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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1900-06-08, Page 2' • t. 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.", , . 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- • • 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. . . . 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. • 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. • 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, - 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 • • - . . . 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!" .. , - t la • ' , , . . "My' khouldiet you do a -little of this yourself?" ' • • a' • "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." ,• • , * * *• *.•••• * * 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: • , • • "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." . . '. 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. • 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. • , We believe it evill be found that, next to elver ielty, ? t.'" entest force in the v•orld.— ateldeon (Helga. • • 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 ' " • • 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; • • 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. • • • • 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, 0 • .• 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. • . • - . . . 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. • • A l W ie1114 • 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. Onus, e MACKAY BI,QCK. Wenn • 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. • AGENTS WANTED. 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. 0 0 0 Shoo by Mail 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- acteristies," the hendsomesfand 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. 4 4 C., 4 4 §, 0 t t 0 0 o o 0 1 1 ' , Jackson Broso Sole Agents for Clinton. Emszgazammanezzasnza aitkaiancommisosozazzsmogi For pure blood, A bright eye and A clear complexion, A keen appetite, An easy dweshon And refreshing sleep. '1",45.3ECOM" . It arouses the Liver, • Quickens the circulation, Brightens the spirits. and Generally, makes life worth living. Sixty seven years trial have proved It to be beyond question, . the most reliable BLOOD purifier known, ' All the leading , Bruggista sell BRISTOL'S. SARSAPARILLA, • iugies Wzgcszis First-class froni $05 to $80. $46. FRED RU1VIBALL; - • Clinton. • . . 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 ..1. EL 40 • . • 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 • , • . 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 9 Agent for the Celebrated GEAYIBILL SC/HOOL DESK, manufactuied at Waterloo. Call and get Pricers and estimates before placing your ordere 1 I re ardware 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. • Call and See it • 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• StovesITinware 'Our authorship, ottarpeass end eegravinge aro ituperior, aurl canadien entingetits bet- - •, B nn!' are vie of this, that we wit /mall fen for Hardware kc u tree. Anew "World Publishing company, Experte 110t Air and riot "%Teter nutting and Plumbing," Mtn JAHR% ourprosDectus to anyone Omega. ing a croepta rival ctus„ ofrerners and terms Gualrale Ontario, CLINTON t.4*,