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C., f Phy rctarice Rota. h st, sn and 1, 1127 Royal Zan - 930 bet of aco., a as Sig Itoyal gston. euPied idenoe. cupled 1127 -:Court- irtt of earns. ;Land y &d- ation, 0-62. unpt- kotion Con- tf. itet Sneer, ley to • sea keeiVe (Or 9P that AfAin id by whe. They [. and bens- - part 1 • JULY 1, 1892. THE HURON EXPOSITOR. THE CRAIGSTONE METEORITE. IN TWO CHAPTERS. CHAPTER I. THE PROFESSOR IN TROUBLE. "Yes, my dear,it looks' very pretty in the catalogue, 'A)phanis FranklinCreig- stone, Professor of Natural History (Boteriy) Astronomy, and Curator of the Herbarium. If the salary were mole to tit, it would look prettier to me." " Beggars can't be choosers, Alphieue," said the professorie cheery little wife, with an anxious wrinkleejust appearing at the top of her nose. Beggars 1' My dear, when did we ever get that title? If the editor of the South- western Biologist had paid me anything for that article on the 'Cairipeloma subsolidurri,' whieh was copied in the foremost European scientific: journals, we should not be so pinched for money as we are now." "1 suppose that is true, dear. It is,. shame that the results of that discovery should be stolen from you. But I have great faith in your work. I know what you can do, and I will arty le to the whole world." The professorht sturdy little wife went over to her husband's side and laid her cheek against his own. Then the profeesor of natural history kissed his young wife, and she went back to her work by the window while he resumed his writing. Professor Craigetone was a young man, only two years out of college, with an en- thusiasm rare even in a profession which owns many enthueiasts. He was already quoted as authority on fresh -water bivalves, thirteen new species having been reported by him. In all departments of his work he excelled, and in all his work he was sadly cramped for lack of money. Wrayburn College was a Western institu- tion, with more prospects than students. Its salaries were meagre, and its economy neces- sarily cruel. When the professor wanted new shelves for his rare specimens of " Anodanta," the trustees passed a vote giving him leave to put them up -but appropriated no money for the enterprise ; there svas no money for them to appropriate. When he appealed for an assistant to catalogue and arrange his large MISS of material for the herbarium,the sum voted was too small even to make a show of beginning the work. His salary was drained every month by his living expenses, and he wore the •same shabby coat to recitation -room, to church, and everywhere else. Ilia wife pinched and saved at every turn, wore the same dress made over, and heroic- ally stood between the professor and bold collectors when there was no money in the house. Her ingenuity and heroism were great. Her faith in her husband was unlimited,and he knew it. With courage born of it he toiled almost incessantly, turning nightinto day, and fast growing old as he sought this way and that -to add a dollar or two to hie wretched income. To make things worse, a young nephew of the professor -a graceless scamp, who had been received into the professor's house and given his board and lodging -had borrowed small sums of money from time to time of the good-hearted professor. Now the youth had been expelled from the college for dis- graceful conduct, and had departed without paying his debt to his uncle. The professor's salary had been drawn one month in advance, and was alre*dy spent. There were bills from grocers, stationers meat men -whatnot? It seemed ridiculon that the foremost authority in the world the " Pheriacobius mirabilis" should be dunned for flour and potatoes. Yet tbat was the case, and affairs were getting dee- perate. The professor scrawled nervolisly on the margin of a newspaper the amount of his debts, and found the appalling sum of liana hundred and fifty dollars. It madd him sick at heart. He did not know how he could ever pay it off. He could not aek the college to help him. Though he had paid out of his own salary more than five hundred dollars for rare specimens in natural history, he could not expect the college to return that money. The college was glad to have the speci- mens, but it was quite willing the profes- sor should pay for them and say nothing about it. Undoubtedly he had been imprudent to buy the specimens; but his enthusiasm had captured his judgment, and now he was suf- fering the consequences. He eighed as he thought of h,is wife, and wondered how she ha,d ever hadgthe courage to merry him. He drew his pentthrough the -figures, S450, as if he thus cancelled the amount., mad, strange to say, it made him feel better. But !still, there it was, and which way to turn to pay it he could not tell. Scientific articles for newspapere do not bring large prices. " If I had only been a funny paragrapher !" seal the profeesor to himself. Re thought of resigning and getting a situation elsewhere; but it wits not a time of year when teachere, are in demand, and the prospects of getting any situation at all were too small to risk losing the place he had. No, he could not think of any way out of it. Even_ if he wrote for t _papers every minute he could epare from his duties, he could not pay off such a sum less than a year; and some of his creditots were getting very clamorous for money. He could not blame. them. It was the disgrace of it that hurt the professor. In despair he rose from his table, walked across to his wife and said, with a tone of comic seriouenees that was irresistible 0 11 "Belle, lend me four hun ',red and fifty dollars for a few days, will) ? I'll pay it bark as soon as my book is iniehed, I will, on my honor !" The professor's wife had a touch of humor about her, which, with that of her hueband, was their sadvatien when /netters began to get serious. She laughed heu,rtily at the ab- surdity of his demand, and together they epent the evening in calmly discussing the four hundred and fifty; but when they went to bed at 12 o'clock, the problem was as far from a solution as ever. at breakfast next morning the professor looked at the morningipaper between his sips of coffee, -which almost choked him as he thought how much he owed for it, -but he skimmed over the telegraphic and local news with a far -away look which showed that he was still thinking of the four hundred and fifty dollen. Suddenly he set his coffee -cup down, and grasped the paper in bath hands excitedly. Whet ie it ?" asked his wife. "Meteor 1" said the profeesor. "Just listen to this: Last evening the occupants of a farm near Coleridge, Brown County, were startled by the appearance of a thunder bolt, which pa,stied out of a, clear heaven close by one of the outhouses of the farm, and, with a deafening report, buried iteelf somewhere in an adjoining field. It has not yet been discovered. "Those who saw it say it was a mass of gelid matter, white-hot and radiant, Parties are scouring the field to find the strange vis- itor from another world !" "Where is my coat" ehuuted-the profeig sole "1! I run I can catch t he down -train to Coleridge." "But, my dear, the down -train for Cole- ridge went an hour ago," " eVhy, so it did. I had ;orgotten the change of time. But I can get the noon train. Belle, I'll run over and see the presi- dent, and ask him if he won't. authorize nee to get this meteorite for the college." All thought of the four hundred and fifty dollars gone, nothing but his professional en- thusiasm stirring in him, the profeesor rush- ed over to the president's house. The president was a Scotchman, 1.ow and At this moment supper was called. Craig - 'August 99 lower How does he feel ?-He feels cranky, and is constantly experi- menting, dieting himself, adopting strange notions, and changing the cooking, the dishes, the hours, and manner of his eating -August Flower the Remedy. • How does he feel ?-He feels at times a gnawing; voracious, insati- able appetite,wholly unaccountable, unnatural and unhealthy. -August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ?-He feels no desire to go to the table and. a grumbling, fault-finding, over -nice- ty about what is set before him when he is there -August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ?-He feels alter a spell of ,this abnormal appe- tite an utter abhorrence, loathing, and detestation of food; as if a mouthful would kill him -August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ?-He has ir- regulalr bowels and peculiar stools - August Flower the Remedy. • eometimes exasperating; but he had a kindly feeling for the enthusiastic young professor, and would have pursued a more liberal policy with him if the trustees had allowed it. The professor hurriedly stated the reason for his call. "How much money will you want ?" ask- ed the president. "I don't know. It depends on the people who own the. farm. It is not likely that they will want much." The president was evidently interested, but he was cautious. Finally he said, slow- ly: "1 will advance twenty-five dollars for the college. You may go down to Coleridge andsee what you can do." "Twenty-five dollars! Why, sir, if it is any kind of a meteoric stone, it will be worth a hundred times as much." "Well, that may be," replied the presi- dent, as complacently as though meteors were as common as new laid eggs. "That may be, but I do not feel it advisable to ad- vance any more. It is a good sum for a far- mer to get for the Stone. "1 doubt if I can do anything with that amount, but I'll go and see," said the pro- fessor with a sigh. The middle of the afternoon found him _in Coleridge. H9 soon discovered that the falling of the meteor had excited the neigh- borhood, and he had no trouble in finding dhe farm where the stone had fallen. It was ionly two miles out, and he haitily walked the distance. As he approached the farm -house he saw a crowd of men gathered about something in the yard. "Ab! They have found it, evidently 1" said the professor to himself. He was run- ning over in his mind the best way of getting the meteoric fragment for the little money in his possession; but when he crowded in to see the specimen he could hardly suppress his surprise. • It was an irregular mass of a dull, grayish - looking substance. In size it was about two feet long and eighteen inches thick. It was curiously indented with little hollows, as if large drops of rain had fallen upon the sur- face while it was in a plaetic condition, like a dish of boiling hasty -pudding, and it had then solidified, leaving the marks of the raindrops as smooth as polished wood. The whole look -ed much like a mass of iron and stone partly melted and run together. But the first glance assured the professor that the specimen was very rare and valu- able. He felt guilty of breaking the tenth commandment as he looked at it. The owner of the farm was a Mr, Bent, well-to-clo and shrewd. He was relating the story of the falling and the finding of the meteor as the professor came up. "Jim and I were just going to bed, when we heard a curious noise, and I went to the door just as she "-putting his foot on the meteor-" came dawn. It was queer, I tell you: She whizzed by like a streak, and there was a sound like thunder. The whole place was lighted up. I told Jim something had dropped out in the lot back of the house, and we ran out and looked every- where for it in the dark, but couldn't find anything. "This morning we hunted around for two hours, but couldn't find it. Then I gave it up, and I hitched up the team to plow. Well, I hadn't plowed two ferrows before thi' plow ran into something that just jerk- ed the point off. I never knew of a stone there before so I called Jim and we set to work to dig down, and sure enough, there was our sky -stone, a, foot and a half deep. " Only this end was sticking up, so the plow point struck it. We couldn't budge it alone, and had to hitch the team on to get it here." "How much does it weigh ?" asked one of the bystanders. "It's heavier than it looks. There ain't three men here strong enough to lift it, if they all take hold together, Three men tried, and the dull mass re- mained glued to the ground„ while the rest of the crowd grinned tatsee their efforts. Graduelly the crowd thinned out, and the professor began to hope that he would have a, chance tofbuy the specimen quietly. "1 suppose," said he, carelessly, "that you are willing to sell thisetone. I ant a collector of mineral specimens. I heard of this one this morning, and ceme around to look at it, What is it worth to you?" "Wel], I don't know," replied the farmer, with a keen glance. "'Taint every day a chunk of a star falls into a man's back lot. Where do you live ?" "At home, -mostly," replied the professor, who thought it heet not to admit how far he had come to buy the "star." Mr. Bent laughed. "Come now, that ain't bad. - But what will you give,for the thing ?" The professor hesitated. 11 he offered the twenty-five dollars at once. he would have nothing. more to give if the farmer beg- gled. Still he thought beat, on the whole, to offer enough to get the specimen at once. " I'll give you twenty-five dollars for it," stone did not know whatsto do. The visitors had all gone home. ,The good-natured farmer Saw his hesitation. 'Cine on in and have a bite with us,and stay all night, and we'll talk the thing over," said Mr.,Bent, who evidently enjoyed so un- usual a subject. "1 don't know your name or where you hail from, but that makes no difference. Coma In." The professor aooepted the invitation thankfully. At the supper table he told the farmer who he was, feeling that it would be a breach of hospitality to eat at his table on any other terms than that of the frankest understanding. "You see, the college can make use of thie fragment. It is perfeotly useless to you on your farm. Not worth any more to you than any other boulder." "Do you think forty dollars a fair price for it ?" asked farmer Bent, looking at his guest keenly. This question much embarrassed the pro- fessor. He was almost morbidly truthful, He knew that the meteor would probably sell to scientists for two or three thousand dollars. " Well, no. Perhaps not. But it is worth muoh more to us than to you. And in fact I do not know just how much it is •worth.". "Would you give fifty dollar' for it ?" " Yes." "Ono hundred dollars 1." The professor lost his appetite. "One hundred dollars! Why, the president would think I was crazy," he paid to himself. Aloud he said: "The college could not afford to give that. And let me tell you, Mr. Bent, no one but some college or university will ever purchase this meteoric fragtnent. It would be of no use for you to try to sell to another farmer. The stone is useless to you. Come, Ill give you fifty dollars and call it a bargain." Farmer Bent said nothing. He was a hard customer to deal with. He rightly oonjec- tured that the visitor from heaven was a windfall of more than ordinary value. He had a mortgage on his farm of five hundred dollars, and he was not going to let pass this opportunity to raise money on a star, as he called it. "Well, professor, I won't give you an an- swer to -night. Stay over with us, and I'll tell you in the morning." The profeseor passed a troubled, resting night. -In the morning be was up bright and my, and went over to view the strang- er from space. The more he looked at it, the more he grew convinced that it was a rare meteoric shell. Mr. Bent came from the barn -yard with the milk, and greeted the professor cheer- fully. The farmer had talked over the mat- ter with his wife. Both were shrewd New England people who had moved west in early times and endured much hardship to- gether. They had fixed upon the sum that they would sell the specimen for. "Well," said the profeesor after breakfast. " Whit do you say? Fifty &liars and it is a go." 'My wife and I have agreed to let the stone go at five hundred dollars. You can have it for that." The professor groaned. . "Five hundred dollars ! The college would as soon think of sending me on an ex- pedition to the moon to pick fossilized pea- nuts. They will never give such a sum." "It's worth it," said farmer Bent, with the assurance of a veteran meteorologist. "1 must be going back, then. We no use our talking it over any longer." But the professor suddenly stopped. An idea had come to him that almost terrified while it inspired him. He walked back to the farmer. "Will you give me the refusal of the stone for five hundred dollars?" "Tell you what T11 do. If you will give me four hundred and fifty dollars in cash be- fore I have another offer for it, it's yours."' "Do you mean that you will sell the boul- der to the highest bidder ?" "Of course. But if you give me the four hundred and fifty dollars before anybody else, the stone is yours." "All right. It's a bargain. to get the train back," I'll hitch up and take you in." So the professor and the farmer,parted at the station with the understanding that four hundred and fifty dollars would buy the meteorite for the professor if no one mean- while offered a larger sum. I must hurry CHAPTER II. A BOLD MOVE. It was noon when the professor reached home. He hurried to the president's house and told the story of his attempt to buy the , meteorite. _ _ " Four -hundred- fifty - dollars !" ex- claimed the president, as tf. each word astounded him. " Itrepossible 1" The col- lege cannot do it !" "But, sir, the stone is worth two or three times that, I assure you. Think of the glory of having such a specimen ! There is nothing like it in America." "Impossible ! We haven't five hundred dollars to give for anything." "Then do you refuse, on behalf of the College, to purchase this stone" "Yes, sir, so far as my authority goes, I do. And it would be useless to expect any other decision from the trustees." " Doubtlees," replied the professor, and rushed over to his own house. "Belle, I am going down to Col6ridge again this efternoon. I can't stop to tell you all about it now. No, I'm not hungry. I'll get something on the road if I am. Good by ! The professor's little wife, with cheerful confidence in her learned husband's ability, kissed him good -by, and watched him af- fectionately as he hurried down the street. "He's only a boy yet. Elow soon he for- gets the four hundred and fifty dollars we owe!" She watched him thoughtfully until he went around the corner. There was one men in Wrayburn who un- derstood Craigstone better than any other. This was the banker, Mr. Thurston. He had more than once interested himself in scientific matters for the professor's advan- tage. To' him.? Craigstone went, and after telling his story briefly, boldly asked him for the loan of four hundred and fifty dollars to buy the meteorite on his own account. "It is quite a sum," replied Mr. Thurs- ton. "Are you sure the risk is well taken?" " Yes, sir. I have no doubt of it. The specimen is exceedingly valuable." "You have security for such a loan ?" ask- ed Mr. Thurston, curiouely. The professor colored deeply, but he epoke frankly. "To tell you the truth, if you let me have the sum it must be as a pure favor and nothing else. I have nothing whatever to offer as security. In fact, I am already just four hundred and fifty dollars in debt, Mr. Thurston.' smiled, wheeled round his chair, and wrote out a check for four hun- dred and fifty dollars. he said, boldly. "Get it cashed here. I never did such a it's worth mere'n that." thing before, but I'l I risk it this time. Pro- " Twenty-five dollars is worth more to feasor, there ought to be luck in stars !" you !" Professor Craigstone was too much moired " But it won't buy a piece of a star." to say a great deal. He .cashed the check, " 'A piece of a star!' But this" the and crowded his thanks to Mr. Thurston professor paused as he thought of the use- into a wringing handshake and an expressive leesness of trying to show Mr. Bent what a meteoric fragment was. " Come; bettertake the twenty-five." "Don't know about that, Think I'll wait 'for a better offer." The professor nervously walked around the specimen. The more he saw it the more anxious he was to get it. He thought to himself, "The college surely will back me up in offering fifty dollars for such a prize. To my knowledge no such fragment has ever before fallen in this country. "Tell you what I'll do. I'll give you forty dollars for it. What do you say ?' " think about it." STRONGEST, BEST, Contains no Alum, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphates, or any Injuries:4 " E. W. CILLETT, Toronto, OtTit. where. Ah 1 He began to recall no; -.1; was at the teschera' convention which he at- tended two years before. 1 It flashed over him that the man in thie spectacles with the email travelling bag was Professor Frost, of the State UniversitY. And in the same moment it also flashed over him that he. was probably on his way to Coleridge for the meteorite! _ The State University was well endowed, and doubtless could afford to give a large sum for the specimen. What if the Uni- versity had sent Professor Frost down tO buy at any cost? Professor Craigetone looked over at PrciIl• lessor Frost, and Professor Frost glanced t him, Evidently the State University mai did not recognize him. They had only met to be introduced, and it was two years be- fore. In that time Craigstone had grown is beard. He was glad he was not known. He would trriet to his wits to get the meteor by himself. He rose and walked over to the other end of the car. A man near the door who had been reading a paper held it. out to him. "See the paper, sir ?" "No, thank ryou. I don't care to read. But, yes, just let me take it a minute. Thank you. He glanced over the news rapidly until:he came to the following: "The meteorite that fell at Coleridge has- been discovered. It was plowed out of a field on the farm of a Mr. Bent two miles north of the town. The weight of the stone is nearly nine hundred pounds. We understand that he holds the meteorite at four or five hundred dollars. The State University will send down a man to -day, with a view to buying the specimen if he finde it valuable.' "That eettleS it," thought Craigstone, .as he handed the paper back to the man. 'But if Farmer Bent is true to his word I stand the first chance, provided I get there before anybody else." The train rolled into Coleridge at last, ,.and the professor jumped off. With a stride that would have done credit to a giraffe on the run, he measured off the strip of plat- form, and started through the station to make a short cut to the farm. He remem- bered that the road by which the farmer had brought him back started directly from the rear of the static:in. There was no time to be lost. :Re noticed as he came out on the platform that a lime and two -wheeled cart were there, as if wait- ing for some one. He hurried across the street, and struck a,t once into a sharp walk up the road leading to the Bent faun. _ Being a very rapid walker and having no baggage, he got over the ground rapidly. He had walked an eighth of a mile when he heard the noise of wheels behind him._ Re looked a.round, and there was the horse and two -wheeled cart he had seen back of the station. In the cart were Professor Froet and another man, who was driving. They came up at a goodtpace, and passed the professor. The State University man looked sharply at Craigetone as the cart whirled by. The road to Bent farm was what ii known as a "section road ;" that is, it was a right- angled road. Each side forming an angles was a mile- in length. The countrrwes fenced, so that to reaoh the farm it WAS necessary to drive one mile west and ode mile north. The professor knew that the hypothenuse of a right•angled 'triangle is shorter than the sum of its other sides. • There wiin only one thing for him , to do. He must run for it over the third eide of the triang1P, and beat the State University man if pee- sible. In his college days, when in training, the professor had been a noted runner. He still had a splendid. physique in spite of hsnight work and close study since he curie out of the university. In the present in- stance his professional pride, his love of hs wife, and another reasop -urged him to g to that farm before the men in the cart cou reach here on the regular road. He flung himself over the fence,which w s a barbed wire, by placing his hand on la poet and clearing the wire from the ground. It was a trick of athletics which stood hi in good stead now, as nearly all the fenc a of the country were of the scone kind, air almost impassable. It was a terrible run. The fields were partly plowed, and partly stubble from the wheat harvest, and partly corn as high s his head. Fortunately pnly one piece af corn intervened, and he blessed his stars r his star, as he ' began to call his meteorit.„ that the corn was planted in rows that ran nearly in the direction he was going. ; Children Cr t for Pitcher's Castoria; So he rushed down the opening between the stalks, unable to flee the cart, which wr making good time on the first mile. As , e came out of the cornfield he caught sight of the men in the cart just turning the angle for the second mile. He had run the entire distance so far, and had covered two-thirds of the distance to the farm. He could s7 the 'house veey plainly now. He ran down a sloping pasture, breathing heavily, but getting hie second wind, and almost confident of beating the cart, Bet on reaching the bottom of the pasture Le was dismayed to find a 'dough or gully fully twenty feet wide, land filled with water! He cast his eye anxieuely around for i a narrow place. As far at oould see, the stream was wide, and how deep he could only guess. There was nothing for It hut to swine it. The four hundred and fifty dollars lied. been given him in large bills -four hundreds and a fifty. Wrapping them in a bit of paper, he rolled them up, put them into his mouth, and plunged into the muddy wate Any one who has tried to swim with is clothes on, and eepecially with boots en, will understand what a swim of even twenty feet means, The first plunge took the peo- look, he darted out of the bank for the eta- feasor over his head. But he struck ont pluckily, and much exhausted, pulled him - There was an express freight made up to self out on the opposite muddy bank. go down the road to Coleridge and points Without waiting except for one brief in - beyond and he was fortunate enough to reach stant to take the money out of his mouth, the station in time to take this freight. This and clench it in his hand, he started on. saved waiting two hours. The farm -house was near now. The horse He took his seat in the way car more and cart were not in eight, but hidden by buoyant and hopeful than he had been for a the elope up which he was now running. long time. The four hundred and fifty dol- As he panted into the fe,vm-ye.rd, he sew lars burned in his pocket. the farmer with several other men about the The train was distressingly slow, and he meteorite, which was still in the same vitt. felt a desire to get out and run. He looked The profeesor weeit right up to the nie- around at the few passengers. One of them teorite, and sat down upon it. As he dirt so caught his eye at once. Professor Frost and the other man drdve Where had he seen that man? Some- into the barn -yard. "Mr. Bent," gasped Craigstone, as he hastily unrolled his hills, "hersi art, four hundred and fifty dollars. Count it. , You said this meteorite Was mine on jayment of that amount if no one else gets ahead of me. Is the meteorite mine?" 1 "Yes, sir. It's yours," said Fernier Bent, in astonishment. "No one else has made me an offer. But what on earth have you-" At this moment Professor Frost came up. "How do 1" said Frost. " What'll ypit take for that meteorite that fell here two or three days ago ?" . "Ask this gentleman," said Farmer Bent, with a shrewd grin in which a good deal of disappointment was expressed. "He's bought it. 'Taint mine no more." "Professor Frost, I presume," paid Craig - stone, rising and bowing as gracefully as if he had his wedding snit on, instead of being plastered with mud, and looking very mugh like a " specimen " himself. ".y name as Craigstone, of Wrayburn. Had ' the pleas- ure of meeting you at the convention two years ago. Possibly you don't remember me." I Professor Frost burst into a laugh. "Ypu have beaten me,professor,and I iteknowledge it. But I want that meteorite and I an bound to have it. I'll give you five hundred dollars for it." / 1 "Aren't you authorized to give more then that? The State University isn't exactily is short of funds; it ?" Professor Frost looked at Craigstone aid laughed. " Well, young man," he eaid, " scien loves an enthusiast. You have the adv tage of me in this transaction. I am twi e your age, but I would give one thous& d dollars to have your pluck. What will 3+1 take for half the meteorite ?" "1 don't know. I want to think abo It. Mr. Bent, can you lend me a suit clothes ?" • The Professor was soon decked out in dry but somewhat baggy suits, and befo ,dark, he, in company with Professor Frost and the precious meteorite, were on the train bound for home. The university pro- fessor parted from Craigstone with many ex- pressions of regret and congratulation. "You will hear from ue yet," he said. "That specimen is too good to be in Wray - burn College." "But it is my specimen," said Craigstone. "All your bid for it must come tO me." • For the next week the professor kept up a lively correspondence with the State Uni- versity, They made one offer isfter anothlar, and he refused. An Eastern college seit out a man to look at the wonderful stone. He made Craigstone an offer for_ half of it that almost took his breath away -two thousand dollars for five hundred pounds ij The offer was acoepted, and the meteorite was cut in two. The State University head of it, and the next day came a telegraia , "Will give fifteen hundred dollars for re - maunder of the meteorite." About this time the trustees of Wray - burn College began to wake up. They vis- ited the professor in a body. They even tried to make out that the meteorite belong- ed to the college. At this, the professor s wife, who was in the room, rose to the defence. "After all the money, Alphaetts has spent for you out of his little salarik 1 You know you haven't a shadow of a claim on the specimen. If I was Alphaeusl I would sell every pound of it, and not leaye you a bit." • But Craigstone was generous in the mat- ter. He made terms with the State U4i- versity by which three hundred pounds of the meteorite passed into their hands for twelve hundred dollars. The rest he gave' to the college on condition that it should not be sold. " Thirty-two hundred dollars 1" exclaim- ed the professor. " After paying MaThurs- ton his four hundred and fifty dollars and our own debt of the same amount, we shell have twenty-three hundred dollers. Belle, let's ask the college for a vacation, and take that long deferred wedding trip we never had. Will you 9." They went. When they came back the professor's little wife Fetid archly, " If we didn't have a honeymoon, we had a honey staAnd r.'' the professor forgave her.-Chares M. Sheldon, in Youth's Companion. ut of • GRAITU,L-COMFORTING. EPPS'S - COCOA_ BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the: fine proper- ties of well-seleoted Coaoa. 3! r. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev- erage which may save tie many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articIps of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enongh to resist every tendency to disease. Hun; dreds of subtle maladies are floating arstand us ready to attack whei ever there is a weak point. We n ay escape many a fatal shaft by keeping purselve 1,,‘ ell fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." -Civil Service Gazette. Madesimply with boiling water or milk. Sold only by Gmcers, label ed thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Honiceopathic Ohcni. ists, London, England. 1246-6 News About Town. _ It is the current report about town that -Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs is making some re- markable cures with people who are troubled wath Coughs, Sore Throat, Asthma, Bronchitis and Con- stiimption. Any druggist will give you a trial bottle free of cost. It is guaranteed to relieye and cure. The Large' Bottles are 50e. and 51. -0- aims Oh, My Head! TT:TAT splitting beadache,aching brow and irritable feeling can he immediately relimi.ed and per- manently mired by Burdock Blood Bittere, the best remedy fpr headache, constipation and all disorders of the stomach, liver, bowels and blood. Destroy the worms or they may destroy ethe ren. Freeman's Worm l'owders destroy and all kinds of worms. ehId- mx,pel Nothing So Good. - I . DEAR SIRS, -I have used Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry in my family for a, number of years; and find nothing so good for diarrhbea and 4ck stomach as it proved itself to be. 1 MRS, D, A. Witsos, Ridley P. 0, On. _ - National. Pills are sugar coated, mild 11,mt thorough, and are the best Stomach and Liver Pills in use., • AP - .Gives Good Appetite. SIRS, -1 think your valuable medicibe cannot- be surpassed, according .to the benefit I received Qom it. After suffering from headache and loss of appe- tite for -nearly four years, I tried 13. 13. B. with the greatest success, finding it gave me great relief and good appetite. I now enjoy good health which I owe to your Valuable medicine. I Miss MINNIE DROWN, London, Ontario. A burn or cut will„heal quickly and lleave less gear if Victoria Carbolic Salve is applied at once. A Liberal Triumph. °CORES of men and women who ha -4 always Suf- fered their prejudices to bind them' to the mdrits of Burdock Blood Bitters now use and Praise his wonderful tonic purifier as the best remedy Icn4own for dyspepsia, constipation and all blood diseasesi. •0 • 0. prevented by using Milburn's Aronatic Quiz ine Malarial fever and chills are best brOken_ up rd- . makes an easy and certain cure for constipation. It Is in the form of dry roots and leaves, and is known as Lane's Family Medicine. It will cure headache in one night. For the blood, liver and kidneys, and for olearins. up the complexion it does wonders. Druggists sell it at 500 a package. K. D. C. has cured Dyspeptics who thought they were dying. See testimonials. Free sample to any address. 1C.D.0. Co., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. A Sure Reliance- Owcrixidr.N.-We have a family of seven •children and have relied on Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for the past ten years in all cases of di- arrhoea and summer complaints. It never fails us and has saved many doctor's bills. J. T. PARKINSON, Granton, Ontario. -11410 Take K. D. C., and like others who have tried it you will say : " It is the Greatest Dyspepsia Cure of the age, and worth its weight in Gold." To Dispel Colds. Headaches End Fevers, to cleanse the system ef- fectually, yet gently,when costive or bilious, orr,when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs. •••• • •• Healthy digestion is one of the most important functions of the hun-an economy. K. D. C. restores the stomach to healthy action, and promotes healthy digestion. Try K. D. C. Hamwrox, April 20, 1892. I was doetoling for years with physicians for a scaly and scurvy affliction of ths scalp, they told me it was eczema, but gave me no permanent relief. I woe also troubled with ezcessiVe dandruff, which would drop from my head like snow flakes. Hearing of Anti -Dandruff I used it, and from the third appli- cation felt more relieved than for yoara ; when half the bottle was used the mania and scaly eruptions disappeared and have not returned since ; dandruff was thoroughly removed, the itching of the scalp stopped, and for an elegant, clean and useful hair- dressing Anti -Dandruff has no equal. J. S. GRAHANI, Manager Tfamilton Branch, Kemp, Jones & Peck, Manufacturers of Cider, Toronto. Are you debilitated from want of nourishment? K. D. C. will cause your food to nourish you by re- storing your stomach to healthy action. Back -Ache. Back -ache is caused by sick kidneys. Dodd's Kid- ney Pills will remove it. By their peculiar action on the Kidneys they impart activity- and benefit the sys- tem by purifying the blood. You cannot have pure blood with disordered kidneys; health's existence depends upon their natural condition : they are the governors of the system, continual disorder results in kidney consumption, which is Bright's disease. PREPARE FOR SUMMER DISEASES -If you have Colic, if you hb.ve Diarrhoea, or if any summer com- plaint, -and you are more than likely to suffer in that way before the soft -crab season is over, -buy a bottle of PERRY Davis' Pais KILLER, and secure in- stantaneous relief -after one or two doses. In treating severe attacks of cholera, bathe the bowels with the PAIN KILLER. Twenty drops of Mr. Davis' won- derful medicine will cure a child of the worst Me of Colic.. A bottle of the PAIN KILLER can be bought at any reputable drug -store. Price:, 25c., Big New Bottle. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castorkb, 1111 -.-------- Oh, What a Cough! -Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach of that more terrible disease Con- sumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford for the sake of saving 50c., tO run the risk and do nothing for it. We know from experience that Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough. It never fails. 1259-52 -Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Sold by ,T.S.Roberts. 1237 ----- Rescued from Rheumatic Pains. A. P. Noakes, Mattawa, Ontario, writes: "1 have been troubled for years with rheumatism and nervous debility. . Dr. .Pink Pills entirely restored me after all other -remedies had failed," Sold by all dealcrS or by mail at 50e. p,,,r box, or 6 boxes for - $2.50. Dr. Williams Med. Co., Brockville, Ont.. and Schenectady, N. Y. Beware of _imitations. i,rffiliiiaER JJ ..EXtOF WILD CURES 4.:?4:!. l‘CPLIC C H OL ERCHoLf-' MORBUSA DIARRHOEA DYSENTERY ANDALL CHILDREN clrAD,ULTS BEWARE PFWITATION $ PrIC e _35c Ts Wellington, G-rey and Bruoci. GOING NORTH-. Ethel. Brussele....... Bluevale Wingham.. GOING SOUTH- Wingham.... Bluevale Brussels.. Ethel.......... Paasenger. 3.00 P. al. 9.Z.I1 P.M. 8.45 P.M. 8.16 , 9.46 9.36 3.30 16.00 10.00 3.40 10.10 11.10 Passenger. Mixed. 6.80 A.m.11.10 A. m. 7.38 r.m. 6.39 11.29 8.05 6.63 11.62 8.55 7.05 12.07 9.31 . London, Huron and Bruce. GOINO NORTH - London, depart . Exeter Hensel' Kippen. Bruoefield Londeaboro Blyth ..... Belgrave Wingham arrive GOING SOUTH- ' Wingham, depart Belgrave . • Blyth Londeaboro Clinton' Brumfield KipPen Haman Exeter Paseenger. R.16A.s. 4.45P.m 9.16 02 9.28 6.14 9.34 6.2L 9.42 6.80 10.00 8.60 10.19 7.06 10.28 7.17 10.42 7.31 11.00 7.66 Paseenger 2.20P.m. 7.00 3.45 7.14 4.20 7.22 4.1s 4.60 6.09 6.17 5.24 5.38 7.56 9.15 8.24 8.32 8.60 Grand Trunk Railway. Trains leave Seaforth and Clinton follows: ; GOING WEST- ' Passenger Mixed rain.. ....... Mixed Train ! GOING EAST - Wine. Passenger... .. .. .. Summer Complaint and DiaTrhoea. ? I can recommend Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for miller complaint and diarrhoc4, as Elu adults;Thith the best resulta. I have used iin_ ..._...ey fainiwilio_r, bo_t_h for children and I Ontario. • F . ClearE. Di cti ti ii e k , Dr' T. A. Slocum's , OXYGENIZED EMULSION of PURE COD LI -VER OIL. If you have are Feeble and Emaplated-Use it. For sale by all druggists. 36 cents per bottle. . -41 • O. . SEAFORTU. 1.07 P. M. 9.16 P. a. 9.20 A. m. 3.20 P. M. 7.69 A. M. station as ems rox. -123r. s. 9.32 p. m. 10.06A.m 7.00 P.M. 7.43 A. M. Passenger .. 2.85 P. sc. 2.36 P.- bi Mixed Train.. ........ 5.40 r 6.00 P. 1m. Freight Train.. 4.25 P. M. 3.30p. M MISS TYTLER GREAT BARGAINS To all who wish to SAVE MONEY. A. G. AULT Has added to bis stock a nice assort- ment of. first-class Readymade Cloth- ing, Children's, Boys' a.nd Men's Suits in the very latest styles, also another consignment of Summer Dry Goods, and will show a full line in Men's and Boys' Felt Hats, both soft and hard in great variety; also another line of those all wool Tweeds, from 40 cents a yard upwards, and is still taking orders for suits made to order and guarantee a fit at very low prices also a well assorted stock of all kinds of fresh Groceries and Provisions, which we are selling very cheap A call is solicited from all to examine ray stock before purchasing elsewhere. No trouble to show you through and quote prices to all who may favor me with a call. All goods purchased de- livered free of charge. A. G. AULT, Seaforth. Has for sale the remains of Miss Arbuckle's Stock 'of' Cotton Stockings, all sizes. A Curb for Constipation and. She is also prePared to do custom knitting at her residence, zorner (Jen- - Dr. Silas Lane, while in the Rocky Mountains,, dis- covered a root that when combined with other herbs, 1273-13 tre and William Streets. Headache. r GODERICH Steam Boiler Works. (ESTABLISHED 1880.) A. S. CHRYSTAL, Successor to Chrystal & Black, Manufacturers of all kinds of Stationary Marine, Upright & Tubular BOILERS Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iror Works, etc., etc. Also dealers in Upright and Horizontal Slide Valve Engines. Automatic Cut -'.2 Engines a specialty. All sizes of pipe and pipe -fitting constantly on band. Est'mates furnished on short notice. Works -Opposite G. T. R. Station, Goderich. The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED, OFFICERS. D. Ross, Presidedt, Clinton P. 0.. W. J. ' Shannon, Secy-Treas. Seaforth O.; Jan Hannah, Manager, Seaforth P. O. DIRECTORS. Jas. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Alex. Gardiner, Lead. bury; Gabriel Elliott. Clinton; Geo. Watt. Harlock; Joseph Evana, Beeehwood ; Id. Murdie, Seaforth; Thos. Garbutt, Clinton. AGENTS. Thos. Neilans, Harlock ; Robt. MeMillan, Seaforth; S. Carnoehan, Seaforth. John O'Sullivan and Geo Murdie, Auditors. • Parties desirous to effect Insurances or tran- sant other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers, addressed to their respective post offices. 1189 John S. Porter's Undertaking and Furni- ture Einporium, SEAFORTR, - ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION. Funerals furnished on the shortest notice and satisfaction gul =Aced. A large assort- ment of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, &II, always on hand of the best quality. The best of Embalming Fluid ased free of charge and prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Resi- dence - GODERICH STREET, directly op- I posite the Methodist church in the house formerly occupied by Dr. Scott. 1 CURE FITS! When I say I cure I do not mean merely to stop Them for a time and then have them return again. I mean a radical cure. I have made the dlitease of FITS, EPILER. sr or FALLING SICKNESSta life-long 8tudy. 1 warrant my remedy to cure the wors*,aes. Because ()there have failed Is no reason for not now receiving a corr. Send at once for a treatise fLnd v. Free Bottle 14 my infallible remedy. Give EXPRESS and POST.OEFICE. H. G. R 4E0T, M. C. 186 ADELAIDE ST.. WEST, ORONTO, IDNT. KIPPN MILLS. Always Ready to Serve the Public by Giving Good Flour. JOHN MeNEVIN Etegsto inform his friends and the public that he is again able to give his personal attention to business, and having engaged 31r. John B. Austin, a thor- oughly oompetent,practical iniller,he is prepared todo GRISTING AND CHOPPING - On the shortest notice, and most rebsonable terms to all who may call. /. Satisfaction guaranteed every time. trial solicited. JOHN MoNEVIN, Kippen, SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. This GREAT COUGH CURE, this suc- cessful CONSUMPTION CURE, is without a parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos- itive guarantee, a test that no other cure can successfully stand. If you have a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for it will cure you. If your child has the Croup, or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief is sure. If you dread that insidious disease CONSUMPTION, don't fail to use it, it Will cure you or cost nothing. Ask your Drug- gist for SHILOH'S CURE, Pnce io ets., 50 cts. and $1.00. THE FARMERS' Banking - House, SM.A__E' (In connection with the Bank of Montreal.). LOGAN & 00., BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENT REMOVED To the Commercial Hotel Building, Main Street A General Banking Business done, drafts isEue and cashed. Interest allowed on deposits. MONEY TO LEND On good notes or mortgagee. ROBERT LOGAN, MANAGER 1058