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 A CAST FOR FO RTUNE. By CHBisiiAJf Reid, in " Lippincott's Magazink." v-, ^9 CHAPTER XVII. Derwent ever afterward declared that his mother simply anL fcbsoWlely fell in love with Don Maurizio at first sight There could he ao doubt that she was as favorably impressed as he oould have desired with the handsome man whose perfect blending of worldly polish and frank cordiality could not have failed to charm even the least susceptible to the ettect of manner. Sibyl did not hesitate to affirm that she had never before seen so princely a man, and that the admirable results of a wound in the shoulder were daily becoming more apparent to her. Don Maurizio, on hi» part, was evidently much pleased with Derwent's friends, â€" with Airs. Derwent's delicate refinement and Sibyl's spirited charm. He was most courteously prompt in paying his respects, accompanying Derwent, who lost no time in seeking him, back to the hotel for that purpose. His daughter, he said, would give herself the pleasure of calling later, and hoped the ladies would drive with her on the Pa.' e 3 that afternoon. "For my self," he said, "I sometimes take out an English dog-cart, and if eitlier, or both, of you gentlemen will accept a seat with me, I shall be very happy. " Both in\dtatious were accepted, and, waiving Mrs. Derwent's re- newed tiianks for her son's great debt of kindness, the stately hacieudado bowed him- self away. But, if Don Maurizio had awakened en- thusiasm in the breasts of these explorers from the States, what can be said of the etfect which Dona Zarifa produced, with her surpassing beauty enhanced by a toilet fresh from the hands of the most consummate artist iu Paris Derwent, who had found tliat he eould not trust himself to speak of her, had said very little of her personal charms, and soSilsyl's eyes turned upon him with a look of amazement and interrogation which ahnost provoked him to laughter. â- *'What did you mean by not preparing us for such a vision as this " the look said. And indeed that perfect face, framed by a liat which was a mass of soft, curling plumes, was enough to jirovoke the inquiry. Yet to Derwent's eyes nothing could ever frame it so well as the graceful Spanish drapery in which he had seen it first, although, he was glad that these critical feminine eyes should behold liis princess in all the bravery of modern picturesque costuming. Great is the eftect of wealth. Who does not know this? Yet, to a natuie not readily or deeply impressed by the accidents of life, its wonderful effect is a standing marvel which custom cannot stale. 1 erwent said to himself that if Dona Zarifa had been strip- ped of every accessory of fortune htr noble beauty and still morei oMe clia'acier would have been none the less evident x,o him, and none the less adorable in his eyes. Perliaps he was right, â€" though tlie test would be a severe one, even for a lover. â€" luitat l;asthe had no reason to expect to find sucli eyes in ot iiers. Tiiere was nothing surprising in the fact that Mrs. Derwent was more struck by t!ic surroundings of the young heiress t'.ian by her remarkable loveliness. Tlie luxurious carriage which av/aited them, with its handsome horses, liveried servants, and every appointment perfect as if for Hyde Park, brought lion e :o her more vivid- ly than all o"' Derwent's words the position and wealth of the people with whom liis good fortune had associated him. As he pas- sed the equipage on the Paseo, Derwent could not but smile at the expression of his mother's face as she lay back on the softly- cushioned scat, regarding witli a look of perfect satisfaction the brilliant scene of wliich she was a part. He was not surprised that, when they inoL at dinner, Sibyl's enthusiastic admira- tion overflowed all verbal bounds. '•She is simply the most beautiful creature thiit I have ever seen I" she said, referring to Zarifa. "I really did nothing but stare at her for she is a perfect picture of loveli- r.« IS. And when lier eyes light up, and she makes that fascinating little Mexican salu- tation with thq fingers, she is uttei-ly be- \vitching. (icoftVey, if you were to swear until you were l)iaek in the face that you did not fall m love with her wlien you were out at tlieir place, I should not believe you." "There is no need for me to subject mj' sclf to such an unpleasant test, then, Sibyl," answered Geoffrey, calndy. "But I may be allowed to remark that it would be as sen- sible for nic to fall in love with a royal prin- cess as with Dona Zarifa. She is the great- est heiress in Mexico, and will no doubt mike a great alliance. " ' 'There is a v6ry hackneyed proverb wliich it strikes me might have an applijation in thfs case," said Halbert. "We know what is said of a faint heart and a fair lady. The fair lady is liere. May not the faint heart be also?" "I really do not sec," observed Mrs. Der- went, "why it should be supposed that GjjtiVey would hesitate to offer himself to any woman, even if she is a great heiress. No one who knows him could suspect him of an interested, motive, and he has suffi- cient fortune of his own ' •• .My dear mother," interposed Derwent, with a gallant attempt to laugh, " the mat- ter h;is not reached the point of even a con- templated proposal. I have the honor to admire Dona Zarifa exceedingly, but beyond that my presumption does not. venture." "I am unable to perceive where the «juestion of presumption conies in," said Mrs. Derwent, majestically. Derwent lid not reply, for he was indeed partly amusedand partly irritated to perceive that his mother, having been disappointed in her long-cherished hope of seeing him marry Sibyl Lenox, had now conceived the brilliant idea of an alliance with Dona Zarifa. She would have shivers 1 at t'ae thought of a Mexican marriage before coming to the country, "and especially before Dona Zarifa's â- Wfalth and beauty had dawned upon her, but now her imagination was eagerly at •work. The romance as well as the solid ad- vantage of such a match allu-ed her greatly, and it was evident that she would not read- ily relinquish an idea so fascinating. Derwent who felt too sick at heart with the hopeless- ness of his passion to argue with or laugh at her, strove to avoid the subject, and Sibyl, who was soon keen enough to perceive this, kindly seconded his efforts. Wli'cn thev parted after their drive, Don his resolve was set on replacing Sib^i for- tmie in its entirety, and he knew that if he persevered i% the intentions with which he came to Meidco, nd one coul4 ^better direct tiim towar(|:tfae niyni] mcess^ty bit his end ihanDon MiHirijEil». .- " Theold^vCiardaUa c«te is one^efilihemqet splendid ol the palace-like hotises erected daring the colonial period of wealth and magnmcence, in the city of Mexico. Der- went had admired its great sculptured portal and taken a glance into its ac:6us court when he had been in the capital first, but he did not appreciate all its stately beanty until he entered and saw the whole effect of the interior, which was at once fortress- like in its solidity and graceful in architec- tural detail as a vision of the Orient. Around the immense inner court, set with orange-trees and flowering shrubs and musi- cal with the murmur of a fountain, were the domestic offices, while above, resting on Mo- rerque arches that sprang from slender, clus steed pillars, was the gallery, reached by two sweeping flights of marble steps, on which the family apartments opened. A king might have found himself not unfitly lodged in such a dwelling, Derwent thought, as he followed the servant who had received his card up the great staircase and into an apartment wliich reminded him of Don Maurizio's room at Miraflores. There was the same business-like air about this apart- ment, although it was more luxurious in its appointments than the one at the hacienda. Don Maurizio himself rose from a deep, leather-covered chair, and, putting down a paper, held out his hand in greeting. " Mr. Derwent," he said, when they were both seated, " I have a confession to make, as a preface to a business proposal, and I will be quite frank iii making it. Briefly, then, when you recovered from your womd in my house, and when I found that the stranger I had succored as a matter of charity proved to be a gentleman and a person of whom one might wish to make a friend, I remembered prudence, and I felt that before admitting you to friendly intimacy I should know something about you as you are known at home. This does not offend you, I hope?" " On the contrary," answered Derwent, "if is what I should have desired; for, na- turally, a man who has all his life occupied a distinct and unquestioned social position is not anxious to appear in the light of a mere adventurer of fortmie. And that, as I am well aware, is what I seemed to you. Well," â€" he smiled slightly, â€" "I suppose you made some inquiries about me " " Yes, I wrote to an old friend, a man of the higest position, in New Orleans. And this, I may remark in passing, I did not be- cause I needed assurance myself, but be- cause it was an absolutely necessary step if I was to help you in a business point of view. Well, my friend's reply was so flattering that some day I will show it to you. Only one thing in his letter puzzles me a little. After speaking' of your social position and your personal character in the highest terms, lie mentions tliat you hav recently inherited from your father a lai-ge estate. Yet, not- withstanding this, am I mistaken in believ- ing that you have come to Mexico to make money in rather perilous ventures " " Yju j'.re not mistaken," Derwent re- plied, whose resohition to be perfectly can- did was taken with a quickness which sur- prised himself. " I have lately inherited I considerable estate from my father, and a have also come to Mexico to endeavor to make money in ventures which I hope may not prove perilous. If you were not so kind, I should hesitate before intruding my pri- vate affairs upon you but, since you are good enough to take an interest in me, I hope you will let me explain why I have found it necessary to take this step." "You spoke to my daughter, I think, of a debt of honor," said Don Maurizio, whose clear eyes were reading the young man's face as if they would read his soul. "Yes," the latter answered, "and the story of that debt of honor is known at pres- ent to only one person in the world besides .myself,â€" that is my cousin, Mr. Halbert. With your permission, I will tell it to you." Then, in the briefest manner possible, he told it. The few, simple words were strong with feeling, and stronger still with purpose, as Don Maurizio, listening with an interest far removed from curiosity, perceived. When the story was finished he held out his hand. " I w^ill do my best to help you, Mr. Derwent," he said. And no other expres- sion of confidence was necessaiy. " Now," he added, after Derwent had ex- pressed his thanks, " let us consider the best means of helping you, â€" that is, of enabling you t5 accomplish your end in the shortest time possible. And here comes in my busi- ness proposal. You were, I believe, very favorably impressed with the value of the Buena Esperanza " " I have never seen a better mine," Der- went answered. "Nothing is needed but the proper application of scientific methods to realize a great fortune from it. But I have understood that Senor Barrera will not sell" "He will not, but the other owners will. Their share of the mine has been offered to me. Barrera is anxious that I shall buy them out, put in machinery, and work the mine for a half-interest in the result. I have not the least doubt that it would be a good investment, and I thonght of doing thisbefore^l ei-nandez extorted his bond. That bond has now been cancelled, and before I left Miraflores Barrera renewed the old pro- posal to me. I asked him if he was willing to transfer the offer to you, and he agreed to do so. Now Mr. Derwent, this is a chance which does not occur every day, â€" not even in Mexico. What do you think of it " "Simply one thing," replied Derwent without a moment's hesitation, â€" "that I accept -it gratefuDy. I confess that it changes my plans materially for my origi- nal intention was not to work mines in Mexico, but to sell them. As soon as I saw the Buena Experanza, however, the desire to develop its splendid lodes came over me. Yet if I had taken the mine at that time 1 should have resisted the desire, â€" ^partly be- cause I couldnot afford the necessary outlay of capital, but chiefly because I wanted to realize money quickly. Now, however, that immediate need is relieved. Time will be given me in which to pay the debt, and I Der-went lost no time the next day in keep- in the mine," said Don Maorizio. ing the appointment. More than ever now ' assiBt yon lo work it." â-  • "I shall be delighted to allow you what- ever you wish to take," Derwent replied. "Could I do lessy when it is to you I am in- debted for the whole Do you think I am indifferent to the fact that yon have stood aside in order to benefit me V' ' am too busy man to undertake min- ingmyself," the ot^r sitid, stniflng, "but with you as ah active partner I have little, doubt we shaU succeed. I have long kno^ the Value of the Buena Esperanza. _Were it otherwise, -T-were I not sure of this in- ves1|ment, â€" ^believe me, Mr. Derwamt, after yoiu- confidence, I should not coimsel yon to touc^it." "i am not only sure of that," rej^ied Der- went, "but deeply grateful for your thought- ful kindness, and no effort on my part shall be lacking to enable both yourself and Sen- or Barrera to realize a fortime." "I think from a purely business point of view, we will make a good triumvirate," said DM» Mauriziow "Now let us resolve ourselves into committee of ways and means and decide what the immediate expenses wiU be." CHAPTER XVni. ' It is simply like a dream of the 'Arabian Nights' " sa,id Sibyl, as they entered the great court of the ca^a Cardella, with its splendid space, its graceful arches, its feathery, broad-leafed plants, its fragrance of orange flowers, its musical fountain, gilded galleries, and gleaming lamps â€" for it was evening, and the American party had been invited to dine with Derwent's Mexican friends. The reporter who received them clapped his hands, in the Oriental fashion of the country, and a sen-ant iu picturesque Mexi- can dress appeared and ushered them up the sweeping staircase to the door of a salon of superb size and proportion. Artistically- wrought columns of marble and onyx sup- ported the frescoed ceiling from which de- pended great A'enetian chandeliers, forming, with their fairy-like prismatic beauty, masses of radiance which were reflected in the sliinuig floor, formed of tiles as brilliant and highly polished as glass. Over this gleaming pavement rich hued Eastern rugs were scattered in profusion, and numbers of low, luxurious couches were covered with soft Persian silk and heaped with emoroider- ed cushions. From one of these couches a figure rose and came forward that was in full accord with the splendid room. Even Derwent, accustomed to Dona Zari- fa's beauty as he had become, was dazzled by itat thismoment. Sh^ worea gown of rose- tinted crepe de Chine, which fell in lines of the'most graceful classic drapery around her slender form, and all the borders of which were embroidered with silver in a Greek pattern. Her masses of dark hair were bound in a close high coiffure with fillets of rose-red ribbon stubbed with tiny silver stars, her beautiful throat M'ith its melting lines was encircled by a necklet of the delicate Mexican silver-work she liked so much to wear, and on the rounded arms were brace- lets of the same design. Into her girdle were thrust the exquisite rosy blooms of the cactus, and her noble head rose above the charming, classic dress like the head of a young goddess on an antique frieze. As she came forward, with her dark eyes shining, her lovely lips smiling, Sibyl could only say to herself, "Oh, pcorGeoSrey " Derwent felt himself to be indeed an object of commiseration, and this feeling was sensi- bly Lucreasedwhen, after the party had been received by Dona Luisa, she presented a dark, slender, distinquished-looking man as "our kinsman, Senor Cardella." Into Der- went's mind there came at once the recollec- tion that on the first day he had seen Dona Zarifa he had been told that she would prob- ably marry her cousin, Senor Cardella, and an instinct told him that this was the man. He was a man who might have reconcilea a woman to a mariayn de convenance, a man to be possibly feared as a rival, yet even as a rival not to be disliked, for his manner was a delightful blending of the dignity of the Spaniard and the charming friendliness of the Mexican. Keenest observation, however, failed to detect anything lover-like in his manner to Zarifa, and the reason why he had been invited to meet the American party was soon apparent in the fact that he spoke English perfectly. When dinner was an- nounced, Don Maurizio offered his arm to Mrs. Derwent, Senor Cardella took in Sibyl, and, while Derwent hesitated, uncertain whether or not he was to have the pleasure of takmg in Zarifa, she said to him, smil- ing, " Will you take Dona Luisa?" while laying her own hand ou Halbert's arm. It was a momentary disappointment but when they entered the dining-room and grouped themselves around the beauti- fully-appointed table he found that, after all, fate, or some other benign power, had placed Zarifa at his right hand, with Halbert beyond. It was too small a party, however for anything like private conversation. Led by the genial host, talk was altogether gen- eral, and as gay and bright as talk mostly is when well-bred people meet around a din- ner-table whose delicate dishes are served by perfectly -trained servants and finest wines poured into sparkling glasses. The floral dec- orations were the same beautiful rose-red blossoms of the cactus which the young host- ess wore, and now and then, in the midst of the courses that proved a French rhef in the kitchen, a distinctively Mexican dish was mtroduced, to give, as it were, a national note. "For we cannot allow you to forget that yon are in Mexico," said Don Maurizio once, with asmile. " Do you think that would be possible im- der any circumstances '"askedSibyl "Mex ICO has fascinated us so deeply that I am afraid we shall not be able to forget it even when we go home." Besides, the language in which most of the convei-sation was conducted, the only English thing about the entertainment wa« the fact that the group of men lingerd a lit- tle oyer their wine and cigars after the ladies had left the room. The interval however, was not long, and when they re- entered the salon Derwent at once perceived hw opportmiity to exchange a few words with Dona Zanfa. She and Sibyl had been walking up and down the long, splendid room, while Mrs Derwent sat on the special sofa of honor with Dona Lnisa and talked French fluent- ly. Both girls paused as the gentlemen entered, and Mias Lenox sank gracefully into a seat, while Dona Zarifa moved away to where a vase fiUed with great masses of gro^g heliotrope stood on a pedestal of fn^« °°^ She began to eafiier a fw fi?^\. *°i the fi^agrance of the flowers mied tiie whole atmosphere aroond her. It J^ aliBoet intoxicating in its «weitiete. Derw«itttlK«gfaf,^, whUeSBtf*rei»d«at paused by Sibyl, he moved on toward the Wely classic figure and the dark, soft eyes with their glance of welcome. "Are you gathering those isprays of heliotrope for me, senorita?" he asked, smiling. " Thanks you are too good, to answo; that presumptuous speech nl^ giving meoae.^ It is deucious,-^ ha« rniver seen heliotrope blotem anyinfere blte as in Mexico,â€" but, if I ii%ht ^nrtpre to ' say so, tiiere is another flowtf that I vould prefer to have." ' ' _. "And why should you tKot'^venttte V* ihe asked. "Surfy yoa have learned tHat with our flowers at least we are generous." " What are you not generous with But your cactus" â€" ^he looked at the blossoms she wore in her belt-rr" is so entirely your own that I fear your would not care to give it to a stranger." " Oh " she glanced down, smiling, and blushuig a little, "it is the cactus you mean Well, frankly, I think the helio- trope suits you better. This, as you say, is specially for Mexicans." " And may I not be adopted, in a degree at least, as a Mexican " he asked. "Do you know that I am going to make Mexico my home for an indefinite length of time to come And, more than that, I am to be your neighbor at Miraflores. Don Maurizio and I are to take the Buena Esperanza with Senar Barrera, and I shall personally direct the work. This, you see, will bring me within comfortable distance of Miraflores." " Do you call sixteen leagues a comfort- able distance " " Compared to a thousand miles, â€" yes, very comfortable. I can see you once or twice a month at least. I only hope I shall not become a dreadful nuisance." " You could not possibly become that," she said, with the gentle gravity and sin- cerity he has learned by this time to know well. "I. am very glad that you are to be near us, and that you are to have the Buena Esperanza, after all. " "1 owe it altogether to you," he said grate- fully. "Don Maurizio did not tell me so, but I am sure that had you not interested him in my behalf he woiihl never have thought of offering me this opfwrtunity." "I told him simply what you told me,^ that you had a debt of honor which it was important you should pay," she replied. "He is very kind, my father, and always ready to help every one so I felt certain that if he knew of anything which would en- j able you to accomplish your purpose he would tell you of it. " " He is more than kind," said Derwent, earnestly. " I can never forget his good- ness. And as for yours, â€" well, language fails me when I try to speak of that. I can only repeat what I told you at Miraflores, â€" that my life belongs to you. And, when I say this, reinember that I am not using the flowery language of compliment to which you are accustomed. I mean the words with our Anglo-Saxon literalness. It is yours by every possible claim,â€" yours because you saved it " She lifted her hand with a quick, de- terring gesture, and he saw her cheek grow pale. "Do not speak of that," she said. " I tryâ€" I am trying hard â€"to forget it.." "But do not try," he said, impetuously, " and I could not forget it if I would. It is as I told you my life was given to me over again by j^our hand. So it is yours, wheth- er you ever have use for it, or whether you have not. And then there is another claim." He paused a moment, conscious that he was on the brink of betraying all he felt, filled with a sense of the utter hope- lessness of any avowal, yet impelled by a power stronger than himself to speak. " Not only my life, but my whole heart is yours," he .said and when the words were spoken a sense of wonderful calmness took possession of him suddenly. He grasped, as it were, more than his ordinary self-possession. It was done. At least she now knew the trutli, and he need no longer strive to tutor himself to play the part of i ft lend while the pas- i sion of a lover burned within him. "I know that it is useless tor me to tell I you this," he went on, after a minute, that ' seemed strangely long to both,â€" a minute in ' I which he heardthe murmur of voices, Sibyl's ' â-  laugh, his mother's tones, and that would I i always be associated to the end of his life ' i with the vision of a lovely down-bent head and the haunting fragrance of heliotrope. j " I know that I may even forfeit the privi- lege of seeing and being with you in the in- i timacy which has taught me to know you I cannot help it if this is so. Separation from you will be Uke death, but it is Ijetter tiian the effort to restrain my lips and eyes i from telling you that I love you with an; adoration which overwhelms me. It has come upon me like a madness, and I fear that it will not like a madness pass away, ' for It IS founded on the knowledge of what you are and what that is I have no words to tell you. " Perhaps, to the giri who had been surfeited all her life with words of adulation, this I very reticence had an attraction and power i j It was certainly not such a declaration as, oneof her own countrymen would have made, I j but the simple sentences seemed to go to j her heart more directly for their very sim- 1 phcity. She looked up, and something in ' .the beautiful eyes sent a thrill of hope through Derwent's whole being. He drew ' nearer to her. "My Princess," he said, low and eageriy, lam not worthy to utter such words to you much less to hope that you could give me one thought of favor. Tint if my presump- tion does not make yon banish me from your presence I am content. To be near you is fwf 'T,*"" ^t rf^^nt- I promise you that I will speak of this no more until I am a free man.-free from all claims against my honor free to try and win your heirt, if you permit me, as your father won another gen- tle Mexican heart in the years gone V S,w ♦^r" **'^** 8^^® "»« one word-one onlyâ€" to hve on until that day comes t" "And what shall that word be?" she asked with exquisite «ftne88. "ShaU IteU you that after you left Miarflores I felt a want -a vacancyâ€" and I knew when IsavTyou agam that life is a different thing ^en vou are near? So I am «kd that yo^l^ to sC in Mexico ^d perLp. some day you tw wUl earn to love the land as my^dlvLiZ has done, and then " ^aw-er rJ!frt\^^':^^ a beautiful cactus-bloom, Geofeey!" cried Sibyl, half an hour later as she saw on Derwent's cSt a ro»??ed "D'on.y*"-? t^ "°* been there TrlSr Dona Zanfa has given you her emblem, I perceive.?' The Number Seven in the BiM Ontheseventh day God ended n^"" In the seventh month Koah' *»*• the ground. ^^ ' *^" t^uchej In seven days a dove was'sent n f Abraham pleaded seven times (T\ ' Jacob mourned seven days flT ^to. Jacob served seven years fnto'^pk. And yet another seven yei'^ter Jacob was pursued a seven V. • byLaban. " "*?» Joamj A plenty of seven years and a • I seven years were foretold in Phar J-""«f by seven fat andsevenleanSri',^ ears of full and seven ears ofS^"^^' On and after tlie seventh " I seventh month the Children of £L,1 '" sfeven days and remained in th^lrf^ ***'«' Every seventh year the rand-^tr Every seventh year the law SI" the people. **s read to In the destruction of Jericho seven n.. bore trumpets seven days • on tl ^^'^^ day they surrounded the walk s.l"'"'*^ and at the end of the seTen h „ • walls fell. "'^^I round the Solomon was seven years hnin temple (for cost, size, etl Je £'!? " ment of the Republic. is^„e of « 'P'"' 14,^1889) and fas^'tedsevSysttSa. bralches.^""° """'^^^"^^ "â- 'â- ^ -er Naaman washed seven times -in ;;,o i don. " "J'•^ .Job's friends sat with bin, ^eve' ,Uv seven nights, anl ofi-.-red sOven bnllockrv an atonement. Him-lreds of otiier l,ibical references t. the nui, ber .even could be given did Ja permit. r'"' Mighty Mimrods in Africa. "Lion hunting made easy" might l,e the motto employed by M. Cattier, al,ol,KoW. ist of Algeria. He lias take:; r,„ ' succession of the late M. BomlKmnel, Mh" died a few days ago in Dijon after hav,, been for the greater part of his existence i mighty Niti.roi in tlic north African jmu-le. and deserts. It we are to credit the tenf mony of those who know the colony well It IS an error to suppose that there "are n,' hons in Algeria. On tlie contrary ,ithe "nion- archs of the desert" abound in the foiest of Bona and in the gorges of Palestro M Cattier is "runnng" his lion-hunting hiiV- ness at Palestro, and is doing his test t'j •work up a connection, not only among gentlt- men who may wish to accompany hini in his expeditions, but also among ladies. Here is a splendid opening at once for the "modern woman" who dares do all that man noes. M. Cattier has inscribed his hvsiiiesscanh with a notice to tiie effect that in his 1mm- ing rendezvous are to be found lions of tiif Atlas Mountains, panthers, jackals, am other wild beasts, and that his estaUisliiiicnt is provided with a special refuge m- slitittr for the weaker sex. Tlie property ou wliicii M. Cattier has organised his happy huiuing ground was bequeathed to himâ€" so far as the rights of chase are concernedâ€" hy liis friend Bomboniiel, at whose disposal it vas placed by the Government in order to facili- tate liis zoological researchesâ€" or, ratinr, what may literally be called "pursuits." Jones â€""What I a new daughter at your house If "she grows up to resemble youi wife she'll 1)c a belle." Smithâ€" "Yes, I sup. pose she will, for she hellers now." Gain may be temporary and uncertair, but ever while you live expense is coustai.t and certain aiid it is easier to build tv o chimneys than to keep one in fuel.â€" [Frark- lin. One dose of Dr. Harvey's Southeni Re.] Pine will instantly stop a severe tit of cougli- ing. Many a once suffering consumptive lias had reason to bless that valuable prepara- tion, T. A. 8L0CUM-S O.XVtiKXIZED EMULSION of PURE COD LIVER OIL Everv druggist sells it, whilst the otiice oi the company at Toronto, Ontario, can bear witness to the daily increasing demand tor it. There are some errors so sweet that v,_e repent them only to liring tliem to mem- ory. ,--MMen young, old, or rnidcHe-aged, who find them- selves nervous, weak and exliausted./RM are broken down from excess or overwore, resulting in manv of the foUovvnng sj-mp- toms: Mental depression, premature oiu age, loss of vitality, loss of memory, Ma dreams, dimness of sight, palpiutionot ne heart, emissions, lack of energy, fi""'" kidneys, headache, pimple=. ou.^^^/f, ,," body, itching or peculiar sensationabout ii^e scrotum, wasting of the orgars, dnaine., specks before the eyes, twitching o" i^scles, eye lids and elsewhere, bashf^ne^' deposits ui the urine, loss of will F^ ' tenderness of the scalp and spmc, w^k " flabby muscles, desire to sleep, failure w rested by sleep, constipation, duim^ nearing,'loss of voice, desire for sohm^ excitabiUty of temper, sunken eyes surr ed with LE.^DEN^ CIBCE.E, Oily lo"" .Mity etc.. are all symptoms of "f vou' ^^^ that lead to insanity and death unless The spring or vital force ha^uig Jo^^ tension every function wanes m coMen .^ Those who through abuse comnutte^^^^ ignorance may be permanently ^urw- you, address for b^k on all di^e^^^Knt toman. Address M. V. LUBO,oO J^ St. E., Toronto, Ont. Books sent tree -^^ Heart disease, the symptoms o.^^ ^^. faint spells, purple lii», n"'"'i"^f orbW tion, skip beats, hot flushes, r-^:/' •.j,he»ts to the head, dull pain in the S;-^*' " hc»rt stron/, rapid and irregular, t1^.;\L^„t the beat quicker than the first, paâ„¢* ^^^ei breast bone, etc., can posi"A!,X Addr«s No cui-e, no pay. Send for "^fr-ast. !«â-  M. V. LUBON; 50 Front Street East. ronto, Ont. PATENTS S^£^*Si national MIS lARISlAN PI'AlTlKG-^rtU*';»/ari children's .skirts or Mpes-^^Toroo^ :S8 STACKHOUSK, TREE or t-.iK"" c» 42nrongc^h^ p^ SALESMEN "^l^rggrM. XTTT ANTED, good reli^^'fo'^tdditiS W every town in OntiWio. -^j,^., jj cbr^ dito Mutual Loan In vcstmeni ^^ St., Toronto. rr-ww^Juir '^* 9*EClALK«%^ef ^^Ji; ^tj^toaripe J^^uUst to wear it»«flectB U^ire near-sij SlyBfe. if the KSPtoreadp at fifty.?' even »ho are include consider tkemsel general la*8.'" a,eir sharp sight But not only d nonnal changes r bs abnormally fectsweqiiteco is a camera, and, sound, the visioi rays of light are na. Hence com* glasses, for, by these eyes, nori within certain 1 not generally k) tion, and not th perfect in shape that are "emme follow that all e; shape should hav gome errors of " seriously with (iisease or decide( but, as a rule, "weak," or wh similar to those v er, should presen petent oculist for quent correction fraction. There stil! exis minds of many a but why such pre difficult of explan than willfulness a: mologists teach t recting errors of per glasses, and v show some of tl portentous result fects to go uncorr add nothing to th and they are often and, unless there attained by their them; but where advised by one co vanity or prejud being employed. In general, it n of refraction whic vision to any ext which produce an; the near or the far by the use of suita The effort' of ace exertion, and henc system, and, if h more or less exhau eyes are used for r My considerable flow of blood is set is an increased seer ing of the eyes;" continued, dizzines sickness, or even i induced. As excei hon is always asso mergence, and, as a *ay8 increase its a g»in clear vision, it wd nervous twite other portions of occasioned by it. Short sight is ofl '*!» but may be i ^nimng of the ey ""frequently the i sometimes irremedi and hence skilled a of highest imp preventing the ac Myopic eye is liabl lemand made upc yage the eyes, in â„¢em both fixed «Me to the face, a "^We to withstand t and one eye is ther SPPosing muscle, fc ^ne vision should yt in very high ^ncave spherical *^* tends to cc ?*% or writing i ^ture.orbyl "^l^fcUy avoided. fjefar-sightof, ^of power of acco rtant vision rema ^^*«taat recessioi «nr«t noticed wh iJW'gedtoholdhis I ^S« than bafor. 3Jj«learaafomi ♦L^ by convex i l3*»ildbeempl I rr*" becomes ma |4*^mconvenie f»«eye,andthei LJr- Thiscondit SJS^heredit, H^«J^nedbythei oo^^«7commoi ^5S^ cither by 5* a â- Â«â-  j'i^ ^iirfif^iiiiniinif"'"^-""' ...jjr»..^»«43^ â- ^^.-.'i' V.iLt \^ k y-'