Exeter Advocate, 1900-1-18, Page 2INDOOR WINTE.R. WORK.
VOtato Vista ter—Cost 1,11.50
luree Days' 'Elute—How It Operate
TlIO potato planter simnel in the cut
bus, been in 11SC in ths neighborlioed
or three yertes, says a Rural New
Eoriter correspondent. It cost me 4;1,50
mud three days' time and works as sat-
tsfactorily as a eat) or $00 machine. An
sd mowing machine frame and wheels
Team the fence coraer of one neighbor,
ta 'Siring seat, a lifting lever and sever -
id castings from a discarded binder
of another, a pair of hillers from an old
od.en frame, five tooth cultivator, a
.1.1, shovel plow point from the store,
orne nails, bolts and a little old lumber
e're the materials.
iIie wheels are placed as far apart
as T. desired the rows of potatoes to be,
nIs as to use the wheel mark for a
ssi e, avoiding the use of a marker.
-
HOMEMADE POTATO PLANTER.
t.rhe shovel plow is bolted to a solid 3
tey 3 piece about two feet long, the oth-
er end of which is placed solidly
against the under side of the tongue
and hinged so that it can be raised and
dowered by a lever to which the point
as attached by a chain. Tbe lever is
shown just in front of the wheel and
mear the whiflietrees. A rude box of
three or four bushels' capacity is built
between and over the wheels, slanting
toward the seat, so that, as the pota-
enes are used out of the rear end, those
remaining will roll toward the opera-
tor. always keeping within his easy
reach. A spout or tube four or five
ilneless square leads from the rear of
the box to the furrow behind the plow.
The operator sits at his ease on the
spring seat, picking up the potatoes
and dropping them at regular intervals
ante the spout. I find it works better
to take only one piece in th,e bend at a
tinae, dropping in the spout with one
a'aandi while reaching after a seed piece
with the other. The spout is followed
by the coverers, which leave the
ground slightly ridged over the seed.
ea. cross harrowing just before the
sprouts begin to show leaves the
,gronad level and in fine condition.
The front end of the frame to which
the coverers are attached is hinged to
the two rear upright pieces which sup-
port the box. A lever is beside the
&eat to raise and lower the coverers at
the end of the rows. The coverer frame
should be hung low at the front end,
and the 'tillers must be set just the
sight distance apart and at just the
sight angle.
A little trouble arose at first in this
respect. One seed piece when drop -
ed would stop just where it first
tanched the ground and the next one ,
tusight roll or jump ahead a foot or
=sates thus making them lie at un -
squall distances when dropped evenly
point of time. 'This was overcome
Vey stalling to the front and sides of the
iiowe e end of the spout a piece of an
(eld rubber bootleg which touched the
bottom of the furrow. Then the seed
&ad 1;0 stay right where it dropped.
A man to drive the team and to raise
seed lower the plow at the ends, anoth-
er DIOR to feed the macbine and op-
erate the lever which controls the cov-
erers and a team which walks not too
mplidly can mark, furrow, drop and
sever ds -e or six acres in a day. The
machine does not work satisfactorily
ens billy Land. It will work up or down
f2.11,e bat all right, but going sidewise it
roam-a/teed to slide.
Latomatio lEtalt.bit Taal).
The sketch of an automatic rabbit
tamp15 furnished to the Iowa Home-
stead by a correspondent, who says:
A RA.1311IT TRAP.
nt Is a rapid firing gun and catches
teeth going and coming and always re -
mete iteelf. A, hole should be dug in
esa ground to receive a box or barrel
area deep enough so the top is just even
vritle the surface of the ground. The
trap le then placed on the box with
the fall doors directly over It. Cover
the sides of the box on each side of
tee, trap and throw a few Weeds las
brunt; (leer It all, leaving the ends of
ate trap, Uncovered, and your work IS
complete. No bait is required. The
Salebits are attraeted by the brush
Veessep, find when once there they, see
'gee (vetting and try to pass through It
41:91d1 are trapped. To melte the trap
stteeree t\to boards 1 by 8, 31/2 or four feet
eloeg,
or the sides and two boards 1 by
ale 4 feet long, for the top and bot-
tom. The top and sideshoitld be nail-
ed' tegetber first, then sate the bot -
team board, leaving the fall doors each
sabont a, foot long. Do not saw square
aoross, but leaVe a bevel, 010 that the
.leors will catch when they fall back
go niance
FOOT ROT.
setvergesit Views On the Theory or
Coates; .k11.110,4,'11/4.
All sorts of arguments have been ad-
duce(' as to the intectioueness of foot
rot, one authority in his (ley declaring
that a emadoW repeothiced it after sev-
en yeere, in which no sheep had been
paetured there. Such a statement was
likely to be ridiculed, says The Stock
13reedseee eragazine, but (here are clay
landknown to the writer which seem
to bold it almost as tenzteiouely. Pro-
tessor Dick WILS 0110 of the first promi-
nent veterinarians' to arrive at the
opinion that it was not coutagious.
The theory of coutagion did not seem
to him necessary to account for foot
rot, as he and others pointed out that
the sbeep is by nature an inhabitant of ,
dry, hilly countries and its removal to
moist, fat meadow lands deprived the
feet of that pressure and wear and
tear which is necessary to form the
hard hoof of the mountain sheep, the
goat and the pony, and without wear
or proper pressure the feet would ac-
cumulate and retain moist soil, cal-
culated to produce decomposition of
imperfectly formed horn. The least
active—I. e., the heaviest—breeds, too,
are the most subject, notably the
Shropehires and Oxfords.
For want of wear, overgrowth of
the outer parts, or crust, takes place,
and an unnatural strain is put on the
joints and tendons above. Like causes
produce like results, it was argued by
tbe professor and those who thought
with him. The bringing of foot rot
Into a flock by thafts*from an infected
one was accounted for by supposing
that similar conditions prevailed where
the diseased animals came from, and
If the introduction of a ram led to the
ewes getting foot rot it was said to be
due to the higher feeding and lesser
trayeling and wear to wbich tbeir
feet were subject. Such special plead-
ing- does not carry conviction to the
writer, though there are not wanting
higb autborities who still persist in
the noneontagiousness of foot rot. The
Ettrick Shepherd (Hogg) said he had
•known a farm to be infected by mere-
ly driving an infected Cock over it,
and he was an observer whose name
will live as long as sheep are kept and
written aboui.
Small Flocks.
Any one may keep a small flock with
satisfactory success. Failures in •the
keeping- of sbeesi happen mostly, if
not invariably, in haying too large a
flock to begin with, says The Sheep
Breeder. In the keepiug of sheep it is
most necessary to begin in a small
way. As the infant crawls at that be-
fore it walks and, walks before it runs,
SO with the keeper of sheep, which of
all the domestic animals are the most
difficult to keep successfully. A.ritle
metic, too, does not count in the busi-
ness of the shepherd, for if one is able
to keep successfully a dozen sheep,
which any person of common judg-
Inent with a little knowledge or good
common sense may do, it does not fol-
low that he can keep with the same
success a hundred or a thousand, for
in all the arts appertaining to agricul-
ture and the keeping of farm stock
there is no branch of them so difficult
to become proficient in as in the shep-
herd's art
The ram is now in the ascendant in
the constellations, and of course the
ewe and the lambs go with the father
of the flock. It is apt to be thought
that the sheep is too high In the scale
of popular favor to make it safe for a
beginner to start in the business. This
is one of the common mistakes made
by those who wish to be --as the saying
goes—in the swim. Really this is the
very best time for one to get a flock,
a small one to begin with. And every
prospect promises that the present con-
dition of this industry will be lasting
and permanent. Population has ad-
vanced beyond the ability of its pur-
veyors to keep up to its demands for
evert-, necessary of life. Values of ev-
erything have jumped up beyond the
most sanguine expectations and hopes
of all concerned in supplying the pub-
lic with the necessaries of life. Of this
improvement the sbepherd is enjoying
the greater part, for the fleece is in
unusual demand at satisfactory prices,
while every year the public is clamor-
ing for more mutton, and those who
never ate the flesh of the sheep before,
once havine tasted Its succulence and
fine flavor and discovered its high nu-
tritive value, are becoming steady
consumers of it. And not only is this
the case, but where once this best of
flesh meat is introduced it stays, and
the demand for it increases. In fact,
there are not half enough sheep in
hand, and the steady demand for more
of them will insure a satisfactory prof-
it to those who go in for a flock and
make a beginning now and before
there Is a'apt more considerable ad-
vance in valise. The prospect for this
Is like a sunrise, which foretells the
still brighter glow of the noonday.
Good Horses In Demand,.
The most salable animal at the pres-
ent time Is a matured horse—It does,
not matter whether he is a cart horse
or a hunter so long as he Is good of
his kind—and the farmer who has any
of such horees to spare Is a fortunate
individual, seeing that other kinds of
stock, particularly store cattle and
sheep, are making u wens n n erative
prices oviing to shortness of keep, to-
tal or partial failure of the turnip
crop and the high price of feeding
stuffs. Horse e have mouths, too, but
the trade for them is not crippled in
the same way as it is for other kinds of
stock.—London Live Stock Journal.
Tee mutest Warmth.
Too MIICh warmth is Infinitely more
mischievous to a lock in the winter
than too muck cold. Instinct teacher;
sheep to protect themselves against
cold in the vvInter by huddling togeth-
er, but there Is no way of ,eeettpe
against overheating by overcrowding.
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As he walks alone behind hie guide
John whispers to the Arab:
"Oa my word, I believe the fellow
neglected to quite secure the d,00r in
the wall," to which remark Mustapha
replies in low tones:
"Presumably he knows his business,
monsieur; anyhow, it concerns us not
litlAarhil"
i.ch John takes as •a gentle re-
minder that these Arabs are very par
tiellthar not to interfere with things
that belong to another.
He says no more.
They reach the central room, open-
ing upon the court where plashes the.
fountain. ,
The guide stoles.
Upon the scented air comes the
notes of a' musical inet-runsent, a man-
dolin, and the ehords are peculiarly
tied and yet so full of music.
Thee a voice breaks forth --such sing-
ing Jahn has heard only in his dreams
--it is a voice or wondrous power,
sympathetic and sweet, a voice that
would haunt a man forever.
John know e no Moorish maiden
earl sing that song, and his heart gives
a wild throb as the •conviction is sud-
denly forced: upon 11.1111 that at last,
after these weary years of waiting,
after his searoh over half tlae world,
be is now listening to the voice that
hushed his infantile cries, and fell up-
on his ears lilse a benison.
No wonder, then, he stands there as
If made of stone --stands and drinks in
the sweet volume of sound as it floods
the Moorish court, until the last note
dies awayas rnight the carol of a bird
at even -tide.
Then he swallows a sob, and braces
himself for the coming ordeal. Som.
thing behind reaches Ids ear. He ie
positiee he catches a deep groan as of
despair; perha,ps it comes from sons
cage, where this Moorish judge has al
enemy iu confinement.
He is not given a chanee to specu-
late upon the subject. His guide touches
his item and points. Sohn discovers
thet hits presence has already been
made known to the Moor -
He is expected; te come forward.
Under the eircumstanees,the young mtn
is in no condition for delay. That song,
that heavenly voice, has'gone straight
to his heart, and he longs to lools up -
the face of the sweet singer.
So he advances, not slowly and with
any show of dignity, but in the eager
way that does credit to his heart.
He sees a figure in black, seated
near the old Moor, and instantly his
eyes are glued upou that face.
Then his heart tells him he now looks
ut:on the face of the mother who has
beeu lost to him so long.
1)oes she know? Ilas she received his
r.ote, or is her presence here simply .
the desire of her friend, the old MCOT.
She does not show any iutense excite-
ment as he approaches, and tide tends
to make him believe she has been kepi
ignorance of the truth.
The Mohammedan doctor and his
lovely daughter watch his advance witt
deep interest, for they are human, an
take pleasure in a good deed done.
The Koran commends it just a,
thoroughly as does our Bible. At th
same time slaves are M. waiting nee
bee armed with deadly eimitars, and
should it prove that John has deceive
them, that the Sister does not greet
him with love, but fear, because he
hears the.. name of Craig, a signal
from Ben Taleb will be the signing
bis death warrant.'
'.Tolin fastens hie eyes hungrily up tn
the face he now sees. He stands dis-
tant only a yard or .50, and as yet has
not uttered a Ft -Babel, only waiting to
see if his burning gaze, his loons of
eager love end devotion, will have a
miraculous effect On his parent.
As he stands thus mutely be -fore her,
she becomes aware of his presence for
the tirst time. She looks up at his
face, the casual glance becomes imme-
diately a stare; her cheeks grow pale
as death; it is evident that something
has aroused memories of the past. and
they flood her soul.
Slowly the woman arises. Her figure
Is slight, but there is a nobility about
Lt. Purity is written upon her brow,
in bee eyes shines the light of faith
that dares to look the whole world in
the face. And before a word is spok-
en John Craig knows his mother . has
been dreadfully wronged in the past;
suffering in silence because of some no-
ble motive.
She has gained her feet, and now
eel -emcee, walking like one in a dream.
her londs outstretched. No wonder; it
Is like a phantasy, this seeing a loved
face of the past in the home of a Moor
In Algiers. She must indeed think it
an illusion,. -
Now her hand touches John's face.
Imagine the intense thrill that sweeps
overahls frame at the impact. Soul
sparks to soul, heart answers heart.
The woman begins to tremble. The
look of frightened , wonder upon her
face gives way to one of astonish.
deem thia mean? 'Where am I? Who
illusion! Alive! Oh, what
asureenrot,
"It Is no u
Thua the brolren sentences Dell from
her lips, as though she hardly knows
What she gays.
John can only think of one reply, and
as he pats out his hands: hi$ whole
heart is contained in the whispered
words:
"011, my mother!"
This seems to break the spelt In
another instant she hes eagerly clasps
Id her arms around his meek. "
"Heaven be praised; my prayer is
enewered. My child has sought me
out." •
It is the magic power of love.
John's face tells his great joy. Words
ere denied them for seme little time,
but with brimming eyes they gnie in-
to eech other's face,
"Oh! mother, 1 have searched for
you in many lands. For year I have
longed to see you, to tell you that my
heert believed In you. By the kindness
of Eleaven, that time has come.e
"And yon, owa boy, eou believe
me inasocent, worthy 'et your love,
though the world caned' Inc guilty,"
she murnaars.
"1, -es, because of the great love lacer
yen, I would believe at meanest all.
Ohl my mother, how barren my life
has been, without your companionship,
your love. Meny, mune niehte have
wept bitter tears ot anguieh to think
oa you somewhere upon the face or the
earth, wandering alone, because or cir-
cumstantial evideuee."
Again from the darkness beyond the
court, comes that deep, teeribie groan.
The old Moor turns hishead es though
he does not understand dt; but the ta-
bleau in front is too dramatic to be
last •
"T began to believe I should hay e to
quit this world of woes without seeing
you, for though I do not wish to L111
turn your happiness, my dear boy, sou
must see from my looks that 1. am
fading like a -flower in the fall; that
the monster, consumption, is sapping
my life. Stall, I may live some years
to enjoy your love; be ot good cheer.
How strange to see you .a roan grown
you whom I left almost a babe. And,
John, you eo closely resemble, as 1
knOW hiln then, your father, my poor,
deceived Duncan, whom. Heaven knows
I haye never ceased to remember with
Jove; who wronged Le terribly,but
the circumstances were fairly against
me. Heaven has purified My heart b,s
suffering."
"I can stand this no longer!" cries a
voice, and a teen rushes inta view, ad
vancing until he stands before them
"My eyes have been opened to the truth,
In bitter tears I repent the serrowfe
past. Blanche, behold your husband
unworthy to kiss the hem of your
garment."
CHAPTER XXIV.
Jelin has been so amazed at the sight
of this newcomer that he can not move
a hand or eoot. He immediately recta;
nizes his father, of course, but th.
P101 of Duncan Craig being, present
this place is what temporarily paralyzes
111111.
The coming of the other creates a de
eided sensation; it can be easily uuder
steed. Upon the unfortunate wife line
mother the effect is most marked.
Many years hare passed since last
she saw this man, her husband: Cir
etunstances caused her to incur his up
parently righteous anger, to be sent
out into the world as one unworthy to
bear his uame.
All this she has borne meekly, doing
good wherever fleaven, chose to send
her. The terrible infliction has triee
her soul, and she has , been purified a
by fire.
After this life suffering, she now
finds this husband at her feet. Hit
proud spirit is broken, and he tenks
forgiveness.
She has long since learned to put
away the ordinary small feelings tlea•
actuate so many of her etre. bit
still human, she cannot but feet grati-
fied at the vin,clicatiou that hoe eome.
John holds his breath and aw.alts the
outcome of this stranee event. Ile re
members the sudden rage of the Moor
on the previous occasion, yvhen he toY
him he was a Craig, tatel 11115 expects
to hear something from the same
source again.
Nor is he mistaese,
Ben Taleb has been listening intent-
ly, and not a word of what has pass-
ed escapes his ear. He catelies the eon-
feesion o' the man who humbles him-
self, and his eyes blaze.
Almost immediately he claps his
hands, and half n dozen armed retriin-'
ers make their appearance, springing
from some unknown quarter.
"You have dared enter my house.
You, a Craig, who brought years of suf-
fering upon the woman we revere. It
is well. Allah has sent you here. Mo-
hammed is satisfied to leave you to
our bands. I will be merciful, as the
hyena is merciful. Instead of having
you torn to pieces, I will order you
shot. You will learn that a Moor knows
how to avenge the wrongs of one for
whom he entertains feelings of grati-
tude."
His words are rutting and cruel, and
John, expecting every second to see the
slaves make their savage assault upon
his father, holds himself in readiness
to junm forward and assist him.
The situation is indeed critical.
Ielooks as though a very ttifling mat-
ter wciald precipitate a riot, in which
deadly weapons must be used.
Duncan Craig has tnade a. terrible
mistake in his past. He has beers known
as a cold, peoud man, though enrich of
this has been assumed in order to de-
ceive himself. Yet no one e'Verr Failed
him a coward.
He knows that bedily danger menaces
him, and as a soldier his spirit is et
once in arms. '
Springing to his feet, he faces the old
Moor. 4
His arms are folded. Upon hie 'rime
east be seen a defiant Heat.
"I Imre entered your house, 13en Ta-
leb, unnernecl, bent upon a mission of
love. To humble myself. You may
hive the power to crush me• I have
done what 1 believed to be right as soon
as the light of truth entered my soul,
The consequences may be distastaxtua,
bnt I am ready to meet theta."
The old Moor is struck by his man -
nor, but, still moved by the passion that
ewept over, him at 'mention of that
name, he does not allow, his anger to
abate a particle.
"Bemuse ot the pest von shall suffer.
You have rumed the life of this wo-
men whote only fault was in loving
you, a base, heartless dog. Say your
praiers, wretched man, for you have
but a few minutes to live."
The terrible sentence leas awealsened
one who seemed to be in a stupor. Sister
Magdalen arouses herself. The old feel-
ings within her beset are not dead:
tbey have only been slumbering all this
She steps between Duncan Ceaig and
the Moor, her face shining with a new
light. She raises her hand as, if to ward
ocl the impending blow, and ber voice
Is eweet and gentle.
Ben tele , grea ts thy house
and the blessings of Allah hnng over it.
I underetand the motive tb/It proms!'
you to thus undertake to avenge what
You t111111.11aye, my wsones. But yoe
nmet belt. I demand a hearing,"
"Speak on; my ears are epee to your
voice. You etived my child fvem tee
pestilence 'that stalketh at noonday, anti
the heart of Ben Taleb has been full of
gratitude ever 511100,"roolles the digni-
fied native doctor.
"First then hear that, though I
• thought I should, die when I no huger
m
had a home iny husbandhm
's ouse, y
eves were speedily opened. and 1 s
that Heaven. was usiug me as an instru-
men to brine about good. So I learned.
to be patient. Confident oil my inno-
cence, I could calmly await the time
when the truth e-ould lie made known,
That hour, Ali Ben Taleb, `has come,
"The second point which I particular-
ly desire to impress upen your mind is
this: You are pleased to say that I -was
teeesamentel in snatching r our neloyed
child from the jaws of death. Be it SO.
Consider, then, what would have been,
the result had this mr
misfortune neve
happened to me, ir I had always remain.
P1 10 my linSbnild'S home."
"Great is Allah, and Mohammed IS his
prophet, but I fear I should have lest
my child," declares the Moor.
''"You see the ways or Allah are past
finding out I have keg Since learrkecl
to trust myself to the guidance. of a
poWer stronger than human arms.
"You talk 02 avenging rase waonge, but
time has alreedy cleric time The result
you see here in the 11011005 ot my bus -
P111111. If T. fargis'e him freely and fully,
whve oa right hayou or ally other per -
sou to hate laim and declare vengeance'?
Does your Koran teach that; did ate -
hammed propagate such aoctrines?"
The olcl aloer hangs 'his heed.
"It is not for Ben Taleb to go against
the will a the °tie who saved his child.
'lake, then, his miserable lite, oh,re-
.
markable woman; and as for me, I nave
learned a lesson."
Again be claps his hands, and the
armed retainers disappear. Peace ouce
more smiles upon the scene:
Sister efagdation. turns to her husbana,
and they conyeese 10 low tones, yet with
an earnestness that leaves no room *ter
doubt of their slucerity
Presently John sees his father motion,
and he joins them.
"My boy, your mother has forgiven
me. Heaven Itntows I do not meet suois
action, but she is an earthly angel. .end
I wept to ask you if you can also for-
give me, because through my actams
you have all these year's been deprived
of 1- mother's love?" '
His contrite manlier, his dejected at-
titude—these things would go far to-
ward influencing ,Tohn were his ,heart:
hardened towardhe tunfortunate an-
tler of all his misery, svhich it is uot. '
"Ali! father! with such an example
before me, how could I entertain, heed
feelings? The past is gone. Why should
we live in it? Better that we aaols for-
ward toward the futnee and endeavor
to find happiness. You know Heaven
works in a mysterious way, and much
good has come to the world at large
through our suffering."
"Then you 'do torgive, my boy?"
"There is nothing to forgive, sir. Let
us strive to eorget the past ancl hope
that years Of happiness may be before
"AJa! John, you have her spirit," sighs
Itis father, as he wrings his boy's 11111111.Sister islegdslen smiles sweetly and
sadly, for she knows full well that their
time together in this world will be
short., She does not wish -to cast a
damper on their present joy, however,
and hence says notliting.
?The Moor has been greatly impressed
by all this. 1 -Te learns a leson itt life,
for, as 11 wide, the female element in, Or-
iental circles has very little to do with
the eitents iglat °OMIT from day to day,
and never engage in any of the discus-
sions upon the leading questions of the
hour. ,
Later on the little party leave the
house of Ali Ben Tafel). Their'passage
through the streets is accomplished in
safety, for the Moor sees to it that all
are well disguised. '
Jahn never learns the truth about the
coming of his father. He nes reason to
believe that Musepha Cttdi must have
metered into some arrangement with the
older Oreig, after hestring his story, al-
though the stolid face of the Arab never
betrays his secret.
When Lady Ruth learns that the end
has come, and john's quest is at an end,
she rejoices with him.
•Another day in Algiers.
Then a steamer will be due, upon
which they can take passage for France,
and later on reach America..
Duncan Craig is very subdued, and in-
tensely devoted to WS recovered wife,
They hare long conversations alone, and
all that has passed in the years, of their
separation is told. Craig opens his
hea,rt and reveals his inmost feelings.
He tells how he suffered in spirit while
showing a proud tape to the world, and
finally how he came to learn the tenth.
John becomes interested in the court-
ship of Sir Lionel, who, finding his et.-
dent affection returned,pursues his game
with such intensity of purpose that he
wins. , m •
Seeing them come out of a church
that afternoon, Doctor Chicago is influ-
enced to enter, and tre his particular gra-
tification learns that a ceremony has
just been performed that effectually re-
moves both of them from the track. ,
When he 'tens this to LRuth; ad, Ru' that
lively young lady is greatly pleased, and
bugles again and 'again. Thus an ob-
stactles crumble before the path of true
love. Their skies are sunny and bright
with Lope.
Duncan Craig's wife has not becorae
united with an order in bends ,that are
indieeoluble. She changes her gsrb, but
her heart has become so wedded to the
work that the probabilities are she will
finish her life in the sweet serviees of
charity; and Craig, filled with peni-
tence and newly awakened love, will be
only to glad to follow her everywhere,
seconding by his money her efforts.
John means to ,ffing ads shingle to the
breeze, and start noon the road ot life
ne a full-fledged doctor. His German
educ.ation will push him forward, for
their systemis more thorough than the
Americans end few there are who come
mit at twenty-three.
I -Ie will be separated from Miss Ca-
price a fesv months, but she is coming
over to see the world's fair, and r1(1111111),Taws Chicago -gains though Medfield
loesa
With their departure from Algiers on
the steamer, we may as well bid therrt
adieu, On board they meet Sir Lionel
and, itis wiac, of wheel he is lt present
very promnbut they keep by themselves,
:for .etteli has a secret that is net for tae
other to know.
THE lIND..
That ianoodent capital eoe
M. Zola, NVI1011 in England, was much
ilapreSsetl with the English use 01 1110
capital "1.." "t1rhy is it," he says, "that
the Englishman, when he writes of
lainee‘lf, shouhl invariably use a capi-
tal letter? 'flint tall `I' svealcb occurs
so often In a personal narrative strikes
Me as being very arrogant. A FL'eflCh-
1111111, to himself, writes `je'
with a small 45;' st Gentian, though he
rnay gratify all his substantives with
capital letters, employs a small '1' In
writing Oelia a Spaniard, When he Uses
the persoual pr011 0110 tt all, bestows
a small 'y' on his 'yo,' while he honors
the person he addresses with a capital
'V.' I believe Indeed, though I am not
Sufficiently acquainted -mita foreign
laneunees to speak with certainty ou
e e
that point, that the Onglislinran it.3 the
only person in the world who applies
a capital letter to himself."
M. Zola might have enforced his con-
traststill further by referring to the
japaneseavsho really have no word for
"1." in speaking of oneself in Japas
nese self depreciatory terms are used. ,
such as "servant," "the awkwarcl per-
son," "junior," while in speaking, of or
to otter people complimentary terms
are employed, ench as "eenior," "mas-
ter,""prioce" (used by young men
addressing each other familiarly). The
most usual Japanese equivalent for
"I" is "watakusta," which means liter-
ally "selfishness."—Buffalo
Oommer-
clal.
New York's Tenement' Houses.
One of the indications of tbe Im-
provement of the masses in this city is
the gradual abolishment of, the tene-
ment, as the word is generally under-
stood. The big rookeries, with their
small rooms, airless halls and rusty
fire escapes, are going out of existence
in the ordinary course of events, by
fire, tumbling down and being remov-
ed to make room for modern strue-
tures, and the people who live in them
are seeking more airy homes in the
suburbs or in the flats up town.
While tire foreign element continues
to live In tenements for the first year
after reacbing New 'York the children
of foreign parentage are not willing to
exist in tbe noisome quarters of the
east and west sides. They crave more
light, more air and cleanliness, and in
many cases they get it. Rapid transit
makes Harlem as accessible as Grand
street, curd there is 110 occasion .to live
In a down town tenement unless one
likes It.
No new tenement houses are build-
ing. Tbe fiathouse has taken its place,
and in the course of time the foul bar-
racks in which scores of families are
crowded will be a thing of the past and
only remembered as part of a distem-
pered dream.—New York Letter in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Africans and the Locomeetve.
The children of the desert were filled
with awe when first the silence of the
primeval solitude was broken by the
puffing of the steam engine. Down at
the other end of the Cape to Cairo line
the simple Dlatabeles, when first con-
fronted by a locomotive, were certain
that the strange machine was worked
by the labor of an indefinite number of
oxen, which they assumed were shut
up inside; hence, when the engine stop-
ped, they gathered in curious crowds,
waiting td` see the door open and the
oxen eometaut, nor could they for many
days be persuaded that the power of
the locomotive could come from other
than the strength of the ox.
The Arabs of the Sudan, more Imag-
inative than the Matabele, saw in the
fire horses of the rellway one of the
Djinns of the "Arabian Nights." har-
nessed by the magic of the infidel to
the long train of cars. The steam en-
gine was to them a living, sentient
being. Of which belief there is curi-
ous evidence in the fact that on One
occasion a sheik made an impassioned
remonstrance against the cruelty of
making so small an engine draw so
buge a train.—Windsor Magazine.
The Bearded Bahl'.
A young ma.rrieci couple in Belfast,
Me., received a startling shock. They
carried their baby to a photographer
fo a picture. In due time the proof
came around, but the parents at first
failed to recognize it. Tbe baby's fea-
tures were there all right, and so were
the pretty dress and all the other a.c7
cessories, but the child had apparently
,grown a full beard while before the
camera. The artist had used by mis-
take a plate On which an imperfect
picture of an old man had been taken,
an the two exposures coincided so
well that he saved the plate as a curi-
osity.
Peruvian Army Dieeintine.
This military' story is printed in a
Lima paper: A man belonging to the
Peruvian artillery was ordered to be
flogged, and „there *as no regulation
cat handy with which to inflict the Cas-
tigation. The officer In charge, whe
was a severe disciplinarian, decided to
defer the carrying out of the order Un-
til' the °Mein.] scourge, which he at
once requisitioned, should arrive. It
was about a year before the cat was
supplied by the authorities.' By that
time the soldier had been dead several
Months!
A Relapse.
eie you ever treated by a physi-
cian for your nerves?"
"Yes; and I had to get some more
medicine when 1 reCeived the bill." ---
Philadelphia Bulletin.
That's What They Call It.
"Papa, what Is broadmindedness?'
"Agreeing , with headstrong people
When you know they are wrong."'—Chl-
cams Times -Herald, '