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.01I.A.PTIlI1S.--41iCargaxet Howarc1,. on madame answered :
the eve of departure to join her see "Ah, a blonde ! Then I shall (US,-
cretly Married husband, leavea 1ier. like her. The wily blonae in the
child with StiSam Rivers and is eyelid 1 adthire or like is myself,"
drowned. at ' sea „ Susan reere the Which yerer ' charact eris tic epeech
• child. Daisy, as her own, ama dies. beteg repeated to Lord Lisle by Bite
Her daughter, Margaret, alone knows mused him great aluuseMent,
Paisy'S secret. Lord Lisle seeks his It was late on Tuesday afternoeu
child, .• and Margaret, taking Ditisy'e. when Daisy reached the villa. Lord:
birthright, announces herself hiS Lisle, with the delicate tact that
daughter, She falls in love with his distinguished him, thought it would
nephew, Philipbe better for the two young girls to
meet alone. .
CHAPTER XIII. Rita, nerved herself for the effort,.
'Philip," said Lord Lisle to his Brave and courageous as she was
nephew, a few days after the ball, when the carriage drove up to the
have you ever thought .of marry- door her heart beat so that she
ing ?" , could hardly see or beer.. Soule few
Mr. Lisle laughed. minutes afterwards Daisy entered the
"As a remote possibility, allele," room, aud Rita's eyes were drawl)
be replied, "If you ask 'the question to her with a look that, was half
seriously, I answer seriously, I have dread, hall fear.
never thought earnestly of it." Daisy—a tall, elegant girl, with a
"Yet you are old enough now,,, sweet, pure face and tender eyes--;
Said Lord Lisle, "arid you know Daisy, grown and altered, yet with
nian:‘:r nice ghee. How is it ?" the Same smile, the some epiriteal
"I have not 'met my fate' " said expression, the same clear, musical
Philip. "I know clever girls—beat- voice, aud the face so fivtally like
tiful girls ; but I have not yet met the pictured face of Dame Sybilla
the girl: I should like to marry." Lisle.
Lord Lisle felt something like a There. was no suspicion in Daisy's
sharp pang of sorrow at these very heart. She clasped her arms round
honest words. Rita's neck, her eyes wet with hop -
"You may be mistaken," he said. Py tears.
"No," interrupted Philip, "Like all "Rita, iny darling," she cried, "I
other oung mere wide, ride, I have my am so glad and happy to come -Le
• y
ideal wife. I do not care so much YOU How kind and good Lord Lisle
for beauty ; but she must be, fair, is ! I shall never be able to thank
and sweet, and gracious, true and him. I cannot possibly believe that
modest, refined and sensitive ---a kind I am to live in this beautiful home,
and call it mine.".. .
. of violet."
i "There aro many such," said Lord "It is to be so," said Rita. "We
are to be sisters here, Daisy, just
"1 believe it," was the laughing as We were at Queen's Lynne.. We
reply ; "but 1 have not yet met that are both to be Lord Lisle's daugh-
particular violet 1 an destined to ters."
:win end wear." • Daisy • clasped her little white There came no sign of recognition
1 "How can you know that ?" ask_ hands in, a transport of gratitude. into his kite—order Et kindly senile of
• ed the uncle. • • "It is like a fairy-tale," she cried. welcome. The tender eyes were rais-
"Because," he replied, 'a am a
great believer in first love. Some
day 1 shall meet a young girl, and
I shall say to myself the first • time
1 see her, 'I must win her for my
own.'1 am no believer in love
founded upon intimate acquaintance
and constant association."
Lord Lisle sighed deeply ; but he
said no more. There was no hope,
then-, for his darling child. Ah, if
Philip could but know, could but
understandthe treasure he had
won!
A few days afterwards one of
Philip's old college friends,- Lord
Carlow, came• over to Naples. He
was going on a.yachting expedition,
and pressedPhilip to join him.
They should return, he said, in a
month or six weeks. . • -
Philip looked anxiously - at Lord
Lisle when the invitation was given.
"It will be a sad interruption to
all our gayeties," he said. "Madame
la, Comtessa will lose her right hand.
Still, if Philip would like it, by all
means let him go."
And Philip went. Rita, lost no
hope. I -Te would return, she thought,
tired of the sea, tired of being al-
ways with gentlemen,and then she
might charm him more easily.
It seemed a: strange coincidence
that on the very day he left a letter
cn3ne from Daisy, saying that, in ac-
cordance with Lord Lisle's wish,
she would be with them on Tuesday.
Lord Lisle was unfeignedly pleased.
"She will iind you much changed,
Ilita„" he said. "What will she gently ; "but my mother is never
think of you ? Poor little Daisy ! long out of my thoughts. You have
we must all be very 'kind to her ; many friends ; 1 had but her."
she is quite alone in -the world." "I will take you to your rooms,"
"When is she coming ?" asked said Rita ; "you must like them,
Rita, in a low voice. Daisy. You have a suite like mine,
He thought she was agitated at and 1 furnished them as I thought
the thought of seeing her sister- you would like best. We will go
"On Tuesday," he replied ; "and now,and when you have changed
Rita, darling, I shall leave the ar- your travelling dross I will take you
rangements of her room with you.. to Mrs. Marche."
-Remember, that even as her mother The two young girls went toother
• took you, .a poor friendless child, to through the long- galleries leading to
her heart, and shared all she had • the suite of rooms Lord Lisle had
D
IL eleeeen . dreSe Of 'rieli White,
erepe ;"'the goldsn. hair rippled over
nook and. shotelders in sunny
waves., She had. no jewels, One
White rose lay in the bright bone.
and another was pieced, in the
bodice. of her dress. '
Mrs, Marche loOked up in 'surprise
0$ the beautiful vision pine into the
room.
She :welcomed DaisY warmly; but
there was a puzzled look alma • her
face as elm did so.. Hears afterward,
while' Daley : sung in the evening
iggriug, Mrs. Marche went up to
"MY dear 'Rita," she said, "there
is eothing I dislike more than Cet-
rioeity, Pray pardon. me if I ask
was 110 Your foster-unither—this
young lady's mother—a :very supe-
?wireve. V'
-,..'Yes,"! said Rita. "Why do you
"Because I neeer sow -anyone so
innately -refined as your sister. She
has "every • Mark of :good breeding,
and, what is more, of good taste.
Look at those Jittle white bands ;
they are like rose leaves Look at
the delicate little ears,. the beauti-
fully arched. neck. If 1 had. not
known, .1 should laa,Ve believed her
to be elesceaded from a hundred
earls !' "
With a sore, envious heart Rita
awned the -truth Of all that Mrs:
Marche said. in mere point of
heauttr and' coloring she Was supe -
rite.. to Daisy ; but she had nOt the
spiritual face, the refined, patriciae
manlier, the indescribable something
that bee no mune, yet distinguishes
a trim" lady, end is seen in one
glItiturtrt:es- almost dinner -1. bre when
the you've girl received a message to
say thae'Lord Lisle a.waited theni in
the drawing-ropm.
"Now," thought Rita, "now collies
the real danger. If I .escape during
the next hour, I have nothing to
feri.l'iii.e"re was no truce of emotion on
her face as she took Daisy's • hand,
saying: "I will take yon. Remember
we are both to be Lord Lisle's chit-
drSellitel'e'ntered the room, holding her
eister's hand.
"Papa," she said, gazine at him
the while, "here is my sisc'ter—your
other child, as you call her."
"Ah, Rita, what would my. mother
say, if 'she knew all this ?" . .
The beautiful 'face into which she
gazed grew suddenly pale.
"Daisy," said Rita, "you startle
me with your raptures, and my head
aches to -day."
"You have altered, Rita," said the
young girl. "You are beautiful as a
picture, sister dear ! Ah, :it glad-
dens my heart to see you here 1 • •
RECOGNIZED OLD FRIEND.
Jewels and 'rich dresses suit you
-wen ; you are like a rare gem in a i _
wonderful 'setting i Is not Lord ,1 Florence Nightingale is Remem-
Lisle very proud of you ?" 1 -" bered by Old Soldiers.
. They talked long. Daisy had Much 1
to tell—of the kindness she had met The love which English peciple, es -
with from her friends ; bow- deeply.' Pea:illy British soldiers, feel for
they deplored her leaving -them ; of 1 Florence Nightingale has been shown
her unbounded happiness .at the i at menY times and ia nianY Pinces.
A new and : striking instance of it
thought of living With Rita in this
beautiful home. wes recently given by the Sunday
Rita said less. She spoke of the I:Magazine.
year they had spent in Paris ; of i The tete Sir John Steen, sculptor
her lessons ; of - her masters : of i to Quell Victoria, was modeling a
Mrs. Marche ; of Lord Lisle, but.she 1 bust of Miss Nightingale, when an
never even named Philip, or spoke i officer Of one of the Highland Regi -
of heriielf. : meets, which had -suffered so: cruelly
"You must be very happy," :mid in the Crimea, heard theet the bust
Daisy at length ; "but the happiest had just hem completed, and was in
thing of all is to have found .kone Sir Joirna studio. Many of the men
one to love you. I would give - all in his comiany had passed through
this a h.unared times over to have the hospitee at Scutari, and. he oh -
my dear mother back again." . tained pernt:ssion from the sculptor
Once more the beautiful face grew to being some of them to see it. Ac -
strangely pale. . cordingly a squad of men one day
"Daisy," said Rito, "you will make marched bite the big studio and
me quite nervous if you talk eon_ stood ill line.
tinually about dead people." They had no idea why they had
"I will not do that," said Daisy. been mustered in so ,etrange a place.
Withoet a word of warning the bust
wes uncovered, and then, as by one
impulse, the men broke rank, and
with ceies of "Miss Nightingale!
Miss Nightingale!" •surro-unded the
model, and with hats oft cheered the
figure of their devoted nurse until
the roof rang. .
So spontaneous and hearty and so
inspiring was the whole scene that.
in after days_ Sir John Steell de-
clared it to be the greatest compli-
ment of his life.
ed to his. Lord Lisle never under -
steed how it was, but in one mo-
ment the golden head lay upon his
breast, and the sweet, fair face was
wet with tears,
"My other child 1" he said, gently.
"My dear Daisy, welcome home 1"
(To Be Continued.).
with you, so be must make her one chosen for a sy.
of ourselves, She is to be treated They were beautiful apartments,
every way as your sister. You furnished with taste and elegance.
know her, see that every taste and The boudoir contained a few rare ,
wish is consulted. 'You will be very pictures and statues, and a magni-1
happy, mer darling, now." ficent piano, splendidly bound books
"Yes, very happy," she murmured; lay in profusion about the table.
"and I will see to everything for "I remembered your tastes, Daisy"
Daisy." said Rita—"books and music. This
Yet if for one moment she could piano is a. gift from Lord Lisle."
have had her will she would have Daisy touched the keys lightly.
smitten the gentle girl dead. In her What happy hours are in store I
dream, in her all -absorbing love, she for me 1" she said.
had forgotten her, forgotten the 'When they stood in the pretty
danger that might come with her, chamber a cry of delighted surprise
forgotten almost the evil deed and came from her lips. It was so white,
treachery that, had given her Daisy's so light, so elegant—the toilet -table,
place. It came home to her like a with its costly ornaments, the long
mortal blow : yet she was powerless mirrors, the white lace draperies.
to avert it. In vain she watched "Rita," said Daisy, "I am afraid
the long eight, through, trying to 1 shall wake up and lind this all
think of some plan or expedient dream. Who would have thought
" -which should keep Daisy away. But four years ago, that we should ex -
none of them did she dare to put change the little cottage at Queen's
into practice, lest they should ex- Lynne for a home like this ?"
cite sesencion. She remembered the
puzzled look on Lord Lisle's face
when _she had dissented before.
dare not. offer any more objections ;
suspicion and mistrust Would surely
follow' them.
"I must meet it boldly," she said
to herself. "I have played for a
• grand stake : it is Worth sortie risk,
soniO braitioy. If I meet the danger
boldly, I shall conquer in the end," ,when he Wishes to talk of it do not
She busiedherself in supeeintending let him—terii the subject adroitly -
the • prepnrations for Daisy. •She it does blin infinite harm. Will you
try and remember ?"
"Yes," :mid Daisy ; "I Will not
forget it. But just own to me, Rita,
nolv that We are alone, is it not
strange that our lives Should have
changed so entirely 7"
"I11 is very strange," she replied, ;
"and no, Daisy,,I will leave you
to dress. 1 WM Send my maid ; to-
thOrrtrei, you evill -have one el yam -
Oen."
tinder any other ciretunstaneee
Pit& would have been very proud of
her dainty delieate sister. She look-
ed like a aweet fragile flower.' She
Thee Rita closed the door quietly,
and stood before her sister.
"Daisy," she said, gently, "-Par-
don me if I venture to say something
to you. Try to forget Queen's
Lynne-. Do not get into the habit of
speaking about it. Lord Lisle has
suffered so much during the past
that any allusion to it pains him.
Take my advice, dear sister ; even
plated flowers and books in. her
I room. She told Lord Lisle • how
fond her sister was of music ; hove
eWeetly she sang. A Magnificent
1, pima° was purchased for her. Had
she been the daughter and heiresS
hoMe, there coeld not have
been more preparation,
' Rita peke of her continually. She
t iota the countess her foster-sieter
I "Was Wining to live with her.
Ma,darna's Arst question tvae 3.
I "IS She pretty ?"
1 When nits, &Peen:red thett She Ms
PftrY fair and Meet, with geldere
Pil
To prove to you that Dr.
Chesee Ointment is e,eertain
and absolute cure for each
ana every form of itching,
bloodingand protruding piles,
the manufacturers have guaranteed it. See tee-
timonials in the daily press and ask your neigh -
bore what they think °fit. Yon_ can use ; t and
get your money back if net cured. ilec a Lox. at
all dealers Or EDMANSON,BATES & Co.,Toronfo,
Dr, Chase's 41. ntment
TURNING
SMOKE INTO GOLD.
Queen. Elizabeth's Wager with Sir
Walter Raleigh.
Queen Elizabeth of England was
not a thorough -going spinster, for
she had so little prejudice against
the practice of smoking that she
permitted Sir Walter Raleigh his
pipe in royal presence. She was suffl-
cleatly a woman, however,. to twit
him 9penly on his devotion to the
weed, and it was on one of these oc-
casions that the knight replied.:
"I can -assure your majesty that
have so well experienced the nature
of it that I ettn tell even -the weight
of the smoke in any quantity I con -
seine."
"I doubt it much, Sir Walter," re-
plied Elizabeth, bolding it was im-
possible to weigh smoke, and may -
hap venting a, joke, "and I will
wager you twenty gold angels that,
you cannot solve my. doubt,"
Gallantly accepting the wager,
Raleigh filled his pipe with a weigh-
ed quantity Of tobacco, and then,
Weighing the resultant ashes, •
an-
nounced the weight he had smoked
"Your majester 'cannot deny that
the difference has • disappeared Iti
smoke." -,
"Truly, I cannot," answered • the
queen. Orderieg the wagee bo
paid, she turned to the courtiers
• around her awl said: "Many alche-
inietS haVe I heard of who turned
gold into smoke, .but Raleigh is the
first wile has tereed..smoke into
,gold."
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FOR FARNIERS
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PEACII AND PLUM ROT.-.
Our experiments in the treatment
of meanie, the rot of peach and
PiuMs, laSt Year were not altogether
Satisfactory. says Prof, 111. 13, Waite
of the United States Depaeteeent of
Agrieultare, lu 'filet, this has been
the usual experience of investigators
all OVer the country :for several
Years past. :The fact is that spray-
ing with boracau* mixture reduces,
the niciailia, fungus, but the mixture
itSoli is injurious to the foliage. This
has varied with the strength of the
mietuee used and the anweat of lime
it contains, and 111 unexplainable
ways it has varied in different sea-
sons, times :ma. Places. We hesitate
to advise anyone to spray peaches
and Japanese plums after the foliage
is oat, on account of the daeger of
injuring the leaves. The :Willey is
of two sorts: First, the short -hole
or. corrosive effect, by which the fun-
gicide scorches and euts holes out
of the leaves; tins follows shortly
of the specie/lug; and second, the
defoliating effect, which comes on
gradually, fram• a week to a month,
Ov even two �r "three months after
the spraying is done.
• Thce‘e is no question about the de-
siraldlity of spraying before the buds
open or at the time they are stvele
ling. This wilr prevent peach leaf
curl and will also be advantageous
for the nionilia, For this purpose
the standard bardeaux 6-4-50 foram,
la, that is 0 pounds bluestone,
poends. lime and 50 gallees water,
can be used, or even more concen-
trated if necessary. The trees
should be sprayed. -until they are
blue. If any ,spraying 13.1 011 is done
after the foliage is out, it shoul(1 be
done with a formula containing a
pounds of bluestone to 9 pounds of
lime in 50 gallons or water.
DAIRY PRODUCTS..
•
I hare 110(1 considerable eXPeriellee,
both, as a producer and as a man-
ufacturer of, cheese, having 110011 or
many years Owner of a factory and
at the same time 0, large patron of
the same, writes Mc. J(. Et. Speed.
I infer that you would like .me to
mention some of the advantages- of
co-oper at 1031 among dairymen. Me ch
of the,drudgery is removed from .the
farm by having the milk sent direct
to the factory. There is alsoan in-
crease in both the quality .and the
quahtity of the Manufactured article
by having all the milk in the neigh-
borhood handled by an expert; thus
having' the -whole output up to the
standard of the best dairies. Again,
the double test at factories tends to
impress upon dairymen the .impor-
tame of .careful examination of their
individual cowe and. the disposal of
worthless .ones.
Too miteh cannot be said upon the
importance of cleanliness in milking
and the care of milk by the producer
until it reaches the factory, especial-
ly where itis delivered but once a
day. The cheesemaker, hoNVOVer
'skillful, canna make first-class
cheese out -of third-class milk. • We
had to refuse many cans during the
hot weather last June.. Recent •ex-
periments show that a uniform tem-
perature of TO degrees is not neces-
sary, as heretofore believed, for the
curing room. ..& much lower tem-
perature will prevent the develop-
ment of bacl flavors and give a bet-
ter product. I had experience one
S0115011 in making butter from whey,
by running it through a. separator
as soon as ta.ken from the cheese
vat. A sample was exhibited at the
state fair and scored as high as
creamery butter. A few unusual or
new experiments like this might be
of interest
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
The better a man is educated for
the business he follows the better
prepared he is to take advantage of
his business. And as tilling the soil
successfully is the most --scientifie
work that man can engage in, there-
fore he _should have a thoroughtag-
ricultural education. • One boys and
girls should be taught More of the
practical working of nature. They
should be made acquainted with the
different properties of the soil which
produces that which keeps thern
alive and is the motive power of all
other industries. They should be
taught the different elements of
plant life, and how to Produce -the
most with the least labor and ex-
pense. The time has come when our
wisest men acknowledge that it takes
brighter intellects to successfully
till the soil titan to read Blackstone.
Our children should be taught in
their homes that farming is the most
noble occupation that 1110.31 can en-
gage in and farmers should insist
/041,•••,,
Cation in that direction, in the In -
taro than they bare in the Past.
.1f14E1)S, ,
Weeds, have their use, and are 31
blessing dieguise- They make the
lazy man till the soil, ' Many forme
era look upon them ae 0. nnisanee,
(LAU cultivate the sal largely to de-
stroy weeds. Uolvevee, a few of the
elect are beginning to look, upon qui-
tivetion es a Means PI obtaining
better •erops, and t•he destruction of
weeds as a secondary object. A
weed is merely a plant put of place;
in some places it: may be timothy
and clover, in others, a choice gar-
den flower, On poor or improperly
prepared soils weeds cite obtain a,
stronger hold than the crop planted,
therefore they emphasize the need' of
enelehleg the soil and of fitting it in
the best known. Manner for the crop
which is to .o.:cupy it. Those farm-
ers who have land which they have
brought to a high state pf eultiva-
tion do not complain bitterly of
weeds.'
PAI2,11 ADVANTA P15.
The farm offers a sense Of security
possessed In few other positions.
Not only is there inseettility of po-
sition among those working on sal-
ary, but there is often insecurity of
business itself. Who of us has not
seen a business swept away by seine
industrial revolution. The farm al-
so• offers a large degree of Inde-
pendence. There is 110 absolute in-
dependence; Weare each related 1;6
the other, but epon the farM there
is none of the servile flattery often-
times demanded in other lines.
More important than ails the farm
offers good opportunity to benefit
our fellow men. The educated and
intelligent farmer is sere to hecoine
1e11dee in the community where he
lives He is needed ie legislative
and other public affairs. Who can
measure the good influence or one
such example irt a community.
POULTRY.
Thoroughbred stock, by universal
testimony, is considered of the great-
est value. Even to the untutored
the word "thorobghbred" tarries as-
surance of increased value. It has
the ring of more money value. While
the actual amount in money of thor-
oughbred poultry does not convey
the idea of large sums„ yet in the
abstract and by coinparison, it is as
great as in other stock. To the
poultry fancier it means the best,
and no farmer should ever be con,
even better than his neighbors.
tent without owning as good, or
NOT SO ABSENT-MINDED.
British SoldiersTrt South
Saved $5,000,000.
The postoince is throwing some
Sidelights upon the character of the
Britisii soldier which will be read
with interest, says the London Ex-
press. It appears that Tommy is
not such an a.bsent-ininded beggar as
he is made out to be. Tommy him-
self has always resented the sobri-
quet, and the fact that he has sent
a million of money home from the
Cape in postal orders during the
past year is a colossal testimony to
his thrift and thoughtfulness of home
needs.
This 'useful public service has a
section with every column for tele-
graphic and postal work, and not
only do they. get letters safely
through Boer -ridden territory, but
they manage to preserve government
stock frora cgpture with great skill
and foresight. Of course some postal
dispatches have fallen into the en.-
einY's hands, but the check 'upon be-
lated mail bags is so keen that the
misuse of postal orders is rare.
Mail running from columns off the
railway is a dangerous game, and
the army postollice man requires not
only to be an efficient postal ser-
vant,but a strategist, in so much
as to know when,not to send. Several
deaths have occurred in the defence
el mail bags, so that he has to be a
combatant at times.
SHOULD WOMEN DRESS WELL?
Africa
The majority of the, people in ev-
ery country -are poor, therefore the
rich people should not dress in such
a manner as to tempt other people
to keep pace with them in Matters
of clothing. The real lady dresses
in good taste always, but modestly.
and in a, manner aimed to escape at-
tention.. True culture and refinement
are never self -demonstrative. Take
two instances—the young • man who
is valued by his employer, and is_
getting good. pay. He realizes that
this is the time to put by his hard-
earned money for the rainy day. But
across the road is a man making
five times the first man's salary. His
wife dresses lavishly, and takes care
to let people know it. The wife of
the first youug man immediately- de-
termines to have as fine things as
Mrs. So -and -So over the way, no
matter what the difference in her
husband's condition. This discourag-
es the yotmg husband, and the result
that 'their children receive more edu- is defalcations, bank robberies.
DANtsix, ox;p, A,074:
Syeeem„ WoyrletaszeWTerlliairer Ten
A law for the pensioning of sup-
erannuated and indigent citizens has
been in operation in Dernnark ever
Since 1891, After 11 ten -years' trial
the people have become so favorably
impressed by its results that a gener-
al demand has been mede on the
GoVeremeat Tor additional legisla-
tion aloeg the same line. The
amendment of the law is one of the
most imliortant tasks of the Rigs,
(lag now in sessiort.
The Present, law is based on the
principle that every person who has
reached the age of 60 and Ands him-
self unable to earn a liveligaocl for
himself and those dependent on hini
is entitled 'to publie support without
being regarded as an objeet of nub-
ile charity or suffering disfranchise-
ment.
It is required that the pensioner
shall be a Danish subject; that he
shall not ho,ve been cotivicted of any
felonious offence; that his indigence,
shall not be the result of .extrava,
&ranee or the deeding away of his
property, and that he shall not have
been the recipient of public charity
within ton yearof his pensioning.
In round numbers 60,000 persohs,
aro now receiving aid under the
and' the :number Of those dependent
on them is estimated at 17,000. The
pensioners thus form one-sixth of the
population' that has passed the age
of GO.
In 1698 the average alantial sum
paid to each pensioner Was 114 kron-
er, or about NO. Taking cities and
rural communities separately, how-
ever, there is a marked 'differenee•in
the average, which in the former
amounts to 160 kroner, or $42:
while the latter gives Only 98 kron-
er, Or $25,
Such sums May seem ridiculously
small When it is remembered ,that
111e37 are the sole source of income of
a person for a Whole year. Their in-
adequacy should not be judged by
our standards. A kroner will go
about as far over there as 0 dollar
here_
The total amount Of money paid
under tho,law in 1898 was $1,800;-
000, One-half of that was paid by
the communities and the other half
by the state. The fixing of the
amonnti to be paid to each pensioner
has so fax been left to the communi-
ties, many of which, while 'unable
Wholly to .refuse aid, are known to
have conceded only a nominal, sup-
port.
Among the- amendments now pro-
posed the hiost important is 0130 fix-
ing a minimum sum, below which te
pension must not fall. It is propos-
ed to shift the burden incurred by
the Ian/ as much as possible from
the communities to the general Gov-
ernment and to permit 'pensioners t0.
receive an annual income of not more
than 100 kroner. or $26, from _other
sources without becoming disquali-
fied.
One thing seems certain, namely,
that the la.w has coine to stay. And
whatever changes May be made in
it, these will certainly Serve to ex-
tend, not to restrict. the scope of the
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A long face is it peer investment.
Baste to get rich keeps initny
Mall poor.
Many a man's word is like an echo
—merely a hollow mockery.
A very young man is :Apt to lose
his heart and his head simultan-
eously.
'Unless you forget that -you are try-
ing to go to sleep yon will not sue,-
ceed.
The poor author is doubly poor
when he is compelled to borrow his
thoughts.
A married woman seldom goes on
the lecture platform; she bas her au-
dience at home.
Actions speak louder than words.
Some men never say die, yet they
all have to do it.
When a man says he had forgotten
all about that little loan you just
returned he is a liar.
• When a dog barks at the moon all
night it is a. sure sign of insomnia
on the part of the clog—and' others.
The man who leaves church 311511 as
the collection plate starts around
may have been , taken seriously ill;
but he rarely gets credit for It.
LONG-LIVED ANNUITANTS.
An old resident of Stockton, Eng-
land, has just died at, the age of
eighty-seven. Thirty years ago he
was in extremely feeble health, and
he ceded a piece of property to a
neighbor who required it for busi,
neSs purposes on a promise to pay
him $10 a week for the remainder of
his then expected brief life. The
neighbor who made this costly bar-
gain has long since been dead; but
he left an estate out Of which the
weekly stipenda handsome little
sum of over $15,000 in the total --
has teen regularly paid.
Nammonomase....•
rotrus ing
1
din Pile
Two Letters from Mr. Walker Explaining the Severity of His Case and the
Permanency of His Cure by Using Dr. Chase's Ointment.
Seine people Seem to think that it is too.mtich to claim that Dr. Cihase's Ointment will cure every form
of piles, but fasts go td prove the -truth of this claim. These are interestieg letters from one who has suf-
fered much and been cured,
•In November, 1901, Mr, Sherwood Walker, a fireman on the Canada Atlantic Railway, living at Made -
Weskit, Ont., writes:—"I am a great sufferer front bleeding piles, Sometimes the protruding piles oome
down, eausing muck misery and 'uneasiness, and at other 'Limes I am subject to bleeding piles, and they bleed
to such an extent, as to make 1310 quite weak. If Dr, Chase's Ointment will cure this awful ailment you
will have my everlasting gratitude."
Oii March 1, 1902, we received the following letter from. Mr. Walker, which speake volumes for Dr.
Chase's Ointment as a; cure for piles of the most disteessing form, He writes:--"Acco, ding to my promise,
1 now take pleasure in writing to you. If you remember, you sent me a box of Dr. Chase's Ointment for
bleeding •piles some three rininths ago. I used it faithfully, and can say that it proved a Godsend, for it
• has entirely cured rae of bleeding piles.
"1 would have written sooner, but I wanted to be able to tell you that it was a permanent cure. Thie
you can use for the benefit of other suffering people. There are several people here Who have been cured of
very severe cases of protruding piles by using this great ointment."
So far as we know there is no other preparation extant Whieli Is so successful in curing piles of the Most
aggravated kind as Dr. Chase's Ointment. Its soothing, healing powers are marvellous, and its curet thor-
ough and perMinieet. Sixty cents box, at all de re, or Ednianson, Datee & Co, Toronto.
MORALITY ATJ orATIfitTG,
S/It xTAravg• aolV:4170WL1 Ex-
PERTENCE1 IN .4.113,IC4.
Evidence Prom That Country That
Morality Does Not Depend.
on Dress.
Sitheialsel:1
Sir Joln
istaoornis111:0 laotfes:.
tion
,
to dsalare that there is no connec,
People or the degree or Modesty they
tphoesywear.se5srcd them
aount of clothing-,
When Spoke discovered the very
people of Uganda, on thes
northern shoves of Victoria Nyanza,
110 fotrint to his surprise, that, they
c\N1'6ol.°e:14112Y041tIotkt
13.00(1 110
loot 111 b1rk
t11.11.e
binagi;Ir itaa eN°17roLl:.tlitliingt7iet Lmuldboyar
nuly
serviceable eubstitute foe cloth.
Speke had seen noother natives,
on his long African journey, /who'
were not rather scantily ;Attired. But
the Blegandabelieve in garments that
cover them froni neck to heel: In
fact, . there were very few tri lies
throughout' tropical Africa
so completely clothed as tile Ragan--
thtlaietApt;-,
%eh Stanley visited the
ple years later, he foiled tral
merchants had carried tons of cot-
ton cloth tothe great lakes. Well-
to-do Baganda were wearing flowing
robes of 'Manchester cottons,. Every
-
Man and wohiall was fully dressed,
ahl wanted cotton cloth 1311(1 Stanley
predicted -a great market for cot-
tons as Soon as cheaper transporta-
tion should lessen the eest.
The railroad is noW completed
through though not yet open to.
freight traffic. The Baganda will
50013. be able to buy ell the cheaii-
cotton Cloth they want, for feeights
will be reduced to about one-fourth
of the price charged these many
years for costly carriage
ON THE BACKS OF MEN,
After living among the Baganda.
for a long time Sir Harry J ohnaten
has recently rettutried to " England.
He has some interestingfacts to tell
about these hundreds' of thousands,
of people who live on the shores Of
the .greatest African. lake.
He says that though they are a
very carefully cicithed nation and
are alniost More squeamish about
any exposure "of the person than
Europeans are, still they
are very
lax in morals. They are decidedly -
inferior in this respect to the Kav-
frond° tribe who live to the south-
east Of them. The Ketvirondo, in
feet; are quite punctilioes in thee
deportment.
The interesting distinction to be
made between these tribes is that
While the Bag-ancia, one of the few
completely dressed tribesin tropical
Africa, hasio no moral code worth
mentioning, as far as relations be-
tween the. sexes are concerned, the
Kavirondo, one of the -few tribes in
tropical Africa that wear no cloth-
ing of any description maintain a
comparatively high standard of mor-
"l'iltYia
lcontrast between these two
peoples is the most striking ilhtstra-
tion yet adduced in support of thq
assertion, often made, that the!.
moral standards in vogue among
the barbarous peoples of Africa can-
not be measured by the ameunt of
clothing they wear.
The Massai women also, who live
fiirther east, are completely differen-
tiated from their half-clad sisters of
other tribes by the fact that no -wo-
men fin the world are more complete-
ly clothed than they are. Every line
of their forms is
ENTIRELY VEILED
by the flowing robes that are fasten-
ed around their necks and drop to
their feet, but no one has ever
thought that the Massai woinen were
at all prudish.
A traveller who has recently - re-
turned from the line of the Uganda
Railroad says that a section .01 the
Massai people seems .:to be threat-
ened with extinction... The ,da,ugh, -
ters and mothers among them 'Leek
a great fancy: to the Indian cOolie
Who graded the road bed; and when
the work was done and hundreds of
the natives of India left the Massai
Country a great many oe the native
women went with them. ,
Sir. Rarry Johnston says that
through the efforts of the numerous
missionaries who are working ainong
them, the Baganda, on the whale,
are moving toward a higher plane
of morality. These excelrent men
who have, at least nominally. C011 -
vested many thousands of tbe na-
tives to the .Christian faith. are re-
lieved of elle burden which their
brethren in some other parts of Af-
,
rica have thought it important to
assume.. As the Baganda are fully
clothed it is not necessary to agi-
tate in favor of clothing reform.
Atmany of the Congo missionsta-
tions, on the other hand, the teach -
029, whether .wisely or' not, insist in
dressing the children of theft schools
much as country boys and girls in
Coracle, ore dressed. Not a few sup-
porters of missionary enterprise are
inclined to think thee° teachess are
making a mistake in eiqW ef, 1 he fact
that 'seamier attire 111 that region
does not promote immorality or sug-
gest impropriety, and that 1,11,) little •
childrenare undoubtedly
fOrtable 311 (.1, land of steady heat by
being compelled to wear clothing
that is better adapted for 0 tem-
pevato climate.
THRiPTY PEOPLE.
• The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Eng -
la, the recent annual meeting
of the Sheffield Savings Bank, said
not ten per cent. of the large wage: -
earners saved a farthing., and Whim
had trade came and the soup kitch-
ens were started they were generally
the first to apply for assistance._ 1.1
Willi the 1)1105)10 Who got from $0 to
$5 a week who showed a thrifty
Spirit.
"Is ycitir husband a good pia -
9 '' asked the sympathetic: NriSi-
tor.. "Indeed he is, 112 13.131 lie got
1110 tbeee new plates to wain, last
Week,"
I' •