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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-5-25, Page 2BETWEEN T"VO LOPES By BERTHA, M. CLAY. (Continued). Nor aid Sar Cli;at_an feel mach hal- pity; he heaped every contenptuo:ty epi it,et 9n himself; he called himself w,k, a coward. and a traitor. He ieeht to hare told her; but how in Hea- vens name was he to do so now? Her reproac:let wniti.i overwhelm hien; the sight of her s'rrcrw would overwhelm MID. too. 'Never was nt:an SA wreteheil as he mei re himself. "and all my own next d:"y t1r slid not r9 near her: he was miserable. Having been an lt,.rte:a,''-e geetientan all his life, he tette e.crt .car this sense of eonce^el- ;nen:: he wets not one who could ever the ItaPpv in evil deism; be was not, asa rue, a neral coward. but his whole P(3.11 shriek from the task of telling his fair yoeug love that he was married. The meriting passed away --slow, long hours diet seemed endless, Then carte a mote frons Lady May; they thought of returzing to Trerlye's Nest on the em ereng. She /tad eats- eorne up to town. ,just to see bine A small party ot fsieetie-Sar Joan and Brady Lewis - were ret:trreveg with theta; would, he follow thecae in the eouttie et a day or two? The postscript mint: "Do not write your atsweem brine it." "De y lit think he will come :'' 3lias Lockwood asked, half doubtingly, wtaea Lady May told her wiaat site had dorms "Come? Of course be will, and be very pleased to do so." But 'Mass Lockwood shook her head vel "I do not know. uey dear," site said, "Sir CCintou Adair is a chauged man." Yet he took his answer. He tound Lady May alone in her drawing -room, and, to his loving. admiring' eyes. she lead never seemed hat so beautiful. She wore a dress o! white lace and Agus- llu curiously interwoven, and she hard chocsen real flowers for her ernatwents-- meshing but faint, mystical. dreamy, white titles, and they suited her fair, aeis;ocratac^- lave: -mesa as nothing else could leave done. The man rho hal cored her so well and ss'ito had lost her, sew that she was more reserved in hes greeting. She held out a white band. and her lips wore a charming; ensile, but one did not advauee to meet him. She did nil; rise bee face as thonrb sure 01 a lover's kiss; she had caught his own spirit of reserve. That piqued him. So stx tuge, so con tradictory are mon: He had wished that she would not be so demonstra- tive of her love for him; now Chet slu' showed seine sign of reserve, be watt piqued and vex"'ed. Ide saw that she Ind resolved upon imitating' hint; site said no word of herself; she told him some amusing anepdote's; of Lady Lewis; she sketched for his editieation the por- trait ora visitor they had hadthat freorning, She was cold, gay, graceful, sunusins;--ail the deep, earnest, tender love, the purr', womanly passion had aananished Dike snow when kissed by tbe sun. She did not use one endearim; ' weed; site scented bent only on manning; trim, and he was vexed at it. He bad come to s: ay that he found it impossible to go to Trevlyn Nest, that he had imperative business in London, and tihis was bow he fared. When she lead exhausted her little sketches, she belied up at him as though suddenly remembering something. "I had forgotten," she said, "you •4;arc to bring your answer; did you not, Clinton?" "I am afraid that my answer will hardly please you, May" he replied. "It it a refusal, then," she said, cold- ly. "Well, we each know our own af- fair: best. If you do not coma, I must find vane one else to make the party complete." Bit that was not to be borne. His face fleshed with annoyance that she slier ed take his refusal so calmly, stud invite some one else in his place -it was not to be dreamed of. "Yon are hasty at jumping to con- ciusions." he said. "I hope to go to Trevlyn Nest, if you will permit me." The sudden look of happiness and tei.der•ness that came over her face re- paid him. "3'on do love me a little, then," eche said. "I was beginning to believe that you did not care for me at all." "1 pray Heaven yon may never lore any one half so much." he said, mealy, au their interview terminated. ndear the pretext of seeing 'her. The ethlonei never attempted the least dis- ge'ese, and his love, his homage was nicest publicly rendered he seemed to consider Lady May the queen of all Cleadon, Sir Oliuton.'s love for her, in i innocent and best days, had been a passionate, fieree love; Colonel Gr t;:t- ley's was honest, manly and kind, wine out s ]t- out the elements of tragedy, but yet a loge that migat have made any womalt. proud. Not one could be in the sante room long with Colonel Grantees' with- out knowing that he loved the be;'i ri• ful Lady May, after a soldier's fashion, Ina all his heart, Nceelletis to saw how heartily Sis Clinton Adair detested bine But for the colonel and his gc'niat devot'en. Sri Clinton would not probably have re, nexined se long at Trevlyn ;tient; a, was, he Could not go away and ta'aye the field open to his rival, "Yet," he said, 'tow conteinptihhe 1 ata; I earl never win her for myself, and I welt let no one else have a chanee." His jealousy rather flattered Laxly May,. Aiw.a.,vs puze exd ores rie, grew chause in him. ahe eagerly w .leo. t"d every trifling ebur;' oto pref'er.:tre me a proof that, although his manner nethe be ebaaged, his love remained unal- tered. She found it rather puzzling; tai have two such devoted loners. C oriel Grandees adtatirat on was a source* ot ataltsern'nt to her -there was stettte dung set iaeeaistibly tenerraening ahoaat it. "I ought to go back to Loudon:. sad Sir eliattoal to her one moraine.; "but I eannot:' "Yews carmen Why?" she asitell. "Because I eassuot endure the tboeght of leuving y nit with Celietel Grentiey," he replied. "Colonel Grantley is noising to me." elle said, gently, "aid you are ever} trains=." Tnaeae she thought to herself: "It: he is so very anxtons to seen - me, wily does he not ase me to ma r'' bun?" and her eyes spel.e Iter there e so plainly that be turned away in utter confusion. Lady May had arrived at a certaile canelu.tioa be this time, ;toad it was i,'eat Sir Citrate loved her just as twei a • ever, yet he had mule up his tanal l t Wait her -to try her befere be anneal her -she could fired no other a1,e.:tri'st to his conduct. "It so'l'ves re'' mete inlet," she Rai •, to herself, frankly. "and I will h .1-'t • retie it over it. Ile} tried acme b .fete and I was fauna terribly was:tha' le• shall be satisiie:l with the test wee." She had told aline i,se•3,veoco3 of laps: belief, who most cordially exam ii in I. having been ntu h mewled to dee vt't the motive of Sir t'lluttlee tan'u t, '!,'lust seemed satisfactory, She lanaghell good-teceperedly aver it, "You did behave heartlessly to him, gay; ne wander that he wants to tiw you. He finds it dltlienit to believe in your reformation. perhaps." So that Lady May bad recovered her flow of charming spirits, it was all right; her lover was only testing her god faith --he should gee that she was sincere. One little ineldent was vividly im- pressed on Sir Clinton's mind --Colonel Grantley bad seen the flutter of Lady May's dress among the trees, and, as nsuat, hastened out or. the lawn. tidy Lewis joined them. and they walked until luny resealed the wood -Blustered glade that led to the wood, Then Sir Clinton could hear it no longer; that frank, handsome soldier was Mildest gayly --looking with all hie heart in his handsome eyes, into Ladly May's face. He went after them. "It is only a few steps now to the wood," said Lady Lewis, "and above all Centre I love -the sbade of a wood on a summer day. Do let us go there. Lady May," "If some one will open the gate for us," she replied. "When I was here last year alone, I used to spend every morn - hag in that wood." "I will open the gate," said the col- onel. "I should open the gate were it twice as big, and twice as high, if you required it. Lady May." "You are certainly very industrious, colonel," said his cousin. "You never tcse an opportunity of paying compli- ments to Lady May." The heiress of Trevlyn listened with an unmoved smile. What were all his compliments to her? One word from Sir Clinton was worth them all. "It is a lovely wood," she said; "the bluebells stretch out like the waves of a blue sea; the primroses stand in great golden clusters; there is every variety of wild flowers and trees. Here we are at lest. Now, is it not a gbxrioua wood?" There was a break among the ts'eee, a wide stretch of thick, green grass, and they sat down, the sun shining above them, and malting graceful sha- dows on the gimes below; the birds sing- ing in the trees, the wind gently stir- ring the green boughs. They talked foe some little time on desultory matters, until Sir Clinton said something about the flowers. Colonel Grantley answered him. "I think," he said, "it was a pretty, fanciful, gracious idea to call ladies by the names of flowers. I wish they had no other names." "They are not very numerous," amid Lady Lewis. "I do not know. We have Violet, Rose, Lily, Amalie, Hyacinth, Daisy and, last and sweetest, May." "That is a pretty long list," said Lady Lewis. "I think the names ace so characteris- tic," said the colonel; "for example, 'Violet should be tail, with meek, sweet eyes, and soft, brown hair, a sweet face, suggestive of dew and moonlight. Rose, one pictures a lovely, laughing, happy gel, with sunshine in her eyes and on heir hair. Lily, talI, pale, and sleaider, with large, innocent, blue eyes, beautiful lips, and hair of pale gold. Amiens dank, with a bewitching Spanish ioveliaess. Hyachinth, a girl to rave about under the tight of the stars, dreary and mystical, Daisy -well Daisy puzzles me -a simple, . pretty country lassie, I think, with woude'ring bine eyes, and a sweet, half saucy smile, piquant, with .a certain quaint grace. May -oh, if I were a poet, I could sing of May; as it is, I have before me fair- est representative of the fairest nam... I once heard of a young lady called Bluebells, but I do not think the mime a common one. I have often wondered whyviols were not: called a.ftev tate lilac and the mignonette; what prettier girl's alt to myself; we were on tbe er,xtret twine Could we have than -'e,rbena? ground. and I was explainine some of Verbena, by the way, should be a tall, aur Indian sautes to her. She was se dark -eyed girl, with crimson lips." interested and so kind, when. :all at once, Sir Clinton Adair Came out on the lawn. She forgot all about nee elle called him to her with a smile, and a look in her face that I would have liven my life for. He ,envie: but, Louisa, h:' Lady May carelessly gathered a white daisy from the grass; she held it 1o'ring- ly in, her pretty fingers.. "It is a beautiful Sower," she said; me it were as rare as it is common we ed not loot, pleased- 1 should have should all talk About it. I think it one been reedy to fall on niy knees in a of the prettiest flowers that grow; and ;r.ttnsl><trt of e.,ttituelc' if elle had slat» vn do you know,"she added, with a little to mates attention to rte'," tangle. "I never cross a field it I can (To BE t O rrs Imo,] help it, lest I should trample upoit daisy. I could not bear to crude Dere beneath my feet; it 'would be like press- ing the life from something living"" "I shall take the daisy as my ceeet," said Colonel Grantley "and every one Ifew, 1 -41 -de Alen I shah love fsr Mee sweet sake," She turned her fair face and laughing eyes to Sir Clinton. "Hare you nothing pretty to say to talked of nonrefillable bottle problem, me?" she asked. "Colonel Grantley is He said, among other things, that there quite an adept in the art. Do you ap- was a standing reward of $10,000 for a prove of my taste?" • "Over daisies, you mean, Lady May? to note h solution, and I had to smile "Yes, over these sample field-daisiea."" to note haw a fable, once set adrift, is sl a replied, conttnnally vitalized by repetition. 1 Tlie trar.ds seemed to stab bite with happen to knot' something about the A MIGHTY HARD PROBLEM.. The One ot Inventing a Bottle That Can't Be Teethed. "I read a little interview not long ago," said a New Orleans grocer, "with a matt who purported to give some particulars concerning the much keen, sudden pain. How often. had he used them! Lady May gathered an- other --a -large, white daisy, round like a seer, with creamy white petals, and a deep gotten heart, "Is not that mos a beautiful than a hotesease blossora?" she asked. Lady Lewis laughed. "Sar Cdtuto t is blushing," she said, Re felt the hot Crimson mount evert !nWbrass, 4'�practical noureilllable bottle --what the Si'lay should 1 waster he 'gid' working part should be made of.. what testa it should be able to eustaiu, what it should cost in quantity. and so on, I doubt whether there is now a copy of that circular in esistenee, but it un- questionably gave rise to the story that the whisky men of the country were hot after a bottle that couldn't be re- 5tled and bad offered an enormous re- ward for the same. "The Lord only krtowa bow many lives have been wrecked by that yarn. Next to perpetual motion it has been the great asylum feeder of the mechan- ical world. The problem looks easy enough ou the surface and uI ward of 5(1 patents have been taken out ou dif- ferent devices, but none of then; works tender all conditions. The favorite scheme is a ball valve which would be cloned automatically by pressure from above, but it is readily worked by a wire or an air pump. "At first tbe liquor men and makers of proprietary remedies that were largely counterfeited encouraged invest- ors in the line, but after repeated fail- ures they t'inally came to the conclusion that the thing couldu't be done and. have given it up altogether. Neverthe- less the cranks still persevere, and every now ami then one reads of a new bot- tle that we•rke like a charm. Bat you never bee thele on the shelves, and I make bold to say yon never wilL "-- New Orleans Times -Democrat. bottle question, and I can state poai- tively and authoritatively that there has never been a reward of $10,000 or any other amount for Suva a device, "The impression probably originated with a circular that was prepared years ago by a convention of northern distill- ers, it was designed tor the attfor'ua' tion of inventors and stated briefly and clearly just what was essential to a i tee I CHAPTER XXXII. j LOVE AND FLOWERS. A. week later found the whole of the little porty assembled at Trevlyn Nett. . Sir Clinton was there; he had not in- tended to go, just as he had not intend - i ed to conceal the fact of his marriage; ;yet he had gone, and the fact of his /marriage was still unannounced. He had said to himself, with a kind of despair, that he must swim with the current -,it was too late now to retrieve his position; that he ought to have told Lady lfay of it at once -now it ways too late. He could not; he must swim !with the current: he must keep his ' secret a little longer. He had some half kind of plan in his mind that he t would remain for some time at Trevlyn Nest, then go back to Daisy, and, when !be had once more fastened the Shaine et hie bondage around him, he would lavrite to Lady May. In the meantime he would enjoy- the Measure of her society he would drive away droll care -he would laugh and ,jest ;with the best of thew Rife would be 'quite long enough for all he had to sof- . ter. Then he pitied himself -these never, surely, was a man been to• so wretched a fate; big life had been a failure ail through this one unfortunate , love. lie hated himself; for no matter isv'haat sophistry he used, no matter how specious his thoughts and wards. he knew that he bad stained his honor - had forfeited the name of gen,tleni'aai- tate branded himself as coward and traitor. Even in this guilt he was to lie pitied. On the third stay after their areival at Trevlyn Nest, the party was joined by Colonel Grantley, a frank, handsome soldier, who had seen some hard ser ,vice in India, and had, on his return, 'Julien desperately in love withh. Lady May. Re was a cousin of Lady Lewis, land had invited himself to Trevlyn "Perhaps tate little daisy auggeste soeie tender love messagas in the paste"' hinted Colonel Grautley. "No," said Lady May; "Sir Cliutoa might blush over a rose or a violet - never over a daisy; it as tool simple, too lowly tor him." ] vett es she spoke there rose before blur the memory of a face, &thi ily sweet, With innocent blue eyes and 'meet red line. A meek, half -sad, half - reproachful, but wholly sweet face; eyes like blue byaeniths, swimming , u tears. A, low voice seemed to say, "Good -by,' Caro, Good -by.* All, what was he do- ing, lingering, loitering here? Ile flung the simple little flower to the ground, then raised it suddenly es though he would caress it. "Pear daisy:" said Lady May, and he looked at her in biauk, woiedeaing fever, "Ot whom are you awaking?" he asked, There was a general laugh at his es - pease. "I em speaking of the daisy You Mat held in your hand, then flung away." said lady May, and again tbe words stabbed him with the keenest pain; they were so near the truth that be trete/1)10d. 'Teen he rose ruddeuly. "What =soave we talk on these sunshiny mornings!" be said, "Surely we can find some other topic besides flowers; every one talks about flower's." "I think we have had a very interest- ing nteresting conversation," said Colonel Grant- ley. "I knew a girl named Daisy once." "Did you? Where and who?" asked Lady Lewis. "It was in Iselin. But tall- of sim- piteity--weii, she did not go in t s that kind of ting; if there is anything in a name, hers should ,have been Dahlia." "I always thought Daisy was an ab- breviation of Margaret" said Lady May. Thea they looked up in wonder, Sir Clinton had suddenly risen from lounging attitude, and had walked ward a Iarge silver birch -tree. Lady Lewis laughed. "I could almost fancy that Sir Clinton'. had loved a Daisy," she said; "the very word seems to agitate tem." "No," Said Colonel Grantley; 'che loves the white, sweet -perfumed, mysti- cal May, and be makes no secret of his love." "I will not hear another word," sail Lady May. "We must return. What will Miss Loskwood say when she hen.rs that we have spent the morning in the wood?" But from that time something of re- gret came over Sir Clinton whenever he saw the pretty white flowers in the green grass. He never forgot those words: "You held a daisy in your hand, and then flung It away." That was what he had done -gathered tbe sweet, fresh, sample flower, and thrown it away, He wondered more than once If Col- onel Grantley could possibly know any- thing about that fair young wife Wait- ing for him in sunny France. That he wouid waken up to a sudden seise of intolerable pain and self-contempt, hat- ing himself even more than he hated his sin. for his to - CHAPTER XXXIII. Fel A LETTER FROM FRANCE. THE EVILS OF FLIRTATION. MARKET REPORTS. wheat •War Stagnant on Saturday and Prices fluctuated Within Narrow margins -The F.atest prices.. Liverpool,May 22. -The grain exchange was closed on Saturday. Chicago, May 22. --Wheat futures were dull on Saturday, prices moving within a rang; of )rc, and closing itt about the sanao ilgure as 1+'riday. Leadinb wheat etas -wets. Following were the closing price; es inlporutna emcees _ avurday; Cash. May. July. Sept. Chicago. $ i;.ir t e e V3'` a $ 73 1 t New Yoak.-81td, 7tl% 7T: 789.:g 74tle 71?u 7 eke Tie 76 75.te Miiwauitee .. 74% Sr. Minis .., 76 Toleaio T1' Detroit - - 76 Duluth, No. 1 Northei'tl, - 73;; 1)ulutli, No. z halm, 7aa Minneapolis Toronto. red70 Toronto, No 1 bard I11t"w a Se 73i 74% 71,7 71/ei "promo St. Iawrenee Market. • Wheat, white. bug .... -$0 7e to 4 74 Wheat, red, lee , .. , ... 71 . a Wheat, at•, Fife, spring, bit 6? esti Whtnr, goose. ba.,,,.,, rot 43 t1'n't, til eats, bu 35 Ryes bit Buoltwbe at, bet, 55 lien AND STRAW. Hay, tenothy, per remelt) 50 H'ay, clover, per ton.,8 ou Straw, sheaf, per ton6 00 Straw, loose, per ton, 4 00 DAIRY eneetPStS- Butter, ]b. rolls $0 14 to Butter, large rolls... , , 13 Eggs, new lald.. ,.. , 11 lrotnir st:. Chiokoaa, per pair $0 40 to SO 74 Turkoys. per Ib 13 15 1''itUirs Atm Mute/sent. Appy, per brl ,.tee 50 to $4 00 Potatoes, per bag. 75 85 Thtrley. Ira Peas, Abu 'T7toee Who Engage In It Gross Inca- pable of Steadfnrat. Enduring Love. "In flirtation there is the same dis- sipated element of excitement so be- guiling in gambling -uncertainty -in fact, we might add to the dictionary definition a still later one, 'To flirt, gambling in hearts,' " writes Frances Evans, "About Men," in The Ladies' Home Journal. "The flirt, like the gambler. feeds upon the intoxication of his passions. In a few years be becomes incapable of steadfast, enduring love, that feeling which in civilized man is separated from the love of the barbarian by the element of ideality, of spiritual sympa- thy as distinct from merely the attrac- tion of brute nature. The open minded, open sealed, manly man is apt to ex- press himself in abrupt praise of what he likes, but the flirt knows better than to take the edge off of a compliment by giving it publicity. The flirt is invaria- bly confidential in his manner. A flirt becomes unscrupulous in his relation with women, no matter how high a code of honor he inay abide by in other matters. His conscience is calloused on one side beyond remedy. There is no germ which develops more rapidly than the flirtatious bacteria. Given a young man or woman whose pride is wounded more deeply than his or her love by a member of the opposite sex, then, if there be a slight flirtations tendency to begin with, it will be but overnight before the weed has grown to surprising proportions, cboking out conscience and kindness while it sup- ports and strengthens vanity, which stands close by wounded affections in the human heart. " "I cannot make him out," said Col- onel Grantley, "I am afraid it is as you say, Louisa, that he is awfully in love with Lady May. % "I am ewe of it," interrupted Lady Lewis. "I have watched him, and I do not think that he has a thought apart from her." "Why does he not say so, thea? I do not understand it. If he loves her, and desires to marry her, why does he not say so?" - "You had better ask him, colonel; it is of no use growing angry with me." "I am not angry with you; but, an the same, you must own there is gime- thing absurd about it. If he loves her, and wants to marry her, well and good -let him say so; if not, why does hie not go away, aaad leave the field open fon' others?" "That means for you." "Yes, for me," replied the colonel. "I should never 'shilly-shally' after that fashion. If I loved a woman, I should say so, and ask her to marry me. I would do so at once; but he never al- lows me a chance. He is always with her, haunts her like her own shadow, kola daggers if any one else coaxes near here. "All that would not mattes," snid Lady Lewis," unless in her turin, she liked him." The colonel looked, crest -fallen, "You are right," he said. "Now, I tome to remember, she makes his oP- portunities. Yesterday morning I had her foe a whole delicious ten minutes to eve 3 Ott ) 0., 7 tie 5 00 4 17 14 13 Tal«.0-el s's PLATE, A WRECKED .i:iOME, A cloud had gathered over *, home that was annodel of corn, fort and refinement. Inherited tendency had asserted itself in the head of a loving little fam-, ily, a young man of education, promise and talent. Sonnex... lints had been part of his treat- ment during a tem=porary sick,. nese, and he returned to his business the victim of a fierce passion for strong drink. The curse had not yet wiped out his rnanhood, and he loved his wife and baby boy with intense devotion. Returning home one evening with unsteady step and reeling brain, he met his loved ones at :he door, and, as he had often done before, snatched the laughing little one frorn his mother's arms and swung hire upwards in ,play. This time the cruel irtl• dulgence had wealtened the forrnerly strong gra$p, and the mother shrieked as she saw her darling slip from the pal- sled hands and strike heavity on the hard pavement beyond aendrie of tram/motet Butter Scotch Iireakr Seareacu'a Succesreen.. Toronto. May 22. -Oz Saturday that great teeing and social function of the year, the Queen's Plate race, was ran, and at this, the IPib annual meet of the Ontario 7eaekey Club, the succession was broken. Mr. Seagram's colors, eight times 'winners of the Plate in succession, were lowered by Ind. Hondrio s tiny Butter Scotch. The time was ;3.15?, which was splendid tor the track. The 12,000 crowd cheered itself boarso on the victory. The proletble value of the rare is $1,000, 50 guineas the gift of Her Majesty, the first horse to resolve the guiuctis, rho stakes and 3700 added by the club; second 3;:00 and the club 4100. The eoursc is one and a quarter smiles, Tbo record; l Rutter Scotch. eirtielleam .1Tondrle's b.f., 3, by Imp. t)erwentwater-Segltr Plum, 201 ttlasonl. 2, Datmoor,Mr. J. L`. Seagram's 11.11., 5. by nettle N111. -Lady Dalmeney, 125 (\Wit- linans). 3, Todd - Iaidle, Mr. William Iiendrle's eh.. f., 3, by Imp. Derwentwater-Scotch ace', 101 t'1'ames), Also ran -Mr. 3. O. Seagram's Curfew; Bell. 3, 101; Mr. J. B. Seagram's Terralta, 3, 101; Capt. Forrester's Dalliance, e, 123; Mr. N. Dyment's llenevert, 3, 101; Mr. .1. le Seagram's Sardonyx, 4, 210; 1)..1. Ar. notes Coacoanut 3, 101; Mr. Hendrte's Play Fun, 3, 101. 1).:T. Arnett's Spring Blossom. 3. 101; 1 11. Chlneoy's Nick White, 3, god; 3. R. Meeoll's Tartan, 3,103; Mr. Andrew Tymon's Dr. Mack, 3, 105. Saturday's Other Nacos. Trial Purse, $400, for 8 -year-olds and upwards -1, 7, lis, Seagram's Tragedian; 3, G. W. Graydon's Duke of Middleburg; 3, .7. E. Seagram's Satirist. Distance 6 furlongs. Time 1.18. juvenile Plate, $500, for 2 -year -olds -- 1, 7. Brennan's Sarmatian; 2, P, M. Civill's Owensboro; 3, S. P. Harlan's Clipsetta. Distance el mile. Time .52. Hunter's Flat Race (Handicap), 3300, for gnalifled hunters --1, L. Beinhardt's Romancer; 2, W. F. Maclean's Annet- burn; 3, Capt. W. Forrester's Dutch Henry. Distance 1% miles. Time 2.52. Royal Canadian Steeplechase, $400, for horses that have never won a steeple- chase or hurdle race -1, J. S. Wads - worth's High Tido; 2, C. Penniston's Btu -nap; 8, H. Simpson's Exitus. Course about two miles. Rideau Purse, selling, $800, for 3 -year- olds and upwards -1, P. M. Civill's De- blaise; 2, Carruthers & Shields' Guilder; 3, J. Dyment's Simcoe. Seven furlongs. Seventh race, same conditions as sixth -1, G. William's Tobe Payne; 2, D. Graydon's South Africa; 3, J. Luxton's Kinney. Seven furlongs. Would Ilave Done the Same. Rndyard Kipling undoubtedly got his wit from his maternal grandfather, the Rev. George B. Macdonald, a Wesleyan clergyman. It is related of this bright Macdonald that in the days when he was courting the lady whom he after- ward married the father-in-law to be- an aged Methodist with extremely strict notions in regard to the proprieties - was injudicious enongh on one occaeion to enter the parlor without giving any warning of his approach. The conse- quence was that be found the sweet- hearts occupying a eingle chair. Deeply shocked try this spectacle the old man solemnly said: "Mr. Macdon- ald, when I was courting Mrs. Brown she sat on one side of the room and I on the other." Macdonald'; reply was: "That's what I should have done if I bad been court- ing Mrs. Brown, "-Troy Press. heartless. "I have here," said the caller, who entered the sanctum with three bows and a wave of his hand. "a few little poems that I jotted down in leisure mo- ments• just for my own amusement." The editor looked them over. "Wish our readerswere as easily amused as yon are," he snapped. "Good day. "- Detroit Free Press. TWO RAILWAY CASITALTIES. the high steps on which they stood. As the stricken woman sobbed over the crushed corpse of her darling and realized that the husband she loved had made her childless in his drunken folly, her mind gave way. To -day she moans and weeps in hopeless insanity,and the father wanders an outcast, still enslaved by the fell curse that wrecked a happy house -- hold in that one cruel blow. Is there a man that will not exert oll the power that God has given him and use every aid within his reach to rid himself of even the chance of being the slave of so infernal an evil as the appetite for drink? The Samaria Prescription is felt instantly. It first decreases and then removes the desire for liquor, gradually making it distasteful. At the same time it repairs and builds up the nervous system. It is the re- sult of thirty years' of ripe ex- perience, and where it is taken or administered as directed failure is impossible. The Prescription is a home t r e a t m e nt--no hypodermic injections, no loss of time from business. Its price is in the reach of all. The money spent on liquor in a couple of days by IS the ordinary drinker will cur him for ever of the habit an restore him and his family to health and happiness. A lady? whose name we omit writes: "My husband was a terrible drinker, and we were fast going to ruin, as he failed in business and had to take a posi- tion, but could never keep one on account of his bad drinking habits. I heard of the Samaria Prescription and, as you , know, sent for it, and I am glad to say it i has entirely cured him. He is a changed' man and what he used to be before this • habit took hold of hint. I cannot tell you how truly thankful I am." These are the kind of letters we are receiving every day., We encourage correspondence; and treat it as sacredly confi- dential. The Prescription is harmless, and almost tasteless, and dis-1 solves in water, tea, coffee,' soup, or any liquid. The Samaria Prescription is sold at druggists, or sent ins plain wrapper, with full direc- 1 tions, to any address for $3.00.1 Remit by P.O. or express order,t or registered letter. Pa'rties' wishing to conceal their iden tity when remitting may write us for our private : address.!. SAMARIA REMEDY CO.., Jordan St., Toronto, Ont. Lindsay and St. Thomas Residents the Victims of the Accidents. Lindsay, Ont., May 22.-A special doubleheader freight train of 85 cars and van, Conductor Lithgow, eastward bound from Midland, ran over a cow three miles west of here at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, resulting in the derailment of both engines and some 20 cars. Fireman Dudley, who was on the seat, was in- stantly killed, and Brakeman Harry 'Zea- land badly scalded, although hopes aro entertained of his recovery. Charles fl:arpen Killed. St. Thomas, May 22. -Charles Harpers, a brakeman on the Michigan Central Railway, residing in this city, met with a tragio death at Ridgetown early yester- day morning by falling under the wheels of his train. Both legs were severed from the body, killing him instantly. The de- ceased was a middle-aged man, and leaves a widow and two children. GREAT BLAZE AT TOBOLSK. Half the City seri Seen Wiped Oat - Millions Lost. Moscow, May 22. -One-half of the City of Tobolsk capital of the Siberian Gov• ernment of the same name, has been wiped out by fire. The loss will run into the millions. Tobolsk, which is a town of 21,000 inhabitants, was formerly an administrative center for Siberian exiles. New and Fatal Disease. Windsor. May 22. -Three young chil- dren of Levi Wright. who lives near Ain- herstburg, have died suddenly from a disease that completely baffled the attend- ing physician. The children first com- plained of an itching sensation in the soles of their feet. This was followed by convulsiong, and the children died a few hours after beiner taken i11.