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Exeter Times, 1909-02-04, Page 7+101404 4V+G+L)+G+G4.O4OtG+10f+G+#♦10+04O0)i10f♦O+*+13+ 1i1NCLE DICK; Or,, The Result of Dlolomaey and Tact. G ii t.CtalCte•A+Qui e* P*.+Oe tO♦<t♦At+r)t0t*+0+ eft+*+*+lOE+sJ CHAPTER XXII.—(C'ont'd). honest eyes bright with euthusi- There was the hope, the chance asm ; found thein inspiriting ; knew nothing of the inner thought •of reformation. N hen Rigby set foot on the vessel it had been with despair at his heart ; he had at- tended' stile funeral of hope long ago. Things were different now. As for Masters, he realized that the man was young; might perhaps still meet with salvation. Ilut it was a thin recd on which to rely: his youth; a two-edged fact ; might cut either way. Masters was quite aware of that as be ut- tered the reassuring monosyllable. Spoke in a forced tone of convic- tion; there is a limit to suffering; none to fear. The odds. too, are against a drunkard's reformation; all Lom- bard Street to a China orange. Anyway, it was a fact he was go- ing to do his level best to turn things to good account. The young- gter must be spurred on; not to ad- vance is to retreat. Not only is courage needed in fcc ing a difficul- ty, but. the ability to grapple with it.; if looked in the face too long it is apt to stare us out of counten- ance. "I believe you." Rigby spoke with grateful fervor. "Anyway, I arra not going to face the future gloomily now o "That's half the battle. After all, life's only a journey ; it's more or less our own tault if we don't make a pleasant excursion of it." "I believe that." "I know ib. Remember, I have been in tho battle, and came out upper dog. So long as you win the race, what does it matter whether you had a good start or not?" "Anyway, I shall keep to vour If 1 feel that awful thirst on me; feel, as I have felt, l's got its doors gaping wide for me, I shall worry you. ou won't; not worry me. Come that moment you hear the hinges start creaking, and we'll try, try together, to keep the doors shut." "That you should take all this rouble--" "Trouble be hanged! Don't you know how easy it is to poke an- other man's fire ?" Masters' eyes looked honestly into Dick's; he was very honest of pur- pose. Wanted. with all bis soul, to keep those doors closed. For the sake of the woman whose trust bad been betrayed; for the sake of the little one. Ile knew how facile is the descent into hell. Knew, too, that a man ambitious to make a fool of himself never lacus help. How shieas a good deed in this bad world! The goodness of his own was illuminating Masters' oyes at that moment. And he had no fear of the proverb ; that if he con- ferred a favor he might expect in- gratitude. Plainly, Rigby was not tuilt of those lines. Dick was not moil, ..f a psycholo- gist or mind reader. Saw only the wo co th oM 14 _ s purchased a bottle of Scott's Emulsion and im- • mediately commenced to improve. In all, I think I t k 14 bottles., and my ight increased from 133 pounds to 184 pounds in Tess than six months. I know from personal results the efficacy of Scott's Emulsion." --FRED. R. STRONGMAN, 417 Bath- uist St., London, Ont. Let us send t oil a cup.; of Nir. Strongman's letter. Ile had a trying exp -i ens e. had got run down Scott's mulsion built him tip, as k has thous- ands of others. The strengthening and flesh - producing properties of St or is Ehlu1..51oN, are un cyuailed by any other prepa- i stion. and it's just as good for the thin, delicate child as for the adult. Be sure to get tioorr's. It's been the stand- :ird of the world for 35 years. and is worth many times the cost of the numerous imita- tions and substitutes. ALL DRCGAISTS ., ,.e ..nd roe • toll nory at u.. .e .ad roe* the, tt•r . ,,:re oa %A! nbt.se. Jut mentis. t'At 1 •1#r. OTT A BOWrfE rL a Et.. W. Trr..oto prompting this extraordinary kind- ness. His was not an inquiring nature; in his happy-go-lucky way ho ac- cepted Fate unquestionably. Help had conic, in his way, and he snap- ped at it as suddenly as if it were a dish of snapdragon. In response to Masters' words, he mentally thanked his stars, physically held out his hand. In silence, grateful- ly gripped his companion; was too grateful to speak. Masters resumed his assumption of cheerfulness. Kucw the difficul- ty he had to face before he spoke: putting seed into the ground does not make a harvest certain; said— "Now, there is another thing to discuss; about the grub." "My dear old snap !" Earnest- ness, conviction in hia tone. "I feel as if I shouldn't touch food again for months." "I know. That's not an unusual symptom." Masters affected to laugh. "I felt like that. And if ou go to the saloon table you'll feel like it for quite a. while. Look here now:" He spoke suddenly, as if inspired with an idea. "Will you leave your commissariat to me 7" "To you! But why on earth, now, should you bo troubled to---" Masters let a shade of annoyance creep over his face. There was no misreading it. Assuming, too, a tone of regret; he said -- "You moan that'? That you would rather I did not interfere'?" The facial expression and voice had the desired effect. Cheated the younger man—surely lie must be very young I—into expostulating— "My dear old chap! For Hea- ven's sake don't think I mean any- thing of that sort! I11 do what- ever you say." So he would; that was plainly evident. The strong will had con- quered tho weaker. Masters felt overjoyed at his success. Most hearts have secret drawers in thein containing some good traits; if we can only find the spring; Moreover, strange as it seemed, Masters was conscious of the birth of a liking for his young compan- ion. He was surprised, too, to rea- lize that he was but a boy. Had thought hint five -and -twenty at first; now imagined him to he not much over one -and -twenty years of age- if that. 1t was, in a measure, a welcome surprise. His imagination had por- trayed Rigby as a hardened do- bauchec ; sunken in vice as sodden in drink. Mingled with the sur- prise, too, was a feeling of won- der that Gracie's mother should, with ono younger than herself— But there, he told himself, there was no accounting for these things; there was nu logic nor reason in them. "Very well then," Masters speak- ing. his face cleared of its cloud. "I'll arrange with the steward and the cook. Fresh milk, while it 1a:ts. and beef tea right away till you feel you can coy:pass solidity little and often; that is my pre- scription." • • You are a good old chap!" Almost tears in his eyes as he spoke. Ile had not counted on snaking friends at all, and here, the moment he set foot on the boat. was one to hand. And such a one: A perfect prince of good fellows. "For some days,' Dick continu- ed. "1 shall keep almost to this cabin. Lying down will rest me. Moreover, 1 am not anxious to show up to the crowd." Again that purple flush. Mas- ters, considerately, was not look- ing. \Vas engaged hanging up his belonging., and stowing them away •Phis dispo- sal. the limited space at p inP sal. It was work which afforded oc- casion for a considerable display of invention and ingenuity. The cabin ofa three thousand and tou vessel, or of an Atlantic liner for that matter, offers little luxury in the way of wardrobe accommo- dation. Masters. though his per- sonal luggage did not rival in ex- tent that of Beau Brumuel, yet found himself in difficulties. He turned to his companion; said— "I shall he inside a lot too. As a matter of fact, I'ni finishing a hook ; have n lot of writing to do. So you won't he altogether alone." "That's jolly!" "Lend a hand here, old fellow, will you 1 See if we can shove this portmanteau under." Dick was only too glad to be of service; willingly rendered aid in the stowing away of things. Later followed snit witb his own stuff. Masters was intent on keeping his companion occupied even with the Pm list MIAOW* That •aa the beginning of things. The agthor felt that he hadof the bit is bt givaptimion'tl► menta; that it rested with him which road was taken; depended on his skill as a rider. Still there was every care and caution to be exercised. When you ride a young colt it is well to see that your saddle is well dirt. CHAPTER X III. Prosperity attended the voyage; if that term may be applied to re- covery of health. Tho sea -air — gonial companionship had some- thing to do with it --was pulling Dick round. He said he was a new man ; received assurance of that fact from inspection of his reflec- tion in the mirror. Although his story was no longer visible on his face, it, was iu his heart ; hidden awes/ perhaps, but there still. Ho had left the step- ping -tones of milk and beef -tea a long way behind; was walking through square meals as vigorously as any pian aboard. The friendship opened up tit the little two -berth cabin had develop- ed into the closest Lind. On one side it had started garbed in the mantle of pretence. That was soon shed ; sincerity taking its place. Dick's fidelity was dog -like; ho followed his companion about us if loatfi to lose sight of him. Masters had discovered in hien artistic ten- dencies; the ability to draw well. It was long before Dick's hand ceased to remind one of a jelly; when it olid, Masters asked, would Dick oblige hint by doing some- thing 7 Oblige hint 7 Dick repeated the question. Great Scott! Was there Anything he could ask which he, Dick, wouldn't jolly well jump at the chance of doing. What did Charleigh take him for 1 Tho story Masters was engaged on was to be illustrated • sketches • and bo able to post letters, the cap- enough for the peliti:-al variant of tain says." the modern ':lunulas.' "So 1 gathered." "Did your ears burn this morn- ing, old chap: My letter was full of you." ''Was it 7" Masters started; was troubled. His pipe was being smokes more vigorously thau ever ; ho continu- ed— "I ani sorry for that." "Wray 7 I told my girl wlio was responsible for m • salvation. You Ah, don't shake your head, Prince. My living, my being here on this deck alive, sane, and, thank God! with a feeling of manhood strung in nie, is due to you. But for. you, I should have gond over- board. . . Yes, I know it; I want you to know that I know it. I can never repay you, that's out of the region of possibility, but you might like to feel that you took a fellow - creature out of the slough oven if the follow isn't worth much. You saved my life and you've made it worth living—to me, at any rate.' He spoke with a catch in his voice; gratitude moved him. So earnest was his speech of thank- fulness that it niov.ed Masters al- so; Dick went ou— "I came aboard with the know- ledge in my heart that I should make a hole in the water. I got my girl up to London, the ,nly friend that has stuck to me, to say good-bye to her. And I meant it, Prince; meant it tor a final good- bye, a good-bye for ever. Thauk; to you, old chap, that's a thing of they give the guests "good, square the past; the shadow has passed in bunks as in French-Canadian nd ask them to shan- away." ties. At present it is a dry town, "I hope, Dick—nay, more than the sale of liquor being forbidden in hope—I am confident, never to re- view of the railway construction turn."work goingon there. It is said "I pray God so, re Prince! Ido ! theyaka kind of cider for the Ido 1 I say that reverently. I pray usof citizens suffering from a chronic thirst. But nobody offered us any. Whoever wishes to get "full" must go to Port Essington, several hours' voyage, where a per- pendicular person is regarded with suspicion. When I was there I ask- ed a man with aface like a tomb- stone, who was reclining on the wharf, why the whole population was celebrating the occasion. "That's so," was his only reply. ivy. You'll go back home well, and Port Essington, a nrinlature Seat - find other ties." tie, will be put out of action when Prince Rupert makes its real start. Then he gave utterance to the Of course, Prince Rupert is bound phrase which had beeu ringiug in his ears so long— to become a great seaport. It will be "Yon will go back well enough far the served by freight and theshortest ght routeon the to marry." continent, and the sea journey from Dick started; eluded. The me Prince Rupert to Yokohama is 400 mora of that last interview came utiles shorter tha,i tho Vancouver back to him too; he answered— routeand 600 miles shorter than "That's what my girl says, the distance between San Francis - Prince. But I don't feel at all like marrying; I'm not that sort." co and the Japanese port. Nettir- "iVot that sort!" ally, Prince Rupert will be the dis- It seemed to Masters as if all the tributing point for all Northern British Columbia—a country richer in mineral resources than the more developed southern half—for the Yukon Territory and for all the Alaskan shoreline. It will eventu- ally recover for Canada all the trade with the north that was lost to Seattle, a live city whatever its faults, during the Klondike boom. Also, it must become a great centre of lumbering, canning and the manufacturing of fishery products. Just outside the harbor is the finest halibut fishery in the world—an as- set which has not yet been realized to any extent. (food progress has been made with the grading of the 01' TIIE NEW ('I'1'Y. first 100 miles eastward of the G. T. P., and next summer the track - layers should be at work. Of course, the real Prince Ru- pert is not yet in being. Until the townsito is solei --probably in May— permanent buildings cannot go up. Nearly everything there now will be swept away when the plans of the c ngineers are carried out. Prince Rupert i, nut to be a check- er -board city. To my mind, that is a great point. You can't get a picturesque city on the rectangular plan. Those who know Detroit with its radiating avenues know how pleasant it is to get away from that particular form of the square deal. Prince Rupert is to have places and parks—which will prevent a fire running far—and undulating avenues and hills crowned witti white edifices. It will not be one of those dull, decorous cities where a boy and a girl can't lose them- selves in case of necessity. I climbed up one of the hills—pro- bably it was what is called the Acropolis on the plan—and the view across the harbor was charm- ing. Three years ago the site was virgin forest; and though it has been cleared, the stumps remain here and there. The soil, which overlies solid rock, is made of decayed vegeta- tion, and is damp and peaty. Many of the present temporary buildings are set on piles; they look like pack- ing cases on sticks. There are two really good hotels, and a number of dollar -a -day proportions, where were needed of the proposed draw- God so. I'm a bit fearful of when this trip is over; just a bit; that s inga. So the author said, speaking all that's wrong with me. You've quite casually. been my anchor; I don't know how As a matter of fact, he was anxi- 1 shall ride on a tempting sea with- ous 'to find occupation for idle out you. You are not as other mos hands. Feared the provision, if he lot me say it—I have clung profitable work. did not himself provide Remembered a provide it, of less to —no, von. Prince, old fellow, like— proverb to that effect : Satan filling well, like the ivy clings to elle oak. a stellar part in it. ,1 can't help thinking, when the "Let me make them for you, will oak's gone what's to become of the you 7" Dick spoke eagerly. "I can draw properly, really; I've had drawings in the strand and Wind- sor, and they're particular, you know. I did it because I loved the work; I had to give it up, because my hand—" Masters interrupted him ; was ever anxious to prevent a harkis:g back to the old days of failure. Wanted his protegee to look for- ward, not backward; at the bright - mess ahead, not on the horror which he hoped was for ever loft behi• d "My dear Dick, a thousand thanks! I shall be only too glad blood in his body suddenly turning if you will." h scalding hot and black -colored; That was the commencement of filled his veins to bursting point. an even closer intercourse; t ` Iso sat quite still, motionless; fear - drawings drew them together. Tt,e fol that if he moved, loosened for sketches had to be thought out andone instant hia hold on himself, his considered. On smooth days were feelings would be too much for him. worked at with pencil on paper. (To be continued.) Dick's was really a skilled hand. And thse at hand of his—he took iso 4. - ow. The e iso n t give 1a to, PRINCE RUPERT'S FUTURE every artist to do line work ,.n a boat. The throbbing from the ei - gine room usually permeates evocy part of the vessel. So the two men would sit nn deck, one writing and the other drawing. Sometimes the author's pen wool I suddenly cease work ; cease for quite a while. Dick respected those pauses; imagined Charleigh to be thinking out the details of Isis work. He was wrong. Masters was thinking of Miss Mivvins. Re. morsel ul thoughts ; retnor,e, that. he had ever wounded that gener- ous sweet soul, ever addr_I by his harsh words to her burden of sor- row. Vainly regretting th nights,: regret that he had not met her ear- lier in life. A sigh usually mat kid Masters' emergence from dream• land. If ho did not dire:''y pirrk up his work again, his companion would open up conversation ; one day said -- "I call you Prince, old fellow, because you told me to. is it a nickname or your real name 1" Masters smiled; the sweet inno- cence of his godmother occurred to him; he said -- "Which do you think, now ?" "Well, I can't help thinking that Prince Charleigh aeons too happy be thing. the real a combination to Real godmothers and godfathers don't bit on those things usually. "Mine did not. Yet all the Pante I was christened, quite recently, Prince." "Ah!" Dick's eyes sparkeld ; he fancied himself a discoverer. "I'll bet you a new hat I can guess the sex of the christener—a girls" "Splendid marksman : A hull's eyo! Hit the centre of the target first time:" A merry twinkle the younger man's quired-- "Enaged to her, old fellow 1" "Well--" Masters paused. Then, with a quiet smile and a puff at his pipe, completed his sentence : "We have spoken of marriage." "Soon I" "M'no. She's very young." The quiet smile broadened on Masters' We; ; be remembered how very young! ''1 hare been writing this mnrn- Iing tr my purl." said Dick. "We shall touch port to -day for stores found place in eyes as ho en- BRITISiI NEWSPAPER SPEAKS VIII 'Take the Trade of the East From Vancouver and San Francisco. (Vancouver Daily News Advertiser, January 1st, 1009.) Mr. E. 13. Osborn, special com- missioner of "Canada," the Lon- don illustrated journal, who was in Vancouver not long ago, gave a Winnipeg "Fred Press" reporter some information concerning Prince Rupert. He said: "I should think more lies have been told about Prince Rupert than about any new city ever yet sprung up in the west. For example, I was warned not to go there until the spring, unless I wished to walk 70 miles over the ice -floes to get in and out. Another Ananias (with modern improvements) told neo that it rained there all day and all night all the year round. But, why re- peat these libels? Prince Rupert is in the latitude of London, Eng- land,and y . everybody who knows r Y the British ('olttnbian coast knows very well that it is ars ice -free port. As for the rainfall (which is said on gond authority to be virtually the same as that. of Vancouver, and similarly distributed through the year), all I can vouch for is that the weather was fine and mild the week I was there. The harbor is the finest in Can- ada. It is formed by a perfectly - protected curved inlet 16 miles long, a mile broad, and 29 fathoms deep on an average. The bottom has good holding for anchors. and there 1a 30 feet of water at the lowest tide, by the temporary wharves. Tito nature of the approach from sea- ward has been criticized in certain qunrters. But all such criticisms have been finally disposed of by Captain J. F. Perry, R. N., of N. M. S. Egeria, which Is making the There will be a record rush to Prince Rupert when the t•,wnsite is sold. Everywhere across the Rock- ies the interest in the new city is extraordinarily keen—as keen as was the interest in Dawson more than ten years ago. Anybody who can hny a city lot there will be mak- ing a good investment• if he buy's to hold and not to sell again. If he docs it for specmlativr purposes, ho will be taking a hand in a game such as was semi in Winnipeg in 1881-2, though there will be more at the back of Prince Rupert than there was at the hack of this city 25 years ago. I should like to see British and Canadian investors get the lion's share of the profits of Prince Il►rpert's development. As for the opportunities there for workers, not capitalists, I do not care to express an opinion. There is much unemployment on the coast, more even than on the prairies at the present time. Anybody who has a job in Winnipeg ought not to 'nthan. of h • w•upon the thio it do- ing better in Prince Rupert, or any other city on the ('oast. For the present at any rate, a job in the yr it he not cxactl • a hand --e n if y "bird" --is worth two in the Brit- ish Columbia blush. "Were you frightened during the battle. I'at 1" asked a sergeant of an Irishman who had received his "baptism of fire." "Not a bit, sor," replied Pat. "Oi can face moat anything when Oi have me back to it." An Irishman. more patriotic than clever, enlisted in a Dragnet) regi- ment with the intention of becom- ing a gallant soldier. The fencing instructor had experienced rather a difficult job in the matter of ex - Admiralty survey of the entrance. i plaining to him the various wigs He says. 'It is no breach of etl- of using the sword. "Now," he •r t sword said, "how would you use the rd if your opponetn feinted:" "Be• dad," said Pat, with gleaming eyes, "I'd just tickle him with the point to see if he was shamming." t quote on my part to state that the result of the survey is entirely sat- isfactory in se far as the approach to Prince Ru f.ert from seaward is concerns,' .' That of o�be Heard Her Death Sentence. To obtain temporary relief when suffering is a great boon, but to be permanently cured and restored to health after being assured that one has not a year to live, is au experi- ence that cannot fail to bring joy to any heart. Yet this is what Mrs. A. E. Ternan, of Norwich, Ont., says PSYCHINE accomplished in her ease. She says: "It is ten years since 1 took PSY(.'IIINE, an'l 1 have not taken ten dollars' worth of me- dicine since. I should not have lived out the year bad it not been for PSYCHINE. I am now in excel- lent health." Can any testimony be stronger than this 1 If you are feel - in worn nut and run down try PSY- CHINE. The greatest of tonics, I'SY- CHINE, restores the throat, lungs, heart, stomach, digestive and blood - making organs to perform their proper functions. The only speci- fic known that will cure chronic weakness, catarrh and decline. Sold at all druggists and stores. b0c and 81. Send for a free sample to Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limited, Spadina Ave., Toronto. FROM BONNIE SC NO'T'ES OF INTI:it1:3I F DLit B.%NhS AND BRAES. ?What is Going O►1 in the Iligbland' and Loulands of Auld Scolia. The Edinburgh city mission re- port shows a deficiency of 81,090 on last year. The police aided scheme clothed 1,:;11 destitute children last year in 1•:dinbergh. The income last year of Saltcoats Convalescent Hume was 80,160, and the expenditure $6,140. On her birthday recently the Marchioness of Lothian presented,,, -- coal to the poor of Jedburgh. Ayr Town Council will senor its chief constable to Laudon to study the science of finger prints. There is a likelihood of river steamers being able to land pas- sengers at Ailsa Craig, Ary -shire. next year. The concert in aid of Motherwell barefooted children recently re- --;. salted in upwards of $300 being ob- tained. The following notice is displayed in one of t6,, lashay bars :—"A nations welcomed a o, - bar C'. The Nation." Rrrn Freighters nt Leith are dol i scarce, and a large num steamers are laid up for w employment. Tho Corporation of Edin 144++++++♦t+++++++4♦♦+ ld nadiahasrnesocurvelers to to luncheonentertain th on t occasion of their visit. Kelso School was awarded a dip- loma of "excellence in manual work" by the authorities of the Scottish National Exhibition. Sir John Stirling Maxwell says the outstanding feature of the old age pension scheme is those wh saved for themselves had to pay those who had not. Lord Provost Gibson presi k r the annual meeting of th mach is not adapted to the diges- tion of solid food. The organs that surer reported a deftcienc secrete the juices which bring about year of $1,040. the digestion of foods other than . 13rodiek is one o fthe places nam - milk are not at this age sufficient ted by Lord Salvesen as examples ly developed in sunction to manage of pure Norwegian nomenclature, the digestion of grain foods in any which stood as evidence of the quantity. But with use, they gra Scandinavian influence on the west dually reach the stage where or- of Scotland. Binary foodstuff can be handled. There is an orange tree planted In pigs, this condition is reached in Arran in 1E�5 whicfi'b at the age of fioin six to eight year. Four brides have worn weeks. They are then ready to somstei latest i L on theireing wedding ddinMarcio wean. Sucking pigs arc the better for of Graham. gettingat focd as earl in life as A runaway bullock entere ossiblfor another reason. They china shop in Park street, A • save the sow. as well as required Been, recently, and before the the eating habit. A sow with a fair - done could bo extricated damage sized litter has to stand a pretty Bono to goods and fittings to the ,heavy strain on her milk -making estimated extent of $1,000. resources by the time the pigs have At the annual meeting of the reached the age of a month or so, Public Dispensary in Glasgow it and unless the youngsters' ration was reported that 1,273 cases hlsd are supplemented from some other been treated during the year. Env- are than her own milk supply, orahlc comment was made upon th she is likely to be pulled down more work of the institution. than is good fur her before the lit James W. Aitchison, who ret' ter can be weaned. It is not so good for the pigs. either, since their food demands aro constantly in- creasing with age. and if the dams cannot supply their needs they are likely to be retarded at the age when, for the food consumed, they should be gaining most rapidly. Then, later, when weaned. the sud- den and complete change from milk to other food is liable to give them a more or less decided setback. In weaning pigs, it is_ ,s good plan,,oinetinies, to let thei con- tinue running with the sow con- it - tint's. kAthi�i ting her on rather slim rations a _ giving youngsters access by a small fecund of Selling German Nav creep from her lot into another g pen, where they may be fed. The Plans to Powers. pigs will thus be changed from the The Leipzig Supreme Court darn's milk to the next diet grads- commenced the secret trial of M ally, while the decrease in the sow's na Peterson, a female spy, wh, rations cause a decrease in milk accused ul selling to ?'ranee secretion in her glands. The result Russia sn1110 of the most valley German naval secreta. While the Government is unw ling to disclose the extent of the information which Mise Peterson sold, it is admitted that she has furnished the foreign powers with the secret signal and flag books of the German navy, the details of the war defences of Kiel Harbor and other naval ports, ina•luding the lo- cation of submarine mines and +++++4++4+++++4 +4 ++-� +44 WEANING PIGS. By the time pigs are three or four weeks old they will have learn- ed to eat soft foods, and the more they can be encouraged to eat, the better. They should be given ac- cess to a pen a:Fjo::.ing the sow, if it is possible to so arrange it, and feed skim milk and shorts in a small trough of their own. At first the quantity of shorts fed should be small, for a sucking pigs sto- recently from the Hamilton ostal staff, after having been nearly 40 years on duty, has been presented with the Government medal for long and faithful service. The Glasgow Chamber of Com- merce, at the request of the Boa of Trade, have made rnpr tions in favor of the rovisio United States tariff respecti tilizers, fireclay goods, it steel manufactures, and products. 1 is that both dam and pigs are sep- arated without, either of them wor- rying very much. HOW TO F.VTTI•:N FOWLS. A fowl should always he fatten - rd as quickly as possible. Ten days is long enough. hitt it should bo confined, either in a roup or a num- ber in a small yard. They must have a rnrssiderable supply of fresh water and should ho fed four times charts of the utmost value to the n mie. Ursine nt.MissPeter- though r r - c of(,I tr Ir �r •, cal cin given the first m • t, a cls R y. g who native r early and the last our late. :\ re- Fun, h is a watt a ,f Rambus commended mixture is three parte though forty-five sears nld, iy „ cornmeal. nue part ground oats, seared of wonderful fat,einatioit Arriving in Kiel she posed l it one part bran, one part crude til and scores of officers low, the entire lot scalded, and fed Rictims to her charms. pliable for the first three meals, with all the rein and wheat. that can be mailing her with all the secre eaten up clean at night \\ eigh the articles Risen nr the proper proportion will nit be given. TO K E EI' RATS .1:\'.1V. Sprinkle sulphur on the barn floor and through the cern as you draw it in and nes er a rat or mouse will bother you. As you stack oats, or hay, or wheat, or rye, sprinkle sulphur on the ground and a little through each load and it will keep the "tar - mints" away. A pound c.f powdered sulphur t: ill do a whole corn cop and it will never do you or the cattle any harms either. A man is at his t,e-t en Sunday - if there is any hest in him, their possession. it was not after six months of activity th authorities became suspicious fascinating governess. and (l covered that she was rec salary from a French Brussels. The German police! Is arrested Mrs. Peters() was about to receive portant (loesinietit.s fro has been sentenced to. irnpr1'1)11ntcnt. In most German r cafes. etc., a locked box for the reception of cigar arette ends and tobacco pl _, ntcnta are periodically C and sold by a charitable Last year the proceeds r enough to provide slits of c for 1,711 poor children.