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Vlll's muss. HOW INOCULATION AGAINST SMALL POX HAS AIDED MANKIND. H "1:: Disease Disappears Everywhere "accl- mlllon ls S‘rlmly Enforcedâ€"Great Loss of Life lBelhre [ls Adoption. The City Medical Health; officer has recently' gathered much valuable in- formation as to what has been the history of vaccination in various coun- tries. » . The most valuable document receiv- ed on the vaccination question is from the Imperial Health Bureau of Ber- tin. tug of the "conscience" clause, in re- gard to vaccination in England, the document has been published at a very opportune time, and is attracting much attention in Europe. ' The word: begins by showing that Junckelr, in 1796, wrote: that about four hundred thousand lives were lost yearly in Europe through smallpox, Kilug Frederick \Villiam III., of Prusâ€" sia, in a regulation of 1803 states that in that country the loss from Imlallpox was more than; forty thous- and, lives yearly Smallpox was then so much a chit- dreln's disease that in three Prussian towns with a total population of 13,- 229 ’souls in thq year 1796, when there were 1,250 cases of smallpox, it was found that of the remaining 12,079, all had alneady had smallpox except; 624 pemsons. The adult population was thus permanently protected against: smallpox. DISCOVERY OF VACCINATION. ’Ilhe inoculation of smallpox was in- troduced, but it attracted little at- tention till 1740. “Inoculation,” the document} says, “is not a discovery of the laboratory; it is a practice taken}' up from a belief of the peasantry in; various parts of the world.” It was believed that scores on the hands of milkers of cows affected with "cow pox” conferred protection against smallpox. Experiments had been made by others before Jenner. In England we have Jesty’s vaccinaâ€" tion, and in 1765 Sutton and Fewster annually made a communication to the Medic-a1 Society. But Fewster had a poor opinion of vaccination ex- periments , and in no way assisted JlClIUIlvefl‘, whom he often met. ‘ In 1781 Dr. Nash vaccinated his son, and oth- or children, but'died in 1789 without -publ:i:~lhintg« .resuts. Tlhm spread of vaccination was very rapid; in 1800 the French Govern- ment appointed a commission to in- vestigate into the matter, and the re- sult of the investigation was the ac- ceptance of vaccination. Russia ac- cepted it in the following year. - In Vienna the first vaccination was done in 1799, the year after Jenner’s pamphlet. Germany and Sweden tloplk it up at once. Vaccination very early became compulsory in some countries; in Bavaria, in 1707; Baden, 1815: VVur-temburg, 1818; and in Swed- m in 1816. Where it was not com- pulsory it was largely adopted at first. ' Eroderiok \Villiam III., of Prussia, in 1803, issued a decree requiring the authorities to active prosecution of raccination. ' DISEASE VANISHED RAPIDLY. ‘Within a few years the mortality from smallpox diminished so rapidly that the disease, as an epidemic, ap- peared to be varnishing from Europe. As an example, both of the rapid spread of vaccination and the rapid decline of smallpox, Sweden can be taken as an example. This yearly average deaths from smallpox in the country before vaccination was 191 per 100,000 of population. In a very few years the rate fell .to- the small figure of 7 in 100,000 of population. The decline of the disease in Eu- rope, after vaccination, was so rap- id indeed, that it' was said to “aston- ish the world.” ’ About‘ tury, however, smallpox increased again in certain countries, and then the question of reâ€"vaccinatiou was brought prominently before the pub- lic notice. The era of re-vaccination began at, first in the armies. The \Vurtem- bung army led the way in 1833, with the result that duriug the twenty years before the epidemic of 1870-5 not. one smallpox death occurred. The Pl‘lISEIllll army followed in 183i, and while during the five years pre- vious there hild been 370 deaths, an average of 74 a year, in the army during the thirtyâ€"five years there wore only 77 deaths, an average of only 2.2 yearly. 'l‘hu Bavarian army adopted re-vacâ€" clination in 1843, and from thence till 1870 11 1d only 6 deaths from small- pox. Vaccination made only slow progress in England comparatively, and it was not till much later that vaccination, of all recruits, was es- tablished. It took fifty years of Eng- land to enjoin. vaccination by law up- on all children. Such is the history of vaccination. .‘l‘lh-il: it is a great preventive against mallpox is admitted by medical rue-n ill over the world. p On account of the recent pass. the third decade, of this cen- . THE MYSTERIOUS CHAPTER V.â€"Con-tinued. Monteith, however, took his failure Liklelthe honest gentleman he was, and turned the conversation. Remember- ing his anxiety to solve the mystery of Ventin's death, he thought he would question his fair companion. "Did you ever know a lady in .Valevttal called Mrs. Ventin 3" he asked, as they walked slowly along in the burn- ing sum. "‘No, I never heard the name be- fore,” replied} Carmela, promptly, look- ing at him. “Of course not," thought Monteith; “it wasn’t his right name.” "Who is 51119 C?" said Carmela, carc- lessly; "that's the same name as the gentleman who died.” “She was his. wife,” replied Ron- ald. ' ‘ “Does she live at Valctta ?" asked l Miss Cotoner. _ i "I think so." 7 l “Strange I never met her.” “She was married to my friend sev- en years ago.” “Oh!” said Miss Cotolner with a, Islight start; "no, Inever heard of. 'her, Mr. Monteith." They were strolling along the A1-. armada by this time, and the Grand lPromenade of Gibraltar was crowded, Many an admiring glance was directed at the pretty girl Roland was es- corting; and one young officer was heard to declare that "That dank girl was deuced good style you know." On the Alameda they met Mrs. lPellypop, and‘the ever-lively Pat [along with Miss Lester, and the . whole pa'rty were'tired 33nd dusty with eight-seeing. Mrs. Pellypop, in fact, fwas rather cross, but triumphant, as she had secured a number of bargains, jthlough, truth, to tell, she had paid dearly for her purchases. She was not at all pleased at seeing Ronald escorting Carmela, and observed, with some asperity, that it was time to lreturn to the ship. Everyone being weary agreed, and they went down the steep street out of the gate, and Pat ran to get a boat. a While thus waiting, the Marchese Vassalla came up and addressed himself with some anger to Miss Cotoner. l “I [did not-get on shore till you left, and have been Looking for you all, day; you ought to have waited for me to escort you."’ ' “Thank you," replied his cousin, languidly; "Mr. Monbeith' has been kind enough to relieve you of your duties." The look Vassalla cast on Roland was not, by any means, a pleasant one. CHAPTER VI. Mrs. Pellypop was an epitome of all that was good; a happy mixture of Hannah More and Florence Nightin- gale, with just a slight flavor of Mrs. Candler to add piquanoy to her character. She was an excellent housekeeper, a devout Christian, ri- gorous in all her social duties, a faith- ful wifeâ€"and yet, the late Mr. Pel- lypop must have been glad when he died. She was too overpowerineg virtuous, and wherever she Went showed herself such a shining example of all that was excellent, that she made everyone's con-duct, however proper it might be, loo‘k black be- Sidguher own. The fact is, people do not] like playing second! fiddle, and as Mrs. Pellypop always insisted on lead- ing the social orchestra, her room' ,It requires an enormous amount of; vitality to withstand the weakeningf and trying effects of the withering summer weather, to overcome the lan- l guid, rwornout feelings, and to fight; off the fevers and dreadful fatal dis-i eases which are especially prevalent in the summer time, and 'ever ready to attack those in a low state of health! There is nothing so trying on the system, as the'hot, summer weather, and none who Suffer more from the heat than the woman with the cares of a family on her hands, requiringI work in the hot kitchen and over the stove. Many a wornout, despondent woman who could scarcely drag herâ€" self about the house has been restorâ€" ed to health and strength by the use of Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food, pills, the great blood builder and nerve restor- ativa. Mrs. D. W. Cransbcrry, 168 Rich- mond St. West, Toronto, Ont., states: -â€"-‘“ My daughter got completely run down ‘in health. Her nerves were sci exhausted and she was so weak and[ debilitated that She had to give up i . South America, .pi , ON THE 3.3. NEPTllNE * CRIME H was megardcd as better than her comâ€" pany. Her father had been a clergyman, and when she married Mr. Pellypop, who was in the wine trade, and came out to Melbourne to settle, she nev- er lost an opportunity of acquaint- inlgf'people with the fact. Mr. Pelly- pop died from an overdose 6f respect- ability, and left his widow fairly well off; so she declined to marry againâ€"â€" not having any chance of doing soâ€" and devoted herself to the education cf her only daughter, Elizabeth, whdm lshe nea‘rly succeeded in making as objectionany genteel as herself. Elizabeth was good, gentle, and meek, and as Mrs. Pellypap wanted a son- in-law "of a similar nature, _shle mar- ried Elizabeth to the Rev. Charles Mango, who was then a humble- cur- atevin Melbourne. After marriage, the Rev. Charles turn-ed, out to have a will of his own, and refused to let 'Mrs. Pellypop man- age his household as she wished to do. = Indeed, when he was created Bishop of Patagonia for his book on "Missiom ary hfistakels,” he went off with his meek Little wife, to his diocese- in and absolutely re- fused to let his upright mother-in- law accompany him. So Mrs. Pelly- pop, made a virtue of necessity, and stayed behind in Melbourne;- talked; scandal with her small' circle of friends, bragged about her sonâ€"in- law the Bishop, gave tracts to the poor, which they did not want, and, refused them money, which they did and in short, led, as she thought, a. useful, Christian life. Other people said she was m-eddlcsome, but then we all have our. enemies, and if the rest of her sex could not be as noble and virtuous as Mrs. Pellypop, “’th it was their own fault. At Last she heard that the Bishop and his wife had gone to England to see that worthy prelate’s parents, so ers. Pellypop sold all her carefully preserved furniture, gave up her house, and toolk her! passage on board the “Neptune” in order to see her dear children before they went back to the wilds of South America. board the ship she asserted her auâ€" tihority at once, and became a kind of female Alexander Selkirk, mon- arch of all she surveyed. Two or three ladies did indeed attempt afeeble re- sistance, but Ma's. P-ellypop made a good fight for it, and soon reduced them to submission. Herr freezing glance, like that of Medusa, turned everyone into stone, and though the young folk talked flippantly enough about her behind her back, they were quiet enough under the mastery of hetreye. When the ship left Gibraltar, late in the afternoon, Mfrs. Pellypop was not pleased, and sat in her decrkchair steadily knitting, and frowned at the; grand mass of the Ape's Head on the African coast as if that moun- tain! had seriously displeased her. She was (annoyed with the conduct of Miss Cotoner who took an independent stand and refused to be dictated to by Mrs. Pellypop or anyone else; so the good lady, anxious to guide the young and impulsive girl, and find out all about :her, determined tospeak to her and subjugate her, if possible. Soishe sat in) her chair knitting away like one of the Fates, and pondering over her plain of action, for Mrs. Pellypop never did anything in a work entirely and was almost a victim of nervous prostration. "Hearing of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food 115, she began to use it and was bene- fited from the very first. It proved an excellent remedy in restoring her to health and strength. After having used four boxesshe 53 now at work again, healthy and happy, and attri- butes her recovery to the use of Dr.. Chase’s Nerve Food, pills.” As "a summer medicine to revitalize. ithe brain, the spinal cord, the nerves, has one (1 land through them the entire human body, Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food is un- rivalled and unapproached. It in- creases the number of red corpuscles Harlow in the blood, creates new nerve force and entirely overcomes t languid and worn out feelings of sum- mer. Disease can find no foothold when the blood {is kept pure and rich and the nerves strong by using this great restorative. Dr. Chase’s Nerve cents a box, at all dea post paid on receipt Edmanson, Bates &. Food, pills, 50 lers or by' mail of price, 00., Toronto. Onl he wretched t hurry, ' and always marsh‘alled her I forces beforehand. Carmela, with the Marchese on one side and Roland on the otherâ€"both of which gentlemen Were exchanging scowls of hateâ€"was looking at the romantic coast of Spain as steamed through the Straits. The rolling, green meadowsâ€"undulating“ like the waves of the sea, with the glint of yellow sunlight on them made a charming picture, and, turn- ing to the other side, she could see the granite peaks of the Ape’s Head, with wreaths * of feathery clouds round it, and, a little farther back,- the white houses ofCeuta. Add to this charming view, a bright sky, :3. fresh breeze, which made the white sails belly out before it, and two de- lightful young men to; talk to, it was ,little ‘to be wondered at that Carnela ' felt happy. So these are the Pillars. of Her- cules ‘3” she said, Looking from one side of the strait to the other. "Yes," answered her cousin, “so the Greeks said. I don’t think much of Hercules as an architectâ€"do you ?" , "indeed I do," replied Carmel tlhusiastically; “what can be grander than Gibraltar and the Ape's Head ?" "They are not exactly alike,” said lRonald, looking at Vassalla, "and the Marchese likes consistency." "Of course. I do," reverted Vassal- lay with an angry flush on his cheek, “especially in women,” with a signi- ficant dock at his cousin. "Then any dea-r Matteo, you are sure to be disappointed,” retorted Miss Cote/nor, calmly, "for you’ll never get :1, en- xitâ€"the age of miracles is past, my friend.” Ronald laughed, and was rewarded lby a scowl from the 'Marchese, and then Carmela. tired of keeping peace l'betweenl these hot-headed young men, [went off to talk to Mrs. Pellypop. I lVithiont doubt, there would have been' i high words betWeen the rivals had not message that the captain'wanted to lsee him. So Ronald retreated, leav- ling Vassalla in possession of the field, and the Marczllese, seeing there l was no chance of talking to Carmela, lwent off to so-la l cigarette. Meanwhile, Mrs. Pellypop received armlela with an affectatic-n of friend- ce himself with, a i C skinless and proceeded to question her ginl a Machiavellian manner. i “ What a pretty place Valetta is," said the matron, dropping her knitting ,and rjubbing her plump white hands; x"I suppose you know it very Well ll" "I ought to,” answered the girl, laughing; " I’ve lived there nearly all my life.” “ Yet you speak English well,” said lMrs. Pellypop sceptically.. “Yes, there are so many English people in Malta; and, besides, my mother ‘was English.” " Oh,” thought Mrs. Pellypop, notic~ ing the use of the past tense, " her mother is dead.” “So you are going l'h‘ome to your mother’s peOple, Isup- ' pose ?” she asked aloud. . carelessly. preshll'ne f” “No, at Marlow on the Thames.” “‘ Oh l” said Mrs Pellypop, sitting up son-in-law. He's the Bishop of Pata- believe they are well known.” i I believe.” fly: " The parents of a bishop should savored of the peasantry.” relative '1” she asked, coldly, her knlitting. “ Slir Mark Trevnr." .. “Indeed,” said Mrs. Pelly pressed with the fact that the young lady was connected with a baronet. “It’s a Cornish name, is it not ?” "I believe so. He has estates taking up in Cornwall; but also has a house on the Thames, where he stays for the swimmer." “Oh! a bachelor’s place I preâ€" sume ?” said Mrs. Pell " Not exactly; ypop, artfully. he’s a widower, and au’ghter nearly as old as I they a. stewart come up to Ronald with a‘ " May I inquire the name of your dm he mentlon any names ?" should like you to know the bisha op.” Carmela laughed as she went (1me : stairs. ’ “ She‘s quite pleased with me'now,' she said, gaily; " and all because I have a cousin who is a baronet. Heav‘ lens, how amusing these people are l" .Mrs. Pellypop was pleased with Miss Cotoner; and what she had termed forward conduct befor, she now called eccentricity. This young. lady had aristocratic relatives, which relatives lived near the place to which Mrs. Pellypop .was going, So . the worthy matron, who had a, slight spice of worldliness, resolved to cul- ‘ tivate the girl from Malta as adesir- able acquaintance. " She needs a 'mloth‘er’s care," thought good Mrs. Pellypop, “so I mnlst try and look after her.” \Vhat would Mrs. Pellypop’s conduct have been had Carmela told her that ' her cousin was a butcher? Just the same of colurse; for how could a good woman attach any (importance to such I idle things as rank and wealth ? Meanwhile Ronald was in the cap- tain’s cabin, talking over the myster- ious crime which had taken place on board the “Neptlune,” and both of I them were in considerable doubt how i to proceed. , " I want the affair cleared up,” said Templeton, “ if only for the credit of the ship; it Won’t encourage people to travel with us if they think there’s a chance of being murdered on board." " ‘he difficulty is how to start," replied Ronald, thoughtfully; “ you ' se there :is absolutely no clue to fol» low." . "Precisely anSWeI‘ed the Captain lleaning fgrward, " let one state the ,case. A gentleman comes on board lat Melbourne, and conducts himself 1 in a rational and sane manner, which :puts the idea of suicide quite out of | the ’qluest-ionâ€"just before we arrive I ,at Malta he is restless and uneasy, ,and tells you the story? of. his life, ' which affords strong grounds for sus- lpdcion that his wife wanted to kill I’ himâ€"he goes on shore, spies his wife, l and returns at once on boardâ€"he goes to bed before the ship sails, and the ‘deck is crowded with all sorts and l conditions of people, such a crowd that there is absolutely no chance of know- ,ing any of them; He is found dead t, next morning, with an Italian stiletto ' in his breast, a weapon which a Malt- ese woluld probably use [in preference to a knife. There (is no evidence to Show that anyone was seen near the cabin. Now ydnr theory is that his I'wife came on board before the ship I sailed, k'lled him, and escaped 0n shore in the confusion ll” ' _“ Yes; that is my theory, but only founded on the story he told me.” “ Very good! We then find he told you that Ventin was not his real name. I search his boxes and papers, and find no other name b’ut Lionel Ventin, and yet he distinctly denied that that was his proper name ?” “ He didâ€"distinctly.” _ "I place all the facts and evidence in the hands of the authorities at Gib- ,, Just on a visit,” replied Carmela, raltar, and they are equally mystified with ourselvesâ€"they suggest that it 1 “Indeed, they five In London, I mllght have been a lascar or a stew- ‘ard.” f“Impossiblel there was no motive: "No robbery, certainly,” answared suddenly, "is that so? I am going Templeton, “but do thlinkithere could down them myself on a visit to my have'been “Dy Other momve I!" " How could there? With the excep- gonia’ my dear, and his parents live tron of myself, he was very reservec . _ ' A n near hIarlmv. Mango is the name. I w/lth everyone else on board' " Then we dismiss the- steward ant .. Yes; I,ve heard of them,” said lascar theories; it must have been thl Carmela, cordially. “ A dear old couple “’ife' NOW I have Stated the “‘5‘” how do you propose to unravel th: Ml‘s- P81131361), drew herself up stif~ myStery W “ Ask ’me something easi-rz,” repliet never be called 'a dear old couple ;' it Ronald With 8‘ langh' ' ‘Thi‘nk againâ€"he told you his story “ One; Elsie Macgregor.” " Good; now do you see a clue ?” " Ah 1” Ronald thought a momentâ€" pop’ ;m_ "yes, Isee what you mean, if Ventin were divorced, Elsie Macgregor must have been joined as c0~respondent.’ To be Continued. *â€" »©Wmo 6' Oh the Farm. g, reams». warns/3:; «ti-l. \VHY FO‘VLS DO NOT PAY. There is no line of work on the fa H: MD, and they are going to meet me in that. will not give a more steady and London, for the summer.” "Then I shall probably here,” said V'Mrs. Pellypop, ‘ ‘It’s not unllikely,” re rising. "Good-bye, for see cordially. the present, and then we intend to go to satisfactory income than the work of the industrious hen, provided she is you looked after" as she should be. The first reason why hens are run p1ied Carmela, paying is lack of knowledge as lo how best to handle them. Raising and Mrs. Pellypop, I’m going to lie down caring for poultry has to be learned for an ho,'ur before dinner.” "Good-bye, my dear,” said'the ma- mined just Off-hand from tron, resuming her knitting. “I hope it is in any other the Thames, 1y every one thinks they can raise I shall 'meet you on Success is not at- any more than line of words. Nearâ€" l-‘rke anything else.