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THE'$EAFORTH NEWS.
THURS'DAY, NOVEMBER 9,'1933.
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!Anunda Bye had borne him two
5000 and a daughter, of which Tata'(
was the first-born. The others had
followed, and had died successively
when giving promise of healthy child-
hood. In vain had the parents made
pilgrimages to the shrines in 'the Dok-
han after the death o1 the last son,
and to Benares also, to propitiate Siva
in his holiest of temples, and had
from time to time .remitted propitia-
tory gifts to his shrine—n0 further
otfepring followed., An heir was not
only desirable for the property, which
in default 'of arc, meetdevolve upon
a very distant relative—hut, in a high
er degree. for the, performance of
those ceremonies for himself and his
familyafter death, which could only
be effectual from a son, real or adopt -
Often had 'Anunda urged hint to
marry again,and assured him of her
love and protection to a young vette,
as a mother or elder sister; and she
'had even panned several parties of
good family who would have 'consid-
ered an alliance with the tShastree a
poeitive honour. \Vhy should he not
marry He was yet comparatively
young: hien older than himself' had
married twice, nay thrice, or till the
ebjeet of thein desire was accomplish-
ed, Whyshould he not do the same?
Wee he too old at forty, nay , even
less? So urged his wife and his best
Yet the Shastree had no consented.
Th< fact was, he loved Anunda very
dear:y; she had been a good and true
wife to him. He feared, too, a certain
imperious 'tate of temper which he
e.,el i control, but which, in .contact
with a second auil younger wife,
aright change to ,jealousy. and become
bt say the least, inconvenient. Or, if
be shade new connections 'there would.
he the usual tribe tef new relations to
,:.rmide for, or to trouble him with
importunate demands. On the whole,
it might be better to adopt a son of
thatdistant cousin who lived at Nas-
sel:, and bring him up as his own. ,In
any farm, his necessity was argent,
and Anunda grew more .and more
earnest about the matter. and had ev-
en induced Tara to join in it.
"If you had a son," she w•ouid say
to her 'husband, he w'oul'd be a young
man before you were old. Even if you
died, 'he property would descend to
'hint, and the ceremonies would 'he
'properly performer(. If you grew old,
,and d were with you, he would take
care of es and Tara. Who will do this
Yes, the echo in his heart was sad
enough. Who -would do en? There
might be two widows; perhaps, moth-
er" and daughter, both left to the mer
cies of distant relatives who had no
personal knowledge of there. and to
whom they would he as ordinary wi-
dews einly, no [natter what amount of
pro'perty they hadbrought with then:
—shaven, dressed. in the coarsest and
scantiest raiment, and used for men-
ial (rices --perhaps worse, Yes! t'he
echo --•'n ho 'would do so?" ---often as
„ ;acre saifl ' fell heavily on
tete , ds >
tilt a ,tree'- heart; and recently he
had fedi his wife ilhat--'he would
think about i iE his life were spared
r another year, until after the next
ursr v .rable conjunct .!rt of the plan-
ets' "he ,would 'think about it"; and
(hoot,, math int making aty for-
t
r
-
a prt , itnt, was yet collecting
in;':rmation a• tr, the appearance, chic=
mete,. property, and accomplishments
or in:tny girls in, the neighborhood,
and. 10 shot, wherever she had any
acquaintance.
:,Leet heavily, however, of all don-
o
es,tc care did tete situation of his
daughter oppress the Shastree. She.
was groavinc't very beautiful; in his
eyes, supremely .o, So (:incl, too, so
losing, Si th'ough'tful, so unselfish, so
clever a scholar! She might have been
a happy wife—ere this, perhaps, a hap-
py mother—yet at sixteen shew•as -a
willow- 'witlt,a p1tsr 11) iuture[:.n01 felt.
as yet; for the girl had grown up with
him, had shared his studies. and had in
all respect:e so entirely 1, enjoyed her
young and "peaceful life, that any
thought of change 'had never occurred
to her.
-�. Yes,,, it. was 'trete—quite true. ,Tara
hersel£'']ntew it to''be true, and .ofte'n
Ln ed it, [What bad she before her but
a dreary •widowhood? W'hy should 'She
`i
s '
yet one osteo ably livediu
3 as v.
the "world, and yet did not belong` to
t ?Tor vrhon was she to dress herself
and to 'braid 'her. hair Leery day? For
ehona Bleck herself in jewels? !She, did
a'ot remem'beu•,I'11er 'husband ISO as to
1 egret his unenxory, 'She had had no
love forhim. T1arried 50 es child, she
had seen him ''Cut a few= times alter-
carde, when he came to perform need -
"til annual ceremonies in the h'ou'se,
trod she had then looked up to ,him
vith awe, fade had rarely spoken 10 l'wr,
'or she was :Still a child when he 'died.
Once she remembered, When he 'setas
on a visit, her father had made her
recite'Sans'crit verses' to '!him, and 'read
and exlpound portion o'f the IB'Ih'ugwat
G;seta, and had. said in 'j'oke `that she
would be a 'better !Pundit th'ain lie was,
!Sloe remembered this incident bet-
ter than any other, and soon after its
occurrence he head died. .Now she felt
that, had 'he lived, she ,might have 'lov-
ed 'h'im, and the reproach Of w'idow-
hoo'd would not have belonged to 'her,
These thoughts welted up often from
her heart with grief, and yearning only
known; to herself, ,and as yet '01 ly 'half
admitted; yet wh'ic'h .increased'shnsiibly
with tiane, and recurred, 'too, more
frequently ,and painfully, as girls who
'had already taken their places in life—
met her at the temple 'wit'h laughing
crowing children on their hips, pron.('
of `thsir young maternity: or .came to
visit her, and spoke of domestic mat
tens commonly — interests which she.
could never create er enjoy, and ye
for which the natural yearning was
ever present.
"\V'hy did he go from me?" sh
would cry 'to (herself, often with low
moaning; "why leave me alone? 'Why
did they not ,hake ane Sutee 'with hint.
Could I not even now be 'burned, .ane
go to 'him?" 'And if 'these thought
changed, it was to the idea of a new
wife for her father, who. perhaps
would he as a sister. I'1 a brother w-er
born, what a new source of ,pleasan
care and occupation' Yet this had it'
dark side also. 'Would she be 'hriend'ly
to her and her another? and if not '
Fler father and mother observe(
when gloomy thoughts beset 'her, and
when she 'became excitable and nery
0us in her manner, and they did their
best to cheer them away, "She nigh
yet be 'Nappy tin doing charitable acts,'
they said, "in reading holy books, it•
meditation, in pilgrimages; and tloey
would go Wit'h her to Benares and 110
there," "\Vhy not," the 'Shastree, would
say; "why not, daughter ? We have
but thee, and 'thou hast only us; i
will 'be good 'to live and die in th
holy city."
RVell, it sufficed for the time, aid
there were intervals when 'people's
tongues were quiet, and these were
happy days <because so, tranquil, fond
Tara had given herself and her destine
into her father's 'hands.
"Do with me as thou wilt, 0 .father,"
she said;: "what is good to 'thec is beet
for 1110; but coo not risk anything os
thy Honoured 'name for one so hope-
less as 'I ata, 'Why Should '1 he a titoak-
ery to myself?.'It may cost hue'; a ping
10 part with all these;" and she would
pass her hand through those long,
glossy, curling tresses; '`ancl ye :too
will grieve to see then gone, and you;
poor Tara shaved and degraded; but
there is no 'help` for it, and the honour
of your house is more to your daugh
'ter fhas these garments. \Vi'thout them
'1 should be a comfort to ye, and . at
peace with the world arvd'wi'lt myself;
with thein, only a source 'of disgrace
and calumny. and I were (fetter, rlead,
Yes, let ons go to Benares, to Nassule—
anywhere—so that 'I leave illy shade
!behind;me,"
ti that 'poor, strugglingheart were
laid open, seas there ,nothing its its
depths which, as she spoke it, com-
bated this resolve fiercely and unremit-
tingly?-'T'f it had, not been so, .sin
would Have been mare than lie man,
T,scre 50 as the 'natural repugnant dread
1 g e.t d
of this disfigurement and disgrace,
l\'otse, far worse; the endurance of th(•
e 1.110 life u: childless 'barren
widowhood' cif which she knew amI
aw daily
earl examples.She knew 01
the ; hitter experience p e of such crtdows,
when all m sdest retirement, respect
and honour of virgin or married lift
wise discarded with thet:'ceremonial
rites,' and men's insult anti yeomen's
contempt Laok.t_her place: and that
train this there was n0 refuge till
death.
She had been married at 010 earl)
age, according to the customs of Ise
sect—sw'hen, indeed, she was 'littl
more than six years old—to a youth;
the son '•of,a friend, w'ho was one of
the chief priest's,of the temple of
Pu'nclerpoor, a lucrative oDfice, and
one which would ,devolve upon his
son by hereditary right. The family
was opulent, and the young man gave
promise of learning and ,oil character,
No matter now; be sons dead. Three
years after the marriage the had beep
cut off suddenly by a fever, to the
grief of "his family and to the ex
tinction of the IShasstree's hopes for
his "daughter. Since then, with no fur-
ther worldly 'hope before 'herr, Tars
had betaken 'herself to the study of
the holy books in which her father
delighted; and, doomed as 'it were to
a life of celibacy, ,had vowed it to the
performance of religions exercises
after themanner of 'ter faith.
qt was unusual then, 'that Brahanun
girls were taught to read or write—
more so than it is now; and in accor-
dance with the rales of t'he sect and
the customs of the country, Tara, had
her husband lived, would ere ,1055
have joined "hint, ,and become mistress
of his, 'household—a sufficient distinc-
tion for a Brahtintii girl; but before
that . event, the ap;p'lication o'f ,the
child to such rudimental teaching as
her father, had given her was remark-
able, that in process of years 'the con-
ventional rules of the 'caste. 'had Cees
set aside, and it was a loving and
grateful task of the father to :lead 'Isis
inido'ved daughter through the diffi-
enit mazes of Sanscrit lore, and find
in hers an intellect and compreloen-
Sion little short of bis own,
\tar,i• of his friends s'hruggod (heir
shoulders at this strange innovali'on
of ordinary custom, and argued
astutely, that it was a dangerous
thins to fill a girl's mind with learn-
ing, Others, ,his enemies(' were loud
in :heir condemnation of, the preced-
ent it would afford to man'l', and the
bad uses it could -be „put to; 'and fn
disputes' upon the subject, texts were
hurled at the Shastree by angry par-
ties, to be answered, however, by ap-
,-
'aeas to ancient times, as illustrated by
1101)' books, when women -were deer)
scholars and emulated the 'men; and
so Tara's desultory educationwent ;on,
"After all, what does it matter? said
her father very 'frequently, 1f hard
pressed by caste clamour; "she does
not belong to the world now:'Cod 'has
seen it good to cut off her' hopes: She
has devoted herself.'ta a religious life,
and 1 ani teachingher and ,preparing
her for it."
But this did not satisfy the adverse
Putouts, still Jess the fact that Tara as
yet wore ordinary clothes, and her
headas yet had not been Shaved. The
degradation of !Brahmun widowhood
had not been put on her; and she w'as
too ''beautiful to escape notice, or the
envious comments of others, both
afire and female. eche mites of 'widow-
hood msst be performed some time
or other, Her father and mother both
hntoe that; they would have to talc;
her to ;Punderpoar; or to "Benares,
or
a
t.r N -suk, „r other holy city, andaf-
'c, carton _I e'f;)rirafication all i 1 that
het—Hite; lta:r must be cut off and 'bunt-
ed,
e•I the pretty clic:etc bodice !discard-
ed, and she must be wrapped, ever af-
ter in a coarse white co iton—or sulk -
5' i ,'filler - s'heet, and all other
a
xc..ce r,f rcery kind 0r'Cbl oL tr
be un-
known to her.
\hl it seamed cruel
to disfigure that
sweet lace which t Inch they 'had looked
opon since site was a child ; and had
,vatcherl in all itscgrowfrS y 'beaut 1
hey other less pure, less powerful
r:arenis, w'anh1 long ago haves been oh -
ivied to campy :with those
CCL] C, cue,
tom;; and were 'they not : performed
every day at the temple itself? ''Why
should the rite he de'1'a yed. ?'l`
said
many; "tine girl is too handsome;si e
1
will" be a scandal to the caste.,'T'he ex
cuses'of going 'to'Benares,
qr; to Nes-
silk, are mare devices to gain time, and
-fate(." The matter must be ,roti
ted'
' 0 the :Shast ee. him,self,`;'and Iia 'must
he publicly urged and warned to re
move the Scandal 'from, his 'house .and'
from the sect, which 'had been grow-
ing worse day by day for the last three
w,h,o- onnld love a widow? ,And yet
he,ck'eants came nevertheless, and her
lour heart stifle red tera+i'b'!y in 'these
contests with its necessity, After ill
t was snore the calmness of'despair
than conviction of higher 111011vc'w'hielh
'x-otnelia lhelliips ward's such: as we
10110e recorded: --"she would leave ,her
shame behind her,"
!Blit her parents did usot go, and the
rites were deferred indefinitely. Last
year They were Ito have gone do'lN'assuk
for the purpose to 'their relatives; but
tlie,planets were not propitious, or the
business of the temple tinct its cere-
monies interfered alms year, when the
coed e55ason was nearly over, in the
spring, at the Reestmalt'festival, if the
conlj'Lanett otis '0 ere fa'vomall/ le, "they
would see about it," They did :not get
over the--"ii,"y
So here 'were 'the two great cares 'of
the house'hold, 'Which was the heavi-
est? To the IShastree, dertait ly, Tara's
cereanony of widowhood. ILis own
marriage 'was a thing which 'concerned
himself only, anid, at the worst, he
could adopt an heir; but that Tar
should be at reproach to 'him, the re
'cred Shastree and 'priest, and remail
a repa•.oa'ch 'among women -it :could 110
be, The caste were be'conning urgent
and the 'Gooroo, or spiritual prince
the "Shenker 'Bdiai•teo :Swami," tvltos
agents travelled about enforcing dis
cipline and reporting moral .and cere
noon ial transgressions, sent 'lupi w'ord
privately and kindly, 'that the matte
should not be delayed. Ile quite ap
proved of the ceremony lacing perform:
ed at 'Benares or at Nassuk, out o
sight, for the odd mean knew Tara
—
knew her sad hidtony, ,and admired Ise
learning and perseverance in study. !A
Isis last visit, two years 'before,' he ha
put up in the IShastree's house, an
had treated the girl as his daughter
but She .requirements ,of the caste ♦ver,
absolute, and' were she 'his own daugh
ter he dared not to have hesitated.
But we have made a long digression
"Come slaughter," said Anun d a
"east that sheet about thy 'head, I
strikes ane that meat look at thee to
earnestly 'now as we pass the bazaa
and the morning air is chill from th
night rain.
'Nay, dear mother, 5101 so. Ana I
Toorki woman to veil my face?" sai
Tara, 'quickly. "Ann 'I ashamed of it
:ort thou, mother?"
'If thou went not so beautiful, Tara
I dread men's evil eyes on thee, m
child, and iI dread men's tongue
More."
"Ah, mother! I dread neither, re
plied' the girl, "They have done then
harm as yet, and if my 'heart is Our
and 'settee' 'before IGod and 'the Holy
14'other, she will protect me, !She lia
told 4115 so often,' and 'I-' believe it
Come—'I t'hink—I think," she added
w-itdian eseited 'manner,' as she 'claspe
'her heavy gold zone about her waist
tier bosom heavi'ng,capicdiy 'beneath th
silken folds over it, and heir eyes glow
ingstrangely, "I think, mother, sh
came to me 'last night in my, ;dream
,She was very beautiful, 0 very beauti
fu1 1 'She took 'hold of my hair, ' an
said, "Serve. me, .,Cara:I' will keep i
for thee.' "
"Tara' art thou dreaming still?" ex-
claimed Anunda. "`Holy Mother( -who
light is in thine eyes? ,Put'the thought
!tar from thee, 0 clearest; it is but .th
echo of what thy Sather. said last night
when'' he Cauifarted us 'both—it will
pass away.":
"Perhaps so, mother," answered the
girl, abstractedly, "Yet it seemed so
real,'I thick 1 feel the touch on my
hair still: •1 'looked at it when Is rose,
and 'combed !tout, but saw nothing.
'Yes, it will pass away= — everything
passes away." :..
"Arid what was she like. Tara?" ask-
ed her mother, unable to repress her
curiosity,
"0 mother, I was almost toci� daz-
zled to see. I am even 110W dazzled,
and if I shut my eyes the vision,is
there. 1 here!'," cried the girl, closing
her eyes and pointing forward, "`there,
as T saw iL' I The features' are the
sane; she is small, shining. Iilec eilvcr,
and her eyes glowing, but not with red
Are like those in Ilse temple. 0 mother,
elle is gone!" etc continued, after a
pause:' she is .gone, and I cannot de-
scribe 'her."
"'Didst thou of tell this to him. --to thy
father, para?" asked her mother, much
excited,
"Yes, mother: T awoke 'before hint
omit maid ,not sleep again. 'T got sip
•m'1 dig, water , hint to bathe.. 1
,.n f ,
1.1 the fin, and satdt+trig o read,
t
Ther;] !la went and 'Is theil; and 'whet,
he had conte out of the temple (most
Bra'hrnuns perform their, early morning
wors'hio after. bathing in`' cold water,
and :trill their garments' still wet) and
put 'on dry clothes, I read mart: of the
\When ,,he shuddered at these truths
,i:ey were no delusions, and her "sou;
rebelled agatnet than --some ideal
be-
tningling'his.life with hers,'caress-
ing the beauty she ,was conscious 'of
pcssessin.g, would .resen.
p t huntself, in
dreamy visions, waking or sleeping,
and 'beset her in. terribly ,secluctive con-
trasts. The very hooks; she read 'of-
fered such to lies imagination "There
svcrc na demigods now, no heroes
fighting for the ,glor of -,His lsi h
Y c is n, as
related : in the Ranayun; but there
were idea'. examples .of .mobil'
t sty:: -0f
bravery, -of beauty, which
enthrilled
:her fancy; and 'loch it rto; moi=.
tray to her
realities. Yet there was no reality, told
could he none, She had not seen any
one to love, and s et•er could see any
one. 'Who would ;care for her—a widow
Dtsorga, Katee, or lBhowani, :the wife
sif ,Siva, once slew `a frighttrs1 gianLt.
named 'Ntttheeh t, having the Iscad of ii
wild - buffalo, to the great relief of
the people who suffered front its
existence; and IFlindais . getterally be-
lieve that this event tool. p'l'ace at
Tool'jiuoaor in the IDck'hau. Tooff a is
another manic for Bho'wan or 1Callee,.
,and hence 'Toolljapoor —The city of
T'oo=lsa, (After the monster ;was slain,
and the presence of !the godcleds was
nolongerrequired on earth,' she left
the 'form she had a'p'peared its as wit-
ness of uliat had been done, changed.
it to stone, and it was in after years
discovered in the ravine where the
monster 'heel. been slain,
The image still remains where it is
alleged to.h'ave'been first found, and
where certain minacudouls indications
o!f its presence were made. A temple
was (milt over it, ,and..a town gradual-
ily gathered round the 'temple, which
became 'famous throughout India, .and
is frequented 'by pilgrims from. all
iguarters. It is' now the idol w'ors'hip -
!pod there, and is 'a figure 'of 'black
marb'le, or perh'a'ps basalt, highly
polished,. s'nnall, ibtit of ''elegant .pro-
portions, with features of the pure
'Hindu type. The eyes are composed
of lanae uncut rubies; and, as the
image stands upon its altar, clothed in
a waomace,s garments, in the small darl-
satinctnm of the temple, They 'have 'al-
ways a strange, weird, and, to the
worshippers, a !fascinating appe,aratice,
g'littering through 'the. ,gloom, and
smoke Of l,anfps and incense always
'burning,
The temple ig.'a very picturesque
object, from. its situation, fu a deep
glen, the bottom o'f which is 'nearly
'filled by it, (P'i'ous worshippers, and
votaries from time to time, have'en
ricked it by 'buildings and counts sur
rounded by'cloisters, ascencling one
above theother, connected 'by flight
of steps: and in these courts are 500
era' cisterns, filled from springs in
the sides of the 'hill, One of them,
peculiarly cooed, as 'believed to comae
0 front tile Ganges, gushes "from a
e,1 colt's mount carved in the rock, and
enters n large ,basin and reservoir:
[ and in all 'these cisterns pilgrims to
a the shrine, both male and 'female,
d; must bathe before they care 'worship
?'the image. Cravded by these pilgrims
from all parts of 'India, of various
colours and physiognomies, langu-
ages and costumes, sten and wattle',
---bathing, ascending or descending
the broad flights of steps, ,pouring in -
Ito the 'lo'w'er courts in dense throngs,
0
.chanting mystic adorations, and sing-
e ing hymns; in different languages and
, accents; it is :impossible 'to conceive
s a more picturesque or exciting 'scene
.than they present on occasions of pat
titular 'fesitivals,: or, in general, on the
c� day of ,the 'full moor of every moist(
The town of Toolja'p'oor adjoins
al the- temple ,walls on three sides, and
_i.ascen'ds ':'front them—the terrace C
c: 'houses clinging, es it were, to ledges
1 of ,the rugged glen -on the north an
south, On the east, tlsa ascent is more
1 regular ; and the principal street
t slopes from the crest of the table-
land down'to the !first flight of Step
leading to the first court,' and 'thence
t,doav'n ,successive' (lights of steps
through other 'courts, to the lati•cst
C' which is the largest,' ,and ill which
'stands the 'principal shrine, surround.
led by cloisters and other buildings
Large taniarinc, ,peepul, ,and - othe
trees, have grown accidentally'antong
the cliffs around, or have been planted
in The ,courts, and 'have flourishec
ikindly, affording grateful` shade; so
'the result, in the mingling of foliage
' and buildings of many styles 'in '!the
'temple—surrounded by the rugger
sides of the .ravine, occasionally preci
pitous:—abed the terraced 'houses .tem
pies, and ,ther buildings o'f the tows
!above thein—,is remarkably pictures
que, and even 'beautiful,
The temple ravine .opens into'nnoth
er of large dimens'ions, which, its the
form of an irredulai• semicircle, is per
'.haps a utile long by nearly ]half of a.
mile at the broadest part of the diem
eter, narrowing to its mouth. It is
called the ;Ramo Dune, ' and opens ;gra-
dually beyond the 'hills, upon one 0
the great undulating plains of the
neither!. To the north, the lai-,pc .rayt-
?'te presents elle appearance of an am-
'phithca.te,n:i, '
h-'preci'pit0tts-°sidrs
From which, in 0151113• s•cather, n Limn-
bei-
of small but lofty cascades des-
cend from the lablehead above, and
farm the head of .a small river -which
1 eventually falls into the 13hecli a.
The hills :.:which ,bound the ravine
'are about four hundred feet high, and
are, in fact, the edge of a eery exten-
sive plateau called' the Bali' Ghent,
which extends nearly a 'hundred miles
with only a ;slight descent, towards the.
east; ancd, after ascending to 1ls town
Of 'Tooljapoor from the ravine, a flat
plain is the road by which the ascent
is 'made 'Etat precipitncs sides, 'eat-
ing a level plain of a few hundred
yards in wid'th between- the town\ and
the declivity.
Ou the edge of this precipitous side
to the south, arc Iwo Other temples,
also holy. One, a tall octagon',build-
ing, now covers the :rock 'on which the
goddess is stated 'to have alighted from
heaven When she came to engage the
'nonster in the adjoining ravine; an
the ,other, a little,furtIser on, and much
more ancient, is situated at, and en -
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Medical
DR. H. HUGH. RO'SIS, Physician
and Surgeon. Late of London Hos-
pital, London, England. Special
attention to diseases of the eye, coax,
nose and throat. Office and. rains-
cleitce behind Dominion Bank, O4I t e
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, Ind' Monday le
Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104.
•
y
Geeta' to Ishii,' but T' at -as irentbltn
aryl he` thong --111 iT was cold Gradually
T told
"And what said he, daughter? ask-
ed her'mother' ieterru pti
' 1 ting her.
H'e seemed troubled, mother,' and
yet glad, I could not say which, 'T -Ie
said ise would ask 'the 'Mo'ther' after
the morning hymn was mice,"
"Come then. Tara, we evil( go at
mrce. Nay, girl, as thou art, . thy
words have given me sores �th
„earl; come," g nay
C'HAPTER 111.
The IPoorams relate That the goddess
DR. F. ;J. BURROWS, Seaforth.
Office and residence; Godec,ic'h street,.
east of the .United Church. Coroner
for the County of Huron. Telephone
No. 46,
DR. F. J. R. FO'RISTER-,Eye, Eno
Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medi-
cine, U'n'iversity of Toronto:` 1897.
Late Assistant New York Op'hthal-
mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye, and Golden Square throat hospi-
tals, London, Enggland. At Comas,
ercial IHotel, ;Seaforth, 3rd Monday dm,
each month, from 11 a,m. to 3 p.m.
DIR, W. C. SPRO'AIT.-Graduate of
'Faculty of Medicine, University of
Western Ontario, London. Mem'bar
of College of Physicians and Star••
geons of Ontario. Office in rear of
Aberhart's drug store, Seaforth.
Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p.nt., 7.30
-9 p.m, Other hours by appointment,
Dental '
DR. J, A. MUN'N, Successor to.
Dr. R. 12. Ross, graduate of North-
western University, Chicago, I11. Li-
centiate Royal College of Dental Sox-
geons, Toronto. Office over Sipa`
hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone
151.
DR. F. J. •B'ECHtELY, graduate
Royal College of Dental Surgeons,
Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's
grocery, Main St., Seaforth, Phones,
office 185W,' residence 1855.
Auctioneer.
GEORGIE ELLIOTT, Licensed
Auctioneer for the County of Huroa.
'Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News. Charges
`moderate and satisfaction guranteed,
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REAL ESTATE
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(Succssors .to James 'Watson)
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Companies,
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OFFI CE'RS
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AGENTS:
W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John
Murray, R. R. 3, Seaforth; E. R. G.
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DIR.ECTORS:
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g
Leonlnardt Brocihagen; James 'Con-
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3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Myth;
y ,
George McCartney, No. 3, Scalar -the.
John Pepper, .Bruceftelcl;'James Shot -
dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan, o
N , 5„�.
Seaforth.
Parties desirous to effect instlnanct
or transact other business '
will . be
promptl attended Y to b
applications
y'
to any of the above ltatfued officers ad-
dressed to their respective p vie poi"
offices.
'closes the head of a spring which' fills,
1 cistern, ,as it trickles clown the' pre
.cipice at all seasons of the year. This
s .also a sacred place and is called the
'Pap -era's" or "the sin-destroyer;"and
1 Ise legend says that tette goddess bath-
ed in this spring, anct washed fhe mai-
Steles blood from her hands, after she
Thad slain lain]; so, it is held 'sacred,
!Continued Next Week
Tt !W'il'l !R,elieve a'- Cold, -Collis are
the commonest ailm'ents of mankind`
a.n'd if neglected May lead to serious
conditions, Dr. Thomas' Eclec'tric
it will relieve 'the bmoilciln'iall passages
oD inlflamma tip,' speedily ,and thor-
oughly 0175' wills'tr '
eivgtthcn them .• a•
gainst su'bse'quent attack, !And as it
cases eh'e iisilatah''11ta'tiofn'it will usually
stop the cough because it allays the -
irritation in the throat. Try it wad'
prove it.