* ae suit. = rtd \ ae + i es : ; as he-heard | ok his décision. He would sher down now, and he, would mtil he had him in the hands 'tne man.was & murderer, ad attempted Gordon's own life; t more than that was in i, The vil- had tried to kill Vivienne Gaunt, and that Gordon was determined he nould pay dearly. -- 5 : ithout walling for Sterretl's help, or fv anyone to accompany him, he hur- ried from the house. He knew, thanks 'to the "Stoat's" intelligent son, where the gambler was making for, and, con- -fléent in his ability to hold his own in a struggle with him, he set out in pur- _ Fortunately, he had not far'to go be- fore he met with an unoccupied han- som, and, springing into it, ordered the - driver to take him back to St. George's Mose = ; "Tt was probable, of course, that the ~ gambler would not intend to pay a long Ss quickly on his wack ; visit fo the house where they had found Mr Gaunt, but Gordon had started very the cab he had hired was well horsed, and wilh any 'luck at all Gordon felt that he should arrive at his destination almost as soon as the man he pursued. As the cabman made his way cily- wards through the crowded streets, Gor- don had time to think over the events of dhe past few hours, and to congratulate himself upon his meeling with tho ex- corporal. It was to him that he owed all the succéss which he had met with Pay to now--his discovery of Mr. Gaunt's Jpeg et vepeirs fortunate arrival at 'entonville in time to stop Vivienne from 'taking a fruitless journey to Liverpool iu search of her father--and, lastly, the information which had enabled him now 40 follow Usher in his flight, Wilhout the deloctive's valuable aid what might not have happened ? Yet that even now the danger was not over Gordon knew. Should. the boy fhave made a mistake, or Usher have changed his plans, the position would become a serious one for the Gaunts. For their safety it was absolutely necessary that . Usher should be cap- tured; and Gordon felt, as he drew near Y "ho Tis. destination, how much depended on the next. step and his own ability to cerry the affair through. He slopped the cab and dismissed it at some distance from the door of the warehouse. He did not think it would be advisable to bring the cabman into 'en affair like this and enlist his ser- vices; he felt he would-prefer to take the wisk of acting by himself; and for the ypresent he had no immediate plan of action. There was no one to be seen near the wareheuse deors or in the entrance, as Gordon cautiously approached; and he made his way inside, wondering whe- ther he was too late, and if the gam- bler had already been and gone. But at the foot of the stairs he stop- ped, arrested by the sight of one or two drops of blood which stained the wood- work, and had evidently but freshly fallen there. He remembered that Usher jad been wounded by Sterretl's shob, and that, in all probability, he had not RS time to attend to the wound. Those loodstains must mean that the gam- bler had reached the place, and was there in the rooms above. Gordon listened a moment, and then cautiously mounted the stairs. As he Climbed, the noises of the ani- tals came down to him and the strong --ecent of them assailed his nostrils, -- Reaching the door he stopped and peered through-the cracked panels. The egom beyond was, as it had been before, aimost in darknéss, but to his relief he 'could seo Usher seated on the floor not ~ fur from him; and for @ second he stood and watched him, The gambler was engaged in winding n strip of linen around his leg, fom 'which he had raised the trousers, and Gérdon could see, from the expression «ft his face, that the operation was a painful one, He was sighing heavily, and every now and then he would cease this work to wipe his forehead with his handkerchief. "There 's not much fight Jeft in him now," Gordon thought, "The brute! he has got a worse wound than he gave her." And turning the handle, he entered the room. Usher had evidently not in the least articipated the arrival of anyone there, fir he started violently as the door opened, and half rose to his feet. Then, Gn recognizing Gordon, he sank back ae - the again with his fixed white face and cold green eyes upon him, His attitude was an attempt ot carelessness, but Gordon's quick glance saw the revolver which one bond had stolen swiftly to, and with- out a moment's hesitation he flung him- 'eclf upon the man. "Not again," he cried, aa he seized gambler's arm, "I might not have such juck this time," Usher struggled violently, but he was vobably weak from his wound, and Gordon soon had possessed himself of the revolver. ; On realizing this fact, Usher rose with difficulty to his feet, and with a quick push, half crawling, half running, he made his way & the furtherst corner of him.' nile plan the room, where it was almost in dark- Govtdon, now that he had possession of {he weapon, stood for a moment irreso- lute, He could not shoot the man un- aimed as he was, much as he deserved it; and he had no warrant which author- ized him to drag him to the police-sta- tion If he could manage to overpower He had not thought oul pny defi- plan on bis way down there; he oe een, struggle, know- ee | sher's desperate nature, and the ct that he was armed; now that the of power was in his hands ho Be a po . : ew what step to take first. | in?" he said at last. 'Do you give" oe eas y kn "Gry a x swered amb! e dark | "Tt ain't so much that," F4FFEFSEFEE EEE SHH Hed 'with the shut gale between him and Gor- den. To get to the gate Gordon Tnuste sass before the open door of the tiger's cage, and af the end of the alley in which. Usher stood, was a door with which the gambler was already fum- bling, and which instinctively Gordon felt led out of the building. » He looked at the tiger. The brute, dis- turbed by the stealthy opening of its door, had risen, and with ils head low- ered was peering out from under its flat forehead at Gordon, who stared pack, startled and paralyzed. For a second the situation lasted; and then Gordon pulled himself together. In another moment Usher would have succeeded in opening the door, and weuld be gone. This brute, kept in that datk and narrow cage, must be cowed and halt tame, he might get by in safe- ty; al all events, he decided to risk it. and, keeping his eye upon the still rotionless animal, he commenced to move forward. All might have go already almost past denly his foot caugh ( even planks of the flooring, and he stumbled forward, nearly touching the cage in his efforts to save himself. The noise he made and his wild clutch at the air, roused the tiger, and, bound- ing forward, it stood for a seoond at the deor of the cage, swishing its great tall furiously and glaring. Then, as Gordon drew himself quickly to his feet, it leaped down to the floor of the room and sprang at him. With the quickness of lightning, Gor- don darted aside and evaded the first spring. He hurled himself at the gate which Usher had fastened, but it did not give; and the next second, with a laugh of triumph, -- the gambler had opened the door he was struggling with and had vanished. Gordon had scarcely time to turn again before the tiger struck at him furiously us he darted aside again, and this time the huge claws caught his coat and rip- rec it from top to bottom, leaving the garment in shreds and blood dripping from the lacerated flesh. The next spring would be the last, Gordon knew, but éven as he almost abandoned hope, his eye was caught by the now wide open entrance to the tiger's cage. With the swiftness of an arrow he hurled himself into if. There was no gate 10 slara behind him there, but without hesitating, he darted towards the narrow grille which separated the cage he was in from the next one. : '4f there is nothing there, I am saved,' hie thought; and flying up the grille, he rurled himself through it, and dashed it down behind hint. "Thank God," he evied, sinking on the floor breathless; for the cage was. empty. And then, to his relief, he heard men's voices at the door of the rooni. i door opened and someone looked. in: shutting it again suddenly after him. "Good Gord, Bill, the tiger's got out," a voice said, and then came a moment's silence. Gordon almost fancied that he heard thu steps beginning to retreat, and he shouted loudly. "Who's there, and what's up?' came quickly in reply; and again the door opened a littke, but this time with infi- nite precaution, "The tiger is loose, and I am shut in this cage," cried Gordon. There was a moment's parley at the door, and then another voice took up the conversation, "Who are you?" il asked. "My name is Gordon--Coloncl Gor- don." "Gordon? Not a big red-haired gent?" «No. He was' here, but he has gone." "Gone, has tie? Then who the devil are you?" Gordon flushed angrily, but he re- strained himself: 'These men were friendly with Usher, there was no doubt of thal, aud it would not do to offend them while he was still in his very pre- carious situation. "My name is Gordon, I lell you," he repeated. "But my name matters very little. The question is to help me out at here. "The tiger has got oul of its cage, and I can't get to the door," "Where ara you, then?' came the question back; and Gordon, in Spite of everylhing, could hardly resist a smile as he replied: "In the cage." There was an ejaculation of surprise, and then a murmur of conversation. Then the voice spoke again : "Where's the Uger ?" Gordon peeved out through the bars of the cage, "Over in the corner opposite the door," he said, The door opened cautiously, and an unkempt and dirty head appeared. "Yus, BiH; ste's over there in the cor- ner by the armadillo. Ain't there a lump of meat in the cage where the gent iy 7" A second head appeared also cautious- ly and took a glance around. "Yus," said the new-comer: "There's a bit under the sack in the corner, if the genUIl look for it." The first arrival, wilh an eye on the tiger, who stood against the wall swish- ing her (ail violently, but otherwise motionless, waved his hand to Gordon eyplanatorily : "There's some food in the corner behind yer, goy-nor," he said, thickly. "Shove up the trap and piteh it into her eage. She'll hear you and she'll go in. It's luck it's there, or you might have siayed where you were for a bil longer." The second man poked his head over his companion's shoulder. "ft say, govnor," he said, "it's worth a bit, this job. What are you going to stand ?" : "Why, you rascal," eried Gordon, "it was your friend---it was that scoundrel Usher--who let me in for this." "It ain't nothin' to do wilh us what Mr. Usher did," said the first of the two men gurlily. "We didn't ask you here. This is my shop, and these are my ani- mals, and that there is my tiger. You can't come here letting a man's animals out like this, and dangering _ precious lives, and not pay for it, you know." continued the second man, with a watchful eye on the ger still, "it's a question of he}ping the out with what he done, Bill; and worth qemnethy hing. When she goes | cage lo get that lump of tater } ne well, for he was the door, when sud- t in the rough un- tainly," said Gordon, feeli a ng id siderably more would have - himset "Done," said both "asked con men simultaneously. which was under'a sack in the corner ot the cage, and turmed to the little grille by which he bad entered. ~ "Bang: it- down," called out the first. man, warningly, "Let\ner see it, There am't no more if that's wasted." "Gordon complied wittr the directions 'given him. The noise of the opening erille had already attracted the tiger's ailention, and as Gordon's hand passed: through it, she Sprang forward. He} threw the meat down fairly into the cen- tre of the cage, and drew his hand back quickly. For a second the tiger remained mo- tionless,; and then wilh.a howl she darted. into the cage, and seizing the meat strode furiously up and down. Would she leave the cage again or nol? It was a tremendous question, but ihe man who had suggested the ques- tion of payment first, had no intention ot avoiding his share of the bargain. clase to the cages, and was rapidly ap- proaching the gate through which Usher had disappeared. 2 As he passed the open entrance of the cage where the tiger was, the huge brute stopped, and wilh the meat still in ils mouth, looked al him, growling fur- iously. : Gordon who could see the scene from where he crouched, held his breath in anxiety. He had remembered. that the man could not know the gale was re- versed, and locked now against the wall. He had probably planned to seize it and slam it fo, This was now impos- sible, for it must be unlocked first. Would the man have time to do it be- fere the liger sprang upon him; or would he lase his head and rush back to the decor, pursued by the beast? The second man was standing at the decor with egas goggling. Like Gordon, he had seen the danger, and had almost called out. Forlimately, however, he had resisted the impulse; and the two rested motidniess, watching the man as he reached the gate. It was evident to them both that he realized the state of affairs at the mo- ment his eye fell upon the lock, for he started imperceptibly as he reached and placed his hand upon it, But he kept his nerve admirably; and Gordon, who had seen real courage and admired it always, felt his heart warm towards this dirty, shock-headed Londoner. [or the man Gid not even draw his hand back, but at jf rest lightly where it had fallen, for a moment. Then, apparently carelessly, but with great caution, he passed his other hand down t his trousers pocket and produced a-key. The tiger was watching him angrily, flourishing | its tail, and growling horribly; but it d:d not move, and he placed the key in the lock of the gate and turned it. It was now. the' critical moment, and the two watchers. hardty- dared to breathe. "The tiger had raised its head swiftly at the turning of the lock, the scund which was so familiar, and pro- bably recalled to it the fact that its cage was for the moment open. As the man turned the lock and pulled the -- gato swiftly towards him, it took a half-step forward; but it was too late. With a quick and powerful swing of his arm the man reversed the gate and slammed it in the brute's face. Il struck wildly out with ils huge paw, but it missed the man's arm and only tore the emply air; a second's manoeuvring fastened the lock, and the work was done. Gordon breathed a deep sigh of relief al the man's escape; bul he, as if what he had just done was an everyday oc- curence, turned quietly to Gordon's cage and commenced to unlock it and release him. Gordon shook his. hand heartily as he promptly paid his debt, with a good sum added. "You did that excellentely," he said, "Oh. it's all in a day's work, sir," re- turned the man simply. "Now, Bill would have done just the same for half the money. Hullo, who's this?" Gordon turned to the door, and to his relief saw Sterrelt in earnest conversa- tion with the other.man. The ex-corporal came forward. as he caught Gordon'e eye. "So you've lost him after all, have you, sir?" he said. "Our cab got blocked for nearly a quar- ter of an hour owing {o an accident in the city, but I. followed you as nearly as-I could. I guessed you. would be here." "yes. the scoundrel has escaped," said Gordon, gloomily. "He played me a very clever trick, and this time I am afraid he has got away," The "Stoat' shook his head. "I am not so sure of that, sir," he said, "it will take him all his time." "Why, what do you Gordon. "My youngster's afler him still," re- turned Sterrett calmly, "We caught sight of him leaving here in a great hurry just as we were driving up, and 1 told the kid to follow him." "Good heavens!" said Gordon. "But why not follow him yourself? Why leave it to a child 2?" "Ho's a sharp child," said Sterrett "and there was nothing else to do. I hadn't got a warrant to take him. But { shall have by to-night. You see | can get ome now, after what he kindly told us, the boy will let me know where he gots to, and we'll have him quick," "Thank heaven," ejaculated Gordon. "Sterrett, I can never thank -- you enough." "Hon't forget about that. little office, sii," returned the "Stoat," "I shall get something from head-quarters for this, feo, though ib fs really you, sir, who worked the business first. But we have- n't gol him or the warrant yet." : "Come on, then, and at least get the warrant," said. Gordon quickly. "T will go, sir," said Stervett, "put you are wanled by the young lady. at. Pen- tonville. Her father's ill. He was taken very bad after that shooting business ; he's a bit apoplectic, and she's very frightened about him. The old lady she's staying wilh don't seem much use, and sho asked if you'd come, sir." "Of course I will; 1 will come instant- ly." returned Gordon. "T know I can rely on you not to fail us." (To be continued). mean ?"" asked . a LANDED. "George," she said, "before we were. married you were always giving me presents, Why don't you ever bring me anything now?" . ; : "My dear," repMed George, "did yow ever hear of a fisherman giving bait to a fish he had caught?" : Then the kettle boiled over, _ _ LOVE'S BLINDNESS, Nell: "I really think May is in love with you." | Ned: "Do you really? Why?" i Nell; "I heard her remark yesterday | '| that homeliness in a man is not really -}a faull, but a si : 4 -- os gn of character," , : es "NATURALLY. ~ "That man is always in 'the clouds." _ "Naturally; he is en airship inventor, - Gordon lifted the piece of ragged flesh |. : Aut the Far He was stealing quietly along, sticking | i ELF EEE EEE SEE HEE EEE OATS AND BRAN FOR MILGH COWS. The high protein contents of oats combined with "other good qualities gives it a high rating as a grain feed for mileh cows. In many parts of the country where it returns large yields per, acre it is a cheap. source of pro- tein : When oats are high, however, and bran can be purchased at a reason- able price it is often better to sell the dats and feed the mill product. There is a close 'similarily between oats and bran. in their analysis and their value for feeding, One experi- ment is on record where whole oats were ground and gave 10 per cent. bet- ler milk and tLutter-fat returns than bran, Of course bran is quite variable in its analysis. So much so that this result could only be considered as in- dicative. . However, the above experi ment does not disagree much with gen- eral opinion. r Bran, that, is, wheat bran deriv.s its high value from the fact. that it. con- tains a larger amount of digestible pro- tein and ash than any of the common grains, Besides it adds bulk to heavy grain ration ,for example: com meal and a natural laxative--two points con- sidered the best properties of bran. Comparing the analysis of oats with that of bran we find that for every hundred pounds of welght bran furnsh- es three pounds more of digestible pro- tein and nearly the same amount more ef ash. While it is somewhal short on fat contents we will not consider that feature, as both of these feeds are used primarily for their ash and protein, principally the latter and other quali- lies mentioned before. Let us compare the two feeds on a protein basis alone, placing the cost of this element at three and three-quarters cents per pound. This is what protein costs in feeds where it comprises a larga part, as, for example, in cotfon-seed meal. Just on a'protein basis, therefore, bran is worth nearly twelve cents mcre per hundred mounds than' oats, Thus, if the cost of tran is ninety cents per hundred, oats would be worth twelve cents less, or practically twenty-cight cents per bush- el. With bran at eighty cents, oals would equal it at twenty-five. cents. It must tbe remembered that. this com- parison, has been based solely an pro- tein basis. While we think that-is the point:on which to make the most rep- resentative comparison, there are other things to be considered; for example: the costs of marketing the oats and hauling back the bran. 'This expense would allow oats to be two or three cents per bushel above their value com- pared with bran before the change would be profitable. Then in turn. this experience might be offset by the su- perior property of the ran in giving bulk to the ration of grain and keep- ing the digestive apparatus in tone. 'Ash is low in many rations, and as this is a very necessary clement in the making of milk, the large percentage ia bran is a point in favor of the milk product. From the above we do not wish to give the impressign that when the price admits bran should wholly replace oats for we should always wish to feed several pounds of this unexcelled grain fer milk making. But suppose oats are worth iwenty-eight cents per 'bushel, and bran eighty cents per hundred it is quite likely that the farmer any rea- sonable distance from market could buy and feed bran freely, especially it no clover hay or other roughage high in protein could be fed. The folowing ration will illustrate our point. It is intended that corn stover and clover hay be fed freely for roughage in con- junction with this grain ration: Three pounds corn-and-cob meal, two pounds cats and six pounds bran; this amount t) 'be fed daily lo a cow weighing 1,000 pounds. Though a trifle below' the standard set for protein this ration will be economical and conducive to the thrift of the herd. If clover hay is not pbtained then one or two pounds lin- seed meal must be added. Some care- ful breeders would not be without bran, mhatever it cost, buf the farmer not making a specialty of dairying must be economical and use feeds of his own raising as largely as possible. $4444444 4% + FARM NOTES. If a farmer wishes to keep books only sufficient to show which way he is annually drifting, he can do it with very little bookkeeping. Just let him keep track of what he owes and what ethers owe him. One of the first things: requiring early spring attention, is to prevent the sprouting of potatoes in warm cellars where they are kept for seed. The sprouting reduces.or exhausts the vigor ol the tubers, and the remedy is to plant them as early as the ground can be prepared and made deep and mel- lew, There is no need to urge the average farmer lo give more attention to the pig- sty, the cabbage patch, or the potato field. These are thought to be matters ef necessity, and 'every good house- folder provides these things in abun- dance. With no greater labor and care than these staples: require, every land- owner may provide to his family for severak months of each year a fruit viel which, compared with hog and hominy, is as the "nectar of the gods." As a rule, milk Should always. be skimmed while it is sweet, whatever way it is set, for, the cream to rise, Most excellent butter may be made from cream allowed to stand until the milk and cream are sour and tifick, dif it has not been too long reaching | this conditicn, and the cream is. removed just as soon as this condition .is reach- ed, Under this systen: one should al- most 'sit up" with {he milk pans Tike a patient, in order to churn the cream as soon as the proper period arrives. 'Delay is ruinous, To wait for milk to sour, or cream, when the temperature is low is always dangerous. A cool spell in summer and cold weather are fruitful cenditions to produce poor but- fer, Under such circumstances the milk stands too long before it sours, and the cream also, and the cream be- comes bitter, and the butter bitter, LIVE STOCK NOTES, ~ Oats, bran and 'cottonseed meal are 'avell calculated to. muse nave the fol geslib'e albumi carbohydrates, 47.07; has a nutritive ratio of when. fed in connection with timothy aad clover hay would te a well-balanced 'food, both to keep up the condition of ithe ewes end to preduce a. good yield ef excellent, milk, a erie ae Sheep thrive better and increase: the ysrowth of wool if they receive some 'green food once a, day during th: win- ter--rools, linseed meal or polatoes-- y-just enough to keap from too inuch costiv ness. Shicep to do well, musi have free access fo water, bolh summer: aénd winter, but more particularly i winter when fed on dry hay, Snow is by no means sudicient to take the ydace of water, Salt is also necessary to good health, It aids the digestion of the food. and gives tone and vigor de the whole system. Rock salt. should hs placed in boxes in the sheep house so they can eat itvat any time. Sheep should: never be fed hay on the ground; youc hay is wasted in this way. Sheep ere cleanly animals and wil! eat their food from only a clean place. Well ronstructed racks to place the hay in vue the best. : merge ST. Ae CUBAN CIGAR MAKERS. While They Work Novels and News- papers are Read to Them. A Cuban cigar factory of {he best cl is by no means a stupid place to work. Not only does every cigar maker have plenty. of light-and-air, a leather covered chair to sit on and the pri- vilege of keeping on his hat while he works. but he is entertained meanwhile with novels and newspapers, song and discussion. : The factory reader sits at the rear af the workroom, enthroned upon an ¢le- vated stand, He is paid from the pri- vate funds of the cigar makeib, tno cost to each man ranging from 10 lo 15 cents a week, This covers the cost Of the books, novels and newspapers, as well asa salary of $39 which is paid the presi- dent of the reading committees to make up for the time he is supposed to lose from his wark while engaged in count ing voles or making the weekly eollec- tion, According to the Cuba Review and Bulletin these readers earn from $40 to g6C a week, reading for a period of three or four hours a day. As a rule each factory has two readers and news- popers are taken up in the morning and books or novels in the afternoon. The selection of the book or novel to be read is an interesting feature. It takes the character of a politcal elec- tion, each man. voting for the book he wants. . The president of the reading commities. counts the votes and an- nounces the. winning book, which is forthwith bought and placed in ils turn to be read. The cigar maker is a very independ- ent workman, He has no fixed hours. pul can go and come as he pleases. If he remains away no more than area- sonable time he can have his old place back again, All work is piece work, but wages are according lo the size and the | «f cigar he ean make. He is allowed to talk and smoke while working, but the reading keeps the men quiet and industrious. Those who cannot read or write are yet kept informed on public questions and are able to discuss intelligently problems of national and municipal in- | terest. They seem to be well posted on peienetific discoveries and other mat ters. It is common that the newspapers have editorials or articles which arouse the patriotic feelings of the men. Then ihe reading is stopped, voices are heard commenting on the subject treated and their knife or chavela is struck violent ly on the flat surface of their working table. This is their mode of applauding. Sometimes the national hymn and other popular airs are entoned, but singing is reserved for --imporlant: occasions, such as the victory. of a Cuban in a foreign country in some athletic con- test, in a hard game wrung from some of the baseball teams which visit Ha- vana each year. The excitement, however, Only lasts for a few minutes, work is at once re- sumed and the only voice heard in the big room is that of the reader. The wages earned by the cigar mak- ens vary. Some make as much as $50 a. week, while others who are, not ex- perts in making the selected sizes draw a weekly salary of $10 or $15 a week. Somo cigar operatives need only to make a small number of good cigars a day to draw big wages, because the cigar they make is an expensive one for which they get 15 or 25 cents, sind eet ona A LONDON BEAUTY SHOW. Curious Scenes--Unsuccessful Candidates Laughed Off the Stage. Fourteen competitors, some "dark as the daughtens of Jerusalem," and others as fair as Ulies of France, appeared in a beauty competition last. evening al Wood-green Assembly Hall, says the Lendon Chronicle. More had entered, but the courage of some failed them at the last moment, and they declined to face an audience, which, as events showed, was not too sympathetic to what if considered pre- tensions to beauty. Dress was not taken into account, and in order that-it might not influence the judgment of the 'spec- tators, whose votes decided the winner, each lady put her head between a divided black curtain hung in a large frame. Some, who got as far as the stage. shirked over this ordeal, -- Ungallant laughter, jeers, now and again, and ironical calls, greeted most of the ladies, and their pained smiles showed ihat they were not altogether pleased with their reception. The favorite was undoubtedly No. 10, a fair young girl wiih flowing curls, apparently not out of her teens. A plunyp brunette and an equally plump Gompe- titor with a pink and while complexion divided the second honors, and alto: gether, although there was some amount of chaff, it was of the good-natured var- jety, and did no harm, even to the ladies who resented it by a hurried withdrawal from the surrounding frame, ' Two ladies who had not seen each other for years recently met in the stréet. They recognized each other after a time J and their recognition was cordial. "So | delighted to see you again. Why, you aro scarcely altered." " 2 sh and how little changed you are. ly, how long is it since we met?" "About ten years." "and why have you never been to see me?" "My dear, just look al the wea- ther we have had.t Pate "May heaven help the rich; the poor 1 to 4.6, and | Escorted to Her Wediing witi Music and Merrymaking The sou und of low music along the valley. Here comes procession itself, a crow a 'ng it company, in front walks a mer Hryman, holding oul. a long worden skew- the bridal siabs of bread translixed; on 'the other, fragments. of cooked meat, cooling in 'he autumn air At his side trots @ friend with dripping wineskin under fis aria Du pme tad Ob NEI, Wrsbes Henry Nevinson. One fost of the only held together by finger and th For cvery passerby upon the ' must drink and each must take his bit 'af bread and meat from the skewers, that, having enjoyed the kindly fruits fo' tha earth, ke may wish the bride fertility and go upon his way in plea- sant mood. oe Behind the hospityble focd and drink omes music, most lavish of the arts. 'pouring itself out, as the birds sing, '4 all who are near enougir to hear. 'Usually the musicians go on foot before the pride's carriage, bul if ihey ean borrow. an extra eart, itis certainly easier to keep time together when one has nol to watch the rocks upon the road, or wade knee deep across the river. beds, Last comes the bride in bullock cart or tvo-horsed phacton, shaken but 'glorified. Her head is dressed in. Goor- sian fashion, Round the top of her head js a shining black ring, much the same in effect as the ring that Zulu chiefs enweave in their hair, On each side ef the face long curls hang down, usu- ally false, for they are frankly atlach- ed to the ring, and form a. lange .ar- ticle of commerce in all Georgian towns, 'Over rings und curls and all floats {he characteristic white gauze veil, trimmed with lace along the edge for the happy, 'bub shorn of all beauty for widows or for the mother whose baby is dead. So the bride comes, aud at her side sits 'he next prettiest girl of the village, {o 'see her in countenance and divide the 'gaze of inconsiderate or too admiring males, While the ancient ceremony is cele- brated inside the church the music ¢con- tinues, and boys keep up a dancing at the door, Then the procession is' re- formed, the bridegroom mounts the cart himself beside the bride, the simple house of wood and stone is reached and he carries her over the threshold into {he scane of her new life. There she will winnow and dry the maize, hang the tobacco leaves in the loft, help with the vintage and the beasts, work the wooden loom, give her husband. food, and rear children to repeat the way <f life with liltle change. gin is untied, and umb. ---- fk = MENIGAN CARRIES His MONEY. Dislikes Ghecks and Doesn't Under- stand Bank Books. Almost any Mewnics or business life carries on anywhere between $200 and $& junket can more yore than. many ican Herald. professional sums of sur- even {0 xucan nin professional his pe Mexican man will be found carr) janoney. on his that would prise the ordinary and cause hin. worry forced carry it with him, yet Me never even thinks of it. It was: but a few days ago that an instance of this kind was brought to atlention. One Mexican of the middle class ked another in a casual. way if he could change a thousand dollar bill, The other pulled out a- wallet from his inside pocket and counted out nearly $2,000, Time after time this has happened and it seems no uncom- mon. thing for a Mexican of the middle class to carry between 1,000 and 2,000 pesos on his person. The check idea seems fo havo taken but small hold as yet upon the citizens of Mexico, especially when ~small amounts .of less than $1,000. are: con- cerned, They. consider. it much . easier te pay spol cash than to give a check for amounts of $50 and $100, and' they claim with some amount of reason that a business deal can -be put through with better advantage when the cash is In. sight. Even the Indian in the street carries amounts of cash that would never be supposed |o be in his possession. They earry their money in a leather bell, fastened apound their bodies ins'de their trousers. These hells are hollow. and are open at one end. Into the open end the Indian slips his pesos or bills until ha has the whole full. The belt then is éither taken off and hidden away the bills are changed for larger Cenom- inations. and still carried around the body. But the Indian is a Stickler for "pesos duros" and prefers them to any other class of money exespt gold, To the Indian money is money and a bank book stands for nothing in hie way of reckoning. A check he will nat accept under any circumstances, be-+ cause he does nob widerstand il, A coin or paper curreney is what he ia after, and that is what he keeps his hands on when he gets tt. fo person traveller he {he were as ' echeeegomninlptin, cm --® MAKING ROMAN CANDLES, 4 Good Deal Like Solitary --Contine- ment--One Man to a Hut. The most solilary, parson in the world during working hours ts. the maker cf roman candies, : He occupies an isclated cell, says the 'Vechnical World, and nobody comes near him while he is engaged in- his patient toil. i The. wages he gets are high, but not pv reason of the Joneliness to whica 'he is condemned; be is paid for the risks he is obliged to lake, ; 'Tihe quart ys oceupied by this. ere. mile artisan are a tiny house, which might almost be called a hut) with a flooy space not more than six feet square, Standing by itself, at least sixty. vards from any other structure, | fhe little building is of weod, of the simplest architecture, whee If it were to be blown up the finan- | cial loss would be almost nil--a point 6? some importance inasmuch as its: diurnal tenant is obliged to use cgn- sidezable quantilies of explosives in the business which engages his attention, for a roman candle is a sort of maga- zine or repeating gun, with a paper tube for a berrel and b projectiles, : % \ ay rd d on foot bear- | er in-cither hand. On one skewer are | road. or] alls of fire for | Compulsory a Fact -- Hits The new British Wor sation. Act continues to pe able iisurances and equa didents and claims, The fo reen noted, for instance, mercial Union Assurance Com .- The morning after the act 'force notification was rec domestic servant had chopped or her fingers. while cutti the. fire. : petne ae "Insurance has bean effected engaged al 25s. per annum to clean oub his employer's far and also his church pew, -- One company has- granted. ployer's claim in the case of who contracted measles. sy is not-a "persona' injury" statute, for which. the serva compensation, buf some in panies: = have , «an. extender "scheme," which covers 'cert fied diseases, including mecasle A servant swallowed a p tasting sliced ham, with whi had somehew become. --nuixes may develop into a substanti OVER 400,000 ACCIDEN £ Further confirmation of the in the London Daily Mail of that accidents and claims hi dency to increase is affo annual report of the Chief Tf Factories issued recently. Thi 111,904 accidents reported. du This was an increase of 11,29 lo 11.2 per cent., as compare increase of 8.2 per cent. i (4 per cent, in 1904, In fatal the increase was 3.0 per cent. (or 5 ditional, cases) following 4.4 p increase, in 1905. Sei HIfS SMALL, EMPLOYER It is obvious now that thi the comniunily upon whom will press most severely is sm pieyers. : That is, Lecause, in the view peris, there will remain-ip $s warnings "a cons.derable num small employers who: are elt insure against the contingency" cident." To them lability is 4 burden, and" they" "will, lear perhaps also by serious fink pJrienee. aS The firs almost employers branches of ion Act y confined tha. welleo industry, 7 Compensation Act (1900) brough agricultural industry, The thi new beginning jls operations, en almost every. hitherto omitted employment, and aout 6, workers, The Depa that cause "amental Committ short of compu a considerable proportion small employers to msureé, they cannot evade liability for eer sation by any process except insv and it is equally serious for their: men, Lecause a workman's i compensation would then ha' a ils chanee among the first-rank: ef the bankrupt up toa maxim £100. x COMPULSORY INSURANCE. The thin 'end of the wedge pulsory insurance has been ar by this new Compensation Act, be found in. Section. 7, in the the act dealing with industrial d and if empowers the Secrets by Provisional Order to requi employers (tinder © circum forth in tho 'section) Lo "insure. So far as householders are ed, ib is estimated that of £ have insured -90-per cent. have out the fullest policies obtainable, offices, we believe, have show inclination to- engage in this é uncertain business, The actua' gone on the basis that there 4 ly any difference of risk beb various grades of indoor domes vants. They are reckoning £2 equivalent 6f board and. lodgin; added to the wages so as to the total carnings on which ¢ tton js calculated, One class of workers find ther in a serious pradicament' -- t people who are subject to epileptic If a householder engages an servant and, in the course of ployment she is injured, he tional infirmity would not save ployer. The insurance compan declining to insure epileptic. Who, if seems, are numerous, domestic and industrial se sequently, they are in grave da losing their cmployment, ae aay GIRLS' DRINKING © A Reetor's Story of Factory and Foreed Drinking. -- Canon Denton 'Thompson, -- Jirmingham, England, speaki: J meeting of a committee of Birmin employers held to consider the factory. drinking, said that gi women were invited, encou even coerced into joining drinkir for which the weekly Subscri from 1d. to 3d. ae Sometimes the drink was p titiously in the tea served in ies, and in one case under hi was even introduced into 801 made in the factory and ba to the girls. All the girls ern expected to. join these. clu persecuted it they refus In some factories--he w that they were few--permissix granted for what could carousals in the factory is a very serious stateme continued, "but T say tha: -gcod reason to believe tha authority have been o certain licensed houses to or drinking bouts with a view ing these drinking c on -- The equim Jee, while recog 3 ee le for emy