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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."
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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.
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