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Exeter Advocate, 1903-3-19, Page 2ttea,;":*dateterelielatetoisrioddsdetialtdedeltstr "Oh, I beg his pardon. May I 4. -3: inquire the ileum of this late gentle- , t maxi ?" :::- gar oil s .... .„. . tt.• "Ise quiet and don't be e fool elt. VI. il•:•, The lawyer is here now. Remember de' that this matt i$ Philip Egertoa ' et* ill e ? otick to that, do ea hear t t"Ozi one contlitiou."- a* ..:* y.. ?" "lialvesee *a its K444,4a,t4.1.44,1.4:401,440:41,:a:,.s..a Ca,:i Further talking wee precluded by evideuee 9f a tempestuous evening, Yoe are bruta1/5r franh. Heriet." .011'01 the arrival of the lawyer. who after Be bad beee at his poet fee. an . lily dear Fred. what is the various prelivairiario proceeded to hour. Sollble nehmen had entered good el mincing matters? You are rea the will which Fred Banillan the house. °Poing the deor with, ber Q Pb algae yea lhad exeeuted before his death. own key. but of Heger Heriet, he abseletely - • have just been examined by OM a "Tido win is short sir. quite had seen nothing, the best decors in Liverpool, aud shortbut in perfect order." But half an hour later his Tigil lie declares that you beve not got This is the last. Will and Testament was rewarded. Captein Roger Heriot four weeks to live." of rae. P.hilip Egertos. a Hyde drove up to the door end handed 4 -well. you needn't rub it in. When, Park Lane, London, in tbe County lady from the hansom, They passed X met, you four ,years ago I was a, of Midelesex. and. Dalling radge, up the steps together and the cap- elay fool wwt e fortune. 1 ent still Little Willoway. in the County a Uhl fumbled in his pocket tor the the silty fool, but you hare got my Stirrey, gentleman. Whereby I bet hey. at. **Here we are at last. You ar queath to Miss Mary Denman, money. A. delightful sponee yea have been, and sucked uptlthe jot. Oak Cottage. Barnes. in the Counteenot afraid to trust yourself in Bowel -et.. 44 ,x aut suing. tu peg out. of Surrey, elater of ray nd friebachelor's den ?" it doesn't xe.atter much ; bu,t. I Vreerdericil Penman an Anauity of "Afraid I A. woman will do much cearet help thialtiug of my sister,- eriaded, arid X m3lte this Aneuity for tbe love of-----" dear little NVQ4der wbet a first charge upon my estate. Tine, The cot -alluding words were lost as will become of her ?" residue of my property I leaae to 'tbe door cloeeti upon them. and tbe "To revert to our diecueelon. ray my friend Captain Roger Ileriotd'bilad beggar stood as g tamed to of Albany, Lender,and appoint stone. for the VOICe was the voice of dear Penmanyou have wet yet him eole Executor of this my Will.;lidarY Denman* bls betrothed wire - given nElk p2r s wet. to my proposi- "That is the Will, Sir. da ly Signed f The twilight deepened into Night, time"' lad attested in the preeence a wit,, term after hoer peeeed. the min was ".111.7".VO 1 nOt ? Well. here it is in awes.s, i tailless in torrentsbut the blind A nuteaell. I have beset trour plea-- ''llo I understan4 that this MSS 114011+ 5te"cld 41d'ulle"able. The luulateu thing teed dupe for four yeare. 1 penmen receives an inealety of gag , of the Itetree Blade no sign and the have lived lite a weaatwilled Ulna' ®o a year, and that I net einaply atreet was deeerted. Thea a carriage but X ala SO5Og to die a. clean .esidnard 'mat 2.. 'drove lip to the deer and the driver cleatbr" enet is the tituatiort captain waited without dismounting from "Thee, you ranee ?" ITeriotr" the box. Then Roger lieriot came rr"otir perspicacity ie ernatting." geod until this aulluity is "avid, out mitt peered up and dowa the "Then I'm off to London to -night, g handle nothing to, roadand the voice of Sophie called and you Call die when you liae, bow freeway.** him from the doorway. you lireand where you like." The lawyer, after undertalilug , "Ls ell °eel' rtt "You will &eon me ?" co matters through, tot& hie lee.ve. "t4'5•••• "I have stile; to you for the las Sophie immediately indidged in Sophie came down the steps with two ;I:ear'--when you have been prima pea 0 . g e . her anew around Mary Denman. The tically a paup.er, You bave lived o eoh. Roger. this is splendid. who girl walked williugly enough. but, my charity—even our sister:* would have thought Fr- ed so cute ? there was a dull* st'uPld "PM-5.1°11ii -Ale you will let ine have that /Three thoueand pounds a dear to ma en her face. They helped her into 425 to send her to -night lieriot - -ster. and what do you get, /Ay 100 Whigle ; Sophie and Tleriot fole you weat refuee me that?" or deluded friend ?" lowed. and they drove rapidly COW- -Not a farthing ; I here dee *A house in mide part; Lane a. diary Denman ley back In the tart with ioige in Little "Willowela end 4400 rine and appeared to elm). Pre - "loot; here. Roger. Isergwell, You a ,yesir to keep them up." gently he opened her eyes. know all VW eiroutsteneta ; ',sou awe can.t Iwo att 4,100 4 zrear.so To where UM you tau g rue? will let we have that Sdli" for vete 2,, "I aut reeplug nas promise, my Mary. She bee uoleatly but me. anti ayes Rimer d chore r ,au get dear. X am taking you to See your slie Still thiuks that 1 ara rich. I wing... is 3 brother Fred." haven't reen her fer four even. but I get precious little as a hi. But 144`h* yes 1 reulelubsr•" X have always mereiged to cod her1 stoglip0F,e it own he hattet. I nem She cloeed ber eyes wearilyratil money. You will do itold chup V ,,,,,7 here uutii tu„ssurraw and see Heriot and Sophie exchauged gloms ' "Listen to inc. Fredand don't the late lamented put under." of entiefeetionlne drug which' lati a fotd. Your eister„ 1 underetand, etught you are. t suppose that *bey had avlanirdstered. was juet eta. toolte upon you as a. teable brotber. fool of a lawyer will communicate cleat to nigt,ho her Warpid and oboe Mut is elm going to do when atm with this mars Demand. dieut. , are dead ?" "1 SuppOSe so, unless I do so After Ilan gtf) houtre ride the care k "Heaven knows." . By dove I X see a way otiv riage pulled up before a dilapidated ' "Would it not be better to keep ot t if I marry Nary; penman that home sandwiched between two tall her in ignorance of the fact that her toeo a year is safe. * wareboxises. Iletiot opened the door brother Used the life of a h.. gamber ,,And if there was no Mary, Rent and tbe thi-ee entered, after diernised ond died a PauPer It ? ow* leez man there would be no need for art big vi the ehicle. The house was in darkness, but t Heriot lit a lantern rind led the way upsUdrs4 and Afary noted wonder** Iy that the house was tnifurnieled year when you are dead. IL ed. At the top storey Iterlot open-, Fred Denman was silent for a. teW Tar). taP, taP. ed a door at the back or the house geleed him that completely exhausted alOng 14110 Park Lane, feeling the It was a low room with a wital mondeand a It ocoughing . then i hing The blind beggar crept slowly id motioned the others in. , Win. railings carefully with his iron -shod dew reaellipie front floor to Ceiling. "That pretty bad,4 1 rem:wiled stick. Outside a certain house lie The rain beat upon tbe pares, and a is neriOt j "you had better make up stopped, rind leaning against a pilt nueriber of disturbed rats ran to your mind before it is too lateIae gazed vacantly through his their holes in tbe dilapidated door- . What is it to be ?" heavily -rimmed glasees. The house lug' "What are the details ?" door opened. and Captain Ilerlot "What does this mean ? lay have "Simply thatou change ;your and Sophie came out. you brought rue here 9" asked y name to Philip Egerton, and before aYou know the address, Roger ?" you die you send for a lawyer, notice "Yes. Oak Cottage, Barnes." "To make you listen to reason, g You "Well, play your cards carefully you little fool." a Will, and leave ever3•thin possess to ine." and meet me at the Trocadero at "Hush ! Sophie, you must not ."And Philip Egerton ?" nine. talk to her like that. "Is dead. You remember the row "All right. Here's that confound- "Take me to Fred—oh I where Is in Rafferty's saloon ?" ed blind man again." Fred ?" "When the lights were put out and arity tbe poor blind.", "Fred i I'll tell you where Fred a stranger was shot ?" "Oh, couround you ; be off." s ; be has gone out of this world "That stranger was Philip Eger- no hailed a bansom and drove luto the next, and in a few minutes ton." off. 'The cols was no sooner out of you are going to follow him." And you killed him?' sigslit than the blind beggar hailed "Silence, Sophie ; there Ls no need "An accident, iny dear Fred. Eh another and was driven rapidly to for violence. Arary will agree to had quarrelled with his father in Barnes. Taking up his position a inurrY ncerand everything will be ar- London and Ayes living in Australia short distance from. Oak Cottage be ranged comfortably:" under an assumed name. No one waited, and an hour later Captain 'Want?' You, nog or Heriot? I knew who he really was, So you see Roger LTeriot made his appearance, have shared your crimes and r have' pveetthing is quite safe. Iris father The captain knocked and was ad, shared your poverty ; do you think ' died twelve months ago, and there emitted. The blind beggar crept into you are." the porch and sat down. A. faint And what am L as Philip Eger- morntur of voices reached hind but ton, supposed to be worth ?" be could not hear the conversation. "Hard to say. Perhaps £4,000 a When the Captain left the beggar year." was walking along the Station Road "All right, I'll do it. But what _tag, tap, tap with his stick. about my dear wife, Sophie 7" As soon as he was out of sight "She must know nothing about it, the hi/rid beggar took off his spec - It is two' years since we set eyes tacles, beard, and wig. The tattered on her.'oVercoat was removed and thrown "Exactly ; but you -know ray dear over bis arm, and the erstwhile ob- Sophie. She smells money as a vul- ject of charity became a very pre- ture smells blbod, and I wouldn't sentable young man. raind wagering that she'll be knock- "And now for home and little ing at the door before the breath is Mary." out of my body." He opened the door of Oak Cot - "'All right, let her knock. Now, tage with his key, but Mary Denma.n here are the details. An old certill- had seen him coming, and as soon cate of the birth of Philip Egerton,. as he entered a pair of arras were a photograph of his mother, a gold thrown. around his neck. watch with his name on, the Bible "Oh, Jack—Jack, such good news. Guess. I am an heiress. Z8,- 000 a year, jack—just think of it." Good news, indeed, little girl ; but tell me all about it." . . "I can't understand it yet, jack, but somebody has died and left it to fee. A gentleman named Captain Roger Heriot called just now to tell m?. I am to have all the money and Captain Heriot the houses, and —oh, Jack, it is so funny 1 It ap- pears he hasn't got enough money to keep up the two places, and he wanted me to think about marrying hira.'' "Ha, ha ! very funny !" , "Of course, I told him that I waS going to marry you." "But you haven't told me who left you the money." s ,. "Oh ; how stupid of me ; •I neVer knew the man, but his •name is Philip Egerton." ' • "Philip Egerton ,!" "Yes, Jack, a friend ,Of. Fred's,T believe.'', And—and is Philip Egerton dead ?" "Of conrse he is, you stupid ; how could he leave me the money if he was alive ?" • Why, certainly. But listen, little Waiting patiently to track him, down and Watil I have done that 1 cannot • veal myself." "Yon bare told me all that befere. dear, I love yea. 1 trust you." TWO days later the blind beget - took up Ilia peSitien ha Hyde Park Lane. It was late in the aiteraceon the autumnal wind swept the road in boisterous guste and the sky gave SHIMENACAPIES FAMOUS .CURE...;. STORY OF ALICE 14', PARKER, ifow Bright's Disease was Vanquished by Dodd's Kidney other of the (lid Tells the 5tery‘ in Full. Terrible Struggle With Most Deadly of ney Diseases. Step by Step the Monster was Driven nack Till Medical Science Triumphed4 From Mail and Empire, ' Sinibenacedie, Mate Co, MS*, Feb. 0.—(Special)=-Thie little tenth which hag en brought ant of ObSeUrity and thrust into the broad glare of public notice by the almost miraculous cure of a young girl of Bright's DiSeaaa, takes Its new- found fame with 4 Sort Qt. Mild eine prise. All the village ICUOWS Alice Maud Parker, all thought that a few menthe ago She was ;tick beyond tho hope of reeovery, that Brightra Mame had her in its clutches, and that Demister had fastened on Umthe only release was deethip all 'move that; totday she is a ly maiden of fifteen, with bealith beaming from every feature and epetthlog in her every movement. And all have heard time and again that this remarkable change was brought about by that old reliable Calladialt remedy, Dodd's Ireduey Pills. Yet it b with eorirethiug like surprise that they hear the rade* the cure bas made in the outside world. The thing that ha a come as a revelation to the world has come on them day by day, so gradually that they fall to grasp its magni- tude. here : agree to iny proposition. and annultsa Dead own tell no tales, nor I will allow her 4200 a year while WoZIMI either." you are alive and, If you carry "You mean— re tillage through properly:. B500 a t•Exactly." his mother gave him, a few books and several specimens of his hand writing." - "You have got things fixed up." "Now, you will remove to other lodgings, practise the signature of Philip Flgerton, and rehearse your last earthly tragedy. Scatter • these things about your room to establish your identity, and when you have made the will everything will be plain sailing." Twenty-four hours later. Captain Boger Heriot had arranged every- thing to his satisfaction and took train to London, there to await the speedy demiSe of the poor wreck of a man who had once been respected as Fred Denman. He had not long to wait, for it Was but ten days later when he re- ceived a communication„from a firm of lawyers in Liverpool announcing the death of Philip Egerton, and biegging the captain to journey north Without delay. The dead man lay in the darkened ' room, and a Woman sat by the bed- side. She glanced turiously at the corpSe now and then, and the sus- picioii of a smile played round her molith. The door opened and Cap- tain' Roger Heriot entered. At the woman, are you quite Sure that you sight of the woman he started back want to marry inc now that you are in amazementgoing to be so rich ?" "Sophie 1 You here ?" "Don't be an old goose, Jack." "Yes, Roger ; is not a womah's "Well, I have told you my cir- place beside her husband ?" Cumstances. My name is not John Who are 3011, "Rush ! be silent 1 This is not Castle ;E have an enemy, that en- Deriot. 0 ur husband.'! emy is occupying my place ;1 am The beard, wig, that you are going to give me up now that wealth is in your grasp ?" Sbe threw open the window as she spoke, and the roar of the swift running river came up from below. "The river runs swiftly, the night is dark, your body will be found Miles from here." she said to Mary. "But why do you wish for ray death ?" "Your fool of a brother before he died assumed the name of Philip Egerton, he left you £3,000 a year in the naine of Philip Egerton, and that sum we have to pay you while you live. See ?" "Take the money and let me go. I want nothing that is obtained by fraud." "No, no, you know too much. Now Roger, waste no more time ; we Must get away." . "No, I will not do it; Mary will marry me, and then—stand back." "You love-sick idiot, will you al- low her pretty face to rob you of a fortune ? Out of the window with tier and have done with it," She seized Mary and commenced to drag bar to the window. With an oath Heriot sprang forward and threw her off. Sophie spun round with his vio- lence and reeled up against the win- dow. She stumbled against the low ledge and with a wild scream dis- appeared into the river. Heriot stood appalled at what he had done. "It was an accident—an accident— you saw that—you saw it, didn't you ? We mut get away—but no, no, 3rou know too much. Two wo- men nitust the to -night. I cannot trust you—I—Hark ! What is that?' Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. With dropping jaws Heriot watch- ed the .door, and Mary was no less fascinated. Slowly it- swung open. Tap, tap, and the blind man stood on the threshold. "The blind beggar of Hyde Park Lane N.eI am not 'a blind beggar!' ".Jack, Jace—it is Jack Castle !" "No, nor yet Jack Castle," he re- plied, as he threw his arm round then ?" asked and spectacles at her..." leered to begin at the bet ginning and tefl. the complete' etory, of the ase, she- complied -williestalh ter abe felt she naid,.. that afl• the world should etiow- how. tier daughe tee escaped, from,. the eappeeedly fetal Bright's Dieeeeet and that sae owed her kseape te DOW§ Kidaey Pilla AOS1 to no ether gamey. WTI MOTHER'S • worm Parket hegita„ "wee altveye a delicate child. item her birth. - When she was twelve years out she WAS not any larger them :an• ordinary cliild . would be at eight yeaie old. But lite many .delicete ebildren. Alice pulled along tea gate children wiU, till .Julyg100. She W44 then thirteen years old. On daily 7th *be Wan *Wren *prisms, Hh. Her ffelida *welled tilt she eoldd hardly eee, her legs WOW tem her gales- to her haass. I took her to a doetor„ and he satd she bad Bright'a Diseases and onad rot live long. The doctor teneed her r about eat weeks, but as she 1, grew .-worse, 1 etoptied the doctor ; and tried differeta itinsie efpaeent adicinee. Bat all eta time et got wore° and twee. Her stir- ring; had h.y this time become fict -great that I againtamed to the doctors. This tiMe. I tried another outi. He bad no hesitation in pro - urging her diemee Drightle. ea of the worst hind. ELT MEASURED: 4S INCHES. "By this time :Alice was In a -W- ide state. Her belt in health reeesured twenty inchee. When she Was at her worst it was forty-eight intbeee liter flesh was hate end - looked ready to burst, The doctor. who was a leery aim MAU. Said hel could Not do arythiag. It looked ga .11 all that .Was left for my .datighe. ter was to go on SageTingtill death CAMP to her relief. "She was in tris -terrible state •wen she chanced to rend come test timoniele as to what Marti ;limy Pills had done tor others. Sim, showed them to me. and 1 weaved at -Mb bet elumee to help her. rie drowning man grasps at a etraw. HOW THE CUM. BEGAN. "She began taking Datid*e Kidney Pills on November erith, and before elle had finished the first box I could see a clutage for the better. 'lily December 10th there was a mark- ed Improvement in her CanifitiCM, but there was a large gatherieg across, the small of her back mat ready to lance. When it Was opened . it emitted a quurt or matter. bee. side blood and water. Again we Seared for her life. and .again thg doctor Warned me that ehe might die at any moment. Ilut my faith In Doildis Kidney Pills bad grown,. and all through that long winter she took -them regularly. Anil under tbe treatment .continued to gain in strength till by April her back -Wee well, and the melting had rill left her, ibough her urine when tested was milkey and at -times it would curdle. "Still She was vestly improved. and I was greatly encouraged, and ,continued to give her the Pills -01.1 November, when she 'appeared to be perfectly welt and was growing faster than she had done In years. • A NEARLY FATAL AIXSTAIRE. At tbis point Mrs. Parker nearly made a fatal mistake. She stopped the use of Dodd's Ridne,y Pills be- fore the disease had been thorough - BEYOND ALL Down. But as to the cure itself. Of that *hero is no possible doubt. The facts aro all easily obtained and can be morn to, not only by the Parker darilllY, but by a hundred other people who 'watched the girl gradually sinking into tbe grave, and saw her snatched from its very mouth. It was Mrs. T. G. Parker that your correspondent found at home wben he called. Mrs. Parker is a bright, intelligent woman, one whose brave and honest face tells that alio could act quickly in' an enter. galley, and whew every word and action show her honesty of purpose. Her face brightened when spoken to of her daughter's remarkable case, "Yes," she said, emphatically, "tny daughter bad Bright's Disease in its worst stage. T'wo al the best doctors in this 'vicinity gave her up to die. Doticre Kidney. Pills cur - POE MAUD PARKER* oee remerkable recovery fermi Bright's Diegese bee seat all Canada talitieg. - cleared out of the systeas. There ceelel only be COW result, lbe Ilright'S DiSeage gratlueily regained its hold on ite victim. "Md." old Mra. Parker. continuing. "to cent great surprise, in January. 1900, tbe ewellieg came back. 'Mile time. though. I 'mew what to de,1 meat at mice fur :Oa tante ef Portre -Kidney Ville. She began nee to take therm and gradealisr .tte dread monster NI back before e great remedy. By the time alio had taken four boxo the erfeliller begen to leave. This tune X made ate mistake. I kept right an with the treatment till over vestige of the dietase bad trisappeared, till nat daughter was given beck to me, not as the puny, delicate child elm was before her eiclineae. but as you eae ber row, a big, strong, healthy girl ef Metre loll of vira and go, ready to hotrlier own in tho struggle of lire. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS DID IT. "And ail ale I charge to Dethda Eilarry Pills, and to nething else. The &Wore told me ray daughter!, could riot ave. When they knew X was giviag her Dodd** Kidney they said that a they cured her it would he %MC Of the greatest mite 4004 in the world. for OW like had nceer teen in this previnte or any- where else. And redden Kidney Pills did cure her. 1 rlave her 70 boxes of them altogether, but they gave ber Ute in retsina and 1 fed that X caunot say enough far Dadd'a Kidney Pills." THE SUMMING UP. This IS the story of the femme Bright's Disease cure. as told by the, mother of the auderer lamer. There can be no doubt as to the truth of the story. Scorea of people corro- borate It. Tho vete WW1 thoroughly diagnosed by s1cilled Illyabstans. who unhesitatingly pronounced it Bright's Diseaee. Neither ean there be any doubt as to what caused the cure. It was Dodd's Kidney Pilla, For. after the doctors had given the patient up for lost, Dodd's 'Kidney PHIS were the only medicine used. The • fact steins that Dedd's Kidney Pills have cured Bright's Diteace. And if Dedddi Kidney rmo can and do ore Bright's Dieease, which is the worst stage of Kidney Disease, how sure must it be that they aro a sovereign remedy for those earlier stages of Kidney Disease from which thousands of the Canadian people are suffering. be made to give a calling ring in fice and is so constructed that it cant any room at any time; it can be sot canie off with one sweep of the hand. "X am Philip Egerton." "Philip Egerton I" "Yes, I am Philip Egerton. The man you attempted to assassinate in Australia and thea came horn° to steal his fortune. No, you can- not escape, except through the Win- dow ; the house is guarded below. Justice has overtaken you at last. and if I mistake not the chaxgo will be • a He blew a whistle and two men came up. Quickly they seized Heriot, who was too terror-stricken to offer resistance, and then Philip Egerton took Mary to her home. Sophie's body was recovered two days later, and Roger Heriot stood his trial and was convicted of man- slaughter. Philip Egerton had no difficulty in proving his identity and recovering his fortune. Shortly afterwards he and Mary were married, and went for a long honeymoon that was full of love and joy, and now they are settled down to the quiet enjoyment of that wealth which was so strange- ly bequeathed by poor Fred Den - Marie last will and testament.— London Tit-Bitts. INQUIRED THE PRICE. He— "Then everything is fixed and we .can be married in May, can't we?" • , She,— "There is only one thing .I have not spoken of, and mamma in- sisted that I must." He — "Certainly, my angel. What is it? Bid me go through any trial for your dear sake, arid I'll do it. Ask for the Golden Fleece, and if such a thing is in existence get it -- aye, even thoegh I must swim the seas climb the loftiest peaks or search in the fuming craters of mighty volcanoes, 1'11 do it." She — "It isn't much, my dear. Mamma said I must ask you how niuch you intended to allow Inc a week for pin -money." He -- "Um er — how much are pins a paper now? Reporter -- "To what do you at- tribute your long life?" Centenarian ---`'Perseverance -- just persever- ance. I kept on livin' in spite of ,everything.” liplAMMOMM.MMIMMEMNOMMINMOMMM 1 NEW AND STRANGE Broughams and other vehicles of aluminium, and even it steel -clad Vic- toria, aro now to be seen in Paris. They are lighter than the old styles of wood and metal combined, are more elegant, and safer in cases of breakdown, The newest cure for a.nitemia is to take the sufferer up in a captive bal- loon, and let him stay at a certain altitude for two hours. Half a doz- en ascents of this kind during as many weeks will effect a marvellous cure, and are equal to a three months' sojourn at a health resort. Locomotives propelled by electri- city drawn from the air without cost, and ocean liners racing over the sea by the agency of the elec- tric current drawn inexpensively from the same source, are promised for the near future by Tesla. It is to be done on the principle of Wire- less telegraphy. A French doctor has invented a harmless bullet, which ought to be very useful to French duellists. It is. made of a chalky compound, and when it strikes a persozi it merely marks the spot without doing the leasj, mischief. With a mask over the face, men can practice revolver shooting at each other just as they now practice fencing. Molten wood is a new isVention. 13y means of high distillation and high pressure, the escape of develop- ing gases is prevented, thereby re- ducing tbe wood to a molten condi- tion. Wheu cool, the mass assumes the character of coal. This new body isthard, but can be shaped and nicely poliShed. It is impervious to water and acids. - When the fire of a heating appara- tus is lighted for tbe first time at the beginning of the cold season, one sometimes notices a most un- pleasant smell of ammonia and the like. It seems that large numbers of microbes gather in the pipes dur- ing the season of rest, and the warmth causes the organisms to vegetate, and thus a quantity of am- monia is produced. A new calliug device is being in- troduced in hotels, where guests re- quire to be awakened at special times to catch more or less early trains. A clock is set up in the of - to the required times, and it will do its duty faithfully, without over.* sleeping itself as porters and others ometinies do. A bar magnet arranged in connec- tion with the handle of tbe razor is tke newest device for keeping thar useful instrument sharp for a long time. As you pass the razor over your face,. the Magnet draws the edge. and so prevents it from becom- ing blunt so SOOn aS it etherwise would do; when at rest, the edge lies along the magnet, so that the cutting part is always under mag- netic influence. A French postal clerk bas evolved a simple apparatus for dispensing with the postage stamp and enabling any one to get his letter franked af- ter office hours. The apparatus can be affixed to any pillar box; a coin is dropped into a slot, the corner of the letter is inserted, and the ma- chine stamps the envelope with the amount paid. All you have to do, then, is to drop the letter into the pillar box for collection. A novel device is being tried for automatically stopping a train. A double dial is attached to one of the driving wheels; this registers the number of mileal Another part of the' dial is fitted with a series of stops, arranged to coincide exactly with the distance of each statioe from the preceding one. As the train runs into the station zone, the "Stop" acts ou a throttle valve, and pulls up the train. within the specified limits. The inventor adds that it will be useful in case of care- lessness on the part of the driver, or if he should be asleep. A new form of Noah's Ark is one of the latest mechincal toys. The animals are attached to axing on a rotating' shaft; a turn of the crank sets the shaft spinning, and the child looks through the doorway to catch a glimpse of the animals, which it tannot see properly till the shaft stops. Only one animal can he seen at a time at each stoppage, and the chances against the same animal stopping opposite the doorway twice in any given tune are very small. Thus the child is always wondering how many animals are in the box. The "lead" of black lead pencils is now made from coke. It is ground and mi ed with ixon ore and chemicals,' and subjectea to pressure under great heat.