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CHAPTER V.
Steel swallowed a haaty breakfast
and hurried off townwards. He had
£1,000 packed away In his cigarce.se,
and the sooner he was free from
Beelcstein the bettor he would be
pleased. 3. -Ie camo at length to tho
offices of ,Meesrs. Mosso and Noels,
whose brass -plate bore the legend
that tho gentry Iii question wore soli-
citors, and that they also had a bus -
In London, As David strode
int e the offices of the senior pa.rtne,
Oat individuttl looked up with a
liade of anxiety in his deep, Orion
al oyes.
"Xf you have come to offer terms,"
ho said, nasally, "I am sorry---"
"To hear that I have come to pey
in frill," David said, grimly; "Z974
16s. 4d. up to yesterday, which I
understand is every Penny you can
rightfully. dales. Here it Is. Count
Ho opened the cigar -case and took
the notes therefrom. Mr. Mosso
counted them very carefully huleed.
The shade of diSappointment Was
still upon his aquiline features. Tie
had hoped to put in execution to -day
and sell David up. In that way
quite £200 might have been added
to his legitimate earnings.
"It appears to be all correct,"
Mosso said, dismally.
• "So I imagined, sir. You will be
no good as to indorse the receipt on
the back of the writ. Of course
you are -delighted in find that I am
not putting you to painful extremi-
ties. Any other firm of solicitors
would have given me time to Pay
this. But I am liko the Man WI10
jOnrileygd front Jericho to 'Jerusa-
lem --
"And fell amongst thieves! You
dare to cell ine a thief? You dare—"
"I didn't," Dalvid said, drily.
"Thot Ithe, discriminating laded of
yours saved Me the trouble, I have
met some tolerably slimy scoundrels
in my time, but never any- one of
them more despicable than yom•self.
roughl the mere sight of you sickens
nie. Let MO get out ot the place
so that X can breathe."
Davie] strode out of the office with
the remains of las small fortune
rammed into his pocket. In the
Wild, unreasoning rage that came
over him he had forgotten his cigar -
case. And it was some little time
before Mr. Mossa was calm enough
to see .the diamonds winking at hini,
c
i
"Our filmic, is in funds," he mut-
tered. "Wel, be shall have a dance
for his cap -case. I'll send it up
to the polkse-station and say that
some gentlinian or other left it here
by accidelit. And if that Steel comes
back wft''' can say that there is no
cigar-ciijoi bore. And if Steel does
not sea the police advertisement lie
will *se his pretty toy, and serve
Th"right. Yes, that is the way to
serve him out.'t
Mr. Moss a proceeded to put his
scheree into execution whilst David
was strolling along' the sea front.
He was too excited for work, though
be felt easier in his mind than he
had done for months. Ile turned
mechanically on to the Palace PlOC
at the head of which an Eaetbourne
steamer was blaring and panting,
The trip appealed to David in his
present frame of iniod. Like most
of his class, he wns given to acting
on the spur of the moment. It was
getting dark as David let himself fil-
o Downena Terrace with his latch -
How good it was to be back again!
The eye of the artist rested fondly
upon the , beautiful things around.
And but for the sport of chance, the
whim of Otte, these had all pasted
from him by this time. It was good
to look across the dining -table over
Venetiait glass, to see the pools of
light cast by the shaded- electric, to
note the feathery fall of flowers, and
to sec that placid, 'gentle. fade in its
frame of whites. hair opposite him.
Mrs. Steel's Melo, unaffected pride
in her son was not the least gratify-
ing part of David's success.
'You have not suffered from the
ek, mother?" lie asked.
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"Well, no," Mrs. Steel conressed,
Pladdly. "You see, I never had
what people call nerves, nty clear,
And, after all, I saw nothing, Still
I am very, very sorry for that Poor
young man, and 1 hare tient to in-
quire after him several times."
"Ho is no Worse 01! I should havo
heard of it."
"No, and and no bettor. And In-
specto' Marley has been here to see
you twice to -day."
• David pitied himself as much as a
man could pity himself considering
his surroundings. It was rather
annoying that this should have hap-
Peued at a tiane when he was so
busy. And Marley would have all
Sorts of questions to ask at all sorts
of inconvenient seasons.
Steel passedinto his study pre-
sently and lighted a cigarette. De-
spite his determination to put the
events of yesterday from his mind,
he found himself constantly return,
ing to them. What a splendid dra-
matic story they would snake! And.
what a fascinating mystery could be
woven round that gun-metal cigar -
easel
By the way, where WaS the cigar'
Case? On the whole it would' be just
as well to lock the case away till he
could discover some reasonable ex -
Gime for its possession. His mother
would be pretty auto to ask where
it came from, ana David could not
prevaricate so far as she was con-
cerned, But the cigar -case was nof:,
to be found, and David was forced
to the conclusion that ho had left It
in Messrs's allide.
A little annoyed with himself he
took up the evening, 'Argus.' There
was half a column devoted to the
strange case at Downend Terrace,
and joist over it a late advertise-
ment to the effect that a gun-metal
cigar case had been found and was in
the hands of the pollee awoiting an
owner.
David slipped from tlie house and
caught a latis in St. Cleorge's Road.
At, the polico-stati on he learnt
that Inspector Marley was still on
the promises. Marley C111110 10rWard
gravely. He had a few questions to
ask, but nothing to tel!.
".And now perhaps you can give me
some information?" David said.
"You are advestising in to -night's
'Argus' a gun-inetal cigar -case not
with diamonds."
"Ab," Marley said, eagerly. "cars
you tell us anything about it?"
"Nothing beyond the fact that 7
hope to satisfy you that Um case is
mine."
Marley stared (Men -mouthed ot
David for a. moment, and then re -
lensed into his sapless official mari-
ner. He might have been a detective
cross-examining a ouspected
"Why this mystery?" David asked.
"I have lost a gun-metal cigar -case
sot with diamonds, and I see a sim-
ilar article is noted an found by the
Police. I lost it this morning, and I
shrewdly suspect that I left it be' -
hind me at the office of Mr. Massa."
"The case was sent hero by Mr.
Mosso, himself," Marley admitted.
"Then, of course, it is mine, 1 had
to give 11�r. Mossa my opinion of
sdin this morning and by way of
spiting me he sent that awe here,
hoping, perhaps, that I should not
recover it. You know the case,
Marley—it was lying on. the floor of
107 conaervatory last night."
"1 dia notice a gun-metal case
there," Marley said, cautiously.
"As a matter of fact, you called
my attention to it and asked if it
was mine."
"And you said at first that it
wasn't, sir."
"Well, you must make allowances
for my then Manua of mind," David
laughed. "X rather gather from
Your Maneer that soniebody oleic has
been after the ease; if that is so, you
are right to be reticent. Still, it
is in your hands to settle the nuitter
on the spot. All .you have todo
Is to open the case, and If you .fail
to find my initials, D. 13.. scratched
in the left-hand top corner, than I
un Down
t of S rts
Suffered from Pains and Aches and was
Discouraged and Despondent—Made
Strong and Well by
DR. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD
When tho nervous system becomes
exhansted there is sufforibg Of both
mind end' body.
Even the Paine and aches are not
so 'Med to endure aa 1110 spells of
blues and the gloomy forebodiuga.
' Now hap° and Sonacienee come with
the tee or De, Oliase'S Nerye Isood,
By supplying an abundance of oich,
isla blood it createa new nave farce
and iestils new vigor 1111.0 body red
'mind, pormaneatly ovartiosnieg, week -
tees and dimmer:.
Mies Minnie -J. SWeet,
,teciocl' Cotner, Cimfbeeland Ootiety,
5, 04,, writes;—":t esecl five boxee 01
'Do, Chase's .Nerve Food last winter,
end it did me more good then tiny
medicine 1 evee ook. It is (Baited I,
to deselibe rey case, but I felt nil
run detittro and out of (torte. T Ilea
heralttehO and bactseelse and doll pains
•
through tho lungs. • I was so dis-
couraged the didn't' seem to cave
whet became of me.
'I hadn't finished the first box of
Dr, Chase s 1), eeve Food before I felt
lot better, end it continued to
build me tip mail 3 became •steong
atici well and was restored to good
health and spirits. As I Was once
cured of it SeVere CARO of kidney clis-
eese by De. Chase's Kidney -Liver
:CMS 3 teln' strongly recommend those
two veal prepera Lions."
' Cheee's Ner 1000(1, .50 Cen
bOX, six hoSee for $2:55, at n11
(toeless, or ISchnemenn, Betes k (10.,
l'o)'ont.o. 'l'o protect yon against
imitations, the portrait end gigue -
lure of De. A. W. Chase, the funiotts
receipt book anther, aro on ' evory
itex,
Mice lost my property and the other
fellow he found his,"
In the fame reticent fashion Mar-
ley proceeded to unlock a safe in the
opener, and froin thence he Produced
what. to:neared to be the identical
cause of all this talk. Ile pulled
the electric table lamp over to him
and proceeded to (I:Vendee the inside
carefully.
"Yod are Tao right," ho said, at
length, "Your initials are here."
"Nat strange, Seeing that I sc
Med them thoe last night,"
David, drily. "When? 00, it N
after you left' rey house last nigh
"And ft has been some tinio
your pORSeeSi011, SIC?"
"Oh, confound it, ho- It was—
it WEIS a present from a foiend fo
OttO-
aid
t,"
fo u ad Ida way into your house d ur- little of him in he way of qu al i ty.
ing a notturnal ramble or yours. Naturally but little has bee,n done to
n
well Well, that Sounds like comoin SellSO
keep tile product pure from the tin s
r a on tlee Java oI 11. eritubiol ms the cow is inilked. Now, however,
studied your habits and has taken thaw ara rhangiag rapidly In this
advantage of them. Then I mac if,
espec t . he creameries are req 13 i
V011 are in the habit of taking. these midnight m 4„, "
idnight strolls, and with some signs '1'"Y 1" " to 4° made 01 the
patron's cream and aro ilaying for
of hesitation you say that you have
never done shelf A, thing before, Char- It on that basis. This is going to
len Dickens was very fond of that bring the farmer face to face with a
kind of thing, and I naturally hoax. new pr000sition. Ile must learn how
ined that you had the same fancyto care for his cream in such a, way
But you had never done it before. that, ho lislY deliver it to the cream -
And, the only time, a num is nearly cry in perfect Condition. A bulletin
murdered in your house." of tho United States Departmeet of
"Perfectls, correct," David num- Agriculture gives Rome excellent sug-
inured. "Gaboriau could not have (mations 011 this topic, from which
put it bettor, You might have been we take some extracts.
a pupil of iny remarkable as:quoin- The milking itt the stai•ting point
tone° Iffatherly Bell." of most of the trouble with cream.
"I am a pupil of Mr, Beira," mils mimes sits down with a pail,
ley said, quietly. "80v011 veal's ago open at the top, and begins to milk.
he induced me to leave the Rudders- Any dust, straw, or •inanure that
field pollee to go into his office, may be hanging to the udder is gra-
where I stayed until Mr. Bell gave
want yon—well, to commit yourself. rtcrb61611-900%6N137,ThZ%
But really', sir, you 'mon achnit--"
The inspector paused eignIlicantly. .
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from the brief you have before ou " NG
"Pray proceed," Inc said: "speak p,k I. I A
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"Well, you see it's this waY," Mors c!`.
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ley said, not without besit•ation. ra,,,,onalffroM&F.1‘41.1k0134.1ZW
"'You call us up to your house, sas, %db.? st'AftsrAsosusesdwisirose
frig that a murder has been commit -
in cooling' the cream to this temper-
• atore. The thermometer is absolutely
4 • the 0111Y Me -111S by which ono can
tell whether the eSactin is fully Cool-
ed down to 1)(1 aegroes P., and if th
MANAGEM :t•T'D CREAM,
ted there; we find a stranger almost
at his hist gasp in your conservatory The average larmor has never given
with every signs of a mtruggin buying. careful attention to the careful liana -
taken place. You tell us that the ling of his cream, 1Ie has the cows
injured man is a straurser to you; and the oeparator, and the market
you go on to say thrit he must have that tal•es 11' e'. I
ectt
tile service tendered. So far a
understand, it was purchased
Lockhart's, in North Street, No,
be hanged if I answer any more
your questions, Marley. be y
Aunt Sally so far as you ere aSic
ly coaceened. Ilut aS t yen'
case, your queries aro distinctly 1
per IS nent."
Marley shook his limit gravely,
ono might over a promising a
headstrong boy,
"Do I understand that you decl
to account for the case?" he asked
"Certainly X do. It la cornice
with some Moods of mine to wh
I rendered a service a little t3
back: The whole thing is and nu
remain an absolute secret."
"You are piecing yourself in a ve
delicate position, Mr. Steel."
David started at the gravity of t
tone. That something was. radica
wrong came upon him like sho
And he multi see psetly clearly th
Without betraying confidence,
coisld not logically account for t
possession of the elgarcaSe. In a
case it woo too much to expect th
the stolid police oilleer would list
to so extravagant: a tale for a in
meet.
"What on earth do you mea
man?" he cried.
it's this way, Sir," Marl
proceeded to exjalain. "When
pointed out the case to. you lying
the flooi• of your conservatory in
night you said it wasn't yours. Y
looked at it with the eyes of a ststu
ger, and then you said yeti were mi
taken.. Prom information given in
last Bight I have hem. making i
quirles about the cigar -case. Yo
took it to Mr. Massa's, and from
you produced notes to the value
nearly SS3,000 to pay ofY a deb
Within eight -and -forty hours you ha
no more prospect of paying that dol
then I have at ibis moment,
course, you will be able to aceoun
foe those note:3. You cen,
course?"
• . Marley' looked eageris, at his vis
tor. A cold chill was playing 11
and down Steel's spine. Not t
save his life could he account fo
those notes.
"We will discuss that When th
Deeper time comes," lie said, wi
fine indifference.
'-As ,you pleaae, sir. From infm
illation also received I took the CaS
to Walen's, in West Street and aske
Mr. Walen if he had seen the ca
before. Pressed to identify It, h
handed um a glass and asked me t
find the flgureo (say) '17,73..x.8,' i
they characters on the edge. I di
So by the aid of the glass, and MI
an entry in his purchasing ledges
Vitlen further proceeded to show ni
which proved that a cigar -case i
gun-metal and diamonds bearin
that legend had been added to th
stock quite recently—a few week
ago, in' fact."
"Well, what of that?" David ask
ed, impatiently. "For all I know
tho case might have come from
Witten's. X said it came frOM
a blend whosmust needs be nameles
for services equally namalesS. I ani
not going to deny that %len wa
right. '
"I have not quite fiitished," Mar-
ley said, quietly. "Pressed as to
when the case had been sold, Mr.
Walen, without hesitation, said:lres-
terday, for Z72 15s.' The purchas-
er was a stranger, whom Mr. Walen
is prepro'ed to identify. • Asked if a
formal receipt had been given, Mien
said that it had. And DOW I COMO
to the gist of 'the whole matter. You
saw Dr, Crops loind Inc a mass of
Wet's, etc., taken from the person
of the gentleman who was nearly
killed in your Manse?"
DaVfd nodded. Ills breath was
coming a little faster; Iris quick
Mind held run on ahead; 130 'Saw the
gulf looming before him.
"Go on," said he, hoarsely, "go
on. You mean to say that--"
"That amongst the papers found in
Otto pocket of the unfoetennte stran-
ger was a receipted bill for the very
cigar -case that lies here cm the table
before you!"
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CHAPTER VI.
Steel dropped into it chair and
gazed at Inspector Merley with mild
serprise. At the same time 110 WaS
1101; in the least alarmed. Not that
he failed to recognise the gravity of
the situation, only it eppealed in the
first instance to the professional side
of hie character.
is quite sure?" he asked,
"No possible doubt about that, eh?"
"Not in the least. You see, he re-
cognised his private mark at once,
and Brighton is not 80 proeporoUS a
place that to man could sell a 5170
cigar -case and forget toll about it—
that is, a SCC011ti alSe• I mean. It's
most extraordiniiry."
"Ratherl Make to magnificent story
Marley.'
'Very , ' ' Marl ey responded, drily,
"it would take all your well-known
ingenuity to get your hero ma or
this trouble." •
Steel eocided ravels,. This per-
sonal twist brought hill) 1,0 the earth
again. Ile could clearly see Oho
trap into which he had pieced him-
self, There befote him ley the cigar -
case which lie had poeitteely identi-
fied as his own; inside, his initiala
bore testimony to the feet. And yet
the slime false had been identified be-
sonid rinerelion as one sold by a high-
iy respectable local tradesman to the
mysterious individeal eow lying in
1110 SI (I ssee County Ifrecni t 1
"Illay 1 smoke a cigarette," taxvid
111:001,
"You may :titmice ri sestre It they
will he or ens' atedetance I() yeti, sir"
Marley replied, ''l don't WA nt 00
itek yoe cony cineetiona end 1 don t
up business, when applied for and Culclbiy °aged find finds its way
gained any present position. Curious into the inilk pail. Every particle
of such dirt csarries with it a quota ef
you ehould mention Hr. Bell's name,
seeing that he was bore so recently, -
as tl ft • TaiieLi;:intalifen NbVIlitt.h cOIMISth of minute'
•'' •
cd, eagerly. "Vniat is his address?"
"Slaying ill Brighton?" Stool ask- tolrya einailicii,niestenbpon.seerin,nweittillinocuttiotnhse aiocfl
"No. 210, Brunswick Square," this plant growth is to cause decay. ,
It took all Oho nerVe that David All dose.y is brought about by the
possessed to crush the cry that rose action of bacteria. GOEM life re -
to his lips. It wan more than quires certain things to promote
strange that the man ha most clesir- growth, just the sante as does corn. 1
ed to see at this juncture should be wheat, or any other plant with
staying in the very house whei•e the vh(vh ih, f • • • • e
corn requires food, moisture' and '
wacenth ta neako' e.
It is just so with germ life. In I
older to grow the germs require pro-
per food, warmth and moisture. All
the coeditioes whisth best promote
the growth or these minute, invisible
plonts are found in warm milk as it
is drawn froln the udder. Thus while
the dairyman milks he unconscionsly
plants: bo plants the seed of destruc-
tion in the very product he is gain
to marks.. 'rho destruction begin
at once and is carried on very rapid
/y so long as the proper tempera
tures aro maintained.
The remedy would naturally aug
gest itself. Stop the dire from get-
ting into the milk. This can be done
easily and quiekly, If the milker
will carry with bine n kamp cloth,
anti carelibly wipe oh the udder and
parts i mined ia tely around it, the
trouble will to a great extent be l•
prevented All the coarser perticles
• water in void enough to cerry the
creme 10Wer, SO much the better.
•
TIM LORSE ON TITIa ?ABM.
'The ancient history is not old
i enough to tell when the horse was
,not. used by Man, Ilia 1301110 is coo -
ceded to hove been in tropical Asia.
The British leles have uswioubtedly
g“ en to thu svorld the most gym:ellen
breeds, Uluitever breed a. horse nia
be we find that under good care h
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latilungstzuzeileilLe;se irriodnaseirmresitzthitotietlo erxe:
tout of indulging in them. For tho
benefit of everyboly we clip tho fols
t lowing from Medical Talk, Whieh
y ought to put a thrill of youth in all
o elderly people, It gays X
can be Improved upon. There ar
s- because they get lazy, 'Phis is also
four geneeril tepee, the saddle, hael
ney, carriage and draft listrse. Th
draft home is really the most inc
!portant and valuuble, becauee ho
;used by the largest number of poo
'ple, and on the fernier, in it measur
o "The reason many men get cad is
O true of women. Middle age lologe
_ clearer vision as to the folly of
s strenuousnoas, and many of the am-
_ bitionsthoif us?, angeilncinsaye manaenIty anWcey....
• tives are taken away from older men
and woolen for the ectivity of forra-
er years.
"This, together with a natural
want of that physical exuberance
which M peculiar to younger people.
simply CallSe thorn to get lazy when
they grow fat, anti their bones get
brittle and the vital organs eufter
titaatntly)inessaegenenmeerontnIonn.pace SallowneSs,
"Some people have crawled into
• their holes and are waiting to die.
There is 110 1180 of it. It is unaniti-
gated laziness. That is all there is
to it
"Rome died, not of old age, 'but
of laziness. Rome would still bo
ruler of the earth had she not re -
•soften to hot baths, sensuous en-
joyment and every species of mental
and physical laziness. Rome distil-
tegratecl because sho got lasy.
Men do the saine thing. We have
psychologized each other by repeat-
ing over and over again that people
must grow old, weak-minded aud
len-
potent. We say those things until
we have brought ourselves to believe
therm Ola age does not necessarily
bring on any of these things.
"We know a globe-trotter who has
eon mound the earth four times.
He was almost ninety when he start-
ed on his last journey. Young,
freelf, versatile, enthusiastic.
Why not? Who is it that has
discovered that at fifty years or else-
ty yearn or seveuty years of age the
ployaical and mental powers begin to
wane or vanish? Ho one hat discos,-
ered any such thing.
"Of course, a Mall Can C111•1 up at
the age of arty years and die if he
wants to. At sixty he can roll him-
self up in a cocoon and wait, for the
undertaker to come and et him
lint this le unnecessary. Stir around•
"Every day we inset it farmer who
is past seventy, lie is a rich man
and has no need to work whatever,
e prospe: y a ow wen-
itry, He cannot receive too much
attention, and is being cared for as
Ihe deserves, being the faithful ser
;vent of mai:. In OM article we
,ohali give spevial attention to the-
' care of the farm horse, as Inc is real
ily the ono our readers win be most
'interested in, In making a selection
,of horses for breeding purposes, it
'is well to trace into comsideration the
constitutional vigor, intelligence
,power, and (Wove all, soundoess af
itho body, etc, Farmers should cul-
•tivate in l•reeciers for farm horses
'the fest walker, for this is the es-
sential thing. It would bo or much
more value to the farmers that thou -
el two -minute trotters.
Do not ln•csas your horse. Teach
him there is nothing about him that
mods breaking. 13e gentle with him
and teach him every day, beginning
to do this while he is a colt. Coax
rather than use harsh force. Treat
him with due reepeet, and teaching
will be much caster.
Care for the horse's feet, AS this,
is the most important part, and
should at all times be properly coxed
for.
Your horse should be watered a
half hour before and one hour af-
ter feeding but before feeding is
the best Woo for horses, when fed
before watering, SOnic LIMOS take it
colic.
If you have horses' for sale you
cannot afford to place them on the
merket in a poor condition. Pur-
chasers will always pay it higher
price for fat horses. Did you ever
see a poor, Inc down horse that was
handsome? Sonic people blanket'
their horses while working them.
This is detrimental rather than bene-
ficial, although they should be blank-
eted while resting. A. good plough
train must be thoroughly 'under con-
trol, and should be trained to the
word fully -as much as the rein.
Speaking' of feeds, straw may be
iced to a email extent economically,
t it is elean and bright. Wheat and
ye straw are the best. Oat straw
s used principally for bedding.
Green forage is a laxative and cool-
ing, and therefore good for horses,
With farm horses there are three
principal functions that constitute;
good care, namely: Isindnese, shel-
ter from storms, and exercise, which
tops short of overwork. The neg-
ect of either it sure loss. Good
}leiter is true economy. By all
leans keels stock oi all kind, and
specially horses, condortable. His
edeling should be soft and plentiful -
y supplied, then, too, the bedding
bsorhs the liquid manure, which
thorwise would soalc away and be -
°me a loss.
—4
LONGEVITY IS INCREASING.
With Better Iinowledge Maxi's
Years Grow Longer.
Actuaries, men Who make a study
f statistics relating to life and
oath, say that Man's years aro gra-
novelist had his great eciventure. .
And in the mere fact mioht be the
key to the problem. to Ilia cigar -case.
"I'll certainly see Bell," he mut-
tered. "Do on, Marley.
"Yes, sir. • We now proceed to the
cigar-cnse that lies before you. 10
was also lying an the floor of your
couservatory on the night in ques-
tion. 1 suggested that licre we might
have found a clue, taking the pro-
motion 00 the same time to ask if
the article inquestion was your pro-
perty. You looked at the case as
one does who examines an object for
the first; time, proceeded to decicue
that it was not sesurs. I are quite
prepared to edmit that you instant-
ly corrected yourself. Dut I ask, is
it a esual thing for a man to forget
ilia owneiship ol a Z^ ' • ."
"A nice point, and congratulate
you upon it " David s
'Mien we will take the matter a
little ferther. A day or two ago
you were in dire need of soniething
iike 511,000. Temporarily, at any
rate, you were practically at thei
end of your resourcen. If this mon-
ey were not forthcoming in a sfew
hours you wero a ruined man. In
vulgar parlance, you would have 'been
sold up. Mom, and Mack had you
in their grip, and they wore deters
mined to mako all they could out, of
you. The inorning following the
outrage at your house you call upon
Mr. Mosso and produce the cignr-caso
lying on the table before yell. From
that ectee you produce notes sufficient
to discharge your debt—Bank of Eng-
land notes, the numbers of which,
reed hardly spy, are in my possession
'The money is produced from the case
yonder, which case we know was sold
to the injured man by Mr. Walen."
Marley made a long and significant
pause. Steel ooadea.
(To be Continued.)
STONE MASONS' DISEASE.
Dust Enters Lungs and Produces
Inflammation.
The disease which attacks stone-
masons is a peculiar form of chest
affection. This is often spoken of as
consumption, but it is not consump- c
tion to start with; although this dis- r
ease is very apt to become superad11
-
dad before very long.
In this case the disease is produced 1'
primarily by the inhalation of dust. li
Stone dust, when mag,nifiecl, is seen 0
to be composed of fragments of
various shapes aitd forme, all of
them possessed or sharp angles and
edges. When inhaled, as thesc are in ti
millions in the course of the do r's
g
of the diet will be rubbed off and the
floor particles of dust dampened, so
that they will not fall into the pail
This work will require but n few mo-
ments of extra time and prevent
much after trouble in the way of
sour and ill -flavored cream. The cow
should be milked in a place where the
air 113 hee from dust. ln the winter, s
or when the cows aro kept In the
stable, never feed, or move hay, or s
dean out the piece, or do amything
to stir up the dust or strong smells e
just before milking.
SEPARATING TFLE CREAM
a
The cream should be separated at o
once after milking, while the milk c
still has the animal heat in it. Tho
work of the clay should be so arrang-
ed that this can be done. Do not
use it cloth strainer. The separator
will remove all the solid dirt that
may be in the milk nautili bettor than
It Call be done with a strainer.
There neVOr was a. cloth strainer
that would not in a few days be- d
5"a' 11 el dually growing longer.
These actuaries of great insurance
companies_ should certainly know
What they are talking about. They r
are not accustomed to deal in gen-
(utilizations. When they say a.thingt
it has all the certainty that figures
can giye it, and figures, according to
the proverb, don't lie. Emory Mc-
Clintock and others of these statis-
ticians doctor° that a person now
living may reasonably, expect to
have a longer period of life than
those of even a decade 540.
13etter hygiene, more thorough
knowledge of self-care, purer water,
more thorough drainage, lees drink -
Jug of liquor—all these things and
many others have combined to make
the twentieth century man a liner
Ph,Ysical product than existed a gen-
eration ago. The people are be-
coming more temperate and niore
intelligent. It is no longer the fad
Inc our women and girls to Inc puny
and delieate. Short ekirts, wheel-
ing, riding, golfing, walkiug, swim-
ming, fencing, even boxing, have
contributed to make the coming
mothers of tile race fit to bear strong
sons and daughters.
two is now part of
most men and women of Europe. and
America.
coin° yellow. and nell I II •
the present conditions, where eteam
can be used to help in oleaneing, the
loth strainer is a source of danger
ether than it benefit. A well -ma -de
tire strainer nlight be used but
here is no need of any strainer.
our the fresh,' warm milk directly
ito the suppliel can and send it
trough as quickly as possible.
At once on finishing the separating
egin the cooling of the cream. Tho
[avec: can wait tt few minutes, better
mu can the cream. There are de-
vices made for cooling the cream as
fast as it conies from the separator.
These aro good and Can be made of
much service if kept clean, but they
add to tho number of uteasils that
itself,' producing a sindler result.
Other factors which 110 doubt largo- have to 130 %vagina arid like tho
ly contribute to the production of strainer, they rimy bu dispensed with.
this disease are irregular and intem-
perate hahits, while bad food and
exposure to the weather cannot al-
together be overlooked,
Tho disease itself asually comes up-
olt the worker quite insidiously.. It
may begin with a cough or with
breathlessness, or perhaps with loss'
of appetite and a 'feeling of weak -
In whatever way it starts
the disease is a progressivo one and
It is only whoa taken in the vary
first stage that any hope cito bo
held out as to its cure or alleviation.
Sooner or later emigh rond shortness
of breath axe complained of.
10 Otto worker catches cold these
symptoms become aggravated, and
the chalices of his ultimate reeovery
become markedly lessened. Every
fresh cold means a further weaken.-
ing or the °hart, and 11 corre,epond-
shorteuirtg of tho patient's rife.
10er -a time the patient is Able to
continuo his et:militates:, 7Xc notiees,
hoWever, that the cough is note be-
coming' more marked in the early
3
work, these dust particles pass Into
the bronchial tithes arid sot up ire'.
tattoo and inilanunatioo there. They
then pass intr.) the tissue of the lung
Tho dairyman should provide him-
self with ()trough cans, made alter tho
old style "Cooley" or "shotgun"
pattern, to hold the cream. A can
of this kind holds from throe to five
gallons, is about ttvonty inches deep
and nine itiehes in diameter. These
cans are the best to keep the cream
in at 0110 farm. Thesr are tonvenis
ant to Imo and keep clean, anti they
present a largo cooling surface,
which is a great advantage in cool-
ing cream. Set the nett or palls
of cream 111 0 took of cold water mid
atis, 1 eatingtho temperature with It
thermometer tint 11 the erre iS as
cold as the water. This is inmera,
five if success is to be obtained. As
with the wiping of the cows' udders,
this rs it matter of a few extra min-
utee, hut, it PM ho it rector in de-
ciding StleCeSS or failure. The slit,
ring rod rind the thermometer should
be considered ns indispensable as the
crank 011 the separator, and yet
hardly ono in ilYe hundred farmers
morning, soles os brings op a, jarge in the West has a thermometer that
amount of- expectoration, Ha boats can be used for thin purpose. If the
Sig appalls, halloo, and lits an Can 04 CP0.0111 11. tank of MI -
110000110 of Wealcne.A and breathless, er and lett Without stirring it will
noes io give ep work for a time. be hours before if becomes thorough -
The rest dace him good, bet IiO ly root, Tn ihe meantime the germs
Pelmet afford to be idle long, 1111i1'cco 01411011 have gotten ink) it in epite
At the, ('11 ('1(08 possible mm01,1(11114' of Or! VOA tO°4, or csro IlaVs been
ha is beck to the. (lust -laden iitnl moltiplying 04. 11 1 i`PhIn11(1011$ rat 0
poisonous it tmos)(h ere a gain . More , 1 he eremt 1400N1(1 the stet -hell
dust is illhhled, 1111 Sy1111)LOMS 111, Sr011611. A 1.01OP,'PLItl‘ PO Of Or.
1101110 more severe, and (1,11(07(1,11(07,'eBy "dinery Weil wet er the development.,
110 buts to abandon Ms work alto,, of the germ io very Slow, and Soo
getliee. • this reason no time lost
Business to and from his large farm,
where hundreds of rnen are busy at
work under his guidance, round as a
berry, as radiant as the Son, as
jolly as a Sunday school picnic, no
boy on circus day is happier than
he. Over seventy years old, too.
"Why not? Why should it not be
so? We nave just got to thinking it
is otherwise. That's all. Men and
women begin to talk about the rheu-
matics of old age, ubout their loss
of memory and ail that, and all
that,
"Nonsense! They talk themselves
into old age. That is what is the
matter, There is tO IMO 5507105
old. Of course, everybody has got
to die. At least there ere no inti-
mations at present that we have dis-
covered a way to avoid .physical
death.
"But there is no .use growing old
Up to the lust day OF'Oer hem we
ought to be as young ar, in those
days whon we pleyed 'hooky' at
srhool, or had colic from eating
green apples. There Is /30 use grow-
is/lilt:1001nd., It is a relic of pant super -
"We Saw a notice in a paper re-
cently of a Inan and a, woman get-
ting married. Both the bride and
groom Were past eighty years of age.
Good! That is just the way it should
be.,711e1rIciyisnont?mn
who lived in a
ural district in the State of Now
York wno beganthe study of Greek
when he was mghty-four years old.
le is now past ninety and enjoys
reading the classics in the Greek
language.
"That is the wily lo do things.
iAn':yoilido?t, Whet is the use of grow -
"An enthusiastic young preacher
haif a country pastorate. It. Was a
little old sillage that had gone to
seed. Traffic had left it 'inc sicle and
it WILS gradually dying of old ego,
A largo number of the people were
old remnants of three or four gener-
ations before. They had crawled
away into their palatial, quiet resi-
dences, waiting to die. They had
tho text of Seripiaire picked tint for
their funeral, tbe lot in the eettle-
tory was ready. Just welting to
die. 'That was all.
"The young preacher stirred up a
rOW among them. Ho pessdn.ded
them there was something to live
Inc. Bo o.stablished an art school
in their midst. •1110 old 11'01110h that
had been trying to dio fat' the, last
ten os twenty years,' began to paint
Picthres to decorate their ;Ionics.
This yotmg Mall 113`110d bok the
wheels of time fifty years In that
'
"A good sort of gospel to preach.
ie gospel of youth, of life. Of liv-
g right Up to the last ' day of
istence."
Hence, we are gradually beginning
to live longer. We may do Olrell bet-
ter, if we will..
ETIQUETTE 35 .7APAIsT.
1Vhen a native lady enters a .Tap-
anoso railway carriage she slips her
feet from !her tiny shoeS, stem% up -
or the seat, and then sits demurely
with her feet doubled beneath her. A
moment later she lights u• cigarette
or her little pipe, Which holds just
tobacco enough to proance t‘so good
whiffs of smoke, All japaoese per,-
Ple ait with their feet upon the seat
of tho car, and not 08 It111.0P01111S, tit>.
To prove to you tint ii/th
,,,';,hea:d.,L,ttrogio.2.r.,t,,,,,g
. and every form el 110111115,
bleedi asil protruding idles,
rte menntecterers have entorluiteed it. see 1 Oe.
to:onto:Is ih tiuc flails preAs aria Ask youenotele
.terS Whet they Minkt'lil. o511 13Se it end
(00,) 1)111! 1110505 back Li Pot nosed, E00 it box, al
11 dodo:net gnIssatilostalorata St Cosssetobto
011
lii
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THIOIST IN NORWAY.
1/o e1100111'Ele WOCIEint peOPIO to
establish homes of their own, 51W
Way he a foended a bank for teonicinak
men. It loads money at al and 4'
pee cent., and giveS Oho borroWer
forty-two years it) Width to pay thp
The total cost of the house,
most not exceed $800, and the Mee,
of land must not be more them five
acres.
"700 tlati't know bow to iday
,rhess, do you, Mr, Adler?" asked
'Wise Skitts, with a look at the clock
widely indicated 11 AU p. bot "Phy,
yea, T do, 'Miss Skitte. What ,11100
thinls I didn't "Witte, 'ye ;0,1,0
te know ellen It'. ,J0P1'c seteSe("-
Dru Chases Ointmeni ,e,