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 ' door is « 1 â€" ";.!««i» of nature a^j *^«»ed i^ "^^•er brooked ^^""^^^ "' ht of all thi. " 5 Druon^-. \^'iecffi,ijj^ ^f °"elto|er :?• "'5 • J«' for the c?^?"""^^ *^« captive's «j°^°'t of rlon th" evenir t '"' "" for thfcnisct a .iTi, *«"• to morrow â- ' "^^^ 8° by can spend the evening • 'sr w=.at8 to talk to " "i your devotion to rr^K^"?-' °T' to thank ^e"fr" ly lestiny I r."if '"'s 'ery. than I loved bS^' and happy." ^^ 'ben â- â€¢^ together to the oU r^ *Lidy Bslfield wL lii^*y -Madge l.wle7npt*\¥« where his mother /ari J"' by the fire, ^plj'tf •eaignationforthe son whl bae hid seen him led off as a P ate nxa crime among othe It was not enough that t us guilt, that he had suffend es or remorse. He muatmj ^nd he had looked 80 iU?3 winter light, and afterward, the gas. Would he live" penance Would he eve n into the the light of day, a )ver to the sorrowing mother b?side her. Lidy Belfield ind tae girl's ueak and kissed all that you hid done for "I th*nk God that there nan in the world who loves do. " EE CJ.N'TIXCEr.) YOUNG FOLKS. JACKY'S TRAMP. BY H. BOTSFORD. Fither left Jacky and me in charge of the farm waen he and mother started ofif for iroatj Creek. They only meant to bs gone ^ae dayj returning on the early train next lorniag bat they might, I'm sure, have (raid all winter, if they'd chosen â€" we could â- â-ºive -niaigeri well enough alone. There's -rue of the out-door work that I'm not pret- jV v.-rll posted about, if I do say it myself, y^.] Jacky'a cooking is good enough tor any- )G-rAOED GIRI I. iait. and Speich Have ue Pfouliaritlesi. lin on the banks of Oiaelic town of Wiiiett, Cortland 3rk State, may be found a of nnture, kno^n through idabout as the "dog-factd ther and daughter named lia and S.vrah Walls, live irerty, gaining a, precaricas ing berries and gathering and from gifts at the hands 1 visitors whom curiosity It. 7 of the dog fased girl's the chin, mouth and nose, rem the head and neck to unnatural degree, and in a like a dog's snout or ise she is well formed and for a girl of 1-5 years, and it and active. Bat she is i the wonderful thingabout ts canine characteristics in ent. years old the girl persisted on all fours, and in this i outrun any child of her itterances, also, were mar- barking or howlingof a dog. i the period of womanhood k erect, and her voice lost mine tones, but her foatur- are still so unmist kably act marked attention and ,nt stream of visitors, in- 1 and scientists ai well as ' mongers, and these are !at her father, who died th, was in no way malform- er mocher is good looking re. and ordinarily intelhg- dogfaced girls visitors ed any plausible theory ot ve her to the wor d. 3t NigM Oat. ' ,)_My hnaband seems to night. 'b after 11 o'clock. Do you suppose he couia ler sweetheart, and- um the butler tells me the club having a good ilor friends, and I thin*. do something about it ,e. How Ihoughtleas i box of phosphorus from 3u ain't going to commit must be crazy. I'» ant door to rub phosphor â- -Day Matter. ras the matter at your nnusaal going r of." OOf bat all, M»d then «B^ ' "' "SS2h th* i»t fOBietho* nunâ€"-' ml." â-  .:. Inere'a nothing strange in Jacky's knowing something about housework, for, you see, Eie is a girl. She insists that her name is Jioaeline, and I ought to call her by it but :haVs too long for every- day use, so I call i;er Jicky, and when she puts on her high- heeled shoes, and piles all her hair on top of her head to look young-ladylied, I make it a point of callirg her Jack. It teases her more ih»n anytiiicg I could call her. Well, things went on all right while our folks were cff, until just at night. When we were eating supper there was a knock at the door, and Jacky arswered it. That, you see, W59 where I missed it. I should have gone myaeif, a-ad saved all the fuss that came afterwards. I wouldn't 'nave let an unknown man como in to stay all niglit. But. that wis just what Jacky did. Then neither she nor I could understand what be said, cxceft that he wanted to see Mr. Bsnson and would wait till he came. That was all we could make out, for we couldn't talk Ger- man, and he only seemed to know a few Eng- lish words. Wasn't it a nice situation If the stranger couldn't talk he could see ^vs'.l enough, and he seemed to notice every- thing. Wasn't it likely that he was playing part, merely to get into the house He would have a good chance to rob or murder as in the night, and no one ever find him out. I thought then as I think now â€" that it wasn't wise to let him stay but Jacky wouldn't hear to turning him outdoors on a stormy nigltt. Bisides, it's doubtful if we eouid have made him understand that we wanted him to leave. "Why, it's four miles back to the village, and he looks tirsd out already. I think it would be cruel to turn him away," Jacky said. " There's no harm in him, I'm sure. He doesn't look like a tramp, but like a weary, travelstained gentleman. He mny te poor, but I know he isn't a rascal. 1 never thought yen were timid, George, but it looks like it," she added. That settled the question. I wouldn't have sent him oflF then for considerable but I know she did not feel the responsibil- ity I did, if she was sixteen, and two years older than 1. So the stranger stayed and when ft grew lite I showed him to the bedroom next to mine, and opening from the sitting- room. I meant to sleep with one eye open, and wanted to have him near by for company, of courBe. I wished that I owned a pistol, but father would never let me buy one so I put the old gun (it's almost as old as my grandfather, on a cliair at the head of my bed, and I went to sleep. I do not know how long I had been asltep, but I suppose it was quite awhile, ai:d that it was past midnight, when I suddenly awoke. I listened to find nut if all was quiet in the next room, and an indistinct murmur caught my attention. I could not hear the words, but there was whispering going on there, which must have been what waked me. The man must have accomplices, I tliought, and wondered what I could do. Could I rout two, or perhaps more grown men? While I was getting my wits together, to make some bold move, I heard some one come out of the next room and walk about the sitting-room, looking for money, of course. Then I heard a window opened, and the loud report of a pistol. What v:as on foot I sprarg up, seized the gun, but before I reached tbe door the footsteps seemed to be retreating into the bedroom. An idea struck me. I laid the gun down, and crept cautiously out ot the room. The sitting-room was dark, though we usually left the lamp burning J but thedarknessfavor- ed my plan. I reached the bedroom door, drew it stealthily to, and locked it, before anyone inside the room cotild prevent me. Then I crept back to my own room, dress- ed, and, with gun in hand waited ior the other man. I felt pretty sure of Jacky'a tramp, for I knew he could not raise the window to escape without my knowledge. \^ hat that report meant, or what the out- side man was about, I conld not guess. It wisa't very jolly to sit there in the dark, and bonder and listen. It was a cold night, the very coldest, it seemed, to me, that I ever 8iw. My hands began to get numb, my teet were like lumps of ic3, and in spite of my resolution I began to get sleepy. I did mean to watch till morning if I frcze in the at- tempt. Time went very slowly. It seemed though hours must have passed, when at '^t I heard a clock strike. It began, one, two â€" 1 thought it must be as late aa that â€" three, fo-jrâ€" why, it is near morningâ€" five, six â€" »sid yet the strokes did not ceaee. "That clock must be wrong," I muttered but the exasperating thing kept on as long as it pos- sibly could, and struck twelve. Then the â- louse was perfectly quiet again. I began to feel doubtful about staying iwake until morning. At any rate, I must niake myself a little more comfortable. So f laid the gun down within reach of my tiind, and pulled a blanket oflF the bed to '^ap myself in and that is the last 1 re- "lember of the night's experiences. I was waked by a loud knocking; at th cutside door. I started up, saw that it was ?^ylight, and heard my father's voice call- '.^"s me to let him in. At the same time -icky hurried out from the kitchen, where *^e had been getting breakfast, and greeted "'e with an astonished look and said ' Why George, didn't you go to the train w meet the folks I was wondering that yon were gone so long." inen, when I had let them in, father was provoked that I failed to come after him 'ta the carriage, and I saw there was a ssoldbg ready for me. full V ^*^® been waiting in the station a ^U hour," he said, " and I began to think •8 Would have to come on foot. I'd like to j?y^,you explain how it happened that yon pftin t drive over. I shan't trust you anouier "?e. young man, if yon can't do better than t/f Boon as I could gat a chcao* to. speak I T^J^ excuse myself, though I felt pro- sed at myself for OTeraleeping. lu^ow, father, if you k new all that had Ppened since yon went away, yon wonldn t wonder that I failed to meet you, aa I hid promised. You couldn't guess what a time I had last night, or you would be too glad to find everything safe to scold me." Then I went on to tell about that strang- er, and Jacky's obstinacy in keeping him over night his m3^terious movements, and the pistol shot I was sure I had heard. When I had finished the story, which I made as brief as possible, he said ' If you haven't dreamed all this you've been telling, I should think the first thing to be done was to bce if your prisoner has escaped. He may be miles away by this time." So we marched straight to the bed -room, he in front and I a few step behind. Father unlocked the door, and there sat the tramp by the window, with bis face turned from us but as the door opened he looked around, and then the two men fairly rushed at each other, and began to shake hands as warmly as though they were long-separated brothers. You may be sure I was £;lad to slip out of the room as quickly and quietly as I could. But cut in the sitting-room I was inter- cepted by Jacky, who had slept quietly through the night, and had not seemed to have much faith in my story. And mother' wanted to know if the man had escaped, and whether father wouldn't need my help in tying him. While I was explaining that father seem- ed to be acquainted with him I heard a long and loud peal of laughter from the other room, and 1 knew they must be talking about me and the adventures of the night. I did feel aa if I would like to go out to the barn and see to the horses juit ihen. but there was no wav to escape. At any race, the pistol shot had not yet been explained, and I did not believe I had dreamed it. Father now came into the roon and in- troduaed tha stranger to mother as "My dear friend, Friedrich Kaufman, of Barlin. You remember the time when I was so sick in that city For six weeks I lay at the point of death, but the Kaufmans, with whom I had baea boarding, tended me with unceasing kindae^is. They brought ms back to life and health from the very border of th g' ave. I can never repay their goodnesa to m?, nor express one-half my gratitude. Bat I am very glad to welcome one of the I family to my own home, I hope we can show him hcspitality as warm heaited as they gave me, a sick and friendless stranger in a for- eign land." "Jacky, come here a u^ vv- 'o -r^p tie hiz'iii. whom Gsorge per-i^ted la ciliing your 'tramp.' " So Jack stepped up to Mr. Kaufman, as I suppose I must call him, and shook hands with him. I think he must have seen the welcome in her face, if he did not understand the pretty English words she said, for he smiled pleasantly, and said something agree- able in German. I could only guess what it was from the look in father's eyes. Then "pater familiaa" introduced me, !\nd I would give two years of Latin to have understood that bit of Deutsch. The stranger had hard work to keep his face straight, and I felt like a fool. I didn't feel much better, either, when father told me to step out into the yard and bring in the "pistol" I would find there, I walked out without a word, and hunted all around the house before I discovered any pistol. At last I noticed, a few yards from the sitting-room window, a deep hollow in the snow. From this hole I pulled out the remains of a fanciful lamp, which I recog- nized as the one which usually stood on the sitting room table. I understood it all now, and felt cheaper than ever. How I hated to carry in that absurd pistol, and meet the laughter of the family. VTet that was just what I had to do. After the general merrinent had subsided father gave us Mr. Kaufman's account of the matter. In the first piace, he had lost his travel- ing bag, coataininsj his letters of introduction and his German-Eaglish dictionary, so that he was compelled to rely entirely on his small stock of English words. As he had learned what he knew of tbe language from books, he did not succeed very well with some peculiar sounds, and was surprised to find that we thought he was speaking his native tongue, when he was uain^ the best English at his command. He had never before realized the difference between read- ing a language and understanding it wlien spoken, or speaking it one's self. He even, after going to hia room for the night, practiced aloud (hero father glanced quizzically at me( the words he wished to use next morniug, that he might speak them better. Then, as he wished to consult the dictionary he had noticed on the sitting- room table, he stepped into that room for a moment. He was examining the book by the light which had been left burning, when he saw something was wrong with the lamp. He seiz d it and hurried to the window. By t lis time the oil was blazing within the lamp, and he barely succeeded in hurling it out side. The explosion that followed was the pistol shot I had heard. Of the locking of his door he had not known until the morning, and, of course, it puzzled him greatly, for ho knew it must have been done in the course of the night. He was sleeping the sleep ot the just while I was. watching in the next room with that loaded gun, so my vigilance was entirely wasted. I hoped that father would not tell him all the suspicions 1 had entertained, or bow much opposed to his even spending the night at our house but, if I may judge by the twinkle of his eyes as they follow me around, he has listened to a graphic acsount of my proceedings that night. Of course, I shall not hear the last of the matter while he is with us. and that may be for some time. He wants to buy some land in our vicinity, and he and father are looking for the right piece. Then, he is studyine English, and teaching Jacky German. I stumble across them lately, wherever I go, both heads bent over the same book, both tongues talking unintell- igible nonsense. I must say he has improv- ed considerably since I first saw him, but the name of " -Jacky's tramp " sticks to him still. It isn't my doings indeed, I think they call him so mostly to plague me, for it doesn't annoy him or Jacky. BiimASDS SFAilE XABATOJAHOFF. Tke ExpcrlcBcfls"«ra Balfarlaa rfe«iocni pKerla the Haads cf •Ottawa. M. Karastojanoff, a photographer sent out from Sophia some time ago to take pio- tures of some famous Tiews near the monas- tery of Rilo, hn Bulgaria, has just letumed without the views, but with a tale of divers and dire experiences at the hands of bri- gands, by whom he was captured the first time he set down his camera. Fourteen men emerged from the particular bit of scenery he was about to photograph, and pointing fourteen guns at him casually re- marked that he would avoid any danger of being shot by keeping perfectly still. Subse- quent proceedings showed that the brigands thought they had captured Stambouloff, one of the King's Ministers, and no protests of the poor photographer were sufficient to convince them to the contrary, his resemblance to the Minister being marked. The unfortunate man was marched all night through the mountains un,til he was ready to drop from- fatigue. At dawn Elia, the chief of tha brigands, gave him pen, ink and paper, and bide him write a*^ letter to the Prince deminding 325,000 ransom for his Minister. The poor captive protested that he was only a photographer and that the Princ3 wouldn't give a bogus copeck, let alone $25,CC0, for his release. Elia at last consented that the amount of the ranson should be lowered to $10,000, and a letter demanding that sum was sent. No answer was ever received, and this fact, together with the. identification of the photogranher by other brigands who joined the band, final- ly convinced Elia that.his prize was less valu- able than he bad supposed, after which he spared his victim the daily beating that he had theretofore administered as sauce at every Evpper time. Once in their travelling about a large force of Turkish soldiers were discovered coming toward them. The brigands concealed them- selves in a thicket, and two men with long knives were placed over the captive and told to stab him the moment he attempted to utter a cry. The brigands remained in con- cealment several hours, and when they start- ed on came across one of the soldiers who had been left behind by the main troop. They captured him, and after two or three days he liked the brigand business so well that he swore allegiance to E'ia, and was ad- mitted to the band. The brigands were very pious. A week of faatis; wa ' rigorously observed. At the be£;inning of the fast one of the brigands called Petro Petko put on a splendid gold- embroidered priest's mantle and read prayers out of a book. All the robbers stood up, the photographer says, and listened reverently. Thev crossed themselves repeat- edly, and when Petko had replaced 'he robe in its sack they held pious conversition with one another. Afterward Petko told the captive that he had got the robe a year be- fore, when the gang had murdered a Greek Archimandrite and stolen the vestments from the sacristy of the church. At last after several weeks of wandering about, the brigands told the photographer that the time had come when they must consult together to decide whether to kill him or let him go. Three brigands there- upon led him to one side and stood guard ovar him while the other eleven held a council a little way off. They talked the matter over for six hours, after which klia called him to the circle and told him that by a vote of nine to two the band had de- cided that he was not a pqblic Minister or any other objectional sort of a bloodsucker, but only a poor decent man. Elia asked him to pardon any injustice he might have suffered at the hamds of the brigands, and the others crowded around to embrace him and kiss him and to beg for keepsakes. Elia had taken his gold watch and chain when the capture was made, but upon his sf^ying that it was a souvenir of his dead father it was at once returned. His photo- graphic apparatus was also returned to him, but not until all the plates he had taken were destroyed. When evening came Elia blindfolded him and led him away a little distance, leaving him with a warning to remain blindfolded for fifteen minutes. In due time he removed the bandage and found that all the brigands had iMsappeared, and that he himself was not far distant from the Monastery of B^lo, which he regained the same night. An Irresistible Flea. Miss Isaacstein^ â€" "Are yon sure, Penja- min, dot yon loaf me petter as everybody else?" " Benjamiif â€" " Ah^ Bachel, dot vas sure. Iloaf you petter m evetybody els3 by two hundred nnd fecfty per shent." Miaa Isaacstein â€" "Two hnndert nnd feefty per shent! Ypo tell fodder dot, Benjamin, nnd he gives hia consent." Wall's Extraordinary Bee Stoiy. Many readers, says the Napa " Register," are familiar with Wall's extraordinary feat, in 1849. in driving, according to his state- ment, a swarm of bees across the plains. A day or two since, as one of our business men was coming down town, he happened to dis- cover a huge bee quietly resting on Wall's shoulder as preparations were being made for sprinkling the Court house lawn. " Say, Wall, what are you doing with that bee on yonr shoulder " W^all was startled for a moment, but, recov- ering his usual composure, spoke with gravi- ty, carrying conviction of untamishable truth. " I'll tell yon, and it's tbe solmen truth, if ever I spoke it in my life. That bee is the queen of the swarm that I drove across the plains. She has been hunting me for years and knew me the moment I called her name. You see, she is getting a little gray, but I knew her on sight. She piloted the swarm, and I nsed to feed her from my own molassrs can. That bee is the last of her race, and I shall take care of her in her old age. I t^ll you, John, that bee brings np many reminiscences of that memorable trip. Several times that swarm stood by me in an hour of peril. They could scent an Indian several miles away, and they got to really enjoy an Indian attack. The fact is, they understood tactics as well as the best trained soldiers. When the queen sounded an alarm every bee was under arms, ready for fight. First a skirmish line was thrown out, and you could see more or less uneasiness among the redskins as one and another would claw at hia ears, eyes, or nos3, but when the order to 'charge ' was sounded, and the bee battalions begui to move in 'double quick,' a rout and stampede always followed. It is a fact, John, if I ever told the truth in my life, what I am saying is true. Those bees fou$;ht all my battles across the pHins, and this is my old queen ' sore enough." Conaolalioaâ€" " I wouldn't cry, little boy," said a kind old gentleman consolingly, "yon may be noliappjr for the moment, biit It will to )n pass away. You wouldn't expect me to cry, would you, every time I'm a Uttte nnhappy!" " No sir," responded the tear- ful little lad, "yoa'd prob'Iy go an' set a crink." Sadden Hospitality. A couple of tramps stopped at a farm- house in West Tennessee. •* You can come in and drink ^11 the water you want," said the farmer " but you neenter ask itxc aay- thini; to eat. for you won't get it." The tramps looked at a table that had just been set for dinner and sighed. "You neentsr sigh," said the farmer, " fur you don't get a bite of that grub. W'y, we've got 'possum, don't you see sweet potatoes, b'iled ham, curly mustard greens and three kinds of bread. 1 wouldn't twit you fellers, but thelast tramp that come along here stole the only gocd set of harness on the place." " Don't put yourself to. any uneasiuess on our account," replied one of the tramps, " for we ain't hungry," " Not huntrry " thaJsrmer exclaimed, " No all we want is a place to sit down in the shade." " Wa'll this is the first tims I ever heerd of tramps not being hungry." "It's sorter rare with us, I can tellyou. I'm sorter feverish, myself. Don't exactly tinderstand it, for I never was this way be- fore. Oh, I have had slight bilious attacks, but I never had such pains in thel)ack of my neck before. Just before leaving Jack- sonville " A sudden scuffling in the room caused the tramp to break off his narration. The skirts of the farmer's wife flipped against the gate, and an old man lost his hat as he leaped into the road. The two tramps moved their chairs up to the table. "The hospitality of thit neighborhood," one of them remarked, " has found a place in romance and verse." 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The effect upon the spectator standing upon the deck of the cage is one of continued descent at the same speed at which he started, and the illusion is kept np after the cage comes to rest by a move- ment of trepidation communicated to the latter. The illusion is said to be perfect. When a great depth has apparently been reached the canvas is brought to rest gradu- ally, the trepidation of the cage being made to cease at the same instant. The visitor, who believes himself to be deep in the bowels of the earth, then steps out of the cage and enters the workings, where he may see th^ various operations of coal getting." The OonyaleEcent. Under the above title Charles Lamle writes one of his best essays. He imparts to his picture of the sick-room every shade of coloring needful tc set it out in all its striking reality. The brilliant qualities of this renowned essayist have their amplest play. Evidently Lamb is not drawing on his imagination. 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The steamers ot the Glas- fow lines sail during winter to and from Halifax, ortland, Boston and Philadelphia and daring sam mer lietween Glasgow and Montreal weekly Oiaagow and Boston weekly, and Glasgow and Philadelphia fortnightly. For freight, passege or other Intormatloa apply A. Sohumacher dc Co., Baltimore S. Cunard ft Co. Halifax Shea h Co., St. John's, Nfld.; Wm. Ihomp son ft Cc, St. John, N. B.; Allen ft Co.. Chicago Love ft Alden, New York H. Bonrller, Toronto Allans, Bae ft Co., Quebec Wm. Brookie, PhiUde- phia H. A AUen Portland Boston. Montreal. THE TORONTO SILVER PLATE CO â€"Manufacturers of the High Grade ofâ€" SILVER-PLATED WARES. TRADE MARK. FACTORIES AND SALESROOM 420 to 426 King St. West, TORONTO £. G. QOODEBHAM, J. C COPP, Manager. Sec.-Treaa. Taken at His Word. Grotier: So you've given np drinking. Uncle R^tiu? Uncle Rastos Yea, sah. I haint teached «r drap in fo' weeks. Grocer: You deserve a greab deal of credit. Uncle Rastas Yes, sah. That's jes what I Bf z, an' I was gwine ter ask yo' Mistah Smii, ef yo' cud trus' me to er ham CaJifomia. Ask for tickets via the old-establUhed and favorite overland route comprising the Chic- aco and North Western Union and Southern Pacific R'y's. Two fast trains leave Chicago daily with unrivalled accommodations for first and second -class passengers. Rates no higher than by other lines. Baggage check- ed through. Fall information, covering rates, etc., with time table and maps, given by J. H. MGRLEY, Canadian Passenger .^^l^t, 69 Yonge st., Toronto, Ont. Two or more fabrics are used in the com- bination of all dressy gowns. A Care for DnuUcenness. The oplazn habit, depeomanla, tha morphine Benrons prostraUoa oaoaed by the nse of to acco, wafcstiila wi, 1 1 isutal deprsssloii. sottenlng o tbebiun, ate., pramatora old agt, loss of vltiOl^ oiiiaed by OT«r,e]^rUono| tbe brai|i,and lossot natunl •trengui tram Mar eaoss whaitevar. Henâ€" jreanf, old or mid- dlaaga dTKHiu are bral«a imfm tram any ol the •bora oanaea, or tay cause Tutmentionei above, aaiii rpw srldraas and 10 oanta In stampa for Labon'a Instlae, in book tonn, of DiMoief of Man. BoOkt aent aaalad and seooia tram obsarvatlon. AddiaaiM. T. Loacm « WaUiaRton alraet Eaat. Xoranio, Ont. USE ONLY THE EMPIRE BAKING POWDER Manufactured by ' EUis ft KeigUey, Toronto. HflHT SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES OONgUMPTION SOEOPULA BEONOHITIS OOUGHS COLDS Wastiiig Diseases Wonderful Flesh Producer. Scott's Emulsion is not a secret remedy Coataiidng the sfimulatiDg Hypophosl phites and Pure Norwegiau Cod Liver OiL the potency of both heing largely in- creasLed. It is used by Physicians all over the world. PALATABLE AS MILK. Sold by all Druggists, BOr. and $1.00. Young Men- suffering; from Uie efiects of early evil habits, tha result of igaoranoe and folly, who find themselve weak, neiTOnsand extaausted also MnmLi-AaiB ard Old Mjfi who are braken down tram tbeeSaets ot abuse or ffrer work, and in advanced lite tael 0ie con of youthfnl azoeei, send for aoil read H. T. Lubon'a Xiaatiae on tha Diasaaes of Man. Tha book will be santsealed to any addnas on reoelpt o( twoSo. alampa. Addnai^ K T. LTOOK. WsUUwtOB St B., XonatOb Ont K1 ,f f Ail 1*1 A ^i^^iyi y.:Td^^^^.^