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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-5-21, Page 2ee4emel4e4Esefee ogee&64k&,ettetan neeillO to pie e; e+cev i.eCtE6+eE `le A Tale w 1 c�"',ticart W W k and y, of the . it W a g "se 1 ck Arri (R11ing ;i Wave CHAPTER XVI, It was the morning or my second day in Naples, and no news had reached me of 'Kennard, or of the roan from whose dagger his tneteor- like dash through the railway ca ringe at Pisa had saved me, I had putt up at the Hotel Victoria on the Parthenopo Quey, ivhenee I cuuld watch the blue waters of the beauti- ful Gulf for the coming of the Queen of Night, and all through the day after ney arrival I bad been thrown into a fever every time the smoke of an Incoming steamer appeared on the horizon, But I was doomed to dis- appointment ; none of the vessels seeking harbor proved to be the graceful craft which the detectiv had called a "murder -trap."" my impatience was becoming al - meat unbearable. Not only did 1 chafe against the delay in the ar- rival of the ship, but I feared from Kennard's absence that some harm had befel'., him, and that unaided I should netor be dblo to cope with the Miliet:Ines that beset me. Acting on the melee he had given, I had abandoned disguise and resumed my own garments before engaging a room at the hotel, and I was be- ginning to consider whether my best course would not be to confide my position and anxiety•to the Eng- lish Consul, in the hope that he would be more helpful than his col- league at Genoa. Osco I put an my cap to go to the Consulate, but the thought of the stone cell at the Con- vent of Santa Lucia overcame me, and I turned again to vainly scan=' ning the sky -line beyond the Bay. In the ot'dinary course the Queen of Night should have arrived at Naples early on the previous day, and as the weather was ens and calm the delay was quite inexplic- able. It was now eleven o'clock in the forenoon, so that she was nearly thirty hours overdue, which, unless something had happened, was out of all proportion to any legitimate de- tention hi so short a voyage. To my other anxieties began to be added wild thoughts of collisions, fire, shipwrecks, and a hundred other perils of the deep. At last I reached such a pitch that to stay kicking my heels about the hotel and staring out to sea wes no longer possible to me. 1 decided to go down to the quays and endeavor to find some one who could aid my inquiries by interpret- ing for me, 'and glad to be up and doing anything I sallied forth at once. Passing through the Via Gioja, I chanced to notice a name over a doorway which filled me with a sudden inspiration—the name of the agent whom Nathan had men- tioned as his correspondent in Naples, one Signor Girolamo Volpe. If any one in the city was likely to be able to give news of the ship, this was the man, and at all risks I determined to try hint. I say all risks, because there was every probability that if he know who I was he would serve my en- emies rather than myself by taking steps to curtail my liberty, Vizard, if still a free agent, having seen me 00 my way south, would have, been certain to apprise their correspond- ent of the fact, with instructions to throw obstacles in my way, if no- thing worse, and it would not there- fore be safe to make inquiry in my own name and person, As I was still wearing the mercantile uniform in which 1 had gono ashore at Genoa, I went first to a clothier's and bought a ready-made tourist suit, changing into it, by permission of the proprietor, in a room behind the shop, Then, having given in- structions for my uniform to be sent to the hotel, I returned to the Via Gioja. The offices of Mr. Giralamo' Volpe, though in a large and handsome building, were not themselves on a lordly scale, consisting, so far as I was able to fudge during my brief acquaintance with them, of a couple of rooms se. the ground floor just inside the main entrance. Assuming the counter, but the back part of the room was mostly hidden from view by a portable Japanese mum between five and six feet high. "You act es :Aguas for the owners r- of the steamer Queen of Night ?" I usved of the clerk, who came, forward with alacrity. 'Yase, ear—Dir, Volpe is agent was the reply which Promised a sulli rfent knowledge of 1':nglish for my purpose. "Then where •he devil is the ship ?" 1 proceeded, adopting the manner of the irascible Briton on his travels, "here hays I been wait- ing for her over since yesterday morning, 1 was unable to join 11et' in London, so ca311e across 1110 Con- tinent to join her here for the rest of the trip. The delay is very an- noying,^ At that moment I caught sight of the shining top of a bald head, raised. an inch above the screen as if sonic one behind 11 were changing This position. 1t disappeared so quickly as not to distract my at- tentlon from the clerk's reply, 1t is 'host unflrcimit, sae, that you should be so discommode," he mild. "I regret ver moosh that there can be no booking per Queen of Night from Naples, After 19av'ing Genoa sho call for orders at Leg- horn, and receive instructions by cable from the owners to proceed to Cagliari in Sardinia, whence she goes direct to Alexandria. She not come to Naples at all This was terrible Hews, and I was so overcome that I nearly betrayed myself. The villains had evidently arranged that the ship on leaving Genoa should call at Leghorn, so that Zavertal could be informed whether 1 was still safely out of the way at the Convect. In this case they could, without risk of compli- cations, carry out the original pro- gramme of visiting Naples ; but if anything should have gone wrong with their plans with regard to the quieting of myself, pursuit on my part was to be stalled off by the simple process of avoiding the port where I should expect to find the ship. The latter contingency had occurred, and by this time the Queen of Night must be nearing Cag- liari, whence in a few hours she would start for Alexandria, and commence that potion of the voy- age over which hung the foreshadow- ing of such dreadful`mystery. Collecting sense enough to hurl a few anathemas at the clerk, I telt the office and walked slowly back to the hotel. One ray of comfort was alone granted to me, I remembered that Pisa, where Kennard and Viz- ard had both so mysteriously dis- appeared, was the junction with the short lino routing to Leghorn, and I reflected that if Vizinrd had got on board there the detective Would have the chance of doing so too. I hoped frantically thee 1'e had avail- ed himself of it, and that his non- communication with rote was duo to his having gone to those who needed his protection so much more urgent- ly, This Thought, however, though it lifted a little of my load, did not compensate for being left high and dry where I was powerless myself to aid • and directly I reached the hotel 1 inquired if there were any boats leaving for Caglari which would give ale a chance of catching up the Queen of Night before site sailed. Again I suet with a rebuff. The day was "Thursday. Tho steam- er for Sardinia would not leave till Saturday. I went up to my room, well-nigh in despair, and racked with doubt whether I had better go to the Con- sulate or try the Italian police 'au- thorities. I had nearly,' after my last experience, decided in favor of the latter, when a. waiter knocked at the door and said that n signor—an English signor—was inquiring for me below. Who my visitor could be, un- less it was either Kennard or, Viz- ard, I had no idea, but, glad at the er0anect of any sort of-ciw1 (0°' free Th Broken earth f Solider Ufe Close Confinement, over Exertion at Study and Worry over Examine,. tons too groat a strain for the Nerves—Ur. Chase's Nerve Food. So many school girls and school boys, too,' are pale, Languid and run Idown in health, subject to weak epelts and nervous headache, and 'victims of sleeplessness, that we no ,iongor mindtat the expenlize the se developing of o e of thebd 'the It is on the mothers and fathers that falls the responsibility of look- ing after the health of their children, and to them We suggest the wisdom ,of having the health of their chil- 'dr0n kept at the high water mark by using Dr, Chase's Nerve Food, This great fond cure is so gontle and natural ill actionas to be ad- mirably suited to the requirements of children. The benefits to be de- rived !morn its use are certain and Tasting, as it goes to form new red icorpuseles is the bleed, and create ;new nerve force. Mrs. T. Baizell, 21 Charles street, Kingston, Ont„ states :—"My daughter suffered very much with headaches, caused no doubt from over -study and a 1'un,down oon- >Slitfon of the nervous system, Those attacks of headache wore very try ing eft her and I noticed that she Was gradually growing weaker and snore nervous. Aiiout two menthe :ago I got her a box of Dr. Chase's 'Nerve Food, and sines she has boils using this preparation we aro more than pleased With the improvement which has been made in her health. She looks one hundred per cent. bet- ter, her nerves ere steadier, she fa not bothered with headaches and is gradually increasing in flesh and weight,' Mrs, R, Wareham, 261 Sherbrooke stroet, Poterboi•o', Ont., status "One of my children has suffored a great deal with nervous hcaalaches,, dizziness and sleeplessness, and, in fact, was all ruff down, pale and languid, 'These troubles were at- tributed to over -study and caneen, anent at school, She began using Dr:. Chase's Nerve hood, and I can say that we have found this treatanent exceedingly helpful, It has relieved her of headache, steadied hor nerves, and built up hor systef?wonclerfully, We can see a groat change in her, as the color Is returning to her face, and she is gaining in flesh and' weight." Dr. Chase's Neave Fond, 50 cents a box, 6 boxes for $2.50, at all dealers, or 1Grdreateom, Bates Rd Go„ Toronto, To protect you against Imitations, tho portralt and signor., tore of Dr, rl, W, Chase, the Ia. 'Ileus receipteboolc author, arm chs' eteney heX of his mooches, .blank inaction, I gave orders for him to be instantly shown up. Half a minute later I was more mystified than ever, for on the individual who came tripping obsequiously into the room I had certainly 11Oyer set eyes before. Ho was a middle-aged, rath- er dissipated -looking, shelebily-drees- od 014411,, whose nationality at 11 eight would t vt been m3atc rY it had not been announced. Stranger though he was, there was so1430111ing about hila as he entered that struck a recent chord in 111y memory, and 1 scrutinized hire more closely to see if 1 was coir fronted with yet another disguise. But the notion csa5 no sooner form- ed than it was dispellled by the dis- covery of what had seemed familiar i11 tiler, It was the shining top of his dome-shaped bald Head which had recalled the bald heed seen by me an hour before 00er the screen in Volpe's office, and suspicious as I was growing of everything and ev crybody, l: recognized that it wool be ridiculous to assume that it wa the salve Ile aclvnnced into the room sailing and rubbing his hands, and the mo silent he opened his mouth he chased away all inclination to confound !hint with any one else. "I come from ,lir. Kennard," he staid. "I saw hint in Leghorn yes- terday morning shortly before ho went aboard the Queen of Night, and ho took advantage of my being a follow -countryman of yours to en- trust me with a message to you. He said I should probably find you at one of the 'hotels facing the Bay," "Pray sit down, sir, and mane yourself comfortable," I said, wheel- ing a chair for hint. "I have 110en most anxious about Mr. Kennard, and at my wits' end as to show to couunuulcate with 111111. Did he say anything of the circumstances ttuder which we parted at Pisa ?" "Not a word—and for the reason that there was no time," replied my visitor. "I made Mr. Kennarcl's ac- quaintance quite casually in a hotel at Leghorn ten minutes before he was going on board. Finding that I w'as corning on to Naples, cm asked me to male inquiries for you in the hotels along the sea -front, and to tell you in these words that the ship's programme heti ng been altered he thought best to go in her, especially as he had ascertained that a certain person—you would understand who-11acl gone on board. Ile concluded by begging me to urge you to join him at Cagliari, evert if you had to hire a special bout to get there, as he had every hope at that port of bringing mat- ters to an issue and of inducing cer- tain mutual friends, I think ho said, to leave the ship. 'motel( rat if dinia, where he has boon shooting while she came to Naples to refit. I think .I can. lnciude Captain Dicey to give you a p055i ( 0n the quieten for a ten -pound note o1' so,'r "Ila shall have twen'ty if 110 will put 111e aet'oss," I said eagerly„"and twenty more if he gots me there be, fora tho Queen of Nig11t loaves, Will you see kiln Dl' • Mayfield, Y t, n Irld and place y , pas me under an eternal obligation ?" "I will go at ones," tuns the 1'e - ply; it is one of Lhe sweetest plea- sures vouchsafed to us poor labor- ers in the vineyard to befriend our fellow -countrymen in their need, It is 11040 110141ly one, i:xpect me back 111 an hour fl'oin now.". And ha went out, leaving mo wondering at the combination of 50 much disinterested goodness with an extremely unprepossessing exterior. (To Be Continnad,) PERFUIVSES AND THE VOICE, Students of Singing Warned to Be Aware of Scents. • Girls and others who take singing isss010 ere experiencing the 1ztcoa- veniertces sometimes atttwhed to sci- eec0's discoveries, Those whose teachers follow assiduously tho lat- est wrinkles front Paris have been instructed that in future they must rigorously abstain from the use of portiones, and the wearing of odor- ous flowers. Needless to say, many have rebelled. The new regulation has been evolv- ed by the Parisian professors 0f vo- cal music, following the results of certain experiments and observa- tions made by french scientists. Ac- cording to a well-known teacher of singing in that city, who is ondea- ver'ing to mance his pupils live up to the new rule, the experiments, which were principally undertaken at the request of the teachers, have proved that all strung perfumes are injuri- ous to the delicate membranes of the threat. This was good news indeed. The person alluded to as having gone on board at Leghorn was evidently Vizard, but neither he nor Gavertal would be half so dangerous with the detective at baud to watch their every move. A great deal would depend, however, on whether he was on board in his own character, or still successfully disguised as the old American General, and I questioned 111y visitor as to how Mr. Kennard was dressed. "You require proof or my baying met Mr, Kennard ?" he said, show- ing at once by his manner that he had put upon my question a 0041' struction 1 had not lutendeci it co beat'. The information he brought tallied so exactly with my previous surmise, and with turret I had learn- ed at Volpe's office, that to doubt him after he had made his statement never crossed my mind, and I has- tened to disclaim any such inten- tion. "I nm. glad to hoax' you say that," he replied, "for it would be hard to meet with such a reception . after going to the expense of considerable time and trouble to do a service to strangers. 1 am sorry to say that I surfer from shortness of sight, and did not take particular notice of your friend's costume. By tho way, allow me to rectile an omission—I should Have introduced myself. on entering. My flame is Matthew May- field. I am a missionary working among the English sailors who fre- quent Italian ports;"' I should certainly never have guessed Mr, Dfayfeld's profession front his appearance, though 1 had had enough experience of longsho'o preacher's to know that they do not usually wear purple and line linen. The disclosure of his avocation In- spired me with a new idea, and I promptly asked hint if he knew of any private boat on the point of sailing for Cagliari, or which eould be chartered for that purpose at a moderato figure, 1 had taker the precaution on the previous day to wire home to the bankers who had my modest savings in their charge and they bad cabl011 back a credit of two hundred pounds for me to their local agents. I was willing, nay, eager, to spend every penny of it in getting to Cagliari, But b71', Mayfield shook his' hood, "A sailing vessel could easily - be procured at a small sum to put you across to. the island, but it would not take less than two and a half days under the most favorable con- ditions of wind and tide. That, 1 undewtantl, world be too late to catch tho Queen of Night, There aro no small stoa1Ors here disengaged which could he got ready for sea at such short notice," Polishing the top of his shining head with a reel handkerchief, ho rove as if to go, then flopped flown 1n his chair again, tapping his fore - bead and knitting his brows with the ah' of a man who was trying to remember. "Yes, it was this evening," he said aloud to 'himself at last, "My doer sir," he went On, "ft is just possible that I may be of 0aai914111r0 to Don after all. There is a steam -yacht here -belong- ing to a Lendon gentleman named Smith. She 1s named the Miranda, and I emote her skipper, Onptain Dicey, Mee well. 'But what is more tO the point, 1 believe that see Is under orders frau ibo owner t0 pr0teed to Cagliari this very night, Dir. Smlt.h is not on boned, as lie purposes joining the yacht in Sar - Not only does tills apply to the concentrated essentes that come 1n bottles, but even to the fragrant odors that 1551(0 front the flowers themselves. Tho violet's perfume, according to the experiments made with the laryngoscope, is, perhaps, the most injurious of all, and the wearing of bunches of these simple and proverbially modest flowers has been strictly forbidden to all who are anxious to cultivate their voices. Prima donas and other operatic singers have been cautioned concern- ing the dangers that tusk hidden in their corsage bouquets, and it is probable that they will no longer show their appreciation of the mag- nificent floral tributes which ardent admirers delight in showering up- on them, by ostentatiously nestling their faces among the dainty bloc= sons, and asslllllin'g an air of ecs- tatic bliss. After all, to a layman, to whom the discovery was expounded, it re- ally did not seem to startling, and as usual, in fact, the wonder is that no one ever thought it out before. For it is well known that the sense of smell depends for its appreciation upon the ticiclieg effect produced by the deposit upon the delicate mem- branes of the nose of infinitesimally nlitlute particles thrown off by the odoriferous object. Some substances smell not at all. That is because they either throw alt no siueh particles, or because the Particles which they do emit are not of a nature to affect the olfactory nlembl'anes. Among flowers this is the case particularly. Some have no' odor; they fall into the class of sub- stances just described. The smell of others is unpleasant because they throw elf particles which are ob- noxiolts to tho nlembralles, and the latter 101)el. The so-called fragrant flowers, notably the rose, the violet and the carnation, literally tielde the olfac- tory membranes to a olio of plea- sure and ehjoynn.ent, though it is worthy • of note that some persons abhor the scent of certain flowers that to the majority of m0)1111nd seem deliciously fragrant, If, then, these odoriferous parti- cles have such a lively action upon the nasal membranes, it cortai sly does not appear strange that when inhaled, as they nll1at be at times, o they should nave an injurious of- c feet upon the membranes of tllo o throat, which are at least as sets'- 1 live as those of the nose. It re- gptiros no greet 80'0011 of the im- agination to conceive Clint the in- haling of perfumes, therefore, might se'iouely interfere with an operatic singer's powers, which are so keenly dependent upon the perfect condition of the laryngeal membranes. e% ON THEFARTJ 1'Il1,1 WAR ON INSECTO. Spraying is (elective acemeling to completeness with which tee surfaces oxo covered with the spray mixtures, All spray mixtures will stick to the surface much better if applied as a line hist than in coarse drops, for tho drops easily run together and drip off, while the mist globules re- main, It is what remains on the surface that is beneficial, ,Make the spray a line mist, and keep the non. :de moving. Ifo not soak the tree. Cover the loaf, fruit or twigs with mist globules, but do not wash diem with an overdose. Two light but thor- ough sprayings aro more beneficial than aro drenching, and require very Little Moro liquid and only little more time. Keep all trees free from dead and useless wood, When trimming, cut so as to leave the surface flush with the -bark. Projecting stubs never heal over, but become sources of troublo later, Paint all cut surfaces as soon as made ; they will heal better and resist decay much longer. If diseases or insects are serious do not wait but spray promptly to maintain control lneeets are injurious either on ac- count of tho actual destruction of Plant tissues by the insects (borers, caterpillars, etc,), with the conse- quent loss of plant substances ;' or On account of the drain upon the vitality of the plant through the loss of sap (San Jose scale, etc.) ; or by the interference with root or. leaf activity by colonies of insects (root and leaf lice,) Each group of insects is controlled by special methods. , Caterpillars and all' Leaf Eating Insects.—Spray with Paris green or Bordeaux Parris green. Repeat at frequent intervals (seven to ten days) if necessary to control. For asparagus beetle, add resin eoluti011 to Paris green and spray as below. Curculio.—Spray with arsenate of lead in spring, If serious later, catch adults by jarring insects from trees into sheet beneath, and then destroy. This should be done in early morning. Repeat at frequent nterva.ls (daily, if necessary) to con- trol the pest. 1'orcrs.—The peach borer 3nay be orated by the holes close to or Just elow the surface of the soil, They nay be killed in April or Septem- ber by cutting out with a knife of by running teem into the holes, In he case of the apple twig borer, the ored twigs should be cut out and estroyed during June. Other boi'- rs are controlled by similar nu: - hods. WF Plea Betties.or flea bettlea use aria green Mixed with air slaked 11110, flour or plaster (one part of ho poison to twenty or thirty of he line, flour or plaster), dusted on ho foliage in the morning. Repeat t short intervals if necessary, Plant Lice—For plane lice, use eroseno emulsion (15 per cent) as sal as noticod, repeating as may c necessary to control. "Bose eaf" tobacco extract may be sub- 1ltted, if desired, especially in rOenhOusts (one part to sixty or evenly of water), Scalp Inspects—Scale insects are ontrolled by caustic solutions, so hat it is often necessary to treat rees in a dormant condition for fear f injury to growing parts. Limo, ulphul' and salt wash is recomanend- d for dormant trees infested with an Jose stale, Whale oil soap two pounds to the galloln of we- er) or 20 per cent, kerosene may iso be used. Tho last to apply to tiler scales as winter treatments, winner treatment for all scales, 20 er cent. kerosene emulsion, applied n bright, sunray days, Red Spider—To contt'ol red spider, void too great dryness; when' Are- nt spray the plants with tv,ater 1111 considerable force. "Nico'teen" aporatod by hot irons helps to leek this peat. When present on 1011 air plants,- treat as for plant. 1 b 13 t d 0 t P t a s b 11 g a t t 0 5 ( a fe 0 0 a se v 1 1 leo, Paris green may be used alone at the rate. of one-quarter pound to the barrel of water for all leaf -eating in- sects, Keep well stirred while spray- fltg. Better results aro often secured by combining the Paris green with Bordeaux, as tho poison remains more nimbly distributed and adheres better when 'so applied, TO DEVELOP DAIRY MARKET. "What tan bo done to develop the daisy market ?" As an answer to this the following 1s offered by the Illinois experiment station. M. An 6@0 CHASE'S eSE'S CATARRH CURE is soma direct to the diseased parts by the Intpmved Blower, Vents the ulcers, Clears the air passages, stops droppings in the throat and ppermanantly butes Catarrh and tiny Fevar, Blower froo, Medial tl o Sole lorontor o en Buffalo.. HARD MEDICINE To TAKE, "Doctor," said a fashionably •dressed w0)nan to he`r new p113s10ian, "I want you to give moa prescrip- tion which will cure me of a most Irritating trouble," The doctor bowed, and waited for her to go on. "About eleven o'clock every even- ing," said the patient, "I ane, over- come lar 0fooling of sleepiness, no matter where I am -eat tho opera, at a dinner -party, wherever I niay bo, this dreadful sensation comes over me, I have suffered from it new for live Woke, and no remedy has seem- ed to do any good," "Oh, I can give you 0, proscrip- tion that will "'prevent it from over- coming .you over again," said the doctor, 11is now patient was 10(faut•, but when she looked at the slip 0f paper the doctor gave he', 130r face cloud., e1. Ito had written 1 "glad fr01n ton at night till seven the noxi morning, Repeat dose once in twenty-four Rout's, Whobeem sylnptoma room," Cblldren7s Allrnon#s. Munyon's Remedios for Chlldrof11 "Trate mothers to intelligently loo$ after the health of their families and the well-being of a nation is assured." --Munyon. It has assuredly been a labor of love for mo to study the diseases of children with a view to their repel and euro. Many grown people will stubbornly cling to the debilitating drugs and nostrums that aro a redo 0f bar'barisni, but 1 hold that it is almost a crime to ceve them to children at the risk of 'physical and mental degeneration. My remedies fo chlldl'on's diseases aro effective and prompt, but they are entirely harmless, }Ovary thoughtful mother should have a Munyon Family Madldno Chest, and should never fail to keep It supplied with Munyon's Cold Cure, Cough Cure, Sore Throat Cure, Fever Cure, D, 0. & 0, Tab- lets, Croup Cure, Cholera Morbus Cure, Constipation Curo, Warm Cure, Pace and Skin Ointment, Munyon's Balm and Mun- yon's Plasters, This chest will -prove tun unfailing anent friend In the hour of need, A few doses of the proper remedy given at the right time Will prevent long and dangerous spells of sickness, and save many doctors' fees, t. MUNYON'S REIVIEDIES. Munyon's Medicine Cases, 33,60, ss, and n0. Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pneu monis, and breaks up a cold in a to hours. Price 76s, Personal lettere addressed to Prof, Munyon, Philadelphia, 17. 5, A„ contain,/ ins dettu11 of slcicness, will be answer.' ed promptly and free advice as to treat, anent will be given. 1.113 t-2 First and foremost produce a high class article, Put up dairy products in such a manner that the consumer will get the original package, Standardize and sell by grade and brand. Practice honesty and 11010 grades exactly as rprosonted, Guarantee standards and invitein- spection. Publish the exact meaning of dif- ferent grades and make people intel- ligent by putting out literature free- ly to educate them. All places where dairy products are produced or matlufactured should h"ave standards of cleanliness and be open to inspection. THE CARE 014' MILK: Tho greatest dilliculty the cheese maker has to content with is gassy or tainted milk, Tho patron should atm to supply only pure sweet flavored 1111111. The following arc some of the calcses of gassy anti tainted milk : Allowing the cows to drink impure water from dirty watering troughs, stagnant ponds, soakage from barn- yards, beetling rye, rape, turnips, turldp tops, ragweed, leeks, or apples. Not wiping cow's flames, udders and teats before mincing, Mincing with. dirty hands. Using wooden pails for milk. Not straining the - milk imme- diately after milking. Stirring or aerating (exposing to the ail), close to a swill barrel, hog pen, hog trough, hogs,e' barn yard, or milking yard A rusty old mills can. 14tillcing the cow, dumping the milk into theemilkcan and leaving it over night without either strain- ing, aerating or cooling, Sour milts is caused by leaving or keeping it at too high a temper- ature. Mille should aalways be strained and aerated, dipping and stirring immediately after milking,.. In warm weather the milk shgpld he cooled by setting the pails or cans in cold water while it is being aerated. Cool to 65 degrees, SSaturda.yy night's and Sunday morning's milk should bo cooled to 60 degrees, set in a cool cellar and covered with a clean probe or blan- ket, and let alone till Monday morning, Milk cans and pail's should• be washed with a brush and lake warm water in which a little soda is dissolved, then scald and place on their sides in the sun, Cans and palls should be scoured with salt oceasioally A rusty can should never be used to send mills to the factory, Successful Dairying - can bo mune mad up in two words—Ba Clean, —a— The descendants of an Australian settler, 102 years of age, number 304 persons. Ile is in rootlet of an old -ago pension from the Australian Government, ' n'elYN TITS ITh3S1' ll'.12,11iNIit WAR ON SLAVE RAIDERS T'y're TRADE I1AS FLOURISHED IN TUE HAUSA 00TINERY,• The British Will Put a ietop to the Traffic in the Central Soudan, oda . Within the past three 1nonths Bri. t''unFranLu+ gatis11ud t11av0oops put 031der 0111Sir to 1)10 5cis111)1em- acy of tlt0 Sultan of Sokoto, east of the Niger Rive', 1n the Central Soudan. They, have also occupied the famous town of Kano and sub- jected its Sultan, The British Bag is now supremo 113 the great country of tho Hansa tribes between the Niger and Lake Tched. Ono of the most signilleant an- nouneements in a long time rotating to Africa is the statement in the London Times that the British now Propose to slake an 0111, once for all, to slave raiding and the slava traffic throughout the Rause coun- try, The overshadowing evil of the cen- tral Soudan is slave raiding and tho traffic In slaves. Up to this year, the evil has been entirely unchecked by any Caucasian influence; and there is probably noothee part of Africa of equal size where the sieve trade in recent years has flourished as in the Hausa country, Most of the slaves aro obtained, not from, outside of Prausalan'd, but 10(1111 Iiausa villages and towes.'The captors belong to the, same tribe and race as tho persons they can slave. The result is that the coun- try, has practically been in a con- dition of PERPETUAL CIVIL WAR, Apetty Sultan at any time is ItIely to receive a message from his slUhorior lord ordering him to send at once a certain number of slaves on pain of having' his own towns 101(1ed. He accordingly selects soma village within his territory or out- siele of it, against whioh he quietly sends a force largo enough to over- come all resistance, attacks the town and carries off tho inhabi- tants. Those who resist are killed on the spot and the remainder are marched' -away in fetters. Many of them Have been included in the annual tribute payable to the Suit= of So- koto, while others aro sent to some central slave market to be sold or taken back to the town of their cap- tors. 11%hen C. Ii. Robinson. traveled in Haus/dant' a few years ago he said that about one thousand slaves were brought into It0n0 on a single oc- casion as a result of a slave -raiding . expedition, Between Kano and 11de he passed a largo number of towns and villages that bad recent- ly been destroyed, -"and whose in- habitants had been sold: as slaves. This was done not by foreign in- vaders, but by the Sultan in whose territory the towns wore included. Ile found that slaves aro to tc large extent the currency of the country. A native who is about to travel usually takes with hit. slaves proportionate in number to the' • LENGTH OF iIEtS JOURNEY, Ater traveling perhaps 100 miles, he will sell a slave and then travel another 100 miles, when he will sell a second, and thus by the time be returns home he will have sold all his slaves and devoted the money to 0 paying the expenses of his 10431)ey. Tho maximum price for a 14 -year- old girl in Nano is about Sas to $50. ' A young man of 13 brings about $30, a loan of 3t) about $20= the price decreasing as the age ad - 001)20s. This is one of the more thickly peopled' parts of Africa; and it will be a great blessing to hundreds of 'thousands when the terrible evil of slave raiding is thoroughly suppress ed. Life is not secure i11 Hausa - land. hew persons know whether they will continue to have a home, a family and liberty from one week's end to another. Tho certainty that the British have the power and the intention to suppress 'this terrible evil betokens 'letter days and more prosperous and peaceful times for this region, Which • in spite of the barbarism from which it has suftbrod, is in many respects more highly developed than most parts of tropical Africa, TOO KNO;R*IN,G. , A story is told of a certain trades- man whose premises were almost cn-e tirely destroyed as the result of a rnystet'ious fire. The steak was fully insured, and there was sone tont of arson, Pro- ceedings were actually taken against tho owner of the -business, but owing to lack of evidence the prosecution toll through, Soon afterwards the shop was re- opened with an entirely now stock, and the tradesman advertised i11 the local newspaper for en errand boy, Among the applications for the post was a bright youth who had just,left school.. "Well, my boy," said the trades- man, "and what do you know?" "Odle" was the cool response, "'I knows a lot. For one thing I knows how to keep my mouth chut, an it you'rethinking- of having an- other nother Bare -up you'll find m0 as close as a oyster!" To the ,youngster's surprise he wasn't -e gaged, F0I1EST LAND VALUABLE, Wore all the matorials yielbocl by the wgo(1 lot counted at their full value, I believe Ilio Weed lot would be rated the most important feature of the farm, says Prof, John Gif- ford, For largo portio) of the year at least, wood is the common farm fuel, Tho fano problem is also an important 0111,'tnitl the farmer ivhb pr0duees his own fe1co material saves an important outlay, Tho fences on a farm often represent e large' cash outlay than the land fir According t0 Sir James Crichton. (Browne, -the 'air of London t,'ntte:ins (150,000 proportional parts (t alCt,f 11,0 210,0130 10 Parise , 17