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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-3-1, Page 6"TRE GOLDEN AGE 'f OF LACE, leautiful Fabrics. Woman Ras Nags With Y tile Needle. LACE -MAKING BY THE ITALIANS 'Mot Queenliargberita and the Countess DI B►-azsa Buve Done to Revive tee augustry—cleaning of Nausea. Applied to the W ,,teem ut Products. OMIEN agree that there is no work wows pre - pip lea hoe been um. der pekoes among the peasant women of Italy, ear! a Boma corms. yo Id o:at, that more fully mem s the requirements et every hart of the Iand, slid that is mere reple'e w;th happy pee- t.ibilitiee than the mak- ,ng of face. Inland and mountain lece•makere kava largely drawn their gracefully grouped and interlaced patterns from the flewere and foliage about them, wbtae the dwellers by the sea have made beautiful fact of Bate of the metch!ess fruits of eceau ',hells, coral and sea weed, uniting them with pearls of richness, until they formed game worthy of the rivalry they oeueed among the pstrl- Qtan merolieote of Venice, the grand ueignoore of Francs and the powerful kluge of England. With the Jaye of Venezis'e greatest glary lace ertakiog flourished and grew in beauty until h b came on industrial poem—a ✓enlaces of art. In the turmoil that en sued it well nigh died Its fair life, apparently ea delicate, and yet so wrong that it bee oatlnated ranee of men, hang by a stogie thread—a thread that wee hell in the frail hands of the Boraneee peasant woman, who, with her devotion and her urbletdo tuetinots, has bean to the fist of Indostrtat arts what R 41 Marano has been te the marvellous preduotion of Venetian c,yetele and mosaics. Thrangh lack of patronage and commer- cial overlarge, the pewee of LACE MAI:ING SLUMBERED point eame into fashion when thatiratl, precelsiniike beauty--bhe Fontang-" de. ()idea to never her skirtsas well as her head and arm* (she would rather have died than halve hidden her pretty smolt) with rich, and, at the same thee, Vaporous leave." " Lae snails. es well es frourangee and low-necked dreater, aocompauted their, owners to the solemn ante' (iaali) of bhe university, where they went to hear the wonderfully wise and equally youthful and beeubtfnl Laura Basset leottt a on ,phlloro- h " p Barbara Ullmann wee a native of Nurem- berg, and when the married au engineer diteoter of the mines of Annesbetg, in bhe then wild district of the Hartz, she fouod the miners' wives about her new home Leek, ing " bermor boddin lace such aa that faced at Panapelle, and so ohs herself under- took to teach them the more perfect boheta lane the had learned et home as girl. Her pupils were epi, and THE INDUSTRY GREW with immense rapidity, bringing money and civilization to the inhabitants of the entire province in whioh Annasberg was sifnatod, When Barbara Ulbmann died, in 1575, at a ripe old erre, she was mourned by no lees than 30,000 workwomen, who owed to her their knowledge of the new industry. Toe 68 dosaendents—her own ohfldreu and grandchildren—who aoeompauied iter body to the grave, exactly fulfilled in their number the prephsoy of an old gypsy. who had foretold to her that, for every stltoh ehe taught the people, God would send an in- amino n- amtt a to her family. In all Sexouy and Bohemia her name io greatly revered. Her ieinb at Aunaeberg is often vieibed, and a superb statue hes been erected there to her memery," t' In Holland and Belgium each town had its opeoialby tri lace, which was attractive and different from that of any other. An eepeotal "aerie of Antwerp lane wait the ° Potton Kent,' which was malted to the pleated cape of the Datoh housewives of high and Lew degree." long in the naturae of the dwellers in the Level Islands and the mountains and the provinaes of Italy ; bub eltce it hoe been revived, through the deeiree of the noblest of queens to establish tinting benefit among the people the loves 0o devetedty—tow that the ladies of Her Mejeety'e court, en- thueed and stimulated by her own example, have put themeelvee heartily Into thework es her aesia saute in re-e;tabiiebing tibia beauti- ful industry oa more purely uneelfieh, and, therefore, en firmer basin than ever before— the canning tae returned to the hands ef the Italian lane makers of many gar eratione. With Her Mejeeby the Queen there have worked with noble devotion, the ladies of the court, but it is of Tint' COUNTESS DI BRAZZA SAVORQNAN, Qr, ari the ie most widely known, the Ooun- tesi DI Brazen that I wieh to espeotally speak ab this tbno. There is nob a detail connected with the msnnfaoture of lace with which the Countess di Brame le un- acquainted. She has spent months In other lace -making countries atudy- tng their modes, their Materials and bhe effect of Iace mannfaoture, from the pointe et septal and fivanolal mummy ; she has mastered every stitce, and has herself been the teacher of her peas tabs and those of the enrreundlag town and villages. Fall of energy and endowed with practical and effective bnainesa insight and power, hund- reds, almesb thonsanda, of peatanta and townspeople look npen her eat an example of all that is beet and purest; a friend and teacher in all that tends ba the unliftiog of their liven. The instructive part of the oounteet' book begins with those honey, knotted gimps and fringes we of to -day recognize under the name ef macrame, which, how- ever, as the countess abo es us, is only a member of the ancient family of paeoamente. The 'mattes teaches us that net, which is the foundation of so many lams, in different degrees, as well as a recognized fabric itself, and knitting, the useful and homely art our tancesbore brought with them to our land, are of the same parentage ; and that frivslite (tatting) is couctn german to Medano. ONE OF THE r10ST ANCIENT ef all neb hoes, while we may ourselves trace a very close resemblance between the elaborate and artistic tatting groupings that were in snob high fever for dainty gowns and lingerie a year or twe ago, and the meat =dent of point laces. In doling part 1 of her little volume, the oennteea rays : "Brief as this !nbredno- tion is, it deeoriben 122 of the priuolpel kinds of lace, and yet these are net a quar- ter of the names by which these 1ace3 and their varieties are known in their different countries. Multiplying thie number, 122, by 4, and the product by 20, the average of 9,760 is produoerl, a sum representing the names of individual stitches, Many laces have 40 er 50 different names given to their component parts, and the stitches comper- ing even the narrowest torohene are a x or seven in number, so that bhe average gtven is really vary low. Shemid one add the terms applied in different places to the material and implements employed in the manufacture of late, their °anmerati'on would Perm a good-sized vooebulery.' After the French lacemakera had been long and expeeslvely inetrnoted in their art by their imported teaohera, until the French Wes began, indeed, to rival these of Venice, the groat question wan how to at- tach to them the pre-eminence that waw in - 'reparable from commercial atweess. True, to society, formed of the most distinguished I3'rensn aaurdiots, had, as bhe Countess lolls us, been inearpsrated for the establish - meant of the Fronde law, but who should rive the lnaeteretroke that 'should MAIDS THk137 S0F111C :t?A6H1;4>!i tsula XI v'.'t arallie Ives in thee() days worth all the moat abtreotlti'e modern advertising. Uthe directors did all in their power to gain his approbation, and so, when 1'11a Majesty' MIDI to the Rotel Beaufort --all tieweqh est of bhe directors, who had enjoy a , im anmptuoae supper --to examine the new Immo, bo forted thorn .made in his own rev- eribo designs, designating them by the high-seunding title lof "Grand Point de x'ranoe," and declaring. himself highly pleased with them. When, after he opened the wonderful new pavilions at Marly, each do oaster' founof the d a was hie guest on thatcomplete garniture of hie lace awatttag her in her dressing - room, ac.' a deli/ate atbentlon from the King, bow could she frill to discard her old Vene- tian point, weaving instead the new lane, in honor' of the moat amiable and generous of hosts ? And when ail the lucky women evho had been to Marty wore Emmett lace, ow could the teelarin co kMON atalan o had I been invite appear f stat, as a pe>!pOWA reminder of their en- otoed absentee The lighter (thenPoint de Vents.) Berme A FETE DAY IN SPAIN Reminder el a College Town in Our Own America. A correspondent of the Bootee Transcript thus defiooe a fete day e.i the Virgin in the Spanish city ef Orihuela ' Towers and oaatiee, bombs and retakebe of well -combined colors fill the big ageare with a golden rain. The pyrotechnist hangs over the roof of a"three-atory heave and glee to the crowd below, ° Weil, how does she go ?' Ani everybody yells bank, ° Bully 1' " Then, ' Harrah for the Virgin ' ef Meneerate-e-e-e !' "' Viva -a -a -a 1' (Whish, fizz, fizz, boom!) " ` Hurrah for Gad 1' "' Viva -a -a -a 1' (Boom, whist -et 1) " ' Hurrah for the inhabitants ef Olihuela-a-a-a 1' "' Viva -ma 1' wbiah, beam 1) "'Hurrah for the etrangora•within ear gates 1' Viva -a -a 1' (Boom, boom, boam,boom, bang 1) i"Hurrah fer bhe etrangere within our gates 1' Oen we let that paw! Never ! Off with your hats, Amorlcanoa 1 " Here's to Orlhuola 1 Here's to the Spaniard ! A better nation never walked the earth ! In matter of wealth and boasted civilization behindhand in the race perhaps, but in the sterling qualities of. chivalry, generosity and hospitality leaving the rest et Europe hull -down ab bhe horizon. Viva Espana ! " beam, fizz, (Which, whish, whish, Soap for Chapped Hands. " Contrary to the general nation," says a well-kno nn chemise, " good toilet asap is the beet preventive ag*tnab chapped hands that can be need. I don't mean its general use in wanting, bub as a Halve or balm, just as you would apply;oampher, foe or vase - line. While the commen soap generally used for cleaning about the house le of an alkali nature and chaps the akin terribly, a good toilet eoap ie neutral and actio se a balm to theitritabed skin. In my business I have to wash my henda a great number of times a day. At first I had great trouble. for my skin, being naturally tender,ohapped easily, making large creeks in the flesk whicb made it dangerous for me to eeork in aside. At last I dlecevered by covering my hands with geed toilet soap after I had washed them—rubbing ib well into the akin —that I neb only prevented chapping. but kept my bands in eieaane nondibien. Vase- line and salves are very good, bub neve of them can do the work of a first -clam toilet soap. As I weld, a toilet soap ie neutral. A person would eat it without injury. Why, many of the p111. which are prescribed for you are made out ef nothing more than toilet soap." ICLECTIAICIlli IN TOE I,AIINDA,F. Stovett. hauled Ras fpr Reattass Irons Going Into $lutes, Bleelrte Irene for lauultism, shirt taotortes enl. other manufwinertes where a oonetdera- bte amount of trotting is done, are gradually tieing oppr4oiatod by Items who have such deperbmente in ohargo, says bhe Electrical Review. Ice bhe present ayenem gals le em- ployed for heating, and two hone are laid, 0o time being loot inworfr, otter thaaprese- tog. In summer, eepeotaliy, the atmeepheto of a preeetng roam it almcet insufferable. The guts vales the electric. trop, and any - 00e wee hoe ever need one to tmnnediately propeepe0 tad in favor of ib. la apartment Ileums or hotels where great geantittee of inning aro done they will be found eepe- otaily advautageoaa. Unf 41tlent befy, ho ever, their expenatveneis prevents their ire - mediate general adoption, but as soon as some ahoapar device ie obtained, whereby the same 'smirk can be done for Imo weney, .hey will be found in every household or manufactory re<oaring them. IIawgaroo Rivalry to Sheep., Writing to the Leaden Standard on kangaroo farming, Mr. G. S. Morrie, of Wimbledon, says that kangaree meat is very similar in appearance and flower to geed English veal, with the additional zest of a soupcon of vendetta It ie quite true that Australians will not eat it, except kangaroo balls in the shape of soup, which are irresistibly delicious, but this Is no reason why we 'should relate wholesome and savory fare. Beside this, kangaroo leather makea exoellent booti, and so the animal would be profitable all retrad it introduced into Engtaad. The Polite Frenchman. A gentleman of the old school employed it very polite and . brisk Fronoh®an as a servant. One morning Jean-Bapbisbe came to wait on )nim. The gentleman, who had not yet risen, said : "Oh, Jean -Baptiste, I can't get up—I'm as dolt as ahorse this morning." "Ah f monsieur," exclaimed the French- man, springing toward the door, "I viii bring ze veberinaire at once 1" ULE DANE/Nil NEE8r1E8. Carlotta Sight in a Boston Optician's Win. dow. Ie the show window of an optician's shop on Tremont street. Boston, is a line of cam. permits which perform gyrations nnarvellous to the lay mind, and which, incidentally, afford an attractive and myabertoua edver- tisement fer the proprietor. They are to all appearances not connected with any source of motion, and yet the needles move all the time from right to left, and aome- bfmca ewirg quite around bhe oirole of their little boxes. The reason is than the return current from the trolley linea oa Tremont street exerts an attraction on the com- pass needlpe and camel the mysterious me- tions.—Electrical RE view. What Chemistry Iiay Do. Ib has been said that a century is the natural duration of the human body ; that ib decays earlier because it dons not re• alive proper care in health and disease. In regard to this latter, here is a suggestion from a men wno prebes's ngaiueb so mush research in eleatriolty to the neglect of chemiatry, He eaye there are 72 elements ef matter capable of entering' into an ia- finity of oombinatione, and oonoludea there- fore "that it form of matter must be capa- ble of existence, and must, therefore, bo within the power of chemical research to discover and prepare whioh will pannier an assignable or oonoeivable potency or influ- ence over any form or epodes of matter, dead er living." If this be brae, then it is possible to ohemietry to find aubatanoes which will neutralize all the poiatna gener- ated by disease germs and kill dinette the moment ib is dleoaverod.—Pittsburg Times, The Small elathesnaerefan. " Don't you know how many three times ton ie ? Now, Harry," Bald the teacher,, "t if one loaf of bread cost rot centro would- n't three coot thirty Dents?" " Maybe in at your bakery, but we cleat with a baker thab given three f or a quarter,' The Acute of Honesty. At a party one evening several contested the honor of having done the most extraor- dinary thing, and a reverend gentleman was appointed judge of their respectivepre• tensions. One produced hie tailors bill with a receipt attaohed to ib. A buzz ran through the roam that this could nebbeout- done. '' The palm is his 1" was the general ory, when a emend put in his claim. " Gentlemen," said he, " I cannot beset of the acts of my predooeeser, but I have net returned te the owners three Iead pen - oils and two umbrellas tbat were left au my hence." i' I'll hear no more," cried the astonished arbitrator. "This le the acme of honesty ; it is an act of virtue of which I never knew any Dao capable. The prize is hie." Owe of Nature's ilysterious Ways. Nearly all of the tura new coming in are of pcor quality, and the opinion la general among dealers and hsndiers, as well as trap per✓, that this is ire semo manner attribu- table to the mild winter. Io foot, brappere can predict a mild or a cold winter by the condtticn of the coats of the inhabitants of Ole forest. The prediction was given eut haat fall by mountalueere and trappers that tbie winter would be an open one, which was based on the examination of the faro of animals slain. The prediction has been verified, bub the connection between the two is unaooeantabie. Minard's Liniment Cares Burns, Etc. Off the Beaten Trask. (Scene, a village inn.)—Tourleb—Waiter, do you keep no lump sugar en the promisee.? Walter—We've just get three pieces left, sir ; but the three gentlemen yonder have dotted them all ever and are now playing dice with them. Jaok--I received your !otter, but it was only a few line's. I thought you were going to write a long one and bell mean the news. Mrs. Jaok—I did intetd to, but I forgot to add the P. 8. t,ING BABY. Xing Baby has a dimpled hand, 'Tis like a rose -leaf soft, But never a king in all the land. Hath his oWn way so oft. King Baby rules o'er groat and eme,lln W ho wait on him with awe, While other princes rise and fall, King Baby's will. is law. A man may be in teuoh with a boabhaobe without actually being in sympathTsiith it. N...' oe and hatred are very fretting, and make our mind, tore and •uneasy.— Tillotson. Jiilsou, whiner eyesight le undimmed, says the only opera glae0ea he has any nee for are those he le oempelled to go oat after be- tween the note. Minard's Liniment relieves Neuralgia. loaded Out. Mre, Margaret Reyeoide and her daughter were flooded out again on Tuesday morning. The water was nearly up to her bed when the Chief resaned her and her daughter at 10 o'clook. Her oew was standing knee deep in water in the stable, and her pro- visions were floating around in tbo cold water in the collar. The Chief moved them to a haute in the Willow Row.—Daeadae Star. No Disappointment Oen arise from the nee of the great mare -pop corn oure—Putnam'. Painless Cern Extractor. Pnbnam'e extractor removes carne painlessly in a few days. Take no 'substitute. At draggists. Next To It. Uncle GJorge—I bruit, Henry, that you are out of debt. Hoary—No, I haven't get quits so far as that, bub I am out of about everything else. A FATTEF>i7'L SENTINEL' sir cintan i1$Q OND or Uncut Sam's POsltAli axameaS HIO r l.2,218NOD. �. T+ietuury D;partmstar, iT'. S. /motivation Service, Buffalo, ;f'7. Y. }. Women's DIBPztesu r MiPrOAU. Aea00IthIoesf Dear Sirs--Er'om early childhood I have rut feted froze a eluggtah liver with all the die. orders accompanying such a eo epauion. Doctors' prescriptions and patent medicines I have used in abundance; they only afforded temporary relief. 1 was recommended to try Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, I did so, taking three at night and two after dinner every day for two weeks. I then reduced the dose to one Pellet" every day and continued this 1ERCE B6uar S C URE Olt MMYONET RETURNED. Inotice for two months. I have in e x months ncreased in solid flesh, twenty-six pound. am in better health than I havo been since childhood. Drowsineni, and unpleasant fo lags atter meals have completely disappe Respectfully your., U. S.In peotor ofAmmigration. 31919'S 'SOCIETY CLOTHES. What They Should Wear When They Go Oat on Pleasure Bent. Women gem:wally know how to dress them- selve 7 and their children for moat of the t' fnnobions" of sooieby. But they are often sadly perplexed as bo bow their husbands should be attired. Beyond knowing that men ehenld not wear evening olobhee before 6 e'olook, their ideas en maeonline garb are vague. And, as they frequently have to decide the guest ten of what their lords and masters shall wear, It would be wise for them to read, mark, Pearn and Inwardly digest the fallowing faze : Ab 2 e cloak weddtnge, known as morning weddings—which aro about the only early festivities to which a men eau be dragged— the bridegroom wears dark -striped tronaers,. double-breasted frock coat, undressed pearl- gray gloves, white four-in-hand, tali hat and big boutonniere. The umbers are simi- larly attired, and the masculine wedding gueste who aim to be correct weer 'clothing of the same general fashion, though, of coarse, the style of their flee, gloves and boutonniere is not proscribed by law. At all fa,hioneble morning affairs this uniform, with sone individual variatiore, ie oerreot. In the evining, of .nurse, evening clothes are necessary. This Beason preeoribea a three -button, plain shirt front, a straight etaud-up cellar, either a bleak cloth waist- coat or a double-breasted, 'fear -buttoned white one. No jewelry is worn, and pearl- gray gloves, otibohed with blaok, are con - 'Adored the beet baste, as are -patent feather cheer. The Chaperone's Chance. Pirab bud—My obaperene naw me kissing that young De Gush het night. 8ecend bud—Hae ehe asked for a raise in alary Respandbility educates.—Wendell Phol- h�a: The latest patent leather shoe has six big white pattens. The man who le willing for whiskey te stay is not in any hurry fer the devil to go. war 2Get<l.; 50cts. and $1.00 Bottle. One cent a dose. 11 is sold on a guarantee by all drug. nista.. It cures Inelpient Consumption and is the bust Cough and Croup Cure. A. French Duel,' If the French are prone to ohallenge each other to fight dnels on the smallest provoca- tion, says Youth's dompanion, they are alto pions to bring them to an end with very little fighting. Ib ie credibly related that, en the eoca- eion of a duel bebwean two members of the Chamber of Deputise, ene ef the oombatante wan taken with a fib of bleeding at the nose just as they name npen the field. " Hoed 1" exclaimed one of the seconds of the ether man. " Blood has been shed. The honor of my prinoipal has been eatie- fled." And the parties and their eeoonde there- upon gravely left the field. Minard's LinimentItor sale everywhere. The Engagement fling. For an engagement ring from the wealthy lover the solitaire diamond will always remain in favor, bat the suitor whose parse will rob afford such a costly gem should avoid all garlehly gotten up designs, combining mock pearls and colored etonee, and content himself with offering the fair ene of his choice) a well- eeleoted, simply -net moonstone—a stone whioh has from time immemorial been re- garded as having talismanic virtues. The setting ef this beautiful butioexpenelve ring may be as handsome as that of a solitaire diamond, and its effect is emote and pleas- ing. Jenneie Miller's Monthly. The Lightning's Touch Is scarcely more rapid than the lightning. like aobien of Nerviline in all kinds of pain Ia It neuralgia ! relief le certain and rapid' Toothache is oared as if by magic. Rheu mabiem finds a masher in a few applications of the powerful and penetrating Nerviline. In a word, pain, whether internal er exter- nal, finds a prompt antidote in Nerviline. Give Nerviline a trial. Druggiate and dealer's everywhere sell it, and ib costa only 25 oente a bottle. Two Views of the Same Animal. Greenam.-What does a Welsh rarebit look like! Beenbhere.—On a plate ib is a symphony in gold, but when you are asleep ib is a five. eyed elephant with eight feet, all planted on your cheat. To Edge China Closet Shelves. What common ootten lace, much as can be found in the little fancy stores in Garman neighborhoods, makes a very pretty edge for china closet 'shelves. in plane of the per- forated paper or scalloped oilcloth usually need. It is vary darab'e, lays the New York Recorder, can be washed many times, and does nob enoourateroaohes, am I am bald is the rate with oilcloth. Told by the Teeth. W.—How de you tell the age of a hen? V.—By the teeth. W.—A hen hasn't any teeth. V,—No, bat I have. ailiOltogiE AND ACM HATCHET. Three Slate; Cesavaettteas •tt lite irealier u lite Country. Atoaeber in one of the Oumberltnd, Md,, pgblto wheals, rays the Kiederpartsn News, lied jest read the old story of George Wash tngtoa and hie exploit with hie !Wallet, and asked the yeang'obulare to writs on their ,hetes ell they oonld remember of the story. This bas the remelt : • Sate 1. (Whine aged 7)—gorge Woehtug-. bon le our father slid he tart (*Reno he novvet did he did it with his baobir. Slate 2, (Annie, egad 8)—GMerge-wash' fngtioaze wee the tether of tie centre Illi father sed did you do it he seal 1 wad nob lie 1 did it with tit Hathib and then he busted into tsars. Slit a 3, (Georgie, aged 9) --Ge irge Wash- ington is the fatter of our country sed he dict to with late hatohl i and he said father I did it did tFlo boy ditty it ono mild hi try to put it on some whet feller o dao lie dial not tell no Ile he butt tuba tears with. hie hatchit. - 1I am now," croaked the parrot,reaoh- ing for Its mistress' oeobly bonnet, "about to pub la a bili for damage()." The words " a fair profit," as applied to ordinary trade tranractlena, have no coa- nection with proflbe on articles esld at a ohuroh fair. An Elcctire Flash. Mr. W. G. Griffith, with the firm of Il. Lower & 00,, Brei;klyn, N. Y., who haw been sfibeto;f with braiu exhaustion and neuraigia of the optio nerves, hoes bean en- tirely cured by Dr. Howard's Electra, P.Lis. Mr. Griffith wee treated by the meat emi- nent epeotalists in BceoktXn, and patted a ooauiderebie time in hoapitale, but it remotned for the Metairie Pil'ts to effect a cure. In large boxes, 50 Dente, 6 for S2.50. The Dr. Howard Mediate° 0w., Brookville, Ont. A New Gun. Mr. Torpin, who is well lino an as a die - coverer of tee expletive melisibe, has le- ventPd a new gun whioh is said to he very effective, Four chargers can be fired from it in 15 minutes. These chases contain 25,000 prejectilee whiori are meabtared over an area of 233 808 squmre feet at a distance el 11,483 feet. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. Powerful Air Brakes. The most improved air brakes new placed en locsmotivee are capable of °entraining a train of 100 care. An old niok name—Satan. Dick's Liniment cures All Lameness and Sprains Dacx & Co., P. O. Box 492, Montreal. Plants CheaStrawbetrry, 1,7asp a5 pnd er p. Mand ip. Blackberry, Si per ''e and up. Write for list. C. E. WRITTEN, Bridgman, Mich. WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. A few pairs of this most profitable of all breeds of Turkeys for sale. My old stock is imported direct. Write for prices. Ct1A8, A. MOTs. NORWICH, ONT. yea TO $20 PER DAY CAN BE PICKED j up by selling "Samantha ab the World's Fair." by Josiah Allen's Wife ; thou- sands are waiting to buy- send $1 for a pros- pectus and reap a cash harvest. Funk EC Wagnalls Co., Publishers, 11 Richmond street west, Toronto. A GENTS - Our great work, "Charming li Bible Stories,' is selling very fast. Six hundred double columnpages, two hundred and sixty beautiful engravings • only $2.50. Send sixty cents for prospectus. Big discount. Bradley, Garretson & Co , Brantford, Ont. AGENTS WANTED, Ta ne..a Ci...,.. Loth t5 e..; .di. t. ,,.q Ak...i Bawd, Oaks .nit eNo ppei.. ItW,.r, Cams, ac.* Inn.s.ad 66.0,, a4.,P,°r. CtAUre aAM ac.eq 50 Buy t 8,011 a t.so.t., OK. IAi0 . B a,.ca Oen Nig NAM US 2502cCritf stan1ls 4223 sec Win ryaaGUlyct_ e�W--�6'�tD obits: N VV7OOO.SrOJON>; AGENTS -WRITE US FOR CIRCULARS and terms of our becks, from $1 retail up ward?. We carry the largest assortment of subscription books, Bibles and Albums of any house in Canada, and our terms and prime cannot be beaten, WM. BRIGGS, Publisher Toronto. HOLT 8c ONV-E1si, Real Estate Agents, Waverly, Virginia, Have 150 Farms for sale, 50 to 5,000 acres each. Price, $.3 to $15 per acre; near Norfolk, Rich mond and Petersburg. Eight trains passing daily. Catalogue with price of farms sent on application. OUT THIS OUT ago 'your name and- send It with ere dollar to Dr. Samsei Ginner, Treas. air tag:Anti Prokt bitior► Association c1' Ontario. Iaroorporaled' (08 Nanning Avenue, Toronto, Out. DEAR Sm,—I;herewith enclose one dollar and desire my name to be enrolled a member of the Anti -Prohibition Association of Ontario, Kindly acknowledge receipt by return of mail Name Address, Post Office and County N. B. Prinbad matter mailed an application 14 KARAT GOLD PLATE �6q 'y ty [fJ No turning black atter Ono days wear --can be worn a lifetime Not a clock, bul a stem windg entlomau'e watch, t- open face— a ottperior time eoper. Agents. wanted, Send fifty coats, stamps to show you mean bust noes and we will Bend the sample to your nearest express oflce C 0, D. for the balance 752.25, AU Express Charges Paid. lf'you will send the full amount with your order we will send 9 by mail, and a Solid Silver Chain Tree. Yon can make $6 per day right in your o an town selling these watehes. Address M. lit MOWRY b Lo. TOMOXTO. Can. ISSUE NO . 1894. NCO Fel Ise readying to may of these w livesign s please mention Ode l►asiom LEADERS IN SEEDS FOR 1894, WHITE MONARCH OAT, IRISH COBBLER POTATO, GOLD MEDAL DENT CORN, CANADIAN THORPE BARLEY, etc., eta., etc, Our 1894 Seed Catalogue is brimful and flewin over with good things that every pregreeeive Farms and Gardener should have. Send for a copy. Addroea .JOHN S. PEARCE & 00., LONDON,' ONT oaff)Nttt. *AMh.rCU CONSUMPTION. Is averted, or it too late to avert it it is often oared and always relieved by Scott's adifiKilifallERBEEMINEEP l3mulsion the Cream or Cod. -liver Gil Cures Coughs, Colds and Weak Lungs. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived by Substitutes: Boat 1 Benno, Belleville. All Druggists. BQo..k. V'. ---FOR SALE, --- 2' 6 Farms for $1000 each:. 1€3 '° fG $2000 to 7 " " $8000 ac 14 et a. $4000 " Also well situated pprrcoportfe in Chatham, Wallaoelsurg and. Trenton, TESBR$ TO OTITPIIRCHASIS6ti4 For particulars ateppty to .50118 WOOF, . llarsiltext, Ont. 12,000 Acres Michigan Farm Lands. At very low erices. Now is the time to get a home of your own. R. M. PIERCE of West Bay City, lllioh., agent for the celebrated Keystone Lauds in Alpena and Ogemaw Cou riles and can sell you a farm of any size at yery low prime and very reasonable terms Fare paid one w8F ort purchase of 40 acres. Write at once to 13. If. PIERCE, West Bay City, Nick.. FOR SALE 10,000 ACRES 7 OF LAND in the famous Hard Wheat Beltiof Minnesota and the Dakotas. We can sell you improved or nnimpreved lands in the most productive portion of the United States on reasonable terms. For ostlers write to BECKER & CH .T►BOU Brown's Valley, Traverse County, Mlnneaobse 1,0009000 ACRES OF QrFALtt 1 for sale by the Sanvs Palm k DutuTtt 1tA LtroAtig Coxsexz in Minnesota. Send for Maps and Circa...! late. They will be sent to you 3 d i. L M • Address HOPEWELL CLARKE, Land Commissioner, 8t. 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