HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-6-1, Page 6MY CONFESSIONS
TO MY DIARY.
I soothed tYem well all round for a
pact of idiots. forbade their mention-
ing the subject again. and threatened
them wtth the stick and stoppage of
wages if than were ever the means of
carrying each .gorier to their mistress'
ensu; so I hole we have heard the last
of the groat. However. the fright hes
el -Meetly done Janie no good. When I
returned home from mess thlr evening,
I found that ate had bad another Vit -
lent attack of hy.tereos, and that her
cousin had thought right to send for
our doctor, who happened to be at hie
own house. He reporta my wife very
nervous and feverlth, and orders her
to be kept es quiet as parable. I would
lbw a thousand pounds this moment.
It I had them, stoner than ibis=
had reached her ears She is so
ttve wad timid, and her health at
predo-
ent is so delicate, taalt I fear the shock
may have mope U1 effect upou her.
July dirt. -Janie better, but still
fererhsh. Mho Anatruther watcher
over her like a slater. After they
had both retired to bed to -night. I
eat at a window for more than a
couple of hours. hoping to see some-
thing which might account for tlhe
servant's story. but not was vhd-
We. The bright moon Ott* the com-
pound tilt 1t apemred almost like day.
anti the air was no still that I nest
have heard the slightest rustle; but
I' neither ago nor heard anything ex-
cept m7 own breathing and the smoke
from my cigar. What awful fools
thew niggers mug be to believe In
ghosts at all I
August 1st, -Janie wane m her sofa
again to -day, and so cheerful, that I
hope she ham already forgotten her
alarm, and that the remembrance may
never he revived. But what tstsoome
to Margaret . Anatrutber ' She
looked so careworn this afternoons°
haggard and ntlserable, compared to
her usual appearance, that, atter
aak)g her what was the matter.
without obtaining any satisfactory
response. I v0ntured W remark that
I hope the gest% story had trot had
son effect ea her. The start which
she gave on hearing my words, fad
ar1.Ml,.nrpatete•i.Aolhri face.
almost hewn made n*e Dunk
that inadvertently I had struck a
right chord, had sot the super-
chTloua smile with which she repeated
the word "effect" denied the expres-
sion of her countenance.
1 thought 1t could not be thecase."
I maid apologetically . "but you are
really looking so 111. Lionne. Will you
not come for a ride this evening?"
No ; she decline) to ride or to walk;
site only desired to remain by Janie's
side and minister to her comfort. 8o
be it, then. I suppose it Is natural
'sate should prefer her cousin's com-
paty to mine, though 1 am not aware
that I have dope anything lately to
make her shrink from me as she ap-
pears to do.
August {O. -The ghost has appear -
.1 again -or rather Janis Imagines she
Ihag seen it, which Is Just as hurtful
to her health andlpirfta She has
messed 10 merry !1l to-da7, and so
far removed from the fanciful fears
engendered • by the natives' stupid
story, that after she and her cousin
had retired to rest i took my cigar
u p to the roof of the house, as the
heat as been mast oppressive lately.
and I longed for a breath of fresh
dr. Our house (like most others In
'Mashie -Banda) 1s built with a
flat roof, surrounded by a high
parapet.• which roof is reacher
bunk els veranda by a flight
of so much resembling
a Isddbr, that It le not often I ran
pomade tike ladles to mount It. But.
for my own part, I am constantly
in the habit of taking my book and
pips (not to say my glass of brandy -
and -water) to this elevated retreat,
and, when there. thinking on any
thing or nothing. as the humor may
take me. To -night my thoughta
were not very cheerful ones; for,
without any especial reason, I felt
what in technically termed "dummy."
Perham, Itis the excessive heat,
perhaps the -Continued weakness of
Janie, but somelhow Ilse has not ap-
peared quite so sunny to me lately
a• It used to do. 1 feel so weary
by the time the day Is at an end ;
and so dimatiefled with the man-
ner In which I have spent It, and
I seem to rise each morning with
some undefined hope which le never
realised. I sppo.e 1t le the mono-
tmonm life we lead which breeds die
eootentesd thoegbte; we so 'seldom
encounter anything to draw ea out
of ourselves and our own concerns.
And Margaret An.truther's dlsinclln•
"ton to society has increased this
disadvantage; for we three-Jtnle
and else and I -have been thruwn
completely on moil other for com-
papy during the last two months. And
yet they have not passed unpleas-
antly. it Is strange that 1, who so
easel, dreaded this Interruption to the
quiet life which I led with my wife,
should be able to write those, words
and mean them.
Yet i do mean them -though, ret
the name time. I cannot believe that
the Interruption leas made me sty
happier, for I don't think i ever felt
so reties and unsettled as 1 do at
present 4 keep on fancying that
something is Rning to happen to me;
and start and remember that there
le nothing at all the matter, and that
if 1 have a amuse for dissatWaction.
It must rest with myself. It toast Im
Janke'■ Illness that affect, me in this
manner; It Is so unnatural to nee the
poor little woman always lying on
the sofa, Instead of running about
with her .0slt and anent
1 loot been dreaming nnmewat alter
*h4* fashion on the roof of the lessee
tonight, but how long or how short a
Una i should have been quite unable
to say. wheu I was startled from my
IfaTarkl by hearing a most piercing
sereem In Jame'1 rola. and proceed,
front J�&.q1e''__e bed-rooreh t,►hIclr4,r
'Ier"'it1IWIT 'iiec7 klirming. as
��it ring threngh the still night air,
:1M:, though I rose at once to
my fees, I felt for the fleet moment
Ile paralysed with fear, the* It was
not until the ery hed been repeat-
ed that I ran down to ber asletanoe.
i found her in a half -fainting ,tate
on the Mil of the bedroom window,
wkIck was wide open, bat my -ap-
pearance changed her enedltbn to
eta of hysterleal weeping. which.
Millet 1t was more painful to wlt-
wa% greatly relieved her. Mees.
while, She native servants. Tyttg
shoat she veranda en their tea1�
titer were nitastln� and would m es t haas ve
awakened of themselves had the cry
been twice eu plereing, the alarm
twee es grew.
" My asrllsg !" i dada 11Mae��,� �
teak the shivering form irk 1,11.
Whiantng with fear. lint eel Into
my arms and peewit 1t to sae,
*bat ear ka.• startled you ? Have
l's.! 11 Anaming?"
DMaarfllg t" eh. repeated, In a
faint walls* ' on. no, wort.,"
1110* dremmise ; I wog wide
awake. and 1t pawed close to me."
" It-it-whatdo you meas. Janie?"
though I had guessed at once her
fancy.
"The `host, Robert -the dreadful
ghost ! Ab" (with another convulsive
shudder), "1 shall never. never forget
the right 1"
"The ghost! my dear girl. you have
really been dreaming. Where do you
fancy 700 saw it ?-tn this room ?-
for L had entered the room by the
window by this time. and gill sat
on the sill supporting my wife In my
arms.
"I did not fancy." she replied. with
an earnestnese which proved that
she thought she was right ; "It phased
n close to me. Robert. that I could
have touched It with my finger. all.
why did we ever come to this fearful
piece!"
1 lilted her up and ptaoed her on
bar_ lied again, and thea. without re-
leasing my hold of her trembling fin-
gers. I rat down beside her and en-
treated her to tell me all. "Let me
hear howou saw the ghost. and
where, Jane ; and perhaps 1 Stay be
able to account for the apparent
mystery. And first. why didou leave
your bed at all ? What wakedou ?
You were so fast asleep when 1� lett
I don't know what waked me," she
raid nervously ; "perhaps tine beat. for
I felt so resume that I could not
sheep, and alter e. good. deal of toe -
dog about, I got up and walked to
the window to 000l myself and see if
you were in the compound anywhere.
I was not thanking of the ghost, Rob-
ert,
obert, indeed I was AOC; but directly
I reached the window I maw it -ah,
hest as they Loki me, wandering
about the graver!"
"Janie dear, indeed you mart he mts
tahen ; it was the moonlight shining
on the white lining of the silver barn -
"Robert !"
aen-
"Robert!" she exclaimed, starting
ago on bed as she clutched my by my
arm "I tell you I saw it. It was
no fancy. but a tall woman dressed all
1n white walkhg in and net of the
"You are wore K wss a asoma ?"
"011 yes', ohys ; liana*e, whop I
screamed, it turned round and came
clam by this window, and tt had long
Ude barging right el wMnitlehbl . ah
Robert. 1 thouglit I should have died!"
"1(y poor gerl," I answered. as i
furred iter to Ile (town again, "i am
not goring tu bate you frgtitoeet In
thI, abominable manner. Tilts lissome
trick on the part of native's, to what
end i carrot Imagine, but the} shall
pay dearly for their little game.
Where did this woman go after she
had passed the window ?"
"Oh, I can't tell, Robert ; I don't
know ; hot I think it vanished round
the house."
"Well, then. If you will let me leave
you, Janie (I will call the "yah * 0
come and sit by your bedside). I will
Just look round the compound. and we
If 1 can find anyone loitering about."
"Oh, don't go after it. Robert ; pray
don't go after It; It might hurt you.'
But I could not waft to silence
any more of Janie', fears ; had I
stayed to reason them all away, I
should have been kept prisoner t111
morning. I roasts the ayalt. bid her
stay with her mistress t111 I returned.
selected a thick stick from my whip
stand. and proceeded on my voyage
of discovery. M I did so, I glanced
at my watch, and dimovered to my
aroarement that It was pet one.
What . a time I must have been
dreaming on the house -top 1
1 searched the compound and all the
aece sibte portion' of the house thor-
oughly ,but i found and saw noth-
ing. I wakened all the sluntnertpg
mdob-
oupts of the "go -downs, to me if
they had any 'treiMaw amongst
them, but o01 my own domestbs
came yawtnbgI7 to be in.pectel, tad
certainly not one of them answered
to the ds'rlptbn of the supposed
ghost. As I returned, I rapped at
the closed venetian& of MIs An-
rtrnUter's bedroom, and, to my AO-
tonehment, her voice replied to me
Immediately.
"What, are you awake, Margaret?"
1 demanded Was le the no i&e Wa-
terbed you?" •
What noise?" .he asked, as she
carne near te the venetian&.
Janne. t91e fancies that
she saw the (which I hoped
she had ,slmon forgotten), and that
It pawed clone thing her window&."
'Poor chud!" in a voice of cormpss-
Mon. "No, I olid not hear, or I
should have gone to her ; but I ave
not been long awake!" which, indeed,
her vokee seemed to testify.
"Why are lou out of your heel?"
"I cahoot answered withh a deep siep; it is go gh. site
" And you have seen nothing?"
'" Certainly not; and 1 have been
sitting at tile window till within a
minute or two. I have only lust
elated tine veaetlans because the
moon is eo hrtgbt, it must be all
Jenie'. fancy."
Of course It is her fancy that
she has sew a ghost," I answered ;
but i am not so sure about her
having seen nothing at all. How.
ever, I shall find out more about
it to-morrew ; meanwhile I must not
keep you up any longer. flood
night."
Shall I go to Janie ?" she aakel.
In the same sleepy tome the had em
played before.
' No. thank you ; d am going to
iter my elf." And with that i pass-
ed on to resume my guardianship
over poor Janie and her terrors. But
I am determined to follow op utter
mystery arR11 1 am able to dispel It ;
for which name I .hall watch,
night after night, for the appear.
ante of the person who dares to act
"ghost" in my compound until I
me him ; for which reason also I
Moth keep my watching a merit
even from Janie and Margaret.
Meanwhile I pooh-pooh the ants -
jet to my wife, who sadly takes
her cue from me, and will Ie. at
her own alarm b7 *ifs time to -
Morrow.
N. B. --Aho molt root with eland vett.
••tests until this mystery l* unraveled ;
and I krill steal out.
outofbed after the
tred mend
myawet
Uheflopwhich commands it
od every part of the compound And U
T notch the Cthant, woo hetldn he boa s,
toe. tf i dein`* make them rattle. It's a
pity I
Meanwhile, thinking over matters, it
seeam straege to IDM that Margaret
Anertr0laer, Netting at icer window,
seined not have heard the anent&
wbteh lwwehed me so welly npnn the
roof ; or that, at all event. the 000-
.snatem wli*eh meehwgoaetly I held
with ay wife should nese have leer
patent to her, r her resent is went to
Ma However, hie appeared hall
Asleep* even whilst she epee. yrs Me:
for ler robe was low and dreamy, and
I amid hardly eatch the wore& f von.
der what prevents tbs girl nerving!
'Mee runtren eie seems to Math ration
upon aft of r; for i don't feel myself
d lihn gh d Omni eine* my ere to.
Meal it glance from end every now nerd t Trete..4:le to the had i mTrete..
bastesWes Orbe web open, and watch -
ger tab mordent view i gnash
her. 8o i lay down m7 pen.
1 •
and go to afford her the )roMetloa
of say
♦ Ala. -I speed my t►igip
now, s Arrow, on the >soMtet'a•
so ata obliged to write nay dlsry
the daytime. 1 watched from 11
last night to 4 this month* ; bat
1 Mw nothing. The air was leo
Jolly and soft 01st 1 had great dif-
ficulty 1a betgang aLlgslt awake;
bet with tc10e0i ate eV.
1t. JaU1. wandered that I was so
sleepy after parade • this moaning.
and accused me of gfewlgg abostln-
WRY 'Mead almost
old. 'She has almp
recovered her frlgt$ "mala. 1 am
happy W she. *LW ♦astruther, os
the contrary. both Worn and UI. I
don't think this Climate call agger
with her. "I --wish *Ns would oca.
sent to see the doctor who attends
Jaale.
August 7th. -Was o4 the roof "gala
all Ia&t night. If. lr the pursuit
of knowiettge !t Daly allow
able for me to fallsp it would
be much pis. .ter than remaining
downstairs. Toward S o'clock 1
tlsought 1 had caught the Rbeet ;
for I distUrctl7 saw a " tall figure,
dressed all in white.' hovering about
the graven ; but It proved to be only
an early mUklaan, going to recover
his cows from their jangle
pasture -ground, who thought to
make a short-cut by passing
through OCT CANSposaid. The
was provoking. alder 1 MMus .the
trouble to rasp down rater blas. stick
W hand. fully prepared to adndalster a
wholesome castlgatka► Bat this fact
Lenge still mare to anthem one in my
belief that what Jade sew was a
native wannderllg about In the mo,n-
Ilght after his own bu moos.
All domestic servaete. and a
many other slaw.. htbttaally ver
water.
Outdoing - cad lag wuufd be
aler. when the ins nation is In n
boated and ululate000ditlon. than
for one to mistake #ir appearance
for that of a glom. gowever 1 shall
not Yet etre np my March for the
tedinquent.
August 9th. -1 hate now watched
four nigh, without befog anything.
and I am beginning to get rather
t ired of the tote. If the ghost doesn't
.oto make his or her appearance. I
shall restos my lawful place of net
and watt patiently until It sees fat to
ca I I upon one
August 10th -At last I have seen
the so-called phantom. and had It been
a lost spirit sent frost the nethermost
hell to Inform ane of nit; future tate.my
and could hardly .hlke_mite than It
dies now, in recalling, the reeollectlon.
But not for the reason ebb!' made
14 appearance one of terror to the
native servants fad to my poor
Janie.
•d. and az !bead .Heng to
one side.az
to listen ; fad
then Dl aeoO*1 I peroave,
to tay e' ware
II/sl �otpoo. and the. the
was ) deen I bad
n evereach a right, be-
t r.. Iles
l'ae titi
laekn
nt I ew not
" Was tim• 1" she ,uermured,
vows t[-
17 u her own, and as though
she we ddtwdng herself. or 00-
" Yes. 11')/I 1." 1 answered. trying
to Con m7 agitation and wy
tonna • t. why are lou
heti t v. you left your
"
O. ort. Robert !" she ex-
-claimed. "Mb an •rpetesron of aa -
w11011 I shall never forget.
pull
w a Nave me!"
From ghat sea I to save you.
Lionne ?" v
"From yoareelt-from yourself. fad
from mo. -frons my weakness aa{np
fully• 011. don't let me fall 't
i dea
let toe fedi 1"
Although she still spoke elreamlly.
the fighters orbs which she bald
turned upon me were cuathrelgbd
with path. sad 1 saw that her whole
frame was trembling. 1 ventured 10
N etumraad grotty L,IaM Iter
Wad. - ---
"Toa fall, tsar I.leauw"
1 whispered to her. "trust to me. I
will lead you the right way.'
Dear License !" she no -wetted tater-
self. "dear Ltoaae , he ways to me, dear
Lions/sr
(T7• be Ooatln4•d)
41.
DALLBY's ?AWL"( sALVB
cares barna and lavas neater.
Prio! 10 Aidta,
Hak Lights.
Money talks; bet it doesn't mannas -
Uy say the wise thing.
We should not be cheerful with peo-
ple who skeet like cheerfulsaea
The lusheroe of office is only the lin-
ing of preofficlal obeolulousee s.
Temper has 1b minion ; some peopta
are so cram that they are tunny.
The bei way to euJoy comet* life la
to have kin who live In the oprltry.
A wase woman Lover her haekand Just
enoegb io (aspire Itim-not eaergh to
arwU him
When oar own peach trere are nip -
rid we get the idea that thorn won't
ler a peach to earth.
The wpb wle can I.eIwuadl ser 4 .
band that a Mettle doesn't aeennee
him can do anything with him.
A man who knows how to hold as
mehrella over a woman genera 117
1[y trent', 1"! -barsegrogellt-geriglingt bath o(Uvr tindi oT .enee.-
aJhrinking &rime from a totally dilfnf- Chicago Record
ent cause. and make me wonder. *S
I write, that I ahos1i have ibileed
what I heard last night. and nh t0
repeat It.
1 with I bad mot l lvyd ; I wish, that
I were deed!
I was on the roof, as usual, we*
tired, rather dispirited, and MOM
than elf dispasW to throw up the
whole affair, and go dgwnate ire to bed.
Where was *homes, I hued with my -
melt. of watching night after night In
that fashion for a ghost which never
came? I was convinced that I was
troubling myself for s mere illusion
-that the phantom had never exist-
ed, except to Janle's Imaglnatlal, or
that If a trick had Mille been played
upon my wife b7 memo of the 'ser-
vants.
ervants, the rascals had; discovered that
I was watching for -teem, aid were
too wide awake. to r9peat It until
I should have given tip pursuit. And
there with m7 els •lvra7s flied upon
that part of the compound where
tiro Id llDutch a graves are thick-
est,
aigar, and watch-
ing the thin wreath of smoke
which curled frac It Into
the air, sighed to thbnk how trimest-
ral all happiness to 1b this world.
apes Trow seldom one's earthly wishes,
even when realised. (01111 the promise
of their attainment; until 1 suffi-
ciently forgot myself. tend the purpose
of m being on the housetop in the
middle of the night, to permit the
' nothing Influence orf tobacco. added
to a soft Tight Leesee, which fanned
me as delicately as though It had
been a sleeping Infant. to 1011 me off
Into a dose. How long I slept I can
hardly tell ; but I know that I 'woke
with a start and a shiver ; and that
the first thing I did was to rub ray
eyes, and quickly turn them In the
direction of the tombstones and *he
graves. What was that which I saw
wandering up and down teat plot of
ground. Just as I lied been told It was
wont to do? ' Was it hallucination
or reality ? Had the Impression with
which I fell to sleep remained upon
the retina of my eye to delude my
waking fancy ? or wns that which
I gased upon a thing of flesh and
Mood 1 I robbed my eyes again. and
shook myself. to he assured that i was
quite awake; and then 1 advanced to
the parapet and leant well over It.
Text It was no atiolak.. A female
figure (or a figure dressed up so ae to
took like a tread»„ clothed In white.
with long dark lair streaming down
her bacJ1, was feeing her wa,7, rather
than wandering{ lip and down, be-
tween the rows 01 avert, sod, with
her hands aY4'atc6cd out before .ler.
seemed to be lathering Or murmuring
to bssidt. I were my/elf but tune
to be maimed that 14jd see it --that
It was there ; and there I g*a.ped
my stick sod loaded pistol, and pre-
pared to descent and encounter it.
"Take heed, MY fire fellow/' I tali
to mycsif, as I earefdly picked my
way down the Meat of steps which
led to the veranda ; "don't Insult me,
or attempt to friehten me, as you
value the swains In your head. or n
whole bons In year bod7. I can bear
as much as most men when' I am put
to the trot ; crit I won't ave my
wife frightened out of her wife for
the lives of all the nigger', In the
world."
i
'dank beneath the shadows nut
by the veranda, peat the pieces where
my servants lay ether to that aide
of the house where are .Ituated the
bedrooms of my wife and Mee Angelo
thee, and waa glad to see that the
venettana of both window' were
closed, o that I trusted no alarm
might reach their ears.
And new, thongh i was close upon
It, the figure seemed to take no notice
of my presence, but stilt wafted
cautiously up and down between the
row. of gravel, whilst It kept np a
.ort of moaning to itself. it looked
so strange and 0naartltly as It thus
wandered beneath the moonlight, that
I felt myself shiver a. 1 Rased at It,
sad yet my belief In the whole Med-
tem turning rent a trick was stroll"
MI .ver.
*0, after a pane, Jett sufficient to
permit the figure to get an far as
poselbe away from the vlelntty of my
*Ws bedroom window% i ,Prang After
It; and jest as 1t had turned again
toward the honey we met face to
face. What was at: aurpee. my ems-
&ternatinn, te the ghost which hotel
canned no melt trouble and vexation
to Pm -minter -Margaret Anntrntber 1
Yet there ale wa., no (lathing on her
het her light night-dress; with her
unbound treses str.a*1rer over her
shnutrlefit" 54 lfif flan•-Jbisi'preesing
the serf as though m
It pained the.
f)nnd Ooh 1" i exclaimed. an I
Meppwred leek at the eight M this• 17 Apparition, far mora alar*
keg to me than If 1 had sem twenty
shooter, " MapgsM►-Uonisee-. what
are 7011 doing hare?
At the stand of my Wee dm halt -
legate of Olio, City 1 Toledo,
Luca* County, se -
'Freak 7, Cheney makes oath that
a* le senior partner of the firm of F.
.1. Cheney a Ca, doing bootees In the
oily of Toledo, county and State
aforesaid, and that mild firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
earth and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be eared by the s. of Halle
Catarrh Core.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me lad subscribed
In my presence this 8th day of De-
cember, A. D., 1880.
A. W. Glea.oa,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Core Is taken Inter-
nally. and arts directly one the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney a Co., Toledo. 0.
*old by drugglete. 75o.
Hall's Family Palle are the beet.
A Harmless ghee Varnish.
Nearly all, 41 not all. varnishes used
on shoes harden to leather. To
rmedy this, rub to leather with
sweet oil. OT SLAY goon, suitable dl.
An exoellent home-made shoe polish
la made as follows: Mix three
ounces of ivory -Mack, two ounce: of
treacle, one ounce of sulphuric acid,
and one ounce of gum arabic ; dis-
solve It In a little water. Just
enough to make it a liquid. Add
a tablespoonful of .west ulI and •
pint of vlgegar. 'line makes a liquid
poll.b. Half a pint of vinegar
makes a paste. Pat to blacking or
liquid In a wile -mouthed bottle. and
apply It with a pies of sponge
stook on the end of a heavy wire
attached to the cork. 011 shoes
well la winter to prevent dampness
penetrating the leather. Collude
made with the outside of the lea-
ther on the outside of the .hoe., If
bept well oiler. Is nearly a• damp-
proof as India -rubber. Rech .hoes.
however, .Mnli not be worn over
carpets. ae they wear them out, and
leave behind the tracks of mud.
KINARD'S LINIMRNT la the only
Liniment naked for at my "torr, and
the only one we keep for male.
A11 tate people nee it.
Harlin Fulton
Pleasant Bay, ('. B.
Fame About Tortoise alien
The finest tortoise shell Domes from
the Indian archipelago and Is shipped
from ICA of it la oh-
tabled8on hpo
the Floridaand mmeat. There are
three rows of plates on the back,
called "bedew' by the fishermen. In
the central row are live plata and In
each of the otlhere four plate., the lat-
ter containing the hesst material. Be-
ed* these there are twwnty-f lye .mall
plate* rand the ed of the shell,
knnven ea "feet" or "noses." The
wt turtle does not furnish more than
sixteen pounds or tortoise shell. For-
merly the under Miell was thrown
away,xo
tnpher.4 worthiest it
b
at present t 1n very highly valsrd for
he delicacy of coloring. Nowadays a
very heaatJul Imitation of tortoise
shell L made of cow's horns.
Ninth ingest Oars Dipilisek,
fail..,. and Ventilation.
Atmospheric impurity, says the Lan-
cet, was largely reependbls for to
recent epidemic of inflnena. If the
proper ventilation of privets house.,
and espeelally of planes of budgies,
were Insisted upon by their owners,
it says, "we should Year ranch 1ear
than we do of the Wheelies forma
of so called Bold." The Imperfect pro-
vides, of ventilation is 'satirebes and
chapels 1. referred to in the some
connection by the $hmpltal, which
"maiden midi btiL .ger at hotbeds
for lanssnu on this •wstot, *04 on
aresaat of the gatbrtpt together of
C=whose power of resistancehas
mialahed by reheat Maas or by
other elreumeta ne+se."
Will.. Worst Penniles see the host
IAsailve medicine fir children ; r aloe
an **ar.
"1% yens think plagiarism le un•
f*rglrable?" naked the prong wo-
man, 8 no *seam"." anew.re d
0os17 wish some of am modem
welters tootle de wore el 111."
KIDNEY DIBBLES
Are jbOttivelly Cured by Dodd's
Kidney Pilin.
I�ae� ootrheY •Low Tb�a �ejr
iir.erl mo. as •ed 1t D•4tt'e
Slday PUI.Ourad Mrs- Peter
0 arise of Ely Oeoaplalat.
KYmar•ot*. 1iay L'2. -Tis gsopleof
this aeotion are among tae shrewdest
and most level -treaded people in Can-
ada. They know a good tbtag when
Mier thg Merrett 1t, g.&aadi wben . they "rent
us 01 t1. That is why InDoodd's they make
Pills !ave mob an enormous sale 1a
this ttletriet. Teat's the reason Dodder
Kidney Pills are uasd la pearly every
bouhw'bold to the oo*nlrl•
It le nothing thermal to hear of
several cures of Kidney Disease every
day sp Doid'. Kidney PUB in this
n eighborhood. The medicine is In nab
versed ugh. lt''It a the mooed of hav-
ing oared every case of
Br ht's Diasas, Dtabetea,
Lumbago. Rheaoathm. _Para!
Hart Failure. Urinary Dlssaae. Dia
mawof Women or Blood impurity. In
It has bean trod. err people
teeing that it Is the ot�� medlafne on
that wilt ears *leer dilemma
A .til farther claim le made by
those who have wed Dodd', Kidney
Pilo. Tbey assert emphatically (and
to speak the truth. they bring e0a-
fleeing proof) that Bright's �esae
and Diabetes are an easily cured. 1f
Dodd'. Kidney Pills are reed. as Is a
cold.
Mrs. Peter O'Brien. of Smith's Falls.
wbare oars le the latest reported. hes
many friends to Kilmarnock, and her
complete recovery amaze*. while It
d elights them. Her ease was a severe
one of Kidney Dt.eaee, and Dodd's
Kidney rm. worked a wonderfully
quick
complete cure.
1)oid's Kidney Pills are sold by all
druggists at 50 omits a box. six boxer
$2.50, or w111 be seat, on rqpelpt of
price, by The Dodd'. kaideiiie Com-
pany, Limited, Toronto.
TR$ lrIAAY Di*1i0P 01. =POW
Humor .f a Prelate tires /&seers. to
Quem Vetbsy,
purse L one of the Osie/ elarae-
on-te io r of the Bishop of imus. and
Shit Halm two
Ma Ile ata -IUes -M__L-� �riff
♦letorIa r . folia to be very
o418. 7011 over raw
ase.000 whsn�l raticairs ado" the
geese ?" a friend ass mated Dr. Ca-
'--* adders tbs-Qsehe1`
at all," the Bebop is saki to have
replied I know these will be pres-
ent the Queen, the Princes, to
royal household and the servants.
doves to the aoall.ry-mald, and I
preach to the .cutlery -maid."
A wedding Incident which occurred
a few years ago is resealed by to
same writer. Dr. Carpstsr marry-
ing the young couple with the re-
start that "I am not only a Ca�p.s
ter bat a jollier." That the Bi.6op
la nos thong making a Joke at a sa-
cred ?inaction is evident from •
speech he made at the laying of the
foundation stone of a now church.
The architect handed the bishop the
trowel. salting him U hs would mind
beeomblg an operative mason for a
few memento I would rather re-
main a working Carpenter," waa the
Blehop'. reply.
A done of- Miller'. Worm Powdery
ac(asooally wilt keep the children
healthy.
a Different flatter
" So you think your meter doesn't
refl.r properly r'
I team sore it dose not, dlr."
" WWI, we are .o busy now we
can't attend to It. We w111 send
a man 0p about the middle of next
month."
" I wish you would. I am rare It
does act register more than half
the gas I burn."
IMI? Just wait a minute. I'll
send a man up with you now to Leet
1t."
*ental and physeal vigor follne the
MD Of Miller's Compound Iron 1111..
*des of Philosophy
Flattery Is the kind of prates we
hear of others.
Necessity knows no law, but lots
of lawyers know neceesitj).
Leta of people make fortunes out
orf other people's cariosity.
The peeetmert growls at the sun-
shine because It carts shadows.
There is nothing but "dog days"
the year round for the detective.
If a man le wide awake during the
day he can afford to sleep at.lfight.
Some girls see in every bachelor of
their acquaintance a poselbde hus-
band.
There Is littlaocon.tlatlon In batag
the first to discover your own mis-
takes.
Too many people overtook their own
faults whit looking over the faulta
of others.
a man admires a woman whiS talks
of Ids future and make' no Inquiries
as to hie pest.
When a woman !marries her Ideal
she Is very apt to change her views
In the course of a few short mouths.
Man'' falJun In this world may
often be attributed to the fact that
be used blank cartridges when firing
at the target et success.
nave You neuralgia
if you suffer Its agonis, and fail
to Ret a remedy. lee want yes to
try Norvaline. 1ts action on nerve
pain b simply IAArvellous. Nervi -
line le the most pleasant and pow-
erful remedy In the market. Try 1t.
Oredlted Wttb a smart Maytag.
Hearin of 1he grace and agility of
a pretty
Hearing
laseie wise dewed the
sword dance, Queen Victoria sent for
her to dance before royalty and was
greatly entertained. At the Mom ,of
the brilliant performance the girl ad-
vanced end oourtesled profoundly.
"What can I do forou f" sked Her
Majesty. "Give me the bead of Glad -
atone I' said the modern Herodias. "I
would gladly de that, my dear, but
he lost it moms years ago," retorted
the Queen.
Ni1ET'l FAMILY
or Will FILLS
sere besessammisamlidsk
1sseish S Mss Musts.
Two )Clan at Deem,
flan tbgr rad their way horns
from a d4.Iasce1" le a gna'tlon fro-
ily asked, it's acme/Ling to the
If I1's one Yoe want to tea
of, he ou. find hie way baba
freen Airlift. tt iri 11• good one. erre
apt to get loth 1f use gees rolled t4
bums(e lantana Osras fbliiW. *Ie.
A Valuable Passe.
A paste with witch wail
be attteeled to wood 0r ..
M rleg le N firman la sees
tto� ie a• gel ot
the 1114
side
Win_ i1/4r
ootllllos Dana".
A N•Iai lraetten astral the "el allts
of the Week`.
W hUe we were In Colormil) the other
deelea It
torwe t broad porch
Ili 01 * ended se eMM�1 tet the
lh Grail Y d t Waters! " o1
m•thannuer-
*L ta
/Ira Hua, the
inarelee Of
wife of the
o ple of
sots eY host s%
uia aM
The
I[ap► ease m to . oar
, fad Mfr. Wiley seat J it some
msMolana It was a Y alt•Ir
everybody had a good time; test
the most to intareettag
p
feature wadi the
which wore
oaf by the floor manager, a
t ranchero of the sow Wave
who dMrooats0 Iron Ills brans*,
and dropped his lariat to Join the fes-
tivities. Ho was evidently used to the
d model enjoyed them, fad to * sort
of obligati) to the regular orof tire
dance sang Lass wore for a quad-
rille:
Balance ate and balance eight ;
Hwlget em on a corner like you awing
'has on a gni. ;
Bow to year uuty and then promenade;
Flee couple out W the couple on the
right ;
Lady and the lady. and the gent
An' the leen 'rdand the gent, an' the
gent don't go;
Four lianas hold and the ladles doom
do;
Ladles do -es -do and the goats, you
know,
Chicken 1n a breadpen pipkin' up the
Tarn 'em 'round an' 'round aa pretty
as Tau 0WK
An' w'hy to the world don't yon lett
Bight -lapid partner and grand right
and sift;
And a les beg swing, and a little bug,
loo;
Swing your hyney and she'll swing
Yam. And so on aroma&
Promenade elght when you all get
aralleht
(To be repeat&bd emtll thranglt.)
-W. E. Verde 1n Chicago Reooed
UGLI!Z ARMY BLAMING
costalna nothing but pure Nestafoot
oil, and tops the► lather so't and
llllabk
Keeping Up an old Otrtos.
A eurlos cartons In connection with
the birth of an heir to the earldom
itleWO�raarvoh w wrewa gl observed
turd of the family require that
on meek oeoisoes 500 gallons of beer
siwaid he brewed, and that the cart
.emn his 7omtoakkel
M-
UM, grown
os the Blghcier* state, a New-
bury cooper has asads a huge cask
hooped with bales and bearing a
coronet and Milertptim plate of the
mesa metal The InaarlpplRion runt;
Hay HWMn nomads. This cask of
ale, eotiMmleg 500 gallons, was
brewed lb oominsemoratioe of the
birth of Lord Portolteater, born
Nov. Tett 1898. Albert BRrestffeld,
butler, 1hcieee ostler, 1899."
¥sense Liaised Oates Oatrgst 1a Oe'a
A nervous Ourat..
An English paper says: A nervous
curate in an Engler' church the other
Sunday announced from theeeadiahg
dei, "Here begtnnerth the ..coned
chapter of tate Deka of Booteronoml "
Hie vlear lolled severely at him, and
the young man blushed. coughed and
repeated, 'The Boot of Dpkeronomy."
There most have been germs of mer
pronunciation lurking In the air, for
ata later period in the rnrrlea the
vicar read oat, "I publish the mare of
barrlage: the. 'Th. curate beamed
with satisfaction, in gate of the sol-
emnity of the occasion.
Mlllsr's Worm Powdere cure fever In
children.
" And you have made Jim Jackson
a deacon In your church T' "Ye., ash.
Dat Is, he's a brevet deacon, sal."
" And what's a brevet deacon:
George?" " He's a deacon dat don't
handle no money, nab."
The Latest and Best...
English Army is the very fined
shoe Marpking In the world. It give"
a baactlfsl shine with little labor.
It does not fade or loss Its lustre. It
knew the leather soft and pliable.
And prevents marking. Your shoes
will last longer. Rodd .at 10 cents
a tot.
The F. F. DALLEY 00.. Limited.
Hand/eon. Toronto and lfomtreal.
Gork screw Koine Free.
1(
•
BOY* and GIRLS can earn
this Extra Fine Pocket Knife,
2 blades and corklernow, beet
Rlieffletd steel, or Ladles' Flus
Pearl -handled Knife, by selling
11 copes et oar Book Of 168
Popular Bongos words and
made, at 10e. each. They .ell
tat fight. 110mossy required.
lied tem. rind address. We
forward boob prepaid. *ell
Mein among your neighbor's,.
sad resuro s the gooney. 11.20. •
and we will send knife post-
paid. Mention the paper. Ad-
dress. R. D. Smith Book Co.,
trolls, At.
,188UE No 22 1899.
Perhaps you have made
up your mind to take
Scott's
Emulsion
chis summer.
Then look for v `
this picture on , J
the wrapper a
OM mWith a big
fish on his back...
Do not let anyone talk to
you ofsomething " lust
u
hen you want cod
liver oil and the hypo.
phosphites you want the
very best. You will find
them in only one place,
Score's Emulsion.
There is no other emul-
sion like it; none other
does the same work ; and
no other has the same
record of cures.
All Druggiata, or. ane O.
acory & flow':,. Toronto.
eases
Hass age Workingman.
Many of the Broken ()overawe,
loaders an recognising the advisa-
bility of taking early and practice'
steps toward the better 1 losing of
the working elegem. In Glasgow 135,.
000 ganof groomhe
s ,.
bran p0 gs 7 ale munh'Ipallty
on which 10%workingmwY.
boanea '11e totes sue allotted for
this pompous le *500000.
-A Yam's a Whin for a' That -
Sven 1f he has arena on ts,th het.
Bat he te a .!ranger, happier nod
whir man 1f he uses i'utnam's lain
I.ao (bra Extractor and gets ride
the nnelgbtly corm. palnlesnly nod
at ewe.
la Turkey they call the bicycle tee
" devil's chariot."
Rolm Health Drink
Agee nrMseMsll
°m% lam i'.. *edea Alb paekye
w+ke. 1 edeas kr W trpserooa►Aak
rt r� sea Mated C
HOBBS HARDWARE 00.,
BINDER
Lowest
hfs.a
1' WINE.
DeaL11la AIM :Pon QtlO?Anoo&.
F4' FR 1
We give this hoe 4 -Blade
Pearl Handle KJIIIFE to
.elbag is of our Bright
Light Chemical LAMP
WICKS at s dots each.
will rued roar address sal
Wenn .*1d s edMaks �th to csein
sad we will .sed imik, with
all demise p.Y, Mldrem
OBlli NOVELTY CO..
remote, Oen
MS MATS. T.I.1
"111
PERSIATiC SHEEP bIP
and ANIMAL WASH
The only remedy that will
positively owe_ sorb. It destroys
She patehee Of living ba refs. r
sIIII*p the paha gid frenetinn.
the area aid makes the
lila waob and want Perda1e
ANS► M heralea44i for re
at all vermin
oto'.
*Yof
sad for e bare all Illinois. d�
*aha Deaealtia0ltet 12. pet off with an
iderlor the lotot..p.r
Walls lamp p sad Alaimo
mo
Wawa never tales. At rose ONO
ere or iron the eaaslse*ar*rs
The Plekkardt Renfrew Cie.. Lim•
lti.d, *todfvll44 Ont.
ASK YOUR GROGFR FOR
1JIJV'�
4. EAGLE " Parise
t"VICT• ORiA" 4.
The Plasma la the World.
•
Hatches fees.
die. lees.
ds, 60*.
ole.
- No ltrtmMaes.
J. J. VIPOND & CO.,
Fruit and Produce Commission Merchants,
fs11s11ad.