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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-6-1, Page 6EOWELL AND THE GAMBLERS. $e Made Them Disgorge the Bride- groom's Money. THE BEIDE ALO TOOK A HAND. A Montreal despatch frays : Mr. J. L. Payne, Secretary to the Minister of Trade and Commerce, gave a Star reporter a ;graphic account of a dramatic incident which happened on the noon train from •Ottawa yesterday, and in which the Hon, Mr. Bowel] played the leading part. "There were in the car," said Mr. Payne, a' bealdea the Hon. 1!'leeere. Bowell and Angers, several other groups worthy of notice. Among them were three impressive, but not attractive individuals, and a 4:rawly-married couple on their honeymoon. iPhe three individuals first named wore en- gaged in a out -throat game of euchre. They -wanted a four -hand game and they invited me to join them, I declined and then one of the trio familiarly tapped the Minister of Agriculture on the shoulder and aeked him to take a hand ' just for the funof the thing, you know.' He also refused and then they succeeded in inducing the young benediot to enter the game. Not many deale ware made when the benediot remarked, *By jove, if this were poker I would bet heavy on this hand." "How much would you go?" aaked one of the trio. " Fifty dollars," replied the benediot. " I'll see you," said his euchre partner. The money was put up and the newly married man displayed three aces, but his erstwhile partner showed four nines. Then the young man returned and con- fessed himself a fool to hie bride. But she determined to assort her wifely authority in the matter. She sought the aid of the moat venerable man on the train to try to recover the lost money. That man hap- pened to be the Hon. Mr. Bowel. The .Minister of Commerce went to the three men who owned the cards and in- formed them that he was (as he is) the Acting Minister of Railways and Canals. Moreover, he pointed out that the laws of Canada made gamb- ling a penal offence. Ho, therefore, inti- mated that they should disgorge. They replied that his ' little game was a dead bluff.' Whereupon he called the conductor and ordered the functionary to arrest the gamblers and he would ses them prosecuted. The conductor knew hewas a Minister of the Crown. The gamblers saw that the conduc- tor knew it. Then they said : " Well, if there's going to be any arresting, here's your fifty dol- lars." The young wife took the money and re- turned triumphant to her wiser and hap - Icier husband. A. CHINESE DISASTER. Slobbers Fire Mat Sheds and Over Two Thousands Lives Are lost. A San Francisco despatch says : Infor- mation has been received at Hong Kong that shown that the dieaater at Kam Ki :some time ago during the progress of a fes- tival, in which 1,400 lives were said to have been lost, was far more terrible than at first reported. While the performance of some theatricals was in full swing, three mat sheds, containing over 3,000 persons, wore set on fire. The dry matting burned rapidly and the supports giving way fell and suffo- cated a majority of the audience.' One of the mat sheds was occupied solely by women and children, and when this was fired a band of Chinese rushed in and seized the best looking young women and girls to the number of 30 or 40 and carried them away. As soon as other people went to render as- sietanoe at the mat sheds, another band of robbers set fire to houses in the different parts of the village and plundered the shops of all that was available. Boats were wait- ing at the river side, and the kidnappers and robbers were able to make good their escape. The Chinese state that nearly 3,000 persons were suffocated and burned to death, and it is certain that over 2,000 lives were lost. EIHIIBITION OF MALIGNITY. wry Hatred ot Gladstone Shown at a Royal Reception. A London cable says : The reception of the Prince of Wales at the Imperial Insti- tute to -day was in every way successful. The Dake of York and the Princess May were cheered repeatedly by the thousands of guests. Mr. Gladstone was present, looking tired and irritated. A hostile demonstra- tion was made by some of the ultra -Tories When he appeared, which was comparatively mild at first, but increased rapidly involume and insolence. Despite the fact that the Prime Minister was the gueet of the Prince of Wales, he was received eventually with a storm of hooting and hissing whenever and wherever he was recognized. The Times regards the demonstration against Mr. Gladstone as " a lamentable feat." " The event was regrettable," says the Times, " because, after all, Mr. Glad- stone was the guest of the Prince of Wales. The demonstration was not organized, however, but was a spontaneous and irre- pressible breach of the conventions of society." Aberdeen Hair Lady Aberdeen, who has charge of the • Irish village at the World's Fair, is said to be a remarkable woman. She Is not pretty as pretty goes, but she is a handsome, intelligent -looking woman, and her hair being of a reddish oast of brown will be .known henceforth when the color appears en the heads of other young ladies as Aberdeen and not auburn. It is not alone more rhythmical, but it smacks with a foreign air, and if our young ladies cannot have foreign lorda and counts for husbands they can have something Loreign even though it be but in name. No longer will the poets rave of the maid with the auburn locks ; she will be pictured with all the wealth and glory of Aberdeen.—Bmg'alo News. A Princess Growing Pretty. Has it been observed (aska Hearth and Home) that the Duchess of Fife is prettier than when the married ? The photographs may give a hint of this, but little more. The face is becoming more and more like that of her beautiful mother. She has come tricks of manner which still more forcibly reoell the Princess of Wales. There is much the same gentle atatolinese and grace of movement. But what is un- fortunately lacking is the bewitching smile —a smile which le almost a caress for those $er Royal Highneaa loves. France has'Ioat one of its greatest men. M. Godilot is dead. Hie specialty was boote. He had an enormous manufactory near Paris, probably the largest of its kind in existence, and would turn out an order for, say, 30,000 pairs of boots for the army with the utmost diapatoh. His name lives in .the French slang of the day, forhis manu- facture is so well known that Frenchmen oommonly talk, nob of their boots, but of their " godilote." She—Your direct cemplimente, Mr 3quears, are in very bad taste. He (scared out of trying to be gallant)—Er—I didn't meas a word of them, truly,,. I didal't.. 'SHAT CANA1iA !ACI{S WILLIAM ILLIAM IN ROME An Official Woman Representative at the World's Fair, His Teutonic Majesty Tires Out Humbert in His Craze for Excitement. WOMENBANQUETED Ttj�n BY WOMEN Tournament and Review—A Peep Into Yf lllLlt till UL i/U lD l WOMEN, the Royal Iced-room—Loyal Hranden. Almost Persuaded to Become a Woman Suffragist. PALMER Housu, CHICAGO, When I sent the brief account a few days ago of this wonderful congreee I was in a very unsettled condition of mind regard- ing the general influence of such a marshalling of forces, but now I have most decided views, and they are that it has been a success, and will arouse enthusiasm and interest in women's work, that without such an inspira- tion would have taken at least ten years of ordinary progress to develop. It has been a revelation of the capabilities of women, and only those who have seen and heard can begin to realize what has been illustrated. The grand culmination took place to -day, when the National Council entertained the foreign delegates at luncheon in the Richelieu Hotel. I have often wondered what a woman's banquet would be like. I never expected to par- ticipate in one. Well, I can only say it has been my privilege in the past to atand outside and listen to the speechea, etc., at a banquet given by men, and when we consider they have been doing such things for ages, what will they thick when I Bay, and in all fairness and justice, that the luncheon given to -day was superior in every way to anything I ever witnessed? The tables were artistically decorated with "American beauty roses," smilax and ferns, and when the chairwoman, May Wright Sewall, asked the officers and patrons of the National Council to stand for a moment, so the guests would know who were their hostesses, it was generally acknowledged that it would be a difficult matter to find such a group of dignified, womanly looking women in any other country—that is if we compare them with the representatives who have been sent to the Congress, who are unquestionably brilliant, intellectual ladies, but in appearance are far inferior to the American women, not excepting our British representatives. Every foreign country represented at the Congress had a place on the "toast list," and instead of the women replying for the men, as the men do for the women at their banquets, six gentlemen had the privilege of being present and looking after their own inter - eats. Imagine six women at a banquet given by two hundred men ! SOME NOBLE WOMEN. There is so much to tell that it is difficult to select for a letter what will give even a faint idea of this wonderful gathering. How I wish I could with due justice de- scribe Susan B. Anthony as we have found her in our social intercourse ! if she ie a specimen—and I think she is—of the woman suffragist, and is it develop such noble, lovable, unassuming women, then I say, "Give us a vote in all things." Lucy Stone is another Julia Ward Howe. Indeed, I could fill pages with names of women who have by their gradate manner, freedom from aeldahnese, etc., mads their names honored by all who have conte in contact with them. I have always viewed the suf- frage question with grave su.pieions and in a rather unfaverble light, but one can- not help being impressed with the personality of its advocates as we have met them here, I may say the same of the kin- dergarten. After listening to a discussion on the methods of kindergarten work, in which our own estimable diroctreae gave valuable assistance, I may say, in all sincerity, its representatives were, to me, the moat earnest, enthusiastic, cultured women I have heard at the congress ; and if any one should think it talree a small amount of intellectual force to be a success- ful kindergartner, I would ask them to read the account of that department of the con- gress, and then one would miss the inspira- tion of the expression given to their subject by the sweet child -love shining in the faces of its exponents, who were presided over by Mrs. Cooper, of San Francisco, and who will never be forgotten by those who had the privilege of meeting and hearing her. wiwr CANADA LACKS. Before closing this Ietter, I should like to draw attention to the significance that seems to attend the feat that wo have no official representative lady either at the congress or at the exhibition, and when Mrs. Potter Palmer took the time ab a crowded recep- tion to say to me " that the women of Canada had not come to their assistance as they should,"and ",they had expected more help from their next door nei, hhor," I tried to explain to her that I tiP•u;ht i+% was owing to eo many chaeg: s i..,fng n.a.de fn our Cabinet about the time the woman representative question was brought about, but she seemed to think that was not sufficient reason. I came away in a very resentful mood towards our Government for their lack of coarteey and consideration for the women of Canada, an'i bavo made inquiries concerning the appeintmeut of the foreign representatives. The result of these inquiries has been to exonerate the Government, and to discover that not suffi- cient effort had been made by t:he women of Canada to secure such reproeentatives, as in tho other count ries it a as through the organized effort of iho women such officers received their appointment, Rhowing the need of a national coanoii of women in Canada to bring such matters before the different Legislative Assemblies It would take too much time and space to explain why Canadian women should have an official representative hero, but as I have had the privilege of disouseing the question with other members of the Board of Lady Managers, I find it is not tee late yet to appoint a representative if only an honorary ono, and there is a lady here—and who will remain in Chicago for some months—a general favorite with the Board, who has been through the Congress, etc., and who would, I feel sure, be en- dorsed by evory Canadian delegate ; would it not be an aot of courtesy for our Govern- ment to make an appointment, if only as an evidence of appreciation for the unparal- leled hospitality extended to the 1S Cana- dian delegates who have attended this Congress, and when we conaider what the women of the -United States have done in the way of providing intel- lectual feasts, a woman's building eta., is it nob only neighborly that the women of Canada ahonld have the privilege of showing their admiration for eueh efforts by sending a representative with the proper credentials to co-operate with the women of other countries in assisting to make the woman's department a 8neceae. Pardon me for writing such a long letter, bub if 1 wroth fora week the half would not bo told., A D>alaisovrrn; Integers Won't Learn Italian liteps— Fanlastic Illurutnntton of the vatteun —hest for the Weary at Lust. EVER within the memory of the most patriarchal Roman has so much general joy been effervescent as has been turned on here since the arrival of " William" and the rest of the silver wedding notabilities and royalties. The city has been in a chronic state of excitement from early morn to dewy eve and the hoi polloi have feasted their eyes upon high class rulers until their optic nerves have been fairly paralyzed with the majesty of the real presence and its glitter- ing aurroundings. William has kept the ball rolling with his usual restlessness. The last to bed and the firab to rise, he is out and about wbilat the majority of his retinue are wrapt in peaceful slumber. Hie two aides-de-camp have had a rough time of it, and have looked fib to drop from the heat and excessive fatigue. William, however, comes up smiling, and is always as fresh as paint. How he does it is a mystery, and to none more so than King Humbert, who, although himself a soldier and in the pink of training, bas had to admit that his brother William, as he styles him, can give him a long atarb and an easy beating in the fatigue stakes. WILLIAM'S PRINCIPAL PRESENT. The principal present which Wilhelm brought to the Italian Royal pair is a beau- tiful silver statue of " Italia," the work of Professor Reinhold Began, the well-known sculptor. The figure, a woman with fiowing hair, wears a diadem in which the stella d' Italia isplaoed,in the centre of which is a very fine diamond that the Kaiser chose himself from his private jewelry. His Majesty has expressed himself delighted with the chaste beauty of the work, and considers it the handsomest preaent he has ever made to a friend. Among the enormous quantity of baggage sent on before his arrival to the German Embassy, was a huge caeca which, on being unpacked, was found to contain nothing leas than a balde- quin ! For what use no one could imagine, and so far no one has been able to discover. Whether it is a peace offering to the Pope or a plaything for Queen Margherita to amuse herself with in the Palace gardens is a secret William guards as zealously as he dean the baldagnin itself, for he has bad it removed to his apartments at the Quirinal and deposited in a corner of his reception parlor. THE ROYAL BEDROOM. The Emperor and Empress' apartments are truly . magnificent. William's private one consists of four large rooms and some email onee. On the coiling of the bedroom is painted an allegorical design, the Angel of Sleep driving away bad dreams. Tbeee latter are represented by a man tormented by insomnia. The Empress occupies eight large rooms; out of one leads a beautiful conservatory, two waggon loads of flowers having come from the Royal garden at Tarin for its decoration. The bedroom is furnished in Louis XV, style, the bed a per- fect monument of carved oak. In the mid- dle of one of the rooms is a splendid mosaic table, representing the Chariot of the Sun, drawn by four horses, with allegorical figures of the seasons and elements all round. THE TEUTON REVIEWS THE LATINS. The review was a gorgeous spectacle. All the troops were in gala costume, all had had a nice clean shave, and all looked spick and span as if they had walked out of a painted canvas. When all was over William was loud in his praises to Humbert of the martial bearing of his army. The Bersaglieri particularly took His Majesty's fancy. Their quick step and lurching gait commended themselvoa particularly to him, and he remarked to King Humbert that he heartily envied him the possession of anoh a wiry body of men. " I have tried hard," said His Imperial Majesty, " to teach my Brandenburgera that step, but it is no use; they can't, or won't, learn it ; and yet it is the one ambi- tion of my life to poetess a few regiments such as these." And well His Majesty's Brandenburgers know it, as one of the Ger- man entourage remarked, for they have bean in constant training for the step, under Italian instructora, during the last winter, and are now as far off it as ever. A MARVELLOUS SPECTACLE. In the tournament at the Villa Borgheae, which was without doubt the most brilliant and picturesque exhibition ever given in this or any other country, there were four quadril?e3, two Italian and two German, each consisting of thirty-six cavaliers, be- sides the quadrille of honor with tho Prince of Naples at the head of twenty-four knights, a staff of twenty knights, twelve halberdiers with the helmet, thirty with - one, eighteen trumpeters. twenty grooms and twenty servants, all the costumes being those of the fourteenth century. The Prince of Naples' costume was a magnificent blue velvet hat, with hard narrow brim, richly ornamented with gold embroidery and precious stones, on the left a tufb of feathers; a corselt of black, fitting tightly to the figure, embroidered with gold on the chest, and long sleeves, blue velvet breeches, half -high boote, cream•colored tops with gold and silk embroidery, spurs of the time of Henry IV., belt -hilt of the sword and gauntlets of doe thin. NOTHING SEEN LIKE IT BEFORE. 1/Villiam went} into ecataoies over this function and well ho might. With the mountains rolling up in the background, the weird and lovely country in the fore and the quaint surroundings generally, it is im- poaeible bo find words to sufficiently express oho coup d'ceil as it was presented to the on lr.oker. One teemed carried back "to the actual reality of a past decade. Every- where one turned were knights in armour, pages of honor and fair ladies in the gorgeoua raiment of ancient history. Add r5, to this the local color which was in itself perfection, and the acne may he realized. Not the leaat interesting part of the show ' was the filing away of the cavalcade through the streets of Rome, , headed by the King and Emperor. The enthusiasm of the populace knew no bounds and they went nearly frantic with delight. With an ex- citable people it wag more than interesting to nota their antics. How half of them did not die of heart disease is a marvel.. II.LUMIftATION• Or inns YATIOAN. After the Emperor's ofifofal visit to tho Pepe, he made a private one to the pieta's' gaileriee, the museums, the gardens and', ^ library of the Vatican. In this latter the Pope had re sumptuous luncheon prepared' for His Majesty and suite. A third and ' ' last visit was made at night to neo the muaettms.illurninated whichwan a,moctalive -prising not to say fantastic sight, as the Illuminations came from a special kind of imp made on purpose and placed behind the statues of marble. The persons of the Pontifical Court each carried lamps with opaque globes, so as; to keep the rooms in n state of imperfect ahadow. This sight right really be palled a moat unusual and a romantic) one, and has never been made since the vieit of the late Empress of Rus- sia many years ago. REST FOR TILE WEARY AT LAST. Ab the time of writing the royalties have departed for Naples, where more sights and functions are in store for them. Ib is quite a relief to revert once again to ordinary evory-day life, and the general feeling in Rome is that if Emperor William keeps his own people going in Berlin as he has done here ho must be a veritable terror, a gnome of the north, whose cup of excitement is never filled, whose insatiable appetite for the never ending there ie no appeasing. THE MYSTERIES OF ICEAUTY. A ;Prize offered for the Moat Handsome Woman Who {Yi11 Present Herself. A New York newspaper 1s about to re- peat the classic experiments of Paris and offer a prize to the most beautiful women who will present herself es a competitor for it. To philosophize on the taste of this performance is entirely nnneoeaeary, as the originators of the plan probably recognize its shortcomings in that direction as well as the public. The maid whose face is her fortune may be serenely conscious of the fact, but she knows also—if she be an enlightened nine- teenth century maiden—thatno sort of asset le more difficult to realize on ; and that in a world where " handsome is as handsome dose " entering a beauty thew is far likelier to bring bitter and wormeaten fruit than the glittering reward of the golden apple. The constitution of beauty is complex, not to nay mysterious. Its qualities are so vaguely determined that we have not even reliable connoisseurs on the subject. The outward appearance of woman, like her character, has commanded the severest study of tho other sex from prehistoric times, and the only possible reason that can be given for the poor reaults Bo far obtained is that it is almost impossible to pursue scientific investigations with a plass of animals which offers but one of a kind to be investigated. Wherever man has sought the perfection of womanly beauty he has found it—usually in the first specimen in- vestigated. Like Orlando, he has dis- covered the perfect stature to be " just as high as hie heart." But beauty, as we all know, is not a matter of stature, or form or coloring. It is the ability to create a certain impression, which is more or Ieas faoilitated by sundry personal advantages. Mew of the daughters of Eve are clever enough to bo beautiful by sheer 'olition ; with others it in a more complicated process. Some women—I say it with reapect—are born showmen, as far aa their own attracbiveneaa is concerned, while others, with all the raw materials for beauty which nature can bestow, never attain a reputation for being more than passably good-looking. The awarders of the golden apple mint bear in mind that beauty is an accomplishment even more, perhaps, than it is an endowment.—Kate Field. A ST. JOHNS MIRACLE. Eight Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars Spent in Vain Efforts to Regain Health. Aar Engineer's Painful Existence uud iYonderiulj� Rejuvenation — Hospitals and hectors Failed to (Jure flim—Health Restored by a Itennedy Almost"Forced Npon Hint—A Story Worthy of a Careful Perusal. (The News, Si. Johns, Que.) It is now some fourteen menthe since the News commenced publishing reports of the wonderful results produced by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and every one must admit that many of tho cures effected seemed little short of the miraculous. The names of the remedies which olaim to Dura all the ills flesh is heir to are to -day legion, and what- ever the merits and demerits of these pre- parations may be there is no question as to the great reputation achieved by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Some people no doubt laugh at these stories and believe them to bo advertising dodges to eatoh the unwary and rope in some of their shekels. We have now printed and published the News for nearly half a century ; it enjoys the reputation of being a high-toned weekly, with a large cir- culation, and we naturally do business with the advertising men of the day, and from the reputation of the Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Company, we have.novor had any rea- son to doubt the perfect accuracy of the cures related ; bub it is only now that we are placed in a position to testify person- ally as to the wonderful curative powers of Pink Pills. The atory we were about to relate, though no less remarkable than others, regarding the same medicine natur- ally impresses itself more upon -our mind and upon the minds of others in the com- munity because the party chiefly concerned is known to us, and we aro enabled to bear personal testimony as to the correctness of his declarations. The gentlemen who was a short time ago so greatly afflicted is now almost as well as he ever wan and cheerfully related his story to the representative of the News, in the hope that those who read it might be benefited thereby. Mr. Camille Dubuque is a man of 53 years of age, and has been a mechanical engineer for 25 years, working on the steamer Reindeer, which runs on Lake Champlain, "and occasionally on the River Richelieu. " Four years ago," Bald Mr. Dubuque, while our steamer had an excursion party on board for an evening run, I was rather tired after a Iong day's work, and went up on the upper deck to enjoy a smoke before retiring. At that time I felt myself to be in perfect health, but when I went to my room I was taken with chills and was unable to keep my- self warm. Although that night I bad but little sleep, I felt comparatively well the next day. About a fortnight after I was taken with frightful pains in my back near my spine, and in my aide. I went to the hoapital in Burlington, Vt., and was treated there for three weeks, and then, feeling but little better, I came to my home in Iberville county, five and a half miles DIVIDED COINS. from St. Johns. I was then doctored by a Minted Pennies Cnt in - Two Once Passed medical man from Iberville. His treatment seemed to relieve me very little, and I de - For halt -pence. termined to visit Montreal and see another English half -pennies have o curious origin, physician. This I did in March (three and one little known to the public at largo. yearn ago) and put myself in an eminent Half -pence were issued centuries ago by physieian'a care, who treated me from English authorities and were nothing more March until July, and certainly did all he than minted pennies cub directly in half. could for me. I did not stay in Montreal Specimens of these coins have been dia- all the time, bub went backwards and for - covered frequently among the buried trete- wards to see him. In July I got tired of urea which from time to time have been nn- this and was beginning to feel down - earthed in Great Britain. In Laucashlre in hearted. I then called in a medical 1840 were found a rare lot of coins, among man from Henryville, a village a few which were several pennies of the time of. miles from:where I live, and he prescribed Alfred and Edward divided in this way. for me over and over again, but by this time Similarly divided pence of the titre of Ed- I was almost powerless to help myself, and ward the Confessor have been found, and in no one knows what frightful agony I oaf- apeaking of the discovery, in 1833, of a fared. For seven long months I sat in a number of these carious half -pence of the chair with my feet on a lounge. I was an - time of William the Conqueror, an unquea- able to lie down day or night and often tioned authority stater) that they were thought that death would be a happy re- probabably issued from the mints in that lief. Last spring my wife read an account form, since the whole collection had evi- of a Saratoga miracle in the News and de- denbly been in circulation. In the British termined to get a bottle of Pink Pills for Museum, in London, are apeoimens of these me. I remonetrated ;with her, telling her divided coins issued under various monarchs that it was tiaeleas spending more money, from Alfred to Henry IIL, with the latter bub she persisted and wrote to Wight & of whom the custom ceased. An eminent Co., druggists, of St. Johns, and had a box archasologiet accounts' for the divided coins sent by mail. I: took them to please her, by saying that this doubtless areas from the never thinking they would do me any scarcity of small chane, which was in part good, but,- much to my surprise, after remedied under the reign of Edward L by taking the •, bol' I felt slightly better. the coinage of half -pence and farthings. We then bought another box, and by the time that was gone I felt that they were Some society papers are giving the June certainly helping me. I could now lie down, brides advice as to the proper way to ap- something I had been unable to do for seven preach the altar. Time brings its changes, long months previously. So I kept on but the moat popular way is still by the old taking the Pink Pilia, and am now on my bridal path. tenth box, and to -day I am practically a new man. Last winter I had an attack of la grippe. I took Pink Pills and they cured me. We figured up to see the amount of money I had expended in trying to be Lord Houghton once said that social hap- piness consisted in being asked everywhere and going nowhere. ti enigs T � 'r" cured before resorting to Dr. Williams'Pink Worse. Pills, and the figures reached $825. I will- • Penelope—Why are you weeping, dear,. ingly tell you my story, and my wife cor- fa some one you loved dead i roborates every word I say, in the hope Perdita—No ; worse. He's married ! that any one who is as unfortunate as I have been may attain relief by employing the same remedy. Put it in the News ; some of my old fellow-werkmen will see it, and it may benefit them as it has done me." When the News representative drove up to Mr. Dubuque's pretty little farm -house he beheld that gentleman chopping wood, and looking a strong, robust man. A year ago his neighbors thought him a doomed man ; to -day they consider his cure as little short of .miraculous. Masers. Wight & Co., old and reliable druggists of this town, assure us that Dr. William' Pink Pills have an enormous sale, which is additional proof that they really. are what the manufacturers claim for there. Dr. Williams' Pink Pilin aro a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing each. diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, nervous prostration and the tired feeling thorefrom, the after-effects of la grippe, diseases depending on humors in the blood, such es scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and sallow complexions, and are a specific for the troubles peculiar to the female sytem, and' in the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cased arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of any nature. These Pills are mannfaotured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brookville, Ont., and Schneotady, N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing the firm's trade mark (printed in red ink) and wrapper, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. Bear in mind that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are never sold in bulk, or by the dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers cub. stitutes in this form is trying to defraud you and should be avoided. The public are also cautioned against all other so-called blood builders and nerve tonicd, no matter what name may be given them. They Pink Pilin. Ask your dealer for Dr. Wil. Hama' Pink Pills for Pale People and refuse all imitations and subatitutee, Dr. Williams' Pink Pilin may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. :Williams' Medicine Com - patty from either address, The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatment comparatively inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. A PARISIAN TRAGEDY. A. Fortner LGovenaness ot Lord butferin'e Children Attempts Murder, A Parse cable says : An extraordinary shooting affair between women, which is not without interest for the English colony„ in Paris, took place on the avenue Klober. Mme. Celine Quintelet, a former governors, fired three times on Mme. Carola Gratin, the keeper of a lodging house, No. 82 rue Lauriston. The circumstances which have led up to this regrettable affair are at pre- sent involved in a good deal of mystery.. Mane. Quintelet is 55 years of age. She has - for a long time inhabited England, where she was the governess of the children of Lord Dufferin. For a number of years " she bas been • a widow. She has One child, a daughter, on whom she has lavished all her care. The girl is now 27 years of age, and. when last with her mother Mlle. Quintelet was reported to have an excellent education. and a good style. But ehe was in feeble health, the climate of England did not suit her, and, hard to bear though the separation was, Mme. Quintelet sent her daughter over to ?anis and put her under the care of Mme. Carola Gratix. A year later Mme. Quintelet found than her income was sufficiently large to allow of her discontinuing work. She left London and Dame to live in Paris. Here" the mysterious part of the story commences. Mme. Quintelet could not obtain an inter view with her daughter, who obstinattly refused to leave the boarding house. The poor mother tried all means to see her daughter. She complained that the affec- tions of Mlle. Quintelet had been 'turned from her through the influence of morphine. Mme. Gratix, on the other hand, declares that far from detaining Mme. Quintelet,. the latter did not wish to leave the house where the had always been the object of such affectionate care. Beaidet, the said, Mme. Quintelet was no longer a minor and had not to receive orders from any one. Such was the situation when Mme. Quintelet met Mme. Gratix in the Avenue Kleber. There was a violent quarrel be- tween the two women, at the end of which Mme. Quintelet drew a revolver from her pocket and fired three shots at Mme. Gratix, whom ehe accused of having caused: the misery of her life. Only one ball struck. Mme. Gratix. The wound was only a - alight one, and after first aid had been. administered in a chemist's shop Mme. Gratix was taken to her home. Mme>. Quintelet was arrested. COULDN'T STAND THE DISGRACE. A Parisian Governess Caught Shoplifting Commits Suicide. A Paris cable says : In the early part of lent week the papers reported the suicide of a young .American governess ab the Hotel Rue la Pais. It appears that the young lady went to the Bon Marche to buy some souvenirs, and tempted by the sight of so ?T many pretty things hid a small sachet in the folds of her dress. She was caught in the act, and was taken before the Commiesaire of Police. The employer of the governess found her there, and by pleading for her succeeded in obtaiuing her release. They returned to the hotel, and the governess went to her room. In her despair ehe opened a vein in her neck and bled to death. The name of the young woman was Nellie Howard, but beyond this the most per- sistent inquiries of the police have not re- sulted in any further information regarding her family and other connection.. At the inquest held yesterday the name only was mentioned and the cause of her death. How Kings Greet the Pope. Visitors to the Pope, even of sovereign rank, are expected to kin the hand of the Holy Father. Long usage has established the custom in his favor. Only twice in. recent years has it been departed from. King Oscar of Sweden, very simple.and unaffected in his manner, so far forgot etiquette aster kiss the Pope on both cheeks. And Gen. Grant, President of the United States, simply shook Pope Plus by the hand with the hearty greeting, " How do you do, air ?" Ex -Hangman Derry in Difficulties. Mr. James Berry, the ex -hangman, is fn financial difficulties. He ie offering a com- position of five shillings in the pound to his creditors if they are willing to accept the amount. If not he will have no alternative to filing a petition, in which event it is• feared the creditors will get nothing, as ho• has practically no assets. CLEN W']sa,t is it r)7 '-'--1tts tine new shortening—vat) the place of lard i...`i "—• 'or cooking butter, or--' • both. Costs less, goes '–'farther, and is easily-- ' —411210 siigested by anyone. ,to «, a'--- AT Alit. GROCERS. —4110 —440 -- Made only by H. K. r,,nnANKCO '" Wellington and Ann Etc, .'"Rt' -` MONTREAL.. ^^" ' - are all imftationa whored makers ho to pc) s reap a pecuniary advantage from the won - doffed reputation achieved by Dr. Williams' Squelched. Chappy—I weally believe I will study lan- guages, doncher know. Miss James—How perfectly delightful f,. �. Yon will commence with English, of course Workingmen in New York have sent $15,000 to help the workingmen of Germany defeat the Army Bill. A drowning man will grasp at a straw. So will a thirsty one.—Texas Siftings. Dame Fashion informs us that the small ace voila have quite gone out. A veil now must entirely cover the chin, and is worn much more looselythan has been the custom for the past few years. Instead of fitting smoothly over the face, it is gathered up in folds at the side and fastened at the back of` the head. Tissue and grenadine veils will be much worn this spring, in colors to match the hats. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER, if you're a - a•eaalba or ailing woman: —that there's only one medicine so sure to help you, that.at can be guar- anteed. It's Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. In - building up over. worked, feeble, delicate women, or in any "female complaint" or Weakness, if it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. It'f9 an invigorating, restorative tonic, a soothing and strengthening nervine, and} a safe and certain remedy for woman's ills and ailments. 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