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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-9-25, Page 2DOCT ER, JACK By ST. GEORGE RATI-1BORNEt Avow? of liDoctorja.ries War °Captain Tome" °Baron, Samit 4aalse Paisline Of New York,' °Miss Capseee," Etre el o Beeidee. the naidictive pasha has fiettbtleris known, from • the start that he le the sister of the men he hates eethe prisoner of the palase—and it May ha he hopes to thrust another torn into ehe heart a Alecle Morton orhen he an be able to show hirn, hie beloved sister an inmate ot the grand meg:wile. Thus it will be seen Doctor jack has no ehild's play before him. First he frust outwit the league that seeme bound to wind up his mortal affairs or him, and when this has been ace 1 eempliehal, by n bold and ingenious laa he means to hoodwink the pasha nd Ave Aleck Morten, if that worthy s in the land of the living, In this u.ndertaeing he will, need bap, and hence is not at all sorry that tercumeta.nees have arisen which will .)teceseitate Larre's aecompanying them eut of Spoke The chide is Just the man to assist —bis mind is crafty, and it is more Won diplomacy they must depend f br auccess than strength, So Jack, re- weaving these things in his mind, de- termines upon his course, They have reached the roomy Pride., and as there is a corner vrhere the papers are kept, Jack draws his eompanion thither—they secure a copy, nnd go to jack's aesortment, where the /atter immediately consults the roil- evaer time -table. Used. to American methods, one Would be distracted endeavouring to noderstand the jumble in which the rivals and departures are announced ....there is a lack of system in every - Axing throusrhout Spain, just the op- hosite of what, the traveller finds Ihrough France and Germany, where ehings are done according to a set tule. Jack is good at deciphering enigmas. however, and he soon makes out that IL train leaves the city for Bordeaux p,nd beyond by way of Zaracoza at eight thirty in the morning, which may be construed as nine o'clock in pain, for few things are done on lime. This is the most direct way to get beyond the Pyrenees and into France. true, the other route via Barcelona takes one along the sea where the oar can hear the sad moan of the waves, the ages rest IMOD vineyarde, orange groves, olive orchards and great fields of wild thyme, while the perfume -laden air is exceedingly grate- ful to the senses; but it is twice as long as the one chosen, which hur- ries the traveller over a. high, hot iplatetsu, in places a desert. Time is a factor in the calculations of the doctor just now, and he means to give up all other considerations in order to get out of Spain with the Least possible delay. Taking out a small but accurate map, attached to a guide -book, he traces the course they will pursue to Paris, and then east, until at length hie finger remains stationary over a dot that marks the Oriental city on the beautitin Bosphorus—Constanti- nople. - "There we rest—in that city duty calls. Will you go with us, Larry, and lend assistance in. the effort to save your Cousin, Aleck, held a prisoner in the pasha's palace ?" be asks. "Tell me the story—I will give you my answer when you are done," re- turns the other. So Zack begins, and narrates all. It does not take him long, but he de- ecribes the thrilling scene in the won- ilerful gardens adjoining the harem of the wealthy pasha, with such elo- quence that Larry is quite carried off his feet, and. before the other can put the question to him again he has seiz- ed Doctor Jack's hand earnestly. "I am with you heart and soul, my friend. From this hour count me as one of you. We will thus form a lit- tle triuravirate of our own to oppose the enemy, and you will find this brain of mine as fertile in resources as that of the old. time plotter, the Cardinal Richelieu." Jack does not smile—he would not be surprieed at anything Larry might alto now, the little man has shown suet' a decided genius for diplomacy. He trusts him tully, and such action is apt to bring out everything there is In the dude. Jack makes nn error by underesti- mating the power of the enemy. He • knows they will be watchful, and con- tinually on the alert to circumvent any plans that may be formed. All la to he kept a secret—no one raust know that they intend leaving Madrid in the midst of the glorious carnival, for people would at once be- lieve them insane, since the Spanish mind eahnot conceive of a more glor- lote spectacle, longed for through many, many menthe, and enjoyed with eel the fervour of their hot-blooded rose, , ' They talk in love tones, for it is not abeoletely certain that hostile ears •May not be bent to hear their plans ,—these Spanish fonds.s in the cities, as well es the taverna or positdas, in :the villages, bang rambling dwellings, With the qtteerest rooms imaginable, "arid ever ato many nooks and hiding- ptatee, quite bewildering to one used to sttalght halls as seen in English and American hotels. • It is easy to get lost in such a laby- rinth, and de S not 'require a great strettli of the Imagination to people varietal dark corners with ready •atesesdlta?Peee, especially when the party concerned has cause to believe hingtelt watch.ed. :lank 10 the last person in the World to anew any feervouenese to lay hold en him,' but he understands the eitua- tion and what he must expeole—his enerniee are unserupuloue arid power- ful, and, this alone is enough to cause hin1 iineaiggesil. Step by rites, lee gees over the plan With tae Other, to Make enre there 3M* .41,:thar is no mistalee, for smile a thing would e erhaps be total to the success of the role they bave arranged. Larry is to ge to the Fonda Penin- sular, and manage to let every one know that he Is to take hie aunt and cousin out early in the morning in a Vehicle to see how Madrid looks after the first night's deea.uch—taus alarm- ing no one when the carriage is order- ed later on. The trunks can be gotten down at the last morneat, all preparations hav- ing been made by the Utiles, to whom be will deliver a communication from jack as soon as he reaches the hotel •on the puerto. Thus it is neatly arranged, and if they have even ordinary luck, by nine o'clock on the morrow the whole party will be ahoard the fast Paris express, speeding over the rails in the direc- tion. of the gay French capital. It is not their intention to remain there any length of time—duty de- mands that they at once seek the bat- tle -field again, to stand up with the plotting paaha, and see if diplomacy cannot beat him in the game now on. They are small in number, but as force cuts a poor figure in the deal, they mean to outgeneral the enemy. What the future holds for them only Heaven knows, but their hopes are strong, and when. Jack bids Larry good -night, meaning to get a few hours rest, he squeezes his hand. warmly as he says: "In six hours we are away. Don't forget to be on time, my friend," and Larry answers: "'Pon 'onah ! now, Doctor Jack, we shall soon be on the road. Then hur- rah for Paris I" CHAPTER XIIL When Doctor Jack finds himself alone once more he closes the door of his room, and site down to think. A cigar helps him in this reepect, and he grasps the reins of the situation in his hand. Minutes slip away thus, and he has gone over the whole situation. The thought of what lies beyond in the near future seems to stir the most sluggish blood in • his veins into ac- tion, for he can no longer remain • seated, but springing to his feet be- gins to pack the small portmanteau with the few things he carries with him—your old traveller knows too • much to encumber himself -with a va- riety of luxuries when on the jump, however much he might enjoy these same things if settled down. When this job has been completed Sack consults his watch, and finds that ethe hour lacks but a few minutes of four. Through the open window there still comes the sound of merry laughter from the street—the noise jars on Jack's mind, for he is in rather a. melancholy state, as though certain coming events were ca -sting a shadow before. He tries to sleep, throwing himself upon the bed, but it is of no avail, e,nd presently he is once more on his feet patitig the room. This in a measure calms him, and when his attention Is directed toward the street by an unusually boisterous crowd passing, Doctor Jack walks to the window and leans out. How cool and pleasant the night air, and what a delicious odour of flowers comes to him. He can hardly endure the closeness of the room, in which the flickering gas has burned so long. Looking down he sees that while many of the lights may have burned out, these are principally the Chinese coloured lanterns hung on the trees by the residents. The avenue is still brilliantly illuminated by myriads of tiny flames, and the pavement by no means deserted, though by far the greatest crowds have Surged in the di- rection of the great central plaza, where the ouulace of Madrid delight to jostle oneAmothee upon gala occa- sions like this. Attracted by the light and sounds coming from this quarter, the Ameri- can turns his gaze thither—he can hear the roar of voices, the rising and swelling music of bands, and see the glow of fireworks as the many -colour- ed bans cut the black heavens, or bursting rockets send a shower of gol- den rain down from on high. Madrid is having a grand old time, and wot unto the luckless travellers quartered in the hotels on or near the Puerta del Sol, the Fondas Peninsular, de Paris, de los Principes, de Rusia, or de los Embajadores—sleep will be an otter impossibility for them on these three full nights of the carnival, Doctor .Tack has stood thus, his el- bows resting on the window -sill, which is high up from the floor of the room, perhaps ten minutes, when he becomes aware of a singular thing—someone it knocking tit his door. In itself this is not so strange, but the hour makes it 80. He turns around, and as he does this the rap is repeated—not a bold sound, such as a man wotild make, but a timid one, jack for the Moment hi atnazed—he wondere it some new trick of the carnival is alaCtit to be sprung on him. Then he recovers his self-possession, an& walks to the door. The knocks have ceased, but he immediately Opens the door, to find, as he already ek- pected, that his caller is a Woman. She is Masked, and wears a black domino that in a measure coneeals her eorm. Sack ham seen dozens disguised in this matmer upon the street. It flashes ever him that perhaps this senora Is stopping at; the hotel, and lute Made a mistake a the room, but she evinces no surprise or °oilstone- tiori at sight of him, so this can.herd- ler ba Theti the idea nettles thee his mind that it Is a prarilwlovhig senora, Wise has pee:lately sane giggllng coni - pentane hidden in the hallevey watching o eee her littte passage .et exam with the brage Areericaa wao Blew the Ilk' ihs*,,s*,0,*,,e4gesgeheeeeeogeencse*wetee* terogarid whom the gentler half of eta- h over, ever settee, Olt. R aria's pouletlen., late goea ae einst eala ra .,M0(30 thinee flit threugh Waek FARMERS ei • ' Mired With the repidity arid although bat a, feW seeonas. hare Seasonable and Prafftabla Hilltlf ter the thisy Pf the Soli. Peesed, since he operted the door, he has already deckled taet he must be- ware of the biaca eyes taat gleam from behind the other's mesk. His early morning caller has during We time stood there observing him —she evidently waits for him to speak, go he musters his Spanish, end says, laughingly "The senora would play some trielt upon the Areerican for the amuse- ment of her friends. If she will con- sent to remove her mask, and (mil those who look on, I will have the landlord set an •early breakfast or a late eupper down below, where We call become better aequairited, and talk of the great carnival "—for Does tor jack knowe sleep is out of the question for him, and is ready to wel- come this little episode of the grand masquerade in order to, pass away some of the lea,den hours that must elapse before the time comes when he can start for the fast Paris express, • All manner of liberties are taket dering the continuance of the caret- val, most of them innocent in then - selves. Spanish • women are gener- ally shut up the better part of the year, and allowed little freedom, So that when the time comes for them to don a maser, secure from recognition, they do many things that at another time would be far from their thought. This is only human nature, and the black-eyed dames of Spain are noth- ing if not human. To Sack's surprise, • however, his unknown • visitor does • not eagerly grasp at his munificent ofeer of a feast for herself and friends. Oa the con- trary, ahe seems to draw herself up haughtily, as though offended in. a de- gree at his familiarity, and Jack guess- es he has made a mistake. "Senor Evans does not know who he addresses, evidently," and thus speaking, she removes the mask sud- denly. To say jack is startled would hard- ly cover the ground—in all his lite he does not remember feeling such a shock as when his eyes fall upon that I face, It Is Mercedes—her beauty seems to light up the dingy room as she stands there in the dorwe.y. Doc- tor Jack fairly gasps, and l'Or the mo- ment loses his voice ; but he is too old a ca.mpaigner to remain in ihis state long, and presently recovers. "Mercedes—Senorita—how can you pardon my seeming rudeness? I never dreamed of this—ah, great pleasure— but I believed I was about to he made the victim of a joke by some fun-lov- leg senoras living at the fonda. You will—you must pardon ma." All this he says in suoh an earnest manner, looking so sorry for the blun- der, that it does not lie In a woman's heart to bear malice. Mercedes smiles —he is forgiven. She makes a move- ment as thoughshe would enter—Jack immediately picks up a heavy chair with one hand, as though it were a chip, and begs her to be seated, while at the same time he is madly speculat- ing as to the cause of her presence here at this strange hour. True, the carnival is on, 'and it gives a sort of license to its votaries, but Mercedes is hardly the one to take advantage of -this. He believes from the start that Ile must seek fur- ther if he would learn the truth. Looking backward he can see all that has happened to him in connec- tion with this woman who wears the crown of beauty. Like the shifting scenes of a moving panoraraa, the events pass before his mind's eye. First, there are the sneetings in the flower market of Barcelona, when his eye is captivated by the loveliness of the supposed Catalan eassant girl who frequents the Rambla and sells him bouquets and houtonatres. Then he sees that face back of the veil worn by the nun from the cloister of the Benedictine church of San Pedro —shAlaapereaver him, her perfushed brepall'"giC,Iiii4 his cheek, her liquid feyeehdri4 irig his soul. all Comes the bull-fight—his leap 'UV' the arena—the look of min.- gled peide and consternation he sees upon her face, and then 'the scene at her home, where she sings for him all the tender Spanish love songs she knows. Is it any wonder Doctor Jack's heart beats Waster than its wont, as he realizes that this magnificent crea- ture hew come to him bent upon some secret errand? For a moment he even forgets that this creature—one of the loveliest Works of Heaven ---has been engaged in a plot against leis life, because she is devoted, body and soul, to the cause of the:rlists—but it rushes like a wave 114' er him again, and he becomes cautious. . What game can she be playing now ? He almost fears Mercedes:11er beauty is so great. Somehow she makes him think of a tigress, so mag- nificent in her bearing, and yet so subtle. MentallY he coxnpares her with Avis, and the latter does not suffer thereby, for frankness is etamped up- on her brave face, if the beauty of Mercedes is the greater. "Kindly close the door, Doctor Jack. It would not do for anyone to pee me here. I risk much in making this viola" she says, in her low, velvet-like voiee, that thrills the American, though he cannot tell, why. , He obeys" her behest, and even turns the key in the lock as an additional safeguard against intriesiote What- ever Tier Mission may be, it is his duty t� protect her. Standing near her, with his hands resting on the back of a Main he looks /straight irate her colouring face, where the blushes creep under the Satin -like, olive -complexion, as though he would read her secret there. She gives a short little laugh --it iscer- tainly a strange thing tor a yourig woman et the he/11.feet oircle of Madrid to etele a privet° audience with a geh- Won= en sueli an hour, but there must be ;Borne strong reason for her action. Wee Do llontituted.), BIGGEST CHEQUE. A eheque equivaleet to $4,087,- 860.41 wee recently given by the Swiss Government to the Commer- cial Dank of St. Gall for the pur- pose of being paid over to the stoekholdete of the railway recently purehased by the State. eeeaeaSeeeteeefeeeSeeneckeataseeeeeaaseeeeaf STICK TO DAIRYING. Those • who have engaged in the work of dairying kaow very Well that it eonfinee them very elosely. The cows have to De Milked twice a day, eome what will, During re- cent yrs those who have gone through the hum -drum of dairying have found a rich reward in the Splendid returns that have been reached. So large relatively have been these returns that some of them have been inclined to conclede that they were 'in the swim' as compar- ed with the growers of beef,. How - Seer, la this reepeet, the times have changed, Seven ceetS a pound for beef is certainly richly 'remunerative to those who grow it on correct lines. Wbile meat making also is a, very confining bueiness, it is not so to the same extent as dairying. True, during the finisaieg season, cattle must be fed at least twice a day, and otherwise cared for ; but in the summer the animals require llttIe attentioa relatively, when eompared with those kept in the dairy. The temptation, therefore, iri very strong because of this, in Some quarters at least, to swing over from DAIRYING TO BEEF GROWING. titne and again. Clover hag Juat the material ia it to 19= eggaiaell, and heuee it becomes au essential part of every ration fed .to the thiekens. It neey not be generally eaderetood that there are nearly thirty PeUnds of lime con.taieed ia eaca 1,000 pounds of clover, The ehickees fed deily with clover will consequently prove better egg -layers than those denied it. The clever hay should be given to citieltens in the winter in quantities sufficient to eatisfy them, and to make them eat niore it is desirable sometilnes to prepare it in varioua ways. 00ek and chop it Up. and mix it with meal or other arti- cles. Tbis will sometimes induce the hens to consume a great amount Of clover every day. Out up into short lengths and mixed with warm mash and then fed only as fast as the chickees will clean it up each, day, is probably the most economical Way to feed the clover. Some cut the second clop of clover and place it in the poultry yard Lor the chicle - ens to eat and scratch, over at pleasure. This of itself is all right, but it is rather svasteful. More than half of the clover svill be lost. and the chickens do not actually eat, much more than the leaves. The Stalks contain most of. the lime, and these should be prepared so the chickens will consume them. Of all foods tlett cite be raised ox A farm for poultry clover is not only the best, but probably the chcaPeet, and a field of it is as essential to success as a pasture field is necessary to the success of dairying. CAMERAS IN WA.R TIME. To France probably belongs the With reference to the artedom of do-- credit of using the camera for war ing so, ordinarily at least, dur an- swer is ready. It is this : Dairymen don't think of making suchhe change unless you can give the best of rea- sons for so doing. Your business has already been mastered by you. You hasve made it a succete. Theft let other business alone, as the out- look for the future of dairying is ale° bright. If you take up beef growing you will probably have to take up a comparatively new line of work, so that now you will hare to practice at it some time before, you are completely successful. No one tan be assured that a few years hence the price of beef will rule, any- thing as high on an average as they are at the present time. We have for a. long tune held to the idea that the trend of prices on the whole is aperard rather than downward, not- withstanding great depression may be in store for us in natty lines be- fore in.any years go by. When de- pression comes, beef growers are on the whole likely to suffer more than the producers of milk, siece milk is an article of daily use, which every farmer must have more or less • of. Again, WO say therefore, daVymen make no change in your line of work, unless you are absolutely sat- isfied that the •reasans are sufficient which would lead to the cheingee ABOUT ODORS. The power of absorbing odors is one possessed in a marked degree by milk. If, far instance, we leave a bowl of pulk in the neighborhood of an -Uncorked bottle ef. sewage water, we should find en a veiy few hours that the milk was considerably af- fected thereby. Testa have been car- ried out in which milk has been placed near various strong -scented substances, and at the end of eight ihours the odors could, more or less, I he distinguished in the milk. The odors of turpentine, onions, tobacco smoke and rotten fish were strong- ly absoilbed ; those of musk and camphor only to a slight extent. This shows how important it is that milk should be kept among clean and fresh. surroundings, and this point should be kept in mind by bath producers and consumers. Milk should never be kept in the bedrooms of sick persons, and milk should never be ,drunk which has been near anyone suffering from in- fectious disease. It -is a. well known fact that the foocl.00nsumed by the cows has are influence not only upon the composition • of the milk', but upon its taste and odors. It ap- pears, moreover, that the milk . in the udder can never be -effected if the cows breathe • an atmosphere charged with odorous particles of disagreeable smelling gases. The odor of carbolic acid quickly affects the flavor of the milk, and even also the flesh of the animal. I-Tence it is advisable; wh.en houses have been disinfected with this acid, not to al- low therein any ranch cc ws or a1' mals shortly to be butchered until the smell has entirely passed off. If cows are kept in stables 'recently washed with carbolic acid, their milk either raw or cooked will have a most disagreeable flavor. In short we meet supply milking stock with plenty of food and pure fresh air, auel be careful that the houses and csluerarnoundings are kept' perfectly CLOVER AS AN EGG PRODUCER. Experience has demonstrated the value of clover for egg -producing Wormstriow 11010111111111O purposes in a mostsatisfactory manner at a time when it was of the utmost importance.. When Paris Was besieged eommunication with the outside world was had only by means of ballooxis aud carrier pig- eons. The despatches sent by the carrier pigeons were photographed on small films, which could be at- taehed to the feathers of the birds, and in this way a single bird could carry thousands of , words. Likewise the aeronauts who hovered over Paris used the camera for photo- graphing the different po.sitioxis of army and navy have increased their . the Prussians. These photographs waling army from a balloon. Pro- fiting by this experience, the French were the Bret ever taken of an in- carrier -pigeon and balloon service. Sevetal hundred . cancers in the French army areexpert photograph- ers and every engiteering corps car- ries with it complete Photographic outfits. .4_,.. ADEQUATE PROVOCATION. An old Scotswoman had imbibed so much of the doctrine that music in church was sinful that when she came to this country she refused to subscribe to the general sentiment in favor of choir singing, etc. She scowled one day in her own church. when the congregation took up an an- them that was scored rather elabor- atelye and complained to her pew neighbor of the foothold the devil was getting even in the service. of God, says the Philadelphia Times. I"But," protested her neighbor, "that anthem' is very old and very sacred. Why, David sang it before Sault" eWeell. weel!" comnaented the old woman. "T noo for the first time understan' why Saul threw a jave- lin a' David when the lad sang for him!" Pile To prove to yon that; Dr. Chese's Ointment is a certain and absolute ours for each and every forna of itching, bleedingand protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed it. States- timenials in the daily press and wile youreeigh- bore what they think eta. YOti can use it and get ;war mom 09 bask If not cured. eee a ben, at all dealers Or EDLLINSON,BATES CO CO, TOTOrdA, D*„ Chase°,3 Ointment TELEPHONE IN SURGERY. ' In several. London hospitald • sur- geox.s • are now using the telephone whenever they have occasion to probe for bullets or other metallic objects. The receiver • of thetelephone is placed on the head of the operator, and theepatient is placed, in the us- ual manner, in contact with a plate, the general medium. employed being a Wet sponge or sonie paper saturat- ed with a saline solution, which is spread over the plate. The latter is connected with the telephone by a wire arid the probe, after it has been introduced into the body, naturally vibrates as soon as the foreign me- tallic substances comes in contact with it. The probe is also connect- ed with the telephone by a wire, and thus no such blunder is possible, as sometimes happens when an ordin- ary battery is used. A MUSICAL MOTH. A whistling meta is an Australian rarity. There is a glassy space on the wings exo zed with ribs, When the moth wants to whistle it strikes these ribs with its antennae, which have a. knob at the end. The sound is a love -call from the male to the female. aliVE OF ATITRE'S trxtAoztags Terribe Battle Niele an—d Pickerel. lBetween a Xing, Little is known by the average man of the tragedies whieh are efen- stantay oecurrins in Wild, W. Orie well-known naturalist, indeed, goes DO far as to Say that no wild eel-, mal dies a "natural" death. Now and then an instance comes to light, like the following whieh shows low the life of a wild creataro is sudden- ly snuffed out. The narrator was in a, canoe watching a Icingfish that had alighted On the dead branch of a tree cm the edge of the pond. Suddenly the bird rose and drop- ped straight down into the water like a stone, and disappeared be- neath the surface. It reappeaxecl al - mast iremedietely with a fish in its loag, epear-like bill, but it had searcely regained the surface when it dieappeared agaia with a sudden- ness that led me to thirds that some- thing had seized it from below. It did not come up again, and. after a time I rowed to the spot where it had gone down to find ex' explana- tion of its extraoreinaen disappear- ance. A dead pickerel about eight inches long was floating on the surface near the shore. It was doubtless the one the kingfish had caught, Soon afterward 1 eam an. odd-looking ob- ject floating neer. On extunination it proved to be a big pickerel an,ci the kingfieh, both deed. One of the bird's legs was between the pickerel's jaws, the long teeth of which went through the flesh. The kingfisher's spear-lihe bill ran cleaui through the pickerel's body, from side to side, a few inches below the gills. • No doubt the pickerel had seized the kieglisher by the leg as the bird was rising from the water with the small fish, and had pulled it badk into the water, expecting to dine upon. the kingfisher. The bird had turned in self-defence and' driven its sharp beak through the pickerel, in- flicting a mortal wound. The pick- erel, with bulldog tenacity, • had kept its hold on the bird's leg, and the two had died together. NEVER IMMUNE. It is a fallacy, widespread but nev- ertheless a fallacy, for any one to suppose that a person who has once had smallpox, measles, scarlet fev- er or other contagious diseases is thereby made immune to that par- ticular disease for the rest of his life. A Swiss physician has been examining the records of such di- seases, anct in the statistics at his disposal, which are very defective, as comparatively few physicians take the trouble to report such ob- servations to the medical journals, he finds no less than 528 persons who have had smallpox twice, nine who have had it three times, and opo who has had it seven times. For scarlet fever he finds 144 double and seven triplet attacks. A hundred and three persons had two and. three had seven attacks of measles; • 208 had typhus twice, five thrice, one four times, and even cholera shows 29 second and three third attacks. The natural inference is that dur- ing the prevalence of an epidemic one should riot rashly expose him- self to contagion, even Si he has al- ready had the disease. AN ODD PET. Not many women have owned more unique pets than the baby rhinoceros which amuses Mrs. Cook, wife of the governor of North Bor- neo, a British possession. The gov- ernor's house is near a jungle which is filled with wild animals. Out of this jungle of undergrowth a baby rhinoceros strayed one morning and was captured without much difficul- ty. Sixteen quarts of milk a day is the amount the hungry baby usually demands, and on it has thriven and grown fat. This "child of the jungle looks -Very little like the full grown rhInoceros. If it wete not for this single horn one might take him for a peculiar species of hog. He 15 about the same sins, and covered with a shaggy coat of black hair, The baby • rhinoeeros followe Mrs. C.,00k about like a faithful dog, but it will not be lenge if he keeps on growing, before he becomes too cum- bersome even for a North Borneo pet. CHEESE CAUSES CANCER. Recent investigations poiat to the conclusion that one of the causes of cancer is improper food and drink. That cancer of the lips and mouth are caused by excessive smoking is now a fact established by the case of Gen. Grant and others, and it has been intimated that cancer microbes have been found itt certain vile smel- ling foreign cheeses, for which sorne fashionable people profess to have great liking, So far as the mal- ady is traceable to causes like these the _remedy to be applied is simple and easy, viz., to smoke moderate- ly, if at all, and to let all moldy a.nd decayed articles of food alone, no matter if gourmets pretend to like them, a A.17.1101..P13....11.41aMMICIOr• Pil Doctor Wanted to Burn the Skin Vtfith a Red Hot iron—Patient • Was Cured by Dr. Chase's Ointment • Mr. Al -ex, McLean, Tatbot Vale, 1/.S.. writes ;—For teas years I worked AD sectiontean on the Do - million Coal Companyeil Railroad between Sydney and Glace Bay, N.S., and during that thne wag ex- posed to all Sorts of weather. Gra- dually my health failed, a,nd I be- came a victim of protruding pace. lat first I did not kneW what my ailment Was, but consulted a doetoe, atid thcitigh he treated me for ORM they only grew worse. "I was forced to give 'up work and return to my home. My sufTerths could searcely be deecriao'd. I could /lot welk or lie down, but While the 'rest, of the family Was sleeping 1 Would be groenIng and aching from the excfaciating pains. "Again I decided to consult a doc- tor. This one stripped me; and said the piles would have t� be burned with a red hot iron. I shivered at the thought of buraing the flesh, and told him I could not think of under- going su,ch an operation, so he gave tee some Valve, for which he charged Inc two dollare, but it did not do Irie any- geed. "I was in a cleeperate conditioti and had given up hope of over being freed from thie dreadful suffer- ing when a friend told nee about Dr. Chase's Ointment. He said he had seen So Many eases that it had cured that he would pay for it him -- self if it, ilailod to tatre. "My experience With Dr, Cha,se'a Ointment is that the first veinal,- tiori did me more good than did th.e two doctors., mid it has madef ine as Well and as free from piles as any man. Sieoe beieg cured I work- ed during the whiter in the lumber Woods and experienced AD return of ley old • troublet, ant not putting it to strong Whets 1gay that Dr. Chase's Ointeeent was worth $100 a box to me. YOU are free to use my testi/nonfat for the benefit oi others, as I. feel it my duty to make knoWn this great ointment." Dr. Chase's Ointment, 60 yenta a box, at 011 dealerr EStratesen. I Hates a C,i0., riSeroat o. • USES ITS LE63 AS EARS onreitrrS CHIRP Wrgia THEIR creatures Which iralle With Taeir • Feet, and Breath With Their Tails, Human beings whose ear -drums have been destroyed either by acci- dent or disease can solletintee be taught to hear by macula of a Amiga arrangement held between the teeth, But n,o man hits over learnt to see with his ears, or taste with his fin- gers; and in thes respect moat of the warm-blooded annuals resemble him, Ineetcs, however, and others of the lower orders of living creatures mix up the functiens of their dif- ferent organs in a most etartling fashion. No insect, for instance, breathes through its, mouth as man does. Their mouths are too busy with food to be used for beeething. Most ineects are provided with air - tubes which open along the side 01 with any sticky subetance the insect dies. - Bees, for instance, breathe in thie fashion. The grub of the dragon -fly breathes througa its tail. If you catch one of these grubss—they are plentiful in stagnant ponds— you will find that it is provided with 'a sort of three -lobed, flattened pad - die at its 'hinder extremity. This sarv•es for swimming and breathing. What is neost wonderful about this apparatus is that its owner can use it either for 'breathing atmospheres air or for extracting air, after the manner of a fish's gills, from the wa-, ter. These paddle -lunge are only employed while the grub is still s.mall. When nearly ready to change into its winged state, the creature crawls up a reed, sits with its head out of water, and breathes with spir- acles • IN ITS SHOULDERS. • The grub of the common gnat also lives in water, like the dragon -fly, has air -tubes opening near the tail. When, however, it reaches its next stage, becoming a. pupa, its lung passages change position, and open near its head. Thi cricket uses its legs as • ears. On the outer sides of each of the creature's forelegs there is a 'small oral space where the thick skin which corers the rest of its body becomes a thin, almost transparent, membrane. Inside are nerve -ends, which. seem to be those of its audie tory apparatus. Everyone has heard the shrill whistling sort of sound which the cricket and grasshopper tribe make. • This sound is not caus- ed by any internal voice apparatus, such as man or other higher animals are possessed of. • Crickets chirp with their wings. rubbing one wing against the other. Grasshoppers sing by rubbing one wing against their wing -cases. • Cicadas, another species of the same family, are Ot- te(' with a kind of drum, which en- ables them to make a shrill sound audible a hundred yards or Mare away. The only member of the moth or butterfly family which is capable of producing sound is the big deatb's-. head moth, which squeaks when caught. Tbis sound is, so far as we know, caused by the rubbing of onesegmentof its body over an- oBEES AND SCORPIONS sting with their tails, snakes strike With poison fangs; but one of the most hideous -looking of all • known' crea,tures poisons its victims with its feet. This is the centipede. There are no centipedes in England, but they aro common in most tro- aical coiintries. If one of these crea.- tures walks across the arm or body of a. man, it leaves a. searlet trail of poisoned flesh behind. Most creatures resemble ourselves in the fact that food put into the mouth is reduced to pulp, either by teeth or horny plate, before it pas - See into the digestive, organa. Snails, however, and slugs, ..do not keep their teeth • in their Mouths,- but in, their stom- achs. One of the lamprey. fainily of fishes has one single tooth in the Middle of its -palate, and the rest on its tongue. There is a whole large • family of living creatures which have no feet, yet can m.ove along any surface at a Slow but. sure pace. These are the gastropods, anti comprise all the snails and whelks. These use the under sides of their bodies as feet. They creep along by means of pow- erful muscles, with which that part of their bodies is lined, Theee crea- tures have their body covered with a mantle, to the right of the body, is a small hole through which they breathe. EXTERNAL USE OF OLIVE OIL. One of the most wholesome and nutritious articles of diet ie olive oil, and it ie as beneficial for exter- nal as for internal use, It was the custom of the ancients., vibe were most luxtirlous in their bath - leg 'habits, to anoint the body with vegetable oils after the bath. Ath- letes and gladiators also anointed their bodies, with Oils. Emmen. ath- letes Were it, the Imbit of using the freshly expreseed oil of the olive 'to ' give agility (aid suppleness to their limbs. Some of -the greatest beau- ties of Whom leleiroryotwels-have telaa been. prone to the use of oil. 'Mame" Recainier was in, the habit of par- taking freely of olive oil with her food and using it also after the bath. Her beautiful skin and elear complexion 'were doubtless deo to this rather than to powders oe paints. Tradition says that both Cleopatra and Zenobia partook freely of olive oiI and used °list after the bath. In the countries where the Olive itcrth ishes, such as Italy, medical pate.ti- tioners use the oil verh fei:ely for a img ' 01 aillnentS. It is ineentaihect in the Least/Ail-le countrjee 'hat the eticisotelr,r.aigotuiteewolcif othcr etc; ,ifiiheinsuaelease. dies 'which are aggravated by •ex- terrtal chills, and that thainternal talon of the blood. which leeds 1.18° t110 Oil remoVee the toxic 0011' the gereratifie of thew ,ealacliee.