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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Times, 1900-03-30, Page 7r Er 4,•Wit---.:,,YIEr-E,IZE=M:WO=Sfaog A, STORY QF LOVE AND WAR, BY MARY J HOLMES, Author of " Lena Rivers," "Edna Browning," "Tempest and Sunshine," Etc„ Etc, ‹,Mitm—swit . •. hundred dollars a year. $in -h,11 lienP of '''•-- 'Ai:non-IV for him; and it's all ;Jimmie's doings, too. He would net haw the Once because he did not think ho de- 0erved it. Listen to whnt he $ays." ), Both the Widow and Susan were oclose tir Bose now, the frown all gone front the widow's brow, anti the peek- - .er from her mouth; but both (amt • back in re trice, as blundering Rose Teen on nbout "IR:phut," cud -rhim,, 4t$," and "Eli," on she emu() te the "cribbed," which she elated "eraloap- pie," and then shamed :Mott, her •L'oeci 41 perfect blaze, as she tried to upon), gise. • 1 ""Paint wuth while to roap it aver," the widow said fiercely, "1 Fe a (Tab- opple, I s'pose, and at gnarly outs at that, but I aur ns I wo$ made, and I'd like to kuow if crabs Wan't as good es •Seevesioners." . "Plense, mother, never mind," Isaac ;Told, Pleadingly, wad his voice always i_serioted the fiery wenont, who %%toned while Rose read of Eli's good rortane, and rmule another terrible, mistake by tumbling upon Jimmle's opinion of ' Isa a e's sickness. . . i She only read, "110.s not long for /this world," but that was enough to • . ;Mies ti" flush to his brow, and Mattel his mothers cheek; while, with .n gush of • teals, Itose hid her face in Susan's Inp, • • Auld sobbed: . "I wish I had not come. I'm always . doing wrong when I _mean to do ale •: 1 he'd. Oh, I wish the war had never been, and 1 aon't believe Isaac is $o I sick. Jimmie hos no right to judge. I , Ho don't know." Poses distress was too genuine net to tough the whiew, who tried to appear Fenian and unconcerned, anon even said 1 • something kind of Jimmie.' who had so • Ise:tern-1181y preferred Eli to himself- • +But there was a restraiut over every- . :thing, and, after a few 'awkward at- . gtemp•ts at sonnethhig like natural eonver- •2 41V 0.31 , rteRe balle a hastygood-bYe, o, ,- : . • I and went out from the house to whieh • ,. 1 ' 1 . she had brought more sorrow than joy. : . ti ...„, CIIA.PTEIt XXI. "Not long for this world!" - The. sick • boy whispered the words n great ninny -7 • . ;times to himself. as with his ewe to the •!wall, where neither his mother nor gen 'could see it, he -thonght of what , Rose had read, end wondered if it were ..true. Ile O -8S not afraid to • die. He . . ilsod been very near death once- before, 1 and had not shrunk from meeting it as ••!V death. It was only the dying from " .-,(4-thorrie he had dreaded so much, asking l -to live till Ire could see - 11)11 mother • :again, and the grass growing by the -,cottage thor, and the violets by the , well. And God had taken him at his avord. He had lived to see his mother, ; to feel the tough of her rough hands upon his hair; to hear her voice, always ' leind to him, calling him her "Iky boy"; .• "to see the green grass by the door, anal . ' *he violets by the well. But this. alas! • l slid not suffice. Ho wanted to live long- : ers-live to ben man like • •Eli and • ;•john; live to do good; live to take .care 1 of his mother; live to hear the notes or victors; borne ou the Northern breeze, ; ,as the Federal Flag floated agate over t land and sen. All this was worth liv- , • big fens and Isaac was souug to die,— sinly nineteen, and looking three years - .younger. It was very Muni, and the stark eyelashes closed , tightly to keep . back the tears as the white lips tried to pray; "Thy will be done." That teas what they meant to utter, but these • -clime instead the first. words of. the - ;prayer the Saviour taught, "Our Path- , err that was nil; but the very mune of - father brought a deep peace, into Istine's boort •God was his father, and he had no- thing to tear; living or dying, it would be well with the boy who would not tell a lie even fee promotion. And so, while tho mother, whose heart ached ....and throbbed with this new fear, turd .,i still found tin:* to feel a thrill of in ide .in Lieutenant Eli, moved softly round ' the room, preparing the • dainty simper , for her child, Isaac slept pence:Lilly* ' nor awoke until the delicate repast was , ready. nod waiting for him on the lit - :tie table by the bed. There WaS NA vd :,ehoeolate to -night, and Mee cream toast, 1 with grape- jelly, and a bit of eold bak- -eel chieken, and the highly seasoned en- -Cumber pickles Isaac hnd cenved so nittch since itis rennin and which the . physician said were good for him. . And the best china cup was . brought 1 -out, and the silver spoons merited with the widow's maiden mune, end a white napkin wns on the trey; and Isaac, who , -enjoyed such things, knew why it was .1111 done that partienler flight, just tts the widow knew why, at bed -time, 1m .asked Susan to read from Revelation lo, "Tiles, shall huugee no mere, • :neither thirst any more; neither shall the sttn light on them., nor any hoot For the Lamb which is inn the midst of t the throne 11111111 reed them, and shall • lend them unto living fountains of wa-. • ,lei's, rind God shall wipe away all tears titan their eyes." Ifr was thinking of his heavenly 'home, while the mother Was thinking tif the time. When he, who jimtnie Carle- ton hail said "Wits net long for mush," Wendel be gone, and site could no ling- er do for him the little Mit; 08 w4.1 gave her so much control t. Sineethe slreadful days when she knew her boy Was in prison, the widow had 1101 felt 110 keen a pang ns that which eiirred her heatt-stringa now, when :lore in her NOM the drtantad 111 her tnelek dts • limit troy into the high•barassl chair, •and, sitting stiff nntl straight, ti ('h to face the Mum It could utt be thnt Unite had only home home to *sesta uJ r1.n1 uva., 01113 bor. Ile hacl scored and john, had piontoted them both, and lie would not take bum from her. The boy was getting better,. he woo mendieg every day; or, at least, she hod thought so, 1111111 Rove 'Mather came with her M5- . fage of evil. Why could not Rose have stayed at 4=0 Why need elle come there and leave such a, sting behiud? '1111' widow WP.ti, growing very hard ond wieked toward poor thoughtless Rose, and her heart lay like a stone iu her bosom, as. for au hour or more she sat in her high-haeked choir, thinking of the boy whet.* low breathings she could hoar .from the next room, Ile was sicepingothe thought, and she would steal softly to his side and see if it wile written cn his face that his days were numbered. But Isaac WOES 11,0.1 asleep, aud he knew the moment Lis mother bent over him, and, turning toward her, he whispered: "I 1(11011' why you are up so late, mo- ther; and what you are here for. You ore thinking of what Abs. Carleton said nod Wondering if it is true. I guess Teo mother, for I don't get nuy strong- • er, one my cough hurts me 80. But • I'm not a bit afraid to die now, with you beside me up to the very loot min- ute. LI _Richmond it was different; and I prayed so hard that Clod .would let Me •come back, if only tO drink from the well and then die on the grass be- side it. He did let me come, and now we mustn't sny anythiug if He does not let me stay but at little bit of a while. I've been thinking it ever since airs. 'Mather went away, and at first it seem- ed hard thnt Eli and John Amid both. have such geed luck, and only 'Stub' be the one to suffer." He said this • last playfully, using his old nickname of "Stub," because he taW by the dim light burning on the ta- ble the bitter look of anguish upon his mether's face, end he woeld faio re- move •it. At the mention, of .the eame, which her ntore stalwart sees ha& giv- en to her baby, the widow's chili quiv- ered, estil her rough hand smoothed the thin light hair, bet she did not speak, and Isaec went on: "Them too, I' want to live till the war is . over. I -want to hear the - joyful shouts, had see the belittles they will kindle in the etreets. There's a big box in the barn. I hid it there the morning I went awns., and 1 eaid When the penee comes we (1111 11 that box, :Ind mother will look o•ut fromthe window, and the church bells will ring, end there'll be such rejelengs. Now, I 'most know I shan't be here to see It. But, mintier, you'll burn. the box—you anal Susan, with Eli anti johm-01111 you'll think of me, .who did what I could to briug the peace." There was a choking. Pound like the swallowing of a great wilt, nod that Ives all the answer the imule; only her hands moved faster through the threads of light brown hair, and her rigid form eat up straighter, more rigid than -ever. She Wat suffering the fierc- est pangs she would ever know, for she was siring up 'Lane. She was eombig to the knowledge that he wits really go- ing from her.—that jimuile Carleton was right, and Teafte vas net long for this world. When at last her mind reached that point. the tension of nerve gave way for a little, and her hot tears poured over the white face she kissed so tenderly. The moon MIS looking in at the low west widow ere the widow went back to her own bed, ena Thane, . nestling down among his pillows, fell away te sleep, dreaming o•f the boofire in • the street, when the 'hidd('n -beg was binn- ed, and, dreaming, too, of that •other World Which lies fr) near thio that he could almost see the loving hands stretched out to welcome After that night the widow's math shut together more firmly than aver, ond the frown between her eyes was more utnrked and (leaded, while her manner 'to all save Isaac and Annie Graham was sharper and crisper than • before- When Eli's letter came telling of his promotion and lauding Jimmie. Carleton, Whose generous net was a by -word lit the company, her Mee re- hired a. little, and she said to Annie; Graham: "Th'e Lord is good to my two oldest boys, but if He'd give me tonne I wouldn't care for aft the titles in Christendom." . the walla weather name On, Isaac did not get tip nny more to sit by the opeu doer, but los- all Any cn 'his bed, semetimes sleeping, sometimes think- ing, and sometimes listening while Ane nie read to him from the Bible. Isnac woe very fond of Annie. She had been George Grehaneswife, and he evilleel SO much desire to have her constantly with him nt last she • stayed ;altogether with Mut Simms, only going oceaftion- olly to the Mather ninnsion, whore they • missed her moth. Rose was nothing without her, and hail at first oppose -51 her going to the 'Widow Simnls's. "If help was iteefird,". she 441141, "oho would hire wine one, for Annie must itiit tire herself ottt just Its she was Ile- gintieg to grow plump nnd beautiful teethe" But when Isaac said to her: "Inettee let Mrs, anthem mine; it will not be long have to Any, the she is 110 full or hope and faith that itnnakes nue more milling to (lit iba to go nuelY alone across the Jordan," she withdrew her opnesition, and Annie Was free to go rind come ns obe liked. It suited An- nie to get freely frsen the Mnther man- sion just them for .ehe ceuld not help feeling thnt there was at rallpere In Wm. Catkeon's questioning her of Iter eerie history, and she Milled tiny .exenve Willett removed her front the seratiny with which eine thnt .ennvermittion touthing her eariv home trell maiden name Wee Ogrintera heed vidoneely r8 THE WINGIIAN TINES, MAI 301 1900. &lorded Mee Jimmie had written to iwr owe., me toeing the nu:waled note111 ti letter 111 Beep, and Annkos theeks hod teen all ablaze no Ate mad 11, for sg1:$ knew the mother's eyes Were f1441,clieil upon her. It Wilt nothing but q Amide 114 lntowb * 1 4 : had witaP And Pent to hint in a box 1111141 for all three of the soldiers, Will Mn-, then Tom and Jimmie, There 'WAS 7080 Ilielithit Made of Annhoe kindly mees. Age, to the intent that idle did think he was tight In giving the °Mee to IA • and a wish expreeeed that Ate would write to him. • "You don't know how much gocd let- tii's from home do such scamps se we Prneetee are, or how Nod need something from the civilized world to keep US frern turning heathens." Tone too had -sent thanks to AU1110 Graham for the needle -hook 1)11(10 for him, but he did net write to her, though every letter had in it more or 1104 ot "Moo Craft:um" aud Mts. Carleton, while saying to herself; "Both my 1st)* have fallen under the spell," felt her pride gradually giving way and her heart growing warmer toward the wo- man whom she missed so nmelt durieg the weeks spent nt Ifirtae's bodshie. They were net' tunny, for when the dry days of August came cenand the grass withered by the door, and tho • flowers drooped for want of rain, and the telt rose etteh morning redder, hot- ter than on the PreV104:01 day, the sick boy began to fail rap:diy„ role one night, Jest 414 the W114 tons beginning to blow :. the west, 1411010 a bank of dark clouds was lying, bw e whispered '1* An - 1;7 "Cull mother and Sum, for know I'm going now." The ;widow was in the bask pled, put- ting out the barrels and tells to est 11 the rain if it came, for the well and the cistern were nearly dry, just Ile her dim eyes wete, when n few minutes lifter she bent over her boy, and saw the Mums° coming so 1.apidly. She mild not weep. mid Susaiiht sobs an- noyea her. "•"rwas like them Ruggles- es- to go into hyeterics aml make a fuss," she thought, with a kied of bat- ter scorn for iter daughter-in-law, who lovcd Itianc as a brother, nisi went that he tens leaving them. Perhaps the dy- ing boy deteeted the fooling, for he said feebly: "Go out Susan and Mos. Graham both. I want to he alone with mother a- minute." Then when they. were alone hi eraid: "I tun clyieg, mother, and I know you won't be angry at whet I say.. I want you to be kind to Susan, null pet her some ' and love heir fo0 john's sake. She is a good girl, and Mr. Carleton's good, tees the •0110 they call" Jimmie, I- mean. Don't eay 11410811 things of him. beennse he Wati once a rebel. Don't spe•ak against him to 2(1011. Groh:sun Maybe she will, like him 80810- 1 time, and, if so, help 'her, mother, Iry stend of hindering_ tn". • Jimmie Carleton', on his lone'pleket- watch that night on the banks of the Potomac, and thinking, ens! more of black -robed figure, with braids of pale' brown hair, than of a hu -king foe, lit- tle &earned of the geed word spoken for him 115 the dying boy, whose eyes turned lovingly to Annie when 141100 411110 back to him, and held his clatnah5 bend. • "It is not dark; it is not hord; I am not afraid, for the Saviour is• with me," kept repeating, and then he sent moseages to his absent brothers,—to Captain Toni Quieten, who . had been so kind to him in prison, and to Jimmie, too, and ell the boys who had been nOtli him in battle; and then; just asthe wind began to roar down the chimney, find the refreshing rain to beat against - the 'windows, Isane's opir:t went oat in- to the newt.unknown expanse beyond this life, 'find only the pale. emaciated body was left in the humble room, where the lone women stood looking up- on the boyish face, which seemed so yen ng in death. The widow uttered 11.0 «mind when she. knew' he was dead, and it •was hen, hand which drew the covering deeentbol about him, and then nisiked 1143 fromothe floor a loose featehr, which has dropped from the worn 12111010. Susnn nmst speak td their next-door neighbors, she said, and ask them to care for the body. Thou, when the men came iu, she remembered an open wins . though net So gime as Oeorge rim banes hita beeu; for Ulm° woe rot the mond, nor the third, nor the fourth soldier buried le ltoeldand'e (dwelt - yard. Jiut be was Unite Skettoe-e"Lit- tie Ike,"*-"Fitub,"---whom everybeely Irked; and HO the firemen came out to do him leaeor, aud the ltoeklond GLIM, 'end the company of young lads who were beginning to drill, and the boys from the 4(10mb and Rose Moe thee wort 011102 ilireetrese, and her ems thine carried the -widow, and Susan, 111101 Ainifts and herself' up to the newly mu& grave, where they loft the boy vete once had snwed wood for the lit- tle Indy now payinghim such honor. The 21110 was a great leveller of rank, beamimtg. together in one common mese the high 111111, the low, the rich and the Poor. and 111 no one woo tide snore etr:le. bigly Hem) than in the ease. of Bow Mnther„ Who, utterly forgetful of the days when,- as Bose Carleton, of Bos- ton, she would :seemly have deigned 18 uut:ce mull as the Widow Wimps, 11010 ttagilt 111 so many ways to eomfort the stricken woman, going every day to her humble home, and once coaxing her to spend a day at the Mather mansion, together with., Susan, 10110u1 Rose ee- minty thought a /hale insipid and dull, Susan's. husband WOS alive, and in the ftill flesh of prosperity; So Susan did not peed sympathy, but the -widow die, and nese got her up to the "Great.House," as the widow eallea it, and ordered a rtmst elaborate (limier, with sours and fish, ana roasts and salads, prepared 401111 oil, . which turned -the widow's stomach, •ana leet and chocolate, .and Charlotte-ruoso, and nuts and fruit, aud coffee served in einee the size of an avoln, the widow thought, as, very red 111 the face and perspiring at every poise, elle went through the dreadful dinner, which lasted nearly three hours, 4t1sd left her, at its eonelusion, "weak as water, and owentirf like rain," is she whispered to Armlet 10110 Melt the tired 11‘01111111 for a few moments into her own room, nod listened patiently to her coin - m01118 upon the mond dinner, which had so nearly been the death of her. Sugan, ow the contrary, enjoyed it. it wow her first glimpse of life among the very wealthy, and while her mother - 10 *as wondering "how Annie could stand sueli 4i:1's every day, and etzpeeially that qan:nable soup, and still tons salut," Susan was thinking how she should like to live in just each style, and wondering if, wheni satli, a tme home with his wages ai she meld not set up housekeeping some7 what on the Mather order. At least, she would have tholes little coffees after dinner; though she doubted John's will- ingness to sit quietly _until , the coffee was reached. It was a long day to the widow, and the happiest- part of it Wat thd going home by fie cemetery, where' she stoP- ped at Isaac's grave, and, bendingover the tnrf, murmured her tender words of love and sorrow for the boy who slept beneath, There, -was rt plan forming in the widowhi mind, nna it eame out at last to Annie,. who Wat visiting her one day. The hospitals were full to overflow- ing, and the ery n11 :ding the lines was for mem help, to; core. for- the sick and field. S . e would prefer the. letter, she -dying, n d the Widow was going Ad muse,ether in tfle hospital 00 in the sale!, `seciii only felts with pluck could otend. it ,`111 ere." Aird -Annie encouraged her to go, and ,oven talked of going, too, but the first suggestion of the plan brought such a storm of opposition from nose, that for 41 little time longer Annie yielded re- solving, however, that ere long she would break away and take her place where she felt she could do more .good than she WaS doiug in Rockland. ...s____ • - CHAPTER XXII. . Widow Simms was going to the army, and Jimmie Oarleton, who was coming home for a fow weeks, was to be her, essort to Washington. During the sum- mer Jimmie had seen a geed deal of hard' service, one had been in no gen- eral battle, but had taken part in seve- ral skirmishes rind raids, in one of which he received a severe fleet. wohnd in, Ins orm, NAttelt, together with a sprained ankle, confined hint for a time to the hopping!, and finally prietned for him a •furlongh of three or four weeks. ' Rose was delighted, and this time- the Federal Flag wits actually floating from the eutuda of the Mother mansion In honor of jimmie's return; but there was no crowd- at- the depot to, welecsne 'him. The custom was worn ; out, and only the Mather carriage was wniting for Shandy, whose right arm was hi a sling, end whose face' looked pale end thin from his recent confinement in hos. p:tal. Altogether he was very interest- ing in his character as a Wounded sot- dler, Wee' thought, 1114 She made an im- petuous rash at him, nearly shangling hint with her vehement 'joy at having him home again. ,And Jimmie was _ very glad to see hog—glint, too, te meet his mothee—but his eyes kept con- stently watching the door, and wander- ing down the hall, as if in (meet of some one who did not come. Inuring the weary lbws he hod passed iu the (itsirgetown hospital. Annie anthem's - face had been eonstantly with him, and as he :watched the mil, wiry figure or the onrse, who always wore 12 eunhon- net mail had it pin between her teeth, he kept wishing that tt was Annie, end even worked himself into it pesolom ngabiet his vister Boise, who, in one of her letters,hnd spoken of Annie's pm- Possl to offer herself its a nurse, and her violent opposition eo the phut. "If Bose had minded her businesee Annie iuight pasibly hone been in th's very wittd, instend •oli that Old 111411(1 . from illneetteltusetto, who look% for nli the Nyerld like these awfttl good *wo- men ln 13001011, wile dotet weer hoops. alld Who distribute trots ou 'Samiloys in the vieluity of Cornhill. Why own't a Woman look decent, and -•aistiihste tenets., tool Annie, in bee Meek theee, with her hide done np somehow, would de mote geed to VS poor invalids than forty stroatentinsied females in 1111411' 110110(1 bonnets, with an everineting pin between their teeth," nue Jimmie fretted about Besse, stint the Unesstelursetts woman, who, in Spite Of her big pin mid paste -NAM bawd., brought him tunny a like dish et ten or bowl ef sone, until the artier dow in the beck chamber. where the lain must be driving in, and 'stole up there on the pretence of shntting it: but she did not return till the men wem gene, and Isaac was lying en the e111.:00 - covered lounge with a tookof perfect Vence uPon hie face, and the damp night air blowing softly tigress h's light hair. Lineellug at Ids 'side, and laying her hard 01(0011 against the icy facie of her hist -born, the mother gave vent to her grief in her 01011 pc:collar way. There were 110 tears, or sobs; .but loving, ten- der, toping words whispered. over the boy, as if he had been a living baby, in- stead of a soldier dend. And yet the fact that it 30438 a soldior, bang their before her, was never Toot sight of, and the bitter part of the wornan's nature seas Stirred to- its very depths ns she re- membered what had brought her boy to this. • It waft .the atm'. 'And fierce were the Mental denunciations ngainst those who had stirred- up the etrife, tvhile with the bitterness enme pitying thoughts of the poor boys who died in the lonely Iteepitels, or on the battle- tield8; and with her cheek still meting Intranet the pale, clammy one, and her fit gers threading the light hair, the widow vowed that all elle was, and all she had, should henceforth be given to the wan She Wottld Work for the sol- diers, give to the ooldiers, deny herself feed and raiment for thesoldiers; nye, even die for them, if need be, and, whispering the vow into her deed boy's ear, she left him there Alone, just ate the early summer day woe breaking. And when, next morning, her Mende einue in to see her, they found her sit- fing by the body, and working upon the shirt she had n few days before taken flout the Aid Society to make foe some poor wretch. She ehotdd net weer mourning, she geld, Sheluel other useo fat her money; and to the legitorn of many years! date, with the old ended green veil, followed Lino Shinto; to the grave, and the witlow..15 Thee woe gill 1211(1 gay no if cut from tient] neaehle, than, ma& kohn a Mott fttreral. (100, TUE11,11; 4 blieltleeene It is, unforturntel,y, not to be expected that the press andplatt rm sui porters el lir.Whitney will reallly be able to (nine around ta the correct view about On- tario's surplus. They have been 0011- tending so long that the province uo surplus, that they rightly fear that they would appear redieuleus if they now tele promptly admittedits exiisteuee, Ilat is, et least, gratifying to perceive that they aro earnestly trying to find some other point of attack to oorvo in place a tins me, from which they have bcoa permanently repulsed. They have vet yet altogether drawn off front this point. For the sake of appearances, they still hover around, hut they will only ina!te feints hereafter. Tho suspicion is well fcunded that they knew all along that there WAS a surplus, for on the first mention of tommifisi011 of (111317101121 experts to settle the l)ng. dispute, they made objection. and tried to discount the result of the enquiry. It must always bo considered a fortunate circumstance) that the party that affirmed the existence of a surplus was returnedtopower, to power, and ea this opportunity to prove its existence. sieshing Liberal campaigner said in the last elections; "They eay there is no surplus, and. if they me elected there won't be any." Without seriously endorsing the implica- tion of that too rugged remark, ar ark, we o Of the opinion that the province has uct suffered through having its surplus es- tablished beyond a Successful challenge. _Although the surplus is considerably less than what 'the Government figured it as being, it is two and a quarteL nihliou dollars more than. nothing, at whish empty figure the Opposition placed it, and the difference between the staples' formerly claimed and the surplus demonstrated by tho commission is made up of itenis who siguifeance, in the provincial bookkeeping, was always in dispute. There is, however, leaving these items where the commission put them, a very robust surplus. Far Coughs of youure or Coughs of. old, Wood's Norway Pine Syrup's the best remedy sold. For cold in the head or cold in the chest, there's nothing like it, it beats all the rest. end five days Otter tains ailliD1 Plandeer cut potatres evideh have Awl late e not le re eonted ter* S11112 kat plater; Planting eors tem 1/1/4r0 ao41 • grams. Each person. in Ontarle wtO to coodtet au experiment anift \ to nee great care and wormy _ work 11514 rep%rt the result of the test A* aeon as peeeible atttr harvest shouldt select the exact en erimetit &Aired and. apply for the mine at an early Wee The matelial vill fewalded in tho order 112 which 1.1,e ai,plications Aro received until the limited supply is (ea. hansted. It might bo well for ea* epplicaut to make it Bement choice for four the firet conic' not be granted. A.. Zavitz, Agrieultmal College, Guelph* Ontario. /ohm Cavanagh was acquitted at LOA - don, Out., of the charge of intirderbig his mother, Chief Justly.° Meredith tale-. ing the case from the jury. : . Children Ory for • T . co.) ri The .Carrick Council has. decided 1,4" puri3hase a road grader. 11. Wauzer, the sewing Map" -chine manufactueor,. formerly of Hann More cilea in New York in his 82n4. year. Experimental:Won r'1e11 'tests for toss The members of the Ontario Agrictl- tm.al and Experimental Union are pleased to state that for 11;00 they are again prepared to distribute in- every township of Ontario material for experi- ments with fertilizer, folder orops„ root, grains, grasses, and clovers. - This system of co-tperative experi- mental work in agriculture was started in 1886 with .60 plots, whieh were sit- uated on twelve different farms in. On- tario. Since that date, however, the work has increased front year to year, tied in 1899 there were 1245 plots, which were situated on 8,485 farms throughout Ontario. List of experi- ments for 1900: 3 varieties of ()Its; 8 varieties six -rowed Batley; 2 varieties Huliess Barley; 3 var. Spring Wheat; 3 var. Buckwheat; 3 var. iluld Peas; 3 var. Say or Japanese Beans; 3 var. of Sinking Corn; 3 var Mangolds; 2 .var. of Sugar Beets for ...Stock, feectiug ; 8 -nr. Sweedish Turnips; 2 var. Fall Turnips; 8 var. Carrots: 3 var. of fodder cr silage 00711; 8 var. of Millett; 8 combinations of grain or fodder; Grass peas and 2 van. of Vetches; Dwarf Essex tape and var. of Kale; 3 var of elsver; Sainfoin, Immune and Mammoth Red clover; 5 var. of Grasses; 3 var. •Ficld Beans; 3 var. Sweet Corn; 4 fertilizers and no fertilizer with corn; 4' fertilizers and no fertilizer with nmegold; Sowing peas at fear different datos to determine the injury clone by the pea bug (Druchus pisi); Planting potatoes the stunts day- k Rouse the tor pid liver, and cur* biliousness, sick headache, laundlcsk nausea, indiges tion, etc. They are ham valuable to prevent a cold or break up a fever. Mild, gentle, certain, they are worthy your confidence. Purely vegetable, tho c?rrlabe takenaallbmchendtIneoiredaLlricsaoter tvyonnaZ of C. I. Moon es Co.. Lowell, Mass. .COVESIED WITH SORES. e.S.S. cured little Harvey Define nine years ago and he has never had a spot on him since. •••••••••••••• • TT is practically impossible to heal n IL sores or ulcers, especially the old 1 chronic kind, with ordinary remedies. No matter how large or of how long standing they may be, however, they heal up readily and stay healed permanently when Burdock Blood Bitters is used. All I • Imi • HAMMY DELINE. Mrs. E. Delino, Arden, Ont, proves this in the following account she gave of her ittle boy's case: "When my little sort Horvey100,8 one year old he broko out is sores all over his body. They would heal up for a time, then break out again abouh. twice a year, ti 1 he WaS past four; then ha seemed to get worse and was completely nrostrtted. When doctors failed to sore 'lira 1 gime him Burdock Blood Bitters. (Ltd b,Rifirs bathed the sores with it. ' It is nino years ago since this bappenedt tncl I wrist eay that in all this time he has never hell n, soot on his body or may signet iso old trouble returniug." ••••••••••••31.....•••••1. R•I•PA:Ne 8 Doctors A Go o TA TILES Pres erip ti or in anliind ten for five eents,at Drnglats, Craters, "Restaurants, Saloans, News -Stands, General Staves and Barriers Shops, They banish mitt, induce sleep, and erelong Ihe. One gives relief: No matter what's the menet. one Isla do yon good. Ten sernples and •one thousand testi. thohialk 'sent by men to any address oh receipt of price, bythe Ripnns chemical Co,, to:Spruce St., New York City. 4.,