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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-9-7, Page 7+A+ +A+A+ +*+ +1:(+ + +a+m+ni+o+ri`y+) +m+n1(+ + 1 SEI? 0 S1NIl[IGN TUE STEWARD'S SON 114A¢ 1:4(4- +3+ ¢i +K(+).%+K(+A+0,+r+ + +;x(4i +0+ + +t C11A1'T1 11 XiIL. "I'll stay till you're all right, You ].Sten, loolclog round swiftly, took might faint again," the watch from his pocket and look- Guildford Berton waitecl only 1311 ed at It, It was a handsome ono, he had heard the message given, than with a monogram which puzzled Jur he glided on quickly and still in the and which few persons eould have shadow of the lodge, As he did so discnLlungled. Sho put the watch to the boor opened and Jobson, the her ear, turned the key—Cyril won- loclgo keeper, canto out. Tire was in cloned the next day what on earth his shirt sleoves, and was smoking a had cavo to his first-class lovor!-- long• clay pips, with which he touch - and then put it back in its plaza. ed his forehead as he recognized Mr. As oho dEtl so she caught sight of an Beaton. Cnvelopo in the breast pocket of his "Good evening, sir," he said. "I coat. Sho put her hand in. and took thought 1 hoard voices and Just slip - it out, and, looking round again ped out to sea who it was. Them warily, read it by the light of the darned tramps ho about a sight moon. 'there was not much in {b to lately." satisfy her burning curiosity, An inspiration flashed into 13orlon's "Dour Cyril," it ran, "I found on mind. getting to town that ,your picture, Ho sLolo up to tho man and, lay - Phe Realtors,' was making a stir. T Eng a hand on his shirt sloeV3, drew always told you that it was just bad him fo'warcd. and tricky enough to catch the pub- "Hush!" he 0111d, with an amused lie tasty Moses, the picture dealer, 0111110, "you did hear voices, but it has offered .28O for it, and I've mado isn't tramps," and ho pointed to the bold to ask L100, and will Lotto that two figures seated on the bank. suns 1f I can screw him up to it. "Why, who is it?" ho said in a sai- l -have you recovered from your mad- deed votce to snatch Guildford Der - nese, or is the dogstar still burning? ton's, "Ah, it's that young Bocce— don't ask you what you aro doing, ''Yes, it's pretty little Bocce and for I know. You arc Just looting her sweetheart, I suppose," was the about, smoking, dreaming, 01001- answer, good-naturedly spoken. 1154, anything but working. Oh, the "Just the night for lovers, oh, J ob- brief madness w111c11 men call lova! son?" Adieu, tisane youth.Jack. "Ay, sir," he assented. "Lor', Of course, Dacca could not under- what a flirt that girl bol She have stand 1110 latter part of the bots, but turned the heads of all the young tho earlier made her prink up Oar fellows in the village, and there'll bo mischief among 'em presently, I do think. That's the worst of a pretty girl, Mr, Berton.'!• "Sho appears to be able to turn a + • • .oars. The handoome gentleman was not only amusing h{un5df by painting picturos, but getting a hundred !monde for ono! Sho looked for more 10ttors, but London head as well as a country could not find any; in fact, there was one," said Guildford Berton, with al - nothing else to reward her search but mast a paternal smile, "Tho young a faded and dusty rose, which she follow who is with her is the artist, found between his waistcoat and his Mr. Burne, who is stopping at the "You don't say sol" exclaimed Jobson, under his breath. "Why, lee's a gentleman, bean't he, sir?" "Oh, \veli, gentlemen admire pretty girls, you know, Jobson. Wo won't disturb them; we've all been young once, eh?" "You're young yet, sir. Dot that Decca's a flirt, she be!" "Good night," said Guildford Der - .shirt, lying upon 11'5 heart, indeed. She lookod at this with a puzzled from'. o1 her warm, classical brow, then with a little smile put it back. In doing so she touched his arm, and the pain caused him, to tomo to. !lis eyes opened and his lips mov- ed, and Dacca, bending down her head, 13000(1 hint murmur a name: ",Norah l" 11er cyos lighted and her face flush - .cd. She had discovered something, ton, at any rate. This handsome young "Good night, Bocce!" said the old stranger was in love with her boauti- man, slyly, as she flitted past, a ful mistress. moment later. She raised his head and fanned llim Sho returned his greeting in a voice with her hat, and presently he came of the sweetest innocence and sped round completely and eyed her at on; but Jobson waited, and present - first with a passionate look which 'changed to one of surprise, "Why, you are not—" ho said. "I thought it was— It's Bocce South, isn't it?" Fes, sir," said Bocca. "Where am 1?" ho asked confusedly. "In the Court drive, sir," she r . ;plied. "I found you lying hero, just .as you etre. have you been "I don't know. Oh, yes, 1 do," ho ,said, wincing as he fait his arm. "Yes, I must have fainted, like a woman," ho added, with disgust. "'I've hurt my arm, Dacca." lIe struggled to his feet and leaned .against her arm slightly, sighing 0 little; for ,you see he had been half ly Cyril walked past. Jobson Was too .respectful to ad- dress him, but took a good look at !nim as he passed, then went down and locked the gate, Guildford Berton had drawn bade into the shadow of the trees beside the lnorso ,pond 011(1 waited until Cyril canto slowly up to him, then ho stepped into the light. "Oh, it's you." "Yes," was the quiet answer. "I thought you would Pass 011d I waited to ask yet whether you were hurt." Cyril looked rather surprised at tho friendly tone of the speech, ,Tho lean had maintained a sombre silence at dreaming that Norah stood beside Iia hall door. him, attd the disappointment was "holy clid you pass mo? I came keen. down tho drive. ' "Lor', sir," said Bocce, "!tow did "Anti I was tomptocl by the line - it haPpon?" nes, of the night to walk round by "Too long a story,- Bocca. But tho bridle path," said Guildford Dor- ton. "But you haven't answered my question. Are Smit hurt? Can I help you?" "Woll, I don't know," said Cyril. warily, Id.o was worn out with tho pain and excitement. "I've dodo souotbing to my arm," and. he t0uc11o1 it. "I thought you looked rather pale and dole up," saki Guildford Ber- ton, "You'd better coma to my place and let mo sec what's tho mat- ter with it. I'ma bit of a doctor, you know," "Ah, yes, so ,you said, Vary wall. It's vory kind of ,you," Guildford Dorton led the way down the gloomy lane and unl001(0(1 the door in the wall and motioned Cyril to enter. A lantern stood behind the door and ho lit it, and holding It above his hoed unlocked the door of the 11ou8o, If it had seemed cold and dark and why he sitoulcl choose tho grass of grim to Cyril on leis first visit, it tho path, but it was lila habit: to appeared doubly so now, and a faint move about a8 noiSeles51y as possible shouter rats through hila as ho and cu ho 'Yenta(' with his head hung thought if he over wanted a scanll for low and in deep thought, ho did nota murdor this cheerful rosidoncu leo theft until he was class upon W0111(1 supply it iu all its details. thein, Iris host lit the lamp and mot.ton- '1'hun ho p1111011 up and stepped be- od Cyril into the chair, As he sat Clown he noticed 1gnhn 111( faint emelt I'm all right now." "That you're uot, sir; you're all of a tremble," "Yes, and lay head feels like lead. Baca, ,you neorf not tell any oto that you fount me lino this," 110 went 011; "they might think that I'd been talc- ing too much to drink." "For curtain atld sure they would:, 'Lor', sir, ho' - sorry my mistress would he to hear of it1" "Yowl' Mistress?" "Yes, tho Lady Norah." "Lady Noah your mistress?" ho said. "Wait a minute," anti 110 sank down on the bank again, liecca, perfectly content to remain for many minutes if sho could g10a3n any further information, seated 11er- aelf beside 111131. As sho did so a stealthy footstep came over the grass behind them and Guildford Berton approachod. • There was no particular reason hind a. tree, "Yes, sir, Lady No'n.b hos took 010 of ch0mica19, and it struck upon his to bo a kind of companion, said laded senses with an intensa repug•- Decca, with 0 touch of pride, nonce, "I 800. Woll, Laity Norah will have "Nov, then, stand up," said Dor- a vory pretty companion," 110 said ton. mechanically. He was thinking Cyril slid so and the amateur tloe- ;vhethor• ho bulli trust this girl with tor took tho injured arm. Cyril a 111099ago for Norah, :Ito must sae drew a sharp breath and a gleam of hos again—must lay his heart, bare malignant enjoyment glowed in ,to hot', "Do you think you 01111 (alto Guildford 130.ton's oyes, a messago to Lady Noah for me, "Tanta ,your coat off," he said. 130cca?" he said. "You might as wall 13914 111° to "Yon (mist mo, sir," she said, con- take o(11 the roof of halo house," cisely. 1 ,1,I "Then I must out it," he said, and "Yes,r, said Cyril, "I think I wn ho took e. knife from Its pocket and Will yotl toll Lady Novell that I oponod a long, sharp blade, Ho held r T. painted h glade whc r, . a it for a moment his oyes downcast shall bo in tho 1 y Caspar, and say that T bog her' to and lila lips twitching, and if Cyril Moot tea those to -morrow at five could have read Gut thought that o'clock." flashed through his companion's mind Ile put his hand in his pocket and ho 31001(1 liavo seized the 14111fo and found half-a-crown and gave it to her forco(i the Weapon from its owner's and4eas brow it little POWv elosod grip. ). over it eagorly, 1131., eitor a moment's pau81', Gtildd "I'll be careful and tell iter the ford Dorton cot, out declorcnely trio very words," sho Said, "tux! now I'll sloivo of the coat and rolled up the go and get sotttothrn5 for you from silb't, s1amo, - 1,1133 lodge 1" ''1(011'v,' 1,131. Sola' 0r111 3,111,1" he "No, no!" said Cyril, "I will wait 51(11!, nod Cyril ainrolt fan010(1 that: a another 11113111t11 till my head duals less note of 80.13r:totloll trvunda(1 in the I°at1y. "You Iain Hone, 11lCca,"• to,a. "That's 11ot so bad, is 1,t?" he said cheerfully, "No. 11, might 11000 horn wun•s13,", responded Guildford Dorton, as he eyed tho well-fol•nloil 111nb, "but d1, will be pnini'ul to get back. 3'11 try, if ,you Iiko." "01 course!" sold Cyril, holding 011i 1119 01'l11. Gnildfurd Berton took 110111 of it and purforbnud the operation, \Odell, shnylo as it loops, caduceus a skillful hand and some nerve, 1118 Hanel Wars skillful, and as to Ills ueevc, he would have inllirt-cd - 0115( 411101111i of pato 11p011 a fellow-creut.urc—espoclally up- on Cyril porno --as coolly a9 1101 would hove worked a Pump 1101111113. Cyril set his teeth, but a groan 1334 - ('aped him and he sat down upon 111u table. -- "Thank you, thank you," he said. "By Jovel you ought to have boon a surgeon!" 1'(0 put his hand to his forehead; it was wet with perspiration. "Faint?" said Guildford, "Walt, 1'11 givo you something," le wont to the clapboard and 1:11- 100kod It, and his hand wont to one of the bottles couLainlng sal volatile; then he paused, and, casting a quick glance, full of hate, over his should- er at tho weary ilguro on the table, his hand wont gliding to the 1111m11 bottle hidden in his breast pocket. His fingers closed routed the vial like so many serpents, and his heart boat quickly. Ito lead drawn it alniost out of its 111(111)5 place when Cyril suddenly stood upright, "Don't trouble, MI'. 114.01,011," he said with a laugh. "1'111 as right as ninepenco now, and I've got all a child's horror of medicine." The fingers unclosed from rotund (110 bottle, and allowed it to slip to its place, and locking the cupboard swiftly Guildford Berton came Used t0 the table. "Very well," 11e said. "Oh, yes, you are all right now," 1(111 face was so pale, so white, In- deed, and there was so sudden and strange a hoarsonoss In his valco, that Cyril looked at ]nim with sur- prise "Hallo)" ho said. "Do you fool queer?" "No, no," replied Guildford. ' The —the putting. ,your arm in its place— it's rather a ticklish operation, m1(1 it upset my nerves a little, that's all." Cyr° looked at him with a fooling rather akin to remora°. After all, this sullen-browed individual, with the strange repelling manner, must be a bettor sort of fellow than ho, Cyril, had thought him. 'I've all the more reason to be grateful to you," he said, "And I am. Good -night. T11 come over and report progress to -morrow; but, any- how, you ought to have been a doc- tor, you know," Berton forced a smile, and taking a lantern, lighted his patient to tiro gate, and with another good -night and repeated thanks Cyril stepped ou.tsido The gate dropped to with a (1(111 clang, and Guildford Berton fell against the wall, and, shaking nod shuddering, wiped the thick (11'ops of cold sweat from his brow. ''Heaven, it—it was a tenptationi' he mntt000d brokenly. "Anoth,n' lmo- n10nt and I should haVo donne ill" He raised his hand as if it wore heavy as lead, and shook his clinch- ed fist after his guc9t. "Curse -you!" 110 muttered. "fake care ---take carol" (To be Continued.) TOBACCO S1t2OI{E. The Beason that Soiue of It Ap- pears Grey, Some .Clue. Smoko consists of minute particles of solid oe liquid matter suspended in the ale, and its color, doponis partly, 145011 the chemical. constitu- tion or such particles; but also large- ly upon their size. Exact experiment has shown that as the 11110 or minute Particlessuspended in air is gradual- ly increased they give rise to colors varying from sky blue clown t1u•ough the whole range of the spectral scale. This is the cause of sunset and sun- ris° colors in the sky. Its &Teats can also 110 traced in the vaso of the two binds of tobacco smoke, modi- fied by the murky tints of the car- bonaceous products. The 8n10k0 given olY from the hooted surface of the b3u•ning tobacco in the bowl of tho pipe consists of matter all of \111611 has boon highly heated and lorry fully oxidized and rlocomposoc. It co11- sists mainly of oxceedingly small, solid particles, exhibiting by -virtue of their smallness a bluish colo', On the other hand, that snlolto which has been drawn through the tobacco into tho mouth of tho smoker car- rio9 with it a relatively largo -quan- tity of water and hydrocarbon, which are 11011001100(1 31)014 1110 solid particles above mentioned. The relatively largo 3110.0 of such particles expiable the well-known greyish color of the smoke which Issues from the mouth of tho smoker, !DIFFERENCE. "Marriage arid economy?" interro- gated tho lamodlct. "Why, man, 110- (010 I married 'I was broke half the tulle." "And what 3010?" asked the ,young bachol or, anxiously. "Now I am broke all the Limo," SUlUi1 TO MEET I:I1M. Mrs, Stnbb--I would idea 1,0 meet 501110 of my acquabttancos to -clay without going 1,0 the trouble of vis- iting their houses, Stull •-•Tb t 's M1.. 11 a 1 oilsy. Just go uo1) the street cat your out L o y oldest gown and hat. 4,000,000 people have Migrated 10oln Ireland during the past fifty 1'y(10111,the 1111111)01' f l nu1 o malea and i toullales bring shoat equal, The 13ighoet numhor in oily one ,yeas was 190,822, in 1853, and tho lowest (Vali 82,24.1 in 1898. 11roip brdnthing 1n'actiemi as a ref;nlnl' (+xerci8e, i,'9 tho 6110apest and surest road to perfect health. t for Your Money and st fi>r . r " '1> . t r Health COLD 5'l.'OItALl17 011 VHS FA1t31, Alvoly grower of apples knows that just about picking 111110 w13 are apt to - have days, 8,111"limey several days ill sncee1slon, daring width the thermoinote• registers tun high for his peace of mind, 01411 much too 111511 for 111° material welfu.ro of Ills appkie, writes Mr, IV. T. -Flournoy. Tho grower also knows that often after he has the apples peeked, they may have to wait a fow days, or perhaps only a few hours. for a car 011 which 10 load them, /';eon after being loaded on Lhe ear, theca is of - tan delay in getting Ll1en1 into tho rooms of the cold storage houses, which are situated at a dislaneo from the orchard. Only the packer and tho storage mon ltnow how dis- astrous oven a few flours of )last can be to apples )leaded up in a barrel, thus causing them to go into the storaga house in really bad condition for storing. With storage facilities on the farm all this trouble is obviated, and it Is possible and practicable, too, to Ieavo the apples on the trees until they aro well colored and in prime condition for gathering. Then gath- er thein and place them in barrels or boxes, without pros8)115, put them into the cool room, there to remain until they are brought out is tho cooler weather, repacked and turned over to the oonsumor, or to the commission man, every barrel full and every apple good and firm and in condition to hold up in good shape until usetl. These apples, be- cause of having hatn left on the trees until well matured, have the best flavor and the best of ]cooping 'ma- ll ties. 'STORAGE ECONOMICAL. f4to1'aga on the farm also makes it possible to 50.00 tho poorer grades of fruit until the weather Is cooler, so that th0y may be marketed at a profit to the grower. It is possible to furnish this fruit to a class of nearby consumers, who could not afford to buy a better grade which has been shipped a long distance. We have seasons when tho apple crop is light, and perhaps the quality is clot as good as it should be, when the buyer or commission dealer door not come to buy our apples at packing time, but goes 90111ew1Ore elso where there is a hotter crop. When that happens, apples at pack- ing time are too cheap to be pro- fitable, and it is a question in my mind Whether, in 0 year Itko this, it pays the grower to pack his fruit and ship to a distance to store. Than again, in ,years of great pro- duction, when there is fruit overy- whe'e of good quality, there 12 a glut in the ma+'lent at pecking tinge. With the facilities of tlto modern cold 81.030ge at Hanel, the fruit can be safely held until the warm wee- ther and other' causes have cleared the nlarkct of this oxcess. Even it the crop is sold to the commission dealer at packing time, the denier can put his apples into this house cheaply and quickly, time delaying tho transporatation until cooler wcathot•, or until he has a markot ready to receivo them, The fact that the apples can be packed 3011en the rush is over and 1110113 ef- f,ciont help can be obtained is no small item. Then it is of consider- able moment that every barredof these apples can ho packed under the personal supervision. of an ex- perienced and conscientious mon. Them are many other advantages that might bo mentioned, and while my experience is somewhat limited, it 19 111 accordance to a very c01193r- vative line of reasoning, and not al- togethor theoretical. 3..O0T.C. UP ALL SIDE'S. In an nnrlortaking of this kind, the disadvantages should perhaps be 11301'0 eal'efully OOn5ld01-ed titan tho advantages, 7t is etways the thing WO are not looking for that trips 115. In the first place, tho cost, of the building varies under (11llee0111, cir- cumstances, The first 0091 of a small plant 1s greater in proportion than it is in a largo plant whore the sante processes and materials aro used, • This small plant is apt to be situated where it is not convenient 1.0 bo used for other pu1•posos than that of storing apples, thus leaving ,your building anis machinery idle during the summer ml)nt118 Then again, the cost of maintaining and running a small plant of that, kind on the farm must bo carefully con- sidered, for there Is Where the pro- fit 0r loss of tho venture is apt to appeal', Expenses must be inapt down to tho minimum, for the stock of apples in the farm storage, which is run only during the applo season, cannot bo handled pront0bly on as email ca margin as can the vory large stock of a dealer W110 ham stored in a house of humans() eapacdty, which is run all the year round, and which does not dopond o1 9101.1)5 apples 010110. 11100(110 my small (woe of Men that I use on any farm. Among the ntonbor 7 have (1om0 who aro very export mechanics, as welt as ic- ing export do tho handling and pick - fug of apples, By ctodog this I do not need the s0rvd0es of a special expert in the cold storage business, 1: son that all apples aro closed but early in the spring, in ardor that the work of handling 1 the old crop may not iutor- fere with the work neocl3(1 to the pl•oduOtion of tho new crop and with the general orchard work, Many fruit farms aro situated whore a largo supply of good cool water eon be -obtained, A scarcity of coot Water is a deckled disadvantage to the Oealt0311ic01 running of a 'cold storage' p1a11t. Ity house, as it now stands, has about 318,000 8gtt5ra foot 11151dat0(1 and piped ready for ut). It holds a.boilt 11,3100 barrcio, 3111110 is tine ammonia pl'or09S, client co- paneiou, with forced Ventilation, Ceylon Tea, Positively the purest and most de Ci�lote , tea in the worid. Sold only In seulod lend W1111et6, 406, 801, Goc, (15 ail Grocers. highest Award, St, Louts, 1904. This forced ventilation will hu found by ail who use it to be very neces- sary In the preservation and !MMUd& ling of apples. The machinery used in a plant of 1111s kind is so con- structed that a man of ordinary in- Lolligenco, who can manage the ma- chines in everyday usa, can operate this after a few lessons from the manufacturer's exports. 1 lied that I can maintain arty desired tempera - tura and my fruit has boon preserv- ed equal to the best that I have seen, 4 CRIMINAL THOUGHTLESSNESS It Is the Cause of Many Serious Accidents. ".I don't think it would hurt any one," is a common enough reply from persons who have 00.1180d mis- chiea by thoughtlessness or careless- ness. It is an "excuse which does not excuse," but is offerod as often as accidents happen. Not long ago a IVestorn factory pelt in a new eet of boilers, of great power. When they were 8055090(1 to be completed an inspector from the insurance com- pany went over thele. ITo found that in a flange of the Joint of the main steam -pipe ahovo the boilers, bolts had been used which did not go far enough through the nuts for safety. Ito called the contractor's attention to the place and ordered it remedied. The contractor bought a supply of longer bolts, gave them to a work- man, and told hint to take. colt the short hosts and put in the now ones. It was a trying task. Tho space over the boilers was narrow and hard to work in, the heat was very great, and it was altogether an un- pleasant place to work, But in two days, however, the Workman report- ocl that the bolts were in, and the inspector was sent for. Ii'e looked at the flanges and found three or four threads of a holt pro- truding front the end of each nut. At first glance everything appeared to be right. Looking morn closely, however, he saw the marks of a saw across the end of each. bolt. As it was not necessary that they 8110u1d be cut off to a u1)1100m length he was astonished that it had boon tlnno. He tried one with his fingers, and to Ills amazement unscrewed the. stub -cud of a bolt six or seven threads long. The others were all the same. The workman, trasting that the inspoc- tor would merely glance at them, and not wanting to work in the cramped space, had sawod oft the end of each of the new bolts at his bench and inserted it in the empty side of the nut. T11n joint was tutus no stronger than before. The inspector, who happened to bo a faithful and careful man, had detector] the im- position. He called tho contractor, and the latter called the workman. "Soe here," he said, "Seo what you have clone. That was ordered reboltod because it endangered tho life of every man who works on thoso boilers and in this factory. Why did you try to slur the Job?" - "Well, sir," was his excuse, "I didn't think it would hurt any. It looked strong enough to me, and as far as I could see it was ;11181: a for- mality about having the holt stick out.. I didn't mean any harul by The contractor dismissed him, Within a short time the workman cone to his. former amployor's office, bringing a copy of a newspaper. On the front pogo W05 the account of a ho•tiblo boiler explosion in a Ittassa- 011usetts shoe factory, which had caused the death of scores of work- ing men and w011101, "LoOk at that, sir," ho said. "Like enough sono Mau slighted that boiler just AS I did yours. I've been dreaming of that thing every night since It happened. 7 havo been 11371115 to think if anywhere there is another pioce of my work which alight cause swill a wreck, It's awful! And probably it will n0vo1• occur to the Dian who caused that, if any one did, that he was to blains" The contractor talked with the workman a while and t110n nut him back to work., "Pont," he said, "it was rar01559 inspecting that left tho bad life -pre- servers aboard the :Slocum, but there woo thoughtless workmen who mado then, Careless 1110p00tirlg 0000001(M 1.110 fastened skylight over the Irog10ls Theatre stage, and Om bolted rxit9, but a thoughtless workmen fastened then. You un- dnstand now what depends c1on on ack SCOTT'S EMULSION won't make 19 hump back straight, n011115r will it snake s short l¢>; long, but it feeds soft bone Is ninon a a ti and heals diseased bone an 3 the few genuine mans of recovery lh ' rickets end bone consumptl99. 60i 41417 fees osmOlt+. SO07T 111 1r00NTt, Chemists. 'TOrdata, mounts sac. heti l;t.not all druggists, small things, and I am going to put You hark at work. I'm not afraid You will shirk again," LANDING AT BIRD ROCK. A Dangerous Mace on the New- foundland Coast. Bird Roek lle8 out toward New- foundland and Labrador, twenty-two miles from Grosse Island. There is only ono possible landing -place 1111der tho tremendous chill; a pito of jag- ged Pocks which have fallen down. Oftentimes, for weeps, miles Mr. Job in "Wild Pings," there is no in- terval when it is possible either to laud of to launch a bout. To this island Mr. Job sailed in a seventeen foot open lobster boat, accompanied by a young 1101.1013 sailor. It was half past nine, under the last fading rays of the day and the silvery light of the wulcumo 12)000, when the groat, stately cline at last towered above us, and the sea -birds screamed end issued forth to (11,01 us 10 clouds of ghostly forms. A form hurried down the 1addar, and a lantern w'avCd from the pilo of rocks, signaling to us where to make the 0en1ure. Calm as tufts the sea outside, some surf was rolling In upon the ledges. Wo must run the gauntlet and take OW' chances; th0ro could be no back- ing out 'mac. A sudden concussion almost throw us all our tout; we had struck a submerged- rook. Then a following wavo picked us up and hurled us against the pile. We leap- ed out and held the boat against the (undertow, and with flighty ef- forts, helped by succeeding waves, got it up a few foot farther. The trooper from above was lower- ing the cable by tho steam which. Dotvn comes the wire cable with a rope to gird un(1e• the boat. A. dash or two into the surf, and it is done. Now hoist away( Slip and crash! Tho stern goes bumping over the rocks. "Hold hard there!" United yells convey the intelligence above. The cable slackens. Again tho rope is secure and the heavy boat goes sail- ing, as it ne7e0 diel before, up into the darkness like a phantom ship. They swing it in upon a ledge, and at last we arc safe, and WO climb tho ladder with !,Cooper Peter Bourque who ]las come down to welcome u9. It is June 28rd, and since Novem- ber 5th last the keeper's family have not soon any other human be- ings till now, 5470 sono fishermen W110 landed on May 211th, All that terrible winter they were frozen in. Navigation was closed. All they could do was to maintain the strug- glo for existence. Tho ice enclosed them is November, and granted no release until the middle of Ittay. E1021 now they had received no letters or papers since November. Two hours after our landing tho wind rose and the galo started in again. Had we boon only a little later, our plight would have been something unpleasant to contemplate. SLELFISHI ALL THROUGH, George—No matter how things go, Gm poor always suffer, Jack -Yes; the nabobs who o10(1 railways don't think anything of running over a poor man's horse. "Yes; and the man who can afford to own a horse runs down the poor follow on a bicycle." - "Just so; and the fellow o1 the bicycle runs Clown the poor chap who has to walk," "That's It; and the man who walks stumbles against the poor cripple who goes on e•utchcs," "That's the way; and the cripple on crutches spends most of his time Jamming his sticks down on other people's corns. it's a sadly selfish world," MED OF IMPROVEMENTS. The following i8 told of a patient, a German woman, who, 1..al(00 Seri- ously 111, was sant to tit .hospital Iu (110 owning her husband in- quh•od how she was gotting along, and was told that sho was improv- ing. Next day he called again, and was told she was improving. This went on for some time, each day the report being that his wife 1185 hitpeoyli)g, Finally, one night when ho called Ile was told that his Wife. was dead, Hoeing thoo doctor, ho went up to hint and said, "Voil, doctor, vat did alio die of—inlpro'ements?"• SIMILARITY, "'Tay roll thes0 'ting days,' " re- marked tho man with the wilted eat - lar and pallnlonf fan, "Any particular brood of dog?" 8pn1(o up 111e Warm -Weather Wit. r es should 0 I l sayrc hotrod: g y "Why so?" "They aro so long." - LATEST. "You Will not! . <a, sold the clerk, "that 11135 olectrio fan 1.111)38 ht t10o (iircc310ns at ono i time, Wo call it thy 'A11 1ussia.." "Why so?" aelufd the prospeetivo p11ra11it:tor, "llccnuse there is a 1'°tioluti0n on every side.,,, APPENDICITIS PROBLEM IS IT OVE1t WI7IN P3113 A13 131371'DIIC IS 1131)LOV13)? A ,French Surgeon's Views — Ev1n; Sir Frederick Travel Ilan, Doubts, Consul -General G110ntlmr reporte to the U. S. State Department, from statements Dontuiuell 111 Carman papers, that appendicitis, or • 1011001- 'nation ofthe vermiform appendix, lute assumed the character el imoom- iug (Wore ante 11)0r0 11 fashionable 'die- aaso. Surgery has achieval groat triumphs in dais sp11010, and. 11as cured innulnerabiu cases of the d10- 0050. The Fret 3111 surgeon, Roux, hammer, has asked the question, "Is appendicitis 00er if ono condo hie appendix in his pocket?" and his answer was nut entirely aflirmativo.. loam tho statements of Sir Fred- erick Troves, ono of tho f0rolnost a ie thoritios and physician of King Ed- Ward, silnilar doubts appear. Ac- cording to the experienco of this great expert, FAILURES MAY OCCUR, which ho treats in two groups. On the ono hand, the operation may; result only in relief or an ineomplote cure; on the other hand, complica- tions aro 1.0 bo feared which do not depend upon the surgical interven- tion. Only the surgeon Is concerned to study the details of the deduc- tions of Sir Frederick in order to more fully loam of the• eventual dangers which may follow an opera- tion. For the patients, 1t must bo stated that an oporaLion remains the pea -eminent remedy, 1,l nthe one, 100313 which a contpiotoot ew•oonly is to be expected, Dr. Pond of Liverpool has ad- vanced a now thao;y with reference to the origin of appendicitis and other - disturbance of the digestive organs, in Tho Lancet, He callsat- tention to the fact that such ail- ments can often be attributed to ail- thnonial poisoning, and the source of tho antimony taken up by Man is said to be the rubber rings Which arc frequently 11801) to close ALL SORTS OF BOTTLES. Dr. Pond has established the fact that such rings consist of almost one-third their weight of anthaony. The al/Omaha is not only dissolved by the mineral waters, containing al- kalies and organic acids, but these rubber rings, as daily observation shows, soon become brittle, and sone of the compound falls into the contents of the vessels. Dr, Pond claims to have found that a frequently ropeated introduc- tion of antimony can becomo the sourco of a series of disturbances of the nutritive and digestive system, especially through continued weaken- ing eakening of tho muscles of the stomach and intestines. In rase his state- ment as to the contents of antimony in rubber rings is eorroct, his do- ductions seem pl0us1blo, but with reference to appendicitis a conflrma tion of such connection :rust be awaited, A SLIDING BOAT. ' ' Skims Along Surface of the Water at a Good Speed, The fact that a stono can skim tho water if its slat surtaco strikes squarely has recently been put in practise, in the construction of a' sliding boat by a French inventor, 331. do Lambert. The friction which is present when the do Lambert boat slides ov0r the water is very slight, and the powor which is necessary in order to make the boat glide Is not high. When tho boat is at ro8t it is supported by floats. - The boat constructed by M. do Lambert has a total length of 20 foot, with a width of 10 feet be- tween tho inclined planes Upon which it slides. Tho boat has parallel floats resembling rortahi Asiatic canoes. The two Moats 111.1 0017 narrow . and are united by cross- pieces, partly of wood and partly of aluminum, a molal which has been used to .a. large extent in the con- struction of tiro boat because of its slight weight. The motor used is a 12 horsepow- er, but the essential parts of tho boat aro fixed sliding planes, ad lusted undea• tho boat at carefully regnlat0cd distances front each other. These pianos, which aro made of wood, are immersed to a depth of sevorad ccnt•imelors when the boat is at rest, and t110y are inclined at an angle which has boon docided up- on aft:e' wide experimentation, Tho„ - total weight; of tho boat is about 1,- 200 pnunrls, but in order to 111ovo this weight it requh•os a motor of only 12 horse power, while in the cast) of automobile boats tho motors required are 60, 80, and evoo 100 horse powor. M. 11111(( says that 31I. do Lam beet's boat has boot timed by offici- al chronometers, nod that the re - suits have brit surprising. When tho Motor is started the boat c0m- memos to move with 'the 111011014 still submerged, cutting tho Water horl- zo1111111y. But this lasts en)y a short time; tho planes show an . in- stantaneous tandoney to rise, and - thoy taro practically on the water at the enlci of. a foto motors, 'Then the speed quickly increa505 because of the immense diminution rn resist- once, and soon the boat is sliding on the water, or, mora exactly, on a layer of air resting botweon the Nance and the water, ata spo0(l of ort oor -Moon or twat - fo 0 , o t, 1 11vo n Y tiles mal 11Onr, 4 r:.a NOT l'7IS STYLE. "No10, 11ty lard," said the old , gelt.tom01 who Was alWays givittg advice, "try to grow lip to be a useful mom" "37 don't Want to be a useful ' MEM," replied little Ostand, "Why not?" - ' "Doormat, lea •8ays pa la a Useful moll When 150 stays homo and 1101 8 her With the dishes and dustpalfs,'