HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-3-28, Page 6MISCELLANEOUS READING
'WISE AND OTUERWISE,
interesting Beading. Culled from many
Sources,, of Interest to the Young as
weli as the Old.
The New Chimes.
The utilitarian of s •mewhat material
type came to the Sauntererrs notice this
week,
, �
A certain esteemed clergyman, whose
church is in the most attractive part of
the city, but who, for present purprses,
must remain nameless, was feeling a
Attie "pardonable pride," as the out -go,
nig political oliiee-holders express it, in
having succeeded, after years of solicit•
ing, in raising enough
money to provide
his church with a set of chimes.
As every one took the first occasion to
congratulate him, it was quite natural
that, on meeting Mrs. Blunt, one of his
most fashi amble parishioners, he should
sap, in his happy enthusiasm
"An'1 how do you like the new chimes,
Mrs. Blunt? You must be glad to hear
those good old Chimes at night. They
must remind you—"
"Yes," she interrupted, "that is so.
Since the chimes began I've taken my
medicine quite regularly."
The Demand fur Sawdust.
There is only one manufactured article
I know of the demand of which does not
equal the supply," remarked a well -post-
ed manufacturer recently.
"What is that ?" asked his companion.
"Sawdust," was the response.
"This is no joke," ne continued in ex-
planation. " Are have a large number of
requests every day, and I know of other
factories where sawdust is made that sell
all they can spare. It is bought mostly
by teamsters who want it for bedding
their horses. The demand is larger than
ever before. I suppose the reason is that
fodder and straw come too high. Then,
too, the horses eat up that kind of bed-
ding. We could dispose of large quanti-
ties of sawd•.st if we could spare it, but
we use it for fuel."
Cleaning Colored aad Black Silks,
Place each piece of silk on a smooth,
clean table and dip a wad of the material
into the cleaning fluid, which shouldeon-
sist of equal parts of alcohol and luke-
warm water, writes Emma M. Hopper in
the March Lathes' Home Journal. Cold
coffee well strained, or water in which an
old bla k glace kid glove has been boiled
is also good.. This latter mixture is made
by putting a gyve into a pint of water
and boiling it downto a half pint Sponge
the goods on what will be the right side
when made up, as some silks can be turn-
ed after being worn. Hang each piece on
a line to drip; when nearly dry iron with
a moderately warm iron on the wrong
side, placing a piece of soft black cambric
or crinoline between the iron and the
goods, and ironing each piece until it is
perfectly dry. Then lay away the pieces
without folding. If the selvedge edges
seem to draw after the silk is wet cut
them here and there to give a leeway.
The ironing must always be done on the
wrong side and over a second fabric,
which must be dark if the silk is dark.
Grease spots may bo removed with naph
tha or by scraping French chalkupon the
spots, leavingit over night and brushing
it off in the morning, repeating the pro-
cess if necessary. Remove all grease
spots before washing the silk. Benzine
will remove paint, but leaves a stain like
water, which may be re noved with
French chalk. Grease may also be remov-
es from silk by rubbing a lamp of wet
magnesia over the spot, allowing it to
dry, then brushing off the powder.
The New Honeymoon.
The new honeymoon as described by
the corespondent o: a daily, seems al-
most as intolerable as other new things.
The writer is a barrister, with chambers
in the Temple. Thinking to find domes-
tic comfort elsewhere than in. those
dreary precincts, and at the same time
an intellectual, as well as social, compan-
ion for life, he wooed. and was accepted
by a charming lady doctor. He wooed
her in the interval between the classes
she attended and the examination she
passed with honors in London, and won
her through the penny post, while she
was taking a degree in Edinburgh.
This took four years, and then a flour-
ishing practice in Yorkshire fell into her
hands, and was too good to be refused.
The patient -wooer asked her to name the
day ; she consented. She was rather
busy, but would spare time between her
visits to patients to drive to the church
and getmarried, if the bridegroom could
run up to Yorkshire for the ceremony.
He did go in a terrible snowstorm. But,
"entirely ignoring the time-honored
pleasures of the oil -fashioned honey-
moon, she has returned to her work, and
has sent me back to the law. I am spend-
ing my honeymoon alone ; itis dreadfully
dull."
AWise and a New Suggestion.
I was talking yesterday with a young
lady who had nearly worn herself out
throughteaching in one of our public
schools, and for a time had been com-
pelled to give up her work, writes Mrs.
Margaret :Bottome in the March Ladies'
florae Journal. Although she lived op-
posite an Episcopal church she had been
'enable to attend any of its services, as
her strength was not sufficient to permit
her to sit t1 rough them. When at last
the doctor said he thought she was strong
eaough to take a drive, being of moder-
ate means she felt she' could not afford
the luxury, and she told me that Sunday
after Sunday she would sit at the window
of her room and see the women step from
their carriages into the church, and the
horses stand at the church door until the
service was over. She said to me, "No
.no eon imagine the longing I had just to
have a littledrive while the owners of
the horses were at church, and since I
have been able toreturn to my work I
nave thought again and again why could
there not be a Carriage Circle of the
Kings Daughters in every church, and
let it be the object of these Circles to find
some invalid woman eonnocted. with the
church who would like to breathe the
fresh air and yet who was unable to af-
ford the luxury of a carriage. Let them
0
hman take her
arrange to
have the ca c
for a short drive while the owner of the
carriage is worshipping in church," "In
that day shall there be upon the bells of
the horses holiness unto the Lord" is a
nro hear yet to be fulfilled, though I do
P
know of some women who recognize that
their horses are ti be used In His
Name." 1 cannot but think that there
are litany who would be glad to feel that
while, they are comfortably seated in
chtireht some tired ehilc't'of God is being
refreshed by their kindness. 1 at ee
sure that many lovely thins are not
done, merely because, as we say, "we
never thought of it," "ib never occurred
to us," 'Those who have all the luxuries
of life can hardly uuderstan1 what it is
nr won d'be to some people to have a
or
short drive. I can g' • hooksn myy
mem
to a time when to have a friend call on
axe to take a drive was a pleasure that
gave me very great enjoyment, What
pleasure we could give in this way 1 We
van imagine the joy that ib would bring
to many." Who will start a Carriage
Circle? There is no joy likd the joy. o1
a
being a joy," and of giving happiness to
others,
CO tIPLE l' ELY AU " OMANI°.
Coal That is. Net tonged by Hanes
From Mine to Biu.
There has just been finished on the far
't
west sine. in a region of ar++hitec urnl
monstrosities an enormous hanging coal
yard, the only stricture of exactly its
sort in the city. There is a little brick
dace facing the street, and around, above
and behind it is the giant structure of
iron beams and w• rod sheathing. This
rises high in the air, and on its deck is a
complete little railway system, with many
tra":ks and switches and an aetive little
shifting engine. This aerial railway
system is lit by electricity when it is
necessary to work at night. Far below
are the two -score outlets for coal to be
loaded into waggons for delivery about
the city.
The coal that passes through this yard
is never touched by human leans from
the time it leaves the mine until it is shot
into the cellar of the consumer. Auto-
matic dumping ears fetch it to the New
Jersey terminus of the railways from the
mines, floats carry them to the New York
side of the Hudson, and engines draw the
cars up an inclined plane to the deck of
the yard. Thence it is distributed by
means of the shifting engines to the
several pockets. Five thousand tons of
coal can be stored in the pockets, and a
three -ton wagon can be loaded automati-
cally in three minutes if need be. The
railway from the mines, the floats and
the whole paraphernalia of the coal
pockets constitute, as it were, one huge
piece of labor saving machinery. Such a
coal yard costs three times as much as
the usual sort, and the projectors expect
to get their money back through economy
in handling coal.
A Memorable Scene on Black ,Friday.
On Black Friday, September 24, 1869,
the Gold Room is crowded two hours be-
fore the time of business. In the centre
excited brokers are betting, swearing
and quarrelling, many of them pallid
withfear of rum, others hilarious in ex-
pectation of big commissions. In a back
office across from the Gold Room, Fisk,
in shirt sleeves, struts up and down, de-
claring himself the Napoleon of the street.
At this time the Ring was believed to
hold in gold., and in contracts to deliver
the same, 5100,000,000.
Speyers, whom all suppose to represent
Gould as well as Fisk, begins by offering
145, then 146, 147, 14S, 149, but none will
sell. "Put it up to 150," Fisk orders, and
gold rises to that figure. At 150 a hall
million is sold him by Mr. James Brown,
who has quietly organized a band of mer-
chants to meet the gamblers on their own
ground.. From all over the country the
"shorts" are telegraphing orders to buy.
Speyers is informed that if he continues
to put up gold he will be shot ; but he
goes on offering 151, 152, 158, 154. Still
none will sell. Meantime the victims of
the corner are summoned to pay in cash
the difference between 185, at which the
gold was borrowed, and 150, at which the
firm is willing to settle. Fearing lest
gold go to 200, many settle at 14S At
155, amid the tremendous roar of the bull
brokers, bidding higher and higher,
Brown again sells half a million ; "`160
for any part of five millions." Brown.
sells a million more. "161 for five mil-
lions." No bid. "162 for five millions."
At first no response. Again, "162 for
any part of five millions." A voice is
heard, ''Sold one million. at 162." "163
for five millions. ''Sold five millions at
163,1-2." Crash ! The market has been
broken, and by Gould's sales. —From "A.
History of the Last Quarter -Century in
the United States, by Pres. E. Benj.
Andrews, in the March Scribner.
Killed by His Necktie.
Herman Ahlers, nineteen years old, was
found dead in his room at the house of
Mrs. Jansen, at 285 North Franklin street,
where he boarded. Ahlers retired to his
room at 10 o'clock on Saturday night,
and about 4.30 on Sunday morning Mrs.
Jansen heard him groaning. She alarm-
ed some of the inmates of the house and
the door of the young man's room was
forced open. Ahlers was' lying on the
bed. He was not undressed, but on the
gas burner his necktie and collar were
hanging in such a way as to keep the jet
open to the full. The escaping gas had
filled. the room, and Ahlers had just ceas-
ed to breathe when he was found. The
body was removed. to Rolston's morgue.
It is thought his death was accidental, as
he had been accustomed, his friends say,
to hang his collar and necktie on the gas
jet when he retired for the night. The
stopcpek of the jet turned easily and was
held open by the weight of the necktie.
Her Hair Turned White.
A Portland -young lady received a few
days ago a letter from a friend who ap-
pealed for aid. in finding something to re-
store the blackness of her hair. The
friend had suffered almost unendurably
from neuralgia in. the head, and had
tried many vaunted remedies. Finally
she was advised to have her hair shaved
or cut extremely close, and adopted this
desperate measure. The result of the ex-
periment has been that with its renewed
growth the hair is appearing perfectly
white, though it had been previously very
dark, and the wearer is terribly chagrin-
ed.at the unexpected change. The effect
upon the neuralgia was favorable.
Does Prohibition Prohibit?
• When the tall man whom the ofiiee
devil ,reeognizid as the printer who had
applied for a job that day, slipped down
on the ice in front of the drag store and
lay apparently in a faint, a crowd quickly
there gathered.
Everybody with advice on hand took it
it. Then andproffered
out n a man ran
hastily into the drug store, as hastily re-
appeared with a glass in his hand and
kneeled down by' the fallen stranger.
'What is it? whispered the stranger,
feebly lifting his head.
"Water," said the man with the glass,
,The fallen stranger rase, to his feet and
stalked indignantly away.
"This is a one-horse town, anyway,"
he hissed between his set teeth, Between
his sits of teeth, in fact,
VEGETABLE LORE..
Practical Taints Regarding the Cooking
and Proper Serving.
All vegetables should be put in boiling
water when set on the stove to cook.
Peas, asparagus, potatoes and all delicate -
1Y
flavored
vegetables bles should be only
Y
covered with water, but those with strong
flavor, like carrots, turnips, cabbage,
onions and dandelions should be • cooked.
in a generous quantity of boiling water.
All green vegetables should be cooked
with the cover partially off the stewpan.
better color It dives thein a fand a more
n
delicate flavor.
The average housekeeper is careless as
to the time of cooking, vegetables, yet 'a
vegetable is as muoh injured by too muoh
or too little eooking as is a loaf of bread
or cake. When vegetables are underdone
they are hard and indigestible, and when
overdone they become dark, strong-
flavoredindigestible.
fiavored and
•
Now, although a potato will be hard if
not cooked enough, even two minutes'
cooking after the proper time will injure
it. If potatoes be covered with boiling
water and placed on the 'fire they will
c+, .k in thirty minutes. If they be very
small they may get done in twenty-eight
minutes, and if they be large it maytake
cook them sufficient)
thirty-two to , y
They should be kept boiling allthe time
alter they once begin, but not at a Puri -
ons rate, a" a too rapid boiling breaks the
surface of the potato before the center is
cooked. The time of cooking is to be
count d from the moment the boiling
water is poured on the potatoes. When the
potatoes aro done the water should be
poured off and the steam allowed to
escape. Should it be necessary ti keep
them warm after that cover them with a
coarse towel, never with the pot cover,
for if the . steam does not have a chance
to escape it will be absorbed by the po-
tatoes, which will become sodden, dark
and strong flavored. Baked potatoes take
about fortyfive minutes for cooking. A
great deal depends upon the oven. If it
be necessary to keep the baked potato
warm, break it open, wrap it in a towel
and put it in a warm place.
Now, as to turnips. The small white
ones should be boiled, if cut in thin slices,
for thirty minutes; but if they be cooked
whole forty minutes' time will be needed.
Yellow turnips, when sliced, need forty-
five minutes' cooking. •
Carrots should be cooked forty-five or
fifty minutes ; cauliflower only thirty
minutes ; with peas and asparagus much
depends upon the state of freshness and
tenderness when picked, and the time
varies fr, m twenty to thirty-five minutes;
indeed, peas sometimes requires fifty min-
utes' cooking.
It is a pity that it is a fashion to serve
such vegetables as peas and asparagus in
a sauce. They have so delicate a flavor
that only a little salt and good butter
should be added to them. This is true,
also, of turnips. Cauliflowers, onions
and carrots, however, need a sauce.
Before a Party.
She never thought she had any points ;
she had quite made up her mind to the
irredeemab le ugliness which she had been
told was her lot. Then spoke a good,
sweet, wise woman : "Ask your mother
to let you come to spend the day with me
when next you are going to a party, and
we will see what can be. done."
So the poor, ugly duckling went, and
this is what the fairy godmother did for
her. She took her first for a short expe-
dition, which interested and amused, but
did not tire her. Then she gave her a
thoroughly comfortable lunch, and made
her lie down iu a warm room for two or
three hours. The short refreshing sleep,
induced by the warmth and quiet, ended,
and a cup of tea enjoyed, the dressing be-
gan.
Now, at home the routine of the day
had never been interrupted because there
was to be a party that night. The regu-
lation work and afternoon walk having
been taken, the girl reached home tired,
just in time to have a hasty cup of tea
and dress. The operation of dressing
was carried on in a cold room, giving
time to get thoroughly chilled, so that
the transition to a warm drawing -room
sent the blood with unbecoming force to
the face.
But the wise woman did nothing so
foolish. She made the girl dress leisure-
ly before a good fire. She taught her it
is a great mistake to stand before a look-
ing -glass to do the hair. It is better to
sit and take it easy, else a tired expres-
sion comes into the face. She allowed no
hasty washing with water to irritate the
skin, but refreshed her face gently with
a cloth dipped in rose-water. She kept
up a running commentary on the girl's
points as she brought them out one by
one. "Your hair looks bright as the
light falls on it, I admire that pretty
chestnut brown, with shades of red and
gold in it. There, now your complexion
looks as clear as possible. My dear, how
bright and rested your eyes look ! Now,
do use the hand mirror to see how pretty
that curve of your neck is, with those
little curls just waving about it. And the
fairy fingers of hope , and happiness
touched, this gir's eyes with light, and
tinged her cheeks with soft color, and
gave her gait a firmness and elasticity
which prevented all awkwardness, and
when she entered the crowded room she
was able to look people in the face and let
them see her ey" s, with the new-born
light of pleasure an satisfaction dancing
in them, and the rest of this girl's story
is it not written in the chronicles of her
happy life, and is not the name of this
dear, judicious woman engravedupon her
heart ? The moral of my little peach-
ment is that if a girl is plain, you w.:n't
make her any prettier by dinning into
her ears that she is plain. And that at-
tractiveness, if not prettiness, is within
the reach of all women who realize what
their good points are. And that it is a
mistake to tire one's self out before a
party.
Libellous.
Is it unlawful to quote Scripture ? Yes,
in some cases, and for some purposes.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that
a grand jury in Ohio has indicted a man
for sending slanderous postal cards to one
of his debtors. The objectionable mat-,
ter consisted of three Biblical quota-
tions :
"Owe no man anything."
"Let us walk honestly,"
"Many days and years shall ye be
troubled."
Tho grand jury, it appears, did not ad-
mit man his mit the right of tocall1B not h-
bor a thief, even in Scriptural phrase-
ology.
A Ricky Venture.
"Silkins came to grief in the West, 1
hear."
"'lyes. Ha stared out to live on his
wits."
"Poor f.1iow. He should have realised
at the start that he hadn't the capital for
any sueh enterprise,"
IS ow to Dress Weil Or Little Money.
When there is very little money.to be
Spent on clothes it moat be spent Judie-
iously :and carefully, and it is .quite a,
vexed questionas to whether it pays to
make over old gowns. ',me necessary
trimming to make them look fresh and
smart is a serious item, and more time is
often required to make over a gown than
to have a. new one made.
Two entirely new gowns' in. the winter
and four in the summer, well fitted and
well hung, and, above all, well sewed,
will; with old -ones remodelled in the
house, give
a Wo man
a
wardroberobe
suffi-
cient for ordinary use There are plenty
of cheap dressmakers in New York who
can fit very well, and who have quite a
knack of hanging skirts. From ten to,
fitteen dollars is their charge for making
a gown, and some can even make one for
eight. These dressmakers do not live in
be
localities,a mayreadily
oven
lent s
co
imagined, for if they
did
they weld never
r
afford to snake gowns at such reasonable
rates. Five dollars for linings goes a
long way towards getting all that is nec-
essary, but this part must not be intrusted
to the dressmarer, who certainly cannot
afford to have her apprentices takethe
time and car fare necessary to buy these
things without adding some small
com-
mission to the original priceof the goods.
A smart jacket and hat, both for sum -
mor and winter, are absolutely necessary
in every ,woman's outfit. Coats and jack-
ets are beyond the skil 1 of dressmakers ;
they had better be bought in any of the
shops where twice a year there are also
sales, at very much reduced prides, of ex-
tremely well -cat garments. For eight
and ten dollars jackets of very stylish cut
can be found, but these must be altered
to fit. If a woman has any taste for mil-
linery she can trim her own hats for far
less money than she can buy them ready-
made, but it is a very good investment to
pay eight or ten dollars, spring or fall,
for one stunning hat, which must be be-
coming ; and in this connection it is as
well to remember that a hat which is be-
coming to the full face is often terribly
trying to the profile, and just as much
extra must be taken for the side as the
front view. Picturesque effects are much
to be avoided by the woman who has
only a small allowance for dress. It is
the women who spend thousands a year
who can best afford to go in for big hats,
outre garments, indeed, anything con-
spicuous. The fashions of picturesque
hats and clothes generally are very fleet-
ing, and nothing is more depressing than
to put all one's money into some article
of raiment so conspicuous that one is
known by it for the months one is doom-
ed to wear it:—Harper's Razor.
Church Members at Fault.
The population of the United States is
now estimated at about 65,000,000, and
the communicants of the churches are set
forth by the Independent to be 22,974,529.
While some of the sects which are in-
cluded in the grand total cannot be reck-
oned as evangelical, yet all may be re-
garded as on the side of good mora s,
while the evangelical churches cannot
have less than 15,000 000 members. There
are, of course, many children in this
number, but it is tolerably certain that
fully one-third of the adult population of
the United States are members of evan-
gelical churches. in view of any such
proportion of the population on the gide
of good morals and religion there seems
cause for humiliation that there is sach
abounding iniquity in the land. The'
revelations which are constantly made of
crime and immorality, the prevalence of
intemperance and the drink -curse, the
power of the saloon in political parties,
all serve to show that the church puts
forth no such efforts and wields no such
influence as its numbers ought to com-
mand, With a determined, constant
process against the sins of the time, those
who lead in sin would be overcome with
sesame and sink into obscurity. Were
Christians to show that antagonism to all
that is evil which becomes them, a man
of bad character would never be nomi-
nated for office. And, most certainly, no
Legislature would dare to enact laws
which favored evil. Such terrible reve-
lations of wrong -doing as have been made
in New York would never have been
made, for they would never have existed
if Christian people of the various churches
had lifted up such a banner against in-
iquity as they might have done with con-
certed action. '
Queen Victoria's Wit.
There are some interesting stories of
Queen Victoria's young days in the Feb-
raary number of the Windsor Magazine.
When but a mere child (says M. Alfred
T. Story, in an article on ''The Queen's
Tutors") her majesty used to delight
George IV. by her quick wit.
One day when staying at the royal
lodge the king entered the drawing room
leading his little niece by the hand. The
band was stationed as usual in the .adjoin-
ing conservatory, "now, Victoria," said
His Majesty, the band is in the next
room and shall play any tune you please:
what shall it be?" "Oh, uncle," replied
the princess with great readiness, "I
should like 'God Save the King' better
than anything else."
A similar instance of childlike quick
nessis related in regard to the Queen's
early studies in music
Being one day required to practice at
the pianoforte, she objected, desiring to
know why it was necessary to spend so
much time in the dradgery of running up
and down scales. She was told that there
was 00 royal road to music, and that she
must practice like other children. The
little autocrat did not agree with this,
and quietly looked the piano and put the
key in her pocket, saying ; "There, you
see ! There is no must in the matter."
Having made her point, however, she was
soon prevailed upon to re -open the in-
strument, and so proceed with her lesson.
Tips That Are Good To Follow.
When you give othersladvice take some
of it yourself.
Love never complains that the pride it
has to pay is too much.
No matter how much religion we pro-
fess, all that counts is what we live.;
No matter who has the floor self-con-
ceit will always find a way to speak.
The man that makes his own god has
one that drives him with an iron whip.
All truth is nonsense to the man who
has let a lie make its home in his heart
There is no land flowing with milk and
e that does not have giants i `•- it,
hon n
Y .g
Our neighbor sees our faults, but he
hasn't seen. the bitter tears they have
made us weep.
We hate our own sins most when, we
see them walking around in the shoes of
somebody else, •
Going out Ona wet night to hear elec-
tion returns is one thing, and ging to
prayer meeting in the same kind of
weather is another.
Cannot; Bo' Made .Oyer..
"Your house was pretty badly used
up," remarked: a visitor to the flooded
district in Oineinnatti, to an old man
who was sitting on the broken steps of a
frame cottage that was twisted out of all
shape.
"Yes," he replied, "Thar ain't much
left of the o
1 t house, The high water
done a heap of mischief."
"Bat you'll " soon make things over
again, as good as new," continued the
first speaker.
"Stranger," said the old man, in a
"there huskyvoice there are. some. things 6
,g in
this yar world that you can't mako over
ag'in. This was my house and so it is
yet ; this was my home, stranger, but it
will never bo my home ag'in," and he
paused, gazing sadly about him.
"Thar are some things you can't make
as they was. When the high water Dome
my i wife: was n bed with a
wfever, ver and the
.ate come and come, and nd allt
water he time me T
thought it couldn't come any higher, but
the fust thing T knowed it was clear in
the house. Then I had to move her, and
what with the fright and the cold and all
she was no sooner under a roof on high
ground, than she died—my old wife,
stranger."
"Yes, she died ; died fore Bill—Bill was
our boy—come back. He was a
good boy
to his mother and me, but I didn'to under-
stand
nder
stand him, and he went off ; yes, went
off, to make his own way in the world.
"But his mother said he would come
back, and she used to pray the Lord to
watch him. She said he would surely
come back, and she used to keep his room
and his things just as he left 'em. His
mother, stranger, always fixed that room
every day all ready for him, and if he had
come back, everything would have been
as he remembered it.
"That room to us, his mother and me,
was wuth more than all the world ; but
the high water came, and I didn't get a
chance to save a thing. All his little
boyish things were washed away; the
walls is cracked, and whoa he comes.
back there will be nothing to tell him of
home -- no mother, none of his old things
and nothing to show the love of years
that has waited for him. Stranger, that
are some things you can't make over
ag'in as good as new."
With a dreary shake of the head, that
told of a sorrow too deep for tears, too
holy for expression the old mai looked
again at his ruined house. But the other's
eyes were brimming with tears, and he
did not trust himself to speak for many
minutes.
But the homely phrase, "Cannot be
made ,over," a nveying to my mind an-
other 'and deeper meaning.
Vo say at, the end of an unwise life:
"If I e ,uld live my time again, I would
do differently," is but an empty breath.
Live now, and when comes to you the
judgment day of final years, you will not
find your service for God and others an
experience that you wish to be made
over."
What She Missed.
• "Did you have a good rest over at your
sister Mary's?" asked one of Mrs. Jennie
Woolson's neighbors. "I s'pose I had a
good rest enough," answered Mrs. Wool-
son. "I didn't have a thing to do for a
week. But I was as homesick and as
lonesome as an old cat."
"Why. T thought they'd entertain you
first-rate !" exclaimed the neighbor. "I
understood Mary kep' a girl and lived
real stylish."
"Well, so she does," admitted Mrs.
Woolson; "an' they diet everything they
could for me. But Mary's husband's
shop is right across the street, an' he's
always home just on the tick for his
meals. And she's got a hired girl that's
just as capable as she can be, an.' don't
need a mite of lookin' after. An' her two
boys are just like little clocks—I never
saw two sech stiddy young ones in all my
days."
"Well, I should think you'd have had
a real peaceful time," said the neighbor.
"I did," returned Mrs. Woolson, but it
wasn't like what I'm used to. There was
not a thiog for me to worry about from
mornin' to night—an' I missed the excite-
ment, that's what the trouble was. An'
I come home two days before my visit
was out because I got so dreadful low in
my mind I began to feel kinder sick."
"You look all right now," said the
neighbor, with a glance at Mrs. Wool -
son's red cheeks.
"Mussy sakes, yes. Why, when Cyrus
met me at the depot yesterday, he said
fust thing that he thought by the looks
of the corn 'twos all dryin' up, an' we
shouldn't have anything to pay for all he
spent on the field this year, an' he said
that Mary looked to him as if she was
eomin' down with the measles; and
Johnny had eat somethin' that he reck-
oned was p'isbn the day before, and was
liable to be took sick any minute. An'
lawzee ! I begun to feel jest as homey an'
cont nted as ever I was in my life. An'
by the time we drove up to the door I
was chippered up and ready for any-
thing ?"
Incontrovertible Evidence
A YOUNG LADY RAISED FROM A
SICK BED.
Hope For Those Suffering From Nerv-
ons Prostration, Weakness and Low
Spirits—How Relief Can Be Found.
From the St, Marys Argus.
The accumulation of evidence is what
convinces. A man bringing a ease be-
lore a jury without evidence to convince
them of the justice of his plea has a poor
chance, but when witness after witness
is produced to back up his plea, then the
jury easily find a verdict in his favor.
This is the case with one of the greatest
life -preservers known to the world at
present. The evidence of hundreds and
thousands of witnesses has . been publish-
ed testifying to its priceless value, and
the jary—the public—are being con-
vinced. St. Marys has many witnesses
who could bear golden testimonials. The
Argus gave recently a remarkable case
in the eure of Mr. Gideon Elliott. Again
we present another, Miss Mary Scott,
delights]; of Mr. John Scott, had become
completely prostrated; was pale, nervous
low-spirited and in such a condition as
to alarm her parents and friends. She
had not been able to leave her bed for
over six weeks. Doctor's medicin s were
re
not helping her. 1Crs. Soo t had been
reading of the wonderful mares effected
by Dr. Williams'. Pink fills for Pale
People and some acquaintances recom•
mended them. She purchasedthree boxes
and before the first box was finished
an improvement was noticed, and eon
tinning the use of the pills Miss Scott was
soon able to perform tin work about the
house, and is now enjoying better hon th
than for years. Mrs. Scott also testified
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as to the great benefit she herself had
derived from the use of three boxes of
Pink Pills, and declares that they would
not be without them in this house.
An impoverished condition of the
blood, or a disordered condition of the
nerves, are the fruitful resources of most
ills that afflict mankind, . and to any thus
afflicted Dr. Williams' fink Pills offer
speedy and certain ours. No other
remedy has ever met with such groat and
continued success, which is one of the
strongest proofs that Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills accomplish all that is claimed for
them. They are an unfailing cure for
locomotor ataxia, partial 1paraysis, St.
Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheu-
matism, nervous headache, the after ef-
fects of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, nervous prostration, diseases de-
pending upon vitiated blood, such as.
scrofula; chronic erysipelas, etc. They
are also a specific for troubles peculiar
to females, curing all forms of weakness.
In men they affect a radical cure in all
cases arising from mental worry, over
work, or excesses of any nature.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold only
in ',oxes bearing the firm's trade mark.
'they are never sold in. bulk, and any
dealer who offers substitutes in this form
should be avoided. These pills are
manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Company, Brockville, Ont., and'
Schenectady, N. k ., and may be had of
all druggists, or direct by mail at either
address, at 5$ cents, or six boxes for
$2.51.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became plias, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them pastoris.
A Shopping Incident.
She was a haughty dame, and being on
a shopping expedition with a friend, hap-
pened to catch a glimpse of an acquaint-
ance
cquaintance she did not wish to recognize.
"Let us go this way past the silk coun-
ter. I just saw somepne I do not wish to
meet."
"Who is she?" asked her friend who
did not see anyone near them,
"Oh, some horrid woman with a smirk
on her face. Of course I have only a
bowing acquaintance with her, although
her face is so familiar."
They finished their shopping and the
two ladies found themselves at the same
point where one of them had seen her
disagreeable acquaintance.
"I cannot remember her name."
"There she is again. Why, I do be-
lieve she's been there all the time," she
said, pointing to the person in question.
"That woman ! Goodness sakes, that's
yourself you see in the mirror there,"
said her friend, choking with laughter.
And the mortified woman, who had cut
her own reflection, was obliged to ac-
knowledge that the disagreeable smirk
was her own.
Love is the only thing that more than
pays for all it gets.
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