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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-7-5, Page 7dtroov+> S -•+v. 14X+1 $ +p+ (+3'i +o,+3�+i~E,# E 3;i+r.mu% ' rharnbered tip 10 .his present position ., . _ without troubto ; nils was a si "nificanf R••• ^r a awnn a-» a iaeVr ejnee tilers Tui¢rlr4 ba and probably wire oLhevb, WAN itr IA TALE OP SOUTHERN CHINA. CHAPTER XVII.—(C00Einu0d), Scum lueldess Chinamen by chance .G were In the tit ay, tit Melt was a sorry thing fur them, as the big Englishman kept his left nInt moving with a flail - like, double-jointed ucilon, rout when his list enwe In voided wllh the cranium rof a pigtail celestial, the fellow bowled over very much as da the pins in an alley when a well -directed ball shrikes the Kingpin in the von. Thus In a rrteastirc he was plowing his way through all obstructions, intent anle' upon aecaupiisbing the duty in hand. When such a man directs his whole endow, ors to reaching a certain end he is apt In cut a pretty wide swath during his advance. • , Lord Beckett certainly did. Petoskey saw hint routing, and knew he had about reached Iia end of his rope for the present. Iia was a soldier, fend had learned tha art of deserting his entrenchments. s- The first duty was to embarrass the enemy as touch as possible while cover - Leg his own retreat. Thus he suddenly sent hencoop and burials whirling In hurricane mess car directly in the palls of the advancing foe. and in the saint-darlmess Lord Beckett had about us mucic as he could manage to avoid sprawling over the ntuneenus rolling objects that bumped against his shins. These few seconds were valuable to the diplomatic coma, and, in foci, they were just what be depended upon In order to caery out. his Utile design. The bulwark of the junk was but a few feet away, and an energetic man could reach it easily enough with a single bound, Doubtless the spirits of the vasty deep were calling to Petoskey just then; he may have even heard the mermaid voters such as proved so seductive in the ears of ancient mariners. • At any rale, the ratan evinced a most 'derided fancy for immersion that was certainly not founded upon any sud- denly contracted religious fever. Lord Racket: might have lot fly at his dieappea'ing figure as it shot over the side, but he saw no reason for wasting ammunition in this reckless way. Since the bold Russian had accommo- dated himself to the conditions, and ac- complished just what was most earnest- ly desired of hint, what was the necessty fur putting a bullet somewhere within the limits of his anatomy or crippling his wing? He would need both arms to gala a landing. So Plympton brought up at the rail. Ile had plainly heard the great splash that betokened the arrival of the man - frog in the water, and could even tell about where he might bo at the lime, from the series of wavelets that marked his course. This was tine progress. Now to scatter the remainder of the Chinese crew like chart before the wind, • and sweep then over'the side Larry was already engaged in this laudable taste, and had succeeded in rounding up several of the followers of Confucius, just, as he would have done a flock of sheep. • Tine wretched Mongolians bore no little resemblance 1.o sheep, and evidently placed the utmost dependence or, their bell -wether, for when Petoskey vanished from the scene, with Iffin went the last vestige of their valor. Panic-stricken, they chased hillier and thither about the deck, and the advance of either Larry or his big comrade in any dieettion sent one or more over- board in hot haste. A little more of this bustling and the const seemed clear; no living, moving obee'ollrer than themselves and a couple of wounded wretches occupied the deck. Larry surveyed the scene with some little complacency—indeed, truth to tell, he puffed out his small chest very much as might a pouter pigeon, for such a splendid victory meant considerable in his estimation, Lord Beckett was more sensible, Icnowing their victory was not yet won. "See (tow Avls is getting along—then look to the wounded wretches, I have other work cut out for me here," he called in a Voice of authority. CHAPTER XVIIi, Larry was only too glad to have some one along with him capable of handling the tiller, of assuming command and giving orders; for being himself mo- dest by nature he did not feel capable of undertaking such a part unless abso- 1't .lately compelled to do 80. Accordingly ire paddled nnvay on his short legs be the cabin, where he found Avis on guard, watching the window eagerly, ready to carry out her Instruc- tions to the letter should the occasion have arisen. She received her cousin gladly, •and was apparently well satsfled to know there would be no present necessity for heroism on her part—not that she would have shrunk from the perfor- mance had it Come to that point. When she heard what work Larry had upon the deck she insisted on assis- ting him, nor could he dissuade her. Of such material are Anglo-Saxon women of .to -day made—the cries of the wounded foemen appeal to their bravo .yet tender boons, and with gentjo hands they bind up his wounds. In the late Spanish-American con- flict the dons learned many things that had not previously entered into their philosophy, and among them was the chivalrous spirit in which most English spea(cing people trent a fallen foe. Those wretched Chinamen who gasped upon the deck of the junk, writhing in the torture of thane wounds, must have bean ahnazcd when the iady, whom they had been instrumen(ol in abducting Nat her fi'iitnds bent over them, and with the rare skill of an army nurse bound up their het'Is In a crude but effectual manner, considering the paucity at material at her command. As for Plymplon, there was never a min.uio That he was not in It. Ile knew it was imperative that they should get ashore with all speed, and while Larry had been about the busi- ness assigned hint, the big man had taken hold of a setting pole with which he was vigorously probing the water alongside, in the hope and expectation of reaching some stably foundation through means of which he could push ashore. in this endeavor ira seemed to meet with continued disappointment. Ply:nplon was, however, a roan of ter- ttle resources; when one idea failed to pan out as favorably as he expected, it was his way to turn and utilize other methods. The end and not the means, was his motto. Hence he wasted no more Lima with the pole that was too short, but slam- med IL on the deck with a growl of dis- gust, They were floating with the current, and unless something was speedily done to counteract this insidious influence they might so continue to pass on clown rho stream. Then he cast his eye aloft. There were the big, mat -like straw sails, quits useless in their clewed up condition; could they not be utilized in some way in order to bring about the desired result? It was a bright thought. But even broad sails need wind of the right sort In order to carry the craft on. Was there such a disturbance of the air? Plymplon plainly remembered that some lime before he had felt a night zephyr blowing, but had not noticed it particularly of late, which was not strange, considering the series of amaz- ing adventures through which he and his little companion had passed. As he faced around, he believed he caught a faint puff of cool air; it was not much, to be sure, but possibly all that would be required once the big mating sail had been dropped. Next he sprang to the mast to dis- cover where the ropes lay and how they were to be manipulated. Plymplon was something of a sailor— that is, he had at various times owned yachts and sloops, and knew about as much as the average amateur nautical man. Whet was better and more to the point in the present case, however, he had been on junks before, and the little stock of knowledge thus obtained was Nicely to prove valuable to him now. Whether he unfastened the ropes cr used his knife upon them, the sail came down with a rush and a roar. The vast arca caught the zephyr et once, as was evident in the turning of the boat. All that was required' now lay in the lino of a steady hand at the tiller, by means of which the junk could be turned to the shore line. It may seem strange that all this rack- et and riotous proceeding could be car- ried on without attracting a fleet of outer boats around them ; but the Chi- nese are a peculiar people, apt to mind their own business to an extent that may take them past serenely on the other side of the. highway while a fellow is being despoiled by thieves, doubtless acting upon the principle that it is none of their funeral after all. Besides, the junk had been carried be. low the city itself, with its floating popu- lation. This was a feature of the case that never disturbed Plympton a particle, so Accustomed was he to depending upon his own powers. Indeed, more than likely, 11 the truth were told, he was grateful at heart that their little circus on board the drifting junk had been without witnesses, for all the chances seemed to indicate that had a fleet of officious sampans fluttered around Them, the occupants must, through the ties of race and religion, have sympathized with the coolies who were being worsted on board, and as a result our gallant rescuers would have found thein' self-imposed task made doubly difficult. Everything oonsidered, than, Plymp- ton saw no reason to regret the fact of their strange isolation, It had taken all of their resources, backed by the ever -welcome auxiliary of luck to manage the business in hand, and had their enemies been encouraged by fresh arrivals, the' affair must of necessity have gone heavily against them, There was considerable satisfaction In realizing that they wore alive, and with fair clianaes of ultimate success ahead of them, instead of floating upon (he bosom of the dark river filled with vane - tures from Chinese knives. Lord Rack- et( seemed to think so, for he moved to- ward the rounded stern of the junk, in order to grasp the steering gear, with a light step and an air of anima me stratgaly In contrast 'With the 'despon- dency that had grasped him but a sihort time before, The tiller, bent in the Chinese way, was knocking back and forth in aimless fashion when Plympton reached 11i Ito had put out his hand to clutch this adjunct of the primitive steering gear, when he as soddenly sprang back tie though the deadly hooded head of a poisonous coils had appeared alongside the o'ooked AbMU. The cause of this actlonewasnot far to seep, Coit a grim, dripping figure had suddenly shot into view from behind the stern, and the gleam of a knife ac 1 sliced the air told how eagerly the yel- low -faced native had aimed is take his lira. Ii'o had been overboard, and had elf, Zs miss le as good as a mile, they say, althougb a close shave is apt to send a cold shiver down one's back; and Plymplon, being a marl. of Un- bounded nerve, knew just what remedy was needed for the present disease. Itis revolver had never loft his hand, for he could not tell at what instant such a ready recltonera might be needed, and when a man 'has usa for such a tool tie wants It very badly. 5o that the atnbillrnts Neptune, who had came up as 11 were out of the sea, had little time to figura on whether valor or discretion were rho briar atter the absolute failure Of his vindictive attack, when Plymplon sent its compliments, and the vieinily oI the rudder was again free from foes, Perhaps that particuiar sailor man would stay where he belonged after tints --at least he had been lett to believe that was his place. Ills coming had given Lord Beckett something of a chill. in imagination he could sen all the other natives who bad jumped over- board clinging to the sides of the junk, gleaming knives clasped between their teeth, only waiting for a favorable op- portunity to strike and spare not. The prospect was so filled with grim suggestions that it alarmed him, not so much on his own account as for the others. who, chancing near the rail might tall victims to a wailing blade. Accordingly he, called Larry and bade him bring his Cousin to the, stern, giving both sides of the boat a wide berth, He had already brought the tiller hard Mee, and such was the intiuenco of the air that the boat drifted in toward the low shore, evidently a rice Ileld, and which could be faintly discenrned through the gloom. Once alongside the bank, a landing could be made, and then the boat sent adrift in such a way that it would take time and patience on the part of any who climbed aboard to make the shore a second time. Plympton believed he was able to ac- complish this readily enough if given half a chance. They drifted on, gra- dually closing the gap existing between them and the shore, and yet In their impatience it seemed as though precious minutes were lacing wasled while this went on, minutes that were fraught with momentous consequences to them. Besides, they were all the while in- creasing the distance between them- selves and the walls of the city, and their tasic of returning would be made the more difficult; indeed, even Lord Backett was a little appalled at the trials and tribulations likely to tall to their lot while endeavoring to make ig- norant and bigoted natives understand what they wanted; and, as for Larry,. he would likely pray for the friendly comfort and guidance of the astute Rai Wang, if only for a short half hour. All of them breathed a sigh of relief as the boat approached land, and pre- parations were made fat quitting the junk with as much expedition as possi- ble, no one being in the least sorry that the tragical voyage had reached Its con- clusion. (To be continued). REVOLUTION IN SURGERY. Clever London Surgeon Originates New Method of Skin Division. A revolution in operation has been achieved by a clever surgeon, who has discovered a method of incising the skin tvlthout leaving any visible scar. Well known operators at Guy's and other hospitals in London have arranged with this surgeon to do what may be 'described as the superficial part of their operations, leaving him to begin the operation and to attend to the conclud- ing part of it. The fact that glands, tumors, and so forth run now be removed without there being the ,slightest outward trace after the operation Is the most important item of progress which has occurred in surgery for many years. When the op- O'eraton is made in the region of the face or the nate the advantage of the new method will be at once realized. Not a little of the success of this me- thod is of course due to the practice and skill of this surgeon, but the fundamen- tal difference between the old method and the new is that the new method of skin division consists of dividing it up• on the slant, in contradistinction to the usual practice of dividing the skin at right angles to the surface. The . rea- son why a cut through the skin upon the slant and subjected to properly ap- plied pressure heals so perfectly is simple enough. Canted is perfect, and the greater the pressure, within limits, the better is the result. This surgeon made lois, first experi- ment with an adapted hollow ground razor. He now uses hollow ground scalpels made especially for him. After the operation a magnifying gins Is used to see that line edge of the skin is in proper position end a right dressing of glass and wool is used to prevent the skin oonlracttng. in many cases massage is used. Old scars and the indications of former operations can be removed by this method. 4— WATER TI•HING TO DRINIK. Mrs. Wagg (with paper) : "0h, John, hero's something good to 1rnow, It says is few drops of lesion juice in a glass of water will kill all the living things In it. We'll try it." Air. Wagg : "Pardon me, my dear, not for mite. I'd sooner swallow an aquarium titan a morgue any day." It 1s easier to break the will of a dead man than the will of a live woman, We like best to call SCOTT'S EMULSION a food because It Stands so em- phatically, for perfect nutrition. And yet in the matter of restor- ing appetite, of giving nett/ strength to the tissues( e.tpecially to tate nerves, its action is that of a medicine, bad for fretampae. SGOTT & 1�OWNE, Chemists, 'Toronto, Oet.rlo. Iso, nwd r,.1 all dr.r$4lit., DO YOU 1, `,T A 9`` 'w -v" ON T 1 iivt PUR TEA? THEN USE HANDLING CLOVER 1IAY. Clover hay is more diilitult to cure and handle and shows up worse when badly trade 15101 thnutty or meet other grasses. As a rule, the leguminous plants have more sap than the grasses. Many farmers are asking questions about my crop of alfalfa and stopping ut my door us they pass, writes Mr. R. S Seeds. 1 certainly have at beautiful stand. In my opinion there is no rough teed equal to clover bay. Stock will Jo better and stand more on less grain if they aro fed clover hay than any other feed, provided it is well made. 1 place the emphasis on well made: Many (armors can cut and put up hay which they think is first-class, but which really comes out in bad shape and they wonder whet is the mailer with 11. Aa a rude, 11 Is burned end dried mit, not made at rill It is cut down and allowed to lie until it is practically scorched, then raked and hauled In. This kind 01 hay -making is more disasirous to the legumes than to timothy and outer grea- ses. In ray opinion more hay is spuilyd ly dampness and the scorching rays of the sun than by rain, It has always (:eon a source of amusement 10 mo to sail farmers wait until Saturday before start- ing the mower, so that they can haul it in the following Monday. >:ttturday above all clays of the week is the one T would avoid. Farmers who resort to this method are the losers and not the gainers, While they mny gain a day, they are losing in quality and quantity a great den] more than the real value of the wages and labor of ono day's work. Suppose it begins to rain Monday morning, just about the time the hay is Rt to rake up, or looking al IL in another wee, suppose the sun is strong Monday morning when the hay is Rt to lake up, nine times out of len, the two dews and the two days' bol sun are sufficient practically 10 cure the hay, I like to mow in the late Memnon or dirty evening, using a 0 -foot mower. The next morning before the sun gets hot, I lake a tracker and knock the dew off and set it up so 118 to let the air anti sun get through It. I "teal" Ib again about noon; immediately after dinner start the hay rake, hauling it in at once or put. ting 1t in cocks, If It is put in cocks, I do not scatter them out unit) the dew is oil the next morning. If I think It will rain near the middle of Etre day, I put the clover In cocks. If It rains tine morning after the hay was tedded and before I can get 11 into cocks, I start with the Tedder when the sun tonnes out and stir up the hay l0 knock the rain off. 1 have had about half an acre of hay in cocks on Tues- day, and after en almost continuous rain have torn the cocks apart the fol- lowing Friday and hauled in nice, green - colored hay. In my experience, I consider a ton al good alfalfa hay ground worth almost es much es a ton of wheal bran. 1 like to cut clover when most of the heads are out and red. 1 always work ten hours a day, except In harvest. Then this rule does not apply. When a man 1e in the midst of his clover and Lim- cthy, the ofd saying is a very important one, "Make hay while the sun shines," MANAGEMENT OF THE DAIRY HERD In the first place, too much empha- sis cannot be laid on the practice of a dairy farmer always, as fat as possible, breeding and rearing his own heifers, paying the greatest attention to select- ing the calves from the best butler pro- ducing cows. The productiveness of a herd can be greaUy improved in a !ew years by this practice, and there is less risk of introducing disease. To 1111 tip the places of old cows, and those which prove unlucky or unprofit- ebie, young heifers to the number of one-third or one-fourth of the total herd should be available .each year, The time at which heifers should bear their first calf depends a good deal upon how they have to be reared, which, needless ltsay, should be as well done as pos- sible. Everything possible should Le clone to develop the frame, as it has been proved that the largest animals in any particular breed are the most eco- nomical producers of butler. Then, provided heifers have been well reared, they can be put to the bull at a year and nine months. Some breeders like them to come in at a year and nine months, or two year's, and then milk them as long as they will, and then let them have a season's spell. Anyway, Um aim should he to develop the frame, to Heifers, large digestive capacity. 1 eife s, after their first calf; should always be milked for as long a period as possible, say len months, even if. only stripping, and never allowed to go dry about six months after calving, t s they often will if precautions are not Lekon. This eneaurages a most valu- able had!, that of persistent milking, A cow should never be dry more than six or tight weelcs out of the year, but she requires this lime to regain strength for the fallowing season. • A goad cow will often nrtllc up lo the time• of calv- ing. brut if allowed to do 00 will •tot produce as good results next year. Abe must be dried off systeneteally; first by milking only once a day, and then once in two clays. then soy twice tit week till perfectly dry. Great care must be taken not to finally turn her out un- til the udder is perfectly clear, or the loss of a quarter may result. PASTURE CROPS FOR HOGS. Vetches,—A crop remarkably pala- table to pis and one (hat. gives a fair- ly good return per acre Is the common black vetch. It is very little, if any, su- perior to peas, however, and the seed is usually more expensive. Hairy Vetches. --Melte a very good green teed for swine. hitt the seed is ex- eedingly expensive, and a large amount Is required per acre, It has, however, not Infrequently stood tluvrugh the winter hero, and so might be utilized for an early spring pasiure. Lille rape, it will grow un agent if not too closely pastured 07' [flipped. Oats rind Pens,—Theca two eerie if grain mixed In equei parte by weight and sown at the rale of three bushels per aero, furnish a pasture or soiling Ceylon GREEN Tea Free from ail adulteration of any kind. Lead packets only. 40o, 60o and 000 ger Ib. At all Grocers. fllGilEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 9905. COBALT -The Wont's Richest Silver Mining Camp THE COLUMBUS COBALT SILVER CO., L,.iidyl+Ited. Authorized Capital Stock, 0150,900. Shares 51 each. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: noir. I:umaa0n Iranca torr, Pro:,tdent. JAMEB 1'IIDHOPE, Req„ M.P.P., bead of Director or the Ontario Dank, and 1or- the arm of Tudhope Carrige Co., Limited, merly 'Prea.uror el rho Province of Ontario Qrtlna, DAN1101. Filmset', Iran., M.R., Managing JOh N I"LISTT Eu „ vice-Preahlaet, Head Director, Cobalt Out. or tate Ban of P'tett, Lowndes d Co., Dir- Josseu COLUMBUS. 5Qeq„ Explorer, eater of Ontario Dank. Bailey bury, Ont. tOLIOITORS-Olark, MoPhoraon, Campbell & .farvie, Toronto. The force of men now developing the Columbus Mine near Giroux Lake, not far from the famous Drummond. Foster, Jacobs and others in Coleman Township, have now a vein six feet with Neper ore than ever before. 11 is about a fare:'one conclusion that this mine will soon sur- prise the war9d. On account of low capitalization, 1 have very little stock left for sale at $1.00 per share, as 11 is only a question of short lime when the stuck may advance to $5.00 or over.' Send at once for lull particu- lars, or mail your order with narked cheque or axprass order to the order of DANIEL SIMPSON, P. 0. Box 129, Cobalt, Ont. Stock sold on the instalment plan. crop that gives very good returns per acre. Either sown alone is fairly sat- isfactory, but not nearly so valuable us the conabbtation,—J. H, Grisdale. FUNNY BLUNDERS IN TYPE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS FROM SCRAPBOOK. CULLED The Printers Made "Death of a Prelate" Read "Death of a Pirate"— Snouts of 40,000. An old New York newspaper roan, now turned farmer, kept a scrapbook in which for yea's he pasted hundreds of the typographical blunders aid other errors that always annoy, but some- times amuse, newspaper writers. A few selections from this collection are given here to show that vagaries of the types and blunders which writers sometimes matte when driven at top speed may be compared favorably with some of the current humor of the day. IL was a New York newspaper which announced that "A long line of scor- pion's feathers flied into the church," instead of "surpliced fathers." A jour- nalist once fatuous under the press name of "(lath," wrote a Fourth of July article in which be told with fervid elo- quence how the effete monarchies of the old world trembled in their boots when they read the immortal declaration penned by Thomas Jefferson. "'Thrones reeled," he began, a sentence, and next morning he wished he hadn't, when he saw in cold type "Thomas reeled." A daily newspaper up the Hudson re• ported the speech of a Fourth of July orator who had something to say about the "Fiat of the Almighty." It got into the paper "the fist of the Almighty." BOY VERY DEAD. The old-time reporter, with the how] for copy ringing in tris oars, sometimes perpetrated remarkable English. A young Chicago newsga(herer wrote of a man who had died of asphyxiation' "Mr. Johnson was found reclining on the bed, while his legs extended over the floor and toward the outer edge of the room" A Chicago daily found a little boy who, according to its veracious chron- icler, was very dead indeed. The re- porter wrote, "The boy was quite dead. No efforts could resuscilato him in the least." This is quite as good as the "bull" culled from a feutilleton In the Paris Figaro, which ran :—"Not a cry did she utter nm' give any sign of life, not even when her brother-in-law put his hand (0 dealed,"er 'heart and said to Vague, 'She is A steady and venerable evening jour- nal solemnly informed its readers in a compfiruenlnry notice to the Catholic I''ireside that "its stories are not of a nature In destroy the morals of the youngest child" This is what the London Globe celled "an inadvertence" :--"Ily an inadver- tence our recent notice. of Dr. Macaulay's new book commented on the absence of illustration as a defect. \Ve now find, however, that it contains twelve wood cuts oI much merit." CLOTHED wrni SCANTITY. The Winnipeg TIrnes, on the death of a reverend gentleman, meant to say "the death of a prelate," but printed "the death of a pirate." A Cardiff newspaper, reporting the sermon of the Rev. Dr. Mellor before the Congregational Union, where tire, clergyman spoke of "Women Clothed with Seedily," by an mmfortunale trans- position of the "c" printed the phrase, "Women Clothed with Scantity." A London paper said that Ernest Renal) had occasion to telegraph across lite British Channel the title of a lec- ture he was to deliver In Westminster Macy. The title as written by him was "The Influence of Rome on the Forma- tion of Christianity." 11 was published in England as 'The Influence of Runt oe the Digestion of Humanity." THE SNOUTS OF 10,000. it was in a New York paper's report of a political meeting that the word "shouts" was so ludicrously misprinted as in make the blunder famous. "The snouts of 10,000 Democrats rent the air," read the report. A local reporter wrote that Dr. Tal- mage closed his services with the hymn "Nearer, by God, lo Thee," but the blun- der was caught on the fly in the: proof - room and dud not get into tine paper. At the time of the ltleeker"massaore in Colorado a despatch from the west at - tenanted the trwgedy to the farmers "having pulled dotvn the Indians' tents and corrals." One paper put it into type as "pulled down the Indians' beets and carrots." WOMEN'S CHANCES OF MARRIAGE. The women of Great Britain have nearly twice as many chances of being mauled as the women of any other na- tion in Europe. This is one of the many remarkable facts shown in the annual statistical abstract for the prineipal na- (1oes of the world, issued hp tine Board of Tradereeantly. The period covered by the figures is from 1993 to 1908. in each of those ten years there have been fourteen or sixteen marriages per 1,000 of the population in Great Britain, while in oilier countries the rate has remain- ed steadily at between seven and eight per 1,000. He : "When I was small I was a most extremely intelligent child." She t "Yrs. Ilnw very unfortunate that you should have grown up I" i~ "Jones is kicking because be only got GotrOx estate," � Was he ane of the heirs?" "No --ho was one of uta lawyers." ten thousand dollars out of the lit ?�s+g✓ ✓.ram 4.4:relM THE SPONGE BATH. tionWhile the grant majority of women have neither the facilities nor the time to take a full bath every day, nearly t II can take a sponge bath, winch is all that Is necessary lux' cleanliness, A basin,' a sponge, and a cork gnat comprise the essentials, end five minutes' application a day will keep the pores of' the skip open and the .body in ti healthy.cutidi- , RELIEF FOR NERVOUS HEADACHE' The ordinary headache from which so many watnrn suffer will he greatly relieved, and, in many eases entirely cured, by removing the waist of the dre.,s. knotting the hair high up on ,he head out of tihe way, and, while lean- ing over a basin, placing a sponge soak- ed in water as hot. as it can be borne on the back of the neck. Repeat lite bmcanitiuyd ttohmes,eearsalso applying the sponge . SLEEPLESSNESS. A Swedish servant -maid, finding that her mistress was' troubled with sleep- lesness, told her of a practice of the people of her country who were simi- larly satiated. It was to (nice a napkin, dip ft. in Ica -cold water, wring it slighi- le and ley it across her eyes. The plan was followers and It workad like a cleat'm. The first night the lady slept for hours without waking—something she had not done for several nonlhs. At the and of that (lune the napkin had become dry. By wetting it again she at once went In sleep, and it required considerable farce to arouse her in the morning. CLIMBING STAIRS. In stair climbing keep the weight well over the advanced foot with the chest the farthest point forward. elo strike only the ball of the foot rn the stairway gives buoyancy of step to most people, although some claim that they can place Lhe whole foot lightly on the stair to good advantage. Be sure to take your time. Remember, you are lifting the weight of the body many limes and it is no light exercise. The worlc the back has to do ought to b': no greater going upstairs correctly than when on a level, The legs are the members of the bodily community which ought to perform that service. Medical authorities have recommended walking upstairs correctly as good ex- ercise for reducing prominent abdomen and relievaing indigestion. The com- monly conceived bugbear of some house- keepers may become a boon. They ought to reach the top of the stairs ex- hilarated, feeling a healthful glow. LOOK TO THE CELLAR. Sickness in families frequently can be traced to the cellar, for the cellar not unusually opens into the kitchen. The kitchen is heated and the cellar is not. Following natural laws, the colder air et the cellar will rush to take the place of the warmer and therefore lighter air of the kitchen. This would be well enough if the cellar air was pure, but often it Is not; partly decayed vegetables may be there, or rotten wood, etc. A day should be taken to throw out and carry away all dirt, rotten wood, decayed vegetables, and other accumulations which have gathered there. Then belie) down the cobwebs, and with a bucket or Iime give the walls and ceiling a good coat of whitewash. 1f a whitewash brush is not at hand take an old broom (hal is partly worn out and spread the whitewashs o n thick and strong. It will sweeten up the air of the cellar, the par- lor and the bedrooms and it may save the family from many atlifations. TRY TI•IE "ALWAYS HAPPY" CURE. It will pay you to get the "always happy" habit, by which is simply meant cultivating the taking of a hopeful view rt everything and everybody. It will 'n- erease your enjoyment Of ordinary pleasures, improve your health, and make of you a more efficient worker. 11 is based on the following contentions: All the evil passions are traceable to one or two roots—anger and worry. Anger is the root of all the aggressive passions. Worry is the root of all the cowardly pessions. Envy, spite, revenge, impatience, an- noyance, selfishness, unrest, and the like are all phases of anger. iealousy, fear, the belittling of self, the "butes," and all the introspective forms of depression are the children of worry. Anger and worry are the most unpro- (llable conditions L•nown to man. While they are in possession of the mind, both mental and physical growth are suspen- ded. PETS OF QUEENS. Queen Alexandra Breeds Cats For Her Friends. Queen Alexandra's fondness for cats has evidently descended to Princess Victoria, who not only keeps a large number of feline pets herself, but breeds some of the finest 'specimens for her friends, She possesses several very valuable ahh1ch111a kittens, and some beautihl Persians, and most of them have grown so fond of their Royal mis- tress that they follow her about like dogs. Mrs. Longworth—better known es Miss Alice Roosevelt, has a passion for animals of all kinds, . She rides a spit lied pony which, she says, is "worth his weight in ten -dollar notes," and she has three dogs which she has trained so well that they could earn for her a living at a circus. The Queen of Norway, who, It will lit remembered, Is a daughter of icing Edward, never took any particular (n, terest In pats Until she made her hornet In Dehmerit. Then, possibly because she felt rather lonely In a stralgo land, she soddenly developed quite a craze for birds, andher canaries, parrots, and cockatoos aro probably. the finest 'privwovld a f collection osuch birds in the "Why do you suppose the frog Newts so when I play the piano, Mr, Candle?" "A dog (mend be :(aught. to cenceal hie feelings,"