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Exeter Times, 1908-01-23, Page 211111111, il 4604 t.%: tIlytte 0+ 0 #0•0+ 0+010 ♦cr•0+0•-04040+0♦04 0-.0.01•4, i TIIE a SACRIFICE; I * OR t 4. ++ FOR tiER FAMILY'S SAKE. D4040+0+a +0+1)+0+D+0+0+ 040+0 +0+c:4+0+o-04o+0+o* night" had sounded very different teen ueual, and tie Solt sorry h hard hurt her. Ile sat down again at the tab!-, and began to ‘write to her. At Hest his pen went slowly, then it fairly fleet over the taper, and when he had written four pages and read them over he laughed and crushed up the sheet in his hand. A charming tetter! It was so fatherly, so reasonable; he had spoken of hs wound, that he had hoped might be healed by her; had begged her to have patience with him—but there was not a word of love. When she read it she would say: "Yes, but what does 11 all mean? Confess frank- ly that you do not lovo me—you can- not forget Lora. Go; bring her hack, she is free; and leave mo alone." He creuld see her lovely eyes full of tears; nnd he struck his forehead with his clenched fist. "It would be scoundrel- ly." he said aloud. "A fine return for her love! She has my word, and I will keep IL She shall not he unhappy!' And again he forced himself to turn to his work. In the meantime Katie had been en- thustically received in the loggia of the villa opposite. The family, who had returned from their drive, were sitting in the beautiful room at dinner; the commander and his wife, and Major von Schlieben with his young wife. who lived on the next floor. They had just get to the dessert; a dish of straw- berries was placed on the elegantly appointed table, and at the side -table Gussie, the young daughter of the house, and Herr von \Vegstedt were making punch. "What a pity," cried Gussie, "that you were not there, Katie- Herr von (\Vegstedt and I rode a race.' "I thought you drove," sail Katie. "No. As you Wouldn't go, I left the carriage to papa, and rode with the Schliebens. You must learn to ride, tco, Katie. Is the punch good, llerr von Wegstedt?" "Capital!" "Don't you want to. Katie? Papa can give you riding lessons." "And 1, too," cried the little lieuten- ant. "Mamma would never allow it," said Katie, with a sigh, ns he leaned back in the open archway and dreamily gazed at the picture before her. The servants had pit screened cafe jles c►u the table at which the married peo- ple were sitting talking: Gussic's state- ly mother, the colonel, who had unbut- toned his coat, and was smoking a short pipe to keep off the moscytitoes, and the slender major, with his deli- cate wife, who smiled so charmingly, and who wore a fascinating house dress of white flannel. "Auntie 'Pollen will not allow it?" asked \Vegstedt. "!tut Auntie Tollen must! We have a great dearth of young ladies here; sho hos w right tb deprive us of the only one. What shall we do for our quadrille. Fraulein Gus- sie, it Fraulein von Totten will not rifle?" "A quadrille?" asked Katie. "Cnpital," cried Gussle. with a manly nir, beckoning td the servant to carry round the tilled glasses. "Have you settled about the costumes yet? I have ieme thinking that the uniform of one et the old Brandenberg regiments would b" Just the thing. What do you say, Katie?" "It may be so, but t ---don't want to," sho replied. "Don't want to! Shall we het that i he will want to very soon?" cried Wcgstedt. "You shall come to the riding -school with me to -morrow." declared Gusste. "1 have another habit, and the jacket is sure to fll you. We will put you up - nn n horse. and—you aro not afraid?" Katie's eyes flashed with scorn. "i will try it to -morrow,' she said. "1 have courage enough; but it Ls only for CIIA['TEit XXVII.—{Continued). Ile got up quickly and went to meet his mother. "You have been se long celniitag." "I did not want to disturb you," re+ plied the. old lady, who was carrying car fully a coffee-pot coveted with a "Cu ey." "!.overs always have so touch to talk about—and just see, Katie, what 1 have found." She held up a letter. "You were going to put it in the box, 1 suppose?' "Yes, it is to Lora," replied the girl, with a start. "What is the matter? Lora i3 not 'tl, Ls she?' a :iced the pastorin. "No," replied Katie. "1 was studied because it Ls aJoress• el to the Augusta Hospital." "She is going to be a nurse," ex- plained her sister in a low tone. "Olt! It is a hard life. God's bless- ing nn talose who take such a burden siren therm unci feel energy enough to carry it through," said sho old lady. Thera was a touch of emotion in her voice. She had had a sister who had been a deaconess, and had died of ty- phus caught in nursing. Kate poured out the coffee. "Ah! i couldn't do it," sho said energetically. The Frau Pastorin went in and out tr, the course of the afternoon; she was not surprised at the quietness of the young people. When the twilight came on the doc- tor offered Katie his arm, and they walked silently up and down the gar- den paths. The house in front of them !coked pleasantly out from under the tall elms. Katie knew every window in it; she !mew the weather -cock on the roof and the big dog at the door of his kennel, and she knew the yellow hen which was clucking her brood honie to roost. Yonder was the laundry, in which in future she would direct the great autumn wash, with her big apron cn and her bu:_:ch of keys at her girdle. She stopped as if frail a sudden shock, snd withdrew her arm from that of the man beside her. It was as if a rose-colored glass had suddenly been withdrawn from her eyes. so dull and gray now seemed to her this deeply -Longed -for happiness. "Whit are you thinking about? he in- quired. "Olt, nothing," she replied in a dull tone. She ;misted upon going home im- me•liateafter tea. "I must excuse my- self to lussie for leaving thein in the lurch about the drive." "And won't to -morrow be time enough for that?" asked the Frau Pastorin, who had brought out an oil jewel -box. "You have always wanted to see the brooch 1h{tt. Queen Louisa gave my mother." "I ani very sorry, but I promised Gus- sie. when 1 sent word i could not go.' "Well, well. Good -night, then? In the hall, where Katie always threw her arms round f•.rnest's neck, she now only put her hand for a moment into his; and when he held her fast to say w inething kind, with a feeling that per- haps he had himself been a little -want- ing in fervor toward his young be- trothed, he could find nothing to 'say, and only the old Black .Forest clock ticked on the wall, for Katie. too, was silent. She stool witti eyes cast down, and an expression of pride and perver- sity about her mouth. Ile put her hand lc his lips as if to beg for forgiveness. She laughed shortly. She was think- ing of that kiss he had given her out- side under the elms do the autumn ,)corm, when he thought she was i.ora. She refused his escort to -day, also, farther than the garden -gate, and flew through the dusk like a bird, across the ,ridge and through the wide-open ,,arteaww•ay (bit had formerly belonged to the !ethers. c11ArTER xxVitt. The doctor went up to his room with the intention of working, and halt an dour later discovered himself standing At the window, thinking of Lora. Ile had just been picturing to !imselt ber calm, beautiful face under a dea- coness's cap. So she was not in Her- lire for her own amusement simply; Mw meant to expiate her fault by gond works, it seemed. Ile shrugged his shoulders and lighted the lamp; it was too dark to make out the tine writing in his manuscript. It was an histori- cal work which he had beton; him, which wa; to make him n name in the literary world. it claimed all his pow- ly, Katie, he means you." "Are you thinking of any one in par- ticular?" asked Katie evasively, though her heart beat rapidly. "Te be sure. 1 have been engaged secretly ever since lust year; pupa will not consent, and had the poor fellow sent off to Command the riding -school for a year; but it's of no use. I think it is qu.te delightful to be engaged sec- retly, and --but you mustn't speak of tib—Wegstedt--" Itut Katie put her hands over her eats. `Wish!" sho cried. It seemed to her as if sparks of tiro were dancing Before her eyes. "Very well," said Gussie. They walked on in silence. On the road on the other side of the hedge a bay was going by with a con- certina, and a couple of girls were tsinging the words of lbe sad soldier's song, that is a favorite among the pe+o- ptc in that part of the world: "Roses ore blooming in the vale, Soldiers are marching to the field." They stoed still and !cant the song through to the end. ers, this work on "The Reformation in the old Mark." 1f he Mill only M'1ect his thoughts! 1t seemed quite out of his rower to go back tie the year 1540, to the cle:iskr Of tho Augustine nuns of fiesdorf, where, at that lune. one of the nuns, Ursula von Rilzgebuttel, esscre:tly left her cloister to place Cetselt under the new teaching. in spite of himself this zooreant nun would take on Lora's term; he saw her slip through the clot - Filers; saw her kneeling in the lv nuti- fu) c.inve•nt chapel for the last tiine, praying like a child t., the Virgin for t, rg.veness of her stns: and 1:e saw her hurrying through the trees in night and darkness, three ugh the beating (I the: e'orni, toward th &mei of enlight- enment. But It was net t'rsule. it was Lora; and she did net hide tierself in the little heuae of tht 1.0'itran pastor. She fled to his breast. What a madness It Was that ha 1 seised upon him nod teal:owwel hi:n through all hie cecupet ons --1n the school -room. In his walks. everywhere. Al leaf h•' forcibly turreeJ his thoughts tc Knee. Ile threw the pen he had just taken up b'i'k on the: desk. fuel wwrilk'd up and down. K1':e ha 1 VIP` :May An- gry to -aa;, ter Mc first tune; leer "g ooJ- an J wile 1 am Ihir►k:ng GI—no—serious. "And this is ♦what happens \Vhen a girl loges two men. It's a rare fine thing." Was the mournful refrain of the last verse. Katie cast a frowning glance ncross the hedge, and her head, which resto.i on Gussie's arra. trembled slight- ly. "It is too horrible," sho said play- fully. "for him to kill her en the srot." "What would you haver" asked Gus- sik loudly. "I believe my betrothal would murder me in cold Wood, too, tun, fora " "Very well, for fun then," interrupt - est \Vegstedt. "Are you going away so soon. i•'rau- lein von Tollen?" cried the mistress of the hearse. "Oh. stay awhile longer," cried the if I-----" She stopped. "Ile would shoot the other man dead, at any rate, and as for me " "You, Gussie?" "Ile would despise me as I should deserve." Katie said no more. After a long while they went back to the company. "I really must go house," she said. She looked very pale. "I will go with you," cried the little officer, going out to get his sword and cap. Gussie went with them as far as the gale, anti pressed Katie's arm in tee dark. "The good fellow," she whisper- ed and then added nloud: "To -morrow afternoon at four o'clock in the rid- ing -school." M said Katie am not sure about i1, doubtfully. Tho young officer at first walked sil- ently along beside Katie. "Why will you not ride?" he asked at length. "1t would he foolish in me," she re- plied. and her tone was bitter. "Why?" "To learn to ride. I should have no horse." "No horse? il'm!" "Well?" "Rut It would lee pleasant to know flow for afterward. perhaps." "Perhaps," she said mockingly. "Pray don't let us talk about it." "No, t want you to learn to ride. and everything else can be arranged." "You wish IL?" askem Katie, breath- less. "Yes, you will not always stay with your mother in this little place; if, for tustnnce, you should go to visit. my mother—and Auntie Tollen has alnealy promised that you should—then — then 11 would be a pity 1f you had to sal at 'tome alone, only because you never !earned to ride." While ho had been speaking, they tad turned into the lonely street where she lived. The lightning was flashing from threntening clouds in the evening (sky, the air was close and heavy, and was made more nppresslve by the od- ors of lilac rind jasmine wafted from the tunny gardens. "We have a splendid riding cnnree :►t our castle," continued \Vegstcdt, "surrounded by lindens a hundred yclnrs old. it is very nice there. In \\'egstedt, too; the old castle Ls very picturesque; !t has not been changed since 1613, kvhen the last nail was driven in. You really mint come soon. Fraulein Katie: the picture-izal!ery Is very interesting Ant only tierk. there Ls only room for Iwo Imre pictures --for me and my fie lure wife—and then we shall have to begin a now one. Yoti can imagine that s'metlmes I am tormented with "curiosity to krowv how that lost nor. grail will look that is to hang next to tntne." She made no r•enly. Thew were new Mending 1ek're the deer of the 111110 Meuse rend Knt!o'e hand wv's o>n the 'knob; the aristocratic little hand look- ed dazzingly white in the darknesss, hntil it was covered tv a manly hand, 'which rested lightly upon hers. For others at the table. tone moment she was startled. but she "Of course she L3 going to stay," cried made no effort to release it. Cussie. "i am not going to ask her "Katie." sounded in her ear. even if she will stay. Colne, !et us go She closed her eyes and 1 eat la r out into the garden.' dead. She drew Katie away with her, and Slowly he turned the knob with her they walked through ttie dark path- hand All beneath his own; then, win? ways, which were lighted up here anti cut letting it go, he drew her into the there by fireflies, Gussie said in a low hall. and pressed her trembling fingers tune: "1 say, wlto 1.s that handsome to his hps. "Auf wiwiersehes," he said ?oung man who lives opposite teat is in a Mw voice, ter there was a gleam he the son of your old pastorin, that, 't1 light above which shone uten thele you go to see so often?'where they stood. "Yes." She looked full in hie eyes for n mo- ` I1' is very fid -looking; isn't he a rnent and then went. quickly to the little dangerous?'' ticor, as Helen opened it. "What oto you mean?" "Did you come home with \Wegstcdt?" "II m! Den t ask such silly questions. ticked the latter, half -anxious, half- \\'egstcdt Rays he comes to see you so amazed. o:te'n—is that true?" "Yes." "Yes, he is—he—you see, he is an "Rut mamma old friend of ours, and—used to be my Kate." teacher." "1 didn't like it either,' she replied in "And nothing more' asked Gussie a tow voi^c', "but how could i help it?" perslstei:sty, And Kate. with a hasty "good -night," "No." Katie did not hesitate as she ran past her sister into her ro;m. where said it. she stood gazing with wide-open (-yes ..wen. then, \Wegstr-elt can make him- Into the darkneea. And suddenly she aay." l•mke into passionate nobs, as she al - 'I don't understand you." ways did when she was troubled and "Well. you are stupid'.ibeg year perplexed. Then. when she had had pnrd�.n. Katie, but are you such a little her cry out. she generally knew whet tan -lamb that 1011 canne;t seep that west. it was she wan'ed. and now when the sleet is heal over ears in love with parroxysm was over. she knew it, too. yeti?" To be Continued.) "Oh. --- lihelti ." Old Gentlemen : "Well, Bertle, bee "\\'. h m-?" Th:s In n very low root- many mike have you irone along the f �e it, tone. "Yon know as wt.!! read to learning to-dnv'' Berne: "Oh, 1+ 1 ;hat 1 nm not thinking of hila, w.. don't g» fey miles at our selraol; we go by rods r NOPE FOR HUMAN BEINGS sol'1D 0Itt:ANs 01 ANI11.t1' EX- CHANGED 1011 111S1:AsED ONES. Rockefeller institute Adds One More 11is- cuwcry to 1'outl•ibulioes to Silence. A remarkable story of transplanta- tion of organs from one unitnal to an- other, suggestive of the promise that 54)1110 clay animal Organs may success- fully l* placed in human beings is told by 1)r. Alexis (:arm, of the Rockefeller Institute for M,ttievll Research, New Yell:, in the current issue of the lnsti- tt.te's jourrlcl. 1)r. Carrel succwxedei in transferring the kidneys of (togs to other dogs, of cats le other cauls, anti its one instance placed ,1 clog's ki lueys in a goal. Ile accom- plished feats that have leen vainly nt- tempted by surgical wizurds for a de- cade. His work, which is being widely dire cussed, physicialin thought, brought much nearer that cl►eri.heel !tope of` BEST EVER WRITTEN PlIE4(:It11910N 1\111141 A' oNI: Ct1 1: \ti11.1' MIA AT 110%W. Said to Overcome kidney rind Madder Afflictions Slinks tiinlgele '' Uredi Nils Well h► nettle. Mix the following by shaking well In a bottle, and take in teaspoonful doses alter moils and ut bedtime: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half melee; .,. nl ulld ofono (�.. I♦ 1 1 ounce; ! k U (;e•nlpound Syrup Saisaparillo, three ounces. A prominent physician is the outhority that these simple, harmless ingredients can be obtained at nominal (est from any druggist, evert in the einnl'.er towns. 'I'tlo mixture is Bald to cleanse and strengthen the clogged and innclive Kieinetys, overcoming itackactle, Bladder weakness and Urinary trouble of all kinds, if taken before tha stags of Bright's disease. Those who have tried this say it pas - years: replacing; disease (I parts of hu_ ilh ely overcomes pain in the back, iiia:► anatomy with healthy parts from animals. These particular experiments, doctors sreid, give rise to the belief that the time is not. far off, perl'nps, when Bright's disease and diabetes, present scourges of mankind, may be banished from the ex- i-liig list of ills. It the kidneys of an animal may be changed to another ani- mal, the doctors speculated, and still operate healthily and normally, why would they not operate as well as 111 0 human body? NE\V CUBE FOl1 DISEASED ORGANS. "I believe the time will colpo, as a re- sult of such experimentation, when the Of ceurso one must have a warm cure for a diseased liver, kidney or Heart nno Lopez, who wasted aria depopulated I will be a new liver, kidney or heart," Para gua between 18622 and Ism stumis stable. ll must lie well lifted. \Viler..' b Y red clears the urine of seedirnent and regi• tales urination, especially at night, cur- ing even the worst forms of bladder weakness. Every man or woman here who feels that the kidneys ere not strong or nc!- irig; in n healthy manner should mix title prescription at kerne and give it a trial, o3 it is said to do wonders for manypersons. TYRANT'S 1'03111 NOW A STABLE. Curious Memorial of the Ruin Sol:u►o Lopez hroul)ht on Paraguay. ' A curious memorial of the tyrant Sol- MOb iTheRirm 444444.14'14- POISON 1011 G1LOUN1► I'! '1* The following mixture Is use 1 Willi great succei3 in the West fur lee! ground squirrels, gophers and i r..: . • clogs. Some of our readers mak tike ti try it on ruts, field nlit'v and woo 1- chucks:--1)Lssoive 13 ounces of stet _ �e- iia sulphate in n quer( of eater. Add t a (!cart cf syrup (did a teaslo.►n:el ut 01 of an.se. 'Thoroughly hl`at 1.111 aux the liquid. While ..eft your it over o bushel of clean ww hent and nix (_) I)- pietely. 'Then stir in thoreeighly two rmore1 oun-.1a .,f tire" torn (real. There should bo Just a:tough to take up the extra moisture. Let the wheat stand over night, and distribt;le reel day. Placing a few !trains at the mouth of each Furrow. 7'wo or three al►pii.al:uas relay be necessary before the lied is rid of Ile tests. The t.oisoning of wwoode lnieks must be done dttrtleg the summer LeeauLe the animals Iris-erlratc in winter urrl the Poisonis only ♦v. s'e•f. For mice which injure young treee poi- son some twigs ani strew them near the trunk. l THE FALL CALF. Many persons disapprove entirely of the fall calf, contending that it cos's more to keep it thzougll the winter than it is worth in the spring. My own ex- perince disproves this statement and i much prefer a calf to be Zorn in the •fall than earlier in the season. ad- joining said a conservative physician, after reed- in the city of Asuncion, the capital of the there is a strawy stack in the y ,r r- i or in any port of the farm, rn, is a shame to permit any of our do- mestic animals to go without a good dry lied. Bright clover or alfalfa shay furnish- es the very best of roughage for calves and they will eat it before they are a month old if it is placed 1:efore them. Where Leet pulp can 1e had it will pro- vide a succulent Mad that will be great- ly relished, but care must be exercised not 'to give too much as it is relaxing to the bowels. int; of Dr. Car'el's experiments. republic. It is the large and imposing 1)r. (:erect first experimented on a dog!. mausoleum that he built for 111e ulilnuto 11,. removed from a healthy animal not I housing 01 his body.. only the kidneys, but the blood vessels, But it was never used for that pur- pi-se. When Luper. was overtaken and killed as ho was fleeing his enemies did not care to give him a decent burial. Dr. Vallentui, the German geographer, who has just written a book on Pom- pey, says that it puzzled the people to decide what to (ls with the mausoleum. It was finally turned into a stable and is still serving that humble but useful pur- [ (6e. Grass is growing upon the lofty cupola and weals protrude from every crevice tet iho WM'S. 11. is a monument to (h4 ruin Lopez brought upon his country and himself. Lopez has often been called the Nero r► the nineteenth century, but some his- tcrianS say that he was woi a than Nero. Dr. Baez, the historian of Paragiay, says that the tyranny of Lopez was the most l.arbarous that history records. The only excuse ever made fur him is that he, was lusane. Ile calls President. of Par:ignny and in- tended to make himself King. Ilei pni- wuked and waged a five years' war with the united countries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Ile had a crown nlaclo in Paris to be ready for the coronation just as soon as he could declare himself King et more than half of South America. His idea was to build up a great kingdom, not by developing its resources but by k unsling a military despotism. Ile became a despot wholly unre- strained by law. All his countrymen who opposed lura were shot or imprison- ed. Ile had his own mother and one of his sisters publicly flogged in the street. Ai•other sister was kept a prisoner in chains. Every man and boy who could carry a gun was Impressed into the army, and as the end drew near he compelled many hundreds of women to fight in Rio ranks. The whole country was in ruins when a bullet ended his life. In flail Paraguay End a populntion of over 1.400.(100. There were only about 200,000 human beings in the country' in 1872. The land was nettling lent n waste. It Orel been completely stripped of cat- tle, hors, sheep and goats, not a plan- tation was in cultivation, and there was no money to buy erred, for Lopez and the ww -man Lynch, whom he had brought with hire from Paris the year before he lecente Plrsitdent, had shipped all the rctneining geld and silver to England for a rainy day. Paraguay has recovered slowly fermi this experience. She now has a popula- tion. of 700,100, immigrants are rcen►ing :n growing nunlbers, and agriculture and commerce are advancing every year. nerves un(1 nerve -ganglia associated with those organs, which in itself is a delicate piece of surgicnl work. All the removed parts he laid aside in a vessel of isotonic sodium chloride solution. Those parts, naturally, were then dead. They were absolutely away from any connection with living tiseue or other life-giving material. iL is, to the lay mind, ono of the marvels of the experi- ment that they should afterward receive life again. In the meantime while these parts were laid aside, the body of the other nnirnal— called "the host," in the technical de- scription—was prepared. Similar parts were cut out, but flaps and long ends of flesh and arteries were carefully left, so that the organs of No. 1 might be sutured or grafted in their proper places in the body of "the host." This was done. Within n few hours, in every experiment, the organs adapted themselves to their usual functions in the new body. CATS TiiE BEST SUBJECTS. Dr. Carrel later discovered that cats w;ero better subjects for such experilnen- Intiun. and his later tests were made with thcns. More•than n score of cats had new kidneys installed. and in his su►nnling; up. Ur. Carrel says,: "We may conclude from these results that the functions of the kidneys re-es- tablish themselves atter transplanta- tion." It is considered no drawback to the success of the experiments that most of the animals subsequently died. They Iiwed for various periods—one eat for thirty-six days—and then died from causes not directly allied with the trans- plantation. Peritonitis killed most. ilut during their lives after the operations the action of the transferred organs was normal. Dr. Carrel makes no mention in his report of possibilities of transplantation from animais to humans. But it Ls along that lino that his experiments are directed. Last Bummer, in Chicago. in conjunc- tion with Dr. C. C. Guthrie, he succeeded in transplanting vein, anti arteries from one animal to nnolher, and in making veins do the work of arteries. This ex- periment was made with the idea that perhaps in time veins may be trans- planted in humans and a flow of healthy bk.od diverted to impoverished or dis- eesed parts. In nee0rdnnee with the Custom of the Rockefeller insliJi,te waiters. Dr. Carrel will not discuss his experiments, except through the medium of the Journal of perirnenl:11 medicine. But the fact Hutt he has feet there forth there Ls re glinted as proof of their importance; end his succr_se is regarded ns another triumph for the institution founded by tie Standard Oil king. The latest Iwo tntt(bte achievements recorded from the institute were the dis- cr very of a new nnnesthetlC in the shape of common Epsom salts, by Dr. Metzler. rine the discovery of n scrum for cerebrospinal maningilis by Dr. Sidon Flexuo, the institution's head. will not like that, nonsense. \\'ith you more RA11.WAYe IN 1N1)1:\. The length of railway in operation to British India was appreciably ex. tended during the decade ending welt 1906. inclusive, the length of line in working nt the close of 1906 being 20,- (107 and the progress innde during the ten years being 7,980 nidles. The chief extension was in State lines, which ex- panded during the ten }•curs to the ex- tent of 5,01G miles. The length of State lines now in operation amounts to a mileage of 21,719. Of the original guar- nntec+d systems the Madras itaiiwny is now the only one lett; it comprised melt yen!' 901 miles of line. Native Stales have been Judiciously encourag- ed to develop railway communication, and the aggregate length of these nn- tive State lines had gmwwn from 2,(42 miles in 1597 to 3.171 mites in 1906. of the 29.097 miles of line in operation 'n India at the close of last year all hut t tt miles were more or less under Gov• . rnment control. SIZE WAS WILLiNG. "And besides." e-,ncluded the young man who was in love, "1 have money to burn." "That being the cave" rcee+nie! the fir niai'l in they radar scene. "i am Wiling le strike a match." 1 -----cf TOOK. Miss ('1cllington (archly): "1 hear you are thinking of matrimony, Mr. McCoy." Mr. McCoy : "Me? Say what do you take me fort" Miss Gettington : "Oh, Jack ! For bet- ter or for worse, of course—but this is se sudden!" Meat of a norms friends are his friend.; l,e.•aels,' of what they don't know about 111111. IN MERRY O!.D i.i61.AN') DRY FEED FOR COWS. Cows take kindly to dry fee:1 ,and. ,is a rule, prefer it to that in a sloppy cond,t:on. 13ecuuSe of the thorough ad- mixture of the conten'ls of the rumen where there is abundance of moisture there seems to be no occas'on for con- verting meal into slop before feeding. By supplying the feed .dry the hangers can be kept more wholesome with less labor in administering it. LiVE STOCK NOTES. After the first four weeks of a lamb's age, until it is four or five months old, 't should gain in weight at least three- fourths of a pound daily on an average. Lambs that are kept for store sheep should have it fresh piece of grass in readiness for them on being parted from their dams. Their feed should be good always'. It is a rule which has no exceptions, we beleleve, that if we feed wisely, the first 100 pounds weight on n pig or 500 cin a calf or colt, cost considerably leas than the second and the second less than the third. This 1•eingti true, the wino inrrner will feed for early mntur- �l.t1S 1:1 51:11. Alt:)l"i 1011` 1.1.:. A.N:1 1:14 1 t.ul'I.l:. titt►.rte,, 1 1 11 .• 1 '11 111:11 Ilrijr.; t u j 11'1:11• 1.1 1:..` (e 111111 4(1.111 11 urld. Farthing breakfasts have 1•oean started to Le. 1t 1• fur t:le, cs..ie:te•11 .,f the poorer Sir J411011 51111 t►e•y, e1110 of the Most eminent of lede111 pioesnisuls, la dead ill lttb stili► y, u.•. The 5:1111 eif fuiiy gi.000,GCO Is spec the , ♦1. till and I U In every a1 �1 ! I r 1 1 y ylending buoyink, til+, cousts of the Unite! Kingedom. Genti a V,._ eeirtt Kitchener has been uterealt. I a lin,;;ilt of the Order of St. .k nn of Jerusa!•'n,, in England. Ina dent!► nee occur red at Novo of J!r. Jas. Brans-. whir invented ninny 1111- prove1nents in agt icultural machinery. \\ hen the herring fishing season is tt its height something like() 5,000 mites et ne-t5 81.0 set nighty in the North Sea. A silver medal was presented at f.:rimsby to Sinn Gray, who has never been late or absci►l from school for ten y4 ars. lend Carrington has offered a site at 1Itg;h Wycombe for the establishtnent of '1 market garden:lig colony for ce,nsuinp- live convalescents. Among the inmates of St. John's Workhouse, llig;hgate, is un old man earned Robert Thomas. who is still hall and hearty eft lite age of 101. Lord Caltherpe has given 20 acres of land to Birmingham University to ba used as a private recreation ground. The gift is valued at £15,000. A Birmingham firm has offered to raise a complete heavy battery of atilt - tory, manned entirely by its employes. for service with the Territorial Arany. The Royal Mint, as now constituted, may he said to date troth 1317, and 1110 1 uildings from 1810, the letter having I:Pe'n completed in that year at a cost of £250,000. The Duke of Portland's extensive es- tates comprise 100,000 acres in Caithness, 17,000 in Ayreshire, 12.000 in Norihum- t.t'rland, 10,000 in Nottinghamshire and ,000 in the Midlands. Sir Thomas Lipton has a sumr►le'r- house In his garden, built right up 111 a tree, with two staircases leading to It, one for his servants, and one for Sir Thongs and his friends. In order to teach a lesson In punctual- ity to a bride and bridegroom who er- ased late at St. Just's Church, Penzance. for their wedding, the vicar postponed the ceremony for four hours. Mr. John Thoma-", Inc conductor of the Llanelly (:.sir, which recently sang before the King and Queen and the Kaiser and Katser•in at Windsor Castle. received a diamond scarf -pin [rani King Edward. In the United Kingdom 46 per 100,000 inhabitants are in prison. This average compares favorably with other countries. In the United States 132 p 100.00 oItre in prison on any given day. ly. and in Cape Colony 310. Sir Lepel Griffin, speaking at a meet- ing of the East India Association, said that education in England was mediae- val. The schools taught nothing but cricket and football, and Latin and Creek very badly. At a naval court martial at Chatham recently, Edwin Pannell, boatswain of N.M.S. Majestic, who was charged w•: its stealing upwards of 200 brooms from tht ship, was sentenced to be disniesed from the service with disgrace. Fran several deep wells at Forthamp- 14 n village, near Tewhesbury, there has been an outrush of air so violent as to •caused n loud hissing noise resembling an engine blowing off steam. The draught was strong enough to press heavily against a hand held three feat above the well top. ity The reason for this is plain. for in the second ported of feeding we must supply the waste of what flush has al- ready been mode, as well as give foni to make the new. Do not keen more than one variety of fowls in the beginning unless you rhno►so non-sitleri: then you must get. e sitt'ng breed to do the hatching. A kw choice snectmens of the variety you tansy hest will almost invariably prove mere, reivantageous. And your succeQ3 will he mere assured than if yon siert- rel with n dozen of the hest breeds in the country. After one hes thorough• lv mnstcrel the requirements of poul- try -keeping. if his rlmbition soars to the culture of several breeds nt the one time. there is no reasonable objection ngains' such an undertaking. though It 1s safe to say that one or two breeds are enough to manage and bring to the highest state of cultivation. —.-w DOUBLE SURPRISE. The Friend : "Your marriage to Sapp - head wwas quite a Isurpri-ie to me." The ex-\\'idow : "\Nell, 1 guess it was more of a t,urprise to him." "There are n enuldr, of awful bores at my deb." "Indeed ? Who is the other one?" 0004)0004004144144•401 Girlhood and Scott's Emulsion are linked together. The girl who takes Scott's Emul- sion mul- sion has plenty of rich, red blood ; she is plump, active and energetic. The reason is that at a period when a girl's digestion is weak, Scott' .s Emulsion provides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested form. It is a food that builds and keeps up a girl's strength. ALL DRUCC ISTS t 60e. AND 51.00. "C(t[.'S tD1 " LIKE THE C \NIOit:t 1. Great Criminal Association Exists in Bente, 11:11y. A criminal association resembling the Camorra of Whet, and known 03 the "Crusade" has recently been diecovered in Rome, Italy. Cases of stabbing and murder have been very frequent there, and the criminals not only escape, but the motives of the crime remain a mys- tery. A typical case was the murder of tail old shoemaker, who was blabbed c::Iring broad daylight. There wns no clue to the murderer and no clue wail vassible till the police discovered that the: old man had been on the friendlies% terms with n young mnn who, it few years ago, was one of the worst charac- ters in itome, but wain is now married and living% honestly. Investigation 1;1N►wv- e t that his reformation was due to the o1►; shoemaker, who hail found hire work and continually watched over hien and kept him straight. 1t seeme that the young man had tleen a member of the "Cruwide," Oceming him a traitor, had notified him that, unless he rejoinei with the band. the first murder would be the shoe- maker, and then, it he still refused. Frse . w�,u1d kill hire. The police arrested several membx`r3 of the "Crusade." and have charged th^m with murder, but they have no evidence, and the prison- ers probably will be acquitter!. Put the fact t3 established that a gang similar to the Camorra e+xie s and flourishes in Berne, and, like the Ganxorra. strikes in the dark and en;Oys the name immunity. PAS -40N 1011 i'IGl \11.11. Man Arrested fur Cutting 011 (lair o! School (Ails. A mon mimed D esudet wens re•.t al retied in Paris for cutting off the ofschoolglnt. Two detectives were watching him in one of the large: shops. ns they be- lieved 131 n to be a plckjIocket, 'nw tett Cut off the plait of a g -Ir of a 'W en they searched his room they fe erei ninety-seven pigtails of different i ngtls and colors, I:ed up with pink. t,l.e and green ribons. Daudet declares that he 11aa an un. eentrierable passien for pigtails, of ww hit,1 he has it largo store hieddca away. Ile drill n'.t disclose their bid. trig place. IAA he declares that he has cut off hundreds in los 'Arne. And that Je• has never Auld a sip& one. •