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E POST OF DUTY
OR, THE WATER1VMA N'S SONS.
CHAPTER XL -Cont.
Mr. Tippet who had been 'smiling
cherubically, and nodding approval,
read:-
"I knew it was impossible, my lad,
when 1 gave it to you, and I now
know thet you are both neat -handed
and persevering; so, if you choose,
I'll engage you on the spot to came
on trial for a week. After that we
will settle the remuneration. Mean-
while, shake hands again, and allow
nue to express to you my apprecia-
tion of the noble charat:ter of your
brother, who, I understand from my
sister's letter, saved a young rela-
tive of mine from the midst of im-
minent danger. Good night,
ana, and coarse to me on Monday
next, at nine o'clock in the morn. -
Willie was somewhat perplexed at
this prompt dismissal (for Mr. Tip-
pet had opened the door), especially
after such a long and free -and -easy
conversation. and he felt that, how-
ever much license Mr. Tippet might
permit, he was a man of stern will,
who could not be resisted with im-
punity; so, although he was burning
to know the object and nature of
innumerable strange pieces of mech-
anism. in the workshop, he felt con-
strained to make a polite bow and
depart.
On his way down stairs, he heard
the voices of men as if in angry dis-
putation; and on reaching the next
floor, found Mr. Barret standing at
the open door of his room, endeav-
oring to hold Ned Hooper, who was
struggling violently.
"I tell you," said the latter, in a
drunken voice, "that I w -will go
out!"
'Come, Ned, not to -night; you
can go to -morrow," said Barret
soothingly, yet maintaining his hold
of his friend.
"W --wiry not? ain't night the best
time to -to -be jolly?-eht L'me go.
I shay."
Ike made a fierce struggle at this
point; and Barret, ceasing to expos-
tulate, seized him with a grasp that
he could not reeist, and dragged
hint forcibly, yet without unneces-
sary violence, into the room.
Next instant, the deer was shut
with a bang and locked; so Willie
Wiliders descended to the street, and
turned his face homewards, moraliz-
ing as he went on the evils of drink.
It was a long way to Nott
laiii; but it was not long; .eneeseh to
enable Willie tar-•reaaiu his wonted
tcon� e:`"- He lead seen and heard
a-'s"a much that night to permit of
his equilibrium being restored. He
pursed his mouth sevarai times into
the forru of a round 0, and began
"Rule Britannia;" but the sounds
invariably died at the part where
the '"charter of the land" is brought
forward. Be tried "The Bay of
13/may, 01" with no better success,
never being able to get further" than
"lightning's vivid .powers," before
bis mind was up in the clouds, or in
Mr. Tippet's garret, or out on the
Archimedes -Lever Railway.
Thus wandering in dreams he
reached home, talked wildly to his
anxious Mother, and went to bed
in a state of partial insanity.
CHAPTER XII.
Ono night, not long after the
events narrated in the last chapter,
Frank Winders was standing with
the firemen. in charge in the Icing
Street Station. ID' had just re-
moved his helmet, and the perspira-
tion on his brow showed that he
had been recently engaged in some
active duty; as indeed was the case,
for he had just returned from a
"walk" to se fire in Whitechapel.
"It was only a small affair," said
Frank, hanging up his helmet and
ax, and sitting down to fill his pipe;
"a Low beer -shop in Brook Street;
the tap -room burnt out, and the
rest of the house damaged by smoke.
It was pretty well over before I got
there, and I left half -an -hour after.
Where are the rest o' the lads ?"
"They're out vvi' both engines,"
W
said Ii vxntore, who was busy snaking
a =alarmed= on a slate.
"With both. engines !" said Frank.
"A,y, both," replied Baxnzore,-with
a laugh, as he sat down in front of
the fire. "Let me see : it's now!
nine o'clock, so thxsy've bin oil an
hour; one to Walton Street, Bronx's -
ton; the other to I'orohester Ter-
race, Bayswater. The call was the
queerest I've seen for many a day.
We was all sittin' here smoldn' our
pipes as ague', when two fellers
Came to the door, Lull split, .from
opposite pints o' the compass, air'
run slap into each other. They
looked like gentlemen; but they was
in suah a. state it wasn't easy to
snake out what sort o' fish they
was:. One had his coat torn and
his hat gone; the other had his tile
pretty well knocked down on his
oyey-�I s'pose by the people he ran.
into on the way -an' both were half -
mad with excitement. They both
stuttered too, that was- the fun o'
izhe thing, and they seemed to think
earxh was takin.' off the other, and
got into a most awful r age. My
awn opinion is, that ono stuttered
by nature, au' the other stuttered
from fright. A'ny'how, they both
stuttered together, and a precious
xness they made of it,
" 'F-P-eee-Fire !" roared one.
" 'I` -I -F-Fire 1" yelled the
other.
Where away ?' aslcod Mr. Dale,
looking quietly at the two Wren, who
ware gasping for breath. r
" 'B-i3--13r-I3roinpton
-,Bayswater !' they shouted togeth-
er; and then, turista' fiercely an each
other, the one said N: N --No 1'
and the other said 'N -N -IT --'No 1'
" 'Now, which is it ?' said Dale,
'an' be quick -do.'
" 'B---11-11-.I3ronrton 1'
" 'lb--Ii--B-Bayswater !' in a
breath; then says one. `P - I g---s-
say Brampton !' an' the other, he
says, `I-1, s -s -say Bayswater 1'
At this they grew furious, and
Dale tried to calut theist and settle
the question by asking the nacre of
the street.
' 'W -tri'; -Walton S, ---Street !' cried
one.
" 'P--P-P--Porohester T -T -Ter-
race 1' shouted the other.
" 'N. -N -,N+ -.No !' `Y. -Yr -Yes !'
`N'. --+N o !' an' With that, axle up. ant
an' hit the obi.er- o: crank between
the eyes. ,."Isother returned on the
melee -4'4 then they closed.
---"Before this Mr. Dale bad ordered
out one o' the engines, an' when he
heard the two streets named it• oc-
curred to him that there might be
two fires, so he ordered out the oth-
er engine; and before we got the
stutterers separated both engines
were off full swing, one to Bromp-
ton, the other to Bayswater; but
whether there are two lh-es or no is
yet to to seen."
Just as I a.xmore concluded, the
rattle of a returning engine was
heard. Next moment it das+had up
to the door, and the freemen, leap-
ing off, streamed into the station,
where, amid mach comment aeau
somte laughter at the scone they had
so recently witnessed, they hung up
their hel:naets and crowded round the
fire.
"So it was in Brompton after all"
said Jack Williams, stirring the
coals; "but it was a small affair in
a baker's shop, and we soon got it
out."
"Is the other engine back ?" in-
quired Mo.xey,
"Dere she conies to answer for
herself," said Meson. as the second
ergine dashed up to the station, and
the men were joined by their com-
rades.
"We've got it ,out," said Dale,
sitting down before the desk to en-
ter the particulars in his diary; "it
was a private house, and well alight
when we got there, but the Pa'deling
ton engine was playing on it, and
aro soon got it under."
"Fair, it's wellthen stutterers
didn't kape us longer, else the whole
house would hievc .bin burnt out in-
tirely," observed •Ioe Corney, bind-
ing up a siight wound in his thumb
which he had received from a splin-
ter.
eak, Lan
5;
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It is a puzzle to many parents to
know just what to do for children
when. they get pale, weak aitd lan-
guid, lose their appetite and ambi-
tion, and seem to gradually fail in
health and strongth,
..There is probably no preparation
more effective for such cases as this
than Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. This
great restorative is mild and gentle
in action, and yet powerful and cer-
tain in its upbuilding effects. It is
especially saaitable for children and
endorsed by a great many grateful.
parents.
Mrs, George F, Brisbin, Lake St,,
Teterboro, Ont., states :.-.
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about fifteen years, did not have
good health for a year or more, He
seemed to have no energy, was weak
and lairgtuid and sttitfereel from nee.
vieueness. 1'he doctors said that he
was growing too fast, but we be-
came alarmed about'him, and began
using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. It
was not long until we noticed a
great change itr his condition. Efts
apfeetlte improved, he had a better
color and some became stronger and
healthier. Ire is still using the
l+ervtr brevet, and we are perfoot.ly
icnarleat britt 94 is innprot^ing right
Aro Blau.
along under this treatment."
Mrs. D. Aedies, Brandon, Man.,
writes e --"My son, aged fourteen,
and little girl of three years, Were
both stricken with St. Vitus' •Dunce
Tho doctor told us what the. ail-
ment was, but co'ul'd not keep them
from getting worse and worse, so
When I received a book about Dr.
C1r'ases' /Serve Food, I decided to
try it. The bay had lost eighteen
pounds in two months, and could
scarcely take hold of aarything. The
little girl lost the power of her ton-
gue,
ongue, and could sedarcely *oak,
s"I now take pleasure in stating
that they are both quite well, and
you wouldn'ver know there had
been anythingSobe matter. The boy
has gained twenty Ave pounds in
weight. I am very tataatkful there
is such a medicine on the market,
and that I happened to get'the
little book just whoa I did. It just
oakne in time as though it had boot.
sent on purpose.'•
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thor, via on °sane box,
Most of -the men were more or loris
begrimed with charcoal and &smoke,
and otherwise bore marks of their
recent sharp though short slc.irsuit h,
but nous of them z deemed it neces-
sary to remove these eviteuxes of
devotion to duty until they had re-
freshed themselves with a pipe,
"Wena there people in the house ?"
inquired Prank.
"Ay, but L iekfoxid was there with
the escape, an' got 'em all out be-
fore we Deltas up," said one. "Pick-
ford
Pickford said he couldn't Iselp. laughing
affect• he got 'ent out, at the romonz-
braneo o' their faces. T4'bron ho first
wont in they was all sounsd asleep
in the top door, for the smoke was
ouly beginnin' to show there, azt'
the stualprie° they got when he jump
in among 'eau an' shouted was won-
derful to behold,"
"Not so wonderful," observed Bill
D7loxoy, "as the surprise I seed a
whole m,an-o'-war's crew get by con
sequonee o' the shout o' one of her
own men."
`Wiben was that 1 lot's Ilene about
it, Bill," said Conley, st'ufPing down
the tobeeeo in his pipe, and firing a
battery of cloudlots into tltc air.
"We sees in the Red Sea at the
time," said Maxey, clearing his
throat, "leyin' at anchor, and a
precious hot time we had of it.
There was never a closed a'anost in
the sky, and the stun was nigh hot
enough to fry the decks off the ship.
Cook e'aid he'd half a mind to roast
a junk o' beef at it, but ,I never
heard that ho managed that. We
slop' on deck o' nights. 'cause you
might as well have tried to sleep in
a baker's oven as sleep below. The
thing that troubled us most at that
time was a tiger we had on board,
It did kick up such a shindy some-
times ? We tdrought it would break
its cage an' make a quid se' some of
us. I forget who sent it to w*-
p'reps it was the Yaslta of Egypt;
anyhow we weren't sorry when the
order was given to put the tiger
ashore,
"Well, the same day that we got
rid o' the tiger we was seat aboard
a Malay st]tfp to flog one o' the men.
He'd bin up to some ntiseliief, an'
his comrades were afraid, I s'pose,
to flog hint; and as the offense h
had committed was against sus scone -
how (I never rightly understood it
neseself), son:* of us went aboard
the Malay abip, tied hizn up, an'
gave him two dozen.
`•Thnt night the whole ship's com-
pany :!'rep' on check as usual--oynecrs
as troll -all but the cap'n, who had
gone ashore. It was a tremendous
hot night, an' a good deal darker
than usual. There was one man in
the ship named Wilson: but we call-
ed halt Bob Roarer, because of a
habit he had of Speaking an' mauve -
times roarfn' in his sleep. Bob Ina.
between znc , etege-•ttlze parser that
niglhte..e:t°i'"'da. 'acee 'on all right till
it -was getting late, though thine
was two or throe snorers that got
their noses close to the dcscle an'
kop' up a pretty fair imitation of a
braes band. Suddenly Bob began to
dream, or took a nightnna:re or
somsthin', for he hit straight out
with both fists, givin' the purser a
tab on the nob with his left, an'
canine his right into nay bread-
baeket with such good will, that he
nearly knoc'iced all the wind out o'
are, at the same time he uttered a
most appallin' y ell.
"The confusion that followed is
pest desoription. Same of us
thought it was the tiger had broke
loom, forgettin' that it had been
sent asi!or e. Bob wreaked off the
moment he found out what he'd,
done;, axwl the purser, thiniein' it
was pirates, grafi .bed the first he
oouls ay hold of by the throat, and
that was nee, so to it we went tooth
an' nail, for I had no notion who
was pitchin' into mo, it was so
Clark. Two of the noon in their
fright sprung up the main shrouds.
Two others, who were asleep in the
maintop. were awoke by the row,
looked down on the starboard side,
an saw the two comas' up. Think-
ing it was the friends of the h7`alay
who had bin flogged coneing to be
revenged, they ran down the port
shs•otuds like mad, and one o' them
rushed along the port -deck, stickin'
his feet into the bread -baskets of all
the sleepers• that` hadn't been woke
by the yell, cousin' them up an'
consist' them to roar like bo's'ns.
The row woke the cook, who was a
nigger; he, tltinkin, it was a sadden
jollification, seized one o' the cop-
pers an' began to beat it with an
iron spoon. This set up the quar-
termaster, who rusbod along the
starboard deck, trampin' upon the
breasts and faces of all and I8tnday.
The gunner thought it was the tiger
and took to the top of the aweing;
while the doctor and bo's'n's-mate
they jumped over the side, and hung
on by ropes up to their waists in
water !
"At the worst o' the confuc,i.on
the cafp'n canoe aboard. We didn't
see }ram, but he ordered silence, an'
after a while we discovered that there
was n.o reason whatever for the
shindy. It wasn't till a long time
afterward that we found out the real
cause of the false alarm, i3ut the
only xaan that got no fright that
night, anal kep' quite cool, was the
man who set it all agoin'--Bob
Roarer.
"What a feller you aro, Bill to
talk blarney," said Corney, rising
and knocking the ashes out of his
pipe; "sure, either yor father or
yer mother must have bin an Irislh-
man."
"Blarney or no blarney, thaw's
the facts," said Moxey, yawning,
"an I'm off to bed,"
"Ditto," said Frank, stretching
himself.
The two tressels, which were al-
ways removed from the room during
the day, had been brought its, and
were by this time occupied by iVlason
and Williams, whose duty it was to
keep watch that night. Ba*more,
the sub -engineer of tiro station, sat
down at tho desk to road over the
events of the day, and the others
rose to leave.
"By the way, 13axmore," said
Dale, "what was that false alarm
at 2 p, m., when I was down at
toting Street ?"
"Only a chemist in Kensington,
wiie, it semis, is mad after nxakin.'
experinizsnts, and all but blew the
recd off hie house with one of 'ease'?
"Alit only smoke, 1 suppose ?"
said Date.,
"net was all," said Baxztntorc,
"but there was site'lt a lot of it that
s ,oz as x
fellows low
s t 'z'
tl.ol It It WAS r
as
a fzD
an' came tearin' down here wi' the
news, so we had a ride for noth-
ing."
"If I'zn not znista'ken you'll have
a nide for something ere long," ob-
served Dale, turning his hoad aside,
while he listened attentively, ""1foid
on, lads, a minute !"
'Mere was a sound of wheels in
the distance., as if souse vehicle were
approaching at a furious pace. On
it came, louder and louden•, until it
turned the Dormer of the street, and
tiro horses' feet rattled on the stones
as they were pulled tip there) at the
station. Instantly the bell was
rung violently, arrd a severe kicking
was bestowed am the door.
It is needless to say titat Ute
summons was answered promptly.
Some of the lean quietly rettunted
the helmets they had just hung tap,
well knowing that work lay before
thein.
A cabman darted tbeough the door
the instant it was opened, shout-
ingr
'Fire 1"
"Where ?" asked Dale.
"Forth Street, Holbert', sir 1"
cried the cai'ntan.
Again, for the third time that
night, tiic ardor was given to "get
her out." While this was boi'ng
done, 13ax nore took a leathern parse
from the cup-noand, and gave the
cabman a sbilking for being first to
"give the call."
As the men tt'oro already accoutere
cti, the engine left the station on
tele aeeasiott in less than five mine
utos. The distautxo was sguort, sro
the pace was full speed, and in an
incredibly short space of time they
drew up au front of a cargo, hank] -
some shop, from tihe first -floor win-
dows of which thick smoke and a
few forked. daisies avers issuing,
(To bo Continued.)
4
GIRLS TOIL II'T MINTS.
Belgium Can't Find. Remedy For
Its Industrial Slavery.
Notwithstanding all the criticisms
and ameliorative suggestions that
prevail on social reform among the
talo izsg, classes, and the dreams of
the mode .a rciologists of both hem-
ispheres, ,rind earesblorn of how Bel-
gium car• ; he z . decent employment
s ar less firis remains still
tha'ye.e kingdom is only
ranger, ee of Pennsylvania,
and yetYourelas boundarios more
than 6,iiateeatiti persons are battling
for their daily bread.
Undoubtedly our girls pity their
Belgian sisters and condemn the
act of employing the weaker sex up-
on dangerous and strenuous labor in
subterranean galleries, just as the
Belgian servant girls and farmers'.
daughters have pitied them for man,lr
years; nevertheless, the girls at
work in the mines make light of
their sympathizers and seem more
than satisfied with their miserable
lot. None of them would voluntar-
ily exehaege it for the position of. a
servant • girt. Complaints seldom
arise from their lips, no natter what
grave danger the day's share of work
may involve or to what wretched
condition of servitude they may be
doomed.
The mines wherein so many young
girls aro spending the best days of
their youth arc indisputably the
deepest in the whole world, some
reaching a depth of 4,200 feet, and
their interior is insuffrcfently venti-
lated; the air is impure, the heat in-
tense and highly explosive from the
numberless crevices, capable of trans-
forming hundreds of toiling bodies
into lifeless masses in an unexpected
moment! Numerous instances of
such disasters are on record.
The clothes worn by the unfortu-
nate girls during working time are
made of blue linen of the lightest
weight and consist of large panta-
Ioons, the end of these bifurcate gar-
ments being tied around the legs just
above the shoes; also a jacket
wherein the body can freely exercise
its muscular strength. The hair is
skillfully enveloped in a handkerchief
thus protecting the head from coal
dust as wall as if it had never ap-
proached a coal mine. The whole
outfit costs about 70 cents, and is
changed twice a week. In full dress
the girl of the Belgian mine resem-
bles a bicyclist of her sex arrayed in
bloomers.
For twelve hours' work a day in
the mines the Belgian girl earns 50
cents.
to its
to be s
one -four
A BASHFUL PROFESSOR.
A certain professor had a curious
tendency to confuse the initial con-
sonants of successvive words, which
often landed him in trouble. •
Ho was badly, in love with the
daughter of another professor. His
intentions wore obvious to anyone,
but, being an intensely bashful man,
he never could screw his'eourage to
the point of snaking the necessary
plunge.
One afternoon. t"he Professor drop -
pod in, as iso often did, at his col-
league's house, and after ho had
talked for a little while with the
lady's mother she rang the bell for
tea. Thinking to give him an op-
portunity that oven ho could hardly
fail to use, she thon said: "Oh, Pro-
fessor, nay. daughter is out in the
garden, May I trouble you to go
and find her, and ask her to come
in and make tea?"
The Peolessor obligingly disappear-
ed through the French. window, and,
after a little search, he came tip
with the lady, who was alone, Be-
coming once more tongue-tied, the
bashful man of learning stammered:
"Oh, Miss Mabel, your mother wish-
es to know if you will come in --and
take me?"
And she did.
1.'
A. silver coin remains in currency
for an average. period of 27 years:
Mints of soap bubble .have bunt
measti.red of a thinness of the tour-
mtttiovalt nctte of eat lnetta..
R FARMERSF
$ttssonable and Profttehle
dinte for the Busy Tillers
Of the Syoill N,a:* y
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F.011 AND AGAINST TIlla SILO.
There are few persons who quos'
tion the advisability of supplying
farm animals as near as possible
with summer conditions in the
winter, As it is a well known fact
that grass is the cheapest food raised
on the farm for live stock it is but
following nature's own path to sup-
ply animals with a food that is as
nearly like grass as possible during
11period when they have to be kept
housed. In some respects roots
cornu very nearly filling the bill, al-
though the labor connected with
handling• the root crop is so groat
as to almost make it impracticable
to grow it in large areas. Next to
this comes the silo in which ntay be
placed green fodders with absolute
assurance that they will retain their
succulency and feed out in good con
dition.
Tho first advantage of the silo that
the would mention is, that it enables
ono to put in a supply of roughage
before theme is any danger of hav-
ing fodder injured by the frost,
Corn is a great silage crop, and
when it is to bo' converted into sil-
age it may be cut while the grain is
in the glazed condition, Indeed the
plant contains a larger per cent. of
nutriments in this condition that at
any other time, hence the possibility
of
STORING IT EARLY,
Tho advantage of feeding succulent
ensilage during the winter need
scarcely be mentioned, because all
are familiar with its beneficial effect
upon the animal's system and its
ability to make beef when this is de-
sired or milk when this is the end
sought. When corn fodder is put
in a well constructed silo, at the
proper season of the year, there is
possibly less loss tvhou it is kopt
in this way than any other plan
that is ordinarily practised. There
is no loss due to weathering in-
fluences and practically no waste
whoa the ensilage is fed, because it
is all palatable and is relished by
stock.
One of the first disadvantages of
the use of the silo that is generally
mentioned is its first cost, together
with the outlay for equipment for
siloing the fodder and also the cost
of storing the crop annually. Hand-
ling corn fodder when it is in a suc-
culent condition always involves a
large amount of. labor, and as suf-
ficient help can scarcely be obtained
in many sections, this item alone is
one that must he reckoned with be-
fore one involves himself in tho ex-
pense of constructing a silo. How-
ever, this may frequently be over-
come by a number of neighbors go-
ing together and filling the silos in
the community consecutively. It
sometimes happens that jest when
the corn is ready to be put into the
silo the
WEATHER IS NOT SUITED
for this kind of work, and as a re-
sult it. is not uncommon to find the
matter of harvesting the corn crop
delayed to such an extent that it is
not safe to convert corn into ensil-
age. This difficulty is liable to be
niet with in the case of wet sea-
sons. We know of many instances
where, under such circumstances, si-
los remained empty and the corn
crop. fed as hauled daily front the
field. Where a silo is not properly
constructed there is danger of hav-
ing a good deal of the ensilage spoil,
which not only involves a loss, but
is a matter of great inconvenience
when one is building his hopes on
his fodder supply only to find that a
largo proportion of it is spoiled.
However, where silos are properly
built and the ensilag-e put in skillful-
ly at the proper time there need be
but little fear from this score.
The man who is considering the
construction of a silo will do well to
ponder over the hints given above,
in order that no disappointment
shall be incurred. In .this matter
there is no turning back, because it
is utter foolishness to go to the ex-
pense of constructing a silo and put-
ting in machinery and then allow all
to • remain idle.
GOLDEN RULES FOR THE DAIRY
A set of rules adopted by the fain-
ous Blythwood dairy of Stansted,
Eztgland, is good enough for use in
almost any longitude. The follow-
ing is a condensation of tlreaxat
Give the cows albs. t013lbs. of
concentrated food daily when on the
pastures.
Seo that they have access to pure
water. That they aro not worried
by flies, nor over -drivels by boys, or
hunted by dogs.
ACilk regularly.
Insist upon the udders being wiped
clean, and the Milkers having clean
hands and clean pails.
Never mix the milk of a newly -
calved cow, or a very stale zui1iior.,
with that from the others, ;
Keep salt in the manger.
Always clean out the manger after
every . meal.
Treat the animals with kindness,
they 'will amply repay it.
Never dip the fingers in the pall
when milking.
In winter• never use turnips, or
grains, musty hay, barley straw, or
anexcessive quantity of oil cake..
Select. such roots as carrots, par-
snips and miengolds, the best hay,
oat straw, sweet grass, silage, oats,
bran, middlings, areal, cotton -seed
meal.
Carry the milk to the ,dairy wl•Iilo.
warm lz'om the cow. It must not be
allowed to cool before pouring into
the setting vessels.
Strain it carefully.
Talc° care that the setting vessels
and the dairy are thoroughly weet
and clean, and the latter dry, free
from draughts convoying foul smells,
and without drains, trapped or
o thorwiso.
Place the cream in a deep earthen
vossol, and when adding eubsegtuent
skimmings, stir and mix the whole
with a wooden stirrer.
DI P$. Wo CCATARRH HASES -
CUE ass
is sent direct to the diseased
parts by tho Improved Blower.
Heals tbo ulcers• altars thy al:
passages, stops droppings In the
throat and pera,anantly etre*
Catarrh and Elowet
froe. All dealers, orDr• A W, Chase
MedIGLnat Co., Toronto and Buffalo.
BETTER QUALITY OF ROOTS.
Tho improvements of farm root
crops-mangois, turnips, etc. --
should be done with regard to di-
minishing, the amount of water there-
in and increasing the proportion of
sugar, starch and protein. Expert
moats made in England show that
all roots have a tendency to contain
an excess of water, which in itself /is
valueless, and some varieties are
claimed to contain water to a harm-
ful degree. In the root crops a small
deviation in the percentage of water
materially affects the feeding value,
as a ton of one kind may contain
twice as much solid matter as a ton
of another variety. It is an ad-
vantage as well as a necessity,
therefore, that the farmer ascertain
the weight of the solids in a crop.
The specific gravity of the root is a
guide to the keeping qualities, and
the specific gravity of the juice is
a guide to its feeding quality.
]Fence, when tho density is highest
in both the juice and the whole
root, the value of the crop for feed-
ing is the greatest. The farmer can
easily ascertain these facts without
the aid of an experiment station,
but the station can assist them in
arriving at a knowledge of the pro-
portions of sugar, protein and min-
eral natter contained. The pro-
portion of sugar in roots is import-
ant, as the more sugar the greater
the value of the roots as assistants
in fattening the animals. The farm-
er who knows something of tho value
of roots may secure a more valu-
able crop than contains a low per-
centage of solids and an excess of
water, and he should, therefore, en-
deavor to become thoroughly in-
formed in that direction.
SHARE AND SHARE ALIFCG.
A man, while crossing a river dur-
ing a recent flood, accidezitally slip-
ped in. Two men, who were work-
ing in the vicinity, immediately pro-
cured a' rope and rescued him from a
perilous position.
Their prompt action was deserved-
ly praised.
Being spoken to on the 'subject,
the .rescued man objected to -so much
praise being given to one side.
"Don't keep telling me about
them," ho said. "If I hadn't fallen
in, they would never have been heard
of."
Jim Dulnpe on Independence Dety,
Said: "Porto freed uo from Eng-
land's sway.
Now dedependence let'*, declare
From indigestion's tyrant snare.
Good friends, shake off this deapot
grim:.
'Titres 'Terve' that freed your
'Smsay Jim.' f
The Reelpiadereo Ceres.
Always on duty.
A Food for Fighters,
"It may interest yon to learn that 'Force'
Is being served at breakfast several times
eaca week to thio members of the. Second Reg-
ime/a, w. G. Pe slow on duty at this place,
"Rearm W. Betimes
1TUE RA,118D
FISC, BIRDS 4. TD .PFAS'.i'S.
HILLED Br FOREST F]4R.I1.,5,
Vaxiaus Theories Suggested to Ale
corxnt for the Mortality
Jlxz;mong the Fish..
The forest Ares in Canada have
caused great destruction of game.
'Reports now et hand prove that
partridges, woodcock and rabbits
and the many small fur -bearing ani-
mals have suffered enormously,
writes a correspondent at .111411.
'Wood pigeons were noticed to be re-
markably on the increase this year,
having perhaps discovered new win-
tering grounds in the west, attd
those in the burned distriet have
been pteotically annihilated.
A trout fisherman who judged it
wise to shift bis eam t to an seam -
a few acres in extent in the middle
of a large unnamed lake notttheast,
of the Yellow Beo,vcr had an exper-
iunce which in some respects trans,
evade that of the "Swiss Family,
Robinspn." The domain of tvisich
ho was at first the only inhabitanit
beteazne peopled with woddpec&cars,
tthrllcos, plovers and partridges, as
the furs extended along the shales
of the lake. Theo sgnirs els carne,
and a few rabbits appeared. An old
boll moose and three stags, all with
budidirt•g horu:s, swam in together
one morning. Several red deer,
some of wiitona had evidently lost
their fawns, came along later.
uA. fine black bear loaded also, with
one little cteb exercised upon its
mother's neck. So thickly settled.
in fact, because the island that the
sportaman judged it wise to keep
to his hut for fear of startling some
of • his guests, by stepping too near,
to their resting places. Ile did,
however, dispute with las gun the
landing of a gaunt old wolf, its the
interests of the general peace.
The living amid such surrostntliings
had an effect upon bis nerves+, how-
over, and as the fishing did not tarn
out very well, he loft his strangely
assorted community and by a care-
ful choice of lakes and rivers made
his way
DOWN TO THE SET'rLEM1r,NTS.
All reports agree that in the burp-
ed district trout streams have suff-
ered
uesered severely. At all the demo a2ill
at the many points where fallen
trees lie across the brooks, dead
fishes of all. sizes float in multitudes.
On one little silvans, w Calle was
newer fished. for trout hoonie to it was
known to be tenanted by pouts and
dace, the bleaching bodies of large
spotty 1 beauties lie, . coWering it
tifickly at far as tihe eye can see.
The larger lakes all bear Somewhat
similar proof upon their sereface of
the havoc that has bean . c'aused in
the streams flowing into them.
Various theories have been suggest
ed to aecotunt for the mortality
among the fish. The idea of poison-
ing is very commies:sly received.
Limestone, which abounds in a
highly crystalline form in the I,ari,r-
ezuti'des, is supposed to ha.ve been
calcined into quicklime, which, as
many old poachers know well, will
quickly bring Up all the fish in the
affected water to the surface. There
is a good deal of iron pyrites in the
rocks, whicai give off rptlpltnztio acid
under fusion. And there is no
doubt of the poisonous effect of siul-
p]a:uric acid upon fedi.
Still another, teepee- is that the
destruction of so nuucle vegetable
matter along the banks of streams
by fire has caused the formation of
tye, which would cet•'teinly be had
for fish life. No doubt these chemd-
cal changes may have head some-
thing to do with the desitruction of
the fish. But it is not difficult to
account in a merle sitn8nler matt ne
life. ritisurtd
for the lass of z o, whet .,.
stood that the trput aro the great-
est stufferers.-
A t'ery slight rise its the tempera-
ture of the water nexukes the trout
listless and inert. When confined
in shallow. pools, ho becomes bleach-
ed, a.nd wastes away. In tate case
of bush fires, where the soil itself
takes fire and bltu'ne away, the
banks of streams as well as the air
above become Heated. A sudden
rise of two or three degrees in the
temperature of brooks is not at all
itnpose'ible in each. cases, and there
is overly reason to' believe that melt
a change would be highly detlrienen E -
al to the extremely susceptible
troat.
Ndoubt, also, tite loss of insect
life, which must be simply onor-
mous at; surra times, will be greatly
felt by Ash in the afflicted district.
TEN GOOF RULES.
Netrir put off until to -morrow what
you can do to -day. -
Never trouble another for what you
can do yourself..
Never spend money before you
have earned it,
Never buy what you don't want
because it is cheap.
Pride costs mare than hunger,
thirst and cold.
Wo seldom repent of having :eaten
too little.
Nothing is troublesome that eve do
willingly.
How much pain the evils have cost
us that have never happened!
Take things always by the sriiooth
handle.
When angry, count ten before yen
speak; if very .angry, count a hun-
dred.
ELECTRIC CRANE.
Tho great German naval harbor of
ICiol Stow contains the largest elec-
tric crane in existence. It is so plac-
ed that two of the t largest vessels'
may lie ono on each side of it for
tate purpose of unloading or oxcliang-
ing cargoes. The crane can lift KU'
tons at c time,I heat tt, prang
have rapidly replaced hsattt:d•eten
steam apparatus in the 60-7-n) fi,z.
shipyards and docks. e.srd on board
the largo Gcrnrazt std;*sent'tltilis.
1,Ot) cubic fetet of gals gives the
ISame amount of H rlt as she she stria
itniier