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Home My WebLink AboutThe Herald, 1901-02-15, Page 7t • • I • I Al g p 1. t! I .!! Ceres eeMeeeesee'eremeemieoMmeettftememeeemtemeerreeeeeeeere , ii4 PWT FIL 14 R E. , To 0 y 1 tiA THRILLING STORY OF CONTINENTAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST ERITAIN ki I E .41# laWe-„-me, ee-Meetto-We'e ',,t.,SZ.See'deee.eeeee-oegse'Ote seeer. • ",...111124. • fre woirenden assented in silence. For I Mon of every day for three month tlie first thee, perhaps, he ully al- With him."s ized the eternal pity of ermine a man dietingeished tee Malin of a hope- less awl incurable mania. Be watched him setting at the heed 'of his tibia courteous, gentle, dignified; noted too tbe aer of intelleetual abseraction etielcii. renewed upon Ms last speech, and in which lie teemed to dwell for the resit el the time diming which they sat together. Distinctively ke knew wlitie diee'llusionesent must mean for him. econer anything than that. It meet never be. ever!Nhe repeated firmly to himself, as he smoked a mili- tary eigar later on in the empty smokieg-room. 'Whateeer happens he must be saved from that. There was a knock at the door, and in response to his invitation to enter, eir. 131ather- week came M. Wolfenclen, who SVMS 111 the humor to prefer anyone's society to his owe, greeted him pleasantly, and wheeled rip an easy ohair oppoulte tot hie own. "Come to have a smoke, Blather - wit* ?" he said, "Ttiat's right. Try one of those oigars; the governer's are all right, but they are in such shock- ing condition." Blatheemick accepted one with some Imitation, and puffed slowly at It with an air of great deliberation. He was a young man of mild dnmeanor and deportment, and clerfeal aspira- tions. lee wore Meek spectacles, and suffered from chronic billousnees. "I am much obliged to yon, Lord Wolfenclea," he said. "I Field= entoke eigems-it is not good for my sight. An occialonal cigarette is all I per- mit myself." Volfenclen groaned inwardly, for his regalian were penis, and let to be replaced ; but he seed nothing.' se "I have taken the libertee Lord Wolfenden," Mr. Plittherwick contin- ued, "of bringing for your inspection al letter I received this meriting. It le, I presume, intended for a practical joke, and I need not sem that I intend to treat it as smile At the sante time so you we s in the home, I imagined that Tie -K. -harm woald ensue if 1 eentered to ask for your opleion." He handed an open letter te Wolf - widen, WhO took it and read it titro;74;11. It wnei dated "— Lon- don, and bore the postmark of the pierviceis day. 'Mr. Arnoed Blatherwiek "lesea.r fIr,-The wrIt•er of this let- ter es ptepared to offer you One thou- sand mounds in rettern for a certain tiorelte whieli you ere in a position to perform. The detaile of that ser - vase can only be explained to you in a peroonal interview, but broadly speak- ing it is as followtm "You are engaged as private secre- tary to the Marl of Deringlitun, lately an mainlral in the British navy. Your Mie1e:3, it Is presumed, are to copy and revese papers and calculations baring referernao to the roast defences and navy of Great Britain. Tho writer is himeelf engaged apen n somembat sim- ilar task, Mit not hailing had the Moil- itiot accorded te Lord Deringlinere is withent one or two importan,t particu- lars. The service required of you Is the suppling of these, and Mr this you are offered no thousand pounds. "As a man of honor yon my pos- alblor hogitate to at once embrace this offer. con eeed not 1 to DerIngliam's work le practically useless, for It is the week of n. lunatic. You yourself, from your intimate eelation .with Mm, mast know that this stn.tement 18 true. He will never be able to give Coherent form to tbe mass of statio- tics and information which he has col- lected. Therefore yon do him no harm In supplaing these few partionlars to one who will be able to make use of them. The sum. you are offered la out of an proportion to their velne-a few menthedelay and they cored easily be acquired by the writer withont the expenditure of a single halfpenny. That, however, is not the point. 4*I am rich and I have no time to spare. Ilene° this offer. I take ie that you are a man of common sense, and I take it for granted, therefore, that yOI will not heeltate to accept this otter. Your acquiescence wilt be as- sumed if you 'lunch at the Grand Tiestel, Cromer, between ono and two, on Thorsday following the reeeept of this letter. You will then be put in full pos- seselon of all the information neees- eery to the earrying out of the pro- posals made ,to you. Yon are well te the writer, who will take the liberty of joining you et 'Sour IMMO' - The letter ended thus somewhat abruptly, Wolfenden, who luta only glanced ft through at first, now, re- read It onrefully. Then he handed it back to Blatherwick. grtei a very' oorieris nommunion- tion," ho s -Aid, thomightftilly, '"o. very cnrions communication indeed. I do not know what to think of it." Iliatherwick Mid down llis cigar with nn nir of great tellef,Ire would bate liked to have thrown it away, bet dared not. " et MitSt surely be hitended for a practleal joke, Lord eirolfentlen," be said. ' Either Milt. o iny rerrespond- Mit has been Indierouely nit Informed." "You do not consider, then, that my father's work le of any value at an?" V'Nfenrirn asked. Mr. Blateermeck coughed apologet- ically, and watehea the extinction of the cigar by his side with obtiens satisfaction. "Ton menet, I am sure, prefer," be said, "thee / give yeti a perfeotly ettalghtforwere netswer to thnt twee - Von. teer-cannot ronceive that the work epee which hat lorreship and I are eumnged anti be of the sl-glitast tn teres t or rise to anyboly. 1 en.n nesure Yon, LOrd Wolfenden, that my brain at -times reels-poeitivelv reels -from the tettreenennary natetre e the mann- iteripts which your father has pasted Ort to me to eonv. It Is 'not that they ere merely technical,, they are abso, lutely and entirely uteaniegiess. You ask me tor my Opition, LOrd 'Walleye Cele and I conceete it to be tny ditty neemer you boflCtitly X are quite sum that his lordthip ts rtot in a fit state of Mind to undertake any galena work." "01,11e person who Wrete that let-, ter;' WiAleeden remarked, thought otherwies," 'The person, who Wrote that let- terRe. Blathervirick teterteid eptlekly, Itideed le was written in god faith. itf* • It tto know' go*Mob lite kneieleitee eeetlitiOrt et Mind Wine kat. otpont the greater "peke DO you consider that my father is p.,.etting Worse, Mr. Blatherwlek ?" Wolionden asked A week ago," Mr, Blatherivick seed, "I should have replied that les lorclehip's state of mine was exactly the mune an when I first came here. But there has been a change for the worse during the last week. It com- menced with his sudden, ancl, I am bound to say, unfoundee sumicion of lif.'ss Merton, weem I believe to be a tooth estimable'' and worthy young lady." ' Mr. Blatherwiek plume, and appear- " to be troteelesi wttli a slight 'sough. The singe whieh Wo'f-neen was not altogether able to conceal seemed eornevrhat to increase his embarrass- ment. "The extraordinary occurrence of last night, wbioh her ledyship lees probal ly Oet Wel to you,' Mr. Blather, wick cottinuel, "mat the cot dem len moist of what, I fear, we can only regard as dow-nriglit ineanity. I regret having to speak so plainly, but I am afraid that any milder phrase would be inapplicable." "1 am very sorry to bear this," Wolfenden remarked gravely. "Under the circrenttrinces," Mr. Blatherwick said, picking up his cigar Which was now extinct, and immediately laying it flown again, "1 trust that yon and Lady Tiering - ham will excites my not giving the oustomary notice of my desire to leave. It le, of mum, impoesible for me to continue to draw rt-er-eti- pend melt a 1 am in receipt of for serviceso ludierously inadequate." "Lady Deringham will be sorry to have you go," Wolfenden snicl. "Coulen't you put up with it a. little longer ?" "I would lunch prefer to leave," Mr. Blatherwick said deeldealy. "I nm not physionely strong, and 3 must confess that His Lordsbires attitude at times poeitirely alarme me. I fear that there is no doubt that he committed ttn unprovoked assault last night up- on that unfortunate keeper. There is-er-no telling whom he might se- leot for hie next vietim. If quite con- venient, Lord Wolfencien, I should like to leave to•morrow by an early train." "Oln I yort can't go so soon as that," Wolfonden said. "How 'about thle letter ?" "To•ti can take any steps you think proper with regard to It," Mr. Blatherwiek answered nervously. "Per- somally I have nothing to do with it. I thought of going to spend a week with an aunt of mine In Cornwall, and I- ehould like to leave by the early train to -morrow." Wolfenden could scarcely keep from laughing, although he was a little annoyed. "Look here, BlatherMick," he said, "you must help ma a little before you go, there's a. good fellow. I aren't doubt for a moment what you say about the poor old governor's condition of mind; but at the same time it's rather an odd thing, isret it, that Ms own sudden fear of having his work stolen Is followed up by tie receipt of this letter to you? There is some one, at any rate, who places a very high value upon hie manuscripts. 3 rnust say that / sliould like to know whom that letter mune from." "I can assure you," Mr. Blatherwick said, "that I have not the faintest "Of course mei haven't," Wolfenden assented, a little impatiently. "But don't you see how easy it will be for us to find oat? You must go to the Grand Hotel on Thursday for lunch, and meet this mysterious person." "I would very much rather not," Mr, Blatherwick declared promptly. "I should feel exceedingly uncomfortable; should not like it at all!" "Look here," Wolfonden said per- suasively, "I must find out who write that letter, and can only do so with your help. You need only be there, I will came up directly 3 have marked tko man who comes to your table. Your Mammas is all that is required; zeal I shall tako it AR a ftIVOr if you will allow me to make you a present of a fifty -pound note." Mr. Blatherwick flushed a little and hesitated. He had brothers and sisters, vrtiose bringing ne was a ter- rible etta,in upon the slim purse of his father, o, country clergyman, one a groat deal could be does with flfty Pounds, It WM against his con• Science as well as his inclinations to remain in a poet Where his duties wore a farce, but this was different. Ite eighed. "You aro very generous, Lord Wol- fenden," he said. "I will stay until after Thureclay." "There's a good fellow," Woltention said, much relieved. "Have another cigar 1" alt. Blatherwlek roe° hastily, and shook his head. "You must oXcuse me, if you please," Imo Said. "I will not emoke any more. I think if you will not Tilind---" Wolfenden turned to the window and held up his hand. "Listen e he said. "Is that a car- ringe at this time of night?' A carriage it certainly was, passing by' the windage in a moment they heard it draw up at the front door, and someone alighted. ItOcid time for callers," Wolfenden remarked. Mr. Blatlterwich did not reply. lie, too, was listening. In a Moment they heard the rustling of a woman's skirts; outside, and the smoking -room 'door opened. • • • o. • I • , CITAPTElt XV. The Coming and Going of Mr, :btrank. lin Wi1mot' 'Both men looked up as Lady Deting. ham entered the room, carefully clos- ing the door behind her. Site had a card in her hand, and an open letter. "Wolfenden," she said. "I am so glad that you are here. It le Most fortu- nate t soMething very singular has 'happened. You will be able to tell Ino what MS do." Mr. tiatherwick rose quietly and left the room. Wolfenden was all attention. "Someone has just arrived," he ra- zed rked. "A gentleman, a cOMplete strange ,t " ebb assented. "This is his card. Be tteented sutprise that his name was rot tateltitte to me. te Wes quite elite that you WOW know It," VOlfeadell took the 'Card between iris fingers and read It teUt• ow. Franklin Wilmot." Ho was thoughtful for s moment. Tho name was familiar enough, but Imo could not immealetely remember In what connection. Suddenly It (lashed into his mind, "Of course! he exclaimed. He is a famous physician -a very. great swell,. goes to court and all that !" • Lady Deringliam nodded. 'He aintrecilleed himecif as pby He has brought this letter from Dr. Wolfontlen took tbe note from her hand. It was written on half a sheet of paper, and apparently in,. great haste: " Dear Lady Deririgharn,-My old friend, Franklin. Wilmos, who has been staying at Cromer, hag just called upon me. We have bean having a cbat, and he Is extremely interested in Lord Derin,gha,m's case, to much so that I had arranged to come over with him tlsIs eveniag to see if you would care to have his opinion. tenfortunatele, however, I have been summoned to attend a patient nearly ten mules away -a bad accident, 3 fear -end Wilmot is leaving for town tomorrow morning. I suggested, however, that he might call on his way back to Cromer, and if you would kindly let hire see Lord Deringham I should be glad, as his opinion woull be of mater- ial assistance to nie. Wilmat's reputa- tion as the greatest living autlaroity on cases of partiel mania is donbtless known to you, and as he never, under any circemstences, vt its patients out- side London, It would be a great pity to lose this opportunity. "In great haste, and begging you to excuse this scrawl, I am, dear Lady Deringham, yours sincerely, " John eilhitlett. 11:37P.reeS..-„You will please not Offer him reetfu7orIdit. lfleelidenfolded op the letter and "Well, I suppose it's all right," he said, "It's an odd time, though, to call on an errand of this sort." "So I thought," Lady Deringham agreed; "but Dr. Whitlett's explana- Mon seems perfectly feasible, does it noel I said that I would consult you. You wet come in and see lam 'Se Wolfenden followed his mother into the drawing -room. A tall, dark man was sitting in a corner, uuder a palm tree. In one hand he held a magazine, the pictures of which he appeared to be studying with the aid of an eye- glass, the other was mixed to lee month. Ile was in the act of indulg- ing In a yawn when Wolfencleu and his mother entered the room. "This Is my eon, Lord Wolfenden," she said. " Dr. lsrenken Wilmot." The two men bowed. "Lady Deringham has explained to you thee•esson of my untimely visit, I presume ?" the latter remarked at mice. Wolfenden assented. " Yes! I am afraid that it will be alittle aifficult to get my father to see yon on sueli thert notice." "1 was about to explain to Lady Deringham, before I understood that you were in the. house," Dr. 'Wilmot said, "that although that 'would be an advantage, it is not absolutely necessary at present. I should of course have to examine your father before giving a definite opinion as to hit:: case, bat I e7111 glee you a very fair Mee as to hie condition without seeing him at all." Wolfeneen and his mother exchang- ed glapees. "You must forgive us." Wolfenden commnnoed hesitatingly, "but really enn scarcely understand." "or course not," their visitor In- terrupted brusquely. "My method is one which is doubtless altogether strange to you, but if you read the Lancet or the Medical Tournal, you would have heard a good deal about it lately. I form my concluelons as to the mental condition of a pa. tient almost altogether from a cloec inspection of their letters, or al33" work upon which they are, or lrave been, recently engaged. I do not say that it Is possible to do this from a single letter, but when a man hos it hobby. such as 1 towlerstand Lord Deringham indulges In, and has de voted a great deal of time to real or Imagleary work in connection with it, I am generally able, from a study of that work, to tell how far the brain is weakened, if at all, and in what manner it can be strengthened. This Is only the erucleet outline of my theory, but to be brief, I can give you illy opinion its to Lord Dm:CIO:tine men- tal condition, and my advice as to its mahrtenance, If you wilt pInce berore me the latest work upon which he has been engaged. I hope I have 'made myself clear." Perfectly/. Wolfenden answered, "lesouncis very reasonable and very Interesting, but I am armed that there are a few practical diffic111- ties lim the way. In tke ['rub place. my father (loos not thew lils work or any portion of it to anmino. 011 the other hand, lie takes the most extraordinary precautions to main. tain absolute seerecy with regard to it." " That," Dr. Wilmot remarked, ratlier a bad feature of the came It is a difficulty which I should intagine you could get oven, though. You couki easily Malmo some excuse to got him away from his *deity for a short time, and leave me there. Of Course, the affair is in your hands altogether, and I ain presum- ing Mine yen are anxious to have an optnion its to your folbee's sta te of health. 1 amn not hi the habit of seeking patlente," he addtel, little stiffly. "I was interested In my friend WM tl et t's defied ption of tho case, and anxione to apply my theories to it, as it happens to dif- fer in some respects from anything I have met with lately. Further, I may add," he meitinued, glanciug at the clock, if adything is to be clone, it meet be done quiekly, I heve Ito time to spare." " You had bdtbr,' Wolfe.utkm ullg. gested, "stay here fur tho night 111 any case. We will send you to tile station, or into Cronter, as early as you like in the inorniug," " Abiolutely impose' Wee" Dr. Wil- inot replied briefly. "1 ant 'staying with friends lu Cremee. and 1 have a consultation in town early to -morrow morniag. You meet really ma ku Up Your mind at once whe- ther you wish lor nty .opinlou or ‘Volteetlen looked at him doubtfully, Tecre seemed to be no poet:ability of anything but advautage itt accepting thee offer, and yet in a sense he wee sorry that it had been made. "In ease you should attach any ime- cial impf,rtatme to your father's menu- eeripte,'' D.r. Wiltitot remarked, w itil 0 note of sarcasm In his tone, "I might add that It Is not at all oecessaty roe me to be alone In the study.," . 0I do not think," letedy Derligbam mid, "that we need hesitate tor moment about that r. Weifenden felt A little uncomfort- able ender the Older niati's keen gaze. Neither did he altogether like having ids thoughts read Scr aocuralelY. "I suppose," he said, turning to Ills mother, -you could mileage to gee lain amay from the library or a bliort Mine?" "I could at least try," she all - fevered. Meliall I ?" "I think," lie mad, "that ns Dr. Wil- mot bas been good enough to go out of his way to call hero, we meet make an effort." Lady Ileringham left the room. Dr. Wilmot, wboee expression of ab - Solute hinnuolveness had not altered lu the least during their discussion, turned towards NNOlfenden• "Have you youreelf." he said, "never seen any ol your father's manuscripts? nas lie never explained the scheme of his work to you '1" Wollendeu shook his head. "1 know the central idea," lie an- swered -"the weakness of our navy and coast defences, and that is about all I know. My fathee even wheu he was an nen-Aral on active service, took an absolutely pessimistic view ce both. You may perhaps remember this. The Lords of the Admiralty used to con- sider him, I believe, the one great thorn in their sides." Dr. 'Wilmot shook his head. "I have never taken any interest in such matters," he said, "My metes:deo has been completely absorbing during the lath ten years." Wolfenden nodded. "I know," he remarked, "that I used to read the newspapers and wonder why on earth my father took such pains to try and frighten everybody. But Ile is altogether changed now. He 'even avoids the subject, although I am quite sure that it Is las one eagrossing thought. It is certain that no one has ever given ench time and concen- trated energy to it before. If only his NVOrk was the work of a sane man I could understand it being very valu- able." (To 130 Continued./ GEBT BOOK. leesteteletelmeMeeMeaseeistelelel1ee+++4•444.4. +4++4+444P CiliNESE BURIAL CUSTOMS: 4, nest Celestials Provide for Returning Their Bones to the Flowery Kingdom. (Pekin Correspondence N. Y. Sun.) Se++++++.1.4.444sesese+++++1•444ilelefee+,14404•4.4-4.40+.4•44,1,+++++ +++4,4i, When a person dies in China, if the ticket inland we deliver Mee set 13Ie members of his family have sufficient deetination." money to mourn for him properly, About this time there erne a mem motion around the forward hatelis they send out ad get professionalcrd the whttee am ong tee mourners. These mourners come in ehip's crew heeled up and a owof a e _ of fin mite and according to their pay enthuse the bocey of the dead Chinaman In it. lastically well for the departed. They le wee dragged along the deck and keep it up day and night until the mistece up awl putt in one of the The; time set for the funeral. and thee blerellatrisCewohferteheitjoitTriresriird ailvIng they tollow the bedy to tbe field or "Why don't you mike the Clittme But the burial doesn't take place 333e):1 nelp In pulling the wenn ceat'of to the river bank 3vhere It is to rest. zitohkeedholtdheanpdapssurati3tginegr.it in the boat ?" then. The dead man has to wait for astrologers. They cast the horoecope 'beech a dead body unlese that vitae before his bones are Mate, pointing to his Chinese crew; "Those fellows P &mended the a.n to the arrival of the "auspicious time" ; The auspicious time is settled by the finally eovered....you caulk/rot hire a chirium the heavens. The auspicious time his regular business. The Cidneso who dle the dead are looked on a$ out - of the deceased and then they study licin does not arrive until the particular casts by the other Chiaamen." 'star or planet under which the man , i It is a law in 'China that no enders taker or a descendant of an was born Is at the proper angle with wader. the sun and earth and is as near as taker to the fourth generation shall hol possible over the spot where the hold public office. In this undertakers burial Is to take place. Then the are put on the SLUM p18130 With. bare this time has ers, actors and prostitutes. astrologers say that 1 One of the most essential thine or terrived, the friends or the family of f the deceased go to the field or the , a roan in China who dies away Meat home is a white rooster. A Trieste needed to guide hie seirk4 river bank and shovel earth over the rooster is is supposed never to be dieturbed. ' His friends to the resting place of his aneostors. ants of the deceased. Besides seeing that the deceased will look after his body; Any disturbance of it is a &sewer. and will see that it Is carrted to the tion to be avenged by the descend- . is . , spot, but there must be a rooster to guide the spirit. There are no auspicious time is buried, it Is obit- hearses in China and the oeffias are properly mourned for and at the proper gatory on the relatives to provide icarried on poles borne OA the ghoul-, aka -thing for the cl. parted merit tance to reach the resting place of dors of coolies. When a, body is be. and money to enable him to pay his ng transported a considerable de- i way in the epirit land. There are dozens of stores in Chinese cities.. its ancestors tee white rooster is where one will See great bundles of perched on tele top of the coffin in silvered paper made up in the ehape front • and the more times it erows of little boots or shoes similer • to the less atlantic there be of the spirit the silver thoes that pass for money : of the departed losing its way. A ail ever th This Is Mit ; Chinaman would rather Elie than loee an arta or a leg, because all From the Guelph Herald, Jan. nth, Mei. The death of our illustrious S.4.3ver- eign will naturally be followed by the implication of many " Lives of the Queen." A well written and artis- tically produced book on Mar Majesty's life and reign will unquestionably command an immense sale. An (ski book with. a few pages added; a re- hash of newsp•aper artieles thrown to- gether in a day, or Amerioan books by American authors, will not fill the bill. The Herald is glad to announce that 'MBE WORLD PUBLIS.EIING COMPANY, OF GUELPH, who have been foremost in. the past in the pro- duction of high class literature, have had for some time in preparation '1031E LIFE AND REIGN OF QUEEN 'VIC- TIORIA, which will be a standard work of great. excellence, and is being prepared with great care. It le writ- ten. by John Coulter, the celebrated Histoirlan and Journalist from Lon- don, England, assisted by John A. Cooper, editor of the Canadian Maga- eine, Toronte. Air. Cooper will give special attention. to Canada under the Queen's Reign, including the visit of the Prince of Wales to Caamda, and the Rectal and Vice -Regal connection of Iliee Regal with the country. From advanced sheets and prospee- tnees that have been examined, the Harald takes pleasure in stating that the workmanship will be more team excellent. There will be a greet num- ber of portraits and engravings, all of which are genuine works .of art, and equal to the best work to be fouled in any magazine of the day. The paper and manufacture will be. in keeping with the high eharacter of the publication, and the whole is In vere' great contrast to an opposition work which has been submitted to us for inspection. Tho Herald prediets es sale of this LIFE OF TEE QUEEN greater than bars ever been reachel by any other book in Canada. am it seams to us, every loyal snbject will desire a copy, The work lo to be sold ata low price to bring it within the rennh of all. The advertisement, of "THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY," calling for agents, will be found in another col- umn. of our issue of to -day. 11 ABM N leN TO W • Scurvy Trlok Played. on a Timid Bridegroom. The Woman's Journal is blo for this story - Time mem mitered alone confidentially - "Do you ute the word 'obey' in your maiming° service, Mr. -- 9' "No," fetid the minister, "I do not, usually." "Weli," saki the expectant berm - diet, "I have come to ask you to marry me igov, and I want it used." "Certainly," rep:led the other. "It shall. be none," and presently the. couple stood solemnly before him. "Jairecis said the elereee man. "do you take this woman tebe your wedded wile?" "I do." "Do you absolutely promise to love, to honor and obey her so long as 3011 +both thall live?" • Illorror and rebellion struggled with the eaneteties of the occasion on the brie-legman:es face, but chokingly responded -"I do," and the meek be.de decorously promised in lier turn. After the ceremony was over the brick -groom said excitedly aside to the grave minioter- "Yoe hesuriderstood me, sir, you raimairlorstooe rue referred to the woma.ree promising to obey." "A.b, did you, indeed ?" serenely on• stwerese remerence. "But I thinIc what is good for ono side i8 good for the other, don't yon? And, my friend, it to my advice to you to say noth- ing about it, for as an old married man, I can tell you you'll have to obey anyhovi.." responsi- and Bele What We Do in Life, A statistician has estimated that a man fifty years old has worked 6,500 &lye, has slept 6,001, has AM- usred hinteelf 4,000, bee walked 12,0:10 miles, hoe beets ill 500 daye, has par - token of 86,000 Meals, oaten 15,000 pounds of meet and 4,000 of fish, egg, and. Vegetables, and drunk 7,000 gallons of fluids. Mhiard's Unit -beat Ditree Celds, etc. 1)ost thou love ? Then do not squander tor that le the Stuff life le Made of.,-Pranklin. money. In the same stores if you ' e empire. Sp enquire yea will .and paper Mothing felle Chinamen believe 'that if you are not equipped with members. memo and paper Monks. When the coffin you enter the next world yea will spot where at the end of a mouth ' containing the imay is taken to the never be able to repair the loos there, or six months, or perhaps a year, le stance, you will go through etereittm . and if you die names a leg, for lo - is to be buriel, the relatives buy a nainus a leg. This is the rersimen thati lot ef Milo spirit money and several 1 death by k 1 I c in g is the most dread - bums of papur clueniug and a trunk ' ed of, all forms of punishment, and be - ;there they eurn it beside the coifin. : 131'i hon.ding is the next most dreaded., )1. so and take it out to the gr ve, the first process the body Is Whether ehe ispirit pockets the ernoke Posed to be sliced in a thousand Or what it does, the Chinese say that , Plecee, and usually it is, aria tt the aet provides the money neces-i impossible to SOW it together again md s sary in the merit lanand the cloth- ! A beheaded man must travel tarongle ing that will make the spirit pre- ! eternity without any heed, or 1! Ittet eentable to his fellow spirits. Driv- ! friends succeed in getting his head big along a river hank near ehangaal ' and in sewing it ten again, theyl a, dietanee of about two miles tlie must do so with ithe rams tie the Sun, correspondent counted eighteen ' rear, and that is the way the spirit coffins' that were waiting for the i has to wear it for ever. t "auspicious time." Sume of them I were new and Nome had been out so Praise for Grand Trunk. long that they were weatherbeaten. I Among -the many complimentary lets On this subjecit of whine It may • ems received byie pi:monger de - be 'said here that a most acc.epta- 1partment of the Gran.] Trunk Railway ta ble present from a youth to his old , system on its ecrelee on the through folks Is a coffin, or, better still, two I train between Featon and Chic -ago coffins in which they may be burled when they die. The presentation is i ano Montreal, is one f rem a pfsomieent. ' business man at the Hub, who writem in. nu 'wise a laint that it is Mine the to Mr. G. T. Bell. general passenger recipient should use the preeenl, but is a mark of filial affection that is always appreciated. The presenta- tion is usually accompanied by a good and ticket agent, in part, as melees- " When I visitel Denver 1 travelled in both directions httween Beetim and Mimeo, via tie, (Mend Trunk Rene deal of eeremonm.poesibiy. be a band way, and nothing voted have been and always by great rejoleing. The bett r, o p ci llth1 ing car ere old folks who receive the coMne put viveng , without eha". on the :1 o clock ,e e t c . them away in the best rooin In the train from Chleago, eastbound, and houee and never lose on opportu- • on the 1130 ani trein from Boston,. nity to show them to their friends. westbound. The dining -car service ott If your sone don't present a coffin the Grand Trunk is unsurpassed by, to you it is not at all out of the any hi the country, atel lins very Mw. way for you to go out and buy one equale ; and, In fact, it mielit be said for yourself ami put it aside for the that there are perhaps two or three day when you will need it. It is just roads that hate reameied practical as much the (imam to provide your- perfection in canine -ear iierviee, and self with a _coffin before you die as the Grand Trunk is one 'of them. The .it is in the United States to pro- mire -ear system Mot a buffet, but vide a family lot In a cemetery to ivlicee you cnn get things that are receive your remains. eatable and desirable, perfectly, The moet conspicuous thing in the served) on your terouph day trains, Yarrien of the Viecrey of the Prom. 1 especially on tbe ran between Monte ince of Chili when the civil govern- i real and Toronto, is nneurpaseed, ment of the allies took posseesion in I both as to aecommodation and Tientsin was it. ban(lsome hardwood cuisine. coffin that the- Viceroy had pro- '31 addition, I believe that there in ply-I:L(161r for hinaself or that had been no traveller who may Retest this wee ei; bele elm 02st route between the Meat arid the Of honor in tlie 0til011 But in las West, but will like myeelf, have nothe peaise. At all times case the forethought had been all for !Ps' 1211t.• v.E°111-1. 01. ilauglit, for the allico came to hini lc!: '111""Iing thxat‘111 so suddenly that he had to escape anada, ned the road lustneen Men -, from hie mouth through a hole in real and Toronto is especially be -antes the roar wall, and later he commit- fui along the SO Lawreriee 3ZiVer." tele mile de an m s be; y wen oa - Mg down tho river along with thoise of thoueanes of other Chinamen who had been killed daring,- the fight or by the eoldiers of the allies after the city had been Mikon. His coffin was thrown OtIt (.11 a woodpilein the rate of the yamen. One of the thingthat a Chinaman feare most 1.e that Imo will die away from home, one las, body will not find a resting pine s beside those of hie ancootors. The ship on which the eorresponcleht came to Chinst car- rial a immber of Chinamen as etepr- age pate -ewers. One day one 'of these moi.sengers died. "We'll have a burial aa eerie" said a first-class .passenger to the first mate. "Not on your life," meet the mate. "Do you think we'd throw away $251 11°t "IVITalletile.: you mean 9" asked' the firetsclass paseenger. "Moan," -said the mate, "mean vhat -thy. Inuit passenger Is worth :$25 more dead than alive . The doctor gots fe12 and tho ship $13." "How," demanded the passenger. "Why,' add the mate, "no; Chime - men wants to be buried away from his ancestors, -and oue of the things that the Cilium Six Companies in S. al Fraucesco does is to insure Chima. men agate:let that, 'When a Chinaman Linde in America or in Canada he pays a certain amount to the Six Companies and that instres that his body steal resteli home if he die. The SIX delnieenieit has a .contract with the isteieeship company, 'and it pap/ 025 for every dead Chinanutti we do - Reel. le Chime So we never bury them at sea. The ()octet embalms the body and the company 1E1W:es him $12 re his share. Yes, sir, a dead Celina- Man16 worth $251 mere to .118 than a livAirreet'e" lu Calisa do you 'deliver the beetles?" aeltee tile passenger. "Whetever the .totpee's ticket .etille toe delivery," stlid the mate. "If 101 bouglit •ticket through to Oiteteri we tate llim there,. *r if 110 Wight a Some 19th (entory Meendeet. If the telescope of the seventeenth - century reveals to ne myriade el snns, the spectroseope of the ranee teenth tells us what substances compose these siins, and, most won- derful of all, the direetIon and rate in which emelt is moving. The mare iner's compass easily yields plaee to Morse's electric telegraph, perfeete ed in Vete, while the useled Immolate+ for and thermometer are e.ertoleilyi leee woneerfal than Bell's tele* phone anti Edieon's phonegraph. Dia Roctgeres "X" rays, which 1)iert3e the recesses of nature, and, lette orally epee.king, reveal the Inner Fawn :dovecot's wireless telegraphy'; lis quid air the bacillus or germ theory of disease, fori a notable group of the latest wonders. Miss en the Stomach. Result of imperfect digestion - Preashig up against the heart it ex- cites alarming symptoms. Mistant re- lief iS afforded by the use of tee drops of Nerviline in a, little 1 sweet- ened water, half an honr after the meal. ervili pale the gas and imparts a sense Of eomfort. Nerviline le good for e lot of other thinge lieskles. Keep it in the house for Rheumatism, Cramps, Neuralgia, Toothathe. Druggists tell it. Germans tieing to leritall. German settlemente In Bruth MOT.. ZITO the 1110.8t flomathing of whieln the fatherland ean boast. Sines) the beginning of the present centery Go man emigrants have struggled neselont fearful odds to establish themselves in Southern Brazil, with the results that te-day it is claimed that nguars tor of a million. inhabitants Of Germane extraction find a econfortable home there. Large Sennett ceslonle,s melees in Rio tle Janeiro, Bahia Merl other, purel,y llvaszillan places, but tbe Ger- mans almost call their own the tears 'Stelae protrinoes of Parana, Ettetitml Caterilte •and Ino Grande 69 Sul, ;