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Juno 8, 1900
COULDN'T LACE . 1 .
THE SUICIDE.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Stateis
E Toilworn, but trusting Zens. mad'bnmTHROYAL BOX.
elief, ' ^
IBS•
BOOTS.
A.aokil went wailing from tho world of grief;
A wild hope led the way, •
Then suddenly—dismay!
Lo, the old load was there—
Tho duty, the despair!
P. L. Campbell, of Fortune Nothing had changed; still only one escape
Bridge, P.B.L, a great sufferer Prom its old self into tho angel shape,
—Edwin Markham in surilmer's Magni"
from pain in the back.
4ust LIKE HER FATHER,
Doan's Kidney Pills completely and
permanently cured him.
l‘tr. P. L. Campbell, the well-known gen.
eral merchant of Fortune Bridge, F.B.I.,
was trouboci with severe pains in his back
arid hips for over two years.
At length he became aware of the fact
that backache was simply a symptom of
kidney trouble and did not hesitate long In
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and was
promptly and permanently cured.
Here is his statement ; "I was In an
awful state for two years with pains in my
back and hips. Some mornings these
pains were so severe that I couldnet, stoop
to lace my boots. I started taking Domes
Kidney Pills and one box so completely
cured me that I have been perfectly well
Air over a year now anti free from the
least trace of pain.",
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IMPERTINENT PERSONALS.
Probably Edwerd Mar:ham will reckp.!.
mete by declatee; iet •Stephen Crime is
the greatest historian alive. —Boston
Jourual.
If Mrs. Rudd Doble succeeds• in her ef-
fort to get a divorce from her husband,
be will be Budd Single, as it were.—Bose
ton Herald. 0-
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Richard Harding Davis is lost Scene.
where in South Africa when he Ought to
be in Dublin personally conducting • the
queen.—Pittsburg Chronicle -Telegraph:, .
Admiral Dewey's rallying song for Ws
campaign should be the old refrain '',Nee -
dies and pins, needles and pins; winZp a
man marries. his trouble begins!"—St.
Louis Republic. .
Tbe limper of Afghanistan is the enly
honest potentate living, because he feels
honored in being calb•d 'the -"prince of
liars." Snell royal frankness deserves
recognition.—Boston Globe. .
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PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH: -
Cameral L9w 'Wallace has just 'weir-.
ed a copy of his "Ben-Fiur" trim.dated
into Persian and publIshed in Egypt,
"I regard Miss Helen Hay," said Wil- •
Rain Dean Howells recently,- "as' one.
the Most promising women now writing
verse."
Frederic E. Church, the landscape
painter, who died .in New 'York recently,
was T5 years old and had been in feeble,
health for a number of years. One 'of
bis oldest and best known paintings, is
"The Niagara," now In ,the Corcoran
Art gallery in 'Washington.
The artist Willette; whose caricature*
• Of Queen Victoria have won him notori-
ety, is a grandson of FraMmard, the •last
of the eighteenth century school of. tlec-
nrative artists. His father was an aid-
de-eamp of Bazaine. Willette himself
belongs to the Chat Noir 'group. . •
THE MOVING WORLD.
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India rubber nails are being used in
Germany in places where metal nails .
would cbrrode.
A new mowing machine has been in-
vented Nvhicb cuts grass into.windrows
by a series of flat fingers, ,extending hori-*
zentally, with a pivoted bow resting on
these angers, to be lifted at intervals, re-
leasing the accumulated grass.,
Mining operations can be carried• on in.
frozen ground by •a new apParatus; WhiCh.
is provided with a steam- generator, to
deliver steam to .a hose having"a nozzle
at the outer end to direct a jet against
the earth, thawing it and evashing. the
dirt and minerals apart.
THAT DOOR AJAR.
In the matter of "the open door", Un-
cle Sam appears to have hold of the
handle.—Milwaukee Journal.
The empeess dowager of China still
hangs out the sign, "Please • Shut the
Tor."—San Francisco Chronicle.
China's open door gives the dowager
empress an irnpressive view of a big fleet
. of foreign warships in the offing.—Philit-
delphia Ledger.
It may become necessary for Uncle
Sam to prop that door open hi China
with a few pieces of heavy ordnance.e-
Kansas City 'Journal.
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THOSE HALF CENTS.
The issue of half cents might reduce
the number of buttons- found in contribu-
tion boxes.—New York World. . •
If the mint shall coin half cents, their
use likely will be confined to ecclesiastical
purposes.—Philadelphia Ledger.
If it is decided to coin half cent pieces,
the women shoppers will .be placed in a
position te crill numerous department
store bluffs.—Sioux City Journal,
They Cure so Well People
are Glad to' Tell.
1.1.••••••••111011.1111
The Public Would Doubt Only
Por Local TeStimony Freely
Offered in Every Place •
Where Piteher's ;lab -
lets are Known.
' Mrs 11 nry Rontledge, Rattenbury S..,
Clinton, saym—"Ever fence I was h young
girl I have had a lot of trouble with my
.back and kidneye. Every time I washed,
'or made any exertion the pain was terrible.
I tried many thinga, even a doctor in Port -
'land, Maine, U. Se with no effect, My
• father got me a bottle of Dr. Pitcher'e
Declutch° Wiley Tabletat It. B.Combe's
drug store, and though 1 have taken but
two.thi tis of the bottle, the trouble is all
gone. This is certainly reniarkable; but
neverthelette true, 1 am glad indeed to
recommend hem to edhertl." '
Mrs J. Dearer), Ontario at., Clinton,
says:—"Some time ago 1 hed a. ;lettere cold
settle jn my bet*, in the 'Mime of lumbago.
The pain wars quite severe. I was induced
to try Dr, Pitcher's Baolthelne Kidney Tab.,
'lett, I got It bottle at 11. 13, Combe'm drug
store, and found* them excellent. Their
action wee rapid and easy and all anyone
o mid ask in the shape of relief."
If you have the slightest oymptons of
Xidney or Bladder trouble, you can test
this great medicine free. Arrangements
have been made whereby every reader of
thie paper can obtain a trial package of
Dr. Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tablets
abeolutely free by enclosing two cent damp
for poetage to The Pitcher Tablet Co,
Toronto, 0 it. When giving Mame
roention this paper. V you are convinced
Pitelierfe Tablet: are what you wane, you
ean purcheee regular 620 50e per bottle,
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V not Obtainable at deuggiet'e, mailed free
of postage en receipt of price. ,s
She Got In. a Stipulation Protecting
Her Own Interests. ;
The wooing had progressed splendidly.
It had even progressed to a point where
she had been won—that is, ostensibly
won. If she proved to be a truthful girl,
she would in time be his wife, If she
were not truthful—well, no man wants a
Wife wile is not truthful. That's the way
some men console themselves when they
full to merry.
But she seemed to.be truthful. As he
drew her closer to Id
ei he whispered;
"And when we aio married, dearest,
we will liave the bapplest home in all the
wide, wide world!"
'Yes, Georg,e," she replied.
"There can never be a .harsh word in
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our home." • .
!"No, George," . .
. • "Aud ' when I come home tired and
worn out with work et.the (ace and' the
worries of business you'll be kind to
me?
- "Y -e -s, George." .
"I knew yOu would. You'll soothe me
rind put me in better Muncie?" .
"Y'-st but I say, George!"
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"My' khouldiet you do a -little of this
yourself?" ' •
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• "Wily, darling"— .
"Yes, :that's all right. But to come
right, down t business, as papa says,.:
•• why 'shouldn't you also be kind to , me
When things go wrong? I don't want te
• do it ell, you know. You're net looking -
for a private nurse, are Your •
wil-hY, Mabel!" •
"Whet] the cook.leaves unexpectedly to
go to the bedside of her second cousin,
you rnig,htbe just a 'trifle considerate,.
you know., " .
• "How strangely you talk, pet!.
'Well, they say I'm papa's girl, you
knew, and. I vnotice when any one:tries to
make a bargain with bins, he .generally
gets same stipulatiees to his own interest -
put injust as a peecaution." ,• • ,
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George and Mabel have now been mar-
ried exactly 5 years and 3 months and at
the moment of going to press have never
had a single quarrel,—Peaeson's. • •
He Bad Bin Reasons. • e
A scholar on coining into a parlor •
where the doctor bed laid a Inc bunch
of melees Mr his own eating took. it up
and said: '
"I publish the, bants between thete,
•grapee and my mouth. 1,f any one knows
any just cense or impediment why:these
•two shmild, Mit be joined together, let
them declare it," ••
• The doctor, being but in the next room,
overheard alIthat Was said, and, coming
• into the school, ordered the boy who had
eaten. his drapes to be taken upor, as -
! they oiled it, horsed on. another -hey,'et
back." But before he .proceeded :to the
uslual :discipline he cried out aloud, -as
�e delinquent had done; . '
"I publish the banes between my rod
and this toy s breech.. If any one knovie
any just cruise and impediment why •
these. two should oot he joined. together,
let them declare it." •
"I forbid.the bannil" cried:the heir..
"Why?" asked the doctor: • , •
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"Because the peefies are not agreed,"
replied the boy. • _
• Which answer so 'pleased. the doctor,
who loved to find any readiness of 'wit
in his scholars, that he ordered.the boy
,:be pet down.-eloudon Tit43ita. '
Another kind.'
Wheri Johniry Hobbs left his home up
Among the New Elannishire bills' to visit
his grandmother in Worcester, Mass., he
• Was cautioned by his mother that he
would find, things in the city strangely
different frcim those at 'home. .
Johnny arrived An the early afternoon,
and long before tea time bis grandmoth
er, who lived most simply,. told him to
• ran out to the pantry and get a bowl of
milk which she had left there "for .a bun-.
gry boy."
A 'moment later she followed On and,
to her amazement, beheld her grandson
bravely, at work on a boiel of spearmint
tea, which She had forgetfully put in
. the piece where She Mid told him to find
• the milk.
• "Why, child," she cried, seizing the
bowl from poor Johnny, "don't yon know
this isn't milk?"
1,9-1 knew it wasn't like 11111burY
rnilk," stammered Johnny. With a final
gulp "but 1 thought •maybe it was the
kind folks had in Worcesterl"—Youth's
Corimanion. '
• Seeking a Separation. .
• "Do you give gas here?" asked it wild
-looking .man who rushed into a dentist's
office. • • • • • , •
."Weelo," repliet1 the dentist...
"Does it,put a fellow to sleep?"
• "It does." • . .
"You could break his jaw,' and he
wouldn't feel it?" '
"Ile would know nothing. of it." .
"Well, thrill, dm Got it all ready for a
fellow to fake?"
"Yes. Take a 'seat in this chair and
show me Your tootle". -
"Tooth be hanged!" • said the 'excited
caller, beginningrapidly to temove, his.
coat and vest. "I want • you to pull a
porous plaster off my back."
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'. Where Amber Is Pound.
• Gold of 'tilb Seit-,-fik 'nibbling Of.'
ten called, is found in various thtees on
- the globe, but nowlien In suck abundance
as on- the shores of the Baltic from Me -
Wel to Dautzie, and there principally. op
.the coast of the oblong piece of land jet-
ting out Into the sea between the •Kn-,
eieche and the Frische Haft It Is, in
fact, a vegotable product, a fossil gum
a a eelliferous tree, and from time fin -
memorial it bas been used as . a' jewel by
many a fair ledy.
constant Eiroet to Pleroge.
• "111ei•ie, after we are married what
eourse• shelf, you pursue to retain my
"Oh, Harry, 1 shall epenCen awful lot
of money on fine clothes and look just as
pretty es 1 senni"—Chicago Record.
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A compilationof dates from the year
-410 to IABT Waren tea that Japan hula
expeet flestrsetive enriliqualte about
once in two mad a half Years. •
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We believe it evill be found that, next
to elver ielty, ? t.'" entest force
in the v•orld.— ateldeon (Helga.
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• BLOWN TO ATOHEL
The old idea, that the body eometimee
nee&
it powerful, draotio, purgative .pill
has been exploded ; for Dr. King's New
Life Pala, which are perfeetly harmless,
gently atimulate liver end bowels to expel
poitionouo matter, elearese the eystem and
absolutely cure Constipation and Sick
Headache, Only 25o st all drug dorm
That .Command Attention
and. Inspire Hope.
Paine's Celery Compound
Th i3 Never -Disappointing
Banisher of Sickness
and. Disease.
The statement that Nine's Celery Com-
pound builds u.p sickly, weak and rundown
people, is true In every particular. It is al-
so true that Pable's Celery Compound is
the only medioine in the world that can
tueoessfully ample with obstinate and
ong-standing cases of disease and give to
sufferers active limbs, pure blood, clear
eonsplexion, healthy appetite and perfect
digestion. Scores of able and reliable playsioians, prominent e druggists, legislators,
merobants and leaders in stedety oan bear
testimony to the wonderful curer; wrought
by Paine's Celery Compound during the
past spring 111011tha. •
SUOh faots and statements should be suf-
ficient to convinoe all doubting and des-
pondent sufferers, and inspire them with.a
determination vo test the world's great
healthgiver, Chas. W. Rese,Department
of Railways and Canals, Ottawa, writes
thus: —
e For a long period �f time I suffered
from the pains and tortures of neuralgie,
and the effeote to my. general system were
SO serious and alarming that my dootor or-
dered an ocean trip. I went to England at
ooesiderable expense, but bad to return to
Canada almost as bad as When I left it
After getting home I determined to com-
mence the use of Paine's Celery Compound
as it was strongly recommended for nob
• troublee. After using the medicine for a
obort time the results were most .pleasine
and gratifying, The attaoke became less
frequente and less severe, and soon the
whole trouble urea; cornpletely banished. I
have not experienced a pain or, ache •for
months. I take greet pleasure in recom-
mending ;tech a Marvellous medicine to all
neuralgia eufferers. Paine' e Celery; Conk
pound hasastonishine, yirtues and powers,
naneudrwaligliit.
lnly certaiovenome any form of
•TAKING THE REINS;
171) to the close of 1899 15,827 trotters
. bad taken standard records.
• Letcher, 2:183/4, row in training at
jewettville, • is • considered a sure2:1eAndidate0
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• Clipper, 2004,ais showing well on the.
Pleasanton track and is •put down for a,
2:05 record. •
Topie; 2:241/4, peened by: Joe Coverdale
os Elk Point, S.. D., has taken to pacing;
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and does very fast. :
• Honor Bright, 2:28Ye, that swept ev-
erything on tlie-.New York Speedway on
April 1, was sold for $85 as a. 2 -year-old.
Belmont (Philadelphia) horsemen are
agitating.a series of intercity •races with
Baltimore and New York road drivers,
enps to be the prizes.
• Lady Reel, dam of Hamburg, has f °al --
ed ,in England a bay: colt by St. Simon.
Lady Reel' cot Mantis Daly' $15,000,
and she was sent to England 18 months
ago. Mr. Daly Paid $51,000 for Ilam-
'The 'veteran trainer; dharies 'Marvin,
rises at 4:30 in the morning, takes a cold
hath before beeakfast, works like a Tro-•
jan with his horses all day and spends
an hoar in the evening before retiring
with the dumbbells and punching bag.
Peter V. Johnston, Kalamazoo, Mich.;
has sold the gray trotting mare Abby
Kelly, 2:25, by Pilot 'Medium, dam Alice
M (dam of Aideue, 2:28), by France,
2:20eei to Dave G. McDonald, Pitts -
berg. She has been miles in 2:15 and
is sound, handsome and good headed.
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GIVEN ABSOLUTELY. FREE.
A Ladies' or Gents' magnificent ivory •
handled knifeor Gold-plated (Mein, Lady's.
or Gents' handeorne fob or chaincharm;aed•
it inultiPlicity of other beautiful articles of
exceptional rnerit.toonurneious to mentiOnr
given free with a $1.(10 order of any priced
Tea or Coffee, Baking Powder, Mustard,
Giriggr, Chocolate, &o. Larger reign giv-
en free with a $2,00, 03 00 dr 05,00 order.
Try one mail order and you will repeat it.
GREAT PACIFIC TEA CO.
r: 2464 St. Catharine St„ Montreal, Que.
The sale of the late Sir John Mac-
donald's library took place at Ottawa.
nre-„e,
Wellanti Vale bicycle rnanniactory
will be 'reeved from St. Catharipee to
Brantford. • •
• • TO CURE A COW 1N ONEMAY.
TakeLarative Bromo' Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the moneyif it fails to cure
dem. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box.
Abell weighing about 4,000 pounds
is being' placed In the tower of the
FirstlVlethodist Church, London, Cot.
• William Hoffman, an eMpleyee at
Kuntz's brewery, Hamilton, was severely
ecalded by boiling beer enaping from it
ve't that was broken.
IIERE RESTS TOUR HOPE.
New remecliee command new remedies
go; but Seott's Emulsion in the great rook
foundation on which hope of recovery from
weeli throats and lungs mutt net. If is
The Stesidard of the World,
-POI) LTRY POINTERS... -
Poultry pays well in otchards.
Large hens aro best in orchards.
Sit hens in a place by themselves.
A red head in a fowl denotes health.
• Lice will gather in the nests, if any;
where. •
The ego In an incubator should be
aired daily,
The eggs from overfat hens rarely,
hatch well.
Two.year-old hone lar the best eggs
' for hatching.
The guinea fowl Is a great torhger and
destroys nanny insects .that hens will not
touch.,
A hen that will seinetlines refuse tO
• eat bottemeal will readily eat look&
bones.
A growing chicken IS not easily made
teas and -hence good feeding is necessary
• to fatten.
The time of hatching more than the
breed regulates laying. Early hatehed
pullets make good winter layers.
One-half the thickens and terkeye
hatched under liens die from Hee, henee
, tare mud be taker to keep the nests and
the hems as fret fore these pests as
possiblY and then tvatehthe ehickses.,•St.
Loille Reptiblie,
Children Ory for
CASTO R I A
•
Xing Leopold of Belgium has been
obliged to give up reading and writing
for a Slue owing to trouble *with hie
eyes, caused by overwork.
The youngest Hohenzollern, Prince
Heinrich's on, the German emperor's
nephew, was christened the other day,
as Heinrich Viktor Friedrich.
The (Mem of Hanover, evlio celebrated
her eighty-second birthday on April 14,
passed the severe winter in perfect
health at the villa of her son, the Duke
of Cumberland, near Gusunden, In upper
Austria.
Perhaps the best private collection of
stuffed and living birds In the world be-
longs to the king of Portugal, who ,is an
enthusiastic ornithologist, Scientists
from all parts of the world add to his
cases and cages: and it is believed that
he has one specimen of every important
bird Wally at present known. -
RAILWAY TIES.
There are ,now 93 German towns or
• districts with electric railways engem-
peyed with 77of the previous year.
There are 30 new lines prmected and in
progress and- 39 • extensions. The total
length of the lines is 1,270 miles:
In Paris, where. already people .are -for-
bidden to stand UP in street cern, thr
po-
Iiee have just made a. rule compelling
eight seats in each car to be kept vacanf
from the starting point to the first stop-
ping plaoe, so that people waiting at the -
latter point may be, accommodated. • • •
The Union Pacific, railway bas estab,*
Usher.] a new record . for train hauling,
, Recently a train left Cheyenne- made up
of 113 cars loaded with :5,471 tons of
freight. - Another trniu wee composed
of 110 cars laden. witb 4,935 tons and
hauled by a 15() ton engine 102 miles.
A JUSTIFIABLE DESIRE..
The large majority ot people very natur-
ally have a justifiable desire that the phy-
sician's prescription should be filled by a
competent druggist. Opr load experience
and our ample facilities for dispensing are
at your oommapd at all hours.
If you have wisely decided to make
Paine's Celery Compound, that king of
medicinee, vie are always prepared to sup-
ply your wants. Our stock of thie popular,
meaiiiine is always fresh and pure. We
heartily recommend it. a.E. Hovey, Drug-
gist, Olinten, Ont. '
• , MATRON. AND MAID.
16Lke,scled.ayee.eberre..wa.e on .St,
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.• The Idahe PrOhibitioeiste want to send,
Iliss.Amanda Way to congress., • • e
. Mrs. •Pheebe A. Hearst bee now decided
. to establish it museum of artand archic7•
ologpat the Vnivorsity of California..• •
Philadelphiff &alma 'the. •tWo oldest
white women in -North America. They
are Mrs., Celestine Nigro, an lea* aged
110, and. Mrs. Sarah Doran Terry, a um
.tiye Of .New Jersey, aged 109 years: ' •
• Mine.• Caroline Bertillon hat beencho-
• een' as doctor 'of the 'administration of.
Posts and telegrapb in Paris.' This is the
' first time a. woman has been' named for..
*.
an official •poaitio, ...tif:1thin•charactes.L..iri
France
Miss Italia Garibaldi, the geanadaugh-
ter of.the liberator,•noev visiting in thi'e,
country, is a most .accomplished youtig
woman. • She • has considerable Ilterm's
-ability, reads the alassies and speake Soar
.modern lauguages.
. Mrs. Caroline Stannard Tilton, widow
Of Frederick 'W. .Tilton a New •Orleaus,
has given $50,000' te' the. Tulannuntversi-
ty of Louisiana for the emepeSe of erect-
. ing a library b-ailding to be .known as.the
F.' W. Tilton Memorial library. • . • -
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In San Francisco the board of . health
has •preated the position of assistant elle
.• physician: with a salary Pe .$100 a month.
-and put it 'in the, hands a Dr. Beatrice
• Hirdcle, • Her dittiei will be the ea re. et
sick woirem and children it; the public in •
' Stitutions. • .•• • .•• • •
• The Hon,.Elin Scarlett, M. D., dangle .
. ter of . an American, Lady Abinger ;fore
'timely Miss Helen Wender, clau•gliter of
the late Conlmodore George Magruder of
the United. States navy), is going out to
Korea front London . as medical ollicer 01
the imperial household. .
Ono • hundred. ledies of Washington city •
have subscribed $25 each to purchase a
sonv.enir to be preeepted ter Lady Paunce-
tote, wife of the British embassador.
They have selected it diamond sunburst
costing $2,500, which they will hand her •
befere she • leaves to reinied her of their
regard and affection: . e. . '
Atari Kitty Wilkens, known. .as. the
".FIorse Queen of Idaho," Is to be married
to William J. Baker of St. Louis. The
National stockyards ee 'St. Louis' buy
horses. of Miss Wilicene 3,000 at a time,
and it was after milking one of these
enormous sales of stock that the young
woman met the St. Lonislin whom she is
to marry. , •
Mrs. Joubert, the widow of- the late
Boer general, has from the -days of her
earliest childhood been usd to war's
alarms, She can load And fire off a gun
and nn many occasions has shown tin
greatest' courage. She has an extensive
. knowledge of Kaffir warfare, and her ad;
vice has often been acted upon by her
husband, plans' of campaign being freely
discussed over her dinner table. •
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• 1, • 41'IP t14,16ipottofti'
The following stallion will make
theit stands for the improvement of
stock this setwon as follows:—
Milton 11111, No. 10389, Vol. XX..t Clydrfidale
14. G. B Bred by ,Tat. Brown Leer., Milton.
hill, Torres, Scotland. Imported in 1897 by
Alex. Innis, Clinton, Ont. Monday, to James
Mollrine's, Barfield road, Goderieh township,
for noon, and to:Hoorge O. Sturdy's, 7 cOn, for
night; Tuesday, toil, H. Elliott's, 8 eon, for
noon: and to Jebel Hathwelr 'Bayfield Line,
for night; Wodneaday. to John Wiggintores
for neer, Ana to Win. Colelough's, eon. al for
night; Thursday, be Way of Ilohneaville to
Henry Youtsea. Malaria con Colborne, for
n001441410 itt, Pftalrlrner'S i•
night; Frlday, to Wm Moles, eon 0, Goderio
township, for neon, then to hia own stable,
Hamiltonstreet, Ooderieli, where he will re.
Main entil 111011daY menthe.
Tratiseselo to insure, payable January bit,
1001. For the season, t',8.no, to be paid on or
before July Ite next. Persons trying mares
and not retuning them regularly will be
(Merged an annt1011 inertia. we will not be
resporteible for any ecoulente
OTTER, WILSON GITTNIMIF BROS,
Manager Proprietare,Goaerich
MEN OF MARK.
aohu F. Wilson, delegate to congress
from Arizona, is an authority on the va•
Flom American Indian languages.
Governor Wells of' Utah was for five
years a reporter on the staff of newspa-
pers in New York and San Francisco,
Washington gossip seys that Corigress.'
man Bingham has a different tie for em
ery 'day of a sessiou. And, the ties are
never obtrusive either.
John W. Noble, secretary of the inte.
rior under Presldent.,Ilerrison, has been
ordered to Florida by his physician. Ile
Is suffering with throat troubles.
Senator Hoar •of Massachusetts is one
of those wbo fear the first car in a train.
Ile believes the last car the safest in case
of accident and neerly always its there,
Dr. Enrique Jose Verona, who is see,
retary of the treasury for Porta RIco, has
won a reputation among Spanish tweak -
lug nations as an author, eeltic and his-
torian..
Senator Bate of Tennessee asserts that
while in office he has nevet accepted it
railroad pass. He always pays .full rate
for his telegrams, refusing to take advan-
tage of 'government concessions.
Lyman E. Pelton of Highgate, Vt., is
over 93 years old and is still an active
practicing lawyer. Last year he argued a
case before the supreme court of the
state, 100 miles away from his home.
Congressman Littlefield of Maine is a
patron of Washington's electric cars, He
always 'idea in them, "and if they are
crowded," he says, "I can stand in the
Aisle without 'hitching' " (1. e., holding to
a strap).
, Senator Beveridge is' an enthusiast on
the subject of the practical benefits of
college fraternities. He is himself a D.
K. E. man and was steward at its chap-
ter house while a student at De Pauw
university.
A recent visitor to the home of General
Cassius WI. Clay in Kentucky says that
the old gentlemen, is in the best oe health
arld spirits in spite of his advanced age.
The trouble he went through on account
of his last marriage seems not to have
affected his health in the least. •
George H. Godfrey of New Albany,
Ky., claims to hold the record for conthel
uous employeaent in the service of the
'Western Union Telegraph company. He
has served the company 41 years and
vms of great service during the war of
the rebellion.. •
Amos J. Cummings of New York -en-
tered a printing office -at the age oe 12
and has set type in needy everystatein
the Union; was with Walker in the last
invasion•of Nicaragua, served iff the Fed.
eral• tinny throughout the civil war, has
of the best newspaper writers in the
eboeuenntirn;he srfcr 12 years , and 15 one-
..
John Fraser is the name of the Orange
Free State eitizele who delivered up the
keys of Bloemfontein to Lord Robeets
when the English forcesmitered that '
city. Mr. Fraser is one of the burghers
of the Free State who have always been
for peace. He was nominated . for the
presidency of the•Free State in 1806 and
ran against president Steyn, who defeat-
ed him by over .2,000 votes.
A very pretty custom obtains Among cer-
tain classes by which the newly married
pair starts a savings hank for the Mend yet. •
to be. .Every day a. penny • or a' dirne,-as
the case may be, is dropped into the bank
. to swell the fund
,
and this practice is
kept up until the
child is old enough
to save for itself.
The parents have
the righttheory but
how rarely ' they
carry .it to its broad- .
e s t applicatipe.
Every mother is
perforce laying up
for her child what
timuoenneeye _ehanapviintus se
or misery. The
. nervotiemotherwill
. have a nervous
child. The irrita-
ble and fearful mother cannot have a llaPPY
and cheered child. In mind and body the
child will reflect. the mother's condition.
The best 'preparation for motherhood is
inade by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Its perfect control oyer the
sensitive feminine organism gives it a
natural influence over the mind. it ban-
ishes anxiety and fear. It does away with
the misery el morning sickness. It gives
vitality and elasticity to the organs.pecu-
liarly feminine, and makes the trial of
motherhood easy and brief. It makes
healthy mothers, capable of nursing and
nourishing the babes they bringinto the
world. "Favorite Prescription" contains no
alcohol, whisky or ether intoxicant. Accept
no substitute,
Mrs. Axel icier, of Gorclonville, Cape Girar-
deau Co., Mo., writes: " When I look at my
little boy / febrirliiydaytoivrite to you. Per.
haps some one will see my testimony and be
led to use your ' Favorite Prescription' and be
blessed in the same way. This is my filth child
and the only one who came to maturity ; the
others having died from lack of nourishment—
so the doctor said. X was not sickly in rcey way
and this time I just thought I would try your
'Prescription.' 1 took tune bottles and to my
surprise it carried me through, and gave us as
One it little boy, as ever was. Weighed ten and
one-half pounds. He is !low five months old,
has neverbeen sick a day, and is so strong that
everybo6 who sees him wonders at him. lie 38*
so playful and holds himself up so well. I would
like to see this in print for so many have a'sked
"rne 'Do you think these -are the testimonials of
the eeopie, or has Dr. Pierce just made them
up and printed them?'" , •
Dr, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
ness. •
J. L. MACPHERSON
INSIT—KA.NCE,
Wire, . 1tfe, . Aeelden6 • relate:tlass.
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JACOB TAYLOR
Ont.
General Dietriot 'Agent for the
Confederation Life Insurance Co
.for Stratford and Goderi eh, inelimive. in
°notion rotating to Inc uranee gladle glean
money to loan at reasonable rates,
•Office in Palace Bieck .
JOHN W. YIE0
hotmEsvtrain,
Agent tor .1:20 Meaterrirsera Pia* Assn/teethe
CO. of lVfanehester, England, whose funds and
security tire rated at el4,800,000. Also the Mo.
Kittoe IterinuANen Co. All °lasses of
farm risks and town property taken a
lowest rates, Pirst-olass Loan Companies'
also represented. Money to be had from 4h per
cent up, according to nature of eecurity —
Daily mail to Hoiraesville — postal card w
fetch. him.
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Falb O..
'Poe "Story of South Afriea," be Sohn Clark
L.• L. He Edward S. Elba, M. A., J.
41, Cooper, Managing Editor of the eCanatlian
Magazine.' Toronto. and II. Aiken, of
Loudon, Ont, who bas returned this week
from 12 years' travelling in oUth 'Africa for
us. We are the only Canadian Publishers
who have had it bran& hi South Africa for
nineteen years, Mein g us au item enne advent -
age in procuring photographs and material.
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If you don't live in a town
wilere there is a "Slaer Shoe it
Agency, you can get your exact •
fit, in shape, size and width,
and you can choose the precise
leather yon want, froM " Char-
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MoSt complete shoe catalogue
ever published in America. It
tells all about 4".Phe Slater Shoe"
and accurately describes the different leo.thers,—the hind of wear
they're good for, and hew to care for theixt.
Priee $3.50 and. $5.00, stamped on the sole in a slate frame with
Makers' name,
Write for one, it's free.
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Jackson Broso Sole Agents for Clinton.
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Generally, makes life worth living.
Sixty seven years trial have proved It to be beyond question,
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All the leading , Bruggista sell BRISTOL'S. SARSAPARILLA, •
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First-class froni $05 to $80. $46.
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FANCY FUTIMTURE AT FINE FIGURES
• Just arrived -- A large assortment of new styles,
Coucbes COO to 15 00 High back chairs 40 to 1,50
P4rIor suits 018.00 to, $50.001 Sideboatds ' .,05.00 to 825.00'
Cobbler. Rockers......:. 150 to 6.50 Good mattress 200 to 600
Extension Tables 1.00 to 10.00 I 13ed springs 1.25 to 3.50 -
Window shades, picture frames, mirrors, room mouldings, baby cabs, etc:
Everything at reckbottom prices, ieee
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Do You Deal With Us?
If *Not,. Why Not?
We are here to supply your wants to it certain extent. We carry tin:stock '
great variety of goods and sell them on a very Moss margin of profit. , •
• . We give 16 oz to the pound and 36 inches to the yard 'site not take more.
• We have 'a supply of field seeds, viz.—Timothy, Red, Alsike and Lucerne,
Clone, Orchard Grass. Flee, Rape, Millett, Rowed Russian Barley, Banner and New
Zealand Opts; - White Beans and no end of :garden seeds. We have Spades,' Shoyelm
Forks, etc., Wire both plain andbarbed, Nails, Glass, etc.
We are making it special sale of ready made Clothing and Tweeds, very cheap.
We have Wall Paper, Sensing, Brooms, Soap, Carpets, eto. for spring.' .51f,
Our Millinery always pleases the eye and is not hard on the puree.
Our terms are cash or produce for which vita always pay the highest prices,.
Consult your own interests and you will gin us a fair
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Emporium, Londesboro R ADAM S
Ai;in 17th, 1899
Olinton Sa;-Door, and
Blind Factory. • ,
S. S. COOPER - PROPRIETOR,
General Builder and Contractor.
Thie factory is the largest in the county, and has the very latest improved ma-
ohinery, capable of doing work On the shortest notice, We carry an extensive
. and reliable stook and prepared plans;,and give Odin:Wes for and build all ohms.
--es of buildings on short notioe and ori the olesest prices All won is impend/1.
ed la a numhanical way and s tisfaction guaranteed.. We Sell all kinds of in.
• terio and exterior material. •
Lumber Lath, Shingles, Lime, Sash, Doors, Blinds Etc
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Agent for the Celebrated GEAYIBILL SC/HOOL DESK, manufactuied
at Waterloo. Call and get Pricers and estimates before placing your ordere
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Headquarters for all kinds of Hardware,Tinware, Nails, Looke,Hingee,
Glass, White Lead and Oils, the celebrated Sherwin Williams ready
mixed paints, Daisy Churn, Soreen Doors and Windows_ii Blue name
liViekleee Oil Stoves, all kinde of Wire reneing, Ageiffelal the Ameri.
oan Field Fence the beet fence in the world, It in Horse proof, Bull
proof, Hog proof, Pig arid Dog tight, extreme heat and cold does not
draw Wind of shape, it stays where it'e put.
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• A few Royal American Clothes Wringers, at $2.85
vithile they last, a first-class wringer. A few odd shades ready
mixed paints at a big discount. Lawn Mowers at reduced
prices to clear Out. 1 Only Fire Proof Safe for $27.00.
ter illustratedtban in any rival work. So•
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'Our authorship, ottarpeass end eegravinge
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