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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-9-21, Page 2iffi ZetIMISMEMSVIVICINZMMVED MIS.5 CAPRICE. Wes erte,„ hes BY ST, GEORGE RATL-IBONE Author of "Doctor Jack," "D9ctor jack's Wife," "Captain T weed "Miss ?inline. of New York; ' Etc, eVIMMaSSNEUSSOMMIS OHAPTER. I.. A little Party et tourists might be seen one lovely day m January, on the hili leave u gine city of Velemen that genu of hiediterz;tuean islands, Great Eri twin's Malta. The air is as clear as a bell, sand, th scene is certainly one to charm the settees, with abs blue Mediterranean dotted with sails. a hazy line far, far away chat may be the wrist of Afriea the double harbor below, one known ss Quarantine, where general trade is lane, the other. Great harbor, being devoted g t0 evenu ent vessels,. Quaint indeed is the appearance of the Maltese city that rests mostly upon e side- de of the hill under the fortifica- tions, a. second Quebec, as It were. The streets ore, some of therm very ateete the houses, built of limestone, generally three storeys in height, with A flat root that auswers the same purr Diose as the Spanish or Mexiei.n suets*. S alettn has three citY gates, one the Porta Reale, througb. wbieh our little tourist group came to reach their pre - tient position. leads to the country; the Porta Marsamusa'etta to the general harbor. where lie craft of all nations, while the government harbor is rer,iched by means ' of the :carina gate. Thus they bold to. many of the ways of Moorish and _llohamre+lan countries. The fortifications of limestone are massive -England bas a second Gibral- tar here. In general. the Maltese speak a lan- i�page not unlike the Arable, though English mad Italian are used in trade. They are a swarthy, robust, fearless people, strong in their loves Olid hates. and the vendetta has been known to exist here just as fiercely as la its ua tire bonze of Corsica. Many dress in the costume of the Franks, but the native garb is still worn by the lower classes., and is a pie. turesque sight, such as we see upon, thestage. It constists of a long bag made of wool, and dyed various colors, /flaking' eap such as is worn by the sailors in stage scenes like the "Pirates of Pea' The top part of this is used for a purse, or forms a receptacle for any small articles the wearer desires to carry. A short, loose pantaloon4 to the knee, which leaves the lower leg bare, Is con- fined at the waist by a girdle or sash of colored cotton or silk. Then there is worn a cotton sbirt. with :t short, loose nester waistcoat, as. they were formerly known, covering the same;; the latter often ornamented with rows of silver buttons, quarter dollars, or English shillings. As to the ladies of Malta, their cos- tume is very odd, ziud reminds one somewhat of Spain. In part, it om- elets of a black petticoat, bound round the waist, over a body of some other kind of silk or print whieh is called the half onuella. The upper part, the on - melte, of the same material, is drawn in- to newt gathers for the Iei th of a feat about the eenter of one of the outer seams. In the seam of one of the re• enaining divisions is enclosed a piece of whalebone, which is drawn over the Snead, and forms' a. perfect arch, leaving the head and week bare. As may be expected, it requires much practice to wear suci a dress gracefully. Many of the best la•lics of Valetta now get their fashions direta from Paris - so the world moves. The little party of tourists have as- cended the hill 'for the purpose of ab• staining the glo.i,;;4 vi ,v r.iferrel to, and at the same time nlliliny sway a few hours of time, for their stay et the Island of Malta has not been ,;f their choosing, a peculiar aa-• t.!snt causing the steamer on which they were taking passage to put in here for some neves- ease repairs. The tourists are five in number, and a very brief description will give the read- er an idea ars to Heir identity, leaving individual peculiarities to be developed as our story progresses. ,Probably the one that would attract the attention of a stranger first would be the young lady with the peach -bloom complexion and sunny blue eyes, whose figure is so stylish, and whose rather biaughty manner bespeaks proud Eng - Nish blood. There is another female, whom the young Iady calls Aunt Gwen, and as a specimen of a man female she certainly takes the premium, being tall, angular, yet muscular, and with a face that is gather Napoleonic in its east. A born diplomat, and never so happy as when engaged in a broil or a scene of some sort, they have given this Yankee aunt 'of Lady Ruth the wane of Gwendelin Makepeace. And as she has an append- age somewhere, known as a husband, liar final appellation is Sharpe, which. somehow suits deer best of all. Aunt Gwen is a character to be watch- ed, and bound to bob up serenely, with the most amazing assurance, at unex- pected times. • Then, there is Sharpe;. her worse half, a Small gentleman over whoshe tow- ers, and of whom she is secretly fond of ha her way, though she tyrannizes Yalta dreadfully. Near him may be seen a young Agee• sican,, whom they have somehow club- Iteed "Doctor Chicago," because he Is a /radical student hailing from that cite, by name John Alexander Craig. Among Dies friends ]he is simply Aiecic. His manner le buoyant, and he looks like an overgrown how. but his record thus far proves his brain to contain' that which will some day _cause hum to forge ahead, No one knows why Oriig is abroad. That he has some minion besides a tour for health and sight-seeing, several little things have proved. There is another member of the group, a gentleman. of sturdy build, with a handsome face, whose ruddy tint sag - Rests the English officer, even without t the- flowing whiskers. Colonel Lionel Blunt has seen much service in India and around Cape Ool- any. He gained an enviable reputatiou for deeds of valor, and is disposed to. look. upon our friend from Chicago as et an amiable boy. though after seeing how they rush things out in that west- " ern metropolis hemay leave occasional qualms of fear lest this Young doctor • finally reach the goal for which both are aiming. That goal, any one can iee, is the favor of the bright English girl' whom fate has thrown in their war. Perhaps It is not all fate, since Colonel ;' Lionel has recently crossed tine States ceming from India, and seems to pur- sue Ludy I;ut n with singular p rt- . 4 .l?e . tna- r CAt�• Others are present, one a Maltese geutlent tn, the proprietor oe a eeleet (+lab -house, where the garrison onto ere fence and engage in gymnastics, but Signor GiovaniIs not of our party, There, are several cotnmissionnires or guides, at five francs a day, for one einnot more at Malta without being at tended, and it is wise to engage one ci- corone to keep the rest of Iris tribe at hay. Thus on the hill. above the singular Maltese city of Valetta. our story opens. Aunt Gwen is sweeping a field -glass around, and emphasizing her admiritinn of the pietuxesque scene with verious Phrases that would immediately give her away as a Western Yankee. Lady Ruth. with an admirer on each side. looks a trifle tired, or, it may be. bored. She may be planning some innocent little scheme, such as girls are wont to indulge In when they have a super- fluity of beaus. in order to extract som amusement from the situation, even 1 it eame under the mead of "cruelty animals."Philander Sharpe. with tris bands un der the tails of his long coat, and hi glasses pushed up on his forehead, I a study for a painter. He was once a professor In a west ern college and with his smooth face hair reached up from his high forehead standing collier and general dignifie air, is no maim -looking 'fgure, thnunl dwarfed into insignificance by the sid of his spouse, the wonderful Aant Gwen. The conversation runs upon Vhat lies there before them, and an animate discussion arises as to the possibility of a. foreign enemy ever being able to cue cessfully assault this second Gibralta of the Mediterranean, Of Bourse, the Young American is e thusiastle, and his unbounded faith in the new White Squadrou to Accomplish anything, while, on the other hand, th British officer. like most of his class believes that John Bull is invineihle on hand or wave. Of course, the young roan from Chicago disputes the point, and en ergetically contends that no nation le superior to the Bepublite or that any flag can be more desperately defended than "Old Glory." And right in the midst of the heated discussion Lady Ruth smiles, as rhough she has suddenly bit upon an idea at last -are idea that offers a solution to the problem that has. been perpleeiug her of late, concerning the courage of these rival admirers, She turns to the American and smiles sweetly. "Doctor, you speak of your country- men being brave; will You prove it?" le what she says. The young man turns a trifle red. "I beg your pardon, in peaking of Americans, I did not intend to sound my own praise- Personally, j never claimed more than the average amount of boldness, though I don't know that I was ever called a coward." His manner is modest, but the sung girl with English ideas chooses to look upon his words with suspicion. "Doctor Chicago'must not take vee. ter. I have surely understood him. to be a regular fire -eater -that all Chicago has rung with his escapades," says the colonel of Royal Engineers, sneeringly. "Nonsense! Bit, Lady Ruth, yon spoke of my proving something -what can I do for you?" "Look!" She extends a shapely arm.. Her fin- ger points to a white flower growing out upon the face of the precipice be- side them. "Do you see that flower?" she asks. "I do," be replies calmly. "I would like to possess it." The young man' looks down. A' fall means instant death, end it would be impossible. for even an experienced Al- pine traveller to pass along the face of the rock in safety. ""I see no means of reaching the Sow- er, or I assure you I would gladly se- cure it for you." "Ah! but a boId man would climb out there." "Pardon -he would be a foal -his life would pay the penalty for e, pretty girl's whim. Unifortinaetly, perhaps, my life is too precious to same one other than myself, to admit of the sacrifice. I am willing to do much, for Lady Ruth, but I decline to be made a fool of."" "Well spoken," begins the professor. "Philander!" exclaims his spouse, and the little mann draaws in his Bead very much after the style of a tortoise. "Onward!" 'The English_ girl is sorry as` soon as the low word leaves here lips. No one leers it but the young doctor, for the attention of all the' others is at the 'time directed elsewhere. This time the object of her scorn does of flush. but turns very white, as he lcolts her steadily in the eyes. I am sorry You have such a poor oTin- n of me, Lady Ruth. 1 make no apo ogles. save She one that my life le :too valuable -to others, to myself to throw t away at, the mere caprice of a girl." "There Is a gentleman who finds, a way to aceorn lisp what he wants. Take • n 9.a a lesson from haw, Doctor t,hicago," she says. Colouel .!Lionel bas noticed a hong pole near by, in the end of which is a cleft. This he has secured, and, by. crawling as far as is safe along the face or the rock, he is enabled; to just reach the .dower. After a number of ineffectual lunges, he succeeds in elutchlug the coveted article in the cleft of the pole, and draws it toward him. _ A moment later he presents the flow- er to Lady Ruth, with a smile and a bow. "No English lady ever expressed a wish that a B'r'utish ofatcer did not heel bound in honor to grant," he says. ham girl thanks him and then saY.s; "After all, the flower was prettierns at a distance than when in zny hands;" Colonel Lionel hardly knows whether he has made such a. huge advance oyez his rival after all. The afternoon sun was waning. "We must go down"" declares Aunt Gwen. m "One ore look around and I am ready," says Lady Ruth, Already she is sorry for Iter cruel words. Like the best of women, she can wound at one moment and be eon, trite the next. She finds an opportune ity a minute later, when the colonel lingers to get the shawl she -perhaps purposely --left behind, to say in a low tone: "I was cruel, forgive tne--forget that foolish word," and while what site tit- ters gives 'hint a pleasurable feeling, and brings the color into his set face, fee ouiv smiles as he answers; °Willingly, Ludy Ruth, I did not be- lieve you could mean it."" Then, as the eoloueI bustles up, the subject is tabooed, and the party of tourists proeeed down the steep street leading to the Hotel Imperial. C13A.111, II, The scene. so peaceful, so picturesque, Is rudely broken In upon by a clamor so strange and awful that the blood is chilled in the listeners' veins. Cries are heard down the steep street; eries thatm indicate alar, even terror; cries that proceed from children, women, ay, and strong men, too. Our party comes to a halt midway between the brow of the hill and the base, On either side tall houses, the declivity ending only at the water. It Ls a bustling street at an hours, with e loungers. business men. women going to f and returning from market, and chil- te dren playing as ehi!dren do the world over, in the dirt. "What can it mean?"" Says Lady s Ruth, as she looks breatblessly down the', s street. No one in their party can explain - the cause of the eveitement, They see , people running madly this way and that , as if pini.• -stricken. rI "By Jove! it must be a fire!" sug- gests the colonel, twirling his whiskers. e "Nonsense! we should seethe smoke," declares sensible hunt Gwen. "'Yogi ere right; it is something more d than a fire. The people are almost crazed. I've seen such a sight in Chi, eago, when a wild Texan steer got r loose and tossed things right and left," asserts the medical student. n- "That's what's the matter. See! they point at snmetlniug as they run! Look out for the bull!" ernes Philander.e Thus, in watching for a bulky frame to appear.• they fail to notice the actua` cause of the disturbance, The street is almost deserted, save where people begin to reappear below as though the danger were oast, to re- eppear and shout afresh, es they ware their hands. Some one is shouting close to them now. They turn their. heads and be- hold the crowd of commissionaires dashing headlong for the shelter of rd- mjacen,t buildings, and acting like crazy em It is Signor Giovani who shouts, first In .Arabic, .then in Italian and finally In English. They hear him now, and no wonder the blood runs cold in their veins. it is a cry to alarm the boldest warrior on earth. 'Wad doge Run, s bgn.ors!-save the ladies! To the houses or you are lost!" That is what the old fencing master of Malta shouts while he retreats. It causes them to turn, their heads, and what do they see.? Advancing up the middle of the inclined street, turning. aside for neither king nor peasant,comei a great gaunt beast, his square head wagging from side to side, his eyes blood -shot, and the foam dropping from his open jaws. Heavens! Whet a spectacle to rivet one with horror,to the spot. Fortunate• ly,there are some people of action pre- sent. Aunt Gwen clutches her infant by bhe shoulder, and drags him along in the di rection of the nearest house. "Run, Philander, or You're a goner! It's worse than snake poison. the bite of a made dog is. Haven't I seen a bit- ten man so furious that it required.six to hold him down?' Faster, professor! on your life!" With that iron grip on his Shoulder, poor Philander's feet barely touched' the ground as he whirled through space, and the dog. mad or not, that overtakes Aunt Gwen and her infant must be a rapid traveller, indeed. Thus they reach a house, and in another minute reappear upon a balcony, to witness a scene they wild never forget. Ruth, though naturally quivering with excitement, has plenty of cavaliers to Burry her to a place of safety. Be sides, after that one first shock, she shows more grit than might have been expected of her. She allows herself to be hurried along. A strong hand grasps each arm; tied if every one in the path of the mad brute were as well attended, there would be little cense for anxiety or alarm. Now thee' have reached a house, and safety is assured, for the hospitable door stands open to welcome them. Already a number have preceded, them, fox they seem to be the last in the -vicinity. Just as they arrive, the colonel, who appears iaftensely exeited4 Ss saying hoarsely: Exact `:Figures. "Yes,: ;ti's a Inc'imachine," said the. neighbor who bad been examining 111r. Ferguson's new bicycle. "What's the length of the crani.?" I%irs. Ferguson answered for him. "Five feet eleven and three-quarters," the said, eying her husband dreamily, BOSTON IVY. Spreads Rapidly,. Is 'Uniformly' Bean titul, Insects Do Not Harm lt. Boston ivy is only one of several names given to the Japan ampelopsis, A veitchii, Rural New Yorleer says: Other botanical mantes are A, tricns- pidata and Vitis japonica, for it is nearly related to the grape; Our own ivy, Ampelopsis quinouefolia or heder- seen, is best known as the Virginia creeper. How the Japan species came to be called the, Boston ivy is because the .Bostonians were the first to appre- ciate its value for covering brick and stone houses, It is probably employed more in Boston than in any other American city, though New York in its up town residential quarters is not far behind We feel that we are quite safe in saying that there is no other vine that will so completely change the appear- ance of walls, dead trees, fences, rocks or woodwork, etc., from forbidding ob- jects t 0 objects of rare e beautyas h to Boston ivy or effect the change in so short a time, for its growth is of sour prising rapidity. Our native Virginias creeper is in- ferior to the Boston creeper in that the leaves of the latter overlap one another like the shingles of a roof, fainting a mass of rich, lustrous green leaves that help to shed the rain which would oth- erwise penetrate the bricks, stones or wood and cause more or less dampness. It clings with great tenacity by its footlike tendrils, so that neither wind 1 nor storm, unless of cyclonic destructive- ness, ever detaches it from the object to which it baa become attached. The spread of this vine from a single root is almost incredible, covering in one case that the writer has in rniud no less than 3,000 square feet. This plant covers the entire side wall of a brick house in upper New York, where the area in which it grows as well as the sidewalk and street is en- tirely covered with Sags and asphalt. The "opening" in which it is planted is only one foot in diameter. Whence come the moisture and food to support this breadth of leaves, sterns and ten- drils? Perhaps, like aerial orchids, the Boston ivy has the power of living upon the air. Of the many merits of this vine not the least is that it rarely dies or from any cause is killed out in patches. In- sects do not harm it. When growing over the front of houses, the ivy is cut out to conform to the windows, so that otherwise the house front seems a liv- ing mass of dolieate, glossy, exuberant, refreshing foliage. In the fall no other vine, tree or shrub whatever changes to more glow- ing contrasts of crimson, orange, yellow and green. A Beautiful Ornamented Tree. Among the especially beautiful orna ments of our gardens the cut leaved beech holds a high place in common CUT LEAVED BEECH. with its ally; the fern leaved beech. A fine specimen is the more highly valued from the variety being of rather slow growth. Few finer specimens may be seen, says Ideehan's Monthly, than the one here illustrated, which is growing on the grounds of a rare lover of gar- dening of Wynnewood, Pa. The Fruit Bark Beetle. In September an enemy to be guard- ed against by the fruit grower is the fruit bark beetle. Professor J. B. Smith of New Jersey says this little borer is almost omnipresent, but be- comes most abundant in September and will at that time try every tree that offers the least chance of. sustain- ing it. Its hope is to find some weak or injured tree, low in vitality and in general poor condition, and into this it bores, makes its galleries and starts the tree on the road to certain death. Where entirely suitable trees are not found the beetle does the best it can and bores into healthy peaches, for these offer the best chance of giving way to it. A real healthy young tree will easily dispose of a dozen or 20 borers without difficulty, but when 50 or 100 come in there is serious danger for even a sound tree unless it is unusually vigorous. Practically; according to Professor Smith, there are only two ways of pre- venting injury from this insect. The first'' is to have no old dying trees to breed the beetles in quantities. The sec- ond is to keep the young trees as vigor- ous as possible to prevent a foothold from any reasonable attack. An apple or pear tree injured by blight or by ac- cident ` may live for two or three years under the attacks of these beetles and will then die; liberating thousands of specimens that *i11 bore into whatever happens to be nearest at hand. Currant Leaf Blight. Leaf blight often appears on currant bushes about midsummer. It begins as whitish spots with dark centers; which spread over the loaf, causing it to drop prematurely, often leaving the bush entirely naked' by September. As a pre- ventive, spray with bordeanx mixture, ammoniacal carbonate of copper or po- tassium sulphide solution. SALT BUSH. if Furnisher Good Sustenance Fos Cattle In Arid Regions. The California experiment station at Berkeley has recently scored another remarlable triumph and has won the gratitude of thousands of farmers in. the arid and seniiarid region west of the 11MississlVPl, says a. correspondent af the Boston Transcript, Ever since 1881 experimeuts have been conducted at Berkeley and at the substations throughout California to test certain Australian plants, known in popular language as "salt bushes." It seems to be acknowledged now that some etre dee of this large class of plants can be. profitably utilized on land heretofore considered worthless. About 1851 the late' Baron von Mueller; a man whose whole life was devoted to the study of economic bot- any and to the distribution of valuable species over new districts, sent seeds of many Australian salt bushes to Cali- fornia. These salt bushes belong to a very large class of curious and useful plants formerly called chenopodiaceae, but more recently salsolaceae The cone PM beet of our gardens and the pig - weed of the roadside belong to this family. Its members often possess re- markable powers of resistance to al- kali in the soil and grow where other plants would quickly perish, Many platers of the desert belong to this family, which is also unusually droughtreslsting. Unfortunately, only a pew of the hundreds of species of salsa- laceae have any economic value, Those species at first received from Australia proved unworthy of general use. Ex- periments were made with :.many kinds, but without marked success un- til a species known as atriplex semi baceata was tested near Tulare Oity, in the upper .San Joaquin valley, on very strong "black alkali." Such alkali laud contains so much carbonate of soda and other salts that common barley dies there.. Barley will withstand 4,000 pounds of alkali salts to the acre, but dies when the total reaches 50,000 pounds, while salt bush Inas been known to grow when the total reached 76,000 pounds to the acre. No other useful plant can show such a record. The value of salt bush, commercially speaking, is as a food plant for sheep, cattle, horses, hogs and to some extent for domestic fowls. It keeps green all summer, grows rapidly, yields frim two to four crops In a season and ap- pears to possess as important a place In farm ecouomics as the well known alfalfa. The most careful analyses of the plant trade at the experiment sta- tion show that its food value, pound for pound, fairly approaches that of alfalfa. Since It can be grown on soil too alkaline to produce alfalfa, its value is evident. • Further experiments, extending over a long period of years, have determ- ined new and larger possibilities. Atri- piex semibaccata thrives in regions of very light rainfall, on extremely poor. soil underlaid by hardpan. Its habits of growth in such places are modified, of course; the plant Is much smaller and yields less, but It covers the ground, keeps green and grows until heavy frosts come. The perennial root remains in the' ground, ready for an- other season. Its value, under such circumstances, can hardly be esti- mated. All that one can say is that such a plant makes thousands of acres of almost worthless land capable of sustaining large flocks and herds. Feeding Qualities of Artichokes. Areport reoently received at the de- partment of agriculture from the Ore- gon station contains some interesting and valuable information concerning the food value of artichokes. To de- termine the proportion of rations for farm animals that can be profitably made up of these tubers the Oregon station fed six thrifty Berkshire pigs which had been running on wheat stubble and weighed from 117 to 213 pounds. For two months the pigs were fed on artichokes supplemented by a small ration of equal parts of chopped wheat and oats. An effort was made at the outset to compel the pigs fo subsist on a diet of artichokes alone, but in the absence of grain there was very little gain, and the pigs were not contented. They were vigorous in their demands for something more substan- tial. The artichokes were grown near the pens, so that the pigs could have access to them whenever they desired; The tubers were left in the ground for the pigs to root out as they were need- ed. A portion of the plat was measur- ed easured and the artichokes dug to determine' the yield, which was found to be 740 bushels per acre. During the experi- ment the six pigs consumed the arti- chokes grown on one-eighth acre and made a total gain in liveweight of 244 pounds, or an average daily gain per pig of 0.81 pound. The pigs consumed during the period 756 pounds of grain, or at the rate of 3.1 pounds of grain for each pound of gain in live weight. In other experiments It had been found that .it required about five pounds of mixed grain for each pound of gain in live weight. On this basis the feeding of the artichokes resulted in a saving of nearly two pounds of, grain for each pound of gain in live weight American Pork In Sweden. Official advices received from Sweden by the department of agriculture shoal that notwithstanding a rigorous inspect tion there is a good market there for American pork products. During one month recently the inspection of 7,040 • hogs slaughtered in Sweden and 19 pieces of, American "short clears" showed trichinosis in 24 carcasses of Swedish pork. and in only one piece of American "short clears."' Americans who ,'contemplate engaging in 'the trade should .study the market require- nients' and, the climatic conditions, be- cause pork for Sweden must be proper- ly prepared, as it will otherwise spoil quickly. INTE1VIPERANCE AND IN SANITY. Aleohol is specially a brain. poison. Its speediest and most striking effects are on the judg- merit, the will and the other mental faculties. The sudden-. ness and extent of these effects: show how quickly and greatly the brain and nervous system are injured by this noxious drug, It is no wonder that the asylum looms large across the pathway or the inebriates whose bodies alone are strong enough to sustain continued dissipation. In his evidence before the C a n a d i a n Royal Commission on the liquor traf- fic, Dr, J, T. Stevens, Medical Superintendent of New Bruns-, wick Insane Asylum, said:- " The aid.-."The insanity of about one- eighth of our patients is due directly to intemperance and one, -eighth indirectly, Corn pared with othez' ea',tses, temperance stands ars the lead- ing cause of insanity. It stands pre-eminently above any other ause. This is admitted on all hands, .The other causes are dissipation of all sorts, anxiety, troubles, sorrow and so one." There is both a moral and iicononaical consideration that. commends Samaria Prescrip- tion to those who are addicted to the liquor habit. The dread of the inevitable results of .in- temperance is not to be corn - pared with the distress in mind, and body and material sus- tained which many a nxan suf- fers and inflicts onhis family by continued excesses. Tlxe thoughxt of insane asy- lums does not deter men from intemperance any more than the thought of the gallows. might deter some from com- mitting murder. It's the ever- present reminders of the dis- tress,disoornforts,and disgrac- ing and degrading features of his condition which sometimes forces the impulse on a man to quit drinking, and if• through his own or some friend's fore- sight he could have Samaria Prescription at hand at such a moment, his purpose could be firmly established at once and a cure assured from the very, first treatment, . The convenient form in' which Samaria Prescription is prepared for instant za.dminis.. , tration has been the means of rescuing hundreds whose con- dition could only be managed effectively by an easy and ready home treatment. Its action is surprisingly prompt and gratifying. No sickness, nervousness or discomfort at- tend. its use. BETTER THAN WAR EAGLE. Hiram Sarthout, Vancouver, writeei "Your letter duly received. When I wrote you for the Samaria remedy a year ago I did not at once begin to take it. Ib laid around for a month or more, until ' one day, after a jamboree, I felt s fresh resolve to give up drinking and while I was in that penitent shape 1', took the first' Samaria tablet. bey good luck was in! having Samaria Prescription on hand jusb, when I felt like trying it. Z have npt had !, a desire for taking a drop of liquor since I was cured. The s3 invested in the remedy has paid me better than if Ihad invested a hundred times that in War Eagle stook. r I've got a few hundred plunks in the sav- ings' bank now. This used to go for booze -now, thanks to your remedy, it goesinto the bank, and I am also feeling better physically than I have felt for years. • You can use this letter to show others and yon can count on rue to crack up Samaria Pre- scription to anybody who wants to quit drinking. It has worked a miracle in me." A later letter from Mr. Sart- hout contained a draft for $78 for twenty-five packages of Samaria Prescription, which he wrote he was going to take with an outfit ',o Dawson City,. where he expected to sell thea remedy for many times its weight in gold dust. It pays a man who is addicted to drink and who has an occasional fit' to reform to have Samaria Prescription at, hand the mo- ment he feels like trying it, The first dose will ,put him in condition to stick to it for a complete cure. Sent insealed package, plainly wrapped, to pp any aciclress on receipt of price, , $3. All corse: ondenee' c p on- Sidered sacredly confidential. SAMARIA REMEDY CO., Jordan St;. Toronto. Ont.