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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-06-05, Page 64., MURPHY'S CON I UTOiY. u Billy Murphy lay on the sloping buk i the n guard house, qui � • James .1A Wichorea». CANCER ON THE LIP CURED BY a AYI3RS "1 consulted doctors who prescribed for yne, but to no purpose. I. suffered in agony seven long years. Finally, I began taking .hyer's Sarsaparilla. In a week or two I noticed a decided improvement. Encour- aged bythis result, I persevered,untll in a Month or so the pore began to heal, and, after using the Saesapartlla for six months, the last trace of the cancer disappeared."— JA3ms E. NlcaonsoN, Florencoville, N. 13. Ayer's Sarsaparilla t9 ,Admitted at the World's Fair. AKER'S .PILL$ Regulate tho Bowels. rhe Huron News -Record $1.25 a Year -51.00 in Advance WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5th, 1895. Save the Birds. Without, birds it would be impossible fol• man to live on earth at all. Let tis think why : Our water would be unlit to drink, and the air chocked up by fly- ing crowds of flies. Certain tribes of birds keep the air clear of millions of small winged insects, which, if uncheck- ed, would soon make it unfit to breathe. Swallows are the most useful of birds to clear the air of flies which fill the air, and would also overcrowd the water with their offspring if left alone. The sparrows do much towards keep- ing the gutters, pavements and yards around houses clean and wholesome ; they pick up morsels and scraps too small to he noticed by other eyes, which would, in time, breed illness. TIRED, WEAK, NERVOUS, Means impure blood, and overwork or too much strain on brain and body. The only way to cure is to feed the nerves on pure blood. Thousands of people certify that the hest blood puri- fier, the best nerve tonic and strength builder is Hood's Sarsaparilla. What it has done for others it will also do tor you—Hood's Cures. Nervousness, loss of sleep, loss of appetite and general debility all disappear when Hood's Sar- saparilla is persistently taken, and strong nerves, sweet sleep strong body, sharp appetite, and in a word, health and happiness follow the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The strong point about Hood's Sar- saparilla is that they are permanent, because tney start from the solid foundation of purified, vitalized and enriched blood. New Zealand has invented a unique method for the prevention of intem- perance. It proposes to pass a law to the effect that any person convicted of being a habitual drunkard shall be photographed at his own expense and it copy be supplied to every saloon- keeper in this district. The dealers supplying liquor to such person is to be fined. Ratans' ns Six HOuas.—Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours try the •' NEW GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN -KIDNEY (ORE." This new remedy ie a great surprise and deiigbt to physicians on aceonnt of 10* exceeding promptness iu relieving pain in the bla:'der, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost im• mediately. It yc,n want quick relief and enre this 1f our remedy. Sold by Watts&Co. Druggists. The late Robert Tyler .Jones, Presi- dent Tyler's grandson, had the dis- tinction of being the only male child ever horn in the White House. FARMERS wanting Hardy, Native. Stock to plant this coining Fall or Spring may pay for it in work. We want men with or without experience on full or part time.. Salary and ex- penses or commission. Write at once for further information. -BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY, Continental Nurseries, Tot onto, Ont. -872-3m. The dignified Mr. Charles Francis Adams bowling along on a bicycle is one of the sights of Boston. EXPERIENCE HAS PROVED iT. A triumph in medicine way, attained when experience proved that Scott's Emulsion would not only stop the pro- gress of Pulmonary Consumption, but by its continued use, health and vigor could be fully restored. Sir Charles H. Tupper returned to Ottawa Thursday week. He appears to be much improved in health. For Over Fifty Years :Ina. WINoLOW'e SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by millions of mothers for thrir children while teething. If disturbed at night and broken of your rest bya eiek child suffering and crying wish pain of Cutting Teeth aeprat once and get a bottle of ".firs. Winslow'$ soothing Syrup" forelhildren Teething. It will relieve the poor little etlfferer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. 1t cure, Diar- rhea, regulates the Stomach and Iiowele, cures Wlnd Collo, softens the Gums, rodeos Inflammation, and given tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs. Winslow'$ Soothing Syrup" for children teething le pleasant to the taste and le the proscription of ono of tbeoldeet and beat female physicians and nurses in the United States. Price twenty five conte a bottle. Weld by all druggists throughout the world. Be sure and ask for "Dine. Winetow's SOOTHING SYRUP." We are pleased to notice that. some of the ladies are acting on the advice of THE Nnws-RECOR» and taking an nterest in the welfare of the bachelor editor of the Blyth Standard. Bro. Rradwin is now dreaming over a beau- tiful hognet of choice flowers, sent hint by an unknown lady friend --a very good beginning. to apart rom the other men, and kinked ids substan- tial al heels against the Planking. Why don't you atop that noise ?" asked Kid DeVore, the bugler. "I would rather hear you sing.- " I am not shaping me conduct for the pleasuring of any man from the Second Squad room," replied Murphy with vig- or. " If I had me spurs on I would make more noise than this." The Kid pursued that will o' tha. wisp concealed in a game of solitarie, aefte ex- pressed to no one In particular the opin- ion that Irishmen had no business In the army. "The., Government doesn't agree wtd you," said Billy sententiously, and felt for a lose plank as promising greater clamor, " it never does," Bald the Kid calmly. " If it did it would pay buglers more money and Issue a general order prohib- iting Corporal Glenn from playing DO ker." " Buglers are little use," said the cor- poral calmly. ",But if they must be maintained they should be paid more money. ...It is hardly worth while to rob them." ' And that is the unholy amusement of the Second Squad room," interrupted Murphy, " Not a man in there enjoys the blessed consolation of religion," " Ho !" laughed the kid, completing a book of spades, and setting the suit aside triumphantly, "You'll get enough of that kind of consolation, here's a missionary coming to camp." " When ?" asked Murphy and the cor- poral together. "Sunday night, and he'll preach in the club room. Every man in the post wilt have to attend. General orders." " Which will do the Second Squad room no good," said Billy. " It's hope- less." " He'll dwell if the Second Squad room doesn't run him out of camp," re- joined the Kid, grinning. " Third relief, turn out !" commanded the corporal; and Billy went to his duty with grumbling. Back and forward he walked at the side of two prisoners, confined for drunkenness, and kept them to diligent digging. A third, from the First Squad room, serving ten days for deserting his post, was permitted to sit in the shade and burnish his spade with a fragment of timber. " The Second Squad room will get even with you, Billy," said one of the tipplers, doggedly digging. It'll have to apologize to the day of discharge if It does," was the ready re- ply. " It has annoyed the much since ever I joined the army." Sunday night the missionary arrived, and Billy, despite his Catholic obliga- tions, sat on a front seat and led the singing. The most impassioned efforts "I'LL MASH THE WHOLE OUTFIT," SHOUT- ED BILLY. of the revivalist fell ineffectual upon him, but he had the satisfaction of knowing that the baleful irreverence of the Second Squad room was never made apparent. Monday night the meetings were con- tinued, and Billy sat Tn the second row, his emotional Irish senses a trifle dis- turbed, for there was nothing in his churchly reserve to stand against the magnetism of the preacher. Tuesday night he was on guard again and expressed himself as glad of it, though as he had simply addressee himself in the confession, the news was not likely to spread. But while off duty, between 7 and 9 o'clock at night, he could not resist the temptation to slip c -of the guardroom and stand just insifiybf the door of the sanctuary. His pres5lce was not known to Kid DeVore, ther;.tbugler, who was sifting a quantity of pepper on the top of the stove, to the great delight of all the men from the Second Squad room. The revivalist was at his •best, and Billy felt the force of his invitations. Deeply thrilled, half tearful—though wholly unconscious of any method to this process of conversion—he Was struggling between contrite surrender and powerful tendency to sneeze when the corporal of the guard reached In and pulled him to outer darkness and safety. Next morning he heard how the spasm of sneezing, inspired by pepper, had stopped the services for half an hour the night before, and his rage at the Second Squad room took on new life. Three men from H company of the Infantry, one from Troop C and half a dozen of the most impious enlisted men in the battery had renounced their sins ; and the revivalist was jubilant. Ile grew weary of the fare In the com- pany mess room, and haunted the trader's store till he 'met a lluetenant, to whom he addressed himself so skil- fully that he ate in Officers' Row there- after, But he abated none of his labor In the service. True, he preached himself rather more than the founder of his re- ligion, but when he reached the exhort- ing stage at the end of each sermon his voice was strong and his magic power unabated, Jim Kilpatrick, who walked post at the stables one dark night, declared he had seen the preacher exhume a quart bottle of Calley Tan from the depths of the barley bin after the meeting ; but Jim was a Catholic, and a Second Squad room man as well. So Billy would not believe him, despite the fact that Jim was burdened with all the indications of a native jag when the third relief discovered him, sitting on the snow-covered ground at I o'clock in the morning, his carbine fifty feet away, and his maudlin tongue defying all dan- ger. There was a little roo'nn at the end of the Second Squad moth, and this the officers had kindly placed at the par- son's disposal. Here he wrote some, read soxnew•chlelly, borrowed books whose,teti pel' ,might. relieve his nervous strain ; And .there it9 Waited for the let• tern wlrletl be said the Bishop should have s9nt.hizn long ago, GitlZens were coming to the meeting, and the little club room wee crowded every night, for the thing became an old-fashioned revival, suds as many, ' both in and out of uniform, remember- ed. A frontier post in the army has few attractions, and the missionary had won a hearty welcome. Battery B had capitulated almost to a man, and Bull Wilson, who had lost half his wages in court martial fines for absence from the reservation, was talk- ing of a Sunday school. One company of infantry had con- fessed itself a sinner from the last re- cruit to the orderly sergeant, and some advance had been made in the ranks of the cavalry. But the Second Squad room remained steadfast in its sin. Poor Billy was terribly troubled. As a good Catholic he knew he had no business singeing his wings in the Pro- testant flame, and if Kid DeVore and his crowd had only embraced religion, good Murphy's path would have been made easy. But with his hate of the men who composed that coterie he must indorse the meetings. Yet he could not listen to the urgings of that nervous man without feeling a tearful tug at. his heart, and a half-resolve—that he could not analyze—to rush to the mourner's bench and plead for mercy. Pay day came along in the thick of his tribulation, and the meetings were less attended. The citizens came as before, but the back seats, where the uncon- verted clung, were thinly peopled. And Bull Wilson, walking post one night, found a game of poker without any lim- it, running behind curtained windows at the tailor shop. There was an awful hush as Bull step- ped in the room, and hls recently gath- ered religion burned in horror at the sight. He did not wonder conselepec had smitten them dumb. And then he noticed it was not conscience, but a ten - dollar raise, that bad stilled all sound and movement. Corporal Glenn had made the raise, and Kid DeVore was holding his cards wide open, and speculating. " How many cards did you draw ?" asked the bugler ; but Glenn took shelter behind his technical rights, and refused to answer. Bull Wilson saw three kings and a pair of aces in the trumpeter's hands, and fervently swore that he would call if It killed him. " You had threes to go," mused the Kid, his memory returning. " You took two cards. Mebhy you caught a forth. I can't afford it." " I'll call him," said Bull defiantly, and with the bellowing tone which had earned him his name. He pulled his whole month's wages from his purse ; for virtue had saved ft undiminished. But Glenn objected; and then Bull was sure that the king full would beat him. " Then I'll borrow $10 from Bull, and call you myself," said the Kid, " I'm playing open." Glenn could not refuse, hut his lips tightened, and he shot a glance at the sentry, which should have recalled him to his duties—religious and military. But it didn't. The fine frenzy of draw was hot in his veins, and he flung the coin on the table. DeVore pushed it Into the pot and looked across at the corporal. The lips of Glenn relaxed to a curve, and his merry eyes twinkled as he laid down his hand. " Straight flush," he said ; and ac- quired the money. Bull Wilson went out, stung with a thousand humiliations. Service wan still In progress at the club room, but he tried to hurry past, for his rough and honest soul was full of penitence and self -upbraiding. But what was that at the mercy se7 Itat was Billy Murphy passionately pleading for forgiveness. Five men from the Second Squad room at the back of the house laughed once, and then struck up a camp song never before or since attuned In reli- gious meeting. Oh, fisherman, fisherman, I wish you mighty well— Tow row, rinka, didy day. Have you got any sea crabs for to sell ? Tow, row, rinka didy day. Billy whirled in holy wrath, and they paused to hear the flne profanity he long had cultivated. But just then there rose the first notes of the bugle, blowing " tattoo," and the preacher closed his service with a hurried bene- diction. The anger In Billy grew with each passing moment, and he ran from the room with the word " Amen," and vow- ed he would break the necks of all the Second Squad Room men soever. He might have recovered from his rage if they had left him alone ; hut they didn't. By his side stood a culprit who could scarcely answer his name at roil can, for laughter was consuming him. A man in the front rank hum- med "Tow, row, rinka dilly clay--" The sergeant reported the company present and accounted for, and another laid on the last feather by boldly re- peating Billy's confessional effort. That settled It. 13111y went to his hunk and divested himself of such garments as a man 'doesn't need in a row, then boldly open- ed the Second room door and announc- ed that he was there to clean out the entire party. A soldier's row is entirely void of sentiment—at least such sentiment as usually apertalns to trouble ; and at the end of ten minutes the Second Squad room were bathing their bruises and laughing at the spectacle just over. " Where's Billy Murphy ?" asked the sergeant of the guard, appearing at the First Squad Room door, sabre In hand, just as the first note of "Taps" rose on the night wind. " He went down No. 2 like a cannon ball in a fleld of ten pins a bit ago," said one of his fellows. " You'll find pieces of him all the way to the parson's study." Whatever Murphy frrgments might have been strewn along that way the sergeant did not stop to consider. He went straight to the parson's study and opened the door. There sat the missionary, with n monte outfit on the table before him. two citizens waiting with silver in Mg -ht. and a bet on the board—and Billy Murphy, livid and panting, ragged from his running fight, and thick with marks of violence. Billy ' towered like a giant above the guilty ratan, outraged rightetn sness stilling the fremor o>! physical excess, " Qt'il smash the whole outfut,",hp de- clared, ; his brogue broadening as 'hie temper rose, '" Orli t'rottte you and O1'il tell the colonel why. Oh, ye infam- ous heretic ; you—you--" But there were no words—though he did not know It—to properly character- ize the .Meet and cowering man. " Don't hit me, Billy," he pleaded. and hoped for safety in the sergeant's sword. " But I wool," was .the fierce rejoind- er. " Ol'm a Cat'olfc, and I spurned me religion for the likes of you, and whaled the whole mob In No. to and now they'll :augh me to scorn to the day of mie deat'." I'll leave the place and never come back again," ventured the culprit. " Thin lave it—and lave your ungodly gamblin' behind ye. And, 1 tell you now, 1f ever you drop a hint, or venture in thes parts ag'ln, 01'11 have the heart oe via." " Go to bed, now Billy," said the Sr.e geant. " It's taps." .And over the hill 1n the freezing night went the gambler parson, for hls tirst and last attempt at an army revival had found him a metal to hard for his fusing. And B111y's secret was never disclosed, THAT ONE TIMBER. I was 1n Hyde Park one afternoon, comfortably ensconced in a shady nook, from which I could watch the stream of gayly appointed equipages constant- ly passing, A man to whose outstretched hands two little children—a boy and a girl— were clinging, passed me, and, finding an unoccupied shelter under the trees, threw himself at full length upon the ground, and encouraged the little ones to gambol on the soft grass. He was, judging from his bright eyes and fresh pink and white complexion. about 32 or 33 years of age. A heavy moustache covered bls lip, and his hair --he had thrown off his hat—was ,thick: and wavy. It and the moustache were snow white, and It was speculation as to the cause of this phenomenon that so dis- tracted my attention from the scene around me, Barton is a newspaper writer and knows everybody ; consequently, I was not surprised when he nodded famil- iarly to the pian who had so attracted my attention, and called out to him in his cheery way : "Helloa, Derry ! Taking a day out ?" The man bowed in reply, and I seized Parton by the arm, pulled him down on the seat beside me, lowered my voice, and propounded this inquiry with an eagerness which betrayed my Intense curiosity : "That man—Derry—how did his hair become white ?" "Turned in a few minutes from flight," replied Barton, coolly. "Not an uncomon thing. Derry thought, had a remarkable experience. Wait till I lig)it my cigar and I'll tell you all about it." It was during a great railroad squab- ble in France some years ago. Lionel Derry was a minor clerk in the main c tfice of the great Wissous company, but sharp, shrewd, attractive to his duties, and well thought of by his sup- eriors. When the Parray company began to build a road, and attempted to cross the Seine on property belonging to the Wissous people, Derry was sent up, with others, to "hold the fort" until the matter could be settled by the courts. The Wissous company's bridge was only a temporary trestle work, but plans had been prepared for a substantial can- tilever, and it would be put in place as soon as the trouble about the right of way was settled. The engineer in charge of the bridge work was an elderly, sedate man named Pierre Lamoureux, intensely devoted to his profession and a great inventor. Among the labor saving machines he had devised was an improved pile driver tthich utilized the water of the river as a motive power and could be manag- ed by one man. One day 1t was moved up close be- side the bridge, to do some piling, and the engineer, pointing to the beams and crosspieces above their heads said : "That's the weakest part of the bridge. Ten minutes' work will displace a timber up there that wll cause the whole affair to collapse the minute a train at- tempts to pass over. I've been afraid that some of these Parray fellows would notice the matter and do our company irreparable damage." Derry"Y. ou don't mean to say"—began "Yes. T do," interrupted the engineer, '. ith positive emphasis. "They are a bad lot, and Gutot, the head man, would sncrifiee a hundred innocent lives to give his company an advantage." Lionel Derry had no reason to like Guiot. Derry thought he was paying altogether to much attentlnn to pretty Aimee I'Etoile, who, strangely enough, was the only (laughter of the chairman of the Wissous road. Mlle, l'Etoile was staying at the gig hotel with her aunt, and Derry, being known by the latter, hurl been Milo duced to the young lady. Ile fell in love with her on the spur of the moment. One night when there was no moon and the stars were obscured by (-leucite Perry left the hotel as usual after sup- rr•r, and it was 9 o'clock when he re- turned. Derry halter] alengslrle the pile driver. Presently he heard the sound of volecs, and two men walked toward the ma- chine and seated themselves on 0 loose piece of timber, They were Quiot and one of his gang, and the first words they uttered caused tr.(' listener's flesh to creep with terror and a hot wave of indignation to surge through his bosom. "You say that if that crosspiece Is loosened the whole bridge will collapse the minute a train attempts to cross ?" asked Gulot's companion. "Yes,' answered the Parray official ; "and we can do it without fear of de- tection. Now's your time. The up ex- press Is due at 9.47, and If it goes down into the Seine. It will knock the Wlsous company's claim over completely." But Derry sprang forward quickly and interrupted him. "No, You don't you villtan !" he cried, and seized the man's shoulder. "1 overheard your vile plan, and you don't" "Don't i ?" was the quick retort. And a heeling suddenly the man dealt Lionel d blow full in the face that knocked him flat. Attracted by the struggle, ulot entre forward, and bending down, peered Into the young clerk's face, . "What'sball I do with him ?" tusked the accomplice. "Pitch hint into the river ?" ' Gulot, stepping to the pile drives', picked up a long piece of rope that had been left lying on the ground. With this, assisted by the other ras- cal, he bound Derry hand and font, and a t1fok wooden gag was thrust into his mouth. Then they lifted up their helpless burden, and, carrying him to the end of the bridge, bound him fast to one of the rails in such a way that his chest lay directly across it. "1 forgot the goods," said Guiot, when the job was completed to his$ satis- faction. "The local from the otheer road backs across to the junction to be made up Into the south through train. As soon as it goes over loosen the beam, and the express will do the rest." The two. were talking In a low tone of voice when Lionel heard the rumble of the goods train. On came the train, and, made frantic with desperation,the poor felow squirm ed and struggled with superhuman strength. His efforts loosened the lope, and he was able to drag himself down so that his neck instead -of his head rested upon the rail. His ankles had been tied together, and the rear truck was within a few yards of him when he kicked out fran- tically, and exerted all his strength to life his head from the rail. The train seemed almost upon him. He drew a long breath, and, concen- trating all his strength into his legs, pulled vigorously. There was a whirr of wheels, a sudden thud, a scream of ter- ror, the rope about his neck parted, the heavy wheels of the goods truck just grazed his cheek, and he rolled down the embankment as the train thunder- ed past. Struggling to his feet, he tore the gag from his mouth and shouted to a guard, who was swinging his lamp on top of one of the cars : "Stop ! For Heaven's sake, stop ! Dan- ger 1" The guard heard the latter word, swung his lantern as a signal to the driver to stop, and sprang to the brakes. In a moment the train came to a stand- still, and the guard leaped from it. "What is it ?" he demanded. "Why, that pile driver's running—Ah-h !" As he uttered the exelamation he staggered back, and pointed to the bat- tered, inanimate mass of humanity up- on which the great hammer was fall- ing. Gulot and his rascally accomplice had met with a more horrible death than they had planned for Derry. It was the lever of the pile driver upon which the rope about the latter's ankles had caught, and when he pulled to release himself the lever was thrown back and the pile driver was set in motion. Lionel managed to stop the machine and tell of his adventure. Then he was q'-ercome, and fell to the ground faint- ing. The men carried him to the hotel, and there it was found that his hair and moustache had suddenly become white. A brain fever followed, during which Aimee l'Etoile was the poor fellow's nurse, for her father, the manager of the Wissous road was a passenger upon the train that Guoit had so coolly plan- ned to send down to destruction, and gratitude over her parent's escape made the girl wondrous tender to the man to ho had nearly lost his life that her father might be spared.—Tid Bits. LAKE SUPERIOR. Its irlystral Features, its elarvelousDepth and Purity. Professor Mark W. Harrington, chief of the Weather Bureau, read a carefully prepared paper on "Some Physical Fea- tures of Lake Superior" before a large- ly attended meeting of the Geograp- hical Society, at the Cosmos Club house recently. The paper gave an interest- ing description of the lake, its area, coast line, islands, drainage area, for- mation, depth, currents, changes of lev- els, periodic and non -periodic changes, temperature, precipitation, forest fires, storms, winds, climate, vegetation, soil, fauna and commerce. Lake Superior, the lecturer said, was the largest aid deepest, not only of the great lakes, but of all the bodies of fresh water on the earth. Its total coast line is 1,- 872 miles, of which 880 miles are on the American side and 992 miles on the Canadian side. The total area, includ- ing bays and islands, is 32,166 square miles. The islands have an area of G60 square miles, and the bays an area of 1,0.11 square miles, leaving a total area of open lake water surface of 30,- 965 square miles. The boundary line over the lake between the Dominion of Canada and the United States is 289 miles long. Probably the next largest body of fresh water In the world, the lecturer said, Is Victoria Nyanza, or 17kerewe, In Equatorial Africa, with an estimated area of 25,000 to 30,000 square miles, as against the Lake Superior's known surface area of 32,166 square miles. The combined area of the great lakes of the St. Lawrence is 95,275 square miles, and a third of this is formed by Lake Sperior, The largest island In Lake Sperior is Isle Royal, or the Regal Island. The Indians have al- ways considered this island an evil spirit, and even now are loth to visit it. On account of the large expendi- tures upon It, with no adequate return, the Island has also proved somewhat of a "hoodoo" to the white people. Cari- bou still remain on this island and have become quite tame. The island is de- scribed as an Isolated and nearly sub- merged mountain ridge, rising from 1,- 000 to 1,500 feet from the bottom of the lake, It Is the only island of the kind in the lakes, and is only paralleled by isolated and volcanic islands of the great oceans.—Washington Star. Total Abstinence and Vitality. Every polar expedition and whaling vessel which visited the Baffin Bay re- gion puts In at Yaureke clank, so as to allow explorers and seamen to visit the celebrated Lake of Blood. Of ft the author of "My Summer in the North," says : "It is a lake of considerable ex- tent, lying only a few feet above the let el of the sea, and appears of a deep dark blood red. • • • Careful examination proved, however, that the water itself was as pure and clear as possible ; the red effect being due to the fact that the bottom and sides of the lake, as well as the few stories which were scattered about In it, were coated most perfectly with the red snow plant. In some places, where the water had evaporat- ed, the withered red plants on the soil and rocks looked exactly like dried spots of blood." The Label Is it marked 1895 ? TINE NEWS -RECORD is $1.50 per year, but if paid in advance only $1. This seems to be a good oppor- tupity to save fifty cents. Send along subscription now. Address > The Huron News -Record CLINTON, ONT. The Megillop _ Mutual Fire Insurance Company Farm and Isolated Town Proper- ty only Insured. OPPICERP, D.ROSS, President, Clinton P. O. ; Geo, Watt, vice-president, Harlock P. 0, ; W. J. Shannon, SecyTreos., Seaforth P. O. ; M. Murdie, In- pecttor otolaime Seatorth P. O. DIRECTOR$, Jas, Broadtoot, Seaforth ; Alex Gardiner, Lea bury; Gabriel Ellfret, Clinton ; John Han nab, Seaforth ; Joseph Evans, Beechwood ; Thos. Garbutt, Clinton, acmes. Thos• Neilene, Harlock; Robt. McMillan, Sea, forth; J. Cummings, Ltgmondvllle; Geo. Murdio, Auditor , Parties desirous to effect Insurance or trans act other business will be promptly attend: ed to on application to any of the above officers' addressed to their respective poet aloes, SPECIAL NOTICE 83fi' Tus NEws.ItEcoao will always be pleated to receive reliable information of Births, Mar• riagee, and Deaths, or of any other local event. ga" Tun Haws RECORD can furnish as hand - some wadding Stationery and guarantee as fi 1 e letter press work and at as low prices as any clt y or other printing office. 65' In the matter of Funeral Circulars an Memorial Cards, Tun News.Racone gearante prompt attention and the very best class' o work, at fifty per cent less than eastern prices. • You Will Reap. You may have a little notion That the world is only chance, That the harvest don't depend upon The grain a fellow plants. But there's an old-time saying, By all nations it is known, That when comes the ti e of harvest You will reap as you h . sown. Every brush you give your counter Is just so much stock in trade ; Every counter you have painted Is a customer you've made. Every time your name'is printed Is a dollar laid away, Every thought you give your business Hastens in a better day. Then never mind the reaping, If the sowing has been right, For the haws of nature govern, And she'll always treat you white. Don't you he afraid of business, Open out and make a show, For the laws of nature govern, And you'll reap jest what you sow. PRINTER'S INK. A Remarkable Cure,—J. W. Jenni- son, Gilford—Spent between $200 and $300 in consulting Doctors ; tried Dixon's and all other treatments but, got no benefit. One box of Chase's Catarrh Cure did me more good than all other remedies, in fact I consider myself cured, and with it 25 cent box at that. Ottawa hotel -keepers propose to raise the price of whiskey to ten cents a drink. ro RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY.—South American Rheumatic Cure, for Rheumatism and Neuralgia, radically cures in 1 to S days. Its action upon the vyetem ie remarkable and mysteriotte. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately dis- appears. The first dose greatly benefits. 75 cents. sold by Watts 5 Co. Druggists. George McCurdy-, Eiderslie ha, ,een arrested .for cunt plicity iiteenettllen- growan Hotel arson case, for which Mrs. Miller was arrested some time ago. Health and happiness are relative conditions ; at any rate, there can be little happiness without health. To givt' the body its full measure of strength and energy, the blood should be kept pure and vigorous, by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The Methodist General Conference; Executive has decided that. the next: General Conference shall meet in To- ronto in September, 1898. Heart Disease Rcileved In 30 ninnies Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect relief n all cases of Organo or Sympathetic Heart Disease in 50 minutes, and speedily effects a acre. It la a soerlese remedy for Palpitation, Shortnesa olllreath, Smothering Spells, Pain in Lett Side and all eymtom, of a Diseased Heart. One dosemonyinees. Sold by Watts & Co. After deliberating for more than seven hours, the jury in the Hyams trial at the Toronto Assizes were un- able to agree, and were discharged. The prisoners were put hack until next assizes. CATARRAH RF.LIEVED IN 10 TO 60 MINUTES, — One short puff of the breath through the Blowre supplied with each bottle of Dr.Agnew's Catarrhal Pow - dor, diffuses this Powder over the surface of the nasal passages. Painless and delightful to use, it re- lieves instantly, and permanently mires Catarrh, Hay Fever, Colds, headache, Sore Throat, TonelBtis and Deafness. 60 cents. • At Watts & Co's. Rev. A. C. Crews, pastor of the Par- liament Street Methodist Church, To- ronto, has been appointed General Sec- retary for the Methodist Church of the Sunday School and Epworth League work. Most coughs may be cured in a few hours or at any rate in a fete days, by the use of Ayers Cherry Peetora.l. %Vit ti such a prompt and sure remedy as this at hand, there is no need of pro- longing the agony for weeks\ ntid months. Keep this remedy in your house. •