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Good Spring Tonic .T"" .. . V SERIAL v "We have taken Hood's Snrsaparflla for a spring tonic ard aa a blood puri fier. Lust spring I was not well at all. When I went to bed I was tired and nervous and could not sleep well. In the morning I would feel twice as tired: my mother got a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparllla, which I took. I felt like a new person when I had fin ished that bottle. V always have pome of Hood's medicines in the house." Hilvey Roselle, Marinette. Wis. There is no 'Just as (food" medicine. Insist on having Hood's. Get It today In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatats. 7 5 STORY oAn Heir MOHAIR w5f " Write 1 otiav for Price THE H. F NORTON CO. 313 and 315 Front St. PORTLAXD, ORE. KODAKS sup pKif ie s Writ for catalnaruea and litprature. Developing no printing. Man orders mven prompt attention Fortiand t-hoto Supply Co. 149 Third Strr-et PORTLAND. ORR MOHAIR Send for prices and shipping t&ira. THEO BERNHE M CO. 24" Ash St.. Portland. Ore. MOHAIR We want 1111 ,he rod clips mJl irwi prownin the Northwest. Ship tu your clip or write for information. MULTNOMAH MOHAIR MILLS 7t 2 Couch B11 Iding. Portland. Or. Skylights Tanks Gutters Down Spouts Steel Ceiling . C BAYER 204 Market Portland. Oregon I Guarantee All My Work. It 1 Can't Guarantee it. J Don't Do It. DK. ElOF T. HEDLUiD, DENTIST Now located at fourth floor Washinifton Bid?. Corner Wash, and 4th Su. PORTLAND. OH. to Ey Frederick Rcdd:.!3 Author tf "Tl-e OiiuT cVIan" etc Illustrations by Kay Wa.ters wnfntng about ror a chance Bone now that our positions are reversed." On her part Eunice was hurt and offended that her generous and kindly meant offers had been so steadily re jected" "It looks as if he wanted to put me In the wrorg," she reflected, yet a second thougl t to'd her that such was not WiL'rid's way. v Ji 1U! INSIST UPON WESTERN Grr Kereeen. MANTLES L k Kl FIN I CD Inr rK.trn.ntpr. Front Street Portland. 0f BELMONT- AUTO SCHOOL m ( e Dost Aoroigh iBstmchflm a irimg no nrnat wont mat can be produced, its iatw work, ariU pros ud forgot Fwtr eqttcpod nadiic shop and rooa. Thiimi tea $35 o4: $40 (iiTflKals $j0 per week. BELMONT AUTO SCHOOL RULTY COMPANY. l 23d aa Morn. Portjiai Or. 1 t."V. COFFEEC I TEA SPICES BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS HIST RIGHT SYN0FC1S. y Mnlern, nar-ii m'l'lona'ro m'nr, Is i a iriu-ti up. cav-n i his prcp'r:y to i'-e son at a sister of 'im Yv li. s i f'.r ! nr.tJrn for yiira. i wlv--o m.trrleil name Me does not low, !et"-i was married years before, 't left h's w'ie tif!"r a quarrel in wti eh -ii t-..r l.-arned la.er that she '1 tl'.eir d't!!!Tl-.Vr were dmd. The s en 1 if's to New Yet-';. Intr:i'nelnir Wilfrid r.n's. who fs t-illn h's ti ineee. Kii: -evec-'a, vhit lie -vnuM do 'f he w-re e pos.-os-nr of wealth. In the law of- "e of C T'mv, Tassavant ft Co'n at rnevs frr the est uo of M-lepn. Hoirer "-ws ren-rts the retu:lt of his senn-h for "Irs of M.-,on. He ountvi's th.e fact that e has d'so'v.-ere i that Meleen's danrher i I'vfns?. W'lfrid Ft' -inis replies to an ad- 'rifpement fer Information cnicern:n dead mother. Mar h. Meleen. ami Is hi that he is the heir to Andy Meleen's 'liiors. He wan's to marry Eunh'e at ir'p. h''t she resolt-'ely demurs, tie mets ara Passavart. fr'vr.hois dauirhfer of s attorney. Eunice heeomes iealons of Vllfr-'d's attentions to Clara. He builds i yacht aid stans on a trip abroad, the "assavnnts bein? included in the party, "loser Hews, having discovered that Ku Hcp Treveeca Is the daughter of Andy Meleen. plans to use the Information to l':'s own advantage. He proposes to Fu nhe and is rejected. Jailed after two years of safety in Europe. Wilfrid returns and immediately calls on Eunlce. His at tempts to renew his former relations with her meet with no eneourasement. Roirer Hews beeomes Wilfrid's seeretarv. I The engagement of Clara Passavant anil V ilfrid is announced. Hews is aeain rejected by Eimiee, and reveals his true nature. Hews attemDts to blackmail Wil frid and falls. The latter forces him to reveal the fact that Eunice Is the right ful heir. He turns over the entire for tune to Eunice and breaks his encase ment with Clara. CHAPTER X. Continued. C. Gee Wo The Chinese Doctor This wondeful man has made a life study of the properties of Koots, Herbs and Barks, and is Kivinir the world the benefit of his services. 4 No Mercury. Poisons afefxrjd or Diu lUert Nn tfei'-Yjlj"' Operations or Cutting Guarantees to cure Catarrh. Asthma, Lunir, Stomach and Kidney troubles, and ail Private Diseases of M c and Women. A SUCT CANCER CURE Just received from Pekin. China safe, sure nd reliable. U..ffilinn in its works. If you cannot cail. write for symptom blank and circular. Inclose 4 cents in stamps. CONSULTATION FREE The C. Gee Wo Medicine Co. 162V4 first St., cor. Morrison, Portland, Or. He found Eunice in the old parlor, 6ut not alone. John Treveeca was now confined to the house, and only ventured out on very fine days. The girl was bending over him, arranging his pillows, as Stennis was announced. With a little cry of astonishment she straightened up at the sight of him, and after a slight hand-clasD stood idly by while Wilf once more, it seemed, the kindly, simple Wilf of old sat down by the side of the sick man and strove to cheer him up. But something told Eunice it was not for this or for a merely friendly call that he had come. . "Eunice," he said at length, rising r-"" ' and standing before her, "I have J rliT I brought you some wonderful news. S yH" 'r?V I. IiPP IV II I There has been a dreadful mistake. and for these three years past I have been occupying the place that is right fully yours." I The girl stared at him with af frighted, wide-open eyes. . "Don't be alarmed," said Wilfrid reassuringly. "It's nothing to be afraid of. I only learned the truth an hour ago, and I wanted to be the first to tell you. It seems that you are the daughter of my Uncle Andrew we are first cousins, you see whom he believed to be dead, and all his money belongs by right to you. It is what he would have wished if he had known that he had a daughter he would never have thought of me, you know. ... So from this mo ment I retire in your favor. The law yers will tell you all about it. and I shall instruct them to turn everything over to you. I believe that s all I j Hands Full With Simple Branches. came to say, Eunice. Good-by." ' Good teachers in any public school He took her hand in farewell, which fcave hands more than full beating in she yielded to him mechanically, and reading, writing, spelling, grammar before she could detain him by look and geography in eight years without or word he was gone. She took one lasting time on fads. How many of step in his direction, her arms out ft model school really learn the above stretched in a gesture of great yearn imple branches? Teaching these free lng, uttered one heart-cry, "Wilf!" Is enough for any city to do. Do any and then fell to the floor in a dead fafnt something she never did In her lif. before, nor has since. Then followed for a few days a per fect whirl of excitement, for Mr. Car boy appeared upon the ucene and verified in detail all that Wilfrid had sketched in outline. And when it came to considering the narrative dovetailed together so astutely by Roger Hews, old John Treveeca was able to add many little corroborative details which had lain dormant in his memory for years. So Eunice Treveeca found herself In all probability the richest single woman in America. Her first thought was to give her stepfather the best of care and attendance, under which hi health speedily mended, being of a constitution naturally hale and hearty. At first Eunice Insisted that Wilfrid should share and share alike. Find ing this Impracticable, she offered to settle a certain definite sum upon him. But not a dollar would he accept, say ing that if she would forgive him the large sums he had disbursed during his false tenure he would be content. All these attempted negotiations CHAPTER XI. The summer swooped down pn New York in the latter days of June with a rush, as Is its wont. The walls of I the naw house on Riverside drive j were up to the heavy cornices, and I the roof was closed in. for Eunice had ; given orders that t!ie work was not j to be stopped nor the original plans on-.- whit altered, j N't arl every afti rr.oon Kl:e and o'.d -John would diive up there alter the ; heat of the day, for, having made the j seductive acquaintance of the Clare i rcont, the o il man developed a per fect mar.ia for dining on its covered 'piazza, and so tle.e was utually re set ved for t'.:e yot:ng beauty and her :oigh and iTgged escort li is favorite cor. er-seat, whence they could see the nob e river losi. g itsolf in the haza with ward. On one uf these trips, as they drove s'owly past the new mansion, Eunice was sure she saw Wilfrid walking away with hasty strides, his back towards them. "Poor ' fellow!" she sighed. "How l:e must miss it all! What a dreadlul change for lihu to go back to the life he always hated so!" . For by dint of careful inquiries she had found out that Stennis had ap plied to his old iirm, and was again doing desk work drudgery frcm nine to five at $1S a week. Perhaps for who may fathom the heart of a ma'd? it was the knowl edge of this that kept her in town all that summer. She olten talked of go ing away somewhere, discussing the merits of several places of which she heard the Berkshires, the Hamptons, and evtn Newport but John Treveeca seemed very hard to move Just then. "Bide a bit, lassie," he would say. "There's a mort o' time ahead o' 'ee. Who'll see ta th' iron-work 'round th' new hoose if I'm away'?" fc-unice laughe.d good-humoredly, wen, sue agreea, n you are quite comfortable I am content to stay in town, dear. There is plenty of leisure before us, as you say. We oo It? Principals and teachers are Sood enough; it is the system that seems to bp bad. Alcohol not needed Ayer's Sarsaparilla is not a strong drink. As now made, there is not a drop of alcohol in it. It is a non-alcoholic tonic and alterative. Ask your own doctor about your taking this medicine for thin, impure blood. Follow his advice every time. He knows. A Vr pubiiab oar fornaiu yers 7 tram our modern. W urg yon ottBu .1 j our doctor Ask your doctor, "That is the first grest were conducted by the lawyers; not rule of health ?" Nine doctors out of once dia tne cousins meet, not a line o will ouickly reply, " Keep the bowels tular. Then ask him another cues- te cruiar. iDCDisi n m another aura. lion, "That do you think of Ayer's run tor constipation r r " r ti. . e. Ait c., Lwu. Ku passed between them. "I treated her too shabbily when I wu well ofT." said Wilfrid to himself; I can't and won t go hanging and "Eunice Means 'Happy Victory,' You Know." must go somewhere this winter. though, or I shall be having you on my hands, again with that dreadful asthma. What do you say to going to Bermuda to escape the damp and the cold?" "Any place so's there's plenty o' warm sunshine," he would answer, and she let him off for the present with that understanding. So the torrid months of July and August slipped by, and September came in with the Dog star dying hard uespite tne neat, tney really were very comfortable in their new abode high up in one of the great apartment hotels overlooking the park. Eunice had never appeared lovelier. All her good points were enhanced by the pretty toilets in which she felt she could now indulge, and with feminine quickness she soon adapted herself and her personal adornments to her new circumstances. Of one thing she was secretly very glad: Wilfrid's beautiful ring, which had been often out of place In the latitude of Mac dougal street, now never left her finger a trifling fact which did not escape the keen scrutiny of old John Treveeca. But never a word said he One evening, after a scorching hot day, when all the city to the south ward lay shredded in a steaming haze of heat, Eunice and her father, having Just finished dinner, were sitting at the open window in the fast-deepening twilight, the old man puffing at a great meerschaum pipe which had been one of Wilf's earliest gifts in his opulent days. "A gentleman to see Mr. Treveeca," announced the voice of a maid servant out of the dusk of the inner room. "Who do you suppose it can be?" said Eunice, switching on the lights. "Did the gentleman give any name?" she Inquired. "No, ma'am; he said he wanted to see Mr. Treveeca personally," was the reply. Old John rose heavily out of his spacious chair and went shuffling into the reception-room, closing the door behind blm. A young man rose upon his entrance, saying: My name's Matthews, Mr. TreTeo- ca. I ve looked you up because there's a friend of mine who I fancy Is a friend of yours also, and who needs some attention Wilfrid Stennia." Eh, lad 'ee doan't say so!" rumbled the old fellow. "An' what do 'eo aay"i tn' matter wl' th' lad?" Wen, sir, as far as I can make out he's all gone to pieces pegged out down on his luck, y know," was the Jerky answer Old Treveeca nodded and smoked furiously, as was bis wont when In wardly excited "He rooms across the hall from me same room's he had before he came into all that money. Been working pretty hard all summer no vacation, y know and I guess he's about tuck ered out. Little off his head when I got home tonight. Kept mumbling a lot of rubbish, but I caught on to your name. Remembered he used to know you, and so I came up here. Beastly boarding-house people don't care no place for a sick man, y" know. Ought to have a doctor or a nurse, I guess!" During this speech old John was a study. His huge bulk heaved and swelled, his eyes flashed fire from un der their bushy thatches, and he fair ly belched smoke. "Fh, lad!" be rumbled, gripping the hand of young Stanley Matthews and nearly drrging him off his feet, "y' coom ta th' rcet shop, y' did! Ah've got suaimun in there as'll be bothdector and nuss to poor Wilf. Be y' gcin' reet back? Yes? Then we'll be wi' y' in th" twinklin' o" a bedpost! Ride ye there!" ne uuriy trott-" into the room where he had left " it an y' tbnr.-. 1 , i he cried, struggling out o ' ' . d fashion EDie lourgingj-x! d n:o a street- r-oat, and J !- 5 t1 e oit felt wide awake, to which ! a 'till clung, on his grizzled head, "I u..t 'ee ta coom wi' me this minute! Eunices maid at a signal fetched her hat and gloves, and In five min utes they were out on Columbus av j enue and boarding a passing car. The introduction to Matthews was accom plished in this wise This is th' nuss an' th' doctor I was tellin' 'ee of, Mr. Matthews my daughter, Miss Treveeca," accom panied by a mighty Jab of the elbow that nearly knocked the breath out of the astonished Stanley. iney alighted at the corner .of Waverley place and Broadway and v. alked through to Washington square It was many weeks since Eunice had been in the neighborhood, and she looked curiously at the once familiar scenes, and sniffed the heavy and fetid air with something of disgust. Matthews led the way up the stoop of one of the old-fashioned houses on the south side of the square, which was filled with boarders of both sexes ta king the air, who looked woaderingly at the daintily dressed Eunice aa they made way for the trio. "If you'll wait here," said Stanley, showing them into the boarding-house parlor, "I'll Just run up and see if he's fit to receive company, iALUE OF STRAW FOR FEED "I'll go. wl'ee, lad," said. Treveeca. "Bide here a bit, girlie." Left alone, her heart in a tremor, for all she had been able to elicit from her father on the way down was the admission that. Wilfrid was ill and needed looking after, the girl was a prey to emotions which there was no time to analyze, for In a very few minutes old John appeared at the door again and beckoned her silently. He led the way up the wide, uncar- peted stairs, pausing a moment out side the room to say, in a rumbling whisper: 'He's in there, lassie, an' he needs 'ee badly." Then he opened the door and gently pushed her in. As he looked back for one Instant he saw Eunice on her knees by the bedside, with Wilfrid's head in her arms. Then he closed the door gently and waited, confident of the result. They ve both been tried in th' crucible, but th' fire hasna hurted them!" he muttered in his native brogue. 3tle'Are Apparently More Fond It When Fed With Ensilage Than Either Grain or Hay. (By W. ,M. KEtXEY.) On many farms the Btraw is consl ed of little practical value outside 'ordins beddir.g and litter for th ock, b'ut during the past few year ;i:iion seems to be more favorabl ward straw as a feed for horse ieep and cattle. To a large extei :is has been brought about by tl: v of the U'o in preserving the co '.op and also by the shortage of h. lii'g the same period. With the fdlo to provide the animal Ith plenty of succulent food we taav .'en enabled to feed our cattle all ie oat straw to a very profitablo a imago when otherwise they woul 'luse to eat it up clean. The aniuia e apparently n.ore fond of stra hen fed with ensilage than eitho ain or hay. Sheep are a!:o fond of good brigh rraw and will eat quite large quant es in connection wUh ensilage an ay. The great trouble with a grea .any feeders is that they will feet. i-it every , kind of foraga and fodde rops before they feed the animal traw and then complain If they fal way in condition when put on straw ilone. Properly handled and fed in connec ion with other feeds I have been able o derive considerable feeding valu mt of straw, but I do not claim that it vill do wonders toward keeping stock :n high condition. There are times on all farms where 1 large number of animals are kept when it will prove profitable to feed jut everything to the best advantage with as little waste as possible, even though we do not make the greatest sains possible. The most successful anuer Is in most cases the one who itilizes the odds and ends of his feed to the best-'advantagw. Another mistake that is made in feeding straw is to expect the animals to consume all that is placed In front of them. Don't expect them to do this tor an animal will go without feed be fore it will eat straw that is tough and woody. The waste will do for bedding and to work Into manure. I consider that I am doing well If I can get the tock to consume half of the straw when fed in connection with hay and ensilage. For horses that are not being work ed straw will take the Dlace of hay and If fed a liberal ration of grain and in occasional handful of oil meal here will be no loss of condition. Oat traw Is the best for feeding horses as wheat straw Is coarse and woody and very hard to digest. SCIENCE IN KEEPING EGGS CHAPTER XII., Upon the sheltered deck of a south bound steamer a month later -stood two figures, Wilfrid Stennis and Eunice, his wife. They had been mar ried that morning. John Treveeca was also on board, but in the smo king-room, out of the night air. The Highland lights on Naveslnk were flashing like twin-stars against a pale streak of clear autumn sunset which threw Into relief the rounded hills of Staten island. His arm was around her waist, and her head was pillowed on his shoul der, careless of any chance beholders. Two sentences are all we need to over hear of their murmured conversation: "Eunice means 'happy victory,' you know," the girl was saying. "It has certainly proved so for us. Don't you think so, Wilf?" Hef pressed her closer to him for answer, and then with his free hand he pointed to the dying day, saying: 'At evening time it shall be light!" THE END. By New Process Shells Are First Disin fected and Then Immersed In Paraffin Wax Vacuum. Science seems to be making an at tlve inroad on prejudice and ignorance and even the man who has been fight ing book farming is willing to con fess that great strides have been made along certain lines that have been beneficial to his own interests. The latest we have had up to the present In the preservation of eggs and the prolonging of their edible qualities has been by the water glass system, which Is quite generally known. Now comes a scientist who claim a method that will even up the egg business at a wonderful rate. The shells by the new process are first disinfected and then Immersed in a vessel of paraffin wax In a vacuum. The air in the shell is extracted by the vacuum, and atmo spheric pressure is then allowed to enter the vessel, when the hot wax is forced into the "porea" of the shell, which thus hermetically seals it. Evaporation of the contents of the egg, which has a harmful effect, is thereby prevented, and the egg is practically sterile. Register and Farmer. NEW KIND OF APPLE PIE Use of Molasses aa Sweetening Makes Delloloua Desert Nice Hot or Cold. Apple pie sweetened with molasses made m follows la delicious: Take a baking tin (ten by six) and about an Inch and a half deep. Line with pastry In which a little eoda and cream of tartar have been used. Leave enough wound the edge to turn up over the top cruet to keep the Juioe In. Fill with quartered baldwin or greening ipples, a pinch of allspice and a large pinch of nutmeg. Use the molasses iccordlng to the size of the tin. Enough to sweeten. Shave salt pork Just as thin as possible and lay over the ap ples, nearly covering them. Make a few silts in the top crust, brush over with cold milk and bake very slowly three hours. Afternoon Is the best time to bake, as the temperature Is Bore even. When removed from the Dven cover with a cloth to stew a ilttla while. The Juice will be thick like sirup if Just a sprinkling of flour is used. Nice hot or cold. Llmli of Trouble Three times on the run betweeu Worthing and Shoreham the beautiful prima donna's nearly new car had broken down. Ultimately coaxing It to enter Brighton, the fair lady re ceived In the hotel porch the solici tude of a sister artiste who had pass ed her on the road. "Much trouble with my car, dear?" she echoed, bit terly. 'Why, I couldn't have more trou ble if I was married to the blessed machine!" Sporting Tiroes. Can Courtship Be cut? Let us see if there be aught which may be condensed. May we cut short the length of the courtship? Not in these days, for It requires more tlm than ever to amass means sufficient for marriage. Thinking upon the matter, point by point, we are unable to discern any sweet pleasure of courtship which could advantageously be abbreviate-' t.. It Was Inevitable. An exchange tells us that a man named CxyzowskI has been charged with forgery. Is It any wonder he wanted to write some other man's name? Cleveland Plain Dealer. Th -usanda of Connunpt ve die every ear. Consumption result- from a nea- r-tea oolil on tlie lung.. Hiimlms z rd il will cure these colds. Just run it inta the chest and draw out the iiiHanuimtion. The Nursery Window. If the nursery window is net pro tected by outside bars, hammer a large screw or nail Into the groove of the lower sash, so that the window cannot be ral.sed more than six Inches. If the top sash Is drawn down, this la quite enough for ventilation, and no atter how Ingenious or venturesome the little ones may be they cannot riggle through the small lower open ing. No Laxy Children. It Is now asserted that there la no such thJng as a laxy child. There Is always some other explanation of the backward child, generally sickness or unger. Lighting the Farmhouse. With the increasing education of farmers' children and the Increasing Intellectual and social life In farm homes, the use of artificial light in farmhouses is Increasing, and the money economy, but more the sani- U.ry economy of artificial lighting is of Increasing Importance. Nor may the esthetic element, the effect on life of attractive lighting, be left uncon sldered. All kerosene lights without mantle are very unlike daylight, hard on the eyes, and hence likely to pro duce pain and nervous irritation and Injury to health. SEEDS To rrnwth fin est flowers and moat luscious vrirouinlea. Mailt tha hunt www. terry Bvl are Iwvit Decauseihey never f:Ul i n ylold or Quality. The best unrden- eri and fnrmprs evervwhere know terry's aoeds to be the highest standard of quality yet aiTainoa. tur kui everywhere, IreUT-SmiSeHJInniial Free on request a. M. FED XT 1 ro.. Knurr, ihoh. Founding of Khartum. Khartum is not yet a century ola and It owes Its existence to an or iental form of treachery. When Khe dive Mohammed All Invaded the Su dan In 1S20 he marched triumphantly to Shendl, where his troops were en tertained at a banquet by the sub missive natives. But while the khe dive's high officials were seated at the feast they shared the fate of the viands and were themselves reduced to funeral baked meats. Full of fury the army fell on Shendl and demol ished it. Marching south, the Inva ders reached the Junction of the Blue Nile and White Nile. With the con queror's Instinct they recognized that the strip of land, with Its few fisher men's huts, of straw, formed Ideal strategical headquarters. So Khartum finally grew Into the most sensitive part of the Sudan organism. The Business 8lde of Farming. A special feature of the Farmers course In agriculture this year at the University of Wisconsin will be the 'business side of farming." The farm era of Wisconsin have capital to the amount of over $1,000,000,000 Invest ed In lands, buildings, machinery and live stock and this capital should be made to yield its largest possible re turns. Emphasis will be placed on these farm Investments and the Business of farming" will be special ly emphasized from the soil, plant and animal sides. Selecting a Rooster. If you intend to keep males for breeding, select one cockerel for each doten pullets. Pick out the most masculine appearing bird In the lot. Ha should be a good fighter, strong and vigorous and active. Keep these breeders by themselves until three weeks before you begin to save the eggs for hatching; then change the males ta the breeding pens every week. NO DUST SWEEPING COMPOUND Cleans nd brighten Car pU Ruff. Linoleums and Floor. Abnorbn tha trrm laden dunt. Saved duatintr and beating: carpets. Per bbl., 200 lbs... $5.00 Per bbl., 150 4.00 75-lb. metal drum 2.60 Order by mail or through your trrocer. CRESCENT CHEMICAL CO. S26 Washing-ton St.. Portland, Or. Life Without Food. How long. Is It possible to live with out food? We have all read of a cast not many years since, where sonic French miners were entombed for twenty-one days, and rescued alive rg after everyone thought they must be dead; of course they were In a rery weakened condition, and re quired the utmost care before they were out of danger. This, however, is by no means the longest time that a human being is known to have ex isted without food, and In a recent is sue of the British Medical Journal, there la the record of a woman suf fering from cancer, who could taka neither food nor drink of any kind, yet she existed In that condition foi fifty-six days, and was, moreover. quite conscious till her death. In In dia the fakirs Include among theli wonderful performances abstentloa from food for a very long period, bnl when they do this they put them selves Into a condition closely resem bling sleep, and, of course, during that time the body is called on te perform none of Its usual functions, and wasting of tissue Is reduced to I alnimum.