LOVE'S UNREASON.
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And as they went, slowly warning,
He declared that he had never, never, never loved Delorc;
And ehe knew his declaration, made with calm deliberation,
Without fear or trepidation was a fib, and nothing more,
As their voices low, were blending,
And so shyly then he kissed her, for
And she blushed and said she never,
And he made no contradiction, but
lit uiutisseanesa waa a notion was a no, ana noining more. ,
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But, her eyelids shyly drooped Oh! the wiles and ways of Cupid
Though he was not much more stupid, pray, than either me or yon,
Were so wet, like jewels grieving, that they could not be deceiving,
And he found himself believing what he knew could not be true;
And though firm waa her conviction of the element of fiction I'
In his all love-laden diction yet she did not say him no,
For while reason kept resisting what he said, her eyes were misting,
And ber heart kept on insisting that each word of it was ao.
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You may always see plenty of
prairie-chickens In the Doukhobor
Villages of Saskatchewan. In Febru
ary, 1907, they became extraordinar
ily numerous In Paravgrad, an outly
ing hamlet One morning the pretty
birds were strutting on almost every
earth-covered, grass-grown roof, and
picking In every straw-littered yard
among the domestic fowl. So the
gentle vegetarians of Farargrad
knew that many wolves must he
ranging the neighboring scrub
prairie.
The winter had begun very ear:y
and brought uncommonly deep snow.
Mo January thaw lessened the accu
mulation. It lay so dry and light in
the forest, northward and eastward,
that wolves could' not catch their
usual prey.
Out on the great plains the snow
was packed closely by the wind. In
February starving hordes came out
of the forests, and scattered in small
bands over many leagues of prairie.
Paravgrad village consists of forty
log cabins ranged In parallel flies,
twenty on each side of the street. As
a protection against wolves, the ham
let was fenced all round with barbed
wire. Its strands passed from cabin
to cabin, and were clouted on the
corner logs. The fencing was Impene
trable by wolves, but only five feet
high. Wolves might jump over it.
There was not a gun in Paravgrad.
Doukhobor religion prohibits taking
animal life. Pitchfork's were plenty,
but no man or woman there would
use one as a weapon. These people
are consistent with their creed to a
degree inconceivable to any person
who does not know them.. They
would think it blasphemous to kill
a chicken for broth for a sick per
son. They will not kill or trap rats.
But they stop up rats' holes. It the
vermin then die, these casuists say,
".That is the will of God."
They pamper all their domestic
beasts. Companies of Doukhobor
men and women have often drawn
plow, harrow or wagon to rest their
horses. They use steam and gaso
line motors In agriculture as much as
possible, to spare animals from labor.
' Wolves would not leap over the
Paravgrad fence in daylight. But
they might come over at night, un
less it were heightened. In that case
the stock animals would be safe, be
cause under cover. But what of the
beloved prairie-chickens, peculiarly
dear to the villagers, because their
mere presence certified Paravgraders
to be kind and devoted vegetarians?
These birds will not go under roofs
at night. They then Bhelter them
selves in straw or snow on the
ground. If wolves came over the
fence they might kill "God's
phlckens."
This fear quite appalled the young
brothers Vianovttch, Simeon and
Alexis. So frightened were they that
they resolved to drive seven miles to
the railway flag-station of Podavsko,
Where trains pass bi-weekly, .for a
alelgh-load of barbed wire, enough to
raise the village fence two feet more.
"But the wolves," said the ciders.
"That must be as God will," said
Elmeon.
"Yea it is right to go for the
wire," said Alexis.
It was perceived that they had "a
leading." Still, a good deal of coun
sel was imparted to them by the
elders. In consequence, they reached
Podavsko about noon with a slelgh
toz tightly packed with straw, a lot
of loosely twisted straw ropes, and
the whole covered with quilted bed
comforters. All this stuff they loaded on top of
the reels of barbed wire, much to the
wonder of Michael Kelly, the station
agent. He watched them drive home
ward on a trail through scattered
patches of dwarf willow and poplar.
About two miles out of Podavsko
the horses showed nervousness. Evi
dently wolves were near, hiding In
the scrub. But the Vianovltches saw
none until they were nearly out of
the scrub, within two miles of home,
and aware that they might soon see
the smokes and roofs of Paravgrad
across "rosebush" plain.
Now the wolves drew nearer. Oc
casionally one could be seen sneak
ing from clump to clump. There was
no estimating how many might be in
the band. The boys, bred in Russia,
and acquainted with Immemorial
traditions of how wood-wolves act,
expected a rush soon.
But they assumed. that the brutes
would pack and howl before making
it So the elders bad foretold.
But the Vlanovltches concluded
not to await the chorus. This turned
out to be sonud judgment, since no
warning howls were given. Perhaps
they might have come bad-Aleiis not
lighted a straw rope.
Its flare, in broad, sunny daylight,
was less visible than Its smoke. Im-
' mediately much angr snarling was
all the air, there went a maiden
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heard from both sides of the trail.
Then, as it they had packed sudden
ly, eleven monstrous timber-wolves
ran out into full view on the track
about one hundred feet behind the
sleigh.
Simeon quickened the pace. Alexis
flung out burning clumps of loose
straw. Before reaching the first of
these, the wolves sprang away- on
both sides, with furious yowling.
They vanished in the bushes, still
yelling, and -reappeared fifty yards
In front of the team.
Perhaps they would have rushed
In, but Alexis immediately got down,
straw torch in hand, and went In
front of the horses. The wolves
stood hesitating, and again silent.
To sacrifice the horses was no
more in the minds - of the young
Doukhobors than sacrificing his
children is in the mind of an ordi
nary American father. It was pretty
clear that the horses could not escape
unless freed from the sleigh. They
stood trembling, but although in
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CONTENTMENT.
By DAVID
Let us be content with what we have.
Let us get rid of our false estimates, set up all the
higher Ideals a quiet home; vines of our own planting;
a few books full of the inspiration of a genius; a few
friends worthy of being loved and able to love us in re
turn; a hundred Innocent pleasures that bring no pain
or remorse; a devotion to the right that will never
swerve; a simple religion empty of all bigotry, full of
trust and hope and love.
To such a philosophy this world will give up all the
empty joy it has.
dire terror obedient and trustful of
kind masters.
Simeon got down, also with a straw
torch. They stripped the horses, ex
cept of the collars. Then they led
them straight to the wolves.
Again the brutes sprang away on
both sides. Instantly the boys
slapped their horses, shouted at them,
and stood watching. It never oc
curred to them to ride away on the
team. Doukhobors seldom learn to
straddle horses; .thty think that
would be to impose on them. And
the Vlanovltch boys would have con
sidered it very wicked, anyway, to
burden their dumb friends, and so
lessen their chances of safety. .
When the horses started galloping,
about halt the wolves were racing
towards the Blelgh, the others watch
ing the boys. But all ran after the
horses, howling in full cry.
Simeon and Alexis ran back to the
sleigh. Knowing just what they
meant to do, there was little talk be
tween them.
"They will be back In ten or fif
teen minutes," said Simeon.
"You mean if they don't catch the
horses?"
"No ;'ear of that. Our men will
see the horses coming. They will
hurry out to save them. Then the
wolves will turn back to us."
The boys spread their loose straw
In a wide circle about the sleigh.
They kept four torch ropes burning
while they pitched out every reel
of the barbed wire except one.
Then they loosened the ends of
two coils. They wove the wire all
round the top of the sleigh-box,
turning it twice arouud each of the
six side stakes. Next they tied down
the top strands by. strands passing
down and up again, holding the hor
izontal wires in connection with the
uprights of the runners.
Then they hurried to weave the
barbed wire crisscross over the box,
securing it to the upper and end
strands, not by passing it continuous
ly under and over and back and forth,
but by tying it on the top or round-
the-box strands. The barbs assisted
well to hold the stiff, loose loops in
place.
Before the Job was done back came
the wolves, furious. Both boys
stopped work. They went about the
straw circle, firing it with their
torches. When It blazed well they
returned to the crisscross.
A "few moments later the wolves
were ranged at a respectful distance
round the blaze, yelping and howling
madly In their daunted rage. So long
as the straw circle might hold out to
burn, the boys knew they could work
securely.
"Now, brother, get in," said Si
meon. Alexis stepped into the gap left un
filled by crisscross work. He drew
his form carefully down. When he
vanished the wolves set up so wild a
cry that Simeon feared they would
leap the now smoldering circle. In-
stead of stepping In after Alexis, he
went about the ring of straw, kicking
the under part to the srface, so that
all blazed more fiercely than before.
Simeon' took two more turns at
crisscross work. Then- he got in
where Alexis lay working, passing
strands underneath the top, from cor
ner to corner, using wire from the
reel that had been left in the box.
Both pairs of hands hurried in this
work and In closing the gap.
Meanwhile the wolves raged in be
wilderment. What had become of
those boys? The human scent could
not pass the smoke circle.
"Poor things!" smiled Alexis.
"They think they've lost their din
ner." "I can't pity them much. They're
flesh eaters," said Simeon.
The day was bitterly cold, twenty
eight degrees below zero. But the
boys were clad in sheepskin coats,
and two pairs of thick woolen stock
ings with felt boots outside. .Also
they had five heavy woolen bedqullts.
As they no longer saw smoke drift
ing they know the wolves would soon
come within the straw circle. When
the leader jumped In his howl sound
ed like a boast. Then the whole com
pany joined him. The boys heard
nosings, sniffings, clawings, snortings
about the sleigh. Perhaps the wolves
feared a trap. Or perhaps the barbs
along the top and sides kept them
down. At any rate, it seemed quite
a while before Alexis, looking up,
saw a mouthful of white fangs, and
two fierce eyes glaring down on him.
The leader! As he saw the boys, he
yelled, and sprang up on the criss
cross. The next moment a rival joined
him, just as the paws and long legs
of the leader came through the barb
ed netting. He sprawled. As the
barbs tore his legs and under body he
screamed with anguish and fear. The
second wolf tried to get away, but
down came his legs, too. Pandemo
nium broke loose on the crisscross.
That pair fought one another with
teeth. Then one got his scrambling
SWING.
legs out, all four free at once. He
rolled off, and yelled more wildly as
the sharp points pierced his sides and
back. But he had escaped the rack.
A moment later the other got free
also.
Drops of blood fell on the face of
Alexis. Wiping them oft he spoke
remorsefully: "Poor creatures they
were torn!"
"It was the will of God," observed
Simeon.
There were more sniffings, claw
ings, yells of disappointment round
the sleigh. Then the pack seemed to
draw off for conference.
"An elders' meeting!" chuckled
Simeon.
"It Is wrong to laugh at dumb ani
mals," said Alexis, but he could not
help smiling a little.
The pair felt safe now. They did
not know Canadian timber wolves.
A stunning chorus suddenly arose.
Then there was a rushing sound and
a battering along the box. Another
moment and the whole crisscross top
seemed to be falling down under a
weight of scrambling bodies and tear
ing legs.
Some of the wire Bide loops slipped
and then really became tight. The
wirework bent down so far that claws,
struggling to escape, came scratching
on the boys' bodies. But the barbs
were doing their Iron duty. Just as
it seemed that the top would cave in
the whole gang got off, frantic and
bewildered.
"I wish the brethren would hur
ry," said Aleiis, anxiously, "The
wolves may try it again."
"Let us try to strengthen tho wire
top, brother."
"I don't mean that I am afraid,
brother. The cover is good yet. But
the poor things don't know any bet
ter. And they suffer so."
I "Yea. Perhaps some may bleed to
death. But we shall not be guilty."
"I am not sure about that. We
might have stayed at home."
"No, o, brother. The fencing is
needed. Think of those wolves get
ting at our dear little prairie chick
ens!" Again the wolves camo pressing
about the box, smelling, yelling and
seeming to criticise one another an
grily. Then in an instant they went
scurrying away. A loud shouting of
men came nigh. The brothren of
Paravgrad, knowing that wolves
would not attack a large company in
daylight, had started on the road as
soon as they opened the wire gate lor
the Vlanovltch horses.
Before night had long fallen the
barbed fence about Paravgrad was
seven feet high. Ia the Saskatche
wan sky stars appeared, as ever,
greatly dilated. Vast auroral phan
tasms shifted their colored anC shin
ing banners.
"Heaven is pleased to-night, broth
er," said Alexis,-piously, "for tho
dear chickens of our Lord are surely
safe." From Youth's Companion.
London's "Living in" System.
v . New Interest in the Homes For Shop Employes.
One Firm Has Annonnced Its Intention of
Paying. Better Wages and Letting Its Work
ers Live at Home Low Fay Not Evened Up
by the Accommodation. :-: :-: ::
Since the recent decision of Messrs.
Swan and Edgar, managers of a large
London department store, to abolish
the "living in" system among their
shop assistants, this much discussed
matter has once more aroused public
interest, writes the - London corre
spondent of the New York Sun.
Then, too, a lately produced play dis
closes In its opening act a dreary pic
ture of the discomforts and even pri
vations of the unfortunate shop girls
who are victims of this system which
provides English employers with an
excuse for paying meagre salaries on
the ground that they board and lodge
their employes.
Of course, the living in arrange
ment is, like many other established
English customs, the survivor of a
former successful and advantageous
system which changes in life and
times have rendered useless.
Years ago, when traveling was slow
and'eumbrous, when the retail grocer
and dry goods merchant were men of
modest means but good standing, the
living In system was undoubtedly an
advantage for both employer and em
ployes. The shop assistant was then
called an apprentice. For a definite
number of years be was bound or ap
prenticed by his parents to a master
who agreed to Initiate him Into all
the mysteries of the shop, to instruct
him in the details of buying and sell
ing, and to lodge and board blm in a
manner suited to his station. The
agreement was almost always well
kept. The apprentice became an in
tegral unit of the family, living with
them, eating with them and 6harlng
all the joys and sorrows of their fam
ily life. Of course, no payment was
given for bis work, and after his time
of service was up he either stayed on
as a sort of partner or started in for
himself on the same lines.
Time has brought far different con
ditions into existence, and yet with
English tenacity the theory is main
tained that workers in shops should
share living places under the jurisdic
tion of shop owners. Distances are
no longer great. Six cents and twenty
minutes will take any one to Lon
don's most faraway suburbs by under
ground road. Men and and women,
boys and girls would be able to have
family life and still perform their
duties in stores adequately, yet there
are scarcely any establishments where
a large enough wage is paid so that
the recipient can afford to live any
where except under the root provided
by the master.
The high cost of living, the uncer
tainty of labor, the dread of illness
and the poor return for thrift com
pel the parents of the class from
which Bhop boys and girls are drawn
to see that their children are enabled
to bring home weekly a tew shillings
toward the household exchequer. In
order to do this the boys and girls
must accept board and lodging given
by their employers.
- A few weeks ago in the Sun an ar
ticle appeared on shopgirl life In New
York. An attractive picture was
drawn of the sitting rooms, dining
rooms, social clubs, etc., at most
stores; of the care taken of them
when they are ill, and ot the liberal
wage paid them for their work. In
contrast to this It may be interesting
to know something of the shop life
of the courteous, gentle voiced Eng
lish shopgirl who always charms
Americans with her politeness and
patience , and who manages to look
neat in her black gown despite the
trying conditions under which her
daily toilet is made.
In the first place, it she Is a new
comer, she may be giving her services
for the first month without any wage.
It this Is not the case she considers
herself lucky to have $1.25 a week,
and when she does achieve as much
Petroleum in Australia.
The discovery of petroleum in the
Boonah district of Queensland, Aus
tralia, is reported In the Queensland
er. It Is asserted that crude petro
leum, a heavy black oil, has been
found In a well 100 feet In depth and
within two miles of the town. On a
farm five miles from Boonah bores
are said to show a volatile oil, prob
ably kerosene, at a depth of 130 feet.
There are said to be other indications
of oil in several parts of the district,
notably Harrisville. While "payable
oil" is yet to be found, indications are
said to be that the field will be pro
ductive when operations on a large
scale are begun. It is expected that
if "payable oil" exists it will be found
Sf depths varying from 500 to 750
Set Prevailing rocks are sandstone,
limestone and conglomerate, with
belts of ironatone. This is said to be
the same class of country usually as
sociated with the petroleum fields In
the United States. Consular Report.
Steam Shovels on Panama Cnnal.
At the beginning ot the year the
Isthmian Canal Commission bad
erected and ready to work siitynine
steam shovels. Nine ot them were
forty-flve-ton shovels, with buckets
of a capacity ranging from one and a
half to one and three-quarter cubic
yards. Sixty ot the shovels were at
work on January 1.
Output of British Shipyards.
The product of the British ship
yards amounts to twenty or twenty
fire per cent of the world's output
as $2.50 or $3 she is indeed doing
well. - If she rises to be head sales
woman ot the department she Will
perhaps get $4. She is told when she
takes her place at the store that this
small salary is so much clear gain, as
her bed and food are provided for
her, but . she soon learns that fines
are numerous and very often entirely
in the hands ot the shopwalker, so
It behooves ber to keep in his good
graces lest she Is fined two cents
here and three cents there, for arriv
ing behind the counter two minutes
late, for wearing a piece ot jewelry,
for talking in the dormitory, for do
ing many and various things, until
her $1.25 is reduced to bait its pro
portions at the end of the week. She
begins her morning in the store at
any time from 7 to 8; that depends
on where she Is employed. To fortify
her for the day a breakfast is fur
nished of tea, bread and butter or
gruel. When dinner time comes she
has fifteen minutes recess to eat what
is provided, and that in a room crowd
ed with her fellow-workers, who are
all calling out, bolting their food and
rushing lest they should be fined for
lateness when they arrive at the coun
ter. At 4 o'clock she has another
fifteen minutes in which to take her
weak tea and bread. When the store
closes at 7 and the last bit of work is
accomplished by halt past she has a
supper ot bread and cheese. Then
she may go out it she likes until 11
o'clock. It she comes in five minutes
late Bhe is fined, and in many places
If she is fifteen minutes late she can
not get in at all and spends the night
on the streets with the thoughts ot
the next day's probable dismissal to
enliven the hours. If she does not
wish to go out she may retire to a
dreary, unheated sitting room, with
accommodations for so few girls that
should too many stay home the same
night bed is the only refuge for those
who cannot crowd into the room.
If she goes to bed she makes her
way to a cold dormitory with any
where from fifteen to thirty beds in it,
a toilet table at each end and a wash
stand with two small pitchers of
water. She has one nail on which to
hang her things, and a bath is out
of the question. If she drops oft to
sleep she Is soon awakened by her re
turning roommates, who are girls
from all parts of the country and ot
varying characters. She may go home
from Saturday afternoon to Sunday
evening, or if her family live too far
away she may go where she wishes.
Also her Sunday privileges Include
lying in bed half an hour later, and
permission to buy herself something
extra to eat, which will be cooked for
her if she can give a modest tip.
Of course there are stores where
things are better managed than this,
but there are many others where
things are far worse. In one depart
ment store the housekeeper admitted
that for the week's food she allowed
$1 a head.
The moral side of the question it is
just as well not to dwell upon. Where
1500 persons men and women, boys
and girls are lodged as they are at
one huge store, not much attention
can be paid to what they do or where
they go. A fashionable West End
shop gives the girls latchkeys, and no
questions are asked if they are late
unless it happens too often.
Dr. Clifford, a well known preacher.
aroused greatest indignation and ve
hement denials from owners of big
department stores not long ago by a
speech he made in which he said:
"Nothing has been more mournful
than the accounts I have had to hear
of the practical impossibility ot living
a true and worthy life in the condi
tions offered in these huge establish"
ments."
Extermination of Mosquitoes.
Consul William Henry Bishop, ot
Palermo, Italy, transmits the follow
ing information relative to experi
ments made by the chief of the sani
tary service at Gaboon, French
Africa, with the cactus as a substi
tute for petroleum for the extermina
tion of mosquitoes in warm climates.
The thick, pulpy leaves of the cac
tus, cut up in p'.eces, aro thrown into
water and macerated until a sticky
paste is formed. This paste is
spread upon the surface of stagnant
water, and forma an Isolating layer
which prevents the larvae of the mos
quitoes from coming to the top to
breathe and destroys them through
asphyxiation. It is truo that petro
leum can do the same service, but in
warm climates petroleum evaporates
too quickly and is thus of little avail.
The mucilaginous cactus paste, on
the contrary, can hold its place in
definitely, lasting weeks, months, or
even an entire year; and the period
of. development of the larvae being
but about a fortnight, it has the
most . thorough effect. Scientific
American.
Was Instructor to King Carlos.
Miss Mary Woodman, of Woburn,
Mass., was instructor to the lata
King Carlos of Portugal in English,
history and painting. She has in her
possession a number of mementoes
given her by the family, and when
she left Portugal she was promised a
title of nobility should she ever return..
Parents Take Them to German
Labor Market, Where They Are
Inspected Like Cattle.
The Frledrlchshafen
correspondent ot the
(Germany)
New York
World writes:
The child-labor market was held
to-day an institution a century old
which local newspapers declare is
only a youthful slave mart thinly,
cloaked, and which, ' nowadays, .
arouses intense Indignation in ' the
frontier provinces of Austria, Switzer
land and Germany.
As usual each year their parents
brought here, from their homes In the
outlying districts ot the Tyrol, about
350 girls and boys, from eleven to
fourteen years old, and sold tbelr ser
vices to farmers tor seven months,
from April 1 to October 28. Ninety
nine out of every hundred ot the
children are thrust into this bondage
by their parents' avarice. The
farmers pay for a girl's services for
the seven months about $12.50. For'
a strong boy's work the princely sum
of $20.
The children were ranged early
this morning in the market place, and
all day long a crowd of farmers In
spected them as if they were so many
pigs or cattle, felt the muscles of
their arms, poked them in the rib
to learn it they were tat or lean.
meantime - loudly discussing their
merits or condemning their physical
faults.
Some of the children had been sold
last year or the year before; they
bad exchanged confidences; they
shrank from the farmers who had
been cruel to them, and stealthily
tried to warn their younger com
panions of the fate that awaits them.
By dusk contracts had been signed
for every unfortunate here. The
fathers of some were tipsy by night
fall and cursing their luck that this
girl or that boy Is not larger and
more muscular so that more money
would have been paid for them.
To-night the child-slaves, wltb
their new masters, are hurrying tt
the farms.
The terms of the contracts are
harsh, providing that the children,
regardless of sex, may work at "cattle
herding, housework, stable and stall
clearing, nursing children, feeding
cattle, running errands and what
ever else the master may require
them to do."
"Good treatment" Is included in the
condition, but, according to a local
newspaper which has conducted an
inquiry, this clause is more often
broken than observed, and many chil
dren return home crippled or wrecked
in health by their master's brutality.
Next October 28, which is called
"Packing Day," the little workers re
turn here afoot and assemble at the
Children's Society's headquarters,
whence they are sent to their homes,
there to await another seven months'
bondage.
WISE WORDS.
Shall we weep for those who have
done weeping? We rejoice In the
belief that there is no impassable
gulf between us and those who have
gone before. Channing.
Bodily senses Imply their objects;
the eye, light; the ear, sound, the
touch, the taste, the smell, things
relative thereto. Spiritual senses
likewise foretell their object, are si
lent prophecies of the endless life.
Theodore Parker.
Our beloved never die. Do not
admit their non-existence. The ten
dencies that follows them becomes for
our hope a bridge reaching out from
these mortal shores toward the im
perishable land. You will see again .
all those you have loved; you will
recognize them. Charles Wagner.
We also have our calling of God,
as truly as any ancient prophet; and
round us also the tempest at times
shouts, and beneath our feet the
earthquake trembles, and about us
the fire threatens to destroy. Well
for us if, at such times, we can wrap
our mantle about our face, open the
eye and ear of the spirit, and bear
the still, small voice within. John
Page IIopps.
That solemn moment in which, for
those who have gone before and for
us who are to follow, the eye of
sense behold3 naught save the ending
of the world, the entrance upon a
black and silent eternity, the eye of
faith declares to be the supreme mo
ment of a new birth for the disen
thralled soul, the Introduction to a
new era of life compared with which
the present one is not worthy of the
name. John FIske.
Love for self, sympathy for self,
activity for self, do not produce life
or the sense of life. No vivid or ex
alted sense of individual being can
ever fill the heart of man until he
escape from the curse ot self-involve-1
ment, and spread his being over all I
the world. Stopford A. Brooke.
Diseased Pigeons.
The tribe of pigeons is peculiarly
liab'e to disease. We believe it to be
a fact that a large majority of tho
pigeons in London are consumptive
or diseased in some way or another.
London Otulook.
And Other Places.
If eary manufacturer" were com
pelled to live within the shadow of
his own mill chimney Manchester
would be a much better place than it
U. Lloyd's Weekly.