VITADATIO.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1903, Page 4

VITADATIO.

MR «. PALMER. Dear Sir,— l had been. a grca'l sutfeircr from indigestion for live or years, with headaches, giddiness, heavy and oppressed feelings, added to liiese about eight months ago severe pahis seized one- of my legs from the knee downwards, and became a source cf real agony to me, deskoying my rest at nights, and causing me worry and trouble 'during the day. After much pain and anxiety I called at your Adelaide office about four months ago, and as the result deoldefl to try Vitetiiiatio, and I took four bottles. It is now thrpe months since I finished the las* bottle, and I am so pleased to say that the excruciating pain ,hsjs entirely left my leg. TJie headaches and oppressed feelings have %isappeare<l. lam able to enjoy f^ott ttiat I darea not iouch before, and feel very thankful for what has Sone for me. ?You may mention my name to -any 'entiuirer who may be interested, aid who may desire relief such as I h|tve otfbaineß. om •' J ■"■■'■■■ . 5.W., .- ';. ; : vi; ; GpW^n Grove. bull address ;ca appHcaiJipn^ta Vitaaitia iHeaii Institute, Z3B, Runile Streeti Adelaide,

In one of the suburbs ol Paris a , , wealthy merchant died the other | day, and on. the evening of the funeral his neighbours witnessed a curious ceremony. An hour before ' the body was to be taken to the cemetery the- relatives of the dead man five or six in " number, went out into the garden adjoining the house and walfcejl solemnly and silently round it. Each carried a lantern, and kept his eyes. fixed; on the ground, as though he were looking for something. Finally they haltea in front of a large pile, of stone, and, laying aside their lanterns proceeded to throw down the vile ' After every stone had been 'removed they examined minutely the spot on which the pile had rested and then slowly and ivith bowed heads returned to the house. This is an old Normato custom, and it was observed in this ■ instance because "the dead man was a native of G-isoh. There is a tradition in Normandy that before burying a body all the ground round his dwell- ! ing should be searched, in order \o ' make sure that the soul has not hidden itself somewhere. At one time every family in Normandy faithfully I observed this tradition, but now 'only a few heed it.— " Cassell's Saturday Journal." The steamer Kent will load at New Zealand ports for South Africa under Government contract loafl mg v contractors, and • %wm I !ffrel|s has been teed at 6s per 100 ft superficial. J •In medieval days a strong super- i Prevailed that when .a murS defer approached the bijy of his i victim* the corpse would bleed, Superstition is still strong m Irel&d. antf its grip on the I^asan^ .of &lclare, near Carrick>on-Sha£ ncn, will not be lessened by the rlinarkable sequel 'to a brutal murdlr there. Au elderly farmer named I Dpherty desired to^marry a. yonn|. ■ elrl but his sen Patrick ob^cted Im succeeded in breaking off the iriatch. the father, enraged, purchased a revolver, and shot at his .son, a fine young fellow of bft r wounding him. The son escaped , Uhougb a bedroam window followed by his father, who again shot him outside. Two of the bullets passed tttrougn his head, another struck hia hand and the third penetrated his heart. Later that night the body, was dragged into the house of a neighbour, who put down the arm which had been raised as though for protection. When by the dim light) of a lamp the shroud was lifted from the corpse and the father looked once more on the face of his dead son, the hand bearing the buK let< wound slowly rose to it® origin^ al position as if denouncing the author of the deed. The father, stricken with horror and remorse, fell to the ground in a fit. The ac-^ tion of the limb was due 'to rigor mortis. The eld man's remorse 'did not last long, for when he recovered he declared that "Patrick shot i himself and then jumped, out of the windqw." After 3, trial at Leitrim • when the jury disagreed, Doherty was convicted at Connaught and sentenced to death.