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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-3-2, Page 2Ira - T IV .7truaneRII TTI 'ma l UI, NIl11Nn 1 11101. , ,ey„l, FT a' 1ricc tfLibcrty 0 OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL r� tau ”eifM1rdT(Ir,TeTf.aIT11'RTITTTnTRTY,,,,,ll,,, e,lll ,ee��l'Tyryiinlll!1L111L77JT1'TL•LtnL11L11.IT1 T111.1- CHAPTER XLII, Whilst events were moving rapidly outside time at Longtime. Grange Still, Enid felt the monotony to be as maddeningas ever. There were times when she rebelled passionately, for an instant Enid telt inclined to despair, "Williams," sato cried, "Mr. Hen- son ie here. On no account must ho my affairs, scheme, I presume, If p•��(�ry P p�p gy �9�® ,,f� you and your sister and Miss Gates �.dAys vdt n eel �kf'S� ►tadn't talked so loudly that day in the garden I might not—" Hare li toned " said Chris, mid - l3 Mans like a here and head like a cat. But you don't know every- thing, and you never will You SCoundrel, you creeping, crawling scoundrel! if I only dared to speak. If I cared leis for the honor of this unhappy family—,• "1f you could only get the ring," said Henson, with a malicious sneer, "But the ring is gone. no ruby ring lies at the bottom of tato and many a fanner can work up a CAZ MIL 6 willTet ��R an '41 HOW TO MAT, CHEESE ON `ITO; EAltyi, T believe that there is a place for high grade cheese at good prices, as well as for high grade dairy butter, North Sea special trade Inc a special grade Some / id's lips, heedless words ehteso, says Prof, John. W. Decker, rose to l,nid's lips, but she checked There are two general classes of thorn, i11 site could do now was cheese—the acid curd and the sweet watch and wall do tart tVen curd. To make the cheddar ur acid Sneek must be got out of the sway see tlesoo stand still. The dust and 1, a before anything else was done, She cheese two-tenths per cent. of acid the desolation were ever these, the see our unfortunate visitor. I . art- did not date to use the telephone should be present in the milts When gloom brooded like an evil spirit. not possibly know that Van Sneck the intik Anil of t was but the calm before is here; the whole tiling is an mei- yet, though site. had made up her ready orulateranine s¢ anch ainti S i mind to ash Steel to come over and g the Storni that was coming to hon- hale I Samhall going down into the take Van Sneek away. Later on she Hansen's rennet extract is used with ish the hoary old ecCi•es for good. hall, I shall cthed w get drawing -room, could send the message. the Monrad rennet test. In the t Menson into - the di sniu g lc Mr Van Sunk had eaten n fairly liom•ad test, five cubic centimeters Without il0lay you must smuggle nts Vaa Sneck luta your apartments' god meal, so Williams said, and of the rennet is diluted to 50 cable against the solitude of the place. over the staple. You will he per-' had fallen into a heavy sleep, 'There centimeters, and then 11.0 0111310 0010. There were moments to her when it fectly safe if you go flown the hack was melting for it but to exit and timeters of this dilute rennet is ad - seemed that her mind couldn't stand stairenre. As soon as the drawing- watch. Rinner came in clue course, dol to 160 cubic centimeters of milk room door closes, o," with \irs. Henson, ragged and un- at se degrees le, A sive anti a half the strain touch longer, g ke et es usual, taking iv) notice of But she had hope, that blessed leg- Williams nodded. Fie was (ss011. 1 ni; per cent, solution sa of Armour's scale acy to the sanguine and the young. tally a man of action rather than!'Icemen• retro watched her furtively pepsin has the saute lengeugth es Hun- And there were times when she words. With all the coolness she; during the meal. Enid escaped to men's extract. would creep out and see Ruth Gates, could 011117111011 up Enid descended to, her 05 0 room directly aitetWards, if desired, •half an ounce to an wbo found the Rottingdean Road the hall. She gave a little gesture ounce of ttnnu very convenient for cycling just now. of surprise and disdain es she caught And there was always the anticipa- sight of Henson. tion of a telephone message from 'So you came down to welcome Chris. Originally the telephone had me?"' Enid said, coldly, been established so that the house- A sudden light of rage lit up hold could be run without tate in- Henson's blue eyes. He caught Enid trusion of tradesmen and other almost roughly by the shoulders and strangers. It bad nee a pushed her into the drawing -room, mel great anomaly at the time, but now Enid There was something coming, she blessed it every moment of the day. knew. It was a relief a minute or And she was, perhaps, not quite so two later to hear Williams's whistle unhappy as she deemed herself to as he crossed the courtyard. Henson be, She had her lover back again, now, with his character free from every imputation. The sun straggled in tbrough the dim, dusty panes; the monotonous voice of Mrs. ]Tenon droned in the drawing -room, It was what Williams called one of the unhappy lady's knew nothing of Van Sneck's pre- sence, nor was lie likely to do so now. "You are forgetting yourself," Enid said, "How dare you touch me like that?" "By heavens," Henson whispered, vehemently, "whoa I consider how I "days," Sometimes she was quiet have been fooled by you I wonder and reasonable, at other times the that I do not strike the life out of dark mood hung heavily upon her. you. Where is your sister?". She was Pacing up and down the Enid assumed an air of puzzled drawing -room, wringing her hands and whimpering to herself. Enid had slipped into the grounds for a little fresh air; the house oppressed leer terribly to -day. The trim lawns and blazing flower -beds were a pleasing contrast to the misery and disorder of the house. Enid passed on into the shadow of surprise. She raised her eyebrows, coldly. .But it needed no very bril- liant intelligence to tell her that Henson had discovered something, "I had only oue sister," she said, "and she is—" "Dead! Rot. No more 50011 than I am, A nice little scheme you had put up together with that scribbling the plantation. A little farther on' ass David Steel. But Steel is going tointerfere in to to lesson not 1 Wali the dogs seemeda nearer the ggetback • 1 that more ma • come h c m it, W 1-r going to get 3 something, t it and you are G tont SO 711 affairs 1 t be excited a g g g Y, from cr But that ale'you get O71 a e - I t 1 At. m0 ggt Hams' rusty voice could be heard ex- one also. Where is your sister?" d,.nlons publir.y And 1 could expose postulating with some intruder. By Despite his bullying triumph there t,olc, ah, hots 1 could expire you, him stood a pian who, though fairly was something nervous and anxious Reginald Henson!' well dresseu, looked as if he had about the tong of the question, It Instead of which you will let me slept in his garments for days. There was not quite like Henson to let have that £10,000," was a dazed, puzzled, absent espres- his adversary see that he had scared ••I carrot. You will ruin ate, sion on his face, a Point. But since the affair of the "You might have been killed," dogs Henson had not been quite his Williams croaked. "If you hadn't old self. It, was easy to see that he stood still they dogs would have had found out a great deal, but he pulled you to pieces. How did you had not found out where Chris was get here'?" yet. "I've lost it," the stranger mut- "I know nothing," said Enid, "I tared. "I've lost it somwhere, and shall answer no questions." I shall have no rest till I find it." "Very well. But I shall .and out. "Well, go and look in the road," Accident put me on the trail first. Williams, suggested, smoothly. And I have been to see that mal 'Nothing over gets lost here, Just Walker. Ile never saw your sister you hop over that Wall and try after her `death,' nor did the under - your luck outsuile,'- taker. And I might have met my Enid cams forward. Evidently the death at the fangs of that dog you intruder was no stranger to her. put upon Inc. What a fool Walker Williams started to explain volubly. teas.". But Enid cut him short at once. Enid looked up anxiously, Had "A most extraordinary thing has Walker said anything about a second happened," she said, "It is amazing opinion? Had he betrayed to Hon - that this man should come here of son the fact that he had been back - all places. Williams, this is the man ed up by liatlie•ly Bell? Because Van Snack. they had taken a deal of trouble to "What, the chap as was wounded conceal the fact that Bell had been in the hospital, miss?" in the house. "The same. The man is not in full "Dr. Walker should have called In possession of his senses. And if Re- another opinion," she said, mocking- ginald Henson ands him now it is Iy, likely to go hard with him. He "The man was too conceited for must be taken into the house and that, and you know it," Henson looked after until I can communi- growled; "and finely you played up - cote with somebody I can trust, Mr, on his vanity." Steel, I think. He must be got back Enid was satisfied. Walker had to the hospital. It is the only place evidently said nothing about Bell; where he is safe," and Henson, though he had just Van Sneck seemed to be looking on come from Littimer, knew nothing with the vacant stare of the mind- about Chris. less, He suffered himself to bo led "You have made a statement," she to the house, where ho was fed like said, "and in reply I say nothing, a child. It was hi vain that Enid You have chosen to assume that my plied him with all kinds et quer- sister is still alive. Well, it is a tions. He had lost something—he free country, and you are at liberty would have no peace till he had to think as you please. If we had found it. This was the ono burden anything to gain by the course you of his cry. Enid crossed to the suggest'—" wperplexity.'h An tri. pint" Henson window in some The "Anything to g next moment she had something else burst out angrily. 'Everything to to occupy her mind, Reginald. Hen- gain, One whom I 'deemed to be son was corning ep the drive. Just dead is free to follow mo to pry into and Menson followel t los c:s o the Il,n ln• -room. Once there his manner changed en- 11re13. His lips grew firm, his eyes Were like points of steel. Mrs. Men- son was pacing the dusty floor, mut- tering and crooning, to herself. Den- son t'onehecl her arm, at the same time holding some glittering object before her eyes. It was a massive ruby ring with four black pearls on either side. "Look here," he whispered. "Do you recognize it? Ilave you seen it before?" A pitiful, wailing cry came from the rennet. Armour's scale Pepsin, Mrs, Henson's lips• She wee trent- strength, 1,3000 when made up into Wing from bead to foot with a a five and a half per cent, solution to color Hansen s other standard brand, per 1,000 pounds is added to the milk. The milk should have it temperature of 86 degrees when set, "set" being the term used for adding the rennet: Ilse ELI: the rate of 4 ounces of Hansen's rennet to the thousand pounds of milk, An ounce is approximately 30 cubic centi.treetors, so that for every 100 pounds 12 0, 0. of rennet will be required. Scale PePsln that can be bought at the drug store can be substituted for strange agitation, She gazed at the ring as a thirsty man in a des - ort alight have looked on a draught of cold spring water. She stretched out her land, but Henson drew basic. "I thought you had not forgotten it," he sidled. "It means much to you, honor, peace, happinces—your son restored to his proper place in the world. Lest time I was here I wanted money, a more bagatelle to you Now , want ,L•10 000 " is equal in strength to IPansen's rennet extract. One-half gram or one -sixtieth of an ounce of this scale pepsin per 100 pounds of milks is approximately of the same proportion as 4 ounces of Hansen's extract per 1,000 pounds of milk. Tho pepsin solution deter- iorates rapidly and should 130 made up fresh each day. When the curd has become firm enough to break clean over the fins - "leo, no," Mrs. Denson cried. er, it is ready to cut, The cutting is "You will ruin me -110,000! 'What done first with the horizontal knife do you do with all the money? you and then with the perpendicular one. profess to give it all to charity, But The cubes should be about one-half I know better. Much you site away of an inch in diameter. The curd Pal s i n •bele. set n motion should be e started 4 nd then the heat La rted and rni'cl gradually to 98 degrees F. In an 'tour and a half from the time rennet was added the curd should be firm and show fine silky threads not to exceed one-eighth of an inch in length on the hot iron. Have you not had enough? Give The. whey should then be drawn (en - mo the ring," mediately, Lactic acid developed in Henson smilingly held the gem the whey and this united with curd aloft. illus, Hansen correct her arm changing it into a gluey substance with : the dust rising in choking, with strings on the hot iron, 11 clouds around her. Then with an this derelops, tan far, before draw - activity astonishing 3n one of leer ing the, whey, it will spoil the cheese, yews she sprang upon Henson and T lr i k With a Cold There's de Time to Experiment With Untried Remedies When You Can Depend Upon BR. CHASE'S 9J) �F LINSEED and TURPENTINE Cough mixtures are legion. Nearly every dealer has some preparation of his own to offer. Thorough cures for coughs and eolde are rare, and when you find a medicine that you can rely on for such affections, as well as croup, whooping cough, bronchitis, and as- tbma, you do well to stiok to it. Dr, Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine has by far the largest sale of any such remedy on the mar- ket, and as the. demand incrcasee by leaps and bounds every year we be- lieve this is due to the peculiar mer- its of this preparation, You only head 10 bo reminded that it le sometitnie necessary to insist bn getting What yeti Leek icor, Deal- ers :have other prepara£lons of lln- teed: and turpentine put up to look no nearly as possible like Dr. Chase's end because of large propts may try the imitation, Toro is ono tufty to be stile, and til^at is by Mein* the portrait olid signature of Dr, Chase on Lite wrap- per. Do not be contented to take any preparation offered you because it is "only a cord," Golds lead to the most fatal of diseases, and you can- not afford to take melts with 110w and untried treatments, Mrs. Geo, Good, Tichhot'ne, Ad- dington Co., Ont., writes: "It is with pleasure that I certify to the wonderful success of Ar. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine as a cure for .colds. It Is the bast and surest treatment fox coughs end colds,that We, have ever beep able to find," From childhood to old age, from the time when croup threatens the baby's life -until the aged father or \nether aro victims of asthma, Dr. Chase'n Syrup of Linseed and Tur- ponJ.ine 10 the most efficient treat - meet obtainable; 25 cents a bottle, tore the ring from his grasp. The thing wan so totally unexpected from the usually gentle lady that Henson could only gasp in astonishment. "I have it," Mrs. Henson cried, "I have it, and I am free!" Henson sprang towards her. With a quick, fleet step she crossed to the window and fled oat into the night, A raging madness seemed to have come over her again; she laughed and she cried as she sped on into the bushes, followed by IIenson, In his fear and desperation the latter had quite forgotten the dogs: Ile was in the midst of them, they were chustcred round himself and bars. IIenson before ho was aware of the fact. "Give me the ring," he said, "Yon can't hate it yea. Some day I will restore it to you, Be sensible If anybody should happen to see you," Mrs: Henson merely laughed. The dogs wore gambolling around like so ninny kittens. They did not seem to beed Henson in the joy of her pre- sence. He canto on again, he made a grab for her dress, but the rotten fabric parted like a cobweb in his hand. A warning grunt came from one of the dogs, but Henson gave no heed, "give it me," h0 hammed; "or I Will tear it from you." (To he Continued,) IAN MACLAREN ON MARRIAGE Both Parties Should be Able to Show Bills of Health. Ian Maclaren, interviewed on his statement that no man should marry unless he could obtain a first-class life certificate from an insurance oompany, was good enough to give his views on the question in general Maya tho London Leader, The ruinous Liverpool preacher would include women as well as mon in the condition, Ile dons not think. those who are physically or mental- ly 111100und have any right to marry, In view of the misery which might fall to the lot of the children of such Invents, "I do not mean," he continued, "that a delicate person should not marry, because such people are constitutionally sound and quite entitiocl to marry, proved- ed they are, in an insuranoo sense, first; class lives. 'The reason T recommended a mall before marrying to obtain the cute. acute of a good insurance company was because in that Way ha gets the benefit of an ,enprejudiced and indcr pendent examination, Insurance cmnpaeics don't examine merely for the man's own benefit, but for the protection of their funds, "A certificate of health given after a were and unbiassed test would Justify marriage. I hope the time will 0erne when the State will not sanction marriages runless men and women can qualify for such te health certificate. "'Remember,. 'I, am not alluding Merely to physique in an athletic et all dealers, Or Edmanson, Dates. 1:nnte when speaking of apparently fi Co., Toronto, healthy people, but to physiea1 add The whey is drawn off and the curd placed upon a rack to drain. The gluey substance m-entioned makes the curd particles run together and close up the spaces between them. The mass of curd should be out into blocks and be turned over often to let the whey drain out. In the course of an hour or an 'tour and a half from the time the whey was drawn off the curd will have matted together so that it will tear in a distinct grain like meat on a chick- en's breast, and it will show fine mental soundness in the strictest medical sense, "You may see at any time Wren (3 It high with broad and well-built chests, walking about the streets, who are, nevertheless, unsound from an insurance point of view, and, therefore,' from a marriageable standpoint, "One can only utter a word of warning, and bo careful not to of- fend the susceptibilities of his hear- ers," said Dr. Watson iu conclusion, 1 IN Food is not all that thin people need. Maybe they're sick. You can't snake them eat by bringing them food. But Scott's Emulsion can make them eat. That Emul- sion gives a man appetite and feeds him both. It brings back lost flesh. No trouble about diges- tion, The weakest stomach can digest WI1 Ision It tastes good, too. Scott's Emulsion paves the way for other food. When wasted and weakened by long illness it gives strength and appe- tite that ordinary food can- noty give. Not only food— medicine too ---Scott's Emul- sion of pure cod-liver oil. Wall mod yoanllttietotr dfyou like. 9 t3COTL & 110W14B, Totten*, Oel. ' And This is No Romance Either " UNLESS Y011 I'IAVE USED Ceylon tea, you have no idea what a cup of tea "In perfection," tastes like. Sold only in sealed lead packets. By all grocers. Given the gold inedal and highest award at St, Louis, silky threads au inch long on the hot iron, It is then put through a curd mill to cut it up into small, ev011- sized pieces for salting. When ready to salt, the curd, is cooled to eighty degrees, at which temperature the fat will not run, Two and a half pounds to the hundred of curd is ad- ded anti stirred evenly, 'When the curd becomes mellow again 1t is ready for the press. It should be pressed firmly for at least 20 hears. When taken from the press it is plac- ed in Lite curing room, which should not exceed 65 degrees in temperature, The cheese should be turned and rub- bed each day. When two weeks old they may be painted with a coat of hat pat•a0ine, This will check evaporation and prevent molding, The cheese will be ready to cut in about two months, or if one prefers more flavor they ma -y be left longer, SILAGE VS, GRAIN. During the winter andspring of 1904 the Ohio Agricultural Experi- ment Station conducted an experi- ment to determine what effect the feeding of more silage than is usual- ly fed any dairymen. with a corre- sponding reduction in the grain por- tion of the ration, might have upon besides, ff you consult the statis- tics of some of the large sitter bt reference to this matter, we will Mel that horses there are much bettor fed as a rule than those on the farm. To illustrate thls point, the average road horse in the city, or the stree1 horses that are drawing cabs and toads of about similar weight, are fed from 14 to 15 pounds of oats and 10 to 12 pounds of hay daily, and where corn is a part of the ra- tion the proportions are about Ifs pounds of coin, 10 pounds of oats and 15 pounds of hay. In feeding of the May horse, whose work is more neatly like that of the farm horse, the ration is tit least one-half more than what it is for horses do- ing lightee wort:. Let us stop and compare for a moment' these rations with those fed by the average term- er. With the farmers, in too many cases, 1110 ration for grain is corn stover for roughage, and if corn stover is not used for roughage, a Poor quality of hny is often eln- ployod. It is not to be wondered at, then, that many farm horses quickly wear out when spring work begins. The farmer should be pre- pared to feed oats as a part or the regular ration throughout the year, if at all passible; especially is this the production of milk, butter fat, true when heavy work is being car - gain i11 live weight, cost of the ra- tion and consequently profit. In other words, can silage be made to take the place of a considerable por- tion of the grain usually foil to dairy cows? The silage used in this test \vas a mixture of one ton of soy beans and cotvpeas to two arid one-half tons of silage corn. There was nearly twice as many soy beans in the mixture as coWPcas. The silage corn teas very low in dry matter, owing to an un- favorable season. It is not on g uncom- mon m that silage corn alone will test higher, in even high, anddry A5 5 , matter, and crude protein, as well, than did this mixed silage. The cows used Were 1101 ideal dairy COWS by any. means. Some of them are very goad ones; others could hardly be classed as dairy COWS. One object of the experiment was to test the effect of the rations used upon different types of cows, At the time the selections were made it was thought that the groups were as nearly equal as could web be arranged. Two rations were fed carrying practically the same amount of dry matter. In one ration over 50 per cent, of this dry matter was derived from silage and less than 18 per cont, was derived from grain. In the other ration over 57 per cent, of the dry matter was derived from grain, no silage being fed, Ten - cows, representing five differ- ent breeds, were fed these rations from two to four months, five cows taking the test the full four months. The cows fed the silage ration pro- diced 96,7 pounds of milk and 5,08 pounds of butter fat per hundred pounds of dry matter. The cows fed the grain ration pro- duced 81.3 pounds of milk and 8,9 pounds of butter fat per hundred pounds of dry matter. The cost of feed per hundred pouncls of milk was $0,687 with the silage ration and 41,065 with the grain ration. Tho cost of teed perl have been making very rapid strides pound of butter fat was 13.1 cents 1 during the past few years, and it with the silage ration and 22.1 cents would prove a very unfortunate mat - with the grain ration. The average net profit per cow per month (over cost of feed) was 55.- 864 with the silage ration and 52.- 465 with the grain ration, Comparing the average daily pro- duct of each cow for the entire test with her average daily product for the month previous to the change in ration (or the nest month of their test in the case of two cows), the cows fed the silage ration shrank, 2.- 81 :84 per cent, In milk and gained 1,89 Per cent in butter fat production. The wows fed the grain ration shrank 9.11 Per cent in tnllk and 14,18 in. butter int production, Upon the conclusion of the experi- ment each lot of cows was found to have gained in live weight. The sit - ago fed cows at average of 47 pounds per head, the grain fed cows an average of 57 pounds per head. The facts herein reported seen to justify the concle9100 that silage can be shade to take the place of a considerable, portion of the grain ration. It is believed that by grow- ing more of tiro feeds rich in pro- tein --clover, alfalfa, soy beans, cow - peas, Bold pons, vete1105 and ensilo- ing them, or feeding then as hay, it will bo possible to further reduce the amount of grain fed. It is the expectation of the ste- tdoie to continue the experiment the following winter. FEEDING TIIr16 310I1S1 S, 1•ied on, The should aim to feed for the work which the animals aro expected to do, and bear in mind that where horses Inc employed to do farm work and go on the roadbesides, great care should bo exercised In feeding properly. • JTO REFORM THE DRINKER FENCE WIRE SHOULD NOT BE 'TAXED. The Dominion Government did a good thing for the farmers of Can - oda when it placed curtain grades des of ver listfew font wire 0 on the free a 0 years ago, Since then galvanized smooth wire Nos, 9, 12 and 18, which are most used in farm fencing, has been kept clown In price to a place which enabled thousands of farmers to replace old unsightly, wasteful, woollen fences with neat, new wire structures, thereby improv- ing their own property and enhanc- ing tato value of the surrounding neighborhood. Now it transpires that pressure is being brought to bear upon the Government to go back to the old order of things by imposing a customs duty 071 these grades of wire. That such a change would work injury to the farming community admits of no argument. At present, practically none of the grades of wire on the free list are manufactured in Canada, so that any duty that would be put on the wire would prove an equal tax upon the consumer—the farmer. A tariff of say 25 per cent, would 11n.doubt- edly enhance the cost of fencing fully ten to fifteen cents per rod. This would mean that the owner of a me- dium-sized farm would have to bear an extra tax of fully 5150 to fence his farm. Were fencing an unimpor- tant natter there would be no reason for alarm, but with the passing of the old fences, and the increasing at- tention to stock raising, new fencing is an absolute necessity. In the older parts of the Dominion the improvement of farm buildings and the construction of pew fences In caring for the horse the,question of proper feeding is all important. The care given the home along other x right, linos may be dodo exactly but the feeding may not be given; proper Jtidgmnent. Too many farmers do not feed their horsed sufficiently heavy, while on the Other hand there are these who 'overdo the ma110r. Tho mistake in the light feeding of horses applies especially to ilia hors- es that aro -expected to do heavy farm Work only, although I1110Y of these same 'horses are 0111-tged to do not Only form Work, but easel work ter if a check were given to this much-needed advance by the imposi- tion of a tax that could work no benefit to the farmer and at the same time hamper the Canadian manufacturers of fencing who use wire as a raw material,, Rather than hamper farts improvement, and de- moralize an Industry nmPortont to agriculture, by placing wire which is now admitted free of duty, on , the dutiable list, it would be much hot- ter to wipe out the present tariff of 20 per cent, on Nos, 7 and 11, which would enable farmers to get a strong- er style of fence without increasing the cost, SURE ENOUGH, "11001' your• ofd minister's gone in for ritualism." "Yea, he's gone wrong com- pletely," 'Why, how can you say that? Eye's all rite now." The young wife buried her heard in the sofa pillow and Sobbed as if her heart would break, "W—when wo were married," she sobbed, "you said that no matter what happened you would love me still," Yes," retorted the brutal husband, "but you never are still. That is the reason I don't love you." 'i'Loolc a:t Baker, out in. a day like this without an ttntbrella. Is he mead?" "I'm afraid he is. Lot's avoid ehim." "'W'hy'?" " lye" 'r'I:Te 'nay reeognniee 'Balis umbrella. It s h!tol" "What," asked the female nlafinago advocate with the square chin, "has become of 0111' ninety then?" "Seine of them," replied the meek and low- ly citizen, "have m•areled womanly women, and ttrtt 11owmngaged feu bringing up ehildia:h ohiltheme' The most common farm of eater b11lnder5s is all inability to dis1fng11 illi nal. PROPOSED NEW 7't'.."ATMENT OF THE INEBRIATE. Massachusetts Society Will Deal With Tltree Stages of the Disease. The anneal report of Ube Massa- elutsetts Civic League's Committee 011 1/11111!0.11ness, sn,vs -11: is naw ad- ntittod that drunkenness is in many vital aspects a limiest., Yet Hemel:lima ibe civilized world no nation has lateen any derisive step toward n, 77010111 of public action which should embody the profound change in the eonvictl011 of all intel- ligent people with regard to this smatter. 1t Is the belief of the 00nt- nt!ttee that there is at this point a peculiar opportunity for the State or lllasearhtltelte to Lake the first step in a path of wankel legisla- tion so clearly foreebadowed'by sci- entific conclusions, There are, broadly speaking, three stages he 1111 development of the rh•unkaeci--i.he incipient stage, the Periodic stage, and the habitual stage. At present all these stages are treated pretty much alike, 11'e are all familiar neth. the unreason and scandal of sending victims of shrink to Long Island for terms of three or six months rontinuously, with slight lntervnls, during periods of twenty, thirty and forty years. NEW TREATMENT, In general the committee hopes to promote a policy of great gentleness and consideration under probation- ary influences during the first stage; to strengthen and develop wisp ways of scientiliu treatment under tempor- ary restraint during the second stage, and to secure permanent se- clusion—except in the case of clear- ly established cure—for the final stage. To be more explicit, the commit- tee is already preparing for a series of conferences no to the best way of e.o-ordinnting and centralizing the probation system, so that the re- cord of each clrunlcaecl may be con- secutively kept and his career intel- ligently and logically inflnencerd. Im- provement in this respect will in- crease the possibility of considerate treatment for the young offender, while serving to tighten the bands on those further gone. Some en- couraging progress has already been made toward an understanding among various interested persons as to ways of organizing the probation system for this better type of ser- vice, TN SECOND STAGE. As some success is gained In this first part of the programme, a care- ful study will ho name of the pro- per sentence and the appropriate curative treatment, under sentence. of drunkards in the second stage. In the third stage the committee is clear that the cumulative sentence should be esLablished, and Out in due term drunkards should be com- mitted permanently, as is 11055 the case With criminals, under the Habi- tual Criminals' Act, or as is done in the also of confirmed insanity. The truth is tint in the matter of treatment of drunkenness we are a the present moment in many re spects not much in advance of the chaotic ignorance and cruelty which characterised the treatment of crim- inals and insane before the days of John Howard an,d Dorothea 1)7x, 410 BRITISH ORATORICAL SLIPS. Instances Where Statesmen Made Laughable Mistakes, Mr. Balfour, in a recent speech, spoke of an empty theatre of un- sympathetic auditors," Lord Cur- zon has remarked that "though not out of the wood we have a good ship." Sir William Hart Dyke has told how Mr. Lowther "had caught a big fish in hie net—and went to the top of the tree for it," Mn, As- I. quith has lately remarked that "re- distribution is a thorny subject, which requires delicate handling or it will tread on some people's toes;" Mr. Broderick tot¢ the Commons that "among the many jarring notes head in this house on military af- fairs this subject at Icast must be regarded as ten oasis," But Gen. Buller evidently thinks there is lit- tle to be gained by so-called army reform, for ho 'declares that "the Army is honeycombed senates 1 wit h cli wes and kisses go by favor in this web of axe -grinders," In the debate on the London lfdu- cation Bill, Mr. Walter Long .said: "We are told that by such legisla- tion the heart of the country has been shaker to its very foundations.' Before Mr, Winston Churchill oppos- ed the present government he, at a nceting of the )low and Bromley Conservative Association, commend- ed certaiit utterances of Lord Iaotle- bery, 'but said that Sir henry Camp- bell -Bannerman "had sat so long on trio ferico that the iron entered etted tato hi$ soul." y� A Financial Minister has assured the Commons that "the steps of the government would go hand in hand with the interests of the manufactan•- or," It was in the Lords that the government was warned that the constitutional rights of the people were being "trampled 'upon by the mailed heed of authority," 1t was the late Sir George Camp. bell who said "the pale face 01 the British ;soldier fa the backbone of the British umpire," anti who said ce•t03n abuses in India were but "a - mere flea bite in the ocean" a5 COM* pared with others ho could Mane. It was another friend of India who said: "Pass the measure and the barren wells will become fertile val- leys," It was a loyal member who said: "When I go wrong I look round and see our chief leading and I, soon git,right again," r,.--.�---u 11110re gars a mac with a very itltcros1irng lrisLory " mita i,ltt` as»,< Metell!, in the h0okielltu•''o "Yon( don't, �.ty so? 1'fnw cl,t 50)1 lcnoW?'`,,,. 'I Net Hold it to lithe!" I er