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The Brussels Post, 1903-5-28, Page 71 fdf.cfr.‹C'EEKe1,E«''Rv&E,aF<Q< E141EA «a del V err -<0 -ea �ti<'E'K1411a, wt, Rcd V t y cart a nd le ck Arr W p .3 s, CHAPTER XVII. I was not destined to improve my acquaintance with Mr, Matthew Mayfield- 1 would give a good deal for a q"elet halt -hour's interview with Mee :A.ow, in some room with the door locked and the key thrown out of the window ; but on that eventful day I was ungrateful en- ough to be just as pleased with the greasy note he sent me at the end 'of the hour as 1 should have been with his reappearance in person. I am afraid I regarded him rather too lightly as a means to an end, and though within limits 1 was right, I came nigh to paying dearly for my diseesp'oct, Tho not was as follows :-- "hear ,Sir,—I have been called ,ewny to visit a dying seaman—poor fellow, I fear he is unrepentant—at the far curd of the Bay, and shall therefore not bo able to give myself the pleasure of waiting upon you. "Dust" in the meanwhile I have seen Captain Dicey of the Miranda, and he will be willing to oblige you on the towns mentioned, The yacht le lying oil' the Little Mole,and will Safi for Cagliari punctually at six this evening. You should be on board in elanty of time, as Dicey says he can't wait. The run will lake about twenty-five hours, and you thus stand a. great chance of finding the Queen of Night still off the port. Wishing you a speedy pas- sage and a happy reunion with your friends, also assuring you of the privilege which 1: feel it to have been of service to you. "1 remain, "Yours obediently, "DIATTl11;W DMAYFIELD. "P.S.—Captain Dicey ss an excer- lent fellow, and as honest as the due, but of course,' as the master of a small steam -yacht, Is not a man of much culture and refinement." "Culture and refinement bo hanged, so long as he rums me across to Cagliari before the Queen loaves the island," 1 cried, and I hurried off to the hotel bureau to square my ac- count and give up my room. My baggage did not trouble mo, since 1 had nothing but a few articles -1 had purchased for present requirmonts, and these were comfortably stowed in a handbag. having made my small preparations, 1: found that I had still three Hours to kill before the yacht sailed, and 1 doclded that a portion at least of tho time might be profitably spent in the selection and purchase of a revolver, for I did not know what was before mo when 1 should again stand face to face with Za.tmrtal and Vizalea I wont for the purpose to the shops on the Strada Chiaja, and after providing myself with a very good weapon,. strolled along to the Little Mole to have a look at the Miranda. With my limited capabili- ties for asking toy way, i had some littln difficulty in finding her among the crowds of shipping, anct when I did 1 can't say that 1 thought much of her. She was very small, being tinder a hundred tons, and her ap- poarimce did not suggest that tha refit sho had been undergoing had been very extensive. A couple of swarthy stators, certainly not Eng- lishmen, were busy furbishing up her dingy brass -work, and a stream of smoke from a black and rather rusty funnel showed that the Sires were .alight and steam In process of Wing- got up. After all, the capa- bilities of her engchde-room were what I was most interested in, and though the boat was anything but the small craft T lord expected, there was no- thing to show that she was not last. Dy a frequent repetition of the word "capitano" I managed to make one of the sailors understand that I wanted the captain, and be- ing informed by gesture that he was on shore, I decided to take a walk in the neighbor/total till ho should put in an appearance, Yarning into a by -street in the crowded part at the back of the harbor, I was re- rodnclod by the sight of a small res - Weak Ww W w A Tae l Y w le A Wof the A W. risk W4/ M q� W Rolling Wave W taurant that I had been too oc- cupied to tldirk of food slum break- fast, and T wont in and sat down at ono of the small tables. 'rho room was a long one, with a door at the far end forming a sec- ond entrance from another street, and at that hour was unoccupied save by the waiters, and by a couple of customers seated together over a bottle of Wino at distant table. The pair being separated from me by the length of the room, 1 did not on entering pay any attention to them, but after giving my order, and while waiting to be served, I allowed my oyes to stray their way, One of them had risen, und was hurriedly putting' on his hat previous to de- parture. A. second later ho had vanished through the door near him into the street, but not before I had intercepted afurtive glance cast at myself, and had recognized in the fugitive Mr, Matthew Mayfield, the long -shore missionary who had pre- cured oto passage in the :Miranda, and who, according to his own statement, ought to have beeo soothing the last moments of a dy- ing seaman at the further side of the Day. I attributed his hasty flight and evident desire to avoid me to a not unnatural dislike to have the dis- crepancy detected. I cannot say that the sight of him hobnobbing there in a restaurant, so far from his supposed sphere of duty, caused me actual uneasiness, but it certain- ly .made me look at his companion with an interest I should not other- wise have felt. The now solitary oc- cupant of the distant tattle sat still, steadily finishing the bottlo of wine, and, T suppose. not naving Wayficrd's reason, evinced no con- cern in me or in my affairs. IIe was a heavy, squat -built non of the bull -dog type, and though he was too far off for me to note more than the outline of his features or to judge of his oxpression, ho gave me the 'general idea of his being what is known as an "ugly cus- tomer," Not much was to be learned from his shabby, ill-fitting suit of bluo serge, and from the un - braided cheese -cutter cap on the adjacent chair, except that he was a seafarer of not very exalted rank, and I ticked hint oil' as the engin:air or mate of a tramp steamer. Racing ontst'ayed Mr. Matthew Dlayliolrl by some fire minutes, he slouched 1u.av- ily through the further doors and ctisappearecl. By the time I haat finished my refreshment and paid the score it was fivo o -clock, and I made my way back to the Mole in the mope that, the master of tho Miranda had come aboard. The Bailors had knocked or work and were lounging in tate bows, whore they had been joined by a third assn, also an .ftaliwn, and, from his greasy, smoke-begrirn- ed clothes, probably the combined engineer and fireman of this curious- ly manned and much -worn "yacht." On this occasion my appearance at the gang -plank seemed to excite some interest amoog the crew, and almost before 1 sang out my wird of inquiry, "Cnpitano ?" one of them rose and shouted through a skylight, the others eyeing me strangely the while, The man's sum- mons mot with an answering heal from below, anct immediately a head wens protruded from the companion- hatch that caused ale tom:tining of a shook. 'rhe reason was this ; the head belonged to the rough -end - tumble individual whom I hssd seen half an hour before in the restauu•• ant tete-a-tete with Mayfield, "Cap'n Forrester ?" he sang out. "-Vas ; I ant. here by arrangement With Mr. Mayfield," I replied. Ile turned and put his head back into the companion -paten for two seconds, then mono right out on dock and invited ins to step aboard. "Yet, won't find no luxuries on this 'ore steam -yacht," he olden us I crossed the plank, "bust she's a devil to go." "You are Captain •I)icrv, T sup - 8 the Spri{g „Indigestion and Dyspeeela tho Nerves and Weak, • Watery Biro Natural flesult of' Exhausted od -Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Most people suffer more or loss from stomach weakness, indigestion and loss of appetite in the spring, but many do not realize that this condition of affairs is due to low vitality, poorness of the ,blood, and exhausted nerves. The digestive organs, like rho other ot'gane of the body, are entire- ly dependent on tho. nervous system for tem energy or power wttioh en- ables thein to perform their filne- tions, Without this the digestive fluids do not flow, the matador con- traction and motion of thO stomach st nn ch fe weak and irregurar, and conse- quently arise hndigestiots, headaches, diztty spells, sleeplessness and other ddsttmssing symptoms, Digestive tablets, pepsin, and such treatanests cab never do more than alfo'd temporary relief. By their continued use to effect digestion the mtisv:les of the stomtuli waste away for want of okercisc, the aat.dral di- gestive fluids Boase to flow, and tho aliment becomes chtemic and serious. Dr, Chase's 'Nowa Food cures ln- digos{ooh and dyspepsia pat as it Cures other ailments, by making the blood rich Maas craating new nerve lessee—the' vital pence Which nuns Ws l';tachltieryof tPit bodyt E1rs. M. A. Sharp. , $46• Dublin street, Peterborough, Ont., writes : "Por some years 1 was troubled with indigesetion, which developed into nervous dyspepsia, and besides suffering from nervousness, strange, dizzy spells would comp over are., i3'oa•ing' of the good results obtain- ed front Dr. Chase's Nor'vo Food, i decided to try it, After e, prettyl thoroughtest of this medicine no I can, say that I never used anything that; did me so much good. It seamed to bo the very treatment that I sectiod „ and as a result of its use I am r, quite iyeto ud 1;0' health By noting your increase M weight while using this 'great food euro you can prove that new, firm fresh and tissue Is being rodded to tho body.' The appetite is sharpened, digesMon and easimilatiois are improved, the: form rounds ort, the ruddy glo returns to the cheeks, and In even way there Is avidesce that tho sys- aem is being restored and built Dr. Chase's Neve Food, 50 cents a boa, 6 boxes foe $2,50, at all dealers, or lt'tdssianson, Bates 6s Co„ Toronto. To protect you against imitatioe the portrait and sigma. turn -of Dr, A. W. Chase, the fesmone receipt book author, tars oh every b113� Pose ?" I said, as ho roceive't with a rough handshake. "'That's me --likewise not touch look at, but a devil to go," w his reply. "You're prepared hand over the dlbs, 'cording to c tract ?" ,1 put the stipulated amount in grimy hand, and was proceeding ur ass a him that he should have other twenty pounds on landi provided 1 caught !,ght t he Queen uee r Night when he cut me short W tho remark that he made no aloe ing doubt about hooking the b ance • it was as good as in Pocket already, "And now, seeing as the Barg aboard, there's nothing to hinder getting under weigh," ho add You just amuse yourself while 1 tho needful, and when we're slots' port I'll shote you your bunk a the saloon," Going forward, ho shouted to crow In Italian, and when thoy we at their posts the mooring rope w cast off and we wore soon steam; across tho Bay towards the deck ing sun, Dicey himself steered fro the small erections, hardly to called a bridge, for'arci of the fu nel, and seating myself in the sae I paid critical attention to t steaming capacity of the vessel. T opinion T formed, as soon as were at "full speed ahead," w that the phrase "a good'un to go as applied to the Miranda was a d cicled misnomer. Ilei engines we better than might have been oxpoc ed from icer dilapidated appearanc but she certainly was not fast, su I began to grow anxious as to tl result of the attempt to head off m enemies. On other grounds, too, a feeling uneasiness stole over me, now th I had time to calmly consider t1 circumstances under which I foun nyself on this strange craft, I ha not been much smitten with D1 Matthew Mayfield's manners an appearance, and it incl only been ti services ho cause to render that r 'oneilecl mo to hire, My conflclen n hips had received a rude slsoc n his desire to avoid me at ti restaurant, and really, now that came to thick of it, had his accout of himself been correct, there woul save boon no reason for such avoi nee. He would, it everything ha been above hoard, have made som '-cuss for his chango of plans an nave come forward to introduce m o Dicey. Again, the Miranda and her cre poled up a wide Held of conjectus hat was not very reassuring. Th 'esscl might havo been used as •acht at some early stage in he sistory, but there was certainly no hing about her to show that .n ad been "in commission." lately he gave ase more the impression o superannuated steamer that ha een "laying up" for sales and tha he had been hurriedly prepared fo ea at short notice. The hands, too ith the exception of the skipper ero all Italians, which, to say th east of it, was an incongruity in as rnglish-owned yacht, and was. oocl deal more in accordance wit he theory that the boat had bee Med or purchased for a special pur ase. If so, what was that purpos ikely to be ? Was it possible tha fuyflelcl and Dicey were ensissa'ie f Vinard and 2itt'ertal, charge itis the duty of luring me into an ter trap 1 , Those unpleasant reflections wee nte•rnptod by the. approach of 0155 f their subjects, Wo were now wet car of the land, and the lights o le port, just beginning to twinkl tho fast -gathering twilight, would o soon left far behind. Dicey gave to helm to oso of the Hien, and anso lurching aft, a figure far more sgpestive of a waterside bully or ufcr than of a gentleman's sailing - aster•, "Not., Cap'n, maybe you'd like to o below for a bite and a sup," he sid. ".1'm on board wages, and so steward is on leave, so there's o steward is on leave, so there's o' table -sloths nor linger -glasses, 00 understand." T should rather think, there were o table -cloths and finger-glassos in se mouldy, evil -smelling den into hich he ushered ase, and probably ver had been. The cuddy was not ore than fifteen feet long, and the a'row, ladder -like stair ran straight own into it. A couple of cabins on then side blocked all source of day- ght except such as filtered through o dusty skylight, and now that ght was falling only the baro solation of. the place was visible. coy-kickod open the door of One of o cabins,. which, so far as I could was devoid of all furniture save bed -place and a bench. "There's your quarters," he sand.. Told on while I light the cuddy mp, so a5 you can stow your . . There was a certain tremor, not actly nervous, but rather• of gerness, in his voice that somehow t me on my guard against I knew t what, It was as though ho had n working up to a crisis Which s now at hand, and he wished to through with it. At least that s the way it took me in my sus- cions fraise of mind, and it had 0 effect of Making me follow him t of the cabin into the cuddy talo iso lit tho laiisp. I had already 'ietored an Intention to spend the gist on deck, for' tho narrow cabin, rely five feet across, was mach o nsuch of a cul -do -sae for a manowing under my apprehensionss to loft alone in, oven for a minute, UM got the feeling that 1 wanted see all that wont on on board e Miranda, and above all to bo dy, icey's stumpy, grime -stained fin- 's fumbled With a match -box, and on the swing -lamp over tho centre bio brake into is brilliant • glow at for tho moment dazalod silo, ling' as it did full across my Inco, en, While my eyes Wore still stave lig With the sudden glare, Dicta ppod quickly back from me, and a rely melodious voice from tho t'kness of the recess behind t11 st told Trio that Site crisis had in - ed coma., ' "So, Forrester, my friend," came the wellreinemisered tones, "the next time I promised you has arrived, you see—in spite of your clumsy ef- forts to postpone it. And then my eyes, grown accuse toned to the change of light, at last fastened on Vlzard standing not eight foot away, his pistol levelled straight ht a myheed, g t h a, }vhlle Dicey flattened himself against the wall to let the bullet pass. (To 33e Continued.) f "I hoar you go to Europe quite lrequontly. Do you enjoy the voy- ages across the ocean?" "No. Something always eomen up to mar my' pleasure," FACTS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. That Will Be New to Most Peo- ple—Figures of Interest. From Quebec to Yokohama, via North Bay and Port Simpson, the distance by way of the proposed new Grand Trunk Pacific will be 6,885 miles, as compared with 7,- 413 miles by tho present route, via Vancouver, from Montreal the now route proposes to shorten the dis- tance by 890 miles, The nnanufacturing population of Canada, as represented by 45 cities and towns of 4,000 or more, situat- ed along the G. T. 11.,, numbers 1,- 000,940, or 18.7 per cent. of the total population of the country. In Manitoba there are 41,002,240 acres of land, and in the Territories 3455,600,000, of which 298,002,240 is uninhabited. In British Columbia there are 300000,000 acres unoccu- pied. There are five-eighths as much land unoccupied in the Northwest as the total acreage of all the farms in the United States, which cover 811,- 200,000 acres. In tho Canadian west the extent of land uninhabited aggregates six and one-half tines as great an area as that covered by all Ontario. In Canada there are 18,887 miles of single track railway and 616 miles of second track. Sixteen per cent, of tate singto and 73 per cent. of the second track railway, representing respectively 3,157 and 408 utiles, is operated by the Grand Trunk. '(ho Canadian Pada operates 7,- 321 miles of single team and 36 miles of second track railway in Canada, or 39 and 5 per cent. re- spectively. The extent of Canadian railway operated by the Canadian Northern and Intercolonial respectively am- ounts to 1,514:8 and 1,302 miles. Two hundred and forty-four •en- gines are owned by all the railways in Canada, or an average of 12 per 100 miles, The respective' numbers of engines controlled by the railway companies of Canada are as follows ; nunnnnn of Canada are as follows: Cana- dian Pacidic, 745, or 10 per 100 miles; Grand Trunk, 705, or 22 per 100 miles; Canadian Northern, 47, or 1 per100 miles; Intercolonial, 280, or 21 per 100 miles. A total of 2,604 passenger, bag- gage and mail cars roll over the routes in Canada, staking an aver - ago of 1.3 cars to each 100 miles, The passenger cars of. the country are divided between the rival com- panies thusly: Grand Trunk, 720, or 23 per 100 miles; Canadian Pa- cific, 886, or 12 per 100 miles; Can- adian Northern and Inteecolonial, 31 and 351 each, being an average of 8 and 27 per elle. Canadian railways rejoice in the possession of 68,875 freight cars, which number Is said to average 865 cars per 100 miles, The freight cars of Canada aro divided thusly: Grand Trunk, 24,- 4aa, or 775 per 100 miles; Canadian Pariflo, 21,842, or 291 per 100 ladles; Canadian Northern and Inter - colonial, each 1,780 and 9,889, or 141 and 744 per 100 miles ;4 O TIff FRS RAPE AS A CATCH CROP. This forage crop has become so !mPor'lant as a Pasture crop for sheep and hogs that every farmer should try and have a small field o1 it, even though his swop area be limited. Jit order to do this it is best to esu rape us a catch crop, or teed it in commotion with spring grain crops, i!'or' dxamplo, by sowing three or lour pounds of Dwell Essex rape to the acre along with the out seed, the rape will come on after the oats have been Harvested and fur- nish plenty of grazing until freezing time, fur sheep or hogs. Some far- mers advise sowing the oats rather thin when rape is seeded, 'Tills is, however, not noeessury. Sow re- gularly two to two and one-half buallels of oat seed and three to four pounds of rape seed to the acre and you will get a first-class crop of oats and a large amount of green fot'ago from elle reps• Another method similar to this is to sow in the spring two to disco pounds of rape seed on Winter grain crops. Do this as soon the danger from freezing is over. Go over the Heid with a light harrow and a good stand of rape will be secured. This can be pastured in the stubblo a few weeks after tho grain crop has been removed. Another method of using rape as a catch crop is to sow it in a corn field just before the last cultivation. Seed at the rale of three to four pounds per acro anti go over with the cultivator and by the tine the corn is husked the rape will supply a great dual of forage. When the corn stands up well it is possible to turn sheep in the field before husk- ing time. They will find a lot of loose corn blades which they will consume. The rape will be eaten elf to the main steer, but pill grow out again anc furnish a lot of feed a little later in the season. As the rape crop can bo sown quite late it is often possible to have it follow an early crop of oats, rye or barley, if it is not desirable to sow It with these grains in the spring. As soon as the grain crop has been removed, plow or disk tho land at once, sow on the rape and cover it with an ordinary smoothing harrow, This method is practiced to some extent and is found quite satisfactory, al- though the majority of fu'rnr'iav find that seeding in grain crops is more economical. AVOID WASTE. Do you know that even appa'ently useless things have their -uses 1 'rise old tin cup and dippers make ideal grit boxes when nailed up (not to high) in the hots house, while the tin cup 'handle reversed makes a safe hook on which to Tsang a lantern in stable or hen house. And, by the way, never use any lantern around the stable ;meant the old safe non- explosive candle lantern of our fathers, and never snot/ it in the barnyard. The old horseshoes, rags, buses, etc., have a value at the rag shop. Tho old broken peach crates and berry boxes make fine kills -Mug: The broken cups and dishes, pound- ed up, mala fine poultry grit if not too fine or coarse. Old stumps make fine -wood if split up, and a pile of them to work at when in a bawl humor will cover a multitude of sins and save n'uch bad feeling. Telco it out on the stump 1Jlfo. Fine apple hooks can be made from stray pieces of iron strips. Old Cass that unsolder make fine shingles fdr patching a roof, being just as hig as a shingle ; and the lids make fine stoppers for that rat holo in the floor, Qf course you know enough to use all your ashes on the ground. Old tin pans, filled n'ith rich dist, remake tine flower bods, end your waste chicken feathers dried make fine cushions to roll about on, On my place not a scrap goes to waste that can be made of any use, for why lot it waste when it can be used to advantage ? We see so many barn and stable doors and window, shutters being banged about by the wind, breaking hinges and glass, when a strip of loather out frons an old boot top, with a hole cut inn 0 o and, nailed to the inside, with which to button it back, would save all the trouble. A handy way to protect y0ue hoes and mattocks from, the weather—if you have no tool telae—is to^near holsters of old strips of boot leather under rho calms of the corn house and barn hawhich to put.•thein when tiu'ouglirissing thous, 11A11N FI.L!ES. A write• in the Country Gentleman says he has known of three or four largo 'farms that suffered the loss of large beans. Each place in question s had from two to three flies, due- s the last winter, This fire, liko e others, .caused d the owner great s of property and set ono to look- s for the cause. My conclusions o that all the fires were caused by 'go barn storage of clove' hay. o last fir oxspeak of was on n oat dairy and clover farm, atui. at leaf rete to find tie same con - ions for the other farms. The old-hteluioncd method of curing clover hey is dangerous. Safety lies in long and thorough sweating in largo cocks while the clover is being cued, Spontaneous combustion is apt to occur 1f stun -tried clover hay is stored in great quantities, for where largo crops aro cut, many loads are put in quickly. I know of bust ono barn fire that could bo traced with any accuracy, and that was surely caused by lightning. All other' glasses can be cut young, air. cured and snowed away in Mega quantities without much if any doss- ..® _ ha ■ 7b revs to win. tbse tri Cbaee'a OiutmentleocerhDiin tin as o1 los Pyles d abs oto Duro for ea c b and lagan form of ftebing, in blImre abadpteed 11. suites- the mandtaotnronl frays i0hansi acid it. 9oetos• a• amenities in they think oftrees and ask your neigh• las bore what they think of la You can use a and r rh got esia moray hackie not oared, kilo a box, o, all dealers or nuArreom,De'rl¢e & Co.,Toranto, gr D Chase's Ointment th. tint A CYCLIST'S REVENGE. A French ex -racing cyclist named Constant has been spending his time puncturing tho tiros of bicycloe left outside the cafes. Sipco rletmna- ti.ssei spoilt his career as an athlete Ise told the police Ile could not bear the sight of a bleyclo. Tubbley (bashfully, aurid ronsoving Isis hat sjsasmorlically)—"Ts arise Trealmor fn ?" Maid—'Sghe is, but the 15 ottgagotl." Tubbley (Who set- tled things last nlglit)--" 1 know it-- I'M the younst MYiarr. Peet $wollan, Could Not 'Waft, "I have had Rheumatism for two years, principally in the legs, and the disease was aggravated by my work, which necessitated standing up all day, About( six weeks ago I was particularly badly affected; my legs and feet were swollen up so that I could hardly put hos m shoes on. I secured Ye incl Ya vial of Mdnyon s Rheumatism ' Cure, and it was wonderful the relief I ob- tained.. The swelling is all gone, and I have not suffered a hit since; I am cured." -J, B. Robinson, 55 Clarence street, Ottawa. Your druggist 15111 recommend Munyon's Rheumatism cure; sok bin about It. Only 10 a vial, fel t—f sweating condition, this class of Tray would got pretty hot. I believe it largo mow of clover can be stored in a eoirditlon to ignite by jar or sudden draft six months after storage, and now I feel confident that all barn Ares of which I have had knowledge and for which no cause could bo given were clover hay fires. A good farm well farmed is subject to this class of trouble, while the opposite con- ditions are not. People are apt to wag their heads when these large tarn Ares occur, although investiga- tion would develop the fact that the owners had suffered great loss. My point is to warn against careless clover haying and not to assist to fight the insurance people. RI31STORING PASTURE, Divide the field into three strips the longest way, tviticb saves time in browing and tilling, anti have a three years' rotation. Early in the spring put on one strip a good coat of manure with manure spreader, then plow and fit it for planting corn and seeddown with grass early the following spring. Use 12 to 15 Pounds clover seed and one ortwo quarts timothy seed per acre, to fill in around tho stools of clover, ' I get two crops the same year, and succeed better than when seeding with oats, writes Dlr. M. W. Sher- wood. If weeds start, when they are 6 or 8 inches high, run the mower over it, giving the clover a chance. Whether the grass is wanted for feed or to sell, in either case sow the clover the first year to Improve the land, as the clover will bring -humus and nitrogen into tho soil. Cut the grass from one to three year's, then plow under the clover sod and re- seed if it is to bo kept in grass and not raise crops. Thorough tillage is very important. Start the harrow as soon as possriile after plowing to retain the moisture, NEW AND STRANGE. Some of the Latest Inventions and Discoveries. The latest notion for increasing the wool composing the sheep's fleece, is to give the animal half an ounce of salt a day. At least, such is the opinion of ass Australian sheep farmer. A now safety lamp for miners is made of a stout glass bottle coated Inside with saltpetre and gelatine. After a while, the microbes in the gelatine give off a brilliant light, Mach will last for a fortnight with- out waning, Blade smoke is now turned into gas for running gas engines in Bel- gium; the smoke is mads to pass through a heating device :ailed with petroleums, thus produping the spe- cial gas, which has proved very eco- nomical in the engines. Shaving lather is a protective against microbes. When you cut yourself the germs get into the little wound and set up inflammation, but if you cut your taco during the oper- ation of shaving, the soap gets into the opening and protects the flesh. That is telly it heals so quickly. Gout, sued, and eggshells do not semis to have anything in common, but medical Experts say that gout is caused by a deposit of sand in tho organism, und that sand is deposited by glands similar to those in birds, which enables the feathered creatures to produces the shells for their eggs, Denting is now being recommended for destroying germs in tho body. Rapid revolutions aro fatal to mic- robes 1f maintained for a few min- utes, according to recent experi- ments, and dancing is exactly the for•ns of movement most effective in tho killing of our tiny enemies, As a result of repeated experi- ments, a French horticulturist as- serts that roses will grow bette' 'when placed near sunflowers there in any other position, Heliotrope and violets should be placed close to- gether in order to got the best re- sults from both, and the sante ap- plies to - pansies and carnations, which have great affinity for one an- other. The newest method of cleaning chisanevs is to burn a little zinc scrap iso the faro„occasionally; a very email quantity of eine is needed, and it is to bo used only when the chim- ney appears to bo getting clogged with soot. The vapor ,of tho zinc has a great n,tllnity for, carbon; it mixes with the soot, and forms a new chemical compound, part of which gore up and out, and part falls to bo swept up as ash, Patients are to b nursed e rn sed by ma- chiney, according to the inventor of a now contrivance. When tho pa- tient is suffering train it malady dur- ing which the temperature may rise to a at an dangerous point B p .Y rinse, a nurse has to bo in constant at- tendance. With tuts new' registering device, howerer, the doctor and nurse cast have more ieteiire. The register is fixed under tho patlobt's arm, and causes a boll to ring loud- ly when the temperature reaches the danger point, when the nurse 'hastens to the patient. TWO IRIS.MISDMS, Sir Doyle Itoche once Said a "Taut about posterity 1 What has pos. torlty done for tis 1" Another noted lt'ish min (Mr. Jeremiah 34r'Cartlty), presiding at tiro Hibernian.meeting in Ca'diff, reeontiy, )' Uiarked : "Wit Parc Only to look back a few weeks afl'e, l: Have stored It, aril when in hence fat 0 W'Vj11,1ft AG,J jJ; SECRET Statistics AND 25 IS .il. 11QOD AGE AT, WI3ICTd TO STICK. Statistics Prove That a GYoa Nally Do ,Not Paes That. Period. Is it necessary forlemmas hor age? A variety of opinions ox 1st regarding thio delicate subject, "I don't think there is a vortical/ of necessity for a woman's telling her age," says ono woman, adding, "but 1t is equally useless for her nut to tell it. There is always some ono who knows it, and, there- fore, if you attempt to prevaricate you aro certain: to be foupd out.." This is quite true. it never fails that just at the point when ' you have cleared awry all difficulties and convinced everybody that you are quite young, some dear, good-natur- ed friend is sure to pop up and say: "Wkhy, yes, such and such a thing happened when I was twenty, and you were then just three years older than I." So what is the use of keeping' the truth back? You might as well sub- mit to tho inevitable and confess the exact nttm))er of years you have been on this earth. Thera is no reason, however, why a woman should go on the housetop and proclaim to tho world that she is 50 and glad of it. Don't do it, anis don't think you aro old. No one noisadays is old. It is unfaslt- iorr ale, The favorite sticking ago for a woman is 25. Tisis is proved by the fact that the number of women re- turning themselves as between Al. and 25 is far larger than the num- ber of girls returned ten years be- fore as between 10 and 15. The for- mer must naturally be the survivors of the latter. Hero is a little mys• - tery of which the solutionmust be found in the intricate mazes of a woman's vanity. "Just 25," Tiro present I{ing of Englund, when Prince of Wales,, once asked a pretty • woman hor age. She replied: Five years later he met her again and asked the same question, "Just 215," she again replied, Tho Prince smiled, and said: "Five years ago you made the same answer." "Ala! Your Highness," was the rejoinder, "surely you don't think I ant a woman who says one thing to- day and another thing to -morrow I" She was quite righht. Twenty-five is a very proper age at which to re- main, There is no reason why a woman should be obliged to tell her age in court. If she is wise, she will not. "And what Is your age, madam?" was the attorney's question, "My own," she answered prompt- ly. "I understand that, madam; I mean how old are you?" "I am not old, sir," with iudigna- t' tion, "I beg your pardon, madam, 1 mean how many years have you passed!" "None, the years have passed me," "Now many of them have passed you?" "All; I have never heard of their stopping." "Madam, you mast, answer my question; I want, to know your age," "I don't know that the acquaint- ance is desired by tho other side." ".I don't ecu why you insist upon refusing to answer my question," said the attorney, coaxingly. "I am sure I would tell you how old I was if I were asketl, "lint nobody would ask you, for everybody knows you are old enough to know better than to be asking a woman her ago." And the attorney passed on to the next question. The objection made by women to letting their age bo known is not approved by the ladies of Japan, who actually display their cycle of years by the way in Which they arrange their hair. Girls from 9 to 15 wear their hair interlaced with red crepe in a semi- circle around the head, the forehead being loft free with a curl at each side. From rho ages of 15 to 80 the hair is gathered up at the back in the shape of a butterfly or fan, with twistings of silver cord, and perhaps a decoration of colored bails. Beyond the milestone of 30, a wo- man twists her hair around a shell pin, placed horizontally at the back of the head. Quito differently, again, a widow arranges her coif- fure: and the initiatedn a able o to tell at a glance whether or not she desires to marry again. L11"Ii'S SUNNY SIDE, Cultivate optimism. It pays, even if it leads occasionally to diose errors of judgment that is clu•onical-' ly'sanguino temperament is sure to promote. Don't be auspicious,. Don't eternally question people or motives, Affect 'confidence is lea mean nature even if you can't feel it, because eventually affectation 01 this sort becomes the real tiling. Optimism grows by what it feeds on, which is a trite aphorism, but one that always •s bears res titi n e n It t ' will not grow In tho minds of seen and women who qualify their appre- cias.tlers of other folks with "buts," who always look for files in the Rus- her, L ther' r bol' , specks s o t mi r o, or flatus . in the diamond, who believe that nen aro good oily in the proportion to they lack the opportunity to be had. "Wbo flies his eyes on the gutter ,will see filth," is rho Eng lish pa sl of a equivalent Sp ni n pro- verb, The man who looks for evil In other mon will find it with little effort and with less profit. There- fore, leak for the geed. Bo optlnt- istle, The poeslhsist Is a comnta2 nuisance, lattgistratse••-""roti deny ,tsessisten1- iy that you ane pitted the lou,, and ;trotthe description site ,you essattly-•- a beautiful face, yotttlsgui appoal'aisce, irreQp Utile feet, Woiltani »:.',i'ed sit —'t'Fstow ttiti;a! L6 I iifias of all