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1| "CAlLUADA" FARFS Â¥ CHILDREN. 1% »t t "I rather think my mother would have liked him for Geraldine, but I am not so sure he would have made a good husâ€" band," Lady Finistoun was saying when Mona listened again. _ "These fascinatâ€" ing, allâ€"accomplished men seldom | co. They tell queer stories about him. The Countess of Northallerton went out of her mind about him, so it is said, only the carl died so suddenly there would have been a fearful row." "He was, very agreeable," said Mona, 1*" ® -y.i He has been very popular in "ndia, but he is coming home now on and a baronetey." 4 "Oh, indeed! How did that happen*" "I think he always expected it. O!d Sir Howard Lisle was a relation of his father‘s, and as they were a nonâ€"marryâ€" ing set of men, our acquaintance, though not a near cousin, was the next heir." So, after all, he was not a poor man. He had wealth and position almost in his grasp when he shrunk from sharing his life with her, thought Mona, while Lady Finistoun rattled on. "But I supâ€" pose there are many like him," was her conclusion. p x Ti _"Oh, Mona! do you remember Captain Lisle ®" "Just think, Evelyn, of the hundreds of people who never quit it, and live on." "Then you are quite different." "I ean not see," began Mona, when Lady Finistoun, interrupting her, exâ€" claimedâ€" s "Ah, yes, she is a dear old thing! But fancy staying in London all the year. You will make yourself ill, Mona." "I shall not go anywhere. I shall stay very thankfully. with my good friend, Madame Debrisay, who never changes toâ€" ward me." When you meet you will be all right. Lord and Lady Waterton are coming, and Colonel Markham, the green shot; then, later, Sir Arthur Fitzgerald and Mr. Mercer, the man who has such a lovely barytone; Mrs. Barrington and the two girls, a brother of Finistoun‘s, and, oh, I cannot remember allt We ecan put up a great many, but I have never seen the place yet. I believe the scenery about it is lovely. _ If you do not come to me or go to your uncie, where can you go this autumn * "I do not think Uncle Sandy would dine with any one." to have a pleasant party. I am sorry my father and mother cannot come. ‘Lhey talk of going to Vienna till after Christâ€" mas. _ I should like you to be good friends again." "Have they not forgiven me yet ?" asked Mona, with a smile. "Wellâ€"aâ€"no, 1 am afraid not. But dear mother is not an â€" ireconeilable. "Oh, but you really must come! And then, didn‘t Bertie tell me that the milâ€" lionaire uncle has a place quite near! Then you can make friends with him. We will ask him to dinner. Those sort of people are always so pleased when they are asked to dinner." "I do not thirx I can. 1 shall want to be in town by the first of October, andâ€"*" « ® A "Do you see the likeness too? Yes, I think he is. But do you know, Mona, he has the Newburgh gray eyes? They are like yours, Mona! Don‘t you think baby‘s eyes are very like Miss Joscelyn‘sâ€"I mean Miss Craig‘s?* (Your name always puzzles me, Mona.)" Here they reached Hyde Park Garâ€" dens, and Lady Finistoun sent a perempâ€" tory message to nurse. She soon appearâ€" ed with the Hon. Hector Aubrey Douglas Montgomerie in her armsâ€"a very active young gentleman, who did his best to precipitate himself headâ€"foremost on the floorâ€"jumping, crowing, clutching at his nurse‘s cap, and slobbering after the faâ€" shion of babies from St. James‘ to St. Giles‘. He held out his Klump, mottled arms to his delighted mother, who proudâ€" ly took him, and then, as the highest mark of affection and confidence, gave h: to Mon#s. She received him with no small apprehension. though pronouncing him, with genuine admiration, to be a splendid fellow, and "so like Lord Finisâ€" toun." "By the bye, Geraldine is engaged," she went onâ€""engaged to a charming man, only he has no money, so they are obliged to wait till he gets an appointâ€" ment. My father is rather cross about it, I but I dare say it will all come right." i LEAD PACKETS ONLY +*â€" I do." Will be found Most Beneficial this warm weather. A Glass of Iced U has come into a large property Won at Last CGOEYLON TEA pay your fare (second class), and a cab and ouch like. And I‘ll give you a trifle _ "Now, you must write at once to me, yes or no, and then come as soon as you can start. Kenneth shall meet you in CHasgow. And as you are young and strong, you might take the night train and come on here when you have taken a bite of breakfast in Glasgow. Feeli sure you will come to your old uncle,ng enclose you a post officd order for three pounds five shillings and sixpence to "Kenneth is a good lad ,and decently sensible out of doors, but within it is awful desolate without a woman to or der thingsa. I therefore propose that, if you are penitent, as I hope you are, you come and stay with me as my daughter, to look after me, and rule my house, and I promise you that you shall not be asked to wed with anyone you do not like, but that if you do wed, and leave me, you will find some wiseâ€"like woman to bide with me, and care for me in your Phgg' 1 R & R 4 The days and weeks flew by rapidly, and Mme. Debrisay was beginning to think of work again, when one moÂ¥ning in the first week of September, the post brought Mona a letter addressed in exâ€" ceedingly shaky, spiderâ€"like caligraphy, It bore the postmark of "Kirktoun," and having looked at it earnestly for a moâ€" ment, she exclaimed : "Why, here is a letter from Uncle Sandy!" "You don‘t say so! Read it to me, if you will." "I‘ll try. What an awful hand!" "My Dear Nieceâ€"As you have had time to think over your unkind and unâ€" grateful conduct to your natural proâ€" tector and nearest of kin, 1 make no doubt you are sorry and ashamed of yourself. But, as youth is always wilful and selfâ€"opinionated, 1 dare say false shame holds you back from saying you are sorry. Therefore, for the sake of your father, and, indeed, for your own, I will believe that you say them in your heart, and are willing to atone to me, by trying to be a comfort to my poor, troubled old age, which you have been, all the time we journeyed together. Kenneth wrote occasionally. Unde Sandy was greatly annoyed at the misâ€" management of all things npp(-rtaininfi to the farm during his absence. He ha dismissed the man he had left in charge, and was determined, with Kenneth‘s help, to direct everything himself; but he was very unwell and fractions. He never mentioned Mona‘s name, but Kenâ€" neth was of opinion that he thought of her a good d:‘u{). Meantime there was no chance of his getting away, and he began to fear that it would be many a month before he could see his Highland Mary. So the friends enjoyed the quiet holiâ€" day together. _ Prudence forbade their leaving town. But Mona, fresh from her wanderings, was glad to rest; and Mme. Debrisay was quite content while she had Mona. home, and the society you were used to, but it had to be done, and there is no use in looking back. Life has many sides, and there‘s none without its own spark of light." So the friends enjoved the aniet holiâ€" The encounter with Lady Finistoun afâ€" forded much matter for talk to Madame Debrisay. She did not press Mona to accept her invitation. "I am not sure it would do you any good, dear. It is better to keep with those of your own trade. It went to my heart to see you leave your beautiful Of course Evelyn had these also. But the general effect of her visit was to inâ€" crease her thankfulness that she had resolutely refused to marry Mr. Waring. She felt, as her selfâ€"knowledge increased, that she dared not risk her future with anyone she did not deeply and truly love. Hers was a heart that could not long remain empty, swept and garnished. Mona wa Kensington ful mood. see Evelyn 1 "Oh, yes. _ I will write it in your adâ€" dress book." "Then leave me your address. 1 am determined to make you come to me at Straithairlie. _ Perhaps I shall have a peep at you when I pass through town in September." "Still, dear, I must go. 1 am so glad I saw the baby. Madame Debrisay will be charmed to hear all about him." "Oh! she will not mind, when she knows I kept you; and I do not know when I shall see you again, for 1 have more engagements than I can manage every day before we go down to Cowes." ‘urgent private affairs, I suppose, and will probably leave the army. You are not going yet, Mona ?" > "I must. Madame Debrisay will be looking for me." ; iporevermeemeet P€eRaP stt CC 50¢ and 60c per 1b. AT ALL GROCERsS So madame stood standing to the last, till the last glimmer of the red light at the end of the train had vanished, and _ _"My only idea of home is with you, dear Deb. You shall have a letter every week, and you must write regularly too." But she was deeply gratified by the profound regret with which Mona bid her goodâ€"bye. :: _‘ .. . 6 Ahek A "I want to stand well with him, dear, for your sake; and he never quite took to me." "Why should I make her heart ache," thought the kindly woman. _ f Finally she parted with Mona with nearly dry eyes.. C kB . 4. i Ts She loaded her "dear child" with all kinds of little, useful presents, and she sent a warm waistcoat of her own knitâ€" ting to Uncle Sandy, in preparation for the winter. Mona laughed heartily at her imaginaâ€" tive friend, and then the conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a letâ€" ter from Kennethâ€"very hastily but joyâ€" ously written. He was full of the anâ€" ticipated pleasure of meeting Mona, and told, her that Mary Black was to be in Glasgow staving with some relations, and he would get leave to stay a day, and would also introduce his ladyâ€"love to his cousin,. Uncle Sandy, he said, had quite "perked" up since he knew Mona was coming, and, in short. life looked like a sunny, unruffled lake, pro tem., to the sanguine young Highlander. Then the hour of parting came soonâ€" too soon. What sandwiches Mme. Debrisay cut, what biscuits and grapes she bought, how neatly she did them all up in a picâ€" turesque little basket with loving care, may be imagined. * "You don‘t know! When Lady Finis toun is your neighbor, you can‘t refuse to dine with her. I should not be surâ€" prised if all the lairds in the countryâ€" sidewere to lay themselves at your feet. They don‘t often see anything like you!" "I have two dinner dresses, you know, that only need a little doing up. _ And probably I shall never need such a thing." "I‘d have a dinner dress, though!" she exclaimed, suddenly; "a dinner dress of black satin and jet lace. You‘d look as fair as a lily in it; and some blush roses on your shoulder, to show you were not in mourning." 8 "He helped you, dear Deb, because you helped yourself" Madame was lost in thought, and did not reply. "You never know, dear, when the rairyday may come. So if you take & trifle now, be sure you pay it back when you get your first quarter. And now and again send me what you can to put away for you." "Yes! I promise Deb." "And if your uncle gives you a present of money, save it up. It is an awful thing to feel you haven‘t a penny, as I did when I had buried poor Debrisa{. How I ever got through, God onlip knows." The ensuing week was a busy one. London dressmakers were not to be thoughtlessly left behind. Preparations for a prolonged sojourn in comparative wilds were to be made. And Mona dearâ€" ly loved becoming dress and pretty things. Still madame preached economy, and the necessity of considering Mona‘s tiny capital as too sacred to be touched. Finally, the letter was despatched. As soon as the post could bring a reply came another epistle agreeini to everyâ€" thing, and expressing Uncle Sandy‘s exâ€" treme satisfaction. He gave his niece a few commissions to execute respecting books, papers, etc., and promised to subâ€" scribe to an Edinburgh cireulating libâ€" rary, that they might have entertainâ€" men« and instruction in the long winter nights. It was a piece of work not to be quickâ€" ly done. The collaborators had wide difâ€" ferences of opinion as to what was and was not to be insisted upon. Mona had mostly her own way, but, nevertheless, was a good deal influenced by her friend‘s shrewd advice. "Now, dear," she continued, "let us get rid of the breakfast things, and conâ€" coct our famous letter." "Very well, Deb. In such matters two heads are better than one. There is a point I will stipulateâ€" forâ€"a â€" yearly holiday to come and see you! That will revive me, and you, too; will it not?" "Ah, my darlin‘ child, it will indeedt" The tears sprung to Mme. Debrisay‘s bright, expressive eyes, and leaning toâ€" ward her beloved pupil, she kissed her affectionately. "He loves his ‘siller‘ better! You must not sacrifice yourself, Mona. Let me write what I want you to say, and you ean modify it if you like; but you must let him see that you are giving up indeâ€" pendence for his sake. Now is the time to make a clientele, and you resign the chance." "It is cruelly hard to let you go, but I must. Now, Mona, my dear, be careful in answering that letter. _ You must show him that you are sacrificing indeâ€" pendence to nurse him. And do not comâ€" mit yourself to stay with him always." "How can I bargain with a poor that loves me?" "Do?" repeated Mona, slowly. _ "I scarcely think 1 have any choice. You see, he voluntarily removes all cause of com;,),lgint; but it is hard to leave you, "Alexander Craig." "Well," said Mme. Debrisay, her counâ€" tenance falling. "I always expected it. What‘ll you do, dear? us a visit. It is always a treat to look on the Highlands, and you‘ll be bonnier than ever when you live in the sweet mountain air. Now just answer straight, and as you answer, so I‘ll be your loving uncle or no. for clothes etery q;nter â€"regular, as we may agree upon. your heart is good tovnrdy me, you might lose no time and be with me by Thursday first. For I am just wearying for you, my dearie. And give my respects to madame. Maybe she‘ll come up in holiday time and pay Stopping a Proposal. (~TC, __ KILS THEM ALL |man forbidding their exportation.â€"Counâ€" (Cleveland Leader.) 1 AVOID POOR mrrAmNs. try Life in America. "Do you think your father would like Pruggists Stores me as a son in law?" Bold by ali ad by ::‘h.a“”l Poe‘s Fame Assured Long Ago. "Yes, I believe he would." ' (Somerville, Mass., Journal.) “3“' joy!dIY” f TEN CENTS PERPACKET PRORM It is true that Edgar Allen Poe failed "Papa an never agree about anyâ€" to get admission to the Hall of Fame, thing, you know." ARCHDALE WILSON but then he .doesn‘t need it so nue:m:. Those Two Per Cent. Bonds. _ f HAMJLTON, ONT. . some others who have gained the homer. The late Mr. George Cavendishâ€"Bentict had been suppOrting the right of every man to drink as much as be pleased, and his pratorical menner had been rather more incoberent than usual.. Sir Wilfrid Lawson followed and began: ‘‘The right honorable gentleman who had just spoken was eviâ€" dently full of his subject." _ Sir George Campbell, a furious bore, was quarreling with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about stamping the device of St. George and the Dragoon on Scottish coins, which he conâ€" tended ought to be stamped with St. Anâ€" drew. Sir Wilfrid Lawson suggested, as a compromise, that Scotch coins might be stamped with the device of St. George and the Dragon. When Mr. Harry Lawson (Lord Burnbam‘s son) first came to Parliament, Sir Wilfrid Lawson thus referred to him: "I doâ€" not know much of my honorable friend, except that he bears an honorsd name,‘" a hit that was hugely relished by the house. Sir Wilfrid was very good at devising electioneering cries, and is the author of the saying that ‘Tory principle menat Beer and Bible. At one of the elecâ€" tions the Unjonists kept on repeating ‘"‘The flowing tide is with us," which Sir Wilfrid Lawson parred with ‘‘The flowing bowl is with them.*" When your nerves are out of order your whole health is on the verge of a breakâ€"down. Sudden sounds staiftle you; your muscles twitch _ and _ your hands tremble; _ your self control _ is shattered; your will power gone. Your head aches; your feet are often cold and your face flushed. Your heart jumps and thumps at the least exciteâ€" ment; you are restless at night and tired when you _ wake. Your temper is irritable and you feel utterly _ downâ€" hearted. And the whole trouble is beâ€" cause your blood is too thin and watery to keep the nerves strong. 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Dr. Williams‘ â€" Pink _ Pills restored Mr. Forth, simply because they made the rich, pure blood which properly nourishes the nerves and keeps them strong. They will cure all the disâ€" eases due to bad blood and shattered nerves, such as anaemia, indigestion, headaches and backaches, rheumatism, lumbago, St. Vitus dance, _ paralysis, general weakness and the secret ailments of growing girls and women. But you must always insist on getting the genâ€" uine pills with the full name Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills for Pale People on the wrapper around each box. Sold by medâ€" icine dealers or sent direct by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams‘ Medicone Co., Brockville, Ont. Made Strong and Steady by Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills. The shooting attachedâ€"a piece _ of moorland, not very extensiveâ€"was alive with birds, let well in the season, and although decrying sport as "just a play for fules, " he never disdained to take the rent. 4 The fortune, which hard work, coupled with the whim of a wealthy testator, had brought him, did not bestow much happiness. He was proud to be Craig of Craigdarroch; it sounded territorial; the name signifying "Rock of the Oaks," was & happy accident; but he grew nerâ€" vous in the lonely mansion, yet was never quite content away from it. The house was old, gray, and rambâ€" ing, having been much added to; and, thanks to the shelter of the hill, boastâ€" od the ornament of surrounding woods, not only of firâ€"trees, but beech _ and numerous oaks. It had been the residâ€" ence of the old lairds of Strathairlie. They had passed away long ago, and their lands had been divided among difâ€" ferent purchasers. The Lord Fin‘stoun of that day had bought the deer forest, and built a lodge. A Glasiow manufacâ€" turer bought the house, the home, and two or three other farms, which formed the estate of Craigdarroch, for a sumâ€" mer residence. _ He failed, and it was again brought to the hammer, _ when Sandy Craig became the possessor, for a sum decidedly below its real value. He also bought a good deal of furniture, establishing himself with much glee. But it was somewhat late in life to change his habits. Farming proved a costly amâ€" usement. The want of steady, regular employment made him irritable, and a cheeseparing spirit as regarded the conâ€" sumption of coal, coupled _ with _ the dampness of midwinter on the western coast, induced rheumatism. So Sandy Craig thought himself in a very _ bad way, and betook himself to London for superior medical advice, with the reâ€" sults we have seen. Craigdaroch was a beautiful secluded spot on the side of a hillâ€"the advancâ€" ed post of a mountain range, which upâ€" heaved its lofty crests further inland. It looked west upon the loch (an inlet of the sea), whicfiolay directly benéath it, and south toward the _ mountains, which trended to the east. The wild stretch of rocky heatherâ€"grown upland, called Strachairlie deer forest, lay to the north, and immediately at the other side of the hill, barely three miles distant, was the shooting lodge of Lord Finisâ€" toun. then went bome, to have it out unreâ€" strainedly with her sorrow. * 7 CHAPTER XVIIL ° SHATTERED NERVES A Cold Water Wit. (To h« continued.) ONTARIO ARCHIVEsâ€"* TORONTO Sold by all Druggists and General Stores and by mail. TEN CENTS PERPACKET PRORM ARCHDALE WILSON The elder tree also had some remarkâ€" able properties. An old writer declares that "if one travel with two hittle sticks of elder in his pocket, he shall not fret nor pant, let the horse go never so hard." A piece of an elder branch cut out beâ€" tween two knots used to be worn arâ€" ound the neck to cure erysipelas; and in the Tyrol toâ€"day elder bushes are planted on new graves in the form o{ a cross, it being believed that they will blossom in due time if the seul forme; ly inhabiting the body lying underneath has been received into Paradise.â€"N. \. Tribune. Neliâ€"Maud and Jack say they are always going to be the best of friends. Belleâ€"Gracious! Is that so* I thought they were going to be married. Extraordinary cures were accomplisaned by some familiar flowers in the olden times. The anemone was thought by the arcients to be an emblem of disease; and Pliny says that physiciats recommended that the first anemone seen in the spring should be picked and concealed in a scearâ€" let cloth wuntil sickness came, requiring that it should be hung around the neck, The juice of the forgetâ€"meâ€"not was crodâ€" ited with the power of hardening stceel until no metal could resist it. The peony was used by Paeon .the famous physic:an of ancient Gireece, from whom it talies its name, to cure wounds. Demons wore supposed always to flee from the spot where it grew. Curious stories are told of the manâ€" drake, a scion of the potato family ,the fruit of which used to be called the "love apple" (a name later applied to the io« mato), no doubt because to eat of it genâ€" erously produced temporary insanity. !t was much used in love philters to awakâ€" en the tender passion, and the most efâ€" ficacious specimens were obtained from the viciznity of gibbets where evildoers swung by the neck. There was of but ore way to gather the mandrake, under pain of death for mistake, since the heâ€" lief was that it groaned aloud when pullâ€" ed from the ground, and that whoever heard the sound fell dead on the spot. The custom was to fasten a dog by the tail to the plant and beat him until in his struggles he tore up the mandrake hy the roots. The person superintending the operation had his ears stopped with pitch, and so escaped, but the dog, for which the same precaution was not taâ€" ken, heard the groan and died. Solomon‘s seal was another of the wonâ€" derâ€"working plants, said to be the herb which Solomon used to cure epilepsy by placing it in a ring applied to the nosâ€" trils of the patient, from which cireurmâ€" stance arose the popularity of the mag ical ring or seal that figures in +o many Eastern taies. Trefoll, vervain, Johns wort, dill Hinders witches of their will. and these four plants had extraordinary reputations in the Moddle Abes for oota natural and supernatural powers. _ Ine trefoil is common in the United States toâ€"day ,especially to the South, and has certain legitimate â€" medical properties, The vervain is allied to our native verâ€" bena, and was anciently believed to Le efective against all poisons and the venâ€" om of serpents, as well as against heâ€" witched drinks and the like. It waos also efficacous for witeheraft. Anna Boâ€" denham, the celebrated witch of Salisâ€" bury, used to send her pupils into the fields to gather vervain and dill, _ The sun worshippers of Persia always carried vervain when they approached their alâ€" tars, _ They gathered it when there was neither sun nor moon ,and poured a li« bation of honey upon the earth in reâ€" paration for their robbery. St. Johu‘s wort was called "Fuga demonium" in the old days because it routed evil spirâ€" its: It was a common ingredient of maâ€" gical concoctions, and is still gathered with much ceremony by the peasantry of France and Germany when St. John‘s Day (June 24) comes around. The use of herbs and plants as medrâ€" cines, of course, agrees _ vith modern practice; but the old ph,sicians made the mistake of considering the mas posâ€" sessing semiâ€"magical properties, It was believed that they were the dwelling places of good and evil spirite whicna worked their good and evil wills upon those who touched them,. The old rhyine says: Precious stones, too, were thought to have much efficacy when worn as amuâ€" lets. _ The ruby protected its wearer from plague and pestilence ;the amethyst kept a man steady and sober; bloodâ€" stones stopped bleeding; the onyx prtâ€" vented epilepsy ; the topaz cured inflam« mation; the opal strengthened . wea‘k eyes; and the emerald prevented foolâ€" ishness and aided the memory. Concernâ€" ing the emerald, an old writer further testifies: "It takes away vain and fool« ish fears, as of devils and hobgoblins, folly and anger, and causeth good conâ€" ditions; if it do so worn about one, reaâ€" son will tell him that being beaten into powder and taken inwardly, it will do much more." The most highly esteemed prescriptions of the oldâ€"time apothecary were those which cost the most and which must needs, therefore, include powdered preâ€" cious stones. "Gascon‘s powder" was one of the most costly of these medicaments, being prescribed by the great physicians for their more important patients. lt cost forty shillings ($9.00) an ounce, and was made in equal parts of crabs‘ ¢yos, pearls, white amber, Oriental bezoar and the black tips of crabs‘ claws. C s But the romance of Arab {:rd»greoa goes beyond the time of the Prophet‘s mares. They themselves were descended from the mares of Solomon the greatâ€" mares given him by the Queen of Sheba along with gold, ivory, slaves and spices. Naturally such strains are carefully guarded, Few of the Bedouins can read or write, yet they make a point of hangâ€" ing inscribed pedigrees in little bags around the necks of their most famous mares. ‘They ride only mares, and have a proverb: "Three things are from God: a good wife, a good mare, a good sword." A true son of the desert will almost as readily think of parting with his wite as with his mare. Thus there is a powâ€" erful reinforcement to the Sultan‘s firâ€" man forbidding their exportation.â€"Counâ€" try Life in America, | The total imports of tea into Canada and the United States is about one hunâ€" dred and ten million pounds per anâ€" { num. One out of every fourteen pounds, [ both in Canada and the United States is "Salada‘ ‘and this trade is growing | very rapidly, and "Salada" is as easily ‘ obtained now in such cities as _ New | York, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Pittsâ€" ; burg, Buffalo, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minâ€" ‘m'upnli-‘. Duluth, Cleveland, Rochester, !vt(‘.. etc., etc., as it is in Toronto, Monâ€" ;trea], and throughout the Dominion. A legend lurks in the name. It is the corruption of Kohlani and like that means "the blackened," Unromantic persons derive it from the skin color, a dark, slaty, grayish blue, whatever the coat; but there is another derivation and one more befitting "the Daughters of the Stars." Mahomet, says the jeâ€" gend, with 10000 mounted _men, had fought unceasingly througle three days and nights, the men never fi\'&'ng saddle, the mares under them neither eating nor drinking. Victorious at last, the army came to a river bank, halted there, unsaddled and loosed the mares, which rushed madly to the water. Before they could drink the trumpets sounded the reâ€" call. In the 10,000, five were found faithâ€" fulâ€"five who came back to the standâ€" ards, heedless of thirst,. Mahomet himâ€" self welcomed them, blessed them, and had them anointed with kohlâ€"whence Kohlatiâ€"as though they had been prinâ€" cesses of the blood. Ever after they were ridden by the Prophet and his companâ€" ions, All, Omar, Abubekr and Hassan, and from them descends all Arabia‘s noble blood . Since there were five of them, the breed grand divisions are known as "Al Khamisa," or "the five." cashmere The Arabian horse is, say his enemies, a horse of a single traitâ€"the gallop. In a sense this is true, and naturally, His masters, the Bedouins, abhor the trot; moreover, the smooth. sandy reaches of the desert invite to the gallop,. _ But Arabs can be taught to trot, though not to be high steppers. Either walking or galloptug, they are models of grace. A word now as to breeds. ‘There is but one "noble" strain, the Kuâ€"baiâ€"lan, almost innumerably subâ€"divided. ‘Khere are, besides, the Allerbi and Kadishi, ignoble drudges and hackneys, but they are never classed as Arabs. Though size varies individually, there are neither pony nor big breeds. Palgrave, Upton, and Sir Wilfrid Blunt agree that the average height very nearly approaches fourtcen hands and two inches, falling under it oftener than over it. Persian horses, nearly allied to the Arabs, are tallerâ€"wit mess Lylee, who cost his last owner, Runjeet Singh, in the three wars waged to obtain him, about 12,000 lives and sixty lacs of rupeesâ€"that is, about $3,000,000. Lylee stood all of fifteen hands,, wore gold bangles below â€" his knees, and had housings of gold fringed EL ET coal a% E> . W ' cashmere shawls, But for all that he was not a Kuâ€"haiâ€"lan, so could not have held his head high in the desert. This, however, only evoked a reply that he would not be allowed morze than a quarter of the sum asked for. To To everybody‘s intense _ surprise, "K." wired back, "All right!" and proceeded to carry out the work he was engaged on. When the expedition was over, howâ€" ever, the Treasury officials were electriâ€" fied to receive from its organizer a bill reading as follows: "1. To conveyance of military stores as per estimate, £500, When Lord Ktchener once makes up his mind about anything it requires a very determined will, indeed, to turn him from his purpose. On sone occasion a difference of opinion has arisen as to the amount of money he might expend on the conveyance of stores to the front, He wanted a couple of thousand pounds for the purpose, but a niggardly pay deâ€" partment at home protected that the esâ€" timate was much too high,. "Can‘t do it for less was the laconic response telegraphed to Pall Mail. _The colonel rubbed his hands with deâ€" light, and on the appointed day carefully instructed his dusky warriors to don their oldest and most ragged garments, in «order to furnish a practical demonâ€" stration of their sartorial dequirements. The commandant was reckoning withâ€" out his host, however, for Lord Kitchâ€" ener had no sowner run his critical eye down the ranks than he saw through the other‘s little device. A grim smile played about the corners of his mouth, * Ah, Colonel Jones," he exclaimed heartily, "I‘congratulate you on the apâ€" pearance of your men. They‘re in the pink of conditionâ€"positively bursting through their unforms!" The application was refused, only to be put forward again more urgently than ever, After this had happened several times, says the Grand Magazine, "K‘s." patience became exhausted and he sent word to say that he would come and inâ€" spect the corps himself. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum Generally Has His Own Way. A few months ago "K. of K."â€"as the British have nicknamed Lord Kitchener of Khartoumâ€"found himself engaged in a prolonged discussion with the comâ€" mandant of a native corps in India who had applied for funds to fit his men out with brandâ€"new uniforms. ENORMOUS TEA IMPORTATION. STORIES OF THE "F. OF E."®" To supplémenury expenses THE ARABIAN HORSE e £1,â€" Lzar and the fate he so foolishly chalâ€" lenges. Already the bureancratic officials are gathering in by hundreds the leaders of public opinion and casting them â€" into prison. The policy of repression is to be followed to the end. And the end may come sooner than they expect. _ The navy is distrusted. Some regiments are said to be sick of their work and indisâ€" posed to fire upon their oppressed civilâ€" ian brethren. Any considerable weakenâ€" ing in the loyalty of the army would be the signal for a general uprising, and if such takes place the influence of the men who are being immured in dungeons may be needed to save the lives of their eruel oppressors. And it may not then be available. Even the person of the Little Father may as leader of the tyrants cease to be sacred. Rometimes pure nerve is a man‘s best capital, An Express clerk invested a 2â€" cent stamp, made an offer for $5,800,000 worth of Panama bonds, which was acâ€" cepted by the U, S. Government, condiâ€" tional on the money being paid by Aug. 1. Already the price has advanced and the moneyless youth has sold his _ opâ€" tion at a profit of $27,024, ¥é The facts that in the United States during the three months ending March 31, the number of railway collisions was 3,490, and that 1,126 persons were killed and 17,170 injured in that period on United States railways, go to show that there is still room for imâ€" provement of methods for the safety of the public, _ _ [+ S every ma y on a of revolution the bullet an vnuheard of. ar troops. ‘I of warfare coup Just pend. swere mass crats depen strong in t being placed and the solved t succeed. nc to over their duties as mothers, Much e done by disseminating informatio ong the people. _ Mothers of c ence should instruct their daughter young matrons should seek the gu of the physician. The public heal ficers can be of much utility in & campaign. Fecundity contributes â€" tional strength, but of what use is ; birth rate, if the children are allow perish because of the incapacity of to whom their care and nurture ; ally falls? no food other than milk, except upon the advice of a physician; do not feed it simply because it cries, in order to keep it quiet, but give it water; be sure that it gets enough sleep and pure air; bathe it daily; do not put too much clothing upon it in hot weather, and do not hanâ€" dle it unnecessarily. Think what sufferâ€" ing may be spared the little ones by inâ€" telligent care and feeding. Many a woâ€" man who would take the trouble to seek the best information on the care and feeding of canaries, treat their own off. spring as if they were proof against all the blunders of their dense ignorance of _ President Roosevelt and Dr. Goler, of Rochester, are both interested in the l baby crop. The President thinks people ought to have more babies; Dr. Goler, who is a city health officer, thinks they should take better care of those that are born to them. His motto is:: "Better babies and fewer baby deaths." And he has something to show as the result of his theory put into practice, In the nine years from 1888 to 1896, before Dr. Golâ€" er entered upon his official dutics, 1,638 babies under one year old died in Rochesâ€" ter during July and August. In the nine years following 1896 the infant mortality during the same months was 761. Surely such a record speaks well for Dr. Golor‘s work. A saving of nearly a thousand child lives in nine years is vastly better than an increase in the birthâ€"rate to that extent, Much of the success he has achieved is attributed to notiviie tm __ Cuuia nves in nine years is vastly better than an increase in the birthâ€"rate to that extent, Much of the succeess he has achieved is attributed to activit y in seâ€" curing pure milk and in educating the mothers in how to care for their off. spring, especially in hot weather. Dr, Goler‘s safeguards against race suicide are simple and effective. Give the hak ZAI The The intry in d to defy the people. The h depend on the army, whi g in the great cities, the placed with a skill which sho to have been earefulle 1J where 80 ( large scale ind th w far upon is a . in the futur challenge uzen COMMAN. | iwe the TC Zar This will probably e adopted rather t n in the premiership by is very indication the party of force r has gone over has dashed the ] in nge _ thus hurled old and defiant on« estates Csâ€"eves and defying the will probably be the kind pted rather than uprisings le. The troops cannot be nd everywhere the spirit is manifest. The bomb, 1 the dagger will not be d "men of blood and iron" ble to stand between the fate he so foolishly chalâ€" me quarters are e"°@* cimes, the troops th a skill which shows the been carefully â€" planned, the troops may be deâ€" s a question to be anâ€" n "a state of " a condition great bodies of thrown bul peopk and order« and defvin eek the guidance public health ofâ€" utility in such a nurture natur etersburg lll),k »Orem \ lcti\'ity in seâ€" educating the for their offâ€" weather. Dr. weather, Dr, race suicide sive the baby eept upon the to He h can mt a high wed to i it ureau ti m am Xper Xtra 1e} it 18« h cit y The the in na ind