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MARCH AND APRIL.
PART IL
BV GEORGE VARSONS LATHROP.
March strolled down to the remoter end
the old lane one afternoon, carrying his
gun with the purpose of firing at a mark.
Looking for some suitable target, he came
suddenly upon the Major's forgotten tres-
di
pass signboard. It Wall battered and de-
faced, and brought back a boyish memory A Cough For children a me -
eine should be abso-
to him. "Funny thing ! " he said aloud ; lutely reliable. A
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"I had almoet forgotten the time when 1 I an roup ino ther must be able to
came down here and threw rocks at that .
boa.rd. Gosh ! how I hated it then ! Medicinepin her faith to it as to
there's the M for Maynadier left yet; that'll
da firat-rate for a mark, if I can only get a
clear range." His father's opposition sign
"German
S ru "
her Bible. It must
contain nothing violent, uncertain,
or dangerous. It must be standard
stood, not far from the other, intact, but he in material and manufacture. .It
was averse to attacking that, 30, after se- must be plain and simple to adminlecting his position, he opened upon the M .s
ter; easy and pleasant to take.
Thp child must like it. It must be
prqmpt in action, giving immedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
time. It must not only relieve quick
with his breeeleloader, and demolished it in
a few shots. After this, the amusement
palled upon him. He laid his gun article,
sat upon abank of sward, and began to
meditate. He could not help thinking that
he had done an absurd thing, in blazing
away at the old signboard, which he really
had no right to meltreat. True, the whole
eituation between his father and the Major but bring them around quick, as
was absurd; but ought he to allow himself children chafe and fret and spoil
to share in it? He wondered what April was their constitutions under long con -
like'; it was a long tira6 now aince he had
even caught a passing glimpse of her. finement. It inust do its work in
Suddenly there was a rustling in the moderate doses. A large quantity
bushes not far away, which caused him to
spring up; and the next moment he beheld
a young woman's figure emerging from be-
hind one leafy covert, to pass across the
space that intervened before another thicket,
well as young folks, and make Bo-
on the way toward the Major's house. A
shape so lithe and graceful that, clad as it schee's German Syrup the favorite.
was in a close dress of evanescent green, it family medicine.
made him fancy for an instant that the
visible apirit of Springtime stood before him, said, at last. "But-er —I think such a
waywardly returning out of season! March step will embarrass your relations -ah -at
had been so noiseless, even in rising to his home."
feet, that the girl was within arm's length " Never mind that, sir. I take the re -
before she saw his. With a quick turn of sponaibility, and I must insist on replacing
her head, she started, then stood still, trernb- 1 this property."
ling inwardly as if in unison with the black- Finally the old warrior agreed to this pfe
on°
birch eapling beside her, which still quivered 1 pose'.
from the touch she had given it in passing. "There is one thing more I wieh to eay,
ltiarie bowed, holding his little round cap sir," March continued. "You were in -
in his hand. formed of the damage I did, but you do not
"Mise Maynadier?" he said, with a ques
tioning inflection, though he was in no man-
ner of doubt. "I hope I didn't startle
With the faintest ripple of disdain on her
lips, April answered, " Oh, not -not at all ; "
her involuntary double negative giving truth-
fulness to the statement.
"I meant," said he, embarrassed for his
own part, "by my shooting. Did you hear
the gun?"
Yes ; but I wasn'i frightened, Mr.
Lowe; I was some distaiace away then. I-
I didn't know it was you."
"Then you would have been frightened,"
he queried, attempting to smile, " if you had
known who it was?
"That doesn't follow," she returned, dis-
tantly. She gathered her dress in one hand
to go.
"I thought no one ever came through
here," he said. "Otherwise I wouldn't have
done Such a thing as to shoot."
"I seldom come," April informed him,
coldly. "It only happened that I had been
down the road to see a poor woman; and I
thought I was perfectly safe in walking on
my father's land."
A ehadow seemed to Grose the young man's
face, thrown from a threatening cloud; but
he mustered resolution and diepelled it.
"
Don' let us discuss the question of owner-
ship," seid he. " Why should we keep that
up?"
His expreasion was so candid and friendly,
she feared letet he ahould offer to shake hands
across the old roadway, and she answered in
haste: "It is very unfortunate that we have
met here, Mr. Lowe."
The misfortune," he replied, "is that we
should raeet so like strangers. But you may
be e,ure of one thing, Miss Maynadier: there
is no danger of my shooting anywhere in
this neighborhood again. Wherever you
choose to walk -no matter who owns the
land-Ishall consider the place sacred."
It sounded fearfully bold; he had not fore-
seen at all that he was about to speak 1 so
strongly; but he was always going head
over heele, and, besides, the magic of April's
presence somehow charmed the words from
him before he was aware. April herself was
thrilled by them : but she said only, " You
seem to forget that we are strangers. We
really have no right to be talking here. I
am going."
Her voice was low.and fluttering, like the
notes of a bird in the surprise and distress of
actual capture,
" Wait one moment," he pressed her.
" Did you notice the mark I had been firing
at ?"
"No -oh, yea; that was it -the old sign.
I saw it was freshly eplintered. It's a shame
to destroy poor papa's property; for you
muat admit that that belongs to him." And
pretty April flushed with an indignation
which she would have been glad to relieve
by sobs.
"I do admit it," seicl March, with a con-
trition that made him handsomer than ever;
"and I'm sorry I did it. Please believe me,
it was purely thoughtless."
" Thank you," said April, sweetly, bright-
ening again at once. "Another time you'd
better fire at your father's sign." Instantly
afterward, to his astonishment, she fled at a
running pace and was out of eight before he
could decide from the sound with which she
ended whether she was laughing or cryiog.
The interview had been EO unexpected and
brief that he could have doubted her being
there at all. Was it really April whose
voice he heard, or only the sununer breeze
murmuring over the verdant maize, patting
the little faces of the upturned leaver; till
they smiled and shook in the sunlight.? The
sun shone so brightly on the moving twigs
and branchee among which she had stood
that he was dazzled, and felt as if he had
been conversing with an illusion.
But there was no illusion about the haplese
target. A great row ensued when the Major
discovered what had been done to it. His
lawyer immediately wrote to Lowe's lawyer,
demanding reparation, and Lowe's lawyer
wrote back a refusal; and there was every
prospect of a new minor suit for trespass
and damagee. March promptly concluded
that April had told her father of their meet-
ing and his confession; but it cut him to
the heart to think so. Evidently the en-
counter was not to her a treasured, secret
episode, as it was to him. But why should
she have been so mean as to "tell on" him?
That had not been her custom when she was
a little girl. He stormed and complained
about it t3 himself in striet retirement, but
presently reflected "Oh, well, we're not
children now, and people change so as they
grow up. She's a woman, too. Women
don't understand honor in our Berm." In
the end he took a daring resolve.
The Major, the next day, ran against a
torpedo in the shape of an innocent visiting.
card bearing the words "March Lowe."
After the first shock he inspected the seem-
ingly explosive card more closely, and began
to think he had miataken its nature: it was
probably a flag of truce, bringing notice of
surrender. "Show the gentleman in," said
he, to the alarmed servant.
March ceme in, quiet as a lamb. He bad
bruehed his belligerent hair into peaceful
order, and was direseed with punctilious per-
fection. He came to offer an apology for his
assault upon the nore-combatant -signboard,
and to say that he, not his father, was the
offender; it was his own affair, and he
begged to put up a new board at his own ex-
pense. The Major was arnazed, flustered,
pleased, and yet fearful that he might com-
promise himself by accepting the offer.
"It shows an admirable diaposition in
you, my boy -pardon me, Mr. March !" he
of medicine in a child is not desira-
ble. It must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
seem to know that I at once expressed my
regret."
"To whom, then?"
"To your daughter, of course."
The Major stared aghast.
"Yes," fetid March; "Johan she told you
of the offense she ought to have told you of
the apology, too."
" My daughter, sir? She never told me at
all. It was one of my men that found it out.
But I should be glad to learn how you came
to speak to my daughter."
March saw, too late, the terrible mistake
he had made. He stammered, and tried to
avoid explanation; but the Major insisted.
March's temper rose ; his hair also got out
of order; he made a defiant confession, and
stood glaring at the man who, it was now
clear, could never be his father-in-law.
" I see through your mameuvre now !"
cried the old aoldler, with a sardonic sniff,
indicating that he smelled gunpowder and
liked it. "Ingratiating yourself with me,
eh ?-clandestine meetingeOlvith my daughter
-take me in front and flank at same time,.
eh? Well, sir, it stops here. I refuse your
overtures. have nothing to do with
property restored at your expense, young
man. If it's reetored at all, your father's
got to do it; and, what's more, I shall write
to him to keep his son off hereafter."
"As if I were a dog, sir?" shouted the
young fellow, in a towering passion. "By
thunder, if you were not SO old- But I'll
just tell you, no one can whistle me on -or
off, and I forbid you to speak to me in that
ate, le."
"Forbid as much as you please," the
Major hurled back, scornfully. "It's cheap,
for I don't propose to speak to you at
"Nor I to you, sir !"
And March went out like a lion, and drove
down the Major's avenue roaring. But he
hit upon an ingenious method of consoling
himself. He repaired to the ,place where
the signs were, in the dead of night, pulled
up both his father's and Maynadier's, carried
them painfully to the Hudson, and dropped
them into its tide. No one could discover
who had done the deed; and March was so
loud in .his denunciations_of the Major that
Lowe even forgave him his disloyal advances
to the enemy.
These events made poor .April quite un-
happy. "But there's one thing gained,"
she said to herself. "March will never
thiuk of going near the old road now, be-
cause he won't want to meet me; so can
walk there as much as I please."
With a wisdom matched only by hers,
March also divieed that, in view of the re-
newed hostilities, April would carefully
avoid the debatable ground, where there
would be peril of encountering him. He
therefore took to strolling through it, dis-
consolately, at frequent intervals.
And they met, but were not frightened.
They met again and again, and talked, and
came to an excellent understanding. The
wild barrier sheltered them againet observa-
tion from either side, but it could not pre-
vent a catbird from watching them sharply
while they strolled along arm in arm; and
how that catbird exerted himself to warble
for them his choicest variety of mocking
songs! There was one kind of music he
could not imitate, however -that was the
eweet, trustful murmur of April's voice as
she exchanged confidences with March. On
other days, when they could get away long
enough without attracting notice, they would
repair to a particularly secluded spot, where
March read aloud to her, chiefly poetry, for
which April, as he discovered, had a great
fondness. At this time their special en-
thusiasm was for Philip Tyrwhitt, a young
New York poet, who had just "come out ; "
a " rosebud poet," March called him. They
pored over his volume with the greatest de-
light, for its pages were suffused with the
matin glow of their own love, until he be-
came for them an inspired guide, a mythical
divinity, whom they imagined as living with
ideal grandeur in some higher atmosphere.
The bare truth is that, just then, Tyrwhitt
-having with difficulty secured a brief
vacation from the hot city -was staying at
a small seaside boarding-houae where he
paid five dollars a week. But the lovers de-
cided to write to him separately, in care of
his publishers, and tell him what pleasure
he had given them, Tyrwhitt received the
letters with joy ; they did not come to-
gether, but he observed the peculier names,
and, taking it for granted that, being so un-
usual, they were assumed ones, he did not
answer the notes, but laiclethem away among
the few paper treaeuree that were the only
reward his book brought him.
Happy as they were, though, the young
pair suffered from not being able to see one
another as often as they wished, from the
great caution they had to observe. a` There's
only one way for it," March declared, tem-
pestuously; "we shall have to get married,
and let the old folks make the best of it
afterward."
April was terrified at the thought; the
flush of hope in her fair cheeks faded away
to a wind -flower white, and she shook as
though she felt the chill of a wintry air.
But this phenomenon was only a natural
incident of the transition from a frost -bound
state of things. Every time they met, March
urged the idea with vehemence, and April
reeisted it. They came nearly to the point
of quarrel. "You are so masterful," said
she. " You insist so. You don't ;seem to
see what a terribly serious thing it would be
for me, how much more it involves for me
than for you. It's like tyranny on your
part." And he replied, "But, April, you
are so changeable! One time you tell me
that everything depende on me, and that
you never can be happy until we have
escaped from all this mist of uneertainty ;
and then, when it oomee to the point, you
veer, around and refuse to escape.' So they
went on fretting together, until it seemed as
though they were going to supply a sequel
to the disagreement of the elders. But then
there came a Sunday when they were in
church. The two fa,rnili( s had pews in close
neighborhood, both being too proud to ex-
change them for others at a greater dis-
tance; and when the prayer went up that
all who were present should be delivered
from "envy, hatred, malice, and all un-
charitableness," it found an echointhe two
young hearts that repeated it almost as if it
had been uttered then for the first time.
As they filed out of the church, March and
April managed to exchange a glance .of
mutual truat and forgiveness.
In a week or two a grand party was given
at the Lewes', to which everybody was in-
vited except the Maynadiers. March danced
and talked furiously, but was gloomy and
abstracted nevertheless; and all the young
ladies who were there went away with the
conviction that he had been spoiled at col-
lege. The Maynadiere, not to be outdone,
summoned local society to a ball in their
run-down old manaion a fortnight, later,
which, of course, the Lowes were not aaked
to attend. But after everybody elee in the
Lowe villa had gone to bed, a stalwart
young main wrapped in a voluminous light
cloak and finished off with ft slouch hat,
strcde forth and descended to the old road,
where, lying among the bushes, he watched
the lights and listened to the music of the
revelry in the Ma,jer's house, till the last,
lamp -gleam in a certain window was ex-
tinguished. And April, sitting by that
window, listened to the mournful chirring
of the insects in the grass and trees, which
at this hour sounded so melancholy and pur-
poseless. The ineects supply a mournful re-
frain to the joyous chant of summer, by
way of contrast and compensation. "But
they are monotonous," thought April.
They have only a single idea -to stick to
to their one little querulous note. Ah,
why should we human beings, who know
so much better, go on -doing the same
thing?"
For all this, she could not be persuaded to
take the step which, in her lover's opinion,
would eettle everything. The whole sum-
mer passed, and nothing decisive was done.
When winter came, March was regularly
installed iu his father's office in New York ;
but as soon as April was sect down to the
city to spend the season with some kind
friends, who were ambitious to introdoce
her into society, he discovered that it was
impossible to attend to business properly
and go up to Yonkers every night. So he
took a lodging in town. April's chaperon
was so vigilant that, although the young
people several times found themselves in
the same room, it various entertainments,
they never could get a word apart. For
March to call was out of the question, and
it was just as impossible to communicate by
letter. Altogether -or perhaps I should
say, all alone -March grew exasperated un-
der these trials of his patience. Yet a trial
still more severe was in store for him. The
matron in whese charge April was placed
bore sealed orders from the Major, who
could not afford to come to town with his
wife; and those ordera permitted a moder-
ate discretion. In pursuance thereof, she
gave encouragement to an attractive young
gentleman by the name of Swan, who mani-
fested a great interest in Miss Maynadier.
Do not suppose that I am going to rehearse
the old tale of the hated rival whose heels
loaded with gold turned the scale. Swan was
not as well off as March Lovie, but he was
comfortably provided for; he was also good,
honest and agreeable -a most dangerous
combination. And the Major yid Mrs.
Major were quite agreed that it would be
well to solve the problem of .April's future
by letting her nestle under Swan's wing.
Naturally, March got wind of what was go-
ing on; he beard of Swan's publite attentions
and incesea,nt visite, and the stir that they
aroused in him all but carried him off his
feet. " What a frightful winter this is !"
people said, complaining of the weather. It
was indeed very cold; and if_you had heard
all of March's tempestuous ejaculations,
which he hurled at the four corners of his
room, you would have said that the ominous
-rumblings and whistlings around the chim-
ney and the windows of the dwelling where
April abode were simply the outcries of his
discontent.
Hurrying across Fifth Avenue one after-
noon, he met her coming up the fashionable
thoroughfare. Ibwas one of those mild,
yielding days that show a willingness to
glide over the verge into spring -time. April
came towards him in a suit of grey, with
edgings of soft, whitish fur around her,
throat and wrists like the last lingering
drifts of snow, He took his place by her
side and walked on with her.
"Oh, you ought not to do this !" said
she. "'We must never be seen together."
No doubt it was an anachronism'a very
uncalenderioal thing, for March and April
to appear in company; but March persisted
in keeping step with her until he had made
a sharp and clear declaratioh that, come
what might, he was resolved not to be
thwarted by Swan, and that he should go to
visit her in the matron'a den if she did not
consent to elope with him.
"Well, you know I can't possibly run
away with you," said April, plaintively;
"so you will have to come and see me there.
But I --I will write you when."
" In due time he received her note of
warning and heeded it, seeking her door on
an evening when artless indisposition kept
her at home alone. This time March enter-
ed gruff and threatening, like a lion. He
was fully charged with freezing jealousy.
"This man Swan !" he exclaimed. " I
want to have it explained. If things go on
as they are now, I shall believe -no matter
what you say -that you're going to marry
him."
But April was so unexpectedly sweet and
mild that he could not resist her blandish-
ments. _His tawny mane was alarmingly
ruffled, but involuntarily he began to smooth
it down with his hand. April looked pale,
but she hesitated no longer. She promised
to give up bridesmaids and the reception
and all the rest, and marry him where and
how he pleased. "It's a pity," said he,
"that thet poet of ours, Tyrwhitt, isn't a
minister, for, if he were, he would arrange
to marry us, I'm sure, in the thickets of the
old roadway. There would be something
appropriate in that, wouldn't there, April ?'
The light rested deliciously on the pale
gold hair above .April's eyes as she looked up
to answer him.
"How lovely that would be !" she cried.
But then in a breath's space she moved her
head ; the light was lost, and she moaned:
"It can't be so, and we cannot even stand
up before the world and say that we are
one.
" Oh, well," March rejoined, frigidly, and
his voice was like an icicle dropped upon a
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isszeismirmaisizsomainigagigmagBaii'lliliatirtial
end. The Major aud his frieed discontinued
their pending suits ; a grand reconciliation
party was held ; and the unkempt growth
which had severed the adjoining estates was
cut down to a genteel hedge, completely
obliterating the whilom source of strife.
Shortly after the wedding celebration there
appeared in a magazine some verses by Philip
Tyrwhitt, entitled :
MARCH AND ARIL.
March and April, hand inhand,
Wandered through the dreamy land ;
March, with wild and careless bluster,
t
Like a warrior going to is tater ;
-April laughing, light and land,
Holding flower -buds ail a- luster.
But, before the sun had set,
April's eyes with tears were wet ;
_Ceased her rosy lips their smiling.
March, though eager in b4guiling
All her fanciful regret,
Won her with his tender Wiling.
Then together, hand in hand,
Glad again they roamed the land.
All the land was now awaking;
Birds sang loudly, buds were breaking ;
" Tills," said March, "was what I planned
For our bridal merry -making."
Most Of the critics paid no attention to
these modest stanzas; but those who deign-
ed to comment on them in the daily papers
observed that it was simply absurd to con-
ceive of two spring menthe making their ap-
pearance together.
"Do you think it abeurd ?" March asked
his wife, referring to one of ' these sagacious
notices.
"Just look me in the eyes and ask me
that again !" April answered. "But how
do you suppose Tyrwhitt knew ?"
How indeed? He certainly never had
met either the bride or bridegroom, and
knew nothing of their history. Perhaps the
names signed to their tributary letters
haunted him, and prompted his inventiou.
No one_ever fathomed the secret; probably
Tyrwhitt himaelf could not have explained
how he came to write those verses. Of one
thing I am sure, and this is, that we have
here an accredited instance of a poet's fan-
tesy being carped at by the gritics but fully
confirmed by the reality. '
School Reports.
LEADBURY.-The following report based
on regular attendance, goOd conduct and
general proficiency, shows Ithe standing of
the pupils in School Secticm No. 7, McKil-
lop, for the month of May : Senior Fourth,
-Mamie McEwen, Ed, Dennison, Alex.
Dennison. Junior Fourth, -Joe Kinney,
Lillie Hudie, Nettie Gardiner, James Mc-
Laughlin. Sub -Junior Fourth, - Ja,mes
Dennison, Ernest Constable, Third Class,'
-Sara Driscoll, Henry McMann Sophia
Hudie, Edith Dennison. Second Class,-
John Gardiner, James Gardliner,Robert Mc -
McLaughlin, 4th William Berry. Part
Second Class, -Adam Nicholson, John Mc-
Ewen, Albert Scarlett, William Scott.
Senior First, -Alfred Dennieon, Eliza Grim-
oldby. Junior Firet, - Carrie Berry,
Maggie Scott, William Barrows, S. Scarlett.
No. 4 Molitorame-The; following is a
correct liet of the first three pupil e of each
class in SchOol -Section NO. 4 based upon
good conduct and general proficiency for the
month of April: Senior Fourth, -Thomas
Scott, Fred. Lawrence, Aggie McLeod and
Lizzie Beattie. Junior Fourth, -Willie
Beattie, Minnie 111cFadden'George Hogg.
, Senior Third, - Sarah Beattie, Lizzie
Henderson, Thomas Habkirk. Junior
Third, - Essie Beattie, Ada Lawrence,
Maggie Bgattie. Senior Second, -John
Shannon and Maggie Murdie, Willie Kerr,
Rance Habkirk. Junior Second, - Louie
Beattie, Tilly Scott, Andrew Calder.
No. 2, HAY. -The April report for School
Section No. 2, Hay, is as follows. Names
are in order of merit : Sixth, -Homer Rus-
sell, Alfred McTaggart. Fourth, -Kate
Chapman, Cecil Ross, Frank Ross and
Ralph Chapman, equal. Senior Third,-
Beatrice Warren, Nellie O'Brien, Maud
Russell. Junior Third, -Nellie Gould,
James Shirray, Nellie Northcott. Senior
Second, -Beck ie Northcott, Flora Northcott
and• Henry Busch equal, Milton Russell.
Junior Second, --Carrie Gould, Edgar
O'Brien, Melvin Gould. Second Part,-
Willie Busch. Bertie O'Brien'Jessie Munn.
First Part, -Robert O'Brien, John Jackson,
Rachel Essay. The best Spellers in the
monthly spelling match were : Fourth. -
flaming columbine-" if that's the way you I Kate Chapman; Senior Third, -Beatrice
feel, perhaps we might as well give up Werren ; Junior 0 Third, Nellie Gould;
everything." Senior Second, Beery Busch ' • Junior Sec:
"No, no," cried April, in a shower of ond, Carrie Gould ; SecondPart, Bertie
tears, "1 cannot. give you up !" And so she O'Brien; Firet Part, Robert O'Brien.
fell uon his shoulder •
When he left the house March was as
gentle as a lamb. Meanwhile Tyrwhitt the
poet, of whom they had thought for an in-
stant, was on -his way home to his lodging,
in worn-out clothes, wondering how he was
to live during the next month.
It would be useless to detail the commo-
tion caused by the elopement.When the
news reached Mr. Lowe, that suppoeititious
breeze against which he had so long been
striving stopped instantly, and, figuratively
speaking, he fell prone forward, and became
quiescent. On the other hend, Major Mey-
nadier, who had faithfully stood bolt up-
right, toppled over and fell backward. Stich
was the effect of a single gust of impulse on
the part of March.
I 1
Tha feud of the two families came to an
p.
The Right Kind of a Girl.
Let a girl be ever so g aceful in the
dance, let her be ever 80 legant of walk
; across the drawing room, ev r so bright in
conversation, she must pose as some -other
1 qualities to convince the gr at average run
of young men, that she can b the manager
, of his home, the pilot that st ers his ship of
state. Frugality, womanly i stincts of love
for home, an eye to the best intereets of her
hueband and the careful raining of her
children -these are the trai 8 which make
the good wife of to -day, an which young
' men look for in the girls the meet. Men
. may sometimes give the impression that
they do not care for common sense in their
sweethearts, but there is nhthing they 80
unfailingly demand of their wives.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Casto
ia.
PURE
1'OWDERED/100k0
PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST.
Beady for use in any quantity. For snaking Soap,
'Softening Water, Di ainf ecting, and a hundred other
uses. A can equals 20 pounds Sal Soda.
Sold by AM Grocers and Druggist.s.
1".E...w..4110rXiar-a-lEriur. rr'clox-f,x2.-tcso
1
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A PRIZE PICTURE PUZZLE,
The abnve picture contains four face., 11 e man
and 1,i three daughters. Anyone can fi -id the
nian's fai.e, but it k not so easy to distinga sh the
I face,. of the three yowl!, ladies.
The pmprietoo of 14 lord's Prize Pilis will
give an eleg.tilt Gold. Watch to th.t first
per,. who to:11:e ont. the three daughters', faces ;
,• will be given a pair of ;genuine
1It la mond FIrtr-11 I ngs ; to the third a hand -
l` Sil k Dress Pattern, IS yarda1in any
! color to the iiorrth a Co] n Silver Watch,
i many other priies in order of merit. !Every •
1 ;70111mtitor 01 1tt cUt 011t the above puzzle picture,
dist itieukh the three girls' faces by ;narking a cross
%vial lead pen, il on each, and enclose t,atne with
tett ti;rve cent Canadian stamps for one bos of
; l'ailcia'S PRIZE PILLS, addressed to TU FORD
PILL COMPA2T7, Wellington St. Wost; Torontd„ Can., -
l'he per -a; whom.: envelope is postmarked .
first •,c11 1.e awarded the first prize, :,rd the
..thers in order or merit. To the persoq send -
in a the. List correct answer will be given an
aka:011..6-01d Witte h, of fine workmansbip and
fir -.t -i la- timekeeper ; to the ne.•1 to the !last a
p.tir of gentiiii” Diamond Ear-Rln s ; to ;
1110 '411 to the la -.t a handsome. Silk I ress
Pattern, 16 yards in any rolor; to the third
E.) ;lie lam a('oin Silver Watch, and many
04 liri• pmers in order of merit counting from the
last, - WE SHALL GIVE AWAY
100 VALUABLE PREMIUMS (should
the] i• he many •entling in correct answers). No
; haree ii made for boxing and packing of pre-
mium:. The names of the leading prize winners
will be p1,1,1khed in connection with our advertise-
1,•.1ing newspapers next tvonth. 'Extra
11t11111I i. will he given to those who are willing to
hi introducing our medicine. Nothing is
chareial for the preinitims in any way, they are
alisaaa;•ly eiven away to introduce and adyertise
Fool Pi,'- which are purely vegetabie and
promptly on the Liver, Kidneys and
psoass, dispelling Headache, Fevers aid Colds,
eaansins the sy.tem thoroughly and cure habitual
coosiipation. :rile); are sngar-eoated. do
I n Of gel pe, ery small, easy to take, one pill a
41 •r .n.! are purely vegetable. Perfect digestion
• their lac. As to the reliabilityofourcomg:
patty, we rt•fer you to any leading wholesale dru
.4;,. or ;.11-iness house in Toronto. All premiums
• ill he awarded strictly in order ofamerit and with
psiaset satistactam to the public. Pills are sent by
mai! p., -.t When yctn answer this picture •
p0. sir, aitally mention which newspaper you W.
It 7.ydress THE FORD PILL COMPANY, Wel-
lington St., Toronto, Can.
French Chir a
TEA sus.
A complete as-
sortment of fine,
• decorated China
just to hand at
KILLORAN & Co'S
Western Tea. EemporiuM.
v
GONSUMPTI
I have a positive remedy for the above diseasei by Its
se thousands of eases of the worst kind and of long
tanding have been cured. Indeed so strong is my faith
n its efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE,
ith a VALVABLE TREATISE on this disease to any
sufferer Who will send me their EXPRESS and P.O. address.
T. A. SLOcUm, M. C. 186 ADELAIDE
ST., WEST, TORONTO, 'ONT.
The Old Established.
BROADFOOT'S
Planing Mill and
Sash and Door Factory,
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This old and well-known establishments is still
sunning at full blast, and now has better facilities
than ever before to turn out a good article for a
1 oderate price. Sash and doors of all patrierns al -
N'ays on hand or made to order. Lumber dr'assed on
E ort notice and in any way desired. All kinds of
larnher for sale on reasonable terms. Shingles kept
donstantly on hand. Estimates for the furnishing
qf buildings in whole or in part given on application.
None but the best of material used and workman-
ship guaranteed. Patronage solicited.
1269 J. H. BROADFOOT, Seaferth.
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MAY 13, 1892
V ETERIN AltY.
JOHN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario
Veterinary College. Ali diseases of Domestio
Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to ancE
charges moderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty
Offise and residence over W. N. Watson' Sewing
Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112t1
$1.75 0.000
5
MUST BE LOANED AT
PER CENT. an First and
Second Mortgages. Old
Mortgagps pald off: NO
COMMTSSION. Agents
Wanted. Call pr send ac.
stamp for CIRCULAR.
E.R.REYNEILD 5
7 RICHMOND ST W TORONTO
FRANK S. Beattie, V. S., graduate of Ontarn, yea
erinary College, Toronto, Met -ober of Lite yea
erinary Medical Society, eto., treats all direaaes of
the Domesticated Animals. All calk promptly at-
tended to either by day or night. Charges moder_
ate. Special attention given te veterinary dentis-
try. Office on Main Street, Seaforth, one door
south of Kidd's Hardware store. 1112
-
QEAFORTH HORSE INFIRMARY. -Corner cf Jsr
via and Goderich Streets, next door to the paaa,
byterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. All disJases of
Horses, Cattle; Sheep, or any o/ the du n attested
animals, successfully treated at th- in ..rmary ea
elsewhere, on the shortest nosier-. ...barges mxler-
ate. JAMES W. ELDER, Vete! inary Sursom. p
S. -A large stock of Vellena ary Medicines Kept con
stoutly on hand
Loans -can be arranged with my lo-
cal agent at Seaforth.
24 Years Established,
LEGAL
•
HIGGINS & LENNON,
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public., &c. Offices -
120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth,
Ontario. Seaforth Office -Whitney's Block, alaaa
Street. Money to loan. THOMAS 31ILTON II160138,
J AMES IANNoN 1291
0. 0. WILLSON'S
Implement Emporium
SM-A-B1401=V111-3,
Is now iuller than ever with all kinds
of Agricultural 'Implements, consisting
of fourteen different kinds of walking
Plows,Riding Plows, Two -furrow Gang
Plows, Binders, 'Mowers, Sulky Rakes,
Seed Drills, Cultivators, Horse Hoes,
Wheelbarrows, &c., also a full line of
Buggies, Wagons and Road Carts in
five different kinds --the Chatham,
Bain and Paris Wagons need no com-
ment; the Gananoque and Brantford
Buggies are now so well and favorably
known that they don't require any
special mention; the Davis and
Williams' Sewing Machines always on
hand, also a full stock of Washing
Machines and Clothes Wringefs. The
Stand Washer has been patented a
little more than three years in the
'United States, and over -195,000 have
been made and sold in that time, be-
ing an average of 65,000 each year;
there have also been about 3,000 a year
made and sold in Canada, and the de-
mand for them is increasing rapidly.
Come and get one on trial for two
weeks. All kinds of Plow Castings
and repairs on hand.
0_ 0_. WILaLsoN
J. C. SMITH & CO.
TIA.INTIC
A General Banking business transacted.
Farmers' notes discounted.
Drafts bought and sold.
Interest allowed on deposits.
SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for
collection
ATATTIIEW MORRISON, Walton, Insurance
Agent, Commissioner for taking affidavits,
Conveyances, &c, Money to loan at the lowest rates.
M. MORRISON, Walton.
- _ - •
JM. BEST, Barrister, 0Solicitor, Notary, aaa
. Office -Rooms, five doors north ofCommereial
hotel, ground floor, next door to C. L. Papst's
jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderich
agents-(ameron, Holt and Cameron. 1215
GAR- ROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors,
&o., Goderich, Ontario. J. T. taaalt0a , Q. 0.;
WM. PROUDPOOT. 685
OFFICE --First door north of Reid &
Wilson's Hardware Store.
SEAFORTH.
^ Cures- Burns, Cute, Piles n their worst form,
Swellings, Erysipelas, Inflammation, Froet- Bites,
Chapped Hanna, and all Skin Diseases.
HIRST PAIN EXTERMINATOR
Cures Lumbago, Sciatica, Rheumatism, Neuralgia
O Toothache, Pains in every form.
By all dealers. Wholesale by F. F. Dailey & Co.
CAMERON, HOLT & CAMERON, Barristers so
Bettors in Chancery, &o.,Goderich, M. 0
°AMMON, Q. C., PHILIP HOLT, M. •Lil CAMIIMON
- - —
TA J. DOWNEY, Solicitor, Conveyancer, &e.,late
J.J. of Victoria, B. C. Offtoe-Over Bank of
Commerce, Main street, Sea -forth. Pr sato fundto
loan at 6i and 6 per cent. 1036
IVIAN4!allert, SCOTT,
Sio3ligLetrersifolilet'3,Bia'n?°1:f
Johnston, Tisdale & Galo. Money to loan Office -
Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario. A. H. Maitauto
JAMBS Soon. 781
FEfOLMESTED, successor to the .ate firm
. McCaughey & Holinested, Barrister, So•
lieltor, Conveyancer and Notary. Solicitor fcr the
Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend Farms
for sale. Office in Scott's Block, Main Street,
Seaforth.
DICKSON & HAYS, formerly with Messrs. Gar -
row & Proudfoot, Goderichl Barristers, Sol-
icitors, etc., Seaforth and Brussels Seaforth Office
-Cardno'a Block, Main Street. R. S. HAYS. W.B.
DICKSON.' Money to Loan, 112i
W. CAMERON SMITH,
BARRISTER.
Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissiorer for
taking Affidavits in the High Court
of Justice, Conveyancer,
Money to Lend
OFFICE. -In Meyers' Block, Main Street, Seaforth,
adjoining office of Drs. Bethune and Belden. 1236-
DENTISTRY.
'El W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamiltors
_C & McInnes' Shoe Store, corner Main and John
Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad-
ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. 1169
DR. G. FRANKLIN BELDEN, Dentist; Assiatant,
DR. A. S. ATKINSON. Gas administrated for
painless extraction of teeth. Office over Johnson's
Hardware Store, Seaforth. 1226
HKINSMAN, Dentist, L. D S.,
Exeter, Ont. Will be at Zurichs
eb'i!T-6: at the Huron Hotel, on the Last
THIIRStAY IN NACH MONTH, and at
Murdock's Hotel, Ilensall, on the mass AND THIRD
FRIDAY in each month. Teeth extracted with the
least pain poseibIe. All work first-class at liberal
rates. 271
DR. C. H. INGRAM, Dentist, (successor to H. L.
memberof the Royal College of Den.
tal Surgeons, Ontario Teeth inserted with or viith-
out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe SIM!,
thetie given tor the painless extraction of teeth.
Office -over O'Neil's bank, Exeter, Ontario. 1-204
N. B. -Plates secured firmly in the mouth lay -
Yemens' Patent Valve.
MONEY TO LOAN.
MONEY TO LOAN.. --Straight loans at 6 pet
cent., with the privilege to berrowei ot
repaying part of the principal money at an) time.
Apply to F. HOLMESTED, Barrisiet, Seaforth.
MEDICAL.
DR. C. SHEPPARD, Physician and Surgeon, Bay-
field, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. Wridit.
1225-
62
2
R. T. P. McLAGGILL1N, M.C.P.S., Ontario, Phy-
olden, Surgeon and Accoucheur. Night
calls promptly attended. Office, Dashwood,
Ont 1225
DRS. SCOTT & NIACKAY,
OFFICE, Goderich Street, opposite Methodiat
Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE:, next Agricultural
Grounds.
J. G. SCOTT, M. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vie-
toria,) N. C. P. S. 0,
C. MACKAY, M. D. C. M., (Trinity,) F. T. M.
M. C. P. S. 0.
. .
DR. McFAUL, Member of the College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, eta., Seaforth, Ontario'
Office, Cady's BloOlc, opposite Commercial Hotel -
Night bell at residence, north side of Goderich St.
seventh door west 01 theMethodist Church. 1210 0tt.
-
T) E. COOPER, M. D., Physician, Surgeon and
Accoucher, Constance, Ont. 1127
DR. ELLIOTI, Brucefield, Moen Mate Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edin-
burgh. Brucelleld, Ont. 930
W. BRUCE SMITH, M. D , C. M., Member of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, &o.,
Seaforth, Ontario. Offiee and residence flame so
occupied by Dr. Yercoe. 848
ALEX. BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal
College :of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston.
Successor to Dr. Mackid. Offlo• lately occupied
by Dr. Mackid, Main Street Seaforth. Residence
-Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied
by L. E. Danoey. 0 1127
AUCTIONEERS.
TP. BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer for th. COW/
. ty of 'Huron. Sales attended in a 1 parts of
the County. All orders left at Tin Eta -osmotic
Office will be promptly- attended to,
TA II. PORTER General Auctioneer and Land
Valuator. Orders sent by mail to my ad-
dress, Bayfleld P. 0., will receive prompt attention.
Terms moderate. 0 1185-52
WM. M'CLOY
s
Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Sales prompt-
ly attended to, charges moderate and satisfaction
guaranteed. Orders by mall addressed to Chisel-
hurst Post Office or left at his residence, Lot 2, 03n•
cesbion 11, Tuckeramith, will receive prompt atten-
tion. 1258 tf.
W. G. DUFF,
AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Conveyancer,
Collector, Book-keeper and Accountant' Reel Estate,
Life, Accident and Fire Insurancc Agent; Money to
Loan; Correspondence, &e. Parties requiring his
services in any of these branches will receive
prompt attention. CMOS IN DaLST'S BLOCK, (UP
STAIRS), MAIN STRST.T, Siti FDRT:I 113'
NEW BUTCHER SHOP
IN SEAFORTFt.
JONES & McCUAIG,
Beg to inform the people of Seaforth and vicinity that
they have started the Butchering business on Main
Street, Seaforth, in the shop formerly occupied by
Mr. George Ewing, and will be glad to serve all who
may call on them, with fresh meat of all kinds. They
both have a practical knowledge of the business and
guarantee a good article and prompt attention tocus-
tom ers.
Orders solieited and meat delivered in any part
of the town.
1239 tf. JONES & McCUAIG.
MAY 13,1
I Promised
Another day had;
rom the blue hill -1
'lot o'er one eit-
Brought there lw
Within its la ells
And laid his iey
Just as he enter
She spake to her o
And see the
Neter taste /kJ tiOr
" I promise. me
clod bless and
died.
Night threw her
While a new moon
Then walked abr
To see what the gr
Plenty of mugs:
And homes al4
care 1:
O One bar-rooni bri
l'rorn which came
Then forms appri
by —
The stopped to
Their wordswi
"No 1
neverdrink tx.1
.1
fla ha! so
We s,,iI1 not ict1;1
T
And heLieesw,zhiletin hfinsrti
" Noztdpriannnk
wi
Outside iintil :t ot•
"Boys," said till
And gazing on it aS
" Before I drink;
My case ; then burl
I had 2. father on;
Mitre )(nod the ri
1: For years and •3
- Weave the firm nit
had a mother. t
And she loveelne;
pledge 1aveg1
And now to keeP
"Yes, she is deal
A feeling even of he
lier hand upon la
Ear yoke, too, sea e
I prorniaed moth
O Never to drink es
Achiea:paying
fotolarial
The friends drew is
L , ted
tt os dogt, ,ouoindht afte
git
Said No inoi
right ":"
How 1 Hav
I atria girt, ta
has been my lot
poeals fmenial
jected all my sn
the idea of ma
proposed pioseodtnoioe
i
eimple reason I
was not one of
justice to mytele.
1 did not eeek
eighteen, fir at aontid'e r
"11 say, May, (11
jolly fun if you
keiidn't
vere!ched, poor
hed4ud.
ni'tdie of
he
•,11.NeTihitiwel3anDyextht we
not to leave th
lowing after the
I agreed they W
He went on,
propriate to -to
Take the -ah!
instance. 1 wa
thaes wsorryo rds
would eay-ah
wor
natured, hone
was so nervous
The neXt W41
The more I eu.u-
sisted in both
called a " lady
exquisite. Ho
miffs, his cut 4
took every °pp
much 1 despite
ID epite of all 'TA
seized, the peel
he
Mysi'iitiii'you
terrtions
felt if his tie w
e.BSUre you, arc
of the moat -
haw ! Perhep
but I am not jr
big at all, youl
hon -or, yott kni
beanamwyerw. ?"
O The next -wee
, pared the way
his bileinees
ful man but
got. Ile that
have six hun
you ehate it?
Lin his
belnn
married rried withi
hi
My fifth he
mode of prop(
urinal way.
-used to .showl
for me to rea
One day 1 r
the story of
time in secret
pictured in e
raen who are
ever, after th
overcome, th
'When I was e
strange
. he,tio
me, and the
hero of the -
was me -an
decided I
W&8 one of 01
clever, thou
man's love,
good cry all
for I am sur
My next
seems to me
with a man
800, and tale
ne,:r
ee(meezi
ask nee I"
fae. 4
said, reloecltevt
'arilinu°stn g htahveell-
eonacience
encouraged
me.
Political
line betwee
tive inhei
representin
way to the
and wood
illuetration
ing from ti
forest uotil
roome, shai
each day'e
capital ha•-,
shape and f
creasing, a(
ducer and
produce ion
traffic is oll
to illuetrat
thing prodi
vidual ern
and labor
The nidiing powers
is violatila
economy, a