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Red Witch'
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O1tiAIr CI It XVIII, trusted. 00uUl you truot me. for-
anis was on thelever--far all your life 7 Z love you,
r day Opnat tThere is no need to say that, I
lower patlru'ay that led 2.p the woods
pfGrange. Site ooften wanae
Ta
a there
think but
Yet eti$ P
toasea to say
because the poverty of the shrub -St aloud, :I love you. Will you
bodge that surrounded The Cottage 'marShery Pie 9"
oppressed 'her, forbidding thought, grew ver;v Pale, and a little
told a groat longing for the dreamy trembling shook ter. Site lead a
silence of the dense woods drew hoe very tender heart, and to give pain
to them. Only a. little brawling, to any ono was to give great, pain to
angry brook, now flushed and noisier herself. Sho raised her eyes to his
than usual, because of loot night's with such an anguish of trouble and
rata, Molded her from thoso''wished- regret in them, that he wan smitten
for retreats.• but as she Caine nose by it. She tried to speak, but be
to the brink, she found the station. stopped her. Why should he be the
stones bad disappeared—buried be» one to eauso'.her suffering, even el
Oath tate savage little flood that this mild kind 7
came tumbling down from the leas "I know," h0 said quickly, supl>ree-
above her, TIIlo old landmarks were sing. his own wounds—nay, losing
covered or swept away, and how was
she to fixed leer way into the beloved
woods ?
As she stood, puzzled and perplex-
ed, and grievously disappointed, alio
saw Strongo coming towards her, on
the opposite side of the broad stream
walking quickly through the green
paradise as though dead to Its bud-
ding beauties.
She wronged him overmuch, how-
ever. He was hurrying to see her. lune•
He lost itis held on the beauties of think you could, you know, only it
nature round him, because before his has been in my mind for so long, and
eyes there was pictured a vision of I --I' thought t d get it over, so that
her that blotted Out all the rest. I might never Have to worry myself
Somehow, when she found flow his again with a pretence of believing
face lit up wheel 110 saw hoe, she, that you—that is. that it—might
being a woman, forgave all his sins. have been other•lvlse. It rely fs not
"Oh, bow am I to :;o1 ii.c"oss ?" worth another thought of yours.
she cried ; and then blusting, as the You must put it all out of your
remembered he was probe -illy corning head at once, because for all the
to 'i'he Cottage, and that thereforehappiness the earth could give me 1
sho had no right to dream of a visit Would not bo tlia cause of well ono
to the woods when her guest required tear in your eyes." Her eyes were
cor, she continued hastily, "you are very full as ho spoke, and the tears
coming to see us ? Come, then," hurt him at the instant with a phy-
"I was coming to see you," said steal pain, "Don't look like that,"
he plainly. "But why waste the • he went on nervously. "And yet I
minutes indoors ?" he went on, di- knew it is kind of you. 13y -and -by,
vining her desire to enter the woods perhaps, I shall like 10 remember
tint you shed a tear for me, but now
—It is terrible to me."
"You will not go away ?" said she
quickly ; thero was undeniable regret
in her tone. Her face flushed.
Or
The
Wooing
of
Constantin.
;.sight of them in 1111 fear for hors.
"I know all you ,vould say. Do not
distress yourself. You could 1101 like
me well enough, then, you think ?"
"No. Not in that way," said sho.
Iler pallor forsook her as speech
came. and now she grew crimson,
and heavy tears rose and shone in
her large distressed eyes.
"Well, never mind," said he cheer-
fully. What on assumption of thwar-
t t was 1 "I didn't 2•0011
behind him. "May 1 not pay my
visit to you here as well as there 7"
he indicated The Cottage by a
glance.
"You may, indeed," said Con-
stentia, laughing. "But are wo to
talk commonplaces at the top of our not if I can bo of any use to you,"
lungs across this terrible little lee regarded her very earnestly. Yes,
stream ? l: confess I do not see how certainly she had seemed sorry at tho
1 am to get to you, or you to me.n thought of itis departure. "Con-
e
"Walk down your bank a little "Con-
stantia
headpl' and never earn0 to the sur-
face again; but still 1 pram risking
such total exttnctlee '2.q' -to• --selling
myself 1"
1 stndorstatid. You are right,
quite right," he said, "All along,
r.
lel OU l
Malone u erstoodyou well pn
i d I nas
n 0 , to know that no temptation, I geoid
hold out would move you, 1t ,was a
miserable mistake, MY saying what 1
"Ino not lot that ti oubiae you,"
Cried she eagerly. "Wily should you
not Have shown the children to me,
why not have brought them fee° to
lace with me andtb4
good teat
through me you 001010 have done
them 7 You sought to gain your
own end. That wae,quiee fair, In
your case"—with e. 12141dly doeii'e to
make him once more comfortable
with h'i'mself.; --"L should have said or
done anything to gain a cause that
was dear to me."
Ilton she thoughtshe had said too
11111011, had laid too great: val00 on
tho gaining of herself, and blushed
deeply,
"It was the clearest cause In the
world, 1t was the only cause I
really caro to gain," returned he,
wttii a- sigi1, Yet in a sense she !tad
comforted 111111. If the word "happy"
could be applied to him just then, ho
certainly felt the happier because of
her words, anct the assurance they
gave him that she did not despise
him for tho suggestion he had held
out. Well !" he said, after a bit,
"You were noxious for a quiet walk
here, and I have only disturbed you
with my idle dreams. I will bid you
good bye now, and let you have at
leas', one hour in peace. He smiled
and held out his hand,,
"But it Is only good-bye for the
moment ; you have said )lotl 10111 not
go away," said she, slipping her fin-
gers trustfully into his. She seemed
anxious, fearful If he went, a good
friend would go from her, and some
instinctive feeling that ho would be
wanted hero in their little com-
munity sooner or later awoke in her
breast,
"Of course I shall stay, I have
given you my word. And why should
I run away ? I am no coward," he
said, very bravely. Then ho parted
from her, and turning a leafy cor-
ner was ,soon out of sight.
11'0 walked on heavily, hardly
knowing why it was that his heart
was so dull within him. He know
he was no longer' the possessor of
even a falnting hope such as had
sustained hien for maty weeks, but
as yet he could only think of her,
,how sho had Io0r(0(1, what she had
said.
She had not returned his gaze when
ho was going. Rather, her eyes had
sought the ground as if in regret
aro you sure f yourself ? and sorrow. He was glad of those
way, and I think I shall be able to he went on hurriedly, "would time signs of gentle grief ; they told him
help you across," he said ; and do nothing for mo ? We are friends
Constantia, catching a glimpse of already ; you like me. After a while, that a' least she liar] Sett for him. It
a largo stone with her bright eyes, perhaps, you would learn to regard was a groat kindness in her that she
'terrier' towards it. me in a warmer light." Then some had thus shrunk from meeting 'his
words rushed to his lips and passed parting glance. She knew there
!leaching it, Stronge made a spring through before ho had time to weigh would bo despair in it. It was a
and alighted on it. It n•as hardly in them "Z could do n good deal for warm and honest heart that lay in
arid -stream, being considerably near- her sweet bosom—a heart that had
or to Constantia's bank than to his.
the children."• for
Ire stopped short abru er When itlf aa little obl obliged
the poor wretch
Ile stretched out his band to her. p 1' ft bad boon obli ed to condemn.
•'Now, be careful. Take time. it was said, the bribe offered, he , nacre was, too, some melancholy
Trust to inc. And when I say 'Now,' was honestly ashamed of himself ; satisfaction for him in the thought
jump," said 110. he would have given the world to re- that he had borne his defeat with
Constantly grasped his liana. She call it, but le was too late. 410 conlsiderabla spirit. leo had, to sup -
took time—she was careful—ifttl—in fact, lowered Itis eyes and waited, con- port him, the assurance that he had
she followed all his directions ; and yob:nee-stricken, for. her rebuke on quitted her presence with a calm
when he said, "nota," she jumped, this his first moan action. bearing—not as one crushed or Wr-
it seemed quite an easy tiring to her I ".I know," she said gently. "I rniliatod. Why, indeed, should his re-
te do, but when her feet touched the entice, too, that, many girls would
stone, she found it dam and slip- thine it almost their duty to sacra- cause ! by such a kindly s creature
P cause humiliation of any sort ? Is a
pery, and she wanld probably 'rave lice themselves for the sake of their man lowered because one woman out
fallen into the water had not Stronge brothers and sisters ; but—I am not of the whole universe does not find
caught her in his ainc, and then one of them. I would not marry a him exactly to her taste '7 No, it
they both laughed a little, and Con- man unless 1 loved him, for even the was foolish; and yet he could not
:amnia blushed warmly, and a Bytes children e it would be unfair, I help feeling glad that ho had left her
quick, shy light came into her oyes think, to myself and,'' softly, " to oettyeng with hem so undaunted an
that made his pulse throb. the man, 2.c, . I exterior.
llut the danger was not over yeti "I suppose so." He agreed with, Sadly, slowly Strong° walked on -
She clung tightly to Stronge's arm, be: oulent rdl', but he nevertheless wards, alive, indeed, to the know -
and from their desolate island looked gave her the impression that he
across at the promised land before would gladly have taken her, had she him lodge that a great ill had befallen
but hardly realizing to its full-
est
them. riven herself to hire, nu(.tvithsttund est the extant of it. Not until he
"I'll never do it," she said. "It ing the unruliness. Ile would, have had reached his Immo and entered
is twice as long as the last jump, risked that. 1 the hall, and wandered listlessly into
and only for you Z should now be as , "You would not have me marry item huge drawing -room on the right
drenched as a mermaid.'+ you unless I loved you ?" she 2251(0(1, hard side of it, did he quite coin -
..if you will only shut your eyes, a little impatiently. 152(0!prebend haw contpletetf ]rte for him
and when 1 say three," he said,1 "It would not be the way, of had been bereft of its flavor.
-spring. Now, are you 1012.4y 1 One, course, to mem, 1'001' happiness." li Here, in this large, exquisitely -
1
two, three !" "Nor yours either." g , L y -
In another moment she found her -1 Ile was silent ;then, attar quite a furnished reception -room where In
pelf on the opposite bank., high and , Minute 2 121s happy musings be bad seen her
dry, and triumphant. I "I am sorry T made you that welcoming her guests ; and -there, in
"What a strong man 1" she thought speech." 0o said. the pretty morning -room beyond,
to herself, and looked up at ]Simi "1)0 not regret it," =treated she, Ilshere he, perchance, and she alone
wilt eyes full of honest admiration.eery sweetly. "Indeed, it does not n:rgltb have sat in pleasant con -
•Frew well you did that!" she said matter at all ; it semis to me to be verso ; and in Sho ilainty octagon
aloud. "1 an more obliged to you such a natural thing to say. R'hy nest upstairs, all gray and silver,
than you know. I had set my heart not 9 Why should not Nornit and that her sweet presence might have
upon a rambling excursion to -day, the boys influence me 7" ;graced ' he had pictured her to Min-
imal but for you I could not have "Ah, that is just !t," exclaimed he self a thousand ttme5 as wandering
managed it. I am not a coward, you retttorsely. "I would have intuOnced through all those rooms, their mise
must know, but I confess there was you through them—through your ,tress, his queen I And such imagin-
e moment when my spirit quailed, love—your devotion to them. There ling
s had been very sweet to him.
Yon must admit however, I was very lay the baseness, the selfishness of But now lie must dash his brush
obedient. 1 showed a high apprecia- my words. I am glad they had no across all his pictures, leavingthe
Canvas blank as his own heart u
(Tb Be Continued).
Young Doctor—"Congratulate me?
I've just been called to attend my
Lien; patient." Young Lawyer --
"Olad to hear it. But hadn't you
boa of your character. You said, effect upon you,"
"Trust mel and I did, though I be-, "No," she said, "drat is true ;
iia ved in my inmost heart that a they could not touch me in that way.
damp grave yawned for me." I could not give myself away like
All at once, the never knew how, be that. I could starve tviLh those I
laid his heart bare to her, and threw loved ; I could not betray myself 100
himself upon her mercy. Yet even them. And, besides, I should'wrong
it,. this supreme moment, filled, too, then; if 'I believed for one moment better take me along ? Perbnps lie
of impulse, so calm, so controlled than, they would have it so. Oh, no, had totter make his will."
was the man's nature, that be I arxr wise, indeed." Tier tone had
pnl.e in a clear, uninrpussioned, 34 grown tremulous, hof now alto drew
s
very earnest tone, her breath sharply and became quite
"You could trust me then," he calm again "10'e axe poor people,'
paid, a faint quiver in his voice she went on lightly ; "yet still we
Orme betraying the terrible agita- seem to pull on somehow. We are
tion he was feeling, "It was but n always on the brink, as it wore, and
little thing, Conslautfa, and yet you some day 1 expect we 3111111 take a
+avavanceetageecme+ . .
Briggs : " Spudkins has nerve,
hasn't he ?" Griggs: "Nerve I 'Wlty
he borrowed my dress -suit to go to
a wedding, had it altered to fit him,
and then told the tailor to send it
Monne with the bill."
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And It Cures Them of Oou -. hs, Colds. Croup, Bronchitis, Sore
Throat and Whooping Cough.
Because it contains turpentine some people imagine that Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine is
disagreeable to the taste, On the contrary it is 5svicet and palatable, and children love to take it. They
seen learn that, besides being pleasant to take, it brings immediate relief to soreness, irritation and inflam-
mation ofthe throat and lungs. At this scason of the year all mothers desire to have In the house seine re-
Liable medicine to give when the children catch colds, or awake in the night with the hollow, croupy cough
evbich strikes a' chill to every mothene pert, You can rely absolutely on Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and
Turpentine. IL. has stood the test.
IrChase's Syrup of
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Linseed and Turpentine.
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portrait and .teenatule of Dr. A. W, Chase are on the bottle you buy. 20 rents a bottle; family sire, three
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THE FARM,
.. -* _ ;Y
WIIY PLANTS IWN OUT,
The bore plant .l>i'eeder Is Nature's
artist. To his varier' anent well bred
pcpmbinhere
envir'olantninisonta, distinctlyatton shooewing tdityhe,
and environment, distinctly showing
b1hyo itp s
robgrreeedirv.e f st
eres established
ale studies the habits and 011212ac-
toristics of the plants lie breeds, us-
ing to the utmost his knowledge of
plant breeding; relative to hybri-
dization, progressive variation, ac-
climatization, etc., in the training
up of bis plants along progression's
pathway:
'Though tho influences oxer'tca by
the breeder inthis direction aro tate
more powerful and olTOattto for the
well being of the progressive plant,
they are 50 'constantly antagonized
by •the;i'etrogtessive forces both
within and without the plant's 00-
ganism, that 1t le very difficult to
control them even in the hounds . of.
the diligent breeder.
TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL
the plant breeder must have the
faculty that discovers superiority in
company with, and often half hidden
by interiority. His occupation pre-
sents a boundless extent 01 detail,.
requiring fundamental conception of
the successful methods to be em-
ployed in the unfolding of the vege-
table, kingdom, the ;roguing of his
growing crops and the ultimate
solectton of the marked few, or na-
ture's favorites, which to hint aro
the golden keys which unlock, the
openings to nature's laws of progres
51011.
Tho work of our most successful
plant breeders hal intensified end
conceatrate,l into definite forms,
their ideal methods of perfection, and
has perpetuated the typical, .pe-
culiarities of their ovolutionized` at-
tainments But the fixtures of their
creations` have not been accomplished
by breeders unaided, for the prevail-
ing favorable conditions of Itis which
aro to be lofted only in the locality
of any Pa ticular plant's greatest
perfection have unquestionably ma-
terially aided the breeding process.
This plainly demonstrates that
with the same systematic breeding
that is necessary to develop a var-
iety, it cannot only bo maintained,
but
IMPROVED INDEFINITELY
by successive breeaers, provided the
breeding is done where the soil and
clinta.te conditions are most con-
genial for the highest perfection of
the plant.
My wheat is "running out" says a
farmer, but he knows not why, leo
Imply knows that his wheat is
'running out." because its yield and
nullity are annually declining,
The average farmer or gardener
[Wows nothing about tho reverting
haracteristics of organic nature, or
ho forces they exert in the yields
of his crops.
But truly, tho business of plain
breeding may bo said to be yet in
is infancy. And our foremost; breed-
ers of to -day may be likened unto
itelo children at playy upon tho,sbore
of a great ocean of vital facts relate.
ng thereto, andyet undiscovered by
man.'
When a •thoroughly -bred, well es-
tablished plant, or its seed first goes
from its breeder. witlr a strong pre-
potent, 'vigorous organization, it
easily for a time (two or three years
perhaps) combats and overcomes the
njurious surrounding retrogressive
nduences which -assail it, most par-
ticularly in the less'
CONO MN! AL LOCALITILS,
lutafter two or three years by dis-
continued breeding pressure, its or-
ganization . becomes. contaminated
through pollenation association with
the degenerate sorts which abound
n the vicinity of its new home. It;
then "backslides" with great rapid-
1y towards inferiority, until it be-
comes extinct because unprofitable
to grow. In the continued good
breeding of a variety of, seed and its
plant lies not only the secret of suc-
cess in its producing, but the degree
of perfection that will be attained
n the not far distant future, by in-
genious send and plant breeders, .in
tbo continued improvement of our
cement, vegetables and flowers, will
cause the glad earth to pour out her
blessings to the .husbandman in much
greater abundance in the way of
naximum yields, ete., than has over
yet been dreamed of by our most
progressive men.
should be taken to have full weight
tend neat paolfages, In Infeldeg pity
ter from gathered Groom it requires
Make
tore mire, 1 ant :telling liing ail I r .ri4
in pound printe, et etc above highest
market price, ha0'ing the same r0•*
gnler+ tt'acle for 10 years. 1 always
tae 1x2 1 right 1 plea) I It out .B
thechurnwith the rest and 010
1101 follow any 4i11Crent 1)101110(1a,
HOB NL111SS OA MILE,
That cattle without horns aro e
great improvement over cattle with
mei t 2. settled fact,
h0 a now a well s .Ott G,
says farm and Ranch. For this rea-
son, everything CISe being equal, na-
tural born mulloys will; in future, be
in groat favor, Everybody can't, at
least for the present, have mulioys,
but those wbo desire 11 and begin in
time can have hornless cattle Those
who aro prepared to feed and pro-
perly caro for their cattle in wlntee
should by all moans dolioru thorn.
Hornless cattle feed bettor, and aro
more docile, Losing their harps
seems to change the habits of elle
animal, It pays to remove the
banns and it pays still better to
breed hornless cattle.,
sonooL FOR SPORTSMEN,
How Novices May learn' to Han-
dle a Gun Safely.
Every Englishman likes to think
himself, a good shot, though not ()V-
ery ono is willing to take the trouble
to learn the art.
It was in pursuit of information on
this subject that a correspondent re-
cently visited the Shooting School at
Blagden Woods, Surrey, England,
whore' the young, the middle-aged,
and the old who leave had no sport-
ing education to speak of arc taught
low to handle a gun olTccLivoly.
To begin with, the average man
cannot expect to shoot with a gem
that does not lit him, though some
men seem to bo born shots, and are
able to shoot to a certain extent
with alinost any gun after a little
practice, simply because they are
quick to discover the peculiarities of
the weapon and to make allowance
for them.
li_
•1
THE NOVICE AND T1113 EXPERT.
Most men, however, need to have a
gun that fits them, and for this pur-
pose an adjustable try -gun is used at
the school, Lhc stook of which, by an
ingenious series of screws,' can be so
extendedandmodified in shape as to•
meet exactly any natural peculiari-
ties in the sportsman.
Being provided with a suitable
weapon, the, most important point
is then to learn how to toe the
various shots that may present.
themselves, and this is usually ac-
quired at the cost of long experience
and the expenditure of no small
amount of anununitiou. By means
of artificial birds throwa from traps,
every variety of shot can be intro-
duced -10 the learner. It has to be
remembered that as no true sports-
man shoots winged game while sit-
ting', he must snake allowance for the
fact that the object at waich he aims
is moving more or loss rapidly, In
the case of, a fast crossing bird, pos-
sibly going at the rate of forty utiles
an hour, it isobvious that the
sportsman must aim Considerably in
front .of it, otherwise by the time he
has pulled the trigger, the cartridge
has been exploded, and the shots
have travelled through the air, the
bird will be a long way ahead of the
spot at which aim Was taken.
MAKING HIGH GRADE BUTTER.
No one can snake good butter with
bad odors around tho creamery, says
Mr. F. S. Mallory. The vats, churn,
worker, utensils and employees roust
bo absolutely clean and sweet. In
running a creamery where the ' milk
13 drawn to the creamery and there
separated, Is much better than a
gathered cream plant where only the
cream is brought. Farmers will not
take ca'o of cream properly and the
greater part of it comes in sotm•.
In running 0. factory with a separa-
tor, I should separate my milk at
80 degrees 7', letting the cream stand
over night and cool down to churn-'
ing tenlperneu'o about 62 degrees in
winter and 58 in surname. 1 always
watt my churn stopped when the
butter Is in granular form, about the
size of wheat kernels. The butter-
milk will then draw oil' freely a.nd.
can ho worlce(2 very easily, 'L always
work my butter twice arid some-
tituos in third water, the enter bee
ing 10 degrees colder than c'burning
temperate r•e,
I salt it to suit my trade, using
mostly one ounce- to tho pound, X
have never used the, combined churn
and worker, for .I think the butter
bas a bother grain with the churn
separate. In toelcing I want my
packages as clean as possible on the
outside es well as insigne. In packing
in tubs I have than. lined tip and
fold .over the edge of butter one
inch, then Ins top cleaner is,put on
top and tacl(ed down between tub
and lining. 1 have had men toll pie
that my butter took well, b0cau60
when they took the cavor off tho
Maine was cnvoierl 912100/11 incl nice.
IN MERRY OLD 1 ,. LAI1f
NEWS BY NAIL ABOUT 0.0I -1N
BULL .ANA ITIS PEOPLE.
OCc urrences tire Lan
d thatt
Reigns Stepreno in the Cont-
mol•cia1 World.
Leaden alone reduces to ashes
Million cigars a wool..
The total nuurbor Of IIr'itish, deaths
in. any 0410 year, must be quite 800,-
000.
Loren Orassey says tine British navy
to mon and ships excels any outer
two navies.
Lord Kitchener is now :n his 52nd
year, Ills military sorviee is one
of 80 years,
air, John Elliott has beeal appoint-
ed district superintendent of the elide
land Railway,
In the year just; ended the Leeds
Corporation Gas Works made a net
profit of 2021,000,
Wiretr the post<oglco, London, tele-
phones aro in Complete working or-
der they will embrace an area of 040
square miles.
The ringing of etirfow upon the
groat bell in the tower of the Chapel
of the Guild of the Hely Cress has
been resumed at, Stratford -on -Avon,
Mr, Marcoui, of ."wireless tole,
graphy" fame, is resident in London,
and is to bo 'seen piloting a bike
through its crowded streets,
Battle Abbey, founded by William'
the Conqueror 12. year after the bat-
tle of Hastings, 15 soon to be knock-
ed down—to the highest bidder,
The establishment of the Guards
including the Flousehola Cavalry and
the Foot Guards, is to bo increased
to a fall complement of 12,317 of
all ranks. '
A now paving in London is formed
of big blocks made of partially . pul-
verized stone obtained from Corn-
wall and South Wales,,, and heldto-
gether by Trinidad pitch.
A London sanitary ofiielal, . Dr.
Shirley Murphy, found that the num-
bu ofcases of consumption in-
creased in exact proportion with the
number of persons living in one
room.
It is armed that 210 nation is in-
creasing so rapidlyin height and
weight as the British. In fifty years
the average height has risen from 5
feet 7¢ inches to 5 feet 8e inches.
Herbert Spencer is almost nighty
and a half years of age, and. quietly
at his home in Brighton, he con-
tinues still at work, putting .the fin-
ishing touches upon the labors to
which he has devoted his life.
Win. Cook, the sergeant -major'
who drilled Icing Edward, then
Prince of Wales, in 1861, when he
was serving in the First Grenadier
Guards, has just retired from active
work. Ile has been for alto last
thirty years a sanitary inspector.'
Will. Finney, the well-known swim-
mer and high diver, has performed
the feat of diving from the top of
one of the towers of the Albert Sus-
pension bridge. at Battersea, a dis-
tance, of 100 feet. The dive, which
was not marred by any accident, was
witnessed by a large crowd.
The house in. Portland Place,'Lon-
don, which Earl Roberts has pure
chased for his town residence, was
for long a centre of society and
fashion. From 1820'to 1860 itwas
occupied by the Dowager Duchess of
Richmond, and was famed for the
brilliancy of its entertaimuonts dur-
ing the London season.
All the obsolete muzzle -loading
guns in the forts at the mouth of
the Thanes and along the south
coast Have been cleared away and
replaced by modern breeehloading
pieces. A similar reform in coast
defence will in a few weeks be ex-
tended round the whole of the sea-
board of the United Kingdom,
Roughly, Creat Britain exports
about 50,000,000 tons of coal per
annum to foreign 'countries, among.
her Chief customers being France,
Russia, Spain, America, Sweden,
India, 0210 the East. Tho export
trade is exclusive of "bunker" coal
taken by steamers engaged in tho
foreign trade, which averages about
11,000,000 tons per annum.
Safe. Dangerous. Safe.
CARRYING A GUN.
In carrying a on the muzzle
should either be pointed to the
ground, or. else it should. bo carried
on the sheuldcr with the muzzle rais-
ed at a lttgh angle.
Nothing is more dangerous to one's
friends than to tarry a loaded gun
horizontally; on the shoulder, when
an accidental touch on the trigger
may result in an alarming accident,
Similarly, in walking, it 1s a Mot
dangerous plan to nurse the gun on
0210's left arm, as some beginners do,
In getting over a gate or through
a hedge it is a good plan to open the
brooch of the gun, and in all cases
the muzzle must, be pointed to the
ground, as it is an easy matter for a
bralnble or twig to catch in the tr'ig-
gerand so cause an accident.
There are soluo people who should
never touch 12.. gun without; being
very thoroughly drilled in its hand-
ling, Excitable mon who loose t.ltoir
heads and blaze away wildly when a
bird rises unexpectedly near them are
not only a nineauce'to everyone else
in the field, but are a serious danger.
WHIAT 1S A RING 7
"Pitpa, what Is a king 7" A
king, my child, is a person whose
authority is practically unlimited,
whose word is law, and whom every, -
body must obey." "Papa, is mam-
ma a king ?"
Nellie—"Yoti seemed nittch intorest-
ed to -night in the conversation of
nth, Tomlinson." Edith—"Yes ; his
00nt•eesati012 was about sensiblo'mat-
l01.e, such aS few of tho yOullg men
of the day discuss," Noelle—"What
was it 9" 11:di1il—"'Th0 superior ad -
Vantage of married Ilio as compared
In putting tip pi•luts the same care with baehOlordern.
BOY'S NORYOl le SUIT,
4, to .12 Years.
--
The Norfolk suit, as here shown, is
one of the Incest nodes for little
boys and growing lads, and will be
much seen in the early fall. The or-
iginal is made of cheviot in a mix-
ture of browns and tan, with threads
of green, but all wool suiting cloths
are suitable for cold weather wear,
duck ruin galatea for summer suits:
To cut this suit for a boy of 8
years of age, 4 3-d, yards of ma-
terial 27 inches wide 00i11 bo re-
quired.
SMART LITTLE 130Y.
Teacher—Now, boys, ]tow fanny
months have twonty-night days?
Boy (in front seal)—All of thein,
sir,
Beetles are the strongest intents,
A 'horned betide has been known to
move a 24 pounds letter weight —
that le, 81 5 times its own weights
QUACKERY R ,� S
Q
1'FIYSIC PATI11N 7q 5101J1.9
'71-I It OW TO T 7033 .DOGS.,
InjectingXnjecting Salt Water I to
the
Veins --• The Hot -Air Bath for
Rhounlatisret,
111 ciioiera the blood /Memos lie
lhielc its treacle, and the heart 112.119,
Sixty years ago, when title • awful
disease r'ngod in London, a svoman
was brought bads to life, when .Ma
pa'ently dead of cholera, by simply
injecting salt water into her veins.
She made her will and then collapsed
agoiu, five times the experiment
teas repeated, but the orld of it was
that she died.
Tho wonderful effects of ahte salt
solution wore put down to the salt,
and 30 0 Salt cure er'a90 began,
wlticll leas boon revived at Intervale.
0001' 911100, and been the source • of
much profits to quacks. Taut in real-
ity salt has no motive effect what=
ever, It was the water widen; thin -
nod the cltolgra patient's blood and
revived !tor, The salt prevented the
paralyzing effect width pure water
exercises on muscle.
A Manchester coroner, two years
ago, held an inquest over a wealthy
gentleman, who was certified to have
died of starvation,.. Ho was a victim
of quackery. Any doctor will tell
you that a day or two's abstinence
from solid food' is an excellent cure
for some forms of indigestion. The
Nfanehoster gentleman had fallen in-
to the hands of a quack, who had
starved him until the poor man had
lost morn flesh than he could afford.
Hundreds of people die yearly from
similar causes. The latest euro
craze is the hot-air bath for rheu-
matism ; and, under proper advice,
and with reasonable precatrtions,. it
is
A MOST USEFUL REMEDY.
But when the patient has a weak
heart, and the heat is excessive, it
kills more often than it cures. The
heat applied is so tremendous that
the perspiration hisses in steam
through cracks in tho jacket which
surrounds the patient.
Putting a mar into a temperature
at which mercury becomes solid 10
another of theso fashionable but dan-
gorous experiments. The patient
stands 111 a well, and by chemical
means the air around itirn is reduced
to 110 degrees below freezing point
—that is far colder than tho worst
Winter temperature of tlta Arctic
regions. This is an indigestion cure,
and also useful for consumption,
The case of )firs. Warren, who was
recently killed by over-exposure to
Roentgen rays, offers another exam
pie of tho dangers of a useful cure
in the hands of people unable tb
make proper use of it. With an up-
to-date machine, and short expos-
ures, wonderful things have '.been
done with these rays. Mrs, Warren,
however, was 'under - ahom :for an
hour at a time. and died of the
shock.
Thousands of women have stilled
themselves in trying to improve their
complexions, A shoe assistant at
Southsoa, England, upon whom an
inquest was geld a little while ago,
was cea•titled to have drunk nearly a
half pint of vinegar a day to make
herself look pale and interesting.
THE LATEST CRAZE
of this kind is the cn.mi 11or habit.
which was started by a London
quack. Ile declared that .it gavo a
soft creaminess to the complexion.
Regular 'dosesof etunphor . begin by
stupefying the tracer,. and' extreme
weakness follows, accompanied by
constant longing for sleep. The
coinplexion, instead of improving,
becomes dead -white, and: the end, as
usual, is death.
Seventy deaths are said to be at
the door ofa man 20110 calls himself
Professor Coley, and who claimed to
to bo the inventor of the distilled -
water cure for dyspepsia. Distilled
water has, ofcourse, no natural
salts in it, and, though harmless in
,small amounts, produces gastric ea,
that'll. if taken for ally length' of
time. Coley made much money ' by
tho sale of distilling apparatus . in
England, and then escaped to 'Am-
erica.
One of the most dangerous medi-
cal experiments ever tried was at-
tempted recently in a Calcutta lois-
Ental upon a Hindoo dying of lepro-
sy. Tho leprosy bacillus is the hard-
est to kill of any, with tho excep-
tion of the lockjaw microbe. It on-
ly succumbs to the deadly venom of
tho cobra. The Iiindoo's veins were
opened and a decoction of the
cobra poison infused. Then
came a desperate struggle to save
the mien's life while tho two poisons
fought it out in his veins. Tho
heart's action was stimulated, and
the 1111111 is now e,vogressieg tow(trde
a eompleee cure.
B1W.MCFAST AT ITOME.
"Well, madam," says LIZ Lend of
the house, who has appal"nilly got
out of bed on the wrong: side,
''who"l,. have you got for breakfast
this. morning 7 ]foiled eggs, ch 7
Seems to ale you never have any-
thing but boiled eggs. Baited ]Ere-
bus ! And what else, Madam, may :t
ask 7"
''il111tton-chops, 1117 (lour,'says
thewife, timidly,
"atutton-chops 2" echoes the hus-
band, bur•stiug into a peal of sale
(10r1i0 laughter—"mutton-chops 1 I
could have guessed it. 13y the liv-
ing .efngo, inad11ln, if ever .I eat an-
other meal Menlo of this house--"
And jamming on his hat and slam-
ming the door, the aggrieved man
bounds down the states and betakes
himself to the restattr'ant,.
"What'll you halve sir 7" says the
waiter, politely, handing hitrt the
bill -of -faro,
"All," says the guest, having
Maimed over it, "lot me ser,. Being
u0 two boiled eggs, and a mutton -
chop 1"
"T don't, 1,111.111( our eon Toney will
0001 see the rivet. on lire, my teems,"
Said Mr.' lejillkti 'Probe late • o2..''
said Mfrs.. Minks; "bot 11 1.0 teens
on act he has begun he'll ter- the
World wield° dowry.,