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FATE'S INSTRUMENT;
CH'A.PT10R z 1,--(OQntinaele,
Probably Noaora exaggerated even
'the fearless reotttude of hire, Bert, but
she was so' eonvineed, of .the natare of
the reception whieh any proposal of the
obvious kind would meet with that
she made up her mind that her only
course wee to throw herself on Mrs,
73ort's nieroy, in case that lady proved
done to a subtle little proposal WhiQL
was Neaera's first weapon.
Solar as Neaera knew, Pecicton and
Mao:nester were the only places
whieh George Neston was likely t
seek for traces of bor. Liverpoo
though .remote from Peohton, was un
comfortably near lelanohester, Ever
day now had great value. If she soul
get Mrs. Bort away to some remote spo
as soon .as might be, she gained n
small advantage in her race agains
time and George Neston.
"if she will only go to Glentarroch
be will never find her,"
Glentamroch wee the name of a littl
retreat in remote Scotland, Whither M
Witt had been wont to betake bimeol
for rest and recreation. It was Nee,
era's now. It was a beautiful place,
wbich was immaterial, and a partl-
cular)y )neer sible one, whieh eve
most materia'. Would not Mrs. Bort'
despotic instincts lead her to accept
invitation to rule over Glontarrooh
Neaera could not afford to pity 111
hapless wights over whom Mrs. nor
would rule,
Mrs. Bort received Neaera in a wa
most unbecoming to a pensioner. Well,
Nary," the said, "what brings. you hero
:do good, I'll be bound. Where's your
mourning 1"
Neaera said that the thought resigna-
tion to Heaven's will not a subject of
reproach, and that sbe came to ask
a favor of Mrs. Bort.
"Ay, you come to me when you want
something. That's the old story."
Neaera remembered tint Mrs. Bort
There wee a ltttlo souffle; ,then the
door flew open, antdi Mee, Dort appoor'
Ad, with Neaera elingi g ltolplemiy
about her knees,
George rose 'and 'bowed politely. "I'M
afraid 1 intrude," said be,.
'That's easy mended,' mad Mrs, Bort,
with significemee. •
I•)earee had leapt up on seeing bine,
and leant breethlees against the door
looking like some helpless Creature at
"Who let you MT" demanded' the
lade or the noltso,
"dour servant."
is "I'll tat her in," said Mrs. 13ort, dark•-
lv, Who are ye?"
o George looked at Neaera. "My name
1, Is Neston," be said blandly,
Neston?"
Y
"Certainly,"
"Then you're in nice time; i wanted
d you, young man. D'ye see the; 1vo-
t ina,n? '
o Certainly; I see Mrs, Witt"
'D'ye know what she is? Time you
t did, If yoa're a -going to take Mer to
thatch."
Neaera started.
' "1 belle to do so," said George, amil-
i:ng; "and I think I know all about
e her"
M1 i Do ye, now? Happen ever tc have
f heard of Peekton?"
Neaera buried her fags in her bands,
and cried,
toy
".Ah,
fort you
Th'o haven't
xd somethinge a
done for ten pound a month, did ye?"
s George interposed; he began to ell-
s soy himself, Peokton? Olr, yes.
an The shoes, you mean?"
? Mrs. Bort seemed.
d trill&1" said George, waving the
o shoes into limbo,
t Graoioual You ain't in the same
line, are yen?"
George shook his head.
Y Anything else," he asked, still
smiling sweetly,
e "Only a trifle of forging,' said Mrs,
Bort. "But p'raps s .e got her deserts
frim me over that."
Gorging?" said George. 011, ah, yes.
You mean about—"
Her place at Bournemouth? Ab,
Nery, don't yon ache yet?"
Apparently Neaera did. She shiver -
ea and moaned.
-
"Ent I've got it," continued Nemesis;
and be bounded across the room to a
cupboard. There, read that,"
George took it Calmly, bat read. )t
with secret "eagerness, It was the or-
igitial character, and stated that Miss
- Gale Megan her service in May, not
had often taken her own view of what
the supplicant wanted, and given some
thing quite other than what was asked
but, in spite of this unpromising open
ing, she persevered, and laid befor
Mrs. Bort a dazzling picture of th
grandeur waiting her at GlentaFroch
'And I shall be so much obliged
Really, I don't know what the servants
-the girls, especially -may be doing;'
Carryings -on, I'll be bound," said
Mrs. Bort. "Why don't you go your-
self, Nery?"
"0h, I can't, indeed. I -I must stay
in London."
"Nasty. cold, Hull little place it
sounds," said Mrs. Bort.
"Oh, of course I shall consider all
that—"
He -he I" Airs. Burt sniggered un-
pleasantly, "So it ain't sech a sweet
spot, as ye call it, after all??"
Neaera recovered herself without
dignity,and stated that she thought
of fort}sounds a year and all found.
' Ah, it I knowed what you was at,
ire I" ,
eaera intimated that 'it was sim-
ply a matter of mutual accommodation.
"And there's really no time to be lost"
she said, plaintively. 'I'm being rob-
bed every day,"
Widows has hard tunes," said Mrs.
Bort. And Neaera did not think it
necessary to say, how soon her bard
tines were coming to an end.
Come agin to-morrer afternoon, and
I'll tell ye," was Mrs. Bort's ultimatum.
And mend you don't get into mis-
chief.'
"Why afternoon 1" asked Neaera.
"'Cause I'mwashing," maid Mrs, Bort,
snappishly. "That's why."
Neaera in vain implored an immedi-
ate answer, Mrs. Bort said a day could
not matter, and if Neaera pressed her
further, she should consider it an in-
dication that something was "up," and
refuse to go at all. Neaera was silenc-
ed, and sadly returned to her hotel.
How I hate that good, good wo-
man!" she cried. "1'11 never see her
again es long as I live, after to -mor-
row. 0h, I should like to bit her 1"
The propulsions of cause upon cause
are, as Bacon said, infinite. If Mrs.
Bort hart not washed -in the technical
sense, of course-ou that particular Fri-
day, Neaera woufd have come and gone
-perhaps even Mrs. Bort might have
gone too --before the train brought
George Neston to Liverpool, and his
inquiries landed him ab Mrs. Bort's
abode. As it was, Mrs. Bort's little ecr-
vant bade him wait in the parlor, as
her mistress was talking to a female
in the kitchen. The little servant
thought "female" the politest possible
way of describing any person who was
net a man, sad accorded the title to
Neaera on ac'.ount.of her rustling robes
and gold -tip fed parasol.
antGeorge
therein shelvinoe ng' he, his inform-
ant,
role of date 1five, was a square peg in
a round he b. He heard proceeding
from the kitchen a murmur of two sub-
dued voices, one of which,. however,
dominated the other.
Timm must be Mrs. Bort," thought
ale. I wish I could hear the female."
Then his attention wandered, for he
made sure the unknown could not be
Neaera, as she had had a day's start of
hila He didenot allow for Mrs. Bort's
washing'. Suddenly the dominant voice
was raised to the pitch of distinctness.
Have ye told him," it said, "or have
ylied ?"
o him as you lied to me yes-
terdayI didn't -I didn't," was the answer.
"You never asked me if I was going to
be married."
"011, go along i You know I'd
leave answered that when ye lived with
me,,'
HOw's that?" asked George, with a
slight smile.
Have you told him?"
"Told him what?" asked' Namara; for
it wee clearly Neaera.
"Told him you're a thief,"
"This woman's a brute," .thought
George.
Have yo?"
"No, not exactly. How dare you
question me 1"
Dare!" said Mrs. Bort; and George
knew she was standing with her arms
akimbo. "Dare I" she repeated cres-
cendo; and apparently her aspect was
theatening tor Neaera cried.
"Oh, I didn't mean that. Do let me
go'Tell the truth, if your tongue'li do
it. The truth, will ye?"
"The deuce!" said George; for, follow-
ing on this last speech; be heartt a
sob. " No, I haven't. I -oh', do have
Mercy on met"
Mereyl It's not mercy, it's a stick
you want. But I'll toll him."
"Ab, stop, for Heaven's sake;'!
e
March, 1888.
caught her copying it and alter-
ing dates. My, how'I did--"
Dear, dear!" interrupted George. "I
was afraid 11 Was something new. Any-
thing else, Mrs. Bort?"
frs. Bort was beaten.
"Go along," she said, "If you likes it,
it's nothing to me. But lock up •your
money -box."
Letmc congratulate you, Mrs. Bort,
on having done your duty."
"I'm an honest woman," said Mrs.
Bort.
Yes," answered George, "ley the
owere _you are!" Then lutein
&tis. Witt, ear:
"Shall we grto
Neaera dear? 1
"You'll both of you die on the gal-
lows," said Mrs, Bort,
Come Neaera," said George.
She took his arm and they went out,
George giving the little servant a
handsome tip to recompense her for
the prospect of being "let in" by her
mistress.
handedgeNeaera in.as Sheth as still half
crying and said nothing, except to tell
him the name of her hotel, Then he
raised his hat, and watched her driven
away, wiping bis brow with his hand,
kerobief.
"Pheughl" said he, "I've derma now
-and what an infernal shame it isi"
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CHAPTHR XII.
It is a notorious fact that men of all
ages and conditions quarrel, and quar-
rel sometimes with violence. Women,
also, of a low social grade, are not
strangers to discord, and the pen of
satire has not spared the tiffs and
wrangles that arise between elderly
ladies of irreproachable position, and
between young ladies of possibly not ir-
reproachable morals. It is harder to bo-
lieve, harder especially for young men
whose beards are yet soft upon tbeir
chins, that .graceful gentle girlhood
quarrels too. Nobody would believe it,
if there were not sisters ui the world,
but, unhappily, in spite of the natural
tendoncy to suppose that all attributes
distinctively earthy aro confined to his
own sisters, andliave no place in the sis-
ters of his friends, a man of reflection,
checking his observations, in the vari-
ous methods suggested by logicians, is
forced to conolude that here is another
instance of the old truth that a
thing is not to be considered non exist-
ent merely because it is not visible to a
person who is not meant to see it. This
much apology for the incident which
follows is felt to be necessary in the
interest of the .narrator's reputation for
realism,
The • foot is that there bad been
what reporters .oall a"scene" at Mrs.
Poaklinggton's, 11 so fell out that
Isabel Bourne, accompanied bee Maud
Neston, called on Laura to receive con-
gratulations. Laura did her duty, fel-
icitated her friend on Tommy in.posses-
don and Tomenys tithe reversion,and
loyally suppressed her personal opinion
on the part these two factors had re-
spectively played In producing the an-
nounced. result, Her forbearance was
ill -requited; for Maud, by way of
elinohing the matter and conclusively
demonstrating the satisfactory posi-
tion of affairs, must needs 'remark,
And what a lesson It will be for
George!"
Laura said nothing.
"Oh, yyou mustn't say .that, dear," ob-
jected Isabel. "It's realty not right."
exctwlyayeesaai
hathe deserves, Iknow
be feels it himself.'
"Did he tell you so asked Laura,
pausing in the act of pouring out
tea,
Maud laughed.
Hardly, dear. Besides, we are not
on speaking terms, But Gerald and Mr.
`Gerald
both said so."
Gerald and Mr. Myles!" said Laura,
".Please, don't talk about it," in-
terposed Isabel "What has happened
made no difference,"
"Why, Isabel, you wouldn't have him
after—" pe
Maud' I said shouldn't ave had him sbe
fore:"
"Of course you wouldn't, dear. You
saw his true character."
You never actually refused him, did
you?" Inquired Laura.
"No, net exactly."
"Then what did you say?"
"What did I say?"
"Yes, when he asked you, yon know,"
said Laura, with a little smile,
Isabel looked at her suspiciously, "He
hl
never did aeally ask me,' she said,
with dignity,.
"Oh! I thought you implied-,-.?!
'"But, of Course, she knew be want-
ed to, Maud pelt tn, 'Didn't yen,
dear?
"Well, I thought tie," said Isabeil
MOdeetly.•
1. { {
"Tee, I know you thought soe' said
Laura "Indeed, everyl)ocoYy saw that,
Was it very hard to Menthe luta?
vf
�Isabel's reeler rose, "'I don't keel
tv at yeti mean, Laura," she said,
Laura stalled with an unpleasantness
that was (111110 0 victory over pater
n somtimes':faney, she reenarke
Chat glade are rather in a burry t
Oh*t g1 want to Propose.',
,Laure l" exclaimed Maud.
they even say that the wish is fa
thee
to
the thoubt," continued Leer
oust ; ee, batnow. a little tram .
Isabel :grew more flusb'ed, "1 don'
understand you. One would think y0
meant• that I had run after him."
Laura remained silent,
Everybody knows he wee in lov
with Isabel for years," said Mand, d
di eptly,
He was very patient," said Laurus
Isabel ros0, I shall not stay lien
to be dnsnitod.It's qu110 obvious, Laar
whyyou say such things."
doll'; ,say anything. Only-'--"
"Well?"
"The next time, you might mention
that among,the reasons why you re-
fused Mr. 1Yes>;on was, that lie never
salted you,"
"1 'see what it !s," said Isabel, "Don't
Yoh, Maud?'
'Yes," said Maud.
leehat is it?" demanded Laura,
tib, nothing, . Only, I hope -I wish
you joy of hi3n."
IL yob don't mind a slanderer," add -
"It's
"It's not true I" said Laura. "How
dare you say it?"
"Take care, dear, that he dosen't
fanny you're In a hurry-- What was
your phrase?" said Isabel.
'11's perfrcily shameful," said Maud.
"1 don't choose to hoar a friend run
down for nothing," declared Laura.
A friend? How very chivalrous you
are 1 Come, Maud dear."
' Gcod-byye, Laura," said Maud, "I'm
sure you'll be sorry when you come to
think: '
"No, I shan't. I--"
"There!" said Isabel, "I do not care
to be insulted any more."
The two visitors swept out, and Laura
was left alone. Whereupon she began
to cry. 'I do hate that sort of vul-
garity," said she, onoppdng her eyes. "I
don't believe he ever thought--"
Mrs. Pocklington entered in urbane
majesty, ""Well, is Isabel pleased with
her little man?" she asked,- "Why,
child, what's the matter?"
Nothing," said Laura.
"You're crying."
T o, I m not. Those girls have been
horrid,"
"What about ?"
Oh, the engagement, and—
"And wbat ?"
"And poor Mr. Neston-George Nes-
con."
Oh, poor George Neston, What did
they say?"
Isabel pretended he had been in
love with her, and -and was in love
with her, and that she had refused
him.
"013, and that made you cry?"
"No -not that-"
"What, then?"
"0h,_ please, mamma I"
Mrs. Pocklington smiled. "Stop err-
ing, my dear. It used to suit me, but
it doesn't suit you. Stop, dear."
"Very well, mamma," . said poor
Laura, thinking it a little hard that
she might not even cry.
Aid you cry before the girls?" -
"No," said Laura, with emphasis.
"Good child," said Mrs. Pocklington.
"Now, listen to me. You're never
to think of him again --
"Mamma 1"
"Till I tell you."
"'Ala.;"
"A tiresome, meddlesome fellow. Is
your father in, Laura?"
Yes, dear. Are you going to see hits
about—?"
Why, you're as bad as Isabel l" said
Mrs. Pocklington, with feigned severity,
disengaging Laura's arms from her
neok. He's never asked you eigber 1"
"No, dear ; but—"
"The vanity of these children! There
let me go; and for goodness' sake, don't
be a cry-baby, Laura. Men hate wa-
ter -bot
ties.'•
Thus mingling consolation and re -
troof, Mrs. Pooklington took her way
o her husband's study.
"I want five minutes, Robert," she
said sitting down,
;It's worth a thousand pounds a
minute, my dear," said Mr. Pockling-
ton, genially, laying down his pipe and
his paper. "What with this strike-"
"Strike I" said Mrs. Pocklington with
indignation. "Why do you let them
strike, Robert ?"
I can't help it. Tbey want more
money.
Nonsense! They want to be taught
their Catechisms, But I didn't come
to talk about that."
"I'm sorry you didn't my dear. Your
views are refreshing."
Robert, aura's got a fancy in her
bead about young George Neaten."
"Oh I"
" 0h 1' doson't tell me much."
"Well, you know all about him."
"He's a very excellent young man.
Not rich"
A pauper?"
"No, Bnough."
"All right. If you're satisfied, I am.
But hasn't he been making a fool of
himself about some woman ?"
Really, Robert, how strangely you
express yourself 1 I suppose you mean
about Neaera Witt?"
Yes, that's it. I heard some rtunor."
"Heard some rumor 1 Of course you
read every word about it, and gossiped
over it at the Club and the House,
Now haven't you?"
Perhaps I have," her husband ad-
mitted. I think he's a young tool."
"Am I to consider it an obstacle?"
"Well, what do you think yourself?"
"It's yottr business. Men know about
tht sort of thing,"
"Is the child -eh ?"
"Yes, rather,"
"And he?"
"Ola, yes, or will be very soon, when
be sees she is."
('Co Be Continued.)
BRITISH CAPITAL INVESTED.
Nearly 8100,000,000 is the total of Brit-
ish capital which was invested in var-
ious enterprises floated on the Lon-
don stock market during the first six
months of 1899, according to the London
Economist, the actual figures being
479,494,000, Of this sum, £11,000,000
was invested In loans of foreign gov-
ernments, and about an auai sum, it
le amusing to note, In camp'anies forme
ed to manufacture Cycles and oycling
appliances.
Iu consequence of tho adoption by the
Spanish Chamber of Commerce of the
bills providing for the terming of the
tobacco monopoly and the leasing of the
Almaden silver mines, the Government
has sufficient 10E01015es with which to
continue the prosecution of the cram
paign against the Cuban insurgents.
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DEGIGRD INQREA$0 �YQ1' L NATICS
IN ICl44GLAND,
A01')rtlresl' re0perults Po5t,oittee .- Oscar
lYildo's /gentle - Tile Sillpbnl!'ders'
Htrtlte-alt's, 0110'01* Seriously Ail,
ate„ '1'111,
A despatvl from London says; -'The
General PoCit-office report, Aust issued,
thews a Profit of )09,632,122, the 'mast
prosperous year In its history, 4. grand
total of 9,080,000,000 pieseas of mall were'
delivered. The value of property emend
in letters which were nolleoted le the
deed letter offices is: 8080,000; the trans-
mitted postal orders amounted to 4P4,-
009,000; 18,839,610 telegrams were vont;
and there was deposited in the Savings
Bank department 4445,000,000, of which
amount 4847,000,900 was chequed out.
The pitiable mental and physical
Condition of the recently released Irish
dynamite pz'isonors is resulting in a de-
mand for an enquiry into the prison
system here, and the affair is likely to
be a beaming question in the next 1'ar-
Ramon t.
The fiftieth report of the Lunney
Commisstonere show an increa00 of
'2,861 Lunatics, the largest ever record-
ed. The number of recoveries is 2.13
Per cent. below that ,of 1894. The total
number of lunatics in England and
Wades is 90,440. Hereditary influence
figures as the most potent factor in
the production of insanity.
Among the passengers on board the
steamship Campania, of the Cunard
line, which sailed from Liverpool for
New York on Saturday, was Sir Ed-
ward Reed, formerly chief constructor
of the British navy, and who wee a
Lard of the Treasury in 1896.
Since the death of his mother, Lady
Wilde the health of convict Oscar
Wilde has broken down. There appears
to have been deep affection between
them. The Heine Secretary recently
'iecided there should he no 1511001110 cf
sentence. That decision is now under
revision and Wilde's release is prob-
able about October.
The Federated Shipbuilders of Car-
lisle luaus issued a notice to the effect
that all members of trades unions will
be dismissed from their employ, four
divisions of them on September 2nd,
three divisions on the following Satur-
day; end three 'mare on the Saturday
of the succeeding week unless the
strike of Dunsmuir and Jackson's en-
gineers is ended and the men return to
their work at thee yards of Dunamulr
and Jackson by September 12th.
Lord Rayleigh is not expected to
have anything new to tell about axon,
although to French chemist, Prof, Vil-
lard, has recently succeeded in combin-
ing this mysterious element with
water, under a pressure of 200 atmos-
pheres the compound being colourless.
Before the Dublin convention meets
a final attempt will be made to give
unity to the Nationalists by making
AIr. Sexton chairman in place of Mr.
Dillon, who is the special object of Mr.
Heuly's detestation. Mr. Dillon is
ready to resign, but it is doubtful whe-
ther Mr. Healy will accept the com-
promise.
Airs. Maybrick is seriously ill in the
hospital connected with the prison
where she is confined.. Her condition
is so serious that the authorities sus-
pended the rules, and permitted her to
receive a visit from her mother,
• HORSES IN STRAW HATS.
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said tbat horses suffer from the beat
when their beads are eaptsed to the
sun.
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AN AWFUL TRAGEDY,
Airs, chanes IY. Breen 24991e !ler 'Plage
Raped and letelt Simon 9 erselr-Hite
11'a,i enteine,
A despatch from Kansas C1ty,lie.,
eayst.-4t noon on Friday the family
of Charles W, Green, travelling pas,
eenger agent of 1)l0' 1318 Tour Rawer,
eoneisting of Mrs, Green mud three able.
Brea, were found dead in their haute,
A11 the little ones were in their beds
and the mother lay dead in a doorway,
with a revolver by her side, The Mur-
der or salable le supposed to have oc-
curred Wednesday morning about 2
o'clock, as at that hour neighbors heard
platen shots near the Green home, but
no investigation was made until the
non-aipearaneo of the Green family led
to an enquiry. Mrs, Green had not
undressed for lied, and it was evident
that she hadut the children to bed,
nti
waiting ul they were asleep and then
sent them into eternity. The only ex-
pplanation of the terrible crime le that
Mrs, Green was crazy. Mr, Green Is
now on his way from Salt I,alce, His
friends say his borne life was especial-
ly happy,
FIXING THE DAY.
Now, Billy, tell us how you know
when Sanday comes.
Yes'm, I talus knows it is Sunday
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Sbe-"You may 4 what you will,
I thiok you will find that Women are
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was taken from a quarry in Eureka,
Pt., the other day.
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Li Hung Chang speaks no language
but Chinese and had seen nothing of
the outside world Before starting on
his present tour. Doubtless his eyes
have been opened to the wealth, re-
sources and civilization which exists
outside or the Flowery Kingdom, and
Lis observations should be or benefit
to his country upon bis return, should
he maintain the favor of his sovereign.
The war with Japan must have Im-
pressed upon the ruling classes in China
that their nation is far behind the age.
Lis visit abroad must convince him that
the civilizati:no of dragons, kites and
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and America,
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Tho Snm Verdict Como; From Old and S onng, Kole and Female,
heli nod Poor, and From A11 Corners of tele Dominion.
If it is the case that he who mattes
two blades of grass grow where only
one had grown before is a benefactor
oe the race, what is the position to be
accorded that man wile by his know-
ledge of the latus of life and health
sites energy and strength where lan-
guor, weakness and anticipation of au
early death had before prevailed? Js
not he also a public benefactor? Let
}'iese who have been down and are
Jew up through the use of South Am-
erican Nervine give their opinions on
tine subject, John Boyer, banker, of
Kincardine. Ont., had made himself a
hopeless Invalid through years of over-
work. At least he felt his case was
hopeless, for the best physicians had
failed to do him good. He tried Ner-
vine, and these are his words : ".I glad -
17 say it : Nervine cured me and I
am to -day as strong and well:as ever."
Samuel :.7iyo, of Meaford, was mind of
neuralgia of the stomach and bowels
by three bottles of this medicine, Jas.
Sherwood, of Windsor, at 70 years of
age, suffered from an attack of paraly-
sis, His life, at that age, was despair-
ed of. But four bottles of Nes eine
gave him backhis natural strength. A
victim of indigestion, W. k', Bolger, of
Renfrew. says : " Nervine cured me
of my suffering, which seemed incur-
e.ble, and had baffled all forme,: me-
thods and efforts," Peter Iesson, of
Patgiey, lost flesh and rarely had a
good night's sleep, because of stomach
trouble. He says: "Nervine stopped
the agonising pains in my stomach the
first day I used it. I have now taken
two bottles and I feel entirely relieved
and can sleep like et top." A repre-
sentative farmer, of Western Ontario,
is Mx. C. T. Curtis, residing near Wind-
sor. His health was seemingly coin-
pletely destroyed through le grippe,
No medicine did him any good, "To
three bottles of Nervine," he stye, ' I
attribute my restoration to health and
strength." Neither man or woman
can enjoy life when troubled with liver
complaint. This was the sentiment
and feeling of W, .7. Hill, the well-
known bailiff of Bracebrtdge, "I was
so bad," says he, " that one of mY
medical attendants said that I was
dying, but, thank God, I &In not deed
Yet. Prom the first few doses I took
of Nervine I commenced to feel hot-
ter, and arty to -day restored completely
to my usual Health," A resident of
the Maritime Prnvinccs, in the person
of S. ,Tones, of Sussex, N,B., says : "Fur
twelve years I was a martyr to lndi-
eestion, constipation and headache.
The treatment of several physicians
'id not help me, T have taken It few
bottles of Nervine, and can truthfully,
say mat I am a nett man."
1 A shrewd observer of human neture
has said : " The hand that rocks the
cradle moves the world." Stow im-
:portant it is, then, that health and
strength should be ma..t the lot of
the mothers of this ecuntrv. The wo-
11nen of Canada are ready by scores to
tell of the benefits that have come to
i them through the use or South Ameri-
can Nervino. Mrs. R. Armstrong, of
tortilla, wife of the colporteur, of the
'Bible Society of that town, suffered
for six years from nervous prostration,
,Medical assistance did not help. " In
'all," she says, "I have taken six bottles
of Nervine, and can truthfully say thin
is the one medicine that has effected
a cure In my case." Mrs. Sohn Dir.;
woody has been for 40 years a resident
of Plesherton, and has reached the aI-
lotted three -score years and ten. Three
years ago her system sustained : sev-
ere shock through the death of a
daughter. Nervine was recommenced.
She perseveringly tool: 12 bottles of
medicine, with theresult that she is to-
day again strong and hearty. ltnn-
clreda of women suffer from impoverish-
ed blood and weakened nerves, "All
vitality," says Mrs. J. Yams, of
Brampton, "seemed to have forsaken
my system. I was unable to get re-
lief from any source until I commenced
taking South American Nervine. The
results are most satisfactory -greater
far than I could have hoed for." It
came within the way of Mrs, IL Stap-
leton, of Wingham, to treat tinder the
best physicians, both in Canada and
England, for heart, disease and nei'v-
nus debility, but she failed to get any,
relief, "I was advised," she says, "to
take South American Nervino, and
must say I do believe that if I had
not done so I would not be alive to..
daY,"
Newspaper space is too valuable to
permit of further additions to these
earnest words of testimony from those
who know just what they are talking
about. In the common language of
the day, they have been there, and are
speaking from the heart. The dozen
or more witnesses that here speak have
their counterparts by the hundreds,
not only in the province oe Ontario,
but in every other section of the Domin-
ion, South American Nervine is based
ort a s..ientine principle that makes
a cure a certainty, no matter how des-
perate the case may be, it strikes
et the nerve centers from which flows
the lite bI^od of the whole system. It
is not a medicine of patchwork. but
is complete and comprehensive 111 its
application,
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