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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1908-03-26, Page 6++4+4+4+4 +++44++++ ++++++++++++++++4+++++ A Broken Vow ; —OR BETTER THAN REVENOI3. . CHAPTER IV. Out from the dap knees and the hor- ror and the turnrilt of that aeric!/ -cit Olive Varney emerged to a nett- 1n fureiff Antwerp ehe hal stool beside the dead, and laid enutched from his hand, as It were, the hateful purpose khat eves thereafter to L•e the one: ob- $ect e,f her life. fiarcely losing a n:o• Ment, she had ',lunged into the yule suit of this unknown girl; ierncrnber- ing tier father find his wrongs only, she had been quick to feel that there was no time to be, k,st. In fact it had all e fined to le one long nightmare re -the death of thcr father --the fierce litter she had written proclaiming her •urpase•--the hurried flight to Eng- land. Anil now. quite suddenly, her jour- ney were r lopped. She laid come f< r the rec:.nd linie face to inee with Death; and had, by a miracle, stepped aside and let another die in. her pierce A Homan less set upon a desperate er- rant relight have hesitated; might have regarded this extraordinary escape. as a warning -teaching her not W go on. Olive Varney, however, regarded it merely as an instrument to assist her purpose; saw in it only eeme better chance to carry out what she had in- tended from the first. There had been varied reasons in her mend for allowing the jour unknown rovcrn(ss to be taken for herseif. in the first place, as has Leen Faid. in the shock of the time ahe had not cared to claim whet the dead wernan Lek! eo strongly; and in the second place. the sheer horror of being written off the worlds l'st. as it wrerc, like that tad paralyzed her. In that Still, e►ilent Ilgure, reverently covered and carried away. she had seen what might hove been Olive Verney: nlnwst she come to think that it was Olive Varney. She had g< t :twee' as ► u pi<Ily as poss,T,le. !r' the darkness, from the ac^nc of the accident; she wanted rbove all things to think. rend to decide what tc ito. She g, :t down a Lank, nitd Ink, a fiel+l. Al' the world icremcd vary stili, after the uproar tler.;ugh which she has! #less( i1; she Ent down and looked up at the clear sky and began. in tier own i treng, firm fashion. to shape out Ibis thing teat hod hap rie'r:ed- to her, and Sts conrquencee. Keeping firm holt ot the thought that she was Olive \'nr- etcy. she began to reaeon cut what tvou;d happen if the blunder hint had been made by the (lector and the sta- tilen-ina-kr were nl!'.•wrd to stand. and Gine Varney to he counted es dead. A sobering Ile -eight; but she w•res siting enc.uglr to face it, and to reason it out quietly. Let it be renienehc•red that rd het Mile her life held the one purroi-P, and the eine only. Although her father \yrs dead, she was yet under his dominion; Eire felt that. even fr-m the grave, he guided her and sutelu(cl her will t(e his Own. as he had chine in life. !leer pur- po:e' Wes to discover In what way thi• acc.(tent c• u'd a -s'tC! her. "It was a hirer Wunder to sered that letter," Fhe thought to herself, os she eel In tire darkncs., under the stirs. In tact lonely country place. "1 Rt,c,w- eel my bond- gave the girl time to pre- prtre• to" my coming. perhai,s even to re nsult friende. More than that. it rrtnv 'erne te he n mere t•e•lger threat -- take that had been made as to the inentity .: f the dead werrain. The lino had not been cleared, but traffic ha.i hcen diverted to ane -ether Inc, nn ! tho train --a slow affair—was expected very she.rlly. See dt.covered that the station was not so far from London rs :die had imagined; ehe went out on to the platform, and loecekeel about her. A flare or two along the line she•we1 where the men wero twork- ing with the wreckage, and she shud- dered t e think of what they might have found there hal she not gut out f the train when File did. The train came in due course, and she took her place in it. 'k much had that thing she had resolved upon become a part cif her lite, that the ne- c:dent, the loss of her n:eenev, and the blunder which had been /wade. scented to fade away as mere episode'; the nearer she came to the great city, the more . he burned tel cc nfr< nt this girl; the more clearly was ehe set upon this real business cif her life. The great staticrt received her. From it she drifted out in''o the busy rearing streets, and was swalkievcct up in that London tewarde twhieh her face had been set so king. Bewildered and at a loss, especially it:til no belongings and no 'lace to which to go..he stood for a moment looking about her. A roan with n Ara( of papers under his arm, end with n flaring c�entents 1111 hanging before hie e snatched out a piper and thrust it at her. The hill 1 -:,re the words:: "Accident to a Great Eastern Express: Loss o1 She groped for a coin rind peel for the },aper. Standing there under the light of a lamp she i0(kcd at the para- graph the man tirel indiealed as he gave her the paper. She read the brief ear -neuters of the train that hall been crit in two owing to n mistake; she read the rinrrl0 (.f the one passenger wllo had Leen killed, "O;it•e Varney!•, She was d<'n,l. She cow for the first titne that she hurl not really undnrsteeel Lefore. Here 1t was in pent: here she was ',reclaimed to the world ns done with --cert (eat of life in n moment. She leaned against the nail and tried to realize the effect of that news upon others. The only people in I1re w(irld w•ho cc 111(1 be interested in her and In the announcement e f her death were those that had most cause t•r fear her. The girl Lucy Erving, and any friends she might have, would Le expecting that this w-enian who had threatened 11:e girl might appear at any rnorncnt; they we,uld reset 111e enneunecrncnl, as all the world roust. that she was dead. Ne v<•r lifts ing seen her, to ght they not, ,f she ever put in an appearance, re- fuse to believe that die was the real Olive Varney? That was (cele side of the quest:en: then there was her cavo. There twee nc. one :;tie hail ever known likely to nppear en the serge, (�r to (1t clar° That the dead woman was net Olive cd out ttw scheme of vengeance in i pde el the! Ink rpcsutg hand et Death -- what thcnl "1 think 1 see mere clearly the way at laet," she thought, as elle went e n through the atiee-ts. "•fluty•it lelteve inc to be dead; 1 c: n creep into this g►►1's life as en utter at: enger. hiding the knewleelgo I hey(' c.f Ler in my own heart, anti doing what 1 like with Ler. That poor feeble creature who teat cited w .th me wit carry t-, the gr at a the IL(.10 Lucy Eft mg dreads; 1 have no name new. fund rtc„y .tart again. It is as though I had been !:teat - ted out. an 1 et left alive to do my Either', butd.ng. I eee It all; tic• (kil eet ve.ng.•an. a ha; put into my hate's u new weapon against ties girl." The Itrst thing to be sure e..f was that there ew tild lee no ni,statie as to ideu- t.t v. 'Thee ting must Le iilanne•d here. 'I'lxrc nnust be no blunder aftereverel-. no sudden discovery et her real iden- tity. in other words, chr roust knew that the Hind world nrcepted 11;1s ,fend woman n': Olive Verney fend hid her a',vay under the eurth in teat wont; tet- ter that her course was ciente Firrn i in tet intention. she scent s: -erne of the , latae m' nee she had to carry her back, al, the end of a long and weary day.I during which .she had fc,uph' ( tit the , problem. to that little town rear which the accident had occurred!. Arriving there. she got a bed at a cottage and visitrul the scene of the aceident r ext day, ent y to disc ever the bright deel roils. fair and straight and smeeth egain. As It:oer'h no trage.ty had ever haep •ne,t there. Making en- (etir•ies. she found out where the In- quest on the luckless w(.11121n tray to be held. and actually lead the dorin1' G• attend it. It was a tllrre ferniat 1•usiness: rind n jury w•li', reeeit ^cl their strait inetrue•- tione ficin the coroner well! ice view the testy. lie i•lettre' wa; g:ve•n which show(d !het this lady had been travel- ling. npr•arently nlone: that in death she held in her j rasp n sae. the cnn- lcnt-: of «-h::ch clearly totel•1::heal her identity. Net pet ers. and lint little memo. were diccevered cin the bed' it- eerlf; but in the hag was n sum cf ever two to►ndre l pnunle. No enc bed came female' to ide•ntfy the l-ily, end the trr,foitunete peeseng• r had rtnpnr- enlly no friend,. 'Their duty woe dear enceigh: they heti n:ere'v to 'k -c tar the 'mien (.f dealt. end to say wl:o fte elcnd Indy erne. aecerding to the evidence 11^ f,:re them. All n very cn'emn 1.115'11e«. w:th ene white -heel we'nan «'atching at the tack of the tittle Court and t'.n!!ini! fer the verd'e•t. And n envious feeling sterre1 in her breast when ahc tens selernnly pronounced as deed and done with. She wanted tet to sin eerla!n of the hus'nese that ' he lingered for another day n the little town, until it new mound of earth tend apreeare(1 in the little genet clime—In—aid. and the prior unknown governess had teen laird to re -t. Teen. sure of the feet that (The Varney wile: clone with, hitless :he :;ho'l•t rare, in Borne rerncte future. to resui rect herself, she returne::l to lion - den. There. e f course. a new difllcul!v presented itself. She had set to get into the life of I.uc•y Ewing; ewe she was an utter Mtrnneer !o her. In what capacity shnu'd she present herself lo this girl she had me seen; in whet nay coil she, en ui:kner: n sy)nenn, creep into the g ti's confiefenre. Olive Verney had hetet a certain rower. if only one eif fear; this stranger. who erence hail been Olive Varney. held no power at all. She had no thought of Var- ney. Her father hail known but tett• that. people during the lceier yerrs of his There was one thing to he (trine first; life. end all of them iibroad; that pis- she rneret view the future battle -ground. s belly might lee dis!nis,erd ret once'. The She fecund � her ti ny to (heisea. and to thing narrowed itself clown to this: that ('ieenways (inretens: she welched the Clive Varney was expected at a certain heeuse; and wat�'he d r artieulnr!y teem place, on n certain matter re tenp,►e- who came end nen?. She sow the beaus ftgiim e f 0.11,y aprwae al a win- tince—and that Olive Varney was stili dory or ewe, and !'Sl nt the lannd a 1h ng if which 1 may be called V !,- po-ed tri be rdcail. rend vet. was very nt last she enw the bright. neat doer: count is fore I cnn do r,nything. How much /dive. Truly a problem re(pu ring of n vexing girl conte erect. There could ntu-h better to love crept into her life scene nnxi(�ii end careful ee;ns:elefatien' to n•e rnistakc as to wh(ern she' was; jn 'e;tn tash'on—tt rmed my tray Into, Obyi(,usty nothing was to Lr, done that night. She turned into the brood grimly cniugh. Olive Varney swore to her confl Imre, j cr hnpis—acd se. have (; lie rself that she wield change Mal gained a pcew•er ever leer 1 don't hold w•-eel:l e iAenden. itemernhering her height leek. and lento that erect little now'' 1'e�; Id give Much to recall that sender purse Flee wondered a king way Lend in shame, in the time fo ce mc - letter.', !ekes, finding. in n me an little street. a if only sin could find the na}'. The er•c.al <Iiffle'i1'ty of e�iursr. was Fleet, ilig,'niled by the title c t "hotel" ; , find {, She rite Loll dill,e , the fewremaining ll,r,t 'he w-anteel n.oney. fn (1N14r to 1e('re, in a ort of euhieie. she tried to reins tau -t be hush:ended. until at 1cas1 carry out what her 1 ther had d(vised; `,osp. hearing nil nl►ciut her the sounds `.he knew what she• tear G, d(1. she je(`'!�nc1 that she hurl no thought for n,at!e by ether revel ers re li i -t. within remer l�ered that she stied—a stranger the futre. And all the money that 1(ri`'h of her. Ane, alt night 1"115 • e ,c, threuseh her erten seemed to sing the without n mime'-- in the greet world of was h • e teat In th hag a held 1 thes, ng that Olive Varney was de tui and I,onei(0. el which sire knew nothing; 'dead n. nisei .%+t r fe r a few shillingsshe re•rnembe•reet tint she hod a fur o, e In A twain purse .n he>r cl:et. she had that someone must take her place. \\'►10 h e 1 i cr the 1 and di ttii• t},at �ome'rene !n lee? to fu;fi., rind nrustc keep tx,r'sr lee nl:; nolhin�. Of e^o.rr I simple n She evoke in the morn nfi with that al lent until it was nee •mp l . h. 1. But set 'den went 1 Lave teen to go to the she diver cca,eel to watch the hear. e ; eutheirit ee. crfelein *•int hind henpe'nf 1. 'tt•estien still unanswered; the retried Phe never ceased to lc'•it her p.rains to end pmtr leer 'dentin: tent (li" was it with her into the .'.trr'etc. She pos. find «roe eased unit}' I:er getting into n rd on a simple er direct bust- si"c(l in her e.wn eyes and 1n Iter own d wide h.n ► tl►e house herself. net eilQ tt P thoughts n ne w• eiip oily, and yet n nett, it. An �, ecce. More than that, site was still t ecame Aware at leen in n dull way, grotein' in tier rnlnel ter some way to terror. Ee r s.h<•'x;is (land, find vet olive; s e Slee night jn.Ssing sotii one in the lint sr mein else was twatrl`:ns, it' meet. which Ode accident tlhl��tnrl►it. her; street --any eine of these bright, pretty It WAS seine time before . he n ti e,l and ns .Pt she hal no f Ibis oilier person: noel then she sew The n. a'1 in n moment. the latent 1-''rls hurrt•ing to work --who might I c t , t.ucy lin int►, with every re-nsen to fear that it was n little. Iliin, faded, frni, hone-ty (! the wcnrfut creme tri her her. end vet with ri tarot at rest tie'- lc1erking old Woman with n geode fere. rescue, and i -bowed her. cr .rented to rn;i�c Olive Verney wee (lead. Thal A frightened cid we men, who scurried !tM w her, what tel do. She had writ- th tight gave her Strengtth: that thought away nt once if , nnl•(ene COMP to Ree tern to this her,rwhose trey name was set ter upon the way . he had t�ce1 quite door, either going in r not; a snd old hateful to paying± that she byre dIscltcreJ yet. tvmmnn, who sine l: her head, and ter in London that cday• fend implying She never swerved for n montent in sighed. and seemed perplexed. Belt that she wont!) very Sc►ein mak(' her always she twatehMd O. 3 rrecmva r�' pmsene'e known; in Ih it threat, at least. her retlrpl(,s(�-- sort she i>nran t(1 sec' in thi. supposed death an advantage. Ger ten`, with Ihat half Erie hfened, ha;f- fehe won,d not tail. \Villicto n moment's Lucy Ewing would believe her dead— wistful expre cion ell her Ince. f -•t,at:cin, she rcterned to the stenion, wooed be lidded into a false security. At Met Olive mein, up her mind to feeenge firefly certain tint niter the re speak to her. \\'alp ne until it was rent cent'', on no one would remenl}eer There would be nnlh ng more to f. rt r: p'o' the 'hunt sent in that unfertunnte le•t- dark, she suddenly nfipr ached her and having,• seen her there. and cervices ns le, w hither the were recognized or act. ler would be a thing to Le jeered at, laid a strong hand en they tverile trcmle !` now tint the writer was (lead. }tut lino arta eat the old woman. Tho old she type:l t get in Lond• n if pxissil lt'; it sr,tneenc else took up the burden: if creature turned Ter gentle face ep lime enough nfterwnrdc to decide' in sernelne else took the place of the de::.i wards the younger w•utr,tn, end tried vied w, y she sh: u'(1 set right the nes- Oliva Varney, and stepped in and work- to get away. "Ikn't he frightened" said Olive Var- `ney. in her rnl►n. slow v(-•ic•'. "Why do v :t writ h this holtse?" "Wee, you ser. m• deer." said the cid w•e men. reassured a little. "I «ant to r.i inside." "\Vhy not do fro. then/ You hrive only to 1. nock nt the do -.r. sure'1v." "I can't cin that," sold the old we. man. l' irinn'nre In cry In a helpless way. "1•rn nfrn:el t' do that- -because 1 carry lee news. I've come hero to find n ycunet knew- ewe --a mere bov--who 11ves herr. Name ni T)avne." aha Willi on carred- 1:s', "ane! I'rn afraid In meet htm. 1 e toll never get tin eournr'' neeigh to look L:rn In the face, t:oor O.40 Consumption is less deadly than it used to be. Certain relief and usually complete recovery will result from the following treatment: Hope, rest, fresh alr, and—Scot!'', E,nulsion. ALL DRuooiOT• I SOo. AND 01.00. i Thirty -Eighth Annual Report TO JANUARY pet, i9oS, OF TU B Mutual Life of Canada AHEAD OFFICE, e WATERLOO, ONT. CASH ACCOUNT 1NCON:E. NET LEDGER ASSETS, December 31st, 1906 .... .... •• , .$ 0,890,477.70 PREMIUMS: First year ....$ 230.6:46.63 Renewals .... .... .. 1,519,322.77 Annuity .... .... ... 3,450.00 Less Re -assurance 61,753,409.43 20,367.52 INTEREST.... .... .... .... ... . Pi10FIIT AZ'JD LOSS .... .... .... 1,733,441.88 509,240.02 1,266.25 512,134,047.85 DISBURSEMENT TO POLICYHOLDERS: Death Claims ..5317,776.50 Matured Endowments . 178,785.00 Surrendered Policies .. 92.138.66 Surplus .... 80,805.19 Annuities .... • • 10,714.93 5 68o,tL0.50 EXPENSES, TAXES, ETC .. . .... 883,961.33 BALANCE NET LEDGER ASSETS, December 31st, 1907 .... ...... 11,069,846.22 519,134,047.83 BALANCE SHEET 'ASSETS. LIABTLITICS. Mortgages .......... 55,756,070.85 Recrve, 4p.c., 8%p.e. and 3p.c. Debentures and Bonds .... .... .. 3,593,965.84 standard .... .... .. ..$10,1119,563.1 18 Loans on Policies 1,410,130.87 Reserve on lapsed policies on which Premium Obligations .... 22,534.21 surrender values are claimable. 4,171.22 Real Estate (Company s Head Office) 80.875.79 Death Claims unadjusted .... ...... 39,350.00 Cash In Banks .... .... 280,494.29 Present value of death claims pay- Cesh at Head Office . • • . . • • • 1.505.19 able in instalments 88,506.93 Due and deferred premiums, (net)319,277.97 Matured Endowments, unadjusted • 1,693.45 interest due and accrued .... 241,554.91 Premiums paid in advance .... .... 12,737.18 Due for medical fees and sundry accounts .... .... .... .. 10,936.75 Credit Ledger Balances .... .... .. 25,736.88 Surplu.s, December 31st, 1907 1,503,719.68 (Surplus on Government Standard of Valuation 51,897,858.28.) 611,656,409.92 Aud!!cd and found correct. ry J. M. SCULLY, F.C.A., Auditor Managleig Director. Waterloo, January 29th, 1906. 611,656,409.92 CEO. W EO ENAST, New Busing's written (gain over 1906, $1,577,835) - SST,08I,402 Insurance in force (gain over 1906, $4,1791440) • ' $51,091,148 Surplus (gain over 1906, S300,341) - - - - - 1111,603,719 -Booklets containing full report of the Annual Report, held March 5th 1908, aro belay published and will be distributed among Policyholders l■ due course. 'GREATER NEW YORit GEtY "\V11at is your name?" asked ()eye, lc:.king steadily into the wavering eyes Le:nenth her own. "'They call me Aunt Phipps," Fuld the little old woman, with a ankh'. "cmc with nee." said Olive, quickly. '•t think I can help you; I think 1 cnn sheew you a way. For 1 want t, get trite that house myself --and len afraid, too." (To be Continued. PAINTS IN A TRANCE. Swiss Girl Produces Wonderful Picture In hypnotic Stater. Several mcd:cal experts from differ- ent countries have bren invited by a doctor at Genova to make n spr'cial siudy cit a Stvlss maiden, Frotitein Smartt. who, allheugh totally unedu- cated in art matters, produces oil pnint- ings while in a hypnotic state, blend- ing the tints In a wonderful manner. The girl has never received dna Sig k• -sits. sho has never `ern any real peiintings except the fete that relent the walls of her village church, and, m.ercever. she Ls coker blind, being un - tibia In her normal Efate to distinguish clearly between Hue enol green and violet or any of the shades of red. es are expxriment. the dec!cer, finding She WAS an excellent hypnotic subject, put Ler under the influence end ceimm end- ed her to .^.rate a picture, one of those In tier vil'age church. Quickly and elnv st perfectly; she drew a head of the \tndnnnn. The do- ter provided her with some colors and ordered her to color the drawing. 'It1is she did correctly. Under the hypnotic influence Fratilein Srnitch en !mother tteas!cen WAS ordered to pen.nt n !erre picture, evhlch inductee many flgrires. in the presence of n number of artiste brought together specially to tvntch her. She handled the peale'te nnd mixed the colors as if to the manner Porn. NOT A FiNAeNt:1A1• Sl'Crl'SS. Mrs. Munro wns reading items of in- terest from the weekly paper. end mak- ine frequent eeeternnlicens e.f surprise o; p'e•ssnre or dismay. "\\'hv. Edn•ar.1, listen to (his!" she cried. "Here's a man who makes a terseness of Inking new tables and ellAiT'R and treating them in some wry so they 14 ck as if they were a hundred years old. "And lee' makes n greet deal of mon- ey by 1t.' she itl1.-i. reading en. "f)oee he indeed?" sAid Mr. Munro. "Well, !'•I trust cur Tommy to ntnke n new table look as 1f it were a andel den', more then rt hundred years edit. telt 1 hadn't tltitight of it as n payin r business." --7•--- •-- 0ne• to it creat while you rniw't a verve Tette th'nkk or!g'nal thoughts. lie- "Woman to n delusion." She- - "''e.= ►nein Ic always hugg ng aetnte de- ILskrn or td1b:r1' n40.i,4441•{0440*0401144ling which nifty ell the entire space be- taeen they jaws. A very characteristic symptom of a distemper swelling be - Th twceen tial jaws is its steady and quick t rcaleng down irate puss and ferning air uhee ess. Seabee extends rens the \\'te r eat r i from 1 n the d eHrtn nose to the threat tate Loose carries has head forw::re with elevation of the nose, there is a swe•11ing of the iheoat 15"114445'side to side and deanwerd, with 1)1STE\ff'E1l Olt S'Ti1ANGI.F:S. Fitt nnensy movement of the jaws, slob- bering. x difficulty in swatl..w.ng, and Distemeer, or strangleo is an eine- a returning of food through the nose. l.►tts 414:ea': of horss, ;'`Ws 211111 ntu'e,. The swelling of the throat may be- u=u:elly nututlesttd by :.11 inflaininatian c•cerne so serious as to threaten sufTio- c1 the upper air Passat;• , all 1 adjacent cation by interfering with the breath - lymph glands. Io pt. Ahsre s t s tytrlch teerm nn the in add,tien to the germci'u.s ng the , (!cs of etre ihrr,at usually break and disease there are many accessory -flus discharge on the surface of the neck. es which lay the system of"'n to at- Ire all cases the patients have a rough, tack; for inelan'e" young horeee be- stsring coat. a general sick appear- ttyrrii two and fire ears old are more fillet\ and refuse fcexl rend water. The pied speesed to the disease than older Lowe's may become constipated` and Lollies. although the (Tw'e'e may up- the urine highly colored. The n:lld pear at any age. Dentition, which is c•nses cf dietcmper ',rustically ail re- arfive in the early years of a heree, in- c<,ver, while the cemplicatc 1 cries, with duces congestion stout the heed end cxtensien of abscesse+ in the threaten cruises general con,li'utional disturb- are eery likely to end falsity. enc. vii.eeh makes the system mere \\'hen (&stomper appears itt a loeal- r• eeptive te the dieee-e. The training 11)', all strange horses :belied Le ex- cl. young horses pr(•deeposes Ihern to eluclod from the barns in which the the disease, as the ti: st experience of disense has not occurred. Do not al - the het, impure. infecte;l ole of the tow eating, susceptible horses in public stntele, the excitement, and perspiration stables (:r yards. nor to come in eon - attendant on tine flet hendling. all trick with litter front them, nor allow reentribute to a temperer). lees of re- sistance to the d sen -e. Fatigue /toit chill. like either weakening; ceonditions, lay the system npien to an attack. The infecting material is found in the ab- sres es and all glandular stwelling-'s in any erupt:one c.n the skin, and in the de -charges hargcs (horn the nose. Infected soil herb es the germs noel adluws thein to multiply. ire the majority of nii:et cages the le,e nl e3 mp!oru.s are (emu! on the mu- ce,us membrane (,t the nose and tnrlti, and the lymph glands eettt•een the jaws. The animals usually have cline fever. there nppcat.s a relives and eaten a mottled npfie 1ranec e f the mucous mem- brane of the nose, which may extend to the notrtti end eves. The mouth appears !tot and dry. and there is nn uneasy nn,t•cmrnt ref the j:cws. The nose, nt 'first, is very dry. rind son becomes the seat of rt watery dischorge, later 1 eeoming cloudy. one the runlcri- al sticky. and finally a thick pus f rens. 'I'Pis pus may 1 (' colored a dirty white from inhalNI dust, a brownish or yen lnw•ish color from exuded blood, and n ffrcenish tint frern feed ?nate els mixed with i1. The desrherge Le very ahu►ldnnt in young he res centime from en- or loth r.ostrils. The pal ent sneez- es frequently on account of the irrita- tien in the nose. ‘‘ UERE TILE POI.ICEA1101 MAIM iIiIO F0111 UNE& Iticb Ex-Otliccra .Who .Diaw Dirge Sums In Entry Year. \\'e have ah a).s asocial".the man in btu,' wall a (eriaut amount . f tncd• c'.t co:t:f' rM, but si's to ve never pl, - Iterc(1 !time rutl.:t►g nt:oule6e<-r� w:ih the wealthy ones of tee earth ca terms -i t 1.erf( t equality. A :.I4 c'al iralttiry, lately c:nduc'ed by th.' (:tty cit Ncw Pori:, has establidhe'a the fact that the pens on fund shows a deft:it cf $e00,- 000. and the cause sf it s ,aid to be that sante plollce per.s;4,n.'rs who are quite wealthy still draw their !k'ns.on. Inquiry has shown th s to la' accurate. Take the case of the supe rint• nd1'nt pensieTners. Among the:n we find Mr. William Murree, wile for over fifteen ears has been drawing • pensi_,n of 1:3,000 yearly. He Ls leyond the need of a trifle of $3,000 annually, tecau e be is eei:mated t•a lie sv.:rth Se:A.(00. The famous chief of police. Thomas Byrnes, the erstwhile let. - r el es ::doers in the notorious Tenderloin district, has been drawing 53,000 for the last eleven years. yet he is saki to be easily worth 81.0t 0,000. Thore is a borough In Greeter New York, known as the flnonx, where the lucky owners of house property nre rapidly growing amazingly rich ey rea- son of high -rented houses which are never empty. Amongst these J r,..pert . owners is 4'x -Police -Captain tames K. Price, who, in spite of hes wealth, never neisses putting in an appearance on pension day for his quarterly share e f his $1.750 pension. Sometimes he is beaten In punetualitj by •x -Inspector Nicholas 13r-:oks, who is SAiD TO 13E \'ERY WEAi.T}HY, cr by ex -Inspector Walter S. Thomp- son, who hae so much atony that he could not tell you within $20,000 or to hew much he Is really worth. To those initiated into the inner his- tory of New York, this pension -reel! Is a revelation. \\'e find a than who cnce drew a modest $15 a week salary. hut who was prom:.teed. drawing 52.500 year- ly for his former police serve"e s. Hey ;i the proprietor of a danring-ha?t, of three saleiens. and innumerable ven- ture whose high profits depend, it is sei(1, aerie the <llirirr? elindriess tho New York police. Another rich I ensic,ne r mreleeR n very handeome ireeeno out cf the "pool" - rooms in and ale' ut Sixth Avenue. One particular omen. feertnerly in the police, is now a nderiv<-rine; to live on hie pen - Ken, having lest "barrels" of me,ne'y in ee'all Street epecuitttien. But when Ito retired from the force with the rank of cuptatn he was said to bo \VOR'TI1 CLOSE ON $1.000.000. Rut the average New Ye,rk pensioner has done so well during his ler ni in the police that his "savings ' cnn run factories, saloons. dance -halts. end ex- cursion are ucies. It is remarkable, however. that the peneiene'rs who have the highest reputation ter brascry are rot ani .rig the millionaire or weaittrs" class. \fair. ha; Gorman. who Inas a s of ais os i.ds of gal- lantrynre in s wtncding hfie;r JohihntkJ. \it.Keitna and Patrick 0 Keefe, w-I►o (ire w pen - Merle of over 425 a week because they were elicit through the e•ycs and leer- rnaiter►1!y blinded by burglars, nerd one er two others whose leravcry was so rnarl:eel a feature of their service, made little or no money before they were c. tnpulsorl!y retired through their 10- juriee. The minor items of this tautens pen- sion Het are equally interesting. \Ve learn that there are 2,415 former rounds - men, patrolmen, tnatre.ns, tired door- men, ALL n11AV, IN,; VARIOUS St'MS between $300 and $750 per year. There are 203 sergeants drawing $I.11(t0 en. tt; feurtccn ti►uieectors receiving from 51,- 75(' to 53,000 per year, end .:sty -eight captains who receive $1.37(1 dearly. Neth;ng better shotea the exiruordin- nry character of the men a�soeiatcd with the government of Nevtfork City then the following slery. A Winn form- erly connected with the pollee, who is now one of the keeling politicians . t the city, goes le the jails on Ll►risttnns Eve end Ncw Years pee, Tine Lail, them near put•lic drinking troughs . r hundreds 01 men who arc awaiting their Luckets used in common. Do not use treat. in ( rder that they should epend forks or other imiele•tnent.e, which hove Christmas or New Vent's nay with their been used stout infected stebles to farnil'e's. in cine case he peed $2,000 handle fodder for susceptible animate. hail te1r it man he had never teen 1. for(. Never a1E .w t' roes to drink miming telling hien to go home and in fultir'e, 0+1 n'•lh:ng which would cast (ten the stridew• of disgrace on his fondly. And this tenetolent man, it is rdlegte'l, dt aws 650.000 a year blackmail from the pool -rooms and other place's, which, Menke to his p:rot' (lion, given with the c<,rni);city of the police, tire enabled to (lef) the law. scoter that has drains•:I land. stables or yards. where strange horses harry teen cr those open to suspicken. All car.; or public conveyances should be disiefe, feel before horses toe leaded. i)o not use hnrnc's, blankets, curry - ceent,s rind brushes which have been near infected nnirnuis, on healthy or Stis'eplible one,. The mild rases usually rccever with - cut much treatment. ; 11 tient is nee- ess pry is good nursing, cicanl.ness, dry stnil�. :euro air. n nrrnlh. nourishing and cosily -dire -led toed 'grass, green cern- stn1ks. eran mashes. mole. npplee. po- 'e keS, e:tsiinge. scalded hay e r eats). pare water. linefeed tea- gro ominre and tit cold weather blanketing. When the patient is ronvaleseing. ce er- exere'iseig nn.l chilling is to bee ttvod:l- ed. Neetrish!ng food and pure water are necessnry and n re:nre' of timers IN often benofii•irtl. The bowels may lee kept loose by g ving half a pint of raw linscr,1 ell per day In bran. and n handful e f buchu leaves once daily g,ve's a fret, action of the kidneys. Early in the attack ' f the (tsonSe a stve'!ling i4 noticed in 'he span© between the 1. w•'r j•'sv . At first this swelling DOC' Ol;N". i.; confined to the gloncds formtng (iLs- Ltwt, rt un4M. herd swell nga. The 'i! is the riming 4f fest) dec- a�e• early rnyerlid by a spreneltng+ cf tertn.. \Virile?" risked the Sunday school flats :-Wt!:1:11g pmt.) the surrmrndtng parts teacher. which completely obscures the term "it's tvhe,n a do',tei^ g!vot tin carer::! of the swollen glands. giving a more stuff to a slcl( mart," repl1ed rho lar!:o or less unitornrly rounded pasty awe'. I know. 4, -- PIN -POINTS. •e. n \\'e ought to pity the young man who thinks he knews everything. Where ignorance is bliss folly is usn- a'ly nlue. h more e‹.mrnon than w•isik m, The Mall tytio is to be trusted is ustt- aliy in dent to a good many other men. we should never guess hots clever some people aro unless they told us the mselvee, '1't:o;e people who never forge' n unkind w red d- n't ne ed such a ti c 1(.us memory. after all. A girl seldom takes life ser;or;Plj un - !.t she: has int with et least ene crier c f unrequ!tled kn'c. When a woman wants to (melee* her bust and's fault, Stec tells her friends lie, is bre n'l-tntrieied. t many j,e!e plt seem to think they have deft. their duty by n ire r:J .n tr(eub11' when they !vivo 1014 1,.r11 nil to worry. averse~' size (t Austral:net cheep rrtrns IR 3(.•11(e11 while Acre, ruts SU South Ate.es Beet:►' set.} ;,.;,O i,..t(e.