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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-9-11, Page 6By Sr. GEORGE Val-1130RM; Atelier of attectoe jack's eiTifei" °Captain Tome° "Baron Same" "Iellss Pettlifte a Now York,' "Mize Cepricer gtei Jack stiles to witness the feats of an East Indien juggler iand sword swallower, who exbibits on the street corner, surrounded by a curious crowd er =eked. persons. Several flaming swinging lamps smoke round him—the odour of oil is strong, the weird cos- tumes oe the audience striking, and the Yeats of the •leggier something out of the ordinarg, An attendant passes a little basket around, and the crowd Is disposed to be liberal, Judgee from the reale and nesetas that jingle within it ae he ends his share oe the labour. Mien the star oe the combination begins eusiness. rack 'watches him curiously, and be- fore the Mall has goeie far maees up his mind that this Is not the first time he and the juggler have met, ale though, the last time he saw Ben Achnied was upon the dusty street of Dead In India. It is a little singular that he should run across the juggler again se far away from Hindostan, and Jack be- lieves he will wait until the perform- ance is over, when he may have a few words with the other. Leaning against a neighbouring tree, he smokes his cigar, which luxury the half mask allows, watching the drift- ing crowds. the weird rctions of the jugwier, and. listening to the jargon of sounds. From this state of reverie something finally arouses him. A familiar fig- ure heaves in sight—surely there can be no mistaking that dudish dress even if a half mask does hide the face of Cousin Larry. The New York sport is out to see the sights, and per - hens take a hand in any frolic. As he is /sassing by his name is ut- tered by .Tack, to whom the little fel- low Is soon talking. The athlete thinks more of Larry since the ex- hibitiou in the hotel. Then again he is a cousin to Avis—that counts for something. " What! you, Doctor Jack. I thought I saw a fellow of your size riding by on a sedan chair, the WO- /nen cheering, the men cursing, but made up my mind I was mistaken," says Larry, grasping the -.outstretched hand eagerly, for he takes quick lik- ings, and, unbeknown to the others, witneseed the bull -fight of the after- noon, eo that he looks up to the doctor as a hero. Jaen: tells him about the imposter, and they both laugh. Then the little man grows serious again. "Do you know, I was on my way to your hotel, Doctor Jack—I believe it ie. on this dused street, is it not ?" he asks. " That is the building yonder, where the great lantern is hanging—but what: brings YOU here ?" Doctor Jack's curiosity is again aroused—we have seen that he posses -1 ses a fair amount of this womanly: trait. Why should he not feel a de- sire to know the cause of Larry's coining when the latter is her cousin? Just now the whole world revolves, around Avis Morton—Jack has jumped: into a new sphere during the last twelve hours—we shall see in time whether he can play at lover as well! as itt bull -fighter. "My pedal extremities, to be sure. I tried to get a carriage, but as beast- ly luck would have it they were all taken. Then I started to walk, and before I had taken ten paces an im- ouderit alquazil taped me on the arne and informed me I would not be al- lowed on the public streets while the carnival lasted, at night any way, without a mask, so I had to stop at it fakir's, and be robbed for once. Just then he said they werc woeth their weight in oro, he called it, which, 1 take it, means gold. Then was gushed and knocked about a good deal, but in spite of all here's Larry Ieenneity, right side up with care, and don't you forget it." The dude is long-winded—he likes to hear himself talk, and drawls so that it is misery for Jack to listen. The letter thinks he knows a way to hurry old slowbones up, which plan he stands ready to adopt if necessary. "Now that you've found the hotel, what do you want with it, Larry ?" he questions. "After all, now that 1 think of It, the hotel wasn't what I was looking for." "Ab " frorn Doctor Jack, who holds bis breath, or he sees the dude thrive his hand into u pocket as if lit search of something. "It wile you I wanted, Doctor Jack." "Whet for, ray dear man ?" The hand comet; out of the pocket— it holds scimething, and the sharp eyee of Doctor Jack detect it bit of white paper. His heart gives a throb—it Is it message from Avis. 7n a moment of time various thoughts and speettlations nage] through his brain. What ean 'Avis want ? Has elle learned something eince their parting that has a bearing on the purpooed mission ? He remem- bers that the Pasha was about the Peninsular at the Lime, and Larry with biz% These thipgs flit throtigh hie Metal in it tneeli shorter epaee of thee than It takes to read them in print. LarrY holds out his band. " That Will explale my presence, doe- r," he saki, languidly, but his in- difference is aesamed, as indeed many ee his moods ere—there le More fire concealed under tide affected, cool, and deliberate exterior than one •cottid lariat:the. Endeavouring to be calm, Doctor Jack ulefolde the paper. His hande tremble a little. The peer lies be - tome sorriewhat create/dad in the dedees poeltet, but feeling over so teat the ilget efoal the leer enmity eee eeke."- '11. A,*1. flambeaux of the Indian SWOzu,-.• lower may fall upon it, eack reada He immediately gives...an exclama- tion, and bends eloser, Leery watching him with a smile, his slender egure drawn up a la Napoleon as though he deems himself of considerable import- ance Just at this moment. "Jove ! this is sineular znutters Then he looks up, an odd emile crossing his face which the half inask hides—he has suddenly e.aught a glim- mer of the truth. "Ale ! you appear puzzled," says Larry. "Well, Yes. There seems a cipber needed here to set me straight," re- sponds the other. So Larry straightens leis slender legs, throws" out his chest, pulls at the awfully diminutive muetache fierce- ly, and rapping on his breastas a Booth or a Barrett might, he cries :-- " Look on am the missing link." neate' Jack, remembering his first opinion that the dude resembled a monkey, inwardly chuckles to think how neer the mark these words may be conetrued—children and fools al- ways speak the truth, they say. "I presume this note does refer to you, my geed fellow, but I am afraid it was never intended for my eyes." "Oh ! yes, no doubt of that. Just read it out and then I'll explain." So jack once more bends over and reads, in a voice that the other can easily hear above the jargon of sounds +on the street. the contents of the note given to him :— • "Four doors below Monsieur331ances conservatory of anusic—evill meet you between two and four this day, any charming Larry. I have not forgot- ten you vows in the garden of the Tuileries, and. I swear to you that I love no other man as I do you. Be- ware lest you meet my guardian, for w_he Doctor Jack stops. A hand is laid on his pane, and look- ing up he sees the face of the dude close to his own. "You were right, doctor; I did make a beastly mistake. That is it billet deux from a chs.wming little oweature in Pares. Turned out she had anoth- er lover—we met at thehouse—he punctiered me with a sword in the arm, and I gave him a bullet that kept him in the hospital de la charite for two weeks. I was arrested, but proved to be the assaulted pawty, so they let me off," gabbles the little man. "But my note—come, man, let me have it" cries Jack, on needles and pins. He feels as though it would do him good to seize hold of this fellow and shake some animation into his slow moving body, but fears the Man might fall to pieces on. his hands, he , is so wonderfully made up. "Pm getting at it. Patience, good doctor. Your class of men have to exercise a deal of it, I know. Ab! here's another document—let's see if it is what we are after." Larry is not so reckless with his pa- pers now—perhaps he has other pri- vate affairs he does not wish the pub- lic to see. So he glances cautiously at this document ere banding it geer to the tender mercies of the scoffer. This seems.more like it—Jack reads: "There is trouble for you, Doctor I Jack, here—now—ineladrid. You have enemies. By accident Cousin Larry I learned something of their plotting. ! you can trust hirn through anything. I To get at the pith of the matter ask ; him questions. He admires you, Led stands ready to do anything he can." Her name is at tfle bottom—Avis IMorton. • "Come," says .Tack, decisively, tak- ing the arm of the Neev York dude in his own, e we will go to some place Where we can talk unheard, and there you shall ten nee what this means." "I'm quite agweeable, doctor" lisps Larry. So they leave the juggler and his ad• mirers behind, turning their backs on the smoky flambeaux, and push a pas- sage through the crowd toward the fonds,. CHAPTER XL J'ack's first thought is of the hotel, where in the quiet of hts room, they may engage in a conversation unin- terrupted. Ile has already ,passed over half the distance, end the tondo seems near at hand, when he becomes aware of the fact that his companion desiree to .etop, so a halt is called. "Beg pardon, doetor, but are you heading for that ea,ravansavy eon - deb?" asks Cousin Larry.‘ "Certainly. I have a room there.' Over it bottle of wine We can rescues this matter," reelies the atblete, Won- dering whet is in the wind. The dude ritakee it half way French shrug that at another time would have amused, :Tack more then words could tell, but Suet now he hen his enieid oc- , cuplea with other- things. "The temptatioe ia Strong but the week ite tee great my bey." "tisk! What the duce do you amen. Larry? They know me here— the beat the hoese affords is et my serviee," erice '" Yes, they knew you—thates it. Poi nie to be twee in your company is dan- Gerais." " • •'. "Eh ? 1 don't 'ceiripreheild," gasps the (Teeter, • Larrybends his heart ever, fee there is it noigy bend beeleng doWeitTpn there, elling the air With Some inie Menge Melody, and the eroivd e'f *ask- ed retteleete accoinParly it eliotatille ermege song at the toilet their. lutes, so that tile dude le dellieelled to• giVe his eltrill voliee fell play in Order to be heard, " Beceiree you are a marked mato leector ,Tack," is the astenishing dee eiseation be =ire, "Tbeee is a big conspiracy against you, right heiein the city of efeeirld. ' "Mat bee teat to do with not en: tering tile, hotel, may1 ask ?" "311eryth1ng. An enemy is there on the watce. He would oese us together. Thy 'Would believe I had warted you, and a, beastly mess would ecene of it Lor don't ye see I'm supposed to be on the other side—that's how I picked up my information, peetending to be as mad as the use at you because yoe seemed to have found eavour in the eye p of my cousin -.I am very parti- cular who she makes up with, don't ye know, for once I thought I'd have her myself, 'pon emah, only .4'/is argeed nie out of it, detth girl." Some men would get alegre at such Mlle but Jack cennot—be Irreales Larry Is a conceited fool—under his breath he calls him a jackase, but it is also dead certain that the little man is wiser than surface indleations would prorreee, His present errand proves it, anii Jack is not the one to find fault with a little eocentrieity, for it serves es a spice to flavor the soup. So he makes out that he is highly plc-ased, presses the dude's hand warmly, and howls in his ear—the vil- lainous band is just passing.. " Awful glad to know you don't ob- ject to my cutting you out with Miss Avis. You know that's the fate of cousins, anyhow. If I'm ever so lucky ase to succeed you shall be any best man, Larry." The plot thickens—Larry tumbles trite the pit dug for him by the scheming lover, and shakes Jack's hand in return. " Thanks, awfully, doctor—count on me." "And DOW lees move back here a piece. I •remember a spot where we can talk—a nice quiet place," shouts the other, They soon reach the quarter Jack has rererence to—et does promise them a chance for a quiet talk, being a lit- tle rerresemeat saloon, gaudily light-, ed up far the occasion, but as yet n.ot well patronized, for the weird scenes upon the street keep every, one on the qui viva, Entering here, Doctor Jack selects a table just around a corner, where they will tot be in view from the open doors. A black-eyed Spanish girl takes their order, and refreshments are speedily served. Besides themselves there are a few persons M the refresee shop, and the noise from the street is heard with less violence, so they can talk with sgme sense of security. A stout mare in the guise of it mane, cowled and masked, enters and seats himself not far away.. Two students are treating a couple o inamoreitas at another table, the party laughing and giggling as the young men endeavour to discover who teeir companions are, the girls seeming to know them. Now and then the outside roar in- creases, and then dies away again—a I strange noise it is, taken altogether, and one that would puzzle a stranger ! M Madrid, aroused from 'his midnight slumberwith visions of bawdy rave- ' lution, perhaps, br the terrors of the dread earthquake that once destroyed Lisbon. Doctor eack is not the man to beat about the bueh—he goes straight at the mark every time, and hits the bull's-eye. So he takes Larry in hand, remembering the instractions written by Avis—he has that note in the poc- ket next his heart, by the way. "Now, tell me what you know, Larry, and kindly make the story to the point. If I desire additional in- formation at any place 1 Mien not hesitate to break M and ask a ques- tion." This is the kind of talk that Larry likes—he wants a man to take hold of him firmly—most men treat him as thcugh he were a fool, and handle him as if they thought he would break, He Is rea.dir to swear by Doctor Jack. The letter is surprised to see him toss aside his flippant mood as one might a vail, and. for the time beine show scmething of the real spirit behind. Even his lisp is gone, and he talks like other lannau reeings, and not a conceited puppy. You know, doctor, I have been arm in are: with that Turkish paha—had a eneaking notion from the start he was cultivating my acquaintance with an object in view—believed it was the same uld story, aead gone..On1.3 Y eou- sin, are', played hin-afor a fool, but I was wrong—dead wrong. We hail an- other gami In view. F To rove to you that Dr. , Chuse's Ointment is a certain reeeeree and absolute cure +,or eac)a and every form of itching, blecei ng nee pretrile ing Piles, the rnanufn.cturers hare euaranteca k.15ootes, thnonials in tho daily press and ask your natagh. bore what they think Wit. 'Yon can Inc it and gel your rnoney hack it not cured. 605 it box. at all dealers or Illcittaxstuir,DvAls& Co.,Torontn, r„ Chase's OFrAtmeni "1 soon got on to it, and found it was hate instead of love. You were the man. At once I became insanely jealous, raved over Avis, and mut- tered threats against Doctor :race, all of which seerned to tickle the old pasha. "I thought he might take me into the game, but he was cautious—not that he suspected my feelingn in tile matter, but, doubtless, had little faith in tray ability to alci him. Then he Saly a chance to utilize me as a tool or a fool, and gradually I picked rip 'points. " There is a dee e plot against you, doctor, and a aiimber ot persona seem to be interested in it. Among, others there is Pedro 'Vasquez, the bull -fight- er you outgeneraled at the pavilion—I saw the thing, and was proud of you, It wae luck you jumped When you did, for my blood Wes boiling at the insult offered America, and, 'pen 'oriel, I was just about to step forward myself." ele Cont1ntled4 The anionet of beat generated by a maiee body in a day's Werk is suieCient to eaesci 63 pounde of Wa- ter .frore ,freteeing ter bbiliag point. •• Sir Edwin Landieer is said to have paieted "The Cavalier's Peter' in a eingle day. -A FRUIT EVAFORATOR. 11. Z. xeasoy, anclogan, th 0x4nge Judd xr411131c1',. GIve rlans of ono ghat win steed the The illustrations show elevatioii and general plan for it fruit, farm evaporator that will stand the test. It will remaie on the feign as 0 per - aliment fixture and money meker it rightly eonstructed and leeelligently •haneled. The drier represents but Ono (Melon of a large 01nm-ere/al machine. We have handled over 17 of theee, all in ono l'OW and eel fed hem one source of beat and that driven its entire length by hot eir blasts. In this section we show a brick wall nicely laid up, and the fire RXTERTOR oi PRETIT RVAPORATon. door is simply the end of a common old box STOTO ; in size, about 8 feet long, 2 feet high and 16 or 113 inches broad. The legs should be removed and the stove placed fiat on the ground. The pipe should run straight back aid come out at rear of wall, low enough down of course to pre- vent danger of fire to the wooden parts. It should then extend far enough up to give good draft,. The large cut shows the drier as it should look when ready for business. The wall is 6 feet square and 2* feet in height. The upper struceura also Gee, with posts 4 feet high. The door should be double ; that is twu • deers instead of one, and should be made sd that crowding will be IleCOS- .sary in closing. They should be built so that when opened a clear entrance of ex4 feet is exposed. A co,r filled with trays is shown M smaller cut. This cite' is a eerfeet cube, dimensions 3 feet and (3 inches all round. It as open at the eottom, top 'and sides, thus allowing free cir- culation of heat. This car is not ab- solutely necessary, but is very con - lenient. If the car is used, an iron frame running from the front door of drier to i•ear of same will have to lle supplied to serve as track for car. The trays as seen in the car are in- terchangeable, and necessarily so, as fruit will often dry faster at the bot- tom of car than at the top,so that it will be. seen that a change of po- sition can be easily made, thus se- curing a uniform lot, of twit. We favor the segment, or rounded roof on account of tightness. The economy in running the drier is in being ableito confine the heat ; elms the entiee chamber mast be air -tight. In place of the car one can con - et rue t frames inside the drier to hold the It eys and get just as good re - sen), . Seine will wonder how this The Exchange Telegraph Company car is to be handled when out of the drier. We purposely left off tee plat- form that should be built just over the fire box door, to better show the building. It will be noticed in Fig 1 that a ventilator is marked. Sometimes odors from scorched fruits will gather in the chamber and if confined for a time the entire batch evil be damaged thereby. The trays are made by either mortising or CA% saciwree 'FRUIT- TRAYS IN POSITION% ilai..yirXIS the earners. Care sheuld be taken in theseweek as e stiekieg tray is a nooi• thing when Ono is in a, Muni. Cover these framee with wire gauze or teay neteing. Wire is best. Cionnieen axe stuff is ,etellcient for the femme of drier, but the covering. should be of the best dee timber that eau he found. It should be „nicely matched, and wheal, put on should lie pa nt al at once. Now; we very avell know that all farmers' are not Mechelen, and we also know eow often they get hung up .on sonie See111- ingly eimple job. I am • ' Carpenter by trade and am a little eautious about naming the dose of things ; le t this little drier IS Meant for ousiness and, of course,' all gem.: iiusiness (wets mopey, So 1, cen on ly an ,y 11' at it will depend , irely oat rho, consteucts, the drier, end in what location the materials (lee eought: I believe, however, the t it , . 3t.<.`anitatglii,;), i btlitillorfoollxe aboutju trust n A farm hand was looking over a horse 'which a neighbor ha4 brought in, and in commenting en him said What, hind or a horse is lie ? Be isn't big enough for a draft horse, he hamlet style enough for a driver, and he is too light to pull anueb ot load. Ue's nothing but a horse, and he ien't worth very much ole. Price either," That man was not a horee breeder, but he sized (hinge up much hotter than many a man who pretends -Co breed horses does. The horse was just as he said, and he was bought for a, $50 bill because he was a just a horse." There is a field of usefulness for all h°rosic40i . 'butloteisle any i"Sioluesyt° ah oat of him.. The man 'who buys hint et $50 may be getting a bargain, as he did in this case, but we are not breeding to make the buyer money but to make it for ourselves. The only way, is to breed some kind or it horse. r"ei.ist a horse " won't do in the twentieth century.--eourned of Apiculture. Flow to euxa ialzer Polling. Almost every one who has had much to do with horses bee had one or more aaimals who would pull at the baiter. Sometimes they are so bed that no ordinary halter will hold them. If you can find a halter strong enough, it is it prceity good remedy to hitch a young horse who has this fault to it -strong post and .1tieit1111ulatang himself up till he. gets ed,;f i One horseman recommends for a halter pulling horse that a long halter strap be buekled or tied around the horse's for leg just above the knee, pass the strap' 0trItE FOR BALTER _PULLING. through one ring of the bridle and tie the other cnd to a hitching post. Another method, and the one ive have had illustrated, is to make a crup- per out of a strong piece of rope and pees the other end through the ring of the bridle or through the halter and then tie. A few good strong pulls on the part of the horse usual- ly discourages it in halter pulling. We reconunend thie method, says ilearm, Field and Fireside. (he Yell -Matted 1.tr.twbeirry Bow. Probably three-fourths of all straw- berries are grownin this way, but progressive fruit • growers are fast finding out that it is a nestake. • It is only justifiable when the land Is too peer to grow them in other.' ways. Make rows four feet apiu•t, and set plants 18 to 24 inches in the row. Let the cultivator go in the same ditec- tion every time, so as to throw the embers around without' tangling them, and as they root. narrow up the Cultirator. The objections to the fell -matted row are that when the row is full, a strip of ground some tWenty inches wide is left aveurn.1 the plants which , cannot be cultivated. The crust ! forties over this, excluding the air from the roots and sail, aed the water draws up to the surface so the roots are dried out and injured. If tho top of the ground is dry, the rameers Will not -send down their' shoots, but continue to live on the mother -plant, forming several plants on the same runner, which blow around •in the wind and do not take root until the fall rains come, and then they have no time te make and perfect the -Fruit buds and roots, and so the next season cannot bring their beeriest to full siee and maturity, If the grimed is rich the plants will mat so thickly that 'sunlight is ex- cluded from the lower foliage and the crowns. Fruit bads which will not form in dense shade will be lacking. Many of the berries are too small to piek and rot on the ViTIOS and sa.p the vitality of the plant, thus prevent- ing the better berries from growing to fall size. --R. M. i<ellOgg. 1 nf Dalvy COWS. Al. the Illinois 'Delwin:lent Station a record of the food 'consumed and the milk, and butter -fat produced by two ordinary-lookipg dairy cows bas been kept for the past year. 'They were ,fed the same ration and treat- ed alike in every respect. One con- sumed 6,9:78 lbs. digestible dry mat- ter and produced 1.1,320 lbs. milk and 565 lbs. butter ; the other con- sumed 6,180 lbs.• dry matter. and pro- duced 7,759 lbs. milk and 290 lbs. butter. 011 the same feed basis, the differmee in the value of the butter produced was $47.00. This shoul d be a strong euggestion to every dairy - top look carefully into his herd 411c1 induce Wm, to weed out the peepers " at the 'earliest oppor- tunity, • Proilti in Feidinu Gra/ O. Two profits are derived from the grain by feeding it on the ferm—the feeding value ioad the enenuria,1 val- ue. When the grain is 'old, liaa. nerial video is coilepletely lost and the feria begins to ren (.101111 in fer- tility, There is another profit con- nected with' feeding, which is a sev- eral of labor, horseflesh a,zel etatip- menti SALT AS A CURATIVE. An exeessive use of salt on food is injurious to the digestive and other organs of the body, causing scurvy and other scorbutic diseases. 13ut it has some curative properties which should be known. roe the reason that it is cheap and elways itt hand, the eurative qualities of salt are not appreciated as they should be. We gather from an exchange that if used persistently enough it will cure nasal caterre. A weak brine &multi be made and snuffed up the nose, al- lowing it to run down the throat. One of the most effective remedies known for sick headache is to place a pinch of salt on the toilette and allow it to dissolve slowly, In about ten minutes it may be followed by it drink of water. There is nothing better for the relief of tired or weak eyes than to -bathe them with ‘a strong solution of salt and water, applied as hot as it cim be borne. Salt is most excellent for cleansing the teeth. It hardens the puns and sweetens the breath. MATTER OF FAMILY PRIDE, "Prisoner, have YOU anything to say why the sentence of death should not be passed upon you?" "A few words, my lord. I am 30 years of age." "Your elder brother ie a physi- cian." This is impertinent and irrele- vant." "It may sound so, my lord, but it means life or death to me. I un- derstand that you take a great pride in the Phenomenal success of your brother?" - "I do, but what possible bearing can that ban upon. your case?" "Simply this: Your brother, the doctor, examined me a year ago, and predicted that I would live at least twenty years more. It would cer- tainly undermine his reputation as saientist should I die before that time." DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY. • A cook 'of a kindly nettwe was vety fond of giving foodto the beg- gars that came to the door. Her mistress, disapproving of this cus- tom,' reminded the •cook that the food:was not her own to give. • The cook excused herself by say- ing; “The people I give to are great distress, end I do not think you should mind my relievieg him." , The lady, finding remonstrance use- less, thought she Would try the ef- fect of a practical lesson; go, being asked for clothes one day by a poor woman who told it pitiful story, she took a, pair of the cook's boots and gave them to the beggar. The cook, when she heard what had been done with her property, was very angry, and complained to her mistresei who anewered: "The poor woman was in great distress, so I do not • think you should naiad helping her!" • A STERN REALITY. Quills—No, there's not much poetry it my life. ' Squillse-What do you do ? Quills—I exemine the verse sub- mitted to the BungtoWn Blatter, The Lord Chief Justieb may eiter- else the office of coroner in any part of England. A Methodist ikfiirsister Tells How He Was. !Rescued From a He5pless Conclit5cn by Dr, Chase's Nerve Food. That 1)r, Chelee's Nerve rood pos- sesses unustial control over the nerves and .rekincilee nerVous, en- ergy when all tather Meana 1 all is well illustrated in the (met described below. ler, Brown was forced to give up his ministerial work, and so ear exhatisted that foe o thee he was positively helpless. , Doctor's were consiilted aml many remedies were resorted to, in vain Every ef- fort to build up the eysteen eeemed in vein, and it is little Wonder that the sufferer Was iosieg hOpe of 55- COVery, wheh he beget to use Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, eiltoWnaMethedisst rainie- r • ter, of °Mance, and lete of Bethany, Ont., writes: "..A. year ago last No- vember, I was overtaken with eery- oes exhaustatiene For se< months I' did no work, and during that, time I had to he waited on, not being able to help Myself. Nervous] col: lapse wee cone/late, and theugh :L wae in 'the physieimg8 hands for months, I did WA Scent to heprove. At tiny little exertion my strength Woeid 1eave Inc, ed I would trem- ble with et' v enese. 'From the fleet 1 used a greal, many eorve releediee, bet -they seam- ed to have no effect in my' po::•<,, had almost lost hoVe of tc(1ov...) 'now TO AVOID OVill'ME.PTION. OMe Hints fetaPnaple With Weak The preoreeeionsi which one should teem in order to einiteat himself from consumption, when eikVeCianY CXPOSed to it, as in living with it consuaeptive, or in the cose of the inheritance of weak image fi'ora pa- rents who have died of phthisis, Were thus laid down in a recept lecture by Di'. Deron Bramwell, a, well- known English expert ; when 1 beard of I)r, Chase's Nerve Food, and began to use it, As nay system beeanie strange]: I 'beetle. - to • do a little work, ,end have 'gradeale ly increased ,ie nerve force and eig- or, • Mite. now I ale ,,about hi MY normal condition aga.ire. 1 coneieer 'Dr, Chase's Nerve Food the best Medicine 3 ever need. Neat only eas 11. prOven, ite wonderful restorative poWere in my wen case; but aleo imi seVerel ethers where I have reeona 111cilldCd ' Dr. Clistee's NeeVe Food, e0 cents e toe, 6 bexase for $2.50..' At all iewiers,oi ledmensou, Bathe ele Le., Teregeoe With this object iu view the inde vidual should endeavor (1) to in- crease his "vital resistance' ' by maintaining his general health in the best possible stete of efficiency ; (2) - to avoid all conditions likely to produce in the body, and more es- pecially in the lungs and digestive organs, coeditions lavorable to the • growth of- the tuberculosis germ— catarrhal inflammetions, broneeitis, eto.;( 8) to avoid the breatbieg of air containing tubercle bacilli, end to avoid • drinking infected milk. These precautions aro desirable in the case of every one, but are es- pecially necessary where there is an inherited tendency to phthisis, and sten more essential in the case of persons obliged to live in close con- tact with consumptives. During iefaney and childhood spe- cial attention should die directed to the diet, and to the condition of the mouth and theceit, since diseased conditions here are apt to lead to the tuberculous infection. In the case of deficient respiratory capacity —hollow chest and the like—suitable gymnastic exercises should be FOLLOWED OUT le iGULARLY Persons who inherit a strong ten- dency to phthisis should, with the object of preventing the development of it, be particularly well fed, cloth- ed and housed; they should live? if possible, in it high, dry and pure at- mosphere, and in a well-built, airs,. and well -drained house, avlaich does not stand on cold, damp ground, and is exposed to plenty of sunlight. They should have plenty of exercise in the open air, should always sleep, with their bedroom windows open, and should avoid excesses of all kinds (alcoholic and others). They should 'choose a profession where they can do their work in the open, air if possible, and never one in which the lungs are exposed to ir- ritating dust or fumes. They should eat plenty of butter and fat -forming foods, and if their nutrition is poor they should taike cod-liver oil in cold weather. Healthy persons who are oblig,e'd to live in content with, patients suf- fering from phthisis should be espe- cially careful to carry out the above precautions, which, summed up, are: Free ventilation, abundance of fresh air, the avoidance of overcrowding, plenty of semlight, scrupulous clean- liness.„ and absence of dust and dirt, and tile destruction 01' disiafection of all discharges containing the ' tubercle bacillus. "elm chief risk in living with EL COXISUIRp141-0 the breathing' in of air containing. bacillus or its spores and direct in- fection by kissing or -using cups con- tanrm.ated by the sufferer,. The- spu- tum should be immediately disinfect- ed and never allowed to become dry axed pulverized ; it should be burned. ll'ealthy persons should never (if it can be prevented) sleep in the same room and never in the same bed with it phthisical patient. -41 SIMPLY JOGGLES. Wit is a sunbeam, sarcasm an icicle. ' The forward person is frequently set back. A bank account is the greatest la - ler saver. •eel; • Revenge is not sweet to one of ex- alted mind. Some of the rough riders are very smooth men. , There is some excuse for poverty, but nano for 'In the spring the liar's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of fish. The novel the villain of which doesn't hiss should be a, howling sac - 0055. The subtle mird is only submissive when submission subserves its inter - imaginings"' bring some people More misery than does hard reality. - • -Absence makes the heart, grow fonder" when it comes to the bill collector. " • A boy wouldn't be happy in hea- ven unless he could run the risk of breaking his neck.. You can't take a woman at 'her face value as long as cosmetics are on the market.. Rfany a. man who is a walking ea- cyclopaedia is anything but a, per- ambulating bank. When the fire of ambition turns to • ashes of despeie there is but little need of hope re-eindling the flame, lf you can't - afford champagne chink smelting stronger than coerce; and when yeti can afford it let it elone. In a deanery town a tea cent vice 1001r8 like a dollar one; • while in a city a dollar vice, looes bee a ten cent one. ,A men feels like a boy (again when heimprisons a bee in e trumpet flower; but he knows lie is the seine , old fool' when the insect gets in its'e", JAPAN'S COPPER MINES. Native ,Tarnineee 01,,,ville8r8 and tie agers have (level °peel to a tree allende US extent tbe. COpper MilleS, of Aiello. There a re e 10,000 polemist employetl in the melee and furnacese who, with their families, -make hp a, city of 17,000. JaPS1L is hove the fourth in rank ot the coppeli-produc- ing countries, and the mines ef Aside, owned •by Furukawa lehibei. of Tokio, produce olio -third the to', al of the ernpive, The ai crime wage per clay at the mines for lahoPet's is • 1$ cents, together with. a $9tated quantity of rice aud. fueir The 03'1 - are are paid acoordbg to the 014 tIty OfOre extracted. The ,ftirnace and Keefe, mon receive only le to 80 eon( s a day, aO the wo.-in.(n ate paid ,7 Seats,