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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 123, 17 October 1902, Page 4

The Toronto Mail publishesHhe experiences of a lad who has discovered a new cure for consumption. Alfred Y. Allen Was told in San Francisco that his .lungs were almost used up,"and he ha«l better go home to die. He resolved to walk-to his ..old Canadian home m T ao.jto. The next day (August 8, 1901) he started oui, with his best suit on and Idol 60cents in hi is pockets. He was very weak at first, and found it hard work to cover a mile and a'half a day, but later on he was able to average 35 miles a day. He landed in Toronto about 10 months afterwards, weather -worn and weary, but a well man, weighing 1361 b, as against 811 b when he started the journey, and without a trace of his old foe, consumption. A Leeds chimney-sweep, George Liley, is stated to be heir to .£275,000’. He was discovered some months ago by a firm of solicitors, arid told he Vvas to con e int r a large fortuite. Liley, who is the son of a policeman, wisely‘refused’ to relinquish his “sweepship” till he handles the money. The insuring of one’s life is one of those things which one is most apt t) put off. /There are few, however, who postpone what ought to -be the inevitable until so late a period in life as did the tough old smack-owner of Frimsby. When he presented himself at the insuianee office he was naturally asked his age. His reply was “Ninety four.” “Why my good man, we cannot insure you” said the company, “Why not ?” he demanded. “Why you are ninety four years of age.” “What of that ?” the old man cried. “Look at statistics, and they will'tell you that fewer men die at ninety four than at any other age.”