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CHAPTER, XXII,
Not for long was 1 to level ht the
luxury of feeling that treacherous
fiend`s life ebbing under the pressure
of my thumbs, Aiotntyro's rough
grasp fell upon my shoulder, while
the two attendant seamen flung
themselves upon me and dragged nue
away, As I was hustled to the eeiu-
panion-stairs Kennard appeared,
coming hurriedly from the saloon.
"For God's sake, speak a word to
him, General Waldo," appealed Mc-
Intyre, "mayhap it will quiet him,
Tho poor young lady has passed
away, and it has clean lifted hie
senses, He has nearly killed the
doctor,"
But all tho "word" 1 got from
Kennard as 110 brushed by us toward
• the state -room where Zavertal was
picking Walsall up was the whisper:
.Don't be a fool, you will spoil
everything!"
Heaven knows, now that the mad
delight of choking Zavertal was de-
nied, there was no need to quiet me,
They lod mo back to the cabin on
sleek half-dazod with grief, and
thrust me in, McIntyre showing by
hid dejected manner that ho sorely
repented the rash ldndness which
had provoked such a scene. He had
probably had a taste of his medical
officer's quality already, and dread-
ed the consequences of his having
taken me below—too late—for a last
word with my dying love.
How ling I remained in that
street= state I know not, but as
my numbed brain cleared, tho brief
sentence "(unread had spoken was
still ringing in my ear's, and to my
calmer judgment it began to present
vague possibilities of hope. True,
I wits in the position of one who
clutches at straws, but there tho
straw was, all the same. "Don't be
a fool,"..ire had said, "you will spoil
everything." Despite his calling.
Keunard was a kindly and sympa-
thetic man, and thesewere hardly
the words he would have used to
one so bitterly bereaved if ho had
known that Aline was dead. It
would, indeed, have been the height
of selfish egotism to describe his
eagerly -desired detection of the crim-
inals as "everything," When their
crime had robbed him whom be was
addressing of more than all. Again,
if ho had known that she was dead,
surely the time would have comp for
accusation and denouncement, but
in place of that ho seemed as keen
on preserving secrecy as ever.
On the other ]rand, to discount my
vague hope, there was the fact that
he could not possibly know that she
was not dead. He was coming from
the saloon dinner -table, whence his
watchfulness must have prompted
him to follow Zavertal on the lat-
te's being summoned to his patient;
and he could not therefore be euro
that seine laxity on Mrs.Binkworth's
part had not yielded - an opening
to the enemy in the interval since ho
last held communication with her.
Then, too, there was the doctor's
pronouncement that the death was
unmistakable, and Mrs, Brinkworth's
frantic grief.
So, as soon as the clouds had lift-
ed, they began to lower again, and
I longed eagerly for the coming of
Kennard, who alone could solve the
mystery. Loolcing at ray watch I
found that 11was close on elevon
o'clock, and I wondered that he had
not been before. He must havo
known my need of him, and yet here
was the time when the passengers re-
tired of their berths at hand, and
he had given no sign. from the
sailors who had me in charge I
could gather nothing, for they ob-1
stinately refused to speak,
It must havo been half an hour
after the hush on duck had told
that the passengers had retired for
the night, that the door was gently ,
opened and Kennard stole into the
cabin. I had not beon trusted with'
a lamp, lest in madness I should sot
fire to the ship, but a ray from the
electric arc outside falling on his
taco showed that oven his steadfast
nerves were strung to highest ten-
sion, Ho came close, and, drawing
me up to the light, read the agony
I had been enduring in my sunken
cheeks and heavy -lidded eyes.
"Ball! and is it as bad as that?"
he murmured. 4'11111y, man, you nev-
er give a fellow rrodit for anything.
So you really thought—eh?"
"And. It isnot sol" I cried, al-
most beside myself with tho reaction
that 1 felt was coming.
"You ought to have known that 1
could not be more explicit then," he
replied. "I should not havo spoken
roughly to you if you had had real
cause for grief. I could not get to
you before, because for us to be in
con uuuication might have given the
Whole thing away; but if 1 could
have foreseen that good-hearted idiot
liltIniyre's move, I should have
found means to warn you somehow,
As it was, I had taken careful steps
to prevent your being troubled with
batt news til, I had told you the
programme. Zavertal and Vizard
are closeted together in the latter's
cabin below, but 1t is well to pre-
serve caution to the end. Listen"
—and he whispered in my ear half a
dozen short, crisp sentences that
nearly sent me mad with Joy.
"It is to bo performed outside here
at midnights—an arrangement promp-
ted by gratuitous malice for the
purpose of harrowing you and
snatching a paltry revenge," he con-
cluded. "And now I must be off to
see that there is no hitch. Vizard,
of course, will have nb reason to be
present, but ho is nearly sure to
make .an excuse for being on deck at
the time, if only for the pleasure of
gloating over you. I am ready for
hire either way."
He left the cabin as quietly as
the entered, and looking at my watch.
1 saw that it wanted ten minutes of
midnight. Half the time had elaps-
ed when I heard a whispered con-
clave outside. Directly it ceased,
ono of my guards put his head in at
the door and said,—
"Begging your pardon, sir, for the
mistake that's been made, and for
Our part in it,but it is Mr. McIn-
tyre's orders that the door is un-
locked and you free to leave when it
suits. Meantime, me and my mate
is to remain—seemingly on guard."
"Bight you are, my man." I re-
plied; "least said soonest mended.
I'll stay here for the present,"
He went out, closing but not lock-
ing the door, and I stationed my-
self so as to coumraltd a view of
the deck through the window. The
night was dead calm, and there was
110 motion on the ship exempt the
vibration of the engines. At last
the silence was broken by the clang-
ing .,f Dight bells for midnight,
Hardie had the last stroke died
away when the sound of footsteps
coming from aft reached me, and
peering closer Yet 1 saw McIntyre
walking slowly at the head of a lit-
tle procession, which halted and
ranged up at the ship's side oppo-
site 111y cabin.
There was no doubt about the na-
turo of the ceremony that was to
be performed. Immediately behind
McIntyre, who led by virtue of his
position as acting captain., calve
four sturdy sailors carrying a coffin,
that for obvious reasons was evi-
dently heavily weighted. In its rear
followed Zavertal and Mrs, Brink-
worth, while alter a little interval
Vizard strolled up, as if attracted to
tho scene by chance, and took up a
position whence he could see my
window as well as the business in
hand.
At a motion from McIntyre the
sailors put the coffin clown close to.
the side, and drawing back a little,
appeared to wait respectfully for
Mclntryro to commence reading the
service. The two men who had
been guarding my door also loung-
ed forward aL little, the effect of
the grouping, which was carried out
in the most natural manner, being
that both Zavertal and Vizard,
though standing apart, has each
three or four seamen in their im-
mediate vicinity.
In the orciurary course everything
would have been ready for com-
VeInT at/
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Jinn Dumps was father of a lass
Who, by her brightness, led her
class.
The teacher asked Miss
Dumps the question :
"How can you best assist
digestion?"
"8y eating 'Force."' When
told to him,
This story tickled "Sunny Jim,"
igL
Tho llcadyto-Scrve Carson
the A -B -C
of good hea the
•
Hoy 11, and Healthy.
!ar d v
"My little boy Nee very sick and would
nottabo s)Sy nourishment, I get a package
ot'Porde and fed him on it, nee am'oiea ed
to sa,J b is thriving, hili new pill him be.
side a be' of hie e, as h0 is big and
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ref aa. , Ali t� li cos
re i pS; M�Ma, 1l
"Nits; J, Mensal' Kszna;f'
,0
tnendtii5, *1, but Metntryo hesitated,
turning over the loaves of his Pray-
er -book (Le though he hada dlteculty
Inred i
fin Ing h a plaao. This is not
at all an unusual occurrence with
tL captain called on to read the
burial service, but McIntyre was
shooting glances in the direction of
the companion -stairs, They escap-
ed the notice of the =Duellers,
whose heads were decorously bent;.
but 1, watching every novo, saw
them quite plainly, and burned with
feverish antic:Metien.
At last a quick flash passed over
tho Scotrhznan's face, and he drop-
ped itis book with a bring on the
coffin -lid. knowing what was to
happen at that signal, I gazed from
Vizard. to Zavertal and batik again,
not to lose a fraction of the ven-
geance which they had thought to
wreak 011 me, but which, after all
those tortuous windings, was now to
be turned against themselves, The
coflln-lid was raised. with a jerk, and
out sprang young Lord Darranmoro,
his face aglow with excitement and
boyish impudence.
"'You've got the wrong one, Doc-
tor, and not dead either," he piped
in his shrill boyish treble, pointing
at
Zavertal, while the sailors edged
up closer, "So nice of you to
change the turns and give a poor
boy a chance. You had better have
stuck to the programme, and settled
Darranmore on the run from Italy
to Alexandria, est?" And he kept
on vociferating till I stopped quiet-
ly out of the cabin, when oven Ms
exuberance yielded . to the coming
climax.
At the.. first sight of the little
Earl, Zavertal's broad face had
broken out into beads of perspire -
tion; and Vizard, scowling defiance
at me, now muttered a startled
oath heard by ai1. Tho suddenness
of the grim jest sprung upon therm
had, as was intended, caused them
to "give themselves away" in the
presence of witnesses, but their cup
was not yet full. As I advanced to
join the group on one side, from
the other came the sound of 1Con-
need's natural voice, and all oyes
were turned that way to see the
American detective, stripped of all
disguise, coming from the compan-
ion -house with Aline on his arm. At
the sight, Zavertal folded his arms
and groaned as one who admits
that hope is gone.
At the same moment McIntyre
touched his cap to me and said,
"You aro in charge again, sir,
Thank God, my part is done."
I merely nodded, for I was watch-
ing Vicard narrowly, guessing that
11e Was made of sterner stuff than
his fellow -criminal, and now a i ii-
tive motion of his hands caused mo
to act promptly.
"Seize that man," I cried to tho
sailors behind him, and so well
drilled had they been by Kennard
and McIntyre in the part they had
to play that six brawny arnis were
round the villain before he could
get to his pistol. Simultaneously
the other sailors took possession of
Zvortal's portly form, and the cap-
ture was complete.
At a gesture from Kennard Mrs.
BrInlcworth joined Aline, and to-
gether the two ladies left the deck
—glad enough, as they told mo af-
terwards, to be released from the
glare of Vizard's burning eye. IIo
made no attempt to struggle with
his captors or to utter speech, but
his silence, aided by that snake -like
glitter, was more terrible than
words.
"So," said Kennard, coming in•
front of hum, "my "European trip
has led to business. I had hard of
tho Rech Heart and Black Arrow—as
who of the inner circle of. my trade
has not?—but I never thought that
a six months' holiday was to lead
to the breaking of the gang and the
arrest of its chief. I have to thank
the taint of an old scent, tett by
your friend Zavertal there, for the
lucky chance. You made a false_
step, 131r. Vizard—to call you by
your last known name—when you
allied yourself with a gentleman of
such a nototious record,"
It will be remembered that Vizard
had never seen Kennard in his own
character, and he had excellent rea-
sorne for not suspecting his identity,
The stranger's taunt stung hiui into
curiosity. "Who is this follow?"
ha ground out between his clenched
teeth, shooting a furious glance at
his trembling collcaugue.
"It is Kennard; you must havo
made a mistake," the wretch re-
plied.
"Then I havo met my match; We
are fairly beaten," was Vizard's
comment, murmured in tones that
had changed to the quiet chagrin of
a beaten man; and when at the same
moment I signed to the seamen to
take the prisoners to rho plane that
had been prepared for them, ho gave
no troublo.
1 shall always believe that, this
sudden submission was only a ruse
of his subtle brain, working towards
some fresh scheme for revenge, lib-
erty, or both; but if so, ho was
Moved by a short-lived hope, The
procession had taken only about
half a dozen steps. when the wild
figure of a man, barefoot, and with
nothing on but trousers and shirt,
rushed from some lair where he had
lain Concealed, and stabbed Vizard
again . and again, all helpless as ho
was in the grasp of his guards,
Kennard, McIntyre, and I, sprang
forward aridseized the absailant, to
find that ho Was Dicey—tile skipper
of tho Miranda—rolapsed into sav-
ing delirium. .
Wo handed him over to the men
of the watch • who crowded round,
as quiet as a lamb now that his
Purpose was gained, and exulting
that 11e had "got square" o1 the
man who had tainted hien with fair
promises, then shot him, and after -
1 r
wards abandoned him in the doom-
ed
tlalri-
cd veesot,
"Any ono of 111e wounds would
havo been fatal," pronounced Ken-
nard, rising feoin an examination of
1h0 groat crimi
nas dead end
Y. "Be-
hove zno, I am not spiteful When I
express the Nish that that miserable
tool of bis could have permitted me
the lnxur of why him hanged."
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DISEASE Ole APPLE ROOTS.
While e oxaniniug nurseries for
crown gall Prof, 1`, 0, Stewart of
ince Now York State Experiment
Statism came across a trouble of ap-
ple trees which !nurserymen call
''hairy root," Affected trees have
few, if any, largo branch. roots, The
root aysionl consists of a nllultlbnude
of very small roots Which spring In.
rosettes from the somewhat thicken-
ed plain root, giving it a'Seelty or
hnhy appearance. Affected trees are
worthless for planting.
Oso nurseryman told Prof, Stew-
art that he has known this trouble
for 50 years; another hes known it
for 40 yours; and it appears that
many nurserymen aro more or less
acquaintod with it. Yet wo do not
know of any published account of
such an apple disease other than
that given by Prof. Stewart, who
says: "While specimens of it acro
occasionally found in the majority
of the nurseries of Western New
York, we have not heard of any nur-
sery where it is su.fllcientty abunrlunt
to cause appreciable lose, Perhaps
ono treo in each 500 may bo affected
with hairy root. Nurseryman aro
pretty generally agreed that the dis-
ease shows Itself an the seedlings
and is much more coalmen among
western grown seedlings than among
home-grown ones. The affected seed-
lings aro usually rejected at the
grafting branch, but some aro pass-
ed only to be discarded later when
the trees are dug for the market."
A tree affected with hairy root
May at the same time suffer front at-
tacks of woolly aphis or crown gall
or both, but in the majority of cases
noitbor of the latter two diseases is
present, showing that the hairy root
is a distinct disease. Some think
it a consequence of grafting, but
this cannot be tree, because it oc-
curs on budded trees as well as on
grafted ones. Seine believe that it
is more common on light soils, while
others say that the character of the
soil makes no difference. 1t scorns
Oo bo confined to the apple. The
cause is unknown. Nurserymen
should be one the lookout for it.
TO OFFSET DROUTH,.
While the general practice is to cul-
tivate merely to kill woods, the
most progressive farmers are mak-
ing use of frequent enitivation to
conserve moisture. There is snore
or less moisture at all times in the
subsoil, and it is hero that the
plants get enough water to carry on
growth thn'ough the summer. This
water is brought to the surface
through what is known as capillary
attraction. Tho capillary tubes, as
they are cominlonly called, conduct
the water to the surface, and what
is not used by the plants, is thus
lost by evaporation.
The object in intensive cultivation
is to breakoff, as it were, these ca.
pillary tubes near the surface, so
that the water will be prevented
from evaporating. In a short time,
however, now tubes are formed and
evaporation continues, but if culti-
vation is frequent, evaporation is
kept in check and the plants use
most of the water brought from be-
low, Anyone who has jilted a
board, a stone, or a pile of rubbish
during a dry porio`d is impressed
with the moisture which has accum-
ulated beneath it. The same condi-
tion will bo found in a field fre-
cijuently cultivated. The surface
soil is made a mulch, which holds
the nroistu.ro beneath it.
During a very dry season which
prevailed a few years ago, Roland
11llorrill, tho wail -known peach grow-
er of Michigan, kept cultivators and
harrows going through his orch-
ards every day for a period of sev-
eral weeks. Although the dust flew
in clouds, he conserved the moisture
far tho trees, and the result was a
erop of fruit which sold for several
hundred • dollars per acre, whereas
his neighbors in adjoining orchards,
who did not cultivate, obtained
practically leo crop at all.
Cultivators, harrows or weeders
sb;ould be made to work shallow,
not o'vor two inches deep. If hood
crops aro cultivated two or three
theses a week, fair returns may bo
expected oven in such a dry season
as this. It is essential that cultiva-
tion be given immediately after a
rain or slr,owor, in odder to conserve
all the moisture .passible, and to
prevent its evaporation, which takes
place very quickly at such a time.
WATER ON TWD BRAIN.
This disease has received several
names such as sturdy, gid, goggles,
giddiness, etc. It is a common dis-
order in sheep, and destroys thou-
sands every year. As the parasite
develops there is an accumulation
of fluid in the cyst, or blind pauoh.
In fact, taro parasite floats in it.
The animal is dull, and its move.
moats . are performed iu a listless,
imperfect, cord semi-eonsoious Map,
nor. As the disease progresses the
symli''tores become more aggravated.
There is loss of appetite anid some-
times blindness, the result of pres-
aut•e on rho' optic nerve. R. may ef-
fect one or both oyes. Tho peculiar
Movements of the head of affected
sdteop vary according to the position
of the parasite, Tho head may bo
drawn to ono side and rotary Move-
ment toward that MO gredldally
sets in. At first it only interferes
with proper grazing, but soon it
becomes constant, and may continuo
until the animal falls over. In
some cases the animal may be abho
to got up again, but it goes
through, the same monotonous moves
nen until at last it dies Mein e-vr
metre
llantstion.
Treetinent is only of service when
the parasite causes an elevation of
the skull, indicating brat it is cit
the 8urfaco of the '.Train. Fol for
the spot and puncture it. The best
instrument for tide per
poxo 15
a
mn.all tro[zhine, Remove a small
pisco of the skull, puncture the cyot,
and usually the pa/melte will 05000
with the flul'd. Thon wash the part
with a solution made by m'Ixing one
part of carbolic acid to 50 of soft
water, and put on a pitch plaster.
If the maned is weak, give live
grains quinine' and a tablespoonful
of whisko et a dose three tulles a
day in e little water. If the animal
will not eat, beat up two eggs, mix
in a half pint of milk, and give at
once, 1o
att is soveree times
a
clay, 13o $ure to destroy st 3
ao+
idle para-
site that escapes with tile fluid,
IsFeeD FOR YOUNG CHICKS,
!Eggs hatch with bottet1 roseate if
hens are sot in an old cellar or In a
building tibat has 010 ground for a
floor. To prevent the setters from
getting lousy, Hosts should be woll
sprinkled with insect powder before
putting ]31 the eggs•
!Men chicles aro fou' or Clive leciuxs
Old, give a little uioist dough mixed
with a finely dlropped yolk of an egg
that has been boiled 20 minutes.
For every -day feed mix dough in tho
Morning for their suppa', and at
night for their brenlicfast, This
gives it ample time to swell so there
will be no danger of them getting
crop -bound. Clore table scraps at
noon. When a month olcl give
dough in the morning and cracked
emit at croon and night. When
rowdy to fat for market give boiled
rico once a clay.
THE WIFE'S STRATAG
The other evening, as a muscular
person was passing a house, a lady
who stood at the Kato called out to
him, "Sir, I appeal to you for pr•o-
10ctiOn!"
"What's the natter?" ho asked, as
he stopped short,
"There's a man in the (rouse, and
he wouldn't go out of doors when I
ordered hirer to."
"Ile wouldn't, elr? We'lI see
about drat." Thereupon the man
gave the woman his coat to hold
and sailed into the house. He found
a man at the supper -table, and took
him by the neck and remarked,
"Nice style of brute ,yell are, oh?
Come out of this, or I'll break every
bone in your body."
The man fought, and it was not
until a chair had boon broken and
the table upset that he was hauled
out of doors by the legs and given
a fling through the gates.
"Now, then, you brass -faced old
tramp, you clove on, or I'll finish
you,"
"Tramp) Tramp!" shouted the
victim, as he got up. "I'm no
tramp! I own this property and
live in this house!"'
"You do?"
"Yes, and that's my wife holding
your coat."
"Thunder!" whispered the muscu-
lar man, as he gazed front one to
the other, and realized that it was
the wife's method of finishing a row
she had been having with her husb-
and. And then ho made a grab for
his coat and disappeared Into the
darkness.
DFL A. VV. CHASE'S
Q�
CATARRH CURE GC.
Is sent direct to the diseased
parts by the Improved Blower.
Heats the ulcers, clears the air
passages, stops droppings In the
throat and ppeermanantly euros
Catarrh and Hay Fever. Blower
free. All dealers, or Dr, A. W. Chase
Medicine Co., Toronto and Betide,.
A STEAMER'S MAIL MATTER,
It was a colossal amount of mail
matter that the Teutonic took into
port at New York on a recent voy-
age. There were 527,270 letters
alone. Allowing 5 in. as the aver-
age length of each envelope, this col-
lection would melte a single string
end to end of 210,695 ft., or more
than forty miles. Tho 870 bags of
second-class mail matter would make
a column exactly 870 ft, high,. al-
lowing one foot as the thicicness of
each bag. This enormous mass was
transferred from the steamer to the
mail -boat by twenty men in just
thirty minutes.
"The longer I live," sighed the
sago, "and the more I learn, the
.more firmly atm I convinced that I
know absolutely nothing!" "I could
have told you that twenty-five years
ago," said his wife, "but I know it
would be of no uso,"
Mrs. Proudlnan•—"Our• Willie got
'meritorious commendation' at
sphool last week." Mrs. O'Bu11—
"Well, well! Ain't it awful the
number of strange diseases that's
ketched by school children?"
THE KING'S QUEER CLAIMS
ALL STRAY 'TRAY ANIMALS ARE HIS
13 SRQ'UISITES,
Ile Is Entitled to the Rope With
Whiell Every Prisoner Is
Hung,
If
you happen to bo wandering
about without any visible moans of
support it may interest ,you to
!snow that you are legally the pro-
perty of King Edward, When so
doing you come under the heading
of waifs and strays, which from
mediaeval times have been the laro-
p0rty-of the.reigning Sovereign, wbo
Dan, .f he so desires, compel such in-
dividuls to labor on his estates
without any remuneration whatso-
ever, In the same way all stray
animals, from horses down to own-
erless cats, are perquisites of the
King if he likes to claim them, says
London Tit -flits,
King Edward could speeclily form
a collection of criminal relics which
would be without cc[ur11 in this aeon -
fay if Ino had any ieclination in this
direction. Lie is entitled to the
rope with which every prisoner sent-
enced to capital punishment is hung,
for in the oldenclays it was custom-
ary for the Sovereign to employ a
chief hangman, and owing to the
high price of hemp the saute rope
was used over and over again, it
having been provided in the first
place by the head of tho realm, The
King' can likewise demand the entire
Property of an executed crimOnal,
but this perquisite has not been
claimed since the time of George
IT.
Should you, while fishing round
the coast, chance to land a whale
you must bear in mind that it be-
longs to tho piing; for whales are
Royal fish, and the King can clamp
the heats and his Consort the body.
George III. is reputed to have made
31,500 by the sale of whales cap-
tured found the cof$tl)a in one year
of his reign. In the same way the
Icing is ontitlod to all treasure
found within tho boundaries of his
kingdom; but tbo present Sovereign,
triton desiring any, has always paid
the finder full value.
It mtay net occur to you when you
carry away a bucket of sea water to
wash in that you aro committing -a
felony, but :etch is the case. All the
sea round the coast is the King's
property, and so is the shingle on th
shore.. Intending visitors to the
seaside this sum11100 need not quake,
however, for it is very rarely that
the King exercises his prerogative,
although he has just let eighty-four
acres of shore in the Isle of Man to
the town of Ramsey, at the absurd-
ly low rental of d;2 per annum.
Neither must you gather seoweod be-
lotw low water -mark, for it is also
the King's private property, and a
license is granted to all who wish to
do so at the rate of ls. per head per
annum..
Therowas a time when the Sove•-
o!gn was entitled to a tithe of all
the slcins of sur-boaring animals
trapped within his domain, this,
needless to add, being at a period
when the more valuable animals ex-
intcd here. Nevertheless, the law
has never been repealed, so King
Edward could, if he asserted his
rights, demand a certain number- of
the skins taken from the rabbits can-
tered on your estate every season,
and you would have no alternative
but to comply.
t
TOO PARTICULAR
"It does look like rain.
"I bog your pardon."
"I say it looks like rain."
"What does?"
"Tho weather."
"Tho weather, lay dear sir, is a
condition. Rain is water in the
act of falling from the ohouds. It
is impossible that they should look
alike."
"What I meant was that the sky
looked like rain."
"Equally impossible. The sky is
the blue vault above us the scorning
arch or demo that we mistakenly
call the heavens. It doesnot re-
somblo falling water in the least."
"Well, then, if ,you are so particu-
lar, it looks as if it would rain."
"As if what would rain?"
"The Weather, of coarse."
"The weather, as before stated, be-
ing a condition, cannot rain."
The clouds, then, con—" But
just then down the rain came, and
they parted in a flurry,
Mamma—"And who dwelt in the
garden of Edon, Freddie?" Freddie
—"Oh, I know; tho Adalnoses."
Heals Inflamed
[Whin
morcmi¢s
Skin'
Cures Eozema, Balt Rheum and Tottery Leaving the Skin Smooth,
'Soft and Natural. Dr. Chase's 0lntment.
'As a means of allaying inflamma-
tion, relieving the dreadful itching
add healing and oaring itohing skin
diseases, ulcers aped eruptions, we
behove that we can prove that Dr.
Chase's Ointment is the most potent
preparation that it is possible to ob-
tabu,
So .many extreme cases have boon
gt,red, so Much intense and continued
agony has been relieved, and such
a Meet of people have volunteered
their ovidenco in this reerted that we
challenge anyone to produce like en-
dorsement for any ointment or any
preparation which is recommended
for littc'h diseases.
!Or'. Olileso's Ointeee it coreeinly
stes1 s a10Ne, untelS,pras,.4 tic!. and tell
rlMahled as a healer of t e Kirin *d
osi' iv r
a o mire for r ft 1
p
4 kWh ci
n dl'-
dnc From iv
4s os �o o '`
ri i)i'� e�z flip,
front chilblains t4 !corp, -Leh wed
every fatal of itohing skin disep,ss
Nies been dared by this great obnt-
nt.
tdr 0, 111, go0annell, a pep{ 1n
Finery's 1Uoiali;dr_.y, Alter d*e.,
t , �,
caw �. I bi1l1o'ViY ticket 1 �r7 . ciz'd,da"m
Ointment is worth its weight in
gold. For about thirty years 1 Was
troubled with eczema, and could not
obtain any euro. I was so'unfortu-
irate as to halo blood poison, and
this developed into eczema, .the most
dheadful of skin diseases,
"I was so bad that I would get
up at night and scratch myself until
the florae was raw and flaming. The
torture T endured is ahuost beyond
doseriptiou, and now I cannot say
aayytlling too good for Dr, 0lutse's
Ofn1lmont, It has cured me and I
receive -lend it because I know there
is nothing 00 geod for itching skin.",
Dr. e3haso.a Olntnzotzt is (shown in,
OTm (e
veryy c
rfnpe
un
ity. Ask your, our
b1g14g„ Wput Tilero plonbbTY 'a11ted cumor dPo
wh ah tYou aq'ri iv state, filo elas
.
elxil(. thee
prepare .loin will stand
1
S1trqepti atiere bib Mints a ba>F, '&t all
dgalgz , or Illtfmiapsolt, Bates ds
Maroisl , To protect ,you against
fhiatal'eets, the portrait and.siga
n-
Huro of
D>•{ A, WChase, rho fan
101e receipt leogr11c n.1Iliot;•, ere on
ev.oele beet of his 16mer1ioa.
HOW TO COMBAT BROUGHT
seses
HINTS FOR TEE FAItILIES 071'
THIS COUNTRY.
Thousands of Dollars Could Bei
Saved by Irrigating in
Dry Seasons,
In respect to 'irrigating the On-
tario farmer could learnt meth from
the ranchers and fanners/ of 131111811
Columbia. Almost all the land in
that province h.as to bo watered be-
fore a clop can bo produced„ in
plenty of instances tho water has to
bo carried 0 mile or more by moans
of ditches and flumes. Dy sluice-
gates and smaller dltete8 tho water
is distributed to the different fields
and a crop is in this way always
assured, By a small outlay dozens
of :farms fn Central Ontario .could
be irrigated in day seasons, and
hundreds and thousands of dollars
wortleot crops saved from the burn-
ing sun.,
Without plenty of water tbo ma-
jor portion of tbo interior land in
Iiritisli Columbia would be worth
nothing. .Dvery stream nearly is
used for irrigation purposes. In Al-
berta there is a big scheme to turn
an art(' mete of millions of acres
into pro'ductive land, between Cal-
gary and Medicine Iiat,
CUT IT UP INTO FA1*MS.
The idea is to cut this laird up
into farms about the size of those
in Ontario. Exports havo inado
tests anti proved this land to bo
excellent for growing all sorts of
crops when there is rsu'illclent water
to keep the land moist.
A similar schema on a smeller
scale is being completed near Kam-
loops. Last summer a company
purohased all the land fit for culti-
vation in the North Thompson Riv-
er Valley, This land was hold by
ranchnren, who used It almost sole-
ly for grazing purposes as they had
no water to ren on it. After secur-
ing tho land the company set to
Wot'k and aro building a canal from
Jamieson Creek almost to Kam-
loops, a distance of seventeen miles.
On Jamieson Creek they have built
quite a large dam When the big
ditch is completed this neonn1h over
six thousand acres of laird will bo
placed on the market for sale. The
projectors 0xpreet to receive any-
where from 450 to 4100 an acro for
the laird, The idea is to sell it in
small lots for fruit -raising pur-
posos.
1t m1rst be remembered that the
Kamloops distrlot is the driest spot
in tho entire Dominion, Tia annual
rainfall at Kamloops is between ten
and eleven inches. Tho air is dry,
and, even after ]nigh water on the
meadow lands, only a few days are
necessary to dry rep the fields so
that the dust will bo flying.
GREAT FRUIT LAND.
Tho soil is capable of producing
the firmest of fruits raised in the tom-
perste zone. There aro a few or-
chards in the district, and in these
have boon grown apples, plaints,
pears, cherries, peaches and prunes
to compare with the best fruit from
California, Washington State and
Oregon. Those behind the big ir-
rigation schema expect tho district
to raise enough fruit to supply tho
demaands of the Northwest Terri-
tories aced Manitoba. They claim
that the British Columbia fruit is
superior to the fruit shipped by On-
tario to tho west, and they further
assort that the fruit seen be shipped
to tho Territories in bettor shape
than. from Ontario.
A prejudice has existed against
Ontario fruit for a Meg time. Deal-
ers in British Columbia claim that
the shippers of fruit from the ban-
ner province of tho Dominion do not
semi thea the really first-class ar-
ticle, but instead pack second and
oven third-class fruit and label it
first-class. "The` act passed by the
Dominion Government regarding the
!narking of fruit is a go.oti thing for
us," said a Kamloops merchant.
"Tllo time will soon bo hero when
we will be getting all' the fruit wo
want from this neighborhood and
not be compelled to buy fruit in tho
'pig and a poke' method, as is no-
ee1aaly when we nanidlo the' Ontario
fruit."
CAME FROM AUSTRALIA.
Recently quite a number of pros-
pective ranchers have gone to 13ri-
tish Columbia from tho Northwest
Territories to look over the province
with a view to going into business.
Ono party of Australians who lost
much by the drought in Australia,
acid decided to try A'lborte, ran lam,
the blizzard that district nXpe ton -
od a short time ago. Seeing 'elklee
loss occasioned by tho storm tl!oy
decided to find a milder climate sled
went to British Colombia. Thar
found all the lance around Kamloops
taken up and the party started eft
to see what the country was 11
further away from tho railway,
Ranching in British Columbia di(
fors fnom Alberta. In tho North.
West it is seldoan tho ranges ar
covered with snow, and as a result
tho cattle stay out on the prairie all
winter, In British Columbia the
mewl r has to have enough land to
be ablo to cut hay for his herd and
ho foods them during December, Jain-
nary a11d 1'ebrua;ry, and frequently a
month longer. Last winter ,sono
big rancher's in rho Nicola Vella
had big losses because of a short-
age in feed. They had te let many
oofn tthheirrcaanlgtelo adso. tthleto 5b(1e010 t.iwy cthrleed
foot deep; horses and cattle froze to
death b3' scolds,
Largo conpanics are snatching up
thousands of acres of grazing lands
throughout British Columbine . Tits
mountain land le geed for nothing
else save a rtnl for the cattle and •
lto'ses, and the Government leases
the land for twenty 'years at two
cents an acre,
Pr d
ad ,."i
(Hall I sing 'Thon. You'll,
Y
I1enlrmhm 1410'? 'Cthol—'No, :nod-
dy; I want to remember ,you as
kindly as possible:"
Colonization Agent SpeoS, in Isle
report, expresses the view that the
lettere of the Base colonists
nss
emote although au]y n1ou t 1100 of
rho orighnla! 1,81310 aro nettled in dire
plaao,