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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-11-16, Page 3Are Ifoo Aware of the Feet? That yOU get more Solid Value perdo Har when you invest it in SemescasermaseseatieenlifatelMalMile Tea than any other kind on the market, ONLY ONE BEST TEA. BLUE RIBBON'S IT. ffWe9f The F urt and X -- BY OSCAR PARKER — 1:4-:+:40.:44444,44-:«0+ol,c4.8.0* (Now York Morelli.) We Sinai at my roomthat night, a trio inetead of the usual quartette, Templeton had not turned up, 'but he had sent no ex- cuse, and might arriye at any moment, We womiered at Ills absence, abused hlm tits- ereetly tbelaind Ills back, grew IrrItated, cant welted, but Gually gave Wm up. His unexpialuect apostocy threatened ruin to our usual Thursday nIglit wbtst, "Shall it be dummy or nothing?" asked Merton. in the tones of a plan with a grtevanea. "Or eau you find a fourth hand?" Fiehltug put to me. • "On sea a night?" I exposteletea, It WAS retains told Wowing coatemptuously--e. .tlendIsh night. Fielding whip:m(011y euggeet0 00ISSAllta- ORA, "Telepathie suggesion," amended Mer- ton, "ls more modem. We want a fourth band, We will all agree upon eame man we want and induce him to come to ue bY concentrating our wills." The proposal amused Fieldins. His med- ical trathiug, etrictly scientitio, and the habit of tracing Intellectual connection be- tween cause and effect disposed him to be satirical. "Better try the ineautation," said he. "It has ,a more respeetable antiquity and Is, quite ne reliable," 'But risky" I suggested. "We might raise the devil himself by your Incanta- tion." "I don't know," mid Fielding "that be would be objectionable, if he knew whist." 'It is just the night for his Sataule Majesty' to be abroad," Merton added, us Another blast howled la the chimney, and the rain lashed angrily at the windows. A. proper night for witehes' revels." At that a sudden, inspiration captured 000. I suppose all of us are prone to be seized in that. way by an impulse to do mad or eccentric things. "What do you sal'," mid I, "to my going out and Inviting the first etranger who has the look of a gentleman to join us?" This touched Merton, who is a born stu- dent of mankind. Fleming hesitated. "It's a good deal more risky than the incanta- tion," said he, "but if BroWne Is willIne to chane a burglar in his rooms, 111 chance a poor whist player." Such was tbe preen:stale to the most dra- matic event in my experience. Preparing for the storm, I went out on what would have seemed to otbers a foul's erraud, and to me presently began to have a prepos- terous air. I was resolved, nevertheless, to carry It through -to persevere In epite of disappointments, rebuffs, or even the ridicule that I might naturally expect. Coi. ceive my relief, then, at an inetautaneous success. As I descended the steps to the pavenaent, a man's figure moved from the shadow of the tree before the house. For a moment he seemed- ca: part of the shift- ing shade cnst by the wildly tossing branch- es. Theo he took sharpe definitely and I sp:)Ice to him. "I beg your pardon, sir," said I, "but I ens in a quandary, and perhaps you canre- lieve me. But first -don't be surprised at the question -do you play whist?" He canto intOsthe light at that, and maw his face -a youthful face, but grave, with an air ot brooding melancholy in the dark eyes and a certain pathetic) droop of the lips. lie had the look of a gentleman, andI felt that my blunt question; de- manded full elucidation. "I beg your par- don again," I eontinued, "but the position is thts"-and as I explained he listenea silently, with that same grave, questioning expression, When be epoke hU voice surprised me as much as his face had done -a clear, vibrant voice, more youthful in pitch than seemed to consort •with his 'years; a cultivated end refined 901011, with Just a suspicion of strain In tbe tones, as though not under ,perfect control, and indicating some mental stress. "I might do much worse," he said, "My time is my own and *whatever ,or skill I have Is at your eervice." The accept pUzzleal me, Then and later his English was idiomatically perfect, but the accent was not English, nor dld it have any clue to his nationality. Absurd AB it Will seem, my imagination was so far under the spell ot Fielding's sinister sug- gestion that the rather startling suddeu- mess of this man'a appearance, as if in answer to my quest, set me wondering whether Satan, if he took human shape, would wit epee% all languages equally 'well, but with au intonation that belonged to none of them. As I invited lay new ac- quaintance to follow me, and turned my back upon; hint to lead the way, a cold wave passed Itom neck to heel. It was the dense gloom of the night and the wild fury of the sterna, 1 assured myself, tbat had eftected 007 terves, but still I won- dered who this chance guest might be. What folly,. I reflected. IV'e would learn Isis name in a few minutes. He wore a long cloak and a eoft slouched bat, and both were very wet. Ile was in evening dress, and, as my servant took from him his outer garments, I noted the slim youthltiltiess of ais figure, Then I ushered him into the room where nay friends were waiting. "Gentlemen," I cried, conacious of a sin- gular feeling of excitement, "I have sue- ceeded, as you see. Thie, sir, is Mr. Field- ing, and this Mr. Merton, And how may I introduce you?" "As the Fourth iftind," was hie answer. "Good," said I, but sadly disappointed. "It is apt, and you are within your rights. I present to you the Fourth Hand, Retitle- snen. My own poor name, sir, is Browne, BroWne with an 0 -the Suttolk 13rownes," There was no handshaking, and but little was said, Our guest was, if not taciturn, a man of few words, and we soon gathered about the card table, I, as primarily re- sponsible for Our lacamth Hand, taking him for my partner. After the first rubber, howeVer, there wa.s no reluctance an the pall Of any of tts to accept his partnership. He had, es the phrase get% the devil'e own tuck cer- tainly, but also he played with aplonto, a dash, a censurnate kill that were Ir- resistible. We Vont the rubber, I forget by hoW niuch, and at the conclusion tongues brOke Mese. "Never," said Merlon, "have I played a seen Mut:Meeting game, What do you /say, Mediae?" say that Brewne has caught the PrInee ef players, and we a Tartar,. Merton." "It was you," I said, somewhat mall. leuely to Fielding, "who Would have wet - coined the Prhiee of Darkness, wasn't It?" +.1 am perfectly satisfied with the sub - Ile answered, dryly, and to our guest added: "YOU must have played a great 4001, Fourth Hand, for to young a Alan, Your itaeight Is ettreordlnaty, felt a bit uncanny, I coerces, m though any 'Wads turned transparent in My heeds." Our Foutth Mind hae tbe good Mate not to,, demur to this tribute. '"ro have failed In the serious businese of lite," saki lie In theta/ clear, tense tones, that seemed to give distinction to the simplest sentence, "leaves one the more test tor play. Cards are InY only disttaction." "1 should Wren Iteld that the serious filminess of life Mid have hardly begun with you," lelelding Ventured, "and that reeceits or 'lentils! WAS still a long way 'ahead," Then Merton ion up the probe ift lighter veto. "While, Inert men of our eges" toed he, "find their chief Silsbee:Ma In the most seldom game 4 Wan tan play - the • alne ot love " "A. fool's game," wee the retolfter, "for the Mete earnest the player, the more com- pletely he melees his tame" AA he Uttered these worde Our /Meant feed euddenie paled, end I pressed 4 elite; of wine upon him, 01. tho same tiros turn - Ing the teik in to a lees perbened eliannel by askiug Morten: lt, in the PdraUlt 01 jilt; epeeliti hobby, he had tatule any recent die- tretericift in herein, idlosytteraeles. lie raiplaulpit "I MA .Atter 414 but I have mit actually pinned him yet fer leisurely study." "Who is It now?" I asked. ' He peu.sed as though to give emphasla to , Dis announcement, "I am told that tllo rInce or gaieria is in Londen." I "What!" exclaimed Fielding, "thilt rooat ' excentric sovereign, who deposes bimetal • every twelve moeths or so? Are you on his track?" "I shall run him to earth in a day or two," was Merton's eonfident answer. "Astd then what?", But without waiting saying, "dxouse me a moment, but our Fourth Hand seems to be really 111. Allow mo,' and be stepped toward our gueet who • eat swaying in hie chair, has face the ashen hue of a man at the poInt of cent- plete collapse, Before Fielding could roach him, however, lie appeared to conquer his 'weakness by a remarkable effort of will. He sprang •erect, the blood eame flooding his -cheeks in a torrent, his eyes blazed with sudden wrath, "Do not touch me, sir, at your peril:" he cried, with au almost regal gesture ot repulsion. Such a flash of melodrama striking upon the quiet passage of our lives was ern- barressing, An Englishman Is never quite prepared for the acute displays of emo- tion, and AA awkward pause followed the outburst, taut we presently recovered our normal poise. Making BOMA remark about tbe close air of the room, I erossed to a window and threw it wide open. Fielding sat down at the table and began icily shuttling a pack ot cards, while Merton poured for himself a glass of whiskery and soda and the nset it down untaeted. The Fourth Hand stepped over to the open window, where he stood gazing silently out on this Walpurgis night of tempest. Fielding broke the strained silence by a return to the subject of the Falerian ruler, asking Merton it he had ever peen the Prince. No, Merton had not. "lle le very young, Isla he?" "Hardly more than a boy, hut he Is said to be very maitre for his years," "And what do you mean to clo when you have caught him?" "Diagnose hint," Merton replied; "study Wm, get at tee root cause of his malady. lie plays toe most remarkeble pranks with his crown and its responsibilities. Is he mad or merely a faddist? Is he anarchist, fatalist misogynist—" "Why, misogynist?" Fielding interrupted. "Ho is said to have a most inveterate antipathy to women," Merton explained. "Of course, therefore, the women are ail •in- love with him. One lady, especially, ae- vording to autbeutic gossip, a lady of high positive in Faleria, persietently •pursues hire, usually disguised, in all his wander- ings. As the story goers, It is to escape her persecution that he so frequently leaves his dominIons or varies the remedy by oc- casional alslicatious. Hie vagaries appear to be understooe by his people; they ap- point a regency until he turns up again. Government on opera bouffe lines, Isn't we' "I should say," was Fielding's comment, "that the less so adept a ruler ruled the better for his country." At these words our Forth Hand wheeled from the window and faced us. I thought bis drawn features and flaming eyes threatened another explosion, and to fore- stall it I sought to draw him Into our talk. "You imprcee Inc, Swish Hand," said 1 "as a man who lies travelled widely. Per- haps you have beau In Iraleria." . ' -Maar times," was his answer. I"Do you know the Prince?" "As I know myself," This most unexpected reply startled us all and filled Merton with the ardor of the huntsman at the view h II "Oli, t1ls 1 amazingly interesting:" he cried. "A most t fortunate encounter, Browne. What a ' strange cotheidence that your whimsical ' search for a fourth hand should have had this result:" But I failed to rise to his pitch of eu- thuslasm..WIth tee, at least, a vague sense of something sinister in the environment prevailed; but I, of course, tacked Merton's engrossinent in the idiosyncrasies of the Falerian sovereign. He pressed our guest for some enlightenment. "You have heard nte say, no doubt, that I am anxious to meet this eccentric gentleman. 1)0 you hap- pen to know if he Is in fact In London?" ) I bad an odd, luexplicable feeling that the question was rather tactless, or even '‘ rude, but I was not conscious of any ! warrant for that intuition, unless it was O curious spasm that passed swiftly over the face of, our guest. However, there , was no symptom of heat or even annoy - env) in his voice when he answered with stiff dignity, "You wilt, I am sure pardon . me, sir, if I say that the Prince of Valeria . would resent this discussion of h s move- r meats." i "You pique my curiosity immensely." : respondee Merton. "I fail to see how our sprIvate conversation can be a matter of 'offence to Ills Highness, unless -but, ne, that is impossible. However, you are in a sense our guest, and your scruples must be deferred to." "Since you are so bent upon it, Merton," broke in Fielding, somesvhat petulantly, "why not tok far the persecuting lady? gnuy,a, Ar rbfy: have abandoned the .1.1.onwhineg 33307 you should find the chase. Rumor has it that she has squandered her fortune in this fantastic pursuit." , "Well, in that cath, her loss will be the Prince's gain, apparehtly. BUt what fu - thous cenclUctl Ab, Well; love Is always moore or lurth oess a maoodonoesoos.e Mato think you, 1 ferret( by allay case?" from discruessItn0gt 'ge- woman in the Mr, ylaitellr* "cept than h and so dnittiod" a woman, , from Ineni."Youo Say that love to Ihirevatitdr7- ,i tlioeuses.hroproitgoo,areo rigt butjo'ittwto not "i.13 ere was rebtde Ilin thyise, but did We t altogether deserve it, oh was our street's t /lose a little too fastidious? I recalled / Morton's supposed trate ot thought a few memente eerlier-lve should have deeervel , these rebukes if our fourth hand had been the Prince himself, or ono of hie entonr- age, but that seemed a ridiculous suppoei- thin. However, it was a sthgular fact that every moment this man had been Meow; us had deepened the mystery or Ids Per- 114son/010e and our turiessity, or mine he to who and certain- tre 00003 to have that doubt solved. * ui ,what, might be We I proposed a return to the carde, and tor an hour or more tho eXciting tople was dropped front speech, If not out of Wiled. Nor did it occur auctilaty utitil just fle we were abeut to separate. 1 happened to ask Wielding if he had eeen In the Pic- eadilly a review of a new book, "The Flunkey in Alt." Ite bee not. The paper lay heat him and Ise took it up. He was Abutting through its pages, whea he suddenly ex- claimed: "Hullo! Here's your Prince of Valeria again, and mined, at last. LIS - tent " "rhe Prince of Merle. has Just taken holy orders in the Catholic, Church, It 18 sold by those who know the Weirs ot Ilia Mgt/rites that Ito luta been driven to this stop by the relentlese petsecutione of It tttled lady rf hie dominions, who, deter - 1111110 to marry him, has Inside his 1110 4 burden by her varmint: but the Church line mane is one move.' " "Alt," said Morton, "that makes hini comtoonpla.e, / pito him' up." "Aata your Cholas appears to be die lady's uteeesity," wide I Fielding, taking no hi% gbiss as he 3:oulte. "We will drink hOitpICr .V2 1 Omani at tur fourth band. For the fire time that evening a canile Omitted his lips, fuel into hirt sycot flashed a radiant look Of cweieut. At ere waited for 'him to loin as in tits tenet he took from a waist - teat pietist a email Wel, and, raying calm - la "A pimping draught, aelltiehien." drank it off exiakly. 'rho next moment be eltpeei to tits floor Inert. "aulek, Isielains," I cried; "he 11M telatea," Wicr. "1 ant ;stride It la wore* than thee" sate • • be. "Pick up Wet Phial while I °Pea his lot it be touched." "Do you think It watt poison?" Every collar and Waite Iitsufl It Uptight -40a3 "Tes-throw that Motleys wide open; . I good 0941 nrowne-Merton-It's a women: "1'4" “Ill 4"41 tra,edY1 Te the* 407- Two Nliziltes gene dead!" Olin?: te identity ber?' ,, "There's a loeliet here, italiallig by a ebala rouna tier eete. Wbosie portrait itt Ibis inside it? It Is signed on the haek 'Falgene " There WAS a tremor in einots're easiest -ay "Were was a tremor In Merton's valpi as ba esswererf-"Tee Prince et Vahria,' A STRANGE VERNACULAR, Odd Terms Employed by Foresternd Loggers. Insight into a strange Vernacular -the terms used lsy Joggers and foresters -1$ given by a bulletin just published by the Bureau of Forestry, The first hal S 0 the pamphlet is 'de. voted to forestry. There we may read all the technical terms in good use, from "absolute forest laud" to "yield table." On turning to the logging terms, which are listed in the last half of the bulletin, WO come across sorno truly remarkable expressions -terms which, theugh evi. dently derived from slang, are now in good use anaong woodsmen either throughout the country or in the region denoted in each case. There the un- initiated may learn the distinction be. tween a "ball -hooter" and a "boom rat," between a "bull cook" and a "eattyman," and find that none of them refers to any lesser animal than the logger himself. Among other creatures of the logging camp may be numbered also the "alligator," the "do/phill," the the "mg," and the "road. donkey," all names of object* endowed with life by the vernacular of the logger. The "alligator" proves to be "a boat tieed in lutedling logs;" the "doe a "short, heavy piece or steel;" the "pig" a "rigging slab" and in the °road donkey" a donkey engine mounte(1 on a heavy sled, ete. Birds are represented by the "blue jay" and the "rooster" (also called "gooseneck"), reptiles by the "snake," and insects by the "katy- did." A tenderfoot intending a visit among the brawny loggers in the North Woods, the Appalachian Forest, or else!. lvliere, should find it decidedly in order to take along this bulletin, As the only reliable handbook of the kind in the language, this bulletin, No. 61, as it is known, will be in wide re- quest among thos interested in.forestry and lumbering. .1.1. may be secured by application to the Forester, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. O. 1 :- HELP FOR LITTLE ONES. • It ie a recognized fact that babies - wed indeed all children -need a meda eine of their own. Medical men know, too, that most baby medicines do more berm than good --that most of them con- tain poisonous opiates, that drug chil- dren into quietness without curing their little Ills. Baby's; Own Tablets ie a mod- ern medicine for babies and young chil- dren, and is sold under a guarantee to contain no opiate or harmful dreg. 't cures stomach, bowel and teething bles, and by its natural, healthy ace re prtmiotes sleep and, repose. It makes little .ones well and keeps tbem well. Mrs, W. E. Ansell, Ayer's Flat, giles says; "I would advise every mother with el& or fretful children to use 13aby's Own Tablets. They are the most eatesfactery medicine i have ever tried, and almost magical in their ef- fects." You can get the Tablets from any medicine dealer or by mail at 25 cersts 13 box by wri1.ing The Medicine Co, ;Brockville, Out yip — -7- The Attractive Woman. In a discussion among some friends re- cently we were in dispute as to the four requisite qualities to be found in the finest type of woman. A thought that these were the necessary charms: -1. A sense of religion; 2. An affectionate dis- position; 3. A high reverence for ma- ternity; and 4. Docility of temperament. On the other hand, 13 required; 1. Beauty; 2. High spirit; 3. Intelli- gence; and 4. An affectionate disposi- tion. 13 reminded A that he had not asked for intelligence in his perfect wo• man, to which A replied that he didn't require it. 13 laughed this attitude of mind to scorn, and said that he knew a case at that mamma in which Such a wo- man as A described was slowly boring her husband to death, and actually driv- ing him from hozne by her insanity -the ease being all the harder for the tins - band because he realized and appreciat- ed the good points of Ms wife .e.retort- ed by saying that he knew a case in which such an intelligent and high-spir- ited woman as B described had turned her home topsyturvy by !snowing snore than her husband did - that the hus- band had been slowly but surely relegat- ed to the background, and the wiles "af- fectionate dieposition," instead of being dutifilly concentrated upon her husband and family) had gone abroad for its sat- isfaction, and expended itself upon man and woman kind generally, The argns anent was of the sort that came to an end, and it was agreed that the ques- tion would be sent to the editorial tri- bunal for settlement, in the hope that a formula, for "the perfect woman"' might be evolved. WHY nE NEVER GOT PAR. He did not know how to advertise, Ile did not keep up with the times. He tried te save by hiring cheap help. Ilis word could not be depended upon, He looked upon system as useless red tape. He strangled his progress by cheese - paring economy. Ife did not have the ability to multiply himself in others, eafe did not think it wotth while to look after little things. He nulled his capacity for larger things by burying himself in detail, He never learned that it is the liberal policy that wins hi business building. His first success made Min over -confi- dent, and he got a "swelled head." Ills styles were always a little off. TVs goods always o little ont of date, Tie thought he could save the motley whirl his competitors spent for advete t sing. Ile thought it wits 'nonsense to pay ae 'ergo salaries to buyers its his eons- petitots did; hut they got his custom- ers. Ile did not appreciate the velue of good taste in 11, buyer, but thought what he saved on his salary was clear gain, lie was always running his business down. With him times were hard and money tight; bueinese only just N4.00." IT0 WAS 1)(4811il19t10, ittttl 11.11 Iris SM. plOyt'eg 110111glIt MIIAgiOn) /111/king Use whole atmosphere of his establish- ment depressing. He put men at the head of depart. meets; or in poets of responsibility who Ittekdexeeutive ability and the quail. Wee of leadetship. Ire coultt plan, but tould net, exeetfte, and he did not know 'Fenian 'nature seen enough to surround himself wino effiel. ent lieutenants. --Orison Swett Maslen, 1(i Suecess Physicians tell us that all. the blood in .4 healthy human body passes through the heart once in avery two minutes. If this action be- comes irregular the whole body suffers. Pobr health follows poor blood ; Scott's Emulsion makes the blood pure. One reason why SCOTT'S EMULSION is such a great aid is because it passes so quickly into the blood. It is partly di- gested before it enters the stomach; a double advan- tage in this. Less work for the stomach; quicker and more direct benefits. To get the greatest amount ot good with the least pos- sible effort is the desire of everyone in poor health. Scott's Emulsion does just that. A change for the better takes place even be- fore you expect it. we will tend you a ample free. Be sure that thh picture in the form of a label is on the wrap- per of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Sever & Bowes Chemists Toronto, Ont. sett:Ito and $1.03 drugglsis ZADKIEL'S PREDICTIONS. Famous English Almanac Out With Pro- phecies for ape. Zadkiel's Almanac for 1906, with its prediction of good and evil, has made Its appearanee. It is well to know that, speaking gen. erally, Great Britain will not come to ' any harm during the ensuing year, al- though trouble threatens on the contin- ent. Thus, in January, "Anarchism will de- velop ahermingly in the Russian army! and navy, and will make some inroads I in the armies of Germany, Austria and ' Turkey." The relations of Great Britain with some foreign countries, notably Ger- many and Russia, will be complicated will eabtriusea r Ta; il se, iTanacifittrbebe stabilitytroubles of the French Republic somewhat sleek- en; the Due d'Orleans may make a bid , for popularity and power." In Eng- ' land political excitement is renewed and changes are itmninent. Fires and explosions in Londoe, storms in the 'United States and a ; financial crisis are predicted in May. The Kaiser is warned to "beware of rash actions" in July, and in August our statesmen must be prepared for a. sod- • den and startling denouement on the : Continent due to a "certain excessive. /y ambitious power." e ItIMAY410410,04:414314100$14:04 A Triple 3 3 Somersault, ittirittalrorfraW.COMM.0.4%%4 Dan O'Brien achieved the ambition of his life at the Hippodrome one waning reeently when he exceeded a tripple sone I meta from a spring.literd. The feat i . has never lacen ecconiplishal before 30' lay audience, and a hare half dozen ath- letes have ever performed it and lived. It has slain it scores. That 0'13rien escaped with nothing worse than Strain- ed muscles ie a marvel to his acrobatic as/iodates. They expected to carry him I off the stage to a hospital, O'Brien has spent his life leaping over elephants and emote. Ife chums the record double somereault distance of thirty-two fret, but had been deferred from attempting a third turn by the fate af comrades of tile ring. "This keen fell weather has put new life and energy in me," he announced one night to his fellow 'capers at the Hippodrome, "33e here to -morrow morn- ing and I'll do something to boast about or quit leaping for good." q1/0111.11air • reEDIN 0 FA OTS abou'r4.1cordinit3irYorafificadriyn:LVVIE::114713:c;;TI"Nuti. digested or waeted, This UndlgeStal talaget can be male to Ore !la' 10 I lb, ey.tra lous 1eV day, and at a profit, by adding the "salt, pcodr,Si1 1rat.7" to ie food tg make it "taety." You Ete two; on your own food ; why not tlie anlikmeonle Lcrotirce the atiimal buiz,s for a "astYtut7ret4L a Isthe "mouth watering" before eat - in& and the stomach f.lis vith digestive OW - to thoroughly dissolve the food. This extra amount of digestive fluid dist- solves an extra amount of toed. Thi' Lrtere the extra gain comes in, Clydesdale Stock Food lathe "salt, pepper and gravy" that makes the animal's "mouth water." It is equally good for Horses, Sheep and Hogs. Nothing injurious in it podcan stop feeding it without harmful effects, Human beings can take It WW1 benefit. We take it every clay. We know it cotitents. It is made clean, if not satisfied your money will be cheerfully refunded by the dea.:04 11:1Y HEItCULES POttaegY F000 CINDUSDATA WroC1C It001/ CO., Limited :MOIST°. isd,Alleatiosenkiew 4, • -::;m; • Prank Melville, equestrian director and Coley Morella, John Davenport, anti " ' - Thomas Cook, acrobats, assembled with .1-'14:444-4-1-•-4-9÷0.4-0-/-**4-044-40-/-0-0-S +'+$-+ 8"+ 5+--4-C4 1.,11114.1-S, 0'13rien on the big stage at 0 o'clock, end the long, narrow runway and spring- I board were put in position. O'Brien lim- bered up with a series of singIe and double somersaults, eud announced him- 1 self ready for the supreme trial. Prop- erty men, carpenters and chorus girls and men awaiting rehearsal calls gather- ed in awesome silence. The straw "bed" on which the acro- bat alights was placed twenty-five feet from the spring -board, and Melville gave the signal. The spangled athlete dashed at his highest speed down the runway and hit the elastic plank with terrific bound. Up he was thrown for almost fifteen feet with hands tightly clasping both legs between the knee and ankle and pressing them closely together. The play of the muscles of shoulder and beck was distinct. Twice he revolved and then, when to the white-faced onlookers he appeared about to fell, he turne(1 again and landed limp and inert in the centre of the pea. 13efore his comrades had reached him side lie was on his feet, pale but stalling. ."I lost all brain sense after the sec- ond turn," he panted, "and expected to land on my head or on the back of my neck. I'm content with tbe double here- ef toe,r13.; ien's exploit was the sole "topic of discussion among the Hippodrome per- formers last week. "The first roan to turn a triple somersault," said Frank Melville, "was a pertormer in Van Am - burgh's circus in Mobile, Ala., in 1842. He broke his neck. William J. Hobbes made the attenipt at Astley's Amphithe- atre, London, in the season of 1845-'40. He was instantly killed. The next one was John Amer. Tie had been suceees- fully turning a double, and was the orig- inal in accomplishing it over four horses. Ile tried it triple at the Isle of 'Wight, England, in 1859, turned twice, landed 1 on his forehead and broke his neck. Sam Reinhardt, while traveling with Cooper es Bailey's circus, became dissatisfied with the double somersault feat and was anxious to do a triple. He did it at Toledo, Ohio, in 1870, making a high leap, turned twice and a half, alighted on the broad of his back and was dis- abled for some time. Billy Dutton ac- complished the feat at Elkhart, Ind., in the sunnner of 1860, but he never made another attempt. Bob Stickily did it while practicing at a gymnasium in Fighting Garden insects By the Destruction of Rubbish and Remnants. 4-4-e-o-o-o-owereaea+-0-al-eleressae-44-•-•-tee (Prof. Franklin Sherman, jum) we min easily believe that there would most serious insect pests of the field. . • , It is well known that way of our be fewer of them/ liteect pets next ees, son, Even the ertiehemetled coat of whitewash on the puxet tem° surround - and garden pass the winter months be. ing the garden will do emu° good against ueath such shelter as they can find in the insects by sealing up email eraeka or near the crops upon whieh they. have in which insects might otherwise secrete been feedin.g. Thus many .species themselves, cut -worms, for example, pass, the win- In the promp destructiOn of all etr in a half grown condition beneath lese remnants ammesliately after the boards, stones, trash, or just beneath harvesting of the crop we fhave a the surface surface of the soil. The chinch bug able remedy 'which is all too little appre- often hibernates under boards, true., I elated by most persons. A stalk -weevil 014., around the alees of grain or grass which bores in the stems of the potato fields. The tarnished plant bug, which reaches maturity and escapes from the eeuses distortine twisting of the young I vines only alter the crop is harvested leaves of currant': gooseberry a.nd rasp- arid the vines are lying unheeded ea the berry, hibernates under fallen leaves. ground. On the neglected stubs of eel>, The turnip louse which is the same bage and. co.ulifloever plants many a epecies as the cabirege louse in gerdene, brood of lice is born in the fall and "In, seems to pass 'tee winter on each living dian summer" season. Many a cut -worm roots, shoots or other remnants of its and green cabbage warm, and many a food -plant as remain in the field. pupa (chrysalis) of the daltnond-back These eonsiderations show at once inoth passes the winter or reaches ma. that much may be done at this season to turity on these eenenantes hence their avoid damege next spring and summer. immediate destruction is advisable, 31 every fence row be thoroughly clean- If one lone gardener or farmer hi a el out, either by the plough or by fire; locality follows these suggestions while if every pieee of trash around the gar- all his neighbors neglect them, his re - dens and fields he piled and burne.d; if sults, while none the less sure, -will nob all the dead leaves iu the gardens be be as noticemble and satisfactory as consigned to flames, and lastly, but would be the case if all the farmers or perhaps most important of all, if all gardeners in the community should net rinse, stalks, stubs, leaven , and other togeseer, 'Unity of action is always remnants of crops be absolutely de- more effecttive than mere spasmodic; in- stroyed by fire ar in the compost -heap, dividual effort, 1Fourteenth street. He alighted in a 'blanket, but he never successfully did it by alighting on his feet, . Frank Starks tindertook the feat at Indianoplis in ,Tune 1879. He alighted on his heed dislocating his neck, and died in a few hours. 1 "The only person, lithe.; or dead, who accomplished the feat successfully more than once was ,Tohn Werland, now living at Cornwall, N. Y. He threw a triple somersault six times from a tramopilen board. The firt time he attempted it was at St. Louis in September, 1874, with John Wilson's San Francisco circus. He made three trials over five horses, in two of 'which he landed on his feet. The next time he tried was et St, Louie in 1876, with Howe's London eines, This time he landeil on a bed in it sitting posture. He did it again at Fan Clair in 1881, with Adam Forepaugh's show; also a few days aiter, at La Crosse. The last time that he accomplished the feat was at New Haven in 1884, with the Forepaugh show, in the presence of the Mayor of the eity and many newspriper correspondents."-Netv 'York Tribune. Not Her First Experience. (Modern Society.) The young woman in the stern of the lit- t tle boat had whispered softly the word "Yes." "But stay where you are, Jack," she added, bastily, "It you try to kiss roe "' u It upset the boat." "How do you know?" hoarsely demanded Jack a horrible suspicion already taking Possession of him. HOSPITALS CROWDED MAJORMf OF PATIENTS WOMEN Mrs. Pinkhara's Advice eaves Many Prom this Sad and Costly Experience. It is a sad but true fact that every year brings au in- crease in the number ofopera- tions performed upon women in on r hospitals. More thesathree- fourths of the dffe.r.Reht. Glom patients lying on those snow white beds are women and girls who are awaiting or reenveriag from opera- tions made necessary by neglect. I Every one of these patients had plenty of warning in that bearing down ifeeling, pain at the left or right of the wotnb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the 1 small of the beck, leueorrlicea, dizzi- ness, flatulency, displacements of the , womb or irregularities. All of these ; symptoms are Indications of an un- healthy conditiou of the ovaries or i womb, and if not heeded the trouble ; will make headway until the penalty 1 has to be paid by a dangerous Opera- ' thee, and a lifetitne of impaired useful- 1 ness at best, while in many eases the results are fatal. The following letter should bring , hope to suffering women. Mrs. itobert Glenn, of 434 Marie Ste, Ottawa, Ont., writes: 1 Dear Mrs, Plidtham:- I 14 LydieE. Pinkbarn's Vegetable Compound is to well and widely kitown that it does not treed my reedinniondation, but I am pleased to add it to the Many whieh yon have in its favor. I strifered untold agonies from ovarian troubles for nearly three years, and the doc- tors told me that X rittiat undergo an opera- 1 tiOnf but ne X *at unwilling to do this. I tried : our Vegetable Canlipietand and X nth 0 1 too pleased that X did so, for it restored nic ' to perfect health, Sating me the Wu of an I operation and the Ifinneuse bills attending i the nine. l'eav Accept my hearty thanks I end best, trishes.', 1 Just As surely AS Mee, Glenn was i cured of the troubles enumerated in her letter, sist so surely will Lydia 11. Plukham's Vegetable Compound owe every woman, in tbe land who seffers I from Womb teoublefe inflammation Of . the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous ; exeitability aud nervous prostration. I Mrs. Muldoon invitee all YolYelh to, I women Who Are in to write her for free advice. Aides's, Lynn, Ito**, WETTEST PLACE IN THE WORM. Indian Province Carries Off the Palm for RaiflfalL The wettest plate in the world, accord- ing to the Russian 'Meteorological Jour- nal, is Cherrapunji, in the Indian pro- vince of Assam. From 1895 to 1903 the average animal rainfall was 11,223 met- ers (nearly 37 feet). 'Next came the en- virons of Bombay with 0.83 meters an- nually. But it should he noted that at the station of Debundscha, in ICamerun 10,454 meters (34 feet) of rain fell annu- ally, . chiefly in Summer. The wett est year in Ciherrepunji was 14,780 meters (48 feet) in 1851, and ht Debundscha 14,- 133 meters (46 feet) in 1902. nI the latter plate there fell in the ono day of June 10, 1003, 456 millimeters (over i 1.2 feet) of water-enore than the whole an- nual average in the Parisian basin. * * The neighborhood of warm seaa and high mountains is the -principal eaten of these extraordinary precipitations. It may be expeeted that the extension of meteorological observation will show ether zones of rainfall more itteriets thee has been hitherto believed, as in Java and Sumatra. 3 . 1 Two Clerymeit at the Pearly Gate. Two clerical gentlemen entered the mists together and side by side approach- ed the pearly gate, One of the taerleal gentlemen had possessed but little world- ly wisdom mid his salary lied been $0000 it year, while the other had been long ou weildly Wisdom and his salary had been $0,000 ft year, Saint Peter first examined the credentials of the peer clergy in elle "Walk, right in, walls right le," said he, "and take a mit up near the front, Yon have done the best you know bow. Then lie examined the credential% of the oilier. "Crawl in mighty carefully," he then said, "arid take a seAt way back where nobody mill be likely to see "Rut air,"the outraged elerival gentle - lean protested, "do you realm that 1 was the pastor of St, Judas' pariell" -that's just it." was the eorrowful enswer; "you've had the most of sour rowerd alreedy." a 46.6-.16.41.04...40..• The eenstiMption epeeialist admits that if it waen't for other tent:slots he Wouldn't be able to fill his own tonere, DYING BY INCHES Bloodless Gids Saved by Dr. Wit- Hams' Pink Pills. I Dying by inchee, Omit is the only way to describe kundreds of blood- less girls who are slipping slowly but surely from simple anaemia into a decline.. 'limy drag titemselvee aiong \dill one foot in the grave through those years of youth that shoula be the heppiest in their lives, And tlie whole trouble lies in the blood. Bad blood. is the fonntain-head et all the trouble that afflicts woman nom ma- turity to middle life, Bad blood 011.11805 all the headaches and side - aches, all the paleness, breathieSS- uess and despondency; all theheart palpitation, sickly dizzy turns and deathly fainting spelle, Prom faint- ing spells to consumption is only 30 step. 1s1 nine cases out of ten 0911. Gumption starts from bloodlessness - and the only sure cure for bloodless - nese Is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They actually make new, rich, red blood, that brings the rosy glow of health to shallow cheeks, and strength to every part of the body, This has been proved in thousands of cases. Msi:ss Frances reach, of Welland, Ont., say "A couple of years ago my condition, of health was very seri- ous. Doctors said that I had 110 blood - that it had turned to Water. was unfit to do anything for months and Was little more than it living ieingsaltsetleton. I had no appetite; exertion svould leave me breathless and I had frequent. severe Not Aways Orange Blossoms. Ilea/lathe& I was treated by several Only in England,. Paestum and America doctors, but they failed to help me, ; is the orange blossom the, bridal flower. and I was eompletely discouraged. ; When the German frattlein becornes a . Then 1 was urged to take Dr. . frau her head is garlanded with myrtle, Williams' Pink Pills, and in a few except in certain sectione, where gaudy weeks found my health improving. 1lawreaths of artificial flowers replace the used eight boxes in all, and was by .; natural blooms and are treasured from that time again well and strong. 1 genoratioa to generation. In Italy and gained tsventv-two pounds ie weight, and the French cantons of Switzeriend white ileasN'elrtafteltDrb.ettteel'ilillilailtus3; Pills did as the dead, but in Spain red rases and I rose are dedicated to the brides as well for .Miss Peach they can do for every ;pinks lend an additional touch of color other weak and ailing girl. They to the bridal thee% of bleak and yellow. make new blood, and new blood , Greek brides are garlanded, appropriate - brings health, strength andi haled. ly enough, with vine leave8, and in Eo- netess.geB;tirlyeetpli.itlisiuswtitbbe trere fet'ionvi n14113\1-30.! 111;111 o rt°11seelbrtrairdY 11 sttJ)7)Ottcd teIn bmilosngt IlDr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale !, of the countrieseof Europe, however, the peoplo," print 111 on the wraPper bridal wreath is considered ae essential around each box. All dealirra Sell 1 as the veil, and pretty senthnent .elns- these pills, or you can get thetn by I ten about the faded wreath that is laid mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes away, whether the wreath be of orange I for $2.50, by writing The Dr. Williams, blossoms or laurel, Medicine Co., Broekville, Ont. Why We're Right Handed, mishap, at a point 187 miles from the coast of Ireland, where the final splice was to be made between the cable that she had paid out from the American side and the 187 miles of cable provioue- ly laid westwarc1 from the Irish coast by the steamship Cambria in the month of June. The weather wan heavy, and the Colonia, was compelled to heave to for several days awaiting smoother seas to enable her to make the final splice, which was made on October 0. At some points the cable seal laid at a depth of nearly three mitee below the . surface of the tea. The quantities of the materials used in the manufacture ef the cable were 1,411,200 pounds of cop- per, 799,088 ponnds of gutta perelm and /0,845 pounds of brass tape, jute, yarn, iron wire and preservative compound. The signaling speed of this cable Is 15 per cent. greater than that of any other cable of equal length in the At- lantic. The cost of the cable varied from $1,000 per mile to $6,000 per mile, according to the character of the ocean bed and depth of water, the greatest, variation in cost being due to the differ- ent diameters and weights of the sec- tions of the cable, the cable which is laid in the deepest water being the lightest, for the important reason that it would be impossible to retrieve a heavy cable from deep water because of the enor- moue pressure. Cable in deep water is practically safe from mechanical in- jury and therefore does not need to be so strong, so that the sections laid in deep water are of small diameter and less cost. The sections laid near shore are of massive construction and very expensive. LAVING AN OCEAN CA13LE. "Our mothers- make us right handed," said a young man, "They do it in our Always Put Down Prom West to East . eiseney. Aeross Atlantic. I "Now does a mother carry her baby? On het arm, eh? The Commercial Commercial Cable Company right , voting your Company's , self in tbat baby's place, which hand rand fifth Atlautic cable from Caen°, N. ta, arm have yea got free? The right, et to 'Waterville, Ireland, was ,completed souse. anti put itt operation on °tether O. t "Babies as they ere serried about have This makes seven, taaneatlant lc eablee the It ft arm and hand .eramped up atid worked in direct emanation with the the right arm and hand freti to swing ihic, of the Poetal Telegraph -Cable Com- about. to strike tvith, 10 seratelt with patty. .,ell of them ore tIttplesed, eo that anti to do everething with. their eounbined eapacite ie fourteen mee- - "Therefore it iseattiral for all Ail - then to grow up rieht handed." sagas at a time. The Atlantic cables' are always laid from Act,St. 141`51, bt.i.A11QP of prevail - he; winds in the summer. mouths on the e'atIant is, ma, from wept And 61.11310 111Ake ISs1.4•1' weather goilig eastward, aniasinently Celneie. the steamer had the cable sailed di. ro, t from England to Ameriea, arriv- ing Off the, 1•1,11,4: of Nova Seotia on Au. peat 10 null lauded the heavy shore reel of the eat& tat the morning of Aupetet le. Moving out from tlic shore she Si 131(11 10 rod: 111111 remanied. fast on it, for four ITAA. 1111` 4111 sag- eompolled her to go into dry dock at 1Talifax with 0,301) miles of submarine cable aboard. llepairs were made end the Colonia took the sea ;emir). Git Septeinter03 slie laid her e5nir4, front VeRne, N. S., pitying slut cable. On October 3 she arrived, without 13