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rresing pigs tar market it is Ina
u, aeta that the right step be taken,
rte or, (ding and In teat there, le poth-
t..,, r :, °4 e teau the velect£etn
tare id. t.., •],a•theeterve
Ort tiea(.t.tlk(ia b4. et nig -Sew,one
teat: ti l.e cheein wheel tete been tbrif-
?r mid tigori>t..; in gro+tlue. A. long
._:u. , r6 deep eta it end strong legs.
:• ; nee" /meets. It is not a good plan•
L., dttca;ttt t i' prettiest pias of the lit*
ter taloa!, L.((7• 4l:tte lean iteauee.
e• t t:„; 1: .0. i.F('rl t+t tne(i 101.1
2. .t ter tt 1nehte lir tete then tet' �u
!runt due atter three shows the great -
ere inrirrovement will generally be the
L•e:,t tow for breeding .purposes. It tre
ttrll.ortant that the soot should be one
of, a quiet disposition, and that she
eltoald be a good niilLer. 1n nursing
tt iitter of eight Or ten young pigs the
wale ng sow is called upon to furnis]1
nearly as much eolids in her Milk per
day as are given by an ordinary cow.
It l:; a bad l.raetico to breed front
immature sows. If a course of breed.
lug fruan Immature sows be continued,
the aniznale degenerate in dire
and vigor. hears and sows, should not
be used tor brotain ; until at least
eight or ten months old. They can be
Leaf, to advantage until they are six
or seven years old. The Clanger et
:cotes becoming usel•ese ttefore they are
of that age results , frons improper
treatment in reeding, want of exercise
and wet.or cold sleeping quarters.
'1•uat cauees the animals'to go oaf their
feed. But if a sow is well preserved
edge will usually give the best litters
of pigs, and nurse them best from the
tante elle is tee) years to six yearn
old.
aiate,,ri,otion is held by a few farmers
that a breeding sow should. be kept
min and r'ractteally half starved. That
is a mistake. There is no time in tide
)lt'r' of a sow when she requires suit-
able feed and good' quarters more than.
when she is carrying and nourishing
her young. She should be Rept in a
lair condition of flesh, caused to take
I•lenty of.exercise, end left to Sleetr
in shelter on a dry, sanity soil or ear -
teen floor, with a small -quantity of
bedding.
Some sows are So III -nourished and
others are so excessively fat that
their young pigs when farrowed are
too weakly to lire, Sometimes saws
are deprived. especially during the
V inter season, of access to .Mineral
matter. It is a good plan to stack. a
quantity of soda in the autumn, and
to throw a sod six or eight inches
square by two or three inches thick
to each sow every day .Treatment like
that helpsto keep sows in such good
stealth that they drop well-nourished
and, therefore, well-born pigs.
e'en days or a fortnight before the
sow is clue to farrow she should be
put into a pen and fed there morning
and night. During the day she may be
allowed cut to take exercise with
tike rest of the herd. For three days
before the farrowing she should be
hoot in the pen continuously. In that
•bray she comes to recognize, and is not
afraid of her attendant. She should be
allowed-rlenty of bedding for the mak-
ing of her nest. A. sow carries her
young from 11.2 to 116 days.
`sometimes a sow will attempt to
-eat her young, That is usually because
she has been badly nourished or is In
Ill -health. 1f she has had an allowance
of enough of sods of earth every day,
or access to a mixture of salt and
wood ashes, that will usually prevent
any inclination to eat her • pigs. There
- ie the instinct of motherhood for pro-
tecting her young. If a stranger goes
into the pen where the sow is ,Iyieg
with her new litter, tries to remove
thein and makes them squeal the so',
mother will be apt to seize ,anythi.n
a young pig as likely as anytji'i
else. It is a good plan to let the
become ,lased to the appearance, •
even to the clothes and voice of ll
attepdant. One has hardly ever known
of a sow running on a pasture field
eating tier pigs. It is a good plan to
give a sow an allowance of roots daily
during the winter:
Eery care should •be exercised to
prevent the sow from becoming con-
stipated before or after she has fat -
rowed, and for three or four dais
'after she hoe farrowed she shottici be
fed very sparingly. There is clanger
of milk fever until the young are able
to take all the intik which she call
give. It is a geed plan to have the
l Bung pigs so hungry the third day
as to be screwing for mote milk, Iln-
nle1iai.ely .after ma young have .been
horn the sow should receive a, drink
f;F warns water with a handful of
thefts .or bran stirred in it. A:(.Iitter
of young pigs will increase hi Weight
at the rate of from two to four pounds
a czar, Consequently, after they 'are
a week old the sow should be fed in
each a way as to promote the prodtte- I
am of milk. Bering the cold weather i
it will be found 1:meltable to give the
bow her feed in a warm condition, at
t. temperature anywhere from e0 to oil
degrees. Skim milk, butterntiIk, olid- 1
filings, bran, ground oats, 'with a small
(Menthe' of oil cake, make excellent I
Weds. The middlings and grain may t
Le ;teamed with advantage, Milk
t:lreuld not be added until feeding time.
.(lught horses be clipped? Beta Eng-
lish and American eutitorities agree
teat it ie. a mistake. The horse le
terte and. dose clipping eaneat be
enattended with danger in the abeenee
ef hollering sufficient to tompar the
!lace ef the natural -coat. Li Germany
end Austria and eome other tiorthera
copulates, hems Were commonly pro- !
1, tied by moans of ample and thiek :
t•lothing, both in summer and winter.
lungarian horses suffered more in the
ateen, also, the color of the' noir.
the darker shadete. is altered
lee teaming, and dulled to an extent
Den le net seen bn horses: that have
.eevei' been (slipped, elit !lave been .
bate retained ite normal emulate:it .of
Iteulth. On, horses that are clipped .
r often seem the hair rubbed away .
ty the friction 'of the harneee-und
(-eon of the relne. concluslone are •.
t: at elipping of horsee is net Indle.
• lama frequently the Item is etippdil t
tta oftener it needs to be elippeJ, 114i
tn( nomad functions or the .dtin are
;limed by frequent 'clipping. That with i
eileefUl grooming and intelligent use I
flot1:03 the fall of hair is. promoted,
oial the glOseineas et the enat is Main.
alined. That tlie eweatine that le ,
tett-amble in tnelipped horses • at
won: is not datigerates ta health if the •
are preper,y looked after.
A geed meal Ow win glee et .
reel hteation of foto le :ix
eittatieL
7
eane
the tigterient a>i
he ktrro t54 p le et tetanilla ewe
udgtlaaniet. are aagt responsible the
*our past, Ilenajarnia, 'pu were anti
enaturally
honAnti
est, tree, elfdevetleit
magnattiulous. I, Wile have known yon
as long as I have known utydelt, am
sure or this. The sins et your child -
nod, Benjaauin, were habits taught
you as dutlea. They were no More part.
of yourself than were the little rag-
ged jaeket and trousers that .I renteey
bcr so well, Ili the greater mtsfortupoa
of your youth, you were without e;
Shadow of blame; yon were then, 1p�
deed, a hlam.elet',. victim, who setter,.
eti a criminal's punishment. But your
lnanheod,, Denny, if you will Only Mini'
50, need not be blighted by these ala-
tecedents, They were nalsfortunes that
still batten your inner life,, beeauae
• you .are so sensitive; but they should
not be permitted to affect your outer
Itfe at all. Ob, dear, boy
accept what good I can do you,
and spend your leisure time 's se -
intprovemetut, that you may be pre•
pared for something better,” tate added,
as she held out her hand to hlin,
And never knight touched the hand
of a queen with more reverence thalt
.8enjauain Murat showed when he
bowed over the, band. of Susan anti
pre ssed it to his lips.
Then she rang .the bell, Anti to
the page who answered it,' aIle gave
a. direction to send her eonpq,nion and.
housekeeper to tate mend,
The latter Spon trade her aplreer..
once.
"Mrit, Prawn," she said, "this is the
tae'tr` >(< ase *toward and butler 1 tole,.
Yoh about. You will please PhOW hien
hls office, and take the koys of the
wine cellar and the household =malt
hoops to him there. Your will talon
send all the tradespeople's, bille to hien
.for settlement, He will pay the ser-
vatlts their w,dgee, and be in authority
ever them. Yeti will have lits meals
served to him in Itis office,"
"Very y well, miss," answered the
housekeeper,
"Anti now, ritr, Burst, here are cer-
tain instruction~ for your own guid.
Anse," said Susau, turning to the
Young man, and placing in els hand a
tetter.
Benjamin took it and bowed, and left
the r'ooni with the housekeeper.
"I will take you upstairs first, and
show you your bedroom," said Mrs.
Brown, leading the way.
She took hum to the third floor back,
and .opened the door of a spacious
chamber, neatly but plalally f,arnished
with every possible comfort, and have
Ina two laity windows that looked.
down upon a backyard, where gree{.
trees, Sweet shrubs and eiinpbi?tg 'runes
were very pleasant and refreshing tad
the sight,
Benjamin looped around with eve,
dent -satisfaction,
• "You will know where to find title
again. And now I will show you the
house steward's office," sale the
tatrou,
And
mflights of stairs to the basement storey,
she led the way dowel foul*
where she showed him a front room
flesexibed.dZe, furnished as staaan had
"And now, if there's anything else
you need, I have orders to supply it,"
she said.
"Thanks. Nothing more whatever •at
present," said the young man.
And .the housekeeper left him, to
return in a few moments, bringing with
her the household acvount books,
"Up to this time they have been
under my charge, and I thtuk you Will
find them correct;' said Mrs, Brown.
"I have no doubt of it," answered the
young maxi with a smile, as he re-
teived them from her.
And when the matron had left the
room he proceeded to open the books
to make himself familiar with tbeir
contents.
His front window commanded the
sidewalk before the house, and his
desk was immediately below the win-
dow. He sat •poring over the account
books until he heard the sound of car-
riage wheels, and looking up, saw
Susan's brougham draw up before the
door.
He snatched until he saw her come
down and enter the carriage and drive
off, t
He e knew that she had gone to re-
hearsal, And then he •applied himself
again to the revision of 'his account
books.
It was only to become familiar with
an unfamiliar subject that he now
studied.
He saw no more . ft Static drat day.
He had chosen his own tot, chosent
it in, his self-huntiliation, tut the rnene-
ory of his poor, degraded childhood
and youth. And, of course, he must
abuse by it.
I-i:e .night have been her agent, in
place of her very inefficient brother
Bill.
And brother 13111 would no doubt
have been well pleased to be relieved
from the duties of :his. office,. while.
Still enjoying its 'privileges,. which
consisted maiuly in the freedonl,of his
sister's house and• table • mid -Pocket
and fame.
T UE
IS RAC
"Very well, sir; the books shall be
sent innnediatelY."
Benny took his hat to leave the shop
but recollect toward the ha* et it,
where he lean.ecl on the couuter, pale
attel faint, for there before the door
stood the equipage of the Duchese of
Cheviot: .
A footman. in livery of purple arta
gold was in the act of letting down the
At the seine time the beautiful duca-
eurecloeildopf.rone .the carriage and entered
(the exclaimed in. a low, quick volo,
Then, as sometlilag in the Pale MOO
of the youine man seemed to correct
her nasto,ke, she dropped her tender
eyes, and field, very gently, "I beg
your pardon, alr; I took you for some -
One elee," and passed on to the coma -
He caught bis breath awl stood for
ft =meat, 'feeling deadly old, with
• tilen, as a Men walking in darkness,
be put out his arm and gropcd his
way from the shop, •
The duchess looked wistfally after
emotion, half of pity, bait of pain, die.
turbed her bosom- Thee, hawing to
the stuntman, she inquired;
"Who is that young gentleman?"
"Ileg pardon, your grace, hut I real-
ly do not know. I never saw him be -
I "He looks Be" paid the duchess, in
eompassianate tone, gazing after lain
as he passed out of sight.
"There Is something oeld about him,
your grece, He has been for two hours
poring over the Peerage,' Ana over
the map of Scotland: arad -ended in
buying both and ordering them to be
, "Thanks. That' Will do," said the
duchess, gently, arresting the garrulity
.0! the shopman.
She made her purchases, children's
'books, earth 'ofewhich she carefully ex-
amined. before selecting.
She directed them to be seat to her
sehool and then elle re-entered her
carriage and gave the order:
Meanwhile Benny returned to his
room at the Black lean, -where he sat
down and took himeelf to task for the
most unreasonable emotion he had be-
trayed at the sight , of the beautiful
duchess. .
After some slight refreshment, he
He spent the afternoon in collecting
went out again,
his scanty effects, which had been leat
in the care of the oId porteress of the
lodging -house in Junk Lane, and in
purchasing the afticles necessary for
a, respectable outfit.
All these things were directed to be
sent to his room in the Blaek Lion,
where, later tn tae afternoon, he re-
tureed to pack theta into the large new
In the evening he went to Covent
Garden, Theatre, to hear "Mademoi-
selle Arlene" eing.
He had not had the opportunitY of
doing sribefore, for he had had neith-
er proper clothing to wear, nor money
to bua his ticket,
He might now heve gone into the
boxes,:but In the very shyness and
sensitiveness of hia nature, he prefer-
red to lose himself in the dense crovid
'Of the parquet.
He found a seat there, and waited
impatiently for the rise of the cur-
tain.
And, when at length it did rise, he
was indeed disappoluted.
Mademoiselle Arielle was not onthe
stage, and though the chorus had been
g choir of angele, he could take no
pleasure in their singing.
The scene changed, and a solo and
a duet, and then another chorus, -were
sung.
And, then the drop -scene fell upon a
greed tableau, but Arielle bad not
The young man was so surprised,
disappointed and anxious that he could
not resist the desita to question his'
next neighbor.
"What has happened? Will Made-
moiselle Arlene disappoint ehe audi-
"Oh, no; but site does not coateeoli
"Hush! The royal parte are coming
.ine" whispered his neighbor.
At the same moment there was a
half -suppressed excitement sweeping
through the crowded Audience, like a
breeze through the leaves ef a: forest.
The band struck up "God Save the
QIITeheelL'andience arose en masse.
Benjamin Hurst stood up, and, look.
ing toward the royal box,- saw the
royel family taking their seats.
And, in close attendance upon Her
Majesty, stood the beautiful duchess,
Behjamitt looked at neither queen
nor princesses after that. He lookea
Only at her. And he asked himself:
"Why Is it that my heart is so
troubled at the sight of that lovely
lady? That I ant, eomething to her 1
khow.„ But what of that? aril nat
worthy so numb. as to 'touch the 'hem
et her gartnenti' whose infancy
and childhood were passed In Fin and
shame; I, whose yoath was spent in
the penal colonies; a who hold myseit
unworthy even eo enter my old plea-
roate's house, except as her hired ser-
vant. I will never trouble the beau-
tiful duchess -ho, ovate though I
should discover myself to bee -bat
that's impossitite--:her OWn lawful
While theSe sad thoughts were
passing through the mind of Ben:Wain
Ilnrst, the bated finished playing the
Natienal Anthem; the audience eat
down; the prompter's bell rang, and
the turtain rose, revealing the fair
Arlene alone on the stage.
Her aPPearanee was hailed by the
Most enthusiastio applause. And Bee -
jambe. forgetting the trouble (if lila
soul, so rejoieed in her triumphs that
his blue eyee fairly datteed with de -
She Sang a teeth that to 'enraptured
her auclienceetlett it was encored and
As sae Wat retiring the third time,
tatting in the front row of tho orehes-
tra zeitts, arose and threw a bouquet
tef the. richest and rarest roses, in the
Midst of whit% Was a diamond that,
in dropping, blazed like a falling star.
metalled hint.
Ho was the Marl of Wellrose.
Artelle picked 'up the bouquet, end
smiled end ouriesied to tete giver, and
• then ratted her WPM and eneeiantered,
stifat tutealre Mae eta* of Bette
lamin Hurst, fixed earnestly upon her,
She smiled on lam aria), AM, %vita a
courtesy for the whole audience, glided
oft the etage.
And whether she nag alone, or with
one or two or many, or whether. she
came ou or went off, ate was glieetea
Pr followed wItli "thunders" et ap-
no other boumust was so eitoice as that
one wttli the blezine stur„ thrown be
the ttrl of NeelIrose,
Miele the eurtain fell upon the last
Magnificent tableau, the evening of
trIumpas ended ia one grand ovation
tO the fair prattle donna.
• And Me crowded audience slowly
worked itself out -of the theatre,
In a strange delirittmehalf of delight,
halt ot despair, Beuiamin. Hurst push-
ed out tato the street, and posted
himself waere, uneeen, lie could see
Suzy viten. elm tante forth.
She came at length, wrapped in her
isoft white opera cloak and hood, car-
rying In her hand the rich bouquet
With the blazing. star in the etenteleit, and
Waiting on the aria ot the Hart 02
Wellrese, and Mailing meetly et .11er
The earl pet her in her carriage,
lingering to speak a few words In a
loW tone; thea bowed and witlidrew.
Tite foottnan Put 110 the steps, Matt
the door, gave the order to the owl),
man, and leaped UP to 1110 place be.
bled Suet Ws the coach started. -
Like .eleep.wallter, Benjamin
Hurst sauntered along in the directioa
of his ledgings at the Black Lion.
All that had passed,. that eventhg
seemed to him like the phantaemse,
foria of a midnight dream. The mag-
nificent scene, the splendid audience,
tae beautiful duchess in the royal box,
the divine songstress on the stage, the
dazzling lights, the glowing. colors,
the entrancing music, the transcendent
Procession of scenery owl lacident in
the opera, the supernal tableau and the
fwinoarlId.grand ovation, seemed rather to
belong to the visionary than the real
He reaehed his lodgings and .
to bed, and passed from the waking
dream to the sleeping one. And in the
last, as in the first, the forms ot the
beautiful duelless nad the fair primal
donna passed adore him.
He avioke earlye and recollected,. in
this first conscious moment, that that
morning he was to enter the service of
the young prima donna,
He arose and made his simple toilet,
and ordered his frugal breakfaet,
•And when he had oaten it, and had
called for his bill awl paid it, Ito sent
for a cab and bad his large trunk
strapped on behind, and las small ef-
fects packed inside, and then lie get
into it himself and directed the driver
te take him to No. - Park Lane, and
to stop at the servants' door,
In due time Ile reached the Minia-
ture palace, drew Me at the servants'
entrance, and alighted.
Ile directed the driver to bring in
his effeets, and then paid and dismiss-
°dHlleiliwi.ent into the servants' hall,
where, before he had time to announce
himselt, the footman, Smith, accosted
him with:
"If you be the new house steward
and butler, sir, my mistress left word
as you was to Ome up to her immedi-
ate."
"Very well; r am quite ready to go,"
"Then come with ine,.if you please,"
said the footban, leading the way.
The man took Benjamia upstairs,
ana to. the door of the rose parlor.
He Opened the door and annottriced: .
"The new house steward and butler,
,tf you please, miss," an dimmediatsly
Benjamin found himself' aloae with
She same on again in a fillet, and
then vita the chorus.
CHAPTER 'XVII.
"Good -morning, 'Benjamin. I ara
glad to see you here to -day. I saw you
at the opera last night, and was glad
to see you there, too," said Stizy, hold-
ing nut her hand, •
Benny took it and bowed over it, but
did not speak.- Emotion that he could
neither understand nor conquer kept
'aim silent.
"Please sit doWh, Bealarain," she
said, pointing to a chaeNeeside her. I
He shook his head ell 'y, bowed, '
and remained standing.
"Oh, well, if you will not set, you I
must stand, I do suppose. 'A will& •
mon mean ha e his way, as the Scotch
say, BenjaInin, you enter upon yoar
duties to -day. And I need scarcely tell
you that I will make them as eight ,
and as pleasant as possible. The housee
keener, Mrs. Brown, has prepared a 1
room for you -a very pleasant room no •
the third floor back, looking upoti the
Iittle inclosed shrubbery. It has beet '
fitted up far you 'very nicely, I have
seen it myself, and I like it. That wile ,
yout own private aeartment, Ben-
jamin, Where you can retire When ma
wish. to gOt away from everybody."
She paused and looked at him. But
again he only boated in silence. And
so she continued:
"Besides that, Benjamin, there is „a
little office in the front basement,
where yen can sit to transaet .tila busi-
ness of the house. It is fitted tip with
book.shelves and cupboards, and a
writing desk and table and comfort-
able cliairs. you will like it,
Benjamin; I did, I'M sure," she ecided,
And then again, she mused. tut
again he only bowed anti remainee site
"You do not speak to rile, Benjamin.
You have tot spoken to ine since you
eante into the roota. Way is itr
"Oh Susan, Susan!" lie said, in
choking veto, "it is, perhaps, that my
consciousness is so darkened and leur-
defied with the memory of my past
life. When I remernber that my lite hsto
been -when I recall my stained and
defiled infaney and childhood, my cup -
graced and dishonored youth, ray curs-
ed and rifted manhood -I feel that I
Ought not to be here."
Susan covered her face with her
hands and wept. He continued:
"I feel that am unevotthy to be
here. I feel, Suzy, that your veil
meanerst lackey, if he knew my past,
would not obey my orders; hay, that
he would not even tolerate ray prase
mice in the house, but Would give yell
Swum wept bittetly, He Went toce
aah, why at first felt uhable to reply
to you,' lee concluded ,and then be
stood meekly before het.
Susan lifted up her head, and dashed
the team front her face as she ans-
. "The eritiett sae tale Whitt deltas
"No one elan ever kitetee year tole where her pile, chalet frotti."-Olitio
fortune*, pad life. Emmy. 11 Is n,Oe Mete American,.
o/n4 10m; !
t S1mtho Mather.
During recent years the subtest of
colorblindness late received mucic .at-
tention, espec1aly in relation to Men
'working on rallwltya and en tth£ps.
Mom are now subject to examinee
Irons as regards'their sight, both la re-
spect to its strength and aiee to the
i,owet' of discriminating between dif-
ferent colored lights. Many testa have
been devised by Means of woole anti
catered counters by welch the sight of
Wiz people can be tested. It has now
been found that color -Mindedness is
always inherited,, and that a aurae
whoae ancestry is free frond it Never
e411111ts it. Curiously, as was: explain
ee by Professor William Beteeen in
bis presidential eaaress, delivered be-
fore the X3ritish Aelseeiatioit at Sydney
on Auguet tat celor•tatindnese is al -
wan inherited through the ,another
and never through the father. There
appears to be no instance in which a
color-blind father has transmitted his
defect to leis children except in con
nection with a mother who was a
transmitter, Xt. gees not follow, how-
ever, that the mother herself need be
color-blind, but she must have inherit-
etl the power of transreitting this de-
feat front the ancestor, Some, pro-
bably all, the daughters of acolor-
blind father inherit the power of
transuaitting the defect, although they
thernselrres e est at be color-blind,
and, as a rule, thee trauma it to
About one balt of their offspring of
both hexes. The sons who inherit
Calor-blinuness are, Or course, Color-
blind, but they do uot themselves.
traalsn it it; it ie the inheriting claugle
tors who become the traneam:tters to
the next generation, These freta
ought to be of considerable assistance
in the future to those who are respon
Bible forinvestigating the eyesight of
engine -drivers and officers of ships,
provided that they are able to carry
their investigations ldacic through at
least a couple of gexleratioas in the
family,, it it, can, be shown: that two
generations are •freefrom color-blind•
ness there is at least very .good rea-
son for supposing that the third` gen-
eration wilt also be free.---Eglneexing,.
PLEASED' TO RECOMMEND
13411Y'S OWN TABLETS
MM. efeetrt Bernier, Aacelitie, Que.,
writes; "It is With pleasure that I re-.
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mother of Yet= ahildren ehould be
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from The Dr. Williams Medicine CO.,
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la THE FINAL TEST.
(Bodhester Post -Express)
.Perhaps the fault of the Frerteh sot.
dier is that he is too fiery. His "elan"
carries him beyorid tho bounda of pru-
dence., But his gallant death is an In-
splration to all who stavive. It is the
beroism of the French soldier, as Rene
Downie prediets, that will create the
France of to -morrow, and it is this too,
that, sustained by British backbohe and
Russian endurance, will fleetly tell,
Mtharces. Liniment Cares Colds, Etc.
THE LONGEET ONE.
German supply trains creep out of EMT':
It is longer than the other two."
wants to „give the British lames tor
Krupp guns," was the informed man's
' there is a third train.pullIng out,
Two men stood on 4 hill 'watching the
"That is loaded with beer and saner. -
"What is the longer train?" was the
"What is the first train?" asked the
ahnedreneatzeflosUr'th that fa almost a
that is ammunition for the
bombe the Kaieer
. What form of suepiles can
M'cl'Ouhirletissatitc'hs eaastirivaneTpriatin'ed; that train
carriett the Iron Cro.ssesa
•
BETTER- TfiAN SPANKING
Spanking' dOes not etire children of
bed-wetting. There is a constitutional
„cantle for this trouble. Mrs. Suinmers,
Box W. 8 Windeoe• Ont., wilt send free
, to any mother her stiecessfui herae
treatmeht, with full instructions. Send no
money, but write • ber to -day ie your
help ie. This treatment alio tune adults
end aged people troubled with urine die
ficelties by day or night.
-11
(London Advertiser)
This ts the first war in wli-ich Great
Britain has tought against Germany.
&gene and' the Prussian King against
France. Later hi the Seven Tears' War,
Englaad was Frederick the Greatee ally.
Prussia. and Great Britain' were allies
against Napoleon, and the British na-
tion aways watched with sytrine-
thy -the gradual amalgamation of
the Gentian states under the
leadership of Prusela up to the. consum-
smitten of the Empire at' Veretulles
187Gterrnahe denounce Great Britain's
"treason to the cause of eulture",in help.
issg lerauee and Russia, Its though we
were boend to go on for ever us the at.
nes of aerman aggression. .oertruerly
bas only herself to bialne for tereacBrit-
aees reversal ,ot tradition,
To° BUSY.
(Rochester Post-Egpr gas)
pied lust now with matters nearer home,
and until those are settled any project-
ed invasion of the Dominion. need give
'es no inariediate concerti.
Ali •old offender that hung on for
Years. Nothing touched his stony
heart but rutnatn's Cora Extraetor,
and Out he eame, root, stem and,
brench. All ores cured just as quickly
wheit Putnittres le used; tre it, 250
at all dealers.
NOT HibINO BEHIND THE U. SY
(Ottawa Journal)
Mg Its must be nauseating to any red -
Weeded Canadian. The Majority of
us Would tooter look to five eItotaditen
eitieeria foe detente 'than to any doc-
trine of dead Ameritati.
SiZING UP BBITAINvE FLEET.
(Galt Reporter)
The test Wag to rettlize hoar great its
lsh fleet in the North Sea is to imagine
what Weald Monett if it 'Were not theft.
AT ON
Cietite %c
writhe: "I meta Dr. lasees Ointmeat
ter itching piles, and found that the
first. appithetion gave relief. After
-using a few boxes of the ointment I
meat, it highly to all sufferer!! froln
YOu have My Peeleaselon
to nee this letter for the beuetit of
Mr. Janne Id, Doleglase, Superior
juuctioa, Ont., Writes: "For about
six years I !suffered /NM pilete and
Often could net work for two er three
tre• ated me In vein, awl I tried ;Ilene
treettnents before came acraea Dr. it,
Mese% Ointment cured me, and for
/several Menthe I have had AO return '
or this annoying tielmeut."
There ean be no denbt that Dr.
Clatse's Ointment le the moat effective
treetment Obtainable for every form
ot piles, 00 eeras a box, ell dealers, or
Edrctanson, Bates en Co., Limited,
Toronto,
THE HOLY WAR.
(Philadelphia Record)
The trouble about Um 114Y war that
Turkey Is inviting all MosieMs to lelit
15 that, from a religious point of view,
all."giaoure" look alike to a Moslem,
while Turkey only whales to have the
war carried on against Fingland4 Bus -
Maus and Frenchmen. There is a fur.
thur aifficulty In the fact that iv,hile
Turkey is a pertner of Germany It in
bound to contluet war 0.00:01148* to what
a German professor calls eonsaientioue
methods, while the only law of a holy
war is tbe comprehension of a Moslem 14
the killing of all Christians on sight.
Hence the nualtais in Beirut are urgleg
the faithful to slaughter all Christians
indiserlininately upon the appeareace of
410.
THIS WAR'S WORST FEATURE.
(Chicago Tribtuse)
The London Statist, in a stoical if not
cheerful editorial, tells Jim Britia.k.ahat
the war is costing them a eillien and a
half per annum. and that the-a/win ilaye
to pay indefinitely. Interest.on a new war
debt of about $5,000,000,055. It thinks,
however, that the money can be raised
without much difficulty on fairly mod-
erate terms—say 5 per cent
Well, perhaps it ean. But these strag-
gering totals are not likely to be droppeti
front the skY, Hoarders may begome
investors to a certain extent, but the
greater Dart of the rnoney must, be al-
‘.verted from industry', enterprise, com-
merce, and constructive Social. reform.
The wealth and capital burned, waeteea.
destroyed, cannot be used in further pro -N,
duction, in extensions and improvements.
a‘TVnlidderlodvi°illlosscsiontinue to suffer from it. And
the infinite pity, the tragedy. the bit-
terness of it is that the tremendous and
almost inconceivable losses in life, health,
vigor, and treasure are entailed rat by a
war for principles, for human rights, for
Progress, for essential interests, but bY
callect for."
PIIICINING DEATH.
te
Trick of Young Seagull in tlze
Scottish Highlands.
Recently, while out floating on one
Of the many mountain lecke in Olen
Urquhart, 245 a correspendent, we
had tut opportunity of stutlyiug at Drat
hand the habit. which Certain birdo
have of feignina death when danger is
neer, We lied Oohed With ciente Kin-
eei38 for a time whoa suddenly the sun
"shone Out and the wind fell, the loch
then,. becornine ea cattle that we *mew
our titling prospects were over till it
riPided Once more. However, our at-
tentioa was soon tatractea by two
Small birds which were swaurning
about among the grasses and Water*
lilies, which grew very pleAttfully at
the slde et the loh. We rowed the
boat in the direction, of the birds, and
the gamekeeper who waa With Us told
us they were young seagulls. In order
to get a nearer view, eve came VerY
elese Upon them, so- that we were able
to lift one late the boat, while the
other made its eseape. The capture()
bird lay on its side, to 031 appearancea
Unable to move, and in an apparently
gretted having come into slice. close
quarters with it, fearing It hail received
some aurt by contact with the boat.
Our boatsmen, however, looked amus-
ed, said nothing, but rowed out of the
rushes into the clear, and placed the
eeagull in the water. In a moment it
had recovered from ite trick of feller!,
lug death, mate a joyful cry of free-
dom, and swam away, soon disappear-
ing out of sight, Our sympathy bad
evidently been wasted.
YU ofilli
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FOFiCE AND IDEAS.
(The New Republic)
Who cares to paint a picture now, or
tee write any poetry but war peatry. or
ao eearch the meaning ot language, or
speculate abont the constitution of mat-
ter? It loeems like finding when Horne
burns, Or to edit a magazine—to coVer
paper with Mk to -care about hopes that
have gone- stale to launch pbrasee that
are lost in tbe.uprear? What Is the good
now of tbinking?' What la a critic coin -
pared to a battalion of infantry? This,
men say, is a time for action, any kind
of action. So without a murmur. thn la-
boratories of Europe are commandeer-
ecl Re hospitals, a thousand half finished
experimenta abandonea. There was' more
for the future of the world its tbese ex-
periments thet we .dare to calculate.
Taey are tossed aside. The best scholar.,
ship has turned press agent to. the gen-
eral staff. The bope of labor se...absorb-
ed, tee great -plans built on the surplus
of wealth; are dropped, for the armies
have to on financed. Merely to exist
has become a, Problem, to live finely
seems to many a derelict hope.
Yet the fact remains that the final
thoughts of men, which seern so feeble,
are the only Weapons they have against
overwhelmnig force. It was a brain
that conceived the gun, It was brains
that organized the armies, it was the
triumph of 'physics and chemistry that
made possible the dreadnought. Men
organised this superb destrection: theY
ereated this force, thouell It, dreamed
it, planned it. It has got beyond their
control, It haa got into the servIce of
hidden forces they do not understand.
Men can master it only by clarifying
thetr own will to end It. and rnaltine
•tivilization so thorougliiy under their
control Una no machine can turn traitor
to it. For while it takes as much ...atilt
to make a sword as a plowshare, it takes
neritical understanding of human, values
to prefer the plowshare.
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of LaGrippe and I have frequently
Proved it to 'be very effective in eases
of Inflammation.
W. A. HUTCHINSON,
. (Rochester Herald)
The faculties of Koenigsberg have con-
ferred the degrees of Doctor er Laws,
Doctor of DivinitY, Doctor et Philoso-
phy and Doctor of Medicine %Men General
von Hindenburg, Of these Doctor of
Divinity is the only one that seems to
SLANDERING SANDY.
(Detroit Free Press)
"rrit Scotehman and I don't believe In
giving Christmas presents," Andrew Car-
negie is quoted as having said. Move
to strike out the batter half of the sera
tame as tautological and redundant.
Uneensoious Bravery.
At a place called Anghin, about forty
miles south of Bangkok, a Chinese
and his wife cultivated a small sugar
cane plantation. The man had been
greatly annoyed ber having his cane
eaten by his neighhors' buffalo calves,
Coming home one evening just at dark,
he eaw what he thougat was one 'of the
marandere at work on the eau, Steal-
ing galenal. up behind it, he sttuck it a
mighty blow with a heavy club. The
animal dropped without a wand. The
Chinese Old his wife what he heel
done, and added, "That calf will steal
be more of my cane," In the morning
he found that the "calf" Was a Mil.
grown tiger. He had killed It by break-
ing int neck. And John Was so much
impreesed with his own narrow es-
, tape that he took to his bed and was
sick for a week. -Youth's Cempaten.
THE MAN% THE SAME.
(Galt Reporter)
The thin lino of Icahlti is just as hard
to totems as Was the thin reel line of old.
'Shipping fever
pink eye, eolgoiltit. disternpter taid.all nose and
threat diaeraest tared, aad all others, to utattet how "ex-
pelled." kei;frorn having aria' ofa tittle diseancis with
sit down of en teed tt ease. One bottle gettranteed cle
. Best thing for brood mares. Acts en the bleed. Thyr-
oids led 'harness ehoes, Distributors: ALL Witat,ESAriel
(Detroit Free Press)
There may be considerable 'difference
of opinion amine onlookere over the
merits of the present war aa between
Germany and .Austria and the .Aillea.
bet there is none concerning the sort of
treatment that Belgium has received,
and no attaolt on her or oppression le
generally Yield susceptible of excuse.
As ha
as Steel
moot aslielvet
That's the way to keep your
Muscles -Sample and Strong.
British Army
Liniment
Stands in a class by itself as
a remedy for Stiffness,
Rheumatism, Swellings,
You should Rivers hetp
a bMtie of British Army
Liniment in the house.
11 your Storekeeper hasn't got
ft. write a
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Toronto 9
DE WET.
At heart Christian De Wet was never
reconsteacted. He could not view the
defeat Of the Boers in the iast war pbil-
osophicaliy. He did not have the broad
vision of Botha and Smuts, The pat-
riarchal Beer rule was good and suf-
ficient to him. Self-government under
British flag, however, safe -guarded meant
to him but galling servitude, He has
always dreamed of a Dutch South Africa,
It will now be recalled, let us hope, that
Louis Botha came to the conclusion be-
fore the war with England ended that De
Wet, owing to his sufferings anct his
implacable hatred of the enemy, was na
longer in his right mind; accord-
iagly General Botha. disregarding the
victor of Saunas Post and Reddersburg',
opened negotiatioue with Lord Kitchener
Christian De Wet, They may be disposed
to ask clemency for the misguided old
hero now,
Mtnarces Liniment Cures Garget in
"CAPTAIN JONES."
'British Army Lieutenant Got An
'Unnecessary Pright.
This is a true story, and illustrates the
power of the le,mpire's nelvest arm to put.
verize the pluck of a British officer, He
was a lieatenant in the army—name and
regimeut on application—and was not
only a. keen spertsman, but found time
and inclination to coach the Bov Scouts
of the district In a sanall hall he had
hired for the purpose, A. short time
ago, when a strike riot was threatening
the towit wbere he was stationed. his
reginient was ordered to remain In bar -
Melte in ease of emergeneies. Being 4
bit of a boy himself, however. the hem.
seneaked nut of barraelcs ter Isatt sat
}lour to keep an inmartant anpaltrtment
respecting the purchase of s. polo noll.v.
On his return he was met by 411.4M10-
13)- with the sinister information that
Captain losses desired to o.kie 1111n. Now,.
Captain Jones Was a martimq in matters
of cliscipine; and, shaking lit Int epats,
the lieetenarst -obeyed the summone and
nervously opened the door of -ate inquie-
...Rion chamber. To his surmise, how-
ever, ita only oecupation was a taxed -
haired flapper, wise veetea hiss appear-
ance with some scif-posseSsed obServa.
"Oh, said the lieutenant about to turn
tail. "I thought Captain Jonee Was
here. There is some asietalte."
''There is no mistake," replied the little
girl, with dignity, sin Captain JoneS-,
of the Gm Guides.'
Minard's Liniment Otttes Diphtheria,
84.
Curious Coincidences.
to ateident a• number of interesting
examplee are of anthentio record. It
has been. pointed out that very otten
persone have been surprised by events
occurring, as it seemed, at the im.
Mediate suggestion of the victinte.
Some yeers ago a. weleknown Am-
erican business man, who was amis.
Named to make weekly trips between
an eastern city and Chitago, bad the
wheel break beiniediately under hie
seat while the trein was going at full
Speed, It Was ouly by the Man for-
tuna,te of leaps that ho Was able te
efileatal losing his life. Naturally, this
experience made a very deep improe
Won upon him.
it was lama a year latet thet he
took the WIMP train, and, by a etrenge
thanee, was atteigned the it ane* their.
During chat with a friend Whole he
had just met he glanced out Of the
window and recogniZed the lenctscape
and the very spot of his narrate* eseape.
He told the friend the etory of the
broken wheel. Just as he resealed the
Climax of his retital, seeing, "The Old
sitivera go down my back at the bare
thought of it, There it is teifahll"
We are allvays striving for thieve
fOrbiddea teed cevetieg these denied
pi. ova
STRAIN AT GNAT,. ,SWALLOW A
The German Crown Prime is reported
In an inteeview to be very grievously of -
'fended by the storie.s in eirculation about
hitaehaving participated in the hoting of
Freston' ana, Belgian homes, it seema
incredible to-ehlin that anyone -tumid
believe Buell thlitga„ But dot% lie
individual homes after liavner been, en-
gaged in pillaging a wtioIa nation. Is
it not a case of straining at...gnats and
swallowing camels?
•
marters Fen:tale Pills have been
the Standard for 21 years and for. 40
years 1..Peseribed and recommended by
physicians. Aceept no other. At zli
'SEX EN BUSINESS.
It may be instinet. it may be euatoth,
but anyway it is a tact:
L That when a woman marries She
doesn't want her lob cony longer,
a That when. a man notaries he wante
his lob all the. mere, OonsequentlY-
3. That as long as there 1$ marrYing
and giving in marriage, business, being
desirous of reliable beta, will diScern a
difference between the sexes.
THE LIMIT,
Germany feling Belgium foe Violating
its .oyen neutrality la the sublimes tableau
thus ear.
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