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UI SPITE OF MIS BIRTII
Ifs was small of !datum, with n
Isla and rather nrtatocrat!e (nee,
r1rl Bray eyes, overshadowed by
tllaary Iron -gray bmwe, and hair of
NM same hue, Ho was clan in n dark,
W eld mit that had evtdelttty done
antes fa a long time, and which
Id have been much the better
tier of a wimp and a epahge.
was fresh and clean, how -
he hat -a stovepipe of
1 ancient date -Ills his sult,
bah, while a bootblack
VI Improved hie .hose, ae
Seem sad polldi, if not as to ilt,
"I've coma to see about OW he
briefly remarked, an he shoved a
of priced papa' through tole
or "he cashier's dark.
the advertisement regard•
finding of some Moate7,
the eaperlateedent of Ned's
tarot had caused to be Insert -
two of the leading papers of
what about Lt 7" as hrlef-
derusedsd the eadhler, while he
abglum into the aged face be•
:y feta -1 lost a toll of bills
Issued by the Provident
the 7th of July, and some.
between Avon and Beach
down Chauney," the
adned,
the cashier, thought -
eleventh of July -
twenty -eighth ; why
you made enqueas for It he -
/on that I was obliged
on liminess that game
see the advertisement
es ttl my return yesterday."
"UM," mid the cashier again. "1'11
Pei about tt."
Be went to another desk, talked
with a gentlemen there for a few mo-
*sdL then returned to the window
lead handed the little old man the
if
iWs yours without any
IkR" 11e remarked.
'Yes, dr, l4 le mine," 11e cocildently
Mined, after giwcing at It "Where
to t1
fund('
'0101, to the curbing on Essex
found It ?'
el our oaMl boys."
hat's to pay Y•
"The charm a for advert icing, of
ewrse"-naa,ig the atm -'and what-
ever betides that you and the boy can
agree upon.,
Humph! Where will I find the
7" the yuan mated, as he handed
mal the money for the advertising.
"1 will send for him to come here,"
replied the cashier, ma he wrote rap•
Idly upon a slip of paper. Then call -
Ing a boy, he sent him down to the
hattaey counter with It.
Five minutes later the boy returned,
aearmaystoled by Ned, who, not know.
what was wanted of him, looked
rether flushed and anxious at being
elmmoned to the offloe,
"This gateman wishes to talk with
coo for a few momenta," remarked
the cotter, indicating the stranger,
bad then returned to his (woks.
Ned lifted his great, frank, black
qac to the aged face, and the man
gave a vloaemt start, while a strange
pallor settled over his countenance as
be looked into them.
"What's your name?" he demanded
abruptly.
"Edward Wallingford," Ned replied,
wofonddering what the man could want
"Wallingford! Wallingford!" Ite re-
pealed a startled look leaping hate
pie eye. "Do you -are you--" Ile
abreptly paned hen, and, after a mo-
sten% added : "8o you are the boy
who found my money,"
Oh, yes, dr; 1 fowd forty dollars.
Wail Itours?' Ned eayerlr inquired.
bet flushing violently. for, dssplte all
hie .(10*e to reset the stir of covet -
outman, he could not help hoping
teat the money might have bent loot
by some 11011 person who would not
take the trouble to search for It. and
tins ft would eventually come to
"Yes, it was mine, Where dad you
i4ad It T"
"Just on the corner of Etre and
Cunene, streets,"
" We:l, I suppose you expect a re-
ward. Bow much have I got to pay
mom ler fLnding It 1" the men asked,
asarp y ea he fastened he keen,
e
eagle oles�g'ao
las upon the boy's band -
Ned flushed agate, and h!e eyes
grew very bright with some re -
pa
ned emotion ; but he quietly re-
Notbiag, sr; I am glad that you
ve your money back, and you are
vwelcome to what I have done."
Me turned on he heel, and was
abort to go back to hie dutles, when
Ike apeeetrlo old man cried out, more
sharply than be had yet /poked,
though a queer Itttle melte lurked
about the corners of hie mouth:
"Stop; Edward Wallingford; 1
haven't .got llrough with you yet,"
It
CHAPTER IV,
Ned faced about obediently, the In-
dignant b:ood still tingling in les
clinks, but nI1 sense of Injury and Ir-
rLtallaa vanishing Isemediately when
be aught sight of the qulizlcal ex -
prestos on the old gentleman's face.
"He's a funny old chap," was bja I
s„wowem 1 1 1 1 1 1
he an
o t h wan
"1111114
meets' comment.
men mm
eel.
B
noes, Out I gores lie isn'i -he's only
queer, though 1'.1 bet he's ewful
tight,"
"So I'm welcome to my money, am
Ir" repeated the stranger. "'!'hat's
rather refreshing. Dldu't you expect
to be peel for finding and returning
MI" I
1 don't think I etpeeted much
abort it, anyway, Ned responded;
"I found Lt, and 1 knew It was right
that I should do my beet to bunt up
the owner, whether I got anything
for It or not."
But you think I ought to give
you something, don't you 1" porde.-
e d lila Interlocutor.
Ned culorud crimson egalu at the
{(u.tlon, It Wes not very pleasant
to be o.teohlaed In thla way regard-
ing the duty of another, and ha hard-
ly knew what reply to make.
If the man had no sense of his
own nbllgatlon, he was sure he wee
not gneng to instruct ham as to his
duty. Ile knew that If he had been
le eta place be would have been glad
to give a poor hey a generoue sum,
sod not make him feel uncomfortable
over it, either,
"I rather Udok I'd ilke to glee you
ao mIllieg, If you':1 say bow much
would setief,v you," pursued the old
gentleman, lie he still heeltnted and
appeared confused, while he regarded
bit curlous.y.
' Well, air," Ned now eald, and
thinking he had better end the Inter
vlew and et back to Ills work, " if
you'd real!, Ilk° to make me some
return -though 1 wouldn't claim nee
thing -1 should feel very much oblig-
ed to lou If you'd buy me a straw
hat ; my old cap Ina very ear
Portable this hot weather. They have
some very docent ones In the sines
for fifty omits.
The aged stranger, keen gray
eyes twinkled and the corners of
hie mouth twitched with amusement
at this very moderate nyuest.
" A straw hat, eh I So you've been
wearing a cap all summer -a wool•
len one?"
' Yes, sir,"
"Doesn't the firm pay you lmougl
ai that you could attued to buy
yourself ofanger raw ralleaped into the
boyo' e7ee, and his Ilps involuntarily
curled with contempt, for he loll
bled that the mac-" the mean old
miner" as he mentally dubbed him -
was unwilling to put out even the
small tram of nit, ante in return
for la forty dollar,.
" 1 get it donne and a halt a week,
e rr," he said, trying to speak In a
respectful tone out of reverence for
his gray head, though lila voles trem-
bled In epite of himself with sup-
pressed wrath, " brat never mind the
hat -I can go without It a while
longe.,"
Teti tut." roepcmded 1,1. coiloxn-
Icn, with a chuckle. "Deward Wal-
lingford. you are a boy of co theta
alma character, and I like eplrbt, 1f It
Is temrencrd with moderation. I guow
we we! mend about the fiat; sulfate
you show, lir to the counter where
they are sold,"
The mart's voice wee new kind and
genial.
about Ltdal li leas nlips. tle was hove
Ned was quid* to mark this change
to ham, oral be own brow Instantly
Mewed
Yes, dr; title way, please," Weald
eagerly, an:d, tnrelug, led the way to
another part of the store, Ila eocon-
trlo companion followldig al fast ea
Ile was able, e
iterarehing the hat counter be Ig-
nored the, fifty cant hate entirely,
amd, passing un, rade Ned try un
esveral at n dsilnr apiece, until lio
loved one that fitted him, where-
upon the Immcdlately perditued It,
Now, a three only other llttlethtrg
that lot neral?" lin Inquired, as he
wafted for his chttniga, and runulng
Idehot Ma over the bey'slee!y arm ngurp
trot to clean, nicely -evened, but
011 Kart waist, the worse, but neat,
ly mendedtraieeae std patphed shoes,
" No, qr. thank you, mei I am
-Iia daanndy!" Ned responded, obliged for thelwith
luminous eyes, ea he twirled It on
hie hand and regarded It within -
leafletted
" And you are satisfied with It,
In return for finding the forty dol-
lars?" the man Baked, curlous17•
" Yee, indeed, sir, and mother will
be pleased, too -my old cap was so
shabby it made her feel badly to
have me wear it,"
"Humph!" grunted the old gentle.
mat, "your mother will be planned
-bow about your father ?"
"I 4avemt any father;" said Ned,
gravely,
Um -ah I Where did lou get those
gnat black eyes?" the men now
and, observing hlm with a strange•
ly, intones look, eel thought.
' From my father, I think, sir, for
my mother has the levelled blue
.yes you ever saw," Its answered, a
tender Inflection In hie torte u he
spoke thus of Fla mother,
Where do Tom liver- was the
next query',' but the aged lips ware
almost colorless as they dead it.
" No. -- Inarremo avenue; fourth
Door. Now, 11 -you don't mled, sir, I
think I ought to go back to my
work."
' What is your work 7"
NOW YOU CAN BUY
THREE TIMES AS MUCH
Of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine
for 60 Cents as You Could for 26 Before the
Family Size Bottle Was Introduced.
• Se universal Inas become tbe we of '
Oft. Chas's Syrup of Linseed and Tur-
pentine u a fealty remedy for croup,
Jleeaapbiths, asthma, sore throat and all
seethe and Colds, that It has been i
fORad advisable to put 1t up In largo
faall ' Abe bottle'', to sell at 00 stents.
'ILe regular 25 cent see will still bo
add, bet In nearly every home In Cap-
s& nod ilia United states Dr. Chase's
golly of Linseed and Turpentine le al -
,grays kept la the house as a safeguard
agaltt oaosumptlan, pneumoule and
Peter fatal lung trouble., and to the
BOOM of thousands who use It In large
gaaat*Hias Wile new style of package
(IItU1 prim more oouvenent al well as
Were eoonomleal.
lib time who are not yet acquaint-
ed wits Dr, Chase's Syrup of Liaised
Oke ?impieties, If nub there are who
tele Yrs paper, we shall simply lay
Mitt tie sleet evidence of the sera at
thle great remedy for throat and lung
troubles le to be found In the fact of
the steady Increase In its sales year
by year,
Though the market Is flooded with
all sotto of cough remedies and cold
curse, the demand for Dr, Chase'.
ttyrvp of Llnseed•and Turpentine 1.
larger the season than ever before.
The ales are enormous.
Dr- Chase's syrup of Linseed and
Turpentine a prompt and positive 1n
Ina actlol, and absolete17 and thor-
oughly -rw croup, brunciiitie,
asthma, sore throat, whooping trough
and all throat and lung troubles,
Twenty -file coot', a bottle; feebly
"Ise, three times a. muds, eo oenta. At
all dealers, or Edmanane Bates & Co.,
Toronto.
Dr. Chase'. 0lntelsat Van abeohute
oa for prem. Slaty carate a hoe, at aU
"I'm a can boy qt the gable'
boner, pointer."
belt n youk only
(7 get a dollar and a
" Yes, sir ; but if I do well they
will give mo le raise by and by l"
Ned said, cheerfully,
"Well, lei like to an gnu Met one
more question, then you tuny go,"
the maze eald, druwlcg him a little
time tide, that tlo ono oleo alight Lear.
"All richt, dr."
"When you fauhl that roll of btllw
1?dwast Wallingford. chalet you want
to keep it 7"
All the bleed In Nedes body sremed
to fly tato III.'! fame agatit at tithe
welted quemetrna
Illy Lead dem pet and term of lulu, -
Bled linger auk( "hate rustled to Itis
e7ee,.
It meloid very cruel that Ito mllib
bit mads to orndaat the conflict wblolt
bog raged bet neon the, to him, ter-
rible temptstto- nid his oonielenee,
The enpertnterdeut heti asked him
the name questloul. Dld eYerybody Ina -
Agile, What 11e must pane a thieve
I h dlepeeltlot-that'lecause lie was
a poor boy he was utterly devoid of
principles of hprnr?
He felt bitterly humiliated. and
had Me inquisitor been a younger
wan lie would have resented what he
eousldeled his it l olent curiosity,
" Tee, sir," he raid, humbly,
and too truthful to evade the
query, while he nervously twirl.
ed lds hat In his hands. "You
see, we are so poor -mother had been
ttek, and-ruul 1 did think that If those
forty dollars were only mane, she
could go away from the hot city for
a Tittle while and get strong again.
1 know it waes't right twee to wish
to keep It -but I just couldn't help
thInking of It. At any rate" -and now
the gnat black eyes flashed frankly
up Into the old gentleman's face -"I
didn't keep It. I wouldn't be a thief
for the biggest fortune In the world.
ante I tom glad you have It back again,
Good-bye, sir,' and turning, he dart•
ed away before the man could chop
-him, and ran nimbly downstairs to
he duties, hoping he should never
meet the owner of that forty dol•
len again, but wondering what the
name of the "queer old codger" could
be.
When he went home at croon he
told his another all about his inter-
view with him, and displayed els nice
new hat with eonstlerable pride.
Mrs. Wallingford was somewhat
amused over the recital, and a trifle
Indignant aa well, that her boy should
have been subjected to mtoh a cate-
Mhleing, while site also thought the
man rather mean to have bestowed
'rely a dollar upon him in return for
- the large sum he had lost.
But both Ned and les mother
changed their opinion regarding
the eccentric old gentleman that
eery eveeing, when the last pod,
brought a letter directed In a cramp-
Wallingford,
hand to "Edward
Wallingford, No, — Bardeen avenue,
Boltooldn, Mase."
They wondered, before they open.
It, who It could be from, for they
never received letters, having no
frim or relatvoe with shorts to
corns Pru\
When Ncei•.eitt the end of the en-
v[terms two stip. of paper fell
Picking up tier fleet that sono to
hand, the read aloud:
The inclosed le for the very mod•
est, honest lad who struggled so no-
bly with a great temptation, a few
weeks ago, and who wee 11190 DO
courteous to an Inquisitive old man
this morning. Be bobcat always, my
boy ; you will then never 'lack for
friends, and the world will be the
better fa your having lived In It,"
There was no name signed to this
characteristic epistle, which was n
great disappointment to Ned, and
to Mrs. Wallingford also, who now
realised that this ethane being had
only been trying to teat Ned by ha
searching queatlons and bus apparent
penueloteneee.
Upon unfolding tlhe tither slip of
paper the happy buy found It to Lo
a metal money -order for ten (Mi-
lani!
ol•lar.!
"Hurrah ! Dianne, the old codger
to a brlck, after all I" 4e exclaimed,
wevtuug the money -order aloft, while
hie face was radiant with delight.
"Now," Ile continued more gravely,
"this will feel afor nearly a month;
can't you have a efts rest, mother,
and not work on those horrid
sacques7"
Mee. Wallingg'ford smiled as eche
fondly Mend bis glowing cheeky.
"I do not know about takhhg the
teat, dear," she said, "but I am uroud-
er of my sit to•ngltt than I should
be to have had a large fortune left
me," and tears stood la her eyes to
emphatic her words,
But Ned, bw7•Ilke, thought more of
the matey than of the act which had
brought it to him.
"Ten dollars1 we haven't had eo
much at ones for a long timer' he
matd, "That old mat hae done the
handsome thing, and i thought him
seep a skinflint this morning. I Im•
aglaed It was admen like pulling his
eye -teeth -though I don't believe he
had any -for h in to pay out that dol•
lar for my hat, What a pity It Is we
cannot know hie name," he concluded,
regretfully.
1 think he hal been very generous,
and i, too, would like to know who he
e, NO that we might thank him," Mrs.
Wallingford remarked,
And them the restating of evil, the
congnering of a temptation, brought
an abundant reward. Ned lad
riot only gained the respect
of hie euperintsndemtp the con•
ftdsna of hL employer and
140 prospect of advancement at the
More, but he loth alio won a snug
1sum money, and m
friend14tle of teaof strange old gentleademana,
who, is we shall see later, had Ib In
he power to do even greater thenge
for hem,
When Ned had left the men eo
abruptly that morning, the latter
stood etar!ng after the boy for a
full minute without moving.
"I'nt efratd I Was a trifle hard on
the youngster,' he muttered, aa, re-
covering from hie surprise, he made
h'e way toward the elevator to de,
wend to the street floor ; "hot I felt
cnrlous to see what kind of stuff' he
le made ot. He's a aonsclentoue little
chap; roost boys would have dented
frig tereptsl to keep that mane,';
but he owned iyp to it, like a little
hero, and he shan't lose anything by
it He'e gob sptrlt, 'though," he
continued, as, emerging from the
elevator, he then elbowed his way
through the crowd Into tike street ;
"he WY downright mad at me for
an old man; wet ewe to
that he hbeen well Lrought re
u up
A fifty -ant straw hat, indeed! ha,
lin!" he laughed, gleefully, al he
waved he umbrella to Ball h car.
"Hat boys woukf have duhinotl here for
a couple of dollars, at trust, 11e
iave me a !hock, though, melee lie
IIted those great black eyes eo ow;
and the name, too -Wallingford -
gave me a start. I believe, upon
my word, that was the name DI the
girl wham that scamp of a nephew
of mine used to be sweet on, I wonder
If the boy can be a relative of herr--
f v-0!:d>r If 1-1:-e had n"y broth, n,
Helgho 1 that was more than tbirtee:s
Team eau' and Dick was my only else
ter'e ion. What a pity he was such a
rani! How he ever came by eucl a
dlepaitlot a more deers I can under•
stand. for Rachel was an angel, while
Tan, her husband, though pig-headed
end (Mute. was always !honorable In
betnem teatgen. I 'wader if the boy
W still Meier -I've laver heard a Nei -
Wort flea or of 41a tine be 111 -
ra
4eseaced ao ntdiw117 that white.)
What 4 pity; what a pity he cone
tlnued, wllttll a sigh that was almost
ti groan, "If Ike hea Dilly behaved hime
self he mlgllt Kaye come into a Ilat:d-
iome fortune. aid I need not have
been the lonely old men that T nm to-
aey. But that boy's blltak eyes haunt
me, !outlast what 11--'
A perfedtly blank expreeelott over,
spewed the moon's hoe as he reached
tide point lit Ile sollhsluy, while be
became altnost gheetly, Than lie
boarded the car, which had etoppad
at hesalguat. and n few initiates later
lie was al plying for the money -order
whluh Ned received that very evouli,g,
Two day; after tills while Mlrltun
!Wallingford was belly working upon
a tiny wool sacque. she suddenly be -
name conacloue of a strange sound ou
the stain leading up to her humble
Ther `
There was atender, let emuewlat
amused smile en par sweet Iles, tie
her polished Needle (1ew In and out
aaooipMhe fleecyfor mite wart
thinking of Ned's reoe adventure
with the queer ofd man whoa! aures,
be Iced found, azul vainly speculating
ae to Lis Idetttltey.
But now she peewee to Beton to
that unusual sound upon each stair,
WI if someone lamp was mounting
with the use of a cane.
Presently It ceased, and there came
a knock upas her door.
Rleing to open It, she found, to
her surprise, the object of her
thought+ standing outside.
She was sure It was Ned's old
gentleman iron the description
which he had given of llm.
"Beg pardon, tuarm, but I'm look -
lug for Biro. Wallingford; I was
told she lived up bere," he abruptly
remarked. while pas keen grey eyes
swept her face, noting its refined
and delicate beaut►, Its oxceeslve
pallor, its lines of suffering and care,
ell of whloh betra7slut 11
hnd known aotae cruel!ng sorrow.Ler(e
" I nm Mrs. Wallingford, sir. Will
you come In and lee mated?" ahs
replied, with graosful self•posseulolu
es she drew forward for him the only
comfortable chair LI the room.
" Thank you, maim; thank you.
It's rather tedlone climbing so
many 'Wire on a stretch; don't you
find It too?" remarked her Malta,
am he seated himself, removed ills
hat, and wlpod the perspiration
from he forehead.
' Yes, err ; but I don't go down
mime I am obliged to; my
eon atterds to my errands and brans
all tee water for me, "the lady reell'd.
"Water !" exclaimed her campanlou.
aghast, "you don't mean that you
have to go down all those stairs for
water."
"Yes. sir ; the landlord will not have
a pips put up Hera so all the water
line to he brought free the first floor
ht a all," Mrs, Wallingford quietly re-
plied. '
The man became ao exceedingly red
In the face that the lady feared the
exertion or ntnnnting the stales had
been too much, for him,
"Who Is your landlord?" he de-
manded, dryly, after a moment of
awkward ad lance, 1
" I d n tot knew Ills mime; but that
or his nge'nt le Flagg."
"Ilumph ! What rent do you pay 1"
her tJbltor Inquired, ns lie glauatd
around the humble room.
"We Lave three rooms and pay ten
dollars a month." Mrs, W nlllrgford
said, with e. sigh, fa she thought dhow
'bard It was to raise the num named
every fors weeds
"'fen deltagcs a month fur this oven,
-aed no water In It!" crled the man,
every rein stardtng out on his brow,
an alley Light in ble grey eyes.
"Yee sir."-
tt'd dom►mrtght extorsion' -It's in
double nwlndle 1" was the wrathful
retort,
erre. Wallingford looked so eaten -
billed over ills excitement that he Im-
mediately pulled litmtelf ttgether,
and apologised for It.
pardon,
maid,
I am heupieet arm," by what
you have told me, I -am the owner
of the houee-there are four tenant.
In It, and I receive fourteen, twelee,
nine and seven dollars respeotvel7
for them. I have been la Europe for
the last three years, during hlch
time my buslneas Ilse been in the
hands o. an agent, who, I perceive,
has been systematically robbing u#
and °pere®Ing my tenants."
(To be Continued,)
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1L If not benefitted materially, re-
turn the elgned coupon to us and
your money will be returned.
Complete outfit, consisting of bead•
tlfnlly polished hard rubber Inhaler
and eufflctent liquid for dr weeks'
use. Price, 11.00; extra bottles of
Inhalant, 60e. At aureate, or from
N. C. Polson L Co„ Kinpton, Ont,
the (oat of the % orld's Canals,
Canal., and particularly ship canals,
are costly undertakinge,The Sues Canal
met 11100,000,000, the Manchester
Ship Canal 190,000,000, the North Son
(anal 1188,600,000, the North Holland
and the Corinth Canals $15,000,00,1
each.
Fifty dose" fee a quarter I The best
of ell tuft. MWler's Compound Irak
DT & 11l 1IS ern i TOLD BY TUN /OLDIES(,
1 l' a U r HoerTreachery Again -Heavy Lomas
on Both elder,
1 eel 110W give you a small ac-
count of the battles I have been In.
My first experience of war was nt
Beiutonl. Then come firnepan. The
next was Molder River, And I hard.
know how to rx lain it -it Wen
Y p
nothing but pule ctoughler for We
Boers, We else loot n (earful lot o1
men. Thin fight will be remembered
by nil here='the fatal 2411 tiny of
November" It le called, It was Lha
hnrdeot fight Englund has hod since
the Primer-Itwen nothing but one
rontinuous hall Df bullets front day-
' break to dark, The field next morn-
ing was strewn with dead end wound-
ed. The hoer losses were never known
proper:,, -some were left dead for ue
to bury (about (00), and the rest they
burled themselves or carried nwnl•.
Whet they meted not get rid of nay
other way, they tied large stones to
the Wien and threw them into the
I river to poison the water, The next
battle was at (Grnspan. Our battery
wan sent to Meld them out of the
hills\ and in less than tour hotus we
could see nothing but dead and
wounded Boers 'rind ponies. We only
bad 11 *lightly wounded, and all ore
back again. The next battle was at
Mngerefontein, There we 'had nearly
two regiments cat tip. You must me-
cum me for not. laking you any more
about It ; It 1s too dreadful to men-
lion. I shall, perhaps, be able to tell
you more when I come home. -Corr
porn' Howe, 02nd .Battery.
There have been some marvellous
easapes, and same very pathetic
scenes, One man was shot In two
Place*, end died about 20 min'tee
ater. After (Wage. eat up and asked
a comrade to give him a smoke, which
he did. Ile then seemed contented.!
David 6t. John, the champion of
Wales, has been killed, lie was, I be -
Here, well known In Weston -super -
Mare, It happened this way: A Boer
put up a (leg of truce, and when our
men went towards him he shot them.
David St. John, noticing the Boer's
treachery, rustled et him end drove
Lie bayonet through him, being him -
Pelf fata:ly shot for hie bravery.
When the battle war' over be wee
found lying acmes the body of the
Boer he had elnln.-Private Dart,
Coldstream Guards,
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Take Laxative Bronco Quinine Tablets, All
drug .Laxative
uud the mnne3'11 it rntl. to cure.
vee t 0, Orove',.lanetwe1.oneachbox.
Michael Hallern, of St.. Thomas,
Cured by Dodd's Kidney
Pills,
Suffered WllImDhibeteeend Bar kache
tor Over a fear--W'ee Advleed totter
Deride, ItldneyPiIle--"Mitred From
Ills (leave."
Ft. Thema, Felt, 1C.-Notvlirre In
Ontario are 1usld's Kidney Pills more
highly valued than !n the neighbor•
hood of It. '1'lioitln'1- They are femme"
for having prat ghost eidferere from
Bright's Diemen, nuI Dlahetee n road
to safety-, for prevloae to the die.
cover,) Of Dodd'. Kldne,v PAIN theme
dlmauere were hivarL,bly fatal.
Michael Mullein, a farmer ti)Ing
near Ft. Thomas, is sae of throe who
fully appreciate the worth of Dodd'r
Kidney Pills. Ile line good mason W.
He was cured of Diabetes by their nee.
He ndndtu that but for Dodder Kid-
ney Pllle he would be In Ido grave to•
day.
Diabetes le loyal disease of the
kidneys, Dodd'e Kidney PITH are there•
fore the only medicine of the slightest
use do (.be treatment of this uleease.
Tito ktdneve are the only organa af-
fected, and Dodd'. 'Kidney 1•IlIs are
the only medicine tint can roach the
kidneys with any beneficial effect.
'There are moreover a number of
other (lreaere which are crowed by
disorder of the kidney(' and Ihsdde(
Kidney !'Ills by curing the kidney
disorder reiuovw the ranee of these
otter troubles, Tea It le that
Dotfd'. Kidney Pllle are the only real-
Pal
edsPal .n'1.peerinaiteut cure for Dropsy,
Heart Diceaee, Illtnumatlam, Lum-
bago, Sedative, Bladder and Urinary
Complalntr, Feinnle Disorders and
unlienitly condition of the blood.
AR for Diabetes the statement sign-
ed by Mr. hllchocl Hallern, of et,
Thom.., noel o•Ituesaod by Mr. E. E..
0atrander, of Dutton, will prove that
AN! clatter made for Dodd's Kidney
PIIIe are absolutely true, The state•
meet reads:
"I have been troubled for one year
with Diabetes, My back was to the
woret kind of pain all.thetime. M
urinc was very dark and my oondl•
Mon was getting very eerluue. A
friend of mine told me to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills. I have now need one
box and am already oompletely cured,
My urine le at Its natural color and
my back le aa strong as a board. I
cannot praise Dodd'e Kidney Pills
too highly for 1 ams certain they
have saved me from the grave."
RKD-oIEADED GIRLS,
They are to be Found Among Every
Race and People.
The geogrnphleal d:etrlbntloa of
red-headed glrla ea, fortunately, wide.
'They* can ba found In every Inhahlt•
a1 (tanrter of the world.
19 r.• eo•ealled dark- races are fre-
quently glorified by glowing lecke.
Tho 1tpanlarde are swarthy um a
race, but the purest blooded Castlll-
ane frequently ahow trace" of their
Vielguthlc blood by blue eyes and
red hair. Tho Infanta Eulallo, who
1Lsltevt then country In 1533, le red-
headed.
Red•hatrd Italians tare fold) num-
eyarmt in Italy. They are moat uutu•
eroun ht the northern provinces,
where there is tho greatest Infuelot
of Overeat' bloael.
And than IA no girl In the world
prottler than a red -hatred Italian or
Spaniard,' except It bo a red-haired
necessarily be In LW immediate neigh.
American.
1n Ireland a led -hatred `Irl le made
miserable by being called It "Dane,"
Tido epithet le a legacy of a thous.
and years or more -from the time
when the Danes actually d1d override
the coasts •: Lritafu.
In a dialler manner the Norsemen,
who invaded SINly centuries ago and
Intermarried with the inhabitant'',
'left deeceadants with gleaming brain
thatches,
Tho Turks are a lbght•halred, blue
eyed race, and their children ere ev•
orywhere scattered about Asia and
Northern Africa,
And where there aren't any red -
hatred girls by nature-ae nmoug the
Moors and Arabs -the glowittg locke
am commonest Of all. The women all
dye their tatty trdvaeen to a moet
lovely red,wlth Mehta. -St. Londe Re.
pubile.
A TORONTO MERCHANT
Bears Important News to Its
Fellow Citizens,
Toronto, Dee 20111, -Here is a fet-
ter we hope everyone of our readers
avill peruse: "I am fro yearn old. Have
•been troubled for tour year. with
what I thought was rheumatlsm-
stdffness In the muscles of any lege,
later In tho arms, Soon the stiffness
changed to sorenese. Went to Hot
iprin`0, and came back a little bet-
ter, Was a moderato drinker, but quit
using llquor altogether, and care•
fully regulated my diet. One (lay 1
got wet, and then the trouble wall
wore than ever. Had to lay off for
three weeks. Have had similar at-
tacks at Intervale ever since, each
one worse than !te predecessor, Had
headache, pain In the small of the
bank, urine dark, scanty and need-
ing. Began ueing Dr. Arnold'. Eng-
lish Toxin Pills a retort time ago, and
nm already wonderfully Improved.
Feel confidentthey will cure me, and
I shall give them the chance and re.
port, 1 hem not felt eo well for year',
-u 1 have since I began using your
pills, II. LEWIS.
477 longe street, Toronto,
Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pllle,
the only medicine on earth that
((tires disease by killing the germs
that cause it, are Bold by all drug-
gists at 71c a box ; sample mise ut
-.;c, or Ment poetpald on receipt of
price by the Arnold Chemical Com-
pany, Limited, Canada Life Building,
12 King street west, Toronto. •
Training Him Children,
There 1. a man who fanctee he 1s
the head of he houeo, Thls particu-
lar man has several small children,
and It pleasee him to dleconree n
great demi on the training of cldl-
dren. A few days ego he had friends
%letting him. Hle two tittle None be-
gan to play about noisily. It to one
of he theories that children should
obey Implicitly. He wanted lib/friend
to see how he carried It out In tlhe
training of his own children. "Johnny,'
he sold, sternly, "stop that noticeIn-
stalntly." Johnny looked up In sur -
mem, then grinned a little. "Oh,
Freddy," he said to his brother, as
they went on wlth the noise, "Just
hear papa trying to talk like mam-
ma,"
Minnrd'e Liniment mires Oarget In
owe.
Oood Enough for Him. •
Dabbs -I see that a man hu in-
vented a c7pewrite,r that you cit
down and telt to and It writes ort
everything you eay.
Dobbs -I guess I'l1 keep mine. Fie
doesn't write everything I 187,gad
Ile gild of it.-lfalttaore Amerkita,
Mares Lbilment seta Colds, eco,
•
"British" the Word,
W'e cannot agree with the poet
rho In another column of this paper
euggeete that we lay adde the word
"British " and replace It by " Im-
per'ah" There are ninny etnplree be.
elder the Brltleh. from Russia down
to °colon, the latter of which hal
Just become n dependency of the
United Stntee, Anybody, Indeed, can
uee the wool Imperial who likes,
but nobody but the British can use
the unite Brlteh. We have strong
sympathy with Mr. Tarte and with
all Seotehmon Ln WlelrsobJeetlone to
the eubetltutlon of the name Eng.
Hell. which Is racial, local - ouo
might almost any provincial - for
the name Brltleh, which Includes all
under the British flag, Mr. Tarte
rightly says he a British, but he
Ie not Fumglhtl. Here la the kt.,,• to
the whole posItIon. All the races,
black and white, over which the
Union Jack floats can call them.
selves British wherever they go, end
Engllehmen will only be Meowing
pWltnroper courtesy by calling them
British and not Englieb.-Montreal
tw.
We believe MINARD'S LINIMENT
e the best,
Mutthlas Foley, 011 City, Ont.
Joseph Snow, Norway, Me,
• Rev, R, 0. Armstrong, Mulgrave,
N. 8,
Charley Whooten, Mulgrave, N. S.
Pierre Landry, sen,, Pokemouehr,
N. B.
Thomas Wasson, 8jleffleld, N. 13.
The Mull Back.
The above term is not used In any
relation to football, but to des-
cribe a new Paz -elan device In drap-
ing a skirt. Too fact seems to be
that whJe we American women are
complacently sidling about in our
ahem -fitting eklrts, our Parisian
stater. add grace to their walking
by having only the skirt front and
side forms close fitting to the figure,
while the blek breathe are cut full
end bang out and downward in n
graceful sweep, The fullness is laid
to pleats, and these are pressed end
caught down just below the bill, as
welt art nt the belt. No doubt the
pleated full back will be adopted by
spring. It hoe been heralded by the
fashionable "tralne" of the bridal
skirt, where tbe long pleats hang
straight down from the belt, n grace-
ful detail d the eatume.
Btpte of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, es
Frank J. Cheney make. oath that he
le the eepke partner of the firm of
F. J. Cheney k Co., doing buslnese in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that ertid firm will pay
the sum of ONE iIUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
Hall's Catarrh Care.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence, this Oth day of Decem
her, A. D., 1886,
A. W. GLEASON,
[Seal) Notary Puhlic.
Hall's Catarrh Cure le taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blond
and mucone eurfnree of the system.
Send for teetlmonlale, free.
F. J. C1IF-NEY a4 00., Toledo, 0.
Sold by drigg1Ntr, 75c.
Hall'r Family Pille are the fleet.
Forgetful plan.
"What's the matter with Rhsh.
Leigh 7"
Absent-ntindedncee, that's all."
"Nonsense! the nine's cut and
bruised fraghtfully."
"Ten, Ile tried to atop a runaway
automobile by Jumping In front of It
end waving hie coat at it"
A Vancouver man eay1, "I can re-
commend Miller', Compound Inn Mlle.
They are a great remedy."
IESUF NOS. 1900.
The Besi ood
for Infants
Nature planned that infants
should have only milk for at
least the first year of life. But
thin milk, skimmed milk, will
not nourish. It's the milk tat
Is rich In cream, or fat, that
does the work. This is be-
cause fat is positively, neces-
sary for the growing body.
Scoll's Emulsion
contains the best fat, In the
h�.1kmidyl,
Cod.Llver Oil, for all
Ite children.
thrive greatly under Its use. -
Soon weigh more, est mare,
y better and look better. It's lust
ght addition to their regguular
food, The hypophtaphltu o(tIme
and sada In It am memory to the
owdt and formation of bone and
Al ell dmaxhul ,or..nd er"•
SCOTT & LOt1NI., Chemie, Toronto,
,.IN INShit 10 a1�Na�iH�
A Thought Compeller•
"ilo elm'e preparing to go on the
etnge, eh 7 What progress le mho
making 7"
Well, ahe'c been at a Windfall! for
several weeks."
"What'e the trouble'?"
"She hasn't been able to eelect n
stage name that she consider' pretty
enough."
By their netlon on the Stomach, Liv-
er, and Bowel", Miller's Worm Pow-
ders correct ell euoh troubles ae lack
of Appetite, Blllounneso, Drowelnces,
Sallow Complexion, etc.; nice to take,
A WONDERFUL CURE FOR
SICK HEADACHE
The most wonderful elect. prodneed by
KIDD'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
to curing nick Headache, Ditloueneu, Coated
Tongue, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Ifeartburn
Ltver and Kidney Trouble, has plated them ab
the head of all medicine.
71 P111. In n box Hb mull nl n11 Druerrisia, or
mailed by 5I, P. EOY. fort e;lgln, Ont.
11,.u.ea,..01 1, ,,
Relieve
eslpma,
Inseatlls,
to,
In boxes only -Never sold In bulk.
Seworthr, reliable, we dn.,
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Toronto.
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toned by Impure blued or Weakened 000,11tp•
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or enamel brunch pin. Send al mew. Good
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