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Sold by medicine Gealors or ment by mail at 25 cents a box by writing the Dr. Wiliiams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. F When little ones are ill the sensible mother no longer doses them with pauseâ€"us, gr png porgatives, nor pute «them to sieep with the soâ€"cailed "soothing" preparations, which alâ€" ways contain harm{ul opiates. Baby‘s Cwn Tablets have been used by thouâ€" #ands of mothers who cheerfully tosâ€" tify that they are gentle in their action, absolutely safe, and make litâ€" tle ones sleep soundly and naturaliy, decause they remove the trouble that made baby irritable and wakeful. On this point Mrs. T. Watson, Sarsfield, Ont.. says: "I have used Baby‘s Own Tablets and find them a very valuâ€" ‘able medicine for young children. When baby is cross or fretful L give ber a Tablet, and it soon puts her & But he was so determined that she thoughi it less trouble to accede to ‘his wish. The sight of the glorious sky made her thoughtful ; then, when ahe was in a frame of mind proper {or listening, he turned to her. â€" How __"I do not care for sunsets, Felix," whe said. "I cannot go into raptures over them. I see the sun set in some fashion or other every evening." Wwith this suddea and unexpected gleam of â€" prosperity came other gleams; his business increasedâ€"and Darcy Loasdale owned to tnmself that he was a most fortunate man. He removed with his housenold to YVale HMouse; and Felix began to thiak that he might induce YViolet to marry him before the end of the year, Ho did aot even speak to her of their marriage, for it was a difficult task; she would evade the question in a hundred different ways; she would laugh, yet look charmingâ€"do anything, in â€" fact, but reply to his inquiry as to whenr they should be united. He wenat to The Limes one lovely summer evening quite resolted upon not coming away withut a definite answer. Violet was looking even more charming than usual; she wore a white dress with blush roses and her fair, girlish face was like a sweet flower. He persuaded her to come out with him, beguiling her oa to the lawn under the pretext of showing her the gorgeous westâ€" era sky, but many, who would gladly change thetr fate for mine, who would marry Felizx Lonedale and be happy in his Nove, who would think this pretty bouso a palace and would find the contentment and true happiness of & lifeâ€"time within its walls; why cannot I do the same? What is it thait I am always looking for, hopâ€" ing Tor, expecting? What more do amore _ dreaming"â€"and she â€" had dreamed wildly of a different life fr_(_)!n this. Still she loved Felix. Fcolix amused her with his raptures when he returned. It was so novel, mo dolightful to sse her there; and the day was neved forgotten by him because she had been gracious to him The iahabitants of Lilford were pleased at Darcy Lonsdale‘s good lortusne. He deserved it, they said ; hlis _ hogaest, honorable, industrious life had been spent amonug them; they bhad kaown him as boy and maa; they hbhad been interested in his marriages, in his children, in his business; he was one of themâ€" selves; they had been interested la his joys and sorrows and in his welfare, and now they were pleasâ€" ed at his good fortuae. 0o went in compliance with her wigh. What request of hersg could he have refused ? And Violet Haye stood alone in the home that her lover sought to make hers. She stood there, aAsinty and bewitching; she looked "I wonder," sail the dainty young beauty to bersel, "In what I difâ€" fer| from other girlts I know not one, The violat eyes glanced wist[fully round the pretty rooms; why was se not content ? Yot she did not feel quite at case. Thoare was a vague, shadowy feeling of something wanting that she had not yet found. . "I love Felix," she told herseif ; "and it scems to me that if 1 made an effort I could be happy and conâ€" tented here. What is the effort that I have to makq? I love Felix ; nothâ€" Ing on earth can make me alter that I want ? I cannot understand myselft and I am sure no one else can underâ€" f L _ SUZ L ‘ ~c_z.__;,=vb,“_\ o MM: 4'1 A SENSIBLE MOTHER. CHAPTER vV. There w t reuubitident apratiaBihses dntio cce sc i d 4 APB 2 1 +4 wl o7 & 1 i | liancy, *hat his heart warmed to her. Bhe listened with such swoeet symâ€" 'path,v to ail that he had to sayâ€" ito his history of the vottage, and Lh sÂ¥%ou 1 P 2 P i " Yes"â€"he told her it was all true; he had been spending the evening at The Limesâ€"he had just left YViolet. He walked home with Evelyn, and be was struck with the strango sense of rest that came over him. She was not beautiful, but the sweet face was very fair and very tender, her voice musical and full of sympathy ; she esnoke of kindly of beautiful Violet, she praised her so generously and warmly. sho annlko wikh ortwh" «xsl warmly, she spoke with such real enthusiasm of her loveliness, of the qtlmirutlon_ she excited, of her brilâ€" " Felix, I have heard good newsâ€" you are favored in fortune and in love. Is it all true ?‘ "Let me say September, Violet," he pleaded ; "that is a glorious month and the house will be quite ready. My darling, gladden my beart with one word |" a y3 1 But he was never quite sure wheâ€" ither she had spoken that word or not ; her eyes were dim with tears, and sahe murmured something to the effect that she loved himâ€"had alâ€" ways loved him â€"while something of remorse seemed to tinge her manner. Her fingers thrilled him with their soft_touch ; her lovely lips ugivered as she talked to him ; but he could never tell whether she had whispered the word he wanted. & sense of rest came over him at the first glance at her sweet face. She went up to him with the gentle grace and dignity that characterized That evening, when he reached home. Evelyn Lester was there, and " Hardly sudden, darling," he interâ€" rupted, "when I have loved you since you were seven years old. You will be just as happy when you are my wife as you are nowâ€"will you not ?" "I cannot tell," she replied. I(â€"she had spoken the real truth she would have told him that she was unwilling to lay. down her soverâ€" eignty ; that the homage and admiraâ€" tion she received were very precious to her ; that she enjoyed them ; that she liked to know she was the queen of the countryâ€"side. All that, of course, would end wheon she was marâ€" ried. The married ladies she knew led dull livesâ€"or dull they seemed to her â€"spent in the routine of duty. They superintemded their households,nursed their children, directed their servants. It seemed dreary work to her â€"a life that held little. She had hoped for more than this; her brilliant beauty ought to bring her a brighter Iate than that which these plainâ€" faced matrons had met. While she sat mugifik with these thoughts plainly written on ber face, Felix was looking earnestly at ‘*You â€" forget," he interrupted, " how _ dearly I love you, Violet, and _ hojw| I long for thought ‘you did not love me, Violet, I would not urge my requestâ€"I would go far away, and occupy my life as well as Icouldâ€"nay, I would rather die than make you unhappy. If you do not love me I will not hold you pledged to me, Violet." _ *" But I do love you," she said, lookâ€" ing up at him with sweet, perplexed evyes; "still, Felix, it seems so sudâ€" "Perhaps not in so many words, Violet, but in honor you are bound to bo my wife." "I am willing to be your wife, Felix; but let me enjoy my youth a little longer, I am only 19â€"there is no hurry." "I did not know, Felix." "My heart is full of it," he replied â€"at. least it is full of you. I do not wish to startle you, Violet, but give me one kind word to dream about mow. I am always wondering, ‘When will our marriage take place? When will my darling consent? When will the ond come to all my uncertainties, doubts and fears? When shall I be able to say to myself :\ On such a diiw I will bring home my wife?" " She answered, half impatiently : "You make so terribly sure of everything, Felix." "Have I not the right to do so in this case?" he asked, laughing hallf sadly at her. ‘""No, I eannot ; 1 do not care for {:.n.)‘l;l;%r ballads," she replied. "What "You know ‘My Pretty Jane,/" he said. "‘The lines I want to quote to you e these : * ‘*Name the day, the weddingâ€"day, And I will buy the ring.‘ Now, sweet Violet, that is just what I want you to doâ€"tell me when thiat happy day will dawn lor me. Do not let the â€" summer sunshine and the flowers all die beâ€" fore you are my wife." "You are cruel, Felix," she said. "You always spoil these lovely sunny days by talking about marâ€" riage." us "Violet," he said, "I want to quotse a couple of lines from a {amiliar balâ€" lad to you. Can you guese what it is?" turaed her startled face to quite promise, you 4 "It means, my dear, that there is some subtle agency at work against usâ€"I can not tell what. It means also that the tradespeople must be pald at once. Indoed, Kate, we would have been wise had we waited iill the legacy hal bee paid to us before we came here." . K..A $‘ â€" "What does it mean ?"" â€"she asked, wonderingly. & & * Yet she waited anxiously for him the next day. She was somewhat surprised, for there had beea a perfect deiuge of tradesmea‘s bills aa occurrence that had never hapâ€" pened before. The baker had sent in his bill, and the butcher wanted ready money ; the uphoisterers who had furnished Vale Houso pressed for a settiement in consequence of unlooked for losses. Kate sunowed the bills to her husband. Kate tried to cheer him; she laughed at the,notion. What could there be ? Sh'e kanew that there was no one like him. No one could accuse him of a meaa action; his life had always© been fair, open, loyal, anod transparent. It was abâ€" surd. He must be out of health; «hbe should go away and rest himâ€" self for a time. People cool to him indeed ! She would like to see aay ~one treat him with less resâ€" pect aoad honor than he deserved. The kind, tender face flushed, the kind eyes filled with tears. She would have done battle for him with the whole world. There was nothing in what he said, she felt sure, but failing health. "No; but there is something â€" I am quite sure there is something, Kateâ€"ia the minds of people about me. I can not imagine what it is." "No ; I am sure they were speaking of ma I went to the bank this mornâ€" ing, and ms I was entering the door I cistinctly heard the manager say, ‘Mistaken in LonsGale.‘ I heard the words as plainly as you hear them now. He was talking to one of the partners,, and they were both cool, I thought, in their mannes." Kate threw her arms round his neck and kissed his anxious face. "Why should any one talk about you or be cool to you, dear? You hbave doae no wrong." § ‘"What could they have to say about you ?" asked Kate. "It was all fancy, Darcy." _ Â¥ "The very air seems thick with fancies," he answered. "IL saw three of my bost friends this morning standing in a group in Castle street, and when I joined them I knew by the embarrassed expression on each man‘s face that they had been talkâ€" nig about me." t laces, might have gladdened any man‘s heart ; but Darcy Lonsdale lookad dull. Again his wife asked what was wrong, and he laughed unâ€" easily, she thought. X The next time he returned home it was evening, and the pleasgsant teaâ€" table, thg happy circle of bright One day Darcy Lonsdale returnâ€" ed with a perplexed look on his face to his new house. His wife, wohdering at it, asked him : "What is the matter, Darcy *" After thinking for a few, minutes, he answered : > "* Nothing; my brain seems to be_ tuH‘ _of _ foolish fancies," He had settle« in his own mind that he would persuade her to beâ€" come his wife before the chill Ocâ€" tober killed the flowers and stripâ€" ped the trees. So he thought and hoped aad dreamed, while a cloud was rising in the distance no largâ€" er than a man‘s hand. to _ meet with _ congratulations and good wishes â€" to see life lying so fair and clear before him â€"to feel his youth and his strength â€"to feel his happiness thrilling every vein. He felt that he had nothing left in life to wish for ; heaven had been good to him and had _ granated him his heart‘s deâ€" sire. He would have felt a dittle happier, perhaps, had Violet been less coy. _ But that very coyness had a charm of its own; it suited ber; he could not imagine _ her other than coy ; and, as for doubt or fear, or mistrust, such shadows aever darkened his mind. The heaâ€" ven of his love was clear and cloudâ€" less. Violet would ro wiess coy In time; it wwas better for her to be shy ‘aoad reserved as she was thar lay herself out for admiraâ€" tion. ~s some did. No unfriencly criticisms reached Felix Lonsedale‘s ears â€" none could hbave hurt him. He had now the one great prizeo of his life ; he was happy beyond all power of word to tell. It tleased him, too, that all his friends and neighbors took such kindly interâ€" "Loveâ€"we know what a lasting sontiment that is," sneered Miss Lesâ€" ter. "I( he married a sensible woman with, a nice little fortune, I should have some hope ; but the very curl of that girl‘s hair shows what she "Youth and loveâ€"would any wise man build his house on such foundaâ€" tion@?" saild her aunt. "I tell you Eveâ€" iyn, it is a mistake, and Lonsdale will ling it «o. I read a character quickly, and I have read Violet Haye‘s." "Thore is no other hair in Lilford like it, auntie," she repolied. "It is a vory good thing," was the retort, "I am no friend of nonsense." Evelyn laughed as she thought of the glorious golden hair that had alâ€" ways been Violet‘s glory. _ _ _ _ _ "Sbe loves him," repeated Evelyn, who could imagine nothing more unâ€" answerable. t "You will need a friend," she thoughtâ€""and when you do, you shall not fail to find one." $. 7 ~*~ CHiAPTER VI. / "That young man ought to be satâ€" isfied with his lot in life," said Jane Lester, as her niece told her of Felix Lonsdale‘s success. . , es m e e s ol ° "The worst thing that any man can do is to marry a girl with a pretty, Tace," said the aunt. "Pretty girlse are a mistakeâ€"they think themselves too good for anything. Felix Lonsdale has acted foolishly, â€" Violet Haye will never make him a good wife." . Interested in it all. He said to him«â€" belf that it was strange what perâ€" [ect rest he found with herâ€"a someâ€" thing which he could not describe, a sense of deep tranquility and reâ€" ‘"I think,. Evelyn," he said, as he stood at the hall door of Outlands, "that no man was ever so blessed. I have the truest and fairest of loves, and the truest and warmest of friends." 1 w"fi; is q‘t;rt‘:;;xs}ied. aunt'le."‘ I-'Ive~ ly‘n returned, gently. , | _ "SBhe is young, and she loves him very dearly," remarked Evelyn. The moon was shining brightly, ;nd Eve stood in silence for a few minâ€" utes watching him. in him; it was pleasant Something has already beert done along these lines in Ontario, and we are still far behind California, Olio, Michigaa and other States. One of thke most progressive coâ€"operative asâ€" sociations Las it headquarters at Walkerton, in the celebrated «Huron apple district. Mr. A. E. &horrington, the masager, reported that last This latter point was emphasized by Mr. W. H. Dawsor, the Toronto comimission merchant, by a referâ€" ence to the coâ€"operative system of bandling the Texas tomato crop. This is handled by one man stationâ€" ed at St. Louis, and the system is so thorough that market demoraliâ€" zatioi is absolutely avoided. The grading is so perfect that a man can order a car of ‘Texas tomatoes by grade and feel perfectly sure of gotting just what he ordered. Among the advantages of the plan which have become apparent during the twelve years that the associaâ€" tion has been in existence are; 1. It ensures better prices for the fruit. 2. It leaves the grower free to devote his undivided atteniion to the improvement of production. 8. It enables enables buyers to purâ€" chase at a central point large quanâ€" tities of a uniform grade. Thus they can select precisely the sort of fruit to guit various markets. 4. It gives the members a much stronger posiâ€" tion in dealing with commission men, merchants and carrying companies than they could possibly have as inâ€" dividual shippers. 5. It provides for the proper «distribution of fruit, so that one market may not be glutâ€" tod at the same time that another is left bare of supplies. A typical example of the practical working out of the coâ€"operative plan was described by Mr. W. H. Owen, Catawba Island, Ohio, who is one of the recognized leaders in the moveâ€" ment across the line. The growers all live within seven and a half miles of the large central packing depot, where the grading is done under the managers‘ supervision. The growers do their own picking, and bring in from three t.« five thousand bushels of peaches dany. The fruit begins to arrive at the central depot by two o‘clock p. m., and packing operations frequently continue all night. Each grower is duly credited with the amâ€" ouhnt of fruit of each grade which he contributes to the total amount, and he is paid in accordance, as soon‘ as sales are made. Under the businessâ€" iwike system adopted it is possible to make most of the sales direct from the warehouse. Free use of the teleâ€" graph, telephone and puail service is made in collecting and disseminating information as to the quantity of each variety and grade available. In this way the fruit is disposed of pracâ€" tically as soon as produced. There is no refrigerator service at the packâ€" ing house, but refrigerator cars are supplied by the railways,and the fruit is put into them as soon as possible. The cost of carrying on the business is about seventeen to nineteen cents per bushel of peaches, including cost of packages and transportation, as well as administrative expenses of the association. The Benefits of Coâ€"operation Among Fruit Growers. . : Department of Agriculture, . i f Commissioner‘s Branch, / ‘The principle of coâ€"operation among {ruit growers, which has been strongâ€" ly advocated during the last two years by W. A. MacKinnon, ol the Fruit Division, Ottawa, received enâ€" thusiastic endorsation at the recent annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers‘ Association at Leamington. The address of the President, the reâ€" port of he Secretary, and ali the most interesting and instructive paâ€" pers dealt with the question of coâ€" operation. P "It is too cold," she said. "Violet has been complaining of headache all day ; she must not go out." 1 And the tone was so decided, so stern, that Felix could not oppose Mrb. Haye. He held Violet‘s hand one minute in his ; he tried to look into the depths of her beautiful eyes, but they dropped from his, and he could not see them. He left her with a few whispered words, feeling more unâ€" happy than he had ever felt before. (Tn ke Continued.) .. . Then â€" the conversation lanâ€" guished, and Felix grew #so unâ€" somfortable that he decided upon returning _ home. He had no misgiving â€"he thought he had callâ€" ed at an ainauspicious momentâ€" he had perhaps interrupted some doâ€" mestic conference. He cared only: to wee Violet. If she would go to the gate with him, so that he would have tln;o for a few words, all would be well. ; | t But when he had said goodâ€"night to the two seniors, and asked Vioâ€" lat if she would walk to the gate with him, Mrs. Haye interposed. "I do not fear evil days," remarekd Felix, with all the sanguine hope of a young man. | . "The wisest among us may expect thein," said Mr. Haye, briefly, _ *"‘This must have cost something," he said, "for it is very handsome. It would be better to eave money than to spend itâ€"we none of us know when the evil day may come." e It struck him, when he entered the drawingâ€"room at The Limes, that the three assembled there had been «peaking of him, their groeting was eo awkward, so constrained, so unlke the genial, kindly reception that had always been given to him hitherto. Mrs. Haye held out her hand to him, but her eyes fell, and her husband‘s hal{â€"murmured words were inaudible; Violet looked embarragsed ; and for the first time under that hospitable rool the young lover felt ill at ease. When he laid the volume on the table, Mr. Haye took it up. _ _ Felix thought that there would be time to walk over to The Limes. He had a very beautiful book that he had bought for Violet, and he wantâ€" ed to give it to her. 1 "But it is certain," said Kate, a little anxiously. * "As certain as fate," he replied ; and then they talked a little more cheerfully: about what they would do when the money, was at their comâ€" mand. i That same evening Felix â€" came home looking slightly preoccupled. He bad seen one of their oldest clients go into George Malcolm‘s office, and the vicar q the parish, the Rev. Danlel Hunter, had passed him with the coldest of bows. He also had an Impression that there was something wrong. He could tell neither what it was nor why i was. FRUIT GROWING. * ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Tho â€" restorative action of Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food is soon fet throughout the enrtire system, be. cause it restores the vigor and viâ€" tality of the rervosâ€"{ills theimn with new rerve force, the vital power of tho boly ; weakness, nervousness, irâ€" ritabluty, sleeplessness and low spirâ€" When the nerves are injured or disâ€" eased, when there is a deficiency in thoe supply of nervous energy, parâ€" alysis, locomotor ataxia or some form of helplessness results because the brain no longer has control of tho muscles. It may be weak heart action, inâ€" ability to digest food, failure of the lungs to puri{y the blood or impaired action of any of the vital organs, but the cause of trouble is with the nerves. Erery muscle of the body conâ€" itrolled by the will is connected with the brain, and every muscular action is originated by nervous force, genâ€" erated in the brain and transmitted along the nerves to the muscles. Injury to Brain or Nerves, Deficiency of Nerve Force Means Paralysis and Helplessness Another Ghastly Sixâ€"Day Grind. New York Tribune. A sixâ€"day bicycle tournament is a@lded to the afflictions of this vexed metropolis. Why must New Yorkers suffer from such a besetment ? _ ‘The old, unhappy, Tarâ€"off things which Wordsworth wept over were bad enough, but in this era of enlightenâ€" ment Gotham ought not to be dis tressed and tormented with a reâ€" newal of the outworn nuisance of the wan and haggard tramps in the ranks of the professional wheelmen. *A chaperon," exclaimed the girl who presides over a necktie counter between meals, "is a female of more or less uncertain years who is afraid to go out alone, so she attaches herâ€" gself to a party of young folks for the purpose of getting herself cared for. Bee ?"â€"Chicago News. 1/« Brain Controls ""Chaperon !" exclaimed the yoang man from Missouri, "What‘s a chap eron ?" j One Girls Opinion. Someone spoke of a chaperon as the boarders were seated around the maâ€" hogary. 3 Woe unto you when ail men shall speak well of you.â€"Luke, vi. 26. Among ‘the quotations from the poets the following diaes distanced all others as a favorite : Honor and shame from no condiâ€" tion rise ; Act well your partâ€"there all the honort lies. â€"Pope The book was a dazzling success. Everybody in town took a copy, and some of the amateur authors bought several copies to send to their friends im other towns. This world that we‘re living in Is mighty hard to beat, A thorn comes with every rose; But ain‘t the roses sweet ? ‘The most unpopular maa in town paid tem cents to get his name along this quotation from Holy Writ : The Macon idea embraced a widâ€" er_ field. ‘There were those who didn‘t care to borrow their literaâ€" ture. It was, therefore, provided that every real, or fancied poet or prose writer could have his proâ€" duction handsomely printed, just as written, at ten cents a line. Beâ€" slides offering a chance for fame, the plan furaished good experience for young writers, because it taught thb;m' to economize space, One poetic artist put up 40 cents to get this tender seatiment in : expectations.. There are now about flftyâ€"five members, with an average of Tour acres of apples each. Fifteen care of apples have this year been shipped on the coâ€"operative plan. Not only have the prices been better, but more fruit Las been sold than would have been possible under the old sysâ€" tem. Even the carly varieties of apâ€" ples were put upor the market in good condition. Just as soon as the Duchess, for instance, were ripe, all coâ€"operators were notified to begin pickling at the eame time. In this way a car would be started with tke fruit within two days of the time thke apples were taken from the trees. 4 PR Yours very truly, :/ 1 A"" A 1 {1 T i.. . _ W. A. Clemons, |~;!f; ; sc y Publication Clerk. ‘ :t | ‘The idea that seemed most sucâ€" cessful was an elaboration of a plan originated at Quincy, Il!. In that town the church issued a book of quotations. Every person who contributed tea cents could have his name priated prominently over his favorite quotation from the classics. $ tar caurce pest _ } § MORE THAN AlqunA.Ag $09009909990908990000 0090 When they undertook the work they started to collect, not cash, but ideas. ‘They reasoned that if they provided ideas, the money would come of itself{. So premiums were offered for ideas. Every idea thf.t seemed promising bad a fair trial. ‘A mortgage of $3,000 upon the First Baptist Church, says a desâ€" patch from Macon, Mo., wias pubâ€" licly burned _at a jubilee service last week. The lion‘s share of the glory for paying off this debt goes to the women of the church, 9900000999009099000000000008 C EVCE RCCCARCCL CCCC WUTO, ALSD yCur the association ‘had gonpamd beyond all expectations.. There are now about two cars ol fDuchess apples, which arrived in gool condition. In addition to these three cars of winter apples were packed and sold. Tlis year the two carse in DR. CHASE‘S NERVE FOOD =â€"~‘ made its first tive work by Every Muscle "und my strength is gradually inâ€" | creasing." _ Dr. Chase‘s Norve Food, 50 cents a box, 6 boxes for $2.50, at all dealâ€" |ers, or Edmanson, Bates & Comâ€" pany, Poronto. To protect you ogaingt imitations, the portrait and \sigrature of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous recelpt book author, are on leverybox.,l eb /A F W l od with the use of this preparation, as it has done me a great deal of pgood. I am now ab‘s to sleep very much better, my norvos are steadier in very poor health; and, in fact, when I began using Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food I had just got up from a bed of sickness, my nerves were in a bad state. I was weak and coukdl not sleep. Now I am ¢e‘;t’|.-|s up in years, and, f course, not look for immediate resalts, but must say that I havo been delightâ€" its disappear and new cenergy aad strength take their pace. ( _ Mrs. C. Corkey, 32 Maine street, (St. John, N. R, states ; "I had been A taste for borseflesh is steadily on the increase in Paris. A veterâ€" inary and sanitary report just isâ€" sued states that in 1896 at the public abattoirse 214230 horses, asses and mules were slaughtered for the different dealers in borselflesh in the French capital. In 1897 the number was 22,029, in 1898 22, 512. in 1899 23,203%, in 1900 20| 484, in 1901 26,682, in 19@?&- 824, Of the number in â€" this last{ year ‘there were 31,790 hor%‘ asses and 49 mules. Much food is gold in tho shape of sanâ€" _ _ First offenders are often cured by rarraow escapes such as this from fallâ€" ing into the abyss that leads to the dock, and gladly pay for the experience in coin of the realm, as if they had all the while meant to purchase instead of purloin the goods. Should leniency cf such a kind fail to lead the trespasser tack into the paths of rectitude, the manager‘s office is made the scene of more serious negotiations, on which it is well to draw the veil. But as a rule, it does not. Considering the immense population of London and the ease with which beautiful objects can apparently be taken in the great shops, the detecâ€" tives ind their talents called but seldom into play, probably because their sysâ€" tem of surveillance is so capitally organâ€" ied and carried out.â€"London Mail, to convict a kleptomaniac. _ Prosecuâ€" tions do not forward business ‘The proâ€" priector‘s policy is to prevent pilfering by every conceivable means. Hence a biind eye is turned to what is a theft in embryo, and the wretched shoplifter caught in the act of purloining a blouse under cover of her waterproof is asked whether the article may not be sent home for her. To the buiging umbrelia When an attendant misses or thinks ho misses something, or notices disâ€" turbing signs of thievery, he speaks to the detective, who, as an clegantlyâ€"garbâ€" ed customer, seats herself in a position commanding a good view of the suspects and makes her purchases like any uther woman, all the while gathering data upon which to proceed. The disâ€" puise assumed by the shop detective difs fers day by day. or the gaping handâ€"bag the detectives allude with an apology, fearing that madam has inadvertentiy incommoded herself with something that fell from the counter. If there be one result less desired by the shop proprietor than another it is Every shop walker and counter attendâ€" ant is in effect a detective, bub there «re some professionals who assume the: guise to hide their real position. It is the duty of each attendant when he is suspicous of a customer to call the attention of the detective to her, ;;:, tlatantly, but by prearranged sign. detective then keeps the suspect under ter immecdiate eye. In the large empor-‘ iums where women chiefly eon%tqlto the most efficient, because least conâ€" spicuous, detectives are women, either employed as shop walkers or as cusâ€" tomers. * ore pervaded by women, but more especially at sale times, for it is then that covetousness overwhelms morality mwost éasily, and the crowded state of the shops favors the pickerâ€"up of unâ€" considered trifles. A manager of one of the largest establishments in the metroâ€" polis says it is in those dopt.rtulfnem that are most spacious that ering principally goes on, and that rn them detective supervision is always most tc the shoplifter. But there are only a; few shops so structurally designed thaté surveiliance of this kind is possible.; Fome of the jewelers‘ treasure palaces are guarded in this manner, and to make aesurance doubly sure, no attendant is: without his satellite, who keeps a wary, eye on the cases of gems exposed to the? customers‘ inspection, standing at the{ salesman‘s elbow while he is showing! them. At all periods a careful watch is kept on those dress establishments that pected gallery in the ceiling, whence from artfully designed peep holes in the moulding he can survey the whole establishment, is the most successful foil Though there is every appearance in\ all the great London shops that the‘ public is to be trusted implicitly, en‘ elaborate and carefuly organized system ; of espionage prevails to circumvent the‘ designs of the peripattetic thief and the‘ marauding kleptomaniac. ‘The invisible® detective, $BoP ETAE iN Lo The Taste for Horseficsh. 1897 the 1898 22, 19200 2@ 1902 ?a.- this last{ orses, hi of4= e of sanâ€"