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The Brussels Post, 1911-9-21, Page 3MRSA i SAFE INVESTMENTS HOW THE PRINCIPLE OF INVESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUIRE• 2YIENTS WORKS OUT IN PRAOTICE. John Smith, Who Was Recently Appointed Trustee' of an Estate, Finds That In- vesting Requires Some Thought—An. II• lustration of Some of the Information Which we Have Recently studied Affects Price.:' (By "Investor") In the first of this eerier) it was shown that "distribution of risk is an import- ant pram:dale of investment, It is a very eimplo one, however, involving no -very confused ideas. There is aneiher prinol- pre to be boruo in mind vhon making,in.. vestments Which is of no loss Importance, bat it is, however, -considerably Less' ob- vious to those whose investment eerie* epee is small -and even to many.. who should. understand its actions thoroughly.. This is the principle of investment "i0 accordance with tactful requirements." John Smith went into a bond dealers • office toinvest some money which ho hold- as .trustee for the children of his bro. thee, who had recently died. lie had never boon possessed of sufficient money before to invest, so, naturally,. knew lit- tle of how to go about it. Therefore, he did the best thing ho could think of under the .circumstances, and told the bond dealer that he wanted to hivest 510,000. "Well," said the dealer, "here's our list. You can pick out something to unit you from that, lot," and he gave him a booklet containing- a list' of, so many bonds 'and. 'seeurities of various sorts that Smith became confused. Like the Irish- man with the bill•of-fare printed 1n Frond), he cast his eye down the list until he Raw something familiar, and said, "I guoas I'11. have some of those," pointing to a preferred stock, such as some bond dealers carry for some cil• auteof a semi -speculative turn. "Cer- tainly," said the broker. "Those shares eonetituto a -very fair speculative invest - anent withgood prospects of approo1a• tion." But as the company is not yet firmly established we do not recommend them to investors who . cannot afford to lose -their capital, nor to those who wish something that is readily salable. Ae the company is smalland the demand for tho stock not great, it is possible to sell onlywhen orders such as yours Como in." As most reputable bond dealers and investment stook brokers aro equally frank with their customers and clients. Smith was no more fortunate than the average investor would be. It is lucky it was so ha his ease, for he at once changed hie mind as to his decision- "I'm. afraid it won't do," he said hast- ily. "The .money I. have to invest I .hold as - a trustee of. - an estate and have to tarn it over to the heirs when they tome of age._ The oldest will be twenty-one t0 eighteen months and the two othere at intervals of two years or so after. So you Reo I shall have to turn over the soour•ities or cashat that time, and as Ihave -to give each his third of the. 010,- 000 in rash I would prefer to put the money in a bank and not worry over it. Unfortunately, however, the income at five per cent is little enough to support them, although they are at work and earning a little. I. cannot, of course, buyaui'thing that is at all risky, and I must also have something that I can sell at any time at just about what I paid for it. I intended to put 1t tato mortgages, but I' fortonatorw remember- ed that no ono would Wail': to borrow for only 10 months,' or oven three years and a half—that is, no one who would be able to pay batik the principal atthe end' of that time without delay, and, perhaps, the expense of foreclosing. Then .of course, I know how hard it is to sell mortgages ox0opt at a heavy discount from their face value, because I've tried for two yenta to sell a small ono, No, sir! mortgageswont do." "Of course. not," said the bond dealer. "Xt is very fortunate," bo continued, "that I, know now jnstyour requirements. Yoe ear you want something safe, which will yield yon, about ave per cont,, that p00000013 the feature of ready oonverti. biltty tato oast, and one that will retain its market value, In foot, tho only im- portant :feature you don't seem t0 re. quire. Is prospect of appreciating in folio, Yours-is:Certainly a di®cult case because five pox cent. is a fairly high rate to accompany tbo throe other fea- tures .when they aro present to the high degree you squire; If you had avainted only safety and stability" of value I mulct have eltosen n dated good Wilde Iron our list of mnnd±lpals, For muni• olppl boucle aro lint bolt hi except through private elle, and, therefore, aro to market Cuctnatte I b'ect nn, f nutep., you lied wanted safety and convortibil, ify s weld hard pleked several pdhlio service bonds, or oven Ontario govern- ment, bonds, whlob are quoted daily on the Canadian exchanges, and can beeold readily, or if you wanted moderate safety and a blgh rata and good prospect cf appreciation I could .pick out a number of oxcollent boucle of manufacturingeon. corns—w0 0allthem industrial bonds which would have suited you to a T. What you want 18 a bond close to ma- turity, which will be paid off at par aud. whichmany people aro'. glad to buy for that reason, and which will give you a good return, oe they sell cloth to par, 'There are cot many such bonds. I hap- pen, however, to have about four thou- sand dollars of a municipal issue which to due in threeyears' time, on which -the interest is 5 -per cent. I can sell it at 101, whichwill yield you about 41-2 per oeat—in fact, - 4 5.8 per Dent. That will coat you 54040, and in Juno, 1914, you will receive $4,000. However, don't forget that 309'M''') 9+"f'9' l""9y1b9": '►'3iw•".1: x*o i' 9" was thoughtless and flighty -•-always have been but I cannot help nay Ye rk Jim's Rosie 1, �o,�;roat-`,•p,�i...jl<,•o 04, 4 91:.0.x;":i, o w,e.r"la,.. 1 otio111ess, as one chilled by the shadow o£ hovering death, James Morton sat •'by the bedside, with chin resting on his hand, marking the drifting into merciful insensibil- ity. He had done his best; but here the inexorable, outstretched hand 'was not to be denied. Conscious of the impending end, the .old' man lay breathing in stertorous gasps, and fighting with all his weakening will to stave off the darkness of oblivion. Suddenly his eyes opened wide.. Into the dimly -lighted room the whir : of an approaching taxi -cab' penetrated. At the abrupt stop the flicker of a tender smile told the watcher that he . yet -understood. From the dry lips came an nein- telligible whisper. Jinx Morton rose and busied him- self imself at the little table. His strong, clean-out face shoved no sign of emotion, but, because he, too, had dreamed ,something of the dream of the old man, he needed the seconds to get a grip of himself, When the girlenteredhe turned and regarded her steadily with ap- parent unconcern. Costumed in rich 'fairs, gowned fdr a supper at some West End restaurant. elle stood in the door - out of the 5205 you receive each year way, taking in the details of the You must keep 513.36, which will amount mean room then, witha little gasp, to 540 at the cad of the time, as You I she: moved to the bedside and fell lose 540'of your capital, whish I allow. on her knees. On the borderland of unconscious- ness, the old man lay smiling into the blanched, troubled face. Still and silent, Jim remained on the other side of the bed, as one who had nopartin this final scene. "Oh,daddy, why didn't y,u let me .know?" The reproach cams brokenly,' as if wrung from her heart. The question remained unanswer- ed. The dulled brain now hold but the one idea. His gaze went .appealingly to Jim, who, reading question init, bent over him. Grop- ingly the feeble hands went out, until they had found his own and that of the girl. Conscious of his purpose, they suffered him to bring them together across the coverlet, and there they remained interlock- ed with his own upon them. "Rosie—Jim—together—always." The whisper came hoarsely, jerk- ily, impelled by a final effort, and he spoke no more. Together they remained smiling into his eyes until consciousness faded from them, and then, very gently, Jim released his fingers. "Is this the end i" "He will go out like that," Jim's Voice was very steady. "I'm glad you arrived in time." "Why did you not let me know, Jim 1" she faltered. "He would not have it so," he answered, as he rose. "What might bo done when he was stricken I have done. But—" "Oh, I know you would do that l" she cried. "But I was his daugh- ter. I could have done so much!" "It is the same house we lived in together, boy and girl," said Jim. "He was here." Thoquiet reproach started the woman to her feet. With hand pressed to her breast, and glisten- ing eyes, she gazed across at him. Dispassionately he faced her. In level tones, scarcely above a whisp- er, he went on: "Don't think he resented it. He was very proud of your success ; but uo one knew from him that Rosie Garland, the favorite comedienne, was his daughter. Shall I tell you how ho talked of you to.' mel It amounted to just this. The ignor- ant old cabby would do nothing to make his girl a laughing -stock for her new friends. Often at nights he •wotild laugh gleefully to think. of the wonder of your success after your upbringing. Many times he would desert the rank early to hear your turn. You would not sec him in the gallery; but I .can picture him clapping with the best, That night be persuaded me to go with hini I remember his eyes were shin- ing as we trudged home. And al- ways he believed that to -morrow you would drop in to see Hien and the boy he fonud deserted and whom he fathered—tile boy who, in the old days, was your big brother. Until the last ho worked. He want - hut to see you sometimes. Even from toe, x110 had more cause to make some return for all his kind- ness, lie"ivouid take nothing." His words ceased abruptly, silenc- ed by a sob. Torn with keen self -re preach, she fumbled at the fasten- ing of her furs. Set -faced, he re- garded her when presently she stood before hint.. If the: wonder. of the change from the Cinderella who hacl been "his pal" to the, beautiful woman, gowned as if for a ball, stirred rum, ho gave no sign of it. If the old ache at his heart throbbed anew at bee touch, his features .did not show it. Ile In their admiration for the Gold- had Iona sines parted with illusions. en Rule some people allow distance Death heel. brought them together to lend enchantment to the view. for an ]lour. Presently, she would 1tis alwaysa s loss trotblo to be- lieve a lie than to prove it isn't true Lor in ths interest rate, for I, say' it yields you 4 5.8 per cent, -which means you get 45.8 per cent on your investment and enough to save the $40. Thou for the bal- ance I can give you some 'Canadian Northern • Railway ]:quipmerit bonds.' which are absolutely safe, and which clan be got In maturities to suit almost any- body. nybody. These willyield you about the same rate and therefore soli at 'a price depending on the time they leave to run. Those due in a year and a half I can sell' at 100 5-4, which will yield just 41.2 per cent., while one 'duo is .five years sells at 1021.4 and yields the same rate. You don't understand the price? Oh, the 1021.4 means that for Ivory 5100 of par value: you pay 5102.25.. ; So that for a 51,000 bond you must pay ton times the price of a 5100 bond, or 51,022.50, while for a' 550 bond—if such were ever issued— You will pay 551.12. This is tbo way stocks aro quoted too. Bank of Com- merce shares sell at 208, but as they are only 550 par value the actual .cost is 5104 per share. The price is always given 013 the basis of 5100 par value." "woll," said John Smith, "I am really very much obliged, and you have un- doubtedly saved me a great deal of worry and probablyfinancial loss." This conversation,. while Imaginary, 1s typical of what often takes place be- tween broker and client or bond dealer and ouetomer.. It shows admirably how- the various points we have been illustrat- ing during the past few weeks are used in practise, and indicates clearly that they are not merely theoretical "bosh." They are serious, practical questions. whiob: cannot be overloolcod with impu- nity. T t ANT1IY. GGORGEOUSP. GE Will Entertain Ring George When He Goes to Delhi for Durban. Though tlie drought' in Indilv"has comeplled the authorities to out much of the military display out of the programme for the Delhi Durban, the native princes are not allowing it to disturb their plans for a show' of Oriental magnificence. King George and his consort will see four Bengalese processions that will beat the Delhi outfit in many respects for dazzling splendor. The Dussera progress of Icing Vikamaditya will represent the home -coming of a, victorious sov- ereign of ancient India, and will include the dancing horses of Dam- pur—a stud of splendid animals famous all over the East, All who take part, in this pageant will be gorgeously attired, many' being in ancient Indian armor lent by the Maharaja of Joypur, whose collec- tion is the greatest on earth. Gaily garbed Indians on state elephants with silver trappings' will leadthe way, strewing the route with fresh -cut: blooms.; The ancient music of India will be played by the most skilful musicians proem, - able, while conch -shell blowers, bell bands,' mounted and afoot, um- brella -bearers, poets, archers, and fly -whiskers in every variety of costly raiment will accompany 'th e potentates who will file past t Icing -Emperor. That will be only one of the four Bengal pageants. Similarole strations of Orientalwealth And display will be given in the Murshe- dabad procession, the Dacca-Mishil procession, the war dances of the Oryias—all having , their peculiar novelties, illustrating of the compli- cated web of Indian life. nature The break essay tome at my affection. He would not beer of the'stage for in{ and I left him. Perhaps 1f you had not gime away, Jint, things' might have been differ- ent. "Por a time I made no way, but the life had me in its grip. A song —a silly song with a catchy shotshot ane to sudden fame. The rest yolt can guess. The gaiety,, the ex- cltoment-.all that conspired to make the old sordid life but a memory, Now—" "!He will pass like that," said Jiro, as if he had not heard, "If You have an engagement--" She dropped her hands at that, as :if chilled by his mildness, and shook hes head., "I will stay," she whispered. "Very well. I have some rather. urgent oases—" s'Jim I" Her ; hands went out to him again. "Yon think meanly of lee, 'I know, and I deserve it. But I want you to' believe that I have won through clean." "Why tell me?" ho whispered "Can I not see it1 We had no fear for you." "Will you not tell me of your- self?" she asked. "You're chang- ed Jim—older grown and stern." "There is little enough to tell," he returned, with a shrug.' "I am a sh(m doctor, with a somewhat extensive list of patients as six- pence a time. 'Pretty hopeless when poverty makes the prescribing of the most ordinary necessities a farce; but I do my best,. I have acquired a curtain reputation for cleverness. Although not very rich in reward, I do not complain of the experience"' "Tim!" With the handle in his fingers he turned and looked at her. "There is someone—"' He stayed her with .apraised hand.. "You need not tell me, Rosie. How could it be otherwise?" "I must," she went on, "He .is rich. He wishes to marry me." "If you care for him, what more is there to be -said 1" he answered. "I am glad you did not draw your hand away, for his sake," His gaze passed from her to the bed, and, with a convulsive sob, she dropped to her knees beside it. For a few moments he stood re- garding. her with the hunger of his consuming love plain in his eyes. Then, very quietly, he closed the door behind him. 0 * * ii Jim Morton lounged in an easy - chair before the dying fire, pulling "Take you t" be whispered, wi It reflectively at a last pipe. He was her upturned face in his hands close dog-tired. For twenty-six hours he pressed to his own. "Alt, little had not slept. An unusual number Rosie, if you knew how I have long• of patients had required his atten- ed for you I But I cannot spoi' tion during surgery hours, and, your life. I could not—" afterwards, ho had gone out to sev- She stopped him with her hand oral urgent calls which had come upon his lips. for him. "Do you not thinly I have weigh. Since the dismal morning he had ed it up?" she cried. "The other stood with Rosie at the graveside a goes, Jim, when you like. You will week had passed. They had parted not stay here long quietly at the gate, and she had He laughed aloud.. gone bask to her world end he to "It is not so far from Camber - his work. For a brief space their well to Harley Street," he cried. ways' had come together after long .With you to spur me on, Rosie, years. what might I not achieve?" This night his manhood was bat- "That's the old boy! she laugh- tling hard with the folly of useless cd. he mnrmur- regrets. He had been living "Little sweetheart," again the old days when he had ed hoarsely, as his arms enfolded been the big brother, recalling the -her. "You're Very sure of this? gladness of mischievous exploits, It is to be as he wished—`Rosie and the occasions when,after some lit -Jim, together always' 1" tle difference, with her arms about "Always, Jim!" she whispered, his neck she had contritely "made as she yielded her lips. London it up." In those days ho had been Answers. _ very sure of her. Ambition alone had not urged him to lift himself ` From the herd. He had wanted 'ERE DESTRUCTIVE DOG. to make a lady of Rosie. The years had been but idle Saiti to Destroy Mere- Useful Birds dreaming. There could be no Than the Cat. marrying now. She had tasted the sweets of life. Position and the luxury of wealth were offered to her. And he was a slum doctor, prescribing for sixpenny fees. A ring at the surgery bell abrupt- ly broke the thread of his musing, and, with a mirthless laugh at the thought of further work, he rose and went to answer it. At sight of the caller his body became tense, and his face wont strangely white. Her lips parted in a smile as she noted his surprise, and her two hands went out to him. s "Rosie l" he cried, as he clutch- ed them tightly. "You?" . "I've come on from the hall," she confessed. "There's somoting, Jim, I've got to say that can't wait -something that's kept me from. sleep." • Gently he closed the door and fol- lowed her to the sitting -room. In the few seconds of silence that en- sued she took in its details, Her quick eyes noted the framed picture of herself on the wall—a page out from. some illustrated journal—and she turned to him with a little smile. "Wonderful, Jim, isn't it?" she said, as she drew the pins from her, hat. "We never imagined 'in the old days . 'I should reach each giddy heights." "You'll forgive me my surprise," he murmured. "I have to admit you cut into my thoughts of you." "Yee?" Her fingers were busy unbuttoning the long coat, He placed the chair for her, and steep- ed to replenish the fire. Tho feel - bo aerie again. ilig of weariness had magidally beets "Don't, Jim!" elle"Yon pleaded, Yon dispelled. When he looked reued don't know how you hurt die. I elle stood revealed in a plain black i11 III I II IOII t "�I�lIiIl',t 1„sasvaxamsatixrw.a.; I'11 uarN.+nuwW1 Y1F;p41�xr 041.11,f wierett sick NSUPIES PERVRCT BAKING REUULT4 CONTAINS 81Q' ALUM 11]lillYt lA` a�7 „� bbl A ©E 10'0 CANADA * ,41/J� , mai! 1 . t 0.(0/4.,, . " llr....�f a.;4i 1,41 :aOSA, dress, which intuitively, he attri- sit ler loo or with a companion Mated to her own deft fingers. Quietly she moved to him and placed her two little hands on his broad shoulders, "Something has happened to die, Jimmy, boy, and you've got to tell me what to do," she said. "Until that night -I confess it with shame —it was always number one with me. I was wilful and thoughtless. I wanted to have a good time. Luck came anyway, and everything was rosy. You can guess the life. It turned my head, Jim. I forgot my nearest and dearest. In the hour you left me with the dad it all came back on me.. It's been with me ever since." Beneath her Angors she could feel the tremor of emotion that shook him at her words. She noted how his hands came up a little way, to fall again heavily to his sides. "It's just this, Jim," she went on. "I told you, didn't I? There's somebody who wants to marry me; but' I cannot go to him—" "Rosie I" His two hands came up again and gripped her shoulder., fiercely, hungrily. She held him off, and, at the efforts, some measure of controlcame back to him. His arms fell away from her. The old strained look showed on his face. "In the old days, Jim, we were sweethearts," she murmured smilingly, "I was forgetting, boy. Crowded pleasures and excitements filled my days. ]3ut with your hand again in mine the old affection seemed to leap in my heart—and I cannot go to any other man. smilingly, "I was forgetting, boy, Whether you take me soon or late " It is a common complaint among farmers that insect pests increase year after year, and that the num- ber and variety of them make the raising of each successive crop more difficult. Spraying with chemical mixtures of one kind and another is now everywhere necessary—no •1s,'bt because civilization incl the clearing of the land have seriously disturbed nature's balance. A writer in Forest and Stream says that the root of the trouble lies in the declamation, and in some cases the extinction of our insect -eating song -birds. Civilization, and the improvement which goes with it, has been the tc0ret enemy of natural life on this continent. The draining of the swamps reduces the area which moisture -loving buds may occupy; the cultivation of the fields takes away so much area where birds might breed; the cutting clown of the forests contracts the range of the woods -loving 'species. On the other hand, thele are many birds that are glad to nest about our houses, that accept ]nail as a friend, and are willing to live with ,hint on terms of snore ur Jess intimacy, The cat is commonly sp1111)4 a of Its one of the great enemies of .our birds, and it is ate enemy, and mast be reckoned with. But it may he doubted if the oats of the reentry kill one-hundredth pari; as many useful birds as do dogs, Beeatue the ca{ frequently brings into the house 11, birch: - a rabbit or e field -mouse, that is leas caught, we imagine' it to be very destraetive, but we 115(1211' see an atbing of the 11111011 greater ter killing wrought by the dog T somehow 1 xafi n a Often the farmers horse dog, I omitgetun with out You. pieced up at some neighbor's, may go off and spend a whole day hunt- ing through fields, along hedgerows and in woods and swamps, partly, Me doubt, for the pleasure of Mint- ing, partly also for the food that it can kill. A clog that has once form- ed this habit can hardly be broken of it; and if there are two of the animals, they can readily deplete a neighborhood of its ground -nest- ing birds and the smaller rodents which are not tree -climbers. Such dogs, with mush practise, learn to hunt in the most systematic way, following up the hedgerows, searching out each eorner, each bramble patch, and looking,into the low -growing branches of the ever- green -trees, literally making a busi- ness of finding whatever flesh or fowl or eggs there may be about. While perhaps they seldom hill the old birds, they destroy uncounted numbers of nests, and the quail, woodcock or ruffed grouse that at- tempt to breed within the range of one of these dogs is not likely to rear a brood. On the Western prairies the same thing happens. Quail and prairie - chickens suffer ; and if there is some pond or low spot where two or three pairs of wild ducks try to rear their young, the dogs are likely to find and destroy them. In recent years one or two states have passed laws obliging people to keep their dogs tied up; but such laws if enacted are enormously un- popular, and,, in fact, are never obeyed. Yet if the farmer olid but know it, it would show good busi- ness sense for hint to keep his dogs confined at least during the breed- itig season of all birds, or from 'the beginning of May until mid-July. TILEIR LOVE ADVENTURES. How Some Great Authors Met Their Partners in Life. The great romance of Sir Walter Scott's life was cradled under an umbrella which be gallantly offered to sharp with pretty Miss Margaret Stuart, who had been caught in a sudden shower on leaving church ; and Thomas Carlyle's, to a call at the house of Dr. 'Wish, after a six- teen -mile tramp with his friend Ed- ward Irving. Before the raw young Scotsman left the doctor's hospit- able roof the flashing dark 'eyes of Jeannie Welsh had kindled in his breast a flame that was inextingu- ishable. Walter Savage Lander would have been a happier man if he had stayed away from the ball at which he met the lady who became his wife. The very sight of her set his blood on fire; her touch intoxicat- ed his brain; and long before the strains of the last waltz died away he had determined that she and none other should be his wife. But it would be nu difficult mat- ter to write reams on Cupid's Ca- prices; for his assaults on Inman hearts are as amazing in their va- riety as iu their ingenuity. If Bel - ever Lytton had not accompanied his mother to that literary tea RING !SFORTUNE Ci I1S]L OV'i 'TAKES PO",y1:SSt)lx O>? Ml'M11Y, Rein knee of ARttieut lccliltte+d i4'hiell heft n Trail 'of crime dk'iditd, Among the many cnl'iosities left by the late Lady Meux is an Egyp- tian mummy which is said to Have brought ill lucre to everyone who handfed it. Now, whether it 1s possible diet a corse pronounced in the dim past can by any means 'work harm through the ages is it Matter et opinion. But such stories and the strange facts connected with Aloin' are too numet' ns to be Altogether neglected. Wo may instance the case of the painted Egyptian coffin lid number- ed 22,542, which stands in the l3rit- ish Museum, and the remarkable tale of misfortune and death which has been associated with this pictur- ed face of ,the priestess of the 001- lege of Amen -Ra, The story is fairly well known, for' two years ago all the daily papers were full of it. It is suffici- ent to say that from the time of the discovery of, the cofiu in 1889,:ehe priestess seemed to BRING MISFORTUNE..' on every one who had anything to do with her coffin. All five of the original finders came to grief, and even the carrier who took the case to the museum, the photographer who photograph- eel it, and the well-known writer who described the .event connected with, all died shortly afterward. Then there was the ease of Mr. George Alefounder, who, leaving discovered a mummy too large to conveniently carry away, deliber- ately beheaded it and brought the Bead back to Europe in abonnet box. Then everything went wrong with him. Misfortune piled upon mis- fortune. One day he chanced .to meet a medium. The latter at once told him that he could see a figure with high cliffs behind it, and clouds of dust about it. The figure, he said, was headless. As it happened, Mr. Alefounder had at the time forgotten all about the mummy head, Now leo remem- bered it, and, much startled, con- sulted another medium. from her he heard precisely the same story. This was enough. He sent the head back at once to its original resting place. THE LATE SHAH OF PERSIA owned a dagger which is said to make its possessor invincible. But as the superstition is that he who uses it shall inevitably perish by it, it is kept securely locked in asand- alwood box. A curious parallel to this Pori- sian dagger is vouched for by 0. W. Leadbeater. A certain English family owns a stiletto which 'in- spires everyone who holds it with a horrible and almost irresistible desire to kill some woman. This weapon belonged to an ancestor whose wife deceived him and drove him mad. He swore revenge against the whole sex, and with the dagger killed his wife, his wife's sister and another woman before he was disarmed and secured. In the Summer of 19055 114. And- reef, a well-known business roan of St. Petersburg, bought at auction for 1C2,000 a beautiful old necklace made. about 120 years ago by a famous Parisian jeweler for the ill- fated Louis XVI. Nearly all of the mcmbrs of the French Royal family lust their lives in the Revolution, but the necklace was taken by the survivor to Brussels and there sold. Over and aver again it changed hands aid every one who owned it, was party, and lost his senses under the ; unlucky. l� inally a Russian Prince witchery of Rosina Wheeler's beam.; bought it fur ie4,000 aud gave it to ty, how different would his life have the. dancer, Tzukki. been—incl ]leis. If Longfellow had { TZUI{.Ii1'S HEALTH FAILED, g been able to et proper passports been she was reduced to abject poverty into Italy he would never have i u'ned back and met Frances Ap- and died. The necklace was sold to to M. Lines -itch, the collector. He piston at Interlaken, and would dice suddenly at Monte Carlo and thus have missed the crowning hap as.:eel it to a relative, who lost all pines of his life. And Nathaniel 1' Hawthorne might have remainedhis money, and was only saved frons similarly unblessed if he declined by selling the piece of jew- c in arty eery. his sister on a call to ae ° p Andreef bought it, and almostthe on her filmic Miss Peabody,ntroh and first tinge iris wife wore it lie fell had thus. missed the introduction int,, a fit ipso jetilousy and to "my sister Sophia, of whom he cut her down. with a sword, wrote later ; 'Sophia is a flower to Such instances May be multiplied. be ]corn in no mans bosom, but Clonut. `lharoreslti when killed in a lent fiom heaven to show lite pus fearful motor accialent at 'Nice in stb1lLtles of the human soul.' 1008. R aS wearing the fatal ring _..-_..—....L which lratl belonged to his family WITHOUT YOU. for 11 generations, every head of • I can't et on without you ; which had met a violent death. 3Still more amazia is a story told I'm all alone without you ; g y 1 muddle tltrougi,, by the laic head of the Paris And all l cru Morgue. ]give times within his Ta just io think about you, Ctepeu1iCe,1 rgee c1:.12a010 bodies thoheClwatro e`tr I rine' easel 2.listin- 11'hat is the world without r•+iu1 ing a c r r ]t „ y, M • o011 sad way without you 0 gitished 1,y its ltran.go design. It J bore in eastern characters this le - :1 long, long night, ,,. gond : May whosoever wears this le - With but one lis h4 'hl sleet's," M To live and dream about :Full l ming die a • horrible l c cl at T, ,t t b4ltce, the Chief of the Paris police, Theirs was that rharin about you vouches f r o the truth of this story,... ! 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