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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1893-3-2, Page 6Au peer� r reSi Ali Obi to (1t Mo• rshr Af® rR og 1 Art KRT vital IIYMm«" somas lits, dr .Get G Allen NG u AT NITO Ise He 11017 lit 11 A ae.gt w.' Mats le s •0 WIL G 111 FA( 001) hay of les • JOS elk t, Ina 001 low a THI SIGNAL : GODIRI(OA. OlR, THURSDAY, MARCH !, lira GILLETTS PURE POWDERED 111. PUREST, STRONiIIT, OM. nproarearlitieergra awe. A no equals Geld be M f:...ww sad D u..esaa M. w. CbdeMsZaWiter. Wea.w,m... STUMBLING OVER FORTUNES. Held R1p• . stmt were maireveried ay leery Gold was discovered in California in 1848, and is Colorado in 1858. The discovery was accidental in both c••••, and the fact created the Impression that mines wise " lying about loose." Adventurers dnfted about in hopes of stumbling upon a mine. Here are some instance, of lucky finds :- Three mei while looking for gold in tali• forttia di.o overed the dead body of • m.o who evidently had been " prospecting." " Poor fellow," said one of the trio, ,. he has paved in his cheeks." "• Let's give him a decent burial," said aeotber. " Some wife or mother will be glad if ever she knows it." They begun to dig • grave. Three feet below the surface they discovered signs of gold. The stranger was buried in another place, and where they had located a grave they opened • gold mice. An adventurer who had drifted to Lead vine awoke one morning without food or money. He went out and shot • deer, which, in its dying agonies, kicked up the dirt and disclosed signs of gold. The poor man staked out a " claim," and opened one of the molt profitable claims ever worked in Lead v die. " Dead Man ('laim.' the name given to another rich nine in Leadvilk, was discov- ered by a broken-down miner while diaittng • grave. A mater died wheu then was several feet of snow on the ground. Hie comrades laid his body in • snow bank and hired a tan for 44 to dig • crave. The grave -digger, after three days' ab- sence, was found digging a mile instead of a grave. While excavating he haat struck gold. An unsuecewful Australian miner went up and down Colorado for .everai menthe "prospectingfor gold and finales, DOW. One day he sat down upon a stone, and while musing over his hard luck aimlessly struck • 'tote with his pick. He chipped off • piece and sprang to his feet. The chip was rich gold quart/. a He hurried into the little town of Rosite, and went to the assay office, where • team- ster had jest dumped a I ,tel of wood. He agreed to saw the wood to pay for assaying Ms chipped sample. The result of the ansay sent him back to his " claim." When he had taken out of it 0600,000 be sobs the mine for 4400,000 in cash and 41,000,000 es steel:. --Boston (.lobe. ♦ May d anitairagemeng slag. " When 1 was • young man," said Bod- kins, "1 was employes! in • large house un the city, and fell to love with • young woe man, to wbom I became engage.'. About two months before we were t. be married -1 was sent to Australia on important business. occasioned by the death of one of the firm in that country I took an affectionate leave of my tateided, and promised to write to her often. I was detained longer than i expected, but just before I sailed for home I bought a valuable diamond ring, leteudiug it as a pre.en1.Yo sty sweetheart, Aa I was nearing the shote, and reading • paper which the pilot had brought on board, I saw the ani•ra.eement of her marriage with another, a men I knew very well, wItich so enraged me that I threw the ring overboard. A few days afterward as I was dining, fish was serve.f, and in eating • portion, 1 bit into something hard, and what do you suppose it was The diamond ring," exclaimed several. " No," mist the merry Bodkins : "it was • fish boos." OT ,.rumble Lleeeeteas,^t,'Y,o ^v From the Somerville Joura.,. " Know thyself '" is an injunction every one should follow. Another one, no less inn portant, is . " Don t give thyself away. ' Prem the tar /man. io northern elimates people are very soh. peel to colds, but the atural remely is also produced in the some climate. ir. Wood's Norway Pim Syrup cures coughs, colds, hoarseness, *Nhsaa, broochitu and all throat and long troubles. Price 25c. and 50e. 2w a. Old r •gmm�.Ny. Either by acquired taint or hereditary, Mose old toss scrofula mad consumption, meat be faced generating& aftergeoer•tion but you may meet them with the odds in year favor by the help of Monet's F.molei„u. Sad 00..d eared. (asn,.uss,--1 have used your Burdock Blo.xl Bitten for had Mood and fled it,with- out eicspt'on, the hest purifying taste in u se. A short time eeo two very large and painfiI boils canoe oa the bask of my neck, at it. R R. oompletely drove them away. • tissue:. Ruts, 2w Toronto Junction. mew an •ppm. gess 14. gen. Most folks like raisins pippins, bat few Meow the origia of this (many -lookine name L.eg ago Sir Henry (toodriche, so the Mary rens, lead three apple pips sent to him from Rouenu Franca It may be supposed that they were the made of • very fine Mad of F. for Sir Henry took the triable to them is the garde. of his house at ns in Yorkshire. Two of the pipe did, hat hem the third were derived all the Rsh.ena apple tress in Ragland The fruit was Balled Ribetem, from Oa KiagI.h birth plane, sad pippin, from the original pip that w matt over from Norwaaddj. Rs Mayor Relent Rowie, Beek villa, O.t. , se soya : -" i d Nasal tuts. ler • ease of estarh, sad it eared use atter having it efeeuall tried many ether remedies. h h aver faf. to pre ims.edleta relief for and 1e the head. There ie b ease d said in the head r catarrh that will met 'road to Nasal Heat Teo It £B d.Jm. of Ms mad $l ser • d r -•f Reer mmll, pen .til., OM. pia A. T. 11.1 SUCCESS IN L1111i'-' • Ir~New ..as.t a ileuses .I.... Vigo mag 11111~ What is semen in filen, and who Y Ms .ig'ml.l moo! h It not he W►e gslf .46 is life with the deter.,t.eeisa e. a path • ageism obact, eea.amlatm i Yt ..sr i s upon its ateaument, sad gtlabs li, .s matter what elm befalls hi.? II, thea, I strive is be inch, like the be Jaai win mi Gould, sad wkes, em 1 law a easestMl bermes at Ian, like his., I am asietad with bad health, which eats sheet my days and promote sae horn e.jsyesg my nage' ' Asa 1 len sacees.ful es • lawyer er • banker berame my wife le a vtsea, er s.y children are speadthnft. 1 Most et.taialy not. Vet meal perms' would mew it think I am. R by, asks • great Rene e aurtst, do you wish for wealth, which ruined 8...g. ; or for idoomines, which caused limostheaes and C7asca to be ones' sated; or to be • geaee•l like Haoubal, who was ddseW at last, and killed himself in wile! Bat did not each of these .sat win the very thing be aspired to win! Why. thea Ode* of kis career by its last days, as if its character depseded mainly cm ita catas- trophe ` Why regard a •man's life as sae - medal if it end triumphantly, and as a failure if it gad disastrously ' if • man lives seventy yeah, does his ssveatteth year ooetam more or lean than oat moves teeth part of his life, and can it affect the suocon or failure of that life to more than jog that extent! If Hannibal and Napoleon sought to be great generals, and became such, were they Mw successful because they finally met with revenue to war and did ingloriouly • Was General (.rant an unsuccessful ono be- came he died of • very painful dames! Was Willies. hit, who aspired to he and became the Feeding statesman sad Parliamentary orator of (Treat Britain, see - successful because hos efforts to crush the hydn•headd power of Napoleon were de- feated by the victory at Austerlitz and be sunk under the blow ! If he woe the high- est station in the ktagdom -was First Lord of the 'freasnry and Chaneellor of the Ex- chequer -did be not obtain the object of his wishes, albeit he died of • broken heart! Because, again, the object of a man's Isle up nut does mot satisfy him when gained, -The iersly tor, o Smote stt..tn, Neth taw ns alum. on being ••su,11 is his suocee@ leas positive ! 1s not toccata one thtng,endhappiness another! - Harpers Young People. )tester Artreasee lima Bernhardt. Eleonora Dua, who has just arrived in America, s scarcely known in this country, but in Europe she enjoys the very highest reputation, and many critics regard her as the grestest of living actresses. Among the mem'ris the celebrated Dr. Blumenthal, the dramatist and greatest attic of Ger- many. 1)r. Blumenthal has recently writ= ten a panegyric in which be says : "Eleanore Du.e is far, far ..psrin to any other actress in the world. She is known as the 'Sarah Bernhardt at sunny Italy' --sot es an actress, for as tad she ex- cels the divine Sarah, butes account of her repertoire bearing • fee-siintle of the French actress' own. Combined with her marvelous .sting i)osepowsess youth and beauty,snd her emotionalpo wen are realistic in the fullest sense of the word. Her acting is realistic in the true sense of the word. We have realistic actors, but their realism is of • far different character. I would all it photographic, realism, for what- ever is represented Is a mere copy. It is almost impossible to compare the realism' of Dues to that of even the most hand artists. On first appearance she u a nooentity. Yon know .he is human, but that is all. Then you begin to feel with her, step by step. Yon forget the peculiar method pursued at the beginning, and you imagine you were entranced from the very tint moment aha appeared. She is not • stranger to you after you hear and see her but once. You feel as though she had been with you always amid revealed to you alone the secret wonders of her oescep tions" !leers' of Mrs, Cievetawd'e Popularly. Many people have asked . ••Wnat u the secret of Mrs. Cleveland's universal pope• larity!" It is cot at all • hard question to aaawer, according to the 8.s Francisco $z •miner, and all who know her will •aggreeee. that it is Mr.. Cleveland's utter wiselfah- n en which gives her • popularity � __which parkape no other woeeaam a hso M7 at- . Mra Cleveland possewd those in- definable qualities and characteristics which go to make up the perfect woman. The material is so fully developed 4 bet atnre that she cannot see a little child anywhere, no matter hcw post and ragged it may be, but she will if possible stop and w • kind word to i4 Then a one duty Mrs. Cleveland never permits another to perform, and that is to Mr the sweetest pleasure in life -rocking her baby to sleep every evening. MM. Cleveland's sweetness and tenderness L. ward old people is always noticeable. Her patience and self - poesssion .re remarkable. Under circumstances of the most trying her ture, where most women would show sifts of being annoyed, she maintains • coinages of demeanor that is marvelona Mra Cleve- land tee fond of her home, kiod to her ser- vants, gentle to all, and yet with this sweetness of mature she pcmassese great firmness and individuality of character. She has the courage of her convictions, .ad nothing will induce her to break the rules she .leets necessary to make fete ban doily Id.. m.w•rdea Castle. Mr. Gladstone lives in Hawsrdea which means "the hill fort se the projset- img ridge.' That at last was the tas.li.g of the origtnnl British name, V (Mr bddi•, which in Sar{nn became H•ordiee, sad in Welsh, ['simile'. But Men are two amain of that aeon, and Mr. Gladstone ooeessaa�piimm the modern one, which is .sly • hn.itMd and fortyears old at the wrest. The aid end new, however, face each ether -amu„ • ms..sive nu occupied by hats ..d rub and memories of the poet, sed the other the residence of Eeglasd'e Premier. Wd1ian the empower, what M Mme te furled the old castle occupied by Itelliwin - Marcia, and its history goes hackM albs first or .seo•d Edward. Mr. UI-dst.n, bower, doss not keep Bthistene.l rola to himself, bet admits anybody to the park. He only requests visitors, says • writer, tio keep on the gravel walks, and refrssa frets writing their names oa the walls of the old omens -Harper's Yeas' Napes •heewt-m,mded. "Smalley is an Menet- minded hBew," said Bilkes. "When he was myriad M Mra R. he mired her to in to the opera with him ewe sight .ail rally bought oma sent He explassd it to her by saytag M w se seed to occupying • angle ohair with ban that he didn't thi.k. Have•• Intoodteuse. Okaetlag Yee ;i knew bow N is with yon yang .s flat ie••g gm •� as the sea 1. gin and it le eamwnt► het wit would you do is ease of • a.am._Wel, r Ma most M lbs (q ININNYINY PARA PH$. A Sanrta Barr. -Brow. -1 gota lot d ilea* My wife did the re.I. Zen greatest part of • sell mild man' .state tinny gum to the lawyers. Iio one eea know the value of • little errata cm a red wagon until he offers it far gale Plaids hes to take her mar moat* to 1 hay herself ea overcoat this year. Oat in Chicago they refer to the now Co- lumbian coins as their "better balves." The man who thaws out dynamite b be- ing heard from 'There is generally but one report. Van Demmttt- .So ken • cynic, eh ! Been disappointed in love, hos he• Yea Arndt - Nu ; in his cook. The reason it is no joke to step os a tack w the dark is because it Is impos.ible to see the point t'ilticus-1 wonder bow It u that so law women stutter where they talk! Witticus •-They haven't got time. Literary Visitor ---Willie, yon know who ' the autocrat of the breakfast table is. Wiley Willie - Yes, sir : it's our hired girl. Jaime says it inn t the lack of space at Ne top that worries him, bat the gent pasty of it before you reach there. "What I am looking for," amid Bliggtas just after be had nand a telephotos, "is the man who said talk is cheap.' "If you're so fond d music you mast en- , joy comic opera." "Excuse tee: that's just why I don't enjoy comic open." A vtolintt to be successful must keep up with the times. That is, he should always have something new ca the string. The man intending to gu into the .-u•1 business should start on a large scale, un leas he intends wadi by the barrel. 1t it sooderful how well the world geta on. considering how many people there aro who do nothing toward helping it along. "And soou think Heaven is like Bos- te.!" "Welt, I did thunk so, but you know Best.a has improved a great deal in the Met twenty years.'. A girl employed m • down -town of5ce lays she has contracted the ticker habit by i sistentng the big Columbian stamps "Cleanliness may be next to godliness," said the preacher, "but I don't approve of a soap advertsement on the side of • church." Mr. Bilkine-What • sad face that wotnai has. Mra Btlkins-Yes, poor thutg. She has either loved and lost, or loved and got him. "I'd rather write than read poetry,- said young Acinus. 'I magus' your verse is easier to write than to read," rejoined the eatincal !due Boston.. '•K ho is that felinw Leaning aghast tae ba!' 1.. t he a pugilist !" TW le AIM be calls himself, ou', strictly speaking` M is an oralist." Although manufacturers of spoons dm not cujoy a very high rank as writers, ibe majority of them have produced a great many stirring article.. I'ene.ope- Von wouldn't marry a girl for her money, would you! Jack Dashing No -but I couldn't let • girl sutler merely because she was rich. "What makes you think she loves you and will accept you!" "She isn't so per. limiter about bow she dresses to receive sae as she used to be." "Stu waved her umbrella and caught his eye,- lid Hawkins "Did it put the eye mar asked Smtthers, who had seen women waving umbrellas before. The result of jumping at conclusions as markedly shown in those women readers who first turn to the back of the novel to see how the story turns out. "Wen you in perfect health when you were struck by the street car !" asked the lawyer. "No, sir," said the plaintiff, '•1 ens a good deal run down." Mn I koodkind There's only one trouble about poor Mr. Careless. He's amorous to • fault ! Mr. Graff -Humph ! It's • pity that he isn't generous to his family. Mn. Mnioovedo The Newrichos are per, pee who don't know who their grandparents were. Mrs. Rocked!' -Oh, yes they do, but they hope that no one else does 1dr Brown (whose family are in destitute eircotnataaces)-Listen. There are burglars it the hoose. Mrs Brown (000ilyl-I hope they have brought something. "What makes you think that new Bow- ery waiter cause from Boston !" „Became, when I ordered liver and booea, he howled out, 'Chicago pate de foie gras and Iona - ties Donnelly." At ea evening party • i tletn•n was in - traduced by de amiable hostess to his di- vorced wife, lately remarried. He made Ma bow and ,t•mmored out . "I have already had the pleasure." "Dear me," mold Mamas, '•I want to and • lettradi haven't an writing material." "Here's • stamp," madMand. 'Ole, that's lovely. I emu jest write say Ishan ea the Ma of it, mit I Y' Pretty wife -I knew you'd like this mow ►set, darling. it ie b.onmisg, and boding �jd be asspler, could it 1 Darling (thoughtfully) --Nothing, 'wept the sem that Ms to pay W% for it. "You wish ane to be your wife ! Why, rv. known you only Sheen minutes !1 "Tat is true, madam: in i wished to give ata lady the opportunity d saying with troth : 'This is so sodden r " Mr. Pepper -1 dont believe there was e dry eye is the hew when the curtels meat dome am the third an Mn Pepper -No; bet there seemed to be the meal umber of dry • d fb.bdt (in the erowdd call-Meet.b, Nit R she first time 1 ever saw you rise ae4 give year .sat to • woman McStab (d the e)hsAs, is an ase stricken whisper, - '8► ' That's oar hired pry ! Drill sergeant (aallamt Usepty-si thi- Now, thin, Cassidy, whet r th' ff-rest .agement n,•"heat face r Rerun -Whoa the oemssaad is given yes drones Viae might het three min w the rear. Limbs Mollie bad eery mad eajoyd the .etebrat,aa of her birthday aa.ivareary. 'I'm aerially sorry for yea.- she said to hr elder --very mash elder--eiwer. "Why r " Beeaw yea .aver have birth- days say mono. " •sed this" said tae lady, se she sh.wad her visitor through the .,.ssrn.�.as rv.r,. "shit se a eager pass" . t past r !- .Mind she rimer r •'I ail eat kirw the wee a pang -1 Malaga M was a To Preserve TV dacha as, color, load beauty .f 111. hair, the greatest care 1s necessary, mach harm being done by the ten of worth/men dressings. To be ours of leaving a first-class article, ask your druggist or perfumer for trr's Bek tlfsr. It is abowietely superior to any other preparation of the kind. 1t restores the original color and fullness to hair which has become thin, fadcd, or gray. 1t keeps the scalp cool, raoist, and free from dandruff. It heals itching humors, prevents baldness, and imparts to THE HAIR a silken texture and lasting fragraacs. No toilet can be considered complete without this most popular and elegant of all hairdrwings. " My hair began turning gray and falling out when 11 was about rs years of age. 1 have lately been using Ayer's Hair Vigor. and it is causing a new growth of hair of the natural color." - R. J. Lowry, Jones Prairie, Texas. " Over a year ago 1 had a saves fever, and when I recovered, my hair began to fall out, and what little remain- ed t urned gray. 1 tried various remedies, but without success, till at last 1 began to USE Ayer s Hair Vigor, and now my hair is %towing rapidly and is restored to its original color.' - Mrs. Annie Collins, Dighton, Mass. " 1 have used Avers Hair Vigor for nearly five years, and my hair is moist, glossy, and in an excellent state of preservation. i am forty years old, and have ridden the plains for twenty-five years." -Wit. Henry Ott, alias " Mus- tang Bill," Newcastle, Wyo. Aye is Hair Vigor Poliered by D► J. C. Ayer • Ca. Loewe. Masa Sold by Draggle s 1._, 4 .a. senpseved wean Aar. ettis H•ir'a very thin, sir. " It was thinner t� that 30 years .go " Iaderd, sir' you surprise ma. Why, you don't look more thea 30 now, sir." ' '1 hirty yes- terday Wall Papers! AT A BARGAIN. Some small Tots will be sold at a bargain to make room for new pap- ers. Look out for our adv't of new Wall Papers next week. FR.&SER & PORTER, Local lle..uw■ Ie.4I flrlega.n. eo. Booksellers and Stationers. IN MEDICINES We we only Ise everything In campoaediae Preaselgtl.an Patronage respeettulty sollo(ted Opus oa 8 nadir tor Mediotase QUALITY Is or FIRST IMPORTANC& THE BEST AND PUREST W. O. GOODS, Chemist NEW REMEDIES : UHAall RELIABLE. thew stook et Water Berries Webber,. Atomlaws. Ipesgss, eta. ora • *.l.ahse Wt. When you are attacked by cough or cold do of delay but commence at once to nor Ilagyard's Pectoral Balsam. Th is old standard remedy removes all irritamioi,looe- ens the phlegm, and heals the mucus sur- faces, curing coughs aid colds of all kinds._ _-- 2w itzpereenee. From t''e Leiden Tit -HI's " 1 understand, profeeeor, that you are opposed to admitting women to • college •rrse. ' " That is my positron exactly." " Have you soy objection to giving your reasoner' "Noce m the Imes : they are embreed in ole." "What is that •" '• I married • lady with a collegiate ednca- DR. WOOD'S orway - ine Syrup. Rich hi ths Isag-iiii=s alike Pas A POsigOT °OM PON OOt/ON8 AND �► COLD. ., �Eel1cctt� AT• SROM nHeugIYAeLaad =•mamma IOW ayrep y� Pmt t� Frog Gwen. amu Gee. PGR morgue. al MMM... —01'I'Y— COALAND WOOD YARD. Coal, Wood and Kint'Iing deli- vered to all parts of town with quick despatch, l:ri.s __Mlle. 1 handle the best grade of hens cool 1s the seerket, vis.: the New York. Ontario et W t• rn itaulway Cora Celebrated Lnokawa.as Valley Coal In tear slam, uta : Ch.st..t. Stove, Bog and Orate. 1107T COAL. Best 5bb&wsee Lump Ceal for am la Stars, cloves. foresees, ate. _Tu et se quality framer Bleestwtrgh mmath- law noel al wars on hasd. Saaclal atten- tion gives to osawfry treat ABS, ..d spilt wend 54 Mahn and f feet Imo, always 1a sleek, Duet Swims that i .m selling weed, eat and spilt, as neap se lea ran hay Imo wood ea the mein All my weal Is sad kg the and et IM ten or hall seed hes t slxe woos. 4 tenet I•nst er eat ad milt N hobos ion inn UM R• have addtrim wdt...lppsd .seal W e,ed yard • sews ten warp sem& Ar wet hissed mmmamMs oammleed Omen, YARD AND ORAL SIMS fa old drill abed, Nelsewet., feat et Base - then -st TEEM 4I611N. JONN 8. PLATT, Prq v FALL TRADE ter wheel we are sew prepared. In BUILDERS' SUPPLIES you w I1 dad all that is required that make us stay. In FENCING MATERIALS PAINT and OIL No slop Goods allowed is the store. Our mineral hardware stook s most complete sad wen omai• wades and we year Penee•es and at prim we dost task yon want anything thea WI have roe .m in to department. This is where .Was-cmrryt.g the EOM oemplete Ilse is i. county. Oar p.• -es .Nests as R. P. WILKINSON & Co. NOW TAH�3 BOOTS :AND : SIIOES FOR INSTANCE. It makes little difjter- ence what others say, the leading place in the trade for years and years has been occupied by E. DOWNING, Cor. R.sta4 and Square. P.&—The latest and best designs for Winter wear just to hand. NTI9EJo THE PUBLIC. W. lawe just iresiesoll•wiry .firs M of NEW TEAS! —esiasurruiro BLACK, GREEN AND JAPAN Meade w• gaernits. te Gd1 M Ind 10 Cents per Pound Cheaper Than Ono be from A trial order will as- sizes_ '� the res of this eseer'thk. We sell the best OM= obtainable. RAM tRION