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„ leave been called up by Orlebar's re -
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et to the after -part of the deck, where
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A I haft ne floubt thet Alim wes wait-
'lf. of the A eke forher.
A I had seen too mint" chauce meet-
!
w
V A legs on shipboard for the imident
W Nit
, A to make a,ey unpressama en me, end
A
i lar I.
w , A I should heve distressed, it altogether
A from. my min4 if one ot the parties
te it bad net beee, eee intimately
I, Rolling Vave 2
A
^ I
lack Arr
tel onneeted with Aline. AR it was, I
,aaadaatetahee eeD)->'),Wr merely leoted it Ineatelly for future
inquiry, hi tbe evet of Anything.
tending to show Viet Orlebar's pre-
sence on the ship woohi ewe ao-
noyonco to a lady who bad, already
won my at gerlie regard,
After a good sleep I Awoke refreslat
ea. end comforted with the retlec-
tion, that, after all, beyenci specify-
ing, the nature of her imaginary
Zavertal bed really said no-
thing more than Aline liereelt to
confirm Sir Sinaon Crewshay's esti'
mate or ber health, The doctor had
Qt examined her chest. and. lee
atement was beset), fen notbing
ore substantial than a, seud4ad
Qphon which was probably all
mooushine, dre,ssed, therefore,
with every anticipation of a pleas-
ant evenblgt and ottor Omit niSih
to the bridge to eve thot on was
right. I weet down and mingled with
the pa,ssengers, eventually making
my way to the Aline was eittiug
with Mrs. Brinkwortle
I have the instinct, cOnlialean to
/*Met peep, Of knowing a friend
from au euetny t /fret eight, awl
Sennething to me front that Piot
meet that the quiet. gad -faced wo-
ws Allude! friend and there-
fore Miele. I Mita ebel had already
guessed our secretbut, it not, she
had every opportunity of doing 6
in the cheery ball -hour we three
spent together before tbe first going
unde4 for clitiesr. We lovers were
too coiriftdent in the future, and in
the freedom, which Mins majority
would, brhg. her in a few months to
affeet Mole reserve than etiquette de -
mantled in public, The eller and sen-
timental stage of courtship bed been
got over in the old Dahlia, mid there
was a very frank understanding be-
tween us.
When I sat down presently to pre-
side. or the Onttheein the saloon
I Awed that I had General Waldo
for Toy leflehand neigliborand on
the other side an ancient dowager --
Lady Carberry -who took the plum
of honor by rigbt of her title. Aline
and leers. Brinkworth were coated at
father o the ought
my table. but -some way down, and
"wiett heing tth"
CHAPTER VI. leve saved Mr life," 1teplied, and
It there WAR awy hidden meal -awe te seeing lee reason. Mr further con-
hbe dector's speech. the snowy-hdred, cealing a feet which was sure to get
hieeeenger phowee etea et sus- abroa1 in the ship, 1 brieey narrat-
e:tad-lag it. Raising his bat lightly ed the circumstances. only $UICS
!'e eepecielly to me, but ea as to big my preseet relations With
, the general compearly. he said: Aline. "But surelte" colichuledi
..gmereou V. Waldo, sir. is my "here must be scene raistalce about
nanie-Generel Waldo. late of the the state a Miss Cliallenoes nealtla.
Iteiteil Steles Cavalry.iee a yerrap I had a. few words with her yeeter,
veer for the benefit of health and day, and she laughed at the idea of
peeincted
Ive powerfu
botil. sir, in my time, liege belt." anYt:51191 wrong
with
eilecetioe, rechoe 'lly there belug
inn n?.ostly spent my life in ggbtiog We turned egein, and again I net
Inflames on the pielas," the doctor's gaze piercieg me from
..T'V'''14 General." I s,aid, imp., out of a face that Smiled with ead
ninheep for lest time, „ beeevolieeee in every feature but the
- tee iti-reers of eaeareeeee eyes. "The old story," he said sym-
dee tr. yata tba queen of eaght, pathetically. "Evaty one concedes
It is not fee the co/greet, but we the danger but the petieet berself.
Inn:1m tO give yau nee weater 1 time not been called on to ex-
etneeree eefee. end when ,e.h. het hewn amine her yet. init her guerdian
epee!, New settaeit ete tem ad, agate that it was an almost hope-
eciart arahere"
Zss ettee of puluuniary plithisie.
elkating IMUI4tet or l,Presinue her friends thought it un -
twee end exiten 1 jeweeed ewate zaefueeeseary to frighten the poor girl
• eaparated from tile group end bylettlag her 'know the uorture and
in e. prereepe,de of the extent of her raalaily. however, ae
you take a very natural interest in
liave been so occupied sften her. 1 will observe closely awl let
haw got the start of Feu hVeu lelow fle, i3e-3' or V"' V;xets5a
smite tee paetmegere." he geld.. "/ l'ree, but I think I am wantedteand.
CIF5 well tette the opportunity ot eafttaio. if You wiltItliaew ala t?
pie -tins you je, what have pieeda!ativiee. yen Will turn in tar a epefe.
up. Teen are on average lot." Your night -watch has taken it out
!ayIsvallde ?" I asked. with of Yoe. and you Pak ae if you
o, vitei rememlirance of the bo'sun's hieeded rest."
retecieee to "seadneerals." though Needed. rest I As he left nWeide
nee lefietion eeerned elmot enter to go to sonde oie ‘714° was bt'ilaul"
writhe teem feene Of gatetv wen robust ing to hiu. the stem teemed to be
her !en blotted wit. atid the vitiate aed
"e't ihdr, tint rot :teeny Serietlis daughter firotand neekle borrid, blur
fweee Teere. teemed: you Plight riot in my ears We the "raeiug" v me.-
1WitY.it 4th fin ohe th'nn'a," the doe- ''elilitery ween the neniteoliaft brealis.
redlied. paireieg to a heppy ,To think that Aline -my sweet Aline
3tOtAan ebubbietfaced by ef few-- lirt the heyday of her youth. and
Tr.1=0 wee onnieing Same et tee Venality. awl in the beight a our
Clete t lee fitalerldree on the lower leterrefound lieppiness-was dying of
reth' 'net te the young Reri of erensureeltian, Then gradually the
Tiaereeniiiore, ytho, ff be ever ateeiles ,weltelet of sudden oppression was
eetteeitte will pediers a rent. Iitted. !did. reeetion totting he I
rell of eerie' thofeeleil a Year. I fear would not, could tint, believe that
thin tee ie doweled, though- the trouble eeteted at all. 1 revelled
belie toniplicatione," And Zevertal wiwit Aline bndfetid about tho
omm,a ereapattlietieeliy as we wheeli-
e:1 fee. another turn.
ie hard lime," 1 feel, "Are,
ilirre any othere about whore you
lare eneanie 9"
ear,
e a a man called Deerrioral
Cie:titter whom I doubt if we ehall
lireet home again. lie ha e gone the
peee and got hinnelf into a weave-
alle Mittel -out eowiition. new) be
le-eitting wrapped up on tit() other
t ele Of the dech. and Indulging lu les
weiziee to the bete I see."
Ittelowing the direction of' his
glonee, I :taw a thin, sallow -faced A. W. cimisza
eine c f forty. wearing a thick plaid ATARRil CURE fir), uo.
lie ter end propped up with pillows
on a portable 'bamboo lounge. A
eteward lead juct brought him axna-
1m:41re-cello:ail brandy and soda, and
th Griebar's efforts to tale the
glaere front tbe tray into Ms shaking
betide were painful to 'witness. There
w ee no doubt about this passenger's
"Poor beggar," I Feld. "And does
that complete the list ot dangerous
Vanes n"
-Of the really dangerous ones
replied Zavertal. "There are
oee or two other patients who came
to n -,.e with bad reports from their
reletions or private medical attend-
ants, but I see no reason to be ap-
prehentive about any of there -ex-
cept rerhaps One."
-Who is that r, 1 asked, some-
what carelessly, I fear, as we
reached the limit of our promenade
nt the stern. Facing about, we
both turned inwards to each other,
iso tent, as Za.vertal answered my
question, his eyes for a moment
d welt on mine. Again they had that
stra.nree glint.
"She is a Miss Challenor," was
%he reply that so startled me, that
it would have been affectation on
his part to have pretended not to
motice its palpable effect. Ire has-
teeed to add : "1 rather fancy
Nathan, before he went ashore, told
me that you had met her."
"lies, in a way I may be said to
with Sir Simon, and began to sus-
pect that he bad imagined what,
probably front interested motives.
he desired to become a reality. It
wan the first inkling ot the truth,
but how far short of it, the events to
be related must show.
The wind was light, and steady
mu the east, and the glass high.
Ve were clonlieng down Channel at
en easy' sixteen knots, with the
massive front of the Mainbeneh cliffs
b, sent direet to the diseased
parts by tree Improved Blower.
Heels the tecera dears tbealr
plum, mops chopping,' la glut
throat and permanently cures
Catarrh ace tray Ifever. Mower
free. .411 deaters, er Dee. W. Ckitee
elodlcize Coe Toronto azd made.
glistening wbito in the sunlight five
xieles away on the starboard beam.
Teem was nothing to keep me on
deck, and having satisfactorily em-
plained away the cause of my
nielety, I decided to take Zamertal's
advice and turn in till dinner-tiree,
leaving him to do the honors at the
too far off for sustained converra-
tion with them. Parallel with mine
was another table, at the head of
which Doctor elevertal presided, with
the little learl of Degranniore and
the latter's tutor on one band, and
a financial magnate and his wife on
the other.. Mr. Desmond Orlebar
was also placed at the doctor's
table, but some half dozen seats
away. The "Captain's table" of
course accommodated those who
were or considered themanves the
elite of the shin, and it was not till
I found rayself at the head or the
brilliant assemblage, and the most
deferred -to personage In it, that I
appreciated Nathan's compliment in
selecting me for the job.
Dinner proceeded gaily, and I work-
ed hard to make up or lost thno in
cultivating friendly relations with
the passengers. General Waldo kept
our end of the table in a constant
roar of laughter with comic descrip-
tions of Western life, be which, oven
the starchy old lady on rey right
had to unbend, and by the time des-
sert was reached I concluded that
the social part of my duty was
luncheon -table. In going to my rooeasier than I had expected. Things
m
had to pass the spot Mr
were going equally smoothly at the
where .
Orlebar's lounge was placed, d
other table, where, with his quips
asi
just as I was approaching it 1 met and cranks, the young Earl was
ehaperon, as yet unknown to
me, coining along the deck alone
from the opposite 'direction. The
sick titan caught sight of her while
I was within two feet of him, and
the effect of her appearanee upon
him, was as inexplicable as it was
sudden. His shaking fingers dropped
the now empty glass with a crash
upon the deck, and I distinctly heard
hir' murmur -
"My God I It'4 Ella."
The recognition, if such it was to
prove, did not appear to be mutual.
Mrs, Brinkworthes attention was of
course attracted by the falling glass,
flush and a fleeting expression of
and she looked at the occupant of
the lounge, but beyond a slight
nnot LJ
With ut Ieep.
Unless the Nervous Energy Daily Consumed is Made
good by Rest and Sleep Physical and Mental
Bankruptcyls Inevitable—Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
SleeP is as necessary to life as is
good or water. A. single night of
evaltefulness unneryes most people,
and when 'ileepleesuess becomes
ehronicit soon leads to mental and
physical collapse, prostration, para-
lysis or inanity.
= •Sleeplessness is an unmistakable
pyinptom of nervous exhaustion.
Opiates may give temporary relief,
but have a terrible reaction on the
nervous system. Dr. Chase's Nerve
food cures sleeplessness, just as it
laures nervous headache, nervous 'dys-
pepsia, irritability, restlessness and
all the other symptoms of nervous
exhaestion, by actually increasing
the nerve force of the body. .
To the nervous and exhausted, who
feel that they are losing their grip
on life, And it difficult to concen.-
erate their thoughts, and to remeraa
ter what they hear or read ; to the
tiespondent and discouraged, Dr.
Chase's Nerve Food conies, bringing
new hopes and ambitions. By not-
ing train= weight while using it yeti
can prove that new, firm flesh and
tauscle are , .being added to your
'body. At the same time you will
fed the thrill of new, rich blood he
your veins, and new vigor and en-
ergy in. every nerve filsre. ;
Vita W. Hawken of 3 Roden.*
Place, and who •is employed in'
Haight's Candy, Works, Toronto,
Ont., states :
"1 was troubled for a long time
with very severe headaches. I was
very nervous, had no appetite, and.
could not rest or sleep well. The.
regular use of Dr. Chase's Nerve.
Food has greatly improved my ap-
petite. 1 steep splendidly, ,and the
headaches are entirely gone: As a
matter of fact, I fed like a different
person, and can meommend this
raddicine very highly, as I know it
has beet the means of curing 'men'
The blood-raaMng, nerve invigorat-
ing influence of Dr. Chase's Nerve
Fond commends it to all who are.
weak and exhausted. "Gradually and
naturEdly it builds Up the syetern,
and, being composed of powerful re-
storatives, its effects are as certain
as the laws of nature. Fifty cents a
box; 6bo es for 50. At ll.
dealers, or Edmanson, Bates Si Co.,.
Toronto. .
evidently establishing himself a gen-
eral favorite. The interest in the
merry youngster even spread- to our
table, his boyish laughter at Za-
Verters good humored sallies caus-
ing many heads to be turned to
look at him. General Waldo, who
could see hini as he sat, seemed to
watch him unceasingly with the seine
pathetic attention due to a kindred
spirit.
Suddenly, as the ladies were be-
ginning to leave the saloon, Waldo
plucked me by tho sleeve and e
claimed, -
"Thunder, Captain I The swell 'of
,the ocean ought to be kinder to the
swell on the ocean. What's up with
our young aristocrat yonder. ?"
I thought at first that the veteran
Vas merely cracking one of his
copious wheezes, but I looked round
to the bead of the other table, and
sure enough there was the Earl of
Darranmore leaning back in his
chair and gone deathly white, while
Zavertal . had risen and was deftly
unbuttoning the boy's coner with
one hand and feeling his poise with
the other. The night was dead calm
and,. save for the slight •tremor
caused by the pulsing of the engines,
the ship Was as steady- as a church.
Waldo's suggestion of sea -sickness
iseemed, therefore, wide of the /eerie
and recollected What the doctor
had said of the lad's weak heart in
the morning.
At Zavertal's bidding a couple • of
assistant -stewards lifted the young
Earl's limp form and bore it away
to his state -room, the doctor him-
self following, but pausing as he
passed out to say to men- •
. "It is only a faint. He will be all
right to -morrow, but I fear this
confirms the report I had of hiee.-
poor little chap." And Zavertal
hurried away, tapping his broad
waistcoat in the region of the heart,
and repeating again-.' Poor little
chap."
The tables were already pretty well
thinned, and in a couple oe minetes
the incident was forgotten by such
as remained, • Waldo resin-M.11g the
thread of a yarn, in which he had
been interrupted, about a Texan
horse -thief, ecoring all his points,
bringing the etory to a close, and
thoroughly enjoying the applause
that, greeted the climax. For a mo-
ment or two he sat as though medi-
A FEW RERTINENT FAUN
UPON THE CEl‘ENT INDVSTEY
OF TI:US COUNTRY,
ewe!.
rgipple in the Rueel Districts
Sheuld Look Iate Tide
Matter,
la view of the greet number of
=lent companies being formed for
welch the public, mostly farmers
and persons having small savings in
the Venal districta are being, asked
to provide. 'the money, anything
NvIdeb, throws light mem the subject
will be read with interest, We re-,
print front the Peterborough Ex-
aminer the following an -
lamb diseussion is „now going, on
in the press on the subject oe the
tereetened querulous everproduction
of cement M Canada, We notice in
a recent issue of The Times 4 refer-
enee of the opinion of Engineer Rush
on tee sobject. A few facts relative
to this will not, we trust, be with -
Ont inteeeat to your readers. In
the year 190e, the consumption of
meet in Cenada reached its highest
point neinely, 1,045,000 barrels.
Of this 045.000 were mede in Can-
ecle and 400.000 barrels imported.
Prier to .1e0e. Prey three eompaidea
were wagaggit M thie matitifeeture.
Be the year 1002 no lese than five
edditienal companies got metier way.
Severel of them, however, did little
more than get started and supplied
only about 100,000 barrels. In the
year 1003 we shell Wore all the cad
• factorice in operation and with
lergely increatied outputs, and aleo
the live new companies above nen.
tented. Tbe output will then be for
1903, 1,600,000 barrels, that is to
y over 000,000 barrels more than
tbe total consumption ot last year,
In view of these facts you will per-
ceive that the warnings contained in
the Mowitary Times and Mail and
Empire as to the danger of overpro-
duction were well timed and sliould
be carefully heeded by the investing
public. But when we tell yon that
in addition to the five new com-
panics so started last year we have
teli new memento) now being float -
d in the county which are to have,
ecording to the promoters, a coin-
ned capacity of 10.200 barrels per
day equal to an annual cepacity of
about 8,500,000 barrels, the utter
folly of putting money into more
cement enterprizes will be apparent:
here is 4 lint et the ten new com-
panics with their promised output
Barrels
per day.
The Manitoba Portland Co -
intent Coe, of Winnipeg 1,000
The Western Canadian Port-
land Cement Co-. ... 1,000
The St, Mary's Portland Cce
malt Co .1,000
The Colonial Portland Cement
Co., `Marton- 1,000
The lieven Lake Portland Ce-
ment Co .1,000
The Blue Lake Portland Cement
Co., Brantford.- 000
The Superior Portland Cement
Co 4.4 •.11.4 O.. 600
The Megaton Portland Cement
Co . ....... ..1,000
The Belleville Portland Cement
Co ...O.* 2,000
Tee enternational Portland Ce-
ment Co., ... 1,000
Making a daily product of.10,200
It Is clear then that whatever mo-
ney is made in Canada out of the
cement industry hereafter, will be
made in promoting companies and
not fn. operating them. It is alleged
that gentlemen who two years ago
floated the Durham Company cleaned
up half a million of dollars out of
the floatation on. a capital of 1,000,-
000. The same gentlemen are found
promoting, in different parts of the
country, several new companies on
a scale still more ambitious than the
Durham. Company. For instance the
'Belleville Portland Cement Co. is to
have a capital of two and a. half
millions of dollars and an output of
two thousand barrels per day. Can
they be putting any of their own
money hi them? If the floatation of
the Durham conmariy could, yield the
promoters a half a million of dollars
the thought of what there must be
in store for the floaters of the Belle-
ville Co. with a capital'of two and
a half millions, fairly makes ones
mouth water. These promoters far
surpass Engineer Rush, as dispensers
of satisfaction. They gravely assure
us that cement can be made in this
country and profitable, exported to
the United States notwithstanding
the American duty and notwith-
standing the fact that nearly all
cement machinery comes from the
United States and is subject to
heavy charges for freight and duty
and that the coal for burning the
cement is all imported from the
United States and costs here double
what it costs there and that the
actual cost of burning cement alone
is more than they pretend they can
make cement for.
But then, let the promoters take
courage -a sucker is born every min-
ute and the fools are not nearly -all
dead yet.
tating a fresh narrative, then sud-
denly jumped up and exclaimed -
"Pineapple, by Jove 1 I guess
I'm a whale on pineapple," and be-
fore I could tell him that the stew-
ard should bring bine some he had
crossed over to the now vacant table
where Lord Darrarinaore had been
sitting, and had seized a .dish of the
fruit that was there, corning back
with it to his own place.
As he resumed his seat he looked
at me, for the fraction of a second
all the beeoblipg fun in his face
changed to stern scrutiny, ano in
that beief steadfast gaze remem-
brance came to inc of some PDC quite
different whom I had seen before -of
Kennard, the American visitor to
Nathan's office, Who had forfeited his
passage.
The likeness was one of expression
only, and was gone like a flash, as
with one of his jokes Waldo set to
Upon the pineapple with a relish.
that justified • his eagerness to se-
cure it,
(To Be Continued.)
SITIOTU THROITCIII .8PITE
PIQUED PEOpLE wao TAKE
RECORD REVENGES,
Many Ingeaious Ways of Getting
Even for Imagined
. Wroegs.
The other dey, Mrs. Stoneleao an
old lady, - who was ou Dad terms
with her relatives, with whore she
had lived for years, burnt securities
to the value of a900, tore up $7,50
worth of banknotes, and threw all
Iler personal jewelry, including 12
diarnoed rings, into the Are. $he
then threw herself out of her bed,
room window and broke her neck;
leaving a polite Pote saying that,
as she had never received, any kind -
Pees from, her relatives, they, 4o
turn, would receive no kindness
fro,
ees
spite towards his enw
PloYers characterized the suicide of
a clerk mined George Ahdrewe some
tune ago. The Arnie wile dealt,
wholesale in spinits or wipe, sun-
pected that they were being robbed
on a large scale, and found the
Amine' elan, to be ,findrews, who,
when, he saw he was suspected, dis-
appeared. The Arm 'thought be had
left the country. " Later en. how-
ever. it Wee by ebarice cMeovered
that he Wee lying dead in a 'tank of
fipirite of Wine holding 4,500,000
gallons, Tim dishonest clerk, coulki
not have served his employers a
worse trick; for they suffered great
• loss, the merits of wine. now that
the dead body had lain in then i for
some thee.
BEING QUITE UNSALEABLE.
Even. more dastardly was tbe trick
played 4 few years ago On the pop-
ulation of an entire town. Sidney
holt, a. dissolute fellow, who bad
been several tirnee M tee Meet gaol
for various offences, walked out 04
a. nubile -house one day vowing that
be would put an end to himeele
and at the same time "get hia own
back" out at "the weiale lot of
'MI" for the way they had treated
him. ' Holt drowned himself in the
town reservoir, and. his body Was
not discovered until it wee very
antruateLl geeltotueldp orteetry Ounf prelefarevese.t. teeth)"
ing. and there was a party in tee
town remelt who were for letting
the water remaining in the reservoir
run to waste. But it was a, time of
drought, and the chairman of the
waterworks committee declared tills
course to be entirely out Of the
queetion. Ultimately, the perturbed
townspeople had to drink the W4 -
ter, deriving what comfort they
could from the assurance of the me-
dical °Meer of health, that the pol-
lution being spreed through such te
large body of water, its amouut in
any one domestic supply would be
iuftaltesimaL
ung DANGER INCURRED
by heartiess girls who jilt young
men of a certain temperament and
disposition, is exemplified by a ter-
rible incident which occurred some
years ago. Edward Arkwright,
young man, who was thrown over
under humiliating circumstences by
the girl to whom be had for years
been engaged, became possessed of a
wild desire for revenge. By degrees
he teenaged to regain the young
lady's favor. On tee long -deferred
wedding „day, the sun shone beauti-
fully, the organ, peeled forth a wed-
ding niarcle and the young bride
looked the picture of bappiness. The
bridegroom, too everyone thought,
looked exceedindy well, though per-
haps at tines a trifle peculiar. All
went well until the old clergynuut
put to Arkwright the solemn, ques-
tion, beginning with "Wilt thou bave
this woman?"
"1 will," answered Arkwright, in
a firm voice. "Not," he added
calmly, as he pulled a pistol and
shot himself dead.
In another case, heavy damages
having been awarded against Arthur
Tompkins in an action for breach
of promise, he had "made up" to
the girl again, and ultimately mar-
ried her. No sooner, however, was
the wedding ceremony concluded,
than he darted out of the church,
and ran home to hes mother's, where
he took poison and
DIED IN A FEW HOURS.
The girl was left in very distress-
ful circumstances. Shethad left the
milliner's,where she had been em-
ployed as nest hand, and, Tompkins
professing to have no means beyond
his salary, had spent all her savings
in furnishing a little home. A happy
sequel, however, to this affair, was
provided • bef another and better
young man, Eustace Mills, who,
tempted, doubtless, by tbe com-
pleteness of the arrangements made
for matrimony came along almost
at once, ad had married the un-
eneurniul young widow within a
very few weeks.
Mrs. Watson, a young wife, com-
mitted the crime of self-destruction
on another occasion, which is some-
what reminiscent of that case where-
in a bad boy drowned himself to
spite his teacher, leaving on the riv-
er bank a lying' letter. alleging all
sorts of Eruel treatment against' his
kinathearted, if soinewhat strict
schoolxnaster. Mrs. Watson was
furious over the one big mistake of
her life; she had married a man,
who, though a very worthy fellow,
was much poorer than she had been
ledtothebelwicked
Lischoolboy, she
was filled with thoughts of revenge.
She 'began complaining to her par-
ents and friends about all sorts of
ill-treatinent on the part of her hust
band, who never said so much as a
harsh word to her, and, finally,
SHE POISONED HERSELF
in a fit of pique, alleging, with her
dying breath, that it was her hus-
band who compelled her to take the
stele At the inquest, the poor fel-
low was completely exonerated from
blame; but it will be understood
thatt matters- were, nevertheless,
made very awkward for hirn for a
time.
There was no doubt as to the mal-
treatment, of Mrs. Betts, an unfor-
tunate wife, had endured in anothea
case. At last, however, she took a
,
terrible revenge on her brutal htts-
band. -In a letter which she left be
hind on drowning berself, she stated hf
that her spirit woubil baunt him fort
ever, giving him no rest. That,
poer creature must have known her
"lord and master" well.; for, wben
the letter was read in the coroner'
court, his features instantly asetort-
eci an ashen pallor, and he would
have collapsed had he not been tale -
en Out irite tee open air, Fame that
day, Betts never dare be elope Lor
an instant, even in broad ditylighti
while at night, he insisted on every
gas jet in the house being flared full
height. Within three months, he
• was a, gibbering, shrieking lunatie;
and then it was not long ore he fol-
iowteelelihaiseaypesoor, maltreated partner
.te
William Flint bad a bitter grudge
against another man lodging in the
Ram house, and stabbed himself
with a knife he had takee from his
enemy's bedroom. The idea VIT,aS, Of
CORM, te- Mahe it appear that he
had been foully murdered by his fel-
low -lodger; and, to lend additioeal dee
color to the SlippeRiti0e, as he stab-
bed lerneelf be beld in his bend One
of the other man's neckties., as
though he had managed to grasp le
IN A GRIM DEATH STRUGGLE,
here, however, he overrembed
he eel'astle e
ceih
rt4ttaeieely
lourni dead with the ua
tight in Mn band, it WAS Proved
the trial that tee article did Pot bet
long to tbe Tann by whom Flint Wan
alleged to have been murdered, but
to another man living in tbe bouee.
As it wee else proved that tbe ace
cused Men bed gone bunting
through the house the moment be
discovered the loss of lea Unite, he
was discharged, and "left the ceurt
withoet a stain on lila character."
The successful doctor, who, the
other day. banged biraself on his
busy river's lamp was undeniably
very foolish; but what is One to
think oaf the reccht coriduct of a cer-
tain young lady in a centinentel
eitFnor long years, it is true, her
stern parents had compelled her, de-
spite her tears and protestations, to
slave ten hours a day at the piano:
but still, tbe girl must heXe had
considerable real talent. or she
would never have aeldeved the ewer.
mous succefir she did viten at last
she made her debut on a concert
platform. There INCIS a. wild burst
ot applause at the eleFe of her per-
formance: end, in the front row of
the stalls, sat with beaming facea
her proud parents. The girl bowed
low repeatedly, and sullied. Then,
taking a tiny !evolver from her bos-
om. sbe turned it on bersele
and, falling forward in her father's
arms, died in a few minutes. -Pear -
son's Weekly.
••••••••••01.•••Im4
wilwi.
Tan BUREAU, DELIVER.
Do Not Close It With Your lenge,
Madam.
Danger lurks now in so many
quarters that nobody will be sur-
prised. to learn that there is a cer-
tain peril even in as harnilese an in-
stitution as a bureau drawer. Un-
less it is carefully used this institu-
tion is capable of causing all kinds
of trouble. Listen to the testimony
of a physiciaat on the subject.
"Women who get into the habit a
dosing the bureau drawer by tee
pressure of tbe knee," be said, "do
not realize the harm that may re-
sult from this practice. I have
known many serious cases of water
on the lame that were caused in this
way.
"The force required to shut a
drawer in this way is slight and
one scarcely notices the contact of
tbe knee with the drawer. But the
knee joint ia a delicate structure
and a bruise may easily be caused
that will lead ultimately to very
serious consequences. I have bad
manyomtients who from indulging -
in this habit have brought on ill-
nesses that lasted from one nionth
to six. So my advice to all women
is to lean over and shut the drawer.
"It is better, although it may
seem more troublesome at the min-
ute. The leaning over, instead of
being a disadvantage, is really an
el;cellent means of exercise, and no
way of closing a. drawer is so clan-
gorous as to push it with the
knee"
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Occupation ie the best time an-
nihilator. •
Soree men knew just enough to
make fools of themselves.
Some societies Vend a dollar in an
effort to raise a dime for charity.
Taking a tumble and taking a
drop are not synonymous, but ono
often leads to the other. ...e•••=no
Children's idea, of a father is a
man who never puts gravy on their
plates when they want it.
A lot of trouble is stirred up by
people who insist on saying things
when they have nothing to say.
Next to 'knowing when to grasp an
opportunity the most important
thing is to know when to let go of
A New York woman is suing her
husband for divorce 'on the ground
that he is a fool. He says the more
fact that he married her prevente
him from settiAg up any defense. +
• G 0 OD FOR WEDDINGS.
The success of tbe English herring
fishing continues to have a re-
markable effett on the matrimonial
market. On a recent Sunday the
banns of no fewer than - twenty-
three fisher couples were published
in 'Buckle parieh church, Banffshire.
On the previous Sunday the num-
ber was sixteen. At other 'fishing
hamlets long the northeast coast of
Scotland the success of tbe fishing
continues to result in a large num-
ber of weddings. •
•
LONDON'S P• OVERTY.
There are in London 200,000 hu-
man beings who have to subsist on
food that falls far short of the
dietary required for prison inina,tes,
and 80,000 who are homeless.