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Exeter Times, 1902-2-27, Page 61 0600000000.10400 'ct1,..ciTher,m7arenaoatihlwtreel,:ittres,;;Otheinitge di more." i They are, quite enough te eateb- lish your identity," sceid afr. Mint, 0 iw,eamoo,,inaotaLteorrat,Lheielee;Senainrgge,at recitlest' Lord Lisle held theta in his hand, How vividly he remembered the day he lied plaeed thet ring on his wife's finger, and her pretty, happy pride when. he gave her the locket. "Margaret," he said, "I will give you whatever you ask, if you Will give me this locket and ring, Your mother's eace rises before me as I gaze upon them, You hall have diamonds a queen might envy, if you give me these." She looked at lieu with a bright smile. They are yours,e' she said, gent- ly ; "even as I am yoars—becauSe they belouged to my mother,: No diaraonds, however valuable, could pay for them." Then a scene took place which gratieed Rita's tunbition. Lord Lisle asseinbled his servants and de-• pen.dents, and formally introduced their young mistress, telling, in brief clear words the story of her loss and 'recovery, Mes. Markham was there, and a half fear, half di ea.d passed through Rita's mind, as Lord Lisle said, with a smile : • "My daughter has altered since you saw her last, and, Mrs. Mara- nihrtzme? ,i, there any feature you recog- "Noue, my lord," she replied. "I remember her mother's faeo vividly, but I cannot recall Miss Lisie's." It was an evening of triumph un- marred by ono drawback. Lord Lisle talked. much to Mar- garet of her fosteresister. He was charmed with. her „ replies, although he woadered much that she showed no great pleasure when he avowed his intention of adopting her. "You 'Must lay aside this hea,vy mourning; to -morrow," said Lord Lisle. "My mother has taken care to provide you with a trousseau. I shall add jewelry to your tate." When the darkness and silence of night had fallen. over the Hall, wbile Lord Lisle dreamed of his dead wife and living . child, Margaret said to herself : "It was a brilliant play, and. I acted my part well." (To Be Continued). 4 . MSTAUCTION OPA PROUD SPIRIT, aiefice aeatealaefevactieeeeeoeoe)000 SYNOPSIS OF PREOEI)IaTG CHAI'TERS.—Margaret Howard, 05 the eve of departure to 30ia her se" cretly ntarried busbaud, leaves her child witb Susan Rivers and is drowned at sea. Susan rears the child, Daisy, as her own, and dies. Her daughter, Margaret, alone knows Daisy's secret, Lord Lisle seas his elaild he ban never seal. er 0 0 0 0 * 0000* *0000000*a* a loaew that in a few minutes he should see Margaret's child ae;ala, There was a, murmur of excitement as the carriage stopped at. the Hall door. Those who waited there saw a tall, stately lady deScend. There was no faltering in her praticl bear- ing ; there Was no elnOtiOn on the beautiful face as they bent before her in lowly greeting. • 'Mrs. Wyverne stepped forward, and clasped the graceful figure in her arms. ' "Let me be the first to welcome you home," she said. "'I ani your father's mother, Margaret, and you must learn to love me," "You are very kind," Margaret said, gently ; then, turning to Philip Lisle, she asked : "Where is my father ? Let ma see him soon." Mrs. Wyverne took her hand, and led her through a long suite of mag- nificent rooms. They reached the library door at last, and she rapped gently. "Come in 1" said a, low, hoarse voice, unlike' any she had ever heard. "Co in alone, dear child," • said Mrs. Wyverne. "Try and calm your Lather—be is not strong." Rita opened the door. The room was very long, and dim in the gray evening light ; but at the upper end she saw a figure with outstretched, trembling Wine. Iii fancy she had often rehearsed that seem, .The reality had come at length. She walked quickly up the long room and threw herself into the clasp of those loving arms. "My father," she said gently ; "have I found you at last ?" But he had no such calna words.f or her ; his agitation was 'pitiful to see. Deep sobs seemed to shake his strong heart ; tears dropped from his eyes ; he clasped her in his arms as though even • death should riot part them again. ‘, "My darling," he said—"my little Pearl—my Margaret's child? Thank Heaven, I have found you 1—thank Heaven, I hold you in my arms again !" He released her then and looked at her. "How beautiful you are 1" he said, proudly. "You have not your mother's sweet face and calm, tender eyes. You are beauti- ful, like some of the ladies of our race who shone fairest among the fair ! Speak to me again, ray dar- ling ! Let me tear if you have your mother's voice ?" "I fear you will be disappointed in me," she said. "I am not like my mother ; Susan Rivers told me so. She was feir and gentle; I am dark like you." "She had dark hair," ,said. Lord Lisle ; "not black, like' yours—dark and soft, like the wing of some rare bird. Oh, Margaret ! I have never seen you since you were a little baby and I held you iii ray arms. What years of happiness I leave lost !—but not through my fault—not my fault. My heart has longed for you, darl- ing—I have thirsted for one look at your face—I would have given nay life to find you—but all longing seemed vain.," She knelt by his side, and spoke gentle words that soothed him—of the happiness in store for them—of the long years they might .yet spend together ; and no remorse startled her foe the false words that were passing her lips... Time seemed to fly ; but Lord Lisle was roused from his trance by a gentle rap at the door. "Costae in, mother," he said, -"I must not be selfish ; let me share my 'happiness. Is Philip tbere ? Come in, Philip ; I have much to thank you for. Come and bid nay beloved child thrice welcome home." They vied with each other , who should be the kindest and most at- tentive, until, at length,. Mrs. Wye verne started up, saying : "How totally unused we are, lei young ladies ! Margaret has never had thne to reanove her bonnet. Come with me, dear child ; I will show yon the rooms your father has ar- ranged for you. We found you a maid yesterday—one rthink you will like." Lord Lisle clasped his daughter in his antis again. "I shall feel anxious every mo- raent you are out of my sight," he said.. 'Wake haste, Margaret." Tile two ladies quitted the room together. Then Lord Lisle, turning to his neph.ew said : "Haw beauti- ful she is, Philip—how dignified and graceful 1 Her voice is like music. Wbo can have taught her such man- ners ? Her accent is as yenned is my oval. I am as much surprised as pleased." • • "She is very beautiful," said Philip ; "but she does not reserable youat all. Her nurse was a supe- rior woman, and . appears to have strained every nerve' to give both gfrls a good education. Miss Lisle's foster -sister has gone abroad tte 0. governess to some eneueg lady," "She must return then' said Lord Lisle, "I Will do to her as her good and generous mother did to ray child. She shall be Margaret'e ter still—in more than name." That evening Lord Lisle seemed to. regain all, his lost strength an energy. His mother looked on hina With eyes full of happy tears. After dinner a solemn*council was hold in the • library. While it lasted, Lord Lisle held Bites hand in. hia, She showed hini the proofs of her story—the letters written by Mar- garet Wyverne, her Mother, to Susan Rivera, her nurse—letters that apeke so lovingly of the &ex husband, who liter ill, and the little child elle was so grieVed to leave, behind her. She Showed the quaint ring', with its legend No lave out „ of this rifig"--the Ideket • Whore Lord Lisle's hair wee lataviued with that of his Wile, , • CHAPTER XX. There was no rest or sleep there that night for the young girl, whose plan succeeded beyond her most sanguine expectations. No doubt had been thrown upon b.er word ; no, suspieion. came to the skillful lawyer, the trained detective, or the handsome cousin, who appeared to knovr the world so well. As she stood aloue in Jeer room that night, her heart thrilled with 1.riuraph. Fate itself seemed to have played tato her hands. All she had ever wished for—rank, wealth, positioa— were now in her grasp. Her good fortune bewildered her. Yet, as she stood there, in the very hours of her triumph, solemn words, spoken long ago by her dead mother, came back to her. Did an evil deed ever prosper long ? Did not retribution, sooner or later, overtake those who betrayed a. sacred. trust, and usurped. rights be- longing to another ? "Could evil prosper ?" again. and again she asked herself the question —her beautiful face becoming graver with every repetition. "In my case it will 1" she said, proudly. "I have conquered cir- cumstances, and will conquer evil and make it my good." Far into the night she sat with Mrs. Ferne, telling the details of the story she had made her own. letend now it turns out," she said, "that my father is a rich nobleman, and not only anxious to see me, but ready to give Ms whole fortune for the purpose of finding me." "I always thought it," said Mrs. Ferns. "You were never like poor Susan, or Daisy, either." "I have one charge to leave with you," said Margaret, after a few minutes of deep silettce. "Do you remember that evening, soon after my poor nurse's death, a young man came here to—to say `good-bye' to nae, before he went to sea? Should you know him were you to see him again ?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Ferne. "I could never forget his cicuie face." "He will come again," said Mar- garet. "It may ba in three years' time—perhaps sooner. When he conaes tell him nay story—tell him that my own father has claimed rae, and that it will be better for him to forget me, as he will never see me again. No matter what he says—no matter what he offers you—neither tell aim my name, nor where I am. I will reward you handsomely if yoli manage this well." Mrs. Ferne understood perfectly. "Ile shall never know your real name, or where you live, from me," she said. "Make your naind easy about that. He cannot know them from anyone else."' Margaret thought, as she stood in her room that nigat, watching the pale stars shining la the quiet sky, that the future lay s3aailiag before her. Ralph Ashton had been her only fear. Perhaps he might never return ; even should he come to seek her, the wonderful change in her for- tune would convince him that all further acquaintance was impossible. The cold, ambitious heart felt . no pang of regret at the true love she was throwing away. Philip Lisle looked at .his cousin with critical attention on the follow- ing morning as they were starting on their journey. There was nothing unlady-like in the long black dress and sweeping mantilla. The superb beauty of the southern face shone out brightly from amid the clouds of black. He looked to see if she wept on leaving the humble home' that had sheltered her for so long ; but there was no trace of tears in those dark, lustrous eyes. It was a wonderful journey for Rita. She liked the deferential hom- age of her three corapanions, who treated her as though she had been a princess. She liked the adeniration her beautiful face excited, She liked being called "Miss Lisle," and hear- ing of her father' e prestige, and the grandeur of his race. The day was clrawine°near its close when they reached the Hall. The • evening . gloaming' was quiet mid calm ; a gray shadow seemed to ret upon the world ; the flowers were all sleeping, and the birds ha,d gone to rest. A bright flush rose to Margaret's face as they caught sight of the Hall rising proudly from among the lux- uriant trees. "That is• Lisle Court," said Philip to his cousin. "There is not a fair- er, prouder home in Faigland. Lisle 'awaits you there impatient - 0 That evening was long retrtembered by those who lived at the Ilan Lord Lisle wished his daughter to be re- ceived with all the honors clue to her. The servants in livery were ranged in the hall, Toady to receive their young mistress. Mrs, Waverne sat in the long draeving-room, alt great state and grandeur ; but Lord Lisle Was too agitated for any pub - lie display. "Mother," said Lord Lisle, "I cannot gxelet my daughter here. I ellen remaie in sny study, Bring her to me, end leave us alone," ale Sat thee even° tem hut Set in tid goldon vt(;81, atid the gray gloarn- ing spread 0 lrl 1 te. hunl. 3Te Jewel at length the carriaat wheels, and FOR, FARMERS SeaSonsible and Profitable Hints for the Busy Tillers 4E. eattile Sela el*.alt;ee*ei4eiatfee.**iiiee?•tiee'elale'#.04 WHEAT STRAW. Wheat straw is the most extensive- ly, used material for bedding in farming', It is generally used extra,- vagantly because under the system of ordinary farmieg the supply 01 stra.w is usually far in excess of the actual needs of the stables, says a correspondent. Scientifically wheat straw shows a food valae that should save it from being wasted, and practicalla we who have fed animals anow it is af- ter), highly - relished by them., even when they are supposed to have as much other highly regarded foods as they can eat and digest. A certain bulk is necessary in. the raticin for stomach distention purposes as well as to increase `the working area of the more autritious "foods, and clean bright etraM Can be used pro- fitady for adding this bulk, secur- ing it more cheaply in the straw than in the more expensive fodclers. One can make a good cow ration with ensilage and straw for the roughage should there be a shorta,ge of hay or if hay can be sold at a price above its feeding value com- pared with its traw substitute to leave a profit after adding protein, concentrates, to supply what was withdrawn in the laay. In actual practice I have made the substitu- tion of elean wheat straw for high Priced hay, increased my concentrat- ed portion of the ration and not on- ly had a, profit from selling hay and buying meal, but got more milk from the change of food. I do not mean that the farmer at large 'shall cease using straw for beading, lor whatever feeding value we may know it contains the fact remains that we have no material on the farm that is as cheap for bedding as straw. But I do mean that we should liot use it so wastefully. Stra.w as It comes from the thresher is not a good absorbent of liquids. Nature made it strong, resistant and praatically indurated for its and the esee'd's protection, and untij the straw is crushed or cut or its organism in some.' way broken, it takes up very. little nioisture, and as an agent for the conservation of liquid excrement it is nearly useless. But let it be run, through the cutter so that it is cut aud haggled and crushed, and it Is no longer impervious to moisture. Wen so prepared, half the quantity of' straw will produce better results both in absorbing liquids and. keep- ing tbe animals clean three can be se- cured when the long straw is used. MARRIAGE ENC.OURAGED. It is doubtful whether any induce- ment to marriage was more remark- able than that recently put forwara by a well-known Austrian nobleman who was' anxious to encourage matri- mony among the peasants on his es- tate. He undertook to provide each bridegroom with tobacco supplies for life and each bride with four aairs of gloves per annum. The generous of- fer acted like a charm, and very soon there was scarce • a single bachelor, remaining on thelnobleman's vast es- tate. Lor this perpose. This led, to an in- vestigation of the effect of sawdust on land and dope .manured with this naateriel, Se:nee years ago, Ooknell Experiment station ex- perimented on acepretely measured plans to • determixte, if possible, if shavings wawa used as bedding, in- jured the, quality of the manure or the crop. One stall was bedded with pine shavings, the other with cut straw, in equal weiglies. The borses were changed every day. When about 1,500 pounds of manure had accesmula,ted in these stalls, the manure in each was thoroughly mix- ed, 1,000 pounds weighed out of each and put on two plats. A third plat was left untreated, 'This exper- iment was carried on for about four years. Barley was grown continu- ously on the land, which was a ra- ther moderately light gravelly soil. From this experimept if.0 injury to the soil was diseovered from the use of pine saaviags as bedding, neither was the manure foun.d to be inferior to that which was mixed witlu cut straw. In observing the results of the use of manure mixed with, saw- dust or shavings, the conclusion was arrived at., that all of the trouble had resulted, first, from using too' much bedding, so that the resultant manure contained but, a small per- centage, of the excrements.of the ani- mals; and, second, that it was ap- plied too thickly. One need not hes- itate to ese a moderate quantity of shavings if we have a spreader to distribute theemanure, provided that not more than six or eight tons at most were applied to each acre. However, it might be advisable to pile the manure and let it rot for one year, adding water to it if the rainfall is not sufficient firefangieng. CATTLE IN STABLES. MISSES' FIVE -GORED FLARE SKIRT. The skirt that fits snugly about the hips and flares freely at the feet is in the height of style foe young girls as well as for their eiders This admirable model includes all the lat- est features and will be found satis- factory in every way. As shown the material is broad cloth in tobacco brown, but ali, cloths and cheviots as well as all the lighter weight wools and silks are appropriate. The skirt is cut, in five gores that being the most becoming of all styles. Each gore is carefully shaped and widens as it approaches the floor to give the fashionable flare. The fulne,ss at the back is laid in in- verted plaits that are quite fiat, but produce graceful fulness at the low- er edge wlaere the skirt falls in be- coming folds. To cut, this skirt for a girl of 14 years of age g• yards of material 21 inches wide, 4e yards 32 inches wide, 21 yards 44 inches wide, or 2,41 yards 50 inches wide will be re- quired. PURE WATEde NECESSARY. The watering accommodation for the swine should be the first thing considered in laying out the hog yard or pasture. The pumped water, all things considered, is the best a,nd safest. The well can be located so as to be free from all drainage of the lot or surroundings. It can be fenced, fitted up and made dry and solid for some distance around the pump. The troughs can be loctited on a 'dry cemented floor, or broken stone that can be flushed frequently and thus kept free fromthe usual hog yard filth. The trough should be guarded to keep out all filth, or watering tanks used. The purpose of cleanliness can be cavried out by anyone who wills to do it. The desnage resulting from forcing swine to drink impure. filthy water must be impressed upon the mind of every hog raiser. When this is done, then there will be a way devised to sapply the swine with pure water. - Look over your hog lots, and see what the condition of the water is' that they are forced to use.- If the hogs are wading around in mud knee deep and go to a muddy trough or mudleole to get a drink, you can depend upon it that they ate forced to unnatural conditions and sooner or later you will be the loser by a scourge of tholera, or similar disease. The raising of hogs is one of the best money -making lines of the stock business connected with agriculture, but it must not be abused by ne- glect or carelessness. If it pays, take care of it and it, will continue to uay. One of the surest -means of doing this is to look after the water- ing of tlte swine. See that they are liberally supplied with pure water and plenty of it. JAPANESE FOOD HABITS. The 'Japanese do not use milk, cows being almost unknown in Jane` Pan. Milk, an animal product, falls under the condetnnetiose which ex- cludes everything that, eas pertainecl to life from the list of' articles used for food. Animals taken in the chase arc excepted, as are Rsh. The Ja- panese mother rairses her own child, continuing sometimes up to the sixth year, though other food is given in addition after the first or second year. The main food of the Japan- eee mother coesists of rice, fish, shellfish and seaweed. Wine or alco- holic products wre stover used, Meth - eel mell think that the large use oE the, products of the sea, is the reason. why rachitis is unknown, Of c.ourse, the jaapafiese' know nothing about better, cream, cheese, eta, but. they =mice an excellent Substitute from a, bean, rich not only in oil, but also in nitrogenous elements. Yet con- Sumption is common among the up- per classes in Japan. iNfountainers are, however,. exempt from tuberett- losis, Yet Japanese are a small'peo- pie, smallness with them being a race charatteristac. ALL IN THE FAMILY. CURE roil siviALLroz, Used With Steccess in Paris DurirS An Epidemic, The sisters in eharge of St. Jos- eph's Female Orphan APYluen, at Se- venth teed Spruce Streets, Philadel- phia., are in receipt of many letters daily from persona who seek inforina- tioa concerning the preparation which is believed by the sisters te be a preventative against smallpox and all other contagious dieeases, A. few Physicians aa' e !among the inquirers, a, saaall proportion of these having decided to try the medicine. "These drugs have been in use by Us for 60 years;" .says one of the sisters. "Iit all that time we have not had one case of smallpox in our institution. The prescription was obtained by mother Gongwea more than 00 years ago from a minister in Germantown. He got it from a doctor in Paris, who had used it with great success during an epi- demic of smallpox there. "The preseription is one grain sol- id extract digitalis, one grain eul- phate of zinc, one half teaspoonful of sugar, four ounces water. Dis- solve the digitalis and the zinc sep- arately, then aompoun.d the prescrip- tion. "It is of the utmost importance that -the solid extract of digitalis be used. Some druggists say there is no such thing, and use the liquid pa.e- paration. This is value) . it does not produce the same results. "The dose is one teaepoonful every hour for 12 consecutive hours for en adult. For an infant, 10 deeps for the same length • Litho, and for children under 10 years, one half tea- spoofilul hourly for 12 hours: "We usually repeat this treatment once a month when smallpox is epi- demic. It is tiae best mediciee, we think, in cases of smallpox. The face new be bathed with it, thus pre- venting scars. I know at one case whice a. mab sent Inc the medicine, as his wile had smallpox. She took it all night, the. eruption having almost disappeared in the morning. "The digitalis kills the germs of -d'isease that may be in the system. The zinc purifies the bloed. Some doctors object to the digitalis be- cause it acts on the heart. Of course, the medicines must be taken with care as the medicines are aOwer, My cow barn is only 14 feet wide. I thought it best to have bat one manger; writes Mr. G. 'G. Gibbs. A row of studs are placed 3 feet 10 in- ches from the cast side of the stable and the stud e are 8 feet 4 inches from centre to centre. To each side of et,ch stud is bolted a f -inch iron rod, and midway between each two studs a cow is fastened by an ordin- arytcow-tie, secured by chains to rings, which slide up and down the. rods. By this arrangement the cow has much liberty and yet is securely fastened and cannot; disturb the ani- mals adjoining her. When she lies dawn the chains slide down the rods and she can lay her head by her side. Wheii she gets up the chains slide up the sods and she can lick herself on any part of her body. Still sae has no more forward and back- ward movement than if she were in a rigid stanchion. The front of the manger is merely the foundation wall of 'the building and the bottom is cement, which slopes gently from the wall toward the row of studs. Fourteezu inches from the studs it drops 2 inches and is level from there to the studs. The platform on which the cows stand as well as the floor behind them is earth. I expect to have both the floor and gutter behind them made of cement. In front of the cows ev- ery 15 feet is a window containing 12 glasses, and behind them, next -the ceiling, is a window of three glass between every alternate pair of stulds. SAWDUST AS MANURE. Siam the use of silage has beeome so general, and with it the feeding of eat straw pewee; with. the silage, the question of getting sufficient bed- diag for the stock has becolne of growing importance. In many eases sawdust and shavings have been largely used, in fact, sawdust has been shipped long distances by rail Adams—"Do you beliatre it is a sive of good luck to Mid a horee- shoe on the- road?''' *Tohnson.—"Of couesd; it is a sign of good luck for some blackseleith" The total rental paid by British fame s 18 40 mill onS year, that by Scoteh teattnte 7 million.e. PACK BUTTER WITH CAltE. Butter for shipment or for the home market should have much greater care than is usually given at the farm dairy. Of course the size and kind of package will depend up- on the demands of the customers. If tubs are wanted see that the butter is put in solidly. The top may be smoothed off evenly by means of a straight edge or wire. A cloth is then spread over the top of the tub, and a light layer of salt is sprink- led over the cloth. If prints are wanted, see that they are carefully and neatly made and wrapped in parchment paper and carefully pack- ed. Use special care with small packages designed•for custom trade. SIR ERNEST CASSEL. Sir Ernest Cassel, who has placed the sum of $1,000,000 in the hands of King Edward for the purpose of building a sanitarium to treat con- elemPtion and to make experiments in the art of healing that disea.se, is an immensely wealthy merchant 'of London who was knighted in 1880. He has a town house in Grosvenor Square and a ccamtry seat, called Dalby Hall, near Melton Mowbray, the hunting headquarters in Leices- tershire. This merchant knight is one of the richest individuals in the United Hingdona When his daughter was married, he gave her,a dowry which yields her an immense lucome, and at his death` she will inherit, it is' said, an estate worth in the neigh- borhood of $60,000,000. Cassel was knighted :for his liberality to charitable undertakings in general. His new donation will greatLy aid the poor. 101.61=16121.036===zrassmr LONDON'S COSTLY FOGS. CAUSE GREAT IN VA- RIOUS LIMBS OF reit.AYSTRY Coslo —t Douraildigua. s$11710:9v0i0sit:etillironin• ater , Death Rate io Nigh. Lord Claud Hamilton., elattirman tae Great astern ComPallY, told the , shareholders of that company last spring that the fogs of the win- ter had (lost the company 2o0,000. And this, too, in spite of the fact that the whiter of 1900-1 was, on the whole, very free from thick fosse Says London Tit -Bits. , The Great Eastern carriee a some- what heavier suburban traffic than other lines with a terminus in Lon- don, but even so it is impossible— taking their loee as a• basis—to put the total cost of tog to these lines et Jess'figure than $1,000,000 a year. As for the loss to aveteel traffic in London, that is a more difficult mat: tee to calealate ; on an eminent etatietician has put the delays thus caused at $22,500 for every, lay of fog, and this estimate takes no ac- count of accidents or of stoppages of river traffic. As the, average of foggy days in a Londofl winter is - fifteen, here is another $337,500 gone. • l'he matter of extra lighting is a very ' serious one in times of fog, During the terrible six weeks: fog of 1879-80 One of London's big gas companies gave statietics showing that they supplied 35,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily above their ORDINARY OUTPUT. "Some people complain, that it snakes them sick: This is because their systems are not in good condi-, tient ' "We are not opposed to vaccina- tion. You „can vaccinate as often as you please. It will be useless, how- ever, if you have taken this medicine. The vaccination will not 'take.' "We have 130 children here now, When one is brought we give her the medicine promptly. Although they, come from all over the city, we ne- ver have a contagious disease within our doors." • HOW THEY GOT Hill OUT. The 'doctor complained that he could do nothing with his patient. "It's easy to be seen he's only -shananaing. He finds his present abode too pleasant—no work and plenty- to eat. I wish I could get the fellow out," so said the hospital doctor to an attendant. "Well," said the attendant, "will you lend, me a few yards of string, and you can bet your boots he'll be miles away before night? "You'realot going to strangle him, I hope?" said the doctor. "Leave it to me," he replied. do no injury to Mm." He went to the fellow's bed. "Very bad?" asked the attendant. "Oh, yes, I'm dreadful sick. The attendant made no further re- mark, but placed one end of the string at his head and thaw it very slowly to his feet. Then he measur- ed him across the chest. The fellow looked horrified and gasped:— "What's this for?'" He received no =sever and the at- tendant walked away, when the man at bolt upright and called after him for an explanation. The attendant pretended to relent, and, walking up to him whispered:— "My' poor fellbw, tbe doctor knows you'll not recover, and it's very ex- pensive keeping you here. I fancy he will put a little poison in your food to -morrow to pa you out of misery. -Ile just asked me to measure you for a coffin. We'll bury you with ell respect to -morrow or the day Id - lowing." • No one knew how or when the shamming invalid got clear of the hospital, but there was no trace of him next morning. Thea other two large metropolitan. companiee were equally hard pressed. so it may be talc= that twenty years ago's, day's fog meant the consump- tion of 150,000,000 feet extra of gas an amount valued at about $112,- 500. Taking into consideration the growth of London since that period, and the large consunaptian of electric light as well, it will be seen that a100,000 is a heir estimate of a foggy day's light bill, being a total of $1,500,000 for an average winter. ° Another item in the cost of fog which is seldouu considered, but ia nevertheless a very serious one, is the enormous amount of 'extra work it entails in cleaning. It was cal- culated that the bad fog of Novem- ber 1 to 3 last left, a deposit of six tons of soot and dirt on every square mile of London. Shopkeepers and householders alike have to pay heavily for the cleansing of their goods which fog makes necessary. Fog dirt consists of 40 per cent of mineral naatter, 36 per cent of car- bon, together with a quantity of sulphurous and hydrochloric acid ; altogether, about as appallingly dirty and harmful a mixture as could be conceived. It would be a. most MODERATE ESTIMATE to pat down $10,000 a day as the cost of cleansing fog from London. So far, then, it has been proved that the fogs of a single winter cost London in hard cash about three- quarters of a million, 'an amount Which would more than cover the cost of supporting all the lunatic asylums of Greater London and their 15,000 inmates. - But the worst loss of all has yet to be touched on—the toll of human lives wlaich the fog fiend exacts. Sonne idea of the way in which fog kills may be gathered from the Lon- don death returne chuing the long «fog of 1879-80 already mentioned ; 1,730 was the return for -the Best week of the fog; 1,900 died during, the second; 2,200 the third; while the fourth week showed a death roll of 3,376, or nearly double that of a month before. This is, of course, an extreme case, but a few foggy days invariably, send up London's death rate from its normal 17 to about 20 per 1,000. Roughlyespealeing, there- fore, fog kills 2,000 Londoners in a single winter. 17,926,210 English people live in towns, against 11,076,315 in the country. Prolessor—"Mr Chumpy, I am. anx- iorts, for your fathers sake, to break the long list of demerit marks you have won, here. Do you think you Wall ever learn anything?'' Chumpy--"NO, sir.",. Professor— "Mark Mr. °humpy as having core recely answered all the questions put to him this lesson," awearitmemnat • 0" The Symptoms arid Dangers of This Deadly Disease Vihloh le Driving 00 1Viany to Beds of Sioline6s—Effootie0 . Treatment by • rte. Chase's Famous Remedies Chill followed by fever, quick pulse, severe pains in the eyes and forehead., and dull pains in tbe joins clad inuscles, mark the beginnings ox la grippe. Thero is also hoarseness, inflamed air passages, and obstinate cough, furrell tongue, distress in the stomach, and diarrhoea,. The one unmistakable feature of la grippe is the depressed spirits and weakness atid debility of the body. With the very young and -very old and. with persons of low vitality, the alange33-s or l grippe aro very great. Pneumonia, of a violent and fatal form le a frequent eegult11 is also eleimed that very many cases of con- sumption can .be directly traced to le grippe. The after effects of la grippe are niagt often felt in the nervoug system. The extreme debility in which this disease leaves its victims is more than most nervous systems can endure—parelysis or prostration folloWs. 'he meet successful' clociorS adadoe their •patents to avoid expoettre to cold or over-exertion, and teems/ - sized both general end local treatment, suet' as 3)r. Chasn'e Nerve Flood, to strengthen arid tone the system,' and Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lieseeet and Turpentine to idosen the, cough and, protect the bronchial tubes and lungs from threatened complications. • Any honest, end coescientiteus doctor will tell you that this combined treatment recommended by Dr. Claes* cannot be surpassed as a slanting ol veneering teed wring la gtippe; and restoraig the weekened. mid debilitated body to its accustomed vigor, 1)r, Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Thrpentine iS too 'well knol.ve as a cure for bronchitis and seeere chest colds to need comment t/r.. Chase's aTerve Food eeeks out the weak spots in the system and builds that. tip, It rekindles the vitelity of PC '0115 weakened by diedese, -worry er oVer-exeetion, and eannot possibly be equalled as a reetorative and recOhstetictant, ;to hasten recovei y frOM la grippe, and to prevent seriotta constitUtional complications., For sale by c_11 deelerse or tdmanson, Bates a CoMpeny, Toronto. ICEBERGS. Enormous Fleets Seen on a at - cent Voyage. An enormats fleet of icebergs seen on a voyage' from New Zealand to Cape Horn last August is thug de- scribed by a correspondent : "We awoke to find ourselvee surrounded by see-enteen icebergs, the number ine deasing theoughout the day,until at one maenent I myself counted thirty-two altogether, • and thera were floes of ice all about is •On one occasion, during the first /light as we •web e slowly coasting around a monster of about three miles long, the captain suddenly discovered that it was joined under ,the water by a berg on ' our other side. A great block had probably fallen away. It' was: just then towards dawn, and the light wa.s so extremely bad that it was a Mere chance that the rip- pling. of water over the dovertd ice showecl our danger. To have, con- tinued would have meant certain dis- aster. The starboard engine was at once reversed, so that the ship might turn more quiekly that she could h.ave answered Lo the rudder, and we rounded our adversary on the south- ern side. We were among the ice- bergs altoaetber about sixty boars, r it was not before Friday at'inicl- day that we were (ii 11-, clear of them. Not only were they quite eite expected, but neither the captain (in over.,ilfty voyages around the world) nor 'any of the officers in all their experience had ever come across iee, bergs either in size or number to equal those which made ours -a re- cord voyage,'' THE LOCOMOTIVE SCREPIC14, The Belgian r ai 1 w ay au t ori ties' are clesirons of minimizieg the effect which the eae-splitting screech of the locoinotive produces upon the neve Vous syStems of feleeengera Tbe itt ginee ave to be furnished with, W tleg producing avo toeee, nod softer it. effect than, tlio ordiralry signal, the former to be usea in rallWay Sta- tions or when ths ;I -atilt is 'passing platforMe crO‘VdCd wah peesetiads,