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Rich in the lung-healieg virtues rthe Pine combined with the soothing and.....tipectorant Pronartiel of other pectoral herhi. and barks. PORPECT CURE COUGHS AND C.:t0LOS Hoe:se:less, Asthma, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Croup and all THROAT, BRONCIDAL and LUNG DISEASES. Obstinate coughs which resist other remedies yield promptly to this pleas...vet piny syrup. .47 080, AN 1.100, PER EIOTTLE4 soLo �Y Ptal. DRUdGISTG, ;ppmirsurawm OF THE V EX ET ER 8 TIMES AN INTRICATE CASE, A TRITE kusTorty OF A REllARKABLE EXPERIENCE. • CUA.PTER X.--(Cmgetxuen.) While this couversatioa tied been pro- ceediug, we bed been shooting the long series of bridges which span the Thames. _ Aa we passed the City the last rays of the' sun were gilding the cross upon the sammit of St. Paul's. It was twilight lief are we reathed the Tower. "That is Jacobson's Yard," said Holmes, pointing to a bristle of tnastsand rigging on the Surrey side, Cruise gently up and down here under cover of this string of lighters." He took a pair of night -gasses from his pocket and gazed some tirne at tee shore. "I see my sentry at his post," he remarked, " but no sign of a handker- chief." "Suppose we go down -stream a shore way and lie in wait for them," said Joues, eagerly. We were all eager by this tune, even the policemen aud stokers, who hed very vague idea of whet was going for- ward. "We have DO right to take anything for granted," Holmes answered. It is cer- tainly ten to oue that they go down-strearo, but we cannot be certain. 'groin this point NVO can see the entrance of ' the yard, and they cam hardly see us. It will be a clear rsight and plenty of light. We must stay where we are. See how the folk swarm over yonder in the gaslight." "They are coming from -work in the yard." "Dirty -looking rascals, but 1 suppose every elle has some little immortal spark concealed ebont him. You would not think it, to look at them. There is no a priori probability about it. A strange magus& is man ." "Some one calla him a soul collocated in an animal,' 'suggested. " Winwood Reade is good upon the sub. ject," said Holmes. "Re remarks that, while. the individual man is au iasoleble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathe- matical certainty. • t'..ou can, for example, never foretell wham any man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remaiu eonstant. So sir the statistician, But do 1 se,e a handker. chide Surely there is a white Rater over yonder." "Yes, it is your bay," I cried. "1 eau see hint "Aud there is the Aurorae" exclaimed Holmes, "and going like the devil: Full speed ahead, engineer. Make after thet launch with the yellow light. By heaven, I shall never forgive myself if she proves to have the heels of us !" ;Shea had slipped unseen through the yard- ntrattee and passed behind two or three small crafts, so that she had fairly got her speed up before we sew bor. Now she wits flying down the stream, near in to the share, going at a, tremendous rate. Jones looked gravely at her and shook his head. " She is very feet," he said. I dob4sf we shall catch her." 's We must eatch her I" cried Holmes, be, tween Itis teeth. "Head it on stokers I Make her do all she can ! If we burn the boat we must home them !" Wo were fairly after her now. The furnaces roared, and the powerful on. ginea whizzed and clanked, like is great mattalic heart. Her sharp, steep prow cut through the stilt river -water and sent two rolling waves to right and to left of us. With every throb of the engines we sprang and quivered like a living thing. One great yellow lantern in our bows threw a long flickering funnel at light in front of us. Right ithenti a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aarora lay, and the swirl of white foam behiud hor spoke of the pace at which she was going. We flashed past barges, steamers, merchant. i vessels, n and out, behind this one and round the other. Voices hailed us ont of the darkness, but still the Aurora thunder. ed on, and still NVO followed elose upon her track. "Pile it on, men, pile it, our" cried. Holmes, looking down into the engine -room, while the tierce glow from below beat upon his eager, acquiline face. "Get every pound of steam you can." "I think we gain a little," said Jones, with his eyes on the Aurora. "I am sure of it," said L "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes." • At that moment, however, as our evil fate would. have it, a tno.with three barges in tow blundered in between us. It was only by putting our helm hard down that we avoided a collision, sad before we could round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good two hundred yards. She was still, however, well in view •aud the murky uncertain twilight was settling into a clear starlit, oight. - Our boilers were strained to their utmost, and the frail shell vibrated and creaked with the fierce energy which was driving us along. We had shot through the Pool, past the West India Docks, down the long Deptfora Reach, and up again after rounding the Isle of Dogs. The dull blur in front of us resolved itself now clearly enough into the dainty Aurora. Jones turned our search -light upon her, so that we could plainly see the figures upon her deck. One man sat by the stern, with smnething black between his knees over which he stooped. Be- side him lay a dark mass which looked like a Newfoundland clog. The boy held. the tiller, while against the red glare of the furnitee I could see old Stnitimstripped to the waist, and shoveling coals for dear life. They ma,y have bad some doubt at first as to whether we were really pnrsuing therm but now as we followed every winding and turning which they took there could no longer be any question about it. At Orem- wich we were about three hundred paces behind them. At Blackwell we could not have been more then.two hundred and fifty. I have coursed many creatures in many countries during by checkered career, but uever did sport -give me such a wild thrill as this mad, flying man -hunt down the Thames. Steadily we drew in upon them, yard by yard. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and clanking of theit machinery. The man in the stern still crouched upon the deck, and his arms were moving as though he were busy, while every now and then he would look up and measure with a glance the distance 'which still separated us. Nearer we came and nearer. Jones yelled to them to stop. We were not more than four boat's -lengths behind them, both boats flying at a trem- endous patie. It was a clear reach of the river, with Barbing Level upon one sideand the melancholy Plumstead Marshesmpon the other. At our hail the man in the stern sprang feom the deck and shook his two clinched fists at us, cursing 'the while' in a high, cracked voice. He was a good-sized, powerfnl men, , and as he stood poising himeelf with legs astride I coeld see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump upon the right side. At the mind of his strident, emery caws there was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deak. It straightened itself into a lit- tle black mate—the smallest I have ever Seen—with a great inissimmett head and a shock of taneled, dishevelled hair. Holmes had Already drawn his revolver, and I whipped oue mine at the sight of tide savage, dietorted creature. He was in sense sort of dark Water or blaoket, which left only his face exposed ; but chat face was enor ;h to give a man a sleepless night. Never hese I seen features so deeply marked with all bestiality and crnelty. His small eyes glowed and burned with a sombre light, and his thick lips were Writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chattered at us with a half animal fury. "Fire if he raises his hula," said llohnes, quietly. We were within a boat's -length by this time, and almost within touch of our quarry. I can see the two of them now as they stood, the white titan with his lege far apart, shrieking out curses, and the ma hallowed dwarf with his hideous face and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of oar lantern. It was well that we had so clear a view of him, Even as we looked he plucked out from under his covering a short, round piece of wood, like a schooleruler, and clap- ped it to his lips. Our pistols rang out together. Ho whirled round, throw up his arms, and with a kind of choking cough fell sideways into the stream. I caught one glimpse of his venomous, menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters, At the same inonftt the wooden -legged men threw himself upon the rntieler and put it hard down, so that his boat made straight in for the aouthern bank, while we shoe pest her stein, only elearing her by a few feet. We were round after her ia an instamt, but she was already nearly at the bank. It was a wild and desolate place, where the moon gliniered upon a wide expanse of marsh- land, with pools of stagnaut water and beds of decaying vegetation. ,The launch with a dull Arid ran up upon the mud -bank, with her bow in the eh, and her stern flush with the water. The fugitive sprang out, but his stump instantly wink its whole length into the sodden soil. In vain Ise struggled and writhed. Not one stop could he pos. sibly take eitherforwardsor beckwards. lie yelled in bnpoteat rage, and kicked frau- dolly into the mud with his other foot, but his struggles only bored his wooden pin the deeper sato the sticky bank. When we brought our launch alongside be was so firmly anchored that it eves only by throw - big the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him oet, and to drag him, like some evil fish over our side. The two Smiths„ father and son, sat sul- lenly in their launch, but came aboard meekly enough when cominanded. The Atmore herself we hauled off and made fast to our stern. A solid iron chest of Indian workmanship stood upon the dealt. This, there could be no (meatball, NVOS the 80.1110 that had coat -tined the ifimmened treasure of the Sholtos. There was nokey, but itwasofeon- siderable weiglit, so we trausferred it eere- f idly to our own I MI° cabin. Ae we steamed slowly up -stream again, we flashed our searth-light in every direction, but there was no sign of the Islander. Somewhere in the dark ooze at the boetoin of the Thames lie tho bones- of that strange visitor to ottr ehores. "See hero," said Holmes, pointing to the wooden hatchway. "We were hardly quick enough with our pistols.' There, sure enough, job behind where we Im.d Been standing, stuck one of those murderous darts which we knew so well. le must have whizzed between us at the install'', that we fired. Holmes smiled at it and shrugged his shoulders in his easy fashion, but I confess that it turned me sick to think of the hor- rible death which had passed so close to us that night. CHAPTER XI. TUB anZAT AURA TBRASIMB. Our captive sat in the cabin opposite to the iron box which he had done so much mid waiteclao long to gain. He was a sunburned, reckless -eyed fellow, with a net -work of lines and wrinkles all over his ntailogany features, which tolti of a hoed, open-air life. There was a singular prominence about his bearded chin which marked a man who was not to be easily turned from his purpose. His age mayha,ve been fifty or thereabouts, for his black, curly hair was thickly shot with gray. His face in repose was not an unpleasing one, though his heavy brows and aggressive chin gave him, as I had lately seen, a terrible expression when moved to anger. He sat now with his handcuffed hands upon his lap, aud his head sunk upon his breast, while he looked with his keen, twinkling eyes at the box which had been the cause of his ill -doings. It seemed to me that there was more sorrow than anger in his rigid and contained coats- tenauee. Once he looked up at me with a gleam of something like humor in his eyes. "Well, Jonathan Small," said Holmes,, lighting a cigar, "I ani sorry that it has come to this.' "And so am I, sir," he answered frankly. "I don't believe that I can swing over the job: I give you my word on the book that I never raised hand against Mr. Sholto. 14 was that little hell -hound Tonga who shot one of his cursed darts into him. I had no part in it, sir. I was as grieved as if it had been my, blood -relation. I welteel the little devil with the slack end of the rope for it, but it was done, and I could not undo it ag"ainlia've a cigar," said Holmes; "and you heel beet take a pull out of my flask, for you are very wet. How could you expect so small and weak a man as this black fel- low to overpower Mr. Sholto and hold him while youwere climbing the rope ?" " You seem to know as much about, it as if you were there, sir.The truth is thet I hoped eo.find. the room clear. I knew the habits of alehouse pretty well, and it was the tithe when Mr. Sholto usually went down to his oupper. I shall make no secret of the business. The . best de- fence that I eau make is just the sini- ple truth. Now, if it .had. been the old major I would have swung for him with a light heart. I would have thought no more of knifing him tha,neof smoking this cigar. But it's cursed herd that I should be lagged over this young Sholto, with whom I had no quarrel what. mien" • "You are under the charge of Mr. Athel- ney Jones, of Scotland Yard. He is going to bring you up to my rooms, and I shall ask you for a true ' 'aceount of the matter. You must make a, clean breast of it, for if you do I hope that I may be of use t� you. I. think I can prove that the poison acts so quickly that the tnan was dead before, ever you reached the rooro." "That he was, sir. I never got such a turn in my life as when I saw him grinning at me with his head on his shoulder as I climbed through the window. It fairly shook me, sir, I'd have half killed Timma for it if be had not scrambled off, That, was how he mune to leitve Ids olub, and some of his darts Imo, as. he tells me, which I dare say helped to pat yon on oer track; though how yon kept on it is more than I can tell. I don't feel en malice against you for it, But it does seem a, queer thing, he added, with .a bitter smile, "that I who limve A fair Gimlet to nigh upon half a million of money should spend the first half of my life build. big a breakwater in the Auden:lens, and ani like to spend the other half digging drains at Dartmoor. It was an evil day for me when first I clapped eyes upon the merchant Achntet and hail to do with the Agra treas- ure, whtch never brought anything but a curse yet upon the man who owned it. To hin iblerought murder, to Major Sholto it brought fear and gulit, to me it has meant slavery for life." At this moment Athelney Jones thrust his broad face and heavy shoulders into the tiny aabin. "Quito a family party," he re- marked. "1 think I shall nave a pull at that flask, Holmes. • Well, I think we may all congratulate each other. Pity wedidn't take the other alive; but there was no choice. I say; Holmes, you must confess that you cut it rather fine. It was all we could do to overhaul her." "All is well that ends well," said Holmes, "Bub I certainly did not know that the Anrora was shell a clipper." "Smith says that she is one of the fastest lininehes on the river, and that if he bad heel emothermaan to help bine with the en- gines we ahould never have caught her, He swears he knew nothing of this Norwood business." "Neither he did," oried our prisoner,— " not ti word. 1 ohose his launch because I heard that 8110 NVOS 0. flier. We told hira nothing, but we paid him well, and he was to get aomething handsome if we roweled our vessel, the Esmeralda, at Gravesend, outward bound for the Brazils." "Weil, if he has done no wrong we shall see that no wrong comes to him. If we are pretty q,uielt in (loathingour inn, we are UOt AO quiek in condemning them." It was Amusing to see how the conaequential Jones was already beginning to give Ininself airs on the strength of thi capture. From the slielit smile which played over Sherlock Holiees's face, I could so thet the speech had not been lost uponbitn. "Wo will be at Vauxhall Bridge preeent- ly said Jones, "send shall land you, Dr. Watson, with the treasure -box, 1 need hardly tell yen that I am taking a very grave responsibility upon myself sie doing this. It is most irregular; lett of course an agreement ie an agreement. I must, how- ever, as a matter of duty, aend an inspector with you, since you have so valuable a charge. Yon will drive, no doubt e, " shall arive." "itis a pity there is no key, hut we may snake an inventory first, You will have to break it open. Where is the key, my man?" "At the bottom of the river," saidSneall, shortly. "EMU; There was no use your giving this unnecessary trouble. We ,onave had work enough already through yoa. How- ever, doctor, I need not warn you to be careful. Bring the box back with yon to the /taker Street rooms, Yort will find us there, on our way to the station." They landed me at "Vauxhall, with my heavy iron box, and with a bine, gooimin- spoctor as my oompenion. A quarter of an hour's drive brought us to Mrs. Cecil For- rester's. The servant -seemed surprised at so late a visitor. Mrs, Cecil Forrester was out for the evening, she explaiued, and likely to be vary late. Miss Moretan, how- ever, was in the drawing -room ; so to tbe drawing -room I went, box in hand, leaving the obligine inspector in the cab. She WaS seated by the open window, dressed in some sort of white diaphanous; material, with a little touch of scarlet at the neck and waist. The aeft light of a shaded lamp fell upon hor as she leaned back in the basket chair, playing over her sweet, grave face, and tinting with a dell, metallic sparkle the rich coils of her luxurie mit hair. One white aim and hand drooped over the side of the chair, a,nd her whole pose and figure spoke of an absorbing insb ancholy. At the sound of my foot -fall she sprang to her feet, however, and a bright flush of surprise and of 'pleasure colored her pale cheeks. "I heard a cab drive up," she said. "I thought that Mrs. Forrester had come back very early, but I never dreamed that it might be you. What news have you brought met' "1 have brought something better than news," said I, putting down the box upon the table and speaking jovially and boister- ously, though my heart was heavy within me. .“ I have brought you something which is worth all the news in the world. I have brought you a fortune." She glanced at the iron box. "Is that the treasure, then ?" sho asked, coolly en,ocuygle;i, this is the great Agra treasure. 'Ulf of it is yours and half is Thaddeus Sholto's. You will have a couple of hundred thousand each. Think of that ! An annuity of ten thousand pounds. There will be few richer young ladies in England. Is it not glorious?" • I think that I must have been rather overacting my delight, and that she detect- ed a hollow ring in my congratulations, for I saw her eyebrows rise a little, a,nd the glanced at me curiously. "If I have it," said she. "I owe it to you." "No, no," I answered, "nob to me, but to my friend Sherlock Holmes. With all the will in the world, I could never have followed up a clew which has taxed even his analytical genius. As it was, we very nearly lost it at the last moment." "Ptay sit down and tell me all about it, Dr. Watson," said she. I narrated briefly what had occurred since 1 had seen her last,--Hohnes' new method of search, the discovery of the Aurora, the appearance of Athelney Jones, our expedition in the evening, and the wild chase down the Thames. She listened with parted lips and shining eyes to my recital of our adventures. When I spoke of the dart which had so narrowly missed us, she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint. "14 is nothing," she said, as I ha -Armed to pour her out some water. "I am all right -again. It was a shock to me to hear that I had placed my friende in such horrible peril." "That ii all over," T. answered. "It Was nothing. I will tell you no more gloomy details. . Let us turn to something brighter. There is the treasure. What could be brighte er than that? I got leave to bring it with ma thinking that it would interest you to be the first to see it." "It would be of the greatest interest ' to me," she said. There was no eagerness in .her voice, however. It had struck her, doubtless, thet it might seem ungracious upon her part to be indifferent to e ,prize which had cost so much to win. "What a pretty box 1" she said, stooping over ie. "This is holian work, I supeetee ?" Yes ; it is Benares metal -work." "Ansi so heavy !" she exelaimed, trying Lhddren Cry for Pitcher's Castoria> to raise it. "The box alone must be of some 'value. Where is the key ?" " Small threw it into the Thames," 1 an- swered. "I must borrow Mrs. Forrester's poker." There was iu the front a thiek and broad hasp, wrought in the image of a sit. ting Buddha. Under this I thrust the end ot the poker and twisted it oatward es a lever; The hasp sprang, open with e loud snap: With treiribliug fingers I flung back the lid. Wo both stood gazing itt astonish- ment. The box was empty ! No wonder that it was heavy. The iron- work was two-thirds of an Well „thick all round, It was massive, well made, and solid, like a chest construeted to .inarry things of great price, but riot one shred or crumb of metal or jewelry lay within it. It wog abeolutely and completely empty. " The treasure is lost," said Miss Morgan, calmly. As I listened to the words and realized what they meat, a great shadow seemed to pass from my soul 1 did not know how this Agra tremiare had weighed inc down, until oow that, it was finally removed. It Wast selfish, no doubt, disloyal, wrong, but I could realize nothing save that the golden barrier was gone from between us. "Thank God !" I ejaculated from my very heart. She teoked at me witlt as quick, questiozs.. beg amile. "Why to you say that ?" she asked. " Beeauseyou are within my reach again," said, taking her hand. She did.not with- draw it. " Because I love you, Mary, as truly as evera men loved a woman. ^Be, cease this treesitre, these riches, sealed my lips. Now thet they are gone I 08.11, tell you how I love you. That is why 'sold Thank Then I say, "Thank God, too," she wilisPered, as I drew her to my eide. Who- ever tied lost a treasure, I knew that night that I had gained one. (TO BE OONTINUBD.) Holiday Candies, Candy pulls are emong the numb popular form of entertainment ainong people, in the winter, and although lots of fun may be had at a candy pull where the candy refuses to become candy, or to "pull," still 14 15 always safest for one of the party to be up in the accomplislument of melting dainty sweets. Ihe bas is of all faney hoil-bons ia French cream, made according to one or ether of the recipe,s given below. Fromm Creastu—lioil it pound of sugar with hall at cop of water and a saltspoonfal of cream of tartar, to the large thread. In order to understand, this you inust learn the various degrees of sugareboiling. After the syrup has boiled a few minutes lift as little in a spoon, touch the ball of the thumb to it and 11 14 pulls out into a. tiny thread this is the first degree or small thread; at the next stage the thread pullg out longer and clings more, instead oi being s ooth and slippery ea at first ; this is the large thread. After still further bailing, dip in a skimmer puma tured with holes, lift it, give it quielt turn with the wrist, and, if feathery films of sugar appear, it bas reached the third degree called the feathery, or blow, degree. A little further boiling renders It tough ; it has then reaohed the ball degree, To test this take auto. little, dip it in cold water and try to roll It quickly betweett the thumb and finger ; if it, takes the shape of a ball readily it Is ready for work. When your syrup has molted the large thread or seamed degree, take it from the fire, let it cool for ton min- utes, end with the back of a wooden spoon, rub it against the aides of the saucepan until it is all creamy, when it must be molded as quickly as possible lest it harden. Should this happen, warm it slightly, and keep it just warn) enough to handle well. Chocolate Cream Drops.—Mold immediate balls of cream made after either of the pre- oeding recipes. Make the chocolate for the covering as foliates: Dissolve a half teaspoouftil of gain arabio in it tablespoon- ful of water; melt it quarter of a pound of grated chocolate in a gill of hot water ; pour the two solutions together ; stir in a desert spoonful of line sugar and keep tis warm by setting the bowl over a kettle of hot water while you mix with a spoon until entirely free trom lumps and about the consistency of thick cream. Stick a long hat pin into one of the balls of cream winch will be dry by this time, roll them about in the melted chocolate and lay on an oiled plate to dry. If you wish to hasten the drying process they may be subjected to a very gentle heat in an open oven. Boiled Cantly.—For a real out and out Rolle there is nothhig like the old-fashioned pulled taffy. Put one cup of sugar, two of inolasses and a tablespoonfal each of butter and glycerine ia it porcelain saucepan and boil fast 25 minutes. Put it few drops in cold water, and if it becomes brittle remove at once from the fire, stir in half a teaspoon- ful of cream of tartar and pour into butter- ed pans. When half cool butter your !lands, and pull the mass into sticks. • Plain Taffy.—Boil a cup of sugar, one of molasses, and a tablespoonful of butter for 20 minutes. Test as befdre, and it not bridle, boil longer A difference in the quality of the molasses makes a necessary difference in the time of cooking. Butter Sootele—This favorite with the little ones is as harmless as it is possible for candy to be. Take a coffee oupfnl of brown sugar, half a cup of water, a tablespoonful of vinegar and s. big teaspoonful of butter and boil for forty minutes. Pour into butter pans and when nearlycold cut into narrow strips °footmen iont .c and shape. Music at Home. The following from' Harper's Bazar is an eloquent plea for muse° in the Heine, and we would just add that whatever is here said about music as an accoMplishmente is equally true of Elocution. Magic is notnearly so much neglected as the latter subject but the day is fast approaching when it will have its proper place, No influence surpasses that of good music in elevating and refining home life. A house in which the family all love and enjoy music possesses •a great advantage over one in Which the concord of sweet sounds or the jar of dissonance is alike matter of indiffer. ence. Music furnishes hours of pleasant oc- cupation, not too serious for the meet friv- olous, not too frivolous for the most earnest character; it brings the family together in agreeable intercourse during those evening hours when many oatside interest§ and some temptations prees upon the younger people. A common taste is a, bond of union, and hem - Mee shoald seek to be bound together. Whatever nnites the family most closely in sympathy, in aims, in endeavors, in socia1 amenities, is to be held very precious and guarded very carefully by those who aro the heads of the family. • In a certain beautiful home in the suburbs e large town the music -room is the rally- ing -place of the family, and their friends. The daughters play the piano, with charm- ing appreciation and fine technique. A son accompanies fairly on the violin. Another has a flute. Still another perforate on the mandolin. Even timbal*, a less respensive metrument than the others, takes its part in the family concerts, . Of ten sweet voices join in song, and some incorporated 4887, with Cash Capita of $50,000 EitacTRIC AND APPLIANCE CO. 49 KING'ST. W., TORONTO, ONT, G. C. PATTERSON, Mgr. for Canada. IIMMIMIONNIIMMIIMINEWOMO.T.1 Electricity, as applied by thel Owen Electric Belt, Ts now recognized as the grestesS boon offered to sintering humanity. It is nist taking the v., place of drugs in all nervous and rheumatic troubles, and will effect cures iLl seemingly hopetese cases whereevery other known means has failed. It. Is nature's relnesly, and by its steady, soothingteurreut that -4s. readily felt, POSITIVELY CURES RIketitnatism, Sexual Weakness, Setae tem. remitee Complaints General Debility, Impotency, Luolb a go. :Kidney DISOB808, Nervotte 1411008403, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Lame Bach, varteocete, VrInary Diseases. RHEU ROAT1 fari it Ss a well known fat that moilleal science has utterly failed to atford,relief in rheunuttie eases. Wo venture ti vesertion that althouele Electricity has only bee° in use es aremedrel, agent for a yen,Y54, 14 linS cured more oases of Itheinnittesin than all other means cone • biped. Some of our Wachter phyeivians, recog- nizing this feet, are availing themselves of this most potAlin of nature's forme, TO RESTORE, MANITOOD Thousanag a people softer from a variety of nervous diseases. such us Seminal weeklies.% ImitetrucY, Lost Manhood, Week Book, et,e„, tliat Al,si old modes of treatmelefail to cure. There Is a loss of move force oe power that caunot be restored by medical treatment, and may doctor who would try to tiecomplish Otis by any kind of drugs Ls practising a dangerous rorin or charlatanism. ,Priperly treated THESE DISEASES CAN BE CURED ElPettleitY. a Applied bv 010 Owen Eleetrio Belt and Fuspeusory, wilt most iiiisuretily do so. It is the only known remedial agent that will simply what is Melting, namely, nerve feriae or power. Impart tone mad N bun, to the, organs and amuse to healthy actionthe-whole nen ous system. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS And the worthless, Olean, emeadlee Eleetvle Dolts advertised by saute concerns and peddled through the couutem. telloy are eleetele Iti name only, worthless as a cerative power, end dear at anY Price. Wo Challesigti tile World to show nn Eireirlo Belt where the current Is under ecill-a irol or the patient 4,4 completely as Onr Trade Mark Is the portmit or Dr. Owen embossed In gold upon twory Belt and applianee mantifitetitriel 14" us. Send for Catalogoe--filalled (Sealed) free, THE OWEN ELECTRIC BELT 00.$ 49 King St. W. Toronto, Mention this nurser. times one hears noble strains, elinply end truly rendered by couseieLttious students, not yet artists but loving aft with a stucere devotion, and trying how best to deserve the reward she bestows. Amoug the goad resales Which follow itt the wake of nutsic al: home we may include an intelligent comprebension of good irateic when heard in concerts, glee clubs, or operas. One has only to watch the counten- ance of an audience to see how eagerly some listen, how absorbed theygaro in the great pleasure offered, how critreai they become in the highest sense, appreciating a good. point, aud applauding in the right places; while, eonversely, there aro always present those who havo have come only because it was the thing to do, or because they want- ed to say they had been there, faces, atti- tude, =niter, expressing the deepest. bore - dons. Oratorio aud symphony peld the sweated delights only to those who have gone beyond the aephabob of mere initia- tion. Music nt horae prepares for music abroad. In these days of greater and more goner - ally diffused knowledge on the subjeot, peo- ple have learned that the voiees of little girls are not. to be forced and strained in child- hood. Many a fine voice hes been ruined by premature use, arid by the injunction, once frequently heard, to sing louder. A. pure high soprano or a rich, full-ehorded con- tralto voice does not develop during juvens ile years. One must wait for the hour "wheo the bird in the throat may be allowed to sing freely. Population. The increase or decrease of population by natural and artitieial causes, and the dis- tribution of rminkind over different parts of the globe, are the dominant 'faczors of the history and condition of the human race. The rise and fall of nations and of Empires, the progress or deeline of civilization, and the domination of man over the uncultivat- ed parts of the earth, are all due to the waves of population which are driven by various causes to new scenes of existence and now seats of power. These tidalmove- manta of humanity have °tethered over and over again at many periods of tbe worldiS history, but with great irregularity. There have been times when the increase of pope - laden has been slow and its habits sedentary. There have been times when the whole hue man race seems to have been in motion, driven by some mysterious impulse to seek new lands to cultivate and new homes. If the progress of population had been continuous from the remote periods of an- tiquity, it is evident that the nuinbers of mankindwould be much greater than they are, and the globe would be already over- stocked with human beings. But • other causes not less mysterious in their opera- tion, have checked that progress. Many of - the populous countries of antiquity have become depopulated and apparently unable to support life. It. is uncertain whether, at the present moment, the population of, the globe is greater. thanet was two or three thousand yehrs ago. There is congestion in Europe, in India, and in China ; there are innumerable eribes in Central Africa on whom even the slave trade makes no per- ceptible impression. But ate vast plains of Asia, which swarmed with .men under the Aseyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Empires are deserted. The civilization of Europe is no longer threatened by the Eastern hordes. which swept over the 'Roman • Bin- pire in the earlier centuries of the Chrietiam era But that prodigious migration laid the foundation of the States of modern Europe. " Yon fell in love. with your hetilleeld be-) cause you thought you could referet hirrre didn't you ?" "Yes, my dear ; end it was a sour, sour mash for me." Assuming that money is Vac caum .)f all human misery, it ig remarks:1)1e tc oblierve how many men are ready to kiorro*tcri hit!.