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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1900-05-10, Page 6AT wOOLIMIT HOSPITAL A RAVEN FOR SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIER& ? • 1 I • to. * Art' , r lie Will accept. We shall have lite a little brighter then it it." • And VIvien heard with eoneiderable Through Storm and Sunshine CHAPTER XXVI, seine Tbintes or At:wrest About the peon Yersi win Arseaat Tent tire also Witted The inonth of Valerie's absence was to, the peptise Town. the moat peaceful Vivien had known The Herbert Hospital at Woolwich, since her father'a marriage.. It seem - ea to her that all her old frten a d took England, has 24 wards pa all. In One the Opportunity a calling at Lance - corner of a ward, again, a poor fel- wood—.people who had not kept up any low's eye Peeps Mit Of a beerildering great intimacy since the marriage— array of stietting-plaster patebes, In people whoc understanding .the dlr... fieul ;es of Miss Neslieaa posittons ad- anotIter, a stalwart infantryman hob - mired, tbe brave, pattent, resigeed bles allang with a. bullet in one foot. spirit in whioh she met them. All around are signs of War; but not To Gerald Dorman it was a golden a syllable of boast, uo posing, not the interval.. Everynlyr andth•!atyabtatse slightest trace of brag at having rollatrimiongosrlyei.0 113 e TheerplaT whicia she taken part in a great historic strug- herself had arrangee for keeping the gle. The Herbert Hospital boasta of child almost continually with them, a library of aorne 300 or 700 volumes, brought them into hourly contact, Mr. which are nfell patronized by the tDvueral= wiffig jOistailleagTust 1:le gti.)4 wounded Toms/dna. The hospital pos- Oswald lais lessons he used the library. sesses an uneommonly hancisome little When Vivien knew the child was busy °baps.' as well es a theatre—aiot an wyttla his lessons, ithe wonted., go te_yeene operating theatre — complete with Iwtearti Pbreegwreassesilonet •Ic: !Amu: otrsesr-It he stage, acenery, and every historic/rile would consult anxiously with Werald requisite, Just now the auditorium as to whether he thought there was is strewn with the kits a the re- :,vntirrZgirrorent' (lel'aid. was • net turning troops, iyad similar artieles ,,It weuld be a work of years to ef- whieh tell a tale more , moving than feet any real good, I have stUdied any that have been, or could be, the child well—he might by stern dis- enacted on its pretty little stage. cipliee deyelop bite a good .man, but . he will never be one without it," • Tbere is nothing of the raushroorn How Gerald Dorman valued thole growth about the town of Woolwich. hours only he himself knew. He saw The Earlier chronicles carry us back, more of Miss Nestle now than he had if vaguely, to the daya of Alfred the le3vett8yee;ilerbt(331toled. gralcir he7oldiVnugl Great—wben there was a Parish talent, the womanly tenderness that church there, now nearly 1,100 years seemed to struggle with her innate ago. pride, all enchanted him. "I do not think I could love ber Woolwich has been varied in spell- ing from Hulviz in the Doomsday Book, 1036,—wincla has been inter- preted "the dwelling on the creek," to the modern method by the view of Owilwiche, Wooldwich, Wolnewicli, Woollidge, -Virulent°, and Wulewicia. From the very earliest times Weol- wieh has been the starting point of expeditions, from theft of the early Britons, who harried the coasts of Gaul in Caesar's day, to the Arctic exploration undertaken by Sir John Franklin in 1845, and that of Sir James Ross in 1848. Mit, but Lady Neon° seemed more =need than anything else. She had been at home two or three .1 days befOre found Out about the lessone, and during that time they found a great difference in her. She was restless, uneasy, baying always an air Of subdued excitement. She held long conferences with her maid; ahe fell into long, deep reveries, She had fatthion of walking from one room to another, of taking up books and putting them down, a -going to the piano and leaving it, a sitting wth knitted brows, as though trying to solve a problem. Evidently there wan tionaz new interest excited. within her. Vivien wondered much what tt was, On the fourth day atter her return one of her rootless fits, led leer to the library, and there she found the boy with a flushed face bending Oiler a hoek, Mr. Dorman was seated at the table with him, and Vivien, evidently greatly interested, was watching tb'e'rniTr'y again,'.' Mr. Dorman was say- ing as " tutered—" try again. Yea will learn it perfeetly an tune. Lady 'Valerie entered quietly. " What a domestic scene!" she said. " Pray, Mr. Dorman, what are yam do- ing with Sir Oswald?" am trying to teaoh him to reed and to spell, Lady Nestle," he repli- ed. • " You ere making bini very ili," she said. " See bow flushed his face is 1 He will have brain diaease—brain fever. Put that book down, Oswald." Gerald remembered his promise about patience, perseverance and en- durance. He looked at Vivien's noble hbielanu.tiful face before he replied, and the sight of ii: seemed to encourage " I assure you, Lady Nestle," he said, that I am very careful of him. He has no headache; his face is only flush- ed with his eagerness to master his lesson," But Lady Means did not look well pleased. " I do not see why the boy. need be troubled with so much learrong," she said: " He wilt be master of Lance - weed ; he need not study tike one who has to work for a living. " The fact that he will hold so hign a position," observed Mr. Dorman, " explains of itself the need far high education." " And pray," inquired Lady Neslie, recovering her good hwnor, " who made you my son's tutor. Mr. Dor- man vi Vivien had purposely refrained from speaking, knowing that, if she diet tbe matter would probably assume an un- pleasant aspect. 021g4aktif th:Itebull Noueliet which lobe would have been ashamed to cordials, and eould hardly explain in wards. The old doubt* and uopielone she had entertained or Lady Emilie returned to her. She was wlImatinea)isee-r--ftearntIr honor of the house There was but one person she could oonault, only one to whom she could • ia her distress for counsel and comfort. To Gerald Dorman ehe told all that Lady Nestle had sahl. "I cannot explein my foreboding to you," she said, "I had just such a feeling of depressien and coming evil on the night you came in seareh of Me When my father was taken ill. cannot account for it, but it seems th me that it thte atrauger enters the doors evil will come with him, as it oame with Lady Nolte." He understood, but was powerless to help her. • "Would it be a any use ler me, to make inquiries in Paris t" he stdd. At least then we should know who this Henri de Noliehet really is." "And what Would it avail us, lilt'. Dorman I Suppose even tbat we found him. to be utterly unfitted, mor- ally and mentally, fel* the post, we could not prevent mile& from en- gaging him. She has all the power. I can see now one mistake that nay poor father made as to his will. He ought to have left some gentleman of note and position as Oswald's guar- dian, some one who would have had the power to interfere if he saw mate tsars going wrong." "Yes, it was an oversight," said Mr, Dorman. "Tbe only thing we can do is to hope for the best. Lady Nestle will have some regard for public opin- ion if not for you. I do not tbink she would risk her credit by. bringing any more," he would say to himself at times, yet each day his love increased, The nours he paseed in her presence were to him hours of bliss. To his in- tense and passionate delight he found that she was learning to rely upon - Win, that she turned to him in her difficulties, that she tiought his advice and followed it. This state of things was so delight- ful to him that he was Careful not to disturb it. He guarded his every oo , wor action. Of his devo ton to her and 'her interests he apoke most fully—of his passionate love, never. With one word of that he knew that their pleasant friendly intercourse, would end at once,. Vivien received his devotion with ealm, serene grace. VISITS OF ROYALTY. It seemed right and natural to her In the early years of their married that the man whom her father had 'liked and trusted should be devoted to her. Had she dreamed that he loved and Prince Albert to depart from the her, she would have equal anger and life it was the custom of the Queen dockyard, both for Scotland and the iurprise. Continent, and many important The happy interval was tirs.wing to a launches have taken place there. close at last. At the end of February Valerie and. her maid were to return, - The two most notable visits .of the Queen to Woolwksh 'were 'in 1841 and fitot'vvr well. for '"railadi" that she did ear the Comments of the serv- 1854. The launch cif the Trafalgar, ants; they all wisbed she would remain 129 guns, took place on June 4, 1844. where she was. During her. absence there were neace, .eontent, order, The roads from London swarmed with method, kind, firm rude and regular - coaches, gigs, phateons, and over a ity—all things that "nallali" herself hundred steamers and yacht§ cerried disliked. Her return was looked for - sightseers to points of vantage on the river.. On that da.y her Ma,jesty wore a bright bine silk arese clad a wbite proveinent in the boy; but, as they drawn silk bonnet trimmed with said, it would all disappear when her roses. The bottle of wine with 'whieb ladyship returned. the christening was performed, was ward to with dread-hy the nurses es eciall The e was a a k d ' one of those which Lord Nelson had On the day she exPecied her 'Vivien on board the ,Victory at the battle of. walked alowly up and down the broad Traralgar. path in the -garden. Purple and golden Then came the launch of the Royal crocuses were springing, anew -drops Albert on Saturday, May 13, 1854, raised their meek heads, violets per- wnen the Queen acoompanied by the fumed the cold clear air, there was a Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, faint tbrill. of new life .in the tall Prince Alfred, and the Duchess of trees. , - Kent was present amid same 60,000 "My beautifel home," said •the girl, spectators. _England and 1.111$011. were with proud, passionate love—"Heaven at the beginning of the war, and the grant that no evil may befall it, no bombardment of Odessa had just Nvrong-doing disbanor these ancient drawn attention to the navy, to which walls!" the Royal Albert was to be added. E er laeart grew warm within her CONVICT LABOR USED. as she looked around; lt was something to be the upholder of the honor a her race; a p , r pr ye a, her 1843, but additions were made to it aspirations were fixed on the boy who earlier' in the century; the extension 1 -vas to inherit the Abbey. Some good The dockyard was not finialled until 11 her ho es he a r works being carried• out by convict had been done by patience and forbear - nee; more mig t ye e one. e the great basins, and the building labour, but the immense graving dock, ' h t b d Sh saw Gerald Dorman crossing the lawn, slips added in the year mentioned en- d he v an a ent to him. larged the dockyard to 56 acres, with "Will you walk a few steps with a river &tentage of 3,680 feet. Sven before this addition Vabolwich was me t" she said. "I want to talk to considered the mother dock of the Yell." kingdom, and drew praise from the Under the clear, °old, blue sky they Emperor of Russia when the allied -walked together where the crocuses sovereigns were vistiing the Arsenal grew, and Vivien, turning to him, in 1814. But the and of the "Yard" held out her hand. in 1869, when the workraen were "I wish to thank you," she said, "for rung out for the last time on Sept. all that you have done for me; you 18, and the greater part of the raa- have beep patient and hopeful; in nay chinery was moved to Chatham. father% name and Tay OWII, I thank The Arsenal dates back to at "least you." miralty rendered 10,000 guns obsolete It was almost the first t' th t at once, extended the work enor- her beautiful white hand had touched mously. Steam power was intro- his; the noble face hal a clear light duced, and important machbaery in it, the dark oyes looked, with grate. adopted, and the wharves and piers f ul earnestness into his. erected. The royal gin factories '"If we can persevere" she said, "and were built in 1854-5, for the rnanu- facture of the wrought -iron ordnance 1687, when Prince Rupert was ordered by the second Charles to raise works and batteries at Woolwich,. and build in the warren's platform with 80 guns as a defence against the Dutch. Some authorities even date it back to Eliza - bath; but in any ease it was not until 1113 that it was visited by a reigning sovereign, when George went there on July 6. I. try to train the boy well, he may make a good naaster for Lancewood; we Can render no greater service to the Nes- lies than that." "I know it," acknewladged Gerald. "The task has been easy, so far," she said; "but when Lady Nestle returns, it will be more difficult. I meant to ask you if you will be patieat and persevere in spite of all difficulties, in spite even of rudeness and insult—will ou s ABOUT MB ARSENAL,. honer cif the Nellie's?" • There was but little variation in the HI promise," replied Gerald. Thank you," she said simply; you Arsenal until 1840, the Peninsular campaign keeping it uniformly busy are a faithful friend," And those few words More than repaid hire for all for a series of years, but the new de- th t he h d d , ve opments consequent on he re - 1 • II armanent of the navy, when the Ad- ary afternoon that Valerie returned. invented by Sir William Armstrong, but rifled cannon tinly dates back to She looked worn and slightly haggard* as though she had known but little 1880, when the first speeianens Were turned telt, add nearly a year later rest either by night or by day. When she entered the .house •she aecond to the first heavy Armstrong, 100-poun- bring confusion and disorder with her, 'der, breechloader was proved at the Arsenal. "'Well, Vivien," was her greeting to Miss Neslie, "have You enjoyed your Severndroog Castle, an attraetive feature of the landscape at Shooters month's rule / You are hardly pleased Hill, is a triangular tower, erected fe to see me, I suppose ?Yea are looking very well. I am dreadfully tired; 1784 hy the widow of Sir William James in honor 'of her husband, who there is no time for rest in the Whirl so distinguished himself against the of Paris." pirates of the Indien Seas, one of his Vivien was struek by an indefinable exploits being the capture of the fort- something about her, she could hardly ress of Severndroog, on the Malabar tell what. Lady Nestle seemed to Ceast, in 1/75. This quaint War relic have deteriorated—ahe had the air hi only a few hundred yards frora the and manner of one who has been in hospital. common society, and a tinge of nil - Lord Herbert, who married the garity particularly noticeable when daughter of Major-faeheral Charles she was off her gaud. / • Ashe a Court, was a descendent of "And how is tne boy," she asked Herbert Fitzherbert, chamberlain to quickly--" my little Sir Cisaveld 9" Henry I. TJae first earl tvas an ad- Vivien answered kindly. herent of the Howie of York, but "I have brought him all kinds of t was in the gray light of a Febrile his eon exchanged his title) for that of presents " said Lady Neslie, bud I Huntingdon, which beearae extinet have nok bought anything for you at his death., The dirst Earl of Pein- Vivien; did not know what to.bity—f. broke of the present line was William you have everything." Herbert, who married the sister of " Yea," she replied, cheerfully, "I' Katherine Parr, the last wife of here everything that I want," She Henry Vitt, and the present heir is felt please4 that Valerie had thought b , b 1880, ho h was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, She wait present when Valerie and and la an officer in the Royal Horse her sort met. "Miladi's" quick eyes Guard& seemed to read him. " He looks well she said, " Have an tarzt„StLY, you rnisaed Osw.ald t" " Yes," he afISWerOd. But, ma.mma,t It takea a great deal Of courogo he continued, pointing to Vivien, simply to be yourself, and yet to be she is not wicked -she dem not want Liancewood; she says she hopes Isbell yourself is the line of power. We are that if we act hs;rve it if I aro a good man," all the time thinking mid spook or too/ as othors de we You are a good boy," said Valerie, No, am not. know the differ- tuoMent df MUT:ablation it OO/OlOS over us that we aro not guitt like any one is good" think and feel ateording to our own mamma " he added fearlessly, 41 do rie eland shook his head. shall be right; but onee in a whilefin a w vveen good and bad. -he nodded at Vivien -"and gee, and that we ave to act and Iff I* Dorman but am not and nature. The pace of Oodt is not de. not thiAlt you aeos signed to liberate and purify, the per- Lady Neslie was not angry; she sonality, inot to adjust it te tiaold merely laughed. that some good man has set. "'Why am no( good I" she asked "Who made you 'my- lon's tutor 1" Lady Neslie repeated. He answered— "' found that I had some little time —spare lime—on my hands, Lady Nes- tle. I thought—pray pardon me if I am wrong!—I could net better serve your interest than by devoting them to the child. • 'Perhaps not," said "mllali" care- lessly. "Do you think ir would be ad- vtaable for the boy to have a tutor ?" "Certainly," replied Gerald — "the sooner the better. He has a great canacity for learning ; and one thin.g is quite certain,. Lady Nealie—if he is ! not ereployed, he will always be in inlet:143V She laughed With a certain readi- aess of good humor this time. "If you will permit me," he con- tained, "I shall be happy to continue . to devote some hours each day to him." "Miladi's' eyes Shone with a peen - liar light. • ' "No, that will not do, Mr. Dorman. You have -your own affairs to attend to. It it be really desirable to en- gage a tutor, I will engage one." "Much will depend on the kind of . . tutor you engage. If he is high-prin. doled he will make the boy the same." "I consider myself quite competent; Mr. porman, to find a proper person," said 'Lady Nestle, still good humored- ly. Then she withdrew, and Vivien, true to her idea of peace and conciliation, followed her. "I hope, Valerie," sbe said, "that you are not annoyed. It was who suggested that Oswald should learn." Lady Nestle thrned a laughing face to Vivien. "Annoyed I" she repeated. "No, t am not. You have solved a problem for me." '-More than once that day "miladi" smiled as she said to herself— "It is the very thing. I only won, der I did not think of it before." • *CRAFTER 'Vivian," said Lady Nestle, "I have been thinking over what Mr. Dorman said, and L quite agree with him; it is high time Oswald had a tutor." Vivteri's beautiful face brightened as though some real kindness had been done to herself. "I have resolved," continued her ladyship, "upon seeing to the matter at once." "I should try to get an Oxford mans° said Vivien, "if possible." • "1 ahall engage a Frenchman," an- nounced her ladyship, laughing, "I am not English. Oxford scholarship may be all very well—it has no great charm for me I should like m Child to have a French training." Miss Neslie did not like to object ; it was certainly better to have a French tutor than none. She would -have preferred an F•nglish gentleman, but then the matter was in "miladiet" own hands. "I met a cousin of my own in Paris," continued Valerie. "I say "cousin,' but he in really a distant relative— ninth cousin, I should imagine—Henri de Nouehet—and he asked rea if /new of any engagement of the kind that was open, As I bad never thought of a tutor for Oswald, I said 'Noe but now the idea occurs to me that he would be the very man." "Is he competent ?" asked Vivien, anxiously. "My relations are not all ignorant, %heap you fancy res so," said "mi- ladi,' proudly. But 'Vivien would not take offense; she had too much at stake to give way to vexations; al' small personal feelingp must be set aside; she had a heavy interest at stake—the honor of th "Dear Valerie," she said, calmly, "I mean nothing unkind. A man might be all that's good and clever, yet not qualified to teacih; that requires pe- culiar capabilities." "I shall please matself," announced "railadi."., "Henri de Nouchet shall be my don'ts tutor, or he shall have none and I shall write to -day and ask him if he will accept the post. He may refuse—it is a poor position for a De Nowlhet ; but he shall be hand- somely paid, and treated AS one Of the family if he cornett." "That would not be very pleasant," thought Vivien—"still anything for the boy's sake.' Then "xxilladi" contintied•-. Want to talk to you about some- thing eke, Vivien. it will 1300n be quite a year since poor Sir Arthar died. Of course I am very sorry and all that kind ot thing; but I really think we might have something to en- liven usaai quiet dinner -party or a dance. You might leaVe Off theft de- Prelstiing black dredge% and let ut be a Mlle brighter. if Monsieur de N 1 td ,h illthikit is a prisen." "You have full power in your own houee," replied Vivien. "I should not dream of putting aside my mourning . until the year Is over; nor should I YOU netair say your prayers and ABUSIVE. Mrs. Pings—You Must be careful ' 'My dear ehild, to eomplete all, you a broad rimmed hat; you are quite a she will leave. Maga—Why, was X hard on her I Ftl,ritan.“ weve oul why any one would ' say preyers," he continued•velt1 have thought you were talking to Didl. on sir of patronage; " and do not tell lies --Mr. Dorman says they are Michael Krieger, a resident of Nova, coward/3N" 0., is the exact faeirtI and tonsorio.I "You do not SOOM inclined' to hide doable Oom Paul. lie was born at FRP undeir brligiudsu Mid " littewillory Alamo, in ISO, but mine mot," With another laugh. " You hay to this country in early youth, and been learning at a fine rate," Vivien almost trembled for the te* co 1838 has lived in Ohio. you laugh at things," what yon say to the cook, dear, or should have your heir out elose, and appear at any dance or entertainMent. It wonld he dierespeetful to my fob. Ws memory? "You can please yourielf," absent. ed "mlbull," "and I *hall do the fiftMe." "Valerie," staid Miss Nestle, "do not be angry if I *ay ettOther thing. If this gentleman comes to undertake the education of your son, he will not isurely meet to hia.te all Wide of - gayety offered to Mut" "Ito till you thst when ha tomes," laughed Ledy *1 *ball writs to him toiday. I noir hope 11 really unworthy person into the house. If abe does, we must— Then he paused. (To be continued.) • --Toe•—• japan tea drinkers try • • Haart Palpitation. A QUEBEC LADY RELEASED FROM GREAT SUFFERING. She Mad Tried. Minty Mediclites Without Avail, But Ultimately Vowed Care Through ,the only. Williams, Plak Fit:will"b•odily afflictions are more ter- rible than disease of the heart. To live in conetant dread and expecta- tion of death, sudden and with last farewells unspoken, is for most peo- ple more awful to contemplate than tbe most serious lingering illness. The seighteet excitement brings suf- fering and danger to such people. 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I have gained in flesin. my appetite us good, and, am able to do all my household work( without feeling the awful fatigue I was before subject to. I ans very. thankful Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, for they have trui released me front much suffering, and I hope that, others may be induc,ed: to try this wonderful medicine," - Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure by go- ing to the root) cif the disease. They renew and build up the bloods and strengthen the nerves, thus 'driving eisease from, the aystent. Avoid imi- tations by insisting that every box you purchase. is enclosed in a wrap- per bearing the full trade mark, Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, for Pale Beople. If your, dealer woes not keep them they, will be sent postpaid 'at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for §2.50, by addressing the Dr. William' Medi- cine`Co., Brockville, Ont. WOMEN AND ASTRONOMY. Aglaornee, a Greek of Tbessaly, was the first, woman in historical times noted for her astronomical know- ledge, and the first who was able to predict eclipses, which last fact, it is net surprising to learn, earned for her the renutatten of a sorceress. But astronomy in the early ages had also' a martyr, and, this was when the let- ters and sciences were flourishing in Greece and Egypt, The beantiful Hypatia, daughter of Theon of Alex- andria, had studied in the schools of Athens, and, on her return to her native town this distinguished wo- man became, the object of much ad- miration. In the Alexandrian schools she lectured op geometry, algebra, hs- teonomy and philosophy to throngs of peopleo attracted by the singular beauty of the Wittman, whose talent In elocution ems equal to her know- ledge. History tells us ot the tragedy which ensued when Cyril, the proud and headstrong bishop of Alexandria, came into/ conflict with the prefect of the city, who was devoted both to philosophy arid astronomy. One day of Lent, in the year 415 a savage, crowd compose4 et the edherents a Cyril, n3et Hypatia riding In her chariot, Thei mob tore her from her seat; and, dragging her„to the high altar of the imperial church, stripped her and %cooed her to death wtth oYster shone, Her deathi did not even satisfy the fanatics, for they out the body into pieces and paraded the streets with the fragments of this beautiful martyr to Christian bigotry As for the east, the advent of Mo- hammed and the triumph of the Cre- scent made it Wage for women of ea, Whoa caliber then even in medieval Barone, fori if the members of the council of( Trent were ungallant enough to argue seriously-ealbeit with an affirmative result --whether or noti woman has a goal, the folloW- ers of the prophet relegated their we - men ta the gavot privacy of herein whieh; effectually preeludee the study of any sorence, Moreover, Mo- hammed aeingns a very, inferior place to WoMen in the other wOrld, And so we find a groat gap from, the day when Hypatia; Wall martyred by the rabble of Alexandiria—a gap extend- . ing throtigh the eenturiea of the mid- dle At ea -until we, read of ellen:310a woman , Jeanne Mame, 111$30, venting learnedly and, dearly on the eystem of COperilidittf, With regard to the motion of the eart&-a system af which it has been truly said: "It took OS thinking world as long to tthderetand in took COPerniout to discover." CEYLON GREEN TaA It iS absOintely PURR. THE +JUDGE'S ADVICE. Given to a Dtan Who wityered , tweets atehtsion and Politlee. A well known ivestern reprefientae rive In congress, pleading an engage.' went, left a small group of talkers in an UP town hotel lobby, and an elderly man, wborn he had introduced to the Party, Made bold to tell a story about tbe departed. "I have known him," he said, "ever since he was a boy, and when he came Mit of college he was uudecided wheth- er to become a lawyer and politiclan or go to a theological seualuary and be- come a clergyman. He was fond of polities and thought that with a little law and more religion on the side he Might become a great moral reformer. You know that's the way most all very young men feel„when they undertake polities for the first time. "However, before be had had time to determine finally what he would do, bis friends came after him to run for the legislature, as he had the availa- bility and a pretty fair araeunt of cash. This brought him face to face with the question he bad been much dis- turbed over, and he went to Judge Blank, a veteran in polities'and a Mall A TRAMP AND EIS PAL -- Teti TRAIL. THAT ONE MADE TO GUIDE THE OTHER. It Enabled "Appetite Hill," After Ills Term In Jall Was Done, 10 tinerre lusty Vellovr His Partner Prank Cincinnati to Ilouston. "We have a good many tramps up In our part of the country," said a sugar planter, "and I've made something of a study of their pecullaritiee. The old Idea that they eery° marks and Arne on fences that can be read by all other members of the fraternity la pure non- sense, of course, but I have known sev. eral instances In Which one tramp Would- leave a trail, so to speak, for the guidance of a partner Who might not put In an appearance for months. "The first ease of that , kind. I ever enceuntered was rather amusing. I was riding, one spring day, down a road that passes through my place, when I noticed a typical, hobo jndus- triously carving sort of hieroglyphic on big Post standing near the fence. The mark eensisted of a square and triangle side by side, and he was just , putting On the finishing touches as 1 arrived. "My curiosity was at once aroueed, and I determined to find out if possible exactly what the thing meant, so I pro- ceeded to collar the fellow, and after a little vigorous bluffing he told me he *as putting up directions for his part- ner, who would be along Sothis. time in the fall. Ile assured me that the marks meant nothing in partieular, except MA he had passed and was going in the direction of the point of the trian-' gle. • "His partner, according to the 'tory , vvhich I dragged out of him piecemeal, was doing a six months' jail sentence for slugging a policeman la Cincinnati and when he got out on Sept 1 would strike south, following a trail of carv- ings on water tanks, depots, barns! and fenceposts. When the first tramp. struck a good place to loaf, he proposed to stop .ancl. wait for the other to catch up.' " 'What's your partner's name?' I asked, ." 'It'e by rights William Sparks,' Said the 'hobo, 'but everybedy • calls him "Appetite Bill" on account of his al- ways tieing hungry.. He carries a sack to pack grub in and has red Whiskers and a funny looking wart on one side of his nose.' . ."1 was 'satisfied from my prisonee's manner. that be 'was tellieg me the truth," so. I took him up to the house, gave him a good dinner and sent him on his way rejoicing. • • "Now for the sequel,"• continued the planter. "One afthrnoon in the fall .1 was driving .frora the station when I passe& n very dilapideted hobo with red fitubble on Isla chin and a guiP ny stick under his Arm, and' some In- stinct told. me tbat Mr, Sparks, alias 'Appetite Bill,' hed at last arrived. Seemed; to be looking. for land - Marks, an& when be reached the big post I saw .him. stop, scrutinize the carvipg and' then start off witb a tiew and • •conftdent Step. That settled it, and I drove ebead aed Intercepted him et the house, half,a mile farther on. " Bill!' I. said. 'How's your appetite this evening?! • • : " 'Appetite?' he starnmered ,and gave such a violent start that he 'dropped his gunny sack. .- • • '" 'Why, yes,' said L. 'Perhapii they didn't feed yen very well at Cincin- natf.' "At the word Cieeinnati he turned livid and glared .around with such. evir dent intentich of bolting that I made "'Don't be alarmed,' 1 Satd. met your side partper a few months ago, and he teld me to look out for you.' It took me wane time to dissipate Bill's suapicionit, but when I finally succeed- ed -in convincing' him that It was all ! right he told me 'a most , interesting gory or hie journey across the coma-. try. , . "A professional hobo will follow the track of ,another hobo with' an accuriP • cy that Is ceriously auggeetive of Wood- . craft. All the Way down .frOm, Oincin- • natl. Bill bad never once lost the ;trail, and ,before he left I gave Inni. an 'ad- resse pos ea g promise me he would Put it in the mail at whatever point he .caught up with his partner. Leis than a Month later 1 received the card, hearing a Houston ( ex.) ate mar , so pr u there they met. "Both of these tramps could read and Write, and I asked Sparks particidarly • why his friend didn't ese some brief message In place of the hieroglyph. He replied that it would attract too much attention,. and other hoboes would be ' likely to add misleading .words, while the little aqoare 'and tri- angle passe Unno ce . "Since. then I have encountered two other nearly similar cases, In each of WWII a tramp was leaving a Cipher trail for a crony to follow when he got out of jail, and infer' that tbe prac- tice is tolerably common. At any rate It is a searione feature of tramp .1Ife which I have never seen mentioned. In any of the numerous papers and maga- zine articles that have appeared en the subject during recent years."—New Or- leans...Times-Democrat. • 1, . „ • I I I I VIZ ir00331 MANZ One et the most turious plants in this World Is what IS celled the tooth- brush plant Of Jarattina. It is a speoleit of treeper, and has nothing partieu.- larly striking about Its appearance. By cutting pteees of it to a suitable length and itaying the ends, the rue - thee; convert it Into a tooth bnash; and a tooth powder to aetompany the Witt Of the Wish 18 also prepared by nulveriaing the dead Mem, Of the highest character, for assistance In solving the problem. He stated his ease full to the judge, and the grand old man put his band On the young man's shoulder. " 'My boy,' he said, as only he could say it, 'It can't be politics and religion. - It must be one or the other. You can't flt yourself for heaven and for the leg- islature at the same time, and there's HO use trying. That is all I can say, and you will haee to make your own choice.'" A KAFFIR SMOKER. • The Native Women Are Enthuslastie Devotees of the Weed. In South Africa the native woMen smoke Incessantly. Your native serv- ant smokes as she 'cooks and as she washes. The tobacco she likes is rank. The • dainty cigarette an English or Russian lady of fashion enjoys, smoked through a quill so that no nicotine can stain either teeth er fingers, would be sneered at by a Kaffir. "Give me a piPe and something in it I can taste," is in effect What she says. The men Kaffirs are beyond tobacco. They sn3oke something so vehement that It makes them cougb and splutter, lose their breath, choke and sneeze to an alarming degree They like snuff, too, and are fond of offering and taking pinches of it ("schniff" they call it) when they meet and visit one another. Regarding tobacco as too mild for . their taste, the ICaffirs take another weed and smoke that. They proceed, to arrange a Knotting party by squat- ting on the ground and getting ready their "pipe," a cow horn with a thin tube In It Inserted half way down at right angles to the horn. The end of the tube is in a basin, and It is from It that the smoker sucks the strong stuff that makes him incapable of anything . but a series of coughs end chokes for Some time after hp halt had his turn at the pipe, wbich is passed round from man to man until a perfect chorus of coughe rends the air. The tobacco the Boers smoke looks like poor tea and Is peculiar in flavor,— yet Englishmen who have become used to it acquire such a taste for It that • they never ask for ally other kind:— London Mail. Pam t hag. Personal experience is the best teach- er. I have fasted 48 hours at a time " without the slightest discomfort, but drank In that period many gallon:a of water, of the plainest, most Croton kind. I once had acquaintance of a pig that fasted 160 days. A dog can fast two n3onths Without being much the worse. Rabbits live three weeks without food, While cold blooded ani- mals can go for years without eating. The bear In a state of hibernation passes Into a kind of trance, so we . shall not count him. The 'alligator like- wise "dies" in the long months of win- ter, craving no food. There Is a flab called the father tether that can live a month out of water, That Is fasting. We have heard the tradition'about the toad tbat was sealed In rock for 15,000 years and bopped about in lively fashion when released from his archer onomous prison. A horse has been known to fast for a month.—Exchange. Is Alaska Growing Warmer I Proapective visitors and gold seekers in the Klondike region may extract tome comfort from the discovery, made by the Harriman Alaska expedition, that most of the glaclera which abound in that territory are receding. The tact Is an Indleation that the averege Weather there is growing Wanner. It it were growing colder the glaciers woUld be advancing, while if it were about the same one year with another they would maintain the same general position, neither creeping nearer to the .sea nor melting away from their termi- nal moraine& The rate of glacial re- cession is so slow, however, that fur Overeonts and warm eleeping bags are likely to retilain as a patt of the wee, sary equipment of Alaskan travel for some years to come.—Lesile's Weekly. n Only lately has the original boat been found In use and among the savages of the south sea Islands. There the native! take the inump 01 a tree whose roots offer a good seat, and, launching this primitive craft, they paddle around as contentedly as if there was no such thing as a European steamer, and, to tell the truth, they do not suspect its existenee. 'There can be no doubt whatheer that In this stninp boat we have the original method of transportatien by Water. Accident certainly contributed to thist discovery. A tired twirnming savage found a log floating neat him. Ile grasped it and found that it held him above Water. Ete mounted his log and used s, floating branch to propel the log. It was but a step trona the log to the More conafortable root of it* tree and another step from the branch propeller to a Aiwa paddle. eggs. * Saluting the Deck. The poop or raised after deck of a ehip over which floated the national fiag Was considered to be always per- vaded by the presence of the sovereign. Apt the worshiper of whatever rank re- moves his hat upon entering the church so from the admiral to the powder monkey every member of the ship's tompany as he set foot upOtli the poop "saluted the deck," the invisible prei- ence. But since in steamers there is often no lee side the custom In them has CoMpletely died Louis Poet -Dispatch. Tough Joint.' The boarder Who HAS cueing the roast beef at the request of the land- lady latd down the knife and fOrk and took a short refit. " P 13," "but the flesh Is strong." Refrigerated Eggs. Eggs become unwholemome when kept in refrigerators. A fungus forms in them vehieh is easily found by the microscope, although It Is not notices- ble to the taste. The fungus coneti- tutes a danger when we consider how many eggs are -consumed by all classes of society, and people of delicate eon- Atitutions ought to be particularly care- ful that they eat fresh and not kept Vitality. Bed/Dili* MA parents and grand. parents lived be be' nearly 100 does not make it certain that their deocendante Will do likewise, for the inheritanee ef vitality.: may oil be diesipated in 20 years of high living. A email stook of vital force well taken care ef last twice ea long. In tile time tr Leap .Quitorts In Vance toed in general Wee placo up. on the table le one huge Web. and reoh helped himself with his naked hand. As late Ite the middle of the sixteenth century one gloss or goblet dki duty ter the ivhoie table. A Olit.ICIODS Cl)P OP MA— ' DELLA CEyLoN. reopp opts eetiaes but Oho thaet tees ormitioxYar121:3611,lreit, to 40 111"41M1101belfrVirearehlbefil" t1116.1.1}A.tril. VIA 1~1116 1114101410.4111110.16. 4 6 • -.4 1 4 ._310 ,,s1 Wrt, Yon can select the color on any paint chart ; but how about the quality? How will it look neat 0 li is Wst to got the lastle,f qual- year, am! lor years to conia ? ity in painte ; Ws the only kind that is a good investment, , Ramsay s Paints, i 1 , are tbat kind. For sale by all $ good dealers. ;,0 0 0 . f 0 ....- ' II. Ailmsily N Soll, 1PtIM MAR 1 MONTREAL. I F s" 1812' , 1. C--• 40 .k.11611Vt.'1,11":1-",71 •Ntr %fitielea. mb, itherylvcy. ,y.ceyte6e4mtettelbAWIN•lIAA104*.lbram*e. _ SO= OTHER KIND PREFERRED. Chin Pom Ire, formerly Corean Min- . serd"Drr,syKsatenmardiS, gtheneereonallinyernutnspedoowlat irsetseernttobitshiganvoeolunnintreyn,t wihno pwarilils,resp-t. /1st, but I think I can -promise a ours in a short time, if you follow direc- Petersburg, and Vienna, has with - treatment if itgadwonn bpiusblitiwe tions. Would you prefer a home o s oshoonoal s!roamn d t hweil lWattesahd- I think not, respended Mr. Meeker, them to Harrow, England, • ___ involuntarily lowering his voice. "It's • ro ceite I COLD IN alis DAV —it's my home treatment, I am , Ttke Lax itivo amino Quinine Tablets. All • afraid, that really ails me. drums a refund the moriey if it falls to oure. ... 2,30. E, W. Grove's irg lature is on each. bog - QUITB1410 UNITED ...i - _ ? ---- GEDDLE SPRING. • I wrode a sple'did poeb lasd dighd, About Sweatt Spring, thad tibe so NO Livision Of ()pinion in itezaid pleasing; Bud had to burd id up to light tO Dodd's Ki'dney Pills Tbe fire to keep layself frob freezig. THE' DEMOCRATTC PLAY. nibs Anna Ilongren. of Grand Melts, ..• . Jimmy, did you cut the mane and voices iiie universal *arena—say. tail off Johnny's rocking -horse 1 . - She rapt, Ohl liseil I A Tr.t Her Yea, pia ; but I had' to have a wig erteseet o. D .3.1'. Iiiiinsy to wear in OUT play. ' , ' -$100 Reward, *10a. Tho readers of this paper will iso pleased to Grand Metis, °Quurte4.1.. April 30.—Miss that SCiellee has 'been able tO mire in all its ' leant ihat there is at least one dread.. d disease Anna Blongren, of the Village of Grand Metis, Quebec, has been cured hOisitArgir., allt,iareirAirt?hawaerth out this country it is becoming more Of her kidney trouble of years stand- the inedloul trate.etty. Eaten... "'tune e vent: ing by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Through- the tensiitreeel Dan Catarrh g:zega toc-n inter- n:141s trig Oryt i C tional disease, require.; a constitutional ' aot ng diroetettlhyo usi;otem; etheratt :Iv and mare common to hear of eures this inn uccius surfaces troying the found,ation of the disease' and famous niedicine is making. The pee - giving the patient strength by building up the who •are takert in by imitations or ple of French Canada are not a class monstitution and us.isting nature in doing Its worthless preparations of any kin& rus vcictiraTihveeliggirestMalattee;•?orrelslefeliresh.t* !ENE -2'8500 Telsi They are a conservatiee people, and dred Dcliare for any case that it fails to our% oerpuoutgahtiloynesotfa ts e alldrr.13181. o frte ettorniahl. balisinheeddi• iield by (1=011144 750. .. _440. Kidney Pilla aro°. sterling remedy btheethr THE SAVAGE BACHELOR. ' ....— .. , pin their faith to it. It is therefore Haire Family Pills are the besti . ebinefeorheasthetyo a most convincing sign that Dodd's — when French Canadians throughout Quebec speak of it in the highest teems X wonder, said the soda fountain, ' ' of praise • and that moreover from a clerk boirder, why the women are so • • knowledge based on their own ekper- set on marrying soldiers 1 ience. • They. like 'em because they have Dodd's Kidney Pills are now proved alreedy been trained. A soldier's . to be infallible In the cure of Kid- first duty is obedience, said tbe Sav- ney Diseases' of absolutely every na- age Bachelor. ture, Bright's Disease, that terror of — .• physicians; Diabetes, which used to be MONTREAL HOTEL DIRECTORY. • called incurable ; Rheumatisni, the af- — faction which renders the lives of so men and women of Quebec miserable; many otherwise strong and robust- --- Hotel Ca.rslalte, rye trictil= dPetylan4R°Opug ' $1,50 k up. - ,. The ." Balmoral," Free Bus Am. PI' . G.T.R.Awit:op,Montroal. Go). ilarslake Ss Coo Troy's. . . and which is the accompaniment of DIVE ti tit HOUSE old age nine times out of ten'through- ' .; ST JAMES, NoTEL Grand Metis, writes as follows con- --- - ' " Miss Anna Mengren, well-known in , ere many rare books . . W P C 1022 . - ' 115"141,-.17:11°714"1113; out the Lower Provinces ;. Heart Dia - Railway. First-olass Commercial House Mode .1 ' ease, not generally known to be the so nevertheless; Dropsy, 'Urinary and result of Kidney Dieease, but which is '' PrOvelualitg—Rates moderate. ' rn m. " two blocks rf oni 0 P ' .0pposIte CI.T.Rjliepot, ., . Bladder Complaints, Woman's Weak- ness and blood disorders all kinds yield .:. Mrs. Betty Green, besides mane - Pills. ' freelg and promptly to Dodd's Kidney - mg her fortune, is a great read and owns a valuable library In c 1 Ills. Mac liertrif I:as Bees Anse' ute'Y "I was suffering from a great pain - awning her. eu re : in my aide, which eaused me much CALVERT'S pain and uneasiness. 1 had taken three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and carbon° Disinfectants, Seals., Cant. rcrosoritodort. siillg:ntrili di!plemas for superior otuorteaake tcohenmsidaneidinngow I felt a wonderful relief. I continued moot. Tooth Powders, ett„ have been it lonamly Pefarirfecatnldy ens diseases Ask ioni. tilleVerr gtirrnIti honest to let the facts be known, 1 suvp:AFN.LioscHtEmeoThitilvfEr.Re 070 feel obliged to tell my friends of the — Ulli, FARM FOR SALE; "E'rA.I.Li-ettAniti::: thank that medicine for the great virtues of 'Dodd's Kidney Pills a.nd to Seventeen Acre Fruit Farm benefit I have received." near Hamilton. Choicest =ow bundle"' and shipping faollithe, first-class IT CAUGHT HIM. mums a mum, Hamilton, See our list for flue Stools and Viva Farms. ' 1 want to show you some of our new renovators, said tbe insinuatieg hairdTn't want it, snapped tbe bald - stranger, . It's the best thing for the rass Band . headed grocer. And it will make last year's maple Every Town can have a Band . sugar cakes look just like new. iralrionititmPrielleeit treevee.r enworitiedos, Pitoinsooyatthialoor looms Shy Put me down for a dozen boxes, sumo or ouslaeal Instrumento. said the groo r0. • Whaley Royce & co., Twolkt,1,14,..,^L. inemper instruments, Drums. Uniforms. Etc. REMEMBER. We don't advertise for mere effect. but for business. We know that, if you are subject to cramps, that ryeciumedshyoucrald bitivde. it prompt, efficient Nerviline—nerve- pain eure—haa a wonderful and in3.- mediate curative power. It relieves in one minute, it cures in five. Pleas- ant to the taste and the best known eine y o pain. President-eleet Rheets, of Itoehester, University, owns one of the beat pre- vscartiept8colilneettlhoenswegd. Oriental manu- •M••••••illi A GOOD CORN SHELLER FOR- 25c. L marvel of cheeriness, of efficacY, and of promptitude, is contained in a bottle of that famous remedy, Put- nam's Peinless Corn Extractor. It goes right do the root of the trouble, there acts quickly but so painlessly that nothing is known Of ite °Pere - don until the Corn is shelled. Beware of substitutes offered for Ptttnam's Painless Corn Extractor—safe, sure and painless. Soad at druggists. Itevivaliat—But, 31r. Peck, don't you know where you will.go when you die, if you die in your sinful courset Hen Peek—.You let me alone. I know what I am doing. MY wife joined church hot week. George 11. Godfrey, of New Albany, Ky., claims to hold the reward for con- tinuous employment in the service of the Western Union Telegraph COM - zany. He has served the companY 41 years, and was of great service during the war at the rebellion. O'IrCE Erh'S 11`,g1p PA Rod Str o- them. LLOYD WOOD,Torooto, ti URAL Au I4INT Cengrestiman Littlefield Of Maine was the son of a Pres Will Baptist elergyman, who changed his parish many times. Hence the boy was edit. eated at Lebanon, Rockland, Foxeroft, Vinaihaven, and Week's Mills, Me. L ....., ..... a Maks* to Wade . Bld Rich. Barristers eto.,removed mond lit.' .. °route. . Linen Marker trretritizithnet Boob, 6.._. Some. thins every one needs warranted indelible black os red ink. put Up in neat strong box with Iminfeh Ink and Pads, all complete Me each, Cala perdoz or 20 for lii 00, Try one, your money refunded if not satisfactory. Do . not mind postage stamps. 0 O. YOUNG I Adelaide East, Toronto. asommOss Stook Perm, IPS aores4 milee hum Emirs: Queen's hotel, Galt, on Saturday. DA glir Wateri00, Co Ont., for split by prr sto jiatuostgi. it Bak Per Particulars sPrlY tteDALSIILL & Relearn, J.Po.H.N.OEirs0. fo:.ADELA IDE STV 'TORONTO.- . . POULTRY, BUTTER, EGGS, APPLES, told other PRODOOR, to ono, best results dans!ipa The Ilawseq Commission Co., Limited, Cor.lohistMarket & Colborne at, Toronto. tClota:thO' lio Prayer °°,A11."..,°eft."Allitt 11.liglous PIctorcs, Statuary, au I Chum Ornaments- luostional Works. Mall orders reoelve prompt wen. D. & SADLER Ft 00.. ttentreal. D ein For the Very bast send pint Work to tho id IIIMITIBIS AMERICAN DYEING CO." Look for agent in your town, or send direct. MontrealaToronto, Ottawa, Quebec.. Michigan Land for Sale. TOWIrfi, Ohnrchca, Schools, etc., awl will be sold on Ost ft 000 ACRES GOOD ITIIMINII,LAN.D11—altEMAO rjt, NueriZtetnitetaVppuerq_d; Per !tete. These Lauda ate ORM tO Enterprising Neat 1.:Inototaabkluotlet:Iiisro. nAltp, ptorleas ranging from Pk to iM le Fawn. Asent, West lay flay, tiltaz °wars, lViattetaota. kWh. FU RS. FU RS. Importer and exporter of Raw Fara and Skine. Con- signuients solicited. High- est prices paid for ginsing. JOHN MAIN. rust. and Vines. es°t!ellt,SM°1soin' treat* JAL ANNITT4.°4DaStitag. P41114r.U. The Canadian Dein° Safety t E301LER J Esplanade.. Toron Opp. Shorbeurrie St., alga Class Water Tube Steam . Bolters, for Ali Pressure*, puttee anti Foil SEND POR DEISCRIPTIVE Ckr ‘1.001J1t. ntsr.itIteiepitigi ?ill'. tuak3" 1 IOU 4 ii4,Ftlittfulattioc 1,400., MOM, Ali if Teithins. Whets belles stay bis seretweritini.