The Signal, 1899-2-16, Page 7BEATON'S BARGAIN.
INT MRS. ALLXANDIL
-4111 serer siog Scotch soap, except
whoa 1 am alone," said Mrs. Wtnintttuo,
..Wye I want to live the past over
af,"" it down sett[ now to.myadt.'a
!the drew het -glr!"!loser to her k)
slake ovum. and with a gesture invited
iIt a to sit beside her. Maitland obeyed;
re rant clustered round the plane die.
eesaing a new Operetta, morsels from
Which Lady Preston played from time Io
thee. •
"Tell mr." said Mrs. Wlulngtuo slowly,
opening and shutting a Targe black fea-
ther fan, "how Is It that my brother bot
persuaded you to then bim 1n his ex-
traordinary soloed of Ending a wife and
• fortune from au advertisement? 1 did
not thiuk you could have so completely
cad amide the romantic chivalry diet
used to dieunguish you in the days when
we were Jean and Jack te (Roel other."
' •man 1c
chiral n,.
repeated )(nit-
teed.
al •teed.
angling. "I am not aware i ever
pomeeeed such a characteristic. It muse
Savo evr.parated long ago. But, Mn.
Winington, I had no Idea what Leslie
was about aunt he carne and asked me
to be present at his Introduction to the
masse lady whom be intends to appro-
priate. 1 confess i was amazed, and ex-
smiled
s•s sled my astonbhmeot freely; but you
duet suppose •07 preaching on Woe
would lidded your brrtherr'
No. I do not think any one influences
Ma. But be has been talking to me tem
swietoely about this strange idea of bot,
ori has rather woe me over. We have
had a great deal of anxiety about Leda
Ile le provoking but lovable. You sec
kir le isle of those uducky mea who cas-
te work.
"indeed!" said Maitland, dryly.
"Ab! to a man of your energy that
d ust mem impossible or contemptible,
bot you are quite different, you err-"
She stopped, looked down, and a soft
gush mole over her cheek sod throat. ".1t
all events," Maine her eyes to Mait-
land'., which were bent oo her with calm
eE••rvaf1o■ that stung her with an irri-
tating sense that be was the stronger set
ten two -"at all events poor Leslie has
cost se a good deal in every way, and
really, It this girl Is not too dreadful. it
woahi be well to secure her fortune for
my bother. You know what a pleasant,
easy tempered fellow he 1.. He would
never be • steady hueb.nd. Dor would be
ever be an nnkied one. Hee Honey
might be tied op, and they would ore o0
se well as half--two-third, Of the mar -
tied people one meets."
Perba," said Ma&tlaa
pads, halt `us_'oa-
w closal7. .. the recolYecdoa Or tee 1s
•ocean, thongbtftil, fearless eyece that
boked out from under Miss Vivlu0'■
countrified hat rause back to him with
a great wave of compaction.
"Teems, what 1s she really like?" put
Breed Mrs. Wlnington. "I can depeed so
what yo0 say more than oo lwalle's t
port Of conte the is not a grouse
woman,"
I do not think my judgment can be
.f much use to you. hln. Wialumnon: sur
tdesa most be as widely different as oar
experiences. Miss Vivian 1. exceudingly
ramie .and .ren to my uninstructed eye
Lady dreamed, but she is rather quaint
hen unladylike, there is no tinge of mil-
_ km about her. Bh. 's rath o pretty:
well, per'bspa interesting i. • better wad.
se it seem to me,"
"Thee you think 1 might make some-
thing of bet?'
"Ob, you could do woldess. I have no
doubt-"
Ah, Mr. Maitland, your tone i. cye-
esLbet I am ready to bear a good deal
Orem you." Thee with a deprecating
dile and upward glance from her soft
brown, beseeching eyes.
Maitland laughed good-humoredly.
"You wrong me. In sober eaneet 1
inners you could ih,Uresoe hey pions
glee ft has those to be kind to bee," he
.wid.
"You have grown eery hard In these
lona yeah of wat.dertag, Jack -forgive
me. 1 mean, Mr. MaldnVr
a
"My sommeliers Incvcertainly not
beau cakylsted to soften lie," hi Fe -
turned. "But I don't suppose 1 •m herd-
er or mtroualr than my ieigh%ois. How-
ever, I taut if you take up this scheme
of your borther's, you will give some ooa
sideradoo to the young lady's interests.
I suppose your woenady sympathy will be
her sahlrtsrd-"
"You seem to tate espoused her cash.
esy warmly," said Mt. Wlni•gtos, look
Mg down.
"I do not think i have, only I like fair
pial. Remember, k is a gaine of Mittel -
man's buff, with tremendous odds agalid
the btlsd mete, or rather woman."
"You esu right," said Mrs. Wiotngtos,
gently. "I will remember what is due to
Ms peer, long Ming. I promise to be
lier friend as well as Lathe's."
"I bave no doubt you *111 be," began
Maitland, when he was interrupted by
a demand from Mr. Ellie:
"Do ask Indy Marry to .ing, Mrs. Wtn
ington. I am sore she sings and she 1.
ging a steal away to Lady Anrsndaje's
hall without acoeding.to our prayer."
"But I bowl Mng; I don't do anything
but cumber the earth," said Lady Mary.
"i always find people to do everything
foe me match better thea I could de
theme myself. Why should I trouble?'
"You most pry your shot, however, In
one way or'ane flier," cried Mr. Ellis.
"Not that I am aware of," whiled Led'
Mary. "i can't pay for anything; I am
too diigumtiogly poor."
"Yet you toatrIAnte your dura, and
a large moo" cried Beaton. "Yoe add
the harmonizing tone. the complinwntnry
touch of color needed t0 seelety." itis
tone ,Mwtngb Neat, bad a tinge ot earn-
estness in it.
"My deer Mr. Reston, you motet have
been attending some popular lectures os
art. It 1 get on at X11 It le because 1
am a neutral tint," said Lad? Mary, com-
ing over to say good-ngtbt to Mrs. Win-
Ingtoe. "Sorry not to be still with
Ton, dear. Tonna is a delightful honer
to shay in, but 1 [meet do the devoted te
my mother-in-law. or the result will Ise
toad teary"
Lady Plastow sod Mr. ELI11e were ale*
going ora to other engagements, and Iles
ten seated Indy Mary.
'11 yes are not engaged, ton, I will
Meg you • Scotch song," said Mrs. Win-
In;too, as Maitland turned to bid her
good -evening. "I)e you cars to stay?'
as M.4tt•nd stayed.
Mr. I organ, wbo was in a WIWI* the
arbiter of Edith Vivtsn's destiny, oc-
copi d the ,mcood floor in • dingy .trent
of Chancery Lotto it was a den worthy
the moped; ri rntehed eo•wtily, with
beskslhelves full of shabby eelt-hound
volume, deed hove.. on Mie safe, • knew
We table lorded with papers. a few Ica
ether fevered chain, won away at the
edges, the horsehair protruding throng*
Me fhaetnr.., a agues of carpet from
which the pattern had tout Inc. Mune
Pewee, dlreoiered Mode, .ncl.ae whi-
tlows, ami pervaded by the Mew of Long
adramn4tdd dnet. Mr. Dargan himself
was Nanding beside the able holding a
tetter, et track ba did not Look --a small,
lean, emptier nae with crooked Inge.
Mid a large bawd. dime "tee Wit erre
tweed by speetadea, a wide. thin-Ilppid
PM* 111aitieseenth !lavers wdtlltg, set
• .hurt, upturned, interrogative nom.
flea head was covered with a brown wig
faded and sbruuk from time and sae, a
fringe of thin grizzled bait uhowtug be-
low it at the aider, cvtressio ding to hire
ragged wwtlakerw,. He wore an old-
fashioned tall•cout and a black stock.
Dress, face, wig, all had a general hoe
of rude, an uarwaited aspect out plea
feast to 1f blr'.i bu: -*tot' UPI aider1811 -li
retreating somethingtohimself.
I reeexhtly he muttered, "Five tbotti
enu't venture to put It higher anyhow.
and that's a poor price," then he looked
at the letter 1n his hand, end reed A
through with a sankrufc grin. "illteped
old bobby," he said halt aloud, as he re-
stored it to the envelope, "it spall have
its toys, it shall, it than rub its brumes
ea long as k does nut hinder me treat
gathering tie tin. 1 tan manage bus -
uetr matters or much better thea he can,
t -h! 1 believe you! WW1, well, U's an ill
wind that blows uotwdy good. Lord,
what fowls they all are! Here's another,
taking up a second letter, written in
scrawly !nee
Wending duwnawc
d, and
reading N'Vhen W my darlito come
hack to me? she'll never be happy archon.
the grand friends you have picked up for
her; she doesn't want to go to them,
ietlher.' Iluu't she, though? %Veit till
abe buds she has • lover b that long-
legged Scotohman. If Sally had an
oursoe of sense, whet a help she might
he to me! as it i. I am obliged to keep
the screw on, and one never gets the
trine good work under pressure as you
do from free will, It's • mercy 1 have
the bit of writing that might rein her
boy, the tag idiot. I have him and hr
in sty grip pretty feat. 'Your loving
sitter, 8. 11114...' Bother! why the devil
will she write? letter are dwarf dan-
gerous," tearing i• viciously into a dozen
Memo, and casting it into the waste bas-
ket. "I'll turn her to account for all her,
devotion to the girt,"
Here • dirty, shockheaded omee•boy
.suing in interrupted him. "Gen'lenwn,"
he said, spaam'dically, thrusting a card
almost in his masters face.
"H•! miaow him in; and mind you, I'm
particularly engaged. Don't let aortd
in, not even Mr. Lewis."
The boy nodded and went out, where-
upon Leslie Beaton entered, perfectly
dreaded, herb, cod, fwd humored, an
ex4raorditary contrast to Dugan and hie
su muudings.
"Good 0011 ing sir, good-mornine, " eel I
Me latter, shambling scrods the mora to
fetch a chair. "8.t down. Warm morn•
in', Meet it? freta -in your eyes?" Ile west
to pull down the blind too sudd.iily. and
k gave way atimo side end hung ict a
doleful fiwoon,
"Prey deal. testae* -, i*.elf, I aro
voile cotslurtable." .4 4J yl9pkl+ba,
had been more than once in the Misty
lair, took a rapid glance at the chair.,
atlecting the least briat17, instead of the
one offered him.
'Weil, well, my dear sir, how are you
getting ane?" asked 'Orem].
"!'hat N what you eta a leading quer
ton," returned Beaton, smiling. "On tit••
whille, not badly. 1 have been doing my
duty. 1 have called, awl been grae:oua1
received. I have presented Sower, and
five have been grat'toudy, no', joyoes-
ly "accepted. In another fortnight or no
i presume I may, with your sanctiona
venture to propose."
(here are just a few ptetdminariee (U
settle first," said Ihrgan, gently scrbtc'h
ing hid nlg•ht temple w•ittt,ehe top of his
pen. "1 asked you to come and talk them
over, because Mr. Tilly leaves toe!) thin;
to me. He's gone away to Yorkshire to
rub up the brumes,, of an old tomb. nr
some duct thing; aayitow he ain't here,
and we don't want him."
"Oh, I am perfectly content. Yon have
• masterly way of managing boadoese
that is quite remarkable. fray what
are these preliminaries? I thrnigtet yon
had .u!fci.asiy inquired as to my walk
in life, and found the particulars highly
credible. In tact, 1 am the most vlrta•
nos man about town.- I have eren 6.4
std of niy debts before 1 had the plessrre
cog meeting your cbsrming ward, thouth
I warn you they are beginning rapidly to
aoeumn4te again."
"That I dare say," returned Da:gun,
with a grin. '1 am prepared to +tend
your friend. and remember, without my
full comient"-here his little eyes OA ink
led gleefully -"no man has a chance for
three or four ?rata to come. Now, I am
not going to give it Hgbtly; and flirt, are
ye deposed to wake any sacrifice to
pvvre 7nc are in earnest?'
"M7 dear sir, I really hake nothing to
sacrifice but my liberty, and liberty para
Iyred b7 want of the circulating toed um
in not much to resign." '
"fAhem! true for you," said Dorgan,
with a sigh. 'i'm sure it would take ball
a day to tell all the trouble gad toil I've
had with the Vivian estate, to say ntoh-
keg of *0 valuable time It has token rap,
and not even twenty pounds for ■ moor-
ing ring to reward me. You know, old
Tilly and me, we are executor as well
as guardians, and every blamed bit of
work has fallen tolls, share. Of course,
I'd gladly do my beet for the minor. Me
and my Peter look upon her as our own
child, that we do." Here he took a
pinch of snuff to hide the intensity of hi.
feelings, and waited for • reply. Bee-
1
Moans Inked aY Mi,a d then bunt
into a good-humored fit of laughing,
"I fabt'y Mims Vivian would see a dif'
f"crttoe," be said.
Maybe au, maybe mo, but that mfu't the
quadiva. Are you inchued to follow my
colrelpende.t'■ example? I am foolish
evooigh when 1 like • man, as 1 like you,
cape sally when 1 auLlne fined to,jl
rests wsind snake rel dear -Rifle ward
happy; to forget my own Iitere-et, oily
1 muatu'td l mustn't allow myself to M
weal, for my pour sister's sake as wet
e s my owes, Who'll look after me when
1 am past work?"
"1 cannot tell, I am sure. But how
do you think it wuuld sound If I went
to make your propositiuu public?"
'1 don't know, and 1 don't care muck;
egoesides, I am nut golng to commit myself
to anything in writing, and I'll Met say
it's as invention-,wy word is as goof! u
Beaton laughed. "Really your candor
Is quite refreshing. Where do you (Mak
1 shall End four thousand pounds?"
"Oh, you'll find that much fast
enough. 1
Now to show I •m d opo ed to
favor you, instead of pkdng my Binning -
horn friend against you, and raising my
ttrur, I'll only ask the some, prodded
you' leve the menagerueit of the pr's
petty in my hands when it Dames hr,o
)(Hine You wouldn't care to he bottom'
t.d ng and moiling atter rents. and ail
tease.'
"You sae an admirable diplomate ante:
the knock -me -down Hismarckian acho,I,
11x. Dorgan," said Beaton, leasing buck
In his chair and eying the little guartti,ta
through halt -clued lids, "I cannot ad-
nire your cynieel frankness sufficiently."
"It's all very fine talking," re:ttrned
Demean. "But bate what you want, sed
1 you are in earnest you must ewer 10
arms."
A her some further fencing Bea'on.,
who was extremely impatient to' finish
the enterprise, he had undertaken, to b•
legally matter of Mise Vivian's fortune,
Lal to be delivered from his depr,dint
(audition. moreover. too indolent to pro-
long the struggle in which he war ae •
decided disadvantage, showed signs of
yielding. Darren, ergie-eyed ko pomace
oat any ungnarding point, premed house
"Why, I have been here neeriy an
hour," cried Reston, at Iaat lookiig at
his watch, "and it is such a fine day. My
time is nearly up. Let us come to some
a,nclupion.
Al, by all meals, k testa with lee:
you know my terms, and I stn really
"`rry I can't move •n loch from them.
out with justice to myself."
"& seerw of justice which I
-over tails you."
••t hope it never trill, my dear sir,
wirer." -i,ypp,ae.
Well, look here, thea; I. duet Med
•bout the motley, but I should l ke t
out my own man to massage the Pots
dor me; in short, excuse the brutality, i
would rather not have you tort the m
•ilei azi."
"Don't mention k;" bald Dsrgau with
a grin, "tbough you will regret the p.e
Indices by and Ly. If i fall in with your
views I must have an equivalent."
"What will rue cotatider an .quial
ant?. Med Ileatvu, again loo liiat 1*-
;otientJy at his watch.
"Ilam! it is rather hard to say off-
hand; but here. I will not bargain with
e•-oea like yoetreelf-hand me over five
thotmand pounds within r week of your
marriage and I than be satisfied."
"Five thousand! ttiat is a tremendau
haul, and, as yon tel me. there is not
mneh reedy money. Will not this cramp
rat•'!'
"Not a bit of k. That cast punbaae
et old Vivian's which swallowed up so
much of hie reedy cath. is worth neatly
eceible what he gave for it. I eau lot
ton double what it'coat htm any day for
• Peace of k. Then we nave let two
farms in Norfolk for fifteen hundred a
••rerJim ween them, Oh, -there 1*'plenty
o1 property; you just sign a little ieed
at knowiedging yours -Ir my debtor for five
thousand primate at five per rout., an 1
•oastcrs will go eneoth and cagy."
"For you Perhaps. But I am not suoh
an ,ncapable as to put mysif so com-
oie'tely In your power. Would von truest
sae a• you ask tae to trust yon?"
"Ah, don't you to too mistrontfsil: it
W a had Am my deer young friend."
"! will sign no such bold, air. Darton,
I assure you, unless I can be securctl in
some way. Why, you • might demoted
oeyment whether E were married or not."
"Why, what have I done that you
think me a common cheat?'
"Itatheto an unromtnoo one." returned
Reston rontemotnoudy. "Of menee I
non in an Intellectual sense. Show eta
bow I can be secured, and I'II mien what
you like as to the five thousand pwmnd'.''
"Dear, dear! what a money -lender w u
.hailed when you were born a senile -
men." exclaimed Dorgan, wftk an ad-
miring leer,
"Boni a Denverite Intend et a 'soda,
yen teen."
"Let me see, how can I gististy yon?
I am that obllglag I'd like to sake Mince
"ecy• Suppose when you execute tem
bend I give you • letter sating that us -
One the marriage between you rad Mims
Vivien takes place the bond itt eeid, that
I ab.olve you from .11 obligation of pay
meta.
"Yes E think Mat night de, bit 1
should like rennet!', opinion nn It."
"Ah, what nonse'nmc! 'l'h.•re is no [lis
throwing airily a fee. Jost ask any
'awyer you know, put n cow withvnM
mentioning names, and hell tell you one
e re ae sate as the bout."
ton, however, only bowed assent.
I Paid," resumed xlargen, "i'd do any-
thing for cue dear child, but I am a poor
men; my time le ml medley, and 1 hare
stent hour*, ay, months, upon her."
"i login to nneerwtend," said H':,ton.
leaning forward, him elbows on his knee.
and his titin on his handl, "fray go on,"
'.You are not a betimes men, aft. Rena
ton," .•nntinued Largon, with no In-
einUating grin, "you are above these enc h
•ef things; but i hod • very settaih'e et
oo front a young man 1 once p ille
through an awkward fix, and who het
ease dot ahiea.t and made a lot o.
money. Ile wrote on spec, and thinking
he misfit suit, 1 anewertel hien mi•ei
•tetnt the time you wrote; then, whoa
Mr. Tidy thcwgfit you the Likeliest party
of the two, I put him off. Jost look at
Me view et the matter."
Beaton took and mad the letter; it coo
dined a dl.tinet offer of four thonsend
pounds on condition that a marriage he-
ed' him and Dergaa'• ward ahonld be
tomplted, and .eltten.ente folly s it1,
factory to hfineelf ehotdd he drat, 1up.
"Ah' thine o.tretewiy detinet. Neu
tt•ivh some remuneration for your Yalu
able .tiro. and fatherly care? I rcnlly
don't tree what elnim you have on mw,
my dear sir. if my future wife wisher
to bestow any trilling gift la the shape
of frienddilpi s offering se • token of
g ratitude for your disinterested care. I
have non objection."
Mt. Dorgan gtiotted more amiably than
trete.
"And suppose E tvlthdraw ml sanction,
trey aaeletance, where are your
And suppose i to sosd& the yo*mg
lady to dimmed with yens 0Yneretr oak
'4 Reston, with an Ineffable alt, "Wild
shall yon dor'
"Let her mosey accumulate until I
grant it, {{ed de It op n tight that you
ran'[ tench a imp, saes tet* her Miner it,
daring her lite or •trot her de.th."
"lint Loa wont/ not give her to this --
Ws bagman?" asked Reston, eatking
the Leger wftk his finger, sad thea
throatsg it es the tables
"Way set? Me is a goad an of •
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h Cap aid 116-16:91.1 .._.
There are few things with whiob ro
made is more closely connected thou
the distribution of lottery prizes, and
there eau be no doubt that we Britons
are all the better off because of the ille-
gality of bolding lotteries in the United
Kingdom. A big lottery moat diem).
point handerdr of thousands while it
enriches nue wiuuer, who often finds
that his hazily acquired wealth results
in during bins more barn than good.
A abert nate ono the first prise in
one of the Italian state lotteries, which
amounted to ammo 8•4,000, tell to a
peasant who,with
ie wife had actually
died of starvation within a few hours
of the drawing of the prize.
Owing to a dream in which a peasant
had the presentiment that • certain
number would be ou the ticket which
would win the splendid, prize, be
scraped all big money together aud pur-
chased not the ticket he wanted, be-
cause it was already sold, bot one which
bore Ibe same nomerale, differently ar-
ranged. Then be and hie wife tell on
desperately bard timea, which eventual-
ly closed upon them in death fro.n sheer
starvation, for be bad tried and failed
to sell hie lottery chauce, which was
the last thing left to hire.
When the drawing came on, he won
the first prise of £8.000, but as be was
dead and no next of kin could be discov-
ered the prize was raffled for again,
when it tell to swell the purse of an
Italian banker who already was pas
seised of vast wealth.
-A German lady living in Brunswick
bad • fancy that a certain ticket would
win a prize in a lottery in which the
first prize was £15,000. It may seem
strange, but it is vouched for ae being
perfectly true, that rhe co altered her
opinion as to the chaucem of her ticket
winning a prize that she bartered it
May for • new hat from her milliner
within a few days of having purchased
This was a melancholy exception to
tits rule that "eeoond thoughts are -al -
wept best. " The ticket which she bad
,,a!tpben d.Iur.-a hat, pcsail47 worth a
couple of guineas, succeeded -in captur-
ing the first prize of (15,000, and the'
Miner, wbo considered be bad ran
his rieke, absolutely refused to palliate
ustomer's bitterdiaappoiutmeut by
anytbing beyond the payment of • few
pounds, which were dragged from him
by billow threats of legal action.
On one occasion the first prize in an
Italian lottery. amounting to 'nearly
-ir& 009, 141--4o-e- any --who had died
three days before the raffle, the second
prize of £9,000 fell ,to • lady who had
sold her lucky ticket at the eleventh
boar, aid the third prize of £1,000 to a
private soldier who, on bearing of his
good fortune, drank himself mad and
then committed suicide. For want of
claimants who could establish their
claims satisfactorily, the first and third
,prizes were again raffled for, and this
time obey both tell to the same person
-the owner 9f ole of the largest pri•
vats estates ib Austria, who was quite
indr44reet about the addition to his al
ready huge fortune.
Silly superstition@ play as important
part in the buying and Palling of lottery
tickets, and it is no uncommon thing
for a person wbo fancies• certain mini-
bus to buy it at • price equal to hun-
dreds of times its original poet, and
many of those wbo Indulge in chis kind
of speculation with the fixed ides of
gain generally discover that It. an
expensive game.
A German banker conceived the idea
that the first prize in • certain lottery
wo.ld tall to the holder of • ticket on
which the figure three stood either alone
or with others. 8e . greatly impressed
was he with this belief (hat he brought
up every ticket that bore the numeral
three, • little deal which aoet him some
thooaande of pounds, because many of
the tickets be fancied were held by per -
sone to whom he had to pay fancy prices
One of there persona when approach-
ed on the matter refused to sell his
ticket unless the banker purchased •
oomplete bundle of 90, of wbicb he was
•axion@ 40 get rid. The banker laid bot
wish to do; this, as there was only one
ticket bearing • three in the bundle,
but be ultimately consented, took the
ticket be wanted and gave the vender
back all the others. Great must have
been bis annoyance on dieoottering later
that the first prize had not fallen to
him, but bad been won by one of the
tickets be had bought and 'earned. -
London Tit -Bite.
(TORE oottrlsoso.)
Cwcertslate.
"Thera 1s nothing more uncertain than
n hors, race:" exclaimed the man with a
tetwlcr••y to talk lural. '
Am! oho melancholy frl.sd responded,
e'en raver worked In a woather ,bureau,
did you!"'
Farmers sed the, Hog Kark.t.
So moots hu been written and geld on
the feeding of %ego tbat we thought by
this time every farmer In On'arto knew
how to products the a$andard baron hog.
A glance at our market report' from day
to day. however, le the feet that
!ergs some of money are being loot by
reenters through the Improper feeding,
says The Toronto World. Last week to
the Toronto tattle Market animal■ of
the right proportion and weight brought
$ 7K rents per knndred more than those
which were loo fat A 200 -pound hog,
properly tad, brought 81.74 more than
one whleh did not come up to tbe re-
gntrmenb of the Darker'. A eon,lherahie
peresntage of all the bogs sold loot week,
well on to 60 per dint., were tulle. bring
ing
117% mita per handeed lam tban
they should have brought. In the aggte
g ob this is i very leg loss to the farming
eornmonitr. The d:oiers elatn that the
peeking haemes aro Mei .trfct. If not
actually uajn•t In thole rsjeetlen of to
many of Ohs hop; t' It are offered for
eels. There may be „ • o troth 1n this
eontentlon, hnt 1t seen.. rat no that o
simple remedy le awaited, to the termer.
1,•t him,fead hi. hors properly and mar
het them when that ate rat the rlrht
weight and none of his animate will he
rejected. There le no difeenity In reading
them and In producing the animals the
meters IRVIN es, We think, therefore,
the farmers bare, le e largo *deft, the
(Mew. with [*Mash haler one tsatlbd • Wear a►ti.�Ma
rymaait+ r . . • n, . _ su lWaw .. ..
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Nobody's Mother,
There is a story told on one of the
circuits, which may or may 001 have
seen the Tight of print already, of bow
not long ago a very young barrieter rose
to examine one of his witness's' with an
unaccountably hazy notion of her iden-
tity "I think that you are the prison-
er's mother?" he began.
"Certainly not, sir," was the unex
pected .newer
Turning hurriedly to his brief, he
thought he had found the reason for her
evident annoyance, "A h, yea," he con -
tinned, "I see, you are the proaeontriz's
mother?"
"Certainly not," come her reply, still
more emphatically.
"Then whose mother are you?" be
demanddd, almoet in despair, and she
fairly boiled over with Indignation as
she retorted : "Nobody's, sir. I am •
single woman. "---8t. James Gazette.
Parresebleg.
Nelly -I don't we how getting one's
feet wet causes toothache.
Jack -Yon don't? If you had ever
bad a t00tb polled, you would know
that the roots run clear to your tMa-
Tacnma Ledger
1 Its.
The Japanese are ruthless in their
tampering with nature. It they decide
tbat they want it bird or an animal of
• certain ehip0 or Dolor, they net *limit
mannfactoring the article, en to speak,
by tha r'0roirnof *smilingly clever 1h-
gemulty and bemiring patience.
Here, for example, 1s how the white
sparrows aro prodnneel. They @Moot a
pair of grayish birds Ind keep them in
• white cage in a white room. where
they are attended by a person droned
in white. The mesal offset on • @writs
of generation. 01 birds remits in nom-
pletetgw►it• iirla e1►Zteislt linea
tl
tgor
tt1it
Vie -to work and to win -to keep a vans
mind in • sound body • to laugh at worry,
VIGoa -to ward off disease -- to con-
quer obstacles --to transmit health and
stren$tlrto your posterity.
VITALITY -to resist the fearful strain
and tension Of modern life to mak.' up
for the constant drains of overwork,
Dr. Ward's Mood and nerve Pills confer
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m
the user.
all these rest qoilitirs
THiS EVIDENCE IS AMPLE PROOF.
Before using I)r. Ward's Blood and
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down. I had lost weight steadily for
some time; my circulation was poor;
hands, feet and limbs were cold. 1 always
felt weak and my muscles trembled. Now,
After the use of one box of Dr. Ward's
Pills, 1 feel like my old self. 1 have gained
five pounds in weight and loo per cent.
in cheerfulness. 1 now walk firmly, my
muscular system is strong and my blood
circulates vigorously. I have more comfort
than I have experienced in years. Dr.
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any medicine 1 ever took.
PETER CARMICHAEL,
*3 Bright SL, Toronto, Ont.
All good druggists can supply you. If
they won't, we will by %elle Price Sia per
box,or Sboxes for$2. Ha DOCTOR
WARD CO., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
cued. Bad a nig li•rri,e.-.1 *Muer
Regular.
Now [bat there 1■ Ilk of increasing
out military strength in Canada, writes
a oorrwpondeot of The London Smplre,
I (nal point out that not only Halifax,
but .11 Canada was adorned with regi-
ments ot th• regul.r+; and there were
elmeeet enough then to make a "thin red
line" .round the then provinces. Now
there are not 9,000 regulars to the wbule
Dominion. The following 1s a Hat of
regiments and wbere they were stationed
In 1830:
let Dragoon (ioards, Cbambly, Lower
Canada.
Ttti-Hetrean, Montreal.
9nd Batt Coldstream Uuards, Queb.o.
8nd- Batt Grenadier Guards, La
Prairie.
tet Beet. of Foot, Montreal.
8th Hogs. of Foot. Halifax.*
11th Hmgt. of Foot, Sorel.
15th Heet. of Foot, Isle -au -Nei&
83rd Reg, of Foot, Halifax.
84th Regt of Foal, Montreal.
89nd Regt of Foot. sandwich, Upper
Canada.
84th Regt. of Foos, Amherstbnrg.
36th Rah. of Yoot, hredorloton.
97th Heat. of Fat, Halifax.
43rd Regt. of Foot, Niagara Frontier,
650 Regt of /oat. Kingston.
,Stith Hags. of Foot, tit. Johns, L C. .
6Ttb Regt. of Foot. Woodstock, N.B.
71.8 Regt. of Foot. L'Acad ta, L.O.
79rd Regt. of Foot, B1.ndford,
83rd Hort of Foot. Kingeton.
5th Kegs. of Foot, London,
93rd Real. of Face Toronto.
Jut About as Mad.
"Pave you ever been vaccinated?"
"No, but I once threw my shoulder out
of joint, trying to hit a tomcat with a wa
ter pitcher.'.'-CLveland.TLadrfr.. e. -
HEALTHY, HAPPY WOMEN,
Pain and Weakness Banished
through the use of Milburn's
Heart and Nerve Pails.
It's sad to think that so many women
suffer from pain, Weak Spells, Heart
Palpitation, Sinking. Sensations,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness -who could
be restored to the full enjoyment of per-
fect health by a few boxes of Milburn's
Heart and Nerve Pills.
There can be no questios iiwt
efficacy of this remedy. Thousands of
women,havefound it do all that isclaimed
for it. Hero is the testimony of Mn.
Gillen, Wesley Street, Moncton, N.B.
"Before taking Milburn's Heart and
Nerve Pills! used to suffer untold agony
from violent headaches, irregular action
of the Bert, together with pains or
spasms la various paha of my body.
"Sometimes i felt so weak that 1 was
unable to look after my domestic duties.
However, I had to endure this worry and
trouble, because all the remedies 1 tried
failed to give me relief, until happily 1
heard of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills.
I had only been taking them a short time
when i felt greatly benefited. This en-
couraged me to continue their use until
a complete cure was effected.
" i have not been troubled with a head-
ache sinee taking these pills. They In•
creased my appetite, invigorated my en-
tire system. and gave me back my old
time strength and vigor."
Take a Latta -Liver P111 before rent -lag.
'Twill work while yea sleep without • grip
sr pipe, and make yew feel better 1n the
morel.g. Pete 26c. meld by .11 druggists
AD BLOOD.
You can't be healthy if your,
blood is impure or watery, --if,
poison is circulating through your
arteries instead of rich, pure, life-
giving blood.
Ifyou feel drowsy, languid, -
are constipated, have pimples or
blotches breaking out on your body
the remedy for you is Burdock
Blood Bitters.
"i hare been using 13.B B., also my
brother and sister-in-law, and we find it
a most reliable and efficacious blood
purifier, and moot cordially recommend
It. We purchased it from J. R. Ault &
Sons of this town." MISS C. M. WAT-
SON, Aultaville, Ont,
B.B.B. is a highly concentrated
blood purifying vegetable remedy,
--only t teaspoonful at dose,—
you add the water yourself.
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. £:LENGE ON WARSHIPS.
or _
Tete Absence of Noise 1.radstemelre-
ey to the nervier.
in an address d.11vcnvl before the Ander
Icon M.•dii it arw.•1*tion, I./vowel Asslmtat.t
Swoon J. A. u ut hrle of the United stater
navy made sono very Interesting remarks
m..ho subject of '-Noise and Nerve,,'
speak' eg of the great Tali., of silence on
board the modem non of -war. Ale said
"In certain landlocked burhoea I have
heard the fnhablanta complaining of tugs
and other moley boat* blowing oft their
*Maths, especially those known meant -
epee. The would be waggiehnaes or to
what purpose desire of these tug captafne
deserves a compensation suited to the per-
petrator Have not the carGonlatedieexrv-
ered the tired and irritated vl.ftor from
the provinoea, racking his brains !a the
uproarious city, unnhle to collect hie fae
tittles, and has the father, night shirred
and capped, marching the colicky infant
to the emalbhours of the night, escaped
this artist's humorou. vein?
"All these things call to light the rimes
alty for • scientific Investigation of mottos
noise In • few cities It hcia been promote
passing en ordinance against the ringing
of church bell.--thla msy to some disturb
the "day of re.t"-but why not Include In
thfaan ordinance for weekdays, the shout
Ing of street hawkers, the clanking of
other varieties of belle, the Meant whistle
of the factory? ilow much •matter le tip
silent signal, both In war and In pence
Take the popular football game; and we
find that the tonins under better control
are those who have mastered the silent slat
nala of command
One reasnh the mrelrrn war vessel le s
deadly maxim we id Go tea he•n11ae It 1a Of
* Mutely ee t,*ei ante as a Boating battery
non he. And le nit the reuse of this emu,
racy due in greet note• iro to_ the ,Ilene
rememantla sent from 141 '»I ni ng tower by
the captain to each of his snMmlivatee,
shut off from him *1141 tench other by walla
of ami? When an order Is Indicated upon
a diol manipulated by electric tris ne.ittw
elan one rselvem the .nniel In a tranquil
. tate of mind, but If the order is al otttert
et him by one, twit,, three or in., a 1n rapid
succession ens of yore), then thereto excites
for confusion.'
THE RESTFUL CALM OF i•IOME
Rothia, Keep■ 1a fe.naer or se
gmoolb■ Oat Oar Trial..
'1t 1e high time that aur women should
lead reinter live.," w7ltee Edward Bali mf
The Rush of Amcrirwn Wearu•n" In The
leadlee' Hemp Journal "They should ger
away front the notion tint what we Gall
proems' In thew dartdemands that they
shell fill their thoughts and Ilyew with
mattere at the crest of their health or penes
of n,fnd. Our home. *1 .1 have note of a
restful calm, and one wive. meet not be
lured Into nerenne Mate and fnrge'tfiunese
by wrong ambitions or foolish ideas of
what the world .spate of them
"There must be left to every woman a
clearly defined Interval of lefmnre for the
enjoyment of throe Influences whleh make
ear 6r,Mdee here., ref rest and Owenef
satt•fytng and uplifting ealm. Et to a W.-
donahlefatltng to heves pride In the bea0-
tifnl things which one homes contain, hut
we name not pot the* feeling takethe place
of the Influence. the home tteelf erecta 0n
three who make It or live In I14 feet no live
In and know our own homes, and get the
•d .magi• of that tant.ful •'eJa*, than tphleb
settling keeps us remarry rens randy
smooths out the tr•tuta of the day: ' If
mntberi 1 ill be calmer we .hall an oar
girls becoming less nervoue and more reale
ful.
"Every home should bays a central figure
0t restful tranquillity Then would the in-
Euence go out to the children But that
can only be done by getting away from the
confusing rush of Ger many duties, by ar-
ranging our lives et, as to have time for
hearthlight rest, by being at leisure with
oureelvea, by keeping the work of the home
Mottle and the world outside within bound-
aries, by giving oureeIves time to measut
labor with its result,. by looking into our-
selves
ur.elves and seeing what and how much we
can do fur others. Tr nq tel1Hty 1s a prioriesn
posees.lon to either man or woman It is
worth many a sacrifice to enjoy 11 and to
gain that freeness of heart which will en-
able us to drink deep and long of love and
home. " -
An Audacious Tltet.
A country gentleman of Cheshire was
ones sent galloping 20 miles1 to fetch the
polio° to catch the thief who had stolen •
cheek from Inside an envelope which was
Inside his own letter hox in hie o rn hall
gate -all through a tomtit The a -tvelope
and the covering letter were there 'mt the
where6touta of the check might eve re-
mained
►mainsd as great a mystery as any Charms
emlenkment robbery in open .'ayligbt,
but that when the gentleman anti the po-
nd
oIla° arrived and pin aaeled solemnly to In-
spect the letter box two tomtits were dim
ta,verexf inside. Thi+ led to a ee;trch, and
20 yardA off, lying In the ground. with
teak marks upon tt,wur thecheck. \t a rthsf
the towtlts had returned to fin ! out it
whose name they should forge tut ,dorsa
moot to the cheek it nit clear, I. it this
lef b development of the ellrntnal ti .idency,
which hen always loon Intent In i' • whole
ram of tits, (cannot 1 . G.e strong!; repro
Intal. -l.. ng,unn'e Magazine
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Wanted 11rr•
"An old couple fnin the teat," stye the
Detroit Free from., "ore vI.Ring their son
to chi. city If oho mother gets out of
might of the father'he 1s constantly asking
'fur her and la nit ciotent t111 they are to-
gether cumin. The oilier evening oho went
to nnoth,r part if the benne while he wad
In the parlor, and attar he had asked for
itkr a her dome Alan'»»at don said. rather
. ' t deems as 'though you couldn't be
wltbootirtother five minutes at a time.'
" ' You're right,' said elle old gentleman
sre L'. 'That's she reason I married
weeer 'adyrl.bl.g,
Ser. Eaplanntir''1�••1'hediroctoeof the next
wane will hnveatltllicult plow of work be
perform
Mr Monterey -True There will be
more of us than ever to count
Mr Esplanade -1 wnsttt thinking n(
that, but he will have to tell Uncle ;:am
ko(v many Islands ba`owne.-Pttteburg
Chronicle Telegraph ,
Tallerpaad's ae11,•
Napoleon ouw saleb Talleyranel, •'1
With 1 ha4 the keyrref hell, for 1 0nnld
then pat yno to there." The reply was,
"1t would be better, elan, that I should
have them, for then 1 could ite you nn,"
fencer. 10 from two iatin words mean-
ing withont waz, brad wee seed In weer-
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