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OR, THE GIRL 1N BLUE
CIIAf',fER 1.—(Continued).
I ar.tse from my bed a fortnight
Inter btone blind.
With this terrible affliction uron me
I returud to Loudon with Dick Moyle,
who carne out to Florence to fetch Inc
hone. For ane, life had no further
charas. The beauties of the wield
vv.t►c!► had given the se much pleasure
and happiness were blotted out for me
for ivcr. 1 lived now enly in an eternal
du Iles which by day, when the sun
shone upon my eyes, teemed to assume
a dull dark red. At flat it struck me
that Eecauso niy sight had been destroy.
cd my personal appearance must have
altcree, but Dick assured me that it
had not. No one, ho declared, could
lee by looking at my eye.s that they
were actually s.ghtless.
And so 1, Wilford Ileaton, lived In
these dull old chambers In Essex
Street, in rooms that I had never seen.
You, who have sight to read these
lines, can you Imagine what it is to
be suddenly struck blind? Close your
eyes for a brief five minutes and see
how utterly helpless you become, how
entirely dependent you are upon others,
11.tw blank would be your life it you
were always thus.
Dick gave to the the time he could
spare Iron his work. and would come
and sit with me to chat. for conver-
sation with him was all that was loft
to me. 110 de-cribed my moms and
my suiround'ngs with the sante minute-
ness with wh(h he wrote. and tried to
interest me by relating arraps of the
day's news. Yet when tie was absent,
away or eil work in his rooms above,
1 tat alone thinking for hours. count-
ing time by the chiming of the clock
et SI. Clement, Danis.
S o heavily did time hang upon my
hands That at last 1 engaged n teacher
Prem the Blind School ever in Lambeth,
and with his bioks of raised letters tie
used to visit me each day and tench
me hu read. 1 was an apt .pupil, I sup.
pose, yet there was something s'rangely
gmlesque about a elan who had already
gradualcd recom►renc'n'g to learn his
alphabet lite a child. Stili, it saved
me from being driven mad by melan-
choly. o)id it was not long before 1
aunt that by the exercise of pains i
could read slowly the various emb^ssed
boot .. standard wle'ks manufactured
for the recreation of these unfortu-
nates like myself. whe woul:l other -
wee sit eternally idle with thee hands
before them. And not only dtl i learn
to read but also to make •small fancy
hoskctaktw rk very intricate at first.
tett wh , on account of the highly de-
vett
o-ver p d sense of touch that I had ac-
quired In reading, soon became quttc
easy.
The long months of winter darkness
went by; but 10 me, who could rot see
the sun. what mattered whe(ht. the
days were brilliant August or black De-
cember? Sometimes? f went out. but
not (d'en. 1 had not teoome proficient
la finding my way back by aid of a
seek. 1 had practised a good deal in
my stoats; but far a blind man to go
berth into The busy Strand be must
have perfect confidence, and be able to
guide hienseU among the bustling
'throng. Therefore, on my airings 1
usually went teeth ufon Dick's arm.
and the extent of our wanderings was
the end of the Embankment at West-
minder Bridge, or around these small
ornamental gardens whth extend from
the Charing (:rocs stet.on of the Under.
ground )railway up to %Vaterleo Bridge.
&xneUmee, on rare occa'l ms. he would
mite me to dine with hfm at the Sav-
age Club, In Adelphl Terrace; an:I men,
o;,s' ofng BeMontana, whom 1 could
reit see, would warmly shake my hand.
t heekel their voices --voices of artists
and ktcrn'eurs Mese names w• n' as
• household weals -sat charmed by their
merry f; sstp of arlieec "shop," laugh-
ed at their ctro,'1 stories. or listened le
one or other of the members who would
note or swig fee the benetlt of his
brother Savages. Those evenings.
spent amid the tobncar-snu•ke and
glnt><i jangling of the only ilohetnlnn
Flill exist ng in London, were the hap-
piest in all That dull, colorless, dismal
life of sound and touch.
They were the only recreations left
to me. Truly mine w•a.s a tris'ful
in April, after 1 had lived in that
dingy den six months er more, Irick
came into my room one morning and
made an non' un:c•rnent, It was that
he h .d been cnnii isskmnl by the
1'•naly To Jegra,•h to g) as its eceres;,•,n-
dent esth a ilrtish pun eve (xtal,t'on
cn U: • N.•rtlr-West Frontier of hnd a.
"Y• c{, :o. • t oeurse,' 1 Said, trC.' t-
tng tftlr1 ru'h ant firr meant trth ea-
vamement and profit. Ib' had t ng
ago Vitt are !hat n ceirnrn.r•` on its wear
e. r.e.).•ndeat was h's greatest unea-
ten.
"No. my dear ell teal. • " t. drop
voice nese crud in it bin. "• , grit
than u- "1 can't tette. ' ' n••"
"N r. :i'" 1 ejneulae„t. "tie net
geine '• • 1 i to ming r:aay s'n'h
n g'..d f' • !0`111:111 with ane. \•),
yr,, . 1
ten i. t\'41111 v -i ['
•)• and h e v, ;
s i • red ate -ince. "flat r .a
r,: f .t. l cent go and !est t•
t 1, t.'
I :f r) d(eiait ray. ”\1
, , ceer ne. ate) thee
net tt obi, •-essl upon my
• e 'I''' alt very v ai.'. . ,l !t•., tc ea to ld Inc that
l !;• r • r ' w:r: et • e'ek 1'encerl, n charming
t s )• a -ea,. It • 1 1 " wae hnd I sen a popular ne.
' • • f •• •1 ' n;; since fu Sl. and was
myself :t.th ruy tees new a pr. neeent "Savage," well
and my losket-making," 1 answered.
Truth to tell. this announcement of he
hitt utterly crushed ane. Itis society
was 111,' only bright spot in hay life.
it he left rho 1 should to entirely alone,
chorales and melancholy. Never:I10.1s
when the sight is destroyed Ho thiiit1
is quickened, and 1 reelected aft. that
this offer meant to him, and admired
hes self-denial and readiness to refuse
it on my account.
Therefore 1 insisted that he should
go. In the end he was persuaded, and
three days later left (:haring Cross far
India. ,
When he tend gone I became hope.
lessly depressed. It vain did 1 try to
interest thyself in the embossed Looks,
but they were mostly works which 1
had read long ago, and in vain I toiled
at basket -making until my flinger -tips
were sore and aching. Sometimes at
evening Mrs. Parker, herself a sod scho-
lar, w ,utd try and read a few of what
she considered the choicest morsels of
the "extra special." She read very
slov.ey and inaccurately, poor old soul,
and many were the words she was
compelled to spell and Leave me to
solve their meaning. Indeed, in those
long hours I spent by myself 1 sank
'ewer and lower in dejection. No leng-
e: 1 heard Dick's merry voice saying—
"Come, cheer up, old chap. Let me
tell you all I heard to -day over at the
club."
No longer could i lean upon itis arm
es we descended that steep flight of
steps leading (roan the end of Essex
Street to the Embankment; no longer
did 1 hear those playful words of his
on such occasions—
"Take care, darling, or you'll fall."
Dear old Dick! Now. when 1 reflect-
ed upon it all. 1 saw how in my great
emiction he treated me as tenderly as
he would a woman. Forlorn, hyppetl,
and heart -sick, 1 lived on from day to
day, taking interest in nothing, mop-
ing do'etul and unmanned.
A singe !eller canto from him. posted
at sono outlandish place in the Nei:t-
weet. It was read 10 me by old Mrs.
Parker, but as Dick was a sad scrib-
bler. its translation was not. a very
brilliant success. Nevertheless from '1
1 gathered hoW deep were his thoughts
of me, and how eager he was to com-
plete his work and return. Truly no
man had a more devoted friend, and
certainly no man was more in need of
eine.
As the days grew vvnrnter, and I sol
ever with the thulium viten ufon me,
joyless and dispirited in that narrow
world of darkness, 1 telt slimed. anti
longed for air. Essex Street Is terribly
close in July, therefore. finding the
hent intolerable, i went forth at even•
ing upon the Embankment with Mrs.
i'arker, and, with my slick, practised
walking alone upon that tong. rattier
unfrequented stretch of pavement be-
tween the railings of the Temple Gar-
dens and the corner of Savoy Street.
Try to walk a dozen paces as ono
bend. Closes your eyes, and tap light-
ly with your slick before you as you
walk, and see how utterly help'ess you
feel, and low erratic are your toolsteps.
T youwillPhowdif-
ficult
knot extn'nuel d
y t
ficult i found my first essays alone. 1
walked hill of fear as n child walks.
stumbling, colliding, haling. and even
wafting for my pitying old woman•
servant to take my arm and gu:de me
• 1,1 safety.
Yet evening offer evening 1 went
forth and Meadey persevered. 1 hnd,
In the days Lefore the world became
abut out from my gaze, seen men who
were blind{ guiding themselves tearkss-
ly hither and thither among the Lon-
don crowds, and 1 was determined, in
Dl: k s absence, lo master Iho means
ct Vtsionk•ss leoonielien. o that 1 might
walk alone kr health s sake, if for no.
thing enc. And so 1 continued striv-
ing and striving. \Vhen Mrs. Parker
had served my dinner, cutting it up for
me just as one places meat before a
hctpbta intuit, we went forth together.
and ex an h.ur each evening i went
cut upon that wide expnn•o of the 1•:ut-
bonkment pavement witheti toned niy
practice•groun.1.
Gr:dualee by slow degrees, 1 lecame
prvrflc ent in rakes; myself with that
c••nstant lapping that marks a blind
man's Negress through the black toed
which constitutes he •.wrr narrow hey -
lees t rel. :\t last. after several weeks
(1 estetanl practice. 1 found to my
gent delig'e! that 1 tenth! actually
walk alma the vvhi 1.! length of the
pavement. feeding myself by intuition
wilt n en:• mitt reel passers-by. and con.
tine ng rira.gl:t to without slunttting
(.r ,..tiro; w.th any object, it tact
w'ii.'i rata me the ohne tt sntafection,
fes t .1 to {.lace n;•• beyond the
nr, •1 • r . , n. ;Hit a ui 1e. With This
pi''' Cr. , 1 a;'. n led lo acct• nm,) Di;'k
1i1- ,; '`,. t, taill. and F4, gradually per-
s.....
er•v•. , .1 I. Goal.[; gar. 41 enc; .
CI1.1i'TBR I1.
AtgIt t ens die,ty ant 1 :z nu; in
1: n•l• •n. an I I felt it Palely in E -sex
aft er, The f •(ntier war dragged en
I- tt(;iry l.'ng'h, as h-.•nti..t tours e{-
tt:” . .!i' r. ere h rk was still unable
!. . 'a: it. Its hell:ant dejorlplions
" • !Me ng tine tee.;me n feature
,•',nal to nspresentcd. On one
horn en,' to end of
• =tri•• o! pavement
"1 sLiii at,tuse
known ill that litho circle of London
Bohemia, llo vvaUeed with one a little
way. and next evening called and spent
an hour over ewers and whieJcey. ile
was the only Visitor 1 had in all those
months 44 Dick's absence.
A taint man has, utast very few
friends.
Once or twice, when the heat became
insufferable in my cl;se stuffy roosts,
I anelentplated going le the country
or 1v the sea. Yet, on retkctlen,
told myself bitterly that, being unable
l•' se the bcautie3 of God's earth, I was
just as well there sloping in that
gkx,my street. and taking niy evening
wiring 10 k1e the Thanes.
Therefore with all desire for life or
enjoyment crushed from my soul, 1 re-
ntnir:ed lit London, Ong out each fine
evenine, sometimes with Mans. Parker,
and at others, with a fearlessness ac-
quired by practice, 1 csgefully guided
nly.s,o:lt down the steep granite steps
leading from Essex Street to the En-
bankinent, and then {raced my strip of
pavement alone. But bow U•istful, dis-
pirLing, and soul -sickening was that
rnonot•inous world of darkness At which
I eternally existed, scum can know,
only those unfortunate ones who are
blind themselves.
About half -past eight o'clock one
hr•athless evening In mid-August, Airs.
Parker tieing unveil, 1 went forth alone
for my usual stroll. The atmosphere
was c'oso and oppressive, the pavement
seemed to refect the heat, and even
along the Ernbankmcnt there was not
a breath of sir. Alone, plunged in my
own thoughts—for the blind think far
more deeply than those whose minds
are distracted by the sights around
them -1 went en with those short
steps that 1 had acquired, ever tapping
with my stick to discover the crotss-
ings. 1 was afraid of no street tretblc;
only of cycles, which, by reason of
their silence, aro veritable orgres to
the blind.
Almost unconsciously 1 passed be-
yond tho limit of my regular track,
beneath the railway -bridge which 1
1cn•'w lett tram Charing Cross station
and then straight on. with only a single
crossing, until 1 came to what seemed
the junction of several roads, where 1
hesitated. It was an adventure to go
so far, and 1 wondered when I was.
The chiming of Big Ben, however, gave
me a clue. i was nt the corner of
Bridge Street, for 1 felt the wall of the
fit Stephen's Club. Ttte turning to the
icft would, 1 knew, take me over
Westminster Bridge; to the right i could
cross Palace Yard earl Broad Sanctuary,
and so gain Victoria Street. Before my
affliction 1 knew well that portion of
London around the [louses of Parlia-
ment. 1 decided, therefor, on keeping
to Rho right•, end some. ono \vh,n► 1
Lnow not kindly pilolcd me over the
dwngerons Crossing (rein Itre corner of
Parliament Street, for such 1 judged
it to be from the cries of men wiling
the evening papers. Again, three times
in succession, did sympathetic persons,
noticing my helplessness as i stood
upon the kerb, take my arm and lead
me across, but in these constant cr-_ss-
ings 1 Fomeltow entirely lost my bear-
ings. 1 was, 1 knew, in a long straight
thoroughfare, and by the iron railings
before the hous=es guessed it to bo that
road of flat ;loan, Victoria Street.
Amused at my intrepidity, and con-
gratulating myself upr.n having gone
a' far akine, 1 kept on, knowing that
even if 1 host myself i had only to call
a passing hansom and be driven ta':k
tot. Essex Street. Thus for perhaps
three-quarters of an hour 1 wandered
on. From a lad who helped me over
one of the crossings 1 learnt that 1 had
pass'd Victoria Station. and now ap-
peared to be traversing several large
squares—at least. such was the imtpre;-
sion cense/ail upon my mind. It was
uscl'ss to stop passersby every moment
to inquire where. 1 was, therefore, laugh-
tn'g inwardly al my situation. lost 1n
London, the great city 1 had known
en well, 1 went on and on. down long
straight thoroughfares That seemed
endless, in enjoyment of the first real
walk 1 hnd taken since my crushing
emlict'on had fallen upon ate.
Suddenly. in what seemed to be a
undo deserted street. 1 left the kerb tea
crass the mad alone, but ere i became
award of impending danger a man's
vote shouted roughly, and 1 found my-
self thrown by violent concussion up-
on IM roadway, smuggling frantically
beneath a hor-e's horfs. 1 clutched
wildly at air to env/. myself. but next
second received a violent kick on the
left side of the head, which caused
sparks to appenr before my sightless
eyes. stunned me. nevi rendered me al.
meet lnetantly Ineenehle.
How long i remained ignorant nt
things Aleut ase IL is lirap••tsslbte to
tell. I honey it must hiv.' Leen a good
many lours. On my first return to
censciousncss 1 heard strange c'ntused
sounds about ate. key whispering the
words of which were utterly tistate!•
legible to my unbnlan.'cd brain. and
the quick rustling of silk. i retnetnter
tt ndering vaguely where i was. The
blind quickly develop a habit of ex•
from caution, and with my senses
dulled by the excruciating pato in my
skull 1 my reflecting vvitl;out s; eating.
1'tl.' Ihrthbing in niy head was fright-
ful. When the iecollecti.•its of my lend
walk which had ended so disastrously
surgei thr.algh my train. it struck me
That 1 must have leen taken to hos-
pital ofe r the accident, a;:d that 1 had
twee probably remainc.t there scan
days. Yet in hospitals there is no ),er-
fume c•f peau d'I:spagne, nor do the
nur> F. wear silken floun.•es.
1 tried to catch the w. rds uttered by
these ilw'ul me, but in vain. It may
have le. n that they wear spa ken in
Sc•me fere gn tongue. or. what is much
more likely, the terrible teem i had re-
Cei ed trent the tr rse's heat Leif utter-
ly disarranged my yaks.' c.t hearing.
Thie singe thought appalled ate. If
my hearing hnd really leen injuure:l.
then 1 was rendered absolutely help -
h. s, T., the find the ncoust c organs
l•te me 5n shari•enn) that 111ay VCan de.
14,1 ea•.und. vwh" re el se in l'm11 treses.
salt of sight nrcl [ten: !n..; ran I slIng(u•
ish nothing. it Ls the car that acts Inc
the sighlMae eye. Therefore the f.'ar
that even this heel failed me held me
Needled.
1 stretched tot th my /.and, ani to my
surprise felt that 1 was not In a hos-! R
pitai bed, as I had at [test believed. i IN HERR 1' OLD
but upon a silken o• uch, with my head
testing upon a soft pillo\v. The cov-
ering t,f the o)u:h was of rich brocade
ei wide stripes, while the weedwork
hnd a sn:oothnces which celeste! nee to
believe that 1t was gilt. I raised my
hand to my hcwd, and found it band-
aged with a handkerchief and some
apparently improvised vompreeses.
alb to Cemented.)
.I.
DENIZENS OF THE AIR.
(By A. [tanker.)
The air of dwelling rooms and even
the atmosphere of great overcrowded
cilias, is the home of Innumerable
ing; crealmrs, tome comparatively harm-
less, but some murderous and homici-
dal, ever seeking scene congenial hu-
man tenement fn which they can thrive
and cause desolation and disease. In
order to give sone ce•nceptlon of these
terrible creatures—to which scientists
bav' given also terrible names. such as
aygon►yceles, schlzophyles, staphylo cr
panto -cocci, with many other equally
involved and labyrinthine terms—it Ls
only necessaryto takea
square glass
receptacle from which the air has been
exhausted into a crowded room. adroit
air, and, alter having hermetically seal -
ht it, take it into a dark room, project
a ray of sunlight through it, and pho-
tograph it. If the photograph bo then
enlarged by means of a photo-micro-
sonpe and Ihrcwn upon a screen; or bet -
ler still, if a cinematograph were taken
showing the animals fighting, and ram-
paging Glx ut, and devouring each other
•-for it is known that there are bene-
volent bacteria which devour the male-
volent disease creators—it would be
teen what myriads of these repulsive
creatures are inhaled by Those who sit
in crowded unventilated rooms.
And in addition to these hordes of
living animals there is a miscellaneous
collection of various minute, but cer-
tainly not particularly agreeable, parti-
cles floating about the atmosphere
which aro inhaled and exhaled first by
one and then by another of those in
the room.
Doubtless it is owing to the absence
of all these noisome organic and Moe
conic particles and living creatures
which a sea voyage, or a stay in the
higher ranges of the atmosphere in the
Swiss mountains, or even a sojourn al
the sea coast, which has such a benefi-
cial efle:t upon the health. gives to the
{.ale face of the dwellers in crowded
rooms in town a healthy glow. and
restores the weakly and s:ckly child to
vigor and energy.
But we know that in addition to these
denizens of the air, there are also other
',eines, some malevolent and malign,
seine beneficent and sympathizing. And
those who fatuously forget their Crea-
tor, and ve1use or neglect to obey Ilis
laws, fall an easy prey to the former;
while Utose who love and obey Ilim,
and who have accepted the Saviour of
the world as their Redeemer, laying
(heir sires upon Ilam who died for them,
will have the inestimable boon of know-
ing that He has given Itis angels charge
over them. and appointed a bright an-
gelic guard for thsm.
e f[I:RS RO tT itl" 111' IC.
Wonderful New imenti.en intented by
tan Englishman.
The astounding teat cf siccing a boat
Ly singing to it has been accomplished
ty means of mechanism invented by
Mr. John Gardener, of Fleetwood, Eng-
land.
It is well known that vibrations are
produced by sounds. Mr. Gardener has
succeeded in condensing the minute
tut widespread force of these vibrations,
and has thus obtained power which,
through a simple electrical mechanists
of his own, he turns to many uses.
Ile sings, on a certain musical note
--11 niust be a fixed note- by the side
of a pond. and the ru tiler of a little
ntedel boat, fitted with Mr. Gardeners
mechanem, turns and steers her round.
Or. at his pleasure, he can start or skip
the pmpeller by the same mechanists.
Mr. Gardner can fire a gun. light a
lump. or sting a bell at a considerable
distaire by means of his invention.
There is a far more important fu-
ture before it, he claims, leeveser, than
is shown by those minor feats. Water
is an excellent sound conductor, and
try means of his Invention—which prac-
tically amounts lo a very elaborate sys-
tem of nte.,hantcal sound signals --Mr.
Gardner tel.eves he will 'be able to en-
sure almost complete safety for yes -
Ads on the sea.
Tho booming of a submerged bell
through the water frotn a lightship
would set mechanism at work in the
submerged receiver of an approaching
Ship. which could be made to blew a
whistle or give warning in some other
unmistakable way. Thus the human
element, with its chance of error. as
well as the diMculties of tog, would be
re meet).
Suhman'ne wireleas telegraphy — cf
incalcu'ab a value 1•o war vers. is—can
a'ao, \tr. Gardner Ins. lc cslatt:shctt
by means of his :,tcnlien.
Mr. Gardner a. ' . n fact. give m e-
a power which t1 has never
since "Orpheus welt his lute made . , .
the mountain tops .... bow Ihernsclvcs
when he did sing."
CRCEL.
"What de yon think et my execution
cn the piano?'
"Nei teeter place fee your execution
(Tutt be chosen. 1 have always been
in favor nt punishing crirninnis on the
mina c f the cruse."
CAfI:I.ESSOess,
In taking quinine and whiskey for
their grip a cons.eernble numg. r '.f
care'cv`s prom!: seem to have used leo
email a quantity et quinine.
The 1I•^stkss--"\a'ne vest iv,r.:gr to
give ua a sena, (:nt.lien :.a•ts.r1' •fee
t:sptain—"I'm sure tthem's no sect t'..'h
a!I these e Lever peof•1, le r, . I .
l I.isless---"B it we tt ant a tithe v n A y.
wu knowf'
ENGLAND
%I:\l a lel N1511. .•l11011 IOIiN 1111.1.
AND til" PLI)1'LU.
O,rutreairis in the Laud That Iteiuns
SupIY'Ii; ill the commercial
Lydford, Devonshire, which Is over
C0,000 acres in extent, is the largest
parish in England.
Michael Duffy died at SI. Miens from
injuries received by falling into molten
metal at the :shelling weeks.
A kitchenniaid named Louise Dodd
of Wandsworth, committed suicide in
a bath containing only four inches of
water.
A fine of £20 or two months impris-
enmeiil, was unposed for street betting
on a Paddington draper named William
Parker.
'Jho Liverpool justices have refused
sanction for continuous performances
a: the Tivoli Music (tall, acquired by
an American syndicate.
The deathoccurred o ed al Bath, in his
981h year, of Mr. Samuel W. Simms,
who was reported to be the oldest book•
seller in the kutgdom.
errs. Martha Baylis, whose death was
announced as having taken place in
London, was 102 years old, and up to
her hundredth birthday was very ac-
tive.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who gave $300
to Aberystwyth for a public library, has
rec,W been asked to pay $650 spent in ad-
dition, and has refused.
To combat the plague of wasps, Hay-
ward's
ayward's llenifh horticultural Society has
decided to offer a penny for every queen
wasp brought to its summer show.
Opening a letter -box in Oaklands,
Br•econshire, a postboy found no corre-
spondence, but a half -sovereign, which
he handed into the post office in the
usual way.
A Yarmouth seaman has received a
letter posted to him by his mother on
January 2, 1893, which has followed
him since from ship to ship without
catching him up.
A piece of wire one and one-quarter
Inches long was found in the brain of
.a woman who died in a Manchester
hospital. The doctors stated that it had
teen there over 50 years.
Sunderland's Distress Fend totals
nearly £10,500. Some 80,000 shilling
grocery tickets have been issues], 180,-
(100 dinners given to school children,
and 2,000 pairs of boots provided.
The Coventry Educational Committee
has (keeled to exclude all children un-
der five years from the public schools.
Municipal nurseries will bo estaleehet
t•) accommodate them.
Mr. Richard Curson, of Cringieford,
Norfolk, who has bten a shepherd on
the same farm for fifty years, can trace
the connection of his family with the
village back to the year 1250.
The Princess of Wales has sent re5
lc the funds of the St. Pancras Mo-
thers' and Infants' Society, in which
her interest has been aroused by a lit-
tle book, entitled "A School for Mo-
thers."
To revive the Ince-making trade al
Malmesbury, the Countess of Suffolk
Is providing teachers to give lessons to
local girls, and has lent for copying
sr.me point taco given her as a wed-
ding present.
The inhabitants of Beeston (Notts)
were mdch alarmed at the apperance
el a ghost who clanks his chains, but
on some of the braver spirits attack-
ing the apparition, it was found to be
a white donkey chained to the ground.
The rector 01 the well-known Lon-
na -in church of St. \fary••le-Row• has
started a parish magazine, each ts_sue
of which gives the news of the parish.
• season preached by the rector, and
a page of answers to questions.
During the hearing of a case of child
suffocation at the London city coroner's
eater!, Dr. Walla remarked that over
1.500 such cases were brought to his
attention annually. Ile advocated a
tnoro general use o1 the "cat."
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\fEAN JOKE.
"Isn't pa awful?' sobbed the young
bride who eloped.
"What new?" faltered the bridegroom
anxiously.
'•\Vliy, you know you told me to wire
ea and tell him we were really in need
of food."
"And—and did he send the money?'
"Nee he sent three rollsof music and
▪ note stating that as music was the
fend of love he hoped we would get
cn all right unlit we returned,'
Miss Ann Teek—"ties a good-looking
horse, but is he easily frightened?'
D< ater--"No. mum; but perhaps you'd
Utter not get round in front of hon."
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STABLE VENTILATION.
The question of slatle ventlation watt
discussed at considerable length at the
recent convention el the lluntingd.,n,
Quebec, Dafryinan's Asseciat:on. Most
of the stables throughout the cannery,
according to Mr. J. f1. Grisdale, of the
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, are not
welt ventilated. There are many me-
thods of ventilallon, some good and
se me of but very little use. It is bet-
ter to have an imperfect system than
none at all. A perfect system neither
allows the stable to become too cold,
too worm. nor the air to become brie
pure. It is so arranged that n constan
suppl; of fresh air enters the stable
while the foul air is carried off.
!deny judge the ventilation e f the
stable by the temperature. It is not
n good guide. Thera are places where
tee manure freezes and yet the air of
the stable is foul. Temperature and
ventilate -et are not analogous when the
air of a stable, on entering gives a per.
son an oppressed feeling. \Vhen the
sir is heavy and a strong smell reach
tato nostril, no matter how cold ort
warm that atabte may be, it needs ven.,
tiiati•)n. Good ventilation gives a con.
slant supply of fresh air, which is es.
scntial to the health of our leads.
Tho properly built stable gives Iron)
500 to 500 cubic feet of air space for
every full grown veinal. It should have
some modern system oI ventilation.
Cutting holes through the ceiling and
having outlets tinder the eaves on cit
'her Fide is better than nothing.
Any f the systems that are advocate
ed to -day are more or less effectual,
but require some attention as outside
temperature and conditions vary. The
King system takes the fresh air through
Ito wall at the bottom and conveys iLt
by pipes to within a few inches cf that
ceiling, where it spreads ani fa11s. 'riot
tool air is drawn from the stables by
shafts, extending from near the Moor,
upward and outward to over the peak
of the roof. In the Rutherford system
the fresh air is taken in at the floor
from the outside by protected open-
ings every 15 or 20 feet. The foul air
is taken out at the ceiling by shafts ex-
tending upward and outward over tire
peak of the roof. Tho Muslin Curtain
system has become very popular in
New York Slate. Glass windows are
taken oust and the openings covered
with sheets of a light grade cf tthito
ec•tton or heavy cheese cloth. These
three systems have been in operation
at the Experimental Farm and Mr. Gris-
dale said that he had an opportuntt
to test them Thoroughly. The )Ging
system he had found effectual, but it
required more attention to the flue
dampers than the Rutherford system to
regulate the conditions of the stable.
The Rutherford system required the
last attention of any and gave the bas
results, in even temperature. and
even freshness of air in the stable. The
Muslin Curtains hod not given satis-
factory results. They had tried tho
ssstem in a stable 100 feet long and
15 feet wide, where they housed 36 head
el stature cattle. There were 10 w•ln-
elt ws on each side 2% feet by 4 feet.
Nine of these were covered with cob
len and the windows opened, slant-
ing downwards from the top. Thee
found that this system was governed
largely by Ito wind. When the wind
was blowing heavily at a lots tempera-
ture the stable got leo cold. when calm
and warm utasidc the stable beenmo
foe warin. in this way a difference
in temperature was re'cor'ded nil th
way from 36 leo 85 degrees inside t
stable. When It was calm and warm
outside, the air of the amble became
very heavy and foul. Il required core
stent attention to open and close the
windows, as the outside condition's
changed. The curtains soon became
foul. Mr. Grisdale thought that pos-
sibly the curtains might do to bring
in the fresh air, pr»vidod thereafrvvero
shafts to carry out the foul . While
not as satisfactory as the Rutherford
and King tsitems he thought it Letters
than none, and its cheapness put 111
within the reach of the buta'l dairy.
man.
An experiment showing the value of
ventilation was treat nt a farm. They
had kept + bout !hide tread of deers in
a statue w. bout ventilation Not e f once
winter. The animals made nes train in
weight whatever, filth nigh tvi t fed. A
good system of tentflat.on was then iris
Mailed and they made geed barns.
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!r—_Nrt one man In 10.000 ever gels a
chance to look a gift tecrse .n the mouth.
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Rapid.�......�...t r..............ra are hard
Rapid changes of temperature hard
on the toughest constitution.
The conductor passing from the heated
inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature
of the platform-- the canvasser spending an
hour or so in a heated building and then
walking against a biting wind — know the
difficulty of avoiding cold.
Scott's Emcst.rion strengthens the
body so that it can better withstand the
clanger of cold from changes of temperature.
h will help you to avoid t <ing cold.
ALL DRUGeisee; r('r. AND s'.((1.
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