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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-12-31, Page 12tlubseri'bere who de not receive their paper Yegularlj' will please notify us at once. Call at toe office fur advertising rates. THE EXETER ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 1897, The Week's Commercial Summary. The number of failures in the Domin- ion the past week was 46; three.less than eorrespoudieg week of last, year. The stocks of wheat at Toronto are now 231,737 bushels as against 218,611 bushels last week and 47.746 bushels a year ago. Jo Montreal, wholesale trade this week. has been a quiet one, as is usual at this season, and there is really little of special interest to be noted in the trade situa- tion. • The shareholders of Cable and Postal I met Monday and ratified the proceedings • taken at the late directors' meeting where- by Cable takes over the Postai's business and guarantees 4 per cent, dividends per annum on the latter's stock. General trade at Toronto has been of moderate proportions this week. A num- ber of travelers were keptin the city, and stock -taking in some lines was pretty general. • The movement in merchandise has not been very active, 'and the balance • of the year is likely to be quiet. A very good trade is reported by wholesale grocers, the demand for dried fruits, sugars, etc., having been satisfactory. Wheat speculators on Monday were not a little surprised at the increase of about 900,000 bushels in the visible supply for the week. A decrease of 750,000 to 1,000,- 000 bushels had been expected. The visible supply is now 15,103,000 bushels as com- pared with 69,808,000 bushels a year ago and 39,071,000 bushels two years ago. The amount afloat to Europe is 3.2.800,000 •bushels, a decrease of 640,000 bushels for the week. The total a year ago was 27,- 360,000 7;36x},000 bushels,. Here and There. So Rockefeller isn't to go into iron, after all. Well, oil and "soap" are enough for any one man to handle. There are exhibits in au eastern mu- seum of natural history showing that the horse is 2,000,000 years old. It must be admitted that he holds his age well. The prevalence of the "glassy stare" may be better understood when it is known that Germany and Switzerland manufacture 2,000,000 glass eyes annu- ally. Melba has 8100,000 invested in gowns, it is said, one of them having cost $15,000. Though $15,000 is a good deal for a single dress, it is worth while to note that the ti or h wearer earned it herself. The astonishing thing about people who are deceived by fake "materializations" is that no matter how many times they And themselves deceived, they are always ready and willing to be deceived again, The burglar who climbed up the Eiffel tower in Paris to commit burglary and was captured because his passion for drink caused him to imbibe too much will never be charged with a lack of "high aim" in life. The newest searchlight just completed enables one to see an object at sea eighty miles off in a clear night. Since a famous Dutchman ouce invented a gun thea would shoot 'round the corner, why may we not yet expect a searchlight that will see around the world? A western woman lecturer says that those dear old Mother Goose stories that mothers used to tell in the days of long ago are "pernicious," and very harmful to children. But those same stories will give delight to households long after this female Gradgrind is forgotten. The homage paid to Li Hung Chang on his recent tour seems to have had a bad effect on him. He thought he would take a trip through the emperor's park, and considered it unnecessary to get the monarch's permission. So the emperor decided to punish him and fined him a year's salary, amounting to $36,400. China Isn't Europe or America, and Li should have known that better than any ne 'else, but it seems that he did not. TOPICS OF A WEEK. The Best Pills.—Mr. Wm. Vandervoort, Sydney Crossing, Ont., writes: "We have been using Parmelee's Pills, and find them by far the best Pills we ever used." For Delicate and Debilitated Constitu- tions these Pills act like a charm. Taken in small doses, the effect is both a tonic and a stimulant, mildly exciting the secre- tions of the body, giving tone and vigor. The Important Invents in a a R'ewWords For Busy Readers. Perfectly Natural. Mr. Trotweli—And you say poor East- man died a natural death?" Drawbead Dick—Yep; shot in his tracks." Mr. Trotwell—Good heavens! Do you call that a natural death? Drawbead Dick—Why not? He refused to drink. eANADIAI. The London election trial has been ad- journed to January 18, Mr. Thomas Patterson, customs ap- praiser at Ottawa, is dead. Mr. George Kaiser, in farmer near Au- rora, hanged himself in his barn. Thomas Joyce, of Hamilton, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing Paris green, The fire in the east slope of the Springhill colliery is practically under control. The bank statement for Novembsr shows the circulation of notes to he 835,- 262,000, Thomas Hall, a Hamilton moulder, attempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum. 'trouble has broken out again in the Fifth Royal Soots itegintent of Montreal. Noor officers have resigned. The Metropolitan Club building at Montreal was sold by the Sheriff to Mr. Selkirk Cross, Q. G., for $2,005. Godfrey Allard, a farm laborer at L'Orignal, lost his life in a lire that burned Mr. Johnston's outbuildings. William Curran, sentenced one year ago at Regina to five years for arson, has been released by Executive clemency, Joseph Dundas was committed for trial at Chatham on the charge of shooting Mrs. Snook, of Dover Township. Aid. Coquhoun has announced his in- tention of running for the Mayoralty in opposition to Mayor Tucitett at Hamil- ton. Mr. 7o.eph Hobson, Chief Engineer of the Grand Trunk, was given a compli- mentary banquet by the citizens of Ham- ilton. Miss Sims, who was shot by her lover, Homer Howe. about three weeks ago in Montreal, died in the General Hospital there. Mr. Richard Bryan, of Merritton, fell from a Grand Trunk train, breaking his leg. He lay out in the cold nil night and was badly frost-bitten. A lot of deputy returning officers have been arrested an the charge of stuffing ballot -boxes in the Macdonald, Man., election for Parliament in June last. Premier Hardy definitely denies the re- port that there is any intention on the part of the Government of holding a Pro- vincial election shortly after the next ses- sion. The annual financial report of Walker - villa shows that the town is entirely free of debt. The rate of taxation is but 4j mills, probably the lowest of any town in Canada. Mr. Fred Brook, of Sirncoe, was at- tacked and knocked senseless by a high- wayman. The arrival of Mr. Brook's father on the scene frightened the miscre- ant away. The ratepayers of Maxville, Ont., have defeated the by-law to repeal the local option by-law whieh.has been in opera- tion three years. The vote was 84 against 73 for repeal. Porter, Teskey & Co., of Montreal, dealers in fancy goods and fishing tackle, assigned at the demand of the Bank of Montreal. with liabilities of about $33,000 direct and about $15,000 indirect. Mr. W. S. Campbell, treasurer of Brant County for the last twenty years, died at Brantford. He was stricken down at the Warden's banquet a few days ago, but lingered until Christmas morning. The Grand Trunk Railway Company hes offered to convert the Victoria bridge at Montreal into a double -track struct- ure, with a track for a trolley service, if the Dominion Government assists it. Hon. Sidney Fisher, interviewed on leaving Washington, expressed his satis- faction at the arrangements made with Secretary Morton for a modification of the cattle quarantine regulations with the United States. Mrs. George Postiethwaite, of Lake - field, Ont., was burned to death in her house on Saturday evening. It is sup- posed she fell in a fit while holding a lamp in her band, and that the lamp set fire to her clothing. By the recent arrangement made by Hon. Mr. Fisher in Washington the 90 days quarantine on cattle and horses will be abolished by both Canada and the United States and a rigid inspection at the border substituted. Mr. W. W. Ogilvie, of Montreal, who has made an extensive tour through the Northwest, says that he has never seen business better than it is to -day in Win- nipeg, and throughout the entire North- west the farmers are contented. If the Dominion Government decide upon the enlargement of the St. Law- rence canals at the coming session of Parliament, it will mean the addition of two steamers to the fleet of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation. Company. There never was, and never will be, a eaniversal panacea, in one remedy, for all ills to which flesh is heir—the very nature of many curatives being such that were the germs of other and differently seated diseases rooted in the system of the patient -what would relieve one ill, in turn would aggravate the other. We have, however, in Quinine Wipe, when obtainable in a sound unadulterated state, a remedy for many and grievous ills. By its gradual and judicious use, the frailest systems are led into convales- cence and strength, by the influence which Quinine exerts on Nature's own restoratives, It relieves the drooping spirits of those with whom a chronic state of morbid despondency and lack of interest in life is a disease, .and, by"tran- quilizing the nerves, disposes to sound and refreshing sleep—imparts vigor to the action of the blood, which, being stimulated, courses throughout the veins, strengthening the healthy animal functions of the system, thereby making activity a necessary result, strengthening the frame, and giving life to the diges- tive organs, which naturally demand increased substance—result, improved appetite. Northrop & Lyman of Toronto, have given to the public their superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate,and, gauged by the opinion of scientists, this wine approaches nearest . perfection of any in the market. All druggists sell it, 7'he Deep Waterways Commision has been inquiring into the causes of the low water in the lakes: The conclusion is that the present stage is only temporary, It has been leaver than it was last sum- mer, and sooner or later will rise again. Teuton Blake, the Minden bigamist who was released from the Kingston Penitentiary • on Saturday, had in his possession the addresses of several King- ston,yoeng women on whom he called and proposed marriage to each. Meeting with a refusal in each case, he made an impromtu proposal to a maiden on the street, which was also unsuccessful. 113:1'1:1) S'lA"CIIS, Miss Frances W Marti, president, of the W. C. T. U., is seriously ill at Castile, N.M. A serious race war is in progress at Mayfield, Kentucky, arising out of recent lynchings of colored men, It is said that Hermann, the magician, made $000,000 in the last twelve years, yet he died without leaving a 'dollar. Mr. E. B. Mackay, professor of Greek in the Sioux Falls, ND., Baptist College, committed suicide by hanging himself, Twenty-eight persons were killed and several injured in a train that fell 100 feet off a bridge near I3lriulugham, Ala. <? New York justice has decided that a loan of poker chips is equivalent to a loan of money and can be collected in the same way. KIDNEY PAIN. John Snell, of Wings em, Ont,, 1Sas in a Maelstrom of rube and Agony from 1)is- -eased. ltictneys--SOutli Anaericati Lfidney Cure was. the 1{'cicome "Life Preserver"— It Believes Instantly and Cures Surely, "Five years ago I had a severe attack of ha Grippe which affected my kidneys and caused intense pains in my back and urinary organs, l suffereduntold misery, at times I could not walk, and luny stand- ing position gave me intense pain. I be- came worse so rapidly that my family became alarmed. just nit this time I noticed South Americana Kidney Cure ad- vertised. Although I had little faith left iu any remedy—having tried su unruly worthless cues ---but a drowning man will grasp it a straw, and I procured a bottle. In a fear days it had worked wonders, and before half a bottle was taken I was totally relieved of pi...in and two bottles entirely cured me." It Was a :Desert. A loot her Was assisting lien' little buy with his geography- when they came to the word "desert," which he could not understand. His mother explained that it was at barren place—ta place where nothing would grow. The boy's face brightened up at her words, and feeling sure that lie had solved the difbeulty, sine asked hitt to explain the meaning, and the prompt answer Willie:- -Ma feyther'e bald held!" Trouble exists between the president and employes of the Boston Street Rail- way Company, which is likely to result in a serious strike. E. P. Weston, the 558 -year-old pedes- trian, failed in his attempt to equal his record,made25 years ago, of walking 112 miles in 24 hours. He walked a little over 103 miles. Representatives of the lumber Interests of the United States Northwest mot in Minneapolis on Saturday, and made arrangements to agitate fcr a duty on Canadian lumber. The Trades and Labor Council of Buffalo are working for the passage of a bill that will prevent migratory Cana- dians from working on United States Government contracts. Mrs. Sternaman has made a statement to a repotter in Buffalo in which she ex- presses her confidence of the result of the trial in Canada, but she is also con- vinced that she will not be extradited. The State Department at Washington has received information which leads Secretary Olney to believe that Gen. Gomez and other insurgent chiefs are willing to accept autonomy for Cuba. Conrad Eppeiis, one of the eight boys who was bitten by a mad dog a month ago in Baltimore, and wns afterwards treated at the Pasteur institute in New York, died on Friday morning of hydro- hpobia. Fire on East 33rd street, New York, destroyed property valued at nearly a million dollars and rendered 100 people homeless. Four buildings, including Soh - niers New ere piano warehouse and the Xork Polyclinic Hospital, were destroyed. Mrs. Sternaman's lawyer is snaking another appeal against extradition. He says: "I do not want the woman to be tried in lialdimand County because I know that she will not get a fair trial. I was through that section a short time ago, and was surprised at the deep-rooted prejudice there is against her." 1"O t:RION. Sued, the Italian faster, became insane after a performance at Paris. Gen. Gomez, of the Cuban insurgents, is reported to be seriously ill. An autobiography of the Queen is in preparation to appear next year. Jamaica is trying to transfer its fruit trade nom New York to the London market. Berlin police raided a number of An- archists' lodging -houses and made sev- eral arrests. Work will be commenced early next year ou the canal that Is to snake Brus- sels a seaport. Matters are tranquil in Hayti at pres- ent, but it is stated that a resolution is bound to come later. Captain General Weylee since his return to Rio del Pinar, is carrying on a war of brutal savagery. Floods are reported in Greece, which have destroyed a large amount of property and caused some loss of life. It is reported that the powers of Eu- rope have united on a policy of coercion in dealing with the Sultan. Mr. Cecil Rhodes is on his way from South Africa to England to give evidence on the subject of the Jameson raid. The death is announced in Paris of Mme. Furlado-Heine, whose name is synonymous with discriminating charity. The alleged naval battle between the schooner Three Friends and Spanish cruisers is believed to be a bit of fiction. The body of the noveliet, Hubert Crackanthorpe, who has been missing since October, was found in the Seine at Paris. It ie stated in London that the proposal that the Imperial army should be re- cruited from the colonies is coldly re- ceived. The Czar has sent to King.Menelek, of Abyssinia, a grand piano, an organ, a complete set of wind instruments, and a band of musicians. The residence of Earl Russell at Maid- enhead was burned by incendiaries. The fire is one of the results of the recent action brought by his Lordship against Lady Scott, his mother-in-law. Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Penn- cefote have finally agreed upon a draft of. a treaty providing for a general system of arbitration of disputes between the United States and Great Britain, Fresh proposals of reform have been presented to the Sultan of Turkey, and the, Ambassadors at Constantinople have been instructed to act in unison. If the Sultan refuses to comply, force may be employed. Mr. F. X. Messner, private banker and general supply storekeeper of For- mosa, Bruce County, has assigned, with liabilities of $100,000 and very small assets. • Many of the depositgrs were farmers and poor people, who have lost all their savings. A Vancouver despatch states'that Sena- tor McInnes,'of Victoria, will succeed to. the Lieutenant -Governorship of British, Columbia on the retirement of Hon, Mr Dewdney. Mr. J. C. McLagan, of The Vancouver World, would then succeed to the vacant Senatorship, Dr. Geikie, treasurer for the Armenian fund in Canada, has requested the co- operation of the teachers and scholars of the Public schools and colleges in his. efforts to aid the suffering Armenians. The appeal has been cordially- received and approved by some of Ontario's lead- ing educationists. The Tariff Commission will resume its'. investigations on Monday, January 4th, in Ottawa. It is said that a second com- mittee will be appointed, with Mr. Lister as chairman, which will hold meetings in farming constituencies, so that farm ore will be given an opportunity of stating their opinions on the tariff. Mr, J. Ross Robertson, M. P., Past Grand Master of the Masonio Grand Lodge of Canada, has shown his sym pathy with the Ottawa brethern in the lose of all their relics, regalia, : -etc,, by the Sparks street fire, by presenting them with a magnificiently bound volume of, the snoredlaw, a box of working tools, and three gavels; to be used by the W. i&.'s'sad Wardens of the city lodges. SHATTERED NERVES A LYSIS. AND PAR - Shattered Nerves Developed Nervous Pros- tration—Nervous Prostration Developed Total Paralysis of One Side—Great South American Nervine in the Teeth of Most Adverse anti Complicated Circumstances Overcomes A11, and Restores. Wife and Mother in Good Health to HerFauni.ly-- Tbeec are the Written ia`nrds of k dward Parr, Surry Center, B. c. "My wife was taken bad last August with nervous prostration, which later on. developed into paralysis of one side. - We tried many remedies, but all in vain. I thought I would try South American Nervine, having seen it advertised In the New Westminster, B.C., papers, :and I ant glad to be able to say that the result after taking three bottles was an astonishment to myself and funily. It worked wonders for her and we can not speak too highly of this great remedy." No case too acute or of too long standing to defy its wonder- ful merits.. The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedient, and by parts. It Stands. to Beason. That a man who gives his whole and undivided attention to one particular subject should acquire a greater pro. ficiency in it, than one whose energies are expended in different directions. This is true of the medical superintend- ent, and his staff of assistants, at Lake- hurst Institute,in their treatment of alco- holism and kindred diseases. Every fresh case adds to the experience of years, and to the number of those successfully treated. There is no sudden and danger- ous deprivation of liquor; there are no bolts and bars; the patient gives up the drink habit almost unconsciously, and, from that moment, takes the first step on his upward career, commencing , life afresh under brighter auspices. For pamphlet and terms address The Man- ager, Lakehurst Institute, Oakville, Ont. The native, rising on the 'lamgia'-re- serve in Beohuanalond is developing seri- ous proportions. A parley has been re- fused. Fighting has taken place and the British forces have been obliged to wait for reinforcements. A regiment of Turkish troops being conveyed from Yemen to Constantinople mutinied on shipboard for arrears of pay. Themenwere determined enough to force the Vali of Brousa to provide them with funds and, new 'clothing. The Armenians are distatisfied with the terms of the amnesty granted a few dive ago by, the Sultan, as It really does not improve the condition of the Armen- ian prisoners in Constantinople, ' and comparatively few will benefit from it,. in the provinces. In the year 1858 in Leigh Sotherby, in a letter to Dr. Gray, of the British museum, describes a talking canary bird. 8100 Reward, 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and than is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the Only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. flail's (Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda- tion of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature inn doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith inn its curative lowers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, 0. ear Sold by Druggists, 75c, The manners, which are neglected as small things, are often those which decide men for or against you. • KEPT TWO HUSBANDS. One of Them •WW'as Nicely i nibalmed, but Conus lase and Stow. It isn't every woman who can keep two husbands in the house at the safe,' time and keep the peace, too. The death. in Cordele, Ga,, of airs, Joseph E. Bivins, wife of the president of the First. Nation- al Bank, recalls a sensation as ghastly as it was. realistic. Mrs.Bivins was form- erly an old maid in Atlanta, where she had some little property. Dr, Marvin, a specialist, from Omaha, Neb , came to Atlanta, wooed the ]natured maiden and made her his wife, He enga!geli in some real, estate speculations, which made him worth nearly vis 000,000. He thou moved to Cordele and erected a magnificent home, which was a dream in the eyes of the country people. The happy couple livo.i in this new palace but a few weeks when the doctor sickened and died. Mrs. Marvin refused to be comforted. She forbade a funeral and telegraphed to Now Orleans for an expert embalmer and an expert electri- cian. The result of their joint efforts was that Dr. Marvin was ens, led to remain in his seat in the parlor and by electrical appliance would rise and bow to his widow and then take his seat again. Ridiculous as this may seem, there was no arguing the widow out of its continuance. After about a year of this kind of enjoyment the wi'iow eon eluded to give her band and heart to Mr. Joseph Bivins, who had become her busi- ness manager. After her marriage she took- him to her home. And then it was that she gained the remarkable distinc- tion of having two husbands in the house at the sante time, one alive and the other dead. She had Mr, Bivins look upon the body of her dead husband in the parlor., and it was only after urgent solicitation on his part that she consented to the remains being sent to Macon and buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Notwithstanding this very peon liar conduct we are glad to know that Mrs, Bivins was a lady of great charity and many Christian virtues. Mr. Thomas Ballard, Syracuse, N. Y.. writes: "I have been afflicted for nearly a year with that most -to -be -dreaded •dis- ease„ Dyspepsia, and at times worn out with pain and want of sleep, and after trying almost everything recommended, I tried one box of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. I am now nearly well, and believe they will cure me. I would not be with- out them for any money." Hope itself is happiness, and its frustra- tions, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction. Tell the Deaf.—Mr. J. F. Kellock, Drug- gist, Perth, writes: "A customer of mine having been cured of deafness by the use of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, wrote to Ireland, telling his friends there of the cure. In consequence I received an order to send half a dozen by express to Wex- ford, Ireland, this weel Assesern"nt System. bin'nal Principle, PROTECTION Is what the Family Needs when the "bread -winner" is gone, LIFE INSURANCE Provides Cash When cash is most needed. The Mutual Reserve F11116: Life if Association, E. B. HARPER, Founder. F. A. BURNHAM, President. PAYS PROMPTLY. Itis the largest natural premium life amoeba tion in the world. It has a Reserve or Emergency Fond of over thirty-fonr hundred thousand dollars. It has paid policy -holders over Twenty-seven Millions of dollars. Agents wanted in all unrepresented districts Circulars sent if requested. A. R. McNICHOL, Manager for Manitoba, British Columbia, and North- West Territories, Metntyre Block. Winnipeg, Man.; D. Z. 13ES SETT.I, Manager for Quebec.12 Place d'Armee, Montreal, Que.; W. J. MURRAY, 'Manager for Nova Scotia Halifax N. S. W. J. McMtJRTRY, Manager for Ontario, Freehold Loan Building, Toronto, Ont. Preserving Meat by Itilectricity. The principal of cataphoresis, or the driving of foreign substances into ani- mal tissue by means of electric entrants, has been adopted with great succees in both medical and dental work. In these capacities it is employed principally in conjunction with cocaine or some other anesthetic for the purpose of rendering the flesh of the tooth to be operated upon insensible to pain. The benumbing solu- tion is forced into the tissue,and even into the. obdurate sensitive dentine of the tooth,until no sensation whatever is pos- sible for the time being in the region under treatment. A provision merchant of Rio .7aneiro has hit upon the ingenious idea of applying this method to the preservation of meat. He immerses the meat to be preserved in a 00 per cent. solution of common salt and passes through the whole a continuous current of electricity. In from ten to twelve hours the salting is said to be complete and the meat is taken out of tree bath and hung up to dry. For the guidance of those who might be disposed to try the method, it must be added that in working a bath of 3,000 liters of brine, in which 1,000 kilos of meat may be isn- mereed, the current may be of 100 am- peres,with an electromotive fordo of eight volts. The electrodes most be of plati- num, since if other materials, such as zinc or iron, were used, the metal salts formed would be injurious. Dated Ahead. Mr, Isaacstein—Say, Rindskopf, I un- derstand your store was burned out last 'I'iinl:sday? Rludskopf--No, sir; next Tues- day, The First Vaccination. The first child ever vaccinated, on the authority of a tombstone in the church- yard of Worth, in Dorsetshlre, England, was the son of Benjamin Jesty of Donn - shay, who died on the 16th of April, 1816. The inscription un Mr. Jesty's gravestone states that the deceased was particularly noted for having been the first roan that introduced the cowpox by inoculation, and that he vaccinated his wife and two sons in 177.1, or twenty- two years before Mr. Edward Jenner made his first vaccination on the boy of James Phipps on the 14th of May, 1796. The doctor inoculated that boy, who was eight years of age, with vaccine taken from the hands of a milkmaid who was suffering from cowpox, and six weeks later he tested the effects of his experi- ment by inoculating the same lad with smallpox. His first case succeeded per- fectiy,the boy being found to be proof against the virus of smallpox, andthe practice was soon afterwards generally adopted. "il' PATS TO DRINK" CEYLON TEA. Because it is Iatee,tiparably the best and purest. Try it vantplo packet. NEVER lila SOLD IN BULK. BLACK' .3`f) 31t:cgD. ALS. GitOCEUS. ...04404-414*......w•0••,•0• A. Woman's Mental Attitudes. Miss Gage was getting a dress for the hop and it was to be finished that day. I think women really Rae the scare of thinking their dresses will not be done for a given occasion, and so arrange to have them at the last moment. Mrs. March went with the girl early in the afternoon to have it tried on for the last time, and they came home reporting that it was a poem. My wife confided to me that it was not half done—merely begun, in fact—and would never be finished in time in the world. She also assured Miss Gage that she need not be in the least uneasy; that there was not an hour's work on the dress; and that the dress- maker's reputation was at stake, and she would not dare to fail her. I knew she was perfectly sincere in both these declar- ations, which were, indeed, merely the expression of two mental attitudes, and had no relation to the facts. -William Dean Howells, in the October Century. I Yes its Cold i • 8 t •O • •®• • • lilac von"11 1111(1 that no •• • 'amount of row air or frosty • 40, wind. will got through the P • •clothing int(rlinwt• O- A r FIB• -E CHAMOIS •• r It is marvellously light ala • in weight, adds no bulk, • Costs only 2d cents at ,'bras, O • find yet offers thorough all- m • weather protection, The a • o cheapest, most healthful a a and snuggest til <lrultb-g'i'i•er m a you can find. •• 0 • Don`t buy ready-to-wear : • garments unless you see i • the Fibre. Chamois label on• 1110111. •` • •••••••••••••••••••••••• *t. Wrinkles Can be Removed and the Skin made Soft .' and Youthful in ap- pearance by using 'c Peach Bloom * . Skin Food. To Purify the Blood, Tone up the System and give new Life and Vigor nothing equals (Jblidren's Birthdays. A splendid way to . commemorate the birthdays of children is to place the sum of five dollars in the bank to their account. Every year add five dollars until twenty years have gone by. How much do you think this bank ac- count at compound interest will then be? . Just enough to start a young man in business, or a girl upon a college course, not to speak of the practical les- son of small :beginnings shown forth. If the account were to remain in the bank and five dollars added to it yearly until he became fifty years old, how, much would he then be worth? Odd Little Clouds. Photographs of flying bullets recently made in Italy show dark streaks and blurs just in front of the projectiles, and it is thought that these are the images of little clouds formed by the sudden condensation of moisture as the advano ingebullet compresses the air ahead of it. Literally Taken. Renaud—I hear that Mixton has been triyng to raise a loan on his family Bible Ili • it true? 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