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COCAINE POISONINth
Ceeattte--itsett 'a most usefur times.
Memel, lute pcatteany I1 erega with ute
smite anti nuareast aenon, t et e.teetee of
lutete e -elate retests at-quilt:a 4flittesevattie
tenure:ay, It is'utey within lite. tent tow
years that the Unclog of cocaine emu -
ewe etteteta ta NV .I.NNWS4INA.M.
elle ee" oangere, etat It ewes • iOW to
have teap..eat 1.. &tie euettlar Wald Ile
foreruuner, niorphiti •. eacii th, Le tie
found
in every welt-et:quit:note:L. "oinking
aiteciter, •
ocatee is an all-aleld ilerived feent the
Plant Ceett, D. native or South America,
ead It late been used J.relli1,flI eertetet
tuneby the inhabitants of the c auttrtea
where et grewa..• teavel are enewed.
Inb..0.1 whit lime, and it eeemi to .at wed
ea a. ettuntant tuttelv us tea is uoed ey
1.1e. it Is eat'e:ed by the Indiana who
have to matte very louts and rapei Jour-
• Lees, vete is atteged to enable heave ivatis
tebo ettrrletl Wall latte tatlgtle ,1,1)(l ell
Nor), little fe004-0 .1.t • . liowther, a.; with
morphia, tile -very sten-eating ail.: appal.
catty Invigorating nutlai or the erne
lelitelt give tt its attractivenese to tt weak
tulnd; ttlat' re ,ittakeit derigerotta. M
Witte morphia and °tiler pAlialeions of
opium, the dese reqUired to Pre,4lee an
eaeCt beetallea daily larger an 1ar6er, and
beetle to 1.ici atimbesterett at deereaseig
Intervale until life Itsen beeenleS
an,e WItkat
COCaille la legitimately use.) In mealcine
WI a. peWellUt ieeal an.,e34.143„I1/41, i.oal It,
and• properationa containing it, are 01
1310tt MO hz delaiStrY. It laiLY be hike»
tta an overdose either by accident or
huontionaliy, though suicide by I moans
1$ rale. It la very rapidly aboorbet. and
la titeremre dangerous as an injection
into uny cavIties. a the body, or Into
t.Cep abcesses Or Ant11104. It v11rie..1 con-
siderably, in its effects on differeat peo-
ple, and requires, skilled adlninistration
and watching. Where an overdose has
been taken in any manner the patient
becomes pax, %giddy and faint, and
breaks ipte a sweat, The skin goes
-,creepy,' and thre le palpitation of the
heart. The pulse becomes talkative and
excited. sometimei hyt0ri011I. o far
the eyraptome arc- familiar to the habit-
ual, taker of the drug, hat beyont 'this
stage the eyesight beconies confused, as
tile dilated outlets Sall to ,reaot, the
meant becomes panting and .the feellug
or faintness -passes inttrprostration. There
MaY 1.•e loss of conseiousness and convul-
sions. The muscles arc seized with pullt-
rut eramps, and soon deliritun and htt,P,
luoinations may occur, Vrom the io first
violent -excitement§ a thenervoussyStern
a reaction later sets In and depression
itallowe, with collapse and, in fatal cases,
death from that" or from resp:ratory
failure.
utaINTAT., OVERSTRAIN IN CHILD
Over-straint hi childlaood, especially at
uced not .necessaxily be due to
tactual over -work. What would be easy
anti .oven' pleasantly stimulating to a
child of un even, placid temperament
may be top fnueh for a nervous,iiighly-
strung, temperamentalboy or girl. To
tie aetual itiontat etOrt needed, in the
ettNe of the latter clied, morbid fear ot
failure; oxhausting ambition, leading' to
over -work; and jealousy, with consequent
a emotional eribe. 1,)isa1ipointinent, wuen
even hard work, \lintel, these conditions,
has only led to failure, nattst be taken
into consideration as well, when the
R.realt-down comes.
Title form of nervous and mental, over-
strain is commoner among girls than
among boys, possibly on account of their
Slightly earlier mental development, part -
..1y; too, because undor otuer systems
of education, physical.Oztcerelses played
Iar too mail ti. part y1o4 tittle girl's
life. This, however, llz now largely
remedied.
•.Jut in many cases Itj3 not quite fair
to lay the whole- Warne, et l the school
system. Often the ba,c1 mental bits
have bee11 begunAn even earlier life, and
the mental strain- may.lutve'boon started
111 the_nursery, Competition with other
bider -children, mania stimulus of the
mental faculties, the encouragement of
'showing ofr"-that bupe ot-simpie child-
hood -all .thosd. may be. eftongh, in sett-
sitivechildren, to soe, the seeds of futtire
trouble.
.Lt is probable that, mental over -strain
In children present numbthe same signs
ao 111 adults, but the child being tar'
less articutitte: eithei.„; cannot reeegnise
or cannot describe his symptom's, es -
it is dirticult for 'a chlid to describe the
xoeling, go usual minting adults, kathe
earlier stades of.overstrain, Or incapacity
to'eoncentrate thk,attontion,•inentai co11..
fusion, irrelevancy - of thought and gen-
oral meutal distraction. The weakness
and exhaustion, giddiness, and (Ireton-
iness produced by any effort to use the
s mind, with tho,headeelies which follow,
are faithfully portrayed by adults but
with the exception of the headache.4, are
pra.tically never Inentiohed by children.
The mental andnerectus irritability and
fits, of' impatience.ancrrage over trifles,
with depressidtt and ,'excltment in alter'-
aLing the sieepiessness and bed
dreams and- loathing Of Work or an' ef-
fort, all strike the adult with, a seniaeof,
their arbarmality alid disease, but in the
child, who is without experience with
which to compare his feelings, these
signs,--msualjr-show .themselves to adults
as fits of bad- temper, cressnese, and
stupidity. At school he may bp brillant
in one chase', and hopelessly dull in an-
other; one masteg, May give him ,an ex-
cellent character -and another know him
as the idlest boy In the class, while at
home -he is passionate Or querulous, and
his%lessons follow Um to bed and into
his dream.i.
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A DE11,:rENT TURX.,
Threw Away Vatlel; rottteht
There' is. a tale Of Galliptili that
deals with a tight' in the open and ex-
hibits the "unspeakable" Turk as a
fair and worthy enemy. This is the
story:
A young English officer, doleg a -
servation work„ alonewas suddenly.
-confronted by A. Turkish .officer,
srni-
Lxrly engaged. The Turk was aa sur-
prised as the Briton, but came for-
ward eevelyee in hand. The Enn:1sh-
;pan had to revolvers. He stood has -
ground, his hands In the large peek -
eta of his turtle,
:Seeing that 1114 adversary was un-
armed, the Turk, much ta the surprise
of' the Driton, threw down biz gun
and aiatattallailis' flata" Ile ,approved triage
ring style. The Eng11sihman put hen -
salt on guard, and the next moment
the Turk flung neimself on him, and
the pair began to tight desperately,
'he Men Were about the saina age,.
the same waight'arld had adequate
knowledge ot the ant ,of boxing. They
fought without stoppleg tor 'about -ten
minutes. By that tine .each was ex-
hausted, and then nettled fo: a brief
rest, only to corithillatabheit little pri-
vate accounting wben they had found
man' teal/del OVer on the ground and
their breath.
Round After round the teght went
• Wilkletout-in tht Oaf of Sara the
shipesfired automatically, and hack of
each rt them We field ertallery thun-
dered,' Neitherseemed to be eine ta
get ally deeleive advantage over the.
other, atid ittliaat Tuek and Enellea-
letvelied and. laughed.
Jen thee the 1:n0:threat's hand
tenelled something, It was the Turkar
pistol. He picked It up and handed it
to Inte -enemy, Theft the two `sserese
siren .stleok hands cad eacli returned to
his eterl lines.
gelf-Bestraint
For '(tratit of self-restraint rearre
men aro eitgagotal 011 their lives; In
figitt;ng with diffieUltiee Of their own
makine, and rendering illledetiS
• ty their OW11 eraele-gritilled un-
gentleiless; whilst others, who may
be much Mee :sifted, make their way
and aebleve glICOOSS,by timple, patient
etilialtirnity ttud itelf-control,
"Jjarriage le a lotterY," eiloteal t .0
estentatiotts eynia, "Wol," repled
Mr, Meektort, "I atialts IItnr:etta. It
right. She constantly saying r nev-
er hal atty hnsitiete tet garnhie."-
Waehington
IMAM
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gliffiSMOMAINEMEM EMEASIM
Itet us introduce her a% she lay one
morning -neer the Cbrietmee panto-
mime time at the Signet -upon, the
velvet lounge, a French novel in her
taints,- hands, and a bunch of hothouse
papas close at her elbow -not to at,
your grand lady seldom eats these
ereat ehinga the poor envy so 'much,
but bacattae the ...expensive 11=4%11 ot
fruit was Pleaelug to her sense of
tight and bore a peculiar, kiad of
ratification.
Lady Maud yaarned-ae well she
Might -dropped the yellow.covered
abomination upon the floor and reised
nerself upon her elbow.
"Snowing yes," she mused.' "It al-
ways snows now. I hate winter and
wish we bna gone to Dotteshall, after
all. But, no, that would not do. Dos-
teshall is too far from Loudon, and,
and-Jark--" • '
"My dear Maud," said 1.1adY Pace -
well, entering elle room and breaking
itt upon t Lady Maud% eeflection, "are
you not going out this morning?
!lave ordered the carriage, It is hIrl-
gay, the day we Call on Lady Bake-
well. I'Vereally must go, my dear,
title week,"
"It 'Is a great bore, aunt. I wish
[AO Bakewell was neat so deaf and so
eloquent on ber lumbago."
"My dear Maud," laughed LadY
Paceevell'n "Well, My have, you shall
please yourself, I must go, but do not
Mind going alone,"
"Tbat is a dear, aunt, now, and say,
please, have the headache, which I
have no doubt I shall have before you
get there,"
Lady Pacetvell sighed.
"Really, it is very, hard work;
aever knew a winter season so crowd?
ad, Let .me, see," looking over a..
laintily bound memorandum book
"This afternoon there is Madam Ska-
leeltys matineee4nd to -night Jack has
promised to take trento the theatre."
"Oh, is., it no -night?" saki Lady
Maud, indifferently, atthough a sin-
gular light earn& into her languid eyes,
'Yes, to -night, and I wonder where
le will ,go: Well, I must 'siert, my
tear, and pray deal. make your head
ache over that book."
Scarcely had the carriage rolled
away with great state and eclat than
it resolute hand banged on the
knocker. sa
Ledy Maud arose 'with rather un-
met Abruptness, cast a glance, at
acrsele in the glass, arranged a silken
bow at her throat, and fell back on
!he sofa, novei in hand, fully pre-
pared.
Jack, is it you?" she said in
her sweetest voic. as the door was
thrown hack and a footman announced
eiamilton." "But 1 might have
aueseed It, No one knocks se tiara
1,8 you,"
incle,e41" Bald Poor Jack, 'Wok-
ing onermouely big in the Sillen and
elegant mem, 'end grandly ,handeorne
In the . flush whieh hie walk had be-
stowed upon him. "And how do you
to, my sweet Mein, tilts splendid
morning?"
"Splendid!" and her large 03'0 Open-
e,d most effectively. "I call it hor-
rible. It snows. It is as gold i ae
Arctic regions."
"Cold!" he repeated, witha musical
laugh Drat set the bronze-% china, and
other cerlesities laughing to hear it.
"I think it la wpm, at least it warms
one's blood."
*"Well, yoj leek warm? she admit.
fe,d; -looking at him with the admira-
tion in her eyes thinly concealed.
•
, 0 0 Arse, he said "All here,
handsome man, dark hair, I forget
what eyes." .
"So do I," said Jack, laughing, but
at the next question the laugh died out
rather suddenly.
".And why did you uot eonle to the
=eon with me the other evening?"
"I -I was engaged," said Jack,
Lard, Maud lowered her eyelids and,
turned an emerald ring upon her
finger.
"You will spoil your digeetion hY
those late dinnere and card supper,
and distrese aunt, who thinke so intent
of steadiness."
Poor Jack could not tell a silent
falsehood, as it is called, any more
than epoken one. To let hie beau-
tiful cousin think he bad been dining
out when he had really been spelling
his clothes behind the scenes of the
Royal 'Signet would be a silent false
he
"I was aot dining; this time your
fear is thrown away, Maud; I was at
Inw trip to the East -end, "No, I am
not; I went cat of curiosity."
"So do most people, excepting pick-
pockets," she retorted, with a light,
musical laugh that had wrecked many
a, heart.
"That's good," he said. "Well, I
mean it was a queer place to goto,
right out a the wan You knoW."
"Where was it?" die asked, raising
her eyes, and noting, while pretending
not to note, his reluctance and hesita-
tion.
"The Royal Signet, down East."
"Never beard of it," she said, "It
must be very Oriental; and did yell
leave your watch?"
"No," he said, feeling a slight an-
noyance at her sublime air of con-
tempt for the unfashionable portion
of the world and item honest innabl-
tants.
"No, incleed,...why should I? 'Tbere
are as many pick -pockets West as
East -perhaps more. You see, it's un-
know% land to you, my clear Maud;
you should take a voyage thither."
"No; thank you," she salt "I have
a weaknest for civilization. Savage
life has net charms for me. I will
leave the eenquest, exploration, or en-
nexaeien a the East to you, Jack, but
hope you'll not go there again." -
He lanelled,
"Well," he said, buttoning his gloves,
"I shall 'go nowhere if 1 step here,
snail re Maud, be ready at half -past
six. '1 shall ,be punetual." •
Hie,etrong band grasped her delicate
eges,-and with a mile he was gone.
Bat, phert as his visit had been, it
had flileterbed.:Lady Mud's serenity.
First. she 4 -Prang up to watch him
striding away through the etark, his
handupto his hat at every- corner in
answer to the salutes of the keepere
Ana ranger's men who all knew and
Wore Fork el him. Then she etood
with one Ur:1y foot upen the fender and
looked dewn into the coals as It she
were extracting fire from there.
."There is mischiet whea he hesitate
and hangs back. What is le, T Won:.
der? Can he be going i.q hie ghth
Yes, Jack could tell a falsehood; be-
sides, it was when he mentioeee that
theatre, the Royal Signet at the' Rest-
ed:a, Where is it, p.nd what took him
t a wonder
Another knock and her eyes up to
the glees p.gains
"You are fond of the theatre lately,"
she - Said, with the air of condescend-
ing interest that makes it a flattery
to inquire.
"No," he said, hesitating. He was
.conscious of a strange reluctaace to
tell this cold but beautiful woman of
Maud, you should bee out breathing
heaven's pure air, not sitting here ie
perturne-poisoned rabbit
hutch -no disrespect to aunt -out get -
sing the blood through your veins.
and the diamonds into your eyes -
not that they do net sparkle ag it is,
but, well, we will refine the gold and
paint the Illy."
"That's a long speech for you, Jack,"
said the beautiful lips -"a very long
speech and with a compliment tagged
on at the end of It, too; Jack you are
improving."
"I'm glad you think sot" he said
with his low mellow lemeh; "thare's
plenty of room for it, Matti,. But
abuse; chaffing apart; I have lookad is
to ask yeti where you would -rather go
to -night,"
"And not to see, me?" aeked the lady
with an arch glanee.
"And to see you, of course!" he add-
ed, "Yea leave It to me? Well, 'very
well, Where ie aunt'
"Gone scandal -mongering to Lady
• 13akewell's for We. I ma on sick
leave."'
"Hem, and reading for medielner
what have.you got?"
He platted the yellow -covered novel
up and Itaaked at it hard.
Can t understand it. I don't know
French; I wish did."
"Wish You did?" repeated Lady
Maud, "Welt* jack, you are quite
tlever enough.,French would spoil
you make you conceited."
lie laughed, and, still leughing,
arose.
"I must go," he said. "I am keep-
ing YOU from your book, and a nap, I
Lsuli"see! for ladies require a deal of
ndt no Wonder, they dance
while other people are in bed,"
"Going so soon " etre said, end theae
wan a slight teach of annoyance in
tile Waco, She ilea paid thee three
compliments, and two were generalla
tufficient to chafer ether men to her
side, "Whoa° are yeti "going?" elle
&eked.
"To Tattersall's and the elub," Ito
replied, "I an going to buy a horse,"
"Another?" she said, raising her
brows,"
"Yas, extraVagant, isn't It? But he
Is really cheap. Horefiesh la the on -
17 thing I'm not taken in Withe, Wal-
ton says."
"Walton?" ane repeated, "who te he?
I don't retaember the flit1110." '
a Very good felleW. I Met
hinl last et Beaumont's, the night of
Aunt's drain."
Lady Mattd nodded thdifferently. 11
Wee a trick to tieseme great eareless-
tees et the mention cf anything that
letereetecl her,
Uost indlea Pride thetnaelires ODA the
trick and eonelder, perhape wisely, the
grandeit ateelnplishment that et iittb-
cluing and concealing all elgile Of
telotital, greet or small.
"BeauttiOat 1 know, the barrister. A
With a smile, Lady Maud held out
her haId.
"Drays men are still left in Britain,"
she said, with a gracious sweetness.
"This is the second knight I have
to brave thp terrors of the gold
and enow."
."Indeed,;' he said, having bent over
her hand for full half A minute, and
?IOW raisdng his tine eyes to her. face
with a significatit look of deyotion
and, admiration, elieleedi With may
the first be?"
"Mr. Ha,railton," she replied. "HP
has only just gone,"
"Ab," he said, and a slight shade
crossed hie brow which did not eseibe
Lady Maud'S gniele eyes, as he intend:
ed, it should not. "He is aIWaye bee.,
fore me."
"Yea," she replied, turning him off
with the cold frigidity which Dean
Popton inveighed against. "Ape are
you geing to the club, toe?" .
he saecl, "I antiat retagrriste my
ehanibena. I came to bring Lady Pace?
Well the tiokete fee gadaa11.1411gInekVfl
coricert."
"Ah," said Lady Maud. "Have you
got them for us?" HOW Wed. And
are you going, too?"
Shp was gracione this morning, and
he looked up gratefully,
"May I?" he asked.
She laughed. the, little happy, Welfe
tottedelaugh.
"If You please. Put them on the
table, please. What a pity Yoe whist,
ed. Mr. Hamilton."
"Yes," he said, but did not seem te
regret it mean. have not teen very
mach Of hini lately."
"No?" he asked. "How IS that?
theught yett were greet friend, He
told ille he had 4410 or supped with
yen the other tneening,"
"Ye:," aid, Deaument, Stroking his
mustache, and speaking carelessly, but
teeline his way and wondering
wheth-
6r' it „was ft good time to Make the
first' move in the Wad he was about
to PlaY.
"Yes, tve were great friends, and are
so still; but 1 do net see so much of
him lately, ,excepting at the club and
that sort of thing, 1 falicy 1Viaettar
Jack bag something Of a more Mears-
ing natere an the cards.".
"Yee?" she.said, in the same half-le-
tere.sted, Wholly interthgative
"Yes," he cotItIttecd; "Whether he is
starting a horde forth° Derby, has
gene Into eXperiMelitS itt elleMildrYt
or le ?starting n. new gunpowder plot.
I can't say, but he A certalttly eel.
done
"Well, he will be Vleible to -tight,
and that le a good thing," entid the
beftutlfel Wornatt. is to take his
aunt to the theatre."
"The theatre," mid Tleattitont,
quickly, "end 'Which onete"
'Trate' Lane, I suppose," replied
1447 Maud, raising her eyes and fl.a.
ing theta With table regart„, on hie
:Ace. "Why aid YOU atilt tee-eulekly?"
"Oh. I -1 -really I had no reaeon
that 1 kilew of. Qb, PrerY Lane, eler
"Anil have you bee4 to the thee, -
tee lvaely, Mr. Seauraolttlo :10(4 elre.
"No, not lately," he replied. then
added, Walt; "Oh, stale Yee, 1 had
f4Ilueiteerlayittieurgottert; I have 'been lately
-such e queer one; you Can't
"Yee, I can," ehe eajd, with a 'charm -
lug Mlle. "Shall I?"
"If you on,' he fiaid.
"The Royal Signet,",
'That's rlglete he meld; "hew did
'"U'llallowler,
"Attbird," elle laughed, mei-
eally. "And pray what is there so at-
tractive at the Royal Signet?" aha
was& "le it Worth one's while to
go and Gee it?"
"I know of rto attraction that would
be Nicole to please you," ho said,:
With a Mightt emphaski on the lest
ward. "Unless yeti like plenty of
melodrama, pletol-firing and a strong
61n4ilhalltkoryaonu°,e sp. 't; " ate said, elude
mused. "And pray what attracts you
geetlemen there? Who went with you?
I ain curious, it is 80' strange,"
"Is it not ceinieal?" he staid, Weigh-
ing, 'Only four of ue, Jack, Walton,
Foeton and I. And great fun it was.
We went behind the Keno."
Lade' Maud was beginning to under-
stend.eThe poleon was working, and
the skilifel schemer klieW I.
"There was a, most exeltieg drat%
and an intensely Interesting pirate,
An extravaganza afterward that dee
lighted dear old Jack above everY"
thing, We could lordly get hire eway.
But, there, that rereinds Inc of msr
musty clutpabere and the pile of parch-
reent weeping and wailing for roe.
Good -morning. I may escort Lady.
rileewell to the matinee? Goody -by,
for the present only then.'
Ile wee gone.
Lady Maud .did not glide to the win-
dow to Gee the Met of his back, but
she returned to her atudy of the fire,
and her brow grew blacker.
"Behind the scenes. With ballet girls
and seeoud-rete actresses. Ie he fool-
ish .enough for that? No, no, and yet
hie hesitation, 'his relectenet to men-
tion it. I had te drag it out of hint
like extracting a tooth, If I were a
Man I could follow him and find eut
for myaele but I meet live on such
crumbs ste he throws -nay,' rather
-what 1 extract from him by dint of
hard Dittoing On; What a thing it is
to be tied hand and foot. The Royal
Signet, h will look at the paper."
' She rang the bell and asked for the
p11 PCI'.
The footman waited until lee had
finished the Article', he was reading
and then brought 11 up with an spel-
l:IV for the delay on account of its
being mislaid:
"New let sue seethe names will be
Something; Every llttle telgrete If I
could but find out Who elle Is, if he
Elise indeed been' caught by a• pretty,
hPaerine.t-It
etisfalce and padded form. Ale
"`The Itoyel'Signete
" 'BODY' Couple, farce; The 'Ilirattee
Gorge,. •nielodraniti; end- the Fairy, of
the Glen, extravagenza; tie which Zeiss
Annabelle Montague will appellee' .
."Annabelle "Montaghel Heavens!
What a 'name! Can that be she, I
wonder? Some: painted WOntati twice
Ins age. Olnewhat it ka to be tlecl'hund
and foot when so 'ineeh ,is at stake."
The carriage returned . and .Lady
Pacewell -enterea exhausted.
• "Oh, my dear- Maude I ant thorough-
ly. wore out. Dear Lady Bakewell ,was
so very deaf and Oho inkettede even
learning all aboutthe yernen affair.
X declare) I am quite 'hoarse: What is
that, the paper? Whet have you wante
Ed with that? Not reading 1t, surely,
Ty dear?"
-And her ladyship looked enockedi
• el.iNadoyau
;
• aMunt,ditlaiusghtoedo. d-
ry for me. ‘I
have been looking at the theatre lists
-taiJ1c,aAachku.shrataniazenitezehhnitm.h,.erepaqnaid. says he will
Jack. Bee 1
hope lte is going on all right, my dear
Maud. He looked rather pale, I
thought,"
erste!" said Lady Maude "he was
perfectly rosy, disgustingly rosy, when
he came here. The; very picture a
perhaps it was the brougham
Thentae never keeps :them
clean, and I'm sure it is so annoying,
:ten,r one loons quite, yealow to the
people passing by. But Jack, my
dear, I -saw standing at Tattersall's
tallcingeto aucli a queer -looking
"That iB'llOtWlig," Said -L:0.0 Maud;
with quiet sperm "The greatest gen"
fleman may beelea het, as they can it,
pr ecittle U1,) with pate disreputanle pet.
seri at any place:
"I'm very sorry to beer: It," said
,Leely Pacewell, emphatically. "Arid
eetele oughelo know better. Bat, there,
he ler so easily led!' "Sinnetinaerr I glinit.
It A A pity that he, came into the,
Pacewell money, ''enel dear. And Ine
wouldn't have, done it if that strange,
antrapeteb1*014.11e11e1e could have peen'
found, youfilenow. ',leek is so•etteelesN
0 good-natured, yens cats get him to de!
anything. Why -would you believe it,:
'tny.• dear? -Lady Fenton toile nee
ef theta: Jeck
theeda went down tea someace at
the 'past End of London ettnet mixed
With the acting and singingepeople?
Is it not dthgraceenle Really,:hdo not
•urielerstancl the geatlenten Of the pre*
ent'deyi 'Venue father, itne e,etth Mame;
Would never have done such a thing,
am snre, At...the.Bast. Etich tool"
(TO' be continued)
*AM Splints tur'Wouilds.
A new kied of Surgieet, splint in
whieh galvanteed *ire netting takes
the pliee Of wecid bes leeenteitet on tha.
market, areee the, Poeulaer Scienea
Monttly. The teel entering info the
ebatettuctieri of !thle VoneniW11-41P Whit
eS0 tepteredethat 11OA be Moulded
by, hand. Being galvehinea, the Vire
sterilized and a,t tete eatna tin*
Welded into a single 'niece: that can,
not'fray out at loose ends.
00.4 le porous; if althwe a certain
aniount of evaporation anelealr
clren-
lation to eheelreceings beneethe which
Wood or eleateraloes ttote The splint
conted loned like a bantlage fled is
lighter 'and lees bulky than **Odell'
splinte.
-
e • ,
German Toys Not'What They
es,
Wore.
alfnplleity 18 tlitr title ire Germa.n tay
ehoee noW, and wood, once'formerly tunkl.
only tot- eheaper toys, le nets annest the
only reeterial entpleyed. Lack Of flotir,
which is Used'eriet eenifirt tb Make the
bodies, Preehts thec latattufaetUre of new
dolts, 'Wax, used for thd heads, is*
meet entrehrenable, and ehe material fee
dreelee.etatts tette tintee„he 'much tte bee
fere the wee. Toys etisteht hasat tveled
as much as formerly, metal toys deb fete
In 001nb-or, and -some .or the 'very cheap
varieties ettellet 115 nee At all, The
metal that formerly tostatinte the mak*
Ing of textile, homes, soldiers, iltetAki
tterne, ete„ hoe been taken by the gov-
ernment for the manufacture of mute -
nettle
Salesmanship Is it "CittiOUI thing, A
canvasser can%nake ftBela Where
sailor met.
Heals Skin Trouhie With
One Cake Soap and Two
Boxes Ointment
Terrible Itching on back or neck.
Atter three Weeks got flaky and be-
came sore. Wes red and tiCfatchltig
%need eleeldeee nigbte. Got Cutieure
Soap and Ointment, Itching not Bo
bad after using them. Now beefed.
Prom signed statement or Me.
liam Quigley, Windsor, N. S.
If cetteura del no more than soothe
and bealecsemeef metres, itebinge and
emeninge, bringing epeedy comfort to
'tortured, disfigured itienp women and
•
children it would be entitled to the
highest praise. But it tioee more. By
using the Soap exclusively for toilet
purposes, allewing no other veep to
touch your skin, you will in many eases
prevent these distreesing experiences,
ror Free Sample Each by lethil ad. .
arose post -card: “Cuticura, Dept..tee
Bolton, U. S. A." Sold everywhere.
OUR FIRST NAVY,
Canada Had Vne On the Lakes
in 1'777. .
It may be interestingto the people
to learn that there WU Once a navy
In the early history -of Canada, Gen.
Amherst aaer he must have tahips to
transfer his troops across the lakes.
HO built ships and tooie his seamen
frone the British regiments and colon. -
late, and, baying no officers for his
navy, he selected officers from the
Army who had been midshipmen on
British, warships. fie appointed
(Lieut. Alex, Grant as First Commo-
dore of the Upper Lakes, with itead-
quarters at Detroit (Detroit then be-
longed to the British) in 1777, where
he pa1d his captains and sailors. e He
also had quarters at Port Attilleret-
burg. This gallant officer was one
of the conquerors of Canada erom the
French. Commodore Alex. Grant
was second son of the eighth, Laird of
Glenmorriston, Inverness, Scotland,
and came to Canada in a Highland
regiment (Glengarry Felicities) raised
for Canadian service in 1759. In
Lady.Simeoe's dairy, 1793, she says:
"Commodare Grant has arrive
at Fort Erie en his largest ship,
the Calppawa. I drove with Governor
Simco e (from the town of Niagara)
to Fort Erie, and went on board with
'Capt. Hamilton." Commodore Grant
was 50 years in Command of the
lakes. He was one of the tirst merne
bers of Parliament in Governor Sire
coe's term. The commodore was of
a commanding presence, a good offi-
cer, and very hospitable. Tecumseh
and other noted men were often his
guests. He died may, 1913, aged 80,
and was burled in St. John's Church
grounds, Sandwich, Ont. The ships
bf the fleet he commanded were:
It title le hot done, then only
pranortien of those ardent Will elonee
to Cauada. The greater pertion 01
thou will go 10 the Unitee Statee,
whielt I preparR te grant such,
creclita,
Only through the Ventinuanee of
tthe huge export trade built up by
Canada during the war' can Came
diatt 11011)0, to experience anything
like a 'continuance a that Indlietrial
aetivity that has been a featUre ot
the peat' few years Bet it this trade
le realntained It Will be large',"
threlegit lending their enetleY ta the
Government.
So it Works out that the more men -
ea eetbserthed through the sale et War
Savings Stamps, the more therewill
be placed at the disposal ot the Goy-
ernateat for credit. The snore create
the more oreign °reeve and, cense-
qeently the more Canadian werktnen
employed. This ie how the paying of
le tor a Wyly Savings Stamp nieene
A day's 'lieges for a warittaa,n.
4 4,*
ATI. intelligent 'person is istipposea
to be ene of cultivated understanding;
4 person who has- acquired a. largo
etoro of knowledge. 'but not necesear-
ily the scholls or collegee, tor many
highly Intelligent personhave been
selfeeducated men and women. In.-
telligence 15 a clearacterletio of the
mind. rather than ot, action or men-
nereeThere ore highly Intelligent peo-
ple' who s.re soetally impoeieble be-
cause of self-eoneeit or boorieh man-
ners.
lifetrion. Bridge, C. B., May 30, 1902.
have -handled MINARD'S LINIMENT
during- the past year. It is always the
first liniment asked for here, and un-
elleetionably tbe best Seller of all the dif-
ferent kinds of liniment f liendlo.
NEIL FERGUSON,
• tirt
WORK OP OLD MEN„
Geniuses linto • Did Not "Lag
Superfluous."
•
"Old peen fbr counsel," Is the saying;
"ioung men for war." But this war
rather falsifies the bid adage. At see-
enty-seven Clemenceau of Frani** re-
mains so energetie that he still de-
serves his cognomen of the "tiger."
.1offre wale an old inenewhen he won
the battle of the Marne. Lloyd George
Is not exactly young. Woodrow Wil-
son Is past sixty, But none of them
seems to require the Oster method of
being chloroformed out of existence,
saY's the, Spokane Spokesman Review.
These veterans do not "lag stmerfluous
on the stage."' Cato learned Greek at
eighty. Chaucer composed his "Can-
terbury Tales" at sixty. Goethe toile(
to the end, end his "Faust'eawas not
ENDORSED BY HORSEMEN UteeleithiSALLy
SPORN'S DISTEMPEit.COMPOIJNO
enjoys a repute.tiori equalled by no other veterinary remedy.
'For 25 years it has been used erabrecommended by theload-
ing horsemen and stockmen of A/feriae.. For 25 yea;re its
use under trying ceniditione- has won for it the highest eateern
of veteran trainers and drivers. SPOHN'S sh)tild be in every
stable to prevent contagion, whether WFLI-TEN4A4 PINIn
EYE, DISTEMPER, COUGH 0 COLD.
• SPOHN .MEDICAL 00,2 -Goshen, Ind. le, Ss, A1
• n,
Gen. Gage, brie John Burnet, cap-
tain, built Detroit 1772; Lord Dun-
more, scboon,er, James Graham, cap-
tain, built Detroit 1772; Hope,
schooner, Harry Ford captain, built
Detroit 1771; Angelica, sloop, James
Underson captain, built Detroit
1771; Felicity, sloop, Norman IVIcKaY
captain, built Detroit 1774; Faith,
schooner, Geo. Andrews captain, built
Detroit 1774; Wyandotte, sloop, Wil-
liam, Gibson captain, built Detroit
1779; -Adventure, sloop, Jeaties Cun-
eing captain, built Detroit 1795; •
gunboat, Joseph, Williams captain;
Chippewa, Captain Hamilton ; Wel-
come, sloop; and others.
Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere
A WORKMAN'S WAGES.
Row War 'Savings Stamps.
Help Canada,
l•WommoWern.••••••••••00
rigaP P ing do buy a War Savings
Stamp, paying e4 for It how will that
help either the .country or the G-ov-
erament?" It Is quite ,possIble that
quite a few people have asked them-
selves this question. The answer isea
$e will pay the wages of e
workman for one day and it will also
give the Gov,ernenent for five years
this -money e�r much needed work.,
"But," it may 'be asked, "how may
the paying of e4 for a War ,Sittriege
Stamp 'make possible the payment ol
a WOrkMan's wages?" Well, In this
way. It the Canadian publIc tnrougle
the" puthhase of War Seeting,s Stamps;
or other-eorMs et Government securi-
ties, aelacee enough money in the
hands of the Government to enable it
th 'grant treditee to Frence, Belgium
and other, war -devastated countries
Der Canadian eel:ernes', Can,adeawileget
latge, orders both for' manufacturee
completed 1111 he had overlived, eighty.
Shnotides won a prize for poetry arid
Sophocles wrote "Oedipus" 'when eacil
hed nassed fourscore. Theoplerastus
outdid them all, for he was ninety,
when he commenced his "Charactere
of Men:"
'4
Minard's Linimeht Cures Burns, Ete.
e 4 4
THE gARDIFT (414.10,
Great Rome Had It's.' Origin in
Chicago,
Andrew P. WIilttc1*
eeanle 01 the
t*rjteigsrs eftbe "cerditt Qient" in
anogk @egged "The True etery Of a
Remarkable Deception," The Cardiff
slant was the huge stone trustee fp,
Man Whin Farmer Newell, of ogrdift,
iNtr„ claimed to have unearthed wnlie
digging a well in the autumn et 1809,
After it had been sgld te jelen.eteck
oouipany fermed to exploit the wonder
foe ehow purposes. Barnum tritra to
buy it for his own museum, but bis gf-
fer was detained. The showmen thell
had an Imitation made with the result
'that two Cardiff giants were an
exhj-
b1tion at the game time, the deplicate
being shown to the public as '114 only
and 'original." Dr. White attelbutes
the exeosuie of the fake to Professor
March, of Yale; in another account it
was Dr. John V. Boynton, et Syracuse,
who leid bare the fraud. The
original Caediff giant was carved gr
chiseled out of a gyetsans block in a
ciAlta)rrlit it el: Ya: tr 1 id In e Ar ee c rhbdi by :gg railgI0 IlaitdeWatisewgterh&ixitesli!
seletttists as well as elergympa 'were
Much' impressed with the colossal
figure, Dr; James Hall, State geolog-
lit, issuing a statement in which he
described the giant ata "the moat re,
markable obiect brought to light In
this pountry," and as "deserving the
astlelee and for agricultural produets, leteention of archaeologists," ---
*tn..
Parker's Will Do Itmai.
By cleanine or dyeing -re afore any articles to their
former' appearance elle return them te yeti, geed Of
new:
Send anything from Melee held draperies newt% to the
finest of delicate fabrics. WE pay postaee Oti express
therges Otte way.
WHEN YOU THINK or
CLEAN° OR DYEING
. THINK or PARKER'S'
Our booklet on hetelehelci suegestIons !hot omit: you
money will be sent free of cherge. Write today to
PARKER'S DYEWORKS
LIMITED /
CLEANERS AND DYERS
!91 Von go Street * Toronto
.0irts Women I
Do Your Looks
Satioty You
Is your Color trete), and. rosy?
BOOS, the glow of health ehtne out
ire Your cheeks?
Do your eyes glisten with heelth, or
are they dull, dark circled and Aired?
Alas --your bloielless face Indicates
trouble, Your Watery blood menaces
YOur healtb, What you need is the
toning, cleansing aseistence of Dr.
liantilton's Pills. Tney wtfl clean out
the overplus of bile tnat makes your
skin so murky-tbey will put new lite
fete the stomach, brace up digestion,
and little you eat sefficient, fecal to
get a blood supply- ahead.
Gooe blood always mous more
strength and vigor -thane why Dr,
Hamilton's Pills are so esuccessful in
building up weak, thin folks.
Moult feel better at once, your looks
will improve and that half-dead, lazy
feeling will apart, because Dr, Ham-
ilton's Pills enliven and fortify every
ailing organ of the body.
Ask your triends, your neighbors -
most anyone can tell YOU of the eller
-
mous good done by Dr. Hamilton's
Pills, but beware of any substitute.
4. ,
Conservative Muse a IIistoq.
It is the unll'aveY usage ot our
schools and universlties to seedy the
history %r mankind only during per-
iods .uf mechanical unprogressiveness,
The historical ideas of Europe range
between the time when the Greeks
were going itleent the world on foot or
horgeba.ek it in galleys or sailing
shins, to the days. when Napoleon,
Wellington and Nelson were going
about at very much the same pace in
meek the same vehicles and vessels.
At the advent of steam a,nd electrici-
ty the muse of aistory holdher nose
and shuts her eye, Science will study
and, get the better of a modern dis-
ease, la spite of the fact that it has
no c'eadslcal standing, bnt our history
schools would be shocked at the hare
idea of studying -the effeet of Modern
Means of oommunication upon admin.
Aetrative areas, large or &Mall. ' This
detect in our historical training has,,
made bur minds politically sluggish.
-H. G. Wells In New Republic,
Minatues Liniment Relieves Neuralgie
"DON'T WASTE AIR."
•
So. Pao. R Calls. Attention of
Its Employees,
"Don't waste the air."
This injunctioeniindreating the asase.-
Ing of the last tree commodity known
to man, has been ackie,d to the conser-
yatlon programme Of the Southern
Pacific, says Financial Ameriea. The
attention of thousand a ot workmen in
the railreael elmps at Lost Angeles,
kigeramento and Oakland is being
directed to the tact that compressed
air, used to drive many machinea and
tool% 'represent a real expense,
fact, the "high cost of air" is giving
thteoll1Pany economists some concern.
. W. Rear, general bridge inspector
for the 00111Pany, eanmatea that a
halt•inoh leak in a compreised-air tank
eetset the work of a 75-horse-
eowerengine and the wet of a, horse
power varieg from ease than a cent to
Se cents per hour, depending up011 the
size of the Pleat amount of attend-
anOte etc. Usually the loss is greater
thee thei money cast, due to decreased
AutPut +212. ACCOUllt of insuffielent air.
The enreasien "free as air" has no
releveney In the Southern Pacific
-
WOROF PRAii
MFOR
BABY'S OWN TAMES
1•1=•••••••=••••••1•*••••=
No medicine receives sudh groat
praise frorn thankful mothers as do
Baby's Own Tablet% Once a mother
bee used there for her little ones sho
will use nothing -else. The Tablets aro
hut thorough laxative, They
regulate the boWele and stomach;
driee out eaustipation and Indigestion;
cure wide apd simple fevers; promote
healthful eteeP and make teethieg
easy, Concerning them Mrs. Omer
Lealee, ItieddIngton Palls, Quo,,
writee: "I am well eatistied with
Bay' e OWn Tabletand will always
use the tor ray little, ones." The
Tablets aro sold by medicine dealers or
'by 'nail at 25 cents a box from The Dr,
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
4 •
DABING KURA,
British Aviators Take 6re.at
Bialts in Battle.
The daringly low flights of English
eirmen at the front are elio,wu In the
01041 notes 16 aWarde a the military
g.I.,(14eu; t, Richard Aveline Maybery,
Lancers and R, F. C., after attacking
two eirdrotnes in succession at very
low' altitudes and irallating eonsiner-
able. damp, ettacked and dispersed a
n:embdafra
erpfnigititiatetdram!zi and1uthaexn
tkat ttt
ntaheinlatan5t100 stheoatt, danowd
e ttf Orile°‘9r et ititetrirl
ztg
attacked e pazeenger train
Seeeed Lieut, Welbetke 4 Pritt,
II, V. C., In atteeking 8 Metall° air-
drome dropped bombs from a very, low
Anttude and attacked and destroyed
two enemy machines alined as seen
as they had left the geoultd, A mae
Mee gen then °Pelted upon him from
the eirdeoMe, evhich he immediately
attaoked. 13,otla on his oucward and
he sward 30urney he was tinder very
bat fire. Once he attacked a mo-
torcar and shot one of the oecupante
from about fifty feet, afterward attack -
Ing infantry on the march and Wild.
Ing severe casualties upon thorn.
Second Lint.. Alexander A. N. Pont.
land,. R le. C. descended towithie
twenty foot of theenolunnoa, onni
dandfieesdrine:
to eight hostile mach
turn journey he attacked a train with
eonalderable effect from low eltitude
Ile boa always shown fearlessnees and
balloons and troops on the ground,
devotion t0 duty4lino,attacking eneml
MInare's Liniment- curet Ilandrufi,•
IlillyeeDerling. ttin-k7your evert
minute. Milly-tis that all? 1 thinl
of yoe every second, ,
two lecond thought Aro beat,
ISSUE NO, i3,0
tema=seemeeeseee===eiceselleit
WANTEO.
Vt. ANTED SLACK BARRECIe COop.
Otafte Stook, SeesetiOd, Addy's*
Batee, eiederich, Ont.
HELP WAI1TAO-MALX '
WANTED, IMMEDIATELY,
steargAggeartie:itlit71,4yobtaarftell oesinme*
Interprovincial Viotti- Mins, cal:a/UMW:
Ont. '
MisCELLANEOWL
FERTILIZER
complete Fertilizer, Gardens, LaWne,
Viewers. Write ileorge Stevens, Voter-
botaugle Ont.
EDD CO1tN-1-INE5T OleATele or
White Cap. Quality guaranteed, Selle
per buoliel, f.o.b. here (sacks free), BUY
from a farmer and save the middle-.
antree profit. Write S. J. Meten1911,1 gate
NO. 4, SoMit Wopdslee, Ont.
A r3ounvio2' ExPBESS rtIONEY OR -
(1211,' for.five dollars costs three centa.
SEED CORN AND OATS. P111411.
Winning seed porn and oats. Own°
It. West & Sons. R. 1 3, Nortliweeti.
Ont.
pertain To sIIOW' LAYING BARBED
Nyrn t. ebaeco
LeemIngten, (mt.
e or Cetalogue Ches. Barnard,
and Garden khans,
Rocks T
oodarymmo••••••••••••••••••
SEED CORN .4ddress.
Bea CIBATIA11, wartaser, Ont., Eseoe
County.
- FARMS FOR SALE.
p AMU AND RANCRES keette SALE,
F in Alberta. Write for our Neiv Cata-
logue. J. C. Leslie & co.. 301 leeverlege
Bleck, Calgary, Alta.
F ARM sALE-DEs1Reimeit
stead-ebree hundred acres; good
rich clay 'nem; thriving district; Lear
railway; county town; largo bagement
beeps,stabling, water -piped; geed brick
hells°, house furnace, investigate quielt-
ly; poseession immediately, Frahk
Quant, owner, Barrie, Ont.
"" ACRES OF GOOD SAND y LOAM,
good barn, frame housp, kitchen
and Woodshed, heti house, bog' pea, etc.,
2 good wells, 15 acres bush, mostly beeck
end maple, 11 acres wheat, 16 aoree fall
plowing, 33 acres meadow and Pasittlee.
41/2 miles to Rodney. Rural mall and tele.
phone Price $5,500. Terms couldabe
ranged..A.pplY to C. E. Shippey, n.n. NO.
2, Rodney, Ont.
• •
loge ACRES CHOICE L0A.M BRIOK
house; basement barn, cement
floors; Beatty stanchions; silo; geed put -
buildings; spring water; twenty acres ottk
timber; near Mount 13ryllges: $8,500: terms
to suit. Archie Ie. Toles, R. R. No. 1,
Mount Brydges,
, •
3
fl ACRES -GOOD STOCK AND
"„ grain farm, 18 miles west Of Ham-
ilton; sand and clay loam, with way sub
soil; 100 acres working land; 15 acres
good bush; 2 acres orchard; balance Pas-
ture. There are excellent buildings, in.
eluding 12 -roomed twoeatorey house, also
six -roomed house: stnne hesemenf; barn.
SG x 100; sheep shed, drive house, hog -pan,
hen house, silo, Price $12,000 for quick
sale. Would consider smatter farin or
city property in exchange. Charles 11
Shaver, 173 Xing street east, Earnilton.
. FOR SALE.
T /MGR MAPLE SYRUP EvAPORAT.
ee or -nearly new:. cheap. Apply Nor=
rran H. Kern, 132 Eastbourne Avenue,
Hatailton.
CEMENT TILE PLANT, UP TO PAT/n.
Tile plant. Five acres oe gravel
e feet deep. Four dry kilns and all Mg- .
ehiaery. Value now 1016,000, wen take '
half price oh aceount of health. TitIs
le a double money maker. Also see, otir
lists of farms e.na-village properties. AO- .
ply te John •MeCormiele. Real Estate,
R. R. No. 3, Scotland, Ont.
Carishrooke Ayrshires, 'Y'ork-
shires and Cotswolds. ..
Young pigs of either sex foe immediate
sale. Ayrshires and Cotswolds for sale
at all thnes.
F. M. RUTHERFORD, Beliview, Ont.,
SHORTHORNS
Bulls and females, all ages. Best of
type and quality. Herd bull. "The
Duke,- dam 13,590 pounds of milk. or
sale at farmers' prices. Bell phone.
Thomas Graham, R.R. No. 2, Port Perry,
Ont,
BUSINESS CHANCES
ye 011 SALE --PUMP SHOP, TOOLS Ant
• stock; excellent locality; trade geed;
111 -health cause of selling. Jitney or call
on II. )3. Barnes, Cookstown, Ontario.
PROPERIUS FOR SALE.
le 011 SALE - THREE-STOREY BRICK
bleck; 07 feet frontage; best blasinese
location in the town of eollingwood; gOod
opening for departmental store; cemmer-
eial conditions in town first-class; easy
terms of payment. 0, Stephens Coe
Lim-
itoti, Collingwood,
Cleaning the Money.
A "money buttery" is to be installed
in the elenneapolis federal reserve -
Lean. as art of the conservation
motley of the tames„ From $9,000,00a
to $10,000,000 in torn and dirty federal
reserve hank notes isoow &Reed up'
annually and relesued, It is proposed
to tame •a Larne proportion of this re-
lasue ay the chernical..cleaning arouse
tent. es..1.11 1.0 int:tat:el,
• • 7,
Tbe chronic kicker is apt to get
more exerdse than results.
IN MISERY
FOR YEARS
Mrs. Courtney- Tells How She
Was Cured by *die E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
•••••••••••.....••••••••**•••11.1
• OsIcaloosa, IOWEI.,,-" For year! was
simply in misery from a weakness and
awful pains -ea n d
riothing seemed to
de me any good. A
friend advised ma
to take Lyda E.
Philthemis V eg e-
table'ComPoUnd.
did so mid got **-
lief right eerily. X
can certair13i =.• re-
commend this Valu-
able medicine to
other women who
• sutler, for it has
do" such rood
Wor• k ,for me and I know it will help
others if they wil give it a fair trial."
—Mrs. Tatum CoutterNitr, 108 sal Ave.,
WeateOskalobea. Iowa.
Why Will Nentnee dtag slang from day
to day, year in and year out, Buffeting
ouch misery, ha did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters BA this arecontinuallybeing
Published, BverY woman who reenters
Veen displacements, irregularities in-
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