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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-10-5, Page 2MISS CAPRICI3. ates BY ST. GEORGE RATHBONE Author of "` Doctor Jack," "Doctor Jack's Wife," '"Captain "i" one,' "'rldiss Pauline of New York," lid. She looks puzzled, as well she may. "Do yon mean she is—dead?" "Heaven forbid. but I have not seen her in all these year.. That is ane rea- een I am abroad. Lady Ruth. I have a swrod, mission to perform—to find my mother -to seek the -.elution of a mys- tery whielt has embittered my life. Perhaps some time, if we knew each other a little better, I may confide a s en a and sad story to you." Just as you ta?e ase. doetnr." she re - Plies, with deep feeling in her voice, :.ad at this n;orneat the others bustle ie. "leu frust show yourself oe. the bal- oe:1y- 'Bee dear pee ,:'e clamor for a e'at t)f fou, and I'm really afraid ley'll tear tbe house sewn soon if yeti een t appear l,efere them," &aye Aunt Owen, w t."h unusual vigor. "'S4.-0. :1W) unteeietionebly desire to publicly show their atl+pree:ation of your eerviees. ;atad 1 for one #'eel proud to Le °n .lnterieaaxt tide day." ePhhlan+ler!" "I+seatse. me, my dear. John. my boy. callow we tWa lead you cute' '"One minute, please. s :ys Lady Ruth. wino has Heade c1 cohnfsfrtable On of a0. long white silk, kerchief, whic4 she wore around her neck. This she Insists on securing over Jchn's shoulder. "That arm must be painful. I know it from my long experience as the re- table nsa staant of my surgeon uncle. au will be grad to have this." "But—for such as mere a retch—peo- Pie will laugh at me." he protests, fee- bly. thautah it may Ise nettled that he melees no eflert to deliver himself from the c►ik sling which she is now tying. "People laugh et you: .A. mere sa?rttch: Confound it, boy, there isn't • a gran living m to would go through with what you have see dry for It. coal hundred thousand. I know one man a million would not tempt," cries the !professor. "I suppose I must submit," and a:- ternp:anied by Phil:an.Ic'r, with the two women luinging up the rear, he passes out utaon the 'miens-, where the col- crG1 of Royal Engineers has remained. to be o curious spectator of the some. At stela of the hero of the street drama. those in the square berate the !hotel shut and cheer. They are most- ly natives, but men and women feel very ctrl>nely drawn inward this yoang sinontheneed—Amerit•an who risked tie life to save a yield. and that child a liatrtwP boy. John hews, and presses his uninjur- ed hand upon itis heeert. hews again, and. retires. Slowly y the crowd di ptcrs es. Lady Ruth completely ignores the rolenel, but that veteran is not crushed by any means. Ile watches the ":ape%- e:ous maiden with a nnizzhta1 lisht in his eye., which shows that he has not yet lost tranfide:we in the kindness of fate, nr his own charms as a beau. ,Liant"l B1nta.t's sweetest in :life has tome from the faet that he ban ever been ready to watch his ohance and take advantage of every possible oppor ter ity. So eight settles eater of lta, over the ,dreamy. blue- Mediterreneen, over t;he singular oity of Valetta., where tail little emmnony of tourists haze beet: temnnrarily marnnned. end where Doctor endengn, alined he fate, has been enabled to maake his first c'haege teen the heart of the proud English girl. Lady Ruth. CHAPTER IV. It is a night of nights, destined to !nark, as with a white .stone, the pro- gress of at least two life currents that have until recently flown contentedly et, each in its own, individual channel. Valetta, being a city of the Italian school, makes much ado over the coin - kg of Lent The people, as if to pre - Pare for six weeks of fasting, indulge in all manner of feasting. Even the tfoh,ammedans, who are present in no small numbers, join the festivities. for they, too, have a period sof fasting, according to the example set by the prophet, and commanded in the Koran.. Hence Valetta is very gay when night conies on;. fancy Chinese lanterns hang in the streets, music is heard onr every hard, and laughing,good-natured crowds jostle elbow* to a war that would hor- rify owrify a high-oaste Il:indoo- Valetta has long been known a.a the !, headquarters of the famous Order of Malta. The representative cemmandee fees of different nations have their inns, each called en auberge, on the princi- pal streets, while the palace of the grand anaster is three hundred feet on each side, faring four streets, with a large equate in front known as the Piazza St. Giorgio,. A small tower en tbe top known as Ole Torretta is used as a station from :which men-of-war are signaled. Everywhere can be seen the insignia. of this ancient order, +he white Mal- tese cross on a blood -red field, arousing thoughts of men in armor, the crusades, and much that is stirring and roman- tic in the history of the centuries that are gone. A student of history would find much to entrance him in this peculiar hill- side city on the British Island of Malta. Supper is served et the hotel dust was night conies on, and John Craig, M,D., has managed to eat in an ancon- terned way, talking with his friends and trying to appear unconscious of the fact that two score of curious eyes are upon him, the incident of the after- teoon having spread Tike wild -sire among the rest of the delayed steamer's pass angers. who Stop at the hotel. This is the first time the young mas- ter of medicine has found himself the :center of observation, and he comes through the ordeal very fairly. as Lady ,Muth !ln'fornas him laughingly, when they. by chance, leave the dining -room together. Another ordeal awaits, John. In the Parlor he finds the mother a the boy whose life he saved, She cannot talk much English. and John is hardly at home in Arable, or the mixed language used by the Maltese. When two persons are very much. fn earnest, they manage to get on, and the poor woman calls down the bless- ings of Heaven on his head ere she leaves. "I wish all this were over," he laughs, rejoining the English girl. Wake the most of it, doctor," says the colonel, sauntering; up with a choice weed between his teeth: '•such occa- sions come rarely and had Letter le appreciated. 'Pane the advice of an old campaigner, and retake line while the sun shines.' "Oh, I mean to, colonel," replies John. and there is a )lichen meaning in his words that causes the -cancer to luolt at him steadily :and mutter: "Haug the boy! I really believe he expects to enter the lists against me, Ca lone! Lionel Blunt. who curies a 1'ietoria Cross and knew what a Iove allele was before he was bort!. Well. the end is not yet, and he laughs loud. est who laughs last." All of which is very tau" and proves that the colonel of Royal Engineers ik.es not mean to let the opportunity pass. A few minutes later John and Lady Ruth stand on the piazza of the hotel.. The scene is wed: swarth looking at, with its many lights. bright colors, and. constantly changing (Tawas. She expresses surprise, and seeks an eanlanation,whieh fortunately the young doctor is able to give. thanks to certain information he picked an im scanning hie guide book. "In time of peace nrepare for war. They seek by a denial + allowance of gayety to mate up for the amount to be lost during Lent." he 'aye, "Is Mr. Craig hare?" :felts a voice and all Look at the epeeker, who is a quiet appearing man. I.erhaps a native of England. "That is my name. sir." ""John :11etander Craig?" ""Tett same" " "Of Chat ago?" "Web. what tem I do for ynu?" 'rhe other lies boon Iotll:ing at him steadily. "I closire to peakn few wordswith you, I)oetc,r Jelin Cede' "Go on." "I beg your pardon -1t must be in private." "In that cease my friends will excuse me for a fete minutes." "Ohl yes." replete I"ady Ruth, look- ing ooking at the lteerer of the message again. "Certainly." ears Blunt. promptly dropping dropping into the chair John vacates at her l:a•lv.lhil' s side, and his celerity to tale. advantage of the cir- cumstance. arouses a littlt suspicion in. her mind that :after all it may be a ruse to get ham away, with the 'Bsi- t&n's gold b.:eking it. She pays little attention to what the enlonel is talking about; twice she turns her head rand looks to where John and the stranger taulk, while to herself she says: "Strange why I am interested in him and his fortunes. What is this singu- lar story concerning his mother, whi:.h some time he means to tell me—when. the become better friends? And now conics this man to hold a secret con- rultation with him! Where have I seen him before, where heard his voice? I Gannet remember just now, but there is something familiar about him- The doctor appears to be excited—there he lays his well hand on the other's arm and speaks quickly. Pshaw! it's none of my bneiness," and )she resolutely turns her face toward the bright scene on the street, only to glance back again a dozen seconds later. The doctor comes up; singularly enough, Lady Ruth has just bethought herself of her fan, and the military figure of the stalwart Briton is seen passing through the door -way upon a wild-goose ehatse after the much ma- ligned article of ladies' yarfare, which has played its part in many a bit of diplomatcy, and which he will never find as it is at that moment resting in the folds of milady's- dressy cleverly hidden from view.. "I trust you hare had no bad news, doctor?" says the English girl with a touch of sympathy in her voice. "On the contrary. Lady Ruth, I have heard something that is of intense mo- ment to me," he replies, showing ono. den. "About your mother?" she asks, quickly. "It is so. Lady Ituth, you have heard me speak enough' of my past to realize that it has be -en a lonely life. My father loves me atter his own fa- shion, and I respect him deeply; but all my life I have longed for the love of a mother, until it has reached an in- tensity you can 'hardly comprehend. Now I leave received certain news that gives me. a wild hope. "I, too, lost my mother when young, and that atircumstanee enables me to feed for you." H.er tender eyes thrill bim as he.nev- er yet has been teethed; the bond et sympathy is akin to love: ax has never had a confidant, and human nature yearns to unbosom itself. "I promised to tell you the story, Lady Ruth. If I were sloe we would not be interrupted, I veer I be inclined to speak now, for .I am a'rout starting upon a mission, tne res. It of which Heaven alone can tn, of e •." 1 -Tis earnestness rartpres:•at s tier lady- ship; trust a brit ht girl for bridging over a difficulty such: as this. "There is a little priverte parrior at- tached and generally empty," he sug• gesrgs, artlessly. `gust the ticket: ' he boldly exclaims. In a few minutes. they are seated alone in this bijou miler; its decora- tions are quaaint, teem barbarie, in their splendor, and a lover of the bi- uere would Iial.l1C1 upon such a scene with the heftiest pleasure. "Here are some drawings we can be 'looiciug aver," she suggests, and he nods eagerly, inevn illy blessing her ready sagacity, ")ilius firer laok harmless: enough, "Nov' 1 will play the lady eonfes- sar. ll'hat is it all about? Have you fallen into debt like a bad boy, and don't dare write the pater?" IIs looks at iter ;and laugbs- "Ytou see the enmic;al side of every think, heady Ruth- This, I Peatr, bids fair to be a tragedy." tragedy: Dyne me, didn't we have quite enough of that this after- noon? fternoon? What can it be? Surely you and the colnnel---" and she colors furiously upon realizing )tow wen etc, has conte to betraying iter thoughts. 'The colonel and I have had no words. as yet, Lab- Ruth, This af- fair is something that emceerue my past. Let me biieily tell you a few facts that are of especial interest to nee. and may claim your attentieal. "I told you I ileal not hien my 'mo- ther since I was a einad. yet she is not dead. An anf"rtaaiaate" affair bap, pened, and site was exiled from home Heaven knows 1 have ever believed her innocent. "'On several eat t•aeems, unbeknown to shy stern father. I have.eecved :a ling" without a sigenter,', a line that called down 'leaven's bles.in:s on my head, a line that caatst d me to cry like a baby, "Thus, year Ity yeer, my reselye bet came stremeive', 1 would find my in ether, I wonlal seek the solution of the dread- ful mystery that han-s over the Craig hump„” "My studies were= done: I graduat- ed at the head of the medical class end spent a year antler the most emin- ent professors at Ileidelberg. W etu they gave 100 my diploma, they we,d,e my father that I ought to have a year of travel to improve any health before mitering upon the life work 'to which 1 nut devoted. "Of eour'e my desire was granted, and I began the search. I have testi six mouths at it without sneeess: it is like pursuing an ighais fatuus. A clue would take me t,, Bessie, wbene." I would fly to Persia, then to Turecet , and next to Ie eition. In Paris 1 felt sure of feee4'sa hut the lady I was thaeleixot turned 4at;t to be a. gaaudinRh- tllery and there nits a lively scene in her house when I sprung my game. "Talk of Japheth in s:'a;reh of his fatherr why, he wasn't in it at all. ca,mpared tv:;h gait.. At last came an- other elue; ;taloa;; the letters forwarded in a buxult freta home was a line in the same pret•ious hand, See, here it ,is." Ile takes out ffeen a node -book a slip of paper; tlhe writutg is elegant and feminine. She reads: 1 "Januar,- 12hii. .lust twenty years to -day. (,Ila: lleaven! ,teach me to kiss the rod." No signature, only .a newt like a tear drop. "Now, you realize my position; yon can, in a laeasnre. understand the pe- culiar mingling Of here, reverence and pity with which I think of this mother, and how the thought of her enters hcallsto every act of Whine." ""Fes, yes, I do, indeed," sympatheti- . "I have sworn to find her— to let herr know there is ono who loves the poor exile. Let my feather rage if he will, my heart burns to meet her. I will proceed. The letter was postmarked. Malta, there at Valetta." "But you did not mention-" "I knew the stearner would stop a few hours at least, and thought that might be enough in which to learn the truth. Strange things have happened since we landed. I have learned seve- za1 facts which astound me. "You saw a man come in and draw me aside? That man controls the des- tinies of these people of Valetta, even as a chief of police would in our cities. When first I banded I sought the pre- sence orf Luther Keene--" "There, your mention of his name re- vives my recollection like a flash. Now I know just when stand where I mast' ,that man," she says. "He promised to moist me, for a consideration, of course, and was es- pecially delighted at the chance to prove that even out here in Malta there night be a second Vidocq. "In his first repent the told me the party I sought heel been in Valetta only recently, but he believed she was now gone. "The mean told mea just now where Blanche Austin stayed during her resi- dence here, at a grease on thio Strada' Mezzodi, and I shall go se soon as I leave you to make engurinies there. If you are interested in my story, you might perhaps care to hear what news I may piek up on my visit to Male house, which has so recenely covered my mother." "Indeed, I am more than interested in your story, and anxious to learn how you succeed. Would you know your mother if you should meet her to -day?" she asks, mentally wondering why; he has taken her into his confidence. "I believe so, A son's ' loving eyes would do much toward solving the pro- blem" "But your memory of her must be exceedingly 9vazy, to say the least." "That ds true, but I have another clue. Once, wlien a boy,I wags rum- maging through some old papers In an antique secretary which I found in the attic, when I ran across an ivory min- iature that had been overbooked. "Upon it was painted a girl's face; my heart told me who itt was, and un- derneath I found the words 'Blanche Austin at eighteen.' "I have treasured thaaat ever since; it has been; my most valued possession. Waned you like to see it, Lady Ruth?" "Most assuredly," she replies, warm- ly, eagerly. He places it in her. handls. "It wads plain when I found 1t; with my spending moahey for: a whole year I had that gold locket made which holds It now. Ever since it has been very close to my heart." "Such devotion is " wonderful. I' sin- cerely hope it will meet its reward." Then she ;loofas at the miniature, which time has not le the least •harm- ed, looks at it and utters: a tittle ejacu- dation. "She was beautiful, indeed, Doctor C'.lukvlgo—most chareeng.. A face to haunt oche. I can see a trace of sad - mss in it, even at this early age, as though her coming troubles east a sha- dow before. You will be surprised when I tell you I have met her." CHAPTE.E. The medical student looks at her eagerly. 'culler—whore? bre asks huskily, teary one who has met the woman about whom cluster all the tender as- sociatious and thoughts of his lonely ,'ears of childhood must assume new importance in his eyes. "It was a year or so ago. At the time 'I was in Paris with my uncle, Sir Hugh, then alive." "Yes yes, site watt there about that time, as I have since learned." "I was out driving alone; it was just at dusk y+hen we were returning from the boulevards, and a wheel carne oft the vehicle. "Though a little alarmed I kept my senses and bade the driver tie his horse and then neck another eehzcle for me. "The xaeigbboxbood chaneee to be a rather unsavory one. I eould hear bobsterons men singing, and on finding myself alone I grew aiarnie.l. From windows frowzy hems were thrust out and rude women frog -ked at nae. I reared insult, injury. I was rattly to fly for my life when 't hand towelled ms' arm and a gentle voi,;e said: " Conte with 100. wise, I will pro• tett you.' „ John trembles with emotion. "Then yon have heeri her speak) Oh, what bliss that wand.1 be for ma— tey --my motiher, my poor mother who has sui"tered ,so long.' "Wthen I Welted in Her face I knew i eould trust he. l esidt>s, her gerb reassured, me," (To he continued). TRIAL AND TRIUMPH. Story of a Temerance ;Hero wet. 'would Not Break Iiia k'rotuise. The days of heroism are never past, and the history of temperament the days where it was everywhere denounc- ed would afford some noble specimens. I have often spoken of Willie Bartlett, and it will interest those of your read- ers who admire pluck wherever it is found to read of his trial and, triumph, Willie's father waft a noble father, ane Of the multitude whom the drink sweeps away who are said to be "nobody's en- emies but their own"—a saying terribly false, as Willie's mother and the feather- less children soon felt. Burdened with debt and with si:t small children to sup• la ort, her prospects were very dark indeed. Early in life. however, she had become a true Christian, and though her hus- band, who had once walked with her in the narrow path, had been led away by the ah'iuk fiend, she remained faithful, and now that the day of trouble had come she knew where to go for support and guidance, ,After awhile Willie's mother deter mined to apprentice him to his father's trade, and after some negotiations the master agreed to take him, having a high regard for the father, the master took hive into the works and gave him in charge of his principal foreman. .As soon as the master had left the foreman. said: "Well, Willie, we'll make a pian of thee here for thy father's sake, and we must have a footing to drink thy suc- cess, and as I know money is not very plentiful at home. I will pay for it my- self," and immediately one of the other lads was sent for a quart of boor. Poor Willie was bewildered with this arrangement, for his mother had trained him up a strict abstainer and had taught him to hate his father's murderer—the drink. The beer was soon brought, and the men gathered round. and each drank to Willie's success, Then the foreman poured out a glass and offered it to Willie: "Now, my lad, drink success to all." Willie quietly replied, "I am a teeto- taler and never touch the drink." Irritated at the boy's reply, the fore- man said: "None of that nonsense, We'll have no teetotalism here. Take the drink at once." Willie said, "I promised mother I would never touch the drink, and I never will." "Look here," said the man, "we are not going to have two masters here, so drink it up." "I cannot, and I willnot," said Willie. Mad with the boy's rebellion against his orders,the foreman said: "This is all nonsense! You will have it in you or over you!" "Well," said. Willie, "I can't help it. I will never drink. You can throw it over me if you like. I have brought here a clean jacket and a good character. You may spoil my jacket if you will, but you shall never spoil my character." Struck with the boy's earnest look, the man's better nature prevailed, and turning away he said to his mates: "He's a rum one, but I believe he'll make a man." The prophecy Was right, for to -day Willie is a promint temperance worker and is at the head of a large establish- ment noted for their intelligence and high principle.—Pacific. Intemperance Worse Than Slavery. The total number of slaves in the United States when the emancipation proclamation was issued is reckoned as 4,000,000. The total number f drunk- ards in the United States alone is about 2,600,000, and there are probably 10,000- 000 other persons bound to these by fancily ties and sharing in the burden of their curse. As a result of the slave system millions were transferred from realms of savagery to a realm of civiliza- tion, with more advantages on the whole even under slavery than they had in their native land. The slave was nonan economic loss ; the drunkard is. African slavery was limited to a comparatively small field, liquor invades all civiliza- tion. Slaverywas a wrong on the lower races; intemperance afflicts the highest. From any point of view liquor has. done incalculably more harm than African slavery. -Voice. A Severe Attack. "1 lave to be at borne every night et 10 O'clock," said the married man, "on account of the baby." "flow old is she? "Thirty-two years." "What?" "Yes, 32 years. You see, the baby is niy wife. She anc'wel' got over her in fancy."—Detroit Tyree Press. HORN FLY TRAP Device to Starve tie- Pests: to Death. Horn flies carte early and in force this season and, so tormented onr cows and bnlls that humanity as well as a due regard for pocket interest demand- ed that something should be done, says P. S. ,Lewis & Son in The Breeder's Gazette. Having previously tried with poor results to keep off the flies by put- ting nasty stuff on the cows and not having forgotten the trap, we concluded to try to build one. The size and proportions are a guess on our part and can be altered to suit. This one is 20 feet long, 6 feet high and 4 feet wide, made of inch oak boards: It has a door at each end nearly full size and is lined inside with tar paper, !, which is pelt outside on the top to keep out the rain, Every ray of light is ex- cluded except what comes down through the trap, and. of course, it is fly tight. Midway a six inch board is set on edge aeress the bottom, and to it the sides arid top are tae) ed bunches of evergreen. foliage to brush off the flies as the ant - HORN FLT TRAP: mal passes through. There are also side curtains and a short middle one, sweep- ing back and sides to keep the files front. following through when the door is opened to let the cow out. This is the most difficult part of the performance, the flies being very loath to leave their becloud board, as any one can find out by trying to drive them off a cow when. out of doors. This screen stakes two rooms, eachten feet in length, one very dark and the other lighted from above through the trap. We used two cast off screen doors to make sides and ends of trap and covered with wire screen. end it is probably larger than necessary, but have found that no objection, It is 5 feet long, 8 feet wide and8 feet high, and an opening three feet long and a foot wide lets the light down and the flies up into the trap. Once in the trap they rarely try to go back, but spend their time trying to get outthrough the top and in from one to two days are starved to death. On onr first use of the trap we were surprised to find many got out by forc- ing themselves through the screen.. Wo then covered it with light cheesecloth and have lost none since. Usually we lead or drive the cow into the first room, closing the door behind it. As it passes on into the dark room the brush and curtains sweep off the flies, and they follow the light into the trap. Give a few minutes then with both doors closed to secure all of the flies, but we have passed through several, one at the heels of the other, with good results. After the first time it is little trouble to get a sensible cow to go through. They seem to realize it is do- ing them good. Care of Covr Stables. At least twice a year we like to thor- oughly overhaul the stable and all its furniture, a general house cleaning as it were, writes L. W. Lighty in The National Stockman. We prefer rather a windy day and open up all windows and doors and completely sweep and brush out all nooks and corners. Re- move everything that is movable. Clean out manure, straw, hayseed, etc., and flush the gutters completely. Now dis- infect the stable thoroughly. Sulphate of copper or chloride of lime Is what we generally lase, though some of the com- mercial disinfectants are sometimes preferable. Common whitewash or quicklime is very good to use for some parts of the stable. If there is any sus- picion that any disease is lurking in the stable, such as abortion or any other, this disinfection should be particularly thorough. Close the stable quite tight and burn sulphur or, still better, gen- erate chlorine gas, by pouring hydro- chloric acid or some chloride of lime. This forms a deadly gas, and you want to use it with caution, but it will do thorough work. All the mangers or troughs should be scoured with boiling water. By this semiannual cleaning up we have thus far escaped all the trou- bles that oftenn ca se serious loss to many dairymen, such as calf scours, abortion, etc., and at the same time it helps to produce the best and cleanest milk from which to make first class batter. Benefits ot Dairying. Mr. R. G. Welford in an address be- fore the Illinois Dairymen's association made the following observation upon the beneficial effects of dairying on any community in which it exists. He said "In my experience of 80 years in Illi- nois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri I have noticed that wherever the dairy cow is there is prosperity, whether the climate be good or bad. Dairying has also greatly increased the sociability and contact of farmers with one an- other, for they meet when they come to the creamery or factory., While they are waiting they discuss how to get and keep good cows, This has done won- ders onders forsuch farmers. It has also called out more intelligent farming, and we find that the papers that cater to their ideals axe sought for and eagerly read." HOW DRUNKARDS All MADE, No man ever started out tte make himself a drunkard. No man expects to become a drunkard till he finds that the work is done. In joy and gaiety, in good -fellowship and gene- rosity of heart the start is rnade. The boat glides out Oil the calm surface of the cur- rent, whose speed, and force are undreamed of, while swiftly hears the unthinking voyager on to the vsril.d swirl of rushing rapids that no tun- aided human arm can stern.. Oh, that some friendly warn- ing voice could thunder in the ear of every drinker "" Stop, now 1" No man knows how firm, a hold strong drink has upon him until he attempts to give it up. When there is any desire for drink, there is crying need for immediate energetic. yeeeennee and careful medical tt't: n1ment. Samaria ?resoription deals >~ till the drunkard's system. 'lion his systema is cleared oil hholic disease thea the 'nen .ssueceptible to appeals to sen-. frnent and sense, In Itis sober ttOraae>iits he may consent to take Samaria Prescription and. hus effe"et his own cure with, his own hancls. B. ut surely there is something radically wrong if, with the memory of the mischief' he brought with his last dobauoh, he should persist to turn away from the redemption which is proferred. in the cure,. Those who have tried to quit the drink habit tell of the conee, strint fear with which they ars filled at every sight of tempta- tion, Why not bring there Sa- maria P're'scription, which has never failed to forever free the ;afflicted feom the tyranny of the habit, and which sustains and strengthens the system at every step of its cure? No resolutions or restraints of any kind are needed to assist the simple home or self -treat., ment with Samaria Prescrip- tion. The first tablet, which dissolves instantly in, water, tea, coffee, or any other Iiquid, and in any kind of food, at once attunes the whole system to a joyous accord with the cure. There is no inconvenience and no nervousness or distress, and no interference with any work or pleasure in which you are engaged. No caution about foods, no warning about drinks, and no change is di- rected in any mode or habit of life. 6a m a r i a Prescription alone attends to it all and a man can be trusted, or trust himself, to drink what he likes. He will never desire an intoxi- cant of any kind after he has finished with the treatment. A. W. H--, Montreal, at one time a leading railway con_ tractor,now enjoying a prince ly royalty on a universally_. used patent, writes "I procured your Samaria Prescription last spring while I happened to make a chance purchase of another article in a drug store in your city, and I carried the package in my vest pocket for a couple of months, right through several periodical blow -outs before I happened to feel just ugly enough to give it a trial. It worked like a charm. Before the tablets were all taken the desire for liquor was gone, and I have had no inclination fox anything in that line ever since, and I do not think I ever will. I consider it the greatest bless- ing ever handed to a man or woman who would be free from the habit which seems a. born into so many. I am headstrong and have determination to carry out anything , I undertake, but I know that I could never have quit drinking without your Samaria Prescription. on. That cured eed me completely." e 1 y" Samaria Prescription has helped so many with such sig- nal success that it is offered with a full guarantee to cure you. If your druggist can- not supply Samaria Prescrip- tion, it can be had direct from us, sent in sealed package, plainly wrapped, on receipt of price, .$3. Parties wishing to send us registered letters or express. orders, and not wanting to get thein in our name, s h o u: l cL write for our private address. SAMARIA REMEDY CO., 23 Jordan St., Toronto, Ont. ;„ v,