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CHAPTER I. --THE JEWEL STOLEN.
It was a time of profound peace in
Europe: Just five years Before,. there
had been a great war between' two
mighty peoples, and it would be five
years longer ,before two mighty peoples
would be ready for another great war.
Statesmen were preparing plots and
alliances, and strategists were mapping
out campaigns against the countries to-
wards which their own governments,
were now swearing the most loyal and
devoted friendship ; and the great mass
of mankind was• busy in the field or in
the factory, and that happy section of
mankind wbioh had nothing to do had
given itself up to enjoyment, •
Pails, Naples, Vienna, Rome, and
even Berlin were gay. The sterner side
of life had turned away. There was
not even a hint of a diplomatic un-
pleasantness anywhere, and the tele-
grams from foreign capitals dealt with
nothing but marriages in high life, and
balls, and the fine arts, and fetes, and
military reviews that menaced no one,
and royal speeches intended to conciliate
all,
Now, the most peaceful and prosper-
ous of all the European States was tbe
, Grand Duchy of Odenwald. It was a
Most fertile country ; its people were
models of industry and prudence, and
the Grand Duke Frederick was one of
the best rulers under whom it had ever
been the fate of men to serve. He was
the fifteenth Frederick of his line, mid-
dle-aged, a bachelor, and a trifle eccen-
tric. He was gallant ; but it was well
known he meant never to marry. He
was enormously wealthy, full of harm-
less whims, and of a most kindly and
benevolent nature.
There were many reasons why, had
the Grand Duke been a marrying man,
he would have found no great di.Uioulty
in securing a.consort, notwithstanding
his middle age and his eccentricities. Ile
was very rich, owning about half the
land of :his Grand. Duchy ; he was ami-
able, unexacting, and had no fault be-
yond a slight disposition to linger over
the after-dinner wine -flagon; he was
liberal without extravagance, and had
the reputation of possessing enormous
savings; and last, but not least, he Was
known to own one of the finest collec-
tions
ollecttions of jewels in the world.
When Frederick XIV. had died, news-
papers devoted a whole column to his
jewels alone. But I+'rederiek XV. had
more than doubled the number in bis
time ; and now the question was, whe-
ther the Odenwald was the fourth or
fifth most valuable collection of prec-
ious stones in the world. The Oden-
welders held it was the fourth, while
those others who claimed to have the
fourth declared the Odenwald to be no
better than a good fifth. But all agreed
that the Grand Duke Frederick's col-
lection deserved to be spoken of in terms
of the highest respect.
In this time of peace the Continental
correspondents of the London daily
newspapers had to fall back on all kinds
of unusual topical to interest folks now
that nothing of great moment was go-
ing on abroad, and, amongst other things
a long a coon o the o f mo s j wels had
lately appeared. Circumstances follow-
ing soon after the appearance of that
article, which was translated into many
of the important European papers, fixed
the history and fate of one stone in the
head of most of the vast horde of read-
ers on this Continent.
At the time the article was written
for the newspaper, the stone, a large
ruby, formed the pinnacle in the Grand
Ducal crown, It was the largest ruby
known, and without a flaw. No other
stone in the Odenwald collection could
compare with it, and people came long
distances to see Fuego del Animo, as
the not be estiem matedcalled. value It could
had
never changed hands for mere gold. Its
history was as eventful as that of an
empire, and its vicissitudes had been
more numerous than those of a hundred
knights errant.It was known in Asia be-
fore the Christian era began, and it
had coffee into Europe through Africa.
The 'history of Fuego del Animo be-
gan in Tibet, from the capital of which
—Lassa—it was stolen about the seventh
century, and carried down south into
India. Thence it found its way into
Arabia about the tenth century.In the
i
twelfth century the Turks took t with
them into Egypt., thence across the north
of Africa to Spain. ' Here it fell into the
hands of the Christians on the expul-
sion of the Moors in the fifteenth cen-
tury, and here it got its name, Fuego
del Animo (fire of the soul). From
Spain it passed into the Low Countries,
and from the low countries to Odenwald
in the eighteenth century.
And from Odenwald it was stolen dur-
ing the Great Peace. That was one of
the sensations of the Great Peace, and.
the wonder of it 'lasted much longer
than nine days, ay, than nine months.
The great gem disappeared as absolute-
ly as though it had sunk beneath the
surface of the water in mid -ocean, as
though it had been drawn up from the
face of the earth into the planet Mars
from .which, in its eastern. legend, it
was supposed to have fallen to earth
during a great thunder -storm three
thousand years ago.
The , circumstances surrounding . the
jewel and the robberywere briefly these:se:
Thee great Odenwald jewelswere ke t'
w d
in an iron cage in a detached' tower of
the Castle of Odenwald above the city
of Odenwald, capital of the Grand Duchy
of the same name. A captain`s: guard.
was always on duty at the Castle, and
a sergeant's guard, two of whom were
sentries, was always on duty . at the
jewel -tower. The two sentinels walked
upand
down
ate tower.
each side of the r
The remaining men of the guard sat in
the watch -house, which lay against one
side of of the tower, close to the only en-.
trance, -
The jewel -tower consisted of two
chambers, one on the ground -floor,
where the old man in -charge of the
gems lived, and one chamber; above,
that in which the regalia was kept.
The manner of the robbery was sim-
ple. Between
im-ple.:13etween- the telling jewel -
room the .l
o0m and the roof of the tower was a,
cook
oft
1 nee oei
yr ur
used foe an
From the topof the ' in pay
the.
ecage.
gwere "s
ve this
gemse k8 t a the "deo `i to
p o r n
eockloft was only about, eight feet.. The
robber managed, by the aid of a crutch
stick, or some such appliance,s, to hoist
himself into this cockloft during tile'
da ,
Y
In this`'
of
thQ
-laYu.
until night,
gh.. ,
wh'e
n
tbWLAg to exceptiogal circumstances, te
cown not being in he enge, the thiefdescended, cut ff the go del �i»
Ani-
ma crawled back in)o
:thec ' t xa-
co kl ,
info bd
Y
some
Of xoof,
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tisr
f
awn
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n
carefully �r+le. �il ' tiets 'were selta�fw tlo ea
TEE' • ExIsiran, TimBS..
from the rain, and was allowed to pass the elevation of Murad to the throne,
out through the gate ua,tsuspected, shortly followed by his deposition: and
For daring and simplicity there had the accession of tate mini:lung Sultan.
never been such another robbery. In In the midst of all these djffieulties
time it came to be the despair of the came an incident which destroyed near-,
police and the admiration and envy of ly all the hope of peace that remained,
all the thieves of Europe. Some time izt July a, revolt broke out
The exceptional .circumstance which in Bulgaria, no greater or more signifn
caused the crown to be out of its proper pant than those which had, taken place
ease during the evoniug and night of en a dozen other localities, but the Ot-
the robbery was connected with a young toenail Cabinet, becoming frightened et
Englishman named Walter Aubyn. He the spread ,of the insurreoticn in the
was .an artist and amateur photograph- districts far removed from the original
er, and bad got permission to photo- scene of trouble, turned loose an un -
graph the crown of Odenwald. It was bridled and ferocious soldiery on the
late in the day when he arrived with
his order and his camera at the jewel -
tower.
He showed his order, got his camera
up -stairs, and had everything ready—
the crown in position, and even the sen-
sitised plate in the camera—when the
old custodian,who happened to be an
ex -sergeant of the Grand Ducal Guard,
uttered a loud. oath, and ordered the
young photographer to halt instantly at
his peril. The order had been dated
for the next day, and the rigid old dis-
ciplinarian
would
not allow a single
thing more to be done or undone until
ben.e
Ch brass cap had not been a re-
moved moved from the lens.
Aubyn could do nothing for it but
grumble his disappointment in English.
This relieved his mind. without annoy-
ing any one; for the old sergeant knew
no language but his own and French.
Then Aubyn withdrew,
The old man was
sorely. vexed at not
having seen from the first that the
order was for next day. Ile took a chair
up to the jewel -room, and resolved, by
way of expiating his sin, to sit up with
the regalia all night.
It bad. been a dark gloomy day and
as night came on rain began to fall.
The old man sat a long time, and would
no doubt have carried out his purpose of
remaining up all night, only that his
little grandson Fritz came up in the
dark to say his mother, the sergeant's
widowed daughter, was below, and
wished to see him. In the dark the
boy knocked. up against the camera,
and,, putting up his hand, caught some-.
thing that twisted round, slipped
through his fingers, and fell on to the
floor with a metallio rattle. '
The old man locked the door of the
jewel -chamber and went down, intend-
ing to be back in a few minutes to put
the crown into its cage, and resume his
vigil.
The old man's daughter had a long
story to tell bf law proceedings threat-
ened by the representatives of her late
husband; and when the stories of her
troubles was at last brought to an end,
the rain continued to fall, and she could
not set out on her homeward way.
The outer door of the tower was shut.
There was, the old man thought, no one
in the tower but bis daughter, his little
grandson Fritz, and himself. The jewel -
room above was securely locked, and
there were sentinels and the guard. with-
out. To his mind nothing could be more
secure. So be smoked his pipe and chat-
ted with his daughter until a very late
hour. The sound of the rain, and the
noise made by Fritz playing around him.
and their own voices, helped father and
daughter not to hear any unusual move-
ments in the chamber above.
(To be Continued,)
THE LAST GREAT CONFLICT
THE TURCO-RUSSIAN WAR OF 1877
AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
A Tremendous Conflict That Brought No
Results to the Victors—blow ItMMMI&
Lost tier Share or the spoils.
The possibility that at any moment
a furious war may break out in East-
ern Europe over the Turkish question
recalls, with some vividness, the foot
that just about twenty years ago the
last great struggle between Russia and
Turkey began, a struggle that more
than once during its course threatened
to involve the whole civilized world in
strife.
Like not a few of the great wars in
history, its origin was comparatively
insignificant. • It began in Herzego-
vina, a moun.i district between Bos-
nia and Albania; for ages noted. for the
turbulent character of its population,
who had never been known quietly to
submit to any authority, and the oc-
casion was a dispute between a Turk-
ish tax collector and a Herzegovinian
blacksmith about the age of the lat-
ter's daughter. The collector in the
course of the argument offered to the
girl a gross insult, whereupon the en-
raged blacksmithstruckhim dead with
a single blow of his hanuner and fled
with his family to the mountains, where
he
was joined by malcontents ma
and
m
the standard of revolt, was raised
against the Ottoman Government, This
was in Tune, 1875, and before a month
had elapsed from the date of the col-
lector's death the whole of Herzego-
vina was in open rebellion. For a time
the Turkish Government made light of
the matter, but by the end• of the sum-
mer the insurrection was acknowledged
to be a matter of some consequence,
as the rebels defeated one Turkish force
after another dispatched against them,
and
,DEFIED ALL EFFORTS
to storm their .mountain strongholds.
Great excitement prevailed in Bosnia.
Albania and Bulgaria, and the leading
spirits among the European provinces
of Turkey, hoping that the day of de-
liverance from Turkish rule had come
at last, began agitating the question
of joining in the war on their own ac-
count, while in Servia there was the
liveliest sympathy for the, rebels and
as much aid and comfort as could, under
the circumstances, be extended.
During the severe winter of the Bal-
kan mountains military operations were
atmosts suspended, but early in the
spring of 1876 the concentration of large
bodies of Turkish troops on the borders
of the _disturbed districts causedgrave
alarm to both Servia and; Montenegro,
and, representations to the Porte having 'e-
been 'made in vain, both .countries de-
clarbd .war- against- Turkey, , In less
than a' year from..the beginnm of the
contest it, ,
g
hadthusmvolved evolved: `the whole
__
of the Balkan regions, while all the rest!
of European e
a Turkey nseemedo thei
P npont
of open outbreak. The Turkish army
was unmediately raised tb a war,foot-
ing by calling out all the reserves, and
over' 400,000 0 men wereput ..
in the field.
and forwarded to the Balkans.' In the
meantime the Ambassador of the Pow-
ers
b ie t
d hem sive is e
us s s n (farts to com-a
pees matters and prevent a further P
spread of the trouble, bat faience their
the
one of k ice,
ceediil �ffiouli fr
the 'ala dissensions, which' culeliom
n of
�in`� �
helpless inhabitants tef a peaceful dis-
trict, and the result was the
BULGARIAN MASSACRE.
Over 15,000 persons perished during this
butchery, and the fairest part of the
province was laid waste by the Kurdish
and Circassian horse deputed to do the
bloody work.
Many weeks elapsed ere the fuel ex-
tent of the massacre was known, but
eehen the details were revealed a thrill
o horror ran throughout all Christen-
dom. But the Autumn was far ad-
vanced, and during tbe winter nothing
was done save by the diplomats, who
still kept upthew f
he efforts to
restore
peace, but, athey themselves confessed,
with little hope of success. With the
spring came general concentration of
Russian armies along the Danube and
in Asia, and on April 23, 1877, the Rus-
sian Ambassador left Constantinolite,
and war was declared, the Czar appeal-
ing to the world ire behalf of the recti-
tude of his cause against the Turks.
The movements of the Russian forces
were directed against the Turkish do-
minions in both Europe and Asia, for
simultaneously the Russian armies en-
tered Turkey in Europe and crossed the
boundaries of Armenia. By the begin-
ning of Jua:te the. European forces of
Russia were concentrated on the Lower
Danube, but the river had not been
crossed, and it was estimated that if it
were properly defended the lives of 100,-
000
men would be sacrificed before a
footing could be establisbed on the
southern bank, The marvelous inca-
d
pacity
goodffortunTurks,
u ft he Russians, for,
while the Ottoman Generals were
watching a demonstration in one di-
rection, a bridge was hastily construct-
ed, a division of the Russians with ca-
valry and artillery crossed and took
up a favorable position before the Turks
knew what was going on. When they
found out they made strenuous efforts
to retrieve their fault, and a severe bat-
tle ensued, but re -enforcements kept
pouring across and the baffled Turks
were forced to retreat and seek a better
position to give battle,
Then ensued a series of conflicts in
the plains of Bulgaria, none of them
decisive, but each ending by pushing
the Turks a little further back and
bringing the Russians a little nearer
to the great line of Turkish defense,
the tremendous
BALKAN RANGE
that divided the territory between the
Danube and the Mediterranean into
nearly equal parts. Leas than a month
after the Russians had crossed the Dan-
ube, Gen. Gourko, at the head of a
strong body of cavalry, with a few field
batteries, made a raid through one of
the Balkan passes and penetrated to
the plains of Roumelia, but as a mili-
tary movement the excursion amounted
to nothing. By the close of the season
the Russian Generals had succeeded iu
dividing the Turkish forces, one portion
holding the Balkan passes, while the
other, under the noted Osman Pasha.
was left in the Bulgarian plains, and
finally was shut up m Plevna. Very
severe conflicts occurred in the Schipke
e' -'as, where G"'trko had fortified him-
self after beidL expelled from Roume-
lie, the Turks recognizing the import-
ance of the position as the key to the
plain sof Adrianople, and making .des -
ate efforts to drive out the Russians.
All, however, were unsuccessful, the
pass was held in spite of the tremen-
dous forces brought against it, while
the Turkish army in the plains of Bul-
garia was so placed that it could not
co-operate with that advancing from
the south.
By the beginning of September Plevna
was completely invested, an army of
120,000 men surrounding it on all sides,
and then began one of the most heroic
defenses of the century. The Turkish
army in Plevna did not exceed 30,000
men, but with this force Osman Pasha
defended the place with success until
December 9, when the provisions gave
out, and a movement of some kind or
a surrender became necessary. Gath-
ering all his forces, Osman marched out
of Plevna and made a tremendous ef-
fort to break through the Russian
lines and escape, but as soon as this
movement was discovered the Russians
came in overwhelming force, and, after
a bloody battle, Osman was surrounded
and forced to capitulate. Ile sur-
rendered less than 30,900 men, but the
event was recognized as ending the war
north of the Balkans.
While these stirringv
events is were go-
ing forward in Euroe, history was be-
ing made in Armenia. The Russian
advance into Asia Minor had been con-
temporaneous neons with that.into European
Turkey, but the Turkish forces at liars
and Erzeroum developed unexpected
fighting qualities and the Russians were
quickly checked, while, at the same
time,
A `PIERCE INSURRECTION
broke out among the Moslem subjects
of the Czar in Circassia and Georgia,
and the Turkish Government, though
sorely: pressed at home, sent troops and
money into the disturbed district, to
aid the insurgent Mohammedans. The
Russian army in Armenia was thus
placed between two fires, and for a time
was in a very precarious situation. The
natural indolence and inefficiency of the
Turkish officers, however, prevented
their taking advantage of the Russian
distress, Time was lost, heavy re-
enforcementswere rd
e e puri led forward
from Russia,'t e rebellion the Cau-
casus was uppressed with a ferocity
worthy of the Turks themselves. Kars
was stormed and taken, Erzeroum fell
and one-half of Armenia was overrun
by the Cossack cavalry, so that when
the spring of 1878 arrived the Rus
sians were in proper position to occupy
the greater part of Asia Minor, while
there was no Turkish force in the field
to oppose them. '
The severity of the Balkan winter
though it caused the death. 'through cold
and ex, osure, of � thousa ds of men on
both sides, had not been sufficient to
stop • the advance of the victorious Rus-
sian
3,us
si n arm ui y `Pouring through the ;
pass-
es: of the Balkans, the Russians swarm-
ed down into the plains of Adrianople,
defeated Suleiman Pasha, the Turkish
Commander -in -Chief, in two great bat-
tles, and before the advent • of s ring
had
occupied nearly ' thewholep: ,Eti-
nee . of
p Y
the', Turkey, while the _'remains; of
the Turkish army had been driven to
the Aegean Sea, and were' being trans-
ported byt .
dwater for the' defenseof.the
P
buying the `entire' winter the repres-
entatives of the Powers at Constanti
n le had not relaxed' their efforts' in
behalf if of peace, but the Czar had. a •-
p h ni
forml declined to treat with them
y c w hand
ersistently refused 'mediation. When
at last it became , apparent . that unless
active measures were taken the: whole
,Turkey would be made; a Russian
r"ovince, the British Government ; in-
hUdren',Cry for L'itcher's Gasfo al
aced t e murder '0 „c, and, p
tervened, a British fleet was fent
through tile Dardanelles.to the harbor
of Constantinople and .the Czar was
definitely iuforaned that further refusal
meant
'INSTANT WAR
•
with Great Britain. The measure was
not taken a moment too' soon, for the
Russian forces, had penetrated to the
Aegean on the south and to the Darda'
F nelies on the east, and from the heights
where they were encamped the domes
and minarets of the City of Constantine
could he plaini,y, seen.
Thus summarily halted, the Czar
could do .nothing less than treat for
peace. Negetiattons were entered up-
on,
-on, an armistice declared and the treaty
of San Stefano, givipg Russia nearly
the whole :of Armenia and placing the
Balkan provinces under the control of
the Czar, was hurriedlyprepared and
signed. Had it been alowed to stand
we sheuld have heard nothing of the
recent massacres in Armenia, for that
territory would now be under a Gov-
ernment nominally Christian and in-
finitely
n
f' '
lice better a Turkey.
in be ie t that of
Y than
But the treaty of San Stefano grantd
Russia more than the powers were will-
ing to concede. Great Britain was un-
willing to see Russia get anything,
while Germany was also extremely jeal-
ous of the growth of. Russian power in
Southeastern Europe, and Austria was
placed in deadly peril. So, ' after long
negotiations the conference of Berlin
was called and met ,Tune 13, 1878, at
whioh all e
the affairsof Southeastern,
h
Europe were overhauled and readjusted,
and the Czar was cheated out of the
fruits of his victory, After a. war last-
ing 322 days, the "loss of over 100,000
men, the only territory gained by Rus-
sia was a slice of Armenia. Servia was
made independent in name as well as
in fact, Bulgaria was erected into a
principality, tributary to the Sultan,
and Bosnia was coollyhanded over to
Austria, in payment for the Emperor's
compliance with the English demands
on Russia. The treaty satisfied no-
body, for Austria wanted more, Ger-
many was not in a position to get any-
thing and Great Britain wanted to es-
tablish a protectorate over Syria, but
got only Cyprus. The Balkan States
and Greece demanded the whole of Eu-
ropean Turkey and had to be spoken
to very sharply before relenquishing
their demands, while even Italy,__ jeal-
ous of English supremacy in the Medi-
terranean, made a good deal of trouble
before final pacification was effected.
The Sultan, who had lost over 150.000
men in killed, wounded and prisoners,
besides being made bankrupt by the
war and the indemnity, promised all
sorts of reforms in his empire, and
among them those in Armenia, which,
through non-performance, are the di-
rect cause of the present trouble there.
None of them were _ put into effect,
and the massacres by Turks and Kurds
prove that it is the intention of the
Ottoman Government to exterminate
the Armenians rather than grant them
the better government that was solemn-
ly promised to them nearly twenty
years ago.
ASTONISHING SALMON.
How an Impatient Fisherman Lost Hls
Keys.
It is a good maxim to have patience
with a weeded fish; indeed, this virtue
often stands in good stead, says a writer.
I once knew a friend of mine put to seri-
ous inconvenience for want of it. He
had hooked a heavy salmon, and the
fish lay down and sulked, as salmon
will do once in half a dozen seasons,
though not nearly so often if properly
handled, as some people suppose. My
friend was a good fisher and allowed his
fish to take no liberties ; nevertheless
this salmon lay down in a deep black
pool. Every known expedient was tried.
to stir him ; stones were thrown in—the
only result was that the fish took leis-
urely turns and returned to his strong-
hold. The angler got below him, above
him, alongside of him, and pulled on
him to the limit of the strength of his
tackle—all to no purpose. A fine after-
noon was ebbing away and fish in the
river were on the job. What was to be
done.
A bright thought occurred to the
sportsman. He had a bunch of keys in
hes pocket—the keys of his most sacred
repositories. They were on a ring that
opened like a hinge. Fitting this round
the butt of his rod, without having the
patience to remove the keys, he ran it
down over the point, and the whole
bunch went rattling down the line and
lodged on the salmon's nose. It had a
splendid effect. Away went the fish
like a dog with a tin kettle at its tail ;
20, 30, yards of line whizzed from the
reel, and then—there came disaster. The
point of the rod flew u ; the fish was
gone; back came the flies, but back
did not come the keys. Thirty seconds
would have sufficed to remove the a k Cys
before using the ring ; fish and ring
might indeed, have been lost; but the
keys would have been safe.
A Serious Question.
Mr. Goodheart—My income is $2,200
a year. Don't you think your daughter
could live on that f
Mrs. Spendwell—She probably could,
with economy, but how would you live ?
A HEAVY MORTOAOE.
How a prominent farmer quickly
lifted it.
A mortgage has been described as an
incentive to Y , a heavy mortgage,
isg
as a sure sign of ruin. The last particu-
larly true, for if a mortgage is allowed to
inn it will eat up the farm. In this con-
nection Mr. Henry Fowler, of Huron
writes ; "From my boyhood scrofula had
marked me for a victim and it seemed as
if it had a life mortgage on my blood. I
suffered fearfully with sores, and know-
ingeny condition I have remained a single
man. Doctor after doctor prescribedfor
me, and finally a Toronto, specialist told
me bluntly that my complaint was :a
deep-seated, incurable, blood disease.
Sarsaparilla I knew ws a good blood
medicine, and I sent for a bottle of the
best:. Mr. Todd, the druggist, sent me
Scott's Sorsa aril and I have stuck
$ Sarsaparilla,to
it. It has lifted my mortgage, for to -day
I am free from those horrible sores, my
iblurred,m _
eyesight, s not my tongue is not
furry, and I have no irritation. I look
upon Scott's Sarsaparilla as a marvellous
ri*eclicine when it • will cure a life long
g
disease in so short a time.:.
Scrofula, pimples, running soresr
rheu-
matism and all diseases generated by
peisonous humors in the blood are .
curede
d
by Scott's Sarsaparilla. The kind that
cures. Sold only in concentrated form
at f!t per bottle by your drttgist. Dose
half toteaspoonful,
from aone til p ,
Sold byL
��, I+,xete' Ont.
C. LUTZ, L,.
tor snfant�s and C[IIId!ena
"Castori s is swell adapted to children that
t recommend it as superior to an.T prescription
ioruwn to me." 71.. A. ANONYM, M. D.,
111 So. Ox2ord 8t., Brooklyn, N. T.
"The use of'camerae is soueiyerse1 and
RS merits so well known that it ,coma a work
re
the
endorse it.a
erero do to rs Few of supererogation n
8
wtoll, eat
a willies who do not Castori.
a
within easy
Mermen D D.
Cannot' at'rriP,
New York Oity.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
cheater's. cared Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Ems Worms, gives sleep. And promotes di.
io,
w oat innjuriouamedicatio
"For several years I have recommended
your' Cestoria,' end Sitall alvraye continue to
do so witless Invariablyproduced beneficial
results,"
hewn, B'. ?AMMO, M. B,,
"Winthrop,"thr1i treat fad 7the
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1(ew York City
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FULL OF ENCOURAGEMENT
3F21401:1, WC701V11001%T.
In Bed 5 Months—Had Given Up All Boge
of Getting Well --A Remedy round -^It
Last to which 46 I Owe My Life."
Science has fully established the
fact that all the nervous energy of our
bodies is generated by nerve centres
located near the base of the brain.
When the supply of nerve force has
been diminished either by excessive
physical or mental labours, or owing to
a derangement of the nerve centres, we
are first conscious of a languor or tired
and worn-out feeling, then of a mild
form of nervousness, headache, or
stomach trouble, which is perhaps suc-
ceeded by nervous prostration, chronic
indigestion, and dyspepsia, and a gen-
eral sinking of the whole system. • In
this day of hurry, fret and worry, there
are very few who enjoy perfect health;
nearly everyone has some trouble, an
ache, or pain, a weakness, a nerve
trouble, something wrong with the
stomach and bowels, poor blood, hearb
disease, or sick headache 1
.I of which
are brought on by a lack of nervous
energy to enable the 'different organs of
the body to perform their respective
work.
South American Nervine Tonic, the
marvellous nerve food and health giver,
is asatisfying success, awondrous boon
to tired, sick, and overworked men
and women, who have suffered years
of discouragement and tried all manner
of remedies without benefit. It is a
modern, a scientific remedy, and in its
wake follows abounding health.
It is unlike all other remedies in
that it isnot designed si nee to act on the
different organs
affected, but by its
direct action on the nerve centres,
which are nature's little batteries, it
causes an increased supply of nervous
energy to be generated, which in its
C.
turn thoroughly' oils, as it were, the
machinery of the body, thereby en-
abling it to perform perfectly its dif-
ferent functions, and without the
slightest friction.
If you have been reading of the re-
markable cures wrought by South
.American Nervine, accounts of which
we publish from week to week, and
are still sceptical, we ask you to in-
vestigate them by correspondence, and
become convinced that they are true
to the letter. Such a course may save
you months, perhaps years, of suffer-
ing and anxiety,
The words that follow are strong,
but they emanate from the heart, and
speak the sentiments of thousands of
women in the United States and Can-
ada who know, through experience, of
the healing virtues of the South
American Nervine Tonic.
Harriet E. Hall, of Waynetown, a
prominent and much respected lady,
writes as follows :—
u
I owe my life to the great South
American Nervine Tonic, I have
been in bed for five months with a
scrofulous tumour in my right side,
and suffered with indigestion and
nervous prostration. Had given up
all hopes of getting well. Had tried
three doctors, with no relief. The
first bottle of Nervine Tonic improved
me so much that I was able to walk
about, and a few bottles cured me en-
tirely.
y it is the best medi-
cine e In the world. I cannot recon-
mend it too highly."
Tired women, can you do better
than become acquainted with this
truly great remedy
LUTE 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter.
Trios. 'V icnrme, Crediton Drug Store, Agent.
WHASANG• TRIALS ENDED.
56 Men Killed.. I7 Exiled, 27 Jailed, and 4
Chained to Stones.
A. S despatch from Tokio,ser rs —The
P
list of punishments meted out to the
Whasang murderers seems to have
been closed. The notorious ring-
leader,
6'.
leader, Butterfly, who was said to have
committed suicide, felt into the hands of
the authorities as soon as a reward of
500 tails was offered for his apprehen-
sion. He was executed, together teeth
to t
h
the four other ringleaders,ht the while
execution ground in Foo ow.oetNov
4. The number o men eae_uted
: is
twenty-six. Of the others convicted.,
six were
7`
banished to Ma c urea
n h for .ifs,
and eleven for shorter ;times twenty-
seven were sentenced to ten years'im-
prisonment, and four, the bleeksmitlls
who forged the spears and. ewvorde, were
condemned to be, chained to stones for
three years.
Driven in by Fear.
Farmer's SVife—Sce here r What are.
you doing in our chicken coop?
Tramp a p (after: apullet)—Please, mum.
I was only. huntin';a place to sleep, and
the barn i5 locked, 1 'spare, mum.
Pretty story, A tough such
u@; as you
can sleepwell enough out doors in such
mild weather as this;:
Yea, mum, we can usually, mum, but
I read in tie' paper airout this been` th'
time fer meteoric' e hovers, mum, and 1
was afraid I'd get bit.
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F.11al'Obll a_ a
tions;...
Maszig—Bl.owler was 'utt 'remarking
e
to me that : all he
is• he ow�
es t o hie
mother.
G z".,— a
a o 'S�;es> and I undersea
Y nd that
all!
he has be owes to hiss •fatyer,
George F. McQuillen, of Portland,
Me., has a
cherry t�
�' on al
4fh a pear
grew
this Year- App "
ear tree, stands
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close to theeberr .. title.
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