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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-8-25, Page 2''''''WFXCAidilt twit Thc Pricc of Libcrty OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL' nar,! arum lannum .itteueutnitnnicennsvouvraireumnsir It tittl,1,1194,1 CHAPTER V1.—(Continued,) "There seems to be Po way out of it," be smith "X eau see ono," Marley suggested. "Of Course, it would simplify elate tors enormously V you inerely told me in confidence wbence came time° notes, You sem as I have the num-. leers, I could verify your statement beyond question, and—" Marley paused again staid shrugged Ws shoulders. Despite his cold, offi- cial manner, be was obviously Prompted by a desire to serve his corapanion. -And yet, /Ample as the suggestion seemed, it was the very last thing with which Steel could comely. The novelist turned the matter • over rapidly M hie mind. His quick Perceptions ileetied along the whole logical line instantaneously. Me -was like a man who suddenly sees a mid - eight landscape by the glen of a dazzling flash of lightning. "1 ara sorry," lie saki, slowly', "very sorry, to disappoint you. Were OUr Sittlatio1IS reversed, / skould take up your position e_vactly. But it so happens that / cannot, dare 110t, tell you where I got those notes from. So far as I am concerned they came honestly into my bands in 'mamma for special services render- ed. It was part of ray contract that I should reveal the secret to nobody. It I told you the story you would decline to believe it; you would say that it was a brilliant el - t of a novelist's nnaganation to get out of a dangerous position." "I don't know that X should," Marley replied. "I have long since ceased to wonder at anything that happens in or connected with Brigh- ton." "All the same I can't tell you, Marley," Steel said, as he rose. "My lips are absolutelse sealed. The point is : what aro you going to do?" "For tho present, nothing," Mar- ley replied. "So long as the man in the hospital remains unconscious I can do no more than pursue what Beaconsfield called 'a policy of mas- terly inactivity.I have told you a good deal more than I bad any right to do, but I did so in the hope that you could assist me. Perhaps in a day or two you will think better of it. Meanwhile—" "Meanwhile I am in a tight place. Yes, I seo that perfectly well. It is Just possible that I may scheme some way out of the difficulty, and if so X shall be only too pleased to let you know. Goodnight, Marley, and many thenics to you." But with all ids ingenuity and fer- tility of imagination David could see no way out of the trouble. He sat up far into the night scheming; there was no flavor in his tobacco; his pictures and flowers, his silver and china, Jarred upon him. He withed with all his heart now that he lied let everything go. It need only have been a temporary matter, and there were other Cellini tan- kards, and intaglios, and line en- gravings in the world for the man with money in his purse. Ile could me no way out of it at all. Was it not possible that the whole thing had been deliberately. planned so as to land hira and lds brains into the haede of some clever gang of swindlers? Had he been tricked and fooled so that ho might become the tool of others? It seem- ed bard to think so when he recalled the sweet voice in the darkness and its passionate plea. for help. 'And yet the very cigar case that he had been told was the one ho admired at Lockhart's had proved beyond ques- tion to bo ohe purchased from Wal - 11 he decided to 'violate Ws promise and tell the whole story nobody would believe, him. The thing was /altogether too wild and improbable for that, And yet, he reflected, things almoat as impossible happen in Brighton every day. 'And what proof had he to • offer? Well, there was one thing ceetain. 'At least three-quarters of Otos° bank- notes—the portion lie had colleted at, the house with the crimson blind —could not possibly be traced th the injured man. And, again, it was no fault of Steel's that Marley had ob- tained posseseion of the numbers of the notes. 11 the detective chose to ferret out facts for himself no blame could attach to Steel. If those peo- ple had only chosen to leave out of the question that confounded cigar - case/ „ David's train of thoeglit was brok- en as an idea mune to him. It \WAS 110t so long since lie had a facsimile cigar -ease in his hood at Lockhart's, in North Street. Somebody connec- ted with the mystery must have seen him admiring it and rehtetcuitly de- clining the purchase, because the voice from the telephone told him that the case was a present geed that it bad eome from the famous North Street establishment. "By Jove!" David cried. "I'll go to Lockhart's to -morrow and see if Ole case is still there. If so, I may bo able to trace it." Fairly early the next morning Dav- id was in North Street. For the time being he liad put his work aside altogether. tie could not have writ- ten a doze a consecutive lines to save Ole situation. The mere effort to preserve a cheerful lace before his mother was a torture. .And at any time he might find himself forced to meet a criminal charge. The gentlemanly assistant at Lock - hart's remenibered Steel and the cigar -case perfectly well, but he was afraid that the article had been sold. No doubt it would be possible to ob- tain a facsimile in the cotn•se of a few days. - "Only X required that particular one," Steel saki. "Can you tell me when it was sold and Wii0 purchased it ?" - A. junior partner did, and could give some kind of information. Sev- eral people had admired the case, and it had been on the point of sale several times. Finally, it had pass- ed into the hands of an 'American gentleman stayieg at the Metropole. "Can you tell Inc his narna?" Dav- W asked, "or describe hira?" "Web, I eau't, sir," the junior partner said, franely. "I haven't Ole slightest recollection of the gen- tleman. Ile wrote from the Metro - polo on the hotel paper describing the ease and its price and inclosetl the full amount in ten -dollar notes and asked to bave the case sent by post to the hotel. When WO ascer- tained that the notes were all right we eaturally posted the ease as de- sired, and there, so fax- as we are concerned, was au end of the mat- ter." "You don't recollect hi name?" "Ob, yes. The name was Johe Smith. II there is anything David hastily gave the desired as- surance. Ile wanted to arouse 110 suspicion. All the same, he left Lockhartet with a plethora of sus- piC10114 of his own. Doubless the ietvellers would be web mid •fairly satisfied SO long as the' case had been paid for, but from the etand- point of David's superior knowledge Ole whole transaction fairly bristled with suspicion. Not for one moment did Steel be- lieve in the American at the Metro- pole. Somebody stayed there doubt- less under the inane of John Smith, and that said somebody had paid for the cigar -case in dollar notes the tracing of which might prove a task of years. Nor WEIS it the slightest um to inquire at the Metropole, where practically everybody is iden- tified by a number, and where scores come and go every day. John Smith would only have to ask for his letters ane then cirop quietly in- to a sett of oblivion. Well, David had got his informa- tion, and a lot of use it Wafi Ibiely to prove to Elam As he walked thoughtfully hosnewerde he was de- bating in his mind whether or not he might venture to at or write to 219, Brunewick Square, and lay his difficulties before the people there. At any rate, ho reflected, Cou I n't Rise rom a On Account of Dreadfnl Pains in the Kidneysand Back—A Complete Cure by Dr. Chase's idney-Liver Pills ln its 000rse through tho body, the blood not only supplice, noteish- meet to the various orgees, but aleti gathers up the poi/mimes witeteanat- ter, When the liver and kidneete Mil 1.0 filter theee poleeno from the blood them are Paine and aches'. mid easee o1 the most painhil and fatal kind. • Docatien they restore the etrongtli mid activity to the kidneys near liver Dr. CbaSe's le'ldney-Liver .ring over- come, Ftleil troubles end misrify the teloocl in a wonderfully short time. lifie L. IV, Dennie, 1Ve1land, Ont., ',settee :—"If; gives eie plea/etre to testify in behalf of Dr. Chiteeet KW. nee -Liver Pills. Per many 'mar e T wan seriously afd I t ad ite /It kidney, and liver troubles, At times my Mice wored n0125 SO had 1 entild not • rise from a cliair' n ncl then egai» 1 would be confinedto ley bed. I was treated by the merited profession, but they all failed to understand my case. • 'Abeli the time T was meet dis- couraged I heard of Da Chase's Rid- ley -Liver rills, and they were so strengly recoannencled that 1 deeid- ed to try thoM. Before I had titled all of' eve boxer./ my old trouble haef enilrely let VC. Ws egain as lieeithy es in boyilood, 1 freely glees this testlinome for the benefit of thoee who suffee as I have." 'De. Chafteef Nidney-Liver Pine, one piff 2 dom, 22 emits a box, at ail domicile or ledinansOn, /Miele It Come Pane, "leironto, To proteet ,yen Against imitation, the porteetit end signatere of De W, Chime, tile faimete receipt, hoe% author am (et eeeey bol, with grim bitterness, they would 1,1LOW that he Was eat romaucing, If nothing turned up in the meantime be would certainly visit 13rueswie,k Square, , Ho 'set in his own room plizeling the matter out till hie head ached mod the flowers before him reeled in a dazzling, whirl of celer, He looked round for inspiration, new desperate- ly, as he frequently did when the warp of his delicate fancy tengled. Tile smallest thing sometimes fed the limeade° agaen—a patch of sunsbine, ftelet,thIP oi a Plate' the daraaged edge of,a frame, Then his eye fell on, the telephone and lie Jumped to 10e "What a fool I am)" be exclaimed. "If 1 had been plotting this business out as a. story I should have thought of that long ago. No, I clon't went any, number, at least llot in that way, Two nigbts ago 1 wits called up by somebody front London who beld the line for fully' hall an hour or SO. I VO -1 Ve forgotten the a dress of my correspondent, but yO1.1 can ascertain 'the number—yes, shall be bore if you will ring mo u when you have got it. Thanks." Half an hour passed before the hell trilled again. David listened eagerly. At the rate, now he wa going to know the number when the mysterious message came -0017 leensington, was the number. Davi muttered Ws thanks and flow to hi big telephone directory. les, timer it was—''0017, 446, Prince's' Gate Gilead Gates." The big volume drooped with crash on the floor. David loolce down at the crumpled volume wit cline misty arnaxement. "Qileacl Gates," he murmured "Quaker, millionaire, and philan thropist. One of the most highly esteemed and popular men in Eng land. And from his house mune th message which has been the source o all the mischief. 'And yet ther are critics wlio say the plot of my novels are too fantastic!" CHAPTER VII. The emotion of surprise seemed to have left Steel altogether. After th last discovery be was prepared to believe enything. Mad any -Moly tolc him that the whole Benth of Bishops was at the bottom of the mystery he would have responded that the sog- gestion was bighly probable. "Still, it's what the inimitable Dick Swiveller would call a stagger- er," he muttered. "Gates, the mil- lionaire, the one great capitalist who has the morainal respect of the labor world. No, a, man with a re- cord like that couldn't have any- thing to do with it, Still, it must have been Mom his house that the mysterious message came. The post ofhce people working the telephone trunk line would know that—a feat probably escaped' the party who call- ed nie up. I'll go to Brunswick Square and see that woman. Money or no money, 1.91 not lie under an imputation like this." There was one thing to be done be- forehand, and that was to Se0 Dr, Cross, From the hitter's manner he eviden4 ler 'knew something of the charge hanging over Steel's head. Marley was evidently keeping that close M. biesmlf and speaking to no- body. "Oh, the c.an is better," Cross said, cheenully, "Ile hasn't been identified yet, though the Press has given us every assistance. I fancy the poor fellow is going to recover, though I am afraid it will be a long "He hasn't recoverecl consciousness, thou?" "No, and neither will he for some time to come. There seems to be a certain pressure on tho brain which we are unable to locate, and we dare not try the Rontgen rays yet. So on tbe whole you aro likely to escape with a charge of aggravated assault." David smiled grimly as lie went Ids Way. He walked the whole distauco to Hove along North Street, and the Western Road, filially turning down Brunswick Square insterel of up it, as he had done on the night of the great adventure. /re wondered vaguely wife" he ead bete specially instructed to 0 pproach .the Ileum) that way. Dere it we at last, 219 Bruns- wick Square -220 above and, of course; 215 below the house. It looked pretty well the SaIlle in the daylight, the mune door, the same knocker, maid the same criansoa blind in the centre of the big bay window. David knocked at, the door with a vague feeling of uncertainty as to what he was going to do next. A very staid, old-faehloned footman answerecl Ws ring and inquired his besiness. "Can—ean e me your mistress?" David 'stammered. David turned seStli n Mart, He saw before bit a slight, greceful flgere, anti a lovely, relined Mee in a tamale of the most beautiful hair that be had ever seen. The grey eyes Were demure, With illSt a sug- gestion of mirth in them; the lips were Inacie for laughter, It was RS if 00111e chanty little aotress were amsquerailing in Salvation garb, on- ly the dress was all Priceless lace thet touched Davide; artistio p50159 - tion. Ito could imagine the girl as deeply in earnest 0,8 going through fire and water for bei' convictions, Also ee coeld imagine her as Puck or Arlel—there was lepplieg laughter in every -note of that voice of hers. "I—X, eh, yes," Steel stammered. "You see, 1-11 I only knew whone I Saab ilia pleasure of addressing?" "I am Miss Ruth Gates, at your service. Still, you asked for me by name," David Mede no 1voly for a mona exit. He was tripping over surprisee d- agnin. What a fool 112 0(1 been not if to look out the name oe the occu- 21 pciet of 219 in tho directory. It was pretty evident that Gilead Gates had a house M Brighton as well as ciao in town, Not only bad that telephone message =misted from the 5 milliongire's residence, but it had ce brought Steel to the philanthropist's abode in Brightom If Mr. Gates himself had strolled into tho room singing a comic song David would have expressed no emotion. • "Daughter of the famous Gilead Gates?" David asked, feebly. O "No, niece, and bouselteeper. This d 1 not my uncle's owe house, he has It merely taken this for a time, But, Mr, Steel—" Ithpyao‘u'i?"dSLeel—is 103' "1310 rani- . • 'David asked tbe question somewhat eagerly, .As yet he was only Sealing way and keenly on tne look -out f for anything in the way of a clue. O Fie saw the face of the girl grow s white as the table -cover, he sa.w the lurking laughter die hi her eyes, and pthuepilpsurple black terror dilating the "I—I know you quite well by roPue o tation," the girl gasped. Her little heeds wore pressed to her left Nide as if to check some cieadly pain there. "Indeed, 0 may say I have read most of your stories. 1-1 hope that there is not hiefe wr,mg." . (To be ti(1ntino0..1.) Tho ltd footman became, if pos- sible, a little more renamed. If tht gentleman would send in his card be would eon if 311ss Ruth was disen- gaged. David foetid 'himself vaguely wondering whet Miss ;Teeth's surname might be. Tho old Biblical ntune was a greatefitvorite of his, • - "I'm afraid I haveft't a , card," he said. "Will you say that Mr. Steel would. Ma to See—l('—MiSS Both for o few minutes ? Itly business 18 ex- ceedingly pressing," The staid footman led the WRY 111 - to the diningeroont Evidently this was no frivolous house, where giddy bu t Melt ies mime end wont; such gaudy ittsecter vsoule have boort chill- ed by the solemn decomtm of the place. David followed into the din- ing -room in a dreemy lcind of way, and With the keling that conies to es ail at 'times, the sensation of hav- ing steam and men the an tilikig ho - Nothing lied been altered. The eame plain, . bandeonie, expensive, furniture was here, the same inahca game and' engravings, the seism dtOi red 3122118, with the mime eight stain over the Ma-place—a dull, prosperous square-toodelooking piece. The aloe - trio. fittings looked a little difTerent, bet that might have been Whey. It woe the identical voom David had run his qaurry to meth, and he be - gee to feel his spitete rising. Doubt. lees he eould eobente some way Mit el the difficulty and :mare his pinta - tom Mends et the name time. "You wanted to see me, eit'e Will you ba so gaol afi to etato your hese ineter?" WRONG MAN SUEItED. Inipxisonment Through Mistaken Identity. At a. little table ie. an Oxford street (London) restaurant there sat -the other night a groy-haired, die -aged man, who was beaming through n peie of eyeglasses at a little group of friends W110 surrouud- ed him. This man was Adolph Beck, who, during the afternoon, had been released from Brixton Prison, where he had bean iucareerated, as the re- sult of one of the most ansazieg and clietvessing cases of mistaken iden- tity known en the etnnals of crime. in April last he was convicted for obtaining articles from various WO - men by means of fraud, but so stout- ly and earnestly did he protest his innocence that the judgo forbore to pass sentence. NOW it has been proved to the satisfaction oi Scot- land Yard that lieck's protestations were true, Put briefly, Adolph )leek's story is as follows:— In 'December, 1895, he was standing at the door of Ws lodgings when a woman came up and gave him into custody on thecharge of stealing her wateb. At the po- lice station he was cietained, as other women appeared and declared that he had stolen 'various things from them. Beck was sentenced to five years' penal servitude, but throughout his time in jail he never ceased to pas- sionately assert Ms innocence. In prison he found' that he was sepposed to have already sel'etel. a previous term for Medlin' offeocces under the name of "John Smith." -Upon coming out of prison, Mr. G. R. Sime, who bad known Beck be - fere, espoused his cause, and a alum- ber of independent gehtlemen were found whoswore that they had known Deck In Peru when lbe was supposed t� have been committing offences in England in 1877. Then carie the irony of Beek's fate. He was, he believed, on the point of proving his innocence to all the world when, in April last, he was again convicted of defraudieg wo- men. The climax came Islas dramatic suddenness last week, 'when aeother man, who gave the name of William Thomae, was arrested lOr the same kind ot frauds on women whidb were alleged Me' have been practised Bee.k. When Deck, the newly-accusect man, neui eight others were placcel in a row for identification by the wo- men Who were bringing the cbarges, Wllllani Thomas wee pointed out as the men who had robbed theme As the outcome of further themstoga- Lions Back was released, te reprosentetive of the Express Deck, who had received a telegram at ngratulatioe from Aft'. G. rt, ims, expreseed the joy felt at his rele:ose,' "I have," he said, "'prayed to God night end day to deliver me, auci He liao heerd my prayer. 0 do not re- member what 3 salol to the judge wtr 1 WRS last eonvicted, 0 felt that worth/ front Heaven were Pet into rey motlth, encitheLeaved ose." i_ "Cartels hag writtee 0 eters?' that'll melte your hale ewe," .sctid MaWson. "Got it for me, for g*oodrioss' etSkef" said Mrs, 31, "It'll eave hie from berrying my fingere off, with the tongta" DR.A,W, claSt$ CATARRH otvitg Atici entity the linereval lemma is mei dimes to the aisaitta et1:4,414441,taitue0k6g%ecelelhgt$611:1811 felon etel esereanalee ettfee Central acid Rey emote Blowes trec, Alttleakes,er nee, W. tem. Medletes Coe 'resents, see tuffallie 6MgraG% Gi;0646,Ch lit 61 Oh THE FARM c' 6;WiC6C1M961,67A1109 SUCCULENT FOOD, Every breeder and feeder of ani- mals knows Well the beneficial sI - o1 green grass in spri»g. He has• noted hose quickly it ceuses the anbinal's skin to shine; how it re- moves the 20131 Lei' hair, opens the bowels and inerlieleally acts upon the liver and kidneys, says Dr. A. 8. Aleeander, of the Wisconsi» eeperi- molt station, That it stbmilates Is semi by the wonderful effect it has upon the flow of milk, whith is na- turree provisioe for the suelenance of the young. The laxative effect of grass seems absolutely necessary in spring following somewhat heating eflects of winter food. It enables the eyetem to throw MT effete matters svillich would prove detrimental dur- ing warm weather and in short helps to prepare the aeimal for the radical change in temperature entered upon in spring. Mille animals am eating green grass there is, as a rule, no tendency to constipation, and it is rare for diSeO,SOS due to absorption of effete or deleterious substances to affect animals at this time. Becognizieg the good effects of green grass we 01111 CLIZI10 correctly that a similar effect, if attainable during winter them would be beneficial to animals at the first sign of costiveness. This would be especially true of pregnant animals and of the SOW in particular. It is the experience of every It is the experimice of very many breeders that sows while in pig tend to become sluggish and fat, and es- pecially so 'Where corn is the chief item of the 11111011. To oeset this effect of corn feeding in the absence of a due amount of exercise during cold and stormy weather, certaM succulent foods are used by a few breeders; but investigation shows that bet few farmers comparatively make eny provision of this sort. Few indeed, seem to tmelerstand or appre- ciate the dangers associated with constipation end obesity in pregnant sows, hence they do not provide :A SUCCULENT FOOD, avoid hea.vy corn feeding or see to it that Ole sows are amide to take abundant exercise out of doorsin winter time. Even those who under stand the benefit of feeding a succu- lent food, find it difilcult to provide such a food. Roots take a lot of work, cowl *help is so scarce that few have made it a practice to supply any greet, amount of turnips for stock feeding. Clover. nay of good quality is mete for cattle, but bogs do not take enough of it to act as a laxative, so that most people he depended upon flaxseed meal and slop to move the bowels sufliciently. If some plan could be hit upon by which green grass could be supplied to sows in winter and early spring before the new gross eel/1W in, there can be no doubt that there would be less loss of sows aed pigs at, farrow- ing time and linmediately after. This is'out of the miestion, however, but we see that a new and feasible scheme has beer, started, We refer to • the drying and pulverizing 'of alfalfa hay to Sorra a Meal which keeps well, ,and mny be added to other foods with the Weft of making them mime laxa- tive. Alfalfa is even more useful for this purpose than spring grass; for It not only opens the bowels, but id Most nutritious as a food. Fed as an adjunct to the usual rations pro- vided for farrewing sows, we aro of the opinion that this alfalfa meal will do greed work. It will give the sows all the benefits of spring grass gr clover mmtuee, and. by acting up - /1 the mcoretery organs, should in- duce the beet of health and' condi- tion for fnrrowing and milk produc- tion. This rew food settees the dif- ficulty et •once. It does away with Ole net:ossify of root el./Mere, which bas always, proved trotailesome and exPensiee to 1.he average farmer. It will prove better food than ordinary silage for sows, for there is no risk Of it becoming moldy or solar, and gem or spoiled silage ie quite dang- erous as a food for stock generally and for pregnant animals in par- tieular. Succulent food alone will not, however, put the sow in the best possible condition for farrow- ing. A succulent food Is absoleteler nec- essary' Where much corn Is fed; but more thee food of this sort, exercise is imperative. This is so With every pregnant. antmal. The inueeles tenet be kept in normal tone. Provided this 18 done, the ttet, of parturition becomes easy and nonellangerous, and as a rule, the animal will recover geickly and theme a good amply of milk for bee oespring. Together ex- orciee and sueculent food lessee the clangers of the farrowing season. tirrnoolor FOR FARM CROPS, The cheapest solute of niteogen for farm crops is tlie various legumin- ous plants !mown for forage 1141d 101` Seed, Among these the most coin - moldy usecl aro alfalfa, tee common clovers, cowpeas, soy beans, crimson clover, hairy vetch, MilVet bons, etc. This list is being added to year by year, These plaids take the nitrogen from the air abd store it up in their mote for their 'Men use, and for the use of the camps which follow. 'rids treneier of nitrogen from the air .to the Meets is eutde poesible by certain becteria Whieh live on the emits of thee° Tegurnin- pue crops. Those Waded& live in ttlherellieS or Might steellings On the roots of theee plante, jest hoes this trenefer is affected is reit k•noten bet thee it; is accompliehed no otie tionids, 43y eerefolly digging up an alfelfa phmt, Mee Of the ethers inentioned, heeeedettrairting the meets/, they win he reeled invested hy Metall eWellings,Thelee are the bacteria tuberculeste *es/Metes of the leteterla. Sometimes; they are found ill great bunches. 'Ohm particular tebercies were eeetneet by inolculating the soil with velvet bean bacteria. Nitrogen wee. formerly supplied to growing erops by the applicatioe of some soluble nitrate. Tide was too 010 - 90115138 for most field crops, although 41. 18 still practieed to a certain 'ex- tent fol. our larger crops, aed is particularly veluable for forcing Muck and garden crops. The fanner, 110SNOVOr, ShOeld plan to seeere his nitrogen by growing some of the forage crops eoted above, saying the forage or grain for bus stock. lIo will fine his soil greatly enriched, CAIIE Ole MILIC VESSELS, There aro some things about wash- ing yeeeels which come in contact with inelk that the average house- wife needs to Iealm, The dielicloth ne found in the average kitchen Await.' never be used on dairy uten- sils. It Is the exception where one will be found to smell eweet an Weir after it has beet steed; and yet milk utensils are often waslied with it aud wiped with a towel that has done duty on all of the china and glass- wath of the household, and possibly the pots and kettles, before the 1411 - ware of the soperator is touched, Discard the dishcloth and the dish towel while the milk utensils aro be- ing seethed. Wash them in warm .water first, with plenty of some waehing com- pound, and tem a brush to do the work, but never a rag. Get into every poet of them, after which rinse off with clean, warm water, and then either put them in boiling water or pour boiling water over them. Stand the parts up so that they will drain and use no cloth to wipe them. The hot extreme will dry them quicltly, and they willbe clean. Leave the parts in a sunshiny- place if pos- sible. This may seem to be putting too much slam on the case, but evidenee gathered in the field shows the need of some vigorous words along this lino. The outside of the frame, which does not 001110 in direct con- tact with the milk, also needs scru- pulous care. Cases have been noted Where the color of the machine could scarcely be distieg,uithed because of the grease and dirt or dried milk covering the paint. Pure Cretan 0002d hardly be expected to come from such a place. It is pleasant, to know that at more than three- fourthe of the farms visited the sep- arators were well kept and the peo- ple were trying to do the best they know how. There was, however, a great lack of knowledge. THE JAPANESE SWORD. Short in Length and a liesenderful Production. ;First of all, a veey thin sheet of steel is fixed to an iron bar that ul- timately serves as a handle, To this sheet of steel other pieces of the, same size are moldered until the mass is about eight inches long and two inehes wide. The bar of steel is then brought to a white heat, and is bent ill half, and hammered until it re- sumes its original size. This process is repeated no less than fifteen times. Four similar bars are then made and soldered together'after which they are doubled in half, reheated and hammered out, this process being re- peated five time. By this Mem the sword is brought to the required thickness, the layers of steel have been harnrciered so thin that the blade containe innumerable sheets of metal. The handle is then formed, arid when the finishing touches have been put on the blade it is lieated to O certain temperature and dipped In O batli of oil or water. Together with the sharpening, the makieg of O 110 of these famous ewer& takes about Wren weeks. The many thou- sands of inferior swords which will be used in tile WAX are not, of eourse, nedde by this long proc.ess. WHY GJRLS SHOULD BUN, Our grandmothers told ye that any 'form Of pedal -exercise excopt.a digni- fied walk was miladylike; but to take a mile rlel daily, as a man intrain- ing would do, is the best way, in the wored tor a girl to get color into her cheeks and' sweetie into her oyes. "If girls would turn their atteetion to running, they would find it the most exhilarating pastime in the world, 'as well as cam of the Most healthful," *52318 '2221 authority in at's- lettere "Bemdes edding roses to the cheelca and inches to the lungs, eum ning is the stout woman's best re- f(''11'0ea, '1,t 110 take o brisle run daily, beginning with a few verde, and gete Ong up a mile, or thereaboets, and elle will not need to resort to a diet —the most meclancholY and depress- ing method of recluMeg avoirdupois. "Ii a rim 011)1101. 130 taken daily mit of doors, the running-traek found at ovary well-equipped gymnasiuin should bo Milleed, A run out of doors, however, is the ideal praetice, for Mesh air 1e one of the impoetant factors of the Vora 31, is fresh air that gists a girl bowie:Meg color in her cheeks and perifies every drop of blood ie her body, "Aitee a, little petettice, a girl mos run emlf without stoppines, Then let her pease for a two -minute vest, before doing the, next half -mile, 1112, briekly, 1102 13021 nt top epeed." CURRENT- SLANG', KoMemeoeseemeasseesemeememeeesesen X 11EALITI •INJURIPS TO TIM HEAP, The recent death of POUP1)10" ft, seemingly slight blow On the temple Calls attentiou anew to the poseible evil results of apparently triviel injuries to tho bead, There 'may lie no fradtureedhVive dicteeemeece Mime not eveti 0 beettleein the side,— and yet the Matey niley terminate fatally. On the caliem hand, the skull may be broken and even give exit to more or less disorganized brain at -distance, yot recovery withoste leeloi l:ale;shitsceor impairment of the 13121141312114ta We cannot explain the latter occur- rence beyond saying Oust tha impor- tant brain centers, those for eight, hearing and tbe Vill'10118 muscle move- ments, must have escaped injury, For Ole other cases,those in which death comes Unexpectedly, the explanation is not so difecult. The fatal result is then alinoet elwaye due to rup- ture of tho vessels aed hemorrhage into the brain substance --a true ape - That thin does not occur inueediat- e,layilaofutsease erthueas.coldent is due to one of N time aud again Glatt haasbbloeewn olsiliotethme head asigy cause rupture of a. blood - vessel ins}do, although the blow, es- pecially, if made with a broad, smooth instrument, such as a "billet O sand -bag or a mallet, may not have broken the skin. In such a case death may be instantaneous just as it is in certain cases of apo- plectic seizure, or it may not owne until hours or perhaps days later. An explanation of the delay in the appearance of 1.110 symptoms is thee, - at the thee of the rupture of the ar- tery the force of the circulation was suddenly redeced by the shook and the immediate loss of conseiouenees. A clot formed stt the ruptured point, and so further escape of blood was prevented until the clot was Vinod out by coughing, sudden rising Mott the bed, mental excitement, or some other cause of increased circulation. Or it may be that an tutery was at first only weakened at some point mid not actually ruptured, and then Ole break with the resultant fatal hemorrhage was caused by some act which induced more forcible heart ac- tion than usual. The lesson which this explanation teaches is the absolute necessity of quiet for a. long period after any in- jury to the bead, especially one that stunned Ole person, in order to give time for perfect repair el a InseeittlY: waealcened or ruptured artery,. • mVEs. During the warm weather the eon- ditions are favorable for the anneal' alum of a very common yet moist an- noying minor ailment. IIives is popular name for a form of tiousv.efwept!sounsctpotiwbiheich s av snore elegantly 1e31 or urticaria. 1110 latter terms a the fact that contact one of the ren•est me tile disease, 'The leave Fire covered with a valve W1110)3, ethen handled, sets free min quantities of an itritating jtdce ca able of causing local swellings of the skin with intense itching and burn- ing. Other plants, suds as the squill and the pods of the cowliage, have the same property: and contact with jellyfish, certain ceterpillars, partecularlg the hairy ones, certain drugs and in some cases even sea -bathing will produce similar results. It is curious that in many persons articles of food or disorders of diges- tion give rise to similar symfintoms. Individual peculiarities play an MU- sually large part in this respect, and things limmiess to some invariably give rise to trouble ill othere. Among the commonest of these are straw- berries, raspberries and other beets; etabs, oyster and sitell-fish i11 gener- al; aisle tinned foods, pork, Meusage, mushroome, nuts, cucumbers; also many drugs, such as quinine, sodium salicylate, chloral and so on, as well a:Tadillehbtheseericasaalesr,ilei°1.1xitne; inneediately . or ehorely after taking the article in questions more or less raised, recl or pale patches, varying in size, ap- pear on the akin of a part or the whole of the body, and give ride eati great discomfort through the 'burning and itching they cause. These may be the only emeptonte and the 'Moue ble mass disaappeer in a few bows; Or In rare caged there may he evi- dences of severe conetitueional 00- turbancos, as shown by high fever, headache, backache, coated tongue,' loss of appetite, great thirst, nausea 41;rhedv°tInreiatilgie nt for the ndld cases consist ill light diet and laxatives, together with the atterript to discov- er end avoid, the eause of the trouble, For tho itching, alkalifie baths, meel- ing and asteingent lotions and dust- ing powcloes will glee relief. The temptation to scratch the efteeted re- gion should be retiMtecl as Mach as poselble, ne it only aggravatee the condition. In severe ensee medical advice is of comas neceseaty, Mee, Teetemes--"It seeme WO'VO been married a ceritery, 0ean't oven remember when or where Wo first met." Mr. Tantrunwe—"I eke. It ems at a dinner -party where Mere were thieteen at table!" "Ian afraid,"said the editor, hats young inacketone won't like wri(e-up we gave him to-cley." 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