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CHAPTER XXVIII.—(Cout'd.)
Ain Cantrelle was greatly dis-
p1easexi ; all her sympathy was Ra-
gweed. The Chantrelles were
peer. Both brother and sister
wore well -favored; each looked to
marriage as a. little boat in which
the storm of life might be weath-
ered.
They inclined to the belief that.
Percy was a favorite with Mrs.
filoton-Carr. Now that she was a
widow there was hope, a very
strong hope too. in their hearts
that she might be induced to change
her name to Chantrello.
As a matter of fact, they were
touring to England for the. very
purpose of trying to induce her
to do eo ; the Seton -Carr bank bal-
ance serving as the lodestone.
They had imagined her loft fair-
ly wall -to-do, but when they saw
In the newspapers the amount her
hesbar•:1's estate was sworn under
their breaths were taken away!
They promptly packed and set out
for England, home and beauty—
meeting me! He did not suoceed t The inaudible feet of Time con -
in my vaso, though (not, because tinued their never-ending progress.
of you, my darling Mab, because It, was not a period in which Mrs.
I had not, heard ut your engage- Seton -Carr was at ease; the
moot to hila then) but I do nut like amount of ,pationce in which she
a man who snakes lave to every pussassed her soul could have been
wonian he meets, whore you run easily balanced on a needle point.
across in odd ports of the boat en- The steamer bringing the quer-
grosse d in conversation with s one tette reaclxxl England. Tho four
pretty girl, generally a diffore_lt passengers kept together; travel -
ono each time. But there, I must led down to Wivernsea in the same
not say anything against hien, or carriage. Iteached it early in
you will never forgive too. Bo- Christmas woek.
sides, if you don't mind it, what Dick's reluctance to allow Mas -
does it matter? Of courso, there's tors to go to his old lodgings was
no real harm in what he does — manifest. There were many spare
don't think 1 want, to insinuate rooms at Ivy Cottage, he said, so
why not go there? In his opinion
it was simply idotio to pig in at
digs. But, Masters had ideas of
his own ; at that, mon►eat they did
not fit in with his friend's.
(To be continued.)
that,it. is the last thing I mean—
asthe girls utast know ho is only
standing --probably of his own flirting; perhaps his heart is with
creation—which ho counts on being you all the tune. How beautiful
able to wipe away.But he hes,it must be to have such faith as
never stayed thor; we havo. Hoyours—I am afraid I'm not, gifted
goes year after year to rooms in that way. You must bo very fond
the place ; he'll put up at the saute of him if all he says is true: that
rooms again." you dote on the ground ho walks
"Think so V, on, etc., etc., etc. Asked if the
"Ain certain of it. I can read marriage day had been fixed, ho
the man as easily—well, as easily replied that that only rested with
himself! Fancy that ! Aren't the
as his books are read."
"Yes, he's read. A popular rirn growing dreadfully cheeky l
writer like that must bo earning
brother has asked us to come
pots of money in royalties. Might down to Wivornsea for Christmas.
I never saw a man grow so awful
-
be worth setting your cap at,
ly white aa Percy did when he
Amy."
He lcoked at his sister critically. He of your forthcoming fnarri-
Sho was a handsome girl. Tho age to Mr. Masters. Till then I
face a trifle hard, perhaps, but had no idea that he—but there,
not every man goes in for melting that would be telling tales out of
beauty; some look for character—
so thought her brother.
Bitter laughter shaped on her
lips at. her brother's suggestion;
a woman over takes defeat badly;
slio replied—
"I ant not his sort; I am not
nct forgetting tho aforesaid credit the kind of woman he writes
t . about! He can dissect me, pro -
TheyeJ�.
Tkey were greatly disturbed by bably has done so, as easily as you
what they heard on the boat : when can carve a pigeon. Besides, he's
Di:k told of the position Masters dead gone o.n Mabel."
was hoping to fill. The disturbance "Curse him !"
rapidly shaped into indignation; "By all means. But whatever
they looked on it as an endeavor you do, don't fear him. Outward -
to take the bread from out their ly he is as cold as ice; inside there
mn.tt`is. The pleasant voyage they is a raging volcano. Women don't
heel Ito!iod forward to was not hanker after that kind of love,
without its unpleasant moments. if there's anything more outwardly
"Never mind, Percy." Tho oho tempestuous: like yourself. They
ter speaking to her brother one aro aptto judge of the surface.
day.
"Given a clear field you
ou will "Thanks!"
go
in and win yot." "011! It,'e true; we don't want
"Tho clearness of the field is—" to mince words. That's where the
"Leave that to mo; I'll make it average woman makes a fool of
my business to see that you have Herself ; where your chance comes
a clear field." in. Masters is worth fifty of you,
The brother shook his head as but there are no scales to balance
he responded gloomily— or register values of that kind."
"Easier said than done, I fancy, "Thanks again!"
his. I'rn not overbrimming with "Oh, we know it, you and I. We
hope." can speak to each other without
"There is no need -for despond- putting foot, on the soft pedal. He
•ency. We will arrange to go to
llVivernsea. right. off. That young
fool Di: k is finger -twistable: I
can make him de anything."
The brother needed more than
mare words to convince him; ob-
'served sneeringly—
"Exeept propose marriage to
you:"
An ugly light came into 1►er
;oyes. His shaft had gone in up
to the feather; she spoke bitter-
_ t
"Yes. Ile is not of the impres-
si enable kind. I don't suppose
any we nt:in will over get him."
"(kids on that, Amy, if you fail
to bring hiin up to the scratch."
"But I can make him arrange
'for us to visit there. His sister
thinks everything of him. . . Mas-
ters won't go there."
"Don't be so sure of that."
"I are. He is one of those thin-
skinned sensitive sort of beasts
"I have taken Scott's
Emulsion for six weeks
and have found it a won-
derful remedy. Before I
took the Emulsion i had no
appetite ; was weak ; had
lost nearly fifty pounds of
flesh, and now I eat well
and an gaining every day.
1 find Scott's Emulsion to
be very easily digested and
a good food for all weak
people." --FLORENCE
MEEKER, No. 1 Myrtle
Avenue, Bridgeton, N. J.
This k only one of thousands of
ca,ea sshere
Scott's
Emulsion
has given an appetite. 1:'3 so
easily digested that it doesn't tax
the digestive organs and they rest;
yet the body is wonderfully hour.
'_shed and built up. The digestion
is improved—then ordinary food
is sufficient,
Growing boys and girls, who need
so much food to keep them well
and strong, and also growing,
should be given a bottle of Scui1't
1' IuIstoN every few weeks. It
does wonders for them. it pre-
vents their getting run down and
spindly. Nothing docs them so
much good.
ALT, DRUG111sT11
Let as sen4 -en same learn end liom
turf; on thea cubtect A Port Cart al'i• a
rout sd.frt . sod the ',moo( this taper,
1 e.dactent.
eco: -T * ItOWNE
126 welleniton St.. W. Torrents
FEDERAL. LIFE PROGIRESS.
Financial Statement for Past Year
Pre-Pisin(mily Satisfactory.
Policy -holders and shareholders
of the Federal Life Assurance Co.
must be highly gratified with the
twenty-soventh annual financial
statement of the directors, which
appears in another column. Tho
progress it has made during the
past year clearly reveals that
Canadians appreciate home corn -
school. We aro coining to sl,ond i panics that are wisely managed, in
Christmas, unless, dear Mabel, !preference to thoso operating
you would rather wo did not. If wider foreign charters.
for that or any other reason you This company offers policy -hold -
would rather we did not comp just ors ample securityand pays the
now, wire to us, cart of Charing; liberal bonuses ore
the maturity of
Cross cloak room, when you get. their policies.
this. We shall quite understand During the past year income and
that it is not convenient just now. assets show ahealthy increase.
You know what a dear, impulsive The latter now stand at $3,314,-
boy Dick is ; he absolutely insists 856.65, an increase of $1314,383.31,
on our coining; says yon will bo exclusive of guarantee capital.
really pleased to see us. I do hope Tho security for policy -holders,
so, darling. I havo a recollection including guarantee capital, now
of many, many happy days spent stands at the high figure of $.1, -
with you. 184,856.65, whilst the liabilities for
With all my love, reserves and all outstanding claims
Believe mo, dearest Mabel, is $3,045,786.00, showing the hand -
Your over true friend, some surplus of $1,140,070.65, ex -
As she folded the letter anAMd diY-
. elusive of uncalled capital.
rected its envelope she muttered—
• "I think this puts a spoke in ON THE FREE LIST.
Prince Charlie's wheel! If I know —_
anything of Mabel's pride, this 'Smuggler Suffered Agonies Passing
won't unsure open arms and the Nondutable Goods.
warmest of welcomes for him."
She hesitated a mornent, then Customs officials at an east port
laughed ; continued— 'of England are discussing with
"There is no scrap of fear of my much amusement the smuggling ad -
letter ever being produced. Her venture of a woman.
pride would not allow her to do The woman was returning to
that, and she over runs with it." England from one of tlio Swiss
'Winter resorts, where she had
bought a parcel of valuable lace.
This, if conveyed to London with
no further outlay, represented a
Treat bargain. She calculated that
if she packed it in her trunk the
chances of escaping detection were
extremely small, so before leaving
France she swathed herself about
the waist with the embroidery and
embarked in the steamer, feeling
decidedly uncomfortable, and
trusting fervently that. the passage
would be made inside seliedulod
time.
The present popular style of
dress, however, does not readily
lend itself to these conditions of
transport. The initial discomfort
had grown into positive pain bo -
/ore the vessel got under way. Tho
wonian found the torture unendur-
able except when maintaining an
upright posture. To make matters
'corse the vessel ran into a fog,
which necessitated steaming at half
spd
Iteew.as the revel se of comforting
'to overbear the conversation of
two fellow-pass^nbers, one of whom
was affirming from experience that
Ithe penalty in a detected case of
smuggling was three times the
value and duty relating to the
goads. Visions of departing pin -
'money rose bcfoto her eyes, and
she paced the deck a bundle of
mental agony.
How she ultimately disembarked
and satisfied the revenue challenge
oho scarcely knows, hut when sho
reached her hotel and had divest-
ed herself of her spoils sho was in
a state bordering on collapse. But
success was hers. She had run the
Customs' gauntlet, and the excit-
ing details promised to combine
in a thrilling story for the delec-
tation of her friends.
Only once was the story unfold-
ed as stirring drama. It was trans-
ifsomod into roaring comedy when
n
a member of her first audience
tendered the information that Eng-
land has levied no duty on lues for
about half a century.
has a nature which would make Amy Chantrello was a clever wo-
man; stick to a woman till, lit.erally, nian , that fact has been recorded.
death did them part. Yours is of ! iln addition to knowing what to
the type which would prompb say and how to say it., she correct -
thoughts off a separation the me -1 1Y foresaw just the effect it. would
produce. Her study of womankind
was a very close one.
The letter sent to Wivernsea car-
ried all its intended evil. The de-
scent of a bombshell could not
have had a more disturbing effect.
After perusal of it, Mrs. Seton -
Carr was simply furious. Amy
had not relied on the widow's pride
in vain. Moreover, her belief in
the proverb was justified: throw
enough mud, some of it. sticks.
The letter was read over and
ore regain. Each time an effort
was made to disbelieve its contents,
each time the bad impression be-
came sleeper ; that there is no
smoke without, fire.
Laughter would have resulted at
the impertinence of Masters' con -
mons the woman's bank balance
ran out."
"And you?"
He could not resist the sneer;
she had fingered a sore place. But
he slid not, hurt her this timo; sho
owned up at once—
"Cast, in the samo mould! I did
not mean blame to you. My own
glass -house prevents stone -throw-
ing. I was merely stating facts;
1 would not have them otherwise.
Men like Masters aro profitless in
this world. When virtue is its own
reward, the reward is usually too
small to bo eeen with the naked
eye. I have a distinct preference
for qualifications which are other-
wise,"
Percy smiled. \Vas full of admire
ati.,n points for his sister. Sho duct, as detailed in the letter, if
was the stronger of the two; he sho had not cared for the man.
ever recognized that; she continu- That was the weak point.
ed bitterly— Not. a day passel without her
"Virtue is all very well for wo- thoughts being full of hien. Tho let -
man ; it slay servo her purpose. ter came as a blow ; a blow of tho
For a man it is a useless luxury." severely hurting sort. Wounded
,�,�ti non -possession of it pride is hard of healing; there is
made hint smile again; she went generally some poison in the
on— wound; it is apt. to spread too, and
"As you don't seemed inclined endanger the hurt.
to take the initiative I shall do so By the same mail which brought
myself. Before we reach Wivern- the Chantrelle episode sho receiv-
sea. Mabel will have received a let- ed a letter from her brother Dick.
ter from Inc. I am going to write It told her that he was coming
it ready to post at the first port do'w'n to \Vivernsea t.(► mend his
we touch. It will go by the over- Christmas; that Prince Charlie
land route." was coining too.
It did. Apirtfrom the pleasure of re-
ceiving a letter from him written
CHAPTEit XXIX. with an unshaking hand and the
natural joy sho felt at his buoyant.
The composition of the letter to style of writing, what ho said was
Wivernsea needed all the powers a big annoyance to her.
Miss Chant relic could bring to bear His letter exuded praise of Mas -
upon it. They were in no way of tors in every sentence. It was
e
a mean order.
easy to read between tho lines that
She did not, however, grudge he looked upon himself as that
time or labor ; the expenditure was gentleman's future brother-in-law.
in a good cause: Percy had been This to Mrs. Seton -Carr could only
on the mat rinlon al stocks too long; fit as a confirmation of her friend
his was the kind of beauty which
age withered rather than ripened.
A little sigh of content escaped
her when, at last, she had finished
writing. Lenning back in her
chair, the end of the penholder be-
tween her lips, she read—
My Dearest Mab, --Isn't it a tiny
little world 1 Just fancy—my bro-
ther and I aro coming back to
England on the same boat your bro-
ther is travelling by! Dear old
Dick' lie looks so strong and well;
better, 1 think, than I have, ever
sten him look. With him is Mr.
Masters—oh, of course, I ought to
congratulate you, oughtn't I1 —
but I will leave that till I see you.
it is a good job you are not of a
jealous disposition, Mab, or I am
afraid there would be a rough time
ahead fer you: : qtr. Masters is
such a dreadful flirt! Ile has been
meet popular ssith all the ladies
on board. and made violent leve
to me within twenty-four hours of
Amy's letter.
Pride and a readily aroused tem-
per usually battle together with
conspicuous success. Mabel worked
herself up to such a pitch of ex-
citement that she positively cried.
To think that this man—she knew
in her heart of hearts that. she
loved him—should have the effron-
tery to talk of her so!
Was it to be nothing but insult
from him 1 Could she not—was it
net possible to—pay him hack
somehow 1 What had she done
that lie should single her out for
annoyance. Whatever it might be,
when was she to feel herself free
from his cowardly attacks?
If only he were open about the
!natter; but he was not. Then
came remembrance of the time of
Gracie's convalescence; how he had
ever treated tier with uniform
courtesy. She remembered, and
sighed. The crown of sorrow is the
remembrance of happier days.
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THE SHAH'S JEWELS.
It is no small wonder that the
Shah of Persia guards his gems so
jealously, for they are absolutely
unique. His greatest treasure is
a sword whose hilt and scabbard
are encrusted with diamonds of
marvellous size and brilliancy
worth $1,500,000. The in►perial
crown contains a ruby which is re-
garded as the finest in the world.
Such a ono could not be bought
for 8750,000. There are in the vaults
the girdle of state (which is heavily
inlaid with diamonds and emer-
alds) and an immense silver vase
thickly overlaid with pearls and
turquoises. A remarkable object is
a terrestrial glebe with the land
w,erked in ennmel and jewels; the
rivers are made of diamonds, the
lakes of turquoises, and tho moun-
tains are raice•d a )d contoured in
beautiful gold t k.
How to Speculate
Money is made by getting in on the ground floor in all
mining propositions. An investor putting up his money to
develop a new claim is the person who is entitle to the first
profits. The first. profits on all good mining deals aro enormous.
The Crown Reserve Mining Company was composed of
thirty shares of $1,000 cads. When the property had been
sufficiently developed to warrant its being turned into a
Company, each syndicate shareholder received 30.003 shares
of stock in the Cofnpary, for each 81,000 ho had paid in.
Each abate of these 30,000 shares is to -day selling at 432•80.
The Terniskarning d; Hodson Bay Mining Company's
shares were sold at 25e. each. To -day thoy aro selling at
$3.00 per share and have paid over 12,500; in dividends.
The (tight of Way Mining Company's shares were sold at
15c. and aro to -day selling at $4 per share.
These results are obtained by taking tho first chance. If
the property in which you are interested turns out good,
you make a fortune, if not, you have a limited loss.
Wo are organizing a syndicate to opera.o three claims iu
Cow Gr -da, tho richest silver section ever discovered.
These claims, wo think, will turn out, well and should show
enormous profits to the syndicate members. Tho syndi:•ato
will be for $50,000, divided into 100 shares of $500 each. These
shares aro payable $100 cash and four further payments of
$100 per mouth. Of this $40,000 will bo paid for the pro-
perties and $10,000 providod for working capital. If de-
velopmcn: work warrants the formation of a Company, a
Company will be farmed with 52,000,000 capitalization, and
each share in the syndicate will bo entitled to 15,000 shares
of stock in the Company, and tho remaining 500,000 shares
will be left in the Treasury for future developments. Syn-
dicate shares aro going fast. Write us at once.
Wo strongly recommend the above as a good speculation.
Make all cheques payable to
PATRiARCHE & COMPANY,
BROKERS,
Standard Stook Exchange Bulldtng, Toronto, Can.
he 'eeral Life
Assurace Co.
al Canada.
Twenty=seventh Annual Statement
DIRECTORS' REPORT
The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Federal Life
Assurance Company of Canada was held at the Company's Homo Office to Hamid.
ton, Tuesday, 16th February, 1909, at 2 p.m.. Lir. David Dexter in the chair. Dir. W.
II. Davis, Acting Secretary.
The Annual Report, as follows, was read and adopted, on motion of the Prcel•
dent. 31r. Dexter, seconded by Vice -President Lieut -Col Kerns:
Your Directors hive the honor to present the Report and Financial btatem(nt
of the Company for the year which closed 31st December, 1909, duly vouched for
by rho Auditors.
The new businesa of the year coueistod of two thousand six hundred and thirty-
one applications for insurance, segregating 63,713.609.36. of which two thousand four
hundred and twenty-three applications for 63,377323.33 were accepted.
As in previous years, the income of the Company showed a gratifying increase.
and the assets of the Company have Increased by 8314.383.91, and have now reached
83,314,856.65, exclusive of guarantee capital.
The security for Policy -holders, including guarantee capital. amounted at the
close of the year to 84,164,854.65, and tho liabilities for reserves and all outstand-
ing claims, 83,045,786.00; ehowing a surplus of 81.140,070.65. Exclusive of uncalled
guarantee capital, the surplus to Policy -holders was 670,070.65.
Policies on ninety-seven lives became claims through +:oath, to the amount. of
8162,100.56.
Including Cash Dividends and Dividends applied to the reduction of premiums,
with annuities, the total payment to Policy -holders amounted to 8_03,713.25.
Careful attention has been given to the investment of the Company's funds in
first -clava bonds. mortgage securities, and Tonne on the Company's policies amply
secured by reserves. Our investments have yielded a very satisfactory rate of
interest.
Expenses have been confined to a renaonablo limit, consistent with due efforts
tor new business. The results of the year indicate n mostgratifying progress. Com-
pared with the preceding year, the figures submitted by the Directors for your
approval show an advance of nearly ten and one-half per cent. in assets..
The assurancea carried by the Company now amount to V0,1E6,400.61. upon which
the Company holds reserves to the full amount required by law, and, In addition
thereto, a considerable surplus.
You are to bo congratulated on the fnct that the surplus over Capital and all
Liabilities increased 8`.6,151.65, or nearly seventy per cent, during the past year.
The field officers and agents of the Company ere intelligent and loyal, and nee
entitled to much credit for their able representation of the Company's interests.
The members of the oMce staff have also proved faithful to the Company's service.
Your Directors are pleased to be able to state that the business of the Com.
pony for the past two mouth of the current year has been of a iao:.t satisfactory
character, and that the outlook for the future is most encouraging.
DAVID DEXTER, President and Managing Director.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To the President and Dirsotors of tho Federal Assurance Companyi
Dantlamans Wo have carefully audited the ho,•lcs and rrcerds of your Com.
pony for tho year ending 31st December last, and have certified to their accuracy.
Tho Cash and Journal Vouchers have boon closely examined and egrce with tho
settles recorded.
The Debentures, Mends. etc., In the possession of the Company have Leen In.
spotted, while those deposited with the Ooverrment or Banka halo been verified
by certificate, the total agreeing with the amounts as shown in the •l4tatement of
Assets.
The accompanying Statements, vis., Revenue sled Expenditure, Assets and Llabl.
titles, show tho result of tho year's operations and also the financial position of
the Coniipany.
Respectfully submitted.
11. P. STEPHENS.
CHARLES STiFF.
Re Allton 1st February, 1969. Auditors.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1908
RECE1PTS.
Premium and Annuity Income .......................
Interests, Rents and Profits.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid to Polley-boldere......................
A11 other Payments ......................
Balance •.........
675,601 85
151,8.53 96
---8 826458 81
$ 303,753 23
226,110 93
297,004 65
— --- $ 626.856 31
ASSETS, DECEMBER 31s1, 1385.
Debentures and Bonds .......................... ..... .
Mortgagee
Loans on Policies, Bonds, Stock, oto.
All other Assete..
$ 1,071335 71
865.262 51
626,104 10
753,754 33
$ 3.514,856 66
LIABILITIES.
Reservo Fend ........8 2,993,478 00
I)eatb Losses awaiting Proofs............ . 36,675 CO
Other Liabilities ..., P,653 00
Surplus on Policy-boldors' Account. ...,•,.•••........ 270,070 65
8 3,311,866 65
Assets • ••• 8 3 311 856 65
Guarantee Capital........ ..................... x70,000 000
Total Seenrlty • $ 4.181.856 65
Policies were Issued Assuring....... ............. 3,377,733 33
Total 'neurones in Farce ... ........... 10,123.400 61
After the sdoptioa of the Repprt the retiring Directors were re-elected for Ibs
ensnlug year. At a subsequent meeting of the Directors the retiring officers aria
Raecutt,. Committee were re-elected.
COST OF GOVERNING FRANCE.
Someone with a passion for sta-
tistics has been calculating tOe
cost per hour of govornm4lnt io
France. in Napoleon I 's time It
was $23,000; in Louis Philippe's,
$30,000. The second Republic wit-
nessed a drop to *20,000. With
the advent of tho third Napoleon
1
it went up to Wawa). 1'rom 1870
to 18$0, by reason of the war
chargee, the cost of governrnent
worked out at $61,400 an hour,
while at the present time it has
reached $70,000.
A man may select hi, wife, but
he can't pick oqt his own relatives.
1
THINGS TO TEST !SAN)TY
31 ;:'1'11 ODS 1N 1)E.tei,fNC \1'IT11
SUSI'EU'I'I:I) PATIENTS.
1)1:,,t1n 1.il1le quest:esti—Tile Results
are Grouped and Decision
Mede.
Iu view of the many crimes com-
mitted of late, the perpotrators of
which havo with grea"rtr or lesser
success pleaded lusanity in extenu-
ation, ono casts a doubtful and oft -
times misgiving eye upuu one's
i:eighhor in the fear and dread that
his mentality may be affected. And
yet the tests which the doctors ap-
ply when insanity is suspected are
of the simplest, and in that fact
lies, perhaps, their virtue. If you
ao desire, you may apply a few of
the tests to yourself, and so judge
of your mental condition.
TEST OF THE KNEE.
There are innumerable places
about the body whore what the drier
tors call the reflexes are situated
Tho easiest ono to reach is tha
immediately below the knee -cap.
If you cross your legs and allow
the upper one to relax, the reflex
is exposed. Th -on take a piece of
wood, or preferably a poker, as it
is round and hard, and gently tap
your limb just at the reflex. You
will find that your foot will pump
upward, and that the sensation is
by no means unpleasant. 1f your
•foot docs nut respond, your mind
is unsound. If it docs in an ag-
;ravated manner, you are partly
insane.
Tho pronunciation of various
words, or a phrase, is another teat,
remarkable for its simplicity. If
you can clearly articulate "Metho-
dist Episcopal," ''Royal Artil-
lery," "Truly rural," and a fow
such words you are compos mentis.
1f you cannot, you had better con-
sult a doctor.
A SIMPLE MEMORY TEST.
When insanity is suspected, the
examining physician put:+ the pati -
tint to a. memory test. Three words,
book, desk, and table, are ascii,
.and the attention of the patio
drawn to them. Throe r
later he is asked to repea'
if he is successful in doing
CUM) is regarded as a mild on.
doctor then takes a lead penci a
a slip of paper. Ile asks the pati-
ent to observe how many dots he
makes on the slip. Six are usually
made, and the patient is askod to
count them from eoeing them
Filmed on the paper. Muscular
tests aro also made, the strength
of a man's grasp, its firmness or
weakness, its spasmodic or convul-
sive grip. His eyes are examined
f 1r partial paralysis, and his mind
in. what the medical men call the
association of ideas or the sequence
of thought, and grasp of a con-
versation.
GROUPING THE RESULTS. , _ y
The tests are innumerable, and
tho result of them is lumped to-
gether at the conclusion of the ex-
amination, and gone carefully over
by the physicians in order that each
3ney be judged, not exactly indi-
it-idtrally, but in their proper re-
lation to the group. For instance,
a man may not respond any way
but normally to the reflex test,
while his eyes and articulation
may show an unbalanced mind.
Before a patient can be admit -
.ted to an asylum in Ontario ho has
d,o obtain two medical certificates,
which state very strongly that ho
is insane. Then follows a formal
application, and after it is passed
upon the patient is admitted. Ht
ib treated just as if he were 81
and is placed in bed inunedi.
Ho remains there for wrecks,
ing which time his history is
thoroughly into, and se far as
sable his childhood, the most ins -
,portant time of his life so far as
the alienist is concerned, is minute-
ly reviewed. Physical examinations
are frequently made, and the men-
tal tests are continued. The pati-
ent is then allowed up, but the ex•
aminatieifs continue.
CHEERING OUTLOOK.
The problem of dealing in nny
thing like a successful manner with
the insane is one that is daily
eerowing in importance with the
(medical profession, and tremend-
ous strides are being rattle in
treating diseases of the mind. A
revolution is promised in regard to
the keep of the mentally unsound
and noted alienists promise t
within a short. time asylums'
he abolished and hospitals est•tl
fished which will bo equipped
every necessity fur treating th
.diseased of mind, as of body. This
is, of course, bestowing another
name upon the rose, but the rr,so
remains unchanged. Aside from
the alteration• of nomenclature,
the spirit, if ono may use the word,
ail the course of treatnieat has
changed, and asylums, public opin-
ion to the contrary, are no longer
specialized prisons, but hospitals
.where the life of the patient and
his forebears are carefully g 1110
into and his case given exhaustive
(individual t►tteutien.
4.
"Look hero," said the office -bey,
"I think the boss ought. to Orme
a bit extra this week. but i guess
he won't." "What for?" asked the
tack-kecpe4 ''For eVOrtiria, t:ua
dreamier about nw wary all l's'
night."