Exeter Times, 1906-05-31, Page 211
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GENERAL OFFICE AND WORKS - - TORONTO JUNCTiON.
11'rile for catalogue,
studying tie Ireatmcnt of potatoes by
formaldehyde gas, and while they hat
not reached perfectly definite conclu-
sions they reconunend the following
treatment for potatoes in bins:
The bin or room where the poly oes
ill
are stored should bo closed as tightly
as possible. Ten ounces of formalin
should be used for every 1,000 cubic
feet of room) and the potatoes should be
left exposed to this gas for 24 hours.
The gas is generated by the action of
formalin upon potassiutn permanganate.
For this purpose 3 parts by weight ct
potassium permnngannte are mixed
with 8 parts of formalin in an earthen
jar. The Jar should have a capacity of
about n gallon for each pint (16 ounces
formalin. The required amount of per
ngnngannle should be placed in the bol
Inn) of the Jar, and the needed amount
of formalin poured over it. The opera-
tor should lenvo the room at once, tak-
ing care to close the door as lightly ns
passible. The retail cost nt the. chemi-
cals to produce gas for •1,000 cubic feet
will be about $1.50.
For handlers of seryl who wish to in-
sure freedom) from seal) and for large
growers of potatoes. This gnseous me-
thod is more convenient than the wet
method, and experiments al the Ver-
mont Station show it to be effective,
soil, and thus the land Is constantly
gaining in fertility. This is easily per-
ceived to be unquestionable and the re-
sults only need for their attainment
that nil the manure of the cows shall be
saved and returned to the land in a
first-class condition. And this applies
very much to those farms where the
cows aro fat in the best manner and
foods rich in fat are produced for thein
to Increase. the product of butler or add
to the quality and quantity of the milk
because these foods are rich in nitro-
gen as well as fat, and as this is the
most costly element of fertility the far-
mer gains by their use. But they aro
also nielh In potash and phosphoric acid
/and help to make up a fertilizer worth
'a largo part of their original Dost
THEN --AND NO\V.
In the year 1866 it required, on an
average, 247 hours of hand labor to pro-
duce 500 bushels of potatoes; In 1895 it
required nn average of only eighty-six
hours, consisting of machine labor al-
most entirely.
To produce fifty bushels of shelled
corn and then cul the stalks into suit -
nide fodder, required 228 hours of hand
labor in 1855; In 1894, machinery clic] the
same work in about thirty -lour hours.
The production of fifty bushels of
wheat in 1831) required an average of
160 hours of hand labor; in 1896 seven
and one-half hours of machine labor
accomplished the same result.
And so on, down the list, from barley
to tomatoes, and from hay to rice.
elodern machinery has everywhere
clipped off the long, herd hours that our
fathers endured, Find the farther of to-
day Is Neely able to pmduco results
which would seem like traglc to the old
time nem with the hoe.
Surely the ►arid moves 1
A DAiRY HELPS THE SOIL
1t Is often sold that the dairy le the
least exhaustive of the soli—indeed,
more than this, that It cannot but he1�,
under even unskilful manor moot, ab•
Malty In improve the sell, because no
part of the fertility of the land le re.
moved In butter and very little of 1t
when milk It sold nr cheese is made;
and if only the manure be saved and
relurne.i to the flelds there must he s
constant Inereese of the plant food in the
Love Came Too Latc;
OR
A MAN'S FALSE HEART.
M
CHAPTER XII. 1 that is my especial weakness. "Belt
it was well for I.uwyer Barlow•:s may I ask," he added, in the nett
peuce of mind that he did nut know the let'alh: "How you discovered my
exact reason which had caused Gilbert tt liereate,uts, fair Estelle?"
Forrester to beat such u heal). retreat' "That is for me to know, and for you
from hospitable Linden Iloilo where he to guess about, she replied, tartly.
was having such a lordly time of it, "Yon will never t.e atle dwell any -
its he often expressed }t to himself; lie- where on earth tut wink% „to, sunt be atle
mg on the best the land afforded, steep- to lind you. How I aur enabled to do
Mg on a couch of down and drinking this, In spite of all the precaution you
the lawyer's best wine and smoking Bis throw around your movements, is my
finest cigars, , secret. I have found you, you see, and
Ile had mode up his mind to follow 1 intend to remain under the roof of the
Conine to Ashton all in good tune, •uy !mister of Linwood hall some little time,
a week hence, giving her plenty of time' hope."
to grow wretchedly lonely, wheal hi He almost gasped at the audacity of
piens were precipitated by a most un i l the words, but. did not fora moment
usual occurrence, and it came about in i beneve them,
this wa
Y:then you will not remain long," ne
After listening behind the portieres, remainr(-Iterated, "fur• I go — to -morrow. 1
in the librttry he rho lawyer's plan, would be off to -night it 1 could find a
which the lattet• had unfolded to his train back to New fork. You had bet -
meet?, Alice warren, to take Corine ti r (return too, Estelle,'
may, he had quietly slipped out of the I Ile expected a ready compliance; he
lc ng, French window into the grounds,) was not prepared for a refusal.
to smoke a cigar and stature his plans ! As you choose, of course, he return -
es to following the little, kidnapped I ed. coolly.
heiress. "There is but one way in which i will
Ile wonted to enjoy a good laugh, as he accompany you," she said, "and (hat is
lectu►•ed to himself the lawyer's dismay —as your bride.'
when he learned, a little later tan, ttow
cleverly he had been outwitted in try
nig to separate his daughter from an
unwelcome suitor.
"There ro will ben terrible scene when
do first learns of it after we are safely
natrrie'd," ho muttered, "a deuce of a
rots, but he cannot hold out long •
n
Fainst the entreaties of his darling Co- "You know that 1 regret that little an
tin
b
e to be taken back and be forgiven, fair a thousand times more than you
and all that sortdo,Estelle," o ..tette
[ thing, and weer•he murmured, with a
ever Corine is installed hubby will 1 sigh that sounded like real regret "You
Aare to be there, ton, or else he wig i know that I borrowed the money to
i /take a great stake at the roduce Ex -
have to set up an elegnnt establishment Ifor us elsewhere; 011(1 ty Jove, 1 will change- flow was 1 to (oriel' that 1
(enjoy the good things of life to the full, would be swamped; that the market
or, more properly speaking, as long as ,would suddenly veer about and go
ed
the old gent's cash holds out. He is i for it? No one expected
he tevictim no
of one clrcum''
neighing at me at the present moment,
ro doubt, but," he added, aloud: "There's 1 stances, that's all, i aril frying hard
a very trite and true old sayingwhich I enough to get on my feet again — if
you would but stop hounding me down
best who laughs last)' Igo, ha. hat'
runs something like This: 'Ile laughs —I might make n raise ye!—and then
So absorbed was Gilbert Forrester to all would be well."
his own thoughts, ho did not see the„ She laughed a demoniac laugh,
slender shadow standing motionless .rn Would you like me to help you to
the other side of the gdte—the Ilgtlre , make a stake, as you call It, by merry
of a woman who was so near hen that in n elite heiress?.
she could have put out her hand and This is the quickest and surest way
touched him) from arnong the shadows to "a ready-made fortune that 1 know
of rho trees in which she stood. ef,” he responded, laconically. "Now
Ile had utterecd the last words quite I tell you what. Estelle, if you were to
aloud, els reelh confidence that he was all marry some old fellow for his wealth
alone—there was no one about to hear. soma one Uke this Lawyer Barlow, of
Suddenly_ the figure leaned forward, i•inwood Hall, who, by the wase is a
and a voice which struck terror to every widower,iand he would shuffle off this '
fibre of hls being, echoed: mortal coil soon after and would leave wo
"There were never truer words than you his fortune; why, then, you could
those, Gilbert Forrester — they laugh slforti to venture a second lime into
best who laugh last," einh•imony with a poor fellow like me,
"Estelle Marshall!" he cried, hoarsely,and we could live happily ever after -
recoiling in as much horror as thougward, as the story books say."
be had suddenly encountered a cobra Ile did not look at her closely or he
in his path, would have seen a strange expression
"Yes, Estella Marshall—or, rather--" creep up to the corners of her compress -
'What aro you doing here?" he cut ei lips. Inn
in • without givingher time to finish "Where are you stopping. Estelle?"'sill
the sentence. Anti as he spoke he had i10 inquired, suddenly, "The hour Is 1 tvh
';ung; open the gate with one hand, male; let me accompany you back to
:;bile with the other he grasped the weyour hotel—of course you are stopping
Pinn's slender wrist with n grip of steel, somewhere over In the village -find, by
which made her wince with pain; but the runt' dud you walk all the distance
she world not cry out, saving to herself here?" ac
Ihnl she would not give him that much She did not answer him for a mo• bon
salisfaelion, td realize that he could in, meal: she was busy thinking one a wen
filet pain of any kind upon her. strange plan that had just crossed her cry
,e
"What am 1 doing here?" she echoed. tr sari.
An amusing question to ask, surely.I nm here. hag and bnggrage," she
T,Idn'(1 tell you that 1 wouid dog seta; but 1 hnvc tarried sn info at the
ffotsteps until the day?your gale erre, taming to
you died? That a yml, that ( con• i f ai
the world is not so wide that could not present myself at Linwood [tall j tall
hide yourself from me? That 1 would until the morrow, My81only telogings dicta
follow you like a Nemesis until the dayat r the two sntrhels nt my feet." "►
you died? Didn't I tell "Come with me back to the %ilio ' ( 1
say? You laughed and you
atlsme he said: "i will have n long bulk wile : s ns
then, but spun
you will realize that 1 meant you before t return to New York. l t nice
every word of it. My love for you has will stop over until the second train, for ins:
turned to the deadliest hide, and i want that purpose, and we may be able M 'f
now—only revenge! Do you hear --one
patch upthe little difilcull bel c/
revenge." ' Y ts'
A little low, dinbolleal laugh fell from "You mean that you will make me
his lips• as he inked mnrkingly: your bride, Gilbert?" she ask(+1, entre•
"And what shape will your vengeance )ng her breath quickly and panlin.dve she n
assume, my beautiful. (Ivry Estelle, or no matter how harshly she lied , tnn
may I politely inquire?" spoken to him of halinghim, and all: "Ti"
He t•outd see the girl's block eyes (lint. deep down in her heart she knew' ed.
gleam like coats o[ glee in the dim un- that she loved handsnme, reckls is d.'. ! our
certain light.Ironn}r Gilbert Forester with 1111 tis.! know
"I have heard what fraught you here," Sohl)' reckless passion of her heart and , l;al's
she snail. in a hard, nietnilic voice. "The
Y• she loved him wit'
1.eople who are entertaining you here
ns (heir guest have a young and beau-
tiful daughter, and --
"Anil yuu thought the daughter was
the attraction," he queried, with the
same sneering lough.
"1 know you And your proclivities,"
she answered, bitterly.
"Well. In this instance, at least, you
art, mistaken in your ideas; the young Cii:\1'TEn x11L
and Lovely daughter, as you call her, All unconscious of the danger thnt
is nn awkward. bread -and -huller school walled her, Estelle Marshall blindly
wise: so nnieh for the first illusion; and, followed where Gilbert Forrester led.
ste mIiy. she Is not at Linden Hall, but Ile hail befouled and h•ieked her ,n
1. off baiting som�;wheree-ghe Lori the pnsl, yet she could no more have
knows where—so you see your theories bade her heart love hire not than she
ef my having matrimonial designs ere could have commanded that same heart
all at sea and In n fog, as it were." not to beat. With some women to' love
She lonkeel at him) keenly: "that !s ricans to surrender themselves for good
not the story they tell in the village or for evil to the passion that consumes
ever yonder. They say that the master them, heedless whether it has the bright,
of Linwood Hall is n fnulli•rill}onntre, glorious light of Heaven nboul It or the
and Ihnt he has a tale young daughter, shadows of Hades.
!w long odds the prettiest crenture :n She followeil him silently down the
nll the country around ---a mad -cap, narrow with — a different one than that
daring girl --to whom the guest stop. by which she had come — with no pre -
ping at the hall is paying the most de- monition of danger.
voted attention, and they furthermore flow long they walked thus, in utter
Fay that the girl favors your suit. i silence, she did not know—she tees cep.
sin here to tell the roaster of Linwood tent to walk on and on—If she was only
Hall and the beautiful Miss Corine Bar- with him. not caring if the Journey
tow who end what you are." never ended.
"I am sorry to say your little plans The night had grown so Intensely
Nye nn Interest for me, for the reason nark, she could scarcely distinguish his
Rat i leave !emerge! Hall. with l's hos. term if he gained even a few feet in
'Mantles. on the morrow, having stay- edvtnce of her, and then she tented
ed the limit ell the time for which 1 Caslsn forward, calling upon him to
WWI invited; though to tell yon the :'•alt for her.
(rufA, f 511311 regret it. for the wines in "You ere fturPly not afratel Estelle.'
tee oettars an, first-class, PM pie know
"Now, do not get upon that old tack
again, Estelle," !1e cried, impatiently.
"You know hill well That a poor devil
like me cannot keep myself, Id alone
—a wife, Now, if you had money---"
"You would marry rne—lf I were tool
enough to give it to you—as I once did
ON the knot was lied."
uver his shoulder. "A young woman
who has travelled half over the emeri-
ti y in search of me ought nut to feel
afr•uld of the Kentucky hills and valleys
at night, f should fancy."
Estelle laughed rathelt a hard, con-
btrulned lough, making no reply.
"Wo are ubout to cross a little bridge,"
ea)d Forreister, carelessly. "have your
eyes become sulllolenLJy accustomed to
Iht darkness to distinguish it?" and lie
utvait,d her reply, eagerly, breathlessly.
"No," she m11,111101, "1 cannot see a
foot before ate; I should be glad if you
would wait and take my hand, Gilbert."
".atter we reach the other side of the
brid;;0," he returned, endeavoring to
speak unconcernedly, Ihougt) if she had
listened ns carefully OS it teas her Wont
let do, she would have noticed an un-
dcla:w•renl of intense excitement in his
voice.
"\VItat does the bridge span?" she
inquired.
":1 little gully about two feet
and about three times as wide," t
lewd. adding hantor•ingty: "i will
you a race upon the other side.
you win. It will mean an imus
marriage; if you full, !t will mean
f:ostponenlent of the happy event
Vane. \\'hat do you say to Lha
rangem ant?"
For a moment she stood still.
"1 thought you said but a few
needs since that you could not n
yid, for the reason that we were
penniless."
"1 have been doing a good de
thinking as the walked along in
etwe," he replied, conslrnirtedly, "a
hove leen reasoning after this fits
with inv.elf, that if you were villin
take a fellow like rue, who has no
second dollar in his pocket, you ate
CDC to decide; why should 1 den
"Were you really thinking that,
bort?" she Cried quite reside he
with tremulous joy. "\Vhy, what
ference does money make to me?
love you so madly that i would be n
content in a hut with you than I w
deep.
le 10 -
If
Mum
the
for ii
t ar-
mo-
tarry
both
al of
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nill
Won
g 10
t the
e the
1)11•?"
Gil-
rself
dif-
f
)ore
oulJ
tt a palace with any other man in
earth.'
"You Ostler me, Estelle," he said, stop-
ping suddenly nI n bending
g and
Y over her ami
kissing her. Judas -like, for, In the
depths of his pitiless henrt ho knew that
he was luring her on to the cruelest of
fates.
The bridge, which he represented rs
tut six feet in length, was, in reality,
thrice as long, and it spanned a chasm
which see►ned to reach down into the
eery bowels of the earth, it was so deep
and fathomless; indeed many believed
that (here was a subterranean passage
which led down to the .Mammoth Cave.
A recent violent thunderstorm Had
(demolished a part of the iron structure
\thick spanned the dangerous cavern,
rind danger signals were conspicuously
displayed to warn wayfarers from set-
ting foot on the bridge, but they were
useless enough in the Intense darkness.
Gilbert Forrester well knew that the
weight of the girl's slender foot on one
of the swaying planks would topple it
ever and down, carrying her with it to
t'eslructi0n in the deep abyss.
II was not the first lime In his sin -
Willed life that he had gotten rid of ,c
loving, trusting girl by the first means
that presented itself, and he was hard-
ened to it now, nor would he pause to
count the cost of his crimesAre ,
ou
d.
'Yes, Gilbert," she responded, and it
tlld have smote a head of scone to
have noted how sweet and loving was
the soft cadence of her wistful voice.
"Now, then," he cried. with forced gay-
ety, "One1110 word two,
dtlbeen fairly uttered,
little dreaming of danger, the girl had
shot forward like an arrow from the
tow, while the guilty wretch who haJ
thus lut•A-r
r stood stock -
1 and atvaited�the cher ryofawful horror
ice he knew full well would be so
sure In follow.
ire had not an instant, it seemed, to
visit; with n bound the unconscious vic-
tint of his dastardly treachery had
re h,.el 111e fatal spot, and, instead of
nding onward lightly—down she
t through the yawning space --the
of mortal terror Ihnt b
her lips piercing the night air --as rein
turned and fled from the horrible spot.
He never stopped for an instant to
n his breath until he reached the
gages of Linden Hall, quite a mile
nt.
must fortify myself with an extra
s of brandy to -night to drown the
d of thnt wild, piercing, dying
from my ears," he muttered, wip-
nway the perspiration which wee
ing nut like rain from every porn
s face.
"Confound I. she would have 0." ile
murmured. "if she had not dngged my
foolsleps, Qo where f would, the fate
)et to -night wod((i not have over -
her,
1e dead tell no tales," he ruminal•
"There was no one who knew (f
meeting to -night; no one will ever
what fate has overtaken Estelle
hall, the once beautiful belie and
heiress of New York. And I doubt if
there Is any one on earth who cares.
"Now
ualy. out of my
pathforever, llere's tto tthel.winning of
the newer love. fair, little Corine Har-
t w, the little Kentucky heiress.
"To -morrow morning 1 beat a hasty
retreat from Linden Hall — and its hor-
s Ible memories — of Estella — and go
forth to new laurels and triumphs."
True to his resolve, Gilbert Forrester
c'rnlned an extra allowance of strong
l.rnndy that night, laking cae, how-
ever, to pay one of the servants liberally
to awaken him and get him off in limo
M catch the New York express the
next morning. which was accordingly
accomplished, as the reader already
knows,
We also know that the ticket for New
York which Gilbert Forrester purchas-
ed wale a atop -over one, and we ore not
serprisetl, therefore. to learn that to
Alighted upon reaching Lexington,
whirl) wee only some twenty miles or
so distant from Ashton.
"What a lucky move that they sent
with n e dway rrlslvet\ neigh. m home."
"There muttered,
ide
ro nne about. to hinder my wooing. f
must make hay while the Sun shine!•
however, for They will he mitre to enure
after the darling of the hnusehnle at
erre when they find that 1 have taken
myself off for gond, apparentlt•- Het
hal i must return by the first train In
Ashton: but. flrst of all, i must get
nit n g lend disgfulee--it wrn114 never do
el appear at old far. Baxter's in my pre-
sent chnrneter—for Lawyer Barlow'. nr
any one from Linden (tall, might swoop
Ir•} which would die only with heatown
(Path.
She allowed him to lake her nrnl, and
passively enough she follntvcd him dnwn
the path and nn to her fate. Could she
have seen the dark. nvful expresslnn
ef his face she would have hesitated
ere she trusted him!
ha caked, turning once to look tack
•
,town theca unexpectedly at any ma-
BECAUSE
\taking use of disguises was by nu
mecums now to Gilbert Forrester—so de-
ter was ted at hiding his identity thus
that he had more than once escaped
remit the tuiniune of the law who were
t.unluig liar down.
The clerk at the thiel are! hotel to
tt tech he &applied for lodgings gave but
e casual glance ut the stranger wile
,•,irne in a down -pouring rain, and teen
sequently, were his storm coat pulled
1ul' high under his chin. and his slouch
hat drawn down over his eyes.
The 111011 %vas a little surprised when
he saw hem enter the clingy dining -
room a little later, for he noted that the
etranger's hair and Moustache were ref,
•dole he had had the idea that the new
arrival was dark of hair and moustache
lea, after ttnmdeting ntout it for a mo-
ment, the men dismissed the mailer
emu his mind, and never gave It un•
other thought.
Alb'' eutmg; heaily', rnun
lere,f into the bur-rrtcouh,Forandester thereshe-
fell into an easy chat with the landlord
of the [(Hilly place. Informing tins in a
casual ri:nnuer that he was in that. to-
c3lity sear•e.•'ii►Ig for something 10 do.
"\\'ell, well. now, 11you ain't afro},1
o' work, 1 think f kin tell ye of a putty
gont left—in a
sort fellowob a
ofa hufl--il's a mils
e or so out of
Ashton village --on the farm of old i)r.
Baxter. Ile was gardener there and—"
"I'11 npply for it without delay." ex-
claimed the stranger. "Could I got
you to help nn nlnlost dend broke fel-
low to such a stroke of luck ns gelling
the place, by writing a line of recom-
mendation for me?"
(l'o be Continued.)
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i't}t1144-11+4/4.44.11-114-11-1-1.
he Farm
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POTATO SCAB.
The producedribyon chipea dirt a ashes, or &O )es
thing of That kind is erroneous. It is a
funthe santeus disease
as anyand
other funguts. spores,
i
conditions favor its growth and such
favorable conditions may be furnished
by chip dirt, lisle, ashes, etc. When
once introduced into land, no practical
way has remov-
ing s of
it. llowlonglit will rer been main innthe
soil is unknown. It certainly may con-
tinue for many years, even when no
potatoes aro grown upon the field.
There are many ways In which It is
posible for soil to become affected. The
germs may be introduced Into the ma-
nure pile by feeding scabby potatoes to
stock, or by pulling them directly into
the compost heap. The fungus may then
propagate itself In the manure and if
this Is applied to Hie land the disease
may be widely disseminated. Alkaline
soil favors the growth of the fungus
and on this account neither ashes nor
limo should ordinarily be used in con-
nection with potato growing. As farm
manures aro slightly alkaline, they are
best not used on potato land. The
plowing under of a green crop lepds by
its fermentation to make the soil slight-
ly acid. This condition Is unfavorable
to the growth of the fungus. ,There is a
more or less common belief that salt is
something of a preventive of potato
scab, but exact experiments have faked
to demonstrate this.
Probably the most common way in
which scab fungus is disseminated is
by the use of infected seed. 1t is there-
fore of the utmost importance to use
clean seed. Where it is impracticable
to procure clean seed or in case of
doubt, It should be treated with a fungi-
cide. While such treatment will help
scabby seed, it may not act as an en-
tire preventive. It is therefore hest not
to use seed that is much affected.
Formaldehyde gas either In solution
or in the dry gaseous state can be effec-
tively used to clean suspected seed.
Formaldehyde, (formalin) is sold In a
solution of about 40 per cent. strength,
and can be obtained at any drug store.
A few bushels of seed are most conven-
iently treated as follows :
Make up a solution of formalin of the
desired bulk, using 16 ounces of roma-
lin", 40 per cent. solution of formnlde•
h d
gase) y g , e) to each 311 gallons of water.
Soak the seed two hours in this solu-
tion and then spread out the tubers to
dry. After drying. the potatoes should
be cut and plent(d in the usual way,
but care should be tnken not to allow
them to touch any box. bag or bin
where seahby potntoets have been kept.
'gid Vermont Ex )eriment Station is
for Your Protection
we place thin label on every
package of Scott's Emulaton.
The man witItnflnhon bus buck
18 our trntle-mnrk, and ft is a
guarantee that Scott'', 1•:niul-
aton will do all that Is claimed
for 1t.. Not !ling better for long,
throat ur bronchial troubles In
lnfnnt'nr solutio Scottie Emul-
ation 18 one of the greatest tleata-
builders know•° to the medical
world.
We'll seed yea a sample fru.
SCOTT • BOWME) eT onto, 0:a '
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
No animal of any breed or species of
domestic animals will uniformly pro-
duce young 111nt are all of a superior
order.
Every pound of flesh lost will have to
he made up again when the pastures
supply food, but with growing stock
this means often more than a loss of
flesh; it means a loss of growth.
There is no better grain than owls for
dairy cows, and where (hese, rind bar-
ley, and possibly buckivheal, can bo
raised on the farm at rnoderate cosi,
perhaps no cheaper ration, considering
result, can be fed; but when purchased
on the market, no doubt the same food
value can be got at gess cost in other
feeds. •
A dairyman Is breeding a race of
dairy cattle that without forcing yield
600 pounds of butter a year. Resides
this, he is paying pnr(ieular attention to
constitutional vigor, which he makes of
first importance. The (salves are not al-
lowed to nurse, but are fed n'w milk
for a few days, and then grndnnlly
changed to a dlet nt skim milk to which
oatmeal and flaxseed !Teal are added.
In the summer the young stock are put
to grass: In the winter they, are kept in
open yards and fed rough fodder and
roots. in this way their digestive nr-
gans are trained to nsstmllnte this rinvs
of food, and when they rnme Into milk,
they readily give the required yield.
TALL 1;\'(;T.iSf1WO'F,S.
After taking ment:urementa of the
height of women in France, Englnnel,
and America, s doctor announces that
the Englishwoman is (he tallest end the
American woman comes next. The av-
M�a1�� height of the French wernan :R
et one inti. The Amerloan un-
man is nearly two inches taller, and
the women of Greet Britain nne-half
Inch taller than the tatter. Amerie'an
women, however, weigh slightly more
than either of the others, their average
weight being about 117 pounds.
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND
RENS DV W%IL AROC't- JOHN BVL&
AND Ilei PEOPLE.
Occurrences In the Land That Reigns
Supreme in the Commercial
World.
The managers at Pole r Sick Asylum
won't take egg) that weigh Ices than Ito
ounces.
After 41 years' service Mr, John Phil-
lips has retired from the postnlorrslup
Phil-
o! !dune/tester ,
A Carlisle fish dealer cut open a cod
and found 111 its stuutach a large pocket
knife will open blade.
Bournemouth 'Town Counrtj has de-
cided to erect a new town' hail��and
municipal buildings at a cost of £lou,•
000.
Nottingham Town Council has decided
to black out all belting news in the
papers taken in by the public librnrles.
Mr. \\'illiam Price, who was known
throughout elonnaoulhslire as Mr. Glad -
stone's double, died the other day at the
age of 90.
Tit volunteer strength. although down
from last year, is still 10,000 higher than
in any year previous to the South
African \Var.
The stmt of £161,000 per annum is
paid by the country in salaries and fees
for the services of Cabinet Ministers and
subordinate members of the administra-
tion.
The Lord -Lieutenant of Gloucester-
shire, Earl Ducie, has issued an appeal
for over ,£8,000 for the restoration of
Gloucester Cathedral, the fabric of which
Is being seriously damaged by the
weather.
It has been suggested to the London
Johnson Club that a better memorial to
"the doctor" than a statue wo1,11 be the
purchase of his House, still standing, and
its fitting m
upu
s a
literary gy Ino. coni.
On the roll of the new House of Com-
tnons Mr. John Murphy, AI.1'•, has sigry)-
ed his name in Gaelic. This is the first
lime that a rneinber of Parliament has
signed the roll in other than English
characters,
Thera are upwards of 70 lady students
at the horticultural College, Swanley,
and some men are also employed; yet
he ladies take their full share of the
work, even to stoking the fires and tak-
ng Sunday duty.
Sir. Ramsay elaldonald, the seet/.'lary
I the Labor party, was horn in 18436 at
ossiemouth, where his father was 1111
gricultural laborer. Ile is now one 11
he two Parliamentary representatives
[ Leicester.
The Basford Guardians have dis-
overed that a man who has been re-
citing outdoor relief at the rate of
everal shillings a week for two years
a shareholder in the local co-operative
clely to the extent of nearly £50. .
Tho death is announced of William
netth, locomotive and stores strperin-
ndent of the central division of the
orifi -eastern Railway. His death severs
Interesting connecting link with 1110
rly days of railways. ��
The Parks Committee at 1<1*1 !'in ns -
are proposing to grant. len or twelve
cements in Ilrinton Park for. the
citing of gardening under the County
uncil scheme. An application has
n made for a grant• and the services
the county gardening expert to give
sons.
According to the annual report of the
vernment Inspector of Workhouses
Lancashire, there Is a gradual de-
roaso of pauper labor used in the sick
rds of the unions, the number having
creased from 260 to 170 during the last
years.
!here is no salary attached to the
cc of Prime Minister. The head of
Cabinet, however, usually under -
es another office. In the last five
'cements the Prime Minister has
o acted in the capacity of First Lord
the Treasury, deriving an income ef
000 from the latter office.
he police are taking exception In the
ew•al of the license of the 13ebl inn
Exhell, in Warwickshire, which has
) in existence over 300 years, At one
od the premises did dual duly as
lie -house and school, and up to the
d10 of last century they were par -
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WEDDING C1tjf; sI\ FEET 111Gtheer
A llnnster Confection Slade for the
Princess Enn.
Princess Erin's tvedtling rake, which
w•ns made in Lnndnn, w'as conq,leleel Rte
ether day and pocked for shipment to
Madrid, it will be the first royi,l wed-
ding cake ever seen In Spain.
The English custom was introit',:cad by
King Alfonso as a :: mpliment to tie
bride. The cake is six feet high and
weighs
t stads
upnna huge silverlsnlvernon which ithe
bride's mother's wedding coke wens
placed. The cake consists of three glis-
tening silver while tiers and Is 16 inches
In diameter 01 the hose.
T'he low•nst iter is divided tato eight
panels, separated by Corinthian eel.
WHIM, and is surtnonnle(t by Cupids
disguised as poshnen and messengers.
Tho spnces belseecn lite coltenr14 aro
filled with pnitels of sugar v'er•k
senting Spanish vines. The panels
festnoned with orange bloesens, tt ie o
heather, myrtle, and white roses, 'flue
(lowers were chosen by !h•irhrrs . Fen,),
There are four panels on the se,•e,riel
tier. In the centre of each !s n shield
with the monogram, "A. V.." surnee-0111-
ted by the Spanish crown. eleilaliotee,
sprays of myrtle, and tiny white rnsee
embellish the thirel tier. on lop of which
Is a beautiful group of children in while
Paden marble, leear•ing nloft n vase held -
Ing n briquet. Four long floral festoon,
tenet from the lop to the bottom tier.
A gold knife with nn ivory hnmlk' Ivo
feet long, accompanies the cake mid will
be used to cut it for presentation to the
guecis
MA.'J AS BARhli[t.
For the past six months the Rev. An.
drew Ping, rector of 'Thorpe, near New.
ark. Englund, has acted ns barter les
cue of fes parishioners, John Wadding.
ten, n conflrme* in, ale], lives In a title.
Isolated tillage, 1111(1 twice? a week the
rector nitre ever asci shaves the bete.
ridden mss