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footed No111.1 the enthusiasm, and he
kicked out.
It W0.5 a disastrous kick. It land-
ed him ia an earthenware croak full
, of buttermilk, and the splash, the
crash, the loud •shriek that would.
not be suppressed; all produced a
sensation that reduced the belliger
eats in the kitchen to silence.
For a moment only. Then shim],
taneously they cried "scat" at the
top of their lungs, aad went for the
scullery. door. 1110 little McGillicud-
dy—Jimmy was his name—thought,
as he still floundered in the butter-
milk, that. his.••last hour was, come;
but as vengeance sure and swift was
descending upon him, a loud kao
at the hall -door reverberated,throu
the house.
Miss :McGillicuddy caine to a stand-
still and so did the cook.
"Who's that?" said Miss McGilli-
cuddy, addressing no ohe in particu-
lar, yet evidently desirous of an an-
swer.
"Who would it be but Misther Bar-
ry?" replied cook, rl`here is scorn in
her accent. On one point, at leagt,
she and her mistress were as one.
They both objected to Garrett Barry
as a husband for Constantia, thoagh
he was a young rna,n of fair means
and good family, • though in one
sense of no family, as he hadn't a
soul belonging to hiin. alive, at least
no one nearer than a cousin. The
young man's visits of late were of
Such frequency as to suggest the idea
that he found a difficulty in living
through twenty-four hours without
aeeing the younger Miss McGilli-
cuddy. knock \i'as loud and
buoyant, something like, himself. It
aggravated cook and her mistress to
the last degree, but it saved the shiv-
ering Jimmy, standing in the scullery
dripping butterinilk as hard as he
could. Miss McGillieuddys sailed up -
'stairs eager for the fray, and bent
on stopping the irresistible Barry in
the hall; but fate, and Minnie, the
parlor -maid were too much for her.
Mr. Barry—as she entered the
drawing -room feeling somewhat baf-
fled—she discovered sitting there,
beaming upon Constantia—who, in-
deed, was beaming back at him in.
what her aunt called a most un
maidenly way.'
Just now she was smiling delicious-
ly, and it was evideat that the young
man sitting near her was in the very
paradise of 'contentment. Constant-
ia was charrning. She -had the pro-
verbial Irish eyes—blue-gra.y, rubbed
in by the proverbial dirty finger.
Lovely eyes they were; coy, coquet-
tish, alluring, repelling, as the owner
Willed. Her mouth was a firm. little
member, her nose saucy. She looked
always as, good and true as she was.
Iles figure was as lissome and pliable
as a willow wand; and when she
stood erect, with her lips laughing,
and her eyes gleaming at you from
under their long lashes, I can tell you
she was a thing to dream of. She
was, indeed, a thing whom many
dreamt of. ,
"Ah, `how d'ye do, Miss McGillicud-
dy?" said Barry, rising to his feet
and advancing toward a that gaunt
spinster, with an absolute effusion of
manner. He, was a tall, large -boned,
sunny -tempered young man, with a
mouth that was always' making an
effort to get at his ease; this proba-
bly came of Mach laughtoiae• He was
born in Limerick, where his people
had lived for many generations, and
where they were much thought of;
but an uncle's will, leaving him a
considerable property in the County
Cork, had brought him to that coun-
ty. For the past six years he had
been living in England, and consider-
ed himself specially English in many
ways. He really believed he had
quite -- an English accent, for one
thing; but this was an egregious mis-
take; a Limerick man never reforms,
so far as a.ccent goes—and indeed
Barry had ono that, to use an ex-
pression of his own, "you could hang
your hat on." Even here in Cork;
,hey couldn't help wondering at it at
imes.
"I am suffering front no malady, I
-hank you," replied Miss McGillicud-
dy, regarding him with a stony stare
'my health is perfect. There is no
.ecessity for you tonuake such polite
nquiries.''
If she had hoped to disconcert Mr.
larry she was altogether mistaken. ,
"That'a capital," said he, cheer.:
ully; "nothing like health. I'm just
ike you, as strong as a horse."
"I'm not a horse," returned Miss
Icaillicuddy; "nor yet as strong as
ne, Your 'gin -lilies are not only
ade of the mark, but—"
"Quite so," interrupted he wisely.
"You are looking uncommonly well,
hough, let me tell you; any amount
etter than when last I saw you."
"Which was exactly twenty-four
ours ago. Is it your honest opin-
on, Mr. Barry, that people change
uch in that short space of time?"
"Hours—is it, really only hours?
aith, I thought it was years," said
e. He accompanied this speech with
glance at Constantia full of ardent
ffection.
She smiled (in spite of the trepida-
on she was feeling), through force
f habit probably, and perhaps be-
ause she liked the glance, and Mass
cGillieuddy saw her. .
"To some people," she said sternly
lies are acceptable; to one, possessed
f rugged virtue they are not!" She
aused. _Evidently, Constantia re-
•esented the "some people," she the
rugged virtue.'' •
"it's a lovely day, isn't it?" -said
"Is it?" returned Miss MeGillicud-
, with an uncompromising glance.
Coastantia; who was now, yeey-iier-
us, burst out laughing.
''One can. see thatfor oneself,'' she
id. She grew frightened when. she
Mal her own laugh.ring out—not
much. Of her aunt as, because of
r; one never knew, 'indeed, what
e was going to say next. She . was
ginning to hope that the earth.
mid open and awallow her up
ickly, when again the door was
rown open and "Mr. Featherston"
as announced.
To be COntinued.
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, SYNOPSIS OE PPEQEEDING ke.epirig the. English in her own
OnAl'AT411S.— Conatantia'a cousin,
Donna, alter travelling abroad re- s a struggling hetiSehola; r'13,11S
turns honie ,afra, Duadas 4ffid. finds uccfilliehady. spent; her iifestrying to
that, during her abseime Doed Varley,,: make both ends meels—a"aaci,enipleye
ono of het- old flaniea, has married,. meat. , One laxury ahe .allowed bey-
aelfa that was the power of changing
CHAPTER a tinned. her-religioaa opinions as often as she
°hose. To -day she vtus Church
and worallipped with vestments and
c a tidies tieks; to -morrow Low Ohara'
withea, virtuolisiliorror Of the ritual.
She .had. supported the Eresbyteriaa
minister, :who held. hits chapel in. the
lower end, of. the town, -and. :after :a
bit had openly :deserted: him,. and
given .her cOunteamiety to the. Meth-
ody parson. wile spoke to . his follow-
ers at the upper end,' Just! now she
was pleased .with the vicar leecau„se
he had given , her excellent cabbage
plants for the vegetable gArden and
so. was pretty orthodox her views;
but one could not. be sure whither
the next wind would blow. her. ,
She Was .very likely to hold with
the. tents 01 the Church; for
sosne . to .come . because
her • Mind. was. fully occupied
with a !mission. She, adored:.Mis-
sions. She s had within . the, past
month enrolled.herself as a membet
of 'the Blue Ribbon: ArinY, and Was
now 'oectiPying . herself making con-
verts right and left., She' entered
with :zest into. the new .crusade. It
. .
suited.. her 'admirably. It gciire ,her
the power Of wounding any aMount
come so soon," said Donna, of respectable people; it made her:
Prettily,
when Lady Va.rley had .g.teeted Con- feel More righteous than thoSe who
stantia affeetiona.tely, and Mr pea_ still clung. to. the. pernicious glaas of
das with the -courtesy that belonged sherry. . These she. called Wine -bib -
to her. By this time! Donna had re- .bees, And .read them long; lectures, in
covered any little embarrassmeat she which tlIC Re6hab,ite -Ugur-
might have known. If net better ea. She arrayed herself in blue rib -
dressed,. her gown was, as all events, bans,. It was an excellent miasiOna
raore striking than her visitor's, and and 'an econcimieal one; .it put a fall
there could be no doubt as to which stop to the wine merchaat'S
woman . had the greater claini just now She was bent !on the 000 -
beauty, Lady Lady Va'rley might not please version of Mr's' Mulcahy, the cook,
the many. Her face was too pale, who now and Used to take.
her Mouth not prone enough to "just a thimbleful . nate" for the.
laughter. Sometimes glauce from good of her "stomick," she said. :To
the earnest eyes had ..Power to Check convert her—to show her the error. of
unldndly -mirth in Others. Of the her ways, and induce her to orna-
soul Shining through those eyes :sew Ment her person with a square inch.
cared .know. Society likes to of blue ribbon—that Was Miss McGile
laugh. licaddy'S drea.ml
"I am so glad to find you at home "Do you remember 'I'hursclay fort-
-to make your acquaintance really," 'eight., Mulcahy?" she asked now in a
said Lady Varley, in her low, cliS- sombre tone.. On Thursday, fortnight.
tinct voice. "One may go on for the 'thimble had last been put in re-.
ever leaving cards ,without knowing
anyone.. :.And I half feared this -"That was the day Miss Norah.
lovely day might have tempted you broke your . cliany cup,". said MrS•
to go eseth..• Mulcahy, who, however,. understood
'When one. has only just conic, to a her perfectly.
new place there'. are .so many little "1 was not alluding to that can; I
things one must see to: oneself,' if One was rothinding you Of. a Cup that,
is to live," sanswered Donna, who should not :cheer, and does'.inebriate.
• laeVer did .anything. • She put on You know well to what I allude, Mid-,
quite a little .hoaseWifely air, that cahY. You should. learn to resist
sat ' charmingly on her and would that eup."
have .been .perfect on a minaic stage. "I niver was much of a hand at
Ladtr. Varley ,Smiled in. senek appsesaa larnin' anything," said 'Mrs. .1‘16.1.
atio,n, and Mr. Dundas told 'himself cahY: doggedly; '"anael'm Ould now,
he had married an .angel.: • COnataa, anyway, to begina As to the: cup
tie, looked down aid faawned. 1`But 'ye .spake of, I nia•ea take anything
1 am. glad I could not go out," went oat of a cup, save- it Might :be me
on Mrs. Dundas, with one of her brila tay, and share ye wouldn't thry to
Rant sfiiiles; "as my. Staying ix has deprive a poor Mild woman of that.
enabled Inc to see you." • Then (suite Ochone! I remember well M. yer'.fa-;
suddenly: "Lord Varley- did. not conic ther's time, whin --a."
with you?" She changed'. her position "Never Mind about that .interrupt -
and fixed her eYes full upon her ed Miss McGillicuddy,: hastily: Mrs:
itort as she asked this. Mulcahy noticed the haste,. and her
'No, unfortunately, On Monday small eyes twinkled.' • She. was a
• we heard.: of your arrival. On Tues- large stout, comfortable woman, and
day Lord Varley was obliged to go always wore. a hug -e" mob cap, as
white as snow, with no less than
four lace borders. in it. She nodded
this cap now sapiently., 'Keep to
the "point," said .Misa MeGillicuddy
sternly. "Your habits of, intemper-
ance are growing on you, and I
would have you check. them before it
is toe* late." .
"Faix.,' there's one thing, sure,"
returned 'Mrs. Mulcahy briskly—that
the dinner will be too late, unless ye
mane. it for toemorrow,sif ye keep me
here 'idling much longer."
'.1?o not Call :such. ,earnest pleading
idling!". cried, her mistress:, vehement-
ly. ,."Do you .mean 'to tell. nie: you
have no desire .to, save yOurselle-to
draw back .from the! brink—to join
youaself to volunteers :who glory in
the. blue: ribbon and, cold .water?" •
:!"Divil a bit!" said., Mrs. Mulcahy
again, even more strongly,- than be-
fore,' "you've .come here to insult a
poor ione,Widdy, Who haa saryed you
an' yours faithfully for. forty year,
apt I 'tell ye plainly,. Miss : McGillis
cuddy, that. hick won't. coin° of it:
What. ye. all, Miss, to be
pul-
lin' an' wid them mane -
spirited cratures Who, would destroy
half the. thrade.in the counthry?''
"Publicans and,ainners," said Miss
'McGillicuddy; a• Solemn :voice;
."they are bracketed, Down with
-them! is the cry I would hear echo-
ing through the land."' . •
"21,Votild echo a long time before
ye.. got rid of the sinners, at all
events," said Mrs, -111Silcahy..•,"They'll
last. our time, Ihn thinking, ma'am."
"Let us. keep to: the pobat,"' exs
claimed her mietress, "who delighted
in this phrase because she Was al-
ways wandering from it.. "Can you
say hOnestly that you see anything
to •object to ,in this temperance.Move-
nient?''
She came in with a half smile upon
hee lips and a kindly light in her
oyes. A slender, graceful girl, very
cold, very self-contained, with a sub-
dued haughtineas that was born with
her, and was no spurious off,spring of
hey marriage, yet full of a sweet gra-
Ciousness that sat most perfectly up-
on her, She looked onlyta girl, in
spite cif her three years of wedded life
aad her motherhood. lIer face was
singularly' devoid of color, being a
clear ivory; her lips were pure; her
eyes rather deeply set and very ear-
nest; beneath them great purple
shadows lay—shadows that added to
their gravity, but had nothing to do
wita delicacy. Iier dark hair was
coiled fa a loose knot at the back of
her head.
, Donna rose and wont towards he.
Involuntarily she looked past her to
the door, but no one else came in.
She received her visitor with a deli-
cious little touch of friendliness, be-
, ing, perhaps, freer to do this in that
the kindly door had admitted no one
but her. Lady Varley seemed struck,
by her and pleased.
"So more than good of you to
to Dublin. Business will, I am
afraid, keep him there for a week or
ten days. On .his return," she look-
ed at, Mr. Dundas here and smiled
sweetly, he hopes to call upon you.
Mrs. Dundas and he are, I know,
quite old friends."
Her manner was simple, and very
cordial,
''She knows nothing, thought
Donna, watching her closely. Satis-
fied on this point she removed her
gaze, and a faint sigh of relief es-
caped her.
"I am giving a dance on the seven-
teenth," said Lady Varley.'
"The invitations have been out
some little time, but I hope you will
waive ceremony and come to inc."
She flushed slightly. She was still
at heart a girl, and a touch of shy-
ness now and then shone through the
calm ,that was natural to her.
"That will be delicious," cried Mrs.
Dundas, gayly.. "What a charming
chance you offer me of seeing all my
neighbors at once, instead of wast-
ing a month or two over it! , Are
they pleasant, these neighbors?"
'They are very much like all other
neighbors, I suppose. Some are just
RS One would have them, SOMe are
—2' she paused and smiled expressive -
The smile impressed Mrs. Dundas.
"Oonstantia.'s saint can be severe at
'times," she said to herself, won-
der, when a month or two has gone
over. our heads, in which category I
shall find myself?''
CHAPTER III.
"Divil a. bit!" said Mrs. Mulcahy.
As she gave way to this powerful
remark, she placed her arms akimbo.
`'Moderate your language, Mill-
caliy,'',said Miss McGillicuddy, This
was not Constantia, it was her aunt
---a spinster of sonic fifty summers,
who ruled with a brazen arm oVer
the live luckless orphans whom an
trawls° father had left, when dying,
10 her tender merciea.
Poor soul! ' There was very little
money in her household,, rind poverty
embittere! All her long life she had
struggled with it; and when the
children came to her, they brought
with them but a scanty pittance that
barely paid for their board and the
somewha,t erratic education they had
'received, and Were still receiving.
Constaaitia had been educated by a
distant connection; Phil, the eldest
brother, was now going through
Trinity, helped by the same kind but
cotti hand. After Phil came a girl—
Norah, a thin angUlar little, creature I
with a shy, expressiVe face—who un-
derwent an awful tuition under her I
aunt, Coasstanti mat:aught .hezaanusies
but Mi sa McGillieuddy, ;wasted. upon
`No—no,' confessed other cau-
tiously. " 'Tia chape."
"What do you mean, Mulcahy?"
,
'Tis chape, I said, Divil •
doubt of that! Yee friends won't
cost ye much, anyhow. TaY in the
morning, an' tay in the afthernocni,
an' tay before ye go to bed, an' ne'er
clhrop of wine to Warm the heart,
I3ad. COSS to such movings, say
Arrah! in the mild man's time what
a difference there was! Poor ould
masther,.he'd be the last to--"
A merciful fate at this moment
caused one of the junior merabers of
the household to slip off the inverted
tub in the Scullery on which he was
standing on tiptoe, with a view to
looking through a crack in the wood-
work at the scene taking placc in the
kitchen. His heart was warm with
a Sacred joy as he listened to the
promising skirmish within. He had
been. backing, Mrs. Mulcahy so, vigor-
ously in spirit, that his body got in-
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UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES.
The Principles which underlie suc-
cessful crop growing, in Canada may,
said Dr. Saunders to the Parliamen-
tary Committee on Agriculture, be
thus summarized:—
'Maintaining the fertility of the
land mainly by the proper (nee and
use of barnyard manure, and the
ploughing under of green clover, thus
adding fertility and humus.
Atioptiug a judicious rotation of
crops.
Following the best methods of pre-
paring the land.
Early sowing,
Choosing the best and most
ductive, varieties for , growing,
The selection of plump and
ripened seed for planting,
Along these several lines many ex-
periments have been conducted.
Continued effoets have been made
to gain knowledge as to the best
methods of maintaining and adding
to the fertility of the land, which is
so essential ,to , the continuance of
good crops. Special attention has.
been givento investigations to de-
termine the best methods ofhandling
barnyard manure, the universal fer-
tilizer Which is more oz' less avail-
able everywhere to the Canadian far-
mer, ' Experiments continued for
eleven'years' have aliewn that 'a givea.
weight of manure taken fresh from
the barnyard is equal in crop -produc-
ing power to the same Weight of rot-
ted manure. It has also been shown
by repeated tests that fresh mannee
loses during the process of rotting
from 50 to 60 per cent. of its
weight. The effective USO of the
barnyard Manure, so as to obta
the best results with the least was
is one of the most important pro
lems connected with, agriculture, f
on this material the farmer's hop
of maintaining the fertility of h
land and thus providing for a succe
sion of good crops are mainly base
During the past twelve years a
Mal tests have been made to ga
nformation as to the relative valt
of artificial manures used separate
and in combination, on nearly all th
niportant 'farm crops, and the r
ults obtained have been publishe
Long continued experiments with a
ificial fertilizers used alone has
•iven results which are disappointin
onsidering the large' amount o
vailable plant food they contaia
ne reason for this lies probably i
lie fact that these fertilizers col
ain no humus, and that the propm
ion of vegetable matter in the so
as been niudh reduced by constah
ropping. Thu s the capacity of ,th
oil for holding the moisture ha
eon lessened to the detriment of it
rop-producing power.
Experiments have been conduete
or seveeal years in plbwing 'uncle
f green 'clover to enrich the land
nd it has been shown that clove
eed can be sown in all the easteri
rovinces of 'Canada and in 1.11
oast climate of British Columbia t
dvantage with all cereal crops
ithout lessening the grain crop fo
he current year, and that after the
rain is cut the clover grows luxur
ntly, acting as a catch crop dur-
g the' latter part of the season.
TeC/1 clover turned ,under is special -
valuable to the land for. the rea-
on that it absorbs while growing
iage quantities from the air which
stored up in its, tissues. A. heavy
at of growth ia produced by the
amnia which, when plowed under,
(Ida considerably, to the available
trogen in the soil, as well as to
ie store of humus. The proportion
nitrogen thus added to the land
as been found equal to that obtain-
froni a dressing. of ten tons of
arnyard manure to the acre. Con-
derable supplies of , potash, phos-
wric acid and lime are also taken
3 by the clover plant during its
•owth., a part of which is gathered
°in depths in the soil not ,reached
some other farm crops. In this
ay, the clover practically enriches
e soil to some extent in these oth-
important elements. That ,the
nd has been yawn improved by
is treatment hAs been shown in in -
eased crops on _neatly plots, when
mpared with adjoining plots on
aieh no clover has been aown. In
e series of experiments with oats,
e average increase 'fol. the first year
is 28 per -cent. in the weight of the
ain produced and 78 per cent. in
e weight of straw. la the second
ar, when the barley was sewn on
e -same series of plots without any
ditional fertilizer the increase of
e weight of the grain produced on
e plots which had been treated
Ili clover was 29 rer cent., and
0 increase in weight of the straw
s 35 per cent. In a similar series
exPeriments conducted with pota-
es, the p.lots treated with clover
ve an average increase in. the
ight of the tubers of 28 per cent.
ese, experiments are being contin-
d from. year to year. The tests
de in 1900 with oats, wheat, bar -
and potatoes', confirm those of
preceding, years,, and further es7
)1ish the value of this method of
cling to the fertility of the soil,
a, preparing the land for • crope,
'erent =Ueda, are- a,dopted in dif-
ent parts of the Dominion.. In the
tern Provinces the advantages
sing from 'fall ploughing have -been
eatedly .shown. The 'exposure of,
soil, te, the influence of frost,
dight• and air iS beneficial, Spring
rk is materially advanced• ancl• the
ps can be gotsin earlier by the
option, .of this practice. •
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SEASONABLE TorIcs.
Thresh the ,wheat the earliest pos-
sible moment if you had the geain
moth last Year, else the mine's' will
not buy it. ,
August sown rye makes good fall
pasture. Use three pecks of rye and
fifteen pounds of crimsou clover and
you will have first-class fall feed.
If the 11.1.0WO1' was injured by 1 he
loose stories in the hay field, some
one was negligent last spring. This
is the time to make amends by ga-
thering, tha obstriletionantudedumpiag
them in the gullies. I
eaassamoormouillaise,
The weeds, briers and bushes cut
from fence colliers and outeof-the-way
places had better be burned. If put
111 the pig -pen or barnyard they seed
the farm with weeds, a,nd a portion
will 'not rot inside of five years.
Rather shallow 1 loughiag should
be practiced in the spring, but dup-
ing the summer, in July and August,
deeper culture is preferable. Condi-
tions being favorable at this time for
nitrifica ion the subsoil can be
brought to the surface `and rendered
'"it part of the cultivated poetical.
Thus a deeper soil Produced,
Every farm should be supplied witb
gypsum. Scat tore d over manure
heaps it saves the escaping' ammonia
to be given up to the land when ap-
plied later on. Beside this, gypsum
itself isa valuable fertilizee to most
soifs. Considering the value to • the
farm of a ton of gypsum it is com-
paratively inexpensive.
Just how to mako a strong and
durable whiffleteee: Do not weaken
it anywhere by the auger or drawing
knife. Plane it smooth and have the
hooks welded to a band that goes
around the stick. Shrink on these
bands, then drill and put through a,
small rivet, This will prevent slip-
ping' off if the stick ever shrinks.
It, often happens that a farmer is
caught in a shower with his wagon
full of grain, vegetables or fruit of
some kind, and cannot reach shelter.
At such a time a few square yards of
tarpaulin or oiled cloth is worth
many times its cost to him. The
farmer on his why to •market with
his produce can laugh at the rain if
his wagon is covered with a wai:er-
P'09ft
01h
1theground is properly prepared
before planting the work is more
than half done. The farmer who has
starved his soil is afraid to work it
Seecl bed enough to get it in order
for fear it will run together. He
keeps clods to hold it up. Soil that
is filled with humus has some life
aboat it. It will bear working to
one's heart's delight. It is possible
to improve land so that it is easier
farmed year by" year. If the seed
bed poor more tillage is re-
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TOY INTO TORPEDO.
Reel of Cott on Suggested the
Deadly Naval Engine.
Everyone must be familiar with
the' ingenious locomotive anithals to
be.. bought :in the. Leaden streets for
a penny, miniature,rnice,elizards; and:
spiders that, .On being dropped froin
the hand,- at once' begin :.!te runs by
merely slackening- tlie .string that is
fastened .through the creature's back
on toa bobbin.
Bat probably veryfew people are
aware that the. simple 'contrivance.
that in:Ikea thi. animal! move.: was
the
means p1 giving . the War ". 'Office!
tina Brennan Torpedo—an expensive
toy indeed—sas' it. gave Mr. Brennan
£250,000.•
The: manufacturers.of loComotive
animals noticed. that if :an ordinary
reel of. eotton. ! was put upon the
ground, and pulled. towards the hold-
er of one end of .the.-threadasthe,un-
wound thread 'being underneath .the
reel—the !eeel did MA come towards
the person pulling, but, at once 'ran
111 0.11 Opposite direction. Conse-
quently 11 string vas wound On a
wheel inside the dummy of a dimin-
utive aniuml; withthe:resat' that the
.toy Mentioned. above Vii4IS produced.
: Themechanism that propels the.
.13reanan torpedo is :in the :main no-
thing More than 'a wire rope coiled
rouad, a' drain in.a steel Case, a more
elaborate Version of :the:penny street
_ . ,
The technical working of the Bren-
nan torpedo is as follows : Two
wires are rapidly unwound from two
reels placed in tho interior ,..of the
torpedo, and connectedto the two
propellor shafts of the weapon. The
unwinding of these two wires is ef-
fected by means of a winding engine
placed at the starting point on
shore, for the Brennan is. particular-
ly useful for harbor or coast de-
fence, for which purpose it W11S prac-
tically invented. The unwinding of
the wires causes the two propellers
to, revolve at a very high rate of
speed,- and forces the torpedo
through the water.
Twelve miles of steel wire are ne-
cessary for a talo mile run -of the
torpedo, six miles being wound on
each reel.
The curious part of the Brennan
lies in the apparent paradox in its
method of propulsion, the harder the
torpedo is pulled back the faster it
will go ahead. Yet a reel of cotton
will do the same.
The explanation of the torpedo's
vagaries is easy enough in reality.
By hauling at •the wires a corres-
ponding rate of revolution is im-
parted to the reels which are fixed
to the propeller shafts in the tor-
pedo and thus -to the two propellers
themselves. This gives a contrary
power to the propellers, a power,
which, if- it only be strong enough
to resist the retarding strain on the
wires—as it is—must urge the tor-
pedo thyough the water,
r.She Brennan torpedo will travel at
twenty miles an hour , and has a
range of two miles. It weighs,
when fully ''dressed'' with its' dead-
ly explosive about, twenty-five hun-
dredweight, being twenty-five feet
long.' And this -formidable'. " toy "
came from the same' source as the
penny crocodiles you can buy in the
London streets. `
WEALTH'S VEXATIONS..' .
Mrs, Newricl: a -ATVs. De '..'fa•nyt he
told me last evening ' that she is
troubled with ongWee.
Mr. Newriche—What's that. ?
Mrs. NewrichoDear me ! I don't
know, I've looked all through the
'O's' of three different, dictionaries
and ertift find any such Word.. •
ExpEN-sx VB.
Ihninybiz—Freshleigh's sweethea rt
has sent him word from abroad that
she cannot marry hiin,
loiddlesticks—Freshleigh must be
dreadfully broken up.
Funnybiz—Ere is; she sent word by
cable, collect, and explained why.
an average sala-;::ata-30 apisaa.
llri 1.U'S,"1.19; 09{3t, sasvaa Lao leave
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PEEP INTO MANY DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
Facts Gathered from the Corne
hiNbietxi0otiiit.lohiGsreGarteaDtriBtaigia.REa'rtuisis, ia is
the larg,est exhibitor at Glasgow Ex -
Lord 1(itcliener IS tIONV 111 his 52n11
year. His milititry service is one of
30 years.
Ninety-eight per cent. of the slaves
of Zanzibar and Pemba Prefer to 3:0-
Mairl SieVeS,
France lias 60 cities with mole
than. 30.000 inhabitualts, and 1 2 of
these exceed 100,000.
The world lias two and a ciumter
million acres under tobacco, which
produce 830,000 tons a year.
3
The lowest tides, where any exist
at all, are at Panama, Where two
feet is the average rise and fall.
The punishment for bigamy in Hun-
gary is compelling the man to live
with both wives in one house.
The Egyptian Soudan has 12 pro-
vinces, with an arca of a million
square niiles, and 1.0f; million people.
Patented processes have been de-
d(1,1111sesettels into
eel; iacnoy4if ar ned0 n 71; other
tingr sparwo:,
Four thousand nine hundred a.nd
sixty-eight of the present population
of the. United Kingdom were born at
sea.
The Empress of Russia operates'
typewriter, and assists her husband 41,
by taking down many of his letters
from dictation.
London uses one hundred and ten
pounds of ice Yearly per inhabitant,
New York one thousand three hun-
dred pounds a year.
Germany, with one thousand and
eighty-three paper mills, makes only
half as much paper as England with
but three hundred.
Four huadred and forty-eight Brit-
ish gales blew from the southwest in
the last fifteen years, only ninety-six
from the northeast.
The banking powey of the United
Kingdom has increased from one
hundred and thirty-two millions in
1840 to over one thousand. millions
at present.
The Norwegian Parm
liaent, is called
the Storthing, that of Sweden the
Regsdag, of Servia the Skupshtina,
of Greece the Boule, of Bulgaria the
Sobranje.
I3y the "Australian Naval Force
Act," passed in 1887, a fleet of five
fast cruisers- and two torpedo gun-
boats was equipped for service 111
Australian seas.
The Congo is one of the widest
waterways in the globe, if not the
finest. In some parts it is so wide
that vessels may pass one another
and yet be out of sight.
As an initiative to secure' higher
tax assessments in Cleveland, Mayor
Tom Johnson asked the assessor to
increase the valuation on his home in
Euclid avenue from 8300 to $500 a
The letter E holds the record for
frequent use. La one, thousand „
ters it occurs one hundred and thirty-
eight times in English, one hundred '
and eighty-four in French, one hun-
dred and seventy-eight in German,
and one hundred and forty-five in
Spanish.
Thirty per cent. of the civilized
population of the world speak Eng-
lish, nineteen per cent. German, nine-
teen per cent. Russian, twelve per
cent. French, ten per cent. Spanish.
Mr. Gully, K. C., the speaker of
the British House of Commons, went
to Cambridge when he was only 17
years of age. He was the youngest
under -graduate of his time in the un-
iversity.
Prussia, holds the record for hay
production, growing thirty-three
hundredweighCto the acre; Britain
comes next with. -thirty hundred-
weight. Thirty hundredweight of
hay means four and a half tons of
green grass. •
The Salvation Army has, obtained
a grant of 20,000 acres of land in
Australia as a settlement for colon-
ials. The area is situated 120 miles
from Perth, and a great clearance of
timber must be effected before it can
be used for agriculture.
A WATER CURTAIN.
The public library building in Chi-
cago is protected against the inva-
sion of fire from the outside by
means of a so-called "water cur-
tain." At the top of the building is
a system ot tubes through which wa-
ter, supplied from a tank, cart • be
caused to flow over the outside Walls s
Some time bacv the e—ciency of the fr
water curtain was tested by the oc-
eurrence of a fire in a spice mill • ad-
joining the library building. The
water being turned on, the outer
walls were Munediately covered with
a liquid sheet, which, as the temper-
ature was low, became eventually a.
sheet of ice.
WOOL I -110M TURF.
Artificial , wool, made from :turf
fibres is now employed at Thissela
,Cblrrne caton ygne, fho, hats,
e tea- tdc0t5itsni• jg
oe
the 'first attempts to •nnike turf
o,o1 , 1111(1 • it is avail•ed that recent
improvements ill the 'processes have
resulted in the production of a soft
fibrous material, which can 1)0 .spen
as readily as sheep's wool, and
which, besides possessing excelleat
absorbent properties, is capable of
being bleacher' and colored for use in
various textile industries.
WORLD'S BIC -1 -GEST TREE.
What is probably the biggest tree
In the world has been discovered to
belong to the cypress family, and
was found in Atexico. Its ch•cumfer-
once 611. from the ground is 154
and to see the top of it one'
must stand man3r yards away. It iS
near the fatilotts ruins of Mitla, in
the State of Ottxaca. It is called
the "big tree of Yule," and its ago
variblisly estimated, at.qroni• 500 .
to 1,000 years„