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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-09-05, Page 3The "wings of the weld" were n half 1.1111 011000 10 bear Trim 1 100 for, fol• several weeks past, his lea :had been filled with groat anxiety. b .ilea's letting had suddenly cease .ams though he wrote again and again, was o er "with the saute result—not in .cane in reply. Ile 0'11 not for a moment doubt ire .con.. Hcy; he know she simply could no he untrue to him, and he W110 forced t believe that MI Dalton had discover° the fact of their correspondence, and ha takon measures to stop it, in perhaps th same way that he had before inte'eepte her flowers, The passage across the Aalantic war an 1 ru,,nally Tong one, owing to itnfav °rabic winds and storms, and he IPA nearly sok with the delay, and his pa Bence exhausted, when at last the ves sol touched her pier, 'and he sprau ashore like a restless bird escaped fro its rage, Two hours later he stood on the step of 11r. Dalton's residence, his hear beating With. a strange, una0eountribl fear of something w000g, though h kneo' net what, servant answered his impatient ring and to his eager inquiry, "Is Miss Dal ter: at home?" returned a surprised "No sig lle then inquired for Mr, Dalton, and the, reply suddenly stilled his rapid heart. -beats and drove every shade of col or from his face and lips. "No, sir, Mr. Dalton is not at home; be has been searching for Miss Dalton ever since her strange disappearance, the man said. `St range disappearance! Man1 what de yeln mean?" gasped Earle, actually at egeri,,, houath the unexpected blow. 'Elie servant, pitying Ids distress, asked hint to come in, saying he would tell him .all about the affair. He mechanically obeyed, and his heart nearly died within him as he listened to the, strange account of her sudden dis- appearance and protracted absence. Nothing had been heard of her during nil that. time beyond what has already leen related in a previous chapter, al• tluu;;h almost every one reasoned, from the account 10111011 the policeman gar of her encounter with the ruffian on her return from John Loker's house, that he. oust have had something to do With it, since she seemed to possess something that 11e \vas found to have, and she as •determined not to relinquish. The detectives employed to unravel the mystery could learn nothing; they woe. baffled at every point. They would seem to gain a due to her where. .abouts and that would suddenly lose it :again. Her fate remained a dark and perplex- ing mystery and seemed likely to re- main 00 indefinitely, and it bed created a great deal of excitement, not enly in her own city, but n11 'over the State. At first Earle inclined to think toot Mr. Dalton himself was criminally eon- cerned in the affair, remembering as he did his excesive anger upon disaaveriog that Edithn had promised to be his wife and also his insulting lnngla;e, sneers and sarcasm both to her and him the day' before his departure for Europe, But after ho had seen and conversed with Mr. Felton, Edith's lawyer, he changed his nein non this point. d p t l s p r Mr. Felton asserted that Mr. Dalton was now traveling in search of her, and had been unwearied in his offbrts to find her ever since her disappearance, He privately infoaned him else that his business affairs were inextricably in- volved, and that for n long time he had been dependent upon Editho's income, which she had freely and generously shared with him. Now, however, since she was of age and controlled leer property, be would be cut off from that source of supply until rano vans found, as lar. Felton had no right to pay over anything to him t without her sanction; so it was for his interest that be exert every effort in I ' his power to find her, Earle's every interest and though for 0s himself was now else swallowed up in 1 this great and unexpected trouble t He 110 longer thought of seeking those unpunished criminals, or of clearing his own name from dishonor, What cared he for any disgrace that night cling to him, so long ns her fate remained such a dark mystery, and she, perhaps, rick and suffering or --dead, for all any one would ever know. For a Week he was nearly mad, nei- ther eating nor sleeping ,but wandering aimlessly about the streets, peering in- to every face he met. as if he taped that by some chance he might meet ler. At night he was like 001E0 restless, tinged lion, helplessly shut in by the darkness, as it were, and behind its bars, against which he constantly fretted and fumed, until, with the first sign of dawn, he n could return to his van search. b But at the end of a week he began to lfc of realize the uselessness of his present r, 000rse and then determined to settle it down to some methodical plan Upon which to work. d, He resolved that he would visit every it town, village, and haanlet in the State e and the 1 failing lie would search every other State In the Union in the sane r way. t 0'f course this would entail upon him o a life-long search, and the detectives d told him ho would only have his labor. d for his pains—that he would never find e her in that way. They bell to the belief d that she was -either In that very city, or else in one of the adjoining, cities, s and within easy reach of the great me- . trepans, and they declared that they s sahoald confine their efforts to those places, Earle wrote something of all this to g Paul Tressalia, begging hint to remain 111 and rule. at Wycliffe until his return, even though it should not be for a long s time, and then he began his weary L search, e It would be wearisome in the extreme e to follow hint, step by step, through the long weeks that followed and during which In spared neither himself no his ' money. 1 -le grew pale, thin and nervous and disheartened too, as the time went by, and be seemed no nearer the accom- plishment of his object than at the very first. "What shall I do?" he wrote, almost 1e, despair, to \I J 01ton from a distant 101'11,. '1 0.10 m oy distracted for all my efforts aro vain, I have ill tenyiewe I ' ally' number of detectives in different cities, sand no two advise the 011100 made of procedure, and have advanced so many plans and theories that i am dike a ship far out et sea, with -out either run - der of 001il. 1 suffer continually the tc,rturl of the rack, There is no nesth for enc, ,old there will be, 110 charm in life for me until I find my lent one Can you give me any hope? Has any 0110 been rlisco'ored? Telegraph me instantly if there is a single a•ay of hope." „Poon fellow !" the lawyer sighed, ns he folded the letter after reading it; "it 11, a hard case. It is a most trying case, amt mo 011,3 0011 tell dhow it will east 1 am almost inclined to thank the girl is dead, 11e roused, else, with her 0030- 101 1011 gond natural keenness, it seems as if she nowt have found some way of giving us a hint of her whereabouts it' she is detained anywhere against her 1.111." Bet he covkl only telegraph to Earle: "Xo elite has yet been 'discovered." And" the weary love resumed his 5(1-1 quest by himself, Bat poor, frail ht'1sanity cannot en- due o ylything; there is a point be- yond which tired nature refasos to go; and at last, 10on almost to a shadow, Earle fat that he must do something to 00001111 ii s strength, -or arc would gnro out entirely. A fever seemed to 'be burning m lois veins, drying his blood trot p lntiu,iing bis ant; hes appetite failed him, his stea t'l0asletrnlgihim; and he 11(00' 00 1010)105 :w011 writable that tit sly ltest noise stntllecl Trim painfully,the least oppo�3ition or distils. pcintmcnt'tried him almost beyond em durance. "I a n going „, be sig., I to .l. a e,;;ido one day, 001011 he 10as nea+ly prostrated, rd looking at his than trembling lands. "This anxiety and ceaseless search a -e fast 'rearing me out, I most Test, or I shall die, and then who will find my' Edina 1" Longing for the sight of :00100 familiar face, and h -oiling that Mr. Felton might l -a by this fair -be able to give him n. "chop of eormfort," he returned with all speed to the city whence he land started, 11 Arriving ie. the °Minig, some unac- -00)11mble repugnance to :repairing to he hotel where he usually stopped, and rhes he I ad before ,pent so miry rest- 050,miserable nights, seized him, and. ailing a 000.011, he gave the nano of a nailer, but no less )espeotablo house, dented in an quiet street, and las driven h thea•.: Ile sought the eterlt mud asked for ra room. sl iD it happened, the hotel that week tl was overF oyhn, lvitli transient visitors, 111 and at first the 'clerk told him that sr there was not a room to be had in the h o1so, .,: n "Yen an.lit 'manage some lyey' 00 ac- commodate me, for I (1111 too- weary' end ed ill to Move another stop," Earle sad,; 1, 01.d indeed his looks did not -belie his ha words. it The el rk went to consult with one of 111e proprietors, and then returned, say- it Ing they iveuld giro Trim a room m ft which to`,510mp that night, if he did not n. and: n little noise now anti Mem, and tit y another day there mould probnmly Ili better aecornmodations for him, ul hath nnhnd niathima* so that 1 eau fi have a bed on wliehl to rest," the tired traveller said, 1)0101 relieved by the nr teiligeolor, "1 idled have to give you one (t t suite of 050 urs hired by 0 lady end tie daughter.1t r deserved far her -on, who oce aslauuliy visits her and remains art night. Lie went many .,hs :norm ing; and, as he probably will not let t, r'1 to -night, you an bavet that '1001;' c plainest -the clerk. "11111 not the. madam ohjeet1" Earle asked, instinctively' recoiling from the lien of iu any nay incommoding a lady, "0h, no; 100 have done the same thing, whir 1100 consent, once or twice before when the .house 1100 been full' was the confident and reassuring reply, "-111 tight; I ant ready to occupy stat 0100, Earle sail, rising, and anxious to be at rest. The. clerk 11031 101011 before leading the way, "I night perhaps to tell you, sir," he began "Hurt mmdan's daughter is an in- valid—she io a little cracked," he added, tbueh]ug his forehead significantly, "lord sometimes takes on a little durit the night, 1 thought ,you ought to be told this, so that if ,you were disturbed you might know the cause and not bo r.a' nieOl." "The door between the rooms can be locked of course? 1141011 asked. "Oh yes; madam keeps it locked on her side, and there is also a bolt upon the other' side. The young lady is per- fectly harmless, only her brother inform- ed me that when the spells comae upon her she moans constantly, as if' in lis- tless, and 1h0y 001110 00 mostly in the night. Ste may not disturb you at all, "1 shall not mind it, now that you have told 0)0 this; it might have alis- tubed ore otherwise," Earle answered, as he weevily tanned to follow' his guide. 'Cake,, the elevator, they were borne into the fourth storey, and he was shown into a room at the top of the 1(01(00', It was a long, rather 001(01 room coi]fortnbly furnished, and having tyvu doors to it, one leading into the hall, the other into the roan adjoining, There wail 0 transom oar both doors, and through the one leading into the others of the suite 1-x1;0 00,11 see a dim light, but nil was perfectly quiet -within, 7A' looked to see that the belt was perfectly fast in its socket, and then wing his neighbors no further thought, he hastily disrobed, and 1)0011ed out, crept into had. CHAPTER XXVIII. 11,' almost instantly fell into a pro- found and dee:U less slumber, How long' he slept thus he. could not have, told, but he was suddenly awaken. ed (luring time night by a•los', sobbing noise proceeding froth the room -on his right. Arousing so suddenly, and being con. sequently somewhat confused,' it seemed to him at first as if some one -had enllod his name, Iia sat erect in bed and listened. • •al woe silence for a few moments, then he heard the toes of n nen speak; hoe as if in muter, and the same low solo bing instantly began again,. while a sweet mice seemed pleading for some- thing, he 'Then he beard the man's voice some- , all what louder, sad speaking impatiently, a as if he lmcl commanded some one to do lin something, 11111 had not been obeyed, It was followed, as before, by the low in sobbing, and a faint, heart -broken moan• tai io t.ml made Earle Wayne feel very to strangely. "There is snnething wrong going on in war there," he muttered to himself. " The are clerk said the man could not rcturn,he'e sto to•night;. but it seems he has, and I np don't like the sound of things at all." wh He arose and went softly to the. door lY which led into the other apartment. It was a very thiel:, solid door, and Are prevented his hearing distinctly anything ab 011101 00110 said. He bunt his heal to the keyhole, but wb e0r1 than 001)111 only eatcl1 the sound of ly ani gin no the 1 o t on uld retch a word occasionally, to enough to give hint any idea quire of the conversation curried 1' )3 e; -1 f eh; a as he heard that low sobbing nom fid,. gently triol to move the tran- b>I71 till mote. I #110111;1 n trill but nit grated n little on 1110 woodwork. lie waited a moment, awl 1ldea made another effort, and it moved just enoug?, to admit n line of light at. the bottom. Then he could hear ate h0 �ud' 1 P y ). A elan scented to be asking the strangest al iestions of some one. "Pout nnrtre is Ellen Wood?" ho heard him say-, in 1i hocking tote. "Yes Ellen Wood," came the reply, in 0 p10 1111 51 Voice that ,nate Earle's hair at once stir 1 011 01d. "Yon are sun ,you noun is Ellen Wood?" "zl t "Yes 1111011 Wood-‘, in the same tone as before. "Where wore vont born?" "In Texas." "Who is your fatter?„ "Judge Allen Wood," "\Plerc is he now 1" t, "He is dead." "Who is this woman?" "She is wry—another," with a shod. dering accent on the last word. And I ant your brother, am I not?" "Nu -o, oh!" a gasping voice uttered, with a moan, between each word, "You ain't over fond of me, I see," the amen returned, with a low, mocking laugh, "You've got your lesson pretty well learned, though, and if any one should ask you any questions to -mor- row when you go out to take the air— ns you 10001 do for the sake of your health—you'll know how to sewer thew. Now take that ring from your finger and give it to me," he commanded, stern- ly. "I can't, I can't!" moaned the plaintive voice "Cores your obstinacy and my Lack of power!" he growled. "Now tell 010 there that paper is—quickl" "No, no, nog no, no, no!" -And immediately the sobbing and the moaning were resumed, but in a way that seemed to show that the speaker's strength wa0 almost "exltanstedh The man 0)1,005 a fearful oath, and then Earle heard another voice—a wo. man's—say: "It's of no use, Tom—your power is not strong enough to make her tell that, and you are wearing her. out; she can't stand this kind of thing much longer," "I'll 11000)' let her go until she does tell me," he answered, fiercely, with an- other oath. "If I was sure" ho added, "that it was hid in that house, I'd- go and burn it down to -night and then let her go, I'm sick and tired of the whole thing" "Better let her go anyway, and run the risk." said his con; anton; "yyou will soon kill her nt this rate•' ".Dead noel tell not tales," lie ans- wered, moodily; "hut the risk is too great, for if that paper contains a des- o•iption of lite, I'm a marked man as long as I live." ' Earle now ventured to push the tran- som a little more. It was clear of the wood -work nmv, and swung quite easily and noiselessly, so that he could get a good view of the room and be saw a sight that mode his art stand still with horror, while an Host superhuman effort alone prevent- s sharp cry of agony escaping his s, Upon a bed in the corner opposite him v Erlitha Dalton. She was as white as e counterpane covering he s p eel g rand )1a.ted a mere skeleton. She erns sobbing in a nervous, excited y, her thin white hands clasped upon r hearing breast, her eyes wild 111111 ", in a e rig" and fixed in a fascinated , d on ring, burly, repulsive-lookingelan, o stood by the bedside scowling fierce - upon her. By lois side there also stool n nicely aced. rather prc-posseseiog wouan of out fifty-five. Their backs were toward the door ere Earle was stationed, consequent - they had seen nothing of the almost seless movement of that transom be- d them. man awl women eon -vermin; in low ones, without distinguishing a word, The sobbing hal ceased fora moment, tit, at a n500010on apparently addressed to as third party, It immediately began again. :1 cold sweet gathered upon Earle W'ayne's forehead The sounds affected him as are had never, been effected before, He longed to know What t piece of wickedness—for wickedness he was convinced it was— was being enacted within those walls at that time of the night, A faint light from the other roman none into his from the transom, so int lie could distinguish every object it. He glanced up at the light, a Olden thought striating him. The transom, of course, was glazed, ul he had no doubt that it vvas fasten. upon the other side, bat possibly he 1 1 t beau a little moo distknetiy if ho oiled get lip to it, and it Would do no rel for him to investigate awl sec if was fastened. Ilo brought the centre table and put softly down by the dot He then took blonket from his lied and covered the sr'ble top, set a chair upon this, and en noiselessly mounting upon that by o aid of another, be found himself on it level wit the transom To his intense satisfaction, he discov- ered that it was not fastened; it was tightly closed, but it yielded beneath his cautious touch, and he knee if he could open it ever so little without attracting1 the attention of the occupants of the other room, he could 011 1013' himself re- garding the nature of the proceedings there, - While he stood there waiting for as favorable opportunity to push the tran- som open, a neighboring clock struck the hour of two. "Unless the young 11dy has been taken ddenl,)' sick, I and satisfied that nnis- 101 of sown) kind is brewing," he said himself, and resolving not to leave post until he les had ascertained 004$000" 000& 00001000000000 Rickets. Simply the visible sign thatbaby's tiny bones $ are not forming rapidly enough. Lack of nourishment is the cause. $ Scoffs Emulsion nourishes baby's entire system. Stimulates and makes bone. Exactly what baby needs. ALL DRUGGISTS: 50e. AND 51,00 • o 'x000 0000000000004 *00 101 eh to his It tool: 011 the farce of Earle's will to control his intense excitement ns he looked upon the scene ,just fezetabed. Never in itis life had he felt so dizzy and faint as he did at that moment, while a weakening, sickening tremor per- vaded every nerve in his body. "Bette' let her alone now, Ton, and don't come there ogain for a week, Let her got a little strength before you ex- ert your power over her again," the woman said in reply to the man's' last observation, "Che weaker she is the les will she will have he muttered. "1Ter will is 00 strong that you will nevr move .her to tell what you want to know; and you do not vv -ant to kill her, I know." \o," he a.clanitted, with a scowl. She will do nhopst anything, you tell her, eseelit to reveal what mill Nave that one person; that seems to be an instinct which nothing can 00081000, and viiia na,gnetie force is not sufficient to nyercomr, it" Ytiu do not need to tell Hie that," he ,1 Doled. "S1 -ell L yvnnt you to let her alone for a while; I don't want her dying on 0 hands," returned tfie woman, with 11, 00.100. (To be continued:) Sometime. Sometime, when all Ilfe's lessons have been learned, And sun and stars forevermore have set, The things which our weak judgments here have spurned, The things o'er which we grieved with lesketi wet \4 I11 flash before us, out of life's dark n!;ht, As soars shine most In deeper tints of Blue: And we shall see how all God's plans are r1�4q Ana hew what seemed reproof was love moat true. A whether he was right or not. He found he could hear more plainly i Az we shall so- ; how, w'bile we' Crown and 0101),- God's moms go of j s hest for you and me; low, when we calbd''lye heodbd' not our cry, ANAEMIA CURED. Dr. Wiilia(ns Pink Pails Bring Back the blow of health by Making New b ood, To 1111 into perfect womanhood, growing girl Hurst carefully guard he health L u1css the blood is kept rich and pare headaches,backaches and fro qunlat dizzy spells will troithlo her. She will always he. ailing, .old may slip into a deadly decline, Dr, Williams' Pink Pills area nevet''failing remedy in build- ing up the blood. Just a short time ago the reported of L'Avenlr da Nord had the following cases brought to his notice: In tlo town of St. Jerome, Que., there is an orphan asylum under the care of those zealous workers --the Grey Nuns, In this house Dr• Williams' Pink Wills aro constantly used. For some months two of the young girls in the. home were of flirted with anaemia. The symptoms in both cases were very much alike, They were botlt pale, lost 011 energy, 0nd'•were subject to headache and dizziness; Dr." Wi11i0ms' Pink Pills were taken and soon there was an iluprevenent in their' eon d1t,on. The color returned to 'rhelr cheeks; their' appetite improved34511(10.00 aches ceased. and soon good hoaltltttoolc the place of despondency. What" N1 r, Williams' Pink Pills have doe for tlfpso two orphans—Marie Lavoie and DOslna 1;00010S—they will do for others. The secret of Dr Williams' 1'in1f. Pills in curia anaemia hes in their power ito make new, rich, red blood. Tilde is Why they strike straiRa at the root of all common ailments like headache, side - aches and backaches, rheumatism, nem ralgia, indigestion, ennead), St. Vitus - dance, puts] paralysis lord the special ailments that affhet a!most every wo• man and growing girl, Dr, Williams' Pink fills are sold iky all medicine deal- ers or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or sixboxes for 1112,50 from the Da'. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. d.P LOVE OF THE JEW'S HARP, Some Distinguished Performers Upon the Instrument—Its Antiquity, The jelshu'p hes been a familiar in- strument under that name In tltrs island for some 41)0 years,and is itself of much greater antiquity, 10 ) S'aottn r witch toil in 15'11 it was affirmed says the the London (lobe, that a girl 11010(1 Du1A can played "mom a small (loupe called a jewstrumpe," before the unholy. fra- ternity of witches 00 the occasion of their invading a church; whereupon His Scottish Majesty, before Idiom and his Council the trial took place, called upon the girl to play before ham a dance upon her "tramper" which she nceord- ingly did, Several writers of voyages and 1.10 - els of tM Elizabethan 00 0 mento f l o w harps, With hatch(1S 'Hives, beads aged the like, as suitable wares to be taken for purposes of barter with the Amer- ican Indians and Other uncivilized peo- ples, Sir Walter Raleigh mentions that 0 jewslhup would purchase two bons, which seems a fairly profitable rate of exchange. Tho jeWsharp his had its I'adorw. sly. The tote Clnule Godfrey f'1eiand; best known to famo a imus Breltnuua0, fn his "Memoirs," recalling his student flays in Germany, mentions at certain Dr. Kerner, who perforated on the sin- gle and double jowshorp• 1h. lieruer, says Leland, "from this - most mlpronl• 05rllg instrument drew' airs of such ex-. gtusite b arty' that one could not have been more astonished had be heard the swat tones of Grisi drawn from a cit by twisting its tail" More extraordinary even than the per- formances of Lamed, Dr. Kerner were those given stole 80 yea00 0g0 ill Loll - (Ifni by 1a compatriot of his named De lenstein. The- bite Professor Charles Tomlinson, witimg in 1803, ave his own recollection of some of Eaten - stein's feats This performer, he wrote, "excited:.Wonder and delight by com- bining as many as 16 jeleshaips, inclu(1. ing two octaves, in one frnnme, aid lir managed to shift them in his mouth 0 rapidly as to produce what was called fury musk, A performance at the Royal Institution ]ad to his being invited to evening parties.'' Ono can hardly ima- gine a performance on the jowaharp as 010 of the attractions at the Meseta day !loyal Institution. But the ,jewsh5rp has gone clown in the world. It is no longer played upon at the Royal Institution; no modern Dr. Burney composes music for it; nor will it as an article of barter purchase a single hen. ' Driving a City to Cleanliness. If ore may judge front vn(10)10'striking symptoms, the ambitions of 33 tine ha:n etre seeking ,l new outlet..�1 A?��,ealthron- icler records Its a p00lcularl ijtoticeable fart that in the large restaurants) until recently patronized exclusively'; by the n ale Sex, ladles are now 50011 ill consider- able numbers, and it is solemnly affirm• ed that 1100 wearing clothes of Bond est cut 110yr:' become numerous its the streets. The. other day a would-be vis- itor to the local Hippodrome was actu- ally refused _admission 011 the ground that he was collarless, and a gootideal of en0i0us correspondence followed in cer- tain of 1110 Binuringh0w 1ewspnpers. A campaign oil behalf 1>f public cleanliness has been started in the press, and a mul- titude of strange expre'0r011 001 coal. plaints have found expression. One agi- tator against dirt warts facilities pro- vided to enable, tram, car conductors to exhibit clean hauls an the ears, and the demand is made that no workman shed) be allowed to leave a factory without washing his face and 'tid -'ing himself up generally," A revollttionary� proposal that has h ought mach sarcasm i >on its au titer is that mechanics wearingdirty clothes shall )wadi in the roadway, so as not to endanger the costume, of more elegantly dressed pedestrians.—Westmin- ster Gazette. Stopping the Car. d zee' ( reread Witness.) ''ho old 1tory is being repeated of 1 ma r almost killed by passing behind the car h1 land left and getting run over by' a ca' passing on the other track. The almost killed cases ere innumerable. This should never be treated as justifiable homicide. When n car stops it is pre- sumable that people are 10111ng off, and that Quetta 11 of there wvdl desire to cross the street behind the car. Those who cross can have no 110rnillg of a car goingthe other way, but the driver of that car should know that he is likely to run Orel'somebody' if he has his car out of control, In England fast running past a eau' that i, standing still is stria 4ly forbidden, This hind of accident is ole of the innumerable arguments against our absurd systemic of stopping the cars before instead of after crossing the sheets, 11' the cars dumped their pas• singers at regular crossings, the conning ear would naturally' be on the lookout. Our systema of getting on and off away fret the crossing has everything against it, 0nd not n single argument in its favor. 11 is distracting to people 1100001?? or bicycling on the cross street, who cannot possbily' know wvhat a ear at n. crossi10 is going to do, whereas, if it )vas certain to cross the street anyway, it would lie a simple nutter to time themselves 0,coldingl3. A Wonderful Sight. (New York Sun.) Talne used to wonder if France would ever show the traveller a scene such as be had witnessed in England—aa anarchist orator denouncing Queen Victoria- In the foulest terms, and two policemen by his side to protect him against the fury of the mob, Canada's Trades Dispute Act Canada has some laws which, if they be enforced, make it rather expensive to strike in sympathy with the grievances of other people. There is what is known as the Trades Dispute Act. It provides that no snap judgment shall be taken by capital or labor (01 the people, and that notice of tabor disputes or intended strikes or lock -outs shall be given to the authorities at Ottawa, the seat of the Federal )3ooernment. Those striking in violation of the laws are subject to an individul fine of from 1010 to $50 a day for every day they recuse to work, while unlawful lock -outs are punished by $1,- 000 fine. This la), like most others, does not execute itself, The authorities Will take n0 notice of its violation unless coil• plaint is made by somebody, but any per- son, corporation or municipal body 01(01 make complaint and 5111- 1119 11111 do pro - tion. Ho1, this lav operates (0 ate not hi, fw,llctLhitt ]t appears to rest upon the ilea that the public has Some rights which ought to be respected by both parties to a labor dispute. A long strike or lock -out may bring the greatest priva- tions to the workingmen and immense pec100111'3' losses to both employer and employees. Many of the shorter disputes however, like the telegraphers' strike up to date, 000 chiefly notable Inc the em- barrassment and loss snstoined by people who arc not parties to the controversy. It is safe to say that an overwhelming majority of the public desire to see the telegraphers, and all other employees, paid a living wage, and worked during reasonable hours. But they also desire to see employers and employees engaged in the operation of public utilities set• ding their eantro'e'si°s without threity- ing the greatest burdens and the great- est losses on people who have aro sort of couneetion with or responsibility for the disputes. The Canadian law is, at least, an effort in this direction. If it is wrong it is not likely to survive, but, at all events, there ought to be some the iinnocent. Wnayl of ending controversies with- out inflicting rrrep•u•nblo Mutingupon ' Louisville Courier-Jour- n Eating Carrots for the Complexion. It's a dull day when a new fad in food isn't thrust upon a ling -suffering world, and the latest is corm eating. If 0 010' 111(111 would have clear, fresh complex- ion, sacs the theorist responsible for the ides, she nut t eat n caw 000001 every day. Ilo's no vegetarian, so lie doesn't forbid 1 he eating of meat, at tliongh le does voudcnn the eating of "certain of (allot messes .11ot food," In n school just outside Boston, which is noted for its )netts girls, 111 pupils are expected to eat 0 cera duh, just as they might. eat nm ening.' or au apple, and they dont melee the slightest protest either. lint then, 10110 woman wouldn't suffer to bo beaad 1(10!? --Now York Press, o+m Nest Thing. Visitor (at penitentiary -)—"This is Tankers' Row,' isn't it?" Attendant—"No; you've just passed that This is 'Trust hfognatee' Row,'" Smallpox has cost Toronto $5,215 so far this year.