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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-12-21, Page 6w• 4 ++41414•4401114O+++++++++++++4,1-1-1:4-1-4-+++. +NNM..t. ++++++•1•++•I•++++ 1••1`+++++++. n The =Furnace of Temptation. YAMLNUNIIMEINIAIM �stl 111 sle (handsomely bought every kind really le too trying. Now, when I of AruoeuLan tool and pawph- IV 60 talking with that nice soak of let, and thus repaid In yours at the convent, there, 1 pnlV way possible tbe oouldn't help thinking low perfectly delightful It would be 11 Hertel* trouble their visit had given, he dm uo. u.fer to take leave Ferris them, of wliu out alter awaking with he stemmed nu old frond, he led thole through the garden mitt -ming the toavent, to a little pavillon perched ort rye wall that defends the Mane from the tires of theYellow. A lay MOW. a tra7 erltff`crNibe, too rtoei naek, end a jar of that conserve of roseleavus, which le the convent's delicate hospitality to favored guests. lira, Vervain cried out leer the ytr ettke confection wlaelt Padre Oiro:amo toll her ,what It was, and her death. ter suffered hermit to express a &uartlect pleasure. The as !able rest• trod LLrru pied the mamba of the 1111. he 11. colo from her Ftp WW1 ended, and. fitting on her clamor, leaned forward for a bettor Ia1k at the. monk's blackereared face. "ens perfectly delighted." she said. "You roast be very puppy lire. 1 suppose you a Yds, answered the ml nk raptuhu ousiy ; ""so happy t cohttut never to leave San Laaaar°. I came hero wb:vn I cess very young, and the greater part of my Iife has been passel on Wei tato, island. It M toy bonne --my country." ''Pt. you never go ewe)'?" Oh, yes; sometimes to Constaatl- 'm le, eomet►mes to London and Paris." "And you've' never been to Amerlea yet? to go. m ( l tell Yea would like It. 1 know, and our people would give you A t ery cordial reception." "Reception?' The monk appealed once more to Ferris with a {tole 1•'erris broke Into n laugh. c don't o mein behove Padre Gtrolamu would quality of distinguished foreigner, Yrs. Vervain. awl I don't think bed know what to do with one of our cordial receptions." to America, ho ought to go au7wa7. lie can't realty know any- thing about us until he's been the there. Just think how lgn You will tome• ani of uur Country won't you' I should be delighted to welcome you at my house in front' dunce. Rhode Island 15 small State,..•Lat there's a great of wealth there, and very good socle ty La Providence. la's gaits Newd,Yorky, you know,.' aald Mrs. Vervain exprea. tritely. She rose as she spoke. and n leei the way batik to the gore told Padre Glrolamo that they were to be some w-eeke In Ventoo, and made ytre teAst„to,lueakleet with them at their boteL She smilkaa ncdnt8 to him after ^tie boat had pushed ref anal kept. him bowing on the landing- etair's. "What a lovely place, and what a perfectly heavenly morn ng yUO Iiave gen ue, Mr. Ferris! We never can thank you enough. for It. And now. du you know what 1'0) nk 4ofByrlon !taps you eau help me• It studying there put me :n mind cf It. HOW ikon do the mowtaitove comer "About the erd of June." respond- ed Ferro, meehan'caIt7. staring with helpless myet'f cation at Mrs. Vervain "Very well: then there's n1 reas,m why we shou'dt't stay to Vedce ti that time. We are both very find of oche plane, rind we'd quite concluded. tit's morning, to skip here t11 the mos quttoes came. You know. Mr. Ferree hit, daughter had to leave ,! AMM ripe was a girl dot about seventeen hardly ever been out of black ulnae years. wowe looked older ; she was tall rathe(' then blaort. and rather Nil - though 1t multi not be soldTathat tle 6e erred to iota% of solidity. *etude* dd shy hauteur Into which she eteii. nntiy fell, there was a touch of dell/int awkwardness which had" eertattn fntcination. She was blonde. with a threat and haute of milky whiteeee; there was a suggestion of freckles on her regular face. where a quick rotor came and wet.. though her creeks were habitually 'solue What undet pale; her eysse their level brow& and the Iaebes were even lighter In color thantthe e masses ef of her falx gold the ILls were touched with the faint- est red. The late Colonel Vervain. of the United States army, whose TOM p:ex1011 lits daughter had inherited. wan an otfic'er whom It would not have been peaceable to cross In any purpose or pleasure. and Mho Ver• vain teemed sometimes �ate nature which r dened by the pass` ober w.th the he had left her. together trop.cal name he had bestowed in ho1sx of the state where lie had fought the Sem'.noles in his youth, where he chanced stUI to be stationed when she was born. Abe had the air of being eattwrrasse-1 in presence of herself and of having an anxious .watch upset her Impulees. I ado not know how otherwise to describe the effort of proud, helpless femininity. which would have struck the close otr server in Miss Vervain. "Delicious." she stl.1, In a deep voilce, which ooeveyed something of this anxiety In guarded tome. and yet wee not wanting in a'kind of frank Ilene. "Did you mean them for me. lir. Ferrier I d.dni t. but I do." answered Mr. Ferris. " I bought them it iguurano tui 1 Mitrretand now erbat-then-srewc nreatit for by nature' and hire factex- tureshyaC utha, with their smooth tures asst their pure colors, barmen:zed well stet!' Mier 'Fervent. as -title beet ....ess&deemeolterotheIRADdetlikvide their full, reit perfume. " I w 11 pet them in water." sheseed. , If on 11 exew3 ata a mouent. Moth •r w:fl be down directly." Before she cowed return. her mother rustled into the parlor. Mrs. Vervain, was grctlutly, fra g:iely unlike her daughter. She entered with a gentle had. gltd:ag. dem. peer- 'ng rear-itghtedly abient through hie. glneere -and laughing trtgmphantly when isle had determ nerd Mr._ Fe:Om a •• exact position. where he stool em le shapers Motet) br'owu beard and glandng from Iter haul eyes. Bene w '- dreamiest dreamed n perfect ta•tsori `Ir frrenee oger to her matronly years Ing et kiene s of lief w idowleoo.t, and alba 'had an unaffeeted natt�raloeese of Palmer, dh c.a, teen et net ''age of forty-eight, ecoid not to railed ter than charm ng. sine' ap:ere In a trawl- ing. caroming tome, to which no utast at leant et mkt rospoad auk:nilly. "So very good of you. to take all this trouble. Mr. Ferris," she said, gifting him a friendly hand. "and I sappers, you -arty letting us encroach upon- very valuable t.me. I'm .unite ai ham$ to take it. But isn't 1t a ect heavenly ♦ bid tight ever Tway ;call a none of to eastanttlo have it reeable Ow hot. for In. emes. et's unp: for stance. I'm the greatest .pew ,otderatlnne Mr. Ferris. and 1 !carry the princes:A. into everything; but 1 .o think the breakfasts at these Ital- ian hotels are to.i light altogether. -I like our American breakfa.ts. don't you T I've been telling Florida 1 can't stand it; we really must make some arrangement. To le sure, you ought not to think of such a thing Ate eat Ing, in a place like Venice, all poetry, but a sound mint ht n sound over It say. We're perfectly wild Doii't you think It's a place that grows upon you very much. Mr. Fer rle f All thione assorinUons-It doer neem too much. and the gondolas ev• urywhre. But l'ei always afraid the gondoliers cheat us; and in the steres I never feel safe n moenent-not a Ino moat. I do think the Venetian' are lacking In trntllelneA. a little. t don't believe they understand dor American fair -dealing and Sincerity I sboulin't waut to do them in,us- tire. hit I really think they take ad- vantages in bargaining. Now Ruch a thing evea ea corals, Florida Is ex• trewety fowl of them. and we bought a set yesterday M the piazza, and 1 know we paid too much for them Florttla," said Mrs. Vervain, for her daughter had reenteretl the room and stood with some Ahawle and wraps upon her arm. patiently waiting fer the conclusion of the elder lady's speer ti. "I wish you g down thnt ret of ahrnls. 1'd like Mr. Ferris to give an ante/tase.f teeniest'. I'm owe we were cheated." "I don't know anything about cor- al%, Mrs. Vervain." tnterpaei Mr. Ferris. "Weil, but you ought to ree this set for the beauty of the color ; they're - really exquisite. I'm sure It will gratify your artistic taste." Mb. terrain hesltate1 with a look of desire to obey, and of doubt wile ther W force the pleaavre upon Mr. Ferris. "Won't It d o another time, mother?" she aske.l. faintly; "the amebae le waiting for us." Mn. Vervain gave a frnliish start from the chair, into which elle had sunk. •'Oh. do let lie he off at once. then." ehe said ; and when they sto'xt o, the Ianding•.Malre of the hotel "What gloom tilers thea gmnieleo are!" she added ; while the gondolier with ohne foot on the gunwale of the Teat received the ladtee' shawls, end then crooked his arm for them o, reit it hand on In etepptng atoned "I wonder they don't {mint them some cheerful ro1or." "Blur. or pink. Mrs. Vervain?" asked Mr. Ferris. "I knew you were coming Go that fp:motion ; they' nil do. But we needn't t,a,e the top en ret eti. If It deprwaai your etre . We shall tie atilt warm enough wnlight." "Well, have It off, then. It rends the (sold chllisover me to look at It. What did Ityrel call it r' "Yes, It's time for Byron. now. It was very gaol of Jon not to mention him before. Mrs. Vervain. Rut 1 khew he lied to erne.. Ile called It a coffin choreal in a canoe.' • --ICZor•tty;" -rand Mee. toroth . _'1 always feel Aa it f were going to own femoral when i get Into fut;aend Ire certainly had enough never to went to have anything, t o do with another. 01 lout se i 1 vee" ehe wetted hsrsslf luxurloeele *pot the feather -stuffed leathern coah'ene w hew the rutin was r,nuirm1 !Leath lied tod.ed Men near her very often • father and Acether had been early lost. ass bar, and the brother' and termer. =aned with her had Petrel end per- �rj one After mustiest. ne they rip - deed to seen and women ; Nee lint ashen 1Pzhr 01 his now elelleirwe die; her her Rased had !wen deed els years. Alt the bereavement. had iefh that tealy aeteher t red, efpA IMI we said. she bad td remember "1 miner was iu (igloos when 1 wan a g'-rL'" she went tau, Judie/ging many ob.teary memories AI tliu g;*.dola d1p'd Aleut darted down the eanal. h ..ofd I was neat -teed :u my mourn K for uty,lam, sifter. It d d seem a little taro much when she weut. Mr. Ferrer t was leo you's to feel '.t too ouch about the others. but we were nearly of the shine ago and that makes a d iterate*. gait you know. First a 'brother aid then a setter : '1 t was eery etraatgo how they kept break going that way 1 warned d ; thou h, e cliarm whoa keret mama g be sure, there u-ua ata brother left after Marian." Mar tenon beard her mother'e mortuary prattle wale a face from - heel err .tupatierrce of it could be inferred and 11r. Ferree made no com- ment on what w'as (ddly'varnw In obaraoter ural manner. for Mrs. Ver - tale touched upon the glotan:est facie Of her Illetury w lit a certain imper lona/ atat'etoal Intermit. They were meting mous the lagoon to the lamed of San Lazzaro. where for rea- sorts of leer own elle 'attended to ven- erate the convent in witch Byron stud ed the Arnhenen language pre- paratory to w-r:t:rlg Iilt great poem n t ; If her pilgrimage had no very earnest me,;dte.:t was worthy of the fact avh`ch it was designed to honor. The lagoon was of n perfect, shirting eisxfthoess, broken by the shallows over wh cli the ebb:rig tole had lett the sea -weed tra.hed Lke 1ong, Mellow - elite! hair. The lettermen, as they waded ntslut staking the r nets. or stooped to gather the small ehelt-Mali of the ehallowr, showed lege as brown and tough as theme of the a'uatles in T.t au's Asumptlon. Here and there was a Coat. with a boy or an old man adeeep in the_ bettunu of 't. The gull - .called -Vet. White fiats -ag.rn4 the Ul1niltable blue of the bee; t}p e; the air, though It was of Arty /pre g, aid .n the 'hada had a silty, pungency, was here ersoge -... A. 1* motloRsss splendors and rids coTors 01 the weer there was a meencbn:y before whloh Mrs. Veevalo feet fit eeold have btu► fur a teacher. ',Say cu ehet she? 1le told me that D.atlsties prune that vinely•sevein to would boos W take breakfaetor per mut. of Caw/Alone suffer from lunch with tree. but not dinner, toe Catarrh• awl tbut this dte••ase 11 leo t, he alwwye had to be at the oto- daQ gerous owing to its teudettcy ta► vent before nightfall. Well, 1e extend to the sou uucct tubas and might Dome to give the lemons ones. emWlug an: Mie In the 1nWdle of the day.- fis Ma utile has the use of sprays. Iva eoaaitet.- lileisaa� .' fres �h N entad it_ -4111• Vervain, '" 1 know you temidl 't,'" an• treatmen .,.Ali'" CaYBFttt, "teat -Shane' severed Ferrier, earnestly. " I'm sere meiltuds have not bevel .1u use by the the Armeulans never sic! anything of regular physlclatte Molter the last de - the kud. They're all very Miry men, • but It war not until rho sips- engaged to ecclesiastical or liter Covert' of C t weeoanrte p tilessl & ery wock, and they couldn't give the air treatment. time." " Why not f There was B,yrah." " But Byron welt to them, and he I 1 with i mot liana's, t Maned Armenian. them. Padre l)lrolamo speaks perfect Italian, for all that, I can see; tett I doubt 1I he'd uudertake to impart the wative accent, which le what you want. In fact, the scheme 1* altogether Impracticable." " Will," onto Mrs. I` had in; set exoeedhrgly sorry. my heart en Lt. I never took much a fancy to any one W such a short tints before." " It seemed to be a case of love at first sight 0:1 both eider," said Ferris. "Padre e;lrolamu downer shower those lumped! rose -lessee kr discriminately upon visitors." " Thanks," returned Mrs. Vervain ; 'It's very good of you to say 1o, Mr. Ferris, and It's very genttfylag, all round; but don't you see. it doesn't serve the present purpona. What teacher's do you know of? She bad been by marriage oolong In the servk'e of the Uulted States that she still ragarded Its agents as part of her own domestic econ- omy. tio t omy. Consuls she everywhere em- ly ployedir functionaries the Mistretta of American ladies trave!ling with- out protection. In the week which haat passed sties tier arrival in Ven - be, there had been no day on which site did not appeal to dards for help or sympathy ••r ativloe. She took amiable p.itwesakl:t u(. klm at dice, and she had established an awaiting sort of intimacy with him, , to which the haughty trepidation. of her daughter vet certabi Wands, but In wh eh the dm:natal that he should tin. .ser a rau.tabk.•' Italian teacher seemed trivially matter of c.a:aree. (To be Coatlnasde CATARRH TREATMENT AND CURE. duty silent. Now and then Ferris briefly spoke, calling Miss Vervain's notice to this or that, tine she hbrief y respopded. As they pre house of Ere Servo lea took -litat7dfatg-et an opo. Seek velvet skull cap from his white hair, lowed :ow three times, and kiss- ed las hind to the Ladies. The Lid le front of them stretch*.1 a brown strip of send with white villages shining out of it ; on their left the Pub:lo Gar- dena showed a Imes of hovering green; far beyond end above, tie, ghost- ikr. snows cf this A:pine heights haunted the misty horizon. It was eel .i In. the sha,low of the ennvent when they .ended at San &sere., and It ohs coo. 1n the parlor where they waited for the monk who was to show them through the pace; but it was dill and warm In the gar- dened court, where the bees murmur- ed among the crocuses and hyacinths under the ao nday Vervain stood 'coking oiit of the window awn the lagoon, while her mother drift- ed about the room, peering at tbe ob- jects on the wan through loo eye- acsea. She was praising a Chinese painting ort fish on rice paper, when w young monk entered with a cordia'. greeting In English for Mir. Ferris. She turned end sate them shaking bands, but at the Sime moment her eye -gasses abandoned heer nose amiable & vigorous leap ; site q laugh, and groping for them over her dress, bowed et random, as lir. Ferris pres,nted Padre Giro:amo. "I base been admiring thla piloting en moth. Padre Giro.amo," she said. with instant good -wt 1, and taking the monk into the easy familiarity of hzr friendship by the tone with which she spoke his name. ".some of the brothers did It, I suppose." "ir.s no," sld W e b ng It utptthere Musa painting. because It was given to us, and *as curious." "Wel, now, do you know," return- ed Mrs., Vervain, "I thought It was ebeneae 1 Their thing'. are so old. But, real:7, In an Armenian convent, It's vary misesadibg. I don't think you onghe to ..ave It there; it certain - does throw peop:e off the track," she added, subduing the express :onfb the something very ady-like, by winning *ppm: with which Abe used It. . u ' Armenian "Ole but it they put P paintings in Chinese convents?" said Mr. noels. " You're joking!" cried Mrs. Ver- vain, ,'.king at him with a grad - Melly amused air. " There are no 'Chinese eonvente. To be sure those rebels are n kind of (.'hriatane," •abv added. thoughtfut'v, •' but there can't be many of them left, poor things, hundreds of tlwm execnte•l at a time, that way. it's' perfect- ly sickening to road of it: and you can't help it, you know. But they my they havttm't Really so much feeling as we have-not so nervous." ith a wankel by the side of the young friar aa he fed the way to wren parte of the convent ne are Open to %letters, and Mr. Ferris .,a.ms' after with her daughter, who, the fancl•v1, met has attempts et talk with sudden and more than newel Hauteur. " Whet a fool! could be pereuatied to ti•eat this die- eisse Catarrhowne treatment. founded upon the knowledge teat air. awl dry eir only. can cuter the bronchial tubes end lungs, at once commended iteelf to. ell scientific met woken' me. They found in Catarrhotone new• termicide of eufficloit power to kill Asthma, anti volatile enough to Im- pregnate every partide of nir ren th- by the patient. yet leas ing It freo from moisture, thus enabling the cure to reach every part of the parsagee in the head and throat. and to pees- Lrate the minutest air mils In the After the gertwa liave Leen killed. Catarritowne at once &Mos upon the int, restoring them to their natural sod twelfth), condition. The convenience and YAMS of the 'Catarrtiessone Inhaler 13 easily meter -- the& A sudden change in weather, emir feet. or sitting a draught. s often the beginning of Hertoue eom- aleations. but having tle• inhaler in ..our pocket. at the first shiver or peep you ion apply the remedy and 'void fatal oonsequenc.e. For stile at ell drueggists or. direct ry mail, price 01.00. Sand 10e. .tampe for trial outfitlo N. tl. Poison t Co., Mfg. Chemists, box 514, Mog- WITH BSICATH AND oetr-tlt. I •Ib8UE Mow e Glare Blower Woe a Price After Maley Hod Veiled. In one of ole great squarer et ht. Petereburg, mays the Youth's Cum pan:on. 'Iambi a magutlloeut ooluwu 160 feet et height. erected to cum saamorate the reign of the Char. Al- exander: L. the ally and afterward the, rival of Napoleon. Oa one oet•asloa of a wale eelebratkan the present Czar wished to have the great Matt Ijlnmluult, And round lamps of au yvef+-.iOared team. a_� l nenefaotxfry, • ... r." After two or tires experin._.. workmen dlaeovered to heir coaster tuition that It monied InlpoIDlble to blow the bulbs mu large by the form of huruarl breath. The blowers blew the • bulblwremalnedere rfar below the rely exhausted. ` qulroa dee. los was offered to the A 4aucoemf e men D OA successful Wooer. aid th Mewed tlwlr efforts. but to no {leas po e. At last a beg fellow, attaped a barrel. stepped forward sod yu et 1 remarks 1 that lie wan sun be could! to the trick. The crowd laughed good- humoredly. but the man merely saiidd: I want to rluso my dry.'' They gave him a cup of water. Ile reseed his mouth. taking plenty of Waw, and thea appeal 1,1s mouth to the tote. re w1Soaon itttureached the die of glass gee mmrttuna of its uear•s.t rival. Then its lemons' bigger,rid bigger. until it aThen lt pros the 1 the reemerged attatnei 1t. Then it passed It. -stop, stop!'. triad the crowd. "It's �i itg •tsvn �td you dole ?" foreman -Where Is my money " maid the mau by way of *reply. When he felt the rubles In lits palm an expreeton of genital satafaction °rem -preset Atm ruugh features. -Whir. It's may." sald he, aud then he explained how he brut retainet «gm a the water In his mouth. bow he had ba• ll. awl how the expauctLitg steam bad instantly corns to hie amistance. fells How She Defeated a Datageroe. Easany A Pieter' Episode. P.ctua, Ont., 7. -Every stuleat hernante ane stchovemente of Colons. t, who wail Me first wants matte' lit -Yreka' Elwarri Coustge whose honor old Fort Meneg at King* aeon is tectnel. Citizen* Picton Aware that 00e pf the moot respecteu leselente 01 the tows, Miss Aisne toting, is a greet -daughter of th. by p• ointing out to them an unf 'Line way -the roily untaL:ne way -of con quering ooe tbe worst enemies of Mins Young bas written, as follows' eel, '43 Canadan Life Building, To- ronto: "Dear Airs -About R 11100111 ago I ren4 in one of your circuities how disease :a caused by germs anal toxins la the Poet and how ,Dy.,„Atyz noti's Fogtish Toxin Pills are a raw remedy to hit these germs. I emptied - ed to try these. icar twenty years • m4 poor body was twated out shape, Ito you ean forst •n Liea of what I "offered. Th, Pete cause' a decided change fer tbe _Improving every dny. I am at the third box now, and cait enjoy my sleep every night, somethIng I have been deprived of for many years. "Of course, I cannot lo made young again, for 1 wir let TO year* a age December. yet I feel that I can en -I my Moe in pewee thanks to Dr. Arno4i's English Toxin Pills terly destroy and mweep out of the eratem the germs that elate* Rhea ragtime That's hos they cure -al- ways. berg...packet, 715c; small packet .Zr ; at all drug stoma, or sent to mail on receipt of price to tbe Dr Clienecal Coe Limited. 43 King street. west, Toronto. Pio 51 1899 Shoulder Roe of Blue Fox. YOU. might mimeos Must the tem of hiffon or feathers or fur is pro- minently an article for neck dress- Anoe the appearance -4d the "shoulder :now's. It is "voyant" fashion anti Amuse catty Is toed by -young women. le it le too pronounce . to be worn with taste by elderly women. There sre no oi.1 wonien any mere. The Moulder toa n Oates the entire ox. One skin Is used for the lower ort of the shoulders, beck and front , he other corers the the sat and upper !meioses. The upper fuzee head and all hook together beneath the chin. apt the "under dog's" anatomy is Istributed so that his le ad Retinue on Ile left shoulder, while the tall 'Ian - lea from the right, atioulder. Tbe at Loa and shoulder elePo. _ much earlter than she might. greet Idltee Inect my husband' arid I must have her wItli me. or we're all that there 14 of us -we tnted us anywhere. But wisesever trive to get her some lend of Inatome. Von. I feel the need of it to much * my own ease; for to tell you the teeth. Mr. Ferries. I marr'ed toe yourer ellepone / should do the same tiling °tier neve' if it Was to be dene over • but don't' you_ me my mina mogul eropoty formed ; and Uwe following my husband about from pillar to post. led my first baby born when I wee alneteen-witil, it wasn't education, at any rate, whatever rase It was; are I've d-term!ned that Flor'da. though OM are such it pain of wandnrere. elial not have my rewrite I got tenchere home as they are In travell'rg. and we etayrd there' two years -and I did n Franc" andl I Orlin Germany. Ana now. Italtan. Dere we nro In Italy. wall I Chink we ought to improve the Vine. Florde knows a good deal of Italian already, for her mus'e teacher in France was an Ital nit. and lie taught her tbe bingeing:, well mare, What olio wants now. I nhon'irl 'n to perfect ber accent and get ,I1M1141011e e0Me every dey and mad and owner*, an hour or two with her." Mri. Vervain lenneel brick In her neat ard looked at Ferr'a. wise sa'd. feeling that the matter wars referred to him : "I thial-e without presuming to my what Klee Vervain's need of instruction bt-tkat your idea Is a very good one." He musel In rd ence, hie wonder (bat so mere addlepadednese es was at once observable In Mrs. Verv•in should exist Along with, it.77. much common manse. "It's evert/tiny very good in the abstraet," he added, with a refiner at the daughter, as If the sense must be tiers. She did not meet lila 'ranee at once, but with an Imps:tient re- oogeition of the beat that was now great for this warmth wi h whir& frown her write, showing It• delcious wietemem, and letting her fingers teal. through tbe 000l water ; she dried theta ber handkerchief, and then bent her eyes full upon 111111, 0/1 chn.lenging him to think this un - "No • elm rly the mime does not come front her,"stiel Ferris to himse:f; "it is unposed) e think vre:1 of the Miottof a girl who toots on* with tacit ma - "Yee" regime"! Mr& Vervain, "It's certata.y fery goal in the 'abstract. But, ob dear t you've no Idea of the diffico:ties in the waf. I navy fo▪ r you are bere as the representative of the country, and you natnraly sympathise with the difflcu ties of Americans abroad ; the teachers will bel !eve wine Otter sterns." "Mother I" began llan Vervain; • nri then shit checked bergra. Yen is gave a venire( le laugh, Whine with you in my official cap- acity, I bleat owe tittle a man Red soft/ lot UMW, poor fo imve, too." "To be sore, they are to be pitied, of coarse -and fee.: for them ; I when I was • girl ; for the pert thing need to happen 1h...rt. I doo't know why ii!ortd* shoeld he subjected to suck entberransments, too. It AM* MOM seenotimee as if It wore sewer - thing In tbe leond. They all got the Met that you have monay, you know," "Then I aboted thet it might be menet bine In the prethee," secede 04 Ferris, with a look at Mrs Vervain, In whose al Ant sueferlag, as be Ile- na1n01 it, he fosind a roc Houk eon - so ation For her worn. "We I, whatever it is," replied Mrs Vet vein, "It's inn vevationa roam*, ening to new p: Sees. that way, ne we're aWays doing, &ride dee going te solo foe it !insiteol Mate, Derbies, sen't leek end olionse. And *CM whets yeti do gym en ereterly he sold to hlmseef. "Is she edraid herr' and he fellowed in rather a milky Silent", the course of Mrs. eervnin anti her guide. The 11. 'wary, the chapel, and the moment rano! oat her friendliest praiser'. and hi the last Me !trained tlin mummy on Mow there et the re- mote! of one elle had Seen III New riolutett out the (leek in the retie& tory from which One Of the bro. there evoul while the root were eet- Ing, she tools him to Musk. "Oh, hut 1 esn't think thnte at all good for pie eihreetIon, you know-nsing the brain that way whilst yoiere et table. I really hope yogi don't listen trm attentieely ; It would toe better for yen in the long run. even bi religions point of view. But now-Tlyron! Von meet show tae coill The monk .1eprecatea Ferris, *rho came to his relief. "Von couldn't hoer] seen bit , If he'd had one. Mee. vervain. They don't admit ladies/ to tio Moister." •• Whet teMnuneln I.' answered Mrs. Very nln, n Pao ran y restarting the as othother Mr.- Forrte' penitent- lenfInrowl his statement.. and she Meekly easalled the rile as a dere meet t.b. sex, which refleet.el oven norm the Vinci& the oblect, es he was forced to allow, of their tagh veneration. Ile nmilund patient - :3r, and onnfeetert that lire. Vervain had all the recoroiss an her skim At Pesergiot printing where Cermet University Reglater. Cornell Register Mix veer ahows ealn a 202. the total to date being 2,240, as agninet 2,03S at thee time last year. The university now altOW In its liktory. Four hundred anti nr ern degree@ were confeirol In June ,8J0, making a total of 5,167 Marrero •onferrevi by the university. Tie 'acuity also shoed a large increase ft consiste of flit professor,. etc. ogningt tail last yeer. The new pro emirs nre Prate. hit:Unwary, Ewing Singerland, Strunk. Gifford eip! Kingsbury. The etimmary aledelmer the different State nod foriern euun tries. Now York Wade. with 1.394 eta Pennsylvanit follows with 157 ilinssenceinretts, 45, etc. Forty -font 'Metes! are LH* year represented, ntn Conwin, Rumex, Mexico, Cuba, Ger Columbia, New Zealand. Nlearagna, Norway. Sweden, awl Tutkey (Ada) Cirrus mad Wives. Putnain's rainless Corn and Wart Extrac,ter ht guaranteed by the reek errs to remove L'orne, Warta. Bunions etc, without petite in twenty -fear hours buttinan bar been the sitandare for thirty yearn, and in the only were lid aure remedy og ita bind on the market. Owlet on baring only leit na mei, and beware of Held, fleeh-eating all defilers. or hy mall. N. Poison et Co.. Box 614, Kingston, cult., pronri Sidra LtenClind Iron' Pills ; only 25 cents fel' doom neglect to take a bottle or Delicate Children They do not complain of 4NO4NOLC24: -eat eiresugh, pale. They appear rly but have no strength. You cannot say they WE really sick, and 30 you call them delicate. What can be done for them ? Our answer is the same that the best ph ysiciahs have been giiiing for a quarter of a cen- tury. Give them ROWS MUM of Cod -Liver 0:1 with 11),po- l:1:D4k:try. It has most re- markable nourishing power. It gives color to the blood. It brings strength to the mus- cles. It adds power to the nerves. It means robust health and vigor. Even deli- cate infants rapidly gain in flesh if given a small amount three or four times each day. How's This? We offer One Haudred Dollars Re- ward for any cam of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure We. the undersigned. have knowu . Treheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions. anti finan- cially able to carry out any obligation ramie by their fIrM. West it Truax. wholesale druggists. with eon, for it Will Ida 3 au from sickness. Emperor William,* utters... .1y charm. which, of course, tiwy teeter to cell a tatiamen. It is a Meek dote. whieh is sale to lw handed down py earl' dying Emperor from his -harms. AceOrding to" a legend. the Mae ou the bed coverlet of a princess' ef the family, who ' had lust given irth to a son. The father of Fred - •rick the Great had the stone mounte I 1,11 a ring. There are documents relat- ing to It in the areillyeti, nnd the tessent kaiser always wears it on all great occasions. Hales Catarrh Cure le taken natty, acting directly upon the bkiod and mneous surfaces of the eyelets'. Price. 75e. per bottle. Sold by all drug- gists. Tertimontals free. Hall's Faintly Pills are the best. Trieeripb of Engineering. One of the latest triumphs 1f1 hp! engineering viortif combos in the con- struction, shipment by ateauter aird Make a good -Weed Domed poultice very hot. with elghb or ten hops of laudanum In the middle. This will smelly cure the noel mestere ear -ache. 4 clutnge of drinking water MA goo "oat summer complaint will stop the trouble at ou,P SH OF VO ,HAS TI- husiasticik to the CI ACCOUNT OF Bi Hart's Brigade River But bor Now Shelline Ladysmith am Has Again Groesed the Tui Oen. Warne Will Joh Vast Fortress.---meshoosei Loudon, Deo. 111. -The Assad that the Queea In excellent he tad that there is 110 imidication erreader of Kimberley. A report et the death of 44 Victoria and • rumor that Klein lad au r readered were circulated the !undo° Stock Exchange to Tbe Fenian Yell. London, Dec. 111.-A curious Sluice to commotion with Lord ts' •ppointment at the pr. Osseo. ut the olreozestanoe Liu was oudistrie appoiatel cocaina. isob.ef after the Withal). debts The papers are retionling do vitt-O'brien "Fiasco" •t Olt they prusientlo kept withe mile wiser' • member a the am ierectity limited the murder of Ca.metelelff alluding to tits tir the Caatie la the wont", 'titer man shot there before." A' via -tiered speakers are chasers< arng 'played hide and seek le pokes," ve.th the ezeeptai Mande Goons, "who in eed the inealc, but was, of o ?tested 1.1 ler seri." Infibille, Dec. 18.-Tbe Morning prints the following Ire Pt be followed except In a %nem oral way. illes despatch does no tend to be more than a statessi moults. Bailer's women at pre to relieve Ladysmith nod loin web tien. White. To do that 111 day was complete. but nos fin odyssey' will probably be delay 111 a fresh errival of artillery.' WILL CHAMBE,RLAIN eevr York. Dec. 18. -The Litiu nearded so gravely In Engle's' a reconstruction of the Bettie eat in being diectuteed In politk cle, according to the London epoodent of the World. • The retirement of JoilePh Geodes. la not oaly demand In sodas quarters the sitorif toe don. Chaplin and Crom. old and uselesse is urged. Sir iiirluellesele Chancellor of %I hequer. Is mitioesed for fall seep!) millet/int Om& fee 1 In the beginning. It 1. saserted that should ,,,utinnet much longer withers II national coalition env eetain. with Lord Rombeere Littl Minister and probably dth am Colonial 13soretary eillabury retaining the Peel 1.d, tiring a proportion of t fetios to the Liberal Import/ill nA/Mele sleet by those deem t,a fear of continental Inter( To Loire • Cold ra One Day. Take Ltxative Draw Quinine Tab - eta All druggists refund the money f it fate to cure. 25c. E. W. Grove'. Agnates* is co each boa. subsequent transfer to ra le ay ra Lavender l'illow•. • Lavender pillows are taking the 'lace of the Moe needle multilane. hey nre usually towered with white imen, decorated with spikes of the lavender flowers worked in natural -More or heliotrope linen worked with lex threruis of a paler tint. Lavender iv *Igo largely need in place of the nalodorons moth bale, and he said to oe quite as effleacious. • revold One pound of the beat butter, one pound of 'Re/Lent/del smear, ele'.41n aux, the whiten and yollut !operated :Ind the whites benten until rery light ; *tided at the lase half a pint Of wine anee tweedy Mialai, A wine. In olden times certain tovrng end ch." raleinomyr, mitempi villages in England mei to possess a gritted, et scent tarespoontni of cinna twiddles home, where poor Rotates. mon, one saltcpuonfal of allapire, the alter they bad hem welded nt cheirch, weseemed snare and an even pound. meld entertain their frhomils at a light weight mailer than fief weight, email emit, the only outlay bring the of sifted flour. Fink. In a large pall for purchase/ of Malt pro% talons for their shout two end es half Mum lit a mod mowte ite they brought with there, tee mete oven. This' mike win merely alter honey for the day being given free tR tbfaction, for it la one of the reeemis given by the femme Mee (100(11(11ov/ in the time of one greett-grendinoth- Don't Take Mance ors. No well k"Pt ben"' WY" *"E„4"11** feel* soll know ellen you sway have rake, which wits always offered she sew la tips-gbibt. on. vit., Dawes rapidly reel, by Never fatted In 25 yearn to cure the meet etubhorn ease nf Cholera Morten hy the tete of portation of • steamer of 4,e00 tons Theme sail Meet useful lawintlisa displacement, which was finally put eay of ate Whew Cease after Wag In ue afloat in Lake Salkal, not, woe's so. ore, tee Tom. bee beneimo lean than 6,000 utiles from lit. Peters- popular that Ihe sealesilawatese hate led 1.1 berg. amide their ealtgialla oallar to meet the al, Milken Worm Powders are a won - (ireful asthenia for aliments egooisso ' Hu" reasiAllee .11,610‘ a". Yee ' reit. Medical ENO sad ethers Ilea have seed th peaseenee tiama se be alien ste- le odevlese sad otaltary la livery rr For ostalogre sad wire 111M, redeem, HaraNtes. Oat The Liverpool Port le responsible foe the following unwiring anecdote: 'There is at st university not a hun- dred mate from Dublin a well-known mathematical professor, whose name wodid only have to be mentioned to be recognized, who has es brother coretruetor a iron railway bridges. This dIsaimarteity of oeentre eon has been seized on by Sone local wits' (for Iriehrnen can always make end enjoy • joke) causing the one to be nicknamed Abstract,' while the other Is fittingly styled 'Concrete.'" ewissTmAs WHIM 111111111 Al Mitt names IASI Good going Dec. 113rd, Seth. and Oh, valid to return until Deo. likh. and at mat IIRSI•CLA.111 GOOd going Imo. Wad. 113rd. fah. and Valt. rand tu ret Urn mall Ded NEW YEAR (load going Dem me and 3Iet. 1318. Jan. let In% valid 1.3 return until Jan. 2i.d. I30n. SOW fflUll-CLASS fent Oa entomee flood going Deo. lab. Nth and llet.1/011. and Jan. lat. 110n. valid to noire note Jan, Dra. Between ell etallOn• la Omega es Orme Trunk Railway Sysem. From Orand Trunk Stations Is Caged& op Detroit and Pt Huron. From Orand Trunk station. in Caned* tAl. PUT SOT riuul Hutrulo, Black heck. Niagara Fans end eumenslon Wulf.. N.Y. der of Cortidestel. from I/e. lith to Da, Inclusive, valid to return until Jan. Mb, IR* Dtirrater- Bet went atatione In Canaan Only, Certificate. Deo Ilith to lab. Mt inelesive. valid to return until Jan. 19OD. Tickets and a/1 Information trees Agents Grand Trent Hallway Hyrum. M. C. IMICIL14111. Diet Pam Agent. ?I the chile le restlitee at night. .cm. a dorm of Millers Worm POWdera *My darling," eyries the'. here throwing off he disguise, "I sim he I' "And I," falters the heroine, lay- ing aside her maidenly reserve, "am Fehe I" Meanwhile tbe oowers In lithe corner. "I sm it I" he gibbers; for he hris gone mad under the Wolin. Wee may come ene nom may 40, eta! ail Lhe timer melodrama La Iti asseatials is the sante old story. Han hnt one arturee of relief. Nervelne -nerves-vein enre-pernetrittro to thri owe, and affords relief Mewed Inatent- ly. The whole range of medicine nf- fords no parallel to Nervliine ne a pain reliever Wedding Hermes In Oict itegland. 156 !RSA% .4.0.4=.1 OINK on.411.“Nlat.well = ward &Rd bowel Virginia Homes. Yee Acre an about t'Irginia land,. moll, stator. climate. rot arca". prattler. trait... beefier. molt of eigtivatlee. seem, etc , by reading the VIRGIL IA FARMER. Senates,. for three months' "%a...elation to A0 LOTS. MIEN Olt WOMLN tasks tan to fifteen dollars pi, day. Latest Improved Cooker Glom Water Gauge. All eon, litany advaetoges over any eine, 'seller menamtured. Auto mat 'it Slam Cougar o . (elem. erase Thereto- C011hfla When omit of tallies. board. Me eaperlorlt1 of training, mad er in stuttlea. end like emoned. callem la the beet ohms la Commie for ktra. hen omega Fruit Dalt Geed luiprevematte, Mat woof, and and entrusts. Chtavieskid to Wed Dees, Tenn. GM MtUIMITI411 81 Gil! D? Yee owl tell whim& tribe FARMER CO-, Emporia, Va. FITSPAAMANINTLY.CDRAID sty" Dr. ItluNtt BOuireatir Nerve gam lirot tiara um lime al Wane street. Phitadelieut EBY'S DAISY OIL effective Jo WAWA, PaleirVi Om* t.• Throat, brio •ebe. Brads" pay Igaildar et. v. EDT, Cheinda, Pert Ogle. Ost Caller 1113Worions trystosit *ALM OV 50 VIRGINIA.FADMS. 80METHMG FOR NOTHING Atstem No Reflection on Buil Lobelia of Kandahar te ft know% la Min h0 00•111re t;reat Britain. and that Lord nd Lord Kitchener are conat right men to relieve she d eituation in South Attica ' evidepced by time more Mager all tbe war digression tide In te of the attempt. of t tee to glow over. the Ion Chen. Buller the fact that new appnintments car regarded as otherwise then alty for his fellers. " The disposition to reel is entirely arroemes. As the rind In Smith Africa. inet of higher rank nre nato eallested to the supreme cou Kitchener 1. Reads Cairo, Deo. lie -Oen. Lord 1 who has been appointed chi Malt of Oan. Lord Roberti tiehar. the new oomMandor- Nave Omdurman on Tumid& arrive here on Fritter. Ha for Pope Town am soon es Dr. Parker's View London. Deo. 114.-Rov. daring his Sunday sermon menus nengremition in the plie Uplifted that growth he bone to 049 the bloc ?oath Africa. and weed eras the only one able ber would bring an honor end avert is met miser* maw Fur me the Omelet owe end orphens n the world ba• ever seen. *he Queen. Seel into leer holy spirit, which 9111. ay gnat* bare the the fire. - Andrews Prophet cldeago, Deo. 113. -"If rine We powers a the 'mite tet ROW megaelfull; vanes. A mention will *hie Mar tud onoms• •.14• will the flnited State mist tokeorie side or that be a sett day for oer 1.57 We never have got 11