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Evidence accumulates a£ increasing
disaffeetion wttllin the Turkish empire,
and the grceaseg indisposition of Eu-
rope to longer bolster up the sultan's
throne. The situation in Crete is be-
coming so acute that it is difficult to
see how the concerted interference of
the powers can be long deferred, the
Greek goveraanent having called at-
tention to its gravity, and the Chris-
tian deputies to the Cretan Assembly
announced that a diplomatic settle-
ment of the troubles is impossible. The
Porte has assured the powers that a
reform policy will be initiated, but the
barbarities of the Mussulmans, Turkish
and Cretan, 'continue, the garrisons dia.
obeying the sultan when they believe
that his wishes and orders are not the
smile, as they never are where the
protection of Christians is concerned.
In the Lebanon the Druses have risen
in insurrection, and being fairly armed,
have defeated the Turkish troops, and
in Macedonia the long expected revolt.
mostfeared by the Porte, is rapidly
coming to a head. and may receive its
final impetus from th' rising in Crete
and the new alliance Between Servia
and Montenegro. Arabia is held. down
with increasing difficulty, Anatolia is
kept in subjection only by slaughter,
the Christian population of the empire
would rise to,a man hid they arms and
hope, and even the Mussulmans are
fiercely diseonteuted. Taxation grows
more onerous, inequity in the conscrip-
tion has given them a new grievance.
they see the empire slowly losing
strength and cohesion, while there is
no prince within the house of Othman,
nor vizier outside of it, who can endure
it with new vitality.
The sultan holds all power, but uses
it only to insure his own safety and
tenure, and while unable himself to
consolidate his empire, lacks the capa-
city so often found in ine1iio.re sover-
eigns, of selecting; able advisers and ad-
tninistrators. There is nor a great
man vi:=i1•le anywhere in Turkey; cap-
able officials have disappeared from
the civil service through deposition or
hatred of the teaks imposed by the sul-
tan, from the fleet because of his in-
difference to it, and from the army
because generals are chosen by court
favor and. prefera•ne . given to irregu-
lam. Even the soldiers have become
so demoralized by irregular pay, by the
encouragement given to repine, and by
the knowledge that their officers dis-
obey orders when those orders are to
protect Christians, that discipline has
been distinctly weakened, and their
fighting capacity seriously diminished.
The empire is, in fact. disintegrating,
while. the powers which have held it
together, and aro supposed to still sup-
port it for the sake of peace, are plain-
ly less disposed to prevent it from
breaking to pieces. Whatever dis-
aster may threaten, England will leave
Turkey to face them uuaieied; the Aus-
trian chancellor says that Turkey is
a dying empire, and that the sultan
must change his conduct if he wishes
to be We; and the French foreign min-
ister is wearied of the slaughter of
Christians of whom France is the here-
ditary protector. IOnly Russia is will-
ing to protect Turkey, and that only
until she is ready to divide her, and
signs are not wanting that a fresh an-
ti-Christian outbreak in Crete may
force her to ac.ept a conference at
which the redistribution of the Otto-
man empire may be the chief topic.
SUMMER SMILES.
"Now, Johnnie. go and wash your
awe. Auntie will call this afternoon."
"But what if she doesn't call?"
Hoax—"Say, lend me 610 for a day,
will you.?" Joax- "I've only got $I."
Miss Gowanus—"I envy the way you
can talk to Mr. Caustique • he iiever
sits on an of your remarks." Miss Go-
tham—"No; I make them ton pointed."
Little Elsie—"Ain't those cows small.
ma?" Ma—"Yes, dear." Elsie— "I
guess them's the kind that they gets
condensed milk from, ain't they ?"
"I have been informed that your
first attempt at a long -distanced ride
on your wheel turned out to be a high-
ly -dramatic affair." "Very. I had to
walk back."
He—"Do you really think Jack is in
love with you?" She—Certainly. I
have the most positive proof. He nev-
er knows whether my hat is on straight
or not."
Miss Frostigt:e—"I always have had
a dread that I should be married for
my money." Miss Caustique— "Why,
dear, I should think that would be a
::latter of hope, not dread."
Henry Peck —"Does your wife
scold you for coming home late?"
Crabbe—"Not a bit of it." Henry
Peck—"How do you manage it ?" Crabbe
—''I don't have any wife."
'SHE EXETER TIMES
PRACTICAL FARMING. the cows ' few =onions and -then try
to wash the flairor out of the milk
DAIRY IT1;MS. .
'Cream should be well stirred and al -;1 ARSENIC TO 'CURE CHOLERA.
lowed to ripen evenly before it is put ' A Texas Pt ay:sial au Thinks He Has a Pre.
into the churn. yenta.° Remedy fir the "meek Death."
ani urities from going into the pail. Dr. Reginald Barkley Leach, of Paris,
Milking through a fine cloth prevents
wittih the milk. Texas, 'believes he has a preventive re -
1 heifer calf intended for a cow • reedy for cholera; He bas the courage
should be trained from birtb to be gen- of his convictions; as well. Ile is now on
ticI lay careful handling
t is no use to say that dairying does his way to Cairo, Egypt, to test in
not paw, for it does pay ihaxse who , actual practice 'his theory regarding
tbe use of arsenic.
SELL' Ever since 1612, when cholera first
To sell a. horse to the best advantage attracted"the attention of the civilized
is not an easy thing to do. How often ' world, medical hien have tried to dis-
know ow to conduct the business. the, cure and prevention of cholera by
Il`'G HORSES.
cwe hear of some horse being sold for a cover a preventive or a cure. Neither
moderate price, soon to be sold at a search has been rewarded, and in India
larger figure and then again at an- and surrounding countries the "black
other advance'over the second price. The ; death" continues to reap its awful bar -
first thing when one has a good vast yearly. A. due regard to right liv-
horse of any class to sell, should be to Ing, cleanliness and hygiene will do
have him in the best form possible for much to prevent cholera,but it will
his kind. Fat is the selling quality not eradicate it, and to -day the medi
on the draft breed. Nearly any one ° cal profession is almost helpless when
can fatten a horse by giving plenty of : a cholera epidemic is fairly started,
such grain as you may have, and suf- ; The origin of .cholera is far back in
fieient exercis& for health. Right here, ; the past. For ages it has thrived in the
it must be remembered that an animal delta. of the Ganges, in India, and at no
taking on fat requires an excess of wa- time has that country been free from
i ter, and should have all he desires of it. In 1817 it suddenly became more
pure lukewarm water , i awful in its work in India, and soon
No one can afford to sell a good ani- ` spread all over that country. . From
mal out of condition either in regard to there it continued to travel until it had
health or flesh. If on dry feed, some visited almost every nation on the globe,
laxative food should be given, sear a ` and had killed more than a million peo-
small armful `of grass or green balder, 'pie
being careful not to give enough to
take the appetite from the hay. :AmalfiE During all this time in the Orient hu-
green food not he obtainable, a feed man beings were dying by the thou -
of bran put in a tight pail in the satnds after an illness that in many in-
morning, bo/ling water poured over it, stances was of but a few hours' dura -
ten covered tight to keep the heat in
till noon, when it should ble fed
in tion. Russia suffered horribly. 'Whole
place of the regular feed. Feed this families were wiiaed out in a day. Entire
bran three times a week. In pl'ice of towns were stricken so that. the well
the bran, flax seed meal may be given could not care for the sick or bury the
—half pint three times a week, in addi- dead. Like a grim ghost cholera has
tion to regular feed. stalked over the world, claiining its
Salt should be put in a place where victims, stopping wars by destroying
the hors' e.in help himself. and not armies on both sides, and running its
placed in kycs feed where he will be fore- list of victims up into the millions -•a
ed to eat all at eine time, and do with- countless host .sacrificed. to a disease
out at all other times. bred in the jungles of India.
Should the aniinal fur sale be a road- • OR. LEACH'S THEORY.
ster or saddler, fat is not such a ne- Dr. Leach, the Texas physician who
ceseity. If in good condition, they are is on his way to Egypt to study cholera,
really of more value than when fat. and perchance to become a victim to
There is no quality of so much value the disease, enunciated his theory some
in etcher of these animals as education. years ago, and since then it has been
Two horses equal in all other respects tested to a considerable extent in India
when offered for stale will be found to and with success. Briefly, he proposes
bring very different prices. The bet- to render a person immune to the Bi-
ter the one is educated over the other, sease by vaccinating wit h arsenic. much
the greater will be the difference in as vaccination with vaccine virus ren -
price.. Horses of this class need plenty tiers a person immune from smallpox.
of grain, lots of exercise, very little ' The theory is not new except in the
rough feed, and if the owner does not ' use of arsenic. Dr. Haffkine, a German
thoroughly understand them, he by all medical men tried innoculating with
means, should put them in the hands of genuine germs secured from a person
one who does. Few breeders under- suffering with cholera. His experi-
stand gaiting a saddle horse, but to sell ments were not so successful as they
for a good price he must be well ed- ; might have been, and indeed, it is claim-
ueated by some one who understands,ed that he killed many more than he
this branch of the business. Many acured. Dr. Leach suggests the use of
good horse sells cheap because his own- arsenic and has designated the process
er does not make up his mind to sell un- of arsenization, because the symptoms
ti lthe last moment, and then has no , of cholera and arsenical poisoning are
time to prepare the horse to show his ; identical. Arsenic has been used as a
good qualities, and the horse is sold remed for the disease and has proved
just
h tt the same as if he did not posses
HORSE TALK.
I Cover the horse's head if you have
occasion to lead him out of a burning
building.
If you have a horse that refuses to
go when asked, take a small rope and
wrap it twice around the leg just be-
low the knee, draw it tight and tie it.
In a few minutes the horse will start.
If he should show any indications of
repeating the offense repeat the dose
and he will be cured effectually.
Do not stuff the work horses with
hay, give them a good grain ration,
and the heaviest feeding at night. Take
off the harness and rest the horses at
noon at least • an hour or more and
you will accomplish more than by rush-
ing and overtiring both yourself and
your horses.
Every country girl .should ride a
horse instead of a wheel. It is more
healthy and more graceful.
You will never miss the keeping of a
nice pony or horse that can be used un-
der saddle or in single harness—and
how much happier it makes the home.
Try it.
The half -hackney colts are elegant.
'We know of a man who never suc-
ceeds in making good sales of really
well-bred colts, because they are never
rounded out and firm. He is a stingy
feeder. Penny wise and pound foolish.
Frequent attention to the feet is the
making of many horses.
When driving, always be provided
with a blanket, a light woolen one
in summer and a heavy one in win-
ter, and don't fail to put it on your
horse if obliged to stop even a. short
time. It will save a severe °old or a
case of founder.
There is no better way to break a
horse of shying than to stop him and
gently lead or drive him up to the ob-
jeet of his fear each time, talking to
him pleasantly meanwhile. Whipping
and harshness only increase the diffi-
culty. If persistent kindness be em-
ployed the horse will soon control him-
self under trying circumstances if spok-
en to by his driver in an ordinary tone
of voice.
"Above all," said the throat specialist,
"the lady must talk as little as possi-
ble." "Doc," eagerly asked Mrs. Grey -
males .husband, 'is there any hope of
it becoming chronic 3"
"This blackberry pie. isn't nearly as
good as those mother used to make."
"No; I told your mother this morn-
ing when she made it that you would
find fault with ,it."
Mrs. Wheeler—"My husband and I
decided not to go to Europe, because
it talc too
a longget to Mrs.
s
Here. 11r .
,Tones—"Too 1ong $" Mrs.
Wheeler
"Yes ; fancy being unable to use one's
wheel for six or seven days 1"
Mrs. Sweetser—"George, you forgot
to kiss me this morning when you went
away." Mr. Sweetser—"Are you sure
of it? I certainly remember kissing
somebody this morning. T supposed it
was you."
"Peps,; what is a broker ?" "A man,
my son, whose chief effort in life is to
reduce his customers to that financial
condition expressed by the significant
Hterm of broke.' For this reason,
arry, he is called a broker."
"I wouldn't be so downcast," said the
lady whose greet heart went out in
sympathy for Dismal Dawson. "How
n a guy help beiu' downoast," said
r. DawAon, "4vhen bout
everybody he
%beets t'ruses ,info dn'r Y dYaw?
WHITE SPECKED BUTTER.
The usual cause of white specks in
butter, says an exchange, is keeping the
cream too long before churning, so
that the milk which is skimmed off
with the cream wheys, and in churning
is separated into white specks. In
summer, unless one is careful about
keeping the cream cold, the milk in it
will change in two or three days. The
specks seem to come more frequently,
however, in cold than warm weather.
In this mese
ait maybe from particles
m
of the cream drying up hard. Then,
too, the milk yield is much less in Win-
er, with most farmers, than in summer,
and the cream is kept two or three.
times as long before churning, which
gives it a chance to dry around the
sides and edges of the cream pail. The
thing to do is to churn often, before
the white specks have a chance to
form. But even then it is not al-
ways possible to prevent their forming.
With a barrel or box churn, the churn
should be stopped just as the butter
has gathered. ingrains the - size of
wheat kernels. By ; drawing off the
buttermilk and washing several times
most of the specks may be washed out.
They come out just before the butter
grains. There is no daoger. of. washing
out the butter f vor; You maywas
o
out the flavor the buttermik,`but
you cannot take out the real flavor of
the butter. If you think so just feed
its value, and Dr. Leach asserts that•
it will be equally valuable as a pre-
ventive.
The principle objection to innooula-
tion with cholera virus is the same as
the objection to the use of small -pox
virus. That is, it is possible to en-
danger the patient's ]ife by subjecting
him to blood diseases from which the
person was suffering from whom the
virus was taken. Dr. Leach says that
arsenic is a drug whose qualities 'are
knowim and whose action is absolute.
The antidote is also well known, and in
case arsenization should prove danger-
ous to a person abnormally sensitive,
the physician could immediately admin-
ister an antidote and thus remove any
element of danger.
The result of Dr. Leach's experience
in Egypt will be watched with interest
by physicians everywhere. He goes at
Ins own expense, the only assistance he
bas received being from the Lancaster
County Vaccine Farms, Marietta, Pa.,
the management of which will furnish
him all the arsenical "points" he will
require without charge.
OUR MANUFACTURERS ABROAD.
Thiele Sam Is Becoming Alarmed at Our
Vigorous Efforts to Secure Trade.
A despatch from Washington says:—
Consul James B. Taney writes the De-
partment of State from (Belfast, Ire-
land, that the Canadians are making
great efforts to introduce household and
office furniture in all parts of the king-
dom: One agent of an Ontario firm
within a week took orders for about
$5,000 worth of furniture in Belfast, and
in Dublin for about $10,000 worth.' "If
American manufacturers," says Mr.
Taney, "desire either to retain or in-
crease their trade they should under-
stand that it will be necessary to give
it the most careful attention in direc-
tions that are comparatively new to
them. Their representatives must be
prepared to meet representative manu-
facturers of other countries who are tak-
in great pains to extend their trade."
Mr. Taney says in this connection that
it Le not too- much to say that the Cana-
dians are not only making vigorous ef-
forts to divert export trade from other
countries to their own, but are quite
successful, not only in many branches
of manufactured goods but also in pro-
ducts of the farm. In fact, evidence
is not wanting that the vast resources
of Canada are being utilized more gen-
erally and successfully in their indus-
trial arts, trade and - commerce with
the United ZCingdom that at any per-
iod of her history. Each successive
year finds her people elbowing their
way more extensively into the foreign
trade and. successfully competing with
the exporters of other countries, and in
lines, too, which were entire strangers
to them.
TAF PRINCE'S SALUTE.
An interesting sight is that at York
House, St. James's Palace, when . the
Duke of York's infant sous drive out
with their nurses. The sentry on the
doors always 'comes to • the "present
d
arms," anif the guard at the. palace
has .been turned out the men are or-
dered to bring their rifles to the shoul-
der. The nurses reply to the salute
by making little Prince Edward raise.
his hand to his hat.
There was a young lady of Crewee,
Who wanted to catch the 2:02;
Said the porter : ''Don't hurry,
Or scurry, or flurry;
It's a minute or 2 2 2 21"
' Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria
THE WOKE . OF JAPAN.
•
SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAUGH-
TERS OF THAT COUNTRY.
The Japs Are a happy People—The Jap-
anese Belle Does Not Contiiaare With
Our Beauties—They Have Dore Freedom
Than the Chinese Women.
Oriental travelers are prone to wax
more or less enthusiastic, wen. they
come to deal with things Japanese, and
their enthusiasm generally seems to
reach its height when. the fair daugh-
ters of that flowery land 'are under dis-
cussion. It 'is true that some do es-
cape.the influence of thi glamourwhioh,
in most cases, hides the shortcomings
of the land and the people, and,do•their
beat to dispel the illusions which have
deep root among us; but for the most
part the general reading public look
upon these as but ill -conditioned and
discontented grumblers, who have fail -
to succumb to the ale -pervading charm
from some defect in their owie natures,
and do not take. them .at their own val-
uation as exceptionally clear-sighted ob-
servers, who see defeats where others
see beauties, and are too hard -beaded
to la poetic ideas interfere with the
sharpness of their vision. Perhaps, in
reality, the truth lies between the two,
and the enthusiasm of the one set of
views may be no worse for a little cool-
ing by adouche of the unromantic
prose of the other.
The Japanese- are one of the few
really happy people on earth. Even the
lowest and poorest seem to bo strange
ens to melancholy, and. their severest
toil is brightened by- their constant
smiles and laughter. Joyousness is in
the air, and if some are sad it is but
seldom that any vestige of it is seen
on their countenances. This light/mast-
ed happiness is a part of the nature of
the race as much as their complexion
or the shape of their eyes, Partly ow-
ing to their delightful climate and their
pleasant surroundings, it possibly re-
sults in greater degree from the small-
ness of their wants, and the ease with
which these are supplied, so that the
cares of life do not weigh them down
with a heavy burden..
It must be admitted that the women
of Japan do not come up to our standard
of beauty. In our eyes the squat,
shapeless little figure, • the olive com-
plexion, hi*h cheek -bones, and almond -
shaped oblique eyes of the Japanese
belle contrast unfavorably with the
beauties of our own land, whether fair
or dark. Yet their charm is undoubted,
and looked on in their own natural sur-
roundings, where their gracefulness has
full justice, their picturesqueness ap-
peals irresistibly to the finest artistic
sense. The merry little dame in her
lovely national dress, girt with her big
bright silk sash, her glossy black bur
stuck all of queer ornaments, patter-
ing daintily along in her little wooden
shoes, admirably fits the frame of the
low, quaint houses, the gorgeous' tem-
ples and pagodas, the wonderful gar-
dens, flower -filled, and laid oat in mar-
velous array of miniature lake and is-
land, and river and mountain. The in-
animate background is set off by the
lively crowds, the happy children, the
curious music heard everywhere and
always, and a gaiety which is always
gentle and delightful, never rude or
oppressive. The throng is never noisy.
These good-tempered people never fight,
quarrel or swear, and the women, 11
they have attacks of "nerves," whioh
is doubtful, make no "scenes."
The Japanese are truly devotees of
cleanliness. Public baths abound, and
the poorest citizen bathes usually twice
a day. In Tokio there are more than
800 public baths, which are said to be
patronized by over 300,000 people daily,
at a coat which is merely nominal. Ev-
ery house has .its own bath room, and
in villages where there are no public
or private bathing conveniences, the
people take their 'tub" out of doors
before their houses, prudery, being at
a discount in comparison with cleanli-
ness. It is indeed said that at a date
which is not very distant, Japanese
ladies used to receive callers while in
their bath. The same bath serves all
the members of a family, the men first
usinr it, in the order of their age and
dignity, then the ladies and the young-
er children, without changing the wa-
ter, and .finally the servants, unless
they are sent to a public bath.
Men in Japan do not allow their
beards to grow. • It is possible to allege
as a reason that the women object to
bearded men, but it is more likely that
the real reason is that they can not
grow decent beards, and hence the wo-
men prefer the artificially smoothed
skin to a mere scraggy imitation beard.
One thing at least is 'certain—the ques-
tion of kissing has nothing to do with
the matter of beards ; for kissing,
whether in courtship or in domestic
life, is totally unknown in Japan, and
is in fact looked upon with something of
abhorrence, as being at once unpleasant
in itself and unhealthy. .But if the
ladies do not kiss, they chew( a kind of
reddish seaweed, a few small pieces of
whiiih are always being munched, with
a quietly elegant sort of ruminating
process, far removed from the energetic
gum -chewing business. And they
smoke, using a small dainty metal pipe,
which holds tobacco sufficient for only
one puff. They are small eaters, but
consume many cakes and candies along
with their tea, of whioh, they of course,
drink great quantities.
The women of Japan, though they are
considered by the male sex to occupy
an entirely inferior position, are not
kept in suoh abjectness as the Chinese.
W,hen young they are fairly well edu-
cated, being taught to read, write and
count, but especially are they trained
in domestic accomplishments, and very
many of them are accomp]isbed must-
cians—that is to say, as music is prac-
ticed in Japan, being a peculiar affair
which possessesneither harmony nor
melody. The girls, until they become
pretty old, are childish in their ways
and fond of games, especially of a kind
of game played with ball and racket.
Extensive use is made of cosmetics,
and the Jap ladies' toilet apparatus con-
tains a whole series of powders, rouges
and ocher substances, over which much
time is spent, with results which may
or may not,justify the expenditure of
labor, : according to the point of view
of the critic.
{;n Japan marriage is more of a
family than a personal matter. In Jap-
anese literature the fiction deals with
love, but never with martial love, al-
ways filial.. The famlies of the young,
people take entire control of • the whole
matter of marriage, and as a natural
consequence' of this practically imper-
sonal bachelors and
sonal view of the matter
old maids are almost unknown, and men
and women . marry very young; while
as another consequence divorce is very
.common being, however, much rarer
among She better classes than among
tbe better classes than among the
the poor. As soon as a child has reaohed
the marriageable age the parents set
about• their duty of securing a partner,
which custom decrees must be intrusted
to a middleman; usually a married
friend, who, after the .marriage . has
taken place, holds the ,position, during
its existence. of a kind of igodtather
to the young couple, or an umpire for
the adjustment of disputes. After the
various peculiar ceremonies of betrothal
=•there • is very• little, if any, of what
may be called "courtship," once the
parties have been chosen—and marriage,
the wife lives with the family of her
husband, and is not only supposed to
obey him, but actually does so, until
they are pasted by death or divorce.
The remarkable instances of the long
existence of Japanese families are great-
ly owing to the custom of adoption,
which is exceedingly common. In many
families there may be half a dozen per-
sons naming- each other -father. mo-
ther, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, who
are, in fact, no blood relations to each
other at all. Celebrated artists have
nearly always a son distinguished in the
same line, simply because the actor,.
painter, or whatever he may be, adopts
his best pupils, and thus the family
does not die out.
A SCOTCH HOME.'
Influence of the Mather on a Fannie --
Boys.
A poor peasant on the Scotch coast
had an unusually large brood of child-
ren, seven of them boys, and little in-
deed could he do for them. He labored
early and late in the fields, and con-
trived to keep the wolf from the door,
but that was all, There was never a
shilling to spare, and the farmer's life
was a hopeless, exhausting struggle
against poverty and adversity.
'The mother, too, worked early and
late with all the cooking, washing and
household drudgery of the humble
home. There were many to clothe as
well as to feed, and so scanty were the
schooling facilities on that lonely,
stretch of coast, that she herself taught
the boys one by one to read and write.
If there had been girls among the
older children she would have had
help in the housework. Her daughters
were the youngest of the flock, and
only added to her cares when she was
least able to endure them.
Weary and overworked as this Scotch
mother was, she was always the light
and the life of the household. It was
ed.bypyhermecheerfulness wind brighten-
ed.
When there was a boy old enough
to read a book aloud, there was enter-
tainment for the family while she was
eewing, and she taught her children to
sharpen their wits by keen argument,
and above all, to think for themselves.
Then, too, this Scotch mother, while
not a trained musician, had a deep.
rich voice, and a stirring way of sing-
ing old-fashioned hymns. On Sunday
evenings the Bible would be read aloud,
and then she would sing one hymn after
another; while her
BRAWNY SCOTCH LADS
listened with eagerness and enjoyed the
treat so keenly that they often com-
plained because Sunday came only once
a week.
The brood of children left tbe home
nest one by one, and the mother died
prematurely because of overwork and
anxiety. But she lived anew in the
boys as they became successful men in
various professions and callings; for
although at the outset they were poor
and had little education, they had her
buoyant, hopeful nature, and her fine
qualities of mind.
One of them was a soldier, and was
mortally wounded in a foreign cam-
paign. The chaplain in the hospital
told him that he had only a few hours
of life in reserve, and asked him if he
had any religious faith.
"I have never had anything else," he
replied. "I can hear mygood mother
now singing her Sunday night hymns
on the Scotch coast!"
Another son became a prosperous bar-
rister, with a great reputation for
learning and wit. He would have bad
a larger income if it had not been for
a striking peouliarity. He invariably
threw up a case when he was convinc-
ed that there was no justice in it.
"I like to think of my dear old Scotch
mother," he would. say, "when I plead
a case in court."
Another was an earnest preacher. One
wasa doctor with a metropolitan prac-
tice. Three were successful merchants
and one was a higb-minded publisher.
All were richly endowed with their
mother's courage and mental resour-
ces, and all shared her deep, religious
nature.
In many a temptation and crisis they
recalled her face shining in the winter
firelight of their. old home, and the
hymns she had sung, in which she bad
expressed the religious devotion that
had governed her life, and the tender,
unfailing love of a mother's heart.
NOTHING TO FEAR.
Lady—Little boy, isn't that your mo-
ther calling you?
Little Boy—Yes'm.
Why don't you answer her, then?
Pop's away.
€4,Fctioavlx,
Cook's Cotten Root Composed
Manufactured by T h e
Cook Co., Windsor, Ont.,
and Detroit,lelich., is the
only known safe, reliable
monthly medicine on which ladies
can depend in "alae hour and time
of need." Every lady who reads
this is requested to inclose two post-
age stamps, with her address, for
,ket
aim, lie
and fullarticulare which a will
send by return mail' in plain. seed
envelope.
An old physician, 35 years con-
' tinned practice treating diseases of
women, has charge of the office, and
can be consulted , by letter or in
person. Address our main office
THE COOK COMPANY,
Boom 3—No. 253 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit, Mich.
far Cook's Cotton Root Compound
is sold by all ,responsible wholesale
and retail druggists in the Dominion
of Canada and United States for One
e
Dollar per. box.
'Q.:fab .;o"NPrci !hien+: its 10-V0.W 40.(1 f,, s:. " 4it4,de;r.V. A.,
for infants and Chiklrcn.
4+19asterla ja so. well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Anasxa, D. I).,
11180.. Oxford St:, Brooklyn, N. T.
"The use of'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
arltbineasy Cantos lila ws, D, D..
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Cestoda cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Dlarnccea, Eructation,
✓ ue worms, gives sleep, and promotes dila
gestion,
Without injurious medication,
- "For several years I have recommended
your' Castor's', ' and °ball always coatinue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results.",
Rowse F. PARDEE. Ili. D.,
"The Winthrop," 126th Street and ?shave
New York Ciif,
Tan CExrava Coaraxr, 77 1lvaaex STREET, NEW Foxe.
BEY COUWT Iff TSE NOE
;Yea, By the Hundreds, Those Who Have
• Been Cured of Dire Disease By
South American Nervine
Bsmsag' Widespread NO OaiversalIII Its AjglIcalles.
Where Other Medicines Have Failed and Doctors Haim
Pronounced the Cases Beyond Cure, This.
Great Discovery Has Proven a
Genuine Elixir of Life.
Ole gime Verdict Comes From Old and Young, 3Ia!e anis Female,
Rich and poor, and From All Corners of the Dominion.
1? It is the case that he who makes
two blades of grass grow where only
one had grown before is a benefactor
o1 the race, what is the position to be
accorded that man who by his know-
ledge of the laws of life and health
gives energy and strength where lan-
guor, weakness and anticipation of an
early death had before prevailed? Is
not he also e. public benefactor? Lot
those who have been down and are
Dew up through the use of South Am-
irioan Nervine give their opinious on
this subject. John Boyer, banker, of
Kinoar`dine. Ont, had made hinagelf a
hopeless invalid through years of over-
work. At least he felt his case was
hopeless, for the best physicians had
failed to do him good. He tried Ner-
vine, and these are hie words : " I glad -
17 say it : Nervine cured me and I
am to -day se strong and well.as ever."
Samuel lyes of Ifealord, was cured o1
neuralgia of the stomach and bowels
by three bottles of this medicine. Jas.
Sherwood, of Windsor, at 70 years of
age, guttered from en attaok of paraly-
sis. His life, at that age, was de.pair-
ed of. But four bottles of Nervine
gave him back his natural strength. A
'idtim of indigestion, W. F. Bolger, of
Ztenfrew, says : " Nervine cured me
of my suffering, which seemed incur-
able, and had baffled all fernier me-
thods and efforts." Peter Eason, of
i'aisisy, lost flesh and rarely had a
good night's' sleep, because o1 stomach
trouble. He says: "Nervine stopped
the agonising pains in my stomach the
first day I used it. I have now taken
two bottles and I feel entirely relieved
and can sleep like a top." A repre-
sentative farmer, of Western Ontario,
Is Mr. C. J. Curtis, residing near Wind-
sor. His health was seemingly com-
pletely destroyed through Ia grippe.
No medicine did him any good. "To
three bottles of Nervine," he says, ' I
attribute my restoration to health and
strength." Neither man or woman
can enjoy. life when troubled with liver
complaint. This was the sentiment
and feeling of W. J. Hill, the well-
known bailiff of Bracebridge. " I was
so bad," says he, " that one of my
teedioal attendants said that I was
dying, but, thank God, I am not dead
yet. From the first few doses I took
ot• Nervine I commenced to feel bet-
ter, and am to -day restored completely
to my usual health." A resident of
the Maritime. Provinces, in the person
of S. Jones, of Sussex, N.B., says : "Fur
twelve years I was a martyr to indi-
gestion, constipation and headache.
The treatment of several physicians
'Id not help me. I;have taken a few
bottles of Nervine, and can truthfully
say that I am a. new man."
A shrewd observer of human. re lure
has said : " The hand that ro `l( the.
cradle moves the world." How lene
portant it is, then, that health and
strength should be made the lot of
the mothers of thie country. Tho wo-
men of Canada are ready by scores to
tell of the benefits that haee come to
them through the use of South Maori- .
can Nervine. Mrs. R. Armetro}�g,.4
Orillia, wife of the oolporteur, ,6f the
Bible Society of that town, suffered
for sty years from nervous prostrathen
Medical aesistance did not help. "Xaa
all," she says, "/ have taken six bottles
of Nervine, and can truthfully say thld
is the one medicine that has *Seated
a cure in my case." Mrs. John Ain■
woody has been for 40 years a reatident
of Plesherton, and has reached the al■
lotted three -score years and ten. Throe
years ago her system sustained ', *ev-
erts shock through the death of a
daughter. Nervine was recommend
She perseveringly took 13 bottles of
medicine, with the result that she is to-
day again strong and hearty. Ttun-
dreds of women suffer from impoverish-
ed blood and weakened nerves. " All
vitality," says Mrs. J. Fallis, of
Brampton, " seemed to have forsaken
my system. I was unable to get re-
lief from any source with. t commenctd
taking South American Nervine. The
results are most satisfactory—greater
far than I could have hoped for." It
came within the way of Mrs. H. Stap-
leton, of Wingham, to treat under the
best phsicians, both in Canada and
England for heart disease and nerv-
ous debility, but she failed to get any,
relief. " I was advised," she says, "to
take South American Nervine, and
must say I do believe that if I had
not done so I would •not be alive to-
day."
Newspaper space is too valuable to
permit of further additions to these
earnest words of testimony from those
who know just what they are talking
about. In the common language of
the day, they have been there, and ars
speaking from the heart. The dozen
or more witnesses that here speak have
their counterparts by the hundreds,
not only in the province of Ontario,
but in every other section of the Domin-
ion, Sout1- American Nervine is based
on a seientillc principle that inakei*--
a cure a certainty, no matter how des-
perate the case may be. It strikes
at the nerve centers from which flows
the life bl-od of the whole system. It
is not a medicine of patchwork, but
is complete and coneoreheneive to ata
application.
C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter.
`I'IIOs. WIOKurT, Crediton. Drag Store, Agent.
LADY • GOLFERS.
The lady golf champion of England
for the year, is Miss Pascoe of Wimble-
don. Lady Margaret Scott, whowon
the championship in 1894 an'd 1895, did
not - enter the list this year.
The game calls for no end of endur-
ance, which probably accounts for its
being .a trifle less in favor than, some
of the other outdoor sports.
There' are varieties of smart rigs for
the wear, many of 'them whioh recom-
mend themselves at once to one's favor.
Scotch tweeds of English cloths are the
preferred materials, being dux° le as
well as immensely chic.
A suit in an ugly check in shades of
brown and blue is so ugly as to be posi-
tively lovely. Thee ankle -long skirt is
cut with a decided flare at the foot,
while it fits the hips beautifully. There
its the usual deep lacing of leather in-
side, to give both' the necessary weight
and smart finish'.
The up-to-date 'golf girl wears a
fetching little jacket and flares out.
over thehips in the most approved fash-
ion. The 'Close coat collar and revers,
are as smart as possible, and the turn-
ed back corners of the jacket add a
pretty finish.
The coat sleeves are rather full at
the shoulders, bat snug from below the
elbow. With this gown is worn the
equestrienne tights of a dark, soft
brown, andtan canvas, laced boots.
There should be a shirt waist of dull
blue and brown striped percale, white
collar and a smart tie of scarlet. silk.
The Alpine hat is the favorite mode
of head gear, and is usually made of
cloth like the gown, heavily stitched,
and decorated with a spiky quill at the
side.
NOTHING STRANGE.
They say ,that the Faittkeys have a
big:skeleton in the closet,
Wouldn't be surpaised. There are a
great many bones of contention• around e
there: