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Clinton New Era, 1894-07-13, Page 31 MORR1 pianos MUSICAL EXCELLENCE; ARTISTIC DESIGN DURABLE CONSTRUCTION CATALOGUES SENT FREE ON APPLIOATAON. Morris-Feild -Rogers-Co LISTOWEL. BANK OF ENGLAND ODDITIES. ITS NOTES ARE NOT LEGAL TENDER IN IRELAND OR SCOTLAND. Among the curiosities which are occasionally shown toj favored visitors are some specimens of ancient notes, a number of them of denominations no longer in vogue, such as £1, £15, £25. There is also carefully preserved the oldest surviving note, one of the year 1699, the amount being written with ink, says the Pall Mall Budget. Another curiosity is a note for £1.000,- O0, which was required for some 'transaction between the bank and the Government, but in this case too, the amount is written with the pen. The longest time during which a note has remained out side the bank is 111 years. It was for £25, and it is com- puted 'that the compound interest curing that long period amounted to no less than £6,C.,J. There is quite a -labyrinth of vaults where the disused notes are stored until they have reached the necessary maturity of five years. They are esti- mated to Weigh ninety-one tons, and number about 77,745,000, filling 13,400 boxes, and were of the original value cif £1,750,626,600. The Bank of Eng- land note is a legal. tender for any amount in excess of its face value, but not for less. Thus a person might re- fuse to take a £5 note in payment of a debt for £4 19s. 6d., though as a mat- ter of fact n000dy would be so foolish as to do so. It must be remembered that bank notes are only legal tender as between members of the public, so long as the bank pays in gold on de- mand. If such an unlikely thing were to happen as the bank being unable to redeem its promises to pay, then its notes would cease to be legal tender. Even as it is, their legal tender quality does not extend to It eland or Scotland. AFTER THIRTY YEARS. ALI tN STEWART, OF 8PRINGTON, SUFFERS ir,L :: THIS : TIME• -•AT'. 'LAST'..-."-CONFINED"-"T.O... BED—STORY OF HIS HAPPY RELEASE FROM PAIN. CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. 1., July 9.—Allan Stewart, of Springton, near hear, says that Dodd's Kidney Pills saved his life, and he wants the fact to be known. For thirty i years he has had kidney disease and gravel. Hundred of dollars spent on doctors and medicine failed to do any good. On July 14 last, Mr Stewart had to take to his bed, and everybody considered his case a hope- less one. He:heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and began using them. He says he notioed an improvement from the first, and ten boxes cured him. He is now free from all pain and enjoys excellent health. NEWS NOTES The six large structures on the World's Fair grounds which formed the Court oi' donor were destroyed by an incendiary fire last Thursday night. Minard's Liniment Cures LaGrippe. At New York Frederick B. Goldhorn, the absconding cashier of the American branch of the Manheim Insurance Com- pany, was sentenced to seven years and six months in Sing Sing. To prevent pale and delicate children from lapsing into chronic invalids later in life, they should take Ayer's Sarsaparilla together with plenty of wholesome food and outdoor exe 'se. What they need to build up the sy stem is good red blood. Mr Richard Green, a lolerk in the Con- federation Life Assurance Company, was drowned while canoeing on the bay To- ronto last Thursday evening. A Boor/ To HORSEMEN.—One bottle of Eng- lish Spavin Liniment completely removed a curb from my horse. I take pleasure in recommending the remedy, as it acts with mysterious promptness in the removal from horses of hard, soft or calloused lumps, blood spavin, splints, curbs, sweeny, stifles and sprains. GEORGE ROBB, Farmer, Markham, Ont. Sold by Watts & Co., and ALLAN & WILSON, Druggists Fred Keir, aged 14 years, son of Mr. George Keir, cf Campbellford, was killed about 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, in his uncle's custom cording woollen mill, by being caught in the belting while oiling the shaft. He was horribly mangled, every bone in his body being broken, and Ma scalp torn off. Young Keir was a quiet, well-behaved boar, and was highly esteemed by all. The people quickly recognize merit, and this is the reason the sales of Hood's Sar- saparilla are continually increasing. Hood's is "on top." Information gleaned from all parts of the Province by the best authorities shows that Manitoba's growing crop has seldom been in better condition at this time of the year. Early -sown grain Suffered during May for want of rain, but during June nearly all the districts had 19'eavy showers. Late sown wheat and barley is quite as well ad • vanoed as that sown a month earlier. Pre- sident McGaw, of the Winnipeg Grain Ex- change, is now in the western part of the Province inspecting the crops, and semis back highly gratifyink news to his firm. In some districts drought has taken too firm a hold and tho wheat will be short, but in others the straw is a ood length and ehowS every likelihood o turning out well under the thresher. Sweet Woman's Way. "Good morning, Mr. Dolyers." "Good morning, Mr. Trivvet. What can I do for you to -day?" "Well, the fact is, Mr. Dolyers—I—I—I er, your daughter referred me to you, dr.". "Oh, she did, did she?" snorted the papa. "Well, all I've got to say is that I'm getting tired of this referring busi- ness. Yon are the fourth that she has sent to me in the last ten days. I'll put e stop to it. I'll tell her that if she hasn't enough nerve to do her own rejecting, I'll accept the very next dude that she un- loads on me in this way, and make her marry him. When the fellow comes along that she wants ehe'1l aeoept him without taking the old mau into consideration, and I dont propose to be made a scapegoat any-- Well, I deolare, if the ohap didn't actually walk off before I got done telling him what I had to say." Mr. Dolyers resumes his work of ontting off eoupone. As for Mr. Trivvet, he never calve baok. ALL MEN Young, old or middle-aged, who find them- selves nervous, weak and exhausted, who are broken down from excess or over -work, resulting in many of the following symp- toms :—Mental depression, premature old age, loss of vitality, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness of sight, palpitation of the heart, emissions, lack of energy, pain in the kidneys, headache, pimples on the face and body, itching or peculiar sensation about the eorotum, wasting of the organs, dizzi- nees, speaks before the eyes, twitching of the muscles, eyelids and elsewhere, bash- fulness, deposits in the urine, lose of will power, tenderness of the scalp and spine, weak and flabby muscles, desire to sleep, failure to he rested by Bleep, constipation, dullness of hearing, loss voice, desire for solitude, excitability of temper, sunken eyes, surrounded with LEADEN CIRCLES, oily looking skin, etc., are all symptoms of ner- vous debility, that lead to insanity, unless cured. The spring or vital force having lost its tension, every function wanes in consequence. Those who through abuse committed in ignorance, may be perma- nently cured. Send your address and 100 i :tamps for book on diseases peculiar to mau, sent sealed. Address M. V. LUBO1, 24 Macdonnell Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada. 1'1 ase mention this paper. Freshening Up a Superstitions Belief. People who like to ponder coincidences and the fanciful suggestions of occult in- fluences on events in this mundane sphere are talking much about the curious fact that Dr. Talmage's tabernacle has been burned down twioe on the same date—the 13th of May. The number 13 also has its halo of unluckiness brightened up a bit by this coincidence.—New York Re- corder. STEAMSHIPS MADE OF STEEL. Rapidly Displacing All Other Freight Car- riers on the Ocean. Eugene T. Chamberlaine, the 'United States commissioner of navigation, has sent out an abstract of Lloyd's Register, which gives the tonnage of a very large part of the seagoing vessels of the world— that is, those over 100 tons burden but so •far"as"tlifs Oouniry is concerned not -in eluding our inland commerce. By this it appears that while in 1890. the number of vessels in the world engaged in ocean com- merce of 100 tons or over was 33,298, hav- ing a tonnage of 22,151,651, in 1893 the number of vessels had sunk to 32,010, but the gross tonnage had increased to the amount of 24, 258, 375 tons. That .is, while there as been a constant diminution in the number of vessels employed, there has been a steady advance in the average ton- nage of these, so that the carrying capacity is greatly increased, with presumably a re- duction in the cost of maintenance. There were in 1890 11,108 steam vessels, having a tonnage of 12,985,372; in 1893 the number of steam vessels had increased to 12,558 and the tonnage to 15,264,418. In this case there had been an increase both in number and in tonnage, though the in- crease in the latter was very much more marked than in the fprmer. Of sailing vessels there were in 1890 2I,190, but in 1893 19,452. The tonnage at the first period was 9,166,279 and in the latter 8,993,957. This shows a large falling off in the number of vessels and also a falling . off in the tonnage, indicating clearly the decline in this respect that is steadily going on by the substitution of steam for. sail. Equally noticeable is the substitution of steel for wood and iron in the construction of hulls. In 1890 the wood tonnage was 7,053,885; iron, 10,517,513; steel, 4,435,- 208. In 1893 the wooden tonnage was 6,364,880; iron, 9,793,872; steel, 7,966,333. It will be seen from the last statement that wooden and iron vessels are passing out of use in a decidedly rapid manner, while steel vessels are coming into use with such rapidity that there was nearly twice the tonnage of them in 1893 that there was in 1890, Law, Pleasant Voices. In view of the importanoe whieh is at- tached all over the world to the sayings and speeches of emperors and empresses and of kings and queens, it has often been a matter of surprise that so little should have been written about the voices of royaiit personages. There. are two which are a pecially remarkable for their charm and for the exquisite modulation of their tone—namely, those of Queen Victoria and of Empress Elizabeth. The latter in- variably speaks very slowly and very softly. It is almost a whisper and yet every word is clear and reaches the ears of people etauding even at a distance. It is a voice that goes right through those who hear it. There is no condescension, no affectation of superiority, no trace of command in it, and yet it somehow or other conveys the im- pression that it belongs to a woman who is born to command, not only by rea- son of her imperial rank but also by what has been described ae the royal superiority of her feminine charm. 'Queen Victorias voice is entirely different. It is much more silvery and ringing, although it re- sembles that of her Austrian sister empress in carrying very far without any apparent effort. There is likewise the same clear enunciation of every word; nothing is Blurred over, and it is not without reason that Britons are accustomed to talk of "Queen's English" as constituting what is beet in their language. Thus on the 000a- sion when she has opened Parliament or officiated at the dedication of any monu- ment or memorial hall, her voice has been heard by everyone, although she did not seem to raise it, whereas the Prince of Wales and the other speakers were obliged ....--.�...- almost to shout to make themselves heard. Queen Victoria's voice entirely lacks that species of harsh, guttural tdne and accent whichis so remarkable in the voice of the Pince of Wales and of his brothers and liistoro. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. :t; E CLINTON NEW ER4 �. LILIPUTIAN CHORDS. A DELIRIUM STORY TOLD AT THE OLD. ,TIMERS' CLUB. Jun. , , 894,. A llflerd Tale Fathered by the Sad -Eyed Ilan of Park Eow—Tull kiietranotngly Sweet M111110 the Victim /Sealed—iiia Dirge, Too. They wore telling delirium tremina stories at the Old Timers' Club, says the New York Herald. When the dootor from Bellevue had finished his yarn about a patient of his who joined a procession of tall turkeys in Broadway and marched with them until they broke rank in a padded Dell and sud- denly "flew the coop, as it were, the Sad Man from Park Row ordered the usual thing in liquids and said in his sad way: "It see s time now to tell this story, though it net lack force because it is not told by the an whose last story it was. "He wrot many stories in his day, and if you have read widely you must have ad- mired some of them, for he had the right word in the right place oftener than moat men, and when he wrote he had something to tell. He didn't have to write. There it a great deal in that. "That is why it is to be regretted that he should have stopped writing before he name to this, the story of the Lilipntian Choristers, and then stopped talking, too. "He had thrown himself down on hie sofa at midnight and was 'thinking it over.' The few men who heard this story from his own lips and know the outcome of it will recall that room with its tinted walla and the tasteful debris which this man had accumulated during the past, of whioh he never spoke. "The sofa faced the door, and he was gazing fixedly at the panels without seeing anything, when his attention was arrested by the sound of music, faint but so en- trancingly sweet that he leaned forward in- voluntarily to be nearer it. "It seemed to be coming from without, and he noted with strange pleasure that it was growing more distinct. He was awake—he was sure of that—and so he knew his nerves oonld not be deoeiving him. He feared, he said afterward, that the hidden players would pass his door and leave him in disenchantment again. "The delightful strains grew louder and he was sure now that the musicians were at his very door. Indeed, he thought of opening it, but before he could move an odd little creature floated in at the tran- som and dropped lightly to the floor. The strange visitor seemed to be a troubadour in miniature, for his dress was gay and he swept the strings of a guitar which was slung from his shoulders. He was a -mite in stature, but his face was seraphic and his presence grace itself. "The man on the sofa lay motionless, fearing lest this sweet player would take flight at the sight of mortal. "The music was uninterrupted and it gained volume in a moment as another of the players floated in at the open transom and joined his fellow. They played to- gether with marvelous art, always in per- ' feet accord with the fainter sounds with- out. The listener doubted his' eyes, but his ears eassured him. and so complete was his nchantment that when one after anothe the deft musicians- were wafted in-' to juin their companions until there were twelve in -all he satin their entrance without wonder. Pleasure had conquered surprise. "And then they , sang. The first and brightest hued of the band, whose face was strangely radiant, lifted his voice alone, one mellow note, that wove itself into the song which his guitar was singing until the air was tremulous with harmony. "The man on the sofa was incapable of motion. He could only wonder if the others would join the soloist and if hie delight could be greater. He wondered only a moment, and then string and reel and voice burst upon him in joyful chorus, so rounded and delightful that he forgot to wonder in the supreme pleasure of list- ening. "The volume diminished then, dying gradually until the listener found himself bending forward to catch the subdued harmony. The voices ceased and the in- struments seemed to be moving away from him, so skilfully did the players tease hit fancy. " 'They are going!' he thought, in sudden fear, and he leaped from his couch to de- tain teem, reckieas of encores, forgetting everything except that the mesio was going as it had Dome and that he must arrest the flight of the musicians. 'He had moved at last, but before he was upon his feet the choristers had' van- ished at the transom. He fancied there was a buret of laughter at his disappoint- ment. Then he heard the twanging of a guitar again. The sound was faint and it maddened him to know that it would die and be lost to him in a moment. He rushed to the door which deadened the retreating witchery of sound, but as his hand touched it the music died in the dis- tance and he fell back upon his couch crushed by -a sense of inestimable loss. "It was late vyhen he awoke to interest in the ordinary affairs of life again: The earlier of the morning newspapers were already in the street. He bought all of them, as was his custom. He noted with- out surprise that four of the dailies had printed stories of his etrat` experience of the evening befdire. I occur to him that the occurrenc could have scarce- ly reached the newapapora so soon. He read! that was sufficient. Indeed, he read with a sense of pleasure, as if a re- view of the mysterious visitation were an approach to the delights of the reality. 'But one of the journals had treated the affair with irony mid the language angered him. It brought home to him a stinging realization of his position—of the ridicule which might be heaped upon him—and then he became suddenly anxious to know if one other paper—one which would not be in the street for half an hour yet—had any reference to himself and his myster- ious visitors. He knew the men who made this particular paper. To be made redicn- lous in their eyes would be unbearable. There was yet time to explain matters, perhaps to suppress any light mention of the case by telling theta the truth, strange as it was. H hurried to the office and stood in the presence of the men who were wait- ing until the late edition had gone to press. They were not surprised at his coming so late. He had come often at finch an hour when he had been unable to sleep. "Yes," they said, in reply to his quos - tion, "they had seen the penny papers, but !tad not noticed y rerersnce to the mat- ter of which he spoke. Their own paper, of course, had nothing of it, because they had not heard of, -it at all. They shook their heads gravely when he told them about half a column in one paper and three-quarters in another, and he was sorely puzzled that these lyi t -eyed fel- lows who read a page at a glance oould have overlooked stories of sitoh promin- , encu. "44 Loon bt toll! 0% :' l w} fog of the strange visitation, of the bewitch. Ing approach of the strange characters; of their entrancing music, of their mysteri.• ons departnro, "They questioned him sharply at first and he realized a sense of wrong that they doubted him. Suddenly they seemed to accept his story by common consent, and he recognized instinctively that they were attempting to humor him. Was he tl7ohild or a madman that they should play with him? He would see. "One of them went quietly from the room and he sprang up in sudden anger to arrest the others should they attempt to go. They did not move. "A storm was gathering in his eyes. It broke a moment later. 'Would you play upon me?' he shouted in sudden frenzy. They moved toward him, a man on either side and oneiu front. "There was a noise outside. The fourth man was returning. "'Listen 1' he cried. 'They are coming baok. Yon hear? Yon mast hear 1' "Their faces were blank. " 'Yon lie 1' he shouted fiercely. 'Yon know yon hear them. I'll kill'— "The men beside him had been talking with their eyes. They fell upon him as one and held his hands behind him, and he was helpless. "The fourth man name hurrying in. 'It will be here in a moment,' he said. 'I sent in a hurry oalL' "'Yes, their prisoner said with strange quiet. 'They are coming. I hear them singing—einging— singing—and—I—don't —think — they — will — ever — leave—me again.' "They never left him, and when yon got through with him over in Bellevue the men who had doubted his story buried him, and it has o never been told until now." Only the Scars Remain," Says TIExRY IIL-DsoN, of the James tiuiitlh Woolen _1.:ichilicry co., Pli:iatl c l p li i a,' Pa., who cord, fic3 as fullo�y,;; ":\.rhtonm; the ,..'n1- tl•.;!ilnoni- t, :,i C. !1..''l I ac0 10 cer- tain medicines pt rfurming cu:,s, c!e•hns:ng the bion&!, etc., none impress me more than my own case. Twenty years auto, at the age of 18 years, Iliad swellings come on my legs, which broke and became run - fling sores. Our family •phy- sician could do Me no good, and it was feared that the bones would be affected. At last, my good old . `,.!other Urged ma to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I took three bottles, the sores healed, and I have not lwen troubled since. Only the scars remain, and the memory of the past, to remind pre of the good Ayer's Sarsaparilla has done me. I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sar- saparilla advertised in all parts of the United States, and always take pleas- ure in telling what good it did for me." Ayer's sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mae& tures others, will cure yam COTTOLENE. "We always fry ours ir, Cotto1i." Our Meat, Irish, O sters,Sal'tk: il.� toga Chips, Eggs, olagiinu Vegetables, etc. Like most other people, cB folks formerly used lard 14 such purposes. When k agreed with any of the rami (which it often did) we said it woji "too rich." We finally trle IeDe, and not one of us has had an attack -of"richness" since. We further found that, unlike lard, Cottolene had no unpleasant odor when cooking, and lastly Mother's fa- vorite and conservative cookinit authority came out and gave it a big recommendation which clinched the matter. So that's why we always fry ours in Cottolene. Sold in 3 and IS lit. palls, by all grocers. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBAN'S " COMPANY, Wellington and Ann Streets, MONTREAL BEAN'S ' Nhrlq 7111' BEANS am w n^W'us. uugqVe,r th i9 Ours thn wote8 erect of Netveee Debility Carl, t +' end l'Md,tt' i'$a,nout1; .c�siuft., the weakness et body' or ininn caused by eve, work,or the tauten qrex camera' 'ot,,i. "yik aRiu50 6..7... 9oNt.a•n :eros 'ie woe. cb•tlnrtt' a'^e. ' .: ":, ^1; ',het "It pn,84' Nt8' . 'Pfill tea eVOIIto ,hove oro •'• •••tg , • ea tet ,aatg�'," ":w yo._ ;�, •.ne hl i'w on 'rico lty nddra'i,'•,• 11 1 til•r , ' •t.L` . rfJ� d!i• U,,,. 4, 3.1 i, . ', •.013 .r . t.eiA Ui- Sold by Jas, $, Yombe, •\`- .� \ \ \ `sit for Infants and Children. OTHERS, Do You Know th:,, Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Soothing Sy.. most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine T Do Ton Know that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons? Do Yon Snow that in most countries druggists arejiot permitted to sell without labeling them poisons? Do You Snow that you should not permit any medicine to be given your unless you or your physician know of what It is composed ? Do Yon Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation, and that a list of its ingredients is published with every bottle ? Do Ton Know that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher. That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castorla is now sold than of all other remedies for children combined Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word "Castorla" and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense 1 Do Yule Snow that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was because Castorla had been proven to be absolutely harmless? Do Ton Know that 35 average doses of Castoria are furnished for 35 cents, or one cent a dose Do Ton Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest ? Well, these things are worth knowing. They are fact!. The fan -simile ie on even signature ofN.wrapper. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. 3... Hub Grocery •••• Tea Just arrived, a consignment of the oelebrated BEE BRAND TEA, put in half pound and pound packages. This is the only package Tea put up where it is grown. The Bee Brand Tea is grown in the Palamootta Gardens, Ceylon, and is no mixture, but a pure Tea of very fine flavor and strength. This Tea took the first plane at the World's Fair, Chicago. We have the sole agency for this town. Come and get a sample and try it. U-F.O SWALLc W, ONE CAR BINDER TWINE 'I xx Prices Away Down. The old reliable brands RED CAP and BLUE RIBBON Call and get prices and order early. Pure Inglish PARIS GREEN, SCREEN Doors and Windows x ' New Store HAR LA N D B B O S old Stand �ViackayBlock . Brick Block People Must Live ;- A.nd in order to do so thoy want tho very best they can get. Wo have anticipated their desire by purchasing the choicest GROCERIES, TEAS, SUGARS, CANNED GOODS, !FRUITS, &c Eiaving.had 85 years experience, think we know the wants of the people pretty woll. Our stock embraces everything found in a first-class grocery, ard we will not be undersold. We have a Beautiful Assortment of FANCY GLASSWARE and CROCIiEItY. Special Cuts on SUGARS and TEAS in large lots J. W. Irwin, Grocer MACKAY BLOCK, -- - - CLINTON. +°e U SE : a secs PERRYFOR �/ ALL \ DAV I S BO'N�FL \TROD 1 lilx+it %,�.e. BILE. 1 til Scgalicf r „1JF'11 & Neuralgic NE APPLICATION rams F THE , .. evivIENTHOI, .04 PLASTER WRIMPEL nal* tin MAGIC.