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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1900-05-17, Page 6oe, OUR FRUIT AND POULTRY. sone REPORTS OP THE ONTARIO AGRI- GULTURAL DEPARTMENT. nrult Grown% and Penury AsseciaIlona opeteinees in iseeeehe export Trade in Appies-sugeestiene for Exittetaine laresstd Poultry, • Many useful publications have late- ly been issued by the Outerto Depart - meet ef Agriculture relatiou to various branches a husbandry and kindred, pursuits, with the object of plaoing in the bands of all intermit - eel the latest results of soientifio re- emir°h. and precancel experiment in re- lation to their calling, Tee repoit of the Fruit Growers' Association for 1899, just publisbed, is one whioh all oonoerned in. this department of pro- duatiou will highly appreciate. It em- braces the proceedings of the anuual ineeting• of the Resonation, a repro- • sentutive body, with welch 4Q local hertieultural societies are affiliated. A large number of practioal addresees were delivered on that occasion, em. bodying the experience of the lead- ing fruit-gro*ers and horticultural experts, and many subjects ^of vital interest discussed. Among the toPics treated of that of extending the mar- ket for the fruit products of the Pro- vince was accorded a prominent place. Much attention has been devoted of late to developing our export trade with Britaia in food producte. • • BRITISH MARKET FoR ONTARIO • ' Tnis question was ably dealt with in a paper by A., H. Pettit, of Grims- by, " Trickery in the Packing of Apples for Export," in whith, among other praetieUl suggestions for insur- ing a high standard of excellence in the goods seiriped to Britain, he pro- posed ehe appointment of inspectors and the adoption of a system of grades as to quality and condttion, eaoh paok- age to be branded by the inspeotor as a guarantee of the standard of the fruit. Prof. .1. W. Robertson, of the Ottawa Experimental Farm, who has given a great cleat 'of attention to the metter of introduateg. Canadian pro- ducts into England, told. of the results Of trial shipments of pears, peaches, and apples made last season, and gave rauth useful information as to the re- quirements or the English market and the obstaeles to be overcome in placing the shipments on sale in good condi- tion, which ought to be carefully ,con- sidered by all interested in building up the fruit execort trade. • GRAPES SHIPPED TO NORTH-WEST. Another large and inorecising mar- . ket for Ontario's increasing. surplus of fruit has been found in, Manitoba an,d, the NortheWest. Territories, within have eitherto drown their Jetta suP- ply mainly from the 'Unitea States. Dr. Wm. Saunders drew the 'attention of the associatioe to this opportunity, stating that last eeason over 200 oar - loads of Ontario grapes had found a ready sale in that quarter 'and that the market' there was by no means glutted. He advised fruil-producers to . turn _their attention in that direc- tion. • Mr. W. M. Orr, the President, gave the details of the spraying experi- ments held last yearunder the direc- tion of the Department of Agricul- ture at numerous .poInte in the prov- ince. The same subject was treated of by Prof. Macoun, who presented the results of the experime.ntal spray- ing held at the Ottawa Central Farm. The report is of a highly instinctive character and oupolt to be widely cir- culated among farmers .and, orchard- ists., who wish to be; • up-to,dete in teed methods.- • . POUIITRY ASSOCLANION'S REPORT. Another publication recent)* isseed by the Departanent is the annual Re- ports. of the Poultry Aseociations for 1899, which contains a large -amount of information regardiug the care of poultry and the beat varietlei tome. A good deal of strees was laid by some of the speakers at the animal meet- ing of the Previnoial Assobiation on the importa.nce dr giving more atten- tion to the exhibition of dressed poul- try. Papers an this subject were pre- sented by Geo. W. Miller, of London, and Robert H. Essex, Toronto It was urged that displays of dressed poul- try would give a more practical char- acter to the exhibitions and enable .visitors to judge more satisfaetorily of the qualities of the different varie- the than when the show is confined to live specimens. Among, other in- structive papera is one by .4. G. Gil- bert, of the Dominion Experimental Farm, Ottawaeon the question of ar- tificial heat for the poultry -house dare ing the winter. The question is treated ars an open onee but it is stated that the experiment ts being tried and the result will be awaited with .interest. " GENERALS" IN PIGTAILS. • •••••••• Why Not On lo China to solve the Servant Question I' The servant question is becoming more and more acute, and nine out of ten despairing housewivee tell you that the end of the world can't be fat off, says the London Deile Of course the cause of the difficulty is that young girls have the same de- sire for liberty end recreation as young men, mid' prefer employment in cafes, shops, or anywhere else that leaves them free every evening, to working every day in the 365 from dawn to Midnight, with only an oc- casional evening to themselves. That cause is not likely to pass away, therefore it is time for the housekeeeer to cast around and find some way out of the difficulty. Thee have only to go east. Among China's 400,000,000 there can be founa servants . for all the civilized world. Joh , Chinaman eas a host of excel- lent qualities. Ile is civil and re- speotful. He is neat, clean and tidy. lie is sober. He is a first-olass cook, a splendid wasnetman and, at a pinth, can wheel out the baby. He will work twenty hours a day without murmuring. Ile won't ask for too many evenings out. Ile will be satisfied with very moderate wages, and at Orate anyhow, be would prove highly amusing. Further than that he woUld not be an undesirable emigrant, The Conti- nentals who come hero bring their ! wives and children. The Chinaman, on the other hand, are usuaITY Single - men who• emigrate with a view of re. turning bome when they have made their pile and getting married. In Australia and Ameriea the Chi- nese lave been found Invaluable an servante. They are not liked 'by the great mese of the people because they work for lower wages, Here, hoW. ever, it would be differerit. The posi- tion in England is that you cannot find servants. The aupply is diminieh- lete and will eontinue to dimiitish. Ilierefore the Chinese impottations Would not result in anyone being thrown out Of employment. M1'1'0,5718 DON'T SALUTE, Troops on outpoet duty do not sal - nth their Isuperiore, Or nottee them, melees addvessed. Rt A41Ct NOTE PAPE% Khaki letter paper is the latest, and being linen it might be made out of the very Material made into uniforms, front: its appearance. "This may not Mean that it is Altogether beautiful. e - Thee ViVien seemed think it Wate atiulacie lite% kir tklie St4uetollar Isedfullbern hetabde, Through Storm and Sunshine iora:ow.:au do you think, Monsleur," she Raked, "Of beginning Sir Osw,ald's , "Must whit?" she asked, aespaire tngly. 1 " We Must appeal to the law. But until teat time, dear Miss Neslie, live in hope." 1 She remembered so well tee time before when be had called her "dear Miss Needle," and site had been an -e noyed at it. Now matters were so al-, tered that he was the only friend she had to rely on -the only one who meld comfort or advise her. With a ouddeu, frank, sweet impulse she held out her hands to hiln. " You are a true friend," she sal& " Weat should I do in nay trouble but for you fe And if she could have given him the whole world she could not have made him so proud and happy as those few words did. There was nothing for it, she sew, but patient endurance. All hope of anything good from Valerie was at an end. Several days afterward Valerie said to her- " You renalinber, Vivien, what we were lately discussing -tee engage- ment of tutor for Oswald? I am glad to say that I have succeeded in my wish ; Flenrie de Nouohet has oon- stinted to come." "Miladi" was looking at net with laeghing, mischievous eyes. "It will be such a relief to me to have some friend. of my own, wborn I can trust near me. Henri de Nou, °het is very clever, of course. In the years to come Oswald will go to your eavorite plane, Oxford, and then 'in- tend Monsieur de etouthet to succeed Mr. Doman:, Vivien said nothing. Words were all so useless. " Vivien," continued " miladi" " I hope you will find it wortb your while to be civil to my frien,d. If you are not, you know the •alternative. I am quite determined that the house shall be made comfortable for him." For the sake a the heavy etake- the honor of her house -she restrained the burning passion of her indignant pride. Alas, if shle went, what would in the present state of things, become of Lancewood " Alas,. my father." sighed the un- happy " what a charge you bave left to me!" She was somewhat surprised to find that Lady Neslie had selected two of the best rooms in the house for the tutor. He land a sitting -room that bed been in former years a state- room, and one of the finest bedrooms." "He is rro common person," said "mi- lecti," proudly. " For any one like Mr. Dorman I should not think of arrang- ing such rooms ; but Monsleur de Nou- ohet is a French gentleman and a dis- tant relative of my own." "I always understood that the ,D'e Estes were a wealthy family," ebserv- ed Vivien. "Row is it that this gen- tleman is compelled to work for his • • g " Mil adi " cougned a very little ctragh. , " My clear Vivien." see said, " father was a D'Este, my raother ,a De Nouchet and the De Notichets were all poor. The roams were prepared; mach te, Vivien's secret annoyauce. Another saddleahorse was bought -one teat would do for Monsieur de Nouthet. " Do you intend goer eon's tutor to spend much of his time in riding?" Vivieh asked ; and Valerie, with a sneering laugh, replied- ' " What my son's tutor' will do will be seen whew he manes." • He came in May. Apparently he was in no great huery to accept the post teat Ladt, Nestle bad offered him. He eame in May, when the lilacs were budding, and the laburnums gleamed like yellow flame aziaong the trees. Vivien looked on in wonder that was almost fear. It was like the arrival of the master of the house rather than a paid depetident. The carriage was sent to the station to meet him -din- ner was delayed, " Henri is acowatomed to dining well," said " milade" " He would not like any ordinary kind of dinner." " But," inquired Vivien, "will your son's tutor dine with us every day, Valerie I" "My men and his tutor," was the wary reply. "It is bigh time that the child began to learn manners," "But surely our luncheon would do for their dinner," said Vivien, " nev- er heard of such an arrangement as that." " You are likely to hear of several arrangements that will startle you," remarked "miladi," with a laugh. "I have only this to say -that, if eon do not choose to dine with my reeative, who is also my friend, you need not trouble to dine with ane." So, in sbeer despair, Vivien watch- ed the course of events,. and on the fourteenth of May Henri de Nouohet first entered the Abbey. CHAPTER XXVIII. Miss Nestle was somewhat startled when she entered the drawing room on the day of the tutor's arrival, to find him seated theree laughing and conversing with Lady Nestle on the most familiar terms. They werceseated side by side on a fauteuil, and Oswald was playing near them. Eler laeyship had laid aside the last. vestige of her mourning -the wldow's cap had long since disappeared, She looked radiant in a dinner -dress of rose silk and white lace, with dlamends gleaming in her hair and round her throat. Henri de Nouchett with eyes full of admiration, was gazing at her, when Viviea sud- denly entered the room. He rotae quickly, looking with won- dering awe at the tall, stately girl whose noble, beautiful face and white throat rose statuesquely Probe a cloud of soft blatk tulle. Valerie rose also, and introduced Monsieur de Nouchet in O. few words. "A cousin of mine," she !mid, and then, In reply to a laughing remon- strance frem bine see corrected her- self "Not exactly a cousin, then, but a thsteet relation." The tutor bowed, and said her lady- ship " hondred Min greatly," Vivien spoke kindly to hiM, but she was an- noyed at finding him there, and at the very farailier terms on' which he seemed. to be with Lady Neslie. He bowed low before the queenly beauty, whose dark, proud eye seemed to awe him. Ile aid Wot at first enter into conversation with her, He was quiet- er too, after her entrance. He took the child In his !trance but Oswald did riot seem to like him. "Your eyes ate black,. and "don't like your face," he said, with his usual charraing frankness, "I like Mr.Dor. man best," • The tutor's face darkened. " Who is Mr. Dorman I" he asked after a few minutes ; and " miladi " re- " A nondescript. Re wee my late hus- band's secrete**. He is seoretary, eteward, agent, and everything else noW to Lancewood. He hae rooms in the Abbey. Sir Arthur thought it ntawoaryes.,cforiventent than for him to live "1 see -o. kind of upper !servant-, trysted confidentially." 'Yes," replied " Innate" "No," said Vivien, joining suddenly In the conversation. " Xt. Dorman was a valued friend of my father's, and now he is a valuable friend of Mine." With puzzled glance the tutor looked from one to the other." Miledi" itanaled signifieentin and amid soMe- - thing to him in an undertone in French so rapidly that ViVien could net hear it; he only IOW at her the more attetttively. Then the dine nerebell meg; and she saW " miladt" talle the tutor's arm. "Do you mean OeVrala to dine with us, Valerie Ve she askee. "Certainly," was the abrupt reply. Miss Nestle toile the boy's Mina and followed tbe laughing pair bite the diningeroom. Her heart burned within her, her angry intern We* eti greet that she with. difficulty redtrained it --for elle had UO uphold the honor of her rem end mutat have no public 111O, 110M110. AS Valerie took her *eat et the heed Of the Witte the tutor beteg on her right hand, Vivien, whale feee burned with theme and humiliation aew the wOndering looks or the serve ante; noticed tee old butler's gaze as it rested ineignantly on Lady Nese lie. ahe could battagine the comments. tee gossip, the disgust of the feW faithful retainera left Monsieur de Nome* tried hard at first to engage her In convereation; he wee most polite and deferential - be paid her compliments which the received in perfeot silence. "Ele does not know hie Pottition," she thought ; " a tubor hati rica right to place himself on an equality with me. Then all her late good reselutiona returned to her mind. If she could benefit Oawald be talking te the 'man, obnoxious as be was to her, she would certainly do so ; if she could intereet laira and try to make him understand her views ooncerneng the child, she would trample under foot all tanaller feelings of .annoymice and anortitioatoin-,she would rise above all mere Personal feelinga, and do her duty., She was sorely tried; before dineer even wute ended it was patent •to her en well se to the servants that the tutor would be to all intente and pur- poses, master. Lady Neslie consulted him, deferred to him as she would have done to Sir Arthur, the finest wines ,in the cellar, wege ordered in for him. inessages were sent that the cook must prepare a certain number of French dishes every day. Lady Nestle asked hlm if • he w,ould take ooffee in the dtheaemwi,ng-room, and he went there with Vivien was horror-stricken. What new terrible evil was this which had befallen the unhapey house of Nestle? She would fain have esoaped to her own room but that she feared the coin- reents that the servants would make if she kleft Valerie and the tutor tete- a-tete. The boy was disanissed, and Vivien fancied -she was not sure, but she fancied -that she heard Valerie say to Monsieur de Nouohet- You will not be troubled mucb,with hem." She asked herself whether she was in some terrible dream, some waking nightmare. She wolf to the piano and begen to pity. Valerie took no no- tice of her and thy tutor resumed his place by "miladin" side. They laugh- ecli' talked, jested; the .dainty bloom deepened in Valerie's fttoe-she was all brightness ant! smile.s, while Vivien looked up in seent dismay. • 'Suddenly Lady Nestle crossed the room to sp,eak to her. "•Viviene she said. "Monsieur 'de Nouohet and I are going to Ladypool to -morrow. It will be a pleasant ride; Will you go with us I" . The qiiestion was simple, the an - *ewer difficult. Vivien asked herself if she could condescend to make a thitd in such a party. Hee ,heare 'rebelled against Ate bare idea ; she could never 'bring. herself to -be on equal terms With them.. Then conscience asked her which was the worse-ethat she should seem to identify herself •with them, or that they shoeld attract atten- teen by riding about the country alone. A sudden eseepe from the dilenetna. tee "(stirred to her. • • • " To Ladypool V" she said. " Why. Valerie, there will not be time for that if Oswald's lessons begin. "Monsieur de Nuuchet will take a holiday jut to look about Men," she said. " I have promised to show 'him the country ; you' can please youreeif as to going with us." "Heaven help me," thought Val- erie," for I know not what Lei tee" ' "I will make no engagement now " she said, coldly, " I will decide in the morning." • • She thought to herself that wasps the morning -might bring her wiser °outsets. " Mila.di" seemed perfectly in- different. Vivien played until she was tired, and then she took a book. She read until long past their usual' hour of retiring. Valerie and the tutor wake still talking and laughing. Vivien de- cided that however painfin it might be, it wee her duty to remain. What- ever shield her presence could throw over Valerie's want of Propriety, she would throw. It was nearly midnight when Valerie rose and said- . "I am losing my beauty -sleep. Vi- vieri, are you not tired?" Monsieuf de Niouchet bowed pro- feundly over her ladyship's jeweled hand; Vivien never even raised her eyes as he bade her good -night. lilies Nestle could not sleep; she was reet'ess and misterable. What did this horrrible familiarity mean I How would it end ? How wag she to keep the honer of her house stainless end seathleds 1 - The next morning she rose, hoping against hope for better things ; but when she went down to the breakfast room, tee tutor was there, and there wee no exotuse this time in the fact of the boy's being present. He had the favorite chair, in which her father bad preferred to sit ; he asked if the papirs had arrived ; he named a dish that he should like for lunoheoh. If that breakfast had la.sted mune long- er, Vivien's patience wpuld have giv- en way. He conducted himself in ev- ery way as though he had been mas- ter of the house. Miss Neslie could hardle trust herself to think of it. After breakfant the bevies were brought round. Her ladyship descend- ed, looking very bright and bonny in her riding -habit. She had a pretty jeweled riding -whip -Sir Arthur's gift -in her hand. " shall not ask you again to join us, Vivien," she said laughingly. " I have remembered the old adage -"Two are company, three are none."' So the °pans of the decision did not rest after all with Miss Nealle. She watched them until out of sight, and then, with dismay on her face and despair in her heart, she vrent to con- sult Gerald Dorman. " Wh,at must I do t" she cried to him in passioate wrath. " What can I do? If I speak to Lady Nealie, sbe will only be defiant and make mat - tern worse, Hes such a thing ever been heard of, that a man should be taken into a house and treated like the itnneter of it, as this stranger Gerald was at a loss what to do or advise; he could only try to soothe her and calm her angry despair. " Things* will probably alter in a few days," he said. "Lady Nestle evi- dently likes her relative. After she has shown him the country, and the exottentent of his arrival is over, she will doubtlese behave differentlY," " And In the meantime what about the Scandal f'" asked Miss 'Resit°, " I saw the strange looks yesterday on the faces of the eervants. ,Think . of the scandal, the comments, and the gos- sip, when it is known that Lady Nes- lie and her son's tutor ride out to- gether -that he, In fact, lite% with tt sad one of ourselves." lie" Wwiellearenmenralteilr ("the tpuhabtillicaolinilioens", end think twice before she outrages it," said Gerald. .A.M1, When Vivien began to think mattere over she se* she eounbonly awnit the course of events, Things did not Improve. Monsteur de Nouchet took luncheon with them; he spent the afternoon loitering through the conservatories with "mi. ladle" he dined and spent the evening With them. There had been en Mitt - Sion to the boy or his lesions. ViVien hore the irtegularity patientle that clay, but she peomised herself Met she Weak?, speak on the following morn*. ing. How she detested the Idea of site Wig down to breakfast With: them no one but hertelf knew ; yet she etev that ehe gave orders for breakfitat to be taken to her own thorn, Woula give rine to all Wide Of goesip ammo* the itervarits, and that Above all ehe wished to avoid. She went doWneftairs it smelted to her that her abeence or her presence Wee of little thrimeteteneeeee imiledi," and the tlitOE were engreeeed In elicit other, In answer to some remark of Moneletall Nouchet's Valerie Said-. " We Will heve a long ride to.day. We will go to Nunshatir Park." Somewleat taken aback tbis di- rect attack, he glanced at " miladi." " Whenever Lady Nestle thinks well," he replied. CEYLON GREEN TEA "..And that wilt not be pet Yet." Cheaper to use than Japan tea. said Valerie,. " You will began when I tell you -not before. leaveyou any rea- son for wishing to know, Vivien'?" strange you iihould engage a tutor he- Giving -up " Only, that people will think It T JAPAN TEA DRINKERS I who never gives a lesson," answered Miss NesIte. " Never mind that," laughed Valer- ie ; " MrS. Grundy ch,ofesee to ask rude questions, refer her to me." The tutor helmet again from one to the other. " Who Is Mrs. Grundy f" he asked wonderIngly. A, lady whom I like to pique and to startle," said Valerie. " I will man- age lay own uffaire, Vivien, thank you." And that day Gerald Dolman re. sinned bis teething of the boy. To be ContInued. Deeded 10 the Lore. The most remaraable deed • ever drat,. may be seen on the private es- tate of a resident of Worcester lu sachusetts. It is chiseled on a rock on what is known as Itattlesualie hill, situated near the boundary line be tween Worcester end Leicester. Old Solonion Parsons, who was wide- ly' known in Worcester county as an eccentric chaeacter, and particularly as a crank.on the subject of religion, paid William C. Hall $125 for a parcel of land, and directed Hall to convey it by deed to the Almightee. In order that the greatest' possible publicity might be given to his disposition ote the property. Partition had the deed of transfer cut into the rock verbatlin et literatim. During his lifetime Parsons Is said to have made several attempts to heve • the deed recorded, but the register ot deeds, who was aware of his eccen- - tricky, each time put him off with the explanation that no official record was required In the case of a transfer of real estate to the Almighty. - Parsons 'deed intestate seitral years ago, and the administrator included the parcel of land on Rattleinake hill In the inv.enthey ef the old gentleman's estate which he filed in the probate court. A wag of a lawyer raised the question °Intl% but the judge necided in the .favor of the administrator.-- NeW York journal. ' . Chinese Arithmetic. , The Clhinese •rejelce in a wonderful talent for inaccuracy in every detail. FOr instance, a pound or a pint varies as ft suits the merthant's fancy. In some part you get half or a quarter as mneh as you de In others for. the ri e and easine • Then, again; their way of cahulating• distance does not at all telly with late end. For instance, you are told from A to B Is four miles, but from ti to A is eight miles. If you ask how this is possible, pail are told it depends from which end you start; if you start from 'A, It Is down .hill, se much easier to walk; whereas, starting from B, you - have to walk up hill, which is much more exerting and !Deigning -in fact, - It is the same as walking a longer dis- tance en even ground. This form of argument always amus- ed me nearly as much as the way the Chinese have of -counting a person's age by ten& °My mother," they will tell you, "is 80e (or 40). When she - leaves $0, she Is getting near 40. - Should we all like to be told that, I wonder?--Lealle's Weekly, Hougehold Worries . MAKE SO MANY WOMEN LOOK PRE- MATURELY OLD. ' They Are the Fruitful Some° of Ileadastet, Nervous .Olsorders, Pains lit ghe Hawk and. Loins 311111 the Feeling or Consfaut Wearlaeca Thnt Affected So Many Wu - /1110h almost every women meets daily With innumerable little. worrie$ her household affairs. Perhaps they are too small •to notice an hour after.. ward, but these constant little worries hey° their effect upon the nervous system. Indeed, ie is these little worries thee make so many women look prematurely old. Their 'effect may also be noticeable in other ways, such as sick or nervous head.. eche, fickle appetite, pains in the back or loins, palpitation of the heart, anda feeling of constant wear- iness. If you. are experiencing any of these sytnptoms it is a, sign that the blood and .netees need attention, and for this purpose Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for Pale people are wo- man's best friend. T,hey ate particu- larly adapted as a regulator of the ailments that afflict women, and through the blood and nerves act upen the whole system, eringing brightness tO the eye, and a glow of health to the cheats. Thousands of grateful women have testified to the benefit derived fiona, the use of' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.* Among those who freely' acknove. ledgothe benefit derived from thin great medicine .is Mrs. Jas. II•utekes, of Dromore, P.E.L., a lady who pos- sesses the respect and eateem of all who know her. Mrs. Hughes speaks of her illness and cure follows: Until about four years I had always. enjoyed good health, nd was looked upon aa one who po seemed a robust constitution. Then I egan to gtow weak, waa troubled with se- vere headaches.o and ftequently with violent pains in the region. of my heart, froM which I would only find ease through hot applications. My stomach also gave me much trouble and did not appear to perferm its customary funotioos. I was' treated by a skilful doctor, but although under his care for seeeral reenths, I grew gradually weaker and weaker, until finally I was not able. to have my bed. Then °ailed in another doctor, whose treatment, although continned for some eight months, WAS IsqUally rtlitiMIS, Waa aureole able to hold my head up, and wasso nervous that I was crying half the time. My condition can beat be de- scribed as pitiable. At this time a ariend brought me a newapaper in which wee the story of a cure of 9, woman whose case was in many re- spects similar to mine, through the nee ot Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. then decided that I would give the pills a fair trial. When / began the ese oe the pills I was ln slush a cone (Mien that the dotter told me I Would always be an invalid. I used four boacee of the pith before no. deed any benefit, and then reould tiee they were helping Me. I ueed twelve boxes In all, novering a treat- ment of 'Marty six months, when wee ' as well as ever had been in my life, and I have ever since annoy- ed the best tat health. believe there would be fewer suffering women throughout the world if they Would do as I did -give Dr. Williams' Pink Pale a fair trial. uti medicine that Is not tight is worse than no medicine at all-natieh worse. Sebittitutes are not right; more thee that, they are generally detngerotts, When you buy Dr. Wile Dame' Pink Pills for Pale People be sure that the full IMMO ig on the WOW' around every box. If yOur dealer does net keep there they Will i3e sent poet 'plaid at 50 emits a bOx, Or MX boates for $2.50. by addressing the Dr. Williams, Medieine Co:, Brook* ville, Ont. Of illother. "Now, mother, there is no use in talking about it; you are too old to ge on living here alone In this way, Sister Hannah and I have talked it all over, and we think that the thing for you to do is to come and live with us. We've both got a nice corefor. table room and you can stay part of the time with me 'and part of the time with Hannah; can't the, Hannah?" "Yes, you can, mother ; and tee sooner you make up your mind to it the better, ter, as Sister Martha says, we're not willing that you should go on living here alone now that fath- er's gone," Little old Mrs. Raynor looked helplessly and appealingly into the faoes of the two large and deter- mined looking women before her. If they noticed the half -repressed quiver-, ing of bar lips or the appealing look in ear dim eyes they gave no sign cif re- lenting on that account. • Hanneh and Martha had "made up their minds," and ivhen they had once done this they were net to be moved by quivering lips nor hearth. They really felt that they were doing the svisest and best thing for their moth- er by Insisting upon a compliance with their wishes. Tee old lady had - been a widow for two years and had lived alone in her comfortable little house ever since the death of her hus- band. Her daughters had for .some time been telling her that she ought th "give up" and live with them. But tee old lady did not take at all kindly ' to this. suggestion. kep' house ever since the day I was married," she said, in gentle opposition to" her daughters' plans for her. "I've always had a hame o' my own, an' it don't seem as if I could give up now an' go an' live any place where I wouldn't be • /ree to do as I've a mind to. I know that I should- n't be happy outside niy own home." , But Hannah and Martha had said that this was -"all nonsense," and they had now decided that desire:0th- er. should sell her comfortable little hones and spend the rest of her days with them. She knew that she wetted be treated as a child in the home of either of her daughters, ated their ways were not her ways. She knew that she would not have the free use of her own small income, • but , that Hannah and Martha would insist on directing her expenditures. ••• Her daughters , were married to prosperous men, and they had large and showy homes in which their mother had never felt comfortable even when visiting %nem. They kept servants and lived tn what they proud. ly felt to be "style," and. their mother had always lived in the simplest way, and had never been happier than when busy in her own cozy and. comfortable little kitchen. And Hannah had said. "A woman of your years ouget to- keep out of the kitchen and be dressed up nice and tidy all 'the time with a daitity little cap and a pretty white apron." "I don't know what in the land I'd do if I couldn't get up. of a Mon- day an' do out my own little wash, and my own trotting on Tues- day. And I can't tell the time when I ain't baked on Wednesday and gone to the sewing circle and ladies' prayer meeting . at the church in the afternoon and had someoome in to tea with: me as often as once a week. Then I don't know what I should do if I coteldn't make up a lot o' jelly when currants got ripe, and can and preserve all summer. I ain't half as lonesome livin' alone here as I'd be in either Hannah's or Martha's house, Oh, I can't go there td live! I can't give up my own borne and my own ways, I oan't, I can't!" •• And est •liannah had said when she and Martha were about to depart, "Now, mother, you can just make up your mind that you are going to give up and come and live with Martha and me the first of the year. We Will come over then to help you to break up." She. was still sitting in the kitchen with her gray head bent to the arna lying on the kitchen table, when there came a knook at the rear entry door. Rising hastily she went to the kitchen sink and quickly bathed her eyes in cold water before Splitting the 'door. • "Why, Jared!" she said when she had opened the door and found a 'there stout, kindly looking man with eyes as blue as the sky and twinkling with cheery good humor, standing on the little baek porch. "Pd an idea it was Mena Moss. She said that, mebbe she would come over 'to -day and get my copper kettle to do mime preserv- ing in. Come 'It ain't hardly wuth *bile, for I've got so little time to stay. thought I'd just come over and see if you didn't want me to coma over some day this week and gather that tree o' Baldwins for you. They ought to be got In soon, and you can't do it, Or, anyhow, you ain't going to do it 'while I'm around. Gittin" up in the top of a tree and &kin' apples ain't no fit. work for a woman.' "No, it isn't, and I'was thinkin' that I'd haVe to got someone to pick my apples for tne on shares. It's verY good of you. Jared, to offer to do it, and I'll pay youe.-" "Stop rtght where you are, Huldahl" exclaimed her caller with a fine show of indignation. "When the time comes that jared Hawkins wants pay for gathering a tree or a dozen trees of apples for the widow of hia beat and truest friend, he'll let you know. If .you want to see my dander rise and hear me WM language unbecomin" to a Methodist in good an' reglar standin', you go on offerin' to pay ine forpickin' them ap- ples. Can't a men who has known you. from the time you was knee-high to a duck an' who used to drag yeti to school on his idea when you was in your a b abs, an' who beaued you home from singin' school lateri on, an' who stood up with you an' Hiram Raynor at your weddine offer to -why, Hui - dab, you been endue and you look as if you were goire to go at that sort o' foolishtiess again" "Yes, r have been crying," admit, - ted the old lady, frankly, feeling stirs of the eympathy of tine friend of her youth, who had also been, the lifelong friend of her htishand. "I bet can (Incise what you have been crying about," load .Tared. "I saw Hannah and Martha driving down the road aft COMO along. It was the old !dory, Withal it t They want you to gine Up an' come an' live with, than, 'say," "0, jared, they not milt( want Me do ite lett they say that Pve got tO do it by the first, of the year. And, oh, can't, aunt". "Then don't, iteid 3ared, promptly. Then he add. ed, more seriously, "Don't you give tip your home as I have given up mine to livo with my thildren, dont you do it. My son and him wife ant my daUgh. ter ain her husband, they mean to be kind, X reckon MI6 =ebbs it Is My own fault. but z' know more real wan. tort ant happlateel in one day In TitY own hotne then / heite IttloWn In all the three pare I lum ittea with theme an' You Would haVe the sauna expertence if you gave up an' went to makin' your Wine with your thilde real. Doe't you do tt. If I wee baok in my own little benne that I was fool enough to sell an' go dn' live with ray children, I tell you, I'd lathy there if I had to do any own cookin' an' wash- Iu', ate sew carpet rags an' braid rugs for a thin' I would, rfuldalt." "But wha't Cali I do/ You know how immovable the girls are, an' I don't feel that I have the strength tohold out agan them any.. longer, They've been* at me so persistently ever aince their father died, OW now they say I ve got to go, Don't you do Lt. You'll sip sorrow if you do. You'll be dictated to Wry day o' your life, an' If Yoe so much as offer a suggestion to them or to their children, you'll be enterferiny an' they'll tell you so mighty quick, There ain't the res. peot for old folks nowadays that there used to be; an' society is so constieut- ed that it's never very safe for old folks an' young folks to mix up to- gether in the same house. • Old folks' ways an' young folks' ware aln't alike, an' they'd better dwell apart. It is because I leave proved it in my own experienee that I waten'to keep you from makin' the sarae Ms- teke. An" I'll tell you it eolemn con- fidence, Huldah, that I have mede up my mind to go back to havin' a home ce my own, yes, I have." •• "Why, Jared!" "Yes, I have." "What will your children say," "I can't help weat they ;say. An' neith- er the Lord nor the law has said that a man in full health on' in possession of all o' his faculties than be obedient to his children. I have made up my mind about the matter, an' I don't feel under any obligation to say any- thing te my children about it. If I can get the person want for my housekeeper, I plan to have a home ce my own mighty noon." "I declare • would if I were you, Jared, When folks get ale like you and hie there is nothing they 'preoiate more than a • home of their own, and they might to have it. What you say makes me feel like trying to atand out more and more agen my daugh- ters. Hut who do you reckon you oan get LO keep house for you?" Jared looked at her for a moment with his kindly face all aglow and his blue eyes twinkling merrily, Then he said, "There's just one person I want, an' I'll throw ep the whole scheme if I can't get here' "Oh, I do hope that you'll get her, then. Jared; for I can understand just how you must want a home of your own." "If you had any influence with her would ,you be willing to use it in my favor .and say a good word for me to her?" "Indeed I would, Jared." "Would, eh? Much 'bliged, I'm sure. -I-I-the fact o' the matter is, Elul - dab, it's you that I want not only for my housekeeper, but for my wife! Don't look so soared an' seethed, Hul- dab. I reckon it does kind o' daze you if you ain't never thought o' such a thing. It dazed me some at first; but the•more I've thought of it the more set Pee been on hringin' it about, an' what you been tellin' me 'bout Hannah an' Kelley wantin' you to give up an' live with them has brought things to a focus, an' I want 'you to give up an' live with me as my wife. We ain't neither of umleal old folks yet, Hul- deb, an' we might have many happy an' peaceful 'years together yet. I can see that yoWre too dazed to give my answer now, an' I'll go away an' come over an' see you this evening, when you'll make me one o' the •hap- plest old boys in the worla by saying 'yes.' an' we'll have a homeeof our own in spite of our bossy children, eh, Eluldah I" Huldah's answer Must have made jarea a "happy old boy," for, three daes later, Hannah and Martha *ere on their way to see their mdther when tiaey met her returning frrim the town in a buggy with Jared by her side. Jered had on his "Sunday best" and he wore a big white aster ill his but- tonhole, while Mrs. B,aynor, to the surprise and disapproval of her dough- ters,.had put aside her mourning and wore her gray silk and a new gray bonnet with white flowers in it. Jared drew rein when they met the sisters, and Hannah said sharply : "Well, mother, I must say that this looks a little strange. You know very well what a neighborhood this is for gossip, and some people might make very unpleasant remarks if they saw you and Mr. Hawkins riding put in this way. Martha and I want that you should pack up right away and go bome with es, and we wilecome over next week ann pack uo the furni- ture. We thine that there is ILO use in your waiting until the! first of the year to give up and live with us." It was jared who made triumphant reply. He threw one arm around, the half -frightened old lady by his side and said •boldly, "You're a little too late, Hannah. Your mother can't give up an' go an' live with you for the reason that she has already given up an' is going to live witb me or rather Pm goin' to' live with her, since she prefers to stay int her own house. Lemme interdoose you to Mrs. Jared Hawkins!" " Martha lifted up both bands in speechleds amazement, but Hannah said gaspingly, "Blether! is this true?" The bride of an hour held up her head bravely and made unfalter- ing reply, "Yes, Hannah; it Is true." Hannah broke forth in a violent outburst of wrath, but Jared gathered -up tile reins and drove on, calling back through a cloud of dust, "You nor no one else can saes my wife!" He was right when 120 said soothing- ly to his wife, "Don't. you worry, my dear; they'll come 'round all right, an' so will my children, An' if they don't --" he drew her to eim and kissed her smiling and happy face, "why, we have each other -dearest." , • ENGLISH WEDDING GOWNS. They were worn be Miss Whitehouse and Miss Henhouse, who were quite recently married. Tee find named wore a very artistic dress of white China crepe, embroidered with de. signs in silver; the yoke and sleeves in lace "au clair." ' The Splendid court mantle of white panne, em- broidered all over with lilies of the valley, in pearls and silver foliage, stood out in relief. The clesaio vell, of tulle illusion, was charmingly °Life Penne among the hair, decked with orange blosscrras, amid which sparkled out the pure water of a superb dia- mond °readout. The bouquet carried by the bride was composed of lilies of valley and white roses. Miss Hobbouse wore an extrerilelY doh toilet of white panne in the em- pire style a marvelous scarf of old English p'oint forming a drapery round the 'yoke of ridged mousseline de sole and fastened on the left side with an artistic bow, tied up with orange blossoms, and having long ends edged with symbolic flowers ex- tending to the bottom of the dress. The train was formed of many soft flounces of Mousseline de note; and over the tulle veil was a tiara of orange blossom's. OF INTEREST TO BRIDES. 1311(141 bou.quets are made Very light and Iodate, daititily tied with Tibbetts, end veiled with tulle or enveloped In valuable late. The prayer book es in tooled white morocco, with gold mon- ogram. Very few jewels aro worn, be- yond a pearl engagentent ring, a few dionionds from the trousiseau or pre- sent* froM relatives. L - ,.4164.4-4 ' ONE ROUNDING TEASPOONFUL OF DELLA will fade two tope of &Beloit* to.3. Ira most Rt000nkal• 14AD "PACKAGES, go, go, 4,o, pee ein. F-1011efelleinwelli#111101eihnelitAlelliellellelle "elle! eanavesole enieeneve4144111, ' 1 ja-a witheoptvierrest, shtorwok eeass loywist ygeoue 81)0%7 .11 how nice it Waite and what a fine glo,,:a it bite. S 10 11 R =say s Paints, wear better then leather, It la well to hive a paint that wears, that protects yew house, that al- ways looks pretty and makes you feel oomfortable, with just a lit- tle pride in the beauty of the thieg. Ask your dealer to show you. CO shades ready for use. Poliii Mokers R. Room & Sou } Es" "44 • . MONTREAL. eeleetaltee. wees• 'Iselewen •seeesereentennieleWeileneeeneeneeenteSeser KNEW HIS BUSINESS. Mrs. Harduppe-0 I John, just think, Mary is engaged to young Bilyuns. Mr. lierduppe-Eh 1 I meet abject to Ont. Mrs. Harduppe-What 1 Are you crazy? . Mr. Harduppe-Not at all; if we I don't 113o.ke a bluff at objecting to it„! his folks will consider us of no account 1 and call him off. FRENCII CANADA Stirred ttp over the Cares Dodd's Kidney Pills aro Making. • DeroglercA.hnonfgeS.f. Edwidge, tiso Latent Reported - Formerly rt Deli- cate Unn-One ltax or Oodsi's Kidney 1'1116 inatl:uted a St. Edwidge, Que., May 7. -Nothing has ever taken place iu Quebec that has caused such a universal sensation among all 'classes of people as the miraculous cures performert by the wneo;evd-ilfiesm. cue remedy, Dodd's Kid- Fram all over the Province new cases are reported every day. First •m"atihsemardoowf na one spre uomf niCohnrodn, icourRedheliitiy- Dodd's Kidney Pills; then a man in Sherbrooke is cured of J3rightei Dis- ease. Then another cured of this formerly hicurable disease in Riohe- lieu. Then away' down the river, a waman in the County of Rimouski, is cured of Dropsy. ' . • In Montreal the oases of cures of various forms of Kidney Disease by Dodd's Kidney Pille are legion. • Diabetes, Bladder and Urinary Trou- bles; Women's Weakness, Blood Dis- permanently eradicated in scores of coarsdeesis-all t. he kidney diseases, in- cluding Bright's Disease, have been It is claimed that wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills' are honestly used they never fail to drive kidney disease out of the human system. Thts has been found absolutely true by thousands of people threughout Quebec: Hilaine Derosier, of St. Edwidge, a village near 'the Grand Trunk lane in Compton County,' is among the latest reported, He was. tortured with kidney disease. Re, was naturally .de- lwate never having been very strong. He we's treated by nufmerous and vari- ous doctors, but they availed nothing He was, theft living out west, but came home east to be treated. Here he heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. One box sufficed to show him that he could be cured if, he kept on. The; spring he is returatng with his family to his home in Western Canada, Dodd's Kidney Pine having made a strong 121(11R oire of him. Similar cases are coming to light from all over the Province. '• • PLAUSIBLE. What is the defense of that man whom Miss Fortyodd, is suing for breach of promisee Insanity. *e• -e -e Topics of the Day. Everyone is surprised at the rapi- dity and efficacy with which Nervi - line -nerve -pain cure -relieves neu- ralgia and. rheumatism. Nerviline is a specific for all nerve pains and ehould be kept on hand by every , 414444444 • SHE WAS LITE. House chiming nowl exclaimed Snaggs, when he went home and found everything topsy-turvy. Yes, dear, replica Mrs. Snaggs. . You ought to have done it be Lent. That is the proper seasoo for pen- ance. TO 01:RE A coup IN ONE DAV Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ail alone s retoind the money if it fans to cure. 26e. IS. W. 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