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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-9-4, Page 3t*.4004, a IL ,71 By sr. •GEORGE RATHBORNE, Author of "(1Doetornacles Wife," "Captain Tom," "Baron Sam," "Miss Patditie ef NeW York," "Mite Capries," Eto, He does not mean to tell Larry that it eouein is so near, for, selfish as the rest of mankind, he hopes to eon- thiue the delicious tete-a-tete in the 'tittle parlour. Hence he is glad when Larry walks aver to greet an acquaintance, and a-aok. is about returning to his fair pulcina, when he happene to follow the dude with his eyes, and immedie leteler receives something of a shock, for he sees Larry earnestly talking with one whom he recognizes as the 'Pasha. How long has the Turk been there? Perhapshe saw Doctor Jack mine in, :send up his card, and go in the par- lour to wait, for the American did not look around, being too much engross- ed with his thoughts and anticipa- tions of the coming meeting. It is even possible that the Pasha knew of the appointment, although not ieresent when it was entered into. • Then he has' also seen Avis: come down and join jack. Not once does he look toward the letter, but •converses fluently with Larry, who seems to have helmet a strange liking to him. Jack ima- gines that the crafty Pasha, believing he could make the New York dude useful. has cultivated his acquaint- ance, and as Larry's hair is so evenly balanced on either side, a very little Ak• flattery is apt to turn his head. 7neere May trouble come of this yet, but as the skies are still clear, Jack goes back to enjoy a little more of Miss Morton's company. When fin- ally he leaves her, the Pasha M no longer to be seen in the hotel. One experience with the footpads is quite enough .for Senor Jack, and he looks around for a vehicle to take him • to the caravansary at which he is lo- tated, and which is situated far away from the Puerto del SQL .A. driver sees his action and antici- pates his wish, for he brings his clos- ed vehicle close to the pavement, and • 'calls out to know if the senor desires a carriage. Perhaps Doctor Jack might have he- eitated about engaging this fellow had ne seen him holding a whispered con- • nersation with the Turkish Pasha a short time before; but being in ignor- ance of ,this same thing, he jumps in- to the vehicle,. gives. the driver, the name of his hotel, and slams the door. . Again he is threading the narrow •dalle, and around them darkness hangsnmuch of the time. Fortunate - lee -for him the American has his wits about him—a suspicion conies first—he observes the route, and then of a cer- • tainty discovers that his driver is away off. Undoubtedly the fellow is up to some ugly business—perhaps he knows the Pasha, and is endavouring to lead the bold American into a trap of some sort. It takes a wide-awake Yankee to deal with such crafty men. Doctor Jack, when he makes this discovery, does not .call upon the driver to halt. They are in a dark part of the narrow street, and the vehicle makes such a noise rattling along that any sound he may cause is drowned. Without a moment's hesitation he •-opens the window beside him, over • the door, pushes his head and should- ers out, grasps the steel railing around the top of the coach, and • be- gins to draw his whole form out. • None but an athlete could accom- plish this, what with the darkness and the moving coach, but Doctor Jack does the job, feels with his foot for the front step, used by the driver, finds it, gives one turn, and with a single motion seats himself beside that •. worthy, who, never dreaming of the gymnastics going on behind, is tre- mendously astounded to • discover a • human body planted beside his own, but who is °Jen more surprised when he feels the cold muzzle of a revolver touch his face, and a voice bellow in his ear above the rattle of steel -shod • wheels on the cobblestones :— "I am your Passenger. Your game • is up. Turn along the first calla lead - to the Del Prado or I'll murder •you. No words, but obey," says this • terrible voice. The man shivers—perhaps he fears lest he has picked up a crazy fare— • but he obeys orders, and in ten min- utes Dootor Jack drops down in front of the little fonds where he .has put up, hands the man a peso, giyes him a • look that makes his hair stand up, and inarcbes Into the hotel. Hedoes not mean to retire yet— there is much thinking to be done ere turning in—and he takes out a cigar to smoke, when he discovers the one given him by Don Carlos. , • Again that suspicion comes to him. Ile takes the elgar to his room, wheee in a simple 'way he can tell whether Et has been drugged. To his surprise the experiment proves the fact beyond a question. • Then he wonders, while Molting one , of his own cheroots, what the game IS —why Should Don Carlos desire te keep him under his roof against his will—for he remembers how ea.rneet both of them were in beseeching him to remain. Rojebery, Seems out of the question, and Jack never dreams that the faet of his having an engage- enent at eight cuts any figure in the matter. • go he is all at sea, and the more he ponders the lees able he ie to get at the Iterael which he knows lies hid- den somewhere inside this hard, flinty outer shell. Meanwhile time has slipped by. It lecke leas than an liour to midnight new. Jack does not smoke furlouslY as When with Den Carlos, bet in a • dreamy fashion. Ie ie *seareed near the WindoW tor the night a a ladea With the perfume of flowers that bloom in the spring time in sunny, Spain, seems unusually pleasant •••. At this hour it would seem natural that the city should be growing more Quiet, for every metropolis Jack has ever known subsides into a more peaceful state as the night wears in- to the small hours. To his surprise ...just the coatrary seems to be the case. It is muchmore noisy than at ten o'clook, when he reached the hotel. Jack becomes interested. He ever. leans out of the window to see what iS up. New lights have sprung into existence --even streets that were ne- glected before now seem to throb with a pulsating life, and are in a measure illuminated, as though a great un- written iaw compels every citizen to haye at least one lamp or candle in his window. The change is aana.zing—with every passing minute new lights spring up. Down below he sees a moving throng of .people. AU seem light-hearted, laughter and Jest are bandied about, and it is very evident that no serious business brings these crowds abroad. Music is' heard here, there, and everywhere—distant bands thrill the air, and quicken the pulses, groups on the boulevard sing snatches of songs, and more than one sweet -toned man- dolin throbs to the fingers of a music - loving Spanish lassie in the courts near by, Doctor Jack is amazed—he runs his eyes as thouoh under the belief that he must be dreaming. What does all this mean ? Madrid has awakened from her lethargic state—she seems for the time being to outrival Paris In gayety. One thinks of a royal wed- ding, with the whole city rejoicing, but Jack knows this cannot be. What then? The music ' grows in volume, end even under his eyes the crowds in- crease. He can see them better now, on account of th light. If Sack has been sleeply before, he was never more Wide awake than nowInstead • of abating, his interest grows with the excitement. • • Looking at his watch he finds that the hour lacks just nine minutes -of twelve. • Then the idea strikes him that these mercurial people are wait- • ing for midnight, which, time will ush- er in some great holiday. • He begins to grasp the reins, and reach a solution of the mystery:Look- ing closer than before he realizes Iwo things. The first of; these is the fact that there are scores of women upon the streets as well as men, and it is evident that the night walkers have now been reinforced by a stream of respectable senoras and senoritas from the dwellings. What Doctor Jack notices in the se- cond plIce is the fact that many of these women wear long cloaks, and their faces are concealed by masks, while even numbers of the men are also masked. Ere sudd'enly jumps to his feet with a laugh. " Bless my soul, I understand it all. At midnight the great carnival be- gins !" CHAPTER X. Once a year Madrid, in common with all Latin cities, arouses from her long sleep, and for three days and nights preceding Lent, engages in the most extravagant orgies. During this time the people run wild. and seem never to sleep—day .and night the streets are jammed Witt crowds of pleasure seekers, music 11115 the air with intoxicating sounds. revelry is in progress. at every cor- ner, and to look tit the light-hearted people one would never dream that they lived over a mine, which is liable to explode at any moment. Soldiers are as thick as skippers is an old cheese, their bright uniforme adding splendour to the scene, foi Spain is a country where the rest- lesi populace, dreaming of liberty and license, have to be constantly re- minded of the power resting with the royal family—she has been a repula lic before and will again, with the shining example of Frame. so • nem at hand. As Doctor Jack looks tae bells 01 the Spanish capital ring out the hove of midnight. It is a signal long an- ticipated, since it ushers In the can nivel season. More people flock out of the houses—the brilliant promenade below is thronged. In vain the Am- erican seeks a face—at the ringing 01 the bells every countenance is con ered, for it is another unwritten law that, from •midnight to sunrise OE these three nights, no one shill ap. pear morn the streets uhmasked—the penalty may be a broken head. As jack has never chaneed to be in the south of Europe during the carne nfal time he is greatly interested in the sight, as will be every sojourner it Madrid. Sleep seems out of the epee tion with such a racket in progress even if he did desire to obtaih it. Leaving his room he passes down- stairs to see the entertainment at Shorter range, not that it is his ire tenth= to Join In just then, thougb steely foreigners do er, and become mixed up in tb.e brawls that often oc- • cur. With all the wickedness thai marks the Spaniels capital during the gay carnival season at least one good • thing can be said—few drunken met are seen. Light wines are the drinkr Indulged ixi by the people of Spent, ruin seldom being used, and whiekey never. • They may have copied the an sinthe drinkers of Paris to a certair degree, but this Serves to stupefy then minds like opium, and not tegeridei etreet brawls. Dental below Sack binds quite. throes; 'gathered near the neerg ti WAWA tne Menet Masskerg on the Pane witboat. nveryone seems te iewri a Manic of some sort, and a man steads by gelling these for a few epessetan each, so the American Invests, intend. Ing to eaunter down the street and wit. nests the siehts. Once outside he Joins in with the throng, and neepe his eves about him, It is indeed a remarkable eight to Web Won the crowd's the Initillight bells; of Madrid have called into review. and Jack photographs them upon his mere. •env for future use, Along the edges of the einewalk ani many street estate:Is, where le seen thel peddler of national drinks or refreseos, With his botige or Oriental jar con - Mining the expressed juice of Some fruit, mixed, with` sugar and water and as harmless as • it is agreeable. Others have a nobby little tin or braes tray, upon which are placed enemas for the different horchatas, as the good people of Madrid call these cool- ing non-spiritous drinks. Along the walk are rows of orange •trees, and upon these coloured lan- terns have been placed at Intervale and are now lighted up, so Thee with the yellow gas Jets the scene looks like one of enchantment, Mere and there small crowds con- gregate around some fakir engaged in selling wonderful things, or to watch the astonishing evolutions and heal the weird music that accompany s sidewalk gitano or gipsy dance. Everywhere reigns an air of awn- tery—faney costumes, monks, cheva- liers, Oriental warriors, courtly dames, flower girls, and almost every imaginable character we see in out nreatest -masque balls are to be mei with. Mad revelry abounds—every one al), pears determined to be as happy and careless as his or her neighbour, so that when the carnival season is oyez every soul will gladly welcome Lent, which seems to be the idea of all this merriment, the old adage holding good, "Let us eat, • drink, and be merry. for to -morrow we—mourn." So Madrid enters upon the fun. The merriment is as a general thing good- natured, and free from riot or rude- ness. Whatever dark secrets may be working beneath the surface. on top all is apparently innocent enjoyment From the balconies of houses fair senoritas, whose guardians are too strict to allow them noon the streets, have enjoyment • of their own le watching the procession below. At times they toss a flower to this courtly knight who has found favotu In their eyes, or drop rice down the back of a more than usually hideous gnome who delights in the shudder hit awful appearance causes. Jack is greatly amused by the kaleidoscopic changes around him. Something in his quiet demeanour at- tracts the very attention • he would avoid. and more than one unknown charmer ventures to address him. These may be the most respectable al senoras, for the mystery a mask and domino gives them assurance and 11. cense to •a certain degree, but Tack pays little or no attention to their laughing words. Various processions pass leim by, and suddenly one comes that gives him a shtick. He hears a cocotte standing near him take up the cry that sounds down the boulevard. What is it she is calling* :—" The hero of the bull- fight ?" Presently the exeiternent increases, and a little party arrive, bearing on their shoulders a square platform in which rests a chair, and this is oc- cupied by „a masked man, who sits there with folded arms, gravely bow- ing, at times kissing his hand to the senotitas above, now almost wild with exeitement Doctor Jack is at first indignant, and then he laughs as though amus- ed. This man has been gotten up to imitate himself, and • with such suc- cess that the platform is fairly cover- ed with flowers tossed upon the hero by the hands of Madrid's dark -eyed daughters. Now they are close by—the Ameri- can athlete could v.•ith one spring gain that p/atferm, and hurl the mock bull -fighter to the • ground; but the temptation comes and goes instantly. • "Let him have kis fun—unless I am mistaken he will • pay or if before morning," he mutters, awl there is truth in his words. for, although all the women go wild over • the sup- posed .hero of •thengreatest hull -fight Madrid ever saw, there are many dark scowls cast after the cavalcade by the male portiona of the revelers • could onebut peep beneath their masks— these are the friends of the defeated Pedro Vasquez, who hate the man up- on whose head rests the laurels that should have come to their favourite god, So the cavalcade wends its way down the Del Prado amid a hurricane of shouts • and tremendous excitement, heading for the thoroughfare that leads to the grand central plaza, the Puerta del nol. where • the greatest sighfs are to be witnessed on these gala, occasions. Jack Quenches his thirst with some lemonade from a stand near by, and • starting a cigar continues his stroll. Other strange sights greet his eyes, and even his cold Northern blood is to a certain degree fired by the music and. the gayety around him, so that he can readily perceive how these warm Spanish people give way to the excitement of the carnival. • He smiles grimly when he hears a great racket far down the Street, and makes up his mind that the bogus Doctor Sack has already come to grief, the bull -lighter's friends having prob- ably pelted him with oranges, and per- haps dragged him through the street mud. • The mad scone goes on, and fresh actors in it seem to be continually doming and going. Until the mid- night bells announce again that the three days of jollity are past, and Lent ushered in, Madrid will be in one toretintial ferment, day and, night planks will be played and strange scenes enacted, each • eitieen vieing with hie neighbours in producing noise by day and illumination by night, ot adding nee,' features to the parade of masks upon the public streets.' Oro ile Corttinuedn —0-- A good husband is but the evolu- tion Of a good son, • ".4 4, FOR FARMERS Seasonable and Profiteble flints her the Busy n‘, of the Soil. oN.o:AeaseKeeWee*eariee.W.e*telf,aerVeeNif suaraism WINTER warm.T. One of , the secrets of successful winter wheat culture is the early PreParation of the soil. • Farmers have learned that ground, for Wheat should be plowed, As soon as the previous crop has been removed, and allowed to become compact before seeding time in Septenaber and early October. It will not do, of course; to ploW the grouncl anti give it no further attention. It must be har- rowed or disked often enough to keep down weeds anti to heop . the upper layers pulverized, forming a dust multh wleich prevents the es- cape of valuable soil moisture. Where the ground Is nal of weed seed, this is a, enost inccelient iao- thocl of getting rid of these pestS. The present season's weed crop • is prevented from seeding and the seed hi the ground from last yea.): ger- minates and the young plants •are killed..." Even such persistent peren- nials' as cockleburr, velvet leaf and jimson weed can finally be control- led. It , may require two or three years of such treatment to get rid of the worst pests, but persisioace will always result in success. The ground for wheat should carefully plowed, •in rn.ost sections de- to 6 inches deep. Every bit of the ground must be stirred so that when drilling is done the seed will be covered evenly. • ale sulky plow or the modern. gang are best, • as tha3r do good work and completely cover all trash which raay be ou the surface. If plowing must be delay- ed until late on account of dry wea- ther, • or the fact that the crops growing on the land cannot be re- moved • until just before seeding time, compacting. must be done • ia some way. This is best accomplish- ed by the use of a roller, drag, disk, smoothing harrow or some • such instrument. Neglect of this is the cause of more poor wheat than any Other one thing. Going over the ground two or three times is not sufncient. Thework must bo • con- tinued and in some cases the ground will have to be gone over FOUR OR FIVE TIMES., Thorough preparation, however, al- ways pays in winter wheat culture. During a recent trip through the winter wheat section of the country, it was very noticeable that the land treated most carefully last fall bore the greater number of wheat plants. Not onlythis, but they were more vigorous and the yield will undoubt- edly be much greater than. where:the ground was not well fined. The date of seeding will depend somewhat upon circumstances. With- • in reason moderately early seeding is usually desirable, as the plant gets a good start and is able to withstand the winter. However, if insect pests, particularly hessian fly, are to • be . expected, • the seeding should. be delayed as late as possi- ble, so that the adult flies will lay their eggs in other places and the wheat crop escape. This was done very generally last fall. In :many parts of the winter wheat belt wheat was sown as late as Clabber 20 and 95, where as a rule it is the prac- tice to begin about September 10 and complete the •work ley October 1.. Fields were remarkably free from fly the present season and this was probably largely due to late seed- ing. Of course other conditions may have contributed. The amount of seed per acre varies a little with -the soil and the clim- ate. As a rule, five pecks of well Cleaned seed will give a good stand and produce the maxinnun yield. 11 the seed is very expensive, one bush- el will frequently answer. It is bet- tor, however, to be on the .safe side and sow a little more than recom- mended rather than )ess. There are so many varieties that no one can be recOmmendad for all sections of tbe wheat belt. The best guide is to get from the experiment station the kinds that have done best in the station tests. Then, after consult- ing the best wheat growers in your neighboth cod, • DECIDE 'UPON THE KIND. A good variety is always desirable, but do not forget that even the best seed will not do well on a. poor seed- bed. • Drilling is of course the only me- thod to be reconunencied. The kind of a drill is another quedtion. The modern disk drills have been so sat- isfactory that they can be recom- mended without hesitancy. The old- ' failnoned hoe drill is still used very 1 Widely cold is a goon implement. The .press drill during a dry season is .1 exceedingly . satisfactory, but itS heavy draught and the fact that it is not available in many neighbor-. boons, tends to keep it back. A num- ber of the manufacturers of drills • --`7 wonder nFen= q.,enaielnan InsinCe\nenee how they knew we just got married. 'by =sane of which the presswheels may be usedor not, depending upon the coadition of the soil. This is a little more expensive than the av- erage drill, but since you have two implements in. one, It can be • pur- chased with profit. • The matter • of fertilizing' wheat ground is an important one. Ordin- arily it is found desirable to apply the sta,blemanure to the previous grass crop. However, if it is put on in 'moderate quantities before plowing, benefit is' easily observable. It is not certain, however, that the greatest good will COMO from this method of applying the manure. linost farmers claim that when ap- plied to the grass crop, the ultimate results will be most satisfactory. • Tho manure should be put on with a spreader any time after the crop is seeded, Tho best plan is to start the spreader as soon as the seed is in the ground. Set it so that the manure will be spread quite thin ALL •OVER THE SURFACE. The soluble plant food will be wash- ed down by the first rain and will be ready to start the young plant off rapidly. Then the strawy part of the manure acts as a mulch in the fall and 'during winter, holds the snow and tends to prevent injury from cold, freezing weather. Some surprising results have C03110 from this treatment of wheat. If for any other reason the top drcasieg cannot be done in the fall, excellent results have been obtained by putting the manure on in the spring as sooa as the land is dry enough to permit the spreader being driven over the'llelda. However, the top dressing the previ- ous autumn is much the best.' Well rotted On.e manure is always most desirable and this condition should be secured by composting, 'if it is not possible to got it in any other way. . Pile the coarse manure in a heap, pour water over it, fork every few days until it is thoroughly de- composed. .By placing the manure on theground very thin, a. large acreage can be treated. dollars each year, It is certainly subject worthy the serious attention and study of every thoughtful. pro- gressive dairyman, and one . which will repay in 'dollars and cents THE TIME THUS EXPENDED. The cow is no more a machine than is the human mother. She is, if properly treated, a gentle, sensi- tive creature, governed by the same laws of lova and fear that obtain among human mothers. Note with what affection and pleasure she gives down her milk to her calf, and will continue so to do for a kind master; but in anger or fright, in cold, . in filth, tormented in a thousand. ways known and unknown, or on insuffi- dent food, is it reasonable to expect the same generous, healthful pro- duct? A machine might do equally good work—but even a machine has its aimitations—in a freezing tempera - tare and under other adverse eondi- tions; but the cow, if she is com- pelled to rem.ain out of doors or in a cold barn at her master's will, unconsciously avenges herself, as much of her food must go for fuel purposes to keep her bodily warmth up to the required temperature. A well made =aniline will undoubtedly do equally good work if there were la. half dozen dogs and as many milk- ing stools asserting themselves in eits vicinity, but not so with the !gentle cow made irate by either or both. Not only is the quality of her milk damaged (often to the point of renderipg it poison to the young infant) but the quantity of it is as certainly and promptly re- duced. • The cow is not a machine. She re- pays all manner of care for her cre.ae ture comfort with an increased flow of milk; and even more than this she responds in the same generous way to words of endearment • and petting. It is common knowledge that • many 'a herdsmen and milker has by his gentle and genuine love for his cows so completely won their affection that no one else has ever been known to get the same amount of milk that ho can. WONDERFUL ICNIFE. • When Lewaniket, the paramotuat chief of the Barotse kingdom, visit- ed ShenieId, England, recently, he was most interested in knives. • When he was snown a knife of the value of $4,600, the making of which occu- pied nearly two years, the Xing and his Prime Minister cast longing eyes at the remarkable specimen of cutlery, and entered into the most animated conversation. The knife in question is probably the most artis- tic piece of cutlery in the world. It in known as t,he "Norfolk Sports- man's Itnife." There are seventy- five stool blades, all contained in one handle. On these there are beauti- ful etchings of Queen Victoria, the late Prince Consort, and residences of royalty and nobility. The handle is a, most wonderful work of art. WHICH HAVE THE ITA.RDEST LOT? Girls sometimes wish that they were men, but the troubles of this world are about equally divided. A girl bas to pin her hat on her head, but a man often has to chase his into the middle of a muddy street. • A girl can put on all the colors of the rainbow and look like a bird of paradise. A 'man must wear plain colors and look very ordinary. ,. A girl can put on 0 ten dollar hat and it is called taste. A man may wear a two dollar and a. half one, but it will be called extravagance. A girl may be ill all the year round and she gets the sympathy of all who know her, but a man shnilar- ly placed is told he is lazy. A girl caa break off an engage- ment and be free at once, but a man can be sued for breach of pro- mise and beggared. pi To prove to you thab De gsoiz..ntaraZgIetmolg..urlr and every form of itching, bleeding and protruding piles, the manufacturers bave guaranteed it. See tea. timoniale in the daily press and ask your neigh- bors wbeit they think of it. Yon can use it and get your monny back if not cured. 00o a box. at ell dealers Or EDIKANSON,BATES SC Co..Toronto, Dr. Chase's 01 tment THE COW NOT A MACHINE. The cow is lookedupou by alto- gether too many dairymen as a mere unfeeling machine, the dairyman having but to apply the belt and power of food when the ina.chinery is inunediately set in motion, that will result in a return to the dairyman for his outlay in. a sure and given amount of milk; that un- der any and every con- dition whenever our dairyman at his own convenience places before her tbe proper food, the amiable and long suffering cow will at once be compelled by reason of her internal organism to commence the manufa.c- ture of milk which the dairyman inay, without let or hindrance on her part, take from her at the close of the process: exOtrnlellte contrary, the cow has an ern 3r sensitive orgrufism. which demands the stune thoughtful Care in providing for her comfort that we give our human kind; food of the right kind, at the right time, and in the exact amount she caa best take care of; light, fresh air, free- dom, temperature carefully regulat- ted; comfort of body and peace of 11119113(ilis statement may sound to many extreme, but it is`supported by abun- dant testimony, and failure to recog- nize its truth on the part of so many dairymen (not all by any ineans) is costing the owners of nearly twenty million cows in the now reale a combination inipienient, liLetecl....,States, many millions of 1 f • A Chronic Case of Eczema of BO Years Standing Cured by Dr. Cgme's . Ointment. The demand for Dr. Chase's Oint- Inent is enormous. It is during the warm Weather eepocially that there is such great suffering from eczerna and similar skin diseases. • That Dr. Chase's Ointraent is a thorough cure for this torturing disease is proved in hundreds el cases similar to the tollowieg :— Mi. G. H. MeConnell, engineer in Fleury's Foundry, Aurora, states "I believe that Dr. Cbase's Ointment IS worth its Weight in gold, For about thirty years 1wee troubled with eczema, • and could not Obtain any cure, I WaS so un- fOrteriate as to have blood poison, and this, developed in eczema., the most dreadful of Skin diseases. "I was so bad that I would get up at night and scretth Myself until flesh was raw and flaming. • The tor- ture 1 ennuren is almost • beyond descriptiofte and now I cannot say anything to good for Dr. Chase's Ointment. It has cured me and reconnaead it beestuse I know there is nothing So gooa for itching skin," Mr, Frank Duxbury, clerk in • W. Butehart's hardware store, Meaford, Ont.,• States WEIS troubled With eczema, for fOur or live years, ann. tried .a good many remedies Without obtaining a Cure. It was the worst on my face, and caused ine a. great deal of misery at times. As soon. ad I began usiag Dr. Chase's Ointment the itching and soreness were re- lieved, and new I believe that I Men eutirely cured, As a result 1 annot speak too highly of Dr. Chase's Ointment." Vow people realize the suffering calison by eczenia and other itching kin diseases. This is an example of what Dr, Chase's Ointment is doing in the way Of relieving soffering mankind. Many of the cures in brings Ibout are mere like miracles than anything else ; 60 conte a box,. at, all dealers, Or EdnearSe011, Bitten & 0o, Torontae MEDIU/NES FOR, THE- Kilt, InOYAL ATRIII,CSREVADBIETDW O, TnIEV1 nl-reat Preocatiieontso N Are4kTeaken—Itn- pnlistalee, Considering .how vigilitistlY the King's life is guarded in, other sae reetions, it is oely Lateral that OVenk greater precautions should be to1c00 With regard te his medicines, and ft. is practically an Imposeileility • for them to be tampered with or eel, PliStalte Made in their pi eparatione • .A.ithough all the Royal palaCes are fitted with laboratories well stocked with drugs, it • is only ieeana of urgent necessity that the medicinee for Royal patients issues from there, the resident apothecary being gener- ally called upon to dispense for the various • members • of the household only. The King's ineclieines origin- ate with tile prescription dra,wn UP by the surgeon apotheeary, Sir Francis Laking, in consultation with the other physicians in'attenct- awe, After it has been written out in Latin and signed it Is pieced in a. whith is then loeleed and Sealed. There are two keys to thi* Wallet; one retained by the physician and the other • by the dispensien cheanist, to whom the prescription le thus sent in the charge of a • special raesseager. • It will be seen that so far it i* irapossible for the prescription to bsi changed or tampered with, and the chemist on receiving the wallet taken It into the small laboratory specially set apart • for the preparation of aoyal medicines before breaking the seal. This is then done in the pre- sence of an assistant. All the Royal dispensers • are required to have a special laboratory wherein, the drug9,. of the highest quality only, are kept apart from others and • UNDER LOCK. AND XEY, • while in the same room is a Bran proof safe containing a book of ve- lum into which the prescription fe carefully copied and chec.ked before the medicine is made up. Equal secrecy is maintained in the dispensing, whieh is carried out be- hind locked doors, and every por- tion of the drugs used is three times weighed and analyzed before being compounded. A fliial examination ie then made, and the bottle or box having been sealed down is placed in. the wallet with the prescription and locked and sealed, after which pthheysdn mieassenger takes it back to the But even now the medicine is not ready for the Royal patient. It hag again to be examined and checked by the physician in the precincts of the Royal laboratory. This donee he seals down. the cork and puts the bottle in a box which is kept locked and only opened when a *dose has to be administered. So cautious is he that, although the box is kept ia the patient's chamber, the cork of the bottle is sealed again whenever it has to be opened, and only when. doses have to be frequently "given does the bottle remain on the table, The King's raediciue is always meas- ured out by the physician himself, to guard against an overdose, n'ann is then frequently administered either by the Queen or the Princess Vic- toria. King Edward admits that he is a troublesome patient, and very often when. he has firmly de - dined to take his medicine from the hands of his doctors, or even from the Queen's, the Princess—who, like her mother, is an untiring nurse— has proved successful in overcoming his opposition. MCKIM' JIM IN THE BOER WAR. (A. true 'story of the Imperial Light Horse, told in jerks). Inly'a9r0 btelgu3un Joined the I. L. • H. for fun. • 'Ad a 'oss; called Kickin' Jim, • • Always thought t NeL°tver odfidhshnee • • Sich a 'oss, 'Cos 'e always Would be boss. Elandslaagte, tem Bret fight, Cocked 'is ears up With delight. , Stuck 'is legs out, Looked around, • Snorted madly, Pawed the grounds • Bullets .whistled • VePrly'etntyeartlhyickv Made nra sick. One 3ust it Jim, • on the tail, For the Boer lines 'E made sail. Couldn't 'old him - 011 Lor' no 1 Fairly go. • On 'e galloped; Shell' n.or ball Never could 'it Jim at all. Picked the I3oer who • Fired the shot; Went up to aim, • At a trot;• "Judged his distance, • Turned about, • ricked the burgher. Laid oim out. Then like fury Back again ' Right into our Lines "cs came, •..' Good 'oss that, mite • Don't ye think? • Whet, d'ere say; sir? 'Ave a drink? • 'Comets I will, and Di ink. to nin• , So 'ere's good luck to -.Tim, --Johannesburg Star.• • GISE.AT laAST1111S. fastiag feels the sect of in /mint, IS far ahead of ail rivales, Pasts of from thirty to forty dayn are very con/Mon, toad once a yean they are Said te abeasetn from foes" for SeVenty-tive &one