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CITAPTER IL—Oant,
"Ttiats semy frimul, but, there
are reetsoos," he repliedi °The
Queen of Night is now become very
populax, an her late captain is a
favorite, It might Atka receipts if
it were knowthat there had nem
change."
Wei had now turned out of Fen-
eburell street into a. rrow thor-
oughfare with gloomy oldefathioneti
no- houses on either Side ---Once the
Abodes of thriving citizens. but oow
let out in euitea of QffiCeS from cellar
to, garret. Halfway down the olley
nay Conductor stepped at a door on
which, among eeveral ethers, was
axed a brass. plate hearing the •in-
ecript ion i—
"Ocean SteeneeYacht 4Quen of
Night.'
Nothan and 0o., Agents.1*
yet bad been sad about rate of pew.
but1 liner/ Wait these pleasure-
ex.:deer people gave good wages i I
began to have visions of Sir SiMOD
Crawshay receiving me with, Opeli
arms and giving his consent to our
immediate union, tool it was plea- that is made by the eocklox of n deem hive because So large a, pro -
sant to think that indirectly I tweed pistol. The footsteps bad ceescel Portion of his weight la or sequel
hide promotion to Aline. Truly I suddenly, and then a eoleg which hadin front. With the raft home
thought, the "little cherub that sits did not know Beid "I've gcrt Yo,u, t ws eTat." irpesetZnaillineeiagrtti: htbuot
up aloft" had ehifted the wind ildro covered. ; if you tom:Wino I shoot. • ground he lei the better both for
the right quarter for me at last. To this there came the prompt an -
Thus busy was I with pleasant an saver in the cool tones 0 the Ara-
ticipations when the eound 0 A ericands voice ; "veu are Alarming
slight cough caused we to start and yotineelf eeediessly ; I ant not con -
look towards the door widen 311'.eeinnd with you—at preemie."
Nathan had (ode' PardiallY elledecli 'Mere followed silence for the space
Standing there. half iusole tbe men. of thirty seconds, mid then the foot -
a man was reprdingwe with an stelae went on again, only multiplied
gnawed expression in a pair 0 the now by °there ascending, while those
sbrewdeet eyes I have ever seen. Ile going damn preetnuAbly Ogee of tbe
Was spare of build, with close crop- American. grow fainter and fainter,
and finally died. oway. The episode
had all passed so quickly that I had
no time for interference, or ever; to
decide whether I ought to interfere;
but now that a was over. 1 was
seized with curiosity as to the other
party to that strange meeting on
the stairs. It was not Nathan. for
I ehoulti have recognized the voice.
Kennard a Interlocuter bound
for the office in whith I was seated,
I wondered, or for one 0 the other
Suites on that or the higher floors.
I was not /apt long in doubt. Tito el -ie.. to $400. wttli increase of
footsteps passed by the door, and
the about 10 per cent. when matched in
came to an end further aloeg
teams. These prices are sometimes
landing. I had etertea forward i
iy chair, ready for einergeacien
hut finding that the gentleman wile
was SO handy with
his pistol WAS
not conalog my way, I eettled down
again to Mrat for Nattlian's returm
Vim minutes passed. and I was be-
ginning to be irapatient, when sud-
denly I eeperienced the sensation
that atone uneven person was watch -
frog me. Without vauity. I may safe-
ly say that I do not know wbat
"nerves" are, and I certainly was
not alarmed by the feeling ; but
there it was all the same—the feel-
ing that I was an object 0 interest
to I huantan eons:,
go up d opened the door
wide, but there was no one to be
seen on the landing. Coming back
Into the room I saw Out It was
dearly impossible for any one to
have been looking at me through the
window, which opened with a clear
Imp 0 twenty feet into the court
below. The office itself obviously
had no other tenant than myself.
The instinct. however, remained
strong upon ine, and I gazed round
the room vaguely in quest ot its
origin till some strange attraction
drew my eyes to a map that was
hanwing on the wall between the
*dice and the inner room. In the
map I found, or thought I had
found, the cause. Regarding rae
with a stony glare from two slits in
the colored portion of the canvas, I
seemed to see a pair of steel -blue
eyes which, as they met mine, were
instantly withdrawn. I sprang for-
ward and examined the map, which
was a large-scale ono of Southern
Europe, There were the slits eight
enough—falr and square in the mid-
ip that case we may have the plea-
sure of improving our acquaint-
ance."
"Not at present, though may
be. I am a candidate for the MIA -
mond of the vessel, and hope to get
it," I replied.
"Well, thew good luck to you,
and tot revoire" he said, nodding
Nvill book at the Weet-emi office,
and shell hope to meet you. en
board," •
Ide went out leaving the door as
be had found it—shut to. but not
fastened—and the next moment I
beard his footsteps briekly deecend-
ing the stairs. lie must too° got
some way down, to a place where
there was a turn, wlean tbere reach-
ed inc in quick, succession a hurried
cry of surprise, smothered oath,
and the unmistakente clicking sound
,
t FOR FARMERS 1,
neasenable and Prefitieble t
1,11nts, for the Busy Tiliers
if 0 the Soil,
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farewell, "If I decide on the trilii seweetewiweeiewinewseiewereweew.hoieew
13WSilt ItortsE )?OR pARILERs
The principal use for the draft
iterae i$ *0 haul enormous loads at
a Walk, generally in cities on paved
or hard road. Strength is the only
consideration, and, broadly spealtirig,
weight is the principal elexneut, 11.
boweyer,, the ineelianiene 0 the hawse
is to endure the strain, he zuuet bane
strong leud legs, especially at the
huahat a heavy loin with short
coupling, and strong front legs and
ped 'heir turning to ironigrey ; but
"This is only where the manage- for all his dightness and fitty
rem of the ship te milled on," Ah', I years, he gave um the impression
Nathan esielaimed, as he dived into that be would be an ugly customer
the dark, musty-amelling entry, and if called on to take care 0 blow
proceeded to lead the way up a wit. His frame was Wiry, and the
wornweaton oak staircase to the hand that beld open the door loon -
first floor. Producing a Ley, he un- ed as hard as eked. There was
vomething about the man to inspire
tweet and reliance even before he
opened hie mouth.
"Are yoo in charge 0 this et-
ne0 ?" he tidied, when be bad ate
traded my attention. Ile had a
scarcely perceptible American accent
width would have esearied general
notice.
I explained that I held no posi-
tion there, but that Mr. Nathan.
for whom was moeelf waiting.
would shortly return.
"Ah, it IS not important." he
aid. corning a few payee Into the
own. °I was under the improsion
that the Queen of Night offices were
in the Weet-end, and Chancing to see
the name on the door bere AR I
paseed. I thought I would pt to
the bottom of nay error."
"Yon mode no error ; they have
breech in Piall ?gall for booking pine
pores." I said. "This is where they
do the victualling, buying stores,
engaging officers, and all that sort
of Oleg."
"I see Well, as ray business, 1
y. bas to do with the hooking de-
rtment it is of no use to wait
ere," be said. carelosly. "I
locred a door on the landing and
IIAVitOtt 111.9 f01101,7: 11114 The
room wherein I amid myself was
only SOUle fifteen feet equare, fur-
nished with an inlesplashed table
and three or four common chnire,
and it had the appearance of being
but all totter office. for there was a
second door an the far end leadius.
I presumed, to an inner MOM of
00 POMO suite. The dietempered
walls were dirty and quite bere
ocept where a few tattered rieepie
and charts were banging.
new aegnailittince rot a chair
for and, ceutlire himself at the
table, took a srieet of paper on
which he jotted down notes of the
answere gave to his questiona, nTy
name and the dates of my master's
certificate and previous employmerits
were duly recorded, and then he
asked me why I had left the service
of the Flower Line.
"Because I broke a rule—left the
bridge without being relieved." I re-
plied, not caring to go into par-
ticulars UnleSS he pressed for them.
Somehow I was averse to mixing up
Aline in SUell a sordid matter as my
discharge. I little knew then how
Muck depended on his ignorance o
knowledge 0 the einmee of the
rescue.
MY answer comet' to satisfy him
at any rate be showed no curiosity
about details. "Breach 0 ITgUla^
SIMS, ?" he croaked. "Nothing
very verious in that. Can you get
111e a letter from the Company say-
ing that, barrinn, that. you have
hem an efficient officer and assiduous
In your duties W'
I replied that 1 bad no doubt I
could. In fact the directors line told
nie that they would do all in their
power to aid ney endeavours to ob-
tain employment by testifying to
my general capacity.
"Very well, Captain," be said. "I
think it Neill be all sherene, but I
waist consult with my partners. I
am not alone in this business of en-
tertaining the public on the briny
waves. Wait hero about half an
hour while I run out, and piraps
When como back shall have some
news for you."
Ile handed me a Daily Telegraph
to pass the time, and soon the sound
of his shuffling footsteps died away
on the stairs, leaving the room very
still. You can be sure I didn't
trouble that newspaper mud'. I was
far too busy tongraitilating myself
on the sudden turn my affairs seem-
ed to have taken ; and, eager as I
was to see Aline, I rejoiced that my
reluctance to go to her in the
character of a east -off had turned my
step eastward in search of work
• before seeking her. Now, if this
curious old Jew's "partners" prov-
ed complacent, should be able to
go to her full-blown "Captain For-
rester," in command of a 7,000 -ton
eteamer, and with pockets in a fair
way to be well lined. Nothing .as
DR. A. W. CHASE'S 9
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parts by the Ittanevtit Blanes;
its* the ulcers, clears the air
pAssages, stops ckeppinci is the
throat sea poutamantly circa
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free. AU doakrs. er Dr. A.W. Chum
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'leveret decided yet, but it's on the
cards that I might take a trip in
thin boat. I've just finished a big
bit of worn, and I am over here to
recreate."
"You hail from the States 1" I
said.
"So 1 you've spotted the twang,""
be laughed pleasantly. "That is a.
sad blow, for rather pride myself
on not being branded too visibly
with the Yankee trademark. But
then you have a good deal of ex-
perience of Americens should sur-
mise, if you allele me to draw a de-
duction from your attire. Been in
an .A.thultic liner, eh
"I served in the Cunard some
years ago," I said. Then fearing
that I had been rude, I added :
"There is very little twang about
a Southerner, and should take
you for ono,"
"Yes, I am from the Southern
States," he replied. "My name is
Wennard—leranklin Kennard. Pos-
sibly you have heard of it ?"
was obliged to confess that I
had not.
"Ah, your knowledge of America
and the America.ns is not very deep
rooted after all," he said,. with a
curious smile. "Am right in sup-
posing that you are an officer of
the Queen of Night ? I ask leecause
eee,e-e-iepeteeeeete
the
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Hence the Backaches, Rh
bago—Dr. Cha.se's Kid
Relieve and of Lastin
it is tot only the lungs that suffer
during the cold, damp seasons. The
kidneys are almost equally suscepti-
ble to sudden changes of temper -
attire, and many a serious case 01
kiklney disease lias its beginning With
a cold; which settles,on the kidneys.
Persons working out of doors are '
&cost likely to be victims of such
troubles and suffer frarn backaches,
lumbago, rheumatism and crippled,
ael3ing limbs, but anyone is liable to
sit in a -draught or exPose his. back
to a current of cold air.
• Cold settling on. the kidneys eause.s
congestion, a elogging of these filter-
ing 'ongans and consevent derange-
ment of thOwhole digestive and ex-,
'cretory systems. The liver fails to
worlc, the bowels become .constipatecl
and the stomach gets upset.
. Because of their direct and cola
Ibined action th CRe oiv;ans, 111..
„Chase's Nidney Livcir Pills are of
most prompt and most lasting 1.,ont:
iit far sitieh derangements. They are
positive in their elIects and axe back -1
sumatio Pains and LUITP•
ney-Liver Pills Prompt to
g Benefit.
ed by the ekperience and integrity of
Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous Lie-
celpt I3ook author.
Mr. Wm. Boyne, of 19 MeGee St.,
Toronto, says: "I was afflicted se-
verely -with kidney disease, stone in
the bladder, incontinence, depogts 111
the trine, severe pains in the back,
and.,strains over the loins. I was
so bad that I bad to get up two or
three times in the night, and could
then only make water .with great
pain. „.
'Though long a sufferer and linable
to work, I was confined to my bad
for three weeks, and durhag that
time thought could not possibly
emit -ire greater misery. at was then
that bego,n to use Dr. 011aie's Kid-
ney -Liver Pi!ls. It is with grati-
tude that say that they have ireed
me of all (I)esc symptoms, and made
me a well man."
Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills.
One pill a close; 25 cents, a box; at
all ,dealers Erdmanson, Bates
Co., Toronto,
service and endurance. lie muet
weigh not, less than 1,600 pounds
and lie is all the more valuable if lie
weighs 1,800 pounds tie 2.000 or
even more. He cannot he too heavy
hit bone corresponds to hie weight
Such a horse thouid he blocky
though smooth. short in the back.
with rounded hipe, wide, etreng
liodia. fiat bonesmoderate) short
separation has been coraplete, the
appear in the buttermiln until the
vbeurytterla-swtaill. float on top and none
We rteZt add cold water or weal(
brine in quantity sufficient to float
the butter and wash out the butter-
milk. We Usually half fill the churn
with water, give it a few rapid
turns, and draw 01 the milker wa-
ter. The eperetion is repeated with
pure cold water, which generally
comes away nearly clear. If not,
clear Water is added the thir4 time.
The butter is then allowed to drain.
M the churn, for 10 minutes or A
balabour, and sometimes the sat is
added while stile in the churn, but
as a rule tbe butter is removed from
tbe ehUrn, placed tub And
weighed. Fine salt at the rte of
one ounce to the pound of butter as
it eonitee from the churn is sifted on
by means of a hair eeive. After
sifting on about half ei it the better
ap4 salt is gently stirred, when the
rest of the salt M added mat the
butter receives final working, lee
work sufficieetly to remove the ex:-
eess of water, and to thoroughly
corporate the Salt in every particle
of butter, untitiog finm, cempact
bedy.
elJeLPS FOR WINTER EGWS.
Green food, while liens will Jay
to some extent witbout it, is strict-
ly necessary far good laying in
winter, writee Mr, Geo. Town-
LAWS LGAINST SPENDINa
WHEN PEOPLE COITZDN'T
'pao EWTWAVAGANT.
ddeeernineats ?Wade LAWS Wewolate
ing the Expenditures 0
the People.
It may surprise many peoele to he
tend that not so very long ago in
the bisry of the world the Gov -
Ointments of the various countries
Were so considerate and so anxious
for the welfare of their subjects that
they eeteally made laws regulating,
• o certain ediarit, their eel eeditere,
and thus Felicia to restrain extra..
elegance, whether in food, dreSs,
anruEement4, or even in funerals.
any of these laws were D9 doubt
151.911.:Vcd by an ear eirt,k.'eeire to fur,
,ther the in rest 0 the iudividual,
'but others who were the outcome
of those in authority wishing te pre-
vent them Inferiors, wile were quite
Wealthy enough to do so, from close-,
ler ireiteting, er even surpassing,
lethem in the matter of dress or the
Who,
* Of course. the ladics! often received
• the most careful consideration from
the lawarnitere For instance, on,
ithe occesion of the secoini Weide
war, about 2.15 B. 0., Rome, which
frequently paid great ettentien
7
_ ____—__ " if' .e eend. How to produce 00 ehearc.st' 61e -h' matters, 4 eel eAd ti-eldingi i"'"
pasterne, liana= straight s, onmere, , i ' man eitoiiiii weer a, eresa 0; varoma
heavy in front, with lull breast and green
food "Ant be governed by
what the fanner may have at volors nor ride in e carriage in the
legs placed well apart, theugh uot thou idd b t d hand. city, or within a, mile of it, unlese it
extremely wide, Tbe animal ebould to fin 11/131 e e ..a. a Preat aut.- baPrieneci to be a public seeriC"'
Iloilo elmuld be emooth all over. '
should carry a good covering of oughtidge wthimeluePlearingdth%.0.7sug 4"mths,by i As a matter of UOUrfe SUCh a, mime -
with good disposition and possessed the fowls eat them They should be ge7,7 awl in
0 and letting ore Was vere unnopular with the fair
relieve ei...,,,e ... ... . — gleetItt4 einmtahlemerlittetro avcild their 'yeajrs-or so theytIsuie ec5cedrael in gtewtetnint;
do this, however,
of muck patience,
"44444044044s. as Prot, .c,r. nub xi alal beCOMIng it repealod. To
ginideripiwt points out, midst bo way. anieleicugtreterwn, elen'ilwark.e,PresPertlid they, ainernbled in the atreaS Altdd
peSSeSsed by all draft Ionises to sell teed,
well. Other things being equal. the hardly equaled when 'etacagomeod.C7ntntInedeleliiiitattee r'allndat4IrreStitelled"relto "be
price of a draft Immo depends large- cCoantilbviztentistotolifie oenheiluipaeneyt Etratildlus.rnost egmeaeed so long as slab, a law Was
ly upon bis weight. and ranges AVM ins in force. Neturally euough, the lae
fowls eat it 'worthy and clean witted dies belie been rather
out much trouble.
Grit is another factor wbich must DIFFICULT TO MANAGE
be avoiluble, and is comma -Jed in tn. SIACI1 inatterS. and it is On record
considerable quantities. Small piecva titeet when. in 1012, Englieb, wolueit
0 crushed stone. Mut or crockery ,were forbiteden to wear faxthiugaten
answer very well. Crushed oyster of eseeesive size, troteitel of eonifilew
shells to A large extent will supply Wig and rellueind thowe they wore,
the materiel for grit in grinding they (len:Idly made them higgerl
food, and also furnish lirae for egg ine hrete et these "sumptuary
diets. It is bad practice to feedihawei" as tney were called, so far as
shells in other foods as the hen raay 'our own country Nees concerned. was
=Ceded and dealers menet that
prices were -never so low that a.
span of draft horses would not
briug dean) if tlitei were pod en-
ough.
TUE DRAM goitsu.
is tbe bone for the fanner to raise.
Only the lieaviest and beet stallions
are suitable. Even then the demand
for extreme weights necessitates the
use of large ZnareS that are good
Milkers, In no other way MU colts
be proluced with sufficient bone and
feeding quality to attain tbe size
and finish demanded by the markets.
The young animals must be supplied
with the best of feed in large
amounts from the very first. Plenty
of good pasture, clover bay, oats
and corn are imperative, and there
is nothing better for young horses
than preen corn eut from the field
and fed whole. Only tbe best blood
should be wed, and then every effort
Must be made to keep the horse
gaining from the ilrst if be is to
top the market.
All this is much like growing be
and the draft horses are the ones
produce on the farms. They can be
grown nowhere else to advantage
and when it is remembered that the
draft herrn is really the highest
priced standard horse on the rear-
ket, it is easy enough to see what
horse the fanner should raise. Ile
not only sells for more average mo-
ney, but if bred with the same care.
there are fewer culls and no training
is required beyond light,, common
work to familiarize him withthe
harness and with drawing loads. The
disposition of the draft !torso is so
docile, and his ancestors hone labor,.
dle of the Mack Sea—but -there Were ell so long that he works almost by
no eyes and no place where they instinct and requires no special
could have been. I poked my linger trebling before being put upon the
through the slits, and came in con- market.
tact with nothing but the plastered
wall, which was smooth and solid,
and apparently without a break.
I was about to lift the map to
explore further when my attention
was arrested by the voice of Mr.
Nathan from the doorway. cream can in a vessel embattling Wu. -
"AIL, Captain," he said, with the ter at about 05 degree:, The creana
throaty chuckle that was one of is stirred until it gets to the proper
his peculiarities, as he came in and temperature, when it is placed in a
seated himself at his desk ; "can't ripening vat, 'usually at this time of
you keep from hankering after the year near the kitehen stove. Our
rools of your trade, eh ? Well, I
think that you ratty take it as set-
tled that you have the ship—provid-
ed the Flower people speak for you.
If you'll call here to -morrow morn-
ing at ten, I'll have the appointment
all shipshape and in order, and you
won't have cause to quarrel with
our tcrms."
My good luck drove all thought of
Btll 1 hal
Wo Churn twice a week, writes Mr.
J. A. Macdonald. The night before
we churn the creani is warmed to
about 05 degrees by setting the
vat is a large dish insulated with
several coverings of cloth and other
material, so as to maintain a pretty
even temperature. Then the cream is
left 'until the next afternoon, when
the churning is done. In the summer
we churn in the early morning.
This matter of ripening or souring
the cream is it very ,important one
in preparing butter for the market,
and to get a profitable yield of
those peeping eyes from my head, butter. As soon as the cream gets
and I had already begun to believe
myself mistaken. Away, too, flew all
remembrance for the time of the
American Kennard ; all that my is ready tochurn, and then churn
mind was capable of holding just it without allowing it to stand any
then was an intense desire to get
away to the West -end so that Aline longer. Our average temperature for
could share my joy. So profuse was churning is 62 degrees, varying 1 or
2 degrees higher or lower, according
in my acknowledgments that the
little Jew shook his yellow wrinkled to circumstances. The cream is
brought to this temperature in the
about as thick as maple syrup,
tastes slightly sour, and has begun
to separate into small particles, it
band at 1D.0 in it so rt of fantastic
deprecation.
"Keep your pretty speeches for
the pathengers, my boy," he wheez-
ed. "We want all our stook, of
sweets for the pa,thengers of the
Queen of Night," And he rolled
about and laughed as though at
some huge joke visible only to him-
self.
(To Continued.)
said Mrs. Subbubs stern-
ly, "after that young man had said
`good -night' to you at the door last
evening I heard several sounds like
kisses!'' ''Yes?" replied .the girl,
demurely, ''Oh! I know! What you
heard was, the noise he made pulling
his feet out of the mud as he Walked
down the path"
Alfred (rapturously) — "Now, dar-
ling, please name the barmy day?"
Minnie (blushing) --- Three weeks
from next ThM•sday, Alfred.'' /Torah
(through the key -hole) --- if you
please, miSs, that's my reg'lar day This strainer serves to catch any amount of kicking that it has to is something in yi olinm me d an ia w
. .
out. You'll have to git married in particles of butter which may come withstand. An °Strict is able to comic:spending% wi',11 this oLinOrdii
the early part of the week." the buttermilk ; but if the kick much harder than a horse. ary b-Cto oithiogs.
manner similar to ripening. It is
then strained through a linen strain-
er into the churn. The cream can is
rinsed out with a tittle water. To
every ten pounds cream wo add one-
half teaspoonful butter color, Tens
is done before starting -the churn, to
impart a June grass color to the
butter. '
TWO OR TETREE TIMES
during thfi
e rst . ten minutes of
churning the plug at the bottom of
the churn is removed to allow the
gas to escape.' Churning seldom oc-
cuPles over a half-hour. As soon as
the butter breaks, which can be told
by the swishing. sound, We add a
quart of water, xresh pailful of
cream, the temperature of the water
Varying with the temperature and
condition of the cream. The -water
dilutes the buttermilk, allowing more
perfect 'separation of the butter.
The, churning then continuos until
the granules are alloait tbo •Qizo of
wheat grains, or a little smaller,
when the churn is stopped, the but,-
terinilk drawn off from below and
strained through the cream strainer.
tie relied on to ewe proper judgment
by helping hereelf. Grit should be
before the fowls at all times.
Meat foods in whiter are galled for
to supply the egg factory. Fluely
cut green bone or meat scraps are
tonnuonly used. A good substitute
is shim -milk where it can be had,
and in many cases it answers the
purpoSe. The warn mash I think
is being overdone. The fowls eel 1 cat
greedily and in a short period, and
then stand or sit. around inactive.
More hard grain and more exercise
needed. Do not feed too much
corn, as it is too fattening. It is
good to sleep an.
that 0 Edward UL, peened in 1:103;
but this did not atiect any one high-
4er than a knight in the social SZP.10.
'.1.111S WUS dirt'Vtcd against drew. and
Was pawed teraree o. lame number 0
people (reseed in a matinee far be-
yond their IneallS, 'which resulted,
we axe told, in "the inipoeerishment
and destruction 0 the melee."
1 By it knights, gentlemen under the
estate of knight, esquires of cer-
tain qualiecatiene, =reheat',
clerks, vitiate.% burgesses, servants,
handieraftemen, ovoluen, plowmen,
and others 0 tests degree, together
with their wives and children, were
only to wear clothes of the hinds
and prices enumerated, and tee tail-
ors or clothiers were directed to
• make a suificient quantity of seen
gneenente, SO that there would be no
mum for infriegieg the statute.
Certain individuals were not allow-
, ed to weor any etlit or jewelero, nor
were they allowed to embroider their
clothes with silver, while the pen-
alty for violating the law was the
forfeiture of the Whig of all apparel
not complying with the regulations.
Thie law apparently was not a, rap-
ealed
••••••••••10•1111.......
OIT, LISTEN TO TITS
The winter of the Far North is
not wholly silent, although so little
life is manifest, at that season. A.
paragraph from a Greenland ex-
plorer's account of his winter's stay
on the east coast of that =miry
makes this feet very clear :
these movements of the ice—the b..:
dual crowding- and pressiog, bending
and pushing, the breaking of the
masses of snow lying at the leo
footi—do not go on noiselessly', but
are generally accompanied by cer-
tain sounds, which aro called the
4VOiCee of the lee. Now we hear
a singing, splashing, or grumbling, while some of the eirese worn was of
anlotiesrezatchiragekinwgitlaind snapping
; now sequently laws were made to put a
other a truier abiend deccription, and con-
s tsaonucned.slikeirr eag ucloanr Ifyu forno noi tahugmreaaiti
stop to such it state of affairs. in
this case everybody below the rank
voices, the changing din Of a train or of lord was alrected, and the forni
a sledging -party, or you fancy you and value were specified, while tall -
hear the steps and voices of all sorts o
of animals. There is a charm in "'hi
ors and shoemakers guilty of supply-
wthese prohibited articles to pee-
...
ple not qualified to wear them were
liable to
VERY /1F,AVY PENALTIES.
EAT, AND DON'T WORT1.Y. It was about thie time that the
shoes worn had very long points,
Worry is but one af the many sometimes as much as two feet in
forms of fear ; so that worry tends length, so we cannot wonder that
to the production of indigestion. In- the legislators thought it, time to
digestion tends to put the body in a step in and shorten them.
condition that favors worry. There Henry Was also strict with
is thus established it vicious circle regard to the expenditure of his sub -
that tends to perpetuate itself, each jects, and even directed who should
element augmenting the other. It be allowed to buy foreign -made hats
is necessary to secure a cheerful, and caps, and what price they should
wholesome atmosphere for a dyspep- Pay for the sante. He also regulat-
ed. the apparel of the Royal Family
as well as that of his poorer sub,
jeats, and the latter were strictly
forbiddet to wear a silver butto11.
or any kind of ornament.
Then in 1554 an Act directed that
"whoever shall wear silk in or upon
his hat, bonnet, girdle, scabbard,
hose, shoes, or spur -leathers shall
be three months imprisoned and for-,
bit £10, except mayors, aldermen,
etc.," while if any servant offended
in this direction and was not dis-
missed within fourteen days the em-
ployer had to forfeit. £100. It is
safe to assume that silk dresses were
somewhat scarce during that reign..
These laws regulating the -oz.-Medi-
ture on dress were all repealed in
the reign of atones and apparent-
ly such restrictions have not been
deemed necessary since, for no fur-
ther attempts hale boon made to
deal with the matter. --London Tit-.
Bits.
1.1111.1 one for it was partly lap
in the following year.
It was during the reign 0 the next
Edward that the extravagance of tho
male portion of the community
reached a most, ridiculous height,
listening to these sounds on a still
night."
tic. He should eat his meals at a
table where there is good -fellowship,
and where good stories are told.
He should himself make a great ef-
fort to contribute his share of this
at the table if possible. The very
efforts and determination of a man
to correct his own. silent habits at
the table, to correct his feelings of
discouragement and worry, are in
themSOlvOs a promise .of success.
Laughing is in itself a useful exer-
cise from the standpoint of indiges-
tion.
FEATHIeRS THAT COST KICKS.
To anyone who has not seen os-
trich feathere plucked, the operation
may prove, strange. It is generally
supposed that this work consists of
very violent handling of the birds,
while it is really a very delicate job.
In the first place, a man goes round
through the flock, selecting those
birds that have amassed feathers of
value. These birds are then drived
iato a. pen so that they are unable
to hurt their .plumace. When the
plucking time arrives, one bird at a
FINES FOR 'MURDER,
Fines ha.ve been often imposed for
-very serious offences, but it would
time is enticed into a narrow, dark not be eeeY -Le find a 111°deril par -
are then closed. The work at once of Maryland, where a man convicted
which allel for a recent case in the State
passage -way, the doors of •
from the bird, then commence, after 3.12°11- to
children of the mardered man. Some
was fined $5,000, the
cbde g on . platforms Thl.eemena,twahosanfercdillsitc)ou.nnete- °I 11111rdcr
throwing law 1;ohetla)ah:idecitoint117nwgliadici71 tanitlidl
then enragaec-113agaTi'nclralt,lieThheeatpllu0c1kte1r1: tis1,11.,celleatlY Part' of the Ililletcenth cell --
use scissors -like appliances to extract --r-v' e'lablillg the reLltives 01 the
operation is performed rraist neces_ it is said that in Tspis the family
the feathers . The Pen in which ,bis rPurtlerecl men to so
tle Inur(lc'ren
, of a murdered nlan limy claim (11,11-
sarily be very strory, crv"11-• ,"" t
'':110 .t.S'es in lieu of e;..eeutiOn, and the -1-'6