered. But all e,„&d, ninnot he of that. kintl. Tlie d`d" I been in places in. winter an who °inks 1143 vows at 7 -right here in the state of WiSCOnSin where cows are kept out of doors all nialk that lie cools it care - o'clock at night conuot deliver the fully and keeps it till the morning. wiuter' with /1 run in the C°rIl field' Tem leo cannot, rale that, mak math a little poor hay and the straw will start the koows stack for shelter. Would the atria- piibk ty dairy .ettw be able to do business the morning's milk, for he that the heat in the morning's eight's mak iZ adore under these conditions? She might Ing. Therefore in the morning be Possibly survive, but the ide4/ of goes out wish meo kinds al milk, one probit would be entirely out of the milked m the morning and the other questi°11 for It would talc° at least a night before. \WI it do for hurt to tell his customers this? Not at all. X was once frank enough to tell 0110 of iner customorn that I had been giving her night's milk. She flew into a passion, charged me with having defrauded her by selling her old milk and withdrew her pat- rm pat- ronage. She was y nearest neigh- bor. and or course, I let. her have the night's milk, because one must get rid of the night's minfi t ret be- cause iti s a little the older. Yet ight's milk, if properly' handled should ReeP till used up if that use occurs within a reasoeable time. The milk peddler realizes the foot that he can't supply his customers without using tate eight's mihc and that some one must get it, Now, what would you do in a case like. this? Sfer man was milk - leg the cow. It was in the summer time and the cows' foot was clean. It was improper for her to put her loot in the pail, but she did that. The hired man said nothing -about it till the milk was strained and mixed with the rest and then told me. SCOLDING- WAS OF NO USE, box, at all dealers, or :Edmanson, • Bates & Co., Toronto. The por- Amy—"A man should always wait trait and signature of Dr. A. W. for a lady to tit down before seat - Chase, the fatuous receipt; book au- ing himself.' Charley—"Unless there thee, ,are on every box., • is only one chair he.the room." and really the milk didn't seem in- jured much—that is one couldn't de- tect the mishap. Well 1 had to sell , the milk. But suppose I had told the customers about it ! I was impressed with one thing very strongly in the selling of milk, and that is that one must not only keep everything clean, but • make every customer understand that things are clean. This is one of the elements of success. Any man that goes into selling. of milk should bend all his energies to insuring cleanli- ness, costs, both in money and time and the value of the, time is more than of the utensils. The cans and bottles must be washed and rewash - ed. Whoa old milk is found in the bottles that are returned to the milk seller he will have a problena before him that only hard work can solve. Soaking the bottles in wa- ter in which soda has been dissolv- ed will be necessary in it good many cases, and this soaking must some- times take hours. It is also proba- ble that the soda acts as a germi- cide and destroys the acid making ferments. At least, it is a good thing to use from ' several stand- points. My experience teaches me that the "kickers" get the best treatment, and I believe the general milk situa- tion would be improved more rap- idly if .more kicking were done. The milk peddler lets 'well enough alone," and as long as his .custom- ers are satisfied, he is. People complain that much of the milk con- tains preservatives. Well, •.have some analyzed and then confront the peddler with it and make a kick, The matter is all in the hands of the customers. IN THE OPERATING ROOM WHAT THE SPECTATOR SEES AND dq-EARS. Skill of Sir Victor Horsley, the Great English Surgeon. A nigh -vaulted chamber built like au apeplutheutre; the floor of tiles, . . spotless; in the eentre a steel table Witli a shining glass top, and mem it a rubber mattress several inches ia thickness. Tiers of seats run up from without the narrow circle wherein the operating table stands, and in them sit a score of medieal students. A low murmur of conversation fills the rennin hut suddenly it is hushed. Three- white -robed nurses appeals and behind them several attendants bear in a small figere, clad all in white, inert, seemingly lifelese. Tenderly they lay him upon the table, and there is a second's pause. All eyes aro fixed upon the door, through .17:1111-iiy_thseiroixi,eiteatotirngIrosti,sui•geyeo, surgeon cio)rnirde: of the blriglish profession. Tall, spAre, almost iingainty, with a Taal, deeiSiVe movement. he looks the con- centrated spirit of energy. DreSsed in a pink. gown, with the sleeves roll- ed up, revealing the long hem]. and deft fingers of an ideal surgeon— he leaks sharply ot the inanimate form of the boy upon the table. PATIENT IS READY. stout. They raise tbe boy's lien. iS quite bald, shaven close for the operation which may save him. Sir Victor takes a keen, glittering knife from. a. nurse at his side, and his left blond reaches out towards- the pa- tient's heath For a 1110Inellt the nervous lingers hover over him, then as they touch tlicidbead they beeonie firm and stkady as hands of steel. There is a gulch, eweieing move- ment of the shinieg blade, a rusli of the first half at the summer for her• blood, and the boy's scalp is lifted to p1111 body and soul together, and with a skill a red brave would have by that. time she would have got all died to attain. For a moment, the out ci; the notion. of giving much work now rets with the ntersee milk. 'Is the patient ready?" he rs, quickly. 'All ready. sir," answers is as - EARLY MATITR1'.1.`Y. It may be that we have put so much stress on the early maturing qualities of swine that we have re- duced their vitality, but ,ir that is so, we have gained something in its place. One or% the. things gained is tha perfection of flesh that makes it possible to market a pig at almost any age This is not true with some of the common stock of swine that have little improved blood. The pure bred animals can be disposed of at almost any time. In the case • of the near approach of cholera de- sideratum, as it makes it possible for the owner to escape the disease by the quick inarketing of his hogs. As this kind or swine brings good prices young, he ie not held back by the certainty that ' the animals must be disposed of at a great sacrifice. Callev—e"t ain so sorry your mis- tress is out. Do you think she will be at limn° this evening'?" 'Maid— lis e to g..e; .n.y eight COWS FOR DAIRYMEN. The cow for the dairyman, says P. H. Scribner, at a farmers' institute, is the one that can make the most profit in, milk, butter or cheese for the feed eonsumed. Just what breed does not matter so much. It depends entirely upon the disposi- tion, taste and education of the dairyman. There are some people who are natui-ally fitted to take held • • other h. Press your hand hard enough over your mouth and you can smother a cough, but you can't cure it that way. The outside is the wrong end to work on. SCO thoroughly cures coughs be- cause it strikes at the root of the trouble. The throat and lungs need a regular system of educa- tion to cure an old cough. The point of value about Scott's Emulsion and coughs is that while Scott's Emulsion does soothe the raw throat and lungs, it also nourishes and heals the inflamed parts. It replaces inflamed tissue with healthy tissue—the only real cure for an old cough. • Send for Free Sample. •SCOTT & VOWNE;themists, Toronto, Om and attendants,. When they have again prepared tlie patient, the sur- geon steps forward, the curious surgical saw -known as the trephine 111 hie hand. Carefully he places it upon the head; in a 'moment there"is the sick- eninggrating of steel against . bone. He is removing a. poition of the try's sicull—a, portion an inch in diameter. THE RED GROSS WEARERS THEY ARE HEROINES OF THE BATTLEFIELD. These Societies Are Established. In Every Civilized, • Country. While the papers are devoting col- umns daily to accounts of the reee„. less courage of the soldiers fighting in the East, clue catches orifY a very rare glimpse of the hisavp women who aro risking their lives and facieg un- told hardships to succour the sick and the wourided. Just now and then the veil is lift- ed, and in a few lines a tribute is paid to these heroines of the battle- field. Here, for example. is a grop- ehic extract from a war -correspon- dent's letter ; "While the wounded were being removed from the hospi- tals, one sister of mercy was killed and seven sisters were wounded while actually dressing the wounds of men who had fallen in the streets near the railroad station, where the con- centrated fire was hottest. The heroism of the sisters was magnifi- cent. They tore their skirts ad used them as bandages for the wounded, and themselves carried the stricken znen front the zone of fire and out of the burning buildings.d. And thee- noble women are hut types of hundreds who are constantly do- ing deeds of equal daring and self-" 'd sacrifice. There are, perhaps, no nobler insti- tutions on earth than the societies of the Red Cross•, whose rnieeion it is to minister to the Woluided in battle. What a terrible thing war could be before their forme -thee ia shown by the accounts of the INHUMAN' SUFFERIhT0S Not a sound can be heard but the grating of the iestrument, for Sir Victor allows no whispered word, no slightest shuffling, net even a cough, for a cough can convey infectious germs a distance of 40 feet. G Iq'MING FOR. A LIFE, It is aver, and the brain lies ex- posed. What the surgeons had sur- mised is correct. A tumor, a largo inalignunt growth, stands revealed. It must be removed, if the child is to live, and Sir Victor does not hesi- tate. Re picks • out, a knife, and again the patient's head IS. under his hands- Deep into the brain lie sinks tlie steel. It, is horrible; but he - is fighting for a lire. Shortly after lie retires. Bandages have been placed over tlie , gaping wound, and the boy is carriedaway to light the grim battle with death for days, and when the tissues are grown together a silver plate re- places the portion of the skull re- moved. It is a gruesome sigiht, to an out- sider; but it is marvelous, too. And the wonders of surgery and of medi- cine were never more clearly sliown than in the London hospitals at the present time. of oee- gallant- soldiers in the Crimea. Indeed, it was these revel- ations, followed by the equally heartrending story of the Bottle or Solferieo, that led to the formation ef societies in every civillZed country, to make such needless suffering i111 - possible in the future. An Interim- tioual Confereuce was summoned to meet ot Geuevo in. 18.03, and it de- cided to form in each country a society to "oectipy itself in time of peace with preparing supplies of hos- pital stores, training nurses, etc., and during wars to furnish, thaeame in aid of their respective areniesdt At the same time a distinctive badge (the red eross on a white ground) wasdeelopted for these volunteer re- lief Agents, and all hospitels alike; and their protection was assured by belligerents. So essentially humane and removed from national' prejudiee is the work of these societies that they are juet as ready to send nurses, doctor% and supplies to the enemies of their country as to their own arinieS; and they are at I his 1/1011101t, nursing and healing t he soldiers of Japan and Russia with the same enthusiasm. Wherver n siek or wounded Noldier is, whatever his nationality may be, there is their mission, and right nobly and admirably they fulfil it. Even when we were fightieg the Der- Viehes in the Soudan our Red Cross Society sent out a large sum of money to provide nurses for DUSTING A GREAT HOTEL. In the sumptuous new hietel, St. Regis, built in New York, all the sweeping is performed with the aid of ars automatic poeumatie sweeper. A great system. of bipes runs throughout the hotel, with a branch in every one of the hotel's SOO rooms. These are in turn connected with powerful vacuum pumps in the basement. With such au arrange - meet there is no need of a 'broom. The servant merely attaches a small flexible hose to the outlet and ap- plies...the end to the place to be dusted. The force of the vacuum pumps, perhaps eighteen storeys be- neath, at once sucks up the • dirt. There is no particle of dust raised as in sweeping, mid the new method is „ninth quicker and far less trying. The. dust thus removed is drawn quickly through the system of hose and piping to the basement, where it is deposited in sackS, to be carried away like the ashes from the furnace. NO PRACTICAL GOOD. Mrs. Younghusband---"Oh, Charlie, the cook got angry this morning, and leit, bag and bagenge. What are we going to do.?" Younghusband---"Why, my love I thought you- attended cooking clasees for seven months?" Mrs. Y ou tighueband—"So 1 did, idos • hui that was merely to learn cool,ilie a's an "accomplishnl.ent.- THE ENEMY'S WOUNDED Nor is there ever any lack of vol- unteers for this work of mercy and chinger. Whenever and wherever ad- ditional helpers are wanted, there are abvays brave women—many of them gently nurtered—renely to go at a few hours' notice. When three nurses were urgently wanted for the Mayflower, the hospital -ship which did such excellent service in one of our recent wars, the telegram asking for thein reached London on a Sat- urday, and on the following Mon- day morning three ladies were an theirwayto Cairo to take up their duties. And what is the reward of this army of the brave .and merciful? Practically nothing beyond the sat- isfaction the work itself brings. Queen Victoria, however, who was an enthusiastic achnirer of the 'Red Cross, instituted a deceration iii 1883, which several nurses now proudly wear. It is a gold -rimmed cross o,f crimson enaniel, attached to Bio ribbon of dark blue edged. with red and tied in a bow; and it is worn on. the left shoulder.—London Tit - SURE TO FIND POLICEMEN. London. Will Place Them in Boxes Along the Street. There is hope that in course of, time residents in the London suburbs will be able to find a policeman at any hour of the day or night in a particular spot. Furthermore, that the policeman, when found, will be able to get into instant telephonic communication with the nearest po- lice station so as to summpn further assistance if necessary. This is to be effected by the erec• - tion of "police boxes," fitted with telephones. in the streets at certain points. At each one a constable will always be stationed and anyone • will bo able to go to the box with as great a certainty of finding, him as one is of „finding a fireman at a sub -fire -station. It cannot, of course, be expected. that So ObVion8 and so desirable an a rrae gement will be brought into general operation • with undue haste, but slow and deliberate steps are be- ing taken to effect the change. Dulwich village -has been blessed with one of these police boxes, for soinetll iet f-ep.-aUcte "Aneerful it 15," said the - Town Clerk of Camberwell, when dis-,_ cussing the subject. "I only wish we had more of them." New Cross Gate is also it favored. spot. With the perinission of the borough Council a box was erected thetrisleto erescaently. lsay that the boxes would be warinly welcomed through- out the metropolis, but it was as- certained o11 inquiry that no Pro- posals have yet been officially made to ON them in the boroughs of Wardswort,h, Hampstead, B a tt ersda and. Lambeth, or in the city of West - Minster;