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Chapter IV,—Cont.
"You will find him a nice -spoken,
easy gentleman to sail with, but
you had better let him have his way
in anything outside the navigation
of the ship," Nathan had said on
handing the letter, and then he had
emphasized. tbe words by adding
signilloently, "Theins instructions,
remember,"
As there still remained neatly a
Week before the date of departure,
no signs of bustle or activity were
as yet apparent on the steamer,
.which lay alocresido the wharf with
her gang -plank o t, and only one or
two mon Visible on deck engaged in
polishing and painting. Nathan
had told me that the main portion
of the crew world not he shipped
till two days before. sailing, and
that I should only find on board the
officers and a few permanent hands
who wore retained to keep things
ship-shape. Even the business of
taking in the stores had not yet
eonnneilceci.
littving satisfied myself with a
general view of the vessel, I picked
My way towards her across the
lumber -strewn quay, and was about
to step on to the gang -plank when
for the third time the uneasy feeling
that had moved me in tho office of
Nathan uC Co. took hold of me. In-
stinctively raising my eyes, 1 saw
that a man was leaning over the
rails of the gangway, watching buy
progress with quiet interest. IIe
wore a gold -braided cap with a peak
and frolu this and lois Clark -blue
brass -buttoned frock cont I judged
hint to ho one of the othcers, That,
however, was not the cause of the
thrill that ran through me. Rather
was it that the face was the face of
t:10 man who had turned and looked
at me outside the Flower offices in
headenhall street, and that the eyes
were, the eyes which had boon so
vividly recalled the mysterious slits
in Nathan's chart of tho Black
drugs and medical appliances, while
right across the after part of the
cabin hung it gorgeous curtain shut-
ting off the doctor's sleeping apart-
ments. A canary and a couple of
gaudy parrakeets twittered in gilded
cages, and there were bright flowers
everywhere.
"Snug quarters, !Doctor," I said,
corning to an anchor in a huge club
armchair, while he busied himself
with glasses and decanters.
"Yes ; it's not a bed Crib for a
struggling medico, is it '?" he as-
sented jovially, "You see my de-
partment is the health happiness
cud comfort of the passengers, I
couldn't keep them healthy, happy,
and comfortable if I wasn't n11 that
myself --so 1. do myself well."
"Tran understand that you have
your hands full," I replied, "The
doctor op a regular liner hasn't too
soft a time of it ; on a ship full of
health -seekers you must almost need
an assistant." -
A wink seeuled now quite natural
to those smiling eyes which had
struck me with such a queer chill at
first, and Doctor Zavertal winked as
he said, "Oh, don't rue away with
that idea, Captain. They're not so
sick as all that. Only about ton
per cent. each voyage are what you
might call invalids, and of thorn not
inor0 than half are bad cases. This
is a very gay ship, 1. call tell you,
Nathan will have Said us 1111/017 ?"
"Yes • he seemed. to eet much
store on social qualities in his skip-
per as on seamanship," I replied.
"Well, hardly that, It is a com-
bination of the two that is indis-
pensable in our line of business,"
said Zavertal. "Old Nathan is a
sharp pian. 1f you'll .allow me to
say so, Captain Forrester, I think
he's got the article he wants. At,
any rate, you look the part."
It crossed my mind that to "look1
the pest" was about all that would
be required of me in the character'
Sea. c0' a Master of the Ceremonies, if
.I3ut the strange part of this last what the little Jew had told me was
nleetiug•-whether it was really • the 0orrcct—that Zavertal himself bore:
second or the third I could not'say— the brunt of the eatertainiree That
was that, as his eyes inet mine and would suit ine very well, for I was,
I returned look for look, the une=asy never a lady's man, and should much �
feeling left me at once, and I won- social philandering be expected of ;
tiered at myself for ever having eft- me, my appointment Mould not 1>e;
tortained it. IIe began beaming at likely to be e, durable one.
1110 with a genial smile of good fel- "Well, Doctor, I said, "after all I
lowship that promised tihe most I'm here to sail the ship, and that
friendly relations, and almost fm- must be my first care, 1 leave 310
mediately sang out,— doubt that with you 10' do tho so -j
"Step aboard, sir. Welcome to eiul part .1 shall bo ab10 to look 3t 3
the (leech of Night." all right."
Quickly crossing the plans: I found IIe waved his hand drprecetingly,
him waiting at the other end to re- as though pleased that I had no in -1
wive me, when he- added,— tcntiou of usurping functions which,
":1 passenger to view the ship ?" ho had been in the habit of per -
1 Was dressed in plain clothes, so l'orr dnig : and then, los the faction 1
that the queatian was a perfectly of at ween(, his eyes hardener(, and;
natural oner--prol1(1e(1 that 1 had there cauue 11110 thein that peculiar;
been mistaken about the eyes in 11)0 41!113 which had etartltd 111e as he
map, and that his presence outside stood en the curb its the city street,
tho Plower offices had. been accident- It was as if he shot one keen glance' -
al, 'There was certainly nothing in to probe my honesty of purpose and
his demeanor to show that he had uas se—Defied. 100 the look passed i
ewer seen me before, or that he was and the ey08 8etiled again. Let me:
not thoroughly above boa'd, say stere that though 7 was this,
"No," I said. -my mono of For- 11(01)'8 nominal Chief, and he vented;.
00x(0'0 -•Captain 1'orrestcr. I have lite with proper deference. yet I •felt'
been appointed to command the ship. from the first that his was the in
I have a letter here for lir, tea-
vcrt111."
"sly ideate Captui::. I ant dough ted
to bo the Rrst to rer,•h\e you(," he
said, shailag me warmly by the.
head. "I ani D1. Zavertal. Come -
into ay den and-u'fresh yourself: 61'
-pe•hap5 you (would prefer to make
' your torn' of inspection !lost '"'
1 told trim (1)01. 1 should he very
glad to begin with a chat, and 110
loci the way to his: clod. -cabin anid-
ehips, glancing ar1. Nntion's open
letter of int101luctiou nn the Way.
The combination of surgery and
study fate \vhi011 1>c showed me wee.
like every other portion of the
stit2111luxuriously furnished uishrd unrt
softly upholstered. The walls \vcr:e
match -boarded - with some costly
polished wood, and the floor was
thickly carpeted, On the two sea-
ward sides Were p111(1 -glass windows
3,11tc111 of the usual circula' lights.
At the fore end Were fixed snriyos for
1luchhce which, With the owner6 and
passengers, 1f we ever calve t0 a
conflict, )vend prevail. 1
We smoked cool chatted dor 11011]
an hour, tint? then 1 asked hint to
show me over the .'nip and introduce!
me to the other ofllcers. '1'o the : 1
first proposition he agreed withl
alacrity the second was out of hie , 1
power, as the three mates were liv-'
tar on ehone during the steamer's;
stay in port. 11110 chief ,,slicer was
expected next clay, but as present
the ship Was in charge of the bosun,
I made the ote:reliance of• this
homiest sailor -man. and 1000 conduct-
ed by 1)3(11 0111>i stem to stern, the
erku
Ii of the inspection being that
never had 1. 0e(u 11 better foulcl and
equipped 3,rssel, With more generous
owners honestly desirous of promot-
ing the comfort o1' the passengers
and crew. Doctor ''SUvt)0(.11l accom-
panied me through the after nail; of
the ship, but (Pier a while he left mho
with tho bosun, who took advantage
of his absence to lire oil a volley of
eloquence on the heuellt of serving'
such. a Il i a s Nathan
Co. in such
a eraft as the Queen of Night,
"Jost a sea-goln"'ott1 she is,"
was the h0 sun's verdict. ".Plenty of
vitties, lib sal grog and every one
to enjoy thensclves—faro the hast.
and in the cabin. It may be Riad:
tires of 'art, or it may bo the way
the oweirrs takes to 111131<e 'ern forget
the funerals. 1 don't say but what
it ain't nbit of both, but it make(:
a 1100' ship anyway.,,
"To forgot the funerals ! What on
earth do you mean, my elan 9" I
exclaimed,
"Weil, you see, sir," said the
bosun, stitching up his trousers,
"there be some as come aboard the
Queen in search of 'eltll as finds the
other thing, 13ou11d to be above the
average of sea -burials 071 a Craft 11:
is in a manner of speaking' a 'eltll
resort as well as a big yacht. You
may have observed, sir, that '0'13,13
10500311 i5 nmetly the parry-dissee
of the on'elthy."
My 1)0'6.011 13118 evidently a philoso-
pher, and gruesome as was the idea,
1 could well understand that iL
might not be altogether groundless.
There is • nothing More depressing
than a funeral at sen, and the own-
ers would lie quite likely to do their
best to counteract the influence by
infusing as mucin gaiety as possible
into the life of the ship. liut surely,
I asked, the pessengcrs were not in
the 11041 of dying wholesale ?
"Lot' bless you, no Captain," was
the reasset'iu4 reply. "Sometimes
0110, sums( tike two, but never more
than three or four a voyage. That's
not bad out of three or four hun-
dred, and it ain't always the sickest
as sau2Ts it the quickest, Neither."
We made our way aft again along
the n.ain deck, taking the engine -
room with its leathering "triple cx-
pa)>slo)," "Urin-screw" giants en
route. .in passing along I could not
fail to 3,e street: with the beautiful
fittings of the state -rooms, with the
electric' •lig'ht and electric bells ev-
erywhere, while the cooks' quarters
with 1lot 1' shining copper utensils
and cool marble slabs, the great
ice -chambers, and rho band -room,
now ennpty Save for rows of uniform
coats n:rd the bright brass instru-
ments, claimed my admiration in
turn. As for the gr01111 saloon,
IlillsiC-ronin, and smoking -room,
though I had sailed in mane' crack
liner's I had 110001' seen anything to
e1jual the lavish splendor of the cle-
corntiols in white and gold; tine
costly pictures, and tasteful har-
mony of coloring that prevailed.
Mounting to the upper deck, Sim -
1110110, the ho'sun, showed me 111y
own cabin, which was situated under
the main -bridge, next the chart-
room. IL was a large, comfortably
furni;hccl apartment, having a bed-
stead, instead of a bunk, in a cur-
tained 1110010', and good enough for
a lady's boudoir, 1 had never been
berthed like that before, and as I
looked 11t tho cushioned couches and
easy -chairs I remember feeling posi-
tively afraid lest I should grow
"soft" (Amid so cutch luxury.
Oulsido niy cabin T (lisnllase1 Sim-
mons from further attendance, and
Went to3011116 the surgery to' take
leave of Doctor Zavertal bofare quit-
ting the ship, Approaching his
cul)in from forward, 1 had to step
on seve ell coils of rope that had not
yet beet stowed, end these SO dead-
ened my l'uotrail that I reached the
doo( without giving any wtu•niag'
sound. Owing to this 011050 I over-
heard a few words of conversation
1011313) 1 now know were not intended
(0)' 111y ears.
"11 this cursed American really'
means to go 010 trip, I should in-
deed be glad to have you with me,"
l!r, Z:11.0rf.al wa8 saying. "slut how
about. your schemes for the subse-
quent voyage ?"
"'1'hey would have to go by the
10(0•(1 for this once," came the re -
11y, ill a well -modulated, gentleman -
y voice. "We have (lone so well
that we can afford to lose our spe-
cial profits on one trip, What 30e
can't afford to do is to take risks."
At th18 point I stepped into the
tabin, and found the doctor with a
Yoan.
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Unless he Nervous s &energy'Daily Consumed as Made
good by Rest and Sleep Physical and Mental
Bankruptcy is Inevitabke—Or, Chase's Nerve Food
Sleep is as 'necessary to life as is
food or Wato•. A single night of
Wat efulness unnerves most people,
and when sleeplessness becom •e
chronic it soon leads to mental unci
physical collapse, prostration, para-
lysis or insanity.
ilcepleoaness is an wnnistalcable
symptom of r01'1'0ls exhaustion.
Opiates may give temporary relief,
•but have a terrible reectio1) oil the
nerV005 system. 1)r. Chase's Nerve
boost cures s100p1e4R11e 5, List a5 !t
stroO1 l5l'1'0ns becel11olle, herl'11l(5 de's
jreptaa, irrftnh3lity restees11055 and
n11 --the other sy7npt01110 of nervous
Irchatrtiol, by actually increasing
the inerve foee of the body,
To the nervous nn(1 exhausted, who
feel that they aro losing their grip
on lifts, find it difficult to concen-
trate their' thoughts, and to remem-
ber, what they hear or road ; to the
tiespolhdent and discourngod, Dr.
Chase's, Nerve Food comes, bringing
clew hope() a14 ambitions. lay not -
Mg Yogi* weight while: using it you
inn prove that no10, then flesh sad
111ttscle MMei" being added to your
feetly, At the sante tittle you 'will
!eel the 3.ln sir of new, 01011 blood in
goer! eiltS, acd (1,130 vigor cord cul -
1 orgy in e0e 1 1)01.1.0
I Der, tti, Jlawiwen, of 0 Roden
Place, and who ir, employed in
I'Iaigltt's Candy Works; Toronto,
Ont,, states ;
"1 was troubled for a long time
With rely severe h1adacllee, I Wat.
very 1ery005, bed no nppel.ite, and
cou�•:t 1,01 rest or sleep well, TN
regular r,se Of lir, Cha..c'6 Neve
Pool has greatly Unproved )0y 131,-
pefite: 1 strep splendidly, tool the
headaches ore entirely gene, As 11
nnnttel• of fact, I feel like n dinewent.
per5011, and call 000011m:entl thin
n
medicine very highly, as I know it
hoe been the mecum) of curing me,"
Tho blood-nlekml„ ''a ineltserat-
ing influence of D., . iatoe's Nee
Foots commends it, to all Who 1•
weals and exhausted, Gradually aro.
1latu1'a11y it builds 11p the system,
and, being eo111posed of potverinl 1'e-
otoratives, its effects aro as (foetal:,
to the lards of nature, Fifty cents n
box 1 G hexes for $2.50. At all
4001016, air ib`+d0an)O11, Bates &1 CO.,
Termites
3§`�, / . W. O@1A&iv'
CURE;CATARRH
0
Is sent direct to rho diseased
parts by (ha Improved Blower.
Beals the ulcers, clears the air
tpassages, stops droppings to the
hroat and permanently cures
Catarrh and Her Fev«r. Blower
(Me, Ail (sealers, or ,hr, A. W. Chas°
Modlolna Co., Toronto and Buffalo.
tall,fi -
ncl
built
ran
Y c etc, who 11 Ll Cl
apparently not long arrived, for 1113
Steed just 1ns1(.10 the door nod was
in the act of removing his gloves.
Neither lie nor the doctor showed
any apprehension of having boon
oveehea'd, but the latter (aid geick-
1y
"Ah, no you have completed the
round of the 81113>, Captain ? This
gentleman, Mr,—tha»lc y011, I slid
not quite catch 1110 name—Dir, Via-
tted, is a pos5lbie passenger, and has
come to have a look at 0111' accom-
modation,"
"I 1)113.10 he will be as pleased with
it us f have been," I replied, bowing
to lie, (1111>11er,
"'1'h!•1 is Capt1110 T'orreste', who
hos ,321st been appointed to the 00111-
(00.nd explainee Zavorta1.
Pdr. Viza3'd hard been regarding 1110
with a1 rather critical „tare, but On
;he 11,1 enduel 1en being made 1tllltuul
la; owned politely and remarked that
h0 h0p111 to hale a 1111 aS1111t 't•0yego
to the Quern of N13;ht under 111y
tu>spire5. I .macre tile proper sort
of reply, and having nrn'alged ' to
Lal(c up my abndo Orr the steamer on
the b 1111wieg clay, I. hada them both
hood clay, cool wont aehore,
"But why, " I celled >n 't;cdf, as T
passed throuull the (11>01 gates, "did
%av0rt113 heeita 1' in giving Viearcl's
ogre --'1111 though to convey the ire.
precision that it was nn3alolrn to
hint 'i"
'rho nms1er tuns beyond inn, for T
wits ('0ndy lo 81.011.1' 111111, they 10(10
not strangers to cowls other, Vizartl
.vas the man who had been with
/wverta1 311 Loaclenhall street on the,
previous day. And who woe "tile
cursed Amrrlcen," 011(1 what olid
"Visits" and "special profits" =tun 7
(To 13
e Continued.)
A FEW PERTINENT FACT
UPON THE CEMENT INDUSTRY
OF THIS COUNTRY.
People in the Rural Districts
Shoals/ Look Into This
D'iatteo.
In view of 111e great number of
cement companies being formed 1(>r
which the online, mostly farmers
and persons having smell &nvill15 in
010 rural districts 1110 being asked
to provide the money, anything
which throws light upon the subject
will he road with Interee3,, We re-
print from Use Peterborough Ex-
aminer the following a-••
:lleeh diseussiw1 is 110117 40304 011
in the press on the subjec1. 01 the
threatened enormous overproduction
of cement in Canada. fire t* ticti in
a recent issue of The Times it refer-
ence of the opinion of Isugineol' Bush
on the subject. A fete facts relative
to this will not, 10e trust, he with-
out interest to your renders, In
the year 1110^_ the c olsuulptl0n of
cement. 1n Caundu reach('( its highest
point, namely, 1,04:3,000 barrels.
Of this (3 I5,000 were nucde ill Can-
aria and 900,00e !barrels imported.
Prior to 1111)2 only three companies
were engaged ht this m(u>ufacture.
In the year 1102 no less than five
additional companies got under way.
Several of them, however, did little
more than get started and supplied
only about 100,0110 barrels. In the
year 11.033 h•0 shall have all the old
factories in op01110011 and with
largely inerensed outputs, end also
the five new ee(111gponies above men-
tioned. 7'hc output willthen be for
1103, 1,(30(1,000 barrels, that is to
say 01.00 (100,0(10 barrels more than
the total consumption of last year.
Zn 1•iew of t.heso facts you will )-er-
('0i0e that the warnings contained in
the 'Monetary Threes and litii1 and
Empire as to the clanger of overlap -
Cl talon
verlapduction were well tinted old should
be carefully heeded by the investing
puelic. But when \VO toll ,you ,that
in addition to the flue new eon-
palaic5 so started last year 30 have
ton 11(3,0 10111panieS (1030 being float-
ed 111 the country which are to have,
according to the promoters, a cola-'
hinrd capacity of 10,500 bareels per
day equal to an annual c'ipncity o1
about ;1,590,0110 barrels, the utter
folly of Putting money into more
cement enterprizes will bo apparent.
Ifcrc is a list of the ten 110tw com-
panies with their promised output
Barrels
per day.
The Manitoba Portland Ce-
ment Co., of Winnipeg 1,0(10
The Western Canadian Pot't-
la cl Cement Co , . 1000
The St, Mary's Portland Ce-
no:iht Co .....1 ,000
The Colonial Portland Cement
Co„ Wia'ton.,. 1,000
The haven Lake Portland Ce-
ment Co. 1,000
The Iilu( Lake Portland Ccanent
Co., 13rattford.,. ,. .... G00
T11e Super!or Portland Cement
GOO
The life,;stop Portland CementC0 1,000
The Belleville Portland Cement
Co 0 (00
The International I'o'tiaud Ce-
ment Co., 1iu11.,, 1,000
Oinking a dolly product of.10,200
It is clear then that whatever 1110- 1
ney is made in Canada out of the
cement industry hereafter, Will he
made in promoting companies and .
not in operating th0m. It is alleged !,
that gentlemen who two yea's ago
floolool the Durham Company droned 1
up half a million of dollars out of 1
the Venation on a cllpitill of 1,000
000, The mune gentlemen turn found 1
prouotiug, in different parts 11f the I
country. several new companies on i
a scale still mere ambitious than the
Durham Company, For instance the 3
llellevule 1 orUnnd Cement (.'o. is to ,
have a cepitill of two and a bait 1 constant requisition to determine 1
millions of (1011(rs and a1 output of :tvllat eiTnct n given ration is havidi;' 1
two thousand barrels per day. can I wan curb in iven ration
11-When)such
11te• be petting
nn of
,✓ their i g y > own
money in i.he111 ? If the floatation 0f observation becomes the custom of
0'e rig,, a t w ler ra -tons a0' atop -
ed to individual requivements, a long
step will have been taken h1 the di-
rection of 111pr000d feeding because
11301'0 economical methods of feeding.
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EARLY LAMBS FOR SIAI11C14T
'.file great difilcul1y is to get lambs
early enough, By dulling a careful
selection of ewes areal securing those
not too old or too thin in slosh, the
breeder may expect tL reasonable
number early. The lambing season
should begin as early as it is pus-
sibic to take care of them, \Vrunh
stables should be peovidOd, so that
Lila Weather is 001000 the tempera-
ture can be prevented from going
v'er'y much below the freezing point,
The ewes should 1)0 watched COAT -
fully and as 80011 us the lamb is
born the mother should bo caught
and the milk stated. Atter the
lamb is once on its feet and has
taken its first meal, there will bo
little 1iNeulty, In the 01150 of
twins it is safest to rem00e 1110 etwo
with her lambs to a small pen by
herself. She will become thoroughly
acquainted with both lambs and
there will be no trouble from then
on. 1! tate weatilel• is very cold and
the lambs should beeono chilled, it
will pay to take ligan to the house,
\V1'ap thele in 11, cloth and place them
in a basket and let them stay there
until they are thoroughly warmed
up.
'1'o make the iambs grow as rnpici-
ly 08 possible, a pen adjacent to
the mail sheep pen should be pro-
vided. In this a trough containing
ground feed should be placed and 5,
small opening between this pen and
the main pen provided. The 1nnlbs
soon get its the habit of going into
this trough and eating all they want
of the grain supply, The grain may
consist of ground wheat and corn
heal mixed, with a little sugar or
anything of this kind available. They
will begin to visit this nen (viten a
1 week or ten days old 0110 ,you will
bo surprised to find how soon they
will learn to eat.
'Py allowing the lambs to run with
; the ewes and by giving then all the
feed and water they want, they
should weigh 50 or (30 pounds in six
or seven weeks, The butchers will
take Iambs by the first of February
00011 if they weigh only tab to 40
; pounds. 33y April 1 they will watt
them .to 3001;;11 60 noun ds.
•
FEEDING ANIMALS.
That there should be some -
sys
teratic method for feeding farm and
mals generally is too often ignored
by those Who have them in charge.
' No two animals of even the same
I description require precisely 0113
sane ration ;. and unless Use Nope -
Cites and digestive powers of the
two are correctly guaged the pro-
1-0h111ttes aura that feeding both pre-
cisely the same amount of feed is
' not the best or most economical
way .to produce the best results. On
this subject Vann, Stook and ]]'nine
remarks :
It should he said that the host
;successful feeders of animal; are
those who are the most watchful of
the effect that feed has upon each
individual fed, Those who rely upon I
certain arbitrary rules for fcrclh>g,
n11(1 who give mat annual. of similar
weight exactly the stone ration, and
persist in it, have so much "bad
luck" that their feeding business is
finelly abandoned as a bad job. The
food requirements of different men
of the same weight end performing
the sante labor are often radically
ciissiinilar, and the 8tUn0 is true of
animals of all kinds. 7`110 proof of
this is found in tunny feeding ex-
periments, though expelmenters, as
a rule, have paid but little atten-
tion to 010 .mutter, lo feeding
groups of hogs, for instance, matte
up 01 0110 breed, as nearly alike as 1
possible to srloct them, and
fed precisely the sante rations, will
show great dissimilarity of con-
dition in individuals of the group.
The same is t>'uc of other animals,
and distinctly teaches that the eye
and settles of the feeder should be in
ns follows 1 The harness should be
taken all apart, so that every piece
can be treated alike. Fleet tvusl1
thor a 'hl using warm,
e !; soft water
y, g
and gaud souls, A 51111 brush Ilka tl
small scrub brush is better than 0
spo11g0 to take olT the gum and
dirt, After (11. ing, apply some good
hlucl< oil, wit ice blacks and oils at
the same time, using as much as
the leather will absorb, and apply
with a bristle brush or dauber. Lot
the oil dry 311 well in a warm room,
but not too 11031, a 111'0 or in the
61,1.0(1g' Smhshille.
After the leather has absorbed all
it will, wipe all the straps, mount -
legs and bu01(11'5 With a piece of
1)1tnn01, to remove the o,rperfluuus
oil, 'filen with a small sponge apply
lightly to all parts a leather dress-
ing. to give a nice glonsy appearance
and at the scale time permit any
smut from tho oil blacking coming
orf 11)0)1 being handled. Any stitch-
ing or repairs should -be done be-
fore the oil is applied.
After the harnesses have been put
in condition, if they aro sponged
over two or three times a week
with a good harness soap, they will
always look nice, 1)0 easier for the
horse, and wear nwuly year's longer.
With the hal•11t'ssee 1)5ed on an 01'-
dinary farm, tills 110100 treatment
should save at least $10 a year, to
say nothing of the longer life of the
harness.
RAISING LITTLE, CHICKS.
When the first chicks of the year
are thatched, they are removed from
the mother hen just as soon as
strong 0noligig to (vane, put Into a
basket lined with paper and littered
With straw, while tt piece orflannel
is warmed and covered over theta.
Soon afterward they are examined
for lice, and a little lard is carefully
applied to the head and neck of
each, Then they are smugly tucked
away in their basket again, ptlt in a
warm place and. allowed to rest as
long as they wish.
When about 21 horn's old, a little
hard-boiled egg, or a few bread
crumbs are given, and as soon as
they show a clis-plosit!0n to cat, food
and drink aro regularly placed be-
fore then. !'heir basket is now ex-
changed for a roomy box, the bot-
tom of which is sprinkled with Toad
dust and covered with straw, 0 lit-
tle dish of grit and coorse sand is
placed in oleo corner, and they are
located in bunny window.
Prinking fountains are made as
follows :—A common teacup is 1111ed
with wittor, and c000red With an in-
verted saucer, then, holding tightly
to each, they are turned upside
down, when one edge of the cup is
slightly raised, allowing a small
quantity of the water to flow into
the Faucet' A thin bit of wood is
sometimes pushed under the edge or
the cup, 1111X.11 causes a perpetual
flow until the (alt is emptied. These
are easily cleaned after use, and
there is nothing to rust, as wits a
tin can.
Until a week or ten days old, the
chicks are fed once a clay ml boiled
egg or clabber cheese, and corn
bread, made with milk ns for the
table. Next, the egg is substituted
With a little tine -cut green bole,
sometimes feel alone, at others 1111x-
(1(1 in a 10(1831 with middlings, to
I191irh is 0111.11 added 'sone no bits
of (Heil clover and grass. They are
(specially fond of this n11)11ure, and
make more fuss over it than over
anything else that can be fed. Wheat
either cookod or raw, is 11030 also
11(1(10(1 to their diet, anti. a dusting
dish furnished.
EGG PRODUCTION.
Often ave read of the variou8 foods
required for producing eggs, but
less often is attention drawn to the
direct advantages which comfortable
quartos: and ]nuc Miler have in in-
creasing this useful !'10(10ct of the
1en. Colts pens, ice hater, or evert a
sudden chill, stops the egg growth
for a longer period limo most peo-
ple believe, A hen that is confined
in a chilly atmosphere until she has
to stand on one font to (warm the
other, need not be expected to pro-
duce eggs until some change for the
letter takes place for her surround-
ngS.
---4 --
Yoahg Lady (at Sunday school
treat) "Now, deny, wou1chh't you
1Ike to go in far the three-legged
rare 9 1:'m sine you would win."
Small Child tin tears) --"Please, miss
but I can't. I've only got tee°
'Mrs. Stubps—"'1'hcy have captured
the clew 1 0'e hotel e , t h f( robber in tho
country, 111y dear." Mr, Stubbs—"1n-
deed ! Which hotel did he keep ?"
the, Durham company could yield the
promoters a half a million of dollars
the thought of what there must be
in store for the floaters of the 13olle-
\dile Co. with a capital of two and
a half 11111110ns, fairly makes 01105
month water. These promoters fa'
ete;elm 13(1111)1(1' Rush, as dispensers
of satisfaction. They 411(01ly assure
Int that cement can be made in this
county and profitably exported to
1110 United States notwithstanding
tho American .duty nod 110twith-
stanling the fact that nearly ell
cement machinery comes froth the
United Staten and is subject to'
heavy charges; for freight and duty
and that the coal for horning the
cement ice all imported from the
Untied States atcl Costs here double
what it costs there and that the
actual cost of burning comet alone
is mo'e than they pretend they cal
make cement for.
I1ut then, let the promoters taste
courage—a sucker is born every mins
site and the fools are net nomefy all
dead yet.
A. n, .1M311cr reeenlly weighed
a small ant and a dead grassthoi>por
Which it (wan ti ragging 1.0 its nest.
The weight of 1110 grasshopper was
found 10 be sixty tinges greater then
that of the tint, The force exerted
by the ant in dragging the gras5-
3)03i1>er along tiro rand Ivan therefore
pa•0po'tfnnutcly equal to that: or a
man weighing 150 .pounds pullhi4 a.
load of four and a belt tions, 0)' n
horse of '1,2(30 pounds a load of 80
tons.
reproving v• �e, rte"-o1T
AILe 1 pro ing 1.11 (11 sL s far.
the offence of cigturette-enlo1Chl'(, the
0101,11,'' thought she would bnpeove
the 01101.3r>n still further', anal 3n-
quired of a younger scion of the
house, aged 1111,01, if ho had been
sln03h(g also. "No, mother," Was
rho rOply( Pt have 4100(1 it up,"c
f d t l 1 11 • t' 1 t
T11L'` CAl1T1 010 HARNESSES,
Thin should conl.ern the farmer in
spring, anti all harnesses should be
put in order before the l'orlc begins,
"My method of cleaning and oiling is
"My pool' boy --P
"Leave me, lady •, leave mo t0 the bitty cotit)n 3Lttio0 of In roasted
lifer'•(
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ROGUE C11,A?(tlYLT..>.
Queer Things ThatRascals Carry.,
in Their I ocltate.
A Vienna plolcseoe of criminal law•
Dr. 11an5 tlu0ss, has published a
valuable book, "The ltescueeli of the
Real Facts in Criminal Meilen,"
ono of the most interesting chapters
ht which is devoted to the part
super/AilIon 3>leys in tho lives of
criminals and in the course of jus -
Lice,
Dr, Cross prc>ve5 his assertions by
facts, . He saw a maid almost. sen-
tenced to 10vrt'al years' imprison-
ment because her account of the way
111 which she carne to poss.s5 a
valuable opal ring that she tried to
sell 30(35 net believed, She said that
a lady W110121 she did not know and
had never seen befogs 111 )ler life
gave her the ring in the street, Ono
of her judges chanced to remember
that opals were considered unlucky
by women, and the ante was well
looped into, with the result that the
gill's story was proved true. The
woman had inherited the ring and
was told she could get rid of the ill-
luck it would bring if Rho gave it
0to the first person she met on going
A vmy frequent proceeding in Aus-
tria, f5 for those who have been
robbed to accuse innocent persons on
the unsubstantiated testimony of
fortune-tellers, who claim to be able
to tell from the cards where to seek
a thief.
Crimes aro still committed because
tho old magicians' books are be-
lieved in. The idea that to drink
warm human blood, obtained by a
crime, cures epilepsy is still very
general. Other fits, aec01•(Ling to
superstition, arodared by chewing
1000c1
FfO11 AN OLD COFFIN.
Not quite two years ago two
Gorman soldiers found an old book
which gave the magic form by which
it was asserted that a man's head
could be cut off and put on again
without hurting .him. The promise
Was made that a man taus treated
could flticl treasures wherever he
sought then. Ono of tho soldiers
actually had his head cut ofT,
The things which criminals carry
oil their person are often a clue to
their pursuits and character, Thus
poacher's ca'ry the roots of a fern
which resemble small Maids and are
called the hands of St, John,
The Mandragora root is supposed
to help oto to open locks, besides
being an aid to lovers and gamblers.
The latter, who ]lope to use false
cards without being detected, carry
the dried heart of a bat in their
waistcoat pockets. Thele are in-
numerable supersitions according to
which a man may swear a false oath
and not be the worse for it.
Some criminals put the left hand
M their pockets and make a fist,
or they twist a button off their
trousers, or spit three times, or put
small stones under their tongue.
Sonne always have the ]cabs of
mistletoe in their shoes to bo pre-
pared for a false oath at any time,
iiut the most frequent way is called
"conducting it through the body."
1Vttile rho right hand is raised the
left is held down, and the lingers
of the left are held in the same
position as those of the right stand.
To this way the oath "passes
through" and does not signify,
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
Beeping ]:louse in the Days of
Our Forefathers.
So my parents sot up their simple
housekeeping ems passed, :t have no
doubt, their happiest, lays—slays eel
hapf y, t Cry li oly, as any their
children or numerous grancichildret
or great-grandchildren have enjoyed,
in the stress of a (11ore complex
civilization. She sang at her work ;
his ax resounded in the forest. IIe
macre a clearing", and ;planted corn
and beans and potatoes among the
stumps. 'Thele first child was horn
its that hitt. The clearing grow, and
before long a larger, 10011 built house
replaced the primitive cabin, 'says a
writer in the Atlantic Monthly. This
more substantial house had ono
large room on the ground floor,
about, riot L Ltty
v n':
o feet square, n low
roofed - chamber, to which access
was had by ladder, and indent 001(160
of time a "lintel"' (16011 -to) addi-
tion. The "linter" was framed, 3)71(1
1,110 main part was built of logs,
'I`hese 300(O hewed on the inside, and
cracks between then( filled with a
Master made of clay, This filling
Was liable to crack, and it was ne-
cessary to patch the broken places
evel'y Thwtlcalled "c1)inli-
i11g up rhofall. houseis," s aur 3t oracle a
happy time for the older children (I
heel not yet appcllred on the scene),
there being always some of the moist
clay lett over which they could use
in making cups and saucer's for their
playhouses, and Other ornnlnents.
The pool• Was of 11)050ed chestnut
planks, the beautiful grain of which
Wes kept scrupulously clean and
smoothly polished. At one end of
the room was a 1111110 610110 flreplaco,
with great iron andirons, and iron
shovel and tongs in the mows. 771
the "linter" were the spare bed
with its white co nteepale, a tall
butes handled bureau, and our fath-
or's largo oaken chest, with its (tom-
pileat001 tins, always a marvel to
rho younger children, who would
run and peep wonderingly whenever
he hent to open le
Soc'.ialist — "Yee; the world 15 all
wrong, There ie great need of
change, t hope you ngeoe with
me?" Miss li0(11>1y — "en11ced, I
do, I 'Lh1,1k it's perfectly elm mina,
1)1e the Nay wealth is dist ri3mLod—
en the oleo young men poor, and
nobody rich except gouty widowers
end enmity old bachelors,"
"Why clot'-
you try (13elhtg to re-
duce your weight 4" 14o11ng h Why,
that's the Way 1 gol, int."
1P1,e eteamarhip "Persia" crossed
the Atlantic in . 1135)0 111 i) th>tys, :t
holly 1'70 45 'ululates, and Bold 1110
1'0001'(. latI' •1r' pc0'fl(1. of 110 Lena, thee