HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1911-09-21, Page 6poLiTics.
(3eltimore American.)
"I. hear that johnson has divorced hire -
self from politics?"
"Ilan* merit alimony did be get r
me"
NEW YORK'S OUAINT SPOTS
(Washington Herald.)
"There's some qualut eld spots In New
Yerk,"
"So I'm told. Take me througb the
Antral= quarter."
HISTRIONIC.
(ruck,)
"I3y some she la considered the lead -
big emotional actress of the day.-
.",A.M1 she never married, you
"A, little, I believe, in the amateur
war."
LACKING IN RHYTHM.
Iladelpide Record.)
Elonbs—Seribbler's poetry strikes me as
being miter clumsy.
Slobbs — Clumsy? Why It positively
trips over its own feet.
HAPPINESS OF A SAGE.
(New York Sun.)
Solomon boastee of bin magic carpet.
"My wives don't make me wipe my
shoes off betore I step on it," he cried,
Herein lay its great charm.
CORRECTED,
(Pude)
Tho Artist—Just a little daub of mine,
you see. my dear madame.
Miss Gush (gushingly) -0, no. You are
entirely too modest. 'I should can it
oulte a big daub. •
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THE BARE.HEADED FAD.
(Pittsburg Gazette -Times.)
That revival of the bare -beaded fad in
Chicago -was probably caused by some
fellow whose straw bat was worn out
and who hadn't yet, raised the price of a
delay.
AT REGULAR RATES.
(Peek.)
Poet—Yes, I write poetry and you raise
hey; we are both proeucers.
Fernier—And I reckon we both get
about fifteen dollars a ton.
HIS MISFORTUNE. -
(1'oleaa Blade.)
"You got a raise In pay, didn't you?"
"Yes, but it Mara do me any good."
'Why not?"
"I talk In my sleep, and my wife found
out about it."
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THIS EXPLAINS IT.
(Toledo Blade.)
Lady—What! Thirty-eight cents a doz-
en for eggs! Why, that's more than
three cents for one en.
Grocer—Well, mum, you must remem-
ber, that one egg is a whole day's work
for one hen.
•••
ENVY.
"I never see that chap doin, anything.
Ifairet he got a job?"
"Sure: he gita about $t a day for bein'
a bridge tender."
"Gosh! He's one o' the idle rich, ain't
her
AND SO WHAT'S THE USE?
(Atlanta Constitution.)
The editor of the "Leader" reaches
the conclusion of the whole matter as
•follows:
"Get a horse and you will watt a sad-
dle, get a saddle and you will want a
buggy: get a horse and buggy and you
will want an automobile; get an gut0.
mobile and you will want forever!"
• et -
HE CAME BACK.
Wife—To be frank with you, if you
were to die I should certainly marry
again.
Husband—I've no objection. I'm
not going to worry about the trou-
bles. of e, fellow whom 1 shall never
know.
THE "MARKED" PAPER.
(Buffalo Express.)
"Been taxing your eyes lately?" asked
the oculist.
"Yes," said the patient; "1 looked
all through a newspaper of 144 pages
which came through the mail to me
hearing the words 'marked copy,4"
"No wonder your eyes smart:"
"Oh, but that' &stet the worst or it. I
elide% find eenything marked."
A DEDUCTION,
(Harper's Weeltly,)
"Look at that fellow, Gassaway," said
melts, "By George, if ever any man
was born -with a silver spoon in his mouth
he's the one!"
"Think so?" said Dubkins. "Now, I
should have said, looking at Gassaway's
mouth, that it must have been a soup
ladle he was born -with."
AN EXPERT WITNESS.
(Life.)
"I must compliment you," says the at-
torney for the defence to the patient
witness who has endured a whole day's
cross-examination by the prosecutor.
"The Crown attorney asked you ques-
tions that ought to have tangled you all
up. but never once did he trap you."
"It was easy." smiled the witness. "I
am used to getting home late and an-
swering my wife's questions."
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'COMPENSATION.
(Hansas City Journal.)
"I get my hand stung by a sea nettle,"
said the young girl*
"Terrible; too bad."
"It wasn't so had Four young men
insisted on holding my hand all at
once."
ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HOME.
' (Sucress Magazine.)
A Louisville barrister eseorted his wife
and daughter to e. lecture, o.nd then to
his wIfe's annoyanee, disappeared. Ile
was on, hand, however, when the meet-
ing was over.
'Hello there, 'Tbeodore," said a Weed,
meeting the barrister and his Dimity In
the street ear, "heel to the lecture?"
, The lawyer stJ a leek at his wife's
face. "No," he answered; "just going."
WANTED REGULAR WORK
(Seeress atagazine.)
.A. farm band Iota workeit In the field
from dawn till darkness, doing the clioreii
by lantern light. "I'm going to quite
he said to the farmer at the end of the
month. "You promised •me a steady
"Well, haven't you got orte?" was the
eetorrished revise
"Noe said the man. "there are three
or four hours every night that 1 ilon't
have enything to do, and fool my time
away sleeping."
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REFLECTIONS OP A BACHELOR.
Clew Torts Press.)
'There'e nobody you ean hate Ilke tee
tereic ouzel.
Guilt soWS the -wind, 'but innoomme
reams part or the whirlwind.
The reason a giti Calt believe a man is
a hero Is he Isn't her father.
The average man expeete to make his
hay with other people'e 'mowers mid
rake'.
Thee* is no greater Mettle worked than
the Ivey a Woman ran wear a ehoe two
sleets smaller tlum her feet end have it
deep Meer* too big for them.
LARGE FAMILY.
(Chleago Tribune.)
The envious pereort hall opened e eon.
vereation svith the tet wonute in the
side show.
"Are your parents living?" he *eked.
"Yee, sir." e
"Ifevo thee' It loge family?"
Sweet Miss Margery
"Tor years the grew
shower.,
Then Nature said, "se lovelier flower,
Ou earth ivas never seen,
This eitild I to myself will tate;
She shall be mine, an4 I will make
A lady of me own."
.And Nature did that, Margery. No
rules of mine coula to what she did,
You had the gerat within you of all
that mitices a grand good women, and
It has come to perfection.'
Margery bent and kissee the lips that
epolte the grateful words.
"You always comforted me, dettrest,
truest friend! Ale why wilt you not stay
with ine always, to be ety eounseler and
guide in the years. to eome? You have
worked so hard, now is your time for
rest. Promise Inc that, when you are
tired, you will make your home with
will come to you whenever I an;
hut I will not live with. you. It would
not be wiee. Now tell me of all the
strauge things that have happened since
we parted. Thank Heaven, my child,
your lot has Wien uppn the golden side
of life! Yeur troubles are over, now be-
gins your ltappineee
Mareery's band had wandered to her
heart-apel locket, which day and
night she always wore. She raised. it,
and gazed at the image of her mother's
face,
"It seems like a fairy -story," she sitid
slowly, 9,nd dreamily. "I wonder . does
the knowledge that I have so much, that
tho babe she left alone in the wide, wide
world has great riches and lives in lux,
ury make her happy?"
"It would make her happier, dear
child," Miss Lawson added quietly, "to
see that your companion and friend. for
life, your husband„ is so good and true
a. map. He is well known to me, Mar-
gery. You see, my sister has told me
all about his nobleness and worth; and
worth; and from myheart I congratu-
late you—more, I rejoice with yeti."
Margery did not nagger; her hand
was still closed roundeher locket, her
evert were fixed on the fire. The light
fliekering and' dancing on her pale love-
ly face found no smile there, only a
depth th
h of pain in the wondrous starlike
e
CHAPTER XXII.
The fortnight's stay of the Crosbie
Castle party m town was extended to
nearly six weeks; then Stuart eseorted
his mother home, and Vane Charteris
remained in London. She was now thor-
oughly vexed and wearied, In site: of
all her scheming, she was no nearer the
goal—indeed she began almost to Olear
that Stuart would stip through her fin-
gers altogether. She grew cross and wor-
ried, driving her mother almost frantic
by her return to what she called
health. The suspense was really telling
upon her, and with the birth of fear
came strong determination. For her
own pride's sake she must win aort —
the bitter mortification, the letiinilist-
tion of tailure would be too terrible
to bear. Had she not tacitly encouraged
the idea. that her marriage with the
heir of Crosbie Castle 'and Beeclutm
Park was a foregone conclusion? Al-
ready she had experienced the pleasure
of seeing envy and disappointment ga-
ther on several of her rivals' faces.
What barrier now remained? Stuart
had, to all outward appearance, blotted
the foolish episode of Margery Date
from hie memory—there was no other
influeuee to eombat hers. Why then did
he not wake to the reality and coniplete
her satisfaction? The delay was annoy-
:.
ineeo the suspense killing..
Stuart. little guessing the workings
of Vane's mincl, was recovering grad-
ually from the wound that his, heart
had received. His rceldessi mood had
gone now. and be was once more hie
calm, manly self; but the happy bright-
ness of his nature was dulled, his light
laughter -loving ways had fled ferever.
His love for :Margery bad never died;
he treasured it now as a beautiful
dream, too great a happiness to be real-
ized on earth. The first agony Of sur-
priee, doubt, and grief over. he grew to
judge her as he judged all women now
—he thought of her, not as Margery
the pure. sweet, !reel) youitg girl, but
Margery the worldly, selfish, artificial
coquette, of the same nnture as the
fashionable butterflies he met in town.
His live for her was a thing apart from
her memory; he deemed her miwoythy
of so great, so trite a feeling; he had
worshipped an ideal, and he kept that
ideal stilt shrined in his heart.
Growing weary of life in Own Stuart
Neent• back to the caetle, thankful for
the breath of the froilt country air, the
rural quiet. He intended to leeve &g-
lands to travel MICA again, but his fath-
er% worn fare. recalled Sir Douglas Ger-
ant's words; and so, with a little sigh,
he buried his own wishes, and gave him-
self up to minister to the parent who
loved him so dearly, end whom he treas-
ured In return. To his tnother Stuart
was a puzzle. N'ever once was Margery%
name on 'his lips, yet his undoubted
love for her, as revealed in their one in-
terview, had. considerably etartled her.
She was surprised at his quietrtees, his
anquieseence in her every wish, grew
eneaey at his sudden gravity an& the
eadnees of Ids face, and alntost wished
f or a display or the etrong wilt whieh
tor so 'many years she had. depleted. She
led made Ise ventark, to Ithn eit the tub-
iect, deeming the affair best left in
Vanes able lianas.
Stuart had lorked the allele letter
whielt Sir Douglas had eonfided to his
etre among the few treasures he pos.
tweed, and he waited, expeeting new%
from his cousin every day, but none
(wane. At times Stuart grew uneasy;
he saw the announeetnent of the arrival
of the vessel in which Sir Douglars had
selled, and yet his rousin made no
sign. All he eould do WAS to wait and
We.
He turned his ettention to the busi-
ness conneete4 with the Wide and es.
fates of Crotblit Voile, arid spent long
days with the farmers and. laborers,
winning their hearts by his warm get.
*roue stature, and the interest he took
in their welfere. But thie state of
'things displeased Mrs. Croeble beyottd
werds, She was an ambitious woman—
rehe ilmged to see her on enter the
Vorld's list for feine; and to witeh hint
graduttily developing into a quiet farm-
trevncr was tnore than elm mild hear.
reused her pride to think that her eon
should bave the whole of his life alter-
,ra through the eentimentat folly of a
plelselen romance, and she determined
en *peak to hint openly upon the tub.
tett ef his career on thr fitst oppor-
terity.
It wee not about the rnidd4 oINe.
*ember, en4 Olsten *As Intly occupied
eith alteriv*nd restoring W. cotter demist,
in elm
end that his mother found the deeirea op-
portunity long In coming. At bet, one
afternoon, the perceived him striding
uP the avenues; and, leaving her bou-
doir, she met line in the hall.
"Well, mother," said, Stuart, smiling,
"not out to -day? You are wise—it le
ankle-deep in mud. Don't come near
me—I am, not fit to Approaelt you.
have come back for am agreement
nutde about Culllitun'a ,cottage; must
be off directly."
"What is your hurry, Stuart?' asked
Mrs. Crosble, coldly. 'Ten not you
epare sue a few minutes? I have long
wanted to speak to you, but really yon
are so muck engaged, I have had ne
chance."
"Of course am ready. mother, if
you wish it," Stuart replied, though not
resulily; be never care for these brief
intervals of eonvereation with his moth-
er—they invariably Annoyed, him,
'Come to my baudeir fel' A few min-
utes."
llo followed Mrs. Crosbie in silence;
then, as elle closed the door, he walked
to the window and leaned against the
ledge.
"Well,. mother?" he e•aid, in a tone of
impatience.
Mrs. Crosble stirred the fire, then
warme4 her white hands. She looked
at her sou, and the sight of his grave,
handsome face strengthened her pur-
pose; it -wag such a faint likeness to
the merry bright face of a few months
back.
"Stuart," she began quietly, "I wish
to epeak to you seriously. Do you in-
tend to lead this kind of life always?"
"What kind. of life, mother?"
tioe4,11:”Iii raonotonous, farmer -like
exietence. Have you no.aiiii—no ambt-
"None," Stuart answered, laconically,
seaRti.9 mother moved Impatientiy in her
"Pray, be sensible, Stuart," she sale,
sharply; "you were never like this be.
fere. It galls me, it wounds me to see
you wasting your days (limn Imre, pot-
tering about on the farms, and for
what?"
"Some one must. look after things,
motlier; my father ean not,. and you
have often eoniplained to inc. 01 the had
management, so I have determined to
relieve you of further anxiety.
"Paliawi Do I want niy, son to tuen
steward? I tow@ to -day .received a let-
ter from Lady Be.yeliffe recommending
me a manager, and 1 have all but settled
to engage him."
"Then don't do it," promptly replied
Stuart. "He is not wanted*"
"He is wanted. I shall not allow you,
Stuart, to do this kind of work."
"My dear mother, I am of age 1"
Mrs. Crosbie was silent, and Stuart,
looking up, saw the pain and anxiety on
her face.
"Fergie* me, mother," he added, mov-
ing toward her. "I am very selfish. Tell
me what you want me to do, and if it is
in my power I will undertake it."
"I want you to rise in the world; I
want you to be famous, Stuart."
"Faine is not to be bought. mother."
"It is within your reach. Contest
Chesterham at the next election. You
will be 'returned with an immense ma-
jority. The rest will follow."
"1 'have no brains'for politics," de-
clared Stuart. "I can not do it."
"There is no such word as 'can not!'"
returned Mrs. Crosbie, vigorously: "If I
were in your piece, Stuart, how differ-
ently I would act! You are wasting
your life."
Stuart walked back to the window.
will riot give you a' decided answer
now, mother,' he said. "Give me tWo
days to eonsider."
"Willingly," she agreed, "and weigh,
all things well. Remember, you Neill af-
ford me the geratest happiness in lift 11
you agree to this and to another wish,"
"To make you happy, mother, 1. would
do much," Stuart responded, raising her
hand to his lips. "What is it?"
Aire. Crosbie drew a losig breetio
"That you will marry."
"Marry!" repeated ,Stuart, droppin,g
her hand, while his face grew white and
Itis brow darkened. "'Diet, mother, is
impossible."
"1 have not spoken to you on this
subject before, Stuart, though it has
been one very near my heart.. You have
been troubled; but you are not my son
if you have hot pride sufficient to
drown and wash away forever any trace
of your trouble. It is not for a Crosbie
to submit to insult and humiliation."
"I submit to nonel", retorted Stuart,
in a quiet, clear 'voice.
"You. have been deceived," his mother
declared, coldly and proudly; "by one
who was not worthy even a second
thounlit."
"Mother I" he exclaimed, hurriedly,
and then stopped. What could he say
in defense of Margery? She was, in-
deed, all this. "Your wish is sudden,"
he added, After a pause. "It comes to
me quite unexpectedly; but 1 haVe only
one Answer to it—I shall never marry!"
efrs. Crosbie compressed her lips and.
turned away.
"Just now you called yourself selfish,"
she observed. "I think you were rfght."
"Why Should I marry, mother?" he
cried, euddenly. "You knosv, or perhaps
you cart never know, what the past
meant to me. 1 'am not a Vane to be
turned by every wind. I have loved,
and I shall not love again,"
"What has Mott to do with marr-
iage?"
"I would not ask any wOulan to be a
wife ort such empty tering; it would be
it sin. But le is not neeessary. WOUld
do anything, mother, in my power to
please you; but this 1 can note'
"Are you tny child?" Asked hie moths
er, quietly and coldly. "Oen you wage
your whole life, Bite a misanthrope, be.
tame a Village coquette lose laughed at
and mocked you? There are good Wo -
Men's hernia still In the world, women
of our world, who can love and suttee
es Suelt creatittee never can."
"I will offer no woman. my life 'with-
out my love," deeleted Stuart, firmly, -
"What woule you say If I were to tell
you that there is one who would take
It gladly, *me who has watehed and
Worked for you all those menthe in eh
fence, and who, through everything, is
steadfast and true as atoll?"
Mrs. trosbleht Lena fell on her eon's
shoulder as she spoke. Site felt it *sae
her last eard; it might win the genie.
Staled looked into his mother% ere; a
flush rose to his face.
"You VOW." began.
"Your ousts, Vane," ale broke In.
"Vane!"
Hit mother's hand .elipped from it%
hold; bat he diet not move. He wee in
a very whirlwind ef eaglet, pain and
"Anther hap, sir," anewered the fit teeere the severe 'weather stert in. 4 "Ton lave not known? No; ihe hid
leirmen. "I'm the fatelly." Went out early and returned bite, sober secret to well! There is a woman
fit to be your wife—Proud, loving, our-
ageous a companion to cheer, it. hale'
mete etimulate your embition. Had
you. not been so blind, Stuart, you
might have seen thie. What do, you say
now?"
"I eau may nothing," he answered,
still la the sense low tones, "This has -
*Nutted me. You muet let thinkt
mother* /um not the power to apelike
feeVe."
"Yes, think—and think well," Mrs,
Crosbie said gently. Something Old her
that elle bed won; Vane% devotion had
toughed the eight elm&
She watelted her son move to the doot
iu silenee.
"We will speak of tide Again another
time," he said, with. eonetraint.
A. wave of compunction paseed through
Mrs. Crosbie mud when elle was alouo,
Would Valle, after all, bring him hap-
piness? She loot trieleed and deeeired
him. But this momentary feeling was
soon lost in the glad thrill of ambition'
that stirred iter leres.st, Stuart marvIed,
and in Parliament„ she had nothing more
to wish for,
In a maze of troubled thought's. Stu-
art strode down the wet paths. Vane
loved him; an4 yet she had put her own
feelings on one side end ministered ten-
derly, thoughtfully, kindly to hint!
Whitt depths of womanly sweetness in
such a sacrifice—what generone, noble
nature!' Ris heart warmed with grati-
tude toward her, though it cooled again
as he remembered that she love& him.
:What could he do—whither turn in this
dilemma? Irene wee dear to him as a
friend, as a. sister, but riot tie the wo-
man he would make hts wife, And to
make any woman his wife now, when
such sadness darkened his life, was at,
most impossible. What must he do?
Could he let lier live on'alone, with the
sorroNe- lie knew from experience to be
so bitter wearing out her heart? Would
it be e geeeroue return for All she hact
done, for the noble tenderneaa with
which She had tried to bring hint happi-
netts? 'No, no, a thousand time e nol
If he could no longer have joy, if glad,
nese were gone forever, he had still the
peiteefel pleasure of bringing gladness
to anether's heart. His mother Waa.
right—it was Ids duty to face the world
and. Vane would be his wife.
Even while he thought this, his brow
contracted with pain, a spasm of undy-
ing regret ahot through hint, the dream
of his first love in all its. sweetness re-
turned and inthralled ltine onee more.
It: was impossible! He paced up and
down wider the wet dripping trees, try -
to calm the tumult in his breast,
with a longing for solituee and .peace
one moment, and a piteous thought of
Vitne's great love the next, It was a
terrible struggle, and It lasted through
the night hours, never ceasing 'till the
dawn, when, pale and worn, yet with a
steadfast look of rletermination about
his mouth and in his handsome eyes, he
conquered it. He was brave and strong
—sorrow could not crush him; but Vane
—poor delicate "Vane—she could not en.
dere trouble; and so, if indeed his moth-
er had spoken aright, he ,would. go to
Vane, and ask her to be his wife. •
The gloomy, weather in London did.
not tend to lesson Miss Charterie' de-
spoedent mood. She was peevish, bored,
discontented, longing to leave England
and go to a warmer climate, yet ,feeling
that she could not give up her desire
and declare 'herself defeated,. She was
waiting only for a week or two to pass,
and then she would go down mice more
to Crosbie Castle and Make a final ef-
fort.. Thia him was occupying her mind.
as she sat one dull, wet afterimon gaz-
ing out into the dismal streets, with a
gloomy look spoiling her pretty fate.
She heard the -door open, but did not
stir, imagining it to be her mother. The
stillness that followed caused her to
turn; and, looking round, she met Stti-
art's eyes,
"Stuart!" she exclaimed, her face
flushing. "You have given me quite it
start! I did not know—"
ei have been watching you for the
last two minutes, Vane; you evert lost
in thought. Whose .mernory 'Were you
honoring by such deep meditationt"
Stuari looked very handsome, and
something. in his manner tinelled her
with joy.
"I was •thinking of Crosbie" she an-
swered, "Come to the fire,‘Stuart; yon
Inuit be frozen. And how is Aunt Con.
stance—and why have you come? I am
very glad to see you."
Stuart. stood silent, slowly removing
hie gloves; then he moved nearer to her
side by the fire. "Vane was looking
lovely; the plieintive sadness of her feet,
which WAS tinged, with delicate flush,
Leeched him. lie had read it well in the
first moment of his entranee, and traced,
as he thought, the marks of her trouble.
'I have come to see you, vane," he
tele ecre quietly; "because I have some-
thing to ask you."
'Vane felt her heart beat wildly, •
"Yes, Stuart," she said, faintly.
"Vane, you know my inmost heart—
you were my confidant, tay friend. 1
Want you to continue to be my ,frioed,
the fbest and truest of companions—I
want a helpmate; eouneelor, I want
you to be my wife."
Vane stood silent, her head bent. She
felt faint, tend, note that success had
come at last, she coold not speak.
"r cannot offer you great love," Stu-
art welit 00, taking her hand—"I will
not deceive you, Vane—it is buried in
the past; but I will give you affeetion,
devotiOn—true and metro devotion, If
you will accept it. The gift is poor,
Vane. Reject it if yon will.,
"Reject it, Stuart!" murmured Valle,
turning her luminous: blue eyes on him.
"No; I accept it, fer I love you -1 have
loved yen through It all, and I itin hap-
py at laser"
Stuart pressed his lips to hers; and
the tamped Nees eettlea.
CHA.PTER XXIII,
Miss Lawson kept to her word wed
departed on the following day for Hurd -
ley, despite all elargery's pleading find
Wishes. The short visit had been great
pleasure to them both. To Margery the
very sight of Mer goecrttees had brought
beck a Wart of her brief. past happiness,
and tniconseioosly toothed her; and Miss
tweet). had felt her heart thrill with
pride and gladness te site her pupil
pewit so fair and lovely a woman, and
Surrounded by all that she could. desire.
Yet the strange eadness in Margery%
eyes would haunt het. What coule bit
the secret that had destroyed her .girl-
hinter:8 and brought esuch ail expression
to the young facet Mies Lawson pen;
bred this deeply, but could atrive itt no
solution of the myrstety, ana Indeed
would have been no little astohishea had
' ehe Ieernea What link It was thet hound
Margery's heart to lfurtley. She kneW
the girl hact been siegiteinted with Stn.
art Croelbiee but that tact wet not
Avenge, for Stuart. bed a kind word and
. smile for eseryone in the village, and
Margery ef eonrse altered this generel
frienciehlp with the tett.
(Io be Ooritinned.)
et Belgrade, Servia, it grou of women
has petitioned the Authorities to pro-
Itibit gambling tinder severe pemilty
than thote tow in force, As a eroff to
thia a number of men are now petition"
lug for the eompuleory doting of 111
milliners' elope, eddueleg thet they are
a greeter some of domestic discoril and
ponntry,
BAD DREAMS CURED
A WInnInes Man Tells of a Simple
Remedy That Cured.
tSCAPE FROM INDIGESTION
"Theueli I ant an active hard work-
ing
enanestontehow I fell into it 0011ilitiOn
o,fp,noorTrditiegoesliforn. Ealtbd, odieetsvrteinrendeys.t04in-
4lithe morning I had a very unpleasant
taste in the Mouth. My Owe Wila
Whitish and nething tested good. Au
hour or so after eating I experience4
pair; in my riglas Ode, gas formed in
the atomic:It and ettereed great distrees.
Even In warm weather my 'halide felt
clammy, ancl still worse my (system Wall
seldom regular. Beoodiug and deseond-
ency would new and then get hold of
Me and eempletely unman me. When un-
fit for work I tried Dr. Hamilton's
Pillsre say case their wouderful mune
tive power was like magic. So mildly
did they work upon my system I at
first thought they wouldn't benefit. But
n few doses proved how much they
helped the stomach, bow quickly they
brace up digestion. Food fasted nater -
a!, my appetite improved, my face look-
ed dear and Insight, and day by day as
I gained in bealth, so I pined in spir-
its. To -day 1 ant as sound,healthy, vig-
orous and well es Any num could be.
Dr, Hamilton's Pills aid it all."
Beware of the dealer that may try to
WI you an inferior pill to Dr. Hamil-
ton's, which are sure to help and cure.
Sold in yellow boxes, 20e box, All
dealers or The Catarrhozoue Co., King.
ston, Ont.
THE TALE OF THE SARDINE
The sardine has been honored with a
history, the writer being 110 less a per-
sonage than a member of the Societe
Acadernique, of Notes.
The sardine in the early days was
brought in in small boats. Then eame a
police ordinance In 1738 in the interest of
the poorer classes against the monopol-
ist. Owing to the police ordinance the
sardine was a Imam of livelihood to the
Bretons. joaepn CiOlin, 'whose mule is
still revered in Nantes, first prepared the
fish with oil. Iris venture was a grekt
success, end Ise heel many imitators.
In 1835 there was something like a
crisis in the sardine industry. 3fillet,
who was the chief curer, had his factory
iodicted as a nuisance, but the difficulty
was overcome by removing it from the
centre of the town to the shore. Al-
though the fame of the sardine was
firmly establisbed, it was only in 1865
that it received its apotheosis. Then it
was shown in the Paris Exhibition.
11,4
DIPLOMATIC HUSBAND.
Mrs. Max—Can't afford to let me go
to the seashore. Why not? My Ward
there wouldn't eost,much more than it
dorir,Ma
heire.x_i
admit that, my love; but
think of all the money I'd have te spend
entertaining myself in your absence.—
Boston Transcript.
,•••••••••••••••=1
St jortepte Levee, July 14, 1903.
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gentlemen,—I" was badly kicked by
my horse last May and after using sev-
eral preparations on my leg. nothing
would do. My leg was black its jet. I
was leid up. in bed for a fortnight and
could not walk. After using three bot-
tles of your MINARD'S LINIMENT I
was perfeetly cured, so that I could
start on the road.
MS. MBES,
Commercial Traveller.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(New York Press.)
Ws a short sermon that makes no
sneezing.
A man gets back from a family Menlo
with more horrorsto tell than If be were
home from the wars.
Maybe the reason a woman spends alt
her pocket money the minute she gets
It is she easn't any pockets.
The way to win a woman% undying
affection is to remark to her upon her
new gown when It Is made over.
Justwhat you really think of a man
who imagines you admire him wouldn't
more than what he
surprise film any
really thinks of you would surprise you.
4 • t
Minard's Liniment for sale
every-
where.
" • • •
A TERRIBLE DREAM
Her face is drown, her eyes are hag.
wird and sunken, and her expression is
that of a woman on the verge of ner-
Vous prostration.
"What in the world is wrong?" mks
the astonished friend. "T never saw any-
one look so terribly."
"It is all because of a terrible night-
mare I had lest night," explains the euf-
ferer. "It simply shattered myr nerves,
and although I know it was merely se
dream, still I cannot rid myself of its
effects. I dreamed 1 WM called upon the
expectedly to plan a dinner for ler. Wi-
ley, Dr, Woods Hutebison and lepton
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
;
THE POPE AND THE PIGMN.
The illness of the Pepe recalls to the
tendon Globe a story witieli went the
rounds at the time of the illness of Leo
XIII. Every day at a certain hair a
pigeon, After the manner of Ilottle.e &nee,
used to come to the study of the.pontiff,
who, no matter what the bulginess in
hand. Was, would go to the bird and teed
it. On the day that the Pope was see -
ed with his fatal ilinese the pigeon caMet
as Mal, but iellftd the windine, closed.
The bird flapped its wing against the
palm and then atm& the glass with its
beak. The Pope heard it and ordered
the Window to be opened and his eame-
tier to feed it. The bird -would not. eat,
but perched itself on the dying pontiff's
touch, and theer demonstrated ite de-
light at seeing its old friend and protee-
tote—New York Tribune,
Wigg—HelioI old man. 1 never flaw
you looking better. Wagg—Well, 1 do
feel In, prety mesa shape. You see, Pee
been too busy this summer to go away
for it rest.
LEFT HAND MUSIC)
Resmon for the composition of Pieeee
of that Nature
Piano Anode written for else hand may
strike the uninitiated as freakieb, but
there is eneugh of It to demand, Nome
explauation. These composition* are al
-
mot for the left hand, the meson given
by writer in the Etude being that the
right hand gets plenty te do in the
average piano piece, bat that the left
hand ot often comparatively idle.
Playere sometimes disable the right
hand and wrist with injedielone And eX-
ceseive practice. It is then that the
left hand pieee comes itt for its share
of attention. If one cannot present
one' e itelf to the exuding teaeber owing
to a lame right hand one need no lose
the lesson on that tteeount; hence the
necceeity of the lefthand pieee.
The question may be esked, is the
left hand piece needed as a teehnical
study? The answer given by the writer
is that it is not needed, if correct and,
adequate teehnical trainiug'is being pur-
sued. By adequate le meant the equal
training of hands, wrests and arms in
the same exereisee, the left liana doing
exactly the same things as the right.
Both bandit should be aisle to play trills,
scales, chords and octaves with equal
facility .and power,
11the player hem bed no suck founda-
tional trebling there may be a wide dif.,
ferenee between the facility of the two
hands. He may have played much 'salon
music, which 'usually requires far less
activity in the Jett hand than in the
right hand. In this event the mastery
of a few left-hand pieces will he of real
benefit. There is quitea list of Ow
positions of this character.
-ivia&ci
e5"
16
RELIGION AND SHORT RATIONS
"I suppose," said Collector Loeb. "that
in the past a good many people looked on
o striet observance of the customs lews
from a selfish and worldly point of
view. They are like Aunt Mary Persira.
Moos. •
"Aunt Mary called one day on the vil-
lage lawyer.
"'Well, old lady,' he said, 'what call
do for you?'
"'Ah wants to divorce man bus'
band,' ?aid Aunt Mary.
"'Divorce old Uncle Bile' tried the
lawyer. `Good gracious! Why?'
"'Beeause he's dune got religioeedat's
why.' said Aunt Mere-, 'an' we ain't had
a chicken on de table fo' six weeks,'"
WHAT MAN IS MADE OF
We all remember, probably, "what
little boys are made of, made of," but
it has taken a Etiropeen scieutlet quite
e. Nvhile to figure up what the average
man is made of, aud to state it in coin-
ineicial tents. Title averame man in
health, be finds, has the material tor
13 poumbi of tallow candles, one pound
of nails, earhon sufficient for 800 pen-
cil= skin to make bindings for 10 octavo
hooks, bone for 500 knife handles, 28
violin strings 20 teasponfuls of salt
and one pound of sager.
In the _market the evevage man would
fetch about 54.50, as raw, material, or
about three cents a pound live weight.
Ire is, therefore, says tee Pathfinder,
not worth half as much as the game
weight of pork.
'01*
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Spanking does not cure children of bed-
wetting. There is a constitutiOnal cause
for this trouble. Mrs. A% Summers, Box
W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will send tree to
any mother her successful home treat-
ment, with full instructions. Send no
money, but write her to -day if your
Children trOttble you In this way. Don't
blame the child, the chances are it can't
help It. This treatment also cures adults
end aged people troubled with urine dir-
ticutles by day or night,
AN IDEAL ARTESIAN BASIN.
This term is applied by C. E. Ste-
benthal, in Paper No. 240 of the
Hydrographio Department of the
'United States Geological Sureey, to
the San Lola Valley in Southern
Califotnia,, Its length, north and
south, is about 150 miles, and its
greatest width about 50 miles. Al-
though the streatns that flow down
into it from the bordering mopntains
tileappear as soon tI6 they reach the
alluvial elope, there is tut abundance
of water underground contetioed in
beds of fine sand varying from one
foot to 20 feet in thickneee, and sep-
arated by beds ef blue clay from one
foot to *several hundred feet thick.
No last than 3,234 welle already ex -
fat capable of irrigating 26,000 acres.
Minard% Liniment Cutts leurtis, Etc.
STRA I GHT ADV I OE.
A eorrespendent Who ha1t just
been nmeh enWrteined by the etories
lawyers have told 113 ill thie irtlditt
frosn his Own experience:
A farmer friend of mine went to
an attorney at the eonntry. Lea, put
before him the canoe orhas dieputee
and staked hint if he would handle
the ettger.
"1 ellettld be glad toe" replied the
lawyer. "We are *etre to win it
"So yeu really think I have it
pod eaeel' '
"Why, it'e aeinele Its dead open
and shut. I tan guarantee that I'll
get a verdict ;.11 your fever."
'justly or by triekery?"
"Seetly runt equitably, air. YOu
can't lose."
"Thank you for your nilViee,
ain't vitt' to law this time. I've jost
given you the other eide of the ease,
an' sinite you're ea sure, it'll win I'd
better drop it. Theitke jest the Mune.
flood merning!"--Cleveland Plain
Desteler,
are new and entirely different Imm ordinEy preparations. They accomplieh
their purpoee without disturbing the rest of the system, end are therefore the
Ideal laxative for the nursing mother. es they cia not affoot tho child.
Compoundedlike all NA.DRU,CO preparetleue, by expert chemists, If
unsatisfaatery we'll gladly retnre your money,
23c. & box, It your dreggtst hae not yet stocked them, send 2$0, aud we
will mail them.
National I)roir smi Liic4 Corepsny at Goads. &halted. •P quilted.
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EDDY'S KITCHEN -WARE
Ideal in Every Way for the Various Needs
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These utensils are light and durable, have
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water, milk or other liquids Alla are imper-
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LATE INVENTIONS.
Art electric meter has been Invented
for measuring the flow of steam an
pipes.
Artifielal wood for matehes made
from straw, has been inVented. by a
Freneinnan.
To a 'Massachusetts man has been
vented a patent for a neleetrie lamp
and reflector for inspecting the inside of
shoes.
In Prance there has been invented a
flourless bread -making machine that
transferms the while wheat into dough.
A. swiveled clamp by whieli a homel
may be fastened ot a bottle to leave
one hand free when liquids are poured
is a Californian's invention.
' The bottom and sides separate and
can.be adjusted to any size desired in a
baking pan invented by a Pennsylvan-
ianA' barrel-shaped packing ease that has
been patented by an Illinois luau eau
be folded for transportation when empty
an used many times.
A Pe-nnsylvanian has equipped the
•
head of a piano tuning hammer with a
retchet so thee it will riot have to be
lifted from a peg every time it is
A ,Californie inventor's wave power
inotor consists of a small truek with a
broad tail. A wave, striking the tail,
puShes the affair up a trakc and a pis.
ton in the head of the truck compres-ses
air in a eyliader.
Welt Well!
THIS Is a HOME DYE
III That MAYON E
can use
IF 1 dged ALL fhese
\ DI FFERENT KINDS
of Goods
with the SAME Dye.
r7-1 used
CLEAN and SIMPLE to Use.
NO chance o fusing the WRONG Dye for the Goods
one has to colOr. All colors from your Druggist or
Dealer. FREE Color Card and STORY Booklet 10,
Tito Johnsonalchardson Co., Limited, Montreal,
CHOOSING A KITTEN.
They said. "Now choose •whieli you
to keep:"
And they meant
know.
WiSti the mother would go to sleep,
And not sit tnere and stare at me so—
She heard, and she understands, 1 know
I suppose they think that It takes too
much milk,
And meat, and things to feed all four,
The darlings! They're just as soft as silk.
Now the folks might fuss if there had
been more,
But It's such a few kittens, only four'
Sball t keep the oue who is saying
"Please!"
Or that funny one, who is just half
black?
Or the one with the stockings up to his
knees?
And patches all the way down his bank,
And his little ears, finished off with
black?
Or the dear little white one, over there.
'Who does not seem to suspect at all?
At least, if she does, she does not care,
For she's actually playing with it bail!
I cahoot choose—I must keep them all!
want
to drown the rest, I
Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia
RE00110 FOR SIZE
Senator La Follette, hintself one of
the directest of speakers, has a natural
horror of soteclies of the rambling, bor-
ing kind.
In a reeent seesion 4 certain Senator,
after elaborating in a speeeli of two
hours astatement that would have been
better made in a speech of two min-
utes concluded:
"And that's the situation, gentlemen,
in a nutshell."
"Gracious," said Senator La Follette,
sotto voiee, "nliat a
ISSUE NO. 88, 1911
AGENTS WANTED.
L3..
LINE FOREVERY HOME —
Write us for our choice list of
agents' supplies, We have the greatest
agency proposition in Canada to -day.
No outlay necessary. A.pplY R. C. L
226 Albert street, Ottawa,
WEN
ANTED, RPRESETATIVEs OF
Tv either sex, locally, on blg Holiday
Inducements; sell at sight; $2 per daY
and cormniesion; experience unnecessary.
a, I,. Nichols co., Limited, Toronto,
0.11•11•Maill.01..•11•MOn ..esousonagoLVOism.s.4
Every Woman
is interested and should know
about the wonderful
MARVEL Whirling Spray
The new Vaitinitt Syringe. Best
—Most convenient. It cleanses
instsntly. Ask you
dnsggist for
If he cannot supply the
MARVEL secopt no other,
but send Stamp tor illustrated
book—sealed. It gives fait panic,
niers anddirections invaluable to lsdlet
WINDSOR SUPPLY CO..
Windsor., Oat. General Agents for Cam,
CARE OF GOLDFISH.
Editor, --Will you please tell me
how I can keep my gold fish alive?
I have had two lots and all have
died, in. spite Of good care,
MRS.. L. W. A.
Have pure water, well water if you
can get it, and change the water in
the globe once a week. Alvvaere keep
a bunch of mass itt your globe, as
the fish like to nibble it and it
keeps the water sweet. Give the Belt
a_ealt bath once a. week, which keepe
them in good health. Use one tea-
epoonful of salt to one quart of water
and keep the fish in it 15 minutes.
Once a day feed thein with prepared
fish food. Tf you follow these rules
you will have no trouble. Many gold
net are killed by too =oh atten-
tion,'
ts • 4.
SEPTEMBER
How did you shake J. P.?
You do look mighty good to us.
We had almost forgotten bow sun-
ehine looks.
Do be bountiful with Nature's gifts.
Let us have good measure "pressed
you!
.y*ou may reduce the
for
you "have come into the
ediAsII(1114‘tgt'71°Ilediod°111.1o'fac'll°ttibill ooegyr. this very purpose.
There's one blot on your 'scutcheon,
though—hunters use you as an excuse
for shooting our feathered friends.
HOW DAYTON LADIES CURE
TREIR COEN.PINCHED TOES,
Mies M. Lukey, of Zeno, avenue, Day-
ton, Ohio, writes:: "Before tieing Put.
emu's Painless Corn Extractor" I. was -
quite laid up with corns, and could not
even steed the pressure of a loosely but
tnned shoe. I epplied Putnenfe "Ex-
tractor," and in a very few hours obtain.
ed relief. le. a miraculously short time
I was completely cured. r take pleasure
itt recommending ybur Putnam's to my
friends." All druggists sett Putnam's
Corn Extraelor in 25e bottles.
CONSOLATIONS OF THE POOR .
"We must always look on the bright
side," said Mayor errice, of Fort Wayne,
discussing a party setback with the In.
dianapolis Star. "We must all take a
leseon from Hiram Husk,
"Hi Husk, you know, visited Long 'Is-
land, and had his pocket picked at a
side show.
"'I should think,' his wife sneered, on
his return home, `thatyou'd have a pur-
ty poor opinion of Coney arter twin'
robbed of your purse like that!'
"'Yes, that's right,' said Husk, 'but I
come out better'n some folks did. Why,
Maria, the old banker's ward in the
piece, beautiful Thais, had all her jools
swiped, and then the banker's wife
throwed vitrol in his face durize the
same act I hadeny wallet stolen."
It isn't always the fellows with tke
broadest shoulderwho carry ott the
honors.
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