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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-9-18, Page 7e '74 .1k DOCT R JACK. By sr. GEORGE RATHBORNE, Audio:: of Vector Jackts Wife? "Ceptain Toni? "Baron Sam? 4ines Patilifie of New Yorke" °Miss Caprice? Etat . .t' (*AfA e Jack nevelt' had such a hard tussle with his feat -teen in his vhole life—he manages to keep them straight, but it Is a severe strain-ethe thought of the New York dude facing that mad ol(j toro is inexpressibly comical, and he mai, laugh aeartily ne. another . time. but just now he does not want to hurt Larry's feelings. Again, there may be mere grit to the square inch in this little •body than meet big men carry veith them. Jack has not forgotten the scene in ' the hotel, where Larry knocked the big bully cfut who was trying to pidit. a quarrel with him. " Besides Pedro, who else ?" asks 4ttok, anxious to keep theother on the rig/it track. " There's the rascally old pasha— perhape you know why he hates you eo, for I don't." "Yes, I'll tell you all about it later on. It concerns a brother of Avis Morton's." " What! Aleck The duse you say." "Go on, please. You shall hear the :story when your own is done." This is an incentive to urge Larry on, and he goes into further detail. "Beside, there is another in the eet deal—a man you have called a friend." "Is his name Don Carlos ?" " That's it exactly. So you see • here's a triumvirate plotting trouble. You must skip from this beastly city, doctor, and give 'em the slip." Doctor Jack shows • no sign of excitement—his frianner is ' calm, and the hand that raises the glass without a tremour. The man who dared to conquer—all unprepared for the encounter as he was—the terror of the *arena twelve hours before, after the pride of Ma- drid had been tossed out on the horns of the mad tore is not ant to show the White feather because a new kind of danger menaces. He will meet it with the same unflinching front he showed the raging bull, quick to take ad- ventag,e of an adversary's mistake, and always ready. He has another question to put, though somehow he seems to hesitate about it. as if the subject were far from pleasant. "Tell me, Larry, was there any hint dropped about a fourth party—a fe- male ?" " Yes, to be sure—I had forgotten. What's coming over this head of mine? There is a woman in the deal—he said she was beautiful, and would make you forget all about Avis. See here, • now that I think of it, she must be that darling you were with when I met you in the old curiosity shop they call a museum." "It is lefereedes," says Jack, sadly, for somehow the thought that thie • beautiful creature is connected with • the plot against his life gives him pain —the does not understand why it should • be so, but the facts are as plain as day. What strange motive can Don Carlos and his niece have for their action? • Surely it is not robbery, for in 'what manner would they profit by his • death ? There is some deeper, darker mystery back of it all, and he cannot hope to pick up any crumbs from Larry—still there is no harm in try- ing. " The Turk did 'not take you into ' his full confidence, I presume, old fellow ?" he queries. 'No, but he gave promise of doing so if I would consent to join them. You see, he talks broken English, and as I have not burnished up my Turk- ish tongue lately, wc did not get on as well as we might." Larry says this with a pea:eller smirk, for, as a lin- • guist, he is a dead failure, knowing nothing but his mother tongue, and • precious little of that, some of his ac- quaintances are fain to believe. " I am bothered over one thing. • Pedro has a cause. for hating me—he • is a Spaniard, and I ant the man who supplanted him in the fickle affection of the public. As for the Turk, there IS abundant reason why he should wish• to see me sent, Mazeppa-like, over the plains of Tartary on the back el a wild horse, but for the life of me I can't understand why Don Carlos, Whose life I have saeed. in the Prye- nees, and his lovely niece should con- epire against me. Perhaps you can throw seine ligat on the subject, my geed friend." . But Larry shakes his head—he is r-ese unable to solve the mystery that puz- zles Jaek. It seems to me unreasonable that a man like this Spaniard should join in the hue and or against you. He's of noble blood, and owes you much, because, as you say, you saved his life when bear -hunting. • I lia,ve no clew that will open the mystery, but 1,—aareeeny1need there Must be some Areeaddeep seeret back of ile Are you sure You have given him no cause for such • mulying hatred ?" It is Larry who tunas erose-ques timer tow, and Somehow Seek doee not think it Odd. Ho answers in all trankriess. heever--I am sure of it. We have been good friende ever fame we met in Paris1 cannot rentember having offended him by word or look." "What was the nature of your • meeting ?" Larry is endeavoilring to protle around Much after the mariner Of a yeung surgeon searching for a bali which he hopeto hit lOY chance. " Well, now that you °peak of It, • our meeting was a trifle singular, Let no briefly narrette it have spent marry months in Paris, mid am faa miller with almost every part of the • city, even beyond those places general - geed taxa by tie average touriet, " One niglit 1 weal' eattithinee to my questa:el wale friend, ivho, by the Itrkan'a. an7.1 ea/ ae-amoi.,e eta way, is a Spaniard, the Duke Arroyo, when he proposed that we peep in up- on a secret meeting of some sort, I've forgotten what. He had the entree, and I =AV a good deal of mummery, but to ihis day I've never been able to decide whether the Spaniards in that den v,•ere plotting foror against the present dynasty in•apani—I know not whether they were republicans, followers of Don Carlos, the Pretender, or of the present go -yea -anent. • "However, it was here I met Seller Carlos—we became friends under these rather peculiar circumstanbes, and he had stuck close ao me ever since that 1 -cur. I eannot see any explanation in that account of our meeting to eustify this strange enmity on his pare." "'Pon 'onset now, but I do l' is the startling announcement the • dude makes,' much to the astonishment of Doctor Jack, whose respect tor the monkey -man increases the more he sees of aim. • "Explain it, then, MY dear fellow," he begs. Larryglances around cautiowily net that he has any idea of being over, heard, but because what lee is about to say might involve him in trouble if hostile ears did catch it, then close to Doctor Jack's tympanum he says : "Those men you saw in council were the trusted adherents of Don Carlos, who has never given over plotting to snatch the throne of Spain. At the time, the Duke Arroyo wa.s esteemed one of their inost trusted friends, and any person he brought with him could be greeted with warmth, and a fat - Ing that he was true blue. Are you following me, doctor ?" Jack nods eagerly—the truth already begins to dawn upon his mind. He ree • alizes that a strange freak of fate has hurled him into an arena far more dangerous than the one that held the black toro—h"ie battle -field of human paisicns and plottings, where men— and women, too—seheme for power, sworn to stand by their cause no mat- ter at what sacrifice. He has unwit- tingly become mixed up in Spanish political intrignes—a worse fate •could riot well overtake a man. "Since that time it has been dis- covered tliat the duke is a royal spy, sent by the present governrrient to learn the plans of the plotters, and he is a marked man, doomed to death. You, as his friend, have been put on the same footing—perhaps certain things you have done make them be- lieve beyond a doubt that instead of a wealthy American you are paid out of government funds to watch the friends of the plotting Don Carlos. At any rate this seems to rne to be the whole truth." • Jack puts out his hand, and seizes the diminutive member of Larry Ken- nedy, which he shakes with a gravity quite natural to him—for he is not impulelve in his ways. "As sure as I live I believe you have struck the truth—it is a most reasonable explanation of this deep mystery. There is only one thing puz- zling- me now." "What may that be ?, Perhaps I can prove to be a magician M that case also," laughs the strange little man. " I am wondering how you, Lawrence Kennedy, of New York, come to anew these things ?" • The dude's laugh freezes on his lips, and when he turns directly toward Jack to look him In the face—they have removed their half masks Icing before— the athlete can detect the •slightest shadow of anxiety ueon the queer physiognomy, as though Larry realizee the fact that he is playing with fire. "Doctor, there need be no secrets between us. To tell YO0 the truth, I belong to the revolutionist party my- self," he announces, with a forced gain. • " The duce you do. Really, you are the last Derson I should expect to find meddling with euch dangerous busi- ness. Couldn't you find excitement enough in hunting or kindred sports at 46 to 47eee, and 800 of oats at 24 to 25c without Hsiang your neck in this way ?" The other assumes an air of import- ance that 111 becomes his small stature, '1 prefeired to engage in a game that required the exercise of brains, foi do you know 1 am something of a Richelieu in my way. These parties wanted an American representative, and I joined them. Oh I'm a double - dyed plotter, and don't you forget it, lector. That is how I got on the track of your game—I knew about the duke, and. your mention of lihn put Inc on the scent, you knowee • " Web, this is a singular busineesa I must say, all around. I wonder if I could convinee your friends that have no interest in exposeng them— that the duke was but a casual ace qualatance of mine, and that not for Worlds would I betray them ?" Jack is serious, because he has other matters on his mind, and does not care to be .mixeci up in this political in- trizue. • "Once the gun is aineed it 15 next to impossilele to check Its fire. I know shat thee men and Womenw are, hat terrible oaths they have taken upon. themselves, and the fate they doom an informer to. Perhaps by tale time the duke may have met his fate—it will ca, pear to be some accident, a fall from his horse when riding, or the discharge of his gun while heating, alit his doom is E4ealed. Vgh1 it /rakes me Shudder to remember the Vindictive manner In which they took the oath that the, royal spy should ale within the next moon." "As or 1110, I hrn have never yet tued my back upon any danger; but a man would 'be a fool to fight 0, league see powereul and. Unscruettloue as this. If 1, f cermet naa1e-e—tgi-e--j547trete Gralie • staled that 1 am innocarit, 1preemie° the Sooner 1shake the duet of Madrid and Spain off MY feet the better, As tor you, my friend, give rne the chane some time to repay Your kindness." " Nonsense t is nothing. I merely begInS LhaaY, When Doctor Jack stens him. • " Say no more. You are risking your • life for nie, The man who does that is my friend:" • "1 don't think I take any risles—T have been dused careful how I came here, yon know, and I'm sure you'll never whisper a word of IL to a living soul." "For my life a would not, but I have just made •a discovery that concerns you—that will doubtless cause you to cast your fortunes with mine, and leave Spain behind." • • Larry shows elgns of excitement. "What do you mean—what have you discoverea ?" he asks watching the ceam face of the doetor. "In the first place, remain cool. Now, carelessly look in the enirror behind me. You can see the wb.ole of the cafe—laugh as though I had uttered a joke—at the same time cast your eyes upon the seeming monk near by—do you recognize him, comrade—that man Is the old Turk—our foe." CHAPTER XII. • These startling words, if true, tell Larry that he has been followed after all, and that the intelligence will soon be communicated to the terrible Coun- cil of Ten, concerning his warning the Iran they have doomed as a spy. It is enough in itself to make a man's flesh creeD, and those who professed to more bravery than the little dude of Gotham might well be pardoned for tremblinee • When he speaks again,' however, there is no emotiori discernable in his voice—perhaps the calni demeanor of the man of steel who sits opposite to him has a quieting effect. "Are YOU sure of what you.saa, doc- tor ?" he asks, after having glanced at the rnonk, wheeze gown and mask baffle him—a how have you guessed such a thing? I would not' know my own brother in such an outlandish' rig." "Perhaps I would be as badly off, only for one thing, and that has given me my point. 1 noticed the Paella, in the museo—watched him like a 'lynx. out of the corner of my eyes, • for wanted to know him again, wherever I might meet him. As aeresult I got on to a certain little trick he has of tossing his head in a peculiar way, "There he goes now." interrupts Larry, with a gesture of delight—then drops his eyes as the masked monk turns that way. " Yes, that Is it. I know positively that this man is the pasha, and if so I'm afraid your disinterested kindness has gotten you into a scrape." "Don't worry about me. I don't _flunk when danger calls. There are ways of outwitting tiles°. bloody Span- iards—trust a Yankee's long bead for that, my boy. Have you an,,- sugges- tion ?" "Let, me think a minute."• • So Doctor Jack reviews the situa- tion, and sees things in something of a new light. It makes him wince to realize how near he has come to falling in the pit dug for him—not only once at the house of ,Don Care los, but in the arena—for with his new vision he believes Mercedes was play- ing a deep game when with voice and eyes she urged him on to meet- • ing the bull—no doubt believing and • expecting, he would never leave the bull -ring alive. Somehow this thought makes him feel cheap—he does not care for Mer- cedes, but he is a man, and does not • like to have beeni made a plaything of a beauty's smile. So he rapidly reviews the situation, and endeavours to see something in the future that will warrant his form- ing a plan, while Larry sips the con- tents of his glass, and steals furtive glances at the disguleed pasha, who eeerns to be paying no attention to them. " Come, we will go out of here," and Jack riles, settles the account, then passe e beyond the portal. "Look back, „Larry—is he follow- ing ?" he says. " Yes, he has arisen, and walks this way, the old heathen. I'd like to--" "No, no, we must do nothing rash. At all events, it is essential to the success af my plans that nalidalleth Pasha lives to return to Turkey, for / intend to meet him—to outwit him in a tremendous game being played, the stakes of which are contained In a human life." They pass along to the Made, near by, with tae same naerry crowd jostl- ing them, the same frolicsome 'senor- itas pouring rice upon them from over -hanging balconies, amid shrieks of mischievous laughter, and all gay- ety and laxity that is alarays a part of the "grand carnival. At another time Doctor Jack might have joined in the mirth of the hour with all his heart, for he is a Convivial fellow, and believes in getting a cer- tain amount of pleasure out of this grim old world of ours, with its fleet- ing shows; but just now so many things are on .his mind that the music and laughter bother him a little. • He feels that a net is being spread about him; and not only does the dan- ger Menace himself, but that fair girl, Avis, as well. She is not suspected of any connection with the govern- ment by these political conspirators, but the look Abdallah Pasha gave her was etouah to cause alarm ih the mind of the American doctor, Used to reading the faces of men -- his power' fallsahort when tried upon the other sex,. for they baffle his perie- tration—he. leas • discovered that the evil eye of the Turk has picked. out Avila as the one creature above all others he would delight to See in his harem. Beautiful slaves he may buy in the mart in Constantinople, but a nester 0110 of her animation, alto tie tiontinued,a Pekill'e big bell, Weighing over 58 tone, was case in 1415. It te 15 feet high, and has, a circualferartee of 81 feet at the riat," "It is 9 inehee thick. • FOR FARMERS seas.. 4:f • Birds far the Busy Tiller of the So% afr`aks•4(as5faosaa:att:4aa*aRa'`'*(14"141a41 KNOWING HOW. • The tenth of the problem that "the race is not to the swift• nor the battle to the strong" is perhaps more apparent in the sphere of •a gt ricalture than in, any other. On. many a farm throughout this pro- vince and elsew,here the amount of work done is sadly out of propor- tion to the results obtathed. Many a farmer fleas that after working hart late an.d early for three hun- dred, and sixty-five days out di the year he has a smaller balance to his credit than Ins neighbor who has taken, matters comparatively easy and who has enjoyed at least a fair proportion of the good things of life. The reason is that elle has • worked with las hands only while tbe other has worked with his head and hands, It is only the intelligently directed effort that counts. The struggle for exiatence is year after year becoming keener, but it is no longer a contest • for mere, physical strength, • It has .resolved itself in- to e, contest where skill and keen calculating energy find full scope, and where untrained and unskilled strength is • DRIVEN TO THE WALL. Time was when the farmere wrestled with the forces of nature as he found them in the green forest and from which, by indomitable pluck an ceaseless toil, he carved out a home stead which yielded abundance foe his wants. To -day he is a cornpeti tor with the woeld's greatest Indus, - tries, and hie farm is a batik whos account must be kept replenished a he draws upon it. For every pound • of fertility he draws from it he /ems return an equivalent and be must un derstand his bank's law of finance ear, 110 longer compete ae an it educated, entrained force, but must firtance and manage his farm as the merchant does his business And th trend of farming at present is strongly in this direction.' There is a. wholesome respeet for the man who ina.kes a success of farrnipg. The oidetime feeling that the farmer was a "hayseed" whose only excuse for being in the world was that he furnished his city cbs- tomera with vegetables., butter and egg, has gone out and to -clay he is reckoned with as the force which furnishes the wealth of his coun- try. What has brought about this caange? More intelligent farming Which gives it its true place among the world's •greatest industries; a recognition by the farmer himself of the fact that he is not dependent on others but that the WORLD DEPENDS ON HIl WHITE BOY WON THE FIGaitie. • "Look yore, Rastas, yo's been wif cave bad again I" Rastas (very --------- much disheveled)—"No'm., He's been• little white boy a-playin' wif we wouldnatarally expect, he rea- sona far more from. experience than_ froM observation,. • A simple illus- tration of this is found in breaking a colt to halter. Men first tied, it is with a, rope that he cannot break, though lie invariably tries to Con- Yinced, after several attempts, that he cannot do this he gives it up d for. good, •and subsequently, when tied by a smaller cord, it does not occur to him that he can break it. So, during his whole life, he reasons from that flrst experience, Etnd per- inits himself to be tied by a halter that, he could saap like a thread, if he but knew it. An old horse, it is true, soneetnnes becomes a halter - puller; but this, again, is reasoning by experience; for, some day, he uu- expectedly and unintentionally breake a weak halter, and this teaches him that all halters are not alike. Con- sequently, 'the old rogue will, there- after, try the strength of every hal- ter that is put on him. TURNIP TAINT. We have yet to hear of a really re- liable method of preVenting turnips from imparting their objectionable flavor in milk. Ever so many rem- edies for turnip -tainted milk have been advanced from time to time, but we have never known one of themto give absolute Patisfactory results. One of the most popular of old-time methods of dealing with turnip -tainted milk is to put a pinch of eaitpetre in the pans in which the milk was kept. Another plan sometimes adopted was to feed the roots immediately after milking, so that tbeir flavor lead time to be- come dissipated ere the next milking time came round. Still another plan sometimes employed was to cat off the top parts of the roots and feed theni to store cattle, preserving only the lower portions for the milking cows, because it is well known that more of the acrid juice which imparts the objectionable flav- or to the mak is found in the top than in the lower half of the root. Neither of these systems is, how- ever, found capable of altogether do- ing away with the taint which the roots impart to the produce of the cows fed upon them. The most sat- isfactory method of overcoming trouble on this score as to pasteur- ize. the milk that is, to heat it up to a temperature of about 155 • de- grees before it is separated or set for creaming. aor aliving; the Increase in the value of land; the introduction of la- bor-saving machines and, very large- ly, the influence of agricultueal ed- ucation which, more than anything else, has served to place his calling on the high level where it belongs. He has acquired faith in his profes- sion and his faith has made him whole. Recent developmentalong agricul- • tural lines make it quite apparent that the farmers of the years to come will have still greater need of special educationto meet the re- quirements of their calling than their ancestors 'possessed. • A Corn- ing generation will be obliged to grapple with and overcame the re- sults of• errors committed by the present generation, as we to -day -are engaged in rectifying the mistakes by which our forefathers robbed the soil of its wealth. More and mare as the yeara go by the, recessity of specially educating the young men and boys along these lines becomes apparent, and year by year shows the absolute necessity of making ag- ricultural education a feature of our school Work. The hope of. our coun- try is its young farmers and on their fitness to take their places in the ranks the future of the coin -Aker depends. Let our - educational syse tem tend in this direction and our future is assured. TRAINING HORSES. The principles involved in the training Of horses are Mat head of comprehension or many in member; and, if you once grasp them thor- oughly, you have the key of the sit- uation; so to speak, in Your hands. It then becomes a inatter of choice with you bow far to carry the train.- itg of your horse—whether to teach him jest a few simple and entertain- ing things (which, for an amateur, is, perhaps, wisest), or to undertake his ''!higher education.” The lirst thing teedful is to under- stand thoroughly the •nature of a horse, and the way in which ads, mind Works. The intellect Of a horse does not defier from that .of a. man M kind, Teat it (bees diffee, very considerably, in elegem Hence, as To prove to you that Dr. Chase's Ointment le a certain 3.nd absolute cure or each and every form of itchine, • bleediegand protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed it. Seo tui' time:does In tee daily press and ask -your neigh- bors what they Wink of it. Yon can use it and geteour money back if not cured. 6De a box. at all dealers or EDMANSON, BATES 8.6 Co.,Toronto, ©hase's Oritment OPEN-AIR READING. ' A new am for parks has been dis- covered by the city authorities of Brooklyn, N.Y. They have found them to be admirable annexes to the free libraries of the town. Two years ago they allowed a small , building in one of the parks to be used as a free library. A small reading room was opened with sev- eral hundred books,. Visitors were also allowed to take the magazines and papers to read under the trees of the park. The authorities dis- covered, Somewhat to their surprise, that the library at once beccone ha.- mensely popular. giu number of e visitors increased, their belie -odour im,proved, and instead of sitting idly on the benclies they borrowed and read books. The children also ' pat- ronized the library largely. As a re- e salt three more. park libraries have just been established. GARDENS FOR SCHOOLS. For some time there have been schoolsnim um M111 MM. M111 mamma gardens attached to the public schools ir Sweden in order to teach the children practical agriculture, Germany is now following the exam- ple, and, in addition, is establish- ing botanical gardens from which the supplies .of trees, flowers and other plants for the school gardens will be drawn. At Breslau a bo- tanical garden covering several acres has already been laid out, and plants are being regularly sent from it to teachers throughout the 0011/1-. try, who plant them in the sehool gardens and lecture on them to the thildren. In the suburbs of Dres- den a special agricultural college hos. been established for the purpose of teaching boys tow to cultivate forest trees, and girls how to sow and raise the various kinds of vege- tables. Wben winter comes all the pupils go home, as outdoor instruc- tam is no longer possible; but they take with them seeds, bulbs, and young plants which are able to grow indoors, and which they can thus study at their leisure. Finally, there is a botanical garden. in Leip- sin at which lectures are constantly being given to children; and so highly are they appreciated that al- most all of the children who attend them have now little gardens of their own. ORIGIN OP TIIE. BANANA. The banana, goes back to the earli- est days. Alexander's soldiers, as Pliny says, joined the sages of In- dia seated in its shade and partak- ing of its delicious fruits; hence the name sapientum, giver- the plant, which lekewise bears the name of Jupiter's fair daughter, Musa. Now, it has been shown that -the banana is of Malayan origin. How did it get to India and South America and Mexico? The feet of birds have borne seed a full 10,000 miles, while the cocoanut has floated well nigh the world around in the great ocean curreats. But the cultivated ban- ana, has no seeds, nor has it a cas- ing like the globular cocoanut to float it around over the waters. Then it' must have been carried by man. CTJRIOSITY IN PICNICS. There leas just beer: held at New- castle, England, one of the most curious "picnics" ever seen.. It is an annual event among the miners., and contains aot one vestige of merry- making. Thousands of well dressed people—men and women—p.oared in- to the town from the collieries; and, forming in order behind hands and ba,nners, marched, in solemn mood, to the Town Moor. There they ar- ranged themselves around platforms from whicth they were spoken to by orator after orator for hours on end. Afterwards they rearranged themselves behind the bands and banners, and walked away from the Moor as sedately as they walked to it. This is called the "Miners' Pic- nic." TREATING A SPRAIN. The first thing to do with a sprain iS to apply water as hoe as can be borne and repeat until the pain is gone. The•hot water ,may be show- ered ou the sprain, or Wet cloths may be used if frequently renewed. The foot or ankle car. be conveni- ntly immersed in. the hot water. The next thing is to keep the injur- ed part thoroughly warna. This is done by winding it with wadding or flannel. The less a sprained limb O used and • the quieter it is kept he more likely it is to get well uickIy. xernetvennag Years of Keen Suffering rrora Kidney. Disease—Owes Life to Dr, Chase's Kid.ney.Liver Pills. HUMUSt1=91COMCSIRMASOCIIMMINVOSERI4118.1=941140.411LCita did not try Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liv- er Pills. got a box at once, Mid took two pills, etehich was a rather beevay dose; ono pill le plenty at a dose. I useci thene .regulaaly for a month, and at the end ot that time WaS u habged man. "It is now about five years since. I began using thia pill, and eilhea that time X have felt as goad as did 4:0 years agio, I am almost .80 eeeare old, and am free from all &tease, except rhetnntetisen, mid that is ninch better than it 'aged to bo before I used this medidince I recOMMend Dr), Ohase's Itidney-Live*' Mr. R. I. McBain, Niagara Falls, Dna,it man of 80 years, eaid well known throughout the Niagara dis- trict, writes: "I believe if it had rat been eor lDr. Ohneet'S Itidney- Liver Pills 1 would t.41.3 in my grave before this. I was Very bad with kidney dieeetee, and suffered tvitt dreadful plea:18'in nay kidneys. Being disappointed In the use of many IrO- d±ejns 1 had almoSt givon up hopes of ever getting better. "One a/belling, after a. night of especially hard suffering, a friend \ailed to seo me, il„nd aid why Pille. With all my heart to early per- son, Man or wonlan. This Is niy opinion of these valuable pills and you may use It /or tho bentAt of others.'t Dr, ahase's :Kidney -Liver Pills aro especially appreciated by poopho of advanced age. The kidneys are /re - quota/ the first organs of the body o broalt denim. and there etre few old people but suffer from kid- ney dortlerei, coed reteltin,g pates and enlace. 011e pill a dese, "a$ Pante a bOX, at all dealers, Or Ede taaneeta, Bates, tia 00,, ToroutO. BIG BATTALIONS BEATEN, SMALL ARvialcIET0Si joHuAsT. PROVED The Boers I.Vlade a Gallant Stand Against the British.„--.A.a- cient Battlet.' The determined and protracted stand which the Beare lia,ye made aaainet the arnbee ef area Britain shows that a °Mall tinny properly led, can give a very good account of atheilef e tdm cvlieatloWriyoygthitotyheyhe4hvaeAroprovrloodt theineelves antagonists Worthy of our coneideration Many previous wars have shown that Napoleon 'wee not altogether right when lee said that Providence was always on the side of big battalions, for numerous battles in the past leave gone to the smaller force. At the Battle of Marathon, for instance, fought in September, 490 B.C., the Greek force,. 11,000 strong, defeated the Persian arena', although it cop.sieted of 110,000 raen. The Greeks) were commanded by Mfl- tiadese Aristides, and Taeraistoclee, into Asia.forethe Persians to retreat Another of the world's decisive battles, that of Arbela, was marked by aut even greater disparity in the forces, It was fought on a plain in Assyria on the 1st °atelier, 381 B.O., and decided the fate of Persia. The army of Darius was composed of 1,000,000 foot and 40,000 horsemen, while his opponents, the Macedonian armOr, only consisted of 40,000 foot and 7,000 horse, but it was com- manded by the renowned wearier and conqueror, Alexander the Greata Not only did he achieve victory' with the smaller force, but the gold and silver which Sell into his hands amounted to one hundred and fifty - million dollars, while sufficient jewels and other valuable articles were taken to load 5,000 camels and 20,000 mules. The history of Great Britain, how- ever, bristles with instances where British pluck and endurance have tsaiu,cicoenesdod in beating the big bate - AT THE BATTLE Ole CRESSY, for instance, fought in 1346, it is quite evident that,. despite the vary- ing figures of historians, the French force far outimpabex'ed that of the English. The latter army is said to have animated to 40,000 men, while the King of Prance had an army 100,000 strong, according to Frois- sart. The latter force lost about 30,000 men, together with the King of Bohemia, the King of Majorca, and a large number of French nobles. At another old-time battle —that of Poitiers—the French, 60,- 000 strong, opposed about 15,000 Englieh, and were totally defeated, the King being made prisoner. The important battle of Agincourt, too, was marked by a simailar dis- parity in numbers. The French on this ocoasion were under the com- mand of the Constable D'Albret, and numbered 50,000 men, or, ac- cording to some authorities, a -Callao over that number. The English army had been reduced by their in- vagon to 14,000, but after a battle lasting three hours they proved the conquerors. Ten thousand French- men Etre said to have fallen, includ- ing their leader, three dukes, and ninety barons, while 14.000 of them were captured. The English loss in killed is estimated at 1,600 only. Marlborough also won his victory at Blenheim with a force smaller than the one opposed against him, but M this case the difference was not so marked. The French and Ba-varians consisted of 56,000 mem, as against the 52:000 commanded by Marlborough and Prince Eugene: The result, /1.0 Weyer, eves very striking, for while the French and Bavarians lost between 30,000 and 40,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners, the victorious army only lost 5,000 killed and 8,000 wounded. CLIVE'S VICTORY AT PLASSEY, gained on the 23rd of June, 1767, was ale° one against tremendous odds. His army consisted of about 1,000 British. and 2,000 Sepoys, and this force cora.pletely vanquished 68,- 000 Hindus ander Surajah Dowlah. Shnilarly Nelson had 1,200 soldiers, marinas-, and seamen at Bastia in 1794, and to these 4,000 Frenchmen laid deem their arms, a step which c,orthrmed Nelson in his opinion that one langlistunan was equal to three Frenchmen. At the memorable battle of Co- runna, fought on the 16th. January, 1800, Sir John Moore,' with 11,000 troops worn mit with their harass- ing retreat, proved himself a match for the clever Soult, although he had 20,000 men, keen and exultant in the hope of success, to throw against him. Unfortunately the vic- tory cost us the life of Sir John. A little later, in 1810, Wellington re- pulsed the French at Busaeo, al- though they were 65,000 strong and commanded by Massena, and his army of British and Portuguese only consisted of 40,000. The Burmese difficulty in 1824 was settled by 6,000 T3ritish troops', not- witbstarecling the feat that their op- ponents numbered tea times as many while in 1843 Sir Charles Napier, with 2,600 men_ of all arms, gained a victory at Aiwa/rico over the army of the Beloochees, 35,000 Strong. Later still, iti 11374, Sir Garnet Wolseley had probably only about 8,000 men to deal with King Coffee itt Ashantee. That monarch Ined an army of 60,000, but Sir Grant'S email force did their work so welt that Coomastsle TTaS soon in our Ti. their viatoter achieved.—London THID tisnirtm BAMBOO. The 'French Coteau." at liata,via states that lighthouses are built of betinboo eane itt JaPan, anel t°08.geSt 'the impoetance of the ecoced in eet- ing builders' seaffolding. Tito power of revisal/lee of a batabe° eerie eight, to ten ine.hs rio claimeter, oven with a length of eixty-fice feet, is enee- moue, Moreoverbetneb00 to sead not to rot either when 111 the ground or in writet,. eYbile the dryer anci older it grows the firmer it atateaaeete„