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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-8-6, Page 2NPD'DnitleCIMSTI+R.lAORin•'• `fl'ed tfNifildPl4106(0fit�OlD©VOSSOC'( V �i ® �� ' �l.1l1� �ElY© TH RANSOMED D LIFE I ILS 4tileids :ttliefaiSY S,el airaaMOSCOt38G.4u�tl`GODOOftee b CHAPTER IV. As the evening wore on, Eva's anx- ious eyes were quick to note that Ardor was lo a strange mood. She had never seen him quite like this before. She knew hien the happiest of men, whose life was all benevol- ence and enjoyment; ono to whom all .pleasant things were pleasant and beautiful things beautiful. Once or twice before she had seen the radi- ance of his life dimmed, as it were, by some black foreboding, but it Passed in a moment, leaving all things bright as before its coming. Bet now the gloom seemed to deep- en as the hotu•s went by, and when he roused himself his gaiety was strained. His scat faced the window, for Eva )new his fancies, of which a love of Nature's loveliness was the chief. Tho twilight was settling down soft- ly on the quest scene. For a mo- ment the rim of the red sun touched the horizon, turning the river to old gold and setting the woods in a blaze. Then slowly the day died away into dusk. "Another glorious day spent and gone," Andel muttered impatiently. "So mach less life left." 11e brightened presently when the two youngest children, rosy and curly, in white dresses and big blue sashes, fluttered into the room. Fickle Jeanette deserted her new friend Lucy to perch upon his knee, and prattled to him like an equal, while. ho foraged for her amongst the cake and fruit on the dining -table. "I love '00," she said sweetly, re- garding a huge ripe strawberry with her head on one side; and for a mo- ment it was doubtful if it was the berry or the man was ..o favored. "I love 'oo 'cause yen eimme draw- derries. Fen I go up a big lady I will snowy 'oo if 'oo'l wait for me." "I wish I could, my pet." said Arden, "I only wish T 'cold wait; but I can't, you know." When the children vanished. a bot- tle of rare wine was carried in carefully by the host, in its wicker- work cradle, and very carefully he filled three glasses with the liquid sunshine. "Your health, Ardol," he cried cheerily, "and many, many happy returns of the day." Eve's soft voice repeated the pray- er, and Lucy breathed it silently in her grateful heart. But even as he spoke Trevor re- membered suddenly what Ardel had said at the Cecil about birthdays. Ile saw him wince, and his lips tighten, and his cheeks pale as With a sudden pang. 4t passed in a moment, and Vivian gaily clinked glasses all round and thanked there with a word"and smile. But he put down bis own wino almost untested, and •iris friend's keen oyo new that ho was moved beyond his wont. "Aro you in pain, Ardol?" he said, and the two women looked the saista question anxiously. "My dear fellow! I man say . t1p I never knew what pain is,—not;' aC' least, that I can remember. A mere selfish trouble gripped me for a moment, a trouble that cannot :bei helped or mended, that every livipg creature has to bear as well as 1, If that wore any comfort, which It ye not. I'll smoke this cigar in the *ardor, if you will let me,"—hp jookod at Eva, who smiled and nod- .(dod,—"and come back in what you ;would call a more Christianliko ;frame of mind," As Ardel left the room John Tre- vor turned kindly .to'.the.yonng• girl. - at his side, whose' eyes - were full of. )yn2pathy. "Dont. look so sad, Miss—" "Call her Lucy, :John, You may as well begin it at once. She is one of ourselves now, you know." "Well, Lucy,. if 1 may," said John 'Trevor shyly (men aro shyer than .women), "you must not bo so pain yd about Dr, Andel, kle is the hap- piest man upon earth, and shares is happiness freely all round, The World has been very good to him, and ho is worthy of the best the world has to give. For ten yea's T have known him; I have never seen him like this but once before, That once was at the graveside of a dial' friend of both, who died while Arden Ives abroad, and whose life he could have saved if he had but known in ime," There was a catch in TI•cvoe's voice as he recalled the scene, and this little touch of sympathy quite won Lucy's heart to him, Her shy- ness left her, and presently they were talking freely together like old friends. Then Eva slipped unnoticed from the table, threw a light, fluffy shawl of white wool owr her head, and passed through the conservatory out Into the old-fashioned garden, where the flowers slept softly in the pure moonlight, making the still air sweet with their breath, VIvian Ardel, pacing tho garden restlessly, was aware of a white figure in his path, and two soft brown eyes looking with tenderest sympathy lute his own. ilo tools the hand she held to him and patted ., it softly as an elder brother might. "Well, Eva," he said, smiling; "restless, like my- self? If 1 believed in ghosts or angels, 1 might have taken you for one just now." "Why are you restless? why are you sad to -night, Vivian? Toll mo what your trouble is, that I may try to comfort you." "The coward's trouble, Eva— fear." "Tear! you afraid, Vivian! Don't put me off with a jest," "Call'it what you will, its true rare is fear—abject fear, shrinking, horror, loathing, of the inevitable death." Thee was such misery in his deep volts that the soft brown eyes brinuned with pitying tears. "Ohl if I could only help or comfort you." "You cannot, Eva. No power in theworld or out of it can help or hinder; there is 110 keeper back of death." "Except God, Vivian," "God!" he began impatiently, but chocked himself. "I wish I could be- lieve like you, Eva; rightly or wrongly, it would hardly matter. I should at least escape despair. If I could hope as yea do, I should bo happy." "Faith comes first, Vivian; hope and love follow." "But one cannot have faith by the longing for it. I can force myself to speak, or act, or work, but to be- lieve I cannot. My thoughts won't change by wishing, 1 think what I must, Reward or punishment can- not tempt or force faith or unfaith. I have searched the world of science, Eva, I have strained my eyes out into tho void after death, and 1 find the hope of a future hag—nowhere." "Do not deny God oven in your thoughts, Vivian!" she cried, with a thrill of religious terror, "I deny nothing," he answered sadly; "I only doubt. It is the vice 01 tiny nature or the virtue. I can take nothing on trust. I accept no other guide than my reason, and when that fails I doubt. 1Vho am I, enveloped in mystery, that I should dare to make denial or assertion of the unknown or accept the denial or assertion of others who can know no more than myself? 1 nal no mocking sceptic, Eva; no exultant apostle of infidelity, My doubt springs from an humble conscious- ness of ignorance," "TIE has revealed himself to' us, Andel,. Can you not take His word undoubtingly?" "Revelation!' When all is said and done .it stands on human evidence and .assertion—men's statement and 1n0n's argument, I must judge the authority, weigh tho argument. I must .think for myself, as well as they. 1have' tested their- evidence, and it fails to convince me." "I know and feel it is true," "I would not shake your confi- dence for the world, I3va. Right or wrong, ft makes you happy, and that is everething. 1 envy your faith, but 1 cannot share it, Tn ail this world death is the one thing 1 find certain," Women Have Kidney O e And Often Make the Mistake of Attributing the Resulting Barkaehe to Other Oaaales Dr. Chase's Kidney®Levu° Pills Many women have kidney disease ami do not know it. They confuse the symptoms of kidney disease with those of aliments of a feminine na- ture. We would warn you against this danger, as a few days' neglect of kidney dtseaSe may mean years of sui%ering, -Painrs In the small of the back or weakness and lameness of the back are the most marked symptoms of kidney diseases; others are loss of flesh, dry, harsh skin, deposits in the urine, shelling of the feet and legs, severe headaches, stiffness and 110re- 0050 of the treiscies, rheumatic pains, cold chill's 1n back and loins, scodd- ing, painful urination, weariness and despondency, There 14, We believe, no prepare - 110n extant which • alTords such prompt relief for backache and the other distressing symptoms of kidney disease as Dr. Chaorrtik kidney -Livor P1115, That nibs" yn'dparation is a thorough CUto ib dvidenceid by the scores and hundreds of statements which are received at these offices from reputable people in all walks of lite, Mrs, W. Wilkins, Henry street, Belleville, Ont,, states:-- "I suffered a great deal with pains in the small of the back caused from kidney trouble, Whenever I stooped I could scarcely. rise again, rbc pains were so great. Tho disease became so severe that it affected lay general health, and I was becoming very much run down: Since using Dr, Chase's Itidney I i er Pills 1 can say that my trouble 1110 entirely disap- peared. 1 can speak in the highest terms of this medicine from the way it acted In my case." Dr, Chase's TCidney-Liver Pills, ono box, a close, 211 cont.d a at all dealers, or Edmarsot, hates 6t Co„ Toronto, To preteen, yoti against imitations the portrait and signature of Dr, A. W. Chase are On every hex. "And after death a bettor and a brighter life. for ever," Ile shook ids head I can hope p for no other life than this," ho said; "I ask no better, What religi- ous folk hope fol' In Heaven—golden harps, and crowns, and thrones, and spotless robes, and jasper patemeut fand eternalnal music,and nciY stile glory, v do not 1 S Appeal to mo in the least the world we know is !Whitt- ' dlntt' ely more done:Mita in its harmony, Its beauty, its lnlinIte variety, in the myriad enjoyments it offers to sense, and intellect, and imagina- tion, (live are immortality and I should take„it here. It is because the world is so delightful that death --the end of all things—is so intoler- able." "Surely, Vivian, your own soul assures you that you can never die?" 1"Eho greatest man that ever lived and died --save one—has said 'the wish is father to the thought.' It is our own vain shrinking from an, nihilation that breeds 11110 flattering hope of immortality. When wo die, we die; and there is an end, Our birth is an accident. IVe issue from the void, and return to it. What aro we"—Ire spoke to himself rather than to her—"that we should hope to have our lives prolonged through the ages, when all things else yield place and disappear? Our lives are, after all. only in degree more won- derful than the lives of the animals around us. No one claims Eternity for them. Between the lowest and highest of men—between Shakespeare or Newton or Gladstone—and the Hottentot there is a wider gap than between the Hottentot and my New- foundland dog. Why should the life of the llottentot—a mere bundle of blind, dull, brutal instincts—be pro- longed to all Eternity, and rho life of the dog—patient, gentle, and af- fectionate—vanish utterly? No, our lives are lit and quenched like sparks and God—if there be a God—takes as slight heed of theme." Eva listened, her whole soul in revolt against his dismal doctrine, but could find no word to answer. They came in their walk to where the gardener had left his spade stuck to the shoulder in the brown clay of an empty flower -bed. Ardel laid hold of the handle and turned the clod. "This is what you and I shall be, Eva," he said, "Yes. you and 1 who stand Here to -night speaking, thinking, full of the joy of life, con- scious of the beauty and wonder of the universe—just a spadeful of dull, unconscious earth like this." But Tlva's faith was no w1s0 troubled; holding her soul secure; and 110 knew it, and, in spite of rea- son, drew a vague comfort from her resolute belief. ITe plucked a damask rose that pushed out over the pathway, jet black in tho white moonlight, and breathing a faint delight into the calm air. Without a word Eva took it from his hand and fastened it in the bos- om of her white dress, "A murder!" said Ardel, between jest and earnest. "That rose, too, a second since, had a life hardly loss strange than ours—a life that d1'ow its beauty, color, form, its green leaves, and blushing petals, and sub- t1u perfume, from the dull, brown clay. Its life has vanished, and in a few flours more, form, color, petals, and perfume will bo lost for ever. There is no immortality for the rose." "You would not compare our souls with the life of a flower, Vivian?" "Why not? Wo aro all infinitely little. We foolishly flatter ourselves with the sense of our own indispens- able importance To every man, woman, and child the tiny atom of self is the great centre of this vast, illimitable universe, whose wonders, Ivo cannot strain our minds to grasp the thought: of. Look at that great globe of white light. Eva; look at the stars that spangle the black sky, so thickly. We know they'' aro' worlds, many of them a million tithes larger than our own; that beyond them in,the vast void are worlds', and 'still ore worlds away into in- wo know, yet cannot., realize it,'.; -1 have looked through' the, frost. -pow crful telescope in the world, and have seen Myriads of new worlds start into view—metre pinholes of light fn 111e immeasurable void, My thoughts have gone out into space seeking a limit, and finding none, and returned abashed almost to an- nihilation, I have found my own littleness in this vast scheme of crea- tion as hard to realize as over. It is grotesque presumption to imag- ine that, while all other things, great and small, clic and disappear, wo tiny atones should five for ever'," "I rule not frightened by that thought, Vivian. One human soul is to me infinitely higher, moire wonderful, more deserving the Crea- tor's care, than a whole inanimate 1181ler8e, titin all these great globes 01 mere lifeless matter.' "Who cal fell, Ilva, that they are lifeless? Why should our little earth, which is no more than a speck of dust in the universe, be specially dis- tinguished? flow dare the dogmatize of worlds winch we see as sparks in the darkness—to Which even our thoughts Cannot reach? Our tiny lives have their beginning and theft' end, There was no life before ,'birth, and there is none after death, :Phe sole wisdom is in enjoyment, to ignore death, since the cannot hope to ovada it," "I have never seen you like this before, Vivian," - "have Seldom been like this be- fore; untillately never, In youth death is t1. mere word 10 115—a word in Which 'Pc can find no moanitlg. But the thought of it hais come clos- er to mo of late, The sightof that poor girl whose life was loot and won has made death familiar. I envied your children, Ilya, to -night; envied them the long stretch of hap- py life they have before them in this wonderful World, I felt a wild longing for my lost youth as 1 look- ocl at them and listened 10 them. Let nue confess all my folly. 'Phis birthday has been a trouble and a fear to nue for a long time baelt, Some one leas said that at thirty habita„s, years is the birthday of old ago, I feel it is so. The best half of my life has gone. 1 have crossed the summit ofh 1and i to till. ae ala n going down, Suddenly, just now, for one awful moment, I realized what death meant., The thought that tho day wascoming, ong In must come, n I r when thatthink, and spcasx and feel, and 111c 81411 be no more, grIppcd my shuddering heart -strings with Intol- er'nblo fear. Only for a moment, or I should have gone read, 'liven now I but faintly realize the meaning of my own words, The cold fit of fear has passed away. I feel I shall live for over, and 1 shall not test the folly of the thought. T1i0 10111311, un- reasoning glow of lite and happiness is full upon me again, and death is no more than a meaningless name. Thee Is no death!" "There is no death," echoed Eva with assured faith to her own heart. They wanted together towards tiro house, and passed close to the open window of the sitting -room, 't'ho window itself lay in black shadow, across which the warm glow of the lamplight streamed out fill it melt- ed in the cold, white 010Ons111110 be- yond, Within the room Trevor and Lucy were talking like old friends. Looking through the darkness into the light, they could see the smile upon her lips; they could hear the cheerful tones of her gentle voice. "She too has forgotten death," said Vivian Ardel, "though slue has just escaped by a miracle from its grasp, and her mother lies in a new -made grave,' How strange is this oblivion, and how merciful! Without it, what misery would ' life bo!" (To be continued.) MOT WEATHER WISDOM. Common Sense in Diet and Dress Is the Main. Thing'. None sutler more torture on a sultry day than those who make it their special eI1ort to avoid perspiring. There is no necessity to preach the gospel of athelits to his generation. Our colleges are turning out more athletes than scholars, and tho larg- est professional incomes are being earned by champion athletes. But if there were fewer "cham- pions" and a more general summer ob- servance of those rules of good living which are based on common sense in diet and dress and a regular but temperate resort to outdoor exercise, the average happiness would be far greater and we should hear much less groaning about the hot weather. There is - such a thing as taking Longfellow's exhortation to "be a hero in the strife" too literally. The bicyclist too often wants to be a "scorcher" and a "record breaker" or nothing at all. The spirit of pro- fessionalism—the "champion" fever— is encroaching fast and far upon all our popular recreations. Fat -producing foods are heat -pro - diming 'foods, They are not needed in summer in such quantities as in winter. Strong animal diet, never very good for persons of sedentary life, is particularly had for them now. Alcoholic beverages are, of course, aggravators of heat, and should be used with great caution at this season. Much loss drinking of any kind is nodded to allay thirst than is gener- ally supposed, It is the mouth and throat that are dry, not the stun: ash. Rinsing the mouth and gargl- ing the throat with cold water (not iced), withlout swallowing any, will relieve thirst more effectually than putting a lot of iced liquids into the stomach, .. In dress, too, temperance is the summer .word, The thin clothing fad May be carried too far. The en - tiro abandomelit of woolen for cot- ton and linen garments is against the true philosophy of the perspiring period. Light woolen underclothing is pro- rrlotive of health—not only, of health bat" of , coolness ..sin the hottest. !of weather. It encourages, perspiration to the useful point only and then checks, it. Good temper is also`a great fac- tor in hot Weather'• happiness. i:Teat- tends'to ilritabil{ty anxl.drritabi.lity tends to .more heat, Therefore, when the thermometer is rising, cultivate serenity of disposition, avoid fret- ting and fuming and "take things easy." totems lifIGIT.T TI.T.INIE HARDER. "Do you smoke ?" "Yrs, sometimes. It helps me think, dom'tr,'herltnow,'' "Do smbko T, 1 love the odor of tobacco," NO PR0131131TTON TITli1RI3, Punta ,renas,•in Chili, enjoys per- haps a greater number of various public -houses than any other place of similar size in the world. There tut in the town 180 hooses and abntt 1.,800 inhabitants, adult aid juvenile. ('or this population there exist sixty-five nubile -houses, or about one to every ,tt en.i,y d nen 111-. ON49 - i��, ,�q ,may rd,9+ tom' � �ILl' DtI1.,1S: FLOW IN IIOT W1.A'I'IIliIR„ 1f the milk flow Is once lessened it cannot be regained during the cur- rent lactation period, writes Dir. E. 0, Donnott, When "dog days" come shrinkage is most likely to occur, and it means not only the loss of 1131111 in paying quantity then, but eontlnuously to the end of the cow's nlflkiang period. Su a study of mum - e5 and preventives is necessary to dairy 83100oss, 11. Is 0011111105 to lay the trouble to flies, Flies do annoy, and annoyance Mesons milk secretion. First, then, wo must seek to lessen this annoyance. We can use 50010 application which is calculated to repel files, 1 have done this effec- tively but the cost and trouble of applying is considerable, I now de- pend upon systemati0 care of the COWS instead. The bottom cause of shrinkage is lack of feed, 11 flies s0 annoy that the cows do not feed, Bien the milk flow decreases at once. But files get in their most effective work during the middle of the day, If the cows are turned out early to a good pas- ture, they will fill themselves with grass, then adjourn to a mice shady place to chew the cud and make the grass into milk. This shady place where the air circulates freely, should always bo provided and to it they can repair for comfort. Another very helpful practice is to turn them out to pasture at night after milking is dorso, and get the milking done early, so they will fill themselves in the twilight and refill the udder with milk for the morn- ing mincing. To be able to mills early I hang a gunny sack curtain over the top half of the door, so the, cows will switch off the flies in en- tering, Then the door is closed with the flies outside and yourself and the cows inside. You can then mills in comfort. It should be added that all windows are provided with wire screens, which allow the air to enter but hot the files. But sometimes the pastures are parched and brown, Then supple- mental feed must be provided. I have tried peas and oats but not with the success I: anticipated, My land may not he good for peas. The first extra feed 1 give is fresh mea- dow grass. Cows like it, It may be cured to mance it lighter to handle and yet they will eat it with a relish for it is flesh and fragrant. I have also had good results with green oats, and as soon as harvest com- mences I fool no fears of lack of proper feed with no extra trouble, for the sheaves fresh frons the field furnish both roughage and grain. Af- ter that corn, .sweet or common. Sills the bill better and cheaper than any other thing. Sometimes it pays to cut the feed for the morning, the night before; in fact, with Ole it always duos, for gutting out early, when the dew is on, is taking a dow bath which is most disagreeable, and the wilting, if cut the night 'before, makes it more supple and certainly 311o'e pleasant to handle. For convenience I find no way equal to leaving the corn binder right in the hold, hitch- ing on to it. at evening chore time, cutting two foods, throwing the corn on a low platform wagon and haul- ing to the barn. Circumstances of course sometimes ,alter cases and mance it convenient to feed part of the green corn on tho pasture grass. )PXPE1t1'ENCE WITI-I RAPE. An instructive bulletin dealing with rape plants, has been issued recently by the central experiment farm, Ot- tawa. Rape, according to this but= •letrn c' is. simple of minima; makes a Strong, rapid] growvth:in'Canada 'and adapts • itself readily to different sdils 'and to • vttrious climatic 'condi- tions: While rape will grow on almost any kind of. fumble' land, itdoes bort on soils rich in plant'food, It, should be sown on delfts prepared as they would be for roots or corn. New land may be profitably used to grow this crop for a year or two immediately after being cleared. Large crops are practically certain on such land. Tho crop grown under favorable conditions is ready for pasture in about five weeks. By cutting for soiling not lower than 4 or 5•}" inches from the ground, - a' second crap and 00011 a third may bo out u'tll obtained from the Same area, wiwith.Jr or soodirig•, Tho method of seeding h1 VOWS is generally much to be proferred to sowing broadettet, For fattening and growing pigs, rape cannot be 5111. - passed, An u1'0 s 1 vu on good lar d will c r1r from �G to 4Uir s from Juno 15 to October, Cattle thrive on it when it is feel in connection with 118.10ral grass pasture, In feed- ing ]'apo to cattle and sheep, caro should he taken to prevent bloating. They should never bo allowed to enter a field when they aro hungry and more especially 11 the rape is wet. troth dew, rain or frost. REEVING 3113NS. Wo have always kept a few ehick- eIa for our Own 1100, never giving them much attention, except feeding twice a clay and getting the eggs, writes Dottie itis(lon. Sometimes they would lay no eggs from Oc- tober 1111 March, We always had anywhere from 18 to 60 hens, 11'e never kept geese, had no luck with turkeys, and msde nothing on ducks, Tn 11100, Ivo bought an incubator, used it two years and concluded it did not pay. In 1001, Ivo bought a bone crusher. IL has paid for itself by the increase in the number of eggs laid. Wo never kept account of the profit in chickens until 1900. That year Ivo had 60 Irons, They laid 377• dozen eggs and at the end of the your we had a balance of :ink for chickens and eggs. In 1001 see had 80 hens. They laid 824: dozen egg's, and Ivo hacl a balance of $65. In 1002 we had 04 hens, and they laid 422 dozen eggs, leaving a balance of $78. We have two coops. One is a rail coop, 20x8 feet, with a 1 0 -foot front and 6 -foot back. The other is a lumber coop 12x8 feet, with a 10 - foot front and 6 -foot back. Our chickens have a range of 00 acres. We have no full -blood chicks. We now have 60 hens, and from Janu- ary 1 to April 1 they laid 98 dozen eggs, which gave a profit of 582. We feed four quarts corn, two quarts wheat and two quarts oats per clay in two foods, morning and evening. They got green bong every other day at noon. The little chicks get dry feed, bread, corn bread and rolled oats. HARDY WINTER, WHEATS. In a series of tests at Ontario ex- periment station the hardiest varie- ties of Winter wheat are the follow- ing: Tasmania Red, Red Velvet Chaff, Bed `Wanderer, Prize Taker, Stand- ard, Siberian, Dawson Golden Chaff, Pride of Tennessee. The Dawson Giolden 011aff gave the largest yield during a 50r•4es of tests covering five years, with Early Genesee a close second. These varieties also possess a stiff straw—a desirable characteris- tic in a heavy yielding wheat, piles To prove to you that)Da chase's eelnhuunt is a 084.8111084.8111� and absolute cure for each and every dorm of itching, s hars guaranteed it. gpi tea the m▪ anufacturers da nava wage aol ase ri i4 Bee tea b rs what t the hank of i .a ono ask your itneigh- bors and gots what tone thank i fee You can use it and got your looney hack if not cured. Goo a boo, at all dealers erlGnM.tseox,l3s'rss Co.,Toreato, Drr: Chase's Ohntrent 'VERY ECCENTRIC INDEED. "O1 course you quite understand that :I shall call upon Mrs. Whiffler for your (Aaracter," 'remarked Mrs. Taggetly to the girl she had just engaged. "Certainly, m'ins'' replied the girl: "although I would rather you drktn't, fol' Mrs. Whiffler is 010 000011- tric. that she is not always to be relied, upon." • "In what way is she eccentric 1" "Site insiste that her husband is quite a model father and lilus•batrd, and,that hen• children hate never caused her a nlomoint's somie1y."• "Bilis—mit mech. In that.'' "Then who say's that she is pe'- feetly content with onto now dr(ss and one 11030 hat 01(01.81(1,800." ''`11.1'riy--clic' is ecciiiltrie, . then 1" "Slit doesie'tc,yple, says it isn't w0011011y, , gad ,she,, further • thinks that women have got their rights and liaise nothing to fight for." "Good gracious 1 you that say 50 1" ' Alill, finally, she has never at- tended a bargain sale, and says that the only things soli at them aro the women who buy." '1011, the w.onlen's mod 1 1 sha'n't trouble her Inc your character; you; canmime in when you like." Jlm Dumps and wlfe invariably. Had "Force" for Sunday evening tea,:, When cook went out that afternoon. " 'Tis but a saucer and a spoon To wash -e task not grim— And all areleased," laughed "Sunny gine." The ltently.teServ. Cereal pleases everybody in every way. We a Eike 01.1 "Wo 1188 'Pore& at helve sea like It exceedingly. ani. fi. Himmiritalr PRAMUAL USEOFEADIUI C ANCER CURED WH1rIl,E BAYS BAILED, Deniand ,for the El- ofrent at 75,. 000 an Ounce n Par a Exceeds the Supply, .1.- writer 1n the London Timm) hes an interesting cuc't1ele dealing with, the practical tees to which resit= can and may be pu.t. He lemmas the fact that there is no sign that the elleruical industry in li;nglend has yet awnlceeed to these powib111- t.ies, In fie•lu'aa1,v nrtid ?:'ranee rad- ium le being reteconsfully produced on a manufacturing scale. The do-• mend at 1015,000 a11 ounce is fel' in excess of the supply, whereas In England it is neither being prelte:ed. Im9' its mmrnlfneta0'o attempted, home of ]dee most hopeful and most important uses of 11(110rn 010 in tale field of mwdioinc, Physicists and doctors complain of the in>;fiossi- hildty of regulating the (diameter of X-rary'S 80 ae to repeat with cer- tainty any desired result. Radium dives a beautifully consistent aril 0111(0rm &apply of rays. Instead of Idle cumbrous focus tube, nearly nes large as a football mud Ilia 810.111.• fold expensive 1101)111 of trio X-ray outfit, a glass tubo. somewhat smaller then a toothpick and con- taining from one-tenth to enc-Ilfth of a grain of radlcmn, has already been specessfudly ems/1070d In cases of. cancer, 51)100 the little lathe can be inserted in cavities no larger than the nostril. In a great many cases in which it was impossible to use the X-rays, radium has boon readily employed. as is shown by the following case at. Charing Cross Hospital. A RODENT CANCER of the nose which had recurred after an 0001011011 and had beam 1131800- cessfully treated by the X-rays was sub,jeetod to a short expositive of radium„ ]rout' exposures, aggregat- ing about an 110113, 1001V given at intervals of a few days. ;In three weeks the dine:mod part was healing well, and in six weeks after two further exposures the cancer disap- poacel completely 'without loaning say visible sea'. Similar (IUCCCsa In treating an otherwise incurable cancer was reported from Vienna last week, 'Tie fact that radium inclosed in a lead box an inch tlttcek and brought near a p00500. in a dark room causes the some feeling as a flash of light on the retina, oven when the eyelids are tightly closed, and that the same sensation is expm•iented by the blind, is attracting the serious at- tention of medical meal, and the stutoessfal treatment of many other diseases than cancer may be confi- dently expected in the near future, The•great problem of the applica- tion of radium for illuminating pur- poses belongs to another clans, that is, it would be perfectly= practi- cable .if the supply of radiuut was somewhat more, abundant than at present. A small fraction Of an Malice of radium properly employed would, probably prove to bo a good light sof/slant Ion' sovoenl 1`00na0, which at any rate during the present ce11111i5'y, need never require renewal. As a grain of radlu'nl throws forth frail ten to a hundred ni111f.on pro- jectiles psr second, wouldthe light aenail- able from a graiwouldprobably equal SIDVIDRAL CANDLE PPVu',FR. Other conceivable applications of radium to sarpply other Pontos of energy besides light belong to still anotihee class, so far as can bo siren at present, anti will only become ap- plicable if the available supply of radium is increased beyond what 0001(1 jl16t now poc.,siblo, 101' it Can-. not be expected that such a very raildio .'native clement will • ever - be- come very ab•unllant, Rrutio-aotfve elements are spontaneously break- ing up, and the small quantities of radium which aro found in uranium mi:n01ols from which it is extracted must. -00 regarded as the anssent that has survived the disintegrating - process which has probably offenldedd t•hrotigh, the . geological epochs, - of tinee. It i5:therefore not to be ex- pected that a Mizell more abundant 10311'(0' then pitchblende,' w'hic'h 'Pro- bably 'd'oes not` Contain more '1111'an 1-10,Q00 per cont: of ('adtuun'will be fatla,cl. C` 86111 another class covers the pos- sibillties of radio -activity which acre enrolling further steps of scientific 1alowledge before they can'nmaterial- ire. '1110 most striking fact of radio -activity is its lnn'altaabilIty. Radium contains an immense reser- voir of energy, stildicient to main- tain its continuous pow'e•fal radia, ]fans for many centuries; i et all at- tempts to increase its activity or make. it 811.111ly its energy at a Ina- or an).rr rate have signally failed, If it is over possible to accomplish this and to conpcntente the output of enemy which is now being dissipated over several centuries. into 11110 epee°• ot. A TIO,W D'AY'S 011 WEEKS, then there is not the least doilbt • •o£ 12110 ronult: • Prof. R;uthcrtorid, from leis own erperfitlente and those of Dr. Curie,' has calculated . tile energy stored up in one grail of radium as being imint:tint to raise 500 ions a u1110 high. An ounce, therefore, would retake to drive a 50 Horse-powr motor atoned the world at the rate of 80 111i10s an bon11e. 'J10 jios''lhllity Mixing able In the future to rohtrol and stole the en- ergy of sodium and to liberate it for Ilei.. ns reghnil'od at any desired rate 10 the most interesting feotlthre 0f.a'adio-activity at the present time. If it; were ever possible to do olio with 1 adiu,m, it, would a1100st enr- tainly he so for traniunll, angel th,er- hunt, wltieth can be prof/heed by the inn end probably eo,nt1111 110 1088 whored energy that ra(li001, hilt evolve it at a vastly slower rate. Our fatriurs bursted 1lrenselws in s; o'elaiing es to. what. wortl(1 ho,, conte of 11s When the world's coal sn1)111y w'ns n:thndtst.ed, vl single al 11) of science Is all that 18 needed for that )riscll'.1em t0 11:1 au''sw'ered in a, nlertner 1 eyelid the (bream% even of the Melting novolr`81, hid 11 1u,181? 1315 conrOsso(l. that-efenre holds runt seamy pl'ospeetei tai its Paitlineaat;