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BYLILAB ~. R. BENTON. e CHAPTER VILâ€"(Cox'ris‘csn). Mr. Clayton was comin along with half- a dozen young men aroun him. Mr. Tel- fer bailed him. “ Hi there !" he called had happened. Here were three girls with their faces buried in their hands, two sob- bing outright, two gathering up the stra articles of dress lying about while Leda and Tallie with troubled faces came forward with out, “ You seem to have forgotten Jim thebad news. Telfer. Let’s have a Word with you 3" Mr. Clayton turned aside and sh ook grinds. His manner betosened surprise. e had seen Teller several times before but he had made no effort to make his presence known. ‘ “ Some time since we met.” he remarked with acuiious look at his new found ac- quaintance “ Yes," rejoined Telfer with a passing peculiarity in his smile. Different surroundings, these l” ’ Clayton was evidently uneasy. And when Telfer said, ” We can be better men here. \Vho are your friends ?” he was relieved. as Tslfer had meant he should be, and named thn waiting young men with his usual ease of speech and demeanor. " “ \Ve'ro going around to the muses’ ‘ Re- treat," ’ he said. ” Come along won’t you, and see what a lot of pretty girls we have thus." This was what Telfer wanted. But he declined, giving as an excuse his friend's solitariness in the hot-e1. “ Bring him along" was the answer and forthwith, Telfer went for him. “ A deuced lot of dudes are with him,” he said to his companion “ but you know how to hold aloof from them.” “ My friend, Brown,” he introduced him us and they all went along in a crowd to the Muses’ Retreat-otherwise the tent where Memory and her ten charges held court. That was the beginning of Aphrodite Brown’s acquaintance with the “ stranger ” in her teacup. He was a handsome fellow, his drooping moustache hiding a sad mouth, his grave, solemn eyes beautiful in their gloom, his voice low and and his manner almost 01)- trusively quiet, so like a death’s head at the feast was he sometimes, the girls do- CHAPTLR VIII. “ To give pain is‘the tr runny. to make happy, the true empire of Beauty.â€"-Stcalc. “Yes I” Daffodil said, as she leaned her head on her sister Laila’s knee. “ Mr. Br wn is nice. He was so kind and thought~ f ul when the Greek Tableaux Company came to grief. The girls could not refuse his modestly made request to supply the funds necessary for their transport home. Poor creatures that we were.” . “ \Vhat wretched cheats the Claytons were 1” criticised Laila. - “ The idea of their running away with the finances. How many months did you say they owed the girls ‘1” “ Three 1” Daffodil told her dreamily. “ But it was well in a way. The girls are . far better off at home than they were travel- ling about.” “ You have got all over your dreams?” Laila asked, with a smile. -“ Yes dear l” her sister said soberly. “ And how thankfulI should be that I am here safe and Well and happy now. I do not deserve this. Had I been rewarded ac- cording to my desertsâ€"-Oh, Laila, I do not want to think of it 1” “ You have been punished a littleâ€"more indeed than you re- alize nowâ€"you have 10st .Jack 1” “ You always liked him didn’t you Laila '3” “ Yes, always. And- I think you were a very wicked girl to throwhim off as soon as you found him out. To be sure it was almost an . unpardonable sin to deceive you so but be was ready to atone and give up the life with your help.” Daffodil put her face down between her hands “ And I would not help'him ‘3” she said regretfully. “ What a. wicked \vretch I was. But still Leila, 1 never could have claring that he disconcerted them in theirloved him. I don’t think it is in me to love fun by his seriousness. “ I don't find him so awfully solemn l” Daffodil said, one day to the enquiry, “ Well, is Adonis Brown as owlish asever?” The girls laughed. It was a matter of common occurrence for Daffo"il to defend her Mr. Brown but this time there was a little reminiscence conuec ed with last night’s boating party that made her words' doubly funny to them. “ No, he wasn’t so last night was he ‘2 \Vhen he and you sat haud-in-haud in the bow of the boat.” laughed the girls. “ I deny it !” exclaimed Daffodil flushing but not angry. anyone.” g Mrs. Syriston was a widow now. A very charming one of only thirty-five‘and as she arose presently and went. into the garden to pluck a few flowers for the decoration of the tea. table. Daffodil felt that it would not be long before her fair sister would be married again, if she liked. ' j “ I can readily understand,” she inur- f mured to herself, “ how is it that Mr. Brown lingers in Pinkside. My pretty sister is a. charming woman. And he has found itlout { since he came here.” ' , f She tmk up a book near by and sought 3 to read but it fell into her lap soon and her _-___’._._._. _______,_______.__ _. ._,.. ' DAFFDDIL. her secret, so often did she remember that Jackwas happy now with Haidee. ' Mr. Brown came just as often as ever to the Syriswn cottage. And his frequent visits made Dafl'odil tease Laila most unmercifully. One day she said to him, “ Mrs. Syriston is going over to Mrs. Daycer's for a call. Why don’t you go with her? It is a very pleasant ! place to spend an afternoon. And you ought s to make her acquaintance.” Y l “ Ought I?" he said, with a. smile. “ Sup- ; pose you go with me on the lake for a sail instead. Do you remember the last time we were together on the water 2" He had taken her and Mrs. Syriston and Gracie often since he had come to Pinkside but this was the first time he had given a direct invitation to ’her alone. She went away to consult Laila about it and felt glad i when her sister said “ To be sure, you must i 0. Only behave yourself, witch,” was added. Daffodil looked a little undecided. “_Do you care if I go with him ‘2” she asked. ' “ You little goose,” Laila returned laugh- in . “Ofcourse not.” Ilaffodil went away, a little sad. It seem- ed as if Mr. Brown‘s preference for her sis- .ter was quite bona fide then. She almost believed them to be engaged. “ He will be in nice brother-iu-law l” she decided and put on her shady straw hat with her pleasure in the anticipated sail diminished more. than she would admit. They went down the road to the lake slowly. “ I think I would like to live here,” Mr. Brown remarked presently. “ I like the country. ‘ So do I?” she echoed. “ You do? I fancied you would never learn to like a quiet dull old nook likethis.” Daffodil glanced up. “I used to hate it. I hate the city now,” she told him. “And you would be content to settle down for life in such a place as this, now, would you ‘3 “ I think so. Though I can’t hope to do so. Ifâ€"if Laila should marry I would have to go into city life again, toearn my living.” “ If she should marry, yes 2 But till then lyou will stayâ€"or till you yourself find some one toâ€"” She stopped him by a. look. "‘Don’t. 1” she said, walking on ahead of him. “ No- Ibody wants me.” \Vords that she would have recalled the moment after if possible. Mr. Brown did not quicken his steps nor did he utter one word in answer. Daffodil felt that he thought her very silly and childish. “ That was a. foolish silly speech wasn’t it. Mr. Brown? But I get awfully lonesome :some timesâ€"because I have no young com- ?pany I guessâ€",Jthough to be sure, Laila is lyoungâ€"but you monopolize her so much I hardly have her to myself at all.” She finish- ed with a. little laugh which he echoed but 'with his eyes bent on the ground. .- I “Don’t let us go-on the water after all l”~ " Daffodil said on reaching the slope of green grass that led down to the beach where ; rose and fell with the waves u. bout with soil E of rose tinted canvas. “Let us sit here and ‘ “ What use is there to tease her about thoughts went wandering over past, present 3 read. I have a tiny scrap book here that I him anyway l” spoke a man’s voice behind and future. A strange sense of loneliness ifound in Mrs. Daycer’s secretary one day them. “ He is hardly to be caught by woman’s face so soon after the tragic end of his first love story. ' I will give him credit for that much stability of character.” The girls were all intensely interested. seemed happy in his company too. Shelme-n Daffodil opened her eyes too. She thought of Mr. Brown in a new light. A dangerous light it proved to be since _ “ pity is the straightest road to a. woman’s love.” It seemed Mr. Claytonhad found out that Mr. Brown had been nearly married once. “And she jiltcd him! ” the girls antici- pated as soon as he had told them. “ No l She was killed in some way or other the evening before the wedding.” by the view of Mr. Brown following Laila about from flower to flower with the assidâ€" l uity of a persistent lover. Mrs. Syristou smiled and talked with the vivacity of a young girl and Mr. Brown’s usual soberness was quite gone. ~ Daffodil went away from the window an sought her but and cloves. Then out by a. side door she stole, into a. lane that led away to the near grove of trees called “ The Resort,” the property of a. lady who was 2 now travelling in Europe. The house was an old fashioned one and l a. closed in upon her; And it was'iutenSified when I was writing at it and which I bor- i rowed to read. It is full of little scraps. of ,poetry that she has cut from old papers. ‘ Come, make yourself agreeable and read to (To an cosmsunn‘.) W The Ocean no Longer Trackless. ‘We speak of the ocean as “ tracklcss.” It . is so no longer. If two vessels sail from 2New York for Calcutta they will, if intelli- T gently navigated, follow so nearly the same course that their paths, if plotted. on a. chart, . Wlll hardly diverge by fifty miles at any The girls regarded u Adonis I: Brown after set for back in the gloom of the miniature 'point. The same is true 0f every other that with much more admiration and his sober ways did not seem unbefitting him. Daffodil found herself watching him with a very interested sympathy the next day when they were out boating in the morning sunshine. He looked up once and she looked away forest'on the edge of a. cliff that overhung ithe lake. She often wandered about this romantic old place and now she stole past the wide piazza with quick feet, to reach the nook she liked to ensconce herself in and ‘look out over the blue waters. Why ! the .owner must be home! The side windows v i route. Let us consider the case of a vessel :bouud to New York from Liverpool. Her ’captaiu might, if prepared for a. constant E battle against adverse winds and- currents 'and winter gales, select a route not very f different from that followed by ocean steam- Ecrs between those ports. Otherwise he then. n It is delightful floating along like were all open and a. breath of gathered ? would follow the southern route laid down this; “she remarked wishing the flush that warmed her face would not come so readily. Violets floated out between the curtains of cobweb lace, She drew back and would have rctraced her steps but a. woman’s voice by the sailing directory, and, after beating ito the westward a few hundred miles .to make sure of clearing the coastrof Spain, u Very," be repeated. .. I wish it could , called herâ€"“ Do not run away! I was just i would shape a course to the southward, last forever.” 5 wishing to see a. human face.” And looking passing as far west of Madeira as the wester- o v. I . ) - Their eyes met. W'hat an unaccountable up, she saw a pleasant faced woman coming . 1y “mds Of these latitudes Will permit. Le unnamable sensation passed over Daffodil. She bud felt it before and feeling it now she almost defined it. Thinking of an extract about the subtle coils of memory thatsuddeu- ly spring into motion on certain impressions connecting the pastwith the present she said “ Did you ever read any of Augusta Evan’s books? “I never read love stories, “ he answered quickly “Forgive me ”shesaidsoftly.”f did not mean to wound you." His eyes expressed a surprise that was iii- cxplicaible to her. She often caught him giving her those strange incomprehensible glances. He took up his cars now and rowed the boat far out in the middle of the dune- ing expanse of waters. “ May I say one word to you '3” he asked abruptly. She dc- tcctcd some change in the voice and won- dered once. again who he reminded her of. ” What is it?” she asked, to hear him speak again. “ Arc you perfectly happy with the Grerk Tableau): Company ‘3” “ What do you mean" she asked. “ 1 am not perfectly happyâ€"no ! But 1 do not deserve much happinessâ€"J have thrown away all my chances." Again be bout that mysterious look on her. “ But you never will like any life but that of the stage?” he said, interrogativc- l y. any life better soon. But I do not see in way c.ear to leaving the friends who have been so kind, till another season at all events. If I could, I would go to-morrow to Luihiâ€"you have heard me speak of herâ€"â€" I think she would let me come." " It would be a dull lifeâ€"” " Ah but you don’t know what I have suffered in this life. Behind the scenes is something very different to the glimpse we get before the footlights. Another thingâ€"â€" tell me, Mr. Brown, do you not think your~ self the true sphere of woman is home.” ” You asinnish me !" he exclaimed. “ You know I think so." Daffodil was surprised. How did she know it. He had never said so before. They ! _ down thebalcony steps. : “ I am a cousin of Mrs. layuor’s "‘ ex- plained the stranger. “ And have come here for the rest of the summer.” “ I am the sister of Mrs. Svriston, your nearest neighbor,” said Daffodil, going for- wnrd to clasp hands. “My name is Dayccr, Mrs. Daycer,” the lady said further and Daffodil started violent- ly. “ This is his mother,” she thought and ia wave of color dyed her face. “If I told ; her who I was she would spurn me from her. ” ‘ And when she again spoke it- was to tell Mrs. Daycer that her name was Miss Brown. In- deed she had passed under that name ever‘ since coming to Laila and when Mr. Brown had arrived on the scene too, a few weeks ago, she felt glad she had done so, as it , would have been extremely awkward to be {called something else by Lailu’s friends. 3 “Come in the house," Mrs. Dziycer said 5 leading the way. “ Come in and cheer me up. ' In the house everything was beautifully delicate and luxuiious and Daffodil took notice of how suited to her surroundings was Mrs. Duycer, a woman whose acquaintance she once little desired to make. ‘ “ You must be very happy here l” Daffodil ‘ remarked. “ Here 2" repeated Mrs. Dziyccr, looking around. “ Yes, it is very pleasant : but there is something wanting.” A Daffodil’s slightlv enquiring look brought it Yes" she said, wistfully. u I shall like . the. words “ My bdyâ€"my wanderer, whose I 'life was spoiled by a wicked girl. I wish I know where he is. He is very kind to me but if he would only stay at home.” She got up and brought it framed photo. “ This is my boy Jack 2” she said, fondly. Daffodil took it into her hands in silence. l How chill and cold the face was, on the card. 2 It was a good likeness however of the man whose life sheliad spoiled. But suddenlyi I ; she recollected. “ He is married l" she saio looking up. “Yes!" said his mother, “he is still married." “ ls his wife nice 2" ventured Daffodil. tween Madeira and the Canaries, but a few hundred miles to the westward of both, he would fan his way accrossthe bsf‘iling ‘ "calms of Cancer,” and pick up thcnortlieust trades . \Vith these astern and freslieiiing every mile, he would sweep down to the south and west, and, when well over toward the \Vest g Indies, haul up to the northward toward Ber- l mudu. Here he would have to work again i across the calms of Cancer, and then, with i the uncertain but probably westerly winds of l our Atlantic coast and with the Gulf stream in his favor, be uould stand on and make his port, having sailed 4,500 miles between {two ports less than 3,000 miles apart, but [with winds and current almost uniformly l favorable, and with fine and bracing weath- { er. .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€". Competition. In order to ascertain the views of chem- . ists throughout Great Britain as to which of {the remedies for outward application had i the largest sale and greatest popularity, 3“ The Chemist and Bragg/int” instituted a i post card competition, each dealer to name ! on u post card the preparation which had ithe largest sale and was the most popular :with customers, and the publisher received $035 of these cards, with the following re- ; sults : WWW i 1 ! i St. Jacobs Oil ...................... 334 Elliman’s Embrocation... . . . . . ....... 172, Ifolloway’s Ointment; .............. 3'2 Allcock’s Plastcrs .................. 19 low’s Liniment ................... . 7 Pain Killer ........................ . 7 Vaseline .......... . ............ . . . . 4 Cuticum .......................... . 2 Scattering ..... . .. .. ........ .. ...... 8 Total ........................ 635 Considerable difficulty Was experienced ;rccently by the Frenchmen who paid the i King of Dahomey his annual pension of ‘20,- OOOfrancs, because he could count only as “ He thinks so E” the lady said with a high as one hundred. Eventually the silver, ' world of meaning. “I wonder" thought Daffodil, “ if she were nearing shore again now however and would buy» liked me." on reaching it, the conversation became more trivial. the tent. “ Come In t" she said, giving him a sweet sou. " 1? He entered and they glanced at each other l l smile. “The girls are always glad to see; ‘ in which the pension was paid, was done up in packages of twenty five-franc pieces each, and these packages, were deliver- That afternoon's visit was the first ofaied one by one to the forty chicftaius , series between Mrs. Dnycer and heriwhom the king had summoned to see that M“ Brown grew "1"““‘b95"PPl’°3Cllt‘d nearest neighbors. Daffodil found her~ The was not swindled. Upon the delivery of i self irresistably drawn towards the occu- leach package. the chieftan who kept bOOkS pant of the Resort. and often she felt? ike going down on her knees to her andi {crying out for forgiveness for her indiffer- Ecnce, the selfishness of her life as Jack’s laid aside a shell. When forty shells had been laid aside, the bookkeeper indicated to the other Chieftains that the payment was complete, and all then affixed crosses to the in startled surprise. Something evidently {wife But as often as she wished to divulge ’ receipt presented by the French agent. flâ€"W Tm: WONDERFUL METAL. ‘ A Boat Built of Aluminum Floating on Fair lax-lows “'nters. A gentleman who has watched with inter- est the improvements and progress made within the past three or four years in the manufacture of the wonderful metal now known in the new dictionaries, as aluminum, made an interesting statement to a “ash~ ingtou Post representative: “ I have just returned from a trip to Ger- many uud Switzerland,” said he, “ and while in the latter country I witnessed a sight which was of itself sufficient to pay me for my Journey. It was nothing less than the launching of the first boat ever built of aluminum. This took place some weeks ago on Lake Zurich, a body of water which has become celebrated as a birthplace of new de- partures in ship-building. It was there that the first naphtha launch ever constructed made its maiden trip and also where the first successful electric boat was launched. But this last achievement, the successful trial of the first boat in the world ever built entire- ly of aluminum, will make Lake Zurich justly famous. This boat is not a int c af- fair. It resembles in appearance an size the small naphtha launch, and in fact, its motive power is an engine of this kind, which has an improved device whereby the flame can be maintained while the boat is not in motion. At a distance the boat has no unusual appearance. It is only on near approach and close ap- proach and close examination that a person would notice that the boat was not painted .gray, but was made of a white, shining metal. Inside every thing has this silver- white color, for even the seats, gunwales untarnishable metal. \Vhatever a polish is given the surface looks like pure silver. Not only are the ribs and plates made of aluminum, but the castings of the engine, the rudder, and even the tiller ropes are made of this wonderful metal. The entire amount of aluminum used is little less than 600 pounds, while the total weight of the boat, including the wood, iron and copper parts, is 970 pounds. The launch will hold from eight. to twelve people. One of equal size built of wood and iron would weigh from 1,460 to 1,700 pounds. The plates form- ing ,the shell of the launch are only half as thick as the iron plates used on other launches. The speed was also greater than in other boats of the same class. ‘ “ A great deal has been said and written,” continued the speaker, “ about the possibili- ties to be attained by building ships of this metal, but it seems to have fallen to the lot ‘ of several enterprising people of Switzer- land to first put one of these theories into practice. I=liope the good work will soon be continued on this side of the ocean. ' W mm, THE CHINESE CAPITAL. Ht Comprises Four Cities with n. ‘Iiillion and u llult‘ People. Peking, the capital of the Chinese empire and of the province of Cliihli on the Tung- hui river, has a population estimated at 1,500,000. It stands on an extensive sandy plain, and consists of Kin-Chin, the prohibit- ed city, containing only the palaces of the emperor and the dwellings of his immediate 'retainers ; Hwang Ching, the imperial city, with a large number of court officials ; Nui- Ching, the Tartar city, comprising twelve square miles, and \l ai~Ching. the Chinese city, with fifteen square miles of area. The Tartar city is surrounded by a wall 60 feet high and 50 feet thick, the Chinese city- by ' one 30 feet high and 25 feet thick. They are built of stone and brick and filled with earth. The suburbs include an area of twenty-five miles. . The prohibited city, two miles in circum- ference, is entered by four gates, each sur- mounted by ‘a tower. The buildings are 1 superior to any others in the empire. The l meridian gate leads to the cmperiul build-i ings, and is reserved for the emperor solely. f Five marble bridges spanning a little stream ' lead toa marble paved court and the Gate of Extensive Peace, at which the emperor! receives the homage of the courticrs on great { state days. Ascending the stairway, the 2 tranquil Palace of Heaven is reached, into; which none can enter without special royal l permission. The number of people withinl the prohibited city is small, most being . Mantchoos. I The emperial city, surrounding the pro- hibited city, has a wall twenty feet high, 1 pierced by four gates, through which no one ' can enter some by special permission. It i contains the tablets of the deceased cmpc.- ' ore and empresses and the altars of the gods. There are also the Russian college, military stores, and King-shun. the artificial moun- tain, with each of its five summits crowned by a pavilion. - The 'Jlartar city. surrounds the impeiiul' .1 city and contains the principal government oilices and the hall of science erected in 1680 Near by are the Russian Church of the As- sumption and the temple where his majesty and princess worship their ancestors on the 5 first day of every month. The city is in} control of the general of the nine gates; near whose headquarters is the high tower , in which are the immense drum and hell that E pioclaim the hour of midnight. Not far: away is the white pagoda with its obelisk 2 erected by Kiiblai Khan in the thirteenth century about which upon 103 pillars, lamps ; burn continuously in Buddha’s honor. '_ The Chinese city is the most populous, but its structures are poorly built. The- lionses are of brick. one story high, with i roofs of tiles. It contains the altars to f heaven, to winter, to agriculture, and the; pool dedicated to the spirits of the wafers, 6 where his majesty performs special supplies- ; tious whenever the country suffers from i drought. i As a. general rule clouds are about a mile 5‘ above the surface of the earth. 1 Aluminum beer mugs prevent the beer i from becoming flat for a long time. and handrails are made of this beautiful ad ~.-. “re 2 ., Real Meiiit Is the characteristic of Hood‘s Ssrsapartlla,‘ ‘ and it is manifested every day in the remade able cures this medicine accomplishes. Drug- gists say: When we sell a bottle of Hood’s Sarsaparilla to a new customer we are sure to see hiiu back In a few weeks after niore.-â€"proving that the good results lroma trial bottle wsb rant continulug its use. This positive merit Hood’s Sarsaparilla- possesses by virtue of the l‘ecullzu‘ Combinaâ€" tlon, Proportion and Process used in its pro- paration. and by which all the remedial value of the ingredients used is retained. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is thus Peculiar to Itself and absolutely un- equalled as a blood purifier, and as a tonic for bulldlngup the weak and glvlugncrvestreugtli. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all drugglsts. sl; st: for 2s. Prepared only by O. I. HOOD & 00., Apothecarlcs. Lowell. Mass. ioo Doses One Dollar _. British Columbia Timber. The Timber Trades‘ Journal has the fol- lowing reference to the specimens of timber brought home by Mr. Burall, of Wisbecli, from British Columbia: “ We have re- ceived from Mr. W. I'. Burall, of \Visbeoh, who has lately returned from British Col- umbia, a section of a iece of piling timber, honeycomhed by tore us, after being in the water two years. The timber was round wood, and the perforations are confined to the inside, the outer crust apparently not being touched. These destructive worms seem to follow the grain and thread their way along, almost bellowing out the tree. Mr. Bural, speaking of the immense growth of trees in Vancouver, says he saw timber bein cut in the saw mills 6 feet square an 118 feet in length. We have a specimen of these pines in the cargo from Puget Sound which G.F. Neame & Co. are now landing. Amongst the arri- vals in the Surrey Commercial Docks the Saratoga, from Puget Sound, has a full cargo of Oregon pine, a. wood which is rapidly growing in favor for all purposes for which great strength, durability and extra- ordinary dimensions ure esteemed. The cargo referred to will, we anticipate, add to the reputation of this timber, and as a curi- osity we may mention that it contains a. few pieces of waney board pine ill in. up to 28 in. square, and 37 ft. to 43 ft. in length. “’0 often hear of the giants of the American forests, and a sight of these enormous planks will probably assist the trade here in becoming a. little less credulous on this sub- ject than they are at presen a.” yrup Here is an incident from the'Sout. ~Mississipp1, written in April,1890, just after the Grippe had visxted that country. “I am a farmer, one of those who have to rise early and work late. At the beginning of last Winter I was on a trip to the City of Vicksburg, Miss. ,where I got well drenched in a shower of rain. I went home and was soon after seized with a dry, hacking cough. This grew worse everyeday, until I had to seek relief. I ceimultcd Dr. Dixon who has since died, and he told me to get a bottle of Boschce’s German Syrup. Meantime my cough grew worse and worse and then the Grippe came along and I caught that also very severely. My condition then compelled me to do something. I got two bottlcsof German Syrup. I began using them, and before taking much of the second bottle, I was entirely clear of the Cough that had hung to me so long, the Grippc, and all its bad efiects. I felt tip-top and have felt rahat way ever since.” Purim J. Bursts, Jr. , Cayuga, Elissa 80.. Miss. . 9 (I A Sur rise for a Yankee. P Au'Aincrican stopping at a well-known hotel in Southampton, was continually boasting about the superiority of everything in the States, and depreciating the )l‘OtlllC' ticns of Old England. The landlord at length, getting rather tired of this sort of thing, determined to be even with the man. l’roducing half a dozen fine, healthy and active crabs from Humble, be poured them into the Yanks bed, and telling his guest his bed was ready, he lighted a candle and escorted him upstairs. Upon reaching the door the landlord managed to put out the light, which of course didn’t make much difference to the American, who undressed himself and jumped in to bed. Immediate- ly hc gave a torrificycil and cried : “ Landlord ! Come here ! What are these things in my bed 1’” The landlord was outside the door, and anticipating what would follow had relit the candle, and going and looking at the bed, coolly remarked ; “ 'l‘hem's fleas; can you beat them in the States '3” a" Johnston, N. 13., March 1:, :889. “ I was troubled for thirty years with pains in my side, which increased and became very bad. I used . s-r. canons on. and it completely cured. I give it all praise." "ALL' mm 32' .mass OIL am If. MRS. lVM. RYDER. 41‘ ,. ..- . , . _ , .M. <h~~uw “Vi-turn.» M‘ .. W or“. .. ...-vâ€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"_~ .4- . mm W“ .. .... . .1 . k~....â€"-â€"â€"om.w. -......_.... rm. --..-«