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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1895-01-18, Page 2I THE WINUTRAM TIMES, JANUARY 16, 1S9 . A YOUNG WIFE'S TRIAL ing in the wicker chair, with the cat " in her lap, while I, with tear-beditn- It't; AMY RANDOLVII, med eyes, bestirred myself to get sante tet fol. her eyes. When I unite with the colony that the more newsboys' homes, digestion to it? There is no doubt if A Cunning Cobbler., of friends of which I spoke to thee, a the more homeless newsboys. A few those to whom the use of honey Many years ago the husband of an un few hundred dred dollars will be all that remarks en this proposition May causes sickness, would judiciously oldlady died without making Ms I shall require. here, in this bank prove interesting: continuo to use it in small quantities, will, for the want of which necessary . Piet 1 book is elle residue of my littler " It is true that charitable food and the majority of them would find precaution Sts estate would have long Aunt Vashti, Voorhees, iudeed: Iwidow ad They were just lighting file 1 family i'ortune ghee is welcome to it, lodgings for boys is one cause for the themselves enabled to partake a# passed away from his h 1 • 110 between them '1 . ' not encourage danger of sickness within a very pedient to avert the loss of her prop- Against bitter' r/ she was ready me, • g g t a b he e oat Miles. Here ,. 11 ruined nearlyoath o n -I `L f1 the d f carne hatue---•gran f a dots of iigbt. pmy poverty,boysyI T thoroughly erty. She cense. ie graytwilight, wrls, resolutely sitting down, like a believed, in and to to std away from their lioness short screed. I tial tltarau hl co Against a and frozen human wet blanket, on my poor sham thy* scrip+and thy crust cheer- when once they have run away •. Is , vinced of this by Ita� ing so many her ltttsband and prevailed on an old But the keen wind might have been little resolves to help hint out of the fully with me. it wise to give gratuitous food and instances of it come under my notice. cobbler, her neighbor, who was in "Bat. Aunt Vestal ! I can't take lodging, for any length of time, in I will relate one or two of a great poison somewhat like the deceased, it !" institutions for newsboys and boot- many which I could give, if neves-Ito go to bed at her House and person - ',Thee will have to, Hannah! Thee blacks, leaving him free to earn a sary. When first I commenced to ate him, in wltieh character it was cannot help thyself'! As for lie, I part of his subsistence by doing small keep bees, my wife, ,a rather delicate agreed that he should dictate a will shall rejoice to be'id of the dross !" jobs on the street?� person, could not ue honey in any said Aunt Vashti, dimly. I " Is it true that the old-fashioned considerable quantic* without result - In the bank -boa there was an ac- newsbuys' home, where boys are well ant sickness. She fairly detested count of a little o'er five thousand fed, well lodged, and well ..clothed, the sight of it about the house, but dollars. In vain vias Miles's protest and made regularly to attend pray- continued to taste it occasionally, —in vain my renoustranees. For ers, but serves for the most part to with the result that within a few quiet obstinacy, IiI do believe a perpetuate the constant influence of months she could ettt it without the Qual eress excels the world. She the street upon their characters dltr- least inconvenience, and at tlie pre - went to her "Colony of Friends," ing the years these buys ought to be sent time feels lost if the honey like a nun disappearing into a con- vent—but site left Iter gold behind, greatly to the, disgust of Corisande, and of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. Neither slid w , break up house- keeping. The net day after Aunt " Let us beware of those institu- Vashti's departnreiI received a letter tions. which perpetuate street life for from the publisher, suggesting that boys—which give street morals a I should take the literary work large influence in molding character. home to do. It was, contrary to his " My* argument is a statement with usual practice, he said, but he al]- regard to present conditions in the proved my methods; and was willing, city of Cincinnati. Including the in my case, to make an exception. So I got the chance to earn a little money of my own',, after all—and I clid a good deal of solid work, be- tween the intervals, f pudding mak- ing and mince -met manufacture. And Miles contrived to tide over the season of financial calamity, and we the most temporary care. Homeless have a snug little sum laid away children in Cincinnati are never against a rainy day, and all be- brought in contact with one another cause— 1 • in child lodging houses, because the Miles says it is because I am such grand principle that every child a good little wife.. ,But I think it is should be'placed early in a country because I made up • my mind to ac- family home has for many years sept the duty nearest to my hand-- been nobly put into practice. .We as represented by $cunt Vashti—in have therefore only newsboys and stead of having my .own way in the bootblacks living in their own homes exact shape that I wanted it. with their own relatives and no And when we once snake up our others. taws= of l utll is clown the side .freer:, hero was another of these it o -- ti t low.' ex - w without n to he col boys. considerable t nc 'es vt h •sot' e • �iarcli night \viten I .vampires, w had Hannah—thee. and Miles—for thee prevalence of homeless oyquantities rtt u Y she of te, t d g a to welcome as thea �' Does such provision en a May zephyr, the specks of gas • Sloughof Despond into which be might have been yellow banks of was gradually uallyp sitting. What was 1 daffodils, as far as the thermometer t'o do about it'Al Was it my duty of my own heart went. I could havo danced and •sung, out of that to submit tamely(Ito such usurpation fullness of my joy For I hod got a • as this? ,,, place at last. r Miles 1 eric�Cl, when the good Miles knew noting of it. Miles, old lady was safer•` tucked up in dear fellow, glad ;g -one solidly and bed in our tiny guest chamber, "has steadily along his %•ay, never dream- she come to—stay ?" Ing of the project in my head. His "Why, my dear," said my hus- salllry base been reduced ; he had band, apologetically, "she bas no - been obliged to s4criiice all his say- where else to go. My sister Cori- ,. to. p;iy the debts of that scampish , sande won't have ler in Chicago, elder brother wlio, ran away to Iand my brother' Tom quarrelled Japan, after having. betrayed his 1 with her long agog; But she is a very • empiover's confidence ; and I had i good woman. She brought us all secretly made up V. my mind to helps up°•Oh, yes, I know, but --what is to pini if 1 possibly coli became of my German man translations ? "We can board cheaper than we; can kecp.nouse," thought I. "•I will i my fifteen dollars a week ?" sell my piana.and. all that foolish, "I rather think you'll have to give glittering oleic -a -bran that came to ! up that idea, Hannah," said Miles. me as wedding presents, and I'll get ; "And settle down into a mere something. to do. A'•;woinan's brains cook—a drudgei-- a housekeeper ?" and fingers are worth something M! "A home -maker, dear, for Aunt this age of the world i' { Vashti and me,". said Miles,' fondly But it was not so {easy to "get taking my band; But I jerked it soon discover- from him and ran away to hide my 'something to do," as I ed. Nevertheless aftOr much search- tears in -the secrecy of the little ing and many wear days, I found three -cornered 4upboard behind the a book publisher \vh wanted some stairs. . translations done his place of I cried all night long. I thought business. He was 'fling to pay a the problem over, and towards day - fair price, but of coarse, I could not light I made up my mind. Of what be a house-keepetl/ and a daily use was my promise at the altar to worker at the same*, me. love, honor and obey, if I could not "We'll give up 1jhousekeeping," I reconcile myself: to such a question thought. "1 amtll sure Miles will as this? Yes, I must accept Aunt never object to thr. And I can add .Vashti Voorhees and make the best so much to our ncoine. Oh, I'm of her. I must give up my dreams glad I worked s ,1 hard on German of independence, a.nd work on the when I was a irl. at boarding- old treadmill of housekeeping duties. school." 1 It would be difficult to put into 'I could hardly come home that t street? Nb. He is placed in a good jar full of honey will not cost anystep upon the stales, halting slightly ; "Thee is a good housekeeper,as he sometimes (11d, when he was Hannah," said Aunt Vashti, with anyery tired, Tfapproving nod, a.S.she took her seat"Poor Miles!" I thought ; "Oh, at the table, and glanced around thepoor boy ! But he shall learn, at sunshiny little rrin, where thelast, what it is to have a -wife who canary sang and thie window-glassis a real helpmate." ; !shone like diamond sheets.'When he came in,6to my surprise, ! I ran after my besband when hehe carried a little wicker rocking started. for his offi.ce, and overtook"Oh, Miles!" I c led ; "what is ' "Miles," said I, "I've been wrestl- that ?" ling with the evil sphit within me.""A rocking -chair, Aannah ; don't I "I saw that som4hing troubled"Where did you ge ' it ?'' !stroking my hair. ..you see ?" i: you, Puss," he ansIkvered, kindly"I bought it, to be re." 1 "But I'm conquered," I whispered."But, Miles! we (hell need it," "I'll give up the German transla- I urged, somewhat tiungraciously. Wens, and devote mYSelf • to make Aid Society of London- recently re- At this time of the year, when the"'We have plenty of rockers already." you happy. And I'll- be very, very ceived a letter from Mr.J. J. Kelso, shield of protection care. V ry sincerelY coal begins to develop each extraor- "None just like this.t? , good to Aunt Vashti." J.,. • of Toronto, in which somt good ideas one needing itsdinary possibilities • in the way of bit, Miles --oh, He stooped over and kissed me. are advanced its to the best method nights in the ye, why should he bp alrevents, I rose.' early the next Suffered for Twelve 'Steers. to earn a portion of his Irving on the be quite 50 cents. 1.'Now, the same to his sympath ' ic ears. Of all ordeal may comptehend them. At ` --4. t wait for Miles to words the pangs which this sacrifice ight, so anxious cost me. .Perhaps; some reader who r tb salve ]ear was I to impart I iy precious secret has passed th ougi� e 1 t subject .to home influence other than supply for table use runs out for a institutional ? few clays. . We, ase rule, always " I hope to show that the newboys' have it on our table, and Mrs. lodging houses can be dispensed' Myers uses as much as any member with, of the family. A ypung lady carne to visit us for a few; weeks, who at first, and for some I:, time, could not use honey without resulting nausea, but by using it carefully at first, and gradually increasing the quantity eaten, she was enabled to eat it plentifully, with relish, within a very few weeks. I know that I am perfect- ly justified in sayinOit is one of the most healthful foods that can be eaten.. I occasionally find bee -keep- ers who do not use honey as part of their diet. Just here there is a great mistake being made in allow- ing a health -giving delicacy to pass out of their hands without participat- ing in its benefits. In my own fancily there are just five persons, yet we,„annually con- sume about 300 pounds, and we hti,ve not had to pays $2 in doctor bills in ten years for sickness. It has another important redeeming feature in its cheapness, when com- pared with fruit. If you go to your grocer and .purchase an ordinary minds to leave things. to the Lord, it " What happens then to a homeless half -gallon jar of preserved fruit, or, is surprising what good care Ike child ? Is he fed and lodged with if you like, buy th , fruit and let others,tekes of us. it leain sharp practices and your____n_ preserve_. 11... ......4 ._.211 suburbs on both sides of the Ohio, we have a population of 500,000— half .a million. There are in the city —outside of the House of Refuge and four orphan asylums—no places where children are kept without the full payment of board, except for leavingthe widow the estate in question. An attorney was sent to draw up the writings. The widow, who on his arrival appeared in great affliction at her good man's danger, began to ask questions of the pretended husband calculated to elicit the answers she expected and desired. The cobbler groaned aloud, and looking as much like person going to givo up the ghost as possible, feebly answered : I intend to leave you half of iny estate, and I think the poor old shoe- maker who lives opposite is deserving the other half, for he has always been a good neighbor. Tho widow was thunderstruck ttt receiving a reply so different from that which she expected, but dare not negative the cobbler's will for fear of losing the whole of the prop- erty ;, while the old rogue in bed, who was himself the poor old shoe- maker living opposite, laughed in his sleeve, and divided with her the fruits of a project which the widow' had intended for her sole benefit, late en this parte alar one? morning, and prepared the daintiest Mr. Geo. H. Williams, the extensive i private home for the sweeter infill- more than. 50 cents and perhaps At last he cam I could hear his 'breakfast I knew how to cook. manufacturer of fruit baskets, Thorold, dices and developments of family less, and it will go tulles as far as the writes:—"I suffer very severely from sick„ and nervous headaches (and biliousness care. In this family he is visited at fruit, because it is so much richer. for over twelve years anis have tried all :intervals until of age by those ap- the advertised pills, porde r, and other : pointed for the purpose." The New Year untilabolit'two but yeas ttoor littlebnrelief, This is the work which the Chil- Finds Hood's Sarsaparilla leading every- untilthe wayof medicines in three use Stork's Powders anclnce then have r dren's Aid Society is designed to ae- g been like a different ma and now sel- 1 cotnplish. It provides good homes important particulars, namely : Hood's don have a headache, f I have Any I for homeless children '.but it does a Sarsaparilla has +4 1. The largest sale in the world. It immediate relief." Price �5C a box; sold 'greater work still y lnsisttng accomplishes by all medicine dealers. parents shall not, by their neglectful -. The gretttestenres in the world. It tendency that way Starks Pawners give i b that has conduct, make ehildi4en homeless. 3. The largest Labo atony in the Romeless Children. In this way both the child and the world. community is protected, and a noble What more can be said p Hood's THE BEST PLACE FO THEM IS I\` service rendered to humanity. 1 Sarsaparilla has merit ; is peculiar to FAMILY HO.MEs—LETTER FROM MR. Pa God that during°the coming itself, and most of all, flood's Sarsapar- IiEL10. prayilia cures. If you are sick, it is the year he may put it .intothe hearts of medicine for you to take. ' The resident of' tate Children's his people to uphold yo}ir society so 1?that it may be able to,4 extend the Put Salt on Coal. Miles, I have perhaps so much,to tell you! I I ''My own good little 01," said he of caring for dependent children I For Over Fifty Ye r s rapid consumption, housekeepers are y eagerly on the lookout for something have such a plan'." ' That was reward eijough for me. He says: l; I AN scr) AND w,r,,•a bet, ili9edfo -hit's. tvtn d slow' yt.othlu,ray+'ttp bus boon loess for over fifty that will at least prevent waste if it And I poured out ,v- whole story i Miles was not a very great talker, The whole tendency ,'-of modern ,years by muhnntrof ,»others for the@bahuaren whfIn cannot b * anyother means make into his astonished ea He heard but every word he uttered carried philanthropy is against t lstitutional i tretthtlte, with porfectsucress. It sq thes thu child ,� „ a I . sotfens the kuuls, nilays tiff pain, cues wind colic• A• ton go further. There are ane, without a word of,! interruption i weight with it. t life for children—on 'the ground that a„ i is thvbQst maned v Pot' Diutrhtnu.i Is pleasant to -then whistled low an long. ; I trimmed the wicker' chair with it is an artificial life, that it encour- the taste. Word by '. cwibists in et e r part of the severaloldu preparations for this purpose Worlu. TwontyItvo cants u nettle. Its toile is sold under fanciful names, but the "But our home, Ilan ah what is I ribbons and bought seine chintz in ages a spirit of dependency, and that incalculable. Be euro and ask fort Winslow s e ' 5oothfn, yrup, and take no other k basis of most of them is ordinary salt. hd, to become of that ?" n , pretty shades of olive and maroon to it places a large burdeneof, expense --- - - If the latter is sprinkled liberally I can earn fifteen dollars a week,) make curtains for Mint nt Vashti's upon the community, that it may by Honey as a Food. Miles, acid we can get . comfortable 1 room. As I was hemming them, the better methods be avoided. If a over the coal, either in the bin or as 'board on that—and all <your salary old woman herself camenin. boy or girl through misfortune of BY JoHNMYERS, STRA',FORD. it is put into the furnace, it will to go towards dress, andt,i.the interest "Thee is making my is room very any kind becomes homeless, the true snake it burn more evenly to a clean on the insurances, and• --4j' pretty, Hannah," said slie. friend of • the child will seek for it—. Honey is one of the oldest;, food pro- ash and will also prevent clinkers. He shrugged his shoulders. , "I want to make it seem like not an institution—but a good private ducts of the world. 'What is it ? A Of course there is some chemical but "I had enough of boarding-houses' home, Aunt Vashti," 1 laid, smiling- home, where it may grow up natur- chemist would likely answer that it housewife does noteca et e orabout dinary before we were niarrie .," said he. ly. ally and happily and retain that self- has so many parts of oxygen, so "Thee is kinder to ,me than my respect which is so essential to success many of hydrogen and so many of the reason. Sh is satisfied that it is nephew Thomas' wife, r even my in life. That it may efficiently carry carbon, combined in such proportions So. "Wry, Puss, I wouldn' give up this bright cozy little dwelling --place of ours for anything." r\ My lips quivered ; a',phoking sen- sation filled my throat. _•, Was Miles like all other men ? Dic be want to bind. nye down to this pl everlasting wheel of domestic druderr? •`Amj. Besides," he added, nodding at the little wicker roting chair, "1 brought that home eaeeially for Aunt Vashti ? She is coming to live with us," "Aunt Vashti !" At the, same moment tl knocking at the door. ;t up to, opttn'jt. '1'ilere, 01 threfshoid, vow a neat littl trunk, with the unit'els own neice Corisande i the city of on this noble work for ;children the as to form a mixture of grape sugar, ga The Tums Toronto Weekly Chicago. I might alma;3t fancy thee Ontario Government and Legislature manna, gum mucilage, extractive, a . my daughter. But lisf,n, Hannah : have given special ring exclusive little wax, polon, acid, andlpdorifer- Globe and Farmers' Sun, one year, 1 aim but a pilgrim a ��� ,, a stranger, powers to the Children's slid Soeicty, ous substances. rl for $i,35. This offer t'nly holds Isere in this great, wicked Babel of and 1 have no hesitatioij; in saying honey, the saccharine sugary) gond till the 25th Jan., 18J5. New York. 1 am on 'thhy way to that if wisely directed, aifd liberally juices of plants, is collect ley bees settle in Vermont wh'., o there is a supported by the municipality and from flowers and deposited] lay omb, em For Dlphtherla. t little colony of friends, :well known people, the Children's Aicq Society of in the waxen cella of �+ to mc. And, I have not been alto- London will not only do a great work These juices undergo some reedlike- y l3ob writes to the Toronto gather Miles, children but will byits tion in the honey bag of the 11ee, but • Empire as follows: Please l set t the ;,other truthful with thj:;o and n tics, for neglected.+, �'aeter is following from the SeientifiAmeri- my child, though 1 havo, in no case preventive methods eflcetht saving of though their chemical oh,' sullied my lips with a falsehood?" thousands of dollars of pablie funds, somewhat changed, they st 1 retain can: "At the first indication of "'Sot truthful, Aunt` Vashti ?" 1 If our � o le could only realize the the favor, and to some ex ent the diphtheria in the throat of a child re was a No y.i � p • o close; ' make the tomthen take a t from the ]1 s i of aSki �. properties to io main- peculiar Huai e�:1e sof to 1 tremendous annual n 'rem ou � p p es sprang uttered,. 1 � pc• the very "Not altogether, my held, I said; taining the vicious, crilnin?tl and pan which they were collected. 13eside tin cup, and pour into it air equal horse -heir it has pleased Thom, , Corisande, per class, they would' generously the changes undergone in the bee quantity of tar and turpentine; then run , t V. V." in fled Miles, all three o them, to irn- support tate Children's A1:l. Society in bag, other changes take place in the hold the cup over the fire so its to fill ails at one nd. Close a lne---•wh I know:` not—that 1 its efforts to stay the c * se, and se- comb, known as ripening, rendering the room with the fumes. The pa - behind it stood a small wroniau, in a was very hoer. I do of deny that cure for every child an opportunity it one of the most delicious and tient, on inhaling the fumes, will Q K' Quaker gown and bonnet, and the in my days 1 have s '�Bred poverty; to attain to honest cltize)ship. Let healthful foods for mankind. But, cough and spit out the membraneous neatest of mewing silk. shawls. but of late, the littl garden that I me quote bene the words of Mr, 1'. says someone, that can't be so, be- matter, and the diphtheria will pass 16t Thee le Hannah, I presume ? saki owned in the suburb` of St, Louis W. Ayres, of Ciaeinnati, til the Waif- cause ill 1 eat a teaspoonful it make off, The fumes of' tar and turpentine she. I am thy husband's Aunt, - bas been cut up into ty lots and Saving Congress held in Chicago me sick. 1 would like to ask such a loosen the throat, and thus afford 'alAht1 Voorhee .�purchased of me at price that during;the World's Fair: one, did you ever try to cat it by relief that lras baffled the skill of .Al give minuted she was rack- .seems little short of` elms in my ; " It frac' been found its New York , degrees until you accustomed your physicians." • Relief in six hours,—Distressing !Kid- ney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the "Great South American Kid- ney Cure." This great remedy is a great surprise and delight to jhysicians on ac- count of its exceeding prpmptness in reliev- ing pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male and female. It relieved retention of water and pain in passing it almost iinmediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold at Chisholm's drug store.• License reduction was carried in Mount Forest by 226 to 210. • With both the alligator and, the crocodile the tail is the most formid- able weapon. One : stroke may break the legs of the strongest man. Nogiect,s and the Regatta. Neglect cold in the had and you will surely have catarrh. Neglect nasal catarrh and you will as surely induce pulmonary 'diseases or catarrh of the stomach with its disgusting attendants, foul breath. hawking, spitting, blowing, &c. Stop it all by using° Dr. Chase's Catarrh Cure, 25 cents a beix. Thursday evening, shortly after 6 o'clock, a man named J. G. Ander- son, or Andrews, met with a terrible sudden death at the Imperial Hotel in Listowel. He missed his way and fell down the. back stairs, breaking his neck. He was a peddler of harness oil, and died instantly. Like a MSA a.de Consumption—Low Wonderful Results From Hood's Sarsap4'riila. Miss liannah Wyatt Toronto, Ont. "Four years ago while In the old" country England), my daughter Hannah was sent away from the hospital, in a very low condition with consumption of the lungs and bowels, mut weak action of the heart. Tho trip across than water to this country seemed to make her feet better for a while. Then She began to get worse, and for 14 weeks alto was unable to get off the bed. Site grow worse for live months and lot the use of her !hubs and lower part of body and if sire sat up in bed had to bo propped. up with pillows. Physicians Said She Was Past All Help and wanted mo t o send OM ' omA f Incurables.' But I said as long as 1 could mora my hand up she should not go. We then began. }Ioos'Cul. es to give her Hood's Sarsaparilla. She Is getting strong, walks around, is out dool'a every day; has no trouble with her throat and no eotrgb, rnd her tiear.t atefni to be all right WWatnp 'She WI St first class appetite. , We regard -her cure nit nothing Short ora miracle: 0 W. Wrier Se Marion Street, Park dale, Toronto, Ontario. hood's PINsr ere >ptttrols' telietah)s :4416 tperfe+tli ksxmtw., Betel 1ti7 st! tsirl, „ r W. C. (1.u>.la1t "'.•n) 1 P1" ,r r . . ft' •,o aft+ well call the at' to tho ton, that $nee Union foci's* ut threu n't•lo •k t re4den"e. Pat & h 'conte As the 1e,ht'r h spare. Pitt• tilt' wnr send itatn'* 01 lute gay to our of our Tom But of al Should fail u 'cause you al' ---for God's :sake --get u The Tem '.ng in an cc11 'W. C. T. 1T reveals :the of 'their aper prone to ere superabund: Candor, ho -ti fesslon that, true, it is.nc .are worlds, intensely pr rious'branch, revery wow use of her t Their me .effective el 'early and et drink 'traff society and ging custom. school swstt teaching sof atruction; 8 tion of t1: through ttlri the informal a?leetr'oate ft of the franc, confesses women. They • prc Wien to the By organi! I3ands 'of' 11, children u1 hibition ; a: they visit 51 seek to win to God. The effec ings upon coming ver, qualities an women tear tion of their mastered tl bate, and, cleverly fot views whit the cause st Sisters 01 band of Templar it; Master, sal Ram's E you will fir fled, and 4 peace. Luthera roan ever I once of (it be leaves t turns his ft strangers:' T1'ie Int be hired ti Molise. 0 and she w for love. herself. servants. put love i or the loe 0 The Yea) The r great in the tempi Importar out in at day of til cite vote most 'ea question doubts, ' people rc ubt. Ot tturance pledginf ment to hibition legally t to give. expect c Hitch etas bad hibition favor '01 More Si 'rhe Go too,aloe assts.tr all the their gi