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The Huron Expositor, 1892-04-29, Page 3APRIL 29, 1892. , - • - ••• I . 1 *-• . -,...re••,,,--r,;-,,,,,, rrar,r+r 9. ... .=,rrr•Tr,,,,•-•rtr.. d •,1,-,,,,,,,,.,..,4,.. •rtr.,!..rr,,,,..-4....,,r7j, ..•••••,•,----r-,-,,..-•,-,.-47,-,--7.•,•-...7,;.`,3"-''' . _ . ! . THE HURON EXPOITOR. 3 THE WAY OF LIGHT. The quiet village street was utterly de- serted that hot July afternoon. It was the sacred hour when all the good people a Dexter were taking their usual afternoon ideate. The village itself seemed to be taking a perpetual nap which would probably never be disturbed. The very dust lay in the road and on the leaves as if no rampant wind ever played Hot with it. The great elms, which stood like sentinels on either side of the street, seemed holding their breath for fear of awaking the slumbering town. Two adventurous young people, however, were playing tennis in a listless way behind the high cedar hedge which separated ons old mansion from the street, their fresh VOlOSS, with now and then a ripple of girlish laugh- ter, chiming in and seeming to intensify,not break, the *tams. Presently the rackets were thrown down, and they seated them- selves on the grass under a maple-tree,to talk in low murmurs, with no and then one of those silences without which no conversation is eompIete. The old, square, dingy -white house stood back frozn the road, surrounded with an ample expanse of grassy lawn, kitchen and tower gardens, and tennis ground. Its weather-beaten roof bad sheltered genera- tion after generation of Badgers,butthefarnity had :gradually died out, or drifted west and cityward, after the way of New Englanders, and now there were only two left in the old homestead, Helen Badger,tbe sweet, patient invalid who had itot left her bed for many years, and„:Mrs. Sophia Phelps, a widow, and the busy and bustling Martha of the hoeschold. To this quiet haven of peace and plenty had drifted our heroine, Dorothy Forbes; young, aweet and captivating, fresh from school, and detailed to rusticate for a little until there was a prospect of the elder Miss Forbes' marriage, for Miss Dorothy was al- together too pretty to appear just at present. As for Jack Badger, a cynical young Am- herst senior, what charm had brought him to this out -of -tile -way home of his ancestors was a problem, the key to which was locked in his own breast. Rumor, in the shape of col- lege friends, ascribed his sudden withdraw- al from civilization to a city belie who had made some sensation in Amherst society the preceding winter, and had carried away several scalps at her belt. However this may be, Jack was here, and Dorothy was here. et us watch developments. They were cousins, just distant enough to add a charming flavor of possibility to their relations. A pretty cousin is much better than a sister, as every young fellow knows. Jack was not yet old or cynical enough to ex- perience thrill of pleasare as he took Dor- othy's soft, dimpled hand in hie own, and traced out the criss-cross wrinkles on the pink pain with his forefinger, calmly aug- uring her fate. " Yon are in love, Cousin Dorothy, the fates. tell me." "Do the fates tell you, or your own con- ceit, Cousin Jack ?" which sally brought a flush to the fair and the brown cheek. " Love ? What is love ?" pursued the young philosopher. "It is simply a delusion, a state of imagination in which one perceives in the beloved object all sorts of virtues which never existed. Don't think I shall ever he so foolish as to endow some ordinary person with qualities which he never pos- seated. When I marry, it will be solely from mercenary motives, a question of where I can find the moat money." "Don't talk so,. Dorothy," cried Jack, so sharply that she started at the pain in bis voice. "For heaven's sake don't let match- making relatives and the shams of society change you from the sweetepare girl you are now to a mercenary flirt like the society wo- men I know. Promise me yogi won't talk or do so, dear," His voiee was very pleading and his dark eyes very near hers, so what could she do but laugh and blush and promise, with a strange, sweet thrill in her heart ? Poor Dorothy 1 So rapidly learning that sad- dest and sweetest lesson of all we have to learn. Promptly at four o'clock Dexter began to awaken and to prepare for tea at five. At that hour the tinkle of a silver bell summon- ed Dorothy and Jack to the cool, dainty dining -room, where Aunty Sophia " pre- sided over a tiny table with fragile old china and shining silver, where the snowy bread, delicious raspberries, first of the season, pink dried beef, fragant tea and golden sponge cake made a tempting repast. There was a. quaint air of old-fashioned hospitality, of solidity and worth all over the house, even in the dark and forbidding parlor, that bugbear c.f old- New England houses, where the slippery horse -hair sofa had a. knowing look, as if it were thinking of the many lovers who had there " setup in solemn state on Sunday nights. But the cozy sitting -room was the room they liked best, with its well-worn rag carpet, its com- fortable chairs and useful table, the open fireplace, now kept filled with green leaves and flowers by Dorothy's willing hands, and the cool, little vine -shaded porch, where they sat these summer evenings, listening to the music of the frogs and an occasional whip- poorwill. Oat of the sitting -room opened Aunt Helen's bedroom, where lay the " soul of the house," as Jack called her ; her sweet, white face and patient eyes telling of pain and sorrow bravely borne and nobly con- quered. Many an hour did Dorothy spend by her side, reading to her, or better yet, talking in low tones of life, its sarrows,mys teries and compensations. Many things were revelations to this city girl, fresh from a fashionable school, whose only idea of the future was as a fair garden of promise ; but she was growiug, mind soul and heart, in these summer days, though perhaps the most in heart. All too swiftly passed the days with reading, riding, rowing, tennis, letters, long rambles with "Cousin Jack " as pro- tector, and the various sodalities of the neighborhood ; and Dorothy was able to laugh at and pity "the girls "who were spending the summer at,fashionable resorts. Sire was rather an old-fashioned little maid- en, and would have found it hard to confess even to herself what made the charm of this sweet summer; but older eyea see clearer, toraetimee, and Aunt Helen often sighed as she saw how completely Dorothy's happiness leas becoming dependent on Jack'e favor. She had been, thanks to Madame Prinaud's strict regime, tolerably well protected from flirtations, and now that her prince had corn.e, she would give him her whole heart, frankly, unreservedly. One beautiful calm evening, while Aunt Sophia dozed by the window, Dorothy and Jack sauntered down across the lane to the river. It had been a wonderfully happy day for Dorothy, meaning that Jack had been unusually kind, and the silvery moonlight lying- across the water was not calmer or more peaceful than her face. As often with quiet natures like hers, the feelings, though hidden, were fully as strong and enduring as those of more impulsive natures. It was no girl's ephemeral passion that she gave Jeck, but a woman's strong, tender and steadfast love. Thoughts of it and of him filled her mind and made her face very fair and sweet as they launched a tiny skiff eead floated down the stream. Neither of them spoke much, the silence being too ex- quisite to break, and the only sound was the t.ft plash of the water against the boat. Presently they entered the woods and float- ed on, the great trees arching over head, the MOBIL still making a broken path across the dark water. In after life the thought of that evening came back to Dorothy like a sting of a half- forgotten sorrow. She could feel again its subtle charm, compounded of youth, hope and love, see the -dear face opposite,hear the sow se era eon rt on 01100laa1 ripple of -the water, the plaah of asi When the voyage was over, and stepped from the boat, she made a and would have fallen into the a not Jack caught her in his mns. instant he held her close. crus slight form until she could hardly and when he released her,stooped ai ed his lips tenderly, the first lover's had ever known. "The happiest evening of my I fe," she wrote in her diary night, and th words were prophetic as well as retrospective. But she could not know. The next morning's wail brought letter for Dorothy which she read at the b eakfast table, pshawed at it a little, and th n, turn- ing to her aunt, said: er for • little while? Mamma writes friend Evelyn Bradford desires a r Newport's diseipations,and would lil vitation to spend • short time with A. Dorothy misstep ter had For an ing her breathe, d press - kiss she I - 'Aunt Sophy,do yon want another board - that my t from eanin- Jack started at the sound of Evil n Brad- ford's name and then said, with an tion of carelessness : " I used to know an Evelyn Brad ord. Is it the same one, I wonder, Dot ?" " My Evelyn is a New York girl, no rela- tives, rioh, travels a great deal, an now I think of it, she did spend last w nter in Amherst. Did you meet her there?' "Yes, I met her." And Jack's t oughts new back to that blissful time whe he had been permitted to lay his devotion t Miss Evelyn's feet, only to find that "she was so sorry, she bad thought him such a good friend, had no idea of anything e " et- cetra, He had resolved, with the stern ecision which means so much with a boy of wenty- one, that he would tear her image ftom his ig this to fall "ndeed, his sn- ow the e more veins, y. angnid Dor- been he had beck by was heart, and with a view to furtheri laudable decision, bad tried his beat in love with his cousin Dorothy, thought he had succeeded, until nouncement of Evelyn's coming. sweet, wild hope of seeing her on made the blood run faster in hi though he cursed himself for his fol In the end Evelyn came, a tall, brunette, whose vivid coloring pale othy's fair beauty, and before she ha in the house twenty-four hours, Jack where she wanted him, at he and call as of old, and poor Doro watching this little drams with wolidering eyes and aching heart. . Good-hearted, certainly, a trifle Worldly, something of a coquette and very fascinat- ing, was Evelyn Bradford. She and Dor- othy were the kind of girl friends who are very devoted when together and veryindif- ferent when separated. As time passed Dorothy withdrew more and more from the society of Jack and Evelyn, and very often sought refuge in Aunt Helen's room, where the invalid watched with anxious heart this sorrow come upon the girl who had grown almost as dear as her own child. But the situation was too strained to remain this way long. The end came very soon. One pleasant sunshiny afternoon, when mere existence was a joy, Dorothy took a book and shawl and went down to the sum- mer -house near the river, a tiny wooden building with battered sides, overgrown with woodbine. She threw herself down on the shawl and tried to read, but soon fell asleep, only to be awakened by voices out- side. It was too late to escape, she dared not betraylier presence, and so was forced to stay and listen to words which cut her heart like a knife. " Why did you come here ?" Jack was saying passionately. "If you had stayed away I might have learned to forget, you and to love my cousin Dorothy, dear little girl, but now—" and he finished the sen- tence with an expressive gesture. " Why need you forget me ?" Evelyn said in the soft tones she knew how to use so well. "Why need I forget you ? Do you sup- pOse that I want to waste my life crying for the moon?" For answer Evelyn hummed -under breath a strain from the song of Jean Ingelow's which has voiced the sorrow of many hearts : " How could I Know I should love thee away When 1 did not love thee sneer? How could I know I should love thee to -day Whom that day I held not dear ?" Jack's breath came fast. Evelyn was pulling a leaf to shreds with tremulons fin- gers and flickering color. He leaned to- ward her and said, with the light of a great, new hope dawning in his eyes: Evelyn, dear, do you mean that it is different now from last winter ? Do you mean that you coulcl learn to love me a little my darling ?" She gave him no verbal answer, yet be seemed perfectly satisfied. To the lovers these moments bad fled with their characteristic speed, but to the girl lying prone on the floor only a foot away from them, her whole body convulsed with silent, tearless sobs, it seemed an eternity since she had come there, careless and happy. And so this was the end, the end of all her hopes, of all her dreams. If only life would end also! But no—she must get up and go in, and laugh and talk and work and play day after day and year after year, just as if she had not lest all that made life worth the living. Jack and Evelyn had goue by the time this thought became clear out of the chaos that thronged her mind. She went into the house and crept up the back stairs to her room, feeling strangely old and tired. She lay down on her little white bed, and then, for the first time in her life, fainted. " Did he ever merry ?" asked Dorothy. Yes—he married, with evident hesita- tion,"y-ars after, my younger sister,: "y -father ! ' was the girl's exclamation. ; "Oh, Aunt Helen !" "Yes, dear," was the quiet reply. -"Now you know one reason why you are so ear to me. I would gladly have saved you this sorrow, but since neither of us could prevent it, I want to help yon to make your life nobler by its means, and not let it be spoiled. There wis a long time after my trouble when I expected and hoped to die, but when God in his wisdom gave back my life, I tried to make it one wortby the giver. Dear Dorothy," she continued, stroking the soft hair with one slender hand, "think what glorious opportunities you have ! With youth, health and beauty, money and brains, all con/emitted to the right, what can you not do ? There is work for you somewhere, little girl. You are fit for eemething moro than a society woman like Evelyn. Let your sorrow soften your heart to the BOTTOM and wrongs of others. Many have suffered things of which yon do not even dream. Can you not be brave as well as they ?" There was a light of stern resolve in the girl's face as she went away that hinted of greater possibilities than she had yet re- alised. Evelyn's engagement was soon announced, and the happy pair flitted -to Newport for the rest of the summer, and went out of Dorotby's life at the same time. Bat she lingered on at Dexter with Aunt Helen,even after her family had returned to their city home, and were urging her to come there and begin her sealed career, as her older sis- ter was new dispeeed ef. In the latter part of September Aunt Helen fell dangerously ill, and then it was that -Dorothy found her work. The physic= ion said he had never seen such a nurse, so clever, quiet and helpful. She stayed until the patient eyes of that white saint had closed forever, and then went to her city home, not to take her place among the "four hundred," • society doll, but to enter one of the city hospitals. Wjat her life will be it is too soon to tell yet; hut it is not a pOOM—nay, more, a snug of praise. Wherever there is sorrow or suffering there will be found her clear brain, sympathizing heart, helpful hand and ready purse. Her life is so full and busy that she has no time to think of personal lose or gain. She hes learned the groat les- son of self-forgetfulness.—Waverly. 410. Johnson's Succesei. A great funeral had just passed through the city streets. The city councilmen had taken part in the ceremonies for the dead man, who, in addition to his other honors, had recently been elected Mayor. 'AI have known Johneon since he was a lad," one of them said, as they drove back from the cemetery. "Did yon ever hear how he got his first step upward ?" "No," said his companion, who happened to be the doctor who had attended Johnson for years. "Eie and his brother kept a little shop in a village on the Jersey coast. Wright, the broker, was sent down last summer for the sea -bathing, and lodged with them. He noticed that while one of the young men ate and slept like other folks, took part in the affairs of the village, and bad no higher aim apparently than to earn enough te buy a little farm and to marry, James, the other brother, was always busy until late at night, and up again before day at work over his books. During the day he developed plans for making money." "It is true that the field in which he worked was narrow and the profits small but Wright saw that he had strong mental qualities and that his ambition was enor- mous. Ile watched him closely, and at the end of the summer offered binia position in his office. That was Johnsons first start. It was the reward of his own efforts. No 'luck.' "Once in tawn, he pushed his own way. He gave himself up to business. He want- ed first fortune, and then position. He was wealthy when he died, and he had -held every office with which his fellovr-citizens nould honor him ; but he was as industrious to the last as when he was a poor lad. That man, sir, was in his office at work every day long before his servants or clerks had left their beds." "He will be greatly missed, I suppose ?" "In beeriness, yes ; but he bite no children, as you know, and he was an unpopular man. The fact is, he had no time to make friends, or to do good to others." "Do you know his brother ?" "No, I have heard he was a farmer in New Jersey." "I know him,"said the physician, thought- fully. "He has taken life simply and leis - surely ; has married and brought up a family of honest, happy men and wornen. He has had no inordinate ambition, and has done no excessive work ; but he has paid his debts and helped his neighbors. He never will be riob, nor probably bold an important office, but he is alive, sound and healthy, and his influence for good has been a blessing to hie townsmen, while Johnson, worn out, lies there. After all," he added, after a mo- ment's silence, "which was the successful man ?" "Johnson would have been pre-eminently so had he used his wealth for the benefit of others," said his companion. "Ae it was, his nature was not enlarged. That which was the higheat and the beat in him—that would have made the world richer in noble thoughts and deeds -was not developed. "He worked for himself. His ambitions were selfish, and his heaps of gold are left for others to squander in idleness and folly. He did his work like an intellectual machine, and his soul, shrivelled and undeveloped, hes gone to its reward. In the best sense his life was not a success."—Youth's Com- panion. How long she was tinoonseione she had no means of knowing, The sound of voices and laughter came floating up to her from the porch below. Jack's bass and Evelyn's clear soprano. A sudden resolve came to her, and going to the closet, she took out her prettiest white dress, with pink ribbons that were so becoming to her, coiled her soft ' hair and then, when dressed, surveyed her- self in the glass. Great eyes with dark circles around them, a pinched white face drawn with sorrow, pale lips—that would never .do. So, helping herself freely to Evelyn's cosmetics, she deliberately "made up " her face until the traces of trouble dis- appeared. She was not and never could be a brilliant beauty like her rival, but there was something infinitely more attractive in her face, and she had never looked !eviler than to -night. She went down-atairs with the step of a queen, or rather, as a queen should step,to laugh and talk with careless gaiety, as if she were heart -free and happy. But when Jack and Evelyn had left the room, and she had gone to Aunt Helen, the reac- tion came, and she threw herself down by the bed, sobbing : " Oh, auntie, auntie ! My heart is broken ! I wish I was dead !" The sweet, pale face on the pillow grew very pitying as the whole sad little story came oat by degrees. - "My dear," she said at last, when Doro- thy had finished and knelt with her face hidden in the bedclothes, " I know how to sympathize with you, for I have suffered just es you are suffering now." " You, Aunt Helen !' Dorothy said, lift- ing her face in amazement. " Yes, dear, I, and it may help you, per - hap, if I tell you my story and how I learn- ed to bear it. When I was your age I was engaged, in fact, preparing to bo married very soon, and it does not seem as if two people could have loved each other more than we did. But when this sickness came, which has left me as you see, and I knew that I must be a hopeless invalid, it seemed right for me to give him up, for I could not burden him, poor as he was, with a helpless wife. In my mind no one has a right to marry who is not able to bear the burdens and fulfil the duties of wedded life. He would hardly be reconciled to the thought, but at last he admitted the wisdom *f my decision and we parted." IMPORTANT NOTICES. DULL FOR SALE.—For sala a thoroughbred ur- J1_) ham Bull, twelve montha old, of ilreaclass pedi- gree ; dark red color, with a little white ; will be sold at reasonable price. JOHN CUMMING, LonOes- boro P. 0, 12711t1 IfJOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE. — Pure bred young Bulls of the very best uilk and butter families for sale. Prices away down low. Post Office, Constance; Station, fandesboro. JOHN MOIRE - 0011. 126;f. TOHN BEATTIE, Clerk the of Second Division s.) Court, County Commissioner, of Huron, Con- veyancer, Land, Loan and Insurance Agent. Funds Invested and to Loan. Office—Over Sher .t Livens' store, Mein street, Sosrth. 189 ie-OSEY TO LOAN.—Privats and company funds LYI to loan at lowest rates. Stems ot prieate funds have been placed in our hands which I we will loan in mum to mut borrow Loans can' be completed at once if title aatislWary. DICKSON & HAYS, Cardao's Bleak, Seafoeth. 114311 TO LEND at 5,i per (sent in sums to suit borrowers tint Glass tam seeturitj. Also improved farm for sale at a great bargain. Farmer owner lett Connty. Apply pawn - ally or write. E. N. LEWIS, Solicitor, Goderieth 1247-26 $16 H OUSE FOR SALE.—The prettiest spell in Eg. moodivine, formerly owned .by Mr. JOhn Waugh and at present oosupied by lift. Joseph 0. For particulars apply to ANDREW SMI.CH, Bain • Rose. The owner wishes to sell this spring, oh51. vile. , OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.—For alga a house and let en Market street. The lot is pleated with fruit and ornamental trees. The house is 'com- fortable and in good repair. There Is a good Well. This property will be sold oheap. Apply to M. THOMPSON, Jarvis street. 12744 MHOROUGHBRED DURHAM BULLS FOR SALIL—Yor sale three Thoroughbred Durham Bulls, all with registered pedigrees, one eight months old, one eighteen months old and one fifteen months. All good color and ready for use. Will be sold cheap. Apply on Let 13, Concession 14, Tucker - smith, H. IL g.; or address, Egmondville P. 0., WM. CABNOCHAN. 1271-0 ANTED. -i -An active eduoated Agent of good TV addrem, one who will devote entire time to /Redness, to represent the largest and wealthimt Life Insurance Company in the %odd. To. the right wan, who oan showla peal businem record, a liberal eon - tract will be granted. Address, Superintendent, P. 0. Drawer 2094 , Toronto. 1210a4 DULLS FOR SALE.—For sale, four thoroughbred _1_) Durham Bulls, from 11 to 14 months old ; color, red and roan ; all eligible for registratiou in the new herd book ; prices right. Apply ou Lot 25, London Road, Tuckenirnith, one mile and a half south of Bruoelleld, or address JAMES PATTERSON, Bruce, field P. 0. 12094 In th ly witr 8 08 111 15 10 0I rc 01 tc D e Of Interest to Women. Women are employed on all the leading London papers. Tho entertaining column in the Telegraph, called "Loudon Day by Day," is largely the work of a' woman. Mies. Emily Faithful was one of the pioneer workers in this line, and thirty years ago conducted a magazine with a c3rps of wo- men printers. Rev. Florence Kollock, of Englewood, Illinois'during her sixteen years of pastoral work, has never had to be absent from the pulpit a single Sunday 'on account of ill health. This is a record which few min- isters, either nten or women, could parallel. Chicago has a woman's baking company that has been incorporated -with a capital stock of $250,000. The company is com- posed of Christian Temperance Union wo- men, and they are not only to run the con- cern on strict business principles, but aleo to use only the purest tnaterials, and to have the work done entirely by women. "When we were in the North seas," said the whaling captain, " we frequently traded blubber for sealskins." " That's nothing," said Bond ; "down in the North river region my wife worked the same racket on me." The tallest woman in the, world is the giantess Rosita, who was born in Vienna twenty-six years ago, and is now on exhi- bition in Berlin. Her height is eight feet three inches, and she weighs 351 pounds. • —Rev. W. A. Wilson, missionary in India, who is coming to Canada with bin wife on furlough, met Rev. Dr. Caven, his father-in-law, at Cairo, and they had a pleasant visit in Egypt, after which they proceeded to Jerusalem. On April 6th they set sail on their return trip, and will spend some time in Italy. Rev. Dr. Coven is in good health, and his strength has mash In. greased. w aJ n hal0 11 -IURHAlif IULL.—The J the improvement ile south of orougbbred purehaaed aich a limit4d irms—$1.50, ied must be ry, or they A4ill If or not. WM. undersigned will keep of stock, on his farm hay Egraorviville, the very superior yonn Durban' Bull, "Royal Huron," receni f m Mr. David Milne, of Ethel, and number of cows will be take: able January, 1893, and all qou rturued at least three times if nese, be charged for service whether BUBOLZ. 1269-4 fc t i t GOOD C I on easy ig house at., .operty is the centre i there is in i a a good, lir: pply to GEO • ANCE FOR BUSINESS.—To ion terms, a commodious store with dive hod. There is also a stable. , ated in the Village of Cromarty, •f as fine an agaioultural uommunit 'nada, and offers a tine opportulait businese man to do a large trad, ' GE MILLAR, Cromarty. 13tf Th an lOR SALE. valuable ' Zurich and num is oomodlous cage second! aendid . , . ity be km . the lessee , . WEISMILIrER, The undersigned cams for sale hotel ,property situated in the Vila known as the Commercial hotel. and eonvenient, enjoys a to none in this section and affords . • for a good live man. PosseTno oaoe. For further particulars a . the premises or to the underalgaes Proprietor, Kippen, Ont. 12617 rivate funds to loan at Lowes of interest at suns to sui Loans can be con ted and money advanee two days. Apply 'toill HAYS, Barrister,&c.,Seafort1 ils thi TY pa pi t 1 300 ., 500 ra 760 brrowers. 1,000 p1 1,500 within 2,500 S. SPLENDID signed is property carter sore bi neral *4or4 Kish is a splendid Maill and .10b1.. r the richest ad this is a splendid ees man with ertieuairs, reen. BUSI..s.IESS CHANCE.—The nude em for sale °heap, and on easy teem In Hide Green. It consists of land, on which le situated a with dwelling attaahed, and und. cellar. There is also a large war Hills Green is the centre of and best farming districts in Ontari opening for a good, live mire means to make money. address CHARLES TROYER, 126541 on go( oi btu F Hil LTOITf3E FOR Ooderieh ailing hall and ouse has a good ad other co f fruit treed isidenoe evil loving his family honey can remain he premises TRONG ana SALE.—That eomfortable cottage fit. opposite the show grounds six rooms and summer kitcheo, atone collar, hard and soft Wat yentences. A good garden with plan oomlng into bearing. This desire be .old cheap as the proprietor is from town. Part of the parish& oa mortgage if desired. Apply to MES. JOHN GREEN, or IDI BRO. 1287-t leo ti I f a g • 0 t • s, e - o, or le er ty le e- C&J11) ENJOYS - Both th method and results when Syrup o Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refxshing to the taste, and acts gently et promptly on the Kidneys, Liver a dBowels, cleanses the sys- tem eff ctually, dispels colds, head- aches aiid fevers and cures habitual constip tion. Syrup of Figs is the only re edy of its kind ever pro- duced, leasing to the taste and ac- ceptab1 to the stomach, prompt in ith acts n and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most heflthyl, and agreeable substances its rcanye*eellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 750 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have i on hand will procure it promptprompt.y for any one who wishes to try it. Manufactured only by the CALIF RNIA FIG SYRUP CO., Al; FRA24011300, OAL. LOUIS Y. NEW YORK, Sold by . S. ROBERTS, Druggist, Seaforth BIOiCLE LUMSD BICYCLES! X -&-WILSON E BEEN APPC)4N TED SOLE AGENTS. IN ,SEAFORTH For the belbrated Arneric4n Machines, "HE GENDRON SAFETY," Now made in. Toronto, thereby saving about 40 per cent. for freight and duty, which has to be paid on all imported ones. All who have examined these machines are lavish in their praise. For strength and beauty combined, they equal the boat English make, and have many advaintages. We have them for ladies and igentlemen, and ' would respectfully soli* inspection or correspon- dence by intending purchaSers. ii,JUMS1jEN NOLSON, SEAFORTH. OUR MOTTO: "FAIR DEALIN9 TO ALL." When,times are dull and money scarce, buyers invariably look around to ascertain where their money can be laid out to best advantage. After reading the above, and looking through Our stock, will convince the most skeptical that 1 MITLLETT & 'JACKSON'S Is just the place you' are looping for. At this season of the year we make a specialty Of CREAMERY CANS, C#EESE FACTORY SUPPLIES, HOUSE TJRNISHINGS including WIOODENWARE of all kinds. We also carry ti. full line of 1 ! NOTICE, • 1 The h'ghest cash price paid for Eggs at Dill's Egg Emporium, opposite the Town 01 ek, Main Street, Seaforth. WM. DILL. RefrigOrators, Churns, W4shing Machines, Etc, 1 • We aie the sole agents n this district' for the Knoll Washing Machine, and would be pleased at any time to send our agent to show you the special advantages! of this Machine Over any other in the market. The already large demand fo our Metallic Ro fing, proves that our work is speaking its worth, and we woi ld be pleased to give estimates to any: one intending to build or Elre -roof. vetroughing, Furiace and Galvlanized Iron Work made a special feature w4 us. , Don't forget the place -L- & Jackson, WhIttney's Block, C4th. M. Robertson's Central Furniture House, OPPOSITE E McFAUL'S DRY GOODS STORE, MAIN STREET, - SEAFORTH. FURNITITRE.—Nobody contradicts, the well known fact that in this department we carry one ofi the largest, finest and best assorted stocks of Household Furniture in OA part of the country. Our Furniture -stock at pre- sent is larger, more complete and prices lower than ever before. We are manufacturers as well as re ailers in this line. PICTURE FRAM G.—In this department we are giving the best of satisfaction to our custome s. Pictures of all shapes, sizes and kinds, are framed at the shortest of rtice and at the most reasonable charges. A. large stock of kinds of moulding kept constantly on hand. MAN UFACTURING.—In this department we manufacture all kinds of Furniture to order,as well as the most of that for sale in .our retail department. RERAIRTNG.—Firs-class repairing guaranteed on all classes of furni- ture; try tis. UNDERTAKING. Notice of this department will the found in another column of this paper. FARMS FOR SALE. TOWNSHIP OF MoKILLOP. Lot 10, qn 9th concession, 100 acres. West half 7 on 19th arcession, 60 acre's. South f 21 on 5th conceesion, 100 acres. 4OWNSHIP OF MORRIS. TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Lott 1 and 12 on 13th concession, 200 sore TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH. i9 Lot 38 on 8rd conceidon L. R. S., 100 ups. For tome &c., apply to th;‘mde&lia UPI ill Barrister U., deafese. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Established 1.867. HEAD OFFICE, ,TORONTO. CAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS - $6.000,000 REST, - -- - - - - $900,000 B. E. w ER,G-E'NERAL MANAGER. 'SEAFORTH BRANCH. A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes Discounted, Drafts issued, payable at all points in Canada, and the principal cities in the United States,Great Briti4n, France, Bermuda.,&c. SAVI GS BANK DPARTMENT. Deposita of $1.00 and upwar s received, and current raes of interest allowed. INTER- EST ADDED TO THE PRIMOLPAL THE END OF IlAYAND NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR. Special Attention given to Notes. F. HOLMESTED, Solicitor. M. MORRIS, Manager he Collection of i COMMSIVial Paper and Farmers' Sales Imp rtant -:- Announcement. BRIGHT BOTHERS, SM_A.-10R,T3HE The Leading Clothie.rs, of Huron, Beg to inform the people f Seaforth and surrounding country, that they have added to their large ordered clothing trade one of the Most Complete and best selected stocks of Boys', Youths' and Men's Readymade Clothing THE COUNTY. Prices Unequalled. We lead the Trade. Remember the Old Stand, OampbelPs Block, opposite the Royal Hotel, Seaforth. BRIGHT BROTHERS. tra Out!! • N.' r away THAT tired, worn - out feeling, of which so many women complain after a, day's washing, is done with by those who use that great Labor • • • Saving • • ••• (op • Which makes the Dirt drop oat Without Hard Rubbing Without Boiling Without Washing Powders Try the easy, clean and economical way—the 7t.." . , way of waehing, and Sungat you wt. ll not be da• SUNLIGHT SOAP having no equal for Purity, you may use it with comfort and delight for every household purpose. • • 0 • • WORKS: PT. ,SUNLIGHT LEVER BROS,, LIMITED NEAR BIRKENHEAD TORONTO CARRIAGE WORKS. W. C. KYLE Begs to inform his numerous customers and others that he is in a better position than ever to supply them with anything in his line, such as Oak Wagons, Buggies, Land Rollers, Hay Racks, his own make. Just reoeived a lot of those reflable Brantford Carta and Buggies to be sold cheap; Can supply you with any other make preferred. Come and see these Handy Baking Cabinets; will always find him ready for business with good work and prices right. 1268-4 W. C. KYLE, Kippen. J. C. SMITH & CO, 33_,9_1•TMCMS.. A General Banking business transacted. Farmers' notes discounted. Drafts bought and sold. Interest allowed on deposits. SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for collection OFFICE --First door north of Reid & Wilson's Hardware Store. SEAFORTH. HAND -MADE Boots and Shoes D. McINTYRE Has on hand a large number of Boots and Shoes of hie own make, best material and Warranted to give Satisfaction. If you want your feet kept dry oome and get a pair o. our boota, which will be sold THE - SEAFORTH _H FOUNDRY. Having completed rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduc- de the latest equipments and the most improved machines, I am now prepared to do All Kinds of Machine Repairs ND GENERAL FOUliDRY WORK. LAND ROLLERS. CHEAP FOR CASH. Repairing promptly attended to. All kind* of Boots and. Shoes made to order. All parties who hare not paid their amount* for last year will plasm sail and settle up. 1162 D. MeINTYRE, beaforth. SEAFORTH Musical : Instrument =VEIDOIR.•TETIE Scott Brothers, Vir are now turning out some of the best improved Land Rollers, and invite the frxmors to see them before buying elsewhere. T. COLEMAN. PROPFIIETORS, - ONTARIO. Berl is,ACNo.,OG5.1—phDa; Donhinairl,ini!,i,*.eivpYianorok Com- pany,; W. Bowmanville, ORGANS.—W. Bell & Co., Guelph; Dominion Organ Company, Bowmanville ; D. W. Barn & Co., Woodstock. The above Instruments always on hand, also a few good second-hafid Piano. and Organs for sale at from *25 upwards. Instruments sold os the Izabal - went plan, or on terms 10 snit customers. Violins, Concertinas and small instruments on hand also:Sheet music, books fie. SCOTT BROS. ememmegmenuimmmosSeMINIMIMI II RESIDENCE, NORTH MAIN STREET. 1223 M. ROBERTSON, LeadingUndertaker MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH, My facilities are unsairpassed. I am pre- pared to conduct bluish' in a most satis- factory manner. All Eiodern usdertakiag appliances. Corapetaat management guar- anteed. A full line of burial gEmcb on hand. I aim to be prompt, considerate and reliable. tor Charges most reasonable. ALLAN LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, REDUCTION IN RATES. Steamers Sail Regularly from PORTLAND and HALIFAX to LIVERPOOL via LONDONDERRY Deem° TBE weessa 'come. Cabin, 540 and upwards. Second Cabin, 525. Steerage at low rates. NO CATTLE CARRIED. STATE SERVIOF LINE)ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. CE NEW YORK & GLASGOW, via Londonderry, every Fortnight. Cabin, 540 and upwards. Second Cabin, $24. Steerage at low rats& Apply...Alp H. It A. ALlighoiieeel, or or W. O. DIY,r 2111t. a 4