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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-9-18, Page 6eVA4 � • � Eta./,��f/- ' -t O / Pier a41.44..4 ;t GIPSY'S MARRIAGE *444.444a+444444÷141t "1 mewl be elft," iiir Maurice sate, gathering up hiss rrina. "ter 1 shall mars my train," and, saying "Good - by," he drives away to the station, as hounds, horsemen and ,*11 moved Noway away to begin the day's sport. But to.ley Mies Blake doen not tare whether they "find" or not, and cis gems home early to prepare for Misr 'hat to Drumancen ('artle. "Ob. do stay till they draw Bally - beg Wood! Jim aaye they are gong there next, and It is on the way home. plead. Gladys, wl»tfully, for Captain Lefroy Is ('cry attentive to lids fair • lady to -day. and Ulctdys it bt ek heaven of delight. "I'm sure you aren't .tired vet, )lora.' "Yes. I am' and IL's • horrid, stu- pid day, and I have to get niy things packed to go to Urutualteen Pestle this evening, BO there Is no nee In staying. They will be hours ilrawing the plane; and It Is so told. Come Poor Gladys, her heart longing for a rapid flight tierce's country, follow- ing Captain Lefroy's lead. tura. her horse's head slowly and reluctantly; for It Is so early In the day. and there Is sure to be a fox here. Among� the gorse they can sec the hounds and the red coati dotted Here and there. "Listen! They have found!' cried Gladys, Rooklag back wistfully. 'Oh. Flora, wait a minute! Yee -tout, toot, toot, goes the horn! (:one away, gone away! Look, look -the fox r shrieks hlnlg•e. " I see him, Flora. Flora!" Theo, as the hounds In full cry bust out of the corert and stream away' across the open, and there is A rich to be first awl foremosj in the field, Gladys. In wild excitement, tries, but in, a very half-hearted man- ner, to keep her horse from following the crown. Captain ',erre), comes galloping by. "Come on, Gladys!" he ',lieut.. "Follow me!" And ,Ake Ls off, with that maga "Follow me!" In her ears. .tel Flora, with it frown on her fere. watcher her .lster'e Tight form living over the fields, sees her follow 1.efeby, over a big bank; and then she rides slowly home by her- self. If Sir Maurice had been out, she would have gone with the brat of them, for all the country knows that Mee Blake can ride; but to -day she aba_bas no spirit, no heart for It. CH&PT= 11: Late in the afternoon the brougham from Havers rolls under the archway of Ihumaneen Castle. The tower stands out dark and gray against the pale winter sky ; but In the rows of small, ivy -bordered windows lights torr gleaming and glowing pleasantly. Mho Blake, in a long velvet coat, richly trimmed with fur, Jump' out of theifarrlage as the door of the cas- tle Is opened w' IP, and the warm IIght front within ',bines forth in n bright welcome. "Her lndyrlep i' In the droning - room, mise," the did servitor &aye, blandly, with deep respect, um be- hooves o-hooves him toward the lady who In all probability will be his ndetres» one (day. Lady Dermot, buried fn tlhe co"Irat of cosy armchairs, rices no Mies Wake 1' announced, and the ladles kiss each other affectionately. "Dear chiht, it waw so good of you tit- come !" Lady Dermot mutrmurs. "Maurice made me mend for )ou. He anew how you would charm away the loneliness. Which sweet little invitation brings a ware Dolor to Miss Blake's lace. "1 was very glad to coupe," she afluwere, softly. "Maurice wet me at the meet, and gave me your note, and 1 returned (come early so that 1 could drive over before it wee ratite dark." "licit wag very goo:1 of you. dear. And now mil down In that eh/W- iwi will be In dtreetly-and 1.11 me all shoot everything and everyMrl) -who was out to-dny, anti all about it" ; n n1 Lady Dermot euro up 1 ho fire Mill Muffles about, an much ne n dignified pertain Ilke Iter can de sew In a pretty, dlgntfie(1 way. and Tooke nt the firelight flashing on Mims Blake'n fair, high-brehl face. NUN Blake, with her fifteen thou. wand pounds and her gno.1 looks enol her gond manners, will mike a very Mee wife for Maurice by and by, mentally decades Ludy Dermot. She 1e talking away now In her eater. placid manner, telling Lady Dermot all about the day's /port, end looking quite at home In the 'soft, sleep armchair, with her vel vete t--' her furs, and her soft Nee lase. that .miehow never tell Ogle a whit of their owner'a thoughts, looking Into Ludy Dermot's face *Till that faraway kook that. wool!• defied the Grinh»hew friction so this warning. "And you know, Lady Dermot, 1 think It le such a pity for Oladys to be Peen so notch with Captain Lefroy; every one Is talking." TOO' is }'horn's revenge for Gladys' deser- tion of her this afternoon. )wady Dermot! node. "'1 always mad eo, Flora. Yoe know, my dear child, that engage- ment might never to have been ni- twit ed." "But low could It he prevented? Meminn did all .ho could; Ma yon knew papa wits alive then, and he t t Mherself.- w a 111 ell/e. kl liladys please N "Well, deer, he will netrr marry her -never! tatpleln Lefroy may Ise it very hnnlinme and a very Imo elms this utnn; Mut lot ix no mach to *Pelle acorn, arid he never Melnwldle (Hedy, Is relate home. o Ith (captain Lefroy, eo happy. poor child, so eonfldent that gone tiny he will give up e11 him raa•t wild Lettings, and that he and mbe will begin n Nwpet, new Ium to- �-nisittt, my darling,' he whls- aad take. one Idea In the tet "You are my good angel, Olo LR "Goodnight, Jim." die mayt, low am rtttt, to her sweet vnlew "1 have had swab a happy .fay " And ire (bay part in the darkening ,fir air the abort afternoon. The a ek or o1 the wall tied Ivan ea atrau:gly ht t;ir Maurice Dermot as he reitchcs lits Jtturncy'r end uud finds himself atumhng 111 ilio door of a desolate ks'kIng mansion facing the wide Atlantic. 11.. call sec great gray waves with rearing white - crests clnatitg each other titer the face of the deep. It Ls a lung time since he 11414 ..on the sea. and he gazer on It intevtiy now, and breathes the strong unit my with a keen senate of enjoyment, In spite of the dfemnl ea r rink l.Ulgs. Snell it dreary went. it is. with to trees, no shrubs --only Ode bleak white bootie etanalrg hark from the set, forever within learltg of the roaring of the waver nod the thun- der of the surf upon the beach. Sir Maurice, drawing the fresh, hrluy air deep Into 11s lungs, looks out with a grave face over the waste of waters. Then the door of the house is operwl, and the next moment he finds himself standing in it 'mull bare ball and the door shut behind him. 1 "Will you step into the parlor, sir ?" - The old woman who answers the summons Inllcatev the parlor door With a flourish and vanishes. The house feels chilly and desolate in the extreme. Sir Maurice shivers and look* around with a feeling of disgust at the dreary room Into which he had been ushered The Whale are drawn down out of respect for the dead man upetalrs. Sir Mau- rbe wonders what manner of man lie war to lire In such a place. He takes up his position opt the hearthrug, with his back to the dis- mal fire -a ere that seems to burn as if under protest -and flickers to a feeble sort of way, end gives out no heat, no warm. geuerou. glow. Sir Maurice 1■ regretting that he hes cutup; he feels cold and tired awl 1hungry. The Night of a sub- ✓ tantlal dinner would restore hie good temper ; but It is a sight that he feel■ he is not likely to wit- ness. Good dinners and this rooms would nut 'harmonise. "I relish 1 hats WA it bed nt the hotel," or anywhere," Ile ways to Mennelf, pulling his moustache and fruwning. "'What a hole this Is? Aad what on earth have 1 come for 7" The door-Imtetle le turned gently, the door °pram, and out of the shadow - beyond comes a elig1M, dark figure, rawly and hesitatingly, through the dm light Into the grant flow of the fire. Until tads moment Sir Maurice has quite forgotten the ellsteree of the ewmin who haw livers with Uncle Ben. IIP has never once thought of her, never wondered for n ascend whist she wouki he like, or anything about her. And he etarte an ,,he comes In quietly and walks right up to him. "1 am very glad you ham+ Dome," helmet -vs a Nott. girlish ware Raying AN fret lakes her hath M his own. "I canoe as stens as ever 1 could.''' the &newer*, trying to get a glimpse of lwr face In the tlnrknwse. "You aro not here :tanner" he continues, looking at her shadowy figure In t gloom ; veal the girl anwween again, wearily thiel time, with n tittle dread In her low tenets: "Yew, ell n10nP; Etna i have been No frightened all flay and nil night since--" "Yen, I know it wax very bad for you to he here hy yourself ; but 1 am here now, and 1 will do any- thing In my power to help you." "Thank you," and the short sen- tence ends with a little sigh. The door opens again, and the old woman appears with n lamp, which ehe mete dpon the table. Aa 11 by one accord, the two Mantl- ing by the tiro turn an•l look at each other. Sole sees n tall man with n grave face and kindly eyes; that in n11 nate notes of Maurice ISer- mot In thin, the first hook. And he, It Ile eyes reit on her uplifted Inc.', Kasen with it sort of amazement. He mere n Inc.', hat whether child's, girl'. or woman's at this first glance he cannot tell. He known, however, that in ell his life he ham never Neon anything like It, that he han never imagined any eyes' like thane veal. - al to his In the shadowy light of the lamp. She 1s something utterly unlike anything he has ever seen in ht■ .moothly regulat- ed life ; and at first he hardly knows 1f lids NenstUon 14 n Oneonta one. Thin chi I or \tonna° stands be- fore him, email and lithe, and he nen vee a strange, wild beauty In her npr,losed face. 1'.). aril brown it 1', and her hair is cropped galte /Mort, and lies to thick, dark ring. But her eye' strike h'm moat ; they are Invely, great -brown eyes, long -helve' tind'rrnctw, He ittnk^ RTIff Mark* tato the face raised to his, owl then, like rh trightene.l e111), the color floods Iter face, her heart droops, and he call .pc only the henry, dark hashes on her cheek& 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 She le beentiful. in all him life he tine peen no beauty like this. Ha finds his volco at inrt. "Ton ere my <e item," he wive ; 'rind I do not even know your name." Olpey," ..he answers. " 1 wee al- ways called tipsy." " Abel a s-ery pretty nnnu', text, though 1 do not think there your ever a Olpmy Dermot before," u Ino to, She dome not for n m I �k and then alio says, tlmldl3 : Ton must he tired and hungry ; would you tike tea, or---" faltering and *topping. . Bir Mawrlee helps het out of Lha difficulty. 1 'Mould like tea very mneh," he nrseseers. "Inay i have It with your" "Yes," Ofpey replies; "and 11 you will come with me. 1 will /show yon your l'000." ile follows his young hooters np the ml.nlrease, and on the landing ..he panes. "lie la In there,' she whltpero. pointing' to a classed door "Weald you like to go In ?"-very gravely. "Oh, no I" Har Mnnrlee an"wets, quickly. r" Yon are, (limy. 1 never paw Unite Nat alive, a/kl f would not Ilk' to.aee him now, he M dead." tilpsy draws a lung breath. "1 um glad you do nut. want to see him, 1 war afraid to gu in Leydelf." She turtle her grout eysr upuu ids 1ta she remake, and they look wild root uuutterthly mournful. "t thought Uncle lieu might think It unkind if 1 did out go and alt, by hie -he war too etruuge always; but It war ter- rible -he looked alt changed, and 1 wax frightened." "You poor child i" He speaks very gently, and lays his hand ou her slight shoulder, for he can ser that she 1. terribly ueriour and frightened even now. You could do 111m 110 g'atud Moto, (Npry. P(wr Uitclu Ball 1 I do ,.at weeder Mutt you grieve for him.- " 1 oat not grleviug," she uttswers, quietly --"not in the way ytlu moan, We peter loved each other, Uncle Ben and 1. 1)4 you know he did not Weak to me fur three ,toonthr before lie died?" ' Good heavens! Was he mad?" Sir Maurice lute releal hie tolee, and tilpry 'starlet and pulntr to the clotted akar. Oh, hush -Ise Is in there!" -Cud eta' tourer away. " W tel spank about Ium Dow 110 let dead," alto ways, In the roue low, frlghtenel voice. ' Louk-this it your room," Wild aide, with first senile Ileh e lute seen on t h lice t her face. " And 1 am afraid it Is not .t very nice room, but 1 have made It us comfortnWe'tar I could." And elan who flits away, leaving him ,tanding bewildered, for (Uwe la something nlwost unnatural about Ulu' girl. " I never raw anytlrng so lovely in my life;' Sir Maurice rays to him- self. " And to think el her being burled here!" Hiss Biake's peace of mind would be considerably disturbed could she but peep into this lonely house by the rad sea waves, and see Stir Maur- ice Dermot, moue twenty minutes hater, quite at home at the teatable, with this steatite fairy-like Iltlle mortal with the dusky Jorge, And ey ee whutie Martehluc beauty holds Sir 1C/drive's quite as If by magic &gala tied again. The tet le nut very good, the bacon and eggs are not very ln\ itiug. tlilwy crimsons as eke pours out the tea. awl for the first time In all her life tike deficiencies of her surround- inge dawn un her. Site knows In- etluetively that all this is uut what her cousin luta been accustomed to, and alto hooka wistfully with shy eyes into his face. "1 wish 1 knew what you like," site 'hays, with artless simplicity, casting a displeased glance at the bacon and eggs. Sir Maurice smile. reassuringly at has hostess. "Du nut trouble about one, Gipsy ; I have eserythiog I want. And now will Jou tell me eomethlag about yourself not Uncle Ben!" There it not much to tell --only the story of a selfish old man, oho hoard- ed act rated, and shut up his heart from the lover alai frluudrhlps of the world -w 6n nobody over N' never r will know ; bodied, and made no iiign. abaci. tells It all lit her wimple, oh Like fas(ilun, not varnishing ur adding to the tale, but Just giving every- thing ss it happened. "AW I came home awl found him lyiug,dead," she Matthew., and then there Ls n puttee, "What a timely life you must have led !" Kir Maurice looks over at the Wound face eta ho speaks ; and rhe answer.. watt; n deep e'talnese now : 1 %net never lonely while Sibyl lived.^ "Hiby I ! \\'Ilio wit, she'." Maurbe ioks , and then he stops, for her eyes aro full cif team net mho dotes not unswer till the low, ead t u;co io steady again. "She was my sister, and we lived here always, ant 1 \cue never lonely til Uncle Alen went her to school ; and be Lott} me she would come back ; but she never dkli 1 wat- hed every day, but eke never came back any more. Aid--" 0!p0y claps her email handy together, her whole face quivers, and Mir Maurice ecu tears withering fast actin her ey'elasshew e» rite goes 00 slowly, "anti one tiny Uncle Ben told neo ethyl waw dort'1 ; Rah) he seemed 'a' angry hecaus° who diets, and be geld me never to mention her name again ; and I never have, only to my - evil, till tonight" (To be Cootteeee.) +++++++++++11.4.4.+4++++++++ ++ IS A LONG FALL REALLY PAINFUL ? THEY DID NOT MARRY. SOFE Melodrama the Reslt of • Widow'slfelrlwoalel AdertINseat. . One day recoutly lhu hreus Zel- luug. published at Berlin, contained the fallowing wdvertlw'went A lady of mature age, but looking young anxl feeling int -tall, blonde, lmporing and graceful, at the same time rich-wluhe■ to again outer the bonds 01 watrltnouy. The lady 'reuslved a number 'of re- plies, but she was wit loot( In de- ciding. Clue of tbrw took her fame', end r1.1 arranged an interview, tine would not, she said, receive the matt In her own houses before they had seen each other on ueutral ground. Therefore, ou et certain day site would be on the main platform Inside the FrIedrlchetrusse Rotatiohn. wear- iest In her eoreage at nosegay of 111 - lea of the valley ; while the gentle- man 080 arkna to woar a tall nose La his buttam hole. With beating Berets they arrived on the platform, (undue' %raring the red s nr But idles and monsieur hie 'so before either Isad time to treat a re - trent or stuff into lithe pockets tits eotnpnimlming badges madam found herself face to face with her owo mfMl1 Ma(lam turned ite white *m her lilies rued wonrleur a. red as hie roes, and both speedily took to their heels. Keep Minard'r Liniment to the Souse. He Knew the See. Young \\'Lfe-1 don't see why we can't get a plain omit. 1 bale ad- verttreil for one daily for ilkOre than two week.. Husband - Advertbse for is good looking new, int dear, and you'll have a dozen appicaote the Drat dash out of the box. -Chicago New*. Ask for Minaret's. and take no other. Tae .Maid-tleeded Men. A little tot of Ilve rears was rent to the store by her mother to make a purchase. On her return her mo- ther fount the greeds to he uniettle- factory and purposed returning them herself. so alto asked the little girl to tell her from which clerk rhe had bought them. Hite received the ((g- lowing Answer: "I don't Mat know Ids name, mamma. but it's the loan with the piece of face on top of lib head." Stops the ('ought aad Works 01 the Cold. I.aietive Drom o Quinine Tablet" Csm a told In, oe. day. leo con, Nu pay. Price 95 meta A Heave Hoy. Pat wan a servant of an Englal lord, and was a heavy drinker. One morning after he gut drunk, hi+ mas- ter called Jim and Loki him to try and not go In the sakes) at the corner. t oak a HP feted It and cold.' hardly r Y kPe P hie feet from turning In the utoon, eo used they w. -re to going In. When he got to the next corner ho put Lae hand on his bhoulder and said to Itms.•If . " Pat, you're a Mate boy. ; come back and I'll trate yew." ++++++++++++++ The terrible aocldenrtm to balloon - bite that have occurred lately, and the rapid advaftee of the ale -ship, which renders' travel In the air by nes mean. Improbable for the ma- jority in the near future, have aroused the questions,: 1e one who falls from a wrOet height, conwckrehm of his downward flight Dat'. bis tremenlm1C velocity earthward, gathering swiftness with every one hundredth of it second, emitter him Inrenelble? le lie, in fact, suffu'atiel by his Inability to inhale the air through which he descends'? Or, on the other hand: lkws he know he M flying down to inevitable death? limes he at the instant of Ills final impact with the earth or water suf- fer for the briefest imaginable per- iod Irnmeasureablo tortures? it hi common belief that people fal- ling from great heights die In the act of diamond. .ln Interview with a sailor who fell from the topgniland yard of an Enid Indlamnn, a height of 130 feet, in to the water, ellcltetl the fact that during the (lenient In the air sense bort entirely disappeared, hut re- turned In a slight degree when he reecho) the water , Ile was, however, stili unable to strike out when rising to the surface. Prof. H' Ian, of Zarirh, mien further than nio.t other physicians. tie matte tiding that death b- falling from a lofty height le n pleasant means of ending existence. Prof. Ht Iry fell and slid down It mile of the Alpe some piers ago. He *lipped on a mnow- coveredl cntg, and fell feet first. The Ivied darted Ilam against an Inclined cliff nnrl he slid down tide on his Mick, head Brat. for nearly a mile, lacerating lila henda In an attempt to check Ida metal. Throughout all thin sliding and fall- ing, his thotighte were chef, his mind rn n.td I ds entre delighted with r.el.stlnl harmonlrs. HP thought Of the "hock when he "honld strike the Iw'ttom. and he foresaw that hie °peeing lecture et the unirerrdty flvn day" Ilene cornet here to Ise post- poned or nbendkondrl. When be .tnirk the gronnrl he rlently henna the sharp creek Of hta hand find the thud of Wm belay. it permd to him that w large block o44'.'t wax rltehing plat him, and he oriel out, "it. didn't hurt me n lilt ! it didn't hurt me a hit !" (treat 'woe his .urprlee to learn that ill" ev elamatktn was not littered unit( half an hour of nnrxtrtcrlonlntss. These eve.mples would seam to in- dieate that to he 1n an. aeeldent In mW -war would he loam painful, 11 tworP tragic, 111ah being In a railway *eel dont.-JHowsehold Wo rdst "KELPION Iad.ra.d by hest Englisbm.dl.all 1a. SPpaled to British s.ldi.rs In South Melon. For all Threat are Oland Troubles, Loonies, Alsoeeees, Old torso, Ule.rs, redone, Skin O ([tree.• Plmpl.a, Stiff Joists, ah.oloatlst., to a $gs, Serbia*. BrulA>4 Pilo*,C.t., Sere Feet Plowboy. Self by Druggists. ails, ton it se.e, t w seaman, sew .ewrworrJ I,ike the running broclk, the red blood that flows tbirough the veins has to cony; from somewh The segs of red bflood are found in the soft cone of the bones called the marrow and some say red blood alto° comes from the spleen. Healthy bone marrow and healthy spleen are full of fat. Scott's Emulsion maks new blood by feeding the bone marrow and the spleens with the richest of all fats, the pure r Liv ell.cod e For pale school girls and invalids and for all Whose ' S blood is thin and pale, Scott's Emulsion is a pleasant and rich blood food. It not only feeds the blood -making organs but gives them strength to do their proper work. Seed for free sample. SCOTT a BOWNI, Clem:1sta Tsesms, Ontario. yoc. and $t..o ; 011 draggiata Roe Pallia; Hair. Ball an ounce of camper with one ounce of borne dissolved ht a quart of water, preferably rain water, motes a very efficacious wash for failing hair. Heat the wetter before adding the camphor and borax, air this wilt fncllitato the dissolving of the tngridI ntP. Bottle, and keep closely a'Orkesl for use. Apply freely to the scalp two or three timer a week. Minard's Liniment la need by' 1'by- e lcla u s. T 1a1 il;epartee. Whiner, Trlbrae.) "How do you part your hnlr?' ' old the barber after he had flnl.hed rutting It. " With a comb,' replies] the Irri- table. customer. •'I didn't know. It looked, when you came In, as 1f you might have been doing 1t with it hayrake." Row are all at bowie? Buy a bottle M Pnlokllder Io-dny and you will be Innarel nominee cholera worhu. ',Parr/moo and khndr.1 troubles. The old reliable Perry Devls' Palnkllkr 1s cold by all deniers. ''5c. and 1(0, bottles. He Meant the Bled. A men otsen receival nn a prevent from a Rea captain a fine specimen of the hard known it, (ht' 'laughing Jackass.' As. he wen cnrrying It home he ,net nn iriwhmnn, who stopped hint. "Phwnt kind of a Merril is that, weer?' naked the Irishman. "Thnte it tnughing Jack/tall," "r- pinlnntl the owner genially. Tho Irialimnn, thinking he wee be- ing nestle fun ot, was equal to the occasion, and responded with n twinkle of the eye: 'It's not yerwwlf, ita the bared i mane, norr." ' Piles To prom en von that Tin (chase's Ointment la a certain and nininte Care for each and every form of itching • bleeding and pretending pllelt the manntsetarers have gnar.nteed It. Bee ter* gnonlala In the dally prob tad sok yonr neigb bon what they think of 1' Yee can sae it anti get year mono back if not eared. ale a hotat an &mien tui RDA cROOM HAT= at Ca,Tomnto Dr:Ohase's Ointment GO® THINGS TO EAT From r.ibby's fwmnue br,lenin k It eh.na We eeepinr a shot lido Is .s expert 1s making LIBBY'S Natural Flavor Food Products Wo don't preetlee womanly heeeIle ors Ohs eery Chn1.w.i renteelein A .reply nio rah pastry .1.1v.s .nohlr wt. to key. ewer. at head Ms .w.eetiolo toe the easy Not rs.$I.. LIBBY, MCNEILL & LIBBY 01110A00, U. S. A. Rett. hoe .car hmkt.t -now to Maga dean Tomtits TO F:AT.- __Grace for Study. He had been studying the lines of her hand for several minutes. "I'm deeply Interested in palmis- try." he said et last. "Perhaps you would tike to have a hand for practice." ahe suggested. 7htat is how he aeoured hoer.-Chf- tego. Ou fart Is better thous kPa boar.sy.. Ask Dr. liurgee.,aupt. Hospital for Innen... Mort. reel. where titer here used It for ynere, for Ms °{pluton id "The U. a 1.." Menthol Plaster. Ott the gelatine. made by 1oo'1. 4. Lawrence Co., lot rotated tots lags. It 1s rather herder to be petty outdoor.; there is so much breadth all around. Ike I believe in chaperonage? Yes, for my boy. It won't do to be only partially a lady. Comets are probably male: their eccentricities can be computed. The most uulntereeting person In the world 1e be who is interested In everything equally. There 14 more J,y in one sinner who muton up a quorum than over the ninety -and -nine who come regu- larly. Before ghing one's life to a cause It IN well to be emre that the gift is of some value. To obi/erre the habits of an echin- oderm -Mitt 1w iwlenee. To deo the Nome thing for n elan -that Ie only fiction. Temperament rovers a multttudn of sine. Il to queer how much tyranny slip- shod people dlscorer. L1fe happens to Name folks only in novels. Ii mere ideas are not fruth, they are at least the cloth of which It fro made. Nothing worrier n woman sat much ex not to belong to thing". -Dorothy Moore, in the Century. =GUSH UPAYIN L14Iltk'MT removes ell bard, soft or ralloneed Luop. nod Diem- libea from Moses. Mood ttpavin, ttilrh., Mpllnt.. Ring none, Mweeny, Idtlfi,o, Morales, Mon and !Swollen Throat, Cough., rte. Nave 950 by use of one hotth'. Warranted the most wonderfot blemish Cure ever knows. Bold by all :rnggtotw. New Table rads. A new mnterinl for table Nidhne rrnettly been placed upon the m'tr- kri. It w mute of aehewtoe cloth, woken art soft that It cannot Injure the meet highly polished table; stir aloolntely henlprtof. Monkey Brand Snap removes all stains, rout, dirt or tarnish - but won't wash A Lt.colc .loke, In 1862. (col. Alexander, of To- peka, an Intimate friend of the Pre- etAent, visited him at Washington. and found bum greatly depressed. "Thin being President Isn't all it le cracked np to he, le it. Mr. Lincoln?" Inquired he. "No," maid Lincoln, his ryes twinkling momentarily. "I feel 'sometimes 11ke the irlihman, who, after hsing ridden on it rail, staid, 'Begorry, 1f it wnen't for the honor av the thing, rd rather walk!'" Ntw York Central and Hudson River Railroad. The above name le a household word and the superior eixeellenee of the rood should be sufficient to at tract most people. but now that the rate 1s the name to New York and points rust as by other linos no further recommendation should be sought. Everybody will tall you it . the best. History Rewritten. Shakespeare was mike.] what he thought of the Bacon (ontrover.y. "Broom ?" he replied. "Where have i heard that word before 7 Oh, yea; you don't wenn to tell me Chicago la elf/lining nip works too?" However, finding that Chicagoan" were eo ernpelouNly refined that they dreesel their hregm, he distillate n,1 the idea n" unworthy. ,icffereon had been grinding for three days to turn out a imitable Declaration of Independence. hitt germed unable to .tate the care iitrorhgly enatgh. 'Eureka I" he cried, " t happy th,o*ht ! 1 shell centre n.y mind on the cook I Following this pinn. he dashed off the tittle remarks he had Inlrnl- ei making when he dlnohmrgmd Bridget. and the remit war the Immortal document venerated hy II true e w. nA roan m Porn., the !sullen prinee ,had Met been lnken prieotrner when Alexan- der nuked him how he expected tO be trentmnl. "Like a king !" replied the rant- ers warrior. I'let..et hy the manliness of (ha n new ass• Alexander imctMlately MOP him Jenitor of the Flatiron department honso, and the two potentates stork no cloddy to Mutt - noes as tO he daubed Pore* plar- t ere,' -N. Y. T// CtTRR A COLD 14 ONR DAY TA!, faintly* Ilrnwin Quinine Tablet". All de,` ttI.ta rMnn't the money 1111 falls to tone E. W. Orove, Mauston. lion pitch bet. 95e. The rt'entng was fuggy anti the launch going now, when turning a liurp baud covered with overhang- ing trews, we ruu right Into the mid- dle of eight Or ten hippo wallowing under the ..hallow banks. belting it .3(51 carbine .whieli was lyiug near rte, 1 climbed on. to the very flimsy, slippery suit deck, whleli had Ira klud Alf railing or other protectlou ruuud tt. Covering a hippo ithout twenty yards tiff, 1 fired tit his .plus and lift Iden hand , the launch had mean - thus oared off dead slaw, anti 1 was reloading when there war it roar and a crash, and I found myosin pitched violently on toy face; l should have been hurled overboard, only that 1 ttaanaged to hold on to the small funnel; It war Indeed a COW of from the trying tan Into the fire, for though I was just able to remain on board, my hands and arms were badly burned, and 1 soon had to let go. The hippo Ilad coma straight for us, and was now under the launch bumping us an. all he war worth , crawling along the deck, 1 jumped on to the stern, and only just In time, for the IAlplier, its alwclous as 1 was 10 get away front touch unpleasant surroundings, had begun to go full wpudd ahead, and in consequence the blade of the propeller rtruok the hlp- po-a misty jar for bout of no, as the helm Nilo hard tris and the Ilttlo launch reeled at the blow ; every- thing on board was sent flying in all directions, but next moment wo were free. 1 maw my hippo no more, though we 'teamed about till ,lark In the hone that be might turn up - Empire Review. Mlnar.F. Llnlment Lumbterman's Friend. Pat's Idea of a Can't Hook. Here ia a true Ineldcnt whleb took place one day while a number of men were at work piling ram -loge. Of course Pal ane the pian chorea to go to another tart of the woods after a cant-Ihuok, but never hatlug *wen one before, anti too independ- ent to ark what It was like, he btarted off, repeated to bring the first thing which hei thought re - ambled one. After .tatchlog for rano time, he discovered a wulc'y tow. "Bo Japers," bald l'at, "ire found one at last. 111 drhe her over any war, foil I see she cant -hook." Messrs. C. C. Richards b CO,: Gentlemen, -In June, '98, 1 had my hand and wrist bitten and badly mangled by it vicious horse. I suffered. greatly for several days and the tooth cuts refused to heal, until your ag"nt gave mo a bottle of MINARD'S LINIMENT, which I began using. an.1 the effect was magical. In five hours the pain had ceased, and in two weeks lit" wound's had completely healed and my hand and arm were as well as ewer. Yours truly, A. E. ROY. Carriage maker, Bt. Antoine, 1'.Q. AN ARAB• • PILGRIM'S PRAYER 4. + + +++++++++++.1P.4141411++++++2 .t correepondent Of the London Poet, who has witnessed a pilgrimage to Mecca, records the following prayer, which ho heard delivered there by an Arab pilgrim: ''O Almighty taxi!!" he cruet, "now 1 nm euro You will not send me W hell. A piucn in minutiae Is atlrely reserved for MP. You know 1 waw not rich. being only it parte harbor, tot through my rronomy and p'r- Nevernnce I laid by WIMP money. My first intention was to boy a wile with Ihy matings, Mit being, as You ktnow,.a amiable man. I thought It more advisable to make else of them to come to Yonr house, first of all, to Insure myself a hours in mutt - dire, and remember, 0 my Lord, that I west a palace as Orel. 1 4., not want to be a .shaver in the nett world. We rend In the tradition* that those who hold high poelttona here w111 be miserable hereifter, whereas the wretched in title life w111 be rah In heaven. So 1 im- plore You. in the name of Mahom"t our Prophet, who was created be- fore this world was made, and who will alt art your right hand on the day of Judgment and plead on h'_ half of his pergde, to listen to m - requests. When I return home i Lave nothing to Iivo on. Therefore, I want n comfortable living. to hem gin with. Ald Pince it may be long before I Ineet'the hocri Yon are re- serving for me lit paradise. I want to have a nice little wife now. You know the kind of womrttt I like. No- thing ler hidden from Yoh. I am not greedy, and no I Mali not ask yon for many. rbOt, 0 Lor(1, may I oak You for two? For, as Yon know full well, It le not In the nature of a roan to be contented with one." Sprained Ankle Cured Another Remarkable Case Where St. Jacobs Oil Worked a Wonder Me. W. 11 Aer. rv, J"., of 17. Denmerk Ntrect, Aston, Ulrmfngham, writ.. under MOP of Mn, 290h. ISOs: "1 em n drlr.r for the Keystone nottling ('n., of Rlrmtnghnm. And I had the misfortune to he pitched of m) angor, and howl.ire befog hrntsed from head to font my ankle hint waw pat rout and my foot several w ed. y r nuIn t tried many ►mhrneatlnne, but rerrly l no heeeet ; I then went to the hospital, lint after hATIng ,tern tre,ted lot a considerable time, 1 left. not. any better. I then determined to try Nt. Jambs Ott, nal 1 eau Aaenre yon that before 1 need t.be rnntent• of one bottle my ankle w*. nal 11101111.1 ea over, and I Rae able to go to work ew I1.0(1.,'? hnd happened." ISSUE NO. 38. 1902. R a g g e d clothes quickly-- that's uickly_that's what common soaps with "premiums" cost; hut NLIGHT jupXILDVCBB EXPLNt3; •.a fee the aetsgea i tt, ,e, LAMEST OF EARTH'S OUNs, eleteea-tach Rifts Jest Completed at Watervliet Arsenal. The blggeat gun In the %ural la taw ernc1!'It11'. eomptetld and awnh- lug Ito carri.tge Id the ph .Ike ,( the". army gulf litotory at Watervlh•l. It wits planned ten yenta) ago, unaf has been over five years In prvr,lar of odautru^flan. It In HIP tit ).c, r_ hl engine of drtttruclion known. Wheel eonnpuret to 11 tits htrgrat Kut, built In the civil war thole heats like a tyv ctucnon. This new wrulsln le known as a sixteen -Inch incus M heeding rifle. and It le Intended ltd. ttiubtw defence. Fusty of tier, mon- eters were re•c.aumenaltd by the Ee- tUoott board for tete harbors of Nen- York, Bunton, Stn Francisco end Hampton Raids. New York was to tuhve eighteen, Boston eight, Hon Fratteleco ten and Hampton Rood. four. According to pr.went init'n- tkuw this numbtir will to rt'mewhat reduced. Hoene Idea of the. else and power of this gun may 1x' trot from the fart Hunt 1t throw, a projectile weighing HOW'S THIS? We offer trete Hundred I1.,ilnn' I1.e sM lin may rase sal l'atnrrk that cannut he Alred 1,y Halle Catarrh (cure. F. J. CH EN ea' & (`f ,'fosw1u,u We, the undersigned. An,, known 1' .I Cheney for the loot 15 yeses and belle'* Iden perfectly honorable In nil hudueee truth. .ettons and financially able to curry otitis, ,bllgatlon. made by their arm. Warr a TatIa, Wholesale Druggist^.?- led°, tit Wa.uteu. KIN»aa it. Mtavm. WI4444Ylt�`- tltugglets, Toledo, 0. - Hall's (catarrh Can 1. taken tetwrwally,aet \ fag directly upon the Mood and mantra Nur. fare of the system. Teetimonlala seat free. rrlew-The per bottle. Mold by all dregglin.. Hall'. !'any Pills ars tie het n,0 'VOL/ MM WANT IWI 0I Thr highestnharl.. In the prnk elunnt world are milds to IL.LLJSTIteAt"Oemi 1'no. dent Illutlratl'n 11, all Ile lora ondtre le enera•ehrlly tau en g ht li'i MAIL or .t n resident ,'.•A.,..1. The Oily Sokol of IlhshatlN s cuada 1 In affiliation with t oran mrd pompon albk erlucatlonel lnstltutloa. Superior course Helpful l'rltlrletn Personal !not ruction I Tenn. modern to Expert instructora Pnalth,ne N ening Thorough tn'retlgutlon w„Ilrtt,d Write 1.. -tin, for beautiful booklet p;l. Ing full InfonnatIun. Antic... CANADIAN SCN00L OF ILLUSTRATION Yong, and Gerrard Mts. TORONTO. CAN R. W. Mi°gt, ins. W. H. »e.,' . I•, ../.......0.1••••••••••••••••• J Four Lovely Dlamond Rings Mounted in our n sin factory, with Utamonds personally selected In Amsterdam, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred deaLrs. Every one of these Diahnonds art of such quality that the most critical cannot find fault. Send for catalogue. AMBROSE KENTSONS yMa. n•r 1 twt`ean s•n• 156PONCE S' ^•`''.-seJ'dpI110f0s' St toesata. BUTTER AND EGGS POULTRY tit M.r.0l CORR AND RITRACTKD HONEY (i',»l arlltthra for h,ndling. /'ond.nmen r. .ol Intel. ('rrreepondenee In vit0, rtn.1 prompt Ir at t.ndel 1.. w'lli boy honey "alright JOHN J. FEE 4 '2 'Witt ronroht(1147(t).1'" t Srroiert .F;n•'. 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The quality ntnn.barl from (.van I I *pug. Yoor money hark Ilnotaatlih ct )f1 ROME & [AFLAME. Agents. Montreal. APPLES 0E0. VIPOED COC, Montreal Ww solicit ynnr coming nmen tui 10 Mont ren, Writ* r n'Prompters** stew ea L'RjI,JrF PARM iO sALE-rO7J gOr eon m Inti, 111 la the Olen ell lsll~ralt wars. Mama.1■.���n,,,,,, whk+k M In Ono moale Awa pare le see parerM dlvldw.T Into lots orM 11 *ewe to n11 eel Amore. This to a barrels Adel"' JtmettMn canasta& . . bet IM Ontario Are Your Eyes Sore? If so, OPM1411C THE GREAT ETF. R1:MEv1T eel reliever totem Opel. porn, pp Pwaent and eft.ottal OI'F.NF. never matte sn im' only . TrM, woo k. arra, watery. overworked. meeting. burning syn. wolf boon he as good a0 using ()PROF leo fake. Ahonlntely a4 retresented. Every Mime of's'd hwvo OLF.NF. R►mtt iia costs to oar *Meese end rre,l'• a bottle of OTENrt. Tae oruss co., W..datork, (in,'