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KEEP KNOCKING AT THE POOR
GIFILS.
Keep kt.00kwg .t the door, girls, mod des t
go • way .
Thrush the fellow. at the window may cry
out . " Nov ,
Our glorious oonstatuuue is not for women
folks,
Atari your wanting to Dome In hue ego only
be•'boa
But never mind the Doltish boys : regardless
of their din
Keep knocking at the door, role, and
you get in.
Keep knocking at the door. mil., and when
the boys perceive
That you are in deep earnest, they II open
to reesIv•
They'll tell ver that they always thought
you should have your say,
And be Mowed as oluzens to answer "Yea'
or "hay ;
Se 'hopefully keep up the fight, for you are
sure to win
Keep knocking at the dour, girls, and you II
get in.
Keep kswking at the door, girls, and let
your brothers se.
That you are in the work to stay till politic-
ally free.
The wnatttutIo.. like the home, needs
oleaning now and tbeo
And the women folks will manage It mush
better than the men,
And theyll have • thorough cleaning when
once they de begin -
Keep knocking •t the door, girls, and you'll
get th.
Keep knocking at the doer, sigh, ..d let
tae wide world keno, -
Though
en ►,-
Though wearing s white dishes. yes will the
white feather chow ;
You are not oopvi•t•, allose, slaves, but
(,ed -made women true,
With high and pare *dem, and trod gives
work to do -
To evade which would be weakness, to •him
it were • win
Keep knocking at the doer, girl', and you'll
gal In -
Keep ksecktag at the doer, girls, for every
bolt and lock
On doors sod hearts usf•eten at • lovieg
women's knock
For, atter .I1, the boys know well their .0
tors, mother., wives,
Desire that .11 might hays and know much
sweeter, ewer byes :
They want a setter tune for men and mimeo
to begin
Keep knocking at the door, girls, and you'll
get in.
Keep knocking at the door, girls, keep
knockiug at the door :
When no'e you get it open 'twill be ops.
evermore
And the women of the future • still grander
Dart will play,
Inspired by she true bravery of the woman
ot today,
Will nobler deeds accomplish and higher
honors win -
Keep knocking at the door. girls, and you'II
get in. Rev. J. P. Hutcbineon.
THE SWEET WATERMELON.
" How dear to my heart ere the days et
my childhood "
How memory loves on their beauty to
dwell'
The journey from *hoot through the field
and the wil.lwood
To the sweet watermelon that cooled in
the well '
The sweet watermelon
The striped water -Melon
The big Georgia melon that cooled in the
well'
In fancy 1 still hear the dinner bell ringing.
(
Twits ever • welcome and musical bell !) ,
And the mer from the fields on the mules
would go singing
T* the sweet watermelon that rooted ie the I
well '
The sweet watermelos-
1'he fat watermelon -
The big Georgia melon that cooled. the
well '
Now age has taught mortals to store it and
ter It,
And wmetimee, beholding, 1 teem to re-
bel,
%Vbea 1 think of the tree where wed take
it wad slice it
The sweet watermelon that tooled . the
well
The sweet w•termelea -
Thr fat watermelon -
The big Georgia melon their cooled in tbs
well ' Atlanta ('onetituties.
BASE BALL.
l'pou the level field behold
A gathering of Pleasure's court,
To emulate the Gooks of old
In fn.ndly rivalry and 'tort.
Swift from the pitehe • hand the brill
Flim till it meet' the bat. ..d then
Upward till it melee the sky's bine wall,
Trembles, and drops to earth agate.
Then lift. • long and lusty shout
That .sena to shake the very D..;
Who know. the more I. r1 an 'out,'
lir did she player maks • 'run
So every afternoon their play
Makes tougher muscle., redder (gheeks,
And keeps our sturdy Anis today
The mels ot the moment I:reeks.
F 1). SHIIWA' in The Youth • Comps
les. - - - -- -
THE EVENING PAPER.
Freeland., Feb 22.
My 1)a.e Ar.v:
Row deeply I deplore the prompt.ts
with wt. the renew ed oar ymily
Quarrel ►..abed vise ea mob rumen •1
ways de ' 1 had ops M Week the 'bock
as seemly se I °add, reg le send yes • fell
,...sant .f the noh.ppy edWr--a piss, v.
.srsishd statement .f rsle-aNyf./ yes
to dome your ewe await line reg pro -
est 1 Fest awe jeignasa nil yes tis
mead of moon your alarmed and, ay I
my, eemewhet indignant letter, winos nes
)wet been delivered to me.
As you lust!) write : "Why should you
be lett outside the pale when marten of
snob moment are disturbing the pesos of
the (made fold - ebbs convulsiceie and up
besvls aro disturbing the pesos of our
family life Why, ledeed • I will bastes
at row, my deer sunt, to guide you over
the desolated wastes of the battle ground,
and to reooeat, as briefly sed as graphically
as 1 can, the story of the late War. As
Victor Hugh *aye ; Lot us look at the road
bis whiob the fault was peered.
As you know, we ere Ilse have saes
rather) • .ugularly united elan. We es -
mete • sort of (mil) pride or conceit (you
women might sail it affection) that momenta
as together In one firm, 000glemeroted
toes. Seldom have 1 seen a faintly •o
variegated, yet so soled. Two pomace, five
sons and • daughter -whet work for eohe
woo there' W. have the reputation of be
ing Immensely good matured, whether justly
or ■ot you know without an% hints Brom
m*.
At .Il sweou, we never had • general
before, Then have been tonne when we
were nndividuslly unhinged ; when father
had the tantrum., or mother the damp, or
Amy the nerves, er one of the boys some
ether distemper : when eves I bad been
calmly- disturbed, indeed, indeed. But this
time we were All Mad
The viaturdev before the great enewetseur
1 dimmed tato • seat On the afternoon train
Mesad .for home. Fagged out by • hard
day oo 'Charge, 1 dropped off to sleep at
the some lament. So I did hot sae the
newsboy when he whet through with the
eyes* papon: or elm I forgot it. Charlie
also forget it. He was on tee same tear,
and so esgreened with talk tog to • pretty
rid, who rot off at the station just before
ours, that he didn't eves look me up until
we stepped off the train.
W• were two hours late, the sleigh bad
been there and gone, and we aid the pleas
urs of ploughing our way up through the
drifts or the teeth of • biting wind.. When
we reached our honitable home, sod found
the family enjoying a smoking dinner before
+ re•nng log fire, we were hot Io the most
gonial of moods. To be met with an instant
demand for the evesing paper • demand
delivered in tether's most imperious tese-
before we had closed the door bobtail us,
and then to he thrown se the defensive and
foroed to erplsin such an preesderted course
of action, or Insottoo, on our part, before
we had melted the ire of our boot heels
-•11 this ocaroely improved it
1 think you know father well enouvh to
understand that mild, superlatively mild as
he is, nevertheless, when his mind is Axed
upon • thing, it is fixed. Possibly, too,you
have (spent • day with him when he has
been pent up is the horse, as he had bees
that day, and know the degrees by which
he drops to the zero of ennui. \sou may
have observed the busy berirnioe of the
day with rummw.r in duet% corners and
bringing to light of forgotten rubbish: the
woodpecker like hammering wherever • bare
spot suggest. the admosibnlity of • nail :
the rearrangement and reoorstruotion of
everything, from the bric s-br•c in the
parlor to the pans i■ the kitchen; sod you
know that the tail mid of the day means •
blank mere void eves then that of a blot*
child -for mid child can he snuffed out un
der the bed clothe., and said father has •
yawning chase of evening to be filled in
some way or other.
Then is no better stopgap for this than
an events(' paper, 1 acknowledge, I se
knowledge, toe, that it was a most unfili•I
deliniinencr on our 4part. Looking bask
from the calm present I one It in Its true
light, but at the throe it seemed • trifling
matter compared with our cold feet end
.mot% stomachs The more father talked
about ti, the more Charlie and 1 laughed
and chatted shout ether things, mod alas '
the more we did se the more sggn.vd and
derermi.ed father grew, ostentatiously
pushing away his dessert and coffee cup to
show that the dimppetetm.nt we had In
Meted had .Irate taken away- his appetite.
" We might send over to the Bigelow.
and borrow thein, he suggested finally, in
an evil moment. " Rsrelow is sure to
have brought me from town. ' The Rige
lows are our next deer neigh hooky eu know.
The family vole* protested that it was •
beastly rtrht to send anybody out for •
paper.
" Nonsense' said father, " it's roily •
little flurry of saw '
" Rat, my dear, ventured mother. " the
Itigelows, yon thew
As father did not seem to know, she wont
on to explore that she would never as long
ea slit lived borrow as much ea • pin o/ the
Rtgeleen : that they wee so morbidly par -
treater about each tAings that if they gave
yes • o e cert .tamp the% d remember it
and exp et voe te pay it hack. The% as,.,
forgot •aythisg. She believed they .loot
keep • little •.excel book, MI debit and an
*reedit. Ahe would never forgot the time we
berowed the *setscrew and Inez it. Mn.
Rimier" had sever hose the same *iso.,
Father pe°hp*ohed end pished sad
p.hawed, end di.p.teh.d Wilson en the er-
rand before he had ►elf waw nee* : while
mother pretested that she ws.M set have •
happy mews esti' it was est e4 th• hew
agate. 1 celled aft.. Wilson to have the
sumer est M am hoe. i Wes slsg.sa
semi ler Mame •1 she Greye'. To .10 's
" Whet IWhet IOsmeth aj 1r Ir.
Iplied thM it wee " say • little ferry .1
mew " --...d he let It pea
Whoa 1 soma dare Iter, droned to iso
oat, be wee spread eat le front of the fire
with km paper, fairly basking 1a she news
Meeker was flints* •miserly about the
other earl of the roses. She rams te lbs
door with or., and aid my coat .leave to
my that .he would be perimily wombed
ea long as that paper was to the heave.
"Mr. Bigelow bada't eves uafold.d it,"
she whispered doletully. "He was PIM
einem down to hes duster. rasa hew
rude Mrs. Bigelow will think es ! 1 •an
hovering road t111 your father drop. off,
to poems es it, ..d seed of beck, pett-
When I MON home et midnight rho hew
woe dark sod quiet- Everybody had goes
to bed, sad only one dim light woo left
burning fee me. 1 tried to mese • spark
in the ob.rred lot In the do pi•oo,for 1 was
bitterly oold after my long drive; but tun
it as I would it refused to bars. Glowing
about, 1 thatched up the fret newspaper
that came to head, sod staffing it under the
wood. made • felly blase, warmed myer11,
and went to bpd.
The next morning I slept late. All that
pared dunes that period 1 most relate
from hmr.my.
Mother woke with a start in the middle
of the night, (this is the verbal testimony of
said witness) rod remembered with • sold
obill that the eves:/ paper had sot hoes
returned. Sbe bad gone to bed before her
better half had finished the last advertb.-
ment, and forgotten all about it Sbe ley
there think.* about it, about the Bige-
low., shout the eters, whish would d.1.,
1a fraise, and provost any more papers
being brought until Moed•y, perhaps Tues-
day or Wdnesdoy, or dear ksews when.
Aad as .be tbought mad thought, the bor
rows of the Poet grew to the properties.
of a crime, the displ•a..re of the Bigelow§
Mow ever her like • death eesteste, and
tutees loomed up • black wad unpierced by
the smallest pinhole of light.
10 (as she Netiflee) she ley solarise an.
ul dawn. esti with the lest glimmer rem
and tap demi la She filly swats-bisa
the piper was tel tZsa-- It wee sow smite.
She galled • rally to the hurt; servants ted
featly were ell routed est of bed end
premed into the obrm,whioh took ion entree
through the cellar and mounted up to the
third storey, where I dept peacefully
through it •1l ---that is, I kept my teas
closed .d breathed heavily. Seery pee-
e 1b1e sad certainly every impossible eay.t
was beaten up, but they didn't eves tet
* omit of it ; sed when they finally gathered
•bout the breakfast table (the hunt break-
fast, se it were) at an unreasonably early
hour, sleepy and disgruntled, their nerves
were ip that highly saaitsve state that is
re.poesible to • pis prick.
Surely you have taken part 1n one of
those !wily talks that begin mildly with
some abstract, impersonal topis of drams -
mon, and pd with • wrsagle about the way
you do your batik hair. They are quite
neaewry now and tbs. from • matter)
point of view. All the family grievances
get an airing, whish would °themes. act.
and corrupt • person's tapper. Your
domestic skeleton, it you have ooe,u hauled
out of his closet and rets • chance to venti-
late his old boats
I know them w well The fiat amiable
words always chime ominously ears,
which dofect them as only the priatant pro•
loge* of • tragedy. This time I did not
pat in en •ppearame until the last act was
on, Set even if all that preceded it had not
hese oon.ciesti.usly related tome, I •ould
have given you a faithful summing up, lust
by a enures of reasoning backward.
" Who was it wrote of the • Natural lie
pravity of inanimate things' !" asked father
ple•.ant l y , .h•rpening the carver.
" Ask Mr. Bigelow," suggested Fred.
" Ho might tell you the author ot some of
the unnatural depravities we know about
•' He might add some refleotiens on ►aim -
ate things, mid Jack,
" It's very easy to joke about it now,'
sighed mother, " but it won't he so easy to
erplein 11.
" Noumea°'•' exclaimed father. " you
suppose I'd borrowed • note for • ihousan
dollars instead of a three emit paper. '
" It isr'e the value of it, mother mid,
pouring coffee with sad reproesh. " It's
the inconvenience It causes. The want et
• three cent thing may give me • thousand
dollar iawavenieosa at times."
•' Or • thou.mnd dollar raga," laughed
('barlie.
'• Nonsense' repeated father. " It's
n ot worth so much diseussior. You're mak
ing • resat ado about nothing."
" Rat pettier the paper out of the goes
ties," mid mother, with the gentle insist -
moo of • goat with ita head against your
hack -she took an opportunity when Wilson
was out of the room -"it toughs to be • les
son. 1 t is al wave w. i foresee oert•ir of
foots from certain ceases . i warn you --I
hoes had • little apneas, I do teas •
little something about hales blare - _but
von take ynnr own way, .d "-the gave •n
expressive gesture with the spoon - " it was
just w with the mortgage on the house
Her victim swore --a tribute be was
never known to refuse to this particular
gadfly.
"Fee roodn..s• oak. .mother ' ' cried Wal
ter'•after routing us all up .t emir a brutal
hoer, at lomat, let n• eat in peace "
"Routing as up,' father echoed with mild
ireey. '•11's fes .'cheek and after. Really,
W.It, your ideas ate grewiep more ox.
tnvogant sash day. 1 have metal be
speak of it; both yea and Fred have grows
w laynrious it your ideas mime you went
to toilers that you are really bsooes.g eff*
minae*. Yes don't know what hard work
and respectable hears soma. Wham 1 was
veer see- '
Ae ! bet *Meader& hays •hanged," Meer
rapes leis .ether with meioses! tool.
"Ad, paps, deer," from pease making
Amy, '"remember thM you only see the
hers whoa they are N beano --M that holi-
days --
"De he leis% •" aka Teed "We ane
light er owe bays Inst hint alp," -mad
W yussgas bars, elks Pseels tilted
beak in his teak .ad nese the fell pee tock
is served se hue with .a..f les; to
_les.
"While vee rt at my tabic." said loses,
telly, "I require teat yea eve the meson
of • gentletms- "
"Thee 1 eight to he treated like tam. "re-
torted Fred. "ad sot like • small boy 1a
knickebeekerw "
This elicited • .harp reproof hem Charlie
capped I•, ss.tb.r from Jack, who w.. im-
p.roon..ug the eldest brother in nee ab-
eam*. This is tare weak • .park of par-
tisanship from .after Amy, to f•11 on the
wader u the m.ter•ml bonen and aroo.. •
perfect blase of 'satinets'., against no tae
quite knew whom.
The babel of loofas. .torted. Midget
barking under the tai., ad Walter sought
bine with bis boot heel, while Wteas hover
ed distressfully I. the backgro.d. Jest
thea 1 eases bete the room
"Good emersisg, everybody," 1 said gaai
ally, and u.toldine my upkia la the siktw
that followed, "1)e you know, 1 have wee
• good joke .e yes all,' I west es. teokiar
e nsued the table pleasantly.
Their fames were • .lady. Father's was
red, angry and bristliest ; mother's buried
for .sans tune in her napkin, into which she
wept stftly, was vaguely- npr nebful ;
Charlie's was bored, Jack's stern, Amy's
peak ad frightened, Walter's sulky, lllred's
b!•.d1y ispedent
" W bat de yes suppose !" 1 oestineed
amiable. "It just oo.vred te use while 1
wee deeming. I was so trots last sight
when I reached home that I started • fro,
and I took the Yet newspaper I meld ley
my bonds os. I shouldn't wonder if it was
the me you were all heating for."
1 leaked from mo* to the ether with •
nolle, •attoip•siag their appresiatios of the
homer .M the thing ; het it didn't teem to
Mike them. Tem was an elect,. chums
io each face, to be sure, but 1t OM lean ex-
pression of injury. Each emitted •.kora
Pat weariest remark.
Father --"What ! What ! Destroyed Mr.
Bigelow'. paper ! How meld you do seek •
thoughtless thisg ! And he hadn't read it
yea! Really, Willman,1 den's knew hew
Ter hes Nobel, N On hie Yens *wkwesd!
Mese awkward!
Mother [del fully) -"Dear Dear ! And
to think that 1 ley awake all alight mid
tortured myself abut it wheel it was burned
up all the 11.i. ! If you had only gees to
the supb.•rd soder ehs book shelve',
Willis ! You know very well that I always
keep the old papers piled up the."
Jack -"It isn't likely Silly will take as
e xtra mop if he owa help htms.U."
Charles-"Spsakisg of 'helping himself;
I wish you would be good miobgh to leave
my soske aloe., Billy. I Dever kayo •
tamest pair. I got sir new putts the other
day, and 1 haver -t one is my drawer this
week
Walter -"And my coilars' Just boomer,
our necks happen to be the same size is 00
excuse for you cribbing every blessed roller
of silo. as fast as It somas up freer the wash.
l 11 collar you of yes de it wain. -
Fred --"Oh,
ain."Fred--"Oh, that's • more trifle for Billy !
He calls It borrowinr. That remade me
that i haven't seen . he double of that little
o•m.mke I lent you the other day, Rill. i
I may need .t tf father inmate upoo turning me
out of the house.
Amy- " t lb, dear. Everybody's eo cross
it's all because y eu burned an told paper, and
1masted upon senting down and upsetting us
.11 by telling •11 about it. I think yen
might have had • little tact, Willie, and
kept it te yourself -I do'
Rime my soul ' if I dtdo t sower down
as IV11.ou approached me to pass the buck•
wheat cakes, expecting to receive a blow
from hu black flat.
Rat. fortunately, Freda ely dig at tether
turned the attention of the public from me
for • season. Further twisted about in his
chair, and glared at his y-ouage.t with a
savageness I bad never before sees in his
kind old fate. You are osrrying in your
mind .11 this time, 1 trust my dear sant, the
mild and affectionate dupositien of that
father of mise. Ab : but 'beware of the
fury of • patent man'"
" Is would be • good medicine for you
he growled lake the !ether bear ie the fairy
tal*. " Perhaps If you had to shift for
yourself, as 1 did at your age, you would
appreciate the' advantage. and luxuries i
bays purchased for you with • long rife of
labor - - and white you take without •
word of thanks er • thought of gratitude.
' • t;r•tltude !" echoed Fred with mover
•fiat sant (mid-- they my Fred is very like
me in fiat-" i des t osoeider m- self tae
debtd. 1 consider that you owe it tome,
" Many (ethers, said ours, growing rigid
with nom, " would net want say more
ground for tuning • ern loess at anon,
.Ir..'
•' Very well, .ir,• said Fred, folding his
.apki.- " I •m ilium ready to go. Wilson,
bring my portmanteau up te my room at
once. You'll fd it in the trash room.
" Freddie ' Freddie '" beth in • chorus
from mother and Amy. both leaping from
their chain to detain him. Father tuned
on them with • e.msi•.d to " keep their
.fete," after the manner ot • theatre man
arer is • p..ie and they sank brook again
timidly, quelled by the look 1. hie eyes, and
bort lab tear..
Fred left the room jauntily. Walter sees
precipitated himself after him. The rest
dispersed by degrees i■ utter oilmee, sod
finally I too pushed bask my *hair, and left
father @attire* •1....t the fable, savagely
pspperiog his *offs*.
1 shall sever forget the next half hour. i
stood warming my mat tails •11 slime to
the sitting room. The home wee drearily
quiet 1 mold bear Fred bumping thine*
about In his bed room overhead. I thought 1
arida bear • faint sound of m►bing from se
ether dinettes. Midget shrank frets room
to teem with his tall between hi. Iegu, sal
• n•pp•d es the threshold es leek M ee ane
With • won begone, repreaskf.l e••eet 111 N
say "11.w meld yes de It Billy!'
Faally halter same lata the hap •sdj$eok
his *mother hen the rook. As be shreM-
h M arms Mee the sleeves. be stepped le the
deer and lathed M es • . Mks VISg.L iib
hee was se beggeed. and heed fled .ifi, and
his yea es viii Ills• I abwY saver hew I
ro*gpthpd bite
"I ane fief .ver to Mr. Bigelow's." he
said stp)shrally, "This thaws muse be mid -
ed -skit.* mase by apes "
As he .peke ha threat his heed mewb•.1-
edly tato his mat pocket. A. n cams is
sestets with •.oessh1.g there, sed as be
drew that ssmethl g out and held it before
Item. etenag vassaily at it, • Adage ouu.e
over bio fete. marveiloui to wed.
All its hard Uses fell away, as the solid
s.Uines of • beret log fell isle .phos Hie
had shoot so that the paper rattled --far
it wee The Paper- and his fes and fe $.res
were agitated that 1 feared they were
about to bosoms tet•Uy dimet•trat.d. "111!
Presto !" I cried in am•asmsut.
"It's the-tt s the eveateg paper," he
•Nttsrsd. "I pipet it there last utgbt,re.dy
to t-sak• b b.ek the sees thing holies b -
breakfast. I forgot it—"
And •o my., he soddenly est wows M .
°hair, and dropped his face to his heads ted
bunt tato tear*.
•
This, my dear .u.I, is the true version .t
the *esdict Of ooures, yea will goose teat
Fred did sot p away. He had only got se
far as the .r -r"•-. The storm W blocked
the read, ad no miss were going out: as/
SD was havtag • pretty sold and doleful
time of it was 1 broagbt the sews that
lather was sink, and he mast rerun M
row.
You ear Noisy bow the family crowded
sheet Umber. 1 bad modally decoyed ham
ea to • sofe,aod he looked truly ill, .trKoh-
ed oat with an algae over him. 1 er
plained that he bad had • Mill and • stroke
-of wbat, I did sot say -.•d his p.or old
Mase peering out of the afghan. looked se
demotes* with the tears streaming dews at
that the family voice was lifted in •1&rad
•ympthv-
How we petted bun ' How Fred bowled
over him, •std hew he bawled over Fred !
And bow we all kissed each .ther,and *hook
had* ammo and again ! We never allude to
the i.tudeat of the paper. Indeed, we
saver meouood • ward of the whole affetr
*etude oar owa we1M, sed yet the redoes,
was rinsing the next day with the ss..d.l
-bow Fred Malted talker Isom seas
further, •ad declared that he:.i t1lristsad
the family mate by some wild satiated or
other) ; how father drove his from hem*
with • horsewhip : how I parsed him, sed
brought him beck at the point ot •revolver.
and w forth, ad libitum. 1 t is seedless to
go oe, as doubtless the story r.sebsd year
ears without ase lees of detail er Haver.
Mother wishes um to add tkst vowr ser
seamen of Doming M make us * vis11 de-
lights bar beyod monIore. To " mom
in the seared oma of seam maker," as you
m sweetly •Ipress It, will, as you oaf flee,
be quite u..eos eery but to some se our
amiable and always interested Aunt Julia
n othing meld please as more.
Hoplag, time. that I shall see yea very
moo, when 1 ran supply •t your wise, any
details omitted in this are (lapels of the
* mot . question, I remain, sty dear aunt,
affectionate nephew,
W*LWA. B41w Y,
P. S. - You will be pleased to hear that 1
have returned Walter • ,opera, and ordered
• domes pair of new soaks, to be meet to
Charlie with my loge.
THE HON. J. C. PATTERSON-
✓ ,. %ea la r. Uestohaet-G..erime .t Waal.
t.er—•• r.envlable tensed.
Montreal Witham: The Hos. J. C. Pat-
tenoa hiss just been sworn . Lieutes•nt-
Governor of Manitoba. The most promin-
est object among the political wreckage
lett by the ooll•p.e of the Thompson rdmo.-
istncle@ is the Hes, J. C. Patterson, M. P.,
president of the Guthrie ten.•rvattve Ae§o-
mimeo, io whteh parolee he succeeded
1)altoo Mot'srthy. Ur. Patterson was much
talked of as • Doming tau once. He era,
but he did not oome to eta:. He was •
serious dimppeintmo.t Hu 1riesd, Mr.
H•grart, who hod bees the mese of bring
Mg him tato the Cabinet, dropped him, ad
• little later Sir John Thompson was premed
to fill the ve•ncy on the beech In Ontario
by appointing Mr Patterson. Sir Jobe,
bowever, wanted to relieve the(ontervative
C•tholice in Ontario of lir Meredith and
w Mr. P•ttee.or was not made • judos
When the Rowell ministry was being
formed, Mr. Bagg•rt insisted o• the en
tronas of Ili. Mesta/gee sad Mr. Patterson
was as goed as told he are not wanted.
Mr. Patterson came io without portfolio oe
the understanding thmt be was shortly to
give way to i)r. Montego* and accept the
1.ientesent Governorship of Mandeb._ He
Mrfly .urreed•red his portfolio to 1h.
ootw u. and is now reeeivinr hes reward.
As s minister the oily important portfolio
Mr Patterson held was militia and bete be
weakly allowed General Herbert to ride
roughshod ever everybody until politio•1
e tirenciee oompelled hire to c•noel sine -
half of the Generals smote! orders whish
led to the General's resigo*tioo last Fall.
Mr. Prttereoe'e purities is most pitiable.
After imposter himself os an Unwilling eoe-
sttituteaey .ad nursing it Rdoleody tor four
years, hem about to impose himself epos
an newill.r province se its lieutesmnt-
governor, • provisos m noodling to receive
him t. governor Chet its pablte press has re-
fused to credit the report of his **point.
went. So the 'rising bops 4,1 the Ossetia
Cosservotives' retires into as sees wbbb
when crested was never inteeded sea re-
fuge for defeated, dims -edited and wf<.-pl-
ling politicise*.
Mier* a fllidtrw Zara Was 1
A ('hlo.go k ivderrarten loather says than
anthers sea to her so of Len, s.kisr bow
they shall break their ohildren from lellina
untruth. that ohs has sloes, gime to the
oe.olsoon that dying is • national .►11,
Ruesiliati.g as is this oneolusion, its troth
manse he gaiaa•id.
"i ant se di trs..ed," .aid • mother te
her boy's testes, "chat Freddie meld de -
terve yes f° i mart Imagiee why he is *o
essntbf.l ; his hither is truth itself end
I'm sure a testa ever heard me 1611 • Ile.
flail him M," she added truing to her Belie
d•.thoer.
"ire won't oee:o i1 he ken.. Mine--_-" is
bees, • said tee arid.
"Sy It's ,seams wants him," saggAebd
her tether, "sifts will Nish his"
Aid yet she wondered at Sar bale • ow
Iretbfdesan i
"HaveNesanm "' raked • toadis
e
"ilei • des .f ray d.s*Api..," ... the
a rarer.
•• se
baa ret Rosa.weansreeked eine
SWM saw. alraiNg M the dssrwy w1111 a
'Oa.ntiguta tat41111114. WSW Its Mist
Result of a
Neglected Cold.
DISEASED LUNGS
White Dsssrs Fatted to Kelp,
CURED BY TAKING
AYER'SChe
"1 contracted a severe :told, which settled
a my lungs, and I did what Is often due•
r
nob shah, neglected It thinkingIt would
Knit as 1t came, but 1 loon, 011e, a
le, that the slightest eaentua
me. 1 then
Consulted a Doctor
wS. Ned, os ettsm rsies my lows, teat the
of the Mit aappee wee badly agrcted-
1ss mMsino nod Ayer's
which 1 took as
e+
bet id and N de may goud-
15•~.110* 111*1 Aye" (ferry
to
'Watt a tr i•l sAatteer tikkeg 1 f dodeteresesmymyj
vWMNM w.. relieved, and before 1 had eta
the honk. 1 was eared "'-A. Lima.,
wstebmaker, Orangeville, Out
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
H1sb.et Awards at World'. rear,
`dl 's Pills (Dan* Iwdf•adt imp.
mletist the tnotdeet "C•pitel joke os he
mother, though.
Rather • costly joke, invelvise the lees of
• boy's respect tor au sunbelt . remelt,,tmrl
by regex 1.fleeow towe'sag his own nasd-
•rd of truth
"You're half •n hour hate, Willi., send
another, "bat here'. u •Icu.e give it to
the teacber, and else woo t .ay a word.
The child. who aoldo t real wnti.g, roof
deetly delivered the mote: it was an urgent
request to have bum punished, • masa re
venge for tome trouble be bed given while
being lambed and dressed
If meso, laude lie. and petty deceptions
es the mother. port ere the child's earl%
object lessi.oe, what wonder that he ems
oStetnp los teacher, •std ever *becks her
by his predasseep is the art
111.1...'e Woke..
To the discerning ear Nature has merry
vomee. She bas a m•wge :a the swept
teles of the brook se 1. rushes down the
hillside, . imam s moody voice, pow nppl
ing with gentlest °mimeo upon the golds.
sands, anon in deep, boisterous voice as she
lashes the beach with foam. Theo the voice
of tram which the laughing winds bear to
our eon. of *undone and d,.d., et hall mrd
valley, of bird end flowers. Bu' she comes
re pain, too, the voice of the itchier, sting-
ing corn •.tasks impressively, but Putnam'.
Painless ('piss Extractor removes the worst
tern in twenty four hour*, painlessly and
w
it hoot leaving sure moss.
FMker's test.
A clergyman, • widower, recently created
quite a sensation io his household, white
consists of seer groat. up daughter.. 1M
rot er and gentleman was •b.eet (rem home
Ow • numher of days is an adjoining county,
The daughters received • letter from their
father, which stated that "he had marred
• widow with so children," and teat be
expected to be home at a mortem 1me.
The effect of the mews was s great shock
to the happy family There was weepug
and wailing and all manner of naught%
things said The home was neglected. and
when the day of arrival tame it was wy•
thing but inviting,
At Inst the 1*... Mr. X. came, bet he was
alone. He greeted hie daughter* se usual.
sodas he viewed the neglected rpartmeets
there was. merry twinkle in his eye. The
deurhters were nervous and evidently an
stout, At last the eldest metered courage
and asked
"Where is our mother !'
"la heaven, said the good man.
"But where is the widow with six ohil
dem whom you married !'
"Why, 1 married bar to another man, my
dear•," be replied.
There is fleshier M prevent anyone 008-
encting a mixture anal selling it "sarsapa-
rilla," and there is nothing te prevent any •
one •psrdirg good money testing the stub -
but prudent people, wire wish to be sure of
their reined.,, takeot•ly- AversParesparills.
and so get .sure.,
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