we Useful Hints for the Tiller if "" of the Soll ge _ WHY BAD EqGcs?' ~ During the warm weather ther are many bad eggs placed on the rket. -These bad eggs. may be rty, incubated, shrunken or hala rotten or moldy Some of the causes of dirty eggs Te unsanitary. conditions about the poultry house ; Jack Of litter in the mouse; an insufficient number of nests 3 small nests; poor nesting aterial ; allowing hens t@ roost on nests, and not gathering eggs often snough. The few dirty eggs that number of bro lowered, for soma yw e of the above con- ditions result - ditio: in both dirty and : broken eggs. The cause of some of oe eeekses, however, is the lack mineral matter for the shell, Oyster shells or bone wil acek this minéral matter for the produc- tion of thicker shelled eggs. os Egg producers should take suffici- ent pride in their product to give it proper care from the time it is laid until it is marketed. Subse- quent handlers should exercise a ~stmilar precaution. Careful atten. on to these important points Would materially lessen the losses enumerated above and would add to the pleasure of producing and of néuming this important food. & may be a delicacy or only an or even inferior, materi- for food purposes, depending _largely upon the way they are ndled by producer, middleman hina and consumer. KNELL OF OLD MILK PAIU. | wonderful system of ventila- ion has been devised for dairies nd its general adoption -- by all mers who apply intelligence and entific methods to their ventures sits merit. But pure air alone t sufficient for the cow barn. dust must be permitted to ac- unulate, the barns should be kept perfect sanitary form and the al must be subjected to nt cleaning operations. s have sounded the knell of the fashioned milk pail with its flar- g@ edges. The small-topped pail favor. It offers less of an open- for bacteria that may fall into milk during the process of milk- ~~ ome bacteria found in milk. invariably The are laboratory and bad flavored } Sn om ater = shows, however, that these germs are beneficial rather than injurious to the h an consumers. But the presence of bacteria directly trace- able to filth and unsanitary condi- tions is at.onee a source of danger and a signal for medical warfare on the undesirable dairy. "Keep the cow stable as neat and as clean as the kitchen," is the slo- gan of the most progressive dairy- men. They are in the ascendency. The careless, old-fashioned dairy- man sees plainly the handwriting on the wall. --_--_-__. HINTS FOR THE FARMER. Treat the herd boar with kind- ness and also\ with considerable caution, Da. not allow the cows to dry up during the latter -part of summer, as this necessitates keeping them through winter giving a smaller flow of milk than they should, A little oil of pennyroyal or oil of cloves will drive flies away from the stable. ~ ' At any season, when the horse phas become excessively warm he should be cooled off gradually. Don't change the collar from one horse to another. Cultivate a cheerful speaking to your horse. It does hot pay to feed and care for inferior horses on the farm. Warm skim milk for feeding pur- poses soon pays the cost of a farm 'separator. A. cow's value is determined by the solids in her milk. tone in TREATMENT OF LIVE STOCK. Horses. and, in fact, all domestic animals are very mach more im. pressionable than they are gener: ally supposed to be. Cattle which have had a kind master, a man of gentle but firm nature, show the effect of their associations as a breed or strain. Years of good treatment not only make an im- pression on the individuals, but are impressed with such force as to be- come a breed characteristic. In short, a keen judge can tell pretty horse has had by his temperament. The importance of creating a good temperament in a trotting or pacing horse should not be under- rated. The horse with a good tem- perament will do more work and do it better than one which has not a well balanced temperament. TES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRASS. hat is Going on in The Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia, aisley Free Library now con- s 27,675 books. wood fruit season is expected in lydesdale district. 'stone coffin containing a skele- has been unearthed at Meller- Hospital, Ayton. dirran parks, near Balbeggie, ve been let for the season at the mal rise of 28 per cent. ochry School Board have bor- $14,500 towards cost of new y, laundry and gymnasium gs. plans for the extension of the ley municipal buildings have | prepared by Mr. James Lee, Stonehaven ice cream shops be closed all Sunday, and on lays only open from 7 a.m. m. ilfinan, in Argyllshire, little e than a mile from Loch Fyne, ich lode,of copper orc has been vered. © number employed at Rosyth ase is soon to be increased ¢ 2,500, and during the sum- by 3,000 more. ter being on strike for fully a the miners of Braidhurst Col- Motherwell, have just re- "work on the old terms. eat effort is being made to East Lothian of rats. No than 18,960 rats have been ce the beginning of Octo- omen operatives employed Boase Spinning Company, n, have received an addition of ¥ cent. to their wages. the coal strike the capital of Fife Miners. Association has iced from almost $400,000 100,000 and $150,000. e Baird is opposed to the coat of arms and motto - Paisle: 4 { ale m and a pandering to we yanity: =< o2 = 'ww school at Carronshore, been erected by the Lar- ish School Board at a cost $25,000, was formally turday. , He says it is "a relic! , Castle, at Lochgilphead recently presented badges to 26 members of the National Reserve. She urged boys to join the Beouts and young men to serve with the Territorials, Becoming homesick while staying with friends at Alloa, a three-year- ald boy teddled half a mile to the station and took the first train. He went to Stirling, and not until the telephones had heard some weird stories was the youngster located. Among the many interesting rel- ics of by-gone days which were lost in the burning of Jedburgh Mus- eum I4 years ago, one of the most greatly prized was the ancient ban- ner brought home from Bannock- burn by the weavers of Jedburgh. Recently a colored. drawing of the pennon, which is said to have been presented to the Deacon of the Trades in 1821 and came into the possession of ex-President Hilson, by whom it has now been handed over to Jedburgh Public Library. ae MONSTER WHITE STAR LINER. Steamer Gigantic Will Have New Double Shell. Though nothing official has been announced in regard to the 54,000- ton liner "Gigantice" that is to re- 'place the "Titanic" on the Atlantic service of the White Star Line, it is understood that the great disaster has decided the Belfast builders to make an alteration in her plans. The keel was laid in the Harland and Wolff yards some weeks ago. In view of recent events it has been decided to equip her with double cellular sides and bottom like those of the Mauretania and Lusitania. Lord Pirrie, the head of the firm, is credited with the statement that he never witnessed a launch with- out feeling he could produce a bet- ter boat if he began again.» No doubt the "Titanic's" experience has confirmed that view. Before the White Star and Cu- nard Atlantic giants came into be- than and called her the. "'Great Eastern.' She was a failure, and early in her career ran 'on a rock that tore her shell for one-seventh of her length' But she had this double form of bottom and sides, so she was towed in safety into port. Both British and German owners have been badly shaken by the "Ti- tanic" loss. Though Germany 1s building three 50,000-ton leviathans for the Hamburg-Amerika Line, there is no German dry-dock big If an accident happened to them to- day while afloat, they would have to |} Prophesied By a By a {the date for that is set néatly what sort of association ab ing, England built her first levia-|. enough yet to accommodate them. of Geo. Smart, oe eho! make for Belfast. At Southampton e-Setier," were in- as 73 years of 'ness of a fort- | Cly oo George Campbes, -lobey me. Do you do it? and Belfast drydock provision is be- ing made for vessels of nearly 900 while on the Mersey an the : b,000-feet drydocks are being FOOLISH QUESTIONS. le--Madam, you promised She--Sir, you promised me your worldly goods. Do I get *em?. -- Pa | tion. to} Will Empire - Fal Sorceress. The recent Socialist victories in Germany have revived the singular |story of Emperor William I. and the fortune teller, which at the time of the old Kaiser's death was whis- pered with awe by the supersti- tious. There is now only one part of the prophecy left unfulfilled,, and year. =< 'The story goes that-in 1849 the Crown Prince who was later to be- come, the first Emperor, found him- self in Baden, and heard so many stories of an old fortune teller that he was induced to go-to see her. 'The sorceress was seated at a table, on which were spread various bits of wood bearing figures. Her cus- tom was to touch these pieces of wood with a pencil, guided, as she assured her clients, entirely by in- 8piration. Combined in some way these figures gave you the, most ex- act information as to the future. "In what year will the German Empire be founded?' first asked the Prince, whose head was already full of his great ambition. The old woman took up the: fig- ures 1, 8, 4, and 9, and formed the number of the current year. Then she touched various other figures and placed them one by one in a column under this first line. The Prince said when she had finished that the date 1849 appeared twice in different form, thus: -- 4 '1849 1 8 4 9 'Add them," said the fortune- teller, "and you will find the year in which the German Empire will be founded."' . y The prince did as he was told and found the total to be 1871. ~"When will I die?' he asked next. : The sorceress made the date 1871, and then began touching figures again. She touched four and ar- ranged them as she had done in the first instance. Prince William saw that she had again repeated the date: 1871 1 8 7 1 she said; "they year in which you will "Add them,"' give the die." They came to 1888. The Prince put his third and last question : "When will the German Empire fall?' A third time the woman fixed the last date and added four figures, When she had finished the Prince Baw: 1888 1 8 8 8 "Add them and you have the date of the fall of the German Empire."' The figures came to 1913. This odd story was told when Wil- liam I. died in 1888, after being crowned Emperor in 1871. Twice have the old witch's figures told the truth. Superstitious folk look at the election returns and wonder what will be the empire's fortunes in 1913. i? ER ERROU NL) SRE OS Coes A TANGMAN'S ROPE. Official Sues te Recover It After An Execution. A curious dispute about a hang- man's rope, which will have to be | settled by the law courts, has arisen between the Hungarian hangman, Bali, and the public prosecutor at Temesavr, in Hungary. A mur- derer had just been hanged, and the hangman untied the repe and be- gan to cut it into small pieces in order to sell these at an impromptu auction to the crowd waiting out- side the prison--a bit of a hang- man's rope being believed in Hun- gary to be the best of all possible charms for bringing good luck. The public prosecutor, however, who has to be present to witness an ex- ecution, ordered Bali to- hand over the rope to him, because scandalous scenes amounting to a riot had o¢- curred after a recent execution at Miskolez, when the crowd fought among themselves for the grisly mementoes. The hangman' refused to give up the rope on the ground that it was not only his perquisite, but actually his own property, as he had to supply ropes at his own expense. The public prosecutor thereupon ordered a policeman to take it from him by force, which was done. Bali gave notice that he would bring an action for its recov- 'ery. = : DECLINE OF DRUNKENNESS.. The statistics published by the lust ten years since the suppression of the octroi tax on beer and wine, "and the increase of the same tax jon strong alecholic Liquors such as brandies, eau de vie, cognac, and: pure alcohol generally, have shown that the «consumption of beer and wine, described as hygienic drinks, has considerably increased, while that of pure aleohol has diminished ralmest by one-half. Before the oc- troi tax was removed the average quantity of alcohol consumed by Parisians was nearly eight litres per head per annum, and now the }amount has fallen to only four litres per head. Drunkenness, it is as- sumed, has declined in equal pro- portion among the working popula- She--"I did not think much of the close of the sermon."' He-- "Probably you were thinking more for next} :torted hotly. / City of Paris, 'France, during the) Will Comber. glanced suddenly from his work. A commotion of some sort seemed to be going on at. the bottom of the long workshop. In the roar of the great machinery he could not hear what was being' said. But Jarrett, the foreman, was standing with folded arms, scowling, in the centre of a small group of agitated workmen. While he still gazed aimlessly be- fore him, a boy from the counting- house slipped past him, slamming an envelope on the bench heside him as he did so. ' Almost before he had torn the en- velope he had guessed the nature of its contents. The men of Messrs. Leyerett & Baines had' received their notices. And what consola- tion was it to their wives and chil- dren that they received also a polite rigmarole anent the regret of the firm in having to close down their works through depression of trade ?: Fear gripped the heart of Will Comber. He did not join the oth- ers, but continued laboring dully at his place until the whistle announc- ed the end of the working day. As he passed out through the gates of the factory the words he had dread- ed to hear fell upon his ears. . "'Rnyhow," said one man to his mate, "it's a good thing for some of us that we've got the slate club to fall back on; there will be some- thing for each on a 'share out.' "' The slate club! Why--oh, why had he been fool enough to accept the post of treasurer? He had even been proud when his mates had elected him. The temptation had been put in his way--temptation which even now he told himself no father. worthy of the name would have resisted. And now, before he could possibly make good his defal- cations, a sudden share out, at least three months before he had expect- ed it, would be called! And in- stead of the overtime, on whieh he had counted to make up the deficit, he had got the sack! "Vou are in a hurry, Mr. Com- | asked blurted: out. which the ticking of the 'bidden to the eyes of Mrs. Comber. ber," said a voice behind him. Well, dad, what is it?" 'his wife "KK week's notiée to every man, woman and kid in the works,'"' he During the next few moments, in cheap alarm clock on the mantelpiece was painfully audible, tears came un- "Chear up, dad!' she essayed bravely. 'Maybe you'll be taken on at the new works that's juat been started. They say they are wanting hands, and you, with your good character----"' "And I can go back to the laun- dry," put in Gracie. '"'I can get well over a pound a week."' 'Phat ain't all,' murmured the man darkly. 'My job's gone, and my character is going too.' _ The two women stared at him in blank astonishment. > "There's nothing wrong with the club, dad?' almost whispered Mrs. Comber, a suspicion of the terrible truth coming upon her. "Matter of eight pound odd," came the answer. "Oh, dad, why did you do it?" cried the poor woman. "Because, if I hadn't, the kid would have-been on his back still, same as he has been all' his life-- that's why,' returned the man fiercely, his pent-up sense of injury at last finding expression in words. "You know they never did him any good in the infirmary, and never would have. Very well! Two pounds the operation, four weeks at the institution at a quid a week, two-ten the crutches, two pounds more for his clothes and sundries makes ten pound ten---eight pound of which I took out of the club mo- ney." , When the full significance of the man's confession had 'sunk in, his wife asked timorously : ; "What will they do about it at the share out next week?" "Gaol!" returned Comber blunt- y. Then it was that Fate played into the hands of Will Comber. "Isn't' there anyone you could borrow it from?' his daughter ask- ed guilelessly. ; THE PRINCE The man turned, and beheld Jack Bissett, clerk in the same firm and suitor for the hand of Comber's daughter. "T should like to walk back with you, if I may," continued the young man. 'Ihave got a word to say to Gracie over what's happened."' "And I have a word to say to you, Jack Bissett, as is best said here and now." Already Will Comber was think- ing of his sole means of escape. Suffice it to say for the present that that means was not the acceptance of the thirty-shilling-a-week clerk as his son-in-law. "First and foremost,' he went on, "Tye nothing against you as man to man. But, to speak straight, you aren't the man I've got in my eye for Gracie.' : "You mean you think you'll be able to persuade» her to marry Jakes, the furniture man, for the sake of his businéss?" Bissett re- "Well, and what if I do?" re- turned the other. "Tf you loved my girl same as you say you do, you. wouldn't want to stand in-her way and prevent her raising herself. You have got your notice same as me. And if you get another job it's always likely to be the same thing cver again. If you are the man I take you for you will stand aside and let her make the most of her | | chances,'"' : "At any rate,'? protested Jack | Bissett weakly, "'she will never marry that man Jakes." i "That remains to be seen,'? snap- ped the other. And, abruptly turn- ing on his heel, left him. As he lifted the latch of the gate that shut off a bleak '"'front gar- den" from the road, the door of his cottage opened and an undersized child, his thin, delicate face suf- fused with an excited flush, hobbled out on his crutches. a - "Hello, dad!' he cried joyously. 'ook! I can walk quite fast. These new crutches are fine!' For a moment the man's face lighted up.. Stooping to :kiss the child for whom he had sacrificed so much; he braced himself for the or- deal that lay before him. - a Fearing lest his voice should be- 'of the clothes of the congregation." how to impart it, he made no an- self, for his datighter a thoroughly | i Dayid," said her father, with an 'effort pronouncing his '| He felt only too keenly that Gracie tray his news before he had thought) swer to his wife's greeting; and | loud rapping on the door, which OF WALES. "Yes," replied her father. The girl looked up expectantly. "Jakes would lend it,'"? he finish- ed--"on conditions.' The girl buried ber face in her hands. Young as she was, she had learnt the meaning of the word tragedy. IT. A week had passed since the sud- den elosing down of Leverett &/ Baines. The bargain which was to) save Will Comber from the disgrace of exposure had already been struck. Jakes had been only too willing to advance what was to him | the merest trifle in return for being! the accepted sweetheart of Gracie Comber. That very evening, in less than half an hour, he was coming 8s pr mn account of b {self up for he oceasion, _"Well, Comber," he commenced, | almost as soon as he had crossed the threshold, "I reckon we had better have our little talk as soon as may be. No, my dear,' he said to Gracie, "there's no need for you concerns you as much as either of us. The position is this. Your fa- ther, for reasons best known to him- self, has--w. J, let's say borrowed eight pounds out of the money which was entrusted to him by his mates. No doubt he expected to pay ib back before he was found out, same as every other man that lays his hand on money as don't belong to him. The share out is fixed for to-morrow, and he will have to go te prison or borrow off me, which I am willing to lend"-- Jakes paused in order that the full extent of his beneficence might sink in--"which I'm willing to Jend-- which you and me, Will Comber, knows well enongh means 'give;' as I for one don't ever expect to see the color of my money again--on condition that his daughter is will- ing to accept me as her intended husband."' . ; With the last words the aggres- sive little furniture-dealer dramati- cally handed the gold which he'had been jingling in his hand to Will Comber. Then he turned towards Gracie, and beamed magnanimous- ly. oe : _ 'How dare you speak of my fa- ther as if he were a--a criminal !" the girl suddenly flashed out. "How dare I?' echoed Jakes. "Strikes me, it's for me to ask how dare you speak to your affianced husband like that!" Then; noting a'look of fear that passed ever the girl's face, he added, with a leer: "Come, now, I like a gir] of spirit. T"m not one to take offence easy. Suppose you just give me a kiss to seal the bargain. Never mind your dad. You're willing enough, ain't you, Comber?' "T'l] do nothing of the kind!' cried the girl. There followed what is usually described as a "seene."' Exactly what passed is not quite certain. Comber maintained afterwards that Jakes had dropped something to the effect that Gracie was a "pert young hussy, and no' mistake,"' whereupon the father had naturally fone to his daughter's assistance. The two men must have been on the verge of coming to blows, when Jakes, remembering the: direction in: which his power lay, demanded : "Where's my eight pounds?' "Here are your eight pounds!' said a voice behind them. And the three gazed in amazement at the tall, manly form of Jack Bissett, whose entry, with Mrs. Comber, no one had perceived on account of their absorption. "T-think you will find the amount. correct,:' continued Bissett, empty- ing a bank-bag of sovereigns--ap- propriately enough--into the hat of David Jakes and handing it to him- Will Comber looked on in speech- less astonishment; the furniture- dealer, realizing his defeat, trans- ferred the gold from his hat to his pocket and departed without a word. 'How ever did you manage it?' cried Gracie, flinging her arms round her lover's neck regardless of the presence of her parents. '"Phis card will explain,' replied Bissett. It was a trade-card that Gracie took from her lover. '*'Benyon. &- Co.,'"' she read aloud. " 'Presented by Mr. John Bissett.' "' "Why, that's the new firm that's just opened!' exclaimed Comber. "Do you mean they have given you a job as-traveller ?" "Phat they have," replied Bissett joyfully; "and a jolly fine one, too --one hundred and fifty pounds a year to start, with commission ex- tra! z "You see," he went on, 'as soon as Gracie told me about the--the trouble, I tried high and low to raise a bit of money. Then an idea came to me. I walked into Ben- yon's offices, and offered to put them in touch with what remained of the old firm's customers. Of course, I told the old boss, but he didn't mind, as he is shutting down for good. -Benyon jumped at it, and had no objection to making me a small adyance on account of my commissions. And with the extra work," he added to Comber, "they to bring the money. At first Will Comber had felt! elated at having escaped from the | Nemesis that threatened him, and | at having secured, as he told bim-| : oie desirable husband, who would lift! her beyond want and hardship. ; But as he looked across the! hearth to- where she was sitting, her air of hopeless dejection touched his, heart more than any words could have done. : "You'll be happy enough with-- | { Christian name. "Never!" returned the girl bit- terly. {I hate him !'? ; The father's) heart smote him. was speaking the truth. According to his lights, he had always striven | to do his duty to his children: and the idea of his daughter sacrificing herself would be unbearable, "It's not' too late to back ont," he said, 'if you really feel like that about it."' * Gracie perceived from her fa- ther's face that he really meant what he said, and was immediately filled with remorse. << _-- "No, dad,"' she answered, com- ing and putting her arm around his neck. "'T don't want to marry Da- vid Jakes, (ll own up. But I should never be happy, even with Jack, if my selfishness were the means of bringing you into dis- Pace ae. ees _ Further discussion was ended by | oner's. \course, made much of the common-| will be wanting a lot more hands, so, if I were you, I'd apply first thing to-morrow."' Silently Will Comber. grippd-the hand of the young' man stretched out to him in friendly forgetfulness of what had passed between them. Then hig wife gently tugged his coat-sleeye. ae Se A moment later the two young lovers were alone together.----Lon- don Answers. : : ik TIME TO GIVE IT BAOK. "Here's an umbrella lve kept for three years,'* he sai! proudly. : ie it; . she replied. > s A prisoner was being 'tried ia dinglish court for murder; evide} against him purely circumstantial; part of it a hat found near the sceite of the crime--an ordinary, round, black hat, but sworn to as the pris- Gounsel for the defence, of "You, gentlemen, no doubt each of you possess such ness of the hat. and shape. Beware how you con- demn a fellow-creatire to a shaine- ful death on such a piece of evi- dence,' and so on. So the man ing the dock, with the most-touch- -{ing -humility . and . simplicity, he said: "If you please, my Lord, may sta z ceed I ave my 'abl' y|able air of having smartened him- to leave us. What I have to say. 'Isnt it about timé you veturned | a hat, of the most ordinary make | was aequitted. -Just as he was leav-' -KEPT IN SEALED BOX! BURIED IN MASONRY ------ and the Other a Red of : Bronze. : Pe are gone through with in this coos try--one, too, that comes off only once in twenty years--has just taken - place in the preseuce, as usual, of state. This ceremonial consists of unearthing and examining the con- tents of an extraordinary box bur- public stairease of the House of Britain, writes a London corres- pondent, To get at the box mentioned, which is of oak, masons had to pull down part of the wall of the stair- case. Then, after the casket had tents examined with infinite care by a band of scientists, it was put back in the cavity of the wall, which then was built up and will not be disturbed again until May, 1932. . That box contains two pieces cf metal. One of them is A OUBE OF PLATINUM measuring only one inch long each side ; you could buy another like it for about $200, but this particular cube has a value beyond all other pieces of metal. The way in which it is guarded gives some idea of its worth. To begin with, it is care-- fully wrapped up in a specially pre- pared paper uncommonly soft in texture, which is laid in another - silver-gilt case. This case goes in- to another made of stout bronze, which fits into a sturdy mahogany box, firmly screwed down, and in addition, sealed in a_ particular way. The other thing in the box is a rod of bronze. It is carefully pro- tected, too, and is placed on eight rollers in another mahogany case. This case is securely screwed toge- ther and carefully sealed. Both these mahogany cases are put in a special casket made of lead, firmly soldered and. perfectly air-tight. There is still another covering, however, the leaden casket being fitted into the oaken one already mentioned. This is of specially. se- lected wood, and is sealed in such a way that its contents are kept abso- lutely intact. It fits exactly into the cavity of the masonry of the staircase. 2 The two queer pieces of metal which are guarded with such sa- eredness are the standards of the British : WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. They always remain of the same value. The standards which were first used came to grief in 1834, in the fire at the houses of parliament, and it took a large bunch of men of science many long years to compute and manufacture the existing two pieces of metal, The one inch cube of platinum, though so small, weighs a pound. The bronze rod is 38 inches long and has two studs of solid gold to measure off the yard. Two lines cross these gold studs, and at a certain temperature and pressure of the air, the distance be- tween these fine lines is the stan- dard of British measures. When the ceremony of examining the standards comes off, they are not touched by hands, but are held in special tongs. One of the most delicate balances known was used in weighing the cube. The yard was measured with the utmost exact- ness, a powerful microscope being -- used, and other delicate measure- ments were made including that. of the temperature and of the height of the barometer. eT EES |e es DIVER'S REMARKABLE FEAT. Patched Crippled Ship in Heavy Sea with Sharks Near, One of the most remarkable feats ever performed by a diver is related by the officers and crew of the Bri- tish sloop-of-war Shearwater. J. P. Lingane, a young Irish shipwright, boarded up the propeller well while the vessel was rolling in heayy seas and so enabled her to make the voy- age to port. ~ The Shearwater was cruising off © the Coast of Mexico, when in a storm she lost her propeller. Re- sort was immediately had to her sails, but it was found that steering: was almost impossible because the big arch or well under the stern in _ which the propeller had revolved, made the-'rudder's work ineffec- tual. The officers decided that if they were to bring the ship to port this well must be boarded up. : Lingane was sent down todo the work. Thou hampered by his heavy diving suit and by the weight of the ; water, he was able to, adjust him- self to the bad rolling of the ship rend to handle the heavy timbers ithat were passed to him. Me fas- 'tened the boards so securely that. 'they had only shifted in one place i wl ,even though she had been battered" iby heavy seas on the way.. Naval men heve to the British Admiralty. -- ne diver while he was at work was the - presence of several sharks, which | at times swam close to him. Armed men on the warship, however, kept -- them from attacking him, -- a ~ -Jinks--"'Tited 'of living on mut- * ton and beef? Why don't you have a bit o' fowl occasionally 7' I (absently)--"Can't very wells none- }of my neighbors keep powltry,'" -- % = One is an Inch Cube of Platinum, One of the queerest and most im-_ portant of all the ceremonies Shab Bee been exhumed and its. unique con- ~ some of the loftiest bigwigs of the -- x ied in the masonry which formes the Commons, and thereby checking the weights and measures used in Great ' en the Shearwater reached port, ~~ given high praise to the young man for what he did, and a special report on it has been sent, 3 A trial to the nerves o€ the young --