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The Wingham Times, 1894-09-14, Page 2TME WINORAM TIMES, SEPTEMBER 14, 1894, the 'Weav'er's Daughter. fatiter had left. The beautifuit Iaee that was sent out from the f:altory • By Wpm. maim. , made its appearance, not is little a delicate pieces, daintily and carefully "Take good earn of tate factory, wrought by the cleft fingers of girls. Hattie, and of your mother, also," working for five shilling's a week, as said old Robert Downer ; "and don't had been (lone before those looms rnetrre'e any one that is• not a good were iu):ented, but in large packages weaver," 1 cont:tinting thousands. of yards, The "What art' yen saying, papa?" I be was, however, on the less a asked the daughter, with a sudden , beautiful to the young owner and start, at the same time pressing and manager of the factory because there kissing the hand upon which the ' was an immense quantity: of it, and evilness of death was be;imiing to made in the loom her father had settle, E placed there, a el to which, for many The dyialg `non repeated the in- I years, he had wen his constant caro with t'eater effort, and the , and attention. r andlace-weaver The young el eS5 la e 1 red.: a � it !a" *t 'll readily Sit OSO 1hear and will do � as the reader I, vz Appose, � soon diseoveeed that she was an ttie Downer's last , object of spool attention and in- ttlwr; a hard one to terest to a lar•,' number: of gallant kept. young gent] igen, some of whom ser had been one of were the wearers of titles their junction daughter SUM "Yes, papa ; as you say." This wee Il premise to her make, but it w Robert Dm the beet known and most successful • grandfathers lead earned. Oecasion- of the Nottingham lace weavers, I ally, and quite as often, in fact, as His factory, and the curious and i the young lady desired, some one of costly machinery with which it was. ; these gent1caten, after considerable filled, had been hitt greatest delight ;'managing andtieu se, would get near while the beautiful fabrics that were %enough to int mate a desire to learn made there, and bore his name and !if a still neare approach would be trade -mark, were known and all- I entirely agree lc; but the answer mired iu every part of the world, i returned in ev •y case was : • ce weaver ?" those young bloods, over the matter. '`A ,ovo ! Richer than a wants and leer a common workman ' ver! What strange n her ? Well educat- 1 weaver kept her at a for five years. She „ f t 11 1 I t I go through all the ness like an experienc- but can sing and encu and dance—is and makes a graceful i ber drawing-roolu— cls half her time in the overseeing the men, ld among thein, and fairly dizzy emotions that ttetimes if their wives< re well, and have they Ipa1kid. "My ' e eded at lime. There understand th way to get through or so carefully s, unless she is deter- the reason wh c a 1. of herself. I3ac1 from here so nu I en to conseerate them- The truth i ssed celibacy who have as the young y than they want for ' that Rodney )ut dowurtgbt insanity ing a consicle tiienl; but that the factory itself, for a girl wli has a business with and everything connected therewith, more than hundred thousand should be the inheritance of his pounds." <•M t believing that,under the But to et t to absurd whim out belts lti t1 e u daughter, ab t •G 'of the hea% of Aar, sub alEnglish I t• 1 c a b ownership .and cp t l o ofthatgood •n and faithful gn• ' the business that girl was mei. easily tallied than had been the ambition and purpose , done. Of co-rse those young gentle - of his life would be taken care of I men were nes- lace weavers ; and and move right alone, retaining his ( they were toe old and toe proud to name and trade -dark. I learn a hand -.craft of that sort, even His wife wasill fpeblehealth,and not I if they bac been disposed But likely to live very long. I those efforts t�b find some way to the Having thus aljrangecl everything heart and b�tyncl of the young lady with a view -of eeeuriug the contintl- were continued right along, as they �• always ante of the busty ss, it had suddenly aIx ay s are hi such cases, although occurred to the el: a time when the parteig, and som more rapidly the that his daughter whoever he ]night be, should by all j served to keep means be a weavr. When asking I outside of the sa for and obtaining that promise, how- the affections o ever, he did not 1 row that his laugh- of her life weri ter, so constant and earnest in • her Strangely en devotion to him a nd her mother, and- Rodney Lyste� to the lace factor; entertained ai thoughts on the But Hattie her: seine time that young barrister, she was return affection thus r ted had not, it i in. words openly had many othe < known. The young to withhold from her parents any- . a sad sinking cif her heart, as if a thing thatsslretfelteate, iiiertyi<,to men- heavy weight was resting there that tion in regard to that sifbject; but ought to 1)e renro``ed in some way. the immature state of those f idly- Could she never •eceive and appro- eherishe sen`timellt"'11i1i(i'S"c(imecl to priate the onlylo a she had ever •de - requite that they should be permitted • sired to reciproedte ? Again and to remain right where they were, in again she looted! at and thought of the sceret thoughts of her heart, the promise she ;had mile to her until they assumed a more definite father—made in B. tread faith,. and form, and until some distinct intima- - heard by tum r a d he was probably tied had been given by the gentle- remembering it in the world to it r to her her l i 1�nlsekf, ,either. 1 or to 1 r w I eh he road go n- l tn. parents, in regard to the love wb1C11, : "No, no," she tivoukl .say ; that a s she firmly believed, was being promise must be Ik'ept. I will remain held in store for her. unmarried till the .end of my life. Two years has passed since the The only man 1 > ave •ever loved, • nr+. death of Robert Downer. His wife, can love, will no • although tenderly cherished and husband!of sonico eared for, iaad su.rvivect hint only a 1 will ssubniit; b fisw mounts t and Hattie; with her 'dying father sho: r'c nth • was now alone in the old Of coarse; . I the most of her time never • ti e' p l� e ci Iia ilYit,t d g devoted to overseeing and 'anythltig.ili I�eg • $ at orae itnMetile business her would: int leveb. , His highest ambition had been to place himself .at the head of that business—an Donor which he had •obtained a11(1 Enjoyed until the end "Are you a 1 "Zounds!" sa as they though queer girl, by Qi 1d5 long life, And when the nisi banker's clout; man began to realize that death !husband to b would soots remove him from the —a lace w care and supervision of his business, fancy has tai: he was more than ever anxious to so , ed too ; the o , t arrange evernthing that his lace i London sehoo' factory would; go right on with its cannot on y work. figures of bins Robert Dowler had. four children ; ed accountant three sons and h his daughter Hattie, play, talk 1� handsome too, appearance 1 but, then spel lace factory, passing aroi inquiring, s and children everything r must be sons over ber \vii imatmined to 1 e•1 enough for 1 selves to a bl no more "mon themselves; the youngest ofthe family, and not more than twenty- years old at the time of her faat1i4r's death. His sons, strange to say; were worthless fel- lows, a heavy \teight on their father; and he knew ,vert well that if the factory passed; into their hands, it would soon "go'ito the dogs." . Under these C,Y 11Cni11statllC('S the nisi small resolved gte place it forever beyond their reach ; and with that in view he had. I )rovide(1 by his will that friss sons should each receive an annual stipend,'. as much as he thought the business could Spare for her to have done so, She knew, however, franc what her mother had told her, that a short time before her decease the young barrister had learned the whole story fi;'orn her, and that, of course; WAS the reason why, during his occasional visits, alivays sopleasant and delightful, no intimation lied ever escaped Ids Ups designed to create an impression on her mind that he lead desired to ]hake her the object of leis special attentions. During those two years, however, especially the second one, the weaver's (taught 'r had sometimesnoticed, when in eting lir, Lyster, a peculiar expre • on cheerful, and even playful wl ch sho felt certain he was veiling! pleasant secret of some sort, which she was unable to fathom. But t e day cavae when the veil was wit drawn, and taking her hand as ire eatbeside her,Rodney Lyster asked her too be his wife. For a few monnonts Hattie hesitat- ed. It seemed ]'impossible for her to rat= the smelt answer to him that she had given tel. so many others. But the firm re: Tutton cherished so long to be true to her promise tri- umplied nodttlastt d she answered: "I told my d would not marry weaver, Mr. L break my word." .ing father that I any one but a lace- ster, and I cannot • "Ve • * well," vasthe young bar -1 "Very, 1 1 n„ Aster's reply,ace upanied by another of those nlysteri s smiles, "thatis no reason for dee ning the offer of either my heart or my hand. The former has been yours for a long ' time—ii fact, haas never belonged to any one else; aid the latter has, as you will diseov r, been successfully trained in the d lieate and beautiful work in which our deceased father required you to • promise that your future husband -hand be skilled." "Oh! ort!!" exclaimed Hattie, 'th the contending I h hersurged thr ug 0,� 11, Rodney, now I secret you have been M call n„ bons me and . you have been away! len and SO 1011t,• . I regard to that I1latteI', ady soon learned, was ' yster had been spend- able part of his time, during those ad two years, under: the • skillful trait-lillg of one of the best lace -makers in Paris, incl the only one there tir110 \'vas able to match perfectly, if pot actually escell, the finest work, clone in her father's factory. We soon bad an opportun- ity to obserC and test his' practical skill; and \lits delighted to find that he did not eegard it as an ingenious device to w high he hall resorted for the purpose of removing the only impediment to his marriage with her, but took an factual and deep interest in the skill he liad acquired. " tVe'll have easier tines here at the factory," was carelessly remark- ed by some of the Less knowing of the operatives, •when they learned that the young barrister was S aboac t to take the place of the lady who had been In ,raging the business since the death of her father. But they soon lea%necl tbat the Iran who had become jcp.nt owner and principal director was not coming in there to look at and direct a bushiest he knew nothing abouib but voulcl, when so disposed, take his place at the loons with the best of them.. weaver, just at without any encouraging result in ght of life was de- this instance. 1. ao actual lace -weaver what sooner and had, ventured o place himself at the he had expected, feet of the heir ss, and the salve oft - future husband, repeated and levitable answer had those approximators Bred inclosure where her heart and hopes enshrined. )ugh, one young man, *, the barrister, who also, had thus far had already whin for hinself a fatter - dearly defined ing reputation kis his profession, had ubjeet of marriage. not thus far Antlered to approach 1 If had known for the young lady with the question odney Lyster, the that had sent s many others away. loved her, and that She had met him only occasionally ng his love. The during those tile) years, somesimes eived aud`reciproca- at long inter v a s, he being absent a true, been expressed large part of th(lea� time on • business, spoken ; but love the nature of wiuielt was not known ways to make itself to her.She ovalcenser us that those meetings were mutually agreeable irl had not intended yet they were sometimes followed by rtr, ottbt become the. t* • else and to that my promise to my I never be broken." a attic Downer had, ($ ''i odney• Lystert tl that promise, nor tr'delicate or p) oiler As for the" profession to which Rodney Lystc • hadsbeen devoting all. his talents and • time until he turned his attention to learning the mysteries of lace -weaving, he soon discovered that he had no further use for it, except in the knowledge and skill it afforded him in the management of the large business that had conte into his hands. And then, when, after as few years, Rodney Lyster began to be spoken of as a. suitable person to represent his district in the House of Commas, it was immediately dis- covered by the men who were work- ingg the political wires, that, in his g Baso, no vadat canvassing rvotitd be required. "Rodney Lyster is the man for use" was the response that went through the district at once, I%w Hutch or how little he knew on the subject of law, was a point about whieh the moat of those men did not stop to enquire. They knew he was the workingman's friciid,and accustomed to come in among them in the style. and.naanncr.ofonpe who realized their' worth and want% "Old Robert Downer's head was levet when hel ave tat factory to his daughter, and told her to marry a weaver i" they would frequently remark. Rodney Lyster's .seat in the Iloltse was easily secured and retained. The mon by whose labor wealth was created wanted hint there, for they knew that their interest and welfare worn one with his ower. • Tho ince that was made at the factory never dishonored the name or the trade -mark that Robert Downer had given it ; nor did the weaver's daughter ever regret that her father- had required her to make the promise she had. so faithfully kept, -! What no _t ellow can Find Out. --Four tie may eat green fruit } g 1111 impunity, may try with t a fifth 1 u p Y, the experiment 'laud an hoar or so later be tied n in knots witheralnps . r and rlysenter y•. Who the fifth luau will bo -is one Iof those things no fellow can find}out, and consequently all should take time by the forelock, and peparc for such an attack by keeping on heed a bottle of PERRY' DAVIS' Palx-EILLEr1 which is an safe quick- and in aliible cure for diar- rhoea, cholera cramps, riImo, or, indeed, , any disorder of the•stomach. This excellent mud' ine can be bought at any reputable drugstore. 25c will purchase the ig Bottle. New size. ACaeofHad To. " 1 had a funny experience in a little town on he Mississippi," said 11, C. Blakeley, a travelling man. "Tllo place had bu one hotel, the landlord of which co ducted everything c- cept the cook ng and ]louse-eleaning, which his wee attended to. I was the only guo't, and when I told him that I wantet 1 to go up the river on a packet epee € lywhere between mid- night and th ee o'clock in the morn- ing, 1 was Sh \\'ll to a room, imme- diately over le office, and was going to sleep who I heard a shrill femi- nine voiceea I: ' John, you conte to bed.' Sallie, you know I kaint go to bed. Got to\oke that blamed drummer.' I enjoyed .the situation and laugh- ed myself wide awake, not getting sleepy for two ours. - Then the fem- inine voice eat d again : ' John, I say come to bed.' `.I kaint go to bed.' ` Let that pesky drunnner wake himself.' • ` Taint no ,way to run a hotel.' And there vas s silenceagain I1 1 - ally, I went sleep, and was soon awakened unearthly racket. Tluit old man was pounding on the oflieel ceiling with a broom handle. ' I'm awn, , o,' I answered. 'I don't believe I'lI o od that boat. I'm too tired. I'll s ait until to -morrow.' ' 1. reeko you won't. You be down hyar ' 1 two minutes or I'll be arter you. ain't pin' to set up all night fer n1 bin'. I caught the boat. —Cincienat Inquirer. A�Bright Eye is 'a sigh ,, of od health and if the stomach is not in the best of con- dition the eyes will show it. Ripens Tabules will make the stomach right and keep the eyes bright and clear. Later Uses of e,lectrieity. In the transition through which the whole world is passing, in placing itself upon another bias, the electric field is one that is making great strides in the vay of economical ap- pliances. 1:1 tricity is slowly but surely makin a revolution in house- keeping, and leasantly robbing that department f a great deal of its drudgery, a the tendency is still onward in d 'eloping new appliances which add t the luxury of our later day civilize, on. The latest device in this way ' an electrically -heated shaving pot. The base of the pot is hollow, like he bottom of a cham- pagne bottl ,. the lamp being slipped inside. '.Chs lamp is about eight candle power and it Costs about two cents. The transmission of power by electricity, it problem which has e:t- ervised the ind of electrical engin- eers for in, y years, has been solved in one was among others by the transmissi of 10,000 volts from a waterfall miles distant, by which the cities ?amnia and San l3arnar- dino, Cal., re lighted in a very sat- isfaetory anner, A youn woman hunting for some eggs rem ked that they must have been refs -1 id. K. D. C. as i esh produoer, thin, pa 10 should use it, Proverbs of the Day. AA prodigal picks his own pocket. Rlupty threats snake lying chil- dren. i Don't go to the wrong shop to get shaved, A stinted wife' can find a vest peek - et in the dark. If we had eternal sunshine we ' would have no. crops. The dangerous end of a rattlesnake makes no noise. The aggressive man always finds the hornet at tie. Some people mistake getting re- ligion for a recipt in full. ' l Thorn is a La acrumb res for every from the party able. When I go to a revival I don't want M ant to listen to a blackguard. One demagoijate is more dangerous than a dozen avistoerats. The man wlfo gives himself away is not always i •orth taking.. Time sets hi chisel a little deeper whenever ther is a frown upon the Race. Hamilton Be le say o1 Stark's t'gwders ;• Mr. Farmer, . ,lderman and Barrister, says : "1 experi cod almost immediate relief from the u e of Stark's Powders (for Sick Headac e, Biliousness, Neural- gia and Liver). J. Temple, 40 atharine St. N. says "I find R. Starks Headache, Neuralgia .and Liver Pow rs a sure Cure," Mr. Lancet' Id, librarian, public library, says : bey are most valuable for sufferers fr t Headache, Neuralgia and Liver Comp ints" Mr. Geo. R. Fl ok, Station Master G. T. Railway, says : "I was troubled with most severe headaches for three years and was unable to get more than tem- porary relief. Singe using Stark's Powders I have fbeen entirely free from Headache". _. Price 25 coati a box ; sold by all medicine dealer'.. What Ca. es Tuberculosis. .A proniinen farmer in the county of Elgin attri ilex theprevalence r of g tuberculosis to the want of proper ventilation in s 'shies. He saps that th stables or c w houses in general C R a an fart a constructed that used its a so c stn tete tat the air becomes ideated, there being no attention par to thorough venti- laatiott. Where here is a large num- ber of cattle nfinecl together the heat generate from the breath of the animals becomes intense, and should one animal be diseased, it must necessarily infect the whole herd. That c tittle kept it �t I e� 1n such < 1 warm atmosphere are much more likely to contract pulmonary disease than those whieh have a plentiful supply of fresh lair seems reasonable, and farmers wuld do well to pay at- tention to the tl,orough ventilation of their stables. Sirs,—Ny babi was very bad with summer complain, and 1 thought he would die, until tried Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild $rawberry, With the first dose I notice a change for the better, and now be s cured, and fat and healthy. Mrs. A. ormandin, London, Ont. Gems of hought. Self-denial is ndispensabie to a gcharacter. stro� n find that more of them are due to the leek of systematic methods than to • the actual excess of labor. As (bops of bitter ine(lieine, though minute, may have a salutary force, so words, though few and painful, uttered. seasonably, may rouse the prostrate energies of those who meet misfortuuo with despondency. The influence of social current has the sante effect upon human nature as that produced by the constant fraction ,of the sea upon the pebbles • on the beach. Rough corners are I polished and sharp angies smoothed down into symmetrl%lai proportions. The sante self-respect which pre- vents an honorable man doing in secret that which he would be ashamed to do openly should also prevent hien from tolerating within Ihimself a single wish which his best judgment disapproves or his highest moral conception repudiates. Rheumatism Cured in a clay. --South American Rheumatic Curo of iilienntatisln and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action on the system is remarkable and thecause es once It removes at mysterious, o of he disease immediately disappears. The first nose greatly benefits, 75 cents. 'Warranted at Chisholm's drug store. Office-boy--•Dere's two men out dere wants to see yer ; One 01 'eni's as • poet and t'othern's a deef man, Editor—Well, go out and legit the poet that the deaf Ivan is the editor. i Another oke resident of Huron has passed away in the person of lits. Elizabeth Duncan, wife of the Iate 'John Duncan, of Goderieh. Mrs. . Duncan was in her 70th. year. ! " How many things diel tile woman next door borrow today ?" asked :lir. Figg. " Only the telephone," an- swered Mrs. Pigg. it was the first time slie had ever used one, and I don't think I even Saw a WOW= more ' disappointed." " Couldn't she use it ?" " Oh, yes ; she learned how to use it quickly,enough, but what broke hoe heart was that it was fast to the wall. She had thought she contd take it hot'e with her to keep till we called for it." i Some interesting facts concerning the salaries received by ministers.of the e gospel in the United States p - •n in ear a M p t !article in the August Forum. The Methodist Episcopal clinch colicetsl nearly i<1.1,000,000 a year for salaries and current ex- penses; the 3i$8,000,090; c J a )t is p k nearly 7 the • , $7,000,- : ;" C (,oti t e t a t nalists v , .. r () over U - � n 0 4 > : 000, the I'resialtcrians ;neai;ly $12,- 000,000, and the Episcopalid is over !$13,000,000. The average &Wait of Methodist ministers is $850, Mid/ad- . ditions such al ' wedding fees and ' donations may ring the average up to ,`1,000. Th Congregationalists ' pay their cler *men about 1,1,050: the Presbyterial and Episcopalians higher still; the aptists a gcod deal less. There a 'e more pastors than judges receivit 0. $10,000 a year. woken in Health i' That Tired Feeling, Constipation and Pain in the Back Appetite and %%oath Restored by Hood's Sarsaparilla, • The man who tnows a great deal knows better thaa to try to tell it. I Health is the first consideration after all, for whaL is wealth without it? When we a e out of sympathy with the young, then our good work in this world is ver. , There is no ,it search after truth which does no, first of all begin to live the truth Rich it knows. There are n ny wrong ways in Join a right gbt t ing, but there is no right way of bdtna wrong thing Intelligence i a luxury, sometimes useless, sometit es fatal. It is a torch or firebrand, a ording to the use one makes of it. The matt w t) spends his life in getting even f real or supposed in- juries is a for ant to himself and a bore to his frifnds. Ile that eonleth to seek after know- ledge with a kind to scorn and 'cen sure shall be f ure to find platter for his humor, bit no ]natter for his in- struction. 1 The bilin sa.rCasnl and the eutting. ridicule tha give amusement • to the unthinking nd ill-disposed by their keen edge, `-.at at the root of many innocent a 'son happiness. • Ii p • If' we eo1Ld trace back the Many eases of i elvous• exhaustion and i ' other physiit abiuwrecks, we might;1 • ,:,,, Mr. Chs. Steele St. Catherine's, Ont. "C.1. Hood & Ce., Lowell, Mass,: "Fora number of years I have been troubled Wills a general tiredlieeling, shortness of breath, pain in the back, a14 constipation. X could get Only little rest at ntgftt on account of the pain and had no appetite " hatover, 1 \vas that tired in my limbs that 1 ga a out before half tho day was gond. I tried a reat nimbus of medicines butdid not got any ormanont relict front any oocI s lutaC' source until, upon recommendation of a friend. I purchased a bottle: of Ifood's agarsaparitla, VT made mo feet better at once. I haveeon- tinu edits use, h4ving taken listen bottles, and Peel Like a Mew Man. /hare a gaoct appetite, feel as strong as ever I did, slid enjoy perfect rest at night. I baro lnuch`paelaure in recommending stow* sarse- parIIlft Ctt,(Ittio, Sutra,. With rie .1're- serving Cin,, St. Catherine's. a tarso.. Neeidle Pills are prontpt and eftloient, yet~ Goy in weans,. Sold b7 all dr'uaglsta. 26o. 4 W. C. 1 (coaearc'rl11 B' PGod- and tt'tni can t.ho ut'et tet tho tact, that Ili anee e,°dlia>i Medi c WW1), for ono hour, ride: street. A11 Intl As the t;dator has space. for our work, gelid iteauu of Arturot day to any al our nu Tile annual United States 1 per Cent. its til( that is, more ti times as mucic 1$11:3 -as in It is one of depravity tha sovereign caps so degrade the oblivious to bo obligations, an ereign power around this Ciel the liquor trail speetability, us to subvertthe an Smith, as he prefers to passenger ager Railway, head a few days i Mt'. Smith wh mast popular. continent of At years; and 1 with good Inn ness, is respell cards :—From tiller gets fo which retails meat gets Ga. raised the cont gets $1, the 1 the retailer go er gets drunk. 011 the back conveys nve y's a r U and a signific The Catholi 6 The most 11 the Catholic C •in('ithis count,' I\foii eigeur Sa ... in a )peeving - pulsi 1 of liqu bersln in C€ ruling ofo 13i which a • app was as fo lows my approbti Catholic Sociht • has a liqu,or d` , at its head 01 officers ; and society itself vileges as a ceases to b is engag e .t b agent it the in oxic ing inittec to 111e1 Of course dio se of Co • be • he withdl lie generally w th the Iiq me result 1. esota. Arc pronounced he gave very itis vicars in before the Re st111ellce 711ti Paul. After visit to the Pope had p Total Abstin Ireland used "America," s set her face den of cors church whist temperance of the soil. the vile Glen laden with 1) I make no t characters o .business is b gool incl th 100)1 Wine w name of a C of a saloon • Gentleme low Oil anti fbl• burns, s creep- and ee usenet it. Mi Mistress (i call while I Yis, 181111, a Bridget, the up that sl avert'n'. Take it. D