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BECAUSE A BIRD SANG.
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Or sunbeams had driven the clouds from the
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For trustful and glad were the tones of that
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Ile sang till he quickened a hope that was dead
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By singing that song on the roof of the shed.
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hope had been buried so long that I doomed
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Twas only some beautiful thing I had dreamed.
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And filled with the that charmed me
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So gladsomb the t nd the Ards that he
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(That bird In son on the roof o1 the shed).
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Some people in the world persist in
clinging to old methods. There are ores
He sang and he warbled, "Oh, longing hear$,
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who still use a forked stick in place of a
modern plow. There are also men, who
Weill
Though dim is the future, yet kindly to fate.
truer it,
when they are troubled with a disordered
Believe it and oh,
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stomach or liver, resort to the old-fashioned
treamortsures
Replete with the dearest of treasures for thee.
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Ifo hope has arisen, and doubting is fled
violent remedies that rack and rend the
whole t2,.EiF, and while they give temporary
Because of that song frd lir the roof of the shed.
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re a Ions run do the entire system
.mount harm.
—Hilda Muirhead in I Adieu' Horne Journal.
vrodern
of
science has discovered remedies
THE MAIL CARRIER.
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infinitely superior to these old-fashioned
-drugs, that do their work by promoting the
'•natural
precesses of excretion and secre-
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tion and gently correcting all circulatory
It was a September morning in southern
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disturbances. When a man feels generally
Colorado. Nothing dould tempt Miss Van
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out of sorts, when he loses sleep at nixht,
when he gems up hIn the ey and with a bad
taste 1n his mouth in the morning, when he
Leer out until the mail caroe, and she had
been lookin from her window for some
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feels dull and'lethargfc all da , when his
time before the sound of a shrill whistle,
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appetite is poor and his food distresses
him, hard
followed by an intermittent beat of hoofs,
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when work comes and recreation
is an impossibility, that man, though he
it, is
announced the .carrier's, approach. Dave
Stillman clattered up the board
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;ay not believe a pretty sick man.
He is on the road to
on walk
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consumption, nervous
malaria or some serious blood
and rein. girl came down the
,prostration,
disease. In caeca of t(1ia'deseiiption a• man
path with rustle of skirt and airy grace of
phbuld resort of once to Dr. Pierce's Golden
motion and though she smiled and called
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kedical Discovery. It is the beet medicine
out a gay "good morning," the carrier,
for a weak stomach, impaired digestion
disordered
without asmugh as tourcl lug the sombrero
and liver. It is the great blood-
Braker and purifier, flesh-btfilder and nerve
which darkened his f awe, merely held out
tonic. It cures 98 per cent. of all cases of
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some etteYB and answered the greeting
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consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs
briefly,
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and kindred ailments. Thousands have
The mail was glanced over qulokly, and
testified to its marvelous merits, It is
the girl showed no impatience to break a
f 's:
a modern, scientific medicine that aids
without goading nature, and that has stood
single meal, When she looked up under
for thirty years. Medicine dealers
the sombrero again, the sun ,Qanced so
sell itst
sparkingly in her eyes that shi raised a
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Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
lyand to shade them and thus caught more
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distinctly the expression on Dave's face.
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FASHION AND FABRIC.
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It was peculiarly unemotional, much as
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though n contemplative imago sat upon
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All skirts are fan �thenod even for street
the Pace of a man who ha.r lived long en
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wear, and every fashionable gown at all
the prairie.
"What ea air of leisurel" she cried.
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dressy 1n,etyle has at least a demitrain•
"Have you no more mail to deliver?"
Nearly all thb dressy toilets this season
"Yes, mistress, yes—throo bags full,"
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display a each warn at the left aide, direct-
I Dave spoke in a tone of singsong reoita-
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lv in front or in the center at the back.
tive, and the girl laughed merrily. "Yon
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A t all the fashlonabl� eurnnier resorts
are a black sheep, then?" she inquired.
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totllard sil4cs of every known and unknown
"I shan't tell you. You danced with
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design and color combination are vying
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me last night, you know. Dave's con -
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with plain and fancy muslins In popular-
templative eyes bad lighted up, and he
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pushed his sombrero back on his head.
Ribbon tHmmings of every description
He even smiled, and the effect was almost
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are still in the fiighest vogue and, accord.
transforming,
Ing to indications from Paris and else-
"Well, perhaps you'd better not tell me,
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where, seers likely to remain so during
for I enjoyed that dance." There was
the entire autumn season.
open, light hearted challenge in the girl's
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Redwhite and blue hat trimmings are
,
loo and a
k, quick, daring light in the
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universal. The trioolore a both
appear on
man's eyes responded. He started to
,
day and evening gowns, and even belts,
speak, but closed his lips suddenly and
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sashes, bows, neckties, scarfs and parasols
only remarked, "It wase pretty good
show the brilliant national colors.
party, wasn't it?" Yet through every
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On smart summer gowns for trimming
drop of blood in his body Dave remember -
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lopes, flcbue skirts and bodices great use
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as been ma of liclro and vesica point
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for him an experience almost. sinful]
P painfully
�-laces.
Some of the designs are rather
exquisite. That sweet, bewildering, tan -
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'heavy, resembling guipure, and are in
talizing mystery of womanhood which
ft'<
Zvidthe of from 2 to 10 inches.
stood laughing there before him, as free
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Muscovitq,&ot)le do sole, faille comtesse,
and elusive now as the wind which pulled
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faille franc our do suede, damns royal
at her skirts and ruffled her bair, had been
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.and a dozen or more different novelties in
last night a thing caught and held; the
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sweetneae of her within touch, the rnye-
ay porters have ready for the
tory and the bewilderment, felt with a
-making andsome gownsitor autumn
piercing nearness almost unbearable. The
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broncho, as the reins jerked suddenly,
A mat make a point of is the con-
started forward, but was promptly reined
stantly ino ibg admiration for the
in. "I'll be around for you tomorrow
ubiquitous color note of orange yellows
afternoon,” Dave said, and then the dust
Chid'striking tint obtaining prominence in
of his making rose rudely about the girl.
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a hat or bcdloo trimmings on quite a third
She looked afttfl him with quizzical brows
of the stylish gowns worn at noted water-
uplifted. She was thinking: "Well, he's
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in laces,
a typical character, at all events. He'll
In sapnte of the fact that all aorta and
do capitally." 9trrneghanging mood drift -
ed over her face, but she seemed to drive
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-oonditlons of skirt decorations, draperies,
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overdresses and overskirt effects, both long
It away with a disdainful "Pshaw l" and
walked smilingly toward the town.
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and short, have been developed, there will
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be ti'ratber general adherence or return
Las Arras was a place of interest to
Miss Van Laer because of what. she termed
;anti. -
neat Beason to the plain, perfectly bung
and simply trimmed tailor skirt.—Now
its "local coloring," for the girl, though
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York Post.
1 she had done little as yet, had literary as-
pirations and was determined to find, be-
QRCHARD AND GARDEN.
sides health, material for her pen in Las
Arras. The editor of a New'York paper
Do not let manure touch the tree roots.
had q,lready accepted an article describing
Sweet apples are better for vinegar than
the place itself and had suggested that she
send him a sketch of some typical charac-
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sour ones.
Never pasture an orchard until it comes
ter. Now, as she walked, the mind of
Miss Van Lner wail so full of the subject
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Into bearing.
'of this sketch that when she returned
One pint of linseed oil, four pounds of
home she sat down and wrote it.
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. rosin and one pound of beeswax makes a
In beginning her work she frowned, and
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good grafting was,
even blushed, though there was none to
_Apples are later and drop off from the
see. She said to herself: "Nonsense, then
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-trees less when grown in sod than when
is no question of loyalty. I will describe
the land Is kept cultivated•
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him as he seemed to me at first. Beside
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far as is possible strawberries should
no one who reads it will ever see him."
ire set on reasonably high land, at least
Although something of a caricature, th
that is readily drained.
sketch when finished was unmistakable.
A lack of potash in the soil is often the
It described the mail carrier of Las Arras,
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cause of the fruit dropping from the trees
and to make hien stand out the more clear-
prematurely, Applying wood ashes is a
ly as a type some of Dave's characteristics
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ggod'remedy.
were exaggerated a trifle—small inaccu-
' Go over the trees and examine carefully
raeles of speech and a certain crudeness o
for borers. Their presence maybe detected
manner. He really danced well, but i
by the sawdust. Probe in with a wire an
was far more typical of the place to repro -
destroy them.
sent him as awkward, since almopt eve
There is perhaps one advantage in close
one else at the ball had been. To Relp he
planting of strawberries in rows. It is
work she lived over again the dance with
that by the greater compactness the plants
him, and her oheoks were crimson as sh
are better able to withstand severe win-
drove the pen ahead. But the mail carr,
fere
stood out at last, with a picturesque per
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In "nearly all oases with blackberry
sonallty beyond any other, and the sketch
heforo
plants mere suckers will start up than are
was posted tilghtfafl.
needed for neat year's plants, All un-
Phe nest day ails Suntisy, and Dave
needed ones should be cleaned away, as
cy:::r' ho had promised, with a rens
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thcy.drawplant food from the others.—
l °:u1 %N ugon to take Miss Van Later driving
the ".lust If
Exchange.
neer prairie. as we were
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POULTRY POINTERS.
she v on wore a sunbonnot exactly like
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tho-t' ,:he had seen the ranch people wear
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Whole grain does not compact in the crop
whir they drove to town in their gree
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• • so closelyas soft food, which is important.
white• covered wagons. She had borrow
Late molting weakens the constitution
it of her landlady, and it In nowise do
,at a'time when vigor is of the greatest im-
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tractcd from haw charm. Dave looked into
Its depth without oornment, but how
portanoe. .
In summer especially the drinking ves-
very happy.
D+Ivo n was nota talkative man
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sets should bd scalded out regularly once a
something
but sometlifug ter those happy eyes whlc
week at least
Cage with the large breeds is
ehrnru froiii tlio depths of the old eUnbon
advantage
that �bioy are usually good motlrore end
not, drew him out of himself. He told th
;.are
esstily;cpi?ilned,
girl some of his mining,and ranching ex
b1t� el;sok @et}ab year so that you
kill
periongoC, arid' t5[ the lblig ]]inose �bh10
had led -to his present -Work. "Thatfever
-can i[ a Weir age and sell or, them
left maflt for nothing but carryinyf mall,'
Oftal� thelia bird year.
ino 'Mid, "but I'M all right' h&K acid a
jblzed fowlm a few gory!
t3id
going to strikp'out ogolld myself. Ari
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t+lillf to selling price of
when I mala my pile going
is beat- in selling,
least. Y1 ' .
tnxheys of the largest size
Miss Van L3er "Artie L "Going .bac
hlgkest prices, but those of
east 1, Why, where Is your home?"
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Km• T alikd'tlilitt are In a: good eobdition.
' "Ill' I16stbnd W)ovdet�' ve'oir'ld guess It
�p�.,�, feeding grain to fowls, scatter it
would you?" He laugftod he4l° %.. "Well
we11�."-2'hto prevohts greedy hens from se-
the life I've led does roughen a man ul
•C17Ti11 ., on than their share and compels
some I mnppose. DO"'t knew that any o;
thane' to hue# for it.—St. Louis Re.
my old classmates world know me even.'
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Did you go to Harvard?' the gir
asked hetdtatinor.
`Y"bs, ii graduabod ton yen" aa'o sn(
,Children
Cry for
came out here tie A nilning etr fiiroer. Tht
training seemod a euro thing then, acrd :
was,Intd)FIripnooey, So I OaVed tip' am
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plunged on my own account. Everything
was humming and kept right on for some
time. The more I made the more I in-
vosted. 'Then the slump came. It isn't
much of a story, is it?"
But Miss Van Laer thought it was.
She sat silently by the side of the mail
carrier and tried to realize this new con-
ception of him. Phase after phase of her
article, describing and caricaturing the
man, came to her mind, and the color
blazed out on her face. Dave, however,
took comfort from her silence. To him it
was eloquent of interest and sympathy.
He leaned nearer and said gently: "It
isn't much of a story, but that's the past.
I'm young yet and strong as ever now. I
could do anything if—if"— There was a
pregnant pause. He was going faster than
seemed wise. "If I had the right Ineon-
tive, you know l" Ending thus, he made an
abrupt transition of thought by pointing
to a rugged mountain peak and remark-
ing that he had been lost up there once in
a snowstorm. The story of his adventure
followed and launched them on the safe
stream of narration. When the two drove
back into Las Arras, the sun was just
dropping behind Taylor's peak, and the
quiet of a day's ending was enfolding the
town.
Miss Van Laer did not write up her
drive over the prairie. There were no
words within her reach which could por-
tray the wonder of it. Her thoughts
dwelt on that gleaming line of mountain
peaks as on the pathway to some heavenly
city, and the white glory of the Spanish
peaks seemed as the portals there)f, re-
vealed for them alone. The generous -en-
wrapping of the warm sunshine, the ten-
der touch and trail of each passing cloud
shadow, had been for them also. All, all
was a part of something which others
could not know—the same old earth, bat
with the eyes of a new birth turned µpop it.
Dave Stillmttn'e b poho stopped of is
own accord Qp� QutZde Qne ho se opt •
route, and i thoBe who lived farther on
did not complain because of mails delayed
no credit is due the carrier.
It was morning and nearing malltimp.
Miss Van Leer stood at her window watch -
Ing, and Dave's whistle sounded down the
street, As the carrier drew near the girl
came leisurely down the path to meet
him. Dave first banded her several lettere
from New York. Then he pushed his
sombrero farther back on his head and
surveyed the girl with mocking, curious
eyes.
From the lips that smiled at him there
dropped a laughing "Wall?"
"Here's a paper, too," he said and
handed it over with deliberate care. "I
didn't know you were a writer."
The girl felt a frightened movement at
her heart and drew breath quickly. ghe
glanced at the paper .she held and then
could not lift her oyes from it.
"Why, what do you mean?" Her effort
to express surprised indifference was a
flat failure. Perhaps she blushed for that.
The words had faltered out as though she
were a scolded child,
"Oh, that skotch of me, you know) It's
really very clever. "
"That sketch of you? Oh, surely you
don't think"—
"Please don't, Miss Van Laer." Hie
voice was grave, almost authoritative. It
seemed to end the sontonco, "Don't lie
about St but certainly the words were
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not spoken,
"How did you see ft?"
"Oh, I didn't opon yours," he laughed.
"I got ono of lily own. A cousin of mine
who lives in New York knows I carry
mail here, and he thought It was a good
joke on me. I heard from hien yesterday.
Of course ho didn't think it was "81�
meant for me. You call your town 1
Moro, and he says the mail carrier t4ore
trust be tike very image of his own dear
cousin. "
The girl trembled with helpless mortiS-
cation and pain. This light mocking was
worse than auger• It played in the man's
qukk hazel eyes an froze all the wnrnrth
out of them. Miss Van Lacr looked in his
face, and even as she read the coldness
there she read also as in a flash the secret
of her own emotion. It was a cruel mo-
ment for such a revelation. The swift il-
luniination of her thought had separated
the mail carrier, in her mind, from all the
rest of the world. Now from her also he
was suddenly remote. Drawing nearer
the horse, she )aid her haled on the saddle
and looked up with quivering fortitude.
"Please forgive me. I could not do It
now. It is not as you seem to m• now at
all.,,
Although her voice ended in a pitiful
break, Dave regarded her calmly, "Yoe,"
he said slowly, "I suppose I do seem dif-
ferent to you since you know that I'm a
college chap and all that, but I did not
tell you for the sake of making an imprea-
sion. I told you because—well, because
you seemed interested, and it doesn't real-
ly make a particle of difference, you know.
Friendship is friondabip all the same, and
that—he touched the paper she held with
the butt of his whip—isn't my idea of
frlondshipl I didn't know you were look-
Ingaround for material, or I wouldn't
have given myself so cheap. How much
did you got for that?"
The girl's eyes had fallen from his face.
Tears welled in them and overflowed.
"Please don't"—
"Well, I think you might divvy T YOU
know, but I don't press that point. You'll
find lots of material around here, I guess,
and can make capital out of all the folks
you meet. But that kind of vivisection,
as I say, isn't just my idea' of friendship.
Well, goodby, Miss Van Laer. I guess
I've given you about enough literary ma-
tortal."
The .broncho was about to start off, but
the girl laid a hand on the bit. Herhead
was thrown back, and her eyes flashed au-
to his.
"No, nol" she oiled. "You have al-
ready given me morel I can write now
that the mail carrier of Lits Arras Is un-
gcnorous and cruel; that"— She paused
for words which would out deep.
"That the poor fool loved the girl from
New York i" Dave broke in, throwing the
words at her bitterly.
But at this the girl's face became trans-
formed, and as be gazed at her the defiant
mood of the man changed to one of in-
credulous wonder. She had drawn close
to the bronoho's,side and was looking up
at Dave with a fight in her eyes like the
soft, steady glow of dawn. The man felt
bewildered. He loanod•nearor, breiything
quickly.
•`Arid the girl from Now Torii," began
f:.1eo Van LAer softly. Then she paused.
"Say ItI", paled. Dave. He felt indeed
tbn.t it could not be true and longed for
the very words.
But the girl's eyes bad qulvolfed apd
fallen from the hold of his. " n I
won't I" she murmured—Rxobanga.
Hoperal Gleam.
Mrs. Becky—Dear, oh, dear, my cold's
getting worse and worse I 1"m •thing so
I can't talk. I wonder what I'd better def
Mr. Becky (absently)—For goodness'
sake, don't do anything] --Cleveland
• Loader.
TBE CLINTON NEW
(ASSESSMENT SYSTEM),
I Dead'
Me tl
Tell no Tales
But living women and hungry children
do. They tell a sad tale sometimes, that
brings the terrible charge of carelessness
and neglect to provide, against the hus-
band and father whom the hand of Death
has stricken. What a little thing a 5
cent piece is, yet 5c. a day will provide
$2,000 Insurance for a man of average
age in the
CANADIAN ORDER OF
FORESTERS.
Twenty years ago there was some excuse for those
who left their family unprotected, today there is
absolutely none. The only question is sglety,
and in this the Canadian Order of Foresters easily
leads. It has a larger surplus per head, and
still larger foreach $x,000 of a risk carried, and could
divide up and pay baok, if w desired, more
money per member than any other Society of
the kind in Canada. Surplus per member, $2i.82;
per $r,000.00 of Insurance, $2o.96.
The Death Rate of the Canadian Order of
Foresters last year was lower than that of any of
its competitors, being only 6.44 In the 1,000.
The Interest on the Insurance Surplus paid
over 20 Deat:. Olaims of a $1,000 each
last year.
For further particulars enquire of any of the
Officers or Members of the Order, or address
12, ELLIOTT, THOS, WHITE,
H. C. R„ Ingersoll. High Secy, Brantford.
or ERNST GARTUNG, BraWord.
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THE HORSE SHOW.
Last Request lowered the record for the
.Quebec track frmm 2:18 to 2:15.
Merritt Wilkes, 2:17j<, pacing, showed
- work out mile at Hartford in 2-08.
The wagon that The Abbott pulled at
Hartford weighs 78 pounds without shafts.
Woodshed, 2:101/4, pacing, has now an
even 100 heats in standard time to his
credit,
Ellson, by Arlon, trotted at the Terre
Haute track in 2:19, the last quarter in 82
seconds,
It Is said that Mise Rita has shown a
half In 1:08N at the Patchen Wilkes farm
this year.
Ethel Downs, 2:10, by Boodle, lowered
the track record at Oakland, Cal., June
80 to 2:12 y4.
Humboldt Maid 2:13 Waldstein
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is claimed by some to be the coming trot-
ter. She is very much under size.
Wiggaletta is the suggestive name of
the fast pacing inure by Dumas, dam by
6t. Leonard. She won at Omaha recently.
The pacing stalliun Ace, by Delinarch,
established the lhew Canadian half wi e
record at 2:1431,� at London, Ont., Juno 29.
Teckman, a green 15 -year-old horse, by
Alcantara, dant Irina b utw b
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shown a mile in 2:131 over a half mile
track.
The Merchant, 2 -year-old reoord of 2:25,
by The Conqueror, is a double gaited colt
and frequently starts off in a pace if be
gees his wrong foot in front scoring.
Toni Dickerson, the Indian trainer, has
a green trotting mare by Edgewood, dam
Lambert Lassie, by Daniel Lambert, that
has shown miles in 2:18 and halves in 1:07
this year.
The name of the Chinaman lately men-
tioned as being a driver is Long Dong.
He is a laundryman of Lima, O., and won
fourth money in the 2:50 pace at Lelpsio,
O., with Quilna Chiof.—Turf, Field and
Farm.
PUTNAM'S CORN EXTRACTOR
Is the beat remedy for corse extant. It
acts quickly, makes no sore spots and ef-
fects a radical cure. A hundred imitations
prove its value. Take neither substitutes
offered as good nor the close imitations of
the genuine too often offered.
HAD READ ABOUT IT
I had a distressing pain in my side and
was also troubled with severe headaches.
My blood, was out of order and my consti-
tution was generally run down. Reading
what Hood's Sarsaparilla had done I be-
gon taking it and after using two bottles I
was cured." MAY FL.tNNIOAN, Manning
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Hoops PILLS cure nausea, sick headache,
billiousness, indigestion. Price 25 cents.
Archbishop L,tngevin has returned
fr•nnl Europe and is now in Winnipeg.
Miles Sinnot, a Kingston cabman,
walked off the wharf and was drowned.
Dr Low's Worm Lyran is death to the
worms every time, safe for the child, and
so nice to take the children lick the spoon.
Price 250.
AN AWFUL COLD
Mrs Wm. Darker, Pine Grove, Ont.,
says: •'I recommend Dr Wood's Norway
Pine Syrup for Coughs, Colds Hoarseness
and Sire Throat. I had an awful cold and
could hardly speak. One bottle of Norway
Pine Syrup cured me completely."
Sir Casimir (Izowski, who died on
Thursday at, Totonto, has been a prom-
inent and useful citizen of Canada for
nearly sixty years. His best record is
in the public works which he assisted
to construct, and he will be long and
kin'ily remembered as a' patron of art
and music. When he came to Canada,
the construction of wagon loads was
the principal engineering problem to
be handled, but the era of canals, rail-
ways and international bridges soon
set in, and the Polish engineer was
ready for every emergency as it arose.
His early life was passed amid the
storm of insurrections, but his later
years were full of enjoyment, beight-
ened by the consciousness of work well
dune.
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rPTOVIRwo
"fie
triol, , 011 o"t gv�3!�l; 9p for
anthills *160'ut 8u0(.ei& At I&A we
tried Ayer'd Cherry Pectorsdand the
relief wasiWmm tete. T 1. iWeile, 1.
Zi. $
ti;' r A.v.
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ERA
WHY HE DIDN'T BID UP.
The Plight of a ]ilea Who Hada Weak-
ness For A uetion Sales.
There was a red ling out in front of a
farnihouso up in the Swift river region in
Oxford the other day when, Burns was
driving past the place. Ile can never got
by an auction sale. There is something
about a bargain at vendue that strikes
him just where he lives. So Burns hitched
his horse and stopped on the outskirts of
the crowd. He remembered that at the
last auction he attended he bought two
pod augers and an ox yoke, and this time
he steeled himself lest he might commit
similar egregiousness. In fact, he con-
cluded that he wouldn't bid at all.
But when the crowd got well waked up
over a Jersey heifer Burns chipped in a �
bid or two and finally got to going hard
against a red whiskered roan who carried
a whip in his left hand and expectorated
violently after every bid.
As the contest waxed somewhat ener-
getio Burns reached for his pocketbook.
Ilse fingers ran down and down into his
trousers pocket until they slid into a good
big hole. The pocketbook was gone. You
who have found holes in your pockets
where wallets ought to be can, in some
measure, appreoiato Burns' feelings.
He stopped bidding, and while the red
•whiskered man, still eape6torating, was
paying down an installment on the heifer
Burns pushed forward through the crowd
and dot the auctioneer's ear. That func-
tionary listened intently. Then he arose
erect once more and in his professional
drone commenced:
"This gentleman informs me that he
has lost a pocketbook containing the mum
of $200. He offers the sum of $10 for its
return. Now"—
"I'll give $20," broke in a voice in the
corner.
'.'Thirty," cried another.
"Thirty-five," came in determined tones
from the red whiskered man. '
"That was beyond what I could afford,"
says Burns, "and so I came away and left
them bidding on it. "-Lewiston Journal.
Methods of Sleniriewlex.
To write such books as Sienkiewioz does
without copying or correcting, to create
works like the triology and "Quo Vadis?"
by a series of efforts, each of which gives
a finished part, and each part being a
seamless and flawless continuation of the
preceding, till the last, together with all
the others, forms a complete, unbroken
whole, is perhaps the roost amazing tour
do force in literary experience. Sionkle-
wicz employe no man or woman to help
him. He makes all literary researches
himself, visits and studies the places
which he needs to see and when writing
1n Switzerland, Italy, France or other
countries takes with him all the books he
requires and shuts himself in with them
during working hours, which for him are
from 8 or 9 till lunch at I o'clock and then
a couple of hours later on. He never
writes after dinner in the evening and has
so ordered his "works and days" that he
needs no assistance.—Jeremiah Curtin .in
Century.
At Stoufivi lie Mr
Foote, a farmer,
was tined $5 and costs for tapping th
wale,- pipes without permission.
Disordered
Kidneys.
Perhaps they're the source of your ill
health and you don't know it.
Here's how you can tell :—
If you have Back Ache or Lame Back.
If you have Puffiness under the Eyes
or Swelling of the Feet.
If your Urine contains Sediment of
any kind or is High Colored and
Scanty.
If you have Coated Tongue and
Nasty Taste in the Mouth.
If you have Dizzy Spells, Headaches,
Bad Dreams,— Feel Dull, Drowsy,
Weak and Nervous. Then you have
,Kidney Complaint.
The sooner you'start taking
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
the more quickly will your health return.
They've cured thou-
sands of cases of kid-
ney trouble during the
past year. If you are
a sufferer they can A
care you. •
Book that tells all
about Doan's Kidney
Pills sent free to any sr
address.
The Doan Sidney Pill •rMtfc ""
Co., Toronto, Oaf,
We are headquarters for all
kinds of Fruit, such as
Lemons
Oranges
Bananas
W atermelons
Fancy California Rears, Peaches,
Plums, Tomatoes & Blackberries
are coming in regular now, Oar
John Bull Malt Digestive Bread
!s meeting with good satisfaction, What is
said of it by leading authorities:
•'It is well flavored, nutritious and easily
digested. I have determined to have it on myy
own breakfast table."—air C. 0. Cameron,M-D.
It is a bread which It, dyspeptic or young
child can easily digest."—T, Povntz Wrlght,
M.D., M.R.C:S., (Eng.) L.B.A.
The flavor Is of special excellence, although
somewhat sweet, resembling in this respect.
malt "—The Lancet, London, Eng.
The sale of our REAL 11011E.MADF. BREAD
is still increasing. Wedding Cakes. Bread
and Pastry are still our spec}aitles.
Jas. McClacherty,
Novelty Bakery and Restaurant
Telephone No. 1.
MADE ME A MAN
AJAX Ti►BLt1T8 P08ITIVI LY CRE
dLLNdreoeu Ao{sgopPser-jfoilla6 em•
'~' bs �AbU teno3,tllhdY ICs ioesdee anit•Indsf�s•
.notionhe uiolety a»d sus cry
rostoreoet vicyalty in Alii or yoltdt. and
at
a aiah frit et dy. brtsinessor OSeltTlago.
_ Pretrent Iusnniltr and Ooneirmotion It
anoaee or retsina toom oney. moa use v ■ v.�rpr
Ole; g sim pkats (tall treatment) for tjd.tl0. By
.n'A.�Ax R, Mg, Loaf ilea. t ,t,,
Y.. Woe.
+new
Calesi•., ill.
Sold in Clinton by Sydney Jackson,
druggists.
RHEUMATISM
Is caused by Uric Acid and other im-
Eunities lingering in the blood, which
have not been filtered out by the Kid-
ueys through the urine. The seat of
the trouble is not in the skin or mus -
•l. S. It's sick Kidneys. Electricity,
,r.�ments qr plasters will not reach the
case- But the disease can be
CURE®
I was taken with a severe attack of rheuma-
tism and could not turn myself in bed. I was
persuaded to try Dr Hobbs' Sparagua Kidney
Pills. They soon put me on my feet again,
Less than one box cured me so camp etely that
I have returned again to my work in the lake
Shore Repair shops as well as ever.
WM. A. ScnoFtELn, Adrian, Mich,
1 am pleased to saythat Dr Hobbs' Sparagus
Kidney Pills are the most relieving remedy I
have ever used for rheumatism. You may use
this as a testimonial for the benefit of others
who are afflicted. CAABLrs HESS, Veteran of
Civil War, 284 Adelaide tit, Detroit, Mich,
Dr, Hobb•'
PARAGUS
]Kidney Pills
rOR SALE BY
SYDNEY JAeKSON, Druggist,
CLINTON, ONT
Cheaper to
Ride than
To Walk...
,
Two Week's Sale
Of Second - hand Bicycles,
Ladies' and Gents' 1898 models. All in
first-class condition, only rue about two
montbe, at .$1G, `.$`'20 anti $25 each.
Call and secure a bargain.
Onward Cycle Co:,
Perrin Block, Clinton
II. L. BROWN, Manager.
'1'h,,; old Clinton PLANING MILL
H. STEVENS, Proprietor
The old original Contractor and Builder,
who has made Clinton his -home for forty
years, is still in business with a modern,
up-to-date Factcry, and is prepared to fill
all orders of whatever description, re ss on short
n terms; fiLice and the lowest t t- 1
Q c a
workmanship guaranteed. CONTRACTS
for buildings taken, and all kinds of build-
ing material furnished as desiied,
HENRY STEVENS,
William Street, Clinton, immediately
behind the Park.
T
hmilla I Monies
I TREES.
Our stock of fruit and ornamental trees being
complete, we are prepared to offer to the pub-
lic for spring panting a very ebo,ce lot of ", e
Apple, Pluni, Pear, Cherry
and, Peach trees, at suitable
pi ices. Evergreens a specialty.
Large stock of small Fruits,
Choice list of spring bedding Plants.
Price list mailed on application.
John Stewart Estate, Bentniner
McLEOD'S
iy
System REAOVATOR
AND OTHER TESTED REMEDIES
SPECIFIC AND ANTIDOTE
For Impure, • Weak and Impoverished
Blood, Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Palpata-
tion of the Heart. Live. Complaint, Neu-
ralgia, Loss of Memory, Bronchitis, Con-
sumption, Gall Stotts, Jaundice, Kidney
and Urinary Diseases, St. Vitus' Dance
Female irregularities and General Debility
Laboratory, Goderich, Out,
J. M. McLeod,
Prop, and Manufacturer
Sold in Clinton by
J. H. COMBE and SYDNEY ,JACKSON
Something
to
Admire
is a pretty shoe. We
have them at all prices
and in all styles.
FINE SUMMER OXFORDS
BOOTS AND SHOES
at reasonable prices.
Call and see them.
Don't fail to see our Single
and Double Harness,
our Trunks, Valises,
aatchels,School Bay's,
Etc., Etc.
Red and White
Cedar Shingles
always on, band.
J. Twitchell
VICT01MIA J1UX,0 7K
AGENTS.
"Glimpses of Ithe Unseon" Fascinating book
Sweeps the entire field of borderland subjects
Everybody orders. Marvelleua illustrations
Prbspootue $1.00. BRADLEY-GARRE1'SON
OOtdPANY, LtxlTnn, Toronto
September 2, 1"8 —
CrrY Liun im"It 51101"
I wish to inform the public that I will 4.
not be undecsuld by twly other person , , -
in the business. 1 aur it practical butch-
er; and understand all the branches of
the business. We keep the very best
meats, and a full stock always on band,
a nd will sell at the Lowest Cash Prices. .
Bring along your uroney, and get the
meat at tile casb price. N'e will give .
credit, but not at cash prices. Please
c•owe and see what you can do for
Cash at
R. FITZSIMONS'
CENTRAL BUTCHER SHOP -'
FORL) bl; MURPHY
We are doing business on tin cash princi-
ple, and will supply out customers with
the best meats at the lowest paying prleee
FORD 3c MURPHY, CLINTON
Business Change.
Any quantity of fat hogs wanted for
shipping purposes, for which the highest
market prices will be paid. Parties having
hogs to sell will oblige by leaving word at
the shop.
Chas.J, Wal is, Clinton.
_
NEW BUTCHER, SHOP
Subscriber has opened a shop in the pfh- 'I
miser recently ere2ted especially for thin , .I
urpose, opposite Fair's Mlll, where he will A
peep on -band and deliver promptly, to all r i
karts of the town, i
Fresh Meat of all kinds. A share of
public patronage respectfully solicited.
F. H. POWELL, - - CLINTON
FLOUR AND FEED;STORES.
COOK'S
Flour & feed Ctore
a
In large or small quantities. 'A'
I
OIL CAKE and MEAL
OF ALL KINDS.
10 pounds Choice Oatmeal for 1 bushel of
Oats,
D. LOOK, CLINTON.jI
' li r `
DUNCAN S FLOURlit D Sto�4o11
(late Hill &Joyner)
Opposite Market, Clinton
Flour, Bran, Shorts, Oats, Peas, Barley
and all kinds of meal sold at lowest prices1-11
Fresh Corn for Feed, 38c a bush I.-11
Good Valencia Raisins, 28 lb box $1.
Choice Tea, special line 25c per lb. and up.
All kinds of Grain bought at highest °'
market prices.]
CLINTON ,'
W. DUNCAN, -
BANKS.
The 11olsous Bank
Incorporated by Act of Parliament 1885
CAPITAL - $2,000,000
REST FUND - $1,500,000
HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL.
Wm. MOLSON MACPHERSON, President
F. WOLFERSTAN TH^.MAs. Gen Manager
Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts
issued, Storling and American exchange
bought and sold. Interest allowed on de.
posits. SAvrNos BANE— Interest allowed on
sums of $1 and up. Money advanced to
farmers on their own note, with one of
more endorsers. No mortgage required
H. C. BREA ER, Manager, Clinton
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G. D, MMT AGGART. I 11
BANIiEft
ALBERT ST., - CLINTON. 1.
A general Bauking Business
transacted.
NOTES DISCOUNTED
Drafts ssued. Interest allowed on
deposits.
FARRAN & TISDALL.
BANKERS,
CLINTON, ONT. 11 I
Advances made to farmers on their own . I
notes at low rates of interest. I 11
A general Banking Bueinese transaetelL a,
Interest allowed on deposits.
Sale Notes bought
J. P. TISDALL, Manager.
Clinton SEWING MACHINKDept
Huron Stn
Hu n__set.
We have just received another lot of New
Home end Dominion Sewing Msohi o6;$be
former is an exceptionally good maphino,
and has given good satisfaction tb eiif
,t
1.
Needles and all kinds of E>lirts
kept on Land
11 I
Machines sold on monthly paymehip.' rbc' ti'
on me or write for prices and feflisik:
Jan. 1898 WM. 11!0,0#9 •
For Twenty-seven Yie�la
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