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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-6-15, Page 84' re sa Al[ONU THE POETS. lbs Rtes in all Roods— LGrave and Gay. Wbeo Jim felt Home When Jim gut 'boat thirty-one. Thought he'd like to hew some fun ; 8o he we to ma. 1 guess I'll jro1 quit an' take a ree. Tired of &Ilus mllktn' outs. - flsetd!'- -6 and Colleen' pleurae -46 '.n Stecklo' hay an' Weaning pens. tbetblie horses. settleMos, Jae think thet I'll go au' see What Chet place called New York be." Ma. aloe made an awful fuss. Turned an' looked et all of at As we Vet there main' duff. "Jam, you ain't quite foe enough," She sea, "fee to heave the farm, You might tense .crust some harm. Them bag cities is so wild, Au' you might get lode my child. Time to leers your mother's knee When you her turned forty three." Thee pa looked from o'er the ram Of his glasses ttralght at Jim. Then he looked at ma, and said : "Llz'beth,• you her lea' your bead. Leet Jim go Why. look et me, ity dad turned me out. See he: .D4111L ba..JMMB .itaa.is'.. ata sake w.. Go an' build up some new town; Make your way in it1e.' I wen,. Go, Jho{; you'll be President.,' ala .be cried, an' dieter she Jed cried. too an' clung to me - Little brother Bill, he meld Thet he whit he was dead. When Jen got up why, he kyok't Ishe a picture In a book. IthHa der : Ma you al a matt 'Zia' 1a tt'.if'fH'-I ca can 130 'way ter a year or two An' bring home some gold to Ner acorn ma seg: "'Pears to Lite ain't what et aster be. Ala't the same farm without Jim, An' may Ood take care of him." Then the crop' upstairs where he Allem deep', so silectly. By the tear Chet dammed her eye I knowed rhe went there to cry An' pray ter atm. But, intend, She loan' Jim forked safe in bed. you." me MY CONFESM(MjS TO MY- DIARY. "1f you are -though you have no need tegeeey.tJll you glee iwarr.usree. (empamse, Margaret '1" She lifted her eyes luqulrlttgly ; speech seemed almost lost to her. "Say you forgive me for wheat I told you yesterday. I have sorely re- proached ming! duce." She 'stretched out her hand, and met mane In a yam which, tbougb firm, was cold as that of death. 'Then we part friends''" It waa again myself who spoke, she nodded her head In aegtieex;ence, and I felt oy peudeace evaporating, and remised from the apartment. Written down, this interview seems nothing; but to o those who feel as miseryWe do, the years may be root Into an hour; and that oma I room. for bow of us, was worse than a torture -chamber. I have scarcely emu her since. eu- oept at meals; but, as 1 antleiipsited, :toy wife was se delighted to Learn that she should retain her eoualns company that she thought next to nothing of my proposed shooting ex- cursion. except to beg that I would take care of myself, and to wonder how I could like going after thous " horrid bears" and "awful tiger.. Indeed, on tike whole. I half euepect the little woman Is ether glad to get aa. --aid. pleased at the Idea of Inas tog Margaret all to herself for a few weeks; for she had occasionally displayed the faintest touch of Joni otry when ( had broken up their tete- a tett conferences. So i have sent them word down to the Fort to lay qty "loth" for me, and I shall start as noon as to morrow's sun goes ,down. I almost tbiek we shall have a storm first, which would pleasantly clear the sir ; for the sky has been indigo -color all to -day, and there Is a strange hegviness over everything as 1 writs. A Tows tee Avsad. I have been packing my portman- teau and cleaning my weapons, until I have fairly tired myself out ; but were I to stop to think, 1 could never Where Oleoma the Waltawhlle flower summon rourage enough to go. The h fair, ousehold hs aale p -lute been for hours , Where the Sometimeorothther scents and I am sadly In want of rest ; for the alt, _ 1 ase hardly keep +my eyes open or And the soft — -gpw t - yrbe my pen upon the paper -and let I feel as though I should never It Ilei in the valley a( Whatatbeose, 'dam again In -the province of Letherslide: Bah, I math be mad, or dreaming. ThgiiletepfegLag ja �Mps.,,ty,g` I ata .(ugly starting On an ordinary. It's tate acme of the reckless Idoses rtsuotlrg exaulrstuth and 1 (eel as care t my were going to mgrave. Where the Oltelts.ps abide.TIi Is (day-muuomanla; I shall be thankful when the hour comes for me to leave. • • • • • Madras. October, 20th. -It 1s more than two months since I transcribed a Ilne In this written reoord of my Inmost thought. -more than two months since that awful, horrible, and mast unexpected catastrophe oc- curred. which I cannot now real without a shudder, and which, for a time, seemed as If It must obliterate my r'eassonmy Ilse. But I am seared (thou I comet yet say, thank God that 1t Is so) ; and were 11 not that my soul seems to die with - In me, and my energy to languish for want of some cone or thing to which I nay coaflde my sorrow. I should not have the courage even now to write the story down. Bot I must speak, evert though It be to a silent oonfldaat., for may sprit fails for lack of eptapathy and therefore I draw out my old diary, and having read (shall I be ashamed to say, with tars) what I had written In these foregoing pages, proceed to bring the tale to a con- clusion. Let me try to collect my scatter- ed thoughts. so apt to wander when I approach fhb miserable subject, and carry them back to the event- ful moment when I last lett off-te the night of the 12th of August. I had .at up. packing my ward. robe and writing my diary, until I had fairly tired myself out, and then. having put away my book and writ - lag materials Into the table drawer. I rocked it, and lighting a cigar, sat down to think ; of what, and In what strain. I and these pogo, to mymisery, best know. had no Intention of permitting myself to fall asleep but It Is my custom to smoke Just before retir- ing to bed, and I should have anti- cipated a broken rest without the in- dulgence. At theism. time my fatigue was greater than I thought, and after a little while drowslaeus came over me, and before I knew that sleep was coming, I was in the land of drams. And such a land 1 Thank heaven, for those who are not destined In this world to know suhtanttal happiness, that dreamt remains to them. I dreamt that I wan with Margaret again on the eeaehore; not riding but wandering hand -In -hand, hent speaking coldly or with averted (aces, hut eyes to eyes, and heart to heart. I dreamt that i was watching the damask blush which mantled on her check, and listeningto the -low, mel- low sound• et her roh mice, and that mingled with my own reply Dame the conr.e murmur of the ocean as 1t swelled and surged upon the shore. I dreamt that we were me. one not In the earthly acoeptataol of the, Nord but In that fuller sense by which spirit's are united to each otbw, never more to part 1 and that as we strolled von the „beech to- gether we knew that neither death nor Injury Could sever us again. And prthidst It all I was Iltenhtg to the hhoosetnue murmur of the wares, which roiled up to our very feet, and broke away, but to return with an energy louder and more Imperative than be- fore. I dreamt that se I stool thee. Infolding my new-found treasure In my arms, I started to find that the .ky was overcast. and that the tide had surrounded us, and was behind as well El before, and threatening to overwhelm my darl- irig I dreamt that In my fear and solicitude i drew her backward, trembling for her safety. and that ap i whispered words p( love and re- awarance, I woke -to dream no more. I woke. at the bidding of a loud and terrified scream from the lips of my native nervents and springing to my fret, became firet aware of a sementton of Intent rhllllness, and nert, es my remaining senses grad- nally returned to me, of a hnarul murnnr come*lura .sat En, welch recalled the memory oaf my dream. Tier night was Intensely dark; there seamed to be neither moon nor eters, and for ors moment I Mood, uacerteln whieh way to more, and waiting to hear U the cry had surly been my fancy, or would he repeat- ed. Toxo anon 1t cams again, this time louder, more terrified, more plercing than before: cad Ib burden words of fearful lateen, tato lime- th hes et flet believed, " Mas- ter ! "nester I" it mid In HMdnsteni ; " newton, the the le ss ns l•' And before 1 roue ecereely realise the Meaning oaf the word,. the natives who Wept in the veranda had rnsh- d Into my preemie*, and were Immo. 1(y friend, have you town of N Og the banks d the haver Rlow, heard d the It steads at the bottom of Lazy Hill, Arid is may to reach. I declare! You're only to fold up your headland glide Down the slope of Weakwill's tobog- gan slide To be landed quickie there, The town is as old toe the human MOB, And -11 grows with 'the flight of years. It is wrapped In 11M fog of idler's dreams ; Its streets aro paved with discarded schemes. And sprinkled with useless tears. The Lova of Nogood Is all hedged • about ]cif the Mountains of Ileepalr ; No sentinel stands on 1te gloomy waits, No trumpet to battle and triumph calla. Por cowards alone are there. Mylrtendu, from the dead -alive town N If you keep far away, Just follow your duty through good and III; Tabs this for your motto, "I can! I will!" And 11ve up to It each day. early Spring on the Warm. Tbegeese will soon be (lying north- ward once again, Tbo boomed brooks are spreading out like rivers here and there; The lambkln's bleat comes faintly from the weather-beaten pen, And the yellow road le gleaming on the distant hill and bare. Now the farmer tikten his auger and proceeds to bore a way At the `raeeful roger maples where his father bored before. • At night he boils the gap that has been gathered through the day. And converges like a Choctaw when the kettle babbles seer. Oh, the farmer's wife and children must bestir themselves in haste And get out before the gun begins to gild the eaetern sky. Or the troughs will all run over and the sap will go to waste, And the farmer will not limit hog remarks to '11y. oh. my !" Ale the happy, happy fernier! He le making sugar and His Income must be fully thirty- seven cents a day ; His eyes are red. from smoke. Mai*, how very, very grand To gain a livelihood In such a sweet, romantic way I 8. E. Kiser, In Chicago Nome. Her Oetning Out - in her dainty tut and featlher, le her pretty modish gown, All to match the blithe aprfng wea- ther, Comes our bonny meld to town; And the swains wbo follow -after,~-.,: As the fair one *elks before, Listen for Mr sweet low laughter. Leave their gr'eetinge at her door. 'Thi the thine oto remote story 'reed 1n every century's oar; Stronger fuer than fame or glory Is the moll byea 11 she wevetti here. looking dear and pretty. In her dainty Easter gown, !Nies can win the whole wide city When our >ooekkie comes to town. Coming out when pussy -willows Nod beside the dhuicing rill, When the violets star the pillows Of the green mom on the 11111; Coming when the winds together A1ng for mirth and tell of spring. Welcome. maid and blrim and wea- ther, Flower and dllnple. glance and JOHNNY'S IDEA. Pd hate to be a girl With a hit of hair to curl Every tints i ever started any- where - With s lot d stays to last, And, to kMO1-ejotkas la pleat, *ore than fate, pairs to stick In hero •nd thea% - No wonder wreath's slow, When Mee flung up to go - You'd be poky to If you were in her place, With hooka all np year Melt, With • pelt of brows to blank. ASA a let of +tuft to mesa apses your tem .see eit;...'=y..'..:Z r .r.,. Mately followed by a huge wave u meta .1 which, with the 406,eltoe roe to which 1 had ILeLeaed 1n m dreenee burst Into the unprotece Pitting rooms, and washed over w fest. "Meister 1" cried the natives, a 41 the clambered upon ELME! chain.. "the sea bas bunt Iia bon the elect ki on us , the wbol will under water le "Close the doors eau wledowe !" exclaimed loudly ; but no one stirred and I attempted to Bet them the e ample of dotter as I mad, but It w too late- I psewived a dark volu of water atattttg stealthily Roo all beam, and even ea I ;pun toward the veranda, a hugs war dashed against me, smutting me tot middle. koaMektug me backward on drawing room table, and carry away a chair as it retreated. We same moment, a scream from womenes department toil quoas the* sea lieder with no thosight but for the valet d those dear t9 me, I dashed wit out ceremony into Mats Amtnrther room. I found her pale and trembling but Ju01 awaktoetl, sitting on the eA 7Q �q * ase he the Ai the Il• ✓ ski of her bed with her bare fest 0m river of sea water. "What le the matter ?" she cls 1 ince 1 e ser . Ad Thhas overflowed the ell toument," i replied hastily, as quickly lifted her In my arms; " 1st trust to me, Limnos, and I wUl tali you to a place of 'safety." Rhe shuddered, but made no reels ance► until I had carried her to th dining -room. now halt full of wate and was preparing to wade with he through the veranda, and place he on the roof of the house. "But where is Janie!" she exclaim ed, as she looked with horror on th advancing mass of water ; "oh, wher 1. ismer' At ber questlou I nearly dropped in burden ; for the moment 1 had entirel forgotten wy poor was whose screams were patent amus the adjui ing room. Go ea Iter," nail Monne. as eh struggled from my embrace, and s down Into the cold waves. :ening violence of which she could hardly support herself. " Go at once! Wba were you thinking of ? She w111 drow I1 you do not take care." I am doing aa much as 1 aiaswered. barrieilli'. 'tires me plat, you in safety first, and then I wi return for her. I cannot carry t at once." 'Arid on would lestve her to t1 last ' yon aid, Indignantly ; "the, 'bloom two liven are erupt to tee Oh, Robert 1 I old not think It you.' But, my beloved-" I commenced, an agony at her delay. ' Go!".imi aid. authoritatively ; a 1 left her to her fete, and went. I found my poor Little wife w through and 'creaming for help' and lifting her In my arm I carried h buffeting with the water a.. I wen fh h the tithing and drawing rooms "Holt favi -take the greatest care of tante," I exclaimed in an Rnegirm of 1ar,,'as I battled past the whit clad figure which was clinging to th door -posts I will return, Leanne, s W OO as ewer I can." I am not afraid ; Ood will take car of roe," wax the calm reply ; end strode forward into deeper ani dee or water with each erten When reached the veranda, tee struggle wa severe, for there the waves we highest and strongest; but altboug mud' impended by Janie'. te A/led clasp I twanged wens with her to the foot of t0 ladder, and as soon as I had accent plashed two or three steps of tha the rest war easy. I toiled with m helplaes burden up to the roof, despsl lending strength to my limbs ; and a noon as i had reached It. I found my self In a goodly company of natives who, with a few unfortunate excep tions, had managed to gain the to of the horse as soon al the flood ha surprieetl them. Having delivered Jamie to the care of the ayeh, 1 rushee down again to the assletauce o Ltonne, my heart throbbing as thodg It would burst with the fear that es efforts might be made too late. Th water wa. now (higher than ever 1 the veranda, and I began to be afraid that I ehonld have to swim baC again. i dashed on as vigorously am quickly as 1 could toward the door to the lintels of which I had left he clinging. She was not there! The dark water wee swaying am surging through the deserted rooms the furniture was floating about I the moat dire confusion; trunks, port 'nankeen and other trivial articles knocked up against me at ever tarn before they drifted out to sea but my beloved I saw nowhere In an agony' I called upon ber name Mem- Its oats taa/t V bet 10r a .time. while pier Janie. eexhausted by lira leg. tab. Mad twdwe cifthe Iter d =air telt d� 'the oo.A► t Flv[PLt>, bad [altos lute a Mato which owl hall Weep Lad half syncope, and re tillydttg with her !read teem her h'u INA . brother iceers Heeded 49: ws were a11 . 1 11 wo IT a toed thumb 1 Iii e,at 1 fes eteo and preyed heaven again to alit know me once mere before ate died Aid Oud granted me tarn prayer. Tensed morning to awoke to o n- keleasnew- Jatrt as the gray dawn mewed to beak. and that dread- roud, wttbch oontlnued fru forty - hosts to pervade the devoted t(lhtnent, began to 40w rD'mptony of tieing at Iia b[•Igbt, she opened her dark, eyes and `aced at me. " ere auk I? ' die Brite falatly. "here. dearest," I repaid, all reserve saatear:d in tete face of death -'here my arcus; In the arms of him who serfs y. -u better than hie life." 'It. V not hard to die ea" she whls- I'etftd ; but as she .poke an exprra.kxr let 01014 pained over ber coentenanoe. ' Are you In great pain. Ltonne 1" " sus." she replied, swab effort. !I here, dee-resit ? tell mi." Evaerywhere-alt ever. I was ed down so tete." t my belayed! and, I -not there Foe.Q- e are dotag emir date. Robert bib it will soon be over now -ail will tie over soon -all pain -all "- " Nut mine." 1 murmured In an Ltonne, tell me -but once a e dq� we part -say that you lore me 1" My legacy," she whispered, with `lime!" is halat smile. " Yee, Robert ; with - all heart -aa my life. beth 1 Wa my IUs." t t, altar her•!" I cried aloud. o 'i 0 God. take me!" she said her- self ; " talo me from misery and t- dyapulntment to where there are e no tura" r, "And how ala I to live without ✓ you 1 I ezclalased. ✓ Her eyes met mine reproachfully. '.Janie -your child," ebe gasped. - "V -I could have been -nothing." e ' You are all the world to me!" 1 e exclaimed, passionately. She lay 'Inlet for .t few momenta, y and then she opened her eyes wide. y and faxed them upon mine. •"Pmeaise," she irtsltet1-"Janie-0o u- Live -to love -to ccxttfort-to'-" Bae fell book to toy arms, anti for a e enemies I wat.-Led with lnez- � pain the convulsive wark- tlle of her beaetifui feetura tilmeld mull better -that I Wield go," she whispered after a e- ▪ Iasi*, we ; asides rhe sail the words rt wan the corpse of Margaret An- e etre Wsr,- and-oi-all too earthly Asp e. Kut 'that I laid down upon tete rags and piece of carpet. wo I have no heart to write tktwn the details of what followed. For two to dais that cruel flood pervaded Muah- ftn Benda before It snowed symptoms of eabsking ; and before that time of arrived, several hundre.i lives (chiefly natives) had been sacrificed. We lost to nearly all our furniture, though e r- nd era, pieces were left encoded in et Pr, t, 7 e - e d I I a re h to e t, 7 r e p d ti 7 n k r • n 7 making the walls resound with m ,tier, raring nothing who heard or Ifrstenrd to me. "femme 1 Vomit! My dearest! My behoved! Where are yon? Speak to mei' But no robe answered mine, no mown or gman reached my ears, nevi I waded bete the chamber which lad been my w1 e'sa Ah. what was that ?-that helpless mass of white drapery clinging about delicately -molded Ilmhe, which swayed above to one earner, prevented by the wall -thank gracious heaven !-from floating out to sen with chalre and tables, Out being knocked against that cruel wall with every motion of the warps, until no apparent life wee left In It. I took her ssdselese body to my arena. thankful even In that condition to have, It there; and lifting the dear white fare .bore the reach of the impetuses tide, laid my cheek against her own, althu-e 1, I believed that human warmth wduld never nestle vi.t It. It wee no time for word, or even thought. f premed her to me as fondly as Omagh the waves howl been our bridal bed ; and resent- ing the despair which urgent rrnc' to let the erne! water carry an both away together than and there, bot- tled with It at once, and bore nay treasure to the piece of safety. But 1t wa, With feelings such ss no worts of mine ran describe, that T laid her brinteoue form. eold. drip ping, on the hare •brlcd with whieh the roof is paved. I had already stripped myself of coat and waist- coat for Janie ; and there wee potting on whieh be lay the gena.. las body of mydarling bat the wet Moths which te nativas Could con - tribute, and an old ,Inca of repent whieh was kept np there. Meanwhile the hearse flood eon - tinned to roll and mnrmnr below, beromlrg deeper and deeper with each sure a of the masa of weenie and eel's of engraver were hftkrd from the snrrnnn(1lrlg hones.; end' the'ar- ticles of furniture whleh floated peat me hgran to be mingled with •!sine of dead ices turned sight - leanly toward the moon, now begin ning to svtruegle ext from behind the espy of dark elands. whir+ had hitherto enneealed her. And Mill I heel shove the feet whieh heti brooms en unetterably dear to me, and prayed hoar* to let her • 7 ..41611.9.1fi.-.-.--„M.1e rISO • — o-oweeri I .y mows, etttolli a at MIMI • compound when the waters retire% amongst others, the writing -table. which held my diary But what aye, . it to speak of per- sonal lues at utioh a deme as this? My poor wife, from the combined ef- fects W oold, fatigue, and terror, had a very Noreen illness, (1'atg to hich at tee time I remora feared she might not recover; and on her return to health I brorgW her to Madras, from which place I write. She as now her- self agate ; end I ars In good health alto tolerable Pints; and -and Mar- garet F .catshady corner the Melo barying-ground at Mnehtto hs ka a No, not alone! Ood le my titrieno that my heart sleeps with her NOTE ADDED TEN YEAiS LATER. I have been looking over my old diaries today, and buvning most of them; but something within me seems to forted that I should des- troy these few pages whk•h record the history of my brief acquaintance- ship with Margaret Anetruther. The are -Phe only remembrance I have left of r. • rears hate *axed and waned Mince the dark night she died; what have they left me? A wife whom I love Lost in whom I trust; who, I inn,► steely any, I Weld exchange for no woman thing ; who has brought urn children, ening and docile as her- mit, and very delta. to me ; a haps peaceful hoe no longer In the mate a moderate competence; and a name wI theist no bolds Ill add And to thews many t w 5gs I add contentment, and wonder biamakiat more good on thin earth a mortal could ex- pect. On this earth nobs; bat wallet I ponder, I tJhank (hod that this earth is not the end of a8 thing.. There Was a team when I need to think cad any that all my happiness lay buried to the grave of Lkoane ; but I have lived to learn and honey. that at the Lasa Day it shall rise again, eith ber to bloom, ten thousand times renewed, in heaven!” The land). New life for a quarter ; Mlller'a COM poundIron P11.. • ,ot Mast th Levee. A Ii1.$$ tfriy declared that he loved his mother 'with all hie atrengtb." He was anted to explain what the meant by 1t. He said : "Well, I'll tell yOu: You nee we live on the fourth floor of this house, and the coal 1s kept dean in the basement. Mother la busy all the time, and the lent very etrong; ss, i nee to It that the coal scuttle le never empty. I Carry the coal op four flights of stair+, all by myself, and it's aetprettybig smith- 11 taken all my strength get It up rare. Now, isn't that loving my mother with all my .Metro r A dose of MVhcer•. Worm Powders occasionally will keep the children healthy. Unless You Lowe Rim, Intimate ncgimintanco, congenial- ity of trete' and purposes, respect, ad- miration, material and social ad- vancement -all these may appeal at a time to the young woman or the Formic man aa furnishing the poall• hie material for n prosperous ven- ture Int., matrimony- But to 11.00. f us who Mo. on therein, Of the tenr- red life, with_ years of experience to give ne Insight, there never was a greater fallacy. Renpeet and adnmira- eth,n may -do for frlendahip; mar- riage absolutely demands love. 11Wier's (rip Powdery Cure, Pamela' in Lenses - There ie no etlffenlrng to be found In any of the aaws,ns Marta Fashion le quite limp, es It were. Even the tur- eens make up their ne,zt-brspricelehs Itnealan 1114., chinchilla and other nootly mtarfa without etlffealas , ero Shat they enhance quits teeem. left'. DALLEY'$ FAMILY $ALYE sures bares, •scads, sats, frost wt's, sts. -Fries IS assts. The crap retort towering ,. he Northern Pa 1Br Apll tet days, shute that the nortbvrvert Vain crops hate mads rapid prstgrem Owing to the damp weather. 1 JNLLEK'8 01. *tat. 001 of Windsor. ow 's Kidney ?:. . Pins AResmtidlsa~i hadDithectterEl er er e $ktae> P111. el him from the Mere Wlodeor, nue 0.-lu nu city 1a Canada has that o.lebrated mode eine, 0044'. Kidney P111s, won a brlthtee record than In Windsor. The number of persons cured of deadljl Ili ey Diseases, by Dodd's Kilner Pill.. In this city b surprla- Wgly large, and lucressss dally. One uI the latest to testify to the nuaglo power of Dodd's Kidney Pills is Jeweller R. F. Colwell, Ne. V Oaelette street. He rays: "1 have metered. for two years. the greatest torture, !rem backache sad palms In the lotto. A winnow ap- peared under my eyes, my limbs blontead, and my urine was of a dark. unnatural color, and bed odor. "I tried maul remedies, but all failed to help me. When I ascer- tained that I haul Bright's Disease, I became thoroughly alarmed. I war toll et the eliteagg .,int Hokinfeinthe M *afllil chits,.:. . n'81I'Kidney_3{sasssi. autograph fiend. tie photograph rot• araC. lhegaa...to cies .. I IIY 07 £V IINr as* Et gala. 11122111111.0 lae[rardtaa leasee Careers. "The woman who keeps Ito wathee ea Muwk►y aid iron* on Tease. - day, meets on' Friday. Wore its tome Other ay. cad Mattes he 4007 ham feta vine WoByla yi' the average toothier,' reena+ted (Ogplaep now leadt,tg lady of " Fall," the other (lay. 'An aloe er +- days are all althea. In the farts plaoe, oath is onlya (ruction of a day, for rhe nerally breakfasts whey other people are taking lunch. One boor of the day the mast devote to hashing and dressing, another hour to ozonise of sums kind. for embonpoint le her bete war. You caul, Play Ingenue parte 1f you weigh 200 and your waist flue creeps u ender your arm - pita There are walking, Deleon° au tos, stupid pulleys end dumb bells, massage and half a duneu th.ogs equally tireett[ne as a remedy. but It b only eternal vigilance that wakes any of them effaotive and ruing wltb- out .sere bbhswd talar to eat and drink that you espy. There la her mall to look over -the Meme strug- gling agtlrante for hietrlunty fame who .leelre to recite before her or to have her secure a poritou for them equal - 1y as good as ber own from mana- gers as obdurate and devoted to tbel them- `' " Alter the fleet few doses. 1 be- gan to improve. The pales left me. my sleep became sound, puffiness and bloating vanished, my urine resumed 14 normal oendition, and my health gradually became all I could wish It to be. I used only a few boxes of Derid's Kid Pill but lector, wbo knows be could pur- chase her picture, but would prise It so mach more Illgltly it Mae gave It to ham.' advert! ere of lotlonu. amps and hair bleach and effusions from the sort of people why seem to have nothing to do but open oorrmllondence with every noted Individual nen the Kidney a. they Preeldents wife to Admiral I pe neck ver•�tede '1ttetvutlfT7- 0111n'TIOO-n 1lstiil/>�'a b that dread oarar-Bright'■ Dlseaae." I mime everything.." us There Ie no Daof Brlght'e Dy- i --- _ ease, Diabetes. Dropsy, Gout, °rave:, Stone In the Bladder, Rheumatism, Lumbago Dlesauss of Women or any other Kidney dlaeae, that Dodd'. Kidney Pills will not oure. Dodd's li,4dney Pills are sold by all druggkrta," at fifty Dents a box, adx boxes r S). or sent, on receipt of price, by The Dodds Medicine Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. The alfesyathtser. Ladles, be caare/al, very careful, of your etatenmte. home of them are ea wild as a ball -player's thrown One aloe little woman here In town met a gentleman lin Fourth street recently and noticed that he limped palatally. "Why, how are you. my dear Mr. Latae?" she eucloine4 kindly. •'1 am 'lorry to aro you hmpineg, though 1 ca,n dympatbtze with yon' Thanks. madam. but can you 1" was the astont.hed reply, as Mr. Lem. �ysaaat eer4ve ty est halt:' ----61,.,,1-+: "Yea, ii.deed," she said "I have feet what 1. troubling yon." "What!" he remarked; "Why, I never heard of 1t before, le It possible you are similarly affected?" And his eyes travelled from the tope of her oboes to knee high to adock. Oh, certainly. I have the came thing; and It's no t®. I can tell you." Then Mr. Lama mond wearily off, bat when at Y ale distance calkd Gest: M Pas have the name thing that I haw, maim. what 1. it ?" "Rheumatism,' she shad, wonder y. "Oil, Is It Y" shouted Lame. "Well. mine Is a cork kg!' And the wretch hurried df, leaving the kind-hearted woman without a leg to 'stand en.-Loalsville Thome. Dear Sere, -Within the part year I know of three fatty tonsure on the bead having been removed by the applloatoncifLINLINIMENTwithout any �1D'B operation and there L no indication of a return Capt W. A. Pitt_ Clifton, N. D. °ondole Ferry. Rdlfylag "catches" "Catches" are popular with evening parties where amusements, of a Eater" character are tabooed. and occasionally a sonserwhat similar ef- fect le attempted In anthems and chorines of hymns The result le not always edifying, as witness the fol- lowing, milled from a magazine of sone -whet ancient date: 0, take the pil- o, take the pie O, take the pilgrim home!" 0, catch my flee - 0, catch my 110- e, catch my fleeting breath 1" The.. owe their existence to the So- ciety of F riendla Qlvtne np Jewels - The smart New York contingent no longer wear Jewel charms or jewelry of any kind In the street., but are lop- ping off ornaments very generally at all day functions, and the faahlon hie gone over to the uxntaehtonable world. Abroad, the best dreamed women have given up j.wee for day wear altoge- they, but when the necessity arisen for wearing an ornament, something delicate, artistic and fragile le chosen from filigree work or quaintly Inlaid ornaments, together with Mello work into which transparent enamel■ and diamond chippings have been daintily 1 n trs,iatead. r- V ggod. ]filler's Worcs Powders correct all sura troubles as lack of appetite, 511. lousrle n, drew/Mime, allow complex- ion, eke.; ,aloe to tike. • Iteotrle Head DIEM At a dance recently given by the "Bachelor Maids, a society of young women at Bryn Mawr, Pa., a prize wan offered for the most brilhbant and inexpensive bead drPnn. it was tons by Mies Gertrude t(oneleigh, whose hair was decorated with two mania ture tneaniencent lights, while a fourth epankied In her oorsage. A canal hnttery which MP had conceal- ed among her clothing supplled the power, and as the wires were thickly revered, she was )not as safe as her Month. vette shone renpleatlest 1a dill - moods SALLEY'S FAMILY sr UM FILLS Their sense Is wild. Leeds XVI Wedding wedding st$. iambi RV The new iambi gown la In trained prinoaa style, the bark of the skirt In ciao*, lines elf deed rrby the faahlsnable tides iced ngement of the train dra• eerie* The neck nae a flaring Valote cellar, heavy with pearl and gold lria- b otdeeme, and teethe te a (rage or remetien lave. The very close sleeves have a .stall .Msbed Florstttlthe puff. draped at tohge top with lgance held by �1r wwhle droolte perl wed a slander ser bath* liaald's Indatmt Oarsa Gaon it Cava. New Oath** la ennnidored by the German aster.tiat, Or Ronnie th•i rlohiet of tropieal eslaada Ilhard's Winos Owes (Lads. no. The Parisian White elephant. Paris ammo* itself with its white elephant. This little animal has been sent from Cambodia by Mr. Doumer, and has been installed in the Jardin des Plantes, where it is curiously stu- died by amateur eclentbts and fash- ionable goBalpe- The white elephant is not yet fully Grown. The Parlaiaas hope that -aa he advances- in years his color will get whiter. He is not yet yet quite white, but of a light gray color, with pink spots. His eyes are gray. This la the whitest white elephant ever brought to Europe. The great Barnum otos hada white" elephant, bat this ani- mal was of a peculiar gray oolor, which It was said was attained by means of paint and pumice atone. A snow-white elephant has never laaa who. -uta. i ,l(g- dia,.dehs Mao - •villa. Stats of Ohio. City of Toledo, Leics County, era Frank J.' Cheney makes oath that he la senior partner of the farm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the city of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said farm w111 pay the atm of One Hundred Dollars for each aid every cam of Catarrh that cannot be cared by the seas of $s11'e Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and .ubeerlbed in my presence this 6th day of De- cember, A. D., 1886. le W. Gleason. (Seal.) - • Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter- nally and acts directly on the blood and muooua surfaces of thy •y tem. Send for testimonlals, free. F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, 0, Sold by draggtsts, 715c. Hall's Family PHM are the beat. I.sagth of /woes in Scotland. A Scottish newspaper hes just taken a plebleeite of Its readers la order to find out the length of ser- mons preached north of the border on a partetular Sunday lately. It ap pear. that the average Fitabllehdel Church sermon Is 26 mluutes in length; Free Church, 82 minutes, United Presbyterian Church, 80. Con gregatlonal, 29: Scottish Episcopal, 20 : Baptist. 88; Englisch Presbyter- ian. 80, Original Seoassbn. 88. Irian lenominatio,u, the longest sermon WWI 68 minutes, and the shortest 9 minntes. Qatar sa 'rhomgbi The maddening toothache stops when NervilLne-that wonderful nerve -pain cure -Le applied to the tooth. Nervl- line le the only positive, never -falling remedy for toothache and all nerve pains. Be advised and try it. At lock No. 10 of the Beauh'trnot. Canal the steam barge Sir William Tilley ran Into the luck gate. carrying It away and letting the water ru.i into the lower level. 188UE No 24 1899 W art the chil- - drefl this summer? Arc they doing well B.. ,.,!)o wry., �I all the benefit the otlJd from their fes? AAro their cheeks and lips of good color? And are they hearty and robust in every way? If not, then give them Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hype- p)iaapbitea. It never fails to build up delicate boys andirls. It gives them more flesh and boner blood. It is just so with the baby also. A linle Scott's Emulsion, three or four times a day, will make ilia thin baby plump and w4spoPous. I1 furnishes the jtune body with ust the material necessary for growing bones and nerves. All Drugs uts,Nx. and,, .� Venom. ey The Dueler -Y to died immediately after the oration. but you &bout.] look on the height side. The Bereaved -But there is too bright ride. The Doctor -Oh, yes, there le He was a good man when he departed. Who knows what he might have be oome had he lived on 1 - Khan) .Ietaiasatgam Dia1emper PNEUMONIA. He lolled upon the grew He gazed up at the sty,, Anil .ltd a mind serene He watched the clouds as by. That wee a walk ago; _._y -- Ile lolls elmwiera l0.day, But he get well, or .0 , At least the doctor ay. Barry -1 /Ot O MS SWIM Or lath. Fow- ler for fifteen cents a dom. I praised her baby, you knew. Fogg - That'. uothtng, I bought some of Fowler himself foe 1..1.2 stents. I Mote lin admiration of hid dog. AMBITIOUS MEN with push And energy car secure penmen nt, arofit.bl• position.; aa ear .z.l reel a dealers IJtUe capital regained. We kayo eetableb- ed over MD young now is paging busloads., of their own. and as are reedy to do the same int you. tetoorteint ateroka.q Ileo represent us, with weft to themselves iusd absolute ..b idaetio• to their swimmers. Writer to -ler for full particulars Yoh sen a better p•••- o,a1ad. fro oar moods the■ from my other staple 11pe. x.OK: li/fi. OD., T mime., fu. HOBBS HARDWARE 00., LOX DOX. BINDER > d.. TWINE. DIC LS*i Ala TOR QUOTATIONS. li *ESE CORK-SCREW i(NIFE FREE ISO Y8 and Oi1t114 car one till. extra fine pocket heirs t blades and cork wren, be.t 8bellIeld teal- or ladles' fin- p•art handled knife, by selling 1h copies of our book ee.of DX Paw, oIaNUemn MONITRe- QV e QVIRDI. SendtW seam and address return peel we for wbooks mad books eturrn the coney you gut for them, ll -f0. and we will send you knfb pr.psfd. Mesion chis paper. Addrmss R.O. SMITH BOOK GO., OIIIU*, OaT. Home Seekers' 60 Day Excursions To the Canadian North west 'a. *true.. S 28 atust st • h{Tea DIr-mtatw-•- Most,rMs • • COWAN EINlace } $30 Moee[JM--- "EWE--•- eln Amin', $35 CALGARY - • • . (eat.T...•.} an Das •.- $40 00Ing Jun 27 Raterning until A,, . If Uhl Hall or gee. i Iberia) Doan tug,. Ii Rsturning until Mp,, f! pan I . ayii..ere•., �nm JYI.a.JIS B.Mttj Yrning until Sept. 17 U' huall or ohotos ii 1. Oarnte Tweets to i . arsoL Eisoo•$ui`airtrVa .. We give this floe 4 -Blade Pearl Handle KNIFE for selling re of our Bright Li`bt Chemical LAMP WICKS at S cents each Simply mead your address and we will leeward winks post•pa+d Vibes sokl, read obs eo ilisota and we will send ballet wick all charges paid. Addle* OEN NOVELTY CO.. remote. Oat FiTsan t�rsr • Anrt aces .w�i 1 Arnak'teeth _ pkSaaeY, r arierrie Mfrs Wisolleirse srwRt.t spas Y a River felling rel'g{� nsee Ng, ,eiieves the child psi. kits from ' P the atomwek and bowels, eeesesta Ile. 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