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'• lien I ant_ ail urutrusg. Whl
O(oldu't you have let km come 111 and
talk a while? It would hese besot the
beet Way to get me quieted down. But
no --you must always 'have your own
way. Don't twitch me, ray dear ; I'd
ratlrertundrees myself. You pretend to
be very careful of mei I wonder If you
really tare for pie.'
" Olt. mother. you etl'e sit I have lir
the world!"
lir.. Vervain began W whimper.
" Pion talk ea if 1 were any better
off. Have 1 aaybudy le/tides you? AO
1 hese knot so many "
" Don't think of those things uow.
mother!'
Mrs. Vervaln tenderly kissed the
young girl. " You are good to you
mother. Don Ippolito waa right ; no
ow.' ever new you offer me disrespect
or unkindness. There, there! Don't
try, my darllaz. I think 1 had better
lie down. and 101 let you undress me."
She suffered boreal to be helped
into bed, end F:orlda went softly
shout the room, putting It In order,
and drawing the curtain c:oe.r to
keep out the near dawn. Her mother
Meted a little while, and presently
fel from Incoherence to silence, end
so to seep.
F:oride looked be.ltatingly at her
tot a moment. and then eat ber ran -
de us the floor, and wink wearily
late an arm -chair beside the bed. Her
heads test Into her lap; her bead
drooped .idly forward; the light flung
the shadow of ber face, groteeque:y
exaggerated and foreshortened. upon
the °cl.ing.
He •nd by a bird piped In the gar-
de. ; the shriek of a ewaleew made
'waif heard from a distance; the
vernal day was beginning to stir from
the light, brief drowse of the vernal
night. A crown of •ogry red formed
upon the rendfe wick, which ttoppkd
over In the socket •nd guttsJld out
with a sharp blas.
Florida started Iron ber rhalr. A
._,.Jatreak of suaehJs.*i.reed °bullar -find
curtain. Her mother was supporting
herie:f o1 one elbow In the bed, an
looking et her as If she had just cabl-
ed to her.
"Mother, did you speak r' asked the
girt.
it..ir-Veered, taxa d hoe fade away;
-.1111.11 clad deep' stretched her thin
hands on the plow, and /seemed to
one finking -.inking down through the
bed. Sba ceased to breathe, and lay In
a dead faint.
Florida felt rather thansawIt all.
She did net ery cut nor m!i for help.
She brought water and reeogne, and
bathed ber mother'a face, and then
elated her handa Mrs. Vervain s'ow-
te revived ; she opened ber .yea, then
closed them; see.did not speak, but
after a will e she began to (etch hew,
breath with the long and even re.-
plratlooa of i sop.
F:orlda noiselessly opened the door,
end met the servant with a tray of
coffee. She put her finger to her lop,
•nd motioned her not to enter, a.b-
Ing In a whisper: " What, time le It,
Nina it 1 forgot to wind my watch."
" It's nine o'o'ock, signorina ; and
I thought you would be tired this
morning, and wood eke your coffee
in bed. Oh, mlaerlcordtii" eried the
girl still In whisper, with a glance
through the doorway, "you baven't
been in bed at eel"
tot down Mother doesn't
besideber, and is 1 asleep
In my chair without knowing it."
"Ali, poor retie, thing! Teen you
meet drink' your coffee at once. 11 re-
freshen."
"Yee yes," an'4 Flor'da, clewing the
door, and pointing to s table In the
next, room, "'lot it dawn hare. I will
/serve myeell. N!na. Go call the goo -
dote. please. 1 am gr,Irg out at ore..
nail I want pm to go with me. TNI
('hem to ernne here nivel ney well my
mother t!Jl i eines back."
She poured out a cusp of toffee w-'th
.n tremble's herd, end Itaat!Iy drank
'it; then. bathing IMr eyes. she went to
thereat nod bestowed n touch or two
upon ye.terday'w toilet, etud'ed the
effect a moment, and turned away.
She ran bock for another look. and
the next moment /lie was walking
down to the water -`ate, where she
found Nine. welting her in the gond-ea.
A rap'd seemer brought these to Fee-
r''se laed'rg. "fling,'• flus maid to the
genet/Her. 'and say that one of the
Anver'can lnd'ee wiehee to see the eon-
1mI.'
Ferree sone atenreng on the haleony
over her, where he had been watching
her al:proacli In mute word^r, "Why,
Meir Vervain," be celled dmYn. "whet
Itt the world. le the matter Y'
"1 don't know. I want to pee you,''
en'd Fbr:dn. boklrg up with a wise
fat face.
t;
"1'11 come down."
'Yee, please. Or no, i had hater
43tne up. Yee, Nina and I will come
uq
F.rrie met them • at the Inver dor
and led trent to lin apartment. Mot
rat (loan In the outer room, and Flor-
da Tonne.. the i .inter frau hen
et.d'o. Though her fete was 10 wan.
it meted to h'm that be had never
wee It Iove1'er, and the had n 'strange
Inde In ber being there, though the
disorder re of the Them ought to have
humteed
Wen. She looked over it' with
n overtoln chi-1(11We. timid eulltostty,
acd something o1 that lofty comp..
°don with whole young ladle* regard
the hannt, of men when they (eerie
into them by champ; la throng tide she
had a haughity, new turn of the head
tent fast'Mted h'sn.
I hops" he wed, "you d)o't mind
the smell." welch was a neingkd one
Of oil -scoters and tobacco smoke. •T
werman's patting my 0f1'ce to rlghte.
std !t'm ala 1n n cloud of dust. too I
here to bring you 1n here,"
front -
in theater!. down on a r
and herself looking
lien the end eyes of iknn ippoleo. "'er-
re brnnquele turned the back of the
buena. toward hen "1 dein't mean
1 10 one that,' It lent ready to
yet." he mkt and then he
expectantly before her. He
walllad for her tc, speak, for he never
know her to take Min' Verve's; he
wen willing ono„gh to make llghtnf
her gren•1 teeingle int now aM-wsa too
erMen tly unblaf tor mock leg ; at
the nam., Uma I,5' dit not tare to la -
Yokel .'nine (,Y 'rel?
rmG.tbetle nrannrtitelnd ran uv
11 the tiny ho1.# and lie
iw,tht this vWt prohnhly PelatM
awrm how to Don i/po'to But hie
vitiator did not arpM end nt teat he
saki! 1 hype there's wntttl
fit home, Min Vervaln. Its rather
mei to have yMMrday, last night, rind
reit metntng nth ren together as they
have been lbf( le'e In the Int twenty-
four Merit 1 tenet Mrs. Veevaln le
earning the whole thing,Myr a good
solid obllvlrsd"
"it's about -it's about -i tame tv
IMO yowl"- aid Florida, hoarsely. "
paean,.. who hurried on to °e7• "that
i want to ask yea salvo le the beet
derriere here?"
Town it was not &beret Dor, ippnllto
"le your mother "Irk?" naked Perris.
.'°gene. "Aire nowt have been fear
telly tired by that unlucky expoditlou
of our{ 1 hole here' nothing seri-
ous?", ,
"No, no! But elle Ie not well. She
la very frail, you know, You must
have noticed how frail she 1.," Bald
Florida, tremulously.
Ferrel li;td notteed that all his enuu-
try-wcAa•n, peat their glrihoo,l, seem•
ed such, he dkf nee know how or enjoy;
be sttlplxngetl It war all right, It wale°
000114101l. In Mrs. Veto ahem care.
*hovgh alio talked a great dealabont
her ill -health. lie had noticed It rath•
er hue Minis usual, rhe had so great
spirit. He recalled now that lie had
thought licr at tlmsr rather a shadowy
presence, nod that occuslotwlly It had
amuaal hero that ao alight "n struc-
ture should hang together a' it dkl
-not only success/dully, but trlum-
•erpinntly.
He saki yes, he knew brit Mea Ver -
yaps was not strong, and Florida con-
tjauyel. "la's tole advke that I want
for her, but 1 think we had better
see rune pee --or knout Louses/am that
we could go to In need. We are so
:ar from any one we know, or help
el any kind." Bee Deemed to be try -
leg to account to herself, rather Than
to Ferris, for what anis was doth(.
"We musn't let anythiee pans unno-
ticed."
nno-
tired," &r looked at himentreating-
ly, but a shadow. as of moose wounding
pneosory, poased over her fare, and
she said so more.
"I'll go with you to e doctor's,"
mkt Ferrhr kindly.
"No. pease, I won't trouble you."
"I don't want yon to go with me,
ppear... e.
1'd rather go alone" Ferris
IOoked at her perplexedly, as she
roes "Just give rue the address. and
I "lull manage best by myself. I'm
seed to doing it."
is
yoe like. Walt a moment." Far.
vis wrote the &Mews. "Then." he
laid. giving It to Iver ; "Int isn't there
anything 1 ran do for you r
"1'ew." •wnwered Flo. -:ds, with awk•
ward Ivesiteeimre red a half defiant.
half huploring look at him. You mist
have ail sorts of people applying to
you a'1 a consul ; and you look after
their affalnr-and try to forget
them" -
"Weil?" said Ferris.
' . wk /queen
ou ,C4444.6lnh.rab.t
r i've pl:aled t jTavor oN you ; that
you'd cnttM,ler it a"-
"Cun!ular servicer WIth n11 my
heart." answered Ferris, thinking for
the third or fourth time how eery
young Mho Vervain was.
"You are very good; you are kinder
tend. I have any right," sold Florida,
tanning piteously. i only mean. don't
speak of it to mg mother. Not," she
added. " but what i want Ivor to
know everythlne i do; but 1t would
worry her It she thought I was anx.
loun about her. Oh ! i wish I
wouldn't."
She began a hasty search for her
handkerchief ; Ile saw her lips tremble
and hie soul trembled with them.
In another moment, "Good morn -
leg.' she saki, briskly, with a meet of
airy cob. "1 don't want you Meows
down, ukase."
She drifted out of the room., and
down the stair'. the servant maid
falling Into her wale.
Ferri, rifled his pipe, and went out
on hl/ balcony again. and stood watch.
deg the gondola In It course toward
the address its had given. and emoh-
Ing thoughtfully. 11 was really the
isow girl who had given poor Don
1ppollto that cruel slap In the face
yeoterdey. But that seemed no more
oat of reason than ber sudden. gen•
.roue exaggerated remorse both
were of a piece with her milking k,
him for help now, bolting him at a
distance, flinging brunet( upon hi.
'sympathy. and Ui.n trying to snub
him, and hrraklrvg down in tbe ef.
fort. It was all of n phew, and the
Mew was had ; yen, she had an ugly
temper. and yet. rite had ma/Enroll.
Inoue traits, too. Thew eontre,lletinu•,
which In his reverie he felt rnther
than formulated, made him emitters,'
he stood on her balcony bathed by ter
nnorn'ng air end elnllght. In fresh,
strong jrnonnce of the whole myn.
tory of women's nerve.. These caprices
even eherm d dem. He reflected that
he had gone 00 doing the Vervain" one
favor nft.r another. In melte of Flor-
ida's childish potulaneles, and he re.
ao'ved that he would not stop now;
her whims "hold ie nothing to him.
ae tlwy had herrn nothing hitherto.
it le fluttering to a man to be In•
dltpenanblp to Wnesan an long an
he le not obliged to It; Mian Verayltt
dependent relation to himself (N (}hy
rf
reit gave her a grace In Ferrite eyes
which else had wanted before. ,�/'
in the mean.e'me he saw her t°'h
dole atop, tore rowel, and comes back
to the renal tpat bordered the Ver-
vain enr'den.
" Another clunge of mind," thought
Fere m. o)mplacenthy ; aryl Huai super -
or to the whole fitful sex, he released'
lenself from anetelnese on Mrs. Vpr-
valn's &reount. But in the evening he
Wont .to ant after l,rt-. He flrst stet
h'• eard to Florldn, having written on
t. " 1 (rope Yrs. Vervaln is better.
Don't let me outer lit 1f it's any der
turhnnee." Hp hooked for a moment
at what he had written, dimly me --
weep 'the* It was patronizing, and
when he entered he raw that Mem
Vervain stood on the defennlve, and
from some w:Jfb.lneas, meant to milks
l'm feel that he wni prerrmptuiowun In
oom'ng; It did °ort comfort hire to
ceos'der that file was very young.
" Mother wall be In directly." e/1,1
Plotkin,. In tone that re'egnted heir
nwrning'e interview to the age of
fable.
rd. Vervaln came In smiling and
'al, apparently better and not
worm.
f�orr yoeterdny'1 misadventnm
r.
. plot up quickly," the ex-
plain/sit "1 re an ofd campaigner, you
know. Perhaps n little ton old now,
Years do make a difference, nn4 yowl!
find It out Am you get on. kir. Ferris."
1 .appose an," said Ferris, not car -
Ing to have Mrs. Vervaln treat him
en nowt, Ike a boy. " F.ren et twenty-
e'x, i friend it p:rnannt to take a nap
tins afternono. How does one stent
it at seventeen, Mies Very*tn r he
*eked.
" 1 haven't felt the rued of s'eep."
rept sl FlorbM, Intllfferently, and he
.ee Li shelved, a• an old (show.
He had en empty, frivolous vf,et, to
b's tbinking. Mr*. Vervaln naked if he
had sun Don 1pp'rl.4a and wondered
thea the pr'ent had not come :shone,
all day. Rine told n long story, and
fit the end tapped herself on the
mouth with her fan to pwnl.h a seen..
Ferris rose to/n. lira Yemen won-
dered again in She rime w0r4l wily
bee
a fr
-�byt.'to had not beett'r them
eanee huh a wino nian,' .s,.'d Fr-
ee Weil lettermen, "'and knows when
le time h(e ♦w n's," Ur. l'ervatn did
tanhting tr IdF,rM'dtermrw
tdIkrw bus toseOttIMnuts liner.
"Why, 11,'e menel:ght'' elle et-
claiswd ; and ,fop
esteem •o. him eat sew heelmorns/ Lunew,moatoneweet in hpv triad
But 11e weeld nail haps It. "Yee
. 'sd
there'a a moue." he mad is
‘"Ooesens t." asewered Florl
Nee lmpo4ipellyy offered him bee
He tltougl,t that It .,Mork In 1
to wair probably tee eg.tetloa
own norms,
A stremem that bad been 111
,lcor_beek he walked
knew why on la what. He
laugh now to think low she hall
him the/at morning to forget her
leg to l.tm for help; be wps ou
that he *Quid have hem reps
this sort. AO the rebuff with
ids eytupatlik had lust been me
vulgar; there was no other tis
iia but volg&r:ty. Yet 1* ooald
late 4hls quat'ty to the fare
n�'oting girl as lie ootrtwtthy be
Ir lits homeward wall,. It di
defy Inlet Kullse Idea; It I(x
at hew wtf
isully as from 111e g
that worMng. Neterthel s he
.rend Itla heart. Tie Vermin.
es Iitm next whoa they had be
btM. Atter all. one la not so re
at twenty-elx.
X.
"Dos Ijlpolltal has come, slguo
said N111a, the next monde=
l eoarhfng Florida, where elle
an attitude of hatless p:vtiwtoe,
gentlest
• *saes - Ippolttot" echoed rho y
Me In a weary tone. elm, rose
went into the tromp., and they
wttlt the euerlralnt wheel we
too natural after, the event. u1
Inst partings - It L hare to
w!k•h has moat to overcome In
a case, the forgiver or the rung
Pardon rankles even in a get
soul, ani 11e memory of having
dieted endemism n the send
spirit before the object of Its
eucy, hmurbaog awl making It
at It would b.• well, I suppose
there need be aothtrg of the klu
tavern human creatures who
not surtabo much a relation wi
mutual distract. It le not
with them when apart, but when
meet they most be cold and ab
Imre
"Now I bee what you two aretb
Ing about," mid i[rs. Vervaln,
a faint blueb tinged the cheek of
prkwt as she thus paired him off
her till widen "You aro think
about what happened the other
and you had butter forget 1t. Th
1e n° use brooding over Owes
term Dear mo! if I Irad stopped
brave' over every 11111e r upeess
Ming -that ha f greed, I wonder w
I should be now . By the way, w
were you all day yesterday, Don
pollee
"1 ctrl not clone to dint•rb you,
came I thought you mist be v
time Beaiden, I was quite busy
2. O ,. golf Mit o 1:ras1Yms of
t*tTnk 7041 are ao Ingenloss!
you enuan' apply too cies ly.
resll7• yesterday -after all. you
been through, 1t was too much
the beetle." Sha tapped herself
tate forehead with her fan.
"I was not busy with my invention
nada ma,' answered Don Ippol
who ant in the womanish milt
priests get from their drapery,
eterJthe cord rooted his th
oornered hat. , I have scarcely too
ed thorn of late. But our parish
pert In the pr Tension of Corpis
enlol In Lite' Plana, and 1 had
share of the preparations."
"Oh, to be sure! Wheel le It
ber We must all ga Oer Nina
been telling Florida of the gra
eghta-little children drained up 1
Joke the Baptist, feeding Iambs.
suppose it's u great event w
ot4ly.
de, and
baud.
de. but
of hie
ted(roanooma
ndle
asked
t gd
id 1n
whiter
t was
use for
not re -
of the
held it
d Trot
.keel up
rnudola
berd-
etto.ld
tit for
ry old
ring,
In the
ounlg
and
met
a but
their
tell
such
item
renes
par -
eve
clear -
ethane
.0
dbe-
t(wt
Ir° 11I
tbtey
y at
ink -
and
the
with.
ing
day
ere
mat -
to
tri
here
here
Ip-
be-
rry
YAWS.
But
Now
had
for
m
a
ode
Ito,
and
rare -
ch.
takes
Ib
my
to
has
nd
Ike
Th. prem shrug 1 his .boulders
and opened both hip hands, ea that
his hat slid to the floor, bumping
and tumbling some dietenee away.
He recovered It and ant down,a lata.
"It's an observance.'. he saki, coldly.
"And 'bell you be In the proces-
sion r"
I shell be there with the other
prime' or my parish."'
" Delightful'" cried Mrs. Verva4,.
" We abed, be looking out for you.
I shall feel greatly honored to think
I actually know came one In the
prrwwekwn. I'm going to clue yew, a
little nowt. Yc•n won't think It very
wrong r"
Site env'd him from: the emburraw-
merit he might hese felt in replying
by an abrupt lapee from all neper
Ant interest In the eubjwrt. She turn-
ed to her daughter, and saki. with
n querulous accent, " I wish you
woyM throw the afghan over my
fee(, Florida, and make me a little
comfortable before you hegtrt your
rending this morning." At the name
time she feebly dlepoyed herself
lteadouiow
areclined,nwted for soave
final Loneliest from her daughter..
Then she saki, F'm lust going too
esuse my eyes, but 1 *hall hearevery
word. You are gettrg n beautiful
accent, my dear, i know you are.
I should think (lokkul must have a
very smooth, agreeable style: be'n't
be now, In Italian r"
They beano to- rend the oonsedy,
after ((teem ore twenty minutes, Mee.
Vervain opened her eyeee and said,
"But before you onmmetce. Florida,
i wish you'd play a little to fret me
quieted down. I feel so very flighty.
1 auppone It's this sirocco. And I
believe 1'11 lie down In the nett
Florida followed her to repeat the
arrangements for her comfort. Then
she returned, and sitting down at
the piano struck with a sort of soft
f(rn,nes's n few low 'soothing chords,
out of which n lulling melody grew,
With her fingers still resting on the
keys .he turned her 'Gately bead,
end glanced through t he open door
et iter mother.
"Dos 'r IppOih `, she naked, softl7.
"'tele. anything the nlr of
that mete' people very
drowsy r"
1 hays beard that, mhd-
emlp.fa."
I wonder. e(.ntlnnel the young
girl absently, ' why my mother wants
to *'.. p tn't,eb."
from he Perhaps recovered
tlgues of the her night.".ngggated the priest.
Ferhep.," said F.orlda, sadly look-
ing toward her mother's door,
She turned again to the Instrument,
and let her fl.gsera wander ever the
keys, with • drooping here. f�'r� nesnt-
1y •bs lifted her Arcs, and rinomsil
bark from her tarnp•ps amid, ctrl -
ging twirls of heir. Without look -
e �et the priest ahs caked with the
'A-ltke bluntness that character-
h1y her, " Why don't' you like to
walk le the pitnisinion e[ Cnrpne 1)n-
mfnlf"
Duel iMM11to's color Minn ant went,
•nd he nneweree evaelve'y, "1 have
not wild that I did not Nb to de an."
" Nn that in true." mei P.orlde,
'sitting her fingers drop again nn the
keyw
Don lemelto roes fromthe sofa
whore he had bean witting betide her
whl'e they read, and walked the
Ismail of the room. Then he num* tat`
ward. her and awls meekly, "Mad-
amlge:la, i 41d not mean to repel
*sly Intermit yon feel In ms. Rut It
waa a striate gtwntlon to ask a
priest, /s. 1 remembered I was when
yeti melted it."
" Dolet yen *iweya remember thatf"
demandmd the girl, .till without turn
ip her heed.
�N.; ademtfinet i am anffrre4 to
ferliet 1t," he odd with a tenfallve
..east.
414 we, redwood. /and het drew
•
r long breath, and walked away
ellen.. She let her bands fall in
ter lap, and set In as attitude
expectation. As Doti Ippo lto eame nes
her again he paused a mooed time.
It Is la thin house that I fa'
get my psMntivad," he began. "and
le the first of your khan..e teat y
suffer Inc to do so, your awlM
"Maeda sad Teo. Mow ettortt"�y"1der
its boort d t uu
ea
1■
to
et
r
It
ou
r
It cut to t
should sak furtiveness of me wb
fou did, though 1 wee hurt by you
rebuke. Olt, had you net the rig We
to rebuke ate if I abused the deans
uureserve with which you had •
ways trest'ed ale i but believe are
moat no wrong thea."
His votees shook, and le ortds broke
Ln, " You did uothing wrong. It was
I whowas cruel fur no cause."
"No, no You dell not sal that,
be refereed. " And why farmed 1 have
cared ler a few words, when all
your a(•te had expremed a trust of
ate that he like heaven to my well T-
ribe turned now titin honked at him,
and he went on. " Al,, I see you do
out uuderstond ! How could you
know what it le to be a whet to
thle moot unhappy
haunted by the riot • plunge of
all your own class, to be shunned as
a spy by all who are tort of it! Bot
you two have not put up that bar
rIer which everywhereahati Me out
from my kind. You here been wll
ling to see the ton in me, and to
let me forget the priest."
"I do not know what to say to
you, Don Ippolito. I am only a
foreigner, a girl, and 1 am very
Ignorant of thyme things," cold Floe
Ida, with a slight alarm. "1 am
afraid that you may be say Ing
what yen will be sorry for."
"Oh, never! Do not fear for me
if I am (rack with you, 11 L m7
refege from despair."
The pamloulte vibration of els
voice lnerensed, as if It must break
is Wars. She glanced towards the
other room wee a little movement
or stir.
" -1h, 70u needn't be afraid of 11.t -
e ning to me!" cried the priest bit-
terly.
" 1 will not wake ber," said F)or-
kb calmly, after An Instant.
"Hee how you speak the thing you
Mann, athwayt. always, always! You
meld not rimy died you meant 40
wake her, .Joe you have 'tee life -Wag
habit of the truth. Ido you know
what It 1s to seem, to say, to do.
the thing you ore not. think not, will
not? To leave what you believe un -
Wren you will -undone, what
pm are unknown r It le to be n
priest!"
Don 'pronto spoke In Italian, and
he uttered these words ht a voice
carefully guarded from every list-
ener but the one before his firs. "De
Iron torror whet it ' Is When Mice a
moment as Liras Domes, and you would
fling away the whole fabric of (alar
hood that has clothed your Ilfe-do
you know what It is to keep still
so much of It as will help 3ron to
unmask ■ilevtly and secretly ? It Is
to be a priori!"
(To b. Continued,)
I.Qfb1FFNCULTIES.
Pellsltietl of Modern Methods
of Lining.
"d'dotall, Dgln" 18:-"tNs r1AEf d'ilfreit
deal ouuueralug the hardships and
sufetriuge endured by the Canadian
ht pioneer's in the early days of our Do-
te minion. Bub the truth is that man
of their deaawrd*nta, iu our ow
Simnel, endure equally as much ea di
their forefather's.
The case of Miss Anna Young,
this town, Is an matinee. -Mi
Young is a grand-daaghter of Col
Henry Young, the United Em
Loyalist, in whose honor Port Heavy
ay
at Kingaton, was named. She ss
'I had suffered with rhepmatiam
tweuty years. My poor body was al
twisted out of shape so you can ha -
twine the agony 1 endured. My phy-
sicians oonid not help me; all the
medicines I used were utterly useless.
"I read of Dr. Arnold'. English
Toxin Pills, one day, and thought I'd
• give them • trial. 1 am thankful for i
having that inspiration, for I am ow
free from very terrible*painsend
aches, thanks to Dr. Arnold's English
Toxin Pills -and to them alone. I
cannot, of aoor.e, be made young
again, for I will be 79 years old in
December, yet I feel I can end myw
days in pe., llamas to Dr. Arnold's
Eugliah Pills."nt
Dr. Aolde' English Toxin Pills,
the only medicine on earth that cures
disease by killing the german that
cause it, are sold by oil druggists at
76o. a box; sample aim26e., or sent
prepaid on receipt of prioe, by The
Arnold Chemical Ca, Limited, Can-
ada Life Building, 49 King Street
Wart. Toronto.
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WONDERFUL RECOVERY.
Deadly Catarrh had (note■ed Ito Watches
°pea the •.Three and was ort a.veVp-
lag late emst••mpttae.
larvdbyeane .V .tad by moonbeam...
She -....axed ala tematm.a% tit waw
tit >nf. gl gnlh Orem )taenia► n[fAsla-
saerir-__-�_ -
Mr. Mackie says: "Abet* Mx Jews
ago I contracted a very, heavy cold,
and allowed 1t to rue on for dome time,
without attention. Moon I realised that
11 was n victim to the deadly ravages
M Catarrh, and became aro affected
that I had to give up ordinary work.
Friends advised me to hue thle remedy
and that one, and I Boon exhausted
the loog list of worthier' snuffs and
powders that ere recommended for
Catarrh. T1t. remlt was that mean-
time Catarrh had developed to ('on-
aumptkwr. At last I beard of Catarrh -
oscine, which was recommended tome
SA a new scleotiflc treatment of won-
derful curative p *rr. i procured nn
outfit. and a few application' bene-
fited ono more than weeks of treat-
ment from any other prepargtlon,
and a more extended use of ('atorrh-
osone eempletel•v eared Ole, sod I hare
had no Catarrhal symptom= dace.
CATARRHOZONE
11 a guaranteed cure for
CATA lift!, A8Tn70A, BROMC/41TM
8014 everywhere". Complete outfit,
price $1.00; extra inhalant, 50c per
bottle. Money refunded If it fail* to
benefit. Trial outfit for 10 cents In
/temps to any address.
N. C. Polson & Co., Kingston, Ont.,
Proprietor&
What He Peered.
"What on earth are you bringing all
those umbrellas In here for T
Mrs. Van t'ashion, as Mr. Van Fash-
ion
puffed Into their bedroom with an
armful of rain interceptors.
"Why, I thought that reception
was due to -night."
"Yea, end you arc afraid the guests
will steal them, are you ?"
"Not at ail. I nee afraid they will
reoogniso them."
Minaret's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
Kissing ye Bride.
Maticheirter. N. IL. le having a gen-
eral debate upon the right of a yam-
tice of the patine to kern the brides
whelp he marries Tho justices to a
man claim the right from cesium as
old as the ceremony. and claim that
they have all the dseretlon In the
matter.
'!'hose nns!ghtly pimple° con 11e en-
tlrely removed by the awn of Miller's
0ornpoand Iron fills. 50 dome 25
cents.
'rollers to the Kalaer.
Though the (lermnn Emperor em-
ploys Berlin tailor.. ha believes' In
giving provincial* employment alsoin
every Important town there Is a court
tailor, who orra'slonally has the honor
of supplying the Emperor with a mel
term.
CoM nerd's Unbend Ceres;0arget Id.
A Worm Ilkeeleome.
A Colorado tiprfllfp clergyman nn-
nouneed through tbe papers that he
w' ld preach nn "Hell and Who
Ile Thera" and nkncd hie no-
tke by Maylr1R. " A warm wekecuu
extended to ail."
iif'ller'e Grip Progrdert Cana
The New Weddle"( Ring.
Wedding rings are .ttppos.di to he
always. the wane, bot still the fashion
of them ha. altered late] •mnng the
smart people. 1H .&west brides are
wearing plata gc,ia circles welch are
hi d,s trowar titee these form-
erly worn. When worn it le exactly
rite say eoarentional wedding ring.
fa reality it consists of two arparate
ftIdiot*, each mate is a spiral.
se t as slimly tegetb.r as to
form • reel ring without vidhl.
Inlet Thi. marriage ring b symhnh-
eal of rhe kerne of two lith on..
11 the eh'IAren regatrp ilonk., tone
ant* en tike* es Miller'. Worm i'ow
stars; very pM.aant to tate.
efei
.1 -
WHAT Hath AAPIKATIONR WKRJC
kerma,' (11r1'a Practical View of
Kduestlenel Advaetages.
There was little of the idealiatic
about the essay_ef a Haseas-girLat
ber`ieoent graduation. Her teacher
had given her for a theme the phrase,
"Beyond the Alps lies Maly." She .--
toadied her preeeptrw ■sd school-
mates by these emphatic words:
"I do cot care a mot -whether Italy
liss beyond the Alye pr even is Mier
seetrt- `1 do 'eel' expect to set the
rivet on firs with my future career. I
am glad I have a good, very good
education', but I am not go:ag to
memo It by writing Poster er.seals
about the future woman. It will en-
able me to cornett the grammar of
any lover I may have, ebould he .peak
of 'dotage' In mr meat somewhere. ProPromise,e' or eaT be
It willalso come
beady when I want to flameo out
bow many pounds of soap a woman
can get for three doaen eggs st the
grocer . So I do not begrudge the
time Ir have spent in • oqtide 1ngj
It.
But my asebit!ons do not fly so gb.
I just want to marry a man who can
ick awrbod7 of 11:s weight la the
township, who can run an eighty -
acre farm and who be. no female re-
latives to Deme around and try to
hose the ranch. And I will agree to
cookood diners for hien that won't
mad to an early grave avid lavieh
upon hies • whole lot of wholesome
affection and see that hie raider
hasn't been used to out broom wire
when he wants to shave. Is view of
all this I don't oars if I do get a
little runty on the rule of three and
kindred other tb:ags as the yearn go
by."
Beware.teintrtests ter Catarrh
That Costals Mercury.
as =ornery will surely destroy the
neap of swell mad completely derange
the whale system when entering it
throe t% the mucous surfacer. Such
artier should never be used except
opeuaeripaon• fr'oas reputable peas.
as the le few odd to the good theywill do
glibly derive from g you can Cposetrier. $fill'. a•
tares Cure. manofactwresl by F. J.
Chaney & Co.. Toledo. 0.. contains no
mercury, and le taken Internally, act-
ing directly upon the blond and mu-'
ars rertaonr W the systaell- In bay•
int Hall', Catarrh Cu.. be m re you
get the genuine. It is taken Internal•
ly and made la Toledo. 0., by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials frau.
Rohl by druggists. price T5c per bot-
tle.
Hall's Family P111• are the bah.
Literary amp Shot..
Cnlculat'ons of the enormous' for-
tune awaiting the popular author of
the future stagger belief. but they
seem sound calcul. t'ona, none the lees.
To -day. for example, n popular "hit'
for a novel means a eula of 1100,000
eople.. When U. S. po uletlon has
doubled, snrh a "hit" will mean ROO;
000 copes. But the growth of the
took -reeding public. in Infinitely more
rapid than the growth of population.
Renee by 195() n novel of the day
might easily sleet with a run of 750,•
000 copies. The 'wattled of en author
would then mount op to labtlone some.
11 your every -day duties are • bur -
lien. It is Cacaos* pm pare not well.
Y Berle C46Eppoosid PM 'Pills will cod,
Meet thle e&i.d(tym. 4
• Comma de the Wt'owg place.
A mleplaned comma bee got a
Gr .ley moray, Kann., paper foto a
peck of trouble. The journal 1n ques-
tion recently publlahml an Item In
which the following sentence oc-
cur'red: 'Two prong men ford Le041
went with their girls to Tribune to
attend the Mechem' institute and as
soma! they left, the girls get drunk."
The Comma belonged after the ' glrs"
end the latter are making ft hot for
the editor.
To Care a Cold lb One Day.
Tab LaxalMve Bream Quinine -Tab
Sete it All 1bto ogre 25e. 1.drmles. . Grovel money
W.
dlpsaeure le cm mob box.
('beeper Cure.
Dr. Squill. -How (11d 7Ou aura that
roan of riser
Dr. !'Ilireel had nothing to do with
the cure. He mound isle a flat, tend
new, he heen't got room to hovel a fit.
\o worm medicine arta so nicely ea
M 11vr', Worst Powders : no physlt
required.
ItesewM Apenlarde
Bareelone. Jan. 18, -'pre V
tranratlentle ste*tee -Leon XFI( 1
*rrived here from ale tpptae noir
laiwto M(11 former
rimmer
*11d their families. A majne�
ftflpe °of them
ere is a lamentable pplSght. The tom
•utboritl•a and Be4 Creed a set
them •nd give mmlblenee to the eat-
Arrera
Mlnard'm Llelalkllt Dull.. itiaullOw4
0(
A tart cxfetr bills ended
w nee* oo v'm
nol•el00 powder, 'nos (ems Alin"
add hie powder tee tinea tate
.xpeely end Y*g teem of or-
dinary gmoinleas edsy - Ths illi•
env not matinfensory.
K1tlh0D THR yt'KKr.
vas Proud Hoeft el all Old Quarter.
waster.
'To be knight of the Thistle is *
big boteor', of uourse," r.wuuked aa told
quartermaster mergsat, antldat s 416
.PK',Jttnw. an1J1
Chat • mw, m4ry. Pearson'' Wsekjy
" but 1 can olwlw a distinction IOW
In front of that, or of triaging hands
with the Qoeen as they say o1 the
oustym observed by Cabinet Minister.
when taking over the reals of office,"
"You're chucking 1t, mon," observed
a stalwart sergeant ft'se the far
north.
' WvII," the veteran two -tom. wast
on to explain, "the good fortune which
befel me was to be k4wed by the
Queen," an intimation which caused
the little party td gainer round
yet closer.
"You're ha 'leg W. Jook," obeervaa
s oredulow oorporal, ••sad 11 y'w wan►
the retch.! say so, for the pi' Is$
holder 1s fair oaWalmed."
"No," the distinguished soldier. Mk
he olalmed to be, ooatdlld, It le
you 'hate out of It, as"w'racy/Ill we.
You may have heard of my being the
'ouuger% bugler that took part In
the Crimea, and such fact immured fur
mea oleos among the survivors who
were i emected by the Queen after
peace was proclaimed."
"Whoa the wounded went let, some
In chairs" -
"Quite so. Well, I was thea s little
fin xen hatred, red oheeked youngster,
very small for my age, and I suppose
contrasted a good deal with the worn
veterans. When iffy turn case to
pts° H11M,beasked ow - catty
and ouer replyingty n 1141!.hover thlrteaaoldI ,
at the mane time giving quite thin
best salute powdble, the Queen said:
' Dear 11the fellow,' and then gave me
a kW' on the cheek. 8o you res how 1
Dame to receive a grades" distinction
which from" generale downward no
other soldier he. ever been able 10 lay
claim to. That honor's mine .lore."
WANTED.
Th. •nderrtgoed .111 My tea oast, tad ter
copies el the following aswepapers for the
year dm
Atwood. Ont, Bee. Aug t, Oet. 11
R•edlek. N. rt., Telephone, rob. 4 MMM 1. a,
Dutton, Ont.. Advance. Jas. It
ifarenos, Ont, Quite Oct. a
jsampto°. N•D Mmee.J1b. t Mart! !i ..;
Hepworth, Oat, Amore Jam It.
Rerun, N.W.T 1!gnggawd. Ooh 1111.
Sundridge. ret, Eshs.1 41
Sturgeon Pets.At,.0sienba lo., 7.0. L
Address ,alae ts
The CANADA /MUM rangy Co,
A New Oae.
Tests of 11e new segmental gun at
Bandy Hook are to be made dertly
ander the direction of experts of the
Ordnance Department of the War
Offira st eat up of w
tore of tempered
segosea
around which L rolled about seventy-
five miles of steel wire, with a thin
"Leel jacket outside. llpon this bash
will be furnished a 10 -Inch gen. with
whiter the heaviest armor now sup
pI'et to warships miry be pierced. Th.
completion of this piece of heavymrd•
nano* renews the long-standinrow
lroverny between Impregnable armor
and Irreslstlblie mean. of attack. If
the Brown segmental gun should prove
capebte of p erring the thkkeet *tenor
plate capable of flotatlun. It would
he necessary to reform all existing
theories of naval attack and defence,
-Philadelphia Record.
Neuralgia's Per latent Agony.
Why watt, 1f .afterkK pain? bat go
at once to the nearest drug store and
buy • bottle of Poison's Nervlllea. It
will cure you. Pain cannot artily when
It is yard. it Is Just the thing to have
in the house to meet a settee attack
of Illness. Norville(' eurep neuralgia 1s
five minutes; toothache Isntantl ;
metre rve pain just as quickly. Why
doe' It do this' Because It contains'
the most powerful pain subduing sub-
stances known to medical science. Try
It and Ire ooerlaoed.
At the Work Basket.
"You may be aherp," mid the thread
to the needle, "but I notice you see
always getting It In the eye."
011, I don't know," answered the
needle. "I notice that whenever you
get In n hole I have to pull you
through."
"Huth 4111, yore two," said the thim-
hle, "If it wean't for Any paste neither
of you'd ever get along."
And the admire chuckled, "Sew It
mm ms."-IMidi: upon. News
That tired fandins wilt disappear;
Your appetite will Improve; yogi'
d'gastlon w111 he perfect. If you din
lake Miller's Compound Iron Pelle.
Runeral Referee 1■ Ragland.
Dictate Would have been pleeeed
with the title of the " Church of
England Burial, Funeral and Mourn•
Ing Reform Aesocfatlon," which, at
kW 20th annual meeting, has issued
the following manifesto : " No dark-
ened house. ne durable coffin, no
"portal nroornlnig attire, no bricked
grave. no onneomeary show, no
avoidable expense sad iso eaunual
eating or drinking."
1 know MINAAD'S LINIMENT will
core Diphtheria.
JOHN D. notAtimAICIL
French Village.
1 know MINARD'S L1P114IENT *Ill
ours Croup.
J. F. CCNNINCHIAM.
Cnpe island.
I know MINARD'e LINIMENT lethe
hart remedy oil earth. •
Jams* A. Feow,
Norway, Tee.
Compremsed Al, ('are Withdraws.
Compromised air -ran bairn boon wit'
drawn from sorvloe on the 2rith end
and 29th street 0remstown lint of the
Metrlpo iltasl Street Railway. owing In
their unpopularity by reason of their
excessive vibration, sobs end the
greasy dripplegn left on the rte{,
Mlnard'e Unlaent Carse (olds, eft.
That StuHr Peelle,. -
Fine Homier --Don't you nisei'''.
have n stuffy feeling in 11h1. home?
Second lln*rder-Not when we are
In the dining room.
When eh!Wr.n wee pole, pees tett find
restless' at night they reguer/. n My ,
or two of Miller's Worm riowtkrr..
1SSUE 4.1
Advitto the
umptives
There are three great reme-
dies that every person with
weak lungs,or with consump-
tion itself, should understand.
These remedies will cure
about every case is its first
stages ; and sassy of those
more advanced. It is only
the most advanced that are
hopeless, Elmo these are
wonderfully relieved and ltit
itself greatly prolonged.
fe‘What are these remedies
' Fresh air, proper food and
S OWN
tai ails*, oil pith
'iarjhites. Be afraid of
draughts but not of fresh air
Eat nutritious food and drink
plenty of milk. Do no' forget
'that Scott's Emulsion is the
oldest, the most thoroughly
tested and the highest en-
dorsed of all remedies for
weak throats, weak lungs and
consumption ie-tll its stages.
baa '15.611.1/:
+A 4' ., . JI inguen.
SCOT! a W W Nr, O•.tsv4 �jpray
a
V,'tll:am Newsome. of Wyevllle, .n
oetogeoardas, la in jail at Barrie for
trying to eat Ids wile's throat.
NEW ONTARIO,
A trout:. oke W • kir tn/arrtm,-
gamty.alm' 41,10
Miise " „
1 Ala"w1 tom• •n
who 1• Rtaklh • Y to ,t,.t n,'
b000neoo.•tgy�,.,..�Ntinth ,ts• 4 peaadeslare, were
( e g mdl+b pshi to R 1' a °.seer • •
.waea, Dryd,•
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.FOR
-OR. c7AL�rC
A fruit Wm is Niagara T_
ever teas mals ban lad ever 4
pima eherdea sad
take or
Mowed
dto
or Mia
wttalles
aro.
w111
1e we:a
• ,u
dart
V s/lend'* Meg Ramr,extra baleen Immo'
vert' Ina tamer 54454. hoer vrbed. aerosol
11.041..
rewire price ale .er r.a.W prim onl
1.w. Thio reed, will be meet to arty adder. i„
'aneds, all ..name paid. • the roede/
es. eon .�warrsa4.d nt4
mammy r41. a
(o hex fir hremu►o., ( taArbon m line t
al Mted.wle
Spree mk.ent al
the t. sed M ('h1Y,•s ..feu, 1tt,, send. .
the ..Mems the urn.
wow earl •
and the hest remedy fen DIarrhvw- Twvnu,
1'. meat. • bottle.
Fe, S I.00 (Charms raw
Life Sized Crayon Portrait.
�ens Hl oaks doe •ephswwith rarMMn)Lf
M s mJerboa de anti laseg pm a tree Ur
1186114 Tim s bait remake peso and Is node
Us saveable our J. r
ebee4, ei 7(en.ato
'CAN 85LL YOU A FA K (;NS A l'
t k ea ewer tame ; l w peered
dimes w aver sant the sal and
41. IL JOHNSON,
Coatis. Nob.
A WONDERFUL CURE FOR
810K HEADACHE
T1s meet woadee(ii!
elects' paode .d by
KIDD'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
wren tM�;ryctkeeH�.e�a� -- - (b.4 d
head et 'false. lase. thenen at
e had elft s ansdldsw
emailed by1 Ptlis 1IL L BBL Pert emits sew Oat. l Drovers, w
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Ia llamsshy-fits ladle os&",
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wet yredyp
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are
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