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The Brussels Post, 1903-8-13, Page 2LRIONGER soila reoe'alTHAN I ® a A RANSOMED LEE. FF diaisambeeentriesbeasesecutitnaosoMMOCMaiarseeeesiermovutioGeeek from which you may learn the tont and progress of their courtship." Ther was There tt a rustle 0 f pleasant, t an- ticipation amongst st tho ladies la thee gallery as this announcement was anode, "It is enough for my present pur- pose that their marriage was ma (I ringed, The prisoner was and is, es leave said, a mar 01 wealth; the girl was an peplum, whose solo in- come had been del•tved from the pro- fession which site had abandoned at Ms desil•e. It is right to say the prisoner made fitting, end. even gen- erous, provision for the comfort of his future wife. llc rented for her a suburban viiia--Lnburnhatti Lodge —where site lived pending the mar- riage, with liiss Rebecca 111ythewood, hor aunt, Miss I;lythcwood will be ono of the elder witnesses for the prosecution, and you will also have before you a mledel of Laburnham Lodge, which, as tete Crown alleges, was the scene of the murder, "For ties present it will suffice for you toremember that Laburnham i Lodge s a detached, two-storey vil- la, iila, standing in its own lawn, about a hundred yards from the public road. Oa the second floor, with ono large Trench window looking out towards the road, is the drawin g 10011;, whore the poor girl's body was found, shot through the head." "Tho prisoner," Sir Frederick con- tinued, in the same voice, calm and inexorable as fate, "lived in a fur- nished flat at Curved Crescent, near- ly three miles away. lint in the first ardor of their affection they wore constantly together, Yet, as is the custom with lovers, their let- ters were as numerous as their in- terviews, To these facts Reiss Re- becca Blythewood, whose bereave- ment will, X tun sure, secure for her your sympathy, will be called upon to depose, "The young people, as I am in- structed, wont to various places of public amusement together, and en- joyed themselves as young people will to the end of time. But let me repeat, and 1 am sure that my learned friend who appears for the Prisoner will bear me out, both be- fore and,ria • 1 during her engagement with the prisoner Bessie Illythewood's character was above reproach." Again the Attorney -General paused for a moment, and John,Trevor nod- ded his head in full concurrence. "But, gentlemen, as unfortunately too often happens, the man's hot love burned itself away. Ile grew at first neglectful, then unkind. As the man's love cooled the girl's kindled to a fiercer flame. Sim was quick-tempered, as welt as warm- hearted, and undoubtedly 'angry words and letters at this stage passed between them. however, as I have already said, you will have the correspoudenco before you, and it is from that, and not from any observations of mine, your conclu- sions must bo drawn, "There is one letter, however, which I now hold in my hand, to which I most entreat your earnest attention, so vital is its importance in the case. It is a letter from the murdered girl, apparently written in reply to a communication from the prisoner desiring to break off the en- gagement. That document is not fortheoining, but it is only fair to the prisoner to say that from the re- ply he seems to have offered to make vory generous peovlsiou for tho lady as a condition of his release, "IIer !otter to which I have refer- red was found torn to fragments in the prisoner's waste -paper basket. It bas boon most skillfully put together by as expert in those matters, and aro mut prove beyond doubt or ques- tion it is the handwriting of the murdered girl, "Darling Devil (it runs), How can you be so cruel. In spite of all, I love you better than my own life. Let that be the answer when you ask Inc to give you -up to a rival, for I'm sure some other girl is at the bottom of this treachery of yours. How often have you sworn that you loved me, only me, and told me I must never doubt your love. 1can- not think you were a liar all the time. If you ever loved me, your love will come back, and I will wait for it; yes, I will wait. But don't try me too far. I will be patient with you, and loving with you, but I will never give you up, never. I would sooner die; that's nothing—I would sooner see you dead. Don't drive me to desperation. Tho offer ,you make of this house and an in- come to keep it up 1 refuse with scorn. I won't sell my love for money. I hold you to your pledge, I will disgrace you before the world ifou dare tobreak ,y It. I'll make your nate a laughing -stock through London. It shall be love or revenge, Let it bo levy, darling, You will never find another to love you as I do, Remember how happy we wore sum 32 '011111 n our 04.oj of ecl1 ltjtto 111a. nog if .1.101t pun Raman mama lira pun ',c1Yper 'norc 01 ones. on,1rt 'pools a eq Til>u I 'strop pro erode uj not so hard once, .'Ever your loving Bessie. "When the prisoner got that letter he was at breakfast in his chambers, and with hien a College friend, Mr. Wheel. er, who will toll you bow that letter was received. gentlemen, Mr. Wheel- er is an unwilling witness, to his aedit be it said, a most Unwilling witness, He has a harsh and un- gracious duty to discharge, But tho law demands the truth from him, and in that witness -box you will have the truth, Il'e west tell you that the prisoner was seized With a sudden transport of fury when he read the letter. Ho ground his teeth together, he tore the paper in- to fragments and stamped on it., and bo used these Words—terribly signit1- cant words, remembering what after- wards tralspiredr-'That girl will drive me to murder yet.' " Tho silence was like death in tho crnwiled rout, only the srretching of the judge's pen was hoard as he took n no of rho Mt al words. fair b'lederle.k continued:— 'On more than ono occasion the prisoner was heard using lnngungo alm081 a5 violent regarding the poor girl, notably by hie old and faithful Se7'Vtnit, t'tobart Wocvie Who eeie or CHAPTER v, "Welcome, Ardel; never more wel come," said J olut Trevor, as his friend walked abruptly into his chambers on a hot August afternoon. Tho lawyer was at his desk; before him was a huge volume of foolscap, With parchment hinges, which he was reading diligently, crossing and Scoring, and underlining with a stumpy blue pencil as be read. A number of briefs were scattered round on the table, floor, and chairs, the red tape strings still untied, "This is a professional visit," said Ardel, "I saw you yesterday in the street. You looked worn out and worried, so I came here," "I nisi worried," Trevor answered, "that's all i s I thought I s case- hardened Ca hat•denod a sins t theadvocate's Cat C' gs fever. It's a juvenile disease, gener- ally cured by the first. dozen briefs. But I've got it badly this time. It's the case of a young fellow named Wiel.ham," "The murder case?" "Yes, the murder case. I forgot I told you about it," "Nearly four months ago, at the Cecil. Don't you remember? But it was just coming on then. I bave been to Japan and back since, and it's coming on still." "Ohl there has been adjournment after adjournment, while the Crown fished up more and morn evidence. The delay has helped to work me up to fever heat. So strangely has the case got on my nerves, and brain, and bead, I sometimes fuel as if it wero my own Iifo I was fighting for?" "Arty hope for the young follow?" "There seems sono.Thoevidence rdenc c c is the most deadly of ail—eircum- stantial. Every strand of it is twis- ted into a rope for his neck. I have Wed my best, and can find no flaw )r break anywhere. Yet ho is so )iroest for his life, so insistent on s innocence, so piteous in his ap- ?eals, that I am miserable at my iwn helplessness. Young, rich, and )andsome, with all his life before )im, it is hard to 1e0ve it by the load of the gallows; it is horrible, 1 he is inoocent." Vivian Ardel's face grew very gravo. "I don't wonder at you" ho Said shortly. '"1t is horrible. Even to think of death is always horrible. But such a death, in the midst of Life, staring the doomed man in the face with an awful certainty of its victim--" Me broke off abruptly with a shud- der, his strong imagination had mads the ease his own. "Can nothing be done to save him?" "Nothing, I fear. Nothing, at least, that I can ho. I have ran- sacked the case thoroughly, and I can find no hope anywhere, I may make a little footy law point here and there, but the chain of evidence is as strong as steel." "Can I be of any use?" "You! You don't mean it, This thing is not in your lino, Ardol." "Everything 'is in any line, especi- ally when there is a life to be sex- ed." "Would you read the brief?" "Certainly, if you will let me; and I should like to be present at the trial, if it can be managed. Reading sten ismore'in my line,' as you call it, But I must not forget my firet business. It's your physician speaks now. Start ell at once for a good. ten miles' walk. It's a pity you don't cycle. Got the fresh air. into your blood and the worry out of your brain, and leave me alone for a couple of hours with those papers. I want work. You may lock the door after you, if you like. I shan't stir till you return." When Trevor got back with bright eyes and clear color from his walk, Ardel was not at the desk or papers, but loaning back in tho great easy chair, motionless, and so absorbed in thought he diel not hear !limn enter. "Weill" said the lawyer; "have you found light?" "A. glimmer; still, I may bo able to force the shutters and let the clay in, When does the trial begin?" "Next Saturday, at the Central s e Itchir Li r Criminal Court., But have you no thing to say to ale HOW about the evidence?" "Nothing uet.il I Have more to say. Don't overwork yourself, Tre- vor, and don't despair. 1 81100'1 miss this trial." A week later, when "The Queen against Edgar Hardy Wickham" was called, the court was crowded to the doors, for the trial was the sen- sation of the hour, The judge was a grave, strong - faced span, clean-shaven and firm - lipped, wilh a reputation of forcing his way through all obstacles to the truth, and carrying the jury with him; the best man in the world for en innocent person to be tried be- fore, and the ho worsta guilty, ui t f g v. Inthat t at c curt full of callous spec- tators, one man, at least, watched the prisoner with an intense sympa- thy that was akin to pain. The watcher sat in a dark corner far front the dock. But the prisoner, though he could not see him, grew uneasy under those intense eyes that shone out of the dusk, and shielded his face with his hands as from a strong light. Then- Vivian Ardel shifted his position a little and faced the witness -box. So absorbed was he in his own thoughts and task that he was unconscious of the interest that he was himself creating.. For women's quick eyes had found him even in the shade. Tho famous hypnotic doctor, athlete, inventor, millionaire was one of the few men in London who could distract the eyes of fashionable Iadies from that, handsome young murderer they had conte to see. The youngEAC in the c1 dock was indeedandsomo— h and horrible, Hor- rible in the look of abject fear on every lino of it. The dark eyes had the piteous glare --half fierce, half frightened—of a wild animal trapped; the upper lip drawn tight showed a narrow line of teeth tight clenched. The jury are sworn without a chal- lenge on either side.. The prisoner pleaded "Not guilty" in a faltering voice; then slowly and solemnly the Attorney -General, Sir Frederick Per- cival, began his opening statement for the Crown. Sir Frederick Percival was the most dangerous of prosecutors by reason oI his transparent impartial- ity. IIe never pressed a point against a prisoner; he never shirked a point in his favor, Ile simply gave tho facts fair play. He lot them tell their own story and make their own arguments. Ile never prosecuted a man whom ho diel not believe to be guilty, and he had a wonderful way of impressing his own belief on the jury. "My Lod and Gentlemen of the Jury," the Attorney -General began, "this is indeed e terrible charge that we have met to investigate, aucl not lightly to be believed true of any man. It will be a happy privilege for yuu if you can set the prisoner free by your verdict. No men will rejoice more than myself should I fail to convince you of his guilt. It is my duty only to sot the facts clearly before you, and yours to consider and decide, The responsi- bility of that decision is yours, net mime. "The prisoner at the bar is young and wealthy. IIe has lcnowrt how to enjoy his wealth, but there is no insinuation hero that he has abused, it. Such an insinuation would bo false if it were made. "About nine months ago he was captivated by the personal attrac- tions of the ill-fated hiss Bessie Blythewood, for whose murder he is now upon his trial. "It was an honorable love he pro- fessed for her, and it appears to have boon passionately returned by the object of his alTections. From first to last—I wish you to understand this—from first to last there is to hint on which even malice could fas- ten against the honor of the Lean 0r the virtue of the woman. "She was an actress of undoubted talent, rapidly rising in her profes- sion. She sacrificed its triumphs for his sake without a Sigh. There will be a long eorrespandence before you, 11 mg ze And all the Torturing and Disfiguring Etching Skin Diseases caro Compiled to Yield to Yield to rho Extraordinary Antisept1o, Soothilig, Healing Eftfltlenoe of ML CHASE'S Oi TMWWTS With the eines exception of itch - jag piles there is no forte of itching Akin disease so extremely painful and Flistrdssiug as eczema, or salt r'hounl, es it is sometimes called. A little poison from a sock or other gar- ment is surtldrient to give thus clis- 1050 a'begioglng, and its Arcs burn end rage with such fury as to al- raost driVO one crazy. Only persons who have experienced the frightful ltehing, burning, stinging sensations of 001101101 ea11 realize the miseries Which it brings and the disappoint- ntlent which comes with trying in vain to find a euro. Mfr. G. A. ]dcabnnell, Engineer in ITIOIIsy's Feundry, Aurora, 011t., Males: "I boliel a that Dr. 0hase's Ointment ie Worth its weight m gold, For about thirty years I wee treub- 1ed with 0csema and Could net ob- Jant any cure, X Was so unfortunate Ile to have blood poison, and this iievelopod into begonia, tine most xlroaded 01 acid disedaos, "X was so baa that :i would get up at night and scratch myself until tho flesh was raw and flaming. The torture I endured is almost beyond description, and now I cannot say anything too good for Dr. Chore's Ointment. It has cured um, and I r0c0lmuend it because I know there is nothing so good for itching skin," There is enough evidence in these offices t0 convince the meet skeptical and prejudiced that Dr, Chase's Oint- ment is a positttve and thorough cure for eczema. ;When the disoaso be- comes chronic and set it is sorne- times neceStsary to nee ten or a doz en bortes, but cure is certain if the treatolent is regular and persistent, 'There is no experimenting when you use Dr. Chase's Ointment. It has been tested end proven In thousands of cases of the uno8t severe form„ You can depend on it absolutely. Siety cants a boy, of all dealors, taor 1i'1.1man5olr, iiaate at Oo., 'Toronto. deuce on another branch of the case is, as you will presently see, of the most vital Importance, "Th letter a letter 1 have rend for you Is dated the nth April. Ail that day, as Miss Rebecca lllythewood will toll you, the deceased teas hysterical- ly excited. 1 assume that the de- fence in this ease will be some theory of suicide, and I fool, therefore, con- strained in the interest of the prison- er to slake this point clear, "On the morning of the next day, the 7.0111 of April, Miss llossie Bl,vthetvood complained 01 tt head- ache, She sent her nait into the city for a certain specific she was in the habit of using, en the pretence that she could not spate rho servant, But her aunt teas no sooner out of the house than she gave the servant a half-holidey. The girl left her mete alone. That was about nine o'clock in the morning. Only ono person saw Bessie lllythewoon alive afterwards, and that person, tho cogent evidence will, I fear, coerce you to believe, is the unhappy pris- oner at the bar, Of the interview between thorn we have no direct ovi- dance to offer. Whnt happened 111 that lonely house during the hour and a Irelf that elapsed before brass Rebecca c ca BIythewood's return wr e can ¢ only gather by inference. But it is inference so clear and strong, load- ing so directly to the door of truth, that wo cannot hiss our way, (To bo continued.) TRE FRENCH PRESIDENT, FRANCE'S UNCROWNED KING AT W ORIC AND PLAY. Son of a Small Vineyard -owner, Now the First Citizen of France. President Loubet is undoubtedly a man of method aid a hard worker. At half --past five in the morning he is out of bed, summer and winter, and at six is at his desk, after haw- ing taken a cup of coffee and a woll- baked ell. He works steadily by himself until seven, when his three secretaries join him with the morn- ing's post, which consists of (ram 7100 to 1,200 letters. These are opened by his secretaries, and t.uch es require official replies fire 'read to the President, who dictates the an- swers to a shorthand writer. At eight he retires for breakfast alone with Madame Loubet. This is invariably a plain meal, the Pre- sident braving 210 taste for 'the' elab- orate dishes for which his bolmtry is famous. The meal over he hurried- ly scans the morning papers, anti at nine o'clock returns to his desk to finish bis correspondence. At twelve o'clock lunch is served and by this time his correspondence is complete. The President allows himself one hour for the midday meal and then is at work again, this time attending some State function or receiving the many t'isiro•s who call upon him. Dinner is ready at seven o'clock to the minute, and is served in the lofty dining -room at the Elysee, overlooking the luxurious grounds, The President has a groat dislike to dining out, and prefers to bo alone at the evening meal with his wife, unless some guest has teen honored with an invitation, Here again the fare provided is very plain and seldom consists of more than three courses with A LIITTLE LIGHT CLARET. The rest of the evening the Pre.i- dent devotes to his own amusement, aaril either goes to the opera or spenicls the time at home in reeding playing the piano, or in a quiet game of billiards, He is passionate- ly fond of music, and Inas composed several pieces of merit, anis sings well; Madame Loubet likewise beteg a proficient mnsicfan, lie is also a student of French and English stan- dard literature, and It is interesting to know that he is a great admirer of Shakespeare, stilton, anis Dryden. Not many people can recite "Para- dise Lost" from end to end, but President Loubot is said to be one of theta. Ile entertains but little, and is not fond of society of any kind. Ho is, however, it great believer in the an- nual holiday, and when he shakes the 'dust of Paris from off 1115 feet usually visits his old home at 1VIon- telinr0r, or, goes shooting over bis well -stocked coverts at Rombofillet. Iso is a splendid shot, and when clad in his shooting -jacket of dark grey, with leather gaiters and peak- ed cap, appears the man of the peop- le lie unquestionably is. Et is also a pugilist of some skill, and often slelvds an hoer with the gloves in friendly contest with an old a0- gnahntanco. The President is not a rich: man, but the quiet life he lends is in keeping with his means. He receives $120,000 a year for his services to the State—not an exorbitant amount considering the power he wields and the extent • of the country over which ho leas to 1•nlo. But, as he 0ne0 rcmalketT' "I have no wish to be rich. I only want to be happy, and as I have hap"piness I know no further ambitions, P1%OVER-BS n A I3RAIIMIN. The first step toward being Ives° Is to know that thorn art ignorant. As a 'veil addetlh to beauty, 80 are a mat's virtues set off by the shade twill ,11 his lnodosty canton upon them, This instant is Whine; the next is the womb of futurity; and thou k'forth,nowost not what it may bring As the ostrich wlfen punsdod hideth ilia head, but f0rgottoth his body, so the fears of a coward expose him to danger, The heart of the envious man is gall and bitterness. The success of his neighbor breaketh his rest. Of march speaking cometh repen- tance, but in Mimeo is safety.', Envy not the appeturance of 1rappl- ne88 in Luny man, for then knoeves't not. his secret griefs, ITe that commi.tteth ne evil bath nothing to fear, Conlsltier and forget not thine own Wealenese, Stu shalt.titau pltrden the failings 3n Altera, sGzewtslas p1' iatV�zili ltd fry! THEFi 4 t Pa!>•V Wry era The inside of the wall must be pies - tared with a 1 -inch emit of cement made by mixing one port of good porlland cement and ttvo pouts of good, sharp mind, The inside of the well should dee made as smooth as ep +,,t� PFJ }A,,�1,„j �Y�`,� p11a5Fble. If to upper pert 0f the a ad att6 r3,�" ,R+.Y"d.(8ia:' Y. e.. inked to tat haYO (1100 of�irlti d0od.0t tilel1141 wood- cuILO BUILDING.be en melicmn flush with the inside o the lower part, The inside of th An iulpot'tant point gained in con- wall should be 1,011, rrr ...war an struc(ing a deep silo is that for Ciao straight• from top t0 bottom, .it i 5181' o1 the building it will hold more best to peat some kind of roof on the feed than a s111011ow elle, as the pros- silo, sure will enure it to pack mulch more closely. This heavy pressure will al- A 1'AIILI': IIIANURT S, SO 11011) exclude the air and thus help A vary largo percentage of the preserve the silage. A silo should freshly made stable mamma is never not bo joss there 20 feet sleep, rotlu•ued Lo the soil, Investigations In pin1)0111; lite climou51008 of a re0o'd rho fact that under the most silo x110 Of L12e Lest rules Lu go lay is careless methods ono -!aril' of the fer- t0 baro Chu d111111oUu in proportion ((11/1ng value may be lost, In many too Lhn number of tulittlals to bo tad, 0111 S rho utnnurrt frim alto cow anti and the clept.lt In ph'0pnition Lo U1° 1,0 80 stalls is pitchr!d through ihu feeding 50105011. As the silo is open- window 1-o accumulate against the ed at tie top, and tho entire upper side of the barn, 11rou these scone surface g'0110 et•or'y two or three days rmnnur0 piles Chu droppings tion rho in ordt:r t1) prevent ft (rout spoiling, caves wosh away much of the solu- it will readily be soon that if the bl pl.anC food. In many canon the stn•faco is too largo ono would either S}tecl11 sited iv cleaned gilt onto or bo obliged to feed more to the slocl, twice n year, furnishing a 1n'oduet 00011 claythan is necessary, lcussar � or non - 3, h rat (n• L Od and nit. stantlybe feeding silt that i5 h almost worthless. In m. t to g Sc+ ens the n l manure 10 wheeled I out fides more or loss daMnl,cd, the stables it too often provides A silo for a hard of 30 hence 01 conditions for a mare hole in the melee cows and 2U head o' young barnyard, the overlioty f Stork, 101' ri fooding period of ' 0100 o which days, should be 16 feet in diameter dpis away into rho nearest stream 02 post. 0 t1 It was just ovor fifty years ago s that two scientists first discovored that the formentati011 which turns glucose or sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid is the work of living organisms. These feri ant mierobos, or yeasts, are of many different kinds, though all arc extremely mi- nute in size, Meer, wince, eider, brandy, whisky, rind ail the various alcoholic liquors known to nlaa, aro manufactured by these tiny creatures of which the growth is so rapid that ono will bo the parent of thirty-five thousand within forty-eight hours. Parlour, tho great french chemist, showed how greatly success in beer browing depends of the use of pure yeasts --that is, of certain definite fo•m5 of Microbes, For every sep- arate kind of beer ono special yeast r+ inert be used and no other, his has led to the stat sl n ret inGer- many •- c X11 u o t,r many and elsewhere of large fac- tories or laboratories, whore mi- crobes of special bloods aro careful- ly grown end then dried for export. Unlike other living creatures, a mi- crobe can be completely withered and dried up for an almost indefi- nite period, and will than revive to - Perfect life in moisture and warmth. It is a very peculiar fact about the microbes that run breweries that those which live and work on the top of beer are quite different from those which exist at the bot- tom. The heavy British beers are all the work of the "Top Fermenta- tion Yeasts" ; the lighter German and Austria» lagers aro the product of the "Bottom Fermentation Yeasts," Alcohol, however, is by no means the only manufacture in which the industrious n rues mi<a•oUo busies 1 itself. Cigar factories would be in a very bad -way, were it not for certain breeds of microbes which give to the rate green leaf ITS DELICATE FLAVOR. Most people are aware that all to.. bitcoo is fermented at least once be- fore it is ready for tho pipo or ci- gar. Xi; is a microbe which accom- plishes this process„ and asks 110 pay for doing it. Until recently, it was supposed tient there was only one kind of micribo that worked at flavoring to- bacco through fermentation, A couple of ,yours ago, however, a Ger- man named Suehsland tried the ex- periment of taking microbes out of a fermenting boap of fine West Indi- an tobacco and introducing Seem in- to !leaps of inferior German tobac- co. Tho result was startling. Tho poor Gorman tobacco, as if by magic, was transformed into leaf of the mono delicious flavor as the Cuban growth. Within a vory few years the ,breed- ing of the aristocratic forms of to- bacco microbes will no doubt bo as flourishing an industry as is that of growing the beer yeast already men- tioned. u'inlil a•ilj? dried preparations of microbes for butter matting can now be purchased, and arc used in all the great scientific butter factories in Denmark and North Germany. Every butter maker knows that unless the 000001 from which it is made is sour- ed before chtuning the butter will not keep well. The usual method is to lot the cream Staled TILL IT SOURS Ols ITSIIILi'. 1ICRCBES RUN FACTORIES MAKE BITER, BUTTER, OPLUE$E, ALOOSOL AND TNbIG+0,• No Pickles Without Them—Int Fact, Life Wouldn't be Worth Living, and 213 or 30 feet chop, Where ono is intending to feed silage the entire year it is usually host to put up a second small silo far steamer feed- ing. The silo should bo as near tho feeding barn as possible so that the work of feeding may be done wire', the Ieast amount of labor, Where the nature of the soil will permit. the silo sh00111 be dug down into the ground from d to 0 feet below the feeding floor. If the barn is on a hillside, the silo should be located on the upper side of the barn. Tho portion that is below ground in most caws is the most satisfactory. Usu- ally t i al c bo built c lle•pe a r than the upper part; it i s more convent - out fvei- out in feeding and filling, and there is less danger of this portion freez- ing in winter or spoiling as rapidly in summer, MATERIALS FOR BUILDING, 3101)0re of the best quality is made in sltads whore the animals run at, liberty. The litter, liquid and solid excrements are then well intermixed and the texture of the whole mass reduced to a Mete .of fineness mess which is so necessary to the ease of incor- poration with the soil and the speedy reduction of tho plant food it contains. The. litter should, there- fore, be supplied frequently and in small quantity rather than less of- ten its larger quantities, in wllieh caro it forms layers preventing thorough admixture. Coarse manure is objectionable under semi -arid con- ditions in that it holds the soil per- ticlesa( 1 al t, permittingrho easy V escape Of eel( moisture end prevent- ing the extension of plant root sys- tems. While the incorporation of manure with the soil as soon as possible af- ter it is macre 110101115 of loss loss, in As a silo should last 50 many cases .this is not possible. But years or in general the manure should ho re - more it is not wise to use material moved to the fields OS soon as pos- it) building that will soon decay or sible and spread upon the land. Pil- ls apt to warp or shrink, and thus ing 10 small piles to spread later is threw the silo out of shape, Various not good practice. No method of kinds of material have.beenused in 0tpplicaton can excel some form of their construction, Some have been manure spreader, which implement is made of wood, 00111 of stone, some of brick, some of cement, and some of 0 combination of all of these. All of these various materials, whether used either singly or collectively, if put together In the proper shape, have given satisfaction. ,lust which Mi. �n Ft kind of a 5110 it Is best for a farm- F3ka . GV, CHASE'S or to build will depend upon the re- CATARRH CURE C. .a . lativo cost of these various substanc- es in his locality. Tho part that is below ground should not be made of wood. As the outward pressure 111 consid- orable on the walls of a. deep silo near the bottom, car should bo tak- en to have the wall strong in this portion. If this palet of the silo is made of stone, and they are the rommon or irrogulal• shaped boulders it is a good plan to imbed in the wall, near tho outside, every 3 or 4 almost dttdispensable. Where manure is to be applied to be worked into tho surface soil by moans of cultiva- tion this is one of the most 0001-, mendable practices. is sent threat to rho diseased partsa btyhe1118 cImproved Slower. lower. 21af810,1(18l11edopeingltheLh 4throat and - parnlananlly oerea Crtarrh and flay Favor, Mower., fico• A11 d cala. ra or Dr. W Chase Afediai¢a Co,, Toronto and Buffalo. QUEENS IN THI7 DAIRY. Writers on the private life of the late Queen Victoria mover tire of narrating hoe love for her dairy. The dairy 110050 on the so-called Shaw feet, a strong iron hoop or a series farm near Windsor castle is a beau - of short connecting rods oxtenciing tifut str'uctut•e. 1t is of reit brick, entirely around the wall. Eopeciu.1 finely proportioned, and tho inner care must be taken in regard to this around the doors, If the stlo is made with a continuous door, rods must be used frequently to prevent spreading, flown at the level of the fending floor the rods should be 6 feet apart, so that a man canwalk through conveniently with a basket of silage. THE FOUNDATION, If the silo is to bo made of stone or grout extra care must be taken with tho foundation. 11 the silo is 25 to 30 feet deep there will be all immense pressure on the bottom of a stone wall of this height. Should the foundation settle much the wall will crack and thus the air will enter and spoil the silage near the wall all of the distance from the crack to the upper surface. The bottom of the silo should bo made by pounding in closely small walls lined with vitrified tiles, The fittings and intprot_ements aro of the most approved medials, finished in handsome style. Tt was the delight of the good queen, when at Windsor, to resort to this place with a fete of her daughters or grand -daughters and spend hours in the actual work of butter -making, It is stated that Queen Alexpncb'a tabes an equally lively interest in the dairy, and she and ilei daughters aro skilful practi- cal butter -make's, This is quite na- tural, as the Danes load the world in dairying. Queen Wilhel-mna of Holl and—the native home of the Holstein-Friesi- ans—eclipses all of her royal sistors as she is entering into the business quite largely for the purpose of leak- ing money. Shc has fitted up a model farm a111 installed nearly 100 head of fine cattle. Although a big but - stones and coveringthose with price is ebarged for milk, cream, but - grout. ter and buttermilk from her 1t10jes- 7his should extencl out under tine ty's dairy, the demand far exceeds the supply, and the loyal milkmaid. is making a snug sum each month, mucinto the delight of her frugal sand Will make a good strong wall, subjects, Stosesetsessnootannotsrairisatersosesuesusrantmeeitesseterroasarsayszetseesotteamossurstaness wail. Tho mortar used in the wall should be of the best. So1110 OP the cheaper cements and good, sharp Jim Dumps asserted, "Too much meat In summer causes too much heat. ,,. What shall we eat all summer long '74" That, without meat, shall lcoeo ne strong, And in the best of summer trim ? Why, (Force,' of course," laughed "Sunny 3im,'t the strength of ttlaeat 1 ltvg),h without the keqt. ilittartia a hd 8 ieo 1rb. 11a �t fsa1001r breatfap to0d•o igoredpkeq ofandbitothoololusloz,Af+tk14.'lold guSd '• Witter, the elan to whom scientific butter -slaking owes most, has dis- covered that certain choice forms of bacteria or microbes can be artifi- cially propagated, which will not only sour the cream very quickly and surely, let will, when added to sterilizori cream, produce butter of exquisite. flavor. Tho excellence of the Danish but- ter is mainly clue to the use of the best Selected brands of microbes 05 fornlontation starters. i3ut this doos not exhaust the list of the Indus -tales in whiner the mi- crobe aids elan, 'There is a well- known Microbe, of which the scienti- fic name is "el:wodernla ncoti," but which is generally called "Mother of Vinegar," without which mankind would be absolutely without pickles,. Thu process of vinegar manufacture, aided by alto helpful nncrobos, is simplicity itself, 011e hundred quarts of vinegar and ten quarts of rocs wine arc placed in a barrel, At the cud of a wool. it is all vinegar. Ten quarts of the llncg01' aro drawn on, and ten fresh quarts of rodgvine ad- ded. The microbes do all the work. A11 they need is a propel, tempore - lane and plenty of fresh air, Cheese 111anufaelnrers depend upon the microbe as absolutely as do the makers of wine and of vinegar. The microbes that effect tin butyric fer- mentation necessary iaefore butter can become 0110050 are shaped like tiny rods rounded at the ends, When they have clone their part, another type of microbe gots to work and 1113NS TIES 0.111:1' .` 14. now sluall these a10 may 1)0 judged from the fact that in a page of Gruyere ehoese forty-five clays old two minion luict'obes were founts in a piece wcighing,only fifteen grains. Cheese is now artilttially ripened by illoculatiug 11 With a spacial brood of rapid -working microbes. The or- dinary ripening peoce88•takes about ten weeks. By tho aid of those highly bred bacteria it is shortened to hot more tliait three weejr5. 11 you wear a blue Norge coat you aro exhibiting eel your back a 50011 - Merl .of hot' mi0•011es work, '.Pito v in i o industry f India 11t18 I�tj • ¢1,� y &Cp10 o I absolutely' 11p011. 111e work clone by a Mildly ily of these ever -useful creatures, Indigo bleb is produCOd bar 1110 fore -UM :ion of the Stalks of the indigo plant, and tete fermenta- tion is the wok of a microbe. The value "of trio :Bengal indigo export has for a- icing titno past averaged - 5 value of two millions sterling yoarly, 1 eye •r 1 it (