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The Brussels Post, 1903-7-23, Page 7tl ED T{ OMER s T . AN DEATH A RANSOMED LIFE Ql ®®6,^�•t9rJ1®F'1FD� ®08GlaritM361e` Wr3,r�0r9ea D�ttl®gl A g,'i8161T9 CHAPTER II. Vivian Ardel was full of laity, but mingled with his pity thorn was something of ililpittlunce, ()von of anger, at this We of misery, so easily averted, "What wanton lvcslr," he mused, "of the happy clays duo to her gold- en youth! --days never to be recalled or replaced. :low may I best re- deem from misery this young life that I have saved from deal h?" He paced the spacious 00001 rapid- ly, as was his wont wilco iu deep thought, pausing now and again abruptly to stare out with vacant eyes upotl the shining river, "What. can 1 do?" 7910 question repeated itself insisteuty again and again in his thoughts, finding no answer, "Mere comfort is easily managed. J. eau get her to a good school, of course, for a year or two. But, poor child, sou has been so • lonely! Her nature longs for love and sympathy, and she will droop and pine for lack of therm." "1Vhat can I do?" Thu question began again. Suddenly an answer carte Lo pini, and his face.- brightened in a mo- ment, "Yes," he said, "perfect for both. Eva, 1 know, will gladly consent. But whet will John think or say? Ile must be naked /list, of course. But then he is away on circuit at Liverpool. The delay is unfortunate; I will write to him at once," . 1 I sat down et hl writing -table, and 1118 pen flow over the vapor, but rho writing was like caprice -plate, One, two, three sheets were )'aptd1y filled in as many minutes, and the letter closet. Ile had written the moue on the envelope, ".Johan Treves'," and was adding the address when a knock 01111111 to the door. "001110 in!" 110 cried impatient ly, glancing back over his shoulder; then suddenly, with a cry of pleasure, ho Ieaped from his sent. A well-built man of about forty- fivo years of age, with strong, hon- est face, cleat -shaven, firm mouth, and shrewd, grey ayes, stood at tho door, "You come upon a wish, Trevor," Ardel said, heartily welcoming him. "How curiously those things happen! I was just writing to you; I hadn't flsnishod the address on the enve- lope." "May I read it?" Trevor asked gravely. "Itayl You moist read it at -once. It's something I am anxious about." There was a look of appeal in Ardol's face as tho shrewd eyes, well used to documents, ran rapidly over ' the letter, missing no word. Then the frank, grey eyes were raised to the anxious dark oneS with a look of kindly admiration. "Of course," said Trevor heartily. "I think I can answer for Eva as well as for myself. She wants just such a girl as you describe to hole her with the little ones—a girl who would bo a companion to her now that X am 310 much away, a friend, a younger sister some ono site could love. It's Eva's nature to love, as you know. But aro you quite sure of this girl's story, Ardel?" "Quito sure." "You learned it from.---" "The girl herself," "X don't understand, You write hero she is still unconscious." "Don't mind understanding then; best believe. Can't you trust mo?" "Of course I can,. and do; but I must say, for a sceptic, Ardel, ,you sometimes manifest a most generous faith." "You know my creed and practice: bo as happy as you can; male others us happy as you can: for youth and lira go by quickly, and never conte back. But there is no credit for faith hero, Trevor. I believe in the girl because I know." "And I take your word for her most willingly; so that's settled." "X hope Eva will bo pleased." "I know 5ho will bo delighted. Now It's my turn; I have a request to !take too." "I consent beforehand, whatever It Is," said Ardor, smiling. "A re- qneet from you Is a rarity." "11111(1, I hold you to your Word. You ditto with lrlva and myself at Lavelle to -morrow. 1-lavo you for- gotten that to-lnorrolo is your birth- day?" Vivian /luduh's face darkened om- inously. ";I have not forgotten it," he said; "I wish I could, I hate the thought," Ills earnestness startled his friend. "You, of all ishan, Ardcll" he cried; "whose lila is So full of happiness and sunshine. What other thoughts end memories than pleasant ones can birthdays have for you?" "It is because the rood is 310 pleasant, Trevor, that I state the milestones. It's because life is so happy that it hurts ole to bo remold- od slow much T have already spent— how little 1s left to spend. But don't ]mind mc; it's a relief to break out 11100 that. sometimes, Thee, the fit is oyer now. 1 should be delight- ed, of course, to spend the clay with you and Eva, but my girl—" "Flea will conte to town for her early. "That would be perfect. Era's face 1utr1 vine') will win her heart at once. But aro you sure she can come?" "Certain. She was coating in any case for London shopping, and to carry you oft by force, it my diplo- macy failed," Arch)] kept his friend for the even- ing, and they dined luxuriously of a dinner of the host's designing. Tre- vor enjoyed himself els the ordinary lean enjoys good wino and food; but he lacked the kern, appreciative pleasure of the other, whose every sense ministered to his delight. After (linnet' they sat sinking at the window, looking out on the moonlit river, on whose dim waters 1.111) boats moved hither• and thither, phantom -like, trailing black shadows. They smoked for a while in silence— the pleasant, restful silence of close comradeship. .Andel broke it first. "How did you get back so soon?" he asked, "Tho assizes are 1101 over." "No; but I had to leave. You re- member T. am engaged to defend the young swell Wickham, lvho is charg- ed with murdering Ms sweetheart. It's to be tried hero in London, but tee day is not yet fixed. I came back for that. They gave me an enormous foe in the ease, but no fee pays for the worry of hind." "I should think not; a life in your hands! a loan's life, rho ono Priceless, unpurchasable treasure, de- pendent on you to save or lose! 'Phis Wickham, T hear, is young, rich, and handsome, with all the enjoyments of the world before him:—or the grave. IL's a horrible responsibility, Tre- vor, Clan 'you get hon off? "1 cannot. say. The evidence is cfrcum:41an1.fel merely. 13u1 i never knew a chain so close and struug— ench link welded to the next," • "Is he Innocent?" ".1 cannot tell you that, either. I think he is. But I always believe my clent.s Innocent while I'm de- fending then. T couldo't put env whole heart into the defence if I didn't. But, in this case the general current of opinion is strongly the ether way." "Well, 'I hope sincerely that he will escape." "If he is innocent, you mean?" "Innocent or guilty, I slope he'll get. off.'." Trevor looked at him in surprise, for ha spoke very earnestly. "I. cannot understand you at all, Ardel,'' 110 said, et last. "I thought, of all men living, you valu- ed human life highest and most ab- horred murder." "So I do; I hate all murders. But X believe -I hate judicial murder most of ell, as the most deliberate and the most revolting. We cannot got back the life that -is lost. Why de- stroy another, with all its wonders, all its possibilities, for rho sake of a mere senseless vengeance? It is such blind savagery, such disgusting r adfu i Case of Ito in }Mies Beetor Wanted to Burn the Skin With a Red lint iron—Patient We/ Cured by DR. CHASE'S OINTMENT. Mr. Alex, McLean, Tarbot Vale, Lei.' 8,, writes'—"For two years X worked as sectionman on the Domin- ion Coal Company's Railroad be- tween Sydney and Glace Bay, N. S., and during that time was exposed to all sorts of weather. Gradually my health failed,. and- I bocamo a vie - tint of protruding piles. At first I did not know what nay ailment was, but consulted a doctor, and though he treated me for piles, they" only grow tyo050, "X was forced to give up work and return to my borne, My suffering could scarcely be described, I could not walk or 110 down, but while the reek of the family was stooping I would be groaning and aehing from the excruciating pains, , "Again I decided to consult a doc- tor, 'Phis one stripped 1110, and paid the piles would have to bo burned with a rod -hot iron. I shiv- ered at the thought of burning the flesh, and told hien 1 could not think of undergoing such an opera- tion, so 110 gave mo some salve, for Which he charged m0 two (Mere, Inn, it did Piot Pio rata any geed, "I WaS in a, desperate coedit -an, and had"nl;out given up hope of ever be' Mg freed from this dreadful .suffer. Ing when a friend told me about Dr. Chase's Ointment. He said. he had seen so many Cason that It had cured that he would pay for It him- solf if it failed to cure. "'My experience with Dr, Chase's Ointment is that the first applies• tion did mo more good than did the two doctors, and it has made mo as well and as free from piles as any Man. Since being cured X workod during the winter in the lumber hoods and experienced no return of my old trouble. X am not putting it too strong when I say that Dr. Chase's Ointment was Womb 31.00 a box to mo. You aro free to elle my teetimonla for the benefit of others, as I fool it my duty to make known this great ointment," Dr, Chase's Ointment, 60 cants a box, at all dealers, or ]1Idmhaateon, Batas and Co., Toronto. To protect ,you against imitations the portrait and 'signature of Dr, A. W. Ohaso, the famous receipt boo,, author, are on every box of bis rash' edlee, presumption, in man to ruln what he is so helpless to restore," "1 feel Just like that myself when J 1 15ro the I iris her In lir dock, lis ux face ashen grey mi] his ayes wild w1tlthe agony of fear, 9.11041 1 would give my own right hand to save 111111, innocent or guilty, But in1 (10o1er moments 1ny reason tells mo it Is well the Murderer shoal(' die" "Don't listen to your reason, thou," said ArrI01 vehemently, "for it is wrong, 1f a Inch's heart and braln aro sound and work together, his fnelingis are a better guide than his reason. They aro his own roll self, You loathe murder; so do I. But that does not justify t10 murder of the murderer—the cruel, remorse- less quenching of that wonderful thing, life, It revolts me even to think of it. Oh, it is a mercy leo can but dimly realize what death Means, Our life, vigorous In heart and brain, rich in thought and mem- ory, and hope, and keen, conscious enjoyment., recoils at rho horrible ,glimpses it catches now and again of oblivion. If we could but manage to prolong or 11110)0 our lives in this beautiful world of ours, we 1100d not envy the myths they call angels." "Yet you were quite ready to risk this precious life of yours no later than this morning," said Trevor, smiling at this rhapsody of his friend, 'Thorn was no risk; not Ole very least. I took every precaution against even the passing trouble of a chill, But I'll be quite frank with you, Trevor. I believe even if there were a risk I would have clone the 5a111e. Didn't I say Just 11010 our feelings. our impulses should govern us, and not our reason? It was 111 overmastering, unreasoning impulse that sent mo into the water without thought of danger. I'm glad it is so. Life itself would not be worth having if ono lived in constant ter- ror of losing it. It is a delight to ane to t.hinlc that I have given back to this girl her life and ,youth, with all its possibilities, with all its ter- talnLicS of enjoyment in this best of all possible worlds. A 0011—if there wcro a Cad—could do no more for her," "Steady there, Ardel," interposed Trevor, gravely. "Bo content to work under God. If it gives happi- ness to help others," he went, on, with deep feeling in his voice, "you should bo the happiest loan on Cod's earth to -day." "I am, Trevor, no man happier. All my life things have gond well with 1110. I have health, wealth and success. Better still, I have that keen relish for all forms of enjoy- ment, alike-Lho simplest and the highest—which makes more living to nee 0. continual delight. But now and again, and more often of late, tho thought grips my heart that I must die and lose all. This hand"— he laid a strong, shapely hand on the table—"must turn into foul clay. Y This body of mine bo crawled over° by worms. I—Vivian Ardel—I that now speak to you with all my sen - 505, thoughts, hopes, with my all - abounding consciousness of 1if'•, will be no more than a few spadofuls of (11111 earth. The thing semis horrible, incrodiblo;y'et I know it must colpo." "Why trouble with such thoughts? You are still ,'young in years; you aro younger than your years. A long and happy life stretches out be- fore you." "Why trouble? Because I cannot help troubling. The thought of death begins to force itself upon Inc. The best half of my lido is gone. I w111 be thirty to -morrow. I have twenty years more. After fifty the wine of life is gone and only the lees remain. You see, I have made careful calculation of my treasure." "Don't frighten a Miele, Ardel, Remember i'ln not so far oft from fifty myself. Surely a plan can make himself comfortable after fif- ty?" itty?" "Comfortable, yes; and oven hap- py, .after a fashion." "I mean to be es happy as I 11011 I assure you, while I live, if I slhouid, as I hope, live to a hun- dred." "Rut the shadow of the approach- ing doom will grow daily heavier as it draws nearer and nearer. As it is, I feel I have climbed tho hill, and my thoughts, in spite of me, run on before to the bottom, where death watts, inevitable. Those few pleas- ant hours you and I have spent to- gether have brought us nearer to it." "You don't believe in another )ltd better life, Andel, worse luck for you. I ant not what you call, a re- ligious elan myself, but time hope is firm in mo.," I don't believe in a bettor life. I don't leant a better lifo. I can conceive 110110 better. To live this life in this world for all Limo is tiro utmost limit of lay desire." "Have you forgotten ,your Swift and his imunol'tal, decrepit, miser- able struldbrugs?" "Swift. was a very clover follow, but the argument ho embodied in hie strulclbrug was 110 more than an in- genious sophistry. Immortals couldn't grow old, Eternal decrepi- tude is absurd. Immortal ,youth ' is the only immortality that is con- ceivable. To stop tho wear and tear of the body in youth, or renew its forces, is the only way to live for ever." "You surely don't believe In the elixir of life?" broke in Trevor, laughingly. "No; I had seen notions of that kind when I was a boy of fifteen, I oven Went through the old books and tried all the old experiments and some new ones, But I quickly grow out of that folly, of course. Tho thing hi utter folly. That so Mem/ eleeee men believed in ita and spent their life In pursuit of it is oily a proof how intense and oVermaste•ing was the wish that mastered their reason and compelled belief. "Tho very best Of those human clocks w111cit we cell our bodies is made to go for a hundred ;pare or so. It rune down in the end, told we comet wind it up again. The 111aelltnery is Worn out, We can )make it lest a !tittle longer by care, Or d great deal shorter by earelessnoss, But We calhhot alter the ''Werke or 1'ee new them. We run prevent the (1111-1 chine breaking down, but We ruOuot 1 e • sleep it from wearing nu. I myself' have fotuul rtTeetive remedies for most of 1110 dtsonses our 111s11 11 11"ir to. It is possible, 1 believe, t0 find remedies fur 1120311 x111, 11111 fee old al(111 there is no cure," "1'110)1 there is no way out of it?" Trevor had been gradually caplival- rd, 111 spite of binteell', by las fril'nc1'3 earne5Lness non by the eternal inter- est of the Suhjech, "We must en- dure what we cannot cure." "1 nm not no sure of that, an- 510ered P1vlan, with a strange Iodic in his dark eyes. "W a •1' 1 /s m k s. 1e may h t Y , i 1 borrow whorl ave cuou,f. 11111 1,10, But. 1.11114 131 only a vague dream that haunts me at odd times; born, I dare say, of Oho 111101181) longing for life "How the time has gond by!" he broke off abruptly; "A1 another hour I will bo thirty years of age --an- other year of life gone, You must look sharp. Trevor, to catch your train. lava will be anxious." "I have half an hour yet, 0011 can do IL In twenty 1111neLes, But 1' aux glad you spoke. How tune flies!" "ITow time 'Hest" echoed his com- panion gloomily. But the cloud lift- ed in a moment. "Remember, 'Tre- vor," he said with a smile, 115 he bade his friend good -night in the courtyard, "I shall expect you and Eva here at two o'clock," "Two o'clock, wo shan't fail," Trevor cried, as h0 leaped Into his 1111nson, and was whirled away through the noise and glare of the crowded streets. (To be continued.) 4 BEAUTIFY RAILWAYS. The Catalpa Tree Could Be Made Useful and Ornamental. Nothing is more dreary and do - pressing than the unsightly borders of railroad tracks,—cinder, gray crushed stone, tangle of w00115, and dilapidated fences. In England and Europe grass banks, shrubs, and trees make a pleasing sight flying by the car window. A suggestion_ for our railways combining at once util- ity and beauty is made by the New York World in the following ex- tract' "Arboriculture is advocating the growth of gatalpa trees along rail- road and telegraph linos, to supply ties and poles. The trees, it says, will attain the right size for tele- graph poles in sixteen years, and at that acro and size will furnish five railway crossties to a trunk. Upon almost every railway right of wary may be grown (340 trees to each nolo of track, omitting the inside line of curves, but planting one role of trees upon each side of the track and forty to fifty foot from centro, trees one rod apart. "In sixteen years this will pro- vide 3,000 ties, being enough to re- lay the mile of track. Since the catalpa renews itself from the stump when cut, and the young shoots grow very rapidly with the well -establish - rd roots to support the new growth, the trees would be permauc'nt and fully supply all requirements for ties, fence posts, telegraph poles and lum- ber. By cutting a portion each year the avenue of :trees would re- main unbroken, An avenue. 1,000 miles long! As many railway lines are of much greater length than this, hero would be the happiest views which America could possess." T'e1'F SIGN OF TEE FISE- Used As a Symbol by the Early Christian Church. .The symbols upon early Christian i1101)U111('lli5, Of which s0 marry have been discovered this last century, are curious and interesting. One of the most frequent is that of the fish. Tho figure of the fish is used, and also the Greek word for fish, says Dr, A. W. Patten, who has looked into the subject. Ramsay, in his ex- cavationes in. Asia Minor, has found some very important inscriptions fu which the fish signs are frequent. But why was it that the early Christians used this sign? Tho roar son will appear 'when wo remember that they found in the letters of the Greek word for fish an acrostic on the name of the Saviour. The word is "ichthus." Each letter of the word in the original Greek begins ono of the words in the following phrase: "Jesus 011115t, Son of God, the Savior." So the word "ichthus" came to stand for a Christian, and it was used 14s a mark of Ohristianity. It was not only sculptured on burial monuments, but came to be used on various utensils. A great many ter- ra cotta lamps •have been found, especially el Spalatt,, en which is found the impress of the ,'6slh, Many of these "ichthus" lamps aro found also at 1101110. The word "fish" came to be used also to describe a ohristian, and to call a man a fish was equivalent to calling hint a Christian. In one of the old Christian fees- 11005, indicating a baptism, a lean 15 represented as pulling a fish out of the hater. Ramsay tells as that it was .customary in Asia Minor in the second century for' the Christian to use this symkbollc language. It was hardly safe, then, for then( to speak openly of their faith in Christ. !Pliny 100(0 accustonisd towear rings with the Asch sigh as a signet, met011 as we wear symbolic badges to-dtyy. Ono day two birch 111et, neither aware of rho faith of the other. One. without saying a word, traced with his stick the figure of a fish in the sand, Tho other quickly burst out intassertion of his Cht'istlan faith, for the Milt symbol had declared the other's allegiance to Christ, SINGULAR COTNCT.DT:14'CI9, A reeta01e11ble coillt'1'dYniee oe'c urteid at an ingm05t on tlto body of a W0.4 1n11.11 at the .Lo'n'dutie lenipit l recent- ly. '1"0'ee Of type neee,tnrin were name ed Died; the forelloait 1)1110(ted was M1 • 1?eaeOOk; a fifth was oalleld 0011 'O; 040 anontor 100:5 i' x' Kate; L°ibj THF 1 � 1'l. �1���p�yyl .: k% 'er6�,,. y Fy''�4�,S�v1''�R•t1�'�,13'6 Al�'Q.d''l'.t sJ .n@i:3"t�l!a `4itA.F 'td'1:aJ telVINE UJ1EEIJ11',Ct. 1111'. ti, 11. l' 1111 irk d1111v'•r •d 111e 1'01 W W111)4 aticlrl :' 1,10001' 111" ill•ri.- ing of the Am'riea.11 t'')1:1nd•1'tdue nevoid As,cin11011' "C441110 t , 1n It •11 11. 1. 110 )�•1w 1t i. 1e ! Hi)bat i 111(1.) will g,d X1111 the 'aulllg111 pos- sible. By the time Ihey are fou u1' live days 01,1 bee that the•y get ea- ewese. Pone the breeder will have to exercise all his ingenuity. Place Ile, pig's entente of pen 1111111 ih.'y 11('1'11line hungry; 1111100 sow ill ureide of 18'11; delle (118111 With 41 whip, or put l hem 111 a box or barrel, and when !emery they will try to elfu11, out to reach 111'• sow. lice any and every a'h1.31 that suggests itself Lc give therm (001')•( ''. (111•e them your best efforts 111 this tithe. A little neglect naw will make you feel, Whin fails 011111'5 and the time for the sale of you 6•,, sfo'ks 131 at hand more than ever before'. '01 all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these; it 111ig11t. 111)00 horn,' "1 want to digress enough right here to say that, in my opinion, to become a suceos5ful breeder (13 sw1n0 requires a greater degree of skill, closer observance to breed, than any other kind of live stock, owing to the large number at birth with its attendant weakness, and the suseep- t.ihility of the pig during his early life to his environment, being far- thest removed free). the NATURAL CONDITIONS. "having 110W gotten the litter through the Drift leer or five weeks of life, you can begin to lot piggy depend loss upon nature's food and more upon food which you will sdcillfully provide. 1'leco a separate trough for the pigs' use. Begin by giving a little now milk. for which you can substitute skimmed milk, with a little mill feed, and continue as in Lin ea.50 of tho sow,; to feed foods rich in nitrogenous materials instead of fat. My treatment of the sow was designed to secure strength in 'Lho pig at the time of birth, but this influence does not end here; whereas, a pig with 'baeoly enough vitality to enable ]him to get through pigbood in a very puny con- dition will not usually amount to much. "One of the things to be glurdod against is gutting too fat while young. Excessive fat is not health- ful; in fact, obesity is a disease. Too rapid growth at an early age throws toe 11)111)1) work upon the immature vital organs; hence in a little time the pig that was so promising shows symptoms of inflammation and fev- er, terminating in thumps, which usu'ally means the end of the pig. Liven if he apparently escapes these ills if rod ton geavily while young, you Will observe his SIIO1lTNESS OF BREATH upon the least exertion and general lack of constitution, the manifest re- sult of 0rely forcing. You - may feud liberally if food is of the right kind, and if at the snore time, the pigs get plenty of exorcise. Shut a pig up and you stunt him and the loses appetite. Exercise quickens the circulation, sharpens the appe- tite, and greatly aids digestion; hence, We See the improvement in growth, particularly in bone and muscular. Tho playful kitten, the frolicsome colt, and romping chil- dren most plainly show nature's method of invigorating the syslomt, "I have dwelt upon the need of ex- ercise and the system of feeding to prevent excessive fatness for the rea- son that Poland -China have been bred for easy feeding qualities until they possess this trait to a degree Possessed by no other breed extant. IV pride ourselves on our maturity, but I think this trait has been car- ried far enough, possibly too far. Having developed in a wonderful do - gree, such as is possessed by no other breed, his ability to make a pork under all conditions and cir- cumstances, lot us now with proper food and care, which he has not had in the past tarn this wonderful feeding capacity to the upb'uilding of a strong and muscular frame, thus keeping our favorite in the proud position thus far held in his career, the greatest hog the world has slot• known." 1.11111'1' AND VENTILATION. 'l'laeau aro the farmers' busy 110,31, - 1vu1'0 0l h1) 11 NV tin1i. 110 4 no i Or OSS not b rete 1 It 1 sire rid 1 ( 1, thought to preparations for 11o116411g as Well Its la1 diol; hie, 11)11.;. 4t111,1es is partir(llar should 0eoelve very at- 1 1111 ve consideration. Among the itemsmol to he overlooked, aro the cons Horn; of 1 4414 111,1 V0111 1:11i011, V.eless 1i1 'ties 111'0 teen lighted now, wind,lwe )remind be put 111 dln•luhe the summer or early 11)11. Unless there is 1(11(1 '1' ventilation now, erratum, - needs slieuid be made Su 11111.1. the cows curl have pure air to la•entho. These are not merely questions of sp"rnlattive micros!, hut they have direct Connerlion With practical r'e- 1.1n'r18. Loth! f5 11 111051 )Wert lee germ des) reyer, Pre0h, pure mfr is nbe0101ely lollop'-11Sibh+ for 111)111 111111 beast, if they alb leo de thele best. C111od air Ul Menmhe will lessen the ainu(ntt of G" 1.l t ,qufred mud increase rho rel ui•115. VVe b'seech our read- ers to think on these things 0111)81 ly. 11. Is 001 ne1'e1sn1'y to go to very grunt ('xpelew, but it 131 neceS- s(tl'y, If one wants best. . returns. in 50111' Way to provide light. and fresh. air ill 1110 stable. Teleel11DY 1'(lIL SCALY LP•.04. Make a saturate solution of fresh naphthaline flakes in good high test kerosene. fill 11. shall bucket with the 5oletiou, and dip the bird's legs into this eolution once a week. Pour o' live drippings will usually cant the worst 11118,), 511yb Ute Poultry Monthly, After the first dripping_ remove ali scales that will coma away easily. 11e careful to (tip only the legs into the solution. Ito not let itgot on the skin of the thighs or it will raise a blister. Try to avoid soiling the feathers with it. Add Venetian red 1.0 the solution, as it. makes il. stick and colors the legs sideicicnt:y to identify at a glance the birds that have been treated. The red stains soon hear off. Use only enough reed to color the solution a good, red color. 11, is a safe, simple euro If used properly, but re, member, that you Can kill or badly blister fowls with kerosene if you are careless nasal sloppy in using it. THE IPARVEST TALKS. It is not the number of acres plowed and planted, but rattler the number of bushels harvested, that determines the profitableness. Better plant less and have 010 soil in good tilth. sow the seed in good season and under as favorable conditions as possible, cultivate at the proper time and secure a good growth and yield rather than plant a larger acreage and be loss able 1,0 have all work done in good season and in consoUteen0e secure a lessened yield —Successful Farming. le Piles Torove to en that Dr. p 9 Canso') Ointment !ascertain and absolute ea for 11011 and every form of itching, blooding guar protruding SR o tee. the manufacturers da have pr Fstand it. me tee. timonibre what in eye daily f i ,s You ask your %and gots our money (bink 11,, e can use io and got your mon c 1 11,10 If not oared. son a box, at o, all dealers or Tnm.(x:on,Serse Co Co.,Toroate, Dr. Chases Ointment WIRELESS TELEPHONY. M. Match), a French inventor, has ]made some experiments with wireless telephony in the forests at St. Ger- main. The transmitter was placed on the top of a house, but connected to the ground in the manner of a lightning rod. A thousand yards distant two poles ninety feet apart were connected together by wire, and had a telephone receiver in circuit. Sounds from the transmitter wore plainly heard in it. Roceivers oft the line of transmission do not catch the message. SCARLET FUNERALS. They have a curious custom at the Muria] of married woolen in Brazil. The co,fiin, hearse, and the livery of the driver' must he bright scarlet, the four white horses drawing the hearse must be cove•eclwith scarlet nuts, aped scarlet plu.rueg must dock the horses' heads. "Your marriage was tho result of love at first sight, wasn't it?'j "Yes," replied the near-sighted friend, "I never shall forget that clay. Only time in my life I was ever known to forget my glasses." Barry—"lliiss Masten has pretty teeth, hasn't she?" Ella—"Yes, and yet she told Inc they were only $25," Jlm Dumps' physician once fell ill. Seid ho: "I'11 have no - draught or pill." Said Jim: "IIe, ho, you're on the shelf, You who cure others, cure yourself." Then JIM sent up some "Force " to him, "That's what he needs," ghoth "Sunny PIM" 99 The 1t15d71t0'6e*VOCereal 'dor doctor and pat it ,t, nos ldnten Three Oelef. "1 was attacked last his/ by apDDMAdl• ' nitre, .)Ale 1 showed signs o recovery Rooter and I beget to oast vetted for f•11ora 11 Diable diet is' and as 5 result we fe 1 apbn ''0t�0,' w111Qh ", has been a wonderful bow to 026, I h&ii 1 A. i1, Mtars1, eaten 6lmost three MEWS, 44_ �I 1 JAPA } BS ROYAL P JUL! TEE EM EI�OR 1 P A. MAN 0F. � ADVANCED IDEAS. Prince Yosehihito, the I3eir Ap- parent, Is a Young Man of Groat Promise. MutsUllito, or Afuts-hito, the om- per0r of .Japan, is a man of whom less 18 heard than one hears of other rulers of foreign countries. This 3)111y be because ofthe fact that Mutsuhito, though still comparative- ly young. has been reigning SO long that all 1 hat can be said about 11101 has already been told, and there is less interest in his mlovements than In thus,, of other rulers. Mutsuhito has, however, a very interesting per- sonality The meaning of his peculiar name is the "man of peace," or "weak man." As a ruler ho has proved that hr, is not so weak as sumo of the rulers of the "Land of the Rising Sun," have been. Ho !s the soil of the Mikado Komei Terme, and he was born on tho 3rd of No- vember, in the year 180'2. Mutsu- hito was reared in the palace in ICtoto, and that he led a rather nar- row and secluded life ntay be known from the fact that the was 10 years old before he was allowed to see 3, foreigner, the Japanese, in their "high conceit," having a poor opin- ion of foreigners and not admitting thatany of them can equal the Jap- anese in intelligence or natural abf1- ft.y. 1}LICAME RULER WIIk N A BOY. The father of Mutsuhito died when the boy was 16 years old, end he was made ruler under the care and direction of a regent. The regent was dismissed the next year and the young alutsuhlto became the real and active mikado. In March of the year that ho assumed his active duties Mutsuhito did somethipg that no other mikado had ever done, and that marked the onward step in the history of Japan. Ile gave the first audience ever given by the emperor, of Japan to representatives of Chris- tian nations, the envoys of Holland and Franco having this distinction conferred upon tliom, That some of the people of Japan did not look with favor upon this innovation was indicated by the fact that when, but a few days later, the British minis- ter also sought an interview with the emperor, his cortege was sot up- on by assassins. The next day a royal edict was issued to the elfec$ that relations with foreign nations were publicly acknowledged by the mikado, and his people were warned that all fanatics who should attack foreigners without cause should be outlawed. .. A PROGRESSIVE EMPEROR. It was on the sixth of April in the year 1868, in the splendid hall of the castle of Nijo, in the city of h s important KioL•o that.the xnf o o Prtant event in the life of the young em- peror occurred, for it was then that, amid great pomp and splendor, he took the oath of office. That ho had the spirit of progress is Indicated by the fact that by his oath 110 prom- ised that "the uncivilized customs of former times" should be broken through and increased intellectual ability and learning should be wel- trust and importance. corned and sought for throlghout the world, and that Japan should be more modern in her civilization. Of course, there was a very large con- servative clement that did not look' - with favor on this innovation, but the emperor and his ministers were determined that a great many need- ed reforms should be instituted for tho benefit of their country. Those reforms were instituted to the bene- fit of Japan and other countries. ADOPTS EUROPEAN D11ESS. About thirty years ago tho emper- or put the customs and traditions of his country still farther behind hint by braving the displeasure of the conservatives and adopting full European dress and habit of fife. Ito entirely revolutionized court and governmental customs and etiquette, and has been by all odds the most progressive ruler Japan has yet had. He hes broken down long established social barriers and it is now possi- ble for leen in Japan to rise front the ranks to positions of the highest Mutsuhito was married on Febru- ary 0(11, 1800, to the Princess IIar- uko, daughter of Prince Ichijo, She is about two years, older than the emperor and a woman of unusual at- tainments, She is childless, THE CROWN PRINCE. The heir apparent to the throne is Prince Yosehihito, who was born August 31., 1879, of the Lady Yana- giwara Ail(m, of the imperial harem. IXe is said to be a young man of a good deal of promise, but as its fa- ther is far from being on old man i!1 is probable that it will bo a goo& many years before the crown prince becomes the ruler of one of the most interesting countries in the world. The, .crown prince was married on May 10, 1000, to his cousin too Princess Sada, daughter of Prince )ICujo. A male child was born of this Union May 5th, 1001. A RECORD CRAM. A oeltemated 1•eig011(1 named Bee beano, who 14011 tarried o11 a career of crinin from his lasteesses in the fOrest bordering cll. `he Dainalbe, ]las been arrested. 1-111 Is amused et complicity in 520 nn.Mtlel's, net toast 1,000 highway robbe:we, mid over 3,000 o`divary thetas, 1 -le was, ndverth01ese, very pmiler atntang the peasantry, who gave him food atld shelter and Wanted him whnncv- or they 1(11ame taiiO pollee to bo am 11&s j1'(Vo]c,. I E c�L mA.Y,i11, � .. EAG I16I >7 F 11 4 'R!flalelln Schneider was dt'i'c'tng bti,tclver's cart along a toad at Frei- 11urg, 01rr11b0ny, recently, When a hair of large eagles setwiped down. While ono l300ored threateningly 1,)310111 his holed, the ether wilted a big joint of 4t'oth meat, 1.32rpt the two blttdds llao(tle o1.{ tletatliett With bltutit' 1 ` . ..•