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CHAPTER XXI=I,.
After Zavertal had been safely
stowed under look and key, a coun-
cil of war was held between Ken-
nard, McIntyre, and myself, and re-
sulted In a decision to run for
Naples, and report all the airman -
stances at the Consulate.
It was necessary that the authori-
ties at home should bo apprised of
allot had happened, so that they
might be beforehand with any rum-
ors that might enable Nathan to
escape; wliilo it was also Impera-
tive that the position of Sir Simon
Crawshay and others as clients of
the Murder Syndicate should receive
the early attention of Scotland
Yard, We wore also moved by the
consideration that Vizard must have j
had accomplices of greater or lesser'
degree at Naples—Mr. Matthew May-
field, for instanoe--whom it would
.be higaly desirable to secure.
Tho conference lasted far into the
night; but late, or early in the
morning, as it was when it ended, I
found Aline up and waiting for me
in the saloon: whither Mrs. Brink
worth had taken her. I must ask
permission to draw a veil over our
meeting. Wo had been parted a few
days only, but into them had been
crowded the events of a lifetime, and
both of us had stood during that
brief separation on the threshold of
the Great Beyond. What people
have to say to each other under
those conditions concerns themselves
elono.
The explanation of my dear girl's
apparent death had already been
furnished to me by Kennard. "lav-
ing found unmistakable traces of
poison in the medicine supplied to
her by Zavertal, he was struck with
tho idea of springing such a surprise
on them that they would be hound
to incriminate themselves. In se-
lecting his rather gruesome method
he was moved by the fact that he
was dealing with gruesome men, and
that nothing short of the resuscita-
tion of their supposed victim would
attain that end. As an after-
thought, however,, 11e modified the
plan by substituting Datranmorp for
Aline as the occupant of the coffin,
and the boy, needles to say, enter-
ed. into it heart and soul.
The great difficulty in his way was
to manage so that Aline should sim-
ulate death without being detected
by Zavertal, and hero my dear girl
herself came to his aid by proposing
to take an anaesthetic drug which
he had with him. All that remain-
ed was lo prevent Zavertal from
closely examining the "body," and
to bestow her, unseen, in v. place of
safely during the interval between
her 'death" and "funeral." This
wits cievorly contrived, first by Mrs,
Brinl.worth's skilful acting, at
which I happened to be present, and
secondly 11y McIntyre, who wes tak-
en into confidence after my return
to confinement. giving facilities for
smuggling Aline into another cabin,
There sho remained till it was time
for hor to appear at hor own burial
and complete the climax. Dacron -
more was introduced into Aline's
cabin. half a dozen trustworthy sail-
ors -were told otl as bearers, with
instructions bow to act, and the
mine was laid which ended in the
brooking of the gang.
In the morning there was no keep-
ing the tragedy of the night from
being known throughout the ship.
To prevent false reports getting
about, 1 assembled the passengers in
the saloon, and at my request Ken-
nard briefly explained what had oc-
curred. Tho announcement caused a
widespread horror, which quickly de-
veloped into a general determination
to leave the Queen of Night at
Naples and return home overland
rather them continuo the voyage on
a vessel 'with such terrible associa-
tions. As usual, the panic was
strongest among those Who never
could have had any cause for
alarm, and indeed it was afterwards
• proved by documentary evidence
sound at Nathan's office that Orle-
bar, Lord Darraninore, and Aline
were the only passengers on this
trip who had sailed under "special"
arrangement which was tho main-
stay of this lucrative but fiendish
enterprise.
When it was decided to turn the
ship's head for Naples tee were
about fifteenhours' steam from that
port, and it was therefore far ad-
vanced in tho afternoon when we
reached the bay. Kennard was very
anxious that there should be no com-
munication with the shore till he
had laid, the case before the Consul
and enabled the latter to cable to
the home authorities. and according-
ly at the detective's request I sig-
nailed
ignailed an urgent request for the
13ritish representative to coma
aboard. 011 his arrival it was ar-
ranged that the steamer should be
taken home by McIntyre, and that
Zavertal should go in ler in close
custody. Kennard and 1 were to
escort Mrs. Brinkworth and Aline
home overland,
After nota,,; all particulars, the
Consul left to cable to Scotland
Yard and to see to the arrest of
Signor Volpe --a proceeding in
which. I was especially interested, as
it was surmized that if the Italian
police were smart enough the haul
would include Mr. "Matthew May-
field." I may say here that the
hope that that mealy-mouthed scoun-
drel would be captured was doomed
to disappointment, for the office was
found empty and the bird flown. 'It
was conjectured that lie had scanted
danger ole seeing the unexpected ar-
rival of .the Queen of Night, and the
signal for the Consul. It transpired
that with tho exception of the Itali'
an clerk this person farmed the
whole establishment of a mythical
Volpe, posing as a manager under
the name of Tucker, Mayfield being
a pseudonym put on for his dealings
with. mo. How far be was acquaint-
ed with the methods of his princi-
pals was never known, but it.is be-
yond doubt that ho aided Vizard
willingly and with his eyesopen to
entrap mo into the Miranda for an
object that he must have known was
a nefarious one.
The antecedents of the man Dicey
were round to be pretty much what
night have been expected. He had
been discharged for misconduct from
e.0 English yacht, and was loafing
about the quays of Naples, ripe for
any villainy, when Vizard found in
him a ready tool to navigato the
rattletrap old steamer which he
purchased, first to bo the scene of
my murder and then as a means of
rejoining the Queen of Night, We
can dismiss him from those pages
once for all Ifo was landed from
the ship and taken to the Interna-
tional hospital, where he died a
week later from the effect of the
wound received in the cabin of the
Miranda.
It was at Amiens, as we were
speeding northwards across France,
that the first news reached us
through the English papers of the
effect of the Consul's cabled infor-
mation to Scotland Yard. The train
was full of the Queen of Night's late
passengers, but we four—Aline and
Mrs. Brinkworth, Kennard and T—
had scci.urod a coupe to ourselves,
The detective had boon eagerly pur-
chasing papers at the bookstall, and
when he returned to his seat, deep
in tho porsual of a heavily -loaded
paragraph, it was plain that he had
found what he wanted. Ito read
quietly to the end, and then said:—
"That man Mayfield has euchred
the Consul and got his own cable in
first. At any rate. Nathan got wind
of the exposure and bolted. ile is
safe in custody, though, by means
of a smartish capture as he was
leaving for Holland."
Ile hesitated a little, then looked
across at Aline and added, "I sup-
pose you have no lingering feeling
for your guardian, Miss Challenor?"
"S never had any to linger," said
Aline simply. "There could not be
any protenco of affection between us,
for he always treated me as if I was
nn encumberonce. lIy father had no
relatives, and but few friends, and
Jim Damps found Mrs. Dumps
distressed
About an unexpected guest.
lIThere'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 "Force" by
"Sunny Jim."
The noady.to•servo tonere
ready for
any emergency.
Vairm000 alto Eatbie"Forme.°'
Thanks for Bova I t It three
times (1 clay. rake call m.e'
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uaearth fiitgarr
Only appointed him because he had
the next place tO onra 111 tier coun-
try and had Is knowledge of our 05-
ta tee
'Well, thou, there will be no harm
in telling you the news," field Ken-
nard. "Sir Simon shot himself yes-
terday morning, on looming through
the papers of Nathan's avrest, It
is rumored also that tho honorable
Ralph Durran, the next heir to the
D rr r
a ratan a title, who sent/ our live-
ly young Earl 011 his trip, is mis-
sing. 1 should not bo surprised to
hear that there aro other gaps in
Ezlglisle society later, due to, Zavor-
tal's opel•atiors on previous voyages.
Those have been three such, I under-
stand, this year since the ship has
been under its recent owners.'
His words were prophetic, for In
several families of More or loss note
there were mysterious disappearanc-
es during the next few days, and
it did not fail to be remarked that
most If not all of the withdrawals
here of recently enriched inheritors
who had lost relatives on the Queen
of Night. So secretly had the sys-
tem been worked that there was no
proof which would have justified pur-
suit and arrest, the documents found
at Vizard's palatial mansion in
Park Lane being written in a cypher
which defied discovery. Enormous
sums were found entered in a private
ledger in a safe hidden in tho 1ve11 of
all octagon room where 1)0 transact-
ed business, but there was no ves-
tige of reachable matter showing on
what account they had been receiv-
ed, They, however, tallied with
sums appearing in the banking ac-
count of Nathan & Co„ Ona were
undou1tedly the various amounts of
blood money received by the "firm."
On rcncling London, we took Aline
to the firm of solicitors who had
acted for her late father, and they
.01 Once made arrangements that she
should remain with Mrs. Brinkworth
till she should attain her majority,
and thus' avoid the necessity of hav-
ing to return to Sir Simon's house,
where his sister was now in posses-
sion, Oricbar's i11 -used wife forgot
her troubles in serving us, and is to
this day our devoted and faithful
friend. She was doubly avenged, in-
asmuch as the wicked woman who
had supplanted her in hor wretched
husband's affections, and had Ghon
sent him to his doom, herself met
with a terrible end a ,year later in a
revolution in the Argentine, whither
her fears of discovery had taken her.
With the exception of the convic-
tion and hanging of Nathan, which
followed In due course, the last act
in this eventful drama occurred a
week after our return. We were sit-
ting—Kennard and I—late one even-
ing in the hotel where we had taken
up our abode, and the detective was
telling me a few facts about the
gang whose symbol was the "Red
heart and Black Arrow."
"Vizard was the sole irresponsible
chief," he said, "but Nathan, and of
late Zavertal, were partners on an
equal footing so far as knowledge
was concerned. ' The subordinate
helpers in all parts of the world,
while thoroughly unscrupulous, prob-
ably had no guilty knowledge 'be-
yond their own humble parts. I
heard of tho organization years ago,
when they confined their talents to
big bond forgeries and gigantic long -
firm frauds. I Imagine it was Zav-
e1•tal's reputation as a successful
poisoner that inspired. Vizard with
the idea of enlisting him and start-
ing a yacht -owning murder-syndi-
cats."
"If you had not chanced to sail
with us, the thing might have gono
on. indefinitely," I replied. "An un-
scrupulous ship's -doctor has whole-
sale facilities for murder without
fear of inquiry. It was a tremend-
ous scheme, but the basis of it was
really vory simple and easy."
"Tho schemes of great criminals
aro generally liko that," said Ken-
nard; and 'Come in," ho added, as
80010 ono knocked at our door.
It was McIntyre who entered,
looking so haggard and dishevelled
that we wore not surprised at the
110)03 he brought. The Queen of
Night had been burned at sea off
Ushant, 'and Zavertal with her.
"His was the only life lost," pro-
ceeded McIntyre, when we had made
him comfortable. "We kept him for
safety in ono of thio steward's pan-
tries on the lower deck, and when
the fire bloke out and it became
necessary to quit the ship I went be-
low with a man to fetch him, On
unlocking the door from the out-
side it refused to open, and I then.
remembered that there was a bolt
o1 the inside as well. This he had
shot, and nothing I could shout
through the door would induce him
to deem it. The fire had gained
such ground that we should have
lost our lives if we had stayed to
break down the door, It wes pram
tically a case of suicide,"
"A fitting end for the ship and the
man," was Konnard's only comment.
* e • ,1 * *
And now, as this ]las been a story
of incident, I must not "lag" super-
fluous before my readers with no
mo'o incidents to offer tllenl. My
wife's arguments prevailed, and I
have abandoned tho sea. But
though 1 have become a landsman I
nm not wholly an idler—with the
caro of her vast estates to employ
ate. It is two years since that
stormy cruise ushered in for Aline
and neo a time of peaceful calm that
knows no cloud, and shows no sign
of breaking; and, writing here in our
quiet Ilerefordshire home, with miles
and miles of apple -blossoms outside
my window, tho cell h1 the convent
of Santa, Lucia, the cuddy of the
Miranda, and tho deck -cabin noxt
the surgery on the Queen of Night
scent far away indeed, Yot that
they were Once very present realities
two things remain always to rmnind
mo—the letters of my friend '{en -
nerd, Well and prosperous in the
States, and the went voice that is
omen note' bidding mo lay down my
voice of "the lass that n e V
pen—the h to .
t
ed a sailor,"
Tho end.
"lf yon relies, inn
lici lo." "Well, pa
hong around hone,".
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In
h 1 tho down group too have the
Shrapahire, Oxford idoutbdown,
Llrunpshii' and Suffolk, popular in
the order named, In the long wool-
ed or lowland group 1ve have the
Cotswold, Lincoln and Leicester, al-
so named in the order of popularity.
En the special purpose group we
classify tie various Maida of Merino
noted for their wool production, the
Dorset, valuable for the produolion
of early lambs and their great milk-
ing properties and the Cheviot, noted
for their aelivity and hardihood.
T11N SOUT1IDOWN.
is the oldest of the breeds mentioned
in this group and is possessed of the
most nearly ideal mutton form and
quality. They are ono of the small-
est of the breeds of mutton sheep,
aro the most compact in. form and
aro the easiest keepers. They aro
superior to any of the other breeds
for crossing on common grade ewes
lacking in quality and wealth of
flesh whore the object sought is the
production of a class of sheep that
aro hardy, quick maturing and of the
typo most demanded by the best
markets.
The chief objections to this breed
are a lack of wool production, a lack
of size and weight in the lambs and
a noticeable lack of prolificacy. The
lambs do not attain sufficient
weights early enough in life to sup-
ply tie best markets at the season
of the year when the price is high-
est. The Southdown sheep is vory
octavo and hardy and adapted to
those sections of country that aro
somewhat broken and hilly, and
whore vegetation is not too abund-
ant, as they aro good grazers and
easily kept In good condition,
THE SIIROPSIIIRES
more nearly resemble the South -
downs than any other brood, as they
possess the sante blocky, compact
form and thick fleshing properties.
They are, however, a larger and
heavier breed, weighing in good flesh
from 150 to 225 pounds, They lack
something in the development of leg
of muttoir and wealth of firm flush,
but excel in the production of.
lambs that make a rapid growth and
suit the market demands, and they
are the best wooled of any of the
down breeds.
No other breed has been so popu-
lar for crossing upon the common
sorts whore an all-round improve-
ment in carcass and wool production
is sloshed. They also possess the
power of adapting themselves to
val'ying conditions of soil and cli-
mate to a marked degree. They aro
adapted to rolling and level lands
that may be somewhat broken and
rocky in character, but whore vege-
tation is plentiful.
TREES AND PLANTS,
There may be no such thing as
pedigree trees and plants, this may
be a misnomer. There is an increas-
ing necessity for a higher grade of
nursery stock than growers al'O en
ablod to got. Nurserymen may not
be wholly at fault for this as a de-
mand by growers for cheap stock has
compcllecl an economy in their pro-
duction that lessons the quality of
the product. A very general rule in
the business world is that economy
practiced to a certain limit is whole-
some, but when this limit is exceed-
ed, it can only be practiced at the
expense of the thing produced. This,
I think, expresses the situation ex-
actly, writes 14Ir•. A, N, Brown,
Fruit growers should select such
stock for planting as has boon pro-
pagated from stock known to be
healthy and above tie average of its
kind in size, color, uniformity and
prolificness, all of which are prime
essentials to successful orcharding.
Tho law of transmission is just as
potent in the vegetable kingdom, as
it is so conspicuously forceful in the
animal kingdom, I am. aware that
some propagators scoff at this idea,
but we cannot close our oyes to
both reason and experience. Ever
511)00 agriculture became the first
calling of man, it has been an un-
alterable law that must be observed:
"That tho sower should select only
the best seed."
Tho up-to-date dairyman purchases
the dairy cow upon the quantity of
milk she produces, of a given amount
of butter fat under normal condi-
tions, the race horse has value ac-
cording to Iris record on the course,
the beef aminal by the ability of
his brood to produce tho best and
greatest amount of the carcass, so
theca and plants should only bo
used that combine all the essential
requisites, The day is not distant
when, in my opinion, nurserymen
will be required to give a certificate
of breeding with every lot of trees
sent out.
SILAGE AND FODDER.
Experiments have boon made at
the Vermont and Wisconsin stations,
in which tivo rows of corn across the,
field Were. cut and placed in shocks,
while the next two wore run through
the feed cutter and placed in tho
silo, By thus alternating until the
silo was filled, equal quantities of
material cut at the samo time and
from the same field wore obtained.
Tho field cured fodder wail later full
through the food Metter and fed in
comparison With the silage, to dairy
cows, with equal quantities of hay
and grain.
The results at the Vermont station
wore as follows: The 14,2.52 90111ds
green fodder• corn when dried, fad
with a uniform daily allowance of
hayandgrain,produced 1888
90011115 milk, The 19:262 pounds
green redder corn converted into sil-
age and fod With the same daily re.-
tion of hay and &aim produced 8, -
satin commit 525 pounds milk,
vs 709 woe's At tho W1Soonsin station from 2e,-
800 pennds green fodder, wore else
Ctamed 24,440 pounds silage, which
fed with 1548 pounds hayand 2884
p0ends grain, >
r
odshoed 705
poundss
zniUc, conte pg 340 1>oundfi fat.
herons 21,800 pounds green fodder
were obtained 7880 pounds field
cured fodder corn, which, led with
1587 pounds hay and 2748 pounds
grain, produced 7119 pounds milk,
oontahsing 818.2 pounds fat,
At the V 111
t eon station anon e
t 41 sitg e
n
ration produced 887 pounds or 11 per
cent, mpro milk than was obtained
from tITh dry fodder ration. At the
Wisconsin station the allctgo ration
yielded 877 poilncis more milk and
22 pounds more fat—a difference in
favor of silage of 5 per cent, in nlilic
and 6 per cont, in fat,
B1t S ___aU 171,8 AND INSECTS.
Diss of raw cotton or wadding sat-
urated with the oil of pennyroyal,
and placed in corners, on closet
shelves and 111 boxes or drawers, will
drive away several kinds of objec-
tionable insects, cockroaches, amts,
etc. Placed in a saucer in Cho win-
dows it will help drive away ilios.
We have been told that it does com-
pletely, Saturated pads of the pen-
nyroyal placed between the mattress
and around the bed will drive away
the plague not given in the list of
those with which Egypt 1yas scourg-
ed for her sins. )i'or this dreadful
pest another excellent prevonti'vo and
curd is an application to infested
places of equal parts of kerosene and
spirits of turpentine, rut the so-
lution in the joints and cracks of
tho bed, about the surhaso and in
any other places whore the insects
have found lodgment, and fill all
cracks with hard soap that can bo
so treated. This is an old-fashioned
and reliable remedy,
Use a long -.handfed brush to dust
pictures and high places, a stiff
paint brush for dusting carved furni-
ture, and a small round paint -brush.
for greasing broach and calve tins. A
neve tootle brush is fine for cleaning
strainers and celery. A scrubbing
brush with rather stiff bristles may
be used to clean pressed and cut
glass dishes and to wash all seamed
tinware. A fibre brush will clean
the lemon and horse -radish graters
and remove the skin from new po-
tatoes. Another useful article is a
cheap whisk broom, bought for the
solo purpose of furnishing splints for
trying calces. It should be kept in a
paper bag, will last for years, and
has the virtue of cleanliness,
To rove to you that Dr.
l;hsse'e Obntmontts s certain
and every to euro for each
and ovary form at itching,
bloedingand guaranteed pilon,
the manufacturers nava ss arsstsedit. rnetaa.
timonk in tho daily press and ask your neigh.
bors what Choy think not You can main and
i
got your money back t not oure4. sec a boa,
ell dealers or SDMANsol,•,13ATss R Co.,Torento,
Drre Chases Ointment,
FACTS ABOUT MAN'S GIIOWTE
Stature Increases up to the Age
of 50 Years.
"The growth of mankind," said a
scientist, "le an interesting study,
Recent statistics have proved that
men's statute increases up to the
age of 50 years. This is a refuta-
tion of the former belief, according
to which men stoppetrl growing at 22
or 23.
"Boys and girls seesaw oddly 0 in
the rapidity of their growth. The
fastest growth experienced in life
comes between the ages of 1 and 5.
Boys and girls grow about equally
here. From 5 to 10 the boys out-
strip the girls, but from 10 to 15
the girls outstrip the boys. At 11
and. at 14 the girls are the boys'su-
periors in height, and from 10 to
15 they aro the boy's superiors in
weight:.
"put between 16 and 20 the- boys
forge ahead, taking at that stage a
load whish they novas again relin-
quish. The boys cease their percep-
tible growth at 23; the girls cease
tholes at 20. From 23 onward to
50 men, however, continuo to grow
(no observations have been made on
women), though this growth is, of
course, slight. They also increase
slowly in woight, but from, 50 to 60
their weight increases very rapidly.
"Malo strength iilerrtlses most
markedly from the ago of 1.2 to that
of 10. From 10 to 80 it increases
more slowly. From 30 onward it
begins, very slowly, to decline.
Female strength increases most
rapidly from 0 to 11); then, slowly
to 30; and after 30 the decline be-
gins."
READS WITH BYES CLOSED.,
Po es e
Gift Remarkable £ se. s dy a
U
New York Wonsan,
Mrs, Frederick Alfred, of New
Yorke, does not attompt to explain
a remarkable gift sho possesses. She
only knows she can road with closed
eyes and that her vision can pone -
trete ony opaque sub
siauco and re-
veal to het what Is hidden from the
sight of ordinary mortals. Bho is
about 40 years of ego, a motherly
person 1v110 has ]zocl no varied ex-
periences in tho world, It was only
about two years ago that she dis-
covered that she could perform what
her friends regarded as miracles,.
and the faculty which is hers wor-
ried her mach more than it gratified
hos,
Sf''s Alfred is the wife of a poor
mechanic. She visited Ills office of
the Now York herald recently, whore
tests of the severest kind were eon-
dueted in the presence of a hall-
scoro of man, and in no case was
there a failure. Seated on mus ordin-
ary chair in a well lighted room,
Mrs. Alfred asked that her eyes bo
bandaged as thoroughly as possible.
Tho first test was nitul0 with noth-
ing nno1'e than handkerchiefs, which
were wound round and round the
w•om:r1118 head, until every possible
ray of light was shut out,
Thou a book was picked at ran-
dom from a shelf and placed open in
hor hands. There was a, hesitation
of a few seconds, and tt'hen the
reading began and it continued with-
ottt a break until a full page had
been covered without a mistake.
IT WAS A MARVEL
that astonished those who looked
on, Collusion was impossible, Itir.
Alfred being in another room at the
time the reading was done. Ifo had
never seen the book and he did not
know whether his wife was succeed-
ing or failing. It •lits not tele-
graphy, for the reason that no one
road w1tlt Mrs, Alfred,
After a few• moments of rest Mrs.
Alfred announced that she was rends.
for another test. Two heavy silk
handkerchiefs were folded into wads
and ono was folded over each eye.
In the pocicot of a, reporter was a
letter which was handed to Mrs. Al-
fred, She held it in her hands a
few minutes, and then read fifty
words, when she fell back with a
bevy sigh, saying that her light
had failed and that she could do no
more. When the third test; was
made Mrs. Alfred's head was com-
pletely enveloped except for "space
to allow hor to breathe. She sat
all alone at a table and a book was
Placed hn front of her. Her head
was raised so that had
her oyes boon free she
would have gazed at the ceiling,
but, notwithstanding that fact, she
quickly said:
"You must not expect me to do
more than I could aceon11pIish with
my eyes lunbandaged. You have
turned the book upside down and I
cannot read."
The book was righted, and, with
apparent difficulty, the words were
read slowly. Only two sentences
were accomplished; but no mistake
was 010.cle.
"I can tell you nothing," she said.
"You know ns much as I do, per-
haps' more, for I halm never studied
any Selene. How' I read with my
eyes closed and bandaged I cannot
toll,'
SMALLEST BRITISH COIN.
In the British Crown Colony of
Bong -Bong a coin is ]n circulation
known as the "mil." This is a tiny
copper coin with a .role in too cen-
tro intended to take the place of tho
Chinese "cash," which is ono -filly -
third of a penny, and is in general
use among the coolies in tho Colony.
The aril is one-tenth part of a cent,
one -thousandth part of a dollar, and
as the sliver dollar in use in Hong
Kong is worth about 82 coats, it
follows that the mil is worth about
one-sixtloth part of a penny. This,
therefore, is the value of the smallest
British coin.
A HALF DOZ17N DON'TS,
Don't asic all and give nothing,
Don't give advice that you are not
willing to follow.
Don't waste time in vain regrets
if hustling will repair the mistake.
Don't live a lie in tho expectation
that it 1vi1l 110"0r bo found out.
Don't lot a dollar get so large in
your sight t11Lat you oauuot see
around it.
Don't forgot that if you listen to
gossip you Have no right to com-
plain when you arc its subject.
THE RESTORATIVE °0 R
of CHASE'S NERVE FOOD
illustrated 111 the Case of Mrs. Turner, Who Was Thoro;lgiily Ref
stand By the Use of This Crest Food Cure.
The htunan body is composed of
thiamin elements, such as iron, pot-
ash, lisle, soda, magnesia, etc., and
nature replaces wasted cells and tis-
sues by extracting these olements
from tho food Ivo oat. Consequently
errors in diet, insufficiency of food or
failure of the digestive organs to
properly perform their work aro
among the moat usual oauscs of dis-
ease, •
Once the system is weak, run down
or exhausted the natural process of
reconstruction is tediously slow, usu-
ithiy slower than the wasting pro -
0058, and the and can only be phyai-
pal bankruptcy and collapse.
It is Mat at this point that Dr.
OOhaso's Nerve Food proves its won-
fierful power as an assistant to ra-
ttro. This great food curd contains
in eoldmisgd pill toren the Very ole-
]nonts remitted by nature to rovital-
lze and buildup the system. Those weight you can prove to your satiate
immediately enter the blood eigeoeO, faction blot new firm flesh and tie-
:owl
ie-
1 1 through th medium of tie cir-
culation
s o h mo< t in
4 g C
of the blood and the nerv-
005 system. carry strength and vigor
"For some months past I found
myself growing vory nervous, and
gradually becoming a victim of
slooplossnese and subject to frequent
attacks of nervous headache. About
six weeks ago I began using Dr.
Chase's Nerve Food and cannot
speak too highly of this medicine, ](
can sleep well now, the headaehee
have entirely disappeared, and I be,
iieve that lily Syatorn generally has
boon much iinprovod by the use of
this treatment."
• Nervous prostration and oxhaus
tion, headaches, dyspepsia, dizzy and
fainting spells, paralysis, locomotor
ataxia, feelings of weakness, depros-
Sion and despondency are readily
overcorin0 by this treatnleist, work,
ing, as it does, hand in hand with
nature, Though gradual, the results
ale all the mote certain and lasting,
and by hinting your increase it
sue 'ts being added, Pc. Chia8, 'sl
Nerve food fifty cents a MS; six
boxes for $2„50. At all dealore, o•
to each and ovary organ of the body. IP,dmanson, Biltes & Co„ Toronto.Mrs, 111. Turnor, 886 Aylmer Street, To protect, you against: in'litations,
eetrrllarough, Ont„ and whose bus- Cho porlreit mid signature of Dr. Al
Mad is employed at the Hamilton' W. Chase, the famous lecipt book
ouncil'y, states: agias0i', are On every box.
WINNERS OF THE BEBRY
-4—
ICING EDWARD WON THE ]3LTTIl
=BAND TWICE,
Nearly All the British Sovereigns
Have Been Fond of a
Torso }taco.
The a Sovor0l n I�1
s of n lnald 1 ave ale g i
g
ways been great horsti-lovdrs, l01von
"bluff icing Tial" fouled ono of his
chief delights in his stud of swift -
footed 'Barbary stcod5, 1111d in watch -
1119 them try their spend against the
fleetest horses of his subjects, and
the courtiers of .lames Lower() as-
sured of the Royal favor so long its
they provided plenty of races for
his e11101(iument
Cromwell, before he found other
Work to do, was .cnown as ono of
the most skilful riders in the Mid-
lands, and was Ills owsi jockey in
many a stiff race; and it is said
that tho second Charles, not con-
tent with looking on, actually worn
Ms own colors and piloted several of
his horses to victory at Newmarket.
William the Silent, who was prob-
ably the last man in England to
suggest the sportsman, had his stud
of race -horses, and won at least 0110
notable victory over the most .for-
midable horse of his day, Lord
Wharton's Careless; and Queen Anne
continued the tradition by offering
valuable gold cups and prizes and
entering her own horses for them;
but she did not live to reap the
fruits of her enthusiasm and was
seized by her fatal illness an the
vory clay on which her horse, Star,
won her first notable tzlumpll on the
tuThrf.
o fourth George yielded to none
of his subjects in his love of a horse
and a race; and the "ruling passion"
was so strong that he declared he
could not die until the result of the
Ascot Cup race, w11I011 bo hoped to
win, was brought to him on his
death -bed. IIu was the first Royal
Winner of the Blue Riband; for in
1788, 10119 years before he came to
tho Throne, Sir Thomas 10011 the
Derby for him.
)3ut oven George IV. was no whit
more enthusiastic fn his love of the
turf, and he was certainly less suc-
cessful, than his brother, the Duke
of York, ono of the most popular
sportsmen of any thno. The Duko
was ono of tho few mon who have
TWICE WON TFI113 DERBY,
once with Prince Leopold in the
year after Waterloo and again, six
years later, with the Biblically -
christened Moses.
William IV. know much less about
a horse than about a frigate; but,
like most sailors, ho was a great
horse -lover, and ho spent largo sums
on his stud without, however, win-
ning many prizes in return.
It is little wonder, then, with so
many precedents and with the blood
of so many Royal horse -lovers in his
veins, that Bing Edward VII. has
always taken a keen interest in the
matching of one race -horse against
another, or that he has done as
much as any man living to improve
the breed of Horses in England. Like
a true sportsman, want of succors
1111s never clamped his -enthusiasm, for
it was as lath as 1886 that be won
his first race, and this only ono of
the smaller events. It was a maiden
plate; 011(1 the Prince's horse, Coun-
terpane, ono of the progeny of the
historic Hermit, was ridden by that
king of jockeys, Fred Archer. When
Counterpane was seen to romp away
from the field the enthusiasm of tho
spectators know no bounds; and
never has a victory at Sandown.
been greeted with such a hurricane
or shouts and cheers as when Coun-
terpane cantered past the post, the
easiest of winners.
The victory was unimportant in
itself, but it served to stimulate the
Prince to aspire to the chief prize of
tho turf, which he won 50 b1'illiantly
seven ,years ago; and who that was
presont will ever forget the fronzy of
delight 1vh1c11 greeted Persimmon's)
victory in the Derby? Never tvas n
race more thrilling, and novae wore
a quarter of a million onlookers so
united in hoping that one horst,)
would prove the victor.
ALMOST TO THE LAST STRIDE
the issue was in doubt. St. Frus-
quin was leading to within a few
yards of home and looked a certain
winner; but Watts, who was riding
Persimmon, .had something still "up
his sleeve." Inch by inch Persim-
mon ;alined on his rival until within
a Sow strides from the post ho pulled
level, and with a superhuman effort
snatched the victory by a neck. The
reaction from despair and then tun,
certainty to victory Was almost
frantic in its violence, Sedate and
sober sliest ti,row their hats, sticks,
and umbrellas in the air and eln
braced ono, another; and such a
thunder of cheers from hundreds of
thousands of throats shook the air
as has never' perhaps been heard any-
where in England, It was indeed a
famous and popular victory, and the
Bing has never known a prouder mo-
ment than w11011 he led his ,victorious.
horse to the weighing enclosure`
"through a perfect maelstrom of his
excited and delighted subjects."
Wlron, later, Pcrsilnlnon added the
St. Leger and Eclipse Stakes to his
laiir'ols, the Prince's cup- of success
was fish, But snore good fortune
was to befall him; for, like his great-
uncle, the Duko of York, he wagto
win the Blue Riband a second time,
and this, as is so well remembered.,
came lour years later, when Dia-
mond Jubilee flashed first past the
post in almost the fastest time on
record, and the wilt. scores Of de-
light of 1866 were reoevicd on the
course at iilpsoru.—London Tit -Oita,
CUBA'S 3rllil.1T.'CtJLNESS.
The soil of Cuba is extreumly
f ortftl. Cabbages tlero aro so large:
that hands weighing 20 lbs, each are
common. All vegetables do. well.
Ile.dielles only be oaten from fourteen
to eigbtoou cloys after, soWinp,,iet..
trice 311 five weeks after" "rowing, while
corn pt'oducos three crops par yorc'4c
Swoot pol:'ttoes grow all the 'Oafs