The Brussels Post, 1897-10-8, Page 22
TAB BRUSSI JS POST,
OCT. 8, 1807
TWO ONES, ONE TWO Al`) A FIVE
CHAPTER IL
The next day was eold, dull and rainy,
With the ever -varying mood of fickle
spring, the wetter during the night,
• bail loat all the. graces which, °barao-
tertzed it on the previous afternoon,
and all day long a half neat, bait driz-
zle accompanied by a chilly wind, bad
rendered out -door life anything but
pleasant. 7lveniug settled dosvu, mare
calm, but not a whit less cold and
misty. The city lights, wan and dim,
struggled with the choking fog as i
f
breath comes in quack, short gasps, and
his bands clutch convulsively as the
speaker 'continues,
`Well thus confounded young up-
start of a Markwell Oiappons Co be
posing in the light of a rival just nosy,
and a duced favored one on the girl's
part, as I discovered yesterday. Cebu
sea, I must remove bite from the path.
In the name of high heavens, what
do you mean. Joel? Not that ybu
want me to help you to —"
No, no, fo:lids! What do yolu take
me for, ablundertn butcher? I hope
I have more brains iliac that. No, I
have a fan' safer way; send him over
much: the same road as the brother.
Perishing for want of breath. Here and You see, after I have arranged so that
there a straggling pedestrian hurried she will �get allithe old inna&n's ge soteat
to and fro, from ons dark shadow em- •I can get her. I got her brother safely
erging, in a moment plunging into an- out of hes father's leaks, and now 1
other, Deep in the recess of some door- must get the lover safely out of her's.
way, a solitary homeless news -boy feeb- NOW, nhy Plans The sooner the better,
you know, before her silly notions get
ly cried his papers still, Business men any deeper into her head ; so I have
darted from shop or office with a rush ' chosen to -morrow. I happen to be
slighL•-
for the passing car, and were swiftly leac,lvaunted with this M'arkwell,
enough, at least, to be quite in or
Whirled away to their boniest glad to der for me to converse with him upon
escape the Lnolemeney of the night. a chance meeting of this kind. His is
Down a young dark, bye -street he m rrow afternoon thus base-ball
I chosen
me to -
Ione, two young hien, scarcely on the there as mytime. Now, lend me your
further heir of thirty years, slowly
groped their way through the gather- Purse and I'll explalm all in a room-
ing night. One of them appeared to mat."
took theme as I3ronnell
be sick or wounded, for he hung heavily handed at to him, and es once emoting
enthe , and am c bis companion foriits contents into has hand, returned
escaped, and an occasional yoan of painto
fully d his ld.sss he slowly zsand pain -n. a� imdeeJible their owner; then, with
fully dragged his faltering stops along. pencil he printed Burse,
At last the weary feet refused to obey, n -
null's name on the inside of the purse,
and he fell heavily forward only being and taking some bills from his own
prevented from falling to the ground pcoket he canted out three per four,
by the quick grasp of bis companion„ shier, togetherle d heh a few the posse ieces of
Then
who drew Klan hurriedly within an he rennarked
open gateway into a stable -yard at the Now,ou see tails! There are two
back of some large buildings. 'ones, one two, and a five in bilis, and
It's no use, Bob, old man," murmur- some chs fan silver. Can you swear
ed the sink man " I can go no farther. to the contents of this purse to -mor -
I am done for till I can rest a little. row?"
Let me lie under that wagon there in "Two ones, one two, and a five," in-
terrogated
t/he shed. till I rest a bit, and then I'llted ne
try again. It don't look as though it
would be quite so reel under there," "Yes,ed Hroones,non
e two, and a five,
a Western Bank, flee, and some small
aluItswon't
g t o, Jacks. You Mange in silver. What would quite
It won t d o, Jack, go bry nature-1left 1Y v7" din iters. r mass a for help. dollar bll,beyou. see. Two nes one
No, not For God's sake don't, Bob, two, and a firm."
• call anyone," entreated the sick
mase I can't bear the thought of "Yes, I can remember that most car -
what might happen.Don't leave me, Minim What of it?"
Bob! please don't, od pard; you've been Very well, I'll tell you the pian.
!like a brother to me, aye, more than You see these?" As he spoke he drew
a brother, many times, don't leave me from his pocket three new, crisp, ten -
new, just Iet me rest 1 Oh," he shiver- dollar bills. His companion nodded.
ed, ,L'm so co1d, Bob, oh, so cold! I "Those are counterfeit, and they
hope I ca,n, die here, for I am no good will be found in his pocket, too, as well
in this world any more, and I fear as your purse. You see that with
there is small thane of me ever being the two charges against him, each
so." helping
Jack, you will ill helping to substantiate the other, it
p will be impossible for him to escape.
through all right, and who knows how The plan is as follows: I will
many happy days there may be before fall is with him at the ball grounds,
you yet? Let me go and lining beep and we will walk around together for
and have you taken care of. e. few minutes; you must be there, and
Aye, that's the word, Bob, Taken must not let me out of your sight.
care of ; that's the trouble. Just think As soon as you see us together work
the kind of care I'll get -five years
at least. 0 God! And I swear to you,
Bob, I am not guilty ; Iam not, old
friend, I swear; it on this which is, I
lope, my death -bed. Where Is your
band, old man, lean close down, for
it's hard talkingPromise me, Bab,
gored on your honor, that if I go to-
o -141st you will never rest till you have
proved to my family and to the world
that I am innocent; that I never com-
witted any crime to disgrace the hon-
ored name of my father. Promise me,
old friend, that if I go over the river
to -night some day you will tell my
dear little sister -God bless her 1 -some
day you'll tell her, Bob, bow it was all
wrong, how it was all a great mistake
someway, and how I died loving and
blessing her. Tell the dear old moth-
er, Bob, if the sorrow bas not killed
her, tell her that I am not all bad.
Tell her that with my last breath I
swore my innocence, and prayed that
somehow the good. God would help me
to find her over there! Ohl Oh 1 -I'm
so call, Bob, Oh, so cold! so cold I" and
his frame trembled as with the ague,
and the words died on his quivering
lips.
"It's no use, Jack, I can't see you suf-
fer like this. It's 'weeder to sit Here
and see you die so; I must get help."
"Hush, Bob, hush, for the love of hea-
ven keep still; don't stir or make a
noise, some one is coming I"
Closer tato the deep shadows of the
shed and wagons Grouched the shiver-
ing, half -famished, perishing form of
the lonely, suffering outcast and his
companion, as nearer still came the
tramp of footsteps, now mingled with
the sound of voices. •rne poor fellows
crouched in terror, and scarcely dared
to breathe as the steps turned into
the yard where they lay hidden, past
their corner, and finally, halted at the
door of a small stable, scarcely tan feet
from where they lay. In a moment the
door was unlocked and tate two entered;
then a flood of light filled the stable
as the electric buttea was turned, while
its beams shot out across the muddy
yard, making a strip almost as light
as day, and plunging the rest of the
place Into darkness that seemed almost
tangible. The two men who stood
within the stable in the bright glare of
light, plainly visible to the two crouch-
ing figua-es themselves hidden by the
Munk darkness without,. were
no others than our friends
Fraston and Bronnell, w' om we heard
arranging to meet at some certain plane
on this particular evening; and this
Ls the place apppoleted. It Is Fraston's
stable. He likes a speedy horse, and
here he usually keeps one or two.
I wanted to show you my naw nag,"
Ina said; "and also I thought this was
as quiet and safe a place as we could
wish to explain the business I wanted
to tell you o£ this evening.
After looking over the new horse and
discussing him till content, Fraston
turned to hes companion and said:
And now as to this other little lousi-
ness!"
As he spoke the tone of his voice and
every word was distinctly heard by
the watchers without, who were listen-
ing intently in ten bone of reading
thereby their chance of escapingde-
tection. 'Dm face of the siok mabad.
become white and. livid as he beheld
the form of Joel Fraston etanding in
the light within the stable, which pale-
ness was now replaced. by a flush of cr-
eitement as he Watched and listened
in breathless suspense.
"'lou know young Markwell, don't
you, Nathan?"
• I am not at all acgminted with
him, though I thank I know him by
eight. He's a young engineer, is he
not?"
"He is. You know him well enough
to be sure whoa you see him?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Well, that's all the better than fur-
ther acquaintance just new. .Now, I
will tell .you, just what I want, all in
tut -shell. As I told you before, I
have made up m e mind to annex the
daughter and ducats of Mr. Justice
Durant."
Yes."
Again the face of the sick listener in
the shod growa aahon, hie eyes flash,
his form quivers and trembles, his
youlr way up to us, and im passing, man-
age to get crowded against him a 51 -
tie. In half a minute afterward raise
a disturbance, declare your loss, and
demand his arrest. I will see, that it
is them in his pocket.. Hee will be ar-
rested, amid my earnest expostulations,
and assurances to you that you must
be mistaken in the man. When he is
searched the purse will be found, and
I, very reluctantly, will have to admit
you are the man known by the name
found in the purse, and, also, that I
Save you change for a ten -dollar bill
,lust before eanterimg the grounds. It
was two ones, one two, and a 11, e, I
gave you, and one dollar in silver. A
Western Bank five, by the way. I'll
be awfully sorry, and all that. He
will be marched off to await trial, and
by that time the counterfeit bills will
be brought to light, and he will be in
tor the double charge. Ha can't
escape, and by the time his sentence
is served out there'll be small chance of
the young lady wanting to wed a jail-
bird, and still less chanes of her papa
allowing it; and with that much time
at my disposal, with her outraged
feelings to help to a decision, I fancy
I shall be able to secure the prize. What
ata you think?"
"It seems rather hard'dn thus other
fellow, Can't you—"
'Oh, yes 1 you axe awfully sympathe
tic all at once, aren't you? Dud I
talk that way when you wanted some
help not long ago?, Now you want to
get out of returning the compliment
do you?"
"No, no I'll see you through it;
o'n1y--„
There's no •only' about it; except
that it's the only way , i muet crush
Mark -well or I can't win; and win I
am determined to, so don't bother mor-
alizing; it makes me weary. Be sure
you remember the bills; two ones, one
two, and a five. Is there anything
further?"
No, I think not!'
"Then let .is get home, and out of
this beastly night."
Freston turned off the light, and the
two walked out in moody silence, little
dreaming that sue whole discussion of
their sohame had bean overheard, word
byword, by the two crouching, shiver-
ing, awe-stricken wanderers hidden in
the shadows of the shed and
the wagon not ten feet from
the plotters of this villainy.
In breathless silence they listened till
the two had left the yard. Listen
to Frisian swear because the
stablemen had. left the yard gate open,
and saw hien try to shut it but fail,
for the slime reason that the men bad
failed, simply because the hinges had
been torn off.
"God help us, Bob, what ars we go-
ing to dol Did you hear what they
are planing'?' whispered Jaok, as the
sound of the footsteps grew fainter.
:Every word of it," answered Bob,
"Heaven help mel" said Jack. "Give
me but life till tomorrow, that I may
warn !frank Mark -well of his danger.,
and then I can die content. I must
have strength for that, though, 1
must! I will do it; all the powers of
darkness and hell shall not drag me
from this earth till I have done that,
God help mel Help me um help me up
old part]] .I'm going to find him, and
tell him of his danger,"
Under the strain of his great lex-
choicest and mental agony Isis Chills
had given place to the flush of fever,
and, hale delirious, he struggled to hie
feet; but hie strength quickly failing
tion again, he fell ball fainting into
the arms of his companion, Aa soon
as he bad sufficiently recovered again,
Bob spoke.
"No Jack! You will do nothing of
the kind. I will trap these two ras-
cals, You would just scare them off
and leave thein free to try some other
gave. Now listen to me. You must go
tatho hospital, and stay there till you
are better; it is the only way' you can,help,
help, and before tomorrow night these
two will be in their own boy. I know
what you would say, but I will listen
to nothing, 1' must is obeyed in this,
and yen must heli by doing as I say
now, if you want to save Cha innocent
3 two onleg 1 two and a 5
rem this dastardly plot agalnet him.
"I'm willing to sacrifice anything, I'll
do asou say.";
"There is still an hour or more be-
fore midnight, and I'm oft for the am-
bulanoe; stay here till I come back, I
know a policeman, No. '87, on a beat
not far from here who will help me
through with the business. A good
cart of fellow; I used to know hunnwell
before he joined the force. Mees,
quiet ase you can, until I return," and
without more ado be was gone,
To Hs Continued.
DROPPED1'ROIYI THE GLOBS
A NEW METHOD OF ATTACKING
GREAT WAR VESSELS.
Rattle 511115 Will be ]tendered 1Ge11/il'RR 111
n Few III11nleN-Inlportenl: 1ESpel'i11011t$
Recently, •lullle In England.
Experiments jut concluded at Wool -
whole have demonstrated that by a now
method of artillery attack the strong-
est battle ship which was ever built
may be rendered obsoletely helpless
within a few minulles. This may be
done without the slightest danger to
the men who man the great guns which
perform this task. The new method
Ls known as high angle firing.
The one experiment which demon-
strated the fact cited beyond ques-
tion was conducted with a wire -wound
piece of service ordnance of 9.2 inches
caliber, weighing 19 tons, and 'which
was on an expanding mounting placed
for high -angle firing. The gun uti-
lized was one of great power, range
and penetration. In the series of trialts
of the gun the projectiles fired were
Palliser shot, weighing 082 pounds each,
and requiring for discharge an indi-
vidual charge of 270 pounds of powder.
The gun was fixed at various angles
ale/evet'ian, the maximum range ob-
tained not being less than 12 miles.
The elevation was than 40 degrees.
Thom who had °bargee of the experi-
ments
xpertmeans carefully calculated the speed of
the projectile, and determined that the
extreme height obtained by it was in
the vicinity of 16,000 feat, or about 8
milks. The time occupied by the entire
flight was
EXACTLY ONE MINUTE.
The result is regarded as one of the
greatest achievements of modern gun-
nery. The power off groat range and
exceeding penetration Which the pro-
jectile undoubtedly possesses under the
circumstances described are unques-
tionably due to th'e wire winding sys-
tem, which gives high resistance pow-
ers to tufa guns, and thus enables
heavier charges to be used. The gun
whiulh will in general be used upon
the coast of Britain weighs 27 tons,
and has a muzzle energy' of 19,200 foot
tons.
It ie. douibtful is any experiment with
artillery for 80 years has resulted in
the revelation of facts so important
to naval powers.
It needs no elaborate explanation to
demonstrate that mo vessel) can be so
constructed on modern lines as to be
impervious to projeotlles dropped from,
the are
fired atr sides,l a Yet thatouds as wels thosevhich is =ta-
le the position the modern battle ship
is pieced in by the adoption of high -
angle firing. Of pours°, in purely
naval battles the thigh -angle system
cannot be uavllzed in so great a degree,
for the power of the greatest vessel to
withstand the reedit of a gutn is sur-
prisingly limited. It is a very small
percentage of the recoil which can be
safely figured upon by' those who man
the guns in fortifications.
Therefore, it can be seen that the
great advantage of high -angle lire from
gums on shore is ;that they can be
mounted behind earthworks or parapets
entirely concealed from view, so that
it would be a matter of great diffi-
culty
TO SILENC.E THEM.
Again, their fire hay a patanging char -
miter, and is than effective against ob-
jects themselves invisible. The great
effect made possible by the use of this
chase has caused a centralization of at,
tention from military men upon them,
all of whom say without hesitation that
the practice of high -angle firing has
unquestionably a great future.
The main idea of the high angle fir-
ing is to finish a mode of attack
against ships so heavily armored as to
be almost proof against artillery -used
in the ordinary fashion. At first' it
might be thought that a bombardment
by high angle gums mounted so deeply
m the earth that it wound be wall nigh
impossible to direct their aim at all
waufd be in the, nature of shooting at
random. As a matter of fact it would
be anything but that. It is now pos-
sLble to tell the speed at which a pro-
jectile travels anal, to calculate from
this speed the distance traversed with
certain charges of powder used to give
the necessary ampetue, Now with
these caleulatiens possible and the
points of the compass carefully calcu-
ited it is not at all among the impos-
sibilities to place a shot with fair ac-
curacy.
This knowledge given, the rest is
comparatively easy. The officers in
charge a£ the gen would, of course,
have an accurate charted map of the
waters which it commanded. They
wouarl he able from occasional observe,
tiaras of lookouts to gain an accurate
idea of the commie the vessel at which
they were firing wbe taking, and the
ebances are that they coact rain pro-
jectiles upon her in a manner which
would cause her to speedily retire
from range if she were not so disabled
as tole unable to do so. That is subs,
the meet ordnance experts who have
watchedthe experiments any, and the
ordeal; and most conservative officers
of the 3f ga1sb Navy join them
IN THE OPINION.
Sot it oa'n be, seen that a series of high
angle firing gum bat'teriea could make
any p'oadstead a very umcoisnfortable
piece for war vessels, heavily armor- ,
el though they might be.
One thing the discovery seems to pput:
en end to, tine that is the idea 1110,
great facets can threaten tee seaport
towns of a powerful nation with tiny ,
degree of mimosa The chances ere
that 9x:fai'e two years have passed
same effort will have been made by
every nation which wIIO fight for What
ib considersiiia rights to equip at least
one of lie main seaport§with birth
angle firing guns. 'Chis done the moat
nnoworl'vl navy in the world may he
helpless before a seaport of ons of the
weakest of nations.
WHERE SILENCE RD+IM
CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH OF
THE TRAPPISTS.
Monks at (111a 'lo net 510Ve emir et Ill
Luxuries or Ll re -Vegeta Flan, who ,1511
al 11.111. and Retire 1117 0.116
In hallowed hall and gloomy cloister
laymen walked one day recently, says
the Montreal Star. The occasion was
the eonseoration of the ohuroh o8 the
Trappist Monks at Oka. For Cho first
time in many years, contemplative
brothers, vowed to perpetual silence,
were permitted to indulge themselves
to their heart's content. How well they
enjoyed the precious privilege words
cannot picture or describe. What old-
time associations were recalled as the
shaven penitent, sympathetic and spir-
itual, listened to the latest gossip, The
cowled figure, whose countenance
beamed so graciously, was that of a
former well known banker in Mont-
real .The characteristrio tread of the
Thespian could be distinguished in an
ex -actor, despite his emaciated vo-
cabulary. The kneeling anchorite bow-
ed with an unforgotten grief, doing
Penance in a private chapel, was de-
scribed as a successful book canvasser
ten years ago. These were several of
the types seen on every elle.
Oka and its dusky denizens arose
with the sun to welcome the Montreal
contingent, which arrived by the
steamer Duchess of York a an
early hour. Capt. McGowan, at a
low estimate, looked after the com-
fort of nearly one thousand passen-
gers. 1Ladies were in a email min-
ority.
After reaching the wharf the visit-
ors ran the siege of clamorous up-to-
date country back drivers. Up hill
and down dale, now driving through
a dense wood, then catching a
glimpse of the murky Ottawa fare be-
neath, the monastery was reached. It
rests snugly between mountains. A
noisy stream diverted by human hands,
flows by, thundering an accompani-
ment to the ceaseless intercessions of
La Trappe.
THE MONASTERY.
"Beath, qui, habitant in demo Do-
mini," is the inscription over thel en-
trance of the stone monastery. Truly
hospitable are the monks. Male visit-
ors are permitted to inspect every
nook and corner of the vast establish-
ment. The transition from the sombre
cells and whip -cords to wine vaults
came by easy stages. Brother George,
Levallee, and Mr. Jos. Girouard, ex -
M. P. for Tam) Mountains, made an ad-
mirable press committee.
Since the founding of the monastery
in 1880, laymen have always been wel-
come guests.. The western wing i5 es-
pecially reserved for their comfort and
accommodation. Transients ars never
charged, but those en retreat are ex-
pected to contri:bate fifteen dollars a
month. The privileges include access
to a library where devotional works
reign supreme. Thera are at Oka 42
monks, 63 converts -lay brothers -and
24 Oblate. All are vowed to a are of
perpetual silence and abnegation. '
The monks never eat meat. Unlike
the Oblats, they are strict vegetarians.
Only when 51 are they permitted to
eat fish.
The dormitories are on the upper
floors, Each monk occupies a cell six
by tour in dimensions. His bed is not
of eiderdown ; rather it resembles
pressed brick. The monks, according
to the rule of the Cistercians, never
undress at night. They sleep in their
hooded garb, and in the cool season, in
addition, -wear at night a woollen out-
er garment. A. name above thel cell
indicates the occupant. The cham-
ber of the mitred abbot is even more
severe in its appearance. Texts from
Scripture and warnings respecting the
import of eternity are seen on every
side. In such surroundings the ner-
vous visitor is apt to be startled;
the monks, however, wear a tranquil
look.
RIGOUR OF THE LIFE
An ascetic life has no terrors for
them. An edea of the rigour of life at
Oka maybe gleaned from the following
programme of duties carried out by
the Trappists: They rise at 2 a. m.,
then follows the office of the Holy
Virgin. Prayers are scheduled for 2.30.
The canonical office is ranted half an
hour later, followed by the Angelus
and private masses. Intermission then
gives the monks a period for private
meditation. Prime is the office at
5.10 followed by the Chapter, Bads are
then made. Then comes at 7.45 a. m..
Tierce Higb Mass, and work; 10.45 a.
m., end. of work; 11.07 a,m.,oxamination
of conscience and Angelus; 11,30, din-
ner,. and
inner,.and intermission; 1.30 i1. m., work;
3.80 p.m„ end of work; and, intermis-
sion; 4.30 vespers; collation and inter-
mission; 6,10 p.m., lecture, Salve and
examination of conscience; 7 p.m., bed-
time.
Flagellation is an every day prac-
tice al: Oka, let is a form of penance.
Tba instrum,entof torture is aminim.
tura cat -o' -nine tails of knotted hemp,
Each monk bus one underneath hispil-
low. While the mitred abbot remtes
the Miserere the holy men in their re-
speetive cells bare their shoulders and
ma:orbits their flesh as a penance for
their own sins and those: of a derelict
world. It Lent the penance is more
severe. On Goof Fri.d.ay the monks wash
the feet of the poor. Evan the other
day, many monks, especially the
brown -garbed lay brothers, refused to
avail themselves of the permission to
converse with their fellows. In the
pharmacy, Brother Martin, a for-
mer distinguished physician, abso-
lutely refused to discuss modern mecl.-
i.cine. He conveyed by a pantomimic
act his desire to be left severely
alone.
Than he gloomily peered outside the
window id the quadrangle where re-
poses the seven departed hrotbers. Itis
example was soon followed. Plain
wooden crosses indicate the resting
places. A grave already half dug
warns • the shiner of • death and eter-
nity,
SOME OF THE PENALTIES.
When the anchorite is dying invoca-
tions are ceaselessly tittered by the
others in an adjoining room. If death
intervenes, the monk is buried in' his
ordinary habit, coffina not being used.
A strange feature of the Trappist rule
is the daily Prime, an office weer° the
brothers are expected to acous° (web
other openly of their external sins, in
ovary instance the Abbot Dom An-
toine imposes the punishment. The
accused invariably prostrates him-
self while the tale bearers make' the
charges in the presence of the other
monks,
•rhe Penalties ieolude eatiegsou1 off
the ground kneeling, while the others
eat, or kissing the feet of all the
brothers,
Walking home Iron work in Indian
file is an everyday rule. The monks
never speak as tliey pass by. Permis-
sion must first be obtained from the
Abbot, who, like the other straw -bat-
ted monks, works in the fields! One
thousandacres are tilled, a half desert
and barren mountain side has been con-
varted into a, garden. The good fathers
won many of the prizes at the recent
Exhibition. J:7hey have fifty thousand
gallons of wine in the vaults, A cheese
factory and a creamery were inspected
by all visitors. Two hundred eows sup-
ply the milk.
DEVICE' TO STOP SNORING.
A /'b:ellse varpenter Iias Invented an
,(pparatlw to Rreyealthe Murder o1'
Sleep.
(Let no man whose snores disturb
his boarding house at night, hence-
forth make the feeble exouse, "I can't
help it." Hs one, for a Chioagn' car-
penter has invented an anti -snoring
remedy which is said to bet infallible,
It comes in various sizes and will
suit the palate of the moat fastidi-
ous.
It cannot be "administered in cof-
fee without the knowledge of the pa-
tient," like most anti -whiskey and
anti -tobacco remedies, If swallowed,
however, it is likely that a man would
never snore again, for it looks more
like a block and tackle than any-
thing else.
The inventor is S. Anderson, who
lives in a part of wildest Chicago,
known as Prairie avenue. He was ac-
customed to snore with such energy
that, it is said, the inhabitants 00 the
surrounding townships ' placed the
rain barrels under the spouts every
night. EIS was a 81155, the story
goes, which rose and fell with a rhyth,
mit measure. Sometimes it was dram-
atio in quality. It sounded like abuzz
saw when the carpenter's mind was
restless, and again it was soft and
low.
t•
to get something to stop that snoring.
The neighbors say they won't submit
to it."
IBIS DIRE NECESSITY.
So the faithful Anderson began a
series of patient experiments. He
burned his throat with wonderfulmix-
tures, which mads him feel as though
he had swallowed a stream of
tacks. He slept without a pillow
and then used two pielows under
his bead instead of one. He con-
sulted several physicians. But all to
no avail.
Them be bethought himiself of his
trade, for he was a skillful carpent-
er. (Long nights he sat up, poring
over plans and callipers, and wield-
ing the T square over blue prints.
Then peace and quiet fell upon
Prairie avenue like a balm to heal
the blows of sowed. S. Anderson, who
had slept so loudly for. years before,
sank to rest ]like a purring kitten. The
neighbors came to inquire, and they
for the first time saw. " Anderson's
Snore Annihilator."
lPhe invention is not nice, Ce, look at.
It is simpley a pad secured to the
end of a strap. The pad prevents tea
breathing through the nose from be-
coming audible, and the strap is sim-
ply put there in the interests oft safe-
ty and economy. A man who has
bought a newly patented article can-
not afford to swa.ldow it. The strap
prevents t:he pad frown slipping down
into. the throat.
NOT GIVEN 111 COFFEE.
It is difficult to admiinister this
remedy without the knowledge of the
snorer, yet there are cases in which
it is worth trying. Mose of these
afflicted. with the snoring 7habit sleep
with their mouths open. If a man
in the next berth in the sleeping
oar annoys you too much you. may
be able to give him, NIr. Anderson's
remedy, and spend a calm and: rest-
ful night.
The snore annibila.tor is manufac-
tured in various sizes. 'ISore is an
individuality in snores, and there are
various styles of ilir. Anderson's in-
vention. The effect of. a patient get-
ting a snore annihilator not exact -
1'y adapted to his needs might be
disastrous. With due care and with
careful (measurement, there is really
no danger of any cases of lockjaw
resulting.
THE ,VISE BUTTERNIARPv11.
It is astonishing how unany cream-
eries are ran upon the same general
plan, regardless of location or condi-
tion, 11 would seem that all the opera-
tors were from one school, and were
under orders to follow one system,
One of the mast common practices 18
to oburn about the name time every
day and let the cream ripen about so
many hours, regardless of its acidity.
On gathered cream routes the,cream in
hot weather is more than heady to
churn by the time it arrives at the fac-
tory, but it must be " mixed," and so
the cream from the different cans is
put into one common vat and stirred
soma anti left until the next morning
to be churned.. Thus meant of all de-
grees of acidity goes ,into one common
mass and butter results from fair fla-
vour, to that actually sour, the flavor
of active ferrnentetion, rather than the
mild. lactic acid flavor. Not tine of these
creameries in fifty empiiayes the acid
test to grade the cream. when it ar-
rives, -so that certain cans ara put at
once into the oburn, others -after cool-
ing -into the vats and possibly others
into the "starter" tanks. Creameries
by the score can be found that are run
by mon who churn, when they are rea-
dy, not when the cream is properly
ripe.
Ono of the greatest needs to -day- of
the crenan,ery is men ae makers who are
not automatons, but have the know-
ledge end skill to grade cream end
vary methods by the conditions of wee -
them Aurally of the material and a lot
of things that cannot, be found out
about in the books-thinge i,bat come
np unannanneecl clay after flay, All
difficulties cannot: be met with a, cut-
and-dried plan of alting, thengh mak-
ers by the. hundreti do every day'alike
and wonder why it is that they have
no two Plays' revolts unifokm,
A TERRIBLE FIRE SCENE,
ONE KILLED AND TWELVE INJURED
AT TORONTO,
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A despatch from Toronto says; -Ter -
rifled by escaping steam, the heroes at-
tachecl to the Waterous fire engine
dashed Lut° a dense crowd of people,
ivho were watching the progress of a
disastrous fire ht the Bijou Theatre on
Friday evening, and before they could
be stepped a score of people were
knocked to the ground. One boy was
so injured that he died in half an hour,
and hall a dozen people lie in the hos-
pital suffering from injuries which, it
is feared, will in some cases result fat-
ally. That scores or hundreds of pee -
plc were not killed or injured seems
little short of miraculous for tea im-
mense horses, with the ponderous en-
gine at their heels, plunged through'
the crowd of terrified men, women and
children., huddled in the narrow street,
and but for the heroism of three men
who grabbed' the bridles and throwing
the horses on their haunches stopped
them„ the result would have been ap-
palling.
The engine was standing at.the south-
east corner of Adelaide and Victoria
streets with, steam up ready to come
into action if necessary. For some un-
ealitained reason the driver bad dis-
mounted when the engineer Iet off
steam. '.Che noise so terrified the horses
that they plunged straight ahead, to-
wards the wall on the west side of the
street. Driver Wlritesides and Fire-
man Atkinson made a plucky effort to
stop them, but were throws to the
ground, and the heavy engine passed
over them. When they reached the
western kerb the horses swerved to the
south, and the enormous strength
which they were exerting is shown by
the two holes ground out of the kerb-
stone by ,the wheels of the engine, The
ladder waggon. from Yorkville avenue
was standing a few yards south of
where they struck the kerb with a
number of boys on it watching the fire.
When they saw the team coming to-
wards there they jumped to the ground
but no sooner did they alight than the
horses were on them.
oA LAD KILLED.
Percy Hesketh, a boy of seven years,
was crushed beneath the wheels, both
his thighs were fractured, and he re-
ceived internal injuries. He diad at
7.35 o'clock. Charles Hodges had his
skull fractured, rind it was here that
most of the injuries were received.
The engine horses became even more
terrified by this collision and ran at
a terrific rate for another 50 yards,
knocking down several more people,
but were fortunately stopped by Police
Constable Featherstone, and Mr. R. A.
Jones, coal merchant, of Bing St.
and Spad'ma Ave., and another man.
They grabbed the bridles and literally
threw the horses on their haunches,
although they were dragged some dis-
ance. '.Che act was an heroic one, and,
by it the three men undoubtedly saved
many lives,
A TEletRI 3,LE PANIC.
The panic caused by the runaway
was terrible. Victoria street at this.
point is very narrow, and when the
horses bolted was thronged with per-
haps 2,000 people, who appeared to be
literally packed into it. Half way
down the street accent runs eastward
between the Exchange Hotel and Rice
Lewis S. C'ompeny's. Into this the
crowd, shrieking andiutterly panic-
stricken, rushed until t wasoompletely
blocked. up and no more could squeeze
into it. A. large: square trough filled
with earth in which ferns and cedars
were growing extended half way across
the court. It weighed a. ton, but the
rush was so great that it was over-
turned.
The offices of the Equitable Building,
Loan S. Savings Company, and of
O'Hara & Company, brokers, have a.
rear entrance on this lane and those at
work in them, were aroused by loud
knocking at the door. Thinking that
the firemen had turned the Bose on the
crowd they opened it and for some time
a steady stream of people rushed
through the offices to Toronto street.
Many ladies were weeping and anun-
ber more or leas seriously injured had
to be assisted through byfriends.
elundreds rushed down Victoria street
ahead of the horses end escaped un-
hurt. Many ab the same time crowd-
ed into the ExchangeHotei, into. which,
too, in a Lew moments the
UNFORTUNATE VICrl'IMS
were carried by willing hands. They
were laic, upon tables, floors and ben-
ches, and Dr. Garratt and other medi-
cal men were quickly examining tlhem.
as well as they could with the people
crowding around them Urgent cals
were sent for the ambulances at
Cauxt streat, a blbok away, and for
hall an hour. Constables Geddes and
Allen were eng aged in removing thevictims to -Sit. Michael's Hospitalin the
two ambulances. Poor little Hedges,
a newsboy, asked, while in the ambu-
lance, for a cigarette. At the hospital
Dns. Dwyer, Neviti, Sweetnam and
Brown did everything possible for th'e
victims, while hundreds of peepie
crowded around the, door of the build-
ing trying to lame whether their Chil-
dren or friends had been injured or
killed. The injuries received by all of
the unfortunate people were of a dread-
ful charnel -4r, In nearly every case the
wheals of the ponderous engine had pas-
sed over them, In addition to these
many were crushed in the crowd or
were knocked
down and trampled on,
receiving iIs3urues mare or less painful.
The man on charge of the engine
which caused the accident wore not
those svhe are ordinarily there. This
was clue to the foot that Ball, the
driver, was at supper. Whitesldes, who
is the regular fireman, became driver
for the occasion, and Atkinson went on
as fireman. Atkinson, it is said, was
not thoroughly. recovered from a free -
time of the shoulder received in a re-
cent fire,
With all respect to the han:l that rocks
The baby 11 its cradle curled,
his the band that rocks tho miner's
pant
That just nosv moves the world,