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CHAPTER XXL
eCaptain Forrester's narrative con-
tinued.)
The horror of hearing that Aline
was ill and that 'Zavertal had been
called fn to attend her left me for a
minute stunned . and helpless, but
the shutting and locking of the sur-
gery door, followed by the sound of
a receding footstep, roused mo to
action. The doctor was already
starting to visit his patient.
I sprang to the door of my cabin,
only to find it locked but one of
the sailors on guard opened it in
answer to my appeal, standing in
the entrance so as to block all pos-
sible exit. From behind him the
black -bearded face of his mate peered
at me, and I saw that two of the
most powerful seamen in the crew
had been selected for the post of,
inter to their late Captain. To
make a rush for freedom could only
end in discomfiture,
"See hero, my men there's a
hundred pounds apiece for you if
you'll just forget to mind that door-
way
fora minute," I said, "and I
will guarantee that you .shall never
know what it is to want a good
berth again."
The foremost man made a wry
face and gave a sea -scrape. "Very
sorry, Captain," he said. "We might
think of it, if so be it was going
to do you any good. But what 'ud
be the use on it ? You'd bo collared
and brought back afore you'd got
half the length of the ship."
There was a good deal of rude
sense in his way of looking at it.
But I felt that at all hazards I must
warn Mrs. Brinkworth against al-
lowing Zavertal access to Aline, and
accordingly altered my tactics.
"Would you take a note for me—
to one of the lady passengers ?" I
asked,
The man turned to whisper to his
mate, but before they had come to
any conclusion Kennard pushed his
way past them into the cabin, and,
in his character of a privileged
visitor, shut the door in their faces.
"It's all right," he said, seeing
that I was about to fire up again.
e'You ought to have trusted me
sufficiently, Forrester, to know that
I was only kidding when I was here
an hour ago. There was a very
good reason. Zavertal was watching
us, and listening to every wordthat
passed, from the surgery—just as I
believe he took stock of you in
Nathan's office through the Black
Sea chart on the day they engaged
you. X am not in the habit of sell-
ing my friends."
"You do well to blame me," I
said, overjoyed at the discovery of
my mistake, "but you must remem-
ber what tortures of suspense I am
undergoing, and forgive me. Why
even now that villain has gone be-
low to his deadly work."
"It is of that that I come to tell
you," he said. "Miss r hallenor is a
brave and willing patient in his
hands, with a full knowledge of his
designs." And he went on to de-
scribe the trap that he and Mrs.
Brinkworth had laid, and to erne
me that nothing would pass Alme's
lips that could possibly harm her.
"All I want is to get a sample of
the doctor's medicine for analysis,
and then my case against him and
Vizard will be complete," he said.
"I am a fairly good chemist, and
as soon as my tests have found
poison I shall go to McIntyre and
lay the facts before him. Unless he
Waste to risk being tried as an ac-
cessory he will have those two raft
under lock and key, and start horse
with them without more ado. And
now what really happened on the
Miranda ? So far X only have Viz-
ard's version, you know."
I shortly recounted what had be-
fallen since parting with him at
Pisa, not forgetting to mention Viz-
ard's triumphant assertion that he,
Kennard, had been killed by him at
Leghorn. He listened intently to
the end, and then said :
"He loft the Miranda in the com-
pany of the Italian engineer, you
say. He was alone in the boat when
if ho haci two murders to account
for during the last three days. He
must have taken a short way of
destroying evidence, I think, too, X
can explain his supposition that he
had done for mo. After changing
back into my Waldo getup X gave
the clothes in which he saw me 1n
the train to a loafer on the beach,
The poor beggar must have put them
on and paid for them with Ms life.
I chose him for the gift because he
was about my height and build. But
hush I—not a word—there is Zaver-
tal back at the surgery,"
The sound of the next door being
unlocked, opened, and relocked roach -
ed us, and at the same moment Ken-
nard
ennard glided across the cabin to rho
partition -wall. Running his hand
deftly over the panelling, he stopped
at a piece of carved fretwork over
the washstand, examined it closely,
and then taking a penknife from his
pocket gently inserted the blade in
one of the holes, to which at the
same time he applied his eye.
After a long gaze, apparently into
the thickness of the partition, he
turned, and with a finger on hie
lips, beckoned mo to join him. Still
keeping his knife in the hole, he
motioned me to place my eye where
his had been, and I immediately saw
that the ornament simply covered an
aperture into the surgery. its func-
tion being concealed from any oc-
cupant of my cabin by a piece of
cloth, the color of the panels, which
Kennard had raised slightly with
bis knife. Zavertal was standing at
the dispensary shelf, with leis back
to us, manipulating the bottles.
Kennard only allowed me a peep,
and then drawing me aside resumed
bis place at the' hole—watching in
tontly for fully five minutes. At the
end of that time he suddenly with-
drew the knife, allowing the cloth
veil to fall into position, and re-
mained perfectly still. Listening
breathlessly, wo heard Zavertal move
across the surgery and go out, tak-
ing his usual precaution of locking
the door behind him. His footsteps
died away in the direction of the
companion -stairs,
"He has gone below with the medi-
cine," said Kennard, "but he. will
not incur suspicion by personally ad-
ministering it. Should he try to do
so, Mrs, Brinkworth has her in-
structions and is quite equal to the
occasion."
"Aline—Miss Challenor—is not still
feigning unconsciousness '1" I asked,
for the idea of my sweet girl being
subjected to all this was horrible to
me.
"Oh, dear, no," replied Kennard ;
"that would have been trying her
too high. She partially 'recovered'
before Zaver'tal's first visit, but she
cleverly managed to look quite ill
enough for the purpose."
"Does she know that I am on
board ?"
"Yes, the news of your being
picked up furnished an excellent
excuse for the faint," said ICen
nerd. "I havo no doubt that Za-
vertal, having an opportunity ready
made
for him will reverse his intend-
ed programme and devote his devil-
ish cunning to her case before tak-
ing on Lord Darranmore's—and
yours, which he most certainly
moans shall follow. Tho villains will
never rest till you are as dead as I
am supposed to be ; for then, with
the exception of the man Dicey, they
would be free, or believe themselves
to be free, from all sources of ac-
cusation."
"They will probably settle Dicey
too," said I, thinking of the disap-
pearance of the Miranda's engineer.
"That is quite on the cards," re-
plied Kennard, "and I am keeping
an anxious watch for his return to
sense. The delirium is already abat-
ing, and as soon as possible I shall
try and frighten him into rounding
on his employers. Now that Zaver-
tal believes, from his observation
through that fretwork, that 'Staido'
is obnoxious to you, I can come and
go anywhere on the ship without in-
curring suspicion. After what pass-
jim Dumps found Mrs. Dumps
distressed
About an unexpected guest.
"There's nothing in the house
to eat I"
"There's something better far
than meat."
The guest endorsed Jim's view
with vim
When helped to "Forte" by
"Sunny Jim."
The ibandetteeerva LIMB
ready for
any emerjency.
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ed this morning, though, X must not
negatiwo that impression by visiting
You too frequently. Ilxpect eno when
X have definite
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meanwhile don't be afraid
of your
food, They won't have two 'cases'
on hand et once."
Gripping me by the hand, which
was more than X deserved after my
mistrust, ho slipped out of the cabin,
u
and 1 was left alone to my tit o ght$.
brighter than
They were Urrg r far any I
had had for days for though anxiety
would last till those two fiends were
openly moused, 1 could not help feel-
ing confident that Kennard would
beat them now. And yet, so long as
there remained the possibility of d
hitch in the arrangements—of some
devilish trickery which should baffle
Tsars. Brinkworth's watchfulness and
the detective's foresight—my mind
could not be but in a turmoil of
impatience and dread.
After a mid-day meal, which was
served to me, as my breakfast had
been, by one of the doorkeepers, I
fell asleep, utterly wearied and worn
out by the experience of the pre-
vious night, For some time my
brain enjoyed a respite of complete
oblivion, but after a while I began
to dream, and a vision of strange
scenery and fantastic shapes formed
before my sightless eyes.
Gradually, net of the blackness,
there grew the outline of a gigantic
precipice running sheer down to a
boiling sea studded with jagged fangs
of rock. On the top of the cii1T, bunt
inland by the force of a thousand
gales, stood a solitary fir tree, and
a -few feet from its base two men
were locked together in deadly strug-
gle, their bodies swaying hither and
thither on the brink of the abyss.
As the vision grew clearer, I saw
that round the tree -trunk" was made
fast a rope, one end of which
dangled fifty feet down the side of
the cliff, supporting the form of a
woman. All at once a blood -red
moon appeared in the sky and shed
a lurid light on the struggling men,
showing mo the faces of Zavertal
and Kennard, Even as I looked,
Zavertal seemed to prevail. and
shaking Kennard free hurled him
over the precipice, Then, as he
sprang, knife. in hand, towards the
straining rope, I recognized in the
dangling figure—Aline.
I awoke, with a cry of horror on
my lips, to find McIntyre standing
over me, a gravely sympathetic ex-
pression on his rugged Scotch face.
"I roused you too roughly," he
said in a kindly tone. "I'm not
thinking that you bear malice over
this affair, so I just looked in to
do you a turn unbelcnown to any-
body. You have, maphap, heard
that the young lady, Miss Ohallenor,
is ill ?"
McIntyre was right in supposing
that I felt no resentment against
him for his involuntary usurpation.
And ho was ten years older than my-
self, a married man and the father
of a family, so that I could accept
from him as friendly interest what
X might have regarded as an im-
impertinent suggestion from an-
other.
"Yes," I replied ; "I have heard of
it. Is she worse ?"
"It's just. that that brings mei"
he said with increased solemnity.
"Every one on the ship knows you
were sweethearts, and I was think-
ing it's not fair for you not to
see her, and she so sick. So come
along with me- and I'll take you to
her."
Greatly agitated I rose to follow
him, - though as the good fellow was
clearly acting on his own respon.
sibility and in ignorance of the ruse
that was being played. I could not
believe that there was real cause,
for alarm. Still, tho awful chance
that vigilance had been eluded by
professional cunning was over pre-
sent, and as X passed out of the
cabin with my conductor I :braced
myself for what in any case must be
an ordeal.
That McIntyre was not yet in
ICennard's confidence, and still
thought me mad, was proved by
the fact that tho two seamen fol-
lowed us at a respectful distance,
doubtless by his instructions. There
were no passengers about, and the
clock on the companion -stairs fur-
nished tho reason by proclaiming
that it was the saloon dinner -hour.
At the foot of the stairs we turned
aft into the corridor, and hero again
there was no one to bo seen. Only
from tho open door of Number 17
state -room came the sound 01 a
woman's weeping.
"I fear she is worse," said Mc-
Intyre, hastening his steps.
But tho sound of crying was too
much for me, and springing past
hint I rushed to the state -room door.
Aline lay in her berth, her features
serenely calm in waxen whitonoss,
while Mrs. Brinkworth was en-
deavoring hysterically to prevent
Zavertal from approaching the bed.
"You shall not touch her," she
cried frantically. "My darling girl is
dead, and no hands but ming shall
tend her, Go away, X say, and
leave me to close her eyes,"
"It is usual for the doctor to
verify a decease, but I can see that
there is no room for doubt in this
case," Zavortal replied. "1 leave
you, madam, with my deepest sym-
pathy,"
Then he turned to come away, and
saw me, Itis hand went to his
breast pocket, but. X was too quick
for hire, and clutching his collar X
dragged him from that sacred pre-
sence, to pin him by the throat to
the corridor wall outside with fin-
gers keen to strangle. As I gazed
into his fast -purpling face, all the
agony of knowing that ho had pre-
vailed broke from me in tho ono
hissed Word—"Murderer."
(To he continued.)
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IIUI'FALO GRM11 MARKETS.
Buffalo, June 10, — Meer
Steady. Wheat—Spring dull; No, 1
bard, Hoc; No. 1 northern, 86e win-
ter dull and easy; No, 2 white 8a1o;
efo 2 red 81c. Corn -Firm No,
2 yellow, 520; No, 8 ern, 51e.
Oats.—Steady; 1'o, 8 white, Stec;
Myo—No, 1 in Store, 550, Canal
freights steady.
HANDLING THE ITAY CROP,
1
As to MIT retired of larvesthl
g,
wo use a six-foot mower arrd 10t -
foot self dump sulky rake, writes
Mr. L. F. Maxey. We out hay and
allow it to lie until thoroughly ow-
ed es well underneath as on top,
We always want timothy or tirnotllty
and clover mixed, to cure thorough-
ly, oven at the risk of having a rain
upon it, The reason for our Cate
as to curring so thoroughly is that
several years ago wo had a barn
containing 50 tons of timothy hay
been and are certain that it was
from spontaneous cornbusion. Also
a stacks of clover hay when opened
at another time was found to be
charred in the center within 2 or 8
feet of the sides all around and
the top. Air would have caused
combustion, but access to air was, I
think, prevented by the heavy board
cover which came well down upon
the sides.
We make it a rule to cut timothy
hay when the bloom has just about
disappeared. Sometimes we begin
just before if we are ready and efT-
cumstanees are favorable. Wo cut
clover when the top or bottom up-
on the main stem is brown and the
laterals of branches aro in full
bloom. With mixed clover and bine
othy we cut to favor whichever one
predominates in the meadow, •
Curing of clover is ono of the
most delicate operations upon the
farm, as weather must be right to
secure the most satisfactory quality
of fray. 'DM ground should be dry
and the day sunny. Then, when
there is no dew or external moisture
the hay is ready to avow. As soon
after cutting its the leaves are dry,
or as soon as the breathing pores
of the loaf structure have Veen de-
stroyed by the sun's rays, so that
the loaves no longer give oft the
moisture contained in the plant, the
hay can bo safely stored. Wo do
not use a tedder, bht I believe that
it is almost a necessity in a heavy
crop of clover, if it is all to bo
cured out at once. Of course, those
are ideal conditions and cannot of-
ten bo found, but taking chis plan
as a general rule and varying ac-
cording to circumstances of wea-
ther, and those other incidents
Which many times appear unfore-
seen, a good quality of clover hay
may be made under most circum-
stances.
Wo put up 75 to 150 acres of hay
each season, depending upon cir-
cumsta:nces. About ono -half of our
land is in good grass at all times.
We keep it in grass if we can from
three to six years and pasture as
much as wo can conveniently do so.
When plowed again we raise corn
not longer than it has been in grass.
If clover is a good stand when seed-
ed with oats, it is allowed to re-
maini, and perhaps used as a hay
crop. If only a partial stand is se-
cured, we sow timothy updn the oat
stubble in September and the two
sowings usually make a stand suf-
ticient either for pasture or hay the
following season.
We really like this way of sowing
land to grass, generally speaking,
and under most circumstances. Wo
try to provide, sheds or other shel-
ter for our hay. If it must be
stacked, we leave it outsilde, hut
just as soon tee it is' cured sufficient-
ly, which is only four to six weeks
at the longest, we bale enough out
of the shed to ma,ko room for what
was stacked and what was formerly
loose in the shed, We always try
to do this work before hay is darn -
aged.
ohicics, bout they do not glee as
ratans a the i bubator end
good esu s rt
brooders. Several chicks have been
Picked to death U
Yhenar
which nev-
er occurs with the broader. If the
1aro kept i a
able cs Pt rl a smc 1l
yard until a week ten
days old, or until able to
hop over a 0 -inch foruco, there is
no Munger of their straying about
anti getting lost, When the chicks
aro ablq to go without cony artificial
Is akar o'ut of the
taken heat, the iA.00det
house, roots are put in and they aro
kept there until placed in the laying
houses in the fall,
STooK FBrD•INaG:
Those ,,'ilio are considered authori-
ties on stock feeding repudiate feed. -
ding by rule, The feeder Must give
personal attention to the feeding
manger and the eteineel feeding from
it, and should also keep an oye open
for the pro¢i.t side of the feeding.
The balanced ration, important as
it is, loses its valeta when it costa
more than it rotor:ie. Tho feeder
who secures nraricod success from his
work has a keen pyo to note the
resents from his feeding, anti takes
those results as a guide to his ra-
tions. Dr. Jordan well says that
"it is doubtless true that feeding
stnndands have prompted progress
in the feeding of animals but on the
other ltanld we have shdered more
or less from unwise standards, and
have at times held exaggerated es-
timates of the economic importance
of the nutritive ration," Thies here,
as in every other farm operation,
the mane in charge is called upon to
exorcise intelligent attention to the
charge in hand.
EXERCISE AND CULTURE.
Gardening) is One of The Best
Pursuits.
Fresh air, sunshine, and exercise
will save many a doctor's bill. If
only they can be utilized in a way
to inform and develop the mind!
This very desirable result can be se-
cured in the pursuit of gardening, -
according to the London Telegraph.
How it is to be done the writer sug-
gests in the following:
"It has been wisely said that gar•
dening is one of the best pursuits to
follow for mental culture. It should
bo a gardener's study to grow the
choicest flowers and the finest vege-
tables, and the successes ho scores af-
ford him the greatest amount of
pleasure. The garden is one of the
bust places in which to develop bond
and muscle. Let a man take a
spade and try, or a lady a boo or
rake, and it will not be long ere
every muscle finds full exercise. It
may tiro at first, but this feeling
soon goos off. I should always dis-
courage any one from taking to
gardening unless he finds in himself
a peculiar taste and fitness for the
pursuit, and is not afraid of hard
work or of meeting disappointments
with good grace. Without some
sharp of natural aptitude and taste
all the romance and picturesqueness
of the profession will bo lost. It
is all very well to be among flowers
and know a plant es a rose, but it
should be a pleasure to delve deeper
than this, and find out the name of
the variety, the species that produc-
ed it, or who originated it, and
what improvements have been intro-
duced. The possession of such
knowledge is interesting, and is one
of the greatest pleasures in garden-
ing, but to gain this easily there
must be love for the study. No
forcing or training can otherwise
ever make a man anything more
than ono of those muddlers who can
do only as they are told."
FEEDING CHICKS.
The fad among poultrymen at the
present time is the dry system of
feeding. It is not a now thing, as
many suppose, but has been prac-
ticed from time immemorial. The
use of a mash has been advocated
so long that poultry keepers have
come to believe a departure from
the use of it is something new.
Thore is likely to bo as meth' dan-
ger in going to one extrema with
the dry food system as to tireother
in using a numb, says Mr. E. 01,
Powell.
In feeding growing chicks, a com-
bination of the two systems gives
the most satisfactory results. My
own plan is to feed the newly
hatched younsters five to six times
a day a mixture of chopped hard
boiled eggs anti dry bread runt
through a meat chopper. Tho sec-
ond or third day pinhead oatmeal is
gradually substituted for the bread,
the amount of egg lessened, and one
or two feeds a day given of some
cooked material. Some of the pre-
pared dry chick feeds, Which aro
made of cracked grains, milled and
other small sends, are given once or
twice a day, 11185 at the end of the
week the chicks get dnly chicken
food and a cake made as follows:
Equal parts by weigiht of corn
meal, ground oats and tvuheat mid-
dlings are mixed up with water, to
which is added a little vinegar. A
small amount of animal meal and
saleratus is mixed with the feed be-
fore rho water is added, Tide Is
baked hard and crumbed at time of
°roding,
Tho above feed is given until the
chicks aro five to six weelia old, when
the chicken fend is dropped and
cracked COM artid wheat substitu!tod,
Then in place Of the baked food is
given Ilio regular mash, which the
older fowls receive once a day, The
clucks have froo range, eo that it fa
utt,neoessary to feed any green fold.
They also pick up realm bugs tend
Weeds Shout the orchard and plow-
ed fields, Water is keptind,'fnking
fountains inside their heloses, wh!ore
it Is Uharled from the sun, and fahloy
are likewise fed in tho Itauso for the
fleet few Weeks.
108e individual brooder hoaxes 5
le7 feel; in slzo, in which is placed a
broadax that will accommodate, 100
chicks, but I dim to keep not livor
50 or 60 In a licafel , 1 axe also
usina hone fox sitting and brooding
•
RAILWAY JUGGERNAUT.
Every day in the week, year in
and year out, forty-two railway
employes aro 1c111ed or injured. That,
works out at tho rate of nearly two
por hour.. According to the returns
furnished by the railway companies
to the Britidh Board of Trade, 150,
000 railway employes are killed or
injured in Great Britain every • ten
years.
As some drivers of rho Royal Ar-
tillery wore at riding -drill one day,
one of the drivers' horses bolted
with him and was making his way
towards the stables when an effacor
nuet thein, "Where are you going?"
inquired the Officer."I don't know,
sir!" shouted the driver, as he flow
past. "Ask the itorsol"
emmeeereessea
8,000,000 SOVEREIGN'S,,
Output of Britain's Mint and How
It is Cared For.
The average 's butfai l
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familiar with the delicate process of
testing through which every coin
of the realm, has to pees in the
course of its existence, and which
forms one of the most interesting.
ceremonies in Connection with 0uA
coinage,
says London Tit -Bits.
These tests aro necessary not only
to insure every coin minted being
up to the standard; but in order
that the nation shall not bo putt to
considerable cost by the lade of
suflfoiont alloy in the money it
spends, The mint turns out but 8,-
000,000 sovereigns a year, so it'
will be seen that if a superabund-
ance of gold woro mod (oven if it
amounted to only a few grains in
each sovereign) it would entail 0
loss of several thousands annually,
Again, when a sovereign has depre-
ciated 25. in value ie has to be re-
called.
In addition to the very critical
tests to which every coin is sub-
jected before leaving the mint, an
examination of the coinage le held,
usually in July, every year by a
number of exports front the Gold-
smiths' Company, who thus check
the work of the officials at the
mint,
After having been struck a coin is
first weighed in an automatic hal-
ance which weighs twentyrthree
pieces per minute, and which is cap-
able of detecting a flaw down to
the smallest fraction of a grain.
This process over, the ooin is passed
on to the "ringer," which individual
spends his days in simply ringing
new money, to discover such coins
as may be rendered dumb by an air
bubble in the metal. An export
"ringer" will sound 50,000 pieces a
day, and, naturally, his hearing must
bo without blemisn.
Coins which have passed this tept
might bo considered accurate, but
the "pyx meeting," which has been
held annually by the Goldsmiths'
Company sines 1870, reduces the
chances of faulty coins being placed
in circulation to a minimum. Such
money as is to be submitted to this
further test is selected at random
from that which has been handed
over to the Bank of England by
the mint, and is kept locked and
sealed in a largo, iron -bound chest
until the assembly of the meeting,
It is then first tested by weighing,
and a record is kept of every coin.
so treated, after which it is assayed
to make certain that the proper pro-
portions of gold or silver and alloy
have been used, and, finally, sono
of the money is melted down and
tho component parts aro again
checked.
In this way every coin of the
realm is bound to be up to the
standard, but in circulation it de-
preciates in value very quickly. Tho
silver coins do so to a greater ex-
tent than either gold or bronze, es-
pecially sixpences, which rarely
stand more than twenty years' hard
wear.
Coins to the face value of nearly
two millions sterling aro withdrawn
from circulation every year to be
remelted, the actual loss on silver
money being nearly £88,000. So the
officials, besides testing the coins
which leave the mint, have to be
ever on the alert to detect deprecia-
tion. Not only the gold and silver
coinage, but the bronze, must be
equally well -looked after, oven down.
to the half farthing or "double,"
which circulates in the channel is-
lands alone,
v To prone to you theb Dr.
Chase's Ointment la a certain
and
eabsolute eormouro ffor cock
very Pitching,
bleedingand protrudinpiles,
the manufacturers -have guaranteed it. Bootee
timonials in the daily pros, and ask your neigh•
bora what they think quit You con use it and
gob your money back Snot mired. rho s box, at
nil dealers or EDMANEON,BATzs & Co.,Toroato,
Dr. Chas& s Ointment
BREAD MADE WITH SEA -WATER.
An English baker is doing a largo
business in broad made with sea-
water. It has a strong saline taste,
but is very palatable. Local dys-
peptics declare that it is the only
bread they, can eat with any com-
fort.
A single one of the large London
hospitals spent £125 last year upon
ten tons of linseed meal for making
poultices.
semenetteelememmassell
the, �. ' ; elkPin 1n
Hips an Spine.
Creat Buffering and Lon of Weight—Doctors Could Not Heip lair -a
A Splendid Tribute to
DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY LIVER PILLS
When you read such letters as the
tollowing from wall -known and high-
ly respected' people in all, parts of
the country you need no longer won-
derw ley the sale of Dr. Chase's Kid-
ney Livor Pills is so far in advance
'of any similar remedy. When the
people find out the virtue of this
great medicine they ten their neigh-
bors about it, and so the good news
;spreads.Ta.
NIr, mes Clark, Consecon, Prince
'Edward Co., Ont., states: "Eleven
Years ago X was taken with pains in
my back, settling in my hipe and
extending up my spino. The pain
was very Severe, and at times al»
most unendurable, and many dame
I was not able to do an hour el
Work. My weight was reduced from
190 to 100 pounds, and though I
had consulted many flret-class phy-
sielene and tried several advertised
nocitelnert, I Could get o relief.
"Atd One tettirbtW l aw
told me to try Dr. Chase's Kidney -
Liver Pills, and said ho know they,
would cure me, X secured a box, and
great was my surprise: when I began
to feel bettor after using only the
one box, I continued their use un*
to X had taken about four boxes,
whiolt made me a sound loan, and I
also regained my usual Weight, 100
pounds, X cannot say too mulch irl
fever of Dr, Chase's Kidney -Livor
Pills, which have done so much for
mo. 1 have recommended them to a
number of my friends, and have nev-
er stet with, ono ease where they did
not moot with good . success. ]sly
daughter, Mrs. (ihas. Philips, has
also boon cured of a severe stomach
trouble by tho use of these pills."
Dr. Qhaeo's Kidney -Liter 1'Ills, one
pill a dose, 25 cents a box, 5 boxes
for $1,00, At all dejilots, 9i Bid-
meere051 Bates dt Co.., oi'gnto, t:
protect you agA,ileat in411La,kns rho
portrait and signature of Dr. A. 'fir#
Chase, the famous receipt book ail•
010003 pori eery box of two roomdt. n •
EDISON ,AND MARoozrx,
Wizard Joins Hands With the Fa-
tali n,
Molls
a.
o I
"9lhe conamereial utility of Wire-
less telegraphy is an mewed faot.
It will take time to adjuet it to the
every day needs of the world, but
rho ultirn18to result 18 a foregone
concinusion,"
Edison
In those oso words Thomas A,
ith future
roes s his confidence in the axil o ono
of wireless tolograp'hy,
"I helve made an alliance with Mr.
Marconi," said the .great inventor,
"solely because 1 believe in wire.
less telegraphy and ate satisfied of
its destiny, There is not a shaadow,
of doubt in my mind that in a short;
Limo wireless telegraphy will stand
at the top of the list of practical
utilities."
"Now long a time will be required
to perfect the system?" was asked.
"Oh, 1 cannot fix a tanto limit in
our preparatory work," ledison re-
plfed. 'I know how slcoptical the
pub'lie feels and I would have every-
body understand that every great in-
vention moves slowly in its prelimin-
ary stage, Why, take the electric
Motor, for example, now that the
car is a recognized emcees. You
will hardly credit the fact that it
took mo years to awaken interest in
it, After the mechanical di'liculties
had been conquered, railroad men
took three years to develop any in-
terest in it. The same is true of al-
most every new thing that marks a
rtudical departure faun old ideas,
old faiths,"
Y13AR OF HARD WORK.
Asked to make a prediction as to
the length of time that must elapse
before the wireless telegraph will be
ready for business in the full sense
of the term, Edison smiled grimly,
and answered:
"X am not in the prediction busi-
noat4, Nevertheless, X will say thee
one year of hard work will probab-
ly put wireless telegraphy in com-
plete commercial harness. Mind
you, I do not fix a time—I merely
guess at ft,
"Progress will bo far more rapid
now," ho hurried on with growing
animation. "The public must under-
stand that up to this time Marconi
has had all the work upon his own
shoulders. Ills presence was vital-
ly essential at every point, Nothing
could be done anywhere save tinder
his personal direction, But ,hero
will be a division of labor hereafter.
For years I have been working close
to 18 hours a day, but I have seine -
how got to increase the pressure.
Now that I have gone into Mar-
co:ni's company as one of the tech-
nical directors. I shall do my full
share of the work. I havo some in-
ventions, or rather sone Ideas,
which may ho successfully applied to
wireless telegraphy. No, no; I re-
ally cannot discuss the technical de-
tail at this time,"
BUSINESS FOR ALL.
"What about the cable and tele-
graph companies?" was asked. "Will
wireless telegraphy, when perfected,
Piot them out of business?"
'X am glad that you put that
question," came the reply, with an
emphasis not used before during the
interview. "Now I know somo-
thingabout the effect of new inven-
tions upon old methods, and X un-
hositatingly denounce this idea as
absued, Tho prru:tfcal operation of
wireless telegraphy will not ruin the
old wire companies. It will' prob-
ably not hurt then, at all. There cis
more than enough business for all;
patrons enough to keep wins and
air' waves alike in high pressure ac-
tivity,"
LORD ZITCHENER'S ISLAND.
Beautiful. Spot Near the First
Cataract of the Nile,
Is Lord Kitchener to turn Crusoo?
The means for his doing so, should
he desire, are available. Ho is the
possessor of one of the loveliest lit-
tle islands that .surfing from tho
surface of the Nilo. In that stretch
Of the great river which sweeps past
Assouan aro two islands. The larger
of these is the Island Elephantine,
reaching along, approximately, the
center of the river. Beyond, stretch-
ing away toward the western shore,
is an island which few will observe
as such, Not out in a thousand sus-
pects that this is the island home
of Lord. Kitchener.
Tho island forin9 an ideal spot in
which to build oneself a retreat far
from the madding crowd, Thirteen
acres of paradise, where every
prospect pleases, and whore wars
and rumors of wars cannot enter,
nor the tiresome continue to trouble.
A pilo of ccelossal granito bowidors
:forms tho uperiver extremity of tho
island. From here the view is from
the first cataract, with Philo() be-
yond, one of the fairest scones the
Nilo a'tfords, The luxuriant palms of
Elephantine shut out all possibility
of prying eyes from Assoiran. Blast
and west there arises steeply the
mountain that confines the river and
fotins the cataract.
Tho northern half is a, gorgeous
Picture of pomegranates,, oranQe% ,
citron, oloandors,' roses and ovary
conceivable growth of beauty, and..
sweet scent, flowering shrubs and
rich fruit treea that flourishin this
perfect climate.
In the center of .the isltend is an
arbor enveloped in a riot, of the
pale blue blooms of it ,magnificent
convolvulus. Mere stands a Greek
pedestal of chaste and exquisite de -
sigh. It tells a tale of a distant
past, for it was Nand buried deep
down in the soil overturned for tyro
work that was in hand.
A large portion of a center of the
island is devoted to the growth of
vegetables, hero aro peas, Froncli
beans, lettuce, egg plants and.
other such welcome foods, all of
Which. fled a ready market in the
luxurious hotels of Assoiran, This
portion et the estate is not the
least carefully cultivated, Nothing
is loft to chance.
Eight Br'itish inlllionateee died
last year, The oombinod wealth wait
D10,57i,255, The richest of titan
Wee rho i\!fargr1e at Beta,, who lofte
4.1,s0,216,.