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rat a bleonnag bilious ass,
Don't you know;
When it ceMe$ to 401160 I'll PPM—
Alwny s so 1
TM a melmes by peofession,
And with facts in my possession
loan prove it, don't you 8007—
Understand : Catch the point it
Alia an as I'm proud to be—
Mg_ the greatest joy to me,
Catch the petal
look like one, and walk like one,
Act like one and talk like one.
And with this you will agree ;
Listen new and hoar me bray,
Ah-eo ! Alace Ah-eo
Tbere you aro now, don't you see
Oh, it makes me very gay
Just to be an 4st3 all day 1
Jamb a blooming bilious ass—
' Ain't 1 grand 1
Birstprize winner in my class,
Underetancl t
Dat you read in Sunday's paper
All about my latest caper/
It's a corker, don't you see it
Understand / Catch the point?
Ob, bow lovely las to be
13uch an ass, with pedigree—
Catch thepoint
Mymi
outh s wide, my ears are long—
just here me now burst into wing—
Ob, it is a gladsome glee I
(Just one -fifty, so I east
Ah-eo 1 Ali-eo Altaic i
That is splendid, don't you see/
Oh, it makes rue very gay,
Just to be an am all day:
Why the Editor liesigneill.
THE RUIN OF MANY MEN.
Foolish Extravagances of Their Wives
and Families
33efore he got an issue out the preacher came
and said:
"lknow you'll need some copy with an inter-
esting head;
alind thinking that, without it, you'd be some-
what in the lux.. h,
111 101 you use my sormen 'Why I Joined the
Baptist Chu'ch.'
Mut while the reverend gentleman was talking,
in their came
.Another man *he smiled and said his mission
was the same;
And be Mated : "I'm the butcher—got as shoe
there, in the bop, e
ebeyou'll have to plehse the farmers, here's an
article on hogs.'
Preacher,, buteher, baker, barber, from the
• marshal to the mayor. •
„ They brought their editorials, and, smiling, left
them there;
And, when 110 1101 edition, crisp and glowing,
struck tho main],
lb° editor resigned and took a job at splitting
rails!
Tier Inclinations.
Bather inclined to be pretty,
Mather inclined to be good
Mather inclined to be a vague, undefined
•Peeling of sweet sisterhood
Toward the young fellows who love her;
When they have asked for her hand
Mather inclined to a vague, undefined
Feeling they don't understand.
Fact is, that maiden can't help it;
Natural born coquette,
Bather inclined not to make up her mind
To marry. tbat is, not just yet,
Sister shell be to them all, and
Loving and faithful and true;
Mather inclined round her fingers to wind
About—say a dozen or two.
ANCIENT FlastlESTRY.
°Item Hoke Them Deraniters—e. Uoillfly
'Which Svery wite and mother Rimini
Read.
(Frank Phelps, in Baltinaore American.)
It is the habit of the unthinkng many
who never care to look below the surface of
things to argue learnedly, when defalca-
tions, embezzlements and the like occur,
about "epidemic enaiscial dishonesty," the
morbid craze for speculating," the insane
desire for wealth,' and so on, as if these
passions, and these only, wore the real
causes of the evils which theydeplore. But
to the thoughtful few another reason pre-
sents itself, which will, in the majority of
eases, account for those breaches of trust,
and that is found in the immediatabosom of
is man's family.
There are not many men wheefor the sake
of gratifying their' own selfish desires, sha-
nty will run the risk of State's prison and
life-longdishonor. Man, taken by himself
alone s usually inclined to be rather an
honest i
t sort of animal—if not by instinct, at
least by a fear of the possible consequences
of his being otherwise. When he has no
one but himself to consider, his second sober
judgment allows him that in the long run it
pays him to be upright in his dealings with
his neighbors; and being a very selfish
creature, he does what it is easiest for him
to do. It is only, then, when some great
appeal is made to Ids nature, when his
natural caution and common sense are over-
ruled by the affections, that he is false to
himself and false to theme who have put
their trust in him.
It is, indeed, the old story of Adam and
Eve over again, only in this case Eve—re-
presented often, not only by a man's wife,
but also by his daughters—is not herself
conscious of tempting Adam to sin • she
simply does not think, that is all ! When
a man, respected by the communal, and
holding a responsible position of trust,
falls, it is the habit of the press to herald it
as the case of " anothergood man gone
wrong," and hia former friends marvel, or
pretend to marvel, at his disgrace, and
solemnly aver that they cannot understand
how he could have done such a thing; and
that, as for themselves, while they may
have a great many sins of omission and
commission to amount for, they do not
thine it possible for them to ever sink so
low as to become thieves.
Now no 0 an, particularly a married man,
ought cver to make an assertion like that.
There is not a man livingto-day who can
state absolutely what he might or might not
do under certain circumstances. One must
first feel all -the inducements to commit an
act, and then resist so doing before he can
speak authoritatively on such a subject.
Every properly constructed men holds his
wife and children in the holiest possible
affection. There is no sacrifice that he
would not make for them no luxury that
he would not deny himself to make them
happy. But in this very forgetfulness of
self, and love for his own, is a terrible
tempation unless his own help him to be
true to himself. Let us take a case in point:
A is the cashier of a bank; he comes of
good, clean, unpolluted stook; he is natur-
ally an upright and honest man •, and the
position that he holds, he has held with
honor for many years; he is married, and his
wife and two daughters, the latter just en-
tering society, and a son hale way through
Harvard, represent all that makes life worth
His salary and the income that he
dexives from a little property of his own,
would, with economy, have enabled him. be
properly educate his son and give to his
daughters such an introduction to the social
world as they desired. But Mrs. A is what
is called a socially ambitious woman ; she
oyes her husband, but she knows nothing
f the value of money, and Mr: A da
not believe in troubling his family
about such things. As a natural result,
Mrs. A, although she is fully aware that
they have but $10,000 a year, does not
see why they cannot live like the Baa who
have $25,000 ! Elinor and Helen must be
brought up as Mrs. B's daughter's are
brought up, and are, in fact, treated and in-
dulged by their mother as if they were heirs
'expectant to large fortune. Tom must join
the Porcellian at Harvard; and when Mr.
.A remonstrates a little at this extravagance
he is effectually squelched by his better
half by the remark that he • surely must
want to make the college life of his only
son happy." And so for a while poor A
manages to get along after a fashion, gradu-
ally encroaching all the lime on his little
principal until, one fine day, a panic in the
money world comes along, as panics have a
very .uncomfortable way of doing, and the
remains of A's property are swept away,
and he has nothing left but his salary to
depend on.
Now eomes the crisis of this man's life. If
he were alone in the world he would simple
cut his garments according to Ws cloth, and
reduce expenses; but cau he bear to make
those whom he loves unhappy ? Can he ask
them to give up the luxuries which now
seem to them like necessities while a °hands
remains to bim to retrieve himself ? No, he
cannot do that He, who has always dely
speculation in holy horror, 'puts a mortgage
on his house and rushes ukto Wall streee
The market is against him ; every step that
he takes drags him deeper and deeper in his
own ruin. At last he is irretrievably in-
volved ; there seems no hope of escape open
to him; and then it is that the love for his
family becomes the temptation that ends in
his disgrace. The bank has certain funds
that he could have use of without detection.
If he only could have the use of this money
for a short time, and make one final plunge
in the stock market, all may yet be well with
him. He tells himself that he has gone too
far to retract now, and he yields, and be-
comes a defaulter. Orme again he tries his
• luck in speculation, and again he loses; aud
still again he uses the bank's funds for his
own purposes, with the same result. Then
comes the usual sequence in such cases—dis-
covery, dishonor suicide!
An exceptional case, you say. Not a bit
of it • it is the history.of hundreds of un-
ilte Furious Organizations Which Now
Flourish in Hamilton.
Irrem the current issue of the official organ,
tbe" Ancient Forester." we learn that Court
Pride of Ontario. No. 5,540, Hamilton, has the
3argest membership of any court in Canada.
with 437 members, and Court Maple Leaf, No.
5,690, Hamilton, a good third in point of num-
bers. with 331 members; Court Excelsior, No.
5,143, with 90; Marquis of Lorne, No. 6,490.
swItla 139; Germania,No. 7 582, with 49, and
Oriental, No. 7,817, with 28; making a total of
eaearly 1,100 members in the local courts, or
about one-tenth of the membership in Canada,
with a reserve capital for sick and funeral pur-
poses of about $17,000. This amount does not
seclude the immense capital held in reserve by
the High Court for extended sick pay, funeral
benefits and the beneficiary department, which
items aro not dependent upon the subordinate
courts. The second degree, or Ancient Order
aaf Shepherds. is well represented in the city,
laving the largest sanctriary on the continent,
with a good round asset over liabilities.
The Executive Council for the current
term being stationed in Ham 1ton,
331.0. Thomas Itumsey being tho High
• Pastor, and W. P. Smith, High Scribe. The
• Hamilton Knights have earned for themselves
a reputation for competitive drill which has
never been excelled either in this country or
She I7nited States, having a record of gaining
six tirst prizes and two second prizes, and, that
with some of the best drilled corps on the con-
tinent. The local conclave is well managed,
and has about 50 members. A. J. Wright is
commaneer of the civil department, while
Major J. Stark attends to the military depart-
ment. The Juvenile branch in Hamilton is
second to none, has a membership of 362 and
S1.108 in the treasury, and is conducted by a
staff of officers who know how to and do at-
tend to their duty. No less than 19 of these
youthful members were transferred to the
adult cour s during the past year. The female
branch, or Companions of tho Forest, are pros-
pering also in the city. Many of tho members
who ridiculed the idea when it was first spoken
of are now anxious to be associated with this
interesting branch of Ancient Forestry. Since
the establishtnent of Concord Circle, No. 54,
in 1888, another has peen established.
named Unity, •and on March 22nd
Circle' Benevolence -will be instituted in
the east end. The names of the circles are very
suggestive and form the wal-known motto of
the Order, Unity, Benevolent and Concord.
Another extension has been made in the Order
by the formation of juvenile circles for girls
between the ages of 5 and 16 years. which
although notbeing established very long has
been the means of doing same good in the
direction it was intended for, thus Ancient
Forestry is now formed so that it embraces
every member of a family above 5 years old and
basproved of inestimable benefit to thousands
of persons in time of sickness and need. The
courts aud the several branches have always
Scan and are now on tho best of terms with
each other as manifested bytheir meeting
tinder the same roof and sharing in the pro-
perty under the name of the Order.
The Widow of Spurgeon.
Apart from her intense piety and great
-energy, Mrs. Spurgeon is a woman of some
accomplishments. She has something of the
poet's faculty, and although very rarely read-
iug any work of fiction, has told her friends
innumerable little anecdotes indicating the
brightness of her imagination. She will re-
late, for instance, how walking one day with
' her husband in their grounds at Norwood,
she came across a skylark's nest in the thick
grass, much to their delight. Next day she
went to the field again to look at the bird and
its tiny eggs. What was her distress to find
that the cows had been let loose into the
field. "Surely," she thought, . "She little
net will be trampled upon and deetroy the
yotuig." Approaching the spot with trepi-
datiou, Mrs. Spurgeon was overjoyed to find
that the nest was unhurt; the cows had
eatenthe grass all around, bu t as if wi thsome
divine instinct had left this spot untouched.
Upon such an incident Mrs. Spurgeon would
base a sermon as powerful in ite way as
those of her husband's ,Then in her reports;
of the "Book Fund," in miscellaneous con-
tributions to the "Sword and Trowel," Mrs.
Spurgeon has shown some literary gift,
scarcely lese marked than the homely taste,
the modest' art With which she has made the
inside of Westwood as beautiful as its out-
side,and its surroundings as beautiful as to
all her husband's adherents appears the
characterof its mistress. —.Frederick .Dolman
in the March Ladies' HOMO Journal.
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CANADIAN FAIRS ASSOCIATION
The Question of the Assooiation'sUsefulnese
Disoussed Yesterday,
0, R. RINITII AGAIN ERRBIDENT,
Tho fifth annual convention of the Can-
adian Fairs and 'Exhibitions Association
was held in the Board of Traderooms
yesterday afternoon, Mr. O. R. Smith, the
President, in the chair. There were also
present Messrs. Alexander McFarlane,
Otterville, Secretary; R. D. Bensley and
John Eustice, representing the Barton
Agricultural Society ; James Barclay and
D. Reid, representing South Wentworbh ;
W. H. Brooking, North Wentworth'Wm.
Johnston, South Waterloo; J. L. Camp-
bell (Mayor of Simeoe), and J. T. Murphy,
representing the Norfolk Union Exhibition;
E. Jackson, Newmarket ; A. Cheat, Glan-
ford ; Charles Vosper, Barton ; Richard
Blain, South Waterloo, and Edward Dick-
enson, Glanford.
Mr. Smith in opening the meeting said he
was glad to see the members present When
the association was started it was thought a
great deal of good would be done in im-
proving exhibitions, and good certainly Was
done in the first year or two. With a view
to increasing the attendance at the annual
meetings it had be& suggested that the
date of the meeting be changed so as to
bring it in spring before the shows opened.
The elections coming on last spring upset
the arrangements and a meeting which it
had been proposed to hold was not called.
It was for the members to say whether or
not it -Would be advisable to continue the
association.
Mr. McFarlane, the Secretary, read an
excellent paper by Mr. •George Moberly, of
Collingwood, on "Agricultural Fairs, and
Associations in Ontario." Mr. E. Jackson,
of Newmarket, followed with some useful
remarke on the seine subject._ He also sug-
gested that an adjourned meeting of the
association be held at the Great Central
Fair, if Hamilton held one, or at the
Toronto Industrial Exhibition. If such a
meeting were held he thought the associa-
tion would got a full representative meet -
and after that he thought there would be no
difficulty about attendance.
The discussion then turned upon the sub-
ject of special attre.ctions at fairs, the
opinions being divided as to whether the
fairs should be agricultural shows pure and
simple or whether horse racing and special
features should be encouraged. All the re-
presentatives of the agricultural societies in
this section of the country were in favor of
racing and special features, and pointed to
the Toronto exhibition as proving that it
was the special attractions which make the
fair successful.
Mr. Jackson said he would not go back
on Toronto because he came from York
county, but he argued that the Toronto exhi-
bition did no good to agriculture.
After a good deal of discussion it was de-
cided to call a meeting to be held in Toronto
during the time of the Industrial Exhibi-
tion.
The election of officers was then pro-
ceeded with. Mr. C. R. Smith was unani-
mously re-elected President for the third
term; E. Jackson, First Vice -President;
J. T. Murphy, Second Vice -President;
Alex. McFarlane, Secretary. The Executive
Committee was elected as follows: A. S.
Elliott, Galt; John Dickenson, Glanford ;
Captain McAlester, Toronto; Geo. Moberly,
Collingwood ; lra Cornwall, St John, N.
B. ; Thomas A. Brown, London Albert
Pay, St. Catharines; D. Stewart, Brussels;
Wm. Clements, Milton, ascl A. A. Wright.
South Lanark.
The meeting discussed the one -judge sys-
tem, but decided to leave it until the meet-
ing to be held in Toronto. This concluded
the business.
The first consignment of peaches from
South Africa has lust been sold in Covent
Igerden market, London. Evety peach was
separately wrapped in cotton wool for the
long voyage Ube best specimens sold ae50
cents each. —New York Evening Post.
The. champion Greyhound. bitch Spinawe y
was a passenger ill the Etruria on Saturday
morning, when she Railed for Liverpool.'
Spinaviay is to he heed to Col. North's greet .
dog Fullerton, winner of the Waterloo cup " Yoe have get two 'poprenos in your ! The Seeteh Parilelmen6 Pasied a law
at Althea a few days ago. Ptilletton is the cheer, I believe," " Yes, 011(1 both fine permitting women to propose to men during
detest dog in Englatal, haying won the vocalists.; ". You should. have some good the reign of Queen Margaret. •
• e e e neeeseem Music with two such singers ?" " Yes ; 1 —" The Man -With -a -Baby, who °Mg the
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LIMBO TO HEATH.
Another Horrible Story of the !Systematic
Harder of Girls.
A Madgeburg cable says: A man named
Fritz Ethe and hie fiancee, Dorothy Ben-
stock, have been arrested here charged with
murdering servant girls for the purpose of
robbery. These murders resembled su most
of their horrible details the Schneider mor.
dere in Vienna recently, the victims being
inveigled to their fate by means of bogus
Advertisements. The police have already
discovered the names of two of the victims,
and are at work on the other cases. When
the police descended upon the culprits the
clothing of two murdered girls was found
in their possession, and will be used as
evidence against the prisoners when they
are brought to trial. Dorothy 13unetock has
broken down in the face of the oharges made
against her, and has made a confession in
which she described the manner in which
the murders were committed. She admits
leading the ghee to a woode where Fritz was
waiting to spring upon them, and where,
after his bloody work was finished, the
victims were stripped of all their clothing,
and any money or valuables in their posses-
sion, and their bodies hidden in a spot where
it was not likely they would be discovered.
The affair has caused a seheation, and pub-
lic indignation is very strong against the
prisoners.
PATRONS OF IIITDIISTRI.
--
Interesting Report Presented by the
Trustees of the Organizations.
Versatility and Fakiring.
Virtue in versatility? Oh, yes ! and
something else, too, sometimes. Versatility
aud cheek make the fortunes of some men
and [support others on the ragged edge of
'vagrancy. Sometimes versatility makes a
man so unstable that what, properly gov-
erned is a virtue becomes a positive vice;
. know some good, level-headed
fellows who only lack versatilititocomplete
their equipment for the campaign of life,
and the consequence is. they tight in the
ranks, or as the sappers and miners of the
corps. Whenever versatility becomes so
prominent a feature of a man's make-up
that he gets the notion of changing his
occupation and aims with every solstice he
needs to take in mental ballast.
* *
Speaking. of versatility, I am reminded
that it is an essential part in the
equipment of the modern fakir of
Anglo-Saxondont. " Fakir " or " faquir "
comes from the Orient, and origin-
ally signified an ascetic or begging monk,
but its Americanization added to it another
and not so well-defined meaning, following,
probably, the colloquial English "fake,' a
trick, a swindle. It conveys the idea of
sharpness and readiness to take an undue
advantage with ut any great cornpuctions.
Versatility, therefore, equips the fakir to
deal with the many valieties of men he
preys'upon. Fakirs may be divided into
three classes, the comnaercial, the medical
and the religious. Once the religions
fakir secures an entree his path is a smooth
one. The commercial fakir requires greater
versatility, as occasionally he is outwitted
and must vary his methods; or oversteps
the criminal law and is called to account
The medical fakir has to reckon with the
regularly licensed disciples of Esculapius,
who are well organized to protect their
epecial preserve, and he has to play a hide-
and-seek game or exercise his versatility in
another field.
The Patrons of Industry continued their
convention yesterday in Victoria Hall,
Toronto. A proposition was made 10 insert
prohibition as one of the planks in the plat-
form of the order, but as the views of the
subordinate lodges had not been taken -it
was decided to postpone action. About 120
reported on the question and of this number
about 90 were in favor of prohibition being
adopted.
The grand trustees reported that shortly
after their organization last year they
severed their connection with the Supreme
Association of the United States and became
an independent order of this Province.
The trustees have effected trade arraisge-
ments with a number of large mercantile
and manufacturing firms. After a
careful and mature consideration of
the question Of procuring salt at
reasonable prices to the members in
this Province the trustees issued a circular
to subordinate associations recommending
them to subscribe stock, form a joint stock
compaey aud produce salt for themselves.
As a result 175 associations have subscribed
stock to the amount of $2,367, and many
other associations have expressed willing -
nese to take stock; but ask for further In-
formation before doing so; and for this
reason Bowie means should be adopted to
give the fullest possible information on this
subject. The attention of the Grand Asso-
ciation was called to the fact that it has
not yet taken the necessary steps to avail
itself of the advantages of an incorporated
society. The necessary amendments to the
original articles of incorporation of the order
in this Province have been procured. Al.
though hundreds' of applications have been
received from subordinate lodges for lec-
turers, the trustees could not provide for
this service to any considerable extent for
the reason that few of the county associa-
tions could pay any portion of the expense,
and the financial condition of the Grand
Association would not warrant them in in-
curring a large expenditure for.the work to
be drawn from this source.,
The Grand Associatien of the Patrons of
Industry resumed business yesterday morn-
ing in Toronto. A delegate from the mit
trade was present and offered to make a
three years contract to supply the members
happy men who have been driven to came of the society with salt at a slight percent -
through no ,other cause thosn the riful
age above the cost of production. It was
extravagances of their own -faemillee• f"FY decided to apply for a Dominion charter.
viers: honest, for themselves .; they were dm -
honest only for others. But such a Caro) as
I have, outlined suggests its aohn remedy,
which is perfect confidence between hua-
bend and wife on all money matters. A
wife has a moral, if note a legal, right to
know her husband's financial eondition. It
is not neceesiiry for him to centinually
" talk shop " to her ; but he caii tell her in
gametal teems what Money he has and IOW'
bindle When afford to put Out for general
family expeneete ' And a 'real Worths*
woiaiiiat Will appreciate such confidenev on ta
husband's peat and he a source o( strength,
and not of weakneee, when the fatally purse:
is cretroPed.
At the evening session the officers were
elected AS MOWS : Grand President, C. A.
Mallory, Warkworth, Northumberland
county ; grand Vice -President, John Mil-
ler, Galt, Brant county ; Secretary-Treaa-
urer, L. A. Welch, StrathroY, Middlesest.
Rhoda Broughton him succeeded in estab-
lishing a " home of test for horses '1 in
Philadelphia. The scheme is said to be in
seccessfel operation.
It was the old Due de Lauzeti who add :
"11 you want to Succeed at court you must
treat the duchesses like ladies' maids and
the ladies' mai& like &mimeses."
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for Infants and Children.
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I recommend item superior to anY arescriatien Sour Stomach, Diarrhcee, Eructa shoes_
Mown to sue." H. A. Amore asa p. MI Worms, gives EleePt ancl Proulobal cus'
' gestion,
11180, Oxford St., Brooklyn, Y. Without injurious medication.
Tim Csavreeu Coinsaar, 77 Murray Street, N. t.
eSsa. leeae
and I went across the river. That'a why I
am out of the specialty line now. 'Get I
testimonials from patients?' Lots of them! 1
Oh I we didn't kill our patients. Say 1 I
there's a sight more money in fakir business I
than in being a newspaper drudge."
Very likely; but die newspaper drudge I
can retain his self respect --something none '
of the trinity of fakirs does ; and when the
fool -killer gets through with his contract ,
the occupation of the fakir—commercial, 1
rnedieal, religious--svill be gone. The i
newspaper drudges poke up the fool -killer 1
aud expose the fakir. Why will people who
* *
I met with a specimen of the last -
described class the &her day, and the
experiences he related, without reservation,
and indeed rather proudly, my interest
some who have paid their good money to
medical adventurers with high-smanding
names, to which were added half the letters
of the alphabet, but of whose bona fides
and medical qualiffeations they knew
nothing. He was not a stranger to me ;
six or seven years ago he essayed to learn
the printing trade a Western Ontario
town. He was then about 16 or 17 years of
age, and after washing rollers and picking
"p7" a couple of years his versatility
took him into a less onerous line of work.
He canvassed for some Detroit papers,
dealt in proprietory medicines and other-
wise varied his occupation after that, and
for some years I had lost sight of him
until the other day when, looking a few
years older but light-heatted and debonair
as ever, he surprised me m my sanctum.
I give 'his story, omitting names, of course.
* *
• •
"Hello, old fel 1 thought I'd look you up.
Just happened in. Pretty quiet town, isn't
it? 'Been?' Oh! I've been about a good
deal. 'Work?' Not much Haven't
been working in five years. What have I
been doing?' int tell you. I've been doing
the fakir business; medicine. Been from
New York down the East to Florida and
through to the Mississippi Concert
troupe; did aU the towns and had a good
time. Licenses ? No • we didn't need
any. You see, we worked it this way:
When we stuck a town we would go to
HOMO one druggist and bargain with him to
give him four dozen bottles of our remedy
(a catarrh and blood cure), sold under Dr.
's name, if he would let us use his name
and sell for him. If he doubted us we
would buy the bottles and drugs from him
and make it before his eyes. That took.
Then we Would bill the town and at night
give a concert in front of his place and eend
purchasers in to him for the remedy. That
gave us a start, and after that we
sold right along at 50e. a bottle.
A buyer of two bottles got a coupon entit-
ling him to get OW at half price from the
druggist, who got the profit on that.
Would that pay?' Well, I should remark
Why the' two bottles cost us exactly 8
cents 1 You bet it paid Cure any ?' Loth
of them ; and we gave them good music
too."
What a terribly deluded lot of blind
believers in human nature there must be
along the Atlantic slope and down the Miss-
issippi, to make such a trip profitable to
such a combination ! And. what nerve a
youth who is utterly ignorant of the chemis-
try or therapeutics of drugs must have th
Undertake medico -musical fakiring ! But I
have broken in on his narrative. Let him
finish : "We did better in the specialist
line however. Doctoring?" Of COMBO.
Wedidthe Mississippi towns; had splendid
luck from Cincinnati to New Orleans and
through Alabama and Georiga. Our
speciality was the' treatment of rectal
diseases. How many did we kill r
Oh ! we didn't kill anybody; all we
used was witch -hazel, burgundy pitch and
glyceriee—all good things. We got big
money and lots Of practice. There's heaps
of money in the specialty line. I'm going
into it egain as goon as a chum gets ready.
Why did I quit?' Ill tell you about
that.
seem to have average common sense take
their goods and medicinehnd religion from
every unknown promoter, specialist :and '
evangelist who makes the rounds, when 1
'goods are Sold, medicine is practised and
religion is preached by those we know and
respect? Blind unbelief" indeed ! I
There's far too much blind faith • we have
always tried to believe too much'. Just so
long as men and women pay less attention
to the bona fides of the man who offers them I
wares, medicines or religion than they
would do to the value of a stranger's check
the field of the fakir will be a richly
remunerative one to work.
MASQUBTTE.
HIS LETTERS TO RUTH.
Earl ItuIseirs Love Epistles Likely to be
Read in Court.
A London cable says : Earl Russell's
letters to the mythical "Ruth Morland"
were not read m court to -day during the
hearing of the case against the tutor
Merland, who is charged with blackmailin,
but it m probable that they will be made
public when the defence begins. They will
prove interesting reading. It is learned
from one who has seen them that they con-
sist of the most amatory appeals to the fair
and mysterious correspondent to name a
rendezvous outside of Oxford where the
Earl could safely visit her. Mingled with
these appeals are reproaches for broken ap-
pointments. itis of course undeniable that
the Earl, as he testified to -day, never saw
the temptress, but this was not his fault. It
was simply because she did iflat exist. The
facts brought out in this peculiar case show
that Mr. Morland understood the weak-
nesses of human nature pretty thoroughly,
and was very skilful in turning them to his
advantage.
" WO did well tell we struck West Vir-
ginia and then we had to hunt bait. When
tee struck Wheeling we had over $8,000
clean cash, but they lit down On tie in great
Xerked us for practising without a
license and kept afollowieg us, one case
after another, till they took the pot. They
tiaid we bed been skinning the people and
now they would skin us. Oh 1 it was all
right only wo got caught. Well, an Satur-
day bight some charges were held over and
the took our personal bail in $700 to appear
*shimmy Is twine by the 'Woodhaven plenty of harmony when they are shiging, Dundee, Ont., Penner, is the way the Ott .Monday. I had about $12 in my wallet
Kennels, of titow York city., but lots of discord. when they ain't.° Chicago Canaclianedmericae puts it. an Sunday when in officer gave me the tip
•
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A Well Known Lady Tells
of Creat Benefit
Derlved From
_
Hood's Sarsapaillia
For Debility, Neuralgia and
Catarrh
" TORONTo, Dec. 28, 1890..
C.:1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
GENTLEMEN : For many years I have
laeensuffering from catarrh, neuralgia
and general debility. I failed to obtain
any permanent relief from medical ad-
vice, and my friends feared I would
never find anything to cure me. A
short time ago I was induced to try
Hood's Sarsaparilla. At that time I
was unable to walk even a short dis-
tance without feeling a
Death -Like Weakness
overtake me. And I had intense pains
frem neuralgia, in my head, back and
limbs, which were very exhausting.
But I am glad to say that soon after I
began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I saw
that it was doing me good. I have
now taken three b,ottles and am entirely
Cured of Neuralgia.
I am gaining in strength rapidly, and
can take a two-mile walk without feel-
ing tired. I do not suffer nearly so
much from catarrh, and find that as my
strength increases the catarrh decreases.
I am indeed a changed woman, and
shall always feel grateful to Hood's Sar-
saparilla for what it has done for • me.
It Is My Wish
that this my testimonial shall be pub-
lished in order that others suffering as I
was may learn how to be benefited.
" Yours ever gratefully,
"Mas- M. E. Maltaicia,
"36 Wilton Avenue,
"Toronto, Canada."
This is Only One
Of many thousands of people who
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benefit obtained from Hood's Sarsapa,-
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arsapa
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remarkable success has been sh wu
1
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are equally valetiple in ctinahmatimi, Maio
and preventing this aneoyieg eemplalat, Whi 0
they also correct all disorders <If the stom ,
stimulate the liver and reglilate the bolo'
Even if they only cured
HEAD
Ache they would be almost priceless to those
who surfer fkoln this distressing complaint,'
but fortuaately their glibtlneth goes not end
here, and those wl4e once try them will And
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they will not be willing to do without thalt.
But after all sick head
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TELEGRAPH Sp•MPIARY.
A party of Garza revolutionists has been
located in Stopata County, Telma
Three mezt were killed in the .Anaconda
mine, near Butte, Montana, by a cave-in on
Saturday.
Ino fight in NewYork on Saturday after-
noon Wm. Holmes was killed by Frank
Crowthers.
Mr. Girouard, Conservative, was elected
to the Commons in Two Mountains, Que.,
on Saturday.
Four buildings were destroyed by fire in
Brooklyn N. Y., yesterday. The loss was
over $500,000.
Chancery proceedings -will beshortly com-
menced to decide the ownership of the Irish
fund in Paris,
Complete returns in the recent East
Siajomcrtyt
oiebayeie9.1ection place Mr. Bennett's
m
The steamer City of Chicago, from Liver..
pool, which arrived at New York onFriday,
had a case of smallpox on board.
i A raid was made on the Galway, Ireland,
armory last night, and all the naval reserve ,
rifles and cutlasses in the building were
stolen.
• The report that England was prepared
to take part in an international monetary
conference is officially denied in Wash-
ington.
• The miners of North Staffordshire and
North Wales have notified the mastersthat
they will strike on March 32th to maintain
their prices and wages.
I Mrs. John Blakely, of Campbellford, Ont.,
attended church on Friday evening for the
first time in twenty years, and on her way
home she fell and broke her arm.
A London cable says; By the storm on
the Spanish coast on Saturday 30 boats
were lost and 300 persons drowned. The
loss of life is probably underrated.
M. Loubet has succeeded in forming a
new Cabinet for France, in which six of the
De Freycinet Ministers will resume their old
positions. It is generally believed it willbe
short-hved.
The evidence taken against Commissioner
Iferchmer at McLeod on Fridayahowedthat
he had sentenced prisoners without hearing
the particulars of the offence with which
they were charged.
Alia Johnson, charged with complicity in
She murder of Freda Ward in Memphis.,
Tenn., has been admitted to bail in $10,000,
on the ground that her health was being
impaired by confinement,
On Friday afternoon a boat containing
two men, who are unknown was esnied
down Niagara River above the rapids and
swept over the falls. No trace of boat or
occupants has yet been found.
The Ministerial Council is expected to
immediately issue a decree removing the
prohibition placed some time ago on the
,export of corn from the Caucasus. The
question` of the export of oats will be post-
poned.
t The death of Dr. Vulkovisch, the Bul-
, garian agent alt Constantinope, who was
etabbed by an unknown assassin on Wed-
neaday in that eity, has mauled a great sen-
sation in Sofia and throughout Bulgaria.
Prince Ferdinand has given orders that the
court fetes be cancelled. Great indignation
prevails everywhere because of the assas-
sination.
Rev. 1.0. Sanderson, of Kingston, has.
had to withdraw his acceptance of an hive.
Union to tho Western Methodist church,
Napanee, because of a possible disruption in
I
his church. He has been one year in his
present charge but concludes a three years'
residence. The conference put him down,
as a moving man," but his flock say ho -
can't go as he is ally beginning his pastor-
tsth in the church. It has been arranged.
that the Matter shall come before the eon-
ference, and Mr. Sanderson hos, by request
of the church:officiels, agreed to erred its.
Sold by druggiste. $1 ; gixfor $5. Prepared decisien.
only by 0.!. 11001) ta CO., Lowell, Mass.
—London has electric fire eugints licet on.
100 Doses One Dollar exhibition,
,