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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-1-26, Page 2Tin-t-uT'u7a^�T7T I-)' 3I'.a'P.:"JR u.ar5�tr+Tirgw.tru'7 .1....U.10.1-11-1.10.010.1011011011.01-0 "f Price sof Llbcrty Ok, A MIDNIGU-IT CALL ebur -01.1 rm:r..rdSG . , .^"T�TTIs, , , r, -rr,,,u , .4', YM-Mrly rr)„,,,,,.., u ,r ,r,rr,,'... . ue TM ct CHAPTER XXXVI: (Continued) "Then lot me prophesy, and de- clare that he will bo in gaol again, Why br;ng him hero?” "X3ocaatso it Is absolutely neces- sary," Chris 'said, boldly, "That man can help me—help us, Lord Littimer. I am not altogether what seam, There is a scoundrel in your house compared with whom James Merritt 1s an innocent child. That scoundrel has blighted your life and the lives of your family; he has blighted my 'life for years. And I am here to expose hint, and I am hore to right the wrong and bring back the Lost happiness of us all, I cannot bay more, but I implore you to -let me have my own way in this matter." "Ohl" Littimer said, darkly, "so you are masquerading here?" "I am, I admit it, Turn me out if you like; refuse to bo a party to my scheme. You may think badly of mo now, probably you will think worse of me later on. But I swear to you that 1 am acting with the bast and purest Motives, and in your Interest as much as my own." "Then you are not entitled even to the name you bear?" "No, I admit it freely. Consider, I need not have told you anything, Things cannot be any worse than they are. Let me try and make them better. Will you, will you trust me?" Chris's voice quivered, there were tears in her eyes. With a sudden fm else Littimer p tater laid his hands upon her shoulders and looked long and searchingly Into her eyes. "Very well," he said, with a gen- tle sigh. "I will trust you. As a matter of fact, I. have felt that I could trust you from the fleet. I won't pry into your schemes, be- cause if they are successful I shall benefitik by them. And Uyou l e to bring a cartload of convicts down here, pray do so. It will only puz- zle the neighbors and drive them mad with curiosity, and I love that, "And you'll back me up in all I say and do?" Chris asked. "Certainly I will. On the whole. I fancy I ani going to have a pleas- ant evening. I don't think dear Reginald will be pleased to see his friend at dinner. If any of the spoons are missing I shall hold you responsible," Chris went off to her room well pleased with the turn of events. Brilliant audacity had . succeeded where timid policy might have re- sulted in dismal failure. And Litti- mer had refrained from asking a g any awkwadquestions. Frr win- dow the t1 dow she culd see Bell and Merritt walking up and down the terrace, the latter talking volubly and worrying ata big cigar as a dog might nuzzle at a bone. Chris saw Littimor join tho other two present- ly and fall in with their conversa- tion. His laugh came to tho gir'l's ear morn than once. It was quite evident that that eccentric noble- man oblo-man was enjoying the ex -convict's sociesy. But Littimer had never been fettered by conventional rules. The dog -cart came up presently and Benson got out. Iia had an anxioua, worried look; there was an ugly frown between his brows, Ho contrived to be polite as Chris emerged. Ile wanted to know where ',Mimes was. "On the terrace, I fancy," Chris said, demurely, , I guess he is haw ing 'a long chat with that parson friend of yours—the brand plucked from the burning, you know." "Merritt," Henson said, hoarsely. "Do you moan to say that Merritt is here? And. I've been looking for— I mean, I have been into Moreton Nolte. Why did he come? Chris opened her eyes in innocent surprise. "Why," she said, "1 fetolted him. f'm deeply interested in brands of that kind." CHAPTER XXXVII. Henson forced a smile to his face and a hand from his side as he ap- proached Merritt and the rest. It was nob until the two found them- selves alone that the mask was dropped. • "You infernally insolent scound- rel," Henson said, between his teeth. "Iiow dare you conte here? You've done your work for the pro - sent, and the sooner you go back to your kennel in London the better. if I imagined that you moant any harm I'd crush you altogether." "I didn't come on My own," Mer- ritt whined. "So keep your 'air on. That young lady came and fetched etc—regular gone on me, she is. And there's to be high Jinks 'ere—a bazaar for the benefit of poor crim- inals as can't get no work to do - You 'card what his lordship said. And I'm goin' to make a speech like as I used to gull the chaplains. Lor' it's funny, ain't it?" Henson failed to see the humor of the situation. Ile was uneasy and suspicious. Moreover, he was puz- zled by this American girl, and he hatod to be purzled. She had social aspirations, of course; she cared nothing for decayed or reformed criminals, and this silly bazaar was only designed so that the ambitious girl could find her way into the county set. Then she would choose a husband, and nothing more would be heard of Merritt and Co. Henson had a vague notion that all Amer- ican girls are on the look -out for English husbauds of the titled or- der. "Littinter must he mad," he mut- terer!. "I can't understand Litti- mer; I can't understand anything. Which reminds me that I have a crow to pluck with you. Why didn't you do an I told you last night?" "Did," Merritt said, curtly. "Got the picture and took it home with me." "You liar! The picture is in the corridor at the present time." "Liar yourself! I've got the pic- ture on my mantelshelf in my sit- ting -room rolled up as you told me to roll it up and tied with a piece of cotton. It was your own idea as the thing was to be left about casual -like as being less calculated to excite suspicion. Aad there it is at the present moment, and I'll take my heath to it," Benson fairly gasped. He had been inside that said sitting -room not two hour's• before, and he had not failed to notice a roll of paper on the mantel -shelf. And obviously Merritt was telling the truth. And equally obviously the. Rembrandt was hanging in the corridor at the present moment. Henson had solv- ed and evolved many ingenious Pu z- zles in his time, but this one was utterly beyond him, "Some trick of Dr. Bell's, per- haps," Merritt suggested. ,Bell suspects nothing. ITS is ab- solutely friendly to me. He could not disguise his feelings like that, Upon my word I was never so et- terly at sea before in all my life. And as for Littimer, why, he has just made a fresh will more in my favor than the old one, But I'll find out. 1'11 get to the bottom of this business if it costs me a for- tune." Ile frowned moodily at his boots; he turned the thing over in his mind until his brain was dazed aid mud- dled. The Rembrandt had been stolen, and yet there was the I:lem- brandt in its place. Was anything more amazing and puzzling? And nobody else seemed in the least troubled about it. Henson was more than puzzled; deep down in his heart he was frightened, "I must keep my eyes open," he said. "I must watch night and day. Do. you suppose Miss Lee not- iced anything when she Balled to- day?" "Not a bit of it," said Merritt, conddontly, "She came to see me; she had no eyes for anybody but your humble servant. Where did she get my address from? Why, didn't you introduce me to the lady yourself, and didn't I tell her I was staying at Moreton Wells for a time? I'm gain' to live in clover for a bit, What is Paralysis A Question of Interest to Thousands Who Have Not Learned the Curative Power of R. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD Paralysis is loss of power of mo- tion. Movement is the result of contiac- tioa of munch* Muscles cannot contract of them- selves, but are entirely controlled by Hie nerves. As a result paralysis la almost al- ways duo to lack of nerve force. Increase the nerve force in the body by, the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Ilevitalize the Wasted and depleted nerve Calle, Restore vigor to the weakened nervous, sys- tem and paralysis must disappear. But it is not on theory that Dr. Chase's Nerve road is recommended as a cure and,prevotrta'bivc for pare - 3' • ara-ysis It has established a aurprising re- cord of euros, and the cured ones arc willing and anxious that other sutfarers should know about it. Ilut do not wait for lielpicnssness to overtake you before bbglmning treat- Meet. reat- Meet, 11 you suffer from wealcnesa, alae - Icoenees, 1iz'itability, headaeltr, twitchleg of haven food' )nusclts, „rornbi••rg ol" 'hits logs of )nam,ory and of power to concentrate the mind, Dr. Chaso'e Nerve Food will prove of incalculable worth to you. Put it to the Lest. Mrs. W. R. Sutherland, 5t. An- drews, Malt., Writes:—"In Tebruary, 1008, I was stricken with paralysis, M11 Helplessly on the floor and had to be carried to hod. The doctor pronounced it a haul 0050 as I hall no power in nay tongue and left leg. I remained in that condition for six months without obtaining benefit from the doctor's prescriptions or other medicines. • "My husband advised me to try Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and by tho use of this treatment, ail symptoms of the disease disappeoxed. I can now talk plainly, my leg la all right and I can do my housework. How grateful. I am to be cured by se wonderful a remedy." Br. Chase's Nerve food, 110 cents a box' at all dealers, or liidimattsdli, Bates rk Om, Toronto, Portrait wend signatth'o Of De,' IA., W. Chase, the fatuous t'eeeipt book author, arc Oli d ovary box, - -, my pippin. Cigars and champagne, trine and all the test of it," "•1 Swish you were at the bottom of tile sea before you came here," Hot - son growled "You mind and be careful what you're doing with the champagne. They don't drink by the tumbler in tate society you are In now, remember, .lust ono or two sglasshort." es 'and no 111010. if you take Loo 1011(11 and let your Longue run you twill ilnd your stay here pretty Apparently the hint was not lost on Merritt, for dinner found him in a chastened mood, liit guttural au- decity was 'depressed by the splen- dour and luxury around hint; the moral atmosphere held hint clown. There were so many knives and forks and glasses on the table, such a deal of food that was absolutely strange to him. Tho butler behind macho !trot shiver, Hitherto in Mer- ritt's investigations into groat houses ho had fought particularly shy of butlers and coachmen and upper servants of that kind. Tho butler's sniff and his cold suggestion as to hock slightly raised Merritt's combative spirit. And the cham- pagne was poor, thin stuff after all. A Jorum of gin and water or a mug of beer was what Merritt's soul longed for. And waht a lot of plate there was on the table and sideboard! Some of It was gold, too. Mevritt's greedy professional eye appraised the col- lection at some hundreds of pounds hundreds of pounds—that is, after the stuff had been disposed of. In imagination he had already drug - god the butler and was stuffing' the plate intohis bag. - Henson said very little. He was too busily engaged in watching his confederate, He wished from the bottom of his heart now that Chris had never seen Merritt. She was smiling at him now and apparently hanging on every word. Benson had seen nociety ladies doing this Lind of thing before with swell -concealed contempt. So long as people liked to play his game for hint be had no objection. But this was quite dif- ferent. Merritt had warmed a lit- tle under the influence of hie fifth glass of champagne, but his eye looked lovingly and longingly in the direction of a silver spirit -stand on the sideboard. The dinner came to an end at length, to Iienson's great relief, and presently, the whole party wandered out to the terrace. Bell dropped behind with Chris. - "Now is your tithe," he whisper- ed, "Henson dare not lose sight of Merritt before he goes to bed, and - I'll keep tho latter out here for a good long spell. I've muffled the striker of the telephone so that the bell will make no noise when you got your call back from Brighton, so that you must be near enough to the instrument to hear the click of the striker. Make haste."" Chris dropped back to the library and rapidly fluttered over the leaves of the "'CelePhona Directory." She found what she wanted at length anti asked to be put on to Brighton. Then she sat down in an arm -chair in the darkness close under the tel- ephone, prepared to wait patiently. She could est see themen 1 e on the terrace. could catch the dull red glow of their cigars. Her patleace was not unduly tried. At the end of a quarter of an. hour the striker clicked furiously. Chris reached for the receiver and lay back comfortably in her chair with the diaphragm to her car. "Are you there?" she asked, quietly, "Is that you, Mr. :Steel?" To her great relief the answering voice was Steel's own. He seemed to be a little puzzled as to whom his questioner was. "Can you guess?" Chris replied, "This is not the•first time I have had you called. You hove not for- gotten 518, Brunswick Square, yet?" Chris smiled as she heard Stool's sudden exclamation. "So you are my fair friend whom I saw in the dark?" he said, "Yes, I recognise your voice now. Yon aro Miss Chris—well, I won't retention the name alone, because people might :talc what a well -regulated corpse meant by rousing respectable people up at midnight. 1 hope ,ydu are not. going to get nie into trouble again." "No, but I am going to asic your advice and assistance. I want you to he so good as to give me the plot of a story after I have told you tho details. And you are to scheme the thing out at once, please, be- cause delay is dangerous. Dr. Bell—" "What'a that? Will you tell mo where you aro speaking from?" "I am at present located at Litt': mer Castle, Yes, Dr. Dell is here. Doou want him?" "1Yshould think so," Stool ex- claimed, "Please toll hi.m at once that the man who was found here half dead—you know the man I mean—got up and dressed himself in the absence of the nurse and walked out of the hospital this morning. Since then he has not been seen or heard of. I have been looking up Bell everywhere. Will you tell him this at once? I'll go into your mat- ter afterwards. Don't be afraid; I'll tell the telephone people not to cut us off till I ring. Please go at once," The voice was urgent, not to say imperative, Chris dropped the re- ceiver into its space and crept into rho darkness in the direction of the terrace. (To be Continued.) - A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY. The man who bewails the Iack of a ohancc to make Money nood wall no longer. An opportunity now of- fers, as Pecksnifh might say, for a br'ig'ht, capable young man to lay the foundations of a forttn0. A mart writes to the New York Prose this exxtraordinary offer: "1 will. give $1.- 000 reward to anybody who will get up a drink that will testa as good coming Up as it dill going down,'? Johnny --"Grandma, I wish you'd gIvo me some cake," Mother W. ,Tolninyl Didn't I toll you not to ek your geencinla for cake?" ohnny-- t didn't rile for anything• M jest wishing," "„��,Rrq rf'�rb r'A ►�2i��.m�l.Y'ilz'�Zi. tlV1�e. ON Aid `1./ vll� a4at� Vd� G' AYgi:Y �d�l.!\Y IT PAYS TO SHELTER STOCK An ear hark of a good stockman is that he is kind, to his animals. Ono way to bo kind is to handle the gently without the use of a club or milk -stool; another is to give them plenty of wholesomefood and clean water; but there is still another way which seems to bo overlooked by some who would not think of using an animal roughly or underfeeding it, and this is igeoptng the animal warm writes a correspondent, - I am aware that stook is kept •in many placos in the west with little shelter but a strawstack, and that the 'winters aro nearly as severe as our own, and this is the argument usually advanced by those who neg- beet to give their animals proper shelter. They say little, however, abntet the condition of the rangers as compared with stock well housed and earod for. True, an adult steor or cow will probably manage to live out of doors the entire winter If it has plenty of feed, but who will say that the food consumed in keeping up the bodily heat would not have added many pounds of flesh or quarts of milk had the animal boon warmly housed, to say nothing of the added comfort to the animal— SMO, and the owner, 'boo, if he has tho love for Ids dumb creatures that ho should, Many experiments have boon con- ducted to determine the value of eholter and confinement for fatten- ing steers and milch cows. The data show that in all cases there generally results a saving of feed duo to shelter, though less pro- erounced in the case of fattening steers, which, in some trials, made fastbr gains when allowed 'freedom and partial shelter than 1011011 con- fined o- fined continuously, But with milk cows all recorded experimentsfavor a warm stable and little exposure. In a shelter test at the Indiana station six cows were divided into two lots as nearly' equal in all respects as possible., Ono lot was kept housed except fond a time on pleasant days. The other lot was turned into the yard ever Y morning and returned at night. There was a partial shelter in the yard. The trial lasted forty-eight' days, the exposed cows eating 512 pounds loss hay, 388 pounds more corn meal, and 888 pounds more bran than the housed lot. Despite the extra feed the exposed let shrank; thirty-three pounds in wei„ht, while those housed gained 231 pounds' and gave 161 pounds more milk. Reduced to a financial basis the above results are as follows: The Truth Plainly and Briefly Told Ceylon Toa is by far the purest and most delicious tea on the market. One trial will prove it. Sold only 'n sealed lead pack- ets. By all grocers. Received the highest award and gold medal at St. Louis. little bother, as they call it, would pay, and it would stop some Pram complaining that poultry doesn't pay• Wo have twelve White Leghorn pullets which cotturtonced to lay the first of September, and they have kept It up with a few exceptions, over since, Our Marred Rocks have not done so well, but for pullets they have done very well. PROFIT IN SWINE, A young, thrity, growing frog will turn grain into money quicker than any other kind of faun stock. b.%ery farmer who has not an axiom .e range for his hags should sow rye to give them a green winter feed Jlako Alp..'all the corncobs, burn them, and when in the form of bright coals, throw water on theist, thus making charcoal for the hogs, A little salt may be added. Try to goal your hogs regularly; never l.tto, especially, the evening meal. W aech the hogs closely to see if their ui- gostian is good, for if they are not healthy they will not thrive well. To get your hogs really for Marl, et they should be on full food 'of corn; but after they aro as fat ss they loan be without •detractio'.e from ' their comfort put them on the mar- ket at once, for they are unsafe to keep, because hogs fattened at the corm dint aro very tender and can- not stand any abuse or disease. The ;hogs rcpt for breeding purposes sltotdd novo%• be put on corn diet, but require feed that has mora bone arid muscle -producing quality. TOoco a few more goad brood sows; they wit t lv r t 0 o ob o the s P o bo t investment, on the farm before another year is gone. Don't waste good corn by feeding it to hogs in the mud. Yam hogs will be worth the extra cost of a feeding trough. Try keeping an account with your hogs; charge them with everything they eat and give them credit for everything they bring in, and you will be surprised to see how much better they dray than any other animal on the farm, All ]rinds of stock are a saibreo of profit ort a goad farm, And the farther thinks he can leave off stodk- growing is sure to find his mistake. Tile pasture must be utilised and fertility of the farm maintained. T THE RUN-DOWN HORSE. When horses are put into heave! work in 'spring after remaining idle all winter it is not to be wonclered at that in a large number of cases 1 animals become run down in flesh In the corn belt work is very severe during the first five or six weeks after the opening of spring, and a horseman is an expert who can do Me share every clay and keep his charges in good flesh. Say what we will abo'tt balameag the h'orse's ration, it yet remains a fact that in the corn belt most per -1 sans food corn and nothing elm but corn to their work horses. of this has been done and if severe .lalsors have worn down the flash of the horse, then we strongly advise a little change in the ration. Although bran is higher in price than corn, it makes a very fine supplement to feed to the work horse. Four or five quarts of warm bran mash fed in the evening will be found a de- cided aid to the teamster in his ef- fects tokeep his horses in good shape. If to this is added a single handful of oil meal two or three tines a week it will be found to have a very beneficial effect upon Saving; in cost of fedd .,.....,.:,,54.2:3 Value of extra milk 2,99 Value of 23e pounds at 21c......577 .Amount saved bysheltering g three cows forty-eight days $12.79 Although there is a possible source or error in the impossibility of get- ting two lots of cows exactly even, the rosette; are sutbotantiated by many similar experiments, and good clatt'ymon do no longer dispute the economy of a warm shelter with gourd ventilation and plenty of sun- light for the dairy cow. The stable Should, 1f possible, be kept between 40 and 65 'degrees winter and sutn- rnOr, There are many things that We can do to acid to the comfort of our cows during the cold winter mo nt:hs. If there are cracks or open places in the siding batten them up or put in new boards. See that the stable is properly ceilod inside. Ono thicic- ness of siding is not enough. There should be a dead air space. 11 a new stable is to bo constructed building paper should be used inside and out; it will keop out heat as well as cold. If the stable is old and not coiled try the building pap- er directly on the scuds. It is Cheap and will .make the stable touch warmer. Look to the door; it may have sagged, leaving a crack at the top or side. See tinat the sash fit closely and above alt that no panes of glass are out. A. few dol- lars' worth of material and a days work may change the temperature of your stable very materially and help to keep the corn crib and milk pail full. Then give plenty of bedding, wholesome food, and a clean place to eat It anrd your rest will be sweet and your labor not in vain, FEEDING FOR EGGS S . In regards to the problem for winter eggs: We feed almost every- thing the hens will eat writes Mr. C. L. Hogue. Wo supply them such green foods, which we 'creep before them at all times, as cabbages, tur- nips and potatoes, the latter we find to be 000 of the best. Of groins we feed wheat, nate, corn and sun- flower seeds. In the morning wo fend wheat; oats, wheat and corn in the aftern000n at about the hour of three. This gives them sufficient time to scratch and work around so as to get their 'bodies warm with exercise 'before roosting time. Thrco times during the tweed( the cook sono vegetable into which tee mix ground corn or Wheat, and this wo feed hot at might. In the past it was the habit to feed the mash in the morn- ing, but recent experience and inves- tigation proves that hens lay better when fed a hard grain in the morn- ing and the mash at night. Char- coal should be supplied, as it con- stituted one of the most important parts of the foedieg 'ration. It is rolished by the fowls, especially When incorporated into their mash, We have a neighbor whose hone eat up as rnuolt as do oars yob they are bsiyfrrg eggs from us at thirty cents per dozen. They gay thetlt is tan each bother to take ettro•of the hots in a proper ways NO they buy thirty dent eggs and wo soil them. New, brother farmers, which is the paying proposition, 'buylJng or soll- ing, whoa yoga halo hens just as COMMFIs ION' SCJ Right food=right medicine=right time= these three things are of the utmost import- ance to the con- sumptive. Right food and right medicine- these are contained in SC®l's [ll rISIO ofP pure cod-liver oil. Right time is at first signRight of disease. Riht time is now. Scott's Emulsion always helps, often cures. Ordinary food helps feed, Fresh air helps cure. Scott's Emulsion does both., 13egin early. g We'll send you a little to try if you 1111., goad as tho seller'? It scents that a Scott & Bonne: Tort}nio„ Oat,' digestion add seemingly upon assim- ilation, because Invariably a mix - tine of this character, and especial - i ly if it is fed Warm, moults in tho horse taking on 0 thrifty appearance even though he be thin. j Where one cares to go to a little ' extra trouble it 1s a must excellent practice to boil oats, barley or wheat and feed a 1010 gloom or twice a week. Rolled grain, if it is fed when warn. but 11011 hot, in conjunction with bran, makes not only a palatable ration, but 'ono that is very nutritious, and it is surprising what a help such a sup- plementary food will be to the hereon -Ian tvho is en•detvoeing to keep his charges in reasonably good PAYING THE CHURCH DEBT. Natives of Africa Assist in the Good Cause. 1 It is difficult at present, says al writer in the Loudon Times, to know by what name t0 describe the capi- tal of Uganda, which lies scattorud over several (distinct and well-defin- ed hills. The capital has always centered round rho king, and former- ki ly nb it wt0as nalrho 0 F custront forabode o each n nowa, * . u n' Its di Stout hill from tout upon which' his predecessor hod Lela court, The name of the present capital is Rant - pale, and hero a cathedral has re- cently been built. Mr. Borup, the engineer mi:.sionary who hos taught the fiaganda to make brinks, has in-' slructcd the young leen in carpal - tering and other handicrafts, and superintended this, their first build- ing operation on a Largo scale. The building of the cathedral in - voted a cuttsiee•able drain upon the resources of the church, and a largo debt remained to be paid. After the regular consecration service last ) u o the offertory was taken up to tweet this debt. A,plittio army of men ems emgduy ad, going to and fro with large bags and cloths. They returned to the chancel heavily laden. with etrfngs, of cowrie shells le -eines the more melee coinage introduced, with British rule. The English section; of the congre- i gation could not repress their smiles when the first chicken was solemnly ,1 carried up the aisle and deposited ree1 at thefoot of tho table, followed 0 o c, almost immediately by a couple of goats which showed a marked ob- jection to being dragged back n.nd'i removed by a side door, It then appeared that contribu Lions were fiowing ill, not only front' the congregation proper, but from'. the yet greater crowd which had '% failed to got admission. and throng- ed round tho building outside all o through the service. Load of for load of offerings carne in. through tine various doors, and many were the gifts in 1110,(1 Lbat dirt n t a n o npenrl MINUTES WORTH MONEY BANK RUNS STO'a PEA VERY CLEVERLY. A Few 'Minutes Delay might Have Changed the Tato of. an Empire. Tho old adage that "Tiro Is money” is often proved by instances of an extraordinary character—such as, for example, the case of the steamship "Tangier," which went ashore socn0What rtxenbly. Tito vessel wns %Sell insured, and about the time the ship was wrecked the insurance policy expired. The ques- tion of a minute of Greenwich time will decide, apparently, whether the insurance brokers will have to pay over an enormous sum to the own- ers of the vessel or not, It often happens that life insul•- ance policies aro not renewed at the proper time; and although a clear month is now allowed—gas an act of grace by a large nun -their of 1110 in- surance cnmmtnics, there are many cases on record in which heavily in- sured men have sent their premiums to the brad ofilee Just too late to prance, and, -to :Mance, havo havo had to sacrifice huge suns which have been deposited. Suclt a caro is almost impossible now -a -days, int view of tho improved and morn honest methods adopted by insurance companies. A "RUN" ON P1419 BANK, It is a ter'r'ible hnlefortune for a bank to have to cope tsith a "run," Word goes round that such -and -such a bank is in a bad way, and at onco there is a rush by depositors to withdraw their money. This experi- ence has been faced in many coun- tries, and it is an emergency in which the. heads recognize that min- utes are worth 'millions. Something has to be done to meet the detnaads of depositors or allay their worst fears, and all kinds of devices have been resorted to at ono time and another, t tr, Onn of the most remarkable in- stances recalls the fact that the bank manager saved tho desperate situation by coolness which can be described as extraordinary, under the circmnstances. Realizing that tho "run" would quick,y break flu bank unless some- thing was dorso, and that speedily, he temporarily turned all the offices in the building into reception -rooms, and promised everybody settlement on tho spot. SAVED .11Y A RUSl1, Whilst depositoes were being pleas- antly entertained, money was bor- rowed from another hank In the neighbnrinood, and as soon as money was forthcoming the depos,t.0•1 bo- came more at ease. In the course or a few hours tho position was saved. Another hank manager copal with n Similar contingency by having nags of money loaded into a van at the rear of rho bank premises, then ]riven round to the front, and del- ivered o iv r e od in full view of the011x' r depositors. For horn's the cl were busy handing money out of the back of the bank and taking it n at the front, so many being en- gaged upon tihis task that only a very few clerks aero available to abtoncl to those making a "run" on the bank. The sight of so notch Roney being taken intothe premis- s allayed all anxiety in the course 1 a few hours, and tho "run" came. n an encl. AN EMPIRE IN THE BALANCE. Mon who have attempted to 'corse•" some of the world's com- modities know to their cost that a minute's delay sometimes entails ruination of the best -laid schemes. The last attempt to niako a corn- er in the nnaeket—a scheme involving Many ntililons—failecl through tho delay of a telegram for a few minutes, in warfare 1110).1 important issues than can be estimated in money value aro decided by the saving of minutes. There is, perhaps, no bet- ter example than Waterloo, where thio opportune nrrivel on the scene of .conflict cif Britain's ally docirlecl within. Others arrived - too Into for tho occasion, and the collection went oe growing fur days after- ward. The result more than wiped off the deficit in church fonds, Less than thirty years ego Stan- ley gave to the King of Uganda his first instruction in the truths of Chrlstiaui.ty. He lived to see a ttnIly marvelous change effected by the preaching of the gospel, "caw THERE!" If we may judge by, its effects on those who obey Its command, our Napoleon's fate: •A few minutes' de- an motto—"Cot-1s not lay, hit the o urian of wean, e— th ekog or ennobling brutalising. ono. On notably the Glorammn Lmplot-would aha contrary, it is brnttilising: It appeals to the lower and not the higher insticts in man. Yet this motto is quoted all over our land, 1t is demoralising the law, it is creeping into the pulpit; it speaks from our strhools; it loolc5 out or the oyes of the ambitious; it undermines health; and it frequently destroys all nobility of character, The old-fashioned, slow and suro methods of attaining a competency aro tabooed, The man who spends half a lifetime int making a fortune is regarded as "slow," Short-cut processes, at any cost, are the de- mand of the hour. From the time a boy enters soltool he is goaded on by unnatural ambitions. Iie is not satisfied with steady, permanent growth. He must progress by !Daps and bounds. Boys and girl's aro en- couraged by their parents to got ahead of 'their classes, oven if they must 'burn midnight oil .•and risk their health in order to 'do it. The life of the aVetago man is feverish, unhealthy, and unnatural. Wo aro in too groat haste with everything, and, consequently, lack' paiee. - In tho perpetual rush to get there" we are in very great danger of losing our equilibrium. . IT'S CHEAP TO BE HAPPY, It is just as cheap to bo happy As it is, as it in to be sad, Then why don't you alt be cheerful, And all go about and bo glad? It ie feet ae cheap to be pleasant Aa it is, lig it la 40 be cross, And IVO batter ilo dream of the future Than weep o'er the ]seat 01114 its does, It Is juet as cheap to bo joyhcl, Ae it Ie, ea it 15 to be blue;, Ilion enttio as you journey forward, Asad tato world will sato bacic at you, have probably vomited in Napoleon gaining the day. This would have meant a war indemnity of many more millions than ono cares bo es- timate. 4 NATURAT., f1 As IN (ENGLAND. While boring for water at Calvert, a village near Aylesbury, a Moder of natural gas was tapped, which is- sued at a pressure of about 48 ]bs, per square inch. The precaution was taken to rethuce the size of the out- let pipe from 7 arches to 11- inches, and then, in order to prevent the fumes spreading about the adjoining worlcs, the gas was ignited, No groat was thio velocity with which the gas rushed up the drill that the flames stood 15 inches above the surface pipe and rose several foot in the air, presenting an extraordin- ary spectacle, CANCER NOT INOBEASTNTrl. The annual report of the Carron. Research 'Fund Wan receitbly sirburlt- ted in London. From this it ape "' pears that rho disease Is not, as hes .4^I somotiinee been assorted, o in oduict z. of civilized life .11 pervades the whole world, civilized and imclvilir.- ed alilce..11 affects animals ate well as human beings, and fiche am not immuno to it. But it is not l,ifr.e- %foes and not transmissible, from ono species to another. It is not et- trlbutable to e, parasite and i -s not increasing. The experiments of the past year have not shown OM re... diem exercises a enslave oSort, "Well," said kit', tlhttior, angrily, to his Wife; "there isn't a person ld this world who regrets befog moo,. )soled more than I Ila.-' . "Ben'% he too enure of that, tilt you near my ojsinien Ott the tltic41on;"