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THE FKS1IBED WEATIIKIU V < HFBKEY AND II I. K HI MtO. [Copyright. 1*9, by tb* Author*.) "I can't be Bare, doctor, but I ibonid My the breeze will come with the ion. " "Then we'll station a one man watch and all the others can tarn In. But we mait hive the air below a* nnvitiated a* poMible; *o everybody mait sleep on 4eck. I'll make an exception in you* ease, Dolly, if you like." "Nothing of the sort, doctor," re- plied the girl "I shouldn't thick of Ik I'm jtiit an ordinary member of the hip'* company, remember, ind I shall turn in a la belle rtoile like the rat. " 80 the whole crew bivonacked on deck and recruited their energies with deep till daylight, and than, coin* belaw. cunt off all connection with tbrnntft air by screwing down the fore hat. b Alr.Hdy the valves leading to the two great tank* forward and *ft had been opened and the sea wa* pouring into them. Tb* Eureka wa* riding inure ItiKXishly over the swell than wan bet wont In a few minute* she would be diving down to a place where no living Rum had ever gone before, sod who of the crew of eight could say thit his heart w*s free from fear at tht mo tnentT It wis a time of treatble** excite Bi.-nt. which even Cain Laversbsibowed that he felt Dolly. Gnthrit and the captain were in the conn ing towtr with Dr Tring looking with anxioui eyea thr null the strongly glased porti at the deck without, watching it with feel- Ing slmuet of awe a* it neared tb* oily plain of ocean inch by inch. Tbit their craft hid the power of sinking wi* be- yond a doubt But could *he ris* to the urfirn again t Calculation ind reason It u a timtol breathleit exeitement. tng *aid yea, but there might be* fault somewhere; for theory and practice are B.. i. in. .us for disagreeing in nutters of imvii! construction More and more slnggiib grew her novi-nmnti over the swell** the weight ef water ballast increased, ami nearer end nearer did the crests of tb* sullen. oily Dwells creep to the level of the deck planks. Thru the limit w* passed, ind the first tilp of green water shot over the bow mid trickled lazily down *ft Rap- Idly after that the deck* were covered, end the Eureka began to *ettle down quickly on an even keel. Soon there Was nothing to be *een but the mum mast with its shrondn and genr. mid the green gloom Hplushi-d over the win- dows of the conning tower itself and began to deepen in intensity every ruo inenl Tba Eureka bad coin mrnoed her dive I CHAPTKK VII TH WOUIJ) BKNKATH Till WATKKB A* the Eureka began to settle down thnniKli the waters the four watchers found that at first their view wn tolerably wide one The must striking peculiarity which they noticed wa* that, in |>lci! of tho tinusplii-re \vlni b they had just left, they seemed to be looking through an immense mum of bottle green glass The roof of the con- ning tower, which was not transparent. prevented them from seeing directly overhead, and the angle at which they could catch a glimpse of the nr- face of the ocean aUive them was lens by several degrees than the critical an- gle the result was that thi* surface bo- cam* to them one swaying, ihiuimeriiitf mirror The iky above was not visible through it. but object* in tbeiea below went reflected in strange, distorted forms on it* constantly moving surface Hut the scenery of the outer air and the doing* of the world above were not In the thought* of any of th party at thit moment, for In the population of the world of water* through which they were panning there wai an abeorblng Interest Th* captain recognlted nd pointed ent to the other* eonie old acquaintance* of the flab chop, but alive and at home they presented a very different appear- ance from the limp, nnpleisant looking OMM* of flibbines* which ir* vended from a marble slab at M much a pound Dolly commented with eome *nrpris* * the fact that the &di did not *eem to be In the least *by. a* sbe hid naturally expected that they would, ind It wn eertamly a curlon* eight to *ee then cuiiie Mix-king np from all pirts of the di-'iince. and tln-n puisiiiK thenmelve* ui, ii.iiil. < uear the Kinking veiwel. liH)k at her with loleuin, unwinkin* eye* Dully declared that they mad* her feel creepy Still the eea poured into tbe tanks. and the ketch went down. <* -wn. down 1 Tl..- pale green light darken \ with v "ithnin and became first weird, wintry looking twiliht. incu one *. . s through tha deeper blue* of , rhiin-h window oa durk November'* il ,, Then tbe gloom grew blacker, and finally cum* the inky darkness of night Dr Tring scraped a match and ap- rili.d it to a jet behind bis bead It lit with a pale blue flame Then he turned iiotber stopcock, nd after prelimi- nary iwisbing noise a thin pencil of i!.ime directed itself on to a imall cyl iiMer of lime, which presently began to j>l'.w whitely Then be closed the case in which tbe apparitn* wa* held, ad ju-ti-d a leni ind removed cap. A l.nlliiint beam of Hunt itreamed forth into the murky witera "That. " said tbe doctor, "is a use to whuh an ordinary ojybydrogen magic hiiitern hasseldom been put Electricity mi-lit have been better perhaps, but 1 e.. n Id not bit upon s method of produc- ing it satisfactorily Bnt. thinks to i oiiimercial enterprise, which oxygen and hydrogen power folly condensed in light iteel cylin d. i- this form of illuuiinition *erve onr purpose* very well. " I low deep are w* now, doctor f Dolly linked The di>ctor pointed to a thing like a itfiiin gauge with the dial marked off in fkti.uiim Tb* index had touched . nd It wa* (till filling. "We've a lot firtber to go y*t before we f*tch up." h* iniwered. "The air feels queer," remarked Qntbrie. "Th*t." replied the doctor, "i* be- csnie it Is becoming gradually com- pressed As tbe water ballast flows into our tanks so tb* sir which filled them before i* pushed out and send! np tb* presmire throughout tbe reit of the ves- sel 1 might bsve let it escape over- board, tint brnitnahl* oxygen is vain hie. ind I preferred to store it There sre eight of ui on board, snd, reckon- ing tbe consumption per besd at 18 (linns [>cr hour, wo shall hve enough to lut us for 24 honri easily, end more t i pinch. " "What about tb* carbonic acidf iked (inthri* "Those flat tins, which yon helped me to lay about the bold, are meant to deal with that.' replied tbe doctor "Carbon dioxide is heavy, yon know, mil will naturally seek tb lowest level* of the vessel The tin* -r* filled with itroug caustic potash solution, and will require n. thing more than an occasion- 1 ihnkinx np to make them mop np tb* excess of carbon dioxide" "Bnt won't the oxygen in tbe air be- come unduly diluted, and consequently difficult to breathe, before long, even if tbe carbonic *cid is removed T" "I've provided for tbst too. 1 shall let out a fresh ropply of oxygen from the cylinder*. Bnt oxygen is expensive, snd the number of cylinder! is limited. u. soon breathing become* at all difficult. I iball tike tb* Enreka np to the inrface agsin and get ny supply of wind frrnh from tin re "Bnt." put in Dolly, "wouldn't it be better to itay down long a* w* poHsihly can and tiniah the thing in one div*T Sur.lv yon would be able to get i many pillar dollar* on board in 24 hour* we shall want." "I dare HUT it would be possible, Dol- ly," replied tbe doctor, with a leathery mile, "if we could only pitch upon the exact "pot where they lie Tbo swk wird part of it i*. we don't precisely know wher* they ara Yon see the Killcnn inny not have foundered per- 1 1. ndicnlarly. 8be may have been tur ri.-d along ever *o far by submarine current " "Then the Eureka would be treated In the same way." inggwted Dolly, eigerly. "and 10 if the pair started from tbe same place on the surface np ibove, they shnnld strive st tbe *am* ! plice on the iea floor below. " "That's very nent piece of rgu- i raent. " replied the dix-tor; "*o neat, in j fact, that I won't spoil it by pointing out nil the several wnyi in which it would fall through, lint I'll just pre- sent yon with one point Kratis. The sea isn't like grasKfield Yon can't stick a post in it to mark any particular spot ] You bav* to fix positions which are out of sight of land by observation!, and observations at sea are usually more p- proxiumte than accurate We improve year go on. however, nd I have er- ery reason to think that the galleon'* position wai known nearly as modern m i. n. e could work it Bnt yon must remember tbat Nicholas I lived in much more rough and reudy days, snd though he made landfall directly after sinking tbeHanta Catarina. and could check hn observations, they can't be expected to be within mile or a mile mid a half of i the truth. What we shall have to do i* : to quarter the sea floor *ytematiclly, I shoving tbe craft along ai fast th* | screw will make her move, nd search- Ing the witeri on either -tide of onr course fir this oxybydrogen light will show through them. "H. clone to bottom now I Look at the manometer! Only ten fathom* more, if th* soundings sre correct! Colepepper, will yon and Qnthrie go off snd besr bind at th* crank t Mm utes ire precious I want her under weigh is aoon th* bottom is in sight Dolly, you *tay with me. Your eyes are better than mine, ind we must have a Hhurp lookout." ( 1 1 tinn Colepepper hurried off to the part of the bold in which the crank ap- paratus was situated, and Gnthrie with him and before minute bad passed the band driven screw was revolving nd the Eureka bad begun her search. Bnt this search, which Miss Colepep- per had thought would be a matter of a few hours, dragged itself on through many weary days of the most irksome toil, and there wai yet no sign of the foundered galleon. For the iteersroan *nd tb* lookout ia the conning tower there was always tb* excitement which came f/otn the possi- bility that the next sweep of the search- light might reveal the longed for heap of wreckage, but for th* worker* down in the stuffy bold there was nothing but the dullest of monotony push and pull, push and pull, day after day. at th* arrangement of cranks and levers which turned the screw Those came crank* nd lever* no doubt reflected credit on Dr Tring'* inventive ingenuity, but alt.-r the first hour of acquaintance with them th* members of tb* Eureka'! 1 1 . w began to lose interest in them and in the end came almost to bite them. It is *aid that the strangest thing a diver find* when be first Uke* to mak- ing descent* below the *ea'i inrface is th absolute silence amid which be move*. Th* workers in the Enrek* were saved from this experience. Speech wai permitted to them, and for the first few day* it leart they chatted a good deal as they worked, but in time the numb- ing grip of deadly monotony took bold of them and seamed to choke their in- tellect*. *o tbit it became their babit to go through with the loatbed toil in lilence The place where they did thi* work, facetiously called the "engine room, ' was situated little abaft 'midship* and lay immediately above the keelson. It wi* dark, for the supply of condeneed gases for th* oxy hydrogen light wai limited, and. as Dr Tring pointed out. one doee not need light to push and pull it a crank which cannot get out of position Moreover, it was th* stuff- lut place la the ship ind. by universal eLd of this lament "and go on" 1 put some beef into tbe break of tbe pump.' "Something may smaih if we pet too much force into it." hazarded Gnthrie, "and if it doe* the water will com* in. " "If it does, " replied tbe doctor in bulky whisper, "it will be quickly over with ua That will be better than itay- ing wber* we ar* using np onr itor* of oxygen and then lining helplesi till ws cboke by slow degrees. Go!" Gnthrie went with the others. They strained and itrained at the break of the forte pump, heaving it up and down sgainst a pressure upon which their coni'i'inrd might made no impression. But at last oinethinn gave way. There wa* a rnh of water They itopped their efforts and listened Then. "Hocbl" cried Spiedernicbel, who WM lying with bis ear clapped np against the iron plating. "Hochl It wan* ge- gufthing out of her!" They turned to tbe pnmpi again. Re- lieved of tbe obstruction, these worked freely once mere, and in a very few moment* the Enreka was st tbe sur- face. What exactly bad gone wrong WM never found out for certain, but Or Tring conjectured that a fish or some other sea animal bad got pinned in one of tbe valve* and so prevented it* work- ing. Be that a* it may. tb* danger wa* a fearful one. and. when tbe Enreka did come to the surface, ih* lay there fur two days before Dr Tring *nd tbe tap- tain could bring themselves to order not her descent. And once. too. they encountered an- other inbmarine peril that none of them bad counted upon Fish there were in plenty in the upper stratum where the daylight penetrated, and. aihn already been said, they were by no means iby. bnt cam* iwlmnnng and mooting round th* ketch, evidently full of co rioaity to *ee what the str*ng* thing might be which had come into their domain. Bnt in tbe heavy depths be- low, where the soft gleam which tilled tbe upper region* nave place to cosly blackness, no life whatever ws* to b* seen, snd tb* observer* in the conning tower had come to believe that tie dreary solitudes dt tb* ocean floor were utterly nntenanted. Bnt on* day Dolly, who WM on tb* lookout, give call, and the doctor, who wai working with the others at th* crank, bade Gnthrie go tip to th* conning tower ind see what WM ainisa "Look there. A Inn. " cried Dolly. "right down tbe luMern ray*. What is it? I saw it move np out of tbe coze jnit now Bee. It's keeping pace with us!" [TO CONTINUED.) CHRISTMAS CHEER. At Christina* plmy and make good chear. For ChrUtraas coma* but once a yar. Tu Be merry all, be merry aW With holly dress the festive ball; Prepare the song, the feast, the bajl To welcome merry Chrttma. W. R. Spenoer. It J* th CbrUtmas tune: And up and down 'twlxt heaven and earth, In the florlous grief and solemn mirth. The tuning angels climb B. M. Unlock. The time draw* near the birth at Chrtot: The moon '.a, hid; the night Is still: The Christmas belli from hill to Bin Answer each other In th* mist. Tennysoo, Heap on more wood! tb> wind I* doll. But let It whistle as It will We'll keep ana ChrUtma* marry still. -Sir Walter Scott This If the time when the vary old * Leapt back t* the day* of youth: When hrjws and eyas wear no dlagulB*. But flush and gleam with truth. Oh. then Is the time when the soul exmlt* And seems right heavenward turning; When we love and blea* UK press. When the Cnrlstmm* lag la burning! We speak of a merry CbrUrtmas And many a happy New Tear. But rich In his heart 1* thlnklnf Of thorn* that are not here. -Lx>nfeUew. They who do their ouls ne WTOHK. But k,-p at eve the faith af morn. Shnll daily hear thf angel acng. Today tha Prince of Peac* 1* bornT James Russell I-oweaV Jf eU your din. you 0a' f"" 1 '" consent, the most objectionable. Save for the lookout and steersman in the conning tower, all handi were in tbii engine room when the Eureka was un- der weigh beneath th* surface, though even when the lix of them were work- ing their hardest her pace wn denper- tely *low. Cain Laversha. whoee ervicei above tb* surface bad been almost valueless, her* fell into the knack it once and professed himrelf quite contented with hi* occupation. It w* monotonous, and h* liked monotony, and there was no brain effort required. The rest toiled because they bid to. and tried to keep their spirits up by remembering the golden end which their hopes told them was coming to the weary labor. It was not th* first spell which came o unkindly. The condition* of work- ing were such that even that was, of course, not pleaiant Bnt then no one expected it to last for long, and so all endured it cheerfully. But when it came to be day fter day and day after day, and when the day lengthened out to weary weeks, the loathing with which they approached the endless toil became clone* of W later Feed th* cattle, dairy cow* and all, plenty of good fodder ; it is rough- age without a superior in th* king- dom, and th* finer th* better. GraM i* short now and winter feeding will be inaugurated at once. Remember, the modern liv* *tock grower feedi for a purpose; If he is preparing animal* for beef h* feed* ration* that will fat- ten ; if for milk h* give* a milk-pro- ducing diet ; if for bone and muscle he metes out clover hay, bran, oats, and th* like. Let us have a good rea- son for feeding certain rations, and better remits will com* from efforts tn this direction. Akrvael of tha Tim.-. Spatts Mis* Elder Is much older than I thought Hunker Impossible! Spatts -Well, I asked ber If she had read "Aesop'* Fables," and she said he read them when they flrat came out Tit-Bit*. CHRISTMAS IN THE ARMY. Raw tka Soldier Bora Caleara.ta Darlna th* Slztlaa. Tb* Army of tb* Potomao, under deniral George E McClellan, WM camped about Washington from August, 1MU, to March. 1862, snd most of it im Virginia as far down tb* Potomac a* Alexandria, a* far np as Chain bridge and as far out toward General Beaure- and bin tenacious Americans M hill. Early in December word canio to tbe soldiers that railroad and ezpreN companies would carry free packages intended for Christmas pres- ents and dinner* for th* soldlera That year there wai a Christmas din- ner for every me**. From th* rich borr.'M of the larg* citie* bad come th* i tb* market From ten* of thou- sands of farms had come tbe daintiest that mother*, wives, litter*, daughter* and sweethearts could pre- pare. On Christmas, 1683, th* army was ibivering along tbe rivers Rappabao- nock aud Rapidan, and as far out ai Cul- peper Court House. It was too cold, and tho men were too poorly housed to en- joy tbe day. It wai not a holiday te many a day of misery, instead. Thai}, wa* the coldest Christmas tb* fouth had w n for 60 years, and it ha* not een one like it since. Christina* dinners were the order of tbe day in 1864. Tbe army was itrnog along behind fortification* from Rich- mond to below Yellow House, oa the Weldon railroad, a distance of nearly 40 mile*. The sanitary and Christian commission* had arranged to supply the ai..iy with a Christina* dinner F*w men were overlooked. Except that ia 1861, it was tbe happiest Christina* for tbe Union army lince the trouble began. There were many sign* that tbe next Christmas wonld be enjoyed at home, and 10 it wa* by all who escaped tb* hot time* from March 29 to the evening of April 9, after ( hant and Lee met at Appomattoz. Milwaukee Sentinel. Adorning tka l I. rl.l ni Tra*. The foliage of a Chriitmai tree may be brushed here and there with muci lage and then sprinkled with oommou salt and a very pleasing result ii ob- tained. A pretty drapery for tbe tree i* made by cutting long itrips. sbout (our iucbes wide, of tissue paper, then cut- ting it closely, partly, bnt not entirely, acrois tbe widths, making fringe*. If the itrips be dampened and held over a hot itove, tbe fringed edge* will curl and look quit* ornamental. Omaha Bee. Where Toye Ar* Made. The greatest toy producing dlitrictt o great thit even stolid Cain Laversha are tbe Thnringia mountains, ometime* began to grumble, and when be lifted called the Thnringia forests; th* an np his voice in complaint th* case was oient city of Nuremberg, in Bavaria, bad indeed. and the region of tbe Krzgeberg moun The work, however, wn not without tains. Tbe most interesting of these lo the occasional excitement of unexpected calitiei i* tbe Thnringi* mountain dis peril Once, when th* Enreka wa* ri*- trict Situated in upper Saxony, iu ing to the surface, bnt itill far down in time and induitry are entirely given up the abyssmal depths, something jammed to the pi eduction of playthingi in pa- in one uf thi pumps. Tom Jelly and pier maobe, china, glass, wool, wood Ilium Spiedernichel, who had gone to and for. Baltimore Herald, man the foiwird pump, came tumbling ft again with horror written on their face* and nnouiu-ed whit bad oc- curred Tbe fear of death came upon very one of tbe listeners. Even Cln Liverwba, whom nothing np to that point bid moved into any expression either of pleasure or of pain, dropped hit ham colored face Into the hollowi ef his handi aud groaned aloud. c hrl.i ... 1 ni. if Dveoratlaa. A very pretty decoration for tbe table at th Christmas dinner is a tiny Christ- mas tree. Candied fruit* and gilded and lilvered walnut* make it bright and seasonable, while little frosting with the powder that comes for th* pur- pose make* it a beautiful object under tbe glitter of the light*. Th* tie* will be trimmed and prepared for yon by ny florist and should be planted in a fancy low vase or dish. The picturesque dwarf evergreens that come from Japan sre most effective when used in thii way, and yet they ire such coitly treas- ures tbat few who own them ar* wilhf ing to make table decorations of them. Philadelphia Ledger. AN ENGLISHWOMAN'S PLUCK. A Chrlitraaa Bva Idyl. The hour waa late; th* llg-nU burned lew. The lire but half dlap*ll*d tbe 'loom; A youth and maid, with cheek* as-low. at allent la tha room. 'Twai Christmas eye. and kalf ta Jest They would not lay good nlfht, became They'd vowed ta watch and do their beat Ta sea old Santa Claua. low ticked the clock: they laid B* word; Th* solemn midnight hour drew near. And itlll no telltale sound was heard Of Banta corning near. Znsan Pierce," he moaned, "Zusan Pierce, I be loit to 'ee. *n the varm all gee* to Abel. This be a Urrlble end Urrible. 1 Tear I ili.ll b.'nt **, Znsan ^^ tnjok . ^ M ^ Pierce I hain't abl* to die quiet like A fvtti eam( ^ iulTr ,. ft< j th . thikky. " ' M wa* not Santa Claus. not he, "Hold your din, yon gr*atfooll" said , B. Cupid Uat *taad th*r*l Or. Triug angrily on hearing th* tail -Mew Tort Wert& Story *f a British Barbara, Frletekl* a* Ladyffn'7. Cap* Colony. The correspondent of the Mail catties from Cape Town under date of No- vember 19 as follows: "A superb in- stance of woman'i pluck ii reported i from Ladygrey, the chief town of the ' native reserve near tbe Free State j border. When the Boers entered the town they went to the poet office with { the intention of taking possession of i it. They were met by th* poetmis- j tare**, an English woman, who not i only declined to torn over th* office . to them, but ordered them off the ; premise*. The Boer* were nonplused by the lady's determined manner, but went outside and hoisted the Free State flag. The postmistress tore It town and put up the Governor's pro- clamation against treason. Th* Boers finally retired. The last account* from Ladygrey state that the heroie woman i* itill in possession of th* jxwt office. Free Staters are gradually advancing on Barkley East" AffONLFEiT AJI Toronto is Talking of a- JVIost Remarkable Occurrence. BACK TO bAVAGEHY lal Tliul Ktur j to a Wll.l Are) th Day* of Mlraclea With Us Again ? - Recent Events in Certain Directions Would Seem to Indicate Tbat They Are. Toronto, Dec. 18. A few weeks ago the press of this city gave th* partic- ulars of a successful case of skin-graft- ing, a large number of parientH 111 the hospital voluntarily permitting the surgeons to take from their arms and i chests small pieces of akin, which were "grafted" on the back of a young lad who had been terribly burn- ed some time previously, and whose I back was entirely covered with these L engrafted pieces, which have "taken [root" so to speak, in the most satis- factory manner. Now come* the report of a still more wonderful triumph of medical kill a mn w ho was horribly minifi- ed and I roken by a fall of forty live feet, and who has been an almost tot- ally helpless cripple in consequence, having restored to him the compara- tively full nee of his limbs, and fully all his wonted strength and ! The narrative is a most interest inu one aud shows clearlv the won extent of modern medical reson: i The man who has had this rare ex perience is George Kolx-rts. a well known bricklayer, who lives at Si 1 Arnistroi'. .. At the time of i the accident bo was working on on* | of the walls of tbe buildinir uow 1 known as the Toronto i n-ra Hon.-m, bnt which ua* then , <*!aid I Street Roller Skating Kiuk. Th* of both hi le^s were broken at ankles, the jour- MI si* left foot e dislocatetl ;n.i .ituer mjunei , equally red. For six mo'iths th victim liiy in the hos- pital, his legs in splint-., aud his foot in a planter uf Paris cant. The most skilful medical men in Toron'o ;im nd ed him, and succeeded in setting the fractured bone* m the legs, but tb* dislocated joints of the foot defied all their skill. It was found utterly im- poMNible to keep the boue* in their places, and at the end of six moutbi Mr. Roliem left the hospital a help- lees cripple, with little pronpeots of ever recovering the use of the foot. After a time, however, the bouei grew together and be was thus enabled to move about, though there wVs not the leant wiiiMiiiicfl of movement in the joints. But with this . hauge came new troubles. Kheumatism of th* moat aKoni/.mg nature w -t in. and hu nervous system became a source of continual torture. Day after day, ex- periments intendc*! for his relief wer* made, doctor after d.x-tur treated him, one kind of medicine after anotnei wa* used, bnt all effort* were fruit lees. For two years he endured in- creasing torment, and. as he told the reporter, had it uot been for the sin- fulness of th.- petition, he would have prayed that he might Ui<. This piti able KutTcriiiK continued until a few weeks ntfn. when what many of hil neighbors look upon ax a genuine miracle be was completely restored to health. In a voice broken andqmve.r ing with motion, he told Ike n-|>orter how thi* liMp|'tie.i. "Of late my mifferings hail grown almost nnl-.u ulilc. The lower portion ef my body wits entirely without feel- ing, except that ot the burniug agony caused by my rheumatism, and my quivering nerves 1 was at this time, watching with interest the case of I young girl, Laura Sheehan. who hot! been brought home from St. Michael'* hospital to die, but who wad steadily getting better nine* her mother herau giving her Dr. Arnol I's- Knjliah Toxin Pills. 80 wonder) ul wa.s her improve- ment that I thought I would try th* medicine myself. | jj,| ,-,>, and tliHuk God, it made a new man of me. My terrible, agonizing rheumatic pami are gone. My nerves are now sound, stronir and stead v aw ever they were, and I am enjoying the best ol health and can oat and sleep naturally, and do a full day's work. I have used, I believe, every remedy you can name, but thev did me not a parti. -1* of good. Dr. Arnold's Eiurlish Toxin Pills alone benentted me. They hav* given me new life made me a uaw man in fact aud I earnestly and hon- estly urge every man or woman who suffer* from rhuma.ti.sin or broken down nervous system to take this most excellent medicine. When il oared me, it will cure anyone. Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pill* are made to cure disease io the only rational way bv killing the frernu that cause it. They stand alone in this respect, for no other medicine made destroy* the germs of disease in the system. Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pill are sold by all first-class drnggiiti at 78 cents a box, saiuple box 35 centx, or sent postpaid on receipt of price, by The Arnold Chemical Co., Limit ed, Canada Life Building, 43 Wnt, Toronto. Md < it-B.i Job. Twitter I hear you had a sneak thief at your house last night. Did a pretty fair job, didu't he? Trotter Well, ye*. In fact, he left nothing to be desired. "The leopard, " he quoted, "cannot ehange his spot*. ' ' "How do you know?" *he asked. "Ila* he ever tried bentine?" Wild cats, the genuine article, are getting very rare in Great Britain. Yet every keeper of big preserves shoots each vear several cats, which are. to all intents aud purposes, wild animals. Puaay very eaxily reverts to a sav- KC life. He takes to the woods, where he lives on the daintiest fare- young rabbits and pheasants being his Favorite food. Cats are favorite IH-IS with sailors. The consequence is. era! islands have become peopled with cats from wrecks. Sandy-Sable Island, the "graveyard of the Atlantic. " is one. Cats there run wild in dozens and are very -:r.-- age. A lighthouse keeper was attack- ed last year by one he had trn-.i ID hoot, and waa shockingly bitteu in the face. The sand-dunes of a tiny island off the Jersey coaht were until lately in- fested with the descendants of a num- ber of Manx cats which eacaped from the wreck of a brig bound from the Isl* of Man to New York. There were hundred* of them. They lived on rabbits, and became such a ntns- anoe they had to be hunted down with dogs and guns. Dogs do not run wild so easily a* cats. Bnt collies, which seem the nearest English breed to wolves, will sometimes take a wild life. Notably i* the caae in Northern l'-r.i,".ni.. where the Welsh sheen farmers ; re Buffering heavy losses from a . puck of wild collies. These are supposed to be the descen- dants of a pair of real Scotch .-ollie-u owned by an up-< > ountry farmer. He died suddenly, and his dog ant seaport town in Natal, the hitter being a small village eighteen miles from Can* Town. Jacobsdal is a small village nenr /eerust, whilo Jacobsdal ii in tho Orange Free State. SterkstriMim in ('ape Colouy has no -onnt-.-iinii with the place of th* same name in the Transvaal. >*>*) Mind This It Makes no Difference RHEUMATISM Summer lie volntluni. How doth the merry biking girL Improve e<-li s ining minute, &H her dainty feet rlia pedals whirl K.I' evervihmi' that'* in 't. DAIRYING IN ALBERTA. 4'onldt>rftbl nvHi>|im>'nt flat T:.k.-tt I'l i,'.- in I hi* Line Mr. William Pierce, of the Domin- ion Laud (irantiiiK Department, with headquarters at Calgary, N. W. T. , is iu Montreal, and in conversation with a reoorter K UU ' some interest inn facts concerning conditions iu Southern Al- berta. Although Alberta is primarily a stock raising country, Mr. Pierce sayi that the industry of dairying has re- cently received a considerable develop- ment there, and come to figure con- spicuously among the activities of the people of that section. The physical features and climatic conditions are such as to be very favorable for dairy pur]M)ses, and it is probable that ex- ports of butter, cheese and eg^s from Alberta will figure largely among the products of the Dominion wittim a few years. CaJtle raising, of course, will al- ways have a great hold on Alberta. the country being especiallv adapted to irraxing purposes, and the mine*, of British Columbia offering a. near and look to| profitable market. The lar-.-r of th* devouring the sheep they bad lufuerfcl animal* are exported to Creat Britain, protected. Not even wolves are a* w hilt British Columbia take* th* destructive as thene wild dogs. *maller but equally good HKx-k. The Island of AM-.MHX.II was oncej xha dairv industry in covered with tine forests. It owes its prewiit desolation to the gouts which the Spaniards turned loose there near- ly :HX> years ago. They increased to thousands, and devoured all the tation. The torrential rain.s tini*h.Ml the mischief, and to-day As. eii.-ion merit* only too well its title of "The Cinder*." Pig* are notoriously able to Hft for themselves. The northern piovim-e of New Zealand him suffered -'v.-r.-lv from a plague of hogs, descendant "' plump English porkers. Captain Cook is said to have been re>[>oiisibli) for their importation. They are being cleared out now, but '.t) years ago two men shot over .i.oon in one vear. On tbe coast ot Maine. L'. S. . ii an island inhabited l.v ,hc.-p. whi.-h are a* wild and as well able to take car* of themselves ax th* goats on Ascen- sion. They climb the cliffn like cbaiu- ois, and are not eanily seen or shot ar. That horses run wild over the W.-.I- ern States of Amen, a every one knows. They are of mustang stock, and de- cended fiom the Imrb* imported long ago by the Spaniard*. Battle l b* ltlocrah.l Unless th* zeal of tbe operator places him hors de combat, the people of this country will have an opportun- ity of witnessing the battle scenes in South Africa without turning a hair. The War Office have consent*! to allow Mr. Kennedy L. Dickson. of I the British Muto.scope aud Biograph Company, to accompany the arniv corps. He mured in the (tame ves>^l with Sir Kedvers liuller. and h will reproduce and dispatch to London thi scene of the Veimral'* embarking at Southampton. To a Chronicle representative the managing direoior of the compiiny confided the information that Mr. Dickson's chief instruction is to bio- graph "at any cost and under any cir- cumstance* the view* (bowing the Union Jack going up at Pretoria." He stated further that pictures )f Sir Redver* Buller taken on the vtyutto would be dispatched from Miid-no. The operator i* to "inap np" as many battlefield engagements a* he can after landing, and by an arrangement with th* Castle Line Company th* films will be forwarded t* England with all possible speed. relate te Rm.lr There is a Ladysmith in Natal and a Ladysmith in th* Cape Colony. Mafekiug, ia Bechuanaland. should not be confounded, a* it very nfii-n ia, with Maf*king, a district of Kat>u- toland. Maraisburg ia a valley ia th* Cra- dock district of Cape Colony, while Murraysburg also in Cape Colony, i* in the Uraaff-Keinet district. Langlaate, part and parcel of Johan- nesburg, is not to be confounded with Eland* Laagte. where the haul* wa* fought in Natal. Bira is a seaport town in Portuguese Eaet Africa. Berea is a district of Baantoland, and Berea, again, is ft suburb of Durban, Natal. Durban and Durbanvill* ar* far apart. Tbe former is th* mo*t import- Alberta i* reaping excellent results, Mr. Pierce says, from the goverum.Mit. establish- ment of creameries in the North West. The facilities afforded by cold stor- am accommodation at Calgary wer* till further instrumental in th* sain* direction. As for the possibilities of the coun- try in the way of development of any mineral resources which it may poa- ess. Mr. Pierce says that so far little gold has been discovered. Coal, how- ever, is mined in large quantities, and affords very large profit* to th* owuers of the mines ac Lethbridge, Camuore and other place*. Irrigation is largely practised in Southern Alberta, and Mr. Pierce says that about 100.000 acres are thus arti- ficially watered by private owner* there. During the past two years, however, the rainfall has been abun- dant, and the ueed of irrigation ha* not been felt. Private irrigation coats about |H an acre bnt when carried out on a large scale by co-operative measures, the expense is considerably less. At pres- ent a large company is engaged in the work of irrigation along theme line*, and the officials of th* company ar* usinic their effort* to induce immi- gration into the country from across th* border. Their efforts in this di- rection, Mr. Pierce says, have bee* very successful, and Alberta is rapidly filling with a desirable population of intelligent farmers. . H I ON 1! . , , IM I. A H M I OUT, St. Jacobs Oil : HIM of Ik* Wr l.rrn.rr. Few persons have anything bnt th* vaguest of ideas concerning the size of the territory in which the war i* being carrnM on. Roughly speaking, that part of South Africa which i* affected is al>ont a* long as th* dis- tance from. Quelx-c to the region* of Lake Superior aud as wide a* from the tireat Lakes to the water* of Hudson Bay. Here are some of the distanced which must be traversed : Krom Cape Town to De Aar i* 601 miles, to Kiinberley <J47, to Vryburg 774, to Mafekiug 870, to Bulawayo l.:h>i. to Bloemfontein 750. to Viljoen'i Drift 959, to Johannesburg 1,014, to Pretoria 1,040; from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria 349, to Johannesberg 396 ; from Fort Elizabeth to Bloemfontein 450, to Viljoen'g Drift 659, to Johan- nesberg 714; from Durban to Pieter- marit/.burg 70, to Lady smith 189, to Ulencoe 331, to Newcastle 368, to Linn's Nek 301, to Volkaruct 308, to Johaunesoerg 483, and to Pretoria 611. la Traced?. Hewitt Doe* th* new play happy ending? Jewel t No; the hero and heroine awry in the last act. He I-UI It I It. He had one ii.itcnt umbrel- las tli:it open \\ lien y..ii toin-'i u ,11 tile bundle. :niil as lie drifted intu a he hesitatingly an- lied the desk aud >a..l: "I'm temporarily broke. Can 1 put tliis up fur a meal?" The man behind the desk gave s quick glance at the !..-r liaintl.il silk umbrella aud nodded his head. Thereupon the stranger touched the pring. thus putting the iimhri'llu up. The man behind the desk breathed bard for a minute and then said: "It's on iue. Vou .an have the best there 1* In the bouse ' Chicago I'ost. AFTER EFFECTS OF FEVER. Mr*. An^le, of Merrllton. Suffered e* Sevarvly That Her Friends K<tr*d ah* W.i* Likely to U* a 1'iriiiuiiani la- Germany is now worrying over the fact that there 1ms Lecti a serious de- crease in sheep lircc. l inj there aud a consequent increase in imports of wool. The nninl.er of nhe-p in the United > incretu-ed from 6,000,000 to 50,UOO.<XX> bead, while in Germany the flm-ks have .iecreased from 40,000,000 to 10.000.OtX) head. German imports of \vcx>l have jump- ed from -Ti.''.!'.'.'. r,c.. . pounds in 'o 210,614,10:1 pounds in !*'>. In spite of this enormous extension of the (ler- man market and the equally phenom- enal iiicreitso of hheep m the United States this cnuinry sup- plies Germany with pr:i. -tn-iilly no wool at all, the prnicMi:il -onrce* of her supply being Arp-ntina. \nntr^ lia. Cape Colony and < In u: UrUaiu. In the picturesqtie village of Merrit- ton resides Mrs. \Vilham Angle, who, after mouths of -iiil.Tinvr. has found a cure from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Angle relate* as follow* the experience through which she has passed. "Four years ago this .tpr.njr. while a resident of Buffalo, I had an attack of typhoid fever and the disease left me in a worn out and extremely nervous condition, so that the least noise startled me. I could not sleep at times lor a week on ac- count of terrible attacks of heart trouble. Then araiu my head would trouble me and I had bad dreams. I had no appetite and lost twenty two txmtiils in weight and had become en very thin that my friend* were alarm- ed. While in this condition I wa* (rent mi by two physician* but with ne avail. I tried everything recommend- ed bur still found no relief. Finally a relative persuadad m* to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. After I had taken th* first box I could *ee a change for the better, so I continued the use of the pills until I had finish- ed six boxe* and the result* wer* most gratifying. I now bav* normal sleen, there i* no more (witching In ny hands, the palpitations have ceased, and I hav* gained in weight and strength. My whole system seems toned np, aud I feel entirely well. I feel grateful to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., and hope they will keep np the good work of ad minister - itiit to the afflicted." Or. Williams' Pink Pills cure by going to h* root of th* disease. They renew and build np th* blood, aad strengthen the nerve*, thus driving disease from tb* system. Avoid Imi- tations by insisting that every box yon purchase i* enclosed in a wrapper bearing th* full trad* mark. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pilli for Pal* People. raVsor OHIO. Cur or TULKOO. ( PIAXKJ. I'liiMcr ni.ik.- .lh that b* II Ul* Mnli.r |.aiiti<-r 'if ihe Inn .( P J. CHKXIT fcC*.. oinc DDruuH In the City ./ Toledo, County ko.l Stmt'- i .:!. kii>l thai *ai.l rirtn "ill par lh turn >( iiNK III MuiKH IX>LLAHs,for ie*Bsa4 very case of Catarrh iliat cmui'ii a* cured by the ute uf HAI i. s f* i HUH OKI. HC \NK J CHLNKT. Sworn to b.-f. ire me ami <ul>vrib*d in my prmeni-e, lbi> nth d.i.y of U.-.-eiuber, A. D., ISM. 1^ ~\ - w - aLEASON, \' Notary I'ul.lle. Hall's Catarrh Cure II Ultra, internally and acH air cilv cm ih bi.Mid ami muf.mt lurtaoal *f the *y*tem. s> nc j f,, r testimonials f F J t.'HKXKY a CO., Tolede.OL >)d uf DrufKiMa. '-'' No Baale of Agreement. "Tour church, I am informed," aid the man who was in search of information, ' ' takes car* of its preach- ers when they become too old for active service." "It does," replied the man who had th* information to give out. 'At what age is it usually consid- ered they uuglit to go .on the rat i red "It U hard to tell. There is fre- quently a difference of thirty years between the estimate of the congre- gation and tbat of the preacher." have a n Tittiaan I.ihrnrr. A few decades ago the manuscript, treasure* in tha Vatican library were practically inaccessible. Since then one barrier after another has been re- moved, and now the present director, Gbrle, hat* decided to have duplicates mad* of many of the most valuable and oldest maunacripts, with all their illustrations, for the benefit of other libraries. New life for a quarter, pound Iron Pills. Miller'* Com- !f*w Literary Valuation. "Did th* editor accept TOUT manu- script T" "Oh, ye*!" "How much did h* giv* you?" "Two cent* a pound." "A pound?" ' ' V <>, you see. ho ;;ets only three cent* from the pa]>er mill!" For the Overworked. Whnt. ar* ih* cmu*e* of df.pnimt.iiry and inelanchnlr F \ >oa cam* and a prune oue. A di>r<lere I livr means a dinr- dereii aumi.'.ch. 111.1 n t.-.i: il'-'-.-il nioinaclt m, -a. i- .i-c uf the nervous sy-lein. Th. lin'.i^- tb* wboU body nun ^uhjuo- lion i - *.l over. Prm. \<-i- '- V.-_ H are a recog- mil . ! { will i ii. l. > .i.r . "Leav- rnM little Binks. i Muff at trciitfth to ihe liiunlar. "I intend to, ;iall friend." n-plied the hurglur, cinirieounly. "lam merely alter th* coinents. vVhcn I take bouM* I do il trhough the regular real eetate chan- Tht Red XI.MS will soon become ra> pectal'le In ap|x-nr.inc* by taking Miller'* Compound Iron PilU. auduw* 26 cent*, t Mormoualn Hwltxerlad. Mormonism baa taken refuge IM Switzerland. Recently pnbhitUed tatistics apprise us that there are uo fewer than 1,100 Mormon* scat tared about tbe Swiss republic. Economies. "The present trouble n that there are too manv men for 'he number of jobs, " said the amateur lecturer on the situation. "And that ain't all, mister," inter- rupted Dismal Daw son. "Another trouble is that there is too mnrh work to the job after a man get's it. " GANGER RUNS IN FAMILIES. Tbo** With M.-i.-.lltiiry PredUpa- Itlon Shoal. I Take rromtin.nl In Tim*. The writer on cauceri, In tba British Encyclo|>eili, aayi iliai nearly aalf of all canes cau be traced to hereditary pratiia- poaition. Nearly every authority oo naliftiant growth* ruiphaaliiei tba fact tbat in a lance propnri ;on nf eaaes It will be found that either ibr father or mother, Sraudfather or grand mother, died of tbe iaraoe. Thin her.-!.: iiry tendency te cancer ihowx tbat the disease must be ol a constitutional nature. iktiJ it should al- ways put these person-. vn..sr progenitors have Jtid of tbe Uisrii-te, .HI their guard te take treatment, on me very Ural, indica- tion of ita approach . Anil new liuht haw been ihed on th* method! of treating ton seriuna malady. Tta* uarbaritien of ihe knife and planter with their overwhelm uif percentage of failure! and recurrem-en. liar* Iwen iiipar- cailed by a COIIM n ut .-nl remedy that beildi a.? the depleted strength, aearcbei out the cancer poiM. in :n every corner of tbe system, and witbuut any cutting ar anfferiiiK radically and permanently cure* tbo diseaaa. We do not. publish testimonial! In tb* pa pern, as sensitive |M-opU do not car* te parade their .t hucni< for th* beneAt of the curioun. Tlieno jxrople are only toe (lad. however, for any sufferer to Imve the lneflt of their exn* r ii'e. If you ara iutprpntil In this mailer and desire fur- ther information, urn I ui two itampi and we will mail yon treatise ud teatimonmla, 8TOTT & JURY, Bowmaavill*. Out, Menti.ni this pap*r. PLOWS, ROLLERS A HARROW* The II -' \l ..1. set,. I fur < t.i.ff >. C Hsilt'T I l-I.On I ( UCAS, STEELE & BRISTOL, WrlUun. HAMILTON. 1..-. * R. C.. I..H. * R. Exlraol I..-. * II. Nplo BINDER TWINE AND MANILA ROPE O7ITAIUO ItlMM-lt (WINK CO.. !! Union Htutlon Aroada. Foronto. If th* chllilran raqnlre ph.valo none act* a* nice ai Millar Worm Powdara; vary iaaaaat te lake. 1BIITPH AIISOM I KLT FHKK. war- tl> ,1** r..--.l i.Tferi Ume-keeper. I* W " B.TS n,i -ttlhutlnif AdT*i<. "titlnir Mattel v\ ml i ' on i nl. Sii4 ddr.-mf it luiiii iiix-n. SM ni Biiol.. LODDOI. T. 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