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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1900-03-22, Page 6N SPITE OF NIS BIRTH. WIMOMMIeememeseeeremses ' "HtaVeen forbid!" cr[cd the toted Mather 711ar9 7, cv altuolder of repel - 114011 shaking httu !rout head to rota. "Suppose," Mtreon went on, no 11 Ike had not noticed the exc:ematlon, "that some mon aliened ,vitt her love -her pure heart as Richard Heath- Ottoa woe mine -foe f was as pure Mid as went beloved by my parents 41 Gertrude le to -day. Suppose this ataa should have a trend who should t.him 1n deceiving her, as I was ed, and her future happiness alould be wrecked as mine Wad Wreaked, and elle sleeted be obliged to go through the word a heart - a end deserted woman, burden- ed it name:ens babe to face a fu- ture of poetess aline--" "For the ;eve of Heaven cease! 1 alumna beer another word," Mr. Lang. weld cried with lips that were Mu - utter colorless, an expression of 1 rias aaony la hie eyes at the ahoaght of lea darling ever sutfer- lag such n posslb:a fate as his com- ypggaian had portrayed. "You have ®Ma deeply wronged I admit," be itaatlaued, recovering himself atter n inteneat; "1 know that Heatherton Seed to do a dastardly thing - know that I did wrong In allowing Ming - _ to draw me Into It, and I have wLlhed-many, many times -that 1 Mould meet you again, to ask you We pardon nut for even appearing to senutlon h1a'aot, and to ex 'ate how I happened to be a party to it But I wag young, wed and heedleea, I thought only of fun and fretio at that time -never dreaming of hla real intention' I. too, Mrs. Walling - feed was deceived by him." "You deceived 1" repeated Mir- iam In surprise, "In what way►" "Sit down and let me tell you the Mholo story of that nightie doings," tfr, Lalgmaid said, as he roiled tor - Wald an easy chair for Ate cone Litton, and naked her to be vented; fiver taking another opposite) her, biresumedh ' On that night, when Tot became OA victim of a great wrong, and about tern minutes before we a tea' on whfat I supposed to be my -7o lfanuur thosit known that wee Were la the same clads at Collets -- and aatd that he and Mathews Were Vs out into the c'oun• a couple of miles to house of a fanner, where we lid find two pretty girls all by Heelers nn 1 ready ,or a frolic. The Her and his a 1fe had gone to New k to attend some anniversary tinge consteeteel with the deuoni Mon to which they betouged. He Its tray -he, Matthews and the bad planned to have a mock tags, to be followed by a wed - supper and a juely good time rally, Everything was to be led out 1n tlrsteclass style; Mem Wifatggford-the farmer a daughter -has to act as bride; her friend, Mho Arnold, as the brldesnmid ; Matte owe air the beet man ; and, he added, ' w0 waat yot4 to go along as coop pang tot the parson, Who is a friend of Mathews and has premised to do the thug tap 111 ahape." "I rta-[ly asa:ntod, iselteving that It was enderetood by alt to 1N an out-and-out frolic, and that everything was just as Ileatherton represented; and when he added $ he had provide) a large hamper of things, champagne lucludee, the Boa was one not to be resisted. know what followed -how, n a'tnutes after our arrival at your you appeared In your simple, utlful bridal robes, leaning on settees arm, and accompanied by Ws and Mise Arnold. You know, how impressive Harris made the Sm0my. I shall never forget how I Wes suddenly shocked into my man - lllaand better 'melon by the solemn• With which he conducted that vice; he awed me, for of course I vedh t at 1t was all mockery. 1 raailsed, for the time, how we were aha WrpyJl-oleeseovldence, by light of such sacred things, aDlved that I would never lend t to anything of the kind again. t these impression wore off • a0ttewhat, when, later, ive gathered #Lound the temptingly spread table app gave ourselves up to feasting Rad 181111t7. Everything was carried out perfection; you made a charming 144-Beatherton was, apparently, happiest of grooms -Harris a pde1 of a parson ; and no one, save Mme directly concerned in the affair, Would have dreamed of such a thing 10 a mock marriage-" "A nacok marriage!" ropeated'ifir• 'Oralnnglord In an agonised tone; Wag the neat sacred of aremocles *1. I had not a auspicious. for the alterwaipi, but that every tee ily been oonduoted in good till -al the holiest feelings of any 'pare lettered wlhhie ate, ea I abed those tows which made me. %Hind, Rtobard Baathsrtlmt'e , Ohl how Honed you hays lent rad! tee gush a'marllegps 1 -and you ed that it was nothing more theta a lent to ata ?" a et --and Tet--' "I1 does not seam possible that roe 7g d have looked into my fare ai Ina sr fat to a venae of all that 1It It and holy," Miriam Interrupt- Mt qutterlrgl lips, "Ohl 1t was n :aisle desalt:teen i Do apt &hemp, Meta Ik' she went on wildly, 71. opened Uta lips to speak again, "Lyn, 1110 while I tell you howl I was lot SO thee wretched trap. I first net 14114.45 Heatlertoa at a fashionable party, glvell by an Hunt who lived ht New Haven, at d tree tltougitt 11 might plea* Iter brother's unw phiatIeated daughter tea Fee something of the ways of high life la the elite I ,vas a eltuple country girl, WO I Mal been tenolsrlys reared, welt educated, altenegh I had never brew marl, .8t 't'elety. air; Flea- tliertou alp•orcd to' he ttttn•aelted toward me freta the moment of our lntrcdurtton. Jttoweeit nee coueiderable attontfou at that time, and upon var- I toes oceaalou., afterward, while I gave him ley whole heart at the very Ioutset. We met frequent'!', during the next few week's, and It was not long before Ate conferred his love for me and asked me if I Would he lila wife, I believed j lam to be sincere, and readily gave him my promise to marry lnlm, He wanted `to be married at trace and sweetly ; for he could not c•latm me openly, he said, until atter his twenty-fifth birth - der, when he expected to casae into poseswhich some relative andkon of a largo 111e money, had promised to fettle upon him, If he ' did eimtletf honor In college, ' " At fleet 1 would not listen to rush a proposition; 1 said watt until you 1 are free to claim me publicly, then 1 ' will gladly he your wile. But he was very perslatont : he would give me no pence ; and every time we met he pleaded with me to go away with lam , 'and be manned tent. I told item firmly theft I would never (torment to an elopement -that if I was ever married le must bn in my father's house, and everything ; conducted In a respectable and legal manner. Tile made him angry at ' fleet, at what he termed my lack of faith In him, but thistly, upon being told of my parents' proposed ' visit to New York, he planned the wedding you have described, i and I consented that the mar- ' nage should be kept secret, until af- ter ids graduation and acoeaeion to the fortune he expected, when, he mune I 1 ewe, he would own ole'before he fain- tly are the world. w { He played has game ell -so well 1 that It is trot stemma that I never suspected but that that ceremony wag legal -or that I lune not his law- ful vette. I bad always despised any - thin like dcoeptlon, or double-dealing. sa and It wore upon e, mentally and penlinalty, to think how:I had de - celled mi Lather gad mother, whose Dees were bound up In me, But I Idea. I " At last I yielded to it certain ex -i t iii at tn_bandl-no I believed Rich- I fully eucrificed myself to tom. 1 flea myself that hla college mutes would woe be completed bo would soon ate talo his twenty-fifth birthday, then all would be well. and my parents would forgive me. when they realised vow lta&py 1 ehou!d Aro In my new re- lations. Richard Ileatherton entitled Ills college courts -lie named hie twemty- fit tlt birthday, and I canfldently ex- pected that be would at once acknowi- cdge me and give me my rightful posi- text. I spoke of 1t several times, but Inc put me off with various exclave( Rut I dead pride and spirit, and 11st•' rt Whirabated upon Whir as his wife: He tried to Intimidate me with angry words and repteac'J1eg, bat I was firm ; I told him Inc meet voluntarily do right by me or I would summon the wittes0es to our marriage at el carpel 1117' eo It. "Then he 'told Inc that I was no wife -that I had simply been Ids toy -hie faythlng, to help lass • some me of the tedious house of has college career. "Can you eOneed is What etch a etatement meant to me? No; no man can eve* understand !tow the sensitive soul of a woman is rent and bruised and crushed when rhe learns how she has been duped and tricked into pour - Ing out all the tenderest and most exceed affection's of her nature, only to have them trampled upon and mocked at, while trite Is spurned as a thing too silo to be tolerated by the man who has ruined her. "It all 'came like a thunderbolt to Inc. At first 1 could not -I would not believe It ; bat when he mocked, at my misery, tbea I knew It moat be true. I raved and he only laughed at me. Then I fell upon my knees and pleaded with him -pleaded for my Itfe, m ha lnore, my honor. I told Min of the little cute wtto would ere long corns to claim hie love and the heritage of his name, lett hie nature u Mone- t&Wag adamantine -his heart Mone- t&Qat, himself. When I was assured of title and the weletanes§ of my entreaties I rose up, without another word of entreaty, and left him, vowing that I would never look on he face agate. I left m home, my parents, all that was dear and pleasant to me, and went away and hid mytelt until my baby came to me and my strength returned; then I took up the burden of my lite. with what courage I could, and tried to face the world angles handed and alone, but with a broken heart and every particle of hope nt- torly crushed out of my nature." :llePTER LeC. Pen cannot protray the nngulali that was written upon the tack of that beautiful woman ; the despair that shone from her eyes, that walled through the tense tones of her nater. ally /tweet voice; and William Lang - maid felt both humiliated and con. damned, ne he looked upon her and Ilatened to her, and realised that he MA helped to doom her to the tato that she had descrif;ed. Ho had Joined that "frolic" -or e hecton to be and so I cheers BILIOUSNESS AND DYSPEPSIA Ilona Common Origin in Liver Complaint—Dr. Chase's Treatment For the Liver• Carlyle Justly attributed the Ill -tem. "I'. whleh made him a mender lathe , ver of the world, to a bad liver. Ha wee bilious azul lyepepate, guttered WItl Stomach Puha and 11.41160110, wed dmereasedain Mpulte „744 bad gloomy forebodings o ft,lre. liow often the kind father benome's n motleter and the luting mother a scold Who ugghhneli the inflames of a torpid liver. how many yuarrele ore htotnght m, awl how many bettor: WOW are twee, up ht tIl , e 1st jneaco ? rrltootti(ling make* "art furl inner mi•er- aide er more rhmly ,ml , . alba: 1....0 "..',),1,,, let, 4,11 rena0l u.n1 at>iswners tlna dyNDepni,. The kbit ey s., al a tieltaity Is'' 000 inseth'e in spar with n ahtgglsh 71,- 1071(0 the beentne lrrugnitr "nil vaned - t1140 WW1 one blow at tlhenn ea$$Ionwd ills, to make it prompt ef.oMt'nr end lasting cure, yen must SIM ?e• f7Jatree Kidncy•'f.dver lents, the mewl pee Ser 700004y known in Can• • ada and the ("rated Staten to -day, and the only one that acts directly on both the liver and kidneys. There is more cheerful, 871401 cite:1 testimony In favor of Dr. Chase's Kid- ney -Liver Pills than any other pills sold. You scarcely meet a person who has not n'od them personally or heard of their wonderftd powers over dig - teem Then you ran nee Dr. ('base's Ktcl- ney-Liver fills with greoeµter emcee -nice than any patent meelclne, knowing that they nre the most tureessful pre- ecrlptlon met with by Dr, Chace h1 his hnmenee experlrn;modish rr tin prtl-hie pts70lcutn and nutlwr of the lnnt0nv Receipt Book. Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver Filo (promptly and poe'tivelr mire torpid ver, liver comeliist, li'1oasne 0, dye- 10'pe!a, constIpatIote kidney disease, Iwekarhe, BrlgIt'e dhoaw, lumbago, i err to heumatem. One lilt a darn, 25 tent) 7Atbee, at all limier* or by snail e r adee,lDr. Chanel Ole Co., 10 a °10.°o4ue and guaranteed euro. to MONOWhat Iroed ise-IIn o ONO t tall . chief and simply for the sake of hat Ing a "Food -time,' As he maid, he had never once Im- aginal or respected, until it Was too late to meet the evil revsIt ,th t t hn affair hal been anytillag but a mock marriage in the eight et everyone, ar- ranged Just for a joke, and to give an °tendon for inerry-making. "And have you never seed Richard Ileatkorton been?" he asked, when Miriam paused In her recital. "Never. Why amide 'wish to we a mat who had willfully' crushed me - who lied deliberately reeled my "Have you never honed from Adm?? --di(1 lie never write to you, or offer to provide for you In your trouble?" "Never ; I aquen'd have returnee hie letter unopened, If he had written to me; I Would hate wonted any aid he might lame allercd me," was the spir- ited response, "But I took good ears tint he atd all who had ever known me should never find rumor learn any- thing about me, I Iblotteet myself out of existent, es far as no, connection with my old lite Hud !Mende wits con- cerned" "Your father and mother--" leges Latwmald, sorrowfully. "Aro both dead," slue Interposed, with a sharp ring of pain la her tones and with white lips. "My father find a Mock of parley& the week followteg my flight and lived but n. few day='. My ;nattier smelted lam and the shame of her only daughter leas than three Mentlig.rr. "Ard Mies Arnold?" "Is married; but I have never seen her since I lett home. Mr'. Mathews I met by chance Ott the street In New York one day about a year later. He recognised me aid looked appalled, evidently at my charged appeitrunce, He acted as 1f desirous to spank to me, but 1 waved him off and passed on. Your mock clergymen--" "Oh, "You need not try to offer anything in extenuatfem of his share in that affair," the injured women Interrupt- ed, passionately; "yens reckless teen ruined my lite between you -you were Instrumental in blIgeting the future of as noble a boy as ever lived, aid there can be no (menet for any of you. I have done the Wet 1 could for my darling -for be bat been my one gleam of comfort amid all my misery, and la spite of my shame and sorrow time I have doomed Adm to a nameless existence. Oh, why will glrle be set foolish aa to tallow men to per- sttelde them to deceive their parents, who are their heat Mendel Trouble le always sutra to follow, and a man who wall try to make a girl marry him secretly a not worthy of her love or confldonoe. and will certainly bring her to grief ; 11 he Is not !mewleble enouglt aid does not love her enough to seek the consent et her relaUeves, and wed her publicly, he 1s not deaerv- lnt.-he will never make her a faIthful hmsband, While Ned was a baby, I hired a nurse to take care of Wm while I taught In cora of the Public rohoolo of Hely York city, us lent as I was able, whtcli Was some six yearn, and we lilted very comfortably untie any health suddenly gn,ve out. Then, ot'eonrse, I was ob,,ged to resign my position, and poverty began to ptuch us with lis gaunt and cruet Mogen. I bad saved something, for I had deceived a fair savary, butt this was soon swat - !owed up by doctors' bulls and medl.- cines; then I tried to do dressmak- ing, but, never having learned to fit atter any approved method, I coned not get worst enough to support us, so I had to come down to abop-work,' that device of greedy capitalists which nape the tete awl courage of so many thousands of he:pteas and untortun- 1 ata worsen every year -and anally drtdted to Beaton, where I had beard that the pittance paid for snob work. was not quite so meagre. But poor living and hard work, together with an ever present anxiety regarding my boy's future, ,fere fast weorin me out, when Heaven sent me a kind friend, who brought tie both here to the seashore, where I Have been rap- idly regaining my health and strength. But,aside from m elite/• I Bare nothinfor lite" Mlrlam WaLlingtord conteeme, with exceeding bitterness, "all my own hopes were consumed to ashes more then thirteen peers ago; and yet I want to FLve until Ned's primclpiee ArA well grounded, until he can get a fair odueatiat and n good start In Idle; then I ehali be glad to lay my burden down It the all -wise Father Is willing, " Now let me go," she satd, nettlg •' I do not know why I have told you all Wtla, anises the sight of one who participated hl the ruin of my lua ptnere hes served to unlock tlw secret chambers of my heart to lot rise read the sequel to your night of ' frolic.' Ah 1" she stied In a voice thee stung her listener to the soul, " why is the world so cruel and unjust? Why aro sten allowed to go scot tree when they stn so boldly and are so indifferent to consequences? Why does the world tolerate the wrecking of the Item of pure, innocent girls, end then receive their betrayer., with smiles and favor, upon the topmost wave of ao0lety, while their victims aro spurned as too vile to cumber the earth? They should he branded with the mark of Cain," she oontin- utas, pnsstemately, " for they aro wore° than murderers. You four col- lege chums were no better ; and yet today l ayou all nd ocbtless ahigh ve poi andfl influence occupy Cons In society, while I -your vie. tint "-- " Hush, oh pray cease these re. preaches," Mr. Lwngmald interposed, with vtslble emotion, for he was oaflsctenee•emitten at the woman's wild despair, while her sad story bad aroused the keenest remorseover his share In the ruin of her lifeand hopes "Dat not fudge me too harshly, but listen while I tell you some. ting." As I have already said," tontine teed Mr. Latgmatd, " I was shocked by the reckless trilling with melt mitered things on that memorable eysntng, But I wine 0000 more shocked a.nd df'smayed when a few Weeks later Mathews colt - tided to me the bold thing which he had dared to do at that time. If you remember he was the gayest o1 us all -the 1120 of the party that night; but his gayety was a:I assumed to cover up a nervousness which he found It almost Impossible to contra, He was a wee, barum- ecarum fe:tow, but be had the kindest heart in the world and never willfully caused any one a pang. Heathetton deceived us a:1, regarding his real In- tentions, for ho represented to us that be was eitut:y going out to your home for a fro:In and that it was so understood by you and your friend. Mathews n;one suspected that he was 'purling the wool over our eyes; that he also Intended to deceive you and make yea beeeve that he was going to make you hla regal wile -that you were giving yourse:f to ham ht good faith, when In realty he was pine- rilttf' to to .-u! your life,' "Just hqw Mathews became assured of this I did not know for some time after, ns I wi l explain later, but be knew that you :oved the man, that you had be:levee yourself lits pro- mised wife for n long tem; ho knew also that Heatherton would never marry' anyy girl who did not occupy n g oat! smitten equal to his own. fie dad not dare to charge him' with be aueeloloes, for be frit that ASTHMA PERMANENTLY CURED. For a Number of Years Mrs. W hetham, a[olet Forest Ont., puffered From Asthma. Doctors Said NothingOould Help, but Gatarrhoeone ()orad Her After All Bless Had Failed. "Pot a number of years," writes Mrs. \Vhethnul -I was a great sufferer from rifler'. I tried withountalt a great num- ber of remedlea and spent a g reatdenl of money on doctors and speclallsta, but no• tblug seemed to hely me. At times 1 was so bad that I found It necessary to hare kit doors an ',Wows ons open to get my hrratn, and despaired of seer nunm; re lief, 17nalty oar druggist asked me to try Catarrhoaone; ail his customere, be said tome well of lt. 1 did try It, although I 1114 not expect to rec'elra nay benefit from It. In a few days I began to feet a latae better end kept on using Cateureoxoue, and tinkle a month 1 was perfectly 10.04. That was *bout four months ago, and dues then no symptoms of my old trouble have returned. I take pleasure In recommending Chterrhosone 08 a perfect cure tor asthma. It 1s pleaannt and convenient to use." The success of Catarrboeoue Treatment tor Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis and Throat Trouble' has been ontgae. it never fait) te cure the most chronic rases, and the teethed of treatment that M Inhalation Lon of medicated els, Is a very pleasant and etre, the ono, You simply breathe la the medicatnd air; it does the curing. it spreads to all par - Goes of the lungs, bronchial tubes and natal paatagay, where It mots a dtreet action on the cense of the disease, killing the germ lite and healing up the torr. Irri• rated membranes. Complete outfit, consisting of hosedtulir 1wllehed hard rubber inhaler and sufficient liquid for tax weeks' use, 1l; extra Inhalant ace per bottle. At drngglsta or by mall. Twenty -Are cent trial sae tor lee In sOnt., l'tempa. roprtetoN, C•re.Tolson 0.F Co, i(Iugstee -Putnaues Corn 1:xtrnetor cures corns sod warts without pate In 24 hours. Try It. If he was determined to ruin you he wou:d n°oompllah eventually 111s purpose, if he did not that 'night. He weld not bring him- self to reveal las euapelone to you, for be could not prove them, and Inc knew you had the utmost faith In your lover ; NO he resolved uponn a bold stroke, and, Instead of canoe and reproaches, Miriam Wallingford, you owe Albert Mathews your deep• est gratitude, tor 1t wag through his Innate honor and manliness and hie reverence for womanhood that you were that night made a legal wife, instead of being tate dupe of an unprincipled elan, and the ruined wo• man you afterward, believed your. sett to lie," Tho nalteaJalted woman seemed end - deafly turned to stone, by this wore derful declaration, while she stoat staring her oomton, dated, luorodnloaaavt oxpreaobn punon hera rotor• lar face. What Can you mean ? 01 1 do not make a miserable teat of my Mame and wretchedness,' she at length cried, in a hollow, almost unrecognisable voice, " I am (lot Jesting -heaven knows that I am too much appalled by what you have tole me, to speak lightly or 1rIvolottsly now, I de. clam only the simple truth when I say that you were legally married to Richard Heatherton on that uotor-teebe-forgotten night; that you have every right in the world to clear water. to bear hie name, and to call his 8917 by aftlrmed,11," Mr. Langmald solemnly Joy never kale, but it often par. einem for the time being, Miriam Wallingford avenged fila• - Dear S1ra,-I have been a great ally for u moment where Me .sufferer from rheumatism, and lately stood, their fell back into the chair, have been confined to my bed, peeing from which she had risen a few mor- your MINARD'S LINIMENT &dyer. meats previous, where she fainted "tleed, I tried it and got lmniedlate away for the amend tine that day. relief. I ascribe my restoration to "You poor, crushed and heart• health to the wonderful power of broken woman!" cried Wi Liam Lang• your medicine• hale, au he sprang ugain for a LEW1S 8. BUTLER. gleam of water and vigorously spree Burin, Nfld, tiled her face. IVbat a wretch Hentherton was! What foots and knaves both *Math- ews and I were to be drawn into par- ticlpating In any scheme so wicked. We both should have utterly re- fugee! to have anything to do with 1t; and If Mathews had good reason for suspecting the truth, as 16 seems Ito had, he should have openly de- nounced Heatlterton, or at least have warned Mr. Walliegford of his he tentlons," But the fainting woman quickly re- covered ; the loss of conactouaneas had only been momentary, and mho 00014 sat up, eager to learn more regarding tea wonderful revelation which 'Mr. Langrnald had just deet closed, a new Magee lighting her wan face and aninattng ler heavy heart. "Can it be true?" she murmured, with tr inbling lips, the light of a long -loam Joy gleaming In her lovely 1.OW DISEASE RATA. Our lioya Seem toffee. Better Health Than utxpeeied. We may congratulate ourerlves upon the cxtraurdtttarll3 low mortality South African beam disease in this u campaign. Even Inebelhig Fleetly; from typhoid told dysentery at the besieged towns, ata total, ba far I+ basely (100, as compared with 1,400 deaths by wound, lamely tliseneo eanxes two-thirds (4 oil war 111 the elrauhdt•An1OPMan war, at 070 are toll fids week by, the ex- pert appointed to htveatlgate the matter, the ravages of typhoid Lever were nppulliug. One-fiftlt of all the touters in the great base and collect- ing camp.; contracted the (llseaao, and 7 per cent. of these died, In Camp t'ltickamauga alone there were 9,- 000 1,000 cases, and nearly 600 (teethe. Such a camp is worse titan two Spent Kopa. 1'ivaity, typhoid fever Calved 80 per cent. of the entire death -rate. In the Trnnevnal to date It has caused barely i50 deaths, all tcl'J, and most ,)f these Iuave hires in Ludy• smith. The Amerlcan expert, of course, pointe to neglect of s10111,y' plecnuttone and fouling of the water (,apply ne the causes of this terrible tntality; and the aocret of our tor• cape, says the Outlook, lush In the Transvaal and the Sedan, hag iscen the ax.,,rupulotte protection of the water supply, or, where tete was al- ready tainted, rigid histetenco upon the 1100 o1 the filter and the ten- k('ttt8-Biddeford Weekly tiatotte. *100 Reward, 1100. The reader's of this paper will be pleased W learn that there Is at Wet one dreaded deeaae that see rice has been able to cure in all Ito Magee, and that la Catarrh, Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only p0- attive care known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a cremate tuttonal disease, requires a Conte eutional trentmeut. Hallo Catarrh Cure 1, taken Internally, acting de rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de. ntroying the foundation of the de - ease, rend giving the patient strength by building up the conte tuition and a0ssting nature In do. Ing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith, w 1ta curative pow- ers that they otter One Hundred Dollars for any case that tt fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials, Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family P11U are the beet. Care or Ferns. The best and most satisfactory method of watering ferns and plants is to put the pots in a pail of water not quite cold from the tap, but just Luke -warm, Do not remove teem from the pail until they have ceased bubbling, says the Philadel- phia Inquirer. The leaves should bo washed once u week with a sponge and tepid water. It is a good plan to wasb the leaves of palms with milk -warm water In which a very , little soft soap 'bag been dissolved ; they should ba wuabed on both sides; then wiped over with a sponge dipped j rr, eat SHORT 4701411111, How Henry Clay Won Om s Waver. leg Petitean. When Haney Clay was senap:ag Kerr.ucY k for re•e:eo'.'on pays fie ,. Argonaut, g asst, ut um'V, uC h:0 mass -meet. ems an "::I hmurr "f wide political inCoence ea:d: "Well !leery, I've al- ways been Fn ycu, but because of diet vote" (w111 h he named) "I'm gain' 04:77' y,at." "Let me sea your rife," end Clay. IS was heeled up to him. "f1 she a goal rife,?' "Yes.,, "led the ever miss fire t" "Well, yee, once f" ' Why don't you threw her away 1" The old huaaar thought a moment and thea Feed : "Harry, I'll try you ag1a." And Harry was elected. CHAMPION COCOON STORY- Tho Boa.ba Transcript tells a Mort er a man .who, hat a 1:004 of boys in tie aural history, One ce the subjects which be touts up was butterhtes nail media, anal he toll the children a good deal about the chrysalides gad ccs owns. Atter he bed got the boyo well iaavrneted, he ebosted one of tee smal- lest of them one of the cocoons, anal asked: "What butterfly is this the cocoon of 1" Tben t'he 1:t.tle boy look- ed up and seed, slowly and restive, - Putty : "May pope says ;•fiat all 0711.80 k.,)k alike to him I" THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS. The humors of examination papers were illustrated by Dr. Haig Brown, who, speaking nt tho City of London College upon the romonrtblllty which rested up011 examiners In weighing fragments of knowledge, said that the duestton, "Whet nen the Chiltern Rundreds?" once received the reply . "Small animnie which abound in ouch great numbers In cheese." The in- quiry, " Whet, is a eherub??" elic- ited, In Its turn, the answer: "An' Immoral being of uncertain shape." NOT DOUBLE-FACED. Tho bomelleet man In Congress. Is Eddy, of Minnesota. Ile rather glories In the dlethtctlon of ugliness, ea, peotally as all his other char- acteristic" aro enviable. Dur• Mg h1, last campaign tate enemies of Mr. Eddy Merged him with being dem hie -faced. He met the charge In a manner that disarmed all critlelam, " Great heavens," said Mr. Eddy to Ids audience, "do you think that if I had two (acres I would wear the cnh I am showing you now ?" SHAKESPEARE AND THE SCOT. Buckle attrubutes the great sue' mese of Scottish men of !ciente to their preference for a priori or deductive argument. TIe following story of stmt. lar trend was attributed to Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman : A Scotsman wax aaaerttng that all the great poets were of has nation. "Well, but," said our, "how about Shakespeare? You can't gay he was a Scotohman," To which the other repplied: "His tal- nts would Juetlfy the supposition," eats AND THE MURDERER. in sentencing it prisoner to be hanged for the murder of a soldier, Lord Eskgrove dilated upon the crime as follows: "And not only did you murder him, whereby ha was bereaved :f his life, but you did thrust, or push, r pierce, or protect, or propel the :ethal weapon through the bellyband N h4 regimental breeches, whloh wero His Majesty's!" Presbyterian Century Fund. leporta from all rection of the Pres- byterian Church Indicate the eucee- t t prosecution of the century fund scheme. Already the subscription lista are In excess of $500,000. 0f this, wen - !eters alone ]cavo contributed upwards of $80,000. Fore'ge Malone have vial with one another in their contrite. Cong. Rot. Dr. Warden reports re•' ceipte from nearly every missionary ht Holton, China, 'letter Than Muskoka, Acting on the well-known principle that the oxygen contained In pure air 1s tmtutn'e best g}it re for all forme of dlosaoe, De. H. Nallelie formerly of eyes Montreal, but 71000 of Now York, leas Every word of tee solemnly at• ,perfected at invention called "Oxy - firmed her oompaaIon, "as I will prove donor." It le a wonderful little in- to you. Perhaps you know that Math• etrument which mune the human ewe, Heatherton and I were In the body absorb oxygen from the air sumo class and completed our studies in sufficient quantities to burn out at the same time. We were ail very dlseaee at any curable stage. Aa 1t be during the last Mw weeks of the will serve a whole family and last term, and I, at least, was too molt .for years, It will bo invaluable In engaged with my work tothe a great caves of sudden 111nete In the country, deal of thee lit to that 'frolic; utter as it wd!I effect a cure before o. doe. 1 The Caste H„ Wanted. "I'm going to get m0rrie4," 'be mild, as he pieced a band as large as a Dutch cheese upon the counter, " and I want a wedding cake," "It !a customary, nowadays," Bald the pretty confectioner's assistant, " to have the materials of the cake harmonias with the calling of the bridegroom. For a nW'e101'a0 DOW We kava as oat cake; for a manwhohaa no calling and live, upon his friends the epong4+ cake ; for a newspaper peragrapaer, sp[ce cake, and ,t, , ,, Wthat le your raking, please 'i" "I'm' a pugelat 1" "Then eou'll want a pound cake -Tbd ,Bite. To Cure a Cold to Oae Day Take Lazar ve Bromo Quinine Tablets. All rugglats ret' . d the money it It tale to ours. .6c.7CWQ rove telgneture is on rack box. OONTRASTB, Long the watting-many the tear! Dull the sigh -alive the fecal i1'eak the will -the effort faint 1 Deep tho sigh -low tate plaint 1 Yet never a goal -bat entla the way! Never a dark -but bears a day i Never a strong -but feel. a pain! Nnv"r n tall -but twinge n gain! 18SUE NO124-1900. Youna Biris Now easy it is for young girls to go into the "decline,' Theyeat !wand less, become paler and paler and can harid dragthrough the day, Theyare nthe onteeady down- ward course, Iron does them no good; strychnine and bit. tars all fall. The need a food that will nourish them better, and a medicine that will car' rect their disease. Scott's Emulsion is both of these, elegantly and per. manently combined. The Cod•Uver al makes the blood richer, and this gives better color to the face. The hypophosphites of lime and soda act as a Aron.; tonic to the nava. Soon the weight incnaw, the dilution improves and health Warne. 411011 deo`pen ; so , and se o. SCOTT a WWI; et, Chemists, Tureato, A LARGE FENCE ('i)MIPANY. A Capital Of *7110,000 to he !everted. An authorised capital of more thou a million dollars is Involved In the varionr companlee incorporated last week. The largest is the Dominion Fence Company, with a capital of $750,000. The charter is granted to Hon. John Dryden, BrookIln ; Clfna. Mills, Hamilton, architect ; David Henderson, Aeton,nterelsant; Wm. Mc. Gregor, Windsor, manufacturer ; Fred- erick Fenton, Toronto, physician ; John Henry Douglas, Warkwortll, farmer, and James George Boucher, London, manufacturer. The head of. floe wlIt be In 'Toronto. The oomp4ny will manufacture and trade In Trott and wire fencer', metallic roofteg and siding, E. R S1LB OR 1XGii11NOE. a fgrets Orange, Lemon, Fruit, Vine red Ou lard ferule or lesw In the tenon go Klttriok 011 dlatriotl Kern Co. California, where fortunes are being made dell,. 071 stocks in 4r,i'e1s a reliable companies for eta. Address Richardson Lend Co., Tulare, Cal. A WONDERFUL CURE FOR 8IOK HEADACHE The mat wonderful elkcts produced by KIDD'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS n ourteg Slob Readaehe, Biliousness, Coated se, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Heartburn, re and Kidney Trouble, Inc. piema them at the heed of all medicine, 76 PI11e In a box 26 cents atoll Druggists, or maned by M. F; EBY, Port hlgin, Ont, Ifloard's Liniment for sale every- where. Beauties of Warwick Castle. Warwick Castle is held by many to be the most beautiful meat In England, The largo baronial hall W a magnlft. cent room. It Is decorated with the molt perfect specimens of armor, fur- nished In a luxurious manut'r, and memo? of !lowers and largo prints abound on every stele._ M inard'e Liniment relieves Neuralgia itr111iOOAD 6sa..0r t, "delle, no &t, s07ak or wet. Good 517(09 ror"Worm 11111W'YA NRro1As II te'trlo, taTfg PICRMANENTLY CURED BY DR, tKllnert Oreat NNerve Restorer. No Ms or nar,-o05aeA atter 'greet ddseyy use. .toed se ads Arch 'test, Phne• delphtls Pa. for treatise and tree g0 trial botch Formals by j. A. Harte, lire Notro tame attest Montreal, Que. AGENTS WANTED FOR OUR TWO NEW books, "The library of Month Africa" (tour books in one); and "Dwight L. Moody The Man and FM Mission"; tho books are well written and up-to-date, and are nota rehash of old matter; the prima are tow, and We terata extra liberal:agents can make money 11 they take hold at once and soli our books. Prot• poctne tree. 11 you menti business, other sr rangemonts fortheoanrnaserA bonelt, R'!]llam Briggs, Methodist }look Boom, Toronto. sl e)iItwaybe uusedtChildrnTeethng, soothe. ' the child, softeoe the gum, egret wild collo end is the booty -sandy for Dlarncosa. Twenty- five cents a bottle. It was over. 1 rallied Heatherton upon for could be rencdted. __ ___ _ _ _ _ _ to oaco or twice, but ltd 0008e s0. have cured casae beyond the sk111 of _ strangely I fancied that he was soma•,; the best physicians. A out of tile in - what ashamed of It, so I never go- strument will be seen in another column of this paper. !erred to 1t again. 1 wondered what made lam so moody and so unsoclal Alm! That it Should be Bo. during the remainder of the term, but ' i thought perhaps he also was study "Yours man," sternly remarked the Ing bard to make up for lost time; but overworked copy reeler to the new ' later I understood. Commencement reporter, whose rbiet recommenda-' passed, wo well took our degree, and tion le n collet, training, "1 notice' lleatlterton Immediately lett New tbat you pertest in referring to mar-' Haven, which arprlaed me, for ridges as having 'occurred.' Yon he was a member of a number of so- should know that weddings are not Ctetles, and I wondered that he did accidents." not remain to participate In the 'Sometimes they are," softly replied annual reunions, I had been at home the young 'journoliet,' whn ham Iron - about 6 month when one day, Math- Mee of hie own. ow0 came to see me -WO both lived in New York-:ooking nes If he weroLad:os 1 Takn M.11er'e ('entpono l In deep trouble. Pills, 11 yon wonid 1111(7!"I", "' Langmald; he said, ' I have ft eironlenr complexlone, confession to make toyou,' "' Ail right; go ahead,' I said, lwterpretere are Ueeol. wondering what I could be. There are so many langunotr:+ Sem etfratd i have got myself lne0g okra In the ee' mars of Austria - a deuce of a scrape," Ate reinarkel do• angary that interpreters nre stn ptoyed in the varieties Parliaments to "' Ito you remember Mutt frolic at interpret the speeches§ of the dell• Farmer Wnilingtord'a Inst Fehru• _gate" and make them Intelligible to all the members, Jeotedly. • How so?" I Inquired. ry "'Yes; I briefly responded, but 1luahlug over the remembrance. "'I-1 suppose you never dreamed that it WOO anything but a -a farce?' be said, hitching unraatly In his chair, "' No,' but a great shock went through me at his words. "'Well, it wasn't a farce -it was dead earnest in every particular,' "'What do you mean?' I cried, aghast, i • Just this,' Mathews replied; bogttt at the beginning and tell you n11 about it. Ileatherton had been making love to blies Wallingford for months -Just for the sake of a file, eaten and to amuse himself while in New Hnveen-but elan believed Adm to Ise honorable and sincere, and gave hint her wholo henrt in return, He pproposed n runaway nmrringo to • h"r,• lot' -and here is where your Fee,." .,„r.,,,,, n i, r rt 1811 t;tit::tr w ith Mathews," Mir, Lattgnlnl.I Interposed, "'but site re(aeed, saying that she mast lo married in her own home, and Torero wit/lessee, or not at all. ('lo he Continued,) Mullet's Worm Powders, are the lest laxative medicine for eltldren; as nice nes angle. Mlnard's Liniment cures Dandruff. 1t Was Her Papa, "What a study the face of that old - Leh man across the room would make for Max Nor4au," he said, addreatng the girl to whom the hostess had Met introduced him. "Why ?" she aakel. "Degeneration Is so plainly marked upon all hie features. Jove! I should hate to have a man with hie chnrnr- terlsttce for my tether:" "0h, I don't know," elle replied. "It MI so bad. Come over here, papa, and let me Introduce you to Mr. Snlvely." Miller's Worm Powders Niro lever o children. Don't tt'et. Furniture. \„vr put a nil ,!'t1, ,411 1.11 1 vnrnlehed furniture. Itub dry with n clear, elotlt If oblige 1 10 wipe off any kind of dirt. If an article needs oiling use oil on one cloth an 1 rub dry with another. It will take a bright pollee Never leave ell Fel 11rtu'les, 40 It eatehoe the duel. Minard'r Llnereet cures Barns, eta Instead of an engagement ring the Two more bodies have been recov' Japaasse lover gives his sweetheart teed from the New York tenement s flies of beautiful silk foe a nob, tire, and fix are still inlaying. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR talks to you. Can any one else give you what we give IOU 99 ; PER CENT. PURE SA,CCHARINE' .rhis is the test of our Granulated according to DOMINION PUBLIC ANALYST'S REPORT, Are you sick ' Has medicine failed to care pm? Oxygen will cute. Seed for our list of testimonies, yoe may know some of the cured. No family can afford to be without as oxydonor. It is nature's cuts, 00 medialn., so elec,ricity, curet while you sleep, AGENT4 WANTED. OXYDON CO., 6 King street West, Termite EDDY'S MfiT6HES HAVE A WELL-EARNED ftgPUTATlON, DON'T EXP6RIMt;NT WItfl UNKNOWN BRNND*, IT LINDe TO 1110 RIUULT1.