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The honorary colonels, have se: •
piekinge anyway.
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But is the rutted Stater) prepared
or a war with Mexico?
In their treatment or prisoners The
Turks Amite the Germane. '
Ifarry Thew le aensible enougli to
keep out of the newspapers.
Celt% Count 13crnstorff make anc.li
er attempt to invade Canada.
It is hard to say whether Germ.: ey
is really starving or just shanuulna.
Gouln should be careful not to
wreck Liberalism ou the Bourasea
rocks.
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It takes Lord Robert Cecil to show
up the German peace proposale 111
their Proper light,
What did Colonel Allison's' lady
bookkeeper. do to get all that menee
out of the Shell Committee?
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While Hill 304 is being aembarded,
lot much is said about The other :age
The London Free Press is not en
sure now that Sir Wilfrid will resign.
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We did call for the hanging of Sir
Roger Casement, but we stopped
there.
The shortage of paper can scarcely
account for the shortage in women's
dreeses:
Some day they will be telling to
how much of a front the Rusaianr
holding in the west.
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Roosevelt's hat is now la the ring.
He has definitely a.nnouncea,himeeif
a Presidential 'candidate.
'hen all the railways are national-
ized the Government employees may
want to run the country.
The Cymric being neither a war ship
nor a merchant ship, but a munition
ship, the President will ovetlook ite
oinking. .
The labor men of Halifax-areed to the day -light saving moTement.
They may think that they riee cealY
enough as it is.
The Berlin people don't need to
starve, they can do as the British
at Hut -el -Amara, Then they, would get
plenty of food.
The Boston physician's. report that
the danger of disease tradsithiesion by
kissing is negligible does not, in-
terest us. We pass.
Liebknecht may know better than
proclaim himself Provielonal Presi-
dent*of Prussia.
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Britain ,has adopted the daylight-
saving scheme, and all clocks in the
Kiagdom are to be set forward one
hour. Canada lags behind
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For a sick man Turkey seems to be
able to put up pretty lively fight.
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"Victory is certain," declares Pre-
mier Aequith.
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The New York Sinn Feinegs are al
pro-Germaiis.
Bub Villa does not write notes to
the President.
General starvation defeated the
British at 'Cut -el -Amara.•'
The loss of the Cymric is serIotia
no doubt, but it is all in the gam:
The British bloekade 111 being felt
In Berlin. The people are running
ehort of food. Food riots Ma; in or-
der.
The Irish "rebels" who live in the
States are neither being shot nor
jailed. But that does not save the
necks of the poor dupes over in Ire-
land.
Announcement is made of an in.
-
crease of 40 cents a ton in the prbee
of anthrtteito coal at the mines. This
means that the retail price will g) up
also.
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The Australian—.--44.an4.d Naw Zr,hlan.1
troops have arrived in Pranee. They
are the Gallipoli herieS, and are iiuy,
In the trenehes , facing the Gerfirams.
They should give a geed account er
_themselves.
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The'ex-Empress Eugenie of France
was 00 years Old the other day, being 1.
born in Granada on May 5. 182d, the
daughter of a Spanish army officer 1
and a Scotch mother', She eilends meet '
of her time at Farnborougla Englanl,
She is aneiotts to live to see the defeat .
1
of the Germans, the !laden that ham- ,
bled her own husband and drove lane
fron France. Her fortune ia esti-
i
Mated at $15,000,000.
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The Clrand Trunk and Grand Trunk
Pacific have sent, all told, 2,965 inen
to the front. It has paid cut oeer
$500,000 In salaries. and wage. te ab-
sent Men and Deem March onward,
in. pIttee of payments to the men, It
has proponed to tontrihnte $10,000 per -
Meth to the PatriOtie Fund, Tlie '.•
. e i
offieers of the company, together
TWIXT LOVE
11 _AN PRIPE
PloPPIMO
•
The letter began, "My dear Niece,'
and ended, "Your attached Aunt, Har-
riet Disney," ite contents being to The
effect that Lady Eagleton-LadY Caro-
line'aunt by her father's stele -line
generously made up her mina to sacri-
fice her Pleasures, inclinations, habits,
end self generally for the purpose of
bestowing her society ape!). her "dear
niece" aforesaid, This was indeed a
heavy blow, her ladyship -having at-
tained the troublesome agp of eighty-
two -being one of those people whom
to entertain In it kind of martYrdoM
and bitter humiliation.
Her two betes noires were Sir Geo.
and Frances Sylverton-Sir George on
the strictly 'Dr. Fell principle, as no
body had ever been able to discover.
the cause of her animosity or anything
about it, beyond the fact that she did
dislike him, and that very thoroughly;
Miss Sylverton on account of her fear-
lossness and utter disregard of all un-
kind comment, whereas 'ter ladyship
was much given to commenting, and
enjoyed seeing those within reach of
her remaras duly impressed thereby.
Pride yeee *Iilte old lady's strong
point, and seeing Mildred showing
signs and tokens of the same trait, it
was on her she chose to concentrate
all her ambitious views. Not that she
ever expressed any intention of leav-
ing to her all or.any of the moneys re-
ported to have been amassed by her
during a long lifetime -a report not
without some foundation, as for thirty
Years she had been carefully layiirg up
for future emergencies or lucky heirs,
from a. handsome annuity, her hus-
band, good man, having died at a
comparatively early age -some said of
ecarlet fever, some of Lady Eagle-
wn.
Be that as it may, the news of her
coming scarcely caused the rapture it
should have caused in the Trevanion
household, moving, as it did, Lady
Caroline to tears and Charlie to ac-
cept an invitation to Ford Abbey,
where the Younges resided.
As misfortunes never come sIngle,
it was just about this time also that
Lady Caroline heard for the first time
of Mildred's refusal of Denzil Younge.
The girl had hitherto kept it nervouely
to herself, thinking .of it now and
then *with mingled feelings of Pain
and something akin to pleasure, but
outwardly suppressing all sign until
this day, when Lady Caroline timidly
and without preface touched on the
Isitet.hrject. of his evident admiration of
"It seems a pity you could not. care
for him, Mildred," she said, interro-
gatively, as though it Were by no
means a certainty that Mildred did not
care for him; "we should all like it
so much, and your father says—"
Mildred rose hastily and threw down
her work, while • two red spots ap-
peared on her cheeks.
"Mamma," she said, "perhaps it
.will be better, and will put a stop to
all. further mention of this matter, if
1 tell you the truth. Mr. Younge did
propose to me, and I refused him." .
Sha finished almost defiantly and
turned to leave the room.
"Mildred, is it possible?" 'exclaimed
Lady Caroline, aghast, remembering
on the instant all the bright thoughts
and brighter dreams built upon this
plan, only to lie shattered now, and
dead within her breast.
"Oh, Milly!" cried Mabel, who was
also present, With lively reproach and
disapproval in her tone.
"Is it Ruch a. crime, then'? Has
nothing of thekind ever been done
uercyee" demanded Mildred, passion-
ately, turnieg for a moment to face
*them at the door; and then e:he went
out and left them to their wonderings
and censures on her conduct.
When eventually' Sir George was
told the unlucky news, it rendered him
at first furious, and then despairing.
'things were becoming more embac-
rassed and entangled day by day, Luc
'immediate possession of a large eum
of raoney being the tally hope his law-
yer could hold out to him of ultimate-
ly saving the estate; and, as affairs
were, it would be a difficult if not im-
possible task to secure it. Denzil,
with his immense wealth, and out of
• his great love for Mildred, would have
thoughtelittle of lending twice the
amount- required. But now all that
was thanged, and Mildred's had been
the hand. to dash the hope aside. To
Sir GecSrge her conduct appeared but
In one alight -she could have saved
him, mid would not.
I3oth he and Lady Caroline were
strangely distant and unsympathetic
to her in these days; her father 'rel-
iably so, her mother with a sort of
mournful gravity that touched her fair
more. „„ettabel, too, who in Mildred's
absence, was ever her , warmest sup-
porter, came to speek of all this dis-
puting as "poor Denzil," and. openly
shrunk from any converse on themat-
ter-conduct whicb, incensed Mildred
to the last degree. In time this sort
of thing came to an end, and affairs
went back to their original footing,bet
Mildred could not forget that she had
been "sent to Coventry," and, though
she made no open moda, e.,uffered
acutely from the remembrance of it
in seeret.
Lod Lyndon, who, at this pealed,
showed a tact and adroitness that
would have reflected honor on a clev-
erer man, nianaged to be perpetually
at her side. His attentions were open
and unmistakable, while he declared
his inability to withdraw from her
presence even for a. time by the fact
of his taking a shooting -box quite
close' to King's Abbott -vacant
through the death of its owner -for
the season. He rode, drove, talked
with •ituct danced attendance on MISS
TrOVall:on on every available oppor-
tunity, while she, thrown. utterly Att
her own resources through the cold-
ness of her family, accepted these de-
monstrations of it rising attachment
in a. far kindlier mood than ehe othea-
wise might have done. •
All the little World of Cliston 'were
beginning to look upon it as a settled
matter, there being 110 inietake as to
whom Itie devotion was given, as ltoy
Mount's wooing, arid Mabel' accept-
ance of ft, were very transparent
Odilga Indeed; beeldes, ittet now, "the
queen" was too much taken, up with
eorrowful Misgtelege and tender re-
flection let1 1
, y dtv1siit of
her 'favors, wing Blount having yet-
ceived orders to join his regiment,
17111011 was stationed in Ireland, with-
out further delay; so that .zettreely a
' week remained to 'dem. before "Fare-
well" -that seddest of all words •
would have to be uttered,
The news had been communicated
to Mabel la it doleful whisper, and
had been received, ae dolefully. For
once all coquetry was laid aside, and
she confessed herself as miserable at
the idea of his going as he could be
to go, There was no actual engage-
ment existing between them, no dects-
ive words had been spoken; but there
was a mutual, Perfect underetanding
that left no room for outspoken de-
clarations, Each knew how deeply
The other loved, and rested'satiseled
with the knowledge.
CHAPTER XIV,
Lady Eagleton and her "train" ar-
rived at King's Abbott, the "train"
consisting oe one long auffering maid,
one ditto man, one lapdog, and one di-
lapideted canary, rumpled in appear -
Mice uncertain in color, and devoid
of tail, on which her ladyship lavished
all the sentiments of which she was
capable.
"The canary always means three
months, does it not?" asked Eddie,
tragically, as the cortege swept up the
stairs, escorted by most of the Trevan-
ion servants.
Mildred burst into an unrestrainable
laugh.
It was ei) long since she had given
way to any merriment so entirely from
her eeart that they all turned and
looked at her in amazement, and then,
catching the infection, joined heartily
In the laughter. Mildred, growing al-
most hysterical presently, sunk into a
chair and put her hand to her side.
"Oh, what shall we do?" she gasped.
"What is to become of us? A little
of Lady Eagleton goes such a very
long way. Mr. Blount" -to Roy, who
had. walked over, as usual, and who,
having seen the procession, was en-
joying the whole thing as much as any
of them -"I will give you anything I
possess if you will show me some
method of getting rid of a troublesome
old woman before Christmas time."
"And I will give you anything if
You ;will just take her out and tie her
to a tree ,and deliberately shoot her,"
said Edele, gloomily -"as that is the
only method of getting aed of her thet
I know of."
"Edward, how can you speak so
disrespectfully ef .your grandaunt?"
put in Lady Caroline, reprovingly,
walking away down the hall, her ,.ace
covered with suppressed smiles.
with the Men, had subSeribed sonie
$150,000 to Ole fend. ,The P. R. !
has aim been a liberal tontribittor in
men and Money to the War.
* * * * * * *
For a week everything had gone on
smoothly, or rather There had been no°
actual outbreaks on the part of Lady
Eagleton, though smothered hints and
comments had been numerous. In a
covert manner she inveighed against
actions, habits, acquaintances, and all
that came beneath her notice, but
carefully subdued any open demonstra-
tions of disapproval until the day be-
fore Roy's departure, when she chose
to be particularly offensive.
Blount had come over rather earlier
than usual, it being his last day, and
Ile and Mabel had gene for a farewell
walk amongst the shrubberies and
through the winter gardens where they
had loved to linger all through their
hurried courtship. As he was not to
leave until a lite train the following
day, he parted from her with the as-
surance that he would be down the
next meaning to take a final farewell.
Slightly flushed, and wholly miser-
able, Mabel entered the small draw-
ing -room, where she 'found her moth-
er, 'Mildred, and Lady Eagleton as-
sembled.
"How heated you look, child! What
have You been doing with yourself?"
demanded the old lady the moment
she came within her view.
"Walking," returned Mabel, shortly.
"With that young man again'I pre-
sume?" grunted her grandaunt, om-
inously; whereupon Lady Caroline
began to look uneasy.
"I was walkint With Mr. Blount,"
said the queen, defiantly. She was sore
at heart, and longing for sympathy,
so that the did woman's words and
manner grated cruelly on her over-
wrought feelings.
"I really think all decency and or-
der have gone from the world," • went
on. Lady Eagleton. "Society nowadays
is widely different from what It once
was. Even common propriety is a
thing of the past. In my time a young
woman, would scarcely be allowed, un-
der any eircumstancee, to walk alone
with a young man for hours together
-certainly not unless they were for-
mally betrothed, having the consent
Of all parties concerned -and probe)).
ly not even then. I presume he has
made you an offer of marriage?"
Mildred rose, as if to interfere; but
Mabel spoke again, Without giving
her time.
"People in your time must have
been dearaved people indeed, Aunt
Harriet," she said, with ill -suppressed
indignation, "it they could make mis-
chief out of a simple walk with one's
friend. At all events, I am 'very glad
I live in the days • I do; and; if you
are particularly anxious to know, I
will tell you that Mr. Biouht has not
made me an offer of marriage, as
YonttecraIi ldiyealip
was triumphant,
"Has he hot?" she said. "Then, if
I were you, my dear, I would have as
little more to Say to him as passible.
Young men who dilly-dally, and put
off the evil hour, as he appears to
be doing, seldom or never mean any-
thing. I dare say he is only agreeably
whiling away Ins time down here, and
will think no eore of you once his
back is turnee."
Mabel was Choking With rage, but
could think of nothing to say. Lady.
Caroline, who sat a little behind her
aunt, put out her hand to her.daugh-
ter with a gesture of sympathetic at-
fectien, but She was nervously afraid
of this terrible- old Woman, and knew
not hew to interfere effectually.
"Young men now )i.re not what
yOung men were," continued Lady
Eagleton, impressively, "and I think
Mr, Blount one of the worst speci-
mens I have yet seen. His manners
are so cool; and lie IS so hisotentlY
self-pCieeessed; and he has none of
the well-bred diffidence, the eourtly
elegance that distinguished the men
of my generation. He is not half good
enough for you, my dear, even were
he in earnest, which I ant pleased to
consider extremely doubtful. I will re-
eeive you for a month or two, Mabel,"
declare& her ladyshipeeemignifieently,
and intratiee PIM to these with
Whom you ought 10 &Mediae. YOU
shall return With Me be ity hOlrie, and
gain thole advantage that this Se -
reoltirctend 001,111tre place can lieVer
Your ladYiship i Woneerfull
kind," returned Mabel, "but Z in
'this secluded country plate! (Mit
geed enough for my tastes, BeSide
I could not dream Of accepting you
InVitatlea."
"May I ask why not?" domande
her grandaunt, majestically.
'BMus° there is nothing in th
world to which I should more stren
uously object than to spend tw
months in yam% latlyehip'e eocietY)
answered Mabel, losing all Riese O
decorum.
"You wicked girl!" almOst scree=
Lady Eagleton, zis1n and suemortin
herself on her geadeheaded stick wail
she quivered with, anger. "How der
you presume so te opeak to me! Caro
line, why do you not oreer her t
leave the mom? Am I, at my age
and atter all the sacrifices I hair
IliacIe for my !wilily, to submIt to th
impertinence of a chit of a girl
that?"
Poor Lady Carolne was terrified.
"Dear Aunt Harriet, she die no
mean it," she said - "slte did not
ianeee-did you, Mabel? Speak, darl
ing, and tell her It was all a mistake.'
"She seal' apologize to me, or I wil
leave this house, never to enter i
again," protested Aunt Harriet, etil
raging.
"So glos will, I am sure. Mabel, m
dearest, tell your grandaunt hoi
sorry ,you are for having used th
language you did," said Lady Caro'
line, imploringly -"apologize to her.'
e"Apologize for what?" demande
"the queea." "She asked me to pay he
a 'idea, and I declined She then in
quired my reasons, and I gaye them.
do not see that any apology is new
say, However," she went on, turnin
toward the old lady; and executing a
impertinent little courtesy, "if it Wil
In any way gratIfy you, I beg you
pardon, and admit that I am extreme
ly sorry to think I was the cause o
putting you in such a dreadful tem
per." With thief she escaped from th
room, having •succeeded in carrying
a -way with her the last word, a cif
cumstance that vexed her grandaun
more than all the. preceding warfare
Lady Caroline, after consiferable
difficulty, having managed to smdoth
down the old lady's ruffled plumage
she consented to fergive and forget
and once naore peace was restored.
htiolBoig,t,hAeslalaInteiefoi
Mabel, v
l, tlihentilotwe integrrible "last
day, al -
never for a moment doubt-
ed Royston, yet felt somehow shy and
constrained, reMembering vividly that
one little, biting question -Of Lady
Eagleton's as to whether he had or
had not .ever made her the requisite
ofter of marriage. At the time she
would have given almost everything
Slie was worth to have beet -enabled
to say "Yee," but truth had compellea
her to anewer in the negative.
Meantime Roy's sorrow had swal-
lowed up all nervousness and every
other sentiment, leaving him only eble
to hold her hands and entreat that
she would never forget him.
"I shall be back soon," lie said -"so
soon that you will scarcely have time
to miss me; and meanwhile I shall
write by every post, and you will do
likewise, will you not?" "
To which she returned a sad, half -
reluctant "Yes."
Had he been less wrapped up in sad
thoughts about the coming parting, he
Might perhaps have fancied his love
somewhat cold and. cruel; but, as it
was, he saw nothing. Presently he
spoke the words that, had they been
uttered yesterday, would have caused
his "queen" to stand in such. a dif-
ferent light before her tormentor.
"Shall 1 writa to your father?" he
aeked. "You know, Mabel, it is time
there was some decided understanding
between us. I think this should have
been done before, but somehow, walla
with you, and feeling you to be so
much my own, the necessity seemed
of less import. Shall I ask your father's
cc,nsent to a. regular engagement, dar-
t gy.e?"s
Mabel answered, partly cone -
forted -"I suppose it will be best";
then, sadly breaking down, "Oh, Roy,
what shall I do 'without you?"
After this there ensued fond words
and lingering caresses, and warm as-
surances of never -dying love; and
then they kissed their last fond kiss
and parted.
CHAPTER XV.
Lady Eagleton rejoiced exceedingly
at Roy's departure, while Mabel
mourned, and Mildred, with her
mother, expressed truest sympathy.
But, as there comes to every grief
some grain of comfort, so the third
morning there came to Mabel a letter
directed in an unknown handwriting,
which she took with falsely asemned
indifference that tallied but badly
with her brightened eyes, and carried,
away to her own room, there to read
and reread it at her leisure, free from
curious eyes. ,
Her grandaunt, who seldom came
down to breakfast, and who on this
particular occasion had been prompted
by some evil genius to do so, had
witriessed the arrival of the post -bag,
the distribution of the - letters, and
Mabel's conscious emlle and blush as
elm received hers. As her ladyship
never forgot an 1njury-always making
It a point to repay it, if 'possible four-
fold -and as the late skirmish in the
drawing -room was still fresh in her
mind, she felt this was an opportunity
nfccia,v
tioltIobe negleeted, so she spoke as
"/ did not irnagiree it possible, Caro
line, that you would allow your daugh-
ters to receive and open letters from
gentlemen without first handing them
to you for inspection."
"My dear Aunt Harriet, what do you:
mean?" asked her niece, anxiously,,
who knew her meaning well enough„
but was afraid to say se.
"I may have been mistaken," said
her ladyship, with heavy menthe -
don, and considerable severity; "but
certainly did think I saw Mabel re-
ceive a letter ;lust how, caldreased in
the handwriting of a gentleman."
Hearing thief. Lady Caroline grear
suddenly unhappy, and, half believing'
her aunt tO 'oe in the right, and half"
fearing she herself was eating With
Iniptudence teamed her daughters,.
asked Mildred privately te find out
from her sister whether the letter in.
question Was everything it ought to be.,
"Not that I witsh to force myeelt
into her confidence," Lady Caroline
said --"you understand that, Mildred.
--I have the fullest faith in Mabel,.
and I know the dear child would shelve
me her letter sooner or later-bue•
Merely to satisfy YOUr grandaunt; she
Is so hard on Mabel -that. I want her)
to .see hew dutiful In reality she ea
"1 understand," said Mildred, Who
novel' deSpleed her mother's 'Weak-
ness, however strong she might fool
lieteself to be, and Went Upstairs to
Mabel' s room, whieh she retold looked
gainsall intruders.
(To be eteitintled.) •
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eveu a train news agent's reluctance
to pass through the care with his
packet of nelVapapers first. .k woman
who had travelled tifty miles out or
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buy the afternoon pewee she had neg-
lected to provide herself with said to
the bey wile finally appeared with
Papers:
"Why do you alwaye come through
Met With boeks andthen magazines
and leave the newspapers until the
last?" efe
"Why?" exclaimed the astonished
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through first with papers everybody
would buy a paper and read that all
through the trip and leave me with all
those dollar books and twenty-five
cent magazines ou my hands," -New
York Press.
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In a Maori Wooing House.
Among the Maoris sometimes in the
where =tore (the wooing house), a
building in which the young of both
sexes assembled for play, songs,
dantes, etc., there 'would be at stated
times a meeting. When the fires burn-
ed low a girl would stand up in the
dark and say: "I love So-and-so. I
want him for my husband." if he
coughed (sign of assent) or said
"Yes" it was well; if only dead silence
ehe covered her head with her robe
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'as she generally had managed to as-
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by sending a girl friend, if the pro-
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it the Young people have their house
.(the wooing house) to themselves.
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fit from Dodd's Kidney Pills that he
wants Other sufferers to know how to
find relief. He feels. it is his duty to
.his fellowman.
If you inquire among your neigh-
bors you will find scores of people
who have fouhd in Dodd's XidneY
Pills relief from some form of kidney
trouble.. It inay have been the dry,
itching akin, dizziness, nervousness
and inability to get refreshing sleep
'that mark the earlier stages of the
disease, or it may be diabetes, dropsy,
'rheumatism, heart disease, or some
other of the dangerous diseases that
•xnark its advanced stages.
You will find that Dodd's Kidney
1.121118 Mire kidney trouble, no matter
where or in what form it is found.
,Ask your neighbors for the proof.
No Favors to Beauties,
A beautiful young lady approached
(the ticket window at a Pennsylvania
coantry station. and in a voice like the
rippling of a brook asked the agent.
"What is the fare to the fair?"
MInardas Liniment Cures Garget In
Cows.
How Cotton Varies.
Cotton is usually differentiated in
ordinary classification by the length
of its staple. "Ondinttry Cotton" in the
Meted States is of eeveral kind, chief
aMong 'them the, upland Cotton, with
a staple of from seven -eighths to one
irich in length, and Gulf of Texas cot-
ton, of which the sterile is not usually
quite so long, the longest stapled
cottons aneohg the "ordinary eettonee
here are the bottoni land or bender
Cotton, With a staple of from one and
One-eighth to*One and One-fourth inch,
and the special fancy staple cottoa,
cam and three-eighthe to one and five-
eighths inch in length. The sea island
Oaten., Whieh is grown on the sea
islatids off the coast of South. Carolina,
has a staple of froM one and a half to
two and a half Melt% the average
length being one and three -fourth.
Egyptian cotton is being grown in
Southern California, New Mexico and
Arizona. lie staple is not so long as
the eft island cotton, oat eementres
eather With the upland cotton here.
How Prusflie,Wa 14 -forested,,
There Was no need of Celebrating
Arlen` Day In Vressitt in the days
When lerieerica Wilhelm I. was king, I
for that monarch had a elan all Ida
own by watch he replenished the for-
etsts end kept the country well sup-
plied with fruit trees.
Accorditig to as Buch fureAlle, the
king, having observed that there was
a great dearth of fruit and oak trees
In Prussia and not being willing to
undertake the tremendous expense of
reforesting the country himself issuea
an order to all clergymen that, after
June 21, 1720, they should refuse to
perform any Marriage ceremony un-
less the groom could produce evidence
that he had lust planted. six fruit
trees and an equal number of oaks, If
it was in willter or in the Middle of
a dry summer, when plants would not
grow, the groom had to Produce and
lay aside a stun of money sufficient
to cover the cost of the trees and pro-
mise to plant the required number
when fall or spring came.
The edict worked wonders. The
next generation in Prussia bed no
lack of fruit and oak trees, ,
How Sickly Women
May Get Health
• If they could only be made to eee
that half their ills are caused by ina
pure blood, it wouldn't take long to
cure them. with Dr. Hamilton's Pills.
Truly it wouderfal medicine that In-
vigorates, strengthens, renews. Every
tired, worn out, woman that tries Dr,
Hamilton's Pills will improve rapidly,
will have better color, increased ap-
petite and better digestion,
No better rebuilding tonic can be
found than Dr. Hamilton's Pilli which
are safe, mild and health giving, For
forty years Dr, Hamilton's Pills have
been America's most valued family
medicine*, 25c per box at all dettlere,
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• Only One Athens Now.
There is and has been for many
centuries only one Athens. But an-
tiquity knew no fewer than nine cit-
ies or towns of that name in vari-
ous parts of Greece, and even in the
time of Prautus is was sometimes felt
necessary to. distinguish the great one
as "Attic Athens" It was natural that
Greek cities should take their name
from Athena, the goddess of wisdom,
war -like prowess and skill hi the arts
of life, who, according to some le-
gends, herself founded the City of the
Violent Crown. Others ascribed the
naming of the city to Theseus or other
mythical kings. The "s" of the ter-
mination is a real plural, for the city
was given a plural name (Athenai), as
being made up of several constituent
parts. -London Chronicle.
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blind or protruding Piles, send me
your address, and I will tell you how
to cure yourself at home by the new
absorption treatment; and will also
send some of this home treatment free
for trial, with references from your
own locality if requested. Immediate
relief arid permanent cure eassured.
Send no money, but tell others of this
offer. Write to -day to Mrs. Id.
Summers, Box P. 8, Windsor, Ont.
•
.' TACT OF AN ACTOR.
Sothern's Happy Thought and.the
. Unruly Gallery Gods.
It was in the year 1863 or 1864. Dur-
ing the summer months Sothern, with
John T. Raymond and several other
well-known actors occupied the ,local
theatre of a seaside summerresort, to
which he and his convene' drew a
bouseful of people several nights in
the week to hear and see them act -
rehearse it really was in preparation
for their next winter's New York
season -the most important of their
plays.
The little building had, of course, a
gallery, and in the gallery the "gods"
became so obstreperous on occasions
that it was with great difficulty the
play could be proceeded with. The
ringleader, a well-known rough of the
town, was a man named Bill Hanra-
han. One night a happy inspiration
seized Sothere. Having learned the
name of this prominent member of the
rowdy elements, he addressed iiirn in
the midst of the most unearthly noises
as follows: "Mr. Morahan, will you
be good enough to take charge of the
gallery and keep order for me? I shall
feel very grateful."
The fault was emegical. "Bill be-
came at once an official of the 'theatre
and as sueh cracked the heads of a
few of his erstwhile fellow rioters
with such good effect that it was only
a little time before the best of order
prevailed.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
es.
The Spit of Ceremony.
Among the Akiktlyn, of East Africa,
described by Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Routiedge in "With a Prehistoric
People," to spit upon a person or
thing indicates good will, "The black-
smith spits upon the sword he has
forged before handing it over to the
owner. So, too, courtesy demands
that a man should spit hi his hated
before offering it to a friend, and the
female visitors spit open the newly
arrived youngster as it eign of wet.
come." Even in England there are
relies of the Zaino custom in the
habit among the lower classes of Spit-
ting on a cOin,
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DOES CATARRH BOTHER YOU?
ARE YOUR NOSTRILS PLUGGED?
Why not give Up that 'snuff and
Stop dosing 'your stomach? The one
Mire treatment is "Catarrhozonee'
s,ure to cure because it goes where
die disease really Ia. Certain to cure
in your cage because it has Cured tens
of thetisends sweetie. than you are. Ca-
tarrhOzotte it; it thorough cure, be-
cause It destroys the tenses cm Well
as the effects of the disease. Relief
is prompt, cure is quick with this
pa 7erful, remedy, which is guaran-
teed to Cure Catarrh ire any part of
the nose, throat, bronchial Wiwi or
lungs. To be really cured, use only
CotarrhOzone and beware of danger.
*Os substitutes Mama to deeelve yOu
for genuine Catarhozone, whiell is
sold everywhere, largo size, contain.
big two lrialiths' treatment, colds $1;
Mtn eite 500; maniple gee 250.
SAVE MONEY ON ROOFINO
'net MY prices direct from mill
to you. I have Roofings for every
purpose. eamptes Wee. Mariam,
HALLIDAY C O. , Limited
MX 111, 11.1.MIMON, etANADA.
ISSUE NO, 21, 191
-IWAKE UERiGISE PLAY.
To Get the Best Results It Must
be IThorougbly Enjoyed,
When you exercise, play. That ie
one of the points, most strongly urged
to the attention' of the public in re.
eently published health reports.
No matter whether yon ere walk-
ing, gardening, exercising in it gym-
nashun or playing golie keep yuur ex-
ercise free from the spirit oe drudg-
ery and make it all recreation. Make
it as enjoyable as anything you may
do throughout The entire day. lf you
don't, much of the good that it might
do you is lost. "The very best thing
a man can do," says the report, "is
to make a, aobby of your exercise.
No matter how poor Um hobby, if it
induces outdoor exercise it is Perfect-
ly
TilUMwoman Whe is obliged to take
har baby oUt fel' a two h.onne airing
every day is far more fortunate than
she Often realizes.
The only advice the report. offers
the men' who is going to take Up a
hobby for the benefit of the resulting
exercise is to choose one that permit
of its being followed the year round
rather thau one thet depends upon
the seasons of the yea. For that
reason the amateur gardener or
chicken fancier is far more fortunate
In his choice than the amateur geolo-
gist, botanist or ornithologist. The
latter must wait on the seasons and
must find favorable locations ,for in-
dulging their hobbies, while the for-
mer have year round pastimes. '
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N
Corns INSTANT
Drop
Paint on Putnam's
Corn Extractor to-
night, and corns feel
•
Out
better in the morn-
ing. Magical, the
way " Putnam's "
%Ms the pain, destroys the roots,
kills it leorn for all ttme. • No pain.
Cure guaranteed; Get a 25c bottle of
"Putnam's" Extractor to -day.
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Odds and Ends. •
Lettuce contains a mild opiate -
lettuce opium.
Salt added to mustard prevents its
drying. up.
Soap shredded among stored blank-
ets drives away moths.
Sausages will not burst if rolled in
flour before eying.
Lemon rubbed on a burnt stove be-
fore black -leading ensures a polish.
Gold chains ma be cleaned with a
little sal ammoniac dissolved in wine.
Paraffin is a. good cleanser for
porcelain tubs and bowls or enamel-
lesd jreia
t‘ii•
lbilbewill not bread with a little olive oil..
break i. the mould
f
Onions absorb all poisons and noxi-
ous smells quicker than anything
else.
Sponges which need cleaning should
be steeped in vinegar and water for a
day.
If sweet potatoes are greased be-
fore baking they will be much .softer
and sweeter.
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Flexibility of English.
• English' is not only,as Richard Jef-
feries asserted, the ,tncest, expressive
and flexible of tongues, but also, in
Swinburne's opinion, the most musi-
cal. He proclaimed the lines -
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies
Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes
to be unmatcbed for Melody in any
language. And few would venture to
contradict such a master of music and
Longues. But surely Prench ranks next
on the roll of languages, For clearness
of diction it is unrivalled, and alia.nics
to its abundance of vowels (close on
one for every consonant), it flows
rhythmically from the tongue.
This is to tertify that fourteen
years ago I got the cords of my left
wrist nearly severed, and was for
about nine months that I had no use
of my hand, and tried other liniments,
also electors, and was receiving no
benefit, By a persuasion (rem a friend
I got MINADR'S LINIMENT and used
one bottle, which completely cured
me, and have .been using MIINARD'S
LINIMENT en my family ever since
and fiaid it the same as when I first
used it, and would never be without
it.
4•••••••••
ISAAC E. 'MANN.
Metapedia, P.Q.
Aug. 31st, 1908.
DEAD RECKONING,
One Way of Determining a Ves-
sel's Course On an Ocean Voyage.
Dead reckoning simply means the
computation of a ship's longitude and
latitude from her movements as re-
corded in the log and without having
recourse to astronomical observa-
tions, The chief elements from which
the reckoning is made are these:
The .point of departure -that is, tho
latitude and longitude sailed from or
last determined -the course or diree.
tion sailed in as ascertained by the
eierneass, the rate of sailing, measured
from time to time by the log, and the
• time elapsed.
• The various principles or methods
mellowed In arriving at the reckoning
are known among navigators as
"elven sailing" and "middle latitude
sailing," However, the data thus ob.
tail. .1 are always liable to constr.'.
erable errors by reason of currents,
lee -way, fluctuations of the wind and
changes in the declination of the tom.
pass. The results arrived at by dead
reckoning, therefore, must of neces-
sity be corrected as often as possible
by observation of the heavenly bodies.
No navigator would risk relying
wholly on this method ow determin-
ing his position on an ocean voy.
age. ---New Yerk Times,
DOING IT DEAUTIFULLY.
(Passing Show)
thuployer--/ let Miss Smith off three
days ago to see the last uf her grand -
Mother. 'What's habheneti to her?
eaohler-She wrote this morning fo roY•
expects to be back to -morrow, as /low
grandmother Is dying as fast as elle
can,
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Ont.
•
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UT ANTED—WEAVERS AND LEARN -
Ty ere -wages pale while learning;
experienced weaver's earn Mali wages.
1'full particulars, apply, The Slings-
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MISCELLANEOUS.
WANTRA-GIRTA or GOOD EDuCA.,
Mal to train for nurses. ApPIY,
Wellanclra Hospital, St. Catharines. 0 t.
St111811.ine.
Let sunshine M.
Sunshine will keep you young.
The bigger the dose the better,
Better have faded carpets than
faded cheeks.
Plenty of suitshine will make the
fires of life burn brightly.
Sunshine should be freely admitted
to every human dwelling -place.
Let the sunsinne in, and hang your
daily clothing in the sunshine and
feesh air and you will keep well.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
Inspiration in Dreams.
Coleridge must be added to the l'et
of authors who have fouud inspiration
ia dreams, for he himself has told as
that he composed over 200 lines of
the "Xublai Mimi" during a sleep of
three hours. On awaking he wrote
down the fragments now existing, but
the interruption of a visitor banished
the rest from his mind, The first idea
of "The Ancient Mariner," too, was
suggested to the poet by a dream of
his friend Cruickshank. And Kipliug's
"Greatest Story in the World" was
but the half rethembered dream of a
lcomilmonplace young man, -London
Mail,
Good -Bye, Old Backache
Nerviline Will Fix You!
Stiffness is Rubbed Ridlit Out;
Every Sign of Pain Disappears.
Gee whiz -think of it!
No more stomach dosing necessary
to cure your lame back.
Every trace of lameness, every bit
ofstiffness, every sign of weakness
in the back's muscles can be rubbed
away for all time to come by good old
"Nerviline."
No other liniment can do the work
so quickly, can penetrate so deeply,
can bring Moe and comfort to the
back -weary sufferer as Nerviline in-
variably does.
Backache isn't the only malady
Nerviline is quick to cure. leer lum-
bago or sciatica you would go far to
find relief so speedy as Nerviline
gives. For chronic rheumatism there
are pain -destroying properties in Ner-
viline that give it first rank. The way
it limbers up a stiff joint and takes
soreness out of strained or rheionatic
muscles is simply a wonder.
lf you have an ache or a pain any-
where, If you have it sore back, a stiff
neck, a stiff joint, a stralusd muscle
• -if you have lumbago, congested
chest or sore throat, just try Nervi -
line. Rub it on plentifully -it won't
blister, it can't do anything but cure
you quickly. The large 50c family
size bottle is the most economical, of
course, but you can, from any dealer,
also get the 25c, small size of Nervi -
line, the king of all pain -relieving re-
medies.
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44.4
Arm in Arm With a Tigress.
It. is related of Sir Edward Brad- -
ford that he once walked arm in arm 'II,
so to speak, with a tigress. He was
out shooting, and, always a fearless
sportsman, had come to close quar-
ters with his, quarry. He fired, and
either the ball failed to take oPfeet, or •
but slightly wounded the animal. She
sprang et him and seized his left arm
above the elbow. The pain must have
been terrible, but Sir Edward kept
cool, and. realizing that it would 'be
death to drag his mangled arm away
and allow her to spring afresh at him
he deliberately walked a few agoniz:
ing paces until his comrade was able
to take aim and kill the brute. Thus .
his courage saved his li.fe, though the
amputation of his arm at the shoulder
proved necessary
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Minaed's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
4..
A MEAN TRICK.
(Boston TranScr1pt)
Mrs. Subbubs-Bridget, this butter that
you borrowed from Airs. Nexdore tastes
exactly like the butter we sent her for
what we borrowed before, I believe It's
the very same.
Bridget -Shure, Isn't that a mane trick,
main an' we such reg'lar pathrons ice
hers.
Know Your Own
Stomach. "spring Tonics"
are for those who co not
know that Nature must re-
pair wasted tissue from the
food they eat. Help Nature
to throw off the toxins of
a heavy Winter diet by eat-
ing Shredded Wheat Bic-
cuit, a real whole wheat food
that is prepared in a digest-
ible form. Follow Nature's
plan—get your strength from
a simple, natural food that
is thoroughly cooked and
easily digested. Try it for -
breakfast with milk' or
cream ; eat it for luncheoii
with berries or, other fresh if
fruits; make it your "meat"
for'the Summer days. Easi-
ly prepared, easily digested.
Made in, Canada,