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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.),
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j FOR FARMERS
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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
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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,