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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1911-04-06, Page 61, In New 'York Wet week pneumonia cheimed 33,1. victime, out of 1,683 caeca. There are 850,000 more female, than males 4n tee COrman Empire. And yet a greet niftily men do not nality. The meat:lona' eeneus returns of In - ilia place the populetion at 315,000,0A inerease a 20,60Ct,00a since 1901. Toronto bad 29 eincides at year. That's pretty bad; ana We all the woe becatuse eometimee it was not those who eoulot best be spared that coeunitted suicide. 4 111. Thaw ba e been transferred to new spiarters in his asylum prison, They are Wit to be leas crowded than his old quartere, but he is Atilt among paretiei and imbeciles. The 'United States pension roll cote tinned on June 30, 1910, a, total of 921, 083, of whom 318,90e were widows. Of the latter 309,383 were widows of the Civil War Veteran. Recently a pure black fox skin was sold. in Prince Edward nee $2,300. Breed- ing these- foxess is a business in. the is- land, The ueual price for these skint is from $300 do 000 - Two New York poticemen have been reprimanded and "set 'back" for not Atopping a "boxing bout" to which an edmission ,fee wee charged and which top1 . place by pre -arrangement. The question of whether there was "Israel- ity" was held to be irrelevant. Pennsylvania mined 2,31,900,070 tone of coal last year, in doing which 1,123 men lost their live% Thi e tole of life could be greatly leesened wereea just compen„ sation law enforce& More care would then be taken to save life as well as to eave money. . The Grand Trunk Pacific has let con- tracts for $17,000,000 worth of work in the west, to be completed this year. It includes 405 miles of track and graca infe the building of 140 stations, and 100 hotels. No wonder so many eyes are turned westward. The other day e Pennsylvania man who had served 20 years in prison for a crime width he did not commit, was par- doned by the Governor and set at liber- ty. The conununity . owes that man something in way of remuneration and rebabilitation. Will he get it? Is self- satiefied eoeiety honest? Britain is teeming a cotton produc- ing nation, her Indian and Egyptian cottoteproduction baying increased from lees than 3,000,000 bales in 1889 to 5,411,- 000 bales in 1909. For .10 years the price has nveraged nye cents; the preceding decade it was 7% cents, Last year it was 14 to 15 cents. That helps to explain the prices of cotton goods. • , • e.e660' :n The expenditure of the United States Government for 1010 wae:312.10 per alp Ita of the population, as compare a with $10.78.for 1900 and'$7.e0, for 1880. That it a fairly rapid inereasecIn 1910 every voter, if charged his share of the expen- diture, would be /laid foe $75. Govern- ment is getting to be a leery ecetly busi- ness, --eseeee— Cigarettes ere known aa "coffin naifs," and their use is said to, be hurtful to health. Cigarette smoking ha i been the !cause of nany fires. If it is true time the reeest New York holocanet, In wake 142 pereens lost their lives, was due to a cigarette Ghat) In a pile of elippiogn another lame debit is to be charged up against it. *41.• Gluten, the protein of wheat flour, is the tissue builder, flesh and muscle mak- er. You may get about 20 lbs. of gluten in a barrel of flour. Lein round steak yields about 20 per cent. of animal glu- ten, albumen and fibrin. At present pekes of meat the gluten you buy in steak costs you about five times at much as the gluten in neer. Meat is costly food, nourialithent considered. 4-,. Assemblyman Hansen; of Wisconsin, ha introduced a bill to preinote =LW- raony by levying a taw of $5 annually on spineters over 25 years of age and by establisbing a state bereatt to help old Maids find. husband% Perhaps Wis- consin may resort to an offer a an eligible husband, warranted to be sound and gentle, with every set of rubber. neck hair curlers, false frontmor box of face powder. Unless it furnishes the girls with the Men the tax Will be oppreelion. ay The Chicago Record -Herald recently arm three aoliths alloiv a very old and feeble man to etand in a ear witil a woman gave hint her seat, an act waieli fhey treated with rieieule. Comment - lag ueon these disrespeetful youths, the hicego paper clap,: "All the Vendee te.e bog were there, with a little in- telligenee to intreate*,the hog's of. fensiverieee. What eeerse, insensate material out of which , to eorietrieet harden eoeletyl" And that is not eom. plimentary to the hog. A fine of 000 has been imposed on ft meet packing firm for using hOrfteic amid in Re "pickle," lenity beingshown as it was pleaded that it had been need on only two oecagions. It was said that not ell perseitle admitted that baraaie meld WaS barreled. That is true; bet :t is quite itradevane Tbe il the land it Ori the We side, awl forbid* the use ef the cheinienta It is a law made in the plank interest, and it Is ter We gamma's* tnat the paekers wit Tint to trAilegritet it DI Altera take rare Joan was silent; what was the covert Ineaniug in the question? "Well. atow, I suppose yoa wonder vehy 1 don't Qom° to my important inuatese?" Joan did not anent ha words, but her Oyes dia. "Well, I'm coming to it—" "Perhaps 1 ant de trap," aaid Mor - daunt Royce. "I'll go and emoke a el - gar with Mr. Harwood," mad he moved towards the door. "No,don't leave ue, please, Mr. Royce," said Miss Neezurica, pleasantly. "Miss Trevelyan, who is to be your wife to -morrow, can bave no business ta whith you are not concerned." Royee shrugged els shoulders and re - sinned his lounging- attitude against the mantelpiece. Joan motioned Miss Mazurka to a their; she had beau standing up till now, between the fire and the door. "I shall be glad to assist you in any way," she Wel, gently. "Will you answer me n few ques- time," said Miss Mazurka. "Ina when ftsk that I want to say that it is for ream god that I vut them," "My good?" said Joan, with, sur• prise. Miss Mazurka nodded. "Yea; you ,ecut seareely credit that; but you will presently. Don't think my !first question n rule one, but if you do, try and believe that I have a rea- sou for putting it to you." "I am sure that you would, not ask it otherwise," said Joan, rather coldly. "Thanks," said Miss Mazurka, "NOW, then, Miss Trevelyau, most of us ace Tresses levee a stage name and a real one; have you?" Joan aesitated and looked at the ques- tioner euriouely. She saw a strange ex- pression of admiration and interest, aud it almost seemed pity, on Miss Mu- zurka's face. "Yes; I have a real name and a stage one," she said, quietly. "And have you told Mr. Royce your real one?" "No," said Joan, in a low voice. Miss Mazurka turaed to Mordaua Royce smilingly. "And you don't know it?" He shook his head. "You amuse me, Mies Mazurka, you are so extremely like a counsel cross- examining a witness," "Areun IP" said Mira Mazurka, 'meting; "never mind, but just fancy it's a whim of mine, and anavrer me.", "No; I don't know Miss Trevelyan's real name," he said, gravely, Miss Mazurka nodded. "Now, Miss Trevelnan, how long have you known Mr. Royce? Since you be, came an actrees?" • «Yes," answered Joan. "And have you told him anything of your life before then?" .jriol;_erimao,r vcd. "Ah, answer pleaded .It 11,t - twee, with genuine earnestness. 'Please be patient.' 'You will 'understand every.' thing directly and forgive me then for paining you now." eNe; I have told him nothing," said "Joan wonderingly, "And you know nothing," said Miss Mazurka. turning to Mordaunt Bejaia. "No,1 know nothing. And really,Miss Mazurka--" "Oh, I know what you are going to say, but if 'Miss Trevelyan ellooses to itnewer natt: questions, you neean't mind about it,eyott know." 'But.-----" Mis3 Mazurka turned away from him to Joan. "Now, Mae Trevelyai, will` you an- swer this. Is it your wish to marry Mr. Royce to -morrow? Answer this truly, and if you say 'yes,' then—well, my int - portant business will keep until After your return." "My dearest," murmured Royce as Joan, pale and troubled, looked from one to the other. "You need not answer," said Miss Ma- zurka. "Your silence is quite enouglr for nee." - Royce crossed over to her. "Miss Mazurka, your presence here ie an intrusion. You distress and annoy Miss Trevelyan beyond my endurance. I iniut ask you to leave us." "I'm going directly, Mr. Royce," said Miss Mazurka. 'You axe not master here, This is Mr. Harwood's house and I shall remain, with Mee Trevelyaide permission." "I will go," said Joan, rising. Miss Mazurka put out her hand plead- ingly. "No, no. Don't. Listen to me for a little while. For your own Bake. lf yott knew what I know—" Then She arose and pointed her finger at Mon. daunt Royce. "Do you know what that man is, the man you are going to marry to -morrow morning?" Joan, pale and trembling, looked from her to Mordaunt Royce, -whose fate, set and calm, smiled sardonically at the ac- cusing finger. "You dotet? Well, I will tell you. He's a swindler and a card sharper'!" Joan shrank back and caught at the bank of a chair, overcome for a mo- nient. Mordaunt Royce :sprang upright, his fate ablaze, then it went pale again and he laughed harshly. "Thanks, Miss Mazurka. You have played your part very well, and we are intensely summit and intereste& But please to remember that this is not the boards of the Coronet, that it is a 'tuba's drawing room, and that however deeply you ntay consider that you have been injured by Me; it ia net worthy of even you to slander me before Miss Trevel- yan." "Very well alone indeed," gala Miss Mazurka, nodding !Approvingly, "Oh, I didn't think you wasn't game, Mr, Royce, though -you were brought up io the getter. I cnew you would make a fight of it, end you are, aren't you? Quite right; but you won't find it much use. 2 tell this lady that you are a *windier vend a ord. sharper. You deny It." "So; I don't take the trotibie," uld Rope.. iteornhaly. "If you had Nati a gameam., alto! 1 thread have ha& to plead guilty. But 1 have touched cards far the Ise time, Miss Mazurke; I leave them and *II the evil eortipanions of m pest behind." ;Cie MiteUtIta iluelied hotly under the emelt inault, "Wilt you desert Mr. Craddock, also," she seld. "Mr. Cassideek?" he gaid, with t bean - Mai look or bewilderment. "Yes; Mr. Creddoek, of Chain Court, *rho Wad you out of the natter! lefr. Crud k, the mebey lender, whore *eke] yen have been; the jalrkal 141, entrapped end enticed the victim into Mr. Craddoelea den in, the eity. Are you: going to desert lame' face !watered, but the smile still sat upon his lips bravely, as he twe- ed. to Joan, standing pale andAmazed anti. bowed down under a siense of cont.' hag ill. "I am afraid. Min Mazurka's love for romance is leading her into extrava- g.encie of imagination, Ida," he said. "Don't you think tide unpleasant scene hes lasted long enough'?" "Not quite," maid Miles Mazurka, be. fore Joan mid reply, "You don't know .1r. Craddock! It is not you who led Lord Dewsbury into his clutches? It is not you who go down at night to Chain Court, Feneburch street; wilo re- ceive& Mr. Craddock at your rooms in Mount street, Mr. Royce, "It certainly is not," he ?saki, with it scornful smile. blues Mazurka, went wifely to the door and opened it, and Lord Bertie en- tered, pushing old Clriecldock by ,the shoulders in front of Iiine Bertie thrust the old man against the wall, where he etood trenebling and !Mete ing, his small eyes gleaming. at Royce like those of a rat caught an a trap, and Bertie went and took jean% hand. "Will you come away now?" he said. "Come with me and I will tell you all that this means." But Joan shook her head and clung to her chair. "No," she said, trembliug, but trying to keep calm, "I will not go. I must Inow all—now." Bernie pressed her heed and stood be- side her protectingly, drawing still dies- er as Mordaunt Royce, white with pas- sion, strode up to him. "Lore Dewsleurye he said, between his clenched teeth, "this is an intrusion, and I resent it! Leave this lady's side, sir, and this house!" Bertie, pale and stern, looked hire full - In the face. "Keep out of my reach." he said. And althoughnhat was all that passed his lips, Royce shrank back to hie former Position by the fire, where he stood, his dark eyes turning from Bertie to Miss Mazurea, as if he could slay them with a glance. "Mr. 'Craddock," seta Miss Mazurka, "this gentleman"—and she pointed to Mordaunt Royee—"says he doesn't know you, Is that true? Ole Craddock looked around stealth'. ly, and moistened his trembling lips'and steadied himself againth the wall with his claw-like hands. "N—o!" he croaked. "He knows site. I brought tine up from a boy. I taught him everything. He's clever, but I made him. I made him what he is. I picked him out of Lae gutter." Then he turned appealingly to Mordaunt Royce. "Bore, it's no use; the game's up. This woman—ohe's a she &Nair -- and he shook his claw at Miss Maar- ka, who smiled sweetly—"she found it, out—the Lord. knows how! They came and seized me at my office, and dragged me here against my will] But ru have the law of 'em! I've got you under my thumb, my Lord Dewsbury, and you shall smart!" and he grinned threaten- ingly at Bertie, who scarcely wasted a glance upon him, Mordaunt Royce glared at him'. "What do they know? he said, hoarsely. 'That I, like mealy oeher men, have had dealings with youl Thai* all! Old. Craddoek shook his head depsair- ful'IY "They know more than that, IloYeei" he croaked. "1 can't tell how much they do knew!" he whined. At that moment Bertie moved slightly, and the old man's eyes fell for the first time up. on. Scan. With a shrill shriek he shrank against the wall. "Royce! Royce! Who's, that? Look there—there!" and be ex- tended a shaking band in the direction of Joan. "Look at her!" There was intense silence for a nun ment, and in that moment Mordaunt Royce screwed, up his courage, "For sharael" he cried, turning on Lord Dewsbury. "Don't you see- the eoedition of the old man you have brought, as you think, to confound me? He is out of his mind. Look at bim! Ida, for heaven's sake, come away with me from these 'people!" and he took a step toward her. Joan, scarcely knowing that she did it, shrank back, and put, her hand upon Bertie's arm. "Stand back I" he said, sternly, warn- ingly. "He is not mad, and you know it. Who is this lady?" he demanded of old Craddock, who was still glaring at Joan. "She's Joan Ormsby! Joan Ormsby, the old earn,' granddaughter," lie -creek. ed, absently. "The girl Royee and I nearly found. "No, not" he crooned, cuddenly, "no, she's nod I forget! Joan Ormsby was drowned, wasn't she Royce? drowned!" Joan „rose, white aria trembling, and opened her lips at if about to speak, but Berth. gently forced her into the chair and whispered: "No! Say nothing.' "Joan Ormsby?" staid Uorditunt. Royce, scornfully; "I never heard the namel What mummery is this/ lila---" "Address another word to this lady and I throw you from; that window!" eeill Bertie. "Youtee," said Miss Mazurka, "Mr. Tioyce knows nothing of all this, Mr. Craddock. He never heard of Miss Orme. by, this topected granddaughter of Lord Arrowfield. Ileknowa nothing of a will whielt you and he have been look- ing fort nothing stt alli" Royce forced smile to his white Lip. For the first time during this ittange sone Miss Mazurka speak e the truth," Ile said. "I tarty have had decal- ings with this Man Craddock. Like oth- ere, I have been the victim of his v11- by! You say that, Royce— ti 11 s trieked «Id Craddock, shril- ly;you: You I took from the gutter—,you T suede what you are---" "Silence:" mad Beale, sternly. "You deny all knowledge of this lathes reel name and position, and of Lord Arrow - Edit MIL Are yon mad? Do you tor. get It Was 2 who found thet "Found the will!" erostkM old Cot& dock: "found the wllU Rope, do you hear that? Mords,unt bit las lip. 'This is a eonripiraey," be said. "1 Woes to rainain here to be belied by an old madmen and a pair of vindictive Ionic" and be glinted scornfully at Bertha and Mu blseurka. "Ida," am "for beaven'e sake send them away, or COMO with met will explain every- tbing. ,Alt, comet" end he held out ble bends. See shrenk back, her hand on Ber• tie's arm, and her eyes fixed en Mor - daunt Royce's fame as If ehe weld read his soul. She read there in his eyes enough to cerivince her. With a sigh that NU; al- most a groan, she held Up her Inind as If to put him from her, and, turned her head. away. With 0 ery, low and fierce, and full of infinite despeir, he put his hand before his eyei, AS if to shut out her gaze, then sniggered unsteadily to the aeon "Quiekl" cried Mese Mazurka, and ae she spoke Bertle reeled forward, seized the retreating man by the arm, and him round againat the wall. me the Willi" he said, in a stern ° Morannet Royce lookeil at himteal) world of hate and maliee. "You foe'!" he hissed; "yen will nev- er see It I bare awned it! Let sue PasaisOrndaunt Royce looked round with a CHAPTER XL. 'scornful defiance. "I have burned the will," he said. A (lead silence fell upon them all, and Beetle stood aghast and appalled for the 1"IvInioerndta.unt Royce stepped back to the fireplace and regained his old attitude, his glance shifting from Miss Mazurka, who sat regarding him with the most !narked self-possession, to Lord Natio, who seemed utterly non-plussed by this admission. of villainy. "If you had listened te me," said Mor - daunt Royce, hoarsely; "If you had treated me with common fairness, I would have dealt openly with you, But you forget tbat a man driven to bay Is desperate. The will is burned," and as lie spoke he drew a paper from his pocket and dropped it into the fire. Emily saw the action and. cried out, warningly. "Looki Look!. Ile has thrown some. thing in the fire just now!" Lord Bertie sprang forward, but Mor - daunt Royce, exerting all his strength, kept him back for the halfeninute re- quired, to consume the paper; the rest seemed too -paralyzed by excitement and fear to make any attempt to save the document. "You scoundrel!" exclaimed Bertie, ternly. "Do you realize what you have done?" and he pointed to where Joan stood, pale and sorrowful. "Do you realize thnt you have robbed the woman you professed to—" He paused, re- luctant to use the word "love.' "To levee' filled in Mordaunt Royce, "Yes, I understand. 1 loved her -a -Hea- ven knows I loved her as well, as deeply aa you would do, my hard, And if she had stood by me and been true to me, I woeld have made her owner of Deer- combe Wald and the Arrowfield money; but she made her choice; she resigned me, and ip resigning me she resigned the fortune which that will which now lies In ashes there would have given her." He raised his eyes for a eneMent And shot a balefie glance at Joan, then tura- cllaet? Miss Mazurka with a sardonic o "You are a 'clever young lady," he said, slowly, softly; "very clever; but you have ov,erreached yourself, Mise a. zurka. This skinfully prepared denoue- ment has, I fear, not culminated as well as you could wish. Blame yourself and let your friend, Afiss Ormsby, thank you Tor the scheme which deprives her of her estates:, Miss alazurke returned his glance without a word. • Bertie paced up and down, overcome for a moment by 'the deliberate, old - blooded villainy of the man he haa once trusted and. believed in as a friend. Emily barely understood the ramifica- tions of the plot, yet realizing that Jon bad lost a fortune, wept silently. Joan one seemed quite untouched by the incident, There was a moment or two et ea lance, them Mordsent Royce raised his gleaming eyes, "May I ask, Lord- Dewsbury, whet is the next step you intend taking?. Is it your desire that this scene should be pro: Hiegel? I. have an important engage- ment widthdemands my presence else - or I should be my d assist in this interedelighted oto re- eting w fereiwe. Mmi A low Murmur came, front Soa.n, ana the words, "Let him gole,dropped from her pale lips. "Nol" exolaimea Bertie, eternly;"nee shall not go. By this last diabolical net he has rendered himself answerable to an outraged law. He shall meet the punishment he boa -merited. Miss Tre— Miss Ormsby, to let this villain go free would be an injustice to the world at Ittrge---" "Let him go!" murmurect Joen, "Seth a man should be trodaen under foot! Yes; he shall go—in custody, Meraaunt Boyce ehatge you with stealing and destroying the will of aim 1?arl of Areowfieldi" and he strode to the bell, Moedaunt Rope shrugged his shout - "Yon will find it difficult to prove, my lord," he said, quietly. "I admit nothing, eot even the existence of the willi Who hex seen it? Who knows anything of it? Yoil will find yew charge diffieult to substantiate. You talk of punishment; hi punishing me you will subject this lady"—waving ids hand towards Joali— "to a seandel which will live as long as she lives. As for me"—he shrugged bis shoulders —"but 1 &Mat whether the will cure to appear In a erowded court and give her evidence against the men she Ives about to honor with her hand." , Berth, stood undecided, inwardly rag. mg at the sinister cunning which met hint at every poiet. "You scoundrel!" he weld only ex - chant. Mordaunt Royce smiled, "Ilard words Are easily bandied, my tort)," he slid, "What do you intena to do? Witl you give me in custody on this Autry? I think trot," - "Bee eleverl Des Clever, 13 Iloyeer croaked o',d Craddock, who was cowermg in a cornet of the TOOM, forgotten by all, but watching the Meat with ghoul -like intereat, "Yes, he's very clever, isn'a* be, 'Maddock'?" taboret Miss Maguetra, quiet- ly, without removing her eyes from Royees. face. Joan glided forward, and kid her tend tremblingly on Bertle'a erne "Let him go, for my mike," she mar - muted. "Alh let hith ge." Bettie bit hie lip ana loll her Leek "For your take, then," he Wit, gutty, Then be Lama to Mordaunt ItOyte. -"The lady Toe have so molly wronged pieade for you," be Vied; "but for her you should meet the fate you to riehly &um, Yee may ire, Mortiamit novae If eon viable a enema akin and whole bones keep out of Inv sight the rest Id 1st turned swiftle, to her with a Madden yonr life. tie!" pleading tone Ina Virtu* (To be Continued) DO YOU SUSPECT YOUR KIDNEYS? If Y911 Haire a Bad Back, Suffer kraal Dragging Weariuess— It's Year Kidneye! Proof of kidney sickness can al rap be found in elle urine, whiell is f tU t4 sediment and is attended. by a bare. leg or welding eensation. It hut e in stoop, to bend over, you have deny spells, stabbing pains run through the sraall of the back, downright wet -am oppresses, both body and mind, eaglet causes kidney trouble? What brings it one -even e. 'straw premie tate an attack but better news is how to cure it. No remedy is so sure as Dr, Hamilton's Pills of Miedreke and Butternut, width elan kidney trouble at its beginning. Dr, Hamilnede Pills Put new life Into elle: l'idneys—give them strength and vitelity, tone them up so they can filter out the policies, and instead of these stagnnnt wastes elogging up the blood and littirey Dr, Hamilton's Pills tatie them to be carried off through the urine aria bow.. els, thereby preventing trout, sitema- tient, gravel aisd Bright,3 Disease, You'll quickly find health, comfort, strength, good blood, clew) complexion and freedom from baelostrain weir. iness by the frequent use of Dr. Hane ilton's Pille—they are mild and guar. anteed to our() perneineetly tale pit box, all dealers, or The Cetarellezene Co., Kingston, Ont. s s EDISPOSSESSED, Women, seated: along the side of a sur- face car. In one place, between two wo- men, seep -ace of maybe six inches. Enter another woman, a big woman, who seas this narrow vacant space, and says to the women on either side oe it: "Will yeti move up a littler This they do, though they can't move much, a, matter Of an inch or two ou either side, making that space perhaps eight or tin inches wide, still not big enough for anybody. But tee, big woman essays to sit in it, and once seated alto crowds her way back into it, crowds apd erowds until she has nearly flattened the two women beside her. One of these two women rises finally and says to the big woman in a. low tone, quietly and.coally: "Yoa would be more comfortable if you had the whole seat." And then the woman thue dispossessed stands up in front of the big woman and holds on by a strap, 111 IK MODERN WAY OF HOME DYEING Is to use ONE Dye that will color either Wool, otton, Silk Of Mixed Goeds perfectly, You will Anathis DY -O -LA ONE"; enkli.IIINP3a wee sena for SelnP19 Card end stet)" psoklet 119, e epmesen, MtlARDsON GO.. Lhnfted, Montreal. Can, With this Modern -Dye Minn have to do Is to ask for DY.0-LA then you CAN'T make a mistake and use the Wrong Dyo for the goods you have to color. THE GRAVE OF CARE. We burled Care in an open grave, And high as we tramped the sods. Tire laugh and the song and the Omer we gave Rang out to the I/111 of Gods. 'We -buried Care with a right good Tali And never a sigh gave we. Aim oyer the mound we climbeil our fill And planted the seeds of glee, line marry a day since the seeds sown Tri a singes moprnfui hour, Anil up from the mound they all have grown With many a charming 11,1Wer. There are Blossoms of oheerfuthese, Buds of Mirth, Sprigs of the Merry Heart There are perfumed flow'rs of the Joy of Earth And Blossoms or the Better Part, We water them as they grew anti grow With the tears of our revelry, And hem, by hour they nod and blow To the beautiful sunlit nit. So rang, oh, sing me a care -free song And take me—I wot not where. 00 the sun be warm and the day be long. And the .flow'rs en the grave of Caro .. —C. L, Armatrong, In Smart Set. • were SWEETEST 'TO POUND The Sugar woh the greatest amount of sweetenieg to the pound, is • suMir And it dissolves so quickly, too. It is made from Pure Cane Sugar, and under the greatest care, for pur- itY In the process of manufacture. Even the Jute Bags ate cotton lined, and the Barrels, which are made or Bun staves. are paper lined, WY St, Lawrence Sugar to -day,. 11 The Sweetest of the Sweet." TheSt. Lawrence sugar Eefining CO.: Llnilted, Montreal. Man as Quadruped, 4 prominent Gamma biologist male, tains that marl made a serious mistake when in his development he made it biped of himself. He contends that the backbone structure of man was design. ed for a horizontal position, and that many of the ills whieh lie is subject to are Otte to this departure. J7OhJ Cu goteidat ster.• coudhs. cures noble. heals the throat and bases. . . 23 emits. • HOYLE. The detteort's wife wanted to jot down the text, and leaning toward her 'cape. grace nephew, the whispered: "Have you a eara about you," "You ean't play in church," tees the solemn answer. And the good woman was so flustered she forgot all about the text. CONDITIONS IN -CHINA. They Mahe for Advancement of Roe ligious and Educational Standards. raw of those iu the field look for en early conyersion of the Chinese. Those who have turned how tough and 41k34$. ive Is the race Mind expeet that cen- tcliruleibewallol pelearpmeeeabteedfoLvy tcliberyisetlil:nwityraace4 the white race Already Is. They remota. ber that "it teak Boddiams three atm- dred years before it obtained offieial recognition, and many centuries paore before the Mlles of the people were in- fluenced by it," Nevertheleen 110110 deapOlid at the OtIt look, for they perceive that the ag- gressive rivalry of Christianity, melded with the coining diffusion of education among the masses, in, bouna to raise continually the religieus plane of the Chinese by forcing the native finale to assume higher and higher forms in order to eurvIve, talent, secret permeation of the religione of the far east by the ideele and standards of Christianity is inevitable; and If eventually they prove capable of making a stand against the InVadert it will be owing to their heavy borrowing* from in—From Prof. Edward Alsworth Rose' "Chrietianity in China" in the Mareh Century, MISSED IT, . (Metropolitan Magazine) few adinaayls1 hinoYtuferomcoutriorrny. waosnsopemndollanginag he heard the grown folks cornplaMtng or having been kept awake the night before by a skunk. Willie burst into tears. "'WhY. Willie, what's the matter ?" the fend another In- quired. Why didn't roma cane wake me up ?" be blubbered. "I never smelled a skunk itt alt my life," NEVER BE WITHOUT BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mothers, if you wish to guard, tho health of your little onee against the midden outbreaks of those ailments pe- culiar to childhood, always keep a eup, ply of Baby's Own Tablets on hand. These Tablets never fail to relieve baby of distressing stomach aches, pains cam- eded by difficult teething and the many other little troublee that make baby's • lite miserable, The Tablets are sold Ull• der the guarantee of a government an- alyst to eontain not one particle of opi- ate or other injurious drug and they May be given to the youngest baby with perfect safety. Concerning them, Mrs. Hypolite Chiesson Eastern Harbor, N . S., writes; "We have used Baby's Own Tablets for our baby and tbey have done her much good. Please send us two more boxes, as I find them the only medicine that helps our little one." The Tablets are amid by medicine dealers or at 25 cente a box tram The Dr. Williams' :tied - bine Co., Brockville, Ont. WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? Many persons, young and old, often wonder how the modern electric ears, trains gild locomotives are operate& and what electricity is. No ope -knows what electrieity le We know ?some of tha things that it will do; we have, to a certain extent, learned how to control it, and, tor want of a better new'we call it e fluid. We have diseoverell, too, teat it is one of the most important forces, if not the most important force, of Which we have any .knowledge. are almost as ig-nora.ntof many other great forces of nature, as, for .example, the attraction of gravitation. For the present we must be content to observe suoli forces inaction'and to -devise the best methods to control them In this knowledge mankind lies progressed wonderfully within a few years.—From "Famous Pietures" in April St. Niche - cholas. P ogle Poisoned by Catarrh Catarrh is the meet emanion source of gelf poisoning. Mier by hour, inflamed .,eurfecea are eouring into the blood, Many vicious substances that.,spread disease to every part of the botly, ands destroy vitality. Catarrhozone contains eromatic vegetable healing oils and bal. owns that effectively destroy catarrh germs ; it heals congested surfaces, and prevents th e formatien of eatarrhal piscine, Catarrhozone is extremely plat - sent It is not a drug euro, but exerts a constitutional, purifyiegeffect. Ca- tarrhozone reaches the intricete passage wave through which air -enters the luegs anti carries healing with it. It is the scientific remedy—is rational, arid ex- perience in tens of thousands of eases hes proved Catarrhozone.to be the only effective reniedy for 'Catarrh, Broneld- tis, Coughs, Colds and Irritable Throat. Sold by all dealers, 25c, 50c, $1.00 sizes, at all dealers. ' s A NEW ALLOY. IL B. Woks, the chief chemist of Messrs. Vickers Sons and Maxim's Works, Barrow, states that they have found an alloy which they believe to be superior to anything cif its Med hith. erto manufactured, tend that the *coin - peaty has decided to manufacture it on a large sdhle at Birmingham. 1Vhile be- ing slightly heavier than pure aluminum, it is as strong ne steel, and In eau be roned, drawn,damped, extended or forgect at euitable teameratures. It Is lees corrodible than other high Aluminum alloys under all the usual eorrosive toes. ' It Is only one third the weight of brass. wow. DO NOT USE THE MINE. • That is a barbarous way et treating Corns—dangerous, too. Any corn, bunion or callous can be removed anickly painlessly by Putnaia's Painless Corn Extractor,: Putnam's Corn Extractor, mark the name. Safe, prompt, painless Sold by druggists. Price 25c. v. s• South Anierieara Trade. South America bought $85,384,201 worth from the "United States last year, an hicreese of over $10,000,000. Argen- tine gave us 80,000,000 of the incresee, Brazil $5,000,000 and Chile $3,000,000 Ecuador eontributed nearly $400,000, Peru fell off1122,000. otopoolgo Minardhs Liniment Relieves Neuralgia LIGHTS SEEN 83 MILES AWAY, Unusual visibility of lights has been reportea to the Ityaregraphie dike by Capt. Thomas 11, Clirade of the Ileala Bank lightship, Gulf -Of Mexico, Ile states that on tile aigbt of Jantiery Id the fog eleared after being Almost eon. titillate for a week. At 8 anti. on :radio ary 17 an object Was stagated, -which ap peered to be a climate) buoy or ante. hosit, Ile lowered the motor boat and proceeded towerd it, After gotta!' in its direction for ten miles he made It out to be a schooner, bull dowu,_probably six miles futther away. At • pan. the lights of the City of Grateston were plainly visible. Ble twee* athl 9 p.m. Deliver light, thirty. three miles dietent, was (sully seen ularly Molting mere ten seeonds, The *been tithes were taken front nheight above Met level of ten feet. --Italttnitelles Amerk4ke. • Ship -ping ever bowsaw eye, eelenotle, pea and ell Soli end tatroas di* esasee e • ised stat ours. no matter bow "tweed," lotto hots harlot( tnY of thole diselleas with aeons's uggio inarusral Mits. hree to ;ix doses often store * eau. One trent *Atte gearotateed 10 de so. Beet tiOne for brood mare* Atte on the blood. 104 And $1 bottle, lie and ill dozen bottles. Drugghtte and Inteneite shops. Pistrinetors—aae WHOLESALE DEDDO/18T19. aeons unoical.,,co„,cbmiaiN, Coshes. laolusse, V. 1110111Una 1 EDDY'S "SILENT" MATCHES ARE THE MOST MODERN AND PERFECT A SURE LIGHT, THE FIRST STRIKE They make no noise or sputter --a quiet, study Vamps 711. nesteb for the znaoker, the office and the beams. All good dealers keep them and Erldre Woodonware, rfbreware, Tubs, Pails and Washboards, The E. B. EDDYCo09 Limited HULL CANADA AN EGOISTIC ATTITUDE. (Washington Star.) "I'm afraid that woman is inclined, to be selfish and supercilious," "Yes," replied Mies Cayenne, What rename heaven most attractive to her is the belief that a la of PeoPlo he woesn't care for Will be denied admit - niece," Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc, THE FLORIDA sgminoi.es, (Southern Workman.) The Seminole Indians of Florida sit, eat and sleep on platforms raised about three feet from the ground under the roofs of their houses. In each village tbe houses are so arranged as to leave an coon space in the middle of the Camp and in the centre ot this is the cooking - house. Here food is constantly kept en the fire, for there are no hard and fast meal hours. They go about dressed in native cos- tume. The men wear, on ordinary cm - cations, merely a shirt of gayly colored calico. To thie they add, whenever they can obtain one, a derby hat a.nd a few bandanna handkerchiefs around the neck. This is their ordinary dress. fin gala occasions they wear a turban, made of a shawl held together by a band of hammered silver, and sport an egret or an -ostrich feather, beautiful woven belts with symbolic designs.; leggings and moccasins of buckskin, and a gorgeous calico coat. The use of buckskin upper g• rments has long since been discontin- nnedd ollInGelgiurinsth0afvet hseu hrveiavted: ,thbed eagrgeinngo" Itmger worn about the camps, as they uould soon become wet and useless. The women are more fully clad than the -men. Their costume consign of a skirt and a sleeved cap of calico. About their necks they wear enormous masses of beads, from the strings of width they often hang silver coins, Many of the women wear brooches or bangles beaten from Mixer coins by the native smiths. Like most Indians, the Seminoles do not care for gold in any form. I consider. MIN'ARD'S LINIMENT the BEST Liniment in uee. 1 got my foot :badla jemmed lately. bathed it well with MINARD'S LINI- MENT, and it was as well as ever next day. Yours very truly, . T. G. MeelULLEN. NO ME BESE. flush -a -bye. hush -a -bye 1 There no darling, don't you crY. Lay your fuzzy head low on mammy's . arra. Rosebud lips must never pout, Kissing habit's going ,out, :Mamma dear must shield her baby from the microbe's harm. Shakey hands,shakey hands ; There now, baby undermands, Hold your daddy's finger tight In your little fist. No, no. baby must not sip Dread disease from daddy's HP. Doctor mart says baby's mouth never should be kissed. "No me Bese Kiss me not, I'm a helpless Ilene tot"— See the lovely tag that's Dinned there upon your dress. Close those little sleepy eyes, Still those fretful little cries, Let that little head against Mamma's bosom press. Still You kick and squirin, and fret ;, What's the matter with you pet ? Will you stop if Mamma. gives baby dear a bison ? No. you rub your eyes and yell. Poe your good -night Islas. Well, well, Mamma's lips are aching, too, she'll kiss you dear, and risk It. BE'TTER. THAN SPANKING Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this treuble. Mrs. M. Sum- mers, Box W., 8, Windsor, Ont., will send free to any mother her successful bent& treatment, with full instructions. Send no money, but write her toelay if your children trouble you in this way. Don't blame the child; the- chances are it min help it This treatment also curet adults and aged people troubled with urine difficulties by day or night. A PRACTICAL SERMON. Sympathy and encouragement was the keynote of an impressive address in Er- skine church yesterday morning by Rev. S. Burnside Reese. The kindly look, the sympathetic word, the noble act to- ward those one daily collies in contact with, in the home, the workshop, place of business—no !natter where—will do much to encoerage, and some merchents would do well effigies to have it kindly word of praise to the deserving ones in their employ, instead of carping criti. chon. To give them a kindly look, n sympathetic word, or a few days' holi. flaying woule be helpful. Liniment for sale every- where ' AN •MTRONOMICAL THEORY. Because there is more light in the sky on a clear, moonless night than tan be attributed to the eters, a German scien- tist has evolved a theory that the earth is surrounded by a luminous coma re. !ambling that of comets. Storni doors are outing donna, but therationtetere are going up, ISSUE NO. 14, 1911 AGENTS WANTED. CTART TEA ROUTE TO -DAY, SENV kz postal for circulars, or 10c for tramples and terms. A.lfred Tyler. Lou - Ont. IF YOU' ARE LOOKING FOR THE beat PREMIUM proposition in Can. ride. uue tnoii. appeals to everyone, apply to SellerY, Advertising Dept., 228 Albert itreet, Ottawa. IVE MAN OR WOMAN WANTED 1.4 for work at line Paying Moe or $3.00 per day, with opportunity to advance. Spare time can be used, Work not diffi- Cult and requires no experience. Win - Mon. Limited, Spadina avenue, Torent9. IirOSES OIL. Quarter and Dollar Stops 4.1 pain and soreness anywhere. Drug- gists everywhere. R. McKay & Co., Hamilton, Every Woman 4 Interested end should know about the wonderful --MARVEL Whirling Spray The new Vaginal Syringe. 13est —Most convenient. It cleanses Instantly. Ask yous druggist If he cannot supply the M A. RYE'. accept no other, bqt tend stanils lor.11111•fatad book—sealed, it giver fell PartIC. Wars and directions Invaluable to ladies. WINDSOR SUPPLY CO.. Windsor, Ont. General Agents for Cana a. 77.1- FREE " sod GIRLS We will give yon a Itandsome Watch or Fountain rall u$1.00 Cash, whichever you wishfor melting *4.00 worth of our eplendid Yost Cards. "they an, easy to Kell—everyone asks for more °ahem,. Send us your name and ad- dress and we will sand you the cards prepaid —sell tbem and send us our money and ino Win send you your present, or you -may keep 51.6.0 and tend tal balance.whieloeveryou prefer. Write today— we give an additlonak present if you sell the. cards within 10 day.s. Cs.. liset.33 Taut' Overland Merchandise MODERN. (Puck.) The Prodigal Son had returned disport. solnte to the family fireside. "But where is the fatted calf?" he corn - Waffled querulously. The Old Man was 041141 to the occasion. "In the front row of the chorus," he chuckled. waving a couple of seats for a burlesque show before the eyes et the Prodigal Son. And together they made a night of it. s• • TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab- lets. Druggists refund money if it fails to mire. E. W. GROVE'S signature Is on each box. C. KISSING ON THE LIPS, Every once in so often WO read in the news of a handful of women getting up sortie kind of health organization, "to encourage good health and lessen the snread of consumption by disoouraging the custom of kissing on the lips." Some- how.' most of the members are in looks and age just of the typo that are usually sought by the handaome young men who throw themselves at the feet of the beautiful and young and beg for kisses, though occasionallysome young beauty doell some active work in the ranks for 11)0 0 he n me to remem r is n you need a remedy Plu for COUGHS anct COLDS Chinese RIce Paper. Oilinese rice -paper has no rice in its composition. The curiously brittle, pure white material awed for the marvelous drawings of Chinese artists is manufac- tured from the pith of a tree peculiar to Formosa. The first paper was not made of aaw cotton, nor by the Chinese. Rag paper was made in Arabia more then ten :centuries ago, and the Crusaders hroulla the industry to Europe, where the .first paper manufactory was estate Fished in the last oar e of the thirteenth eentery. -e-4* Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff, German Wealth Growing. The private fortunes of Germari sub- jects have increased by $12,30e,000,000 Within a deeade. Workmen's wages throughout Gernumy heve increased on an average by 48 per ceht. during the last 25 yeare. 7ohls Cure entekty stove coughs, cures *Olds, heals the throat and lungs. • - 25 Cents. 4, • ' AN ANCIENT STANDARD., The`gtian, ea a Ma of measutemene, was introdueed by Henry 121., who or - dewed a grain of wheat gathered from the middle of the tat to be the stan- dard of weight. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS our druggist Will refund money if ?ARO OINTMENT fall* to cure any oat* 01 Belling, Blind, Bleeding( or Protruding 1,Ileti in d to it days. 500. Bid Paint Value—Ramsay's hints E.3triblishea seventy years ago, the leading brand in Canada to -day for geed paint valio is liatitsaya Paint. The Amine is it heusehola word tatougaotit leinatle Inen the Atlient:e to the PaelfLI, and to those who know ate looked upon as the etanaeret in painte. etliey are ,of *suet .dur.tbility, besiiitea and tone that they are unequalled in geing entite eetiefaetion to all who. Ude. tlwrte While these palate ma thorough* ly teeted teia tin? etoduet niyeatS° ett- nerienc4 they are positively owe, wear fulleet arrant life. runt at ntr., ssns tante tbey ere Canatliae litatturs 'Pointe are tretteittly givaig ai'oat plea - 1 sure and sestet t.-tata t taattaanis ef hour* thronglarar Cc- vit.:tatty,