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There was a pale, anxieus face
tne window of 'a. comfort:4We seini-
detached house in the Finchley :Road
faceof a woinati &Jowl., thirty -
with fair hair, and an almest
giiUiiIook.
As a stout, florid 211a21,, with a silk
hat oa the back. of his head; pushed
'open the gate, and went weari 13r up
the stone path to the front door,the
pale face at the window brightened,
and a thin hand hashing with rings
WaS waxed.
stout Mall let hiinself in with
latchkey, and the .woman met him
at the door,
"How is she?” he asked, in a hese
ky whisper.
"A little better," answered the Wo-
man, helping him Off with his dust -
Coat. Both the'hat.and the dustcoat
were .o{ a very pronounced pattern,,
and. Calculated to attract' attention,
and -the. Mancarried a .satchel s1un4
ever his shoulder by a strap. BO&
strap and satchel were labelled '"Bil-H
1.3/ Greene," in big gold letters,.
"Fil go up and see her," whispered
Billy Greene, M the same husky way.
Lost your voice, haven't you,
dear?" asked the woman.
Her husband nodded.
'So'd you, my dear, if you'd. been
shouting the odds on a corse ever
since one to -day," he said.
Sitting on the laet stair, he re-
moved his 'boots, and, stepping very
ligImtly considering his bulk wept up
to a room on the firs b floor. A
sheet, soaked in some acrid smelling le
disinfectant 'Was hung over the door to
and the room. was almost bare of •fur- Sp
nitpre, Carpets, curtains, and sp
knick-knacks had been removed, and 0
the apartment had a monastic aus-
terity. On a small bed in the middle ,id
of the 'floor lay a child of about, se'' pe
yo
an
included a 'white tall hat and a pair
of brilliantly -yellow boots.
"I'd, give fifty quid to get that
watch back," said Greene to the
man called lhank, just before they
got within earshot of Leroy,
Vrank took tii}e latter aside, and
the faces of the' two MOO We're soon
serious and abSorbed, while the band
Crashed out a rattling Sousa's
march, and the croWd of promene,d-7
ers drifted listleeSly hither and ithi-
ther',- Greene,. drumming impatiently
with his fingers on the counter, wo114.
dared what they were arranging,
"What'll he spring?" asked Leroy,
in a low tone.
Ills companion. 001i -ed hard Pt him
with his clear, hottest blue oyes.
''Tweikty,'' he aaid quietly.
on it!"' said Leroy, with de -
01 si 00.
11.
Jack Leroy strode lightly doWn
the Strand the next morning nod-
ding here and there to an acquaine
tatnee..
up- a rriarrow, ." ill -Paved
passage, lie 'pushed open the SWing
door of a Public, house, and peered
in. In one corner sat a thin, young
limn, Witha cloth cap at -the back
. his head; Spelling over a sporting
Paper . with the aid' of a dirty fOre-
finger,
Jack caught his eye, ansi. gave a
scarcely perceptible jerk- of the head,
The thin young man instantly
.sprang up,. and .followed him out in-
to .the passage,
"Look here, Joe," said Leroy,
"could you do with a .fiver?"
"Could a' chick Swim?" .retort ed
Joe,
"Well, old" Billy Greene had his
Clock :taken On the course yesterday;
and, lie wants it back."
Who's got it, .then?"
"Some o1 the boys; of course."
"They -never have!" criedJoe
rio-
fltly. "None of the boys would
uch old Billy Greene. They re,
ect hint too much. Why, they re -
pet that .MA111 steaml"
nchided Joe
'Lira at up, ,l'oel" said Leroy
ndly. "None .of Your fimny busi7
sS With me. There's a 'fiver for
u if the Watch is .finind; without
y waiting in the office either." .
Joe rubbed his unshaven .Chim and
• looked undecidedly up and doWn.. the
passage. , '
Honest Infum, I don't know who's
got it," he said at last, in ail exap--
peratcd. manner.. '71iy don't
believe a bloke?"
Leroy looked steadily at him.
"Get to know for me, Joe," he
saisi quietly, and meet me inside
there in an hour's time."
Then, he turned on his heel, and
walked lightly away, leaving Joe
still rasping at his chin.
* 5 5 *
The man called Frank—he Was
known bya variety of other. names—
sat over his coffee and liqueurs in
restaurant not far from the Hay-'
market. Re was feeling at peace
with ,himself and all the world, : for
the dinner had been an expellent one,
and he had reckoned,' withsatisfac-
tion, that the' next one would be
eaten in Paris, and' paid,' for out of
Billy Greene'S 'fifty pounds. From
thne to time he caressed a small
package in tthe inside pocket of his
well -cut frock., -coat :
,The swing -doors .were hurriedly
pushed open anci Billy 'Greene Came
in. 1 -Te dropped heavily into a chair
opposite Frank. ,
. face was blotched with White
and red; and he breathed hard in his
excitement.
." he said, in a vibrating
voice, have you got .it?"
"What a harry you're in!" smiled
the, other.,
lIlo drew Out the small packet, and
'placed it. in. Greene's hand, whieh
trembled With eagerness.
Billy Greene tore, off the wrappings
from a largo, clumsy watch, of the
-bloated turnip order..
The owner 01 the restoredprop'erty,
drewa' deep,' slow breath.: He tried
to speak, but could not. The man
opposite lit a .cigar.
Bil13r Greene :silently cdunted out
'fifty , 'pomade in notes, and pushed
them across the table. ,
Thanks; old chap, said Frank,.
pocketing them. :. "This little, o t
fills 'a long -felt want. .: I hadn't
enough in :My pocket to pay for the
.dinner I've ., -been eating till .you came
in." :
He ..extracted. .000 note for ten
pound's. from 'amongstits rustling.
companions and :put it into an en-
.
velope. Across the .'envelope he
.scrawled -,"J. Leroy, Esq."
'"That's Jack's whack"• he said to
hiniself; With quiet, . contented
smile.' And, haying settled his bill;
he threw -a careless nod. to Billy
'Greene, anc/ strolled .out of the res-
taurant.
yen, her fever -bright eyes fixed on
the ceiling.
"Ilow are you, love'?" said the big
man, sitting on one corner of the
bed. :
The child looked at Win listlessly,
and turned away with an impatient
moan. The man's face was troubled;
and after hovering- about the bed
with a few clunasy words of tender-
ness and cheer, he -tiptoed out.
A red-hot steak and a bottle of
.Bass awaited him in the 0 UM below.
''Had a good day?" asked his wife,
leaning 'fondly On the back of his
chair as he ate.
"Can't grumble," said Billy
Greene cheerfully. "Only one favor-
ite Won. Feel the weight of that."
The woman Weighed the satchel in
her hand, and an "Oh!" 01 pleased
- .surprise escaped her.
''We might be able to take Ruby
away when she's better," she said.
"The sea air would do the child a
world o' good."
"So it would," assented her hus-
band. ''She shall go by all ineanS."
''She's been wpmryin'- for 'daddy's
tick -tick' all day," said Mrs. Greene.
"She is fairly mad after that watch
of yours."
Iler husband laughed, 'and put his
hand to his waistcoat pocket. Sud-
denly his face changed from its usual
healthy ruddiness to a dull purple,
his eyes were fixed, and, -though his
lips moved, no words came for a
space.
"What ever's the matter with
you?" cried his wife.
• 'The hounds!". he burst out at
last. "They've been down inc.
They've got it."
"Not your watch?" •
'Yes. I wouldn't ha' lost Iltiby's
tick -tick for any moacy! Oh, the,
beasts! They'd no earthly right to
do that to me."
Te big man fairly sobbed' in his
grief.
- 'Oan't you get it back?" asked the
woman an.xtously. "Try, there's ta.
dear."
"I will, too, if it costs, 010 fifty
, quid!" cried Billy Greene; ' banging
his big fist on the table, "Get me a
'"Where are- you going?" deinanded
hie wife, with some anxiety.
"Nevem- you mind, MY dear," re,.
torted the bookmaker.'darkly: "I
know where to go."
An hour later Billy Greene stood
in the promenade Of a big West End
Music -hall. The usual motley crowd
strolled backwards and: forwards,
:with the usual bored, listless look..
Greene leant against the: pai-
titution dividing the circlefrom the
promenade, With his broad- back
squarely to the stage. Hc was
watching the shifting crbwd, with, his
keen little eyes: Tilehad not chang-
ed his dress, and his boots were
White with the dust of the race, -
course.
Presently a tall, slim man in even -
Mg dress stlolled up to him. The.
man 'was aboutthirty, with twinkl-
ing blue_ eyes, • and' a ',long 'tawny
mustache, r which. often Caressed
well -kept hand,
. "Hallo, Billy!" said he cheerfully.'
'"Ifallo, Frank!'returned the othe
. "Been down there to -day?"
"Oh, yes; .I've .been .down thereto-
day," quoth 'Greene, with a twitch of
his head' in what he sapposed .to be
the direction of tfie ' racecourse. :"I
assure you, I have,. Arid nicely
they've .done it on ,1110 down : there
to -day, I can :tell you." ..'
"Get out!'" returned. the Man in
.. evening dress. ' ilcon .dOwn you'?"
"They Parc!" .oried Billy Greene.
explosively. "And what's more,
thOY'Ve got iny clock."
The other man whistled.
''Look ii'!'' he said, "Jack Le
toy's- in the bar: Let's tell him
and have one at tile saine
(1500110 assented. And.. they Walked
into the long, crowded bar) where,
the Man they sought WaS cOnspica-
Otis by his Iond voice and general
behavier,
jack .1„,eroy was about the salne
age as the /nen Called Frank. Ile
had a heavy, animal face, the lips
and Chin concealba by 0, arasta,c11
,n,rid a short beArd of dark brown ,
LIS re Was cli81, Lly horsey, and
you
"I -Ii, boss, give up gold for this,
will you?" shouteeJack Leroy to
the proprietor of the bar wherein he
Pad found Joe of the unshaven chin,
The man could do nothing quietly.
His voice, his manner and his dress
WCrC loud. This led people to 3.,egard
him as a, jolly, frank, open-hearted
fellow.
The la,ndlord took the proffered
note, scrutinized it sharply, and pre.-
sently returned with a little pile of
sovereigns.
.From this pile Jack Leroy selected
two, which Ile pushed along the
counter to joe.
'`There -you are, my hearty!" he
said genially.
"No swank now!" said Joe hotly,
"you promised us EL fiver if I got the
clock back."
"Promises are like pie -crust, young
fellow-iny-lad," retorted jack coolly;
"they're made to be broken."
Next. Moment Joe's bullet -head
Caught Jack in the stomach. Gasp-
ing and faint with pain, he reeled
against the wall, while Joe snatched
the pile of gold, and hurled himSelf
at the door.
Pulling* himself ton'ether, •.oroy
made a dart in ptirsuit; but nt that
instant another an an Sitting' near
thrast out a leg, and he came heavi-
ly to the floor.
While this was happening Billy
Greene was banding over his suffering
child. She stared at him witk
listless eyes. Softly he drew some-
thing from his pocket, and there dan-
gled above the child's head a some-
thing that glittered, and made a
clear, inusleal sound.
"Daddy's tick -tick!" she cried, in a
weak little voice, hoarse with fever,
and her hot, snmil hands grasped the
coveted thing.
"She'll do now," murmured Mrs.
Oreene, with a sob in her voice.,
ller husband nodded, and, hand-in-
hand, I,her stood looking down upon
the small, flushed face.—London An="
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FOOD, BRAIN'S, AND GENIUS.
,
The World's Great Thinkdrs Have
Been Careful Livers.
FARM ACcOUNTS.
011 most farms the keeping of any
real system of accounts is an un-
known thing, and even on the great
majority of farms it is but a nemin-
al practice, usually confined to a
mere cash account of receipts and
disbursements. It is true that the
average farmeris not naturally an
111 P;1-4kssago of his "Confessioris" accountant, and this is in no wise
said. disparagingly. liar neither ? would
descanting upon the nature of drunk-
ethe average accountant. make a good
concludes that the
fariller• Every rnan to his, trade as
teixoanctofcondition indicated is a ques-tlie saying (roes. yet cm almost
aceuracy in terms. He was every farm sonie niernber of .the fam-
assured on medical authority th
man could be, and had been, d
upon a beefsteak. This is la/
true, for even solid food may
duce at any rate great mental
por. TIte comfort of a 'good cli
may -have suggested , wri
-themeWe doubt whether it pro
ly stirred his pen, It is the ei
stomach that best suits a full I
and ideas that flow out freely be
retire with the entry of a subs
tial repast.
Oliver Wendell Ilohnos, with
charming blend of wit, LIMO seien
knowledge„ that gave the distinc
to his writings has discoursed u
thiS very point. talks of
"bulbous -headed fellows steaming
they write," and shows how to
the deniands of thought and ima
ation. The brain. must have m
than its share of the circulat
blood.' There must be no rival
the full liver or the actively dig
ing glands of thd gastric. muc
membrane.- Do not eat heav
then, if you are soon to think ha
Either your ideas. or Your din
will be neglebted and lie a so
weight upon your head or your
gastrium. The poor half-starv
poet is familiar to everyone,
may mitigate our pity by reflect
that in Many' cases he would 11
betin no 'poet if he had not starved
Enough fuel to sustain the fire
life is necessary for work, but h
on the coal ancl you will deaden
overburdened flame. The - great
thinkers, the great workers in any
direction but a purely physical one,
Parc -for the most part been
at 11 ily 0111115 tho
elY and records. 10 no 'branch is this so
iinpocs:eutravitilitceeals ioldyf a ilibreyeeipniiigilf.g1)- raets:seeed:oe 0:111:11:t
tor- dairY cow is a complicated machine,
tei s
miser
seY-- Into her goes feed -of various
perhaps a small one if she be a Jer-
nlPt- kinds and all sorts of balanced ra-
npty tions, or in, some cases possibly very
lead unbalanced rations. Out of her
fore comes milk. On top of the milk
tan- comes cream. Out of the cream
that comes butter. And often the skim-.
milk goes into a heifer calf, which
tiflo is the future dairy cow.. Here is a
tion complicated process 'of manufacture.
Pon I-lere are chances for profit or. loss
the all along the line. It offers possi-
bilities in accolmting to set one of
fleet, the mathematidans at a great pork-
gin- packing establishment dizzy.
ore How many dairymen tan tell hov,,
ing many pounds of milk each cow gives,
in the percentage of butter fat in each
est- cow's and the average for the
ous herd, how many pounds of butter to
ily, each hundred pounds of- milk, how
rd. much it costs to feed each cow, and
ner how much it costs to make a pound
rrY of butter and a few things like that?
epi- Yet this is just what many up -to -
lug ;date dairymen know, to a nicety. A
We scale, a *Babcock -test, a lead pencil
ing and a little brains are the chief re -
ave quisites. If you knew all this aome
cows would be eating their heads off,
01 50100 giving little milk would yet,
etahpe c.h.igh in butter fat, and vice
I-Ierd registers should be carefully
kept. These can be purchased in
convenient form to keep all the in-
formation which one needs regarding
each individual.
it, There are* possibilities i11 dairy ac-
ne- counting merely hinted at in this
of brief article. If you cannot start on
an elaborate system all at once, Pc-
1121
milk, fall to figuring.
gin to keep tic.' few careful, systematic
bit records. Do some weighing, test
eo-
. ABSTEMIOUS :MEN.
If ,not nattiralIy,of small tippet
they have : exercised .constant"
etraint, grndging. from ,the play
higher . functions ' every , moment a
every moment spent upon the anii
activities of their nature. Ha
soon helps the fine effort of such p
pie, and itbecomes naturalfor them.
to 'eat less, to drinkless and to
sleep less..than their fellows'.. Thus,
in a. long life ofintellectual activity
many scores : of hours 'are :.utilized
for the main purpose which in tho.
case, 01 other men ere squandered I
on .the dinneretable br in the me
nothingness' ofsleep or idling.
..Carlyle Was justified in declaring
caPaeitY.for work to be the essen
of genius., -Whatever great man's 1
s read, 11.0 matter how brilliant 1
natural gifts,- sooner or later he
fonrid to have worked with imswei
ing constancy and imperturbable d
votion. Othersas gifted haye le
no Mark; it was in the will and t
power to Work that the genius a
serted itself.. 'It, is common to he
a man say; "So-and-so is a geniu
11 110 worked he. could 'do anything.
Jut -because.he does ,not 'work ."S
and -so" most be denied the title:
;the natural sciencesand professioi
such as mediCine that depend., tipo
them, .'.the inevitableness of gret:
work for great achievement iS; pe
haps, more obvious than -in the se
Vice. of 'art or literature. The arti
and the writerof genius are gifte
with inspirations falling to no Ma
of mere' talent, however hard '
works. Yet even so the geniu
works toillustrate his, inspinatidi
:whether it' is Raphael at his pas
or -Shakespeare at his desk, with
kind Of frenzy of ,application and -
continuous determination that ar
impossible to men not so endowed.,
Such labors of the will and of th
brain demand at the time the whol
energies of a human being. No low
mehaber of the Confederated .bod
whicli is man mast -seek emploYmen
while the master parts are thus a
work. -So it is, then, that the little
eating worker blesses the world witl
fruits which the voiuptuary and th
gourmet may possibly enjoy at hi
well-fed ease, but Can never hope
the least 'degree to emulate:
SECRETS OF THE DAIRY.
There are some secrets which are
no secrets, and the experienceof
years has shown. me that tne art of
ja.., butter -making may be known and
read of all faithful and persistent
men, writes Mr. E. L. Vincent. A
a few .01 the points that everyone as:
ee pires to good butter -making must
ice observe, I believe to be as follows :
The man or woman who sets out to
is be a dairyman must love his 220115.
'v -Unless he does, failure 'lies just Pc -
fore him.
ft There must be the essentials of a
lie good cow in every individual mem-
ber of the dairy. No man can suc-
ar ceed with poor cows, any more than
a. a carpenter can do his best with
2 wornout, rusty and dull tools.
0-
Good water and plenty of it must
In
Pc available. Impure water has
More to do witli our failures than
most of us are inclined to admit.
Roily, stagnant or bacterial water
never should be tolerated in the
r-
r -
dairy. This applies to the source
st
of supply in the pasture just as much
as to that used in washing the but-
ter. We might better Pc at the ex-
pense of drilling a well and putting
up a windmill than to attempt; to
get along in the dairy room without
pure water.
Every man, woman andchild who
has ahything, to clo with the work of
a butter -making, from cow to package,
should be cleanly and neat. Un-
cleanliness is the rock upon which
O thouSands go down. It is possible
° to do some things in a slovenly
manner 'and yet'soccccd fairly well.
Y This -is not true of butter -making.
Every pail, can, churn, ladle, pack-
age, cloth and worker must be scru-
- pulously free from anything which
will impart a taint to the finished
product. The hands. especially,
5 must be clean. If does not seem as
1 if it should be necessary to speak of
this ; and yet it is not a week ago
that I saw a man, who would resent
it quickly if told that he was not
neat, sit down to his cow, milk on
his hands, and wet the teats of a
fine Jersey before he began to take
her mess into, the pail. We look to
the Danish people for our natterof
cleanlinesS, anti well we may ; for if
there be any secret with them it is
the secret of neatness. Climate,
pasturage water care—all pass for
nothing without cleanliness.
Finally, the care given the cow,
largely deternames the quality of the
huttci made. Good food, cleanly
quarters, kindness, freedom from all
that might give th .apw 1. f
A SIMILA.R EXPERIENCE.
"Have you ever tried to write a
novel?" asked the young; woman.
."Yes, indeed," answered the young
man. "I wrote several."
"What are they like?"
"They remind inc somewhat of a
few of Dickens' works."
"Which OneSr
.4 'Those that weren't appreciated
until after he war,' dead:".
There are 200 bones in the human
body, worked by 522 voluntary
niuscl
NEdLtICTFLTL.
1/11stresS--"How disi this*fire happcm to go ou • HannahrX1ann°
ati7-“Y,ez forgot ter till me ter poet t' e9ai on,
theSO, all Miter in to bring about sue-
eesa or failure in butter -making, .
Many other thingS have a bearing
on the art of hutter-inakine. . They
ipay be said to be the adjunct,and
not absolute essentials. The prin-
elPies inVolved are not many, but
111037 010 inva uat le. Iliey must be
taken into •accomit by all who would
,Wifl 112 the beautiful ecience of good
butter -making.
P IIRE-BRED STO CIK
'Iliose who endeavor to improve
their flocks , of poultry by selecting.
the most prolific hens from which the
young stock will be produced next
year make no mistake, but there is s
much carelessness on the part of t
some in the selection of males. •
Neighboring farmers frequently ex-
change eggs, in order 10 a.dd new
blood to their flocks, but they fail
to notice that by such practice, con-
tinued during several years, there is a
no out -cross made. Every farmer
who desires to improve his flocks t
should send to some distant breeder, s
either for fowl or eggs and aim to
secure pure-bred stock of some kind.
This should be done every year. The
result will be fewer cases of diseases, n
more prolific hen.s and better qual-
ity of poultry for market.
110MBAYS FOR PRISONE113,1
GAOL -BIRDS ARE SOME`TIME41
, -RELEASED.
But It Is Only polio f:Or a .Vel3ri
Good Reason—,Some 000102111. gases.
Quite recently an unfortunate num,
mined Kilbride died in Armley
and was buried at Pradford, "York-
shire, At the time, of his death'lis
vire—who ought te have profited by!
100 husband's sad experience --was
crying- a term of imprisonment in'
he gaol of a neighboring town on
barge of assault. In order that She
might attend the, funeral of her 11115-'t,
and She Was specially released ',be -
ore the expiration pi- her sentence. '
Not long ago a London surgeon—,
famous specialist—was 'visiting,
vith a number of friends, a prison in
he north of England, ; and waa
hP02011, poor fellow for Whoin thd
°cal medicalin
malield out no hove
0l
f recovery The specialist sat dOwil
37 • 'bedside 01 tile Pri'S01101' nuicj
lade .a.good many Inquiries -respect.
mg the -internal ailment froin whict
Pc wad Suffering,' .arid next day tlu
visitor attended the prison infirmarj
again ancl saw tWo of the prisot
•(1octors. It 'Was then .arrang.ed 1-
ake, application to the proper ;al/
1 orities for the release of -Oil,
risoner so" that he 'might bo reinov4
t to a hospital in -.London and 01)
.ated upon by the Surgeon whosi
lance visit to the •ris
stilted in his sec.,ing the case. In du{
COIM'Se PelliliSS1011 fOr the. removal ol
the. invalid arrived,' and he .
transferred to a' hospital, where thi
fact of his exact Status was, net di
vulged. operation *as perform
cd,, and the patient gained strengif
gradually, and after being in Of
hospital for eleven weeks he No
deemed to be well enough .for returl
to his old quarters—
THE PRISON CELL.
However, the specialist was a man oi
soft heart as well as great skill, arul
Pc ' signed a document whieh secureil
for the man a term of three weeks'
residence in a convalescent home • al.
the seaside." By the time this.terni
had expired the prisoner's sentene4 -
was at an end, ci.nd after a journey
back to the prison to report himself
he was formally discharged. It 15
said the surgeon's goodness did MOt
end. until he had been the means of
ig).1e0t3tilige•ri-(-(;lie ,ex -gaol -bird honest em-•
A man named Robert Bridges was
some years ago sentenced to six
weeks' hard, labor for poaching, and
had gone thrmigh nearly half his
time when the dead body of a -woman
was foUnd in a stream not very far
away from the prison walls. ,Por,
some days the body remained un-.
identified, and it, was thought that
it would have to be buried and the
case be one more of many inysteries..
The governor of the prison; however,'
received 0 visit from. a gentleman,. a
solicitor, who had journeyed from a'
distant town at the request of a)
client, a bed -ridden old man. The'
outcome of the Visit was the ...tem-
porary release „of the poacher, in ,
der to allow of, his viewing the bodyi -
and of afterwards travelling to see;
the bed -ridden olcl man. The prison-
er duly returned to his cell, but his,
circumstances Were altogether chang-
ed, for it transpired that by the,
death of the woman, whom he hadi
identified, and by a certain'. volun-,
tary action on the part of the bed-.
ridden old gentleman, he was MOW,
the owner of, the very property for,
which lie had been 'proseduted for_
trespassing upon in search of game.
may be explained that the drownesi!
fatly turned out to be:the- prisoner's.
step -sister, and the bed -ridden oldi
g,entleman his grandfather. -The
deep grief of the lady, -on discovering.
that she had been. the cause .for her,
brother's imprisonment, was the sup-
posed reason of her. suicide, 'and ".a,
letter from her to the old gentlemarti
Pad resulted in the property being
made over to
THE NEW TENANT.
-
A man named Jack Sharp, one of
the most daring 'and clever Steeple-,
jacks of his clay, was at. one time
serving a short term of imprison-
ment. for. some small -offence. During
the period that he was in durance
Vile a terrific- storm displaced a por-
tion of the topmost brickwork of a
hig,h chimney. Several steeplejacks.
essayed to reach the summit of the'
stack, but owing to the violent con-:
tinuance of the storm they were ono!
and all unsuccessful/ After much disc.
cussion on the part of the mill-oWna
ere, who were responsible fer the
chimney, it was decided to approach .
the magistrates and to obtain, if
possible, their permission to secure
the services of Jack Sharp in the in- ,
terests 'of the public -100 the chimney
stood in' the centre of a popit-
bons part of a busy little -town,
Where a downhill of bricks and anon-.
tar, _from such a height as the top
of the chimney, would have. niearit
certain death to anybody who
chanced to be hit by the falling deH
bris.. Many fornialities had, 01 0002)1-'
sity to be gone -through, but eventu-'
ally Jack was brought out and offer-
ed the job of ascending the chimney.
Needless 'to say he accepted the risk
,
rather than., remain where lie hod. '
e was, of course, to receive,
dsome .re*ard, and he waS :to;
st.he clolnicunttainled ooff
the 'wind and 'the. driving rain,
1 how he waS driven hack tini.(,),
time, is still fresh , within tha
ry of a, few,persons who are old
b. to reineinher the stirring,
51,111100 it to 'say tha.t jack.
'As helper5. finally sUcceeded' in
ng, ropes . o u -the damaged
ecifeottlilraset,anW(lt
51 tlso 511)1111 120(1
ed, they made, a good job ()f-
inch to tile relief ot the "
8, whO fi•Dm that day -ferward
,Iways a• good word Tor the Man
lose release from gaol they su6,,
Ily
in Water ' (d roWping)---“Throl
(puff, puff) "a 11
iS you;
" Tapley (tailor's a.ssis'tant
measurement, please? '
CUTWORMS.
Do not wait until next spring in
order to destroy cutworms, but m
plough land infested with them late ti
in the fall—the later the better— p
which expeseS them to dampness and ,cc
'cold. Early in spring plough the 01
ground again. Severe cord weather cl
will not injure cutworms but if
brought to the surface when the sea-
son' is damp, the alternate thawing
and freezing- weather will cause inany
of them to perish. They are nearly
always found in. sod land, and hea,v3r
liming of the soil will also assist in
killing. them.
MONUMENTS TO ANIMALS.
HOrses and Dogs .Have Them
Erected. to Their 1VIeniory.'
•
After their conflict with China a
few years ago the Japanese erected
a monument to the memory oC the
horses killed in battle. The Duke of
Welling,ton built one at Strathfield-
saye, where his famous charger Co-
penhagen died.
The height of Farley Mount, not
far from Winchester, is crowned with
an obelisk erected to a horse buried
there. • 'The name of the imimal was
Beware Chalk -Fit, this cognomen
having been bestowed on a,ccount of
the fact that the horse during, a
hunt jumped into a chalk -pit 201t.
deep, with its master on its back.
The obelisk is a landmark for many
miles around,. "
The mention of this horse as a
hunter recalls the fact that at San-
diway, C'heshire, there is a monu-
ment to another animal of the chase.
—a foxhound. Bluecap was his
mune, and its exploits were the
theme of songs which are not yet
forgotten, though 120 years have
passed since the hound died. The
obelisk was erected by the late Hon.
A. H. Smith -Barry,
At Edinburgh is a statue of Grey
Friars Bobby, a dog- which knew
Sundays from week -days: Every
night for thirteen years that dog
slept on his masters grave in Grey
Friars' Churchyard, being provided
with a dinner each day, except Sun-
days, by. the proprietor of a neigh-
boring restaurant. The wonderful
part of 'the story is that Bobby ev-
ery Week saved part of his Friday's
and Saturday's dinner for his Sab-
bath meal. Baroness Burdett -Coutts
raised the statue and the marble
fountain on which it stands in. 1$72.
There are other monuments to
famous dogs. 0110 of the most inter-
esting is that in the grounds, of
Newstead Abbey' to Lord Byron's
Boatswain. It bears the following
inscription: "Near this spot are de-
posited the remains of one who pos-
sessed beauty without vanity,
strength without insolence; courage
without ferocity, and all the virtues
of man without his vices. This
praise, which would be unmeaning
flattery if inscribed over human,ash-
es, is a just' tribute to the meniory
of Boatswain."
WHERE TO BTJY A BABY.
They pan. Be Had in China f or
$1.50 Apiece.
If you want to buy a baby you
must go to China. You can put. --
chase one for $1.50, or maybe two
for $2.50„ China is, in, fact, the,
great slave country of the world.
Of a population of 400,000,000 there
are slaves to the number of 1,0,000,-
000.
Every family of means keePs its
girl slaves, and a man's position is
usually gauged by the number he
keeps. At any age from three to
fifteen girls are sold, seven or eight
being the age at which most change
hanci'S'. The girls are ,purchased to
do housework, it being cheaper to
Puy -than to hire:
To the credit of the authorities, it
maY be stated that the regulationg
governing the sales are pretty strin-
gent, a.nd ensure decent treatment
to the ,girls. ,
Wornen slaves are frequently given
Py , one man to another as presents
and it is quite a common thine, to a Pan
give slaves as wedding gifts. Occa- have
siormlly a man will sell a wife, but borer
uch condtct stamps him as a vaga- with
bond. Practice8 of this kind are and 0
otInctsiinl,sy0--110reshoarclieed bteoenlym oo int-om .1a1110110.1.1.0
their -wives and children to supply en0-eg.
their 'crazy appetites. scone.
Slaves vary in price; S10 is about arid 1
the average, but much depends, upon securi
the girl's appearance. A good -look- parts
ionng atesh f$21150 er eve 1:toubiiyiag 11 iri
In buying slaves a man takes them aubsia
horses --to make st;re that theY aro for wi
sound and healalY, had
0111 Lady. --"My poor man, don't ee15121
you .know that Strong drink stingeth
like a serpent and bileth like an ad_ 1, Mon,
der'?" Bibulous -Looking Party (sad- MO"
ly)--"ThiS It's only quick!
cheap watered stuff. l'm too P005toon s
buy the .kind you refer to waist
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