The Brussels Post, 1911-9-28, Page 2CLOSE QUARTERS;
OR, THE HOUSE IN THE:
RUE BARi3i,TTE
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CHAPTER IV.'
In less confident t nos Iuspectct'
Walters resumed his narrative;
"On M-onday evening, sir," he
said, "about eight o'clock,, his Ek-
celleney and the two secretaries
were dining downstairs, anti mat-
ters had, thus far, gone on with the
sante routine as was observed every
preceding day, The workman quit-
ted work at me o'clock. The three
gentlemen tient out for a drive as
soon as everything was locked up,
and came in again at a quarter to
eight. They did not change their
clothes for dinner', so there was no
occasion to search them, as no one
had gune upstairs since they had
descended soon after six. They
bad barely started dinner whea
sumo one called at the front door,
1
and I was sent fur. The door bell.
I may explain was always answered
by one of the house servants, and
he, if necessary, admitted any per-
sun who came, closing the door;
but the visitor had to be examined
by the policeman stationed in the
;passage before he was permitted to
come any further. On this occa-
•aion I went out and found three
gentlemen standing there. They
were Turks, as could be easily seen
by their attire, and appeared to
be persons of some consequence."
"What do you mean by the words
`their attire?' " interrupted Brett.
"Were they dressed in European
clothes or in regular Turkish gar-
ments?"
"Oh," said the inspector, "I only
meant that they wore £cies; other-
wise they were quite accurately
dressed in frock coats and the rest,
but they were unmistakably Turks
by their appearance. Two of them
could speak no English, and the
third, who acted as the leader of
the party, first of all addressed me
in Trench. Finding I did not un-
derstand him, he used very broken,
but fairly intelligible English.
What he wanted was to be taken
at once to His Excellency, Mehe-
met Ali Pasha. I said that his Ex-
cellency was dining and that per-
haps he had better call in the
morning, but he replied that his
business was very urgent, and he
could not wait. He made me un-
derstand that if I sent in the cards
of himself and his companions they
would certainly be admitted at
once. I did not see any harm in
this, so I took the three cards and
gave them to Hussein, who was
crossing the hall at the moment."
"As the cards were printed in
Turkish characters you could not
of course, tell what the . names
were," said Brett.
A look of blank astonishment
crossed the inspector's face as he
replied: "That is a good guess, but
it is so. The hieroglyphics on the
piece of pasteboard were worse than
Greek. However, Hussein glanced
at them. Be appeared to be sur-
prised ; he went into the dining
room. Of course I had nothing
v.lse to do to let them in, which I
did, accompanying them myself to
the door of the dining -room, and
making sure, befure the door was
closed, that their presence was ex-
pected."
"How did you do that?" said
Brett.
"Well, although they spoke in
what I suppose was Turkish, it is
not very difficult to distinguish by
a man's tones whether his recep-
tion of unexpected visitors is cor-
dial or not, and there could be no
doubt that the visiting cards bad
conveyed such names to his Excel-
lency as warranted the introduc-
tion of the party into the house.
The six gentlemen remained in the
dining -room until 0,17 (I have the
time noted here in my pocket -
hook). They then came out and
went upstairs in a body to the ante-
room, where they all sat down, as I
could tell by the movement of the
chairs overhead, and in a few mm-
utes Hussein was rung for to bring
cigarettes and coffee. This was at
0,21, Hussein was searched as he
came downstairs after receiving the
order, and again at 9.30 when he
returned after executing it. I was
relieved at ten o'clock, and beyond
describing the three gentlemen, 1
know nothing more about the busi-
ness,"
"They were well dressed " in-
quired Brett; "they impressed yon
as Turkish gentlemen by their fea-
tures, and they wore fezes?"
"Yes," said the policeman, with
a smile ; "but there was a little
more than that."
"It is of, no importance," said
Brett.
"But really it must be," urged.
the inspector. "011e of them, the
man who spoke to me, had a bad
ttword-eut amass. his right cheek,
whilst another squinted horribly;
besides, they were all elderly men."
"Pardon me, inspector," said
Brett, "but you admit, no doubt,
that, this is a very remarkable
crime I ate • investioating." there?" broke in Brett.
"I should just think it is, sir," "Fourteen exactly, They were veyed off the. premises. Dr, Coke
"Well, now does it not strike you
that the perpetrator's "thereof, who
were not afraid to be aerutinized
by youri;elf and by several outer
policemen, and to be searched and
further scrutinized by a different lav
set 01 officers when they came out
gvery Y' per t✓J 6q• soca ntarr
again, would be unlike) se Peavey
blunruel
bons to bear about thein such dis-
tinguishing characteristics as would Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
lead to their arrest by the first tees \fury A, I3entloy, 03 Gnivereity St.;
youthful police-co'nstable who en- eiontreal, wrltes,.. in a recent lettere Some
countered them? I do not want to re years ago I noticed small p triples break -
be rude, or to indicate any lack of leg out on .the h ek of my htmds. They
3 became vont' the brin •, and •induany became
nacre ton- onyour part,but, from 'verse so that I Couto het steep at night, I
t t consulted a physician who treated mea 100
my point of view, I would vastly tlmeflbut 11 got rrse, and 5 couldd»at ii
prefer not to be furnished with any >spltat,` and ti was ja t Ire same. 1 was
description of these three persons, told that 1t was a very bad enao of erxernai
nor would I care to have seen them could efor )nearly eight n On using years everything
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as they entered or left the house.advised to try Cuticura Ointment. I did so,
and I found after a few applications the
burning sensations were disappearing, I could
sleep well, and did not have any itching
during the nlsht. I began after a while to
use Cutieura hoop. I stuck to the Cuticura
treatment and thought if I could use other
remedies' for over seven years with Ile reBult
and after only having a few applications and
finding ease from Cuticura Ointment,
deserved a fair. trial. with a severe and stub-
. born case. 1 used the Cutncura Ointment
and Soap for nearly six months, I am
glad to,say that I have hands as clear as
anyone. It is my wish. that you publish this
letter to all the world, and if anyone doubts 15,
let them write me."
Cutieura Soap and Ointment are sold by
druggists and dealers everywhere. For a
liberal sample of each, with 32-p. book send
to Potter Pru b Chem. Corp., Dept. bP,
Boston, U. b, A.
Eight Years of Bad
Eczema on Hands
"Well, that is very curious,"
said Inspector Walters, drupping
his hands on his knees in sheer
amazement at such an extraordin-
ary statement from a man whose
clearness and accuracy of percep-
tion had been so fully justified by
the incident of the wincljw-blind.
"And now, Mr. Sharpe," said
Brett, "what did you observe?"
"I came un duty at ten o'clock;
posted ray guards, and received
from Inspector Walters an exact
account of what had taken place
before my arrival, Inspector Wal-
ters had hardly quitted the house,
when une of the junior members of
the mission came downstairs with
a note which he asked me to send
at onec by a constable to Mr. Tal-
bot."
"You are quite sure he was one
of the members of the mission 1"
said Brett.
"Perfectly certain. I have seen
him every previous night for near-
ly a month, as the gentleman often
went out late to the Turkish Em-
bassy, and, elsewhere. I sent the
note, as requested, and Mr. Talbot
came back with the constable in
about twenty minutes. Mr. Talbot
went upstairs accompanied by Hus-
sein; Hussein came • down, was
searched, went down to the kitchen,
brought up more coffee, and never
appeared again. The next time 1
three Belgians. Taking a core
stable with me, I went upstairs,
and ascended to the second story,
where I knew his Excellency's suite
was situated, and where I expected
to find Hussein asleep on a mat in
front of the bedroom door. The
mat was there, but no Hussein.
Then I went higher up to the rooms
occupied by the two assistants. I
knocked, but received no answer.
One door was looked; the other
was open, so I went in, but the
room was empty, and the bed had
not been slept upon. This seemed
so strange that I knocked loudly at
the other door, with no result. I
returned to his Excellency's floor
and hammered at the door, which
was locked, sufficiently to wake the
soundest sleeper that ever lived.
This again was useless, so I re -
saw him was about noon yester- turned downstairs and sent off two
day, when we broke open the door, messengers post haste—one to Mr.
and found his dead body. At 11.25 Talbot, and the other to the Corn -
Mr. Talbot, accompanied by ane missioner of Police at Scotland
whom Inspector Waiters has de- Yard. The man who went to Mr.
scribed as the spokesman of the Talbot's house returned first, bring-
strangers, came down the stairs. ing the startling information that
Mr. Talbot looked somewhat puz- Mr. Talbot had not been home all
zled, but not specially worried, and night, and that his uncle and sis-
submitted himself to the searching ter were anxious to know where he
operation as usual. The other man was, as they had received no mes-
seemed to be surprised by this pro- sage from him since he quitted the
seeding, but offered no objection house the previous night at 10.15.
when his turn came, and said some- The Commissioner- of Police came
thing laughingly in French to Mr, himself a little later. By that time
Talbot, when he had to take his Inspector Walters had reached here
boots off. The two gentlemen went for his turn of day duty, and after
outside and called a cah. Mr. Tal- a hasty consultation we decided to
bot got in, and the constable at the break in all the doors that were
door heard the foreigner tell the locked, commencing with that of
driver to go to the Carlton Hotel. the second assistant. His room was
He repeated the address twice, so empty, and so was his Excellency's,
as to make sure the man would neither apartment having been oc
make no mistake. copied during the night. We then
"Then they drove off, and there returned to the first floor and fore
was no further incident to report ed the door of the ante -room,
until five minutes past twelve, when which, we discovered, was only se -
the other two foreigners came down- cured by a spring latch, the lower
stairs. Then we had a bit of a job. lock not having been used. As soon
They knew no English, and one of as we entered the room, we found
our men, Who could speak French, the four dead men. Hussein, the
found that they did not understand servant, was nearest the door and
that language. However, at last in was lying in a crumpled -up position.
dumb show we got them to per- He had been stabbed twice through
ceive that everybody who came the back and 'once through the
downstairs had to be searched. spinal column at the base of. the
They submitted at once, and I took neck. His Excellency and the two
special care that the investigation assistants were seated in chairs,
was complete. There was nothing but bad been stabbed through the
upon them to arouse the slightest heart. The instrument used must
suspicion, no weapons of any sort have been a long thin dagger or
beyond a small pocket-knife car- stiletto- There was no sign of it
ried by one man, and not much in anywhere in the room, and most
the way of either papers or money. certainly none of the men who came
Before going out one of them pro- out the previous night had such a
duced a small card on which was weapon concealed upon him.
written, 'Carlton Hotel.' "Doctors were at once sent for,
"I took it that this was' their re and the first medical gentleman to
sidenee, so I instructed a constable arrive said that each of the four
to see them into a cab and tell the had been dead for many hours, but
driver where to take then. I also they also imagined that the coffee,
showed them how much money to the remains of which we found in
give the cabman. None of the gen• some cups on the table, had been
tlemon upstairs put in an appear. drugged. Su, before disturbing the
anee, nor did I hear them retire to room and its contents in any way,
rest. To make quite sure that all the Commissioner sent for Dr. Ten -
was right, I and a sergeant who nyson Coke. After careful invest'.
looked in a little later went up gallon Dr. Coke came to the same
stair's and tried the door of the conclusion as the other gentlemen.
ante -room. This was locked and He believes that his Excellency and
everything was quiet within, so we his two assistants were first stupe-
fied to the hall, and the night by the drug and then murder -
was passed in the usual manner. ed as they sat in their chairs, whilst
Hussein always made his appear- the appearance of Hussein and the
ares about eight o'clock in the nature of his wounds seemed to in -
morning, when he came dusvn to dieate that he had been nneepeat-
procurc coffee for his L"sxceileney es/1y attacked and killed before he
anti the others. As he did not show could struggle effectually or even
up I wondered what had become of call fur assistance.
him, When nine o'clock came, 1 "Of course, the diamonds had
determined to investigate matters. vanished, whilst in the safes or on
By that time the diamond cutters the tables we found the keys which
hail put in an appearance, end were had evidently been taken from his
gathered in the hall, undergoing a Exeellenev's pockets, We were all
Slight search preparatory to their Puzzled ie) t,eteunt fug the disap-
day's work," Puzzled
of tate diamonds and the
righty ninny of these mesh were dagger, but von have clearly shown
the moans whereby they were core
The four bodies wale carried to the
mortuary in Chapel Place, ,and the
fourteen Workmen wore conveyed
to Scotland 'hard, not beeause wa
have any ehargo against them, but
the Commissioner thought it beet
to keep them unsier surveillance wee
til the Turkish Embassy has set -
tied what was to be done with therm,
in the latter of paying such wages
as were due and sending them heels
to Amsterdam. The men them•
selves,; I may add, were mite subs -
fled with cul• action in the matter.
That is really all I. have to tell
you."
"It is quite clear, then," mist
Brett, "that two Wren succeeded in
murdering • four and in getting
away with their plunder and arms
without creating the slightest noiae
or exciting any suspicion in your
mind."
"That is so," admitted Inspector
Sharpe ruefully.
"Then," said Brett, "there is no-
thing else to be clone here. Will
you come with tee, Mr. Winter?"
"Where to, sir?" inquired the.
detective,
"To find Mi', Talbot, of course."
"Easier said than done," re-
marked Inspector Walters, as the
door closed behind the visitors,
Inspector Shara was less seepti-
cal.
"He's a very smart chap is
Brett," he said. "Neither you nor
I thought of punching that wire
screen, did we?"
(To be continued.)
1,
A. HIT.
What She Gained by Trying Again.
A failure at first makes us esteem
final success.
A family in Minnesota that now
enjoys Postnme would never Stave
known how good it is if the mother
had been discouraged by the fail-
ure of her first attempt to prepare
it. Henson tells the story;
"We had never used Posture till
last spring when father brought
home a package one evening just
to try it. We had heard from our
neighbors, and in fact every one
who used it, how well they liked it
"Well, the next morning Mother
brewed it about five minutes, just
as she had been in the babit of do-
ing with coffee without paying
special attention to the directions
printed on the package. It looked
weak and didn't have a very prom-
ising color, but nevertheless father
raised his cup with an air of ex-
pectancy. It certainly did give
him a great surprise, but I'm
afraid it wasn'.t a very pleasant
one, for he put down his cup with
a look of disgust.
"Mother wasn't discouraged
though, and next morning gave it
another trial, letting it stand on
the stove till boiling began and
then letting it boil for fifteen or
twenty minutes, and this time we
were all so pleased with it that we
have used it ever since.
"Father was a confirmed dyspep-
tic and a cup of coffee was to him
like poison. So he never drinks it
any more, but drinks Post=re-
gularly. Ee isn't troubled with
dyspepsia now and is aetuaIly
growing fat, and I'm sure Postrnn
is the cause of it. All the children
are allowed to drink it and they
are perfect pictures of health."
Name given by Postnm Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a
reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new ono
appears from time to time. They aro
genuine, true, and full of human interest.
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CARE OF CHICKENS.
All the old birds, and young, too,
should be examined frequently
during the hot months, because
then it is that the lice and mites
thrive.
If cut bone or chopped meat is
fed during the summer, extra pre-
cautions must be taken to have it
perfectly fresh.
Many birds die from eating bone
and meat scraps which have been
allowed to lie around exposed to
the heat and the flies.
In feeding chickens always re-
member that they are provided for
to produce fresh eggs for human
food and, therefore, their own food
should be just as pure as that we
eat ourselves.
The hot sun will cause young gos-
lings and ducklings as well to top-
ple over and die. Provide shade
for them until they are strong on
their pegs.
ONE PIE FOR 70 GUESTS.
Seventy guests banqueted on a
single pie at Gorleston, and there
was plenty to spare When they had
finished, says London Sketch. The
pu,l plum trout epees Iraq std
weighed a hundredwesght and ,w
half. It was made in three sections
or water tight compartments and
each hold had a substantial bulk-
head of priest, Its interior was
packed with six rabbits, six kidneys,
twenty-eight pounds of beefsteak)
and potatoes, turnips, carrots anti
sprouts. The sea pre, as it is call-
ed, is boiled, not baked, and its
builder, Skipper Harman, madethe
cooking process an eighe Imre'
Watch. This three decker provided
a savory meal which nlobe than s}ot»
Mica the guests and its sveeckecl
and dismantled liul1 provided ten
gallons of excellent soup that ryas
gladly welcomed by the poor of Gor-
rafas the answer. 1llzuat1Y Dutchmen, with, I think, took away the coffee for analysis, lestou,
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LETTERS OF
A SON IN THE MARINO
TO HiS DAD,
I -231 REX MCEVOY
kees es?
[Mr. McEvoy will write for
this e• s•ri. of
h� paper a s,Dries letters
frons the west. They will
appear from time to time un-
der tiie above) heading, and
will give ;, picture of the
great Canadian west from,
the standpoint of a young
Ontario man going out there
to make hisway. These let-
ters should be full of' into,est
for every Ontario father.]
No, 0.
xamloops, Sept. 1901. 1911,
Ify Dear Pad,—
Although this letter is dated Kamloops
we have just left that place and am get-
ting further from it every minute, I
am writing this in a corner of the ob-
servation 58,r on the Imperial LImited,
the name the 0. P. R. gives the train
that rune through from Montreal to Van-
couver, The observation ear has a. deep
platform behind whore you eau sit out
on camp stools and watch the scenery
without and glass or windowframes to
interfere with the view. You get the real
mountain air, too. as the train slides.
past the silentpeaks. and while going
through one of the mile -long tunnels to-
day I heard the splash' of an underground
stream, and felt the drip of the water.
Just where I am sitting there is awrit-
ing desk,' and close beside it is a book
case with a couple of hundred books to
choose from if you want to read. I
notice that they aro not used much. I
didn't see anyone reading them• the
scenery is too attractive for that. The
magazines, however, which belong to
the library, were much in demand.
Well. it has been a wonderful day for
me. I was up early. for the train leaves
Calgary at 3.15 am, right on the dot.
That's one thing that has surprised Inc
on this trip. While a local trete in On.
tario may be anywhere from half an
hour to an hour late, these trains which
make a run for nearly three thousand
miles null out of the station right on
time. Of course, they must lose in win-
ter when the snow drifts. Then a train
may be excused for being a day behind
time.
We ran out of Calgary in the dark,
but it was daylight by the time we reach.
ad Exshaw, when you are right close up
to the mountains. Isere I noticed a num-
ber of long, dusty -looking buildings. They
are part of one of the largest cement
works in Canada. Then we went through
what is called "The Gap," right into the
heart of the mountains.
It WAS. at Caumore that L first realized
what mountains were. I simply cannot
describe the feeling of awe that is ex-
perienced in looking on them for the first
time. The other side of a level valley,
perhaps some flue miles away, they rose
up. up, up, grey, silent. majestic in the
grey light of early morning, with the
mists still clinging about them. They
seemed to lift themselves above and out
of the world, and to be altogether apart
from man and the little things that
busy him. They were solitary, remote,
and there was no sign of living thing
near them. And inbetween the solemn,
grey peaks, miles beyond. a glimpse
might be caught of another. higher peak,
snow-covered, gilded with the bright,
fresh sunlight of early morning. They
were grand. I just hung on to the rail.
ing at the back of the observation oar
and gazed, and gazed, and gazed,
All the .time 1 was drinking in the:
wonder of the mountains I was think-
ing that I had never before realized what
a mountain was. Pictures give you no
idea at all any more than a portrait of
a person can speak to you. And 1 was
thinking, too, what a pity it was that
all my Polke could not be with mo to 200
and appreciate tate wonderful bit of our
Canada. Perhaps one of the things that
makes the mountains impressive is that
scale of oroatlon, Tlreoe tremendous
monuments of rook hai'e been tossed
about at soave time us the plaything of
tome tremendous power. Their vory mass
and wolgltt compels thought of the fnoom:
prehen,lble violence which )las of out torn
them freta' their elope and reared them
up on end. At one place where we carne
along today, right at the foot of Mount
Macdonald, the roost rises sheer up•from
the track a mile in the air --as' far as
front out' place. 50 5510 sehool.boueo set
up 'on end,
S was out on tbo hack of the train till
we got to Field, when I went in to the
dining oar for dinner. Themountains all
the way were: unutterably :grand. In.
places they were a series of peaks, with
snow', gloaming like browns or necklaces'
about them, in, other places they were . in
broken piles. In one place, for instance,
there is what looks just like a cootie :out
out of the rook, with doorways, turrets,
and all, It le ou a tremendous scale,
some Dight miles long. After passing
thatrunoutalongthe side o f the
you u e s o
mountain with a valley below
m y you and a
river running ,through it. You soo
bridgna and tracks some distance below
trio track your train Is on, and running
parallel. Then you run slap. bang into a
tunnel and run along for a mile in the
dark.. When you come out you find that
you have turned right round with the
track you were on beforeabove you. Then.
into another tunnel, and. you find that
you have turned again, • the track looping
round in the solid rook. .This whole giant
"8," some coven miles long, cost 81,500,000.,
Seventy -flue car loads of dynamite. costing
2250,000 were used in blasting- the tun-
nels. The wonders that the engineers
have accomplished in putting the rail-
road through is next to the wonder of
the mountains themselves. After you
have been running in the maze of hills
for a whole day, you wonder that any
body ever found their way through, 10
alone build a railroad.
When the tunnels are left behind, you
come out along the Ricking horse River.
The track runs along a- narrow ledge cut
in the side of the mountain with the
river Sar below, hundreds of foot. Gra-
dually the track gots lower .and lower,
till it is running close beside the leaping,
dashing, greeny -white water of the'+river.
At Glacier I got my first Ape view of
one of the glaciers that feed .these 'moun-
tain rivers. It was sweltering hot where
we were at the station, but up on the
side of the mountain lay a great expanse
of snow that glistened in the sun. Ton
and mother should come through here
and see this country, but if you de, bo
sure you bring a dictionary with you,
or you will run out of adjectives before
you have been in the mountains vary
long.
In the evening, after passing Simmons
Tnnetion, where the lino branches off to
the Okanagan Valley—the peach and
grape belt. of the province—we ran along
beside Shushwap Lake, and rho sunset
lights and reflections in the still calm
water were very peaceful, and contrast•
ed with the ruggedbeauty of the moan.
tains. The lights were lit when we ran
Into. Kamloops, and the town was out-
lined with bright dots where the street
lights stood in the darkness under the
shadowy mountain°.
Goodbye now, Dad. I have quite e
piece to go yet, but I'm not tired of
travelling, as 'I expected to be, as there's
always something to see..
Your loving son,
JIM.
COLOR-BLIND.
A form of defective vision which
will impair the usefulness of any-
body, no matter what his employ
went, is touched upon in this pithy
conversation
Inquisitive Passenger—What ha
become of Stopes, who used to b
a conductor on this line?
Conductor—Why, the compan
laid him off some time ago.
Inquisitive Passenger—Laid him
off? What for?
Conductor --It was found upo
investigation that he was color
blind,
Inquisitive. Passenger — Color
blind? What difference did that
make in a conductor?
Conductor'—A good deal. He
couldn't tell the difference between
the color of his money and the
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in many lustanecs differ from diar-
rhoeain grown animals, and has
special features of its own, taking
the form of infectious intestinal ea-
tarrh, which is far more serious
than the diarrhoea of the frill
grown animal.
Scours in valves generally appear
suddenly. A perfectly healthy calf
may be seized all at once, appar-
ently, without any ohang4 in food
or care,
The symptoms of 'this infantile
diarrhoea usually appear during
the first two el' three weeks' of life.
Iu many cases scours appear with-
in a few hours .after the animal is,
borne and the calf May die tvithia
from 24 hours unless it receives
prompt and proper treatment.
• It is common for the calf to be
afflicted with scours immediately
at birth, even before it has had
Id= to suck or take any 'nourish-
ment merit ll er. a v
The faeces of manure is very thin
and watery. It has a sour, dis-
agreeable odor and is usually light
colored. The evacuations are fre-
quent and expelled with ,force.
The first indication of scours is
the soiled condition of the tail, loss
of appetite, sunken eyes, sometimes
the saliva flowing from the mouth,
no atternpt being made to swallow.
They have a staring coat, grow
thin, and lose strength rapidly.
Death usually follows in from
twelve to twenty-four hours unless
prompt measures are taken' to
check the disease,.
If allowed th continue for any
length of time the scouring will be
accompanied by congestion and'ul-
ceration of the intestinal mucous
membrane caused by the irritating
secretions.
As a result of this disease partial
or double blindness is sometimes
brought on.
To prevent scours in calves, pro-
per care should be given to the
Mother while pregnant, that she
may be able to give birth to a heal-
thy calf.
As scours is a germ disease, it
is important that the calf be free
from this disease when born.
Cows afflicted with the disease of
abortion convey this disease to their
offspring.
It is for this reason that calves
so often die of scours before they
have taken nourishment.
It is therefore very necessary
that the cow be kept free from clis-
ease in order to obtain healthy
calves.
Calves born, afflicted with the
germs of this disease in their sys-
tem, are in a position to spread
the disease to other calves that
they may come in contact with in
the same herd, or if shipped to
other herds. This is another proof
of its infectious nature.
To prevent and overcome scours
in calves, they should he given me-
dicines that prevent fermentation
of feed, to ally irritation and con-
gestion, soothe and heal inflamed
mucous membrane, act as an anti-
septic, as this is quite necessary
when the disease is due to a germ.
The most important factor in the
raising of cattle is their care while
young. Do not think you are, do-
ing the correct thing if you are
only managing to keep the life in
the calf until it is three months
old, and then have it get fat on
grass before the winter conies;
If you do this, you will be apt 0
have a lot of stunted calves with
their digestive organs destroyed
which will never make strong, heal-
thy cattle and will nut bo good for
either dairy, beef or breeding ani-
mals. --Dr. David Roberts.
A MOVABLE CORN CRIB.
A good movable corn crib may be
built of barrel staves, that is the
walls, the roof of lap siding or any
kind of roofing you wast.
For the side walls use two lengths
of staves and run a pole on the
middle to nail the staves on, and
run the two rods through the mid-
dle of the crib, one through poles
and one through plates. The size
of the crib is aceurding to how much
corn you raise.
The walls must slant out a little
toward the top, as this will keep
out the 1•aie bettor. The floor 34
tight,
This kind of a crib is quite cheap
and 1nity he built of small poles
nailed close together if no barrel
staves aro ot'lland.
good
a crib keeps the corn in
good condition. It drles quickly
and keeps dry ail the year around,•. -
which is not possible for corn kepi
in a tight granary where it tnoldf
and spoils at mire, }�
1 You'll never stand in with gr",a(
Emen by letting them sit down ud
yeti.
Moro t'mlh',tr,rtes would tell thl
about truth e
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