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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-10-9, Page 2OCTORJd By Sr, GEORGE RA,THBORINE, Author ofsVoctor jaele6 *Wife"' 4(C..aptt4n Tom," "Baron Sam*" 41Vl1ss Pauline of New Yorke" "Mks Capricedl Ete, Ite takes the hand, and somehow a met feeling of tenderness for this loYely woman almost overwhelms hira —he knows what her southern eutture dietateo, for he hae Seen the vendetta of Corsica carried out by frail wo- .rneu, so that he now beholds Mercedes gel elle who had gained a signal victory ever the po.ssions she intieeted. "Fenelve me the pain. I callee you, aerterite, e,nd believe me, 1 am not Worthy a your theughts1 truet and helieve the future has haPailless stere for you, and that yoll will ever reeent such generous action for I knoW and appreciate the national Spirit et revenge 'which you have donetrered. Heaven guard you, sen - He bends over the little hand and • kisses it in a true cavalier style. Mee- eedes looks at him with her heart in ker eyes, as though this little. action bas =Wised a false hope in her breast; then, seeing no change in his face, the wistful look turns to one of keen disapointment, and tearing her hand from his clasp, she opens the deor of the room, and. is gone. Jack is left in even a more disturb- ed frame of mind than before. He d,oes not know, he cann.ot tell what Mercedes 'will do, The spirit diet moves her may be for good or evil. She has said she will simply leave him to his fate, but who can guess what s. woman of her electric nature; once trtadly in love, may not attempt? He can hardly understand what it es has ca.used him to put aside the 'temptation—any man would be flat- tered by the rove of such a, royally beautiful woman, and yet Sack bas een seek to resist the subtle charm. Wtaere is the talisman that has saved hira ? Almost -unconsciously he puts his /land into his pocket, and draws some- ihing out, upon which he ga.zes long and earnestly. It is the portrait of Avis Morton, and since he has met the eriginal, Jack finds a new charm. in the picture. "Yes, It was Avis who kept me from needing myself a oaptiVe to her Circe - like charms, ransom or no raneem. Such a wife would never do for Sack Averts. I want one Who will be the esane yesterday, to -day, and to -mor- row, such a girl as Avis Morton, for instenee, and eleasse Heaven, if I can clonvintie lier a that same thing after we have done our level best to save Aleck, eke aall take me for what I ara worth, old, nomad that I am." Tints he mutters to himself, and presses the dumb counteefeit resem- blance of Avis to his lips after the manner of an foolish lovers. Had Mer- cedes witnessed the sateen she would have been pbezeesed with a mad de- sire to tear the photograph to bits, and perhaps scratch his eyes out in the beetnetn, for who can account for the vagaries of a woman who eas stoop- ed to conquer and been repulsed? Sleep is not to be thought of—the plot thickens, and morning is near at hand—the time of action, when they shall make a move, asd open up the enemy's masked battery if they have one. As Doctor Jack walks to the win - Ow and glances out, he sees a faiat light in the eseet that tells hira the tight is spent and dawn at hand. He watches it grow broader slowly but surely, while the magic lights of the carousing city become pale under the influence of the coming day. The co- horts of darkness seem to gather or a la,st final effort in the rear of the great buildings which are in a line with jack's vision, but steadily 'ad- vance the battalions of the sun, the skirmishers are already entering the city, and before their inveacible onset the last remnant of the king of derk- nees' forces are sent flying in rout. So the day opens—the sun begins to make his appearance—masks vanish item the streets, and something of heftiness begins, although little nne necessary work will be done le Ma - dila Miring the festival tirae. Seek bethinks hlrhself of breakfast, and goes flown to see about it. He teems the value of a few silver reale, ecdously laced, and thus avoids indiih of the Welton that most tae - meet with in a. Sparalth forada.. eece eds meie sheltie as n is, con- s peg of eggs, WaSt, aibet tea, is soon ri and. fie ads it jitstice. All the white his thoughts are tieing to other scenes.—he Wenders whether Larry hes carried out fits instructients tie the IWtter, and if the ladies are roadie' to dePart. MOO depends on thie scheme being ablated out thor- oughly, and there are so many olvencee Of soreething happeeing to throw a wlieel cut ot gear, that the American is not a, little worried. His anklety cadses him to finally leave the tattle. COnseittleg his time- tebe he flrefe it a giterter to eight. hen he goes out and la lucky enough to engege aVolteile. Paden the Man lefierie all about dletateas, the hag Jio Detterianteeel beeifeeht Own. " tbe Fonda, nla in hot haste," tee wile to tiet deft/tr., and the fa,tten Iffening alreadY been Means.' feed, wifetwo ptooect ebere ahead, &ells net Itie his =heels lefeep on elte Wdee Nte.n3t heacle are thrust Out oe wine etows—the geeci people of etedeld neve every fresh rueh or bustle on the atreet neeeada,es anactupees the ate,: ing of settee neer Seeefleile, end thee' are deterellined to keep Vetall poeted. So the hotel is soon reachachatleere tvegifinIng to be a MOW Of lide &rotted it, as the Aritericalki lege tran hie carriage and entere. Ariddhge itio- Merit arid he lane eornered the arober filiettletiery Who eel/0e ?is a cifeeee4,44 of when tte aeke Whether 1e4ta5 lief • to hag gene. 'tete other leientely stirveeehilt, and begins to talk le a MeV% WO aleeet feeding Mdei belt A& ereedea '11 what that means—an intermirtable Walt—prectous,Tainutes lost, and noth- ing gulped When the sekhra,nt fInafly returno. Time is too valuable to be adoeted to slip so easily. He artows that this party is like the rest, and the itngle of a few reels will make him awaken. Speedily they pass from his oWn hand let° the itching Palen of the clerk, and the effect on that parte. Is quite suepelsing. He be - cornea iroused at once lite a man who must now Mina for himself, ranee.% a grand, heroic effort, affii then glows with triminla, neat as the excited caealee after laying her first egg, letoa thinks. "Si, senor, the lady, has gone. 1 asoisted her !Ma a carriage not ten minutes agee and the trunk, too. Por Dios, it was heavy," he rattles on, for he has leareed to speak very fair English from coining in contact with so nanny foreigners at the hotel. Tine 1st god news to Jack—he does not rev...A the investment of the few reels. The lady was not alone ?" he asks. "Vann no, her aunt accompanied hen', "No gurtleman ?" 'Only the pasha," carelessly. What !" almost howls Doctor Sack, who comes very near scaring the clerk out of a year's growth. "Tire Turkish paeha—he was very attentive to Senorita Morton, and al- ways asking whether she was in or net." "Think again, man—did the pasha accompany tete ladies, or was it Miss Morton's coultn, the strange dandy, Larry Kennedy ?" and Jack fairly holds his breath in suspense. " Caramba ! what am I thinking about? My thoug-hts are wool-gather- ing. It was the little man who order- ed the vehicle. We thought they wcile going sight-seeing, but at the last down came the trunk, the account was settled, and they were off. Quite a sudden flitting. I trust, senor, they did not leave you in the lurch ?" Tack pays no attention to the ques- tion, but pounds away at his sub- ject: "Why did you say at first the pasha accompanied them—what put it into Your mind ?" "I will teLl you—it was easy enough to get them mixed, senor. just after they had gone, the Turkish general comes to me and asks about the ladies"—he unconsciously jingles more reale in his pocket, which Jack read- ily understands have passed into his possession from the band of the Turk —" and when I inform him of their departure with the trunk he is great- ly excited, settles his account, en- gages a vehicle without regard. to its cost, and is off carissima, like a house afire." "1 see. Well, I cannot let all my friends leave me in the lurch this way, so I will follow suit." Jack puts the words into practice, and in another minute is once more seated in his vehicle en route for the railway station. There is just good tirrie to reach it easily, and he is not at all worried, but leaning back, smokes his cigar in contentment. When about half way there he sud- denly sits up straight, and looks out of the window. There has been an ac- cident—a crowd has gathered. He sees that a coach has broken down—some- thing has allowed. the wheel to come off, and the vehicle lies there on ono side, canting downward, the bare axle touching the ground. The accident is not an uncommon one in the streets of Madrid, where the holes in the roadway wrench a ve- hiple badly, but Jack's attention is di- rected toward a certain little mart who rages up and down, endeavouring to stir the driver into action with alter- nate threats and promises of heavy pay, but neither of which appear to do much f,uod, as the man. seems prostrated with his trouble. Sack knows this figure—it is Larry. Good heavens 1 tbe broken vehicle is the one they were in. Where are the ladies—are they hurt—how can tbe- station be reached in time ? These things ily through Jack's brain, and his first move is to stop his own vehicle. Then he dismounts, and at sight of him Larry utters a war- -whoop, and would throw his arms around the neck of Doctor Jack did not that worthy prevent it. " Where are the ladies ?" he de- mands. "Here, doctor," and they make a brave showing, seated upon the trunh near by. " lere you hurt ?" he asks, anxious- ly, a,pproaching them, but his words are meant for Avis only. " Not at all, but a trifle alarmed— it came so suddenly, you see," re- plies the girl. "Web, we must not miss that train. In a pinch, my vehicle will hold us all. Let us get the trunk up quick- ly, Larry. Not a minute to waste." Jack's driver professes to be horror- stricken at the load he 13 to take, but the promise of several golden dou- bloons cause him to show more alac- rity—the ordinary Spanish John will risk even his neck for such royal pay, and think little of his vehicle. So the trunk is taken up, the ladies placed inside, and Larry squeezes among them. Jack le about to clam- ber on top among the trunks, but they Will not hoar of it—the ladies insist, and nothing loth, he Crowds in, though to do so he is compelled to have the prond New York girl sit upon his lap. Stranger thiegs than this often oe- our to travellers on the Continent, and Avis latighs heaxtily at the eituetion, while they bee% along, leeching tide Way and that, sOrrietimes threatening to be toppled over. She blushea beau - Wilily when she catches laclee eye, which hes a twinkle In it, for do you know, the sly tellow is chuelding to himself! at the theught of how 1u4icrous eituation would strike the eye of Mercedes could she but sea It is impossible for jack to even glance et hie wateli in order to note how time le passing—he is on tenter... hooks, so to speak, until the vehicle drives up to the station, . Teen be Ands they are in ample time for the train. He takes it upon hien, self to oversee all matters, pays the driver, buys four firet-elass tickets for Paris, looks after the luggage, and last, but not least, secures a oorriptuit- ment to themselves. Sueli ie the emeic power et money on the Continent—in feet, the same applies all over the civi- lized, world. They are all feeling particularly joy- eul over the sUccess of their game. No one but Jack is aware of the fact that the pasha, knows of thelr hurried de- parture erora Madrid. Doctor Sack walks up and down out- side on the platform, under the pre- tense of smoking a cigar, although the ladies have given him the privilege of doing so inside—an opportunity which Larry does not scruple to improve by using up an uelimited number of hor- rid cigarettes. In reality Doctor Jack is looking for familiar faces—he woaders if the easha will. come, but looks in vain for the red fez among the crowd. If the Turk bas arrived before them, he Is all this while in one of the other carriages. Jack, as he walks up a,nd down. glances sharply into each cone - Pertinent, but fails to see the man he looks for. A number of shades are down oyer the windows, and it is as likely as not the pasha, may be in one of these compartments. Besides, Jack keeps his eyes open— there ate other enemies to think about, without taking the pasha, into consideration, and if any of them are about he wants to know it. In. his mind he also thinks of Mercedes, ancl glances curiously at a number of ladies, but all of them are strangers. One attracts more thin a passing glance—he cannot see her face, for the release hides it, but her carriage is stately and her form indicates youth and health. He suspects that it is Mercedes, but would make certain, so he enters into an agreement with a. man who seems to be a porter—there is a hasty ex= change of silver—the man grasps the situation, picks up a box, and in pass- ing the lady manages that a corner shall catch in her leng vale which is instantly dislodged. Jack chuckles at the success ef his little game, even though disappointed at seeing the in: dignant face of a stranger, who looks after the clumsy porter' with daggers In her black eyes, and proceeds to re- arrange her rebosa. A bell sounds—the guard cries "all aboard " in his Spanish way, and Jack, tossing his cigar aside, enters the car- riage. Then the door is locked, but as the American has bought the guard, body and soul, he will be on hand as soon as the train stops at a station to see what is needed. Then they begin to leave Madrid behind. No one is particularly sorry to do this, for the Spanish capital has little to charm the modern tour- ist like gay Paris, and as the road from the first generally leads to the second, every emotion can be summed up in anticipation. Our friends are very comfortable, but Larry is the only merry one of the tour. Avis is 'thinking of what lies in the near future. Will they find Aleck and manage to save him ? As she looks in the direction of Doctor Jack, somehow a feeling of great peace conies upon her—his face seems so strong and masterful, that she be- lieves nothing can be impossible with such a man. It will be readily per- ceived by even the dullest reader 'that the effect of their singular meeting is having full sway, and. that Avis is Just as deep in the mud as Doctor Jack is in the mire. ae for that worthy, he appears to be glancing over the pages of a mag- azine, but his thoughts are not on it. Now and again he looks over the top of the pamphlet at the fair face near the window. He is pondering upon lnany things, and. the chief of these is the game which he is expected soon to manirneate. Will they succeed ? If not, the re- sult must mea.n disaster to them both, for Abdallah Pasha is just the man to have a terrible revenge Doctor Jack knows the danger—he has assumed it without a single fear, for he also guesses the stake he is playing for—Avis. If he succeeds she must be Ms. As he feasts his eyes upon her from time to time, he makes up his mind that she is just the girl a man might go through fire ' and water for. The train proceeds in Jerks—at times their speed is so rapid that it almost makes them dizzy—the car swings from side to side, and they lueye to hold on to their seats. Then again they creep along at a sn.all's pace. Larry laughs, and again frets and fumes, declaring that if the door were only open he would get out and help push the train along. Their course is almoet due north- west until the city of Zaragoza is reached, which at this rate will not be until near evening. Then they head north-east, fleetly north, cross- ing the border by keeping close to the Bay of Biscay, at Bayorme, when they will be in Prance, with the dawn of a new day, Wind and weather permit- ting, after which a run of a few hours will take them to Paris. So the morning passes witb various delays—this fast Paris express is a "terror," indeed, and makee poorer progress than. any train in America. They have all leaned to be phil- osophical, and take things as they C07110. The time Passes, and about noon, at a stetion called by the guard Calatayod, a huge hamper .s put in the carriage, "Dinner?" cries Madame Sophie, eagerly, and yet fearfully, for so many deceptions ba,ve been nut upon her in Spain that she tears lest this may lie some eettra, cuthions, or rugs to Iceeep them Warm durleg the night. Larry relieves her sespense by toss- ing beck the lid of the hamper, dis- closing the best dinner Money can buy In Spain, and all neatly packed, "They ought to have a good run of ctistom on thlti road if they supply rneelts like that," declerea the elder lady, her eager eyes tektite in tbe contents of the baeket. ,(To Oe Continued.), Aeoefitedeleo*edieedfe4egeetheeKetite**oe j FOR FARMERS Seasetieble and Profitable Filets for the Busy Tillers )t1 of the Soil. eeeeeeeeeekseee...e.eoeteeefeeledeee.seeeeee DEVELOPING- THE COW„ En the deveioement of a, cow. very Much depende upon the matter of feeding, both ae quality of the foocl given and the manner in which ti is fed. The success or failure in WO te due to the intelligence and skill of the dairyman. We will hardly Lind two cows in ane' stable that should be treated. exactly alike in the matter of rations, and here comes the great and important study of the feeder. One cow with a voracious appetite, with great powers' of digestion and assimila- tion, will need twice as much feed as another with a more dainty ap- petitekieffers should never be fed as generously as mature cows. Sometimes a cow when crowded for business, commences taking on flesh, and then dries up in her milk. This cow ig of a beefy tendency. If she is fed with a. food lees fat- formingshe might continue to be a fairly good cow, but weed her out and dispose of her. Another cow may be a great eater with great powers of assimilation. The food she consumes is returned in the shape of milk. It is safe to feed her to the extent of the powers of her digestion; she will not take on a pound of flesh as long as she is giv- ing milk. Great care must be exer- cised in feeding this cow. She never knows when she has food. enough, and an overfeed may put her out of condition. This is the cow the dairyman should pin his faith to. She may not be the handsomest to look at, but she is truly the dairy cow. Save the heifer calves from this cow, and raise them in the di- rectioxi of dairy production to take the place of some poor cow in. the herd. As a rule poor performers ate great eaters. Encourage the pro- duction of cows with great assimila- tive and digestive powers. The dairyman snould be regular and systematic in his methods of feeding. If he feeds before milking, do so every time. Whatever his habits and methods are to -day the same should be followed to-morrop, and every day, because the cow ex- pects its and in this way she is not disappointed and disturbed. Cows in full flow of milk drink neaxly twice as xreuch water as a dry cow or fattening steer. Therefore pro- vide pure water in abundance. THE SOIL. • That the physical or mechanical condition of the- soil very largely regulates --the crop yield in grain is clearly demonstrated in almost any part of- the farming cciuntry. Pass- lug- along a highway tor instance, on. one side we see a fine field of wheat, ..exceptionaley rank in growth, indicating twenty-five to thirty bushels of wheat per acre, while on the other side the wheat is thin, of a sickly color and not one-third as high as that in the other field, in- dicating possibly five- bushels per acre and yet we caxt see no differ- ence in the soil form.ation. Both must have had. the sarne sunshine and the same rainfall' and yet it would take eight etcres of one field to yield as much as one acre of the other. -Again. we notice one part of a single field yields twenty-five, - fifty and even. 100 per cent. more than another. Still again we see a whe.el track or e horse -foot track in- dicated by coarser straw of a dark- er color and longer heads than all the rest 13 the field. Vihat do these varied conditions indicate ? Must we conclutcle that there is a, shade of luck about this or that these . re- sults come by chance ? Plants, are large and healthy because the con- ditions of the soil where their roots grow are favorable. Every weak or unerolific plant is the direct result of an imperfect physical condition of the soil. The good Meek says, "As ye sow • so shall ye reap." While this may have beee intended more as a parable it wouta never have been quotecl if it were not literally true. While it ,is true that different eons require somewhat difTerent treat- ment, there are certain physical conditions ! of the soil that must exist or good results cannot be ob- tained. One point should be borne in mind at all times; soil should not be plowed or otherwise cultivat- ed when either dry.or wet. It should be handled when moist only. in this condition only the best re- sults are obtainable. When the soil is simply rnoist the plow or cultiva- tor 'draws much lighter, the soil particles separate intieh easier and a finer texture is obtainable. SUPERIORITY OF JERSEYS. The 'objection ie raised to the Jersey cow by those who have not %It Wr/y90 .7/1;3, "Sonny, I see that you bave been fishing ?" Yith, thir.'' "But you clicla't catch any fish ?". "No, thir." "And I trust that you didn't" -- “Oh I no, tithe My lea, will do all the thwearing when I get home," had any practical experience with her that she is delicate, writes Mr. Valency E. Fuller. No more falla- cious idea could possibly exist. Pos- sessed of that beautiful deer -like head, axed fine legs we all so love, and which is the evidence eif purity of blood, punting the product of her feed in the pail, instead of laying on flesh, to those unfamiliar with her bears the impress of delicacy. But the reset -ye nervous force, which - alone enables her to produce year in a,nd year out, stands her in good stead in case of eickness, and like the wiry man, she more often lives through such illness tha.n one of a in,ore lethargic disposition, who is apparently but not really stronger. Another objection raised is that the Jerseys are more suibject. to tuberculosis than some other breeds. Statistics prove the inaccuracy of this assertion and that tuberculosis is a respecter of no breecl. Those best posted ie. this dreaded disease well know tbat the contraction of tuberculosis is a, question of envir- onment and sanitation, or cotuing in contact with the bacilli of tuber- culosis. All breeds are equally prone to contract it, whether beef or dairy breeds. The Jersey cow has ceased to be the giver of a small quantity of rich. milk, but ju,dged 011 a. year's basis is the giver of a large quan- tity of milk, rich in butter fat an.d casein, at the lowest cost of pro- duction. There are many herds averaging from 5,000 pounds an.d upward per annum for every cow and heifer in the herd. Many ex- haustive and lengthy tests had al- ready proven, and the World's Fair dairy tests only gave the stanap of authenticity to the fact that the Jersey comes into profit aa an early age (two years); she is productive to a ripe old age. Her tenacity in milking, and consequently in butter making, is a fixed characteristic, es- tablished beyond all doubt. As an all-around year's milker on an economical .consumption of feed, no breed can touch her. Her rnulk contains a greater quantity of but- ter and of cheese per 100 eounds thari any other breed: The quality of butter and cheese is of the very best. She can assimilate and take care of her food to better advantage than any other breed. FEED COWS FREQUENTLY. Tests at various- stations seem to indicate that dairy cows fed three times it day give more milk and male a greater gain in live weight than when fed only twice a day. To prove to you thab Dr. ere Chnsee Ointment is e.cortela lie anri absolute cure for seek and every form of Italian bleeding and protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed l, See tes- timonialg td the deer press and ask your neigh- bors what eeey think otft. You esa use it and eetyour money back if not cued. ea) a b4.x.ab ell dealers or BPALANSON,DATES .16 Co., Toronto, Dr:Chasers Ointrnerat UNIVERSAL SMOKING. In Polynesia, China, Japan and Siam smoking is incessant; in Bur- mah the Burmese mother takes the cheroot from her mouth'and'pute it to the lips of her nursing babe, while the child purses its lips and puffs away with every indication of pleas- ure. The Burmese girl smokes a 'whackin' white cheroot." Kaffirs habitually smoke cigars with the lighted ends in their mouths and their tongues adroitly tucked out of harm's way. Even Stanley's pig- mies of Central Africa are inveter- ate smokers. The sun never sets 021 the smoking world, for before the white ram of the Occident puts down hie pipe at night the yellow man og the ' , Orient has his matetinal che- root. • No skirt suits the stout figure more perfectly than the one cut in. seven gores. The seams mean verti- cal lines that always tend to give a slender effect and the many gores al- low of shaping snugly and smoothly over thc ,hips without the use of darts. This very excellent model has the advantage of giving a choice between the plain. finish and a cir- cular flounce at sides and back that gives • grace and freedom and yet does not detract from the apparent height as the front gore is loft plain. As shown the material is fine black cheviot trimmed with bands of moire held by fancy buttons at the front, but all suiting, gown and skirt materials are appropriate. The skirt is cut in seven gores of full length that gre carefully shaped to be snug about the hips and to flare freely, at the feet. The flounce extends.from the front gore, where it is joined to its edges, and can be either seamed to the lower edges of the side and back gores, (the ma- terial beneath being cut away on lines indicated in the pattern) or applie'd over the full length skirt as preferred. The fulness at the back is laid in flat inverted plaits. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 10f yards 21 inches wide; 7 yards 32 inches wide; 41 yards 44 inches wide,- or 4+, yards 52 inches wide, when flounce is -used, and material cut away underneath 10e yards 21mn nin mn nm mnnanna 101 yards 21, 6e yards 82, 41 yards 44, or 3e yards 52 inches wide when made plain. CANNOT STAND UPRIGHT. "Astasia" is a nervous affection the peculiar feature of which is the fact that a person suffering from it cannot stand upright. If he tries, - he will be obliged to hop and jump whenever his feet touch the ground. In a word, his actions are precisely those of a person who might be re- quired to stand upright on a floor composed of red-hot coal. Fortun- ately there are not many cases of this malady on reoord. Akathisia is the exact opposite of astasia, since a person suffering from it cannot re- main seated. The moment he seats himself in a chair he is obliged to start up again. Dr. Easkovic, of Prague, has been studying this di- sease, and tells of two notable cases. The first was that of a man forty years old, who was frequently at- tacked with hysteria. Whenever he sat down he sprang up again, and up and down in this manner he went several times until he succeeded in getting away from the chair. In the second case, which was that of a man fifty-four years old, the patient was sometimes able to remain seat- ed for a while, but the fitinvariably seized him sooner or later and forc- ed him to spring away from .. the chair. A person afflicted with aka- thisia can walk easily, but cannot sit, whereas a person suffering from astasia cannot stared upright, and cannot walk in the ordinary manner, owing 'to thee contraction of his lower limbs. assumnammedsenure Tho Recent Cold Snap !Responsible for rtolluch Sicknoss--Roliof and Cure Is Ob- tainable by the Use of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and TQ,4rpenti1e. "The first cold 1. have had this fall," you hear people Say, as they cough violently, And to hear the coughing you, would think that C0112- paratively few people have escaped it. The sudden ehanges of temperature at this season, when people are not clothed to protect themselvee, &Infest sure to bring trouble, and cite can never tell where- a cold is going to end. It iney wear away, but it is more likely to hold on end be added to by told after Old, ii1ntilgonto se- rials element Is devaloped—perhaps consumption or pneumonia, perhape kidaey disease or liver complaint. The wise plan is to nisi the trouble eeeeeme-ea..-aeeeeee.a.-eaeeee. in the bud by promptly curing the cough cunt cold before it fastens it- self on tee vital organs, and irt this connection we suggest Dr. Chaee's Syrup Of Linseed and Turpentine. Not that there is any scarcity of cough mixtures, but becaUste- this preparation is more than it mere cough cure, has stoced the teet of tinae, and never had such an,enor- moue sale as it has to -day. This We consider the strongest, eyiclence of its worth as a tiveitment for coughs and colds. ' Composed es it ie of linseed, .tur- Pontine WW1 hall a dozen other in- gredients of knowil virtue in the cure of colds,, this itinedy is far-reaehing in action, and positively cures the cold as well as giving prompt relief to coeglaing, hoarseness, sore throat, etc. There are many imitations of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Tur- pentine, so be, careful When buying and loge for the portrait and signa,- tura of Dr. A. 14i, Chase on the wrapper, This ith the strongest guar antee eny Medicine can ha,ve. Children delight to take Dr, Chreee's Syrup of Linseed and Ter- pentine, end it is a positive care for teroap, brofithitis, 'whooping cough, coughs and eolds; 25 cents it hoLtle, at all dealers, oi* Edmensole, leave 'le Co , Toronto., ADULTEItATIRT OF FOOD CEEZIIST SATS IT WILL NEV- 411. IM STAMPED OTT. 'rests Which. Can Be Applied by . AnYbecly to Some of the adVeTtuet7atililonhearro. f°13o7do:PQ:elle feayprtahetaiteatlhlefe stamped out, said El, chemist to a writer recently. It will never be stamped out until every housekeeper has oullicient leneeledge of chemistry to analyze the foods she buys, and sufficient puelic spirit to put the law on the heels of thetradespeople who sell her impure etaffs. The average person has no idea how seriously such articles as tea,, butter, coffee, suger, and cocoa are adulterated, beca tree they don't know how to test the things they 4 buy, and to hone them properly ex- amined by a ehemist is otit of the , question. But there are some tests which can be applied by anyone to some of the foods most commonly adulterated. Take coffee, for instance. Any child can prove whether coffee is pare or the " usual cheap admixture of coffee and chicory, Token spoonful of coffee which you have .ground from the real bean itself, put it in a cup, and pour same cold water on it. It will scarcely tint the water. Pour the same quantity Of water on the same quantity of coffee bought ready ground, and if there is any chicory in the stuff the water will immediately take a decided brown color. Sometimes the stuff sold as coffee is four-fifths chicory. and not worth half the price charg- ed for it. THEN THERE IS COCOA. The best cocoa is the one that is freest from starch. Many cheap and nasty cocoas consist of inferior starch with a dash. of cocoa, and are more fit for laundry work. than to overrun the delicate coats of the stomach. Cocoa is a fine thing, stimulating and nourishing; starch simply clogs the digestive organs. The proof of the cocoa is not in the drinking, but in the sediment re- maining in the cup. To test cocoa pour a coieple of ounces of boiling water over a tea- spoonful of the stuff and let it cool. If it is good, pure, cocoa, you will find the sediment thickish, but a powdery liquid. If it is heavily loaded with starch, however, you will discover a thick, gluey com- pound, un.mistakably starchy, at the bottom of the cup. Dip a small piece of linen into this mess, then iron it out, and any- doubts you may possibly have had will at once be dispelled. There is a deal of fa.king , with sugars, most sugar particularlyeget- ting a lot of attention of the kind because it is easiler treated. Sugar and sand are, as all the world knows, often forced into art offensive alliance. To detect sand in sugar is the easiest thing in the world. Pour a, little water on a quantity.or the sugar, let it dissolve and quite settle, and the sediment at the bot- tom of the vessel is sand—sand, FOR Tali; SUGAR DISSOLVES. If lump sugar be impure the pre- sence of foreign matter can gener- ally be detected by burning a couple of cubes in a spoon, in which you will subsequently find a kind of ash, which is the end of the foreign mat- ter left by the sugar, which has burnt entirely away. Despite the law aii immense quan- tity of margarine is sold as butter in the course of every year,, and quite half the butter sold as pure butter is more • or less faked or adulterated. On any hot summer's day, when the temperature is 88-* degrees in the. sunshine, you can prove whether your purchase is butter or margarine. Simply put a small pat on a saucer in the sun and wateb the effects. n the stuff is margarine it will melt to a greasy, evil -smelling liquid. The point at which good butter will melt is about 95 degrees. It is simply due to this fact that you may notice in a grocer's Shop on a warm day much of the butter appears almost liquid, while other pats or stacks look quite firm. •No- tice this and you will find that the different degrees of firmness of the butter correspond with the different prices of it. In a word,- in every grocer's 'shop a high temperature points out to you unmistakably which kind- of butter you should buy if you want it pure, and not some inferior and perhaps horrible concoc- tion in which butter itself plays Tit -Bits. 'thinking part."—London Bits 4 MAYOR WAS Too SANGUINE. M. Becla Haloiz, Mayor of the town of Derno, in Hungary, is of it guine tem.perament, which hes just led him into a grievous disappoint- ment. He recently arrested a mat who aeswered so fully to all the de scriptions of the man Xeccecemety, who last year stole £250,000 be- longing to the Budapest ceepora- tion, that he gceve full vent to his feelings, and gave a grand banquet nouo: r.o.:otslikeenmletti.ny_i,,ti ciplale Imrtotiyiloeis.,..51T1s ion the accused man proved..9Aelie was being surcharged his expenditure, was deprived of his post, and his consequent state of mental depres- sion may be better imagified than described. PLOUGE1NG DY PETROL - There is it ftitere for the motor in agriculture, as a successful trial at Biggleswade recently demonstrated, Attached to a reaper and binder with FL six foot cut, the Ivel Motor --the invention of Mr. Dan Albone, the celebrated cyclist and bicycle Maker—cut a, heavy erep of wheat - With great expedition; and efter- Warcle went over ettlete larAl With et tWo-ftirro Wed plo age with equttlly excellent resulte. Eight -pence an, acre is the cost" of fuel, and tho work is done much quicker (lan with, horses. A number of gentleieen ire terested 13 fareteng watelted the eX- neriment with 1,,,,f,crest,