Exeter Times, 1902-7-17, Page 34.es'.
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Ey ST. GEORGE RATHEORNE,
Author of "Actor Jack's Wife," "Captain Tann" "Baron Sam," 4tIVI1ss
Pauline of New York," "Miss Caprice," Etc.
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• In this he has made a fatal mistake,
for the onrushing Pr111md:1 hae lowered
his head, and keeps a straight course
for the man.
A. mighty shudder convulses the
erowd. It an happens so quickly that
no one has tirne to shout nwarninee
• and up to the laet second •"Vasqueze
seems to imagine the bull will swerve.
a When he realizes his mistake it is
too late. He endeavors to epring aside,
hut has planted himeelf so firmly, with
teetstretchett legs, to resist the shock
When the bull impales himseDf on the
Toledo blade, that he loses a sewed,
and this means all to him.
The man gives a sheut as the horns
etrike him. It does not seem like an
expression of fear, but rather one of
excitement
Not a sound has been heard in all
that great anoshitheatre, for everY eye
is glued upon the arena. Finding
that he has lost the game, the mata-
dor tries to save his life by clinging
to the bull's horns. It is a most de-
Plorable condition for him, as he may
never again be •the people favourite
he was, butlife is sweet even when
one has to live without the favour of
the Oekle public, and. there are mata-
dors in the audience who have had
their day, and. strutted upon the field,
of which he has now been king for
itOrAe yeses.
The neck of the blsek terror is all
•!Muscle, and when that awful head is
thrown into the air Pedro Vasquez is
seen fining* through space. He strikes
11. cruel blew upon a post or pillar that
holds up the roof, and falls in among
• a number of chulds grouped there,
Who immediately bear him away. -
Immediately the vast crowd breaks
.out in excited talk. The black bull
• ,goes back to his tuft of grass, and
atamps viciously as though asking
• who will be the next victim.
There is generally a reserve mata-
dor, and the people wait to see him
• Appear, but time passes, and the bull
Alone holds the arena.
It grows monotonous.
News has come that although Pedro
Vasquez will live, he has been so thor-
„toughly knocked out that he could not
.stificl up again' thin -ay; Iseefere ..a.
yearling buil
• What now? The management ap-
•esarently have made no preparation
for an emergency of this character.
The people must be amused, but who
• will undertake the Job? After what
has passed, it is all a man's life is
• worth to enter the arena with that
sable monster, be he chulo, picador,
.or matador.
What is that? Some Englishmen
.and Americans, delighting in fair play,
.are shouting ” Viva tore ! Bravo! old
ley ! Well done.'"
Somehow the words exasperate tile
,Spaniards, whose sympathies have
been with Vasquez. They tools at
.each other, and scowl. More than
-one friend of the matador touches his
knife in a significant manner.
Ah ! here is the gentleman who..re-
•:presents the management. Re ad-
vances upon a. little elevated plat-
form, and holds up his hand. It is
•evident he desires to spdak.
• " Silenzio !" passes the word around,1
• And in a minute so quiet is it that
,one can hear every word the manager
lettere. He speaks in Spanish, of
•.course, and in a loud voice.
--4. First of all he tells of Pedro's con-
dition, then of the refusal of the sub-
• alitute to enter the ring with that
,mad devil, and deplores the fact thaf
there is no man brave enough to
make the attempt pro bono publico.
• Turning, so that he faces the for-
eigners who have beenshouting so
loudly, he continues :
"The management offers two hun-
• dred 'pesos to the man who will enter
the arena and slay that toro with the
matador's blow. Don't all speak at
.once, senors, I beg."
• This is a thrust at the vaunted
.courage of the foreigners who could
laugh to see a brave matador meet his
.fate., The men look at each other,
•,and smile. Each generously declines
to take away this plesAure from his
.companions. As a consequence, no
one arises ; seeing which, some of
the Spaniards in the sun seats begin
to laugh.
Sack feels a .pair of midnight eyes
-upon him, the oolour mounts to his
• face, and, turning, he looks at Mer
.cedes. Her worde seem, before hint in
letters of fire—" Caramba ! I adore a
brave man I" • Somehow the challenge
seems to have been dropped at his
4 feet—he must either pick it up or de-
cline.
'The manager still stande on his plat-
form looking around, as if hoping that
• dome old matador may deem the gol-
• den lure of sufficient value to risk his
neck for, but no one signiflee such an
• Intention,
, When Jack Evans arises from his
seat end takes , off his coat, almost
• -every eye is instantly glued upon him.
.He folds his outer garment, aad lays
it on the seat ; then, with a smile,
:stands upon, the railing, takes one
lesk at Mercedes, •gees the surprise
,anal eensternation en her face, fer she
ks never expected this, and calls out
• 11 Spanish to the manager:
" Sonora I 'accept your offer. I am
An American, mid I will !show you
• how We do this thing out in Mexico."
"Hurrah for Doctor Jack!" cries a
voice from the foreign quarter—aac-
nnaintance has recognized him.
Jack drops lightly over the barrier,
8,nd etands in the arena, alone With
the black devil of a. toro that has been
playitig such havoc with the regular
stook °orientaty ef bull -fighters.
citArTn.s. IV
Admit:041On for bravery le not cone
fined. to cite/lived racee. Even the
most Santee: people of the wOrld re-
lepect theied 411ellties itaiaaajaaaat.nan hich
induce him to face death ieltlialit
flinching, whether in front of a Mad
hull or as a captive tied to the stake
With the funeral pyre about him.
Hence it fe •that at the conclusion
of the daring American's speech a
buzz goes around the whole amphithe-
are, which quickly swells into a tre-
mendous roar, for, although his words
in accepting the open challenge may
not have been understood by the ma-
jority of those present, there can be
no mistaking his action in removing
ooat and vest. •
While this shout still makes the
welkin ring, Tack has dropped into the
arena, lightly scaling the inner bar-
rier. Then a sense of fairness seizes
the multitude, and immediately cries
arise
" Silenzio 1 sllenzio I" e
The roar becomes a rushing stream,
and this in turn a gurgling brook, un-
til almost magically even the last
sounds cease, and a death -like silence
ensues.
Fifteen thousand human beings have
their eyes riveted upon • the form of
the American gymnast. • They seem
to breathe as one man, waiting for
the shock. Doctor jack keeps his
wits about him, and surely he has
need of them with that black devil of
a mad toro not more than twenty
feet away.
He forgets the presence of the crazy
mob that fills the amphitheatre to
overflowing. A pair of black eyes
have sent him into the arena, and he
remembers only this.
His manner excites admiration, he Is
so cool and collected, and the majority
of the good people of Madrid presently
secretly wish he may be successful,
but there are few who do not fully
expect the stranger to be demolished
at' the first desperate onslaught of the
animal, for when a, man with the pres-
tige of Pedro Vasquez is tossed out
of the arena it seems like madness
for an amateur to have a living chance,
no matter how brave he may be.
IIardly has Doctor Jack gained the
arena than .a. clattering sound is heard
beside him, and turning his head, he
sees the =tete, or red flag of the
matador. together . with his :sword.
lyint ffe6.? 1Sy: Bending down, nhe
takes both into his hancts, tests the
quality of the Toledo blade in bending
It by main strength, and finds it a
remarkable weapon, which has served
Pedro in many a successful bout, and
finally makes a blow, not in the direc-
tion of the representative of royalty,
but squarely intended for the black-
eyed damsel whose words have been.
the means of sending him upon such a
quixotic errand.
All this consumes but a few seconds
of time. The black toro has divined,
from the rush of applause that greets
Doctor Jack's action, something of the
truth, and has even ceased chewing at
the lone tuft of half dead grass grow-
ing near the centre of the ring, to
lower his head and dig his • blood-
stained helms into the sawdust -cov-
ered ground, which he tosses up in a
horribly suggestive manner, the while
-tittering those peculiar subdued bel-
lows that strike terror to the ordinary
heart.
Evidently the brute sees Jack, and
will presently descend upon hint with
the fury of an avalanche. At present
It pleases the royal animal to play
with his anticipeeed victim much as a.
cat might with a mouse.
This suits the new matador, for it
gives him a minute of time to note
the position of the bull, and what im-
pediments there may be in the arena,
for a false step at any instant may
cost him his life, and Doctor jack is
not in this game as a reckless fool,
however much his admiring compatri-
ots in the foreign quarter may be-
lieve.
The man who has led the life of a
Texan cowboy for several years is apt
to know something about wild bulls,
and from his observation Jack is cer-
tain he has met just as fierce brutes
In Mexico as this sable devil now pre-
paring, to demolish him.
One thing is against him—he Is not
In proper dress for such business, and
unless exceedingly careful may slip
upon the bloody tan bark or sawdust
when such a thing will be fatal.
What would he not give to have on a
pair of baseball shoes at this mo-
ment, with spikes that might render
his footing positively sure ?
If the mountain refuses to come to
Mahomen then 1.1a,homet most go to
the meuntain. The bull continuee to
to the earth as though he expected
te see his new antagonist make for
the barrier, and in truth the presence
of the chutes, picadors, and banderll-
leros perched upon the fence like So
many °roles, with one leg thrown over,
ready for retreat, givos good cause
for such belief on the part of the
monateli of the battle -field.
• With a few rapid movements of hist
left arm Doctor Jack unfurls the little
red flag, thee he advancea straight to-
ward the bull, which ceasefi'to plough
up the soil, and Janos at the other as
though deeming him crazy, lowers his
massive head, and shoots forward.
. The tan -bark thee Into the air as his
heels spurn it /every human beteg
in that vest audience holds his or her
breath M anticipation of what is to
come. le that a shock bet the bull's
head comes in content with a human
figure / A cloud of dust obscures the
scene in the arena, and, Confident 5.5
to the result, more than one person
leeks aloft, expectieg to see the Am-
erican whirling through space, badly
Wrecked,
Suck an anticipate a speedy ending
of the adventurer 00112555 their disap-
pointment. and, turning to the ring
ageing to learn the oaten, discover old
toro again testing tait-tiark With his
hormil while the American stands there
taunting Lim.
:rack 'knows too inueli to ttempt the
coup de grace until the beast is in le
mere ;exhausted condition. It hae
been a. fatal mistake on the part of
Pedro Vasquez, and he does not mean
to repeat, the blunder.
A. nimble leap aside at tbe proper
aecond has, saved Wm from those cruel
horrre and the bull's fury is inereased
doubly by tile fact that he hs failed
in his first rush.
Ali! again he beers down upon his
tantaliziug.foe, as though determined
that this time he win crush the mail
to the earth or assist him over the
• barrier. A, perfect gymnast, gaolt lute
little trouble in avoiclino the onslaught,
ana bee for the ever present 'clanger of
s. elle), might really enjoy the fun.
While the tom once more amuses
himself with the inoffensive tan -bark,
Zack coolly takes a look around the
amphitheater. From the foreign quart-
er h.andlterchiefs are waved, and cries
of " Bravo, fleeter .Tack!" arise. These
are incautious Just now, and more apt
to disturb the brave man who risks
his life in the bull -ring for a woman's
smile, than give him new energy. The
•Spaniards know better than to breathe
a Sound whilethe matador faces his
foe.
Jack'ssweeping glance takes it all
in. He sees the eager multitude that
is ready to shout -"Viva Coro " in case
• the bull downs him, but makes no note
of the swarthy sea of Saces. He lets
his gaze rest an instant on the Turk-
ish pasha, and note e the look of fierce
eagerness visible there Ulla tel1e. him
hew anxious this man Is for the bull
to triumph., then his 'eyes sweep along
trail they reach his own vacant seat,
and catch a glimpse of the beautiful
girl next in line, at which he smiles
coldly, and bows again.
"Look out, Sack!"
This shout comes from his American
friend in the foreign quarter, and
Warns him that the bull has ceased
his side play, and is once again on the
war -path. Turning to receive the new
charge, Jack's foot slips, and there is
danger of his being...struck, but quick
as, lightning he hurls himself out of
the way. .
Again the multitude. breathe easy.
They' recognize the fact that this man
is no amateur bull -fighter, with only
reckless bravery to back him up,
one who has made a study of the ani-
mals in times past, and is qualified to.
Anticipate the sable brute's eveey
move.
Thus they expeet to have pleasure
Ili watching the struggle for suprem-
acy. It is a matter of supreme in-
oifference to most of them whether the
bull eventually slays the man or is
himself downed, so long as the com-
batants afford them a good show. The
life of a bun -fighter is held very cheap-
ly in Madrid.
Already has Doctor Jack evaded
three of those wild rushes. Will he be
able to continue this system of tac-
hres •wearied the animal
out, and brougia "sa into the proper
condition for the fina by ? 1
The bull no Isinger tosses • tee tan-
bark with his horns. His challeilSe
has been met, and he finds hienself op-
posed by one whom he carinot ter-
rorize.
As soon as one furious rush fails the
bi.ute wheels and makes another. • He
Is continually In motion, and it seems
as though there may come a moment
when by some lucky stroke he will
disable his nimble adveisary, and
cheese the tide of battle.
As yet Jack has acted only on the
defensive, leaping aside when the
time comes, and each time with rare
good judgment. He has not received
a scratch, and although the bull
steams and puffs with his tremondous
exertions; the man is apparently as
cool and collected as when he began
the engagement.
For the first time the people awaken.
to the fact that the awful black toro
has met his master, and when Doctor
Jack begins to assume the offensive
loud Shout 3 greet him.
Lit 0 sej1x h and the man went
As the lumbering animal rushes past,
the American plucks him by the tail,
and gives that caudal appendage a
twist that .eltoits a fierce, bellow from
the furiousebull, drowned by the storm
of applause from.the audience.
After eluding another . charge, Jack
pricks the flank of his foe with the
point df his Toledo 'blade, and his ac-
tion suits the humour of the lookers
on, who shout their approval.
, Ali danger to the man is not yet
past, and he does not deceive himself.
This brute is to be feared until the
last vital spark is drawn from his
body. Before that time comes, Doc-
tor Jack Means to show the good peo-
ple of Madrid hoW thetc cousins in
Mexico carry on a bull -fight. Instead
of rushing at him now, tore advances
with lowered head, as though hoping
to come In contact with his fele. He
hal: become blown, and even theohu-
los could keep out of his way now.
Some of these worthies make a move
as though to leave their perch eipon
the barrier, seeing which, .Jack roars.
Out a-
"ICeep back, you cowards ! This is
my game !"
• (To Be Continued.)
• t•
SATISFACTORY,
Mrs. Browne: "Are you satisfied
with the results of your daughter's
course at college'?"
Mrs, Whyte: "Quite so; she is go-
ing to marry one of the professors,"
The great salt mine at Wielicska,
in Galicia., has galleries which ag-
gregate over thirty tiuileti M length,
The total yearly yield is 55,000
tons.
"Etlieliuda, darling," murmured
the enraptured young man, "this is
the happiest moment of my life. I
calm.° here this evening hoping, yet
fearing 1 cOuld not put it °a any
longer, 1 felt that I must know iny
fate. The suspense was killing me,
Blit nole—/ swear it by this lovely
head resting so confidingly on my
shoulder, by the kiss on your sweet
lips, 1—but what Was that clicking
noise 'I heard just then?" "Noth-
ing, 'Walter, nothing but papa. He's
a lawyer, you know, but he amuses
himself With all sorts of cpleer Pads,
Ee's practising on Lis With his ko-
dalt. Go en, Walter, dear. What
Were you about teasweaie, '
;At FOR I-4 ERS
Z
elf easonable and Proflteble
11 kite ler the -Busy TilierS,
of the Sol!.
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COWS AND k'EED.:
Clinton 13, Smith, before the Am-
erican Eeletein-Friesian I3re. edera.
Association, said ix; part ;
"A few years ago, at the Aliehigax1
Agricultural College-, I had the plea-
sure of carrying On an experiment to
test this question. ramw greed per-
formance of our three great Hot-
steins—Rosa Boalieue 5tb, 1-Imrstje
D and Belle Sarcastic—had attracted
,the attention pf the fermere of the
State; • Their cry was that 'while
you have done woaderewith coW%
it is all because you had Such mar-
vellous stock with which to deal,'
The board was easily persuaded t
grant my petition andallow me t
pat in a herd of 'some 30 grad
cows, to, eve What the in -faience o
persistent good care :clad persisten
dry milking would be upon th
yields .of tlleSe cows, and incident
allY upon the form Arid' capacity
the cows themselves. 1 regret tha
the experiment wasr not continue
longer, but I 'Taut to call your at
tention to sonic Of the' results o
the- feeding for it single year. T
meet the: farmers an their ow
ground, I went from station to sta
tion on the railrbad and drove int
the Conntry, • buying good. averag
crews, Mostly grade Short -Horns, bu
occasionally One With. Holstein
Wood The tows 'arrived at th
college between August and Octo
her, and. .
TEE FEEDING BEGAN,
We gave them it grain ration wel
balanced, but composed of such ma
terials as the farmer has -upon hi
farm except that We supplemente
the grain feed With bean, tottonsee
Meal or linseed meal, according t
the dictates of the market. The sur
prising thing to me was that
Holsteine
-rade costing us $85 re-
sponded to the feed so Well that eli
gave us 10,810 Ms.' Of milk contain
tag 811.11 ites. of fat in 14 weeks
an average of almost 8 lbs. of fat a
week. In fact, the average yearly
yield for the whole herd exceeded
7,000 Tbs. of Milk arlit. 301 lbs. of
butter. Next to the highest yield of
milk came it cow with 9,185 lbs., and
then five other cows, each with an
amount of over 8,000 lbs. to her
'credit. Four cows gave over spo
it's, of fat, and but 11 cows gave an
amount of fat insufficient to produce
$00 lbsof butter; More than one of
tho. cows would have gone into the
advaaced Meetly- had they _ been
pure bloods.
"The lesson I drew from this ex-
periment was that a force pulling in
the direction of large and economi-
se -al milk -giving, is persistent dry
Milking and persistent high feeding.
The trouble With -most of us is that
as the cows get farthea- aig M the
period of lactation, we drop .-Off the
feed prematurely. We follow the
false doctrine that we should mea-
sure the supply of nutrients by the
yield of milk, and whenever the cow -
drops in yield we punish her, and,
through her, ourselves, by making a
corresponding reduction in the food
supply. We forget the drafts upon
the • feed other than for the produc-
tion of milk, and we forgot that
these drafts increase as the time for
the birth of the next calf ap-
proaches. Remember, on the other
side, the
DANGER OF MILIC FEVER,
ETYPTEIt TAXING.
When ereaM. is Separeltedfrem illk
the fet globulae vane to the Sar
Ines by gravity or ate throten eg, by
the centrifugal process, WriteS Fret
G, M. GoWell, When cream is churn-
ed, t;vo of tit= sdU stiek together,
then three, then four, end theu one
dozen, un til filially those little
globules, only about One-lifth of a
thousandth of en inch in diameter
gradually stick :together and, 'become
large enough, to see: They aro very
small yet, not large enough to make
butter from Without waste. So we
keep on Churning until more wilt%
and when those get large enough eo
that we cen readily draw' air the
buttermilk, when they are about the
size of number 8 shot, the work has
been 'carried far enotigh. If we let
them get larger than this they will
lookup • it certain amount of milk
serum, and that will haye to be
separated again In order to free
them from the buttermilk. To stop
the work when they are just the
right size depends upon the skill of
o the butter maker. It is it simple
o matter then you know how to do it.
e We do our work on this. wny : We
f churn at such 'a temperature that we
t ma form these granules in from. .40
o to GO minutes. -I caenot tell you
- what the temperatare is. From HOF, -
stein milk, Ayrshire milk and the
t milk front many individual cows, the
d butter conies quicker than from
- •Gueresey or Jersey milk, and other
f milk in which the butter fat is
hard. The fat in the milk of the
n Holstein and seine other breeds is
- eoft; while in that of our butter
C)e bree-c15 111)isl'111711111.1.
3IiFNT FOODS
have an ofTect on the fat,. Cotton-
seed meal gives us xi, hard, and corn -
e
meal it soft fat. The rule is to ex-
periment and find out at what, tem-
• perature it is necessary to churn to
have the butter come right and come
within from 10 to -60,egainulos, Ea,v-
_ beg determined that, ffu have the
s right temperature. Then, do not
d have the ere= too thick. I would
d not have the cream contain more
than .25 per cent. of hit, in order to
_ have it in the best condition for
seetning granules. If it is thicker
o,
there is not liquor enough for the
e fat globules to float about and have
room to form and finieh. Thirty-five
per cent. cream is too rich. The lit-
tle globules are so close together
that in agitating the churn they are
liable to attach themselves and be-
come large and of different 1res. We
want bath enough for them to float
about in. It is perfectly eafe to use
the cream from the gravity cans, as
it will not contain 25 ler cent. of
fat, but de not make the cream from
the separator too 'rich, or it will be.
too dense for finishing the globules.
in the best form.
At 15 per cent, it is rather- thin,
but this does not interfere with se-
curing good granulation. At 80 per
cent. 'we can get good granules, but
it requires more care. If we find
that 60 degrees is the right teeny era -
titre, we use that. If it is Holstein
milk we may have to churn at 55
degrees or a little above 50, espe-
cially if the cows are fed on corn-
meal and .eilage, If we are using,
ere= -fawm jersey cows that have
been fed COnSiderable cottonseed
meal, we sometimes have to churn
up to '70 in order to get the butter
to come right.
When the granules begin to ap-
pear, look into your churn, and if
you are a novice you will look quite
often. As you continue to churn you
gradually become accustomed to the
business, and you know about how
much churning to give it each time.
Sometimes the granules will grow in
size very rapidly, especially if the
temperature is a little high, or the
fat a little soft.
and guarding ourselves against it as
best we may during the last three
weeks ,prior to the birth of the calf,
we want to continue a good full ra-
tion of roughage and grain well
through the entire period of lacta-
tion. Were the experiments I have
indicated unsupported by similar ex-
periments elsewhere, 1 should regard
the work at the Michigan station as
one of those peculiar accidents that.
sometimes happen, but upon which
it is unsafe to predict a general rule,
but I have found in the ,public press,
as well as in the reports from other
stations, parallel results,. and I have
come to believe that continued good
feeding, combined with persistent
dry' milking,. is a force that while
not of equal weight with heredity, is
one not to be despised in establishing
this trend .of assimilated food to-
ward the odder.
As a consequence of the combined
efforts of heredity and judicious
feeding, we have the formation of
the dairy form, the yielding of the
outward conformation to the inter
forces, The enlargement of the ud-
der and the vessels that lead to and
from it, ,conibined with the falling
away of the parts to whioh the food
of the animal is no longer directed,
results in the establishment of the
dairy 'form. Mark you that heredity
is the important factor in this work,
and that its supporting force is per-
sistent and prolonged good feeding."
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bOrg whae they think of it. You can use it and
get your memor back if not cured. 600 a box, at
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Or *0 h se's Ointment
A, WONDERFUL EMBRO CATION.
few weeks ago a man who lived
in the 'country had oecasion to go to
London. Ile hadn't been there long
before he got into conversation -with
a Yankee, who commenced talking
about wonderful things they had
"oVer there."
"I guess you won't have heard
about that embrocation we have in
America?" said tlie imaginative
Yankee. "You just simply- cut off
a cow's tail, rub the embrocation
toirimet1.7 stump, and you have anoth-
er tail on the cow in. a week's
"Ay, that's nowt". the country-
man said. "Yo' want to gee :the
embrocation we have at the place
where I come fro'. ,Yo' just simply
cut a cow's tail off, stick part of
the cow's tail that yo' cut off in
the embrocation bottle, and there's
another cow groWn, on M about. four
days' time,"
••••=tejertet_peNe.... ernece
MARKET IN SOLIIII.AFRIOA
A XXXBERLEY NAN SAYS
THERE'S A, -GB,EA,T OPENING.
An Era of Prosperity Will Begin
• Now that the War IS
Over,
"After Studying the queetiea c3,re--
il.111Y and Visitiag .difrerent parts of
Canada arid meeting the leading
manufacturere of the jeteding ecu -
tor, I am more than ever contlxiced
that thee° is every opportunity af
a big trade being done between
Canada and South Africa,"
The, speaker • was Mr, J. Moir of
Ximbeeley, pouth Africa, in Mont-
real on his way baele from the west.
The object of 3/fr, Moir's preterit
visit is to study the posteibilities of
trade between the various cohenies.
"And not only this, but I 44o also
convinced," ,Mr. Moir continued,
"that 4 preference would be given.
to all goods coming from Canada,
and in a short time Cape Town
wohald really be it big Canadian mar-
ket, I have also -been in Australia
and NOW Zealand, and coludder that
among all the colonies Canada, ,is
the retest prosperous and would be
iettb.a.leacto get the largest =Dunn of
•"I have now resided. in South Af-
rica, for nearly II years, and am
sure that the proclamation of peace
and the predominance of English in-
fluence will mean a long era of un-
precedented prosperity throughout
the 'country. As long ai the Boers
remained in. Power the progress of
the cbuntry was bound to be retard-
ed, simply because they were never
progressive enough.
"Only those who have carefully
lookect into the possibilities of the
various districts of South Africa
case tell the future that there is be-
fore the country. All that has been
touched up to the present iu the
waY of minerals is simply what was
to he
FOUND ON T-Frr, SURFACE.
There is almost an unlimited
amount to be developed in the vari-
ous mining districts, eepecially those
which it has been impossible to open
up owing to the troubles that exist-
ed. Then, besides, there are large
districts in which good grain crops
are to be secured, and when these
are occupied by emigrants from Eng-
land' and other countries, the new
British colony will go right ahead.
The only reason that it has not done
so already was that the Boers failed
:utterly to recognize the importance
of railways or any other means of
convenient transportation, and on
this account most of the country
and some of the finest portions ha.ve
remained practically undeveloped,
"But . then, again, My . visit
through Canada has shown me that
it also has a bright future befcire it.
Your. population, instead of being
five millions, ,should be thirty nen-
lions, and immediately arises' the
difficulty, where are the people to
come from.
"You ought to go into stock -raise
ing much more than you do, Not
Onlyseitteinetba ,eseeat walt are there
excellent conditions "-Ire, \Pru-heillg eo,
but even. between Monti 031 and Win-
nipeg there are thousands of miles
that might be used for sruch a pur-
pose. At the present time the dif-
ferent large organizations of the
United States are doing an enorm-
ous trade in canned meat goods in,
South Africa, and if Canada were
only able to compete with the firms
in the neighboring republic, most of
the trade would also come to this
country. At present you cannot
compete with them, but there is not
any reason why you ultimately
should not."
HIS "MNNER END."
An English clergyman and a -Low-
land Scotsman entered one of the
ciu,irivreoduid you prefer
received them kindly and in -
best schools in Aberdeen. The mas-
terthat I should
speer (question) these boys or that
you should spoor them ?"
The English clergyman desired the
master to proceed. He did so with
great success, and' the boys ansWered
satisfactorily numerous interroga-
tories as to the exodus of the Is-
raelites from Egypt. The Clergyman
then said ho would be glad to "speer
the boys," and at once began :—
"How did Pharaoh die ?"
There was a clea.d silence.
In leis dilemma the Lowland gen-
tleman interposed.
"I think, sir, the boys nre not ac-
customed to your. English accent ;
let nee try *hat I can make of
them." And he inquired in broad
Scottish :—
"Hoe did Phatvraoh dee ?"
Agaia there was a dead silence,
u,pen which the master said :
"Noo, boys-, fat cane' to Phaevraoh
at his hinner end ?"
The boys with one voice answer-
ed
"He was drooned."
And a, smart little fellow added
th`t:Otry lassie 'could law tellit ye
On Account of Sevore Pains in Small of Back—Deranged Kidneys the
• Cause of Troubie. •
arress.gewriermawasft ........immommakawmamamenowerom
xmcmoznErle- xiarvirmizt wg,xxr,or-ds.
A great many people who suffer froni backache, lame back and pains in the limbs think they haere rheum
matism and that there is no cure for them, At least nine casco in every ten can be cured by the use of Dr.
Chase's :Kidney -Liver Pills. Mtg. Lessard wee badly crippled before she began the use of this great kid-
ney medieine. Hero is her letter
Mi'. J. J. Lessard, 150 Aqueduct street, Montreal, (tie,, states :—"My main trouble was With my back,
which was very weak, and whenever 1 stooped I Could hardly straighten up agailit on account of the severe
pains which would catch me in the small of the back. Believing that 1ny ailment. Wits MI:Used from deranged
kidneys I began a course of treatment with Dr. Chase's Xiciney-I.Aver Pills, and to -day I am all right
again. This modieine Scented to act directly on the kidneys and as it result improved my health geaerally,
The distressing Leine in my back have eatirely disappeared and I feel real strong and well."
• Mrs. Roes, 100 ;Manitoba street, St, Thema, Ont., states ;--"I had a very Weak back, and at times side
fered very much from severe pains across the small of my back. Believing these to be tensed by derange-
ments of the kidneys, I began the use of Dr, Clattee's Xidney-Liver Pills. This treatinent seemed. te: 'be ex-aet-
•ly what, I required, for it was not long before the pains entirely left me, and I wile tiiuite strong and
webi again, We have also used Dr, Chase's Syrup of Lineeed and Turpentine for the children whet they bad
toughs arid colds, and I never knew it to fall to relieve the trouble at 0000."
nonesoe egieteeseeggee one pill a dose, 25 cents a, box, at all dealers, or Edmansizea CSeee
Vesentee
MMUS IfIDINTI PLACES,
0ICCEaEsh:
HI SAVWGS,
a
bez Fottnd in a Large
The giant COh".1344tsifil,.zePeevii.oere akele
toi
rillnitasigYldtnalotths0:0oildll lireigenpettioynfe tSr0T)Is'Fren 011111$1,n0gel
1115
fireplace for the bank in which to
keep his savings, 'which ho had ill-
veeted in a single Bzulk of Eeeeland
note for 11700. For a short while
it remained in safety, but one iaorn-
ing, a servant chancing eci. light tire
hro without man's fortune went up the chimney
in smokeThis loss drove the gicuit
to drink, and he died soo' after-
io-df ern
a serv-
ingit'i...
Ai bast-ucti
.
as a cash -box was brought be
light at an inquest held lately in
the St. Pancras Infirmary on the
• body of a night-watchman. When ad-
mitted to the workhouse the illa.1)
had shown particular solicitude a$
to his leg, which, on being 'examined
at his decease, was found to contaiti
ten sovereigns wrapped up in an old
kid glove and it purse in which was
t:til)tifiae.1rSea
PCItLIan,dnot MS own, but his
wife's—Was used by a Parisian ar-
tisan as a receptacle for his, hard-
earned savings, which, converted as
soon as they were suincient 113
amount into tweuty-franc pieces,
were stored away in a cavity spe-
cially constructed in
TEE ARTIFICIAL LIMB.
For a, time this novel idea aastver-
ed admirably, but one day, eubse-
quent Co a quarrel between the par-
ties, the wife elopeel witb a cabman
and took her husband's cash -box,
which at that time held over 500
francs, with. her,
A wealthy butcher, living in the
Villette quarter of Paris, had long
been suspected of being a receiver of
stolen jewelry. Last April the po-
lice made a descent upon his premi-
ses, with the result that they recov-
ered $45,000 worth of property, tlie
majority of which was secreted in
the most unlikely places. In a,
large China sheep exhibited in the
shop window were discovered no few-
er than oue hundred and forty
watches, twenty breast pins, and
eleven bracelets; while in a cow's
head were hidden forty-eight dia-
mond rings, eight watches and four
necklaces.
The castodian of a museum in a
certain English town used as a. cash-
box one of the stuffed animals com-
mitted to his charge. In this he
placed his savings, which had
amountedm
to some 1150, what the
quadruped was one day, without his
knowledge, exchanged for some oth-
er curio. Great at first was his
consternation, but on explaining
matters to its new owner he was
permitted, to his great joy, to re-
inoBe-oe ohiicssrnHonAevy-E- orTrz. BEEN ,
USED
as banks wherebanknotes and pa -
'i' securities have been concerned.
A shaeseetime since an eraploye en-
Egineheien gaBe g well-known salerooms
pthie cilizte°ntt'S.Pflilfrills: 6n ex
-
covered. between. the leaves of one'nefa, that- was to be put up for saline -Ills -
the volumes a large number of
deeds and debentures. At the auc-
tion he purchased the bookcase, and
disposed of half the debentures for
over $10,000. On attempting, how-
ever, to negotiate the remainder he
was arrested, and after an investi-
gation the securities were restored
to the heirs of the bookcase's orig-
inal owner.
Seine time since an English cycle
repairer, on overhauling a second-
hand cycle that he had purchased,
discovered concealed in the handle-
bar nine half -sovereigns. In a pi-
ano that two ladies purchased last
year in a Belfast sale room were
found a nunther of sovereigns; whila
in. the old and unsightly frame of
a picture, which. a Hartlepool wi-
dow purchased two years since at it
local auction, were discovered no .
fewer than seventeen 115 Bank of
England notes.
DIGNIFIED SCROOLBOYS.
The model schoolboy is to be look-
ed for in China,. Eleven hundred
college boys, oil bound for Queen's
College, Hong- Xong, and not one of
theni indulging in boisterous laugh-
ter or even letting off his super-
fluous spirits by a, run or a leap, is
a Sight to be witnessed any day in.
that Eastern city. A correspondent
stood in one of the streets crowded
by these Chinese schoolboye and
watched therna.,4 they passed. They
did not hurry, but walked Sedately
along, with their books under their
arms. The u tamest exhibition of
youthful feeling was it reserved smile
which lighted up the fade of a boy
here and there as he listened to the
convereation of his companions,
33ois torous behaviour would have
been considered by these Chinese
lado as inalignifled and quite con-
trary to all idea,s of schoolboy good
form. The more sedate a Chinese
boy is in hit behaviour, the more he
conducts himself like a little old
man, the more aristocratic he io
considered by his schoolfellows, and
the more praise he receives from his
schoolmastere and his parent% There
WS little variety in the color and
eut of their deess, They wore no
hats. Some had brushed all thole
hair straight back into their long
queues ; while others had- it friage of
stiff bristles dividing the shaven
from the unshaven territory of their
head,
"Is Mr. Gayboy at home ?" asked
the caller. "Yes, sir," replied the
edneated butler. "I -re is at home—
he's at his club."
"You're a fraud, sir," cried the in-
dignent patient, "You g;ta ratioed
year medicine to tura after • every-
thing' el ee fn ed, and—.--" "Well,
My dear sir," replied the facke Medi-
cine nutea "probably Weli havealt
tried 0v017t1i:tag elStest