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I nemramennl °00. OE CE O nat e 2k Columbus. third aubmitted the 19,000 words_of Francors Coppes‘s narel of "Henâ€" ristfa," Written on the back of a cabinent In 1603, Queen Elizabeth, lass monarch &f the Tudor line, was approsching her ventioth year, and till lately had still EEM to the voice of futtery as if she yet in the glory of her youth, But Jature had begun to give hor stern warnâ€" ings, and the failing of her strength brought dnrnulnoh&y. At one time she affected an unnatural gaiety ; at another whe withdrew into solitudg, and was often found in tears. She was weighed down by & uu::l'lulln of complaints, and her mind was ighted by strange spectres. For A mysterious affair, in which there are .nugfi:sa-:ionn of more than onemurder havâ€" ing beenâ€"committed under peculiar ciroumâ€" mtances, is exciting much attention in Belgium. _ A tew days ago a gentleman be: longing to one of tKe leading families of Louvain, died suddenly, and was in due course buried in the family vault at the Lubbeck Cemetery. The newspapers re porting ‘the matter give the name of the deceased as Monsieur A. â€" On Thurday last a number of the chief law officers of Antâ€" werp arrived at Louvain, and immediately proceeded®to the cemetery, where the body was at once exhumed, the stomach and inâ€" testines being handed over to chemical experts tor examination. i This unexpected intervention of the law caused a great sensation at Louvain and Antwerp, which has now been increased by an exhumation carried out by the authorities at Ghent, especially as it is stated that there is direct conmection between the two cases. . Last Monday the body of one of the largest mianufacturers of Ghent, who had been dead for over a year, was exhumed from the parish cemetery, in order that the viscera might be submitted for examination to chemical analyste, . The deceased, whose rame is given as Monsieur K., died very suddenly while on a visit to Antwerp. The Only Preparation For Defeat rnyou. At length tha{" persuadedher to isten® to a prayer by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and when. he had once begun she appesred unwilling to lot him leave off; haifâ€"hour after balfâ€"hour.she kept the priâ€" mate on his knees. She then sunk into a state of insensibility, and died at three olclock in the morning of the 24th of March, ‘Three hours laterâ€"that is, at six in the morningâ€"Cecil, the Lord Keeper, and the Lord Admiral were with the Counâ€" oil in London (the Queen had died at Richâ€" mond), and it was resolved to proclaim ihmu VI of Scotland James I. of Engâ€" and. There are some men who have what is known as "grit." They have the force within themselves which conquers, A weak and puny body, containing a strong and masterful will, can couquer a dozen strong men who vacillate. Take the case of General Taylor in the %lelican war. He fought the battle of uena Vista with only 5,000 men, although be was attacked by 25,0( 0, under the leadâ€" . ‘ship of Santa Anna, who was the greatest vlitary ~leader the Mexicans have ever kaown, _ SantaAnna went to the battle of Buena Vista with the avowed purpose of exterminating the entire ariny of the United States, and there was no doubt in the mind of Sunta Anna that this great feat could be accomplished with comparative ease, General Taylor, with his 5,000 men, pre: pared for the unequal contest, and not only defended himself successfully, but won a substantial victory from his aggressive anâ€" tagonist« and drove them from the battle field of Buena Vista. Some time after the battle was fought and the Mexican war concluded, General Taylor was criticised for having made no preparations for the retreat of his army in the event of defeat. General Taylor promptly replied ; ‘"I made evéry preparation necessary for the battle of Buena Vista. I wrote my will, and so did nearly every man in my army, If we had not won that battle, we wouid have needed no Jines of retreat. It was, rom our standpoint, victory or annihilaâ€" Ttion.~ The only/preparation necessary for the contingency of defeat on the battle field of Buepa Vista was that all of us should write our wills." *‘ No, mo ; there are spirite there that trouble me," and added, *‘ If you were in the habit of seeing such things in your bed as I do in mine, you would notpersuade me to go there." "The Queen," says‘ Lady Southwell, * kept her bed filteen days, beâ€" sides the three days she sat upon m stool, and one day, when, being pulled up by force, she ogfliuuoly -zoos upon her feet for fiftgen hours, " What a scene was the deathâ€"bed of this etraordinary woman ! Surely nothing was ever more melancholy and terrible in its mixture of mental decay, dark remorse, and stubborn, indomitable hardiness ‘and selfâ€"will, _ At the same time around her bed were men urging her to take broth, to name her successor, and to hear m Training School for Cheese and Butter Makers to be Established in New Brunâ€" awick. . An Orttawa despatch says :â€"A rapid exâ€" tension has beeni made in the manufacture of cheese and butter in factories in the maâ€" ritime provinces during the past two years, and a large number of new factories are being erected at present. To meet the needs of the dairymen in those provinces the Dominion dairy station at Sussex, N. B., is to be used as a dairy school, A course of practical instruction in cheeseâ€"making and the testing of milk .will be commenced at once, ..mi8 be continued for two weeks. Cheeseâ€"makers who have worked at the business for one season or more will be acâ€" cepted as pupils free of charge. . Those who pass a satisfactory examination at the close of the tours@ will rebeive certificates. ‘ . It was first intended to commence the dairy sshool at the dairy station at Nappan, N.S., but as a sufficient supply of milk for cheeseâ€" A Paris paper lately offered a prize for the best specimen of miscroscopic hand writing. 1{: winner of the prize was a man 'io had copied ont in fuil on a postal card the contents of the first two pages of a ym. Another candidatesingeni nu‘nking will not be available there in April it was decided to begin at Sussex, N. B. A school for butter makers will be provided, to begin early in May at the Nappan dairy station. f photograph, Close Merchant : ‘‘Yes, sir, I want a new bookâ€"keeper ; but you won‘t do." Applicant . . ‘"May I ask why ?" Close Merchant : ‘‘You are as bald as a billar4â€"ball, sir, A man with no hair to wipe his pen on will russ out a whole box every week," x: + Sometimes the crop from an aore of orarige trees in New Zealand amounts to $1,000. "Contentment ter be r‘aly inj‘yble," ‘mid Uncle Eben, *‘ hez ter be earned by »a‘hd wo‘hk. Elsen ‘tain‘ nuffin‘ but jes‘ Jlain laziness." Visitor. â€""I suppose . th wures of ancestors you hav Mra. Smithâ€"*"Mercy amke Smiths, and every one of ‘« Last Moments of Queen Elizabeth. A Murder Mystery in Belgium DAIRYING DOWN EAST. He Swears by It suppose these are all picâ€" ors you have hanging here ?" Mercy swkes, no ; them‘s all In youth Mrs. Voce had been nurse in a good family, and she was supposed to be learned .about the manners and customs of her superiors, She had given Ruth many & | lecture on the subject of climbing gates and fences in éarlier days, . but the child had loved ber in spite of what Philip Bryant called * Sally‘s frumpishness." Ruth often paid the old woman a visit, though she lived at some distance. from â€" Appledore. !Their relations had not, however, been so | cordial stace Mrs. Voce took upon herself that lecture respecting Mr. Bevington. Ruth reme nberedp it as she walked along the highâ€"road that led to Little Marshâ€" field. On either side the hedges were ‘ powdered _ with _ green, . and ._among | the . trees bebind the hedge ‘on (the right the larches were covered‘ with ‘ex‘quisiie pinkâ€"tipped tassels of greenery. I The birds chirped in an uneasy excitement; they evidently expected storm. The hedge | bank was gemmed with blue and white and | yellow, with here and there a tuft of rosy ragged tobin peeping out among the quieter !flowera. Atone point the road was quite fragrent, and Ruth stcooped down to gather ‘ a bunch of violets for her old uurse. The morning was full of mist. ‘The sky was hidden by gray cloud masses, and these hung so low that rain seemed to be inevitâ€" able. Ruth was accustomed to disregard weather. . She had gone daily to her grandâ€" father‘s cottage, through many a storm of bail and rain and snow ; and she started this morning without hesitation, though she taok an umbrelia by way of protection. Her father‘s confession had troubled her, not on account of the loss of her little forâ€" tune, but because she was so perfectly exact in her own dealings that she could not realize that her father should have done this wrong. s Pone : + ‘"He meant to replace it," she argued. But she_could not at once reconcile herself to the fact, and that nightâ€"she had slept very little. Her father had finished bruE- fast before she appeared." He gave her a hasty kiss and went out, â€" Ruth felt restless; she could not settle to anything. It seemed to her that the mere sending away of oke servant would not be a very large economy, and yet she shrank from turning herself into & servantâ€"more, perbaps, than she would have done before she loved Mr. Bevâ€" ington. _ He had kissed her hands, and had toid her they were ‘‘white and lovely." She did not want to spoil them, bat she‘must do somgthing to heip her father, She thought she might try to teach. She had been so well taught that she could, perâ€" haps, teach others. This last idea â€"came while she sat at breakfast,and it heiped her to be definite, . She rose from table bent on m visit to Sally Voce, _ _ Atlast the.dull, straight highâ€"road ended. A few straggling cottages appeared on both sides of the way, and then came a couple of aletiouses nearly facing one another, the "Pig and Whistle" on one creaking signâ€" board and ‘‘Saint George and the Dragon" on the otherâ€"advance guards to the enâ€" trance of the village, * x Ruth turned into a gap between the cotâ€" tages on the right, and soon reached a nar« row path besidea dashing little streanm. The brook camehurrying from a mill farther on,and divided about a score of picturesque cottages, each isolated in its own garden and shaded in summerâ€"time by fruit trees, which already gaveafair promiseof blossom. Some of these cottages faced the little stream, others were sep at right angles to it ; and for the benefit of the inhabitants on the left side of the brook, who could not otherwise have reached the village, a small footbridge was placed across the shining pebble-bottommfwm.er. Ruth crossed this bridge just after she had passed the little chapel. Mr. Bryant sometimes said that this chapel was Mrs. Voce‘s chief attraction in the village, and that the minister of the said chapebbad.a comfortable time in winter by Sally‘s fire« side. An opening in the hedge, already leafy in this &heltered spot, showed Sally herself sitting out in front of her cottage, knitting as diligently as a German hausâ€" frau. gha‘looked rosy and _ healthy. . Her clean muslin cap was tied under her double chin by green cap strings; her lilac cotten gown ahd mapron were of one pattern, though plainly the apron was the younger â€"it was so much fuller of color than the gown was. As she sat leaning back in her highâ€"backed rushâ€"bottomed chair, her neatâ€" lyâ€"shod feet showed blue woollen stockings of her own knittingâ€"goodâ€"sized, sensibleâ€" looking feetrand ankles, suited to her tall, stout figure. : __Mrs. Voce looked sharply at Ruth and wmmu her lap. ; one and some !Il!oi -nmlor.' g!e flE«E her amall blne eyes at her companion, while her pink, plump cheeks quivered with curionity. Sally rose up at the sound of footsteps, and peeret curiously forward. "Eh, Miss Ruth®"‘ She smiledatthe sight of her visitor; she was vory buxomâ€"lookâ€" ing. "I didn‘t think to see you this mistyâ€" moisty morning, as you used to call it when ou was little. How are you, miss, and Kuw’n Mr. Bryant ®" "How are you *" Ruth said. _ ‘"You look as well as possible, in spite of the mist. I did not fancy you would sit outside such a morning, though," * ‘‘I must have the air, miss. If your poor grandfather would have tookK advice from me and had taken the air, instead of sitting in that stuffy library he thought so much of trom mnrilin'q till night still be here." She had pushed her chair toward Miss Bryant and then, seeing that Ruth did not accept it, she went on, * Will you walk inâ€" side, miss * It vas an ordinary oneâ€"storied cottage, with a neat pariour in front and a kitchen behind ; but Mrs. Voce had persuaded her landlord to add a shed at the back of the kitchen, which greatly increased her comâ€" fort. The walls of her parlor were papered, and an old bureau in one corner on which stoo ! bite of old china, a few chairs quaint enough to be covated by a collector, gave a certain diatinction to the room. Mrs. Voce drew forward an easyâ€"chair it would be. | It was so difficult to announce her intenâ€" tion without seeming to blame her father. Mre. Voce waited a‘few minutes, then she said : Have you seen Mr. Clifford lately, Miss Ruth!" Mrs. Voce drew forward an easyâ€"chair which had once belonged to Mr. Stokesay, and which the farmer had given her ; but when Ruth had seated herself she did not find it so eary to speak as she had thoughs want to ask you tell me illyrm kn ments. 1 mean ions." YOL IV; The APPLEDORE PARM. uth? " raised her eyebrows in wonder, Mr. was so very far from her thoughts. I have not seen him. 1 believe he CHAPTER VI 1 Mr. Clifford, Sally ; I something. I want you to ow how people get engageâ€" as governdsses or companâ€" it‘s my belief he‘d 1 he wonld would let At first sight Mre. Voce looked unintellâ€" igentâ€"a smoothâ€"faced, easyâ€"going womanâ€" but a closer reading showed a parsimonious and persevering mouth and a determined chin, that mntc?xad better with Sally‘s sharp tongue than her placid, confortable general aspect did, She was, like many other women, full of eontrndictio&l. She grudâ€" ged the Bayment of an exffa sixpence to any one she employed, and to a begging tramp of, â€"whom she knew nothing she would be generous in the way of food and clothing, _ Her husband had died years ago, so . bad her only child. He had left a young wife, with an infant and very little to live on : and when anyone taxed Mrs. Voce with sting‘nesss he excused it by sayâ€" ing that she was "raving for little (ieo&ze._" She thought the old woman had found ont her engagement to Mr. Bevington, and she was determined to silence her. Sally gave her a glance of compassion, (*You poor lamb ! there is no one left to tell you but me, and I must take the chance of making you angry. You think maybe that it‘s failure of crbps, and losses of stock, and whatâ€"not that hgte brought this trou: ble ; it ain‘t h eP Recop x stoek, Miss Ruth ; ‘tis sonfething ‘tis betâ€" ting and neglect df busine®pctb«t‘s what ‘tis. But Lor‘! How should ‘ou know * But there‘s â€"those\as knows yodur father well, and ‘as seen hilp at all therages round. You‘ve only got to ask," she sgitl in answer to the girl‘s look of scoritfu nbelie; * Hold your tongue !" Ruth said steraly. 4* You have no right to talk in this way, or even to listen to tales against my father;" she paused and tried to quict herself, she felt so vehemently angry. Presently she said, as.if the talk had not taken this new departure, "I shall beâ€"glad if you can tell m the best way to go to work to hear of any employment. Iam shy of answering an. advertisement, for I have so little opportunity of making inquiries about poople." . i **I want to know the best way," Ruth @nswered. ** We are not so well off as we used to be, Sally ; and if I were to leave home and earn my own living I fancy one maid would be enough at Appledore." _ _ C Mre, Voce sat with blinking eyes and parted lips a minvteror two. without anâ€" uwe‘ring ; then she said slowly :. ‘*I‘m sorry to hear such news, Miss Ruth: but I‘m not & mossel surprised. . Who could be surprised as knew the goings on there‘s been since ~poor Miss Kitty and your grandpa was took to a better place?*" Mrs. Voce had reddened at the girl‘s rebuke, and she still felt sore and sulky. She did not, however, wish to confess her ignorance ; for she was aware that a good deal of her influence over others depended on her assumption of universal knowledge. ** You‘ll excuse me, Miss Ruth, but .what can any one like you want to know for,if I may asic?" â€" Ruth had hoped to escape this question. Now it was put, she looked hard at the old woman. Ruth held up her head, and her eyes brightened with anger. & **‘What do you mean, Sally? What has been going on ? f se . *‘Tain‘t, to mythinking, a good plan atall for you to go far awayâ€"from home and leave your poor gat,her to go to worse rack and ruin. â€" No, iniss, you might go awayâ€"if you chose, and yet be quite near to him if you pleasedâ€"nearer to every one who cares for you, Yes, miss, there‘s one as loves the very ground you walksâ€"on, one as would beâ€" glad to care for you altogether if so be as you‘d det him." .‘ i * Ah ! you know who I mean," she said, blinking at the girl, who had turned a little away to avoid her companion‘s scruâ€" tiny ; ‘*you‘ve guessed right. _ Who could I mean but Mr. Clifford ?" $ Ruth rose hastily from her chair, ‘*You are dreaming," she said ; and sho laughed. * Mr. Clifford and I are good friends, but we never wish to ba anything more to one another.," A sudden rush of consciousness dyed the girl‘s face and throat and ears even a deepér hue than Sally‘s. It was plain to her that the old woman was alludingto Mr. Bevingâ€" ton, "I do not understand," she said gently. The change in her tone puzz]ef Mrs. Â¥oce. She had not yet forgiven Ruth for what she considerod her daring, but this seeming meekness mollined her. . ‘*Speak for yourself, miss," the old voice said, with extra sharpness ; "I know better nor that« â€" Why, Mr. Clifford‘s cared for you ever since you was a child of twelve or so, and he would have said so, I tancy, if that London lad hadn‘t come in the way." â€" She gave a keen look at Ruth, but the girl appeared to be unmoved, * Bless you, child! I knows .the signs. Nomeâ€" times when I‘ve been looking out of the window at your grandpa‘s I‘ve seen you go out of the gate and meet Mr. CIitTor:qI. Maybe you‘d give him allittle nod and you‘d pass on, but not he. Hoe‘d turn his horse and he‘d stay there, fixed like a" post, aâ€" staring after you till the last bit of your skirts was hid by the turn of the road. Look here, Miss Ruth, Mr. Clifford can help your papr much better than: you can help him, and he knows the way, I bet! Do listen, miss"â€"the girl had turned away and was moving to the doorâ€"*"Mr. Clifford has a beautifal house ‘in Purley, and I‘m told by them as has seen herâ€"for the poor lady‘sa crippleâ€"that his sister dresses in silksand the best of everything. Then he‘s so good. _ It was all along of he that my landlord built the woodshed . back o‘this. He‘s a regular good sortâ€"that be is ! . And he‘s got aâ€"pleaty to be good with." Sally pansed, completely out of breath ; for she could gabble when meed hurried her words, and she had sadly feared that Ruth would leave the cottage without listening She went out of the cottage and hurried on, not by the way sh6 had come, for she know several of the cottagers, and she was not in a mood to chat with them toâ€"day. to her ealogy. But Ruth waited, because she had something morte to say . "I hope, Saily, that you have not told any one else what you said just now about my father. If you did such a thing I would never speak to you;gain. Now, goodâ€"by, and forget that yof ever repeated such a falsehood know several of the cottagers, and.she was | _ He loved not in a mood to chat with them toâ€"day. | _ She loved She went farther up the brookâ€"bordered | _ They love lane, and then took a turning that opened But her on the right, with an ancient wall on one | young man side and a barn on the other. . The side of | _ The time this barn exhibited an elaborate amount of | ask the fai patchwork, the one part consisting of horiâ€" | feared to go zontal planks interrupted hy a series| He held of halâ€"timbered | brickâ€"work, . while on | loved. to this were patched short . planks, He told h going all wiys. There was a good , father. deal of varied color in the way of| _ " George, greens and lovely grays on this woodâ€"work, | whisper, * 1 but nome to bear comparison with the rich, ©* A millic warm glow on the mossâ€"grown thatch | ed prondly. above. â€" Her face i Tuo amail figures, with 44â€" Thenâ€"ye courvesies, barred Ruth‘s way as she passed | said with # W‘n‘ym-'l!q- â€"mâ€""fifi ie m‘ynn , and the other a brown frookâ€"andâ€" a yellow sath ; both bad their mottled arms h{l of bread. * & wWESTON. ONT. THURSDAY. APRIL 19. 1894 AND COUNTY OF,YORK HERALD. | 1 was on my way to Appledore," he | said in an indifferent tone ‘shall I find "your father in, do you think *" [ Ruth looked at him as she answered, and l his calm, set face aud the coldness of his \steady gray eyes reassured her. It was | evident that Sally Voce had spoken as she wiâ€"hed, just because the old woman had | taken a dislike to Mr. Bevington. * My father is sure to be in at dinnerâ€" | time ; won‘t you stay and dine ? Then you | are sure to see him." ‘Ruth nodded, and then she wondered whether the father of these had money to pay for the bread they were carryin home, or whether tike herself, they \'oulfi go on eating and drinking in :!norunoo vill the day of reckoning came, and they found that every crust they ate was at the expense of strangers, . She had by this time come out again into the highâ€"road. beyond the village, and she hurried homeward, fu anxious thought) It certainly seemed ¢ ly to leave her father when he was ouble; but i{ she stayed what could she do té help him? If sho went away she could eard her own living, td perhaps more than she needed for herself; and she thou%lht it would"be very sweet to be able to help her father ever so little. A sudden thought of her lover disturbed her. He would not like her to work for money, she was sure he would not ; and then though Ruth was not a dayâ€"dreamer, she had aâ€"sudden vision of walking out in London, if she went there, and. meeting him. A rush of sweetness chaséd all the trouble fromther mind. She walked on, picturing this meeting with her lover. ; A horge‘s tread on the road â€"as its rider came up a side turning, the horse reined up at her side, while the rider‘s " Goodâ€" day, Miss Bryant," made her look round and shakg hands with Mr. Clifford as he bent down to her from his saddle. She had once liked him very much, and although for some time‘past he had become uninteresting to her, she had never telt a shadow of dislike to hitm. Toâ€"day, as she turned and faced him, she shivered with disgust. s R * You are ‘very kind," be said, " but l am pressed for time. If I do not find Mr. Bryant in I must try again, later in the day, as I shall be in the neighborhood. I have a special reason for wishing to see him." He looked grave as hg ended, and Ruth felt that his visit was connected with her. father‘s trouble. Formerly she had looked en Mr. Clifiord as such a helpful friend, and now the old feeling of reliance came back. She wondered why she had consulted Sally Voce, when she could trust to such a much wiserâ€"counsellor. 'Hiarp‘a'uin, sensible face brightened, antl his grave smile spread over it till hé4ooked #ingularly genial. _ _ â€" She thought he looked vexed as he anâ€" swered in a repressiveâ€"voice: ; * Yes, certainly, if I can do so." She hurried out her woods, wondering at her own impulsive confidence. . â€"â€"â€" * Will you tell me how 1 can help my father? You know about his troubles, I am sure. Iâ€"I think of leaving home as a governess or something of the sart. â€"=I feel I ought to earn my own living. Can you, not help me to flndyn situation *" 600 * The very worst way you could have thought of to help your father. It is, I know, a great comfort to bim to have you with him, whether he is in trouble or not. If 1 were you, Miss Bryant, 1 would give up the idea of such a thing. Now, if you will excuse me, I will ride on in thie hope of finding Mr. Bryant in .‘ > â€" * Mr. Olifford," she said, © will you tetl me something?" _ _ _ & She had fixed her eyes on him as she spoks. ~He looked suddenly angry .,%g redâ€"brown face flushed, ‘and he dre’v'v in heavy eyebrows together as he answered : Ruth drew a deep breath as she looked after him. * How absurd ! I do not know which was the greatest goose," she‘uia, laughing ; A Fraud Detected in a Paris Charitable . Institucton. s ; . They say, says an English paper, that many people in this coulitry resort to hosâ€" pitals who are perfectly able to pay for treatment at home. â€" Such a mean habiv is not unknown in other countries, and even among very select people. It is told in a Paris journal that when Velpeau, the celeâ€" brated French surgeon, was at the zenith of his fame, a very rich and very avistoora« tic nobleman presented himself at the hosâ€" pital in order to obtain an opinion regardâ€" ing his case, which was found to require careful treatment and a delicate nreration. Before feciding to entruss himse!f to the hands of the great surgeon, the prospective patient inquired what would be the amount of the honorarinm, ‘*I shall require 400 france," replied Velpeau, Upon this the Marquis looked very blank, hesitated for a moment, and <then bowed himself out. Eight or ten days later a footman in livery, with carefully shaven face and powdered bair, presented himself at the out patient de‘)artmunt of the Chatite. His malady was duly diagnosed, and, being mnaideredylnfli; ciently serions and interesting the man; was admitted into the surgical ward. . As long ‘as the case was under tteatment Velpean did not utter a word, but when the patient was cured and wighed to leave the hoapital the apvrn,ro(’ approached the bed, surroundâ€" ed by his eMes, and said :â€"*Sir, I am exâ€" tremely flattered at having had the honour of contributing to the amelioration of your health. There sow femains only a emall formality for yo@t‘to fulfil. You willbegood enongh, in return for my services, to pry ~He made her 'a"'grn.ve, formal bow, and trotted on to Appledore. i ed prondly. â€" â€" Her face shone in the twilight. . ~â€"*â€"Then you don‘t haveâ€"to askâ€"him;,"â€"she M _ ~_ ~~amo tesrge"tave the oit man & tip. * + .\‘nfiy for i;venting her lov'e-swi‘y, or I who believed it." c tion to population than any other dountry Australia has more churches in propor George, dear," she asked in a tremnulous per, * how much are you worth !" A million dollars, darling," he respond old her he did not want to ask her HOSPITAL IMPOS%ORS. (To BE CONTINURD.) tX i DIAGNOSING TUBERCELOSIS. Professors Saunders and Robertson give Kesults. From the period of the ‘first use of the tubbrculin on the Central Experimental Farm in November, 1892, up to the Yrev sent time (leaving the twelve young calves which were killed out of consideration}) 54 animals have been tested, 26 have given the reaction indicating the presence o? the disease, and the other 28 may beâ€"régarded as sound and bealthy,‘ The tuberculin has proven throughout a most reliable means of diagnosing the disease. |____â€" BRakom rxrzznomtat FaRyS. _ ‘The only ‘shipment of cattle made from SOME INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN CANADA. Centpal Experimental Farm to the, bramch. Ex perith Fau “ib{{ppm.%g. was. on Novemb , 1890, witen among otherln‘ Durham cow, Countess of Darling ton, was seâ€" lected for “"fy rpose as one of the healthâ€" iest animal# in the . During the summer of 1893, ns‘n' 3 years after being sent, the: superinte 6 of the Nappan Farm reâ€" ported this cow as having been some time: ailing, and from the symptons shown it was believed she was suffering from tubercubosis, ‘ Instructions were sent to have this cow kilâ€" led, which was done, and on post th6rtem examination she was reported to be tuberâ€" culous. I‘wo heifers of her progenyâ€"were subsequently tested with tuberculin by Mr. Roberuson , and they were both found to behealthy. ‘The other animals there have not yet been tested and no further. sympâ€" toms of this disease have been discovered. The cattle on all the branch Experimental Farms are reported by.the superintendent as healthy. . Arrangements are,however,in progress for the testing of all these animals with tubsrculin. Action has necessarily been deferred in this particular until the conclusion of the investigations at the Cenâ€" tral Experimental Farm, and the experience which has been gained and is given in this bulletin will, it is believed, supply the in formation needed for the detection of thi@ ‘dinease in cattle wherever it thay occuf, Canadian cattle as a rule are remarkably healthy, especially such herds as are kept the greater part of the time in the open air, a result no doubt due to the invigorating and healthâ€"giving character of the Canadian climate. It has, nevertheless, been long inown that tuberculosis exists to a certain extent in different parts of Canada among cattle kept the greater part of the year in confinement, or when closely bred. Prior to 1883 the subject was much discussed, and during the session of the Heise of Comâ€" miong in that year a subâ€"committee was appointed for the purpose of considering the question of certain sontagious diseases in cattle and their communicability to man andfanimals, with special reference to tuberâ€" culosis. â€" The committee presented a report to the House in April, 1$89, in which much useful information is given regarding this disease nd the means %y which it is fipread, After ficareful consideration of all the evidence which the committee had. obtained from physicians and veterinary surgeons in dif~ ‘ferent partébf the Domihion, the members expressed the, opinion that the disease known as tuberculosis them existed among cattle in Canada to much greater extent than was generally recognized. In this report reference was made tp the contagious character of the disease, that it was always due solely to the. })xmce of the fubercle bacilli, and to the fact of its being coimmuniâ€" cable from animals to man, The committee also recommended that the milk obtained from all suspected animals should be boiled before using, ‘and that the meat where used should be thoroughly cooked so as to destroy any bacilli which might be present. The occurrenceof thisdisease at Ottaws is nnfortunately not an exceptional case. . The recent reports in regard to the presence of tuberculosis in cattle at the Ontario College of Agriculture, at Gi#eiph, have mentioned the killing of 22 animals in the dairy herd, while no reports have come to our notice of the testing of the thoroughbred caitle used in comnection with the teachingâ€"worle of â€"the institution. â€" The use of tuberculin in this case, aud also in private herds in, the central audâ€"eastern provinces has shown that the disease is not confined to any one locality. In many parts of the United States the prevalence of this diseass has caused grave apprehension and has resuited in two in stances in legislative action with the object of protecting the publicfrom danger and of assisting stockmen to overcome this difficulty. _ Tuberculosis has long been prevalent in the State of New York, and there the legislature has recently provided for the appoiutment by the State gt)l!‘d of Health of three veterinary inspectors whose duty it is to go through each county, examine the herds and kill infected cattle. The following is the reported method of procedure :â€" A physical examination is first made ; if the disease is suspected,tubâ€" erculin is used,and where the characteristic reaction takes place the animals are killed. A post morten examination is made and a teport of‘the internal, condition of the animal sent to the secretary of the Board of HWealth, and subsequently a partial eomnensation is given by the State to the examine the h The following ?roceduro i. first made : if PREVALENCE OF TUBER In Pennsylvania similar action has been found necessary and a bill is said to have passed the Senute of the State, and, also the House, without ?pnm‘inn, providing for the insfecting and quaramtining of all animals suspected, for thm of such as mn{ be shown to be , also for partial compensation to the owners. In several instances which have been publishâ€" ed, private owners of large herds in the State which tuberculosis has cccurred have had their animals ‘tested with tuberculin, and in some cases it has beén found necesâ€" sary to kill a large proportjon oft! 3 This divease has mn priv’m a lone time in muny of the other States of yowinâ€"â€"Inâ€"th Lt "Dr : I)â€"Brown; Director of â€"the Feterin the Union. ary Department of the Board of Agticul ture of Great Britain, the results are given ot the stumination of all the animaie which EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE IN CANADA, Tuberculosis is very prevalent in Gremt CoUNTRIES Aucdcithdidha T IEF + The disease also exists in Denmark to a very considerable extent. Tests have been carried on there under Government superâ€" Iviaiou for more than two years past with the most convincing results. <It is said | that the proportion o’ the cases in which !tuberculin bas failed to detect the presence | of the disease is not more than 2 per cent. {So great is the confidence in" which this means . of diaguoain[gltbe disease is held there, that an appropriation was mirde by {the Danish Governmehtâ€"in April, 1893, of 50,000 crowns, equal to about $13,000, to }defray the expenses connected with a thorough system of tuberculin tests throughâ€" out the kingdom. . It is hoped that, by the carrying out of extensive investigations, by an almost @niversal test of tubergulin, and providing for the necessary disinfection | and separation of diseased animals rom the healthy ones it will be polsible to fight |tuPer9§xloniu mucesnfnllyz + it is eaid that of the cows slaughtered in London 25 per cent were tuberculous, in one herd of 20 cows 14 were found affected, and in several herds the proportion was 30 to 4C per cente Cows slaughtered in Midâ€" lothian were found to be affected by tuberâ€" culosis in the proportion of 20 per cent, in Yorkshire 22â€"% per cent, aud in Durham 18â€"7 per cent. «‘This report further states that thg‘im jection of tubérculin has beenâ€"successful in detecting the discase in something like 90 per ceut of the cases. In about 10 per cent the results were found to be uncertain, a few of the tested animals showed no rise of temperature, although post mortem exâ€" amination showed rhem to be affected with the disease, a few others in which the rise of temperature was marked appeared to he free from tubercle. > ~> â€" * & have beén slaughtered under the Pleuroâ€" Pueumonia Act. These animals were supâ€" posed to be healthy and were killed because they had been exposed to the contagion of that much dreaded disease. In this report Dr. B. Buug, who is the chief of the'; Veterinary . Departmennt of the Royal| Agriculturatâ€"Coilege of Denmark, has taken | w very active part in investigating this disease. In 1892 he published the results | of tests with tuberculin in some of lhst larger herds of milking cattle in Denmark, in which he found the‘disease quite. preva« b lent, In one case he reports 80 per cennl of the milch cows Afi'ecte(fio In Denmar k those animals which show the reaction are isolated and fattened for the butcher. The meat after being inspectâ€" ed must, when offered for sale, be branded with a special stamp, which indicates to the public that the auimal has suffered from tubercle, and the public are cautioned that such meat must be well cooked, when it is said it may be used without danger. In the 24th Bulletin of the Royal Agriâ€" cultural College of Denmark Dr. Bang reâ€" fers to some experiments made in Germany by Dr. Kopp, in which 1,053 animals were tested with tuberculin and 738 showed. the reaction. Of the total number 243 were heifers, and of these 49°9 per cent. showed the reaction, 757 were milch cows, of whick 789 showed the reaction, and 58 were bulls and steers, of which 69 per cent. showed the reaction. ‘Twenty of those animalsâ€"inâ€" which the tuberculin showed a marked rise in tempera¢ure were killed and tubercle found in each case, six also whith did not show the reaction were killed and they were found to be quite free from tubercle, ° Dr. Rochel of Germany reports in. the ublication of the Imperial Health Office of Eerlin, vol. 7; the results of the examinaâ€" tion of cattle killed in slaughter houses in the German Empire during the year 188$â€" 80. â€" Of these the total number found to be tuberculous was 26,351. These are classiâ€" fied according to age as follows : 6 weeks and under..couearl. cce .. .2... 0 108 6 weeks to one year........ flsc 0 T8 n England, during its first and most dreadful visitation in 1348â€"9, it was noticed that it carried oif an enotmous nninbor of the laborers in the country villagers, the poor and the workmen in the towns, the monks and nuns and friars, that is, all that portion of the population who were ill hous» ed, i}l clothed, ill nurtured, or, like those in the religtous houses, lived babitually upon an insuflicient diet, among whom the practice of asceticism‘ inâ€"various forms tended to bring about a waakening of their stamina and.their vital power, 1 year to 3 years. 3 years to 6 years Over 6 years..... No age given.... TotsL se emnereceeccers s oer es oo + 6 20000 The disease also exists in Russia, where JB¥®Gutmann of the Veterinary Institute of Dorpat has found the tuberculin a yery satisfactory agent . for determiuin"/the presence of tuberculosis. . This isease also occurs to a considerable extent in France, Switzerland, Austria, aAnd other European countries, Indeed it is doubtâ€" ful if any couniry where cattle are kept to any extent is entirely free from it. In view of the prevalence of this disâ€" ease, and the possibility of its being communicated from animals to man there is no doubt that its prevention and control are among the most important sanitary questions before the public at the present time, and‘are deserving of the most careful attention and earnest efforts. s ‘Hard is thy heart, my pretty maid," ‘"Oh, that is my corset, sir," she said. Mrs. Gallopâ€"*" Why, you bave bought a bell instead of a ridmgâ€" whip!" Mr. Gallop â€"* Wall, you see, my horse used to belon to the Third Avenue Company, and m’ have always to n’n‘ twice for him to stop, and once to make him go on." _ ; M fvige= Thare gus. h the prisoner 2‘ _ Professor"â€"@* " ®* Well, mthat areâ€"you wailing for *‘ | am wait ing for you to decide whether I shall make him confess that he did it, ot make . him senfess that heâ€" didn‘t, The Black Death NO 31 among ‘ among 8.819 Alles xd Conspiracy to Sink a often occupied -muu:_:':,umu :hmhhumh&n‘:e"‘dw un: ays* heacing, Auguge v,hs’fi-b‘ng smack Fomuna was sunk in the North éu by the steam trawler Ibis, which ran into her in broad day The owner of the lost vessel was Mr. % an alderman of Grimsby, who was al ran into her in broad owner of the lost vessel Nflm] h an alderman of who was mabager of the Tbis . _ owners, the the Admirality Court was hw the losa of the emacl;endâ€"was on beâ€" half of Mr. Emethurst and the other mem»« bers of an insurance club. It was the defence which introduced the The Messrs, Hamilton Alhm‘l that the collision was in truth no accident, but an intentional thing; that the skipper of their boat ran her into the Fortuna of set purpose ; bu? that he did so on the instrucâ€" tion of Mr, Smethurst. T’u sinking of the smack was in fact & villainous conâ€" spiracy, concocted by its owner for the sake of tife insurance money, and Harry Rumbold,_the master of the Tbis, wag his tool, paid for the purpose, But here a reâ€" markable element comes into the case. Harry Rumbold is not furthcoming as wit« ness or otherwiseâ€"â€"fotâ€"the sufficient reason that he has been hung. He murdeR8d"%s unfortunate woman last winter, and has paid the penalty of his erime. But when he was under sentence of death he made charges against Smethurst," which were written . out and signed l:{ the prisoner, The document was offered in evidence im this trial, but the Judge refused to receive it. No.doubt he was rig:tb. i a case of ‘the admissibility Testimony of a convicted the admission of a written by sUCH A PE not under oath, without« wnd in the absence of 1t was suggested by the Smevhurst thatethis alte authing more znan a dodge.t P order to obtain a respite 3 8 ds 6nly conceivable, but likely. â€"? : reception of this; evideuse, which would have been the strongest portion apparently of the defendants‘ case, other testimany was given as to Smethurst‘s friendly relations with Rumbold. He had got him restored to his place ou the Ibis when he had been dismissed on one ocomsion. He had also coritributed to the expense ~of Rumbold‘s defence on the charge of murder, and_had given money to his mother at that time, These things, however, are quite consistent with his close acquaintance with the man whom he had to 30 with as manager for his emp{o‘yers. If Smethurst had employed Ruimbold to run down the Fortuna it would beâ€"matural that he should stand his friend in his trial for the grave crimeg But he might befriend bim in this without any selâ€" fish motive, and it should be said that Smethurst was â€"a man of good repute, agrinst whom no charges could be made apart from those raised against him in this case. The question of insurance was an important one. The‘Fortuna was insured for £975. The dsfendants failedâ€"toâ€" show that Smethurst could have made any profit by They themsciver had offered to settle the claim for £$00; and other testimony put the value of the vesselat £1000 ‘or £1100, Besides this Smethurst was himself a memâ€" ber of the insurance club which had insurâ€" ed his smack. _It is not easy to see how he coald clear anything out of the trausaction especially if he had to pay Rumbold £120 for his share in the conspitacy. . As for the actual cause of the collision it. was shown that the steering gear of the Ibis was out of order‘at the time, and that it was quite consistent with all the facts to attribute the disaster to ® pure accident. Yet . this, recital of the lud‘i,ng points does not enâ€" tirely dissipate the strange and sensational atmosphere which en\'elo%fl the case. The jury apparently found lits@® difficalty in coming to their verdict, for they were only wbsent from Court for a quarter of an hour. They returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiffs. he Messrts Hamilton will have a heayy bill to pay in addition to the sumi sued for, but they have nothing but a pecuniary interest at stake. Tt was very different with the plaintiff Smethurst. He was compelled to defend his charaeter from! accusations of the gravest kind; andâ€"if he is as innocent of them as the jury have found him to be, he is certainly entitled to some commiseration, tor even a favorable verdict does not rid a man of all the consequences ot being mixed up in such a trial. I have always .had a presentiment," said »liss Pahsay, ‘"that Ishould die young." Fredâ€""Yes, I like him well enough, Minnie; but how did youever happen to marry*a man a head.shorter than you are *" Minnieâ€"*"i had to choose, Fred, between a little man with a big salary, and a b’ man with a little salary." ‘"But you didn‘t have to, did you, dear ?" replied Miss Abtless, stroking her pale brown hair tenderly. â€" p Mrs. Numotherâ€"‘"Look at theâ€"â€"baby; doesn‘t he seem really different from most babtes of his aige=he is soâ€""â€"Mr. Crustyâ€" "Yesâ€"erâ€"I think very often they are quite attractive, but, as you say, he is different." Dolleyâ€""Well, old fellow, I asked Miss Amylast night to marry me and she declined."" . Gosiinâ€"*"Did she deliberate as though hesitating to pain you?" Dolleyâ€" ‘‘No, she produced her negative by the in stantaneous process." Wonderful Results From Taking + Mood‘s Sarsaparilla. â€" Like a Miracle Consumptionâ€"Low Conditio up and wartéd me to send her to the ‘Homeé for Incurables‘ ‘But I said as Jong as I could hold my hand up sheshould not go. We then begat to give her Hood‘s Sarsaparilia. She i# getting strong, walks around, is out doors every day; has no trouble with her throat and no cough, and har hawrbmeemeâ€"ts bo She m as mtwwq:_n_y-%' ol Mood‘s Pills ars pursly vegstahle and perfectly hapmiess, â€" Sold by ul druggists; 200 w Hood‘s=>Cures STRANGE STORY OR â€" CC â€" .. Wmm 7 Four years ago while in the old country gland ), my daughter Hannah was sont‘away m the hospital, in ‘a yery low condition h consumption of the m_x.-em and k action of the heart. m-y.:(fi the er to this country seemed to het foel er for a while. Then she lxhha so, and for 14 weeks she to he bed. She grawmlnwvn months a Said Sho Was Past All Heip SENSATIONAL ELEMENTS LOSING HIS VESSET s. Physicians Ldua aR oo dak ~a%4 uce