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E/ mc "My lord, consider what thou say‘st," and Tomaso barred the door â€"with outstretched arms. "We romised Francisco we would not fiaave the hutâ€"to attempt the villa would be simple madness |*‘ ‘""Why, boy, the villa is close by,"" laughed Conrad, ‘"and Francisco may not be back for hours most like; he may hang back till dark. Meanwhile am I_to twirl my thumbs in here, and. Lady Valenâ€" tine‘s loveâ€"gift calling to me from beyond that wall? Out of my way, T00 250 _fi agger May be use ful autiful: a handle igle stone. Lady Inbwal in necoee oluite o At the vills‘‘ he cried. _ L know where it is, I will go and fetch it." ©SLLC s Silence again fell, Tomaso still at the door, unheeding of the CGount‘s complaints, watching anxiâ€" ously through the gathering dusk. "By heaven, boy !‘ Conrad. exâ€" claimed suddenly. ‘Till this moâ€" ment I had forgot it. Lady Valenâ€" tine‘s gifltâ€"thinking of the chessâ€" men brought it to my mindâ€"I swore fever to leave itâ€"with my life. And ‘tis behind me in the villa."‘ "Behind thee, lord t‘ cried Toâ€" maso, bewildered and startled at his _ excited _ tones. ‘""Where ! What?‘ He psighed again, and glanced with disdain down at his leather doublet: ©YÂ¥et ‘twere strange to play chess in this garb,‘‘ he added, and kicked the table with his heels in disconâ€" tent. â€" 2 Conrad was on his feet, sparkling with excitement 1 N 207 va 1 Mes ‘Count Conrad crossed his legs daintily and sighed. "It were a splendid chance to teach theeâ€"had we but the men. Tiou hast read old romance, boy And must _ remember how the knights and ladies play at chess. ‘Tis a royal game." > Un anes Von Schulembourg, was. again seated on the table admiring his shapely hand, which he held against the light. The youth made no reply ; ie was gazing eagerly along the chestnutâ€" bordered path, sorely impatient for Francisco‘s return. _ s "‘Save keep ourselves in readiâ€" ness, my lord," said Tomaso. ‘‘Francisco charged us to be disâ€" posed that we could leap into the aAdle without.g._breath‘s delay.‘‘ rmte'flffer," said Count Conâ€" ‘rad, lapsing again into an idle mood. ‘‘Methinks our Veronese deliverer issues commands as if well used to it." § x Tomaso looked round at him in surprise. Did the German noble Jest ? "Pardon me if I vex thee with my seeming carelessness,"" he said, with the charm of manner that gould always win him friends. ‘"I ewe too large a debt to all of you, to be really so heedless as I seem;; but methinks there is no single thingâ€"â€"" eC s ‘"‘They say !"‘ echoed Conrad with scorn. â€" ‘"‘The Frenchman is not even yet ia Italy. Much may have happened ere he is." Tomaso rose and looked from the doorway anxiously. "It is close on sundown,"‘ he said, ‘"‘it is time Francisco came.‘‘ "It is intolerably wearisome,‘‘ yavned Conrad. "I wish I had gone with our friendâ€"‘twould have been more enlivening than this.‘" ( "Ganst thou play chess?" asked Conrad suddenly. es W‘V‘P-i;;"chess T‘ repeated Tomaso *No, my lord.". > "They say in Milan Lady Valenâ€" tine is to marry the Duke of Orâ€" leans,‘‘ Tomaso ventured presentâ€" ly. "‘Tisg a matter of life and death, Count Conrad ; even now the soldiâ€" ers may at any time return.‘"‘ . With a pleasant smile Von Schuâ€" lembourg leapt from the table. _ Tomaso inwardly wondered: how much he thought ~ of her. _ Save when telling his tale to Francisco, this was the only time he had named her. It seemed as if his sufâ€" ferings and his love alike were to lie lightly on his mind. _ § Tomaso‘s face ill concealed his scorn. "The Lady Valentine,‘"‘ he said, foliowing his own train of thought, tather than addressing his comâ€" panion, ‘‘does she ever think of me }" Tomaso looked â€"surprised. KHe could not understand how Conrad could4 so easily shake off his hatred of Visconti, save when the thought was forced on him. A silence fell which Conrad was again the first to break. g #fiffi#fi*fifi’fi?fi"*)fim#fl‘ffififi 4L4 4 k 4 64 C406 4 CY 4d 4440 CHAPTER VIIILâ€"(Cont‘d). use to seak her gift! And give T age : s ap ps «3 lrees,. org l .zgee, n [ fRrtelt nerdo fnlo the Visconti‘s ap en mp d ddcoce s ae s o0 ee en un 4 se p es on tm e Nee o nc hct 41064 Ci4 t 4# The Price of Dishonor ; Or, The Lord of Verona‘s Disappointment his feet, his eyes orgive. my y and glanced at his leather will forgive lord,. when l‘from Miâ€" But what s "He will have been wishing that he had,"" said Franciseo brusquely ; but his face softened, and he added presently : ‘‘He must be brought back, we cannot wait, and ‘tis too dangerous to abandon himâ€"for him and for ourselves.‘" "He will come quicker at my bidâ€" ding,‘‘ said _ Franciseo_ grimly. ‘"Keep open eyes,"‘ he added, ‘"‘the soldiers must come by the road if come again they do. Hold thither "He has gone back to the villa=â€" to fetch something. _ Oh, Messer Francisco, prevent him I could not =â€"he left but nowâ€"â€"â€"" ‘"‘The thing has happened,"" he kaid sternly, ‘"and may cost us dear, but mine tho fault zo trust the foreign coxcomb.‘‘ Never had the two boys seen him so moved, and they shrank into silence. Francisco_ fumed with anger. We will ride without him,"‘ he said at length; but even while he bade Tomaso mount, and saw to his own girths, he paused irresoâ€" lute, and Tomaso was thankful. He did not like to â€"think of the gay Conrad left to meet his fate alone. He ventured to speak. _ > "The dagger was a lady‘s gift,"" he saidâ€"‘"the Lady Valentine‘s. He could not bear to leave it." "Bhall L go, messer boy. "CGone back to the villa !"‘ ecried Francisco. * Did he ravel â€"Is he in his senses?"" Tomaso wrung his hands. "He went to fetch a dagger he remembered and some chessmen.""‘ 1 left a fool to guard a fool;"" he said. "Did I not tell thee to see Count Conrad kept from folly ? Our lives are on it !‘ Tomaso paled at his displeasure, and faltered out a recital of what had happened, but Francisco cut himâ€"short. ‘‘Well, what of him?‘ said Franâ€" cisco, pausing keenly. _ With a ery of rage Francisco flung himself from his saddle. ‘‘Methinks He flung the reins to Tomaso, and lifted Vittore to the ground. "Stretch thy legs the while said. "‘Thou seest,"‘ he said, ‘‘we are well provided, though it has taken me all day. Now, to mount, withâ€" out a pause. Where is the Count ?‘ "The Count,‘"‘ faltered Tomaso, half crying with vexation, ‘"the Count â€"â€"* He was mouanted, Vittore in front of him, on a powerful black horse, and leading two. others, and his face was animated with his triâ€" umph. a few moments more Francisco turned into the open.. pa>> But it was as impossible to anger Conrad as to stop him, and with a smile on his lips and a goodâ€" bhumored wave of his hand, he was gone. After an undecided pause of utâ€" ter vexation, Tomaso could not reâ€" sist the impulse to start in pursuit after him. . But Count Conrad was fleet of foot; he had disappeared, and FTomaso dared follow no furâ€" ther, for Erancisâ€"s might retuir at any moment, and to find them both gone would make bad worse. And scearcely had he reâ€"entered the hut before he heard the sound of horses ridden cautiously, and in At Tomaso‘s words, Conrad ed his arched eyebrows. Gone, absolutely gone, out of sight, into the heart of danger and at the crucial moment, for a set of chessmen and for a lady‘s loveâ€" gift. en â€"> & ‘"Wiaash, Visconti! Visconti!. .. I have heard the name enough,"‘ reâ€" turned Count Conrad. "I intend to have my lady‘s giftâ€"it suits neiâ€" ther my honor nor my affection to leave it there to be some merceâ€" nary‘s plunder; and the chessmen too, boy!. The set the Emperor gaveâ€"ah! you would love themâ€" gsilver and ivoryâ€"I will bring them too. They will while away more weary hours such as these. What was I thinking of to leave them there so long !*‘ "Orders? To thee, maybe; thou art a boy, and of humble station. I am von Schulembourg; orders scarcely tally with that name.‘‘ He drew his mantle over bis deâ€" spised doublet, and stepped to the door, putting Tomaso aside and unâ€" heeding his entreaties. ut "Calm thyself, I shall be back long before the grim Veronese!‘ he said airily.. ‘"‘Were there light enough, there would _be timeâ€"to learn the game before he comes again.‘"‘ & "I will learn from no one who so little knows his duty,"" cried Tomaâ€" so in hot wrath. "At any moment Francisco may return, and without thee here time will be lost; moreover, his orders were that we walit him."" nee and spy, and then returnâ€"and asked the Talsâ€" he The average height of the Lap lander is under five feet. "He is a leader of men, meâ€" thinks,""‘ said Tomaso gravely. ‘I little doubt the Count is right; he it more than he appears. Now we will leave the horses here behind these chestnuts, and step towards the road and reconnoitre." "YÂ¥es,"" replied the tramp, cub. bing his eyes, "I could fry a piece of ham on it." <‘What kind of work?‘ asked the tramp. 5 3 : such steeds as these?" asked Toâ€"| These changes, however, have not maso, looking admiringly at the| been effected so much by foreign splendid animals, well groomed and | influences as might be supposed, wellwfed, flr\eshha.nd vigo'x;im\s]..tL l»uttratl,.her beca}xs-i o% their ]lgetiir We took them," sai ittore protection agains re. Earthâ€" proudly. ‘"‘We came upon a Camp! quakes and windâ€"storms (typhoons) of soldiers with horses and to spare, | are a_constant source of danger to and Francisco asked them \voulgE the Japanese bx%t fire i1s thc:rfi%refilt- they trade with him, and offered est menace. inough â€" to the money, but they peer’ed and shoutâ€") stoutest heart with dread are those ed and drove us off. Then Francisâ€"| frequent conflagrations that utterâ€" ce stood before me while I crepb! 1(;; destrloy fln}mdreds, aTncll{ ofti-m up to those three and loosened their; thousands of homes. okio, the halters. _ The soldi{ers dradnk zland § (‘alpltalv has beenl partly 1‘educe('lr}to sang; some lay and snored; they| ashes on several occasions. e thOlglght that we were gone, then\’method of construction insures their suddenlyâ€"â€"‘" kis voice sinking dwellings against all except the with excitement. ;| most severe seismic disturbances "‘What happened *‘ asked Tomaâ€"1a11d windâ€"storms; but the use of so with interest. ‘"I am glad that, candles and poor oilâ€"lamps, restâ€" thou show‘st thyself a brave lad, ing on uneven floors, for lighting, Vittore; what happened *‘ ‘and small hibachi (fireâ€"boxes) filled "They saw us; three of them( with glowing charcoal, for heating rushed out; there was a fight, and| purposes, make danger from fire Francisco won.‘" | | doubly probable. s "What happened *‘ asked Tomaâ€" so with interest. "I am glad that thou show‘st thyself a brave lad, Vittore; what happened !‘ "He scattered them â€" like the wind,"‘ said Vittore. ‘"I know not how. He is a giant. He flung me on this black horse here ; he mountâ€" ed, I had the halters of the others in my hand. We rushed away. Of one he broke the head, I think, with his thick staff, and had his arm hit hard, but ‘tis not hurt, he says. Some followed aw..e, but they drank too deep ; we left them like men dazed and mad, some falling by the road. It was a great busiâ€" ness, cousin, but L felt no fear, Francisco is a brave, brave man.‘‘ The foreman of a large ironworks, being short of laborers one mornâ€" ing, as a last resort, went to an old ‘"tramp,""‘ who. was having a free "doss‘"‘ at one of the furnaces, and roused him up with the followâ€" ing : "‘They saw us; three of them rushed out; there was a fight, and Francisco won.‘"‘ | "Wont Against three? â€"eried Tomaso. "Can you do.. anything with a shovel ?‘ "I say, my man, are you wanting work ?" But Vittore, full of his tale, was eager rather for a listener than to himself give sympathy. "Till noon we found nothing,‘""‘ he said. ‘"Francisco hung round the farmhouses, but there were naught but sorry jades in every stable that we peered into, every one we tried, Tomaso, and â€"so we roamed further and further across the plainsâ€"‘" Halfâ€"wild with remorseful vexaâ€" tion, Tomaso watched Francisco go the way the Count had gone, till his tall figure was lost to view. Then he and Vittore surveyed each other with anxious eyes. "But how didst thow. ever get such steeds as these?"" asked Toâ€" maso, looking admiringly at the splendid animals, well groomed and well fed, fresh and vigorous. wait us here. Tether the horses carefully and water them. _ They cost me something.‘‘ He pointed to his roughly bandaged arm. "Oh !â€"cousin !‘‘ cried the boy, © have had a fearful day !‘ "‘Thou were fortunate,"" returned ‘the other bitterly; ‘Francisco is not vexed with thee." For two hmdred years beâ€" fore Scotr‘s EmuLsION came Cod Liver Oil was used for theumatism. : @@?5 gra, @ is modernized Cod Liver Oil; the purest and best oil partly _ predigested, _ made palatable and suitable for the most delicate child or invalid. It enriches the blood, tones up the entire system, and drives out rheumatism. Let us send you a copy of Mr. Picard‘s letter and other literature on the subâ€" ject. A Post Card, mentioning this paper, is aufficient. "The physician atftendâ€" ing me prescribed, on my rallying from an attack of rheumatism, your Scoff‘s Emuilsion, which I have been taking every winter since. I find it most valuâ€" able in strengthening and building up one after a severe illness. I have not had rheumatism since the time mentioned above and I owe it to your most valuâ€" able Emuision. It is my life now, and makes me strong and healthy.‘"â€"R. PICARD, Grand Ligne, Quebec. SCOTT & BOWNE 126 Wellington St., W. (To be continued KNEW ITS USE ALI, DRUGGISTS oronto The sixth house from the one afire was torn down rapidly. Fireâ€" men stood on the roofs of the _ adâ€" joining houses and threw large stones, passed to them by men on ladders, the more quickly to raze the burning dwellings. _ All the friends and neighbors of people liv= ing in the immediate vicinity called at their houses, and left cards on which were written offers of protecâ€" tion to them, should their homes be endangered or consumed. These Tourists in Japan up _ to 1898, wondered why the following clause was inserted in their passports: "It% is forbidden to _ attend a fire on horseback." _ The reason for this restriction was that only the Preâ€" sident of the town was permitted to go to a fire on horseback, so that be might better direct the work of the firemen, and be recognized more easily as the chief. _ calls }1sna]1.\' are returned the next morning by the recipients of this kindness. At‘ the fire, which was considerâ€" ed a were lv es Rel But : I was too much interested in the proceedings to mind my drenchâ€" ing. At each end. of the engine long bamboo poles, with redâ€"paper lanterns fastened to the top, were set into the ground. The men who were pumping water from the well sang, or rather chanted, a dismal appeal to the gods of fire and wind. Men, women and children rushed into the burning building, and came out again with whatever they could lay their hands on ; but, as far as I could see, they put everything in a sate place. _ Then I ran out of the gate into the street, and a moment later was being literally carried toward the fire. I don‘t think my feet touched the ground more than two or three times.. Every one was bearing a redâ€"paper lantern, with his name and address on it. This human cyâ€" clone â€" at_ last deposited me up against an antiquated handâ€"engine, just in time to get the full benefit of The writer remembers one he saw in a small northern town, far from the beaten track of tourists. L was staying at a small native inn, and at the time of the first alarm was reading by the light of a tallow candle. At the entrance to the courtyard I met my servant, who, with others of his class attached to the inn, was loudly lamenting, but making no effort to help put out the fire, now raging with fury. I pulled my facâ€" totum inside the door of my apartâ€" ment, and pushed him down on my luggage, told him that he could beâ€" moalr his fate or pray to his foxâ€" god of fire as much as he wished, but that if he raised his lowâ€"born person from those chattels until orâ€" dered to do so he would be skinned alive by his most indulgent and kindâ€"hearted master. The landlord came in with many low bows and apologies for interâ€" rupting the ~honorable foreigner‘s learned_â€"meditation _ on subjects which no doubt his (the landlord‘s) ignorant mind could not even imâ€" agine, and fiaally begged to state that the house next door but one was on fire. By the time that the ceremonious host finished his haâ€" ranglte I badâ€"gathored up my loose belongings, dumped them into my two‘ travelling cases, and had them ready to move. As/most Japanese houses are of only one storey, and built close toâ€" gether, a fire in one may burn down Travelling in the Island Empire, one sees the old, mudâ€"walled, thatchedâ€"roofed houses of ten cenâ€" turies ago. â€" But in the cities they are giving place rapidly to a more modern form of architecture. The tile roofing has superseded the thatching, and the mud walls are covered with black plaster: Tin and copper are seon in place of the ancient and crude eaves of bamâ€" Loo. ; a street, or an entire district. A large fire in a Japanese city is a sight . FLIMSY STRUCTIURES ME TO CIIIES‘ SAFETY. An _ Antiquated _ â€"Hand _ Engize Mauned by Chanting Eiremen. HOW JAPS FIGHT A FIRE At‘ the fire, which was considerâ€" [ a small one, eightyâ€"nine houses ‘re destroyed. After a fire, nearâ€" every nearâ€"by house not burned ts out a large cask of saki (rice NEVER TO BE FORGOTETIEN A BREAK IN THE HOSE NACE iâ€". At the present time, in large Ja-' ‘panese cities, ordinances and reguâ€" |lations to a certain extent govern| ‘the form of construction of houses. | ! Nearly the whole house is built at' the carpenter shop, and taken to| ‘the site and set up. Few nails are: ;used, but the posts and dovetailing! "are ingenious and effective. _ The roof is first built, with a large beam| | for the ridgeâ€"pole, so fashioned as| ‘to enable the house. to sway and ‘ give in time of earthquakes. Sup-} ! porting the roof are upright posts set six feet apart, and joined by splitâ€"bamboo latticework tied with, \riceâ€"straw ropes and fielled in with ! plaster. These uprights, rest on‘ fourâ€"byâ€"fours, so that the heavy| ! part of the house is at the top ; and | \ during anâ€" earthquake or wind-J storm the house is able to give, which would be impossible if it wasi The native houses, I should have remarked, have no cellars, and are builtâ€"a little above ground, on an Laverage of about two feet. It may ‘be added that the Japanese carpenâ€" ‘ters prepare a superior â€"kind of " scatfortding. "The reof once up, the ‘entire house is surrounded with ‘poles tied together and protected [from tbhad weather by straw awn ‘ings. Timbers, plaster and other ~materials are not carried from one ! place to another, but passed from "hand to hand from the ground. word." Giles : mute." The most easily tired nerves in the body are the nerves of smell. They can detect the faintest whiff of perfume. As you pass a rose in the garden the quantity of perfume. that gets into your nostril must bei many millions of billions of times smaller than the tiniest grain ofl sand. But rub the strongest perâ€"| fume to your moustache, and in a. few seconds you fail to notice it.; the nerve of smell is so quickly faâ€"| tigued. The heat nerves and cold‘v' nerves, which are quite distinet from the nerves of ordinary sensaâ€"| tion, also stop working very quick ly. Acbath that seems quite 110t; whan you â€"step into it, very soon ceases to cause any particular feelâ€"‘ ing â€"of heat. Nerves of hearing and sight can go through an enormous amout of work. For sixteen hours a day they work hard, and are still | willing to do more. The nerves of| the heart are the most untiring of ; all.â€" From the first dawn of life unâ€"| til the last gasp, they work without | stopping for one instant. ‘ "Little Father‘"‘ of his people; but one cannot help thinking that, for the sake of his own happiness, it were better for bim ever to remain young. It is well for the infant Tsarevitch that he does not realize the graâ€" vity of=â€" his position. No child â€"is more closely guarded, yet withal he possesses a wouderful happy disâ€" position. In this he takes after his mother, who, in her early days, was nicknamed "Sunny.‘‘ â€" When the guns thundered out to the Rusâ€" sian nation the news of the birth of an heir to: the throne, only a few realized how nearly successful had been a plot, involving a numâ€" ber of high Courtâ€" dignitaries, to kidnap the innocent babe. Ever since, he has been the centre of inâ€" trigue; and it is safe to say thaso the Tsarina‘s life would be far more free from care but for the constant watch she is compelled to keep over him. The Fsarevitch is the richest child in the world, as well as the most heavily insured. Some day lhe will become the on a solid foundation. At the back of every large store, and also in homes of _ rick men, a fireâ€"proof vwarehouse, called a_ goâ€"down, is built, in which are kept merchanâ€" dise or family treasmres _Foreign rooms are being added to the homes of the rich, rather in the form of reception than everyâ€"day living rooms. Some of the‘ nobles have built beautiful palaces; but it is to be noted that usually they live in their attached Japanese suite. All the new Government buildings are of foreign architecture, and as the Jaâ€" panese rarely entertain at their own homes it was found necessary for the Government to erect official residences after the foreign style of construction. wine) from which friends and acâ€" quaintances help themselves. A good time, bordering upon revelry, is kept up till the next morning. It is rather singular that, with so many strangers about, and rough men freely entering different housâ€" es and shons, â€" THINGS ARE RARELY STOLEN One reason for this is that an arâ€" ticle stolen from a burning house, or from one in danger of burning, is thought to bring down the curse of the foxâ€"god upon the culprits. After the fire was conquered I returned to the inn, which had been in no peril, as the wind was blowâ€" ing ‘n another direction, and found my servant where I had left him. The ‘"boy,"‘ as male servants, no matter how old, always are addressâ€" ed in Japan, seemed to think that his master‘s possessions, and even the inn itself, had been saved through his pagan prayers. NERVES THAT SHIRK WORK HEIR TO RUSSIA‘S THRONE ‘"‘There goes a man who er known toâ€" break . his wales: S Wonderful‘"~ Oh.â€"I don‘t know. He‘s a even| _ Symptoms.â€"The general_ sympâ€" saved toms are usually slight fever and lack of appetite, and in milch catâ€" e Jaâ€" tle there may be some diminutio reguâ€") of the milk flow. _ These trouble Ovel“niare quickly followed by eruptig uses. | of the muscous membrane of ilt atlmouth, the skin between the toes, en to and of the skin of the udder and 5 3"C teats. The eruptions or pustules in Eu]mg‘,the mouth may be on the lips, palâ€" The\ate or tongue, and they soon burst bfiam{exposing a red, inflamed area, and Ler‘s ~d l[ was present in that locality. \ _ ~Disinfection must be carried out | thoroughly.__ Many. Governments |endeavor to stamp out the disease \ by the slaughter of all infected anâ€" |imals, paying the owners some comâ€" | pensation.. This is the method the United States _ Government are \carrying out. All infected herds |are slaughtered," and the owners |are indemnified to â€"the extent of \twoâ€"thirds of the â€"appraised value The last epidemic in tne btate oceurred in 1902, when 4,461 ani malx wereâ€"lolled. and the ownej mals were compeasatb #1298.008â€"357. of the cattle, in some cases the State paying the rest. The cost of disinfection is also paid by the Fedâ€" eral Government. â€" Naturally, the cost of dealing with such an epiâ€" demic is enormous, and the Secreâ€" tary. of Agriculture is asking for an emergency _ appropriation of $500,000 for this work. In Europe such measures are rigorously enforced by the sanitary police. _ The writer remembers, on one occasion, whilst taking a wal in the vicinity of Berne, Switzel land, being stopped by a policemay who informed him that should pass a certain point, he would have to remain in the district for ten days, as footâ€"andâ€"mouth disease Prevention.â€"The usual measures taken to prevent the spread of the disease is to arrest all movements of stock in the affected districts, to exclude all visitors, and quarantine all who attend or are brought into contact with the infected animals. Few affections have been the obâ€" ject of so much bacteriological reâ€" search, but so far the organism which causes the disease has not been found. In 1896 the Germazy Government appointed a comm sion to investigate the causes the disease. In 1897 they reportf that they were unable to find a casual organism, but from th« experiments they were of the oput ion that the disease was caused an invisible microbe, or, in oth \@ words, the orgapism was so minute shat even the most powerful microâ€" scopes could not reveal its pres ence._ Since this discovéfi'}_a-fi%i;(l ber of investigators have reported on certain other diseases produced by invisible microbes. Infection in Man.â€"The disease attacks man, and there are many cases of such infection taking place. Such cases usually occur from drinking the milk of infected aniâ€" mals, and the symptoms are someâ€" what similar in man to those of animals. _A very good examp may be instanced during the pre alence ~of footâ€"andâ€"mouth disease in Berlin, Germany, in 1895. _ A considerable number of milk conâ€" sumers in that city suffered from fever, with the characteristic erupâ€" tion on the tongue and mucous membranes of the mouth, which, on bursting, left very painful uleerâ€" ations. _ The acute disease lasted for five days, and left a sense of great weakness for a time. The celebrated. pathologist, Virchow, who made an investigation, unhesâ€" itatingly pronounced it to be footâ€" andâ€"mouth disease. FOOTâ€"ANDâ€"muoOUTH DISEASE. The present outbreak of this disâ€" case in the United States, and the blocking of all shipments of hvefi stock from certain States of the Union into Canada, has attracted the attention of the agricultural community, and has resulted in several inquiries as to the nature of tiis discase. w The pustules on the feet and udâ€" der are usually smaller than those of the mouth, and, on breaking, ulcers usually form, and, in the case of the feet, extend under the horn. From exposure to mud and filth, further infection occurs, s®® the hoof may be entirely â€"s} Sheep in such a condition will oft walk on their knees. In acute cases the disease extends to the respiratory and digestive tracts, and death occurs in five to six days. The majority _of_ cases, however, are mild, and. respond to proper treatment, and the animals recovâ€" er in about two weeks. Cases of infoestion through butter, buttermilk and cheese made from infected milk, are also on record. profuse and continued salivation follows, often glairyâ€"like white of eggâ€"and sometimes bloody. The animal finds much difficulty and pain in eating, rumination is imâ€" peded, and the breath becomes fetid. i 0n THE AMLL Footâ€"andâ€"mouth â€"disease, al called Aphthous Fever, is a virq lent and contagious discase of cat tle, sheep and swincyoung ani mals being particulafly susceptible (al ) months N21 bo is outbre owne unt â€"A la