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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1895-09-06, Page 2•i ) . 2 THE W INGJAM TIMES, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895, The summer er days are growingshort, The evcuiog shades are coo; The cricket's soup is getting sharp--. Shrill music from the pool, The mushroom lifts its creamy head, The woodchuck's in the cora; The summer camps are breaking uv, And lakeside sports forlorn, If DUPE OF MILKWEED, 'Indeed, Miss McLaughlin, it is not only possible but easy of accomplish - meet,' 'I think not. The attempt would be hazardous. No. one should en- danger his life in such a way.' The afternoon sun shone warmly i on Bridgewater Cliffs. The soft t Murmur of the sea fell faintly on the ear. There was peace in the air and upon the sea. Mark Hilton's usual clear headed judgment was somewhat disturbed this afternoon, for was not Kitty Mc- Laughlin with flim ? It was every day that he had her all himself three miles from hu habitation, However he m strive to conceal it, his elation w show itself in face and spe Nature was in opposition with mood. The subject which Mark Hi and Kitty McLaughlin were clisc ing so earnestly was the possibi of safely reaching a certain tiny b flower which grew far out on rugged face of the cliff. Kitty discovered it in its isolated positio few minutes before 'and, reinarki that it was unlike any they- had s that day, wondered what it could The distance was so° great she co not decide, although a good botan Mark, with more enthusiasm t judiciousness, volunteered to ge for her, a proposal she would listen to. 'Nonsense !' returned Mark. `There is no danger worth mention-. ing. Don't you see there is a line of shelving rock jutting out from the cliff, which leads directly to it. 'But you might slip or become dizzy. It must be a hundred feet to the bottom,' she said with a shud- der. 'Slipping is impossible with these 'on,' said Mark, calling attention to the rubber soled lawn -tennis shoes which he wore, 'and my head was always a steady one.' 'But you shall not imperil your life in such a foolhatrdy attempt,' said. Kitty decidedly. 'Oh, yes, I will. You don't know what a determined fellow I ain when I get started,' answered hark with a laugh li • and in. ga rsecond he was several feet out on the face of the crag. The shelving rock along which he undertook to make his way was barely four inches in width. A difficult pathway. There was noth- ing to cling to except occasional sharp points which jutted out from the mass of rock. Slowly and carefully he advances. Kitty watches him intently, pale and breathless with suspense. A few steps more and he will reach it. Ah 1 he has it, and holds it up triumphantly to her view. She waves her handkerchief, not daring to speak for fear of startling him. Now for the return. He starts back alongthe r precarious pathway. He suddenly steps and hesitates. Why so long ? Is it to rest? No ; he is testing a portion of the rock with his foot. Has he became suspicious of his highway ? Yes, and with good reason. A large portion of the rock is loose ! He bears on it harder when a sudden roar, followed by a terrible crash, reverberates from cliff to cliff. A deep silence follows. What has happened ? Has Mark Hilton passed forever from human eyes ? No ; there he is on his narrow pathway, clinging Closely to the ledge. A huge piece of rock, constituting part of his perilous road, has sealed off, leaving the cliff nearly as smooth as glass for six or eight feet in his front. His return is cut off; The sun has become obscured by heavy dark cloulds. A wind has arisen. The sea no longer murmurs feels that he must try. He cannot l ing the rope. She know that Mark's long remain in his present position. strength must be almost gone Were this beautiful day and his Hearing he pp 1 th brinI life to end together? Had be brow this girl—whom he bad intend soon to ask to be his wife ---to th lonely, isolated spot only to wien Ms exit from the world !---the wo in which he had hoped to accompli so much? The thought of deo when in close proximity to it,, dreadful thing, especially to a you person, Kitty McLaughlin, when she real- ized the catastrophe which had over- taken her lover was so appalled th she could neither speak nor mo She stood like one paralyzed un the voice of hark' calling to her not to be alarmed brought her back to this world of reason. Kitty was not one to remain 10 inactive if there was anything s could do. Coining to the top of cliff, above his head, she cried : 'Oh, Mark ! (There was no M Hilton now. On the verge of deo as he was, Mark noted this with thrill of pleasure.) Can you hold e till I get assistance ?' Mark made a rapid calculation. Three miles to the nearest house and the roughest possible path. It would take at least one hour for ielp to reach him. Too ' well he knew that he could not retain his hold for half that time. He was already much exhausted and be- oming dizzy. It required a great deal of effort to keep from falling. `No,' said Mark, mournfully. 'We must shout for help, and if no one omes I must attempt to—scale—the cliff !' The clear, agonized voice of the girl rose on the air, but was nearly rowned by the ever inereasing roar of the sea. Mark's deep voice pene trated but little further. Neith could be heard a half mile. Thei cries re-echoed from crag to erag until there .seemed to be a score of voices calling. A score. calling—but not one replying. After a few minutes spent in this way it became evident to both that it was useless. Mark was growing weaker. He felt the necessity of making his perilous effort before losing more strength. Without a word he lays hold o is a roach 1 0 ght alone the poor fellow lost all eoul.'- ed age, supposing her unknown mission is bad failed. ess 'Good-bye, Kitty, I'---" rld '0 111ark !' Hold ou ! Hold on a ish minute longer !' and she flung hien th, the rope, is a He summoned up all his strength, ng Seeing the rope he took it in his hands and said with surprise: Will it hold ?' 'Yes; your whole weight probably. at But that will not be necessary, Let ve. me know when you aro ready.' til 'Brace yourself If I am too much of a burden let 'o instantly; for Heaven's sake don't let me pull you over the precipice; Ready!' ng 'Up, up, he goes, his hope lending lie his superhuman stength, He makes the every projection and depression of the rock contribute to his support. r. His feet often slip, but the rope not to man ight ould ech. his lton usS- lity I inc the had nae ng een be. uld c ist. ban t it not d th with the strong, brave girl at the a farther end, upholds him. A mo - n ment more and l e falls fainting at the top of the cliff. ?i Kitty is about to faint, but seeing his condition recovers herself and hastens to a neighboring spring for water. Mark soon revives, but bis mind is clouded. Looking around he says: 'The flower ! Where is the flower?' 'Never mind that, dear' -- he thought she said `'dear,' but was so nearly unconscious as never to bo sure --,-'it is safe. Don't talk now until you are feeling better.' A few minutes and he is himself again. Holding up the flower, bruised and broken, which he has clung to with a lover's care through all his peril, he says : 'Not much of a,gift, but I got it for you.' 'Why, it is a forget-me-not,' cries Kitty. 'Yes, a forget-me-not, and its language is 'true love.' Oh, Kitty! et it be an emblem of the love I bear you,' presenting it her. 'As such I accept; it,' she replies softly. For Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infan- tum, Cramps,Colic, Diarrhcea,Dysentery, and Summer Complaint, Dr. Fowler's f Extract of Wild Strawberry is a prompt, safe and sure cure that has been a popu- WEI y, but sends forth a sullen, ominous roar. How suddenly every- thingRhas changed. Mark Hilton realizes his position, Th cannot go forward, he cannot go > ova inl some sharp points of rock above hilt and attempts to ascend. When up about three feet his. foot suddenly slips, and half unconscious, he feels himself roughly sliding down'the face of the cliff. Throwing out his arms by instinct, one of his hands reaches a fissure in the rock and he finds himself, faint and breathless, in his original position. Nothing but a miracle saved him from going over the precipice. Kitty hearing the noise, cried out in an agony of apprehension. 'It is no use,'. called poor Mark ; 'a cat could not climb it—much less a man. I must remain here until I fall from exhaustion, unless some- body comes. And what could they do if they did ?' Kitty was in despair. ' Must she remain there doing nothing and see her lover perish ? She never realized before how she loved him, oe, indeed, that she loved him at all. Now it was all revealed to her. And she was the cause of his peril ! A pang of a n wishpassed t g through her when she thought of this. What should she do ? She looked about wildly. Ali! the milkweed 1 The hill was covered with it. Her knowledge of botany was not use- less. Running to the verge of the cliff, she cried out : 'What is the longest possible time you can hold on ?' 'Twenty or twenty-five minutes,' said Mark, feebly. 'Then for Heaven's sake cling !' Rushing l n back she. 1 gpulled p up a score of the largest milkweed. Select- ing one she rolled the fibre into a cord or string. How often she had seen her teacher do this when botan-- izing 1 She knew the cord thus formed . to be very strong, capable of supporting at least twenty- five pounds. Four of these twisted together make a substantial rope, but they were so very short -snot more than two feet in length ! Milkweedafter milkweed succumb. ed to her deft fingers, until at length by frequent splicing, she hast"a rope n. o r strands strong, lar favorite for nearly 50 years: It has been A discovered that another citizen of the Galt district, this time a resident of the town, was a victim to the wiles of the sharpers who recently visited that section, and that his experience cost him $500. The Jewish New Year begins on. Sept. 19. The day of atonement follows on Sept. 28., and the feast of tabernacles will be held on Oet. 3 to 7. A Cure for Deafness. There have been many remarkable cures of deafness made, by the use of Hagyard's Yellow Oi1„the great house- hold remedy for pain,. inflammation and soreness. Yellow Oil cures Rheumatism, Sore Throat and Croup and is useful in- ternally and externally for all pains and injuries,' A deal is being .closed, which will give Brantford a new and large bicycle factory, employing from 100 to 150 men all the year round. The Brantford m l d Carriage Company ,, and members of the Courtland Carriage Company are going .into the bicycle manufacturing business. In the gardens around London there are more specimens, of the cedar of Lebanon than on Mount Lebanon itself. Rules for Boys. Ilat lifted in saying "Good-bye” or "How do you do?" Hat lifted when offering a seat in a car or acknowledging a favor. Keep step with anyone you walk with. Always precede a lady upstairs and ask her if you may preeede her in passing through a crowd or public place. Hat off the moment you enter a street door and when you step into a private hall or office. Let a lady pass first always Unless she asks you to precede her. In the parlor, stand till every lady in the room is seated ; also older people. Rise if a lady comes in after you baek, a few feat Ab g are seated and stand till she takes a h ten feet ion and f u seat. the porpe!ndietilar roe1 rises to the It would easily bear 100 pounds. Look people straight in the face height of ten feet before the top of This was enough ----his own efforts, when speaking or begin spoken oken the rock is reached. It is smooth, sided by the projecting reeks and Let ladies ass through a door except a few slight projections here fissures, would accomplish the rest, first standing Axid there. No mortal could climbKitty, aside for them. in spite i to of her e p C lent was X. nt he Matil Mark knowsy dining n to this aDer tette nyour ea and gfloat yet h .., e nearly twenty ilninutes manufactur• after ladies and elders. 1 Gems of Thought. You never lose by doing a good, turn, A fault confessed is half redressed. Be who hesitates too much, will accomplish little. No one who cannot Master him- self Is worthy to rule. Do the duty that lies nearest thee, and the next will already have • be- come plainer. Work is the weapon of honor, and. he who lacks tllteweapon..will never triumph. •'• The devil has done a big day's work when he has convinced a soul that a little sin is not deadly. Love cannot be genuine ff it hesi- tates to sacrifice every selfi'sli grati- fication to the happiness of its object, The memory of a beloved another will often warm the 'heart and sway the life of a strong man as her pre- sence never did when, as a boy, she yearned over him, It is only by labor that thought can be made health, and only by thought that labor can be made happy ; and the two cannot be sep- arated with impunity. It is very painful to be misunder- stood and undervalued by those we love. But this, too, in our life must wo learn to,bear without a murmur ; for it is a tale often repeated. No one can have - a true idea of right until he does it, any genuine reverence for it till he has done it often" and with cost, or any peace ineffable in it till he does it always and with alacrity. There is only one stimulant that never fails and yet never intoxicates —Duty. Duty puts a blue sky over every maii—up in his heart, maybe —into which the skylark, happiness, always goes singing. Patience is the finest and worthiest part of fortitude, and the rarest too. Patience lies at the root of all plea- sures as well as of all power. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience accompanies her. Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart: "It will not come nigh unto me." As by the falling of water -drops a water -pot is filled, so the fool becomes full of evil, though he gather it little by little. Tho Cure for Diarrhoea. DEAR SIRS,—I was suffering very much from Diarrhoea and could get nothing to cure me. A. friend told me of Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw- berry, and a few doses completely cured me. Taos. L. GRAHAM, The E'hysios of the Bicycle, When a wlielcI a i is moving for- BANK of HAMILTON ■ N ward on a bicycle, what Jeeps him up? That is the question asked by inquisitive minds, as the rider passes swiftly along on, a wheel base practically without width. Sitting on a still wheel is an almost imprac- ticable feat ; but it is simple enough, to maintain an upright position when moving at a very slow speed. It is a physical feat that a body in motion persists in maintaining its plane of motion, and unless some additional i.saviofg s E5 and upwu ds rscoi Saturdays, a d into est force acts on the body at an angle auowed. o Special Deposits also received at current to the original line of motion, it will rates of ir,.arest. continue to move in its orignal plane Drafts a, orCatBritain and the United pStatee bought aad gold WINGHAM, Capital, 11,250,000. Rest, 0050,000 President --Dans szDAR'r. Vico-President—A. ({. TUMMY, DIANCTORS JOAN Paom'roa, Ono, RoAon, WAi meso r, HP, A. T. Worm, A, D. LER (Toronto). Cashier—J, TURNBULL. until ;stopped by friction or arrested by an obstruction. 4 body set in motion tends to move in a straight line, and will do so unless affected by a force acting on it in a different direction from that of the first Move- ment. To illustrate this point we might refer to the rim of a, flywheel, which moves in a certain plane, but not in a straight line, because it is confined to a circular path by its spokes. Should the fly -wheel burst, its parts would fly off' in paths that would be perfectly straight but for the force of gravity, and it is only too well known that these pieces are not easily deflected from the paths taken by them at the moment of the explo- sion. A wheelnlan is propelled through space at a velocity sufficient to cause him.to maintain his plane of move- ment. Should he desire . to change his plane of motion, as in describing a curve, he can do it only by calling in the aid of gravity, i. e., he must lean to the concave side of the circle, more or less, according to the radius of the curve he is following. And further, in describing a curve, he is impelled outwardly by , centrifugal force, which is more or less according to his velocity, and he must oppose this force by a centripetal force which in this case is gravity. This he does also .by • inclining his body towards the centre of curvature of the path he is 'describing. In this case the wheel sometimes forms a considerable angle with the ground, so that • under some conditions it slips from under the rider. ' It is in view of this fact that the circular bicycle track at Manhattan Beach, Coney Island, has lately been con- structed with a considerable down- ward inclination toward the centre, so that wheels spinning on this curved track would he more nearly right 11„ht angles with the surface on which they roll. . The ability of a bicycle and rider n rapid motion to do serious damage n a collision with another machine r with a pedestrian is fully appre- fated by few wheelmen. A man eighing 15( i pounds and movin at the rate of.', ten • feet per second (which is only about seven miles per hour) has a molentum of 1,600 pounds, leaving out) of the account the weight of the t wheel. This is sufficient to upset any pedestrian with terrific force. It has been sug- gested that the pneumatic tire forms a sort of fender which would pre- vent serious concussion in case of a collision. It would undoubtedly , I have a slightmodifyling effect, but it vouid be of little account. A col - ion between two wheels, each with 160 pound rider spinning at the oderate speed . of seven miles per ur would result ina smashup with force of 3,000,pouzds. In. view .of ese facts, it is no wonder that bicycle accidents are often .very serious. The tractive force required to pro- pel a bicycle over a smooth level sur- face is estimated at 0.01 of the load; calling the load 150:pounds, a force of 1;, pounds would'be required to move the wheel forward, and this calls for a pressure do the pedals of 6¢ pounds on a wheal geared in the usual manner: Witt, however, f the road is rough or on up grade, the case is different. pin a grade of I. in 10, for example, the rider, in ad- dition to the tractive force, actually lifts one-tenth of his weight and that of the machine. i i 0 Melita, Man. e Uncle Ned.—Been fishing, Johnny? Johnny—Yes sir.—Uncle Ned— Catch anything? — Johnny — No ; bat you bet I will when, I get home. —Rotary Gazette. Say guide, what does that memorial stone commemorate?—I put it there. It was upon that spot where a tourist once gave five marks.— Fliegende Blaetter. A. Commissioner in B. R. GENTLEMEN, --Having used Ha Pectoral Balsam in our f ry years lis family for ears I have no y he'a hesitation on ' in saying in that' Y tl beats everything else we ever tried for In coughs and colds in children as well as ho grown up people. It relieves that tight a binding sensation in the chest. We th would not be without it for anything, as we have a large family. Wive. ANDREW, Commissioner in B. R. Balmoral, Man, Piano Tuner—Good day, madam : I came to tune your piano,—Pianiste --Put I did not send for you.=Piano Tuner—I know, but your next door neighbor did, --Musical Weekly. Karl's Clover Root will purify your blood, clear your complexion, regulate your Bowels and make your head clear as a bell. 25c,, 50o., (and $1. Sold at Chisholm's Corner Drug Store. Mother. (to twins)—Why are you so naughty to -day, Jaek?—Jack. Coz it's my turn. Tonitny was naughty yesterday, -- Harper's Bazar, A record kept at Yale for eight years shows that nota.smokers are 20 per cent. taller, 25 per cent, heavier and have GO per cent. more lung capacity than 5tillokers. An Amherst graduating class recently showed a still greater differe`hee, the non- smokers having gained 24 per cent. in weight and 37 per emit, in height over the smokers, and also exceeding them in lung capacity, ---Now Fork Tribune, With a rigid or semi-rigid. tire the rider is obliged toi e?tert sufficient force to lift himself! over every ob. struction encountered by the wheel; the demerit ns i t froi the obstruction gives back a portion'of the power Olt. pended in surmoun 'ng it, but not all of it. In the cas of the pnI euma tie tire; however, th small obstruc- I tions are not an opposing element of any eonsequence, as the tire yields, in lieu of the wheel being raised,t and. the result is the Wheel travels as upon n; smooth track,- Scientific American., B. WILLSON, E. L. DIO.KINSQN, Solicitor, Aai;NT. HALSTED & SCOTTIL,„ D...S_ Josephine Street • - Wingham, Ont J. A. I•IALei'ED,I J. W. Sam,)lount Forest. Lietowe Deposits Received and Interest allowed. Money Advanced to Farmers and Business Men, On long or short time, on endorsed notes or collateral security. Sale notes bought at a fair valuation. Money remitted to all parts of Canada at reasonable charges. Special Attention Given to Col- lecting Accounts and Notes. Agents in Canada—The Merchants' Dank of Canada Ofeo hours—From 0 a. m. to 6 p. m. A. E. SMITH, Agent. FOR SALE. A complete brick cottage in the Town of Wingham, on Minnie street, one of the most desirable streets for a residence. Heated by a furnace; a large wood shed, with hard and soft water in wood shed; a good stable. The lot has 55 feet front- age and runs 163 feet back to a lane. Terris easy. Apply to JOHN NEELANDS, Wingham. HOUSE AR LOT FOR SALE. The subscriber of'ershis house and lot in Lower Wingham for sale on reasonable tonne. The lot contains half an acre, on which there is a frame dwelling house containing five rooms; also good stable and poultry house; good wolf, 10 fruit trees, &o. For particulars, apply on the premises, R. C. KITTSON.. LAN FOR SALE. For sale, about 600 sores of land; 200 of it nearly all in pasture; with first-class buildings; large part of it underdrained, the balance, about 400 acres, mostly new • land, with a large quantity of timber still on it. About ]50 acres cleared and seeded for pasture. Land will make a first-class pasture. .harm situated two• miles from Wingham. On the promises is a good saw mill in running order. 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