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CHAPTER XIII,
'Alt old man with lialr as white as
SnoW, a worn, troubled face, and
halide that treelbled as they rented
On his stick, was standing before
Lady °moven, bowing as though
alio were the arbitrees of his des -
"1 ain Partner Moore, my lady —
Vellum., Moore — and 1 want to
aamtk to you,"
Lady CaraVen stood quite etill. XTo
Avaa v. man so old aad 'venerable
that /its ciPPearance alone eonunanti-
ad respect.
"Oho Moores have lived at Brona
Parm, my lady, more years than
X could count, X have hoard it read
centuries ago, when the Lords
of 0/maven went to war, the Moores
Sho remembered her last defeat, and
ehaddered. who sho thought want
another weuld cost lier.
Mtee luncheon there was generally
an interVal of quiet in the castle,
Most of the ladles went to their own
rooms; some of the gentlemen went
to the some sought
the library. As good fortune would
huve It, 1.0ord Caaaven wont to the
library alone, Hildred followed
"Are you going to write a let-
ter?" she asked,
"Yea; unless you will be kind en-
ough to write it tor me," ae replied.
"It 85(005 to reo slit to. exert one's
self on such day as this," and
the handsome earl proceeded leisure-
dntMet, thle iS true?"
s perfectly t'no," WM replied.
"That Blantyre hes taken that
bribe, MEI has refer/ea lay' male
to ream Illoore's
"Yes, lie has done thet."
'"I'aert" sale the enra with tin-
neaal decisien, "Iiie reign will he a
01100, waft He told me that Moore
tvea letting the /and go to rain —
tbat tile Mein wee not bringing in
half what 11, could be made to bring
11/1111, 1 have pot Patleeee
to refaiat all he said, If this „te)
tree, he late elecolvea ine—an(1, by
my earldom I vow be shall not de-
ceive me twieel"
She lied hardly dared Lo hope for
such roody auswer,astaib, hopeful re-
sponse,
"Will yon Beton to me," she saki,
"Neigh) .1 tell you more?"
"'Yes, I will replied the
earl, with a gloomy face, °
Slio did pot spare hint, Slue told
hi na how hie estate was worse camel
for and more mismanaged than any
other in hingland—how the poor
a
eried out forelp and did pot receive it, tho sick and the sorrowful
for relief and did not get it—how
the wretched homes caused fever and
rheumatism and a host cif miseries—
how the laborerti On his estate were
worse paid, worse lodged, and worse
fed than on 50y other—how the too -
y o seat lumeelf in au easy chair, ants were more beavily nurdeued —
woU em. They hove always and 'watch his wife while she wrote how his mime, was spoken. with cur-
l:icon tenants on the liavenemere es- for him; 1)01' desire to meet his wishes 800, not blessingS.
Ho listened without reply, 'but she
trots. The fauna, my lady—Bram- gratified him. Tile letter she had
hill Farm — is to lot on lease; 'written was just what he wanted. saw that his face had grown very
when one lease expires another is Tho ming wile sinned to herself ot pale and that his lips trembled, Sho
signed, My lady, when I was but the thought of how well she was spoke with passionate earnestness;
there should be no mistake about the
a boy ray Metier Signed' a lease for Progressing. She looked up at him matter—he meet thoroughly under
seventy years, und the seventy years with a smile, saying to herself that stand.
will be at am 000!next Month.1 5110 muet bring the whole artillery
have sons and grandsons waiting to of her smiles and grace to bear up- "All this," he said; "while have
succeed me, and' alio basso Le lay on him. been sleeping here! Hildred, X will
see for nlyself what is the truth. I
"Should you lite a companion for will trust to no ono's opinion —
will go over to Bromhill. Will you
ride over with me?" , •
,Sho looked at the broad golden.
beams of the sun.
"It, is so warm," sho said, "you
will not care to go out."
''ll'armi" ,he repeated; ithnoet
wrathfully. "What matters a' little
heat, whoa so muth is at s•take?"
Then he looked quickly at her,
"lf It is too warm for you," he
said, "I will go alone."
She sprang to her feet Wadi /L glad
light in her eyes.
"No," she replied, "it Is nover,too
warm for nie. I love the sun. 'Let
me go with iota Lord Caraven."
There was some little surprise evon
among the servants at, seeing the
young • earl and countese ride off
alone. What did it mean? Were
better times really coming?
Sir Raoul watched them start; and
he amid to himself, as he looked af-
ter teem:
"The greatest gift of Heaven to
men is surely the noble influence of
a'noblo woman."
The earl would see for himself
and he did see. It seemed to him
that he must have been asleep for
years. Where were the smiles of
welcome that years ago used to greet
him? Now laborers passed him with
sullen face, with a touch of the cap
and a muttered curse. He saw the
wretched tenements where dieease
reigned triumphant—he saw mothers
whose children had dial for want of
nourishing food—he saw strong men
wboses just condemnation of him was
wri then in their averted oyes and
''Nor," she continued, quickly, closed lips. Ile saw that for him
"would you allow a mean or unjust there was no affection, little respect;
deed to be done in your name — yet he was lord of tbe' — in
would you?"
some fashion master of the destines
"No," he answered, so decidedly of these people,
that she was filled with groat con- He rode in silence—silence that bin
tent.
young wife did not care to break,
She -ventured on a further liberty,
one that touched. him. for he saw that he was arousett at
She laid her last. They went to Bromhill, and
home—I love it. My father lived
end died Clore; my sons were born a short tune? sloe said. "I like
there, 'the old homestead is Part of this old library in the afternoon'
the sunshine slanrs on the wall. I
often conic) here, and, looking
aroond me, 1 meditate on the glories
of the dead and gone Caravens. They
my life—of my soul, any lady; stand-
ing outside of it, 1 Seeln to haVe 210
life."
"E understand," she sald. gently.
"Now, my lady, the seventy years' neto a noble race; 120 wonder that
lea -so, signed when I was a curly- you aro proud 'of them."
, headed boy playing at my father's "I ean. proud of them," confessed
P000, has expired. We thought, my the earl. "I cult graceless enough,
sell John and that wo had noth- but f love the honor of rim house."
isg to do except call on the earl and "And no wonder. I was looking.
renew it. We never dreamed of any- the other day, at some portraits in
thing else, my son John and I. So the Eastern Gallery. They were no -
we Galled, my MAY, and a feotmen ble men, thoso ancestors of yours;
brought us worel that his lordship some of thoin have kingly faces. AU,
tett all the busies connected with they may talk of worth and money,
the estate to Air. Blantyre, As We but I would rather have the proud
were leaving home, I said to Inv son dietinction of a noble birth like
John, John, we shall taste the youis than all the money in the
aarre famous wine to -day,' and he, world!"
In his cheery way, said, 'It will do "Would you?" he asked, dreamily.
you good, father.' Dist there was no "That seems strange."
Wine, my lady—no kindly greeting "X do not think so. We hll value
leora the lord of tho castle, no mes- most highly that which we have
Sage to the old retainers of the not," she replied, simply. "Xt must
i•olase, except that we were to go to be an incentive to a noble and alma -
Blantyre. My lady," said the old ous life to have such ancoetors as
Man, solemnly, as he struck his stick yours,"
upon the ground, "I hate 13Iantyre!" An expression of deeper earnestnese
She could have added, "So do I," than she had yet seen came over his
but it wits wiser to be silent. ace.
"We went to 131a,ntyre, My 8011 "1 am an unworthy successor to
John and . He told us siva lie the honor of the Caravensa, he said.
would not renew the /ease. At firet VI thought it would all be dinarent
see thought that he was mad; it when I began Jlfe."
lammed to us that the very stones "There is one thing to be said,"
by the wayside must rise up and 517 she remarked.' "You may not have
out against it. He said that we done any great or brillient deeds,
must leave Dromhill. My son look- but 5011 have never done a mean
ed at him and answered: , one."
" 'The Moores have, tawayS hvea "I hope not," he replied.
' at Drorehill, and always will.'
" 'We shall see about that,' said
Blantyre. 'I have a more eligible
tenant in view, and you will be com-
pelled to Mayo, whether you like it
or not.'
'Made to a Ebert) of 13100211111,
laxlyi think we were too stunned
to speak. Wo went out. of his office,
and it seemed to ene that the. eerth
and sky were meeting. Then we
heard afterward that Peter IIerro-
hand on his arm.
there the earl saw matters for him -
"I knONV it," she said; "I was sere soit There was little need fel
of it. I knew that you might seem
gate bad bribed the agent, with a indolent, that you might be unfairly words to tell 111in how the prestige
fifty -pound note to persuade Lord ,Infitienced, that you might, perhaPs, of the old name had sunk. Those
Oaraven to refuse us the My !at times be misled, but I felt quite honest yeomen, the Moores, whose
lady, it is a crying injustice. We are tsure that It 'MOS against your code forefathers had served his ancestors
sons of the soil; we have made the of honor, against your wish and. will, so gallantly and well, had no smiles,
farm what iL is. If the earl sends against your ideas of Mahe; " no welcome for him; they were stur-
ue froth it, lie will send me to my "What is against them, ITildred?" dily respectfult they said little—the
grave. I should the on the three- lie asked, inan who had pleaded so pas -
hold; I could not live ope day away Sloe was silent for a few minutes
sionetely to Hildred least of all. But
front my house. Ire niust not do it, and then she laid her Mimi more
' Lilo ruing, indolent, pleasure -loving
Lady Caraven, The bonds of long gently upon his. earl shrunk before the calm, stern
generations must net be so easily '"Phank you," she said, "for lot- Wr 0,g.
faces; he knew that he was in the
• aroken. Ire cannot send his old re- ting me speak to you. I was hall Nevertheless, if they were stern and
tainers away in that faehlon—inen afraid at first, but now you give me
whose fathers clied the aervice of couracte." cold an their reception of Um earl,
his ancestors — mon whose bodies Iler sweet humility disarmed hint. they had a warm welcome for his
have been interposed to meet the Xf sho had been proud, haughty, or beautiful young wife. She had not
blows intended for the Lords of Car- petulant, there would_ have been lit- ignored centuries of service; she had
even. What is fifty pounds compel- tie chance to plead her casc, tior not broken the bonds between mas-
ad to that?" gentleness touched him. Por the tor and servant; she had not left the
"You may leave your cause in my first time in lois life he took lter best interests of their lives to Elan -
hands," she said. ''I think X May bands and clasped them. in his own tyre. They crowded round her—even
promise that you shall have Jus- Do not, be afraid of speaking to
the little children. came to give her
tice." me, llildred," he said.
e lamed his trembling hands and f,lie hact so much at stake that she
blessed her, and -Lady Caretven wont trembled. Ho saw her beautiful face
indoors with a. weight at her heart. grow pale and her Dim quiver.
Not least did she feel hor great an- Ilildredt he said, gently, "you
e. ger against Blantyre. this man who pain mo. What is it you Would say?
4.nf1ueneed. her husband for evil, who Speak to me without fear."
advised him and counseled him, in Then she toolc courage. She rats -
wrong -doing, this man who commit- ed her eyes to his,
ted all unlcind and unjust acts in the "I know of a great act or Injustice
name of the earl. Then, with her that is being done in your name,
s Mead imagination, she was nos slow Lord Caraven;" and, in her own for -
to picture the painful scones in the ci e, eloquent language, she told flowers they had gathered and to fr
farm at Bremhill. Xt seemed to her him the whole story. He listened look at the pleasant, shining face,
' almost cruel that one man should in silence. There was a court of inquiry held
have so much power over another. "Do you assure me, ITildred," he within the old farm walls; the earl
Piles
To prove to yen teed/ pp.
chattel: ointment to a certain
and ebeeinte mire Die ety51
end ever!' noel ok noting
mpedisfraaa protrudixscejles,
he ineaufaetareetheve eusaenteed a. S_PS
luum1010 thllaor prod, ead. aek Four ineele
Spv 103011 13(03 Walk aria Tea eameee) 18 .5(1
tst121 gore or Co.,Toreete,
ea:neon/ewe if cuit eared. We a 1,4m, at
Ora Chase's Ogritireient
listened attentiVely to tile old Man
tatel bis 001151 and, then he looked
gravely pt tbma,
"You have done to sPO8,1 oot
boldly." he Said. "X Could 45 0004
imufigl0 liavenOMere IvittlOilt a Oar,
oven as BrombIll witbOut, Xeore.
YOU need not go to Blantyre again.
X' Will Sign tiee leeseteand it oht41
be done Once."
11a spoke only one° 011. MS way
home, and tiloh it Was to saY tO his
wife:
"1 have done hietice therm and if
ean I Will do justice wherever it is
needed,"
Ana as they reel° on througa the
sunlight, she tohl him ?leaven would
bless hlte for it.
(To Be Continued).
IDYLLIC ISLAND LIFE,
No Drunkenness, Crime, Police:
Jails or Courts.
Away from the ordinalar traek of
ships, and blessed with a splendid
offmato, ar0 the CocoseReoling 14-
1ands, in the Straits Archipelago.
Their history is as strange and ros
aninadntilicni,tceisuotheir present life ie curious
Da 1820 a Scoteh sailor named
Ross landed and, seeing that tho
sltsQsion waTi'd6 vesl-eyttgle741;11;:rot owoiti1P1°Iis-
f =HY. The natives were gentle ands
tenehable, eo that Ross had no diffi-
culty in making hiniself their ruler.
In 1851 ho hoisted the Union Jack
40 a precaution, against the visit of
a wandering lorench man-of-war, and
six years later the isles were form-
ally annexed. by the Britiah Govern -
went. With rare tact and wisclom,
Ross devoted himself to governing
the people over whom he had SO
Cillaintly established himself as king,
and on hie decease ho bequeathed his
mission of government and pro-
prietorship of the Cocos -Keeling to
hie son. The present, owner and
ruler of the islanels, J, G. Clunios
Ross, is the third In succosaiera Ire
was studytng engineering at Glasgow
when hie father's death collet' him
to the fore fifteen years age. Aban-
doning als European ambitions, he
settled ill his kingdom, married a
Cocos Wife, and devoted Ids life to
the welfare of the native, 'who aro
his children rather than subjects.
The work of the Bosses in. thus or-
dering these East Indian islands
forms a fascinating story, and the
Cocoselieellog group, though gen-
erally unknown, le perhaps the most
picturesque in the British Empire.
The little horsothoe-shaped cluster of'
ielandst three days' steaming south
of Java,• are blessed with a perfect
climate, luxuriant sail, anti man
hero is
SEEN AT HIS VERY BEST.
The inhabitants ifumber about 600
of whom 400 are Cocos born and the
remainder coolie laborers from Java.
Under the rule of the Bosses, the
only white residente, schools have
been. established, and all the island-
ers are well educated, the sehoolmas-
ter-in-chief being A. Buss, a master
of arts of Glasgow University.' Ev-
ery male is also trained to work in
brass, iron and wood, and is a sIdll-
ed artisan. Every Cocos girl similar-
ly serves a term of aPPrentlecshiP 111
Glandes Ross' house, learning sew-
ing, cooking and the whole round of
domestic art under the tuition of his
wife. Pormerly the Cocos parents
used to arrange their children's
marriages, but tinder the aew order
each man and wellies., is a free
agent, aad chooses a partner ac-
cording to European usage. Mar-
riages aro celebrated according to the
Mohammedan law, but e-ilygtinitt is
prohibited, and. there have been only
two divorces in the last fifty-two
years. There is neither jail nor
/ °Emmen, for erime does not exist
in these islands. Opium and alcohol
are forbidden, and the wily Chinese
is also excluded. Vaccination is Coin-
pulsory, and all sales are made by
barter, for Mr. Ross will not allow
money, holding it to bo the root of
all evil.
The industries of the island . con-
sist in gathering.cocoanuts mad pre-
paring their oil and copra- Deohe
&cite° exported by a chartered lessee it
e mor and a bark for dying are
which calls amnia* for the pur- b
pose. Provisions. 'are fetched once si
a month from Batavia, but rice is ei
the only food largely imported, for fo
fruit abounds in the islands, poultry 01
is plentiful' and the sea teems with '01
tish. Tho gentle and handsome na- te.
tive leads a life idyllic in graceful is
contain; and haptiness unelea the par- w
mita eye of Ruler Ross III. He care- de
fully guards his little Utopia, against ti
the introduction 'of European cus- fo
toms With their attendant ills.
Christmas leland, close by, is 'aim-
ilarly ruled by lois brother, Andrew
Ross, Coffee flourishes there, and so
do rats and cats, almost to the ex- hu
no
Tr
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on
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ON IliE FAIR
PATTENXICG POULTRY,
X started fattening ny cramming,
because X had known irOla many
lyueeatrisco, 012.4)01) ult1107nC1,,,101111101mii.linolotaritirrol5u
to command the 111.0.081 Price,
writes Ur. Wm, IX, Allen. Further-
more, a market pOtliten11411 Who Was
in a, pOSition knOW, told xne that
if one could fatten poultry monies -
fully by cramming, there wee more
money In that lino 1110111 in any oth-
er, as there was alwaya a (Jonah of
faney poultry in tho market. I final-
IY started to make a cramming ma-
chine, but had no literetere on the
sebject, nOr anythlvg to go by.
From coffee poe and a, laming pow-
der Call, rigged Up a reaorvoir and
cylinder for „holding feed, A spout
\Vim Soldered to the can and a stout
\vire With a Cap 119ed for a plunger.
'Phis was connected to a foot lever
forcing out tho feed,
I constructed a coop *ith the front
end partitions of wire divided into
eeven stalte and put in seven birds.
These were fed on oneAtird bran
and two-thirds coarse cora meal, but
they did not gain in weight.. The
pump broke many times, and it was
changed this way and tint until fin-
ally perfected. It took lone'er to
feed these seven birds than it, does
noW to feed 000.
Before the next lot of bitals WaS
put In, the coops Were eliang
somewhat, anti the whitlows dark°
ed, I got the pump to working b
ter, but had to atop and fill it f
about ev,ery third bird. 1Vheit 11
finished the lot SOIDO were heayi
than when orginally put in, al
some were not. For the third lo
I bought bolted corn meal whero pr
viously I had used Common coor
meal and to the mixture of on
third bran and two-thirds meals
added a little charcoal. To my sm
prieo, the birds did much better th
before, In fact, they all gaine
though some of them precious 11
tle. Of tho 21. birds, I lost seven.
was so anxious to give them
square nmal that I not only fill
the crop, but the windpipe also.
I made more coops and kept i
for the Inarketmen gave nie great
bousea, barns and other IntildingS
denote thrift and gomi management,
Wail° dilapidated, weather-wora
straetUroS 1110 place an +air Of
neglect or poverty, according to the
degree of decay. Xf a /meeker Mares
nothing for looks, he should keel)
his buildinge Well painted, bocauee
it is good businees to do so. Good
paint, in couvenient form. for use,
is now put up ana sold at reason-
able prices. Any one with '6141101mm
energy to rub the paint well into
the weather cheeke, and Interest en-
ough in his Work to keep tho paint
that, can do a good Job of paint -
10g, A thorougitly sooel bleach ie
necessery; this is a eure case of the
best being' the cheapeet, oe it will
not only enable a Man to do bettor
work, hut a good brash will last
longer than a olleaP one. The fall is
the best time to do outside paint -
lug, as it then bus all winter to
harden slowiy--whereas, paint put
On in spring or summer IMMO-
times Mewed with the hot sun while
it is froph and eon.
USE OP SOOT,
English books on gardening teen
with recommendations of soot in all
horticulturel operations, but °spool -
ally in glass -house cultivation, It is
claimed that the application of soot
and soot water to the soil in which
potted plants grow increases the
elm and deoPens the color of flowers
and foliage, and greatly increases
the general vigor of the plants. Gen -
X521:1 beexiliTroi °int teetitethaissseci°tuticil dracleuis
home output of soot is nearly al-
ways utilized in the garden or
among the window plants, but little
, difference can be noticed. whether it
au is used or not. On cold soils an ap-
12-- plication of soot is undoubtedly use -
o'" ful, as the dark color favors the ob-
ey sorption of heat from the sen, and
thus makes it somewhat earlier.
01..; Probably this warming of the soil
explains the . great popularity of
'e soot in the British _islands, as their
0"- high northern latitude and deficient
80 sunlight render any application that
ea will conserve solar beat of marked
A advantage, but in a climate whore
the soil gets warm enotigb to grow
corn and tomatoes, it is of Jess con -
at sequence. As a green -house applica-
tion it, has smile value, as slugs and
eof 1 -bodied insects avoid contact
a' with it.
ed
FEMItTINE
or Clover is better than timothy for
Regularity in -feeding and milking
Is important. ..
In milking squeeze the teats just
hard enough to get the milk.
To got all the butter the Cream
must be unifoeinly ripened.
COWS that are -good producers of
rich milk must be good consumers. •
In small quantities cottonseed
meal is' a good food, blit in excess it
injures the butter.
Give the animals plenty of room
in the stable in which to lie down,
if you tvoald make them comforta-
Observe and enforce the uttermost
cleanlinese about the cattle, their
attendants, the stable, the dairy
and all utensils.
You can not buy a paying dairy
herd. When a farmer raises 0.1, good
cow he generally keeps her.
While it pays to raise hogs in con-
junction with the dairy, it will not,
er pay the manufactory to keep the
swine quartered near the cheese lac-
° tom, or creamery.
Salt entere largely into the na-
tural economy of the cow. She has
no way of getting it unless her mas-
ter supplies her. . Costs too much?
Costs more not to keep her supplied.
encouragement in the way of prices
for those I fattened, and I sant the
good dollar ahead if once I could
cut out the loss. I kopt losing
birds, but at length I awoke to the
fact that I was feeding eatili bird the
Sallee amount of food. So I chang-
ed about, and gauged the amount of
feed by feeling of the crop. The
percentage of loss decreased pereen-
tibly,' and by constant patience and
Untiring' eilerg'y X gradually lessened
that loss so that to -day it is about
nothing; in fact, with most lots,
none at all, and in cases where they
do die it is a bird that was sickly
in time of cooping up. I now make
better than 880 on each 100 birds
fattening three weeks. I have had
lots of birds gain three pounds or
more, and the greater number two
pounds, the first two weeks. The
birds never look more healthy than
when they aro ready tor market
Their feathers are sleek, the comb
red, their eyes bright, and they ar
well filled out. They generally
bring six cents per pound mor
than other chickens.
With regard to tile CoopS., it took
about one lot to convince me that
there should be a part of the bot-
tom left off the back for the drop-
pings to go through, otherwise it
made an unsightly mess. I have them
so arranged that a great deal of
time is saved in feeding. I usually
feed from 225 to 250 per hoer, but
I have on occasion fed 330. The
coops are on legs with a tray under-
neath to catch the droppings; and in
that way put them three high and
economize 'much fioor space. The
front is so arranged that whoa the
lath as pushed up it stays there, and
after I mit the third bird back, give
the lath a gentle tap and it drops in
laco.
have cut out all other lines in
10 poultry business. I raise no
irds, hut buy and fatten. I con-
dor it most advisable to fatten
ticks at about four pounds weight;
wls at any time. The breeds that
.0 preferable are the large framed
108, like Wyandotes, Plymouth
ocks, Brahmas, etc. I think there
little difTerencr in the breed.
here one excels 10 one Point it is
ficient in another. I am not par -
Geier where I buy as long ' the
evl has a good frame.
KEEP BUILDINGS PAINTED.
The importance of keeping farm
ildings Well painted is apparently
t appreciated as it should be.
raveling about the country care-
sness in this respect is noticeable
every hand. Nettt looking
nt, of a plague.. Hitherto these
toms of Britain have enjoyed serene
elation, but 1;110 DOW electric cable
one Durban to Adelaide 'touches at
the Clocee-ICeeling anti Christmas
islands, ao that they aro now linked
with the greater world, not, it is to
be hoped, to the spoiling of their
arcadian character.
THIJAID MARKS AS WITNESSES://
On the evidence of a thumb mark
a man has just been- committed for
teal on a, charge of burglary in
London. After the burglary WaS re-
ported Sergeant Collins made an ex-
tunination and found some finger
entrke on feeshly-painted Woodwork.
TiTo took an enlarged photograph of
these prints. Ills neat stop, on
lemming that the accused, was in
custody on another eharge, was to
take an impression of the man's left
Mewl) and similarly enlarge it by
photography. Compiataeon satiaaed
the officer that the sataA thumb was
inboth pictures, nib/ ingesiblIS
procedure is not proof/3(11Y nete to
Sergeant Collins, who 'haa beee 065 -
Oral years tanderhig ideritifieation on
the Bertillon system; but it is said
to bo the first ocee...sion on which a
magistrate MO 0.CCepted sueli testi-
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Stares Many Pile Sufferers in the Face—The Safest and Surest Cure is
Dr. Chase's Ointment,
Possibly you are a sufferer from piles, and havo been disheartened and discouraged because your phy-
sician has told yoll that nothing Short of an operation will cure you.
You dread the thought o'f a surgical operation, for, besides the expellee and strain on the nervous sys-
tem, there is the risk to life itself. It is only a few months since a member of the Ontario Legialatare lost
his life as the result of an operation fer pilee, The risk of an operation is too great, and besides it is un-
necessary.
Dr. Chase's Ointment has frequently cured plies after surgical operations have failed. II, is every day
curing cases which physicians have stated to be ineuraleM oil
by y treatment short of an operation.
If You coeld read a few of the letters Ive receive from persons who have been cured of piles by os -Ing Dr,
Chase'e Ointment you would soon be convineed of ite Wouderful control over this frightfully common disease.
Rev. S. A. DUproti, Methodist minister, Consecon, Prince Edward County, Ont., atatee .—"I Was trou-
bled with itching end bleeding Pilea for years, and they ultimately attained to a very violent form, Large
lerape of absceseas Eornied,ram that, it was with great difficulty and considerable pain that I was able to
stool. At this severe crisis X purchased a, box of Dr, Chs' b Ointment, but X had little or to faith ie it,
as X had tried various remedies before and to no purpose.
"Now, iniagine how great end joyoua was my surprise to ilnd that just the one box cured me, ico that tho
hunps disappeared and also the external awelling, I foe Inca a, different man to -day, and heve not the least
doubt that Dr. Chaseas Ointment saved Me /tom a very dangerous and Painful operation, and many yeare
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ing that 13r. ChaSe's Ointment haS demo so much ibr Ille. Yeti are at perfect liberty to use this testimoulal
as you see fit tor tho benefit of others similarly afflicted,"
Brz Clueee'S Ointineat, 00,a a bola At all dealers, or Etimeneeti, Ilatee az Co., Torentea
Mrs. I,ongson—"Why are you loam-,
Ing, Bridget? Sonwthing private?"
Bridget— mum, SelaMarite't
NOVEL PRISON REF011et.
A ism criminal bill is about to be
discussed in Italy, and it IS thought
in Rome that it will be passed. it
proposes to concede to those found
to have been unjustly tcendeinned 20
prison an indemnity, to be decided
upon by the courts.' if the peiaon
has been in prison through a real
judicial error the indemnity will in
some way correspond to the financial
loss which he and his.family have
sustained, while if he has been eon-
clornned through the bad faith of • a
third person, through false testi-
mony (for which, of course, the court
which condemned him le not •re-
sponsible), the indemnity will be
less, but at least hh
e will ave the
wherewithal to begin life (mew. It
has boon proposed to indemnify
thoseliving When, the law passes who
have already been released from un-
merited , conclonmatione, and the
families, of those who have , died
while undergoing unjust sentence.
"I suppose you do a bigger trade
when it rains than when it doesn't
rain ?" "No; I don't notice any dif-
ference," said the umbrella dealer.
"But you get better prices when it
rains, don't you ?" "Why should
1 ?" "Why, umbrellas. go up, - tioen,
doo't they. ?"
Mee Old Gentlemen—Here 1. Hero I Coale but of that 1
The Kid -1 Will not.; GA are Wt. your OW/1 Ditid puktclle
TREBD BY BITING MANNA.
A LINEMAN'S EXPERIENCE IN
A LUNATIC ASYLUM,
Portnnately, Had a Telephene
With Him, and That Save
ea Hie Life,
"Wo till meet with Strange adven-
three la thiS world, I guen," ' said
an old lineman, "but X tbinic I had.
en experience) that beats man5 11
ono. While engaged with the t3011
Telephone Company, I was sent out
one day to enti the trouble between
the °ince east the Insane Asylum at
Indianapolis. 'Shooting trouble' is
what we call 511, I followed the 11e
all the way oat, and, found the diffi-
culty lay -between a forty -foot pole
and the 'plume In the men's building.
"An attendant escorteci'me 'on
place to place; but while I was In the
hall examining the telephone he was
called away. I was busy with my
work when a hand was laid on my
shoulder end a voice at ray elbow -
said:
'Say, is that the safe where you
'put my money?'
"Astonished, I looked up, and in-
to the face of an elderly man, who
looked every inch the gentleman, be-
ing neatly and carefully dressed, ]?o-
5 moment I. was too much surprised
to answer, for his aPpearanee at first
belied the inference X drew 'from his
question, but a, closer observation
revealed an unnatural expreveseitieoinoliaionx.
whiass ,eyieslcsneswo, rheomeinwbaesrinag
Thinkiag to humor him, I said:
" 'Yes, 1 put it there; it is a good
P'IkeeQuif:kr kilts.' a flash he caught up a,
heavy stool that was standing near
and brought it down with all his
might on the telephone, crushing it,
" 'Give it to me, quick — quick!"
he gasped, but I didn't stop to give
him anything, but Met started on a
run for the door, and there met the
attendant, W110 50011 quieted the
poor. fellLownpanndiar LwAy.
"I had to make another 'trip to
the city for another teiephone, and
as it was lato by this time I didn't
go back until the next data When I
got out there found several 'trus-
ties' guarded by their lceepers work-
bag in the garden. I saw my friend
of the day before busy with a large
1111 at me, mn mu Inn inn ninlinntilinn
knife topping turnips. He glanced
Up at me, and I saw a quick, angry
gleam shoot into his oyes.
"I had to climb a. tree in an iso-
lated peat of .the yard to unfasten a
wire that had in some way caught
on EL 1/1/1b, I C011 110CtOd niy test set
and called up the wiro chief and ex-
plained the case to him. so with the
work I had done and talking to him
twenty minutes must have passed. X
started to get clown, mul wheat
reached the lower limb looked for a
place to drop. But I didn't drop,
for there, standing ctt the foot of the
tree, stood my crazy man, the knife
still M his hand.
",'Come down!' he yelled. 'I know
you. You are the man. that stole
my five thousand. Give it to me or
I will lcill you, you thief] Coma
clown or I will come up there and
cut, your heart out!' •
"But I didn't COMO. X scrambled
higher and yelled for help, though
none came.
"The maniac found a, heavy 'board
near, and, placing it against the
tree, started to climb up, but In his
hurry and excitement he did not
place it seCurely, and when he was
about hall way up it slipped and
he went sprawling to the grOlind.
lie got on MS feel, mid tried it once
more. Again and again he tried
it, but it would slip and throw him.
Several thnes, however, he came
'within an inch of reachina, the lower
'hub, from which he could have easi-
ly climbed up to where X was.
'About this time another Minato
came sauntering along and at once
took a band in the gctmc and held
the plank for my friend, who soon
made good headway, and I saw in a
few moments
PIE WOULD REAOH gw,
"I yelled again, but no ono came.
At that instant an idea flashed into
my brain. I quickly attached the
iticiset °sine eterand called the wire chief at
'For heaven's sake, call up the
Insane Hospital and tell them to
sond help to me, or am a dead
man! There are two lune.tics after
MC, and ono of them as coming up
the tree with a knife a foot long!
Hurry, hurry, for God's sakel'
'With a surprised exclamation 110
cut me out, loolced clown and
found the nian was i, '0.110 tree, mid
was coming toward me, snarling
like a wildcat.
"Closer be carne, until ho was just
below me, when he seated himself on
a large limb, toad, flourishing the
knife, yelled:
" Look at this. Ain't it a beaate
Won't it cut you, though? It is
sharp, sharp! I will cut you np like
a. steak!'
"He started toward me, and had
ono hand on my foot, and I had
Just raised the other to kick 111111,
When several lceopers rushed up; two
of them climbed ebo tree, and just
as they ealsed the Ithite. to strike
they reached him and threw a. rope
around hint. So intent was he on
doing for mo that ho clid not see
thorn, and was easily taken.
. "It is safe to say that whenever
there Wa0 WOrk to be dono ,out there ,
I didn't go."
01 xT WOULD ALTE'R Tynfi CASE,
An Irish couple, wheso married
Miss was nob without a few
"squalls," received a homely lecture
from their spiritual advisem, regard-
ing their disgracef 111 quarrels,.
1201)0
pale Reverence—'"ehat dog and eat
answereel Bobbea thoughtfully, "I
nio"iInfd.y„or rivererice '11 toie thoiu
lag 1 Co r, ye'll soon change yea
yo?ng°1'113130';i'efaC1r,1 sdanal;i1tItlY1,SY"10510roiiielt
usod to whip me whott X ,liclinvad as
badly as you aro doing," "Wel I ,"
you hove, agree better than yeti."
The reply aomewhat upset :
I'll nevec have to telt My little
boy thee:E.