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3 LL, Aga or Exeter andvictnity
Old Times, Old Friends, Old Love,
There are no days like tho good old days --
The days when we wore youthful.
When humankind were pure of mind
And spooch and deeds wore truthful;
Before a love for sordid gold
Booamo man's ruling passion,
And befere oaoli dame and maid became
Slave to the tyrant fashion !
There are no girls like the good old girls -
Ag.ainst the world Td stake 'em 1
As buxom and smart and clean of heart
As the Lord knew how to make 'eat
They were rich in spirit and common sense,
endoubepp�tiTycld akandew, and had taught
school, too,
And they made the likeliest oourtin't
There are no boys like the good old boys -
When we wore boys together!
When the grass was sweet to the brown bare
feat
That dimpled the laughing heather;
'When the pewee sung to the summer dawn
Of the bee in the billowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whip-poorwill
Echoed his night song over.
There is no lore like the good old love-„
The love that mother gave us t
We are old, old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace -God save us!
So we dream and dream of the good old times,
And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder.
As those dear old, dreams bringsoothing gleams
Of Heaven away off yonder.
_Eugene Field,
THE
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A BOYOOTTED BABY.
CHAP. I.—TOE 1tfARRIAGi?:.
Twenty-five years ago Matthew Bulbous
had forsaken the plough in his nativeparish
and come up to London to :Hake his fortune.
Hia education consisted of a good know-
ledge of the velem of land, and of little more
but the deficiency was supplied by a hard
head and a determination to make all the
money he could at the expense of others ;
for he had no capital to start with beyond
a couple of hundreds which be borrowed to
open an office and advertise
He made his fortune; When be commen-
ced business as an 'estate agent, auctioneer,
and valuer,' mousy was being made in the
nation at a rate almost unprecedented, and
the 'new menwanted country es-
tates to give them position and
social consequence. Henna there was great
buying on the side of the rich, and selling
on the side of the embarrassed ; and there
was correspondingly great business on the
part of the agents, 10 avail himself of this
tide of business prosperity Matthew Bulbous
worked hard, and his energy and determin-
ation had their reward. Then came a turn
in the tide, when business grow depressed,
and rents could no longer be paid as of old,
and estates, old and new, came crashing
into the market. Matthew Bulbous fouud
this state of ruin as profitable as the former
spell of prosperity. Estates had to be sold,
instead of bought ; and before they left bis
bands, Matthew Bulbous wrung from them
the last guinea lie could oxtractfor surveys,
valuations, reports, expenses, and commis -
sloes •and many a hapless seUer turned
pale when Balbous and Bore's account
was presented to him, with the amount
already deducted from the " deposit " which
it is customary for the agent to receive
from the purchaser, As for the partner,
Bore, Matthew Bulbous had devoured him
years ago.
Matthew was a rich man now, and -in
his spare hours -a man of great local stand-
ing at Blackheath -churchwarden, chair-
man of meetings, a tower of eminence in the
locality. He kept a fine house, had a wife
and daughter, and a son who resided in
chambers in London and was reading for the
bar. This son was his great hope, and in
httn all his ambition was centred. He had
been foolish enough once to take a house in
town for the "season," with the desire of
making a position in society. In such a
case & man is made or marred by his wife.
Matthew Bulbous did not spare money in
this matter. But Mrs. Bulbous failed, She
was not worthy of him. She was shy and
timid, incapable of rising to the position
provided for her. Her daughter was form-
ed of the same abject material. Mr. Bul-
bous thenceforth despised them both, and
centred all bis hopes in his son. Matthew
Bulbous had a great deal to do with gentle-
men in the way of business, and was a good
judge of one. Being uneducated himaelf, lie
strenuously held that n gentleman was not
made by education but by " blood." When
his son James left the University, Matthew
perceived that he was nndoubtedlyagentle-
man as well as a scholar, and the fact fur-
nished him with food for a good deal of
thought.
"If I have failed myself," was his fre-
quent reflection. "through his mother's in-
capacity, Jem shall make up for it. I will
take care that he marries blood 1" Which
meant that the son should not be matri-
monially handicapped, as the father had
been.
Fortune -which, in the case of such men
as Matthew Bulbous, means the quick and
resoluta seizure of opportunities -favoured
his aspirations. Whilst the young man
was reading law, his father, all unknown to
him, was arranging for him a matrimonial
alliance with the daughter and only child
of an Earl. To be sure, from another point
of view, the match might not be thought
brilliant; but•an Earl's daughter is not to
be had every day. Lord Polonius was a
man of shady reputation, who found him-
self obliged to bring his burdened patrimony
into the market. The estate was mortgag-
ed for more than it was now worth,
and little likely to attract a purchaser.
After lying on his hands for some time, an
idea gleamed upon Matthew Bulbous of buy-
ing the estate himself and giving it to his
son. Jem was a gentleman and would fit
the position. The position, too, would give
him an added advantage. Now, in his own.
line, quite unsuspected by Matthew Bulbous,
Earl Polonius was quite a match for that
sharp man of business. He penetrated the
man's ambition, and astutely turned it to
his own advantage. To the last day of his
life Matthew Bulbous will never be able to
recollect clearly what it was that first sug-
gested
ug-
i a ofsterling his son in
est d to him the de
g eg
life as the husband of Lady Jessalinda St.
George, or how it was that he and Lord
Polonius first understood each other's views
on the subject. It was probably due to the
superiority of the Earl's genius ; but
this does not matter. Matthew Bulbous
bought she estate of Kirby St. George,
and was obliged, under the special cir-
cumstances, to give Lord Polonius ten
thousand pounds over and above the amount
of the mortgages. This traneaction'ratified
the agreement between them that, subject
to the concurrance of the parties, Lady
Jessalinda and Mr. James Bulbous should
be married -the latter assuming, by the
generous condescension of the Earl, the fam-
ily name and arms of St. George.
11,Iattiiew Bulbous was' a very proud man
one morning to find on his breakfast table
a polite note from the Earl asking him to
dine at Hanover Square to be introduced to
Lady Jessalinda. This meant that Lady
Jessalinda had given her consent, which
Matthew had quite expected, of course,
knowing Lady Jessalinda's age and pros-
peets.
I'm going-ahere-to dine with Earl
Polonius, and his daus `ter,Lady Jessalinda
1 St. George, this eved:6g, he observed to
his wife and daughter with a bad assumption at once; This was a brother, who in sever
of nonchalance. al ways had been useful to him in his !nisi -
Mrs.
isiMrs. Bulbous, a gentle and very sweet- nese for a number of years ; but who, on his
faced lady, and her daughter started with usefulness ceasing with the fuller growth of
a faint " Oh ! " and looked at the master in the house, had taken to dissipation on an
some anxious doubt as to what was expect- allowance made to him for that purpose.
ed of then} in the. way of reply. • Joseph Bulbous proved of 'tough vitality ;
"I just mentioned it," he said carelessly, but Matthew would not now have him about
" because I shall ask them to dinner here London any longer.
one day next week, and I expect you to be Matthew found this brother in a lodging
prepared"in Chelsea, sitting over; a fire after e. late
"" Shall there be, any others, Matt ?„ , the breakfast.
wife timidly asked. ` I don't think this life is doing well with
"No, except Jem. It will be quite a pre. you, Joe,” he said, sitting down and look-
vate family affair. You needn't be nervous Mg curiously at the dissipated face of his
aboutpreseit,. beoanse,—But that's enough for brother. "" You asked meaonce, to send
the nt." you to Canada. Perhaps I: ought to have
He left the room, but soon cane back,. done sof hardly know."
which showed that the great matter was The colour rose for an instant to the
more in his mind than he desired them to other's forehead, and faded again. "If you
suppose. had sent me then," he replied, without
P Of course " he remarked, `" you are not looking up, "" it might have been different.
so familiar with the higher ranks as I am-- 1 don't think it matters now. I am hardly
meeting them every day in business and
fit to make a new start ; though, if it comes
all that so -that you must not be fussy or to that," he added bitterly, "" I have never
nervous. Put on some dignity,and be at made one.
your ease, as if you were useto it. I'll "No, you never have. It wasn't in you,
bring home a book for you both to study up. Joe.Wasn>t in me?" answered Joe, with a
I won't have them. think," he added firmly, „
" that weare overwhelmed with tbehonour. flash. Havel eser had the chaince2 If
I'll --I'll have my eye upon both of you, re -
you had left me at borne on, the farm,``1
member. Lord Polonfua and Lady Jesse- might have done well enough, But you
linda are getting the best of the bargain, wanted me for your own purposes ; and after
as youshali see in good time. `That's all,"
making use of me all those years, and allow -
he said, turning to go away. `"Except this, ing me no chance of doing anything for my -
Mary; you are not to call the 'Matt' when self, you say -it wasn't in ma 1 No one
they ure here -it isn't the thing. " Call me knows better than you, Matt, whether I've
" he added, some- ever had a chance or not. It didn't suit
:11r. Bulbous;' or --or,"
what doubtfully, "" or "111x. Bulbous, my your interests to let me find one; and like
love,' if you like} and I will do the same. a fool, I did your work+"uutil you used up
Of course Agnea will riot speak unless she the beat part of my life.
is spoken to." p "" Well, I am going to give you a chance
now," e least
Leaving the two ladies a little pink in the moved. replYou are ied Mtof nog u etto yourselfin or
face, he went away to his business. It was anybody else in England. I will send you
mysterious to them, but they had to await to one of the colonies."
his pleasure to explain what it meant, Bul- "It is not from any interest in me that
bona was home in the cress
eveeing impatient c dress, because because he you.
neR his brother well, said the Supposother,
d re reo
fuse
was conscious of being nervous and of be- to go,"
keying it. He had never 'before been au " Then you may starve. I daresay they
invited great at a lord's house, He was to would pitch yon out n£ heroin a week," eb-
be the only guest, too, which to begin with, served Matthew quiotly. Ile kV
new his
was not giving him what he considered n rawer over the broken-down man, and an
fair start. Matthew Bulbous was thinking did the latter.
less of Lord Polonius and Lady Jessalinda Joseph Bulbous' turned pale, and gave
than of the terrible, silent, observant men- his brother a look which indicated more
ials. hate than fear. He Inado one or two efforts
When he returned at half -past eleven, it to speak, but evidently the quiet masterful
was plain to be seen that the dinner had gone pCesence of his brother was terrible to him.
otP• web; perhaps Matthew Bulbous had dia. ',Chen he turned quickly to a cupboard
covered hitherto unknown powers of rising where there was brandy, and with shaking
to the occasion, Ile had dropped into a hand swallowed a draught of the liquor
club on bis way home, and casually men- Matthew smiled under his heavy mous-
tinned to soveeal men hey knew that lie had
been dining with Earl Polonius and Lady `tnavashe. ; ho saw how beaten the poor creature
Jessalinda; he bad even hinted at more. Re if I swallowed half of that still in the
was therefore in good humor when lin got morning, Joe," he abaervedgood-humoured-
home. wMary," be said to his wife, as he flung Joe,"what �au insuld ide you mefit for et have 1"thing all day.
himself in an easy -chair and stretched out <"Never mind," said Joe, grown calmer.
his legs, "did you ever know me to fail in "" I don't mind saying I am quite ready to
anything that I undertookl" go. Bet why? At any rate, I have never
"No, Matt," was the gentle imply. betrayed your confidence."
"1 never yet," lm continued reflectively, There was no particular reason why Mat -
"got my eye on a property that was doom- thew Bulbous should make known to his
ed for the marltet that I didn't in the end brother the great family }natter. But ib
have the selling of it and all the busbies the gratified him to unbend a little, contrasting
thing was worth -ay, though I waited for his own splendid success with the broken
years, never losing sight of it for a day, brother's abject failure.
That's the way to succeed: be patient, keep- "" I am giving Kirby St. George to Jem.
ing steady on the track, and you'll run down He is going to marry Lady Jessalinda St.
your game in the eud. Well, I have sue- George, and to assume the family nameand
seeded again. It's a big thing, but I have arms. I am going into Parliament myself,
succeeded." and Jem wilibo in the first time there's a
"1 am auro you have, Matt, whatever it vaeaney in leis county. What will they
ie." think et all that, no ;v, down in Bull worth ?"
"But youslon't dream what it is. What's 1lullworth was their native place. Mat -
the good of being rich if you can't stand thew smiled widely as he spoke. Joseph
high ? If it hadn't been for-- WeIl, there ; ran his fingers through his thin unbrushed
1 won't talk about it now," he said geuer- hair and for a minute looked dazed. He
ously, noticing the look of pain in Itis wife's saw now why Matthew wanted to be rid of
face. " Th at was a failure ; but if yon are him. He was an undesirable connection.
not capable yourself of succeeding, why Yet he was naturally a cleverer man than
shouldn't your children rise. Isn't Agnes his brother, and felt very bitterly that he
there, ,with a bit of money, good enough for had helpedlargely-in ways Matthew could
any swell in the Guards, I'd like to know, not follow -to make that fortune, of which
if she only had the ability to work herself this was his share.
up? But she hasn't, and we'll have her Now, as Joseph Bulbous realised the posi-
wanting to marry an attorney or something tion, a gleam of quick intelligence shot
of that sort, one fine day. That's how they from his rheumy eyes. Whilst Matthew
treat us." was gazing at the ceiling, full of ambitious
Mother and daughter exchanged a glance thoughts, his brother quietly flung a bomb -
and inwardly trembled; Sor they hada shell at his feet which blew the strong man
dread secret between them relating to a in p;eces through the roof. "Matt," he
curate, which it was terrible to think of said, "Jem is already married !"
Mr. Bulbous discovering. 3lattbew Bulbous was blown very high
" What do you suppose, now, is going to indeed -into the very clouds -and it took
happen?" ho said, after a pause. "Jem is him a considerable time to collect himself
going to marry Lady Jessalinda St, George, and return to the scene of the explosion.
PJarl Polonius's only daughter and -and Then it struck hive that the whole thing
heiress," he thought it as well to add, to must have been merely a half -tipsy joke.
round off the description. " What do you " It was the brandy, I suppose," he remark -
think of that now?" ed, wiping his forehead, " that suggested
Matthew Bulbous had a very large and that to you, Joseph. But it wasn't a very
deep mouth, ordinarily concealed under- nice tack. Don't do it again. I'll lot it
neath a heavy moustache. Now, as he lay pass for once ; but you know I'm not a man
back enjoying the effect of this announce- to appreciate practical jokes."
men} upon his wife and daughter, •that fen- Joseph Bulbous knew of old how easy it
tare extended itself iu a smile which lent a was to frigh teu the tyrantof the family,
startling expression to his face. though it was a dangerous thing to do.
"And there's another thing," he contin- But at present he was on strong ground
ued at breakfast next morning, "only Idon't JamesBulbous was married had been six
want it talked about just ,yet. 1 never months married -aa the father would have
thought of doing such a thing before, but learned had he deemed it necessary to con.
I'll do it now ; I 11 do my part to act up to salt -the son regarding the new matrimonial
the new position. If I don't succeed m this arrangement.
thing," he added, with a confident smile, Hia face darkened. He rose and reached
" it will be the first failure of my life." his brother with a stride, and grasping him
" You could not fail, Matt," said the by the collar, jerkecl him to his feet and
meek wife deferentially. shook him fiercely.
"I'11 hardly fail. I'm going in for Par- "Hands off!" cried Joseph Bulbous.quiok-
liameut then ; that's what it is. The mem- ly, in a suppressed voice which sounded dau-
ber of this division is going to be made a !serous. Matthew at once dropped his hands
judge. I mainly helped to carry his sten- _- his side. "Go and ask him."
tion ; and it will be odd if I can't :may my "Married-Jem married!" the elder bro-
om!. I've promised Polonius," he said ther exclaimed. He paused, for time to re -
familiarly, "" and he will get me the alizo the possibility of so daring an act. He
official support of the Party. Jem, of walked to the end of the room and back
course, goes in for his county the first Pa- again, and then asked, in an ominously col -
coney.' lected voice: "Where does she live?"
These matters being above the under. "They have a small house— No; I
standing of the ladies, were put out of their don't'think I'll tell you just at present," he
thoughts the moment he left the house. answered, attentively regarding the other's
The absorbing subject of Jem's 'marriage en- eye. "Go and see Jem, and let him give
yon the address, if he likes." '
grossed them.
"Lady-Jessalinda-St. George 1 " said Matthew Bulbous laughed. "You ass 1
Agnes Bulbous, below
her breath.
do you
fancythat I would attemptp
t her
Mrs, Bulbous saidnothing, being engaged life?"
with her thoughts. Perhaps she wotild Whatever he thought, he gave no direct
have better liked her son to find a wife reply to this ; but after thinking a minute,
lower down in rank ; perhaps she had a observed with a grin: " I think you had
mother's misgivings as to the happiness better, Matt, for your own sake, not seek
likely to reeult from this kind of marriage, to sem Mrs. Jem. She's a tearer."
but of one 'thing she was certain : her son "A -what?"
Jem was worthy of a princess. " A terror, Matt," was the grave reply,
Meanwhile Agnes had brought in a large "especially when she is under certain in -
gilt book from her father's room, and was fluences. She'd tear you. Poor Jem ; it is
turning eagerly over the pages. ".' Here it always the best sort of fellows they .catch ;
is, mamma. `Claudius Hector D'Erebus but she was (and is still) good -looking -
Henry Maximilian, fourth Earl and Baron' there's no denying that. No, no; take my
-let me see; oh, yea-' married 13th .advice, and give Mrs. Jem a wide berth;"
March 1852 the Honourable Georgians ' Matthew Bulbous asked no more infor-
Lucia Louise Tremendus (who died August motion. Joseph stood at the window watch.
1854), and by her hal issue, Lady Jesse- ing the cab with asmile of malicious satis-
linda Hesperia. Gwendolen. Alice Georgiana' faction as his brother drove &way. " That's
-good gracious, mamma 1" Agnes looked one for you, Matt," be remarked. " I hope
pale. it will do you good."
Leaving the ladies immersed fu the in- The revelation of his son being married.
teresting disoovery that Lady Jessalinda 'which he did not for a moment doubt, we
had reached the nature age of thirty-five, a tremendous blow to Matthew . Bulbous
let us follow' Mr. Bullous to London. Such defiance of his authority he had neve
When a man rises to a higher sphere, he thought of as possible. He was not a ma
owes to it the duty of lopping off all connec- to look for gratitude': but in return
tiore which are not calculated to adorn that for all he had: done for , his son, he di
elevataci plane. ' One such Mathew Bulbous claim unquestioning submission to bis wil.
had in Itis mind this 3norning to Le rid of
doubted right, he argued ; and consequent-
ly he had looked for hie son's acquiescence
in the marriage scheme as a. matter of
mune.
"" Where should he be now "said Matthew
to himself, "" if it wasn't for. me? Why at
the tail of a Bullworth plough 1"
• And to think of a young man who by
rights ought to be ploughing the fields, de-
fying his father by marrying a music'hall
adtross, and thereby frustrating his father's
design of making him n country gentleman
and the 'disband of an Earl's daughter -it
was too much to bear thinking of.
Yet when he reached his son's chambers
hel ooked cool and quiet. There was not a
sign of disturbance in his large steady eyes,
Jem was a handsome young man, very like
his mother and sister, and rose quickly
when his father entered the room. The
latter, however, did not sit down or remove
his hat,
"I have just beard something that has
surprised me," he said very quietly. ""Is .it
a fact that you are married?"
James Bulbous started, changed colour,
and dropped his eyes for a moment. Then
3m looked frankly in his father's face. ""I
ought to have told you father. I am
ashamed both before Gertrude and you not
to have done so. Yes, sir: 1 am married,"
Matthew examined the pattern of the
carpet for a few seconds. "" Have your
mother and sister beeu aware of this?"
"No, sir."
"" Very well. You have taken your
course. You have no further claim upon
me."
That was all. The young man reddened
and inclined his head. Matthew Bulbens
walked from the room, pausing to inspect
an engraving on the wall, and drove away
to his office.
It was over, as far as the son was concern-
ed. But the blow struck Matthew Bulbous
harder in another quarter. Lord Polonius
would have to be informed of the downfall
of the marriage project. His lordship would
doubtless be disappointed; but Matthew
realized with bitterness of heart the polite
equanimity with which Polonius would bear
it. He had ten thousand pounds of ,Matt-
hew's money to console him, and the ten
thousand maledictions now accompanying
the money would disturb his lordship very
little, This was the keenest agony of it;
the wily old Earl bad beaten him.
Jem was married. The curses, deep and
silent, breathed. by Matthew Bulbous on
their wedded life, were tempered only by
the vindictive satisfaction with which he
reflected on what the woman was. The
more reason the son had daily to repent of
the marriage the greater would be the
father's gratification. Me.tbhow knew the
kind of creature she was -knew the life she
would lead her husband now that the liberal
money supplies were ant off. He laughed
aloud, thinking of it. It was his only com-
fort.
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TUE CONGO ,ARMY"
Drifted and itnirer'ued Cannibals that .tre
Ex •e tent Soldiers.
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In 1883 Stanley took 1":0 Zanzibar and
Haussa soldiers on the Congo. In the ser-
vice of the Congo Free State today are
3,200 soldiers, a large number of whom aro
recruited from the villages along the great
river and its tributaries. The head of the
little army is the Governor General, but tho
active control of the military force is in the
hands of the Commander of the Public
Force, who at present is Commander Four -
din. His headquarters are at Boma. The
army is divided into oompauies, with eleven
Captains, ten Lieutenants, thirty-nine sub -
Lieutenants, and sixty Sergeants. Most of
the officers are Belgians.
The little army is spread over the twelve
districts into which the Congo State is divid-
ed. It is kept busy policing the Govern.
ment stations, giving to the Governor of
each district the assistance he needs for the
exploration of his territory and consolidat-
ing !the political influence of the State.
The largest and strongest posts are those on
the Mobangi and the Artnvtmi rivers and
in Katanga, where strong forces are kept
in order to suppress slave raids.
In 1886 the Government decided to create
its army out of native elements. It found
that the Bengali). cannibals 011 the Upper
Congo developed into oxcellentsoldiers, and
that it was muoh cheaper to enlist and drill
them than to bring soldiers many hundreds
of miles from Zanzibar and the northwest
coast. The enlisted men are between four-
teen and thirty years of age, and their term
of service is five years. Camps of instruc-
tion are at Leopoldville and Equator Sta-
tion.
That use of the natives has had an excel-
lent effect on the country, for the soldiers,
under stria discipline, become in a large
degree civilized, and are effective friends of
the State after their term of service has ex-
pired. Most of the military stations are
commanded by Europeans, although some
of the posts around the main stations aro
under the charge of black sergeants. A
number of thio stabions have been establish-
ed at the request of native chiefs who like a
protection, and in return for the advantages
they derive from the presence of the sol-
diery they agree to furnish the men with
rations. The Congo State now has thirty-
eight garrisoned posts. five of the posts --
Leopoldville, Boma, Bangala, Basoko, and
Lusambo-are well supplied with cannon.
The soldiers are neatly unifomed in blue with
red trimmings, and they are armed with
Cbassepot and Winchester guns.
Bruin in Winter. '
Bruin does not retire from the open air
till he is compelled to do so by frost and
snow. Ile lives through the summer on ber-
ries, buds, insects of every kind, grass, mice
or any small animal that he can get. I may
say, for the benefit of the gentlemen that
publish so many terrifying bear stories in
the daily newspapers, that bruin is as harm-
less as a cow during the summer, and will
take to his heels in fright on sight of a lm.
man. being. It is only when he leaves his
lair too early is the spring and he is not
able to find anything to eat that he will at.
tack man ; but he prefers a calf or sheep,
and the farmer's tale is often short at sun-
down.
But, as I have said, when winter over-
takes him he sets about to. find a winter
home. He has very likely, during the sum-
mer, when poking his nose into hollow trees
looking for the honey of wild bees, seen
some place that will suit him, and to this he
goes straightway. The tree must be a large
one, acid he will not select it unless there is
a space with plenty of room where the snow
or rain. can not reach him. This secured, he
bundles himself together, his head on; his
paws, closes his eyes, and remains, in this
posture, till "those blind motions of the
spring" tell that "the year has turned."
Then he drags himself out and begins his
struggle for an existence.
Sometimes, however, when. lying in this
stupor, loud sounds startle him, and , his
tree castle shakes; this is when the lumber-
men have found him and are assailing the
tree with their axes. He seldom escapes,
and if he does he will surely die in the
snowy forest unless he' can find another
home. -[Our Animal Friends.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoriaa
WONDER IN WELLAND
A Representative Farm i°
Speaks.
MR. C. c. HAurZ,
The following remarkable facts are fully
certified to as being undeniably cdrreot in
every particular. Mr. Haan is well known
in the vicinity, having resided here over
fifty years, and is highly respected as a
man of the strictest honor, whose word is
as good as his bond. •
As will be seen from his letter, four
physicians had attended him, and it was
only after he had given up hope of cure
that lm decided to try Burdock Blood
Bitters on the recommendation of a
neighbor who had been cured of a similar
disease by its use. Mr. Hann writes as
follows:
DEAR Sins; I think 1 have bean one
of the worst sufferers you, have yet heard
of, having been six years in the bands of
four of our best daotors without obtaining
permanent relief, but continually growing
worse, until almost beyond hope of re -
&ivory, I tried your Bitters and got relief
in a few days. Every organ of my body
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seriously deranged, a large abscess in ray
book, followed by paralysis of the right
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entirely useless. After using Burdock
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since I have bad as good health as ever 1
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O. 0. Houtz,
Welland P.O.
In thin connection the following letter
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of Welland, Ont., speaks for itself:
Messrs. T. Milburn de Co., Toronto.
GENTLE'mun , I. have been personally
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occasionally; as he segs, to keep hint fix
perfect health.
Yours truly, \
Tnosxu s Gldsm zs,
Welland, Ont.
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