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01111S.B SEDI IU~ PRISONS
CR1SLY SPECTRES W'6IEIICR
;IATI T SOME GAOLS.
„Awful lues of all Over -Zealous
`tinsel in Portland, Eng-
land, Prison..
If there' is any building which
*tight to be haunted, surely it is
a prison. Such a plane fairly reeks
with tragedy, and there is not one
of aur 'great "gaols which has not
its stories of murders and suicides
committed within its walls, says
Pearson's Weekly.
One of the grimiest of prison
tragedies occurred a good many
years ago at Portland. In those
days prisoners were not treated
with the care and consideration
shown in this twentieth century.
One warder there was at that
period who had gained an evil no-
toriety by his overdone devotion
to discipline. His zeal was approv-
ed by his superiors, and ane day
came the news that he was to be
promoted to principal warder. On
the night of the, very day when the
news came he was on duty when,
looking through the peep -hole in-
to a cell, he saw the occupant ap-
parently hanging to the window
bars. Of course, he rushed in
The figure was a dummy one, the
convict, one who beef previously
suffered at the warder's hands,
was hiding behind the door armed
with a cobbler's knife which he
had stolen from a workshop.
STEALING ALONG C'ORatih.)OR.
Before the warder could draw
his truncheon the keen blade was
buried in his back,. and when help
came they found hem laying on the
floor, literally hacked to pieces,
while the convict, a gibbering lu-
natic, grinned over the body of
his victim.
A man who recently completed a
five years' sentence in Portland
says that t.o this day the murdered
man may be seen at night., stealing
softly along the corridor and van-
ishing silently into the cell' where
he met his awful end.
Last April there was a terrible
scare in Maryborough, one of the
Irish convict prisons. A Scotsman
named Grant had been sentenced
to death for the murder of a w+P
man in Dublizt, but the Lord Lieut-
enant commuted the sentence to
penal servitude for life.
Grant had only been in Miry -
borough a few weeks when, one
night, the warders on night duty
heard fearful shrieks ,coming from
his c.e11. Rushing in to see what
had happened, they found the
wretched man cowering in a cor-
ner, literally bathed in perspira-
tion, and in a state of abject ter-
ror.
He declared that the ghost of
the woman whom he had killed had
appeared to hila in his cell, moving
up and down before his eyes, and
he dung to the warders, imploring
them not to leave him alone.
This was the first of similar at-
tacks, and his shrieks, ringing
through the bare stone passages, to assist in exterminating tnls
soon caused a panic which spread worst enemy of the human rsee.
through the whole prison, until Wilson's Fly Pads kill flies in sect)
eventually it was found neees'sary
to move the wretched man to an-
other place.
FALL WITH A CRASH.
The most extraordinary case of
gaol haunting of which any record
exists occurred two years ago in
North Carolina. The Asheville
county gaol authorities were pre-
sented with a petition signed by
every single convict, 2.15 in all,
praying that they might be pro-
tected against the evil spirits
which haunted the place. ,
It appeared that a negro Mur-
derer had recently been hanged in
the gaol. Every night since the
execution the trap had, been heard
to fall with a loud crash, and af-
terwards the murder's ghost, faint-
ly luminous, moved through the
corridors, peering into the cells
and terrifyltig the wretched in -
matte almost out of their lives.
Warders eonfi,nned these state-
menta.
tate-
ment. The result is that the
whole building has .been aband-
ot7ed
Another ghost Beare was report-
ed -at the great Austrian prison of
Lernberg. One night shrieks broke
out iu a number of different cells
siin'.:.ts.neously, and the guard was
canto!. in.
Every prisoner had the same
story to tell. He had awoken in a
most terrible fright, but exactly
what about lie could necexplain.
At first it was thought that it might
be nig-htmtare, caused by some-
thing wrong with th•e food, but
next night the same thing hap-
pened: again, only now the panic.
extended through a whole blook of
'buildings. A priest was called in
and the evil ;spirit was soletnaly
exorcised, and gradually the com-
tnotion ended. a
SEVEN YEARS PAIN
FROM ACUTE NpIRM.01A
pulled. Through the Use of Dr,
Williams' Pink Pills
Neuvalgia is not a disease—it is
only a symptom. It is the surest
sign that your blood is weak, wat-
ery and impure, and that your
nerves are literally starving. Bad
blood is the one cause—good, rich,
red blood its only cure. There
you have the real reason why Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills cure neural-
gia. They are the only medicine
that contains, in correct propor-
tions, the. very elements needed to
make new, rich, red blood. This
alone reaches the root of the trou-
ble, soothes the jangled nerves,.
and drives away the nagging, stab-
bing . pain, and brace up your
health in other ways. Mr. M.
Brennan, an ex -sergeant of the
2nd Cheshire Regiment, now a re-
sident of Winnipeg, Man., says
"While serving with my regiment
in India, on a hill station, I con-
tracted a severe cold which
brought on acute neuralgia, at
times lasting for three weeks. I
was constantly suffering almost
every month in the year for over
seven years, the pain being some-
times so severe that I wished I was
dead. On niy return to England I
seemed to get no Better, though I
spent large sums of money for me-
dical advice and medicine. Then I
came to Canada, and about a year
ago saw the advertisement of Dr.
Williams' Pink. Pills in a Winnipeg
paper. Although I had begun to
think my complaint was incurable
I told my wife that I intended give,
ing the Pills a fair trial. I wa
suffering from terrible pains when
I began taking the Pills, but before
the second box was finished the
pain began to disappear, and un-
der a further use of the Pills it
disappeared entirely, and I have
not had a twinge of it during the
past year. Only those who have
been afflicted with the terrible
pains of neuralgia can tell what
a blessing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
have been to me, and you may be frt7
sure i ishan constantly reoomnienol fr
tem to other suffererst'
` These Pills are sold by all medi-
cine dealers or by mail at 50 cents
a, box or six boxes for $2.50 from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
A 1 Y,I1 (t Q L' C1i11 r
Blackmailing is -Profitable in Mod -
era English ,Sroeiety.
Every few days• the veil Is lifted
an a. lurid under side of English
life. where refinements of c.ue:lty
which the police oannot• remedy
are perpetrated. by human , vain-
pines.
Two elderly blackmailers have
just been sentenced to loll;, terms
of imprisonment for squeezing
large sums of money out ef'.'aloi1el
Bain, an ex -M. P., ov r many
years, by -the simple Iyer as of.
threatening tp expose an earn 'ih-
discretion. At last 'the ;pet•ecxt-
ed mai turned at bay., 113af1e his
wife his confidante, ani;! "celia1' ii1
the police.
A Scotland Yard sleuth sats that
blackmailing is the best itt unized
and most paying line qt r r rinhiaial''.
ibusiness in, England. a11th , tgh
the police are well aegi sit fed with
the harpies who Batten ;Upon the
indiscretions of the rieb.r'.nd hong
to lay them by the iteelSe.they are
powerless to act, becalm 's.i the
generality of cases the blp klnailed
person prefers batik lei ptcy or
death. to publicity.
There is one notab
blackmailers in Lon
owes its,success, to t
it has as its chief an
Yard man, a salt{ •e,' p
of the world, wile
keep on the safe ..!elk
of the law. He is/1
Comte, and has leen
people for -nearly __
Woken of weal
are the Comte'•s
erahly marei
at the best 1
at the great
was recently t
he is an t tan
yacht amany
a'n orf
which
that
ilali•d
man
ow to
letter
ii the
ailing
FELT SAFER NOW.
F'Why, Tommy,'exclaimed the
Sunday school 'i;ea!her,. "don't you
.say your prayers every night " be -
fare yen go to bed?"
"Not any more," replied Town=
Imy; "I aster when 1 Wept in a
'folding 'bed, though,"
Cneumbers and melons are "fox
bidden fruit" to many persons so
oonstituted that the least indul-
gence is followed by attacks of
cholera, dysentery, griping, etc.
These persons are not aware that;
they can indulge to their heart's
content if they have on hand,' a,
bottle of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dy-
sentery Cordial, a medicine that
will give immediate relief, and is
a sure:cure for all summer com-
plaints.
When you are offered something
for nothing you Should accept it—
if you can afford to pay double its
value
Plinard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
Lulu was watching her mother
working _ among the flowers.
'"Mamma, I know .why flowers
grew," she said; "they want to
get out of the dirt." •
Warts on the hands is a disfigure-
mentethat troubles many ladies.
Holloway's Corn Cure will remove
the ble`Inishes without pain.
He (soulfully)—"There are a
thousand stars to -night looking
ins rl-
anon you." She—"Is my hat on
±e- i straight i" .
There are many imitations of
Wilson's Fly Pads, but none cem-
paite with the genuine original ar-
ticl.e. i. die sure you get Wilson's
and avoid dissatisfaction.
No. Alonzo, the cigarette habit
oesxt't always cause weak minds.
11 a great many cases it merely
indicates them.
A Mild Pill for Delicate Women.
"°he most dedicate woman can un
is a course of Parmelee's Vege-
Pills withont.fear of unplea-
consequences. Their action,
wholly effective, is mild and
able. 1(o violent pains or
ngs fellowtheir' use, as thou -
women' ivho have used
thein can t-estify. They are, there-
fore, strongly recommended to wo-
men, who are more prone to dis-
orders of the digestive organs than
tays
i tie e
end
for
cur,
•Altlhougl .the Co
the King oO Black
two othertl ,
who work•'te e
London Deuce,
eord .is aim
this cane :e
tractive:
The vi
ably
titian
the
CIt A"_r'51 ourrA:C'ION 141.OiY4OPOLY
Arabs Controlled the P irst Parcels -
Post.
The first -'parcels-post difficulty
that we regal occurred at the close
of the fifteenth. century. Arabs
controlled the overland routes l
from ladle to the Mediterranean
and so monopolized the spice trade,
which they worked in partnership
with the Venetians. Directly after
Vasco da Gama reached India by
sea, !however, Portugal sent..thi-
ther aafeet of trading ships. 'In
spite ,of bitterest opposition on the
part of the monopolistic Arabs the
ships succeeded in securing car -
gees of, spices and other Oriental
wares which' they brought to En
rope. The result was a panic in
Venice, the price of spices there
falling fifty per cent. That the
Arabs had made thrifty use of their:
monopoly is indicated by the fact
that, in spite of this fall in prices,
the Portuguese are said to have
soldtheir spices at a profit of six
hundred per cent. Probably the
,Arabs argued, like -- our express
companies, that they were really,'
benevolent persons and engaged in
trade mostly ,for their health.
The dearness ,. of transportation
at that time was a matter of small
importance, for commerce was•
chiefly confined to articles of lux-
ury. Only barons could buy spices
anyway. New-a=days, when trans-
portation enters.. 'into the cost of
the necessaries .of life, there seems
decidedly less excuse for tolerat-
ing a monopolistic toll upon it.
—s<
DIFFERENCE.
She—"I suppose your new
is a delicate pink?"
He—"No, she's a robust yeller 1"
The Flies that are now in your
kitchen and dining -room were pro-
bably feasting on some indescrib-
able nastiness less than an hour
ago, and as a single fly often car-
ries many thousands of disease
germs attached to its hairy b.;dy, ,
it is the duty of every housekeeper
baby
immense quantities as cannot be
approached by any other tly Ic'iler.
The social scale is not always
life's most reliable weighing ma-
ehine
M inard's
Liniment Cures
Diphtheria.
THE LIMIT OF CHEEK. er
Brown is a brave man, and when,
the other night he heard a noise
downstairs he promptly arose,'
took a poker, and proceeded to in- 1
vestigate the cause.
On reaching the hall, the light
of the candle he carried revealed
a burglar in the act of leaving the
house
"Hi !" cried - Brown. "Come
back :"
The burglar turned and gazed in
surprise at Brown.
"What's the matter?" he in-
quired. "Have I forgotten any-
thing? Ali! of course. The silver
Candle -stick you are carrying.
Thank you so much."
Then, before the astonished
Brown -could realize what had hap-
pened, he seized the candle -stick
and vanished into the night.
HARD rLUCK.
If money grew on trees, I'll bet
That I'd be one of these
Who live. on the• Sahara, where
No shade tree ever grows•.
r
fes : oily t•.
tiler ars, get tin
for the''' enorbit
thee blaekinaile
brain i.-
The Seotlundt
eupplied this
have it known f
the shortest cut to
for the blackmail*
form the pollee 1�
Inand is made fono
the scoundrels. lb'i
have done so.' I,;
of ten this course;
free them from ^per's
the blackmailers .fe`.'
court even more
tims do.
h.
me
her
acts of
ut his
Atli who
would
1.e that
mind is
,r to in -
rat de-
nd let
t ,they
es Oat
t ually
•
n, for
polies
it tic -
r, ic-
HE COULDN'T THEN,
• "1 would like mightily' to enjoy
triches."
"Thee why don't you try to mar-
ry•'em
"An I said, T" want to. enjoy
them,"
TIC ET WA
"1 understand t.,,.:
penny has ,been o'
appendicitis," remittke
.enne.
"Yes. It's the filet '".ttie any one
was known to get ail. hi lig out of
him." k
"But you see they nad. to give
him chloroform to get' that."
r
I'ixit�lt
en,• for
Cap
A Large
Package
Of Enjoyntgllt
St
Toasties
Served with cream, milk
or fruit—fre3h or cooked.
Crisp, golden -brown bits
of white corn—delicious
and wholesonle—
A flavour that ap•p2als to
yottter.r, awl old.
"The liernoryLingers';':
SOIfi» BY GROOMS.
flS.
Canadian 'Postum, Cereal Company,;.
Lhnitol1
Windsor, Ont.,
.: r•^—.xm ,irc,mrsnnurz—...ria
ti•
men.
A man wastes a lot of time ask-
ing questions that he doesn't want
answered.
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD,
.41es. WINSLO 'S sonrxti r, Siam bas been
used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
MOTHE1es for their CIIIr.i3ki r WHILE
TEL, THING, wee enaI•'EcT SUCCESS. It
Soorsurs the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS,
ALLAYS all PAIN ; CURES WIND COLIC, and
is the best remedy for DTARRIia:A. It is ab-
solutely ltartulcss, Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other
kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
J
The Pill That Brings Relief.—
When after one has party
mea
fulness and pains in the stomach.
he suffers from dyspepsia, which
will persist if it be net dealt with.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are the
very best medicine that can be
taken to being relief. These pills
li�1VFl srnn f the best 7ruit. St
are em
specially eopounded tu' °weal (}rain or yanary Paring in Ont
with dyspepsia, and their sterling and prices right.
qualities in this respect can be
vouched for by legions of users.'
ken of ,a
1 he is oppressed by feelings of
[Jj many -an investor
would have avoided poor
investments and conse-
quent loss -lad he known
what constitutes a bond,
how safe and profitable
a bond investment is,
f When you buy a bond
you are protected from.
loss by a first mortgage
on the entire assets of the
Corporation' that issues
the bond. Both the prin-
cipol and interest are
protected in the same
manner.
q We will be pleased to send to
your address without any charge
whatever our little Booklet on.
bonds. Write us to -day.
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SECURITIES
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CORPORA H OT'`..
LIMITED
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YONGE AND QUEEN STS.
TORONTO
HAUNTED HER. -
The .Lady—"Get out! You
.the Mar. I gave a piece of cakes
.only an hour ago." •
The Hobo—''No, mum. I
that poor feller's ghost!"
FARMS FOR RENT AND SALE.
1'4
ASIC DAWSON, HE (KNOWS.
IP you want to Bell a farm, co
me.—
Ili' you want to hay a farm, co
mo,
A PLAIN INQUIRY.
"Warden, what are most of these
men doing here'!"
"Principally doing time, ma-
dam."
Free advice is the kind people
give away because they have no
use for it.
MINNiCOCANASHENE.
A Bard name to pronounce, called local-
ly Minnicog." '.Chis is a picturesque
summer resort on one of the largest
islands of the Georgian Bay, only 3 1-2
.tours run by the Grand Trunk Railway
System from the City of Toronto, Canada,
and beautifully situated among the 30.000
islands of that territory. Splendid hotel
accommodation, good fishing, fine boating,
and no hay fever, hags, trout, pickerel
and ,Tike abound. For illustrated de-
scriptive matter and all information,
write to A. E. DUFF, 'Union Station,
Toronto.
-,
Love at first sight proves that
second thoughts are often best,.
This is to certify that 1 have used
MINAi1D'S Liniment in my family for
years, and consider it the best liniment
on the market. 1 have found it excellent
for horse flesh. (signed)
W. S. PINTO.
"Woodlands," Middleton, N.S.
HARDLY.
A man may be in love witch two
women at the same time, but not
if either of them knows about it.
It Makes New Friends Every
Day. --Not a day goes by that Dr.
Thomas' Ecleetric Oil does not
widen the circle of its friends. -Or-
ders for it come from the most ttn-
likely places in the west and 'far
north, for its fame has travelled
far. It deserves this attentio:i, for
no oil has done so mach for hu-
manity. Its moderate cosi makes
it easy* to get.
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
andGranulatedEyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart—Soothes Bye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye. Remedy, Liquid, 25c,
500, $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, 25c, $1.00. Bye Books
and Eye Advice Etta by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co,, Chicago.
TART STATEMENTS.
'e -Fortune won't smile en you un-
less you meet her half way.
\hen some people drop a hint,
irsounds like an explosion.
It ,doesn't•., require an earthquake
to shake our faith in some peo-
pie.
Of all human virtues, the world
is apt to regard success as the
greatest.
The people who pose as martyrs
seem to get a lot of satisfaction out
of it.
There is always a certain amount
of coolness between the iceman and
hit custotners.
Any lawyer will tell you that
some people hate to take advice
even when they pay for it.
It is possible for a woman's head
to be turned by flattery, even when
she has a stiff neck.
Minaret's Liniment Cures oistenptr.
�L SL tli . De etAW, 'ToronSON,to. Ninety Colb
51re
Minard's Liniment Cures Carget in Cows.
AGENTS WANTED.
(1A` v ASSI2itS WANTED weekly
paid.—Alfred Tyler, Londue. Outarin.
tt GENTS IV -ANTED .EVERYWIIE
131 High clans business with best. p
Cialvert & Dtvyer Go•.: tli 1, Ter
AGENTS: \VANTED:= A study o'.
t� Agency prorositionit ennVinU
teat none can equal ours.:' You. ,>tt
ways regret it if you dod'l apply
particulars to Travellers' De -pt.,
Albert St., Ottawa. i.
MISCELLANEOUS.'
WHAT HE WANTED.
Clerk—"Do you want a narrow
,m au's comb?"
Customer (gravely)—"No ; I want
a comb for a stout lean with rub-
ebr teeth."
ATeaalndWPoAs!,i 9 CALEnSa,de, TWoirl
‘,LIAWMILL MACIIINE1tY, Portabl
CI. heavy, Lathe Mills, Shingle
Engines and Boilers, Mill Supplies.
E. Long Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
Street, Orillia, Ontario.
y ANCSR, TUMORS, LUDLi'S, ete.
lJ tenial and external, cured wi
pain by our home treatment. Wri
Limited, Collingwood Beaman Modica
FOR BREAKING OUT.
"Why do you have .those glass
.cases with the axe, hammer, crow-
bar, and •so forth, on these cars?"
asked a traveller an a railroad?'
"Oh, those are put there in case
any one wants a window open,"
replied the facetious man.
WW RITE us to -day forour choice
of Agents' bupplies. No 0
necessary. They are money makers.
ppty Bxt Ont Co. Ltd., 228 Albert
Ott
a TON SCALE GUARANTEED. Wil
T) Seale Works, 9 Esplanade, Tor
�i PECIALISPS ADVICE FREE. Co
1� us iu regard to any disease. L
prices in drugs of all 1
trusses fitted by mail Send me
meat. Glasses fitted by age. e. Write
for anything sold in first-class
stores to Dr. Reitman, Coliingwo0d,
1D. "1
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CHENILLE CURTAI
.1 all kinds of hones hangings, also
LACE CClRTlii1 a DYED APO OLE
Yugarsurgazonssz.visno„, v d,„� LIKE NEVI,
Write to na about yours,
BRITISH AMERICAS DYEDIC CO., BoxlSS, Pio
The ctni of a Flame •t
Action, Inaiet yanthe
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Plano Aoticitt
Canada `Business Coll
CHATHAM, ONT.
In a class by itself Among -'AM
Schools of Business .Tralntn,
494 STUDENTS PLACED IN" -'I8
386 STUDENTS PLACED IN 19
475 STUDENTS PLACED IN '19
W'o publish: the Hats annually,
We pay full faro fttt to $8.00, 7th
long distance students for half ft
Good hoard and room, $3,00 per
If you cannot come to O athats,
t
Hero are some students placed re
Nato Wade, Cameron & Reap Tei:
Blturk` Nicholson & Bain, itegin
wood, ''!.'rust' Co., Ohel9oyattn,
Eight calls just r000ived for Steal
- ers,oaebers and Auditors, for• 0
worth from $000 to 41600,will 'Si+
some -idea of •the domande.
COL1.EG5 REOPENS FOR 36TH.
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