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Exeter Times, 1902-4-24, Page 20000/4hitici0.098604/sele800904)000091t0000004.000 Ceti)00100e) te a ti) T at I w r 6 e : IS) 0 () 0 THE DESTRUCTION OP A PROUD SPIRIT, 0 moo/1000000006000 0000000e000006,00000@0000000 SYNOPSIS . OP PRECEDING [just after supper. A royal duke, a ;CHA.PTERS.-ifargaret Howard, on great admirer of Lady Caa•lyon, the eve of departure to join her se- "looked in." His grace happened to eretly meal -led husband, leaves her child with Susan Rivers and is drowned at sea. Susan rears the child, Daisy, as her own, and dies. Her doug•hter, hfargaret, alone knows Daisy's secret. Lord Lisle seeks Ws child, and Margaret, taking Daisy's birthright, annourices herself his ?laughter. She falls in love with his nephew, Philip.- Daisy, Lord Lisle's true daughter, joins her foster -sis- ter, and captivates Philip, who Lord Lisle, on his death -bed, makes pro- m* to marry Rita. CHAPTER XVII. "I shall not see your triumphs, Rita.," said Daisy, "but I shall hear of them. Lady Carlyon must be difficult to please if she is not charmed with you." Rita stood before the large mirror fn her dressing -room, and Daisy, with her gentle hands, was adding some last finishing touches tc her toilet. She had never lotieed more beautiful. MrsliTyverne, unable to • • .• keep the secret, had whispered to her that Philip was going to aslc her • a momentous question that evening, and she had prepared for a grand 'e‘triumph. The dress chosen was one that en- hanced and increased her regal beauty. It was of the richest green • velvet, shaded with a delicate white • lace tied trimmed with golden fringe. •? Mrs. Wy'verne had wished her to wear nothing but diamonds ; they circled 4, her graceful head like points of ) flame; they were clasped round her ) Orm white throat and the beautiful •) arms ; they suited her well. .,• Daisy had selected her hoequet ; it was of scarlet verbena and white 1 heath. ' "It requires just that dash of ) , crimson to make the picture com- plete," she said, laughingly. "You are always thinking of pic- tures, Daisy," said Mrs. Wyverne. "Because I love them," she replied. . "Now, Rita darling, have you every- thing ? It is growing late." She took from the table a. beauti- ful fan. The blade was wrought in pure gold. It was made of rare -white feathere, light as clown. "I never saw any one manage a fan better than you, Rita," she said; "you must have a code for it. Hold that open, my dear, and let me look at you." Rita opened the fan and the deli- cate feathers touched her white neck. "That will do," said Daisy ; "I am quite satisfied with my picture." "'Would not you like to go with us ?" asked Rita, complacently re- garding herself in the glass. "Yes, for some reasons; "no, for others," replied the young girl. Now, Therese, the einem-cloak, please ; Miss Lisle will be late." The crimson cloak was thrown over the white, polished shoulders, and Rita swept out of the room, fol- lowed by Mrs. Wyverne. It was a brilliant nfght. In the dark afterda.ys Rita looked back to it as the crowning hour of her tri- umph. Lady Carlyon's rooms were mag- nificently decorated ; lights shone like stars from costly flowers that rose in tiers, each one more bril- liant than the other. Azaleas and crimson fuchsias, golden calceolarias, magnificent pe- largoniums, delicate heath, helio- tropes, roses of every kind and hue formed a gorgeous background. Here and there between the bright flowers • one caught sight of a white marble statue. The whole suite of rooms were illuminated. Leading into the large conservatory pretty scented fountains rippled there -a, large one in the midst, shaped like a huge lily, from which the water fell with a musical rhythm and cadence that soothed and charmed the ear. Almost the first gentleman who ac- costed Rita was Captain Darcy. His happiness was complete when he had secured 'her hand for the first waltz. She was surrounded by her court of admirers. Never had the beauti- ful face shone brighter ; never had the brilliant wit and quick powers of repartee been shown to greater ad- vantage. . Miss Lisle was undoubtedly the queen of that great throng. Lady Carlyon was charmed with her. Philip could not help feeling proud of her ; nor could he help seeing the different way in which she treated him. To others she was charming and gracious in her peculiar, haughty manner ; for him her whole nature seemed to change -her face softened. He .was too honest to feiga a love her dark eyes drooped -he could not he did not feel, yet he wished to be help s•ceing how great was his power kind and affectionate to the young •-• over that proud, ambitious heart, girl his dying kinsman had confided As he watched her, the center of to him, all homage and admiration, he fel t "Do you remember the evening that she would fill well the place of your father died," he asked, "and Lady Lisle. She would do him what passed then ?" credit ; she would be one of the A: crimson blush covered -her ac°. fairest branches on the family tree ; Could it be that the one passio»ate sho would receive the homage of all hope of her heart was to be gratiOed the great world, and it would reflect at last ? freshglory on his name ; but, for ell "I could never forget it," she sad, that, he sighed when he recalled a gently ; and then a deep silence fell fair, sweet face freaned in golden upon them. hair, and eloquent eyes ful/ of truth "Rita," continued Lord Lisle, and candor. a.rouOing himself,,at last, "I am but It could never be -that fair vision an awkward wooer -so awkWard must fade fi•orn him ; he must linger that T am astonished at nayself. C'ne no more by %fey's- side ; honor call- you overlook that -will you pardon ed him elsewhere. Yet that night, my abruptness, and tell rae when when the girl he had promised to you will commit to be my wife ?" marry- shone like a peerless queen For the first time that evenitig among her coxripeers, lie would have Rita lost her self-posseesion ; the given title, wealth, rank -everything jewelled fingers trembled, the rich cave honor -for his freedom. color faded from her cheek UM/ lips. Those rho saw Lord Lisle that "That is an important questior," evening wondered at the strange, she replied. glooiner eXpression of his face. He "Yes," said rhitiPi gravely. "no hail a task before him ; the Sooner not let me hurry you, Rita, Tale It was aecompliehed the better ; he tirne te think it over. Give ine. your War. to ask Margaret Lief° when she anSwer When you like." WoJeld beer:gee Inc wife , "I do not remlire time for think - There Was sonic slight tensation ing," she sitid e "it iS not that," ., be in a -particularly happy and genial state of mind. , He congratulated Lady Carlyon upon the magnificent appearance of her rooms, and . put the final stroke to his amiability 'by requesting an introduction • to Miss Lady Carlyon was delighted. • It was the proudest moment of Rita's life. Every eye was turned upon her. She stood erect in the pride of her magnificent beauty, and his royal highness bent beforeher, dazzled by the light of that won- drous fade. . XJe murinured some few Compli- Mentary words and thet solicited the favor of' one waltz. The keenest ob- server could not have detected one passing gleam of triumph in the dark eyes ; the saowy plumage of the gorgeous fan did not flutter as she held it against her bosom. Accustomed to stately beauties and ladies of high degree, the duke, the cynosure of all eyes, said to himself that the debutante surpassed them all'. Rita saw the envious and admiring glances • that followed her every movement ; she knew that the home age of her royal partner would give a stamp and seal to her popularity - would set her far above all rivals. Even while she was in the whirl of the dance she thought of all these things. One idea was paramount - Lord Lisle would see how others worshipped her, and it might make him mere ca.ger in his Ay,poing. When the waltz ended, and the duke returned with his beautiful partner to the seat she had left, Lord Lisle was there with Lady Carlyon. RitaSs triumph was com- plete. His royal highness danced no more ; during the few minutes that he remained he lingered by her side; when he bade her adieu, it was with a wish, most flatteringly expressed, that he might !Save the pleasure of seeing her hgain. It was a lesson in worldliness to see how 'she was surrounded then. Yet no ono could discern the feint - est consciousness of her success. Her smiles • were brighter and MOM churning than usual ; nothing else denoted any elation. Lord Lisle was struck with what he saw. Surely this girl, from whom he would so gladly have freed him- self, muot, have fascinations that he did not understand. All around him people were talking of her ; tne men in warmeat, most extravagant terms; the ladies, with affected candor and ill-coneealed jealousy. How was it that ha alone of all the world was untouched by her beauty, uncharm- ed by her stately grace ? "You look rather tired," said Lady Carlyon to Miss Lisle. "You have danced every dance, I believe. Lord Lisle, where is your gallantry ? Miss Lisle would perhaps like to walk through the rooms. .A. few minutes in the conservatory would be re- freshing ; it is cool and fragrant." With a silent bow, Philip offered his arm to Rita, and they witeked through the long suite of rooms. "Opportunities are given to most men," said Philip. "I had better make the most of mine, as I have a question to ask to -night. I will ask it now and here." There was no one in the Conserva- tory. Philip placed a chair for Rita near the pretty lily -shaped foun- tain. "There could not be a nore plea- sant place to repose," he said. "It is cool, fragrant and quiet ; the sound of this falling water lulls one to rest." She was gazing dreamily into the 'rippling water ; the music of it took her back to Queen's Lynne. She saw a gorgeous evening sky, a stretch of golden sand, and a sunlit, sinning sea. She saw a dark, bandsome face looking in her own ; her hands seem- ed to burn where those paseionate kisses had fallen ; words such as she would never hear again sounded once more in her ear. "How be loved me," she thought ; "and I never cared .for him I" "Rita," said the tow voice of Philip Lisle, "can you spare me a few minutes ? I have something very particular to say to you." She raised her eyes from the rip- pling water and looked anxiously• at him. But Lord Lisle was puezled what to say, Had Daisy been sitting there he would have simply sail : "Tell me, Daisy, when will you be tny wife." - All that was womanly and tender in her seemted to be aroused ; the pride and hauteur .died from her face; a light, soft and beautiful, .eame into it ; - the clerk, lustrous eyes were dinimed with happy tears. "It Is not that, Philip," she said,. rising and ploeing her hand on his arm. -"I -am ready to redeem WY promise whenever you will ; but d.o yciu!,ove me -tell me, do you love Inc ? Lord Lisle felt anunlionifoktable sensation, as if being placed io the greatest di•giculty any one had over been in. He could not look into that beautiful face, and stay bluutly be did not love her ; nor could he feign a lover's rapture that he- did not feel. 3:16•• evaded all reply - by raising her hand and pressing his lips upon it. • "There are times," she said, with rare and -graceful Mmallity, "when I feel unworthy. to be your wife. My life has not been al; happinees..'' "I will do my best," he said, gently, "to make you happy, Rita. Tell me -when will you be my wife?" On arriving horde on that eventful night, Rita hurried to her own chamber. She required no attend- ance -she longed to be alone. During the whole evening. she had exercised mar velo us self-control. She had seen herself queen Of the neost tlu•ong in London. Men whose names were historical hacl vied With each other who should pay the most flattering homage to her -royal lips had complimented her ; and then came the crowning triumph -Lord Lisle, whom she loved with all the strength of her ambitious nature, had asked her to say when she would be his wire All ,this had happened - the - very depths of her heart had been stirred. Now •she wanted to be alone to think it over, The wax tapers were lighted on the sumptuous toilet -table -a cosy easy - chair was drawn up to it. Rita fas- tened the door, and seated herself before the large mirror. The future lay before her -one path of roses. There was not a thorn to be seen in it -not a cloud in the bright sky that sthiled before her. In a few short months the dearest wish of her heart would be gratified -she would be Lady Lisle. "Be loves me," she said to her- self ; "and in time to come he will worship me." There came to her no memovy of the deep, passionate love that had once been hers. "After all," she said to herself, "it has prospered. What an old ivo- man's tale all that nonsense about what evil and good is I have made the most of circumetances-the most of my beauty. 1 bave trampled under foot all that the world calls honor and truth. What am I the worse ? Why need I have feared what fools call retribution ? 1 have prospered. Evil has been my good. There is • no more a shadow of dan- ger to fear. Henceforward ray life will be a series of triumphs one more brilliant than the other. A.11 the world shall know and talk of the beautiful Lady Lisle !" Her eyes wandered from her own face to the shining diamonds. Sud- denly they fell upon a white, folded paper underneath the mirror. She thought nothing of it at fiSst, and did not move to reach it. Not until her reverie ended did she carelessly take up the little note and open it. Ah, is there no retribution Can evil prosper ? As she reads the bright color fades from her face - the white lips part with a low gasp- ing cry -the jewelled hands tremble -- weird, wild horror conies into the dark eyes, Then pushing far from her the shining gems, she -lately so proud and radiant -ley white and crouching upon •the ground. 1-oi ide, hope, ambition, love -a]] crushed for the moment by deadly fear. Yet they were not terrible words that she read. Some would have glanced over them, heedful of the passionnte love they betrayed, think- ing of the devoted heart that dietat- ed them. (To Be- Continued). Chase's Ointment is a certain 'To prove to yen thab Dr. and eavbrrlyutiporeemr:tfi?ulag bleedingand protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed it. Bee tea. timonials in the daily press and. ask Tour neigh. bora what they think o fit. You can use it and get Tour money back if not cured. 60c a box, at all dealers or EDMANSOMBATES St; Co.,Toronto, Ora Chase's Ointment THE CHAMPION PAID. One of the chief events in connec- tion with the annual sports of a certain club in the North of Ireland was a Wheelbarrow race. This, to - the disgust of the local talent, was won by a com.petitor from Lanca- shire, an old head at the game. After the race the,winner began to boast of what he could do, and des- cribed himself as the "champion wheelbarrow trundler of the world." "I had nout to. beat to -day," he remarked, addressing his defeated. rivals. "Why, I could 'axe given the beet -'0 ye half -way start," •• "Could you ?"- responded the in- dividual who hail brought his wheel- barrow in second. "You must he one of a evay clever set. However, the smartest folk can be taken down now and again."/ "None o' ye can take me down, anyway," responded the visitor. "That's to be seen," went on the other. "Ill wager that you can't .wheel a barrow from hero to L— and back -that's about twenty-two miles -in a day ; and I'll provide the barrow." • "I dare say," rejoined the cham- pion, cautiously. "You'll go an' find a barrel' as I couldn't lift." "No," said the challenger. "I'll guerantee that the barrbw will be no eeavier than the one you wheeled ta-da.y," This satisfied the -champion and a Wager was inade on the Spot, the Match to come off on the following day. At the appointed time the ehanipien Was Wail:dila' at the spot agreed on, When the ehallenger Strolled tip to ilia expeetant crowd, • "Where's the hamar ?" he demand- ed, "Here 1 is," was the celm re- sponse, as the challenger -produced from his poeicet a toy barrow about 'four inehee long.. "Wheel that te haeler or Paea" „. 'FOR FARMERS sease..b.„ and Profitable st Hints for the Utisy Tiliers ;•/; of the Soil, - seA-e**041-`,.0.?•***0.344.041-E-e4ii.siti-e***1 SEEDI3ED FOR CORN. The depth to Plow varies with the nature of the soil the season of year and the chco-acter of previous crop. In general, a coarse,- loose, steady soil should be plowed shallow and a finely divided heavy clay soil deep. The loose soil needs- Packing in or- derto furnish the conditions of ger- mination, while the heavy soil must be opened up to the action of the atmosphere and .eun.• The plant food in the soil is liber- ated, for the use by the plants through the agency of soil organ- isine. These organisms require oxy- gen in their process of development. Therefore the air must circulate free- ly in the soil in order that there or- ganisms may • carry on their Work. In the germination of the seed, oxy- gen is absolutely imeessary so that air. must be present for the first. pro- cess of germination to begin. Per instance, it frequently happens that directly after the planting on a clay Soil, u heavy dashing rain pacus the s soil so that little air can enter. gehe seed will germinate very imperfectly, even though the other conditions Of germination be sup- plied perfectly. DEPTH OF PLOWING. It is never advisable, even in the heavy clay sons, to greatly vary the depth of plowing in any one season: If the soil has been turned to a cer- tain depth during its previous culti- vation, and then some one season is plowed several inches deeper than or- dinary, a layer of cold soil will be turned up for the young plants to feed upon. If this is done in the fall the action of the weather in freezing and thawing correets the mechan- ical condition and puts the plant food in usable form before a crop is grown, However, if this deep plow- ing is done in the spring, the young plants are enable to use the plant food in this laver of soil and are consequently. checked in their growth. This frequently results in an almost complete failure of the crop. Many of the harmful insects which infest the corn fields live over the Winter safely housed in the soil. By fall plowing, their homes are broken up, •the insect. forms are thrown up- on the surface of the soil, where they are subject to the winter weather, and most of them are thus destroyed. So in the case of noxious weed seeds which are brought to the surface by fall plowing. The vitality is weak- ened or lost, by the freezing and thawing, and if the vitality is not impaired by such means, the weeds placed where they germinate the first thing in the spring, to be destroyed by the early disking and cultivation of the seedbed. PLOWING FOR SEEDBED. In the care of spring plowing very great progress has been made in the last few years in the methods of handling the soil in order to get the best results. Briefly, the most lin- portant points are as follows: Im- mediately after plowing the soil should be floated. This should be done at the end of every day's work. A convenient and very successful float can be made by splitting an 8 or 10 inch pole 12 feet long. Place the halves two feet apart as split and mortise so that they will be held firmly in place. Arrange a box for weight about the middle of the float and weight as heavily as -found desirable, A longer float foe two horses can be made in the same manner and the driver earl stand on the iloat. The ordinary plank drags are also used successfully for this purpose. By running•the float over the surface of the ground the clods are easily crushed and the top of the seedbed fined so as to make perfect mulch. This mulch will pre- vent the excessive evaporation of water and still allow a free circula- tion of air. Plowing under stalks, straw or manure has come to be necessary to *the successful culture of corn. In the days of the first cultivation of prate ie and other rich soils, the fertility was abundant. Humus was plenti- ful, and it was not necessary to leok to the conservation of soil fertility or to the mechanical texture of the soil. As a result of these condi- tions stalks were burned, and corn grew year after year on the same fields, as the most profitable rota- tion of crops. This condition does not now exist. Soils that were thought to be inexhaustible in fer- tility produce less and less, until the returns are no longer as profitable. It has become necessary* to consider the waste in corn culture and to con- serve this carefully for future crops. TIME OP PLOWING. One of the points in the prepara- tion of the seedbed above all others BABY'S HORSE IS A ROOSTER. Dogs and cats have been employed to draw baby carriages, but using a rooster for such a purpose is a now idea. Mr. 0. J. Plomesen, of Lu- ' verne, Iowa, has a flock Of .0ochin China, fowls, among them a rooster that is a giant in the feathered kingdom. On account of his size and breed he is a pot in the family, and has become very tame. Mr. Plomesen conceived the plan of training' him to draw the baby carriage in which his daughter' takes her exercise in the air. He made a light ,harness, and after a few weens taught him to pull the vehicle along the dooryard path without diMculty. The little one, of course cannot drive, but her sister sometimes gets into the carriage and guides the feathered "horse" about the yard. is to plow the ground when it is in proper condition. If a heavy soil, and too wet, it runs together, and when the seedbed dries out, is injur- ious to the roots of the corn plant and will not retain soil moisture. The more fully divided tbe soil the more moisture it is capable of con- serving. If the seedbed is caked by wet plowing only a, small amount of plant food can be used by the plants and not enough moisture retained for the growth of the crop. When the soil is too dry, and breaks up in clods and large lumps, a great amount of preparation is needed to get such a field into con- dition for planting, and by the time the cultivation is finished, the tilth of the seedbed will have been de- stroyed. There is usually a time in every season wheii the plowing will leave the field in splendid condition. It is important to wait until tbat time, as it always results in a sav-' ing Of time and mouey and a better prepared seedbed. THE BROOD SOW. advocated a liberal feeding of the brood sow, writes Mr, H. L. Sweet. If she is thin .in flesh., a, judicious mixture of corn as a, part of her ra- tion; if she is excessively fat, I would give her no corn, but would feed her liberally during that time on ground oats, millstuff, etc.. and I come now to what I conceive to be a serious problem confronting the breeders of pure-bred Poland -China hogs, who are engaged in the busi- ness of selling brood sows at public auction. The buyer's tasee seems to demand. that these animals, when sold, shall be in high flesh, practical- ly in show condition. There is no grain which will pro- duce that result so quickly, cheaply and thoroughly as corn. Therefore, a majority of the breeders feed the brood sows which they are feeding fer sale' into a condition so that they would be classified readily in the stock yards as claim heavy, but are certainly in anything but a condition favorable for the production of heal- thy, vigorous pigs. A majority of these sows are sold less than 60 days before the time when they are due to farrow, and one cannot hope, by however judicious dieting, to over- come in that time the effects of the heavy and long continued feeding on a corn diet. But if you caunot eon your sows if they are thin. what will you do? I answer, deny to yourself, if neces- sary, perhaps so large a nicti.gin of profit, and taking a longer time for preparing your sows for sale, feed them more liberally upon soft feeds. A brood sow can be made to look very well upon a diet composed of one-quarter to one-third corn, and two-thirds to three quarters ground oats, mill stuff, etc., moderately fed for a considerable time; while as a breeder she will be infinitely more profitable to the purchaser and of much more lasting benefit to your trade, than to feed a much shorter time upon the heavier diet. POULTRY YARD. Let the coops face the south. If your broilers weigh three pounds per pair they are just right, provid- ed they are plump and fat. Buyers don't want heavy stock now. It is not hest as soon as you hear a "peep" • in the nest, to raise the hen to take a peep. • She may pro- ceed to smother the "peep" by put- ting her foot on the peeper's' neck. In picking ducklings and broiler chicks have a damp cloth, and when the feathers are off dip the cloth•in dry salt and rub the carcass with it. Takes off the down mid small feathers. If the hen iiy over tho. poultry yard fence, clip the flight feathers of the left wing next the body. We don't like the idea of metilating three -day- old chicks by clipping off the first joint of one wing as recommended by some. Hens will dig. They are born that way, They know no difference be- tween the flowers and the vegetables and the weeds growing wild. Then provide fences around the gardens and preserve your soul in patience. The hen which does not scratch somewhere brings in no -eggs. Variety is all right in many things but when it conies to a. mixture of colors in a flock of poultry it is nei- ther advisable nor desirable. A flock of hens of the same color of the breed most desired is more pleasure te- the owner and receives more fa- vorable comment than one of a var- iety of colors. MARITIME METAPHORS. Maritime expressions, used meta- phorically, are, in fact, very com- mon. We say a couple are "spliced" a young man is the "mainstay" of his family, an intruder "puts Ws oar in," the member from Wayback "steers throngh" a man is "hardu p" sometimes "taken abaft." or has "the wind taken out of his sails" a toper is "slewed," a loafer "spins a yarn," sometimes "tries the other *back," and a ruler "steers the ship of state" through troublesome times. This last metaphor is ex- tremely ancient, by the way. Horace refers to Rome as a ship at sea. and Plutarch says the Delphic oracle re- ferred to Athens in the same.. way, says a writer in. the United Service. A Tamil, saying embodies a like meta- phor, "The soul is the ship, reason is the helm, the oars are the soul's thoughts, and truth is the porta': An old collection of English pro- verbs contains this one: "The tongue is the rudder of our ship." A Malay maxim says, "The boat which is swamped at sea may be baled out„ but the shipwreck of the affections is final." Aristophanes, Plautus. and others use an expression which comes down to us as an English saw, "To row one way and look an- other. An old English proverb (1614) was, "It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat," -- STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. The London street Arab- is essen- tially a practical -minded youth. With hit there is no beating .about, the bush, no wasting of time in fulsome compliments or excessive politeness. A short while since a number of East-encl gamins were being enter- tained at tea, and a bevy of charit- ably -disposed ladies were assembled to do the honors. One of these ama- teur waitresses :armed herself with a huge plate of bread and butter, and approached a hungry -looking boy. "Will you have Some bread and butter, dear ?" she inquired, in dul- cet tones. "No I" said the lad. • " 'No,' what ?" she replied, in mild remonstrance at his lack of me,i,,Nixioerls)jo• -min' fear, not .iven there's plum cyke abart," was the retort. •-•17.4.1161•11M1110.1130RIMIlit Otchin Iltfirio Found Quick ReiieF and Lasting Cure in the Uce of Dr. Chase's Ointment. s If you could read a few of the letters which come to these offices from persons who have been•freed from • the miseries of itching, bleeding, or protruding piles, you would soon realize the marvellous power of this won- derful preparation. Here are two sample letters vvhich show the heartfelt gratitude of cured ones: Mr. John Tuttle, expressman, 107 Stewart street, Itiegstoo, Ont., states: "Like most men who do much driving, sitting a great deal, and often exposed to dampness, 'I have been a great sufferer from piles. As a matter of fact, I had Piles for a. nuiriber of years, and tried nearly everything I could hear of in a vain effort . to get cured, but only•suaceeded when I used Dr. Chase's Qintinett. The first application of this grand pre- paration brought me relief from the dreadful itching, burning sensations, and less than two boxes made a perfect and permanent cure. 1 am grateful for this freedom from suffering,,and desire others to benefit by my experience with Dr. Chase's Ointment," Mr, 11. Kelly, Cobotirg, Out., states: "I have used Dr. Chase's Ointment for itching piles, and can truth- fully say that it has entirely cured me'. Only persons who have endured the torture of itching piles can have any idea/ of what I suffered. The ()Wise's Ointment brought nee prompt relief from the misery, and hes mad.e a thorough euro. 1 am thankful for this remedy, because it has nia,de life Worth living, I cannot say en- ough in recommendation of Dr. Chase's Ointrnent, Dr, •Chase's Ointment has 110 worthy rival as a, cure for pilee and itching -Mein clisectees. It is pore flossed of certain powerg OVer these ailmenta Which infitators are uoable to reproduce, Yon ean bb absolutely sure of Dr, Chase's Ointment briaging relief and mien; It is hacked by thetestimony of the beet pecge/A all Parte Of Canada. 60 tents a bOie. At all dealibee, or Edlleariffete, 13atee Mid Coe TOtolite, .......M.,b1rowarsms,pe44 FROM BONNIE iDOTLAND NOTES .33Y 1VIAIL FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. ISCany Things Happen to Interest the Minds ofoAe:dd. Seotia,$ shs TWO hundred and six smallpox pa- ticuts were under treat:Meet , last week in Glasgow, The death took place recently of Lady Usher, wife of Sir John Usher, of Norton, Mid -Lothian. Passengers may now travel two and one-third miles for a penny on the Glasgow transportetion tram- earts' Iis estimated that the late Mr. J:07es Dick's legacies to Ws Glasgow employes will absorb about ;8100,- Recently0ara, there passed away Mr. D.. house, Dundee, at the age of 66 ye B. Buglass, governor of East Poor - It has been resolved to estahlish a Conciliation Board in Dundee Por the sid ottulsetmr3e7nt of disputes in the textile ii 111r, Archibald Taylor, iespectee of hackney carriages in. Edinburgh is tdeeityadc.1-leiads y been the service of h A fire which broke out in a Glas- gow cotton warehouse did consider- able damage last week. The work- ers escaped without injury. • At a meeting of the Royal Scottish Academy at Edinburgh, last week four Edinburgh artists and a Glasgow sculptor were elected associates. Sheriff Fife, of Glasgow, imposed the full penalty last week against two persons charged with failing to. notify of smallpox in their h Greenock Corporation have decided not to appeal to the court, of Ses- sion on the point whether the tram- way company has powers to run cars. oft Sundays. The fishery cruiser Vigilant, after a long stern chase, brought into Stornoway, the steam trawler Arke- naes, of Newcastle, charged with il- legal trawling. At the ripe ago of 88, the Rev. Dr. Fraser, the venerable minister of the. parish church of Colvend, Kirkcud- brightshire, died last week. He 'ras- a native of Auchosnish, Inverness- shire. Paisley Established Church Presby- tery approved of the recommenda- tion of the General Assembly's Clome mittee to admit Rev. Julius ArOal- luainp,ti Bs church,P4 1 sa ministerley, of the B Registrar Hope, At Edinburgh, has "hung up" for four successive years the discharge from Bankruptcy of Mr. John Fraser, wlw succeeded in squandering between .1.800 and last year no less thee £48.000. A recent decision of the Lord Dean of Guild of Giasgew, granting- au- thority for the erection of a theatre at Bath street and Elmbank street; was affirmed by the second Divisioe of the Court of Session. A pauper who died at the Perth Workhouse recently left behind him a, locked desk, which, on being forced open was found to contain S11,105, The man had lived alone, and ap- parently in dire poverty for years. In celebration of his eighty-first birthday a Drifield octogenarian has just given a party, to which he in- vited sixteen guests, each older' than himself. The united ages of the host and his friends amounted to over 1.- 400 years. Lord Malcolm, of Poltalloch, is dead. His lordship, who was in his sixty-ninth year, cieme of a very ene cient Scottish family, who claimed to be the head of the scattered rem- nants of the Clan McCallum, Ile was one of the tallest and strongest men that ever sat in the Home or Commons. A HAPPY TIME IN STORE. "So you are really engaged, dear?" said Elsie, gushingly, te her •3ar- ticular friend, Madge. "Yes, dear," was the blushing re- ply. "I am really engaged.. at last." "And to that stern, stolid -looking fellow, Alen Wilson ?" "Yes, that is the niappy mau,' " laughed Madge. "Isn't he inclined to be master- ful ?" suggested Elsie. • "Oh, yes, dear," replied her friend, quickly ; "he often says that after we are -married he means to manage the h.ouse, look after my personal expenditure as well as his own, „and, in fact, have his own way in every - t.10 ng." "Good gracious I And you Se- riously tell inc you mean to marry a man like that ?" cried Elsie, ia as- tonishment. "Oh, yes, dear ; I wouldn't gite up the idea on any account. Yoe eee it will be such fun to show 1:int how absurd such ideas are-wou't it ?" and the speaker smiled a wick- ed smile, which the ba.ppy Mee ought to have seen, but luckily clicln' t. DEPLORABLE SUPERSTITION, So slowly does superstition :redo in the face of education that even 011 September 1.7th, 1875, an old me man was killed as a witch at Long Compton in Warwickshire, England, the murderer being, however, a half - insane man ; but in Ireland, at 13a1lyvedh an, in fflp p every County, as recently as March 15th, 1805, a you ng wool tin, only twenty-seven years • of age, WaS burned to death its a witch, for which crime, on .51113" lith following, her own husband waif sentenced to twenty years' penal sere vitude and five Others to differetet terms of imprisonment. SULTAN'S TIMONE nom. The throne -room ef the Sultan at Slonstantinople is s g•oegeous sight. The gilding is unequalled, and from the ceiling hangs a superb Venetian chandelier, the' 200 lights of which make ct .gleam like that of a sleet Sun. The tbeene is a huge Seat cave ered 'With 'red velteeti having arias and beta of pure fg6ItIt 4.